Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-11-19

easy supporting distance from TUG S IIonce
Nino Perdido) aud San Antonio salss nn,,h,s
the greater support, in NUMBERS gwen y
These views repeatedly, in The cohrse o. LUZ
day communicated 10 Maj. Gen. oui'mani ou'.
Leips in hot pnrsuil-gaant himself, ana ao'J
sunnnr,ed hv Brio. Gems Shields and SmHh3
fSh;eLls badly wounded before ChareI!ep'S anu
rsl,,. mo n rs,;rel-as well as BY all Tie oliiceis
and men ri Inc column Quiman continued '"
mess forward under flank and direct i'es; car
RED an Intermediate battery OF lwo guns; ana '''en
The aale before Two o'clock in the afternoon, pu'
mol Without pfoporliona'e loss, Increased v "''
steady maintenance OF that position.
Here Of The heavy battery. An artillery, oap''
Druman Lieut.. Benz amin were mciiaiiy %o w.,
ed and Lieut.. Porter its third in rank, slightly
The lass Of those Two most distinguished oftlcers
The army will long mourn. Lieuts. J. b. MO
raone and WIN. Canly, Of the South Carolina
volunteers, also Of high merit, fell on me same
occasion-besides many OF our bravesl non com
missioned officers and men-pariicnlarIY IN zap
tain Drums veteran company. cannot, IN lnis
Mace give names or numbers; but iull returns OF
Inc killed and wounded Of all corps, in their re-
cent operations, will accompany Tins report.
Quiman within The city adding several new
de!ences 10 the position he had won, and shelter,
ing his corps as well as practicable awaiieu
The .enTn al uaJijSnl uuuSi VIC guns W ~ -
midabie citadel, ITO be subdued.
Atabou. o'clock next morning, Sept IA. a &c.
putation OF lie ousntamisnto lefty council waited
mon me 10 report that the federal government
and ifc army Of Mexico had fed from The capt.
la seine three hours before, and 10 demand terms
OF carilualon in favor III The church, The ciI-
z.ns, and The municipal authorities. promptly
replied iha, would sign no capilulaiioni that
the city had been vilIuay in our possession from
the time o. the Judgements effected ny Worth and
Quitnan the day before; that regretted The silent
escape OF lie Mexican army; lha, should levy
UPON The cry moderate contribution i'r special
purposes; an! lha! The American army should
come under no terms, not mposed-sueh on
" as it< own honor, The dignity OF The United
States, and the spirit OF the age, should, in my
opinion, impsIously demand and impose.
For the terms, So imposed, refer the depart
mcnt 10 Subsequent General Orders, Nos 2S7 and
2e9- paragraphs I, s and Q, OF the latter copies
OF which ale herewith enclosed.
AT The termination of the interview with The
city population, communicated, about daylight,
orders TO Worth and Quiiman 10 advance slow
ly and cautiously (lo guard against ,rcachery) To-
wards the heart OF The city, and 10 occupy lis
stronger and more commanding points. Quit
man proceeded 10 the great plaza or square. plant
cd guards and hosted the coors OF The United
States on The national palace, containing The halls
OF Congress and executive apartments OF federal
Mexico. In This grateful service, Quilman might
have been anticipated by Worth, but Tor my ex-
press orders, hating The latter at the head OF the
Alameda, IA green park within three squares OF
that goal OF general ambition. The capital how
ever was not taken by any one or two corps, but
by The talent The science, The gallanlry, the Prov.
ess Of this entire army. In The glorious conquest,
all had contributed and powerfully the
killed. The wounded, and The ftfr duiy-at Vera
Cruz, Cerro Gordo Conlreras, San Anio.
Mo, Churubusco, (hree bsules,) the Mo!inos
del Rey and Chapullepec--as much as those
who fought at the gales Of Been and San Cosmc
Soon alter we had entered, and were in The acI
CT occupying the city, fire was opened upon us
from the fat roots OF The houses from windows
and corners oil streets, by some 900 convicls Ii.
bera,ed The night before by the flying government
Joined by, perhaps, as many Mexican SCI Tiers
who had diSbanded themselves and thrown of
their uniforms. This unlawful war lasted more
than tweniy.iour hours, in spite Of the cxcriions
OF the municipal authorities, and was not pu
down ill we had lost many men, including seve
raj officers, killed or wounded, and had punished
the misc!eans Their ohjecis were, 10 CRAFTY
national haired; and, in the sereiai alarm and
confusion, 10 plumber the wealthy inhabitants
particularly the deserted housss. But iamile.
are now generally returning; business OF every
kind has been resumed, and The city is already
tranquil and cheerful under the admirable con
duct with exceptions very few and ,rifins) Of
our gallant troops.
This army has been more disguised than sur
prlsed that, by some sinister process on the par. Of
certain individuals at home, lis numbers have
been generally, almost tfebled in our public pa
pers-becinnins al Washington.
Leaving, as we all feared, inadequate sarri
sons al Vera Cruz Pefote and Pueba-wilh
much larger hospitals; and being obliged mos
reluctantly, from The sd me cause, general pauci
~ OF numbers To- abandon Ialapa we marched
[Aurust I0I f.um PueDla win only 1878 rank
and file. This number includes the garrison oil
Jalapa and The 2 ,429 men brought up BY Brig
Gen. Pierce, August g.
At Conueras, Churubusco, &c August 20,
we had but S497 men engaged-atler deductins
The garrison OF San Augustine, four general de-
poi / the Intermediate sick and the dead; al The
Moinos del Rey [Sepl 81 bullhfee brisades. with
some cavalry and artiliriy-making in AL 1881
mcn-were in The battle; in Two days lSept Il
and l3] our whole operating force, after deduct
ing again The recent killed, wounded and sick
together with the garrison OF Miscoac THE then
general depot and that OF Tacubaya, was but
1850; and finally after deducling The new earri-
son OF Cha pultepec, with the killed and wounded
of The two days, we took possession (Sepl. II OF
this great capital with less than G000 men. And
| reassert, upon accumulated and unqreslionable
evidence, that, in not one OF those conflicts, was
this army opposed BY lever than three and hall
times It's numbers-in several OF them by yet
greater excess.
| recapilulale our losses since we arrived in
the basin OF Mexico:
August %, 20-KilIcd, 1877, including ii Off
GERS. Hounded, ST. including 60 officers. Missing
(probaby killed.) 80 rank and file. Total, 1852
SEPTEMBER S-Kiiied, ll6, including 9 officers
founded, G65, including 30 officers. Missing
Is rank and file. Total, 7S9
SEPT IL, 13, l4-Kded, $50, including 10 Off
GERS. Hounded 703, including G5 officers. Miss
ing. % rank and file. 1nai. 500.
Grand total OF losses, 1908, including 3S3 Off
GERS.
On The other hand, this small force has beaten
on The same occasions, in view OF their capital
the whole Mexican army, OF Cal The bcginnins)
thirty odd thousand men-posted always in cho.
sen POSITIONS behind entertainments, or more for.
midable delcnces Of nature and art; killed or
wounded of that number more than 1000 officers
and men; taken 3 730 prisoners, one-scvenih Of.
ficers, Including Is generals, Of whom had been
presidents Of This republic; captured more than
20 colors and Standards IS pieces of ordnance
besides 81 wall pieces, 20 600 small arms, an i'm
mense quantity OF shos, shells, powder &c &c
OF that enemy, once so formidable 10 numbers
appointments, artillery, &C., twenty odd thousand
have disbanded themselves in despair leaving
as is known, MOI more han three tagmenls-lhf
largest atou, 2.50O-now wandering in different
directions, without magazines or military Chess
and living al free quarters upon their own people
General Santa Anna, himself a fugitive, is be
leved 10 be on The point Of resigning The chic
magstracy, and e.cap;ng 10 neutral Guatemala
A new Preside4t, no douo, will soon be declared
and the FEDERAL Congress is expected 10 re-as
sclnhIc at Querelaro, l25 miles north Of this, On
the Zacaecas road, some time in October
have seen aud given safe conduct through his
city 10 several Of its members. The government
will fiEd itself without resources, no army, nc
arsenais, no magazines and but lille revenue, in
ternal or external. Sill, such is the obsinacy
or rather nauation, OF this people that i; is veiy
doubtful whether The new authorities will dare Ia
sue for peace On The terms which, in The recent
negotiations were made known by our minister