American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-11-11
LATEST NEWS!
LATER FROM THE ARMY.

EVACUATION OF sALTILLO BY THE'MEXG.
CANS-SANTA ANNA AND a LARGE FORCE
AT SAN LOUI5-GEN. TAYLOR'S DEMAND
ON THE MEXtCANs FOR CORN AND
MULES-DEATH OF 1T. GRAHAM-OFFI-
CIAL NUMBER OF KILLED AND WOUNDED.
The steamer Galveston arrived at New Or
leans on the I'd inst, with dates from Monte
rey to the 10th ult. The correspondent of the
Pcayune announces the death of Lieut.. Ora
ham, of the 4th Infantry. He died on the
evening qrthe It'll Of October, universally la
mented. The wounded generally are doing
well. Hopes are entertained that Major Lear,
of the Sd Infantry, may recover, although 30
terribly wounded. We are sorry learn that
fever and ague is beginning to prevail exten-
sively in the army. The accounts frsm the
troops in the valley of the Rio Grsnde are tru-
ly distressing, The N. O. Commercial FINES,
in referring to the letters of its correspondent,
says:
1t will be perceived that the first bearer of
dispatches, Lieut.. Lewis G. Armisead sent on
from Washington soon after the refusal of the
oveTtures for peace was made known, had
reached Gen. Taylor's encampment, and had
communicated the instructions with which he
was charged. What their exact purport was
has not transpired-all that was known was
that the Commander in Chief had remarked
that the position Of affairs rendered them of
little consequence. Oar correspondent assures
us privately, that nothing will be done until
orders are received from Washington, in an
swer to the official account of the battle Of
Monterey, transmitted through Capt. Eaton,
lfsuch is the fact, that Status in quo will speed-
| ly be broken up, before this. Maj Graham,
the special messenger, who was despatched post
haste from the seat of Government, must have
arrived at Monterey.
BY far the most important information COM
municated by our correspondent is the fact,
hitherto rumored, but now definitely ascertain
ed, that The yNericanS are withdrawing from Sal
tulo, and tCit not attempt 10 defend that topn, but
wiH fall back on San Luis PotoSi. If any doubt
whatever existed of the accuracy ofthis intel-
gence, it will be removed when we state that
we received yesterday private adyices from the
city OF Mexico, so late as the 25th of Septem-
Der, which state that Santa Anna had left the
capital that morning with 1900 cavalry and
1000 infantry, for San Luis Potos; and that
positive instructions had been despatched to the
army of the North not to occupy Slltlllo but
to retreat Immediately to San Luis.
The dictator had been utterly unsuccessful
| in his attempts to raise loan of two millions
on q mortgage of the revenues of the church,
as the lien was considered by capitalists inse.
cure, if not illegal. He then applied for
| 100000, but could only raise wi 1000, which
was the sum total with which he started
Hence, perhaps, the comparative meagreness
Of his military escort. 1t was known in Mexi-
co, at the last dates, that the American army
had reached Monterey; moreover, the best in
| formed parties in the capital were Of opinion
that the attack OF ur troops would be success
fu, as the movement of Gen. Worth on the
Saltillo road was fully understood, and its i'm
portance duly appreciated.
Annexed TO the correspondence, will be
found the address of Ampudia, the general-n-
chief Of the army Of the north, from his head
quarters in Saltllo, in which that renowned
and valiant warrior recounts, after his own
fashion, the stormng and surrender of Monte
rey. This document is less turgid and bonn
bastic in its vein than are most Mexican mis-
sives of the kind; with this exception, that Am
pudia, with matchless efftontery, boasts Of hav-
my put fifteen hundred of our soldier hors de
! eomba! III the action Of the 2lst, Al that rate