E:ME
further up’ the Salltilto road, where Gen. Thus was thiahrilliant coup domain
Worthtuok up his penitioth attcr ordering made almost without blondsrtd- “’3‘!“
. the loot regiments to term along the (once, nottime now to'givo the Pltl'wl‘"! ”Mb"
n"l’ the point 0f the ridge. The artillery glorious attain Captain C. F. Smlth'waa
battalion, sth. 7th. and Bth inlonti-y,‘and in the adianco. [Wlth McCall. at. the bat
iiiet‘iouisinna volunteers remained In this do ol Reitaca tle la Pahnmand iii one 0!
pm‘tlion about two hours. directly under the moat gallant and flCCOtflphshEd officers
the “root the enemy’s guns [now tit-o.] in the army—3o “"7 1‘” h” folio)” officers!
The balltt tell. tltroctly in their midstall Whtiflt that/e heard “Pei”? othtm. , 9""
this time without wounding a man. TO I’. F“. Smith—General Smith otLoutaiana
begin with. the Mexicans manage their ar- ~tll§lm£m§h°d himself "” ih“‘,°c°”?i°"'
tillery in battery as well a. thcAinericnus as did Major Scott and Captain Milne,
do—this l belie've‘isvnow conceded bv.". and, in truth, every officer and man did
cry oflicer. [\t halt-past 10 the column with”? "üb'Y- .
moved towards the general'a position...— The gallant conduct’otCaptain Blanch-
At "'33 time. Capt. McKavett. "(mo Bth ard and inentenanta lenbrlnck, and the
infantry. was shot ”"oth tlte heart hya two brothers Nicholle. II praised by all
nih'opotmd ball,and a private ot’ the sth tlte otiteers who were there. In truth,
inlantry was so severely woundt‘tl m the the Loniniana boys have tought every day
thigh that he died the next morning. A- tor tour days, and I assure you. as Gen.
bout 50 Mexicnng now appeared upon the Worth a report Wlll hear me out inaayin'g.
hilt side,over the moving column. amt andaa every otiicer In the 2d div/_tsion “I”
ofired at our troops some hundred musket testify, that till! corps has distinguished
shot, without doing any harm. The di mall on every occasion where they hate
v 3.30" deployed into the positions painted been called on. Fine eons of Judge Nich
nut. and remained an hour or two. when oils, of Donaldiionvdle, have stood tire for
Capt. C, F_ Smith. of the artillery hattnl. four or live hours at a time. driving the
ion. with two companies (his own and enemy—under their battery—trout bush
Capt. Scott’s) and tour companion Texan to bush. and rock to rock. nod at last were
Rangers on loot, were ordered to storm among the (moment to ruth into the Birth
the second height. This the gallant ofii- op‘a palace and take it by storm. Capt.
cor cheerfullv undertook, and was lollow. Blanchard and his company" have already
ed with enthusiasm by the officers and made a reputation that will not soon be:
then ofhis command. in was (‘uflaitlcrcd forgotten. S. G. Allen, private ot this
on all sides to be a mostdangerous under- company. W 35 mortally wounded in ”135
taking. and this party was considered fight. and died next morning. Captain
moat emphatically a turlorn hope. That Smith had no one killed or wounded in
'the height would be taken. no one tlnubt- his party of regulars—two Texans were
ad. but that many brave follows would w"undetli “74: Wm. CMIK’Y and 8.-'=‘F
{all in the attempt, aeemed incvitoble.—‘ Keene
The distance to he climbed alter reaching
rthe toot ot the hill was about a quartet o!
a mile; a part ot the way was almost per
pendicular, and through thorn bushes and
over sharp-pointed rocks and loose sliding
> stones.
.- The 7th infantry. commanded by Capt.
Miter. was ordered to support ‘Cnpthlti
Smith's party; and, by marching directly
. to the loot of the height. nrriveil before
Captain Smith. \\‘ho had been ordered to
take a circuitous route. Captain Miles
sent up Lieut. Gantt, With a detachment
of men. upon the hill aide. to divert the
attention of the enemy lrotn Capt. Smith's
command. which could not yet be seen.-—-
Tho 7th had already sustained a heavy
fire of grape and round shot as they lord
cd the San Juan. which winds around the
foot‘ot the height, which fell like a showeri
albeit in their ranks. without killing a
man. Lieutenant Gantt’o party were
greeted with grape and round shot. which
cut the shrubs and tore uptho loose stones]
in the ranks, without killing any one; but
the gallant young officer came within an
inch of being killed by a cannon ball.
. which raked down the steep, and filled his
face with tragmenta at rock. dust and gra
vel. This fire was accompanied by a con
‘ atant discharge of motketry, the enemy
covering the upper part at the hillaide;
but the detachment continued to move up,
driving the Mexicans back until they were
recalled. Captain Smith’s party new ar
rived and moved up the hill. the rangers
in advance. and did not halt for an instant
until the Mexicans were driven trnm the
summit. Whilst thia was going on, Col.
Perlilor F. Smith. who commanded the
sth and 7th infantry—the sth. with Blan
chard-’3 Louisiana boys. undei Maj. Mar
tin Scott. had been ordered to support the
Whole—gave orders for these commands
to pass around on each side and storm the
fort. whicli'waa aittiated about halt a mile
back of the summit‘inn the same ridge.
and commended the Bishop's palace.—
Such a foot race as now ensued has seidom.
itever been seen. the Louisiana boys ina-
Iring the tallest kind of strides to he in with
the foremost. Captain Smith had the gun
which he took upon the height. run down
towards the breaat (works and tired intoit.
Then came Col.'t_,’=‘.7 F. Smith’s men. with
aperfect rush. firing and cheering—the
sth and 7th and Louiainnians reaching the
ridge above nearly at the same time. The
Mexican: fired at them With grape. but it
did no’teave them. or came an inataui's
hesitation in our ranks. Our men too
and fired. and cheered, until they reached
the work. the inretnoat entering at one
end, whilst the Mexicans. about 1000 in
number. left the other in retreat. The
enlarge! the sth infantry were inatantlv
raised. and scarcely were they up hetoro
those: ol the 7th were along side. The.
three commands entered the fort together
‘0 close was the tace~the sth. however.
“getting enhtltiance to first. J. W. Mill
er ol_B_lanchard’l company, was among
the first loui":or five who entered. The
three commands may be soul to havecume
outeveoin the racc.-tor the seventh was
notfive seconds behind. In letm~ than five
"limit”, the you found in the fort was
thundering away at the Bishop’s Palace 3
More ammunition was found then our
.‘FOOPpwill'une with the three guns that
“he ,captured. One of the guns was
(WW-“Deemed. They are 9-pouotl brass
.‘ ["9ch Several mulch, and halt a dozen
dbeeuttful tents were likewuc captured,—
cKlllee. none. Wounded, in the 7th in
how. Llcut. Potter; bullet through the
CI" of the '92; Orderly Sergeant Hurdle,
OlVK'Complny; Corporal S. P. Oakley.
severely in the thigh. Oakley is from N.
..Ymk city. and o .quy.lnlelli2ent. well
,udjuea'ted man. as we", as, a 'Euodlsoldierl
’Privnte_White-¢ltlte some {who captured
. ihe‘Mexican officer’s trunk nt' Mario, and
. who're'eeivcd itantl its,cont‘ents from'Gen.
"al'l'oylor-wounded 'in‘the head. sth
.- Infantry, killed. nune ; wounded—Liam.
.Ryssellnn the orm;Scrgeant Maj.rl)l,r_uod.
badly. in the mouth with musketK-lballgu
.l’rivetep McMunua_ and Grublipvgllgltlly
hounded; Se‘rgetfi’it Uptergraph', .eol6ur
heater. thlfllnguighed,..hitn’sell.byhil .gal
'lant‘r'y. . ‘r ' It
Bishop‘s Palace, Alonterey.
‘ September 24, 1846.
GENTLEMRN : 1 date both my letters on
one day, because I am obliged to loot up
the news ol the last lour days, having had
no writing materials along. Even now.
though 1 write in apalace, l um obliged to
hold the sheet of paper in one hand on my
knee, lor want ol a desk. But 1 have no
time for extra remarks—ii chance ofl'err
to‘send you the news. and 1 must hurry
:0 give you a glance at what has been done
here, belore the express goea off. On the
morning of the 2lat, Col. Childs, of the,
artillery battalion, with three of his com
paniea—one commanded by Capt. Vinton,
another by Capt. J. B. Scott. and '.he
thlrd by Lieut. Ayrea. and three compa
nies ot the Bth inlantry—company A.
commanded by Lieut. Longstreet. and
Licut. Wainwright; B company. Lieot.
Halloway commanding, and Lieut. Mer
chant; D company, Capt. Scrivner and
Lieut. Montgomery—was ordered to take
the summit of Palace Hill. The colonel
lelt camp at 3 o’clock, A. M. and climb.
ed the mountain through the chapparal
and up the steep rocks. with auch aecresy
that at daybreak he was within one hun.
died yards at the breastwork of sand-bags
before be we! discovered. The Mexican:
poured their muokelry into them, but they
rushed up the precipice and soon had the
place. Three ol the artillery man, hav
ing rushed ahead too fast, found them
selves in the hands of the Mexicans.—
'l‘hey surrendered: the Mexicans took
their muoketl and shot them down with
the very pieces they had given up. laaw
the poor iellowa lying there.
I have but a law moments left to Write
in, and must therefore tleler the particu
lars of the storming ol the palace until l
have more time. Col. Stanifurd went up
at daylight with the balance of the Bth",
and Major Scott led up the sth. The
Louisiana boys were on the hill with the
sth, at 8 o'clock, A. M. One ol Duncan's
howttzers, in charge of Lieut. Rowland,
was dragged up. or rather lifted up. and
opened on the palace. which was filled
with troops. The Mexicans charged on
the howitzer. but were driven back. A
lcoustant firing was kept up {or several
lliours particulatly by Blanchard’s men.
who lelt a tlozeu Mexicans dead upon the
'hill side. At length a charge was ordered,
and our men rushed down upon the pal“
ace. entered a hole in a door that hatl been
blocked up but opened by the howitzer.
and soon cleared the work of the low
Mexicans who remained. Lieut. Ayres
was the lucky one who first reached the
halyards and lowered the flag. One 18
pound brass piece. a benutilul article,man
uluctuted in Lchrpool inmlB42, antl a
short brass 12 pound howil’zer, were cap
tured, Wllll a large quantity of ammoni
tion, and some musket: and latices. 'l‘he
lort,adjoining‘the palace walls is not com
pleted, but is very neatly constructed as
lar as it is built. The ltilled on our side,
in taking the palace, was seven—wound
ed, IWeli'e. Lieutenant \Vainwnight was
wounded in the arm and side by a musket
bail, but will soon recover. it is hoped.—
Mr. John Francis, of New Orleans,be
longing to Blanchard's company, was kill
ed. 1 will give a lull account of this at
fair at another time. Col. Childs. Capt.
Vioton. Capt. Blanchard, Lieot. Long
street, Lieut, Clark, (Adjutant of the 81h)
Lieut. Ayres. Lieat. McCown, and the
two Nicholls seem to have been the heroes
of the day. The two latter ‘ did the thing
up broitin,‘ and 'not only Judge Nicholls
but old Louisiana may well be proud til i
such sons. The Mexicans lostat least
thirty killedr—ltwenty-one had been buried :
this morning, and l have. seen a numher l
lytngon the hill side! that were notdte- l
towed brow men when they brought in
the dead. . ‘ - '
Yesterday morning the Whole diVIBIOD
under Gen. Worth enlered lhe‘ town‘ ori
this side, and have been fighting there ev
9!‘ smog. “THE hen’rt of 'uhe' city is noth-
Ing butane {artification.'lh_e' thick walls
'being picrficgdlb'r musk‘gtfi-and hannonhe
"'3 pl-cedznqm m 1» rakeg; ‘tbpprincipnl'
ween; Thw'r‘dofg' be‘idgv' flat; ‘a‘ud (he
front walls rising three or fourteet above
the roof. of course every street bass line
of breast works on each side. A tenuinch
mortar came around from Gen. 'l‘aylorlaat
evening, and it is now placed in the largest
plaza, to which our troops have fought
atep by step. and lrotn house to house.—_
Duncan’s batteries are in town. and the‘
present impression is that the place will
soon be taken. Gen. Worth has gained
all the strongholds that command the city,
and has pushed the enemy as far as they
can go wtthout lalling into Gen. Taylor’s
handson the other side of the city. All
this has been done with the loss of only
about seventy killed and wounded. .The
achievement is a! glorious one—sullicient
ly so to ssttsly the ambition otanv man on
earth. I was expecting to see Gen. Worth
rushing into unnecessary danger in order
to win for them and himselfgreat military
lame, but his conduct has been very dit
terent from this. "is great study has
been to gain these commanding points
with the least possible sacrifice of life.—
At first it seemed totally impossible to‘
storm these heights—it looked like charg
ing upon the clouds—hut it has been done.
The Bishops palace, which is as strong as
it has been represented to be. has been
stormed and taken by our brave soldiers.
I should have stated that Col. Hays, with
a body of his troops, and Captains Gilles
pie and McCalloch were at the taking of
the palace. Capt. Gillespy was mortally
wounded, and died yesterday morning.
regretted by the whole army.
[cannot keep up at all with the rangers.
Their services have been invaluable to
Gen. Taylor lrom the commencement of
the campaign. They fight with all the
steadiness of old soldiers. and are con
stantly on the move. The country owes
them much (or their noble conduct 7
say nothing. as yet. about Gen. Taylor’s
ptnceedings on the other side of the town.
because the information lhave received is
not well authenticated. Mr. Kendall and
I both came out with this division, neither
knowing that the other was coming With it
until it was too late to return, and thete
IS no communication between the divisions
except by armed bodies of men. The
general has. however, taken three batte
ries near the town on the other side. in
doing which he has lost about three hund~
rcd men. killed and wounded! Ido not
know the exact number killed. but Wlll be
able to ascertain belore thin letter goes.
and will try to give other particulars.
Gen. Taylor has arrived at General
Worth’n head quarters to-day, and is now
engaged in town with Ampudia’s meslen
gets, considering the enemy’s proposals
tor surrendering the town and the large
fort at the northeast side of it. That fort
is very strong. and is believed to contain
at least twenty guns. Hustilifies have
cenqed until the cunfcrence shall have
been concluded. There must be an im
' meme quantity of properly in town, par
‘ticularly arms and ammunition.
I should have mentioned that the second
division marched from camp with only
two dnye’ rations, and no tents. A large
majority ol the officers. and many of the
men worked and climbed mountains, cha~
sed the enemy. and [ought forty-eight
hours. with nothing to eat but raw corn.
Much ofthe twu tlays' rations were spoil
ed by the rains; and on the troops were
{tequently ordered oIT at an instant’s no
tice. they left their haversacks behind.
There have been from ten to filteen
thounnnd troops at this place ever since
we have been here. but they are leaking
out. in citizen‘s clothes. as tart as the
can (Judge 0“. As soldiers, (here is no
escape [n'r the m.
Manlcfiy. .Mcrico. Sept. 25, 1846.
GENTEMEK: 'l he city has capilululcd 01
he lolluwing terms: The Mexican sol
liera shall be permitted (0 march out 0
mm: with Iheir small arms and six smal
Aid piecen. leaving all their munitions of
\\ar behind. with all their artillery 5' public
property. They are to retire to Linures,
sixty miles hence, and about thirty miles
Lurth oi Saltillo, and are not to approach
nearer than that to this place within sixty
days, or until each party can hear from ittr
respective government. Ampudin vkept
General Taylor until near midnight last
night? preparing the terms, &c. Many
persons, particularly the Texan volunteers
who fought so bravely, are displeased at
these terms. The town was all but in our
hands, and they believe could have been
taken in three hours. I believe that it
«vuuld have, required much more hard
lighting to have taken it, but this was not
the question wtth Gen. ’l'uylor. He and
all his officers knew perfectly well. at
gamers, that the town could soon be taken,
but he wanted no prisoners to take up hts
time and eat his substance. buthe did have
an object in view which will be reached
by the terms of this eapitulatiop, and that
object will lend to a result most beneficial
to our government. As l have a few mo
ments to spare before the express goes out
this morning (he was detained last night
by the slow progress of business with Am
pudta)l Wlll speak ol the operations of
Gen. Tayloron his side of the town.
Maj. Mansfield, 0! the engineers. re
connmtered the enemy's works on the
night of the 19th, but cuuldobtain no vex
ry accurate information, although he ap
proached very near 'to someof them on
the heights. On the 20th Lieut; Scarritt
ahd Lieut.‘Pope were sent out to recon
nuitre the Works; Scurritt on the right and
Pope on the left ol the town. The latter
approached and "discovered the position of
a battery on'the extreme left, and was ex
posed-ton fire at cannon' and ‘musketry
from lancers'. from whichealé'r finishing
his o'bservrutions. he retired in aloty.‘ On
the night of the ZUtliSthe mortar and how
itzer‘batteries were placed in a position to
play on the strongholds around the cita
del. The action commenced on the mor
ning of the 21". by the opening at these
two batteries. Colonel Garland’s brigade
were ordered to move to the left for the
purpose of storming the battery discovered
by-Lieut. Pope the day belore, and to oc-
Cupy, il possile, the lower part of the city.
Maj. Mansfield, Capt. Williams, and
Lieut. Pope were ordered in advance to
select the moat available point of attack,
and to direct the movements of the col
umn upon it. Three companies were
thrown forward as skirmishers and advan
ced rapidly towards the works. tollowed
‘bj‘illle brigade in line of battle undera
lcross tire of artillery {mm the Citadel and
llort, and a heavy tire of musketry, The
column charged into a street 200 yards to
the right of the battery, passed the Works
entirely, and etl’ected an entrance to the
town. After advancing rapidly about
400 yarda beyond the battery, they came
immediately in front of a masked battery
of artillery and musketrv, which swept
the street completely by 'iis range. The
barricades of the streets at sixty yards dis
tance from the heart at the column, were
lined with Mexican troops. who, entirely
covered themselves, opened a murderous
dischaigc ofgrape and musketry upon the
advancing column. Every. house in the
street was pierced tor musketry, and en
liladed the street in every direction. Um.-
der this fire the following otficers were
killed. or mortally wounded: Maj. Bar
bour, 3d inlantry. by grape shot in the
abdomen; Capt. Williams. Topographical
engineers. shot through the body by a
musket ball. fell in the street, and was
dragged into the doorway of a house by
Lieut. Pope amidst a shower of balls. that
covered him with duat. The gallantry of
this young ot'licer. now it. his first battle.
is spoken of in admiration by the army-
Capt. Williams dird the next day. and
was buried with the honors of war by ‘the
Mexican troops, into whose handa he had‘
tallen. Lieut. 'l‘errett, lst‘linlantry, shot
through the body. died the next day.
{founded—Maj. Mana‘ield. ball thrn'
call of the leg. This brave officer would
not leave on account of his wound, but
rode about, behaving in the moat gallant
manner all day. Capt. Bainbridge, Sd
infantry, slightly wounded in the hand ;
Major Lear. dangerously wounded in the
mouth. the hall pinging out at the back of
his head; Maj. Abercronibie, lst inlantrv,’
leverely wounded; Lieut. R. GrahamAth
intantry, severely wounded in both legs
and body. Hopes are entertained of his
recovery. A great number of men killed
and wounded—number not known.
it being imposaible, in the opinion of
the engineer otticers, to effect any thing in
attacking the barricades in from, lhe col
umn moved rapidly up a street lo Hue right.
With lhe intention of turning them. Be
ing reinforced by the Ohio regiment. a se
cnnd charge was made under the .lirecliun
of General Butler; which. "win: to lhe
tremendous fire of musketry and grape
from the barricades und stvoneliouscs. like
wise proved ineffectual. The lronps were
then ordered by Gen. Taylor to retire in
good order and get under cover from the
enemy’s fire; which order was handsomely
execuled. -
The lollowing nflicers were killed or
mortally wounded (since (lead) in the se
cond charge, Col. VVatmn. of the Balti
more battalion; Captain I. N Morris. 3nl
infantry; Lieutenant D Irwin, 5d inlanl
rv. Lieutenant R Hazlitt, 4th infantry.—
Three Ollicers were killed in the first
charge which ltllll not Include in that list.
v 11: Lieut. Hoskens. 3d Infantry. Lieut.
J S \Vumls. [of Lewmluwn, [’u..] ~llhin
l‘anhv; Capt. Field 5d inlsunlry.
Ff'uzuulctL—Mnj. Gen. Butler, slight
If. thruugh lhe culfol lhe leg; Col. Mitch
ell in the leg; Capt. Immune. lat Infant
ry, slightly; Lieul. Dullworlh. lst inlanl
ry. leg shut OH.
4 During the engagement In [own ofGar
land‘s brigade. the huts that were passed
on the left in entering the town, were gal
lanlry carriud by the 'l‘cnncssec and Mia-
snasuppl regiments—lhe “first commanded
by Col. Cmpbell, and fire second by Col
Dayisn Licut. Col. McClung. 0| [he Mis
sumppl regiment, was dangchmsly'wuum
ded. These regiments sustained a greal
loss, of killed and wounded. but I cunnot
names or number of lhuse who (ell. Capt.
Bragg’s battery of light ariillery was bru’(
into action. but as iK was impossible [0 use
it eflcclively, it was withdrawn. Several
pieccsnf yartillcry were captured. The
forts that were laken \H‘l‘c occupied by
Ridgely’s light :irlilleiy company. who
turned the captured pieces against the
Mexican works,‘ and ihc cannunnde was
kept up (he real of the day. 'l'hére were
many skirmishes. and gallant deeds. &.c.,
which I will mention at a lumrc lime.
0n the night of the 2211 the enemy abun
doned the two works which had proved so
destructive to the 3d and 4th infantry, and
they were occupied early next morning by
the hlississippiuntl Tennessee regimente,
under Gen. ’Quitman. About, 8 o'clock,
same morning. these two regiments adii'nn.
ced on the town, and in sharp engagement
commenced. These regiments were sup
ported by a 99"} of Texan Rangers. (disv
mounted for the occasion.) under General
Henderson. and by the 3d regiment o'lin
lantry. The fight 'was kept up until tom
o’oinck. p. m., during 'which time our
tieope' drove the Enemy _{rorn house. to
house, almost to the main (plain. ; The
loss ol lile on our Mule was not severe «lu
ring this day.‘ On theniorning‘ol the 24th
a 933.0! truce Was sent in. which resulted.
‘ in ‘the oapitulo’tion ol the town. . .
During the‘whole jof the engogement on
"If 1’18}; Col. Kinney was? exceedingly
”tuck”. in carrying ou‘ilcrs,tund jin'giying
BdVICL‘ It! matters with which his thorough
' acquaintance with "Mexican customs ren
' dared him tumiliar. He was in the thick
ent of the tight, moving about from point
to point. and doing good execution with
his rifle. This gentleman's services have
been invaluable to General Tnylorio the
movements of the army trom Matamorag
to this place, He has been everywhue.
reconnoitering the country, and procurin,
inlormation-—rlding night and day, “MT
cxponing his life in a thousand ways. Th.
colonel never “inched trom any duty re
quired of himf’and, had Gen. Taylor up.
dared him to go and bring him Ampudin’;
portlolio, he Would have undertaken in
l devote a paragraph to a mention of this
gentleman's services. because he deserve,
muclt from the public. for whom he hits
laborod so arduously and so efficiently.
l’. S. Our killed and Wounded, in ta.
king Monterey, amounted to about flue
hundred. nearly three hundred killed....
Some time will elapse before the number.
will be known accurately. but ll it well
known that low prisoners were taken by
the Mexicans. -
From the Wushingtpn Union, 0c! M.
Major James Graham left Washington
this morning. in the southern train. with
despatchce {or Gen. Taylor. I: is believ
ed that he carries out instructions for ier.
minating " the temporary cessation of hob;
tilitica.’
We have no apprehension of Gen Tay.
lor’s strength or his success. He has,
probably by this time, 10,000, troops at
‘ Montcroy—for otlter troops were ~on the
advance to reinforce the 6,000 whtchhe
carried with him. We do not state this
factttnadvieedly. We are not afraid cia
ny force {which Ampudia can bring against
him. The pass between Monterey and
Saltillo is the only importantobstacle which
lies in our way; and the twenty odd pie
cos of heavy artillery which we have won
at Montcrey. can scarcely be substituted by
other cannon on the part of the enemy.
whilst they will contribute to open our way
through the mountain passes They can
not cope with us in the open field—for no
one now doubts, that 10 000 of our troops,
the finest perhaps in the world, are suffi
cient to defeat any force which the Mexi
cans can bting against us. “'hy. then.
should we pause in 4 ottr vimorioua career !
Why should our forces ' rest at Monterey
for the present.’ and thus permit the time
of our twelvemonths‘ volunteers to waste
away in inaction!-~
The papers have been speculating upon
an expedition to 'l‘ampico. We see no
good reason why it should not be underta
ken. We have still at least 20,000 troops
in the army ofthe Rio Grande. Allowing
Gen. Taylor’s camp at Monterey to have
one-half of them. we have about 10,006)
more in that win: of the army. to furnish
troops sufficient for a new expedition. be
sides guarding the points we occupy on
the river, and maintaining the connexion
between our dillerent depots. lathe llzil
timore editor willing to paralyze all them
troops, to incur all the expense ofaupport
ing them for eight weeks, ‘until Mexico
shall indicate her purpose of peace 0r wav?‘
Certainly this is not our policy. We hope
by the time thet the armistice would have
expired of itself: we shall see our triumph
ant flag flying in Chihuahua, at Sultillu.
and if the newapaper speculations are to be
believed. perhaps at Vittoria, (the capital
ol'l‘amaulipao.) and at 'l‘umpico. Atall
events. we go {or action, energy and stic
cesa—alwaya prepa‘red, however. to nego
tiate for an honorable peace; but declining
any armistice, until u treaty of peacoliaq
been l’LtllllCtl.
6‘86»
HEAVY STORM
This city and neighborhood were VlSllOtl
on Tuesday last. election day. with one at
-the severest storms it has ever been ’our
prtvrlege to walk abroad in. “common
.ced about two o‘clock in the morning. and
lcontinned Wllh but little cessation until a
bout one o‘clock tn the afternoon, when the
wind, \Vthll had been gradually increasing
l in violence, blew a tremendous gale from
‘ the soulheast. From that hour up to-lour
o‘clock. the storm exceeded in violence any
thing experienced in this vicinity for years,
and there can he no doubt that we shall
have to record lamentable results to vessels
on our coast that were exposed to its fury.
The ttde in the Delaware. driven in by
the force of the wind.‘ was almost at high
water mark at three o’clock. when. accord
ing to the alumnae, it should have been on
ly low water. Before (5 o’clock it «had 0-
.vcttlowed many of the wharvee. especially
between Chesnut and Market streets.
The damage ‘done in all directioneto e!-
eryth‘ing blowawayable. was very great.-—-
Sign boards, election flags and tran‘eperon
ctoe. awnings. trees, and, we believe. in
some instances, chimneys were dashed tr)
the ground. .
The niosl serious damage, however, “1}:
hav‘e-heald-of. wail that done to Sl. My
chael’s Church in Remington. lhe onstgm
end of which fell out through the confirm
ed influence of lhe wind'and rain. frhls
Church vino not quite finished. but the
walls were alllcompleted and the rafters
raised for the roof a week» 0! two agornlNl
lhe building falsely supposed to be}: sub
stantial one. I! Is now‘ a win again. “10
joints and rafters hzmng all fallen dovm
with the back ..wall. -‘
At Wilmington. Delaware.’ also. we
learn the storm was very severe. and flood
ed the meadow and low grounds around
that qity.‘to the depth of four feet or more.
Numbers ‘of the cattle in the marshes
were drowned. and mom: families had 10
be strum of? from their houses on horses.
' ‘ , -i . ; [O,lB, Sat. Past.‘ ‘
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