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recollect thai it contained a permission to the Mexican forces to retire with their arms. This was urged as a matter of soldierly pride, and at an ordinary courtesy. We had reached the limit of our insiructions, nnd the com issioners rote to report to dis agreement. Upon returning to the reception-room, afier ihe fact had been announced ihat the commissioners emild not agree upon terras, ueneral Ampudia entered at ligth upon the question, treating the point of disa' greement as one which involved the honor of his country, spoke of his desire for a settlement without furtner bloodshed, and saif he did not care about the pieces of ar tillery which he had at the place. Gen. Taylot responded to the wish to avoid une cesiary bloodshed. It was agreed the commission should re-assemble, and we were instructed to concede the small arms? and I supposed there would be no question about the artillery. The Mexican commis sioners now nrged that, as all other arms had been recognized, it would be discredi table to the artillery if required to march out without any ihing to represent their arm, and stated, in answer to an inquiry, that they had battery of light artillery, mmaeuvied and equipped as such. The commission again rose, and reported the disagreement on the point of artillery. Gen. Taylor, hearing that more was de manded than the middle ground, upon which, in a spirit of generosity, he had a greed to place tho capitulation, announced the conference at an end, and rose in a manner which showed his determination to talk no more. As he crossed the room to leave it, one of the Mexican commission ers addressed him, 8nd some conversation, which I did not hear, ensued. Gen. Worth nsked permission of General Taylor, and addressed some remarks to Gen. Ampudia, the spirit of which wis that which he man ifested throughout the negotiation, viz : generosity and leniency, and a deair to spare the further effusion of blood. The commission re-assembled, and the points of capitulation were agreed upon. Alter a short recess, we again repaired to the room in which we had parted from the Mexican commissioners; they were Hrdy in joining us, and slow in executing the instrument ol'capitulation. The 7th, 8th and 9th arti cles were added during this session. At a i-t t,, tho English original was han ded to Gen. Taylor for his examination ; the Spanish original having been sent to Gen .Ampudia. Gen. Taylor signed and delivered to me the instrument as it was submitted to him, and I returned to rtce.ve he Spanish copy with the sigiiMure o Gan Ampudia, and send that having Gen. Taylor' signature, that each General might countersign the original to bo re tained by the other. Gen Ampudia did not sign the instrument a3 was expected, but came himself- to meet the commissioners. He raised many points which had been set tled, and evinced a disposition to make the Spanish differ in essential points from the English instrument. Gen. Wjrth was absent. Finally he was required to sign the instrument prepared for his own commissioners, and'the English original was left with him that he might have it translated, (which he promised to do that night,) and be ready the next morning with a Spanish duplicate of. the English instrument left with him. By this means, the two instruments would be made to cor respond, and he be compelled to admit his knowledge of the contents of the English original before he signed it. The next morning the commission again met; again the attempt was made, as had been olten done before by solicitation, to gain some grant in addition, to the compact. Thus we had, at their request, adopted the word capitulation in lieu of surrender ; they now wished to substitute stipulation for capitulation. It finally became neces sary to make aperempnry demand lor the immediate signing of the English instru' inent by General Ampudia, and the literal transaction (now perfected) by the com" missioners and their general. The Soan. ish instrument first signed by Gen. ampudia was destroyed in presence of his commis eioners; the translation of our own instru ment was countersigned by Gen Taylor, and delivered. The agreement was com plete, and it only remained to execute the terms. Much has been said about the construc tion of article 2 of the capitulation, a copy of which is hereto appended.. Whatever ambiguity there may be in the language used, there was a perfect understanding by the commissioners upon both Bides as to the intent of tha parties. The distinction we made bscween light artillery equipped and manoeuvred as such, designed "lor and used in the field, and pieces between the armament of a fort, woa clearly stated on onr side, and that it was comprehended on theirs appeared in the fact that repeatedly they aeserted their possession of light artfl- lery, and aid they had one battery of light pieces. Such conformity of opinion existed among our commissioners upo.t every mea sure which wis finally adopted, that I considei them, in their sphere, jointly and everallv responsible for each and every article of the capitulaton. If, as original ly viewed by Gen. Worth, our conduct has been in accordance with the peaceful poli cy of our Government, and shall in anv degree ter.d to consumate that policy, wu may congratulate ourselves upon the port we have taken. If otherwise, it will r. main to me as a deliberate opinion, that tho terms of capitulation gave all which could have followed, ofdetiirable result, from 3 further assault. It was in the power of the enemy to retreat, and to bear with him his snnli arms and such a battery as was con templated in the capitulation. The other grants were such a it was honorable in 3 conquering army to bestow, and which it cost magnanimity nothing to give. The above recollections are submitted to Generals Henderson and U'oith for cor rection and addition, that the misrepresen tation of this transaction may be prevented by a statement made whilst events are re cent and the memory fresh. JEFFERSON DAVIS, Colonei Mississippi Riflemen. Camp near Monterey, October 7, 1847. The above is a correct statement of the leading facts conected with the transaction referred to.according to m recollection. It is however proper that 1 should further state thitmv first impression was, that no bet terierma than those first proposed, on the part of Gen Taylor, ought to have been given, and I so said to General Taylor when I found him disposed to yield to tht request of General Ampudia ;'ar.d at the ame time gave it as my opinion, that thev would be accepted by him before we left the town. Gneral Taylor replied, that he would mn no risk whore it could be avoi ded ; that he wished to avoid the further shedding of blood, and that he. was satis fied ihat our Government would be pleased with the ierms given by the capitulation; and, heiug myself persuaded ofjthat fact, I yielded my individual views and wishes, and under that conviction 1 shill ever be ready to defend the terms of the capitula tion. J. PIXCKN'EY HENDERSON, Maj. Gen. Commanding the Texan Vol unteers. 1 not only counselled and advised, the opportunity being offered by th General in-chief, the first proposition, but cordial ly assented and approved the decision ta ken by General Taylor in respect ti the litter, as did every member of the com mission, at:d for good and sufficient mili tary and national reasons; and staand rea dy, at all times and proper places, to defend pnd sustain the action of the commanding general, and participation of the commis sioners. Knowing that malignams. the tremor being off, are at work to discredit and misrepresent the case, (asl had dr?tici rated,) I feej obliged to Col. Davis for hav. thrown together the materal and fads. W. J. WORTH, Brig. Gen commanding 2d division. Monterey, October 12, 1847. Terms of the capitulation of the City of Monterey, the capital of Nueva Leon, a greed upon by the undersigned commis sioners, to wit. Gen Worth of the United States Army; General Henderson, of the the Texan Volunteers; and Colonel Davis, of the Mississippi Riflemen, on the part of Major General Taylor, commandingin chief the United States forces; and Gener al Requena and General Oitego, of the ar. my of Mexico, and Senor Manuel M. Llano. Governor of Nueva Leon, on the part of Senoi General Don Pedro Ampudia, com manding in-chicf the army of the North of Mexico. Article 1. As the legitimate result of the operations belore this place, and the pres ent position of the contending armies, it is agreed that the city, the fortifications, the cannon, the munitions ot war, and all oth er public property, with the under men tioned exceptions, be surrendered to tbc commanding General of the United Slates forces now at Monterey.. Art. 2. That the Mexican forces shall be allowed to retain the following arms, to wit : the commissioned officers, lher side- i arms ; the infantry, their aims and accou trements ; the cavalry, their arms and ac coutrements; the artillery, one field battery, not to exceed six pieces, with twenty-one rounds of ammunition. Art. 3. That the Mexican armed forces retire within seven days from this date be yond the line formed by the pass of the Kinconada, ihe city of Linares,- and San ' Fernando de Pusos. Art. 4. That the city of Monterey be e vacuated by the Mexican, and occupied by the American forces to-morrow morning, at 10 o'clock. Art. 5. To avoid collision, and for mu tual convenience that the troops of the li nked States will not occupy the citv until tho Mexican forces have withdrawn, except lor nospitai a:;d storage purposes. Art. 6. That the lorces of the United Slates will not advance beyond the line specified in the third article," before the ex piration of eight weeks, or until the orders of the respective Governments can be re ceived. Art. 7. inatthe public property to be delivered, shall be turned over and received j by officers app'oiVted by the commanding general of the armies Art. 8 "..That all doubts, as to the mean ing of the preceding Rrticles.sball be solved by an equitable construction, nnd on prin ciples o liberality to the retiring army. Arr. y 1 ha! the Mcx'can riag, when struck at the citadel, may be saluted by its own battery. (Signed, &c.) From the Pennsylvanian.' Expedients of the Opposition. Ti-.e play of the "Jealous Wife," a glo rious old comedy, by the way, contains a capital character of a suspicious woman, who fancies every thing that occurs a new proof of the infidelity of her husband. E- j very knock at th,e door heralds some new but hidden intrigue; every letter contains aorne new assignation; every visitor no matter what the sex, is regarded as an ac complice. It is wonderful how ingenious she is in convincing herself that sh9 is just ly jealous, and with what rare skill she misunderstands every thing that takes place, and how rapidly she see and detects the abundant proof of l.er irjune3. The Fed eral press is now playing the part of the jealous wile for political purposes. In or der to convince ihe people how infamously Gen. Taylor has been treated by Mr. Polk, they pervert every thing that transpires into proof of the fact. It is wonderful with what delicate tact they connect the necessary circumstances, and with what a keen scent they discover apprcchir.g dan ger. The United States Gazette saw tn tne perils previous to the battles of the 8th and 9th o( May, bui the results of a policy that had been decided upon by Mr. Poik to destroy Gen. Taylor, but the end show ed that the cause was in that gallant sold ier himself. The same paper saw in the armistice at Monterey,' only a new proof of tne evil counsels cf the executive : but ihat, too, was the act of General Taylor, as he showed himself. All these suspi cions, so connivingly started, and so insid iously encouraged, have not, however, suc ceeded in living very long; they have per ished before the truth a uttered by Gene ra! Tay ior himself. The Rational Intelli gencer, however, determined that the sys tem snail not be abandoned without anuth er effort to keep it up, attacks the adminis tration for hating now promulgated an or der issued in 1845, Unj effect of v.hich is to arrest the indiscriminate writing of let ters by tie officers of the army. It can see in this, of course, but a new species of at tack upon Gen. Tay lor, and in this instance, regards it as having been elicited by his late letter against the administration. We heartily rejoice that this order has been re vived, and hope it may be adhered to. II the plans f;f our campaigns are to be ex posed by the ojirers in the army, there should be some severe penalties pronounced against the practice. Until recently, we believe, these letters have not been of this character ; although the Intelligencer it self warmly concurred with us, in a recom mendation submitted bv this journal, seve ral months ago, th.it tfee practice should be wholly abandoned. The administration may have hesitated in restricting this hab it, so long as these letters went no further lha" t0 reta" ,he ,d,e K0Si'P of lhe camp, or the incidents of the field ; but as it seems to have taken a wider range, and to modi tate the disclosure of the plans of the ad ministration in regard to the war, we trust that vigorous means may be taken to put a stop to it; and this, .,0, no matter how many suspicions it excites in the opposition ranks. VVe shall not be at all surprised to hear that General Taylor approves of ihis order himself. Had it been in force soon er it is probable his injudicious friend would have saved him the mortification of printing his confidential Tetters in the news papers. From Texas, By ihe steamer Palmetto at New Or leans, dates from Galveston to the 7th inst. have been received. Generals Scott and Worth were stiil at Rrazos Santiago. .Geri. Worth's whole command had arrived fromabove, and were reported to be all on ship-board and ready to sail down the coast. The number of German emigrants, ac cording io statements of officers of the custom-house, who arrived in Galveston du ring the quarter endine December 31, 1846, was 4020. The Great Gun. The N. Y. Express 8ays that the large gun cst in England, to repUte the "Peacemaker," which exploded cn board the Princeton, has been, or will at once be, put on board the bomb ketch at Brooklyn, and taken to the Gulf, to be uaed at Vera Cruz. It is said the War Department do not think ii will be used before April, at the soonest. Weather clear and coolinr off. Saturday, February 27, 1847. lIj'Wc arc requested to announce "William Slarte, Esq. as a candidate for SheiitTof the Ooun'.v if Lincoln, at the election bv the Ju-ticf s ' during March Court. Feb 1: j (IlVe aie requested to announce IScnjamill ! S. Johnson, Esq. as a candidate for SheritT of the County of Lincoln, at lie election by the I Justices during MauhCoutt. Feb 20 I To .Inns : To mlrms. Ala meeting held at Dallas, in the coun- ... -owf VH , UUJ,, :c. ioiu inst., i,e is a cIever sor of fellmVf a,tJ WQ afe it was unanimously , r , , , . , J only sorrow to find him engjgd m iucll Resolved That they would render al sinalI business. Prenez Garde! the ai-l in their power to raise a Company ! of Mounted Volunteers, to be tendered to ! --.ri, , m i . t. i President Polk.to serve during ihe war no j fhfi C,UZCnS f C,,arl.eston W',H rl,e,r waging between Mexico and the IT. Slates, j characierisiic spiru, are about to present a and to efftct the same they would unite valuubie sword to I.t. Colonel Fiemont, as with ihe counties of Lincoln and Catawba, j testimony of respect for him as a native of The Freemen of Lincoln County are re- their cliy, and appreciating his so valuable quested to meet at the Court House in Lin-j services in th Oregon expedition. Thi colnton, on Tuesday the 2d day of March compll,nent is richly merited ; e think so next, lo respond to the req-iest of Gaston i , . , , County. tCT Freemen of Old Lincoln, I lhe 0re bccause 11 seems bul MJ your rights are invaded, your fellon- citi-i l'J" w'h'n 'he poor, o.bscure boy and our zens have been massacred on American soil; ; self porftd over Carpenter's spelling book you are callej on to punish the ar2res,ors. sidc bv side. Utile did wa then anticipate 1 hen, let everv lover of his country attend' . V, . .. , ,. T this meeting, and lend all the aid in their ! AThal Fame bad in store for h,m Lon& IV rf fin mlr, 'I' . I I power to effect its object. Young men of Lincoln. Catawba, Gaston, Cleveland, and Burki: now the time to show yourselves worthy the heritage of Revolutionary sires, and the title of a brave people. - Let ihe sword do its duty, it has slept long enough, j Its point will get blunt and its steely cheeks rough; ! It thirsts tor ihe Mood of the Mexican herd The Alamo1, the Alamo! remember the word ! AN AMERICAN. C7The printing materials to be sold at j Court, are not thoe of the Lincoln Courier, j English officer, as silver was never a drug as some of o ir friends have circulated. Wejwith lhe American army. The skeleton have them in possession. butother materials i , r . , , , , fl a ii .i r ; . 1 w not rnoie than 5 feet in length, and de- as good wdl enable the Courier to compete j & with any who may feel inclined to try a j compofciiion had bo taken place as to render tilt for the spoils-. We court opposition, as u 1 it impossible to move it in its "position.-One" will ouly stimulate to renewed exertion. j fi-a8s nf lhe specs were broken, it is sup The materials have to lie sold to put an old , . - . ,f n , , ,. - ,i,k, . ri i' ... J Psedby the pick. If M-ssrs IladJock fc the stockholders never will. We hope our friends will not make it necessary for U6 to cull on them during the next week; as they must be aware that our new arrangement will put us to considera ble expense. ifc'M"- I IS I 1 c 03The Raleigh Register and Greensbo ro' Patriot, sem mighty snappish relative to the remarks we made regarding the Vo lunteers from Yancey. We said they were "rather whiggish," because most of! the officers were whigs.and presuming like Pair.e and Fagg they would not have went without commissions, we gave a rather w biggish" coloring to the whole compa ny. The term "trembling cowards" who "forsook their captain" comes with little grace from the Register, the Editor being in possession of the facts, which plainly show that after wailing in Charlotte (Mr. Jaaies Graham's rendezvous) for sixteen days, not mustered in, thrown on their own resource, the miserable pittance afforded by the Legislature exhausted, masters at tempted to be palmed on them their vas salage to be made the reward of party de votion we say under such circumstance. and facts, the term used does not apply to the Rowan company ihat of old democra tic Mecklenburg (118 dragoons) are now "on their way to MsUamoras;" Edgecombe is off with her 200 gallant spirits ; where then most we find these "trembling cow ards,' if not in lory Guilford whose boast is to send a fiag, the only 'relic' of patriot ism. As to the Yancey volunteers, we en tertain the most kindly feelings, but as is often the case, it becomes necessary to ex pose matters that may not well be relished. Therefore, we would ask the Editors what title the fifty-four volupteers from Yancey had to a company allowance of $1000? and why was not the amount as promptly af forded to companies that were fall, and in duced to swallow the pill, obnoxious as it sorely must have been to a large majority of our gallant volunteers, besides the obli gation of serving under men who asserted this war to be unholy and unjust ? The "nearly half" of trembling cow ards" who forsook the Yancey company, no doubt were some of the V Mexican party a "Guilford Whig" has succeeded in for ming. 0If some of the whif press woold for a moment utidy the necessities of the Go vernment, they woold urVe the unenndi tional appropriation of money to conduct the war with Mexico ; then we should not doubt their sincerity, when they express i sympathy with the suffering Irish. "Cha rity begins at home." is an old roaxicn, yet there is a medium can well be observed, and of our fullness much can be spared; let it be. but without ostentation; then like the . widow's mite, it will be doublv blessed. Duel Expected. The Ashborn' Herald of a recent date, states that Captain Long, accompanied bv' j two friends, passed through that place, on their way to Virginia, to fight a duel with " A GuiIforJ Whig. The Sheriff of Rowan was eight hours bthind in pursuit " -- -7 Worth, ihe Haanrrenlvnist. has Uf us, after running his business into- ihe ground, with a vengeance. Even the "la dies of color' gave him an audience, and supplied their boudoirs with remembrancer roay "e ',ve ,) enJov tne rui,B Profitable ?Iinc. The Gold fever has taken a fresh start I in lhi quarter, and every suspicious look-( ing rock is being turned over; but what will I the reader think when we state, that while working one of the King's mountain mines , a pair of silver spectacles and shoe buckles of old fashion make, were fonnd at i depth of 4 feet, supposed to have belonged to an Co. believe in the angler's nrle, "when we go a caitin we go acattin," they can just fork them over, to be deposited in the ar chives of the State with Gen. Ferguson' spurs. This is ihe first instance on record ' of burying a man with spectacles on we wonder if there's not "a few more left of the same sort." ' (rMr. Butler, of South Carolina, seems to have lost much of his Judicial gravity since elected to ihe Senate, if he is judged by the " ha, ha, h3," and the "renewed, merriment" which, it is reported, inter rupted Mr. Turney in his "attack" on Mr Calhoun's motives. . Mr. B. seems deter mined to "tink as mine vrow shrinks, ' as the Dutchman said ; well, let him do so but remember there are others who will think for themselves. The Senate will soon eclipse the House in rowdyism. OCrThe paper on which oar present number is printed show bet a scant pat tern ; we did not notice until loo late to remedy it. The appearance is small, but the scatter as usual. . ' TJae Three million Bill. , This bill is yet before Congress, with a proviso that slavery shall not exist in any territory hereafter to be acquired. Thus is the President harassed by Congress, and deprived of the means of concluding a sal, isfactory peace. As regards the proviso of course the south and west are united in opposition, and they will doubtless sup port the bill with these resolutions ; time will show- ' Resolved, That ihe territories of the U nited States belong to the several Slates comjiosinj this Union, and are held by them as their joint and common property.'' Resetted. That Congress, as the joint ' agent, and representative cf the States of this Union, has no right to make anv law, or do any act whatever, ihat shall directly. or by it9 effects, make any discrimination . between the States of this Union, by which any of them shall be deprived of its full -acd equal right in any territory of the-U-nited States, acquired, or to be acquired. Resolved, That the enactment of any law which should directly, r by its effects, deprive the citizens of any of the Slates of this Union from emigrating with their pro perty into any of tho territories of the Uo ted States will make such discrimination, and would, therefore, be a violation of thev
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