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If we add bv this force the cavalry under Gen. HInon and Urea tt would appear that Santa Anna had under him all army o( twen- ty-fve thousand or thirty thousand men. The report relled upon by the Flag states that Gen. Taylor was attacked with fifteen thousand men; other accounts make the at- lacking army twenty-five thousand strong. It may be that Minon,s command was em- braced in the SIX thousand cavalry seees!ed on the march, aud II IS not likely that Uirea, if the previous accounts were true ot his having taken possession of Victoria, had been withdrawn from that position to assist In the demonstration upon Saltillo. It IS therefore likely that if Santa Anna has given " thousand men,

 At Brazos, when tle Cinderella left, opin- ions were divided as to whether there had been general action; though at Malamoros the current belief was that one had taken place. Gen Taylor's force was five thou sand men. We are slow to believe that he could be badly whipped with the (orceunder him, even if attacked by such overwhelming odds. Ii is true he has no regular troops

 

 unteers at Saliillo are of the right material and their regimental officers are proper men.

 We regard as exaggeralions, fl not fictious, some of the reports which have been re- ceiyed The exposed condition of the whole line of+h, Rio Grande inviles indeed a descent of the Mexican army; but ii also suggests fears which rumor ,ortures into doleful shapes. It may turn out that Gen Taylor has letreated upon Monterey with a view to protect the valley of the Rio Gfande and keep up communications with his sup plies, and that the rumors have grown ou. of that movement; though 10 assume this as the real state of the case would be questioA. ing the positive declaration of the Flag, and opinions generally prevailing at Matamoros The cry has been "woIf, wolf" for SO long a time that l. IS about tune the ''wolf" should come. There have been signs of his com ing for weeks past.