Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-03-25
From the ". o. Pic of March H..
The Latest from the Seat of War.

ia lima and Rrpiy 81 Gcn. 1dnfor-L ufest
Despaf,hes from Monttrty- Publications of
Los Mucrtos -.ibaadOamcnt If Cerrair0-Oc-
cupaiioa Of Marin. .Hier, tfc., By The lfericaas-
Contradiction Of MeC1iio0yrs Capture, etc. etc.
The U. S. schooner Arispe Capt, West, arrived
ia port yesterday afternoon from the mouth of the
Rio Grande having sailed thence on the 9th inst
DIR Jarvis, Of the U. s. Army came passenger on
her. lie is the bearer of dispatches from Col.
Curtis, IN command at Camargo TO the Government
at Washington.
Dr. Jarvis LEFT Camargo on the I'd inst. There
had been nothing received there from Gen. Taylor
in several days The rumors which prevailed were
brought through by Mexicons, and we're of The
most contradictory character. To enable US 10 dis
tnguish what is known TO be true from what is
merely rumored, and thus to correct as far as pos
sbe the exaggerated reports in circulation, DR. Jar.
Wis has at request, furnished with the follow
ing memoranda of events during the month Of
February, of which lie was personally cognzant:
Memoranda Of DR. Jarris.
Left Monterey oil the morning of the 3D. of Feb
ruary for Matamoros AT that time no upprehen-
sion or expectation of the approach of Santa Anna
towards Satillo was entertained either by us or
the Mexicans, SO far could learn from the
latter. large force Of cavalry was known, how
ever TO be in front OF Gen. Taylor which Of course
made known by their capture of the detach-
ment of Arkansas and Kentucky cavalry advanced
beyond San Incarnation.
The force Of the cavalry on this side OF the ST.
ezra Madre under command of Gen. Urrea estima.
ted at from six to eight thousand was said to be at
Victoria, aud part far towards Monterey as Mont
Morales, when left the former place. They were,
IN fact, in Victoria at the time our troops marched
to that place in January last, and returned to lula
advance brigade under Gen. Qui,man, en-.
tered the town They supposed 10 be acting
a corps Of observation, and a belief was enter
tanned that they would seize the first favorable OPP
portunity 10 strike on our line Of communication
between Camargo and Monterey, and capture such
trains should happen to be Oh the road at the
time Gen. Taylor must have apprehended some
intentions of this kind, for on my arrival at Maia.
moros, found them fortiiiyng the plaza Of that
place, in consequence of orders Just received from
Gen. Taylor, to guard against the sudden attack of
the whole or part of the force.
left Camargo on the morning Of the Goth Feb
ruary, TO return TO Monterey ia company with
train Of 20 wagons laden with supplies and escort
ed by company Of Kentucky cavalry, under COM
mand Of Capt. L. F. Marshall, and detachment
Of 30 men, belonging TO the I'd Dragons. We
had not proceeded five miles when an order arrived
for our return in consequence Of instructions just
received by express, which passed US on the road,
directed 10 the quartermasler at Camargo, from the
quartermaster at Monterey, which were received
from Col Whiting, assistant quarteimaster general
at the headquarters of Gen Taylor, directing, for
the future, that all trains be stopped, certain n
formation had been received that. large force Of
the enemy's calvary, say four FIVE thousand, was
in or near China, and that Caidereyta was already
occupied by them These last particulars are con-
tanned in hasty note from the quartermasier at
Monterey dated February 23d, and terminating it
with the remark "look out" With Col. Whiting's
instructions also came the order of Gen. Taylor
dated Aqua Nueva, February 81, the last one re-
ceived up TO the time Of my leaving Camargo.
March ID This order is doubtless the despatch OF
Gen. Taylor, calling for reiniorcements, alluded to
by Capt. Montgomery in his note, as mentioned to
him by Col. Whiting.
rived at Camargo from the quarlermas er at Mon
ierey in note, that he had sent off the day be-
fore, but apprehepded that he may have been cut
off, and, as he understood from Col. Whiting, that
there were important dispatches from Gen. Taylor
calling for reinlorcements, he had sent another to
advise of this fact.
About o'clock the same day another express
arrived with note from the same officer, dated
Monterey, IL o'clock A. NJ, February 23d, saying
an express had Just arrived from Saltillo bringing
information that Santa Anna sent a summons TO
Gen. Taylor demanding his surrender. The Gen.
eral told him TO and take him. Santa Anna
stated that he had twenty thousand men, and il
Taylor did not surrender he would cut him to pie
ces. The note concludes THE express which
left after dark last night says that Taylor giving
the Mexicans h."
This may be considered the last official commu-
nication received, all the subsequent information
being derived from the Mexicans. | might here
remark that note was received from the postmas-
ter at Monterey which gives the additional partic-
ulars that Gen. Taylor had fallen back from Aqua
Nueva to SaltilIo. The Mexicans say he lost six
pieces Of cannon at the former place. II is more
over stated that Gen Marshall had gone to the pass
of Los Muertos with view Of terrifying it, and
large quantities of ammunition had been dispatch
ed from Monterey TO Saltillo
The detachmcns OF The Sd Ohio Regiment un-
der Col. Morgan and Lieut.. Col Irving, it is feared
had been cut of by Mexican force Of 5000 men.
Lieut.. Col Irving is said TO have left Marin on the
morning OF the 23d, the same day that it was oc-
cuped by the enemy, with view Of joining Col
Morgan and then proceeding to Monterey. Col
Morgan left Cerrayo on the 9th. lie must ne
cessarily have encountered the enemy, as they lay
in force between him and Monterey
Moreover, train Of 100 wagons which lef Ca
MARCO about the 10th 18th, laden with provisions
clothing, &c, is said TO have been attacked on the
9th at or near Ramos, lying between Cerralyo AMI
Marin, and with the escort captured. This intel
lgence was brought in by an American or Mexican
mule-driyer, who was with the train and escaped a
the time Of its capture He says the Mexicans chafg
ed at the same time both the front aud rear OF tn
train After the firing, which was of short duration
ceased he cautiously ventured from out Of The chap
arral, with the view Of finding Of his comrades
lie discovered the Mexicans busily engaged in un
Harvesting the mules from the wagons, and seeinI
none Of his own party made his way back, careful
ly avoiding the road to CamaTgo.
A hundred Mexican stories were in circulation