Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-10-15

We copy The following list of Killed and
wounded officers, al the battle Of Monterey.
ifOm ,hs " o. Pieayune. as well as ,one le, /.
tens Of interest.
hiaed--Cart. Williams. Top era phi En-.
gineei; Lieut.. Tcrrett, lot Infantry; Capt L.
~ Morris, 81 do, Capt Field. 81 do, Major
Barbour, I'd TO. Lieu, Irwin. 81 do; Lieut.
msAi,i' 81 do; Lieut. lioskins. 4th do; Lieut.
wOod>, 4ih DO; Capt McKsvett, 9Th do; Col
Watson, Baltimore Battalion; Capt Battlc,n.
lst r-unessee Regimrn,; Lieut. Putnam. l.,
ITO, Lieut. IA Gvrnan Company.
Vourdod Major Lear, Oh Infantry. Ne.
,srely; Capt Bainbsidge. 81 do, very slightly;
Lieut. X n. Graham, lrh do, severely; Capt
Lamotte, Is, do. slightly; Lieut. Dilworth,
Isl do, severely; Major Abercrombie. Is, do,
slightly, Lieut. Wsinwnght, Sth do, slightly;
Li"ui Russell, 9th do, slightly; Lieut. Potter,
1Ih do, slightly; Msjot Mansfield, Engineers,
slightly, Gen Butler, Volunteer Division.
slightly; Col Mitchell. Ohio Volunteers,
slightly Col McClung, Mississippi Regiment
severely; Major Al-Ntudr-. Tennessee Vol.
uniccrs; Lieut. Alien. do; LIEUT. ScudLer, do:
Lieut. Nixon. do; Capt Dowler. Mississippi
Regiment; Lieut. Thomas, Texas Regiment.
Lieut. Armstrong. Ohio Regiment. severely,
Capt Gillespie, rrNps Rangers, MORALLY
wounded, since dead.
Ctar NLM MONTEREY. Sept. -. &c.
On the 2lst, - anl 23l Their, was some
bard lighting here. and many poor fellows
have suffered by IL. But ! think il unv b.
safely said that ,hc town il in Gvn. Taylor's
power.
The place was m1Ch NOR strongly fortih fed
than General Taylor had any idea OF, AMI the
MeNiCans defend ,d their works with skill aud
determination
This morning Colonel Moreno, the Adj.
General OF the Mexican Army. came into
cemp with proposition from General Ampu
dia Ia e,dcuate the tDwn. he aud his army TO
march out aud io retire into the Interior
THIS, Grnrrdl Taylor drclincd. aud insisted
upon Ampudia aud his officers becoming prs
ers OF war, the men to b. disblnded aud dis
persed with a stipulation not to serve against
us dunng the war; the General aud officers
TO runin M custody until disposed OF by or.
der al our Government. The parties have
been negotiating all day, and il they do not
agrce there viii b. som, haI fighting, a. the
place cannot hold out long. Although we
gain the place ant yictoty II hIs cost us dear
The carnage on our side is great, aud pro.
badly more 50 THAI that of the MeXicans, a.
To That W. do not know. as thew fought under
cover all the time. GcIeri Wor h has dis
""Su'sho' HlinS,H a gallant soldier and
shilliul commend =.
General Taylor ave him fair chance, and
he has uobly awaited himself ol it. HIS di.
vision, with HAYS regiment OF Texan Volun
tc"Ts have gan d more ~, uni n carried
more po,hts than all the rest ol the army, aud
WIN very ht,lc loss; up to Yesterday, 6 z.
M, II u only five killed aud ,wcnty-cighr
wounded. The los, uu Our side viii not b.
less than five hundred killed, wounded and
prisoners.
HE following extract of letter. which
We copy from the BIltimore Sun extra, gives
an account OF the doinss of the Baltimorcans
MoNTIRY. IL NJ August 9th
Our brave Col. Watson has been killed, and
'he command has drvolycd on our gallant aud
,pluied Capt. James h. Stewart, who fought
IKE tiger; at one time he was attacked b,
hvr Mericans. he lost his sword but knock |
Ell down one fellow with his hst and seized
his musket with which he knoc KIDD dow n /
Three more with the but, and bay oneted them
ON the spot
Lieut.. u. F. Owens, also fought with gal. |
iantry. Tie led b men without the loss OF
man ny To the very mouths at the 2 FOUNDERS
which he silenced and took
Our loss Is about q men killed and from 10
10 ~ wounded, and they are being carried in
every moment.
Gen. Taylor has warmly complimented
Capt. Stewart and Lieut. Owens.
Poor Watson was killed at the head Of his
regiment.