The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-02-04

r,., good account Of them.
From ne n. Q. Ptcoytne Jan. 81
LATER FROM TIE ARMY
~ ftrt fsn Tsmpiso iutta! Of col Ma
~ atAaf tiscs-L sfr Nsr, from Gsa,fa,
T.,.r EagsEsnesf q CT Msy v,tA "a.
sr.as, D,p'stsa u t4s Ansrieda foee,.
,ssE tss Use y sp"snon, Sc %
The Gsorsiana, Capt. Cuspio, sru,cd
asfdsy motnug having ieit Tumrlco
g ihr tlh mt. Tie verbal news she
s.l.h, na' alarming. i being 70 The e.
/, iaai Santa Anna had placed himself
s.aeea Con Iay .or aud GEN worth
~ % 900 men, sad that general &C
Ess immediately expected. Ai ibis
an sKagserst,1u. We believe The au.
mic 'scts,o be as follows.
Gil Kinney arrived at Ismplco % The
II net, direct from Victoria. lie ca
.Ced lhst io-u ~ih zen Qal,msn On tie
rtaug ., lhs 9TH tn.l. ten. Qurmlu
..-'s lbs susm, before him fur the last
.9fy Or lofly miles before getting 10 VIC
fs. Tie M,xcans we're reluctant to
Iu Up the Place. As cen. Qultmau en-.
sfei the town he Msxlcaus we're going
z 90 Tie other eide. Cen. q had no
a".rs aai could not pursue them. Cob
sfeass 10 The watmcsi terms Of the
nal and 'olderly conduct Of this officer.
vi Kinney parted from Gen. Taylor al
8aHis Morales and pushed on viii Gen.
SWman 10 Victoria. From thence he
&c hls way, almost alone to Iamplco,
i.ipa Soto {. Msrn1la hrs route, accom-.
'nag dlsinuco Of nearly 30 miles ia
t'se 1sys and narrowly escaping from
'iaucad parties oC lhc NcNcsns on
''sf'i occasions lie spent = part 81 a
sal ~ the old rancho Of Cfotx, where
s'3sacz was stationed with twenty gra.
"a YET m the morning he coutfIyed
s''e Hm The the alp. He also succeed.
20 es.dias Romauo Falcon. the man
80 Hreputrd 10 have Killed Col. Cross.
: sgla Ia Aauns he found a company Of
| ~ fsacLeCos. lie rode =, once to the
bic boldly told hlm that Sen. Taylor
~ SCAT hIn on fee hours IN advance
prepare supplies, and BY this rusc made
q 70 come OF nteIy--the rancheros at
afe di-pcrslng. Tho services thl. officer
/" rendered sluco the Mexican war broke
have been invaluable. He has ridden
l'l'auds and thousands of miles through
Z country almost alone, his iayorto ser
'4l Catalina has been killed, he has been
'n'sf besot aud attacked time and a..
isa; yet by his superior riding, by his
'a9sIedge Of the Spanish language, by his
emptiness and courage, he has so far sue.
'aied IN escaping. Such services as he
/" rendered the country isurcly will
=, 30 allowed to 20 unrewatded but to
- aews brought by this arrival.
We have no reason To suppose that
rms Butler aud Worth have moved from
tdtlIo, as reported IN town yesterday
a9mlng We believe them, together with
'sa Wool, 10 have been still there or 10
foly n late az tho lat inst, with at
N ,t thousand troops, as We farther be.
NV bl'lHtpf W lilS t'NAANhh s''Ni y
:" not Ear of, watching our movements
'4l ready TO ,sko advantage Of any favor.
'@a opportunity which circumstances may
'a'td II may be, aud this opinion is on
N'alned by officers Of the army high il
INK, that the Mexican soldiers IN tbs
saborhood Of Saltlllo are advanced par
~ Of a force OF some 1900 or 1000 men
~ N position on this side of the desert
tween Salillo aud San Luis, to destroy
y waller tanks IN case the American ar
should move in force in the direction
Ae latter city. This view Of tho case
''laans tho idep of serious attack upor
w. worth 0: Gen. Wool, tho oblcc, o
-, ~ neSlcans only being TO keep watcl
-" mo American forces, to retreat belor,
' 'ayancc, and cut of tho supplies Q