Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1847-10-08


plenty, and there are dee r, bear, elk, otter
and beaver in abundance. Big black
wolves abound too, and some tigers. My
paper is giving out, and shall be com
PEELED to close. | have not time to finish
writing what intended, but have given
you some idea of the country, from what
| have seen. He--. Is
INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLES.
The Union publishes letter from dis
tinguished officer eloquenly describing
| the late Battles near the Capital of Mexi-
CO. We can only find room for part of
his description. He says:
The march was "A dreadful one, being
the rainy season. The road was. in many
places, where 1t passes at the foot of the
mountains, and on the margin of the lake
or narrow causeway, nearly covered with
water, and excessively muddy; at others,
| it was over rocky spaces of the noun
| tains, and ia places entirely DISTRACTED by
huge masses Of rock rolled down by the
enemy; but nothing seemed to dampen
the ardor of the army - all obstacles van
ished before them.
The first fire killed Captain Thornton,
mangling his body in the most horrid
manner. The ball, a l6 FOUNDER, after
wards struck the road, and literally COW
cred nae with mud and fragments ofstone,
one of which made Slight bruise on my
] right thigh. A guide was knocked from
his horse within FIVE feet of me, with a
shocking wound in the head by piece of
stone. 1t is thought he will recover, but
with the loss of an eye.
During the whole of the fl ht, we could
see on the right body of at least 1000
infantry and cavalry in reserve, towards
the city but they had not the courage to
advance, although Santa Anna himself
was said to be there The attack was
ordered to be renewed at three o'clock the
next morning and the General returned
to San Augustin- He left at an early hour,
taking with him Gen. Worth's and one
4 half of his division as a reinforcement :;
but en- route he was met by an officer, who
reported that the batteries had been car
rled by our troops in most gallant tile,
Colonel Kelley leading the assault. AS
he approached the scene of action it SEEM
ed most incredible how our men got over
the ground to the attack. 1t was over
immense masses of lava thrown up in the
toughest, sharpest possible shapes, and
covered with dense brushv God. Streams
] had to be crossed and deep ravines; and
most of them having passed the night in a
pelting rain without shelter, 1t appears al
to drive double their numbers from a bat
terry Of % heavy guns.
I The scene on the arrival of the Gene
raj was exciting. The cheering of the
troops left TO protect the property taken,
and their delight on seeing him, was very
gratifying. Many of the guns taken RaYe
been added to our siege train. The a
mount of ammunition taken, exceeded,
by three times, the whole which we bro't
from Vera Cruz, SO that we are well pro-
vided But the greatest cause of eyulta-
ton was the recapture of two of our guns,
| brought from Reuna Vista, the last battle
of Gen. TAYLOR. When | saw the u. S.
on them, felt like dismounti ing and en-
bracing them. What is remarkable about
their recapture, it was made by the 4,h
artillery, to which regiment they former
| ly belonged.
| will not stop to describe the scene on
| the Geld of battle. On leaving it, the road
was literally strewn with dead Mexicans,
arms, broken carriages, &c. In passing
bridge, looked over and saw the bodies
of at least twenty, piled one on the other,
and the bank of the stream was stfewed
with them, and it was some distance be-
fore we got out of sight Going on, we
came to a church in which were confined
700 prisoners. The General halted few
minutes, and addressed the officers very
kindly. Amongst them were four Gen
erals
Another correspondent writes. that
Gen. ScorT, his Generals and the soldiers
under his coumand, were remarkably
cool, yet eager for the fray, and every
movement was executed with the utmost
precision. Gen. SCoTT, passing heavy
Mexican battery, Mexican prisoner of