Washington telegraph., 1847-05-05


rIannsa q The enemy, who, TAX > sur
pHisv seemed wi.dWith tear aaHIr nll aNa.h
iag our saargc. atl Precipi'alaIy IN every
direction. We charged through them
and then lnrnod in Inc un tae o,haf side
althl Rancho. they man their way
across lha rlyino 10 tho wrs', dcstrnlej
iatothe cultivated phin below, aad hal
led Together ,Aeue lor few minutes Us II
1n lie.del what to da, and liaa.iy cumnent
ed ascending lha mountain by narrow
Pass-hyehth time unr pleee Of atlIlleg
under Lieut.. Raynal was up, and !lans ils
haIs amaag lhtn with great precision,
un,.lthey srampelrd over Tie hill eni "o
saw no more Of them.
A,ier lhe rbu.gs | saw NJ more lfaapa
ior some time, but our command, Capt
Hunter ofonr Regimen, was ihrrc but had
M men with him. Cap. Pennington OF
tho Kentucky Regiment was slso therc
w,houlman. Lieut. WIlh#lE Of Gafn'n
DaIarl $ tnmgiay. aul L|elL Giles ol
capt Daaiey'a had no man-lnl bu.h
Uth Ii nj. Carr oil Capt. naalfy's eonpa
nY. it. into our ranks anl there remained.
B, d.arsas some II led anl lalned us=lDl
tie mass both ol Arkansas and Kentucky
troops. snarsel, aud many lied 10 shI | o,
in such numbers lhal l. OF. DuniIdsol u,
capt asbs,cf's artillery, told inc he
thought the who.a army MS IN lliI iIfeifeat
lie requested the oIiisrr commanding Tie
two Mississippi companies near town, To
place biz men across the roal and step the
fnRitiyea. Tie DID So, aud stopped ahon'
dliy; bal lhn mos broke through an en-.
lrrud The town.
These runlWays carried farrb.o feplfis
10 Sallllio. Several iimes that tn lrlD
wing was deitat AMI was relfsating -
once thallho whole army VA In iu.l alrul
alarming Ia 50 leIi 10 drfaal the l1Rn
S 4uii seemed mai with lefsar, al aen
ewing u a.paem.nl afanai be aHHs
tsaai;aa most extraordinary enulas'Hn
10. cauIa b' IJTHel. eyan when ln Icy
The dlieen OF ont EsgmsaI say tha, lll#ssl.
fusion was terrible, waHB they Were oaafzad-
Tho men were crowded hal baidlgd to- larr,
and ull Was Mid rot dsofl aud rout. II Is %
sal thing Ihai brave men, for 10y srz hflyf,
shuall b. #atgIuyadi iHr WaHt ai asg fiaH IL
lle lil=. HI4fe, the eampHuIHz 81 our Regiment
engaged IHtfs, had haHl hardly iaiiri ai al, aH.
eapt what little tia aampauy uai#gn had daBH -
Tic Ca'aarI and Lieutenant Colonel had never
drilled luHIn snse laHg lFt saa Aui5nIe. Ihtf
aHlcf once broken could nli hl fHsi1fcdi aud tee
tfrat was hsunlio be a fgui h the nsn place.
i 1gasaasaaisrr.r u Hfsfirs tie Hnamg's charge
and indeed 30 use 1HH clfiHH n aIL Ar I..
IHrthay had net lIm# Ia draw lie sabre, aHd lhc
impetus uI iHa Mekeaa cAFrze demolished tiam
Al once Had they charged sahEr n hAHHs and
BsssssssI Ih4l mHlIlty and faHiIIy Of changing
ifent which 5uiy pine can gIva they zaaId 10.
bzyc been routed as they were. fglr isis llg
a onrI i8f hs tffll wli Die Iilai but oihHf brave
mrn died gIth him, RlIa were ual in fault. -.
RrmaiHia4 hJ.e tals i.ma Wef7eFrd afd-fi
10 move II lhr lrii WIlH batter Of artillery Hn4
aiap the sHfny's flank NOV aiEut wHiHa how
threatened auf feaf II, Moved up itau tho
RancAo. diaronaily across tie Plnlni anl our
ballcry iasur Position, We iafmsd OF eaza sIde
oI 10 10 protect Ii, on The right Ol Nays Iu,iI1n,
" o tonr one hundred mounted mru DO lhr frur
wl0 hal rallied on ua, aud with whom WIS Cd
Raiuc Ontic ~ SierHa slu1dfJn, now under
oimntud Of Lieut. Rlskrr Cat strca having
b.ra shot through tho lA ghi aud olr tllld9uli
with NeCai,lu lhs n'n, a.l IN column nl cgmpl.
n.,i Tho c.iseu niC3i Mlyss1 airou d. act
f,r1iecl. those % Rlckrr, J II Carleton, CON.
manlns ih' company Of Capt Elsii', who was
rlot ia s4tilh, aud l. Lauls Buafi, Whll'uc, aul
E.lns Hsrclri ne record two gallant acts ol
Csrv,5a. Amer i.ae,'n an, Carleton ismouHt.
81 uni.rhrayg fre, aud surd ah rnE asl %
.uek Of Dc hair tlsanl 20 hH W.l'--lui later Il
iH, day, ihs b,.Isf o. h.. gli.s bsing sha', Doc
rJmsnri hshal, exposed g. tas gasmy' afo and
fcclTcf.l t.
Anor remaining ln position iu's while, Tho
battery moved oa, and our command followed n
UNA u p.liaJus-r-ll m3gu- steadily, ani lf
we were a1w ascending, auF'E iowlfii lha
mount s.ls 90 .sra alr- siNrs'1 iHui nj ilr gnrs
u.ya r1aaas As wg novel slowly on, aul
ulllaftHg SIC reached Uur position, ln lf'p0Hllaf
wac inued rnla ul. aud every OIL Cred at our
column. Nrc5HlI srs tur lish aud smoke, iasl
alter % lii.r hrlf ihr updu of The qua H1l iHr
tosraa tuf.Ins flar 81 tic balls AZ Thy NIf.gI
twafIsn. Tho fff struck beyond u, iIa n.yi
fIIr#ar'. ilo neat g'1 On short and Her.briHI
.I,y fte,m ibt lir, anl tUgn oDn fHahHi through
tH' i1nilma'hrtWg-u lHr p'Uo1aa, uoi lu1'l'f
b.iErrlibe tlull OF M1yF squadron Add u1s
having 81, ihe r4ase they ptgt.fi l.gm 1BauE W
% gfrai accuracy. Lvrrg shot from tau hIi-
tHry wu dtd nj ua ule r1n was kl0aarl
iram be harfe by the v0lI Of a b,I--bll yet u1
one was ALLIED Had We not without any orlrf
iam Co. hly, been moved 1ri 0a hs dmk, By d
lal. wheel o.. plltoJns 20 iae lrli DO Is 20 shgsa
Jui column, many would have been agi
10 the meantime our battery bad g9, 20 play
On ilr,f mn srs, and another battery, placed 1u
'he right foot, 30 aH 80 eul.alltic MC5oau nt.
tafy, made s position too hot long to be frinlnrl
iuaud was a.gagtd 20 all Go om if1ut' 7. q
cold storm lfmn and bali wii3 heavy thunasr bad
.1f Himu time been hgllins Oh us end chilled laio
tlr bone. Dut Ne wrrs rrHurlrl Zoe nlI, "hHn
W. found thai Our solid and imposing array deter.
rsitho MctclHsfom charging us lud attempting
20 iuke oHf ll'ifu, hB1 that ihry could not fare
o1r cinusn. They rclfcatfd pfrc'pir7'y, and
Abandoned tht.f operation on ous luph A port
%. Doc battery. wIhtlo prIgnou and b.u ha.
Cl''pagb auI bamrr, about twenty Ia nnm5 %
rbl bad been with r all day, wlf thea sent 10
ih' front, and Gen Woo, whom ! tHrn saw .ur
lla iul tBna dlrn- thr day, ordered u'io trma.u
and protect tha rgst ofthe biurpt iual as wc TCro
ml Ing 90 with Them. We DID .l--hnl now d..
coygfsd what we had not noticed wh,c lle can.
non wal plw8r on us. that q numharoi Mexican