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The Late Battles.
The following intelligible and highly
interesting account of the late battles,
was furnished by the intelligent Army
correspondent of the N. O. Delta, from
which paper we copy it—and knowing
souls, and the old and firm veterans who
fell in the assaolr.
Col. Riley was now advanced from
San Angel (his former camp) to£l Piedad
in order to make a divcrson, and hold
thecnlrance to the Piedad and San An
tonio road. Geo. Pillow's division mov
ed up tq within supportingdistance, and
thus rested our army until the lltb, with-
, - . • i * •• .f:: out any thing of moment occurring. The
the profound interest with wbictfU will. E „^ n ^ r c = rp? were bl)Uily em ’ )lnv ,. ( i
The General-in-Chief, knowing the
strength of the fortifications and - the
strong force with which it was garrisoned,
concluded to assault it with old and well-
tried troops—not that he did not possess
confidence in the divisions of Gens. Pil
low and Quitman, but in carrying a point
which was the key to all our future op
erations, it would not do to make
to advance his battery under the heaviest
fire, himselF possessing and infusing in
to his men a cool auil deliberate bravery
and self-possession surpassed by none.
You will recollect it was him who recap
tured the Buer.a Vista guns still covered
with the blood of those who fell over
them at the time they were lost, and af
terwards used them with such decisive
take or omit to take every advantage.— : effect at the battle of Molino del Rey,
. # —..w. vv .«. v Therefore, the storming parties from the • the Sth inst. Undercover of the night,
be read, we make no apology for its . night and day in reconnoissance, ascer- j divisions of Gens. Worth and Twiggs, Gen. Quit man’s column erected a breast-
length :
(taming and examining the positions of! which had so frequently been underse- ; work, and put into position a battery of
Cmror Mexico, Sept. 25,1847. i the enemy, and the different entrances ! vere fire, were selected. The -heavy • two 18s, and one CS-pound howitzer and
Having sent you by two couriers de- to the city. The Engineers, throughout j batteries continued their fire upon the one 24-pound howitzer, intendin'* *~
tailed account of the operations of our all our operations, have performed a j fort, and about 7 o’clock, when the bri- : warm up the citade
army since the conclusion of the annis- j most dangerous and laborous duty.— J gade °f Gen. Smith arrivedas a jmpport- j Gen. Worth’s col
ticc, but fearing that my first accounts * They have proved themselves to be men i ing force to the division of Gen. Quitman
have not reached you,l send you a short! of sterling worth—of masterly ability, 1 —as soon as Gen. Smith’s brigade reach-
synopsis, together with a list of killed and bright ornaments of their profession. ( ed its position—the division of Gen. Pil-
and wounded. I also enclose to you , There was a little incident which occur- j low passed Molino del Rey and ascend-
The following memoranda will show
you the number of shot and shell fired
by the siege batteries. Tbesmall’num-
ber fired at Chapultepec,and the man
ner in which the castle and fort were
completely torn to pieces, is one of the
best evidences ot the power of that arm
of our service, and the superior abilities
of the officers commanding it—'
Buttery No. One.—On the Tacubaya
Road—Served by Capt. Drum, Co.
G. 4th Artillery—2 16 pounders* and
1 S-inch howilzert—Fired : 300 rouud
shot, 100 shells, and 50 rounds of
o ... canister.
the morning.— -Battery No^Ttco.—On the ridge south
got his guns in a j of Molino del Rey—served by Lieut.
the propositions of Mr. Trist to the Mex- j ed foCapt. Mason in one of his reconuois-
ican government, and the counter propo-; sances, which is worthy of record. It
sition presented by them, together with j became neccessary on one occasion for
the correspondence connected i liercwii li. j him logo very close to the enemy’s breast-
The Mexicanshaving repeatedly viola-] work, in order to ascertain its true posi
ted the armistice agreed upon between lion. As he approached, a Mexican of-
our army and themselves, Gen. Scott,
on the 9th, notified the Mexican author
ilfoa that unless they made explanation,
satisfaction and reparation for the inju
ries we bad sustained, they should con
sider the armistice at an end on the 7th,
at 12 o'clock. They not complying with
the demands of Gen. Scott, we commenc
ed preparations for the attack.
The General-in-Chief received infor
mation that at Modi no del Rev, where
stood several buildings, the Mexicans
were at work casting cannon, shells, shot
dec. Desiring to stop their military op
erations, he directed Gen. Worth, with
his division, supported by Gen. C*ula-
waladcr’s Brigade, to attack and destroy
the place, on the morning ofthe8ih and
then retire. The buildings, which the
Mexicans call Casa Mata, is situated on
the West side ofChapultepec, and with
in six pound hinge of the guns of the fort.
On the West side of the buildings,. and
the breastworks around them, is a large
open plain, gradually descending to the
position occupied by the Mexicans—a
deep ravine inclines round this plain,
or open space, until it arrives within
about two hundred yards of the: building
upon which rested the enemy’s right
flank—two 24*pounders, belonging to
ficer rode out with'two of bis escort, and
came up within a very short distance,
when Capt. Mason drew his revolver.—
The Mexican then io Spanish saluted
“ Good morning.” The Captain re
sponded. The Mexican then said, “ You
seem to lie very curious : suppose you
come a little closer.” “ No I thank you,
a see ve*y well from whore I
Walk inside, sir; we will en
deavor to treat you as well as the ac-
modations of the camp will enable
“I am much obliged to you, sir,
for your 1 kindness, but prefer partaking
of your hospitilities on some future oc
casion.” And holding his spy glass to Vis
eye, he continued, “ I only want at the
present to see how you are situated. I
can see two guns in embrasure, one in
barbette, and I think you have one in
embrasure a little further to the left.—
That gun I see your men loading I do
not think you will be able to bring to
bear on me, as I will keep you between
it and myselfand moving round a lit
tle to the right, he continued his obser
vation. One of the escort then spoke
English and said, “ Yoa d——d ras
cal, you know better than to come in
here. If I was to get hold of you I’d cut
your d—d throat.” Cnpt. Mason then
said to the officer, “ That fello\^of yours
speaks very good English, but he makes
very bad use of it, and his scurriliity is
in striking contrast with your own re
spectful language. If we had him in
our camp, we -would teach him to be
more respectful.” The Mexican officer
then rode off* to one side. Capt. Mason
who had been making his observations
during the whole time of the conversa
tion, said to the officer, “ I have no de
sire at present to be brought within the
range of your guns, and having learned
ull 1 want to know about your position,
I will bid you good morning sir;” and
then returned to where he had left his
escort, which until then had been uuseen
by the Mexican, who rode back to the
fort apparently much mortified and dis
appointed that he hfcrf not been .able to
de£oy the captain into, the trap that had
b'eeh set Tor him.
On the 11th, a column of cavalry sal
lied out from the fort on the San Anto
nio road, either for the purpose of threat
ening our position or taking Capt. Ma-
gruder’s battery, which was stationed
with the picket within about 800 yards
of their forts, though in a great measure
covered from the range ot their guns.—
soon as they got their column mov
ed out in a place free from all obstruc
tions,Capt. Magruder opened two pieces
upon them with shot and shell, which
passed through them with great destruc
tion and they took to their heels, and got
hack to the fort as quick as possible.—
The fort opened others two guns on the
battery, but without effect than killing
one man of the 15th Infantry. An offi
cer shortly utter rode up and inquired
of Capt. Magruder if the fort had fired
on him. Holding a 12pounder shot, he
replied, that he had the gentleman’s card,
and hd expected the cavalry would car
ry back his compliments to the fort.
About sundown Gen. Twiggs with the
balance of his division, arrived at Pied
ad and moved with his division to the
south of Tacubaya, and took a position
on the west side of Chapultepec, and
General Quitman, with his division, oc
cupied the road from Tacubaya to the
city of Mexico, Gen. Worth’s division
remaining in Tacubaya.
Iu the course of the night three, heavy
Captain Huger’s siege train, were pla
ed in position to batter down the
breast-works and buildings, if they were
found to be occupied by a heavy force
—but they did not fire but a very few
■hots, before Gen. Worth advanced his
infantry down the plain, nnd attacked
the enemy’s works in front nnd centre.
The Mexicans opened upon them a most
murderous fire from the point attacked,
and both their flanks, wiiich mowed down
our troops like gross before the scythe.
Many of the best officers of the division
were cut down, and the heavy loss in
the ranks caused the advance to waver
for a moment, until the supporting force
came up, which also sustained a severe
loss.' A column of lnnccrs, numbering
400 to COO, which were stationed on the
enemy’s right, perceiving the effect of
this deadly fire on our infantry, came
charging down, in the hope of being able
to take advbntnge of circumstances and
put our troops to route—but wereThey
soon checked in their on ward career. Col.
Duncan brought two pieces of artillery
to bear upon them,and Capt. Drum,with
the two recaptured Bucnn Vista pieces,
also opened his fireon them—while at the
same moment,Major Summer, with two
squadrons of dragoons, and Capt. Ruffs
company of mounted rifles, which, until
then, had been held in reserve, passed
down under the fire from the enemy's
works, and charged the head of their col
umn, which they could not stand for a
moment, and commenced a confused and
precipitous retreat. Aftcrthat.thcv ralli
ed twice, and auerr pted to return, but
at each tiincour little handful ofilragoons
made them leave without exchanging
cards, while the cavalry and infantry,
rallying,succeeded in carrying the build
ings and breast-works which the enemy
held, and compelled them to retreat-
capturing 7 pieces of artillery, a large
quantity of ammunition,small arms, See.,
and about 600 prisoners. As soon as
they were driven from the buildings,
Captain Drum and Col. Duncan advanc
ed, their light batteries, and Lieut. Stone
bought forward one of the 24-pounders,
the whole of which opened a most de
structive fire upon them, as they retreat
ed across a low plain to the rear of the
position they at first occupied. Ourloss
was very heavy, and 1 regret to say, j batteries were planted in front of the
that some of the very best officers ' Castle ofChapultepec: No. I command-
of our army fell killed and wound-1 ed by Capt. Drum; No. 2 by Lieuten-
ed, while die Mexican loss was very ant Hagner; No. 3 by Lieut. Stone—all
slight, until they commenced their re* under the general command and super-
ttcat. While the cavalry were passing j inte ndence of Capt. Augur, Chief ot the
in front of the enemy, in order to charge i Ordnance. Also, during the night Gen-
the column of lancers, they were not un- cral Twiggs, Division planted Capt.Step-
der the fire more thnn ten seconds, and ! toe’s in front of the fortification on the
during that they sustained a lo>*& of 6 ot- [ San Antonio road, it being intended that
ficers wounded, 32 privates killed and j Gen. Twiggs should make a feint for the
wounded, and a loss of 105 horses.— . purpose of drawing out the enemy in
There were but two officers that did not • that direction.
have their horses shot under them—but At daylight on the morning of the 12th
there is one thing very remarkable, that j all the batteries opened ; the feint made
the horses from which the riders had | by Gen. Twiggs' division succeeded ad-
been shot, wheeled and moved with the ! mirably. As" soon as Capt. Steptoe
same regularity as though they had been ' opened bis guns the enemy marched
mounted, until they came to a halt fiom out several heavy columns, and in reach-
the charge, when they all kept on in a j ing the fort passed within range of Step-
body io the direction of the enemy. ! toe’s guns, when he turned a heavy and
We were deceived in reference to the | destructive fire upon them. As
ed the hill on the west side,the Voltigi
Regiment, which had been advanced in
to the timber to clear it of the enemy’s
skirmishers,became the assaulting force,
supported by the balance of the division.
Geu. Worth was situated to the north
and on the left of Gen. Pillow. A part
of Gen. Quitman’s force ascended the
hill on the south and to the right of
Gen. Pillow. As the division of Gen.
Pillow, and a portion of Gen. Quitman’s
ascended and carried the Castle in most
gallant style, the balance of Gen. Quit-
man’s force and the brigade of Gen.
Smith swept the works on the road, the
whole of the commands moving harmo
niously and simultaneously together,
much to the honor and credit of their
respective commanders, struck the ene
my in their different positions at one nnd
the same time a fatal blow. The hill
where Gen. Pillow’s command ascend
ed had been mined for the purpose of
blowing up our troops when they arriv
ed at this point, but the lapid move
ments of the Voltigeur Regiment, and
the deadly effect of the fire of their rifles,
as they followed up the enemy from the
first position, prevented their carrying
out their views and intention. Just as
the command of Gen. Pillow rose the
hill, and while in act of assaulting the
work,he fell wounded, and Col. Ransom
was killed, but so lucidly had Gen. Pil
low explained his objects and intentions
in carrying the work, and aided by an
active and efficient staff, his command
moved on and carried the work without
even being brought to a stand. As Gen.
Quitman's division was charging on the
work in the road, Brig. Gen. Shields
received a severe wound in the arm,
and as soon as the works were carried
he returned and had it dressed, and
again mounted hU horse, which was
shortly afterwards killed under him, but
he continued to command his brigade,
which was actively engaged throughout
the day, and the name of Shields will
long be remembered in connection with
the laurels won by the Palmetto of the
South and the Empire of the North.
position to rake every thing in his vicin- Hagner and Company of Ordnance—
ity, and after night Lieut. Hagner threw ! 1 24-pounder and 1 Scinch howitzer—
few shot and shell into the city, which j Fired : 146 round shot and 74 shells,
doubt intimidated the enemy very Battery No. Three.—On same ridge,
much, as they had a taste of this at Ve
ra Cruz.
Alter the results and successes of the
day, Gen. Scou ihleuded, on the morn
ing ol the 14lh, to make a lodgement on
the “ New Paseo,” (entering by the San
Cosine gate) and bombard the city, and
fo r ibis purpose the balance of Gen.
s’ division was ordered from El
Piedad to the support of Gen. Worth.
Ou the night of the 13th, Santa Anna
acuated all his positions, and retreat
ed from die city, having had more than
one-half of his 3any killed and wound
ed or taken pri^iers—among the latter,
Gen. Bravo,-jifAi his staffi at Chapulte
pec. Santa Anna found that if he fought
us on the 14;th, he would hardly have a
body-guard left to cover his retreat.
Early in the morning the two columns
took up their march. Gens. Quitman
nd Smith, at lue head of their
uearer the Molino del Rey—Served
at first by Capt. Brooks. 2d Artillery,
on 12th of Sept.—116-pounder* and 1
8-inch howitzer. (The carriage of
the 16-pounder broke, and on the 13th
Sept, was replaced by a 24-pounder
gun.) Fired: 70 rounds 16-pound
shot, 37 24-pound do., and 30 shells.
Buttery No. Four.—10-inch mortar—
Served by Lieut. Stone and Company
of Ordnance—Fired : 84 shells.—
From the Garita San Cosme, a few
24-pound shot and 5 10-inch mortar
shells were throwu into the city after
dark on the 13th, and a few S-inch
shells into houses from which the fire
came on the 14th.
Since our army arrived in the valley,
we have lost about 3000 men, in killed
and wounded. We have destroyed the
Mexican army, of over 30,000 men—
upwards of 6000 of which have been ta-
mands, entered the Grand National j ken prisoners. We have captured 70
Plaza, and, by* order of Gen. Quitman, j pieces of artillery—27 at the battle of
the standard of the Cerro Gordo Divis- Contreras, 10 in the fortat Churubusco,
ion, while the command came to a pre- and 33 on the 12th, 13th and 14th.
sent, was flung to the breeze over the
National Palace, and it now triumphant
ly waves over the Halls of the Mon-
tezumas, nnd, with one of our national
poets, we may say—
“Our is there, our flag is there—
Behold its glorious stripes and stars!
Our flag is there, our flag is there—
We hail it with three loud huzzas!”
Gen. Worth’s command halted four
or five squares from the Plaza, where
Col. Gurluud was wounded.
About 8 o’clock, Gen. Scott and Staff,
in full feather, escorted by the Cavalry,
entered the city, amidst the huzzas of
the soldiery on all sides. As he en
tered, the band of the 2d Dragoons,
mounted, interested the staring crowds
with Hail Columbia. As the escort en- ( .
tered the Grand Plaza, the band moved j trial and
the patriotism of the whole of us to a
little higher pilch, by the good, old-
fashioned uaiionalair of Yankee. Doodle!
One of the first acts of Gen. Scott was
to appoint Gen. Quitman Civil and Mil
itary Governor of Mexico, and Col. F.
Patriotism and Peculiarity of
Printers.
The faithful and patriotic conduct of
the printers in the army in Mexico, has
been the subject of deserving compli
ment by some of our cotemporaries.
This suggests some incidents quite wor
thy of a passing notice. It will not be
denied that ours is a national office,
when we state, that of the five printers
Vigorous Prosecution of the War.
«.* We must wage a war which is
more like a war and less like a peace.”
—Washington Union.
For months past the ear of the coun
try has been dinned by the shouts of
praises raised by the Organ at Wash
ington, of the vigorand ability with which
the Administration has carried oh the
war with Mexico. Not only so but such
wo employ to arrange the types for oVr was the alleged “ vigorous prosecution
sheet, 'four of them have served their ot [be war.” lha we were taught daily
country, on sea and land; one was ac- : to look forward to an honorable peace.
Win the glorious battles of Palo Alto, Recent events, however have taught us
Resaca de la Palma, Monterey, (where that Peace .s as distant as it was wheu
he lost an eye,) Vera Cruz and Cerro Mr. Polk commenced the war by point-
Gordo; another was with Blanchard at ing h,s gnus at the windows ofMata-
the storming ot Monterey’s heights, and morras ; and now, we have this same
afterwaids fhared in the'glory of Scott’s Organ declaring 1 hat “a* must wage a
ictories before reaching Jalapa ; ono- war which is more like a war audios Me
ther served a year in Mexico, for Uncle ajicoce." What now becomes of the Un-
Sam, hut a few fights among the robber ion’s praises of the vigor and lability
bands were all that the fortunes of war with which the President has parried
gave him; and the fourth was a Mid- on the war? Instead of “ vigorously
sbipman in our own Navy, and a Sail- prosecuting the war’ which was “ like
ingmaster and Lieutenant in that of Tex- a war,” we have the Union’s own de-
as. One has resided in France, Great elaranon that we have earned on a war
Britain and the German States—ano-: which was “like a peace. Can a rpore
tiler lived some years in Mexico ano- ! emphatic refutation of the Union s lav-
tlier has seen the walls of Canton, its : dations of the Administration be con-
towering pagodas, and hunted tile sea- j ceived of than that which the editor him-
otteron the coast of Oregon—and ano- sell has given. The Union’s twaddle
ther has been upon the cloud-capped about scouting “ any man or any paper
Cordilleras of South America, among the : who openly espouses the cause of Mex-
of earthquakes at Caraecas, and \ ico,” will not impose upon any _ man
touched the tasseied banner which Pi-j above the grade of an idiot,
died iuto Peru with ; and | ol no more effectual
zarro fist
among them, the French, German and
Spanish languages are spoken; but the
cream of the whole is, they are all Tay
lor men to a T. Who won’t* say that
the printers “are some.” As a body,
they are talented but not tenacious*
courageous but not cautious, wild with
out, of course, being wise, and being ve
ry erratic in their dispositions, are al
ways of necessity, poor.—New Orleans
National.
Pillow being disabled by his j & Belton, Lieut. Governor. Gen. Quit-
wound, Gen. Worth took the command ' f° an s department embraces the follow-
of both his own division and thatol Gen. I ’ n £ officers : Capt. F. N. Page, Ass’t.
Pillow, and advanced along the aque-! ^d’jt* General, and Lieuts. M. Lovell,
ducijeqrjing to the gates <of S^n Cosme.; r*’ ifoox. and It. P. Hammond, Aid-
~ “ .P.. 1 * de-Camps ; Cajt. G. T. M. Davis, Sec-
Gen. Quitman, with his own command
and Gen. Smith’s brigade, also advanced
towards the city by the aqueduct lead
ing into the city at the gate of Piedad,
which is commanded by the Citadel.
On each of the routes the two columns
met with a decided and stubborn resist
ance, and after the advance of Geu.
Worth's command had reached the gate
retary, and Mr. Levi, Interpreter.
Throughout the 14th, and on the
morning of the 15th, the Mexicans con
tinued to fire from the corners and tops
of the houses, killing some and wound
ing many. The Artillery was at first
tried on them, but owing to their con-
cealed position it was not effective.—
of San Cosme the fire was so hot that! Rifle regiment, and some of the In-
they were compelled temporarily to
abandon it—and did not make - a perma
nent lodgment until towards evening,
when a portion of the siege train battery
was brought into action, as also a piece
or two of the mountain howitzers, which
hurled the shot and shell about the ears
of the enemy a little hotter than they
desired. Gen. Quitman’s column, with
the Rifles at their head, continued stead
ily and cautiously on, taking position
and breastwork as they came in contact
with them until they arrived near the
gate of the city. Here the firing was so
heavy, both from small arms and artil
lery, that it was doemed prudent to care
fully reconnoitre it before attacking.—
Accordingly Licuts. Beauregard, of the
engineers, Lovell, of Gen. Quitman’:
staff, and Van Doren, of Gen. Smith’s
staff', went forwad to ascertain the po
sition of affairs; they returned, and up
on their report the Rifles, supported by
a small force of infantry, was advanced
forward for the purpose of’picking off j P ;
the artillerists, which they did—being
partially covered by the aqueduct—
with the same success and accuracy as
one ofour southern or wes tern men would
shoot squirrels. This rendered the sit
uation of the Mexican artillerists so uh-
fantry, were then sent in pursuit, which
forces silenced, them wherever they
went. The Mexicans were very much
mistaken when they came to engage the
Rifles on the house-tops. During their
revolutions they would fight in this way
for several days, without doing each
other much injury ; but the deadly fire
of tiie Rilles picked them out from thei
hiding-places where they least expected
it, and made them willing to cease so
unequal a combat.
The officers c*f our army have suf
fered severely ; they were foremost in
the fight, and of. course the first to fall.
Louisiana and Mississippi, twin-sisters
of the South, have been most Jiobly and
ably represented. Gens. Quitman and
Smith, who bore conspicuous parts in
the battle of Monterey, have been no
less prominent in the operations which
resulted in the surrender of this city.—
Mississippi, which has sent heroes to
this war by regiments, may well be
of her representative—and she
ir 18-pounders.
MUSTANG.
From the Richmond Whig.
Northern and Southern Colleges.
The Carlisle, Pa, Herald, contains a
list ef the Faculty of Dickinson Collej
in that place, among whom we reco w
nise the name of the Rev. John McClin-
tock, A. M.> Professor of the Greek and
Latin Languages and Literature. This
Mr. McClinlock, it will be remember
ed, figured quite conspicuously in the
recent Abolition riots in that town, in
one of which a citizen of Maryland,
while in the act of reclaiming a fugitive
slave, was mortally wounded. For his
participation in this outrage the Rever
end Professor was subjected to a mock
acquited in the teeth of
the most incontrovertible evidence of
his guilt. And yet in despite of this
fact we perceive that he is again appoint
ed to fill an important Chair in Dickin
son College—an institution which has
numbered heretofore among its students
not a few from the Southern States.
We hope that no Southern man will
hereafter permit one of his sons or
wards to enter the walls of a College
hich such a man as Peof. McCljn-
tock has been, under such circumstance
appointed a teacher. Even under
ordinary circumstances we can not per
ceive any wisdom or propriety in the
too common practice of sending South
ern youth to Northern institutions of
learning, when we have within
borders Seminaries of equal merit, if
not of equal celebrity, languishing for
want of the support thus given to stran
gers. But if, from a false idea oj the
superior advantages presented by the
richly endowed Colleges and Universi
ties of the North, parents and guardian:
in the slaveholding Stales will continue
to give them the preference over
institutions among themselves,
spectfully suggest that they should at
least discriminate so far between them
bestowed on Mexico than that which
the Union's master has given. He first
permitted Santa Anna to return to Mex
ico and place himself at the head of her
armies ; and not content with that, has,
according to the Union, “ waged a war”
which was less like a war than a peace.
—Petersburgh Intelligencer.
An Iron man—Singular Petrifica
tion !—On Saturday week a gentleman
brought into Portsmouth,(Ohio) from the
Bloom Furnace, Scioto county, a part of
an iron man, found in the ore bed! The
part we saw was the foot and a part of
the leg. Having been converted into
iron by a gradual process, the minutest
divisions, as between the toes, &c. were
not visible ; but the general outline of
Mysterious Disappearance.
The Democratic Signal, Decatur, Ala.,
contains a communication dated “ Mor
gan Co., Sept. 24th, 1S47,” and signed
by Thomas A. Strain, the substance of
which is as follows:
Two men came to his hou.._ .... _
ning of the 22d ult. and asked for lodg- I the foot and ankle were palpable. The
for the night, one of them having ] spreading across the toes, the general
been hired by the other to accompany
him from Lauderdale county as far as
Strain’s house. He accordingly return
ed next morning. After his departure
the other appeared to dislike leaving
ilhnut company, sayingthat an attempt
had been made on his way from Ark., to
kill him, and that he believed the man
was following him still. A young man
living with. Mr. Ball consented to go
with him two days, and they started, but
returned after going only three miles:
that he felt sick and
outline of the toes, the heel, ankle, &c.
were perfectly plain. We were told
that the head and arms were still more
perfect. There could not be the least
doubt of its having been a man.—
Nor is there much doubt of the manner in
which it caine into this condition. The
body must originally have been petrifi
ed in lime; but of this there remains
now only the outside incrustations, which
will crumble off. What was the man now
is iron. By some natural process, the
must have grown out of lime. And
ould return. When he returned he (here is a theme lor geologists! How
told Strain that he was unwelland would j did this change take place 1 If we are
like to stay until lie got well, lie staid right—and the facts seem to leave no
for an hour, and during that time said he room for doubt—this iron man would afc
felt very strange, and he appeared rest
less, walking up and down, and looking
rather wild. He was asked to lie down,
but ■w-milcf not. Presently he Walked
out and went off, and though hunted lor
has not been heard of. His horse, sad
dle and saddle-bags remain bclnnd.—
He was 45 years old, heavy set, of dark
complexion, and said his name was John
Ponder. He said he had a family in
Georgia, near Cassville,that he. had been
to Arkansas since March, had bought
land there, and intended to move this
winter, that he had carried some negroes
there. He had a receipt for twelve ne
groes, dated the 12th Sept, ai.d it appear
ed they had been left in charge of a man
named Norwood.—Mont. (Ala.) Adv.
ford one of the most beautiful subjects
for a geological lecture. The iron ore,
in which it is found, is called the cal
careous formation. The process of its
formation would be an instructive study.
—Cincinnati Chronicle.
Obeying Instructions- j
A novel case of obeying orders is re
lated in one of our exchanges. It is *an
extreme case, but the moral it conveys
is worthy of the attention of all who en
gage to perform services for others. A
| gentleman who carries on an extensive
I farm, purchased a fanning mill at a cost
of some S30. One of his men came to
| him shortly after the purchase, and com-
j plained that the mill did not work well.
(‘Try it again,' said the owner, ‘and if it
The Stereotypes of the Organ. j P rov, s take * nl ° the road—
The Richmond Whig very properly i 1,1111 "'" h , sl : ra ' v - ani1 burn it.* On the
ridicules the very ridiculous language I 8 ' uo ? d1 f na ' u d,< ! nnt work, and accor-
which so often finds its way into llie col- j be burnt it as directed.-A few
to withhold theirpatronage from those, umnso fthe Washington Union. The I “ a y s ««= r ll >e geulleman asked hts man
which, like Dickinson College, re-ap- stereotyped editorials of the Richmond i !’ ow fanning mill operated. ‘I tried
points as a member of its Faculty an Enquirer were bad enou-h considering “ aga " 1 ’ he re P he “- ‘ anl1 had no beller
Abolitionist, so rabid as to induce bim ! that t h e paper was the organ of n paflv f ucccss than before, and so I set fire to
to head a mob of negroes in a violent; j n t i,j s gt ite ; but when we see them ll * ‘ l " at was r 'oht»* replied the own-
attempttodepriveaSouthern slaveholder I carried lo Washington and brought out er w l th em P hasis - ‘ You are tbe first
-—reclaim the organ of the National Govern- rnrm ‘ eyet hadwho womdmmd rne;
ment, they become almost intolerable.: y nashaI1 hereafter have an increase of
Little as we like the present Admin- I wages. ^
tration, our pride, as an American citi- Gen. Taylor in Ohio.—A popular
zen, naturally prompts*us to wish that 1 meeting in Portsmouth, Ohio., on the 2d
of his property, in endeavoring
which he fell a victim to the fury of his
infamous assailants. At this moment,
Mr. McClintock, instead of filling an
honorable position in a College, would
have been sufferng the penalty of the
law as the leader of an Abolition mob,
anti as particeps criminis in a murder,
had not the jury by which he was acquit
ted feared popular opinion at home
comfortable that they were unable to sifor J. F. Smuh l Jf it were possible
stand to their guns long enough to load for any one man to wear more laurels
them, and they commenced moving their | than he acquired at the battles of Con-
guns, which was perceived by Gen. treras and Churubusco, we might speak
Quitman, and he ordered a charge which ■ of his conduct in the movements on the
was carried into execution as soon as , city. He has proven himself to be, not
commanded—Lieut. Stuart, of the Ri- : only a good general, but one of the best
fles, leading the way. It captured the of the army or of the age. Lieut. Beau-
main work, with two pieces of artillery, regard, also one of the Louisiana sons,
which Capt. Dunn turned on the retreat- has highly distinguished himself. I
ing enemy. Gen. Quitman was himself saw him complete his reconnoissance of
among the first to mount the breatwork the Garita, (gqte of the city,) after he
and plant the standard thereon, at 1, had received two severe contusions.
has the honor ol haying one of her citi-, more than they did the sin of perjury,
zens the first American Governor in the I Be this as it may, however , Professor
halls of the Montezumas. McClintock is not a fit teacher ofSouth-
What will Louisiana say, when she j ern youth, nor is the College that
hears of the successes and masterly; retains him in its service worthy of
ability displayed by her son, Gen. Per- Southern patronage.
Mrs. Partington at the Menagerie.—
“You call this a carryvan, don’t you?”
said Mrs. Partington, at the menagerie.
“Maybe it is; but I should like to know
where the silks and other costive things
are that we read of, which the carry vans
carry over the deserts of Sarah, in the
Eastern country?” “The elephant has
them in bis trunk, marm,” replied the
keeper.
“Then that's the reason, I s'pose, why
he always carries it before hi
it may at least not look ridiculous abroad, i instant, nominatd Gen. Taylor for the
A man who has been made the j Presidency. The nomination was made
Chief-Magistrate by the American peo- ! unanimously and with enthusiasm. The
pie, if he employs^ an expounder of bis Portsmouth Clipper says
official policy at all, is bound to get
who can write respectable English, and
not have his policy and his views par
aded before the world in a jargon of which
a school bay should be ashamed.
What will be thought of such a sen
tence as the following, recently perpe
trated by the Union?
“We have the proud satisfaction of
announcing that we have conquered the
capital. Glory covers our arms. We
have stricken down the Mexican Eatfc,
• standing upon the prickly pear, with the rat
tle snake in its mouth, and ice have substitu
ted our own flag and our own North Amer
ican Eagle.”
There is about as much sense and sen
timent in this figure of speech as in a
4 th of July toast which we once heard of.
One of the “free and enlightened 1
The meeting was unusually large,
and composed of citizens without dis
tinction of party. The proceedings
were transacted with great unanimity,
I and the people seemed cheerfully dis
posed to reward the soldier of three
wars, and the victor of some of the hard
est fought battles recorded on the pages
of history with the highest honors in
their gift. This is as it should be; man
kind ought to reward their benefactors.
He who has staked his life in the hour
of danger, in the defence of his coun
try’s honor, ought to receive the highest
rewards of that country. The election
of Gen. Zachary Taylor to the next
Presidency will not only give assurance
that the people are still warmly attached
to their country, and love its defenders,
but it disproves the assertion too fre-
o’clock; the enemy then tormed and | One fact has been clearly demonstra- j can have an eye on it. Bat what is this having been called on .for a toast atalquently made by the enemies of free
three times attempted to charge us and ted, both before and since the entrance | an imal with the wart on his nose?” ! 4th of July dinuer^arose and addressing j governments, that “Republics areal-
retake the position, but the unerring and of the array into the Valley of Mexico— I “That is the gnu, marm.” I himself to the chair, said : “ Mr. Pres- 1 ways ungrateful.”
deadly fire of the Rifles, together with j that our Cavalry force is entirely too | “Marcy on me!” exclaimed Mrs. P.; idem, I give you, sir, the American Ea-1 * , r ~ A -; ■*■
( a volley of grape from Capt. Dunn, so : small. The service of this corps has j “this must be one of the foreign news that 1 gle—He soars aloft”—Here the Patriot’s !_ 0ri fl r °J Agriculture.-- lhe King of
no foundry, or evert a semblance ofone; attention to the fort, and in the course' cut them to pieces that they would not j been so severe, owing to the smallness * the steamer brings over; they feed ’em,! courage and memory failed him' for a j . s , sia , 3 .J u3t creaie 9 an order des-
—and utter blowing up some of the of an hour’s cannonading drove them approach nearer than rifleshot. The of its numbers, that^ after the battle 11 dare say, on pota' * ‘ ’ ’ 1 * ... ... t.npd ^Yrlnsivelv to atvriemfnfiR- tW .«
buildings, and bringing off -o— »-:»»—• ? —j • « -«- — «i—— ’
and wounded, we avacuatcd i
as the occupation of it would
advantage. Our loss was 800 killed, ‘ed that has been witnessed during the out for the purpose of slipping fi
wounded and missing. I war, while bis position was such that arch to the other some rifleman would
The result of this engagement taught; the enemy’s shot had little or no effect he sure to put a ball through it. Du-
us one lesson, which was, that the Mex- j upon him. ' nng the whole of the afternoon the Cit-
icans use their arms well, and fight I The- seige batteries continued nn un-, adel and a fort on our right continued a
well, when they are iu position ; and ? interrupted fire upon the Castle ofCba- concentrated fire upou the. gate, where
although the superiority ofour arms,
and the valor of our troops will event
ually triumph, yet still we musucall in
to requisition all our military science
g U d skill, or we purchase our victories
at too dear a price. A list of the killed
and wounded, you will find in the gene
ral recapitulation which I send you.—
Many a tear will be shed on perusal, and
pultepec throughout the day. which wa3 our troops were, in the hopes of driving
answered by-eleven guns in the work, them out, bat in this they were much
Our guns proved to be very destructive, mistaken, although we bad but little cov-
as we found after the work was taken er; Here it was that the lamented Capt.
500 dead'men unburied but thrown in Dunn fell mortally wounded; the death
ditches. The building also completely of no man in our army has been more
riddled. . sincerely regretted than his. Throughi-
It was determined on the morning of out the bombardment of Chapultepec he
the 18th to storm the Castle of Cbapul- stood by bis gons, and, when the works
moov a heart will bleed for the noble! tepee and the works connected with-it^ of the enemy were stormed,be continued
even those we have here ; and even at
the present time, one-half of the com
mand is on extra duty every day. Mr.
G. W. Barpes, of Georgia, and Mr.
Lewis Dickinson, of Alabama, at the
cession of the armistice, organized,
mounted, equipped and supported a
company of about twenty men, at tbeir
own expense, to servedaring the fight,
and by order of CoU Harney, were at
tached to the squadron of Capt; Hardie.
They had several skirmishes with the
enemy, both before and after entering
the city. Mr, Harlow, of the company,
was killed, and Mr. Dickinson and Mr.
J. Piercej were badly wounded.
full of new light and admiration of the
monkeys.
It takes the Yankees to do up courting 1 |j e
in business-like fashion. “ Please an
swer me right straight off,” said one of
them, in a postscript to his first love let
ter, offering his heart and hand to a
country * gal,* coz I have somebody else in
my eye.” They know how, too, to show
proper resent ment when they get the bag.
“1 don’t see why you need be so darn’d
proud,” said a down east Jonathan to
farmer's daughter, who had jilted him,
“ you have got nothing but an old iron
forcstick, and burn mud.”
another awful* pause; but commen- 2, n on ? s,de W° r lhe tf Ki "%°
cing again, lie said-” Mr. President, I Pru3ila ’ on . th * tl,e mot °’ “
! doMi h ud A r e ir" Ea rr ! ~ aU ^ b “ a "^th su 3l1
fad then, Bfcfe-he-ho falls doxvn j leaves \ The exergue bear, the name
and kus'shish^widcorcn:’
Somebody, who writes more truthfully I reserves to htmseir th 5 exclusive right
than poetically, says : “ An angel with-1 d ' a ‘rtbUte the order of the first class ;
out money is not thought so much 0 f,, > ho sec °" d aad third will he granted to
now-a-days, asarfevil withabagluUof; ^ rmers P resaated b * L th . e Col !f,S e , of
J * - *Pe. Economy. The distribution will take
guineas.
I Economy.,
place annually, on occasions ot agricul-
ixj rsx-r icsiupub auauia uas cA-ilural festivals and the solemn sessions
pressed his determination to be in his 1 of Agricultural Societies in the Prussian
seatat tnc next session of Congress. , \ Monarchy.