The Arkansas banner., 1847-09-27

accounts of our own correspondent, the splendid and decided nature of the late victories of General Scott. From the tenor of this, the tamest and most subdued document which has been written during this war, by the self compacent and boastft Mexi- can, fl will be seen that Santa Anna still keeps up his old habit of shuffng the responsibility of from his own upon the shoulders of an inferior officer. Gen Valencia is the scape-goat of the battle of Churubusco, as Minon was of the battle of Buena Vista. # F #aFs'f 7 sa MANIFESTO
 Of the President ad interim of the Republic, | and GeneFal.in-Chief of the Army, to the
 Nation.
 l In such solemn and critical moments as these il is the duty of hinvho presides over the destiuies ot the Nation to give publicity 10 passing events and 1t IS with the greater pleasure that perform this duty, inasmuch as frankness has evei been the character of my administration. The unfortunate
 events of the 18th and 2oth only too we'll known;
 and 1t only remains for me to present review of
 them in order that they may not be distorted either
 by the spirit of detrsction and malice, or by that error which arises from insufficient analysis ol
 affairs oi the gravest and most serious nature The Nation is aware of the great, the extraordi-
 nary efforts which have made within the last three
 months for the defence of the Capital that was about to fail defenceless into the hands of the enemy.
 have formed, armed and equipped an army of more 1 than 2O, 900 men; ] have collected an immense l amount of material for this army; have fortified various points in order 10 keep at distance from l Mexico the ravages of war; have created resources in the midst of the insulation to which the Govern ment was reduced, and no labor, no fatigue have I spared in order that my country might itself with dienity and frmness in the struggle 10 which it had been So unjustfy provoked.
 In war, mere accident, apparently the most in- significant trife, fnay frustrate the best formed combinations. A glance at the iefences which nafuhli Shad arnnnd ina ia the plan which had proposed to myself The forces which I had advanced by one flank were supported on the other, were suitably arranged in echelons, and had convenient and we'll known ground left open for retreat. 4 certain Gen Wal. encia) who was in command of a strong division. consisting of 5000 men and 2l pieces of artillery whose headquarters weretin the village ofSan Angel ordert on the 18th, at II o'clock in tue morning
 10 fall back 10 the village of Coyoacan, intending by this to concentrate the forces in ordert 10 meet the movements already exhibited by the enemy and to deyelope promptly my plan of operations Bu; this General, forgetting that there cannot be two coinmanders-n- chief in the field of batle-fcr- getting that the execution of plan will not admit of observations that render if nugatory; permitted himself to object to the orders which he had re. ceiyed; and as all obedience and discipline so es- sentia in military matters had thus been banshed from between us, it became necessary for the evad ing of greater evils which may be readily foreseen to tolerate what to consent to would appear an ab- surdity, and thus, in spite of myself, was forced to let him go on, charging him with all the respon- sibility Of the result. As might have been expec- ted, this result was fatal He moved forward ,nott pTopio for more than league 10 choose a position whence he could go out 10 mee, the enemy, without
 informing HE in the least, either Of the movement or of his designs. His refusal to comply with my directions was the first notice that had of his temerity; and immediately the explosion of cannon pointed out his position, and al the time gave me to understand that he had engaged with the enc my. Although oppressed with the presentiment of what was about to take place, l Immediately put myself at the head of brilliant brigade of 1000 men and pieces of artillery l arrived at the moment when considerable force of the enemy had gained the rear of tue unfortunate Generals position; and scarcely could check their operations because it was already near night.
 But noted withth most profound grief that po- sition was an insulated one, that there was laige baranca between us, that the enemy occupied an intermediate wood, that the force of my immediate command could not advance by the only route left open without compromising themselves in the same manner as the other had done, and in short it was only by battery which arrived late upon the field that any thlng could be accomplished. The fire having ceased brigade took up it's quarters in the adjoining village of San Angel for the rain fell
 in such torrents that to have kept troops out in the field would have been much 10 insure their defeat
 Before this however 1 directed my aid-de camp Col Rarniro, 10 go round the head of the terrible barianca that lay in our front, and by way of ihe skirt of distant hill, guided by the deputy, D. Jose Maria del Rio who was well acquaDted with the ground. to hasten al the top of his speed to the camp of the said General and give the most posti- tive orders To spike his artillery which it was no longer possible to save, and to fall back that very night upon San Angel with his infantry and cava- ". by the only road that was left to him. This my aid de camp did, communicating my orders between a,II Iafc af kt.f ,.f implicit obedience, the said General would hardly allow my Aid 10 speak, nteruptihg him with his wants, which were, 5000 men and munitions: and finally he sent him away with tws official reports, sgHed and sealed, in one of which he states, that on the previous evening he had beaten the enemy putting him to shameful flight and that in consequence, he had granted pFeMotion to generals, chiefs and officers.
 On the following morning I again appeared in the same field, reinforced by brigade which had ordered from the Capitol, with the design of forcing the Pass on every hazard; but when I was con- mencing my operations the enemy made their at tack, It lasted ten minutes; and witnessed, in the midst of despair, the defeat of those soldiers deserving of better fate, who were unfortunately commanded by General that had cut himself off from assistance
 The consequence of this defeat were to me terri ble; the enemy, by rapid movement, could now arrive at the Capital before il could be possibly succoTed: he could by flank movement, cut of my attachments; he could from the result of his vic tory, bring the whole mass of his forces to bear upon part of mine; and, in fne from the insub- ordination and waEt of skill of single general. he turned 10 his own account all he advantages of my position.
 The strong advance work of San Antonio could not be defended because line had been cut; and directed that the garrison should withdraw while was covering the fort and iefe de poai, of Churu- busco. The enemy advanced and, cutting of a r fl.uN ts kfnI himself in front of most advanced lntrenchnen his. Here 1 again put myself al the head of our soldiers. and my efforts cost the enemy the loss oi no little blood Our losses, although lamentabe were the natural consequence of sueden retreat, accustomed by supprise, and embarrassed by the trains which were passing along the narrow causeway, hanked throughout its whole extent. The defence was from line 10 line, until arriving at The third line where l, in person. checked the enemy and thus saved the Capital, which had been SC unexpectedly aaI t.