The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-03-29
AFFAIRS At sALTILLo.
THE POSITION OF GENERAL TAYL0R.
TEE sKYRnGIsH.
go &c. &c.
AFFAIRS AT SALTILLo.


AFFAIRS AT sALTIILo.
SALrILLo, February 20, lsa7
~, am wrtng you, II Ia said, the i've of n battle
me enemy Is 10 force on every side Santa Anna hs,
informed his citizen soldery (his regulars ia ooOa ,st
our stores ample and prouse and ali il At be;r .a'
rush to arms and from sii acco ,ne com
well have they obeyed the call We are maxim sii
Majors Dix and Coffee ten DAYS since branch, -, ooo
oOo dollars Majors Coquin and sson arrived here
from Monterey last night with seven wagon loads
visions from Monterey, and intended for Gen. Tsviors
camp were ordered to be parked in the main and
600 ratons besides some so COO pounds Of Hesca"
nj 'na nss been captured BY wond not
no,bi inns e Of ;ba mic. Little Prze for Santa Anna saying
dred wagons and equipments, iour parks Of artillery
complete, and any quantity Of medical supplies hospital
just think oft! IN dwell no Logger On q tn mo 70 me
SO snplesssnt But we must and VIII whip them
Taylor asked him he could realize that Gen Santa
w.: an %y y,0 Ta
Let them come they will 60 back good deal faster
brsvet Lieut. Col May with 400 men and section of
artillery was ordered out today to make reconpos-
osncs ana ND di:iodge body Of cavalry said to be
road. A AN'' 'o'o'i
Tie erpre,s 10 going I haze only tim. to soy
one officer supposeS to be killed and ten nsrn Gen Tav
.Gr Aas returned to tAe heshts above the and O
menf
and hustle, snd some confusion.
THE RINooNADA PASS.
Inc following IL interesting it shows what natural
defences the army will have If compelled to retreat from
We left the city Monterey by the saltilIo road-ths
same Ampuda took In bis retreat leads all the way
Of note until got the celebrated Rinconada Pass
Little just at the mouth oft which must very
ola rom Tho look; Of domestic trees about it Hare is
splendd garden belonging to grsndee, which ID in
every way superior to Aristas It II, however, in
state OF dapdaon-hc walls torn down in severai
oesns
saw. gathered bouquet Of beautiful flowers in it
The boys got plenty of radishes and tomatoes We en-
camped all night. and moved through the pass next
all military sagacity would ever abandon such strong
mold. They had two breastworks the hill up which
the nations of the earth had they attempted to but
the cowardly sccundres soon they got tho news
that Worth had got round into the saltic rosd abandon
ed all their works and hsd
INCIDENTS. &c, OF THE WAR
lFrom the Cincinnati Enquirer, March al
We noticed yesterday thst Cspt Wslker had bis horse
die While there great big specimen Of Kentucky man
acare came IN and in voice somethipg less than
{" want to see Capt Walker the Texsn rar~ern Let
me introduce you TO to the Captain said Young turning
round in the direction where he stood. what you
about my ..shs six foot two and well proportion
ed-,one that could walk into tho ID Mexicans
would swallow you give us shake of your hand Old
ellSw for you are ons of 'em" The Captain gave him
Sme which from the writings Of the Keniuokian's
dd not seem to be Vt the Pleasanest kina
mounted his horse and rode OF
MILITARY.
Col McClung fast recovering from the wound recev.
ability to resnter the n.d at an early day that he hes
applied to the President for command in Of the new
regiments
From the Norfolk Herald, March 20
the U 8 frigate St. Lawrence was launched from the
oesport Navy Yard yesterday afternoon, in beautiful
style the presence of large concourss Of spectator
The b. y one Of the GLASS Of irgates plan.
law for the gradual incrsase Of the Navy, which was
passed il 1910 Or ~ and her keel laid in April 1895
since which time the work Of building has been prose
cuted at convenient seasons, until few months past
when the order was given to complete it, under the d.
.scon Of Mr. HART, the present Naval constructor
psrstion for the launch and that business ives
assigned BY the Commandment to the direction Of his SON.
BILE and praseworhy. To him we are indebted for the
following statement of the dimensions of the ~ Law.
rerce-Length between perpendicular lie feet breadth
OF beam lmouided 40 ee depth OF hold to gun deck 81
ieet inches gun deck to spar deck7 feet inch; bur
then in tons (mesSurement) 1852 6o.o5
These were the original dime nsions, but We learn
that they have been slightly altered modinad and the
tonnege increased by the new method Of estimating
Armament-Main deck-26 thirty two FOUNDERS; a
eight inch shell guns Spar deck 4 medium 81 pound
sls; eight inch shell guns u light 81 pouuders
for and can carry 80.
The work Of hoishing and launching the st Lawrence
has been accomplished with expedition and success
winch reflects credit oil who were engaged in H. aud
on none more than the worthy Commandan of the Yard
Commodore Charles W. Skinner, who had the supervi
sion of it.
U steam bark seen 18th inst, latitude % as
longitude "a 20, by the Mary Elizabeth at New York
from donaves, which reports tho steamer steering
for the Moro Castle
IMPEACHMENT FOR DEBT IN MARYLAND We
have received the following copy Of the bill passed
by tho Legislature abeshng the and in prsonren
Of non resident debtors by resident creditors II will
be that IL in FORCE but whether il applies 10
Tor the lawyes:-
Bill entitled act relating to in civil cases In
the State OF Maryland.
Section L. Be enacted by tho General Assembly Of
in the year eighteen hundred and forty SEVEN It fhs
not be lawful to arrest and hold to bail mesns process
any person who may be nonresident of this State AT
the time OF issuing Of process against such person or per
state. ~
Sec. And BIO II enacted, That IL any such non resi-
dent snail be 80 arrested he may apply by petition In
writing to the judges Of the court before whom the writ
retnrnabe to either OF them setting forth that ne IL
not resident Of the State Of and that the debt
or cause Of action for which he arrested was not
contracted within this States and the production Of
ton, shall be the duty Of the said judges judge to
order the dachargs from CUSTODY OF such nonrssdsu
Sec. And bs it enacted That shall be competent
for non.rssidsnts, arrested as aforesaid, by petition TO
OF contract snquirsd into and decided before the re.
turn day OF the writ on which he may have been ar
rested.
Sec And he enacted That this act shall not he cor
'trued a. Affecting in any degree the law Of attachments
OPENING OF THE i,AvK ANN CxuAr --'rha folou.