Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-11-25

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swiftly pas. The rear those wh no had Gu, him of
from the plaza, again entered il, Here The men
dismoun,ed aud occupied The conven,-yard, to-
ge'her with large house on the corner Of the
square.
captain Lewis and Lieutenant Waters.
with some len or twelve men, charged twice
upon The enemy, who gave way, and were
pursuing them, when they discovered they
were being surrounded by vast number Of The
lancsrs. They gallan'ly forced their way TO
the plaza; Capt Besancon barely returned in
time To save himself
Private Hugenen and Corporal Merrillen,
of company c, rifles, being entirely surrounded,
drove right into their midst. and fell covered
with wounds.
captain Walker gave the orders promptly
to form the men 10 receive the enemy, who now
made their appearance on our ngh:. in front,
aud on our left. They had also RON up ,he four
FOUNDER 10 open on US. al
Lieutenant Claiborne, assisted by Corporal
Tilghman, unlmbered the six FOUNDER and
pointed it at the column on our left. Having
no port fire, he prepared to fire it with horse
pistol; the enemy came nearer and nearer, IN
I'll at about sixty yards off, when they hshedy
A. this moment the Lieutenan, fred the pistol,
but the fuse of the cannon would no, catch, and
being left alone in the plaza he retired to the
corner house and posted some riaemeu to keep
The piece from recapnre.
"At this juncture Capt. Walker, while ex-
amining the approach Of the enemy, and look
ing at the four FOUNDER On our right, was sho,
from behind, from house ,ha, displayed a
white flag He sunk down Immediately and
was borne into the yard, the men bursting into
tears as the cry spread among them, Captain
Walker is killed. Capt. Walker directed ,ha,
we should never surrender and died n about
thirty minutes. Capt. Lewis made detail of
eigh. men, who went out and brought the six.
FOUNDER and placed it a, the gate. The enemy
menaced us long time, and fred the four.
pounder six or eigh, times loaded with grape,
one of which discharges shattered the leg of
Frederick Raborg, Capt. W.'s interpreter, and
private Of company c. Seeing the determin.
alton OF our men they hesiaied ,faltered, and fell
back. Capt. Lewis formed the men after Wal.
ker fell. and By his energy and address. assist.
ed materially 10 suppress disorder.
Lieut.. Lilly distinguished himself by his
daring. Surgeon Lamar was in the first charge
by the side of Walker, was in The plaza when
the charge was made, and was saved by The
devoted act of Capt Walkers slave David.
who caught at the lance aimed at him and re.
ceived it himself. He died in few minutes.
:" The ifantry came up as the enemy were
re'iring-Col. Germans being the only portion
of the infantry tina, got sho, at the enemy
There is much praise due them for the gallan,
manner IN which they strove to be with the
cavalry. They ran themselves oul Of breath,
and then ran On. Never were men more anx-
ious 10 reach an enemy. They had discovered
the immense body of cavalry ,ha, was making
its way in gallop by parallel road to the
town, and both tried to reach town frsr. When
they 60, to town we had possession.
+" The whole force of Captain Walkers COM
mand did no, exceed 1876. The enemy dis.
persed on the frs. charge. There must have
been more than five hundred, and in the subse.
luent fight they were two thousand FIVE hun
dred strong
"The enemy los, owe: one hundred men,
Two pieces of artillery, and large quantities of
ammunition. Mos, Of the prisoners escaped
during the charge. s-sads - ag
The whole command behaved in the mos,
gallant manner. and received the highest prais-
es from the commanding General The whole
orce under Gen. Lane returned 10 camp that
night. tlra
The Georgia Senators.