Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-10-30

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CtSistcen lines or less make square. .,.,
Mexican poked his head out for the pu, pose Of
slipping from one arch TO the other, some rifle.
man would be sure TO put ball through it.
During the whole Of the afternoon the Cia.
del and a tort on our right continued concen-
,rated fire upon the gate, where our troops were,
in the bnpes Of driving them out, but in this they
were much mistaken, although we had but lit
tie cover. Here it wac that the lamented Capt
Dunn fell mer,ally wounded Abe death oi no
man in our army has been tiibre sincerely re-
GREETED than his-throaghout the bombarde-
ment of Chapultepec he stood by his guns, and
when the works of the enemy were etorn'ed, he
continued To advance his battery under the hea-
West FIRE, himself possessing and niasing into
his men olsand deliberate bravery and self
possession surpassed by none. You will recol
lect it was him who reca p,ured the Buena Vis-
Ia guns, still covered with the blood nf those
who fell over them st the time they were lost,
and afterwards used them with such decisive
effect at the battle of Moline del Rey on the sth
inst. Under cover Of the night Gen. Qutmnn's
column erected q breastwork, and pu, into ro-
stion battery Of two lSs. one 36Ib bownzer,
and one "a. pound ho~ltzer, intending to warm
up the Citadel in the morning Gen. Wor,h's
column got his guns in position to rake every
! thing in his vicinity. and after night Lieut. Hag.
| ner threw few shot and shell into the city,
which no one doubts inundated the enemy We
~ much, as they had taste of this at Vera
Cruz. ...t.- ........ a.. -.... ..
| Aflcr the results and successes Of the day,
| Gen. Scott intended, on the morning Of the l4th,
| to make a Judgment on the "New Paseo." (en-
tering by the San Cosrne gate) and lombard
the city. and for this purpose the balance of
Gen. Twiggs' division was ordered from Ell
| Piedsd to The support OF Gen Worth.
! On the night Of the l3,h Santa Anna cvacua-
ted all his positions, aud retreated from the city,
having tad more than onehaf Of his army xii.
led and wounded or taken prisoners--among
the latter, Gen. Bravo. with h:s staff, at Chapul-
tepec. Santa Anna found that if he fought US
on the l4lh, he would hardly have body.guard
left 10 cover his retreat.
! Early in the morning the two columns took
up their march. Gems. Quitman and Smith at
| the head of their commands, entered the Grand
| National Plaza at I O'Clock. The column was
formed in the Plaza, and by order OF Ge' Quit
man, the National Standard of the Ccrru Gor1o
Division while the command came to present,
was flung to The breeze over the National Pa
lace, and it now triumphan,ly waves over The
Halls of the Mon,ezumas. and with one Of our
national poets, we may cay
sour flag is there our flag is there
Behold its glor ious stripes and s'ars
Our flag is there. our flag is there
We hail it with three loud huzAas :"
Gen. Worth's command halted four or .rr
squares from the Plaza, where Col Garland pa.
/, | wounded
About o'clock, Gen. Scott and Ssff in kIl
feather. escorted by the Cavalry, entered be
, city, amidst the huZzas of the sodery on 81
.ides. As he entered, the baud OF the I'd ORA.
goons, mounted, interested the staring crowds
with Hail Columbia. As the escor, entered
the Grand Plaza, the band moved the patriotism
of the whole of US to a little higher pitch, by
the good old fashioned national air of Yankee
Doodle.
One Of the first acts Of General Scott was to
appoint General Qui,man Civil and Military
: Governor of Mexico, and Col +. S Belton 1t
Governor. Gen. Quitman's department EN-
braces the following oiicers-Cap,. F. N Poge
Asst AdJt General. and Lieuts. NJ. Lowell, 81
Wilcox, aud r. p, Hammond, Aid-de- Camps
Captain G. II. NJ. Davis, Secretary, and Me
Levi Interpreter.
j Through hout the lith, and on the morning
the l5h, the Mexicsns continued TO fire iroI
= the corners and tops Of the houses, killra
some and wounding many. They were, h' ~
: ever, very much mistaken when they cam :
: engage the Rifles on the house tops DARN
their revolutions they would ficht in this wa
= for several days, without doing each other niue
n injury; but the deadly fse Of the Rifles pickle
!. them out from their l.,ding places, where the
least expected it. Ind made tirem very willio
5 TO cease SO uneC nal a combat
d The Offices OF our army have suffered severe
ly; they were foremost in the fight, and
, course the frst to inll. Louisiana and Missl
8 sir ii. twin sisters Of the South, have been mo-
i ably and nobly represented. Mississippi wh'c
:, has sent heroes to this war BY regiments. ma
IN well be proud of her representa'ive-and sh
il. has the honor of having one OF her ch'zensth
he fret American Governor in the Halls OF h
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