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£rehaof]suii*tKfbI.dditr-a'Cyp.'C4a#iei*IdiFrom rli* Ckntrm/Division.—By letiers In(be N/O. Dtlin% daledal San Antonio de Bexar, September 3rd add 5th, we learn that'General Woo) had reached hit heid-qoartert at San Antonio on the 14th olU - A part of his staff had also,arrived, among»whom were that worthy and veteran officer, Inspector General 'Churchill ; alio Capu Frascr, of the corps of engineers; and Capt. Cross,4 Ass't Quartermaster.The. two regiments of’Illinois' volunteers, under Colonels Hardin and Blfiell, had also arrived. * ^ .The Arkansas Mounted Volunteers, Colonel Veil, had also arrived,! as»Well as'fire companies‘of Texans, under Col. Young. Major BonnevilJe/O. S. A;, with two companies U.8, Dragoons, and two of the Cth Regiment U.S. Infantry, had marched ,from Fort Smltd itoAntonio, a distance of 700 miles, in six icccksi The celebrated U, 8. Artillery corps front Carlisle, Pa., under Cspt, Washington, bad also arrived with four 6 pounders, and two 13 poand HowIlzers. They,marched through the town lii foil uniform, and made quite a formidable appearance for this part of the country, and much astonished the Mexicans, they never having seen so great an artillery display In an army, andbelieving that nothlng'coold.equalthat of the Mexicans. This is one or the finest corps in the army, and will ''do as gopd service as those of. Duncan and Ringgold, should occasion offer.General Wool;was most diligently*engaged in drilling the forces; he would make up the line of march* bo the Jth, and it was said that be would take possession of the*Capital .of CMbuaboa some time In the month of October. The distance to the Rio Grande Is calculated at about HO mlies,and from thence to Chihuahua,' 450 miles; making ibe march nearly GOO miles over a lovelycountry. His force will amount to about 5,000 men, . *Harney’s movement does not appear to have amounted to mucb^after all. The letter ’from which we glean these facts, states that he, with a detachment of the 2d Dragoons/ consisting of Brevet'Major Beall’s,'Capts. Howe and Blake’s companies, returned from the Presidio de Rio Grande on the'26th' ult., having been absent about one month. .This Ietter*was dated Bib i Inst, at San Antonio/ and adds; “Lieut, Rogers of the 2d Dragoons, who was left by Col. Harney wjib three companies of Texts troops, under the command of CapWCady, (at Presidio de Rio Grande,) and Mr; Callahan, arrived this morning/and reported the remainder of the command near at hand;I their provisions being damaged and condemned; -7 It became necessary;i6 procure mofe—and as re the inhabitantsVt Presidio'jtrofititd,to bc.vtiy jr. ft (trullyt they sent ft~*roall boat, with nine men, over the rlverj toT bring ibe articles purchased.' After ttie'raen had pushed oft' their boat, theywere attacked by a body of MexIcans/sVcretei/In the cbspirat on the bank 'of the river,— .Three ot'our party were killed; the remainder re I jumped overboard, and reached the bank on this U ] aide. During the afternoon/thrMexfcans kept op a flrefiom their musketry/and succeeded In killing one mule and slightly.wounding andtb-'agihrVcpiClftlaVaiNsiECISuDaiibaiifatIIii?rleoff*»th%s*If,s-4-»:4resi1/liretobe*attd|h
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Savannah Daily Republican
Savannah, Georgia, US
Fri, Sep 18, 1846
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