CHAPTER XVII. 

 1 847—1850. 



ATTACK OF THE CITY MOB ON THE ARMY QUITMAN GOVERNOR 



PENA PRESIDENT CONGRESS ORDERED SIEGE OF PUEBLA 



LANE'S, LALLY'S AND CHILDS'S VICTORIES GUERRILLEROS 



BROKEN UP MEXICAN POLITICS ANAYA PRESIDENT- — PEACE 



NEGOTIATIONS SCOTT 5 S DECREE PENA PRESIDENT SANTA 



ANNA AND LANE SANTA ANNA LEAVES MEXICO FOR JAMAICA 



TREATY ENTERED INTO ITS CHARACTER SANTA CRUZ DE RO- 



SALES COURT OF INQUIRY INTERNAL TROUBLES AMBAS- 

 SADORS AT QUERETARO TREATY RATIFIED EVACUATION 



REVOLUTIONARY ATTEMPTS CONDITION OF MEXICO SINCE THE 



WAR CHARACTER OF SANTA ANNA NOTE ON THE MILITARY 



CRITICS. 



Scarcely had the divisions of the American army, after the 

 enthusiastic expression of their joy, begun to disperse from the great 

 square of Mexico in search of quarters, when the populace com- 

 menced firing upon them from within the deep embrasures of the 

 windows and from behind the parapet walls of the house tops. This 

 dastardly assault by the mob of a surrendered city lasted for two 

 days, until it was terminated by the vigorous military measures of 

 General Scott. Yet it is due to the Mexicans to state that this hor- 

 rible scheme of assassination was not countenanced by the better 

 classes, but that the base outbreak was altogether owing to the lib- 

 eration of about two thousand convicts by the flying government 

 on the previous night. These miscreants, — the scum and outcasts 

 of Mexico — its common thieves, stabbers and notorious vagrants, — 

 banded with nearly an equal number of the disorganized army, had 

 already thronged the Palace when Quitman arrived with his di- 

 vision, and it was only by the active exertion of Watson's marines, 

 that the vagrant crowd was driven from the edifice. 



General Quitman was immediately appointed civil and military 

 Governor of the conquered capital, and discharged his duties under 

 the martial law proclaimed by Scott on the 17th September. The 

 general order of the Commander-in-Chief breathes the loftiest spirit 

 of self-respect, honor and national consideration. He points out 

 clearly the crimes commonly incident to the occupation of subdued 

 cities, and gives warning of the severity with which their perpe- 

 trators will be punished. He protects the administration of justice 

 among the Mexicans in the courts of the country. He places the 



