The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-21


division hBve been struck down, either killed or
wounded in the actions Of Churubusco and I'll Moli-
no del Rey, und many Of the companies have abso-
ntey no one TO command them
Or our wounded officers, cannot learn that one OF
them has received mortal injury although three or
four are In dangerous situation. The wound OF Ma
jor Waite, although severe, will not keep him long
4 from duty. The same may be said OF Captain Ma
son and Lieut. Foster Of the engineers. Maj. Wright
was srnck In the stomach by partially spent ball,
whifgalantly leading the sormng party OF hve nun
dred picked men, but is recovering from the eff
feet shall make further Inquiries in elntion to the
wounded officers before close this letter.
No less than nineteen of the deserters captured by
Gen. Twiggs and Shields at Churubusco, have been
found fully guilty and are to be hung Tomorrow
morning. The miscrennt Riley, who commanded
them escapes the punishment Of death, as he proved
that he deserted before the war. He has been sem
fenced however, to be severely whipped TO be brand
ed as well and to ball and chain in front OF
the army during the war A. deserter taken among
the prisoners at Moline the 9th, was summarily
dealt with 1t seems that he deserted from Monterey
last fall, and comrade who recognised him, TO save
the trouble of court martial, at once pitched him
into the mill fume and he was crushed to pieces by
the wheel Another batch of deserters, who have
been undergoing trial here in Iacubaya, will be
hung in day two it is said Most richly do they
deserve their fate ,45
ed In Gen. Cadwaladers brigade believe to be near
ly correct If there is any naccuracy in II, will
correct it, It SO happened In the order Of battle that
the llth Regiment was called into action towards
the close Of the battle. He lost few men, but learn
that no officers were killed. Both Generals Cadwal-
ader and Pierce behaved with the greatest aacrity
and gaantry on the occasion Here the list of the
killed and wounded in the brigade Of the former
GEN. CADwALADER's BRIaADE.-- Killed Colonel
VIM. M. Graham llth Infantry; Lieut.. Dick John
| son, llth Infantry.
Wounded. Major Savage, 18th Infantry, slightly;
Major Talcot voldgeurs, slightly Capt. Guthrie,
18th Inf, slightly; Capt Irwin, llth Inf, slightly
Lieut. Lee, llth Inf slightly; Lieut. Kintzlng, Vol
| tigeurs, slightly; Lieut., Thos Shields, l4h Inf,
slightly; Lieut.. Swan, yoltigeurs,, slightly.
The loss Of non-commissioned officers and pri-
Yates in this brigade have not yet ascertained; 1t
| will not exceed one hundred The loss in Major
! Summers command, which consisted Of 2S0 men,
was killed and 80 wounded. or horses he had n
killed and rs wounded. Nearly every officer had a
horse shot under him.
may possibly send this letter off tonight by a
Mexican, but 1t will depend upon whether there is a
prospect Of another battle tomorrow or next day.
Matters are approaching crisis while the great mis-
take in not entering the capital the night of the
10th, when the Mexicans were perfectly panic strick-
en- and in full flight is hourly developing ITSELF The
great sacrifice Of life yesterdaythe loss of so many
gallant spirits-has all been owing to the cessation
Of hosities and the armistice which followed, and
an awful responsibility rests either with the Govern
| ment or with Gen. Scott and Mr.. Trist.
The instructions will show, but am the opinion
| that the former is mostly to blame. The latter are
censurabe for placing faith in Macintosh in giving
Santa Ana so much time, or even In having any re-
lance upon his power and ability TO make peace un-
der all the circumstances, however much he might
have desired 1t personally, will say nothing Of the
briberythat dark side Of the picture is undoubtedly
the work ofthe exceedingly wise men at Washington
Bad advisers have been busy both here and at home
in recommending measures to bring about peace,
and their councils have prevailed to the exclusion OF
the opinions Of men who might have been listened
to with profit trust the experience of the past may
prove lesson for the future, and by this time our
rulers and feel that In order bring abouta
peace with the Mexcans they must use hard blows
instead of soft words. a.w.K
TAcUBAYA, Sept 10, lS47.
We have accounts from Mexico, brought in by
Frenchmen and other foreigners to the effect that
Santa Ana's loss at Ell Moline was much more So
than any here had anticipated They say that
during the afternoon Of the 9th no less than 1900
wounded men came into the city, while the number
of killed was over 600. The slaughter from the bat
teries Of Col. Duncan and Captain Drum must have
been terrific.
Santa Ana, it is said would have laid all the blame
of the defeat upon Gen. Leon, but that officer unfor
tunately for him. died. He hns since torn the epau-
lettes from the shoulders of Col. Miguel Andrade
commander of the calculated regiment of hussars
accuses him Of every thing has thrown him into
prison, and denied him all communication. He must
have some one to break out upon.
| Everything looks quiet to-day but the Mexicans
are busly engaged in terrifying at every point. AT
Chapultepec they can be seen at work, while they
are also repairing the damage done FL Moline and
other points on that line On the Piedad road they
have strong works. while Mt the Nino Perdido and
San Antonio Abad entrances to the city they also
terrifying with the greatest yigor. Gen. Pillows d.
vision also Col. Rileys brigade attached to that
Of Gen. Twiggs occupy the village Of La Pedad and
neighborhood, in plain sight and in fact under the
| guns of the enemy.
Gen. Worth remains here in Tacubaya, but he is
sending oil his sick and wounded to Mixcoac out Of
the range of the guns of Chapultepec No one knows
what point will be first attacked, but this question
will soon be determined The next blow struck will
be hard, and all hope decisive 1t must read strange,
| the story that some or 5000 men have set them
selves down before strongly fortified city of over
200 600 inhabitants, with an army of at least $4,000
men to defend 1t; but the tale Is true one and the
proud capital of Mexico must fall. 0. W. X.
TAcuBAYA, Sept. IL, ls47.
| A small party Of US have Just returned from ride
over to La Piedad, the headquarters of Gen. Pillow.
Gen. Scott was there as also were some of his prin-
cipal officers holding council as to the best mode
and point of attack. The result of their debera-
tons is not known but it is thought that the infantry
will have some respite after their hard abors, and
| that all the heavier cannon recently captured from
the Mexicans willlbe employed in sending their own
balls back ut them. With their own guns, and those
brought upby Gen. Scott at least fifty pieces Of
heavy. calibre can be opened at any one point
enough to demolsh any work the Mexicans have
constructed in time incredibly short and give them
a lesson they will not soon forget.
| From the Puebla del Hermita, which has been
destroyed by the Mexicans they can plainly BIO seen
at work on several Notifications between the roads
of San Angel and San Antonio de Abad. These
works are but little more than half mile from the
city which is also in plain view. Shortly after we
left the enemy opened with two Of their heavy guns
upon our pickets engineers and continued the fire
for near an hour. cannot learn that they did any
| injury. On our return to Tacubaya we found that
| Major Summer and Colonel Duncan had but little
brush with the enemy's lancers near the battle
ground Of Molino
| Captain Ruff with his company of Mounted Rifle
men, drew large party of the Mexican cavalry i'm
mediately within the range of one of Duncan's guns
when one or two discharges sent them scampering
off in every direction. Only one man was wounded
on our side, but it is known that the enemy lost sew
eral in the skirmish They opened with the heavy
guns from Chapultepec on our men, but did no harm
other than frightening the inhabitants Of this place
| half out Of their wits.
Lieut.. Burbank, who was m9rtally wounded at Ell
Moline, died yesterday, and Captain E. Kirby Smith
this afternoon, Of wounds received at the same time.
Lieut.. Col Dickinson, shot badly in the ankle at
Churubusco is also dead. All were gallant officers,
and their loss is much regretted.
| have already mentioned the execution Of nine
teen Of the deserters captured the 10th August Mt
Churubusco. Gen. Scott has just signed the death
warrant Of thirty Others taken at the time and
they will suffer the same fate in the course Of day
or two.
From ynrious movemeuts there In certainly strong