The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-03-26

ard that u Taylor did not surrender he
would Gu, him {" pieres. The note ron.
rludts: A" The express which ltit after
JaIk lat hight SAYS thai Taylor was Civ
ing The Mrxicans heH."
This my i've considered The las, official
conrsuuicaunl received: all the ,ubse.
q"enI Information being derived from tie
{! MexIcans. might hete re,ns,k thai a
nole uxs rrctlvtd from the postmaster at
! Monterey, VI the saine lime with ,ie last
COMMUNICATION of Capt. Montgomery,
| uh,rh L YES the additional particulars
that Gsutral Taylor had E.ilcr barb from
Aqua Nneva Ia Saliillo, " hich | should
infer also frnm The notes Of Capt. NJ. al
though be does no, distinctly stale So
The Mexcans say he lost SIX pieces OF
cannon at the former place. lie more.
over states that Gen. Mar, hall had gone
To the pass Of Los Mucrtos with view
Of terrifying it, and large quantities Of
ammunition had been despatched from
Monterey to SalulIo.
The dr,achmen,s Of the 81 Ohio Reg.
linen, under Col. Morgan aud Lieut.. Col.
lrvlng-ilie former having seven compa-
nies at C,ralvo, and the latter three at
Marin. was greatly feared at Camargo.
had been cut of by large force of 3, 900
men. who are said to have occupied the
latter place On the afternoon OF the Odd.
Lieut. Cot. living, in obedience TO gene
raj order No. IL, is said to have ltf, Ma
rim the morning Of the same day it was
occupied by the enemy. marching towards
Ccralvo. with view Of forming a juno
ton with Col. Morgan, and then proceed
ing TO Monterey. Col. Morgan lief, Ce-
ralvo on the 2lh, having destroyed, in
obedience 10 the endorsement, on the same
general order, all such provisions and
supplies as he could not carry w,h him.
lie must Of consequence have encounter
ed The enemy in his route, as they had
already, as we have seen above. occupied
in loTce Marin, lying between him and
Monterey.
Moreover, train OF 100 wagons.
which lei! Camargo abou, the 10Th or
l7'h, laden with provisions. clolhng.
&C., is said to have been attacked on The
24ili at or near Ramos, lying between
Ceralvo and Marin, and, with the escort,
apiured. This intelligence was brought
in by an American or Mexican muledri.
yer, who was with the train and escaped
a, the time Of its capture. He says The
Mcxicaus charged al the same time both
the front and the rear Of the train. After
the firing, which was Of short duration,
ceased, he cautiously ventured from gu,
Of the chapaIrel, with view Of finding
some Of his comrades. He discovered
the Mexicans busiy engaged in unhar.
Messing the mules from the wagons. and
seeing none Of his own party, made his
way back, carefully avoiding the road to
Camargo.
A hundred Mexican stories were in
circulation al Camargo when | left in ref
erencc to the battle going on between
Gen. Taylor and Santa Anna. They
say it had already continued three days
with considerable loss on our side, but
much greater on that Of the Mcxicans.
Subsequent; accounts represent Gen. Il.
as having fallen back on Monterey. The
day | lett Cauargo letter was received
from the alcaldc Of Mier say ling that the
Mexican troops had entered that town
iwenly-four miles dislan, from the former
place and had made him prisoner in con.
sequence Of his endeavorIng to secrete
stores lief, Leniiod in his charge when
Lieut.. Col. McCook evacuated the place.
Col. Curtis intended TO march with his
regiment for Monterey The momen. Col.
Drake. with the 81 Indiana Regiment,
arrived from Matamoros TO relieve him.
The latter officer was awaiting the arri
val Of the Mississippi Regiment, which |
met on the river short distance below
Malamoros, on its way up. This regi
men, and six companies nf the Virginia
''s'H'cH's uHu'i Islculs WI. hdnu ppH,
which arrived at Camargo the day ! left
tat place. are the only volunteer rrg-
men,s arrived on the Rio Giande, all The
other regiments that had arrived having
been sent below TO Lobos. From what
source Gen. Taylor is TO expect relief i, |
is impossible to say. Every soldier, and
in fac, double or thrice the number that
now constitute tie garrisons at the differ
ent depo's, are actually necessary for
their defence, and no, one can be spared. |
Information can hardly reach Gen. Scott
in time for him 10 march division 10 his
relief.
In addition to the above, which reduc.
es 10 some order and certainty our infor.
nation from the Rio Grande, we learn
further from DIR. Jarvis tina, a bearer of
dispatches had left Canargo for Tampi-
60, and sailed from the mouth of the Rio
Grande on the 9Th inst, on the McKim.
If the information We give in another
column from 'rampico be entirely au,hcn.
lie, the messenger would not reach his
destination ill the departure of all the
troops which can be spared from thai