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TUESDAIT, AUGUST 10, 18S7,
Vol. 5.-N0. 39
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THE SAILOR'S PRAYER.
BV CHARLES SAYRE. ' 1
I have lived on the ocean wave,
I would die on the deep blue sea;
Where the mermaids revels keep,
Be a resting place for me.
Oh ! bury me not in the Earth, '
A prey to the grov'ling worm;
While there's a grave in the ocean's depths,
From its dark embrace I turn.
I have worn no bonds in life,
In death let me be free, !
The grave is too narrow a bed
Oh! give me the fathomless sea. '
Far down in its quiet depths ,
There are beautiful coral caves, '
And many a cost'y shell ' '
That the sunlit waters lave.
T is there I would be laid
When the voyage of life is past;
On its bosom I've led a happy life,
. Be it my home at last.
"A home on the ocean wave,"
For the sailor brave and free: - ;
His hammock for a winding sheet,
His grave the depth's of the sea.
Letter from Benj. P. Kooser.
,W e have been permitted to make the fol
lowing extracts from a letter of Benja
min P. Kooser, formerly of this place,
to his brother, Curtis Kooser.' Mr.
Kooser entered the U. S. service in the
early part of last summer and is a
member of the regiment under the com
. rnand of Colonel Stevenson. "
"Monterey, Upper California, -
March 1st, 1817. ;
"I have not heard from Somerset since
you wrote to me to the ship Lexington,
nine months ago, though we have dates
up to .November J27, 1846. The mail is
brought via Panama and the Isthmus of
Darien, and takes three months - to reach
us from New York. Since our arrival
in Monterey we have been kept very bu
sy doing soldier duty, wl ich is very
light, and nothing more than one day
6tand guard, next day at liberty, third day
do duty, such as carrying wood and wa
ter, about an hour's work; then a day on
pass, and the following day on guard a
gain, and so on. In this manner we live.
Our camp is located about half a mile
from the city of Monterey, in the open
prairie, on a small hill, with a beautiful
view commanding the harbor of Monte
rey. Wc lodge in tents, and I must say
that the sweetest nap I have had for years
have le:n in the 'tented field,' af er a hard
say's march on a scoute- 1 have been
through the country a good deal, and it
only confirms my opinion that California
is the most delightful country in the world.
The fertility of the soil is such that it
will undoubtedly be the first agricultural
Slate in the Union; 40 bushels of wheat
to the acre is the average cropland 50
has been raised Ironi an acre of
ground 'ploughed with an ox team and a
forked stick as a plough; and every thing
else is produced in proportionate abun
dance. Grapes grow wild through the
forests, raspberries, blackberries and
gooseberries are now in blossom, and in
quantity and quality must excel those in
the States. The only timber that grows
in this place is red pine, and live oak, (an
ever green;) one of the chief peculiari
ties of the country is the abundance of its
herbs, puch as sage, rue, old-man and
thyme, all of which grow green summer
and winter.
"The game is most numerous in this
country of any of the States. Elk, deer,
stags, hare, geese, ducks, tc, are in a
hundance. Company F has killed 7 or 8
deer just around the camp. The climate
is very mild, cows, horses, sheep and o
ther stock, subsist summer and winter up
on the grass of the prairies, and arc kil-
led in that condition and make fat and de
licious meat. The only fault I find is
the extreme heat by day nnd cold of ihe
right; the difference is about 20 degrees.
Wolves arc very numerous, and David
Hartzel was nearly taken by them while
on post the other nights We have fine
times, and everything goes "merry as a
marriage bell," though at a distance of
over 3,000 miles from home and in the
enemy's country. r
"I dou't think the war will be over
these five years. If so, I may see hard
t"ij:rR. anil hard fightinj, too. Younkin,
P e t Henry, Hartzel and Vanhorn are
all doing, well. California is all peace.
Gen. Kearney is here with his company
of dragoons. We probably will remain
here one or two years, and then go to the
mouth of the Columbia river, in Oregon."
First Piano In Northern Illinois.
During the summer following, the ter
mination of the Balck Hawk war- being
among the first of the down east , emi
grants to the country then barely evacua
ted by the red men of the forest Dr. A.,
of Baltimore, removed to, what has since
become a small town near, the' Illinois ri
ver, by the name of P . The doc
tor's family, was composed of three young
ladies and his wife, all of whom were
performers oh the piano, and one of them
the possessor of the instrument in ques
tion. . , ; . , .,-. ".
, As is usually the case in all newly set
tled places when a 'new comer makes
his appearance, the neighbors (that were
to be) had collected together for the pur
pose of seeing the doctor's "plunder" un
packed, and making the acquaintance of
its possessor. -
Dr. A's "household" was stowed away
in seven large wagons being first packed
into pine boxes, on which were painted,
in large black letters, the contents, ad
dress, &c - - " -
One wagon after another was unloaded
without much sensation on the part of the
little crowd of lookers-bn, except an occa
sional exclamation similar to the I ol low
ing, from those who never had "seen the
like before:" .
. "Glass! This side up with care!
Why I thought this ere feller was a doc
tor. .;What on yearth is. he going to do
with that box of winders ?"
"This side up with care!" exclaimed
one. "He's got his paragoric and ile-of-spike
fixins in that. Won't he fizic them
agur fellows down on the river ?"
, In. the last wagon there was but one
larffe box, and on it were printed to words
"Piano Forte -Keep dry and handle care
fully. It required . the assistance of all
the bystanders to unload this box, and the
curiosity, excited in the crowd upon read
ing the foregoing wordsand hearing the
musical sounds emitted as it struck- the
ground, can only.be gathered by, giving a
few of the expressions that dropped from
the spectators. . 1 . ;. ;'"
' " "Pine fort!" said a tall, yellow-haired,
fever-and-ague looking youth; "wonder if
lie's afeerd of .the Injuns ? . He cant scare
them with a pine forU"
"K-e'e-p d-r-y" was spelled by a large,
raw-boned man, who was evidently a lib
eral patron of "old bald face," and who
broke ofp at the letter "y" with "D m
your temperance k'aracturs -you needn't
come rouird here witlTtracls J"
He was interrupted 'at this point by a
stout built personage, who cried out:
"He's got his skeletons in thar, and
he's afeerd to gin them licker, for they'll
break out ef he does! Poor jellers !
they. must sufl'er powerfully.",, , .
"Handle carhhi.lt,'j said a man in a
red hunting shirt, and the size of whose
"fist" as he doubled it up was .twice that
of an ordinary man. "Thar's some five
crittar in thar. Don't you hear him
roan 1" This was said as the box struck
the ground and the concussion caused a
vibration of the strings.' - -
No sooner had all hands let go of the
box, than Br A. was besciged by his neigh
bors, all whom were determined to" know
what were its contents, and what were the
meaning of the' words "Piano forte."
On his telling them that it was a musical
instrument, some "reckoned that it would
take a tarnal sight of wind to blow it;"
others that "it would take a lot of, men to
make it go !"' &c. The doctor explained
its operations as well as Jie could, but
still his description was anything bat sat
isfactory," and he could only get rid of his
quisitivc neighbors by promising a sight
at an early day. ,
Three " days day that' seemed like
weeks to the persons above mentioned
elapsed before the premises of Dr'. A.
were arranged for , the reception of visi
tors; and various and curious were the
surmises among' the settlers during this
time. Dr. A. and his"plunder" were
the only topics ol conversation for miles
round. . '
The doctor's house had but one lower
room, but this was one of double the ordi
nary size, and the carpets were . all loo
.small to cover the entire floor;. hence a
strip of floor appeared at each side of the
room. Opposite to and facing he door
was placed the "Pine fort." All was rea
lly lor the admission of visitors, and Miss
E. was to act as the first performer. The
doctor had but to open the door, and half
a score of men were ready to enter.
Miss E. took her seat, and at the first
sounding of the instrument, ' the whole
party present rushed in. Some went di
rctly up to the "crittur," as it had been
called on accouut of its having four legs
some, more shy, remained close to the
door, where, if necessary, they could
more easily make their escape; while o
thers, who had never seen a carpet, were
observed walking round on the strip of
oare noor, test Dy treaumg on the "hand- i
some kalikcr, they might spoil it! i
The first tune seemed to put the whole
company in extacics. The. raw-boned
man, who was so much opposed to tem
: perance tracts, pulled out a flask of whis
key and insisted that Ihe "gal," as he cal
led Miss E., should drink : Another of
, the company laid down a dime, and. want
ed "that s worth-- more of the "Forty
t n e
s, as the name of the instrument had
come to him after travelling through some
five or six pronunciations. Another, with
a broad grin on his face, declaring that he
"would give his claim and all the" truck
on if, if his darter could have such a cup-
board !" The "pine fort" man sugges
ted that if that sort of music had been in
the Black Hawk War, "that would have
skepred the Injuns, like all holler !"
. It is needless to say that it was late at
night before Miss E. and the other ladies
of the house could satisfy their delighted
hearers that they were all "tired out." -I
The - whole country for twenty miles a
round rung ..with, the praise of Dr. A's
"consarn" and the "musikal kubbard !"
The doctor immediately had any quanti
ty of patients all of whom, However,
would come in person for advice, or for
a few ."agur pills," but none of whom
. would leave without hearing the "forty
' pains." . , : ? ...
1 With an easy way and a good natured
disposition, Dr. A. soon formed an exten
sive acquaintance, obtained a good prac
j tice, and became a popular man. He
was elevated to some of the most respon
sible oflices in the gift of the people
one of which he held at the time of his
j death. So much for the charms of a Pi
ano Forte.
Route round the Lakes. -Thr St.
Louis steamer left Buffalo on the 29th
ultimo for a tour around the Lakes, taking
the Chicago Convention on the way.-
Mr. Weed, of the Albany evening Journal
was of the party that took passage in her
He has written a series of most interest-
ing Ict'ers, descriptive of tire plaees visited
and narrative of the. events that ' look-
place- during the cruise. He-thus de
scribes the route "taken "and distance ac
complished : '' . . i - v
. "We are now approaching Buffalo, af
ter an absence of sixteen days,- having
traversed Lakes ErieSj.lCJairIIujo,
xMiclngan, and St. Mary s ; run through
the Detroit, St. Clair, and St. Mary's riv
ers, and looked into lake Superior. J he
distance from Buffalo to Chicago is 1,05-1
miles. From Chicago to the Saut, via
Green Bay. the distance is about 800
miles. From the Saut to Buffalo the dis
tance is over 700 miles.' We have jour
neyed, therefore, more than 2,500 miles
upon lakes and rivers whose waters arc
whitened with the canvassand blackened
with the smoke of vessels and steamers
greater in number and exceeding in value
the vessels and commerce of any of the
nations of Northern Europe. And yet
our Government refuses .to. recognise this
great interest as a part of the commerce
of the. Republic !"
; , (Jood advice.;,.. :
The Editor of the New York Tribune
who has rambled extensively through the
far Western States, closesone of his in
teresting letters with advice which every
farmer, who has ouly his ' handsj to rely
on, should lose no time in taking :
"O ye i who dwell in the gorges and
on the slopes of granite hill ! who ar
often inclined to murmur at the hardship
of your lot in being compelled to do a
fortnight's hard labor in wrestling twenty
bushels of corn from the acre, of niggard
and stony soil, .while in-fertile Illinois
less labor produces' a hundred bushels I
You have notyei to thank Heaven
as you ought for that hard granite soil
for the glorious woods .which so readily
cover it, and the blessed ; crystal water
which gush from its . flinty bosom ! If
you own a farm there, keep it, and, by
cheerful labor, guided by productive sci
ences render it each year more fruitful
than the last ; but if you have xo ' land,'
and a young family forbids the hope of
earning any at the East, strike boldly for
the West at once, get hold by pre-emption
right of eighty or one hundred and
sixty acres, as well located for health or
limber as you can find, aud resolve, in
spite of all obstacles, to make it the foun
dation of a competence for yourself and
an outfit for your children." -
IGNORANCE OF THE LAW.
The Delaware Republican states - that
the Court and Lawyers at Carlisle were
entirely ignorant of the law against kid
napping, passed by the last Legislature,
at the time the riot between the slavehold
ers and the colored people took place in
that town. Professor M'Clintock, of
Dickinson College, informed those en
gaged in the riot of the existence of the
law, and this caused the whiles to stay
their hands. For this information an ef
fort is now making to have- him indicted,
and wc shall soon see whether slavery is
paramount to law in this Commonwealth.
The law alluded to, effectually piotccts
the slave it gives him liberty the mo
ment he sets - foot upon - the free soil of
Pennsylvania, if he resists the action of
his oppressor, the slave-catcher, Lane.
Trio. " -V-
-WHAT ARE THEY ?
"': ''"- " BY "VIDDEICH."
What is time ? A restless sea,
Whose surges cover all they fear
Whose kindly mood and winsome glee :
Arc but the prelude of despair !
And what is life l That ocean's storm,'
The lightning's flash amid the gloom.
Where horror in its wildest torni
Points pale and ghastly to the tomb!
What, then, is Death ? The placid calm
1 hat follows when the storm is o er,
Where gentle breezes seem like balm'
And sorrows vex the soul no more.
FROM MEXICO.
Impoi
rtant News. "
The Telegraph transmitted intelligence
to this city yesterday morning, in advance
of the mail, which authorized us to issue
in an extra, the following paragraph :
"The News from the Skat of War.
Most heariily do we congratulate our
readers that the Mexican authorities have
as we learn by the Telegraph, appointed
Commissioners to treat with the United
States Commissioner conccrninjr the
terms of a pacification between the two
countries. We will not allow ourselves
to anticipate a failure of a negotiation ihus
acceded , to, the success of which is so
greatly desired by the body of well-disposed
citizens of this country', and cannot
be less desired, we should think, by that
portion of the people of Mexico who have
any thing at stake in the contest. The
acceptance of the overture from the Uni
ted States, to such an extent a to appoint
Commissioners to treat under it. seems
indeed to us to be such . an - indication of
the disposition of the Government as can
hardly fail to end in a Peace, or at least
in a suspension of arms for the pnrpose of
discussing the terms of a permanent trcaty
of Peace."
The arrival of . the mail, however, in
the evening, deprived the intelligence of
the morning in a great measure of its posi
tive character, and reduced it to the re-pornj-wfitcfi
we compile octow from the
New Orleans papers. Though weakened
by these extracts, we still cling to the
hope that the rumors are founded on truth
and that they will be soon followed by
autlientic confirmation of the prospect of
au early peace.
Correspondence of ihe K. O, Times.
Vera Cruz, (Mexico,). July 12. 1817. j -i
, Wc had an arrival from Puebla during i
the night, with dates from that city to the
4 t!i instant, and bringing very important
intelligence. A letter of the 2d instant,
from one of the first merchants of the
place, assures his partner here that three
Commissioners have been appointed by
the Mexican- authorities to proceed to
Sah Martin Tesmelucan and treat with
Mr,. Trist. . These commissioners are
Tornfl, Gorostiza, and Baraxda, three
men who would sell, as I heard a gentle
man remark to-day, not only their country
but their fathers and mothers for a con
sideration in cash. . We have, therefore
strong, hopes that regular negotiations
will immediately follow the preliminary
arrnngemonts wliiclj; tliejvaro to make,
and that peace vilt again da wit upon this
unhappyr country Jbefore the new year
does. , v. . :
Per coiffo (pPttfa, aUdwouk wishes J
to mislead
?au our jinigraent .too lars-auow i
ay that this 'very-juteUi'encet e?-' j
me to s
ccltrni a 'UiTrcrihoogh it.be, wants thtitA lhe ternVofied by the P
confirmation which I - always requiie la out a rumor, m whic
news to have be ford" it receives , my en- confidence.
dorsemeut.
l woomer merchants ol tins i
city have letters up to. the 4th two days!
later, in which nothing is said of this mat- ,
tcr. The report, however, has universal j
crcuu ncrc, ana i ipj oncu oy . every . jeretl near Ja, -Je guerrillas repyrt
consideration ol probability. God grant Ulat he fought de-5perate!y, ad before he
its truth ! - . - fell killed two of their number. Our own
Jclv 13. Nothing further has trans- .express-rider arrived in Vera.Cruzon the
pi red with regard to the peace rumors : morning of the lGth instant, without his
afloat yesterday, but I find the list of letters and severely woundeJ. ' i He came
doubters increased somewhat during the by the route of Orizaba, and when six
past twenty-four hours. It seems strange leagues from that place he was attacked
lhat one man only should have received by five guerrilleros, and captured. They
the news, if it had been correct, and that took from him his letters, and inflicted
several letters of latct date, from well-in-' seven severe wounds upon him with a
formed persons, arc silent on the subject. 1 poniard, and left him for dead. After
. Gen. Pierce's train commenced mo- they had left him he found a business let
ving his morning, but does not fairly tcr to our agents in Vera Cruz, torn into
start until to-morrow. The escort counts fragments, near him. lie gathered up
three thousand two hundred men, but the most of the pieces, and took them safe to
traiii is less valuable than several others Vera Cruz. Our correspondent writes
that have gone up. ' that, after putting the pieces together as
I am sorry to hear that there is a good WeSI as he could, he could only make out
deal of fever in Commodore Perry's ijic following items : ,
squadron; and that one of its victims is j Gcn. Pillow's division arrived at Pu
the gallant Lieutenant James L. Parker, cbla on the 8th, all well. The American
one of the heroes of the Creole exploit j army would inarch on to the city of Mexi
undcr the walls of San Juan de Uloa. ' co to a certainty tf peace were not soon
July 10. I. have been much' disap-'made. Wc never supposed there was
pointed by the return of the steamer Niw any doubt about this. The postscript,
Orleuns with a sorry tale from Colonel dated the 11th instant, says that peace
sorry
Gates at Tampico. . J
Captain Apld informs us that three
days ago a detachment of two hundred
men were sent out some miles in the in
terior by Col. Gates to bring in a party
of released prisoners. The .detachment
proceeded without molestation : until it
i reached "the neighborhood of Panuco,
J where it was attacked by a large number
of Mexicans, and suffered a heavy loss,
t The few men (some fifteen or twenty )
who came in reported twcnly:five killed
ami the remainder completely surrounded
when they left the field.
The jYno UrfcH'is was at once dis-
I I C A I I . .
piucneu ior uns piacc, wan a requisition
on Gov. Wilson for reinforcements. Our
garrison is too small to permit the Govern
J incut to send any part of it away, but he
has written to uen. f itRCE, who has not
t jjje 0()iej
yet left the camp, to learn if he will fill
s requisition. A reply has
not yet (5 p. m) been received. Captain
Farragut, of ihe sloop of war Jtcafur,
which ship now lies off the town, oflVrs
to .send his marines, twenty -one in all,
and I presume his offer will be accepted.
Wc learn from other sources that Col.
Wilson could not furnish any reinforce
ment, but that the marines vcre scnt.J
The Yera Cruz Sun of the 13lhinst.,
though not quite so late as two of the a
bovc letters, presents some of the rumors
to which they refer in a more favorable
aspect, as follows :
"A private express arrived here night
before last from Puebla, bringing vcrv in
teresting intelligence from that place, from
Mexico, and from Generals Cadwalader
and Pillow's trains. The express left
Puebla on the 3d instant, and brought
private letters dated the same day.
"News had been received the day pre
vious from Mexico that Commissioners
had been appointed by the Mexican Gov
ernment to confer with Mr. Trist at San
Martin Tesmelucan, eight leagues from
Puebla, and it was supposed they would
meet him on the 4th of July.
"The express-rider met with Generals
Cadwalader and Pillow and their respec
tive commands at Perotc. They had
been attacked at Ta Hoya and had com
pletely routed the enemy, having sustained
but little loss. No properly was lost, and
both trains had arrived in Perote ; which
place, a correspondent says, they were to
leave on the 0th instant.
, "Wc have seen a letter dated Mexico,
July 2d. The writer says that he does
not doubt that a treaty of peace would be
concluded at once by the Commissioners.
He also says that the peace party has be
come so considerable in the capital that
he thinks that Santa Anna (who is al
ways on the side of the strongest) will
soon pronounce himself in favor of peace.
"A letter from Puebla, which was writ
ten several days before the express left
that place, states that there had been some
sickness among our troop?. We do not
ve our readers the whole contents of
this letter, because it is full of rumors
which had not been realized at the latest
dates.
"The Mexicans were still fortifying the
city of Mexico, but the means of the Gov
ernment were so limited that we do not
doubt that it will be more than a day's
work for General Scott to demolish all the
Mexicans have done in three months, in
case they should show resistance."
The Picayune contains, some addition
al information, besides an expression of
its opinion on the above news, as fol-
lows :
"lVm Vera Cruz our news is less
satisfactory than we could wish. On the
lolh our" correspondent writes that two
expresses haiUjrrivcd from Puebla. The
news had. not fully transpired, but the
report had ot inio! emulation that the
iyiextcnoGovcruHient hatfscTitrrhrce com-
miiiiiner? fo.S.ui Martin TVsmefUcan to4
meet .vir, itiisr, tmiu nejt ttro'ufTiwntm
'resident.
h we place little
..n,., e.i, ict.
from Vera rjriIZ lhat an e s froin
(;e., s,.nf, ;1 fpY:f,.1 n mi t
way from liebla lo Vera Cruz, was mur-J
was the order of the day. 1 he writer
placed no faith in the prospect : he con
sidered that Santa Anna's sole object was
to gain lime, a principle of general policy
with the Mexicans, especially with the
great man.
"Our correspondent writes that a larg
part of the command of Gen. Pierce left
on the 15th. The General was expected
to get off on the evening of the 1 6th.
Our letters say nothing about the force
collected at the National Bridge to oppose
our advance. Gen. .Pierce had been ill,
but had recovered from his attack.
"The Governor of Vera Cruz had re
ceived such information as led him to
suppose an attack would be made upon
the city as soon as Gen. . Pierce left, and
precautions had been taken to defend the
place. General orders were issued lor
every citizen to enrol himself under Cap
tain ribbitts, and hold himself in readi
ness for any emergency."
In conclusion, we give the subjoined
account of a skirmish between a small
body of our troops and the Mexicans, on
or near the Panuco river, as furnished by
Ciipt. Acld, of the steamer New Orleans
which brought over the toreom intclli
gencc. He left Vera Cruz on the 17th
instant, and Tampico on the 19th:
"Capt. Auld reports lhat Gen. Tierce
left Vera Cruz on the morning of the 1 4 th
instant with 2,500 men, and a train of
150 baggage wagons. The New Orleans
arrived at Tampico on the morning of the
15th instant, and the Captain was inform
ed by Col. Gates that Col. DeRussy,
with a detachment of Louisiana volun
teers, a part of Capt. Wise's company of
artillery, and Capt. Boyd, with one com
pany of infantry, amounting in all to 1 1
or 120 men and officers, left by the way
of the river on the 8lh instant for the pur
pose of relieving the American prisoners,
and landed CO miles up the river, from
the steamer Undine and Mary Summers,
without seeing an enemy, and the boat
returned to Tampico at 2 o'clock P. M.
on the I5ih instant.
An express arrived at Tampico from
Col. Deliussy, stating that they had been
permitted to move on uninterruptedly un
til they got into a narrow pass near Hue
jutla, when they were surrounded by
1,200 or 1,400 men, under Gen. Garay.
Col. DeJJussy's command had suffered!
considerable loss, but, with the assistance
of Capt. Wise's artillery, they had cut
their way to the river, and there waited
for reinforcement.
"Col. Gates dispatched the New Or
leans back to Vera Cruz with a requisi
tion on Col. Wilson for four companies
of infantry. He had also sent the steam
boats Undine and Mary Summers up the
river with 150 men to Col. DcRussy's
assistance.
"The New Orleans arrived at Vera'
Cruz on the 16th, at 2 o'clock P. M.,
and found the city in a state of excite
ment. Gen. Pierce had marched out, as
above stated, and encamped about ten
miles from the city, when the advance
guard came in and reported a heavy force
of Mexicans at the National Bridge, who
were marching towards the city. Every
thing was got ready for action. The
shipping was removed from between the
castle and the city. Gen. Pierce rein
forced his command with 700 men, ma
king in all 3,200. In consequence of this
difficulty the requisition from Col. Gates
on Col. Wilson could not be complied
with. The New Orleans took on board
twenty-five marines from the United
Stales fdoop Saratoga, on the morning of
the 17th instant, and sailed for Tamoico,
previous to which Gen. Pierce had
inarched out to meet the enemy. The
New Orleans arrived at Tampico on the
morning of the 18th. A detachment
which had gone up the river had returned,
andtep.orted as follows, as near as we
can ascertain : .
"The iroops'uuder Col. DeRussv had
mached within seven miles oflluejuda
on the morning ol the 12th, when the
Mexicans commenced a heavy fire on
them from all directions. Capt. Wise
got his piece of artillery to bear on them,
when, after receiving six or eight rounds
of grape, which cut a lane through thcic
linethey gave way and fled to tlve chapaf'
rcl. Tie Americans continued fightin
the fr way back 'along the road towards
the riyer at intervals until the morning of
the lGth, when they were' relieved bv a
reinrorcemenl of 150 men. They "re
turned to 'Tampico: at a late hour on the
l'Oth, with a loss of twenty menkilled,
ten wounded and twomissing. Amon
the number was Capt. Boyd, who fell in
the first charge, with three balls through
his body f also his First Lieutenant, who
fell mort illy wounded, and was left dyinj
on the field. . . ' ,
"Col.. DcRussy had several balls
through his coat ; Capt. Wise had his
horse shot from under him. The men
and officers fought bravely. The Mexi
can loss is reported by a lieutenant to be
150 killed and 120 wounded. The Ameri
cans atso lost 12 or 15 horses and CO
pack mules', ' r-
Lieut. Whipple, acting adjutant of tha
9th infantry, was lassoed by a small party
of guerrilleios on the 10th instant, when
retiring from the cemetery, within four
hundred yards of the walls of the city of
Vera Cruz. .TThey weie pursued by the
Americans, who could not overtake them.
The -chaparreT has been searched for
miles around, but his -body could not bo
found.
"Capt. William Duff, oftho 3d dra
goons, died of vomito at Vera Cruz, oi
the aftaruoon of the 16th instant."
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