Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-11-11
LATE FROM MONTEREY.

We conversed with some of The officers
who arrived last evening from Galveston
IN the steamship Palmetto. They are
from Monterey, and bring Information
from thence to the 18th instant. The fol-
lowing is a summary of what we have
CLEANED from them:
There are various reports floating about
the Camp at Monterey respecting the move
ments of The Mexican army, but nothing
authentic or detuIie.
The following is the disposition of the
army at Monterey: Gen Wor,h's divi.
sion, with which is Blanchard's company
OF Louisiana Volunteers, attached to The
7th regiment, garrisons the city The
ist, Sd and 4th regiments, and the brigade
of Artillery, with gen. TayIor's staff, are
emcamped about four miles north of the
city. The Kentucky, Tennessee and Geor.
gIa Volunteers are encamped mile still
further north of the city.
! But few of the cuizens remained in
| Monterey after its evacuation by the Mex
leans, and but few of those who left have
yet returned.
The prevalent opinion in camp was.
that there would be no more fighting, for
Ampudia actually had assured the deputa-
zion who arranged The terms Of the arms.
tice with him, that commissioners from the
United States to treat of n peace were re.
ceved by the Mexican government. They
are, however, OF this long before how disa
oused, for our Camargo correspondent
says that the bearer of dispatches from
Washington to gen. Taylor, has passed
that Post.
The number of our men killed and
wounded, SO far as ascer;aIned, is SILL
Many of the wounded were dying. Wher
ever bone was touched il was found diff
cult TO effect recovery of the patient -
The number of killed and wounded on the
side of the MeXicans is believed to be abou
1900 Several incidents of interest were
related 10 us, which we have not time t.
note now. There was no hand 10 hand
fighting. The volunteers, when inside The
city, exposed themselves as little as posi-
ble IA the streets. They would enter ;
house at the extreme end of a street an,
tight their way from house 10 hoase-nov
4 on the roof aud now in the lnterior-usIn.
the rife with deadly effect all the Time, am
n this accounts for the greater loss OF thei
enemy. To their credit be il said, the,
never, in any instance, we are Informed
resorted to plumber.
With such terror had they inspired tn
Mexlcans, that when the neder to ceas
I firing was given preparatory to the consul
tation for truce, and for some time belor
it, resistance to them had almost enlire
/ ceased, and the fort or citadel that rema.r
ed in the possession of the enemy wa
outside the city and that it could not ann,
them if in possession of it. Hence II
r dissatisfaction expressed by some IN can
at the terms Of the armistlce, or indeed
: any armistice at all. Hav,ng done
5 much and gone SO far they wished to
81 ''the whole figure" At what sacrifice IN,
$ did SO may be know, when we state N
/, out OF three humid. ed and fifty ch,vaI,
/. Iennesseans, no went into tie field 4
r flrst day, on1 hundred and seventeen
j. them were killed and wounded. aud
G three hundred and thirty or forty Miss
sipPIans, same day, sixt, seven brave f
# lows fell.
I'll The Mexican regular forces in. the G