Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-10-22

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the reader will be grieved to hear that Riley
escaped that punishment on some grounu' ana
was only gogged. All will be glad to hear
the American prisoners, Capt. Clay and 9TH
ers have Joined Gen. Scott. See our letters.
The Monitor RepuJlicano and the Courier
Froncnis have been revived in Mexico.
We regret that we have no more space at
our command to-day, and are reluctantly COM
PEELED to postpone any further use of our let
ters and papers till tomorrow. The two let
tiers below and all Mr.. Kendal!'s letters we
earnestly commend to the attention of our
readers:
ETtraet If q letter from foreigner to COM
merc1dl house.
MEXICO, Sept %, 1S47.
On the 9th the armistice was suddenly bro
ken off, in consequence of Gen. Scott having
considered it infringed, and he therefore de.
manded an apology or that hostIlltlcs should
commence on the 18th at IL O'Clock. But moth
ing was done until the 9Th, when a battle COM
menced in front of Chapnltepec, which was
warmly contested by both parties. The Amer
leans had to retire with a loss OF 500 or 1000
men = the Mexican loss was also considera-
BILE, but you well know the difficulty of as
certaining correctly. They lost Gen. Leon, OF
Oaj &C, and Gen. Balderas, both brave citizen
soldiers ;they died heroicaIly, leading on their
troops The battle Was ionght principally by
the National Guard, the regular army having
fled in the early part of the action and. in
truth, in all The affairs up to the abandoning
Of the CITY, they have shown themselves per-
fcct!y worthless: ,'>Ss
On the 10Th, at break of day, the Americans
commenced canhona1ing Chaputepec. which
continued the whole day. On the 18th they
commenced firing again, and kept it up from
till 9 A. NJ: then they succeeded in taking
the castle, and Immediately followed up their
victory to the garitas OF the city, where they
were met bv most obstinate resistance, and
did not enter that night hut on the morning
of the l4th the American army commenced
entering the city, and at their flag was wa
wing over the palace. or what the Yankees
have called the 1" Halls of the MonteZumas."
At - O'Clock the previous night, Santa Anna,
with all his troops, left the city, leaving the
inhabitants at the mercy of the invading army,
and before daylight the place was entirely
Numbered by the lepcros and prisoners Of the
ex-Accor1ada, who had escaped or been let
| loose. At o'clock partial shots were heard
in the city, fired by the inhabitants on the
| !
became brisk fire, and continued pretty Sc
we're during the dav. The Americans fought
most bravclv, and plundered those l.ouses from
which the shots proceeded, (or from which
thew fancied thew came) so that many innocent
people suffered in person and property. The
troops were much exasperated, and can
scarcely blame them The following day IL
ring ceased, although some partial excuses
were committed On the 10th things were a
little restored to peace, and up to to-day have
become still more tranquil. On Monday, the
Goth few of the shops opened, yet most OF
the principal ones are still closed, as the want
of confidence if great. =
The A1exican population are artrom being
satisfied, and there is every reason TO believe
a reaction will take place. Gen. Scott is ia
king great precaution :oprevent ontrages, and
I must saw, to the credit of the Americans,
that they have behaved with much more pru-
dence than could have been expected under
existing circumstances, and the 1nh0spatd6ie
reception they met with It is pretty we'll
known fact with us that the American army
have lost since they" left Puebla, in killed,
wounded. and death from fatigue and Other
Gauss about 1000 men; and upwards of 170
commissioned officers, vet their real loss can
not positively state Assassinatlons are daily
committed in, the -6aFr1es: (snburbs)< on the
Struggling soldiers: At O'Clock at night all
is quiet, and there is not soul to be seen IN
the streets; windows and doors are shut and
barricaded; and the ladies keep in both night
and day, and our once merry city wears a
sombre aspert; the trail of the serpent Is evil
IDENTIFY over it. Gen Scott has declared mar
tial law and enforces it strictly. In relation
to the Mexican army, l can merely give you
the rumors some say they have gone to Que
retaro. under the command of Herrera, where
the Government will form itself Santa Anna
ia thought to be in the neighborhood of Pue-
bla with 5000 cavalry, and it is said Governor
Childs has fortified himself on the heights OF
Loretto, which you know commands the city
There are many other rumors, which may be
true, but they are too vague and inietlnlte tO
trouble you with One thing, however, is GER
tain; we are evidently in most critical posi-
ton, and God only knows what will be the
result.
have a good opportunity OF knowing the
feelings of the people, and my opinion is tina
we are farther of from peace than ever.
Sc" Mr. letter where he refers to the troops be
Ing withdrawn BY order of Gen Scott and YOU will nnc
his prediction that the Mcxicans would claim victory
! correct
TRANSLATED
Copy Of letter written by foreigner TO on
of his countrymen IN Vera Crus, "a French
many
, MEx1co, Sept %. i847.
3 Ny Dear Sri avail myself of the depar
: ture OF the British courier to sketch YOU thu
scenes it has been my luck to witness in thu
capital and it's envirOns
i The MexicanS having been beaten in al
points and in every way from the sth to TIT
18th ;nsts.. Gen. Santa Anna left the capita
an the evening of the 9Th and took the roac
of the interior On the 18th in the morning
the Americans entered the city in very quie
manner, and Gen. Scott was already IN III
palace, when on sudden the people of tn,
> low classes commenced throwing stones OF
y the Americans from the tops of the houses
+ and from all the streets, whilst individuals O
:. better standing fired-from the windows ant
;, balconies on the Yankees, who were far from
expecting such treatment. Cen Scott ordere,
. INN .dlateiy pieces OF artillery to be placed il
all d'rcctlans, and soon sw pit the streets witt
, grape shot, but this proved insufficient TO sub
. due the instruction. Gen. Scott then sent
q" few companies on divers points with order
u to break open every house out of which the,
:, should fire, to put to the sword those foun
= within, and lastly, to sack the property therein