Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-11-21

hend IT, II 10 70 the following effect every
moment which passes, eon6rms my idea Of the
immense advantage we hsss gained ftcm Gght.
ing four consecutive Aays at Monterey. since
now the enemy entrf,ains greet respect for the
Mexican soldier, and American blood flowed
with such profusion hof from the Cenrals Of the
enemy came the ssgge'nsn cf an armistiee Of
eight week,. which disarms, ~ were, q great
part Of his regular troops" ,,,s, ,,,,i,,r,,t f,,
Since writios the above we have seen another
positive assertion made on the authority Of Am.
pudis that tie idea e iAe a,.'fs'ies Sas ,eyrsied
by American officers, and the Mexcsns are led TO
presume |, was suggested by them because the
greater part Of our fegnlsrs were cut 10 pieces
at Monterey f.s9ssns 9.in p. .ust st7s,smk
The Mexican accounts Of the battles Of Mon
terey are more numerous than have been pub.
ii.hed in the United States. A. matter Of ne
cessity, they praise very highly the valor Of our
troops, and they insist aron the obitinacy and
gaIlantry Of the defence. The movements Of
Gan Worth on the West side ofthe town are de-
seribed rs very brilliant
One fort taken by Gen Worth is said to have
been taken and Ie.saken three several times
once by Gen Mejia at the point OF the bayonet.
capturing at the same time three hundred Ame.
ricsns and eight pieces Of artillery. Some Of
their hrst accounts declared that Gen. Worth
was killed. From Saltillo. Gen. Amradia wrote
to his government demanding ~ Investigation
of his conduct. both before and AFTER Gen. Tsy.
~ presented himself At Monterey. He courts
scrus;oy alleging that "as the laws Of honor and
the god Of bic country are the only elements Of
his existence, his mind cannot be tranquil until
the Secretary OF ws,, the supreme government,
and the Resblie are satisfied with his conduct,
considered ~a3er every aspect"
This humble letter does not save him from
the letter writer's. They charge him with the
grossest cowardiee AID incompetency. But We
have neither time eer space today to enter fur.
ther into the Mexican accounts of the battles.
One thing we mus. note, however. Almost all
their accounts say that they refused 10 capitu.
late until we agreed to salste their flag and
then they boast ostentatiously that the Ameri.
cans did in fact salute their flag, Before the
two months armistice expires. the Mexcans
count confidently that Santa Anna will have an
army around him which will prevent any fur.
ther advance Of Gen. Taylor.
NARaow EscArs IRON DaowNISo -On
Tuesday. the ID inst. Capt. Reeves. ot the U.
8. A., WIN has hsea eaeased in this place in
the secuisiag service. his wife snd aister.in.
law. walked 10 the rivee tor the purpose Of tview.
ing the stream Of The SusqWehssna. which hsd
been considerably swollen 1t the time, BY the
continued rain previous. The latter sat down
upon stump on the bank close 10 the waters
edge. which he'd stood the storms and waves Of
many seasons; but the very moment she bad
seated herself the stump gave wsy, and the
young lady was prccip,atcd into the river.
Capt. Reeves. who was but shor: distance
fror her, ran to her rescue, and was fast going
in himself in consequence Of the bank giving
way. A young lad. son Of Mr.. Burrows. of
fairfield who also was near At the time Of the
accident, Immediately plunged into the river,
but wss unable to render them any assistance.
owing to the current carrying him away. Had
il not been for the timely assistance rendered
by Mr. John Stsbb aud Col. Joseph s. Titus.
who were the only persons nesr at the time.
thrae persons would have inevitably met with
wstsry grave Wiltisn,spor,, Lyeoming Co.
Gazette.
OxE or LARGE FAMILY The Richmond
| Ua.) Palladium announces the death Of Gen.
Msrstiu Green Clark. who died near tha, place
on the 25th pIt.. in his 18th year. The Pslla.
dunn says:
He was borne in Lurchurg county, Va. on
the 18th Of December, It'll. end ,cas one Of a
family oft,oeniy nine brothers aud sWo sisters,
by the same father and mother. Before he
wss 81 years Of sge he left his native State and
came to the west, then wilderness. sud fur
some years resided st Clsrksville. in CLARK
county. srriving at the latter place on the l.,
day Of June, 1890. After On Absence of twelve
years from Virginia. he returned and in 1903
married and moved with his family, ia 1905. to
Kentucky. and in 1907 came to Indiana. since
which he has been citizen Of the State"
ExIRAoaDIxAay MARsIAoE We find the
following accosnt Of singular marriage in the
St. Louis Republican:
Married, on the LIST instant. on board the
siesmboat Di Vernon, by Esquire Waugh. ol
Scott County, Mo-. Mr.. Bsp,ists vesn to Ma.
dam Charlotte Hoffman.
The above was handed to US last evening will
sn account ofths wooing. engagement and spec
dy marriage. The happy groom is Spsni.rd
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