Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-09-23
OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS.

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Santa Anna'S Manifesto, as usual, Mrot0lng tie
odium of the defeat on others.
The Washington Union brings US The follow
ing additional accounts from officers in the ar
my -
The BATTLE OF CnURUBUsco.-- We have
at length received All account OF The grea, battle
which has been fought before The capital, from
the pens of our own friends. The New Or
leans papers came 10 hard by this evenings
southern mail; bu, the Mary klngland had moi
arrived when the New Orleans papers of The
7ih were published The dispatches, however,
which were expressed from New Orleans. were
received in he mail by the Secretaries of Stale
aud of War and we are enabled TO lay some
very interesting details of The 6loodest, and
perhaps The most decisive and brilliant, battle
of the war, before onr readers.
We have not heard whether any dispatches
have been received from Gen. Sc6lt nor, in
deed, that any letters have been received by
The Secretary from the camp. But, instead oi
these, we have been favored with The follow
ing letters, received at the War Department
from an Officer at Vera CruZ-the first written
by himself, and the other TWO addressed 10 him
by two officers of the army--one highly dis
nnguished general, who "bore the bruni and
ballle Of The day. and The other from captain
J in The service. These leters give 10 The whole
account The stamp aud authenticity of official
intelligence In addition TO these, We give CO.
pious extracts from The "Sun of Anahuac" (Vs~
IA Cruz) of The Is. September, derived also, no
doubt, IRON the most authentic sources. We
hope 10 receive other details Of these ihrilliae
events in The course of tomorrow, which We
Ill lou Hof a6p
These events are glorious 10 the arms of ou
country. The most important, and perhap,
correct letter which we pubish---certainly from
an officer of The highest distip c,ion--represent.
the disparity Of the number of the troops en-
gagged, and the losses of he respective armies
in the mos, imposing fJrm---700O only of on
men actually engaged a, the main balle of Chu
rubusco --only 1000 with two light batteries o
eight peces, in conflict with 80, 900 of the en-
eIny, with heavy artillery, and strongly fortified
After two hours of bloody conflict. mainly will
tie bayonet we carried every lhing---he enc
my were pursued TO the gates of the city. Gu
loss (heavy, indeed) shor, Of 1000, 'he enc
my's 5000 inc udng many distinguished men.
This is, indeed, a brilliant Victory. We con
graduate the whole country upon the glory
, which our arms have attained, and the prospec
j, promises of peace. An armlsice had beer
concluded for forty eigh, hours---lhe particular
| OF which We give in full in order to open ne
, go,ialions We give the names of the Mexl
can commissioners, al he head of whom stands
Herrera himself Mr.. Trlst writes, that they
had already had two meetings, and were Il
have third, and perhaps last interview, oi
, Monday, the 30h August. II would be idl'
!, for us 10 speculate on the ultimate results.
General Santa Anna commences his mani
feslo, annonnelnpilo he Mexican people The ar
mis,iee winch he had concluded with Genera
| Scott, by saying that The events OF the 9Th an