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

he sery Few lyfl were some lnund knoE-
ing he man AMI rfrDllscling lis services
In times pasi. predicted thar III would b
done that skllI and gallaniry could effect.
Even ihr noel hanFf.si s.a''---.ss as a'Hi.
I 80 20 falinns ~ hls camp. and calculated
how long be could maintain Fon Brown,
and WHEN Itinforcemenls could reach him.
lie however entertained no such ideas as
these. lie decided upon and performed
coup de main. which II once stamped him
IS = general. and which we are informed,
j. lie same suggested BY The Duke of
w. llingion in conversation, upon lie ar
rival in England OF the news 90 The posi-.
lion ofour fnTees. leaving in Fort Brown
garrison with instructions 10 hold out
10 The last exlrfmiiy." he with The main
body Of his army moved down 10 Point
Isabel, put that post in stale Of security,
obtained additional ammunition and pro-
visions. and commenced Teiraring hissleps
20 the relief Of the gallant men lie bad lelt
behind him, and 10 The maintenance of
the position he had taken. To The war
Department he wrote detailing his pro.
reedings, and saying "a if The enemy oh.
struci my march, in Whatever force, will
fight him." Al Pslo Alto he found Gen.
Arisia with 6OOO men prepared 10 ighi
him. Ills own force amounted 10 1000
men, encountered with long tain OF wa
CONS. lie could bring into the fight only
l700 men. yet with these he drove the
enemy from their position with great loss,
and slept upon the battle field. On tho
morning Of The 9th a council was called az
10 The eIpediency Of prnceeding-fori.
Tying themselves and awaiting reinforce.
menis, or falling back Ia Point Isabel.
In the council there was a difference Of
opinion. zen. Taylor's decision deserves
10 be recorded in hisiory-"If I live, [
will sleep in Forl Brown tonight. He
was as good as his word. and thereby
saved the noble garrison which had defen-
ded Fort Brown against the unremiiling
attacks Of the Mexicans for Ave days aud
nights.
lie resumed his marrh and continued il
until he reached The Resaca " de Ia Pal
ina. Here he found The enemy, who hay-
ing been reinforced now amounted 10 about
1900 men, advaniageously posted in po-
sitlon Of their own selection, crossing the
road along which he must pass. having
ihtir front protected by the rayine and
their tanks by the thick rhapparal. He
did not hesitate 10 attack them, and most
i glorious and complete victory crowned
his arms. The enemy were driven be-
1 yond the Rio Grande, and thai night Gen.
Taylor slept in For Brown. The loss of
i Is believed, il "a iseAfeu h adIe p9an!ng
two thousand men (lhongh Gen. Taylor's
/ modesiy estimates the number less in his
dispatches proves that they fought well.
|, There were collected there the choice
troops OF Mexico. Rauk allcr rank was
moved down. and ieplaced-the guns
we're again and again captured, reiaken,
and manned, and The victory was only
complete when at least one seventh Of the
whole Mexican Army had been placed
hors du crlnbat. The limits Of this sketch
will not allow us to speak fully Gen. Tay-
lor's praises, nor to recount the thousand
acts Of gallantry displayed in these two
days. The first mail which tended 10 re-
lieve our anxieties brought us the news
of The brilliant victories. The country
was electrified, the world astonished, and
Gen. Taylor was al once and deser,edly
ranked amongst The great Captains Of the
world. His indifference TO danger was
atiested by his being everywhere in the
J, thickest Of the fight, and the perfect cool
) ness and calmness with which he survey
ed the field and gave his orders; when
desired by his staff 10 retire from posi-
ton where the balls fell thick, he replied,
Z" Let US move little nearer and they
will pass over our heads. We cannot
refrain from telling one anecdote illustra-
live Of this fact. A large body Of Next
can cavalry was about charging weak
battalion, which was thrown into square 10
repel it. II being impossible for Gen.
Taylor in The stage of The fieh, to detach
any troops TO its support. he himself. a.
|, lone, rode amor st them saving" Men,
place myself in your square" The sol-
diers recognized their General, gave him a
!! cheer, and receiving the enemy with well
directed fire, repulsed them with loss.
II For these baules Gen. Taylor received
the breve. rank of Major General, The
} thanks Of Congress. and gold medal con.
1 memors,ise Of The eyen,s. Thanks were
4 voted him, and swords presented him by
| Louisiana and other SAFES. He was sub
sequen.ly appointed fol! Major General
: under the Supplement, War Bill. A few
, days after these battles Gen. Tayler eros
: sed The Rio Grsnde. and took possession
Of Matamoras. From that time 10 The
N early par. OF September he was engaged il
/ receiving. organizing, and disciplining hi
a reinfocements, principally volunteers; es
" iablishing :depots-collecting provision.
e aud munitions, of war--procuring means
!. OF transporting bis army into the interior
r Of Mexico. These duties are always muct
II more vexa,ious and laborious Than light
.s ing, and at The same time less appreciated