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tDcckln ifamtln NctBspapet—frcuatei) to News, Politics, Literature, (General intelligence, ^Agriculture, &c. &t.~~STenns: ®tua EDollars in ainmnee. NEW SERIES—YOL. I., NO. 22,. , ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1847. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY VOLUME XY. NUMBER 34. DubUs&rU 72/rrbI?, 4Tl^yO DOLLARS A YEAR! . INVARIABLY in advance. J. H. CHRISTY & T. M. LA.MPKLV, - ''•Vil*«•••* AUverlUlBS. Tetter* •rChtikw C* 75 Notice to Debtors and Creditors 3 25 Four Months* Nonce. * Oo £ale of Personal Property, bjr Executors. Adminis trators, o« Guardians 3 oO Silea of Lindaor Nejsroe*. by do. 4 <5 Application for Letters of Dismission 4 50 ) 3Jus(nc«3iDCrtrtorB. A ALEXANDEIt^Y CO., Wholesale . and Retail Dealers in DRY GOODS, GRO CERIES, HARDWARE, &c., No 5, Granite Row, Athens. Georgia. Nov 2, 1847. (Official despatches. . WatkinsviHe, Ga. fsppiicauoi)ior M-ncrsoi i ii ' ! 4 ALEXANDER & CO.. Wholesale ««iU* for each weekly continuance. If published every l\.. and Retail Dealers in Drugs, Medicines, other week,62Jc «d once a month it a For a single Insertioi November 2. 1847 „ i, when th< marked upon ihcm.will b. p.bli,h,J all fotliiii andcliar,- ! /, & \V. J. I’EEl’LES, AttORX «d accordingly. 1 1 dchars- I / 1 & W. . b,AH.! V. Law—l t be publi ■ Battleii of IlZexico—Captnrc of the City. REPORT OF MAJOR GENERAL SCOTT. JlEADQfARTEr.S OF THE AkMV, i Rational Palace of Mexico, Sept, ly, ’47. j Sib: At ihe cud of.another series of {arduous and brilliant operations of more | than forty-ejght hours’ continuance, this | glorious at my lioisted, on the morning ; of the 14th, the colors of the United Slates ou the walls of this palace. The victory of the Sth, at the Molinos del Rev, was followed by daring recon- iioissauceson the part of our distinguish- (Hass and Dye-Stuffs, sign of the i cd engineers—Capl. Lee, Lieuls. Beau- | regard, Stevens, and Tower; Major j Smith, senior being sick, and Capta’ April 22 Mason, third in rank, wounded. ; operations were directed principally to $3r Notice that Application will he made to the of Ordinary for leave to aell Land or Negroes n published roux mortim. TO TIIE SICK AND AFFLICTED. DB. »\VAYNF.»J* CO.HPOVND NVIII’I WII.DCUr.UUY. insistently state that Dr. Swaync’s Com- ilie, Gi . i ^n^Frankh^ofthoW’uter'tTcGeM'i*'; Chelokcc!Luinp^ ! E«edail, Sun Angtd, (Nino Perdido,) Sail ’ I kin and Forsyth, of tfisCherokee Circuit; and Cobb,' Antonio, and the Paseo de la Viga. i of (he Coweta Circuit. j This city stands on a slight swell of I c.Pccrt.Es, Athens, j ,ce °\y , ^ e pJpTcbyton I ground, near the centre of an irregular „* • w. j. Peeples.Gatnsviile. j basin, and is girdled with a ditch in its , S TAMES BANCROFT & CO., Dealers I f» realt * il e f , . e “ l T i } ,>av, g ;lb ’ e ' ^anah of | J in Bry Good,. Grocery. <fc„ corner of Brotd | S«“ b ^a<Jlll and depth-very ddhcull to ,, * and Spring streets, Athcns*Ga. Ap 22 wi h . . n the United St. its beneficial elfccta pound Syrup of Wild Cherry has Let i Dry I Goods, Groceries, &.c. wholesale and retail, No 1, Mitchell’s Block, Athens. Jan 14 dreda of individuals gradually sinking u r aiduous attack of death’s fell emissary, F sumption, have been restored to health, I friends, by its use. and aro now living wi curative power of this remedy. ANOTHER INVALID RESTORED T< BEAD TIIE MOST REMARKABLE CURE EVI Dr. Swayne, Dear Sir—I frrl called by I dwe to suffering humanity,to ackn«w!rd thanks for the wonderful effects of youiCo of Wild Cherry on me., after suffering mot bridge in the presence of an enemy, and serving at once for drainage, custom house purposes, and military defence j leaving eight entrances or gates over arches, each of which we found defend ed by a system of strong works, that seemed to require nothing but some men and guns to he impregnable. — Outside and within the cross-fires of health. ]UEWTON T & LUCA^NVholesalc mitl l }\ osc "rf!?? 1 lo lhc . so f h olhcr l\ Retail Dealers in Drv GoodMJroceries, Hard- ° 1 balac,e!> b “ l hule less formidable. All i he approaclier *’ th.rinli MALLORY, FERRY & CO., Whole- mary Con- i iU sale and Retail Dealers in Hats. Caps, Boots, inesa, aid { Shoes, Trunks, &c., Broad street, Athens, Ga. No 2, Granite Row, Athens. initially etc enderof his services in the Storage and sale of COTTON and other Produce, at his fire-prool Warehouse, Augusta. Ga. Aug 7,1817 ivhat- Athens, Ga. ickery, &c., No7,Gra wTthfreat* debilhy!*'My con»filu?h)n ii*emed R broken ’ IJEEPLES & CAMP, Wholesale a. down, and nervous system very much impaired. I T Retail Dealers in Groceries, Dry Goods, Ha went to Philadelphia; was treated th^rc by of the highest standing, but received no bn over from them, but gradually- grew worse, physicians, ae well an myself, gave up all h covery, and I fell like one who is about to p: tho Valley of the Shadow ofD-ath. Alibis* tore" 1 heard of your Compound Syrup of \ ry, of which I purchased six bottles, which, o eay, entirely cured me, end I am not better health thai eiciana who witnessed my c inf it in aimtlar canes; and public, so that all may know dy alonco which wit! reach peri ng with t hen l«y a Whi Be not decei * of Wild Cherry, u ndcra, but see tli _ m each bottle, whi. •gainet itnkotiiion. Prepared only by Dr- Swa Eighth and Race etrerta. riiila WUpUBDhla Druggists in ncarlj in the Untied Slate. highly r N. W- corner ol bia. and for sale by iho principal Towns the city levuted causeways, cut in many places (to oppose us) and flanked on both sides by ditches, also of unusual dimensions. The numerous crossroads are Hanked in like manner, having bridges at the in tersections, recently broken. The mea dows thus checkered are, moreover, in many .spots, under water or marshy ; for it will he remembered we were in the FP BISHOP, Wholesale anfl Retail Gro-j midst of the wet season, though with X . cer, No l. Broad street, Athens, Ga. j less rain than usual, and could'hot wait W E H. WHITE, Merchant Tailor.! h-rlheralloftheneighboringlakesandthe • next door to Alexander’s Drug Store. Col- consequent drainage ol the lege Avenue, Athens, May 20 al the edge of the city—the lowest in the "i” will practice in Ihe counties composing ilie Cherokee j soulbern gates, Covered by Pillow s dl- Circuit. All professional and other business entrusted j vision and Riley’s brigade of Twiggs’ attention naSCn1Cm ’ Wl11 inCCtPrumi Deccmi»p tl 3" J ' wbb l° ur times our numbers conct — — —! ted in our immediate front—I dele; The bombardment and cannonade, un der the direction of Capt. Huger, were commenced early in the morning of the 12th. Before nightfall, which necessa rily stopped our batteries, we had por ed that a good impression had been made on the castle and its outworks, and that a large body of the enemy had re mained outside, towards the eity, fr< arly hour, to avoid o t hand on its cessatii Miller, 2d Pennsylvania volunteers.— j the road at its northern base, in order, The storming party, now commanded j if not met by very superior numbers, to by Captain Paul, seconded by Captain threaten or to attack, in rear, that body reinforce the garrison ag The same outside force the next morning, after our batteries had •pened upon the castle, by which we _ tin reduced its garrison to the minimum needed for the guns.. Pillow ar.d Quitman had been in po sition since early in the night of the 11th. Major General Worth wo* now ordered Roberts, of the rifles, Lieut. Stewart; and others of the same regiment, Smith’s brigade carried the two batteries in the road, took some guns, with many pris oners, and drove the enemy posted be hind in support. The New York and fire, and to j South Caolina volunteers (Shields’s in order to brigade) and the 2d Pennsylvania volun- assault. i teers, all on the left of Quitman’s line, ered together with portions of his storming parties, crossed the meadows in front under a heavy fire, and entered the out er enclosure of Chapultepec, just lime toj. of the enemy. The movement, it also believed, could not fail to distract and to intimidate the enemy generally. Worth promptly advanced with his re maining brigade—Col. Garland’s—Lient. Col. C. F. Smith’s light battalion, three scfuadronsofdragoons, under Major Sum ner, which I had ordered up to join in the movement. Havinglurned the forest on the west, and arriving opposite to the north centre of Chapultepec, Worth came up with the . troops in the road, under Col. Trousdale, in the final assaul^ from the j and aided, by a flank movement of a part west. i of Garland’s brigade, in taking the one- Besides Major Generals Pillow and i gun breastwork, then under the fire of m . ... Quitman, Brigadier Generals Shields, j Lieut. Jackson’s section of Captain Ma- lo hold his’ division ia; rve near the Smith, and Cadwalader, the following I gruder’s field battery. Continuing to ad- foundrv, to support Pillow; and Briga- are the olficers and corps most disliu- j vance, this division passed Chapultepec, dier General-Smith, of Twiggs division, i guished in those brilliant operations :! attacking the rightot the enemy’s line, had just arrived with his brigade from j The vohigeur regiment, in two detach- resting on that road, about the moment of lad, (two miles,) to support Quitman, i nients, commanded respectively by Col. {the general retreat consequent upon the Andrews and Lieut. Col. Johnson—the | captuiejofthe formidable castle and its latter mostly in the lead, accompanied by Major Caldwell; Captains Barnard and Biddle, of the same regiment, the former the first to plant a regimental col or, and the latter among the first in the assault; the storming party of Worth’s division, under Capt. McKenzie, 2d ar tillery, with Lieut. Seldon, Sth infantry, early on the ladder and badly wounded; Lieut. Armistead, 6th infantry, the first to leap into the ditch to plant a ladder; Lieuts. Rogers of the 4th, and J. P. Smith of the 5th infantry, both mortally wounded ; the 9th infantry, under Col. Ransom, who was killed while gallant ly leading that gallant regiment; the 15th infantry, under Lieut. Col. How ard and Major Woods,with Capt. Chas< s before the southern gates, again i eminded us, as the day before, that he, with Riley’s brigade and Taylor’s agiLS^eptoe’s batteries, was in activity, threatening" the southern gates and there bolding a great part of the Mexican army on the defensive. Worth’s division furnished Pllow’s attack with an assaulting party of some 250 volunteer officers and inen, under Cupu McKenzie, ol the 2d artillery ; and Twiggs* division supplied a similar one, commanded by Capt. Casey, id infant- try, to Quitman. Each of those little columns was furnished with scaling lad ders. The signal I had appointed for the at tack was the momentary cessation of fire on the partofour heavy batteries. About S o’clock in the morning of the 13th, judging that the time had arrived, by the effect of the missiles we had'’thfo\vn, I sent an aid-de-camp to Pillow, and an other to Quitman, with notice that the concerted signal was about to be given Both columns now advanced with an alarcity that gave assurance of prompt success. The batteries, seizing oppor tunities, threw shots and shells upon the enemy over the head ofour men, with good effect,particularly at every attempt to reinforce the works from without to ineel our assault. Major General Pillow’s approach, on the west side, lay through an open NEW FALL AND WHITER GOODS! LAMPK1N & COBB A RF. n-.w rrcoirin? a large and « bII selected atock of GOODS, direct from New York and Philadel phia,consisting in part of Rich figured black and fancy Silks, extra widih; sap. plain black silks, plaid silks, Caledonia Plaids, rtrli fig ured and plain Alpnchss, colored French merinocs, « large lot of bonnet and cap ritibona, French and Scotch ginghams, a variety of furniture and dress cali coes, fine black French cloth, blue and black F.ngli.h do. blue and black beaver and pilot doth, plain black and fancy silk and satin vestings, French £ 4 doeskin cotton sheetings, brown and blcacbed shirtings, a great variety of bonnets, a portion of which are extra sixes. Fina fashionable Hats and Caps, Saddlery, Crockery. GROCERIES. Java,Lagotra and Rio Coffee, clarified St Croix and it India Sugar, molasses, salt, iron of different sixes. GIBBS & McCORD, WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. f Hayirg obtained that central location i Jatkeon street, (occupied the past 1 season by Messrs. I leard & Davison) convenient to the hotels and all branches of trade and shipping interests generally, they again offer ed, on Ihe 11th, to avoid the net-work of hl ‘ ed 1 , w,, l ^ sharp-shooters who were ! obstacles, and to seek, by a sudden in- j s i' ce . Jll y ! when, be,ng up with ’h"," old ''ersion to the southwest and west, less ! , lhe ,ru, “ ot tl,B a , U * ck ;. !l, ' J P emer S unfavorable approaches. i ,< ?.°P en 3 P ace « lho , {o °} ° r “ rm -' k - v "T rZl,:!::/.! To economic tho lives ofour gallant i cl,v "y> " lat S alla,a leaJc: officers and men, as well as to ensure success,il became indispensable that this rescluti the enemy; and again, that the movement, when discovered, should be Arriving some minutes later, and mou nting to the top of the castle.l he whole field to the east lay plainly under my There are two routes from Chapulte pec to the capital—the one on the right entering the same gate, Belen, with the road from the south, via Piedad: and the other oliquing to the left, to inter sect the great western, or San Cosme road, in a suburb outside of the gate of San Cosme. Each of these routes (an elevated causeway) presents a double roadway on the sides of an aqueduct of strong ma sonry, and great height, resting on open arches and massive pillars, which, to- whose company gallantly carried the re- j gel her, afford fine points both for attack doubt, midway up the acclivity; Col. bind defence. The sideways of both Clarke’s brigade, (Worth’s division,) I aqueducts, are moreover, defended by consisting of the 5lh» 8th, and part of many strong breastworks at the gates, the C’.h regiments of infantry, command- and before reaching them. As we ex cel respectively by Capt. Chapman, Mnj. i peeled vve found the four tracks unusu- Montgomery, and Lieut. Edward John- j ally dry and solid for the season. * son, the latter specially noticed, with ] Worth and Quitman were prompt in Lieuts. Longstreet, (badly wounded, J pursuing the ret rearing enemy—the form- advancing, colors in hand,^Pickett, and er by the San Cosme aqueduct, and the The i Merchant, the last three of the Sth try; portions of the United States ma rines, New York, South Carolina, and 2d Pennsylvania volunteers, which, de layed with their division (Quitman’s) l>y the ho: engagement below, arrived just in time to participate in the assault of the heights; particularly a detach ment under Lieut. Reid, New York vol unteers, consisting of a company of the k { same, with one of marines; and another i-l detachment, a portion of the storming i- ! party, (Twiggs’ division, serving with Quitman,)under Lieut. Steele, 2d infant- CONSTANTLY on hand,.. . , . aplendid assortment of Gold and • mistaken tor a ictnt, and the old as in- SilverDuplex,I’atenU.oyer, At^ | cheating our true and ultimate point of time-keepers. Please cal! and examine our s be new Watch and Jewelry St< their eervices to their triend* and the public VanhaaM and CannlMion .’tlrrrbanu, to RECEIVE, SELL, STORE, or SI UP COT TON, FLOUR, CORN, BACON and other PRO- DUCE; SELL or PURCHASE GOODS toorder; RECEIVE and FORWARD MERCHANDISE, Re. Their personal and undivided attention will at mil times be given to any business entrusted to their care. Charges will be moderate, orders strictly obeyed, and every exertion made to give satisfaction to customer*. They return their sincere thanks for the patronage extended to them the past season. 0C7“ Liberal advances will be made on prodnee in Atore, when required. THOS. F. GIBBS, Augusta, Ang 12 GEORGE McCORD. Lever, An- j dicalin Lcpmc ,„J | allacb . Accordingly, on the spot, (the 11th,) I ordered Quitman’s division from Coy- oacan, to join Pillow by daylight, before the southern gates, and then that the two major generals, with their divisions, should,^by night proceed (two miles) tojoin me at Tacubaya, where I was quarter ed with Worth’s division. Twiggs, with Riley’s brigade and Captains Taylor’s and Steptoe’s field batteries—the latter ot 12-pounders—was left in front of those I gates to manoeuvre, to threaten, or to make false attacks, in order to occupy and deceive the enemy. Twiggs’ other brigade (Smith’s) was left at supporting distance, in the rear, at San Angel, till the morning of the 13th, and also to sup- Auction and Commicdon Bu,iuc«. I P° r l °ur general depot at M iscoac The I ,i- ctt 4 0T-T 1-rnim i stratagem against the south was admtr- H svivr • kH AC^LLH IlD, ably executed throughout the 12th and AVING made such arrangements with A. & , J . .. ,- ° , . T. W. BAXTER, as to enable him to meet “ own lo lbe afternoon of the 13th when all the demands of such a business, begs leave to | it was too late lor the enemy to recover inform hi* friends and the public generally, that he 1 from the effects of his delusion, is now prepared to carry on the ^ j The first step in the new movement Auction Cc Commission Business, | was to carry Chapultepec, a natural and And Wilt kn.p’^ii'.y“„7h“'T: wcll-elccted! ** 0 J a ‘® d “‘““".‘J °[g«tuelevation.sirong- Stock of MERCHANDIZE, of every variety. j lortihed al Us base, on its acclivities, SETlIe hopes to receive a liberal share of patronage, and heights. Besides a numerous gar- Athcna, Jauuary 21,1847. tf ; risen, here was the military college of the j Republic, with a large number of sul>- | lieuteuauts and other students. Those : works were within direct gunshot of the E. E. Ilodgson & Brothers CARRIAGE & HARNESS MAKERS, ATUUNM. GA. BEG to inform their ATHENS FEMALE ACADEMY. F1Y1IE undersigned having been elected Rector of * this Institution, is desirous of placing it upon A footing equal to any Female Seminary in the Southern country, and (rotn hi* long experience, both in Georgia end Alabama, he feels confident of enccesa. Every desirable branch of female educa tion will bo efficiently taught, and competent and able instructors for tins purpose procured. The Classical Department will be under the su perintendence of an experienced teacher trom lbe North. Especial attention will be paid to the man- > of the young ladies, and Mrs. Clarke will give ruction in Kalisthenics without any additional The Academy will open on the first Mon- n nary next. Rates of Tuition §30 per a n- JMtrnction in Music $10 per quarter.— Board oqn be had in good families upon moderate terms. JOHN CLARKE. Oct. 88,1847. tlj rins, COACHES. CABINET-MAKING. T HEsubscribor respectfully informs the citizens of Athens and vicinity, that he has opened a Cabinet shop in the building below Mitchell’s Ho ld, and that he has employed Mr. Jacob Autrey and Elisha Holland to take charge ot the business. He is prepared to do all kinds of work in the above line —and he solicits a share of public patronage. Ma hogany furniture cleansed and repaired, at the shortest notice, D. M. CLOWER. Athens, March 25,1847. tf NOTICE. Tajt subscriber still continues to keep • open his HOUSE in Jefierson, Jackson •county, Ga., for the accommodation of Travellers. llan and hone, per day $1 50 “ all night, 1 00 b April SO, 1846. tf J. B. NABERS. SWEETER STILL! rjlHE undersigned are now receiving a lot of Jl very superior Molasses and Syrup, which they are offering low. PEEPLES <f- CAMP. Oct. 7 N EW RICE, just received and fov sale low, by Nor U : T. BISHOP. 3 Harboring and Hair-Dressing. HANSEL DILLARD, R ESPECTFULLY informs the citizens of Ath ens and the public generally, that be will, al all times, be found at his Shop, happy to accommo date those who favor him with their patronage. Athens, Nov. 12,1846. COFFEE! COFFEE!! A LARGE lot of rec down by an agonizing wound. ! mediate command devolved on l _t j 11 j dier General CadwaUtder.iri the absence j Quitman,)under Lieut. Steele, 2d infant- siege pieces to be added to Ins • <M, ° • a - ° of the senior Brigadier (Pierce) of the ry, after the fall of Gantt, 7th infantry. Then,alter designating the 15th i invalid since the events I In this connexion it is but just tore- 1 T ^ ' ' TT 1 of August 19. On a previous call of call the decisive effect of the heavy bat- Pillow, Worth had just sent him a rein- ! teries, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, commanded forcemeat—Col. Clark’s brigade. j by those excellent officers, Capt. Drum, The broken acclivity was still to be j 4lb artillery, assisted by Lieuts. Benja- asccudcd, and a strong redoubt midway j m ‘ n a,u ^ Porter, of his own company ; be carried before reaching the castle ! Capl. Brooks and Lieut. Anderson, 2d on the heights. The advance of our j artillery, assisted by Lieut. Russell, 4th brave men, led by brave officers, though i infantry, a volunteer ; Lieuls. Hagner necessarily slow, was unwaveringover j a °d Stone, of the ordnance, and Lieut, rocks,chasms, and mines, and under the! Andrews, 3d artillery : the whole su- hottest fire of cannouand musketry. Thg.fcP e ^ n f en ^ et i b y Capt. Huger, chief of redoubt now yielded to resistless vaWfMPfariance with this army an officer dis and the shouts that followed onnounce|q!j,"S ui sned by every kind of merit.— to the castle the fate that impended.— **"' The enemy were steadily driv shelter to shelter. The retreat The mountain howitzer battery, under v... „ w Lieut. Reno, of the ordnance, deserves allowed also to he particularly mentioned. to fire a single mine, without the certainly of blowing up friend and., foe. Those who at a distance attempt ed to apply matches lo the _ were shot down by our men. There was death below as well as above ground. At length the ditch and wall of the main work were reached; the scaling ladders were brought up and planted by the storming parties. Some of the daring spirits first in the assault were cast down, killed or wounded ; but a lodgment was soon made; streams of heroes followed ; all opposition was overcome, and several of our regimen tal colors Hung out from the upper walls, amidst loud-continued shoutsand cheers, which sent dismay into the capital. No scene could have been more animating and glorious. tached to the„voftigeurs, it followed the movements "df that regiment, and a ce attempt- » on applause, long trains In adding to the list of individuals of conspicuous merit, I must limit myself to*a’ipw of the many names which might be enumerated: Capt. Hooker, assist ant adjutant general,twho won special applause, successively, in the staff of Pillow and Cadwalader; Lieut. Lovell, 4th artillery, (wounded,) chief of Quit-, man’s staff’; Capt. Page, assistant adju tant general, (wounded,) and Lieut. Hammond, 3d artillery, both of Shields’ staff’, aud Lieut. Van Dorn, (7th infant ry) aid-de-camp to Brig. Gen. Smith. Those operations all occurred on the west, southeast, and heights of Cha pultepec. To the north, and at the ba: illage of Tacubaya, and,util carried, and glorious. - i of the mound, inaccessible on that side, re could not approach the city on the Major General Quitman, nobly sup- ( the 11th infantry, under Lieut. Col. He- west without making a circuit too wide I ported by Brigadier General Shields and berj, the 14th, under Col. Trousdale, and too hazardous, j Smith, [P. F.] his other officers and j and Capt. Magruder’s field battery, 1st Sf>on In the cou rse of the same night (that! tncM, was up with the part assigned him. J artillery—one section ad vanced under of the llih) heavy batteries within easy ] Simultaneously with the movement on j Lieut. Jackson—allol Pillow’s division iges, were established. No. 1, on our the west he had gallantly approached j had, at the same time, some spirited af- lit, under the command of Captain ; the southeast of the same works over a fairs against superior numbers, driving urn, 4lh artillery (relieved late next | causeway, with cuts and batteries, and the enemy from a battery in the road, day for some hours by Lieut. An- defended by an army strongly posted i and capturing a gun. In these the offi- drev^^pf the 3d,) and No. 2, command- outside to the east of the works. Those jeers andcorps named gained merited latter along lhaLof Belen* Each had now advanced some hundred yards. Deeming it all-important to profit by our successes, and the consequent dis may of the enemy, which could not be otherwise than general, I hasiend to de spatch, from Chapultepec, first Clarke’* brigade, and then Cadwalacfer’s to thi support of Worth, and gave orders that the necessary heavy guns should follow. Pierce’s brigade was, at the same sent to Quitman, and in the course of the afternoon I caused some additional pieces to be added to his train.- fantry, under Lieut. Colonel Howard—Morgi the Colonel, had been disabled by wound at Churubusco—as the gariis of Chapultepec, and giving directions for the care of the prisoners of the captured ordnance and ordnance stores, I proceeded lo join the advance of Worth, within the suburb, and be- yond the turn at the junction of the aque duct with the great highway from the west to the gate of San Cosine. At this junction of roads, we first pass ed one of those formidable systems of city defences, spoken of above, and it had not a gun !—a strong proof—l.That the enemy had expected us to fail in the attack upon Chapultepec, even if we meant any thing more than a feint; 2d. That, in either case, we designed, in his belief, to return and double our forces against the southern gates—a delusion kept up by the active demonstrations of Twiggs an«l the forces posted on that side; and 3. Thai advancing rapidly from the reduction of Chapultepec, the enemy had not time to shift guns—our previous captures had left him, compar atively, but few—from the southern gates. Within those disgarnished works l found onrtroops engaged in a street fight against the enemy, posted in gardens at windows, and on house-tops—all fiat, with parapets. Worth ordered forward the mountain howitzers ofCadwalader’s brigade, preceded by skirmishers and pioneers, with pick-axes and crow-bars, to force windows aud doors, or to bur row through walls. The assailants were i equality of position fatal to the enemy. By 8 o’clock in the evening Worth had carried two batteries in this suburb. According to my instructions, he here posted guards and sentinels, and placed his troops under shelter for the night. There was but one more obsta cle—the San Cosme gate, (custom-house) ed by w Lieut. Hagner, ordnance—both formidable obstacles Quitman had to! praise. Col.Trousdale, the command- “ etween uni ant g 1 , supported bj' Quitman’s division ; Nos. j face, with but little shelter for his troops : er, though twice wounded, continued 3 and 4, on the opposite side, supported or space for manoeuvring. Deep ditch- on duty until the heights were carried, by Pillow’s division, were commanded, es flanking the causeway made it difli-j Early in the morning of the 13th, I the former by Captain Brooks aud Lieut. 1 cult to cross on either side into the ad-: repeated the orders of the night to Major 2S. S. Anderson, 2d artillery, alternate- joining meadows, and these again were ; General Worth, to be with his division ly, and the latter by Lieut. Stouc, ord- j intersected by other ditches. Smith and lat hand, to support the movement of nance. The batteries were traced by * his brigade had been early thrown out j Major General Pillow from our left.— Capt. Huger and Capt. Lee, engineer, 1 to make a sweep to the right, in order to j The latter seems c ~' r * ,n 1,0 "" / *'* 1, ‘*^ r,xr and constructed by them, with the able ' present a front against the enemy’s line, j that entire divr- ussistancc of the young officers of those ^ (outside.) and to turn two intervening J rily corps aud artillery. j batteries near the foot of the Chapulte- To prepare for an assault it was fore- ; pec. This movement was also iniend- seen that the play of the batteries might; ed to support Quitman’s storming^ par- run into the second day ; but recent cup- j ties, both on thecauseway. Thefirstof lures had not only trebled our seige pie-; these, furnished by Twiggs* division, ces, but also our ammunition ; and we \ was commanded in succession by Capt. knew that we should greatly augment j Casey, 2d infantry, and Capt. Paul, 7th both by carrying the place. I was. there- : infantry, after Casey had been severely fore in u» baste in ordering an assault! wounded ; and the second, originally of very superior !Rio Coffee, jnst j ^ e f orc the works were well crippled bv i under the gallant Major Twiggs, ma- ° f * JttSEPLESRCAMP. our missiles. irine corps, killed,^ and then Captain to have called for standing inomenta- reserve, and Worth sent him Col. Clark’s brigade. The call, if not unne- ccssarj\ was at least, from the circum stances, unknown to me at the time; for, ing that the very large body front of lbe cathedral and palace, the heart of the city, and that barrier, it was known, could not, by day-light, resist our siege guns thirty minutes. I had gone back to the foot of Chapul tepec, the point from which the two aqueducts begin to diverge, some hours earlier, in order to be near that new de- and in easy communication with pot well as with Quitman and Twig« Worth. From thi3 point I ordered all detach ments and stragglers to their respective corps, then in advance; sent to Quitman that the western, or San Cosme, was the less difficult mule to the centre and con quest of the capital, and therefore in tended that Quitman should only ma noeuvre and threaten Belen,or southwes tern gate, in order to favor the main at tack by Worth, knowing that the strong defences at the Belen were uirectly un der the guns of the m\u:b stronger for tress called the Citadel, just within.-— Both of these defences of the enemy were also within easy supporting dis tance from the San Angel (or Nino Per- dido) and San Antonio gates. Hence the greater support in numbers given to Worth’s movement as the main attack. Those views I repeatedly, in the course of the day, communicated lo Ma jor Gen. Quitman; but, being in hot pursuit, gallant himself, and ably sup ported by Brigadier Gens. Shields, and Smith—Shields badly wounded before Chapultepec, and refusing to retire—as well as by all the officers and men of the column, Quitinau continued to press forward, under Hank and direct fires, carried an intermediate battery of two guns, and then the gate, before two o’clock in the afternoon, but not without proportionate loss, increased by his stea dy maintenance of that position. Here, of the heavy battery (4th artil lery) Capt. Drum and Lieut. Benjamin mortally wounded, and Lieut. Porter, its third in rank, slightly. The loss ot these two most distinguished of ficers the army will long mourn. Lieuts. J. B. Moratige and Win. Canty, of the South Carolinia volunteers, also of high merit, fell on the same occasion, besides many ofour bravest non-commissioned officers and men, particularly in Capt. Drum’s veteran company. I cannot, iu this place, give names or numbers ; but full returns of the killed and wounded of all corps, in their recent operations, will accompany this report. Quitman, within the city—adding several new defences to the position he had won, and sheltering his corps as well as practicable—now awaited the return of daylight under the guns of the formidable citadel yet to be subdued. At about lour at’clock next morning (Scpt.14) a deputation of the ayunta.mien- to (city council) waited upon me to re port that the Federal Government and the army of Mexico had fled from the capital some three hours before, aud to demand terms of capitulation^* - of the church, the citizens antjf pal authorities. I promptly 'i 1 would sign no capitulation city had been virtually in our posse from the time of the lodgments effefcted by Worth and Quitman the day before ; that I regretted the silent escape of the Mexican army ; that I should levy up on the city a moderate contribution, for special purposes ; and that the Ameri can army should come under no terms not se^-imposed—such only as its own honor, the dignity of the United States, and the spirit of the age should, in my opinion, imperiously demand and im pose. For the terms, so imposed, I refer the Department to subsequent General Or ders Nos. 287 and 289, (paragraphs 7. S, and 9, of the" latter,) copies of which are herewith enclosed. At the termination of the interview with the city deputation, I communicat ed, about daylight, orders to Worth and Quitman to advanoe slowly and cau tiously (to guard against treachery) to wards the heart of the city, and to oc cupy its stronger and more command ing points. Quitman proceeded to the great plaza, or square, planted guards, and hoisted the “colors of the United States on the National Palace, contain ing the halls of Congress and Executive apartments of federal Mexico. In this grateful service Quitman might have been anticipated by Worth but for my express order, halting the latter at the head of the Alameda, (a green park,) within three squares ot that goal of gen eral ambition. The capital, however, was not taken by any one or two corps, but by the talent, the science, the gal lantry, the prowess of this entire arinjr. In the glorious conquest, all had contri buted, early and powerfully—the killed, ; wounded, and the Jit for duty—atVe-' Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Contreras, San Antonio, Churubusco,(three battles,) the Molinos del Itey, and Chapultepec—as uch as those who fought at the gates of Belen aud San Cosme. Soon after we had entered, and were the act of occupying the city, a fire is opened upon us from the flat roofs of the houses, from windows and cor- of streets, by some 2,000 convicts, liberated the night before by the flying Government—joined by, .perhaps, as many Mexican soldiers, who had dis banded themselves and thrown off their uniforms. This unlawful war lasted more than twenty-four hours, in spite of the exertions of the municipal authori ties, aud was not put down till we. had lost many men, including several offi cers, killed or wounded, and had pun ished the miscreants. Their objects were to gratify national hatred; and, in the general alarm and confusion, to plun der the wealthy inhabitants—particular ly the descried houses. But families are now generally returning; business :-! of every kind has been resumed, and of the enemy, in the road in front of Ma-! additional siege guns, ammunition, en- jor General Quitman’s right, was receiv- ! trenching tools; directed Twiggs* r "- ing rt * than a instructions to Worth, on our opposit _ flank, to turn Chapultepec with his d*- Quitman’s division. o-,. - ^ .. .. , vision, and to proceed, cautiously, by j I had been, from the first, well aware. Thts army has been more disgusted renerai yoiunans rism, was receiv-; irencnmg uwis; uncticu . . . . J . , , . . , >i reinforcement from the city—less! maining brigade (Riley’s) from Piedad j the city is already tranquil and cheerful, a mile and a half to the cast-I sent! to sup^rt Worth, and Capt. Stcptoe’s [ under the admirable conduct (with ex- field battery, also at Piedad, to rejoin ceptions very few auo trifling) of our * 1 gallant troops.