New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-03-04
FRAN the Rio Grapde.

Prom tho New. Orleans Picsyune. FEB. Is
The following brief letter from our special cor
respondent with the army has come to hand since
ouf last publication II came by the Heroine. which
left Brszoson the 10th inst
BnAzos SANTIAGO. Feb. Is, is4S
Gen Scott - actually packing up mis- ouds' Ano
ill no ON board the Massachusetts ths evening o. ~
,,orrov Itis ssid too that WORMS division WI" al us
board BY the 10th ms can nsra ne hal not have
however even good weather. ana we -nai no, ,,S
four fair DAYS Ia succession. vessels nave MIl,ou ~
the Mssissppi and portion ofthe New fofS 'o'u"'e'
my NC, sss,sa positively that Cs.sius NJ Clay was
,ahen prisoner well ss Major Gaines Win norhno
eomfpend Of Encsniscon, on the 25d UT
Thex had reeulsr stampede al Matamoios inc Gay
bsfors vss,erdsy and went 10 work like good fellows
he Is Indiana volunteers Col Drake and ioTuneo Tue
Place and prepared for grand hight But no me -
Appeared IL would do that regiment ereaI oesi u
- ~ have hot Hght with the Mexicsns they "ouio
ssg arch an event feel above the species OF
thew have heretofore INDUCED in. There 10 no msase
but that the Mezicsns between here ana fsIss ~
mneb holder than they have heretofore been ana ney
hxein n BE- active In their vindciive operations inoy
have 10 their power to annoy us very much sho
determined TO do 90. .,. , h,,
.x,sct her every moment Three schooners VIII leave
here 10 nigh, for New Orleans and the mail Will 80 out
10 one OF them
We sppend an interesting letter from an occs-
sion al correspondent at Camafgo;
CAnAseo, Mexico, Feb. S, ls47.
Mr. Dear S,rs When wrote you last the mule
train Was In check by ranchero force near Aidsmss
CaI Marian Of the Ohio volunteers. who Is the oon'
handing oeer Of this place upon the receipt oil 'ne
ioteiNscnce Immediately mounted party OF nis men
cad proceeded to the scene Of senon mh s q. !.
rived there he found the train had halted, and waited
Ia ordered 4. forward and proceeded two dsys and
whom within three miles Of Cspidsro ne enesmPea io'
the naat placing hs mules (about 500 In an enclosure
with Essrd over them That nj sht the isdrones o.
robbers hrsd upon guard rampsded the mules an(
broke for the chspporL party pursued them ana re
captured ~ but eighty c0, on .Ss trail which
wndiaT along the bases Of the mountains and throus
the cAspporsl led In the direction OF China
In HE route he passed several rsnchos occup'eo an.
owned BY these ladrones and used BY them A. render
vous and dspots In several of them he found pis'o'
kaives swords saddles &c. &c all OF which ne orecte
TO be burnt Thus he continued on unai ne reaene
China and In its suburbs he found large rancho
which well known from It's elevated position 10
oae used by ,hese people as lookout and Tor othe
purposes This, also the Colonel ouint -. Al,
He was about TO commence his operations on IN
town 90 he had traied the party into IL aud was oni
induced TO desi BY the enreates OF the acsde ana
o.rs TO return the ssme number OF muies Inc Coion
reu~incd two dayA received eighty two mules (oestt
thsn those he lost) sen them 10 the train. which he
reced 10 pass on Monterey required fresn horses
biz men paid the scsde Tor what provisions they wan
Cd and lc with many protes'snons o. irenasnP ITO,
tn Alcalde and priest-aiway the TWO heso oe'"'
10 show what favorable impression the coion
made upon them When ne epokc oi Tue PiVVeeN"y
visitine them again II sets OF similar nature were
in his nsshborhood they told him that he nee
ncl put himself 70 the trouble OF COMING hnsey patu
ss.i them word and they would do everything neee
cary. s,. a.,
al one Of the moving spirits OF all these depredauens
he wss sitting In the house with the priest-tney
,ast returned from mass when Morgan and bis par
came in sight and the sentinel on the tower no dou
communicated the fact TO him, and be "sarossa
Expeditions Of this kind the oest eonehstofy ~
evvhch can Be adopted with such people In hen eie
borhood Of China Montsmorelos Aldamss, hsyne
and Mer are regularly organized lsdrones to wnom
scsdes ana priests give their coan,ensncc ana snppo
The party that Col. Morgan was IN pursuit OF "s u
,~ss than two hundred strong and the sioside OF u
place has son In the band
from their former habits of smuggling, numbering a
robbins they have acquired perfect hnowledse OF
the mountain passes roads paths and usls IN the wnS
country and therefore you can imagine now easy
h for these robbers escape pursuit we must the
fore fan on some other plan 10 prevent their depe'
uons. General Taylor, am told, has now In Moniei
hossarrs from the little town wec Lieutenant hlsen
with dispatched taken and farther that the Gel
ysi hss Given the authorities three weeks 10 produce
acton Of tha tragedy he win level their town TO
around Let this system be kept Up. and In en-
time nothing Of this kind win occur; any osnsr eoa'
10 fooling away our ume- - -,
Can't BEN Mccellaeh 10 again In the held he, ~
seoas twenty picked Texas bhoys joined Gen. Isyio
rev days sincc q Monterrey