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1ERESTINGTO VOLUNTEERS.
serting-the follo.wing General .Or.
-469 the National; lntelligencer, pro.
tdtforibthe settlement of claims by: dis
e a deivolunteer soldiers for bounty laud
'reasur.:enp,' we are requested to in
le.saito toits provisions. As the just
'c iusozf the -volunteer can only be esta
bl hie.bdi nd settled-on furnishing therequi
ti. evidniiijpi such cases, tbe volunteer
affcerlshold mtake themselve' fully ac
guained with the regulation, and be gov
erned acordiogly:
D azPARTwrT,ADJr. GEN's.-OFFIcE,
r - .Wathington. April 22, :847.
pGnera..Orde's, No. 18.
1.in.=order to secure witliout delayor
insconeieiiefce to the volunteer soldier, who
sbaldreceive an honorable discharge, or
hho shall have been killed or. died of his
.oiu'dsdor his heirs; 4cc.; as the cass-may
be,)ie bounty land or- Trease-.etrip;
S preiovde by tbe.9th secii of: he uit of
Febrnay '11, 1847, itis tideea iathe
following instructionsbe dul observed:by
ibe officers concerned.
t-' ~-,2 Kolunteersiustere ost ofi e c on
Lb~epratonof hcir~terrnC '
s ,The'rolls for this purpose, must contain
anmes hich have ,beesborngen
vaous iusterro ro be fi st or
ptp$baia.elar
y ;tt nameot sa ie ey
i i'ntbseistees must be satisfactoilgacc'un I
- d fdatiejplanations recorded in be co.
m ofemarks. - This rallgcentaioing
; rhe formation above reeired,jllbe
ared andlcompleteda sheaitima that.
tcompany may be discharged, and be
tisarded -by -the officer. charged&with
;,, 'muslering -it out of service; direct to the
- - - t'jatant General's Office;- Wqr;.Depart
- jneni--dorsed, "For the.Gommissioner
-f Pensions, Bounty Land Bureau.' .The.
- roll will only vary frmin the ordinarynus
ter roll used for the payment of companies
bythe-addition of the nainesof all who
have died, been captured.edischarged or
-bave'deseried -since the day-of the.muter
- -into service.
3. -Individual discharges of.Volunteers
- fore the expiration of their term in conse
g. quence <ftwounds received or sickness incur
red ln'ic course of the service..
The Certificates of Disability. and Dis
charge in such cases, will.be signed in du
.[:picate, and must, in -everysinstance,.set
-forth thie origin and natureof -the .wound
redelved or sickness incurred in, he course
the' service, agreeably-tea the established
- n'~iits8 form, dated A pril.22, 1847. - One
- op of this certificate will -be forwarded
elbyth fficer -signing the.discharge of the
r ivoljeer oldier directito t;he Adjutant
ei lor the -Army--endorsed "For the
3'~&oussaiesioner of Pensions,-Bounty Land
- 4 Thbe Commission'erof ensionssunder
4heaili-ectionlor the -Secretacy of War,.be
o ,gcharged by law :with~tbe business of in
1~~sigatingeclaims- for Bounuty Land,.&c.,
~p oided by she munificence of the Guy
ramtent,.commnanders of-"volunteer ,regi-.
erit'andcompnieswill see the. necessi-.
'ofpreparing and forwarding.s.herein
-, 4regtuired, ho requisite musier;.rollior certi
c-Bates,. as the case. may. be, being the no
i eesary evidence of service. and of. honra
~ble discharge to enable the-,faithful-.voluin
-'.-tp,,or his.heirs,s.&coeceive~from the
-,- ar.Department the certificate of warrant
'frthe, bounty sof one hundreds and sixty
---acres,.orithireasury4scriplfor one bun
--'dred dollars, as provided.byelaw.a -.
5. Th-Srensferiiaeotra
~2 aydisakidity," incases ofinvalid, soldier.
l~K~~I.te egulararmy will haereafter.be for
r'wded ialduplicate;. one of .which is to
" endorsed- 'For theCommissioner of
~~j0sons9, Bounty LandBureau.Y'
Dyorder:: .:
R. JONES, Adj. Gen.
fCofton and Corn: Ct g.-'I~br Laurens
- --'--sle :Heraldl says, iha3mmnhat sectionsof
go~cuntry the rapid progress of vegeta
upatbas beenl somewhati cliecked by the
olandunsasonableethYegprenced
ingsthe last ten dayssand satesaitas
jjapression; that Uotton dlanted..stncg
a, t~eiter,.than thatnplan ted. soonergj
r.~ ts cf the dist;Iet thaerecergheu
washed the light laud severely And
S niie le injury to both Cotton and
From the Constitutionalist Extra, May 5.
'HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM
ANOTHERBATTLE' AND ANO
- THER VICTORY.!!
:Byathe-New:Orleans boat this morning.
.we have news of another battle, -and of
course.-another brilliant victory. - We are
indebtea toodr friends of the Picayune for.
the followingbriefaccomit furnished at the.
moment tofhe-departure of the mail'boat:
;We have-only time to say :before the
-ail'-leaves:tbat Gen. Scott encountered
'Santa Anna oncthe:I8thof April, at Cer
ra-Gordo, and entirely defeated him. We
have taken five Mexican. generals prison
ers; (and-among others La; Vega.) and six
thousand-soldiet. Santa Anna made his
escape on-amule. -
His army is completely routed.:"& would
all have been taken prisoners or destroyed.
if we had had a sufficient force of-cavalry.
The-loss onboth sides has been heavy.
Gen.-Shields was severely. and it is fear
ed.-mortally wounded. Gern. Pillow was
-also wounded, but slightly.
-.Col. Haskell's volunteers, the 1st Artil
-lery, the 7th:Infantry, and Captain Wil
liams'company: of Kentucky volunteers
have suffered most. - -
- -Mr. Kendall thinks that 500 will cover
the entire loss, but he had not been able
to obtain even a list of the officers, killed
when- he sent off his express.
Santa Anna and Canalizo fled in the
most shameful manner before - the battle
was- lost. -
- Gen. Scott advanced at once upon the
city.of Mexico. -
PLAN- DEL Rio, April 17-11 A. M.
The division of General Twiggs started
two hours since, and- a heavy cannonade
has already. commenced *npon this line
from the fartherest of the Mexican works.c
At intervals, too. the rattling of small arms
can be heard distinctly from the Dragoon
camp where I am writing this. I am go
ing out,-with Cols. Duncan and Boblan
and Cap. Pemberton. to the seat of action, t
and will return here at night jo report-the I
progress of the fight. It was not intended, r
l believe,.that Gen Twiges should open .c
the fight to-day, at least to bring on a gen-- f
eral action;:and itis thereforeipresumable d
;the-Mexicans have caminenced upeni him. a
1 Ewritsin- great haste. G. W. K. 1
' X r.-1 havedit returned from, the
seeeofceonflict, and a blo dy one iihas I
bieniconsidering the nmniberfengaged. A
>I11 ,tisaide fu~hecfart|Nrest;MIMexian, ,t
reysr~g: oo'Gadee~piediye ti
enem s3 gtutir o ptfMis mding and 'to. .t
,foe i~at sote eemedindispensable.
'or tt spur pse lteRifles uudter Major e
Sommer, besides detacbmentsof artillery o
and Infantry, were ordered -'to. charge up a
the rug> ed ascent '.This they did in gal- ]
lant style;-driving the Mexicans,aftera re- g
sistatce which, may be put down as most u
'obstinate. Great: numbers of the enemy t
were killed, while on' our side the loss was *
also severe.: Major Sumner was shot -in r
the head by a' musket ball-severely but I
not mortally; Lients. Maury and Gibbs, d
of the Rifles, were also wounded, but not 1
severely, as was also Lieut. Jarvis of the v
2d Infantry. I could not learn that any i
of our officers were killed. The entire loss i
on our side, in killed and wounded, is esti
mated at about one hundred; but from the i
nature of the ground-broken, covered I
with brush and thick chapparal, and ex- I
tremely uneven-it is impossible to tell <
with accuracy. Nor can 1. at this time, c
give even the names of the officers who
were immediately engaged.
About 3 o'clock the enemy made a de
monstration from the fort on the neighbor
ing height to the one our men had captu
red,ts if with the intentinn of regaining it;
but it all-ended in marching down the hill,
blowing a most terrific charge on their
trumpets, firing a few shots. and then re
:iring. -Their apparence, as they came
down the slope was certainly most imlpo
sin. The cannon on the height mean
white kept up a continuous fire upon Gen.
Twigg's lines, yet doing little execution
other -than ctttting down thte trees and
brush. -As we returned to camp, the fire
-stillecontionued-the enemy had- evidently
ascertained the position of the road, which
had just been cut, with accuracy, but their
-ball princippally'went over. -
Gen. Shields, at 3 o'clock, wvas ordered
out to support Gent Twiggs, with three
regiments -of -Volunteers-twoafro~m the
Illinois under Cols. Baker -ands Barnett.
T[hey will have warm work-to-morrow, if
the Mexicanis stand tip as they did to-day.
-There has been not a little skirmishing
to-day betweeothe forage and beef parties
sent out in the rear, and the racheros.
One lilinois mao was killed. and one of
the -same regimneat and a Tennessean
wyounded. -1 could not learir their names.
To-marrow the graud attack, both upon
the front- -and rear of? the -enemy, is to be
made. - Gen. Worth- is to move at sunrise,
and little-peace will the Mexicans have for
one twety-Vfour hours at least. - -
- lfjossible l'shall report -and--send off
the progress of the conflict. although- one
has littleiime or convenience in the chap- -
parelof writing. - - a. w. m..
-CAarr NEAR PLAN DELs-Rio,
"Apjil 18-4 e'clocksP. M.. - S
The Amlerican arms have achieved an
- ohrglorious a'nd b rilliant vitory. -Out
timbe'iij Geii. Scott's force materially,
caupying'ositions which looked in
prep~b&a Gibraltar, -one after another
of their, woks hiae'beedo taken to-day,
fv enerls,i colonelsonnngh tn command
ten such armies as ours, and otner:oImcorg.
innumerable, -have. een taken prisoners..
together with B000enand thereat oftheir;
army driven and routed with the loss of;
every thing, animunition, cannon, baggage.
train, al Nothtng but the.. impossibihty
of fndinga: road for the dragoons toethe;
rear of the enemy's works saved any part'
of Santa Anna's grand army, including
his.own illustrious person.
Among the prisoners is our old friend
Gen. La Vega, who fought with his accse.i
tomed gallantrf. The other generals.'are.
Jose. Maria Jareneo. Louis Pinsoe Man
uel Uoriaga, and Jose Obando. The name.
of the colonels .1 have not been able to,
gther.-Nothing saved Santa 'Anna but,
the want of dragoons one the other side "of.
their lines.-As-it is, his travelling coach,
togethor.witb all his papers, valuables, aiad.
even his wooden leg,-have fallen into ,our
hands, together with all the money ofhis
army. No one. anticipated. when . they.
arose from their' bard- hivouack this morn
ing. such a complete victory.
The 19s on. both sides has been heavy
-how could it have been otherwise? The
rough and rocky road, cut through rugged
efiles and dense chaparal by our troops,
is now lined with our -'ounded. The
Rifles, Col. Haskell's 'Tennessee volun
eers, the lpt Artillery, the 7th Infantry
and Capt. William's company of Kentue
;y volunteers, have perhaps suffered most.
Leon..Shields was severely, and I am fear
il, mortally wounded while gallantly lejis
fing his brigade to storm one of the ene
ny's farther works.
Gen. Pillow was also tvounded,althoogh
lightly, whiile storming a fortification-on
his side commanded by La Vega. All the.
ield officers of Col. Hastell's regiment
were wounded at the same time, save him-.
self. Of the Rifles. Capt. 3ason has lost
leg, Lieut. Ewell has been badly woun=
led, Lieut.' McLane, slightly. 1 -have
already mentioned the ga!ladt Maj. Sum
ner and other officers Ro.unded'yesterday.
1 have specified boine- regiments above
vhich signalized themselves: it bappeoed
o be their fortune,.id the disposition of the
cattle, to fall upon what all good soldiers
nay term pleasant places-the inost diffi
uIt work to storm-and bravely without.
altering did they execute the perilous
uties'assigned' them. At- 1 'clock- this
ternoon2Gen. 'Twiggs,: whose division
as been in the hardest of it. waspursuing
he flying enemy towards Jalapa.Per
on who commanided theforts nearest'
fan del Rid.asked of Ge: Worih taie
y consider befoe liicpitulaed _Desirous
a ome to termsO en.M.ortb ijavhini
1onalyi fh otd7ne
5r-would have been terrible . "
Even up tothis time itis impossible to
iveanytbing like a . full orcorreiet list- of.
ur wounded officers-it is-surprising. that
many of .them wore not killed. Lieut.
)erby. a gallant young officer of the topo.
raphical. engineers, was badly - but not
iortally wounded while storming one of
he heights. Lient. Ewell, of the rifles, is
pposed to be mortally wounded. This
agiment has suffered terribly. Lieut,
)ana, of the 7th Infantry. was badly woun=
ed ; Capt. Patton, of the .2d slightly.
ieut. Davis, of the rifles. wai very badly
rounded in the hip. Maj. Sumimer of
be 2d Dragoons, but commanding Rifles,
a improving.
The list of killed and wounded officers
a Colonel Haskell's command yesterday
have been able to obtain. It should here
e stated that Capt. William's compar.y
f Kentucky. and Capt. Chas:' Naylor's
ompany or Pennsylvania volunteers were
ttached temporarily to this regiment.
lere is the list
Killed.-lst Lient. Fred. B. lelson,
otmanding company; 2d Lieut. C. G.
ill, compon~y E.. Both those officers
ere from Memphis.
Wounded.-Lieuit. Colotrel DY. H. Ctrm
ning, slightly; Major Rsobert' Farq.ihar
on, (of the 1st Texas volunteers, assigned
this regiment for the day) severely; 1st
ieut. Wiley P. Hoile, adjutant, severely;
Lst Lieut. WVm. Yearwood, mortallyts 2d
aieut. James Forrest, slightly; Ciapt. A.
El. 2 urrely severely; 23 ILieut.'- George
'. Sutherland,- Kentucky volunteers,'se
erely. The regiment. which in 'auction,
'umbered less than 400J mew, and its loss
was 79 in killied and wounded.
La Vega wats in command of the Cdrra
Gordo on the first day of- the fight. bnt wr
deserter from otir dragoons, - a- Germatr.'
going into- their camnpat uighit'and inform
ing them thatithe main aniack was to- be
on th6.right of ii line-the work'so fierce
ly attacked by' Gen. Pillow', be changed
placL . ,-irh C j. Vasques. - The latter as
havi. .lready stated was'killecd-La Vega
defended his , post until the' lines of the
enemy 'were completely turned-. S'everal
Mexican colomels have b-eon4lfilled,' but
their names"I have been' unable to liearn.
A brother, of Gen. La Vega, is colonel- of
artillery wa's'sevirely, and1 as is supposed,
mortally wounded..
Hundreds ofcases of individual galran~
try, in storming the different heiglas, are
mentioned. .Colouel: Child. led ton his'
rommand on the . first daj until hier bad
only some forty' or fifty men with him. it
is also said ,that Capt. Magruder follow*ed.
up' a harge. until he had but nine ssidiers
left..- I cannot .now .recolleet 'one tdii.th
art-of.th, .instances ~df alinost riokles
daringdispad. but - hall endesvbr to
pick them up. Ishalflileo'send yno one
fulL return of the killed and gifourned WfI
can obtainit, but. at present it ais ailmost5
impossible to~ gethqol orihing,- Th'e
wound d ar still along tlhe roads for muiles.
lthough they are bringing them n a fast
as to advanee tovards Mexi
co {;ent:o'tb's division
"prning-Gena Scott is to
-ma it anta Anna's coach is
tiO' t ~ or purnose of-carrying
ow a ner-better: use than it was
ewe },r i!?)".'.'
rad men of the--Mexican
a y au such as are prisoners.-are
to1oose on their parole not
aku airms during. the 'war.
er bestdisposition that could
be empt'as any :other course
we 1 en. Scott's forward 'move
men - en Of their officers have re
isId 0 lave given their parol of
hongr or' tilemnselves, without delay
tco _ i Vera Crps,.as prisoners
of otg these are Gens La Vega
nb1ol latter,Governor of Perote
d~its? bs ' Texan prisoners were
ther efieve distiaguished for his
good at of them.' These officers
willeit edJceptin the Castle .of San
Juia,~ a or else proceed to the Uni
Ge'n~ s is still alive, but it is con
sidred= ible Tor him to survive.
Te t through his lungs as he
wasp lei i-men to storm the farthest
vor k d emy
I~a~ll n for Jalapa this afternoon
"iid wjj by every opportunity. I
send you. Mexican papers, as. also
5it ast proclnation. It is
rich ~ .. G, W. K.
ave just learned that there
some4 .b Iforaen..Shields.. God grant
he mays i ho n.hels
ho charged, on the last
frt, los Ave men irn killed and
woOD 9only a portion of his regi
maes y owardin, killed, Lieut.
M 4cp . os d to be mortally wounded;
-Lie J -w ounded in three places,
and. .ug utated ients. Scott,- Fre
~i by, wounded.
G.W . K.
Pit of Mexicnnoffcerscap
tu ed{ Grdo, on the 18th April!
whit their parole of honor to re
t~iI~i -ithor delay io tbe Com
tiao a mericunforces at Vera
CruzIs q ri
a adier. General.
.~R4In6 ;=Brigadier General.'
a, ar-tain of Jlexican
Na ille
C ta i Artler
JoseLCbt'd blar, 2d.Lt. Artillery. "'
Joisede Lastor ras Sonler, L.-Col
Battalion e.la tLiberttf .
Jose-Nun;i,'Capt. 6th Regt.Infantry:
.regoriocdol Callejo, Cup!. 6th Regt.
Infantry..
-Rafael de Berrabidas, 2d Lt. 6th Regt.
Infantry. s
'Salviio Velez Aid-de-Camp to General
Vega.
Franeisco Fernandez, 1st. Lient. Mexi
can Navy.
-The above prisoners, under the charge
of-Capti Geo.W. Hughes, Corps of To
pographicdl Engineers. arrived- at Vera
Cruz: on the 21st inst.1 about one hour
previous to thedepartureof the McKim.
It has been left to their election by Gen.
Scott whether they should remain close
prisoners in the-castle of San Juan d'Ulloa
or proceed to New Orleaus, where they
should be 'allowed -such personal liberty as
their condition, and conduc' might seem to
requirof the commandant of that post.
it is understood that allot the foregoing
captured offreersikave expressed a desire
to be transferred toithe.United.States, and
that Cola Wilson, Governor of Vera Cruz,
had acceeded to..their wisl:es, and had di
rected 'that a vessel should be held in rea
diness to sail, fortheir. accommodation,
about- the.25th-of April
-From thze N. 0. Delta.
FROM .MONTERFJY.
Gn. Taylor-4Station ofg Troops--Asuas
uliution op M Mexicaneu-Endeavors to
ascertaini tke guiltyi-Gen. Taylor's de
termination to hae them hung--Urrea's
- attack enkourTrain-Masacre of team
ajers-Inkumanity of Sihe Mexicans
- " MONEtLY,. April 4.
-Edt. f la .ncme the arrival of Gen.
Taylorere'alhas -remained quiet. For
four weekis'prio&\ye had at leasteone stam
pdde-in ey twntyfour hours. All the
traos ad evry thing of value were r e
moved inttho.Citadel.Fort, istrong picket
gurds:cftaatlY ~posted, .and the Fort
put ihaeourplete state of defence.
- Tftfret sere ito he' something rn the
prsesne oe old hero that inspires every
onel witlrjthe, belief that nov harm can
coo-werehetsisabom... With May's
squade:o ragootns and the 1st Mississippi
egiminL-as hoe camped on his old
grouds'tgalin'ut Spings', appjarently'in
ascudsdecprjy..as when- hir whaotelarmy
was withelumia ~hi 1st Ohioi Regiment
u-at ahe ltdlFort,. and thei~st Xen
tucky.n th twp.- -h'.itizens are re
turn to theiielli g n lis market,
whicb b-eg~ algo .tim'ie'deserted,
affods o can edibles.
*"areqs aO1eIde'nd Priest
oae~lles idies the r-oad
lopa3sa a ~ P ix intlesrom
~R u hnr~~afgmmdted,
th y&'RryO mericans nm
beriI bU214was done intenih
The murdered ien were jirstmade pris
oners, tied, and afterwards allshot through
their beads. The murder is said to hate
beenrcommitted.on the 28th ult. On that
night a train of loaded wagons, escorted by.
200 Infantry and about the same number
of horse, undes the command of Colonel
Mitchell, of the 1st Ohio Regiment, en
camped at Marin, which is about five
miles from the scene of the murder. The
mounted men were composed of U. S.
Dragoons and 'Texas Rangers, under the
command of Capt Graham,-of the 2d
Dragoons. buspicion rests upon some
part of his corps, though no clue has 'at yet
been found to discover the guilty. The
officers in command-gentlemen, and rigid
disciplinarians-are using every means in
their power to investigate the matter. Ged.
Taylor has got his steam up an the sub
ject, and is determined to have hung every
one who it can be proved has taken part
in the' murder., The town where these
men were killed is but a- few miles from
the place where the large train was rap
tured and so many wagoners massacred
on the 22d of February.- Some 15 'or 20
of the wagoners who escaped from that
massacre came up in the last train ; yet
there is no evidence that they were enga
ged in the Gualopa' murder.
I-passed over the place oithe massacre
of the 22d February a few days ago, and
the scene is truly the most horrid and
rovolting that I ever witnessed. .The re
mains of the murdered men, yet unburied,.
stripped of every partical of clothing, lay
upon the plains, their flesh devoured by
Mexican wolves and buzzards, and their
bones bleaching in the. sun. The attack
was made upon tho escort, who .were in
the advance, by a large body of Lancers.
The escort, 40 men, under Lient. Bar
bour of the Kentueky Legion, were all
taken prisoners, and are now in possession
of Urren. The Lancers charged down the
train, and.lanced without mercy the wa
goners as, they ran for their lives to the
chaparal. More than three-fourths of them,
it is thought, were killed-and their bodies
shockingly mutilated and disfigured.
Those who passed the -scene a few days
after, say that some had their hearts'cut
out and snspended upon the hushes, or
thrust into their mouths; the eyes of other
were'dug from their sockets, and inserted
in' wounds made in, other parts of their bo.
dies, and other m'utilations wereperform
ed;that would.make evep a North Ameti
can savage blushito ;look at.:. et these.
acts were-ucmmiited'by Gen. 1rre 's men
tpe reguarsoldie4:~1 he~Mezcaa ar
aidat he liiifourpieeis of snll ery tit'
'with him'Mario, Grralyo, Mier and li
a'" will ell' soon be garrisoned. by'. our
troopr, which will render our communica
tion ivith-Camargo entirely 'safe. -The'
'troops here are in excellent health and
condition.
We are laking wmith great antiety for
news from den. Scott. Nothing of inter
est for Saltillo or Agna Nueva. The sur
geons 'report our wounded doing remark=
ably well. Of the whole number wound
ed in the 1st Missississippi Regiment, only
one amputation was. required. The
wounds generally are from rusket balls,
and of course slight compared to those
made by cannon, grape and -anister at
the battle fought here. The position of
our troops at the battle of BJuerra Vista
rendered the artillery of the enemy almost
entirely ineffectual; not more thatr eight
of our men were injured by cannon shot:
Should any thina or interest occur I will
Arite you by the next train.
SADDLE MOUNTAIN.
LATER FROM GEN~. TAYLOR.
The New Orleans papers of Saturday
mention the arrival of the U. S. steam
propellor Trumbull, Capt. Statsberry/
frotm Brazost, ia hich place she left oni the
18th inst. By her intelligence is received
from Saltillo to the 28th, and Monterey to
the 5tb inst.
.. The Arinerican (Mafatadros) Flag of the
14th inst contains not a word in reference
to General Taylor's present or prospective
movements.
The' picayune received no lettefi. T'hat
paper s'aya-Gen. Tlayloi. was at Monte
rey on thie 15th inst.- while the 'armay re
uiained'at its old poshion einderGen.
Wool. Gen. Taylor was pushing up sup.
plie from' Camargo to- Saltillo' with all
rapidity, and iyitli a view toa .forward
moverment upon' San ulai'. ~Men- only
will be wanting-for that purpose.
The-volunteers are returning towards
the' nsouth~ of the Rio' Grande as their
termi of services are expiring.' The right
wing of the Kentucky Legion had reached
the Brazos, and was awaiting th'ere the
arrival of the other wing, prior to' sailing
for this port. We' learn that none of the
volutnteers scarcely are enlisting.,
As to Gen.;Taylor's future movement,
the Delta remarks-One thing is certain,
that he can make no onward movement
until those who form his present command
-'the- twelve month's volunteers whose
term'of service is abnut to expire, and
some of whom-are already on their way
ome-are replaced by. a still greater force
of tho volunteers now en route to join him
and in' coursfe of enlistment. As soon as
hehas.ten thousand of these under his
command the word will be unless it shall
be 'previously proclaimed,-"forward
march !" '
The following are the positions and.
movements-of General Taylor'scolumfl,
accoding to the last advices,.as far as we
an' logrn (hem. i -
Gen, Taylor 'is 'quarterd-i~Wu
Springs, near %Nont'reNden. Wn6f vt
command at Saltillo nd .BuenaVita
1st Mississippi, 1st:Oliio 1stKudi
Bragg's. Battery, ,and the Squadron':o
Dragoons, the latter nqw, commanded by
Col. Fauntleroy, at Monterey.-.2d and'
Ohid, 1s. and 2d Illinois. 2d and 3d tind
ans, .2d -Kentucky. Arkansas =4aEvaky'
Washington's Battery. Shermap's;Ba
at Buepa Vitar-.frentiss' Battery at:vS
tilio'Camargo saod Monterey-ise Eon- A
tucky, and one half at the month ofriRar
Grande, and the- balance on their returar
march from Comargo to Monterey=-North..
Carolina at Camargo-Massachuset ea .
Matamoros. =
Our woundeJ men are doing well . .
one hospital. of which Dr.-Henrick bed
charge out of eighty. wounded men otfur e
Illinois regiment, not more than three oret
four died-the remainder were fast convad;
leseing,
G eneral queitude prevailed,-the peopfd
of Saltillo and Monterey'had returned to
their business and seemed satisfied- with
the powers that be if theiy could. but tfed
assured of their continuance. They .had
heard in Monterey of Santa Anna's arrival
in Mexico, and those who affectedto know
tuore of his movements than their. neiuh '
hors, would Wink and spy that there will
be no more--lghting.
.Dr. Merrick left. Monterdy with (he Ia
battalion Kentucky Legion, 9fty cavalry
and two companies of Texas zRanger.s
escorting. a number. of returned wagon1.
ainrmunition trains, &c, &c. to Camargo-'
under the .command of Cot. Belknap
Nothing was heard of,: much less -seen o(
Urrea, on the route, and it was Atkedwbes
concluded that 'he had Bed, as we haver{
already recorded in one of our spreed.u
.nuibers behind the Mountains.-Te
whole of our. posts on the -Bio .rni42
from Camargo to Brazos are in the great'
eat " possible .tragquility. Col.' Belknapi
of Gen. Taylor's staff, has been detached '
to Camargo, as we learn, to assuiecom..
Mand there. The First Kentucky Bat' r
tallion. will remain at .Camargo rot-.
joined by, the Second when itis ezpectesd
thdy will return:home; the time forywhbieh. .
the men took service being nearlyn g.'l
Matamoros.-Colonel. tashing
Brigadier General)of the MassacIuetW
leg'meathas taken eomtnan4d1ire ..
- o C ushing has issuedi
stringent order, withu vavew to p.
to the distiubace whse- -.
l1 ER;ii TXas
orde a earausti
general: aid ftom oficesl m
commlandat (lie post, ordereld * -ts
I. All hodties or otlier iptes' of;pnir
bling of whatever nama '_ etiu u e a (W
public dadcing. at this post ure hereby
closed.
2. All safe tof traffic iit distilled spirits
at this post is prohibited.
3. The proprietors of all huildings or
other places r which gambling or pub(I-f
dancing occurs, or distilled spirits are soldM "
as well as the occupants or other personsM~
engaged or employed in and about "th"e
same, will be beld seferally responsiblei
after the present date tot any infraction+ -
of this order, and will lie sum'uarilly dealti A,
with according to. martial law.
4. Maj. Abbott is charged with the ex' .?so '
ecution of this order.
By order of C. dswld ,do. Com'g.
W. W. U. DAVIS, Ad'jt. M.
'he. Delta says-As. our infotmauts- ' =
(Major Colquitt, U. S. A. and ARt Sur=
geon Herrickr) apprnaebed near: MaiargU -
they met a train bwutnd for iMouterey.- One s
of the volunteers in guard of it hud beelta~i
lassoed and ithtu'rmsdy niurdered try 't~
Mexicans. The'asseminds wefe diraeV
identified addsummvarlby shot. Itt dgriog &
down fram Monterey to the 'Rrage, t,1.'0
party with Mdajor Cokpir add Dr. I1*rribir e
eneowntered neither d i~ty not obstric
We make trp fedmuthe Fdag the tdlloir- '9
in'g iteins. RobbIer.-The snm of feen '
hundreJ dollars was ibittracted -by :some -
scondrel froin the monqy bo of the subsise
tence departarent in tii pface, oaiFrida3'rf
night last. ' "r
Lieut. Stanton, 1Noyth Carolina regi'
ment,'came downth6 rivior on Friday lasis'
in charge of a numb'er of sick volunteers&
belonging to.his f6giment. On the- paus~.
sage dowh t wo of thsem died, vi. a-Gieo.
W..Barnes, ist ser-gent, company A ;J'~-,T*'
F. Sifokew, 3d Corporal compa.n E'. d'
The body di William C. Gladutag,. * a:4
free mulatoi who owns at barber's ahoip inde
Gafvestow, but who had been is Matamoroin'~
fo'r somd time, -was .discovered finatingit
the lake back of ,our ofiee: It bose-thew
marks of violence, and .as he was knoww@
to have a considerale- sum of money.ia
his, possession, .it is. supposed. -avarie
protmpted the deed. MNO
More Violenee.-A. Mexican was -hbr
ribly mangled by cuts with a kniteda1~J
fight near the Ptlaza, on Monday night 13las
The unformunate mandis note espectedAti&4~
live. On Tuesday night, as-we have be-n
informned,another omewassht atifafadal.
go,,and it is thouvght, ig~notitrvivetb4f
wound -
Go p~r Dodge of Wisconsin,
called ainother cessio of .the -egislatur.e
that'autho'rity may be isnmadiauelfgva,
afrb orgiinization et a second-State'C
vention to remodleli thes (hobsikatinth'at~
ad5ptedi by the pirevious kentlalid i
ig bene retedy Joe