Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-11-27

in II. and returning ia get the fou, pcund,r, the
Lieutenant xse In the act ~ briopinp !, I'm.
when he w.. forced 10 ,eave il bv the ,ppe.r.
ance of all Santa Anna. savaIry. 9 500 strong.
CORPORAL T,pbm,p. of comp,nv C. rf.,.
brouah ,up small howi,ze,. Private Dusen.
berry, of company c. took a Iieutecant of or,il
le.y Or isoner ami turned him ,oser 10 Surgeon
Reynolds. By this time a pood manv of our
men, Ind returned, md ec,c,;,!fbe1 j,laz, in
scattered rroup. when The I,nc,rs charred
them suddenly and unexpectedly. Our nen
received them with rrea, bravery. and kept the
psz,, with the exception of few under Cap,
Walker who retired by street leading West
tron the Plaza; they were joiued by l.ieut
Clsborne aud his party. v hn were spproa ching
the square. Capt. Walker led them ,ron, the
| rla.a-the enemy close on them at a cha roe
he turned ,b. merit stree, n nj. ,et, wb,,, the
enemy. seeiro the four .poonder rushed ,o i, 10
,e,,ke il For,un,,e,v "a, N. ss~, ,,eo u,;,h
| Cant Walker. tbev s,w this niece e.. =, tho va.
wheeled and d.,h;no .w;o,v n,., ,b. ,.,, or
,hos. .l, h.a an, h;,o "a Co.., D. d.,
entered 4 Hero tho mo-, d;smo,,,od nd No..
cuoied the Conve,, vord ,ooe,he, w;tb q ,,,,.
house in the corner of The square Coo,rew;s
and Lieutenant Waters. with some ten or
twelve men. CHARGED twice unor the enemy
wbo c.ve w,v and uore ,,,sr;,, ,,o,, ,h,,
,bav d,scovered ,bev uo,e b.,,, s,,r-o,nd,d hr
vas, purbcr of 7 ,,ce,s Thev ,,l,.,,,v sor.
ccd ,hei, wav 70 the Plaza. Can, Bes.ncon
barely returned in time to save himself Pri.
ya,e Uupenen ard Coroorsl Mern,,ec. of com.
p.ny c. rifles, he,or entirely surrounded. drove
r,ctt into ,be;, ,,,dst and f.u .,ve-.d ,,;,h
wounds Can, Wake, RATE his orders ,,ou,,.
To- n firm, IN. mo, ~ ,ece;vs IN. .,s,,v wb,
now made ,b.;, ,cnesr,,c. m ,.,. ,;ab, in
front. and m o.,, iea Tbcv had ,,so r,, ~,
the four. .uouoder 10 omen IN -.
Lieutenant Cl,iborne. assisted bv C,r,o,,,
T,ehn.n n. uuInbered the six pu,nder md po,p
ted it at the column On ou, ,eti. Having M
oor. FIRE. he orepsrcd n Ere il with horse
nis,oI: the enemv came nearer. up,i, .. .,,.,,
six,y verde oil, when they halted. At this mo.
men, the I.eutepan, fred the pistol. bot the
fuse Of the cannon would not catch, and bcinc
left .looc in the nlazn. he retired ,o tho corne,
house. and posted some ridemcc 70 Keen IN,
niece from rec,p,ure. At This iunc,ure Can,
Walker, while examining the approach of the
enemy. and hooking At the iorr.pounde, on our
r;ub,. was s,,o, from behind from , to,,sc ,hs,
Gi.pl,ved . white fac. He sunk down ;ur..
di,,slv and u,s horne ;n,o m. v,,d ,,. mon
h...,,;,o into ,s.,. .. H., ,,v .,ro.d .,on,
,b.u Cant V,,Le,. t;usd, Coz w.ILs,
d;r.-,.d ,h,, 40 s,,,,d .,.v.. .,,,-.,ds,, and
d;.a =, .ho,,, ,.;,,r ,.;r,,..
tn. .,.,. of rho c,.. =. .,h.so,.,,,v .sc.r
,.ioed .,oe,,ed 20 h. ,his.-r;en SAINT. Ann,
h, win, ,s.,,;,., d.,;,, n. ,;,h, of tho a,h !,
the town of Husmsetl,. some four or five miles
nearer the PASS ,hav the enc.mpment of Gen
Lane. had confidently left early in the morning
with 1000 men Sor the p,s le, vina behind l5M
men and aniilerists to follow with the cannon.
The vpcxpec,ed advance of Wake, x,, SOON
perceived by the advanced forces Of Gen Santa
d Anc,. who. bciop cavalry. and in large numbers
. immediately started hack to the ,own q, , ,,,id
p.ce 10 save or recover their artillery. wi,bou,
which tbev could of course make no .,aod n,
the mss Of p,nsl Being well moun,sd ,hcv
vo,s .o.h,.d n roach IN. ,ov, soon., ,,h., Oh,
infantry under Gen Lane. who. however. made
mos, ,trenuous exe,,;o,s to reach i, with q, be.