Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-11-20
Letter, from N, Atny.


We havs been permitted to cory thsfollewins
earscts Of several letters from Dur youag friend
Lieut. Vim. Martin, to his parents IN this
place. These letters were received but q few |
days since, all communication between Vera |
Cruz and Mexico having been tut of fof several
months past by the euerrillas. Lieut.. Martin
left here in March last, TO join Capt. Barnard's
company of voltigeurs. then on their way to
Mexico. Lieut. Martin has seen some hard fight
ing, and made some narrow escapes. and has con.
Quoted himself, q. we werf assured he would,
with srea. eallantry. II
"CHuRcH OF Tur CoSvKaI OF SANTA Doaiaeo, I
Mexico August %, ls47
On the 10Th We halted al ST Augustine abont
Is miles from Mexico On the 2oth we made on
attack On a strong fort Of the enemy, command
ing the high road but could not carry it that
day. We made q detour which brought u to
the rear Of their position, where we lay between
force of 10 0O0 in front and : 600 in the rear
In the fort it rained all night. We had no pro-
lection, but lay on our arms We had 8 or 4 600
men in this position, wthouta single piece of ar.
til.ry or dIagoon The Mexicans were drawn
up with artillery and ancers. sufficient TO cut Us
all 10 pieces, if they had had the courage 10 at.
tack US. The Mexicans in our front, before dark,
hsd great time in their lines music playing
and great shouting--San's Anna being there in
person. They also, before dark, fired at US with
their artillery, and after dark we heard them
planting their guns within point blank range Of
us We ,xaited until O'Clock in the morning
and tooR march to this Fort. which we
reached at sunrise, and in les. than a half hour
We bad sformed il, and that without the aid Of
| single piece Of srtillery. We took 81 pieces Of
theirs, and killed 500 of them Among the ar.
! tillery were two pieces :aken from 10 at Buena
Vista.
Glory to God. and thanks to this gallant ar
my was the complimentary remark of General
Scott as be rode along the line after the storm
ing capture of the Convent Of Churubusco.
SUD thing as stormne fort in day light,
wi ut artillery, is something new in warfare.
! *rte this on the altar OF church, in which
I v re quartered sleep before the altar. This
hot considered ssctilege in Catholic countries,
u they make practice Of quarteIing in church.
| Ss"
| "MExico Sept. 90, ls+7.
On the sth We fought about ~ 900 Mexicans.
for the purpose OF destroying a foundry of can.
non We drove them from their position. and
effected our object. I received q slight wound
on the chin, that day, but nothing serious. Their
loss was great. We had about so men wounded
We then NstbaEsx,
! On the 3th we made spother attach m IN er
principal Fort or Castle. 1t was very strong,
and thought impresnable by our enemies Onr
regiment behaved sloriously in this affair. The
Captain and lst Lieut.. of our company. were
both wounded. had shot through my cap.
which stunned me considerably. I headed our
columns at the time, going to the ditch. / also
had shot on my sword scabbard. ! have had
some sefsN narrow escapes, and I am pleased 10
say that am very honorably mentioned in the
Co'onels report. / had the pleasure Of killing a
number Of Mexicans myself
We are now not more than 6 or 7. 600 strong,
in city of 2oO, 900 Mexicans; but we have
strong reinforcements coming on and will soon
be ready foI them at any thing they can do -
We had, besides taking this Fo:i (Chapulterec, )
to fight our way inch by inch into the city, and
even after We entered, we had street fights but
we have the city perfectly quiet now. Mexico
sa most magnificent city. I enjoy excellent
health. There is no telling how long we shall
remain here, but hope soon to see you all I"
Later q ON Mex,eo.-Arrivsi OF Dispatches
NEw ORLEAhs, Nov. IL.
Lieut. Sears, bearer Of des patches, came psssen.
ger in the steamer Day. He reached Vera Cruz
assisted by a spy company employed by Gen
Scott.
Gen Lane was quartered in the heart of Pue
ba.
The battalion Of the first Pennsylvania Regi
ment at Puebla had been ordered 10 accompany
garrison of $50 men, destined for the Nationa
Bridge, part ofthe way.
Gen. Cushing with 1900 men, were TO remair
at JslapA as its garrison, and 1000 under Gen
Lane, TO form the garrison of Pueb!s.
Santa Anna was at Tehuacan on the 26th ult
The report of his escape from that place PROVED
to he untrue.
The guerrillas, under Jarsu's and Zenobia, bat
quarrelled, and the result was that a bloody
skirmish ensued, in which the Jaran'a part,
proved victorious, leaving thirty of their oppo
nents dead on the field.
} The following is extracted from the list Of Kill
led and wounded during the siege of Puebla, pub
lished in the Picsyune.
Fira Pennsytpania Regiment nt-Kilied.
- Euriek, John Price.
F. II Jones, John II Gllchrst
| Jobn Harrol u Iobn.