The North-Carolina standard., 1847-09-22

We surrender a large Pvt'tVe' = ~ ~ 10 -,
10 the details of the battles oil Sontreras @ anu
%s,r0busco. Nothing, we feel confident, could could
nors scceptable to OUT readers We haSe1on
n o,ber and additional accounts OF these splen-
n .;c,or;esy which we shall lay before our read
,sseeer.. and we shall also publish, as soon
-. tho official report of Gen. Scott. "a
M i.,.rI;oence of these important and hard
~, h.rIe. with their results, will send thrill
= nride and pleasure through every American
~, Most nohIy have our troops-Volunteers,
4 cell as Regulars sustained the reputation
reb was won at Buena Vista and on the heights
4 Monterey and Cerro Gordo. Thanks and hon.
- to the able and experienced ScOu-to The off,
Al. that circled about him like wall OF FIRE,
eOnh Twiggs, Quitman, Smith, Shields, Pillow,
nd Pierce, and executed his commands--to the
rok and file, who sustained with heroic fortitude
ne ceilings Of the storm on the night of the 10Th,
n ID who, on the 2oth, rushed forward and swept
II II before them with The musket aud the bayonel!
N We quote the glowing and fOrcibIe language of
he Washington Union: .tts -o-f ..r...
"Perhaps the history Of this continent does not
furnish a more daring and splendid achievement.
The bosom of every American swellS with pleas
ure and with pIide al this glorious event. The
Nexicans fought TO defend their capital. fheV
vere acquainted with the country. They knew
al its strong and all its weak points. They knew
where TO defend and where TO strengthen them.
They had collected artillery enough 10 make any
position which they might Ia toTmidaoie 10 any
.ssaant The country Itself presents Businesses
# almost every sTep- mountains which were to be
seconded, and passes which were 10 be overcome.
Thus Irenched the Mexican rs could bring into
u action about 80 600 men, or more, Of ali arms
y oG onto uoT,, hoy haA hHaI
raeras in The field. We had from l., ,0A0 to l5 600
fOops, the best perhaps in the world, eXceIlently
equipped in other respects, but decidedly interior
10 The number aad character of their artillery bot
hey were scattered to make different attacks, and
they presented only about OOO to meet the Mexi-
| can masses one point. Our troops had the ad-
rantsge of superior skill and discipline, of conf
drnce and experience. and of an indomItable cour-
age which knew no fear and dehed every danger
Il was these high qualities in the soldier aud all
these professional aItainments OF the officers which
constituted strength and gave US the decided
rictory 10 the engagement. One OF the Mexican
onespondeuts is grossly incerrecr, when he says
hat his country men offered the bayonet and we de-
Ined it. On the contrary, as the gailan, Worth
writes, vanquished them principally bV the
iorce of the baYoaei. The superiority of our
demonstrated by the result Of the several battles
in which we were engaged We drove the enemy
from all their boasted entrenchments. We brave
II overcame and then captured all their artillery
md all their munitions: We seized all The strong
points which they had entrenched. We have
hied, wounded, and taken prisoners five or six
thousand, IL Is estinated, and re have LOST about
one Thousand of our own gallant troops. We have
rlaken the two cannon which we lost at Ihe ballle
Il BueRae Vista, and wFested from their hands the
Ey uoPhies of the war OF which they boa<ted.
M have taken prisoners the Riley corps OF those
famous deserIers who had abandoned the service
II a free people. We pursued the flying enemy
10 The very gates of the capital and would have
AIKEN it, if a desire TO negotiate peace had not
arrested the vietoriuus general in mid career. We
can seiZeth city whenever we please. We have
breed them TO open negotiaIionS and TO listen 10
terms which Santa Anna had so recently refused
10 consider. The confusion and the CONSERVATION
which we had produced were so great, that they
were glad TO avail themselves OF a temporary ar
misIce, and enIer into negotiations. Policy Say
have parslY contributed TO this delay; but IL was
the alarm which they had conceived which prInci-
pAy operated Upoh their hitherto reluctant COM
uandeT." -. a.. .'.-.a.'. 't -
The Mcxicans themselves admit that they were
GGerIy routed and defeated. One of them wiring
his friend in Tampico says: | am in the
gackest Of humors. 1 am everpowered by the
na profound mciancheIy-the Whole has gone
the DEVIL The Yankees-the hateful Yam
lees have .riutnphed," Again, he says; ," A treG-
" of peace appears TO nae ineuitable, under the
most sbGmsfn conditions to u.s." 70 a .--
ne New OieanS Deta gives a long ana
melancholy list Of the killed and wounded on our
side Itappears that we lost, in killed and wound
Cd about 1917; but we cannot know accurately
until the official repor, shall have been published
An officer writing, from Gen. SCOTS camp to
Washington City, says: "Our loss in killed,
Wounded and missing on the 18th and Goth is
1866, of whom f3 are Officers. One hundred
and twsnty-two rank and file were killed The
Mexican loss in killed. wounded, and missing is
least 1Effee1 MeusGnd. We have now granted
an armis.ice, which il is hoped will lead to peace
Negotiations have already coHnenced-"r .a1a
Whether this great victory will lead TO q per-
nnent peace, or whether Gen. Scott was forced
srenew-the carnage and take full possession of
he City, remains to be seen. 1T is certain that
Mr. Trist and the Mexican Commissioners were
engaged, iIhel latest dates, in negotiations; and
all the lester-wriiers speak of peace As a high
y probable event, = 4 few days will determine
every thing .saas35 siae oeals asi b. s.afs ~ -
Col. BntIer, Of the Palmetto Regiment.
The death Of Col BulIer, of the South Carolina
Regiment, who fell in the late great battles near
the City Of Mexico, will be deeply and widely la
nented.) He was ahigh-hearted, gallant man
TIE embodiment Of Southern cbivaIry and honour.
South Carolina has given glorious evidence, on the