Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-05-22

These barabarities SAYS the correspondent Of |
Fl Monitor, have been committed to av.nge the |
acts Of Urea who has taken from Gen Taylor's !
troops about 50 900 900 (!'l worth in wagons. |
mules, provisions. &c, which he has shared
among his men. And Gea. Taylor, in order 10
recover the loss, has exactet Of the three ada.
cent States SO 600 O0O and tina, ifshe Mcxicans
would not pay :he amount h- would send the
volunteers TO sack their towns and rob Them
Gen Taylor has issued proclamations, declaring
Urea and Canaes land pirates. The Americans
have shot 81 Mexicans at Cadereita, because
some of,he goods taken by Urea found in
their possession.
From the n. Q Picayune, Nay IL |
We Gull from our correspondent such items
and incidents as have not altogether been antici.
rated, and which may be interesting TO the pub
lie
THT SroRMrNG OF CKRRo GoRDo Mr. Ken
Gali, in of his letters, gives the following
count Of the s,orming Of Cerro Gordo. But for
the illness Of Gen. Smith, the assault would have
been led by that gallant officer In his stead
Col. Harvey has rcared the !aurels Of this glori.
The n,ischance of ore chi,alrous spirit made
way for the valor Of another, who proved him.
self, upon this as upon other occasions, capable
of the most daring teats Of galiaotry.
The storwing and capture Of the strong works
on Cerro Gord", by the brigade under Col. Har.
ney, may he looked upon as one of :hs most bril-.
liant achievements Of the Mexican war the fate
OF the battle turned upon IT, and here the enemy
had placed an overwhelming force Of his best
troops. The hill was steep, and naturally diff.
cult Of ascent but independent of this, the
ground was covered with loose eraggy rocks, and
unde, growth of tangled chapraral, besides many
smal! trees. the tops Of which wete cut ofT some
four or five feet from the ground, and turned
down the hill to impede the progress of the stor.
mers To climb the height at all, even without
arms Of any kind, would be an undertaking that
few would care about essaying what, then,
must it have been TO men encountered with mus.
kcts and cartridge boxes, and obliged to dispute
every step Of the PERCEPTIONS ascent Murder
Gus showers Of grape and canister greeted our
men at the onset, and as they toled unfaltering
through tempest of iron hail, q heavy FIRE OF
muske'ry opened upom them. Not man quai.
ed---wth loud shouts they sill pressed upward
and onward. Atevery step our ranks were thin.
oed; but forward went the survivors. When
within good musket range, but not until then,
was The fire Of the enemy returned, and then com.
menced the dreadful carnage of the strife.
The Mexicans held to their guns with more
than their usual bravery, but no,hin: could re-
sst the fierce onset Of the stormers. Over the
breastworks with which the M-xicans had sur.
rounded the crest of the hill they charged. and
shouting, attacked the enemy in his very strong
hold. The latter now fed panic stricken, bu,
still they were pursued and il was not until the
afrightened fugitves had reache! point with
out the extreme range of their own cannon
which had been turned upon them at the onset
that they ceased in their fight. The nationa
colors Of our country now supplanted the banneI
of the enemy, the different resmental flags were
also planted on the crest, and shouts louder thar
ever from the vctors rose upon them, and strucI
terror into the very hearts Of the enemy in tn,
works still untaken, for they knew that lhe
strong positions had been turned and that the,
we're at the mercy Of the men they had scohed
in the morning Never was victory more com
p!ete, although purchased with the blood OF SOM
of our best men. Lieut.. Ewell, Of the rifles
vas among the first within the enemy's breast
works; and it was here that he received hi
death wound The interior of the work wa
covered with the dead Of the emmy, anon,
them General vasqnez, Colonel Palacio AM
many of their officers, while the hillside dow
which they hed was s,rewn well. Near 90
men were left dead, while the wounded wou
swell the number to a, least 500 some even pu
il down as high as 700. .
} The regiments composing Colonel HaTney'
command, and which successfully stormed th
noted Cerro Gordo, were the LIST artillery unde
Colonel Childs, the I'd infantry. under Cspfai
{ +. B. Alexander, the 7th infantry, under Colons
Plympton, and portion of The rifles, under Ma
ior Loring Many cases oi indivd bTaver
performed by subaltern officers have been men
TONED but as l cannot particularly notice sue
as have heard Of without, perhaps. doing injus
| tics TO others equally meritorious, ! shall toT
bear writing untili have more full information
| had almost forgotten to state that four compa
MES of the I'D infantry, under Colonel Riley, too
an active part in the assault.