The Columbian fountain., 1846-10-29

a heaVy business has been done in cotton with a
more active demand and an upward tendency in
prices. Sales of Upland at lOa, and, of Mobile at
IL H. .t laia3i2lo2sa Hi.1 'f~.' .t.s.,....,
The Stock Market continues firm and prices stea.
dy, as quoted yesterday. nina
No change in provisions or groceries.t taalat
Nothing Of local interest
ELEVEN DAYS LATER FROM MON.
s.a M i.a o0l TEREY. E Fg@ 2as
Intelligence, eleven days later than that here
tofore received, has been brought to New Or
leans, as we learn from the Southern papers
received last night. The advices from Monte.
rey are down to The 9th of October. a III s9aAi
General Taylor, on the 9th Of September,
issued an order congratulating the army army under
his command Of another great triumph. 7.e
'--Colonel McClnng, oflhe Mississippi volun-
teers, is not dead. bat improving n health. .ti
Li~-.,eenant Dilworth, of the lst Infantry. has
died Of his woa-ls -.
Lieutenant Graham Of the ~ fan,,v u,as
still alive, and hopes were entertained 81 ms
recovery. # @ aaaal@a ssse ~,
The loss on the American side is said TO be
563. The loss Of the Mexicans could not with
certainty be ascertained, but is stated to be at
least 900, some say over 1900. 9aa
7 Captain Owen, (formerly lieutenanD OF the
Baltimore battalion, left Monterey for New
Orleans on the 9th Of October in the steamer
Galveston, which brought the news.
The steamer Colonel Harvey, Captain
Shannon, was totally lost on the Rio Grande
bar on the 18th September. and twelve per
sons were drowned, (some accounts state ~
among whom were two sergeants belonging
to the U. s. army. 81 .at .t.'. 4.
The schooner Atlantic, from New Orleans,
for the Rio Grande, was also totally lost on the
9th Of September. eight miles to the South
ward Of the Rio Grande. ga5 s5 a7a
We learn from the Delta that the Mexican
force at Monterey could not have been less than
10000 to IL, 900 men, and now that their forts
have been examined by our engineers, they
are pronounced 10 be Of the strongest and most
scientific onslruction-mpregnab indeed,
it would SEEM .' m.".. I.
The robber, Canales, with large force un-
der his command, is at San Fernando, indulg-
ing in his favorite system of warfare. whenever
he can find isolated or detached parties of the
American Army. E"'.@.n
The Texan volunteers, Rangers, and ALL are
discharged. .~
Bale Peyton had struck Brig. Gen. Mar
shall, Of Kentucky, for which he challenged
him; young Mr.. Musson, who was with the
army, as Mr.. Peyton was-a. volunteer aid
was struck by Capt Sherer, of the Mississippi
volunteers, whom he challenged. ~
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FURTHER EXTRACTS. The Galveston News
Of the 9th says some officers who stopped at
Camargo, left Monterey on the 9th inst, at
which time all the Mexican troops had evacu-
ated the city according to the terms of the ca
pitulation, the ciuzens remaining and pursu-
ing their business as usual. |, is said that Gen.
Ampudia was much frightened lest the Texans
would kill him. that he begged Gen. Worth to
furnish an escort for his security on his depar.
ture, which was accordingly done. There
were vague rumors at Monterey that Santa
! Anna was al the head Of an army and march.
ing to meet Gen. Taylor. This further con-
firms our news via Vera Cruz and New Or
leans. ....r..a.+ .... gye .N. H
| Gen. Pauersonhas issued an order that
no steamboat not in the employ Of govern
ment shall take on board any American or
| Mexican citizen as a passenger without a
written permission from The commanding Off
Ger of one Of the Military Posts, or a com
mssioned officer Of the c. Masters dep't.o
2. That " no goods Of any description will
be allowed to be transported on such boats
which are not consigned 10 the q. Masters OF
Subsistence departments 10 an officer of,he
line Of the Army, or to the regular appointed
Suffers Of the Army" a1e
3. That no ireighlof any description will
be allowed TO be landed at any point on the
! river not occupied by the troops OF the U. S