The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1847-04-02

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news, and il 10 hssief sffeal thah snyfhiag
We have received ltisD spppossdsa tran
has bees sst of; batbeyond that, nothing
10 certain. ia 9A l3 ea9 ni biBa ad %
BRAzos SANTIAGO, (Tsxas, noafs March
~ taias 5ih, lle47. il slp ,agas9
We learn that no o6iciul ieteliigsncs gis-
ing any confrmaties to the rumers Of bat.
tie, HAS been received atths War Depart
ment. ieata
4 From the N. o Pieayuns, March l3th.a
THENEWS FROM THEARMY. la3
The accounts brought from Gen. l'sylor's
divisoa Of the army. by the Cinderella. are
Of tn omost gls0my character. We publish
the reports as we receive thsm from the Mat
amros Flag, and passengers who came by
the arrival. What credit oughtte be placed
in them we are not prepared to say; but we
have no right 10 doubt that an action ofsoms
kind has taken place between tho American
and Mexican forces in or about Saltle.--
Wo have already announced that Santa Ansn
was at Matchula on the 7lh Of February;
subsequent advices reported bin at El Cedral
a day or two afterwards. The latter place is
!huty-two Spanish leagues from San Luis
Polosi, or nearly half way between that city
and Salillo. The fighting is reported 10
have commenced on the 22d February at
Aqua Nuevs, nine leagues in adyaace Of
Ssllillo, whore Gen. Taylor has had his camp
fer several weeks; that would give him about
two weeks 10 march from Cedrnl TO Saltlo,
a distance Of thirty-six Spanish leagues or
about ainety-four miles. ~
Tho force which, according ts tho Mexi-
can papers, Santa Anna left San Luis with,
or had sent in the direction Of Monterey ia
advance ofhim consisted Of
Thu sappers and artillerisis, with 10 guns, $50
lst, Sd, 4ih, 5th, 10Th, and llih regi.
ments of the line, and lst and Sd
light troops. 6, 24O
4lh ligh. troops, mixed ofSanta Anna, a
lst active Of Claya, do. of Gasdalaja.
ra. do. Of Lagos, do. Of Querstaro,
do. of Mexico, $500
Troops with General Parredi, at Tula, 70
with three pieces Of heavy sslibre, 1000
Cavalry on the march, 5000
Artillery do, $50
Division under General Mejia, 1000
Total, 1880
five add to this tsres the cavalry under
Generals Minon aud Urea it would appear
that Santa Anna had under him an army Of
25, 900 or 10000 men. The repcrt relied
upon by the Flag states that General Tay-
lor was attacked with $1,000 men; othsrac:
counts make tho attacking army 25, 90 strong.
1t may be that Minon's command was em-
braced in the six thousand cavaliy reported
on the march, and il is not likely that Uroa,
il the previous accounts we're trua Of his
having taken possession ofVieteria, had been
withdrawn from that position TO assist in the
demonstration upon Saltillo. 1t isthercfore
| likely tha. ifSan,a Anna has given battle At
all, he has done so with about 10000 nen.
Al Brazos, when the Cinderella left, opia-
ions were divided as 10 whether there has
been general action; though at Matamoros
the current belief was that one had taken
place. Gen. Taylor's force was 5000 men.
We are slew TO believe that he could be bad
y WHIPPED with the force under him. svenn
attacked bv such overwhelming odds. II 10
true he has no regular troops with him, but
seme oflho regiments Of volunteers at Sal
tlo are Of the right sort Of mcteria! sHd
their resimental officers are proper men.
Weregard aa exaggerations, if not fictions
some of tho reports which have been receiv-
eb. The exposed condition oftho whole
line of the Rio Grand invites indeed de-
scout Of the Mexican army; but it alse sug-
gest fSars which rumor torlures into dole
full shaPes. ltmay turn out that Gen. Tay-
lor has retreated upon Monterey wirh a view
to protect the valley Of the Rio Grand and
keep up eommuseatons with his supplies,
and that the rumors have grown out Of that
movement; though to assume this as the
real state ofihe case would be questioning
the positive declarations Of the Flag. The
cry has been "wolf, wolf" for SO loBg time
that il is about tIae the "wolf should some.
There have been signs Of his cCning for
weeks,