Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-10-19
TIE CAPTURE OF MONTERREY.

We rubbish To day The o Ia and private accounts OF
the series &C gsan, aciions Which led 10 the capture
Of Monterey No hing could say would be hall 81
interesting To our readers these details ard We, there
G,re cheerfuily surrender our editorial space.
Wilhuui pl,n o the CITY and lis dernces. and a
phca map Of the envirns, II would be exceeding
L. difficult underslan the operations oi the army
The correspondent of the n. q. PIcayune gives us
succession of pc,ures each of The most thrilling
TEST.
The eallantry aud good conduct Of our iroops-reeu
lar and yulun err has been cnnspiruos It was
SPECIES Of glng which places the troops upon
level with the Lest disciplined and which s>anly
inf cts great ioss upon The assaans. Heavy as our
loss has been con>derIng the bravery and skill with
which the Mtxcans defended their fors and enirenci
m.n,s and the barricatss in the city, are surpr I'D
that was greater. All the annals Of military
opers,ons shaw that street fighting invariably nfl cts
disproporona'e lass upon the attacking party.
Cen Taylor has again drawn largely upon the efaii
,u,e and adnlrann If his cunlrymeh. lie has shown
bnsef an able General and gallant suldier. Thuuc h
frequently exposed, more than commander in chief
should be-, he escaped nnhur'. The frs, shot fired
struck within ten yards Of him. aud his horse sub
sequen,ly wounded under him.
Gen. Worth. as every ont believed lie would has
covered himself with glory. 1t were nyldrus, howev
-r to l,ar,cuariza. All did their duly-gaIlan,ly and
z.aously and the capture ol nlrrey must greatly
enhance the military reputation of The Country.
We have To mourn The loss Of many gallant and nc
complishrd officers The late of Col. Warsun of the
Bl,,imore ,tialpn { Volunteers is much arenitd -
lie a member OF the Bar and had been Speaker Of
the Maryland House Of Delegates. He leaves wife
aud children.
The l.nfni terms Of capulaiion. granted by Gen.
Taylor still excite remark and induce the suspicion tlaf
As Is frequently the case, The dllpn OF the con-
qucros scarcely less bad than that If the yanquis
ed There may, moreover have been of a polil-
zeal nature which have net been made public Our
confdenre in lee good sense. prudence and generashp
Of Zen. Taylor is implicit that believe without
hesitation that what he has d. ne was exartiy rnIli Ii
i. very safe hing Tor "genrlenrn VIII, 1--we at home
a, ease" aud who do not "lhe dlvlslon Of battle knnw
than spinster, play the part of military crit
les. and condemn this and that measure Of General car
ryins on war, under novel and tying circumstances,
Two thousand miles of. Gen Tayo, did all he could
dn--uf that we have d uht. The Un,n luftus us
tina, 1t, Atms'ead carrying orler--ssued Immediately
after the answer ui NeNcu overture WAS received
for Gen Taylor tn prosecute the war with new vgor.
has robably, til 5. reached nerey and that these
orders may have induced Ga + 10 tcr.nlnl,e already
the ar'ustIce. Anohef messenger however, was III be
Of lor,hw with, win ord-rs 10 recpn,nence hosl
ties and push On into MexIco. This will be no viola
ton ofrhe cawna,inn as srnls,ire was determna
bic at the pleasure of either Gnvernmenl.
!, Is perfectly apparent, huNever, that unless largely
reinforced aud supplied with munitions aud prov Isions
lea. Taylor cahno, with prudent regard 10 his own
repulaion OF the safety oi his army, advance ards
Mexico.
We are again called upon to ad nre the ,erse ele
gance M Cen Tayha's dispatches. He only
knows how 10 gam victories but how 10 announce
them.