The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1847-01-16
Later from the Army.

Later from the Army.
.fttempt to recaptwe Tampico-C Capture of Par
rds by Gn. Wool Seizlue Of G0pernment
| StOreS-PreSem position Of american forceS-
Seren thousand .Nericans repuised. from Tam
-Captue cf tpo hundred .Mericans, &c,
The steamer Fashion arrlvedat New
Orleans on the eth ultimo, from Bra
zos Santiago, which place she left on
the oath.
The New Orleans Times says:
We learn from passenger just ar
rived from Tampico, on the schooner
H. M. Johnson, and who came up to
the city from the south west Pass, on
the steamer Fashion, that on the 10th
instant, Tamplco had been attacked by
1000 Mexican cavalry, thinking to car
ry the place by coup de main. Our
troops, however, were on the alert, and
on their approach, opened on them a
brisk fire of artillery, when they broke
and fled.
The garrison there had been rein
forced by the Alabama regiment Of vol
unteers and the second regiment of ar.
tiIIery, and Gen. Patterson was to have
marched from Matamoras on the 23d,
with Col. Thomas regiment of Ten
nessee cavalry. for that point. Gen.
shields was in command at Tampico.
but would be superseded by Gen. Pat
terson, when he arrived.
Great eXertions have been making
by Mexican officers to raise men IN the
small towns along the Rio Grande, and
with some success.
Capt. Stone, with a detachment Of
seventy men, lately captured party
of two hundred Mexicans in a rancho
about thirty-seven miles up the San
Juan, together with Capt. Cantova. by
whom tbev had been recruited, and he
and the men were taken as prisoners
to Camargo. Fifty stand Of arms, am
munilion, &C., were taken at the same
time. On the evening OF the l6lh
Mexican was taken by the guards at
Camargo, attempting o enter the pow
der magazine, with design, 1t is sup
posed, of blowing ii up.
The troops under Gen. Wool, Capt.
Yeatman also informs US, are IN the
very highest state OF disc pine. and re-
gard their commander with respect and
affection. Parras. he says, is most
delightful place; it issiluated about sew
en- miles west Of the great San Luis
Potosi road, and he terms it the vine
yard of Mexico. The climate is unex-
ceptionabIc. and the soil fertile; the
grape is cultivated there, and the wine
extracted from it is delicious.
Gen. Wool has received orders from
General Taylor 10 take up his winter
quarters at Parras, and had seized two
thousand barrels of flour and several
thousand bushels Of wheat, and other
government stores. Parras is one hun
dred and fifteen miles directly west of
Satlo, and the position being farthest
in advance, the first and second regi-
ment of Indiana Volunteers had been
ordered from Camargo to reinforce
Gen. Wool. This would swell his com
mand to about four thousand five hun
dred men. Gen. Worth, at SaltIlo.
was also to he reinforced by four com
panes of Kentucky cavalry, ordered
to Monterey, which would bring his
command up to about seventeen hun
dred men.
Gen. Patterson had received a pri-
vate letter informing him of a rumor
that Santa Anna was advancing upon
SaItilo from San Luis Potosi, but Capt.
Yealman attaches no credit to the ru-
NOR, as he travelled from Parras and
SalliIlo to Matamoras as rapidly as pos
sibe, and when he left those places he
heard nothing whatever of it. The
Generals IN command at both points
have cavalry parties scouting in the di-
rection OF San Luis Potosi, and the
scouts of the General are at least sew
entv-fve miles trom his camp, so that
he would be likely TO be apprised of any
movement OF Santa Anna as early as
possible.
Gen. Taylor left Monterey on the
18th, with an escort Of cavarly, tor
Victoria. Gen. Twiggs and Col. L.
F. Smith, with their respective COM
mands, were at Victoria, and previous
to the departure Of Gen. Taylor from