Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1851-12-03
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Auc Nnes-Oclcat OF the Insurgents. sliAr vi /.
lThe report which we published latelyl
by telegraph from New Orleans Of the
abandonment of the siege of Matamoras,
and the dissolution OF the revolutionary
forces under Carvaial, is confirmed by
the Rio Bravo, of the 9th inst, received
by last nights Southern mail. We copy
from that paper an account of the ope-
ratiops of the contending force as fol- i
lows- ~ siih 1C1i1, 81 EJll-la'
The force of earvajal consisted of
about 400 men andSa six FOUNDER, and
Ayola's force in the city amounted to
about six hundred men, with nine pieces
ofgartillery--si nine and twelve lpoun
ders. These guns were established in
ubarricade batteries, completely defending
his headquarters and his PositionifOr all
his mGnHzg ad1uia- iotQH Oh 81
The first assaults by CarHajal, it Wll'
lie recoll6cted, were very succesSt"l'1-l
CAPTAIN Ford with FIVE companies reach- !
,sedeaz point near the main Plaza, where
they commanded three OF AvRlos mann
bbatterics. An order to withdraw at might
1-from such position as, this, caused the
b greatest surprise to the men to whom 1t
was addressed They reluctantly obeyed
it. .aa a5. =
w. A succession of assaults and skirmlsh-
cs followed this movement for seven or
eight DAYS, and both Americans and
lMexicans under Carvaial behaved gal
lautlv, the contest being keen and spirit
ed. On the morning of the 3Oth ut,
about daylight, Carvajal determined to
retire n short distance to recruit his for
ccs for another assault,
d g He arranged his temporary retreat IN
such manner as to chiefly place his
Mexican forces in advance, leaving Cap,
tain Walkers company, with some Next
cans, ms a rear guard of his column
They proceeded in this manner to des-
irnatcd point about twelve miles above
rMatamoras on the Bravo river. Having
obtained some four or five miles the adj
vance of his rear guard, Avalos' cavalry
amounting to 200 men, led by Col. Por'
tillo made two attacks upon the real
guard, headed by Captain Walker, and
after severe conflicts were repulSed WITH
considerable loss,
occurring these combats the Mexican
advance and 6entre, composed OF some
Mexican hatallions, and a few struggling
Americans, were seized with a sudden
panic, and ingloriously Hod-not. even
=. company or dozen of men could be raj
lied to return to the rescue OF Walker
but this gallant officer was abundantlI
e able to rescue himself, and soon put Por
tillo and his superior forces to Tight
Cawaial proceeded with his advance guart
and forces up the river, and left Wake
and the portion of his auxiliary forces, wh'
followed him, to defend his rear Capt
Whcatc, who commanded the noble SIX
pounder which had answered Avaos
batteries with so much spirit, was order
ed to cat his gun into the river"
The Rio Bravo attributes the results o
this affair to the UNDERSTANDINGS o
Carvaial to command Americans, and tn
lack Of confidence in the Americans il
his fitness for the position he occupied
and says:
"Eor the present Carajal's forces ar
dispersed, and can only be rC-organizcd q
Camareo or some other internal point, t.
resist the forces of the Central govern
ment
''V.iuorous efforts have been taken tt
re-unitc and rC-aIntrvNN tGo scattered
troops in the vicinity, Col. Ford's wount
e is so far healed, as to justify the hop
that he can put himself at their head in
few days. 4 junction can easily be form
ed with Gen. Carvajal, and far strongc
and better organized body of men be hclt
m'rcaumcSS Tor ACTON lhan ahS WhlCl
has yet appeared under the banner Of thu
Libcrnting army
In the same paper Of the l2al instant
it is announced that CarvajNl was still a
Rcynosa. and would soon be completed,
rc-%ganized and ready for the field will
an enormous force, Tho Ranchcroes
who were with Carvaial to the number o
900, arc with Nvaos. Gen. Unaga, Will
Il force of regulars, estimated variousl.
from 400 to 1900, was marching to thu
frontier to aid ASalos. He was believed
to be at Victoria, in Tamaulipas. Car
vaial, at last advices, had removed hi
forces to point commanding all tn
roads to Matamoras, and had a force q
Rangers in the ncighborhood of that city
Z" There will be stirring events shortly,
the Rio Bravo says,
The American Consul at Matamoras
T. J. Waddell, issued card on the soil
ultimo, in which he denounces the rcvo
Iutionists as a set of miserable, and mise
rably mistaken SPECTATORS, outlaws, adj
vcnturers, and robbers, and the editor o
the Brownsville Rio Bravo as vile ca
luminator and hireling, preaching rapin'
and murder He says the patriotism o
the Mexican followers of Carvajal is o
that kind defined by DR., Johnson, to b.
"thc last refuge of II scoundrel,"
Wills BOAR KILLED IN GEoRGIA.--Ol
the esd ultmo, says the Savannah News