Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-10-23

| ter party. The charge was resistless; the enc.
my Aed, leavinu their dead behind them. We
halted Tor the night and 81 pit on our arms.
"In this Q llan, affair the votigners Dor. an
important part Every where the sharp click
q: their weapon. wns E,llowed by the grosp. o.
| the enemy. The ,hreS cou,panirs of the 12ih
had been ordered 10 th" right. and were equally
successful A large bdv of the enemy were
| in The bushes. peppering away upon the road
we were ordered IN dislodge them; company
G in front--we cropt stralthily along tho road
the enemy opened raking fire upon the
files which were surrounding hm--,he boys
charged. Heavens! ifynu had heard the Shut
they were driven into the snare-they fed
we sought 10 head them, bu: their know ledge
Of the gronnd, aided their escap"--they suffered
severely--a few trophies fell into my hsnds
some of which are with me, which will show
you. when peace Is made, and we all get home
ngain.
'Three pieces Of artillery we're among the
most importan, captures. These were spiked
Several amusing incidents occurred during
the actor. which will relate eome other time
The North Carolina boys behaved nobly.
"rwo days after tue action, the train was n.
gain in motion. was for while, with the ad.
vance guard. The next day we stopped at ano-
ther hacienda Of Sru,a Anna, and found excel
lent water, &c. On starting the next morning,
the train was aga'u attacked in the rear, but
was not continued after one or two vol.es. Al
though constantly fired into by the enemy. we
did not meet him again until we reached spot
three mies short Of Jslaps. where ono men,
under the famous Padre Jsrsuia. disputed the
passage tor fifteen minutes We poured the
cannon shot into them, charged them with ca.
valry, and finally routed them by flank move.
,nent I'm their rear. made by crawling through
The grass. at which Operations, our men have,
from practice hccome wonderfully expert The
gallant Major Lally was shot in the neck during
this action.
"The citizens of Jnlapa had turned out en- mas.
sc 10 witness the defeat of the Northern barba.
rians.
The next day, being the 20th of August, we
entered Jalspa. So fatigned were We. that in
defiling through the city, the work Of some
hours, placed my head upon the stooP of u
shoema kers door. and was soon fast asleep -
The men had suffered from hunger s.d fatigue
and were hnrrassed from 90 much watching end
hard fighting.
I'VE are all now rullyng wonderfully. I
have got over chlls and fever. We are ready
for more bush fighting, If necessary, though, to
say the truth, we long 70 be with Scott IN his
grand end brilliant Combinations"
British Predictions tn IsIs--Ame rse.m lae-
! aiiIastoH IA isi7.
Tne following predictions in 1918 are very
amusing, When cuntrasted with the actual facts
IN lS47.
NEssRs. EDIToRs The following extract
| from the Brush Review, oi Nov. Isis, p. AL,
on the subject oi the then pending dispute oe-
tween the u. States and SPAN with regard to
the Territory o Florida, and the probable con.
sequences, IN case Of war between th-in, oi an
attempt on the part of the United States 10 CON
the present time, be o interest Ia many OF your
readers, should You deem Il worthy oi u place IN
your valuable sheet.
! "The events Of war arc very d.tficult to be
calculated beforehand IN ui dec,ded nos
illi,les between SPAN aud An.rlca, We think
the latter would IN the result have little 10
boast Of. The vanity OF the Americans induces
them TO recon On disturbing the recently re-
stored quiet of the viceroyaly Of Mexico; Of
marching to the capital and obtaining posses
sion OF those mineral riches with winch that
country abounds. With an army we'll organ
lied, highly disciplined, and numerous beyond
modern examples. Bonaparte attempted the con
quest of Russia, about as far from his donlnions
as Mexico is IRON the United States. HIS
route was through u pcopIed country in which
provisions were by 30 means deficient, the
roads were good aud every where formed
over the rivers there was a sCtciency OF bridges;
and in every part OF h's route were cIl.es, towns
aud villages, which atiunied shelter Tor his
troops. From the United States io Mexico the
whole way Is inler.ecled wrh deep aud rapid
rivers, over which no b,idges have been con
s,ructed the roads, 1t they deserve the name
are scarcely passable for hoIses, aud utterly
inpracticabie TO wheel-carruges more than
one thousand miles vi the country Is covered
with almost impencuabe forests without habi
tat:ons or iood. These natural obstacles would
he sufficient IN de.ttuy any army who,a linz,