1.ATC FHO TB AAa
Bittlcaof Ague Nueva tad Siltillo Amsricsni
Victorious A MasterJy Retreat to Monterey
Santa Anna Declining to Attack the City
Geo. T lor elliee out and totally Defeats
him Reported Mexican Loss 40U0Gene-r-l
Taylor' te 1100 -Capture of 90,000
Ration ly i he E'leuiy !
From the N. O. Delta, tOth insl.
Th schooner William C. Prciton arrived at
New Or lean from Sratos, from which place aha
Sailed on th afternoon of the 10th Instant. Tb
news from Gen. Taylor, brought by tbia vessel,
la most cheering. The intcnaa anxiety created
a room our citiiens by the many a'arming rw
more which have circulated through the country,
relieved itaelflait evening in one tiniversat ex
preeaion of joy and proud confidence in theiupe
riority of American valor. . Although the re
porta are atill vague and Indefinite, enough can
b4 gathered from them to give every esauranc
that Gen. Taylor hit whipped Santa Anna.
From Capt. Brown, a passenger on the Wm.
C. Preston, are gathered tbe following particu
lar! of the report mott generally received at the
Brsxav.
Qen Taylor wn attacked by Santa Anna at
Agoa Nueva, and after a iharp battle fell bark,
in good order, to the vieinity of Saltillo. Here
he was again attacked by Santa Anna.'and a sharp
engage ment ensued, in which Cen. Taylor was
vigorous. Continuing his retreat in good order
0n. Taylor fell back on Monterey, where he
arrived in safety. Safely entrenched here, and
finding Santa Anna would not attack him, Geo.
Taylor ssllied out against Santa Anna and gave
him battle.
A long and severe conflict ensued, which term
inateti in the total defeat of Santa Anna, with a
very heavy loss. The loss is reported to be be
t ween 4 and 5000. This may be an exaggeration
but when it ia conaidered that Cen. Taylor had
90 piecea of flying artillery, splendidly officer
ed and managed, we venture the opinion that the
Mexican loss has been very heavy.
Capt, Brown states that all tbe points on the
Rio Grande art in hourly apprehension of being
attacked by the Mexicans. At Camargo, espe.
eially, the anmber of Mexican: hanging about
he outskirts of tbe town had created contidera
tle anxiety and vigilance among our troopa
There were about 1200 troops at Camargo.
Captain Hicks, who commands the Steamboat
Warren, in the government employ on tbe Rio
Giandu came passenger in the Wm. C. Preston,
and givea the following corroborative informa
t on. Capt. H. brings intelligence from Camar
go to the 5th inat., at which place information
had been recieved from a Mexican who had just
arrived from the interior, that a collision had
taken place at Buena Vista, Saltillo and Montery
between the forcea of Santa Anna (numbering
33,000) and those of Gen. Taylor.
The conflict waa atubborn and sanguianry on
both sides, the enemy suffering immeasurably
but Gen. Taylor finding himself too hotly pre
eed on all sides, by a force creatty outnumbering
bis, retired beyotid the enemy in good order, and
made good his retreat to Monterey, spiking six
pieces of ordnance, and leaving at Salttllo some
30 000 rations, which have fallen into the ene
my'a h.inds Th d'.fT.'rer.t engagements ate said
to have occupied the spare of three daye.
The enemy followed closely upon Gen. Tay
lor's retreat until he arrived at Monterey, where
the battle was renewed, our forces gaining a de
cided advantage over the enemy, forcing bim to
precipitately retire, when Gen. Taylor, with a
bittery of flying artillery and aiquadrou of dra
goons, pressed them warmly home, creating such
immense haTc in their routed columns that tbe
slain are represented to have been ridden over
in piles ''three deep." The enemy was pnrsued
for 18 miles on the Saltillo road, having suffered
in all the engagements to the amonnt of 3000
killed, wounded and missing. Gen. Taylor'
loaa ia aaid to be 1100. ,
At the lateat advices, tenia Anna ia aaid to
have been endeavoring to rally bit forcea for
another desperate onslaught, while TJrrea bad
fallen in General Taylor'a rear, near Passa Vic
toria, with 8000 cavlry and an irregular force
of rancheroa, for the purpose of impeding rein
forcements and cutting o9 all eommunicationa
between Monterey and Camargo. Gen,. Taylor
it confident that he ran maintain bis position un
til adequate assistance rr.ay arrive.
Tbe following letter, from very authentic
source", are the on'y on w received by the
Wm C. Preston .
Mn-t'h of the R:o Cra.de, Marth 10, 1847,
h. Delia Vndrt present circumstancea you
will be extrsmely anxious to know tbe rumora
from this quarter. I wish I could myself ascer
tain the truth, which, among the thousand liea
that are circulating ia like a grain of wheat in
a bushel of chaff.
Our whole line of communications baa been
threatened by Santa Anna' overwhelming force
for ioibi time past, and columna are constant'
iy in motion threatening an attack on our depot
A late as 4 o'clock this morning the account
from Matamoraa are dolorous indeed, and an at'
tack ia expected every moment.
Heavy firing waa heard last oignt at Matamo
ras, aaid to b a salute on account of a victory
gained by Gen. Taylor over the Mexican at
Buena Vista, 20 miles this side Saltillo. The
fight ia aaid to late lasted three day. The Mex
ican loaa ia put down at 5.000, and the American
lost at 1100. I have just seen a letter from a
German mrrebant at Matsmorat, who confirms
th rumor.
I put some coRDdrnee in tbe report, a it car
responds with Msiicaa rumor curisat for some
dsys rest
I most si), thst up to our very latest datea
from Camargo there had been nothiag beard from
Geo. Taylor since tbe 33d February. Since tbat
time all cororouoicatioi.s bad been rut off with
Camargo and the brave old man was completely
urroutided. I knew, of course, Gen. T. would
do th country bower, but suck glorious reeull
a r now reported rrsy b ettft'lertd p-i'ir
too i and while I believe them in part, w must j
wait further officlaNatalMgenee. j
Moptr or f at Rio OaAa. March 10, '47.
Editoe Delta A privat express reached her
tbi morning with th new, or report, tbat Gen I
Taylor had defeated Santa Anna, and driven him
back to Saltillo killing 4000 Mexican. Tbe
new i probably correct aa far a regard Santa
Anna' defeat, but th number of killed may be
exaggerated. W heard firing at Matamora
yesterday afternoon, and It vrat donhtteaa upon
tbe arrival of tbe ateamboat Brownvllle'a newa
now hourly expected at tbi place.
Th express cam down by land, ar.d in half
the time it would take a boat j we have conse
quently nothing official. Tbe person who
brought the newa baa so jumbled it up that it
ia hard to git at the correct reault. Of one thing
bowever, you may be certain Gen. Taylur hat
deftalti! Satitm Anna. But at what sacrifice, of
rou'se, we cannot precisely tell.
I will eeiid yon all the particular by the
schooner D. Coffin or Onslow, to leave to day,
abould tba Brownsville reach here In time.
Yours, S.
(From the Picayune, of the 30th
These are evidently modifications of the news
received here some time agn but the impres
sion at the Braeos and along the line of the Rio
Grande waa stronger tbsn before that a sangui
nary onslaught bad taken place somewhere be
tween Monterer and Atua Nueva. We are
constrained to say that nothing be been receiv
ed upon which to base an opinion as to how the
battle went.
Th current report lead ua to infer the tri
omph of Gen. T but further than thia nothing
can be positively asserted. A letter received in
town by the Wm. C. Preston. It is from an an
thentic source, but nnfortunately leaves the mat
ter in a clot mystery aa befoie.
Vera Crwe,
Moat Doubtful Rumors -If the public
mind in not kept sufficiently agitated, it i nni
for want of rumor of an exciting- chmacter from
the eaat of war. One of a startling nature ia
ncirC'ly disponed of before another epringa up.
formed out of the rime material. The last re
port ia one which came fimn Wah n.'ton.coni
municeti'd by a correspondent there fur one of
the Baltimore papers. It in as to! lows:
From the Biltimore Sun
Highly Important! 77i Cutdei nf Sat
Juan de. Vlloa aud the City of Vera Crvt Sur
rendered .' It will be seen by the following
postscript to the letter of our Washington cor
reepnndenf, that intelligence ia confidently as
serted to have been received in Washington to
the eff.-ct ihat Vera Crux and the dalle of San
Juan do Ulloa had surrendered to the firet sum
mons of Gen. Scott and Com. Perry. There
wero also two other rurnnr current here last
night, from Washington, relative to the opera
liona ei Gen. Scott. One was thm the Mexi
can had blown the Civile up, and the other that
tho steamship Mississippi had bren lost. Out
as our correspondent haa the bet sources of in
formation, we doubt not that his version of th-
1 intelligence from the Gull is more likely to he ,
correct, and we therefore iiivo it aa the iit
uthcnlic of. the rumora in circulation in Washi
ngton yesterday.
P. S Important Rimor TTie Casilt of
San Juan Surrendered. An i.fJk-fr of th1 ar
my junl thia moment stated, in pubic, that the
Secretary of State haa received a leiti r from
General Campbell, Consul of the United S so
t Havana, informing him that the Caetle of San
uan de Ul'oa and the city of Vera Crux had
surrendered to the first sure mora of Gen. Scoti
nd Coin. Perry. No one doubt the Iruih of
tbia intelligence, and by the government it waa
not entirely nnexpected.
Thia would all be very "food new, if true,"
for wo ahould be glad to hear that that form ids-
b o p'aee had been taken without tbe loaa of
tingle life, but unfortunately the rumor ie in
anticipation of the event, for we find the follow
ing extinguisher put to it ty the Washington
Union of Mondays
Vera Crux The etrceta nf our city have
thia day been, inundated with ruutoia about Ve
ra Crux. It haa been aiid that the city had sur
rendered without firing- a gun, and tliat the
Caatle of Sao Juan d'UUoa waa blown up
Neither of tktte rumors is correct, at fur at
least a th Govtrnment it now a Jetted. The
facta are these .
A letter, which wo have seen, ha been re
eeived thia day from Havana, which state tbat
on tbe previous evening the eteimer Missis p
pi had arrived from Vera Crux, having taken
the place of the unfortunate Tweed, which haa
recently been shipwrecked on the eoaet. From
tho reliable aceounta brought by her, it would
appoar that Santa Anna bad ordered the troop
lobe withdrawn from the city, leaving thecaa
ll to defend iteelf. According to an order ia
aued by Santa Anna, it appear that hia troopa
are to make a stand at Poret Nacional, (the
National Bridge,) about 20 mi Ira from Vera
Crux Tbia is a itrong military position.
AauTBTRS ! War Fifty T xana at Tarn
pice bave joined tbe army without pay, to per
form vow made to each other when imprison
ed in th dungeone of Perot. That prison, it
i believed, will be ctptured by Gen. Scott, and
raxed to the f round. Midrhipman Rogers, la
ken in tbs performance of hia duty at Vera Crux,
ia now confined within its black wall.
The ladia Rubber Ires which grow on the
Island of I .oboe, i quite s eurioaity to our troopa.
A writer describing on y: "It hero attains
tho height o25 feet; the brarxhe strike down
to tho earth, take root, grow and become bodiee
to tho tree. We saw one which wa cut down
that bad 81 trunk. The milky juice flows out
ia quantities upon the) least wound being mid
thresh ths bark .
From th N. O. Delta
The Outbreak lis Kextee.
Th lunft expected revolution io Mexico,
gainst the Ar.ti-Ckurch radical, Gotnex Farias,
acting President, haa broken out, and will no
doubt terminate in the remoral of the obnoxious
liberelift. .
The hostility of the Church party against Go
met rariai, ia much more bitter than that
which is entertained against Santa Anna. The
tor met ii their old and uncompromising foe, who
ha fmiirlit manv a belli and oainpit mine vie.
lone over the hierarchy. The latter hat been
v I
too often th choen champwi of the Church
interests, and n W, in attacking their righte and
ream.rcct, only yield to the pressing emergen-
,
cy of the nition
Gen. Sl.is, who it ia Mid eiifireeds Ooinrt
Furies, i tho same who overthrew Pnrede and
re.prtbliebed Snt Anne. He ia friendly to
tlif Church party, but toiaUy if hot more friend
ly t the interests of Suite Anna, lie will have
a d fficult h i to niviL'Mp, with Sin'a Anna for
hisFrylia and the Church tor his ChntybHie.
The former demands monoy, mean, thn muni
tmns ol vr, which the latter ha, but refuseato
yi Id to the appeals of patriotism. We frar
that Farias' sneer rr, bi'foro he reconciles those
cni.fl ctin? demands, will be compelled to drop
the first letter ol his name, and leave the rpttaa
a fit t'xpresaion of hia misery
Gam. TsTLna'a A a v. The Union of Monday
adds some furlber information respecting Gen
Taylor'a Army. The force at and near Saltillo
is 9900 men, of which a tittle upwards of 5000
may be considered as affective ; and the whole
amount which could have been brought into the
field to oppose Genersl Santa Anna at any point
between Monterey and Agoa Neuva unless a con
flict took plsee very near Monterey ; in which I
case, part ot the troops there stationed (some
twelve or thirteen hundred) would, no doubt, be
made available. Of the force at Saltillo, 650 are
regulara. If Col Morgan has succeeded in rearh
ing Monterey, he will carry a reinforcement to
Taylor of 500 volunteer. With the new r- gi
menta odered by law, the whole effective force
will be 12 000 Of the ten regiments to be rsis
ed unrter the Isit ten regiment law of February,
it ia expected that at least 2000 would be at Bra
roa. by the end of March, and 3000 by the mid.
lie of April. Theas will be sent on from the
Rio Grande to Monterey, under the discretiotiary
direction of Gen. CaJweUler, in small numbers
snd in such mannei as he may consider safe and
expedient. The last recruits will be placed at
posts on the river, to take the place of those
who hsve been longer in tbe service, and who
are now at those posts, but will first be despatch
Minueneral layior. urders nave gone to l,en
broo.ee ai .ew urieans. to organixe according to
the laws, as many as 4000 troops from Lnuisi
ana. This shows a force sufficient to sustain
Gen. Taylor in holding poisvssion of tbe territo
ry already conquered ; but if he intends to ad
vance upon San Luis, will it be enough for that
purpose? Every mile of progress weakens bis
armv more and more.
Gin. TAvron asd Fam ly A letter from
New OileaiiH to the New York Mirror, sjya:
Ii is in ders'ood here, IhalGen. Taylor will e nn
apply for lesvo to retire from hia present ardu
on dot us. Hp line btrn alnt now nrarly
tlirne venra, and Constantly in the field. This,
for hn old man, is a revere and prntractrd ser
v'ce.; hut he ia a touch, patient and persi vering
old fellow. Hi f.iuuly are now here, though
their resid-mce ia at Dton Rouge. Hia unmar
ried daughter ia a beautiful, accomplished and
intererting young lady ; she attrecta much at
lention among the fashionable at the gay St,
Charles. The old soldier's private fortune has
been much impaired by hia long stay from borne.
Ue waa quite well off at one time, butunlortu
natcly made a purcha.e of a cotton p ant. Hon
r. lh. Mi.i..inr.i. a lnr- oelinn of wkirh e..
-i r - r -
vrd in ; this, and the failure of his crop for se
veral years, hsve somewhat embarrassed him,
and demand his present attention and care.
First Fire It
Tbe most destructive fire that ever occurred
in thie Borough or vicinity, broke out yesterday
(Sunday) morning, about 3 o'clock, on Water
street, which consumed the entire Foundry boil
dings, situated a shoit distance west of Main
street, consisting of the Foundry, Machine Shop,
Ware Rooms, Carpenter Shop, F.ngine House,
Blacksmith Shop, and Office, owned by Gen. Wm
A. Petrikin, and in the occupancy of Mr. Joseph
Scull, together with the dwelling bouse owned by
Mr. Win. M'Kelvy, of Bloomsburg, and ocenpi
ed by Mrs. Catharine M'Kelvy. The whole con
tents of the Foundry buildings, consisting of all
kinds of Paterna, Teola, finished work. Ac. tit ,
with the necessary fitturea for doing business
were all destroyed, and a large amount ef Ma
rhinery and Castings rendered useless. Mrs
M'Kelvy's furnitore, we believe, was all aaved
without injury. There was also a large amount
ef Lumber, belongirgto Mr. Scull, destroyed.
The fire originated in the north eastern part of
the Feundry building. It is firmly believed to
have been the work of an Ineend'sry.
Tbe loss ia variously estimated at from $8,-
COO to 1 12 0CO no insurance axrent the dwel
linooeruni.d t. Mre M'Keliv. It ia a treat
Iota to ta. r.ronr..tor f th. Foundrv. .ad the
a-entleman who bad it in cbaree. and the los. of
its oneiationa will seriously effect the intereeta
of the community. Afoncv Lwrnisiary.
tpmn xeeion, or me pace, an.p wa.orc,
. -i . l i . i r e l
urprid Ins owner by packing t square box
on oeci, iuii oi creeeeo nogs, eurroonoeo wnn
ice. He write home that be took bis tre.h pork
to Manchester, so mad profit of vesty per
cent by .ixpeeulatioa.
Hioh. Wool
waa selling it from $70
cord t Ciacinotti on Fndsy litt
wairr iii i ii
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, .tjirit 1847.
talt amd ' fndd Cheam,t
' t mtmw wen . j lj. wm t
8trcet , Philadelphia, ml hia ttfUe a .M. tfio
JVhaaam reel, Alir IVraV. 8. K. Camer Oat.
""T'iT 9,tZ'H ,e
tttmta Street, Ban em, it autkarittd ia net o i
.tgrnl, mrd retrtpi far mil snewsVa d4 thia
allire, for amhitrriptlmt or aihrriilnf
E. IV. VARR. rnrner ef Third and Dork
Streets, Sun finildinsre, emooaie Urchnntn'
Exchange. Philadelphia, it alto authorited to
act at our Agent.
Ihntflcratie Nominations.
roa oovrRfoa,
FRANCIS R. SIirXM,
roa Cknt. commission ca.
MORRIS L O N O S T R E T II,
Of Montgomery County.
Q3" Paintino Ink. A freab supply of superior
printing ink just received, and for sale at Phila
delphia pricea.
Cy Our readers will find, this (Friday) morn
ing, a full account of another Glorioua Victory
of General Taylor, at Buena Vista, in advance of
all competition.
C7" Our aubscribrra at Northumberland, will
find their papers hereafter at Capt. Jamea Lee's
noi,j
C?" Via Csux It will beseen, by the new
in another column, that a rumor is in circula
tion that the city of Vera Crux, together with
the Castle of San Juan d'Ulloa, haa been surren
dered without a blow, to the forces under Gen
Scott and Commodore Periy.
07 We had, at the close ol lait week, a few
bright "lays, and the promise of fine spring wea
ther. The roads had become pretty well dried,
and were getting in a passible condition. On
Tuesdsy evenirg a norther brought on alia i I storm.
with an accompaniment of several sharp raps of
l bonder and lightening For a day or two we
had the worst kind of wintry weather. The
whole county being whitened with hail and sleet.
Delightful weather for invalids and consump
tives.
rry TBK Tti A considerable otiauti
, of ,umbpr U eom, dow lh, br,ncnM 0,
the Suiqnehanna, within the last two weeks.
We regret to say, bowever, that the schute at
the Shamokio, near this place, is in a worse con-
. dition than it has been for years, and that rafts
are often materially injured in passing through.
jy Daowsso, We have been informed, that
Ransom Foote, of At-guta township, was drown
ed on Wednesday last, in running a log raft thro'
the schute of the Shamokin dam, opposite this
place. The Schute has become very rough and
dangerous this see-on. Mr Foote was engaged
in piloting raits through the Schute. The loga
of the raft he w as on parted, and he fell through
U. ... I Ik. iLirriix llmtl tint IWrT.
' .w .... ... -, " I
...t.i ,..,v,. k. .,,r.v t ri.. nn mnr
,
Anotner r.a.m on rne ran, wnose name we nave
not ncarn, waa uiurn rrurnra uriwrrn iur ick"-
II ia life ia not, however, despaired of.
CyPiorons Immense flocks of wild pegions
passed through this sertion of countiy, during
last week, on their Northern migratory journey.
Large quaatitie that bad been caught in nets
ou8n ,n 25 to 31 cts.
P,r Jolrn- The hail atorm of Tueeday checked
their progress, and nn Wednesday the heavens
were in rr.sny places literally datkened with im
mense forks, which had suddenly turned about
and were makine not exactly tracks, but rapid
flight for tbe South. But the fields in many
plares were covered with them in search of food.
The sportsmen, wilb the net and gun, have a fine
time, and in a few days pigeon will be plenty at
a (billing per dozen
C7 Tax Mail, from Philadelphia, for thia
place and Northumberland, was on Tuesday mor
ning rariied to Danville, and the Danville mail
brought this way th reault of carelessness in
tbe post master on the way. If such maila were
immediately despstehed by express to their pro-
I per destination, and the expenses charged to th
post master in fault, such mistakes would proba-
l bly be leta frequent.
Cy ArromTMXKT Isaac Slack has been ap-
i pointed post master at Ruthville, ia this county,
in tbe place of Joseph ration, Fsq., resigned.
E7" Postagx, though reduced, amounts to no
inconsiderable earn to persona in business, espe-
cially to editor, when they pay 10 cent for a
I letter requesting them to change the direction of
I a paper to a subscriber, whith has probably not
been, or never will be paid for.
A l-AITMVOL Wirg A preliy young uerman
woman, tb wife of one of Captain Barnard'a
Voltigenra, accompaniea her husband to Mexico.
Sh elon to tba neighborhood of Easton, Ta..
I parent, brotbera. aad aiatera,
lo follow toe cnosen oi ner near. o war.
u MOD0Ma team.nd tbs M.ssa
ehirtli Lic,nM Uw by prohibiting the sals of
,Uf Utt pter, and eider, excepting for medi
et; piJrptf4,. ju law may b made too stria
I (en.
Vsrmoht Th official vat in Vermont in fa-
I ver of No Lietnts ttands S 1,791 to 13,707. No
Lirsns majority 1,09).
LATEST NEW 9!
OLOnlOt't NKU J FROM TIIK Aitnr.
Tho Victory of Bnent Vista Gen. Taylor
Victorious fixty-three American Officera
Killed and Wounded Santa Anna's Army
Cut to Piece by Gen. Tylor Los ot Col
onel Yell, McKee, Hardin, and ll.;nrr
Clay, Jr.
The new is at length confirmed. A great
battle haa been fought at Buena Vista, between
Santa Anna'a immense and well appointed army, j
and the gallant handful of volunteers under Old
Rough and Ready, and onre attain American va
lor, constancy, and discipline, have triumphed
over vastly superior numbers.
The following statement was brought from the '
sctooni r Juhn Bell, in the river, by the reporter
of the ficaynne. It waa prepared for that paper .
by Lieut J. C. Bibb, of tbe U. S. Army. Though
necessarily brief, it is clear and connected : i
Br. Turner, U. S. A., who arrived at Matamo- j
ras on the 9th inat. fiom Monterey, brought the ,
glorious intelligence of another brilliant victory
over the Mexican. The cene of action was at
Buena Viata, a hacienda about six miles west of
Saltillo. The fighting commenced on the 23d of j
r eornary ana enaea on me vjo. o.m. Ann. re-
tired to Ague Neuva, a distance often miles,
leaving four thousand killed and wounded upon
the field. Santa Anna's adjutant general and
many other officers and men are prisoners. The
lots on our part was seven hundred killed and
wounded. Santa Anna'a force amounted to at
least fifteen thousand men ; that of Gen. Taylor
to about five thousand, almost entirely voluii-
trers.
His arrr.y is compost d of Waabington's. Bragg's j
and Thorr.at' batteries, one squadron of the 1st ,
and one of the 2d Diagoons, the Arkansai and j
j Kentucky cavalry, a brigade of Illinois anil one i
I of Indiaia oluiiteeia the 1st Mississippi and 2d !
Kentucky regiments, and one company of Texas ;
volunteers. Dr. T. brought a hat of C3 officers
killed and wounded.
Lit! of Officer Killed and Wounded at Due-
na Yita on the 22J on d 23J vf Ft bruary,
aant'Laa.
Killed Capt. C Lincoln, assistant adjutant
general.
Wounded Capt Stein, 1st Dragoons; 2d Lieut
W J French, 3d Artillery; 1st Lieut J P O'Bri
en, 4th Artillery.
MIXSISHIfPI VOLCMTCEM RIITRS.
Killed 1st Lieut II 8 Moon ; 2J Lieut T
MoNulty.-
Wounded Col Jeff Dj vis; Captain J M
Sharp' ; Lieuts. A. B Cor win, Posey and J P
Stockton.
riRrr Kcrrrckv cavalry.
Killed Arfjt S M Vangr.an.
Wounded One captain and three lieuten
ant), (names not given.)
AHKAMBlft CAVALRY.
Killed Col. A. Vel ; Capt. A. Porter.
Vc.undd L'cui. S. Reader.
RKCOND KKNTL'f'KY fOOT RIFLFR.
Killed Col. McRee; Lieut. Col. H.Clay;
c , () y MoorP. cp,. W. T. Willi
Wounded Lieut. K. S. Barbour, Wlthos,
and Mor-ier.
I IMDIANA RRIOADB.
V ounded lien. Isne.
tccoic lieavnem.
KjIledCtpts. Kindt r. Walker, and Lien',
j Pgr
j Wounded--Capts Saunders and Oeborn ;
i Lit'uta. t'ayer, Pennington, Moree, Lewi?, Da
vi and F.iperson.
7'nirrf Regiment.
Killod Captain Fstrgat.
Wounded Major Gorman and Capt Slup.
ILLINOIS BRHArE 1st Regt.
Killed Col. Hardin, Capt. Zabruski, Lieut
Hangleton.
Wounded Licuta. J. L. McConntl, and II.
Evans.
ii.Linoia vonjjrrxxRs 2J Regt.
Killed Capt Woodman; Lieut. Brunton,
Fletcher, Ferguon, Rollins, Baitliaen, Athei
son, and Price.
WounHprl Cants. Coffee and Baker; Lien-
tenants Picket, Knglesnn, Stte'e, and West;!
Adjutant Wlnlesides.
Company of Texas Volunteers, attached lo
Illinois Volunteers.
Killed 1st Lieut Campbell, and 2d Lieut
Leonhard.
Wounded Captain Conner.
Th official despatches of Gen. Taylor have
been cut oS.
Col. Morgan's regiment of Ohio Volunteera,
being reinforced by a command from Monterey,
had reached that plaee in safety.
Col. Curtis, of Ohio, with one company, Cso
tain Hunter, of ths 2d U. S Dragoons, hi own
regiment, one of Indiana volunteers, the Vir
ginia regiment, and I think some Texia Ran
gers, in all about 2000 men, had left Camargo,
to attack Gen. Urrea, who is sai l to bo about
30 mile outh of that place with an army of
4000 to 5000 men principally ranchero.
He ia believed to hav with him only loOO j
regular troop. A great many if not all ot these
raccheroe, a soon aa they hear of the destruc
tion of Santa Anna's army, will disperse,
and th gallant Colonel will no doubt obtain
the victory.
Th tuhj'iined vertioo is the Mexican tc
count of th conflict, from th pea of Santa
Ann. It is translated from th original by
tho Tampico BentmeL His mpnalie decla
lion that both armiea wr cot to pice, I
evidaoc it II event ol th extent to which his
force mott hiv suffer d ;
Cane rbar Bubra Vista, Feb. 23, 1847.
Excellent SirAfter two day ol battle, in
which tb enemy, with fore of 8.000 to 0.-
000 man, aod twenty sia ?ieof artilUry snd
two f!i, I biia dtternaio. tegtbuk to Au
Neuva to provide myself with provialon, rot
having single biscuit or a grain of rice left;
Thinks to th position occupied by the enemy,
he ha no, been completly beaten, but he left on
the field about 2000 dead. Both trmiea hav
been cut to pieces but th trophic of war
will give you an idea on which aide ha been
the advan'age. We hav struggled with hun
ger and thirst during forty hours, and if we can
provide oureelves with provision w will go
gain to charge the enemy. Tho soldier tin
der my command have don their duty and
covered the honor of the Mexican nation with
glory, t e enemy haa seen that neither hie ad
vantageous position, nor the broken nature of
the ground, nor the rigor of the season (for it
haa been mining during the action) could pre
vent the terrible charge with the bayonet,
which left him terrified. SANTA ANNA.
From the N. O Delta, March 23. 12 M.
A DDITIOMAI. pAUTirtL ars. On theSVld San
ta Anna began the battle, by varinua manoeuv
res, attempting to outflank and terrify Old
Roiioh and Ready
On that day the battle was
confined to ek'iTiniehinjj and eannonnding with
0,,t nicn pf;,rl on ettlior side.
In thp mrah time Sinta Anns haJ sent a
large furcps to Taylor's rear, but our artillery
opened upon them with greet eflpnt and they
were ion cnmpcllid to withdraw. On the 23d
,iie hst,c commenced in real earnest, sno rawed
wj,h ffrost violence during the whole day.
The AnM rjcins did not want to be attacked,
but ,h( mog. dirinf jlnpUnity chargeu on
. , . , h - , j.
the enemy '
ing thf-m most pallantly. Gen. Taylor was evry
where in the thinkest of the fight He receiv
ed ball through hi overcoat, but waa not in
jured. j Adjutant Bliss wa alihtly wounded at hi
! side Adj Lincoln, a'a i of the G-neral'a staff,
! the intrepid young i flicer who so distinguished
i ir . n i i n I i. : 1 1 a
mtneeii ai ut'sacace in rniuin, was ninru.
The batilt? of the 23 I lasted from early in the
mnrnin? till about 4 I. M., when Santa Anna
drew off Ins army and retired to Agua NVuva,
to await a reinforcement.
It will be remembered that Sii.H Anna
Corpus ilu Reoerve. enmmnnded by Gen. Vaa
qupps, hsd been delayed in it march, end ha
no doubt joined him, a few daya after tho bat-
tip, hut in the mean time hi army ii atarving
! nii m.n ,,f .. Hew-iinn-.
Capt. Hunter's strong Artillery company wss
not in the action, but had left Monterey to j .in
Gen. Taylor, with six cannon, two of them be
injr IS pounder.
On the 7th March one of the Ohio regimr-nta
also left Monterey to join Gen. Taylor. It
these and the artillery of Capt. Prentiss arrive
in time, the General's heavy loss will be? fully
rrpiired, and he will be ready to meet Santa
Anna again.
Gen. Taylor at the last aceounta, ws still
inainta ning hia position, undisturbed by the en
emy. An exchange of prisoners had taken
plnce and Old Ronh and Rendy promises to
Col. Mar-hall, tn get back C. M.Clay and his
party, by taking Mexican priioners enough to
rxrhange for thni, has been rrderrred
Gen. Wool greatly distinguished himself in
action; and all the officers fought like heroes.
After the battle Gen. Taylor demanded of San
ta Anna an unconditional surrender of hia whole
army, which the lattpr declined; but in return
requested Gen. Taylor to surrender immediate
ly. Immortal be the reply of old Rough and
Ready, aa delivered by the gallant Lion!. Crit
tenden. "Gt. Taylor nerru Si-rrcndcrs !"
Santa Anna'a adjutant general waa captured
j by the Americans, but waa afterwarda exchan
ged. General Taylor occupied his ground on
the 21th and 20th, without opposition.
Col. Morgan, of the Ohio volunteers, with a
small lorce, cut his way through large bodiee of
armed Mexicans, and arrived at Marin.
A detachment of three compnniea under com
mand of Col. Guiding waa sent to his aid, and
the whole party are said to have arrived aately
at Monterey.
A triinoflOO loaded wagon of the United
State on their way to Monterey from Camar
go under en escort nflK) volunteer, waa captu
red by a body of Mexican cavalry a few miles
beyond Marino. Three of the men made good
their escape tbe rest were taken prisoners.
A young lady, the daughter of en American ci
tizen, living in Mexico and returning home from
New Orleans, where she bad been going to school,
waa taken with thia train, ber father having been
killed by the Mexicans. She had earaped and
arrived at Montery in safety, where her misfor-
j tunee bad excited the most lively sympathy The
lady' name ia Miss Burns.
Th Mexicans bave possession of Seralvo, Chi
na, Mier and all the towns beyond Camargo and
Monterey.
Major Coffee, peymaster, will carry on Gen.
Taylor' despatches to Monterey.
A WxiiDiao A daughter of Col. Benton waa
married on Thursdsy evening, at Washington, to
a Mr. Jonea, formerly of New Orleana. There
waa a large company, and President Polk gava
th bride to ber husband.
A Cork paper aaya that a gentleman living in
that county lately boocht seventeen horses, alive,
to feed bia bounds, at five shillings each. Th
borsee, were on the point of death from hunger,
as their owner had no food of any kind to give
them.
Thousand of German emigrant r flock
ing to Texas, on their own hook, and settling
about St. Marka, Bt. Antonio and Ga ode lop
rivera,ia tb fir.sat country oa earth.
From statiaticil doeomenle presented be for
Congroa U appear that th capital BrployeJ
ia th manniietor or paper id uan.a
State i 18 000.000; lb number ol milk 700;
lb annual product 117,000,000 ; and tb two
I brof pmtivM tmoloysd 100,000. .