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LATEST FROM THE ARMY.
7 BY lhs arrival, last evening, Of the steamship
Nckim, from Brezos Santiago, which left On ths
morning of tha 22nd inst, ws are placed m pos
session Of interesting items of intelligence from
The army. To Capt G.. L. ". Davis, Of the u.
!inOis volunteers, sid-ds-csmp 70 Gen. Shields,
and who IS bearer Of dispatches from General
Wool 10 Washington, W. are indebted for what
ever Of Interest We give u the public to-day from
the army.
On the 26,h Of October, Gen. Woo's column.
almog 1900 strong, being within fnur days march
4 OF AonclOya, was waited upon by the Mexican
Governor, Lopez, with an escort, who s0lemniy
protested against the forces Of the Unted States
entering The town Of Monclovu, and contended
that the course Of General Wool was in viola
non Of the urmistce agreed upon az Monterrey.
ten. W OOI was not was not moved bv ;he protest
Or BY the naming Of the aunis,ice, but assured
the Governor he would enter the city and take
possession Of il. This be did on the 3Uth Of Oc-
iobcr. The Governor then told Gen. Wool that
he had protested against his movements 10 satisfy
|hlsGovcrnment, but his army would be treated as
friends, and the best houses IN the ciy were Of
lercd to Gen. Wool for his quarters. When Capt.
Davis lctt, the army was in quiet possession Of
the place, and the best beef mutton, wheat. corn.
&C., &C., were furnished them By the Mex.caus
at very reasonable prices.
Gen. Vol had heard unofiicialv Of the can.
ure Of ChihUuhau by Colonel Kearney, and tie
General had consequently determined 70 remain
IN MoAclOva until further adYjces We're received.
Captain Davis travelled from Moucioya %
Monterey, distance 266 miles, in six days. He
let MonclOva 2nd November, reached Monterey
On the 9th, and left the latter place on The IIlh
for Camargo. He passed from Moncloyalo Mon
terey without an escort save TWO Mexican guides.
The troops Of Gen. Wool's column are in excel
len! hea.th. 1t Monterrey there was some sick
ness.
Gen. Taylor and hisstaS accompanied by Gen.
Worth and bis brigade, started on the morning Of
the 18th from Monterey, to make reconnaissance.
with view Of taking Sa,t!o, which is, 10 doubt
ere this, in our possession.
Gen. Paterson had left Camargo with abeu,
COCO nlen en- route from Tamyico.
The information from San Louis Potosi is that
it is admiralty fortified, and abundance Of ord
nance and ammunition. Santa Anna is there
with force Of sixteen Thousand men, which will
be increased TO thirty thousand. II Is the oPin-
ion Of the best informed officers that atthi5 place
there will be a desperate and bloody cUHe'ct.
AmPudia is reported to be confined in prison a'
Nadagara, because of his copi,uIaton a, Monterey
The steamships Neptune and Sea had started
from Brazos with seven companies of the Second
Regiment [. S. Artillery and cannon and am. .
muni;ion for Tampico.
Hereafter point high up the river above Tam .
pico is TO be the base Of the Army operations.
Gen. Butler is yet suffering severely from the
wounds received al Monterey,
Maj. Graham and Mr.. Mclean, passengers in
the Mckim, were entrusted with dispatches from
Gen. Taylor to the Secretary Of War.
Col Gates has been appointed Commander or
Governor of Tmnpco.
The country around Moncloya is painted in
glowing colours, and the climate delightful.
INCIDENTS OF Wharf.-The Louisville Journal
publishes the following extract of letter from
Monterey, describing most touching incident in .
the great battle. The poor victim should have a .
monument erected to her memory:
CAMP MONTEREY, OCTOBER 7, 1916.
Hungry and cold crept to one corner of the
Tort TO get in the sunshine, and at the same time
10 shelter myself from the bombs that were fiying
hck around me. looked out, and, some two
Or three hundred yards from the fort, saw
Mexican female carrying water and food to the
wounded men Of both armies. saw her lift the
head of one poor fellow, give him water, and
then take the handkerchief from her own head
and bind up his wounds; attending one or two 9th
srs in the same way, she went back for more food
md water. As she was returning | heard the
crack OF one or two guns, and she, poor creature,
ELL; after few struggles all was snll-shc was
trrr-, ,,lt NV
'Oh God, and this is war!" cannot believe but
hat the shot was an accidental one. The next
lay, passing into another fort, passed her dead
lead body. II was lying on its back, with the
bread and broken gourd containing few drops
't water. We buried her amidst showers of grape
and round shot, occasionally dodging a shell or
welye FOUNDER, and expecting every moment to
lave another grave to dig for one of ourselves"