The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-02-25

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MuwaS a IN sslr1asarlisas i vaasxioa a'fA
az sspifsLgsaa N lasAfsrsy, saP;iaf ~ assrz
Lssa, .Msrioa
b. lasIlslion % General Ampadis.
eOmnsnd,ag The MsHicsn stmy. General
TnloE, accompanied by nuabsr q his
ofiren. proceeded on she 9Th SePssms
Der. 1876. 20 = house dssigns'sd % me
plsee al .hich General Anpssis requesk
ed IN interview. The parties beng con-
sensd, Geaessl Ampudia announced a.
ofhcial infarmslioa ihai commissioners
from The Uni,ed States mad been received
by lhs EsosernmenI Of Mexico; and that
me orders undsf shieh he had prepared
10 offend the city Of Monterey had Loot
their fOIes By The subsequent change Of
his oEn Government; therefore he asked
.lhs conference. A brieI conversation be-
asssn The roamsBdipg Generals showed
their news 10 be SO Opposite - 10 leave
Iiule reason 10 expect sn snicsble aTTsDgs.
menl briween lheD,
General Taylor said he would not de.
lay 10 receive sueb pEaposi.lo1s % Gene
Fsl Ampudis indicaasd. One of Geheral
AmpudIa's parry, 4 thrak the Governor oi
The city, suggesIed Ihe appointment Of q
mixed commission. THIS was sreedsd
10. and Gen. w. G. Worth, Of the United
States army. Gen. !. PinesBey Hsndrr.
son. Of ,he Texan solUn,ssIs, aud C"i.
Jefferson Davis. Of the Mississippi rife
men, on the psrl Of Gen. Tsylor; and
Gen. J. Ma. 0negs, Geo. p. Reqaena,
aud Senior The Governor NJ. Ma. Lane,
on the parI Of Gen. Ampudia, were sP'
paialed.
Gen, Tsylo gave Instructions 10 his
commissioners which. as understood, foI
lbey were brlel and verbal, ~lll be bes
shOgn by the copy Of the demand vhlcl
the United States commissioners prepares
10 the conlsTence-Ioom, here incOTpuTs
ted:
ccpycfdemundLy Uaitel STATES Commissioner
~. A. HE legitimate rssUli Of the op
srslions before this place, and The presen
position VI the eoniending armies, We Dc
pand the surrender Of The iown, tie sIm
add mutations Of war, and oil other pub
JIG property within The place.
III. That The Mexican armed lore
TeiiIe beyond ihs RInsonads, Linsr.s
and San Fernsndo on The COST.
= III. The commanding General Of iLI
sbay &c the Unilsd Sales agrees that lh'
Mexiesa officers reserve ibeR side srm'
and private bsggsee; aud The troops be al
lowed to ssliIe under their officers with
out parole, q reasonable time being al
losed 81 Withdraw ths lorces.
alY. The immediate delivery Of ID,
main wo,k now occupisd - the army o
sbe United S.siss.
". To avoid collisions, end for mu
sual convenience, thsl The loops Of ibi
United States shall not occupy The towI
uniiI the Mexicsn forces have been with
drawa, except for hospital purposes, store
houses. Be-. @-.
~" vi. The commanding General Of The
pBiIed States agrees nat 10 sdyCnce be-
You'd The lins speclfied in the .eeond sec
ion befors The espIrsiion 0f eIah, seek
or pn.J The isspecuve Governments car
be heard fom."
The terms Of he demand were refused
BY tbe Mexicsn commissioners, who drf v
10 Q eountrs proposition, Of which ] only
recolleei thai il contained permission Ia
The Mexican Iotces 70 retire wnh thelr
arms. The sss urged ~ matter oil
soIdiesiy pade. sod as an ordinary cou''
,esy. We hsd reached The liDu Of ouI
iasluctious, sRd The commission rose "
report the disagreement,
Upon returning 10 ,he rsseption-rooD,
ae,er the iscl had been announced 10 al
the eommiss onsrs could no. sgtss upo'
terms, General AmFadis entered at lengtt
upon the question. treating The p"in. o
disagreement ss one which involved th'
honor Of hIs country, spoke OF bis desn'
Tor . set,lenent without lstther blo0dshed
and said he did not care sbou, the pieces
oisrulley which he had 81 the place. Gen
Taylor responded 10 the wish 10 avo't
unnecessary bloodshed. Ii vas sgreet
the comm is,ion should reasonable, snt
we we've instructed TO concede sha SINAI
srm., and supposed there w"usd be NJ
question shout the srsiIlery. The Next
can commissioners nov urged that, as 81
other arms had bsen recognised, IT wopi
be discreditabls 30 the artillery IL requires
tomarch on. without any thing to represen
their srra, and stated, in answer to an IN
quiry, that they had battery % light az
tllery, msueuvred and equipped as such
The commission sesin rose. and reporte,
the d'sagresmen, on the point Of artillery
Gen. Taylor, hearing that more va
demanded than the middle ground. upoi
winch, 10 spiri, Of generosity. he hs'
sgreed to place The cap'iula,ion. snu"un
ced the conference a, sn end. and rose il
manner which showed his ds,e rmin siioI
10 talk no mpTe. As he crossed the room
10 leave it, one OF the Mexican commis
sioaers addressed him, aud some CONVEX
.,,,on which | did moi haa. ensosd