Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-06-09

p PMafameFaspt thesI5thl ult. report was
'Eput in circulation by this arrival that Col.
Doniphan had been defeated, with the loss
of all his artilIiry, by the Mexicans under
Gen. Riez, in pass between Saltillo and
chihuahua. "a e. :. Ess.. IS -y,.1..s. = 49,
Is Gen. Cadwallader has been ordered to
proceed from the Rio Grantie to Gen. Scott
with all his brigade, except The cavalry, by
/ the way of Y era Cruz. Col H. Marshall's IS
+ Kentucky cavalry were at Camargo, on
their way. home. Maj. Cross Sd dragons
are. near Palo Alto, with three companies
of his regiment. The Ist and Sd Ohio
4 regiments were soon toa start homeward
E'from Monterey. The news from Gen. Scott
since he. left Vera Cruz had not reached
4 Monterey, = - 49,
The proceedings of the court Of inquiry,
/ at SaltilIo, regarding the conduct Of the
/ Indiana Volunteers and their officers, Briga-
der General Lane and Colonel Bowles are
taken as follows from the Saltillo, Picket
1lGuard G1af5zi - - lTaa
Il Inquiry in the case Of Gen. Lane The
Court are Of opinion that during the whole
period of the. 22d and 23d of February,
IS47, Brig. Gen. Lane conducted himself
as a brave>and gallant officer, and that no
censure is attached to him for the retreat
fad regiment Indiana volunteers.
l., s,Iaqui1y IN the case of Col. Bo,ules.- The
Court is Of opinion that Col. Bowles is ignor-
ant of the duties Of: colonel; but the court
would renak that ill health have in some
degree prevented him from fitting himself
| for the, duties Of that office.
The court is of opinion that at the time
Colonel Bowles gave the orders 'sretreat,"
| be was under,the impression that the artil-
lery had retreated, whenin fact the battery
had gone to an advanced position under the
orders of Gen. Lane, which order had not
been communicated to Coll Bowles.
And in conclusion, the court find that
Throughout the engagement, and through
the whole day, Colonel Bowles envinced no
want Of personal courage or bravery, but
! that he did manifest want of judgment as
commander.
,s=saa From Galveston.
The steamship Galveston, Captain Havi-
| land, arrived last night, from Galveston,
which place she left on the 22d inst, bring
ing papers of that date. aea .a g. ...z--
,,5 There has been throughout. the State a
severe drought the last two months, and
although the crops still look well, it is fear
ed they will suffer if the drought continues.
a5 Col. Hays will accompany the six
months volunteers called out under the
requisition of Col. Curtis. The News
learns that he contemplates an expedition
towards Chihuahua before the frontier regi-
ment is completed.
f. The Poisoning Case.-Dr. "A. G. benson,
| (says the Galveston News of the 21st,
directly from Cherokee county; in the
vicinity of Shelby, where the late dreadful
case Of fpoisoning happened, informs us that
the wedding party were probably poisoned
by accident, the proprietor Of the house
having given arsenic in the place Of salara-
tus to make the cakes, pastry, &c. DIR.
James H. Starr, of Nacogdoches, was sent
for who has written letter stating that
seventeen out of ffty.four poisoned, had
died about the 1st inst. Our informant
learns that six others have since died, and
that fifteen or twenty more are considered
in very dangerous situation.
The Austin Democrat, Of the 9TH inst,
says that the Indians are committing various
depredations in and above that city, such as
killing and stealing horses. When the
frontier regiment is completed these fellows
will no doubt soon be compelled to keep
the peace.-N: o. Picaynne, Nay 25.
Es8 SANTA, ANNA's CoRK LEG.-The N. O.
|, Picayune ofthe ,25th inst, says:
"A TRoPay.-The brig Shamrock has
/ brought over from Vera Cruz trophy of
the victory ofCerro Gordo more significant
Of the issue Of the battle than any previous
one we have seen. We allude to the cork
leg Of General Santa Anna which he lett
behind in his carriage when he mounted
nesof his mules and sough htsafety in flight.
1t is describedto- US as q very beautiful piece
of work, worthy to be worn by more
valorous man than its owner. 1t belongs
now to company G, 4th. regiment Illinois
volunteers, who took the travelling carriage
of the Mexican general, and is in the e.
special charge of A., Walden, of said COM
pariy. We venture to say this piece OF
cork win be treated with much more respect
by the Illinois boys than was the limb il
was. designed to replace by the Mexican
populace. aa = r. fae t=s
= zai%ae.,s9 Postscript "
By the southwestern mail Of this morn.
ing, we CLEAN the following additional ane
later news from the army in, Mexico, ane
its march upon the capital:
.aa Late from the City of Mexico.
la In company with Mr.. Kendall's letters
the New Orleans P1cayune received Mexi
can papers,a week later than the last arrival
from which it has made copious extracts
from which we condense as follows: ,9r
/ The Mexicans seize upon the slightest
llpretext or rumor for believing they nave
inflicted injury upon our forces. 1t wa:
reported and believed atPuebla on the 9th
instant that the guerilzas of New Leon ane
CoahuiIa had attacked and gained possession
Of a supply train, at the same time aoossnd'ng
Gen. Iaylor.,-.. :,
Another rumor credited both in Pueblo
and thescity of Mexico, is that Gen. Scot
was ill at Jalapa with dysentery, and tha
forathis reason and the want of troops he
would defer his advance upon Puebla.-
There is no foundation for the rumor of ms
Illness, we are happy to say.
Another Mexican story was that Genera
Urea was threatening Tampico, if hae