The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-11-19

DESCRIPTION OF MONTERREY.

pE-IhlFIloA VI MOAlEhEf.
Monterey, September 20, 1916.
The army Is now quietly quarlsred in
and shout The grounds so recently slrewn
with The dead and dying. The blood
stained pavenenIs 81 this moment mark
the spOs Of desperate conflict. While on
the march from camp upon The FIRST days
battle. | heard Gen. Butler remark 10
Col. Johnson. Of Texas, Then acting as
his aid, "thas the post Of danger was the
post Of honor" That 10 no doubt true,
and, IL so, then the wreath Of honor
shOuld not be withheld from tie grares
Of the dead and the brows OF The living
Of hose who participated 10 The slorming
Of Monterey. After careful examina.
lion Of the ground occupied by the enc
my al The point or attack th-;- -.aan. nf
neiencs, and number OF troops, one is as
lonlshsd, not that 60 many were killed.
but that spy should be LEFT 10 tel The sto-
" Of the action.
Strange and lsmeniable that she hon.
age Of mankind should be profoundly be-
slowed on those only who conduci sue
eessfuuy Tie carnage Of the battlefield |!
A homage purchased BY The living. a, lie
expense Of The blood OF those who die.
These things, however, have been, are,
and will be So.
The tosn is situated at the mountain
pass which separates the plain extending
10 the Gulf OF Mexico from the noun
isinous region. which continues until you
have assembled The tablc.land upon which
,he capital is situated. These mountains
srise Fith great abrupiness from The plain,
unlike The Alisghsniss, which are ap-
preached only through country rough
and broken. long before you are at their
base. Their aspect is bleak and dreary
10 the extreme, The ascent presents an
apgle apparently Of sixty or seventy de-
grees, and their crest exhibits a sharp
Tidge-sf nearly uniform height. except
whsrs broken through. as though peces
had broken ont, leaving apertures Of sew
en- hundred feet with perpendicular sides.
through which no other range is discern
slls. Detached bills seem TO rise occa-
sionsIly like an excescence from the
plain, and MANY Of them Of grsai height.
On one of ,hese stands the Bishops Cas-
lie. commanding the town and plain for
miles. il 10 accessible, it is true, from
the east, with gentle ascent. but as you
look wssl from the heights Immediately
beyond il, the head grows dizzy, and one
unsccusiobed to high places a. | am
shrinks Involuntary hack from The pre-
cipice, and ins,incnrely seeks surer foot
Ing and dinner grasp upon The ,horny
ehaparrel surrounding him. This castle,
you know, was taken by Gen. Worth.
How il was done cannot competent,
although the n.odus op.ranG has been
explained to me half dozen times by
those who participated in Tie battle. One
would think i, an elfectual resistance, pro-
perly measured against one body ss we'll
IS another, totally regardless of numbers
or courage. In fact, no one doubts that
,hs troops who have taken the town could
dsfepd il against myriad Of men. Gen.
Taylor, in conversation with me, said he
had no hesitation in pronmDcing it the
sironges, position on the continent, except
Quebec. BY The by, > word about the
sapltulalion. The bearer Of the Gag OF
truce proposed surrender of the Town.
allowing them 10 remove all the public
property: Gen. Taylor asked an uncon-
dltionai surrender Of every thing: quite
difference. They had from s to I2 o.
clock to answer AT 10 they sent for
Gen. Tayler. Alter exhansling his M.
tience with diplomacy, and Ampulia had
declared he was no way straItenpd to sub
mission, Gen. Taylor said: ",Sir, hold
yuss town. yourself, aud your army in,