Washington telegraph., 1847-05-19
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ACCOUNT aF uE uaHHIE oF alHss fsIt,
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Is Tir st4lfHa.L atHH.
|. Aud Ii eama Ia pass, IA lha,r aaYs
warn tue aar between he children a
Haplhcr Jonathan aHl lic elaIdru ol ia.
mael. kuuwa as the 4leUgaus. was pfesa.
ealel with igor
; Win object oi couquefins piece
oi HcNIca,
}. lba Lie armies o. tie lekie4ns
gaas.ei aleflla Wi.dsiaa IS winch stretches
IA titI# asIa 10 Ia Nuatas s0me igfIy
ieasars haaied by lhsirchIe captain, IN.
-. whuse sumama was Lopez do s4Ha
auHa.
/. AuI Eaehlp. one of the might Is oI
Bro.lrl Jonathan, MAS lhe chief captain ol
the host ui the Americans at Aqua Nucya,
or ihc New Waicr, IN the hea,, Of lAe
,nsmJ county.
.. lluNjsil the chici captain over al!
the American armies in Mexico was Win.
field, a mighty man Vt yalor, who stood like
saul, The tins, king OF Israel, head aud
shoulders above bic peers.
Il. Who alter ,upp.gg "a hasly plate oI
Sup ia the chiel c,iy ol Washington, pa
ON all the panoily oil war, aud with ships
ani transports, great fleet, aud huge
engines, ani twelve thousand men Of war,
set sail 10 Vera Cruz, the chief seaport ol
the MrNirlns.
Z. WAcrr. also, there was pruIiljau
castle, black a., thunder, and gain a- death.
setting oul, like huge prison, IN the mdsl
Of tho sea.
:. Aud Antonio, the chief captain Of the
Me1icans, had wooden leg.
.. For the Glu,s had bombarded the
castle, once upon time, when Antonio.
was its drfuder, aud a stray shot from the
enemy had wounded him sore.
10. Aud Wlndel when he repaired 10
Vera Cruz with his mighty host, hearing
that Antonio was at san Luis PJlosi, mid.
way between Vera Cf1z and Aqua Nncva;
II. And hearing that the MeX,ean armies
wcr, llsl .or provisions, aud coulInuI bulge
a peg from the want thereof;
II. Aud thinking that Antonio would be
utterly unable To cross tho desert 10 the
discontinue ~ LlAHallf
l3. Called upon Zacbcry, aud took lrom
him the main body OF his regular soldiers,
and told hm 10 "luy low aud keep dark,
and in oIdcr to be perfectly safe, to tall
back into Monterey, under the shadow ol
the mountains, where the enemy could not
reach him, ifpemdvenlurc they should cross
the desert.
II. But Zachary was exceeding wroth'
and determined to have a crack at EN-
any how.
is. Moreover, the at Aqua Nucva
WAS wholesome to the mon; and as 1t was
ON the cdgo Of the dcsurt, he could see
further than under the mountains at Mon
tcrcy.
lG. And though lclj with but 5000 young
men. he resolved lo stand the racket,
II. And hearing from the spies which
were sent olt to scOur the country that
Antonio was approaching with a mighty
bo.lofcannuncrs, ranchcros, ,lanccfs, horse
foot, aud dragoonsi ,..
IS. And. furthermore, that the chief cap
tain of the NIcxcans was anxious TO i'm.
morlalize himself ina great battle ~illiihe
Am rlcans;
10. Oh Zachary put both hands into his
pockets, and said he'd be damned II he
didn't give him chance.
2O,GAnl Santa Anna, which is 'nlon,a, MIA.
drew 'tigh unto Aqua Nucya, with lIOUU
men, O..
u. And Zachary Tell back 10 the hacl
enda of Buona Vista, or Good Prospect
where he could have good prospect OF The
enemy. ..
%. Where he planted his men by regl
incnls, baltalions, squadrons, and compa
nies, among the hills and rayines, iiapke'
by the barren and sunburnt mountains