Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-08-31

c ,mps, and converts /; those dangerous causeways'
of whose difficulties Cortez got such taste OF ola
and lastly the splendid old city itself But Scott
could not at once proceed the attack; hisetfec-
five force cut down by battle, disease, deSettion,
the dis nssal of volunteers whose term OF service
was running out and the garrisons OF necessity lett
behind, was now strunk to less than hve tnous-
and, It would have been madness not to wait for
reercenents, as 1t would have been folly to carry
forward to the desperate fights which he knew lay
before him either unwilling volunteers, OF, with
out previous training, the fresh recruits that were
to come up. Besides, like Gen. Taylor, he had
served his country too we'll Him he had been
sent to eclipse but he had eclpsed him too much;
and turned upon himself the Presidential and party
jealousy, which had little thought OF making war
that should give glory and popularity TO its Gener
ais not itself, and Mise them, not himself or its
friends, to two successive RESIDENCES. To guard
against this, it had Intended to place over Scott
party Lieutenant General and failing in that, ii
had sent, in the person OF clerk out OF the
State Department. (Alr. Trist) civil commission
er, empowered to stop the operations of the army
when he saw fit. Ulder these strange and dis
heartening, circumstances, Scott was compelled to
pause daring the month of June and July. He
was even without motley to buy ordinary supplies
ror his troops. Meantime several important meas
ures occupied him and turned the delay to good
he issued IL very BILE PROCLAMATION to then excans
to conciate, them ;he made himself far better ac-
quaiuted with the dht and defences of the
great vale; he thoroughly disciplined the raw
had not force enough without it, he boldly aban-
doned his line of commit nications with Vera Cruz,
brought forward all his garrsons, and turned his
army as he said, into 2 elf-sustaining machne.'
On the 18th August he sent forward his first divs-
ion, for the Mexican vale The others followed on
the 9Th, 9th and 10th. From that day to the 18th
they all entered the PLAIN. Gistl a4E.uI
TURNS LAKE CHALCO; VICTORY. AFTER
VICTORY; TAKES THE GREAT CITY. %
The direct approach tothe capital BY the nation
al road offered the greatest difficulties, natural and
artificial, of any. Quitting it. therefore, outside
the range of these more formidable defences which
would have costthe lives Of too manyof his brave
and beloved soldiers, he ielaced his steps from FL
Penon, (near to which he a1vanced,) repassed Ayot-
la, and from Buenayista made his way, through
many:d ifhcul6es; around Lakes Chnlco and Xocho: q
milco, to San Augustin on the more assailnble but
still very strong, southern side Of the city This
unexpected manGuyre and march began on the
18th and was accomplished by the 18th of August.
Itavoided the main, preparations, of the enemy
struck at his weakest point \ brought our army
within nine instead of fifteen miles ofthe CITY, and
gave US better field of saction. Here, at once,
Scott began, with Total force of less than II 900
men, to let loose, in series of admirably calcula
ted battles and manGuyres, the whole art of war,