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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY
UME XV.
ATHENS, GEORGIA,—THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 22, 1847.
NUMBER 2.
CHRISTY & LAHPKIS.
Often on Brood Street.
(Original goctrn.
For the Winy.
TO THE III.IMD ni.WTBELS.
And every ry $UH *c Him — RtTtLATI*'**, 1st c’n.
Tie lisrd to whisper of content to those
Who bend and bow beneath earth's bitt'rest woes—
To teSl of blessing* which surround them still—
Tho’ on one point afflicted hy God’s will.
Is it not mercy tnrbc blest with mind,
An intellect improv’d—and heart refin’d ?
To strike with magic touch the tuneful chord,
And pure delight to cars of taste afford ?
To find wherever you may chance to roam,
Some kindred spirit and some tranquil home ?
To call the tear in feeling’s gentle eye,
And have that gem of earth—true sympathy ?
Are theso not gifts from Him whose holy breast
Glows with compassion to the grief-oppres^’d ?
With all these blessings 6ure you’re not repin’d,
That in His Providence, you still are blind ?
Sweet singing birds you love, and fragrant flow'Ys,
Which cheer and beautify this world of ourV !—
You may not see the warblers of the grove.
As on their shining wings they flutt’ring rove—
But you may hear their joyous merry strain.
Echoing sweetly o’er and o’er again—
Yon may not see the flow’rot’s hue—its sernt
To you may tell the mercy by it meant.
I warning of priests, the prayers of his re
latives, the entreaties ofhis friends and the
. earnest persuasion of the young man with
whom he had laid the wager, and who
now offered to relinquish it, the resolute
I adventurer bade good bye to all, and
! | started for Santa Fc.
He travelled to Chihuahua, crossed the
praries and sand plains that lay between
it*nnd Sania Fe, and arrived at the base
of the black mountain in Toas. He told
the people what he meant to do; here
again he was warned and entreated in
vain.
After resting a few days he commenced
the ascent, followed bv a crowd of the
upon them, lay a man and fiis wife, one
of whom was suffering with the asthma,
and the other with a terrible cold. Cov
ered, as they were, with the most filthy
rags, they looked more like reptiles than
human beiogs. In another corner of the
room, upon a wooden box, sat a young
woman, with a child on her lap—the
former possessing a pale and intellectual
countenance, and the latter a mere skele
ton. This woman uttered not a word,
while we were present, but seemed to be
inusing in silent despair. Her history
and very name were unknown, hut her si
lence and the vacant stare of her clear
blue eyes, spoke of unutterable sorrow.
Wo
not I hr.
And yet they are lint given toman in vain—
Perchance they were by Deity design’d.
To glad the darken’d moments of the blind—
Who know* ?—God's deeds are ever full of love—
A* all when well examin’d lolly prove—
Perhaps these mercies from bis bosom kind,
Are pent to bless the cultivated mind—
And lead to grateful thought* of llim who gives
Much to enjoy in that by which man lives—
What tho’ you are abut out from nature’s sight—
Have yon not Revelations’ glorious light?
Have you not yet the free unletter’d ear—
The giftof speech—the faculty of prayer—
The pow’r of thought—that freedom of the soul—
O’er which the body can have no control ?
Ifow calmly you may lift the mental eye
'Above these fading scenes, to realms on high—
Where fjilil&xpnnds on elevating themes,
la HV* good to have the eyelid* veil'd
Front<Aaeit>f guilt, full oft and oft detail’d;
Which fill tho Patriot’s philanthropic breast
With gnei—by which the Christian is distress’d ?
Oh, yes! oh, ves! view all these things aright,
And you will see tho’ lost to infra! right.
The rich blessings which on your pathway fall,
And trace your Father's holy love in all.
Forget in what you have, the gifts you’ve lost—
Forget one wish for earthly good is cross'd—
And chase desponding memory away.
By thinking ol that coming, joyous day.
When at last, leaving your now feeble frame,
The disembodied spirit then may claim
A mansion in that happy lnpd, thro’ faith.
Where as the Sacred Record to us saith—
44 Each eye shall see the Iiord,” as he will stand
In radiant majesty at God’s right hand.
Then, then, forever you may raptur’d gaze,
With your awaken’d eye amid Heaven’s rays,
Upon the glories of that region bright.
In all tho bliss of clear and ceaseless sight.
Athens, April 9,1847. ELLA.
most daring spirits of the valley. The She was the queen of a fantastic realm,
extreme summit of the mountain was On leaving this room, our guide told us
reached by climbing a splintered crag, J that it was only one of eighty, which wc
and proceeded for some distance along might enter in that building, if we would
| the edge of a dangerous cliff which was | take the trouble.
always filled with snow, hut known to [ Another room that we visited contain-
i he very deep, as a man once fell into it! ed no less than five families, and in one
anil his body was never recovered. j corner of it was a woman, in the agonies'
j Here the people paused, and the young' of death, while at her side sat a miscra-
| Mexican laughingly proceeded to climb the j ble dog, howling a requiem over the dy-
fearful and difficult ascent. With undaunt- itig wretch. In another, we saw a solita-
• ed resolution and iion nerves he toiled up I ry boy, about ten years of age, who was
the splintered pinnacle, reaching the nar- j afflicted with the small pox, and had been
row ledge, and with his small axe, working abandoned to his miserable fate. He
holes in the ice to cling to, he disappeared had rolled ofThis bed of straw, and his
slowly on his hands and knees over the cheek rested upon the wet floor, which
high summit of I he mountain. was strewn with black filth. Another
He had been gone hut a few minutes J room was crowded with black and white
when he relurned lo the sight of the pco- men, women, and children. The faded
pie and called to them to ascend, for he j beauty and brilliant eye of one. white
had discovered a wonder to the astonish- j woman attracted our attention, and we
agnilicent cavern through
The accounts from the town represent
the ravages of our sixty-eights to have
been enormous, notonly in breaching the
walls, but also from the explosion of shell
within the buildings.
Camp Washington, March 23.
Dear Sir—You have probably been in
formed by some other correspondent of
the gallant demonstration made upon the
town by Com’r Tatnall in the Spitfire
have thrown the following number andsizo
of shot.
Army Battery.
3000 ten*inch shells. • - OOlhs. each.
500 round-shot, - - 25IIis. each*
200 eiuhi-inch howitzer shells. 66lh». each.
(Jen. Patterson's A’ary Battery.
1000 shot. . . C8||,a. each.
S00 round shot. • . 32!hs. each.
Mosquito Fleet, Capt. Tatnall.
1200 shot and »h *11, nvcrHcing 62 lbs. each.
041 world—a
which ran in.
lit into the hi
stones; the v
tain he decla
nst ihle veins of gold, and
ize of day with the precious
hole interior of the moun
t'd was one immense cav-
lown from the entrances ran wind-
itig galleries of easy descent, leading to
various brilliant apartments. He entreat
ed some one to follow him up and confirm
his story, or when lie returned no one
would ever believe his words.
Scarcely had the announcement left
the lips of the speaker, when a whirlwind
came shrieking around the mountain
peak, and the young man was seen to fall
upon his face ami cling to the edge of
the rock, to preserve himself from being
blown over the precipice. The terrified
people called to hirn to descend instantly;
l,ut the sky darkened, and a thunder
I Holt suddenly struck the pinnacle by
which he had ascended, which fell with a
frightful roar into the deep cliff, and his
J retreat was cue ofT forever.. Filled with
1 consternation and lerro;, the people fied
| down the mountain side, abandoned the
wretched victim to his fate, and shutting
! their cars against his screams for assis-
j tancc. From rock to rock and down the
j deep ravines—along brinks beneath which
! the headlong torrents roared—over chasms
! crossed by fallen trees—struggling through
hiekets ofbrush and shrubbery, oak, and
sometimes treading water courses of the
mountain, the awe stricken people hurri
ed, until, when night had closet! over peak
and plain, they reached the valley.
The reckless young Mexican was never
heard of more ; and this is the legend told
and believed by the simple people of the
valley of the black mountain of Toas,
and the cavern of Montezuma's Treasure.
MISCELLANEOUS.
TlraicmmiiHi Tr
Like the abode, or like tire spirit itself,
of some fabled Genii enchanted amongthe
Tocky hills, appears that enormous black
pile known as the mountain of Toas. A
perpetual gloom hangs rouml it through
day ns well as night, and even when the
sun is brightest it assumes no livelier ap-
pcarence, seems ever to be enveloped in
dark shadows.
When a storm gathers, the lofty peak of
found that it was only about two v<
ago that she was performing Juliet, at one
of our theatres, to the delight of thou
sands. She is now an outcast, and her
only possession is a calico gown.
THE FALL OF VERA CRUZ.
Correspondence of the N. O. Picayune.
Tbe Navy** Participation In tbe t'ootlict.
Camp Washington, March 27.
Gen. Scott having suggested to Com.
Conner the landing of some ofhis heavy
guns, to be placed in battery in the trench
es and worked by seamen, the requsition
was promptly responded to, and the suc
cess of the experiment has been in the
highest degree creditable to the navy.—?
Six guns were landed, weighing about
3600 pounds each. This is believed ID
have been the largest and heaviest siege
irain ever attempted to be pul in battery.
Three Paixhan 68-pounders were furnish
ed hy the Mississinpi, Albany and Si.
Mary’s and three long 32-pounders by
the Raritan and Potomac. The energy
with which the transportation was con
ducted was not the least creditable part
of the performance, and the hearty good
will with which the army and navy join
ed to help each other was just what was
to be expected from the high character
of both. The cheerfulness and zeal with
which the men and officers of the navy
have toiled to land the army and its mag
azines and ordnance, has been lauded by
every one who has witnessed it. I am
glad that the general-in-chief has not left
them merely the barren honors of hard
work in their co-opperation with the ar
my, but has given them an important bat
tery and a conspicuous place in the reduc
tion of the city. Their honors, however,
have been earned by a great deal of hard
work and some still harder fighting.
The distance from the beach to the bat
tery is about three miles and a half, over
loose sand hills, and in some places
may judge of the steepness of the ascent |
and the looseness and the depth of the
sand. Men and officers, from the gener
al down, tailed on to the rones witli hear
ty will, and by 9 o’clock P. M. the gun
was landed at the trenches.
The next morning Lieut. O. H. Perry
arrived with the Albany’s GS-pound Paix
han, and was followed by Lieut; Sj*dncy
Smith Lee, with a similar gun from the
Mississippi, and Lieut. C. H. Kennedy,
with the gun of the St. Mary’s. On the
right of 23d both of the guns of the Poto
mac were brought up bj* Lieut.’Balduin.
By the arrival of the last gun the engi
neers had completed the breast work,
and the guns were all placed in battery
mtri-frartially unmasked before daylight
of the 24th. As the defences were, howev- ^ ^ Ul LUV
. not so complete as desired, it was in- j ^'“n^^Tchcs upon the
l^ded to conceal then, from the enemy j Tbig ncc „ rrc( , ofier C „*^ Pary | lad a3 . , |£ h g -
foiled by belt.“dhtcoveredVthTen^ray |hSve^e'Ikc^AesTictsrroJib^ogbook j"l,P , .' sitim y!” i S l »-’ d 0,1 > ,,n r<Kul
whole affair from a commanding position
between the town and gun boats. Tl»e Dragoon Fight at
About half after 4, seeing the tire open- Colonel Harney’s gallant exploits, in
ed from the trenches, the steamers Spit-. his expedition against Medclin, have add-
fire, Capt. Intnnlh and Vixen, Capt. . ( , ( | -mother feather to the cap of the 2d
of the other
m able to
ihc affair, > I
w „ - **arnev started on the morning of
all weighed anchor, with a fine lair breeze, the2-5ih, witlfCapt. Thornton’s squadron,
re was steadily ? ir \ to wards Cape Horens, with- j under the immediate command, of Major
the iOtii inst., while nur troops were taking j j" »" r >' 700 • h «».
np the line of invesment, as also of the no- .ffi™ of ,1,« iron h.il are tnn.t sonar,
smon of the gun boats in protecting the . llftllB r „ v ; s
landing on the previous day. I wish to J uro blown p j erP8 anc j f ul „it„,e tcaiteieil in
give you the particulars of a still niorc I every direction—the sweets torn up. and the
daring attack made upon the town and • strongest buildings seriously damaged,
castle by the litllo steamers and gun boats | Although the veteran Twiggs and that
under the command of Capt. Tatnall on ] u blc officer Col. P. F. Smith have not had
the evening ot the 22d, when we opened j un opportunity of attacking the city, or
»»>'• 1 figuring conspicuously in the engagement.
ed a heavy and extremely well directed
fire. The battery .was now unmasked
as speedily as possible, and at the same
time an order was received from Gen.
Old Iforiy,’-* aud she did good service in
playieg the deviSie^york, os the se- j i„ rewards Cape Homos,
maintained from nUtne^euns fo^fhmri* 0 < r^‘-* c, ' vc ^ a U er,n g distance c-1 the town j Suiuucr, and liftv dismounted dragoons
i ' I., ®i? nS i i *” u , j and casth?. The Tampico, comm a tided by Cant. Ker - towards Medeliti river,
hours, end between three hundred and | Licut . Griffin> took t [, e lcad . j„ tcn J, I " “ i i’! , ^
lour hundred shot thrown ihto the forts ; nileen minule3 ,, cnme H , rdor lt I ^ MexicanC«v i v l -,d bcedlhemfelves!
and city. The intervention of a norther j Hor „ os , with a spring on the port cable, I When he reac ed c 2 “
P re r^ m ?. a " “K?!™! “Wl* ° f am - and opened lire Jn life town. | ,he Morena nbou! six mii.4 l,o^ here, he
The Tampico was so fortunate
The voice of the storm seems lo rumble
within its breast, the inhabitants of the
valley peep from their dwelling at the
black mountain, with fear, curiosity and
wonder. From the valleys, the snow
upon this mountain is only visible
Jfisprr a* chc Fire Points.
There pmbnbly is not a place on this
continent where the moral atmosphere is . . ,
so revolting, and where so much misery! through dense chaparral, which was cut
experienced, in such close proximity away by the pioneers as the piece was
ith almost regal wealth, its the Five advanced. .\n idea of the difficulties of
Points, New York. The Express describes the route may be formed from the fact
a midnight visit there, as follows : that it was by many thought impossible.
We have paid another visit to this man- to transport the army field-pieces, which
sion of misery, and we must say that we | weigh not more than one third as much
have never before seen so much unalloy- j as the navy guns; and the despatch with
ed suffering. We went at midnight, un- which the field-pieces were transported
der protection of police officers, and were ! through the whole line of investment was
this mountain is stion hidden, and the lighted on our way by torches, which j certainly considered very creditable to
heavy laden clouds roll down its summit, were carried in our hands. Having pass- the artillery.
ed through “ Murtlerer’s alley,” our cap
tain entered a room, where was present-
etl the following spectacle :
The room, i’.self, was more filthy than
About half-past 2 o’clock, on the 22d
inst., the work of transporting the gnns
from the shipping was commenced, un
der the command of Capt. Aulick, assist-
a sty; in the lire place were a few burn- ed*by Com’r Makenzie and the officers
ing embers, above-which hung a kettle, j in command of the various parties detail-
the winter time; in the middle of Au- with a cabbage cooking in it, tended by ed
gust when crossing a few miles distant a woman ami her daughter. It was all
.among its most northerly cliffs and crags, they had. to cat, and the woman told us
we saw the snow, glittering like molten sil- she had not tasted food for twenty-four
ver beneath the beams of the midday sun. hours. The wretched being, it appeared,
The appearance of this truly gigantic had been eugaged in a fight with some
black pile is eminently calculated to rivet brute of a man, who had severely bruis-
frorn the several vessels.
munition from the shipping, our fire ceas-
e<l as soon as what was on hand was ex
hausted. It had evidently been very ef
fective. Four men were killed and four’
more were wtmnded, including Lieut.
Btildwin, commanding the guns of the
Potomac. The precision of the enemy’s
fire was remarkable. Every man who
was killed was struck upon the head. As
soon as any of the sailors showed their
heads above the parapet, a shot followed
with the accuracy of a rifle.
At TP. M., of.the 24th, relief parties
were detailed from the several ships com
manded, by Capt. Mayo, assisted by Lieut.
Bisseil of the Albany, Semtnes and Bid
dle of*the Raritan, Fraily of the Pototnac,
De Camp dP*lhe Mississippi, and Sted-
manof thfe-Sf. Mary’s. The}* arrived at
tho britery about 3 o’clock, when the en- r
etny reuewed their fire. Our breastwork r |
was, however, so completely demolished
by the enemy, that it was impossible to
renew the engagement until the follow-
ng morning. At nightfall a company of
sappers and miners were to set to work
to repair damages, and an hour or two
before daylight the defences were put in
a condition to afford partial protection to
the men. At early daylight the fire
opened. The enemy were not behind
hand, they returned our fire immediately,
and hot work ensued.
The fire of our guns was first directed
upon a bastion in front, which kept up the
brisk and well directed cannonade which
had given our men all the trouble the pre
vious day. The three solid shot guns of
the Potomac and Raritan played upon
this battery with tremendous effect, for a
space of two hours, completely demolish
ing the walls, anc v making a breach suffi
cient to admit ten men abreast, when
shot from the gun of the Raritan, direct
ed hy Lieut. Semmes, shot a\Vay the flag
staff* and brought away the enemy’s col-
The colors had been shot away sev
eral times, aud as often replaced. From
that moment the fire begun to slackeu,
and in half an hour the battery was com
pletely silenced.
The united fire of the batteiy was then
directed on Fort Santiago, anti the enemy
soon driven from tbe fort. A little before
3 o’clock the town appeared to be beaten,
not daring to fire again. Upon this be
coming apparent, our brave tars mount
ed the breastwork and gave three hearty
cheers without provoking fire. Soon af
ter a flag of truce was sent to request a
. to ’begun to recomtoiter, as he had received
fire the first five or six guns, being in au-J information that the bridge was fortified
ance ol the rest. land guarded hy 2000 men and two pieces
The fire was kept up rapidly nnd with ' of artillery. Small partiesoflancerswere
decided effect until about ten minutes be-' seen among the thickets as tho dragoons
fore 7, when Commodore Tatnall direct- ! approached ami when within about sixty
ed the firing to cease. Thirty-six shells j yards of the bridge Capt. Ker’scommanci
and forty-throe round shot were thrown received a heavy fire from the breast
from the gun of the Tampico alone, irt! works, which killed one corporal anti sc-
tlmt time-, and as large a number from | verely wounded two men. Seeing that tho
the other vessels in proportion to their bridge was fortified and defended by a
guns. A brisk fire was maintained from strong force, the colonel fell back and
the castle upon our vessels, but though sent a request for two pieces of artillery,
the shot appeared to fall about them like ( Capt. Hardee, who was engaged on the
hail no damage was done. ; beach getting his horses ashorcvhearing
The next morning at daylight the gun ot the light, collected as many of his men
boats weighed anchor, and in tow of she as hat! reached the beach, and in passing
steamers stood in town. At 6, A. M., .through the camp took all that he could
having reached a position about seven find there, and marched them (between
hund/ed yards from Foil Sautiu^o, .i..J lb:- y u:d fifty in number} mi foot, to the
three-quarters of a mile from t!i»cus«le, colonel’s ; ssistance. Col. Haskell, ofthe
they anchored with springs upon their 2d Tennessee Regiment, with a part of
cables and opened fire upon the town and f«ur companies, and Capt. Cheatham, of
castle, which was immediately returned the 1st Tennessee Regiment, also joined
by the enemy. The fire was .kept up the dragoons, and shortly after, Lieut,
with vivacity for more than an hour, when Judd, ol the 3d Artillery, with his subal-
Commodore Perry made a signal to stand tern, Lieut. H. Brown, appeared with two
out, which was done under short sail, fir- pieces of camion. Capt. Kcr was now
ingnsthey hauled out. Notwithstanding placed upon the right of the road leading
the incessant fire of the enetn}*, the ves- to the bridge; the Tennesseeans on the
sols sustained but little damage and bad left ol it; Capt Hardee and Lieut. Hill
the satisfaction of doing much to the were ordered to support the guns and be
town, as well as of annoying and dis- ready to charge into the work, and Major
heartening the enemy by the bohlness of Sumner, with the wounded men, was held
the attack and the comparative impunity in reserve. Lieut. Judd now advanced
with which it was made. I think I nev- cautiously towards the bridge, and as
er saw an exhibition of more decided gal- soon as he was seen he received the con-
lantrv, and every one who saw it from centrated tire ofthe Mexicans, about fifty
the shore was filled with aiftniration.— yards distant. The parties on the right
Three hearty cheers froni tho officers of and left were now ordered lo extend and
the army greeted the vessels as they stood commence firing to divert the enemy’s at-
in. Tbe whole affair was elegantly con- tention trom Judd’s guns. Lieut. Judd
ducted and fully indicated Commodore . fearlessly opened upon the bridge, and af-
TaluaU’s claim to the enviable reputa- ter six or eight well-<lirected rounds, drove
tion he has long enjoyed of being one tbe enemy under cover. Haskell and
of the most heroic and gallant sons of the Cheatham, and Hardee, with their men,
navy. The manner in which the Tam- now rushed intrepidly inio the fortifica-
pico stood in and opened fire in advance tion leaping over the bnricado. The ene-
of the rest attracted especial admiratiou. my fell hack and formed beyond the bridge.
| Col. Harney ordered the obstacles^clear-
At 9 o’clock, Gen. Worth’s and Gen.
Pillow’s Brigade formed about 3000
yards apart opposite each other and the
attention and excite wonder,and therefore
^ it is not surprising that the superstition
conqernjpg it should exist amongst the
, 4tjiuagM.|Bnnded people of the valley.
’ vLnxa very many years ago, it'is said,
tho lofty summit was a£ccssabte, but all
* achieved the ascent became lunatics,
■iijlfljfflfcttyld never tell what they had seen.
* *^*SBBNKct spread great alarm among the
peoptc and the opinion was soon preva
lent that the black mountain was tbe place
chosen by Montezuma for his reappear
ance.
After tbis no more attempts ivere made
to scale the summit, which was now held
to be a sacred spot,;until a wealthy young
Spaniard ia tbe city of^ Mexico laughed
at the popular superstition and:declared
that be dgred to make the ascent of the
sacred mountain. He was carousing
when the boast was made, and one ofhis
companions proposed him a princely wa
ger, upon the adventure, which was ac
cepted and a few daysafter, in spite ofthe
The party from the lteriun, under the ««aiion of hostilites for three Imu
. v vt • . it . ▼ . . i, . , oive the enetnv time to burv their t
ed her face, that one whole side was lit
erally black and blue. We asked her
questions, and alluded toheryoung daugh
ter, who seemed to have become so de
based as to have bartered her virtue for
bread. The |nx>r mother burst intD tears,
and wept as if her heart was broken.—
The ooly comment which the daughter
made, was, ** Mother, arc you crying f—
Don’t act like a fool, mother.”
The couch to which this pair were to
retire, after their midnight meal, was a
pallet of straw,'which was wet with li
quid mud, that came oozing through the
stone walls, for wo were in a cellar. This
woman told us that her husband was on
Blackwell’s Island, and that she had had
seven daughters, every one of whom had
died in girlhood, but utterrly abandoned
to every vice. She mourned their unhap
py fate, but looked upon it as a matter of
coarse, for tbey could not starve.
Id ope coroei^pf the room, on a litter
i of straw, atid with hardly any covering
command of Lieut. Harry Ingersoll, took
the lead. Never difl men work with a
better will. The gnn was suspended
from large wheels and drawn by mules,
assisted by the men. While passing along
the lines of Gen. Worth’s brigade, the
soldiers every where, and especially the
marines of the squadron, voluntarily
rendered assistance by whole companies.
The general, who was the first to make
the suggestion of landing the navy guns,
and who took great interest in tile suc
cess ofthe undertaking, detailed a compa
ny to serve at the ropes. Near sundown
Mexicans marched out, stacked their
cd away, and Major Sumner’s mounted
men galloped up and charged across the
bridge. The Mexican foot lied into the ’
mrrai hut the cavalrv were met and
tapi
and marched off. Our troops then
ed in column into the city at 2 o’clock;
arms a patty of thirty lancers t
off into a bye-ronri, were pursued hy
Licuts. Lowry and Oaks and three men,
the walls, where but a short time previous
had waved that of a vain aud conceited ,
. . ... ... |P _, sd. Major Sumner and Capt. Si-
"•"'■ e<L c ‘ hat ol a , '’ a, . n and ««««««• bfcy ha.l a number ol personal ewAo.er.
toe. 1 he Stars and Stripes went up first wi ' h lhe en w ho were, in every in-
on Fort Santiago, then on Fort Concep- staI1 ce,‘either killed or dismounted. ‘The
non and then on the Castle and j parent were «minue ( | to the village of
A11 • , , . places. E;ic!i flag asit went up received. etieliu, six mites beyond the bridge,
Albany, and oneot the Pennsylvania vol- the nanonal salute, which was answer- j wbere aoolher , of lancers were seen
uuteers in the trenches. Two men were ed by the faquadron—the yards ... the retreating anc , YieSt. Neill, the adjutant
V o 3il '. U e o' re n T ne< and °“ r f? lor * ba jSf8f lhe 2d Dragoons, pursued them with
ed with three c eers. j three meu. A supporting party was sent
Com. Perry was present ia the Mus- : after him, but his horse being fleeter than
quito Fleet under Capt. Tataal at the j ft, e others, lie first caught up with the
evacuatiou and surrender. i pursued, two of whom closed upon him.
vi uic vuiw, v. rt.uu.y, * «j - The Mexicans variously estimated their! He fought ga llantly, with them, but’ro-
lnr of the St. Mary’s, and Edward loss at from 500 to 1000 killed and wound- ! ceived two lance wounds in the arm and
Thompson of the Potomac. During the ec ft but all agree that the loss among 1 breast, and fell from his horse. The pur-
give the enemy time to bury their ilead.
There were killed on the second day,
Midshipman Shubrick, a seaman of the
wounded.
On the afternoon of the 25tb, Capt.
Mayo and party was relieved by Capt.
Breese, assisted by Lieuts. Roots of the
Raritan, Aidcn of the Mississippi, Handy
of the Ohio, Knox of the Albany, Taj*
night a heavy norther sprang up, which.
the gun had been transported half the 1 continued through the next day. On the
distance to Gen. Patterson’s headquarters, j 27th negotiations were enterea into for
There the mules gave out, and were ta-1 the unconditional surrender of the city
ken from the wheels. Gen. Pillowf at j and castle, which were consummated be-
the bead of a detachment of volunteers, j lore the next morning, so that the batter-
relieved Gen.’Worth’s men, and entering ‘ ea did .not oben fire aaain.
into the spirit of the work with great zeal,
took the lead in person. The real diffi
culties of the work now begun, and no
thing but the greatest energy could have
ies did.not open fire again.
On the evening of the 27th, Capt. Breese
was relieved by a party under Capt. For
rest, so that you see it appears to have been
the desire of the commodore to giveeve-
evercome them. The pioneers cut down [ ry one a chance as his turfi came round,
the chaparral as the gun advanced. I; I am sorry that 1 am unable to furnish
found it difficult the other day to ascend j you a list of the junior officers who sery-
on horseback tbe very bill on which this ed at the guns, and who performed their
gun was transported, and from this you j duty with great coolness and efficiency.
the soldiery is comparatively small and
the destruction among the women and
children is very great. Among their kill
ed is Gen Felix Valdez, an officer of some
celebrity. Our loss in Army and Navy is
about'25 killed and about 40 wounded,
but many of them slightly. Among our
killed are two officers of tbe army and
one of the navy. Captains Alburtis and
Vinton of the army, and Midshipman
Shubrick of the navy.
Lieut. Col. Dickinson, Lieuts. Neil and likewise Col. Campbell.
.-i.i •_ t i i •
Baldwin^ I am happy to state are recov
ering very fast, and the wounded gener
ally doing well.
fouring the bombardment, our army
suit was continued two miles farther, but
night coming on, the party retained to
Medeliti, rested for three hours,and return
ed to camp, which they reached at 3
o’clock in the morning. Major Gen. Pat
terson, with Col. Campbell’sregitnenr,ar
rived at. the bridge soon after Col. Harney
had his dispositions for the attack, but in a
very gentlemanly manner declined taking
commautI t but assisted in the attack and
assault, behaving.very gallantly, as did
The coot judgement of^CoL Harney
in preparing lor the attack, and his gal
lant conduct during the- charge and pur
suit, filled tbe command with admiration.