The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-11-17

MS IS III my IuuSillCh thC iaSs O1'slS
which will be fought in the Mexican war
General Ampudia, IN urging a pacific
course on General Tavlor, stated repeat
edly that he knew that Gen. Santa Anna
was disposed to peace; that he was well
assured that the course adopted would
lead to peace between the two countries;
that his object was to save the effusion of
blood and the honor of his Government.
But, if the war is TO be prosecuted, we
are in the possession of one of the strong
est, most healthy, and beautiful places in
Mexico, from which, when our reinforce
ments and supplies arrive, our army can
not be expelled by any force which Mexi-
co will be able TO send against it. We
have taken arms and ammunition with
which we can act Extensively or defensive
ly, according to the course of events and
the policy of the Government. II it be
the policy of our Government to extend
our boundary beyond the Rio Grande,
then the line of the Riconada, agreed up
on as that beyond which the Mexican
troops are to retire, is the most eligible
which can be indicated by the geographic
cal features of the country.
Gen. Ampudia and his amy left this
morning for Saltillo. He was treated
with courtesy and respect by Gen. Worth,
whose quarters are in the city, and who
accompanied him to the limits of town.
In fact, all our troops displayed that for
bearance which always marks the COM
duct of brave and magnanimous men
| l. fho Of
has placed in their power. Y on will OBJ
serve that in my narration of the events of
battles | have con6ed myself to the
operations of that division of the army
which was commanded by General
Worth | have done so because | was
with this command, near his person, saw
what occurred, and know that which I
have stated to be subtantialIy correct
You are not to infer that | mean to inti-
mate that the main army, under the COM
mand of Gen. Tayloa, did not perform
leats equally worthy Of the applause and
admiration Of the country. Others well
informed as TO facts, and much better
qualified for the duty, will no doubt give
a detailed account OF the operations of
the army. Take the army altogether, l
doubt whether a superior body Of men
ever rallied under tbs flag of our country.
Merry truly, yours, &c.
BALIE PEYTON.
J. DD. RozIER, Esq.
LETTER OF GEN. BUTLEE.-The fol-
lowing are extracts from letter Of Gen.
BUTLER to a near relative Of his in Louis
vile. In publishing it the Journal of
that city states that the General says, in
the same letter, that it is the opinion of
those Mexican officers who have been
taken prisoners by our army that their
Government will at once offer 10 ours
terms of peace:
MONTEREY, Sept. 25, 1916.
Monterey is ours, but not without a
heavy loss, and nv division has probably
sustained more than one-half Of it. | am
myself wounded but not badly. was
struck bv musket ball below the knee:
it entered in front. grazed the bones with
out iniuring them, ranged round through
the flesh, and came out on the opposite
side. | became faint from loss of blood,
, and was compelled to leave the field after
| having been in it under a heavy fire OF
grape and musketry for three hours.
: have been required by my surgeon to
keep perfectly still ever since the battle.
: was in the act Of leading the Ohio
Regiment to storm two of the most for
; mdabIe batteries in the town, fanked by
a stone wall ten feet high, with a deep
ditch in front. and covered by strong
musketry force in tie rear, under COM
pIete shelter. There were two other
batteries Of grape shot discharged, tE,St
: swept the ground continually. Col.
Mitchell, who commanded the regiment
Of Ohio volunteers, was wounded about
the same time that | was, and we then
| prudenty abandoned the enterprise, as
, we became convinced that our loss would
! have been probably at least one hundred
more men, had we persevered.
: hope YOU will not think acted RASH
: lv. hnow that am often rash where L
involve myself alone, not so, however,
when the fate Of others are at stake. The
condition in which we were placed fully
!. justified, if it did not positively require US
to make the attempt. The peculiarly
of our situation | cannot now explain
|, without going into greater detail than
am able to do.
> The battle commenced about 8 o'clock
A. NJ. and continued without intermis-
sion. with various degrees of intensity,
for eight hours. | had almost 1000
a men in the baitle-ihe Louisville Legion
having been left to guard our. moriars-
; aad of that number We lost in killed and
wounded about 25G.
> We took our battery and "a house fitted