The daily union., 1846-10-29
BATTLE OF MONTEREY.

We lay further extracts from the Matamoros
and New Orleans papers, concerning these interest
ing events, before our readers. There are addi-
tional official accounts received from the camp by
last evenings boat, except letter from Gen. Tay-
lor, which communicates TO the War Department his
general order to the army, eongratulatng them on
the brilliant victory which they had achieved. Ey-
cry new fact as it reaches us about these transac-
tons, seems to brighten the glory Of our arms.
The short extract from Gen. Smiths letter to New
Orleans, which Is next to official, and may beregard-
ed perfectly authentic; the multitude Of private
letters, and the mass of verbal accounts which are
pouring in upon by the last arrival, irressti-
bic evidences OF the number Of our enemy, the
strength Of their nrenehments the amount Of their
cannon and ammunition Of the dangers which our
brave troops have encountered and Of the glorious
victory which they have Obtained. Our own men
have seen the works in the city; the strength
Of the stone walls Of the houses; the parspets OF
the roofs; the barncades Of the streets Everything
more and more impresses with the great achieve
ment which they have performed. When we con-
slider the disproportion in the numbers Of
the two armies, in the number and size Of the ar
tllery, the immense and varied strength oftheir po-
siton, and the exposure OF our men, we cannot too
highly appreciate the superior bravery and skill OF
our troops, which have subdued so many dangers
We have various accounts Of the losses on both
sides; but all seem to agree in the fact that the mum.
Der OF their killed and wounded exceeds our own;
and one account estimates t Mt treble the number
But until we receive the official dispatches it will
be impossible for us TO understand the length and
breadth Of the achievement. These have not yet
arrived Lieut.. Curd, who arrived in this city last
evening" brought no other official letter from Gen.
, Taylor, than the onewe have noticed. He brought
some private letters from the other officers Of the
army-from Monterey as late as the 5th or 9th, and
from Camargo to the 9th, inclusive. II is said that
the particular returns had not been made out from
the various corps Of the army, so as to draw out the
dispatches for the War Department It is also re-
ported in the "New Orleans Jeffersonian" of the
2lst, that an express to have left the camp
within few hours after the last accounts, and that
| the steamboat was to be detained short time a,
Camargo for him. He had not arrived, however
when the boat started; and some uneasiness had
been felt about his safety. But il is easy to explain
his detention at Monterey without the necessity Of
supposing him to have been cut off by Canales and
his crew. Others certainly had passed the road in
safety. At al events, it is to be hoped that the
proclamation Of Gen. Patterson will be carried into
effect md that the outlaw will himself be cut off,
and the communication with the Rio Grande be no
longer interrupted.
We are happy to see, by the "Matamoros Flag
| "that Lieutenant Armistead had already passed up
to Camargo, and would probably arrive at Mon
terey in the extraordinary short trip Of fourteen days
from Washington.