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STRO UDSBURG, iVIONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, l$4r
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JURY LIST.
Liat of Grand and Petit Jurors drawn lo serve
at the Ociobcr Term of the several Courts of
.Monroe county.
GRAND JURORS.
1 John Gower, Hamilton.
2 Peter Anglemoyer, Price
3 George Ace, Pocono , . .;
4 Milo Overfield, M. SmillifieldfP-
5 Adam Overfield, " 4
6 John Winters, Jackson
7 John Kunkel, Polk
S Daniel Schoonover, M. Smithfield.
9 John L. Serfoss, Polk
JO Bennct Morgan, Stroud
11 Daniel Heller, Smithfield
12 Jacob Van Buskirk, Ross ,
13 John Hall, Pocono J
14 Eleazer Price, Piice ,
15 Wayne G. Drake, Stroud
16 Jacob Greenamoyer, Chesnu'hilk.
17 Andrew Learn, Pocono ;
S Peter S. Hawk, Polk
10 Michael Meisner, Jackson
20 George Buskirk, Hamilton
21 Adam Bruizman, Smithfield
John Musch, Stroud
23 Jacob Fellencer, Ross
24 Solomon Rinker, Hamilton
PETIT JURORS.
1 James Wilson, Price
2 John Smith, M. Smithfield
3 Martin Place, 44
4 George Rouse, Smithfield
5 Henry Houser, ,4
6 Henry Deitrich, 44
7 Cornelius Schoonover, M. Smithfield
8 Jacob Hufsmith, Chesnuihill
9 Joseph Altemose, Ross
30 George. B. Keller, Hamilton
I George Philips, Stroud
12 Peter Merwine, Tobyhanna
13 Edward Hoodmacher, Chcsnuthill
14 Michael Supers, Hamilton
15 George Kresge, Jr. Polk
16 Atthur Vanwhy, M. Smithfield
17 Jacob Brong, Chesftnihill
IS Elias Deitrich, M. Smithfield
19 Jacob H. Buns, Jackson
20 Jesse Lee, Stroud
21 Jacob Meizgar, Hamilton
22 James Eley, Ross
23 Jacob H. Eilenberger, M.
Smithfield
24 John Deitrich, Smithfield
25 James Postens, Stroud
2G Luke Staples, 44
T! Ehhu Postens, Price
28 D-miel Ii. Weiss, Chesnuihill
29 Philip Greenamnyer, Tobyhanna
;0 John Stoddard;
Cil Joseph Kunkle, Ross
352 Andrew Singer, Jackson
33 Michael Brown, Stroud
31 Christian Eylenbeiger, M.
35 Charles Labar,
Smithfield
20
Washington Overfield,
TRIAL LIST.
Gcome Btvz and Mathias Miller vs Charles
Snyder.
IJenjamin Ihrie vs Josiah Dieter
Joseph Mussleman vs Michael Reiser,
ilichael JWetsner, adm'or of Ezra Bales, dee'd.
vs Jacob Young, adm'or of Nicholas Young,
dee'd.
C. S. Coxe and S L Hollinshead vs Peter
AYolbach, George Jacob Koerner and John Ja
cob Koerner.
ARGUMENT LIST.
Andrew Buskirk, vs Justus Simonson.
Jacob Hufsmith vs Julian Weiss.
itfartin Singer vs Frederick Bush, and John
Gearhart.-
Peter Nauman vs Jacob Ehret
Edward J. Seip vs Jacob Ehret
In the matter of the License granted to Ja
cob Kresge
Peter Hoffman vs Joseph Zimmerman
In ihe mailer of the License granted to Jo-Be-ph
Hawk
jUichael Latouch vs Joseph W. Sylvaria.
In the matter of the License granted lo E.
Christ man
In the matter of the License granted to John
Kerchner
In the mailer of the Licon.se granted to Joel
Brrlin
Philip Shafer, Sen. vs. Mom-s Philips and
James Hollinshead, late partner in business
under the firm of Philips & Hollinshead & J.
II. Stroud
In ihe matter of a Road in Polk township
.In the mauer of a Road in Pen" Forest isp.
John D. Bowman vs. Isaac Smiih
Martin Place to the use- of Win, Brodhead
s Timothy Vanwhy
John E. Zie-oenfuas & Sarah Oiewjne, Ad
ministrators of George Ole win er dee'd vs. Johhl
JCtinz.
M. II. Jones-.toi;,hevuse of Henry Kstenba
dt;r vs. Peter 'Jones'. ,
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RELATIVE TO THE
BATTLES
OF
COSTKEROS AND CHUS1UBUSCO.
The-gallant Scoti, the commander-in-chief,
it appears, was wounded in ihe engagement, in
ihe leg, below the knee. The nature of the
wound, whether serious or not, is not meniioned.
From the manner Mr. Kendall speaks of it, it
is probably but slight. The scene of these bat
tles is described as follows : The city of Mex
ico lies about nine miles north of San Augustin,
or Tlalpam San Antonia is about ihree miles
in the same direction while the point occupied
by Gen. Valencia, near Contreros, (for he had
command at that place,) is at least three miles
in a straight line, and in a direction nearly west.
An idea of ihe position and strengih of the works
of the enemy maybe got from the following de
scription :
As you come along the road leading from
San Augustin to the capital, and immediately
this side the JPuente del Rosana, the Mexicans
had thrown up a strong and exceedingly well
built battery, commanding the road completely,
on the right as you face the city, stretching for
a long distance, was a continuous ditch, behind
the bank of which an immense number of Mex
ican infantry were posted. On ihe left of the
tete dc pont, or work at the bridge, three hun
dred yards distant, was the church of Churubus
coj or San Pablo strongly fortified with works
for infantry, and also haring a well constructed
battery containing a number of guns of heavy
calibre.
This work was a little advanced from the
tete de vont, and nearly in a line between it and
the village of Conbrean. Furlher on, on the
other side of the work at the bridge, and about
three hundred yards from the road, was a large
building, well adapted lor the protection oi in
fantry, and in which the enemy had also posted
an immense body. The ground in the vicinity
of all these points was completely covered with
com, and other fields, cut up in erery direction
by wide and deep ditches, presenting obstacles
innumerable to the advance of our troops. No
reconnoissance of the position of the enemy
had been made, and consequently its strengih
could only be ascertained by the blows and
knocks.
The divisions of Gens. Twiggs and Worth
were at once engaged, the former wilh the
church and stronghold of Churubusco, and the
latter with the batteries at the bridge ; and in
the meantime Gen. Shields' brigade the New
Yotk and South Carolina volunteers together
with the 9ih, 12th and 15th regiments of in
fantry under Gen. Pierce, were hurrying on
ward from Cohoysan, to attack the hacienda.
Soon they, too, wero engaged, and now the
battle became general. The enemy had over
twenty pieces of cannon, all in admirable posU
lion, and served with more than ordinary hkill,
while but few of our guns could be brought lo
beaT. The battery of Captain Frank Taylor,
it is true, opened a well directed fire upon Chu
rubusco, but so exposed' was its situation that
it suffered moat terribly, both in officers and
men.
To describe ihe fierce conflict, even now
that two days hae elapsed, or to give an ac
count of the part taken by the different regi
ments, were impossible. From the opening of
the strife un to the time the Mexicans were
completely routed and in lull nignt ior uie cuy,
was one contiiiyed roar of cannon and musketry,
accompanied by the loud shouts of the viciors,
as some new vantage ground was gained ; and
high above the din rose a dense column of
amoke, at times completely shrouding the com
baiants.
The strength of the enemy at this battle is
known to have been 15,000 at least, many say
20,000. all fres-h lroops, and in a position of
uncommon strength. Upposed to them were
about 0,000 Americans, jaded and broken down
by marches and countermarches, and by inces-
sarn toil belore tne strongnold ol L-ontreros ana
an Anionio. A Churubusco, ihe Mexicans
themselves ay, .buOta Anna commanded in
persoiij but that he left eaily. The noted bat
talions of Hidalgo and Victoria, and of Indepen
dent ihe Polkas, or young men of the Cap
ital, from whom so much was expected nearly
all fled without firing a gun. .
In ihe different works (but mostly in' the
church) taken by Gen. Twiggs, nearly 2,000
troops were captured. Among them were Gen.
Rincon, who commanded in person, Gen. Ana
ya, lately President Substitute, and Gen. Are
vallon, as also Col. Gorosteza, formerly Minis
ter at Washington. Gen. Garay was captured
near San Antonio by Gen. Worth-, and several
influential officers, among them Col. Miramou,
by Gen. Shields, at the hacienda ; but the most
important capture of all was the entire Foreign
Battalion, mostly made up of deserters from our
own army, with iheir commander, the notorious
Riley himself. They are all now under close
guard, and I trust will be strictly dealt with.
The Mexican accounts acknowledge the loss,
in killed wounded and prisoners, of no less than,
13 Generals, (among them three ex-presidents)
and foriy-five pieces of cannon.
The Arntisiice.
The undersigned, appointed respectively, the
three first of Major Gen. Winfield Scott, commander-in-chief
of the armies of the United
Slates, and the two last by his Excellency, D.
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, President .of
the Mexican republic and commander-in-chief
'of its armies, met wilh full powers, which were
duly verified in the village of lacubaya, on
the 22d day of August, 1847, to enter into an
armistice for ihe purpose of giving the Mexican
government an opportunity of receiving propo
sitions forpeace from the commissioner appoint
ed by the President of the United Slates, and
now with the American army, when the fol
lowing articles were agreed upon.
Art. 1. Hostilities shall instantly and abso
lutely cease between the armies of the United
States of America and the United Mexican
Slates within thirty leagues of the capital of the
latter States, lo allow time to the commissioner
appointed by the United States and the com
missioner appointed by ihe Mexican Republic
to negotiate. ,
2. This armistice shall continue as long as
the commissioners of the two Governments may
be engaged on negoiiations, or until the com
mander of either of the said armte3 shall give
formal notice to the other of ihe cessation of ihe
armistice and for forty-eight hours' after such
noticed . .-
3. In the meantime neither army shall with
in thirty leagues of the city of Mexico commence
any new foiufication or military work of offence
or defence, or do anything to enlarge or strength-
en
any existing worK or lortincauon oi inai
character within the said limits.
4. Neither army shall be reinforced within
ihe same. . Any reinforcements in troops or
munitions of war, other than subsistence now
approaching either army, shall be stopped at
the distance of twenty-eight leagues from the
city of Mexico.
5. Neither army, or any detachment from it,
shall advance beyond the line it at present oc
cupies. 6. Neither army, or any detachment or indi
vidual of either, shall pass the neutral limits
established by the last article, except under flag
of iruce bearing the correspondence between
ihe two armies, or on the business authorized
by the next article, and individuals of either ar
my who may chance to 3traggle within the neu
tral limits, shall by .the oppoMie party be kindly
warned off or sent back to fheir own armies un
der flaws of truce.
7. The American army shall not by violence
obstruct the passage from tho open country in
the city of Mexico, of the ordinary supplies of
food necessary- to the consumption of its inhab
itants, or the Mexican army within the city ;
nor shall the Mexican authorities, civil or mili
tary, do any act to obstruct the passage of sup
plies from the city or the country needed by
the American army.
8. All American prisoners remaining in the
hands of the Mexican army, and not heretofore
eqchanged, shall immediately, or as soon as
practicable, be resiored to the American army,
against a like number, having regard to rank,
of Mexican prisoners, captured by the Ameri
can army.
9. All American cilizens who were estab
lished in the city of Mexico prior to the exist
ing war, and who have since been expelled
from that city, shall be allowed to return to
their respective business or families therein,
without delay or molestation.
10. The better to enable ihe belligerent ar
mies to execute these articles and to favor the
great object of peace, it is further agreed be
tween the parlies, that any courier with des
patches lhat either army shall desire to send
along ihe line from ihe city of Mexico or its
vicinity, to and from Yera Cruz, shall receive a
safe conduct from the commander!' the oppo
sing army.
11. The administration of jusiice between
Mexicans according lo the general and Slate
constitutions and laws, by the local authorities
of-the towns and place occupied by ihe Ameri
can forces; shall not be obstructed in any man
ner.
12. Persons and property shall be respected
in the towns and places occupied by ihe Amer
ican forces. 3o person shall be molested in
the ercise of his profession ; nor shall the
services of any one be required without his
corieerit. In all cases where services are. vol
untarily rendered a just price shall be paid, and
trade remain unniblesied.
13. Those wounded prisoners who may de
sire to remove to some more convenient place
for the purpose of being cured of their wounds,
shall be allowed to do so, without molestation,
they still remaining prisoners.
14. Those Mexican medical officers who
mav wish to attend the wounded shall have the
privilege of domg so if iheir services be re
quired. 15. For tho more perfect execution of this
agreement, two commissioners shall be appoint
ed, one by each party, who in ca'so of disa
greement shall appoint a third.
10. This convention shall have no force or
effect unless approved by their Excellencies,
the commanders respectively of the two armies,
within twenty-four hours, reckoning frorri the
6th hour of the 23d day of August, 1847.
A. Quitman, Maj. Gen. U. S. A.
Pj-:rsi1'Er V. Smith. Bri. Gen.
Franklin Pierce, Brig. Gen. U. S. A.
Ignacio De Marat Villamil.
Benito Quijano.
A true copy of the original :
G. W. May, U; S. A..
Military Secretary to the General-lticllief.
The armistice was ratified with the under-
standing .hat the word supplies in he 7th ; he w4med vvasfe(nore lrm,ps;
article meant (as in both tho British and Amer- had beaien q hm
lean armies) arms, munitions clothing, equip- and had ed Amotions in couse
ments, subsistence (for men.) forage, movby,
and in general all ihe wants of an army. J he
9th article was suppressed, and the 4th ex
plained to the effect that the temporary peace
of this armistice shall be observed in llis capi
tal and 28 leagues around it.
OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS.
Santa Anna's Manifesto, as usual, throwing the
odium of the defeat on others.
The Washington Union brings us the follow
ing additional accounts, frdm officers in die ar
my : -
The Battle of CiiurubL'sco'. Wo have
at length received an' account of the great battle
which has been fought before tlie capital, from
the pens of our own friends. The New Or
leans papers came to Hand by ibis evening's
southern mail; but the Mary Kmgland had not
arrived when ihe New Oi leans papers of the
7th were published. The despatches, however,
which were expressed from New Orleans, were
received in the tiiail by the Secretaries of Slate
and of War ; and we are enabled to lay some
very iuleresting details of the bloodiest, and
perhaps ihu mUsl decisive and brilliant, battle
of the war, before our readers.
We have not heard whether any despatches
have been received from Gen. Scott; nor, in
deed, that any letters have been received by
the Secretary from Ihe camp. But, instead of
these, we have been favored wilh the follow
ing letters, received at the War Department
from an officef at Vera Cruz ihe first written
by himself, and the other iwo addressed lo him
by two olficeis of ihe army one a highly dis
tinguished general, who "bore the brunt and,
battle of ihe day," and the other from a capiain
in the service. These letters give lo the whole
account tho stamp and authenticity of official
intelligence. In addition to these, we give co
pious .extracts from the "Son ol Auahuac' (ve
ra Cruz) of ihe 1st September, derived also, no
doubt, from ihe most authentic sources. We.
hope lo receive other details of these thriUmg
events in the course ol to-morrow, wiuth wo
shall hasten ) lay before our readers.
These events are glorious to the -arms of our
country. The most important, arxd perhaps
correct letter which we publish-certainly from
an officer of the highest distinction represents
the disparity of the number of the troops en
gaged, and the losses of tl;fe respective armies,
in the most imposing form 7000 only of our
men actually engaged at ihe main batile of Churubusco-
only '7U00 with iwo light batteries of
eight pieces, in conflict with 32,000 of the en
emy, witi heavy artillery, and strongly fortified.
After two hours of bloody conflict, mainly with
llhe bayonet, we carried every thing tho ene
my were pursued to tne gates oi tne cuy. wur
loss (heavy, indeed!) short of 1000, "ihe ene
my's 5000, including many distinguished men."
This is, indeed, a brilliant victory. Wo con
gratulate the whole country upon the glory
which our arms have attained, and tho prospect
it promises of peace. An armistice had been
concluded for forty-eight hours ihe particulars
of which we give in full in order to open ne
gotiations. We give ihe names of the Mexi
can commissioner, at the head of whom stands
Herrera himself. Mr. Trist writes, that they
had already had two meetings, and wero to
have a third, and perhaps lasi interview, on
Monday, the 30th August. It would be idle
for us to speculate on the ultimate results.
General Santa Anna commences his mani
festo.annoniujing.'to the Mexican people ihe ar
mistice which ho had concluded with Getieral
Scott, bv saving that the events of the 19th and
20th are already notorious, because thry were
unfortunate. He then adverts to the exiraordi-
nary exertions which he had used to rai?o and
equip an army of more lhan CO.OOO' men, and
provide supplies for them, and to construct line-
of fortification. His plan of defence, h .say-,
was evident from a glance at the works cons
Btructed, and at the disposition of In troop ;
but in war, an accident apparently fnaignificmil
may frustrate the most skilful combination?. r
On the 18th at 1 1 oclock in the morning, ho
ordered a general who commanded a division
of 5,000 men and 24 pieces of artillery, to fall
back on the village of Coyacau, for tho puipose
of effecting a concentration of forces, in conse
quence of a movement of the enemy. But this
general, forgetting that there could not be two
commanders in a field of battle, undertook to
object to the order; and, instead of falling back,
advanced ; and the first news that he (Santa
Anna) had of this, unfortunate movement was
the report of cannon, showing that an engega
ment had commenced. Wilh a fatal present
ment of the consequences, he immediately,
placed himself at the head of a brilliant brig
ade of four thousand-men and five pieces of ar
tillery, and proceeded to ihe support of the gen
eral, but arrived too late. The enemy had in
terposed Ins force between them ; and night
coming on, and the rain lalling in torrent, he
was compelled to retire. He, however, sent
an order by an aid-de-camp to the refractory
general, directing him to retire to S;n Angel
by the only road which was then lull him
bin,
The next dav at dawn, Santa Anna says, he.
made another effort to proceed to the suppoiu
of the erring general, (whose name he does oi
mention,) but had hardly put himself in motion
when ihe enemy made his attack, and in tart
minutes the gotieral was routed. The conse
quences of this, he says were lerrible. The
enemy could, by a rapid movement, reach the
capital before it was possible for him to succor
itj or might fall with the whole body of hi
troops upon" a part of the Mexican army. Ai
engagement did lake place between their res
pesthe advanced corps, and Santa Anna say
that his exertions cost the efierny not a linle
blood, and that he succeeded in placing himself
in a position to save the capital ; but, upon re
ceiving a communication from Gen. Scott pro
posing an armisticei he concluded to accede to
it. He then touches upon Ihe propriety of an
armistice in the abstract, and concludes by say
ing ihal if the present armistice does not
result in peace, the Avar can be renewed. Ho
is still, he says, at the head of a respecta
ble body of troops, and the nation will support
him in maintaining its honor. At the same
time, he threatens io punish factions and. sedi
tious opposition to the supremo authority.
ANOTHElt ACCOUNT BY AN AMERICAN OFFICER
Taoubaya, (in full view of the City of Mexico. )
August y-l, IS 1".
Tho army left Puebla on the 8ih of this month,
! and, after a few days march, reached Ayotla,
immediately on ihe margio of ihe valley of Mex
ico. Between this place and the city, about
four miles distant, e knew there was a siroivg
fortified position, 'called St. Pinon ; it is a small
isolated moanttkin, surrounded by water, on ono
side of tb.e principal causeways leading to the
e'ny. After spending a day or two in recon
noitring this place, and which it would havo
caused a great loss of life to have laken, it wa
Ascertained lhat there was a practicable road
(south of Lake Chalco. Tho General deter-
mined to take this route, and put the army in
motion, leaving our division to watch ihe ene
my in our rear. The march was a dreadful
one, it being the rainy season. The road was,
in many places, where it passes at the foot of
the mountains and on the margin of the lake or
narrow causeway, nearly covered with water,
and excessively muddy ; at others it was over
rocky spaces of ihe mountains, and in places
entirely obstructed by huge rocks, rolled down
by tho enemy ; but nothing seemed to damp
the ardor of tho army all obstacles vanished
before them. In two or three days, when tha
whole army was in motion, they could be see.u
from the front, stretched out over a distance of
seven or eight miles. On the 18th, the Gener
al reached a small town called San Atigusim,
about twelve miles south of ihe city, the lead
int division having arrived there ihe day before.
Gen. Worth had placed his pkkei in advaiue
for the arrival of the Genetal. U otileieil ihu
whole division to advance, and lulvtt po.ic:ioii
of a hacienda, within sinking distance of a
strongly fortified place called San Antonia, and
also that reconnoitering parlies should be pressed
forward still in advance ; ihe party was up
polled by a squadron of cavalry and a battalion
of infantry, in passing to the front, 1 found
lhat a troop which had been placed as a'.pickvt
had gono forward ; and as 1 came up with ii, it
mado a turn in the road which brought ii in luii
view of the enemy's battery, which opened
upon ihem. The first fire killed Cap;, 'i'h.orn
ton, mangling his body"in the most horrid man
ner. The ball, a sixteen pounder, afterwards
struck the road, and literally covered me with
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