Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-11-14

nights aud It's temples trlmplctl under foot. -
The inylncible gensrsl called by il 10 place I
h'nseiiat the hced ol the troops is resolved .
not TO sVrNiyr the dishonor OF his country
Wilt be less 50 No. Out blood and
our property will be toe sacrifice that we
ouernp; and when yoo are ia the fall enjoy
mcnt oi ihe rights which YOU claimed. Ito
not doubt ot your cooperation. aud with il
We will snatch from fortune complete vic
tory. which ia the end will ensure To "a cNis-
;ancc aud honor.
JOSE MARIANA DE SALAS.
Mcrico, September ~. 1916.
The Republican OF the Is, OF octoJer
says
:" The disigrecable Intelligence which ar
ntcd ycsieriay from the northern frontier,
and which we copy. in continuation. from
the Dari1 del GObierno, il perhaps the pre-
ludc cot std more diastrous news, which will
put the patriotism oi Mexicans TO the test. -
No elect eau be too great, hen the object :
To defend our lives, ogr honor, and our indie
ptndence. No one who feels all the force OF
the word country viii Tail To experience the
utmost indignation against this ;rcacherous
/ enemy, who has dreauied Ol lorling il over
our territory, a barbarous undertaking which
he cannot accomplish as we trust, while a
single son of Morrlos lives,
r" Ii Is asserted That the terms of tapiiula
ton agrec'iu upon by General Ampudia. slipu
lated FOR the wilhlewsl OF the Mexican
Hoops with all their supplies and equipment.
i"r iue purpose ct taking post at Saliilio, aud
'lla' the general w,s reduced To this necessity
alter hour DAYS OF the severcst firing.
p" we shall always lament that in This mat =
l.f no attention was paid 10 the advice OF
Hehetai Santa Anna. who besought the gov
yihhehl To send ordcOs TO our army to with.
b'W rom Monterey, place viii ca could not
~ defended ia any event on accounl oC its
NilS commanded by heights. We shall. on
lhiS OCCASION, repeat what we have said: he
war must be carried on against the Ameri-
cans as The Speniards in this country warred
ssdihsl 'he French, by The system OF gueril-
as, SdpIOle OF destroying the mos, numerous
ahu oesi organized army. The establishment
ol the national guarl should be devoted to
Ue Practice OF the system In any other
way The republic is lost. The artillery o( The
Norm Americans is very much superior Ia
mat ol ours, aud we must countrrsct that
powerful element by calling into play all the
resources OF which history, experience. or
reason has taught rs the eficacy, Shall these
hsSois be lost upon Mexico Are We def
death p N''''"S
No mention is made in those inner. of
Santa Anna, except thlt he hal been IN Iii,
severe constipation, from which he had r..
covered aud that. after he learned The can.
ture o' Monterey, he wrule several letter, la
ms friends, scminding them of las adj, ice to
tie government 10 withdraw tie Iroops from
Monterey. '''''
II Is mentioned in one Of the papers. a,
som indication Of public spirit, that ,hc de,-
isfs in paioEe kini OF becr) la the civ ot
hc3ico' had requested the government to
nouhIs tie taA on Ihit article. which would
N,t'd ~ an increase OF revenue IN the odpital
OF thousand dollars day.
The most exaggerated statements are made
Ut the loss sustained by our troops at Mente e
Icy' one account estimating IL at three thou
sand.