The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-09-30

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ia. mos,h. anl. aiieI few dsys' manrh.
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IN nj ,hr 1sllrv II AleIIra. lleiWeen
Ihls mare snd the eily. about lnaar milrs
distant. ne knew there vas s,Eangiy inE-
,'.;eS position. called - flnon; u y
snail isolated nl.nEiaia. sREFnunlrsl by
ua,rr. on me side II nns If Inc principal
ranseways lea,lIRs 10 the city. Alter
spending day or iE" IN RECOMMENDING
,lls Elsre. and y hirh Il Would hare sans-
I'll . great loss nf hie 10 hare taksR. II
MS asreriaincsl that there MS prsiellea-
~. mad south 0l I.ake tl,alea. The kse.
neral determined IA take this NoGls, and
,,,il the aTmy in mGsinn. ieaVing our tilsi'
sioa 10 watch the emmy in oGT rear. The
marrh vas I Inadiul oRe, helms the rainy
seasna. The rUad was in many places,
wherc i, passes n The ient al the noun.
iains, aud on the msrgin Of The lake or
narrow cansewsy, nearly covered with
water. and excessively muddy n Others
j, xas over rocky spaces O( the mountains,
and in placcs entirely absimcied hy huge
rncks rolled down hy the enemy: but me-
thing seemed 10 damp the artiar IL the
army-all obstacles vanished before them.
Ia Two or three days. when the hole AZ
Inv was in motion. they Gould be seen
from the front s,neiched out nver 4 dis
taBnc OF seven or eight miles. On the
18th. the General reached 4 small town
called San Aususlin. about twelve miles
ssu;h Of the city, the leading division har-
ing arrived there tie day before. Gene
raj Worth had placed his pickets in adj
vance lor the arrival If the Ggncrdl; he
ordered The whole division 10 advance aud
take possession ol n hacienda within .tFik-
ing dis'ancs Of a strongly fortified place
called San Antonio, ami also that recon-
moilering parties should be pressed for
ward still in advance: the party was sup.
ported by a squadron Of cavalry and bat
TALON Of infantry. In passing To The front,
fonnd that troop whirh had been pla.
cod as picket had gone forward; and as
came up with it, il made a turn in ilIe
road which brought il in full view of The
rnemy'shat,ery. which opened upon them,
The first fire Killed Capt. Thornton. man.
Cling his body in the most horrid manner.
The bah. a I6-pounder, afterwards struck
the road, and literally covered me with
mud aud fragments Of stone, one Of which
nade . SLIGHT bruise upon my right thigh
in the head BY a piece Of stone. II i
thought he will recover, but with The los
of an eye. The reconnaissance was con
tinucd right and left with some hopes o
stnrming the battery that afternoon; bu
night and the rain rame on, and il wa.
given up. Very early the next morning
] discovered from the top Of the house il
which We we're quariered in San Angus
Tin, large body Of The enemy, some IL
900 or $4,000 on our left, about three
miles distant. The General had orderet
circumstances in, that direction towards
san Angel, where reported 10 him. H,
Immediately ordered Two divisions for
wand under Pillow and rwiggs, and fol
lowed soon after himself. The enem,
were found in an Ontrenrhed camp, at {
place called Coutreros, with twenty pie
ces of artillery, some of them very heavy
siege pieces. The attack commenced a
noon, and the firing continued necessarily
until dark, when il ceased on both sides
our troops maintaining their ground ant
occupying village near BY. During ihs
afternoon we watched the different move
ments Of our troops with the most fearful
anxiety, and could plainly see one of GU
columns resist a charge Of a large body
Of cavalry. aud the enemy falling from
their saddles and taking to their heels, Of
rather to their horses heels. During the
whole of the fight, we. could see on the
rig body Of al least ten thousand .in
fanny. and cavalry in reserve, towards the
city: but they had not the courage to adj
vance, although Santa Anna himself was
said to be there.
The attack was ordered TO be renewed al
so'clock next morning, and the General
returned 10 San Augustin. He left At an
early hour, taking with him General Worth
and one-half Of his division as reinforce.
ment; but en- route he was me, hy an of
ficer, who reported That the batteries had
been carried by our troops in most gal.
liant style. Colonel Riley leading the as.
sault. As he approached the scene of &C
ton. il seemed most incredible how our
men got over the ground to the attack. II
was over immense masses Of lava thrown
up IN the roughesf, slarpest way, covered
with dense hrushwood. Streams had 10
be crossed aud deep ravlnes and most oil
them having passed the night in pelting
Iain without shelter. it appears almost in
credible that they should be able to drive
double their numbers from a battery of %
heavy guns. The srene of the arrival of
the General was most exciting. The
cheering OF the troops left to protect the
property taken. and their delight on seeing
him, very gratifying. Many Of the guns
iakOa have been added to our siege train.
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