New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-10-23
Gs,ernI. Taylor and Butler at rionterey-
The Aiedirated Attacks on Tampieo and
Vera Cruz.
respondence Of The Tnhnne
WAsgrscrox. D C. O. .

WASHINGTON, D C. OCT 81 $50.
In the recent attack on Monterey noshin. could
exceed the geIlantry displayed b. the rank and file
Of our army. Sen Tayler Won Izarels enough
Gen. Worth also placed his rePutation on pima
Gle where II may defy the assaults OF envy and par
ty maliznity But where y az the pet OF the Ad-
r1inistration Where vas the nan who has been
set up by the friends Of the Administrator 70 BE
the successo. Of Nr. Polk Where was the man
who came INTO Congress the selected a7owed oui-
II OF the party 10 put down-and Il no: % talking
by fghting-the Whi- party, and any one who
dared 20 be courageous enough 70 derounce It's oP-
ponents' In word, where was Gen Butler' l.
appears from the official dispatches Of Gen Taylor
and still plainly in the various reports OF mol
viduals that Gen. Butler the only officer whose
attack on one Of the forts OF Monterey failed and
the question has been asked-How was this Il
could not be attributable to the want Of gsIantry
Of the men because there IS solitary instance o.
anv failure OF moral and physical courage N them
Was it in the General No one ever answered
this question in the affirmative until i was under
stood that such statements had been received
By the Government IL relation 70 his behavior IN
the fight as put the matter beyond doubt, II IS
nov a generally received impression that ne mas
proved himself an incompetent soldler-that he
failed ON the occasion referred 70, 10 set his men
the example which 1t becomes Leading officer to
exhibit In the moment OF danger. Il IS now gen
orally believed report that Gen. Butler SO miscon-
ducted himself as 10 call forth renonstrance rom
Gen. Taylor. II is positively asserted here that
such is the fact Comment from me IS unneces-
sary
On the Importance OF Monterey acquisition
to US there is great difference Of opinion That 1t
must prove very serious loss tothe Me1icans, may
be inferred from the fact that it was the place where
the founderies for the casting OF copper bais-can-
non and nusket--are erected In its vicinity are
the copper mines which excel any ether IN produc.
tiveness and from these the toundres supplied
with metal for their castings. The City OF Mexico
contains the powder mills but the loss Of the man
uiactories Of shot and ball must be severely felt
Orders have been sent to Commodore Patterson
to march from Matamoros to Tampico FOR the ppr
pose OF assaulting that place in conjunction with
Commodore Perry who IS to conduct the squadron
in aid OF the land attack Tampico having been
taken-failure beng only trivial element in the
caIculstion-the forces are ordered TO proceed to
Vera Cruz-a distance OF above tao hundred
miles-and TO make similar attack By combined
operation on that city. II they fail a: Tamplco,
the troops are to fall back on General Taylor But
tbe.e is no provision that hear OF in case they tai
al Vera Cruz The fact is that the failure in the
latter case would make it necessary for the troops
to retreat to Tampioo, there being no intermediate
point at which they could avail themselves OF the
naval branch :or aid If the descent could be made
on Alvarado and should prove unfortunate 1t would
be easy 10 communicate with our squadron at ct
SACRIFICES, only about hive or SIX miles from the spot
But every thing has been arranged and instead
OF suggesting plans Of attack we have now only to
look Tor results If Tampco to tall by this ms
sault it probably has fallen and we cannot remain
ignorant of the result beyond n few days.
NEKlTAs.