The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-05-19

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brought authentic accounts Of The recent bat
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Mr. COINS informs uN, that about the first
Nt'N III 'n'rAIN nc succeeded IN arc'Ning
PRISON al '"i"""hna' then an possession OF
inr M'\'ran troops under c"mu.ud of tov.
i'l'N' al" "''I a" df'uou> journey oi SIX
gay = >1''''''n 10 reaching - Fa>o, three
""n"''" hit> distant t"tn under command
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twas ascrrtaipeJ that tho rcro,t If I.r.
rea's advance was r,,,,r.l, t,I., ,,I c..,,:,'..
Collin, rlrni,hipn Com. pIire with al in1,,r
nation of GOV. Tri,,, ro,ificn orJ mean>r,
march duwpaul attack him. Accnrliurl,,
on the lSt Of March. lac started with about
four hundred men, and arriyrIat CliLugf.a
onthe cvcuingul,hc 1th. performing thcrn-
tire diStaucciutbc extraordinary short Srarr
Of seven DAYS. \ dcmtation Of the civic an
thorri,> came ont and held an interview,
with Gen. Price. informing him of the re.
ported conclusion of a treaty At peace he
tween Mexico and the United States. and en-
treating HIM u.t ,r eater ,sr civ. Gen.
Price very properly dIN.-ll,G this r,ouy,t.
doubted the information. and marched into
tine city. A>ccrla.uiug that Iuas was uut
one days march removed from him. Ee &C.
tcmiucd to follow him tie next morning.
ana accordingly raised all the horses Ir
could, TO supply the place ct those lIukou
down on the march from III Pa>o. and the
ItNk i'INIl'N3, h| y 20 tiNth. DIS command
were all outae march after llaS. NovIil-
standing the previous long marches, this gal
Ian, command accomplished the distance ct
sixty miles tia, day. and halted before the
town Of Santa Cru2--a place Of about 1000
inhabitants. where iuas's command were
i'm possession.
about TORS O'Clock the next morning,
Gen. Price >rutIutotown a '7- ct truce, and
demanded tHr unconditional surrender Of
Iuas I"!S Gov. I. refused, but sub>e
q0ruNy consented to bold personal inter-
view with Gen Price, atwNchhc informed
him that be- had received information oltic
conclusion OF treaty al peace. and was iu
daily expectation Of the receipt Of iutclli-
-tnce announcing the establishment Of ana
arnl>'icc. Various propositions were made
ou both sides, both parties, under existing
circumstances, being reluctant tn resort to q
contest at arms. General Price would not
consent TO Gov. IuaS marching away with
al. his arms and munitions. bat agreed to
permit him to return with them or send them
u Chihuahua, and II they received official
intelligence at the treaty, thcuto permit him
ID TYTtyp tNl ru "a 'Crp O. g. Atsr Gov 'Tri-