Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1847-10-16
FURTHER FROM MEXICO.

Some accounts state the American loss at III
Rev as high as 5000; others al LOO. The
following is the Mexican accoun: of that bat.
tie issued 10 an extra from the Boe,in office,
Immediately after the fight:
At halCpas, this morning [the 9,hl the fire
commenced on The two TANKS Of Chapultepec.
The left was resting on the Mill of FL Rey,
close to The fores, Of Chapul,epec This point
was commanded by Gen. Leon. and under his
order were the battalion Of Nina, whose Col
onel was the patriotic and vslient Balderas, and
the bntalions Union and La Patria, Of Oaxaca.
in one Of which were included the companies
Of Pueba, also n body from Queretaro and
some o,her-sll composing the National Guard.
The righ, flank rested on the house of Mata,
a, the distance Of quarter Of a league from
Chapultepec, and occupied by 500 Of the
regular army, commanded by Gen. Perez
The enemy in two columns, with his usual dar
ing, attacked these ponts--first with artillery,
and at a quarter TO six with a rapid fire of
musketry.
Gen. Perez sustained the fire very we'll for
about half an hour, when, for cause at present
unknown, he retired with his forces, although
he had not lost ten men. The retreat must
have been fatal for Mexico if, fortunately, Gen
Leon and his brigade had not shown prodges
Of valor. Twice he repulsed the column that
attacked him, and in the second he sailed from
his position to recover the artillery, General
Perez had lost, but then he received mortal
wound, and few moments afterwards Bade
ras was also wounded and died on the field -
The enemy with additional forces, again char.
ged and took possession OF the mill. Twice he
was disiodged, but on his re.taking it the third
time it was found impossible to bring our
troops to the charge.
In spite of these two advantages which they
had gained in their endeavor to attack Chapul-
tepec, they could moi effect farther advance.
which may be owing TO their being inundated
by the resistance of our forces and the consid
cradle loss they had suffered. The result was,
that at 10 o'clock in the morning the fire Of
small arms had nearly ceased, and they were
seen employed in collecting their killed and
wounded. AT II o'clock the enemy common
ced a retrogade movement, and by 2 in the
afternoon he withdrew all his forces to Tacu-
baya, abandoning tho two points he had occu
pied and blowing up The house Of Malta, al
hough some say that it was set on fire by a
bomb fred from Chapultepec. 1t is believed
tina. Generals Twiggs and Pierce directed the
attack, and that they put in motion about 5000
men. 1t is certain that the fire was more in>
tense and brisk than at Churubuscc. 1t is i'm.
possible to ascertain the loss on either side.-
Ours does not amount 10 100 killed and ESQ
wounded. There are few missing--nearly all
killed or wounded retiring to Chapultepec.--
The enemy, according to the confession Of an
lrlshman who came over TO us in the evening
carried off 400 dead and or 700 wounded.
! If The cavalry had taken the position assign
ed TO them al 4 o'clock in the morning, by or
der of Gen. Santa Anna, and if, above all, they
had made The charge which was ordered al the
moment that the enemy attacked the Mill OF
FL Rey. instead Of flying precipitaey, the ac-
lion would have terminated early and the tri
umph would have been complete. But they
did not take the position to which they were
ordered, much less make the charge as COM
manded; Gen. Alvarez being obliged to stale
officially, or through his adju,ant, that he did
not make the charge, because his subordinate
officers refused, on accoun, of the ground being
too uneven and broken for cavalry. as if il
were no, the same for the cavalry Of the enc.
my.
One OF the enemy's guerrillas, who came
with Scott, was made a prisoner and shot or
, the spot.
The traitor.n Santa Anna, commanded, in
person, the column, which forced the Amer
cans to retreat, taking with them, without
doubt, the conviction that it is only through
rivers Of blood that they can penetrate the city
Of Mexico, and that, at all events, they vii
there find their sepuchrc.
We translate the suLoined letter from Jala-
pa 10 the Arco Iris, without vouching for its
correctness:
when Gen. Perez abandoned the Mill de
Rev, bomb discharged from Chapultepec, fe
among the ammunition Wagons Of the enemy
in the yard of the mill, causing four OF them 10
, explode, by which 300 Americans are said to
have been blown up, (valaron) including Gen
Worth, who, according to the account, had moi
been seen or heard OF The next day al Tacu
baya."
"The next accounts we have from the CAPT
tai come in letter to The Arco Iris, dated the
10th inst:
''The whole day has passed without an a.
tack. At two in the afternoon an alarm was
creae ed by the appearance Of two columns and
: two Guerrilla parties, which were seen on The
causway of Piedad. A few shots was exchan
: ged and the enemy withdrew"
,, Gen. Smith has expired.
Sept. ll.-lt is o'clock in the morning, anc
. thus lar nothing new has TRANSFERRED
In addition, we find the subjoined extrac
: from the Bolein de Alisco, containing in,eli
y gence from the capital, under date of the It'll
inst.
II "S o'clock in the evening" the alarm bell wa
}! rung, and it was ascerlaned tina. there wa
firing Of artillery at Chapuepec and San An
Z tonic Abad. In the first point, il was causeC
=. BY the approach Of force Of the snemy's cav
r airy, which took position on the hills of Tacu
bay; moving from that village towards Morale
l. and there a sklrmsh with party Of our cav
n slry tool, pIana in ,vh oh a % nta;n and savar