The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-11-09
THE NEWS FROM MEXICO.

THE NEWS FROM MEXICO.
Dispatches have been received from our squadron
of Vera Cruz. Along with these letters, journals
have been transmitted, from which the following ex-
tracts have been made What besotted people are
these Before the battle, Ampuda boosted that we
should be defeated, and not one Of our troops
| would be left TO taste Of the waters Of the Rio
Grande And since the Mexcans were driven
from Monterey, they are incorporating every
thing-making our loss to be l,500-and some
say near 3,0O0-and stating that they loft behind
them only about six pieces Of artillery, not fit for
use. Private letters from Vera Cruz, however, APP
precating the depth Of the blow they have sustain
ed Monterey being considered one of the strongest
places in the world, &c, &c.
A few numbers Of the Locomotor of Vera Cruz,
to the 9Th Of October, inclusive, have been received
at the Navy Department. The intelligence Of the
capture Of Monterey is copied from other papers,
with few comments.
The following is a translation of the official de-
spatch of General Ampudia to the Mexican secreta
ry of war; announcing the surrender of Monterey:
Mosr EXCELLENT SIR: After a brilliant defence, in
| the course Of which the enemy was repulsed, with
the loss Of fifteen hundred men, from various posts
| he succeeded in possessing himself Of the heights
commanding the Bishops Palace, and another to the
south Of it, and likewise of detached breastwork
called the Tenera and continuing his attacks through
the houses, which he pierced in direction towards
the of the city, he succeeded in posting him.
self within half gun-shot Of the principal square,
where the troops were posted, who suffered much
| from the hollow shot '...
| Under these circumstances, | requested by
various principal officers TO endeavor to such
II,
way with the bayonet, surrounded as were by
entrenched enemies, would have resulted in the dis
persal Of the troops, and nothing Of the rlaeriei
would have been saved. These considerations hav-
| ing been weighed by me- also took into view what
the city suffered and would suffer- from the attacks
by the piercing of the houses, well the destruc
ton by the bombs the scarcity of ammunition
which was beginning be felt: the provisions which
were losing, as the enemy's lines approached the
centre; the distance from our supplies, and finally
that to protract this of things for two or three
DAYS. even il it possible to do So could not end
| in triumph, and | consented to open propositions
which resulted in the annexed terms of capitula-
| ton.
| Your excellency will perceive that they preserve
the honor of the nation and that Of the army; and
it is to be observed that, if they do not grant
much perhaps expected that Of itself proves
the superiority of the enemy, not in valor, which
he displayed in most of the combats, but in his po-
sition with the squares of pierced masonry which
| surrounded the square and cut off any supplies of
provisions wood, other articles necessary to SUBJ
| sistence.
With the greatest regret, the army withdraws
| from their capital, abundantly watered with its
| blood leaving under the guarantee of the promises
of the American generals the severely wounded and
the neighboring population of the State, whose civil
authorities will continue in the exercise of their
functions. Tomorrow shall continue my march
to Saltillo, where will await the orders Of the su-
preme government. And in communicating this to
you, for the information Of his exceency the presi-
dent, have the honor to reiterate the Of
my highest respect.
God and liberty! Headquarters in Monterey, Sep
tember 25 1916.
las, the acting president, to the people of Mexico,
announcing the loss of Monterey:
Mexicans! A government established against the
will of the nation is interested in concealing from it
l events which are disastrous to it, above all, when
the responsibility Of their occurrence must fall upon
/ the government. government whose sentiments
and interests other than those Of the nation
| and which has emanated from the movement by
| which ii threw off Its oppressors, has need to
conceal anything from it, for the nation itself must
combat for its preservation and for its homer.
Mexicans Monterey has fallen. 1t was not
enough 10 defy death, our valiant fellow-coun,ry.
men did for four days; IL necessary to do more
to defy want In every shape, and the insufficency
Of means Of resistance. The Intention Of the enc
| my TO occupy the whole republic is manifest but
the government is determined to triumph or perish
with the republic. Partial disasters are Of no i'm
portance the Spanish nation suffered much more in
the space Of six years, and the result of her heroic
efforts, and the cooperation OF all her sons, was
that the bones of half million of unjust invaders
when the fields Of the peninsula. Shall we become
unworthy ofindependence, by not showing ourselves
sons worthy Of our fathers' That independence
was achieved by aone only after ten years of con-
4 sancy and il not possible that an organized ma
ton should show less strength than its oppressed
sons such as our fret leaders were
/ Mexicans The time to act has come. Will
i you suffer your population to be decimated
sending to perish by handsful on the frontier,
one to-day, another Tomorrow and to perish less
by the enemies balls, than by neglect The gov
eminent will exert all it's power in the defence of
rights but it has right to expect that indifference
\ or Inactive contemplation shall not be the recon.
pense Of its plan Of operations for the nation will
prefer that one stone should be left on another
rather than behold its sovereignty, its rights and its
temples trampled under foot. The invincible gem
era called by it TO place himself at the head Of the
troops il resolved to survive the dshonor Of his
country.
Will il be less SOL No Our blood and our prop
erty will be the sacrifice that we offer up; and
when you are in the full enjoyment Of the rights
which you claimed, do not doubt Of your co-ope-
ration, and with II we will snatch from fortune