The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-08-24
MEXICAN WAR,


gives prominent place to letter from the seat Of
war; which, il true, would be somewhat calculated
to elevate the spirits of Mexico and to paralyze our
own. The excuse which the lntelligeneer gives for
thus putting forth this revelation of "a state Of things
so different from anything have official authority
for, is, that it is endorsed by officer of the
my, by whom il seems to have been communicated
to the (Baumore) Argus and Republican,
journal which is a friend Of the administration and
of the war The letter follows:
--LATEST FROM THE ARMY.-A gallant officer Of
the United States army has favored US with a let
ter, from which we make the following extract. Ii is
dated
"CAMIRGO, (Mexieo,) July 81, 1876.
"lnformatlon that | rely upon u.s. that General
Mejla, with the remnant of Arista's army, 1000
strong, is at Cadereta, a town thirty miles Of
Monterey. This town has a garrison Of 900
| men, (regulars) population Of $1,000 General
| Paroles at San Luis de Potosi on the 18th in
| slant, on his way to Monterey, with 5000 regular
troops; he has also called Nuevo Leon for 1000
| active militia from this department Of Tsmaupas
| he expects 5000 more; making his entire force
when he reaches Monterey the 18th or Goth prox-
lmo near rs, 900. General Taylor is stranng very
nerve to get there before him, but cannot now pos
sbly do so until the 5Ih or 10th September so Pare
| des has the advantage OF numbers, and of naturally
a strong rocky position. Paroles will have forty
pieces OF cannon-we will have about twenty four;
| and you may expect las our army will not be over
10000 TO hear Of the most obstinate fight and blood.
lest dolngs ever done up in America in the world
about the 18th Of September. With us it will be
neck or nothng-the former, something to eat and
houses to live in, perhaps peace; the latter death
and continuation Of the war. Such lie our pros
| pect."
The most material parts of this statement are
directly at war not only with the official, but all
other accounts. According to the last dispatches
| from Commodore Conner Of the Both July from
Vera Cruz, Paroles was not to have left Mexico be-
fore the 9th Of July; land, in the time it is
believed that Santa Ana's movements would detain
him there.) II was not even certain, but il was
generally supposed" that he was not going to the
northern frontier. Not more than fourteen hundred
men had marched from the capital. How, then, on the
18th July-sixteen days before the date Of this letter
| from Camargo-could he have been at San Luis de
Potos and marching on like snowfall to Monte
rey, with force of twenty-five thousand and forty
pieces Of cannon' Arista's (Mejia's force is also
most grossly exaggerated The whole story, in
deed, is erroneous. The whole prospect is, we sus-
pect, visionary.
The Columbus Times Of Georgia gives a long
and interesting account from Mstamoras of the 3Ist
July, the very date Of this letter from Camargo.
The Georgia letter is written by Adutant Forsyth,
Of the Georgia regiment He describes the scene of
the battles, and his arrival at Matamoras with such
graphic vivacity, that if we can find room for the
whole letter, we shall lay it before our readers We
content ourselves, for the present, with the follow
| ing extract, (The reader will see how lighly old
Rough and Ready" speaks of a rencontre with
the enemy Instead ofexpecting Paroles with his
advancing egions and cannon, Gen. I. apprehends
that the Mexicans will not give him an opportuni-
ty Of meeting them at aE)
| "In the morning, we.found Gen. Twiggs's wagon
waiting for US, and having donned our best military
harness to call the general-in. chief we enjoyed
General Twiggs's capital breakfast and thence pro-
| ceeded to General Tayor's camp. The regular
army is miserably supplied with tents. Some COM
panes have not rag to protect them from the
weather. We approached one of the shabbiest we
| saw, and were told that General Taylor's The
old gentleman was sitting outside under scrub Of
| a tree on block bench conversing with Major
Monroe and the quartermaster Of the post. He re-
ceived us politely, but without the least ceremony
or FUSS and fell straight to talking. Now, although
the general ln-chef does not possess very remarka-
BILE colloquial powers 1t was pleasant to hear him.
| He seemed 10 have no secrets-talked of his plans
| and prospects; said we should all go ahead very
soonJ ne was moving tne regulars TO CamargO; the
volunteers should follow; should go himself in two
days; wanted to end the speedily; spoke of the
lnadequacy OF the transportation TO his force; said
we should whip the enemy everywhere we met
| him; the difficulty was, he afraid we could
| find him; thought if he could get to San Luis
Potos, he could end the war; didn't know whether
he could 70 so far he had yet explore the coun-
| try, and learn its capabilty for feeding an army
| that an army could only march certain distance
from the water communication affordng it supples
| thought that Vera Cruz and Tampico were the
points of attack and that the only prospect of ter
| minating the war without the compulsory process
| of whipping the Mexicans, was through the media
| ton of France or England.
| General Taylor is, he has been described, a
| plain, very plain-looking man. He looks like an
| old planter, who had never seen uniform much
less had one liked the old generals manners
| and appearance, although I must confess that the
latter scattered all my anticpations Of the halo of
chivalrc glory to be discovered in the atmosphere
surrounding military hero's head.
| 'There are very few troops in this place. Ridge
| ley's battery, small squadron Of Dragons, and a
few companies of regular infantry, are the whole
/ force. These are to move up the river soon, and
this town is to be garrisoned by Of the Ohio
giments.
| CAN the twelve-months volunteers who have ar
| rived are below on the river. They are all, with
| the exception Of detachments below, to be moved
| up to Camargo as fast as possible where General
Taylor, taking with him 900 troops, two-thirds of
which will be volunteers, will leave them in camp
| OF instruction, and push on TO Monterey We have
some hopes (and have been to-day using all the in
huence we can bring TO bear to effect it) that the
Georgia regiment will form part of the advance I'M
| der General Taylor" I"
| "lf the regiment has chance you will hear good
off But alas! General Taylor says the enemy
will run when the American columns reach Monte
rey, unless Paroles brings force from the capital
and takes commando and of this there is great
to doubt"
The intelligent correspondent of the New Orleans
Picayune writes from Mstamorss on the 5th Au-
gust Give days later,) and gives bright account Of
everything but not word Of Arista's 900 troops;
nor of Paredes's arrival San Luis de Potosi; nor
of the gathering clans of Is, 900 men.
Robert c. Grier, ESQ.,, of Pittsburg, the new
Judge Of the Supreme Court of the United States,
| is now on a short visit to Washington He arrived
| a.. Il.