Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1847-10-07

blood that they can penetrate the city Of Mex
90, and that at all events they willthere find
their sepulchre.
We translate the subjoined letter from jail
apa to the Arco Iris, without vouching for its
correctness:
When Gen. Perez abandoned the Mill del
Rey bomb discharged from Chapultepec fell
amor the ammunition wagons OF the enemy
in tie yard Of the mill, causing four of them to
explode, by which 800 Americans are said to
have been blown up, (ralarcn) including Gen.
Worth, who, according TO the account, had
not been seen or heard of the next day at Ia
cubaya
The next accounts we have from the capital
come in letter to the Arco Iris, dated the 10th
il sta We subjoin Translation Of it:
MEXICO. Sept. 10, .S47.
Nh Esteemed Friend: The whole day has
passed without an attack At 2 in the after
noon an alarm was created by the appearance OF
two columns and two guerilla parties which
were on the causeway of Pledad. A few
shots were exchanged and the enemy with
drew. According to all appearances we shall
be attacked tomorrow at three points, as the
enemy, during the night, has been reconnoiter-
ing The country by means of camp lanterns
{ farol de Camp-Map The government has ia
ken 100000 which were being sent by a
commercial house to the camp of the enemy.
Gen. Smith has expired, and, by the en-
closed slip. you will see the Americans multi
ated and cruelty assassinated the unfortunate
Irish who were taken at the battle of Churu-
busco.
MEXICO, Sept. IL, 1S47.
Nv Esteemed Friend-under cover
of what sent you last night | stated
nothing new, at which we were sur
priSed, as 1t did not rain, and we expec-
ted to be attacked. Thus we passed
the morning until 3 O'Clock in the eve
ming, when The alarm bell was rung and
it was ascertained that there was firing
Of artillery at Chapulepec and San
Antonio Abad. In the first point it
was caused by the approach of a force
Of the epe,ny's cavalry, which took po-
siton on the hills of Tacubaya; moving
from that village towards Morales, and
there sklrmish with party Of our
cavalry took place, in which "a captain
and several of our soldiers we're killed
and some twenty of the enemy woun
ded with the lance.
In San Antonio A bad the fire upon
the battery Of the enemy, which is in a
little hermitage half in ruins, and situa-
ted at the end of the Causeway del Nj
no Perdido or La Piedad, which leads
to San Angel, the enemy fred from six
TO eight bombs, Of which but one fell
withou, exploding. The others we
saw burst in the air. We then gave
them several shots, well directed, one
of which fel! within the very hermitage,
raising great dust; in consequence Of
which the enemy did not fire more
than three or four shots up to 6 O'Clock.
A strong norther, which was blowing,
prevented us from hearing them, and
we only saw the smoke.
tits said that tomorrow they will
open with forty pieces on the batVrles
Of ''gari,as. Cat this moment we
cannot hit upon an English word
which will convey the meaning ofthls.
Garitas are the places in the immedi-
/ ate vicinity of cities, at which the rev.
enue is collected.-Eds. Or, per-
haps bombar the city from these points
situated in the neighborhood ofahe
village of PiedaJ, which | have no
doubt they will do after taking any one
ofthe garitas, particularly the one of
San Antonio Abad, which is the most
advanced, beng in straight line with
Palacio, which is nearly on a parallel
with the batteries of the enemy and
takes them in flank. 81,
Ii appears that the enemy is convlnc-
ed of the imposibility of reducing the
capital by any other means, because
there is no doubt that he has lost from
900 to 1000 men, who were placed
hors de combat by the action OF the 9Th,
anu among them 81 officers and 3 COL
onels killed aud l colonel wounded. =
1t appears that the death of Gen. Pill
low is uncertain.
In compensation of this heavy loss,
or whatever you like, they hung yester-
day at San Angel all the prisoners of
the Legion of St. Patrick they took at
Churubusco, when all the world tho't
they would have been spared capital
punishment. They have expelled
from their houses all the inhabitants of
the village of the Mizcoac, in order to
estaol there their hospitals and head
quarters.
Last night parcel Of men started
to work at the Ratification at the call
of the justices of the peace, animated
by the most lively feelings. Besides
the Penon and ChapuIlepec, where
from the natura! advantages there were