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lIIR DOD OF THE DlitillESNß
•
-This splendid company suffered severely during
stis - heroic 'and arduous defence of tbe . position at
Puebla: The,very flower of the corps bave fall-
ES
'-P"Tbe &keg forms, the truest hearts."
I`h. ktlled al l or nearly "so, belonged to the same
.
`action, which was composed of men the very
gf soldiery"—chivalric, enthusiastic, caps
h.ierentarkable for manly beauty and symmetry;
of their ; that we know, gentlemen of education
end high respeetahilty, who were fit to lead where
t7ered to follow:
nnp
"Eti. Ll:loiess was a young gentleman formerly
ofßrOwnsville, whose noble qualities served to
: -'confirm the favorable impression which his hand
some exterior and agreeable deportment never foil.
- ed to Make: •=4/e warof English birth, and had at..
twiny been sent a commission in the . British Amy;
but preferred to fight for his adopted country as,a
„yr , ivatiip2the.Grays.
Fnancis Vsnorics, a gentleman and a soldier,
eies7 inch of him; of the most pleasing manners
iltidiuldress,, and whose short stay with us heti
had Won him troops of friends,—had been, we he.
, ; litivt, Mutant of a battalion, at Brooklyn, N. Y..;
but not having then a prospect of actual service
'With bis command, came first to Wheeling,(Where
he found no company could be raised,) and after.
I"• Wards to Pittsburgh, and joined the ranks of the
SANAIL D. Samosas, brother of our townsman
4'. EL - Sewell, E.sq , was born and bred here. He
was truly a gallant spitit,—the very model of a
soldier; Auld of a disposition, manners andqualides
• that en - leafed him to 'all. •
Jams a GrxennisT, was a Lieutenant in the
WexiiiieirelXml corps, but his company not having
thea.volutiteered tor service in Mexico, he came
beie and joined the Grays - as a priirate. Enthusi
'44e; brii . tie,--ind with a high sense of honor, he was
worthy to be one of this glorious section, than
Widelt‘no better or braver ever was cut down in a
„battle ,
With the others of the gallant Jead„we had nut
a personal acquaiutaitce; but from the representa
tions of those who Ilea, they were worthy of their
companions in arms and in death. "Alas, for the
beautiful the brave!"
Gen. Stott's Despatches.
We this morning lay before our readers the
despatches of Gen. Ecwrr, announcing the result
Of tie - Rattle of Molina del Rey, and the taking
of_the city of Mexico. These are , given to the
eicluslon of much other.matter of interest, which
has been accumulating upon our hands for some
dsys "pig"; because we know the deep interest
which is felt' in all that relateeto our couutrymen
now in Mexico. We shall give . the despatches of
the Generals of divisions and brigades, from time
lolime; as they are all thrillingly interesting.—
WirWould also state to our readers that the des
patchns,,its: vublished in pur pripeare complete ;
tieing copied from the ,Union, at - The fleet of goc
ernment. We are not disposed - tO?: , _`.Publish - muti,
listed and imperfect copies - as we,believe all our
city cotemporaries have'done. .
lion. Jesse Miller.
Before the late election in Pennsy,lvania,the feJ
::4o,papers in this . city published volumes of info
,:141:1113 slanders from-the North American, of Phila
;' , delphia, end the Telegraph, at Harrisburgh,in rile-
Von:;to..the Hon. Jesse Secretary of the
Commonwealth: The Whole object of these pub
lications was to, fasten upon Mr. Miller the author
, ship of certain articles, which appeared in . a
pa °
per - called the Champion, printed at Ilarrisburgh'
against the late Henry A. Mnhlenberg. These
federal editors supposed, if they could make the
public believe. that Mr. Miller wrote the articles
. .
is question, the friends of Mr. Muhlenberg might
-'4i: Oriduced to votengair Gov. Shank. Notwith
standing Mr. Miller nn,na his" friends pronounced
the articles, in the federal papers, false and libel
ous.; no acknowledgement of error was made be
forelthe'election. r , tiller brought an a:tion'
agaiiiSt the editors of the North American, so as to
atrord them an opportunity to prove the truth of
their : false, forged, and 'libellous articles, in a court
- <justice. The editors of that reckless paper,
fearful•that they would have to suffer in pocket
fortheir abominable falsehoods, on
.Monday last
made full arnende honorable to Mr. Will
the federal papers of this city exhibit as much
hlsPeiitY 1: We will see. Here is the retraxit of
the North American: •
,:.G.Having taken pains to examine into the testi.
molly in support of the charges which were pub.
fished . = this paper against.,Hort. Jesse Miller,
•
3ecretary of the Commonwealth, attributing to
him and lathes the authorsbip of certain articles
published in a paper once printed-in Harrisbuigh,
collet/ the Champion, defamatory of the character
• . of 'tke late Henry A. Mullenberg, we, aka . con•
Waned - to say - frankly, from facts which have
coine:psour knowledge, since the publications in our
mor.:teferred to„ that we believe Mr. Miller is
inninipt_orilt participation in the authorship of
said arficles."
,Gletusburgti Guards. .
We learn that' a letter has been received in
from. norm's:lEllr, Esq.,
Quartermaster or.the 2d Pennsylvania Regiment,
annotineing the death of Robert McGinley, Wm.
Jacob Lindseybigler, members of
the Greensburgh Gui,rds, in the city of Mexico.
- . 17114 , i10d1a will be deep'y felt by a wide circle
of friends. "
:clazooic.—AeciiMnts have been received from
Oregon, down to 0:16 . 14 tb:of At that time
there wan a great scarcity of necessary goods, and
the.prices Avere ,exceedingly. high. Flour was .
woribfroni $l5 to $3O - a barrel, end lurnbef $5O
.a - 4 64-) * 0;94=4 while wheat was worth only
00 to So:cents a bushel. The legislative Asiem•
bly` had approvedof r are pleti of a Rail Roe&
connecting the eastern half • of , our
sent VI 'the seat
attention ,of Congress
to the objeer. • - - •
ydk
Makyliiid, lately pieeuted her husband- with
twor-buy a . 01 at : a birth. All " were doing
well , a the
trUitaccounts. This is gteat country!
..kirterieah L eolony at Siberia
(Africa) hOs adopted a Constitution 'similar to -our
Ouir4-undias.s6rts its rig 4 -to ,be rebokuised as an
uation. The Constitution was ud o p.
ts.A . ou.the 20th of Joly last ; and Sampas'Brrls
.
"01 . 4 as President of tiMCDavcittlon.
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iliA - oktr#iii.TF.its OA TII (4 Anny,
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lA.O7llArt, near Mexico
September 11, 1847.
Sii : I have beretofare : reparted that I.had, Au
gtist 24„conctilded an arinistice with President
Santa -Anna; which = ivas..promptly followed by
meetings between Mr. Trist and Mexican Com
missioners appointed to "treat of peace.„,
.Negotiations were actively continued. with, as
was understood, some prospect of a successful re
suit, up to the 2d instant, when our CoinnOsiOner
handed in his unimuturn (on boundaries,) and the
negotiators adjourned to meet again on the 6th.
Some infractions of the truce, irr respect to our
supplies from the city, were earlier committed,
followed by apologies on the- part of the enemy.
Those vexations 'I was willing to put down to the
imbecility of the government, and waived pointed
demands of reparation, while any 'hope remained
of a satisfactory termination of the war. Baton
the sth, and more fully on the 6th, learned th„tt
as soon as the ultimatum had been considered in a
grand council of ministers and others, President
Santa Anna, on the 4th or sth, without giving me
the slightest notice,actively recommenced strength
ening the ;militarydefences of the city, in gross
violation Of the 3il article of the art:Mince.
On that inarmation, which hai since received
the fullest verification, I addt - eased - to him my note
of the Gth. His reply,dsted the sstne day, rarely.
ed the next morning, was absolutely and notori.
ously false, both in recrimination and-explanation.
Uenelose copies of bath papers, and have had no
subsequent correspondence with the enemy.
Being delayed by the termsof the armistice
more than two weeks, we had now, late on the 7th,
to begin to reconnoitre the different approaches to
the city, within our reach, before I could lay down
any definite plan of attack.
The same afternoon, a large. body of the enemy
wastliscovered hovering about the Molina del Rey.
within a mile and a third of this village, where I
am quartered with the geneial staff and Worth's
Battle -.at Iftpl* Del Rey!
, '
niepoXt%Dralajoi., Goner/11 SOOtts
It might have been supposed that an attack on
us was imended; but knowing the great value to
the enemy of those mills, (Molina del Rey,) con•
taming a cannon foundry, with a large dejiusite of
powder M .Costa Maya near them; and having
heard, two days before, that many church bells
had been sent out to be east into guns—the ene
my's movement was essay understood, and 1 re.
solved, at once, to drive him early' the next morn.
ing, to seize the powder, and to destroy the foun
dry.%em
• Another motive for this decision—leaving the
general plan of attack upon the city for fuller re•
connoisances—was, that we knew our recent cap
tures had left the enemy not a fourth of the guns
necessary to arm, all at the same time time, the
strong, works at each of the eight city gates; and
we could not cut the communication between the
foundry and the capital without first taking the
formidable castle on the "heights of Chapultipec,
which overlooked both and stood between.
For this difficult operation we were not entirely
ready, and moreover we might altogether neglect
the castle, if, as be then hoped, our reconnoissances
should prove that the distant southern approaches
to the city were more eligible than his southwes• '
tern approach.
Hence the decision promptly taken, the execu
tion of •which was assigned to Brevet Major Gen.
Worth, whose division was reinforced with Cid
waladera brigade of Pillow's &vision, three squad.
rons of dragoons under Major Sumner, and some
heavy guns of the Beige train under Capt. Huger
of the or Mance, and Capt. Drum of the 4th artille
ry—two officers of. the highest merit.
For the decisive and brilliant results, I beg to
refer to the report of the immediate commander
—Major GenecalNirorth—inAvhase commendations
of the gallant officers and men—dead and li%ing—
heartily concur; having witnessed, but with
little interference,. their noble devotion to fame
and to ccluntry.
The enemy baying several times reinforced his
line, and the action soon becoming much more
general than 1 bad expected, I called , up, from the
distance of three miles, first Major General Pil
low, with his remaining brigade, (Pierce 4,) and
next Riley's brigade of Twiggs' division—leaving
his other brigade (Smith's) in observation, at Sail
Angel. Those corps approached with zeal and
rapidity; but the battle was won just as Brio•adier
General Pierce reached the ground, and had inter.
posed his corps between Garland's brigade( Worth's
division and the retreating enemy.
The accompanying report mentions, with just
commendation, two of my volunteer aids—Major
Kirby, paymaster, and Majoi Gaines, of the
Kentucky volunteers. I also
.had the valuable
services, on the came field, of several other cdfi
&era of my staff, general and personal :—Lieut.
Col. Hitchcock, acting inepector general ; Capt
R. E. Lee„ engineer; Capt. Irwin, chief quarter- !
master ; Capt. Grayson, chief commissary; Capt
H. L Scott,: acting assistant adjutant general;
Lieuthant Williams, aid.de-camp; and Lieuten
ant Lay; military secretary.
.1 have the honor to be, sir, with high respect,
your most obedient servant,
WINFIELD SCOTT
The Hon. Was. L. Miner,
Secretary of War.
(Battlekof fllexico... , Capturo of the City
REPO= Or 31.i.1011 tiENERAL.SCOTT
Notional Palace of .Mexiro, Sept. 18, 1897
Sin. At the end of another series of brilliant
and arduous operations, of more than forty-eight
hours continuance, this glorious army hoisted, in
the morning of the 11th, the colors of the United
,States on the walls of this palace.
The victory of the Bth, at the &tonnes del Rey.
was followed by daring eircumstances on theltart
of our distinguished engineers—Capt. LeeXierits.
Beaurcgird, Stevens, and Tower—Maj. Smith, se
nior, being sick, and Capt. Mason, third in rank,
Wounded. Their operations were directed princi
pally to the South—towards the gates of the Pie
dad, San Anger, (Nino Perdido,) San Antonio, and
the Paseo de layiga.
This city stands on a slight swell of ground,
near the centre of an irregular basih, and is gir
dled with a ditch in its greatei extent—a navigable
canal of great breadth and depth—very difficult to
bridge in the presence , of an enemy, and serving
at once for drainage, custom house purposes, and
military defence ; leaving eight entrances or gates.
over archesl—each of which we found defended by
a system of strung works, that seemed to require
nothing but some Men and guns to be impregnable.
Outside and within the cross-fires of those gates,
We found to the south other obstacles but little
less formidable. All the approaches near the city
are over ele - vated causeways, sutin.many places
(to oppose us) and flanked, on- both sides, by
ditches, also - of unusual diniensioni. The 'mime
, rons cross roads are flanked, in like manner, haying
bridges at the intersections, recently broken. The
Meadows tints checkered,-are, moreover, in many
spots under water or marshy; for, it will be re
membered, we weredri the midst of the wet season,
though 'with, less" rain than usual, and we could
not wait for ;the fall of the neighboring lakes and
the consequent:drainage of the wet grounds of the
end of the city—the lowest, jr4he vrhOle basin. ,
After a close personal - sdrvey of the southern
gates, covered by division and Riley's
brigade of Twigge—with - four times odr numbers
concentrated in our immedia'e front—ldetermined,
on the I I th, to avoid that net work of obstacles;
and to seek, by a sadden diversion, to the south
west and at less favorable apprnaches.
, To economize the lives of our gallant officers
and men, as well as to insure success, it became
indispensable that this, resolution should be long
masked from the enemy; and again, that the new
movement, ashen' discovered, should be mistaken
for a'feint„aod the old as judicatiug our true and
Pltimotepointof attack.
Accordingly, on the spot, the I I th, I.ordered
Quitman's division, Irons Coyoadin, - to join Pillow,by daylight, before the iouibein* latesoind then,
that.the two major generals;wiih their divisions,
should, by night, proceed. (two miles)
,:to join me
at Tacubaya, where I was quartered - with: Worth's
division: :Twig with Riley's brigade and Cap
tains Tayloei and StePinesfield batteries:-L-the lat•
ter of laPotireler.s=wasleft in'front oftliOSelates,
tolnancevre, to threaten:: or to make falietitaiks.
in ordei ,, to occupy 'and 'deceive:the enerriy.L 7
Twiggs other brigade was left at - stip.
porting distanee, idthe rear, at San Angel, till the
morning of The 13th, and.also to simport our. .gen.
etai depot at,Miscoac.. - The stratagem against the
so
uth was admirably exeented throughoutthe'l2th
and.down t'o the alternani* the I,3th, when it
was too late for the snenay- to recbier from the
effects of,his delusion., ~',, -
,=„r: ':,,
'--.. The first step intilie new mat Was to car,
ry chipultepec, a:natural OW iioNted:naouhil, of,
great' - elevation, strongly fortified et itshise• on its
'acclivities and heights. Beilides - Atmumetous gar.
rison; here wa r s the military college of the, repub
'lit, with a• - large Murribet:of sat). lieutenants and,
_other mildews. Those works were within °direct .
' gun shot of the villageof Jacubaya, and until
carried, we could not.approach the city on the
1 west:without making war it too wide and too
r
hazardous. . -,, , n 1
In the course of the sa e night (that of the;
1 1 th) heavy batteries within easy ranges were,
established, No. 1, on our right, under the
command of Capt. Drum, 4th artillery, (relieved
late next day, for some hours, by Lieut. Andrews
of the 3d,) and No. 2, commanded' by . Lietlt.
Magner, ordnance—both suppOrted by Quitman's 1
diviiion. Nos. 3 and 4, on the opposite side,
supported by Pillow's division,
were commanded,
the former by Captain Brooks and .Lieut. S. S.
Anderson. 2d artillery, alternately, and the latter{
by Lieut. Stone, ordnance. The batteries were
traced by Capts. Huger and Capt. Lee,enginect,l
and constructed by them, with the able assts
'twice of the young officers of those corps and
the artillery: t„.4.
To prepare for an assault, it was foreseen that
the play -s , f the batteries might run into the se
cond slay; but recent captures had not only
trebled our siege pieces, but also our ammunition;
and we knew that we should greatly augment
both, by carrying the place, I was, therefore, in
no haste in orderin." an assault before the works
.were well crippled by our missiles.
The bombardment and cannonade, under, the
direction of Capt. Huger, were commenced early
in the morning of the 12th. Before nightfall,
which - necessarily stopped our batteriel: we bad
perceived that a good impression lAd been made
on the castle and its-outworks, and that a large
body &the enemy had remained outside, towaids
the city, from an early hour, to avoid our fire, and
to be on hand at its cessation. in order to reinforce
the garrison against an assault. The same out
side force was discovered the next morning, after
our batteries had re opened upon the castle, by
which we again redue....(l its garrison to the mini
tuna needed for the guns. - t.
Pillox and Quitman had been in position since
early in the night of the 11th. Major General
Worth was now ordered to hold his division, in
reserve, near tlmteruhdry, to support Pillow; and
Brigaillii*General-Smith; of Twiggs' division, had ,
just arrived with his brigade ffom Piedad, (2
miles,) to support Quitman. Tw ggs' guns beford
the southern gates, again reminded us, as the day
before, that he; with Riley's brigade and Taylor's
and Steptoe's batteries, was in activity, threat.n
ing the Southerly gates, and there holding a great
part of, the Mexican army on the defensive.
WoithVßvision furnished Pillow's attack with
an assatiltit" , party of come 250 volunteer officers
and men, under Captain M'fienzie, of the 2d artil
lery; and - Twiggs' division supplied a similar one,
commalided by Capt. Casey, 2d infantry, to Quit
man. Each of those little columns was furnished
with scaling ladders.
The signal I had appointed for the attack was
the momentary Cessation of fire on the part of our
heavy batteries. ' About 8 o'clock in the morning ,
of the 13th, judging that the time had arrived, by ,
the effect of the missiles we had thrown, I sent -.ail
ahlde camp to Pillow, and another" to Quitman,
with notice that the concerted signal was about to
be given. Both columns now advanced with an'
alacrity that gave assurance of , prompt success.- 1
The batteries, seizing opportunities, threw shots,
and shells upon the enemy over the heads of .our
men, with good effect, particularly at every at•
tempt to reinforce the works from without to meet
our assault. ' i
Major General Pillow's approach, on the west
side, lay through an open grove. filled with sharp
shooters, who were speedily dislodged ; when being
up with the front of the attack, and emerging into
open space, at, the foot of a rocky acclivity, that
gallant leader was struck down by on agonizing
wound. The immediate command devolved upon
Brigadier General Cadwalader, ih the absence o
the senior brigadier (Pierce,) of the same divis
ion—an invalid since the events of August 29.
On a previous call of Pillow. Worthbad just sent
him a reinforcement—Col. Ctarke's brigade.
The broken acclivity was still to be ascended,
and a strong redoubt, midway, .to be carried, he
fore reaching the castle on the heights. The ad
vano of our brave men, led by brave officers,
though necessarily slow, was unwavering; over
rocks;,chasms, and mines, and under the hottest
fire of cannon and musketry. The redoubt now
.yielded to resistless valor, and the shoats that fol
lowed announced to the castle the fate that im
pended. The enemy were steadily driven from
shelter to shelter. The retreat allowed not time
to fire a single mine, without the certainty of
blowing up friend and foe. Those who attempted
at a distance to apply matches to the long trains,
were shst down by our men. There was death
below, as well as above the ,ground A; length,
the ditch and wall of the main work were reach:
el ; the sculhig 'ldlers were brought up and plan t•
ed by . the storming parties; some of the daring
spirits first in the assault were cast down—killed
or wounded; but a lodgment Was eoon,made;—
streams of heros followed, all opmsition was
overcome, and several of our regimental colors
flung out from the upper walls, amid long-continu.
ed shouts and cheers, which sent dismay into the
capital. No scene could have been more anima
ling or glOrious.
• Major General Quitman, nobly supported by
Brigadier Generals Shields and Smith, (P. F.) his
officers and men, was up with the part assigned
him. 'Simultaneously with'thismovement on the
west, he had gallantly approached the southeast
of the same works over a causeway with cuts and
batteries, and defended by an army strongly posted
outside, to the east of the works. Those formida
ble obstacles Quitman had to face, with but flttle
shelter fur his troops or space for manceuvring,
Deep ditches, flanking the causeway, made It dila
cult to cross on either side to the adjoining mea
dows, and these again w ere intersected by other
ditches. Smith and his " brigadeahad been early
thrown out to make a sweep to the right, in order
to present a front against the enemy's line, (out
side,) and to turn two intervening batteries, near
the foot of Chapultepec. This movement was
also intended to support Quitman's storming par
ties,• both on the causeway. The first of these.
furnished by Twiggi division, was commanded in
succession by Capt. Casey, 2d infantry, and Capt.
Paul, 7th infantry, after Casey bad been severely
wounded ; and the 2d, originally under the gallant
Major Twiggs ' marine corps, killed, and then
rib , '
Ca Miller, 2d Pennsylvania volunteers. The
storming.party, now coen,edanded by 'Capt. Paul,
seconded by-Capt. Roberts of the rifles, Lieutenant
SteWatOutd-others of the same regiment, Smith's
brigade, 'carried the two batteries in the road, took
soineguns, with many prisoners, and drove the
enemy posted behind in support. The New York
and South Carolina volunteers, (Shiel d' s brigade,)
and 'the 2d Pennsylvania volunteers, all on the
left of Quitman's line, together with portions of
his storming parties,Crossed the meadows in front,
under a heavy fire, and entered-the outer enclosure
of Chapultepec. just to time to join in the final
assault from the west.
Besides Majbr Generals Pillow and Quitman ,
Brigadier Generals Shields, Smith, and CactiValatler r r ,
',
the following are theofficers and corps mostdistin
,guished in these _brilliant operations. The volti
geur regiment, in two detachments, commanded,
respectively, by Col. Andrews and Lieut. Colonel
Johnstone—the latter .
,mostly in the lead, .accom
panied by Major CalclWell.; Captains Barnard and
Biddle, of the same regiment—the former the first
to plant a regimental color, and the latter among
the first ia the assault ;—the storming party of
Worth's division, under Capt. McKenzie, 2d artil
lery, with Lieut. Seldon, Bth infantry, early on
the ladder and badly wounded; Lieut. Arniistead,
6th infantry; the first to lesti r into the ditch to plant
a ladderl Meas. Rogers of -the ,4thi.and JP.
Smitlrof the fititinfantry—both mortally wounded;
—the 6th-infantry, under col: - Ransom; who was
killed wit i ist - gallantly leading- , that ' gallanV.regi
melt ;.the 15th infantry nnder Lieut 'Col; Hewe&
and Major . Woods; with, Captain Chase, ..fvidictie
I company gallantly carried the.redoubt, midway
1
up the, acclivity;—Col clarketibrigade, [Worth's
ditisioni consisting -of Atte- 6th, Bth, and -part of
the a tb,regintents of infantry, eommendedafeepect
lvely, by-Capt. Chapruan.MajorMentgianery,and
-Lieut. Edward Johutott 7 sthe.,lattir,eKcially 410. -
ticed, with Lieuts.-Lofigetreet; _.[badly wounded—
1 . , -,
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ridvaticing—colors iiiiirtnd] Pickett, and Merchant
•—the last three of Ali btiv:infintry;—portions of
the United States Marines; Nevi:York; SonthCaro.
lina, and.-2d Pennsylvania volutiteers; yvhicb, de
layed with their division EQUitinan's] Ivy the hot
en lagement below, arrivedjust in time to partici
pate in the assault of the; heights—particularly a
detachment tinder Lieut. Reid, Ne.w ',ohmteers,
teers, consisting - of a company of the same, With
one of marines ; ..ttkd another deiackeneitt, a por
' Lion of the storming party?. (Twigga' division,
serving with Quitman] tuidir Lieut. Steele, 2d
infantry—ester the fall of Lieut. Gantt, 4th in.
fantry,
In this connexion, it is but just to recall the de.
cisive effect of the heavybatteries, Nos. 1,'2, 3,
and 4, commanded by those excellent officers—
Captain Drum, 4th artillery, assisted by Lieuts.
Benjamin and Porter of his own company; Capt.
Brooks and Lieut. - Anderson, 2il artillery, assisted
by Lieut. Russel, 4th infantry, a volunteer; Lieuts.
liagner and Stone; of the ordnance, and Lieut.-
Andrews, 3d artillery—the whole superintended by
Captain Ilagner, Chief of ordnance with this army
off4er distinguished by every kind of merit.
The mountain howitzer battery, under Lieut. Ke•
no, of the ordnance, deserves,i`also, to be partiett
larly mentioned. Attached to- the voltiguers it
followed the movements of that regiment, and
again won applause.
In adding to the list of individuals of conspicu
ous merit, I must limit myself to a few of the
many names which might be enumerated;—Capt.
Hooker, assistant adjutant general, who won spa. l
cial applause, successively, in the staff of. Pillow
and Canwalader; Lieut. Lovell,4thartillery,(woun
ded,) and Lieut. Hammond, 3d artillery, both of
Shield's staff, and Lieut Van Dorn; (7th infantry,)
aid.de camp to Brig Gen. Smith. •
Those operations all occurred on the west, south
.east, and. heights of Chapultepec. To the, 'north,
And at the base of the mound: and inaccessible on
that side; the 11th infantry, under Lieut.:Col, Rob
ert, the 14th' infantry, under -Col Trousdale, and
Capt. MGruder'S field batteryilst artillery--orie
section advancedlinder Lieut Jackson—all. of Pil-,
low's division—had, at the same time, some spirit
ed affairs against superior numbers, driving the en-I
emy from a battery in the road, and capturing a
gun. In. these, the officers and corps named, gain
ed merited praise. Col. Trousdale, the comman
der, though twice wounded, continued on duty, un
til the heights were carried.
Early ite - thethoining of the 13th, I repeated
tae orders of the night before to. lajor General
Worth,- to be, with his division at hand, to support
the movement of Major General- Pillow from our
lelt. "ThTtlitter seems soon to have called for
that entire division, standing. momentarily in
rsserve, and Worth sent him - Cola Clarke's bri
gade. The call, if not unnecessary, was sit least,
from the circumstances, unknown :to me at the
time; for, subs observing that the very large bo
dy of the enemy, in the road in front of Major
General Quitman s right, was receiving reinforce
meats trum the city—less than a mile and a halt
to the east—l sent instructions to Worth, on our
opposite flank, to -tom Chapultepec with his
division, and to proceed, cautiously, by the road at
its northern bare, in ruder. if not met by very
superior numbers, to threaten or to attack, in
rear, that body of the enemy. The movement, it
was also believ,d, could not fail th.idistract and to
intimidate the enemy generally
I Worth promptly advanced with his remaining
brigade--Col Garland's—Lieu'. Col 'C. F. Smith's `
light battalion, Lieut, Col Dutican'a field battery
—all of his divisionand three squadrons of dra
goons, under Major Sumner, which I had just or
dered up to join in 'the movement. • .
Having-turned the forest on the west, and arriv
ing opposite to the north centre of Chapultepec,
Worth came up with the troops in the road, un
der tokTrousdale,, and aided, by a flank-move
rneut of 'a part of Garland - s brigadh in taking
the one gun breastwork, then under the fire of
Lieut. Jackson's section of Captain Magniders
field battery. Continuing to advance, this ilivie
ion passed Chapultepec, attacking' the right of the
enemy s line, resting on that toad, about the ma
meat of the general retreat' consequent upon
the capture of the formidable castle and its out
works.
Arriving some minates later, and mounting to
the top of the castle, the whole field, to the east,
lay plainly under my view.
There are two routes from Chapultepee to the
on the right entering the same
gate, Bele‹.4th the road from the south, vie Pie
dad; and thitili,ther obliquing, to the lea. to inter.
sect the greit'';' western, or San Cosme road, in a.
surburb, outside of the gate of San Cottme.
' Each of these routes (an elevated caifseway . „).
presents a double roadway on the side of an aque
duct of strung masonry, and great height, resting
on open arches and massive pillarsoa Inch, together,
afford fine points both for attack and defence.—
Tbe sideways of both aqueducts. are, moreover,
defended by many strong breastworks at the gates,
and before rearhing them. As we had expected,
we foliar) the four tracks unusually dry and solid,
for the'itason.;'
Worth and - Qiiitman were prompt in pursuing
the retreating enemy—the former by the San Cos-
meSegueduct, and the latter along that of Eden
Each had. now advanced some hundered yards.
Deernirig, it all-important to profit by our sue•
cesses, and the consequent dismay of the enemy,
could not be otherwise than genera', I has
tened to dispatch. from Chapultepec--first Clarke's
brigade, thud then Cadwalader's, to Worth, and
gave orders, that the necessary heavy guns should
follow. Pierce's brigade was, at the same time,
sent to Qiiffman, and, in the course of the afternoon,
I caused some additional siege pieces to be added
to his train. Then, after designating the pth in.
fantry, under Lieut. Col. Howard—Morgan, the
c done!, had been disabled by a wound at Churo
bunco—as the garrison of Chapultepec, and givino ,
directions tor the care of the prisoners of war, th e
captured ordnance and ordnance stores, I proceeded
to joih the advance of Woith, within the surburb,
and beyond the turn at the junction of he aque
duct with the great highway trouLthe west to the
gate of San Cosme.
At this junction of roads, we first passed one
of those formidable systems of city defences, spo
ken of above, and it bad not a gun !—a strong
proof—t. That the enemy . had expected us to.
tail in the attack upon Chapultepee, even if we
Meant any thing snore than a feint; 2. That in
either ease, we designed, in his belief, to return,
and double our forces against the southern gates
—a delusion kept up by the active demonstration
of Twiggs and the forces postad on that side; and
3. That advancing rapidly'from the reduction of
Chapultepec, the enemy had not time to shift guns 1
—our previous captures bad left him, compara
tively, but few—from the southern gate*.
Within those disgarnished works, I .found our
troops engaged in a street fight against the enemy
posted in gardens, at windows and on house tops
—all flat with parapets. Worth ordered forward,
the mountain howitzers of Cadwellaitersbrigade,
preceded by skirmishers and pioneers, with pick
axes and.cmhthars, to force windows and dciors,
and to burrow through walls. The assailants
were soon on an (quality of position fatal to the
enemy. .By S o'clock in the evening, Worth had
carried two batteries in this suburb. According
to my instructions, he here posted guards and seri.
finds, and placed his troops under shelter for the
night. There was but one more obstacle—the
San Cosme gate (custom house) between him and
the great square in front of the cathedral and pal
ace—the heart of the city; and that barrier, it
was known, could nor, by day light, resist our
seige guns twenty minutes.
I had"gone back to the foot of Capultepec, the
point from which the two aqueducts began to
diverge, some hours earlier, in order to be near
that new depot, and in easy communication with
Quitman and Tvviggs as well as with Worth.
From this point I ordered all detachments and
stragglers to their respective corps '
then in ad
vance; sent to Quitman Additionl seige guns,
ammunitson, entrenching tools.; directed Twiggs'
remaining brigade (Riley's) from Piedad, to sup-
port Worth, and Captain Steptoe's fields battery,
also at Piedad, to rejoin Quitroan's
I had been, from the first, welliware that the
western, or San Cosme, was the less difficult
route to the centre and conquest of the capital;
.and, therefore, intended that Quitman should-only
Manceuvrs end' threaten the Beleh or - Ariutbires,
tern gate; in order to favor the _ main attack '
by Worth—knowing_ that the strong tiefehceiltt :
the Bele!), wire directlY. under the gnni;:cirthe
much.etronger fortress, Called, .the *AK
within.. Both of theie -defencea:.ofithi
were also within easy. elippOrting from
the Sawing (or Nina - Peri/do) and Sao-Antonio
. 'Qi:;.;
gates. Hence the great er' support ,. in numbers,
given to Worth's moi:ement as Abe main attack.
Those views I repeatedly, in the course of the I
day, communicated to Major _GeneraV,Quitman f
but, being tiotlnuisuitr-gallant himself and ably
supported': by Brig. Generals:Shields and Smith—
Shiilds badly'. Wounded before Chapulteper, . and ,
refusingtO retire--as .svell as by all the officer*
and Men of the cOluniii=,:-Quittnen - continued to
press forwartl e inider flank \end direer7,ffresiL:Lrear
tied an intermediate battery of two guns, and
then the.gate; before two o'clock in the afternoon,
' but not' without proportionate loss, increased by
his steady"maintenance of tbat'position - -
Here, of the heavy batterp-4th artillery—.
CaPt. Thoth. and Lieut. Benjamin were mortally
wounded, and Lieut. Porter; iii third in rank,
slightly. The loss of. those ,two most distinguish
ed. officers the army will long mourn.. Lieuts. J.
B. Morange and Wm. Canty, of the South .Caro
line volunteers, also othigli merit, fell on the same
occasion—besides many of our bravest. -non
; commissioned of fi cers and men—particularly .in
Capt. Drum's veteran company. I cannot, in
this place, give names or numbers; but full re
turns of the killed and wounded of all corps; in 1
' their . recent operations, will accompany ".this'
report.
Quitman; within the city—adding several new
defences to the position he had won, and shelter
, ing his corps as well as practicable-rhow awaited
the return of daylight, under the guns of the for
midable citadel. yet tole subdued. •
At about 4 o'clock.next morning, (Sept. 14,) a
deputation of the ayuntamiento (city council)
waited upon me_to report that the federal govern.
ment and the army of Mexico hail' tied -from, the
capital some three boars before, and to demand
terms.of capitulation in favor of-the church; the
citizens, and the municipal authorities: I prompt
ly replied, that I would sign no capitulation ; .that
the city had been virtually in our possession from
the time of the lodgements effected by:Worth and
Quitman the day before; that I regretted the silent
escape of the Mexican army; that-I should levy
upon the city a moderate contribution, for special
purposes; and that :the American army should
come under no terms, not sty- imposed—:such only
as its own hotior, the dignity of the united States.
and the spirit of the age,. should, in my opinions
imperiously demand and' impose.
For the terms, so imposed, I refer the depart
ment to. subsequent General Orders, Nos. 287 . and
289, (paragraphs '7, S, and 9, of the latter,) copies
of .r.hich are herewith enclosed. .
At the termination of the interview with the
city-deputation, I communicated, about daylight,
orders to Worth and Quitman . to advance 'slowly
and cautiosly Do guard ,tgainst ,treacb
i ery] to
wards the east of the, city,..and to occupy its
ge
stronr and more commanding poims. Quitman
tk
proceeded to the great plaza or square, planted
guards, and hoisted the colors.of the‘United States
on the national palace—containine• the halls of
..
Congress and executive departments of federal
Mexico. In this gr.iteful service, Quitman might
have been anticipated by Worth, but for my ex
pressord4s, halting the latter at the head of the
.ellamedd;• Ca green park.). within three squares of
that goal of generarambition. The capital;how•
ever, was not taken by any one or two corps, but
by the talent, the science, the gallantry, the
prowess of this entire army. In the glorious con
quest aft had contributed—early and powerfully—
,ttre killed, the wounded, and the fit for duty—at .
Vera Croz, Cerro Gordo, Contreras, San Antonio,
Churdbusco, (three battles,) the .Molinos del4l.ey,
and Chapultepec—as much as those who fought
at the gates of Belen and San Cosme.
SOO3 alter we had entered, and were in the act
of occupying the city, a fire was opened upon us
from the Oat roofs .of the houses, from windows
and corners of streets, by some 2,000 convicts,
liberated the night before by the flying govern-
ment—juitied by, perhaps, as many Mexican ,sol
diers, who had disbanded themselves and thrown
off their Uniforms. This unlawful war lasted
morethan twenty-four hours, in spite of the exer
tions of the municipal authorities, and was not put
down till we hstl lostmany men, including several
officers, killed or wounded, and had 'punished the
miscreants. Their objects were, to grt.tify na.
ttonal hatred; and, in the general alarm and con
fusion, to plihider the v. - e.dthy inhabitate.s—par.
ticfilarly the deserted houses. But families are"
now generally returning; * business of every kiyil
has been resumed, - and.the city is already tranquil
and cheerful, under the admirable conduct [with
exceptions very few and trifling] of our gallant
troops. • • -
This ar - my-has been more disgusted - than surprised I
that. by some Sinister process on the - part cite ertain
individuals at home, its numbers have been, gener
ally, almost trebled in um public papers, beginning
at Washington.
Leaving, as we all feared, inadeqnate garrisons
at 'Vera Cruz, Perote. and Puebla—with much lar
ger hospitals; and being oblig ed , most reluctantly,
worn the same cause ( gener al puacity of numbers)
to abandon Jalapa. we marcher (August'
from Puebla with only 10,738 rank and file. This
number includes the garrison of Jalapa, and the
2,426 men brought' - up by Brig. General Pierce,
August 6.
At Centreras, Churtibusco,&c.; [August 20], we
had but 8,497 men engagoil, after deducting the
garrison of San Au. ' iistin, [our general depot] the
intermediate sick and the dead; at Molinos Del
ftey [September 8) but three brigades, with some
cavalry, and artillery—makin. ' in all 3,25 . 1 -
men=
were in the battle; In the twodays--Sept. 12 and
13th—our whole operating force, alter cledecting,
again,-the recent killed vvounded and sick, together
with' the garrison of .filiacole, [the . .then general
depot) and that dr Tacubaya, was but 7,180; and,
tinnily, after deducting the new garrison of Chapul - ,
tepee, with the killed and wounded of the two
days, we took possession [Sept. 14) of this great
calTiral with less-than 6,0t/U1 And 1 reossert upon
accumulated and unquestionable evidence, that, in
not one of those conflicts was this army opposed
by fewer than three and a half times its numbers
—in severdfof them by a yet greater excess.
1 recapitulate our lossessince we arrived in the
basin of Mexico:
Acaus - r 19, 20. killed, 137, including 14 offi
cers. Wounded, 877,. including- 62 officers.—
Missirfg, (probably killed,) 28 rank and file.
Total, 1,652.
See - mange 116, including 9 officers:
Wounded, 665, including 40 °Meets. Missing, IS'
ranleand file. Total, 789. •
SErrEstesa 12, 13, 14.—Killed. 130, including
10 officers. Wounded, 703, including OS nfficers.
Missing, 29 rank and . file. Total, 862..
Grand total of dosses 2 703, includin. 382
officers. '
- On the other band, this small force has beaten
on the same occasions, in view of their capital,
'the whole MexiCan army; of (at the beginning)
thirty-odd theusand men—posted, always,:in cho.
sen positions. behind-entrenchments, or more
formidable defences of nature : and art". killed or
wounded, of that number,.morn than 7000 offb
cers and men; taken 3,730 prisoners, one.seventh
officers, including rl3 generals, of whom 3 had
been presidents of this republic;, captured more
than 20 colors and standards, 75 - pieces of ord
nance, besitles 57 wall•pieees, 20,0b0 small
arms, an immense. , quantify of shotS, shells,
powder, &c. &c.
Of that enemy, once so formidable in numbers,
appointments, artillery, &c., twenty-odd thousand
have disbanded themselves in 'despair, leaving - 4
as is known not more than three' fragments:=
the largeit about 2,500-now wandering in differ
ent directions, without mpgazines' or a military
chest, and living at. free quarters upon their: own
Gen. Santa , Anna, himself a fugitive, is believed
to be on the point of resigning the'chiet magistracy
and escaping to dieu t ral Guate grata: A new 'Ares.
ident, no d,ouSt, Will soon be declared, and this fed:
eral Congress is expeeted in re-assemble at Quer.
etero, 25:miles north of this, on the ZaCatecas
road, sometime in Uctbber.. I have seenand,given
safe donduettlirongh.this - city ,tO several-'{ of its
members. The government Will fiitd itself With
out resources f.ncr army, no .arsenals.. no , maga
zines, and but little revenue, internal or eirternal.
Still, such is the olistinaey, or , rather infituation,
of this peoples ther it is. very'doubtful whether the
neiv aothorigei Wilt dire to sue for peace - en terms
which, ln,the recent begedistionsi'vieTnioStieknbWa
ht.conclusion, I: beg to enumerate,-once:more,
with 6e-cothrnetril l tionbnd.thanksokie distin.
inished stiff-officers, general'.-and - perional„ who;;
in obilatri operation, fivnt-or the euemy, ac
cuti panted:l3leiAtjii•Commilni4t,A orders to every
point anirthroughevelfdanger. Lieutenant CoL
v:i.,";*:-4;,,.#4iN;4`5).'41:im*,.. - 7, ,, , , vgq*. , 4 , .:•p:. , *:4:p7.1c4;.-i,t::. , 7:1:4;.',:' , .;t., -, ,,,;.,..
!-''.'..:-:'-':.:'.l'.:K.'-''''-:'•i..''.'-Z=l':.l7._lS''':';.;l:::,.'!,':'''''':W,''':..;..:::'_:-.•:-:''...',''''-'::-.'-'-'.4:ii,:-,-5_'=i':'.!f::::.'1,',::•'W-iz;,!:W.'-:.'':,-'''',.:i'.'.'t"r.•:''.
HitcilepOlt,'lrctitlTnSpectot gcneral ; -Major Turn=
Hardcastie, topographical' tngi.
veers; i Major . Kirby,? chief paymaster; Captain
Irwin, thief .qOartermaster ; Captain fl
chief in;tha adjutant general's dePartment; Lieut.
Williams, aid detamp g Lieutenant 'Lay. military
secretary, end Major S. P. Gaines, RentuCkytav
airy, volunteer aid-de-camp. Capt. Lee, engineer,
so .coristailif.distinguishett, also bore; Important
ordirs frbrn nui (Sept. 13) until hafainted
wound and the loss of two nights' sleep at the
batteries. Lieutenants Beauregard, Steverts,'and
Tower, all wounded, wcre employed, with: the sit,
visions ; uiid Lientitfants G. W. Smith and G. B:
,
.151 - Clellan with the company of sappers and miners.
Those five lieutenants of engineers, like their cap.
lain, won the.admiration ofall abont-them. —The
ordwance....rifficers, Captain :'-.Huger, Lieutenants
Hagner, Stone,. and Reno, - were highly: effective,
and distingitished at .the several batteries; and 'I
must add-that CaPtain,Mainstry, assistant quar
termaster, at the close of the operatiOuN executed
several imp - rt .- commissions - for Mc, as , a nietial
volunteer. ' ,
§urgeon General ; Lawson ' and the medical staff
generally, were skillful and untiringin and out ot
fire, in rthiliatering•tiithe - numerous wounded.
To illustrate the operations in.this basim I en.
'close two beautiful drawings, prepared under - tbe
directions of Major Turnbull, mostly from 'actual
,
surrey. c . . •
I have the fionor to be, sir, with high respect,
your most obedient servant, - •
• 'WINFIELD SCOTT._
The Hon. War, L. Maucr, Secretary of Vat. .-
LOCAL MATTERS.-
Tin Fawns Bita..---OUr facatious:neighbor r the
Local of the Sournal, has exercised his ingennity
in casting character& for , the gentlemen connected
with the city pieta to - persOnitte at the Fancy
Ball. He has suceeeded_to adMiration in ionae'of
the-casts ; in - others hethas as signally failed:- To
us the has given J!temy Diddler s " whiclA • either
himself or Mr. Riddle might have personified to
thelife; - but which is entirely new to us, And con:
sequeiitly inapplopriete However, we shall, take
what. Ave know of s ihese gentlemen'for models; and
do the debt we-can. The Local:-of.the Journal,
with his proverbial miideily, has not told US-the
part heis to play} neither _ has he - said a word of
either Mr Riddle,' or „Mi. . Biddle of Abe Ameri•
can. -As the public Will' undoubtedly feel some
interest in this Mitter se sballeittleavOr to grati
fy curiosity, brproclaiming that Mr. BiddCe has
consented to play the part of Boayare; Mr - . Rid;
the that of Sir Gilea ()eunuch; and the redoubta
ble Maier Keine Will entertain' Ahe company by
peisonifying the character of Caitain Mae Heath,
(in the
_peggarA Opera,) ior which nature -and
education have fitted, him with, 'peculiar appropri
ateness. . -
THEATHZ.—Barpq Williams takes Ms Ikeda
this evening: During his preientegigetramt.he
has been nightly greeted by'largetind fishionable
audience% We have already spoken all we could
sayin.his_praise:'' We have heard him protiontic=
ed, by ' , old stagers," is the best Irish Comedian
that has flourished in this country since:the death
of the rencwred ... Power. This is his last night.
Will not his:.triends—tbe lovers ,of fun, - and :the
admirers of genuine 'delineations of Irish ,Charae
ter—give him a bumper His countrymen should
turn out, for be bas claims-upon them which can ;
not be overloOked. 'He contributed freely -to lbe
funds for tbe relief of lielandj-t-We are told:that
he gave more than any other meinber of the pro:
fession in this country—.and that is saying much,
for the actors bled in_ the purse freely.
Tke case of halted States vi; non,
Jr.,which bas engaged the attention'of the U. S.
Circuit Court during the past few days, was yes
terday d!eposed.of;V.the jury returning a ierdict
fOr tba:Ualendantc. •
fraidcLpiiii;eolored, was yesterday, found
guilty.. of lareeoy,•in "the Quarter sessions. No
otjtes'inisiness was done, of importance. Some
tipitling house cases war disposed
caAlot aline new second hasidlobritia
silyeipatent lever and other watches, wslkb!tsold
at Al Kenntis4rietion Rooms, this evening, at
early gas lightildso Clothing and Dry Goods.
S[z•ra Sfascr.--There has been
_some work
men for the last week digging part of Siathst.
down, from Webster to Grant st, and liave left
it in a very miserable condition r it is quite impas
sible for our respectable Citizens, on Sundays, to
go to their place of divine worship. We should
like that our City Councif, and Sireet.Commiasio
neia would see to it in future. • •
(1:7 Sentences will be proniunced today, upmt
nine or ten coat/jets; and -la . the' afternoon they
will be required to take up quartets in the Path-
teatiary
(o..slartager Porter takes bis bepera
day night. Let us at be ready •-•.;
cc? We have but' lew local items these day",
Our excuse is, the long War and Politicalarticlea;
which is deemed more important than. affairs of
the city
Ma. Cassossali Anuassa.--We buive been
favored with a copy - of the Address delivered hefore
the Literary SOcieties . -•of -Washington - College, tit
the annual commencement on the 4911 t. of , Sep t '
tember last, by Joi!srs B. Castroism,
.T t ig; A nf
Philadelphia, for which we return our thanks to
the donor. It is, like all the other literary
of that gentleman, replete with interest. aid in
struction. . • - ••
,
TAissie as Vri
rxa.the Ixth initant, two
young ladies of Maryland. took upon themselves
monastic vows;:itf.tite:rity of BaltiMore. They
were filfsilrfaiiirtalailitits Stasis, of Baltimore}
and rdiaeliiiistx:Lairtslist!,.of:Frederick. The
ceremonies weralivittniieedly a large
.concourse
of speitatini, arid:3hi. setvicei are said to have
been• peculiarly solaria and interesting. Sermon
by Rev..l. P. Donelen, from Matt. xi. 28,,29, 3O
Toe Rirsibroz STILL ATOM
. .
from the Wathington Union, of the 15th iiiitant
that the cash received for duties in some of the
principal ports, are, as far as heard from, for the
first two weeks of November, 1847, $850,693, and
for the same two weeks of November, in 1846, in
the s a me ports, s34B,497—shOwing a gain andel.
' the Tariff of 1846, of $508,196.
Vs ssroxv,—ln the House, the license
,questioo
has been seitled by the dirinissal, 91 to 88, of a
bill intended to repeal the laws of last year, allow
in the people to decide by a popular vote whether
the traffic of liquor shall be permitted in the State,
The caw therefore remains on the statute book.
Mormon preacher deliyered*a discourse
on the death of Joe., Smith, in St. Louis, on the
Sth irtStittit s but before - he tied concluded, the city
matOtallimrsted the "latter day saint," and pro•
for him in the caraboose...
. .
o.lt is said that the corner stonsisf . #ol4t:rat
Wasington Monument is io.be_taii It tliiir: City
of Washington on the 22d of Fehriiel:lsfri it
C'oogreas ihall approve the site %bich:has. beeit
_
ME
VZS P A 9.4siims
-Sr-ELECTRIC TELF,GRAPEL
axgatestiv TOR TUT. Itaitielmo r6sT
rioth the - South.
Nov. 19t11,1
11.1)._ A. • M
• We liefeintelligeoce from New Orleans to Ike
.
12th instant ;: news bat no later ne from Mexico..
- - Georgia Senators. -
Messrs. Steads-and DAN - Visas, have been:elee,
t to the -U S Senate, by the Legislature - o! _ .:
geergia. -
LATESIr Rao!' lame°.
Pnlisniteirs„Nor.l9.l.
Passengers who lilt New °aura on the,l4ll,
state lhat a report was president. tbaithe itettmers
Fashiott and Deauthrt District; with tWo'Ciitipi.
nies of Georgia inmented men on board, -t o a been
.
Louis S. Brest, .of the . Philadelphia !Sanger,
(Nayi,or's r.ompany,) has rammed bathe,. hit'skii&
ing the names of .700 'men twbo:haire' died at
Perote,-einee June last • Many of them are Penn.
bplv.
.
EASTERN' MARKETS
• Our - dispatch announces tliat in the Y f asterD
cities there was no.change in prices, but little do
ing the markets, on`account of bad : Weather.
Dealers are holding back for foreign news...,
cialt is stated that the -number of musket*
manufactured at Harper 's Ferry, during the pew
ending June 30th,,Nras 12,009 ,'and 3,050 - iilrta.
The:whide'aM - ditnt expended, io, - Manufanturing
muskets, riifes,- and, machinery, rope a 241,931.
Mississippi Eliction,-L-In tulditioitto fife electitin
of Tompkins (whig, • gain,) in the -Vicksbnrgh,
Congressional district, and Thompson . Diem.]-lo
the Holly Springs-district,-as stated yesterday; the
returns , also, - Elli tetras , received from,ttke Colhinbiza
district, indicate the election of= Veaticit-ouldeM.l
over Pd'Clung •[whig ]".• Marshal, Diem.] is 'elm;
said to le elected-. The returns, for Goiernor
pear very,'faVviiable for the democratic - phity:
-- • • [Bali- Sun :
, .
_
Louisinnif thigState, the Congress
sional-delegation- will stand as, "heretofore
mocrats and I wliii;.*::AS to the:-Legislatarethe
New OrlearisTimea slys..—The lasses and Ons
in the Legislature-render it :doubtful whickpaiti
wilt have the majority., The whigs have thus fr.
made a gain of two- 'or three members, but they.
Most gain'at least three more losin g none, to 'Ott;
tain a majority!'—Batt, Sun
- CrWit duet tio Corow.--.11 - essr Editors—l Oh
-ierved some time ago-is eomaiubication over' the
signature for:"A Parent," stating-that• Dr. Jayne's
:nth= Expectorant had been the means of saving
the 'lives of three of his children,, who were aural
-.ngsevetely with Whooping cough; and having, but
a short lime. before, =lost one of .my children by
:bat dreadful complaint, and having another. and
siy only child,
,suflering the ereatest agony with
:he same 'disease, and m hourly extfeetation of iii
leath, I Was induced to purchase - a - bottlelSt it,and
lonunenced using it according to the, directions=r.
and to the surprise Of, all h%ran
,to
.mend in-fif
teen minutes after we commenced using it, and, the
:find has now completely reiorered.
I have no acquaintance with Dr. Jayne, but l
hereby rebut him a husband's and a father's
grateful acknoWledgments.
Philadelphia;April 1846.
Joyge's flair Tonic.—We commend to the atten
tion of those desirous 01 restoring their hair ot
proving its beauty, to this elegant. preparation,
We bear it every where highly spoken of, and es
pecially by all who have made use of it, aS'greatly
efficacious in stimulating the growth, of the hair.
and preventing and curing.many affections of the
skin. Its virtues are amply and auTheieptly pros`
..d.—N. Y. Sun. .:,
For 'sale in' Pittsburgh the PEXIN -TEA
3T0RE.72 FOURTII
the Drag Stor4 of H. P. Schivarti, FetieliikitHrit4
idleghenychr' • . • mad..
Dlctrried. '
Oa Thursday evening the 18th lost.; by. Um' W.
Reeves, ,Mr. TnEovnays Surpir.au, or Coultas.
vale,- Fayette county, lo Miss Czta.orzzys:loust s
or.Sligo, Allegheny county, Pa. = -
- MATRE,•GELATEST BILL or TE1L4LLE4211....
T
BENEFIT sail positively the last appearance at
• ' 3111 BARNEY 'WILLIAMS,
On wfich occasion he will appear in the followisig
charocters, Songs, Dances, etc.
Barney Williams • as Sir Patrick G Plenipo.
Barney,Williaras ai bay Murphy. ,
Barney 'Williams as The -Bhuld Souldter. -
Barney Williams in a New Irish Sang.
Barney Williams 3 liish Sen4s. •
Barney Williams in a Nelo ish.lig." . •
nAltairzy AT • HOME' TO4lIclUTs
I JILISH 411BASS4D0R. -
2 .
" • Danci..;o' • ,•
4 . Litittrie noa2o:lt
Esec attars Notice
T'm subscribers, Execntors l of /be last vrill_aliti
1. Testament ofJames Hamill, late of the city of
Pittsburgh, deceased, hereby notify all persons _la=
dated to the Estate of the deceased to make pay
merit of the mime without delay, and those harms ".
claims against said-Estate to present them properly
authenticated for settlement. - '
WM. IrPCLIIItE,
EOBERT PAUL,
Executors.
nov2Cl-3t4
CAUTION-A 'man named A. R. Sill is in the
practice of representing himself as an a.uthoiirr
ed agent, doing business for me. I haie TIC reigivr
en hire ttri least authority an to act. My only audio. t
rued' agent is D. A. Smith, to be found 04,14'9
Wood at., Pittsburgh.
nov2o-It
O. SHE
Late Theolo gle
•
A TTRACTIO NS of the Crosby GSprig; IN . Ds
/1 Memoirs of Mrs Fry; the Pre-Adamite Earth s
contribotiona to Thoologtcal Societies; by John Har.
Bridge's Exposition of Proverbs; Life of Sinning — •
History of the Presbyterian church in. Kentucky::;-
Sketches of North Carolina, .historical and hi*.
graphical, illustrative of the:priaciplea of a portion
of her early settlers, by Rev 3511 n Henry Fo,otr,bi'•
Cbcyne's Life, Letters and Lectures; •IdiCheyneht
Sermons; the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil s
etc. etc. - • .
... The Collecting, uniform with Cater's, Cabinet Li. '4
brary Tales of Scottish Peasantry,- by the Rev.
Henry Duncan, D. D., and others; Pleasant Talcs by I
Old Humphrey; Thankfulness and other Eisiiiya,l,7,
Hamilton; 'Life of Tennent; Lou of. the Artatcatai.;
Peace in Believing. • ~ •
The above with a general assortment ' of Theolo.
vat, Classical; Medical, and School BaiiiNfeillaltil..!
at low prices,wtrotesale or retail:. • ''
ELLIOTT 4. ENGLISB
66 Varlet et.; between Sd,atul4th:'
nov2o
Enalbxotaerod Muslin Robes.
TUST receive 4, at 62 Market at., a choieet lot
Fmbr9idratedgnillin Kober, for evening dtesseel
nov2o , A.A. MASON & Co. .
• • Wrought Thlbotilharrlo. - • - ;
RECEIVED,.ac -62 Market at., 3
_cartons Jog
rich Wroogbt Thibet Shawls; ciao 50 mate or:
thole rich Torkeri do.
nor2o
Ales Plaines and P:atatherr
.
Ow optlaing, at 62 Marketll443oo, 0 1 Ltle tDOli
fasbionible Plumes and Featberii,jost received
per express from New York.- - •
nov2o . .0.;.A.M.A87N &Co.
Artificial Fiensrbirs -
JUST received at 62 Market et., 68 boles ditto
latest styles Artificial Flowers.— • .
n0v212 A. A. MASON & CO.'
N • •
AILS-6 00 Mg; warted siztiliof a very n 2 *.
perior .arandi.for sale by _
' • - "8/511TH & SINCLAI4 -
sG.Wood street.;
aorl2
UTTY.IIIO legs in good Order, for sale q.
norl2 - S3IITU fir SINCLAIR;
111 AIBINB-500 lbs. Smytia.." "For sales by -• .
'nosZ . J. D. WILLI il.51%;110 Woollit,
~;:~.
J. _L.- SIMPKINS:
!ME
A - . 1. MASON &Co.