Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-10-16

McCown, and The two Nichols, Gem TO have
been The heroes Of The day. The 10 latter "did
The thing up brown" and no! onl Judge Mich
oils but old Louisiana may well beloud Of such
sons. The Mexicans lost al least irly killed
twenly-une had been buried this nsnng, and
have seen a number lying on The illside, that
were not discovered by our merwhen they
brought in the dead.
Yesterday morning the whole dision under
Gen. Worth entered the town on lis side. and
have been fighting there ever SINCE The heart
OF the city is nothing but one ionLcaloD The
thick walls being pierced for musk,sand cannon
being placed So as TO rake The pTiiial Streets
The roofs being fal, and The frot walls rising
three or four feet above The rool, ccourse every
street has line OF breast-worSs nn,ch side. A
ten inch mortar came around m5en. Taylor
last evening, and il is now placeds The largest
plaza, 10 which our troops have loeht, step by
step, and from house 10 house. Du,an's battle
ries ale in Town, and the present ipresson is,
that the place will soon be taken. EN-. Worth
has gained all the sirongholds that Command the
city; and has pushed The enemy as laris they can
90, without falling into Gen. Taylor hands on
The other side OF the city. All this ha been done
with The loss of only about seventy Iilled and
wounded The achievement is s!Rors one
sufficiently SO 10 satisfy The ambilionjf anv man
on earth. | was expecting to see ien. Worth
rushing his men into unnecessary 6anger, in or
der TO win Tor them and hmseligreat military
fame, but his conduct has beenyery different
iromlhis His grea, study has bed 10 gain these
commanding points with The least possible sacri-
flee OF life. AT first j, seemed lolIIy impossible
TO storm these beights-n looketlke charging
upon the clouds-but il has bee done. The
;shx a1arn urh lie IL Eac boon
represented 10 be, has been siorme ard taken by
our brave soldiers | should have iattd that Col.
HAYS with body OF his troops, and Captains
Gillespie and McCuloch were aihe taking OF
the palace. Capt Gillespie was n,Hay wound
ed, and died yesterday morning, rsrslled by the
whole army.
cannot keep up at all with lie Rangers
Their services have been invaluable 10 General
Taylor from the commrnce meni OF the cam
paign They light with all The s,eainess OF old
soldiers, and are constantly on The move. The
country owes them much Tor their able conduct
say nothing, as yet, about GtreraITaylor's pro-
ceedinss on The other side Of The own, because
the information have received moi well an
lhentcaled. MIR. Kendall and blh came out
with This division neither knowingihat he other
was coming with il mill it was TOO ate Il return
and there is 10 communication between he divl-
sion> except by armed bodies OF men. The ge.
neral has, however, taken three 0aeii,s near
the town on the other side, in ding which he
has los, about three hundred mo,, killed and
wounded do not know The e1ad nuinbe; kill
ed, bu; will be able 10 ascertain before This EIer
goes, and wlltry TO give olher particulars.
Gen. Taylor has arrived al General WORMS
head quarters Today, and IS now engaged in town
with Ampudia's messengers, considering the enc
lie tnr lfP yrn =
large to,i al The Northeast side Of il That iou
is very strong, and is believed 10 CONAN al least
20 guns Hostiliies have ceased until the coli.
ference shall be concluded. There must be ar
immense quantity of property in town, particu-
larry arms and ammunition.
should have mentioned that the second .divi-
sion marched from camp with only Two days "a
tons and no tents. A large majority Of The OH.
GERS, and many oil The men, worked and Climbed
mountains, chased the enemy. and fought forty
eight hours, with nothing 10 eat BIT raw corn
Much of the Two days ratons were spoiled by The
rains; and as the troops were frequently ordered
of an'inslanls notice. they lett their haveIsacks
behind
There have been from ten to fifteen thousand
troops al this place ever since We have been here
but they are leaking our, in citizens clothes, a:
fast as hey can dodge of A. soldiers, there i
no escape for them. H.
MokTeeEY, MEXICO, Sept -, 1916.
Gentlemen: The city has capitnlascd on th'
following terms: The Mexican soldiers shall b
permitled 10 march out Of town with their small
arms and six small field pieces leaving all ,hei
munitions OF war behind, with all their artillery
and public stores. They are 10 retire 10 Linares
sixly miles hence, and about lhiily miles north o
Saliio and are not 10 approach nearer Than tha
10 this place within sky days. or Until each par
" can hear from lis respective government
Ampudia kept General Taylor until nearly mid
night last nigh, preparing he lerms, &c. Man,
persons, particularly The Texan volunteers WHIT
fought So brayely, are dispeased Al these terms
The town was all but in our hands, and they be
lieve could have been AIKEN in three hours. be
lieye that il would have required much more han
fighting 10 have taken il, brt This was not I'M
question with Gen Taylor. lie and all his Off
GERS knew perfectly well, Of course, that The iowI
could soon be taken, but ne wanted no prisoner
10 take up his time and eat his substance, oul N
did have an object in view which VIII ba reached
by The terms Of This capi,ulaiion, and that obJec
will lead 10 a result most beneficial 10 orr gov
eminent, under whose advice or orders Genera
Taylor acted in agreeing 10 these Terms. As
have a lew moments TO spare letore the express
goes out This morning the was detained last nigh
by the slow progress OF business with Ampndia,
| will speak of the operations OF Gen. Taylor oil
his side OF The town.
Major Mansfield, Of the engineers, reconnoi
tired The enemys works on the night CT the 18th
but could obtain no very accurate information
although he approached very near 10 some o
them on the heights. On The Doth Lieutenan
Scarri,t, and Lieutenant Pope, were sent out II
reconnoitre the works. Scarrt on The right anf
Pope on he LIT Of ihe town. Tue latter aP
preached and discovered The position OF battery
on the extreme eii, and was exposed 10 lire 0
cannon and muskelry from lanceis, from winch
after finishing his observatio,s he retired in safe
w. On The nigh, OF the 20'h, The mortar ahf
howilzer batteries were placed in a position L
pIay on the strong holds around the citadel. Th'
action commenced On the morning. OF The 2lst
by The opening OF these two batteries. Colone
Gahards brigade were ordered 10 move TO The
The let. FIR The purpose oil siormrs The battery
discovered by I.i-u'enant Pore tie day before
and 10 occupy. II possible, The lower part OF III,
CITY. Major Mansfield, Captain Williams, ant
Lieutenant Pope, were ordered in advance TO Sc
lect The most available point OF attack, and 10 di
rect the movements ofthe column upon il. Three
COMPANIES we're thrown forward as skirmisheTs
and advanced rapidly towards Inc works, follow
ed bv The brigade in line OF battle under eros
fire Of artillery from The citadel and 1ort and
heavy fire of rnusketry. Inc Column charSet
into street. two hundred yards TO The right oil Inc
battery. passed the works entirely. and effected al
entrance 10 the town. After advancing rapidly
about four yards beyond The battery, they came
Immediately in front Of masked battery oil ar
,illcry and muskeiry, which swept me street com
pleleiy by its range. The barricades OF lht
streets, al sixty yards distance from The head
the column, were lined with Mexican troops
who, entirely covered themselves, opened mur
derous discharge of grape and mnskelTy upon tn
advancing column. Every house in the stree
was pierced for muskelry and eniladed Inc stree
in every direction. Under this FIRE The following
officers were killed, or MORALLY wounded: Majo
Barbour, third infantry, by grape shot in The ao
domen; Captain Williams Typographical Engi
neers, sho, through the body by a nusket ball
fell in The street, and was dragged into the door
way of a house by Lieutenant Pope, amidst
shower oil balls, that covered him with dust. Th'
sallan,ry OF this young officer, now in his frs
battle, is spoken Of in admiration by The army
Captain Williams died the next day, and Wa
buried with the honors Of war BY The Mexican
troops, into whose hands he had fallen. Lieu
tenant Terret,, first infantry, shot through hi
BODY, died the next day.
uo,,5.3- Major Mansfield ball through cal