Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-10-26

on them, but owing 10 their concea,.u nd some
was moi effective. The Rife regimen. ~ wb;ch
~ The iotan,rv we're hen sen, in PurSuh, I tn
ICES s;lenced ,bem wherever they ven. ~ 80,
| Mericans were very much mistaken "nr dnI.
came To engage the Rifles on 'he !, ri. nav
inc their revolutions they wou'o nsm a.hor much
Tor several days, without oolns p;1es picked
nJu,, ant from their hiding places where 'hefieaa.
expected it, aud maze 'ne" -
; = Tha a1;csrs OF our army have snieIe1i seVeIc-
- n,,. foremost in The fight, ana oi course
49,, ~ e -, n fall. Louisiana and MISSISSIPPI, .Wln,
49, ri The South, have been most any anu
n',hiv renresrnled. Gems. Guilmsa ana Snnin'
whn bore conspicuous parts IN me nauie ol non-
terey. have been no less prominent 10 the ops-
ra,ions which resulted IN Inc sulienuel " n.s
Inv Mississippi, which has sent heroes lo'his
war by regiments, NAV well be proud oil her re-
nrpsenraliye-and she has the honor OF having
one Of her citizens The first American Governor
in the Halls OF the Montezamas.
What will Louisiana say, when she mars OF
The successes and mastery ability displayed by
her own son, Gen. Persiier F Smith! liN were
possih!e Tor any one man 10 wear any more iau-
rels than he acquired AT The battles oil ConiIeras
and Churubusco, we might speak OF MS cohuuc.
in The movements on The city. lie has proTen
DlmSel w Ut, Ncl OHIf 81 ~oop SSHNin
The best OF he army or OF the age. Lieut. Beau
regard, oflhe Engineers, also one oil Louislana's
sons. has highly distinguished himself. saw
him complete his reconnaissance OF The Garaa,
(cale OF the cily,) alter he had received TWO Sc
we're Commissions.
One fact has been clearly demonstrated, both
before and since The entrance oil Inc army lnlo
the valley Of Mexico-lhal our cavalry force is
entirely too small. The service OF this corps mas
been 50 severe, owing 10 the smallncss oil lis mum,
bcrs. that after The battle nearly all The men ana
horses were, in 4 manner, unit Tor service. ms
was calculated 10 destroy The efficiency OF even
those we have here; and even al The pTesenttime
one. half of The command is on extra duty every
day. MIR. G. w. Barnes, of Georgia, and Mir.
Lewis Dickinson, OF Alabama, al The cessation
Of The armisiice, organized, mounted, EQUIPPED
and supported a company If about 70 men, al Their
own expense 10 serve during The hight and,
by order of Col. HaTney, were attached TO me
squadron OF Captain Hardie. They had several
skiImishes with The enemy, both before and alter
entering The city. MIR. Harlow, of the company,
was killed, and Mr.. Dickinson anc MIR. J. Pierce
were badly wounded.
The following memoranda will show you the
number of shot and she'll fired by the siege battle
ries. The small number fred al Chapuliepec,
and the manner in which the castle and Tort were
completely torn 10 pieces, is one OF The best evil
Gences OF lie power of that arm OF our service,
and the superior abilities ofthe officers command
ing IT.:
BATTERY No. OyE-On the Tacubaya road
Served by Captain Drum, Co. G, 4ih Artillery
, J6 Founders, [l6 FOUNDERS French, equal 10 our
Is FOUNDERS. and l 8 inch howilzer, lcaptured
guns, Fired 300 round shot, 100 shells, ana
so rounds of canister. :.
BATTERY No. Two-On the ridge south OF
Moline del R%cy-Served by Lieut.. Hagner and
Company oil Ordnance-l 24-pounder and
8 inch howilzer- Fired: lac round shot and "a
shells.
BATTERY No. THREg-On same ridge, nearer
The Moline del Rey-Served a, first by Captain
| H. Brooks, ID Artillery, and afterwards by Lieu
tenant S. S. Anderson, Cd Artillery, on l2lh
| Scpl.-l lG-pounder and ! S.inch howilzer. CThe
carriage Of The l6. FOUNDER broke, and on The l3!h
Sept. was replaced by a 24.pounder gum Fired:
70 rounds lG-pound shot, 81 M-pouDd do, and
80 shells. !.
BATTERY No. FoUR-l0-inch morlar-Served
by Lieut.. Stone and Company OF Ordnance
Fired 81 shells. From Tho Garila San Cosme,
a few 2i.pound shot and S I0-inch mortar shells
were thrown into the city after dark on The 18Th,
| and a few finch shells into houses from which
The firing came, on The 18th.
Since our army arrived in the valley. we have
lost about 5000 men, in killed and wounded
We have destroyed the Mexican army, OF over
10000 m~en-upwards OF 5000 Of whom have
been taken prisoners. We have captured 10
pieces OF artillery-27 al the baule of Conireras,
10 in the fort at Churubusco, and 33 on the 18th,
l3.h and 18th. MUSTANG.