The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1846-05-30

ipwafds. TIE NcNcana td0ugi thty lao s,n'
cd nearly OIL oi 90, a8 they were undef h' w"
nferaioB that all who fe'l were shot e--,
II Wsa vcty dIapusHna 10 stand ana b' lt ,'.'l
AZ ali AROUND and nui be- able 90 fr ufn Nv 'u"
force and virtue A." bot, knowing ouf sp''u,,
ton was scarce, $50 tcfcfgtd ~ ilU we wv NV,
rifpero should como on. We were W.
that after reasonable iimu oi boho'tu,,rnH' w,
cncmy would attempt 10 etnim w. ", "
thfco feinis were made, UT 'hry eouu w.
btough, 20 tho scratch. Five moflAta Wo'e
nl,y,np ON n, A, once, from every point OF 'heH
.ofks. Con. Taylors orders TO ~ wcfo 70
MAINTAIN this post, and not pretend to mako any
ssily, or risk IN tho least his position mere w.
IN case We were surrounded after no lc''' V'a'
signal guns should he fred at certain 'n,er-
walls. winch would notify him OF Tho TACT in's
notice was given to the General, ~ thcy hoa'o
aII our runs At Point Isabel on the o h' Tue
General commenced his march win 'he Ha,n VI
n,ovisiona. and when about IL miles rom mere
he saw tho enemy in position. lie immediately
u,,.lted into their affections" We heard The
firing of cannon on both sides, and distinctly tbe
yoleys OF muskc,ry. We knew well that II
was the General poking II into Their snort r,os
We had them stopped to "liekcr,' out al 'ne
first gun we sprung to our parapots opened our
batteries, and for one hour we ma lhe ptca,,ee'
little cannon fight that ever man beheIu, Ihey
gave US gun tor gun, while Wo slung ~ 'ict'
",ho best the shop contained
But wait, forgot ono thing: On 'he urs,
Wednesday after the bombardmcn' mas 'aHteo
three DAYS, the enemy "sounded parIoy =
Major Scawol and Lieut. DrI,ton were o'dcrod
to 20 out and zee what they wanted. They ana
SO, and the MeXicane demanded the surrender
of the fort "f0r humaaitys sake" 1hey gave
US one hour 10 surrender, or they wou'a Pus ue
all TO the sword They brought US e'ter i, RON
! Gen. Arista to our commanding olncer' INC
commanding officer, Capt. iiawk'hs- ID OWN
had been shot just bafore--had couhcli o' war
called, and Gaid he presumed we were uhiu'-
nous on such points, but that he Won Pu' ',e
matter to a vote as TO their feelings. nc VOC
of the Youngest member was taken hrai, an so
on throughout. THIS was the un1nIn u VJtc :
"Dofend the place 10 the DEAN HeherAl
rista v as in thirty minutes TepIl d 10 az lo"o"S
"rhat we had received his humane coninuuca-
ton, but not understanding perfectly ihe HPa','9n
Ianguape. we were doubtful if we had under
stood exactly his meaning; but from all we
could understand, he had proposed that We give
him possession of this place or we would all De
nut to the sword in one hour If thls was lne
lproner understanding, we would rcfpectuay
decline the proposition, and took this rPpor'
" TO assure his ExcolCncy Of cur distinguished
consideration" After the reception Of tiii3 py
his "Excellency" ii Just rsned bale. Inc or'
ferent moriars kept two pair OF "saddl1 bags ~
the air all the time, varied only by ,heif anu
pounders Blu, in the midst of all the storm the
Star Spanrled Banner sill n)atcd on our breast
works, at the point where they directed 'ne.'
c strongest elIolf ; and we took out our Two feS'
v mental co.or3 and planted item on queen
: parts of the wall TINS fire was Kept ~ al
= 7 -, IN from the
J rear. al the di5tance Of five huaafsd yIrdS W.
or1crpd our men no, to fire shot until the!
came within eiga'y yGrds--5u, they dld mol aP
9 proach. Their ublect was to exhaust u IN am
=, munition. They knew from dcsoricrs That
= was scarce and Gen. Taylor had gone Tor a up
y, plv. 1'ncy are found OF fighting nj lorg dIHtan
% ces, but they can't stand Tie cold Steel
+, Now for where left eli on the night OF to
~ 18th Gen. Taylor and the McE'can army wer
10 miIos from horo-betwecn this aid Brazos
- The batteries al Ma,am ra5 and around us, an
~ in our fort kept up q constant firing until DAY
Vi when all ceased. We had no communicate
NJ from the General, but that he had to lick en-
- die! TIE sound OF arms had not retrogrGde
h but advanced besides there " as no ringing
- bells in the civ or figns OF rejoicing, therefor
or we Judged they had not the first GAUGE for joll
:, fication. That night was the first eound nay
m ping that had been done in the for, for six nights
nj Tne next morning at daylight the cnemy's bal
N. tcries opened on us as usual we laying low, I
4; our cannon ammunition was early exhausted
:, riyin0 them now and then "crowder" 10 il
hn them know that the "degeneratc sons o! Wasl
n inglon" were not all dead yet At O'Clock "
tie heard Gen, Taylor open again and from that II
If. o'clock the battle ragged with fury, and comm
in. closer almost every shot. The General VIZ
If driving them Def re him in the chaparrel at III
N. point Of the bayonet. About half mile in OIL
M rear we saw their cavalry retreating for the fe
nd ~, TO recross the river to Matamoras, and the
on we're in utter confusion we turned one OF OF
cd Is Founders to bear on the mass and gave the
20. "blizzard" to help them along.
,ad Then you should have heard the loud huzz
an that went up from this little spot. sprang VI
NV on the walls near our regmental flag and n
,et quested silence. Every thing was as still
.ad death.-Says "three cheers, all together, I
,ed the star spangled banner" 1t was given IN II
md blast Matamoras heard the shout, and the
I and not till then every gun from the enemy ce
sed it's fire.
e,s The enemy say they had 5000 in the fgl
tho but from the returns of the regiments which v
VOC have found on the fielC, there must have be-
ah I7l53 of them. We had 1900 engaged in I
md battle, about 500 forming the reserve. All &c
;ng Arsta's papers and baggage have been take
ave silver plato in abundance. The loss take
wn wounded, ard missing1 of the enemy amour
his to about 1000 among the prisoners were lie
,b. La Vega and II officers. Nine pieces OF ca
tho non were takcn,--7 out of were loaded; Il
cod shows you how tight it was. Gen. I. captur
mis-. more muskets from the enemy than we had
At the fight against ,hcm-,hc biggest pile Of al
"a. munition you ever saw, 400 splendid mules, a
!, II baggage of all kinds enough to load the steam
~ Loot, Oh Ilol n