Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-10-16


been known Intelligent foreigners living in Mexico and men
Of property there have long feared this identical calamity As
present informed willing TO believe that the destruc
ton Of property by them has been very geatpossby the
Mexican estimate Of three millions lost may not be
aggeated but not at all prepared believe that Gen.
Scott has sustained any such loss pretended nor upon
the evidence thus far advanced do think that he probably
bombarded the capital after Santa Anna abandoned it. He
would avoid such measure if he could possibly do
The next feature Of mpor0ce in the is the umored
resignation of Santa Anna. II is mentioned in the letter of
Vera Cruz correspondent, (gven yesterday This is
confirmed by Paia which says the instrument of resg
nation is dated from Guadalupe the 9th of September Sc
nor Peha Peha, whom, with two associates supreme
power devoved till Congress makes election Presi-
dent of the Supreme Court of Justice There particular
mention made of Santa Annals proclamation, and have
heard town. but have been able find it, There
nothing improbable in Santa Annals resignation of his civil
authority He is proverbaly fond of this coup dd nor is
there at present ny thing attractive in the exercise of civil
authority in Mexico. But La Paas letters say that Gen.
Herrera is in command of the army, and will proceed
with 900 station himself Queetaro where it is
intended that the Mexican Congress shall reassembe Among
other is said that Santa Anna has moved towards
Pueba with thousand horse and that Paredes raising
troops with in the great State Of Jasco. We
have little faith in these details.
One OF La TWruS Is that Rea had entered
Pueba with 5000 men, and that the American commandant
has been compelled lombard the from the heights by
which he commands it. We shall not yield credence this
rumor till we have it confirmed
few words in regard to the guerilas and have
done. We look with kind of apprehension upon the al
legged stand of the Mexicans Ceno Gordo. We believe
that Gen Lane will promptly dispense them. As the guer
las however, will continue to avail themselves of the natu
raj strength of such positions upon the road will best
able them to harass rains believe will be found adj
visabe occupy the eligible of these permanently We
hope this may be done once contemplated originally by
COL Hughes We have further of the attacks of
gueas upon trains and detached PARTIES but believe
already sufficient has been said about them
In explanation of the bombardment above alluded
to, we find the following statement in the cores
pondence of La Patria of New Orleans:
Son the 18th, 18th, and 18th of September Gen. Scott
attacked the city Of Mexico with but little success having
been repused several times with serious loss On the 4h
he succeeded in obtaining possession of Chapuepec and the
Citadel, and commenced the bombadmen of the city from
the Paseo, the CITADEL and San Cosmo. In the evening
Santa Anna evacuated the city, publishing manifesto, in
which he says that to avoid the destruction Of Mexico he
tires the city of Guadalupe from which place he would
his future operations As the Mexican troops
had Withdrawn from the city, the LEpERos began horrible
sack Two of the Acades begged Of the American General
that he would and protect the property and occupy the
city. The General sent column, with pieces of art-
e, upon which the population rushed capturing the pieces
and routing the column the remains of which sought refuge
in the Convent Of San Francisco I'm consequence of this
Gen. Scott bombarded the city until the evening of the 5h,
when he entered far the Palace The loss caused by
the sack exceeds three millions of dollars"
The New Orleans Bulletin says +" We have
conversed with gentleman who came passenger
in the Alabama, and who has long resided in Mexi-
co, who says there is the least chance of peace
but that, the contrary the future resistance will
be more formidable than il has been and that the
mass of the Mexican nation is decidedly in favor Of
continuance of the war. We believe that the re-
cent events at the capital will only tend to confirm
this determination, and that it will emphatically be-
come national war;