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FROM PETERSBURG TO sUNION."
To the Editor Of thsa Union

10 the EQ1toT 81 he&
PETERSBURG, October 20-s a. m.
The mail from the south brings the following i'm
porant news from General Scott giving particulars OF
the late battles We take the following from the New
Orleans Delta Of the 18th instant
AT late hour last night the steamship Fashion, Capt
wv arrived from Vera Cruz and Tampico, having LETT
Vera Cruz on the 7h and Tampico on the 9th instant
By this arrival placed in possession OF letters
from our correspondent Mustang from the city OF Mex
co as late as the 2sh September, and files OF the Amer-
can Star, new paper, published by Messrs Peoples
and Barnard. at the capital Our correspondence both
from the city of Mexico and Vera Cruz is very volumi-
nous The ateness OF the hour which received it, pre-
cudes the possibility Of giving more than one OF the
graphic letters of our correspondent Mustang content this
morning with brief synopsis Of the interesting has
tv cleaned from the mass of documents possession
We have full details of the killed, wounded, and missing
COMES of the general orders issued by the commander
chief from the time of the capture OF the city up to the
latest date the manifesto OF General Bravo, addressed
TO the Minister of War and Marine, descriptive OF the
operations OF the Mexican forces at and about Chapu
tepec on the 18th of Sepember resignation OF the Pres
dency by General Santa Anna, ct ceera-all OF which
we will endeavor to lay before our readers Tomorrow
Our loss has been severehe previous rumors OF Gene
rails Pillow Worth, and Smith being killed, we are graft
fed 10 learn were without foundation. Among the
wounded we regret the name CT our contemporary
Mr.. Kendall of the Picayune We trust, however, his
wound is but slight one. The American prisoners,
who were sent from the city Of Mexico to Toluca on
the approach of Gen. Scott to the capital have been sent
back to the city Of Mexico still prisoners OF WAL un-
der parole said they sent by the governor OF
Mexico on his responsibility. The names OF
the officers thus liberated parole, are Captains
Clay, Heady, and Smith, Leutenants Churchill, David
SON. and Barbour, and sixteen privates. The city OF
Mexico was quiet the latest dates, though daily reports
Of the rising of the popuaces and the ASSASSINATION OF
our men were rife Little fear, however, was enter
tanned by our army OF any such attempt; for as our cor
respondent remarks, an enemy who could not stand
against us in the field will not be likely to attack, much
less to attempt overpowe with the city and tic
srongholds in our possession. The Mexican Congress
were to meet on the 5th of this month at Queretaro The
seven northern States which some time since formed
aton TO oppose negotiations for peace, have held meet
ing by delegates denounced Santa Anna
an outlaw and at the same time have passed resolution
pedgng each State to furnish three thousand men armed
and equipped for the further prosecution Of the war,
appointed Generals faTedes anu Dus'ah'eh'0 ~ N
the troops thus to be raised The whereabouts of San
Anna was not known the capital on the 2sth September
umor placed him in the vicinity OF Puebla Colonel
Dickinson, Baxter, and Mcintosh have died oil incl
wounds; Generals Pillow and Shields are recoverIn
slowly Our correspondent makes out our total loss
be-in killed, wounded, and missing-sixteen hundre
and twenty -one. We shall publish complete list to
morrow Among the names Of the killed and wounded
we iEd the following:
Officers killed-Major L. Tnggs, Capt A. Vanollnd'
COL T. B. Ransom, Brevet Lieut. Col Martin Scot
Lieut.. Col. VIM M Graham Capt M E. Merrill
Officers uounded-Brevet Colonel }. s. Mclntosf
Majors C. A. Waite. George w. Ialcott. John Il
Savage; Brevet Majors G. Wright, A. Montgom
cry; Captains R. Anderson, A. Caay,W. H. T. Walk
Or, L. Smith. Thomas Glenn. William l. Irwin