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AMERICAN ARMS TRIUMPHANT I I
31rxir.au L.o*» 4000!—American 700.
A Bloody Battle—American Valor Trnim - (
pliant—Santa Anna's Army Cut to f ier.es i
by (den. T 'oylor — Loss of Cols. 1 tu, Ale- ;
Ke, Hardin , Clay, tf*c. ij-c.
Where now are the sceptics, who threw
doubt ami discredit upon our statements in the i
of Sunday, respect ini; the victory of ;
General Taylor. Where are the unbeiiev ing
Thomas**.* who would not credit the story
that old ‘-Rough and Ready” had a train, un
der the most unfavorable circumstances, and
against a {Treatly superior force, commanded
by their greatest general and president, gam
el another and the most glorious of all his
V .'lories.
On the Gih March, Dr. Turner, U. S. A.,
after many dangers and hairbreadth escapes, |
a-rived in safety at Matamoros. Previous to
hs arrival, the communications between
Monterey and our lines on the Rio Grande, j
bad been c osed fur several days. Dr. Turner
communicated tonne of our correspondents h
hurried account of the severe battle of Rue: a
Vista, fought between Gen. Santa Anna’s
force*, about 17,000 strong, and Gen. Tav let’s
little army, between 4 and 5.000, mostly vo
unleers. The battle began on the glorious •
anniversary of the birth of Washington, a lit
div lor the display of American patriotism
and valor. The scene of this bloody fight
was ;< t Buena Vista, the point noon which
Gen. Taylor had la len hai k from Agua Ane
%a. and is about seven miles from Saltillo.
The Mexicans advanced upon him with
great boldness. (travel* led on by their best
officers, hut were inet by our gallant volun
teers will) the coo! firmness of veteran sol
di- r-. A fierce and long battle en-oied. the
Mexicans cinrgiog wi ll their biyonets j rt
the very muzzles of our artiMery and receiv
ing the deadly and destructive tire of our |
guns, with tint! nching courage. Our men
gave not an inch, hut maintained their po-i
--tion on the bloody field the whole day of the |
22d. and on the next day until the evening, ,
when the Mexicans retired to Agua Nueva, I
leaving their killed nnhtiried and all their
wounded ,on the field where they fell. The
killed and wounded on the Mexican side are
estimated at 4 000 Some of the Mexican
officers taken prisoners admit that their loss
was at lea-0 2 000. The American loss was
about 700 killed and wound'd. Santa Anna,
in his letter, which we publish from the Tam
pico Sentinel, admits that his army is cut up.
That the victory was on the side of Gnier*!
Taylor is abundantly proved by Santa Anna’s
precipitate retreat eighteen or tweenfy mTe*
to his rear. As to the trophies, we consider
that part of his letter as anochrvphal, and
shall wait for the particulars before we fully
credit. This victory lias been achieved at
pteat sacrifice on our part. The ardor of our
vo'nmeer officers led them into the Ijo test :
part of the fight, and consequently
ber of field officers killed and wounded i* la
mentably great. Every volunteer colonel
but one was either killed or vvmin led.
[A list of the officers who were kill'd nr
mounded, will he found in our correspondence ]
The despatches of Gen. 'Taylor, it is sup
posed, have been intercepted by the enemy ;
between Monterey and Gotnargo.
It will gratify the numerous friends of Col. |
Morgan, of the Ohio Volunteers, to hear that
he arrived safely at Monterey, having been
reinforced by a detachment sent from Mon- ;
ferey to his assistance. 'This is the same of- 1
fleer who was reported to have (teen taken
prisoner, with several companies of his regi
ment, near Cerralvo.
Col. Curn's, of Ohio, with one company j
(Capt. Hunter’s) of the 2 1 U. S. Dragoons, !
his own regiment, one of the Indiana volun
teers, the Virginia Regiment, and some 'Tex- |
as Ranger*, in all about 2000 men. was about
to leave Comargo to attack (Jen. Trrea. who
is said to he about thirty miles south of that
place, with an army of 4000 In 5000 men,
principally ranchc.os. He i* believed to have
witli him only 1 SJO regular troops. A great,
manv, if not .1 ol lhe-e rancherns, as soon
as they hear of the discomfeiture of Santa
Anna’s army, will disperse, and the gallant
Colonel will no doubt obtain the victory.
We learn from a passenger arrived last
evening, that it was supposed by many in
Tampico, that if a bombardment should take
place, the citizen* of Vera Cruz will leave
the city. There was little doubt that there
would be severe fighting at the Castle of Sm
Juan de Ulua. Fr< m the best sources of in
formation, we have the report that an attack
was In have been made on Vera Cruz on or
• bout the 231 of the present month.
Among the passengers arrived last eve
ning, we had the pleasure of meeting our fel
low-townsman, Capt. Alphonse Duoeru.
Capt. Gardnt r, of the btig Perfect, "mm
Tampico, deserves all praise for the efforts
made by him to have the mail he brought, ta
ken as soon as possible to the post-office.—
The Perfect arrived about 11 o’clock, and in
twenty minutes after, the b.sg* were opened,
but there was not a single letter for any pa
per in the city.
The following letter and accompanvirg
•fatement we rereived by th rt schr. John Ihdl,
Capt. Noves. The John Hell arrived late
last night, having left the Brazos on the 1 Ofh
inst. Our loss among commissioned officers
has been, as if was at Palo A ho, Redac t de
la Palma, and Monterey, very severe. We
find that 26 officers, of d ffh-ent grades, were
killed, and 37 wot nded. We give below a
list of the officers killed and wounded.
f Correspondence of the '‘Delta.” ]
Brazos >t Jaco March 10, 1847.
Eds. Delta: —l enclose you herewith a
Correct copy ofJip intelligence received from
Col. Curtis, commanding at Comargo, re
ceived by express from Momerev, which you
will perceive was nine da v-> reaching there.
The army under Gen 'Taylor maintained
Its position at Buena Vista with honor and
glory to our country’s (Hg, although our loss
has [teen very severe.
Maj Thomas, chief Quarter Master at this
place, immediately despoched the 'Texan
cutler Alert, Capt. Geo. Symptom, with des-
patches to the commanding officer at Tam
pico, and to Maj. Gen. Scott at Lobns.
It is generally supposed, from indications,
that Santa Anna is effectually used up.
Yours, truly, A. C. W.
The fighting commenced on the 22d of
February and ended on the 23d. Santa Anna
retired, with the loss of 4000 killed and
wounded. Loss on our part 700 killed and
wounded. The scene of the action was Bue
na Vista, a hacienda five miles west of Saltil
lo. Santa Anna’s Adjutant General is a pr
isoner, together with many other officers and
j men. The express who brought the news
was sent by Paymaster Butler from Mon
terey, and was nine days getting to Comar
rro. Gen. Taylor’s official despatch has pro
bably been iniercep’ed. Col. Morgan’s com
mand reached Monterey in safety, having
j been rein arced at Cer r alvo by a command
! from Monterey. Col. Curtis started about 1
P. M., of the 7tb, loaftack Urrea at Aldarnos,
1 twenty miles south of Comargo*
American Oll*cci'« Skilled and \Voun:led.
v Kacr.Aß?.
j Gene-al Staff.—K'Urd: Capt. Goo. Lincoln,
I Ass’t Adj’i Gen. Wounded: Asst Adj’t Gin.
B iss. Mi pith; B’vt*2l Lieut. Bryan, Topograph
j ical Engineers,sligh'h.
| Is t Dragoons.— Wounded: Capt. E. Steen,
j severely.
Company E, Ad Artillery.— Wounded. Li< ut.
W. G. French.severely.
Company IJ , Aik Artillery. —Wounded: Ist
Lieut. O’Brien, slightly.
VI M.CNTEMiS.— MISSISSIPPI RTFI.FS.
Killed: Ist Lieut. R. L. Moore,2J Lieut. Fran
cis McNulty.
Wounded: Col. Jefferson Davis, severely;
Capt. J. M. Sharp, severely; Lieut. A. B. C*»r
wnie, slightly; Lieut. Carnet Posey, slightly;
■ Lieut. J. P. Stockston, slightly.
KS.M-f'KV CAV.AI.RV,
Killed—Adj. E. M. Vaughan.
NVouaJed: One Captain and three Lieuts.
Ai'K>\S»S OlVAl.'iV.
Kil el: Col. Archibald Yell and Capt. An
dtPtjwß. Porter.
wound* d: Lieut. Tims. A. Rend r.
SECOND KENT.TKV F ' !T RIFI.F.S.
Killed; Col. \\ . It. Ah'Kee and Lieut. Col.
1 Denry Clay, Jr; l‘:»pt, James W. Moss, and
| Capt \Vin. T. Willis
'V.uitided: Li ut. E S. Barbour, sfiglitly;
T : eut. W. S. Withers, severe! ; Lieut. 1 homas
W. Mossier, s verely.
ivor,\N’» Brigade.
nun led: B‘ig. Gen. J>>s Lano. sl’g'dlv.
2<d h'egiment.— Killed: Capt. T. B. Kind-r,
Cant. Wm. Walker and Lb ut Th s. C. Parr.
Wounded* Capt. W. L. S mderson, slightly,
and Cant. John Osborn, slightly; Lieut. S. W.
! Ca‘ cc. slight!''; Lieut. 11. Pennington, sliglul ;
Lieut. David S. Lewis, slightly; Lieut. Joshua
Moore, sliglul ; Lieut. Judin Davis, slightly,
and Lieut. J. A. Emerson slightly.
3 / /i glment.—- Killed: Capt. James Taggart.
Wounded: VL>j. W. A. Gorman, slightly, and
1 Capt John M. Sleep, slightly.
M.f.INOIS BWIGU'R.
I*/ Regiment. Killed; Col. Jim. J. Hardin,
j an<l Ca- 1. J. W, Z ibriskie and Li. ut. Bryan fcl.
j Han Alton.
| W iti led: Lieut. IL. Mi'Conncll, slightly,
• and Lieut Hez -kiah E ans slightlv.
'2l Rc%[ nenf.- K lie I; C tpt. \V »o Iward; Lieut
Fletcher; Lent. Ferguson; Lieutenant Robbins;
| Lieut. T. K lh; Lieut. Bartleson; Lieut. Atb
: orton; Lieu*. Price.
Wounded; Capt. Coffev; Capt. Baker; Lieut.
Jno. A. Pieketf; Lieut. Engelman; Lieut. Steel;
Lieut. West: Adj. \V hite.side.
TEXAS COMPANY.
Killed: Ist Lieut. Ca uphtdl; 2d Lieut. Leon
hard.
Wounded: Capt. Conner.
M<t\mo«os, March Oth, 1817.
Sir: The foregoing is a copy of a s?a ement
j handed to me by Surgeon Turner, 11. S. Army,
just arrived at this place from Comargo. which is
| co roburated b a letter from Lieut. Britton, As
j sistant Commissarv at Comargo.
Verv resucetf’nllv, vour ob’t serv’t.
J. P. TAYLOR, Lt. Col. & A. C. G. S.
ITJrsirnii Accaant of r!ic Buttle.
The following, from the Tampico Sentinel,
i give* the Mexican account of the battle of
; Buena Vista, which, to nur mind, is as con
elusive proof of our vi t'<ry as that which
comes from Gen. 'Taylor’s camp.
Our city was thrown in'o a great state of
j excitement yesterday by the receipt of news
! from San Lai* Pofosi, giving the particulars
i of a blond y engagement between the Arne
| riran forces under Gen. Tavlor and those
j of fiie Mexicans under Santa Anna, at a
j point called Buena Vista. As those details
j are from a Mexican journal, we, of rour.-e,
i have to receive them as such, and give them
just so much credence as each individual
! may suppose them to be worth, making a
i proper allowance for the known disposition
of this people to exaggerate everything, from
I the noble conflict of two courageous armies
jto the adurements of the cock-pit. When
the contents of the said piper were promul
; gated first, there was such horror comming
j led with tlie recital, that one would have
i supposed, that Alexander the Great was
again at the head of the Macedonians, carry
ing triumph an 1 devastation wherever his
army appeared, and there was such an air
of grandeur thrown around the stra'agems
of the dignified and conquering Mexican
chieftain, that we were carried back to the
golden days of Roman warr ors.
From all we were ab'e to gather, in the
excited state of the public mind, which hav
ing little to work upon, was inventing and
conflicting with itself in every possible way,
the accounts published in our paper of the
6 h inst., are partly confirmed. In that num
ber we give the sub-tance of a despatch from
Santa Anna, declaring his intention to give
(Jen. 'Taylor battle on the 21st. (Jen. Tay
lor was then represented as h ing at a place
called Agua Nueva, (New Water.) fortify
ing himself. We are inclined to think Hus
was intended by the general as a ruse to de
coy Santa Anna into a regular standing en
gagement. knowing that the point he had
selected was one that Santa Anna must pass,
i being the only good water within a great
number of mile*, which would be sufficient
to supp y tiie wants of so iarge a force as
Gen. Santa Anna had then uhder his com
mand; ami a* we have drawn t! i * much from
the probabili ies attending this bloody encoun
fer,we will draw further.and suppose it proba
ble tha r , on arriving heie the Mexican army,
which had been fully prepared for the strile
by starvation and thirst, railed all their en
ergies into requisition, and hence the slaught
er, reported to have taken p’ace on b *»h
side*—the one, a struggle for food and drink;
on the other, a natural display at courage and
military enthusiasm.
'Ti e enemy, out numbering our army
about four to one, and standing as jf were
u mu liis own ground, pos*es>ing super or
advantages in the way of interested friends
in all parts of the country, together with cor
rect kuowledege of its geographical and geo
logical character, and many other fact* cal
culate)! to favor him, is reduced to the neces
sity ol inventing subterfuge? to account for
an unpardonable want of success, amount
ing, in a word to defeat. 'This is humiliat
ing indeed. Twenty to twenty-two thousand
mea against four or five thousand, with all
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The above cut of \t*r» Cruz and the Gas
l!e of St. Juan D'ljloi, is from a drawmgbv
an intelligent «*rTi *.f*r attached to the Exnedi* j
ti >n, and furnished hv a friend to t!ie Editors i
of ihe Charleston Evening News,
r l‘lie I’a'meito llegiment gVen ft conspi
j c ons place, and the Georgia Boys are no
: where in the Programme. Bui vvl e e fight-
I j n«r is in he done, there are those among
I
I them who will be among the foremost to
storm the ‘‘imminent deadly breach.”
j It is not executed with any reference to
mathematical correctness in the scale, but is
simply intended to represent the relative no-
I sition of places, and to give an outline of.the
; proposed mode of assault.
D, in the rut, denotes the position of San j
Antonio Lizardo, where the American troops
are to land, ami which is situated about nine j
miles south of the city.
A, represents the Castle of Sin Juan
d’Uloa, garrisoned by 15 H) men. A bridge,
| GOO yards in leng’h, runs from the Cfy to
the Castle. The front and rear walls of the
j Cattle, and of the (ditv and Civile, which
are designated by the figures 1, I. and 3, 3.
are six feet thick, while the sides on the
north and south, designated by 2,2, are only
three feel thick.
The letters C, C, mark the position of
| eighteen cannon plumed on the wall of
the city,and directed imrnoveah!y.towards the
Gu f. At L. li, the north-eastern and smith
the attending favorable circuui.-iances, and
yet 'bat Hie larger force should acknowledge
the neces-ary of falling back, after less than
two davs’ battle, is almost increditde—we
would lie inclined think the despatches of
Santa Ann i a forgery, as far as this ac
knowledgment (goes, did we not find it in
one of the prints mul 'r the patronage of his
government. But here is the precious do
cument—let it speak its own shame for the
present;
('amp. (near Buena Vi-fa.) FVb. 23, IS 17.
Kxcellent Sir: After two days of battle,
in w hich the enemy, with a force of 8 to 9000
i men, and 2G pieces of artillery, lost live of |
; his positions, three pieces of artillery and two
flags, I have determined to go hat k to Agua
| Niipva to provide myself with prov isions, not
j having a single biscuit or a grain of rice
left. Thanks to the position occupied by } he 1
enemv, he has not been completely beaten,
but he left on tlie field about 2000 dead. Both
armies have been cut to piece-:, but the
trophies of war will give you an idea on
which side has been the advantage. We
have struggled with hunger and J hirst during
forty h nirs, and if we can provide ourselves
i w.th provisions, we vviil go again to charge j
the enemy. The soldiers under my com- j
mand have done their duty, and covered the j
honor of the Mexican nation with glory.—
The enemy has seen that neither his advan
j tageous positions, nor the broken nature of j
the ground, nor the rigor of the sea-on. (for
if has been raining during the action.) could
prevent the terrible charge with the bayo- j
net, which left him terrified.
SANTA ANNA.
In addition to the above, we find in the
same paper a private letter from an officer
j in the Mexican armv, giving pome facts \
' which, when contrasted, have something of j
I the “sublime and ridiculous” order min
| gled with the horrible. At first he states that
i the Mexican army were then encamped up- I
on the same ground which they had previ* ■
! ously occupied; from which we infer that ,
{ they had been driven from it and had been
j able to recover it, either from the fact that
; the American forces had chosen some other
I camping ground, nr that they generously
i permitted them to remain where, hv the for
i tune of the day, they found themselves at
| the close oftlie contest, lie also states that
t 1 e 10-s of the Mexicans was about 1000;
men,and that their disposition to disband was !
so great that Santa Anna was compelled to
return to Agua Nueva, from which we are
led to suppose, as before stated, tha* Gen.
Taylor never intended to make a decided
i stand at this point, but manifested such a
disposition only to draw info a
fight and thereby greatly weaken his forces
as well as retard his disigns. H-» states a
iot'e circumstance, which, not being men
tioned in the despatch of Santa Anna, must
fie received as a flight of imagination on ibe
part of the writer, viz: that two officers, be
longing to the army of Gen. Taylor, had i
been received under cover of a flag of truce — t
that their eyes were bandaged, and they led i i
before the mighty and august Genera), who 11
pstern angles nffhe Cnv wall, arptvvo l.a--
lions, p.tcii mounting two guns, pointing, as
i represented, in a n trth-western and south*
! western direction, B, designates the situa
tion of a sand hill, whose summit is elevated
; about ten feel above the w ills of the City,
| and about seven hundred sards distant. It
is the intention o! Gen. Scott to storm tins
hill with regulars,and mount, ii with artillery,
to pay upon tip* city an i Castle, I is the
j opinion of the Commander of the Siege Train
! of Ariilierv, that if Gen Scott will place him
on the Inil with his cannon, he can silence
i the long guns at the south-east bastion in
five minutes, and wifi be able to batter
; down that portion of the walls at I’, marked
I with black lines, in half an hour. After this
| is accomplished the regulars are to advance
at E, and storm the breach. M. represenfs
' a division of volunteers covered by the re
■ gu'ars, and who are to advance at the same
| time.
Q. on the northern s de, is said to repre
sent the position allotted to the South Caro
lina Regiment, who are to advance on that
side at the same time, if a breach can be ef
j footed in the walls at that point. Tne writer
says that he is not certain that this will be
the exact pons of the as-aull of the Palmetto
boys, but that Gen. Scott informed Col. But
ler that two b-eaches would he made in the
wad's of the City, and that vvhi'c t! e reguars
were storming one, the South Carolinians
were to march on the other.
look particular pams to strike them with ter
ror by a display of the splendor to In-over
whelming f-*rce, besides, informing them that
he would li-ien to no terms of capitulation
other than a discretionary surrender. This
looks queer in the fare of Santa Anna’s own
declaration of his intention to full back upon
Agua Nueva, and an admission that his
army had been cut up. It is stated in the
same letter that in many instances contests
were observed over the body of lim dead
American soldiers for the pieces of meat
found in his haversack, and fur the water
in his canteen.
I; is highly pmhab'e that the loss on (he
part of the Mexican forces is about 2.000
men, whilst, tiiat of the American sid>* is
about 500. (Jen. 'Taylor has, no doubt, fallen
back upon Saltillo, or continued his course
towards Monterey. S. me rumors say that
the country between Saltil'o xnd Monterey
j is filled with armed Mexican-; also between
Monterey and Comargo, and between Mata
| moms and the Bnzo-; hut vre doubt the truth
of themiandif true.we doubt their ability to get
possession of any important point. There
was a story yesferdiy that the Mexicans
had taken possession of Point Label, and that
j she sc hr. Swan, which arrive! here yesterday,
j brought a confirmation of these fuels. Wo
need only say that there is not. a word of
truth in the report, as fir as she is con
cerned, and that no such news has been of
ficially received by the commander of this
city.
l‘nr icafars.
We hen * just received from onr correspon
dent at Monterey, more authentic accounts of
the great victory of our arms at Baena Vista,
I than have yet appeared, and knowing the
intense anxiety of the public re penting the
particulars oi this bloody fight, we ha-ton to
lay them before our readers in an Extra.
On the 22-1. Santa Anna began the battle
hv various martcE ivres, attempting to outfi ink
and terrify old Rough and Ready. On that
day the battle was confined to skirm.-hing
and cannonading, without much effect on
either side. In the meantime Santa Anna
had sent a large so-cg to 'Tailor’s rear, but
our artillery opened upon them with great j
effect, and they were soon compelled to with- j
dra vv.
On ilie 23 I the battle commence !in real I
earnest, and raged with great violence during 1
the whole day. 'The Americans did not wait
to be attacked, hut vviili the most danmr
impetuosity charged on the enemy with loud
buzz is, their otfi- ers leading them most gal
lantly. Gm. Tavlor was everywhere in the |
thicke-t of the’fight. II * received a haM
through his overcoat, but was not injured.
Adj’t B is* was slightly wounded at his -ide.
Adj’f Lincoln, also ot the General’s staff, the
intrepid young officer who so distinguished
himself at Resaca de la Palma, was killed.
The battle nf the 231 lasted from ea*ly morn
till about 4 o’clock, P M , when Santa Anna
drew off his army and retired to Agua Nneva,
to await a reinforcement. It will be remern
beredjthat Santa Anna’s corps de resene, com
manded by Gen. Vasquez, had been delayed
in its march, and has, no doubt, joined him a
few days after the battle. But in the mean
time his army is starving, and many of his
men are deserting. Capt. Prentiss’ strong
ariilierv company was not in the action, but
had left Monterey to join Gen. Taylor, with
six cannon, two being 18-pounders. On the
7th March, one of the Ohio regiments also
left Monterey to join G*’n. Taylor. It these
and Capt. Pientiss’ arti lery arrive in time,
the General’s heavy loss will be fnMy repaired
and ha will be ready to meet Santa Anna
aga in
(Jen. Tavlor, at the last accounts, was
still maintaining his position, undisturbed by
the enemy.
An exchange of prisoners had taken place,
and ‘’Old Rough and Ready’s” promise to
Cal. Marshall to get back Cassius M. Clay
and his party, by taking Mexicans prisonerr
enough to exchange fur them, has been fully
redeemed.
Gen. Wool greatly distinguished himself
in the action, and all the officers fought l.ke
hems.
After il e battle, G’n. Taylor demanded of
Santa Anna n unconditional surrender of his
whole army, vvmch flie Liter declined; nut,
in return, required Gen. Tavlor to surrender
iimjedi ifely. Immortal be the reply of‘’Old
Rough and Readv,” as delivered bv the gal
lant l/euf. Crittenden—“(JEN. TAYLOR
N F.VER suR RE \ DERS! ”
Santa Anna’s Adjutant-General was cap
tiired bv flip Americans, but was afterwards
exchanged.
Gen. Tavlor occupied his ground on the
I 2-Uh and 25f.1i without interruption,
j Co!. Morgan, of the Ohio Volunteers, with
| a small force, cut, his way through large
bodes of armed Mexican-, and arrived at
Marin. A detachment of three companies, un
der command of Gcd. Godding-, was sent to
his aid. and the whole party are said to have
arrived safely at Monterey.
[ From the Xcw Orleais Pi nay 'nr, 2R 7 j /.txf]
j Dr Tn ner, bearer of despatches from
Cot. Curds, arriv'd here this morning at 3
o’clock He embjrk«d at the Buz is in file
schooner St. I’.uil, on the 1 tth in-t., which
ves-el he left fifty mbps belo.v the rifv last
evening, and took pas-age in rhr* towboat De
So'n. We learn from him verb ill v that if is
(tnders’ood at Comargo that Santa Anna has
rciirpii from Agua Nueva in the direct on o!
Parras, where it was supposed lie would
make a half. Gen. d’avlor still maintained
his position at Buena Vista. Dr. Turner in
forms ns that the news here’ofore published
of the hatiles of the 22 i and 23d mav b*» re
-1 ed unon» tiiat it was htougnt from Gen
Tav lot’s camp to Monterey bv Paymaster
C< H’-e. who was hearer of despatches from
Gen.’Tavlor, but who could not get farther
Ilian that place with them. The despatches
were sent th-mce 1• y a Mexican, who had not
got through by the la-1 accounts. 'The new
received at Comargo was the substance of
these despatches, and were brought l>v an ex
press rider, who was nine diys in making
the trip through to Comargo. being compell
ed to make a circuit of five hundred miles to
escape the Mexican forces and rancheros,
that swarmed in the va lev.
Nothing had been heard of Co!. Cart is
since he ip ft Comargo. jt was thought that
Gen. Urrea woird fly before him as soon a
he ascertained Ihe overwhelming defeat of
1 n a Anna.
Pr-vate letters had received at S il
j tjflo as late as to the 5 h March, at. which
I nr** Gen. Tav'or was at Buena Visfa. ’The
i following letter was received at Mafamoros,
j by a Mexican mercfiatlt of that, place, from a
Mexican of Saltillo. If was dated nn the
j fj'h March, and gives the onl account of
! the manner in which the bailie was fought
1 that has vet been received:
“At 3 o’clock on the 22 I n!f. the baffle
commenced at Buena \ i-ta, five miles from
Sahillo. ’The fight opened with ariilierv, and
I a destructive cannonade was k»pt open until
j sun-eb No decided advantage was ob'ained
j by either side—the loss on both being very
I £TPHf
‘•On the 23 1, at 10 o c!ock, foe battle was
| again renewed and kept up without inter
m’ss'on uni t halt past lliree in flip afie r nonn.
Both armies were closely engaged during the
whole time. Gen. Wool advanced with a
sirongdefarhinent against the Mexican army
, hut was driven hack with immense loss.—
’The Mexican cavalry charged upon him with
drawn swords and did gre.it execution, /lx
1 I’m)/ fallback (lea. Tavlor advanced with
I fresh troops and rep/led the. Mexicans with
■ "real slaughter I 'This charge decided the
: battle, which was not again renewed, ’The
'• linin' er killed and wounded was very great
on both sides. J can only estimate the num
ber bv the cart loads of wounded (hat have
entered this citv from both battle fields.
“On the 24' h both armies hung off without
i com ng to a general engagement—each oc
; cupied in carrying oil'the wounded and bury
ing their dead.
“Alter the 2 Th there vva = no more fighting
—'he Mexican iroms famishing wi• 1 1 hunger
became convinced that they could not tri
umph nr drive Gen.'Taylor from Ids position,
; and retired.
“As vet Santa Anna lias only retired a
i short distance, but 1 do not entertain the be
lief tfiat he will venture another engage
ment
“Mexico has not the means to bear the bur
den of tfie war—if. is opposing poverty to
abundance—weakness to strength. In rnv
op'n on it would he best for the two Govern
ments to enter into negotiations. With the
power the U. States possess it would fie d.s
honorable in her to force us into treaties ad
vantageoMs alone to as it would be
for ns to make concessions from necessity.
“It is reported that a train carrying provis
ions in the American army was attacked and
captured at Marina, by Don Jose Urrea, and
is vet in his possession, with a quantity of
private merchandi.-e, taken at the same time,”
&c.
Through the politeness of Mr Arnold, who
I came with Dr Turner, vv • have received the
j \Jatari.oros PDg of the 13th, al-o h-ners from
; an esteemed correspondent. Our letters con
| fi in the I is’ ot killed, published in another
( column, and also the amount of on both
i S ’des heretofore reported. The Mat a morns
Fiag publishes the letter from which the
above extracts were made.
Under the hea I of “latest Intelligence ”
the Flag states that Gen. Taylor was e\-
| peeled hi Monterey on the 8:li, with the Ken
tuc-ky cavalry, for the purpose of opening
the communication between tiiat place and
Gnmargo. “So it seems,” adds the Fla-',
“ih tt old Rough and Ready not only has hi
wli p their big general in the mountains, but
has to come down to scare their little ones
avvav from ihe highways, so as to reliove the
country from lAeut. (den. Stampede, in case
lie undertook the cliastisemant of Urrea he
BucilvUt U * e ' n '‘ in budy of ‘“i* at
Noble Art. —A Mexican physician residing
in Comargo, says the Flag, has received a
letter from a surgeon at Saltillo, dated two
days after the battle, which states that Gen.
Taylor permitted Santa Anna to have all his
wounded conveyed info Saltillo, and tender
ed him surgical aid from his own army.
It was reported in Matamoros that Gen.
Urrea had retreated towards the Tula Pass,
as soon as he understood that Col. Curtis wa»
marching against him.
It was also said that Santa Anna was fall
ing back upon San Louis Polosi; but as we
before said, Dr. Turner thinks he has only
retreated to Parras.
An Address of the Governor of San Luis to
his countrymen, dated the 27ih, recapit ulal
ing Santa Anna's despatch and congratulat
ing the people upon the victory, of which, in
the most emphatic language, all the glory is
attributed to Santa Anna. It throws no light
on affairs hardlv, but we give it in order to
give all they have to say in making outolheir
victory.
FelLmc-Cnmitrywen —Our army, under (ho
orders of his Excellency, Benemerilo de la
Palria, I). Anton n Lopez de Santa Anna,
with heroic valor—overcoming the inflictions
of the most frightful suffering, struggling
against. the nature of the ground, and even
with Nature herself, which appeared to dis
pute the victory with it—has severely pun
ished our common enemy on the 22d and
23d mst. It has covered itself with victory.
Its illustrious commander has given new life
to his country, and has reconquered its inde
pendence, so perfidiously and vilely mena
ced. The pride of the North American has
been humiliated, and our army has restored
the national honor outraged at Resaca and
Mon’erey. The Republic commences to-day
an advance which will make if respected
abroad, and which will hear it on without
doubt to that immortality destined for free
and independent nations. Our immense ter
ritory, usurped by this vile and detestable
horde, will be restored to us intact; not a sin
gle vile foot-print shall dare to pollute our
-•oil, and the hern, (he genius, (he man whom
Heaven has bestowed upon ie as a precious
gift, and the afflictions of the country’, will
very so,,n complete the sublime enterprise
which he has commenced. Union, fellow
countrymen! e’ernal gratitude to the illustri
ous, renowned ami well-deserving President,
Gen. f). Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, and
•he invincible army which is fighting under
his orders it) defence of our dearest interests.
RAMON ADA MO.
Sin Luis Po'osi. Feb 27, 1847.
'The Sold ado then gives extracts from sev
eral priva’e letters received bv (he same ex
press that brought Santa Anna’s despatches.
The first one is verv interesting; it is dated
Tit*- Enemy's ('amp, Feb. 23. 1847.
Dear Friend —The general-in-chiefis upon
the point of despatching a courier—now 5
o’chu-k. P. M. We have taken the fortifica
tions f»t the enemv. and four of his positions,
which he defended with obstinacy, and every
height and every ravine (jf which they furi
oll-1 v disputed. W'e have lost, many field
and other officer*, out of proportion to the
number of soldiers, and we have taken fr» m
’ tfie rnemv two fl tg- and three pieces of ar
tillerv. There are very few prisoners—four,
I believe—the rest are dead.
Our troops are perishing from hunger ai d
thir-t. 'They have not drink wafer in two
da vs, and have eaten nothing since the day
they were at lucaruacion, and a slice of roast
ed meat at La Vaca.
I am much afraid lest this cause ghoul 1
disperse us to-night, since the soldiers are
already scattering, and we have seen bodies
of them fighting and charging upon the ene
my wherever fh°y thought there was wafer,
ciring for nothing; and we have seen them
disputing among themselves, totally indiffer
ent to the hre of the rnemv for a piece of
ham found upon the dead Yankee-. This
flight i< a fearful one for the Republic, since
1 dread le-f we slionhl become disbanded —-
I i conclusion, dear friend, there now remains
but lirtie to he done, because we have beep
pursuing the enemv all day long with flic
bivonet.and to-morrow thev will h» finished.
They killed the horse of the general-in-chief
with a grape shot.
Addition , nr Fns/cripf. 2 Vh. —Since closing
niv letter, the general-in chief, convinced,
without doubt, that the army will disband un
less It can obtain fond and procure wafer, has
ordered its march to Agna Nueva, where
there a re some ca: tie and water —water which
is before everything else,
i It is cruel, dear L.. that which we
drive suffered. W'e have h*<t about a thou
sand men. and many officers killed and wound
ed, and our Lombard ini among the last
If is the first action which the Republic
has fought on a large scalp and obstinately.
It began at five minutes past 2 o’clock in the
afternoon of the 22 1. They attacked us on
our r : ght and were repulsed at 6 o’clock. On
the 23 I they returned to the charge at tho
same point before 6 o’clock in the morning,
and wp r e driven hark n league and aqnar’er
to Buena Vista, the different conflicts which
we had with them being concluded at 0 in
the evening.
From Havana and Trra Cra*.
The packet brig Adams Grav, Capt. Col
lins, arrived from Havana, vesterdav morning,
bringing ns files of papers* to the 14tn in=t.
the day of his departure.
I he D;ario of the 12:1), publishes extensive
extracts Mexican news,most of which we
had received here, via Tampico. The Vera
Cruz papers are only to tho 24th February,
from them the following extracts are made
by the Havana journals.
All sorts of preparations to oppose the „t
--tack of the Americans was going on at Vera
Cruz, where 2000 men from Puebla were
daily expected to arrive. Gen. Morale*, Cotn
| mander-m Chief of the troops at Vera Cruz .
| D represented is very anxious that the Am-*
ericans should commence their attack on the
j city, as he was confident that with the forces
| under his command, and the reinforcement
, expected, he would b« able to give them a
hard filit. Tho Mexicans were carefully
watching all the movements of the American
squadron,and nothing indented the approach
ing of the attack, but they had reliable in.
formation that the troops and several vessels
intended m operate in it, were at Lohos Ll
and, where they awaited the result of Dun
Alejandro A'oclia s mission, In order to begin
the attack if the proposals tendered by him
on the part of the United States Government,
were refused.
1 iie papers from the Capital seem to con
firm the belief, that the mission or Senor
A'oeha was to propose an arrangement by
which the |i„p n f ihe 26th parallefsliould be
the boundary between Mexico and the U.
Slates, for which ;$20,000,000 would be paid
to Mexico, and moreover, the Ueited Slates
would take upon themselves to satisfy the
claims of their citizens amounting to about
811,000,000. The Monitor says, that how
ever advantageous! this offer may appear at