Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-09-23

tie enemy outaumberiRg us-in each at least three
or four times They acknowledge 10 have had
thirty thousand men in the field on that day !;
and yet we drove them on every occasion, and
] in the end, made more than twenly-three hun
dred prisoners among them seven Of their prin-
cipaI generals, and abou, forty pieces of cannon.
Our loss, | am sorry to say, as may be expec-
ted, has been very great. tmay possibly reach
one thousand killed and wounded bu. the re-
turns are no, ye. in but enough is known TO
| satisfy US that we have lost many very valuable
officers Among the prisoners taken, | was
mortified to see between fifty and seventy de-
serters from our army, with the Mexican uni
form on. court is in session TO try Them ;
and trust that many of them will be punished
|, is pretty we'll known, from their position in
the battle a, San Pablo, tha, volley FROM them
killed and wounded sixteen out of seventeen
Of the second infantry, including an officer and
leaving one officer Uhe aGjulan, of the regiment,)
standing
There are many Of our friends, | am sorry
TO say among the killed and wounded; but
can hardly enumerate them now. Young Cap
tain Hanson, of Washington was killed. Col
one Butler, of the South Carolina regiment
was killed: Smith, badly wounded in the arm
and thigh hopes are entertained that his arm
may be saved. Lieut.. Irons, shot through the
windpipe, slight hopes Of his recovery. Capt.
Phil Kearney, lost his arm in the charge to-
wards the gates Of the city; he is doing well.
There are others, no doubt, which canno, re-
collect al this moment, but many that we are
equally interested IN are safe. Hagner and
Gait are both safe.
The mex, morning, the General. leaving a
hospital and garrison in San Augus,in, set off
with determination of reaching this place be-
fore night. Halting at Coyoacan short time
10 allow iinse for his various orders for The
movement of the troops TO be executed, he acas
met By flag from the city, asking terms. After
making his reply, the bearer of the flag, gen.
eral of engineers, very cvily proposed to the
general, knowing his intention of coming here.
tha, if he would halt few hours longer he
would request his government to send word to
The castle of Chapultepec not 10 fire on us as
We approached. But the General replied tha,
it was his intention 10 come here, and he would
lake the risk and on he went. On approach
ing the town, the General sent me forw ard with
an order 10 Col. Harney, Of the dragons, 10
take possession of it, and make the necessary
disposition of pickets, &C., and wait the arrival
of General Worth, before unsaddling his horses.
We rode into town without moles,alon bu, a
troop which had accompanied Captain Lee, in
advance, had preceded US. 1t " as lucky for
us iha, Chapullepec did no, fire upon us for
the town is in perfect range Of its guns, and
might have knocked US into cooked hat
Worth's division did not arrive until near dark,
and we had none but dragons with us. The
same evening another flag was received from
the city. | will no, pretend to give the objects.
Several have inierchanged since; and | am
happy 10 say, that an armistice was this day
agreed upon, with the object of negotiating for
a peace. The terms were dictated by The Cen
eral, and every thing looks as favorably as may
be. The General very magnanimously, and
very discreely, no doubt, too, did no. ask a
surrender Of The city, as it is virtually under
his control and. to have taken The army into
| it, would have been productive of some trouble,
as j, would be next to impossible TO control the
troops. We are occupying the Bishops Pal
ace, huge pile of buildings, with magnificent
| gardens attached, but as uncomfortable as can
be, there being no furniture. The view from
here, though, is beyond description. Chapul-
lepec, lllIe on the lef looks frowning down
upon us with its heavy guns and the c,y with
It's innumerable spires, nearly surrounded by
water is directly in front But have not space
for further description.
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