Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1846-11-10

From the Army.

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cned out on the 26th, the second on the
9TH, and the balance on the 2Sth. I
saw thet last, and was able to form
tolerably good idea of the number of men
in-tkem. There could not have been
fewer than $500 in each division, of reg
ular soldiers, well armed and equipped
Add to these some 1000 harsemen who
left he city in small parties, during the.
four days fight, and atleast 5000 citizens
Of the town who took up arms in the de-
fence of a place which nature and art have
combined to render as.strong as any In
the world. How such an army, thus Sit
uated, could ever allow itself to be con-
quered by a force of less than 1000 men, :
will always appear strange to me. The !
cowardice of Ampudiais now established
| beyonda donbt. So careful was he of
his person, that it is said he never once.
left his house when any firing was going
on. What pity that one of our. shells.
could not have dropped into his. bed.
room. IRIS <.ssa....,..f -..... =
felt perfectly satisfied, when saw
| the Mexican troops pass out of town, with :
the arrangements which General Taylor
had made with them. To have taken all
| those men prisoners would have been
useless. Their arms we did not want;
their horses were worthless, with a few
exceptions, and it would have been very
expensive and troublesome to teed and
guard so many men. And, moreover, it
would have carried the city at the point
of the bayonet.
rode out with the head of the columns
day before yesterday, when their second
division left town. That scene alone
would almost have remunerated one for
the long journey to Monterey. At the
head ofthe column rode the commander
ofthe division with his staff, accompanied
by Major Scott, ofthe 9th infantry, with
his Adjutant Lieut.. Deas,) and Lieuts.
Hanson, Robinson and McLaws. Col.
| PeytOn rode by the side of the chief, and
received a very affectionate embrace from
him as we turned out TO let the column
! march on, when the head had reached
Pa!ace-hill. And now was presented
a scene that | can never forget. Two
regiments of infantry led off with colors
flying, drums beating, and the trumpeters
blowing with all their might. The ffers
made all the noise they could. The men
were all well armed. and the whole divis.
ion seemed to be well appointed, with the
exception of shoes, in lieu of which mos
Of the men wore sandals. Three pieces
of artillery were in the center of the COL
unn, one six, one nine, and one twelve
| FOUNDER, narchingfour abreast, extended
about one mile.
The army was accompanied by great
many females; officers wives on horse
back, their faces muffled, and with hats
on; soldiers wives mounted on donkeys
or Oh foot, some of them carrying burdens
tina; would scarcely think Of packing
upon mules: young women with short pet
ticoats. and hats tripping lightly along;
young girls tru1ging along with their lit
tie yalaables in their arms. / noticed
one pretty little creature, about years
old with pet chicken on one arm, and a
parrot perchedupon her head. The ug-
lest woman | ever beard of was walking
behind poor little feabit donkey, bella
boring him with large stick. The don.
key was ridden by a young woman Sec
ond edition ofthe old one. A precious
pair. that mother and daughter. Most Of
the soldiers looked sullen and their eyes
CLEANED with hatred, and desire for re.
venge. One of McCulloch's horses, a
valuable animal, which a man was lead
ing out of the way of the Mexican troops
was seized and led off, the soldiers level
ing their muskets at the hostler when he
endeavored to recover his horse. The
animal was promptly returned, however,
on the circumstance being mentioned to
| the commanding officer.
Yesterday morning the last division
was drawn out in the plaza next to the
cathedral-that is, all the plaza could
hold-and Captain Mics, who is station.
ed there with his his. regiment, 9TH in.
tantry,) drewuP his command and salu.
ted the regiments as they passed him.
| never heard noise until yesterday NOR.
ming. Pandemonium never contained as
noisy gang as these Mexicans are. Il
seemed to be the particular endeavor o
every man to make all the noise that lay
in his power. There must have been
fifty ybuglers and as many fifers and drum.
mers playing at the same time and no
three ofthem attempting to play the same
tune. ~ - 49, -
| saw several regiments looking
soldiers. mea of good size, young, active
and athletic.
The first division is encamped in the
grove, three miles east of the fown-one
OF the loyeliest spots in the world, shaded
by large pecan and live oak treess. This
grove seems to be the only woodland in
this region, and is resorted to by the Cit
liens OF Monterey as a place for holding
pic mic parties.
The third, a volunteer division, is also
encamped in this grove. Gen. Worth's