Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1847-03-25

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"a view u fafle +, anal .4rS- quantity OF am
mmrIu bal bacu despatched from MUut-
rrav g. SaIa.io.
iHs .I.sa-H-1~Ha- of ihs 81 Ohio Regiment
under Col Aer58H and Lieut. Col Irving
Isrmsf having seven companies at Geualto,
and the later rHree al Mariu-it was greatly
frafed d C5m3Jgo. had been cut otf BY large
i5f-e Hl 1880 iueu whu are sid tohate eCtu-
pred tho latter places Ell the afternoon OF tbs
15I. L.eat C8IlUag. iH obedience 10 gen
frai order NJ 1t, Is said to have left Marin
tHe morning Of the same day II was occuPted
= fhe enemy. marching towards tcrralso.
with vjeW oi forming Il junction With Col.
ST ryan aud then proceeding to Monterey
C0 MarEs4 Jeff &c alvo oH the 24th, having
DESTROYED lH obedience 60 fhe endorsement
on the samf general order, all such provisions
and supplies as he could not carry with bun.
He must el consequence have encountered
ths enemy in bis route, as they had already
as We have seenaboves occupied IN ierce Ma
uu. wing between him and Monterey
Moreover. tram oil l20 Wagons. which
lea Csmarea about The 10th or l7th, laden
with riyisinns. clothing &c. Is said. 10 have
been attacked ON th. 24th al or neal Ramos,
LING between Cersiyo and Marin, and, with
tbe escort. captured. TINS intelligence WIS
brought IN bt an American or Mexican mule
driver. who was with the train and escaped
al the time of his capture He SAYS he Mex
leans charged al the same time both the front
aud the rear OF the train. Alter the firing,
which was Of short duration, ceased. he eau
liouSly yentdred from out the ehapparra with
view OF finding some Of his comrades. He
discovered The Meyieans busily engaged IN TN
Harvesting the mules from the wagons, and
s eng none Of his own party, made his way
back carefully avoiding the road the Camargo.
A hundred Me1icans stories are IN elrcuid-
ion at Camargo when left in reference 10 the
battle g0ingon between Gen fay Tor aud San
ia Anna. They say il had already continued
three DAYS with considerable loss on our side
BAT much greater on that OF the Mexlcans. -
Subs6 quest accounts represent Gen Taylor
as having fallen back on Monterey. The day |
left Camargo letter MAS received form the
alcaIe Of Meir, saying that the Mexican
troops had entered that town twenty-lour
miles distant from the ioimer place and had
made bin prisoner 10 consequence OF his en-
deayoriug 10 sccrete stores left behind in his
charge when Lieut.. Col. MCook evacuate d
the place. Col Curtis intended to march
with his regiment for Monterey the moment
"a I,.tt.rx.
arrived at Matamoras 10 relieve him. The
latter officer was awaiting the arrival OF the
Mississippi regiment, which ! met on the
river a short distance below Matamoros on lis
way mp. This regiment and SIX companies ei
the Virginia regiment, under Lieut. Col. Ran
dolph, which arrived at Camargo the day
lett that place. aud are The only volunteer reg.
imcats hat had arrived having been sent be-
low 10 Lobos. From what source Gen. Tay-
Tor Is to expect relief il is impossible 10 say
Every soldier, and in ldet double or thrice the
number that now constitute the gafrisoas a.
the different deputs, are actually necessary Ter
their defence and 10 one can BE- spared. IN
formation can hardly reach Gen. Scott. IN
time for him to march division 10 his relief.
In addition 10 tie above, which reduces to
order and certainty our lniorm9liQn, Il romY the
thot bearer OF dispatches had lett CdmaFgo
for Tatnpico and sailed from the mouth Of the
Rlo Gfande on the 9th inst. on the NJ Kim
II The Information we give IN another column
from 1ampic0 be entirely authentic. the mes
senger would not reach his destination until
the departure OF all the troops which can be-
spared from that point. 1t would seem how
ever. from fampico. BY the way of Victoria
Gen1 Taylor must look for his endorsements.
The Mexican eitlzens in the valley OF the
Rlo Grande are abandoning their hemes ia
crowds. Matamoros and CamaTgo are slip
ped OF their native inhabitants They dread
the approach OF their own army more than
the presence OF ours
Noiears are expressed for the safety of Cam
arso, where we have vast amount oil stores.
There are 300 fighting men in the place, in
Guiding all classes. They are well armed and
ihe place 50 strongly fortified that il will not
probably be attempted.
We are most happy to say that the report
ed capture OF McCulloch and his command is
uniouadcd Ii harm has occurred to him. II
must have b en- somewhere beYoad Monterey.
We have an abundant supply OF reported
INCIDENTS by ths arrival, many OF which are
interesting, and would beimportant We're they
authentic hutcnough Is known with certain
" Of the position Of affairs on the Rio Grande
and a SaltiIIo TO excite alarm, without agra
taing II by Mexican rumors.
The New Orleans Delta, referring to the la
test intelligence, brought by the schr Arispe.
SAYS
Though nodeGnite or authentic information
bad been received al Malamoros al the lime
ths ArlsPe lett the mouth, oil a battle having
been fought al Saltilu, still the general i'm.
preston Was that such Was the case. and the
Nj AIeahsat Mdtamorus, whose means of OBJ
tanning correct Information are well known.
ass ass fied IN the most positive terms thai a bat
Ile e, bad ben fought, and that Gen. TAYLOR was
idll!ng back on M1nterey
We have eouyersed with DR.. Jarvis bearer
o. d spaiches who came passengers in the
!AAnSpe. and who left Canargo on The III inst.
IT. confirms The intelligence already laid he
lore euf readers, vi al order received al that
lace lfom he Qalrtcrmaster General Al
10 stop all The vagon trains l,aY-
M iroai The latter place, unless escorted bY
II i'ast 1908 troops as he Mcxieans are said
10 be ~ grrat iufce between those points. \
fain @slgu ieii Camargo fer Monterey within
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