Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-10-07
FARTHER NEWS FROM MEXICO.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT.
~ Descrters Hung.

General Worth and Three Hundred Americans
SAID to be blown up by Explosion Of Powdsr
Wagons-Capture of $500, 900 by the Meai.
cans---Death of Gen. Smith, Capture of Cha.
pultepec---B -Bom5ardmenf of the Capital Ia-
uested By the American Troops Death o ofGen.
Braro-Santa Anna Wounded The Reject
ed Treaty Of Peace.
The North American of Monday lat gives
the most exciting intelligence lr1m our army
We extract the most important.
The accounts are meagte, and we shall a.
wal, with great anxiety The receipl of official
dispatches, which, however, may not reach
Tor some time, as the frs. courier from Geuer-
al Scott has doubtless been cut off, No'hiug
We, has been learned, except from Mexican
sources, and we indulge he hope that they ex.
aeyera,e our loss, though il has necessarily
been severe. The suspense in relation TO Gen.
erals Worth, Smith and Pillow, will be pain
ful in the extreme, moi only to their friends and
relatives. but 10 the country al large.
A terrible reiribulion has ovenaken the rem
egade Riley and his fellow dcseuers, who have
been hung, 72 in number, liz sighl Of both ar
mics.
On the 7th Gen. Herrera, as commander of
The city of Mexico, addressed The clergy, ex-
hurting Them TO exert all their influences To in
cite he people 10 arm themselves and prepare
to resis. The American army.
On The 9Th Of September, Gen Scott attacked
the mil Del Rey or Kings Mill, in the imme-
dia,e vicinity of Chspuepec according TO the
Diario del Goberno, and the Boleiin published
at Atisco Onr army was repulsed after Sc
we're conficr, in which we lost about 400 IN
killed and from 600 TO 700 in wounded. and
fell back upon Tacnbaya. The account given
by The Boletin represents the baule to have
been the mos, bloody and severely rcnss'ed of
the whole war. This, however, is a Mexican
account, and concludes as follows:
Al 10 O'Clock, the enemy commenced a ret,
rogade movement, and, by two O'Clock IN tho
afternoon, he withdrew his forces from lacu-
baya, abandoning the TWO points he had occu-
pied, and blowing up the house Of Mata. tho
some say il was sci on fire by bomb. fired
from ChapulIepec. Ii is believed that Gen.is
Twegs and Pierce directed the attack aud
that they put in motion about 5000 men. 1t
is certain that the fire more intense aud
brisk than at Churubusco.
Ii is impossible to ascertain the loss on Ell
ther side. Ours does not amount to 100 killed
and $50 wounded There are few missing.
Chapultepec The enemy. according to the
confession of an Irishman, who came over to
us in the evening, carried of 100 dead and GOO
or 700 wounded. We have 10 lament the loss
of Cen Leon, since dead; that Of Col B4lde-
ras of the valiant Coils. HnerIa and GeFa', aud
of the determined Capt Mareos OF Puehla.
A Mexican letter announces that Riley and
his legion of ST. Patrick, 72 IN number, were
ordered by the Cour, martial 10 be hung. The
sentence was approved by Gen. Scou, and on
the 9Th Sept. the whole legion were hung.
When General Perez aba ndoned The Mill eli
Rey, bomb, discharged from Chapuepec.
fell among the ammunition wagons of the enc
my in the yard of the mill. causing of them
to explode, by which 800 Americans said to
have been blown up, including Gen. Worth, who
according to the account, had not been seen or
heard of the next day at Tacubaya.
! The Mexican Government has taken 330o,000
which were being sent by commercial house to
the camp of the enemy.
| The only reliable account we have of the last
struggle before the Capital is in letter addressed
to Mr.. Dimond. our Collector at Vera Cruz, from
Orizaba, as follows:
ORIzABA, Sept. 10, l64T.
! have the honor to inform you that an express
arrived here this morning from the city of Mexico
which brings intelligence that zen. Scott was IN
the city of Mexico. That on the 18th, the Amer
lean troops took Chapultepec and the Citadel, and
went into the city that night.
Gen. Bravo was killed, and Santa Anna was
wounded in the arm, and has retired with the re-
mainder of his troops, which have suffered much
! to Gaudaloupe.
A letter from credtable source confirms all
that is said in the above and only disagrees with
it in stating that the city was carried by assault
on the l4th.
In regard to the American loss, the Picayunt
says: "As to our loss before the army entered the
city, we have nothing authentic. We fear thi:
new victory has not been achieved without great
loss of life"
A passenger in the James L. Day informs US
that it was reported among the Mexicans at Vera
Cruz that we lost 100 men in killed and wounded
but could trace it to no authentic source. Anoth
er passenger estimates Gen. SCOTS loss at from
one quarter to one third of his army.
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