American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-10-14
From the UnioR.J
OUR ARMY IN MONTERREY


We lay before our readers this evening the
fficial dispatches of Genera! Taylor, detail
DC he heroic and victorious onset of our ar
=hy upon Monterey. They confirm, in the
hahn, the accounts which we gave in our eX-
"a of last night. They bear the most ample
md honorable testimony to the gallantry, the
s kill, and the patriotic self devotion of our Of
GERS and soldiers. In this respect the intel
gence from Monterey fully responds to the
Sigh-wrought expectations of the country
Regulars and olunteers-through three
avs battle, alternately under dsburning sun
nd drenching rains, against foe str"Ho in
n overwhelming superiority Of numbers, and
n the advantages of a position so strongly
Fortified as to be apparently almost impregna.
,le-seem to have wed with each other, under
heir gallant leaders, in efforts of noble and
hivalrous daring. The result is a triumph
Every way memorable in military annals In
Three days our army has carried inrench-
nents which the enemy had expected 10 main
ain against any exhibition of military force
n our part, and 10 which they had probably
*tored, on this calculation, a large magazine
Ebf provisions The MeXicans are thus drl-
Yen from their chosen stronghold, and one of
te strong Keys of MeTico Is nO,C III oar hands.
Our loss in the prolonged confIct-though,
probably, not greater than was inevitable
rom the nature and circumstances OF the ac'
ion-has yet been severe, ami will appeal
most powerfully to the best and deepest sym.
)aties the country The brave men who
have fallen heroically in their country's right
tous and victorious battle, viii live in her
Grateful remembrance. We cannot, at this
moment, parlcuarizt Gas we hope 10 do here
|fter) names and deeds of distinguished honor
Suffice it to say, the fallen have met death
+ Df devoted patro ism and of high renown.-
|The living may rejoice in the conviction that
Ibeir vaor has crowned with new glory the
{prowess of American arms Their govern
Enent and their country will justly appreciate
|their signal services.
The terms Of the capitulation Of Monterey
I-all.imporlant as The possession OF that post
Rs to the further successful prosecution of the
|Mar--will arrest the attention of the public
mind. The surrender by the Mexican army
Ibf the military stores, provisions, and cannon
collected in the city, will add very consider
caby 10 the resources Of our troops, and wea-
Vixen, in greater proportion, the means OF the
enemy. The dispatches Of General Taylor
lido not inform US fully of the representations
and views upon which he acted, in granting
Ito the enemy-Subject, horeper, to instructions
and orders from both governmentS-an armistlce
|pf eoht ,UeekS, duling which time, in The ab
sence of such orders, neither army is to ad-
vance beyond specified line, about 80 miles
lin advance of Monterey. 1t must be borne in
mind, however, that, in demanding such
Suspension Of hostllties in one of our lines OF
Operation, the Mexican general may very
|,probabIy have held out to Gen. Taylor pros
|lpecls of a pac6cation between the two coun-
|nres, which, 10 fact, do not exist.
|, Be this as it may, however, we understand
|that Lieut.. Armistesd, the bearer Of despatch
lies from our government to Gen. Taylor, com
|municatng the failure of our offer of negoti-
ations, and enioining renewed vigor IN the
prosecution of the war, had arrived in New
Orleans on the LIST instant, and is said at once
to have chartered the steamboat Galveston TO
convey him to BRACES st. Jago. He will pro-
badly reach Gen. Taylor's camp to-day or to-
/ morrow, if he be not already there. These
dispatches will doubtless induce Gen. Taylor
to concentrate his troops, and collect his re-
sources as rapidly as possible, with the view
of resuming his operations vigorously SO soon
as he shall receive orders to terminate the ar
nsistice. These orders, we have no doubt, " III
promptly be issued from Washington We trust
\ they may reach Gen. Taylor in SlTteen days,
the time in which Captain Eaton performed
the route to Washington. 10 such an event.
l little delay Cat the orsD can be occasloned;
and even that little time can be usefully srent
in securing more complete and effective pre-
p1raion. AT all events, there can, as we
scanceve, be no doubt whatever that an ar
Smistice which was thus agreed to by General
Taylor, subject to the orders of the two gov
J ernments, should be at once terminated.
4 While upon this subject, we may take oc
/ cason 10 state that the recent rumors which
| have appeared in some of The journals of the
actual or intend departure of Mr.. Slidell anc
! Mr.. PARROT to General Taylor's camp, tC
avail themselves Of any opportunity of nego
tiation as commissioners to the Mexican gov
eminent, are without any shadow of foun
zion Tho recant,nn ne orr last over.