The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-09-14
FROM THE ARMY AND NAVY.


The last mails bring no very late intelligence from
the army on the Rio Grande. The last dispatches
from General Taylor state, that the army will be
the advance for Monterey by the LIST Of September
al the latsst-perhaps several days earlier. The
country begins to be impatient for action. The
heroes of the 9Th and 9Th of May displayed such
energies those memorable occasions, as could not
but encourage the most sanguine expectations Of a
prompt and vigorous campaign. "od Rough and Rea-
dy" has become the soubriquet of the commanding
general. We hope that he will realize the character
to the end of the chapter. The general who leads
the army into an enemy's country should be full OF
resources-"SelE balanced, self-cenIed"- suscepti-
bic Of the highest enthusiasm-capable of impart-
ing it to all his followers-bod as well as active
confident of Misunderstanding every means, and
employing secondary substitutes according to the
circumstances in which he may be placed. Such,
We hope, will prove to be the course of the brave
commander and the gallant officers with whom he
is associated General Taylor, il is now understood,
has the means Of transportation in his hands-mul les
as we'll as wagons. We hope soon to hear of his
rapid marches, and his victorious progress.
One rumor has lately prevailed, for which we
learn there is sort Of foundation. II came in the
shape Of letter from Matamoros, about the 18th
Of August, and was published few days ago in the
Baltimore Sun" IL states that on the preceding
night, 400 raEcheros had broken into the town
and created some confusion; that it was the com.
mencement Of the guerilla mode of warfare, &c.
The whole story was unfounded. 1t was an idle
quiz perpetrated upon the colonel of a volunteer
force, which betrayed him into some ridiculous
blunders.
The plan of the campaign has been conceived in
decisive spirit and we ought not to doubt that the
success Of the results will correspond with the vgor
Of the design.
Some little disappointment has been felt from the
failure OF two or three small naval operations in the
gulf And the loss Of the Truxton is a source of sin
cere regret But no official account has been received
from Capt Carpenter to explain the whole transac-
ton. Whether or why he reposed confidence in the
strange pilot, whom he had captured; and then,
whether he was betrayed by the treachery of his
guide, or whether the guide himself was mistaken
about the coast; and what are the particular cir.
cumstances which induced him to surrender his
men at Tuxpan, and why he did not strike fol-
some efficient place of escape, if any were practical
ble still remains to be explained by the captain
himself, whose character has stood so fair and so
high in the service of his country. The Mexican
coast on thu Gulf is full of shoals and sandbars
which are calculated to impede the approach of our
vessels and the debarkation of our troops, and to
call forth all the circumspection of eur naval Off
GERS.
The events and prospects on the coast of Cali
fornia bright and cheering. There is reason to
believe that before this time the whole of that coast
has been occupied by squadron. Monterey is
certainly taken, and Guimas, and it is certain that
the Yerba Buena, on the bay of San Francisco, was
summoned by Captain Montgomery, and it is be-
lieved to have been taken without resistance.
We met at e.Wsr Department, this evening,
with captain in Col. Stevenson's regiment. He
informs US that the troops being paid off some
months in advance, as they were actually embarked,
and that they would certainly sail for the Pacific in
the course of this week.