=, ,n,. evenings soathsrn Mail.

From ths n. o. Commsrcial Times. Oct
f,KfER FROM THE ARMY,
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By this Evenings soathern Mall 4
from tls n. o. cou,Ssrpi4l Times. Oct "a
LATER FROM THE ARMY.


.s,y.l or rHE STEAMER GALSEsroN..


,,oSTr n oRos--c ERRALyo 77seq &C.
Tn. steamship Galveston, Capt. Virgo q, sl"sss
n - ,.a,sti.y from Brezos Santiago 'lle isu', '
|GsIyss,oe the lSIh instant BY seT ws hes, -
|s.v.a an abundance of details ln our oh e"iS-
|aanasose the Matamoros Flag SD0 ths s 60
|paoersy OF the movements OF our troops s,nos
|rsvlor their condilio,. ossoaiues s'f', 80, ,,.s n
|the capitularion Of MoDerey, wn'eh !. ,ha orde,
-, h.fo,s our psadsrs The following sns @ ,;,
IN he dsy issued by general Taylef' s'e' "e
- ~ Hs.pou ,afEas AKaY or oceurat''ss,, ca- 30
NJ cs,on near M sn,erey, Sept ", 1870
,.l ,,,o.adioy general has the sa,isiaeuon q


i.s ,'I.,s ,he army under his command upon s'''
.'.,',,h avar The Mexican forces Su
|olner strongly fortified and WIN
|a.. nreoopdersnce Of artillery, tney nave "
|ys, bsen driven from point 70 po.h' u's'i - 49,
In. f., ,srm. OF csplt9 9laion oaeh '.,u''
|sran,sd az were considered due 70 ihe sla


|isaee 81 the ovnsnd 70 the hoera' Po"'y v ~
|smmeot., "a. IL. h.nks to,his com


,srs nd 10 lii his officers and men, both OF uns
|sas,Iar .ad volunteer forces, for me ss' ue Sp
r.,.~ ,.nnoe With which they haze over
So ..a,lold d,iiculties and finally pehisvea
|,ory .hsdding lusre upon The American ~.
e,est result has been Obtained, out ~, -
|ths loss Of many gallant and aeeompnsnea IN
"a h,.vr men 1fhe army and the country W
n1 .y,,nathize with the families and frienos p
no have lhus scaled their devotion WIN 'ne'i
lives, 81. r.lo


py o'S'' y W. w. s. BLISS,


Assssan, Adjuiant Geneial'
A. McCALL, f.A 1s
Assistant Adjutant General
,y,os. Erc.--It is said that Il wa'


a..,,,,e,ise effects of the mortar that hrsi de'eI
s";,sd moudia 10 capitulaie IL was towards even
-. an the 23d. when the mortar, win mneh hoo'
"a S,.n nlantsd in the cemetery, near lhe ealhe
Iss ana within reach OF the Plaza, The hrst shell
G.ebs,ged about o. M, fell close 70 inc enuahoe
az the Cathedral where the priest was Ierioih'. Ii
mass. and It's explosion spread suCh -
niaso, ,Ss, Ampudia. being entrenled by the presl
ga H. immediatey wrote his letter To GeDera
TSaIor sskin9 terms. This letter was daied ,
t,s(.sL n on the 23i; but Col. Molano, hs
sS- IA rot reach General Taylor ull the mex
s.a,,,;n., near 9 o'clock. He soon returned WIN
c. n, ,vlorIs demand for uneondtionai suHen'
d,r before u o'clock; 10 which u seems hnPuuio
would have asseated; but being diAsnsued W ms
6esrs he requested conference, "'eh ~ sSI
1, !. stated that General Worth privately expresseI
he onin,on 10 Gen. T., that the terms demanded
were too severe and hun,iliating, and uought ina
o., II eoud afford 10 be more liberal Al the con
$50 bovsyer Gen. Taylor suli insSed upon
b,. ,s,ns With some peTtinaciIy, but hniP agreed
10 leaye everything with three commissfefs OF
either side The commissioners appoinleapy ,c ren
IT were Gen Worth, Goyernor hendersonol lex
as, and Col. Davis, OF the Kentucky
Cen Bntler being woundsd---snd by these fommls-
s,oner, The terms, as published, were agreid upon
They are said to be very generally unfop'ar ~iu
Asprp,,-fhe Matamoros Flag saies that q
M.x,enn officer who ives in the baiiaef Monterey
saws that "Ampudia was IN iavoI esP"ununs
upon the terms first offered by Gen. hyior- 10 ka1'
"a, eiiu nth Hsir hres-hut vas wthfin, ana mace
to demand a more honorable ext ioihis u1oPs ~
tho entr,arles Of his otfcers, who bsought him no
to dshonor them by yielding TO suelrerms'" Inns
is more Than probable. s.H., 3 d 10
Trr,s R.seERs. --Hsyss reginynt was distin'
suishrd in ,he attack on she Bishop' Paaee, undeI
General Worth, who speaks IN theAighest terms OF
IN. Texans, and SAYS they love to hynt better, ear
,tard hunger longer, and endure snte fatigue thai
sny soldiers he ever saw. The Texans sre now al
disban anded, and are on their way houf, most ol
them by land through San Antonio. goI. Hays


has authority to raise another regiment o'phe mou
sand men. ..s '-. 81


C,rrArs W,LKER-It is rcpoted tht Captain
Walker had his "gallant hnyn shot frqghuder hin


by cannon ball; that in falling, onef legs Wa
under the horse that the Mexican kncers wer'


clos, upon him, bat to avoid falling rd their hands
he pretended to be dead until they hi passed One
Of them. however, approached wiihi poised lance
to prove whether there was life n IN the body
Walker syeing him all the time;he oment tb,
Mexiran's horse was within his reih, Jumped up
"A I'D th, Lam hi
with his unerrng fve shooter, then qnped INTO th'


saddle himself and joined his reginht "H," says


the Flag. "the gallant captain has his steed, tht


ladies' Of New Orleans will have sother opr or'u


nifty of tesdfying their approbaU OF his con
Duct" -


The troo5s composing General iForth's division


in the battle insisted Of the artilIy battalion, th'
Oh infantry, Lieutenant Colonel acsn . hal,ery


Lieutensnt Maakall's battery, andthe 5th and ~


infantry, with Colonel Hays's regbpt OF mounted


riasmen. These troops did greatxecution, bu


suffered much less than the diVisicunder Gehera


Taylor ......-. .-


The REL aTIyE FORCES, LOSSES, e-We are az


sured that Ampudia had from fopesn to sxtee'


thousand troops-the former ia thdow eat numbe


given by any one. They had abo nifty pieces o


heavy artillery worked with defe of skill an'


precision unsurpassed by any mad, They wer


also in a strongly fortified Town. ne streets lead


NiorN'


up with heavy and strong walls ofolid masonry


requiring great labor, and execud in the mos


workmanIke manner, or these strs were protect


ed with batteries Of heavy ordnae, planted so a


to eiIectualy cover their entrance.


The American army did not tceed 5000, ant


700 OF these were reserved as a enp guard to pro


tect the camp from forces of Mexin cavalry; so thn


we had but 1900 men in the cnsement. Nearl


all our most effective ordnance hi been left behind


There was only the Flying Ardry, which, In OF


der TO do much execution, haso be exposed TO


most destructive fire from the enny's heavy bate


ries. Add two 24.pound howitrs andone 10 inc


mortar, and our whole force is zen. This show


a disparity Of more than three one, and vast lad


van,ages against our army in pfion, fully equnl \


the inequality in numbers, F.t,.I 3a,,s.s,,;1 .,L


The loss 81 our army is SCI killed and wound


ed, Al of whom were officers. Major Lear, Sd Ii


fan,ry, who was reported savsy wounded, is fa'


recovering.


The enemy's losg is not kind with any certain


iy.a The Mexicans in MonteN state ~ at 200 \


l,40O, but about 900 is thous to be more prof.


able estimate. Il 1915 s.idiin Il gpuipl atl jVt


An officer writing a descripn Of THE batllelc


Monterey, to a brother sAaiamoros, says


hh"The Texans are a gallant tof9 9boys--pcrfe,


dare devils. They will do anytk they are toId ,


do9' Gen. w or,h admircs thentnd' he il not N


only one. They are AZ diifcreuonf our dfagoon