Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-10-29

left behind, and those relieved from duty.
The pruning knife will. without doubt. be
appied by Gen. Patterson. in a similar
way when ordered upon an active cam.
palgn. u
In commenting upon the Dispatches of
General Taylor the Washington Union
makes the following remarks
The terms of the captulation of Mont
erey-all important as ibe possession OF
that post is to the further successful pros
ecution of the war--wii arrest the atten-
ton of the public mind. The surrender
by the Mexican army Of the military
stores, provisions. and cannon collected
IN tie city. will add very considerably 10
me resources OF our troops, and weaken
IN greater proportion. The means of The
enemy. The dispatches Of Gen. Taylor
do not inform Us fully Of the Representa-
ton and views upon which he acted. III
granting TO the enemy subject. hoWeuer.
to instrucfions and orders from both
gouern nlents AN armisIice of eight ,oeeks
during which time, in the absence of such
orders, neither army is to advance be-
yond specified line, about thirty miles
in advance of Monterey. II mus: be
borne in mind, however. that, in demand
ing such a suspension Of hostIlitIes in one
of our plans Of operation, the Mexican
general may very probably have held out
General Taylor prospects of a pacIfica-
ton between the two countries, which in
fact, do no. exist.
Be this as it may, however, we under
stand that Lieut.. Armstead, the bearer of
dispatches from our Government to Gen
Taylor, communicating the failure Of our
offer of negotiation. and enlolning renew
ed vlgor IN the prosecution of the war,
had arrived in New Orleans on the Isl
instant. and is said a, once to have chart
cred the steamboat Galveston to convey
him to Brazos 10 ST. Jago. lie will prob
ably reach General Tavlor's camp TO day
or Tomorrow if he be not already there.
These dispatches will doubtless induce
General Taylor to concentrate his troops.
and collect his resources as rapidly as
possible. with view Of resuming his OPP
era,ions vigorously so soon as he shall
receive orders TO terminate The armistice.
These orders, we have no doubt, will
promptly be issued from Flashing tOn -
We trust thew may reach General Taylor
in siriefn days, the time in which Capt.
Eaton performed the route to Washing
ton. In such an event. lttle delay (ai
the WORSE can be occasloned; and even
that little time can be usefuIly spent in
securing more complete and effective
preparation. AT all events, there can as
we conceive, be no doubt whatever that
an arml,lice which was thus agreed TO by
General Taylor, subject to the orders Of
the two governments, should be at once
terminated.
While upon this subject. we may take
occasion TO state that the recent rumors
which have appeared in some Of the
Journals Of the actual or intended depart I
ure of Mr. Slldell and Mr. Parrot to Cen
eral Taylors camp. to avail themselves
OF any opportunity Of negotiation as com
missloners to the Mexican government.
are without any shadow of foundation.
The reception of our last overture to ne
gotiation by the Mexican rulers has de.
termined our government to pursue its
military operations without cessation, and
with the utmost energy, I'LL the sole OBJ
ject of our war-a ust and honorable
peace. with proper security against
re petition of Mexican outrage shall be
obtained. In fact; this would only be
out the principle which the ad-
mnis,ration has uniformly avowed, and
which they announced in the letter to
Commodore Conner. accompanying their
late overlures 10 negotiation.