The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-11-07
By this Evenings southern Mail.
rEfr From the New Orleans Delta, Oct. .
LATER FROM MONTEREY.

aeotcu 10 hor oincefs iof late bsalyeston papers
| The steamship MeKim, Captain Page, from Bra
zos 81 Jago, put into Galveston the 25th, having
broken one OF her propellers. She was to leave for
this port ON the 25th
| The steam schooner Florida, Captain Butler, III
days from Brazos 81. Jago, with 200 discharged vol
unteers, put into Galveston the 25th inst, short
OF provisions and water 10 leave on the 18th.
We eonyersed with some Of the officers who ar
rived last evening from Galveston In the steamship
Palmetto, They are from Monterey, and bring IN
| formation from thence TO the 18th instant The fol-
loving Is summary OF what we have cleaned from
| them;
There are various reports floating about the camp
al Monterey respecting the movements OF the Mexi-
can army but nothing authentic ordefne.
The following is the disposition of the army at
Monterey: Gen. WORMS division, with which Is
blanchard's company OF Louisiana volunteers, at
taehed to the 9TH regiment, garrisons the city. The
LIST, 81 and 4th regiments and the brigade Of artiL
lery, with Gen. Taylor's staff, encamped about
four miles north Of the city. The Kentucky Ten
nessee, and Georgia volunteers are encAmped mile
| still further north of the city.
But few OF the citizens remained in Monterey
aiter It's evacuation by the Mexicans, and but lew
| OF those who left have yet returned
The prevalent opinion in camp was that there
would be no more fighting, for Ampudia actually
| had assured the population who arranged the terms
Of the armistice with him, that the commissioners
from the United States TO treat Of peace were re-
ceived by the Mexican government They are,
however, Of this long before disabused, for our
Camargo correspondent says that the bearer OF de-
spa'ehes from Washington to General Taylor had
passed that Post.
The number of our men killed and wounded, so
far US 10 ascerained, is 57l. Many OF the wounded
were dying Wherever bone was touched, It wa
found difficult TO effect recovery Of the patient
| The number Of killed and wounded on the side
Mexicans is believed to be about 200 Seyera
incidents Of interest were related to us, which we
| have not time TO note now. There was no hand
| to hand fighting. The volunteers when inside the
city, exposed themselves as little as possible IN the
| streets. They would enter a house at the extreme
end Of street and fight their way from house 10
house-now on the roof and now in the interior
using the rife with deadly effect all the time, and
this accounts for the greater loss of their enemy
10 their credit be il said they never, in any instance
We are informed, resorted 10 plumber.
With such terror had they inspired the Mex-
cans, that when the order TO firing was given
preparatory 10 the consultation for truce, and for
some time before IL, resistance TO them had almost
entirely ceased and the fort citadel that remained
in the possession Of the enemy outside the city
| and could not annoy them il in possession Of it.
| Hence the dissatisfaction expressed by some in
camp at the terms OF the armstice, indeed at any
armistice at all. Having done so much, and gone
80 far, they wished TO go "the whole figure" AT
what sacrifice they did so, may be known when we
state that out Of three hundred and fifty chyalric
Tennesseeans, who went into the field the first day,
one hundred and seventeen Of them killed and
wounded, and Of three hundred and thirty or forty
MissiPpans, same day, sixty-seven brave fellows
fell.
The Mexican regular forces in the engagements
were 5000 Judging from the number Of irregulara
founG killed, this branch of the enemy must have
been very strong.
The Texan forces ars all disbanded.
The Tropic says:
The health Of the troops at Monterey was much
better than il had been on the Rio Grande.
The Notifications in the city were garrisoned by
the regular troops.
Gen. Tayors camp about three miles this
| side Of Monterey.
The last accounts from General Ampudja and his
army left them beyond Saltillo their march to-
ward San Luis Potosi, at which poin' il rumor-
ed that Santa Anna had arrived at bead of thir-
teen thousand men, and daily eNl. .ang ls'nforce-
ments. ...r
The Georgia regiment wns the only reinforce
ment which had reached Monterey at the time our
nfornants left. Orders had tcen received II was
understood by the other regiments stationed the
Rio Gtande to move towards headquarters. The
Kentucky and Tennessee mounted regiments had
not vet reached Matamoros, ..fa anD
The people Of Monterey Who had left about the
time of the siege were gradually returning. They
had begun to exhibit friendly feelings towards the
Americans, interchanges Of visits not being rare
among both parties. -.E ...-.. a.s@.. s-f
There had been afiIays between the citizens Of
Monterey and Texas rangers which resulted, first,
in the assassination Of Texan volunteer and then,
by way Of revenge, in the killing of eleven Next
cans by che comrades of the slain. General Taylor,
to prevent similar occurrences, had ordered an eff
cient guard to be distributed through the city,. 3
Lieut.. Colonel McClung was rapidly recovering
from the effects of his wounds. One of the officers
Of his regiment informs that the gallant colonel
the first man that showed himself on the frst
fort sormed by General Taylor's division, and that
he received his wounds whilst waving his sword
aloft and cheering on his men, shouting "victory"
The musket ball struck him on his left hand whilst
holding his scabbard TO his hip, and cut off two Of
his fingers glancng from the scabbard, and entering
his abdomen, fracurng in its course, the bone above
the hip joint. .H3... a.aagrs,.8,-..
We feel bound to state further, from the evidence
furnished us, that General Taylor's GOODNESS and
sound judgment throughout the terrible three days
was remarked by every one engaged, and that his
ntrcpldity SUCH he being in the thickest of the
fight, and always where the balls fell fastest that
his escape was deemed miraculous. He still pre-
the noble feelings; and stands ready to
go where his government may order him, or the
services of his country may call him, whether at the
head of five, twenty thousand men.
We are gratfed to be allie TO state that the dues,
which were on the tapis at Camargo between Col.
Bale Peyton and Gen. Marshall and also between
Capt Musson of this city, and Capt Cheevess, of
the Texas volunteers, have all been amicably ar
ranged ..-..
Gen. Ampudia has issued another proclamation
since his retreat from Monterey calling upon the
Mexcans to flock to his standard to repel the in
vaders of their soil. His ercpss in the proclama.
lion, for defeat at Monterey, and the surrender of
that city to our troops, is A WANT OF AMMU-
NITIoN!! The utter falsity of this statement is
well known, for any quantity Of ammunition was
found at Monterey after the capi,ulation.
1t rumored that Santa Anna had arrived at
San Luis Potosi with force variousy estimated at
from $1,000 to %, 600 men, and that he on his
way to SaItillo. Our informant, however, states that
there nothing positive known at Monterey con-
corning the movements of the Mexican army
Extract of letter, dated sa 4aaa.t
CAMAReo, Mexico, Oct. 10, 1886.
Editors Of the Della: s#I
GENTLEMEN My last contained correct and full
statement of the battle of Monterey, together with
the loss in killed and wounded on side; the cor
rect number Of the enemy is not as yet fully asccr-
talned-some say, particularly the officers OF our
forces, that their loss in killed and wounded must
certainly he Soma Two or three lhousand--others