The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-08-20

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NEWS FROM VERA CRUZ AND rHR BKAzos.
From the New Orleans Delta, August IL
The B. 3 steamship Telegraph Capt Wilson. arrived
here las evening She left Vera the Sd inst
shs brousht usths Sun of amshuae ofths day Of nsr
ssing-ons day lstsr-snd the Matamoras Flag Of the
4th instant.
single item of from the interior sndvsry little news
of any description.
The steamship Orleaus from this city arrived there on
the I'd In speaking Of Capt Fairchilds company OF
Mounted Men, from this city, which arrived sr Vera
rs,n snI that cspsn Fachd did not
receive the equipments for his company before leaving
New Orleans, and that he cannot get them here. we
think. however that this will soon be remedisd
A bearer Of dispatches from our Government to Cen
Scott arrived at Vera Crus In the Orlesns
Cruz on the 3D. inst for Tampico for the purpose of
procuring cargs Of mules for the Quartsrmastsrs De-
partmsnt, at the former place
The news from Gen. Taylor's column indicate an ad-
vance movement The Matamoras F!ag ofths 4th inst,
SFrom Major Arthur formerly Quartermaster at Ger
ralvo learn that Gen. Wool had received orders to
proceed with the advance Of General Tayors column
the 20th inst in the direction Of Encarnacion some
20 leagues from Busns Vista, where he win establish
depot into which three months raoDs will be thrown
The army viii then advance upon San Luis. and com
munication be opened with Tampioo Tuxpan, from
whence supplies will thereafter be received All the
mules, and other means Of transportation, have been
ordered above and activity prevails throughout the
From our young friend, Mr.. DsPonts, who came pas
Major Crossman dusrtermssssr At Camsrro, received
imperative orders the 29th ult to have all the
sary supplies and means of transportation In Monterey
those mean have been forwarded on from the Brszos
The following items are from the Mstsmoras riag,-
Robbery rape and hanging appear to be the order of
the day among the rancheros in the nsghborhood OF
Mstnmoras few days ago party Of robbers went to
the house Of Mexican in the country and while few
Of them amused themselves by hanging the man, the
perpetrxted the two first named crimes There
bands ofawles desperate Me1icans prowng about our
vict NIT a.lld bq WALL lrO
70 look for. The hanged Mexican was not much hurt
the Of his tortures being to divert his at
tention from what the others were doing than any
thing else
Mexican foroe,we learn recently despatched to
the OF 20 the crops o.
ing to Gen Taylor for assistance, collected In force aud
themselves drove of the destructives here be
doubt that the people of Tamaulpas weud gladly erect
theirs Into independent State the thing possible
Their miserable, ever changing Government, not only
from the robbers within the aggressons of
Indians without their limits They have than
attempted to loose from the central Govern
m~nt but found they possessed the physical
Our friend VIII eeler has laid the foundation Of .
city In the bend the opposite side of the river
Fort Paroles. Upwards OF two hundred barrels OF
freight have been shipped for ports In Texas.
The steamship Fanny arrived at Brasos st. Jago on
the 9th inst. from this port.
NEW MEPiCo AND THE PLAINS.
From the st. Louis Reveilla, Aug l2.]
By ssrg N Coulter, Of the Laciede Rangers, who
rived Yesterday learn that disturbances have
taken place In New Mexico On the night Of the 26th
the horses Of Capt Horines company stolen
from the camp Las Begas and the 26th, Lieut.
Brown with privates MoClanshan aud Quesenbury and
a Mexi,an guide, started in pursuit Not returning
next day as expected suspicion arose that they had
been murdered and on the 9th July, Mexican woman
came and stated that three Americans and Msxi.
can had been murdered and burnt.
Major Edmondson, who was in command at Las Be-
gas put strict guard allowing noingress egress
he examined separately bat their stories not agreeing
he took MEASURES with Them and ut one OF
them said that be heard at mass the sunday before
hat their bodies burnt near to Las Vine Major
Edmondson ordered his to be ready to march At ~
that night expecting t. reach Las Was before morning
He had 20 mounted men, SO on foot, and IL pound
howitser,
Il was necessary however, for the mounted men to 90
ahead which they did, and at daylight the Msor found
himself at the town, from which the Mexicsus
fleeing to the mountains He ordered them to stop
which they not doing he fred upon them and kie six
mortaly woundiug several others AL the remainder
come atty were taken prisoners After hanging
the prisoners FOR short time he stated that two OF
the murdered americans burnt, but that Lieuten
ant Brown having had cross upon his neck, they sup
posed him TO b. Catholic and hid him IN the rocks
~here the body subsequently found ny the Major
They also found tn. ashes OF the ether two
Several articles Of property that had belonged to tn,
murdered men were found In of the houses; also
some articles that had been lost by our troops in the
6ght Of May 26th In the Red River Canon. showing,
s,o appears by some confessions made that MexcaDs
we're CONCERNED In that fight The Major ordered all tn.
be burned in which were found any articles OF
the murdered men; also those OF persons known t.
have been concerned in the misunderstanding sufficient
shelter the women and children.
On the Majors return Las Begas confessions were
made by several Of the prisoners, showing widely
tended conspiracy Some letters which had been found
also show the same thing
A grazing camp OF one Of the companies Of Leuten-
ant Col. Wilock's battalion attacked before day
liz ht the morning Of the 9th July, and five men
kiied-Lieut Larkn privates Wright Owens, Mason
and Wilkinson 1t is said that some of the party who
made this attack spoke English
Col Price had ordered in all the detachments to Sante
Fe, in apprehension Of general ineurrection.
Mr.. Coulter met Lieut. Love on the Cimaron he II
by this time In the Mexican settlements Capt McNsjr
company and Col Easton's battalion met at the
Fort on the Arkansas, the Caches A day or two
before, eighteen twenty men Of Col Esston 8
company had crossed the river for wood when they
were attacked by Indians, and eight killed Our iDfor
mant had opportunity TO get the names OF the
unfortunate mem five belonged to Capt Barnes COM
pany, he thinks and three TO Capt. Paul's Three
others were wounded mortaly.
Other companies wagon trains, &c., were met at difs
rent points along the road
Welearn that tho u. steamer Gov. Tompkns ar
rived Pensacola the 7th inst, In days from
rampco she is in the employment Of the qunrtermss
ters department She got out cf coal and blowing
the eastward and put into Pensacola for coal The
storeship Electra. u VI stores of all kinds for tbe
quadron, would sail for Vera Cruz the following day
Sunday LAST. The storeship Supply and schooner Flint
we're still at Pensacola.
The FRENCH STEAMSHIP MIssoURI-We have