The Express.
London, England, 1846-11-16 00:00:00

our y.. 3 to putts and piac• s in Yucetan.—!t J. wsiat
of the mini.' of men in them'. ,-
ErACVATIO, Or MOSTF.RICT.—MONTrwi
—We are at teet;sh posseselon of this p
of Ampufia's army
htde earn, ditielon, of regob
armea:lnisti:el:yodfgrdtew"heuertolPWl'th"l4;n
city in entail panties, during the four ci 'we C;slat
rip seine In jts deuce
petty Mims focce for the detente of • place
Wive combined to render as strong se y" th,
such an army, thus situated, could ever""
albw
conquered by a force of less than
2,000 mete
appear strange to me. The cowardice of Asapudia
beyond a doubt. to careful was he of his persit
never once left his house when any artnetir gold
pity that one of our shells could not have droll.p‘ed
ed out yealerdoy top
divlsioo marched out
6th, the !hd ne the
balance on the 28th.
I felt perfectly satisfied, when I saw the liezie ia
I:lAos:d:do:lmre:int to theme
is
town, with the arrangements which Gen. Ta"
I.
-
them. To have taken all those men prisoners
lees. Their arms we did not want, their horses w
a few exceptions, and it would have been oily ewe":
some to feed and guard so many men. Ando eore:
oust many a valuable life to have carried the city 't-
hey net. I rude out with the bead of the c,ltmm th,
tzda, when their seemed division left town. II
almost hare remunerated one for the long
temp. At the bead of the column rude the c+lamamr
with his staff, accompaniel by Major Scott, of the MI
his Adjutant (I.imattaant Dees), and Lieuteuautalt.
and MeLaws. Cot. Peyton rode by We side et the ch
a very affectionate einlirace train him as we turned
eolutun march on, when the head had reached Palace
was presented a 'CC .c that I can never fot PI 'lwo
tentry led off, with colours flying, drums heating, as
blowing with all their might. The fifers mad alt the
The men were all well armed, and the whole dita
well appointed with the exception of shoes, in lieu c
the men wore sandals. Three passe of artillery wen
the column, one Mx, one nine, and one teeter l au
marching four abreast, extended about one ride.
accompanied by a great many females ; Wise W
their faces muffled, and with hats on; soldi..n,•
donkeys or on taut, some of them carrying burdeus the
think of packing upon mules; young women win
and hats, tripping lightly along; yoaug
with their little valuables in their arms Ihi
little creature, about nine year a Id, with a pet chic
and a parrot rerehed upon her hand. llie 11th
heard of was wa.king behind a poor little tlealut dui
him with a large stick. The donkey wan rspieh hr
a second edition of the old one. A precious pair,
daughter. Most of the soldiers looked spree, amid
with hatred, and a desire far revenge. tree of lid,
valuable animal, which a man WWI leading out o
Mexican troops, was seized and led off, the sal ie
muskets at the hostler, when he endeavoured to
The animal was promply returned, however, on
being mentioned to the commanding officer.
Yesterday morning the last division was drawn
next to the cathedral—that is, all that the plaint
captain Miles, who is stationed there with his realm
drew up his command and saluted the regimrale a
I never heard a note until yesterday moil
nium never contained as noisy a gang as t
It seemed to be the particular endeavour of every To
noise that lay in his power. There must have bra
as many fifers and drummers playing at the same
of them attempting the ante tune. I now veVcrdl
looking soldiers, men of good size, young, set.ve,
let division is encamped in the grove, three tailw
one of the loveliest oputs in the world, Widen hr k
oak trees. Thus„ rove seems to he the only vita,
and is resorted to by the eitieens of Monterey as
picnic parties. Tie 3rd, a volunteer division, is
this grove. General Werth's division occupies the
are beginning to return in great numbers, arid app
the Mexican army has left thymic—Nes Orlenuh Ph
Tun Twos. or Civello 1,11,1 N, said
'tractive effect,, of the mortar that first erten
capitulate. It was towards evening on the :3rd
with much labour, had been planted in the cruet,
deal, and within reach of the Plaza. The t:: •t sin
7 p.m., fell clone to the entrance of the cathedra!, a
performing wets, and its explosion spread such I
that beingAinpuilia, entreated by the priest and n
wrote his letter to en. Tayl. r, terns. 1
9 o'clock p.m., on the 23rd, but Col. Nolan, the L
Gen. Taylor till the next manning, near 9 tad
turned with Gen. Taylor's demand er an
tender before 12 o'clock, to winch it seem
have assented ; but being dissuaded by int
quested a conference, which was grimed. It
Worth privately expressed bin o,enion to Ce
the terms demanded were too severe end hared
that Gen. T. could afford to be more liberal At if
ever, Gen. Taylor still insisted open his terms we
but finally speed to leave everything with thin
either Mile. The commissioners appointed by (
Worth, Gov. Henderson, of Texasi, and Cad. Dad
regiment—Gen. Putter being wounded,—and by t
the terms, as published, were agreed upon. Thel
generally unpopular with our whole army. 1
states that a Mexican oftleer, who was M th. butt
that " Ampudia was in favour of capitu.ding I
offered by General Tnylor (to leave the city with
withheld, and made to demand a more
by the entreaties of his officers, who Isesontibt
them by yielding to slush terms." This is me rn
Tun statrivi: Fone.s,e, la brat" e are as
u
had from fourteen to sisteenthousar.dtroties -th
number given by any one. They had about fifty
lery, worked with a degree of skill and prcei.inn
nation. They were also in a strongly fondled o,
ing into the town, to the Plaza, were all either e
and strong walls of solid mammary requiring gre
Need in the most workmanlike manner, or the
tested with batteries of heavy ordnance, plaited
cover their entrance. The AMeriCall army a
and 700 of thee we re reserved as a
tea the ramp front forces of Mexican eavair
but 4,30" men in the engagement. Nearly
live ordnance had been left behir.d. There was
tillery, whic, in order to d much exeeuti. in I
most destruhctive fire fromo the enemy's hear
24-pound howitzers and one 10-inch mortar,
given. This shows a disparity of more that
advantages against our army in position, fo:ly
la numbers. The lore of our army is 3,1 in kit
whom were officers. Major Sear, 3rd infantry,
verely wounded. is fast recovering. The must
with any ciert linty. The exicans in Muntti
1,400. but about 1,090 is thought to he a miff
New Orleans Times, Oct. V.
IMPOILTILNT FROM THE Assn.—Wm
—Tine 'sew Orleans l'irayunc of 21st
arrival of the steam-ship Galveston, fie:
coming via Galveston. The news by st
the previous accounts of the battles a 3lq
in the Picayune. Advices from Montett
6th October. On the 27th ult. Gen. Ta
congratulating the army on their late eh
McClung was not dead, but impreving
of the Ist Infantry, had died of his we
of the 3rd Infantry, RIM doing well. C
Baltimore battalion, who came in the
that we bad live hundred and six'
wounded, The Mexican loss
hail
tanned, but it was believed to be not If
sand. The great subject discussed in tl
to be the terms granted to Araguaia.
made the defence of Monterey central
orders of Santa Anna. He fought w
was induced to be lenient towards him.
the reasons given. Others sav Gcn.
reluctance to the opinions of the three
mend. At Camargo two stTairs of hnr
come off. Brigadier Thomas Marshall
Peyton to account, and a meeting w
them on the 11th. Another duel was
place between Capt. Musson, of New
Stevens, of Texas. The Idatamoras
death of Capt. Robert Mitchell, Assists
the Indiana volunteers. The Flay
volunteers nt Matamoras from Scpt.
in number. Forty-one were tlischaq
period. General Pattersen had ism'
whom it concerned in the region of him
regulations of steamboats, which
gars
at Idatamoras. Also, an order agree,
tine armistice, keeping the Mexican
Rio Grande or the route between it
steamer Cul. Harney., with a full cargo
was lost on the 12th inst., near the mop
The Harney went to pit cos, and the
along the shore. Fifteen lives we'
twenty-eight persons on board. Cap?,
the mate, the pilot and two engineets, •
lost, the names were not known.
terey, dated September 29th, says
had almost all left the town. Arapy,
the 26th, quite crest-fallen. The epic
that the Mexicans would not propose
resistance at the passes at Sabin°. Gi
says, would have made great havoc at
if Ampudia had not sent in proposa
Taylor acted upon the conciliatory gra
Ray's and Wood's, two Texas repo]
home, and new regiments were tube Ti
renewed. The main part of the moue
well. Gen. Butler was recovering.
camp on the afternoon of the 29th, frc
Gem Santa Anna was at the latter ply
13,000 men, which Ampudia's farce w
Nothing is said about any learnt bet
and Butler, or of injudicious condi
latter.—Nothing from Gen. Wool's
Courier, Oct. 31.
THE LATE HURRICANE--The
did so much damage at the
H.
equal fury on the American cootie
of the 23rd instant says, it is in
Pease for the details of a terrible gale
which is unexampled. To begin at
menced blowing from the N.B. on di
and the tide rose rapidly. The storm
raged to a hurricane until midnight,
next day it blew a moderate gale; I
swept away every dwelling-house,
They were totally destroyea. It
government property destroyed, tb
dollars. The loss of life is very
persons were drowned, and kided by
lighthouse and dwelling-house atts
and fov rteen souls perished in the be
lighthouse is gone, and the buildini
The 'Onited States brig Perry ran a
she may be saved. Cum. Stoat was
bards were saved. The cutter Mor
th'.eo miles front Key West, with
0 mains, guns, bulwarks, and prohabl
r,:olorado, of Boston, was prebol,l
ashore, but wan got ff much injure
Kearney is ashore in two felt
Bennett, Warfield, was dismasted
and will be condemned. The 11. 1
fur Brazos Santiago, came in dismal
be condemned. Brig Matamoras,
Marks, was dismusted, but lies high
her cargo thrown overboard. The
New York, left before the gale. 'I
oasl* ihaohore in three feet water.
of Boston, dismasted, cos
i.
lit c(d) en 1 ddaan da g. The bubtrignotG u
two hundred dollars. The bark I
vramiliki for Nco York, wsgdalilliged,
el,ost;mral