Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-11-10

Correspondence Of the Cincinnati Advertiser
MoSrsRHx Seot,mb.r 90

MosrsREr, September 20. 1886.
Tho army Is now quietly qusrtered in and sbou, a..
grounds 90 recently strewn with dead and dying The
oiood-sned pavemens this moment mark the $40, of
desperate conflict While on the march from camp upon
the nrst days battle heard Gen. Butler remark to Col
Johoson OF Texa., then acting his aid thu. the no.,
OF danger the post Of honor" That is no doub, Inn.
and So then tho wreath Of honor should not be with
held from the OF the dead and the brows of IN,
ing OF those who participated in the stornng OF Monterey
Alter careful examination tho ground occuo,a by b
enemy at the point Of attack their means of defiance nd
the number OF troops one IL astonhed not that go many
the acton. ~ ~ ~
should DO profoundly bestowed on tho,e who ..
cessiuy the carnage Of the battlefield A homage pur
chased BY the living Mt the expense Of blood of ho.,
VINO de- These things, however. have BEEN are and will
DO so. ~ w"
Tho town is situated the mountain pass which .ep,.
rates tho plain extending to tho Gulf Of MEXICO from tho
mountainous region. which continues until YOU have a.
ccnded the nbe-land which the capital In situated
These mountain. arise with sbruptncss from the plain
country rough and broken long before Won A., :, h,
base Their aspect Is bleak and dreary in tho cxuemc
seen' presents an angle apparently OF sixty or seventy
oegtces and their crest exhibits sharp ridxe-of
UNIFORM height except where broken through a, though
aad broken out leaving sperures Of seven hundred
WIN pe1pendieu,sr Sides through which no other
range observable Detached hills seem TO ri.e occa.io,
ally like an eIeresesnce from the plain and many Of them
OF great height. On Of these stands IN, R.hon,.
Osue commanding ,hs town and rsid for mile,. Il is
accessible 10 true from the east, with gentle ascent bu
asyou look west from tho heights beyond n,
the head grows dizzy and unacc ed 4, h;,h 81.
ces AZ am shrinks Involuntary back from tn. preepre
anu insuheuVev seeks surer footing and frmer era,p
upon the thorny chapparra surrounding him. Thi, Caste
you Know was taken by Gen. Worth. How Il was don.
cannot comprehend although the uodus operand has hen
explain to mo half dozen times by those who oarcn,,sd
In the battle One would think an eiectuai res,ance
properly measured against body as well "A ano,hc
totally regardless Of numbers courage In fact no ons
doubts that the troops who taken the Town could a.
lend II against myriad OF men.
Zen. Taylor, IN conversation with me- said he had mn
nesauon IN pronouncing the son po,iton on ,h
continent except Quebec. BY the by, word about m.
eapitnsnon Tho bearer of the hag OF truce proposed
OF the Town. allowing them remove all the nub
nc properly; Gen. Taylor asked unconditional s,irren.
ae OF every thing: quite difference. They had from q
O'Clock TO answer AT ~ they for Gen Taylor
Atef eAnansung his patience with diplomacy and Amnp
ca .ar uSeea ne was no way Strengthened to submission
zen. Taylor said; "Sir hold your to,,n vouy,,I 80
ysuT army m hs hoiisp Of my hand and van kao,, !,
TIE cosIrkkNoE Il CLOSED IN Thirty MINIIrEss
YOU SHALL HEAR FROM MY BATTERIESn 81.
look his hat 10 leave the Ampudia called him h,ck
and submitted. This told me in person by Gen IT,,
Tor. and is strictly true. OF course.
Much has been deservedy said of Gen. Tayors
otNoyi hh the theme OF admiration aud ua,ion Of
NOSE al nome but Is no peculiarly OF his He i. sur
rounoeo o men equally so-by young men, who In sub,r
climate positions capable of any Thing and every ain
brave ana great; and, although obscued from the eve OF
he country, are IN TACT its pride and ornament will ,ko
occasion hereafter OF naming of those whom we re-
gard as dandies Of West Point and show Won hov ,hov
live and what they undergo the service now ,beir -
Pnt dn corps prompts them duty their devotion 10 hor
profession, DC. Certainly the tesmonr of yo ,r.et Iii
hereafter dsa6use the pdbc mind IN iIs ppreeston ~
the young officers Of the army