Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-10-22

nciehboIhood. in plain sight and in fact under The
guns Of The enemy. Gen. Worth remains here
in Tacubaya. but lie is sending all his sick and
wounded 10 Miacoac, oul of!he range otIhe guns
Of Chapu.tepec. No one knows what point will
be first attacked, but this question will soon be de-
tcrmined. Tire next blow struck will he hard,
aud all hone decisive. II must read strange, the
stony lha, some ! or 5000 men have set them
selves down before a strongly fortified city lover
0 1000 inhabitants, with an army OF al least
25, 900 men 10 defend il; bu, the ale is a true one,
and The proud capital OF Mexico mustiall.
Yours, &c, Q. W. 4.
TAcUBAYA, Sept. IL, l847.
a small party Of rs have just returned from a
ride over to La Piedad, The headquarters Of Gen.
Pillow. Gen. Scott was there, as also we're some
OF his principal officers, holding 4 council as 10
the best mode and point OF attack. The result Of
their deliberations is not known, bm ii is thought
that lhe infantry will have some respite after
their hard laboTs, and that all The heavier cannon
recently captured from The McXicans will b. en-
ployed in sending their own balls back al them.
With their own guns, AMI those brought up by
Gen. Scot, a; least fifty pieces OF heavy calibre
can be opened al any one poini-enongh 10 te-
moi sh any work the MeIicans have constructed
in time incredibly shorl, aud give them a lesson
lncY VIII tGi soon forget.
From The Puenle del Hermita, which has been
destroyed by The Mexicans, they can plainly be
seen al work on several Publications between
the roads q San Angel and San Antonio de
Ahad. These works are but lille more than
halt a lille from the city, which is also in plain
view. Shortly after we left, The enemy opened
with iwo Of their heavy guns upon our rickeis OF
engineers, and continued The fire Tor near an hour.
l cannn, learn that they did any injury. On our
return 10 Tdcubaya we found that Mai. Sumner
and Col. Duncan had had a lille brush with The
enem?'s lancers near The battle ground Of FL Mo-
limo. Capt. Run, with his company of Mounted
Rilemen, Crew a large party of The Mexican ca
valry Immediately within The range Of one Of
Duncah's guns, when one Or two discharges sent
them seamperins I'll in every direction. Only
one man WAS wounded on our side, but il is
known that The enemy lost several in The Skin
mish. They opened with one heavy gun from
Chapullcpec on our men, but did no harm other
than Tightening the inhabitants OF this place ha If
out OF Their wits.
Lieut.. Burbank, who was MORALLY wounded
al FL Molino, died yesterday, and Capt. T.. Kirby
Smith this al crnoon Of wounds received al the
same timc. Lisn'. Col. Dickinson, shot badly
in the ankle Al Churubnsco, is also dead. All
were gallant officers, and their loss is much re-
GREETED.
| have already mentioned The execution Of
nineteen of the desertefs captured on The 20rh
August al ChuGubusco. Gen. Scott has Jusl
signed the death warrant OF thirty others, taken
al The same time, and they will suffer the same
fate in The course Of a day or two.
From various movements, there j. certainly
strong reasons TO believe that Gen. Scott will open
a heavy fire upon Chapuliepec tomorrow morn
ing, from not only his own siege guns but from
those captured from The enemy. Whether il is
a feint 10 draw The Mcxicans 10 that point and
weaken other ~detenccs, is not known. Yours, &C.,
TAeuBAYA, Sept. IL, 1877.
Al ca,ly daylight this morning a heavy can
nonade was opened upon The stronghold oil Cha
p%ullepec, which vas increased during me DE- as
The Mexicans returned The IRE with great spirit
at intervals during the cay, but with liIilc effect
other than dismounting one 0; our guns ram
not learn that a man has been killed al any Of the
batteries. Several OF The VoIiiguers, while skir-
mishing with The enemy's sharpshooers at The
loot Of Chapullcpec, we're wounded, but none oil
them severely. a l0t-inch mortar was opened
upon The place during The afternoon, ard as seve-
raj shells have been seen 10 fall and explode d.
recily within The enemy's works ii is certain that
great damage has been caused. A firing OF hea-
Wy guns has also been heard in the direction Of
La Piedsd, showing that The Meyicans have been
diverted in that quarter.
AT dusk, This evening, several loads Of scaling
ladders were sent down towards ,ha foot Of Cha
pultepec. and The movements OF our infantry and
oher ligh, corps would indicate that the strong
works upon The cres, are 10 be stornei early To-
morrow. A large portion Of The entire army will
be brought 10 the Struggle, and il Is thought the
contest will be terrible. | have little lime 10 write.
Yours, &c, G. W. K.
CRY Or MEXICO, Sept. ii, l647.
Another victory, glorious in its results. and
which has thrown additional lnsl;e upon The Anne
rican arms, has been achieved Today by the army
under General Scoll-ihe proud capital Of MeIi-
co.has fallen into The power OF a mere handful Of
men compared with lhe immense odds arrayed
against them, and Santa Anna, instead OF she'd
ding his blood as he had promised, is wandering
with the remnant Of hi, army no one knows
whittier.
The apparently impregnable works on Cha
p~ul'epec, after a desperate struggle, were triumph
anlly carried Gems. Bravo and Mouterde, be-
sides a host Of officers oil different grades, taken
prisoners; over 1000 non commissioner officers
and ~priva,es, all their cannon and ammunition
are in our hands; he i~uei.ives were soon in full
fight towards The different works which COM
mand the entrances to the city, and our men al
oLce were in hot pursuit.
Gen. Quiiman, supported By Gen. Smiths bri.
sadc, took The road by the Chdpultcpec a~queducl
towards The Belen gate and The Cindadela; Gen.
Worth, surporcdby Gen. Cadwalader's brigade,
advanced by The San Cosme aqueduct towards
he cariia Of that name. Both routes were Gu,
mp by diiches and DEFENDED BY brea slworks, bar
ricades and strong works OF every description
cp,tUD IN fnIIitafp cr.rnrt.. v.l itp IJriDr and
impe.Gosi,y Of our men overcame one defence
after another, and by nishiial. every work 10 the
city's edge was carried. Gen. Qli,man's com.
mand, after The rout al Chapuilepec, vast The first
10 encounter The enemy in force. Midway be-
tween lhe former and The Bclen gate, Sanra An
ia had constructed a strong work bot this was
al once vigorously assaulted by Gen. Quilman,
aui aided by a flank fire from iwo Of Duncan's
guns, which Gen. Worth had ordered 10 approach
as near as possible from The San Cosme road,
the enemy was again routed and in in!l flight
They again made a stand from their strong for
tifcations a, and near The Belen earila, opening a
tremendous fire mol only OF round shot, grape and
shell, but OF musSelry; yet boldly Gen Qnitman
advanced, stormed and carried The works, allho'
at great loss, and then every point on This size
the city was in our possession. In this onslaught
two OF our bra ycst officers were killed, Captain
Drum and Lieutenant Benjamin.
Meanwhile Gen. Worth was rapidly adyanc-
ing upon San Cosme. At The English burying
ground he enemy hal Constructed a strong work.
Ii was defended by infantry for a short lime, but
could not resist The assault Of our men-ihe al
irigh,ed Mexicans soon fed 10 another line oil
works near the city, and thus Gen. Worth was
in possession nf The entrance 10 San Cosme.-
As his men advanced towards The garita, he ene-
my opened a heavy fire OF m~usketry from the
house tops, as we'll as OF grape, canister and
she'll from their batteries, thus sweeping The street
completely. AT Ibis %junciure the cid Monterey
game, Of burrowing and digging through The
houses, was adopted, On the right, as our men
faced The enemy, the a~quednct afforded a partial
shelter; on The left The houses gave some proiec-
tion; bu, many were still killed or wounded by
the grape which swept every part, a. we'll as by
the shells which were continually bursting in