Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-07-24

expect to make n Tor ware movement hPDh
tie capital, until an answer was received
to Or. BUoHArAg's propositions Of peace.
II these eyertures have been rejected, as Is
again asserted by a contemporary, We pre-
slime that he will hasten his departure for
the city Of the Aztgts with characteristic
energy and dgeision,-Begt
LATER FROM THE BRAsOs.
The. Steamship Mary King5iaHd, Capt.
Davis, arrived from BRACES Santiago, which
she left OH The 18th. We have received BY
ibis arrival, our Matam0fos papers to 4
late date, but they contain nothing Of pro.
nin8nt interest.
Much complaint is made Mt Matamoros,
Of the absence Ufa tribunal TO try offences
Of a grave character. A Col. Davenport
Is not authorized to Investigate such eases,
he bus resolved to recommend, as in Tam
pitU and Vera Cruz, the suppression Of the
Alealdes aud the establishment Of tribunals
composed Of American citizens for The trial
, dfall cases. The recommendation Of Col.
Davenport Is to be sent TO Washington
soon.
The tenth Regiment Of Volunteers.
composed Of sturdy men from New York
and New Jersey, Is now 1uartered at Ma.
tamor0s, and will remaiB until relieved.
The FbAe speaks IN high terms of the ap-
]pearante, discipline and conduct Of the
mon, and Of the good qualities Of tho olIis
Gers.
A MHxtuAH LARtATHD-Ws were told
last evening, says tho FtA0, that a few
days ago. u number Of horses belonging 10
the q~uatternastef's department were
'gtanpeiad' and run oft. Three OF four
Me&icans in the public employ were sont
after them After hnddliAg them together
aud while engaged IN throwing ropes over
their neelpe, q strange Mexican was Oh.
served officiating bis s]rfyiees IN The satne
line.-QuiUk ia thought a lariat was cast
over his head and the moose drawn. Ihc
stdIenness aud force Of tho action threw
him to the ground aud jisIoeated his neck.
Several horscs, we learn have been ridden
off In this way, at ]varigla times, semr
sis az seven horses, on this occasion. eH.
capped without the U. q brand being burnt
upon them
Under the head Of tho latest rim0rs The
E1qE has the following
As filtft ]ehroniglcrB Of whit Is trans,
pirinR in our palt Of the world, VIC deem i
aa much n duty TO keep our readers inform
od Of the runor5 %afl0at, us 10 record facts
10 commence then :
Carabalal either has, or Ia about to, Bael
the town Of San Fernando. Cdnse-In
habitauts loo friendly 10 tho Americans.
Mhtamafog Is about to be- assaulted by
hostile MeAieans in f0ree sufficient to over,
eetne al resistance that can DO afforded
Proof-lt II said that u respectable Me1i
can In Monterey wrote TO his wife in this
place 10 leave town Immediately, if no
sooner, and to take all the house hold plum
dor with her. Further nm old IMAM ant
his son, leaving town with purchased goods
were met on tho road by u party Of nrtnet
Mesioans-old man told 10 20 bis way
goods and boy taken along, one Tor the ust
Of the army, the other to fight clos Ameri
can0e."
The above cat be believed in whole o.
in heart, OF not at al, according TO the fan
cy of the reader.
Since writing the above, we learn from
Capt. Davis, that the Rio Grande Is ma
vigable to Reynosa for large class boats
and for light draft boats TO Calnargo. The
steamer Rough and Ready, with troops on
board, had started for Mier, where q cam
Of instruction " about being formed uade.
charge of Col. Bclknap.
1t was rilnorcd at the Brazos, when tbs
Nary Kiagsiand left, that Gen. Urea, will
u force Of 1900 men, was about making {
descent on Reyn0sa. One company be
longing TO q regiment on its way to The
camp of instruction had been landed, anc
the Quarter Master was making every pre-.
p~aration TO defend the place.-Several bo.
dies Of Mexicans had been seen ON the
River lately, and it Is supposed that Urfea's
object is to attack some Of the depots, Of
the wagon trains between Camargo anc
Monterey.
A gang of ~desperadoes composed o
Mexicans and others, and commanded by
a man named King, have proved very
troublesome in the noighborhood Of the
Brazos, Some of the m~arauders have
been taken prisoners, the remainder dis
persed, and the rancho which they occu
pied, burnt to the ground.-Bce.
The Americans are determined TO con.
quer a peace They have gainedtwo victo,
rtes over Santa Anna, and about twenty
over Polk-having beaten him in almos'
every State where he dared to give them
battle. Two or three more such victories
and peace will be secure. We shall have
a Congress that will teach Polk the path ol