Democratic banner., 1846-10-19
FT0m the ": o. Picayane 8he 4h Ost'
Glorious News from tn:
Army.
CAPTTCLATIG.S OF MONTE
REY-TH.EE DAYS HARD
E Z

IO O'Clock this morning.
BY her we have received the glorious
news tkat M,mterey kGs c~apIuh.tod 40ag
three days desperate fighting. Capt. Ea:on,
one ofthe aids of Gen. Taylor, arrived ou
the Day, bearing dispatches for Washing
ton. He left Monterey on the 25th tut
Col. Kinney and one other gentleman ac-
~companied brm from Montcry. Col. Kin
nry kindly took charge of packages Of let
tiers fer us and brought them to Camars",
and there delivered them TO his companion,
by whom they were faithfully delivered.
We shall not forget this service.
We cannot delay the press TO attempt to.
write out a narrative of the battles. The
following "mcmoranda' are from the pen Of
an off eer who was in The battles.
Gen. Worth who led the attack upon the
city on the west side, has immortalizedhl him
self. The fighting was desperate on our
side the Mexicane out~7umbcring us by
two to one, and icing protected By strong
entertainments.
All our readers will delight TO hear thai
the Louisiana boys did honor 10 TIE State.
We knew they would
Almost all our different accourtsset down
our loss at 500 or over, Of whom COO wee
killed. This best tells the character of the,
fight.
Hasty Memoranda gMe Operations trtic,,
american firm yJefarc M?rtsrey, -AtT-
sco, from the 1871 to lie 2:a Sept.
On the 10Th Gen. TAYLOR arrived before
Monterey, with force OF about GOO men,
and after accommodating the city at about
1000 or 1900 wards from the fort,
during which he was fred upon from its
batteries: his force was encanprd at the
Walnut Springs, 3 miles short ofthe city.
This was the Lcarest point at which the
army could obtain Il supply of water, and
beyond the reach oftne enemT's Lotteries.
The remainder of the 10Th was occupied By
the engineers in making reconngisanceS o!
the city, batteries and conm1n%.lg heights.
On the 10th Gen. Worth was ordered with
his division to move by a circuitous roa!c
ito the right, to gain the Saltiilo road be-
yond the west Of the town and to storm
the heights above the Bishops Palace, Which
vital point the enemy appear to have strange
" neglected. Circumstances casncd his hau,t
on the nipht of the goth, short OF ;kc intcn-
.ded position. On the morning oc the 2Ist
he continued his route, and after an encoun-
ter with a large body of the enemy'S cav
airy and infan;.-y, supported by artillery
fromthe heights, h repHlsed them will,
loss, and finally en-. 'amped, covering tho
passage of the Saltillo road. 1t was i.err
discovered, that besides the fort at the Bis
hops Palace and the oct upafion OF the
heights above it, 2 forts, o. roiiln"nnln
eminences, on the opposite sidc OF 'he "a,
Juan, had been fortified and occupied
These two latter heights were then ,'HIihe'
and carried-the guns Of the last fort car
ried being Immediately turned with a piu,., e
ing fire upon the Bishops Palace. On TIL
same morning 1.-THE DIST the lst Division
Of regular troops, under Gen. Twiggs, and
tho Volunteer Division under Gen. Butler.
To Pre- ordered und'r Orrne TO make a diver
s;or - the left ofthe town, in favor Of u.e
imrort., : operations Of Gen Worth. The lo
;nrh morf,, and two 2i FOUNDER howitzers,
ba1 boor nu+ n battery the night Of the
Goth, in a pr ravine 1900 yards distant from
the Cathedral fort OF Citadel and were SUI
ported by the 4th Re-. dment Of Infantry.
At 8 A. NJ. on the 21st tn order was Gi'ei
for this battery to open on C'e c'tdufr "no
town, and Immediately after th> ISL DIV
sion, with the 81 and 4th lnlantr, IN al
vance, under Colsncl Garland, wc,,e or
dered to reconncitre and skirrniSh with Tie
enemy on the extreme left OF The city, an.
should prospect of success Offer, TO carry
the most advance battery. This attact was
directed by Maj. Mansfield, Engineer,
Capt. Williams, Typographical Engineer.
and Maj. Kinney, Q. NJ, of the Texas II
vision. A heavy fire from the first battery
was Immediately opened upon 'he advance
but the troops SOON returned it, enteria=
aud engaging with the enemy in tie stT""1.
of the city, having passed ti.r"Hen an n
eessant cross Gre from tie Citadel and tie
first aud second batteries, aad from t!I"
infantry who lined the parapcts, streets,
ard house-tops of the city. The rear Of
re first battery was soon turned, and Tho
?. verse fire Ollie troops ~taroHE'8 tne aDrce
II. works, killed Or di5l n!..r TIC a-,;ii-