Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-10-07
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Great News from Mexico.
THE CAPITAL TAKEN-HARD FIGHT
ING-RDlENSE LOSS OF BOTH AR
MIES-sANTA ANNA WOUNDED.
Nrvv YonE. sunday. Oct q

ING-IMMENSL LOSS OF BDIh Ak
MIES-sANTA ANNA WOUNDED.
NEW York. Sunday, Oct 3
By expires and telegraph from the South, We
have. perhaps. the most important intelligence
received for q long time, II not ever. from the
scat o. the Mexican war.
Rs. IN brief. that the Ar1nisfice having been
terminated the city ID Mexico vas taken on the
18Th September, after hard fighting on both
SIDES. Gen SCOT lost Il OF 1900 men. Mexi-
can los. $500. Gen Bravo (Aiexiean) was kill-
ed. Santa Anna wa wounded, and injured with
bis forccs to GualialouPe-
The steamer james L. Day arrived AZ New
Orleans on he z5ih nh. from Vera Cruz
Frum the Piczyune Il the 2sth. the following
parsiculars arr complied;
The Arco Iris % Vera Cruz Journa) had ne
eeived letter. from Niexico. under date 0f the
9th. stating that on the 7fh, the Mexican Com
n;.sioners declared that the propositions made
hv Mr. IRIS were inadmissibie. II consequence
ii this, Gen Santa Anna c0nvoked council Of
H. C~nerals who DECIDED thar notice should b.
given To Gen SOFT that the Ar1nis,ice was al
end. and appointed The eth for the commence
uient Of hozfihtez-
On the 9Th, General SCOT addressed letter
from Tacuhaya to Santa Anna accusing him Of
having violated several articles Of the aTIuistice
One Of the violations Wa IN not allowing his
arrnv 70 obtain supplies from the city Of Mexico.
Gen. SCOT demanded an explanation and fuil
reparaiion. and concluded a. follow.
. II these arr nor gwen, hereby formally no
tifY YOU. that 4 ! do nos receive the most cu-n-
nIsse satisfaction on al important points before
j 2 O'Clock tn-rnorrov. shall consider the arms
tee terniHafrd f-uFn thzi time
To tins letter santa Anna replied ~ consid-
cradle length and with greaf severity He A.
cused Gen. Seoa o. having vinlated the terms
Of the Ar7zisiiee, which allowed hoar from the
milis IN the vicinity 70 B. hnusghf into the CRY.
and be SAYS that the American wagons were
driven ON q the CAY, on account Of The obice-
tionAble conduct Of thu olicers accompanying
them Santa Anna also charges Gen SCOT with
having sacked the MeKirAn towns IN the vicinity
Of the Capital, and robbed and desecrated the
Churches, Sealing and destroying articles held
sacred by every MexiraH- santa Anna concln-
ded ~ follows
Il Gatfer myself that your Excerenev viii be
convinced on reflection q the weight d my rea-
ssns. bun ii by misfortune you should seek only
pretexf to deprive the first Civ Of the Amer
ran Continent q an Opportunity o free the IN
armed popnlaii0a 81 h0TTurx Of War. there Will
BE- left me no other means Of salvation, but Il
repel forre by forre. with the decision and ener-
e. which my obligations inpcs- upon me-
On the 7fh. Gen. Herrerz. a. Commandant q.
the CITY Of Mexico. addressed the Clergy. ca.
hortng them to exert all their influence 10 inritE
the Peopie 10 arm themselves and prepare to re-
-sst the American army
/ On the SUI Sept Cen. Scott nsf.ck.a the
Afsil Del Fi-y do Kiaa's Mil IN the irnrneii
ate vicinity Of Chapuifepec, and according u
tire Diario del Gobierno and the Boletin. put,
hshed Al AtiIsno, our Army was reynlsed after 1
short oonhict. in which We lost shout 400 killed
l. ~faU IL = IN
upon TacuhayA The account Of this affzii
given By the Boietin represents the battle Z
have been the most bloody and severely con
tested Of the whole var This. however, l.
Mexican account and Il euncll,ies a. follows:
y Al II O'Clock th- enemy AInericansl CON
menced a retrugrade movement, and By ? IN the
afternoon b. withdrew al his forces 70 Tacu
bsya- abandoning the two points be- had occu
pied and blowing up the hOuse q Malta Alfhr
4 -snme saT Il was ~ on fre bv bonb fruu
ChapuitePec- Il 5 believed that Gems Twig.7
and Pierre directed the attack, and that they
put IN notion about 500 men. Il Is certain
that The IRE was more intense than a. Churu
bu-ro- II : impossible To ascertain the los q
either SIDE ours (Aiexiean) does NOT amount u
leo killed and $50 wounded. there are few
missing, nearly al killed or wounded Retiring
20 ChaPultePec, the enemy Americana, accord
ing TO the confession Of an Irishman VINO eams
over 10 u IN the evening, carried of 500 dead
and or 700 wounded We have to lament tn
los OF General Leon wounded and since dead
alsc that Of Col. Balder4s. OF the valiant Co.'s
huerla and GaleSte, and Of the deserving Cant
Mafelas Of Puebla-~
A Mexican letter announces that Riley and
his Legion Of ST. Patrick, 70 in number. wers
ordered by the Cour1 Marital to b. hung. The
sentence was approved by Gen Scott and on
The sth Sept the whole legion were hang in the
presence Of the army and also Of the Mexicans
lhls Il the company OF deserters from the Ane-
mean army, principally foreigners. who we're t.
ken prisoners Al Contreraz and Churlbuaco.1
I The DIario del Gobierno (no daie) SAYS that
al O'Clock this morning the Americans at
tackled the position Of the mill Of FL Rev clos
to the fortress Of ChApuliepec. Their numer.
Gus and brave columns were, however, driven
back three times by valiant sohiiers. who thi.
day gave proofs OF their patriotism and bravery
More than thousand Of the enemy remained
on the field, and on our side the los has been
less than one half that number. but having e
lament the death Of the gallan; Col John Laca.
| Baideras; Gen. Don Antonio de Leon being
wounded. and several other distinguished off,
GERS The traitor Santa Anna commanded in
person the column, which forced the American.
70 retreat, taking with them without doubt the
convictions, that this movement Of theirs only
brought rivers Of blood, that they eanI.ot pene-
traie into the CRY Of Mexico and that AZ All
events they win there find their sepulehre.-
The reader viii perceive that this i the
same battle described in the paragraphs rre-
eeding-l