Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-11-03

high abruptly add almos, perpendicularly, while
the only pass iahrough lnountaln-gorge oirecl,
" in lis centre | was within len leet oil Gehefai
TAYLOR in the hwn on the 2ist lie was as cuoi
as cucumber and ordered US 10 pass INTO lne
city and break open the houses. e'oo KNOWS no"
any oil us got cut. -
The following is an extract Of letter from an
officer in The Baltimore Battalion, 10 his parents
in this city: =,
September 25, 1916.
We arriy4 here on the 2Olh insi., and when
within three failes OF The city we were salnled
by brisk calnonading from the enemy's pate,
ries-they fsd upon our advance Guafd ana
General Staff. We OF course counIeImarcneu'
and encampedwilhin sight oil The CITY, on sun
day me went OIL, but returned without DONG any
thing, the enemy firing upon us-nol a shoI re-
turned. Early on Monday all The troops were
assembled in bale array. cannon picture 'ne
horrors of the cay 10 your mlnu, ana am 'hanh-
ful that an Advise Providence has spared me
IN. fate ha, NAV noble heart has met with
-Four officers beonsing toihe army fell very near
TO me. among hem Col Watson, for whom a
nation might MOURN. lie is no more.
In desperar, charge against one oil The Mexi-
can lolls, he lel MORALLY wounded. lie handed
his sword 10 Li,at. Bowie, and died with smile
ON his lace. lba indicated more than tongue can
tell. lie died brave man and gallant SOL
der. The lastwords which he uttered were:-
aMEN! YOUR GENERAL LEADS You-wHo WOULD
not FOLLOW 2" These words wefo uttered, see
ing an officer PISS. who, il is presumed, he, in The
expiring agony,f death, took for Gen. Taylor.
deeply regla that COL Watson was mol spared
10 enjoy The vitory With us. Poor fellow, he IS
gone, and hoe his country will take care oil his
wife and childnn. Ii will be great loss 10 them.
So hot was The battle, that we were unable 10 lake
The body OF ourlamcned Colonel from The street,
until nearly 4S,hours had elapsed. We buried
him in brick house within about 4OO yards oil
where he frs, made charge with The battalion.
a very singular circumstance occurred while The
man was infhe act Of preparing The grave ball
came and :ook his head of; and instead o buiying
one, we lad 10 have another dirSe lor The poor
soldier Such is war.
We haze lost a number of men, but nothing
appears St horrible To me as those men who have
their arms and legs taken of. | never before
imagined What a battlefield was-neveT thought
il like this. We have some noble fellows ~ our
ballalion-ilslead Of being prvales, they should
be generals. They charged three forts ana sue
ceeded in taking them, hui many who were lore
most are nov numbered with the dead. we
passed the fors on Monday, and got into The city
LEFT my Ten determined 10 suTmounl every OF
sacle. kn,w We had eyes looking upon us that
had jealousyin them, and we determined 10 lead
The leaders
You would not suppose that any one could live
in this lane c. street where we were hghtils.-
Three batter IS were constantly playing upon Us
Muskels, ynes, and every other weapon which
could be bought TO play, was bearing upon us
The lanes became so dense with dead men ano
horses. tha we had TO tread npon them in pass
ing. Tie Mexican Lancers, not satisfied VIII
seeing tie poor fellows lying wounded upon The
ground, must revenge themselves by thrusIna
their aices into their bodies. Many al these
Lancers however, in turn were made 10 bite the
dust
Every one thought was killed. My horst
was found with blood upon him and brought Il
the camp, and finally they sent out TO md me
When discovered Sergeant Major Day holding
my charger near the tort, called out and lolt
him 10 lie The horse 10 a bush and take care O
HIMSELF uree forts all The time throwing grape
shot al III. finally managed to gel charge
twenly-lhlec prisoners, which our men found hat
relIea,ed rom the fort TO the Ian yard. Among
them wers three officers. You may be sure We
had 10 run for il, regardless OF the lives OF the pr
soners. All The forts opened upon US, and such {
lodging Ct balls you never heaTdo OF. | had Otter
heard OF getting oul of the way Of balls but never
believed / before. Every time, while we were
running up To the camp with our prisoners as W,
saw the flash Of the old twelve FOUNDER, down al
would go 1pcn the road, gel up again and run on
ward. Al every fash The Mexicans were as fla
as founders.
II is thought that our enemy had some French
Arllleriss among them, as they fired with grea
II, ira or nj Tow n
Ranger struck his horse, and broke The poor
mans leg 50 that il had TO be taken of this morn
ing.
On Tuesday General Worth, | understand
wished suspension Of hostilics until ne could
bury the dead which was actually refused by
the Mexicans although the truce asked for was
only two hours. Lsoon come our time 10 refuse
They wanted, as they said, TO remove the women
and children out Of The city. This was refused
They were told, if they continued hoStililes, we
wonld remove The men. Thew. howev"r 80" =
The slightest wound here, might say is worse
than a mortal oHs, for The wound is soon filled
with worms, and in spite Of all the physician $
can do, the wounds cannot be kept clear of them
They abound in great abundance, and Of almost
every imaginable species.
am heartily tired OF Mexico and but for the
duty owe my country wonld he the bearer oil
difficulty.
have Just been informed that one of the Ohio
men who received a wound in The arm, and
which bound up with my handkerchief during
The battle, was stabbed by one OF the internal
Lancers, while resting himself in the chapparal
whittier he had gone 10 get out OF the way OF the
Shot.
The Mexicans have fought hard-very hard
No city could have been better fortified than Men
,erey and none but Americans can fight as we
have. Nothing but The principle OF "nevcT give
np" and our go-ahcad business makes us peo-
pie dctying nations in equality Of arms. From
what have seen BY observation 10 day, there is
no place 80 well calculated in regard 10 power oil
defence as this In natural advantages, am
confident, il has no equal. Here the Spanish
and French forces were separately defeated, and
once the combined forces of the Two nations.
A Lancer col after Henry NoTris-he ran I'M
Ill he came 10 fence, and then lcvecd his
muskel and dropped The gentleman from his
horse He was struck So hard that he never knew
what hurt him. Mr.. n. is a great boy. lie
says he never was more frightened and that he
thought he was IA goneT."
Please say 10 John Glenn, Esq, that Capt
kenly is well and was one Of The foremost in The
balle-ihat he was lar ahead Of his company in
the charge.
A poor old soldier named Kelley, who says he
is acquainted in Baltimore las had his ankle
broken BY cannon ball, and wilI probably lose
his leg
Remember me 10 all my friends and believe
me- yours A BALTlMOREAN
ffomthe TRi0n.J
THE DESTRUCTIVE STORM IN THE
GULF.
foFrIcIAL.
KEY WEST, Oct. IA, 1916.
Sir--It is my painful duly TO report 10 you 7
dreadful calamity which has befallen this place
and every Thing connected with the Florida reef
SO far as heard from.
The Town OF Key West Is now a heap Of ruins
OF about 400 houses, large and small; there arc
not more than ~ OF u left standing or in habila
BILE condition, and those much shattered, whilst
The general confusion and distress can hardly he
realized. On Sunday, 18th Oct, We were visit
ed with fearful hurricane, accompanied with
torrents VI rain. The gale commenced about s.
A. M, ilom the Northeast, and continued 10 in.
crease during ihs day. when al between 3 and d