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he psrl q Gen. Taylor; 6nd Ca. !. n. |
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Gcn. Anpntia. wsrs appointed.
6cn- teyIor Ksso ,insirucl;ous n n.
com minioners which, d undefaood n,
|tAe1 usts bsisf and Fsrbsl. nill s. beslI
sho.nby tbseopy Of ihs asmaaa which
lihs UnIted Sisiescommissfoners pr.p,rec
in The conferences room here incxpora-
ted.
Copy Of dtnand 6y " s csrniss;snrs
II. AZ he lssiti.sis rsssll Il lhs up.r.,iep,
before Ibis Pises. sDd the pres<9t tssiton 81 ibe
esnisndins ARMIES. No tsn1sa IL surprnase 81
4 the IOWA, ihs arms and nnniiiols of var. -
~ other public properly within Ne pisca.
i all. That the Mexiean armed force rslire'be
gand he Rineonado, Linfres and Ssn Fsrnsnao.
/ % The COST.
i all. The commanding general II The army
LOT the Uniied States agrees thai the Moxiesn Of.
lfces reserve their side arms and private beg.
gage; add he troops Be allowed is retire undsr
their ofiesfs without parole, Jsass nabls time
being allowed 10 vitbdrsu The forces.
i aiY. The innsdists delivery Of the main
york, nos occupied 10 The array Of the Haitsd
States.
ssF. To avoid collisions, and for maiual con-
lyerisnee, that the Troops Of he Uaited States
lshail not occupy The town until the Nsxicsn
forces have been vilbdravp, s1cept for hospi-
tai purposes, storshouses, &C.
"Vl. The commanding general Of The United
States sgrees not 10 advance sbeyend The line
. specified in the second section before the expi.
ration Of eight weeks, or until the respective
governments can be heard from"
The terms Of the demand were refused
BY the Mexican commissioners, who drew
! Top counter proposition. Of which I only
. recollect that i conisiaeda permission 10
the Mexican forces TO retire with their
afus. This was urged as matter Of sol.
dieflY pride, and rs an ordinary courtesy.
We bad reached the limit Of our insiruc.
lions. and the commission rose TO report
the disagreement.
Upon returning 10 The reception room.
after the fact bad been announced that
The commissioners could not agree upon
! terms. Genersl Ampudia entered slieng,h
upon the question. treating the point Of
disagreement a. one which involved the
honor Of his country. spoke Of bis desire
for settlement without fnlher bioodshed
and ssid he did not care shout the pieces
Of artillery which he had q ths place
General faylorrssponded to the wish 10
avoid unnecessary bloodshed. II was q.
I greed The commission should reasssmbie,
! and we were instructed 10 concede the
small arms; and supposed there would
be no question about the artillery. The
Mexican CON nissiohers now urged that.
as sH other arms had been recognized, II
would be discfeditable tolhe artillery il
Irequired 10 nsrch .eut without anything
10 represent their arm, aud stated, 10 an.
swer TO 40 inquiry. that they bad batls-
. Try Of light artillery. maneuvred and .
Equipped - such. The commission again
rose, and reported the aissgreenen; on
The point Of artillery.
Gen. Taylor bearing that more was de,
. manded than the middle gtonnd. upon
which. 10 q spirit Of generosity, be bad
, agreed 10 place the clpitulslion, announ,
ced the conference al an end; and rose
in q manner which showed his deiermi
nation 10 talk no more. As be crossed
! The room TO leave il. one Of the Mexican
. commissioners addressed Aim. and some
consefsation. which did moi hear. en-.
, sued. Gen. Worth asked permission oil
! Gen. Taylor. and addressed some remarks
. 10 Gen. Ampudis. the spirit Of which was
tha: which be msnifested throughout the
negoiia,ion, viz: generosity and lenisn.
Icy, and desire 70 spare The further eff
sion Of blood. The commission rsasssm-
bied. and the points Of exploitation were
, iagrssd spon. After short recess We ..
gain repaired 10 the room 10 which We
had parted from The Mexican commission
ers; they were tardy in joining vs.. ane
slow in executing the INSTRUMENT Of ca
pitulaiion. The 7ih. 9Th and 9th articles
were added during this session At i
late hour the English original was hand
ed 10 Gen. Taylor for bis examination !;
The Spanish original having been sent 10
General Ampudis. Gen. Taylor signed
and delivered 10 me the instrument az il
was submitted 10 him. and I returned to
receive the Spanish copy with the sigma
tture Of General Anpudia, and send that
having General Tsylor's signature. that
each general might countersign the origi-
nal TO be retained BY the other Gen.
Ampudia did not sien The instrument as
was expected. bat came himself TO meet
the commissioner. He raised many
points which had been settled. and eyin-
ced disposition 10 make The Spanish
differ 10 essential points from the Fog.
lish instrument. Gen. Worth vas absent.
Finally he was required 10 sign The in
slrument prepared for his own commits.
sioners. and The English origica j was left
with him that be might have ittranslatsd,
(which he promised TO do that night.
! ana be ready The next morning With 81
Spanish duplicate Of the Enghsh instru.
ment left With him. By this means the
two instruments would be made to cor.
respond. and be be compelledlio admit
bis knowledge of the contents Of The Eog-
lish original before be signed ii!
The next morning the commission .
gain nal. again the attempt Was made,
As bad BEEN often done before 81 solicisa.
lion. 10 gain some grant 10 addition 10 the
compact. Thus We had, 81 ihsis 70 guest.
adopted the word eapiinisli0a - hen Of
fsurysadsy |; they now wished 10 Substitute
stipulation for capitalization. Il Enally be.
came necessary 10 make psrs1ptory de-
mand Tor the immediate sirni3g OF the
English instrument BY General Ampudis.
and the literal iranslaiion tnow ferfscsedl
BY the commissioners and iheil general.
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