Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-04-17

head of the line ordered q charge. When he
approached within about 20 yards Of the enc
my's line they gave him fire from, their side
arms, but overshot. Then came the test OF
strength and skill the Dragon, with sword in |
hand, met the confiding Lancer, with pointed
lance. ready 10 receive him. The contest was
but tor q short time.
In many instances lanccs were twisted from
their clench,d hands the Mexicans were uh.
suddled and driven, heter.sk, t.r, in every di.
rection. aud pursued by the dragoons in Jeiach.
men's Col. llarpcy aud several Of his officers
met their men in sing lie combat, but none of
them received anv injury except Lieut. Neill.
Adjn,snt of the Regiment. who was wounded
severely IN two plnces from his ,nap nan ninity in
attempting To capture Mexican instead OF Kill.
ling him. In iu'l run he overlook the re,rcn.
ting Mexican, and placing his sword in front Of
him commanded him to surrender, whereupon
the Mexican drove his lance inio his maqnani.
nous adversary. As the Lieutenant wheeled
hs horse 10 despatch him, another Mexican
charged up and struck him with a lance. How.
ever severely wonndcd as he was, in two pla.
| ces he conquered one of his foes, aud corpn.
rsl came up ic time to "sette accounts" with
/ the other
In this aff,r Col. IIarney had 4 wounded aud
l killed. Lieut.. Judd had one killed and the
Tennes.eesns had Messrs Fox. Long, Woodly,
and one other OF Capt McCown's company.
whose name could not ascertain. wnnnded.
Mr.. Young, Texan Ranger. who was acting
asguidr, was also wounded slightly. Nine
teen MexicaNs were found dead, ct the bridge
behind the breastwork. Col. Harvey killed
80 and wounded about the ssme number. The
Mexican .orce near 300; COL Iisrney's 5OO.
Col. Haskell, Captains Caeathsm, Foster.
Suead, Lieut.. Judd. and ell the officers and men
in the command, are spken oiin the very high,
est terms by Col lIarncy for their gnIlan, con.
duct throughout the " hole affair.
March 26--Inst night CIV Morales was
strongly importnned by the inh,bi,anis, who
the town-but he was obstinate aud would no,
surrender the gatrisoned works until every man
was buried underneath the ruins and not one
; stone lett on top Of another. Thereupon meet.
ing Of the National Guard WAS held, and Gov
Morales was deposed, and Grn. Land. 70 place,
~ command.
Our bait, ries worked last night. and up I,
9o'cock thus morning. with apparent increase,
vigor, when h.g ofnucc was received by Gen
Sco:t, with n pr ffcr on the part Of the Mex
commission I'm our part was appointed. consis
ting OF G,rs, Worth and Pillow. Col Tu,tcn
= and Capt. Aulick. "f the Navy, who met tn
MSacon commission at the Lime Kiln, on tn
right oi our battery. about one mile dirtant. aa
!. they conIinnrd in session during the day.
March 27-This morning the Mexican. di
not accede to the terms Of the commss ioner
and orders were given TO fire again a! 9 o'clocl
However, about that hour the enemy solcite
another meeting Of the commissioners
T. March % Com. Perry, was preparing
y land another battery Of 10 guns from the Obi
but the necessity was obviated by the ratihc'
'. ,ion by both parties of the stipnlations agree
ID upon by the Commissioners
n, The Mexicans surrendered the city OF Vel
n Cruz and castle of San Juan de Uloa, and Il
v. armament and munitions of war, together wit
:, their small arms. The officers retained the
n side arms, and the whole surrendered as priso
10 eIs of war, and are allowed to retire into Il
~ country OH their parole. Gen. Scott furnish,i
n, them -four days rations
~ AT o u'chck. Gems. Worth and ril!nw's b.
L.. rds
a each other, ant the M.xicans marched nt
t. sisck ked their arms aud marched off. Our troo
e. then moved in column into the city nj o'cOc
I'd planted the siar. .spsnele banner on the wn
u. where but short time previous had waved th
Of vain and concerted five. The stars 81
TO stripes went up first On Furt Santa q, aud th,
Il on Fort Conception and then oD the Castle al
r.. other places. Each flag as i, wen, up r"ceiv
1t. the national salule, which WAS answered by Il
,y .quadron--,be yards uf the vessels were ina
he ned and our coors hailed with three cheers.
he Com. Perry WINS present IN the Musquito he
n. under Capt Tatnal! ut the evacuation snd ST
-, render.
The Mexicans variously estimated their IL
"' at from 500 Ia 1000 killed and wounded, but
~ agree lha, The loss among the soldery is c.,
'" parsiively small and the destruction anon. I
:" women and children is very great. Anio
u" their killed is Gen. Felix Valdez, an officer
some celebrity Our loss in the Army and n
Wy is about % killed and about 40 wounded, b
:, many Of them slightly. Among our killed a
=, two officers of the army and one Of The navy