American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-06-23

ties in a most Trustworthy manner during the
whole of the operations, towards both our own
men and those of the enemy. Their duties are
very severe-their time being completely oc-
cupied.
amusing Story Of Gen. .Ampudid. We are
compelled, says the Picayune, to cut down
somewhat an article upon this Mexican brGpe'
An amusing story is told by Ranchero' Is
wife of the haste and trepidatlon in which he
crossed the river on the afternoon of the 9Th OF
Maya day likely to be remembered in his
calendar. The good woman says that Ampu-
dia came to her house soon after the trlng
commenced, at full speed and alone, and beg
ged her husband like a hound to cross him over
the river, before those shouting devils, the
Americans, could overtake him. The poor
husbandman complied and ierred the poor,
crest-falIen, terror-stricken hero across; but he
had no sooner landed and placed the broad
river between himself and his pursuers, than
he became the naughty, superclious General
Ampudia again, and ordered his preserver to
play lackey and groom to himself and horse.
He is notorious in this city for his meanness
in pecuniary matters, especially in swindling
the people from whom he hired the furniture OF
his house, since his last arrival-and Tor his
cold-blooded cruelty to our Consul, Mr.. Schat-
zell, a man near 10 years of age, who ne order
ed TO leave the place, under guard, for the
interior, in such haste as to compel the old
man to 90 on foot, and sleep the first night IN
the open air, in a severe norther. lie is also
remembered as the first man from the field OF
battle, who, as an apology for his own cowar-
dice, swore that the entire Mexican army was
DESTROYED. One of the many rumors afloat is,
that Ampudia has charged Arista with tTeache-
ry-with having sold the army TO the Amerl-
cans. A hard bargain, indeed, to Arista, Tor
his only pay was cannon balls and cold STEEL
Ampudia says further, that he would have won
the day had he had the command. The lying
braggart-the man who ran at the first voleY,
when second in command, to talk of what he
would have done as chief.
Incidents of the Battle. A letter from the
Rio Grande, gives the following incidents of
the rece Mt battles:
In the charge led by the gallant May, in the
front rank was himself poor Inge, and Lieut..
Sackett. When May gave the word ''charge!'
Sackett's horse, being little the quickest. got
the start. In the midst of shower of grape,
May said to S. "SaCkeN thdte not fair! yOW
took The Jump on me!n' 1t. Sackett's horse
was almost at that moment shot, and fell with
him into q water-hole. He fell upon the Lit.
who with great difficulty disengaged himself
with the loss of his sword. He took another
horse and sword from dragon and joined in
the fight.
Corporal Farrell, of the 4th infantry, with
ten men came up TO LIT. Hays, of the 4th, and
exclaimed, "Lieutenant, if zoe had an officer 10
lead us, lce could take that piece!m referring to
one, which was pouring the "leaden messen-
gers of DEATH into our poor fellows. "You
shall not say you had no officer to lead you,
Corporal, tolloU mel" was the reply Of the
fearless Hays-and away they dashed and stor-
med the battery, and took il!
Such, such is the calibre of the American
officer and soldier. 1t must not be thought
that the enemy did not fight. They fought al
first like devils; the piles of wounded along
their lines tell how they stood up to it. The
Tampico regiment, and the 9th and 10th in
fantry, appear to have suffered the most. You
may imagine how desperate was our charge
when mention the fact that six out of the
eight pieces that were taken lcere loaded!