Washington telegraph., 1847-09-22
From the N o. Pieayune, sth inst.
brilliant Victories!

miles Of hs city Of Merieo-Armisiiee
beireea The ino Armies-NegoiiaiioRS
NTH Mr.. iris for Peace commenced,
The u s. steamship Mary kingsland,
Capt. John Dnvis, arrived at m early hour
this morning. BY her we have received
our letters from Mr.. Kendall from the 22d
10 the 2sth Of August, all dated from Taeu.
baya. A courier despatched by him on
the 10Th with the first account Of the battle
fought on that day wa, cut of,
From map aud plan oi the baiile,Gells
before us. we noie that they are called the
battles of Coulretas and ChuInbusco--so
called from feld.works Of the enemy Of
those names. The victories were decisive,
but SO lar as se can Judge from hasiy
pefusll of portion ol our letters, the prnp0.
siiion for an armislicc was made by Gen.
Scoll--prnhahlv At the suggestion Of the
British embassy. The report we have
hitherto given thai the city OF Mexico was
al our mercy appears Ia have been unbound
cd. Should peace m, follow irom The ne.
goliaIions now pending, another battle must
enaue, the enemy having infce ol IRON
fifteen 10 twenty thousand men ysi lett
But the read appears to be completely open
to US, aud the city is only Two aud half
miles liom our eneampmeni,
Our ehlite loss in killed aud wounded Is
short OF eleven hunlled; that Of tho enc
my is mol well knlWn-ili loss in killed
alone Is believed 70 be fully equal 10 our
entire loss aud It is estimated that al leasi
3000 prisoners were taken. The number
of bis wounded vas nj ascertsincd, bul
s supposed 10 Be yery large. Gen. scott
himself received wound in the leg helus
iho knee, brit the manner ia which Mr..
Kendall speaks q H., ae aie led 10 hnpr
The INJURY asl'ghl Que.
lEdiio,isi Correspondence Of he Pieaypae
TaouRAtA, (near hslleol Aug, 90 1911.
Tho celebrated Arch Bishops Palace Of
fsnubaya is now otcupisd by Grn. Scott
aud portion Of lha amy. after twice ID.
lealing the enemy in tao OF tho hardest
fought battles Of the war. afe quarlefed
Immediately around him have already
sen, you oil a hurried sketch Of the gIori.
on. event. oil lb- 2Olh, aud even the pres
enl letter mu.i be but a hurried synopsis Of
the battles, which have she'd such addition
I al glory on ,he American arms.
A. o'clock On The morning al The lstb,
Gen. Scoll arrived al San Augns,in, and
Al 10 O'Clock Cen. Worth vas in full march
for lhe cily Of Mexico hr the nam road
Maj Smith and Tambuil. Capt. aason and
oihsr engineer olhcrr., were sent in al
Vance, supported by Cap. Blaka's sqia1.
ron oi dfasson., 10 reenhnoiire, as i was
known the enemy was 10 force al orinear
San Antonio. The party, when within
thousand yards. was fred upon from SbAl.
terry, which was masked by trees, aud The
dr,l ball from l2 FOUNDER Instantly killed
Capt. Thornton, Of the "a dragons, he.
sides severely Nounling guide. Jonathan
fizwalief., Col. Gar.and's brigade was
now ordered to occupy the hacienda Of Car.
rera, in plain sight aud range OF ihs enc.
mics batteries al San Antonio, while Col.
Clsrke's brigade aud the battery under Col.
/
The engineer officers we're Il, once sent
out TO rrconnollfs BY Gen. Worth, 10 as.
certain the praciicability Of turning the
strong works of the enemy, and in the
mean time Gen. Scott had despatched Capt.
Lee with a supporting pady, composed ol
Captain kearneys squadron and a body
Of The eleventh infantry under tnl. Grsh :
am, TO ascertain tho praciicabi
ing road by which tile village e.. san An.
gel could be reached, aud thus turn the
strong hold at San Antonio. This latter
pauy had sharp encounter with the al
vance Of the enemy, the main body bUing
found posted at 4 strong pout not Ear from
the factory ol Coulreps. In the skIrmish
SONS sil or eight Mcticlns were killed
aud az many mnrc laAsn prisoners--on our
side moi man was touched. The result
of the rcconRoisanc- proyej layorably. II
was ascerlAinsd that road could be made
which would enable The army TO reach San
Angel, and then turn the strong batteries
at San Antonio, and perhaps others tho cn.
I emy might have upon tho road between
that and tho city Of Mexico. The Me1i.
cans were plainly seen in lorce al CON
msnding position near Couirerhs, and it
was evident that they had a number Of can.
son in position; hut at a council he'd Al
night, II WAS determined upon 10 attack
them the following day.
In the mean Time, while The reconuoi.
sancs was in progress, Gen. Worth bad es.
labl'hed his head quarters at the hacienda
ol Car'srA. while from he windows count.
less numbens Of ths enemy ,anld be seen
at work upon the batteries OF San hu,onio.
About noon they opened upon the hacienda
with both round shot and she'll. nearly eve.
ry one Of which took effect, but without do
ing other injury than 10 the building
Late in tho evening the batteries again
opened, but wi b no other result than show
ing tho portion Of the different guns. For
a mnrYei The batlprie. ysra silani durin,,