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March 21, 1846
Later from Corpus Christi. — We yesterday
received the Corpus Christi Gazette of the 12th inst., one day
later.
The Army theatre had been closed and torn
down. Should the army succeed in effecting a quiet settlement on the
frontier, it was thought that the theatre, like other indispensable
baggage, would folow. The actors had reaped a rich harvest at Corpus
Christi.
Only sixty soldiers had been interred at the
Soldier’s burial ground during the occupation of Corpus Christi by the
army.
The U. S. brig Porpoise arrived at Aransas
on the evening of the 11th from Vera Cruz, with despatches for
Gen. Taylor from Mr. Slidell. They were at once forwarded to Gen. T. by
express.
News had been received at Corpus Christi
from Tamaulipas, which would indicate that a revolutionary movement was
brewing in that Mexican State against Paredes. Arista was at his hacienda
near Monterey on the 21st ult.
Source: The Daily Picayune, March 21,
1846, p. 2, col. 2. |
