The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1846-10-17
OUR ARMY IN MONTEREY,
From The WashingtOn Union.


the official dispatches Of General Taylor
detailing the heroic and victorious onset ol
our army upon Monterey. They confirm,
10 the main, the accounts which we gave
in our extra of last night. They bear the
most ample and honorable testimony 10 the
gaantry, The skill, and the patriotic self de-
yo,ion of our ofIirers and soldiers. In this
respect, the intelligence from Nonle!ey full
ly responds TO The hgh-wroughs expecla-
lions of the country. Regulars and volun'
through a lhlee.day's battle, alter
nately under burning sun and dTenchlng
rains, agans, foe strong in an overwheIm-
ng superiority Of numbers, aud in The ado
vantages of a position so strongly fortified
as to be apparently almos! impregnaOIe-
seem to have We'd with each other, under
their gallant leaders in efforts OF noble and
hivitJu, Idaring. The result is triumph
every way memorable in military annals
In three days our army has carried in
trenchmenls which the enemy had expect
ed 10 maintain against any exhibition Ol mil
ilary force on our part, and in which they
had probably stored, on this calculation, a
large magazine of provisions The Mex,
cans are thus driven from their chosen
stronghold, and one ct The strOng keys Of
NeTico is nOw in oar hands.
Our loss in tho prolonged conflict
though, probably, not greater than was in-
eviIabIe from the nature and circumstances
of the aclon-has yet been severe, and will
appeal most powerfully 10 The best and
deepest sympahies of the country. The
brave men who have fallen herOlcaIly in
their counlry's righteous and victorious bat
tie, will live in her grateful remembrance.
We cannot, a! this moment, parIICuarze
(as We hope to do hereal'er) 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 rejoice in the conviction that their va
Ior has crowned with new glory the PROV,
ess of American arms. Their government
and their country will justly appreciate their
signal services.
The terms of The capitulatOn Of Monte.
as the possession OF that
post is to The further successful prosecution
of The war-wiI arrest lhe attention of the
public mind. The surrender by the Mexi-
can army OF the military stores, provisions
and cannon collected in The city, will add
very considerably TO HE resources Of our
troops, and weaken, in a greater proportions;
the means CT The enemy. The dispatches
Of General Taylor do not itGorm US fully Of
the representations and views upon which
he acted, in granting 10 the enemy SUBJ
ieCt, hOweUer, 10 instructions and orders
from bOh gOUerRmentS-an armlstce OF
eight ,oecks, during which time, in the alb
sence Of such orders, neither army is to ad.
vance Beyond specified line, about thirty
miles in advance OF Monterey. Ii must be
borne 10 mind, however, that in demanding
such suspension Of hCsIiliies in one Of our
lines Of operation, tie Mexican general may
very probably have held out 10 Gen. Taylor
prospects Of pacicalion between the Two
countries, which, in fact, DO not exist
BE this as il may, however, we un.
derslsnd that Lieut. 4rmislead, The bear
er Of despa ches from our government
10 Gen. Taylor, communicating The fail
ure of our offer Of negotiation, and en-
Joining renewed visor in the prosecutions
of The war, had arrived 10 New Orleans
on The first instant, and is said at once
10 have chartered the steamboat Calves.
ton to convey him 10 Brazos s.. Jago.
lie will ?rop1bly reach Gen. Tsylor>
camp to day OF 10 morrow, if he be no
already there. These despnrches will
doubtless induce Gen. Taylor TO Concen
Ilrate his troops, and collect his resource.
as rapidly as possible, with the view o
Iresumiog his operations vigorosuIy SC
soon as he shall receive orders to iermi.
nate The armistice' These orders W.
have 10 doubt will be promptly iSSuea
from WaShingto". We trust thai
they may reach Gen, Tsy lOr 10 l6 days