The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1847-03-13
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Mexican force will come or have come Ihis
side Of the mountains, and in noiicms lhs
reports only do so 10 keep up xi'b Others.
l-Ths, the lsncers are q, Victoria, who left
there on our approach, ! can believe, but
nothing else. There was q rumor 10 cir
culsIion at the time We left Monterey. that
Cow Morales was in or nesr Victoria, With
1000 men; but we found that near 5000
were in buckram,' The same nigh, be
applied to the move on SaIjIIo, as lhe csv-
airy Of Gen Gonzales, al The same lime Of
our cour!eImaIch 10 Monterey, was magni-
fed into an immense army.
The sehr. Pioneer came in from LobOs
Island last night, having left il on the 9Th
inst. The captain reports that he sailed
ttom the island few days sgo wi.h one
hundred nan, destined for The wreck of tho
Ondiaka, to render assistance TO ,hc vessel
| If practicable, and 10 assis, The volunteers,
buI iinding that he troops had lief! there,
set ire 10 The wreck, and relutned 10 tie
place from whence they sailed disembsrb-
go the men, and then proceeded 10 This place
bringing up dispatches from The sloop'ol~
war 81. Mory's, direct from the squsdron.
These dispatches from Gem. Conner are
said by an officer 10 be Of an important pa
lure, bu, their contents have no.. nor prob.
ably will not, be made public.
Col Baker, of the Alb I'linoie. recently
from the BrazOs, made speech TO his men
Yesterday evening. in which hs look occa'
zion 10 say that they would be marched a.
gansi the enemy in few days This hs
was certain Of, and the Colonel having been
ia Naehinglon very lately, and jus! from
Gen. Sco'b was reckoned 10 speak BY tho
card. He said, also, ,ha, Gen. Scott would
be here in day OF Two.
The Malamoras game OF cutting into our
volunteers is now in the full tide OF cue.
cessluI operation, anu no lsVs Insn aso
laye had lhol blood lie! oui in one night by
The greasers' knives, but did no, hear Of
,ilher of The wounds bslag mortal The
4alsIauIry Of our boys generally leads 10
he difficulty.
| conver,ed his morning with a gentle"
nan from of The island Of Lobos, He says
hal six companies of shr !. uislanisns have
anded there; p,rt Of ihe Penasy sylvanians
,nd one or two vessels Of there with
roops.
From The same correspondents letter,
bearing data Feb. 18Th, We make Ihe SUBJ
oined exlrarts;--
The Repu5HconO Of the %, also contains
a letter from Ssn Luis polosi, aGordipg
nuch information as TO the movements OF
he Mexicans, and ought to be published, if
i is only 10 show iha, their is soms real
nsgnanimiiy yet in Mexico. The writer
loos al ihe idea Of rejoicing al The capture
# 20 or SO men, by over 5000 Of Iheir own
people. But 10 the letter:
SAN LUIS POTosI Jan 27.
Yesterday. at 0 o'clock in tho mornlng,
here was great rejoicing in lhs sIreels.
The church bells rang out their merry pesls
,nd many rocket was fred of during the
ceremony. All this was occnsioned by the
recep, of the 'miSerdbis' notice that ov,f
1000 Mexican cavalry under The vrIsnt
Gen. Minon, had surprised and Ger ured a.
bout so Yankees, who were or win their
eaqs in search Of fOrsg, This place
shich they surrendered at SCALED ThDqus
Is la Vacs.
To-day The corps 4 iof'n''y have l'h
for sal,ilIo-sI.o y0rigads of horse AID
brigade of foo, srtillery, having fourteen
runs-.hree IA. three Of is, four of 10,
and Tho ,e,,ue Of I2s and So.
We a, assured that in less than two dav,
there n 60 out another division, and on
,bs .oIloWing day The rect Of The forces
,jich sre 10 San Luis.
Gen. TWIggs' guide infnrusd him las,
'gnI. that Ill the men taken by MIror, 81
i.ls0s, had been shol; but no dosa M,
redItit, no. does any oos sIss-,hs idea
aving no doubI arisen from the fac, of the
hoos.ng Of several Mexican, who were
nh Maj Gaines.
The rumor sent you about the arrival
force, in addition to The Lspcsrs, sl
'lcloTl9, ID no duubl tIue, for Mo,;c,,