Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-10-20

lot the fir,n IN Grn. Tnylor's army ous
b" Shiluy e az sra I force Ia adSsn satiy
1 n ~ sH arg are "i III ~ nv. III -.
sTi II Itrusr , ~ si'sa'iun ~ the ikfr.s.,
d " I.f'Nr, '.tr ,lhd u IN the G. nsin's
ntd ''c't rni.s' . On uf dai Esr. The A..
'HLcr wHs d'i IH.ip'd ., un, he Lsule nf Frs,.
n lIIh end ven, 'hv garri.,,n of Forrs BrrNn
us'd. Efd ihe Administrator saved fr,.rn dis.
-rirr. F,rits nurh To b. dunb,,d y hethsr.
7td G-H-IEl Tay lUr Ja.iSd ~ ihs RI, Crnrd,.-
had his afn.y ben d stToyd or comtell,d tn
npi'u Hie- VII Ih,r an rruy nf ,Utfirieri rea
uu'd b W le, a,tH / ) rails q in he tuit,d
Nsir> tu fac" the W. 4 cars. flushed unh v,et,. .
r',wi b Sanla AuLs ta G.B' u,l of nevtr lailirR
s'l'ic"' n d rr' ~ al Ih'.ir ad. ~ il rrud
- a. fuy'Cr'. 4, riuus ,i,ioIi.s. Nhtn Tho
. h c"un'Iy vas irsir ty Ihsm. Erdsl
l"I ouI vuinuIe' r. hid 10 d. VAS 70 10 20 N,A.
e" nnd 'ake share IN III, m. But Er iL,ss
"ry 'u'c'sscs, The re,u't cf Tsy'cr's rtlt
lTcn' ard re-. c U'r ~ili, ,ke Mt1;rn War
~ ghl have c = n 5 res uf disast rs, ,Issrd #
be ui b., fcu sutt ession cf 'iCt
A.lrr iha.e ta'iles. aud re-eNuLli,hipg b.s
camp ,pposis htIsnoras. G. q. TUvlor. with
q snail escort returned to Point Isabel TO m.et
Tom. -unurr ard that portion Of his souadruu
ihs' al on land co-cperaled with the dsluch.
mert lah fr he dehrce Of Point Isabel; end
q VA "a his occasion that was manifested the
h''g ev Lcncc Of that enthusiastic feeling IA.
~uris the General which afterwards filed so
nanS r asis.
A Poinrdf ct'cueue arose as to the pruprety-
Ter b. " nd rot arrive unii offer faf'.o--of
receivirg he General with any d,munsuaiiuns
"i lry. Eu.ih WIS no IiGte for etuueIIe.--
bls aPi roach fad been her0.tqd ard ar. adv
lhe paraTers we're lined viii Jack iars. esgar for
the first (. g.impse Of III" cd II, 70; uLd. as he
have 10 sigh" Cr rather became tsre b., for
II was too dark 10 see, The spontaneous aud hear.
illt cheers Of ih- combined forces" as ore
voice. Pre-, lam, Gtiat be vas first 10 the hears"
Oi th's" who CrecItd him.
he q neya was reciiy over ONE hy this m.
expected demonslra iUn; and as he sat n the
rude Mexlcor hat Ic which he had been cnndur-
ted, surrcUI do Ly al vito ecu squeeze lhrir
way 10 fls Er"'eLc". IrVcr vas seen a more
truthful personihctIiOn Of nndesly. lie seen.
Cd tr.Odrg over snIUe sad vent, rather than g.
lated at his own great deeds. The sailors sur
TCuLded his quarters, and il is doubtful whether
there was one Of those FIVE HUNDRED brave fel.
lows who did not shake hin by the hand. His
say on this visit was shGr; but he improved
the occasion 10 visit ard cheer up The wounded,
and 10 drecl all that could b. done 10 make them
comfortable.
The General returned to Maiamoras a. Quiet.
y and as unUSlenaiousIy as he came. Il ives
lhcre lha, he received The depulalion from Lou
isInna 10 oorlra,u.ate him upon The baules h1
hal won. But TO gralualions seemed in tho
slightest degree to excite his vanity. He vas,
iroln tirss 10 last, the same Zachary Taylor
We fnd that We must abridge.
AIler The victories Of Palo Alto and R,sacs,
the Administration, eated BY their military ex.
plots, determined to penetrate the vilals oil Mex.
Ico Jy taking Monterey, calculating thereby 10
bnng aYouI Eeuce upon such terms as they
should dictate. After the capture of that city,
however, finding that the Mexicans were vet
not disposed TO sue for peace, stroke at the
caPhal, through San Louis Potos. was meda-
ted' Had Ibis design been Carried out, il would
have made thelin Of opcraliCaIs, from The mouth
OF the Rio Grandc 10 Car.argo, ihrnce 10 San
Louis Potosi, and OH to the CITY of Mexico, not
less Than fifteen or eighteen hundred miles:
would have required hundred thousand men
~ M - 'f'Hi ulu hbulu HhNe COST US Ten
times as many men aS it subsequently, did to ell.
lecl The same operation through Vera Cruz;
whilst II would have given US trrdil, at the same
time. Tor the most stupentous military bIunder.
Ho" fortunate was i that cur Military Cabi.
net paused midway in their career, and, after
reiiecIiln, consulted the able General at the
head OF The army Major General Scotl-as to
luriher proceedings in the war, aud then adop-
ted The wiser plan Of approaching the capital
through Vera Cruz!
With the details Of the battle of Buena Vista
every render is lco familiar 10 leave Us any ex-
'uNe Tor here r'citing them. No ore is gno.
rart Under what odds and Disadvantages il was
i"ught. and how host Of twenty thousand men
were bca'en IN fair fight by an army Of less Than
i've Thousand four-ffhs of hat number being
toiurtecrs. The result Of that unequal en-.
Eacc,GeLI, Elch cicclrifed The whole Nation,
>Grprl-ed our own Go'ernment. and asIonshed
even Lur"pc. her statesmen ard her generals Of
Il hundr q bat;e.frlds. vas due Yet more 10 the
co tdcnce which the army had in its comman-
drr. founded upon know ledge of his character,
than 10 III skull of his disposiii, ms and The ma
i've Naior of the CONT arativeiy raw troops Of
when lis army was composed. Instead of mar.
r.ung the incidents of that memorable conflict,
lei us in order To form some idea Of its trans
crGd4nI imi ori0nCe. Ieour for moment TO the
circumstances IN which Gen. Taylcr was pla.
ccd. aud under which the battle was fought.
hen. under the advice Of the General-in-
chief of the Army, the plans of the Admins
ration were charged. the attempt TO reach the ci.
" of NJ X.co by the Inland route abandoned, the
route 10y Vera Cruz determined upon, and the
regular troops. whom Gen. Taylor had accus-
toned 10 conquest, were necessarily almost oil
*We cannot refuse TO ourselves the gralfca-
tiCu of giving 10 our readers the following au-
thenIic account, BY The Commiltee from Louisi-
ana which was charged with the duty Of presen-
ting the General with a sword, &C., Of their in.
terviow with him. as afording Daguerotypc
4 I.