Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1847-10-07

dated the 10th inst. Of which the follow
ing is an extract:
N "The Mexican Government has taken
three hundred thousand dollars which
were being sent by commercial house
to the enemy's camp. General Smith
has expired. BY the enclosed slip you
will see that the Americans mutilated and
cruelty assassinated the unfortunate Irish
who were taken at the battle Of Churu-
busco.
|. Another letter from the Capital, under
date of the llth and 18th, says
:" 1t appears that the enemy is convinc-
ed of the improbabilty of reducing the
city by any other means than by bonn
harding it because there is no doubt
that I've has lost 900 to 1000 men, who
were placed hors du combat by the action
of the Sth, and among lhem thir,y-seven
officers and three colonels were killed,
and one wounded. Ii appears that the
death of Gen. Pillow is uncertain.
4 "They have expelled from their houses
all the inhabitants Of the village Of Mix
/ coac, in order to establish there their hos
| pitals and headquarters.
4 "On the 18th Sept. at 5 o'clock in the
morning, the bells awoke us by the an
nouncement of an alarm. The batteries
of San Antonia Abad, and the cores
ponding battery Of the enemy, open upon
each other. We have seen discharged
by the enemy a multitude Of bombs, the
I greater number Of which burst in the air
long before they reached our trenches =
3 AT the same hour firing commenced at
| Chapultepec, on the right side of the
town, and in the mountains whence came
the attack. A short distance from the ell
emy were stationed our forces of cavalry
and infantry, who were watching the foe.
! We opened at half after six from the bat
terry Of Garipa of Belen, or it may be from
that starting from the end of Bacco Nue.
vo, which is situated in the angle, form
ed by the causeway leading to the villages
Of La Piedas and Tacubaya."
n This brings us, says the Picayune, to
!. the 18th, but at what hour Of the day the
letter was closed we are not informed
OF the ryentful denouement, we have only
a brief account, but sufficient to assure
us that the Americans have achieved a
brilliant triumph, and that our army is
reveling in the Halls ofthe Montezumas.
The only reliable account we have of the
last struggle before the Capital,i is in letter
addressed to Mr.. Diamond, our Collector
AT Vera Cruz, from Orizaba, as follows
ORIzABa, Sept 10, lS47.
\ have the honor to inform you that an
express arrived here this evening from
Mexico, which brings intelligence that
Gen Scott was in the city of Mexico
That on the 18th the American troops took
Chapultepec and the Citadel, and went
into the city that night. Gen. Bravo was
killed, and Gen. Santa Anna was wound
ed in the arm, and has retired with the
remainder Of his troops, which have suf-
fered much, to Guadalupe. Your friend,
&c.
| A letter from a creditable source, con-
firms all that is said in the above, and
only dsagrees with il in stating that the
city was carried by assault OH the l4th.
The Sun of Anahuac has it on the 18th
the nights and forts Of Chapultepec were
carried-on the l4th and 18th the city
was bombarded, and that part of our
army entered it on the morning Of the
10th, the balance remaining at Chapulte-
pee.
In regard to the American loss, the
Picayune says AS to our loss before the
army entered the city, we have nothing
authentic. We fear this new victory has
not been achieved without great loss of
| life. The Mexican accounts show that
hostilitles commenced on the Sth, and
were continued with more or less activi-
ty until our army took possession of the
city.
A passenger by the James l.. Day in
forms us that it was reported among the
Mexicans at Vera Cruz, that we lost =
700 men in killed and wounded. but he
could trace it no authentic source. A.
mother passenger estimates Gen. SCOTS
loss at a quarter to third Of his army.
HoRRIBLE MURDER AND ROBBERY AT
WATERvILLE, ME-We learn that Mr..
Edward Mathews, formerly junior pub
Usher of the Yankce Blade, and brother
of the present Editor OF that pnper, was
murdered at Watervillc, Me. on Thurs
day night last. Mr. Mathews had been,
within the present week, TO Brighton
Market on business, and upon his return
to Maine he is known to have drawn the
SUN OF ! 800 from the Ticonc Bank
and is supposed to have had about his.
person over 50 600 at the time Of his
death. His body was discovered yes
terday morning, by Mr.. Dooll,Ile, in
an Clubhouse in Waterville, where it had |
the appearance of having been dragged
after the deed was done. Two fractures
in his skull were discovered, and his
face was badly disigured. Both of
the pockets in his pantaloons were cut
op' n, and also deep cash was found
on his left thigh, which was probably
inflicted by the murderer and robber in
the act Of cutting the pockets. No mo-
ney was found upon the body, and up to
4 n,clnck ves,e,dav M tTace ol The hpnd