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Eight DAYS Battle.

Legion OF o. IdVtCk UU"g uWLti oV"'0 nv " .
COurl Mariiai- Worth and Smith killed d-biOo. .
diest battles euer fOaght-Sania Anna 0Onnd' .
ed-Gen. Bravo kiHed-AmericaaS in tNi pos
session Of The CGPitat-Mcrican Army retired
10 GaddaiouPe.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 2--lIP.M.
By the arrival of The Jas. L. Day, at New Or.
leans, on the 25lh ult., we have received the
most important intelligence YET received from the
seat of war.
The Picayune Of the 26ih, received by Pony
Express, gives the following particulars:
The Arcoras had received letters from Mexl'
co, under date of lha 9Th, stating that the propO.
stion of Commissioner Smith was inadmlssabe,
in consequence Of which Gen. Santa Anna inVo-
ked Counsel of Guards, who decided that no.
tice should be Immediately given TO Gen. Scout,
that the Armi'lice was al an end, and the 9Th was
then appointed for The recommencement ol hos
tiities.
On the 9Th September, Gen. Scott addressed a
letter to Gen. Santa Anna. from Tacubaya, accu.
sing him Of having violated several articles of the
Armislice one Of which was not allowing the
American Army 10 obtain supplies from the Cny
of Mexico. Gen. Scot, demanded an eXpana'
lion aud reparaliOn, aud concluded as follows:
| "If these are not given. hereby personally
notify you, that if do not receive the most com
pIele and satisfactory explanation on all these
| points before twelve o'clock tomorrow, shall
consider the Armistce as terminated from that
hour"
10 this, Santa Anna replied at considerable
length, and with great severity, accusing General
Scott of having violated the terms of The ArmS'
tice, in refusing 10 allow -four, from the mills in
80, h, thp
Cty, and said the American wagons were driven
out of the city on account OF The objectionable
conduct of the officers accompanying them.
Santa Anna also charged Gen. Scott with hav.
ing sacked the Mexican towns, and robbed the
Churches in The ncighborhood Of The Capital
and with having stolen and destroyed articles
held sacred by lhe MeXicans.
Santa Anna concludes as follows:
81 Aaucr myself that your cXcellencv will be
convinced Of the weight of my reasons, but IT.,
by misfortune, YOU should seek pre'ext 10 de-
prive the first cIly of the American Continent oil
an opportunity 10 free the manned popuace OF the
horrors of war, there will be left me no other
means of salvation, but TO repe, force by force,
with the decision and energy which my high OBJ
legations impose upon me-"
On The 7,h, Gen. Herrera was in command of
, The Ciy of Mexico, and addressed the Clergy
, exhorling Them 10 prepare 10 resist the American
| Arms.
On The 9th, Gen. Scouatiackod the Mill el Rey,
, or Kings Mill, in tbs immediate vicinity OF Cha'
puapec, and according 10 the Dlara del Gober'
no, aud the Bulletin, published at AilHco, our Ar
my was re2ulsed after severe conlllct, IN Wnlcn
we lost about 400 in killed, and from GU TO 7oO
wounded. They then fell back upon Iabuca'
5 The account given by the Bdeln represents
5 the battle to have been the most bloody and So
} vereIy contested Of any which has been fought
since The war commenced. This, however, Is u
Mexican account which concludes as follows:
"At 10 o'clock the enemy commenced relro'
gade movement aud by Two in the afternoon he
t withdrew all his forces 10 Tacubaya abandoning
two points ha had been occupying, blowing W
b. the house OF Our Lady, which had been occupl
i ed by Gen. Scott. There are reports that II was
0 Set on fire by bomb shell from ChapuIlapec.
d Ii is said that Generals Twggi and Pierce d.
!. rccted the attack, and that they commanded ahou
5000 men. The fire was more severe and IN
!. tense than at Cherubusco. ltis impossible to es
i innate the loss on either side. Ours does not
n mount to more than 100 killed, ESQ wounded an(
1t two missing. Nearly all not killed or WOUNDED
). returned TO Chepulrapec.
h The enemy, according to the confession OF al
). Irishman who came over to US in the evening
IS carried off 400 dead and six or seven hundr1
ID wounded.
Is A Mexican letter announces that Riley an
his legion of Saint Patrick, 70 in number wer
IA ordered TO BE- hung by Cour Marshal. The sen
r tence was approved by Gen. Scott, and on the 81
= of September ths whole legion were hung in 'h
presence OF the whole army, as also oil the enc
W my.
* The Diario Goberno states "that half past tou
e o'clock on The morning Of The 8'h The American
le attacked the position occupied by our forces
re- the Mills of FL Rey, close to the fortress oil Chf
IS puItapac; his numerous and brave columns no"
al ever, were repuIsed three times by our gaIlar
soldiers, who this day gave proof OF their Palr
10 otisn and bravery. Mole than one thousand
y The enemy remained on the field of battle y
lg our side, the loss has been less than one'ha't