Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1847-10-28

compelled to order our Dragons to clear
the plaza. They were told, however
not to lnJure or harm man IN the moo
they we,e all our friends. i
About five minutes after this, ana
while Gen. Worth was returning to his
division near Almeda, he was hred npo"
from a house near the convent ot san
Francisco. Sume of the cowaroiy
Polkas, Who had fled the day previous
without discharglng their guns, no"
CONNIE ed the assassin game oI sho""
mo n, every one OF our men they saw,
from windows, as well as from beh'no
the parape,s on the azoeieas or tops OF
the houses. In half an hours time our
good friends, the leperos, IN the neigh
lborhood Of the hospital Of San Andres
and the Church Of Santa Clara, also
commenced discbarging muske's ana
Throwing bottles aud rocks from the azo-
teas. | have neglected to mention ihat
inst preyious to this Col Garland had
been severely wounded by n'nsket'
fred by some miscreant from WIDOW
For several hours this cowardly war
upon our men continued, and during lhisI
time many were killed or wounded. II
" as in This species OF fighting that Lieut.
Sidney Smith received his death wound
The division Of Gen. Twiags IN one
oar, of the city, and oi Gen. ""lh J."
another, were soon actively engagen 10
puiii0y down the Insurrechon. NU"efs
we're given 10 shoot every man IN All me
houses from which the firing came,
while the guns of the different !ish' bat
.,erlrs swept the streets IN all olr'c''"nS
As the assasslns were driven from one
house they would take refuge on an"'h-
er but by the middle Of the afternoon
they were all forced back to the barrl-
.rs and suburbs. Many innocent per-
sons have doubtless been killed during
the day. but this could not be- avoided
i Had orders been gwen AT Inc ou'sel l"
! IIhlnw up aud demoll,h every house OF
! cbnrc h from which one man was hre"
upon, the Disturbances would nave pee"
a, once qnrlled. As II ~, trust maj
,he lesson the rabbIe and their m'sch'ev-
ous leaders have received to-day may
| deter them from future ouirages
1 On entering the palace, Gen. Scott at
once named Gen. Quhman governor "'
II Mexico-a most exceileo, appointment
! Some wag proclaimed aloud IN ihe P'a-
! "a. A. fellows " Gen. john y QUIT
IInan, OF Mississippi has been aPi"'nird
/ IIGoyernor Of Mexico rire Gen Jose VIA
ria Tornel, res,gned-re,y suddcnV
| |, seems that the valiant I"ine' ran "il
! a, an early hour, and his magn'llren'
! house has been converted INTO d h"sp'-
tai for our wounded officers.
II We hear but l,ile, one way or the
| other. as to what the MeXicans ntend
TO do in luture-whe,her they are tor
! peace or a continuance Of the war. 10
Il fact, it is hardly time for them, alter
their recent disastrous discontinue tn
think Of anything Everything will
now depend upon our own Government
Speaking of sending men and mean'
to Mexico, do The people of the Unlted
States know the real force which has
achieved the recent glorious trumph'
here in the valley Of this proud Repnb:
lie ? have not seen the paper, hut
have been told that a recent number OF
the Union states that when Ger. Scot
would reach the vicinity of MeX'c" h'
army would number % 1000 effective
men. If such a statement has beer
made, one more false or ungenerou'
could not nave been promulgated
Gen Scott arrived on this side ot th'
mountain with fraction over lo,Oo'
; men, Of which number at least a,OO'
! we're new recruits. or this 'orce, 81
lIinsigniticant when compared with TIT
!. magnitude Of the enterprise, at leas
y 900 were on the sick list before a blo'
was struck. With a dlsposabIe army
V then, of 5000 not man more-th
Ibo,l attempt was made to reduce pop
+, ulous and well-iortlied city and nlte
a succession of hard-fought battles In
" result is known. The % 900 pape
men, then, manufactured at Washing
ton, by Gems Marcy, Jones s. Co. mus
remain where they have been during tn
=" recent struggles either unenlisted,
hospitals, in camp, or in tans'tu-an
not defract from such merit as has bee
- = gained by the 10 600 true men who hav
i" borne the battles brunt and won sue
i laurels for their country. To them a
:. honor and credit is due, and | will pre-
" cure the muster roll Of every regimen
1,N,ha, passed the Nenle de Cordova, If
>" should be necessary to prove my STATE
=, ment as to their actual number.
y The .Amsrican Star, published :
', Peoples & Barnard, made lis nPpearan'
sltn-day IN a neat form, and the talk IL tn
W another new paper, the Worth .4merie'
is To come out IN the course ol u
- week. Meanwhile, the city is rapic
becoming AmericanlZed. From eve
" quarter, staring IN The largest capital
we see such announced as " Union IL
:" TEL &" Mush and Milk ai al hours
- - American Dry Goods" United Stat
:" Restaurant" d" St. Charles Exchange
y" " Egg-N ogg and Mince Pies io' Sa
y Here aud o,her'kindred notices To q
- pa.scr.by as to where he can be serv
n on home principles. Nor is there 10
~ anv lack of amuse mrnis, Tor already u
" posters announce II bull-hgm, crc,
a theatre, and even an Italian op'
o. ,,e sh,t,Iv IA he produced. We are