Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-10-02
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e"'iu1"' e'ouW CdtOhIidtt,.u ule representative on
the the, bloody ksld Of .Churpeasco. Of ~ rcah
rere Ct henes as any country has produced,
will creates, profound and cx.epded, sorrow. IN
this county. lie. hos been for q. long time
conspicuous end prominent citizen of South Car.
oisas. and was noted Sae his gseat resolution
and indominS,e courage. he possessed N ili.a.
~ qusii,ies "f'the highest order, aud gave pro.
mice uf great ssccess ard distinction in career
which. slass rer,ninared q, t,s very commence.
mcus. Colonel Bu,ler had been very III for &c.
veral days prevtuus TO the battle, but wine. he
heard that the Palmetto Nag was going into the
6cht. unaeturpanied Sy him 10 whose .pecs,
charge |, hsd been cu.nyni,,et, he b,ps. loose
from ,'is physicians, abandoned hi. sick couch,
and weak, clas,ly, and sln.ost faiu,iog, noun.
ted his charger, end placed hsnseN q, she tead
Of his regiment, With such an example, men
"a, less ardent and RslIsnt thar, the Sou,h Caro-.
linians ~uta@ have been prompted 10 deeds of
supevhvmsn da,ine. BIT there was no such
iuci,emer, .ueressary 10. tmpel the SIMS nf lire
Harry Ho,snrsasy nj s,e Onion. .s Pren,iss once
styIsd.thc gallant Palmetto .Aas~ ,oths mos,
brliIisns end cUrspicuous display Of mi,hsry
qusltirs> Cci. Bu,seS thrugh twice badly
woanded, and weighed down by fsir,vess and
loss Of ekrod, maintained iAs position until third
wound caused his death ~ hi "'7'.7 o7 ''o1"
Carr T@o~sros Tive correspondent, Of tire
Delts, noticing The aes,h Of csp,sin Thornton,
who was killed BY shot from, the for, at San
Antonio> as he was advancing upon il, ssys =
Capt. 'Thntntps Ind .bcen very unwcll for s0sne
| time, and went out IA cowssam Of Mis- squadron
against the advice ofrhis physician Ind his srri.
or off'ce'e; bui his energy end psiisnsry would
not allow him 10 remain inactive when there
wac the iesss pccs;tiiity us srrrsing the fue.'
The Dcl,a pays to his memory handsome
tribute. !, s,udes TO his being the hrst 10 begin
the war, and says he was the first TO !alI in the
march upon she city Mexico X doubts whc.
| thcr any man living has pa.rel safely through
80 many and such imminent perils as, had mar.
ked the life Of Captain Thornton. II mentions
the fact thai hs wass passenger ip the ill.faled
Pulaski7-,bst sfier doing all he could to save
Others he a.iempted to save himself by attach
ing himself to chicken, ,eoop--ihat, after he
was in the wates, hs pick ked. up several and pla.
| ced them on the coop, but they all died and
dropped off, aad he was picked up some days
afterwards a,Ismished maniac. and saved J. He
was native of Caroline couo,y, and was in his
thir,y-lhird year. Iiu WAS as brave man as
ever lived. ~ilh spirit much ton impe,unus and
ardcpt Tor his physicsl stsucture, which was
far from being siecsocs for he was Of small stat
ue. and his constituliun was dslicste, .na -7-i
Tps LATE CAprA,s GHAnLss hAxsos I'VE
have slready ,nnounced, among the killed and
wounded In the late ba,tlee. the name Of Capt
Charles Hahsoo Of the 7,h inIsn,ry. nstise o'
Washington City. The Richmcnd Republican,
in announcing his death, passes tile sol'owing
tribute 70 his memory, % 'hta ~ isf econ 2'
AT the bombardment of Fort brown, his
coolness snd in,rcpidi'y were con.picu"as. His
esllsn,ry in the ssorming division Of Worth a
Monterey. won for him Csptancy. Al vess
Cruz he fully shared tho glor,es and dangers o'
his bfetbern In arms; and at Cerro Gordo, hi,
daring vslor won the highest encomums from
the commanding officers, the Colonel stating in
his report, that he was one. Of the first who p'a
ced his, leet within the frowping Gibrallei
which rested on the, summit, Of that almost IN
accessible mountain. A Br,ver, purer, and
more generous spirit never bres,hed. In one
of his last letters to his relatives, instead O
, dwelling upon his own participation in the re-
cent battles of Cerro Gordo, his mind seemct
occupied with the sufe,ings Of his wounde6
men, and the pleasure which he derived frou
4 seeing their happiness at some extra, comfort
which he had been enabled TO provide for him
! Captain Henson was one Of the most accom-
plish.d gentleman, as well as one Of the mos
J chivalrous officers in the service, and bette
than this, amid the temptations Of the camp ane
the rxctemen, Of the field, maintained to III
;, las, an exalted Christian character whic
comman nded the love and respec, even Of ,hos
who usually regard religion with aversion an
ridicule. Most sincerely do we sympaths
With his afflicted father, NJ, J. X. Hanson, {
Washington. who has lost in him one of the n
naming props Of his old age, having already 9
ven another gallsn, son TO the country, CsI
!. tain w. C. Henson, who died from disease cor
~ tsscted in glorious career in the Forida ws'
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