The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-10-07
Important Mexi3an UGWs.
STILL LATER FROM THE ARMY.
GREAT SLAUGHTER ON BOTH SIDES.

I The Steamer James -. LAY UjiFCN az
New Orlesns Sept Doth, from Vera Cruz,
with late and important intelligence from the
Capital of Mexico.
The city of Mexico was taken on the 10th
of September, after severe and desperate
fighting, on both sides.
! General SCOTS loss is set down at SEVEN
, TEEN HUNDRED-and the Mexican loss
at TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED.
! In this battle General Bravo was wounded,
and had retired with his force to Guadaloupe.
| The CARGO Iris received letters from Mex
! leo. under date Of September 9th stating that
on the 9TH ult. the Mexican Commissioners had
declared that the propositions made by Mr..
! 1rist were inadmissbe.
In consequence Of this fact, General Santa
, Anna Immediately convokcd Council OF Cen
erals, who decided that notice should be given
to General Scott that the Armistice was at an
end, and appointed the 9th ulto. for the re-
commencement of hostlhtes.
| On the 9th of September, General Scott
had addressed letter to Santa Anna from
TscubaYa, accusing him Of violating several
, articles Of the armistice,
! One of these violations was in not permitting
the American Army to obtain supplies from
the city of Mexico.
| General Scott demanded an explanation,
and full reparaition, and concluded as follows
"If these are not given, | hereby formally
| notify you, that if do not receive the most
complete satisfaction,o on all these points, before
u o'clock tomorrow, | shall consider the
armistice as terminated from that hour"
To this letter Santa Anna replied at con-
siderable length, and with great severity q.
He accused Gen. Scott with having himself
violated the terms of the armistlce in refusing
to allow flour from the mills i'll the vicinity to
be brought into the city.
He says that the American wagons were
driven out of the city on account ofthe objec-
tionable conduct of the officers accompanying
| them.
| Santa Anna also charges General Scott
with having sacked the Mexican towns in the
vicinity of the Capital-robbing and desc
| Grating the Misunderstanding and destroy
| ing articles held sacred by every Mexican.
| Santa Anna concludes his letter as follow ::
II hatter myself that your Excellency will
| be convinced on reflection, of the weight of
my reasons; but if by misfortune, you should
seek only prctext to deprive the first city Of
| the American continent of an opportunity to
| free the unarmed population of the horrors OF
war, there will be left TO me no other means
of salvation, but to rcpel force byforce, with
decision and energy, which my high obi
cations impose upon me-.
On the 7th ultimo. Gen. Herrera, as COM
| mandant ofthe City of Neyico, addressed the
Clergy, exhoting them to exert all their in
| fuence to incite the people to arm themselves,
and prepare to resist the American Army.
On the 9Th ultimo, Gen. Scott alta ,ked the
mill del Roy" or King Mill, in the immedi-
ate vicinity of Chapulitepec, and according
! to the "Diario del Gobierno 'and the "Boletin''
published at Altisco, the American army was
repulsed, after a short conflict, inwhch they
lost about 400 killed and from 600 to 700
| wounded.
The American forces then fell back upon
! Tacubaya.
The accounts of this affair given by the
a most bloody one, and most severely con-
tested. 1t is believed that Generals Twiggs
and Pierce directed the attack, and that they
put in motion about eight thousand men.
This Mexican account states the loss on
their side at 100 killed and $50 wounded, and
oives the loss of Americans on the authority
of an freshman. Itmentions the loss Of seVe-
raj valuable Mexican officers. The Diario
del Gobierno makes the loss greater on both
sides, and adds:
| "The traitor Santa Anna, commanded in
person. the column which forced the Ameri-
| cans TO retreat, taking with them, without
doubt, the conviction, from this battle with it5
rivers of blood, that they cannot penetrate
the city, and that at all events, they will there
find their sepulchre !"
| A letter addressed to Mr.. Dimond, Collector
at Vera Cruz, from Orzaba, is as follows;
| DEAR SIR Il have the honor TO inform
YOU, that an Express arrived here from Mex
| leo, this evening, which brings intelligence
| that General Scott was in the city Of Mexico,
that on the 18th Of Sept. the American troops
took Chapultipec and the citadel, and went in
to the city that night.
Gen. Bravo was killed Gen. Santa Anna
| was wounded in the arm, and has retired with
the remainder af his troops, (Which have sut-
fered much) to Guadaloupe." Yours, &c.
The "Sun of Anahuac" of the Sth Of Sep
TENDER has it that "the Heights and Forts of
| Chapuitipec we're carried on the 14th and
| 18th ultimo."
| The city was bombarded, and part Of the
| American army entered it on the morning Of
the 10th, the balance remaining at Chapult-
| pee.
A passenger by the James L, Day, informs
! the Picayune it was reported among the Mex
leans at Vera Cruz, that we had lost 200
men in killed and wounded; but he could
trace the report to no authentic source,
Another passenger estimated Gen. Scots
loss at one quarter to ONE THIRD of his
Army
Another letter states that Gen. Worth was
dangerously wounded
The Mexican loss, in killed and wounded,
was $500.
Up to the 18th ult, it is also stated that our
troops held one half the city OF Mexico, and
the Mexicans the other half.
1t appears that there was no disposition on
the part of the MeXicans to treat:
I There were large numbers of American
troops at Vera Cruz, and the city was filled