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tions At Camargo with tha ditch iusida. They
say his idea was to induce the Mexicans TO get
inside and attack them from without. He also
nai the good taste 10 tell Gen. Taylor that he
( iGon. Pillow could take Monterey with 100
msn. A pretty Gsncral TO hazard our lives
With Gen. Taylor has informed the Govern.
ment that the movement is impracticabe al pre-
SENT that he canno, spare the Regulars; and,
moreover, that if the Government intends keep.
ing him here as Commander-in-Chief,i il must not
issue orders to su5oriinates without their pass.
ing through his hands; for owing TO the capture
of the courier by the enemy, the orders TO Gen.
Taylor were not received, and the first iniina-
ZION the Commander-in-chief received Of such
contemplated movement, was a requisition made
on him by his inferior in rank for troops, &C.
Such an unmililary procedure on the part ofthe
Government toward the old General, of course
made him extremely angry. Every body that
has had his ewes ahoCt him, Is convinced Of the
impossibility of forward movement, jus; at this
tme with such a small number Of troops as the
General has at present with him. Old Zach
has been heard 10 say that he will never put his
army in a position to be starved or captured;
and, moreover, that hs cannot move from SalIil.
10 with less than 10000 men and proper trans
porintion. The old gentleman having no ambi-
ious views to control him, and by his wealth
being perfectly independent of the Government,
is not willing to be made a cat's-paw of, nor will
he endanggr his srepuaiion by doing what no con.
siders improper. # isv very easy for the Cabinet
10 say, do this, and do thar, but not quite so easy
for others TO DO, however willing 10 carry out
their plans. Ii is lovely system that the wise
heads at home are pursuing, and its peculiar
beauty will be perhaps more visible ut some iu.
ture time.
We have the Brazos. Maiamoras, Reynosa,
Sernlvo, Monterey, and Salullo, but the Mexican
! Governments is as powerful as ever in the country
around. They can make drafts for provisions
and men, they can levy taxes, aud our people
can know nothing of it, and cannot prevent it il
they did. If we wish to make war on the people
wemust make war in the thickly settled country
where we can make the whole tce the presence
Of an enemy and wish for peace. We may de-
slroy dozen armies and it will not close the
war.
! suppose you have been perfectly overwhelm
ed with accounts Of the battles at Monterey, anc
every soldier will be writing gloriication o
himsolfand corps. understand that many O.
the officers assert that the city was taken by vol
unteers. have heard nothing said Of the Bat
moreons refusing 10 bulge from the chalk-pi
where they had retired wearied and exhausted
after the first forward movement-noihing sale
|, about Gen. IIamer's move without orders ont
mile TO the rear toward camp, and which hac
nearly stampeded Quilman's Brigade-norhinJ
suid about the fact that Davis was scarcely abb
10 bring onc-half his men OH the field, and ,ht
same was the case with other regiments. There
is no denying that those that did 60 forward be-
hayad with unusual courage and bravery.