Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1847-11-10
the Yankees play; and veil they do play, I

"5, ""o L1tIi"s everything pass on pay
ing fee. ! think, if your agents could but
hoid pariey with the chief, they might
make contract at very moderate price to
have your letters from Mr.. X. brought thro'
regularly. Such an arrangement would be
decidedly rich, and could, l have not the
least doubt, be made.
yesterday was jolly one amongst the
JACK lars of the navy, or that ,oatch of them
VINO were Get ashore on liberty; and slack
ashore was "stcking our" all over the ci-
~. Indeed, many Of the landsmen inhaled
the splrits of the jolly sons of Neptune, and
a glorious spree was the result.
The Fashion is about to be off, so must
close.
MIR. KENDALL'S LETTERS.
1t was found impossible to put in type
for our last paper, all the letters of Mr.. Ken
dali we had given out for publication. We
now resume the narrative, from his letter Of
the 10Th, which was abruptly broken off, af
ter giving the killed and wounded in tho ar
my, in the battle of the 18th.
Editorial correspondence Of the N. o. Picayune
Mexico, Sept. II, ls47.
The Mexican loss it. is impossible to as
certain, but it has been immense. Among
the killed at Chaputepec, were Gen. Joan
Nepomecuno Perez. Col. Juan Cano, dis.
officer Of engineers, and Lieut..
Lucian Calvo, one CT Gen. Bravo's aids.
Gen. Saldana was badly wounded, as we're
many Other distinguished officers. Five
generals, three colonies, seven lieutenant
colonies, and near one hundred majors, cap.
tains and leutenants, were taken prisoners,
together with 500 or more rank and file. AT
the garitas of Belen and San Cosme, many
officers were killed or wounded, but their
names arc not known.
The total number of descrters hung at
San angel and iIixcoac, was fifty. and we'll
did they deserve their fate. Thirty of the m
were hung at Mixcoac, on tho morning Of
the 18th. They we're compelled to stand
upon the gallows. until the flag they had
deserted was flying from Chaputepec, and
were then all swung off at the same time.
Not one of them complained that his fate
was undeserved.
1t is no time now to mention the hundreds
of cases Of individuals CALAMITY noticed at
the different bat ties, but cannot help pay
ing passing compliment to the noted chap
lain, Parson McCarty, as he is called by all.
The worthy man was seen in all parts, and
where the danger was greatest, comforting
the wounded and exhorting the wavering
to press forward, and all the time regardless
O: his own safety. No man excrted himself
more to ensure victory, no man is more
entitled to special commentator.
We are still without any positive or def
,pFI> vorI, 20
great army, but oil agree that il is disor-
that Gen. Herrera has reached Queretaro
with 1000 men in q body, but it requires
confirmation.
Yours, &C., @. w. K.
CRY OF Mexico, Sept. 20. lS47.
All our wounded have been brought in
from Mixcoac and other places, and have
been made as comfortable as circumstances
would admit. Chapu!tepcc is still held by
our troops, but all the other points have been
deserted, and the main boty or the men are
quartered within the limits of the city.
Gen. Bravo's official report Of the loss Of
has been published in Toluca
paper. He blames Santa Anna for not sen
ding hm reintorcements as he requested,
undertakes his own force, and &C.
cuses one of the engineer officers, Aleman.
who had charge Of the different mines on
the hill side, with being absent at the crit.
cal moment when by springing them the
fate Of the day might have been changed. If
possible will send on his report.
la the same paper, it was stated that San
tn Anna has renowned The Presidency of
the Republic, and in this juncture pames
Don Amanuel Pena y Pena, Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of Mexico, as his con-
successor. Pena Pena is at
hacienda Of his close by, is a lawyer of great
standing, and may possibly assume the reins
Of power in the present crisis. 1t is hardly
probable that he will retain them, however.
In the present distracted etate Of the couu-
try no one can expect to hold them long.
We hear but little, one way or the other,
as to what the Mexicans intend to do in flu
ture-whsther they are for peace or a con-
tinuance of the war. In fact, 1t ia hardly
time for them, after their recent disastrous
to think of any thing. Every
thing will now depend upon our own Gov
,r,;;:nent. If the nonsensical soothing sys-
tenn is continued-if another dose Of mag
nanimity is to follow the hard blows which
have lost US go many lives-the war will be
spun out until doomsday. On the contrary,
Il vigorous system is at once adopted-if
men and means are poured into the country,
and the rulers Of Mexico are for once made
10 believe that we are in earnest, six months
will suffice to make them sue for peace -
Heretofore, the propositions, with stretch
Of magnanimity positively ridiculous, have
al come from our side, aad we all know
with what contumoly and insult they have
been treated.
Speaking of sending men and means to
Mexico, do the people Of the United States
know the real force which has achieved the
recent glorious triumphs hero in the valley
of this proud Republic! I have not seen
tn. paper; but have been told that q recent
number of the Union suites that when Gen.
Scott reached the vicinity Of Mexico his army
would number q, 900 effective men. lfsuch
q statement has been made, one more false
and ungenerous could not have been pro-
mulgated. Gen. Scott arrived on this side
the mountains with fraction over 10000
men, Of which number a: least A. 900 were
new recruits. Ofthis force. SO insignificant
when compared with the magnitude of the
ENTERPRISE. at least 600 were on the sick