Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-07-21

smen overheard, we 4Passed on very gently
guntil o'clock,tpext day, when we captur-
ged a canoe,Sith two Indians, from whom
we lesfGed that Bruno lay in ambush, v i,h
alTge force, at two favorable positions, at
points Is and 90 miles, further up. The
! tops were at once filled with shsgP. shoot.
ers, and officers were kept skofi on the
slook-out.-The place desHnaled as~the
first point Of attack being passed /@ilhou,
interruption, we wefe Beginning to feel
secure, when &yy yohey opened on us
from from the 6aa az instant the fire was
returned fS8 heavy guns Of the Scor.
P!on, W gton aud Vesuyius, and from
the So arms on deck and aloft. Lieuts.
800 and Gansevoort, commanding held
tbieces mounted in launches towed astern
sof the Vesuvius aud Washington, sung out,
2" Go it boots" aud let drive, aud the way
those little pieces danced about those laun-
! ches' decks, as these gallant fellows fired
I volley after volIey, is nothing TO you. The
String lasted aboD! ten minutes; The big
escopeta balls whizzed through the rigging
: of the old Vesuvius in most nournful strains.
III was melancholy feeling, too, Emusic
always makes one sad, TO be standing
!. still aud be shot at like dog aud not SEQ
.au euemy, and have no place behind which
10 dodge your devoted body. | thought
Of getting behind the mainmast; but. wo !!
wo was me-there found big buck ne.
gro occupying the place. You know that
i cared nothing abou, my own life, but it
would have distressed my Sally sorely TO
have been hit in the head. Strange 10 say.
but one of our men was wounded, the balls
nearly all passing over Us.
The awning ofthe Scorpion, was told,
was cut up pretty badly. The Vesuvlus
sides were pretty we'll peppered--bu, for
the foresight Of The Commodore, in station
ing sharp shooters aloft, we must have sui-
fered severely, but they had heard of our
being armed with The revolving rife. and
had a most awful horror of exposing them
selves 10 its effects. They were afraid Of
raising their heads to take aim, COR fear Of
showing themselves to The men aloft, and
being shot. This nice little brush was
monopolized by The three vessels named,
all the res, being some miles astern. We
learned iu Tobasco that Bruno commanded
in person. We kept on up The river, and
anchored at sundown al place called the
Devils Bend. About two hours after, the
rest of our forces came up and anchored in
line as,ern. AT this place, we expected
The most formidable opposition. Here is
a long reach Of mile and quarter in
river narrows aud an obstruc
lion thrown across the bar, with a strong
.breastwork commanding it, m ade my heart
go spit pat, pitti pat" as thought of the
morrow, and the distress OF my Sally,
should a Mexican pill enter my stomach.
5As the shades of evening stole over US, we
were fred upon again from the bushes, the
discharge breaking mans leg on board
abe Vesuyius. We opened the big guns on
them again. cleared the woods Of the mus.
Aldaylight, Lisu,s. May and Alden were
sent ahead some 100 yardsor so, 10 sound
on. on the bar aud examine the distractions,
which could be seen projecting out Of the
sWater,-This was a :perilous undertaking,
but they went boldly TO work, wbeo
shower Of balls were poured down upon
them from The breastwork and bushes.
Lieut.. Mays boat being in the advance,
received The fire, severely wouuding him
aud several Of his crew. compelling the
boats to return 10 lbe vessels. The order
was then given for The forces to embark in
the boats and form into line, :hree deep, in
the middle of the river. This was done
with great despatch and in beautiful order.
Capt. Buchanan was particularly noted
for the beautiful style and celerily with
which he brought his division into line /;
his men were the best equipped in the ex-
pedition. Whatever Buch. does, be does
well-whether in The 6ghling line, or hors.
ing midshipman-this last he does beau
iifuk, and nothin' else. Capts. McCbuney
and Adams were likewise remarked for the
cuolness and decision with which they gave
their orders, in the confusion that must ne
eessarily occur iu bringing fifty or sixty
awelve. cared boats into line, in narrow
river, and under The fire Of the enemy
'rhis is no small merit, think. In advance
Of all, was the sold Ihoss" hesstf sitting
quietly in his barge, with his broad pen.
daut flying, forming the most conspicuous.
H4ark for Mexican shot, and his mouth
puckering out as il he did not care d-u
: Cor all the Mexican bullets in Tobasco.
While forming into liue- a heavy cannon
ade was kept up from the vessels. Al a
signal given from the Commodore, the
steamers ceased firing-tbe men gave an
awful shout-z00 oars dipped their blades
in,olhe waller. and thousand Yankee
tars stood on the banks Of the TObasco.
s.Good !! was thar and my Sally sustain
.aed no loss. 2
The forces were now drawn up in; / he
) erder of march-,ire pioneers and scouting
parry, commanded by Lieut.. Maynard, in
adyance-then the marines, in command
g Of Capt. Edson-lhen The ''old boss" and
suite, with his broad pendant in fron,--
{ she artillery, by Capt. Mckenzie and
! Infantry, i,i two'dipisions, by Capts Forest
and Breeze-the ambulance party follow
ing after, to pick up.lhe killed and wound
ed. Aud now you should have been here
! with your note book, lo'gatheralew scraps
asthey fellfrom Jack, when hilchiug him
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