Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-11-11
From the NeV Torh Courier.
~ LkACIS FROM A LETTER FROM AN
OFFICER OF THE ARMY To A GEN.
1LEMAN IN THIS CITY.

OF oncc that we had no ordinary tssL a. -,
comPlish- We had some 1000 ,roo,, with
which ~ wcrcto stistk 10 COO rcrt,iar. and
@VV i'nt n.f"-. strongly intended Strongly
'n'rr"ehcd, do | S'yf Never surely MAS
u,fa d'y i"f,iiied like this. For the
SHE "i coplirss, every Msai,an house
here ~ built of stone ihre. Ice, ,h;rL
Every door and window il fastened by s,u,o,
Mooden shutters four inches in ,hicLoesso
In" TOP 0i almost every house contains a IT,.
guar system oi loorlp,les which command
'hc street IN every direction; and a. the ros,ls
IRE oil Hat. thess loopholes can b. used ,o the
S''sbsl advantage. Spanish Jealous, AWAY,
surrounds every yard with a very high and
,h'cs wall. imsgiuc city i'm which every
no"sc Ia a Tort and every wall looplolcd: then
ini'i,i"e in trout oi this an immense hort oi
t''s' strength, aad system oi small Iotts in
me open helds. sad IA addition series a
heights upon every one ol which a battery
was placed. The city was literally gin,e with
wall OF linz. No effort, no labor. no ex-
priise hat been spancd. Such wcr. The ci,-
cu"islanCcs 1nd,T which We were to contend
without battcrlug lains and against a super
~ force
IL n true knew nothing oi the plan of on
CITATIONS but WAS cons iou, tho-., batteries
nus %, si"Tntd Al Ieuglh Major Maus
!" W. WIN graf personal danger, had finish
.
I lore iic different generals aud The plan of Oh
cIaiiols was settled at Head Quarters. Gen.
Norths DIVISION started about noon Tor the
r.ar, 40 cut OIL tire cncmys retreat by the Sal
Ptillo road As the division moved around
~ became more aud more evident that an en-
Ssgcinen, must soon take place. Still the en-
enil batteries remained silent; but the end
Us ghmtnerng oi bdyonets at the castle. and
,he rapid movements OF large bodies OF horse,
,o'd "a That they were on the alert. short
distance from the point have marked A. i'm
tue accompanying plan, the Texan rangers,
throw oai as skirnnshcrs in our front, met
I regiment OF The enemy lanceTs ia open order.
HIS colonel OF thus regiment seized a lance
and r"shed upon the Texans, the buglcr al the
salne time sounding charge. Three rangers
wheeled about aud fired n the same time with
fatal ELECT, and the remainder oI the Iancers
dishnted by the loss oi their commander, Tell
PACK and allowed us to occupy the position.
lhls colonel was named Nsrsa. * Drawer
man never ted Mexicans TO battle.
! do no; know what my sensations m;yht
have been had been well on this night. bur
J IVES suffering such severe pain physically
th1i could handy bestow thought on the
morrow. Tie march TO this place from Ser
aI'o had been one OF extreme hardship; al
though We arose every morning at two, break
tasted OF Three 0nd started at half past three
We rarely finished the march before tNoP.
Nj. Tnc heat at all times very great, was such
as greatly To extend the sick list, some men
Were struck dead, and others went mad from
sSoHp' ne Sokii. The nightsas we attained a
niSh elevation became cool aud these alterna-
lions OF temperature had given me a severe
neuralgia in the l.ce, which was much i'm !
creased by sleeping ia the water with which
Our camp ground was flooded, aud this night
also cold rdin came down; we were entire
~ Separated from oil oar baggage, aud thuse
lidi slept were obliged To do 80 on the shsrp
point, oi the rocks, or amid thick thorny BUSH
e.. sal up therefore occasionally listening
To IN On any busles and the conversation OF
tie soldiers. Once the Castle thinking we
were about TO make night attack. threw out
fire balis aud sent up signal rockets. Nybiie
the heavy cannon Numbered incessS,nily.
The morning of the 2lst at |, n Ih dayned /,
aud OUT whole division advanced ,n order of
battle, driving the lanccrs before Them, and
leaviug Their dead and diving scattered along
ouT path. On we went, DuDCan's artillery
laundering on their scattered ranks" and Our
men yelling like mad devils up the mountain
aud over the mountain, until al last the enc Z
iny were driven out OF sight and utterly ex-
hausted Ne stopped aud lormed in order foe I
baele. Although we sent out afterwards To
bury or own dead and bring Ia the wounded 4
-
it was possible to iud alt. scattered as they
were in dcnsc ilnckcts over large space ol
ground. have often though, siuc,, of a lan- 4
c'T whom J passed while we were charging
up the mountain. lie was large handsome
'ndn and 81 white that should hardly have
taken him for Mexican. WHEN 4 saw him
TIE blood was slowly tnckling down from a
wound ~ his breast. lie said To the Essoi
morteHdo Scaor, | slmpiy replied "pobreci-
10 an passed on, Tor had nu time to spare.
should his wound nOt have proved fatal. he
must have long since have perisled from hun
| gcI aud thirst.
I at this JuDcture, the cOnrany to which
belong WAS detached from the main body. aud
sent npa mountain to observe aud report the
enemy movements. The view from this
point was splendid beyond conception. The
sccncry around Monterey can hardly III, sur.
passed by that Of any other place aud on the
p"srut occasion e wdsenlivened 10y the pres
Z cnce OF two hostile armies manguscting cat
oi sigit cot cachothef. Every thing was spread
out like a nap. IL MAS a morii,ing iiinu
lor The pftle of human intellect to see these
largc 5olirs ol men Appearing like piginies a
md ihc vast mountain scenery at nature. aud
The movements upon which - much deucnd-
e. seeming iIkc the communion ol an art hut
We soon mad occasion to- report lsrg,. bdy
OF cavalry passing into Monterey by ihc S,l.
lilo roe We 81 iifsl thought they were al
vance guard Ola new army Undcr Santa Anna.
bat We bad driven lbem before us = short t,u q
beion. THIS movement was prom tly :. ported
I to Gen. Worth, sswell ss tie appearance of
sevcrat lsdies OF lanccu who had issued from
+ the caste. III" nui1bcr oi thcS' last began 10
i incfcase ~ sich Proportion that we supposed
\ ihe Whole oi thc enrmyz lOror, in ms part
I oi TIC town were advancing 60 give us battlc.
\ deneui Worth imiuo,listely took up new
and rey simng position on our ngit.
ouf situation was nov bccomin1 critical
7 the dicision bring s0mc distance lro,n as ON
tIe uEhi, while The idnctfs we've coming dow q
st iul speed on The left thus RENDERING IA pos.
siblr that we would b. cot 0a aud iskru pr,,.
oner-. 10 the mean time detarh,nrnt of
Iano'm having ob-ef ci a.. tod disnounted