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s1{I(1II\I!FRtfM GENERALS TAYLORakDwool.The steamer James L, Day arrived at New Orleans on the 13th from Fort La-v-icoa.' A train of 30 waggons leftLa-vaooa on the 13th for San Antonio, and a regiment of Kentucky mounted gunmen had arrived at Victoria, about seven miles from Lava ce a.The brigs Henry and Emrpessarto experienced heavy gales on tho voyage thither, and were ooliged to throw overboard part of their cargoes, consisting j * of mules, waggon*, subsistence, Ac.jFrom Lavaceafsays the Picayune,)we have had^by this arrival various rumors touching Cot Harney and his movements. The aeeeount which appears to us the most authentic is, that Col. Harney became impatient of his long detention at San Antonio, and consequently took up his line of march for Mexico, to be followed by Gen. Wool,with tho dragoons under hisVomimnd a force of Texan volunteers* He reached the^Itio Grande, crossed thB river, was penetrating the country, when he received an order from Gen. Taylor directing his return to San Antonio, and placing him under an arrest. The Texas^ Advocate says, there has elthar been gross misunderstanding or willful disobedience of orders on his part, and adds, that he disconcerted the; operationr of Gen. Wool to no inconsiderable degreeThe worst part of tho story is, that on his return to San Antonio, a portion of his baggage train was surprised and! C it off by .the Mexicans* Wo can find no good authority fir tins story, though wo have heard it from several distinctsources.A letter is published in the Picayune, from Peter Ltt, one of the Illinois vol-1 imt.erij dated Camp Crockett, near San [ Antonio, 31st Angmtiu whi ii he say3— 'The 1st and 21 llegimcn's of Illinois' volunteers, onc'rogisne nt of mounted men from Arkansas, tinder Col. Yell, two companies of regular infantry, uimVr! Major Ronvilh*, two companies of U. S.' dragoons under Col. Harney, and one company of infantry from Kentucky, un« da Cajit. Williams, now constitute our oncainp.nont. They are all on parade [ ti-diyfor muster and inspection by Col. j Churchill, who will have to wash liiu hands with good easlilc soap, after touch- j :»g somo volunteer guns. •Our troops are alt well prori.-iom d, [ and in good health and spirits. The! spot on which wo are encamped is a1 most delightful place, near the springs' which form in'pnrt the source of the San j Antonio river. Wo are two miles di -tant from the town of San Antonio, and expect to remain somo days here. iGen. Wool, without losing the energy I of his earlier life, has acquired tho wis-, d m which experience alone brings lo o ! military commander, and will do honor to tho country in the present campaign.The U. S. steamer Telegraph, Capt. Aull, It ft Brazos Santiago on the 12th, j and arrived here yesterday via Port La-vAcce, and Galveston, which last place she left on the 16th. Tho Telegraph .! brought to this city 365 sick and disa-,bled volunteers and 45 officer*, anu Ian-j dcd at Luvaeca 72 Texan gunmen, and' « part of a company numbering £0 men,1 at Galveston. jfn tho same galo tho schr. Ed ward j Tillotson, bound to this port from tho j Brazos, with sixty-eight discharged sol-, rlien, was blown ashore nearthe saline.' Six had died previous to this disaster.On the evening of the 16th inst, a vol-, unterr named Ja*. Hoffman, from Nash-1 ville, Tennosse, jumped overboard and j was drowned : and another died a few , hours afterward named Benjamin' Ilart-.Well. :Oen Taylor crossed the San Juan on ; tho 6th, and took tip the lino of inarch on the 7th for Seraivo, where tho forces under Worth had halted, llnys* regiment would leave Chinn, and take up tho lino of march for tho same place, so as to reach there about tho snmo time with Taylor.fn tho advanee of Gen. Taylor in tho interior, he seemed determined to be prepared for any emergency, either in advance or retreat, for ho would not suffer cither officers or men to take more baggage than they could pnek on their bocks. In consequence of this a number of steamers had reached Matarnoras freighted down with extra baggage, the quartel of tho sappadore# was literally crammed with it. All the supplies so far have been sent off by pack mules, and the General expects to have thirty lt;!«ys provisions for 12,000 men nt Seral-vo when ho reaches it, where it is generally believed he will remain for some length of time, and many think until further advices from Washington.Gen. Taylor believes, notwithstanding the news he ha* received of the advance of a Mexican force between San Louis Poteii mad SatUlo, that he can go to Monterey, and even to Satillo, without meeting any opposition.The troop*now on the road betweenCamargo and Monterey will number pear 12,000 j end none were suffered to
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Prairie Du Chien Patriot
Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin, US
Tue, Oct 13, 1846
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