The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-10-12
OUR ARMY IN MONTEREY

We lay before our readers this evening the official
dispatches Of General Taylor, detailing the heroic
and victorious onset Of our army upon Monterey
They confirm, in the main, the accounts which we
gave in our extra Of last night They bear the
most ample and honorable testimony to the gallant
nv, the skill, and the patriotic seli-deVonon OF our
officers and soldiers In this respect the Intelligence
from Monterey fully responds 10 the hlgh-~roughl
expectations OF the country Regulars and Solun'
tsers-through a three-days' battle, alternately un-
der burning sun and drenchlng rains against
foe strong in an overwhelming superiority OF num-
bers and In the advantages Of posilion 50 strongly
fortified as to be apparently almost imprsgnable-
seam 10 have We'd with each other, under their
gallant leaders, in efforts Of noble and chivalrouS
daring. The result is a triumph every way mem
orable in military annals. In three days our army
ha, carried inuenchments which the enemy had
expected to maintain against any exhibition OF NIL
tary force on our part, and in which they had
probably stored, on this calculation, large maya
zine of provisions. The Mexicans are thus driven
from their chosen stronghold, and one Of the strong
keus Of Juerico Is aO,O Ia our hands
Our loss in the prolonged eonnict-thOugh, prob
ably, not greater than was inevitable from the ma
IRE and circumstances Of the action-has yet been
tseyere, and will appeal most powerfully to the best
and deepest sympathies Of the country. The brave
men who have fallen heroicaly in their country's
righteous and victorious battle, will live in her
grateful remembrance. We cannot, at this moment,
particuarze las We hope to do hereafter) names and
deeds of distinguished honor. Suffice il to say, the
fallen have met death Of devoted patriotism and
Of high renown. The living may rejoice in the
conviction that their vaor has crowned with new
glory the prowess of American arms. Their gov
eminent and their country will justly appreciate
their signal services.
The terms Of the captuation Of Monterey-al-
important as the possession Of that post is to the
further successful prosecution Of the war-will ar
rest the attention Of the public mind. The sur
render by the Mexican army Of the military
stores, provisions, and cannon collected in the
city, will add very considerably to the re-
sources of our troops, and weaken, in great
er proportion, the means OF the enemy. The
dispatches Of General Taylor do not inform US
fully of the representations and views upon which
he acted, ia granting to the enemy-sutjee hOpsVsr,
10 HbHuCilOItS "uos J'UH WIN SNee'''N"'@ N'
armistce Of eight icesks, during which time, in the
absence of such ORDERS neither army is 10 advance
beyond a specified line, about thirty miles in ad.
vance of Monterey. 1t must be borne in mind,
however, that, in demanding such a suspension Of
hostities in Of lines Of operation, the Mex.
lean general may very probably have held out to
Gen. Taylor prospects of pacifcation between the
two countries, which, in fact, do not exist.
Be this as il may, however, we understand that
Lieut. Armstsad, the bearer OF dispatches from our
government to Gen. Taylor, communicating the
failure OF our offer Of negotiation, and enoining re-
newed vigor in the prosecution Of the war, had ar
rived 10 New Orleans the lst instant, and is said
at once to have chartered the steamboat Galveston
to convey him to Brazos 81. Jago. He will proba-
bly, reach General Taylor's camp to-day or to-mor-
row, If he be not already there. These dispatches
will doubtless induce Gen. Taylor to concentrate his
troops, and collect his resources as rapidly as
possible, with the view Of resumng his opera
tons vigorously so soon as he shall receive
orders TO terminate the armisiiee. These orders,
we have no doubt, will promptly be iSs,t-
ed from Washington. We trust they may
reach General Taylor in sirieen days, the time in
which Captain Eaton performed the route to WASH
ington. In such an event, little delay lat the wors)
can be occasioned; and even that little time can be
usefally spen, in securing more complete and efrec-
tive preparation. At all events, there can, as we
conceive, be no doubt whatever that an armisticc
which was thus agreed to by General Taylor, sub
ec to the orders Of the two governments, should be
at once terminated. By. s.... .... 'a.....'r
While upon this subject, we may take occasion
to state that the runors which have appeared
in some of the journals of the actual or intended de-
parure Of Mr.. Slide and Mr.. Parrot to General
Taylors camp to avail themselves Of any oppor-
tunty Of negotiation as commissioners to the Mex
lean government, are without any shadow of found
alton. The reception of our last overture to nego.
tiation by the Mexican rulers has determined our
government to pursue its military operations without
cessation, and with the utmost energy, till the sole
object of our war--a just and honorable peace, with
proper security against repetition ofMexican out
rage-shall be obtained. In fact, this would only
be carrying out the principle which the admnistra-
ton has UNIFORMLY avowed, and which they an
nounced in the letter to Commodore Conner, ACCOM-
panyirg their late overtures of negotiation.
Dispatches from Major General n. Tay-
Tor, received at the War Office last
night.
No. S9.l a
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF OCCUPATION,
Camp before Monterey, Sept. go 1896
SIR' have the honor to report that the troops
under my command, including the mounted volun-
eers from Texas, marched from Marin en- the 18th,
and encamped before Monterey on the 10Th inst II
was Immediately discovered that the enemy Occur
pied the town in force and had added greatly to Its
strength by terrifying the approaches and command
ing heights. A close reconnaissance was made the
same evenil by the officers Of engineers and topo-
graphical engineers on both TANKS of the town. and
1t was determined, from the information procured,
10 occupy the Salhllo road in Of the town, car
ryng, if practicable, the several fortified eminences
in that direction. The Cd division of regular troops
and portion of Col. Hayss regiment Of mounted
volunteers was accordingly detached under Brig.
len Worth on this service, at on the Goth.
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