The Hillsborough Recorder

From the New Orleans Delta
FROM MONTEREY.

Monterey, April 4, 1847.

Eds. Delta: Since the arrival of Gen. Taylor here, all has remained quiet. For four weeks prior we had at least one stampede in every 24 hours. All the troops and everything of value were removed into the Citadel Fort, strong picket guards constantly posted, and the Fort put in a complete state of defence. There seems to be something in the presence of the hero that inspires every one with the belief that no harm can come where he is about. With Maj. May's squad of Dragoons and the first Mississippi Regiment, he has encamped on his old ground at Walnut Springs, apparently in as much security as when his whole army was with him.

The 1st Ohio Regiment is at the Citadel Fort, and the 1st Kentucky in the town. The citizens are returning to their dwellings, and the market, which has been long time deserted, affords quite a variety of Mexican edibles.

Three days ago the Alcade and Priest of a small town some 20 miles distant, on the road to Chihuahua, came in and reported to Gen. Taylor the murder of 24 Mexicans at Guadalupe, a small ranch about six miles from Ramos. The murder was committed, they say, by a party of Americans numbering 20, and was done in the night. The murdered men were first made prisoners, tied, and afterwards all shot through their heads. The murder is said to have been committed on the 28th ult. On that night a train of loaded wagons, escorted by 200 infantry and about the same number of horse, under the command of Col. Mitchell, of the 1st Ohio Regiment, encamped at Marin, which is about five miles from the scene of the murder. The mounted men were composed of U. S. Dragoons and Texas Rangers, under the command of Capt. Graham, of the 2d Dragoons. Suspicion rests upon some part of this corps, though no clue has as yet been found to discover the guilty. The officers in command—gentlemen, and rigid disciplinarians—are using every means in their power to investigate the matter. Gen. Taylor has got his steam up on the subject, and is determined to have hung every one who, it can be proved, has taken part in the murder. The town where these men were killed is but a few miles from the place where the large train was captured and so many wagoners massacred on the 22d of February. Some 15 or 20 of the wagoners who escaped from that massacre came up in the last train, yet there is no evidence that they were engaged in the Guadalupe murder.