The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1846-12-05

"o"Ia receive The answer Of tho Mexican
general at Gen. Worh's headquarters,
winch sooE repaired. Ia The meantime.
General AmPudia had signGed to Geoet.l
worth his desire for personal interview
WIN me- 10 which scceded, and which f
naIIy resulted in cspuuIa,on, placing The
Town and The material OF war, with certain
exceptions, in our possession, A cupy oF
thai caPituiaiOn was transmitted with nv
first despatch.
Upon occupying The city, it was discoy-
cred to be Of great strength in itself aud tn
have It's approaches carefully and strongly
'or'lfied. The town and works were arm
ed with 42 pieces Of cannon, we'll suppIled
"lIh ammunition, and manned with force
Of al least 1000 troops of the Iine and from
1000 to 1000 irreguars. The force under
py orders before Monterey, as exhibited bv
me accompanying return, was 425 officers,
and 622O men. Our artillery consisted Of
one 10 inch mortar two "a pounder howi-
zers, ard four IIPhI field batteries of four
guns each-the mortar being The only piece
suitable to The operation of sege.
Our loss is Twelve officers aud one hun
dred and eight men killed; thirty one Off
GERS and three hundred and lhirly-seven
men wounded, That of The enemy is no!
known, but is believed considerably to exv
ceed our own.
| take pleasure in bringing 10 the notice
Io' the governmen! the good conduct Of The
troops both regulars and volunteers, which
has been conspicuous throughout The oper-
ATOMS l am proud 10 bear testimony 10
heir too!neas and Constancy in battle and
he cheeTIuIness with which they have sub
mlIeC to exposure aud privation TO The
general officers commanding divisions
MAJOR Generals Butler and Henderson, and
BrIgaGIer Generals Twiggs and Horth--L
must express my obligations for be eff
'enl aiI which they have rendered in iheir
respective commands, was unfortunately
deprived earl y on the 2lsI of IIe valuable
ervlces Of Major General Butler who was
disabled By wound received in the attack
IN the city. Major General Henderson
commanding the Texas volunteers has Civ
IN me important aid in The organization of
his command, and lis subsequent operations
BrgadIsr General Fwiggo rendered impo .
amt oeTyice0 with his division, and, as The
second in. command after Major General
bn'er was disabled. -. Brigader General
WoIth was inIrUsIed with an important de-
IachmenI, which rendered his operations in.
dependent OF my own, Those operations,
were conducted with ability, and crowned
with complete success.
desire also to notice Brgadier Generals
H1mer and QoiIman, commanding brgades
IN Gen. Buffers division. Lieulenan, Co,
IoneIs Garland and Wilson, commanding
5rgades in Gen Twigg's division. Colo
neis Michel, Campbell, Davis and Wood,
commanding the Ohio, Tennessee, Missis~,
sPPi, and 2d Texas regiments, respectively
and Majors Lear, Alien and Abercronbie.
commanding the 3d, 4th, and lsI regiments
Of infantry; all of whom served under nv
eye and conducted their commands with
GOODNESS and gallanny against the enemy,
Colonel Mitchell, Lieut.. Col. MClung,
Mississippi regiment, Major Lear, Sd inf4n.
ry, and Major Alexander, Tennesses regi.,
neni, were all severely wounded, as were
Captain hamoiIe, Isl infantry, Lieut. Graz,
lam, 4Ih Infantry, AdjuIanI Armstrong,
Ohio regiment, hients, Sucdder and Allen,
Fennosse regiment and Lieut.. Howard.
mississippi regiment, while leading thsi,
men against The enemy's position on the.
Dist and 23J, After ,hs fall Of COL.
the command of Ihe lsI Ohio re.
glmen! GevoIved upon Lieut., Col. Weller,
that Of lhe Sd infantry, after the fall Of Maj.
Lear, doVoIVed il succession upon Capt.
cambridge, and CaPI. Henry, the former
being also wounded
The following PANIED officers have been
tavOrabIy no,ced by their commanders!
Lieut.. Col. Anderson, and AduIanI Hei-
msK Tennessee regimenIi Lieut. Col. NJ.
CIuug, Captains Cooper and Downing
IjeuIeuan!s Paterson, Calhoun, Moore,Rus-.
sci and Cook, Mississippi regiments alsq