Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-04-22
incidents ar iii Battle o 4
Buema Vista.

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an elaborate account Of The balre of Buena VIZ
Ia, most OF the details Of which were derived
from Major Coffee and Lieut.. Ciii,endep. AMI
have been already published in ahs New o.
leans papers A few incidents 0f Interest,"
which we do not remember to have seen ehron..
icled are annexed - ss..5s.....5
On the 23d, q, early dawn, The balle was
renewed with grea, fury. The chief effets Of
the enemy seemed I'd be directed against tie
left wing, composed Of Gen Woors division
Gen Lane being in command of tile Indiana
brigade. The fgh, was most obstinate and
sanguinary. Santa Anna, from his vastly SUI
perlor forces, was enabled TO direct, against
this part Of our army, three or four men 10 one.
They fought with determined bravery, and fully
redeemed their character from The aspersior4
heretofore cast upon IL. Being composed chief
ly Of cavalry, they salloPped up 10 the very
motllhs of our guns, and cut and lanced The gun
ners. Epery man belonging TO OBryans bal
,ery was either killed or wounded. Captail,
Bragg seeing this, and fearing that his own
guns might be captured, prepared 10 take and;
,her POSITION. Al This critical junc,ure, whtri
single false move might have proved fa'al ID
the whole army. Major Mansfield. Of the Rngi-
neer Department, spurred,fo Gen. Taylor ahi
Informed him Of the contemplated change df
position. d Go back Instantly" replied Geii
Taylor. +" AID tell him mol to move au inch, bu.
give them grape aud canister" The order was
obeycd by The gallant Bragg as promptly as il
was given, and his battery Instantly vonii,ed
forth the most awful destruction. the guns being
charged with muskel balls and every species of
death dealing missiles. We should have stated
tha, Gen. Wool had been maneurting to draw
the Mexicans within reach Of our Artillery
He made a feint Of attacking them in force, and
suddenly retrealing, decoyed them within range
OF Our ligh, batteries. His force opened 10 rhe
right and left, and the havoc was tremendous
Six thousand cavalry charged Bragg's battery;
when within two hundred yards. etary gun
oPshed upon them, cutting lane itrtugh their
enire column thirty feet. broad. A second
round halted them for a moment, bnl the third
proved so destructive tha, they fed in The great
est confusion.
The lighting continued FOR sotie line after
this, bit the repuIse Of ihs charge upon. The
battery contributed, more than any Thing else,
10 the victory. The battle lasted eigh. long
hours, without the slightest ihlermission. The
Mezicans fought with all the fury of despair.
and left no means uhirisd TO carry The day. IL
is thought by many that if their general officers
had headed Them on the field, the resull would
have been different; but these salsrous gentle
men, who vauni so loudly when out Of harms
way, took especial care to placeq,heir bodies
beyond the reach of bullets. s eaIi ea
Thousands Of the Mexicans fer their de-
feat iedlo the mountaiyls and after :hs lapse
offs few days, presented themselves 10 General
Taylor as prisouers of war lie told them, in
their own language, to uamos. tina, he would
have nothing TO do with .hem.eaises ase
Two thousand females, who followed the
Mexican army, remained, like mins,ering an
gels, TO take care of the wounded. Gen. Tay-
lor treated them with the kindness due their
sex, aud the humanity expected of an American.
Riucher and Wellington like. Generals
Wool and Taylor met after the retea. com
menced Gen. w rushed between his extend
cd arms, and congratulated him upon the favor
able result of the days toll. 'Genifaylor play
fully re,orled: =" @, IT'S impossible to rsh,p US
,Oaea ue all pull togsthers' ss,.as2 a,s .
THE PopuLArios OF NEw oRllFFsx<.~- We
learn by a recent census ,ha. The ,olst popala.
ion Of The city OF New Orleans, with exception
IF slaves in Third Municipality. is 90 ,39s.-
There are in the Firs. and Second aiuniciipal,,
les 1904 people. Of W hon 2 Ola srs slaves,
md 6447 free colored persons. lnsihs Third
Municipality this discrimination was no, made.
a very polite young lady seeing a doctor open
1is Lance to bleed her, begged him to desist, az