Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1847-12-09
I NUMBER XII.

"aily IL our possession from the time
"i the los gmen.s effected by Worth
ard Q'i'man the day before: that re.
g'ri,rd tie silent escape Of The Next
can army; st.i I should levy upon the
rly moderate contribution, for spe.
rial purposes; and that tlie American
army should come under no terms, not
seD-impose,!-snch only as It's own
honor, the dignity of The United States,
and the spin, Of the age, should, in
my opinion, imprriou>Iy demand and
impose.
For fire ferns, SO imposed, Il refer
the department to subsequent General
Orders, Nos. 2S7 and 2S9, paragraphs
I, 8, and 9, of The latter, copies of
which are herewith enclosed.
AT the termination of t,e interview
with 'he'cisy dspu'ation, I communica-
led, about daylight, orders to Worth
and Qni'man TO advance slowly ard
cautiously Ito guard against treacher,}
'owaFdS1he heart ofthe city, and 10 &C.
rnpy It's stronger and more comman.
ding points. Qui'man proceeded 10
the great plaza or square. planted
guards, and hos,ed ;he coiors of The
United States On The national palace
containing The halls Of Congress and
executive apartments Of federal Mexi-
CO. In this grateful service, Qui,man
might have been anticipated BY Worth,
but for my express orders, haIilng tue
latter at the head of the Alameda, Ca
green park within three squares Of
that goal of general ambition. The
capital, however, was not taken by
any one or two corps, but by The tai
ent, the science, tie galIan!ry, the
proves Of this entire army. In the
glorious conquest, all had contributed
early and powerfuliy-,he killed, the
wounded, and the fit for duty-at
Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Conreraz
San Antonio, Churubusco, ('hree bat
ties, the Molsnos del Rey, and Cha.
l'ullepec-as much as those wha
tough, a. the gates of BtleH ard San
CoSme.
Soon afi-s we had entered, and wers
iii the ac, Of occupying The city, a FIRE
was opened upon US from the Aal roofs
of ,he houses, from windows and cor
nsrs Of streets, by some 9 ,oOoccny;cts
liberated the nigh, before by the flying
government-ioined BY. perhaps. an
many Mexican soldiers, who had dis
banded themselves and1hrown off iiex
uniforms. TiHs unlawful war lasted
more than twenty hours, in spite
Of the exertions OF The municipal ;sss-
thorilies, and was not put down unta
we had lost many men, including se~<
eral officers, killed or. wounded, and
had punished the miscreanis. TheR
objects were,to crafty national hatred
and, in the general alarm and confu.
sion, to plumber the wealthy inhabi-
tants-- particularly the deserted hou-
SEES. But families are now generally
returning; business of every kind has
been resumed, and the city is already
tranquil and cheerful, under The admi-
rable conduct with exceptions very
few and trifling) of our gallant troops. 8
This army has been more disguised
than surprised that, by some sinister
PROCESSION the part ofcertafn indivitt-
uals at home, its numbers, have been,
generally, almost trebled in our public
papers beginning at Washington.
Leaving, as we all feared, made
quate ga4isons at Vera Cruz, Perote,
and Pnebla-wi,h much larger hospis-
ais; and being obliged, most reluctantly,
from thesame cause general pa,rcstv
of numbersA to abandon .JaIapa, we
marched August 7-fO] from Puebls
with only l0,73Srank'and file. This
number Includes The garrison Of Jala-
pa, and the 2,429 men brought up 10y
Brig. Gen. Pierce, Angus, 6.
At ;Contreras, Churubusco, &c,
August 90, we had but S,4o7 men
engage1-aftsr de'l,fcting the sarrisos
Of San Augnstin, four general depols
The intermediate sick and the dead; ut
the Moline. del Rey {Srptembes8 but
thee brigatseS, with some cavalry ans
artiiley-.making in all 1921 rnef--
were in III. battle; IN the two days
Sept. ID and l3-our whole operating
force, after deJuc,ing, again, the re-
cent killed, wounded, and sick, togeth-
er with the garrison of Miscoac 1the
then general .tepoto and that of Tacu-
baya, was but 7.l80; and, finally, at
Ter deducting The new garrison Of Cha
puliepec, with the killed and wounded
If The two days, we took possessions
(Srpi. 14) Of this great capital With
less ,han 5000 men! And / reasseft,
upon accumulated and unquestioHal,le
evidence. that, in not one Of those con-
flic,s, vas this army opposed by few<
thin three and half times ITS numbers