The Arkansas banner., 1847-12-13
OFFICIAL DISPATCHES,
Report sf saior Gen. Worth. lgApGCaSTFks FIRsr Dfvfyov
 titv of Mexico. Sepf IS Is4T

scang ladders, organized consisting of ten
 oticers-Cspt. Mckenzie 24 Artillery, comman. ] tiag- and i"o huudfet and sixty men, volunteers
 drawn n d1e proportion from the several rerps At ! o'clock. A. NJ. on the 18th these detsrhnsnts
 assembled at the appointed place, and proceeded 10 1 their duty For the msGner in which this was exc.
 cuted. refer o the report, herewith. of the gallant ! corr mander.
 Al the same time had the orders of the general. in-ehei to take position with the remaiHheG of ny
 dvIsion and support tho operations of Gen Pillow
 This position was taken al the time and place ari. 1 pointed. aud tbas generalinformed of my p-epaTa l tons and of my readiness 10 support him. Lieut.
 Semmes. tnavy,l one ofmy aids de-csmp, whom
 despatched with this inte}igencr found Gen Pillow
 soon ailer 'he assault hsd commereed synuny4ei at
 inc foot of hill. Gen. Pillow desired him 10 re-
 turn io me, with request "to bring up my whole
 division. and make great ste. or, he feared would
 he too late" The 2d (Clarke'sl brigade was or l dered instantly to advance. ! did so. passed on.
 mingled with the advancing forces and entered with l them, peH gsSH, into the assaulted work. At the 1 same instant the Ist (Garand'sl brigade the ligh; 1 battalion. under Lieut. Col. C. F. Smith and Dur.
 cans battery, were mt in motion around the north
 eastern base of the hill of ChapuI'epec and moved 1 in operation upon the San Casme route and aque-
 duet. Alter advancing some four hundred yards we l came to battery which had been assaiied by DOT ! ion of MagrIder's field guns-partcGlsriy the sec 1 ton under the gallant Lieut. Jackson who although
 ha had lest rnst of his horses and many of his men | 1 noble courage. A portion Of Gariaad's brigsde,
 which bad been previously depioyed iH the field 10 fhe left now came D. wjth and defeated the enemys rgSt--'hc sr@my's laf fv'out'nF in the direction of the Tac4bapa aqedget which Qgi;man's d. vision was battling ant 15sttcjss. Parsniag the San Cosma road: discover aa archod passage through 'he aqaeduci, srl route practicable for artillery for considerable distance over the mea iows in the dir coR Of tbe battery and Ief cf the enemy s 'tne which Wos galling at! eHdeavor. ! fr.sr .tahva {asstr can vifh section of his battery covered bv Lieut. ! Col. Smiths battalion was turned of upon this route and. advancing 10 within four hundred yards ot iae enemy Ines, (@Aich was as far as the aa- turs cf he ground woal3 netmitl opened an rltec- live fre-frst Upcn the battery. and then upoR the retreaing liCogs. great numbers of hom were cu' down. Having t1us aIded the advance and cleared ibe front tbeiuE tatorably sitHated) oi ny gallant friend Qaitaan, as far as II was in power this portiea of mY command was witbafs@B, The 2t brigade now coming up. the advance upon tho main road was continued We soon cane up with and carried second battery, and afferEaris third, both ct them strong works and enIlatng the road This brought US 10 the CAmUo SaBt8, or English bnTTiag ground near which the rad and a4uejuct bend to the right Al this pOiat the g-nera.iu- ! cti0f came up with his staff. and instructed me to fies5 eG. carry The garita San Cosme, and, If poss
 bie, penetrate to tine Alameda Shortly after Brig. Gen CadH alader reported to ne. by the oF!er of inc gerera' ia-ehief. and later. between snd ?. fi. Aoi, iAlte9, NItn ue Z4 pftga0e. 21 tiNiSDH. Toe fo-g.es as!ei, ,n posioa at inc Campo Saato.
 to hold tha Fsint and aak 10 the Jeff and rear. The
 latter. cu.rtfZ up after tae firing had ceased, was halted H tha rear ei the ist division. and entered ihe city 3.th Il oH inc morning of the l4th
 Hare we came in front of another battery. beyond which, distant s1me two hundred and fifty vars, ana sustaining it lhe last defence Or the garta ot San Cosne. The approach 10 these t.ro dsleAces was m rght hne, and the whole space was liter ally swept by grape. canister and sbeils. from a heavy gun and howIzeT: added io which severe
 fires of musk Try were delivered from the tops Of the adjacent houses and churches. T. hence be- came necessary 10 vary IDoie cf o9eTatiugs.-- GaIlanc's brigade was thrown tp the rgh.. ~iftig aal masked bv tle aqUatuct, and i7-tr.-~ te tI-- iotgl tile sueiay from tbe a.Girs, r ai+ lon' 8HI endear0r t1 reach and turn ta 4 l.a .aTi,l t1AtE 1tfahla-r oi such cover as noEl' oilf, f0 enable tiiu 'o eieci these ot ects. tAIA's 1ri lde 5t ., sn.e t''ae ordered 10 ta1e the buildings ou fife lei a ie road, ard, by he Uss of bars and pcks. barrow through from house 70 hogse. and, ia like manner cauy tne fizht os lie garila V nile i these orders wfre being execaied a uaolutan how l
 tLer Vas placed on Jhe top of a commanding buil i ding the left, and another on tse church oi San Costne ca the ughi both ol which opeaed with ad ! mrablc effect, The work of the troops was tedious. and necessarily slow, but greatly iagored by {. tAe hoVIizgfs. Finally, at o'clock, both columus bad rcecbed their pes ons and i then became nee | essa5y, & al hazards, to advance piece of artillery t7 th3eyacgaed ed battery of the enemy, Intermediate bet@ren us and 'as g.Tlta. Lisa; Hunt "as orfeT { eI .e cE.cltt iAs dIty. wbicA hz ci3 .n ti2 high Jc-t rtflt.s ;gia gallaniFy, equally sustained by h.. +e'sra troops ":iA the i5ss e one Et!i@ sad to IF t eut oi nine u3en, a..ae1-b tle piece ! acs sat atta.i -. ; oyer djs.arce ol ouy3un han reteld lIy y5ld', reaching f5e ereastworS. he ea.a= nJ11 ip nanz;ig with he onsJay. r. hfs { q yer been ny fortune 70 witness more brilliant eXh4h.;ioa If courage ard con3uc. The n3oment ! had arrived Tor Inc h-al aad c1tnblce9 attack l Apon ihe last s'rcngheli oi the enemy in my guar ter II was made by our m'n springing, as if bg ! magic, 70 the tops ot the houses a'a which they had patiently and GU s'iy la4fe thrir way with the bir aHd peN, and 10 he gttaT srprlse and coastfr nation of the enemy. oaeuing upon bia .h'n ea ! sy range destructive fire of nHsketry single discharge n which many of his EunRefs were killed at tn il pieces sufficient tDdriye hiG in caufu sioL from the breastwoTk, when prolonged shoat frosa brave fellows n1anc~d that we were ii possession of the garta of San Cosme, anJ already in the city ot Mexico.
 Al this point We again "a the pleasure to meet the Presd nt genefsI-i-a e teok 5ae of his aids superior officers. with mary other ca iai,s animpor l tant prisoners and one of my mosi gallant and lea ding subalterns had the qualification oi eating his exce,lehcy's well prePared supper
 The reminder of the division marched within the city gate and Capt. Huger of the ord nance, who had been directed by The general-n- 1 chief to report to me, with heavy guns, some time before Was desired ta advance al 2tpoan ander and q i0-inch mortar place them in position fc garitI obtain the direction, and open few slot and shell upon the grand plt,N and pal.ee assumed to be ! about G00 yards distant. fhis-Ettery opened at ! o'clock thrcr sroi s.-Bz Fe4 iEo. lhc g,in. aud five from ,he moran. They told with admirable effect as al o'cleck at night a commission tr1iu the municipality came to nay advanced post Wst'' flag announcing rsai immediately after th9 aisavy guns opened, ths Government ani army ce'nnsnc- ed cyac aamg tbc city, and that the eolp6ssion depu,cd 70 confer with the gensrain-cfei b whose hea .afters il was pas andcr Assssfant Adj. Gen. Mackali. At . M., ap the l4tA my tro0ps and heavy guns advanced Ato the ,ciiy, and occupied ! the Alameda, to thc 5at sisre tfr9nts inc palace, and ihare haitoli at p'5as, fine geaersl-ia-chiel having instructed me 1 Sa.se position snd await his further orders. Sa8ry Afterwards struggling which continued, jn VaIs3Hs paFIq of the city, through the day, causing some lo-s. The fEsl at .r..,., ,,f haaA of