The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-02-15
Mexican War News.
HERALD MILITARY CORREePONDFNCE

We have at length received news from Gen. Taylor
at Victoria An express left that place the i5th and
reached here the 2lst, bringing dispatches to Gen.
Scott, and Intelligence that Gen. T. to leave for
Monterey on tho 10th He to take with him Mays
squadron, Brsggs and Thomass batteries and the Mis-
sssPpi regiment Of Col Davis All the rest of the
gular force had marched for Tampico. andsr General
Twiggs Immediately after the arrival Of the General.
inchief dispatches to Monterey and saltilo
Nest Of the regulars that place we re put in march for
the mouth OF the river They reached Matamoras in
steven days from sal.illo, an almost unpre cedented
march
Col Harvey, OF the ID regiment dragoons with Eve
companies arrived here yesterday, accompanied by the
now crossing the Rio Grande at this point and will pro-
baby encamp near Palo Alto for some days
az mouth OF the river Is already large encamp-
ed rfemen and several OF infantry aud artillery are
there waiting for orders and drilling constantly to be
prepared for them This camp has been named after the
ismsned Page, and under the command OF Major sum
ner III naured persoss have sometimes sty led him
~srinst-eetsiny his vigorous habits q soldier
we'll calculated to initiate the nay stories Of cam
paisning those young gentlemen who were SO eagerly
es.ng their claims Washington last winter for az.
poloiments In the new regiment They will And that
work is tc be done, aud fatigue snd priv atom endured
No one knows precisely what Is to he the future move
every day are contributing to eolghten us that
point orc
MArAMoRAs (NeSieo), jan IL, ls47.
For seveial davs we have received direct
from General TayIor's head quarters. We know that
after his Ieuogade movement, in consequence Of the
ported advance OF Santa Anna, he marched to Victoria
encounierng no opposition General Patterson reached
victoria about the sane time The thousands Of troops
which the people of the country said were waiting 10
fall upon one or both OF columns, did not appear
though slight disaster to Lieut. Colonel May is report
&c. This efhcer was ordered to examine mountain
pass TO the night Of General Taylors line of march, and
.er this purpose four companies of dragons de-
tached His baggage train ia rear was attacked and
lew pack mules captured. Slight this affair actually
H. the Mexicans WILL without doubt exsggerats as to
make for themselves great victory 1t is certainly ex
traordinhiy when we consider the nature Of the
try in which our operations conducted that
roas reveIss do not frequently happen to For the
true guerilla sysom, SCARCELY country in the world
offers the same advaniages So thick is the chappara
that even along level plain and the nted
road. considerable body Of enemy might conceal
themselves Now they might attack a small party or q
supply train nadequaely protected and in moment
the approach OF formidable force disappear and by
asanst ali possibility q Capture The fact M genera
Taylors battles have inspired the enemy with
iShisd crying that We were very devils incarn.,s Al
Monterey handful of troops for such an object took
one of the strongest places on the American Comment
defended by force than twice a. large az that of
the assailant These facts explain tho fact that
thousands OF ashtng men, having the advantages Of ia
mliar ground are kept in by the hundreds that now
occupy Northern Mexico. They seem to regard Us ss
superior beings not to be attacked bat by
doubt OF success In country, steamers, wagon
trains and detschmens OF the enemy would invariably
Major General Scott continues at the Brszos indus.
triousy preparing supposed for his future move.
ment He will probably CALL from saltillo and Monte.
rey considerable portion of the regular and
their paces will be supplied by the volunteers now un.
der orders for Mexico About thousand regulars are
encamped al the mouth of the river Consisting of
every arm artillery dragons, infantry and rhemen-
They are drilling daily, commanded by Major Sumner
OF the Dragons. orc
from the New Orleans Delta, Feb Of
She steamboat Scoto brought down from Cincinnati
yesterday, Capt Dodd and Lieut. Johns with 300 " s.
rooPs-aiso Mel Allen and DIR Kennedy, delegated by
Hamsr
NAVAL NEWS.
Correspondence OF the New Orleans Deltal
The U. s. ship Relief Oscar Bullus 1t Commandns,
is ready for and will sail this evening or TO-
mails Tor the .quaer,n in the Gulf We are looking with
much anxiety for the bex vessel from tho SO uadron
had conversation with oiheer, who assures me- upon
good authority that the castle Of San Juan de Uoa will
S s.a ssa1 SIX weeks
sippi is expected in the Gulf In about four weeks or
sooner
THE CONQUEST OF SANTA FE-oPINIoNs IN TEXAS
From the Matsgorda Herald, Jan. 81
little less than year ego, newspaper started
at the city Of Austin under the then very significant Ii
tie Of the New Era having reference to the glorious
epoch begun and characterized by the consumnation
annexation This paper was essentially Of The pure de-
mocratlc school IN FACT judge from Its profusion Of
promises and certain important style of putting
them forth, looked to lind in the Neu Era political
oracle Of the most perfect stamp. 1t seemed is true to
be ola peculiar sui gensris Misunderstanding about in
little eddy by itself stunning all influence from the
slow moving current of events and controlling and
changing its own fsnciful gyrs,ons with whmsicslity
lessor of egerdeman. Yet through oil these sites
the N,w Era continued good and consistent democrat
and in the estimation OF all-who thought only half
we'll Of it, as it did ofitsefwas decidedly the paper of
the party in this State Our surprise was therefore, al
most unbounded when in its last number found that
tbs subject OF the conquest Of Santa Fe by General
Kearny the iNew Era had branched of on tho WING
track and Joined in the hue and cry to hunt down
government In general and Mr. Polk in rtcular And
Is the case In sudden political changes the pro.
sely e becomes tenAold more rabd and loud mouthed
than his associates and far outrips them on every
subject wherein decency and truth are considered
Seriously speaking this sounds more like the rant Of
disappointed office hunter, than any thing have
Tor some time and in any other view of the matter 1t
positively diver,ing In any sense. is as harmless
changeng could use, for the purpose of working of the
bile and fitting its political system for the regimen
it has to follow. We right glad Of this and may
terrain fears Of danger to the Nep Era. These
den changes are sometimes fatal The New Era has
passed its crisis and doubt net is by this time
We go far any co. the doctrine of State
rights and We 80 as far as the NeW Era in maintenance
was part and parcel Of Texas before remain
ed such ut the time of annexation; and IL by the
further right OF possession The federal
know oil his and II is just because they did know il and
did believe it, that they authorized and completed its
conquest and placed under temporary civil govern
ment two very important measures which Texas
could not have effected and which she had both by
and word. requested the United States to do. Shall Mr.
Polk DO slandered hen Tor doing that which, II he had
failed TO do, would most assuredly have proved him
foi,hess and untrue In the present attitude of
county settlement the province OF santa Fe is wholly
stranger and ellen 10 Texas at least far the opera
ton government is concerned and remain for
long lime to come. Was IL expected that the govern
ment would upon Its conquest Of this distant territory
announce to Texas that Santa Fe reclaimed and
pccied ulder TIE State nsttutiop to have
her laid off, officers elected and her representa-
tves aPportoned1 Why the very constitution Of
o bids the presumption An idea absurd scticaly
impossible has perhaps visited other brain In Texas
that OF the slanderer Of the President of the United
States in the columns of tho NeD Era.
Iron the Austin (rexa) New Era, Jan al
After protracted absence OF nearly three months we
have ned editorial lsbors and avail ourselves
OF first number issued since return
the New Era and proessed political predictions
Upon leaving home, we requested a friend in whose
judgment and capacity had entire select
and write such editorials he might deem inter
esting TO readers without thinking OF inquirng
into his political preferences Ia the of his abors
he adyeIted iha saiLura and of hy