Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1847-10-07

a Ht StPsNt tVhtH oy c'"s s's"se ASos-
ties and Biood-Ameriean Loss ,00O
10 100 ,--Nensm Loss $500
Gen. Worth wandedA-Gen Brap0
kiiltd-Sdnta Aana wounded--Hs
Flight to Guadalupe Riley and his
Companions Hung-Sre. &c. &c.
The steamer James l.. Day arrived at
New Orleans on the 25th ult with the
most important intelligence yet received
from the seat of war.
We extract from the New Orleans
Picayune Of the Doth ult. the following
particulars
The Arco Iris of Vera Cruz had re-
crwed letters from Mexico, under the
date Of the 9th, stating that on the 9TH
the Mexican Commissioners declared
that the proposition made by Mr.. Trist
were inadmissible in consequence Of
which General Santa Anna convoked a
council of generals, who decided that
notice should be given to Gen. Scott that
the Armistce was at an end, and appoint
ed the 9th for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF
hostilitics.
On the 9Th Of September, Gen. Scot,
addressed letter to Santa Anna from
Tacubaya, accusing him Of having vio-
Used several articles ofthe armistice, one
oi which was that not allowing the Amer
ican army to obtain supplies from the City
Of Mexico. Gen. Scott demanded an ex-
panatlon, and concluded as follows
| hereby formally notify you
that if do not receive the most COM
plctc satisfaction on all these points, be-
fore IL o'clock tomorrow, | shall con-
sIder the armistlc as terminated from that
hour.
To this letter General Santa Anna re-
Piled at considerable length, and with
great severity. Tie accused General Scott
OF having violated the terms of the armis-
nce IN refusing to allow -four from the
mills III the vicinity, to be brought into
she city, and says that the American wa
gons were driven out Of the city on ac-
count of the Objectionable conduct of the
officers accompanying them. Santa An
ma also charges Gen. Scott with having
Sdcked Tie .HexicdR tO,cnS an the ucinify
Of The Capital, ond robbed and deserrated
TIE churches, and stealing and destroying
articles htM sacred by eroy .Nerican.-
lie concludes as follows
" | hatier myself that our ExcelIency
viii be convinced, on calm reflection, on
The weight Of my reasons but if by mis-
fortune you should seek only pretex to
deprive the first city of the American
Continent of an opportunity to free the
,pA r,,nt,lat,n,, 81 tI,., h,pra.g %
tlIcrc will be left me no other means OF
salvation but to repel force by force, with
the decision and energy which my high
obligations impose upon me-"
On the 9TH, Gen. Herrera, as Com
mandant of the city of Mexico, addressed
rhe clergy, exhor,ing them TO exert all
their Influence to incltc the people to arm
themselves, and prepare to resist the A.
slerican army.
thr the Sib, Gen. Scott attacked the
Mill del Rey or Kings Mill, III the i'm
mediate vicinity Of Chapultepec, and ac-
cordng to the Diorio del Gobierno BILE
tin, published at Atllsco, near Puebla,
our army was repuIsed, after a short con-
illct. in which we lost about 400 in killed
and from 600 to 700 in wounded, and
fell back upon Tacnbaya.
The account given by the BOictin, rep
resents the battle to have been the most
bloody and severely contested Of the
whole war. This, however, is a Mexi-
can account, it concludes as follows
AT u o'clock the enemy commenced
retrograde movement, and by o'clock
IN the afternoon he withdrew all his for
ces to Tacubaya, abandoned the two
pOl is he had occupied, and blew up the
house of Maia, although some say it was
set on fire by bomb from Chapultepec.
" Ii is believed that Generals Twiggs
and Pierce directed the attack, and that
they put in motion about : 900 men.
:" 1t is certain that the fire was more
intense and brisk than at Churubusco.
9 it is impossible to ascertain the loss
of either siLe Ours does not amount TO
100 killed and $50 wounded.
"There are a few missng-nearly all
not killed or wounded retiring to Cha
pultcpec.
THE enemy, according to the con-
icsslon Of an Irlshman, who came over
10 us IN the evening, carried off 400
dead and 600 or 700 wounded.
1--WE have to lament the loss of
Gen. Leon, since dead that of Col. Bal
beras, of the valiant Coils. IIuerla and
Geleati, and Of the determined Capt. Ma
teos Of Puebla."
A Mexican letter announces that Riley
and his Legion of st. Patrick, 10 in
DunrI'er, were ordered by the Court Mar.
tial 10 be hung. The sentence was ap-
proved by General Scott, and OF the Sth
of September, THE WHOLE LEGION WAS
HUNG ~ THE PRESENCE OF THE ARMY
A. ALSO OF THE ENEMY.
The Diarjo del G05iernO says:
At half past 4 o'clock in the morning,
the Americans attacked the position of
the mill of FL Rey, close to the fortress
of Chapuitepec. Their numerous and
brave columns were, however, repulsed
three tunes by valiant soldiers, who this
d1y rave brilliant nroofs of their notriot-