New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-12-07


"A detachment of Gen. earney's command
News from Monterey. &c. &c.
The steamship McKin. Capt Peck, winch ieit
Brazos st Jago on the ed INST arrived mere iasl
evening. A.;
Majors McLane and Graham, bearers o. "a, aLs
patches from Gen. Taylor to W ashnstohe aDu
G. T NJ Davis, bearer OF dispatches Holii zen
Wool To Washington. were On board, as were aiso
several officers and citizens OF whom ist IS EFeH
elsewhere. and one hundred and tfty disabled and
discharged volunteers. We had the pleasure OF
an interview with Capt DAVIS, and .ronl the inioF
Tnatino which he politely communicated 70 US We
m axe up the following general SUMMARY OF news
On the 26th ult when Gen. Wool and bis com
roaDd numbering two thousand SIX hundred men.
we're within about one hundred miles Of MoncioTa
the Gen received from Gen. Lopez, the Governor
Of Coauila formal protest sgaIns; as farther INVASION
Of Mexican territory informing MIN Ot The arrnstce
that entered into between Generals Iay!o! ana Am
pudia Monterey and alleging mat he should consde
any farther advance his Gen Woolsl par an 'ae-
ron OF the same.
Gen Woo! sent .vord 20 Gen Lopez in reply that re
was aware ofthe existence Of the aru.sace sueo 70
that ais Government whose orders re was oo*!l
construed is terms differently from me me 10, Se
which his ExccIency Cen Lopez had giren II iast re
was determined 10 continue mis- ularch ana "o~ ~ 50
with the least possible delay lie cid 30, sho on he
3g;h halted four miles north o. the cliy Oh MoLeioia
To this rlacc Gen Lopez quickly out attended ~
:, cscrrt He noIi;eiy welcomed Gen. Wool TO Cos-
la and offered him pcaceable surrender Ok the city OF
Monclova explaining ?, the came tsthe' a' .le 7;
which nc had previously forwarded 20 hin was drawn
IN and desyachcd in the discharge ~ what DC ocle'ed
70 be bis duty his own Government but mat so aF as
he and the civil authorities OF the city we're concerned
and there was no military force IN the place-thcy
would receive the General and his command IS irends
and in return they looked for the rcatmeat OF iendS
| from them.
! The General then cncampcd MS men where they
wcrc-a most favorable locatonsud with his stat and
"A detachment, proceeded on, took possession oil the
city, and raised the American nag over the ciade!-
1 In rNara
himself and staff On the I'd of Nov. Capt d. Lett with
dispatches for Washington, taking Monterey IN his
route having information 10 communicate 10 OeneIa
TAYLOR also The health OF Gen. Woods command he
represents az remarkably good, their march II most
agreeable one and through OF The finest gram corn
cotton sugar and pasturase countries that ne ever say"
or well be conceived.
Although reports rife that the country was IN
tested with Mexican banditti and trcachcrous Indians
Capt Davis left the camp with only two Mexican guides
and arrived safety in Monterey on the -h i'ist hei"
he found things pretty much in Feposc. zen Iayioi
avs ai,inC dispatches from Washington. The camp was
still sckly and among those who were not convalescns
rs fast ne desirable Gen Butler. His wound IS sun
painful 10 degree Capt Dnyis lett Monterey on the
lth On his return nc met Major Mel ne few miles
from the city with dispatches to Gen Taylor. Having
boen delayed CaIngr:o and other points along the no
Grandc he ovctakcn by Major Nc Lane and otheis
who had left Monterey later than ne DID and ths cha-
bci him to receive s later information from that guar
ter The dispatches OF which Major McLane Is the bearer
determined Gen Taylor in his course and gave nc"
iirst fruits OF which the dspa,chnc OF the steam
ships Neptune and Sea Bra1os st Jago on the 2lst
inst with about 700 regulars of Col Gates command 10
Tampco Mai Gen Patterson left, or was to leave -
marco on the @rh with force OF 500 or 2OcD men, VIA
Brazos St Jago for the same destination
On the 18th inst Gen Taylor and bis stat, with zen
Worth in command of brigade left Monterey or tour
Of reconnaissance of the country They at the same
time took and gar1isoned Sauo and were about to re
turn to camp.
The reports from the Mexican camp that Santa ANN
is collecting the whole forces OF the nation or so much
OF il as will rally under his banners al San Luis Potosl
which place he is nuenchng and iortiiyins with all pos
sible diligence and prccaution 1t is estimated that
there already 10000 men there and that be means
to increase this force 10000 and with them to await
AN attack from Gen Taylor. and make desperate-a
final effort to defeat forces.
lie will however have TO await somo time it is be
lieved before Gen, Taylor calls him out tot IT is
believed indeed 1t known that hcnceiorth the base
OF operations of army ia TO benot from Monterey
not from Camsrgo-not frop Matamoros or l.inares-
but from the yhsst Of he r'rr ADORE Tam
poo and there and munitions henceiorth to
conveTge-but nous rerr0ns.
We should have stated that report reached Monclo
ga before Capt Davis had reached there, that Chhua
hua had been tnken by detachment OF troops from
Gen. Kearncys division.
In addition to the above, give the two following let
ters from our correspondence. We have received a
file of the Matamoros Flag but ind nothing in II to
copy.