Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1846-11-03
Army Of the Soulb.

/ CAPTURE OF MoNrEREr-- E,,a~,,.,.,z
i BY the Mericdn Troops. have ss 81,
copy of an extra published bys,he {, -,
i yesion Ners, dated the I0th insfsnf.
WITCH states hat the schooner Btdnches
Sdyrf. capi. +. G. Wetmore arrived
Galveston sbc day before, having left.
brazos Isiand on "Wednesday. sth inst.
captain w. stated that a bearer of des.
patches had arrived at Brazos Island from
Monterey, with official communications
from Gen. Taylor to Captain Hill, Quar-
termaster at that place. Details of the
assault and capitnlation OF Monterey
which purportedto be Official. were read
to Captain Wetnores as he states. IN
which the loss sustained by our army dur.
| ing the three days conflict, amount To Eve
hundred killed and wounded three fifibs
OF whom were among the former. me
Mexican loss was declared III this Official
report to have been 2, 100 killed and
wounded, and four hundred made prison.
ters. We do not give the least credit TO
this statement ofthe relative loss. There
must be huge mistake somewhere. Tbp
enemy's troops had marched out of Mon
lterey before the departure Of the bearer Of
dispatches above referred to- CONNER
cial Times.
FRoM BRAzos ST. JAGo.-The schoon.
Ier Fidelia, Capt. Turner, arrived This
morning from Brazos st. Jago. which
place she left on the morning Of the sth
instant. e -, $.
We have couve:sed with Mr.. Robert.
son, who came passenger in her, and find
that there is nothing more reliable from
Monterey than we have already had thru
other sources. He left Matalnoros ON the
evening of the 4fh, and Point isabel 81,
the 9th. Since then he has been on
board the schooner, lying off Brazos ST
Jago, and has had but little comtninica.
ton with the shore. A report was cur
rent at Matamoros and Point Isabel when
he left. and at Brazos St. Jago as late as
the evening of the 7th, that the American
loss in killed and wounded was about
1000, 1t will be remembered, however.
that the Galveston papers received by the
Neptune contained what parported to be
the substance of dispatches frorsl General
Taylor received by the Quartermaster at
Brazos St.Jago, on the ,7th, which was
communicated from recollection by Can't.
Wetmore, of the schooner Banch 3.
Sayre;; and that it was stated that the
American loss, in killed and wounded. |
was only FIVE hundred, while that of the
Mexlcans was said to be twenty-one hun.
drcG. sef -
We learn Eom Mr.. Robertson that tber
Is no doubt of Canales being between
Monterey and the Rio dGrande. When
last heard from he was at Mier, al. the
head of 600 rancheros.
The Indiana regiment of volunteers
stationed at Matamoros, has been ordered
to Monterey, leaving only one ofthe Ohio
regiments to garrison that place, and the
points between it and the Gulf.-Eren;ne
bulletin. ,5istss
rKendall, ofthe New Orleans Pic
ayune, writes from Monterey, September
29th:
| saw Ampudia as he left town for Sal.
tillo on the morning of the 27th-rode |
along IN his escort for a milo or two. The |
base and lying wretch-for every page |
IN his black history proves him SUCH
looked crest fallen, nervous, and timid to
a sdegree. He was fearful lest some oil
the Texan Rangers, macy of whom had
deep wrongs still to ayenge, might shoot I
him from the wayside; and as he rode i
through their encampment, situated di.
rectiy on his route, he could moi conceal
his tears. They allowed him to, pass,
however, without even cry or shout
of exultation. S. =.
OPintons are various in camp as to
whether the Mexicans will now, offer
peace, ormake stout resistance at Sal
tillo, larger portion, l believe, inclining
to the latter opinion. A Mexican who ar
rived from that place yesterday, reports
that they have already commenced forti-
lying It on an extensive scale; but this
should be taken merely as rtlrnor or $50.
ny ola Mexiean--the most unreliable in.
formation conceivable. 6. W. X.
MONTEREY, Sept. 90 1876.
sass 5o'clock afternoon.
An express rider has this moment ar.
rived from Salinas, which place he left
this morning. tits only days ride this
side ofSaltillo, and he states, on the au
thority of Mexican, that Santa Anna
arrived at that city yesterday morning or
the evening previous. and at once com.
menced terrifying the place with yigor.
he had no less than 10 900 with him,
which added to those who left here under
Anpudia; will swell his army to over 90.
oOO men. Reports farther has it that he
- to- erect works and batteries close by
the Kiconade--the limits of our lines by i
the sixty days' truce. fall this should
prove true the army may have bIoodier
work to do than ever. One thing is GER /