Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-11-11

ION the march from camp upon the first
davis battle, heard Gen. Butler remark to
ICol Johnson, of Texas, then acting as his
l aid. ssthat the post of danger was the post
\ of honor.'' That is no doubt true, and If
I SO. then the wreath Of honor should not be
4 withheld from the graves Of the dead and
1.-The brows ofthe living, Of those who partici-
i mated in the storming OF Monterey. After
q careful examination ofthe ground occu-
pied by the enemy, at the point of attack
their means of defence, and the number OF
Itroops-one is astonished not that SO many
were killed, but that any should be left to
tell the history of the action.
Strange and lamentable that the homage
of mankind should be profoundly bestowed
on those only who conduct successfully the
carnage of the battlefield !! A homage
purchased by the living-at the expense Of
1.-The blood of those who die. These things,
however, have been, are, and will be SO.
The town is situated at the mountain pass
which separates the plain extending to the
| Gulf of Mexico from the mountainous
region, which continues until you have
jascended the table land upon which the
Capital is situated. These mountains arise
with great abruptness fromthe plain-unlike
Ahe Alleghanies, which are approached only
e: sss,sh a country, rough and broken, long
goefore YOU are at their base. Their aspect
lis bleak and dreary in the extreme. The
ascent presents an angle apparent Of so or
10 degrees, and their crest exhibits sharp
iidge-of nearly uniform height-except
where broken through--as though pieces
had broken out, leaving apertures Of seven
hundred feet, with perpendicular sides,
through which no other range is discsrnible.
Detached hills seem to rise occasionally like
an excrescence from the plain--and many
of them of great height. On one Of these
stands the Bishops Castle commanding the
town and plain for miles-it is accessible
its true from the east, with gentle ascent,
but as you look west from the heights imme
dhtely beyond it, the head grows dizzy, and
!, one unaccustomed to high places as am
|, shrinks involuntary back from the precipice
. and instinctively seeks surer footing, ant
). a iirmer grasp upon the thorny chappara
surrounding him. This Castle, you know
was taken by Gen. Worth. How it wal
!, done cannot comprehend, although the
! | nlodus operandi has been explained to me
J half dozen times by those who participated
in the battle.
= One would think it an effectual resistance
properly measured against one body as vel
as another, totally regardless Of numbers Of
: courage. In fact, no one doubts that the
! troops who have taken the town, coulc
! defend it against myriad Of men. Gen.
' Taylor, in conversation with me, said HI
had no hesitation in pronouncing it tht
strongest position on the continent, excep
Quebec. By the bye, word about the
capitulation. The bearer of the flag o
truce proposed surrender of the town
,allowing them to remove all the public
i property. Gen. Taylor asked an uncon
: ditional surrender Of every thing quite q
. difference. They had from 9 to IL o'clock
to answer. At IL they sent for Gen. Tay-
lor. After exhausting his patience with
diplomacy, and Ampudia had declared he
was no way Strengthened to submission, Gen.
Taylor said-"Sir, hold your town, your.
self and your army in the hollow Of my
hand, and you know 1.-THE conference is
closed. In thirty minutes you shall hear
from my batteries" He took his hat to
leave the room-Ampudia called him back
and submitted. This was told me in person
by Gen. Taylor, and is strictly true, ol
course.
Much has been .deservedly said of Gen
Taylor's personal bravery; it is the theme
of admiration and adulation of those at home
: but it is no peculiarly of his. He is sur
; rounded by men equally so,-by young men
who, kept in subordinate positions by ou
, arbitrary system of military succession o
rank, who are capable of any thing, ant
, every thing brave and great and, altho
obscured from the eye of the country, are
: in fact, its pride and ornament. Twill TAX
occasion, hereafter, of naming some of thos
whom we regard as the pet dandies Of Wes
Point, and show you how they live an
I what they undergo in the service,-hov
| their esprit du corps prompts them to duty
j their devotion to their profession, &c
: Certainly the testimony of Volunteers will
. hereafter disabuse the public mind in its ap
: probation ofthe young officers Of the Army
OFFICIAL LIST OF KILLED AMI
.... WOUNDED.
!, The following is the OFFICIAL REpoR,
|, Of killed and wounded Of the LIST Ohio Regi
! ment, at the storming of Monterey, Sept
!. 2lst, 1916:
INv1NcIBLE RIFLEMEN.-W. II. Harris
i ! IEiffed; shot in the breast with grape. Jo
:. siah A. Lellum, severely wounded; arm
:. amputated above the elbow. Samuel My
: ers, severely wounded; grape shot fracture
! jaw and lodged in the throat. E. Wade
!. slightly; spent ball in the head.
] MONTGOMERY GUARDs.-Richard w elc
, killed. John Farrell, slightly wounded
co1t,lsiou of rn, and aida Tohn rIo Il, =,