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A SCENE AT MONTEREY Lieut.. Col. Duncan, of
the battalion of artillery as at Palo Alto and Resaca
de la alma, (says late Southern paper) signalized
himself for his bravery at the battle of Monterey.
Col. Duncan is known not to be very fasidous in his
dress-rather negligent in matters of the toet-and
this led to rather ludcrous at the interview
parlcy between Generals Taylor and Ampuda, at
which many of the officers Of both armies pres
ent and Lieut.. Col. Duncan by the invitation ofGen.
Taylor. He unshaven; wore shocking bad
palmetto hat, and seemed to have much more of the
"l-do-as-l-d-d please" air of the Texan ranger
that he had of officer Of high rank among the
regulars. AS he entered the audience chamber with
his usual air of abandon, the Mexican officers
seemed TO have been suddenly and simultaneously
operated on by electrifying machine. They would
look at Duncan and whisper to another, and then
look and whisper again.


At length Don Jose Maria Fregrita, busy little
Mark NEEDLE of fellow, one Of Ampudia's aids who
spoke English passing well, stepped up 10 of Gen.
TaylOr's staff, and pointing to Lieut. Col. Duncan,
begged to be informed ''if that not Capt. Walk
er :" "No." "Nor Hays 90 mo- '.Nor Nc
CullOch 7" ''No." "Then he is not at least Tex
an?' "No." The lltte aid, having got this general
assurance that the gallant Duncan was a Texan,
''no how he breahed freer and returned to his gen.
eral and comrade officers to whom he in an under
tone communicated this gratifying information.


To account for the trepidation which the presence
OF the brave Duncan occasioned it is necessary to
state that General Ampuda has received positive in
formation, from his spes that the first opportunity
which may present itself the Texans are, to a man,
determined to take his e regardless of the rules or
usages of war. Duncan taken for one g. the
b'hoys!