The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-04-01

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The u. :. Srhr. Anspe. Capi. Ness. 1
arrived i new Orleans. on The afternoon |,
II he 18Th. having If The mouth d ne |
Rio Grande On The 9Th inst. q
Dr. Jarvis. If ilae Army. eame passen- I
Ter. AMI brings dispatches from col. Cur
ii. who i in command n CamaEgo, % /.
The Government.
DR.. ]. furnished The editors If the Pie
ayune with the following memoranda oil
events. Of which he was personally cog
nizani: Il
Tin The 2G;h Of February, he len Ca
MARCO Tor Monterey, with train Of sew
eniy wagons. escorted by MaEshall's COM
pany Of Kentucky cavalry. and a detacll-
ment Of twenty men of the 2d Dragons.
They had not Proceeded five miles. when
I'M order arrived for their return, in eonse-
onence Of instructions received NJ lamar ,
90 hy express from Colonel Wiring. nj
General Taylor's Head Quarters. Tins
order directed all trains to be stopped 60.
iny forward. rs certain information had
been receiyed. that four to five thousand
of the enemy's cavalry were in or near
China.
With Col. u hiiing's instructions, there
came also General raylOr's orders, dated
Aqua Neuva, Feb. 2lst, doubtless calling
for reinlorcemenis. At2 o'cl0ck, L. NJ,
on the 27lh, another express arrived at
; Camargo, from The Quariermasler al Mon
lerey, stating that an express had just ar
ri,ea-here, from Sallilo, on tie 23d, bring
, ing information that Santa Anna had sent
summons TO Gen. Taylor To surrender
!, old " Rough and Ready" replied 10 ihIs'
! that he might come and take him!
Santa Anna stated that he had 10000
men, and If Gen. Taylor did not surren.
der, he would cut him and his command
= to pieces. The note concludes by saying
!. "The express which Left after dark las
: night, says Taylor was giving the Mex
j. cans hi"
This may be considered the last offieia
!. communication received, as all subsequen
!, information has been derived from Mexl
!. can sources.
/ A note from the Postmaster at Monte
a rev says, Gen. Taylor had fallen bacl
h from Aqua Neuva To Saltillo.
i The Mcxicans state that General Fay
Tor lost six pieces Of cannon al Aqua Neu
e Va.
e Gen. Marshall had gone 10 the pass 10
/ Mucrlos, to fortily il, and a large quantIt..
% of ammunition had been despatched Iron
Monterey to Saltlllo. :,
A. |, was greatly feared at Camargo. ih'
in a detachment of the 3d Ohio Regimen
=, under Coils. Morgan and Irving, had bee
70 cut on by force If 1900 men. Co
n, Morgan had force Of seven companle
H. Il, Seralvo.
. Col. Morgan left Seralvo on the 24tl
p. having destroyed all The supplies he coni
=, not carry with him. 1t seems prohab
that he must have encountered The enen
v on his route.
i. A hundred different Mexican storie
n were in circulation, when DIR. jarvis lie
q. Camarpo, i'm reference 10 a battle then g
rs ING OH between General Taylor and San
IN Anna. II was said the contest had a
, ready continued three days. with gre;
nc loss on our side, Blu, much greater on tn
-, part of the Mexicans.
u'' A letter from an officer in the arm,
IL" dated on board of steamer on the III
Grande, sixty miles above Ma.amoras.
the Sd, a, 3 o'clock, says that the Mex
cans have report that Gen. Taylor h'
ice repulsed Santa Anna, and that the latt
M had sustained loss of 1000 men.
Ill From all accounts, there can be
ors doubt that battle has been fought, al
as thus far the reports are favorable to II
ioF American army. But it mus. be borne
ny mind, that 5000 cannot cope with 2
900 forever. IL is certain that Gen. Ia
ar lor has an enemy's army both in front al
OF rear, each larger than his own command
II The whole valley of the Rio Gran
nat is in most critical state. The Mexic'
OPP citizens are abandoning their homes
we crowds, and Matamoras and Camargo
stripped of native inhabitants. who DIE
=. Oh the approach of their own army more TIL
J., ,of the presence of ours.
lie NJ fs,rs ,ra entertained for the safe
oil of Camargo, which is we'll and strong
~. fortified.
'ou- The reported capture of McCulloch a
Om- L.; command iS unfounueu,
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''e'i From the N. o. Evening Mercury, 18th IN
'"a IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.
and We have seen an extract of a letter FIR
Ion Capt. John Il. Grayson, dated lamp
ii II -. .rh;eh saus Gen. TaYlor