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A Washington correspondent of the n.
Y. Herald, writing under date Of the 22l
ult., says:


A letter in the National lnlelligcncer Of
this morning. from The seat Of war lets Us
into very important secret, (ll such be
really the case. } regarding the capiluloion
Of Monterey. to wil the expenditure Of the
Ammunition of the beseiging army. This
has bsena sufficient aud good excuse al
ways luf a surrender, much less for a great
victory; and as, we doubt not, the Ameri.
can general secured large lot Of powder
and ball in the occupation Of the city, he
did right. The very thiog that he did was
required to be done to obtain il. We insist
upon it, be did right anyhow. We shall
herhaps, have the official returns from the
officers of the various divisions, brigades,
regiments, and companies this evening;
and we are satisfied that they viii set all
cayIlling ut defiance.


We like old Zack Taylor exceedingly
well. lie is Just as steady as be is ready
and Just as tough as he is rough; aud he /.
not a whit more rough and ready than be
is loagh and steady. He is the greatest
tailor at making breeches that we have
started out on the tramp for some time.-
A common Jour will make a pair day
but old Zack at Monterey made three, anC
cut out lot Of clothing besides. As the
lads say, he is a crowder ho is-he's one
Of them, and he amt anything else,