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Rh Lane entered Puebla unmolested. Santa Anna returned to Huamantla on the 10th.

After the fall of the capital, Scott republished on the 17th of September, with important additions, his orders of February 19th, declaring martial law. The next day he prescribed the distribution and quartering of the troops in the city. The collection of customs or duties at the gates of the city by the civil authorities was to be continued till modified by the civil and military governor, to which office General John A. Quitman had been appointed. At first it was hoped that harmony would be maintained between the Mexican civil authorities and the foreign military rulers; but as it turned out, there were almost daily causes of dissatisfaction. The most serious difficulty was about providing quarters for the troops. Angry correspondence followed, and the ayuntamiento was deposed. A municipal assembly was then chosen under the auspices of the conqueror, and given powers to effect reforms, provided they met with his sanction. These men, who had thus lent themselves to