The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-08-16

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hid eKpaessed 10 Is Eespaleh II he -
q urluber. Mhra lhal ms Iorwsssaa
re lid 10 kaauielgr q pending ssSosis-
lions. NJ hss re Mini.lsr n Nsxies.
Al tbs isser dsls b had heard hal Mex
10 he'd ea1senasd 70 receive . commls-
sioQes. Re. thsrriors. modified his news.
and. Let he ssienrs On ih.I bad night
BE misroaceirrd. expressly drsiaFrd ihai
While nrgalislls,ns arFr pending he shonld
make no forward mnErmeni. : e1erpl i0r
lhe purpose Of examining ilse county. m
III further insauriians Eere ferrive3. "
Negoiiali0n- usrr. Coz aBghl the Depart
meai KEGS. n PEngress xhen he -fuuhrr
iaslrue,iuus" of January ~. 1886. we're
issued. Al all events. The fael &C Ihe re-
fusal by HeHrTs's admiuisir1lion 10 re-
eeiEe Mr. Slidell. was nni known Al WssL-
ingion until The ed Of The monlh--lsn
days subsequent 70 The date nf ale order.
This i the oflirial acknowledgment sf
Mr.. Buchanan. the Srrrsi-Ey 81 STATE.
Bui again: The action d liruFrra was not
regarded - FINAL rejection aT Mr.. Sill
dell. and he was. consequently. instructed
10 renew The offer Tor negotiation. As
soon As The power % Paroles Mss es,sb-
lishrd, he did 90; nor Was il until The Ism
Of March that all hope vanished. when he
demanded his passports. ThrIe 10 no
Thing. therefore. in the history & The sci.
10 sustain or justify The assertion thai the
order 10 march into disputed tertiary was
eilher urged or approved BY Gen. Tay.
lor; nor yet that The rejection "f Mr.. Sill
dell was in any degree lherewiIh eonnec-
Ied..
Tie sA and sLh Of Nay. IsI6.
We shall pass over the intermediate
events between the llIh of Narrh. 1886.
when Gen. Taylor sci out for the Rim
3rande. and the 2slh Of the same month.
Ehen he arrived on the east bank OF The
liver. where Fon Drawn nav stands. On
he l2ih If April, two weeks after. he
vas summoned By Ampndia. the COM
in-ehief Of the Mexican forces, 10
freak up his camp aud retire beyond the
Sueces. To this summons he replied, on
he same day. that his Instructions would
Ioi permit him Ia relrngade irnm the 20
iii0n he then occupied. The crisis had
INV come, aud collision between the
wo armies was unavoidable. lnlorma-
ion was received 90 The 24ih-treneral
irisla having superseded General Ampu.
liza in the cnniinand--thaI twenty-five
hundred MexicaEs had crossed The river, |
with view 10 cut of all communication
1etween Fort Brown and Point Isabel.
where General Taylor had established
military depot. The next day, Thornton
md llardee's command, which had been
eni out To ieconnoitre. was surprised and
On the LIST Of MAY, General
Taylor LEFT his entertainments opposite
Maiam"ras. 10 open the communication
md procure supplies. lie arrived al
'0in, Isabel the next day, a3d left on The
oh 10 relieve Fort Brown, WHICH was 40.
allied with q heavy and destructive can.
in bis absence. The spjTj, and !
with witch he began ,hal
march is 10 be gathered from his despatch
Q the Secretary Of War. Then it was he
aid, .If The enemy oppose my match. in
whatever fnrce, ! shall 6ght him." Ne.
er was resolution better kept. AT noon,
N the slh, the Mexican troops were dis. |
overed occupying the road al Palo Alto. |
General Taylor Immediately halted TO re-
resh bis men, and form a line Of battle. |
When ali was ready. about Q O'Clock, his |
column advanced in the direction of the |
'pemy. They were soon opened upon
y the Mexican batteries. when they halt |
ID and deployed into line. while the fire
was returned by the whole of the arlille-
". The action then became general, and
was maintained for Eve hours. with una
rated yigor ON both sides. when the ene-
ny were driven from the field. Such
vas The result of the battle. That lille
rmy, Of scarce twenty-five hundred men.
'ad beaten three times lis number. But
Is work was not vet over. II had fresh
'erils TO encounter, and biyouackrd onihe
ield at night. 10 march 10 feEcer battle
md win richer lanrels on the morrow.
fbe superior strength Of The Mexicans.
md the buldness with which they had
disputed the road. gave every reason Tor
llarm. A council Of war was held. and
opinions expressed. While
'ome we're FOR falling back on Point lisa.
bel. and others for inirenching ON the spot.
, third parry. with General Taylor. pre-.
erred 10 advance. lie remembered that
Ne had promised succor to his camp. and
herefore resolved to push forward fight
he enemy in whatever FORE he might ap.
pear. and thus redeem his pledge.
About 3 o'clock, on The 9th, the enemy
we're met within three miles Of Fort
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