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had sent another to advise Of this fact.
Abont two o'clock the same day, another
express arrived with q note from the same
officer, dated Monterey, ii o'clock, A. NJ,
February 23d, saying an express had just
arrived from Saltillo, bringing information
that Santa Anna sent a IN to Gen.
Taylor demanding his surrender. The Gen
eral told him to come and take him. Santa
Anna stated that he had twenty thousand
men, and that il Gen. Taylor did not sur
render he would cut him to pieces. The
note concludes: "The express which left
altar dark last night says that Taylor was
giving the Mexicans he'll"
This may be considered the last official
communication received, all the subsequent
information being derived from the Mexi-
cans. Knight here remark that a note was
received from the postmaster at Monterey,
at the same time with the last eommunica-
ton of Capt. Montgomery, which gives the
additional particulars that Gen. Taylor had
fallen back from Aqua Nueva to Saltillo,
which I should infer also from the notes of
Capt. NJ, although he does not distinctly
state so. The Me1icans say he has lost
six pieces Of cannon at the former place
He moreover states that Gen. Marshall had
lgone to the pass of Los Muertos with .
view Of certifying it, and large quantities
of ammunition had becL dispatched from
Monterey to S%altillo.
The d~etachments of the Sd Ohio Regi-
ment, under Col. Morgan and Lieut.. Col.
Irving-the former having seven compa-
mics at CerraIvo, aud the latter three at
Marin-it was greatly feared at Camargo,
had been cut off by a large force of 5000
5 men, who are said to have occupied the lat
ter place, on the afternoon of the 23d.-
J Lent Col, Irving. in obedience to general
:, order No. ii is said to have left Marin the
morning Of the same day it was occupied
= by the enemy, marching towards Cerralvo,
with a view of forming a junction with Col,
Col. Morgan lett CerraIvd'on the 24s1i,nr-r,
t ing destroyed, in obedience to the endorse
ment on the same general order, all sucf
i provisions and supplies as he could not car
d ~ with him. He must of consequence have
encountered the enemy in his route, as the!
had already, as We have seen above, occu
pied in force, Marin, lying between him ant
Monterey.
Moreover, a train of 100 wagons, whicI
a left Camargo about the 18th or 18th, ladeI
with provisions, clothing, ect., is said t
C. have been attacked on the Gath, at or nea
lie Bamos, lying between Cerralvo and Marin
III and, with the escort, captured. This intel
m Iligence was brought in by an American Il
" Mexican mule driver who was with the trai
Id and escaped at the time Of its capture. II
Mt says the Mexicans charged a1the same tim
- both the front and the rear Of the train.-
an After the firing, which was Of short dur;
OF ton, ceased, he cautiously ventured fro
CHI out of the ~chapraral with a view of fndin
r. some of his comrades. He discovered Il
" Mexicans busily engaged in unharnessir
eT the mules from the wagons, and seeing nor
y of his own party made his way back, car
ms fully avoiding the road to Camargo.
A hundred Mexican stories were in CT
IS culation at Camargo when | left, in refe
or |ence to the battle going on between &c
al Taylor and Santa Anna. They say it h
,r- already continued three days with cOnsl
om cradle loss on our side, but much great
b. on that of the Mexicans. Subsequent a
Irk counts represent Gen. Taylor 81 havl
lc- fallen back on Monterey. The day l II
Camargo a letter was received from the
asst calde Of Mier, saying that the Mexic
troops had entered that town twenty.io
bt- miles distant from the former place and h
made him prisoner in consequence OF I
ain former endeavoring to secrete stores lett ?
tol hind in his charge when Lieut.. Col M
Cook evacuated the place. Col Curtis
ex- tended to march with his regimentfo Tor Nc
ar terey, the moment Col. Drake, with
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