Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-01-03

We are indebted to the New Orleans "True
Delta for the suboined correspondence, giving the
latest intelligence of the movements of Carvajaps
insurrectionary forces on the Rio Grande as pub
lished in the Brownsville Rio Bravo" of the Sd
December:
RIO GRANDR CITY, DEC. 2, 1851
DEAR SIR: / got home from Cerralvo last night. We
had very fight in Cerralvo The forces of Carva
jail charged the Notifications of the enemy and whipped
them out of the square and the church When left the
enemys horses and men reduced to house Car
vaja captured great many of their horses saddles,
lances and arms large portion of their cannon
nton and their wagons They have been living horse
flesh for the last two days We had good many men
killed amongst them Captain Chinn, J. E. Graham, and
| lieutenant In Walkers company.
The force from Matamoros is still ut Camargo Capt.
Mclean and his company fought bravey he had three
four killed The commander of the artillery of Jauregui
has been wounded and taken prisoner and nine his
were killed at the cannon In every yard in the square
there less dead mochos-they had time To
bury their dead in one yard ten dead mocho and
the Semnoes catched the devl-their captain got killed
Rio GRASpE CRY, Dec ., 1851.
| arrived home froR Cerralvo on yesterday about
o'clock p. NJ left Caryaal with all his forces Mt Ger
ralvo, which he had succeeded in taking entirely with
the exception of house situated the hill the edge
of the town. Jauregu and what forces he has remaining
are penned up, living mule flesh and no water When
left Cerravo which Sunday evening an hour by
they were preparing make charge upon the house
occupied by Jauregu and did make charge before
/ left, in which Capt Chinn killed.
Jauregu still has his two pieces of artillery One is
mountain howtzer of about twelve pound SHE'LL and the
other is long sxpounder the best gun in service Car
vajal has all the balls Shells wagons lances and nearly
all the ammunition. Carvajal has lost about ten
killed and about twenty wounded Graham killed
the first day, almost Mt the commencement, without
show Jauregu had eighteen Indians who did nearly all
the fighting, and they all killed but two We had to
take the city by routing them out
They occupied the entire plaza, and in all the houses
the four sides of the plaza they had PORTFOLIOS that
they could fire without showing any part of them
selves We routed them at length out of them when they
for the church, whence succeeded in driving them
and then they and got into the house the hill in
which small portion previously stationed. When
we were chasing them from Mier satisfied we
could not take them following them, stopped at
Puna Aguda and Jauregui stopped at Cerravo for the
night. After making short halt struck into the
bushes to get ahead of him. which succeeded in doing
about FIVE miles beyond him.
This the position of things when left was about
twentythree hours coming from there here. We have
taken prisoner Capt Corona commander of their artillery
1.-THE balance Of his artierymen ked Capt Carona
has wound which will probably prove mortal. Wheat
got scratch his Howell had his sword broken
by his side by ball not hurt The Mexican soldiers
with Carvajal have proven themselves good fighters
Some three hundred men, cavalry have gone up
nforce Jauregui, under command of Guadalupe Garcia
and will probably get there this morning We anxious
to hear who gets the advantage when they arrive.