Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1847-05-13


whose division has been in the hardest of it
was pursuing the flying enemy towards ia.
lapa. Pierson, who commanded the fort,
nearest Plan del Rio, asked OF Gen. Worth
time to consider before he capitulated.
/ DESTROYS to come TO terms, Gen. Worth
gpve him fifteen minutes, and he sure rendereo
Internationally. Had he not done so, the
slaughter would have been terrible.
What disposition Gen. Scott is to make of the
prisoners is not yet known. lie may set then
all at liberty on their paroles, from the diff
Guilty of feeding them, and to accelerate his
own advance movements. We shall hear by
tomorrow. | wish he could send the officers
at least to the United States, for there is a
fine string of them.
IL is now impossible to name officers who
have distinguished themselves. cannot, how
ever, omit to mention Colonies Harney, Riley
and Childs, of the regulars Colonels Barker,
Foreman and Haskell, of the volunteers, as
every one is talking Of them.
/ write this in great haste, and with noise,
confusion and every thing else around me-
You cannot appreciate the victory. To de-
scribe the ground and Notifications of the ene-
N.Y. the difficulty Of turning their outer works,
and the toll and peril undergone by the troops,
were impossible.
No time to say another word. I send this
off by an express. II is Gen SCOTS intention
know, to push on to the City Of Mexico, with
all haste. Yours, G. w. X.
CAMP AT PLAN DEL RIO, April 10.
The rout of the Mexicans last evening was
total-complete. They were pursued within
four miles Of Jalapa by Gen. Twiggs, at which
point there were none to follow.
Santa Anna himself, instead of entombing
himself as he threatened, escaped by cutting
the saddle mule of his team from he harness
of his magnificent coach, mounting him and
then taking to the chapparal.
His service of massive silver, nearly all his
papers, his money-every thing in his carriage,
even his dinner, was captured | have capi.
tai story to tell about this dinner when have
a moment to spare.
The Mexican loss upon the heights was aw-
ful-the ground in places is covered with the
dead Among the bodies found was that of
Gen. Vasquez, and near him was Col Palacio,
mortally wounded. Their loss in the retreat
was terribly severe-every by path was strewn
with the dead.
Had our dragons been enabled TO reach
them in season all would have been killed or
captured--Santa Anna among them. Canalzo.
with his noted lancers, had the prudence to
ramos early. /.
Even up to this time il is impossible to give
anything like u full and correct list of our
wourded officers it is surprising that many of
them was not killed. Lieut.. Derby, gallant
young officer of the Typographical engineers,
was badly but not mortally wounded while
storning one of the heights
Lieut.. Ewell, Of the rifles, is supposed to be
mortally wounded. This regiment has suffer.
ed terribly. Lieut.. Dana, of the 9TH infantry,
was badly wounded Capt. Patten, of the Cd,
slightly. Lieut.. Davis, of the rifles, was very
badly wounded in the hip. Maj Sumner, Of
the Dragons, but commanding rifles, is inn
proving.
The list of killed and wounded officers in
Col. Haskell's command yesterday have been
able to obtain. 1t should here be stated that
Capt. Williams company of Kentucky and
Capt. Charles MAYORS company of Pennsyl-
vania volunteers were attached temporarily to
this regiment. Here is the list -
KiLLED.-1st Lieut.. Fred b. Nelson, CON-
manding company Cd Lieut.. G. G. Gill, COM
pany +. Both these officers were from Mem
phis.
WoUSDED-Lieut. Col. ID. II. Cummi o,
Major Robert Farquharson, of the
lst Texas volunteers, assigned TO this Ieg-
ment for the day,) severely; LIST Lieut. Wiley
7. Hale, adjutant, severely ; 1st Lieut.. WIN.
Yearwood, mortally I'd Lieut. James Forrest,
slightly Capt A. III. Murray, severely I'd
Lieut. Geo. T. Sutherland, Kentucky volun-
teers, severely.
The regiment, when in action, numbered
less than 400 men and its loss was 70 killed
and wounded.
We are obliged to defer the list Of Mexican
officers captured. They had arrived at Vera
Cruz. Gen. Scott gave them the option of
coming to the United States or remaining pris-
oners in the castle ; they chose the former
and were to sail for New Orleans about the
25th of APRIL