The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-03-20


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have already announced that Santa Anna at Malehu
him at II Cedral day or two Afterwards The Latter
place is thirty two Spankh LEAGUES from San Ins Po,o
s or nearly half way between that cty and altIlo The
ig hnp Is repOrted 10 have an tia 2,d Fah
uary al AgIa Nueva nine leagues in ady.nra III Sal,i
10, where Gen TAYLOR has had his ca,np Tor seyera
weeks that would give him about two weeks to march
leagues or about ninety four miles - Nf''''
The force which. according to the MEXICAN napsrs
Santa Anna left San Luis WITH or had sent in the drec
ton of Monterey in advance of him consisted Of
The s.nners an; ay,a.r;s,s ,,,, 10 sso
Isl sd l, 5h loh and 1ih r iv s,s If h m
and is and Sd light troops, 6.aao
CIaya, do. OF G,rdaIaiara, do Of Lagos, do. OF
= Queretaro, do Of Mexico, $500
Troops s w W GensIal rarrod at Tula with three o
pieces pieces o. ar canhber' % l,o0o
A aaiInyyv on me march, S9 9eo
Division ,mdrr GENERAL Me;ia srls e.sa 1Sy
~ Tota, t sas ~ if 8aas-g aaa ~ aI0
If we add 10 his force the cavalry nnder Generals
Minon and Jrrea + would anear that Santa Anna had
under him an army Of Is 900 Or 80 600 men. The report
relied upon by The Flag states that General Tsvlor
attacked with 5000 men other accounts male fhe IT.
tackinr army o5O0o strong II nav ne that M;Sons
command was embraced in The six thou-and cavalry re-
ported on the march and Il ia not likely that Urea II the
previous accounts were ue Of his having tai On
sion Of Victoria. had been Withdrawn imm that noston
to assist in the demonstration upon Salto Il i there
fore likely that # Santa Anna has given hattie vi all he
has done 80 with about 900 men. "a I - ~
At Braxos, when the Cinderella left opinions were
honeh at Msnmorr ,hs cnrsr, hsls .s II na Hn
taken place. Gen Taylors force was 5000 men. We
are slow to believe that he could be badly whipped with
the s d as ss nil attacked a By h S sm
but some OF the regiments OF volunteers at Sao are Of
the right sort Of mdee and their regmentl officers are
proper men.
the reports which have been received The exposed con
dton of the whole line OF the Rio Gande invites indeed
descent Of the Mexican army but also fears
out that Gen. Taylor has retreated upon Monterey with
view to protect the valley OF the Rio Gande and keep up
communications with his supplies, and that the rumors
this the real OF the would questioning the
positive declarations of the Flag and the opinions gem
orally prevailing at Matamoros The cry has been
''wolf, wolf for so long time that it is about time the
"wof' should There have been signs of his COM
ing for weeks
Later from tho Draxos.
The schooner James and Samuel, Captain Somers, ar
rived Yesterday from Brazos Santiago having sailed on
the 9Th instant in ballast She brought but single let
ter SO far as we can learn and the gentleman who re-
ceived that that it contained whatever
mere letter OF business. The schooners Napo-
Leon Exit and Cinderella were to sail the same day and
the Napoleon has the mail on board
Captain Somers reports that an express arrived at
Brazos on the evening of the 4th instant with that
ga Mexican force had passed Matamoros on the opposite
side Of the river on the 4th" Although he convcrsed
with the express rider he was unable 10 learn the num-
Der of the Mexicans or who commanded them
Further from the Braxos.
Run,0rs yet more alarming-A general action report
ed RMmorcd retreat Of Gen. Taylor to the Rinconada
--Interruption of american commun icdtons-Rum0red
capture of McCuliochs to de-
fend Camargo and BraSos, &C., &c. &sat IS
Since the above was written the schooner
Cinderella Tor Cinderella G. Scu, as she is
called has arrived. and bv her We have null
pIicitv Of most alarming riimors and in shane more
definite than any before received il we were to believe
half flat is sad the Mexcans have fought General Tay
or at Aqua Nueya and driven him hack through Saltio
and 10 the pa Of the Rnconad But there Is no author
ty given for such statements. They are founded con-
fessedly upon contradictory fyng reports But even
o,ir md h;s tr,ns R,,n,or aa,.p IL Iost . non man