The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-11-06
EVACUATION OF MONTEREY.
MONTEREY, Mexlco. Sept. %. 40.

H1NI LHEAi heAlSVi Sept' ~ l~tO'
Geatlt meH-We are length IN quiet pos.
session ol this place, the last dnlsiun OF
Ampudia' ; army having maIcLed out ,es-
tefdly morning The Isl division mach.
ed ont on The 20 b, he % on the 27th, and
he balance Oh the 25.h. Il saw me two
last aud vas able to iorm a tolerably good
idea q the number Of men ID them. There
could DOT have been fewer than $500 hun.
dred men 10 each DIVISION, Of regular So!
d,cfs, "c,, armed aad equipped. Add -
these some 1000 horse who ietl The CITY 10
all parties during the four days fight,
aud at ieas, 5000 ciljzeus of The ,osn Who
took up arms 10 It's defence, ard you have a
pretty strong force Tor the dtieuce Ot place
winch nature aud art have combined to rem.
der as sIoug as any in The world. How
such an army, thus situated, could ever al.
10" itself to be conquered By force Of less
Iaaa tOeO men, VIII always aPPear strange
to the. The coaardice Of Ampudla is nov
established beg onI doubt. So careful
"as 10 u HI person, thar It Is SAID he ney
er once let his house ahea aug firing wes
going on. What a pity that cue OF our
sael.a could ~, have dropped lnlo bls bed
room.
| felt perfectly satisfied, when I saw the
Mexican troops pass out Of the town, Win
the arrangements which Gen. Taylor had
made with them, To have taken all those
men prisoners would have been usgtess.-
lHer arms We did not want; their horses
were worthless, win few exceptions, and
4 would have been very expensive aud troy.
bIes7me to feed and guard 20 many tncn -
And moreover It would have cost many
valuable lie 10 hayo carried the city at tho
point Of .he bay 0nsr. /
| fote out a the head Of the column day
osiofe yesterday, when their second diyts
on iel. town. That sceue alone RoulI a..
nos, have remUnenlcd enc lot the lany
9uHcy to Monterey. AT the head Of the
column rode Tie commander Of the division.
VIA us sat-, accompanied by Maj. Scou
OF the oh Infantry, with his Adluaul
Lieut.. Deas,) aud Leuts. Hanson, RgLiu.
-On aed McLass. Col. PyyioD toae by ii.
side Of the chef, and received a very aft c.
touate embrace IRON bun as We turned VI.
10 lie! tae cOlUmn march Oh, when the head
had reached Palace Hill. Aud now WI.
presented sceLce that | never can f5rget.
i"o e-lmen's oil tuIan.ry led OFT, with col
ors flying, drums beating, aud The uumpe.
lers blowing With all inerr might. The
HERS made all the noise they could. The
men acre all veil armed, and the whole d,.
vision seemed TO be well appointed, ~llh tae
exception oi shoes, IA lieu Of which most
Vi the meu wore sandals, Three pieces OF
artillery were 10 the centre Of the column,
ona SIX, one ulne, aud cue twelye.pounder.
Inc ane, marching four abreast, extended
about one mile. The Army y as accompa.
uieI W q great many females officers
wives On horseback, their faces unified, .
ana WIN bats on; soldiers wives mounted
On do1keys OF Oh foot, some Of them cor.
}ins BURDENS that would scarcely think
oil packing upon mules young women with
short petIlcoats, and hats, tripping lightly
along young gihs trudg,o2 along with
their VaIua5tes 10 their arms. | noticed
one pretty AIIe creature, about niue yeafs
Old, Nth pet chicken on Que ann and
parrot Petched upon her hand. The W.
hest woman | ever heard OF was waIking
behind a poor Iile heabt donkey, belabor.
.ng han With large suck. The donkey
vas ridden BY young woman, second ed.
ton Of the old one. precious pair, that
mother and daughter. Most oil the soldiers
iosEed sulIen, and their eyes CLEANED with
nelLcl aud desire Tor revenge. One Of
hcC1t.och's horses, valuable animal, I
" men man was leading out of the way OF
the meacsn troops, was seized and led off
INC soiaiers leYoiiug their muskets at the
host'er 'hen he enusayg,ed TO recover his
horse The aarmaI sas promptly returned,