The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-10-22
GloPiOus Ne WIS
FR0M TIE AMY. u
ca7Itnlaflsn a MsnlaEsy, after 1hrss
III Days fightiHs

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The steamship james L. Dsr. caPssia
WOod. arrived iron Brazos Ssnlisgo -
hOul 10 o'cloCk this morning. By her
we have reserved me glorious news ihss
NfoaieTey has eaPilUlsled. slirT three DAYS
Of desperate fighting. Capt. Eaton. one
II he ais Of Gen. TsglOr. AIMED "a
he Day, bearing dispatches for Wash
layton. lie lsll Monterey en- The 2a'h
ID. Col. Kinney snd one oriler gsnise'
man accompanied him isom MnnisTsr.
We esnnol d,lay tie pFess On Attempt
% write out . narration II ;lhs battles.
TIE following i" Rem0raneA" are from
The pen Of IN officer who was in The bal
lies. ..sss 4ar sens -
Gen. Wonh, who led The attack uPnn
he sily on The Veal side, has immorssi-
lied HIMSELF The 6shling Was desPs
rate on our side, lhe Mexicans ou'nam-
bering us ~ tao 10 one, and being pro-
lsc,ed by strong enrenehmenis. -
An our readers siii delight Ia hear
Ihatlhe Louisiana boys did honor 70 The
Stair. We knew thew would. s-z<e
Almost all our Different accounts sss
down our loss al 500 or over, Of snham
500 we're killed. THIS best .slls The cha
raelsr OF the hghi. s.. .<-~
Kriy M.moraaIs eftAs operations 81 ne .isas-
ricaH Army bekrs Monterey. Nclrisr. fro'a fhs
Ish 10 ire sIA S.Pismyer.
IF On The 10Th Gen. Taylor arrived he.
fore Monterey. with fnrce Of about 6aOO
men, and after accommodating the city al
about 800 or 1000 yards from the "a.
ihedral fort. during which he was fired
upon from its batteries. his force was en-
camped al The Walnut Springs, , miles
shori Of the city. This was the nearest
position al which the army could obtain
1 supply Of water. anil be beyond The
reach Of the enemy's batteries. The re-
mainder Of the 10Th was occupied BY The
engineers in making reconnoisauces Of the
city. batteries and commanding heights.
On The oorh Gen. Worth was ordered
with his division TO mnFe by clrcultous
route TO the right, TO gain the Salilllo road
beyond the West Of the town, and to
storm The heights above the Bishops Pal.
ace. which vital point the enemy appear
ID have strangely neglected. Ciicnm-
stances caused his hall on the night Of
The Goth, short Of the intended position.
On the morning OF The 2ls. he continued
his route. AMI after an encounter with a
large body Of the enemy's cavalry and in
fanlry, supported By artillery from the
heights. he repulsei them with loss, and
finally encampej, covering the passage OF
flle SallilIo road. II was here Discovered,
shas Lsssd~- ILL., fort ., lie Bishops Pal
ace snd The occupation Of The helghls a.
bnve il, two forts, on commanding emf
nepces. on the opposite side Of the San
Juan, had been fpriiiea and occupied.
These two latter heigh,swere then storm.
ed and carried--the guns,o f The last tort
carried being immediately turned with a
plunging fire upon The Bishops Palace.
On This same morning (,he 2ist) the Isl
Division uf regular troops. uuder Gen.
Twiggs, snd the Volunteer Division un-
der Gen. Butler. were ordered under arms
to make diversion 10 the left OF the
town, in favor Of the important operations
Of Gen. Worth. The 10 inch mortar and
two % FOUNDER howiizers had been put
in battery the night oil the 20Ih. in a ra.
vine 400 yards distant from the Ca,he-
dral fort or Citadel, and were supported
Ly the 4ih Regiment Of Infantry. AT 8
A. NJ. on The 2lst, The order was given
for this battery 10 open upon The citadel
and town, anil Immediately after The lst
Division, with the Sd and irh Infantry IN
advance. under Col. Garland, were order.
ed TO Ieconnoilre and skirmish with the
epemy on the extreme left Of the city,
aud should prosFect Of success offer to
carry the most advanced battery. This
attack was directed by Maj. Mansfield,
Engineer, Capt. Williams, Topographic
cal Engineer, and Maj. Kinney, Q. NJ.
to The Texas Division. A heavy fire
huHb NhC Hist Edt'SiN was IItIHtuldleIf
opened upon the advance, bu, the troops
soon turned it, entering and engsging,wiih
with The enemy in the streets 0f. The city,
hating passed through an inccssanl cross
fire from the Citadel and the FIRST and Sc
batteries, and and from the infantry who
lined the parape!s, streets and house.tops
of the city: TIE rear Of The lst battery
was soon turned, and the reverse fire Of
the troops through the gorge Of the works,
killed or dislodged the aItillerists and in.
fantry from il. and the building occupi.
ed by infantry immediately in ills rear.-
The lst Division was followed and sup
ported by The Mississippi and Tennessee
aud LIST Ohio Regiments, the two form
er regiments being the first to scale and
occupy The fort. The success Of, HE day
here stopped. The Mississippi, Tennessee
and Ohio Regiments, though warmly en-.
gagged in the streets Of the city for some
time after the capture OF The lat battery and
its adjoining delences, were unable, from
exhaustion and the loss they had suffered.