Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-10-08
DAVID FULTON, Enron.
LATE AND
IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO,
From the New Orleans Picayune, 26th ut.
IMPORTANT FROM THE CITY OF

A~'AA Wv n NJ lOA1 III Ut
MEXICO.
Another Battle and another Victory-The Ar-
nistice teTminated-Batle Of the Mil del
Rey-Reported Repulse Of our army Nth a
Heavy Loss-Rumoys of the Deaths Of Gems.
Smith, Worth, and PiHou-Bohlc Of Cha
pultepec-Great american Victory Our
Troops take poss ssion Of the Capital-Gens.
BraUo and Leon Killed, and Santa Anna
Wounded
The steamship James L. Day, Capt OGray,
arrived yesterday from Vera Cruz, which place
she left on the evening of the Dist instant,
bringing intelligence ofthe greatest importance
Immediately on the receipt of our papers and
dispatches we issued an extra containing the
news-brief, but sufficient to satisfy public
curiosity, and allay the anxiety for the fate of
the army, caused by the length of time which
had transpired without news, and the proba-
bility that hostilties had been resumed.
AS we anticipated in our paper OF yester-
day, the negotiations resulted in nothing. The
last letter from Mr. Kendall is dated the 9Th
| instant, and our file of the Diario del Gobier-
no does not come down later than the 4th,
but the Arco Iris of Vera Cruz, has letter
| from the city Of Mexico dated the 10th inst,
| together with extracts from the Diario Del Co.
bieno and the Boetin of Atlisto, 10 the 18th,
which, together with tn" letter we publish,
| the manner in which the armistce was term-
| mated, will be learned from the extracts we
copy. A peru>al of Mr.. KendalIs letters,
however, will at once show that feeling OF
hostility was growing with the people of the
capital as early even as the Goth of last month,
and the Congress of the State of Mexico in
session at TOluca had declared against peace,
Notwithstanding the repeated belIigerent dem
Onstrations by the enemy, and a positive VIC
Iatlon Of the armistlce IN our wagons not be-
Ting permitted by the mob to enter the city for
provisions, negotiations were still pending TO
as late date as the 9th The Arco Iris re-
ceved letters from Mexico under date of the
9th, stating that on the 9TH the Mexican com
missioners declared that the propositions made
by Mr.. Trst were inadmslbe, IN consequence
of which Gen. Santa Anna convokeI a coun-
Gil of generals, who decided that notice should
be given Immediately o Gen. Scott that the
armistice was at an end, and appointed the 9th
for the commencement of hOstIltleS.
On the 9th Gen Scott addressed from Tacu-
baya the following note TO Santa Anna:
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF UNITED STATES, !
September 6, 1877.
To his ErceHency the President and General
IN Chief Of the Republic Of Merico:
The 18th and 18th articles of the armistice OF
military convention which had the honor OF
ratifying and exchanging with your EXcel!en,
cy on the cath nlt. stipuate that the army un.
der my command shall have HE privilege OF
obtaining supplies from the city of Mexico
There were repeated Violations OF these arti
cles soon after the armistice was signed, anG
have now good reason Tor believing that
| ys-itkiD he Lost fC,1r hours ;f at bo
fore, the 81 article of the same convention was
also violated by the same parties These di.
rect breaches Of good faith give to this army
full right 10 commence hostjlities against Mex
leo without giving any notice. However,
will give the necessary time for In eXpana
ton, satisfaction, or reparation. If these are
not given hereby formally notify you that
if do not receive the most complete satslac
ton on all these points before - O'Clock to-
morrow, shall consider the armistice ter
minated from that hour.
have the honor to be YOUR ExCeliency'.
obedient servant, WINFIELD SCOTT.
To this Santa Anna made the following re
ply:
Headquarters, Army Of Merican Republic, |
Merico, Sept. 6, 1917.
To his Ercelency Gen. Winfield Scott, Com
mander- IN Chief ofthe Army Of the Z. s.
S1R-By the note of your EXceIlency unde
this date | learn, with surprise. that you con
slider that the civil and military authorities o
Mexico have violated articles I, u and O
the armstce which | concluded with you
Excelency on the oath of last month.
The civil and military authorities Of Mexi
co have not obstructed the passage OF pro
, visions for the American army; and If at time
, their transmission has been retarded, it ha
| been owing to the imprudence of the Amer
can Agents, who, without having previou
understanding with the proper authorities
gave occasion for popular outbreaks, which
has cost the Mexican Government much trOu
bic to repress. Last night and the night be
fore, the escorts for the provision train wer
f ready to start, and were only detained becaus
Mr.. Hargous, the agent, desired it. The OF
ders given to suspend the intercourse betwee
: the two armies were addressed to private ind
| viduals, not to the agents of the army of tn
I United States, and were intended purposeIy
expedite the transmission OF provisions to tn
army, and to confne the intercourse to thi
object exclusively In return for this condu(
your EXcelency has prevented the owneIs {
managers of the grain mills in the vicinity {
the city from furnishing any flour to the city
: which is a true breach of the good faith you
e Excellency had pledged me.
1t is false that any new work or fortified
ton has been undertaken, because one or tw
repairs have only served to place them IN tn
same condition they were in on the day th
: armist.ce was entered into, accident or tn
convenience of the moment having caused III
y destruction of the then existing works. 70
have had early notice of the establishment {
the battery covered with the mud walls of tn
u house OF Garry, in this city, and did not re
- monstrate, because the peace of two gre;
y Republics could not be made to depend upo
things grave in themselves, but of little valu
compared 10 the result in which all the friend
of humanity and of the prosperity OF tn
American continent take so great an interes
. GThere is some obscurity in this sentence
:, which, it is probable, is owing to typograh
Il cal errors-EdS Pic.l
20 1t is not without great grief and even lndis
nation that | have received communication
from the cities and villages occupied by Il
= army OF your Excellency, in relation TO tt
>. violation of the temples consecrated to II
A. worship OF God; to the plumber of the sacrt
;r vases, and to the PROCLAMATION of the lmag'
y. venelated by the Mexican people Profount
~, ~ have been affected by the complaints
- fathers and husbands, of the violence offere
- 10 their daughters and wives; and these san
oo cities and villages have been sacked not onl
i in violation of the armistice, but OF the sacr,
y. principles proclaimed and respected by civil
"' ed nations | have observed silence to t
&c present moment, in order not to obstruct +