The North-Carolina standard., 1847-10-06


(which will convey the meaning Of this. GaI.a
are the places in ibe immedate vfeihity Uf ci'les
which the rev enue is collected- Eds
bombard the city from these points siuatea ~ ;n
neighborhood Of the small village OF f.Pedad Wnlc,
lhaye no doubt they will do atler taking g7any O
of the garas particularly the one OF San Ansou .l
tAbad, which is the most adsahced, being m ,n'
straight line with Paacio, which ~ nearly oH t
alle with the batteries Of ihe ePemy ard 'sfe .'eN.
| in flank .ts....,r. ia \. -
| II appears that the enemy convinced oil the n tu
possibility of reducing the capital oy any otn. W
means, because there is no doubt that ne mas 10
900 10 1000 men, who were placed hors den cCnlOa ~
by the action Of the Sth, and among them % oI'e
and 3 colonels killed, and colonel ,wounaeu.
appears that The death Of Gen. Plllow IS uncertain
|. In compensation Of this loss, or whatever yo'
like they hung yesterday San Angel all tne Prls
! oners OF the Legion of ST. Patrick lhey tooA 2
Churubusco when all the world thought tney Wouio
have been spared capital punishment. Ihey nave
expelled from their houses ali the inhabitants oil the
village Of Mbcoac, in order to estaoilsh 'hete 'hei
hospitals and headquarters. -
Last night parcel of men started TO Work al the
Notifications al the call of The justices OF the peace
animated by the most lively feelings BESIDES the
Penon and Chappltapec, where from the natula
advantages there were stroug defenccs, ana Wne:e
there are first, second and third lines ot deiences
all the 'garitas" and strongly fortified having De-
sides, between La Piedad and San Antonlo Aoad
three batteries and trench, which raverses d.
agonally the grazing grounds and unites the '"o
" earitas." .5.s.
September 12-At 5 O'Clock in the morning :he
bells awoke Us by the encouragement OF an @ aiaIin
The batteries Of San Antonio Abad and the CORES
ponding battery of the enemy opened. a hre upon
each other We have seen discharged by the en-
emy multitude of bombs, The greater number OF
which burst in the air and long before they reached
our trenches. AT the same hour a firing commence q
at Chapultepec, the right side of. which and IN
the moua tains, whence came the attack, al a short
distance from the enemy, are staiioRed our forces
Of cavalry and infanlry, who are watching the en-
envy.
We eopened at half after 6, from the battery OF The
earia'' of Beon, or il may be from that stating
from the end of the Patso SueVa, which is situated
in the angle formed BY the causeway leading TO
tbe villages of La Piedad and Tacubaya. But
where the enemy directed all his efforts appears TO
be the "ga1ita" Of San Antonio Abad. The ser
want is at the door | must close-Ihe alarm Dell
sill confines TO ring. u -
This brings US 10 The 18th, but at what hour
of the day the letter was closed we are not INFORM
ed. Oflhe eveAtful denouenrent we have only
brief account, but sufficient TO assure us tina; our
arms have achieved brilliant tIiuRph, and that
our army is reveling in The halls OF the Montec
zumas." The only reliable account we have of
the last struggle before the capital is in letter ad
dressed 10 Nj. Dimond our Collector al Vera Cruz
from Orzaba which will be found below. Our
CORES sponde at Vera Cruz vouches for lis accuTa-
cy and we have rea son 10 believe il is from the
same sources as was the letter giving the first and
correct account Of the battles OF Conireras and
ORIzABA, Sept '16, 1877.
Dear Sir: have the honor to inform you that
an express arrived here this evening from Mexico,
which brings the inte .ligence that Gen. Scout was
in the city OF Mexico that on the 13lh the AmeIl-
:an troops took Chapultepec and The citadel, and
went into The city that night. Gen. Bravo was
killed, and Gen. Santa Anna was-wounded in his.
arm, and had retired with the remainder of his
troops, which had suffered much, TO Guadalupe.
... .. Your friend, &c.
To F. M. Diamond, Esq., Collector, Vera Cruz.
A letter from credirable source confirms all that
5 said in the above, and only disssrees with il in
stating that the city was carried by assault on the
l4th. The Sun Of Anahuac has il that on the 18th
he heIghts and works Of Chapultepec were carried;
hat the 14lh and 15rh the city was bombarded,
md that part Of our army had entered II on the
morning Of the 10th, the balance. remaining at
As we have already stated, howeV-
.r, place reliance any Of these reports ex-
;ept that of the correspondent Of MIR. Dimond.
As TO our loss before the army entered the city,
We have nothing authentic. We fear this
yictory mas NOT been achieved without great loss Of
iie The Mexican accounts show :Isat active hos
tiles commenced on the 9Th. and were continued
With more or less activity until our army took pos
session Of the city. passenger by The James l..
Day informs us that il was reported among the
Hexicans at Vera Cruz that we lost 100 men in
titled and wounded, but he could Trace II 10 no au-
henIic source. Another passenger estimates Sen.
Scouts loss al from onefouTth to one-lhtd OF his
Lrmy, in killed and wounded, but upon what data
le bases this opinion we ca nnoi learn, and are IN
lined 10 think it purely conjecture.
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