The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-11-05

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90 he 2Tlh. and ne baiasee q lhe 2suh
I san he lwo LAST. and Has ale 10 lorn
q i0isrsbly good idea Of re number :
mrn IN lhem. There e0uld noa have bee
Fever ihsn 2500 il sarh division, ef re-
ular soldiers, vel armed and equipped
Add % these some 1000 -honemen whl
left he city in small parties. during III
four days hghi. and n least 5000 ciEzen
Of The Town who look up arms IN lis De
fence. and you have . Prsiy strong fore
for The defence Of . place nhich nalurl
and art have combined 70 reader a. aronl
a. any in ihe world. How such an ar
my. thus situated. could ever allow ilsel
70 be conquered By force lees lhsn 1000
men. will always appear strange 70 me
The cowsrdiee Of AmpDdia 10 now eslab.
lished beyond doubt. So careful Ma,
he nf his person. TINT IL il said he neysl
once lell his house when any firing va,
going on. What pity that one of on
shells could not have dropped into hi,
bedroom. ..
fsll perfectly salis6ed. when I saw
the Mexican troops pass out Of town,
with the arrangements which Gen. Tag.
lor had made with them. To have taken
all those men prisoners would have beer
useless. Their arms we did not want
their horses were worthless. with lew
exceptions, and il would have been very
expensive and troublesome 10 feed and
gusrl so many men. And moreover, il
would have cost many q valuable life "a
have carried the city Of the point Of The
bayonel.
l rode out with the head OF The column
day before yesterday. when their second
division left town. That scene alone
would almost have rsmuneraied one fol
the long journey 10 Monterey. At the
head Of the column rode The commander
Of The division. with his staff, accompa.
MED by Maj. Scott, OF The 9Th Infantry,
with his Adiulan, (Lieut. Deas.) and
Lieuts. Hanson, Robinson and McLaws.
Col. Peyton rode by the side Of the chief,
and received very affeciionale embrace
from him as we turned out TO LEI the col
umn march on. when the head had reach,
ed Palace Hill. And now was presented
scene that ] can never forget. Two re-
gimen.s Of infantry led of. with color.
flying, drums beating, and the irumpeiers
blowing with all their might. The filers
made all The noise they could. The men
were all well armed. and the whole divi'
sion seemed to be well appointed, will
the exception of shoes, in lieu OF which
most OF the men wore sandals. Three
pieces of artillery were in The centre oil
The column, one six, one nine, and one
iwelve-pounder. The line. marching four
abreast, extended about one mile.
The army was accompanied by great
many females; officers wives on horse.
back, their faces muflled, and with hats
on; soldiers wives mounted on donkeys
or on foot, some Of them carrying bur.
dens that would scarcely think Of pack.
ing upon mules; young women with
short petlicoats. and hats, tripping lightly
along; young girls trudging along with
their li,lle valuables in their arms. no.
iiced one pretty little creature, about nine
years old, with a pc. chicken on one arm
and q parrot perched upon her hand. The
ugliest woman | ever heard OF was walk.
ing behind poor little fes-bit donkey,
belaboring him with large stick. The
donkey was ridden by young woman, q
second edition Of the old one. A pre-.
cious pair, that mother and that daughter.
Most of The soldiers looked sullen, and
their eyes cleaned with hatred, and de.
sire for revenge.
Our army has taken, or rather, retain.
ed, thirty.five pieces Of artillery. many oil
which are valuable, and as much ammu.
milton as will ever be needed TO use with
them. The killed and wounded Of the
enemy cannot be ascertained with any
degree Of certainly, but it is known now
that their loss FAR exceeded ours. Our
loss will no, vary twenty from five hun.
bred killed and wounded. A considera.
BILE number of the wounded will die, SO
that the number who will have lost their
lives will be about three hundred. This
large fort OF The north of the town is Q
very strong work, and it would have cos
heavy sacrifice Of life TO have taken it