Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-10-30

better, can stand hunger longer, and endure more
fatigue, than any soldiers nc ever saw. The Tex
ans are now all disbanded, and are on their way
home, most Of them by land, through San Ano-
Mo. Col. Hays has authority 10 raise another
regiment of 1000 men.
| CAPT. WALKER-It is reported that Capt.
Walker had his "gallan, bay" shot from under
him by cannon ball; that IN falling. one Of his
legs was under The horse that The Mexican lam
GERS were close npon him, but 10 avoid falling in
to their hands, he pretended TO be dead until they
had passed. One of them, however, approached
with poised lance, 10 prove whether there was
| life Left in the body; Walker, cycling him all the
lime, The moment The Mexicans horse was with
in his reach, he jumped up, sei@d The reins, drop
ped the lancer from his saddle with his unerring
five shooter, then Jumped into The saddle himself
and joined his regiment ~" :ays the Flag, "the
gallant Captain has lost his seed, the ladies OF
New Orleans will have anolh:r opportunity OF
teslilyins their appreciation OF MS conduct"
The troops composing Gen. Worhs Division
in the battle, consisted Of he Artillery Battalion,
the Sth Infantry, Lieut., Col. Dnncan's Battery,
Lieut.. McCall's Battery, and The 9Th and 7lh
Infantry, with Col Hays regiment OF Mounted
Riaemen. These troops did great execution, but
suffered much less than The division under Gen.
Taylor.
THE RELATIVE FORCES, LOSSES, &c.
We are assured that Ampudia had rom fourteen
10 sixteen thousand lroops-lhe former IS the low
esl number given by any one. They had about
fifty pieces OF heavy artillery worked with a de-
gree Of skill and precision unsurpassed by any
nation. They were also in 4 strongly fortified
town. The streets leading nothe town, to The
Plaza, were ali either closed upwh heavy and
strong walls OF solid masonry reIuiung great la
Dor, and executed in The most wo kmanlIke man
ner, or these streets were protected with batteries
Of heavy ordnance, planted 50 y 10 etlecuaIly
| cover their entrance.
The American army did not exceed 5000, and
100 of these were reserved as a camp guard. 10
protect the camp from forces of Mexican cavalry;
SO that we had bu, 1900 men in he engagement.
Nearly all our most effective ordnance had been
left behind There vas only tn, Flying Arlille-
nv, which in order TO do much execution, had 10
ne exposed 10 most destructive ire from The enc
my's heavy batteries. Add Two 2l-pound how'll
zers and one l0nch mortar, and our whole loIce
is given. This shows 4 disparity OF more man
three 10 one, and vast advantages against our ar
my in position fully equal 10 The inequality IN
| numbers.
The loss of our army is 56l in killed and
wounded, Al oil whom were officers Maj. Lear,
| Sd Infantry, who was reported severely wounded,
is iaSt recovering.
The eneinys loss is not known with any GER
lainly. The Mexcans in Monterey state il at u
or ID 700, but about 1000 is thought 10 be more
probable estimate.
An officer wiring description Of The battle oil
| Monterey 10 a brother officer in NJ aam0raS, says:
"Thc Texans arc gallant sci OF boys-per.
fec, dare.devs. They will do any thing they
are told 10 10. Gen. Worth admres Them, and
he is moi The only one. They arc as different
from our dragons as night from day. Majur
Chcyallie, one of the Texan officers, asked 10 go
with Capt Smith 10 storm the first height. NO.
SAYS Gen. Worth, 4 want Capt Smith 10 CON-
nand lha, pary' There shall be no difficulty
about that says The gallant little Major, i viii
90 under Cant. Smith And this Major is but a
lair sample OF The whole body. Col. Hays has
gained great reputation among our officers
Walker has won new laures.
"Gen Worth is the hero Of this affair; he dit
the most OF il, and lost only about thirty killed
and wounded while the main body oil The army
LOST about 500. The Mexicans, il is thought, los
aboutlh The same number. We got ihiry-hve pie
ces of artillery by the surrender. Alter exami
nation, we found that we had not begun The hard
est OF The work. All are satisfied with the con
di,ons OF the truce, which lasis tnr sixty DAYS
except, perhaps, some OF the Texans"
The following officers, who came IN the Gal
weston. we're in the battle OF Monterey Lieu,
4 u. -.
Lieut.. B. T. Owen, Baltimore Battalion; Lieut.
Thomas J. Curd.
These officers, with others, who stopped at Ca
MARCO, lett Monterey on the 9th inst, al which
lime all The Mexican troops had evacuated the ci
" according 10 The terms Of the capilulalion, The
citizens remaining and pursuing their bushes, Il.
usual. II is said that Gen. Ampuda was ST
much frightened, lest The Texans would kill him
that he begged General Worth 10 furnish an es
cor for his security on his departure, which wa:
accordingly done. There were vague rumors
Monterey that Santa Anna was at The head Of al
army and marching 10 meet Gen. Taylor.
MATAMORAS.-The Flag of Wednesday
the 7lh, says, bearer Of dispatches arrived il
this city on Monday evening last, en- route ioi
Monterey, only len days from Washington City
The steamer Aid was chartered Immediately up
ON his arrival here 10 take him 10 Canarso. He
will no doubt arrive in Monterey on the 9th, ma
king fourteen days from Washington City. This
is extraordinary speed, and would imply that his
budget contains matters Of Importance. Proba
Div The destiny of Mexico. Whether she is 10 be
or is mol 10 be. Alter The Gincrai is done looking
al them he'll tell US what its all about. We have
heard so many difieren, conjeclures on the sub
ecl that we dare not venture one ourselves
Correspondence Of The Nem Orleans P,eouune.
MONTEREY Sept. %, 1876.
From the time The Mexican Lancers com
mencpd the attack upon our advance, late on the
afternoon OF the 20h inst. up to The final capitu
la,on on the afternoon OF The 24th, there was lile
rally no rest to The soles a The ieei oil any man
in Gen. Wouhs command. The rain on The
nights of the 9Th and 2ls, combined with The
| constant expectation Of an Attack from The enc
my were causes sufficient 10 drive away sleep
bul 10 these should be added hunger and that ex.
cess offa,ene which drives eff slumber, as well
az the circumstances that many OF US had wound
ed comrades demanding attention.; with this COM
bination OF drawbacks you can easily conceive
that one hal iuIe time or inclination oT writing
Speakinu OF wounded comrades reminds me oil
moor Thomas He was one OF the most daring
spiril. in McCuoch's company, and had his
horse wounded 10 The charge The encmy's lancers
made upon US on the morning olthe 2lst On the
following morning, while slorming The battery on
the height overlooking The Bishops Palace, he
was mortay wounded, and alter suffering lncre.
dibly died on the morning ofthe 2lh A muskel
ball shattered his hip joint, at The same time that
the brave Can't Gillespie was shot through, and
the Two are now quietly resting side by side on
The heieh, where they received their death wounds
Mount Gillespie, as il has been appropriately
named by Gen. Worth. The friends Of Thomas
are among The most respectable in Maryland; he
| was in the same mess with myself, and II may
afford his acquaintance some consolation TO
know that every attention was paid him during
his last hours, that circumstances would admit.
OF The thousands Of Mexican soldiers that oc-
cupied this Gibraltar of a town few days since
moi as many hundreds now remain. AT one time,
SO confident were Ampudia and his generals OF
success ss' they sent Romano with fifteen hundred
or two thousand cavalry in The rear OF Gen; Tay-
Tor, to cut of his retreat The "Tedeemins" same.
the ssd-digging hIoush and under houses, TAX,
ing, inch By inch, but never ;s 81 giving GDsand
The close G by Maa1 Mnnn m0 od
Lieut. Lovell-all combined to in'imdaIe the
Mexicans to degree that induced them 10 sue
for terms. Shells from the mortar fell and e1plo-
ded all around the great Cathedral: had one en-
tered tha, tablishment filled as il was with am
munition, every house on the main Plaza would
have been riven TO fragments, and the loss OF Lille
would have been fearful To spare The shedding
OF so much blood, and so terrible an injury OF
property, were some OF The main causes that in
duced Cen Taylor 10 offer the Mexican COM
1880, ho did