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• • Naafi' Igaturday Gazette.
TIEE PLE I • E OF SEVEM-OIL
T ALICE 13. LEE. . .
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km, • • fortunes, and our sacred hamen,
"/tad • • Wand fonts! aft give a pledge ! • ~_
Roue the and
I:F.z."Tis east • • aro ibe'
Oar eau • 'a gathering can!
;Fn And • • rallied at dogged.
q With . both strong and Woe ; •
Af as by • and dashing wawa
Tb. ng Wthasoas thew.
4 ?,'"Teit graaVelve, watt his silver helm
And torso bowed dais with we,
=" That him Die ctdtdboode boar bits loved
11411 land to Woad and thir
-4.1 Weaw - sissite Kabala feel Ida veins
Throb with the pulse of youth,
4 ; 1 And stood Wert, to give the Oahe
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!?: Par libeWy and _
And in his prosiest haul of strergth
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1 , Was bend fl an nsauboad's tone—
Vt't iakq our fortunes and our lives,
ff WA tat we with atone,
if wet
pro
as eaten
the hign trust
IoV ,••
nteks,ll estaken now ; 9
And laittsr,i. , bearts living won
Was renistered tlint won. '
Ay t women too, with poi
llta• utber beauty's puwin
11 And witb Rrer deep‘and
dR JUined in thy raw that huur
We give our prayers, oar=taduenee,
Moan wekan twatow ; .
But anal that inane= coo do
th'e promise suw to thaw' •
Mutt pledge—oh, it was proudly made,
11 And seer should be forgot ;
IS To its liddlimeat thousaadsowe
: A paroetal, happy lot.
It thrilled each**, it served each heart
Amid that amble bawl ;
Cabeeitind faethne, ht. -obey saved
Their honor and their Wed.
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'7.; MISCELLANY.
•.- 1 KitETTEL. . `, . i
• Tole of lionwrs Wit-& Courage. i,
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Itilwas thelmw 1632., .towards._ the otls,.e ut
_November; a light SIIQW, mingled wial swet. ,
was whined about by the wind, and plerecu 1
thniAgh evey crevice Of a n...adside tinn situac
-444 lietyceu Romberg and &w
aed; on the
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truiOtits Mhe duchy of Baden. '. . , 1 .
~ o trarCllers, driven by toe Lad weather
tote
gettlng hunger and weariness in the - coinforts
of ihearty repast of smoked beef. The tii
- large stove contrasted 'Ei
ders' ears with the load
wind without, and dispo
to the eajuymeut of the
id his wife la, for their
mug girl of Baden, 'whom
1 tr.m childhood. Krettel,
le, was , a host in herself :
td to her mistress, wok in
chamber to the Stray vier
, room, the 0N......1 in the
active and goodhumored
NI all the duties unially
stablishment of servants.
tek, and the travellers, nay
ipper, 'drew nearer to the
illected round the stove:—
le minister, their hoist, and
had entered 'by elitism.
Awned on the - fearful and
thich the neighboring for
ma each one had his
the rest in hror..—
tong the fOrspost in
the recital of differl
or less tragiCal. Thie l
finished a horrible stO-
Aef d' miter in its wat. I
was a little more than
door ; it was a tradi
-1 ancient gibbet, which .
ideal spot, ga4 - toi
;y, which no One .
*3 lnik in trntli , . e
,be -province ai being,
man of a troip . of ban
may *h t their nyd er _
, gliestirwereatill under
=dr, _which the _story of
espies, whea_ f o& of the.
red 'offered to bet two
to 'set off 4 - that mo
,, and true wiiii'clumoal
: gibget. ;, The wig ilielef such'
increased the fearof the _wisps
--$5 ante was_ their 'esly. t!ply•-_- y
la`th: young who
mut
' . her stoker's sOlie4iate
:=d his good Itife-,iit • SO. *teed;
born , - of the : :! in eine of
bit f'4-rifts dame! toekt4titat . l, sad
=an— te depart. '1 :' ,
oolj , - . lequeeted alai Vile ilk' doorl
left otieetuatil her riitusi ; ' and tii.l
&almond, 10 .Rroie Ai Awl tottr=. l
*lat.= irt the'Vet) she.
to ' " '' . hit:, - When'
' itotheStlittilV: ,', loiii - heird, „
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to her ; but the next moment she OrceivedAhat
the object of, her feat wee 'fastened to, thetgib
bet itself. She took courage, darted fora aid,
and traced the cross. At :the same modient
the report of a-pistol tpld her . that phe had been
noticed.. By.a movemeni.swift thougtiishel
unloosed the horse, leapt on thei saddlci
fled like lightqing. She Was pursued, but,re
, doubling herspeed, she! reached 'the inn ptrcl,
calling out to them to shut the gale, and faint
ed away. When the brae girl recoveredilshe
told her story, and was !warmly congratulated
-on her courage and presence of mind. Alrjad
mired the horse, which was of striking be,rluty.
A small ,leathern valise Was attached ti), the
saddle ; but Father Befflireh Would not;suf
'fer it to be opened, 'except in the presenee of
the burgomaster. _ _
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On the morrow, which was Sunday, thiinn
keeper and his. wife, and their guests, all set off
to a neighboring
_town,' where they intended,
after service, to acquaint ; the burionmsterovith
the last evening's adventure. Krettel, left, sole i
guardian of the house, ' w as advisk not t.ail 7 1
mit any one until her master's return. Many;
a young girl would have trembik at
_being left
in such a situation : but this young servant
} maid, liaving watched the party ditiappearjear-
I lessly set about her household thities, singing
with s light heart and a clear vnise seme - iiious
Hymn, which her kind mistress lied taught! ; her.
An hour had scarcely passeiriby whenilbere
came a knock at the outer door,"' it was a*rav
eller on horsebach, who asked kave to rest a- -
while. Krettel at first refused I'him, _lint on
the promise of the cavalier that lie woulif: only
breakfast and depart, she agreed to admiklilm ;
besides, the man was well dressed and alone,
so there seemed little to fear from him. ;''The
; stranger wished himself to take his horse to
the stable, and remained a,,,10ng time eximin:
ire: and admiring the nollle steed which had
arrived the previous evening in ' a manner so
unexpected. While breakfasting, he sked
lmany questihns about the inn and its owners;
inquired whose was the horse that hail atract
ed his attention so much ; and, iii-short,*eted
so successfully, that the per girl, innoent of
all -deceit, told him her late adventure,', and
ended by confessing that she was all alnee.—
She immediately felt a vague sense of having
cointuitted some imprudence, . for the stilanger
istened to her with singular attention'' and
se. ied to take a greater interest than Simple
curio 'ty in what she was saying! ti
The eakfast was prolonged I, to its utmost 1
length ; a ast, after a few uniniportantNues
thins, the•tra iler desired the Servant 'etrl to
bring him a be le of wine. Krettel rose to
obey, but •on reae • 'lig the cellar, found that
the stranger had titlo \ weil her,", and turning I
round, she saw the glitter of a: pistol handle
through his vest. • Her presence of mindjailed
her nut at this critical nun:none. Whe4 they
hail reached the foot of the maim -she stillden
-1:- extinguished the light, ai;d stood tip - Close
a :ainst the wall ; the man muttering init-eca-
ii •us, advanct d a few steps, ' groping his way. 1
1 Krettel, profiting by this , moment., remounted
' the stens male and noiseless, clii-ed andifinal I
bolted the d iii: upon the -pretended`trk.eler. I
and then barrii-aded hersel• sectirely in iii, up-,
per chamber, there to await her; maste4 arri
, val. t
Krettel 'bad not been long ensconced: in ,her
retreat when a fresh knocking resouitled at
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1 the inn dour, and sae perceived there_ two ill
i looking men, who asked her what had lice me
of a traveller who hall been there a sli4t time
before. From their descripti , ri of his alipear
ance, the young girl ittunediatel disetivered
that •the personsought 'for - was the sti anger
whom she had locked Int-he
_cellar; nOertlie
less, she thought it most prudent tO make no
admission on the subject. * her Ofusing;
their request to open the, door, the icr'n men
threatened to scale the wall. Thor girl
trembled with fear ; her courage wasikili de-
serting her; for she knew they Poula ; eib I
accomplish their project by means of tie irtva i
bars fixed to the windows of the :low4l, story.
In this perplexity, Kiettel lookedarotihd her,
and her eye fell on a musket which hung from
-the walVa relic of b r master's yonnar daVs- I
She seized it, and 'tiling the muzzle out of 1
the Window, cried on that she wouldr j ,firo on
the first man who a ttempted to; ascendir, 1
The two robbers-for that 'sucli they were;
could no longer be doubted--=Struek !dumb at
the tight of firearms; whore etifectinir;; no re
sistance, they had hronglip-'nO weaptips, and
confounded by such mire:play; wept away lit
tering the most . feart menu*, and vatisin g to
return'again in pea, , force.. 'ln spi(o of her
terror, our heroine remained mat fier post.
An hour passed away in this -ntitical-Osition ;
;Oast the Orl percieived herOmisteriand his
friends' coming in sight, neediepariiial: by the'
burgomaster ands onae-offieers.; F.,
The brave Krettetinshed to the dkip'' r, and
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;her fear ' ameneting - almdst to despair, gave
plaestoth .. ieliest joy..
_To 'the wonder and
;441 ,-11
i a m b s • n ° fan. 512,-relaW what had)lappen
,e4.2,t lbSig, ~,, .., Ora HI la;vishOd on ber
rth e warmest intim or . er heroic cord"'
The !officers Went, in- • rch ofilie i robtair whom;
Krettel had imp - , ;ea With so nincliSaldrees
and presence Of min , After lii ' shari resist
s nce he was 'viand .; d seegrea; and Oen after
recoPised ii i the; , of of a tied efi'robbers•
who Iliad for wee time spread! tern' '*er the
country .Ala" men, Ilinaering 'about_ iirithout
it eaPtworere iric y either taken ofj diaper-'
Sed. t . , Th e *go aCKidtillibat 00 horse
isid lie 'valisf wide lilt' itioinedi.gmit 4 tiiimber,
of .Pieces: sli - a be4iveuf to tfih Yourig;
tel whose co
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bad so Ower r n " n ''
tit tedto rid the ' tintri if bintritt4 o had
inf tied it_for so lo gs tiinkl.'l ' . ,q .;.
soul,
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s teamboat
Aviot t? A taaNT,-•-711,1 Aity-five
fi e on tite Ma*
N; counpnba b w bi r ,l dew* of
wow _
plea to bimodal
ly wo suP but
werelfiPaided' danger onBly, tb°4est
dint; otheri
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a& ell tirlOOnfiii
oup As to cramp"
bow 'of Yestet."
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sAiindepolt 10! :quart
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MONTROSE ' PA. THURSDAY, l i t tlAYl6, Bt!
Portrait of a Hard Case.
BY DOW, JR.
Now you that was cut fora Man, butst vil
lainously spoiled in making up, attend to
your case. For what end did yoi burst open
the world's door, and rush in uncalled; ,like a
man chased_by -.a mad bull? Whet, good do
yon expect to bestow upon your fellow men ?
Some useful invention; some heroic act; mime
great discovery, or even one solitary remark?
No! those that look for , any thing good from
you, will be just as badly fooled as the man
who caught a skunk and ; thought it was a kit
ten • or the woman ; who ',made greens of gun
powder tea. You - know where the neatest,
tightest pants, with the strongest straps:can
begot on "tick," but you don't know -where
the next useful lecture, will le3 delivered.—
' You know the color of a Vest,.. but never stud ,
ied the gorgeous hues of the rainbow, unless it'
was to wish for a piece to make a cravat ofl—
you know how a fool feels in full dregi, but Lou•
don't know how a man feels when he eats Abe
bread earned by the sweat of his' brow; you
know how a monkey looks, for you see one
twenty times every day in your landlady's
looking-glass; 'but.youAon't know how amen
feels after doing a good action—you don't go
where that sight is to be seen. Oh ! you wasp
waisted,, catfish-mouthed, baboon-shouldered,
calliper-legged, goose-eyed, sheep-faced, be
whiskered drone in the world's bee-hive.—
.What are you good for? Nothing but to cheat
your tailor, neatly to lisp by rote a line from
some milk and cider poetaster, sentimentally
talk love,'eat oysters and act the fool shame
fully. I say, does your mother know you're;
out ? lam afraid you have no mother, nor
never had ! You or:, of no more ase in this;
world than a time piece in a beaver-dam, or a I
mattress in a hog-pen. You fill no larger I
space in this world's eve than the toe-nail of a
mosquito in a market house, or a stump-tailed
dog in all out doors. You are as little thought ;
of as the fellow who knocked his grandmoth
er's last tooth down her throat ; and as for
your brains, ten thousand such could ite pre
served in a drop of brandy. and have as.much
sea room as a tad-pole in Lake Superior. As
for your ideas, you have but one, (and that is
stamped on your leaden skull an inch deep.)
that TAILORS and females were made to be gul-
I led by you, and that you think decent people
; envy your appearance. Poor useless tobacco
!worn] ! You are a decidedly bard ease !
FIRMSES.:9 OF' CHARACTER.r-There is no
trait in the human character s!:r . potential for
weal or woe as firmness of purpose. It is won
derfurto see what miracles a resolute and un
yielding spirit will achieve. Before its irresis- . 1
tible energy the formidable obstacles become
As cob-web barriers in his pate. Difficulties,
I the terror of which causes the pampered sons
of luxury to shrink back with dismay, 4 provekc
from the man of lofty detsrmizatiom. only :a
smile. The whole bistor: of onr race—all
na-
Itnre, indeed—teems with examples to• show
what wonders may be accomplished by resolute
I perseverance and patient toil. .
A TRUE WiIIIAN.-A man by the name on
Quic,k t ribush. run Iff With a Young girl fr , mi
Berlin, New York,a short time since. deserting
his wife and family. tie was arrested in Bus
ton. and sentenced. to - four month's imprison-.:
meat io the House of Correcti n. A t..tichingl
letter frmi his wife was produced in Court,;
and read in mitigation or his punishment. • The I
If Hewing is the concluding paragraph :
" You ask my t'orgiveoess. Ido forgive you,
from my very heart, and the children do, ton.
When they think of y nr going to the State
Prison it almost breaks their hearts. I ami
not able to come and see you, but I will try!
and have your brother come if he will. Slay
the Lord be With you; and if we never meet
lagain in this world, may we meet where part
ingll
be no more. ' This is the prayer of
your fir4saken and brdken-hearted
IThw a man could min off from such a sweet
Saint ds thislekter indicates the wife to be, can
onrybe explained.by the old doctrine that sin
is a illusion of the devil. ' •
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FUN 2a Nlv EhnNFsT•—At the late e
lection,. our neighbors in tlantlen elected a
Pound Keeper, who has unexpectc4ly taken
the joke in earnest and issued tlie following
card :
TAKE NOTICE.- The- inhabitants of thescity
of Camden, who keep hogs, 'pigs, goats gese
and ganders running tit large in N the streets,
lanes and alleys, in tWo weeks from . this date,
will be dealt - with according to the law of the
city ordinance. Although I was elected for
ITN, I am now in earnest, and will deal rigidly
with all ; without reapect to persons,. It, is -a
very respectable o i fficc n ,and I shall ,be under
the necessity of fl lfii g its duties to the best
of my knowledge.
WILLIAM RUGG, Pound Keeper,
Goose, Gander, Hog,and Goat Catcher.
Nir The Harrisburg TelegraplL, a lead-'
ing Federal paper, thus alludes to the move
ment on the . part -of ,the high tariff; anti-war,
and anti-slavery party leaders in favor of Gen.
TAYLOR : "We are probably as great admirers
of the military achiatements, qualificFations and
character of General TAYLOR as,ariy• one—but
we greatly doubt whether a Man who owns 100
slaves will be found avow himself opposed to
the-further eztensio of slavery, Oa we are
Icertain that no man who is not, witroceive the
imiltrir
Votes of the Northe States, in 1848 i ainis
friends who, think th t the WO of military glo
ry areund: him *ll, _ y him safely through,
ishoulditamembei t t the War ia_ 3 / 4 olted alien
as one. in which th i o4arm of the strong is crush
ing,thoWelli,.been eho is weak." :
Do A$ , toy, Aimix.—Men .whort disregard
their word, and only refuse, to break, it when it ,
ii, for their interest, Aro Mpafe.friends, and not
to lie . .truited.: - We admire the 40M : ter...of
those' persons Who ir_ll alwaysfulfil iheir lame
.menti be the injury to timmselvas evbrso peat.
You haw ;just rli e toltd,therni And: their
word is as, gon4 us writtmi obligitimt. For
getfulness l arm- .
_x4 r umfoi the nimierfor
mance of eontractS. .' i • - i l, • • 1,
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Pimp the Washlizon Union.
:tailed Report of the
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,TERS, ARMY „QPIUOCUPATION.
. I Akira Nueira, March 6, 1847.
SIR :-4- have the-honor to submit a detail
editi report of the o redone of theforces under
my command whic iesnited in, the engagement
of Bnetia Vista, , the iepulie tif the Mexican
army . and tho reoce l upation of this position. i
The inforMatioril which reached me of the
advanee and eoncentration of a heavy Moxi4an
since iittny tent, had assumed such a probal.
hie forin, aslto induce a special examination
far beyond the reach of our pickets to ascertain
its correctness. . A small party of Texan spies,
under Major McCulloch, despatched to tbel
Hacienda of. Encarnacion, thirty miles from
,13c
this on . the route .to San Lis Potosi, bad Ire- I
ported a cavalry.force of 'u nowt' strength atl
that place. On the 20th o February astrOng
reconndissanee under Lieut. (lob May,was de
spatched to the Hacienda of Heclionda, while
Maj. McCulloch trade another examination of
EnearnadiOns The results of these expeditions
left no doubt that the enemy was in large force
at Enearriaeion under the orders of General
Santa Anna' and that he meditated a forward
movement and attack upon our position.
As the Camp of Asini-Nueva could be turned
on either flank, and - as the enemy's forces was
greatly superior to that of our own, particu
larly in the arm of cavalry, I determined, after
much consideration, to take up a position about
eleven miles; in the rear, "atirt,there await the
attack. The array broke, up its camp land
marched at noon on the 218 t, encamping at the
new position a little in front of the Hacienda
of Buena Vista. ,i With a small force I pro
ceeded to Saltillo . to make some necessary ai
ningenients for the defence of the toivn, leav
ing Brig. Gen. Wool in the , immediate com
mand of the troops.
Before those arrangements were completed {
on the morning otthe 22d, I was advisedhhatl
the enemy , was ;In sight, . advancing. Upon
reachirig the ground it was found that his i:as-1
alry advance wasiin our front, having marched l i
from Eticarnacion, as we have since learned,
at 11 o'clock on the day previous, and driving
in a mounted force left at 4gria Nueva to !coy
!er thererrieval otpublic stores. The road at
this point becomes a narrow defile, the valley',
on its right being' renderca'quite impracticablel
for artillery by a system of deep and impassa-1
ble gullies: while on the left a succession of
ru'gged ridges and precipitous ravines extends'
far back towardslthe mountains which bounds
the valley. Theleatures of the ground were
such as nearly to Paralyze the artillery -and
cavalry of the enemy, while his infantry could
not derive all the advantaze of its numerical
superiority. In I this 'position we prepared to
receive him. Y
Capt. Witsbington's battery (4th artillery,)
was posted: to command the rt.ad, whilathe tat
and *2(l -Illinois regimenti under Colonels Ilarz
din and Bissell, pelt ei2.llt companies, (to the
latter : of which was ktiabed Capt. Conner%t
company of Texas voluntairs,) and the 2d
Kentucky under 'Colonel Icltee; tiecupied thel
crests'of the ridges on the left and in rear.- - -J
The Arkansas a(.4 Ke:Auckt regiments of eay--1,
airy, eonuttandod by Cola. Yldkand H. :Nfar:- !-
shall, occupied the extfente IE4 . near the base;
of the - mountain,: whim the iindiati:a.> brigade,l
under' Brigaaier l•deneral Lave, (eouvesed o:
the 2d and 3d regiments under Cols.. Bowieh
and Lane,) the 41issis§iFtpi riflemen outlet Col,
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Davis; the! squadrons of the Ist and '..d dra- ~
1 .('' 33 - 001 under Captain Steen and "Lieut.. Col.l
: Mat , and the light batteries w'Capts. Sherman 1
! and Bragg, 3d al tillery, were held in reserve.
lAt 11 o'clock Ii received from General Santa!
Anna. a sumrnoUs to surrender at. • discretion, !
: which, with a copy 'Of my reply, I Have already
' transmitted. The enemy; still, forbore his at-1
leek, • evidently.lwaiting' for the arrival of his
rear columns, which could be, distinctly •seen :
by om look-outs as they approached the field. I
A deinonstration made 9n his left', causal me
to detach the 2d Kentucky . 'regiment and al
section of artillery to our right, in which -posi
tion they bivouacked for:the night. . •
Lt!-the Meantime the. ileitican light troops!
had 'engaged ours on thk extreme left, (coin- !
pom of parts of the Kentucky and Arkansas
,Itr
caN l y ,
dismounted; and 'a rifle battalion from
the Aim brigade under Major Gorman, the
whole commanded by Col. Marshall,) and kept
upli sharp fire;; climbitl the mountain Side, ]
ant apparently:Ondeavoring to gold our, flank.,
Three plebes of Capt. 'Washington's battery'
halibeen detached to the left, and were- gull-.
perto by the 2d' Indiana reginient. An oc
casional shell *aa thrown by, the 'energy into
this part of ourdine, but 'without effect. The
'skirmishing of :the -light - troops was kept up
whliltriffikg lois on our part until dark, when
I a s stiatn • convinced that no serious .attack
wo' d •:, made! - before 'the Torning, and ra.
turned th the ' Missiisippi regiment and
squadron. of '4,01 dragoons to Saltine.' - The
troops bi onackeil without fires, and laid upon
their: , • !i I
~ 1 • , r
*lrrod, of .ei iiry, ktume 1;500 strong,: had
been nisi le alidity in rearotthe town, having
entered I. o valtt thrtnighpass - east of the
city.. Tis cabinry, - -cOunnand by Gen. Mi
non,• had . videnily . been 'thrown. i our rear to
break up and liarassToui retreat, a. • perhaps
mako ea: 'e -attotpt against the 'town • treed
cable: • be eitl , .!,' was oeenpied by' four 0 el
lenti calk aniea iof Illinois iolnntoers - 'un • •
Majbr IV 'iienPtif• - thii list t•Agitnerit. '.kfield..
work, wi ' b toilinnanded moat of the apProaoh
es, was E. isoned by Capt. IVebster'9.,eompa
.lll,. let
.• leo and'arnit.d. with &O 'l4 pound
howlt *"'while the . train zr . iiiiii 'quarter
' camp w liaardedby two - rco - panics .Mbtsissip
pi •!...q . !,; ; •, n.under
. Capt. , Rogers, -. 4fid a Geld,
'iL,40 1 3 - - c.• ' , Wait hY - CaPt. Slfiveri $4l artiliOln
' *aiilni ' ide't inie 1 ditippeitionS Ter:the 'Pr fl utee
1 10 1::01. i rear • .p , pdedOti:the morning of.
!Piii 04 • . • • Biie ' - ii'ir.viii - ' -000iiii ; forirsid:alli
tot"
Mlleloth'e '''avai 'tile ' Oiiii;;Viiiiiiittioii' had
-ci.impitiid" 4 .- , , ieiny•l iali on Oe'fielll.-: .. ~.::,,
! . Oiri l ,theisie4ing:lici light of 4 2 4 2 d tit*
InuoMy • • • tbiOwtt.in:lbody 9f - light Work:*
i 'theltneunfainisldcy:vilth•.llloPUTlttlnf , lo put-, '
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flanking our left • an. it was 1 , rtithat the ite- dint sweeping by.tte de .
ti , m df the 231 eon enc i , I an• early boar, ! ,olegtruet,tt ; efilm .: froin ,
Oar riflemen under. Celone • rsball, who had ' collected th , clt,tand.then
been reinibreed by three coup nics under Maj. opposite, wider a fire,p
Trail, 2d Illinois voltinteersi aintained their sectiou, the renniitkinf;
ground handsomely against it eatly superior Vise of the A4anntiun
force, holding themselves find cover, and:us- cliarri at_,ltuen.a Vista,
ing their weapons'with deatll effect. About at the head • of his re - kith°
i 3 o'clock a strong demonstra ion was, made Vaughan, of the. Kentu
against. the centre , of our, p lion,. a heavy officer of muelipromise.
column moving along the ,ro d. This force hid binn rejomed by'ti
was soon dispersed.; II a few : rapid andiwell- ilragoohs. and by portion
directed shots from ,Papt.s W hington'e bat-. lndiana' :troops under,l
tery. In the meantime the o etny *as Am- Major . Gormat4; new a
centrating,a large force °fin& try and cavalry t)ie mountain; fielding i
under cover of the,ridees, with the obvious in- ef . the enemy; upon who
tention of forcing one left, i'Whielywas posted 'lie narrow gorges and ,
on an extensive platehu.. The 2d Indianktind *as: doing fearful exepit
2d Illinois regiment fformed his part of, our i The position of that ;
line, the former covering thre pieces of-light army_ wbieh had gained
artillery, under the orders -of 'aptain O'Brien Tipie.al,apd It seemed it
—Brigadier tieneral Lane, eing in the im- regain the mainibody:
,mediate command. ,' , - Oeived. from-Gil. San
11, 1
In-order to bring ; his men within effective Staff officer, dip ring to
Irene, Oen. Lane ordered: the artillery and-?d 'I itamediatelyid . espate .
Indiana regiment forward. The artillery ad- the Mexican general-in
vaned within musket Iratlpfr of a heavy lexly In cease 'firing,. 1 LTpon
of Mexican infantry, and was :erred against it lines, Gen t 'lyeor'eould:
with great effect, but witho t being able to 4ease theiAlir ; .o. l a,,
check its advance. The infa try, ordered to .
.'Out hating ailintervie
its support had fallen back in disorder, ' being. 4f
,ttio enemy. Ontinne!
exposed, as well as the batter , ; not, only to aliase el the me tain,
41
severe fire of small arms fro - the front, i
.butpnur efforts, elf_ cd aj .
also ,to a murderous cresil fie of grape and #er ef the army] -
canister from a , Mexican bdttery on the left.— - Doing theiday, the:
Capt. O'Brien found it 'impossible to retain his hid ascended,tEe clew.
position_ without support, het as only able totind' occupied the roe . .
withdraw two of his piece ti, a,the horses and 'field of battle; where t
cannoneers of the third pipe' being killed 00'4 • our men. Approach
disabled. The 2d Indiana egiment, Which tired upon by :Cipt:' W
i f
had fallen back-as anted,: con d not be rallied, t i nceppied by his Icoinpa
and t elk no further part in the action, except toWardi the - eilern . = il
a handful of men, who, under its gallant COL liquely towards B • a
Bowles, joined the Mississip i .reg im ent, an Capt. Shover Imp • .
did good service, and those I gitiVes who,. at .4 ;piece, suppo e by al
t
later period in the day, as '
ed in defending of-mounteiv: unteers;
the . train and depot at
~Ili • , Vista.. This at the . e av , ty. With ~i
portion of our line i l'aving 'glA II way, and the driven iato r the *Wk . !)
enemy appearing in "overwh
• 'lag force. agtikst valley' close& pursued
e i i
our. left "flank, the light tree' a which had ren- w*a.further' suPPor'
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P-
doted such Bond sCiiici cdi ti
compelled to nithdram, wide'
most part, in good order
, were not rallied until they'
lot Buena Vista. twthe dote 1
afterwards contributed.
Colonel Bissell's regiment,
had been joined bya see:titi_
man's battery, bad beConi
flanked, and ins epinpelleir
entirely suisuppor(ed.: Th
pouring masses of (entity:y.l
the basos,of the - monntAitt on
ftt t..
gainiag ; iatir,rear in. reat,,f'ari
/
Anba.t.,ki.t.'iriv.cAlt ti thelel •
pi-reOment la' • ee'n direct
reaching the ositikin, and
into action, gainstAhe Mon
had ttirm(d our. flunk, ‘;
7'lle / 2d Kentucky regintell
` artillery under Captain Bra i i
Li:leen Ordered from the rig
left, and arrived at; a most .o
That regiment, and a portie
under Col. .11ardiM!g010 , 41.5
and.:reeovered u portion of ti
ilost.".rhe -batteries ef'Ca
Bragg were in position on t
much executionynat only ia
larly upon the masses Wl4 ,
krear._ • . - • •-..: i
Disenyezing that the eM
4kressing_upon this Mis4s,,sA
jr
third Indiana regithent, and , Col' Lane, vas
despatched to strengthen th t part of out? lino,
which formed a trotchetipe pendicular to . th'e
;first line of battle. , At. li lle same time . Lieut..—
Kilburn, with apiece of Cal 13ragg's batteri ‘
was directed . to support tlie . ufmitry there e 4.!
gaged. , The aetion,was ier a long time war*,
ly sustained at that poiu the enemy , trail;
several: efforts ' both within tntry knd cavalry
,against our line, and b4in always repulseil
with heavy loss. J had :Pla ed all the regulir
cavalry and Capt. Pike'sSg adroit of,Arkanias!
horse under the ard!trs of - lreset; Licut - Co ; !.,
Mar, with directions to bol in check the °O n
, I .
m
) litmfi -so I
.advane
m 3 sco , to the rear along
-the base of the - mountain,
.. Web was done in
ul rkr----
conjunction with the Kentucky ami Arkanea'p
cavalry under Co& blarSha and Veil. - In the
meantime . our left, which ins still .einmet
threatened 1 by.' a 'Own* ~ oree,:: was further
strengthened by-Alie, deta Wont •oft.Capl.:
Bragg's, and a poitiim oiCt
Rt. Sherman's bat 7
tcries, to that quarter. .1 - - - -1-.
T he, concentration of rirt ' Eery fire upon-the
masses of the enemy - elan - the"- base of the
mountain, and theldetennie resistanee offered
by the two regiments itp -ed' to 'theni i , had
created confusion in their an ks, and lanw4 4-
the corpse attempted tie a yetrea :,tipen,
their Maui .line'oaattie.l The equadrdn of the.
j
Ist dragoons, ' under_ Lieitt. 'Rucker, 14,118. nett;
;ordered up' the dethi ravin e ,Whi c h - -tifene 17:
'treating -corps Were:endea ering to pais; lo
,;orderorder ' le charge and 1 . Agree- theta:;,- Tile
squadron proccedd.to,th d e
point indicated,- . 10
could not accomplish the'. o 'act, beingexixiied
to a 'heavy fire from • a bat try established, to
cover the retreat , of of thcse corps, ---,While:the
- squad* was -detached en his service; a large
body ot the enemy was ol•st , ved to eonewitrale
on our xtrente left,- ap ntly with tha ,- Tiew
of making a .descent,,u i n _dm ~ iiniel#, - 4
uenaYieta, where, 4 our rain,lnii-ibagpie
we ' ddpoSited..-Lieut.le .1--NaY , wen.-nrdentd
to thc u i port- ofthat phin ,--: with two-piecaa
of Capt. 'bemires battery under-Lioutit4=
nolds,.-:,rin , e Meantime t l e..gootterit:4o:"
near the him ,:. da,"eenlOn' , in pixtof NlP**
Trail: poi Go ~ ii . ',ll cep ~ ands, ' bird been
hoineCited atiiii . d niiii - tlin advkii - ofi*, ,
hfriiiron,Wer ioF art . 0.. Iti'.l,liiv;iiiniiitiulto
of 'Major •_k ming )14 - -A'n ' tinil'nfaff; *Ail,*
`fated talefena the *it. , :,.: ; 4 80forn-`01.7e45,
airy bad the'lifiii:., . l tlaiVefilie'liimfi.
P.ir ,lll 44 l itijietracit ha .. :" 1 *.k .,1 001,:..
Aopiily-i - inei 1 .4 , '.4 10 ,0 i* '.44 -. ' •
pof4r.v,.fludeq 4 lo.iglieSii - 144. ' •' I 4i
31exican:eolipun.iiriMcdfak . litilli, i.e . .,,i
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4, bitei'n - bik4ary,
chich had inlvanced t
ed by Captain:Wheel
nano& • *enemy
itrip'to abarge 60 artillery
back in a cOnfthsed 'an
r upon tbn'plain.
. Irilbey tn.antinta, I
ceased tilion3 Ilia rirV
seemed to confine his
pf his artillety,,an4.T'
Imoment, wiatt.l. , wan
ibnavf niTskpiry . fire:
e mountain, were,
they did; for Ihtl,
Many, ,hewerer,l
ached the
i ce of whie they
I 2d is,) width'
of C tain - Sheril
e _ outs. '
fallback,,be,ing
nemy was now
n valry, alone
our It "and, Was
e.
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tion, I diseckered t.. ti
and 2d Kel . i.pckY) 4
I perior fore? of the. #
serves--and - that the 14;
lby numbers: .The ;; ;' •
,
Capt. 6 1 .13rieni , with; al
this heavy o °barge to li
obliged to. I#ave Lis' ;
.
•; ; y support, ber; 1
B . : 1. who had , just '•
"
orde 3 - , ,1 at ogeeinto..4
,fantry ;su ; port ISM, I.
c)..
of loosing •'. gum t 11
*action, th .Meii n
yards from the muzzl ;,
' &charge of canister_
"itate,.the sebond and
disorder, and saved
kucky..reginient, wbic
supporting . distance i
_ this,
The -Misifssit4
d to the lett before
ramediatek: 'Came
n infantriirhielt
t and, a seetien of
1 . g, had previousf
t to reinforee t o
portnne momentl.
of the I.llllnei9,
drove the enemj,
e ground we had
its. Sherman. an
I l e plateau, and did,
, rant, but ))artiMiL,
h had' gamed\auil
tily was - imarilir
regiment, the
ba . ckAnd - els s f;sely pies
yy.. ' Tskin# a ravin
tion of Captain Was 1
suers beuulle,expose
checked and &ove th(
the meantitae tbe,resti
ken positio4 on alit
Mississippi and 34 0
Incr. of -which had, 'real)
to. our a file into the ri
and . thus chntributn ti
last tonflictlwn had trio
very heavyloss, - . Cop:
- Col; MORA, arid". Lulu
tuckY Tegimenti, fell*
ly_h,elding their eonnbir
f --- Ihir " ' .
- No further atteropi - q ade_ by thiienek
to:foice our: Pe 4 tien, # d the *llideaCit. le nigilt
gavot an opportunity pay : prper a Ion ; 1 -
the:wounded,; and tn.rdreall !IP fr. 4 1641 3.
who had : bdim egha d 'by, iliCeSSant --VOUS' ,
fulness and comba t. , ou Itf`tle rdglit , ' lOU
severely coa, the t , were compelled fpr P i a
most to blifouaek wit , ai.fire , c#Re , ,thig t4t
morning wo6ld renew t; le,eenf4et. NAOg the
night tho inuedeit rre:reinOvedti Er s itili o ,
and every preparaiio; , . 'tide*, receive Vic ie no.
mrshOuld lie again al, , I. 9 11 rralt 1 90:: '.A.et'en
fres k eenWriell we're awn Stem tliOtilli e dint
Brigadee; Venal& Di ' 4 1 / 1 1.11, 1 Oii ':lii(Tiflae; a
forced matib fro* 0 Tikile#,(l,a. ivith i rein,-
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guns, under •Capt. ' fr.tiae, ie artn . 44i , l, t i,_
near at ua, whenf ji-Watrdi Clii,eo (l ,: AO' ; 0
.gniiay !lad jall,P4Pnid his iPlitl64,2loligg•fte
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