MEMS. FROM MoNTEREY.
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It was our pleasure, Tuesday, to hold with Doctor Wilson, of Col. Woods, Texas Rangers. He arrived here on the steamship Alabama, on Monday evening, and is one ofthe last persons from Monterey-having left there on the 25th ult Sickness was abating in the camp, and the wounded, generally speaking, were rapidly recovering Gen. Butler was among those whose convalescence was most slow Gen. Worth, with about 1200 men, was at Saltilo, where he found very comfortable quarters By the way, good story is told of old Rough and Ready" who accompanied Gen. Worth's Brigade to SaltilIo in connection with the march

 into that place. As they approached within a few miles oft they were met by courier from the Alcalde, or chief governor of the city, who presented to the General a very formidable looking despatch. A halt was called, and the Generals interpreter was ordered to give translation of the docu- ment It opened with an eXpostulaton of the war on the part of the Americans- alleged that it was prosecuted for the pur- poses of conquest, rapine and plunder- protested against the further advance of the Generals s-threatened him with the retribution that must follow, and-but the General stopped the translator in the middle of sentence, with-"Are you through, sir2' "No," was the reply, Il have not red hall of it. yet"

 70, I'll hear no more of it." said the Gen eral "Marchl" He ordered the bugler tc sound the advance, and again the column was in motion.

 1 The number of men fit for active duty at Monterey at the present time is abou

 5000. Of these, one regiment is quartereC in the city-the remainder are encampeC at the Walnut Springs.

 l From the representations which Docto

 Wilson makes to us, Gen. Taylor canno advance with his force from Saltlllo tt San Luis Potosi. The MeXicans, in thei

 retreat, performed the march at grea

 sacrifice of life the Americans cannot ac

 complsh it--frst, because the enemy woul

 let the water out of the tanks, and thus de

 prive them of this necessary element o

 existence; next, because they could find n

 provisions on the way-a distance of 25 miles-and, because it would amount to a

 almost absolute impossibility to convey th necessary forage and provisions over tn mountains in the line indicated. Ther

 would seem to be no probability, then, tha

 a junction can be formed with the tw wings of our army at San Luis Potosi-th

 one marching from Tampico, the othe

 from Monterey and Saltillo-which report has been saying is to be the movement. f A report, circulated along the Ri } Grande, that Santa Anna had challenge

 Gen. Taylor 10 meet him with 3O,OOo mel } Tn pitched battle, between San Luis Poto :, and Saltil!o "Itough and Ready" repie s that so soon as he would have 10000 eff ) cient men under his command, he wouI !. meet him any where, whatever might be il 5 strength of his forces