Washington telegraph., 1847-11-17


Tho Genius Of Liberty Of the 18th pub
fishes tho following official report, furnish.
I'd by Capt. frulu, Of the Texas Rang
ere, to Gen, Patterson, detailing the events
that occurred in his recent expedition against
the guerrllas:
HEADQUARTERS, Texas CAVALRY, !
Camp near Vera Crus, Oct. 10, lsi7.
SiR--lu conformity with instructions from
Mai Gen. Paterson, took up tho line oi
march At 0 o'clock on the morning oi the
18th inst, at the head of ID men, incud.
ing officers, composed oi delaehmens from
companies L, | and X. Directing my col
unn upun the Mexico road, 10 the distance
ol about thirteen miles, when ! nude a de.
feSion 10 the lett, taking a path tending
in the direction Of the 0rizaba road NOV.
ed steadily aud silently over u country eoyef.
ed by u lnImienl underground. Five miles
from the Mexico road, the advance guard
encountered Mexican officer aud Two sol.
diers who fled and were fired at with el,
feet, killing or badly wuundlng one. This
occurred in the vicinity ol small lancho.
ins. one oi them was killed by John j.
Glanlon. oil company +. fbr hau,e was
searched, but no arms were iound. Al
this place, we had the good fortune TO cap.
tufe a Mexican. whom We disaHmel, aud
from whom We learned that Col. SenobIo
was probably al the rancho al san Juan,
with nree al probably one hundrd guef.
rllas, aud that perhaps Marines was also
there with an additional number. plrdg.
ed myself ior the safety oil the Mexican,
aud ordered him 10 guide Us Ia the rancho
ol San Juan. We proceeded iva miles,
anl lIom an eminenee discovered the ran.
ebo. divided my command into three de.
taehmenis placed The Ugh under the charge
nl Cap. ferslsen, the left under st Lieut.
WIT. aud krpl the eenlre under my own
immrdaie eunrol The fishl aud leii
wings were uiderrd 10 move few minutes
In advance Of Ian ccnlre, aud Ia form juno.
Ton in rear ol the ranchu; the advance
gnrd, commanded hY aduianl foid, was
thrown iurwatd, VII instruction 10 iali
back upon The centre If attacked by large
lufce. lhc ifnni gnfd discovered three
armed heSeans, Who llrd, hey we're pur.
sued, aud one killed, one wounded aud the
other captured. lhs rancho was Invested
On all siies aud searched 4 large mum.
bei ui swords. sums escopellas, two u. ).
mu.kei. aud one L 5. yager With pow.
def, lead aud cartridges. were l1uud secret.
ed ou the premises. A hnr iinncn shit, ev.
identity AmeHean maje. with d bal bolc IA
the bosom aai quite Lloody vas taken
IN aG oul.house, where were no les than
i'r or sh hundred bushels ol shelIrd la.
dian eon (sume oi which was in Amer
eau SACKS beans, d., DC.
had WO tie,lcans who were lakeL at
the aneho examined separate. lhey as
sefled that THIS hacienda va, a fes0H Of
gucrnlas, that Minines had ben lhrrr
tue day bclufe witt hundred men aud
were expected lhcra thai day. TIM Col.
srnuhia was IN constant correspondence
with g4erriias, aud Nas with them At that
time. Wan these toll aud distinct evidences
that this haelenIa Vas the headquarters oi
band ul gurnlus, It was conceived prop
er 10 desi,uy loc whole r,,aoii.hnrni (rk.
ocPl the chIfcbl and take vengeance upoa
ihu,e yo.aiors ol The rules of civilized
warfare, lUr the manifold oulmgrs they
have prprlfaled upon ouf c,liLens. Ac.
corlmgiJ The Whole was consigned 10 the
ismrs.
iaAmg the rual to NoTa Cml, visiting
The anchn ol Naagurdrro an stopping "a
sh0n ~hle 10 gaze uur horses thee
leagues lfum The cdy, at which point, Nj.
LangnHun, ui company |. encountered and
killcl a mexican Lirulrn,nl, upon ~huse
body was luund pan ol Unurd Shles PTS
iols, a 'shnolcr, AMI some paper, ac.
company the report, Ne reached our rn
camPnrnt after march Vi nearly hliy
miles aud have the honor 10 olrpoH oufsciye,
iOr liHher duiy.
/ have the honor to be-, your most obi
scrvt.
4. NJ TRulrr. Commanding Z. c.
JJ. AIERCRuNBii, A. A. g., Vera Cruz.