Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-01-12
Late and Important From tho Army!

The n. -. Nercury OF mo -cth h'is ocel re-
C lived Il. Tho Merchants Exchange per steamer
Alhambria. /, contains news from Brazos ST.
J1po as late as the .1ilh uii., the substance OF
which we annex:
Con. Wool has boon ordered TO tako up bis
yyintor quarters u parras, l3o miles west OF
Sal,illo, and the lst and End Regiments OF
Indiana Volunteers have been ordered TO rein
force HIM. Gen Wool has seized 1000 barrels
of flour and several thousand barrels of wheat.
His whole force including Indiana Volunteers, IS
4,03o.
Orders have boon issued for reinforcing Gen.
Worth ut Saitilio By four companies Of Ken
tuckv Cavalry. 1t was rumorcd that Santa An
*, was advancing toward SaItil!o.
Gen. Taylor left Monterey on tho 10Th for VIC
toria. with an escort. Six American transfers
were killed u, Ramos by Canaics' mon
Gen. Batter was in command a, Monterey
with ..OOo men; Col Mexico of ny, at Seralvo
with 6 companies; Capt. Willis of Col. Mckoe's
Regiment with > companies at Nler, anu Hon.
Marshall "a, Camargo.
Col. McClung rapidly recovering.
A company Of Mexicans approached so near
Tampico on Ito li;h, that they we:o fired upon
bv the Americans. Tho Alabama troops had
arrived at fanpco.
Can't Store has captured Cap. Caniova and
300 Mexcans, 81 miles up tho San Juan. %
stand of arms wero taken ut the Same tiino
/ A Mexican takcn at Camargo on tho 10Th,
in an attomp, 10 onter tho powder magazlne
The steamer Palo Alto, and schooner Nandor-
biit have been wrecked.
Tho Fashion brought over so discharged VOL
untcc-s.
On tho 29th ult. the schooner II. NJ. Johnson
arrived at Now Orleans. having sailed from Tam
pico on tho 18th. BY this arrival the Irop'c
was pa. in possession of several items OF interest
It's statement OF which We quote
+ Cant Hardy reports that Col. Gates, command
ing a, Tumpco, declared martial law on the 10Th
tho 18th tho American citizens
the city including tho captains, officers and crews
of tho American vessels IN port, wcro supplied
with arms with which TO do service IN case CT al
attack from tho enemy. thorough search Of
the CITY for arms had been made. and about SIN
hundred stand Of arms and considerable guam
,ity Of ammunition had been discovered Abou
three hundred of the guns were ioadod "hei
found.
The force Of United States troops at Tamplc
. on the 10Th inst, including ctlzens, sa'Iors, &C.
amounted 10 about nine hundred nen hcr
was an accession of troops on tho 18th by the ar
rival of the steamship Vrginia, from Brazos San''
! ago. which brought three hundred and twenty
$ men, ;,
f On the 30th ul., Lieut.. Chaddock, Of the
o S. revenue schooner Ewing, which had arrived
! a, The entrance OF the river on the 2sih, an
: grounded in dense fog just below the head @
n the North Eas. Pass, reached New Orleans ate
d assistance to &c, her afioat. The Ewing le
; Tampco on tho l3th. The Commercial Time
= says:
k Tho Ewing comes hi,her TO mount new ba
e ,ery, comprising tw ,hir,y-two pound carronade
: and a long eighteen. The intelligence she bring
II is of very little moment, independent OF that c
the arrival, at Tampico, Of fresh troops, rendere
necessary from the quasi menacins attitude
. the enemy, near that city
=, ..On the 9Th instant. the steamer Virginia
l. rived at Tampico. with $50 troops on board,
10 previously stated, and the day after, tt
$ steamer Cincinnati, with General Shields ar
- Staff, Capt. Lumsden, and couple of COMPANY
k Of volunteers. In coming over the bar OF tn
e port. the Ewing met brig with another rel
y forcemen, Of 300 men. bound up, from Brasos
70 "For some time previously to the Ewing's sa
" ing. small parties Of Mexican horse had bet
N seen lowering about the vicinity of the Ame'
re can lines, Oh tho Al,amira road. and an Alta
= on the town had been hourly expected Her
is parture delayed. through this cause, two da,
is After the arrival Of the force above mentlone
10 Colonel Gates deemed tho town sufficiently
is cure.