CM
HON THE Mi.
From the Nev Orleans Delta, Oct, 1:.
To the following letters oroui: Correspon
dent "Mustang," we referthe renar fur hill
details of the battles of the lath and 1 Ith: •
.
Crry in,. MEXICO, Sept. 25, 18.17,
Having sent You by two couriers a detail
ed accomt of the operations of ourartny since
the condlbsion of the armistice, but fearing
that my first accounts have Rot reached you,
I send you a short synopsis, together with tm
liqt of the killed and wounded. l'also enclose
to you the , proptisition of Mr. Trist to the ,
Mexican government, and the counter prop-.
sition,presented by them, together 'with the
correspondence connected therewith.
The Mexicans hailing* repeatedly violated
the armistice agreed upon between our army
and themselves, Gen. Scott, (imam 6th, noti
fied the Mexican authorities that unless they
made expladatiun, satisfaction; and reparation
.for the injuries we hail sustained, they should
considei the armistice at at end on the 7th, a
I:2Velock. They not' ;domplying,•with th
deinandg„ofGen. Scott, ‘Ve commenced prep
arations forlthe attack.
Thu Genaal : in-chief .i`eceived 'information
that at Moline del- Rey, 1 where stood se‘eral
buildings, the Mexicans were at Work casting
cannon,'shlls, shot, Std. _Desiring to stop
their milita r y operations, he directed Gen.
Worth, withis division, supported by Gen.
Cadwalader's brigade, to attack and destroy,
the plac, o 'the morning of the Bth, and then
retire. The building, which the 'Mexicans
call CUM : fishy is shinned on the west side
of Chupolt pec, and within six-pound Range
1
of the ‘7 ,olnis of the fort. On the west side or
the buildings, and the - breast works around
-them, is al large open plain, gradually del
scending td the - position occupied by the Mex
icans. A I deep ravine 'inclines round thii
lain, or open space, until it arrives withill
„ about two i undred yards of the building; up
on whicll rI. s-ted the enemy's right tlank—two
•24 putnith rs; belonging to Capt. .llng6_es
siege train, were Owed in position In hatter
down th i s breast-works and, buildings if they
were rot in to be occupied by a heavy force;
but thedid not fire but a Very few shots be
3,
!-- fore Worth advanced his infantry down the
plain, and attacked the enemy's works in the
, front 'and centre, The Mexicans opened up
' on then' ,a most murderous lire from the point
-,
attucke gad both their flanks, which mowed
down o i
f
r troops like grass before the scythe.
• Many f the best officers of the division were
- cut dot 'it, 'and! the heavy loss in the ranks
caused the; advance to n aver for a moment ' ,
until tl e supporting force came up, which al- !
FO sustain , d a severe loss. A column of la n- 1
cers, tuna ering -1,900 to 5,000, which were
A tatitimed E n the enemy's right, perceiving the
etibct, of this deadly fire on our infantry, came
charging down, in . the hope of being able to
taco advantage of circumstances and put our
troops to'ro l ot; hut they were soon checked
iii their onward career. (Jul. buncan brought
two pieces of his battery to bear upon them,
and Cppt. Drum, with the two re-captti)sed
Buena Vista pieces, also opened his tire -on
them; while at the same moment Maj. Sum
mer, with two squadrons of dragoons, and
Capt. ltutr's company amounted rides, which
until then, had boil, held in reserve, passed
down under the fire from the enemy's works,
and charged the head of their column, which
tfey could not stand for a moment,,tiud
&cum
-1 fenced a Confused and precipitate retreat,-
- . fter that, they!rallied In Ice, and' attempted
to return, but at each time our little handful
of dragoons made, them_ leave without ex
changing, cards; w i ltile the cavalry and the in-
funtry, rallying, succeeded in carrying the
buildings and breast-works which the enemy
held, and compelled them to retreat—captur
ing 7 pieces of artillery, a large quantity of
. smtnunition, smal' arms, &c., and about GOO
.!40k121:1C14.-..&-Psillftitv -lA2tk.rieeP -Ai ti -tfetrt
Stone brought: forward one of the 2-1 pound
ers, the %thole of •1. - hick opened a most des
, Aructive fire 'upon them, as they retreated a
cross a low plain to the rear of the po,ilion
they at first occupied. Our loss . was very
heavy, and, 1 regrato say, that some of the
very best officers of our army fell killed and
wounded,while the ille,vieno loss wits very
slight until they commenced their retreat.—
While the cavalry were'passing in front of
the enemy, in' order to charge the c-dumn of
lancers, they n erei not under the tire more
•' than ten seconds, atplduring that time they
, su stained a loss of 6 ofltkers wounded, :32 pri
vates killed and Wounded, and a loss g 105
, horses. There were but two officersjfkat‘did
not hate their liqses shot under theisn,i,sibut
there is one thing ,very remakable, that_ the
horses.from which' the riders had been shot,
wheeled and moved with the same reouldfity'
, • as though they had been mounted, Wail they
came to halt front•the charge, when they all
kept on in a•body in the direction of the Mex:
leans. •
We were deceived in reference to the - char--
ricter of the building-, as there was no Mon
,
dry, or even a si mblance of one; aml alter
blowing up smile of the buildings, and bring
ing off our killed and wounded, v.e evacuated
the place, as the occupation of it %%mild give
•
us no advantage. Our loss- was 800 killed,
• wounded and missing. •
, The result of this engageMent taught us
one lesson, which was, that the Mexican: use
• their arms well, and fight well, when they are
in position; and although the superiority of
our arms and the valor of the troops
eventually triumph, vet still we must call in-
to requisitiou all our military science and
skill, or wo purchase our victories at too dear
a price. A list of the killed and wounded,
you u ill ,find in the general , recapitulation
which I send you. Many a tear v. iirbe shed
on its perbsal, and many a heart will bleed fir
theiloble souls, and the old and firm veterans
who fcil in the assault.
' Col. Riley WilS now advanced from San
Angel (his formercamp) to El Pi, dad, in or
der to make adi rtsion, and hold to entrance
to the Methyl and t•fan Antoni , road. (kn. 1
Pillow's division moved up to within susport
ing distance, and thus restei our army until),
the 11th, without anything of moment occur- 1
riog. The engineer corps were busily. em- 1
ployed night and day in their reconnoissance,
tl6Ce rtuiDitkg, and examining the
,positions of
the enerby, and.the different entrancof the 1
city. The engineers, tii - roughout our op
erationa, havo performed a most dangerous
and laborious ditty:' They have proved them
; selves to be.men of sterling worth, of masterly
ability and bright ornaments of their profession.
There was a little incident which - occurred to
Capt. Mason in one of his reconnoissances,
which is worthy of record. It became neces
sary, on-one occasion for him to go very close
to the enemy's breast-work, in order to' at
certain its tree position., A. he approached,
.:. a Mexican otlicer rude out with two of his es
cort, and came up within a Very short dis
tance, when Capt. Mason drew his revolver.
The Mexican then in Spanish saluted;
"Good morning." Tho- Captain respouderb
The Mexican then said, "You seem to be
very eurions: suppose you come &little clos-
Pr." 4 , N0,1 thank you, sir; I can see very
• ,vvell from where I am." "Walk inside, sir;
we will endeavor to treat you as as well as
the accommolations of the camp will enable
us:" "I am much obliged to you, sir, for your
kindness, but prefer partakirg of your hospi
talities on some future oeca,ion." And,
holding his spy'-glass to his eye, he continued:
41 1 only want, at the present, to see how you
are situated. Icon see two guns in embra
pure. one in barbette, and I think you have
'cmin embrasure a little further to the left.—
That p il l! H oe Jour men loading I do not
think you will be abl'o to bring to bear on nt.,
..as I will keep you between it and myself;"
and, moving room' s, little to Alio right, he
continued his observations, One of the es
cost then it poke in Elnglish, and said: "You
d--I,,ra',scal, you know better than toirome
, .
in here. If I- was to get liolti , of yon, I'd cut
your throat." Capt. Mason then
said to the officer, “That, fellow of yours
: T eaks very good English, but,ic makes very.
bad use of Iti and his scurrility is in striking
contrast With your own‘respoctful !language.
M=ZIEZIME
hint to lie more re,:pectful,"
(dicer then rode to one side, Capt. Mason,
who hod been making Ids Ob6UTV.ltioll•3 during
the whole ti no ut the conversation, said to the
tpuer, "1 have no desire at present to lie
ght i.v:thin the range of your guns: and
huvitig learned all 1 want to know:Wont your
position, 1 will hid you good morning, sir;"
and then returned to where he had he hi., es-
11EMUMMES=
the illexican..who rode back to the flirt, appa-
rently much mortified and dibuppointed that
he had not been able to decoy the captain into
the trap that had been set for him . 1-
On the llth, a column of cavalry !sallied
out from the Fort on the San Ailtonio road,
either for; the purpose of threatening our po
sition or taking Capt. "Magrilder'b buttery,
which was stationed With the picket vvithin
about 800 yards of theirl-fort, though in a
great measure covered frot - ii L the range of their
'guns. , As soon as they' got their column
moved out into a place tree from all obstruc
tiOns, Capt. Mag,rider opened two pieces up.
on them - with shot and shell, which passed
through them with great destruction, and
tliey took to their heels, and' got buck to the
fort as quick aspossible. The tort Opened
two plosion the battery, but without further
effect than killiTr one man of the 15th Minn-
try. All ofiieer shortly after rode up and in
quired of Capt. Atagrudei• if the fort had fired
en him. Holding . a 1:2 pounder shot, to re-.
oiled, that he had the gentleman's card, and
he expected the cavalry would carry back his
compliments to the tort.
About sundown' Gent' Twiggy, with the bal
ance of his'di% ision. arrived at Piedatl, and
Gen. Pillow moved with his divi:4ion to the
south orl'aenhaya, and took a po-nt ion on the
west side of Chaptiltepee; an I Gen. Quitman
with his division, occupied the road from Ta-
enbaya to the city .of Mexico; Gicu. Worth's
divi,ion remaining in Taeubaya.
In the eour,e,of the night three heavy bat
teries were planted in front of the ea,tle of
ChapuitePect No. 1 commtinded by Captain
Drum; No. `3 by Licut. liagner; No. 3 'by
Licut. Stone—all under the - general command
and superintendence of Capt. linger, chief of.
the'ordnance. Also, during the night Gen.
Twi g g's division planted Capt. Steptoe's in
front of the fortiticationsion the San Antonio
road, it being intomfed that General Twiggs
should make a feint for the purpose of 'draw-'
Mg out the enemy in that dilvetion.
• At daylight oil the mar pig of the 13th, all
the batteries opened—the first made by Gen.
Twiggs's divis+l succeeded admirably. As
soon as Capt. Steptoe opened his ,gum, the
enemy marched out several hvaAy, , columns,
and on reaching the fort pa , •sed wit'Wn ran*
of Steptoe's guns*., when he turned - a beaviy
and destructive lire . upon them. As sollii
as they rempwd the work, lie•turned his
attention to the fort, and in the cotuse of
an hour's cannonading, drove them out of it,
1 and ailet•ced all the gully Capt. Steptoe's
tire throughout uali one ti'l the most effective
/an I u eel directed that has beedwitnessed du
ring the war, while his position was such that
the enemy's shot had little or- no ell'ect upon
shim.
The sietre batteries continued an uninter
rupted tire upon_ the castle of Chapultepec I
throughout the day, which was answered by
eleven guns in the work. Our guns proved
to be very destructive, as \se found after the!'
work was taken tiou dead own unburied, but
ticrossn in ditches. The building also was
completely riddled.
It was detsrmined on the morning of the
13th to ,torte the sastle of (Thapultepec, and
the • works cOnnecfed with it. The General
in -chief, knowing the strength of the fortitica
i 6 , ( 1 1f t, ..,...„-
QS/lert.akiitila .itititifit.7—igiffetniit-h it n „t p„..
Fes; confidence in the divisions of G nm nerals
i
Pillow bud gunman, lint, iri carrying „ paint
I winch was the key to all our future operations.,
it would nut do to make a mistake or omit to
take every ads antage. Therefore thestottn
, ing pane., from the dis ision-4 of Gtlperals
liVorth and Twiggs, is hick had so fret! wittly
been under BCrere tire, were selected. The
heavy batteries continued their tire upon the
fort; and about 7 o'clock, a hen the brigade of
Gen. Smith arrived, as a sup;„orting ft'irce to
the division of General Quitman—as soon as
General Smith's . brigade reached its position
—the division oil General Pillow passel Mit
lino del Hey, and ascendetj the hill MI the
west side, the voltigeur regiment, which had
'been advmiced into the timber to clear it of
the enemy's skirmishers, became the as-atilt
inv• force, supported by the balance of the di
vision. General °Worth was situated to the
north, and on the left of General Pillow. A
part of Genital guittnan's foyo ascended the
hill on the south, and Ci the right of Genera:
Pillow. As the division of Geineral Pillow
and aportionlif Genertil guitinan's ascended
l;and c urried the castle in mkt g,illant style.
the balance of General guit ma n's force and
the the Brigade of General Smith swept the
'works on the road, the is little of thes4unmands
musing harmoniously, and simultdne4usly to
getlin,Atucll to the honor and credit t of then
respective cosinnatiders, ,tuck the Mon: in
their ditlitrent , positions at one , and the same
time n fatal blow.- 'I h. hill where General
Pillow's command asce tied, had beelf\mined
fur the porpose)ot blowing up our troopA,wh'en
they arrived at this point,; but the rapid move
, moots of the xoltigeur regiment, tiwl the dead
by effect of the fire of their rifles, as they tol
lowed up the enemy from the first position.
prevented their carrying out their t ices and
intentions.. Just as the command of GelLoal
Pillow rose the hill, and in the act „r
assaulting the %%tick he fell wounded, and Col. t
ltan , om was killed: but so hicidi,y Intl Gen.
i Pillow eNplitined his objects and intentions ul
cat r!, Rig the ‘‘mk, and aided by an - Tictive.and
efficient stall', that hi , curoOnand need on 'and
carrie,l the work withoiteeven being brought I,
to a stand. As Gen: Quitman's di vi-ion w as ,
charging on the anti: in the road, Brig.
Shields rectived a 'severe wound' in the arm:
and as'soon as the winks. were carried, he re
turned and had it dressed, end again mounted
his horse, yt hich was shortly afterwards killed
under him: but he continued to coimeand his
brigade, v. hich m. as actively engaged throljgh
out the dtiv: curl the name of :•liields
be ren u mbered in connexion a Rh the laurels
won by the Palmetto of the South and the
Empire of the North
Gen. Pillow being disabled by his wound,
Gen. ‘Vorth took the commentl of both his'
own diNision and dint of flon: Pillo.y, and ad,
%unveil along the aqueduct leading to the
gates of San Co-me. Gen, Quitman. With
his oar command and Gen. Smith's brigade,
also advanced towards the city by rite aque
duct leading into the city,' at the , vate of Vie
which is comtnanded by the Citadel.—
On each of the routes the trio columns met
with a decided and stubborn resistance: and
•aller t h e advance of Gen. Worth's chtnnutial
had reached the gate Of Sari Cosine, the fire
was so hot that they were colupelll tempo
rarity to abandon and.did not inni.e a per
tient lodgement moil towards eveninz, when
a portion of th'e.4iege-train battery was brought
L itito action, also a piece or two of the ;noun
r tain howitzers„which hurled the shot : 7 'W
shell about the ears of the enemy, a little hot
ter than they desired.
Cre . n. Qditman'st, col
umn, With the rifles at their head, co l utitmed,
steadily and cautiouslyion,tuking:positiuk,and
breastwork as they came in contact with them,
until they arrived near the gate of the
Here the firing was so heavy: both from small
arms and artillery, that it was deemed trudent
to carefully' reconnoitre it before attacking.—
Accordingly - Lieuts. Beauregard of the engi
meers' Lovell, of Gen. Quitman's staff, nod
Van Doren . , of Gen. Smith's staff: went for
ward.to ascertain the position of atruirs; they t
returad, am,l upon their report tie titles, sup-
ported by a small force infantry, \vas advanc
ed forward lot the purpose of picking off the
artillerits. which they did—being partially,
covered by the acqueduct—wilt the same suc
cess and accuracy as one of our - southern and
western men would shoot squirrels. This
rendered the situation of the Mexicali -artil
lerists so uncomfortable, OA they were:lina
ble to stand to their guns long enough to load
them; and they commenced moving their guns,
%%Itich %va , , perceived by Gen. nuittnan, and
lie ordered a chaisge, which was carriedinto
execution as
. „,soon as commanded—ldeutenant
Stewart, of Me rip er, leadmir, !the way. It
captured the ['mini work, wi4ll two pieces, at
artillery, which Capt. Dont ,turned on the
retieitit . ng enemy. - Oen. Quint - lan was him
sella °tong the first to mount the breastwork
and plant the standard thereon', at 1 o'clock;
the enemy then fermed,:and three times at
tempted tit chargelll'3 and retake the position:
but the I.lllerrifig and deadly fire of the rille4,
together %%WI a volley of grape' from Captain
Dunn, so cot, them to piece ' s that they would
not approach 'nearer t hall ride-shot. The
third lime they tried to advunce'under the cor
er of the arches of the aqueduct; but, if ever
a Mexican poked his head out for the purpose
of slippieg from one arch to the )ther, Slane
rifleman vt.ottld 'he sure to put a baldthrough
it. During the whole of the !afternoon, the
citadel and a fort on our right, ! mullioned a
concentrated fire upon the mite, where our
troops were. in the hopes of driving them out;
but in this they were much t»istutten, although
we had but little cover. Ilereq w!as that the
lamented captain Dunn fell inortalll' wound
ed. 'nue death of no loan i r ti l our army has
beep Mere sincerely regretted than his.—
Throughto the burnhartlinmtp of Chapultepec
he ,tun I by 111 , !,1.;1111 , ', and 101f11 tile corks of
the l'Lll'llly WCIIII-lurint.,l, htr . continueidto ad
vance 164 butt( ry iitidc , r the heavieAt lire. him
self possessin ii r Ind ininsing into his men a
cool and del Item te bravery and Self-possession
surpassed. by 'none,. You %% ill recollect it was
he who recaptured the Buena Vista guti o , s till{
covered with the blood of those who fkover
them at the time they were ;lost, ! and after
wards used them ti ith. such decisive calm;
at the battle!iq :quint() del l'ttty on the Bth
inst. Under coves of the night Gen. quit
man's coluitoreryctel a breast wttrk, and put
into position a battery of two It's, one 68-
i pountl ho.witner, and one :14-potnel howitz ,
intending to warm rip the citadel in the sot
, Mg. General Worth's' column got hi/
in a position to 'rake everything in his
ty; and after night Lieut. lragner titre%)
shot and -Isbell MI6 the city, %%inch no
int imidat (!el Om eoeiny very tune it, as
a to-de of tams at \,era Crw— '
Alter the reqults and sot cesses 0 the day,,
Gen. Scott intended, on 41 e intrni(g-of the
14 On tit makeit lodgMent on the "Ne Pawn,"
(entering by the San Custne g ate, ) and bom
barded the city and for / this purpose the la
-1111CC of Gen. Tkvigg', do i3O)11 %% as ordered
front I'd Piedad to the siiiiirirt or (ko,...rai
word).
On the night of the 13111 SantrCAima evac
uated all his nositionl., and rofreated from the
city, 'having, had more than one-hat' of his ar
my killed afelArrptn,le:l or taken in Lamer,—
among the !atter, General Britt°, uith his
,tair, at Chaim !tepee. Si nt a A , Ina 1 - 01111:1 that
if lie fouela us on the ldth, he would hardly
have a butlY-guard, 101 l to co \ orshis rot teat.
I , :m ly 111111 V 1110r11111g 111(' it\ o ColOn i nt: t o ok
11p titter ma -eit . Gen-. qttitnian and timid!,
at the head of their commands, entored the
grand national plaza at 7 oclock. The COI
11111(1 11. as t ruled, int the.plaZa, nod, by order of
General tj. intim), the national standard of thus
Cerro Gordo di% ision. n bile the command
come to a present, was flung, td 14. i breeze
a% er the National Palace. ;Ile! it now' trium
phantly% cows over the II 1 t.i.s OF Ton Alms-
Tity.t.uns; and, It ith,one of our tuttional poets,
we truly say— !
The Mexican
v..t thotr., tt- 1+
1;:l la II- •Ir.p.••
°I, i• dirt. -
W 11,1 ... "r nve
.quart, t'ro tt .
nt tlw plaza, w era Cal. Garland
%%as ‘‘.(inn.l(4l. •
Abort 8 o'vlor•i; General Scot and .t•:In; in
kather, •:-corte:l by th(' (•ac::lr„ entered
the city.-arni , Lo th hozz•: , .ot tho ,01.1tery mt
Ashe cnt••red, the hand of the
inoonied, ititero , teti the ttaring
rimil , ‘‘ i:11,1I121 Columbia. .1.-5 the e-malt
mitered the " - rand plaza. the hand moved the
pritrimi-urt of the \t• hole of is to a litle bii_Ther
pitch, by 1110 geed old-M.liioni.‘.l - Ila lona! air
of Yabkee 1)--ielle!•
"tine of tip. tir.,t, ~cis, ~r Gen. ::,0,-:t t was to
appoin. (hit. Quitman civil awl military goy
emir of Mexico, and Col. I'. S. Belton lieu
tenant gm wow. (;011. Q-litinati's depart
ment ptithr3ces the following- otlicer-i: (;.alit.
P. N. Page, it- , -ii-titia adjutant ,meta!, and
I,ietit-- , . :11. Level?. M. Wile() \r, atid-lt. P.
ihnitr.u:l:l, aid-de-Hme; Capt. (1. 'l', M.
Da% is, seretary; and, Nlr. Leta, interpreter.
Throughout the I tilt, and on the morning
of the 15tb, the :iexicam-, continued to lire
from the cui icr., and tor. of tiro house:, kill--
int; some and woititilimt many. The artillery
%Nos at lit'sl tried on them, but. owing to their
concealed position, it eas not eiFective. 'l'lle
rithi'tegiment. and :zi,ine of tli_ in! ititry, we're
then -"out in pt-tilt; Itllich force, silenced
them ‘‘ hereter,they went. The Ale:den:us
ii ere %cry much mi.-taken %%ien they cattle to
engage the ,riflei , on the liouf.e-top"; duritio
their revolution, they IA ould tight itt Oil:
way fer se% era! day',, without doing each other
much injury; hut the deadly fire of the rifles
picked them out ' from - their biding-places,
it here they leant expected it, and made them
\ ery witting to ceiti , e so unequal a combat.
The officers of fmr tinny ia.o stifii:red se
verely: they sere foutionist in the tight, and
of course the first to full. Louisiana "tinil
;Mississippi. min sister:3 of the South; have
been inost ably and nobly represente3l. Gals.
lure
part's in the,batt le of Monterey, have been no
less pron.icient inthe operations which resul
ted in the surrender of thi,3 city. Mississippi,
%%Inch hay sent heroes to this vimr by ref),i
'news; may well he prowl of her I.l)l.c:soma=
tive; and she 11:3-3 the honor of ha‘ing, outdo('
her citi?.ens the first Anhirican gonenor in the
Halls of the :),lontwittulas.
What Imilisiana say, when she Imermrs
of thL;inecos, : rs and wa,:t rly ability t l if phy_
lry her own Gen. PersmfGr 1 . :1.uim111 1
If it wore possible for nov Ono ohm to near
ntly more lanreli than 111 , acquired lit the bat
tles of Contrertms and Chnrithitsco, we might
of his comniict in the movement,: on the
city. lie has proven him-elf to be, not only
a zood general, but nne of the host of the
of the age. Lieutenant Ileammrep,ardsof
the engineers, r.t,o oire
hashighly ili-tinguished himself. I saw him
complete imi-rneconnoissance of the garlta
('ate of the Co!.) after he hal rekteiveml
so ere contusions.
One fart has hen clearly demontrat
both before and since the entrance ()Idle ttram
it 4 the al!ey el Mexico—that Mir cat alry
far k entirely to rtnall. The vtee of this
corps has been -o sm,ere, maltez to the small
ness of its number:o hat, after the battle; near
ly all the men aml horses, Wore, in a Manner.
r • •
trallt fur service, This ‘% as calculated to
t:estroy the efficiency of even those we have
hero; and even at the present time, one-half
(lithe contralti,' is on eNtra dray every day.—
,Mr. G. W. t3arne?.•of Georgia, and Mr. Lew-
Is Dickinson, of Alabama, at the cessation of•
the armistice, organized, moufited, eq - uipped
and Supported a company ofabout twenty men,
at their own expense,
to serve during the light;
and by order °RN. Harney, were attached to
the squadron of Captain Hardie. They bad
several skirmishes 'with the enemy, both be
fore and after entering the city. Mr. Harlow,
of the company, watgo killed, and Mr. Diehin-
:on and Mr. J. Pierce wero badly wounded
The following memoranda will show you
he number shot and shell fired by the siege
mut:ries. The small number fired attliapti
epee, and the mamicirin ullich the castle and
ort were completely torn to pieces, is one of
he be:4t on ilmces of the power of that, arm of
our service, and the superior abilities of the
officers comManding,it:
I.3Arretti No.l—On__ the, Tacubaya road,
served by Capt. Dunn, company G, 4th,artil
lery-3 10-potinders*"and 1 8-inch howitzer}
—,tired 300 round shot, 100 shells, and 50
rounds of canister.
13 trinuty No. 2—On the rige south of Mu:.
lino del Roy, served by j,ient. !boner, and
company of ordnanr,e-1 '2l-polluter er end 1
8-inch howitzer—fired 140 round sit it and 71
shells. . , .
. ,
. BAT-Pray No. 3—Ott same ridge,ilea‘r`er'llie
I‘lolind lei Rev, serv t ...l at lie : 4 hy Capt. fl.
44.14,, 2.il artillery, and alter wards by Lieut.
S. S. AnderAon, -.2d artillery, on 12th 01 Sop
tomber-116-pounder' and 1 8-inch howitzer
—(the - orriage of the 16-pounder broke, and
on tho 13th; Septinnber was rpplaced by a
2 I-pou oder gun)—tired 70 rotinds,lo-pound
shot, :17 2 I-pound du., and 30 shells: ,
1 lIATTEat No. 4-10-inch mortar, served hy
Litttt, Stone and cOmpOny Of ordnance, fired
61-sheik. From the Gai-itiCSaii Cosine a few
' 21 - pound shot and Ti 10-inch mortar bilelk
v.ere thrown into the city after dark on the
13th, and a few 8-inch shells into Itote,es from
which the tiring came, on the 14th. '
Since our army arrived in .tho valley, we
have 103 t. about 3.000 inen in killed and wound
ed. Wo have destroyed, the Mexican army Of
over 30,000 men, upwardS of 0,000 of which
have.been taken prisoners. We have captur
ed 70 pieces of artillery-27 at the battle of
Contm'as, 10 in the fort at Cluirubusco, and
:13 011 the 1:1th, 13th, and 14th.
i
MUSTANG.
I 6-pontalers liYeneh,emial to our I B:dound
-
ers. Ca pture'd g 611.-3.
.I . l:xico Sept. 18,17.
Ens. DRura:—l send you the thilee first
numbers of the. American Star, published by
Peoples -
:&, Bernard. You will find
in them the otdeis of qen. Scutt, since ow
entrance into the city, as also the hst of the
names of the captured deserters, executed in
pursuance of a sentence of a general court-:
martial.
Our prisoners, who were sent joirolucti on
the approach of our army, hate arrived :safe
ly in city. I understland that they ale
still prisofiers of war, and will probably soon
be exchanged, and that they !lave been sent
here by the • governor of 2,lekico, on his own
responsibility, he riot having received the.
proposition for theitl exchange. I think it al ;
together more likelY'that they ard indebted to
the increusing and t miring exertion of Maj.
Gaines for their rel Lase from confinement.—
Those who arrived. •esterday are Capt i . Clay,
Heady, Smith, Liei ts. Churchill, Davidson,
I arbour, 11; pri 'taus.
Although the eft) up to the riembNit of:wri
tiog is as quiet as it could possibly he under
any circumstances, we have daily report; of
the fusing of the po p ulace, and the 'assusin-/
:Ilion of our army. No doubt some such
mot emeni has been contemplated, but ‘‘lnith
er they will be able to bring thetaselves up to
the "sticiking point, - is a matter of extreoo
doubt. 1 can hardly' lit:bete un enemy ttho
could not :stand against us in the field,
new attempt to over-pok‘er us by any ends
1 .1 11 r 1:
MILS
a few
(7 ( , Inai)(
had
means.
Tile Menican Cone-revs 'does not. meet until
the itat of October, at. Queretaro. We can
form no idea , of what they will be able to do.
The seven northern States, %%Well some time
since formed a coalition, 'pledging thein , elves
to the support of each .other iu 'opposition to
negotiations for peace, have link] a meeting
ci delegates, who have duninlnCed Santa
1111 in strung terms, hat e declared him Imola
law awl a traitor, and at the same:time have
passed a resolution requiring each state to
furnish 3,000 toot, armed and equiped, for i the
further prosecutiion ul the war. O2neral-
Paredes and Bustamente have been appointea
to the cohnnand.
The list reliable infortmatiOn we have had
of Bo) whereabouts of Short Anna, is, that he
few days since at r inn the nicinity
finless to make his way nut of the country. I
cannot iinagine. I eau hardly think he
would undelYtake to attack Col. Childs 'in po
sition, when he has not been able to sustain
himself behind the lest fortifications; awl,
further, as soon as the reinforcements arrive.
Ile tall bane to take his liyhring aomenn here
else.
Since I last wrote you, Dickinson and Bix
ter hate Gen's. Pillow and Shield's
wounds are doing \Nell, and I think it probable
Gen. Shields will start for the Folic] State.:
in the 110111•1 . 2 of a few weeks. Alajor Loring
has lost his arm, but a ill be able to lie out in
a few days. C ~hl. Mclntosh died last
The new rine regimeht has Iliad a WI- op
portunity oltesting their ability: and rilthongl".
notch was expected from them, they have ex
ceeded the eapectations of every. person--
they led the nay froin.the timei'the attack nil:,
made on the mail ditty crossed the gate
of the city, led by Lieut. Sten-att, who un
furled their banner on every breast-work.—
Altholighthe infantry shoot three times. to
their 4mc,e, still thei r rlire is more destructive
to thireneiny. Net Cr, at any lone poiut,,or
tinder any circumstances, have the Mexican , :
heed able to stand the severity of their .fire.—
When they arrivi.:ti at the g,ato of the city,
they:picked null the firtin, , m.„l: , with such, ac
curacy, that they were
. iniablei to load the r
guns, ur even show their heads above the
breast-works. This regiment] has neVer.,As'
yet, been furnished by the gai,criiinent with
a stand of colors. Al Putibla the officers had
a land made at their own epense, •This
flag has been the first on every-work, until
Gen. QUitinan's column entered the city,—
NoW, II would ask, has nut this regiment
handsoinel, , won one from the, hands or sumo
city of die United Statesf—and then' let toe
alto areinore ready to reward gallantry,
than the fair ladies of the Crecent City. •
MUSTANG.
Copy of a letter o•ritten I)) a foreigner to
One or hi€ countynuni in' e ra Cruz, (a French-
=I
1112x/co, Nept. 2,80847.
ante ma; •Favail myself of the depar
top: of the Ilritio/ courier to sketch yon the
scenes it has beeii my luck to witness in the
capital and its environs.
The Mexicans having been beaten ut nil
points and in every way Crum - The Hth to the
13th inst., (ien. Santa Annadeft the capital
an the 6e/flog of the 13th, /Pad took the road
~il;~tlre interior." On the 14th„'in the morning,
the Americans entered the citit in 'a very quiet
manner, and General Scott was already it/ the
palace, when, on a . , ; , tublen, the people of the
low classes commenced iltHwing stones on
the Americans from the tops of the houses,
ausl from all theistreets, indi% iduals of
a better standing tired Iron/ the windows and .
baconies on the Yank'ees,, who were far from
expecting such treat mentJ
Gen . t•icott odered immediately pieces of ar-,
tillery to be placed in all dirOtions, nial soon
swept the streets with grape-shot; but thi s
!Inked insuldieent to subtitle the insurrection.
Gen. Scott then sent a few companie on di
ner., points, with riders. to bleak op every
hohse olt or which they bliottld tire, to put to
tho \\on], those found wlthiti, and, lastly, to
s:/ek the property therein contained. This
order, which was executed. with greatlmoder-
Idiom (thanks to the secret instructions of
Gen. Scott!-) hot in some cases .With stern en
ergy, soon put down lhp insurrection. These
scenes lasted three long and sad days—from
the 14th, to the 113th; and I assure you we
were much alarmed during the whole of the
time.
All foreigners (including, those imbued in
other respects with prejudice towards the Am
ericans) agree in one point—that the Amer
ican army:dias not done the hundredth part of
the 'injury it had ti right to do, and which Eu
ropean armies would have dune in similar cir
cseLjerilllbt:lllirCfeaBl; 11.°Lrleigropier
eltolineir'and having
seen the en a d v of
Napoleon's military career, t, judgingby com
parison, give it as my sincere and candid op
inion, that if a continental . army had d
fined hem;
atoned and upon by the population of
vanquished city, the inhabitants would have
been dealt With rather roughly. Now we am
tranquil; hut it is ti sad tranquility, as we fear
new disturbances.
Our precarious situation *ill (mt. change
.1 . 4),r the better until peace be ;eoncluded, or the
Affiericans :end about 15,00 in s eti more.—
The army of invasion is realty ,tfoo small; for
figure to yourself 7,000 men in a city of up
wards of 200,01) ) 0 hostile sliult(, and in Puebla
less than I,bo, , to maintaini a pco.dation of
mon) than 50.000. This is tieallyl l too little!
Toe Americans have covered themselves
‘‘ith‘((lory in all the battles fotrght in !Mexi
en. 'l . l(ey ate all anil'each of titerni heroes
It is a great thing to sec a handful la Ameri-.
cans cut their way through 300 miles of
plumlation, and hoistlhe star-spangled ban
ner on the doMes of this capital.
Geovral Herrera, ex-president, his Pane to
queretaro, where a Congress is to a((setnivk
nest Month. He took with him (i,Wol mil
and Santa Anna fell back upon Puebla. a' I v
2,000 These two bodieii of troops
are the remnants of 20,000tegular troops who
ilefimiled the city no longer than Iwo weeks )
- --(1 will be athot
ag,,
tiome people hope that peace
ealed by several members of the next Con-'
gre:s at 0 uereuiro: but for ruv own part, hio.
not belie‘e , it. The fully of these people is ;
not yet at un end: When will they open their ;
ey to their true rutereAs? Neyer. This
is my fears ,
•
.111 collirnimioatiotis with the. inteliur are i
(1t oil:
- •• , and we should not Wim,;er to see them again,
_...„--. :
i rm.', Ow N. 0, Tow 1,, Oet:11, change their name, to get. rid of the odium
•., which TIMV attaches to them. The leaders
p.! It appears that the accounts of the mini . -
; of Whia-ery do not sebin to realize th,t fact
fts conseouent on the rising
tae capital, 'after its evace:t is t r io t ' r ie l i ;; Pe t,;;lf il i
,1113 i.: tut 4`t -oaf iii l' s 4f : iliti:lv`iteV of his'
1
ce.iintq are ale, fl t s wit 1 :11 their) cpuntr3 in
a forei ,l m war,'aral It rtt ale tiirlioi...cs 110 noon-. :
, i i i ::i ' e l. i a it ' i L ti 4 ::: ' Ut i l l t ." ‘ . \ e 'a l s te t e ttl u l.r i e n d " : r t il o o7ar 7 e g i t. tl: k r t i e u,
columns, but the con I
Lied. lasted lint a short tain her honor unsullied, no matter what may .
be their tipinions -on other • : subjects. This.)
tune, and theinsurreetion -wiis soon (melte; . 1
, r , i ( !i tt i , s i . 11 b ,,, e
% :\i , T ) a. h i;e s rt ‘ t %
I f i r o m l n ak t ‘ li e e _ large number of l
The autirities in Mexico, governmeutal ant
ptiblicly semi '
municipal, had cordially jouied their ellbrts . 1
to these of Gen: Scutt [ l to restore tri inquility . all alle , riance with the Federal 'party, in . con
y stay:et - ice of their denunciation's of the Nation
and centidencit among the inhabitants,
l i qu t -' '' al administration and the war with Mexico,
were crowned with perfect success, ani, t h e .
We trust, therefore, that our opponents will
motel calm new ;reign's throughout the Alexi
by the lesson just taught them.
can metropolis. In reference to this, We give , learn wisdom
the following from El Genie de la Liberated,: F,nacins posi.Ar,A,,,,,,,,,,,EmeNlN.—Letters,
of the Ist. inrt. have been received in Washington; from
The iNational of the ...:11,1, a paper.publisheil
: Major Hobble, announcing that. he f ins made
iin Ailixeo, contains , the ftelowing items,
the most satisfactory - arraegeme'nts in tier- ,
I which, to our 'readers, may be interesting,.—
many, for the accommodation of our steamers,
On the IStb, (:en. Scott - was in Ole 'city, pro- I
and the transmission of- their letters. The
posin g to I send circulars to the different
Union states that ,Major. llobbie's arrange-
States exh o rting them to appoint eoinntis
' ment4 with France were not positkvely cons
ruiners with full powers for .the concluding a
i eluded; hut he hoped to fi nd a ,sati*sfactory,an
peace. Ile was also projecting an ex P wii ` ,
iffli i swer to his pr,opositions to that, government
it one thousand live hundred men against 'Po-
:on his return to London. Ile had also., says
Inca. The corpu - ratiwi of Mexico had ad-
i the Union, found ot very "conciliatory spirit in
die soilstn era( proclamations to the 'nimbi
: ni6-t of the English statesmen—in Lord John
tant,:, stalling on.thein to be peaceful, and to , / i t
ii, , eu, for : exael plit, and Sir Robert Peel:
erase in every mannerto injure the American, ,
but efie sunerintendent of the Post Office De
arinY' null stated it they did not ' comply " 1 1 1 , partmeiit had felt
scene di ffi culty in acceding
th e injections expresse d . it ' \\mom guara nty: to t h e terms ., u n til the meeting of Parliati l ien
neither theirlo es nor their propert \'', as lien.
preposition had been made, during the oh-
Scott had issued a direct order tilat ev ery
s A ctece,,,,l Mr. Bancroft in Switzerland, to Mr.,
house, out of which would be: tired a s hot,
Broillivad, the secretary 'of legation, for a
should be immediately levelled to the ground
temporary, suspension off the order of Our
The
by Ins a fuectious of the .Mexican Executive rtillery. Sestmareer General, in relation to the letters .
despatched to Canada: but Brodhead had ile-`
were being 'discharged by Sr. Pena y Pena,
(dined ticeediteT to- it.- unless the British Po -t i
%Vali NI, limn ' were associated Sr. Pacheco,
„.., , ,
,:. office wou ld also do,a . ,ir'ay' With OW ioequai.
and eue, generm, %%nose name is not men- r
...
tv in the postage of letters ,landed in 4. 11
ti o lied . . . land from onf steamers. .. Major 11. re f.` es
111:‘,1:tt i:e 1 iT I'EMP CS TO MAM: PI: ll I:.— twine,
probably, in die wasiii,ovon.
Eiwe the above it would appear that General
;Scott is again tnakirrg attempts to renew ne
witlations. I \Ve doubt, the good policy oi l
this line of tuna:Tallies, if l it pre-supposes an
otletr pereadof stagnation hi our military op
erations. The host mode would be with these
intractable Mexicans to continue pursuit of ,
their columns while a single leading roan
antoog , thdin leads a hostile force. Let us i
Drat by all Means, but let us not relax in the
vigorous pri l isecution of the a ar.
CoNntriON or TIIINGS Al' rut; Ca 1.1 1-AO.- 7
T.13.1.,.} 5 , 01,, ~...1....Z1L'4f;.,•by"..-..Tessies.*-14te13 &, Co., the fir s t number of which made its ap
pearauce on the .20th SePt., gives the follow
ing account of the state of the capital as re
j the idhabitarits:
' Tin; l'l• - .—Whitt it chahge has conle over
this eapit all withiu the space of two or- three
weeks! When we were in here during the
armistice, there was not a half hour in the
day that IMilies of troops were not moviegi,to
'awl fro, "the blast of the shrill trump and
the ear-piercing fife" continually bring to
mind that the beautiful .city was wider the
dominion of: a- usurpiug and tyrannical inifita
ry I,4A•er. But "a change ha's- (some et er the
spirit of its dream:" all tumult lils subsided,
al l A i char;e has come over the city, whose
in iabitaut- in life and property, ale protect=
ed'455.--t-liosle who teas represented as the
•-Vandals e l f the North. -
to our Hittite', confidence is now perfectly
/restored; there is seiiree a plate of linsiness
that is not Open: awl what
,more clearly than
anything el s e demonstrate s the fact that con
tentment reigns in a great measure et er the
scores and scores, of families that begin to
promenade the streets. Whenever you see
the softer sex walking the streets in- confi
dence, you way set it down at once tliat things
r are as they should he.
The shojisare again opened, and security
and public ,confidence are perfectly-restored.
The theatse was ;Toted on Su n day the tnith
tilt., and OM crowd was immense, the build
) pug not being capable Of contai Ung the num
bers who thronged the avenutizi.
• Tut: Ihisia: rrats.—On the' I"th ult., •
ant to tlie sentence of it court-martial .
ty-one deserters were hanged: eight non,
ceived tt. lighter
,punii*Metit; thirty-s xI o
ers (whose lilllipe appear i i the Agit -Me
eiiii Star) iVero-ondeiruie,l to bd execut ,
but as it, instated, o'9'l net hayiUg ben i
kenl yet, ertlsequently the extreme a 'Wet c
of the law could not beleaCried into et bet.'
piletu.a.- : ---The Star says, ie:relation to the
('caudal; of t h e giterrillas, who occepied that
city after its ten' evacuation by the
'A:eerie:ail droops 'i
\V e havel i :we a letter from Puebla, dated on
the 331 inst., which tiepresents affiLirs in that
city in the Most deplorable condition.
The guerilla; there hate 'disgraced the
name of in; n—they are - monsters. The let
ter says there is scarce a foreign family or a
foreigner t tat ha's not received more or less
injury from them, and in many instances of
'the toot aggravating nature. Independent
of the outrages emninitted upon the persons
and proper l y of the Mexican citizens, they
'have gone into the houses of foreigners, and
de - tastatioti awl dismay have followed their
every s'tep,l 'They broke into the store Of a
German Jeweler, near :the Diligencias,' and,
after robbing it of of near 525,000 worth of
property. p i nt a rope around his neck, and took
him to the Alameda for execution. They
then went into the house of an American lady
is ho has lived many years in Puebla, and
whose Ito-hand is now in Mexico, and,) pa
ting their swords and lances to her breast,
were ;Mea l to- kill her, when she delivered
what money was in her hands, and they left..
But were \''il to enumerate all their ennyini
ties, we w old have place for nothing else.—
Suffice it ta - say, that their, actions are dis
rittreful in, the extreme, and has put a blot on
t •
the national character that -will be hard to
wipe out. '
Sept.:!
itrOCF ' UFATiON OF Po, BLA.--til Genie de
la Liberod, in its gpanish side, on the•
inst., state's that, rumors reached the capital
on the :17th - ult., of the arrival of a reinforce
ment of AMerican troops at Puebla; that they
had beaten the.guerrillis, killing an immense
nuthber; that 'Generals thistamente and Pare
des' had joined with a number of influential
persons for the.purpnso of inviting a foreign
prince to intervene, with a view of arranging
the difficulties with the United States: and
that Ceneral Alvarez, with governor and
legislature of Puebla, had. declared against
Santa Anna,- made him prisoner, l and shot
oCt tree
iy is a, live dog's tail like the root
Because its farthest from the bark.
' - Ni:w PLAN.--.The Wa'shington Union
pribliseus-a communication from '"A Illhi,g,"
embracing the following plan for carrying on
the tear in -Mexico:, 1
Seventy-tiro or one-hundred thousand
'troops can occupy the whoa of Mexico;ev
ery State to be occupied by a i k utlicient force,
1
whose cominanding calker 1).41 ho instruct-.
ed to disarm the Mexican in 'the particular
State Or district Of country assigned to him
and by constant (..xtreditions from his head
quarters, to keep up such a surveillance as
will prev'ent the collection of troops o f th e
enem i y in his district. , and enable him t., 1 / 2 draw
I- ,
the !este:A amount ; of forage, 1 subsistence,
and pay from ihe country . 1 If such an occus
'pawn of the enemy's terr tory is entire, we
twist get at their resourc , s; if it is • partial
we niay tiot.
,Such a mode of carryii
must bodess , expensive tin
' Bloodshed must soon col
certain, fol. if Mexico per
reekless cOurBe . two dist,
in her mid.kt mint Amerit
and the Nlexican race mu
by the Ruperior our. 'Ph
jw , tly rhargnable upon ti
I rlu im lot this plan ti
notnical and certain to si
Ax•ri-w tu Wows nv l'Es.Nsvi.vANl.l.—The
anti-war Whigs of Peont.ylvania have placed
theinvlves io almost as great a minority in
the lutic election in this State; as the old anti
war re.l4.ralis:t - s ever found themselves
I.` A limit Al EE EING AT. N 1.141.—A meet
infr was held at Nashville, Tennessee', on the
filth mstabt, which noininated General Tay
lor for the I'i esi.lency. PtLY,ton made
a speech,,t‘llich the Union say,s "Would have
been pro:Munced a failure by' the' yalungest
lawyer iii Nashville." It was perfectly null
committal.• lle advocated Gen. Taylor's
election'as a ''no-party' candidate. Ile pro'
nonneeil ihe old :ob , olele, and declared
that, Gen Taylor, thou It .whin if eie'eted
and Calle!' Spenkas were leaned fur,—bait it
o,as like .'calling spirits from Alm vasty deep"
—they i/ 4 / 1 d not come! 1
Mictua rapid!growth of the corn
tnere of „,lichigan is %y ell set forth by .statis
tical statement, in the Itpche,ter Advert i,er
of ‘ a JeceUt date. In I Sl9. the shipping own
ed in the [ State amounted to but 000 tonzz; in
181 1 1, it tvas; 211,ft..18 1 and gave employment to
1800 se.,*.m, Th,•.expurts up to 1439 eon
skied almost entirely of furs. and amounted
to too,ooo—all other articles reached only
I9 t the exports MIMI:1'0d
to % 4 1,30.),ni0: iu ISlh, they reached
903—The wheat eropollast year is ,e,titua
ted, at 9,000.1)90 buf.tels
':.1:-:1:::‘ r:\o APP r.F.S.H t' any ()Low readers
to pre.erve apple." for vinter s now w1::!e
are cheap. we recommend-them to adopt
'ollov‘ii i i4: . .
%
111,
. .
, .
}.
theta the last of October. gather "your;
...s, and after spreading- a layer of sand on
outtom of a, dry cas-k, rd ace a layer of ap
on thtiand so that they do ' - not touch
I Other: titter whieli-laY altetnfite layers
r tit and apples until the, caste is full.—
: casks theti -, :imulil lA set in: a dry cool .
.e to remain until the apples are used.
opl
the 1.1
each
of -t
The'
ptac
-VTORPEDO TR k V .—.lslity-fieeper in Pratt
stri . it, near the Ea , tern Sking, had frequent-
L
ly rbised moneyw fru his drawer,' a d being
at. a lOst, %% ho to suttpect, fell opti t 0 foil ov
ing original and ingenious method ' e ec
ling!' he thief'. Retire retirin:.r to bed, he
1,
placid amnia er of '(orpedoes, on 1F
the Mei in'
the vi . cijock ,
.0 h' . l tnoneylra*. ' Wring
the inglit rie'x :is Oilteded b • the 'noise cif [the
Oxpliidin,g , tel talc ', 00, 1 rtinnH i g into the
seori l he faun 1 a c iored:serstantgirl standing
liy tire drawe , 'at inost l'fic.rlect , imaginable
pictinre ()Ver.' or; Ii q lOnlitiinia:; n ng that the
nriin'e of attar hilt i lilinscif 1 ryas -1 t her elbow,
;61 tea ring , t, iri4e,lest she should' fql the
hot .ripe of his Satanic Nltijiti;ty aboot, to re
movci her to the shades belOw.—Boit. Sum .
pur=u-
MEM
CAUTIyN TO THE PSIWHASERS OP
Al IqtGIIANT'S CELIIRATED, GARG
LING 011..—This valuatile . embrocation was
before the public for more plan eight years be
fore .in effort 1.1. as madoito imitate it, or even
to gy. up Vsubstitute. Its increasing demand
and )vonderful success in Tut , . cunt.: OF AL L
F la:iii, AND liOrEs in particular, has induced
a number of persons to ATrEmrT its imitation
in
. ‘al t rions ways, wincir IS CON VINCINO PROOF
OF 't
18 INTRIN3II; VALUE. Several
. 'mixtures
have been got up under di li2rent names. such
as "Illack.t. /il," -.Arabian Oil," "King's Oil,"
.c.. ftnil Ntitlial have rtltt.oiNtni from My ad
vertisements and directliops, and some hale
had The effrontery:to their call their n.i . sx
mixT.m::-by the name 'of "Oarglingoi),i' thus
by tl eir fraudulent impositions, , the 'N InStls -
pectil
ig public are the principal sutfi2rers.—
Or it lany questions are asked, they are told,
"it is the..-iiiin.? thing,' 'or -it is just as good,"
ke. Inlduetime the conduct of thew mis
creants will - individually be exposed to the
fullest extent and merit of sneh unblushing
knavery. See l advertisement ip this paper.
.1. pamphlet of description inay be had tat.vrts
of the agent. .
MARRIED—Op the 'lnst, by the Rev. J.
J. Findley, - Mr. KINSi ROIIIO,N, ; of Mc Kenn,
to Miss M Anti JAN K a Witt erford,
On Sth, by 10v..1. K. Barry, Mr.
J. F. LIDbEL, di this place, and Miss ANNA '
AMELIA BIUMIAKEItof McKean. -1
- On _the lath, •n Girard' township, by T.
1 ,
Ryman, Esq. Mr. ALBERT E:SToNn, of lowa,
to Miss Er.sin• J.% 11 WAnn. of Girard
On the 19th init., by thq Rev. Mr. Stubb4,
Mr. WM. H. Diunr.E, of Crawford county,. to
Miss ABIGAIL ' Mumvoßo, of Erie.
‘
On the :Itith inst. Mr. lIRN ay SinlAty. to
Miss LroLt Frarmi,botlicifFairview.
--
- -On I.lle -- ;2.otii iistilMr;.AiAlty Dr:-I
4)
INfAns, consort of Mr. - Joint R. Damars, of
Millcreek township,. in the 39th'year of her
age.
On the 2:0 in,t.. Mr. %A
this borough, Nled 32
,c,,itvz-:
THE OBSERVER
"The World Is Governed too Muth.'
is
•, I 147, 1 3 /1 .
•
ffiintordny Itiorniuit, October 30,
• (rf - ', TiTo - .4.11,.11t.hvyng is a duly a nt. i.„ r .
ag6it"tv propire suliscriber t s for this Fns.
GREAT DEIIOCR FIC IfE iNt
•
A Mass Meof the Derimprat s o f
County will be 'held at the Couft H ou „ - 1 .
Monday evenint, of November C ounot
clocd I'. M., to talk about the glorioui'rej.
of, he recent election in the State: tl) exp - o ;
their - sentimenOin regard to the war
,cuss ,matters of general imprlkanc e t ai
party. There will be several able speak
present ott - the occasion. Turn nut: the
flings are long and the subjects to be
ed interesti ng.
By or der of the Dem. Central Comma.
Oct 23, 1817. •
No t editorial this week—short of hal
to - l'vork - oUrself—the copi ousr
' from the 14ican correspondenciatt m
Orleans Papers which we have gi'ven,ho
er, will be of More) interest to.outi reader!'
- •
trust, than any Ching we could write.
lg on the the 4 . l war
n the present mode.
10, and success is
! ists in her present
rithnents of troops
anize her territory,
st soon he absorbed
, se. effects mill be ,
r rulers.
tit is humane, eco
axed.
The meeting of this body take
on Thursday, the 23dnuf November,'ai
at •
'the Conference Room of the Preshr
Church.
( I ,lj''‘il'e ask attention to the call fort i„,
ocratic meeting at the, Court jior on k ,z
day evening Rext. Every , pemocraetli ' 4 ,
attend %Ts trust "will' be there. The . glrri,
and deCisive victories achieved by 'tliel4,
racy of,l'ennylNanis and the army of Ue?,
public at the - City of Mexico, stiuldin9i%,
l i e
with the nroSt prcifinni °nth Lisia:s6. Le.;:r '
then be spontaneous outpouring of the" ~%:-
—a generous, heartfelt response to t„," . '
and the good work Jeo glorionsly en, : :i
on the Fecund tucsday of this month i% L 1,.
ceive an impettions that no eilhrt of F t
istn can stay. . .
Truth and Poetry.
Read theibeatitiful poem/in our Ottt:, deL
week 'from the 'pen . of Mrs, ymfts
breaths the spirit of true patriotic
beautiful and soul InsFiiring 'language of
It is from the \'ashington
MI
(ET'We expected to have 'given the,dc,
vote of Pcnnsylvania.thie. week, hilt it h , ,r
come to hand !Iyet: majo.rity:
ever, is not far from 19,000.
tri:Plie Abolitionists, in ;Stational Ccrp
tion last week at Butlhlo, nominated .lolu
'll.t r.r. of New IlampOiTre, for Prosidkr.t.
Judge KING, s of (thioofor Vice Presid nt.
L
P,.--
Irjr-We regret to gee anil l ng the trua - ~ iii
in the recent battles.befor he city of Mt --j - -:
co, the Mime of Lieut. Reno, of
.this city- I :
The nature of his wound is not stated, s tlic:
it is set down as severely. j _ -
(1 - ThC now legislature of Florida a ?:i.;*
whig, thus securing'lto that poky mail
S'. Senator. Glad of it—ii. consistent %%IJ., -4. '_:•
, far preferable to_eit'her of t.li present lac; s'A
bents, Messrs. X't oleoe and Westcott, ;*,.„ . 4,- . ; ri
, - _-e-
I , L.7 - 'The Legislature of Georgia is i - o r?: iik 4 ,
lv b l ilanced 'in regard to politics that it ioh-
to ttlii which pal $y wilt have a major/it. `l''-
, ~
whigs claim it, but do so count allthein:,*
pendent members, of.Whlch there are wren
CG - Gov. Shunk has issue`' prod*: tr:ii
appuitninerhurday, the f.1.it ... 0f Norezry...
as a day of publfc thunksgivilig,and pr.
Nye diav'tit room for the prioclarnati=
•
week. ' I/•
I -
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, ; •
,-.t.
4 The Allgl4nia - i T is," a c `
,oin
par,. --z-.1.-,
• .1.- • -;
mus>/tans vliose fame has ahleady precs
?them, ‘‘e are informed by letter from Bui
attendthls place soon iuld'gis eat:
. 1
her of:concerts. Onr.,easternle.xlehantei.i .
ample testitnonYl of their merit as perfo . ..!
and we doubt nd,t they will meet a beilfr
come from the lovers .of good music it;C.
citizens - generally.
4.. •
_ _ _
ar in the nobs
ky have the
in dignity am
y have made
teaching,, •I that they are
iahoreis in An cause. I-frill -0--
r aid all the advantages tqbec :. -
issociated effort, and the
seffool edlication will soon r;ich : ':
of :
.0111 , ttN St 11 0 0 1 . Tr.
1
CoNN i;ilsn, of
j Teachers Convention
ER
Going and Gai:, I,
Iron. James Cooper; the competitorofCe
Irvin fur the Federal Gubernatorial 1;nc:
oli
lion in this Suite, is about making a tout
Europe._ :Geli. Irvin, hi 4 successful ri‘al,l::
already gone to the head waters of Salt lin.
ac(coil - panie'd by his aid, 11143'r Patton.
Another Fancied Prop Withdrawit.
The whigs are unfortunate verY! I:' -'-i
? , t
well known that they h av e , b een reckezi 1
upon:the I•aid and comfort" Of Col .- i letfes_
Davis in their etrovs to bring Gen,,Tt:•
forwiird as a' andidate for the " Presidest;'• s_l
In this they Imre reckoned with Out 14" -:
hosts. The New - York Globe sap : 1 0e i'l - .:
hint Colonel has ivritten a letter, Whicl. - 1 i_f
pea rs an the / Vicksburg Sentinel, donning ', :,
political polsAtion iti,i,re,gtird tO'tho next l'i?
,dency.- Ife is, the stiailikii-law of Gen. Ts;: I ',..
and has beds countedin ale...newspapers t , i i '-
unqualitied , supperter of lie, General fi r
President. 'lle says that he:liii.s net qr,:"
elated a departure front the Petpocracy 0: -'
State on that question that; although fen: - L
,that the Southern Democracy might be l'lrc'
to separate from the Dimocraml of 'li e.;''
by the pressure of the f knti-Slatery opiest.:'.
he "is notr one of thosd whOrslecry a i Nat.:
al Con veattion,"ilmt believe - 1 that pr.(
e
curnstanc'ss, with more than usual f!1
lili,eate th p_ropriety of {sic!' a meeti
has faith, :et that the Northern De
will yet meet the South f'upon just
tional aro lid." '' He is for meeting
vention, at d requiring in advance a
tide, a pie( ge, of adherence to 04 .
Cel l
in prom I r e--.'
For the Erie
' is coming at
tine bf the '1
cumbr l entpi l
• • somethin
I dse tic attel
'eacherN'thr
The tim
for the me
and is is is
cam
F
est and an
of Scbuol i
:\"o nieans
Or lawrovu
io st4nElard
knowtedze
,
elevdtlng
fusing ,the
has been
•
ore aact;ess
ind iasti
fier,icompar
ge each at''
ow that th'
r proressioi
It; and if th
c•nvention
/Fe toge
a al encourzl
Let them s
meat of the
ness nt ilea,
in.thea:rt of
to aid other
bring to the
rived from
common :soh
proper rani:
,
1
~_,
MI
,1
11111
Ong:
etipc:
Meet vier. I
round, Mestiis
reacher's Ap i
im Its to be'e
to awaken t
Edil•=
ME
nnt'
c i‘rt
, 6
ach,-
tion of-the gr l
.ughuut the H
the common
,1 education,
the' art of t
ul, than auto
ates..t. het.
their views
let
elct"-,
nru l l•
4.a,>1
thal .
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