Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-05
Surrender Of the Mexicans, the
kAE9a cuation Of Monterey and
Retreat to saltiuo.
cents and "reminiscences Of the
catnpaign-The Part Played by
Old Texas Rangers
Beautiful City and Country and
fbe People as they We're Thirty
Eight Years Ago.
e Picture Drawn By q Survivor OF
,is Frat Mississippi Rifles Of
JEFF Davis Regiment,

stien for The Gazette.
YEnkee capital and enterprise have !
,usbt the valley Of Monterey, once /
rsnote, almost 20 cur doors; and |
6urney to the beautiful city, the /
cen Of the valley, is now only the
,tter OF few days whereas 1t
~ netly required G month Of laborious /
liitavei over swamps and deserts to |
"a e,eh It.
GEN. TANLoR's ARMY
eenaed the Rio Granda in the month
f August, 1916. The river being
oiien, aud its banks overlooked,
S9f.li steamers piled up and down as
4. s.eh as Camargo which city some
:.,aur hundred miles above the
oath Of the river was
i@Aao bead Of navigation at the highest
aaaassees Of water. 1t was s. tedious voy-
a5iae up the winding stream, and re-
tired a full head OF steam to stem the
ontr M current aud make the short
Si1rus Of the tOrtuous stream. The
,nka on both the Mexican and Amer
nsar sides were mostly covered with
%e sater yet there were many villages
Be oid ranches in plain view of the voy-
nous .eis Is they proceeded slowly on their
cd, n rHE BASE OF OPERATIONS.
aelin Cannargo was town of about 1850
@ shabitants, and is situated on the
1ddA yer San Juan, about three miles
Of n.0Ve where IL empties into
s,pe Rio Grande. IL pos.
sed many commercial advantages
He hieb at that time was not utilized.
~ ses ere Gen. Taylor located his base of
l8ibefatious, and concentrated the little
alaHc4nefican army, preparatory to invsd-
g Mexico Monterey, the capital Of
and Eslevo Leor, and the gateway to the
ble LANDS OF the republic, being the
ugyi yjectiye point This city was then
an now, the emporium of Nuevo Leon,
LOT we'll as some of the adjacent etates
~ rHE MARCH on MONTEREY.
bundrbe Mexican army under Gen. AM
nronsldia had evacuated Matamoras soon
.s cste the battles of Palo Alto and
bdsr5esaca de lR Palma, and marched in
milte Direction Of Monterey. A great
,-rest many of the citizens Of Msta'
sni5orns and Camorgo had been draft
el NJ or had volunteered and acc0mpa-
"a lied their army 70 the point selected
room, them to make stand. Gen. Am
dtMudia had concentrated all his forces
wy Monterey, and while drilling and
4. sfiscipliniug them he was at the same
az SHINE fortifying his great stronghold.
here were two routes from Camargo
Monterey one up the south bank Of
iusshe San Juan via Cadarita and the
ns;l ther up the north side Of said stream
u NY Hsia Mier and Ceralvo, both leading in
evils ENTHUSIASTICALLY direction, the dis
o1arcc being about one hundred and
'seis lghty miles by either. Some regi-
ienis of cavalry were sent up the
in s,rner route, while Gen. Taylor with
.Siaae bhlk of his army took the other
ncei3me-WOrn highway, and ia two de.
hAenments moved gu. from the town
W. Nv 5auiargo) on the 9th and eth of Sep.
orsHember, leaving small force TO garri-
soy "a the place,
ssh9 a HISTORIC OLD TOWN.
onsn Lees than two days march
sel nlToueht us IN the neighborhood OF
,.,iier, D town OF about twelve hundred
eaahahitants, mostly old men, women
iics ind children at that time. The young
iss Zen, we were informed, had gone TO
ariane var. Mier was a very old town,
eofiE tnafed on q beautiful clear stream,
knt three miles from The Rio Grande.
az ~ historic old place had undergone
Ell iH4H ebanges since the Texas boys used
make raids on it many yesrs before
9 blut detachment tarriC1 one day and
5es NO nights in the vicinity OF Mier, aud
0 rTe had ample time TO examine the old
elles % battle that abouuded there. A
,o 70 cry cid Mexican, who was a partici-
ebsa5ant p some Of the battles, pointed
rye US the stone building where the Tex
fitsina were ovefpowered and captured.
Tls Che print of the musket and rifle balls
h' eefued as fresh and plain on the walls
" ~. e made the day before.
III A CITY or CoNvENTs,
itse we pursued our march, passing sew.
e. RAJ extensive haclendas, and reached
roo1l1a Ntfle town OF CeraVO, noted then
I'd WI s. converts and female seminaries.
~ ne lpwn was built on both sides OF o
npsleaE and swiit-runnng stream, the
est 3itilitg waters OF which-were diverted
2sssrrotQ numerous aqueducts leading
,ithfD1gh the principal streets. Here
np, We saw the effects of war. The
snss aiks where once the gentle nuns were
lennl.s to pay their devotions were de
flsl isH, ana silence reigned where late
ai,V, Sf neck and lOwly sisters bad dwell
petca and retirement. The people
90 tue country SCENE 10 realize that 5
49,. tlcecontlGJ YVES near at hand, and
Sisn lat battle was imminent
deenl hYith the characteristic san
fi,n 1lne and hopeful temperament o
~ asae epanish race they were confident
~. ietory would crown their arms
s. this time we had not seen any
KS tn IN The country along our march
54t4
CALCULATED 10 CAPT1vATE us
iiil.t had seen no timber except mes
At and chapparal Astounding ~
80 land scarcely any vegetation
,8,A H an endless variety ~ cactus
81 had pten very scarce and coulC
procured except at long inter
TIC weather was excessively
fe1 20 me road that had been lrav
~ ages was dusty almost 10 sufio
en oar army nlade about eighteen
2 day Notwithstanding ihl