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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. ; JAMES GARDNER, JR. t i: R M s . Daily, per annum, $8 00 Tri-Weekly, per annum, 6 00 If paid in advance, 5 00 Weekly, per annum, 3 oo ! If paid in advance, 2 50 £U7"AII new subscriptions must be paid in advance. <3Cr*poslage must be paid on all Communications and Let’ersof business. [From the N. O. Picayune , Extra, Oct. 4, 10 A. M. j \ NEWS FROM THE ARMY. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP JAMES L. DAY. CAPITULATION OF MONTEREY. THREE DAYS' HAND FIGHTING. The steamship James L. Day, Capt. Wood, arrived Irorn Brazos Santiago about 1 o’clock this morning. By her j we have received the glorious news I that Monterey has capitulated, as- : TER THREE DAYS OF DESPERATE FIGHT- I V G< Capt. Eaton, one of the aids of | Gen. Taylor, arrived on the Day, bear ing dispatches for Washington, lie j left Monterey on the 251 h nit. Col. | Kinney and one other gentleman ac companied him from Monterey. Col. | Kinney kindly took charge ot pack- : ages of letters for us and brought j them to Camargo, and there deliver ed them to his companion, by whom they were faithfully delivered. VV e shall not forget the service. We cannot delay the press to at- | tempt to write out a narration of the battles. The following ‘memoranda’ are from the pen of an oliicer who was j in the battles. I Gen. Worth, who led the attack ; upon the city on the west side, has | immortalized himself. The lighting j was desperate on our side, the Mexi cans out-numbering us by two to one, and being protected by strong en- j trenchments. All our readers will delight to hear j that the Louisiana boys did honor to i the State. We knew they would. Almost all our different accounts i Eel down our loss at 500 or over, ot whom 300 were killed. This best ! tells the character of the light. Mash/ Memoranda of the operations of the American Army before Alon terey, Mexico, from the 10th to the 24th September: On the 19lh Gen. Taylor arrived before Monterey, with a force of about 6000 men, and after reconnoitering the city at about 1500 or 1600 yards from the Cathedral fort, during which he was fired upon from its bat teries, his force was encamped at the Walnut Springs, 3 miles short of the city. This was the nearest position at which the army could obtain a supply of water,and be beyond the reach of the enemy's batteries. The re mainder of the 19th was occupied by the en gineers in making reconnoisances of the city, batteries and commanding heights. On the 20lh Gen. Worth was ordered with his division to move by a circuitous route to the right, to gain the Saltillo road beyond the west of the town and to storm the heights above the Bishop’s Palace, which vital point, the enemy appear to have strangely neglect ed. Circumstances caused his halt on the night of the 20th, short of the intended po sition. On the morning of the 21st he con tinued his route, and after an encounter with | a large body of the enemy’s cavaliw and in fant ry,supported by artillery from tneheights, he repulsed them with loss, and finally en camped, covering the passage of the Saltillo road, it was here discovered, that besides the fort at the Bishop’s Palace and the occu pation of the heights above it, two forts, on commanding eminences, on the opposite side of the San Juan, had been fortified and occu pied. These two latter heights were then j stormed and carried—the guns of the last ' fort carried being immediately turned with a | plunging fire upon the Bishop’s Palace. On ! this same morning (the 21st) the Ist Divi sion of regular troops, under Gen. Twiggs, i and the Volunteer Division under Gen. But- ! ler, were ordered under arms to make a di- j version to the left of the to* n, in favor of | the important operations of Gen. Worth, i The 10 inch mortar and two 24 pounder howitzers, had been put in battery the night of (he 20lh, in a ravine 1400 yards distant from the Cathedral fort or Citadel, and were supported by the 4th Regiment of Infantry. At 8 A. M. on the 21st the order was given for this battery to open upon the citadel and town,and immediately after the Ist Division, I with the 3d and 4th Infantry in advance, I under Col. Garland, were ordered to recon- ■ noitre and skirmish with the enemy on the ; extreme left of the city, and should a prospect \ of success offer, to carry the most advanced battery. • Tins attack was directed by Maj. Mansfield 1 Engineer, Capt. Williams, Topographical Engineer, and Maj. Kinney, Q. M. to the j Texas Division. A heavy fire from the first battery Was immediately opened upon the j advance, but the troops soon turned it,enter- ! ing and engaging with the enemy in the ' streets of the city, having passed through an incessant cross fire from the Citadel and the i first and second batteries, and from the in fantrv who lined the parapets, streets and house-tops ot the city. The rear of the Ist battery was soon turned, and the reverse fire of the troops through the gorge of the works killed or dislodged the artillerists and infantry Irom it, and the building occupied by in- : fantry immediately in its rear. The Ist Division Was followed and supported by the Mississippi and Tennessee and Ist Oiiio Regiments, the two former regiments being the first to scale and occupy the fort. The success of the day here slopped. The Mis- j sissippi, Tennessee and Ohio Regiments I though warmly engaged in the streets of the city lor some time after the capture of tire Ist batter}’and its adjoining defences, were unable, from exhaustion and the loss they had suffered, to gain more advantage. A heavy shower of rain also came up to cause a suspension of hostilities before the close of i the dav. The 3d, 4th and Ist Infantry and the Baltimore. Battalion, remained as the garrison of the captured position, under Col. | Garland, assisted by Capt. Ridgely’s battery, j Two 12 pounders, one 4 pounder, and 1 how- I jtzer. were captured in this fort, and three of ficers and some 20 or 30 men taken prisoners. One ol the 12 pounders w as.served against the 2d fort and defences, with captured ammuni tion,during the remainderofthe day, by Capt. Ridgely. The storming parties of Gen. Worth’s Division also captured two nine pounders, which were also immediately turned against their former owners. On the morning of the 22d Gen. Worth ; continued his operations, and portions of his division stormed and carried successively the heights above the Bishop’s Palace. Both were carried by a command under Capt. Vinton, 3d Artillery. In these operations the company of Louisiana troops under Capt. Blanchard performed efficient and gallant | service as part of Capt. Vinton’s command, i Four pieces of artillery, with a good supply of ammunition, were captured in the Bishop’s Palace this day, some of which were imme diately turned upon the enemy’s defences in the city. On the evening of the 22d, Col. Garland and bis command were relieved as the garrison of the captured forts, by Gen. Quitman with the Mississippi and Tennes see Regiments, and five companies of the Kentucky Regiment. Early on the morning of the 23d, Gen, Quit man from his position, discovered that the se cond and third forts and defences east of the j city had been entirely abandoned by the enc- | my, who, apprehending another assault on the j night of the 22d, had retired from his defences to the main plaza and its immediate vicinity. A command of two companies of Mississippi j j and two of Tennessee troops were then ! j thrown into the streets to reconnoitre, and j soon became hotly engaged with the enemy, j -Tiiese were soon supported by Capt. Wood's regiment of Texas Rangers, dismounted, by Bragg’s Light Battery and the 3d Infantry; the enemy’s fire was constant and un interrupted from the streets, house tops, bar ricades, &c. &,c. in the vicinity of plaza. The pieces of Bragg’s battery were also used with much effect far into the heart of the city | —this engagment lasted the best part of the day, our troops having driven the scattered i parties of the enemy, and penetrated quite to j the defences of the main plaza. 'Fiie advantage thus gained, it was not considered necessary to hold, as the enemy had permanently abandoned the city and its defences, except the main plaza, its immedi- , ate vicinity and the Cathedral fort or Citadel. Early hi the afternoon (same day) Gen. Worth assaulted from the Bishop’s Palace j the west side of the city, and succeeded in ! driving the enemy and maintaining his posi tion within a short distance of the main plaza ! on that side of the city; towards evening the I mortar had also been planted in the Cemetery enclosure,and during the night did groat exe- I cution in the circumscribed camp of the ene : my in the plaza—ihus ended the operations of the 23d. j Early on the morning of the 24th, a com j munication was sent to Gen. Taylor, from ! Gen. Ampudia, under a flag,making an offer of capitulation, to which the former refused to accede, as it asked more than the Ameri can commander would under any circum stances grant; at the same time a demand to surrender was in reply made upon Gen. j Ampudia—l2 M. was the hour at which the acceptance or non-acceptance w 7 as to be 1 communicated to the American General. i At 11 A. M., the Mexican General sent, re ! questing a personal conference with Gen, Taylor, which was granted; the principal of : ficers of rank on either side accompanying their Generals. After several offers in rela j tioa to the capitulation of the city made on | either side and refused, at half-past 4 P. M., Gen. Taylor arose and saying he would give Gen. Ampudia one hour to consider and ac ; cept or refuse, left the conference with his officers—at the expiration of the hour, the discharge of the mortar was to be the signal | for the recommencement of hostilities. Be { fore the expiration of the hour, however, an j officer was sent on the part of Gen. Ampu -1 dia, to inform the American General that | to avoid the further effusion of blood, and the ! national honor being satisfied by the exer ■ tions of the Mexican troops, he had, after | consultation with his General Officers, deci ded to capitulate, accepting the otter of the American General. The terms of capitulation were in effect as follows: ( That the officers should be allowed to march out with their side arms. That the Cavalry and Infantry should be | allowed to march out with their arms and j accoutrements. That the Artillery should be allowed to j march out with one battery of six pieces and | twenty-one rounds of ammunition. That all other munitions of war and sup j plies should be turned over to a board of American officers appointed to receive them, j 1 That the Mexican Army,should be allow- ; j ed seven days to evacuate the city and that j j the American* troops should not occupy it : until evacuated. That the Cathedral, Fort or Citadel, should be evacuated at 10 A. M., next day, (25th) the Mexicans then marching out and the American garrison marching in. The Mex icans allowed to salute their flag when haul ; ed down. That there should be an armistice of eight ; weeks, during which time neither army j should pass a line running from the Rincon ! ada through Linares and fc>an Fernando. This lenient offer of the American Gene- 1 i ral was dictated with the concurrence of his ! Generals and by motives of good policy and consideration for the good defence of their i city by the Mexican Army. Killed —Capt. Williams, Topographical Engi neers; Lieut. Terrett, Ist Infantry; Capt. L. N. | Morris, 3d do.; Capt. Field,3d do.;' Maj. Barbour, 3d do.; Lieut. Irwin, 3d do.; Lieut, llazlht, 3d do.; Lieut. Hoskins, 4th do.; Lieut. Woods, 4th do.; Capt. McKavett, Bth do.; Col. Watson, Baltimore Battalion; Capt. Battlem, IstTennesseeßegiment; Lieut. Putnam, Ist do. do.; a Lieutenant in a Ger man Company. Wounded —Major Lear, 3d Infantry, severely; Capt. Bainbridge. 3d do., very slightly; Lieut. R. 11. Graham, 4lh do., severely; Capt. Lamotte, Ist do., slightly; Lieut. Dilvvorth, Ist do., severely; Maj. Aberrrombia, Ist do., slightly; Lieut. Wain wright, Bth do., slightly; Lieut. Russell, sth do., slightly; Lieut. Potter, 7th do., slightly; Major Mansfield, Engineers, slightly; Gen. Butler, Vo lunteer Division, slightly; Col. Mitchell, Ohio Vo lunteers, slightly, Col. McClung, Mississippi Re giment, severely; Maj. Alexander, Tennessee Vo lunteers; Lieut. Allen, do. do.; Lieut. *Scudder, do. do.; Lieut. Nixon,do. do ; Capt. Dowler, Mis sissippi Regiment; Lieut. Thomas, Texas Regi ment; Lieut. AnnstrongjOhio Regiment, severely; Captain Gillespie,Texas Rangers,mortally wound ed, since died. [ Sj?ecial Correspondence.'] Bishop’s Palace, ) Monterey, Mexico, Sept. 24. Gentlemen : This is the fourth day since the battle of Monterey commenced. On the 20th,at noon, Gen. Worth inarched from the camp east of the town in the direction of the heights west of the towi\. McCulloch’s and Gillespie’s companies of rangers form ing the reconnoitering party. At night the division bivouacked almost within range of the guns stationed upon the highest point of the hill, on which the Bishop’s Palace is situated. At daylight an the' 21st, the co lumn was again in motion, and in a few mo ments was turning the point of a ridge which protruded out towards the enemy’s guns, ! bringing us as near to them as their gunners could desire, 'They immediately opened upon the column with a howitzer and 12 pounder, firing shell and round shot as fast as they could discharge their pieces. The ! road now wound in towards a gorge, but not far enough to be out of range of their guns, which still played upon us. Another ridge lay about three-fourths of a mile beyond the first, around the termination of which the road wound, bringing it under the lofty sum mit of a height which rises between Palace ; Hill and the mountains, which arise over us ! on the west. When the head of the column 1 approached this ridge a body of Mexican ca- ! vairy came dashing around the point to charge upon our advance. Capt. Gillispie \ immediately ordered his men to dismount and ; place themselves in ambush. The enemy evidently did not perceive this manoeuvre, i but the moment they came up, the Texans 1 opened on them a most effective fire, unsad dling a number of them. McCulloch’s com pany now dashed into them— Capt. C. F. j ; Smith’s camp, and Capt. Scott’s camp of Ar- ! tillery, (acting as Infantry) and Lieut. Long- 1 street’s company of the Blli Infantry with ' another company of the same regiment like- ! wise charged upon the enemy. The Texan horsemen were soon engaged with them, in i a sort of hand to hand skirmish, in which a number of the enemy fell, and one Texan was killed and two wounded. Col. Duncan now opened upon them with his batteiy of Light Artillery, pouring a few discharges of grape among them, and scattering thetn like chaff. Several men and horses fell under this destructive fire. I saw one horse and rider bound some feet into the air and both fall dead and tumbled down the steep. The foot companies above named then rushed up the sleep and fired over the ridge at the re treating enemy, a considerable body of whom were concealed from our view, around the | point of the hill. About thirty of Hie enemy I were killed in this skirmish, and among them , a Captain, who, with two or three others, fell in :he road. The Captain was wounded in three places, the last shot hitting him in the forehead, lie fought gallantly to the last, and I am sorry that 1 cannot learn his name. The light batteries, one of which is commanded by Lieut. Mackall, were now drawn up, on the slope of the ridge, and the ! howitzers opened upon the height of Palace Hill. A few shells only were thrown, before [ the enemy commenced firing with a nine pounder from the height immediately over the right of the column,aiming at Duncan’s ( batteries. The several regiments look posi- ! lions, and a few more shells were thrown to wards Palace Hill, but did no execution.— The nine pounder continued to throw its ; shot, with great precision, at our batteries, i one hall falling directly in the midst of the pieces, but fortunately hitting neither men | organs. Finding his batteries thus exposed, ; j and unable to elfect anything, Col. Duncan ; removed his command to a ranche about half I a mile further up the Saltillo road, where I Gen. Worth took up his position, afier order ing the foot regiments to form along the j fence, near the point of the ridge. The Ar tillery Battalion, slh, 7th and Bth Infantry, ■ and the Louisiana Volunteers remained in this position about two hours, directly under the lire of the enemy’s guns (now two.) The I balls fell directly in their midst all this time without wounding a man ! To begin with, i the Mexicans manage their artillery in batte ry as well as the Americans do—this I be | lieve is now conceded by every officer. At j half-past 10 the column moved towards {he 1 General’s position. At this time, Capt. McKavett, of the Bth Infantry, was shut through the heart by a nine pound bali, and a private of the slh infantry was so severe ly wounded in the thigh, that he died the next morning. About fifty Mexicans now appeared upon the hill side, over the moving i column, and fired at our troops some hundred musket shot, without doing any harm. The Division deployed into the positions pointed out, and remained an hour or two when Capt. C. F, Smith, of the Artillery Battalion, | with two companies (his own and Capt. Scott’s) and tour companies Texan Rangers on foot, were ordered to storm the second 1 height! This the gallant officer cheerfully | uudertook,and was followed with enthusiasm by the officers and men of his command.— It was considered on all sides to be a most ! dangerous undertaking, and this party was considered most emphatically a forlorn hope. That the height would be taken, no one doubted, but that many b.ave fellows would fall it) the attempt, seemed inevitable. The distance to he climbed after reaching the foot of the hill, was about a quarter of a mile; a part of the way was almost perpen- ! dicular and through thorn bushes and over | sharp-pointed rocks and loose sliding stones. The 7th Infantry, commanded by Capt, Miles, was ordered to support Capt. {Smith's party, and, by marching directly to the foot of the height, arrived before Capt. Smith, who had been ordered to take a circuitous | route. Capt Miles sent up Lieul. Gantt with a detachment of men, upon the hill side, to 1 divert the attention of the enemy from Capt. ■ Smith's command, which could not yet be seen. The 7th had already sustained a heavy fire of grape and round shot, as they j forded the San Juan, which winds around the foot of the height, which fell like a shower of hail in their ranks, without killing a man. Lieut. Gantt's party were greeted with grape and round shot, which cut the shrubs and tore up the 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 fragments of rock, dust ; and gravel. This fire was accompanied by a constant discharge of musketry, the enemy | covering the upper part of the hill side, but j the detachment continued to move up ; driving | the Mexicans back, until they were recalled. Capt. Smith’s party now arrived and moved up the hill, the Rangers in advance, and did not halt tor an instant until the Mexicans were-driven from the summit. Whilst this was going on, Col. Fersifor F. Smith, who commanded the slh and 7th Infantry—the 6th, with Blanchard’s Louisiana boys, under Maj. Martin Scott, had been ordered to sup- j port the whole—gave orders for these com- | mands to pass around on each side and storm the fort which was situated about half a mile back of the summit on the same ridge and command Bishop’s Palace. Such a foot race as now ensusd has seldom if ever been seen; the Louisiana boys making the tallest kind of strides to be in with the foremost. ; Capt. Smith had the gun which he look upon the height, run down toward the breastworks and fired into it. Then came Col. P. F. Smith’s men, with a perfect rush, firing and cheering—the 6thand 7th and Louisianians j reaching the ridge above nearly at the same time. The Mexicans fired at them with grape, but it did not save them, or cause an instant’s hesitation in our ranks. Our men run and fired, and cheered, until they reached 5 the work, the foremost entering atone end, ! whilst the Mexicans, about 1000 in number, j left the other in retreat. Tire colors of the 1 sth Infantry were instantly raised, and i ! scarcely wero they up before those of the 7th | wore along side. The three commands j entered the fort together, so close was the race—the sth, however, getting art advance in first. J. W. Miller, of Blanchard’s com- I pany, was among the first four or five who entered. The three commands may be said to have come out even in the race, for the 7th was not five seconds behind. In less 1 than five minutes the gun found in the fort 1 was thundering away at the Bishop’s Palacel i More ammunition was found than our troops , will use with the three guns that were cap j lured. Onr of the guns was found con , cealed. They are 9-pound brass pieces. Several mules and half a dozen beautiful 1 tents were likewise captured. Killed, none. ' Wounded, in 7th Infantry, Lieut. Potter ! ; bullet through the calf of the leg; Orderly ! I Sergeant Hurdle, of K. company; Corporal S. P. Oakley, severely in the thigh. Oakley : is from New York city, and a very intelligent, i well educated man, as well as a good soldier | Private White—the same who captured the 1 Mexican officer’s trunk at Marin, and who received it and its contents from Gen Taylor. I —wounded in the head. Fist Infantry; killed, none; wounded—Lieut Rossell, in the arm; Sergeant Maj. Brand, badly, in the mouth with musket ball. Privates McLanus . and Grubb, sligetly wounded—Sergant Up tergraph, color-bearer,distinguished himself by Ins gallantry. Tims was this brilliant coup de main made almost without bloodshed. 1 have not time now to givQ the particulars of this glorious affair. Capt. C. F. Smith was ih the ad vance, with McCall, at the battle of Resaca de la Palma, and is one of the most gallant and accomplished officers in the Army—-so ! say all his fellow officers whom 1 have heard | speak of him. Col. P. F. Smith —General of Louisiana—distinguished himself on that occasion, as did Maj. Scott and Capt. Miles and in truth, every officer and man did his { duty nobly. The gallant conduct of Capt. Blanchard and Lieut’s. Tenbrinck, and the two brothers Nichols, is praised by all the officers who were there. In truth the Louisiana boys I have fought every day for four days, and I assure you, as Gen. VVorth’s report will bear me out in saying, and as every officer in the 2d Division will testify that this corps hits distinguished itself on every occasion where j they have been called on. The sons of Judge ! Nichols,of Donaldsonville, have stood fire for four or five hours at a time, driving the ene my—under their battery—from bush to bush, and rock, and at last were among the fore most to rush into the Bishop’s Palace and take it by storm. Capt. Blanchard and his ! company have already made a reputation that ; will not soon be forgotten. S. G. Alen, pri vate of this company was mortally wounded in this fight, and died next morning. Capt. i Smith had no one killed or wounded in his party of regulars—two Texans were wound ed viz: Win. Carley and B. F. Keese. 11. Bishop’s Palace, Monterey, Sept. 24. Gentlemen:—l date both my letters on one day, because f arn obliged to foot up the j news of the last four days, having had no writing materials along. Even now, though ! J write in a palace , I am obliged to hold the I sheet of paper in one had on my knee, for want of a desk. But 1 have no lime tor ex tra remarks—a chance offers to send you the news, and I must hurry to give you a glance at what has been done here, before the ex- ; press goes off. On the morning of the 21st, Col. Childs, of the Artillery Battalion, with three of his companies—one commanded by Capt. Vinton, another by Capt. J. B. Scott, j and the third by Lieut. Ayres,—and three i companies of tiie Bth Infantry—company A commanded by Lieut. Longslreet and Lieut, j Wainwright; B company, Lieut. Holloway, commanding, and Lieut. Merchant; D com pany, Capt. Scrivnerand Lieut. Montgomery —was ordered to take the summit of Palace | : Hill. The Colonel left campt at 3 o’clock, j A. M., and climbed the mountain through the ! chaparral and up the sleep rocks, with such : secrecy thot at day-break he was within one hundred yards of the breast work of.sand-bags j before lie was discovered. The Mexicans | poured their musketry into them, but they rushed up the precipice and soon had the place. Three of the artillery men, having rushed ahead 100 fast, found themselves in | the hands of the Nexicans. They surren- 1 dcred: the Mexicans took their muskets and shot them down with the very pieces tiiey j had given up. 1 saw the poor fellows lying j there. I have but a few moments left to write in, I and must therefore defer the particulars of the storming of the palace until I have more time. Col. Staniford went up at daylight with the balance of the Bt.h, and Maj. Bcott led up thaSlh. The Louisiana boys were on the hill with the sth, at 8 o’clock, A. M.— One of Duncan’s howitzers, in charge of Lt. Rowland, was dragged up, or rather lifted tip, and opened on the palace, which was filled with troops. The Mexicans charged on the | howitzer, but were driven back. A constant firing was kept up for several hours, particu larly by Blanchard’s men, who left a dozen Mexicans dead upon the hill side. At length a charge was ordered, and our men rushed down upon the palace, entered a hole in a door that had been blocked up but opened by j the howitzer, and soon cleared the work of the few Mexicans who remained. Lieut, j Ayres was the lucky one who first reached the halyards and lowered the flag. One 18 pound brass piece, a beautiful article, manu factured in Liverpool in 1842, and a short brass 12 pound howitzer, were captured, with a large quantity of amunition, and some mus kets and lances. The fort adjoining the pal ace walls is not completed, but is very neat ly constructed as far as it is built. The kill ed on our side, in taking the palace, was seven—wounded, twelve. Lt. Wainwright 1 was wounded in the arm and side by a mus ket ball, but will soon recover, it is hoped.— Mr. John Francis, of New Orleans, belonging to Blanchard’s company, was killed. 1 will ; give a full account of Ibis affair at another i time. Colonel Childs, Capt. Vinton, Capt. Blanchard, Lieut. Longstreet, Lieut. Clark, (Adjt. of the Bth), Lieut. Ayres, Lieut. Me- I Gown, and the two Nicholls seem to have j been the heroes of the day. The two latter “did the thing up brown,” and not only Judge Nicholls but old Louisiana may well be proud of such sons. The Mexicans lost at least thirty killed—twenty-one had been buried this morning, and I have seen a number lying on the hill side, that were not discovered by our men when they brought in the dead. Yesterday morning the whole Division un der Gen. Worth entered the town on this side. and have been fighting there ever since.— The heart of the city is nothing but one for tification, the thick walls being pierced for ; muskets, and cannon being placed so as to ; rake the principal streets. The roofs being i fiat, and the front walls rising three or four * | feet above the roof, of course every street has j | a line of breastworks on each side. A ten- i j inch mortar came around from Gen. Taylor j j last evening, and it is now placed in the ! largest plaza, to which our troops have fought 1 step by step, and from house to house. Dun can’s batteries are in town, and the present impression is that the place will soon be taken. Gen. W orth has gained all the strong holds that command the city, and has pushed the enemy as far as they can go without fall ing into Gen. Taylor’s hands on 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—sufficiently so to satisfy the ambition ; of any man on earth. I was expecting to see Gen. Worth rushing his men into unne cessary danger in order to win for them and ! himself great military fame, but his conduct has been very different from this. His great | study has been to gain these commanding j points with the least possible sacrifice of life. ! At first it seemed totally impossible to storm | these heights—it looked like charging upon the clouds—but it has been done. Theßish j op’s palace, which is as strong as it has been i represented to be, lias been stormed and taken i by our brave soldiers. 1 should have staled that Col. Hays, with a body of his troops, and Captains Gillespie and McCulloch were at the taking of the palace. Capt. Gillegpie was mortally wounded, and died yesterday morning, regretted by the whole army. I cannot keep up, at all, with the Rangers. Their services have been inevitable to Gen. : Taylor, from the commencement of the cam paign. They right with all the steadiness of old soldiers—and are constantly on the move. 'Hie country owes them much for their no ! ble conduct. I saw nothing, as yet, about Gen. Taylor’s proceedings on the other side of the town, because the information 1 have i received is not well authenticated. Mr. Ken ! dal 1 and 1 both came out with this division, neither knowing that the other was coming j with it. until it was too late to return, and there is no communication between the divi sions except by armed bodies of men. The j General has, however, taken three batteries I near the town on the other side, in doing i which he has lost about three hundred men , killed and wounded ! t I do not know the ex act number killed, but will be able to ascer- : tain before this teller goes—and will try to give other particulars. Gen. Taylor has arrived at Gen. Worth’s head-quarters to-day, and is now engaged in town with Ampudia’s messengers consider- i I ing I lie enemy’s proposals for surrendering | ; the town and the large fort at the north east j side of it. That fort is very strong, and is believed to contain at least twenty guns.— Hostililies have ceased until the conference 1 shall be concluded. There must be an im mense quantify of properly in town, particu larly arms and ammunition. 1 should have mentioned that the 2J Di vison marched from camp with only two ; days, rations, and no tents. A large majority | of the officers, and many of the men worked and climbed mountains, chased the enemy, | and fought forty-eight hours, with nothing to eat but raw corn. Much of the two days, rations were spoiled by the rains—and as the troops were frequently ordered off at an instant’s notice—They left their haversacks behind. There have been from ten to fifteen thou sand troops at this place ever since we have been here,but they are leaking out, in citi zen’s clothes, as fast as they can dodge otfi ; As soldiers there is no escape for them. »• TO OUR ADVERTISING PATRONS. 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Standing Advkrtisements. 1 square (12 lines) I month, without alteration... .$(5 00 I “ II mouths, “ “ 12 00 1 “ “ 0 months, altered quarterly,,...lS 00 1 “ “ 12 mouths, “ *• 25 00 2 squares, one half more than the above rates. ;{ “ three-fourths more than “ 4 “ double the “ “ If next to reading matter and leaded, double these rates. Professional or Business Cards, not exceeding I six lines, $lO per annum. If over six lines, pro | rata per line. With Druggists, contracts will be made by tiie ; year on reasonable terms, as heretofore. No gratuitous Advertising, under any cir cumstances. Notices of Deaths, Marriages and all other notices, no matter to what they refer, will be charged as Advertisements. When tiie bill of any house or firm amounts with in six months to SSO dollars or upwards, for other than permanent advertisements, a discount of 25 , I percent, will be made, if paid on presentation. YOUNG LADIES’ SEMINARY, i j Conducted hy Miss L. R. Williams , (FROM THE BRITISH PROVINCES.) • j The Course of Instruction in this Seminary is | the same as in the best Institutions in Europe. Miss W. has been long in the practice of teach i ing, and with confidence invites parents and guardians to place their daughters and wards under her care; pledging herself to give the strictest at- I tenlion to every branch of education, as well as to > morals and manners. Draw ing in Water Colors, taught by Miss Eliza E. A. Andrews. A limited number of Boarders will be received. For further particulars, apply at the Seminary, Broad-street, next door above-the Bridge Bank Building. References: —Judge Dye, E. E. Ford, D. D., D. Hook, M. D. Augusta, Bept. 28, 1846. ly 12 DC/ 3 W e are authorized to announce WM JOHNSON as a candidate for Receiver of Tax Returns, at the next election in Richmond county. 22 td august 12 AUGUSTA, GEO,, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10, 1846. lETWe regret, owing to the sickness of ■■ several of our hands, we cannot give more i full details of the army news. We endea vored yesterday, but without success to hire additional fore e. We are also, for the same reason, com pelled to omit several items selected from our I northern exchanges. tEFThe election returns come in slowly.— Those received do not enable us to announce the entire result with certainty. We may, however,state that Messrs. Cobb, Lumpkin, King, Stephens and Toombs, are re-elected. We entertain no doubt of the election of Messrs. Iverson and Haralson. It is reported that Mr. Towns is beaten 30 votes by his opponent Dr. Jones. O“We surrender almost our entire co | linn ns of reading matter to give the details of the hard (ought and gallant actions, which have distinguished our arms at Monterey. Many very interesting details, and feats of individual chivalry are yet to he recounted. We shall expect for many succeeding mails, items which will ho gratifying to every American who is proud of the military glory of his country. Our loss has been severe. While a grate ful country will mourn her departed heroes, their example will serve to inspire her sons, to emulate their gallant deeds. Their me mory will be sacredly cherished, and their names occupy an honorable place in history. In the loss of such men, our country pays a high price for military renown, for that re spect for her rights, which a too great for bearance on her part had caused Mexico to forget. But lasting benefit will result from it of a political character, and a long career of peacefuyirosperity. We doubt not that the eight weeks armistice will he immediately succeeded by a treaty of peace, embracing terms in every way honorable to our country. [LrThe Chronicle &, Sentinel is a very unlucky paper on this Mexican war question. When the accounts of the gallant cxjdoits of our army on the fields of Palo Alto, and Resaca de la Palma reached here the Chron icle was pouring out a tirade against the Mexican war, and the story of those glorious achievements, which will ever be famous in our history, went out in that print side by side with cavillings and cargings at the at “ o e* litude our country 7 occupied in tiiis war. So in the present case. The news from Monte rey must cause a thrill of pride through every patriotic heart, and cause it to swell with enthusiasm at these added glories to our country’s arms. Yet it must be a damper to read on the same sheet ihat records the bril liant story, comments which represent the war as unauthorized in its inception, < ouductccl in an unjust spirit and marked by acts of our commanding officers, which place our country in the wrong before the world. Such denunciations will grate harshly on the national feeling—upon that love of country ; which we breathe in our native air, and which is an instinct of our nature. No essay can be read with much plea.-ure which take especial pains to convince the reader that his country is in the wrong. They were not read with pleasure during the last war with Great Britain. They are not read with pleasure in our present war with Mexico. Such are some of the editorials i of the Chronicle. Yesterday appeared one con demnatory of Gen. Kearney, who, forsooth I has committed the grave offence of conquer ing all California, and annexing it to the United States. It seems our arms have been too successful to suit the taste—the cunser the taste, of the Chronicle. There is too much in it, of what the Chronicle calls “po gressive locofocoism.” It also quotes, approvingly, the censures of that anti-American print, the National In telligencer, which has argued the Mexican side of the question so zealously during this whole war, upon an editorial of the Union, which advocates the propriety of compelling the Mexicans to contribute to the expense of the war. The article quoted from the Union so fully shows that our government would be right hi doing this, that we do not deem it neces sary to add a word in vindication. We al lude to it, however, to show the avidity with which some whig papers seize upon every opportunity, in which they fancy they can portray our government as in the wrong in its foreign relations. The greal success which lies marked all the leading measures of our government under the present administration, and which the great body of the American people con sider as highly honorable to our country, the Chronicle and its kindred prints would cha racterize as “progressive locofocoism.” U seems to annoy them that the administration has done so well—that it has realized so fully the expectations of the great party that call ed it into being. [LUThe London Times states, as an evi dence that Indian corn is becoming a regular article of exchange, that large quantities have been shipped from England to France, and they have been paid for by importations of gold. GEORGIA HAIL-ROAD. Consignees per Rail-Road, Oct. 9.—Gould & Bulkley, Doughty <fe Beall, Hand & Williams, Gibbs & McCord, Adams, Fargo & Co., Bryson, Coskery &. Co., South Carolina Rail Road, F Spears, P. Slo\all, Dawson & Weaver, D Antig nac & Evans, James Alexander, Ponllain & Son, Heard & Davison, C. A. & M. 11. Williams, ami Adams, Hopkins & Co^