The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-02-12

20 miles from here, t. be sold. The custom
house officer oi this place, sent ord rs 10 have tho
goods seized and conisca,oJ. Van Ecss applied
- Maj W. f1r iednss. lie Immediately sent Iar
the cusom house officer and the A'cado to an
scar b, FIRE Inn. When tn, : arrived, lie ord,r-
cd them to take lhe oath Of allcs nnce to The uu-
III rites O(the L. States. The cath was taken.
/ lie then made them promise that they would give
notice to the cIlizcns uf all villages under their
authority, not to modest any Of the Ancrcan cit
Lens IN their persons or property, who conduct
I'd themselves rtorcrki nnd that the custom
/ house officer should sen to Sinicus and have
! the goods, and min who seized them, brought to
| this place at O'Clock IN the morning q Mean
while" said the MAJOR to tie custom house OH.
Ger, "thrre will be guard plscrd over your
/ house" The officer ausw, rcd rather grumly,
THAT it was not necessary 10 have a gua,d
| placed over him, he would not leave" Tho
NM u told him, "that as long as the citizens re-
manned peaceall", ILey should be proteclj, but
the momen, they attempted to take up arms, he
would have al the principal men Of the town ta-
zen aud sen, To Gen Taylor's army ms prisoners
Of Wal; and that they (hc custom house oi;c,r
onl Alcald.) should hereafter use their best cn-
beavers to keep the people IN .uhjccllon.' All
this they fra'"isol.
Blu, Mexican pro uis,s ar not to be relied on.
And, though means have been taken to secure
the return { ,hc seized goods, We have but Into
confidence in the allegiance Of The c,izcus--
Families are leaving the place by dozens. That
c,iiily and subsection which character, zcd the
citizens before the army left, has ever since been
ahaiiUg and great mary Other circumstances
prove tina, there is something going on There
are five companies bcrr, who can muster about
800 c1cve men. Three Of these companies,
Captains Morgan's and Preniiss's uf the lot reg
lmcnt Of Illinois Volunteers, and Capt. Wheel
er'., OF the regiment, in barracks tie other
two. Of the Arkansas regiment Of cavalry, are in
tents near the hospti' which will make them
good fortress. Were we together, We could
withstand almost any force; but that is not tho
case. Wheeler is al the m,sazinc, jrs, out Of
town; Capt. Morgan's hosts in the Council
House, in the centre of he town on a Large pub
lie square, whilst the Arkansas boys are ut the
other extremity Of the town. The MeIicans
will not attempt an attack upon US without Eve
times our number; bat they can. in five DAYS,
raise tn times Tint number, and assure you
wc expect al attack every hour Tonight We
sleep on our arms, ready to te up at any mo-
meat.
LAST evening there arrived despatch from
Gtn W DOL who is on his way to psrrns to meet
Ia, rs army, which is Oh it, way to San I.ui,
Potosi with 10 0o0 men, where ma Anna is
renJczvoung his forces, which, the MeIc,ns
have IT, are coo men. Another report came
, in this mornioG. ('y one # the guard that had
: becn sent with Gen. Shields to Monterey that
there was large force Of MeIicans on their v-y
to intercep, Gen. Wool before they reached Ger.
Taylor, and that it was generally believed At
Monterey tia, they would lick Wool out.
We are to rcmsin here Ill the last Of this Di-
p vision comes up. There are back yet about so
teams Of provisions and comrani,s Of volun-
teers. We expect them up in two OF three days
. but If hey get along in two weeks We will be
satisfied. II Wool is no, whipped before no
reaches Paras, We vi join him there and march
a 10 tho "bg fight" OF 81. Luis Potosi--bul il the
4 report he true about the force marching upon
him, snd he should be whrpcd. we ould Lea e:
. bad fix; for there would be no chance for Us to
!, retreat or receive succor from Gen. Taylcr. so
, you see We are in rather lish, place. But tie
boys arc ready for a fight, and lie, come what
. may, VIC are ready 10 meet it-every man con
ahna his and thnv III ,Iie r,thcr than Snr.
render.
:, We are quite healthy here; having hu. 2
reported sick in our company. We have been
/ remarkably lucky in this rcspcct-,here not ha'-
ing one ,ed Of the whole company since wo left
home. Alier, NOSE.