Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-01-05
| From tie Y. orleans .Maewh Dec y J

+ From lie v. ORLEANS NecuH Dec. 2S
LATER FROM THE ARMY.
The steamer FGstDa arrived lasteven'nS from
Brazos Santiago, which place she lefl on Inc 24'n
inst. 10 Capt. leatmaD of third regiment VI
Tennessee Volunteers, Volunteer AID dc camp
oi Gen. Wool. who tel, PaIras' the heaa quaai
tets OF Cen Wool On The 10Th ins and passed
through Sai;illo, Monterey, and Camatso, We
are intebed for the subjoined Information.
Gen. Wool has received oIceis from ueh
Tavior 10 take up his winter quarters al ara
and had selzed two thousand bdIteis vi hJur anu
severn, Thousand bushels al ~hca', an" nr'
government stores. Parra> i one hundred anu VI
teen miles directly wesi OF Saiti.io, ana he posn'on
being iauhest IN advance, the hisl ana SECOND rs,
.; nen, n, Indiana Volunteers had teen ordered
Prom, Camaroo 70 reinforce Gen. Wool. ms
wonld swell his command TO about four thousand
five hundred men, Gen Worm, al SaltiHo, was
also TO be reinforced by ionr con panies OF hen,
lucky cavalry, ordered 10 Monterey, Wnich "o1'A
prine his command up 10 about ! Ioo iheh.
Gen. Patterson had received pfivale le''ei IN.
forming him of rumor that Santa huna Ma'
advancing upon Sallillo IRON oan Lu's o'os',
Blu, Captain Yealman atachss w c, ed ssI,;Ilo
10 Ma,amoras as rapidly as possible, and wnen
be left those places he heard nothing Whatever
of il. The Generals in command al ooln POM,
have cavalry parties scouting IN inc oifec'Uu ~
San Luis Poosi, and the scouts oil Gen. "oo'
are a, least seyeny-hve miles from bis cainp, ~
tina, he would be likely 10 be aPpIiseu =, o., a"'
moyemen! of Santa Anna as carly as possio.. .';,h
Gen. Taylor lett Monterey on Inc ioIn, m'o
an escort Of cavalry, Tor Victoria. Gen. wiss'
and Col p +. Smith. with their respective com
mands were al Victoria, and previous 10 'he We
nar,ure of Gen. Taylor from Monterey, uen
Qutman with his brigade had ielt 10! 'n@. Po,i,
Gen. TAYLOR, in conversation WIN ,ffa No
Yea,man expressed the opinion thai u wou!u oe
impossible 10 march upon San LUIS to' e nvn
The northern extremity oil his lines uh'i .ne -.
season sets in in June next. Inc lep, n ."u
Santa Anna had cut OF The water 'dnhs ~, ,ba
him and the American ports is mol lfus, W. Wy
a,n,ry &c lines, destitute OF water unless during
The rainy season. and in one pari oi VIC .oaa
,bars is even in that season distance OF hiue',
,n;iss - be marched without The possibility OF
finding any. ,.;p.d ,scsn,lv a.
Ramos a rancho OF Canales BY detachment u
his rancheros. Mo,,.rev
with about Two thousand men; Coi. Wenee,
,r,tb sir companies OF The Kentucky regiment
OF cavalry, al Ceralvo; Capt Willis, with TWO
companies OF the same regiment al Mier; anu
len. Marshalal Camargo, with about nine nun
d,rd men. L..
Col. McClung was fast recovering from his
wounds. IT,,
A gentleman who arrived last night from Tam
n;co and lei, there on the l6h states that body
of Mexican cavalry, estimated al about ,OUV, hau
appeared in the vicinity Of that place. ano, cotn-
ing within range OF the artillery, were urea upon
and driven OF. The garrison there haa oeeh re-
iniorced by the Alabama regiment OF Voiunteeis
and the second regiment Of artillery, and Gen.
Patterson was TO have marched from Ma'a mo.as'
on the 23d. with Coz. Thomas's regiment OF len
nessee cavalry, for that point Gen SnieIus was
in command al Tampico, but would De suPeise-
ded by Gen. Patterson, when he arrived.
Great exertons have been making by mexican
officers 10 raise men in The small toWns along INC
Rio Grande, and with some success
Can't. Stone. with a detachment ol seveny
men, lately captured party OIL TWO hunoieo We
leans in Rancho about lnlily-seVeh usiies W
the San Juan, together with Capl. Oan'o'a' ~
whom they had been recruited, anu nc duI 49,, 'ue
men were taken as prisoners 10 Camargo. rlly
stand of arms. ammunition, etc, were taken a
The same time On The evening oil Inc ION
Mexican was taken by The guards at Cainaiso
attempting 10 enter the powder magazine, Win
design, il is supposed, ot blowing u up.
Tine troops under Gen Wool, Capt. featmal
also informs us, are in the very highest stale ol
discipline, and regard their commander WIN re
spect and affection. Pauas, ne says, Is mos
delightful place. III 10 SNudASu oSSA' -
wss1 of The great San Luis Poosi road, and Ia
terms i. the vineyard Of Mexico. The climate
is uuexcsp,ionable, and the soil fertile; he crap
is cultivated there, and the wine extracted hon y
is delicious.
Captain Yea,man is absen, from the army Of
turough. D.. an
Galveston lell about fifty vessels In 6raLos nat
Dor. "A schooner sailed next day for IamPic'
with sevenly-iye volunteers, and one ioI sel'
Cruz with Mexican prisoners; schooner oea
sail same day lor New Orleans. Inc s'eame
Eudora, tightening 10 go in over The par. In
Palo Alto was wrecked On The South ofea On.
ssho5Shei 2adasfU,a $is tHecs q! Mf igsn me
north OF the bar, on Padre Island. Steam schqp
Gen. Washington and Pharsaa, with severa
other vessels, were in The otfing, waiting 10 b
lighlened.
The fashion broush. up eighty discharged vol
unteers, with nineteen cabin passengers also tn
remains Of young Allison OF Nashville, who wa
shot al Monerey. One OF the Indiana volunteers
died and was buried al sea thirteen miles north 0
Rralus Island