The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1847-02-09
FROM MEXICO.
LETTER FROM GEN. TAYLOR.

We lay before our readers the follow
ing letter, which tells its own story too
well to need any comment. 1t is but
just, however, to its heroic writer, whose
courage and judgment are equalled only
by his honesty and modesty, to state that
it was written to a near friend and relative,
now resident in this city, endeared to him
by very many years of personal intimacy,
to whom he unbosoms all his purposes,
opinions and feelings, without the least
reserve. This friend would not have
taken the liberty of making public a
communication of this nature, did not the
recent manifestations of the e~nvious ma
Lightly of the Administration and its SER
wants and friends towards the man who
alone has saved them and their country
from the consequences of their rashness,
ignorance and incapacity, make it neces-
sary and just that the object of their base
detraction should, at this critical moment
be heard in his own defence, by the
whole people, in his own simple and hon.
est language.
We have more Of this sort to commu-
nicate, and shall soon be able to show
that, in his defence against his own secret
personal enemies and selfish detractors,
as well as against the armed enemies of
his country, the old hero of the Rio
Grande is ever 'RoUGH AND READY."-
New Pork Express.
HD. QRs. ARMY OF OccuPATIoS, on In
vAs1oS, Monterey, Mexico, Nov. 8. 46.5
My dear ***%***
Your very kind and acceptable letter
of the 3lst of August, " : reach
ed me only a short time since. for which
[ beg leave 10 tender TO you my sincere
thanks. A few confidential remarks on
certain public transactions are here omit
ted.
After considerable apparent delay on
the part Of the Or. Masters Department,
in getting steamboats, into the Rio Grande
adapted to its navigation, succeeded to-
wards the latter part of August, in throw
ing forward to Camargo, "a town situated
on the San Juan river, three miles from
its junction with the Rio Grande, on the
west side, nearly 500 miles from Brazos
by water and 200 by land, and l4O
from this place. a considerable depot Of
provisions, ordnance, ammunition and for
age, and then, having brought together an
important portion of my command. de-
termined on moving on this place. Ac-
cordingly, after collecting 100 pack
mules, with their attendants and conduc-
tors, in the enemy's country, (the prlncI-
pal means of transportation for our pro-
visions, baggage, &C., left on the 5th
of September, to join my advance, which
had preceded mo a few days to Serralvo,
a small village rs miles on the route,
which | did on the 9th, and, after waiting
there a few days for some of the corps to
get up, moved on and reached here on
the 18th, with $3.50 men,-2700 regulars,
the balance volunteers. For what took
place afterwards, | must refer you to my
several reports--parlicularly to my detliied
one Of the 9Th ult. | do not believe the
authorities at Washington are at all salts
fled with my conduct in regard to the
terms Of the capitulation entered into
with the Mexican commander, which
YOU no doubt have seen, as they have
been made public through the official Or
gan, and copied into various other news
papers. | have this moment received an
answer to my despatch announcing the
surrender of Monterey, land the ciicum-
stances attending the same,) from the
Secretary OF War, stating that sit was re-
GREETED by the President that it was not
deemed advisable to insist on the terms /
had proposed in my first communication
TO the Mexican commander, in regard tc
giving up the city,'-adding that "the cir
cumstances which dictated, no doubt JUS
tilted the change" Although the terms
of capitulation may be considered too lib
eral on our part by the President and his
advisers, as well as by many others at a
distance, particularly by those who do
not understand the position which we oc-
, cupied, otherwise they might come 10