Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1847-11-24

""""O'N WV '"ipo ICIutNut Iri Do
could gain iooting hnaliv, it ca.,i Il
seen, they began to wavcr and ri,, ",
and then such "hurra" and such q r..t.
los YANKEES mudcl it scared ,'cr.
grcascrs' so they ncyor stopped an ... .
got to the ci,y--cSccp, about lO0vA.v...
Gu, oil aud taken prisoners and won.
sued their retreat TO tho very ra,c,.,..
city; but tho order was given 70 N.'....
our forces aud collect our men arl SD. t,.
cl that night tho Goth in the cl,.
cnironchmcnts at Churubusco Tla....
az the following day We could have ......
to the city without tie loss OF G.u ...
The Mexican army va, ,,mplot,l, o..
rnmacl and siS OF their Gcn,ra.
ooers Tbatnislt they oamc o.t u...
white fns and asked ior au oui.'J.c .
Ing that they would treat ter wa.o
that Il We took posses i'm Of t..r. ,.
they couNuotusstnl'la C,o7..., .
point Commissioners, 70 meet VI.
tour minister, who /. ,~H mJ A.I
said the same thing. and that &c. O.
he could ii ", remained ont 90 a,
c.iy-mako a peace Accordingly a4 ...
mls'irc was concluded during which De"
army wa to be reinforced or rrtih. .,
remain inactive. Commissioner, vcrc
pointed b. receive Nj rs term. au1 a,.
sitting about ton day.. they broke un. l.,
being able TO agree. II was then lno.
that they had been breaking Ito a.
ni,ti-o recognizing their army. a.l.,..
trcncaug their gates and roads t, th.t,..
SO ontNc 9th Of September, Gen Sc.rI..
titled thom tia, tie atmisticc was tcrul
ted. We were then Mt Tocuha,o.3ui.- a.
tant On the 18th, about / 900 o. thg,..
cmy appeared at a foundry, at which IT,
were casting cannon, &c. Worlds division
went out to drive them aNuy aud d,-'r
their works; and here cnsucd ono of IT,.
hardest fought and m'st bl1ody bat,l.,tt
has been fough, daing tie war. VIA
300 VIC drove them from their p...,.
took thct nuill all blow on g. -u..
umriou and foundry aud returned to Tar.
baya to dinner In this action we Dr..
tween five and six hundred, and some tht.
officers. Among the killed was C5l ~
tin scott + our State, and among tie u,...
ded is H.. Charles b Daniels, who wa. S..
in tie knee, and regret TO state lla,
is ding very badly; he is now cou,id 80
to be in the most extreme danger Oat..
The 9th we bombarlcJ Fort CAapl'rrre
Il large permanent fertilization about
mites from the city, aud which complete.
rakcd aud commanded the roads to ,yv..--
on the morning Of tie 18th we sormcd th.
work under a most tremendous fire from.
its batteries and before 9 o'clock the sI4rs
and stripes were waving, where but iry
minutes before the Mexican fag bad La.o
and our troops were pursuing the McAirn
army at run down the road ca narrow
causcwoj) to the city. At Intervals Of n
bout every hal'niIc,t toy had ilrcnchcd lat.
tc'ics vLc.c they would make a stand Lu
We would charge them, drive thcm ia. aN
in this way, thoy disputed every inch OF C..
Wound up 10 the very gates Of the cit,
which place, they had heavy batteries. ALL
very difficult to got at & twas not until jul
at dark that we carried them al wa, IT.,
the city Of Mexico. when we halted just S..
side the gates having been fighting aad
con family under fire hom in tic moru
ing until dark During the night the lorci,u
ministers and some Of the city authorities
came ont and said that Santa Anna bad c-
ylcuatcd tie city with lis army asking o.,
t. respect pirate property &c, aid
rendered the city to MS On the morainc
Of the ith we marched into this great aud
really most splendid aud elegant city ~
soon as we got into the streets, the ci,..q..
commenced firing upon rs from the house,
when we brought up our big guusond biot.
way down the streets with grnpc Shot Tii-
being looked upon by us. rs murder not
war--as They had surrendered tho city to
rs md We were taking possession ofitrcacs.
ably Gen. Scott gave an order to taLai,
prisoners, but 10 force any house that Na.
fired from and put every male 10 death that
was found in it In this way we won,
through the city, frequently having to force
some Of the best and most elegantly furnish
ed hnu in tho ~ fr1iar car'ilecs
that BAD iocn distributed to them ALL
Womca aud children aud beautiful ladcs
hat you would bot hurt for'thc world. al
running 10 tc ohiccrs w'o entered tie
houses vitl the man,--Gllls ON their
knees. crying and praying 10 sou 10 say.
them aud protect them; and whcn they
found tint we respected everything IN Their
houses except their men-when we found