The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-10-29

. burying grojna tue ehe'ns ''s'" "Shae''"
strong work, twas dhentei ny in'ant-
ny for short time, but couii not resist the
assault of our nen-the ailrighicd MeNican>
s1on He'd 20 another line al works nearer the
CITY. and thus Gen. Worth was ia posses
sion of the entrance go san cnSmo. rs his
men advanced towards the garta the enc
my opened a heavy hre % musketry from
the lou,c tons, rs well as of grape, canni>-
ter AMI she'll. from their batteries, tha>
sweepin.. the street colHpletel'. ~ th,>
iunct,lrc the old Monterey game, Of bur
rowin., and digging through TIE houses, " a :
adopted. On the right, AZ oar men faced
tina enemy, the aque,'uct afforded partial
shelter: on the left. the houses gave some
protection; bu, many were sill killed or
wounded by the grape which swept every
part, a, well 4, by the shells which were
continually bursting Ia every direction.
About . O'Clock the work cf the pck-aNc
md the crnw-har uiui,r the direction of
Lieut.. &. VI. Smith. ct Ire SappcrS and Mi
ners. hal fairly commenced, and every min
ute brought or men nearer the CnCmv'S
hast >fron. hold. in the meantime, two
mountain howi;zcrs WIRE fairly lftcd to the
ton of one of the hun>cS. and into the cupola
of the church. frnil which they ourucd a
lIinIiil1 llll mos HuNt.Nt nv. NHiit one
Of Duncan'> guns. in charge uf Lieut.. Hunt.
wa. ran up under CALLING fire 10 a desert
ed brcaStworl;, and at once opened upon
the garita. In this latter daring feat four
men ont Of cightwcyc either killed orwoUnd-
cd, but still the piece was most tGtciually
served. The wOrl. of the Miners was Sti.!
going or. III one house which they had
entered, BY the pick-aNc, iavoHte aid of
Santa Annals was found The great man
had Just fed, but had left his friend aud his
supper. Both were well cared lUr-thc lat
ter was dcvoTed By our hungry officers:
the former. after DUNG the hcnor> Of the Ia
bic, was made a close prisoner. Just as
dark was setting in, our men had dug and
mined their way almost up 10 the very guns
Of the enemy, and NOW. after short >trug-
Gle, they were completely routed and dry-
en- with the loss Of every thing. The COM
mand Of the city by the san Cusmc route
was attained.
During the night, Gen. Quman com.
mcnrcd the worl; Of throwing mp breast
works and erecting batteries, with the liz
tcntion OF opening a heavy Cannonade upon
the Ciudadcla with the first light this morn
ING. At ten O'Clock nj night Gen. Worth
ordered Capt, lIugcr 10 bring up u pouy-
der and 10 inch mortar to the gariIa or
gate of San CoSmc, and having aScerained
the bearings aud distance OF the grand plaza
and palace, a, once opened upon those points.
The heavy shells we're heard to explode in
the very heart Of the city. At little after
midnight, Major Palacios. accompanied BY
two orthrce members of the municipal coun-
ell Of the city, arrived at General Wcuh's
headquarters, and in great trepidaticn in
formed him that Santa Anna and his Gra-d
army had fed, and that they wished at once
TO surrender the capital They were refer
red 10 the commanierin-chei, and immc-
diately started for Tacuhaya; but in the
meantime the firing upon the town ceased.
At7o'clock thislnomiuC Gen. Scott. with
his staff, rode in and took quarters in the
national place, on the top Of which the re- =
mental flag Of the gallant Rifles and the
stars and stripes were already flying. An
immense crowd Of bankctel lepcroS. TIE
scum OF the capital. were congreCated in
the plaza as the cOmmauder-in-CliC enter
ed il. They pressed upon our soldiers. and
eyed them as though they were beings Of
another world. 60 much were they in the
way, ard with such eagerness did they press
around, that Cen. Scott was compelled TO
orlcr our Dragons 10 clear the plaza. They
were told however, not to injure or harm a
man in the moj-they were all our friends
About FIVE minutes after this. and while
General Worth was returning TO his disvis-
ion, near The Alameda, he was fired upon
from house near the Convent of San Fran
cisco. Some Of the cowardly Polkas. who
had fed the day previous. without dischare-
ing their guns, now commenced the assas-
sin game Of shooting at every ere Of our
men they saw, from windows. as well as
from behind the paragets on the azoteas or
tops OF the houses. In half an hours time
our good friends. the leperos. in the neigh
oorhood OF the hoep ital Of San Andres aud
the church OF Santa Clara. also commenced
discharring muSketS and throwing bottles
and rocks from the azoteaS. have neg
lected to mention, that just previous TO this.
Colonel Garland had been severely wound
ed BY mnske', fired by some miscreant
from window.
For several hours this cowardly warupon
our men continued. and during this time
many were killed 90 wounded. 1t was in
this species Of a-hung that Lieu, Sidney
Smith received his death wound. The d.
vision OF Gen. Iwirgs in one part of the ci-
~, and Gen. Worth in another. were soon
-. - - 81" 'i pAbtluS hpNn Tue !llNllE-
recton. Orders were given TO shoot every
man IN all the houses from which the firing
came, while the guns Of the different light
batteries swept the streets in all directions.
ASthe aSsassins were driven from one house
ney would take refuge in another; bu, by the
middle OF the afternoon they were all forced
oncS TO The barriers and suburbs. Many
innocent persons have doubtless been killed
during the day, but this could not be avoid
ed Had orders been given at the outset TO
blow up and demolish every house or church
from winch one man was fired upon. the
disturbances would have been at once qucl-
ied. Asitls, trust that the lesson the rab-
ole ana their mischievouS leaders have re-
eeived to-day may deter them from future
outrages.
On entering the palace Gen. Scott n, once
named Gen. Qnitman governor of Mexico
-nmost excellent appointment. Some wag
Immediately proclaimed aloud in the plaza
as follows; seen. John A. Quitnan. of
mississippi, has been appointed governor of
mexico, rice Gen. Jose Maria Tornel, re-
signed rcry suddenhw It seems that the
variant Torncl ran Off at an early hour, and
MS magnificent hou,o a., hoo, 4