JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Memoranda of tie transactions ia conae rion ,cith thc equalization of Monterey, capi- ial of .Nuepd Leon, .Merico.
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Memoranda of Gie transactions ia conae rion

 seitt thc capitalaiioa of Monterey, capt-

 ial of .Naera Leon, .Msrico.

 By invitation of Gen. Ampudia, comman- ding the Mexican army, Gen. Taylor, &C., companied by number of his officers, pro- ceeded, on the 2ish September, lSi6, 10 a house designated as the place at which Gen. Ampnda requested an interview. The par ties being convened, Gen. Ampudia announ- ced, as official information, thai commission CTS from the United States had been received by the government of Mexico; and that the orders under which he had prepared to de- iend the city of Monterey, had lost their force by the subsequent change of his own government, therefore he asked the confer ence. 4 brief conversation between the commanding generals, showed their views to be so opposite, as to leave little reason to expect an amieable arrangement between them.

 Gen. Taylor said he would not delay to receive such propositions as Gen Ampudia indicated. One of Gen. Ampudia's party, i think, the governor Of the city, suggested the appointment of m,<ei commission thi: was acceded 10, and Gen. W. J. Worth, o the United States Army, Gen. J. Pinkney Henderson, of the Texan Volunteers, and Col, Jefferson Davis, of the Mississippi Ri. 1 flemen, d, the part of Gen. Taylor; and Gea J. N. Ol'ega, Gen. P. Requena, and Seuo, the Governor NJ. Ma. Llano, on the part o Gen, Ampudia, were appointed,

 Gen. Taylor gave instructions to his com, missioners which, as understood, for they were brief and verbal, will be bes, shown by 1 the copy of the demand which the United States commissioners prepared in the confer. ence room here incorporated:

 Copy ef demand 5y hae Uaiied States Com missioHers.

 .'l. As the legitimate result of the opera tons before this place, and ihe present posi- Hon of the conteading armies, we demand the surrender of the town, the arms and inu- nisions of war, and all other public property within iAe place. H. That the Mexican armed force retire