The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-05-24

garrison many important points W the rear G.
10 secure free COMMUNICATION With Nese pl
Crez. and 5. To make distant detachmen,s
in order 10 gather in. ~iihou, long haults, il
necessary Subsistence. al
Aud tina, force supposed, including vol. c
vn,eer., and aided BY land and money boun. !,
Ties, might be raised. in time, BY adding len n
or twelve new regiments Of regulars aud /
filing up the ranks Of The cd. d
bill was introduced for raising ten ad. /,
d.lionaI regular regiments; and ! certain. {
ly, do not mean TO charge the Department /
with the whole delay IN passing the bill
through Congress. But 1t was passed,
FEBRUARY IL, lsi7, and under it, by ea'ly
On Aprh, some few Thousand men had been
already raised aud orr an zcd. My distress
can be conceived, by any soldier, on learn.
ing, al Jslspa, April %, that the whole of
that had been sent, under Btigadier General
CID salader, TO the RIO Graude frontier.
Ia nv letter TO the Department, written
The day af;er, said Il had expected that
Dstachmenis Of the rev regiment, would
as you had promised me begin TO arrive IN
the month and continue 10 follow perhaps
into June" How many +" volunteers will
re engage under The act approved March 3,
(only received two DAYS ago) know not;
probably but few. Hence the greater my
disappointment, caused by sending the new
troops TO the Rio Grande |; for besides their
keeping the road, in our present rear, open
for many weeks, by marches in successive
l.,n.h-oass I Lad ,utapJad l had nd.
vanced, 10 leave strong garrlsons 10 thus
place IJalspsl in Pero,e and Puebla, and
and 10 keep, al the head of the movement.
force equal 10 any probable opposition.
Il may nov depend on the number Of old
volunteers who may re engage, and the nun.
Der OF new troops tina. may arrive from the
Brszos 10 time, as also, N some degree, up.
on the advance of Maj Gen. Taylor, ~he,h-
Of shall find this army in strength TO leave
the garrisons and TO occupy the capital.
may add TIA. only about fifty indivldu'
ale, Of the old volunteers, re.engaged under
the provisions Of the &C, OF March 8 that
the remainder were discharged May.4 that
Maj Gen. Taylor made no movement ~
advance OF Saltlio, and that The new reg
ulars, including Cadwalader's brigade, on
" began to come up with the, al PUebia, "
July but not in sulliclen, numbers iii Au
Cos, g. The next day the army eommen
cod its advance upon the capital with Ii,
lie more than 10000 effective men.
II 10 not exiravagant 10 say that, II Big
Gen. Cad salader's forces had not been dl
veried from me 10 the Rio Grande, where
he was made 10 lose, without! any benef. Il
Mai Gen. Taylor, much precious time,
nigh, elsiiy have iakea this city IN The
month OF Jiae, ami at one fifth Of the loss
sustained in Angus, and September. The
eosmy avai!eI himself Of my forced delay
Paebla, 10 collect. to Treble, TO organ re
end discipline his farees, as, also, to eFec
numerous and powerful dsfences with bat
te.ies. Nearly all those extraordinary pre-
.parations, for our reception, were made at
ter the middle OF June. AID il IS know
tha, the news o! the victory Of Blena Vs!
reached W.shine.cn in time 10 counic!msn,
adwsladsrs orders for The RIO Grsnde be
fore bis departure from New Orleans. Two
rife companies .ilh hin, received lhe coun.
termand there, and joined ne early.
know tina, had the misfortune to give
offence TO the Department by expressing
myself, 10 the same q, CT from Jalapa, Ma.
6. Ina report OF thai da.e f! said--
"The subject o. ina, order No. 1875
cd solun,eers) has given ire long and dee
sulciiude. To part with so large and 3
respectable pof!lea OF this army, in III
middle Of country which, Though broke
in .,s power, is hol yet disposed 10 sue 70
peace; 10 pauyide fJr the return home c
seven regiments, from this interior position
eta time xheu | fild /, quite Difficult,
provide transportation and supplies for ID
operating forces which rema'n-and a
tais without sny prospect OF succor or re
Inducements IL, perhaps, the mex, scye
months, be- ohd some 400 army recruits
present novelties unknown 10 any lnsadln
arpy before. With the addition Of ten
twelve thousand new .eyies IN April or Ma
--atked for. and until very recently expo
ted-or even with The addition Of two
three thousand nea troops, destined for ID
ertDy, but suddenly, for the orders Of lh
War Department diverted 10 the Rio Grand
f,on,iet-l might. notwithstanding The VI
syo,dlb!e discharge Of the old vo!untee
seven regiments and tao independei
companies VITA Confidence up
the enem,'s capital. shall Mt verheles
advance bat whether beyond PdebIa WI
depend Oh Intervening Information and n
feclion. The seaeeai pane gwen 10 III
enemy at Cerfo Gordo still remaining,
ihink II ptvo...>s-- slial &c 10 Met
co; or, if the enemy recover tfom that, "
mnst renes the Consideration by anoilt
blow"
Thus, like Cor.ez, finding myself isol'
ted and abandoned, and again, Ike him, a
always afraid tina; the next ship or messet
ger might recall or farther cripple me, 7,
solved no longer 10 depend en- Vera Cru
or home, but TO :ender my lI;tIe army :"
selfsus,aining machine as ! lnforne
every body, includa. the head Of the Va
Department, aud advanced to Paebla