New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-03
Late and Important from the Rio Grande :

The following correspondence from
The Brownsville RIO BrGro, OF Dec. g. gives the de-
tails Of CaravaJals operations lately announced by
cur Tcegrsphc Dispatches from New Orleans:
Rio GRANDE CITY, Tuesday, Dec ., 1851.
DEAR SIR got home from Cerralyo last night.
We had very severe tight in Cerrlvo. The forces
Of Caravaal charged the iortlfcatioRs OF the enemy
and whipped them out Of the square and the church
When left, the enemys horses and men were re-
duced 10 one house. Carayalai captured a great
many of their horses, saddles, lances and arms. a
large portion OF their cannon ammunition, and their
wagons. They have been living on horse flesh for
the last two days. We had good many men killed,
among them Captain CHM, J. L. Graham, and
Lieutenant IN Walkers company.
The force from Matamoros Is still at Camargo.
Capt Mclean and his company Tough! orayely, he
had three or four men killed, the commander OF The
artillery of Jauregui has been wounded and taken
prisoner and nine OF his men were killed at the
cannon. In every yard IN the square there are more
or less dead mOchss-they had no time to bury their
dead. saw IN one yard ten dead mOchos, and the
Seminoes catched the devil-their captain got
killed.
RIO GRASpE CITY, Tuesday. Dec. .. 1851.
I arrived home from CeTrayo on Yesterday, aoout3
o'clock, r. II. left CaravaJal with all his forces al
Cerralvo, which he had succeeded IN taking entirely,
with the exception OF one house. situated on the hi
at the edge o. the town Jsuregui, and what forces
he has remaining, are penned up. living on mule
flesh and no water. When lett Cerralvo, which was
on Sunday evening an hour by sun, they were pre-
pairing 10 make charge upon the house occupied by
which Captain Chinn was killed
Jauregu still mas his two pieces OF artillery. Ole
is mountain ho1ltZer OF about twelve pound
she'll and the other Is long slx-pOuGfer, the best
gun in service. Caravaal has all the balls, shells,
wagons, lances, and nearly all the ammunition
CaTavalsl has lost about ten men killed aud ADO /
twenty wounded Graham was killed on the frs,
day, almost at the commencement, wIt1ou. A sh0 ~.
Jsuregui had eighteen Indians, who did nearly all
the fighting, and they are All killed buttwo. We
had TO take the city by routing them Out.
They occupied the entire plaza, aud IN all the
houses on the four sides OF the plaza they had port
holes SO that they could fire on Us without showing
any part Of themselves. We routed them at lie lgtn
out of them, when they ran for the church, where
we succeeded in driving them, and they then ran and
got into the house on the hill, IN which a SIN all
portion were previously stationed When we were
chasing them from Mier we were satisfied we could
not take them following them; so we stopped at
the night AfteT making short halt we struck into
the bushes 10 get ahead o. hun, which we succeeded
In doing about five miles beyond him.
This was the position of things when left.
was about twenty-three hours coming from there
here. We have taken prisoner Capt. Corona, com.
mander of their artillery, the balance Of his artll
lerymen are kied.) Capt. Corona has wound
which will probably prove mortal Wheat got
scratch on his arm. Howell had his sword broken
by his side by ball not hurt. The Mexican SOL
deTs now with Carayaja have proven themselves
good fighters.
Some three hundred men. cavalry, have gone up
TO reinforce JauTegu under command OF Guada-
loupe Garcia, and will probably get there this morn
ing. We are anxious to hear who gets the advan-
tage when they arrive