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BY FLEESON & PALMER.
SUNDAY MORMXG, APRIL 18, 1847.
The Hiver.—A rise of several feet in the waters
of the Rio Grande a lew days ago, led to a belief
that the rainy season had at length set in, and that
the parched earth in this neighborhood was about to
be bathed by copious showers, and seared vegetation
made to bloom with new life ■ but hope gives way to
disappointment as we view the river again receding
toils lowest stage. The sballownessof the water re-
tards greatly the operations of the Quarter-master'?
department on the Rio Grande—only a few of the
boats being able to reach the depot at Camargo and
they not more than half freighted. The depot re-
cently established below Camargo is attained with
difficulty by boats drawing over three feet water, and
should the river continue to fall, Keynoso will be
the highest point to which they can ascend.
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A recent trip to Camargo, the first we have ever
made, has given us somewhat of an idea of the coun-
try watered by the Rio Grande, and we confess our-
selves highly pleased with the scenery through which
we passed—the eamenees presented forbids us call-
ing it beautiful, yot the whole view is pleasing to the
eye—every curve in the river, and they are intermi-
nable, brings to view some eligible site for the erec-
tion of a tarm house, and the lands give token that
the farmer's toil will be amply remunerated. This
riverand the country bordering it on either side, have
been described so often in letters to "the States,"
that any thing said on the subject by us, would be
supererogation on our part. The extreme droughth
has paralized ail farming operations. We saw but
one field ol com between ihis and Camargo that had
peered through the sod—this, too, at a season of the
year when corn on this river usually ripens. So
long-an absence of rain has never before been known
and the destitution ainoug the inhabitants is already
considerable. It has ever been the custom with the
Mexicans to raise only sufficient corn for home con-
sumption and they were unprepared to meet the de-!
rnaivl for it created by our army. But there is no
Requisition for Troops. — We understand
that Gen. Brooke recieved a despatch from the
War Department, day before yesterday, leaving it
to his discretion to muster into set vice several regi-
ments of volunteers to join Gen. Taylor. This
order was issued from the department upon the re-
ceipt of Col. Curtis's requisition at Washington. It
is further understood that in as much as the crisis is
past to meet which the requisition was made, Gen.
Brooke will wait further orders from the department
before acting in the premises. Picayune of the 3rd.
Col. Croghan, Inspector General of the Army, ar-
rived here yesterday from Texas, where he had been
ordered to muster into service the regiment of volun-
teers designed to be raised in that State. But three
or four companies have yet been collected, and Col.
Croghan does not give a flattering account of the
prospects of recruiting there. He says that any
number of men might be raised to servo for six or
twelve months, but that there is little disposition to
enlist for the war. Col. C. is in good health, and
will shortly repair to Mexico. Picayune of lite 3rd.
Gen. Tatlok has his head quarters at the Walnut
Springs, a few miles outside Monterrey. The old
hero has but a meagre force under his' immediate
command, the main body of his army being with
Gen. WcioL, at Agua Nueva. The 1st Mississip-
pi regiment, ("Gen. Tavlor's Own," as it is styled,)
form what may be considered his body guard, and
are with him nt the Springs. In and around Mon-
terrey, ure the Ky. cavalry, 2d and 3d Ohioans, 3d
Indianians, six companies of Virginians, and a few
companies of Texan rangers. Six companies of Vir-
ginians arc occupying China and Cadareita, which
places are being fortified. The 2d Ohio regiment
is probably by this time on its way down to Camar-
go—its term of service is nearly up and the boys are
homeward bound. Five companies of Ky. cavalry
were in Camargo a few days ago, but were to return
to Monterrey as an escort to a train—this regiment
has also but a brief time to remain in service and will
soon be returning. It is pleading to hear the return-
ing volunteers, those who have battled under him,
speak of old Rough and Ready. With one accord
they all unite in his praise, and his bravery and mili.
tary akill, as displayed in the battles and brilliant
victories to which he has led them, has stirred up
feelings within their breasts which can never be effa-
ced. Napolean never had more the love and confi-
dence ol his troops than has Gen. Taylor—we have
heard volunteers say, not in a spirit of braggadocia,
but in co' I, sober earnest, that under him they
would cheerfully go into battle, with odds against
them six to one, and feel assured of victory. Many
with whom we have spoken, disclaims ever having
looked to the possibility of a defeat at Buena Vista
—victory, nothing but victory was thought of. The
Maj. Gen. Gaines has received orders to forward
danger id starvation or suffering in consequence—the' such troops as have been enlisted under the ton re-
forest and the prairie jields food too abundantly to j giment bill immediately to the Brazos. Only a few
allow any pun.iunjjs troin starvation with a hundred have been enlisted in New York, but three ships
fold the population the country now contains. A ; huve been chartered there to proceed to Old Point
happier looking people than the Mexicans on the j Comfort and convey such troops as may be in readi-
Kio (iiande, we never saw, and many ot them ar*1 i ness for the service.
becoming enriched by supplying the steamboat
with wood, which is easily obtained and for which
they receive $2.50 per cord.
Camargo we found all life and bustle—apparently
Tiie Cincinnati Commercial says that Corporal
O'.Stillivan on the 24th ult. received his commission
as lieutenant in. the Third Regiment of Infantry.
more business doing there than here, and merchants Tlie Commercial adds that Corporal O'Sullivan, on
the memorable 9th of May,'captured .Marengo, Gen
La Vega's aid-de-camp, receiving six fubie cuts in
ttie face with his victory. At the same battle a ball
skinned his cheek bone. He delivered up his prison-
ers to an officer, then went back with six men, and
captured from the enemy a field piece.
Dr. James L. Clarke, of Gloucester county, Va.,
has been appointed by the President Surgeon of the
regiment from that State, now at Monterrey.
The Government has been making large purchas-
es of Goodyear's india rubber goods. '1 he purchas-
es are ponton bridges, knapsacks and various accou-
trements of the soldier and for the camp.
looking with confidence to a brighter prcipcct ahead.
Considerable stocks of merchant's goods were being
sent forward to Monterrey, Saltillo, and towns along
the line protected by our troops, and the trade be-
tween our merchants and the Mexicans bids fair to
open again with new life and activity.
It was our fortune to make the trip on the steam-
er, Wkileville, a boat unsurpassed in her accommo-
dations by any other on the river, and managed with
a skill w hich finds no obstacles to making speedy
trips from shoals and sand-bars. The polite atten-
tion given to passengers by Copt. Duffield, her
gentlemanly commander, constrains us to say a few
words in his commendation. He is possessed of
those rare qualities of head and heart which infuse Fiendish Murder.—Father Ray, so long and favor
cheerfulness and happiness into ah who approach aWy known us a dlaplain in the arr WM recentl
him, and it would be impossible to form his acauain-' i h i u c . ■ i ■
. 1 iUdl" ; killed by a party of lancers on the road between Ca-
tance without feeling esteem for the man. Recol- j marg0 and Monterrey. H'hat ignoranee, combined
lections of our trip on the W kileviile will not soon with fanatacism will do, may be judged by the butch-
be effaced. ■ r.u. ,,,,, ,, ■. , J u,
i ering of this taithlul old minister ol peace. True to
2d Mississippi Regiment.—This regiment, or the lllS calling, he forsook friends and home to
greater portion of it, has already reporUd itself at j make eas-v tlie co"ch of the Bold,cp-1l,e camc
General Taylor's head quarters, at the Walnut wilh degi£n ofh*rm 10neither Mexican or Amorican,
Springs, near Monterrey—two companies, we un- a,ld vva* *rrc8ted in ,lip divine nation by those who
dcrstanci, were left at Cerralvo, for the protection of! choos8th« 8i,rne moduof worshipping the Almighty,
that place and to give security to the trains passing j Strange infatuation ! These children.of the Monte-
up and down from Monterrey. A private in one of zurnas are treasuring up a dreadful punishment that |
the companies, named Carson, formerly a memberj ere '°"g * descend upon their heads with the fury '
of the Mississippi legislature, who had lagged be- ftfa tornado.
hind the regiment on the march up, between Camar-! Chihmhua m-en-The American lirm8 have again !
8',(* r' W,l^'"'d ^'-V ,H0 ^'fx'caBS ail|l in- j triumphed, and the flag of the United States flutters [
humanly butchered. His mutilated body was disco- over Chihuahua. Col! Doniphan, at the head of 950 '
vt.roi, in the ehaparral a^ few f t from the roar, bv , ,nen accomplished this much by fighting two battles,
THE VERA CRUZ EXPEDITION.
It appears that Gen. Taylor was consulted about
the operations before Vera Cruz. The following is
the project which the Secretary laid before the Gene-
ral for his consideration:
"We learn," says Mr. Marcy, "that the army
could be disembarked a few miles distant from Vera
Cruz,intuf readily invest the town in its rear without
coming within range of the fortress of San Juan de
Ulua. The town could be readily taken by land,
while the fortress, invested by land and by sea, and
all communication cut off, must soon fall. From
Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico there is a tine road,
upon which the diligences or stage couches run daily.
1 he distance from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico,
is not more than one-third of that from the Rio
Grande to the City of Mexico."
To this paragraph of Secretary Marcy's letter
Gen. Taylor replies as follows, by which it will be
seen that he doubted the'practicability or success of
the proposed expedition to Vera Cruz:
" I cannot give a positive opinion as to the practi-
cability of an expedition against Vera Cruz, or the
amount of force that would probably he required for
it. The Department of War must be much better
informed than I am on that point. From the im-
practicable character of the routes from Tampico,
particularly that leading to Mexico, I should judge
an expedition against the capital from that point to
be out ot the question. The simultaneous embarka-
tion of a large body of troops at Brasos St. Jago, as
proposed in the Secretary's communication, would
be attended with great difficulty, if we may judge
from the delay and danger which accompany the un-
loading of single transports owing to the almost per-
pittuul roughness ot the bar, and boisterous charac-
ter of the anchorage. It may also well be question-
ed, whether a force ot' vslunisers, without much in-
struction, more than those now here can receive in
season lor such an expedition, can prudently be al-
lowed to form the bulk of an army destined for bo de-
licate an operation as a descent upon a foreign coast
where it. can have uo proper base of operations or
supplies.
It appears, also, from the letter of the Secretary of
War toG«n. Scott, directing him to take command
of and organise the expedition against Vera Cruz,
and leaving to his discretion the distribution of the
force necessary for this expedition, as well as from
the following letter from Gen. Scott to Gen. Tay-
lor, that the War Department was not justly culpa-
ble, for leaving Gen. Taylor with so small a force on
the Rio Grande. Here is the letter of Gen. Scott,
written as ult his letters arc, in great haste:
"But, my dear General, I shall be obliged to take
from you most of ihp gallant officers and men (regu-
lar? and volunteers) w hom you have so long and so
nobly commanded. I am afiaid that I shall, by im-
perious necessity, the approach of jellow fever on
the Gulf coast, reduce you, for a time, to stand on
the defensive This will be infinitely painful to you,
and for that reason, distressing to me. But I rely
on vonr patriotism to submit to the temporary sacri-
fice with cheerfulness. No man can better afford to
do so. lucent victories place you on that high emi-
nence, and I even flatter myself that any benefit that
may result to me, personally, from the unequal divi-
sion of troops alluded to, will lesson the pain of your
consequent inactivity."
Capt. Jack Everitt and Mr. John Hays, wito were
journeying up to Mier—the warm blood was yet |
trickling from him, which induced them to think his
assassins were still near, and they commenced a
within twelve miles of the city, in which he 6uff' red
a loss of only five, killed and wounded. This infor-
mation comes to us through the quarter master at I
countenance of Gen. Taylor during the long en- \ s/*nrch in the tnickef. a:id came in sight of the two <
gageinent wore, throughout, the appearance of t,i- : Mexicans, not more than two hundred yards from 1
'.irnph, and all who noticcd him augured victory from where the murdered man lay. Chase was given and j
hie look. were 8r,on overtaken and their guilt sufficiently j
i proved by their blood-stained hands and garments
by a law of the last Congress, Saluria or Port Ca- anc' l'ie property of the murder d man found upon
vallc, Texas, has been made a CnHectoral District. | their persons. The first impulse w as to kill them
rP, , „ . ~ i upon the spot, but reflection induced their beirx' ta-
I he steamer Vv arren in uescendmg the river, hav 1 r
! this place—he having been so informed by the q. m.
at Monterrey. The loss of the Mexicans is about
two hundred, killed and wounded, and 10 pieces ofj
cannon captured. Despatches had been forwarded |
to Gen, Taylor by Col. Doniphan. Onward rolls!
the republican cause. What shall arrest its progress!
rlenrt A ldricii was arrested at Palo Alto yes-
terday, by erder of Colonel Gushing, charged with
ing on board two companies of the Louisville I egion U"n f"rWa'(l ^ lUmed 0VCr l"C°L Davi*'tv!l0' w,th huv,n" assaulted a Mexican named Ser-
ran into the bank and broke her water wheel «haft', 1":i refjimen,> M r,ot mau? adva"re- j lle wns laken to ,l,,; S,,r,rd l,0USf:- where !
and .js detained near Reynoso until it can be re- j ^ of the after to the he awaits his trial. Serbantes is ini the hospital.!
placed. The troops were taken on board the steam- ■'I,e',ln8» ',uve 1101 ■ l-arnt d, hit mtu tlui. It is rumored that the Massachusetts Volunteers
er eville and descended to the mouth ol the ; P,lul nic.it. to avc bc.cn flw.io could fx » will be relieved by Jhe 2d Oliio regiment, and ptart ,
nver on Friday. The whole of the Legion are now (kvi?e(J b? ,1,e <*»*perated companions of the butch- for Montcrrey in two wecks. The Ohioans will re- ;
at the mouth, waiting to take passage home to old main here until the arrival of some of the troops
Kentuck, their term of service having expired. The Shameful.—Persons recently arrived fiarn Mon- cali, (1 for by lhe Ten Regiment bill, when they will j
boys have distinguished themselves in several battles terrRV) Inf.jrm 11S ,hill ilt coming down th bebt.1(] return to their homes.
and will he welcomed home with open arms. 8trcw„ along the roadside where had been massa-' ,, ■ T ~7~ ~ , "T
| ,, , , Major Jamcs h. Cocke, ol Galveston, has been i
Gen. Butler —Gen W O Butler has none on to ced the i canisters w iio fell into t he hands of Urrea's • . ■ t . .. . up t . ■ , c m
ut". ».w. DuiRriia»j,oiituiiiU| | appointed U.S. Marshall for the District of Texas,;
Washington, Alluding to the fact, the Cincinnati assassins in the attack on the wagon tram, the de-
Dealh of a Wealthy Nobleman.— We extract the
following from the Charleston Courier's correspon-
dence :
A rich find noble, if no! a particularly great man,
has been recently gathered to his fathers. 1 mean
the Duke of Northumberland, the heir of the housa
of Percy and the lordly owner of Alnwick Castle.
He was more distinguished for his wealth and the
princely style in which be lived, than for any services
rendered to the State or any show of personal ac-
quirements. Ambassador to the Court,of France «n
the especial occasion of the coronation of Charles X,
and subsequently Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, he was
put into both offices as the representative of the
wealth and dignity of England. At the present
moment, of our distresses in Ireland nnrl our tetchy
relations with France, he would scarcely have been
trusted wiih either appointment. (lis bankers,
Messrs. Hoare, of Fleet street, will miss liirn, as 1
know on undeniable authority that he regularly kept
n balance there of £200,000 ! His successor is his
brother. Lord Prnehoe, a captain in our navy, and a
man of talent anil science.
VJT.® Telegraph is expected at the Brasos every
hour.
J.,nquirer says, "there was a ruiuor in town yester-
day that he had been appointed Secretary of War
and from all the evidence we presume iic has been
really tendered the appointment. No man could
better discharge the duties of the office."
cayed and mutilated remains of upwards of fifty of
these unfortunate men. Where they fell, there still
they are suffered to remain—their flesh made the
i.i place of Major James Allev, deceased.
The U. S. District Court for Texas begins its regu-
ar term at Galveston on the first Monday in next
food of vultures and wolves and their bones scatter- inoiul». Several important suits are to he decided.
ed about by these beasts and birds of prey. Train —
afier train has passed them by w ith no more notice The Washington Correspondent of the Baltimore
The Light House Bill passed by the last Con- than a passing commentary upon (he ir sad fate— Sun, to whose predictions and revelation® attention
gress, appropriates £15,000 each for two light h«us- none have stepped forth to give theni burial. Hu-, has been frequently given, and considered as somc-
es in Texas, and 5,ii00 doll ire lor iron buoys. One inanity sickens at man's indifference to man—death what authoritative, says in a recent letter:
light is to be placed on the east end of Galveston parts friend from friend and brother from brother, and " I repeat again thdt unless Santa Anna isdnceiv-
Island. The point for tjie other li-ht is not designa- i in one brief hour all the ties which bound them to- inc ew,cry b°d^' ,laf' hil!,Solf l° l]"0t' ll": P'ci,rni,,J-
•ii l i ■ „ ries ot peace are already anreed upon, and reouire
ted, but will soon be d< terminer! upon by the officers getner are forgotten. Such is a consequence ofj nothing but the judicious dispensation of the m'-an* \
I ne li-'ht l-Tjsjs ure war—it deadens the sensibility and brings man to a placed at the hands of the President, to br.coinc ac-;
engaged in the coast survey
to be built of iron.
level with the unreasoning brute
tual stipulations of treaty."
Lola Mantes and the King of Bavarirt.—The follow*
rig is from the correspondence of the Charleston
Courier:
Some sensation has been excited through Europe
by certain scandalous affair* now taking place a'
Munich. Louis Charles, King of Bavaria, a pec'
and a painter, and a most munificent patron of tli'
arts, who had raised his insignificant capital into|
modern Alliens, has now, in the sixty-first year
his age, become infatuated with a Spanish ope;1
dancer. Lola Montes, the person in question, I'1"1
already made herself conspicuous in Berlin by draM"
ing her horsewhip across the face ol an officer ^rn'
to request her to withdraw from a certain fo.rbi;Mc".
soot, during a review of troops before the Kin?'1
Prussia. Little eccentricities have marked her Pr"'
fessional career through Europe; but this pubi.'f
stallation into the good grace* ol a king sets !",r ^
the highest pinnacleofgossipping notoriety. f'r3V_
troiih <:s have arisen in Bavaria from the tinwi ' V
iif-ss of the people, as well as the nobles and
of the Government to submit to this caprici"11* *
potisrn. With all the stolid endurance of the
mans, I doubt il the days of the Pompadours ch'1 ^
safely revived even in Munich. An escort ot '''j
goons to protect a dancer from, the populace is
novelty.
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