The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-02-23

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any considerable parry . re Oni'eo
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The Iener i rlear. enpliril I'D strnns,
aaa tl.asgh uriisea. - he general SAYS.
IN great haste and daring ronslahi in'fs-
,nn,ions. Il bears marks n that pain.
straightforward style whirh has gisrH rs
dispatches rank among The very besi nEn-
daelions Of he Kind Of any county and N
any age.
Iished entire:
IIeasaaarrrs Army e Ocruratian = Insasion.
Monterey. McAioo. Nov. :, isa6.
IN Dear GeneT0l.-
Your very Kind and acceptable leileF"l
the 3lsl az August. By Surgeon FInlay.
ACCOMPANIED hy your very ahle deienre,
rearhed me only > short lime sinee, lar
which I beg leave 20 lrnder YOU ny SIN
cpre thanks. have. with soiiciinde and
interest. watched aver the result Of the 10
yesligalinn; and although il was NOT, ~ re-
rar.ls the opinion Of The Court Of Inquiry,
y hat | could have wished Il. YET u was as
murh as ronld have expected. consider
ing the hostile feeling entertained lowaisis
YOU hy some of the high luneil"narles Al
Washington. was fearful that the Pre-
si.lenl might. 10 some extent. and even
without being aware Of il. imblhe some Of
the preiudires and unkind feelings &C those
around him in rcgard 10 You. If 50. he
was, no doubt, restrained from carrying
them too Ear in Consequence o. public opln.
I ion. which. rs he must have found. was
decidedly in your favor. BE that however
as it may-iaking il altogether am gra'
tilted nj the result.
After considerable apparent delay on the
part Of Or. Masters Department. in get
ling steamboats, in the Rio Grande. adapt
e,l 10 the navigation, ! succeeded. towards
the latter part of August, in throwing Tor
ward 10 CamargO. town situated on The
san Juan river. three miles from lis juno
ton with the Rin Gran,le. On The west side,
nearly, 500 miles from the BRACES Island
by water. 2H0 by land. and 40 from this
plare, a considerable depot of provisions,
ordnance. ammunition and forage; and
then. having brought together an important
norton Of my command. determined on
moving on this plare. Accordingly, after
collecting 700 pack mules. with their al
PENDANTS aud conductors, in The enemy's
country. ilhe prinripal means oi iransp"r,
iaiion for our provisions, baggage, &c..l
left, on the 5h Of September, 10 join my
advance. which had preceded me few
, DAYS to Ceralvo. a small village IS mile:
on the route, which | did on the 9th. ant
after waiting there few days for some Q
; the cops To get up. moved on and reach
, ed here on the l9ih, with G250 men
1900 regulars. the balance volunteers
Fur wha, took place afterwards, must re
; fer y0u 10 my several Tepnrt,-particular
: " NV detailed one of the 9th ult. | dc
1 gssss~ ...,l.s>-s,'s.- ., " ashla0ial
are at all satisfied with ms conduct in re
c gard 10 the terms Of capitalization eniere,
inin with the Mexican commanded. whicl
= you. no doubt. have seen, rs they hay
: been made public through the official OF
i gan, and copied into various other news
d papers. have this moment received a
d answer tn nv despatch amounting III
e surrender &c Monterey, and the circum
i stances attending the same.) from the 81
g cretary Of War, stating that" il was regre
ted by the President tia, il was mol deem
a ed advisable TO insist on the terms ha
IS proposed in my first communication 10 III
u Mexican commander, in regard TO givii
&c mp the city, adding that "ihe circuu
s. stances which dictated, no doubt jus,ific
.e the change"
y Although The terms Of capiitAa,ion ma
Re be considered TOO liberal on our part b
a the President and his advisers. as we'll
m BY many there al distance, particular
ie by Those who do not understand the pos
p ton which we occupied, otherwise the
to might come To a different conclusion in r
is gard TO the matter,) yet, on due refleciih
h, see nothing 10 imln"e me To regret u
~ course pursued. The proposition on Il
i'll part Of Gen. Ampudia, winch had much
lie DO in determining my course in the M
in ter. was based on the ground that our g
NJ yemment had proposed TO him to set
be the existing difficulties by negotiate
sh (which knew was the case without kno
lie ing the RESULT which was then under CO
III sideralion by the proper authorities, a
&C. which he (Gen. Al had 10 doubt wo'
result fayorahly, as the whole Of his pc
n pie were in favor Of peace. IL so. / &C
he sitcred The further eilusion of blood !
only unnecessary, but improper. TIL
force was also considerably larger III
ours; and from the size and position of |
E. place. we could not completely invest
so that the greater portion Of their troo
ter il not the whole. had they been dispo'
elf. 10 do 50, could any night, have abandon
the city, at once entered the mountain p
raj SEES, and effected their retreat, do what
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