The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-02-09

! ste SIDE o. iho square and seat ID on,
Of his prisoners which be had taksr
during the day, 10 ascertain Wheeler
they had surrendered or not, wbicl
produced considerable excitement ans
dissatisfaction among lhe Texans. A
length The firing ceased on both sides
when they sent the messenger back
with an answer 10 Gen. AmpUdia, thai
they would discontinue the baitle h
they we're allowed to return unluoles-
ted, to which terms Gen. Ampudia 10.
formed them be could not agree, as he
had then N town from IS 1900 in
fantFy end cavalry, aud that he could
not consider he would be doing justice
10 his government aud his fellow couB-
Wymen to grant their request, but at
the same time he was willing to allow
fair and honorable terms. Colonel
Fisher then asked the space Of two
hours to call his officers together to
consult upon The subject, and If not
granted, he would Immediately com
meucs the 6ght again. General Am
pudia then Ending his loss so great,
aud already satisfied with his days
work, readily consented to grant the
request at the expiration Of which,
toe capi,ulation was drawn, acted up
on and signed by Gen. Ampudia end
his second ia command, and Coils.
Fisher and Green, and several other
officers, but the terms Of which it is
generally believed will not be fespec-
ted when they arrived at the City Of
Mexico.
So ended the baule Of Mier, which
lasted II hours, with an odds Of pear
s to 1, with a loss on the side Of the
Mexicaus Of nearly 700 killed and 200
wounded, AMI a great many Of which
have since died. and on the part Of the
Texans only II killed and 10 wound
ded, one Of which had died since.
Among the Texans were six boys,
the Oldest Of which was IL, and the
youngest IA only, the latter Of which
from a window Of one Of the houses,
killed twelve Mexicans from one piece
Of artillery, as fast as they we're sta
toned there, and when they perceived
where the deadly FIRE came from they
Immediately turned two OF their hea-
West pieces, upon the house where the
boys were stationed, and blew the end
entirely out; the boys making their
retreat to the adjoining house, and in
the act Of getting through the window
two Of the boys were killed, which
was very much regretted by the Tex
ians, both officers and men. The 9th
ers soon found al opening and recon-
menced their Obstructive fire on the ar
tillery, until ordered TO cease by their
own commanders.
Ga the 7lh, Gen. Ampuds return
ed TO Natamoros with the remaining
portion Of his fayorite regimen0
amidst the applause Of the cItizens,
bringing with him 2l2 Texan prison
ers and was to leave Cor the City oil
Mexico on the 18th or 14th. Colo |
nels Fisher and Green, as also die 9th.
er officers and men of the TEXANS, /
acknowledged the officer like conduct
and genllemanly depoHmnnt Of Gen.
Ampudia and bis officers. towards |
them during the battle and since the |
time Of their equalization. All the
foreign consuls and merchants Of Ma
tamoros speak in the highest terms of
Gen. Ampudia's conduct towards the /
prisoners. The officers have the town,
accompanied By a Mexican officer of
the same grade, they dine and spend
their evenings at Ampudia's, aud APP
pear as well satisfied as could be ex-
pected in their present situation. There |
does not appear to exist the least bad
feeling between them.-The General |
has adopted the small boy, and the
liule fellow is running about town as
gay as a lark.
Shortly after the arrival ofihe pris-
oners in Ma;amoros, one Of the Mexi.
can Colonies, placing his hand upon
the youths head, observed to him, |
"you are too small, they would run
over you 10 battle" To Which the |
youth replied. "as small as | am, |
made twelve Of your coun,rymen bow
low to me the other day, in less than !
one hour"
Correspondence of the Bullet.h'1
MATAMoRos, 10th January, 1912.
GEMTLEMEN- The Texan prison
ers taken at the battle OF Mier,number-
ing 212, arrived ia this town yesterday
and they are to be marched to the CT
ty Of Mexico day after tomorrow. Il
appears from all accounts, they fought |
very bravely and killed more Mexican |
soldiers than they number, so tina: it
can be said that 'every Texian killed
his man." The numerical force
against them was ten to one, the Mex
leans being over 1000 men, while the
Texans did not exceed 230.
Ieuclose you a copy Of the capitu-
-. -. H., 81, ,.rs0inoI rvhicb