Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1846-10-28
TAYLOR AND HIS De
SPAICHES.

Elsewhere IN this sheet Will be found the
dispatches in which Gen Tay Tor communi
Gates TO our government the history OF the
attack and capture of Monterey.
1t does not appear, after all, that in grant.
ing the suspension of hos,illties he obeyed
instructions from the War department. On
the contrary, he expresses himself in terms
which imply doubt whether he had not ex-
ceeded his instructions.
The subjoined paragraphs from the Wash
ington Union of Monday, confirm the con-
lecture which we expressed yesterday, that
the dispatches carried out by Lieutenant
Armstead communicated intelligence ofthe
failure of the attempt to open negotiations
for peace, and enjoined upon Gen. Tay-
lor the necessity Of promptness and energy
in his movements against the enemy. These
dispatches, it is inferred, will have the eli.
.ecl of causing him to put himself in state
of preparation for further hostilties in expec
ta,ion of an order for the termination of the
armistice which he will not fail 10 receive
as early as possible from our government.
"The terms of the eaplulation Of Mon
terey-all-i important as the possession OF
that post is to the further successful prose-
cuton Of The war-will arrest the attention
of the public mind.
The surrender by the Mexican army oil
the stores, provisions. and cannon collected
in the city, will add every considerably 10
he resources Of our troops, and weaken, in
greater prorpotion, the means of the enc
my. The dispatches ofGen Taylor do not
inform us fully of the representations and
views upon which he acted. in granting 10
the enemy-s blect, however, TO instruc-
tons and orders from both governments
an armistce of eight weeks, during which
time, in the absence Of such orders, neither
army is to advance beyond a specified line.
about thirty miles in advance of Monterey.
bourn in mind, however, thai, in demanding
such suspension of hosilli,'es in our lines
of operation, The Mexican general may very
probably have held out Gen. Taylor pros
poets of p1ctica,ion between the two
countries, which, in fact, do not exist.
"Be tn as it IN Iy,bowever,we understand
that Lieut.. Armistea |, the bearer of dos.
patches from cur government TO General
Tavlor, communicating the failure of our
offer Of negotiation, and chi aing renewed
vigor in The prosecution OF tie war, had ar
rived in New Orleans on 1st instant, and i.
| said at once 10 have chartered the steam.
boat Calves on 10 convey him TO Brassos
ST Jngo. He will probably reach Gene raj
Taylo,'s camp to-day OF tomorrow, if he be
lo al eady there. These dispatches will
doubtless induce Gen Taylor TO concentrate
his troops, and collect his resurces us rapid
| IL as possible, with the velw of resuming
his operations vigorously as soon as he Shall
! receive orders TO iermina C the armstlce.
These o.derS, we have no doubt, VIII
promptly be issued from Washington In
| such an event, l;tle delay (at the WORST
can lie occasioncd; and even that little
tine can be usefuIly srent in securing
more complete and effective PREPARATION
At all events, there can, as we conceive
be no coubi Whatever tina, an arm;stice
which was thus agreed 10 by Gen. Taylor
subject to the orders Of the two govern
ments, should be at once terminated" : n.
Y. Eve Post.