The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-05-20

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l.sh e sruns ard he o. 4 ronnsri. -
rprssa ne sslrnlien md adniFsiian sl.Ae
4 liz snsEy and of oarosn army. ia
a. Ne led lie roi0asns. whose iruna iaiass
,rl,ed hsE.are Ils snrms's Gre like sneS
-, IN = lnufnl. and slsid nj lhsaf
,our.e snail, lsaping err he rnrky bar
irrs and hsyenriiRg shrlF gunners. ne.
lrore ~ sueny prll mel ITm DE ioss.
/. Iissriag ! deadly Gre mo tl.sir ranks.
ron der pwn guns. - shry hastily r.
,;r,d- rhis uss truly : gallant dfed.
xor,hy lie CLeEalier Baysrd &C cur a.
nv, - he intrepid HaTnsy = wtli styled.
en-. Son. hrlEren shoin and Colsnel
IIarusy lhsrs had exisisd some eoolnsss.
ro,,e an 10 he Colnnsl aflrr Ihls athfss'
msu,. aud remarked 10 him. :. Col. iiaf-
new, 1 cannot nov siequaisiy express
usamiF.Iicn q ysar gallant sr 81 g.
great PLEASURE in marking YOU II i PrSPsT
Isrms." Hsrnfy. wilh The modesly Of
true valnr. rlsimrd he pFsise - due 10
his officers snd men. Thus did The dlsi-
sion Of The gsllani veteran Twiggs rsry
the main position 81 The enemy and oern.
nv he fort which eommsndrd The road.
d Was here The enemy received Ihrir hess-
iesi loss. and heir General iasqvez wss
killed. s... .s. --~.e 49,. .a.
A liuIe sIier. Gen. Worth having. by
great exeuicns. passed The sleep and crag
gy heights on the enemy's leII. summon.
ed strong lon in the rear Of the ceuo 10
surrender. This fort Vas manned By =
large loree under Gen. pihznn. . mulaiIo
officer af considerable ability and courage.
Who. sering the ceno carried. thought
prudent 10 surrender. which he did, with
all his force. Gen. Shields was not so
fortunate in ihe battery whirh he attacked.
and which was commanded by Gen. la
Vega. A heavy ERE vas opened on him.
under which The fort ~as carried with
some loss BY The gallant lllinoisians. IN
der Baker and Bennett. supported by the
New Workers. under Burnett. Among
those who Tell Under This FIRE. vas The gall
liant General, who received = grape shot
through his lungs. by which he was COM
pletely psrslyzed, and. 81 the lastacrOunis.
was in lingering state. On the ensm,'s
night. Gen. Pillow commenced The aIlack
sgainsl the strong forts near the user.
The Tennesseeans. under llaskell, led
The column, and the other volunteer regi-
menis followed. This column un, xpect-
edly encountered . heavy ere from .
masked battery, By which Haskell's reg
imeni was nearly cut IN pieces. and The
Other volunteer regiments were severely
handled. Gen. Pillow Withdrew his inen.
and was preparing lur analher attack when
the operations al the other points having
proved successful, the enemy concluded
TO surrender. Thus The victory was COM
plele. and lour generals and about 5000
men we're taken prisoners BY our army.
One Of their principal generals and large
number az oiher officers killed. The
Mexican force on this occasion certainly
ssrsoalsA ms n~n. The Mexican OFF,
GERS admitted that Santa Anna had sOOO
men in the lines. and 6O0O. including
1000 lancers. outside OF The entench-
ments. Gen. Scots force was about
5000. General Quitman's brigade not ar
irving in time 10 take par, in the engage
meni. Gen. Ampudia was second IN CON-
mand nf The Meyicans. and superintendent
the operations IL The enemy When The
Cerro was carried he was seen reireaiing
on fine white charger. his hal falling OF
as he galloped away. Many of the Mex
leans escaped by bye path which runs
oil from the main road between the Cerro
and the for. carried by Gen. Worth. As
TO Santa Anna and Canalizo. they retreat.
ed in lime TO escape BY the main road.
Their conduct was regarded as mnsl cow-
ar,lly. Some ofihe Mexican Officers WIN
were taken prisoners do not hesitate IN al
tribute THEN defeat To the cowardlce or cor.
rupiion Of Santa Anna. The E,rce ol the
enemy was composed of their bes, sol.
dIrrs. The infantry tina. fought so well
al Buena Vista, all The regular srullerisis
Of the Republic. including several able ma
val officers, were present. Some of the
officers whom Gen. Scot, released al the
capitula,ion Of Vera Cruz. without ex,ort.
ing the parole on account OF their gallant.
~. we're found among The killed and
wounded. A gallan, young officer nam
ed Hazlinger. German by birth. who
exioIted The admiration OF our army in the
homhardment Of Vera Gmz. by Selling a
flag which was cut down by our halls.
and holding il mp in his hand until staff
c"uld be prepared. had heen released by
Gen. Scott without parole. lie was
found among the desperately wounded at
Cerro Gor'lo. The enemy's loss lin kill.
ed and wounded) was about as large as
our own. but in addition to this. tie loss
Of f000 prisoners and some Of their hes,
officers. Our army captured about thirty
pieces Of beautiful brass cannon, Of large
clIibIe. and mostly manufactured at The
Royal Foundry at Seville. A large guam
THY of fixed ammunition. Of verv superior
quality. was also taken. The private