The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-05-20

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Iulsd iasTsss. being lasp,d far @ssks'
Try. Nslhsaa dsunasd. Gsn. Taslar a.
tneked ihis - GihfaltsE." and sfisr three
days hard hgHmnE rssa - e. Amru.
dIs. Ihe cammanJsnI, b. espliulaie. Ina
he shauId have svcessdsd against sueh
ODDS. ssJ sndsr surh dissdssniaRes. 10. %
ne himself insenucasly Eeu,Tks. " ore 81
lbs Bnsrroualable events Of The age." u
wss scknowlsdEed 10 he IN sehieSsneEI
mare Brilliant Than The VICTORIES OF The
Pslo Allo snd R,ssses. and he's been
sh.rscsFsrd 90 zen iaslseee OF daring
ard svecess ~hieh has lee il any parsl'
lsl' 70 modern wsrf.Fs." Never wa'
pors sanssmp,'s frnrT.liship displayed
lhsa Ihrfs xss By Gen. Taylor nn this
OCCASION. IL had been his plan originally
IN send Geo. woTIh's division 10 the
Iiahl Of The Ioun. Gee. Boilers IN the
10 and rear. and 10 have retained Ten.
Tsigs's IN front. Thsse positions were
10 have been taken on the 2lsi. On the
night Of The 2lsi he. 9th Tsisgs diyi'
slon, wculd have carried The citadel, On
ihs morning cf ihs ed The three dlr''
siOns xese 70 have moved simultaneously
To tie sIisrk from their various pesl'ions,
and The riIy Du.I have fallen under this
well dige.lsd plan. Z" Man proposes, bui
God d,sposrs," Il ~ss Psn Of ihs orr,
giasl pIsa Of Gen. r. IN create on The
morhIng nj The 2lH . diversion in 10.
vor Of Gee. Worth, who bad on The 20Ih
been ordered 10 lske up the position con-
iewplai.d % above described. "a the
night &c The Goth. Gen. Worth having die
covered lhai the oppo,ition Offered hin
weu'd be most formidable. wro'e . nou
IN Gen. Taylor urgIng him 10 make th'
dirersien . strong one. In affecting Ihi'
on The morning Of the 2l.i, Garland's d.
yluon became involved. Toss.e Il. Gen
Taylor found 10 would be necessary v
move Up tbs shole soIun'esr division. On
the i1slanl he changed bic entire preeon'
s,ived plan Of operations, and determined
10 make the 6ght then. He ordered up
oil the troops with the exception oil
his Iessr's-prsssed the sp'my 90 u
brir forn6cslions ss 10 force them 10 con
eehrsis ihsir forces upon The, part of the
lovp-snd thus leli TO Worth a eompd'
rafirsly essy task IN accomplishing the
-ork iniIusled 10 bis division. Tn"
Worth did gsllsnlly-. fsllsn,ly %
man could do--bu, The HERo Of Monterey
10 the commanding 6snerai--hs whs
plsnoed The stack end ordered The detail
The who. where balls few ,hiskest. sn'
dsslh was rifesi. bore The bruni OF III,
s..,le. The hard y, 6eh slles. /" MOn'sr''
TIE frs: ,ho. fired Of Monterey va
from one OF the long epl,erins. aimed =
Gen. Tayler himstlf, Wills, Ieeonnoiier
ing. Il struck . ,hort distance in front Q
BIN snj bounded over his head. "There
] knew il would fall short OF me-" h,
eslDly remarked.
One sneejo,e OF Gen. Tsy Tor si Mon
iersy. told BY his staff. has never appeared
10 PRINT. 10 irsvering the field of battle
IL sss necessary To cross bridge Which
wss constantly swept by the Mex'car
artillery. When approaching II, il va,
sgreed ihs. they tihe General and BIZ
staf should cross u sinsly 81 g'llop
Four had crossed thus, shen IL came /,
DO the Genersl's tuIn. Jusi 90 he resche.
The Gidcls Of The bridge, and ~hsn sh,
balls we're sbowering around him. some
thing going wrong 10 another par, of tn.
field attracted his attention. Stopping hI'
horse. much 10 The discontinue Of lhos,
following him. he deliberately took on
ami arranged he spy glass. satisfied him
self. and Then closing il. rode on.
in the streets Of the Town. where .her,
vas not . foo, of ground which vas no
riddled by balls. he 80. seen, stalking de-
libersIeiy TO and fto. directing HE men ia
lhsn stacks upon The barbados ana
houses.
Any euloeiuu we could psss on III,
'iorm,ng oil Monterey. snuld fall far .hor
nf The reality. Barely to state the facts
I. We have hastily and impe,ferily done
esuses il 10 sound like romance. YET wa,
il resl--a rcslIiy almost too real-a'
many . ssddered hear, and vacant seal
round The 6retije IN our county, can
testify,
To follow Zen. Tayln. from the capi.
,pla,,on Al Monterey, and do him justice,
- the most difficult part ri the duty We
have upder,sken. Were il DOT that all
vho read this have sofIic,enl infornsiIon
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