Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-10-12
CINCINNATI, Oct. LILO A. NJ.

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| CINCINNATI, Oct. Ito A. M.
An extra from the Mobile Tribune, da.
ted September Is. received by pony ex.
press. announces the arrival at Pensacola
OF the brig Oceola, on the evening of Il e
2Ist, after passage OF five days from
Vera Cruz. The following letter is to
the Sun of Anahuac, dated Puebla, Sep.
tember 18th.
The letter arrived here from Mexico,
stating that an express had arrived on bis
way TO CajacO, sent by Gen. Leon, and
that the said express had brought letters
from Mexico dated the 9th inst. These
letters state that the propositions for peace
were rejected, or, at least, hostiiities had
commenced on The 18th, in the afternoon,
and that desperate battle had bee fought
on that evening, between detachment Of
ScOtt's army and four of the picked regi.
ments of the Mexican amy, and one reg
ilnent OF the National Guards; all com
manded by Gen. Leon. The Mexican
loss is stated TO be $500.
Mr.. Trisl's propositions were in sub.
stance these: "That the United States
would not claim anything from Mexico for
damages occasioned by the war, but have
the privilege Of establishing two factories
in Upper California for eight years, after
which time the Mexican Government COD
renew this article of treaty." This was
not accepted. Mr.. Trisi, unclo,hing him.
self OF official authority, remarked to the
Mexican commissioners that Mexico had
better lcede to the United States Upper
California, for which the Americans wo'd
pay $l5.0O0,0OO, or $2O,OOu,OOO. Mr..
Trist insisted that the Texan boundary
line should run to the east bank of the Rio
Grande. but this proposition was rejected,
the Mexicans refusing TO yield one inch of
ground on the other side of the Nueces.
Mr.. Irisi then asked forty.fve days,
which had not been authorized, TO accept
such proposition. The Mexicans wo'd
only grant five days. On the fifth day
Santa Anna wrote a letter TO Gen. Scott
accusing him of breaking the armis,ice.
Gen. Scutt answered by making a sim.
liar charge upon the Mexicans.
On the 9Th. Gen. Scott sent detach
ment 20 attack Chapultepec. They en-
counIered the troops before mentioned, and
terrible fight ensued. The Mexicans
were defeated. Gen. Leon, the comman.
der ofthe Mexicans, was badly wounded.
Gen. Balderas, Of the National Guard,
was killed.
The Americans retired to Tacubaya,
leaving five worthless wagons behind.
The American loss is said to have been
comparatively small. ....
Gen. Herrera issued manifesto rec.
ommending the Mex;cans of every sex
and age to carry stones to the tops of the
houses to be used to fight the Americans
with after they should enter the city.
The correspondents of the Mobile pa.
pers, writing from Pensacola, on the 23d
September. say,that by letter the accounts
state that our troops were in possession OF
two streets of the city, and had driven
most Ofthe Mexicans towards the plaza.
The Americans suffered greatly from the
rulnOus FIRE directed from the windows
and house tops. Gen. Worth was badly
wounded. but not MORALLY. tz..
Our loss since leaving Puebla was es.
timated at 5000 men
Mr.. Trist's propositions for the acces.
sion of the CALIFORNIA;, for the considera.
ton oftwenty millions of dollars, had been
agreed to by the Mexicans, and another,
fixing the Rio Grande as the boundary on
this side. had been peremptoriIy refused.
Paredes is reported to be on the road
between CredO and the city of Mexico,
with very large force. Guerilla troops
were arriving in great numbers from the
lSrazos, and in a week from the 10th it
was expected that two to three thousand
would march in from the interior.
These accounts are derived from the
Sun of Anahuac, ofthe 10Th. and brought
by the Oceola and, from verbal commu.
nications to the captain of the vessel at
the moment Of leaving, the intelligence
may he essentially relied on. This news
reached Vera Cruz via the Orizaba route.