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

'oo on one eide II the city and Col Wynk,np |
on the other, After few rounds between them
nnd the enemy. the latter withdrew aud left |
the town 10 the hands Of the Americans.
In the course of the action between the A.
mericnn mounted mcn md the enemy, two of
the four pieces of cannon were recovered by the
cnc'nv, but the small band resolutely retained.
defended and saved the two Others. and a large
amount ~ ammunition was al-o captured s,y
about 30 wagon loads Santa hono being thus
deprived of part ot h,s means nf warfare, m ode
no stand subsequently n, the Passo Of Final.
The loss on our side was IL killed and IL
wounded, all with exception OF 3. Of Capt Wal.
kcr's company. The loss Of the enemy wac $50
The biehcs, commentator is bestowed IN.
on the officers aud men engaged in this brilI.
ant nffair. The loss Of tho gallant, noble.heart.
cd Walker is irreparabIe. Surgeons Reynold.
and Lauer have won great praise in this affair.
charging. 49, they did. with the mounted fbrce:
Surgeon Reynolds. who, on this occasion hal
volunteered 10 accompany the small bard Of
cavalry, charged side by sde with Capt Wal.
ksr, and continued fighting at his side ia both
parts of the engagement, untl the latter fell,
mortaly wounded 4; aud after carrying back his
body and receiving his dying breath, again re-
turned 20 the front, and they remained until the
arrival Of reinforcemcn,s Surgeon Reynolds.
in the action ca ptured Mexicsn Lieutenant
of artillery, and taking from hin his sword. de-
livcred him over q prisoner to tue American
forces; and after the termination OF the battle
he resumed the duties of his profession. and
properly performed his amputatons and other
operations on the field of battle. Besides the
commanders OF regiments and battalione. who
scqatled themselves nobly. we have heard
mentioned with great commendatiou Lieut..
Anderson, Georgia volunteers, who succeeded
in capturing Col La Vega and Major I,urbide; ;
slso Lieut. B p Mcdonald, 3D. astillery, who
vent forward into the town. with an order from
the General, previous to the eotry Of the rein.
forcements. Mr. Bradley, OF the quartermaster's
department accompanied him. They were sur
rounded by lsncers. bu, finally escaped.
J We will here mention ono incident. which
shows how inseosibie the gallant Walker was
to danger, however Impending. When in the
course of the second semen, between Wal.
ker's bsnd and :hc overwhelming body Of Ian.
cers, Surgeon Reynolds, who had become sep.
araied from him by the breadth of the Plaza, or
open square OF 100 yards. seizing the most "a.
vorabe moment, dashed through the space oc-
cupied by the enemy, and jumping from his
horse, with IN escopet, which he had taken
from Mexican, took his place again by the
side OF Walker, the latter turned 10 him and
said, "Thsts right, doctor, We eau whip them
ALL" 4.r ... -..f .
| Santa Anna had been waiting for the A.
had obtained accurate information OF It's sire 9Th
through his spies. II was his intention to lei
it proceed until it reached the narrow and diff
cult pass OF Pinal, aud then to attack it in the
rear. lie wac, however, fortunately for US, oat
generslet by Lane. When the Americans lef
the main road and took that leading to Hss
manila, SANTA Anna was in Q s,eeple OF dist. nj
village church. surrounded by his staff. using
his spy 'giass in scanning the country. The mo
ment the head of our co,umn debouched from
the main road, he realized the design Of Gen
Lane to capture his artillery, and Immediately
sent two or three of his aids, with strong force
TO bring 1t OFT, if no, already lost. or recap,ure il
rtaken. In the execution Of this order. Msjol
l'urbide, who was afterwards made prisoner
came dashing towards The iown in . forou,
ga'lop. At the same time, Lieut.. McDonaid
oi the artillery, was squirting she.d OF oul
troops towards the same point. Both officer,
rode for rome distance within hail of each other
and desperate and exciting race was kept ~
between them, until Lieut. McDonsld's horse
stumbled and fell when l,urbIde pushed forward
and gained the town. lie, however, arrived
too late to bring Of oil The artillery, and was
soon captured by Lieut.. Anderson
Major Bowman was in the immediate com
mand OF the four companies OF the let Pa. Re.
gimcnt, snd led them mp ~ gallant style. HIS
conduct on this occasion is highly spoken OF by
all who witnessed il. Lieut. Claiborne. OF
Capt. Walkers company, is also highly CON.
mended for his enllsntry. 1,fi i7fa %
Iany other interesting incieenis have come
tn our knowledge. which We will hereailef mea-
tion '- ''''
| ASoTHER WASoERiso Jgw --Ssnta Anna is
supposcd To be al this time in Orizbs. He
went from Humsntls TO Tehuscsn, where his
soldlers broke out in open mutiny. and refused
TO obey HE ORDERS. The people in town Joined
with them in declaring HIN q traitor then N,
wss obliged to Nv from thence 10 Oax,cs. ~