Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1847-10-13

Some ooscurny I'll this sentence, which
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i is not without grief and even indig.
nation that ! have received communica.
tions from the cities and villages occupi.
\ ed by the army Of your ExcelIency, in
q relation 70 the violation Of the temples
cofsecrated TO the worship Of God; tothe
plumber of the sacred vases, and to the
proclamation of the images venerated by
the Mexican people. Profoundly have !
been affected by the complaints Of fathers
and husbands, of the violence offered to
their daughters and wives; and these
same cities and villages have been sacked
not only in violation Of the armistice, but
OF the sacred princi pies proclaimed and
respected by civilized nations. I have
observed silence to the present moment,
III order not to obstruct the progress Of
negotiations which held out the hone of
terminating a scandalous war, and one
which your Excelency has characterized
soJustly as unnatural. But shall desist
offering apologies, because | cannot be
blind to the truth that the true cause Of
the threats of renewing hostilties, con-
tanned IN the note Of your Excellency, is
that have not been willing TO sign a trea-
ty which would lessen considerably the
territory of the Republlc,and that dignity
and integrity which all nations defend to
the last extremity. And if these consid-
eratlons have not the same weight in the
mind Of your ExceIiency, the responsible
lily before the world, who can easily dis
tinguish on whose side is moderation and
justice, will fall upon you.
| fatter myself that your Excellency
will be convinced: ION calm reflection. Of
the weight of my reasons. But, if by
misfortune, you should seek only pre-
text to deprive the first city of the Amer
lean continent Of al opportunity to free
the unarmed population Of the horrors Of
war, there will b. left me no other means
of salvation, but to repel, force by force,
with the decision and energy which my
high obligation impose upon me.
| have the honor to be your Excellen-
cy's humble servant,
ANTONIO LOPEZ DE- SANTA ANNA.
After this correspondence had passed be-
tween the two Generals, aud it became ap-
parent that hostilties would be resumed
Gen, Herrera, as commandant ofthe city of
Mexico, addressed circular to the clergy
them to exert all their influence
to incite the people to arm themselves with
everything which could be converted into
weapon Of defence, and resist the Ameri-
cans to the death. According to the state
ment of the Dias'io di Gobierno and the b. {
'etin, published at .4tlisco, General Scott at
lacked the Mill del Rey, or Kings Mill, in
he immediate vicinity of Chupultepec, on
he sth, and was repulsed with loss of 400
ii killed, and from 600 to 700 in wounded c
md fell back upon Tacubaya. An extra from
he Boletin, issued on the 9th, says that the
action CONN enced =: 5 o'clock on the morn ,
ing Of the Sth, and lasted until 9 o'clock, q
when the firing ceased, and our men COM
nenced collecting the dead together, and 6
providing for the wounded Gems. Twiggs
md Pearce directed the attack, with about Z
light thousand troops, and Gems. Perez and 7
leon commanded the Mexican forces. The :
is represented as having been a
much more severe than that Of Churubusco c
Mexico loss, 100 killed, and $50 wounded. t
among the killed are Gen Leon, Colonel
}alderas, Hucrta, and Gclati and Captain
iateas. Gems. Perez and Alvarez are said
0 have played the coward. A Mexican
stter from Jalapa to the FREQ Iris states,
bat during the attack upon the Del Rsy, 0
n the 9Th, bomb, discharged from Chap. d
ltepec. fell among our ammunition wagons, n
ausing four Of them to explode, by which g
lree hundred Americans are said to have
cen blown up, including Gen. Worth, who,
ccording to the account, had not been heard
f the next day at noon. Another letter from "
ne capital, dated the 10th, states that the '
merlcans would attack Chapuitepec at ii
,ree different points the following day. 1t C.
irther states that Gen. Smith had died, and
he company Of deserters, taken at the bat
e of Churnbusco had been executed. An u
Their letter, dated the l It'll. states that
kirmish took place between the cavalry at u
iorales. In this letter, Gen. Pillow is re-
orted not dead, from which we conclude
lat he has been badly wounded. =
Another letter, dated on the 18th, states 81
lat no attack had been made by our forces, s.
1t that they were in constant expectation
IN attack. Thus ends this Mexican har-
,guc. Further correspondence has been .
I'd with Mr.. Dinon, of Vera Cruz, confr- C
ing everything ws have had in relation to k
e entry of Gen. Scot. into the capital.
0TThe Glasgow News says, that Gen. =,
lice has applied to the War Department =
,r permission to raise a company Of d
lounted men, to act as an escort for him
cross the plains to Santa Fe-his inten- n
on being to return this fall. h
Appointn,ent.-Robert Allen, Esq'r. Y
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