Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-03-04


Richie was lassoed aud dragged across corn
field, and the dispatches earned off! The ten
Dragons were either killed or taken prisoners.
Lieut.. Richie was one of the mos,tilslinguish-
ed aud excellent young officers 10 The army.
Ills conduct at Palo Alto and Resaca won the
admiration OF the army, aud he was. much es.
ieemed for his talents aud The excellence of
his heart. There is little or no. doubt of his
dea'h-s,ill, willis, there is shadow of doub,
there is hope
few days ago. au officer of the Cd Ohio
regiment, Lieut.. Miller Is beliesed To- be hi.
name, was murdered at Chchironi, and awful
ly muiaied. His heart was GU, out and hung
upon shrub. TO show Us suppose. how deep
ly seated was the hatred towards US. ,could
like 10 have command OF two hundred mouniet
men, with unlimited power over The country
between Cerralvo and Camargo. My first act
would be TO shoot every man in Mies then go
and burn every rancho on the roaie. for ten
miles tight and left, and shoot every man, To
Cerralvo--and then continue TO shoot them in
lha, region as fast as they made their appeal
ance.
Bat here is news ,ha, will create deep sen.
saiion in the States The following letter reach
ed Gen. Worth las, evening. OF course ihers
lis no doubt about its correctness |. is from
Capt. Chapman Of the army:
"SALTiLLo. Jan. 25. ISi7.
g. have only time 10 write a word Major
Bo.land of the Arkansas cavalry. with fifty men,
and Maj. Gaines and Cassius M. Clay with
80 men, were surrounded and captured al En-
carnacion, (aboui as miles beyond Salri!lo) on
the morning Of tho 23d, by Gen. Minon. Ho
heard that BoTland was there, and marched
from Ma,ehuaIa with 500 cavalry. aud took
them without filing gun. This is no stamp
ede. Yours truly,
". W. CHAPMAN"
TIE above is all that has reached US on tha
suhjec, in fact it is clear enough Between 80
and 90 Of our men have been taken prisoners.
and are undoubtedly a, San Luis Poro,i ers
this. The hatred of The Mexicans is so inre,-
crate, however, against our volunteers, that
fears entertained for the safety OF the pris-
oners.
The troops are beginning 10 move down
from Camp Palo Aho. Gen. Scofi would,hare
embarked to-day The Massachusetts, for
Tampico, IL a heavy norther had moi spiung up
yesterday. He will be accompanied by 1w"
or three companies Of the artillery ba'taIliou.
Capt, c. F. Smith and yin,on's company be-
ing of the number. @
The destination Of the troops in IIobos, about
rs miles from Vera Cruz AS Santa Anna
knows all abou, il. presume there is no impro-
priety in telling you. Il is an Island. very
near The main land and behind il is safe hii-
Dor for vessels OF considerable size The .hns
is rocky and The pass very crooked, bp' not
extremely dangerous In the course OF !hs
week we shall be on the Gulf and if the nnr't.
ers and Southeas,ers do no, send Us io another
world, you will receive description Of Iho
battle aud capture Of Vera Cruz.
Another letter dated Feb. 4rh, expresses thu
opinion that the attack on Vera Cruz will ;ska
place about the lst of March, If no, before. Al.
luding 10 the death Of Ri,chie, the wri'er say:
"Ii seems that the ten Dragons reached Vic
Iora in safety. bui there is nn longer any doubt
about the deatI, OF the valuable young officer
| The party hailed al town on the road, and
| Lieut.. Richie left the men for few moments
to 60 with the guide and procure forage for the
horses they had proceeded but short distance
when Mexican came dashing up on horse.
back, threw lasso suddenly over Rilchies
head, and dragged him full speed, across field,
and then murdered and stripped him.
A letter from Camargo, dated January 26h.
says that an express had jus, arrived from Al
damas, abou, forty miles from Camargo, with
the intelligence ,ha. Canales was al that place
with his force, and that he intended attacking
train of pack mules, which left shors time
since for Monterey
We have also dates rpm Vera Cruz TO .bs
/ .s.oo LaigF =
evening OF 1 &c Ne-~i ifom the city OF Mexico
TO the 2o,h Of January, received by way Of Hs
wanna. the steamer /" Midway" having arrived
at that place on The 9th with S600,000 in sps-
Gle. A, the las. accounts Santa Anna, says 'be
Picayune, was sill a. San Luis Po,osi. Ver'
Cruz papers Of the 23d ul,. announces lha, ls''
ters from San Luis speak of his departure for
Tuls.. Letters from the city of Mexico are 10
The same effect. and represen, ,ha, he soOIS
more a, The head the main body Of his forces
Letters on which we rely confidently. says that
his whole force does not exceed 23 600 menS
all arms. They are represented TO be 10 de-
plorable situation for wan,of means. They
are destitute of clolhing and arosisions, and one