The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-10-04

soldiers on the point of DEATH that hey forget
W. WI we'r t"eoian9 and tofghl vntanty 20 ne dralh
we WIN Jake care that he shall he buried in the Pantheon,
ana tha ms unfortunate widow shall receive a pension
O'clock inv , n na TAKEN .he position assigned 20 Them a,
IT, above all they had made the charge which was ordered
al the that the enemy attacked ,he mill of ri Rev
instead OF flying pree patey the action would have ter
minated early and the riumph have been complete
But they did take the position 10 which they were Or
dered, much less make the charge as CONNIE nded Gen
Alvarez being obliged oic ay through his adiu
tan that he did not make The charge, because his subor
nate officers refused of the ground being
uneven and broken for cavaas if Were not the same
Tor the cavalry OF the enemy
1t is believed that the enemy will renow the attack to-
morrow by another ronteeher by that OF LA Pedad or
10y that OF San Antonio May God protect our cause on
this occasion.
One of the enemys guerillas who came with Scott,
made prisoner and shot the spot
From the Diaro del Gobiemo.
AT half past O'Clock this morning the Americans attack
ed the position othe mill of FL Rey, close the fortress OF
ever rep1ised tree times by our valiant soldiers who ths
day gave brilliant proofs of their patriotism and brvery
More Than thousand OF the enemy remained on the field
OF bae and on our side the loss has boon less han one
a no e Gn no E1yg to aen, the death % inc g
chiefs and officers.
The ''traitor" Santa Anna commanded in person the
column which forced the Americans retreat, taking
with them, without doubt, the conviction that il is only
through rivers Of blood that they penetrate the city OF
Mexico and that at all events they will there find their
sepulchrc
We translate the subioned letter from Jalapa to the
Arco Iris, without vouching for IFS correctness:
When Gen. Perez abandoned the Mil del Rey. bomb
discharged from Chapuepec fell among The ammunition
wagons the enemy the yard OF the MILL causing four
of them to explode, by which 800 Americans said to
nave been blown up, (rofUonD including Gen. Worth,
who according to the account had been heard
of the next day at TacubaYa.
The next accounts we have from the capital in
letter to the Arco Iris, dated the 10th inst We subon
translation OF it.
My ESTEEMED The whole day has passed with
attack AT in the afternoon alarm created
which seen the causeway of Pedad few shots
were exchanged and the enemy Withdrew. According
all appearances, shall be attacked three
points, the enemy, during the night has been cconno
terng the country by means OF camp lanterns 0a0f de
campondD The government has taken 100000 which
We're being sent by commercial house to the camp of Tie
enemy
Gen Smith has expired and by the enclosed slip you
viii see that the Americans lnutilaed and cruelty assa
ted the unfortunate Irish who taken the battle of
Sept. LIE is O'Clock in the morning, and thus far
nothing new has transpred.
In addition, find the suboined extract from the
Boetn de Atsco, containing intelligence from the cap
al under date of the nth and 18th INST, which give
continued narrative OF the operations OF the two armies
Mexico, Sept ii, 1917.
My FRIEND: Under cover of what sent you
pred it did rain, and expected TO be attacked.
when the alarm bell rung, and it ascerained ,at
there firing of artillery Chapulepec and San Ano
of force OF the cnemys cavalry, which took position
the hills OF Iaeubaya; moving from that village towards
Morales and there skmish with party of cavalry
took place, in whcha captain and several of soldiers
were killed, and some twenty OF the enemy wounded with
In Antonio Abad the upon the battery of the en-
emy-which is in t, little hermitage half in rni,,s and s,n-
ted at the end of the Caueway del Nino erdido La
Pedad, which leads TO San Angetle eneu1y fired from
six eight bombs, OF which but fell witho exploding
The others burst the air We thea, gave them
several shots, well directed, OF which fell within the
very hermitage, raising gre AT dust in consequence of
which, enemy did fire than three or iou shots
up O'Clock. strong norther which blowing pre-
vented from hearing mem, and only smoke,
It's said that Tomorrow they will open with forty pieces
The ha ate Of wdt w m%sp we eanot
of this Gnrit the places III the mmedse vicinity OF
cities, which the revenue is colecedk1s Tor per
hap lombard the cities from those points ated in the
ghborhood of the small village of picdad, which have
particularly the of San Antonio Abad. which is the
advanced, being in straight line with Paaco, which
nearly parallel with the batteries OF the enemy, and
takes them in flank.
1t appears that the enemy convinced of the mposbili
there IS no doubt that he has lost 500 TO 1850 men Who were
placed hors du combat by the action of the sh and among
ed appears that the death of Gen. Pillow is
In compensation for this loss whatever you like they
ST. Patrick they took Churubusco when all the world
thought they would have been spared capital punishment
They have expelled from their houses all the nhabans OF
pitfalls and headquarters.
on the cali OF the justices the pc ice ami by the
most lively feelings Besides the Penon and t;hapuepec
ences and whe there first second, and lrd lines OF
defence al me .'gaas are strongly fortified, having be-
sides between La Pedad and San Antonio Abad three bat
efles and one trench which dagonay the grazing
by the announcemen of alarm. The batteries of San
Antonio Abad and the corresponding battery Of he enemy
opened lire upon each other We have discharged
by the enemy multitude of bombs the greater number of
which burst IN the air. aud long before they reached oar
trenches At the same hour firing commenced ut Cha
pultepec, the right side of which, and in the
whence the attack, short distance fro the
my stationed forces of cavalry and infantry, who
watching the enemy
We opened at half after six, from the battery of the
garta OF Belen, be from that fro the
end of Paseo Nuevo which is situated in the a2ge o med
by the causeway leading the villages OF La Pedad and
Tacubaya. But where the enemy directed all his eff
appears to be the garta of San Antonio Abad. The
want is at the door closethe alarm-bell still
inues to ring
This brings TO the 18th, but at what hour of the day
the letter was closed moi informed OF the event
full denouement we have only brief account but sufficient
umph and that our army is revealing in tho halls of the
Montezumas.' The only reliable account we have Of
the last struggle before the capital letter addressed
to Mr. Dmond, collector at Vera Cruz from Orizaba
which will be found below. Our correspondent at Vera
Cruz vouches tor ITS accuracy and have reason TO
the first and correct account of the battles of Conreras
and Churubusco.
ORHAnA, Sept. 10, 1917
DEAR have the honor inform You that an ex.
arrived here this evening from Mexico which brings
the intelligence that General Scott the city of Mex
pee and the CITADEL and into the city that night.
General Bravo killed. and General Santa Anna was
wounded in the and had retired with the remainder
his troops, which had suffered much, to Guadalupe.
Your friend, &c,
To f. M DIMoND, esq, collector, Vera Cruz.
letter from creditable confirms all that is
said in the above and only dSagrees with 1t in stating
that the city carried by assault the 18th The
Sun of Anahuac has it that the 18th the heights and
works of Chapultepec carried that The 18th and