Washington telegraph., 1847-05-12
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Meeting L..uui. ucLanc oi tue nay tbs
aisTHaan. n furnle NaciOHll AID On uls
~ hs.e, Iaaed las paII! aud fple otef.
A4Jgl Beail, WITH smaa squad Ut Dr..
gauus, Was along with Us. Ca the IUadr
some sik mi.ss back. we came up w,,a =
Ioags panty oithe II dragons under Lieu.
AuaeFson, anI also Cap. Caswe.ls com.
paay ul Tennessee yo.un'ccrs W. CT had
betn oul ailef beet. The latter had a brisa
skGm.zh With party ol fanchetus, IN
which Capt. {. had two men wounded, one
oiihem, Young man oIgrcal prom s.. mn.
e. J. /. Robertson, badly Ills thigh bana
was completely shattered, and ,hc poor le,'
!o@ : suileTings were mos! acute as they
bore b IN along in wagon over the rough
read. The MeNicans stood their ground IN
,he ehaparal with some little bravery at int
but were finally routed in every DIR c;.on.
| tad al. excitement aui hustle here.
The McG!cans, under Santa Anna, are oc.
cupying a chain Of works along Tie road,
Tie neilcs, OF which is about a mile and u
quarter lfom Gen. SCOTS headquarters IN
direct line. ihe road this side Is cut
up aud barricadod, and every possible
means 0! defence and annoyance has been
csoncd to. Beyond the inst work there
are three or four others, completely com
manling the gorge through which The road
lo Ja!apa runs-lhese publications ON hills,
and rising 80 a. To defend one au0Iher.-
Il is thought that Sanla Anna has 10000
men with him--ihe lowest estlma'o gives
him l5,O0O-ani with these be has "a
pieces Of leld artillery, besides some IL
heavy cannon in position. Some Of the
prisoners and deseues from the encmy's
camp even place higher estimates, both as
10 tue number Of men and guns.
To turn these different works q road has
been partially cut through the rough ground
and chaparral to the right; aud although
The Reconnaissance is rs yet imperfect, II
is still ,hO0ghl that point near the enc.
my S arhesi work can be reached. Gen,
Iwiggs, with bis division, is to march u, 5
O'Clock tomorrow morning by the new
road, and on the following morning it is
thought The attack will commence on the
works on this side. II Gcn. Twiggs sue.
ceeds in reaching the rear OF Santa Anna,
and he viii use every eSeuiun, do not
see what is to save him. lie is generally
fox enough TO have plenty ol holes out Of
which 10 escape, however, and from the
great difficulty OF accommodating his position
fully be may have somo means of escape
here. The general impression now in
camp is, that this is to be tho great battle
Of The war and the immense natural
strength ofSanla Annals works would JUS.
Iiy the belief
The Mexicans arc more on the alert
than they have ever been before, aud more
bold in throwing out their pickets. Nota
party can 20 near their works without
being fred upon, and yeslcrdaya soldier Of
the 7lh Infantry fell with no less than seven
bullets in bis body lis said that AImonte
is with Santa Anna, as also all the princi
pal generals Of the country.
Gen. Worth left purnle Nacional this
afternoon with bis division, and will be up
during The To night. lie started lutc
alter O'Clock this morning with near
2uOO picked men, determined 10 make a
iorcod march Ilroughi VT ieaming on the
road ,ual The attack upon Tie Mexican works
was not 10 commence as soon as anlicipa.
ted, be returned to Puenle Nacional after
marching mile and a half Capt. Pcm.
budon. oae oihis aids, rode over here last
evening after dark, and returned wib the
ufJmalion that the attack bad been post.
pUneu.
The wounds Of Capt. johnson are 'oins
well. iregret to slale that General p. Il.
Smith Is confined 10 bis bed--nltofly una.
bic either 10 ride or walk He has yio