Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1847-01-28
The Mexican War.
Letter from General Taylor.

No late and important intelligence
from the seat of war has been received
since our last.-In the mean time, how
ever, we have the satisfaction Of placing
before our readers letter from the gal
liant GEN. TAYLOR, which does indeed
"tell its own story too well to need any
comment" 1t will be found below en-
tire.
Telegraphc reports from Washing
ton on Tuesday, contained in the N. Y.
Commercial, say that Gen. Gaines, who
is now at Washington, makes no secret
of the fact that the letter of Gen. Taylor
was addressed to him, and by him COM
municated for publicatioD--though per-
haps without authority from the author.
The letter is said to have made great
sensation in Congress, and among the po-
liticians generally. All sorts Of things
are talked of-a recall of the old General,
"a Court Martial, &c. sc. But to the
Letter -
Letter from General Taylor.
We copy from the New York Express the
following letter, written by Gen. Taylor to a
friend in New-York 1t has no appearance Of
having been written for publication, though
the sagacious reader may perceive in it more
than one indication that the General, while
looking out for the Mexicans around and be-
fore him, is not unmindful of a possible "firc
in the rear"
publishing the letter, says :-"By the way, is
it not time to devise a new and better fancy
name for General Taylor than 'Rough-and-
Ready? His writings show that he is ready
ly we can find nothing particularly rough in
them
HD Gas. ARMY OF OccUpATIoS OR lSyAsIoS, !
Monterey, Mexico, Nov. 8, 1S46. !
My dear "##,
Your very kind and acceptable letter of the
I olsl OI August, fcucneu me
u short time since, for which | beg leave to
tender you my sincere thanks. A few conf
dental remarks on certain public transactions,
are here omitted.l
| After considerable apparent delay on the
part of the Or. Masters Department, in get
ting steamboats, into the Rio Grande adapted
to its navigation, | succeeded, towards the lat
ter part Of August, in throwing 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 Island 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 I'M
portant portion of my command, determined
on moving on this place. Accordingly, after
collecting 1900 pack-mulcs, with their attend
ants and conductors, in the enemys country,
(tbe prncipal means of transportation for our
provisions, baggage, &c., left, on the 9th of
September, TO join my advance, which had
preceded me few days to Saralvo. a small
village rs miles on the route, which | did on
the 9Th, and, after waiting there few days
for some of the corps to get up, moved on and
reached here on the 10Th, with $3.50 men,
27pO regulars. the balance volunteers. For
what took place afterwards, ! must refer you
TO nv several reports, ts,-particularly TO my de-
tailed 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 captulation entered into with the Mexican
commander, which you no doubt have seen, az
they have been made public through the ofi-
cial organ, and copied into various other news
papers. | have this moment received an an
swer Ito my despatch announcing the surren-
der of Monterey, and the circumstances at.
tending the samc,) from the Secretary of War,
stating that "it was regretted by the President