The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1847-02-19

tending from lie Gulf of Mexico 10 the Pc q
cifc, and OCCUPY The same, Or keep what We 1
already have possession Of; and that with Il
Tampicos (which hope to take in theft
course of the next month, Or as soon as lean
get the means of transportation will give d
us on ibis side the Sierra Madre, and. as Ii
soon al occupy Saltillo, will iDcIude.six or II
seven States Or provinces, thus holding
Tampico, VictoFias Monterey, Saftillo, Mon Il
|clayo, and Chihuahua, (which presume
Gen. Wool has possession Of By this, timel
Santa Fe, and The CalIfoInias--and say to
Mexico, HDrire Us from the countryl'z
Throwing q her the responsibility and ex.
pense Of carrying on offensive waF-at the
same tins closely blockpding all her ports
90 the Pacihc and The Gulf -
A course Of this kind, il perseyeFed IN
for short time, would suon bring her TO
her proper senses,and compel her tosue for
peace provided there is government in.
the country sufficiently stable for Us to treat
with, which, / fear, will hardly be the case
for many years 10 come. Without large Re.
Inducements Of volunteers fronthe United
States--aay ten or fifteen thousand, those
previously sent out having been already
greatly reduced by sickness and other casu.
ialties) | do not believe il would be adyisa-
4 6le 20 march beyond Saltillo, which is more
! than two hundred miles beyond GU: depoIs
on the Rio Grande,--a very long line on
which TO keep up supplies lover land route
in country like this1 for large force, and
t~-~tns.. L..
which will be frightful to contemplate, when
closely looked into.
From Saltillo TO San Luis Potosi, the next
place Of importance on the road TO the city
fIcf Mexico, is three hundred milestone
hundred and forty badly wateTed, where no
!. supplies Of any kind could besprocured for
j. men or horses. ! have informed the War
! Department that twenty thousand efficient
3 len would be necessary 10 insure success
n if we move on TO that place--a city eontain-
! ling population Of 10000, Where the ene-
t my could bring together and sustain, besides
citizens, an army Of $4,000, force which,
!. aPprehend, viii hardly be collected BY Us
j. with the train necessary to feed it, !as.woll
n as to transport other supplies, particularly
y Ordnance and munitions Of war.
ss in regard TO the armistice, which would
e, have expired by Limitation in few days, w
n lost nothing by It, as we could not move
Il even now, had the enemy continued to occn
10 ipy Saltllo; for, strange to say, the first wac
lie on that has reached me since the declaration
o, Of war, was On the Cd inst, the same day o
ID which received from Washington an &C
III acknowledgement Of my dispatch anneuncin
e, only one hundrend and twenty five, so III
lat have been, since May last, completely cFil
be pied, and am still so for want Of transports
10, ton. After Iaking aRd scraping the conr
ty, try for miles around Camargo, collecting e
nd nv pack mule and means of transportation
could bring here only $4,000 ratiUns, If
u. teen days supply with moderate supply
no ordinance ammunition, &C., 10 do Whic
g,l all the corps had 10 leave behind a-pOrtit
fly fof ihsir camp equippage necessary for the
he comfort, and, in some Instances, among q
ere volunteers, their Personal baggage. mo
! If ed in such way, and with. such limit
the means. that had not succeeded, shon
ich no doubt been severely reprimanded, if not
ing ing worse. did so to sustain the ADM
had istraton.
tort
by OF the two regiments Of mounted. m
vith from Teuenssee and Kentucky, who
tied their respective States TO JOIN me, in Ju
ired last, the latter has just reached CamaIl
reg the former bad not gOtto MatamorOs At ]
atests dates from there. Admitting 9
lace they will be as long in returning as ing
fed ting here, Ito say nothing Of the time q
rs essary to recruit their horses) and were
sces be discharged in time 10 reach their HON
lmu- they could serve in Mexico but . very St
900 time. The foregoing remarks are not N
ous- with view Of finding fault with any 9
lctu- but TO point out the difficulties with whit
de. have TO contend.
Their Monterey, the capital Of New Leon
ions, situated on the San Juan river, Wber
none comes out of the mountains; the city lwl
the contains d population of about II, 0OO) b.
in part surrounded by them, at the hea
! the large and beautiful valley. The ho
'hich are Of stone. in the Moorish style, with
/ the roofs, which, with their strongly encli
con- yards and gardens, in high stone walls
shall looped for muske.ry, making them eaC
g for fortress within ITSELF Il il the most i'm
lities tant place in North Mexico, Tor on the
titled side Of the Sierra MadIe) commanding
Sc on only road or pass for carriages from this
dent between it and the Gulf OF Mexico, 70
table lands OF Sierra, BY and though "
Polk the city Of Mexico can be reached.
soon. remain truly and sincerely your fri
9 the z. TAYLOR.
y yer, = The Campaign.