Daily constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 1846-1851, October 19, 1847, Image 2
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LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM
MEXICO ! ! !
ANOTHER EXPRESS!
TWENTY-POUR HOURS IN ADVANCE OP THE MAIL !
ARRIVAL OF THE FASHION.
OUR VICTOUIks fully
CONFIRMED!
THE CAPITAL INCUR QUIET
POSSESSION !
AMERICAN LOSS in THE BATTLES
OP TJI3 BTH AND 13TH.
GENERALS PILLOW AND SHIELDS
WOUNDED.
col. Mclntosh, lieut. cols, mar
tin SCOTT, GRAHAM, BAXTER and
DICKINSON KILLED.
GREAT LOSS OF OTHER OFFICERS
AND MEN.
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE
BATTLES,
[From the New Orleans Picayune., of the lUh insf.]
The steamer Fashion, Capt. Ivy, arrived
last evening from Vera Cruz via Tampico, hav
ing left the former city on the 7th and the
latter on the. 9th. From the 3d to the 7th
outward bound vessels were detained at Vera
Cruz by a heavy norther, and little communi
cation was had with the shore. The Fashion
has experienced, very rough weather.
By this arrival we have our correspondence
from Mr. Kendall and others up to the 2Sth
of September from the city of Mexico. The
news is glorious, ever glorious for the Ame
rican armsj,. at.the same time our losses.are
severe, and the-details of the killed and woun
ded heart-sickening. Thank God! none of
our generals have been killed, but, Maj. Gen.
Pillow • and Brig. Gen. Shields were both
wounded severely, but were doing well at last
accounts. We are not about to repeat the list
of killed here ; it will be found in Mr. Kendall’s
letters. We may mention, however, that
Col. Mclntosh and Col. Bansom, Lieut. Col.
Martin &eott, Lieut. Col. Graham, of the litn
Infantry, Lieut. Col. Baxter, of the New York
regiment, and Lieut. Col. Dickinson, of the
South- Carolina regiment,' are dead. * For the
r'st of the. deplorable list we refer to Mr.
Kendall’s letters.
In the battle of the King’s Mill on the Sth,
Gen. Worth’s division lost about 600 men in
the battles of the 13th—the storming of Cha
pultspec and the attack on the citadel —Quit-
man’s division lost 300, Twiggs’ 268, Pillow’s
142, and Worth’s 138 —848 in all. Worth
had scarcely a thousand men in this action.—
Our entire loss since 1 caviar Puebla in killed,
wounded and missing, Mr. Kendall sets down
at 3000 ; another authority given below makes
it 4000. And yet Gen. Scott entered the val
ley of Mexico with an army only a little ex
ceeding 10,090 men. What wonders have
not these “ten thousand” achieved T The
Mexican accounts representing that we were
at any time seriously repulsed are not true, —
The Mexican loss is not definitely ascertained,
but was enormous.
We have very beautiful maps illustrating
both the groat battle-fields—of the Sth and the
13th—and shall lay them before our readers as
early as practicable.
Gen. Bravo was not killed, but was taken
prisoner. We do not see that Gen. Santa Anne
was wounded. It is true that he has resigned
the Presidency. We have the act before us,
but have not roon for it to-day. Since his re
signation he has made an address to his coun
trymen, which we will give to-morrow.
We annex heie Gen. Scott’s orders after his
victorious occupation of the city, by which it
will be seen that Gen Quitman, who gloriously
distinguished himself on the 13th, is Governoi
of the city:
General Orders — No. % 284.
Headquarters of the Army, Mexico. Sept. M
I- Under the favor of God, the valor of this
army, after many glorious victories, has hoist
ed the colors of our country in the capital of
Mexico and on the palace of its Government.
2. But the war is not ended. The Mexican
army and Government have fled, only to watet
an opportunity to return upon us in vengeance
W r e must then be upon our guard.
3 Companies and regiments will be kept to
gether, and all stand on the alert. Our safety
is in military discipline.
4. Let there be no drunkenness, no disorders
and no straggling. Stragglers will be in great
danger of assassination and marauders shall be
punished by courts martial.
5. All the rules so honorable observed by this
glorious array in Puebla, must be observed here
The honor of the army and the honor of om
country' call for the best behavior of the pari
of all. The valiant must, to win the approoa
tion of God and country, be sober, orderly and
merciful. His noble brethren in arms will nd
be deaf to this hasty appeal from their com
mander and friend.
6. Maj.-Gen. Quitman is appointed Civil
end Military Governor of Mexico.
By command of Maj.-Gen. Scott.
H. L. SCOTT, A. A. A. G.
Two days after, he issued the following ad
ditional orders :
General Orders — No. 256.
Headquarters of the Army, ?
National Palace of Mexico, Sept. 16, 1817. )
The general-in-chief calls upon his brethren
in arms to return both in public and private
worship, thanks and gratitude to God for the
signal triumphs they have recently achieved
for their country.
Beginning with the 19th of August and
ending the 14th instant, this array has gal
lantly fought its way' through the fields and
forts of Contreras, San Antonio, Chumbusco
Molino del Rev, Chapultepcc and the gates o:
- San Cosine and Tacubaya, into the capital o:
Mexico.
When the very' limited numbers who havi
performed those brilliant deeds shall have be
come known, the world will be astonished and
our own countrymen filled with joy and ad
miration.
But all is not yet done. The enemy, though
scattered and dismayed, has still many frag
ments of his late army hovering about u«, and,
aided yan exasperated population, he may
ag&in re-finite in treble ournumbers and fail
upon us to advantage if we rest inactive on
the security of past victories.
Compactness, vigilance and discipline ar ?,
therefore, ourtnly securities. Let every good
1 officer and man look to these cautions and cn
-1 join them upon all. others. By command of
i Maj. Gen. Scott.
i ‘ H. L. SCOTT’, A. A. A. G.
i "W e have no time or room to make a sum
mary from our correspondence. In addition
to Mr. Kendall’s letters, we give two others,
written in the city of Mexico on the 28th, by'
foreign houses; one is translated from the
French. It is well to have the evidence of dis
i interested foreigners in these matters. By the
way of Tampico we have a letter, kindly for
warded to us, dated O/uluarna, October 3.
The letter is so brief we give it here :
Ozuluama, October 3.
i When you requested me to give you news
from Mexico, there was nothing more than
what you were acquainted with regarding the
capture of the city, and although they' are still ■
verv meagre and doubtful, I am going to toll ;
you what wc have learned by letter from Pa
chuca. i
Gen. Santa Anna is in Tlascala with only •
<SOO cavalry, and it is said (though I do not be
lieve it) that he is going to Central America.
Gen. Herrera has gone to Queretaro to or
ganise the Government.
Gen. Bustamente is said to be directing him- j
self upon Mexico with the national guard of
Guanajuato and other places.
It seems there are two papers published in
i Mexico in Spanish and English.
The post is to be re-established; Gen. Scott
has imposed a contribution on the corporation :
of ,4? 1 <so.ooo.payable in three weeks, in instal
i ments of soo,ooo.
j To this letter we have a postscript written
I by another hand ;
Tampico, October 7.
Gen. Santa Anna went on the 14th Septem
ber, to Toluca, 14 leagues from Guadalupe,
with a remnant of his army—in his cairiage— |
I saw him enter it. A Poi.ander.
That Santa Anna should be at Tlascala, as j
represented in the letter of the 3d, is altogeth
er probable. Tlascala is directly north of Pue
bla, and about twenty miles distant. Move
directly east from Tlascala and you strike the
I road to Perote in less than twenty miles, lie
j is near enough to threaten our trains, but not
| strong enough to effect much.
The American Star was issued in the city of j
I Mexico on the 20th ult., by Peoples & Barnard.
: We have several numbers of it, but can make I
| little use of them to-day.
Many more deserters have been hung, but
the reader will be grieved to hear that Riley
escaped that punishment on some ground, and
was only Hogged. All will be glad to hear
j that the American prisoners, Capt. Clay' and ;
i others, have joined Gen. Scott. See our let- i
ter?.
The Monitor Republican© and the Courier
Francais have been revived in Mexico.
We regret that we have no more space at
our command to-day*, and are reluctantly
. compelled to postpone any further use of our
letters and papers till to-morrow. The two
letters below and all Mr. Kendall’s letters we
earnestly commend to fee attention of our
readers:
| Extract of a letter from a foreigner to a commer
cial house.
Mexico, Sept. 28, 1847.
On the 6th, the armistice was suddenly brok
' en off in consequence of Gen. Scott having
' considered it infringed, and he therefore de
manded an apology or that hostilities should j
commence on the 7th, at 12 o’clock. But noth
ing was done until the Sth, when a battle com
-1 meuced in front of Chapultepec, which was
warmly contested by both parties. The A
mcr leans had to retire with a loss of 800 or
or 1000 men;* the Mexican loss was also eon
’ siderable, but y’ou well know the difficulty of
ascertaining correctly. They lost, Gen. Leon,
i of Oajaca, and Gen. Balderas, both brave citi- 1
’ | zen soldiers; they' died heroically, loading on
j their troops. The battle was fought princi
! pally by the National Guard, the regular array
j having lied in the early’ part of the action; and,
; in truth, in all the affairs up to the abandoning
* of the city, they have showm themselves per
fectly worthless.
On the 12th at break of day*, the Americans
commenced cannonading Chapultepec, which
continued the whole day. On the 13th, they
r commenced firing again, and kept it up from
e 5 till 9A. M.; then they succeeded in taking
s f the castle, and immediately followed up their
| victory to the garitas of the city', where they
| were met with a most obstinate resistance and
a, j did not enter that night; but on the morning
{ I of the 14th the American army commenced
| entering the city r and at 7 their Hag -was
_ i waving over the nalace,or what the Yankees
, ; have called the “Halls of the Montezumas.”
| At 12 o’clock the previous night Santa Anna
s with all his troops loft the city, leaving the in
t habitants at the mercy of the invading army,
y and before daylight the place was entirely
r plundered by the leperos and prisonex - s of the
ex-Accordada who had escaped or been let loose
At 7 o'clock partial shots were heard in the
city, fired by the inhabitants on the American
• army as it was entering. It soon became a
s brisk fire, and continued pretty severe during
the day’. The Americans fought most bravely,
f and plundered those houses from which the
shots proceeded (or from which they fancied
a they came) so- that many innocent people suf
h sered in person and property. The troops
5- were much exasperated, and I can scarcely'
blame them. The following day firing ceased,
- although some partial excesses were commit-
Y ted.
i On the 16th, things were a little restored to
peace and up to to-day have become still more
tranquil. On Monday, the 20th, a few' of the
c j shops opened, yet most of the principal ones
are still closed, as the want of confidence is
f great.
” The Mexican population are far from being
' l satisfied, and there is every reason to believe a
reaction will take place. Gen. Scott is taking
j great precaution to prevent outrages, and I
must say, to the credit of the Americans, that
they have behaved with much more prudence
than could have been expected under existing
, circumstances, and the inhospitable reception
they met with. It is a pretty well known fact
with us that the American army have lost since
they left Puebla, in killed, wounded, and death
from fatigue and other causes , about 4000 men,
and upwards of 170 commissioned officers , yet
their real loss I cannot positively state. As
sassinations are daily' committed in the barrios
(suburbs) on the straggling soldiers. At 8
o’clock at night, all is quiet, and there is not a
9 soul to be seen in the streets; window’s and
c doors are shut and barricaded, and the ladies
e keep in both night and dav, and our once raer
i ry city wears a sombre aspect; the trail of the
serpent is evidently’ over it. Gen. Scott has
d declared martial law' and enforces it strictly.
- In relation to the Mexican army, I can scarcely
d give y'ou the rumors : some say they' have gone
to Queretaro under the command of Herrera,
d where the Government will form itself. Santa
Anna is thought to be in the neighborhood of
Puebla with 2000 cavalry, and it is said Gov.
e Childs has fortified himself on the heights of
- Loretto, which you know commands the city,
d There are many other rumors which may be
- true, but they arc too vague and indefinite to
trouble you with. One thing, hoavever, is cer
ta tain; we are in a most critical position, and
- God only knows avhat will be the result.
-• I have a good opportunity of knowing the
feelings of the people, and my opinion* is that
we arc \further ojf fr&m peace than ever.
♦See Mr. |£fs. letter where he refers* to the
troops being-withdrawn by order of General
Scott, and you will find his prediction that the
Mexicans would claim a victory correct.
[translated.]
Capv nf a letter written by a foreigner to one of his
countrymen i/t Vera Cruz, {a Frenchman.)
Mexico, Sept. 28> 1847.
My Dear Sir —I avail myself of the departure
of the British courier to s'kech you the scenes
it has been my luck to witness in the capital
and its environs.
The Mexicans having been beaten in all
points and in every way from the Bth to the
13th insts.,'General Santa Anna left the capi
tal in the evening of the 13th and took the road
to the interior. On the 14th, in the morning,
the Americans entered the city in a very quiet
I manner, and Gen, Scott was already in the
I palace, when on a sudden the people of the
| lower classes commenced throwing stones on
| the Americans from the tops of the houses,and
i from all the streets, whilst individuals of a bet
ter standing tired from the windows and bal
conies on the Yankees, who were far from ex
| peering such treatments Gen. Scott ordered
immediately pieces of artillery to be placed in
all directions and soon swept the streets with
grape shot, but this proved insufficient to sub
due the insurrection. Gen. Scott then sent a
few companies on divers points with orders to
break open every house out of which they
should lire, to put to the sword those found
within, and lastly, to sack the property therein
i contained. This order, which was executed
1 with great moderation, (thanks to the secret
I instructions of Gen. Scott,) but in some cases
! with stern energy, soon put down the insur-
I rection. Those scenes lasted three long and
| sad days—from the 12th on the loth, and I
I assure you we were much alarmed during the !
: whole of the time. All foreigners, including
those imbued in other respects with prejudice ;
towards the Americans, agree in one point that 1
the American army has not done the hundredth
part of the injury it had a right to do, and i
which European armies would have done in
similar circumstances. A foreigner myself, and
having seen warfare in Europe towards the end
of Napoleon’s military career, I, judging by
comparison, give it as my sincere and candid I
opinion, that if a continental army had been
stoned and fired upon by the population of a
vanquished city, the inhabitants would have
! been dealt with rather roughly. Now we are
tranquil, but it is a sad tranquility, as we
fear new disturbances. Our precarious situation ;
will not change for the better until peace be |
concluded or the Americans send about 15,000
men more. The army of invasion is really too j
small, for figure to yourself 7000 men in a city i
of upwards of 200,000 hostile souls, and in
Puebla less than 1500 to maintain a population I
'of more than 50,000. This is really too little.
The Americans have covered themselves with
glory in all the battles fought in Mexico ; they
are all and each of them heroes. It is a great
j thing to see a handful of Americans cut their
j way through 300 miles of dense population
and hoist the star-spangled banner on the
domes of this capital,
i Gen. Herrera, ex-President, has gone to
j Queretaro. where a Congress is to assemble
j next month. He took with him 4000 men,
and Santa Anna fell back upon Puebla ;
j with 2000 horsemen. These two bodies of
| troops are the remnants of the 20,000 regular
: troops who defended the city no longer than I
two weeks ago.
Some people hope that peace will be advo
( catedby several members of the next Congress
at Queretaro, but, for my part, I do not be- j
! lievc it. The folly of these people is not yet
at an end. When will they open their eyes
to their true interest r Never. This is my ;
fear.
All communications with the interior are
cut off.
IVIr- Kendall’s Letters from the Army.
[Editorial Correspondence of the Picayune.]
Tacueava, Sept. 8-, 1847.
Forenoon , 10 o’clock. —I have just returned
from another battle field —one on which the
victory of the American arms was complete,
I and which our troops contended against an
enemy immensely superior in number and
! strongly posted. Gen. Worth commenced the
1 attack at early daylight, and in less than two
hours every point was carried, all the cannon
of the enemy were in our possession, an im
mense quantity of ammunition captured, and
nearly 1,000 men, among them fifty-three offi
cers taken pritoners.
For more than an hour the battle raged with
a violence not surpsased since the Mexican ;
war commenced, and so great the odds oppos- ;
| cd, that for some time the result was doubtful. ;
; The force of the enemy has been estimated at
j 12,000 to 15,000, strongly posted behind breast
works, and to attack them our small force of
scarcely 3000 was obliged to approach on an
open plain and without the least cover; but
j their dauntless courage carried them over every
: obstacle, and notwithstanding the Mexicans
I fought with a valor rare for them, they finally
| routed from one point or another until all
were driven and dispersed. The defeat was
I total.
But to gain this victory our own loss has
been uncommonly severe —it has been pur
; chased with the blood of some of the most
gallant spirts of the army. The sth Infantry
! has suffered the most. This regiment, along
! with the 6th and Bth, was engaged in the at*
; tack upon a strong work on the enemy’s right,
; and was opposed to such superior numbers that
it was compelled to retire along with the oth
ers. The celebrated Col. Martin Scott was
killed in this attack, along with 1 ieuts. Bur
well and Strong, while Col. Mclntosh and j
many other officers were badly wounded. The I
j worse than savage miscreants in the fort, after i
1 our men retired, set up a yell and came out i
i and massacred such of our wounded as were
unable to get off. In this way poor Burwell |
lost his life. Fully were they avenged, how- j
ever; for within half an hour Duncan’s batte
ry, aided by the fall of another of their works,
drove the dastardly wretches in full flight a
cross the fields. No one knew or even surmis
ed the strength of the place; it was an old fort,
constructed long since, and was one of the
main defences of the line of works.
On the enemy’s left, and near Chapultepec,
our loss was also great, although not as severe.
It was here that Col. Wm. M. Grab an, as brave
a spirit as ever lived, was killed; Capts. Mer
rill and Ayres also fell in this part of the field.
The wonder now is how any could come out |
safe under such a terrible fire as the enemy
poured from his entire line of works. Noth
ing but the daring and impetuosity of our men,
who rushed onward while their comrades were
falling thick around them, gained the victory
—had they once faltered, all would have been
lost.
The broken ground on the right of the ene
my, cut up by deep ravines, saved many of
Santa Anna's troops in their flight; yet, as it
was, our dragoons captured many of the fugi
tives. Large bodies of the Mexican cavalry
approached the scene of strife several times,
but they v>ere a riven like sheep by Duncan’s
battery.
The Mexican loss has been even more severe
than our own. Gen. Balderas, Gen- Leon and
many other officers are numbered among the
dead, while the interior of their works, the
tops of the houses, from which they fought,
and the ground over which they fled are strewn |
Avith lifeless bodies. Such was the panic that
many of our officers say that a few fresh troops i
might have taken Chapultepec itself almost [
—m ■' i iwawiaayagßMaßßea
without a.struggle; but other than ft few shots
, fired at that point from some of the captured
cannon, no demonstration was made.
After the battle was over, Gen. Scott
out, accompanied by his staff, and also* by Mr,
Trist. The : Mexicans at the time were throw
ing shells at some of the wagons Gen. Worth
had sent out to pick up the the dead and
wounded. They had placed a howitzer in
position orv Chapultepec at the clo>e of the ac
tion, and now, seeing no enemy within reach,
the cowardly wretches opened upon the am
bulances and those who were gathering the
bodies of their wounded and lifeless comrades.
On seeing this worse than savage outrage, one
of our officers, with a sarcastic expression of
countenance, asked whether Mr. Trist had
any new peace propositions in his pockets. —
Mackintosh did not come out after the battle
to gain more time for his friend Santa Anna,
nor worm out fresh intelligence of the strength
and movements of our army, in order that he
might be of service to the Mexicans by com
municating it.
The Mexican prisoners say that Santa. Anna
himself was on the ground in the rear of their
works, but left at the commencement of the
route. They admit that their entire force was
15,000; it is certain that including killed,
wounded, prisoners and dispersed, their loss
has been near 5,000. Many of them were reg
ulars, the 11th. and 12th Infantry Regiments,
suffering most. The commander of the latter,
Col. Tenorio, is a prisoner in our hands; some
fourteen officers belonging to the former are
also prisoners, but the commander, Gen. Pe
rez, escaped.
The foundry, in- which several moulds for
casting cannon and other apparatus were found, 1
was . entirely demolished, and after ascertain- l
ing this, Gen. Scott not wishing to hold the !
position, ordered all the forces to retire. The j
| whole affair, as a military movement, is severely
j criticised by many of our officers. They con
tend that no result has been gained coramen
i surate with the immense loss we have sustain- |
■ed in the battle. This is a matter Ido not feel !
myself qualified to discuss, but it must be cer- !
tain that the morale upon the Mexicans, of a
defeat so disgraceful and so disastrous, must
be important. They have now, (it is five
o’clock in the afternoon,) returned to their po
sitions ; and if Santa Anna was on the ground
as is stated, and can find no one to lav the
i 7 * 1
; blame upon, he may twist the whole affair into
a victory —on paper. It will not be the first
time he has done this thing.
Since I commenced this letter I have been i
out endeavoring to obtain a full list of the kill
ed and wounded officers, but so far have been
unable. Knowing the deep anxiety felt in the
United States, by the families of all, this shall
| be my Hrst care. The entire loss in General
I Worth’s division, out of some 1,800 or 2,000 ,
that went into action, will not fall much short I
|of GOO. The Dragoons and Gen. Cadwalader’s j
brigade, did not suffer so severely in compari- j
son. What the next movement is to be, no
one knows, but it is thought the city will be
attacked immediately.
Yours, See. g. w. k.
Tacubata, Sept. 6, 1847.
I have been enabled to gather a full list nf
all the killed and wounded officers in Gen.
Worth’s division in the great battle of the
; Molinodel Key, as also of those in Maj. Sum
ner’s command of Dragoons. Gen. Cadwala
der’s loss I will obtain oefore I close this let
, ter. The list which follows may be relied
j upon.
i Gen. Worth’s Division.— Killed —Col. Mar- j
tin Scott, sth Inf.; Capt. Merrill, sth Inf.; j
Capt. G. W. Ayres, 3d Art.; Lt. E. B. Strong,
sth Inf.; Lieut. W. Armstrong, 2d Art.; Lt.
W. T. Burwell, sth ini'.; Lieut. Furry, 3d Art.
Wounded. —Col. Mclntosh, sth Inf.; severe- i
j lv; Maj. C. A. Waite, Bth Inf.; badly; Maj. G.
Wright, Bth Inf.; slightly; Capt. E. K. Smith,
sth Inf., severely; Capt. Cady, 6thlnf., slight
ly; Capt. Larkin Smith, Bth Inf., severely;
Capt. Walker, 6th Inf., severely; Captain 13. !
Anderson, Sd Art., severely; Asst. Surgeon
W. Roberts, dangerously; Capt. J. L. Mason,
corps of engineers, severely; Lieut. M. L.
Shackleford, 2d Art., severely; Lieut. C. S*.
Hamilton, sth Inf., severely; Lieut. C. B. i
Daniels, 2d Art., severely; Lieut. Ernst, 6th
Inf., severely—lost right hand; Lieut. J. G. j
Burbank, Bth Inf., mortally: Lieut. J. D. ,
Clarke, Bth Inf., badly; Lieut. G. F. Morris,
severely, lost right foot; Lieut. J. Beardsley, I
Bth Inf., badly; Lieut. G. Wainwright, Bth ■
Inf., severely; Lieut. H. J. Hunt, 2d Art.,
slightlv; Lieut. J. G. S. Snelling, Bth Inf.; j
severely; Lieut. H. F. Clarke, 2d Art., slight
ly; Lieut. W. Hayes, 2d Art., slightly; Lieut. !
J. G. Foster, corps of engineers, severely;
j Asst. Surgeon J. Simmons, slightly; Lieut,
! Dent, sth Inf., severely; Lieut. H. Prince, 4th
Inf., severely; Lieut. A, B. Lincoln, 4th Inf.,
severely; Lieut. Herman Thorne, 3d Dragoons
—aid to Col. Garland, severely; Lieut. Mont
gomery, Bth Inf., slightly; Incut. Andrews,
3d Art., slightly.
Major Sumner’s Command.— Capt. Croghan
Ker, 2d Dragoons, severely; Lieut Tree- 3d
Dragoons, severely; Lieut. Walker, Mounted
Rifles, slightly; Lieut. Williams, 3d Dragoons,
slighty.
The above list is complete and perfect.
There has been much difficulty in obtaining it,
as nearly all the orderly sergeants and execu- •
tive officers have been killed or wounded.— I
The conduct of the non-commissioned officers
has been gallant and most canspicuous, while
several of them behaved so nobly that they
have been recommended for immediate promo- .
tion to Gen. Scott. Their names arcSergearts ;
Benson, Wilson and Robinson, of the 2d Ar- ;
tillery; Sergeant Heck, 3d Artillery; Sergeants !
Updegraff, Farmer, Archer and Dally, of the i
sth Infantry; Sergeant-Major Thompson, of
! the 6th Infantry; Sergeant-Major Fink, of rhe |
Bth Infantry. I trust and hope that General j
Scott will at once promote these brave fellows, j
More than half the officers in Gen. Worth's i
division have been struck down, either killed
| or wounded, in the actions of Churubusco and
El Molino del Rev, and many of the compa- ;
nies have absolutely no one to command them.
Os our wounded officers, I cannot learn that
one of them has received mortal injury, al
though three or four are in a dangerous situa
tion. The wound of Major Waite, although
severe, will not keep him long from duty.
The same may be said of Capt. Mason and
Lieut. Foster, of the engineers. Maj. Wright
was struck in the stomach by a partially spent
ball, while gallantly leading the storming par
| ty of 500 picked men, but is now recovering
! from the effect. I shall make further inquiries I
in relation to the wounded officers before I
dose this letter.
No less than nineteen of the deserters, cap
tured by Gens. Twiggs and Shields at Chur- |
übusco, have been found fully guilty, and are
to be hung to-morrow morning. The miscreant i
Riley, who commanded them, escapes the pun
ishment of death, as he proved that he deserted \
before the war. He has been sentenced, how
ever, to be severely whipped, to be branded as
well, and to wear a ball and chain in front of |
the army during the war! A deserter taken 1
among the prisoners at the Molino, on the Bth,
was summarily dealt with. It seems that he de
serted from Mouterey last fall,and a comrade j
who recognized him, to save the trouble of a !
court martial, at once pitched him into the mill
flume and he was crushed to pieces by the
wheel? Another batch of deserters, who have
been undergoing a trial here in Tacubaya, will
'be hung in a day or two it is said. Host richly
j do they deserve their fate,
j The following list of the officers killed and
| wounded in Gen. Cadwalader’s brigade I be- :
licveto be nearly correct. .H there is any in
accuracy in it I will correct it. It so happeii*-
ed in the cfrdcr of battle, that the
mcnt was immediately The brigade
of Gen. fierce was called "into action towards
the closd of theybattle. He lost a few mea, but
I learn that ho officers were Killed. Both
j Gens. Cadwalader and Pierce behaved with the
1 greatest alacrity and gallantry on the occasion.
Here is the list of the killed and wounded in
the brigade of the former:
Gen. Cadwaladeh’s Brigade. — Killed —Col.
Wm.M. Graham, 11th Infantry? Lieut Dick
| Johnson, 11th Infantry.
Wounded —Major Savage, 14th Inf., slightly;
Major Talcott, Voltigeurs, slightly; Capt.
| Guthrie, 11th Inf., slightly; Capt.. Irwin, 11th
j Inf., slightly; Lieut. Lee, 11th Inf., slightly;
Lieut. Kintzing Yoltiguers, slightly; Lieut:
Thomas Shields, 14th Inf., slightly; Lieut.
Swan. Yoltiguers, slightly.
The loss of non-commissioned officers and
privates in this brigade I have not yet ascer
tained ;it will not exceed 100. The loss in
Maj. Sumner’s command, which consisted of
280 men, was 6 killed and 33 wounded. Os
horses he had 27 killed and 78 wounded.—
Nearly every officer had a horse shot under
him.
I may possibly send this letter off to-night
by a Mexican, but it will depend upon wheth
er there is a prospect of anyther battle to-mor
row or next day. Matters' are approaching a
crisis, while the great mistake in not entering
the capital on the night of the 20th, when the
Mexicans were perfectly panic stricken and
in, full flight, is hourly developing itself.—
The great sacrifice of life yesterday—the loss of
! so many gallant spirits—has all been owing to
the cessation of hostilities and the armistice
j which followed, and an awful responsibility
| rests either with the Government, or with
Gen. Scott and Mr. Trist. The instructions
will show, but I am of the opinion, that the
former is mostly to blame- The latter are
censurable for placing faith in Mackintosh, in
giving Santa Anna so much time, or even in
having any reliance upon his power and ability
! to make peace under all circumstances, how
ever much he might have desired it personal
; ly. I will say nothingbf the bribery—the dark
! side of the picture is undoubtedly the work
j of the exceedingly wise men at Washington.
Bad advisers, have been busy, both here and at
home, in recommending measures to bring
about a peace, and their counsels have prevailed
to the exclusion of the opinions of men who
might have been listened to with profit. I
trust the experience of the past may prove a
lesson for the future, and that by this time
our rulers must see and feel that in order to
bring about a peace with the Mexicans they
j must use hard blows instead of soft words.
Yours, &c. g. w. k.
Tacubaya, Sept. 10, 1847.
We have accounts from Mexico, brought in
by Frenchmen and other foreigners, to the ef
fect that Santa Anna’s loss at El Moliuo, was
more severe than anyone here had anticipated.
They say that during the afternoon of the Bth,
I no less than fifteen hundred wounded men
came into the city, while the number of killed
was over 000-. The slaughter from the batte
ries of Col. Duncan and Capt. Drum must have
| been terrific. Santa Anna, it is said, would
have laid all the blame of the defeat upon Gen.
Leon, Gut that officer, unfortunately for him
| died. Ho has since torn the epaulettes from
the shoulders of Col. Miguel Andrade, com
mander of the celebrated regiment of Hussars,
I accuses him of everything, has thrown him
into prison, and denied him all communication.
He must have some one to break out upon.
Everything looks quiet to-day, but the Mexi
cans arc busily employed in fortifying at every
| point. At Chapultepec they cun be seen at
work, while they are also repairing the dam
age done at El Molino and other points on that
| line. On the Piedad road they have strong
works, while at the Nino Perdido and San An
tonio Abad entrances to the city they are also
fortifying with the greatest vigor. Gen. Pil
low’s division, as also Col. Riley’s brigade, at
tached to that of Gen. Twiggs, occupy the vil
| logo of La Piedad and neighborhood, in plain
sight and in fact under the guns _of the ene-
I my. Gen. Worth remains here in Tacubaya,
I but he is sending all his sick and wounded to
| Mixcoac, out of the range of the guns at Cha
pultepcc. No one knows what point will be
; first attacked, but this question will be soon
determined. Tiic next blow struck, will be
: hard, and all hope decisive. It must read
strange, the story that some 7 or 8000 men have
set themselves down before a strongly fortified
city of over 200,000 inhabitants, with an army
|of at least 25,000 men to defend it; but the
I tale is a true ono one, and the proud capital
; of Mexico rau>t fall.
Yours, Si c. g. w. k.
Tacubaya, Sept. 11, 1847.
A small party of us have just returned from
a ride over to La Piedad. the headquarters of
Gen. Pillow. Gen. Scott was there, as were
also some of his principal officers, hold-
I ing a council as to the best mode and point of
' atta k. The result of their deliberations is
i not known, but it is thought that the infantry
will have some respite after their hard labors,
i and that all the heavier cannon recently cap
tured from the Mexicans will be employed in
sending their own balls back at them. With
j their own guns, and those brought up by Gen.
i Scott, at least fifty pieces of heavy calibre can
I be opened at any one point—enough to de
molish any work the Mexicans have construct
ed in time incredibly short, and give them a
! lesson they will not soon torget.
From the Puente del Hcrmita, which has
j been destroyed by the Mexicans, they can be
seen at work on several fortifications between
the roads of San Angel and San Antonio de
Abad. These works are but little more than
half a mile from the city, which is also in
plain view. Shortly after we left, the enemy
opened with two of their heavy guns upon
our pickets or engineers, and continued the
fire for near an hour. I cannot learn that they
did any injury. On our return to Tacubaya
we found that Maj. Sumner and Col. Duncan
had had a little brush with the enemy’s lan
cers near the battle ground of El Molino.—
Capt. Kutf, with his company of mounted Ri
flemen, drew a large party of the Mexican cav
alry immediately within the range of one of
Duncan’s guns, when one or two discharges
sent them scampering off in every direction,-
Only one man was wounded on our side, but
I it is known that the enemy lost several in
the skirmish. They opened with one heavy
gun from Chapultepec on our men, but did
no harm other than frightening the inhabi
tants of this place half out of their wits.
Lieut. Burbank, who was mortally wound
ed at El Molino, died yesterday, ami Capt. E.
liirby Smith this afternoon of wounds receiv
ed at the same time. Lieut. Col. Dickinson,
shot badly in the ankle at Churubusco, is also
dead. All were gallant officers, and their loss
i is much regretted.
I have already mentioned the execution of
! nineteen of the deserters captured on the 20th
August, at Churubusco. Gen. Scott has just
signed the death warrant of thirty others, tak
| en at the same time, and they will suffer the
same fate in the course of a day or two.
From various movements, there is certainly
strong reasons to believe that Gen. Scott will
open a heavy fire upon Chapultepec to-morrow
morning, from not only his own seige guns,
but from those captured from the enemy.—
Whether it is a feint to draw the Mexicans to
that point «md weaken other defences, is not
: known. Yours, o. w, k.
Tacobava, Sppt. 12, 1847
| At earl T this morning a heavy can
i w “ •Pfoed upon the stronghold of
) Chapultepec, which was increased durin- the
I day as additional siege guns were placed in no!
! sum the Mexicans returned the fire with
c groat spirit at intervals durinv the div W
1 with little effect other than dismoiTntin'v one
• our-guns-I cannot learn that a man ha!
1 hecn killed at any of the batteries. Sever!?
of the Voltigeurs. wlule skirmishing with the
. enemy s sharp-shooters at the foot of Chanul
t tepee, were wounded, but none of them se'
verely. A 10i-ineh mortar was opened u-nn
; the place during the afternoon, and as several
. shells have been seen to fall and explode Hi
1 rec rty within the enemy’s works, it i s certain
; that great damage has- been caused.. A firm”
: of heavy guns has also, been heard in the d C
• rection of La Piedad, showing that the Mcxil
cans have been diverted in* that quarter.
I At dusk this evening" several loads of SCJV .
■ ling ladders were sent down towards the foot
i of Chapultepec; and the movement of our ir
f fantry and other light corps would indicate that
f the strong works upon the crest are to be
• stormed early to- morrow.
[ Jmt here our express slip was abruptly torn
off, depriving us of the remainder of Mr.* Ken
; dalTs letters.— Eds. Chroti. £ Sent,].
AFFAIRS IN VERA CRUZ AND OX
THE ROAD,
Our papers and letters by the Fashion con
tain much interesting and important informa
tion in relation to the state oi’ the road from
Yera Cruz to the capital, and to affairs in Yera
Cruz. We proceed to give such items as are
of immediate interest.
The report that Gen. Rea was in Puebla, is
fully confirmed, and the Genius of Liberty, of
the 27th ult., says our troops under Col. Childs,
were bombarding the city from surrounding
heights. The same paper, of the 2d' inst., has
the following r
“ Gen. Santa Anna, never so badly discom
fitted, was by the very latest accounts at Pue
bla. His force, after its junction with that
of Gen. Rea, amounted in infantry, and cav
alry to 3000 men, and it was quartered in the
convent of St. Carmen. The Americans under
the command of Col- Childs, were strongly for
tified in a massively built and capacious con
vent of the same city, conscious of the strength
of their position, and its impregnability, were
awaiting the arrival of reinforcements, in the
utmost security and tranquillity. At the in
terval bombs were thrown into the city, which,
however, we are happy to sav, did not receive
much injury from their explosion previous to
the date of our accounts.
From the tenor of our Yera Crux correspon
dent’s letters, we have no doubt that Coi.
Childs would be soon reinforced by the arrivals
of Gan. Lane with his brigade at Puebla. He
reached Jalapa on the 30th ult., and was to
leave the next day for Puebla. Maj. Lallv’s
command accompanied him. Our correspon
dent says, writing on the 29th ult:
“Captain Biscoe’s command returned yester
day from the National Bridge, whence it had
been to escort ammunition for Gen. Lane’s com
mand, which had already started, the- general
having left orders for the ammunition train to
move on and join him. From pretty good in
formation received at the Bridge, Captain
Biscoe was confident there was not a guerrilla
at Ccrro Gordo, and that the whole command
would arrive safe at Jalapa, where it would ob
tain a supply of provisions.
Another small train of provisions left the
city last night, part of which was for Colonel
Collins’s and a part for Colonel Hughes’s com
mand. The fact that Capt. Biacoc’e company
was not attacked cither in going to or return
ing from the National Bridge, is evidence that
the guerrillas have abandoned that road for the
present, but I have no doubt they will return
when least expected.”
Our Correspondent writing from Yera Cruz
on the 4th inst., says that a gentleman who
arrived from Mexico a few days previous, and
who went from Puebla to Mexico on the 15th
September, says that he met fully 2000 Mexican
soldiers (deserters) on their way to Puebla and
other places south of Mexico.
Capt. Fairchild’s command returnd to Yera
Cruz on the 3d inst., from the Bridge, having
escorted provisions to Col. Hughes's and Cql-
Collius's command, On the way back they
were fired into, and Lieut. Mora lies of Capt.
F.’s company, was severely wounded in the
left hand, which will no doubt have to be
amputated.
Gen. Alvarez has been appointed command
ant of the State of Puebla, and is represented
to be unceasing in his efforts to organize and
equip another force for the purpose of cutting
off Gen. Scott’s communication with Vera
Crux, and of preventing any new accession of
men and supplies.
The following is from the Genius of Liberty
of the 30th ult.
“Our city looks quite brisk and lively this
morning, owing to the arrival of the steamers
New Orleans, Telegraph, and Ohio; our har
bor, notwithstanding the violence of the wind,
is literally covered with boats, running back
wards and forwards, landing horses, mules,
and government stores ; and the loud peal of
the cannon is occasionally heard from Fort
Conception, giving a hearty welcome to our
gallant officers and brave soldiers.
“Gen. Patterson and staff, Maj. Polk, brother
of the President; Capt. Strapp, Lieuts. Lam
pire. Palmer and Mitchel, 111. Yols.; Cap
tain Livingston, Lieuts. Stewart, Scott, and
Holmes, Florida Yols.; Lieut. Jenkins, regular
army, arrived by the steamer New Orleans,
from New Orleans, and Gen. Cushing and
staff, by the steamer Ohio, from Brazos.”
Our correspondent, writing on the 4th inst.,
says Gen. Patterson expected to be able to start
for the interior in about a week with 2000 or
more men.
The U. S. schooner Flirt has been out ele
ven days on a cruise in search of a suspicious
vessel, supposed to be a privateer, but returned
without getting a glimpse of her.
The Genuis of the 29th ult., says a report
was circulating in Yera Cruz that the bearer
of despatches from Gen. Scott was killed at
the cil y of Cordova.
The United States and Brazil*
Extract from a private letter.
Rio Janeiro, Aug. 31, 1847.
Mr. Tod (the new U. S. Minister) is raak»
ing a favorable impression at the Palace, by
enlightening the Dons as tathe poweijandre
sources of the United States. The late diffi
culty is in a satisfactory train of adjustment.—
The Emperor having solemnly pledged him
self to respect the independence of the Repub
lic of the Uruguay, and to withdrawn from
the monarchical intervention in the affairs of
the Republics of the La Plata, there is no lon
ger any reason to doubt the amicable adjust
ment of all questions ip dispute between him
and the United States. The frigate Columbia
returns home in a few days with Mr. Wise and
family. She will probably convey intelligence
of the settlement ofall difficulties. —A. Y. Sun,
PiiOSi! —Jack frost made his appearance here
on Thursday morning, 14th inst., and as usual,
almost annihilated the vegetable kingdom.
For the first this tall, it was what may be call
ed quite a heavy frost.— Dalton, Eagle l&Ai^
Sundries.— A cargo consisting, in part, of
apples, ducks, chickens, turkios, Irish potatoes,
and a large bear, weighing about three hun
dred pounds, was shipped to Augusta, from tm*
place, on Wednesday last. Who can say tbs
Hail Road is not already exerting a bcnchcm
. influence on our community, in thus sfforumf
a market for the productions of our firms
forest! — U>.