New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-22

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both and al being rejected, he on the 9th oo.,at
his fire. The lipe OF the siege extended Eve ,;l..
and on the 18th, from limit 10 limit the b.,t.,,.,
were in = bisz-. The cannonsoe was terrific 90
awful TIE balls Of the twenty y. tour pounaa..
and heavy Paixhsn guns dropped with the s,i,h,
Of fsllen rocks amid the dwellings Of Vera Gu,
while the DOME NJ the churchss rung with a.,
concussioD ofsao and shells. At night the s.sns
was frHfully grano The walis Of the city al
castle were in a blaze OF FIRE the shin. =:
the hsrbOr stood revealed in tbe light Of the, o.
broac,ides, While for five miles oil through too.s
sand hills II thunderd and lightened along N.
Anne rican line IN incessant blossoms. Shells csoss
ing ntyery direction w0ye their h.ry net work ora,
the heavens. and dropped baz'ng among the Ter.
ri6ed inf abtants within, followed by shriess ana
ores that were horne even tn the rars of N. h..
siegtrs Death in lis most frghtfIl 70 IN trsy.rs.d
the sire, t., f,r the victims whrth- men, wom.,
or Children, W. re torn and m nelcd by the heavy
shot and exploring shells Huge gaps Appeared
in the walls through which stoming psrti-s night
pass and the morning of the 10Th dssned on
battered, neupiul, and doomed city.
From the commencement of the sisgs. neary
one hundred and Tint, tuDs metal had beea
hurl. against the town, spreading deyastz'ion
ruin, and death on every side The cOasuls Of
foreign powers, who had not dresmed Of such
terrific siege, cent request 10 ; :ott for saie-
guard for themsel Ives the ~omer aud mil iren-
The latter piled that he had fully considered the
suieriDgs of the women and childr,n befor. he had
fired a shot, and that the responsibility must nov
rect on those Tho bad refused his offer. The 10 Kn
and fortress SURE nc cred, and with them 6y.
thousand prisoners, and five hundred pieces Of
artillery. The flag of the Repub c iOated ffom
the top of San Juan ID UlOa, ami the 6rst great
blow to the Me xican power mad fdlen.
SCOTT AFTER THE BATTLE OF CONrRERAS.
Tina, little army, stretched in the ulud beneath
h. nd off oil
cation with their leader, ar midnight, and mat
ame army sending 10 their shout OF Triumph AZ
sun,se iIOm the iOp Of COntTera-, present w,de
contrast. The rides mad earned mperlsh iDle
anne. Scott shar, IN the enthusiasm If the VIC
tory as he had in the anxiety Of the night before
Divided from bis troops. aud no lager able, with
his presence 10 remedy f,ults or cheek reyerses.
ne knew that failure might EASILY occur, aoi IeltI
how d,couragirg To his own troops and insplrit-I
no to the enc IN, 1t would he But little slice oil
visited lis c, es that night; and as he gazed oGtI
into the darkness and pouring rain, aud ever andI
anon sskt II here we're sny fid'ngs ron the oth
halt Of his army, his stan saw chat he ielt mof
than he dare Express. A. one after another camel
back, drenchipg wet from his tIul less efforts I'd
pen trate to those brigades ms anxiety ncea.edl
and not till the brave and interchangeable Led
br, ueht INT ssagc from Shields, did ht breathd
free again. The dTs gun fred az ddybreak on tad
brigade of Shields brought hun 10 the saodle and
he ana his escort swept along the road tosarda
C0ntIeras. But before he arrived the hill wi3
carried, the battle won, and he beheld with thd
enthusiastic 10, of youth the dismembersd and
fugitive army of Vale ntia streaming over th5
fields As those brave brgades saw him apJ
preach, there went up shout as l0ud As tha1
nhth greeted the ornng sun when the Amer3
can flag loated from the top OF Con reras RIDING
up to the rifles he eXclsimed, Brdre riffs yo1
hare been baptized tn fire and M0Od and come oHe
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eighteen hands high, and With his tall form tOwt
eng above a his escort he RODE slowl, anid the
ranks, while the very heavens shook with the ac1
carnations of the soldiers. There was wl1ness
ana enthusiasm in the welcome that che cOmpo1
sure OF that ron-hs ted CHI, could longer red
SYST. Tins almost fierce manifestation of love UNI
manned him, and reIDng up his horse, he dropped
the bride, and stretching out ms hands, Whale ND
Up quivtrtd and his eye mos'eoed with ieeIIngi
he extla med, "SHe1lce, Stt,Hce." The tumui1
suddenly hushed, and every ear was bent to catch
the words that should iall from hi,lips.
With lns hsnos still outstret he'd, and his tacd
tuned toward heaven he exclaimed, SOLdterss
IN the FIRST pidre, great glory 10 God; an the sec}
end place, great glory 10 tRiS gsiiaaf lutte ard
n1." "Oh," saId one Of the officers, yOd
should have heard the frantic shouts and hurrshs
that followed" IL seemed as IT che soldiers
would break their ranks aud tear him from hid
horse. The doubls and ostust OF the night BED
then leaders xii, and at his Comm md they noM
would have charged On ten or ten thous and al,kel
SCOTT BEFORE CHAPULrEPEc.
Chapultepec was next to be ussailed and yetI
after deducting the sick. wounded, and the diff
ieTent garrisons, Soft had a force of but httlsS
over seven thousand men with which to do IT, IN
he should b- weakened IN proportion 10 tho num-
bers engaged and the difficulties to be encoua-
tered, as much as he ha been at Molino del Rey,
but baDoful OF men would bs Isft him TO con-
quer Mexico. These repeated victories wereI
telling fightfully On that unparalleled arm whose
tote must be sealed before relnfor .emeots could
reach 1t. Nothing can reveal the utter nrf-
hcIency, lay, downright madness of tap A fuins-
tra'ioD more than the position If that army att
t4ls NONE MT Victorious IN every engagement, 4
u now gathered aionnd the last great obstacle |
'hst lay between u and Mexico. the lmpeg.
liable Character OF the fItiess, defended as Il
VAS by thirty thousand mea, ana covered with
neavy ARTILLERY, rendered its capture difficult,
that IN the attempt the army would in all pooba-
bIty suffer more severity than in any of the bat
lief 10 had hitherto fought The most sangulae
could not expect Elk thousand unwounded mtn,
even n victors, to remain after the assault Sex
thousand men, nearly thee hundred miles from
Their ships, without dep0ts or garrisons on he
way, u city OF near quarter OF million before
them, and defended by twenty. five thousand
troops, presented noble yet fearful spectacle.
Bot VINO placed them in such perilous positioal
by whose neglect was the most gallant army that
, EYER trod battle field so seriously endangered
" here were the reinforcem, Dts that should have
poured in by thousands long before thai little
band gathered With undauDted hearts under the
ciags OF Chapultepec' The in. Efficiency Of q
Conmandtr-n Chief. unlocked for and over
whelmIpg defeats, disasters growiog out Of
teachery or cowardice, may seriously comoro.
mlss an army, and yet the Govern nent b. blame.
less. Events that could not be ioreseen, aA
hthce not TO be guarded against, might leayei il
involved and reouCeo, as that under : ;ott nov
was. With fifty thousand men at his back, he,
ny ms Inc fci ncy or mstak. r, might easily nave
done ir. But he could not be in the condition he
"dS ~ithom blame resting on some one. Nrgie;t
on the part OF the Government that was criminal,
or plumbers on the part Of the Commander IN
Chef almost equally criminal, had brought on this
crisis. But, did The blame rest With Scott h ID
be lost a battle had be NantOnlY aacLi6ced Lis