Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-03-27
From the N. o. Bulletin, 18th inst.

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Dates--The Reqnisition Tor Troops not fro,
raylor-Repor, at Tampco Of Battle wit,
Taylor's Outpos,s, &c. J'f5Hi '1U-
We have bad a conversation with hiphI
intelligent officer Of the army. who has been at
tached to General Tsylor's .tsff ever since h,
entered Mexico and who left Saltlo oh the All
inst He inform us, that there is no practica
Bile pass by which Santa Anna could possiblype
into Geueral Tsylor's rear with artillery, au
that if he attempted to attack our army with in
taniry alone, he feels assured he would be re-
pulsed, even II he had great superiority
force, ms Gen Taylor has four batteries Of flyin,
artillery, (one of them consiEing OF "a pounde
howiizers.) with toll complement Of regular
to serve and manage them. lie also expresse
belicftbat, though Gen. Taylor might fall bac
from Nueva to Sa!ullo, he would no, retrea
from the latter point, without first having q ba,
! tie. Gen. Tayl lor's force does not exceed 500
men, oil Of which are volunteers, except the az
tillery und about $50 dragons, under Cot. May
Besides the above force, there are 600 rnena
Monterey, which latter place 10 represented Il
UtlUg III uu tACeIltU Stdtc VI ueIeuCc, unu ca
pnble of successfully resisting any force the enc
my can bring against it. 1902. f-s seF
According to the present advices, il wout
appear considerable force OF the enemy had
passed to Gen. Tuylor's flank by yc:oris. bu,
which seems principally to have Been cavalry
Should Santa Anna have sent his artillery also
by that route, his means Of attack, and conse.
quently his chances Of success, will have been
greatly increased-there lie no doubt be has
large force with him, as he never would have
attempted offensive operations against our army
, except wita great superiority Of numbers.
II will b. seen by DR.. JARVIS statement, that
nothing had yet been learned as to actual bat.
tie, and Of course no foundation for the sinister
repor, of Gen. raylor's heavy loss. and that the
runrs on this head were confined TO the cut.
ting oft ot some trains or small deischmcnts.
From ell we can see in the accounts that have
been received, we are inclined to believe that
. the force in The rear Of Gen. Taylor is exclu-
. s,vely the troops that have advanced from Vic.
tnria, and that Santa Anna has moved up with
all his army direct to Neuva, without attempt.
ing to send any part Of his troops into the rear
, Of the Americans, through other difficult p,sses
-Gen. Taylor has probably fallen back m Sal.
,illo. from hs advanced position at Ncuva. and
will give battle at the former place. lfhe sue.
cceds in repnlsing Santa Anna in any attack
the latter may make, all difficulty will cease in
his rear--as the accounts state that ammun
tion was being forwarded from Monterey to
Saltillo, it would appear there was no Interrupt
lion to the Communications between these two
places. and that the eneEy's force had only ap.
y peared on the route between Monterey anl
. Camargo-this would tend to strengthen the
y belief that the force in the rear formed no part
y of Santa Annals army. as they would have been
operating between Saltilo and Monterey.
:. From the New Orleans Times, 18th inst
A CArrAIS HssRiE.-We haG an opportunity Of
). conveIsing with this intrepid officer last evening
!. He stated that he hf Gen. Taylor on The 23d
. uh., hchen M,re nas nohing unusual stirring in
y. camp al Aqua Nuira. There must be terrible
confusion of dates somewhere. Capt. HeLre,
our readers will reeolect, is the gentleman who
performed the daring feat Of effecting his escape
- from the Mexicans at Encarnacion, al the time
> Maj; Gaines command was captured by Gen.
y Minon.
IS CALL FOR VoLuNrEERs.-By the annexed let.
ter from Col Gurus, commanding at Carmargo,
il will be seen that call for a large nuHber OF
volunteers is to be made TOR the defence of the
RIO Grande.
| liEADouARrERs, Camargo, March > lSi7