Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-10-09


twenty OF the enemy wounded with the lance
In San Antonio Abad the fire upon the battery of the
my which in the little hermitage, hafin ruins and situat
ed at the end of the Causeway del Nino Pedo La Pie
dad, which leads to San Angel the enemy fired from
eight bombs, OF which but fell without exploding The
others we burst in the air. We then gave them several
Shots well directed OF which fell within the very hermit
age raising great DUST consequence of which enemy
did not fire than three four shots up o'clock
strong norther which blowing prevented from hearing
then and we only the smoke
II Is said that tomorrow they will open with forty pieces ON
the batteries Of "garas !" perhaps lombard the city
these points, situated in the neghborhood the village of Pie
dad which have doubt they will do after taking any one
Of the garas' particularly the Of San Antonio Abad
which is the most advanced, being in straight line with Pa
iacio, which is nearly parallel with the batteries of the
| enemy, and takes them in flank. &
1t appears that the enemy il nnpossiby
of reducing the capital by any other MEANS because there Is
no doubt that he has lost hundred men, who
placed hors de combat by the action Of the sh and among
them thirty officers and three colonies killed and
colonel wounded. II appears that the death Of Gen Pillow
In for this loss whatever you like, they
hung Yesterday at San Angel all the prisoners of the Legion
ST. Patrick they took at Churubusco, when all the world
thought that they would have been spared capital punishment
They have expelled from their houses all the inhabitants of
the village of Mzcoac, order establish there their hos
tails and headquarters.
Last night parcel of started work at the fortica
ton the call the justices of the peace animated by the
lively feelings. Besides the Penan and Chapuepec,
where from the natural advantages there strong de-
fences and where there FIRST second and third lines Of
Defence all the garitas strongly fortified, having be-
Sides between La Pedad and San Antonio Abad three bat
tories and trench which diagonay the grazing
grounds and unes the two galas. y
Sept l2.-At o'clock in the morning the bells awoke
US by the of an alarm The batteries OF San
Antonio Abad and the corresponding battery of the enemy
opened FIRE upon each other We have discharged by
enemy multitude Of bombs the greater number Of which
burst in the air and long before they reached trenches
At the hour firing commenced at Chapuepec, the
right side of which and in the mountains whence the
attack, short distance from the enemy stationed
forces of cavalry and infantry who watching the enemy
We opened at halfpast 6, iom the battery of the gar
ta of Beeu, it may &c from that starting from the end
Paseo Nuevo which situated the angle formed by the
gateway leading the villages of La Piedad and Tacubaya
But where the enemy directed all his efforts appears be the
s'garta of San Antonio Abad. The is the doors
must close-the alarm bell still continues 10 ring.
This brings us TO the 18th, but at what hour of
the day the letter was closed we are not informed.
OF even the denouemem we have only brief ac-
count, but sufficient 10 that arms have
achieved brilliant triumph and that our army is
= revealing in the halls of the Montezumas. The
only reliable account have of the last struggle
before the capital is in letter addressed TO MIR. Dr.
MoSD, our Collector at Vera Cruz, from Orizaba.
| which will be found below. Our correspondent at
Vera Cruz vouches for its accuracy, and we have
reason to believe ii is from the same source as was
the letter giving the first and correct account Of
the battles of Contreros and Churubusco:
A ORIzABA, SEPTEMBER 49, ls47.
DEAR Sin have the honor inform you that express
arrived here this evening from Mexico which brings the INTEL
gence that Gen. Scott in the city Of Mexico; that on
the 9Th the American troops took Chapuepec and the ca-
DEL and into the city that night Gen. Bravo kill
ed and Gen. Santa Anna wounded in the and had
retired with the remainder of his troops, which had suffered
much, to Guadalupe. Your friend, &c. -.
To F. NJ DrMoSp, Esq, Collector, Vera Cruz.
letter from credible source. confirms all that
is said in the above aud only disagrees with it in
stating that the city carried by assault on the
18th The Sun of Anahuac has it that on the 18th
the heights and works of Chapultepec carried;
that on the l4ih and 18th the city was bombarded
and that part of our army entered on the morn
| ing of the 10th, the balance remaining at Chapulte-
pee As we have already stated, however, we place
no reliance on any of these reports except that OF
the correspondent of Mr.. DMoND.
As to our loss before the army entered the city
we have nothing authentic. We fear this new VIC
tory has not been achieved without great loss of
life. The Mexican accounts show that active hos
ttes commenced on the 9Th, and were continued
with more or less activity until our army took pos
session of the city. A passenger by the James l..
Day informs US that it was reported among the
Mexicans al Vera Cruz that we lost seventeen hun
dred men in killed and wounded, but cousd7race
il to no authentic source. Another passenger estl-
mates Gen. SCOTS loss at from one-fo,rth to one
third of his army in killed and wounded, but upon
what data he bases this opinion we cannot learn, and
are inclined to think it is purely onecure.
The following extract of letter, dated on the
2lst September, from the United States flagship
Germantown, at Vera Cruz, IS officially published
by the " Union"
"a steamer sails Immediately for New Orleans and have
waited until the last moment the hope of obtaining further
intelligence from the army.
"By tho latest accounts General Scorr entered the city
of Mexico on the l4h instant having CATER some hard fight
ing) driven out the Mexcans under General Santa Anna,
who had retreaed 10 Guadalupe with the remains Of his dis
comfited army General BRAyo and some other Mexican
officers OF distinction are said to have been killed
al enclose file Of Vera Cruz newspapers, which furnish
all the information received from Mexico up to this hourhe
intelligence reaching us through various Mexican channels
the communication with the army being still closed by armed
parties Of pueas Sun of Anahuac has not been pub
Iishcd to-day therefore send Mexican paper, Ell Aco