The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-10-23

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tinued a concentrated fire upon the gate vSsrs onr
troops we're In the hopes OF driving them out but In
little cover Here it was that the smsutsa csptsia
Dunn fell mortally wounded; the death Of no man in
n.s been
by his guns, and when the works Of the enemy
he tnued to advance hi: battery under the
heaviest Are himself possessing and nfusng Into his
men cool and deliberate bravery and ssn-posssssion
surpassed by You will rsoollsot IL him Who
blood Of those who fell over them ct the time they we're
lost and afterwards them With suoh decisive s9set
osvsr Of the night Gen Quitmans column srsotsd .
breastwork and put into position battery Of two ls
one es pound howitz.r and a4pound howstssr, IN.
tending to warm up the citadel in the morning dsa
W9rths column got bis guns in position to rake every
threw few shot and shell into city which no doubt
intimdated the enemy very much, IS they had taste
After the results and Of the day Cen Scott
attended on the morning Of the l4th to make iodg-
aent on the New Paseo, (enterng by the San Cosms
gate ana lombard the city and for this purpose ths
.alance OF Gen Twiggs' division ordered from IL
Piedad to the support of Gen Worth.
On the night OF the l3th, Santa Anna evacuated al
ais positions aud reiterated from the city having had
lore than onehalf of his army killed and wounded or
ntah at Chaputepec. Santa Anna found that II he
,"sn, Us on the itth he would hardly have body
Early In the morning the two columns took up their
march Gems Quitman and Smith, the head Of their
The column was formed in the Psza and by order OF
Gen Qutman, the National STANDARD Of The Csrro
y
was nuog TO the breeze the National Palace Ana IL
new trumphsntly waves the Halls Of the Msntsxu-
mas, and with one OF our national poets, may say
| Our flag is there, our flag is there
~ Behold It's glorious stripes aud stsfs .
We sai its with V three f loud Ruxza. ~
Gen worth's command halted four or ave sou.rs.
from the Plaza, where Col. Garland was wounded
About O'Clock, Gen SCOTT and stat In full feather
hunzas of the solier all sides AS hs entered the
band Of the I'd Dragons mounted interested star
the Grand Plaza the band moved the patriotism o. the
whole OF US TO little higher pitch, by the good old
fashioned national air Of yankee Doodls.n
One Of the nrst acts Of Gen Scott was 10 sppoint
Gen Quitnan Civil and Military Governor Of Mexico
and Col y $. Bolton, Lieut.. Governor Gen Quitmsns
department embraces the following officers capt y. N
Page Assistant Adjutant General and Leuts NJ Lowell
". Wilcox and u, T. Hammond, Aid-ds-Csmps. Cspt.
l.; N. DAVIS, Secretary, and MIR. Levi Interpreter.
Throughout the lsth and the morning Of the 18TH
the MeIcans continued to fire from the corners and
III. ARTILLERY was = nrst tried them, but owing g
their concealed position It not effective. The Ras
pursuit Which forces ssncsd them wherever they Vent
The Mexicans were very much mistaken whom they
their revolutions they would fight in this way for sevs
raj days, without doing each other much injury but
the deadly ire OF the Rifles picked them out from their
hiding places where they least expected IT, and made
them very willing to cease so unequal combat
The officers Of our army have suffered severely they
foremost In the hght and OF course the arst 70 Y
Louisiana and Mississippi, twin.sisers of tho South
have been most ably and nobly represented Gensrsls
Qultman and smith who bore conspcuous parts in ths
battle Of Monterey have been less prominent In the
operations which resulted 10 the surrender Of this city
Mississippi which has sent heroes to this war BY rsei-
msnts may well be proud OF her rsprsssntstivs-and
she h.s the honor Of having Of her citizens the nrt
! American Governor In the Halls Of the Montesumss
Jesse; and mastery ability displayed y her son.
man to any aurels than he acquired q the
battles Of Conreras and Churubusco might spssk Of
proven himself to be- no, only good genera. bu. ons
Of the best Of the army Of the age Lieut. Bsaursgr
y distinguished himself him complete his rroon
noisssnce Of the Gara, Gate Of the city, after he had
received two severe Commissions.
One has been clearly demonstrated both before
spd since the entrance of tn. into the Valley OF
Mexico that our cavalry forcs is entirely too small.
The service Of this corps has been severe owing to
the smansss Of its numbers that after the nearly
AL the men and horses were In manner, unit for ser
vice. THIS was calculated to destroy the eciency of
even those have here and the present time
one-half Of the command Is extra duty every day
Mr O. w barnes OF Georgia and MIR. Lewis Dickinson
Of Alabama at the cessation Of the srmstics organized
mounted, equipped and supported a company OF about
twenty men at their expense to during the
ngh and by order OF Col Harvey attached to the
squadron Of Capt srdis They had several skrnishss
with the enemy before and entering the ctv
Mr. Harlow Of the company, was killed and Mr.. Dici
inson and Mr. j. Pierce were badly wounded.
The Following menoranda will shIw you the number
number fired at Chaputepec, and the In which
The castle and fort were completely torn 20 pieces
Of the best evidences Of the OF that our
service aud the superior abilities Of the officers
battery No Ion the Tacubsya Road-ssrv.d bv
Captain Drum. Company q, ath Artillery 10 pound
ers' and s-incb howtzsri Fired 900 round shot 100
shells, and 30 rounds OF canister.
BItsry No 2-On the ridge south Of Moline del Rev
Served by Lieut. Hagner aud Company OF Ordnanos1
shot and IA shells.
BATTERY No. On same ridge, nearer the Moline del
Rey-scyed at trst by Captain Brooks, I'd artillery
and Afterwards by Lieutenant Anderson I'd artil,
lsry, on 18th Of septemb-rI FOUNDER. and s-inch
ho.ihT cIhe carriage Of the lo.Pounder broke and
on the l3.h september was replaced by 24-pounder
gun Fired 10 rounds 10 pound ,hot, 81 2a-pound Do
Battery No. a-io-inch Served by Lieutenant
stone and Company Of Ordnance Fired: "a shslls--
prom the Garita San Cosme few "a pound ahot and
o.inch mortar shells thrown into the city amer
dark on the 18TH and = lew inch shells into houses
from which the hiring came, on the iith
5000 IN asd and M 'ss have S:
troysd the Mexican army, Of over 80 ooo upwards
.. COCO q y, shsh have e,sn taken prsonsr We have
| 18th aud iath. MUSTANG.
lspouudsn French. equ. to is.po~ad.n. csp,ssd
SANTA Annals Last MANIFESTO
The Pr'sdsni # the integral R,Pubhe Of n,rIes A
| fellow cOunfrymsa
With The mot posa.n. and profound sIi.f 10 an
binary efforts snd AFTER hseI hours inc-assnt eight.
Ss o.ps nth m, r..s. p.wsssss, si,sss sndonss
projeetles % The enemy sho Frustrated our Nearest
n ns. 81 No ,a -. win 'n.s sodss ssd ~iA
Tended, inch by inch the rights snd honor OF their
country You h.v. be.a witnesses that have Great
ed resources, at time when thsrs vsr~ none that
l.borrd day and night that erected FORTH eatIoos
-round Mssieoi that organised and sss.mbsd . pow
srfal army In order that might vrest som. favor from
iortun. which has been - sv-rse Us The iusubor
dnson o. one general subvertsd my sntrs plan Of ops.
raiions thing which you already know In the con
vent and bridge 81 Churssurco, tn. enemy received
om" very severe lessons which thrics rrp~sed az
erssrds In the fort 81 Chsput.p- the suburbs OF BE-
len snd ~ Carlos, and finally In the citadel But the
vaor % many 81 soldiers Of the guard aud Of the
army We. ne, supported y.t -.s ealy By Or.
and sword that the TDeny In day fsoet fatal 70 the
nation. made himself master q ths capital I have
anxousiy sought death In al parts b~csnss loss 90
gr~st has occssi8nrd the profound despair In
Chapultsp.c received cobtusou, IN B.lsn eiothss
pierced ~ the balls a the enemy and around me
disappeared the beet Soldiers ~ IN. r-pabc what ~.
maths q then In the ma ist 81 this anguish
stich ssssu ne the unproetsbis CONSEQUENCES that
have personally Hastsnrd the eonhst 20 tho v~rx Ia
sHrrmits and that have sod dearly tbs sn-uy his
astonishing victory hs has seen ms In the frcat 81
Ansosturs, terro Oorio, Charubasco, ChAput.c~e