The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1847-03-09
From the n. Orleans Commercial Times,
February IS.
INTERESTING FROM THE ARMY.

of General SCOTS despatches-Plan of
the campaign laid open to the enemy
Trial of Col. Observation-Disclosures Of
eighty men, under Majors BorIand and
Gaines, and Captain Cassius NJ. Clay,
surprised and cut of-Approaching in
vestment of Vera Cruz and San Juan
De Ulloa, &C., &C., &c.
We received last evening, on the arri-
val here from Brazos Of the schooner
Sea, Captain Flanders, which place she
left on the 5th inst, a mass of highly i'm
portant information from different points
on the Rio Grande occupied by our troops
with very voluminous correspondence
from our private friends there, and files Of
the Matamoras Flag to the 4th inst. We
draw from these various sources, the fol-
lowing items, being those Of the greatest
interest:
MURDER OF LIEUT.. RICHIE
CAPTURE OF DESPATCH.-On
Gen. SCOTS arrival at the mouth of the
Rio Grande, and assuming the chief COM
mand, he forthwith sent dispatches to
Saltillo, addressed to General Taylor, or
the commanding officer there. When
the bearer reached that city, Gen. Butler
the officer in command, opened the des-
patches, the result of which was the i'm
mediate departure of Gen. Worth and his
division for the Rio Grande.
The dispatches were then resealed,
and sent off in charge of Lieutenant Rit-
chic, 9Th infantry, to General Taylor then
on his ~retrograde movement to Monterey,
from Victoria. Ten men belonging to
kearney's company, Of the 5th accompa-
MED Lieutenant Richie as an escort
They arrived at Monterey in safety,
stopped there a night, and proceeded on
their rout to meet Gen. Taylor the next
day. Towards dusk, Richie reached
the village Of Vile Grande, distant twen-
ty-three miles from Monterey.
Meeting, just after his arrival, with an
Englishman, established in business there,
he awaited himself of bis services 10 pro-
cure refreshments for himself and COM
mand. As the two were crossing the
PLAZA of Villa Grande, In furtherance of
that object, a Mexican on horseback came
whisking by them, when suddenly he
threw a Iasso over Richie, put spurs to
his animal, and succeeded in dragging
him beyond the town, to a small creek In
the vicinity. Here he murdered him,
and after mutilating his body in a horrid
manner, made off with the dispatches.
These are said TO be of great conse-
quenee, containing a sketch OF the plan of
the forthcoming campaign, with other I'M
portant particulars. 1t seems as if the
movements of Richie and his party were
narrowly watched by the enemy, for d.
ring the night they passed at Monterey,
the arms Of FIVE of his men were stolen
from them, necessitatlng a demand on the
Quartermaster for a fresh supply.
SURPRISE OF A COMMAND OF
EIGHTY MEN-ALL MADE PRlS-
ONERS.-A letter dated January %,
was received by Captain Cross, at the
Brazos, from Capt. Chapman, Quarter
master, attached to Gen. Wool's division,
informing him that MAJOR Borland, OF the
Arkansas cavalry, with fifty men, and
Major Gaines and Cassius Nj. Clay, with
thirty more, had been surprised and cap
| tured at a place called Inconaslon, abou'
fifty miles from SaltIllo, on the morning
of the 23d ultimo. by Gen. Minion, a
the head of five hundred cavalry. Gen.
Minion was informed by his spies OF Ma
Tor Borland's locality, and he marched
from a town called Matchula. and sur
prised him SO completely that not a gun
was fired by either party.
Generals Worth and Scott were still a
Brazos Santiago. The latter, it was IN
| derstood, would embark in a few days fol-
Tampico.
The Court Martial which tried Col
Harvey on the charge of disobedience o.
orders. sentenced him to be r%eprimanded
Gen. Scott RENTED the sentence, and or
dered him to the discharge of the duties
for the neglect of which he had been tried
BRAzos SANTIAGO, Feb. 4, 1877.
Gentlemen:-Active preparations arr
going on here, Tor the eXpedttloh dSdihS
Vera Cruz. Several vessels with troop:
and stores, munitions of war, &C., have
sailed already. Gen. Scott and staff, vii
90 in a few days, and other troops Il
transports, with necessaries, will follow a
soon as possible. The regular troops
under the command of Gen. Worth. ar
still encamped on the Rio Grande, bu
will be here in a short time. They WI
come in detachments, s. that they ca
embark conveniently.
II is now well understood that the eS
petition is to rendezvous at the Island {
Lobos, a short distance north OF Ven
Cruz. Between the Island and malnlan
there is a harbor or roadstead, where We
sells can lie in safety. The shore, it
said, is bold, and there is water enough
enable the armed vessels 10 get sufficient