The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-08-28

ed news Since the date of nv ,s, e,,s ,h bea
Which s ON he 7 an e o% The army The sn
lew miles OUT and four or five of wounded One
OF them, understand, has since died. Lieut. Waters of
Besancons company OF rangers started in pursuit
OF guerillas ON Monday evening, came up with party
Supposed to be the ha made the on the rain
atac ked and eompleey routed it. Three Mexicans wee
klled-seyera wounded Waers's loss amounted TO only
company Ike very Busy since their arriya"S
rg out every day securing the sand hills and chnppara
The mounted men in this neighborhood the only eec
i've force that be used in keeping the guerias at n
| respectable distance from town.
see by the papers which you kind enough send
that some OF your contemporaries have sent Gen Scot, fair
that they leete ahead in his matter and subject
themselves and their readers the modification of feeling
made without any regard whatever TO the sources from
whence they are derived.
anxiousy looked for, but is matter of the
GSenss %hSn viii reach here was told tina.
ana TWO OF yours--have been of somewhere between
is nothing woder The for new %an
to take eonmpn If nave not yer howsyer learned who
was to have proceeded with last but detained by sick
ness is sun very low and il is scarcely probable he will be
Lieut. Wheedon Of the 2,h regiment also, formerly OF
nrssa IN Lea , Tnere ne edited very interesting paper
urday contrary to The wishes of his friends here and re-
wss the day be-
| he left Charleston with a portion of his regiment
about 30 miles from Santa Fe, which have already tod
YOU is a few miles above the encampment call
and supposed be but advanced guard of party Of
Which G Oo Msxean now stationed at Paene Ma
my to fony, and where, doubt, soldiers viii have
oa ey GI h "as
without suffering considerable loss the road but
W hearing of the attack to-day and the about
four miles from here One of them told me, (and the nor
nation was afterwards by letters received by the goveno
that the attack was made at the place named consdera
n s Il P sa of
one American Two OF our officers We're wounded badly,
s,ion made upon the governor, small train of wagons.
with forage and supplies under strong escort Fairchds
rangers and loo inanty,) will be
On returning from Santa Fe met Mr.. H., well mounted
Is you please and was suppose in quest Of the guelas
Yoafs SN'Hs before ne A ss back
VERA CRUZ, MExIco, Aug IL, Is47.
EDITORS DELTA The steamship Fanny has just arrived,
hoses,he two latter for the quartermaer's department
learn that Capt H. and the soldiers with him, have been
60 towards the tram which has BEEN a,,neked as men
ned &c but whether they will go forward TO head
nor say or even wait to find for the leave hero
News has received here from Puebla to the "a,
inst, by large mercantile house, and it brings the much
city on that day This is no idle either tile parties
who received we'd The nsgepce are above al doubt 80 far,
vance, am unable to say it, however. fully bears my
soon ever Gen. Pierce arrived at Puebla '''0
re o s1 OF g a r, win troops and artillery at the
movements there is doubt that the did all he
could to influence the Congress to rescnd the "war Tor
and although the @os responsibility has been placed IN
a an he n it, se s an
bow and the resolution of the Congress- that the who
&c., staring him IN the face, he must no-dare not-now
carry out his plans We may, therefore, hope that
by this, however, commanding genera-if he has not
had fight Rio Frio, equisant Puebla and Mexi
If not within the walls at least that he is knocking pretty
in Santa Annals telling the General that he can't
The health of Vera Cruz, far learn is excellent.
There still in the hospitals few sick and wounded
but Otherwise nothing extraordinary in the way OF sick
very dull but this is entirely owing state Of the roads
to the INTERIOR and the entire absence (except by special
s house here having for months worth goods
in the lime here and the capital and there tho
scott to open the way by terrifying the whole line between
English, and few respectable Mexicans--arc in the
same pedcament and as to the latter, they would ntn
or faith the latter. AS about leave in a few
minutes, close. SHOULD anything come in up to the
last momenh will send it on. Yours, ALPHA.
By the steamship Galveston received yesterday the
Galveston Gazette of the 10th inst We extract from it
the following article
We learn from the Austin Democrat that Mr. Cotton
arrived at San Antonio the 3st july with dispatches
from Gen. Taylor for COL Hays 1t is stated that Gen
Taylor directs Col Hays to take up the line of march for
Nier, report TO Brig Gen Hopping, and remain that
| point until he receives further orders.
Mr. Cotton left Monterey the gath of July; he rep
resents water scarce on the Laredo road
Small robbing parties nfest the country between the
Rio Grande and Mexico
Capt Baylor has been sent out against them he cap
tured SEVERAL and hung them.
Large parties of Indians roaming over the country
between San Antonio and the Rio Grande
The Democrat gives the following account of the at
tack upon Capt G X Lewis and Mr. Cotton, on their
way from Bexar to Gen. Taylors camp:
"The Indians attacked Capt Lewis and Mr. Cotton at
water-hole twelve miles the other side OF the Fro.
They were secreted in the chappara when the two Tex
came near the spot the Indians fired at them perhaps
couple OF times, woundng Lewis and charged Cotton
discharged one barrel of his shotgun, and Killed In
dam Lewis killed another with his rife Cotton shot
third one badly while he in the act of shooting
him-he thinks he wounded him MORALLY. He then
but Lewis advised him do So unless he could make
of his man. telling him at the time that no was
wounded. The Indians Lpans, twelve or fifteen in
number They fetreated precpitatey, setting up most
mournful howl when they their comrades fall The
Indian who fired at Lewis near him that the wad
ding set his clothes fire. His wound was in the hip
Cotton had to assist him mounting and dsmounting from
his horse about every ten miles rsm there Laredo
when he left him, proceeding forward through country
swarmng with thieves and robbers He hardly rested
moment till he reached Gen. Tayors headquarters and
delivered the express Lewis is in Laredo-his wound is
doing well.
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