The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1847-10-14

The Armisticc Terminated
Battle Of The Mn dc! Rey-
Reported Repu,se If oar Ar
my ,ciM a Hcary Loss-Ru-
mors Of the Deaths Of Gems
Smith, Worth and P;liOU-
Battle Of Chap"ltcpro-Grea'
American riciOry;OMr Troops
take possession Of the Capita
-Grms. ByurO and Leon Kill.
Ell and Santa Anna Wound.
ed.
The steamer Little Missouri, saws tho 81. Lou
is Republican of Thursday last, arrived thi.
from tina. city up TO the evening OF the 28h, con.
tang mass of mos, interesting news-certain'
" The mos, importan, which has been received
during the war. The contents had been, it is
true, in some sort, anticipated, blu. the very
vngucness Of prior accounts render these details
the more interesting.
The failure of all attempts at peaceful ncgo-
tia,ion, puts an end TO any idea OF peace to be
obtained by thai means. Meanwhile, il is not
TO be concealed, that Gen. Scorr, in city OF
some two hundred thousand inhabitants, bitter
| ~ incensed against him-with, necessarily, n
| l,y,o pu,,,h,r NJ ,voppJed mon i'm bia c,mp n nj
his force greatly reduced by the successive bat
ties leading to the capture of the capi,al-with
Paroles in his rear, at the head of several thou
sand men, TO cut off supplies and re;nforcements
IS in critical position. The position Of Gen.
TAYLOR too, a, this jnnc'urc, is also important,
because SANTA ANNA must be aware Of his ex-
posed condition, with onv sufficient number OF
men TO act on the defensive, and he may be dis
posed to make demonstration upon the sold
Hero" in the hope Of victory in that quarter.
6ut 10 the news.
| The Picavnne, from which We COPY, says:-
| An attentive perusas of our Mexican papers, con.
vlnccs us that in the battles that followed those
ut Churuhusco and Contrcras. and preceded the
taking oil the capital. the Nexicans made even n
still more obstinate resistance, and that the cit,
WAS not carried. until our little AMY had suffer-
ed loss unparalleled innns Of the battles OF this
war. There is no doubt the Nexicans were pre-
pairing io- another conll Ct during the whole time
that negotiations were pending. On the day the
| Mexican Commissioners gave notice that the
| proposition OF our Government tor peace WIS IN
atltissial", circulars were addressed 10 the clcr.
gv, exhor,ing them 10 endeayor To obtain a pop.
nar insnrreciion, and nj the same time, 10 the
ma gistraes Of the States Of Mexico and pucbla,
With the same ohlcci Herrera. by whom the cir
| culafs were signed, III the military commanlani
Of Mexico, tells The people to arm themselves
with any ana every description of weapon with
IN their reach, and assures them that people
determined not To be conquered, must ultimate
| II overcome their invaders, whom he en- ons
upon them 10 DESTROY ..by fire and sword.a
| As We anticipated in our paper Of Yesterday.
| the negotiations resulted in nothing. 4 perusal
OF Mr. kendai's letters vii. nj once show that n
feeling Of hostility was growing with the people
oi the capital early even as the 30lh day Of
Inst month, and the Congress OF the State OF
Mexico. IN session ut Tolucn, had declared
| against peace. Notwithstanding repeated be-
lfgerent demonstrations b. the enemy, and pos
rive violation ri the armsticc, i'm our wagons
npi being permitted bv the mob 10 enter the city
tar provisions, negotiations were still pending Ia
n late date us the 9TH. The .1reo iris recciv-
I'd letters from Mexico under date OF the OH,
stating that on the 1il the Mexican Commissions
ers declared that propositions made BY Nir Trist
were inadnisstblc, III consequence OF which
Gen Santa Anna convoh cd council Of Gencr-
ais, who decided that notice should be given i'm
media'ely TO Cen Scott tina, the ariistice was al
an and. and appointed the 9th for the recon-
menccncn, OF hosti.iiies.
On the 7th, Gen. Herrera, as comman-
dint Of tho city Of Mexico, addressed the
clergy, exhorting them to exert all their
influence TO inci,c tho pcoplc To arm them.
selves aud prepare 10 resist the American
| army.
Following up cren;s-as closely rs the
somewhat disconnected accounts will per.
ni--in the order in which they occurred.
we lind that on the 9th, Cen. Scott a..
tackled the Mill del Rev, or Kings Mil, in
the immediate vicinity 81 Chapl!icpec, uni
according 10 the UiGr:o III GoLierno and
the Boleiin, published at Allisce, our nrmy
was repused after severe conflict. ia
\ which We lost about 400 in killed and from
zoo 10 700 in wounded, and !cll back upon
racubayn. We give below translation
81 the Bolefin's description Of the engage
ment: promising, that tho reader will bear
in mind il is Mexican, aud is, in all proba-
bllitv, great cxaggeration, If not an entire
Misrepresentation. Il is from an extra Of
the Boictin, issued on the oh inst:
AZ llali-past 3 this morning (ihc Slh) the
lirc commenced on the two tanks Of Chm
pn!sepcc. The left was resting on the mill
IT u! Rcy, close to the forest Of Chapnl,cc.
This point was commanded by Gen. Leon.
aud under his order were the battalion Of
Nina, whose colonel was.,he patriotic and
walnut Bnldcras, and tho bnttalions Union
and La Pattria, 81 O,xaca, in Que Of which
we're included the companies Of puebla, al
50, n body from QucrGtnro aud Some oshcr--