The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1846-11-12
FROM THE ARMY.
NEw-ORLEANs, OCTCBER 80.
LATER FROM MONTERREY.

Lieut.. Price, whose death has been an
nounccdin the Mississippi papers and our
own, il, thank God, alive, and now at the
ST. Charles Hotel, in this city. From some
Of the officers Of the U. S. Army, who came
passengers on The Palmetto; und who lci,
Monterey, on the llth instant, we learn
that the frs, Government Express, order.
ing General Taylor to carry on The war
with renewed energy, in consequence of
the refusal Of Mexico To ncgol:ate, was
within few miles ni Monterey, and would
reach that puiuts the next day.
The health Of the troops n, Monterey
was much better than it had been ON the
Rio Grandc.
The for,iIications in the city were garri-
soncd by the regular troops.
Gen. Taylor's camp was about three miles
this side Of Monterey.
The last accounts from General Ampmdia
and his army left tkem beyond SaIliIlo on
their march toward San Luis Polosi nj
which point It was rumorcd that Santa An.
ma had arrived al the lead Of thirteen thou
sand, md daily expecting rcinforccncnts.
The Georgia Regiment was the only
reinforcement which had reached Mon
tcrey a, The time our informanls Left
Orders had been received, it was un-
dcrstood, by the other Regiments sta
toned on Inc Rio Grande 10 move to-
wards Head quarters. The Kentucky and
Tennessee mounted Regiments had nolyc.
reached Malamoras.
The people Of Monterey who had left
about the time Of the siege, were gradually
returning. They had begun to cxhibi,
friendly feelings towaras the Americans,
inlerchanges Of visits not bsing rare among
both parties.
There had been ARRAYS between the cili-
Zcns Of Monterey and Texas Rangers,
which rcsu!; ed first in the assassination
Of Texan Volunteer, and then by way of
revenge, in The killing Of eleven Mexicans
by the comrades Of tho slain. General Tay-
lor, toprevcnt similar occurrences, had or.
dcred an efficient guard to be distributed
through the city.
Lieut.. Col. McClung was rapidly recov
erng from the effects of lis wounds. One
OF the officers ofhis Reg iment informs us
that the gallant Colonel was the first man
that showed himself on the frs. Fort
stormcsl by General Tuylor's Division,
and that he received his wounds willis, va.
wing his sweId alof and cheering on his
men, shouting "Vic.ory!' The muskc,
ball struck him on his left hand willis,
two OF his fingers, glancing from the scab-
bard and entering his adoncn, fraciuring
IN lis course, The bone a5qSe .lbsslhip joint.
We feel bound 10 state farther. from he
evidence furnished US, that Gen. Taylcr's
GOODNESS and sound judgement through
ON !aie e5lhs, !!sysibe three days was remark ed
BY every one engaged, and his in,repitlity
was such, he being in the thickest Of fight
and always where the balls fell fastest, that |
his escape was deemed miraculous. lie
still preserves The same noble feelings and
stands rendv to 60 where his Government
may order him. Or the services Of his
country may call him, whether at the head
oC five, or twenty thousand men.
The American troops in and about
Monterey are quite pleased with The po
sision Of .hc place and The manners Of the |
inhabitants. The latter certainly seem II
degree higher in civilization than the peo.
pie a6uu, Camargo and Matamoras.
Wcarc gratilictl 10 bc able to state that the |
slucls, which were on the tapis u. Camareo
between Col. Bale Pcylon and Gen. Mar
shall, nnd also between Capt Musson, Of
this city, and Capt. Chccvcs, Of Texan Vol. .
untccrs. have all been amicably arranged.
Gen. hmpu,lia has issued another pro.
clamation since his retreat from Monterey
calling upon The Mcxicans to flock to his .
standard TO rcpcl the invaders Of their soil. |
His excuse, in The proclamation, for defeat
at Monterey, and The surrender Of that CITY |
10 our troops, is a VAST OF AMvNlTloa!! |
The inter talsity Of this statement is well
known, for any quantity Of ammunition was
found at Monterey after the caplula,ion.
TromMc N. o. Commercial Times, Nor. 2. !
LATER FROM TIE ARMY.
ARRIVAL Of THE GALyESTuN.
The steamship Galveston arrived yes.
terday evening from Brasos Santiago via
Galveston, having left the former place on
the 20th, and the latter on the 30 nllmo.
We have not received any correspond
encc from Monterey Qhc mail moi being
distributed yesterday Of Later date than
we published Oh the arrival of The Palmc.-
to, last Thursday, but the Galveston News
Of the 30th. furnishes some intelligence.
which we subjun.
''Irom Col. Davis, we learn tllattKc Mcx.
cans have totally evacuated the whsle coun.
try This side Of San Louis Potosi. yhe IN
formation has been derived from so many
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