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

!. of his prisoners which he had faks
IS during the day, TO ascertain whell,s
5 they had surrendered or not, whic
# produced considerable excitement an,
dissatisfaction among the Texans. A
4 length the firing ceased ON both sides
D when they sent the messenger bacI
with an answer to- Gen. Ampndia. fha
they would discontinue the battie /
they were allowed TO return unmoles
teds to which terms Gen. Arnpudia IN
formed them be could not agree, "a h
had then in town from rs to son =.
fantry and cavalry. and that he conf
not consider he would be doing Justice
to hls government. aud his fellow coun.
I rymen to grant their request, but a,
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.
mence the fight again. General Am
pudla then finding his loss so great,
aud already satisfied with his DAYS
work, readily consented to grant the
request at the expiration of which,
toe population was drawn, acted up
on and signed by Gen. Ampudia and
his second in command, and Coils.
Fisher and Green, and several other
officers, but the terms of which il is
generally believed will not be respec-
ted when they arrived at the City of
Mexico.
30 ended the battle Of Mier, which
lasted II hours, with an odds of near
8 to l, with loss on The side Of the
Mexicans of nearly 700 killed and 900
wounded, AMI great many of which
have since died, and on the part of the
Texans only 1 / killed and is wound
ded, one of which had died since.
Among the Texans were six bows.
The Oldest of which was IL, and the
Youngest ii only, the latter of which
from window of one Of the houses.
killed twelve Mexicans from one piece
OF artillery, as fast as they were 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 theif
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
lans, 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.
On the Tin, Gen. Ampudis return
ed to Natamoros with the remaining
portion Of his favorite regimen0
amidst the applause of the citizens,
with him 212 Texan prison
ers and was 10 leave for the City Of
Mexico on the 18th or 14th. Colo
nels Fisher and Green,as also the 9th.
er officers and men of the Texans,
acknowledged the officer like conduct
and genllemanly deportmnnt Of Gen. !,
and hfs 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 Mexican officer of :
the same grade, they dine and spend {
their evenings at Ampudia's, and 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
lille fellow is running about town as
gay as lark.
Shortly after the arrival oil the pris-
oners in Ma;amoros, one ofthe Mexl-
can Colonies, placing his hand upon
he Youths head, observed to him.
i'you are too small. they would run
over you in battle" To which the
youth replied. ''as small as | ans
made twelve Of your counirymen bow
ow to me the other day, in less than
0ne hour" |.
Correspondence of the Bulletn'l
10th January, 1872.
GENTLEMEN The Texan prison !
FRS taken at the battle oil Mier,number- !
ing 212, arrived in this town yesterday
and they are to be marched to the C.-
" of Mexico day after tomorrow. it
appears from all accounts, they fought
very bravely, and killed more Mexican
soldiers than they number, SO that Il
can be said that .'every Texan killed
his man., The numerical force
against them was ten to one, the Mex
cans being over 1000 men, while the
did not exceed $50.
| enclose you a copy OF the caP.u
a. mSrw9nR a.