Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1846-10-23

From the Washiugt II Union.
OUR ARMY IN MONTERREY.

Otcl II dispatches Ot General Taylor. detail |
ing .he heroic and victorious onset of our ar
my upon Monterey. They confirm, IN the
main, the accounts which we gave IN our ex"
ira of last night. They bear the most ample
and honorable testimony to the galaniTy, the
skill, and the patriotic self devotion OF our of
hcers and soldiers. In this respect, the intel
ligence from Monterey fully responds to the
wrought expectations of the country
Regulars and volunteers--through three
days battle, alternately under a burning sun
and drenching rains, against foe strong In
an overwhelming superiority Of numbers, and
in The advantages Of a position so strongly
fortified as to be apparently almost mpregna'
blossoms to have We'd with each other, m
der their gallant leaders, in efforts OF noble and
chivalrons daring. Tie result Is triumph
every way memorable In military annals In
three days our army has carried Entertainments
which the enemy had expected TO maintain a.
oMnst any exhibition Of military force on odF
part, in which they had probably stored, on
this calculation, large magazine OF ptovls-
ions. The Mexcans are thus driven from
their chosen Stronghold, and one q The strong
keys # Merico is nO1O IN our hqnds.
Our loss in the prolonged confict-thongh.
probably, not greater than was inevitable from
the nature and circumstances Of the action
has yet been severe, aad will appeal most
powerfully to the best and deepest sympathies
of the country. The brave men who have
fallen hprocaly in their cOuntry's righteous
and victorious battle. will live in her grateful
remembrance. We cannot, at this moment,
parlcuarize las we hope to do hereafle)
names and deeds Of distinguished honor
Suffice it to say, the fallen have met death
Of devoted patriotism and of high renown.-
The living may rel olce IN the conviction that
their valor has crowned with new g Tory the
prowess of American arms. Their govern
ment and their country will justly appreciate
their signal services.
The terms Of the capitnlation of Monterey
-all-importdnt as the possession OF that post
is to the further successful prosecution of the
war--will arrest the attention of the public
mind. The surrender by the Mexican army
ofthe military stores, provisions, and cannon
collected in The city, will add very considara-
bly, to the resources ofour troops, and weaken,
III a greater proportion, the means of the enc
my. The dispatches of General Taylor do
not inform US fully of the representations and
views upon which he acted, in granting to the
enemy-Subject, h0Uerer, tn instructions and
orders from 10th g0Uer7nents--an armisuce of
eight weeks, during which time, in the absence
of such orders, neither army Is to advance be-
yond a specified line, about 80 miles in ad-
vance Of Monterey. 1t must be born in mind,
however, that, in demanding such a suSpen
sion of hostilIties in one of our lines of oper-
alton, the Mexican general may very probably
have held out to Gen. Taylor prospects of a
pacincaion between the two countries, which,
ia fact, do not exist.
BE this as it may, however, we understand
that Liet. Armistead, the bearer Of dispatches
from our government to Gen. Taylor, commu-
nicatng the failure of our offer TO negotiations
and enjoying renewed vigor in the prosecution
of the war, had arrived in New Orleans or
the LIST instant, and is said at once to have
chartered the steamboat Galveston to convey
him to Brazos St. Jago. He will probably
reach Gen. Tayor's camp to-day or to-mor
row, if he be not already there. These de-
spatches will doubtless induce Gen. Taylor
to- concentrate his troops, and collect his re-
sources as rapidly as possible, with the view
of resumlng his operations vigorously so soor
as he shall receive orders to terminate the ar
Boistice. These orders, we have no doubt
will promptly be issued from Wttshington on
We trust they may reach Gen, Taylor in sic
teen days, the time in which Capt. Eaton per
formed the route to Washington. In such al
event, little delay (at the worsD can be occa
stoned and even that little time can be use
fully spent in securing more complete and eff
fsctive preparation. At all events, there can
as we conceive, be no doubt whatever that al
arnistice which was thus agreed to by Gen
Taylor, subject to the orders of the two gov
ernments, should be at once terminated.
While upon this subject, we may take oc
casion to state that the recent rumors whic
have appeared in some of the journals of tn
actual or intended departure of Mr.. SIideIl an
Mr.. PARROT to Gen. Tayor's camp, to avail
themselves of any opportunity of negotatlo
as commissioners TO the Mexican government
are without any shadow of foundation. Th
reception of our last overture TO negotiation b
the Mexican rulers has determined our GOV
-ernment to.pursue its military operations witt
out cessation. and with the utmost energy
ill the sole object of our war-a just and hOr
orable peace, with proper security against
repetition of Mexican outrage--Shal be OF
tanned. In fact this would only be carryin
out the principle which the administration ha
UNIFORMLY avowed, and which they amour
ced in The letter to Commodore Conner, al
companying their late overtures Of negotiation