American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-11-09

co to be about 1900. Several incidents Of in
terest 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 eX-
teme end OF street and eight their way from
house to 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. To their credit be it said,
they never in any instance, we are informed,
resorteG TO plumber.
With such terror had they inspired the Mex
leans, that when the order to cease firing was
given preparatory to the consultation for a
truce, and for some time before it, resistance to
them had almost entirely ceased, and the fort
or cltdel that remained in the possession ofthe
enemy was outside the city and could not an
noy them if in possession of it. Hence the
dissatisfaction expressed by some in camp at
the terms Of the aTmistice, or indeed at any
armstice at all. Having done so much and
gone so far they wished to go "the whole fl
CURE" At what sacrifice they did so may be
known when we state that out of three hun
dred and fifty chlvulrc Tennesseans, who went
into the field the first day, one hundred and
seventeen of them were killed and wounded,
! uuu vi llEGG HulIuTCu anu thirty Ut lOIIy MIS-
sissipPians, same day, sixty-seven brave fell
lows fell.
The Mexican regular forces in the engage
Of irregulars found killed, this branch of the
enemy must have been very strong.
The Texan forces are all disbanded.
The following interesting items we gather
from the Pcayune:
The health Of the troops at Monterey was
much better than it had been on the Rio
Grande.
The Notifications in the city were garrison
ed by the regular troops.
Gen. Taylor's camp was about three miles
this side of Monterey.
The last accounts from General Ampudia
and his army left them beyond Satillo on their
march towards San Luis Potos, at which
point it was rumored that Santa Anna had ar
rived at the head of $4,000 men, and daily eX-
pecting reinorcements.
The Georgia regiment was the only rein
forcement which had reached Monterey at the
time our informants left. Orders had been re-
Ceved, it was understood, by the other regi-
ments stationed on the Rio Grande TO move
towards headquarters, The Kentucky and
Tennessee mounted regiments had not yet
reached Natamoras.
The people of Monterey who had left about
! the time of the siege were gradually returning.
| They had begun to exhibit friendly feelings to-
! wards the Americans, inteIchanges of visits not
being rare among both parties.
There had been affrays between the citizens
of Monterey and texan Rangers, which resulted,
first, in the assassination of Il Texan volunteer,
aud then, by way of revenge, III the killing of
eleven Mexicans by the comrades Of the slain.
! General Taylor, to prevent similar occurrences,
had ordered an efficient guard to be distributed
through the city.
Lieut.. Col. McCung was rapidly recovering
from the effects Of his wounds. One Of the
officers of his regiment informs US that the gal
liant Colonel was the first man that showed
himself on tho first fort stormed by General
| Taylor's division, and that he received his
wounds whilst waving his sword aloft and
cheering on his men, shouting "yictOryn The
lnuslSrt ball struck HIM on his left hand whilst
holding his scabbard to his hip, and cut off two
of his fingers, glancing from the scab bard, and
entering his abdomen, fracturing into its course,
the bone above the hip joint.
We feel bound to state further from The evil
dcnce furnished us, that General Taylor's coil
ness and sound judgment throughout the terri
DIG llliCG DAYS was NY CNCIy tllc Eii-
gagged, and that his ntrepidity was such, he be-
ing in the thickest of the fight, and always
where the balls fell fastest, that his escape was
deemed miraculous. He still preserves the
same noble feelings; and stands ready to 90
where his government may order him. or the
T services of his country may call him, whether
at the head Of five, or twenty thousand men.
Gen. Ampudia has issued another prOclama-
ton since his retreat fiom Monterey, calling
upon the Mexcans TO flock to his standard TO
rePel the invaders of their soil His ercuSe, in
the proclamation, for defeat at Monterey, and
) the surrender of that city to our troops, is A
WANT OF AMMUNITION !! The utter
, falsity of this statement is we'll known, for any
I quantity ofammunition was found at Monterey
after the capitulation.
We extract the following from letter in
the New Orleans Delta, dated Camargo, Oc-
tober 10th:
My last contained correct and full state
ment of the battle at Monterey, together with
the loss in killed and wounded ON our sde the
correct number of the enemy is not, as yet,
fully aSceraned- say, particularly the
, officers of our forces that their loss in killed
) and wounded must certainly be some two or
three thousand--others again, four thousand.
Col. Belknap, together with some thirty
Rangers, from Monterey, have just arrived, all
l in good spirits.
Our army is now in Statu quo, till the armls-
S tice expires. Our force now in this place is
estimated at about four thousand, ready for
8 orders-more are coming here. Ordnance, pro-
| visions and supplies are going forward contin-
ually-from which Judge there is a chance
! for a winter campaign at Monterey-some
think to the contrary. A "hasty" messenger
passed through this place, from Washington
to Gen. Taylor, the purport of which is moi
not known here as yet by the knowing ones
Some think a negotiation is going on, and
others that prompt prosecution of the wal
: is ordered, Whichever it may be we shall
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