The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-30 00:00:00

defended *TA'
Raftel
oRW:liinDstaEltut, ObeFiril.:4loNi•::::,rom
AMERICA AlislExicij
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arrived at Liverrpooesteharnlvi.yn
We have received by the Hibernia teo,.._--"'
chief feat a the important intelligence of the surrem,,,Qll t's
city of Monterey to General Ta I 7, (1
y or OD Lot
obstinacy for three days. The term. ..,..,"
General Ampudia were of the - "u 4
most lik_,
including an armistice of eight --"L
week, qv
York papers state that this • C
annulled at Washington, and an orderLidice --"'
Taylor to advance immediate! • sent to en
add, also, that instructions immediate)}
upon Mexico. '
d be„ f
General Wool to move on Chihuah for
ua, elicitor
to be made on Tampico. sal
The domestic news of the United States a o
important character. In the elec t. hi -
ions te eh ladr,„
taken place the Whir, „s had gained a decided
a fact which is attributable to the dissae fort„,,,,-77
rally felt respecting the new tariff is
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war. and the lit
. The following account of the surrender f ab. given in the New Orleans Picayune extra of 1111,7,
dBbYeyeos epr ttheemth Greatbtheecation rt
-lo 1 the operationegssThte:
We have selected it in preference to the officio)of te,„,,,,-"
General Taylor, as affording a clearer and a-
more ex 4
On the 19th Sept. Gen. Taylor arrived before 11 e„„
which time he was fired u
a force of about 6,000 men. After reconneitrins%";
about 1,500 er 1,600 yards from the Cathedral -0,t7,„'
ash:opirtrothniffieditagehbeye•ttel;
was encamped at the Walnut Springs, three ~
the city. This was the nearest petition at whisk th;
could obtain a supply of water, and beyond tee •
teries. The remainder of the 19th was occupietni,
gineers in making reconnoissances of the env lise',,,
mending the heights. On the 20th, Gen. Werth ti:
with his division to move by a circuitous route In '-,
to gain the Saltillo road, beyond the writ i. 4 thi
and to storm the heights above the liiikepti, s'
strangely
yn
the morning oCfircthuema2tlastneitinst. ealabih
infte:
which vital point to the enemy appears to i.,-,
stitorann.
ht
d
iofrenortiopfulfithsedede hatehniegdaho;secwauiliotkpivedelom.it,,Tt:hedo f.o:l6:iii,'
d
oterthtra
hohnninieneedeti
enemy's
through
ii,h,hyehneei,hasgatnot
heights,
battery
been
incessant
.
anda
camped, covering the pattage of the Seine° end t
an
here discovered, that besides the fort it the biehopik
mending eminences on the opposite side of the Seri
heights were then stormed and earned ; the smash,
' fort that was carried, being immediately maw ,
plunging fire upon the bishop's palace. On the red
Mg, the first division of regular troops under k
Worth, and the volunteer division under G '
were ordered under arms to make a diversion tithe
the town in favour of the important °per:inanities
Worth. The 10 in. mortars and the two it lb beim
been put in battery the night of the 20th, on Inez:
yards distant from the cathedral fort, ereitide,w,
supported by the fourth regiment of infantry.
At 8, a.m., on the llst, the order was given hta.)
tery to open upon the citadel and town. And nose
after, the first division, with the 3rd and 4th inferno
Vance, under Col. Garland, were ordered to musk,
skirmish with the enemy on the extreme left of thee,
should prospect of success offer, to carry the mall;
battery. This attack was directed by Major Meade
gli.seer ; Capt. Williams, topographical engineer; nil
Kinney, quarter-master to the Texas division. Ake
from the first battery was immediately opened spew
trance, but the troops soon turned it, entering and ere
with the enemy in the streets from the city, heist s
turned, and the rime
and second batteries, and front the infantry wleass
parapets, streets, and house tops of the city. The I
of the troops through the gorge of the moors, i
or dislodged the artillery and infantry, sod the i
ing occupied by. the infanery immolistely in in
The first division was followed sad repperts
the Mississippi, Tennessee, and Ohio regiments. Ti
former regiments' being the first to scale and seamy It
the success of the day stopped. The Mississippi, It
see, and Ohio . regiments, though warmly eagimi i
streets of the city for some time after the capture of tis
battery, and its adjoining defences, were %instate"
' haustion, and the loss they had sustained, to Male
vantage. A heavy shower of rain also cue atom
' suspension of the hostilities before the close of their
3rd, 4th, and Ist infantry and the Baltimore hiMa
rained as the garrison of the captured position irk
Garland, resisted by the Ridgley batteries. To
pounders, one 4-pounder, and one howitzer, Teem
in this fort, 3 officers, and some 20 or :A mentalism
One of the 12-pounders was served against the keel
fended with captured ammunition during the
day by Capt. Itidgley. The storming parties of Gee It
division also captured two 9-pounders which venial
diately turned against their former owner.. Gatiew
of the 22nd Gen. Worth continued his operatics.*
Lions of his division stormed and carried sues
heights above the Bishop's palace. Botk were eak
command under Cap:. Vinton, 3rd Artillery. lei
operations the company of Louisiana troops usiee
Blanchard performed effective and gallant sena'
part of Capt. Vinton's command. Four Meese( eel
with a gored supply of ammunition, were mond I
Bishop's palace this day, some of which vein awl
turned upon the enemy's defences in the city. 01:
evening of the 22nd, Col. Garland and his cowl,
relieved as the garrison of the captured forts, by Gei
man, with the Mississippi end Tennessee regime/sr
companies of the Kentucky regiment. Early eating
of the 23rd Gen. Quitman from his position diesel
the 2nd and 3rd forts and defences east of the cigkii
entirely abandoned by the enemy, who, sppreheadione
assault on the night of the Tend, had retired trend`
fences to the main Plaza and its immediate riae,
command of two companies of Mississippi and mil
nessee troops was then thrown into the street tore!
and soon became hotly engaged with the enemy. I
were soon supported by Col. Wood's regiment it
rangers, dismounted;; by Bragg's light battery Ea b
fantrv, who kept upon the enemy's fort a coastaat mil
terrtipted tire from the streets, house tops, bank&
&c., in the vicinity of the Plaza. The pieces 0 f Bnd
tery were also used with much effect fez into the hear
city. This cosingement lasted the best part of to
Our troops having driven the scattered parties I
enemy and penetrated quite to the detentes ti
main Plaza, the advantage thus gained it 7!
considered necessary to hold, as the enemy et
•ty, and its defenco ,
manently abandoned the ci , .
the main Plaza, its immediate vicinity, and
thedral fort, or citadel. Early in the afternoon of*
day, Gen. Worth assaulted from the Bishop's pgat
sic of the city, and succeeded in driving the es_t!!
maintaining his position within a short distance eta;
Plaza on that side of the city, towards evening. Tan,,
had also been pleated in the cemetry enclosure, odd
the night did great execution in the circumscribe,
the enemy in the Plaza. Thus ended the operator r
23rd,
tamunislii
Early on the morning of the 24th, a ec, s .._.
sent to Gen. Taylor from Gen. Ampudia, under ors.
ing an offer of capitulation,
• ' to which the former n:
accede, as it asked more than the American ems!
At the mine
would under any consideration grant.
lis,
demand to surrender was in reply made upon Gol-
and 12 o'clock at noon was the hour at which the era',
,kt I.
was to be communicated to the American General.
_,
the Mexican General sent, requesting a personal tt'r
with Gen. Taylor which was granted, the prieepx 9
on either side accompanying their Generals. Arta
offers in relation to the capitulation of the My r
either side and refused, at half-past 4 P.M. Gehlg°
and saying he would give Gen. Ampu
dia one hoer
o
eider, to accept or refuse, left the conference
officers. At the expiration of the hour the dirchgl
mortars was to be the signal for the reottexio_7„
hostilities. Before the expiration of the hour, Ise;
officer was sent on the part of Gen. Ampuslia, to 'IL
American General, that to avoid the further mie
blood, the national honour being satisfied by the run,
the Mexican troops, he had after consultation r-,
general officers, decided to capitulate, acreptioP ine.:
the American General. We subjoin the oridiall '''
the capitulation:- .tel d
Terms of capitulation of the city of Monterey, the ern, ...
Leon, weed upon by the undersigned commissioners, n
neral Worth, of the tinted States army, General If ',.,1
Texan volunteers, and Coked Davis, a the MWas'it d
on the part of Major• General Taylor, eommostisrt,c
United States forces, and General Haquena awl bon,
N. flaws Fees
the army of Mexico, and Senor Manuel . • __,..,14
Nuevo Leon, on the part of Senor Gearmsl Dos !T.,'
commanding in chief the army of the north of Nell's, dc
ART. 1. As the legitimate result of the operation! 7".._...de,
and the persons position of the contending armies, it issip7,,..
cite, the fortifications, cannon, the niunitions of Wil:,
putt is property, with the undermentioned exeMin"..,,,,
dered to the commanding general of the Unitesl i..,
now at Montetcy.- 2. That the Mexican fom9
_.,,,,,,
to retain the following arms, to wit: the 1:7";,„
offlixns their side arms, the infantry their arms and r;;;
the cavalry their arms and accoutrements. the nrUlkno.-
tery, not to exceed 6 pieces. with 21 round, of amniffiu,..„„.*
the blexie.an armed forces retire within seven mr '"--1
Woman%
beyond the line formed by the PL. of the ca,i e
Linares, and San Fernando* de Prows.-4. That the
_,_ ,
Wry,* be evacuated by the Mexican, and occupied 4 '2.,,i.,
forces, to-morrow morning, at ten o'clock.-5. To? i, .....
and for mutual convenience, that the troops of the lip er.,,-,
not occupy the city until the Mexican forces haveinD°4„;
for hospital and storage ptuyoses.-S. That the forces
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1 states will not advance beyond the line nPf.c7,l*, g
"3rd; article before the expiration of eight fr
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the orders or instructions of the respective llnve^r;oi
received.-7. That the public property to be._ , ~,,, *.
be Virried over and received by °Seers ainnnar,,,y; 0
manding generals of the two armies.-S. Thai 41,10,Zi h, ..a ^
meaning of any of the preceding article., shall be is
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Me construction, and on principles of liberality to the. n '..•:,,,,
-9. That the Mexican flag, when struck at tlie eitad.,l, oust
by its own batter7.-Done at Monterey, Sept. '2..,r*
W. J. W oars, Brigadier General, I. s• • v0:g0..,
J. P. llrsinaisorr, Mai. Gen. Comdg. the 'ICAO
J. Davis, Cool. Mississippi knifemen.
MARCEL M. LLASO, T. ROGIVERA, ORTIGA. .. A. Do?,
Approved.-P. ARIPUDIA, Z. TAYLOR, Maj. Gen. r. ° .
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(From the New York Courier and Enguirer,4l
The New York Courier and Enqaurer, _1)1 of I
inst., makes the following remarks on the coPnTy_;, e
terry. General Taylor seems to have been , T.'?
city when the capitulation was effected. 11. a .f, ,
his advantage the entire Mexican force, nunt?erl9.spo
e
7000 men, would doubtless have been comp lleaw
nwthasceerowinnonf2seoanoupotitnthrnrytne,e-brtr,fd:fromaninyn 1
ajaceo,le_ciuli:tatt._les,Ltiellp.eliterii,,tii.,