The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-10-28

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pare With similar leltrrs which have appeared in
,as journals d the days distinction by no means
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Observation-Disclosures rsalling those which
farm the military IeHegR VI sH countries and
Inns.
!a.aPa, MEXICO, August 30, 1881.
Some time has elapsed since any inter-
course has iaken place between us; and
] lsaT, from the assay tales thar must have
49, circulated ia The United States with
u e. oar desperate struggles, that you
n heen wilhOvl yonr fears for nv
Bs,, Ihask Gsd. tlsus FAR. amid
Gssase and he dangers Of tie battle field.
have been preserved.
We lcf. Vera Cruz August 9Th, with n
SfceNl no4 more ti,au 800 eiler,iye men,
sId A5ty time We have had Of j, YOU
NAV n ,-r,ain; aei less than four fights
in eight dsys, hessdes skirnishes too nu.
Izeroazo Rcauou. Il was mol unIl the
lOir he eaemy made his appearance.
ThcN yscScd our advance from high
iEll wild = salute Of muskeiry; il was ali.
sslu,ciy accessory I'd drive them from il.
'aaG gay own company. end q. and X. Of
she ls,h, were ordered to charge the bill.
I Will no. attempt to describe my feelings
40 this occasion. Before Us we could see
The enemy in numbers, and evidently be.
bind breas,work, made for the occasion.
!. was no, cowardiee that compressed nv
Zip, or redeemed my cheek, as ! scanned
with curious gaze the enemy's prepara-
lions. My maiden sword leaped frum its
; abSsd as the order " forward BOYS" run
aioRg our ranks; and before the discon.
eerted enemy could recover from his sur
piise, hundred and 66y Of the unfledg- !
&c warriors Of old nh Carolina had
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nsen,s. gtss orcmy vsn Aksgw@eee~sAv. Ne
fofe tia! time many circumstances had
happened which might hare operated pow
truly on my feelings; since that lime |
aase seen friends fall around me upon the
Geld Of blood and carnage; but never, e.
ecpt when thai charge was finished, have |,
wiiloa, attempting 10 ccncealii shed tears.
I believed thai we had brought into The SER
rice the bone and sinew" of the souniry,
hut when those men, fresh from their quiet
homes, followed our call into the mouth
OF ~ enemy surrounded by defences. !
learned with certainty that there al least
Was gallant band which would be found
scIong the first TO raise. and the last 10
desert, their ceuntry's flag. ! could not
i,eip il, | wept. These feelings are na.u-
raj 10 an Officer when he first tries the spi-
rl:s he commands, and finds them what he
would have them TO be.
This charge was made early in the day.
aud il was not Until that evening that we
had our fir. 6ghI. at a place called TO
tome, or the three Bridges. Ii was
bloody affair for the time il lasted. THREE
hours. suppose, we were trying with the
enemy which could shoot the hardest. In
that lime We had two Captains danger
oUsly wounded. and lost several men,
The enegy caught it, Won may be certain.
There vas no charging. though, and moth
ing hit Jaw very brilliant performed.
Aftes Aning at this place day. We
moved on to small town at which We
.lcamped. moving from thence TO the
National Bridge" at which place, for
the numbers engaged. we had one Of the
most bloody fights tina, This war has pro-
duced. II is impossible 10 give you jus,
i'iea Of the eneiny's position or our own
in the small space allotted me. Suffice il
10 say, that the Bridge is commanded on
III sizes by high hills, and on the left by a.
For, unapproachabls excep. from the rear.
Upon lhese heights, and in this Fori, were
stationed some SOC or 1000 Mexicans
at TIE further extremity OF tl.e Bridge, and
behind breasiwork built across II, were
a good MANY more. Two companies OF
Infantry were advanced upon the Bridge.
followed by two pieces OF artillery, sup
portcl BY one half df my company under
rommana Of Capt. Clark being IN COM
laand of the other half TO project the cais-