Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1847-05-15


Of life and glory.--Chicago Journal.
From The Oiiotus Free Trader.
The Cavalry Charge.
"fhat charge was made by Col.
Yell and Col. Marshall, led on by Col,
Yell. certainly never saw any thing
more grand than this charge. The
Mexican column was headed by about
9 ,oo0 lancers, entirely their most Elf
Gent troops. They came bounding
down from the mountains at full gall
lop, until within 100 yards Of our
horsemen. Thsy then drew up in
perfect good order, and came up on a
walk, our horses moving upon them
AZ the same sure and determined step.
Alta sigma! apparently instantaneous
on both sides, they took bound and
locked. Now all was conlusion--both
sides intermingled, and for I'D or 10
minutes the combat was fierce, obstl-
nate and deadly-but finally the main
body Of the lanccrs turned up towards
the mountains, while part tbat were
cut oil moved down towards the train.
The Charge of Coz Hardin.
"The last charge that on the Me.
lean battery, led by our unfortunai
Col. Hardin, and that cost him so dear
ly, was problbly moi so unfortunate as
we had imagined. The Mexican pris.
oners say 1t was the movement that
induced Santa Anna 10 withdraw that
night He imagined that il was
mere feint TO draw his laneefs, within
the range of our battery and into the
neighborhood of the LIST Regiment en-
campment, where he believed there
was large body OF fresh troops a.
waiting them. That heavy reinforce
ment had como TO our aid he was assn
red by the lancers that bad kept during
the day in the neighborhood of town.
They had seen Capt. Prentiss come VI
with his battery, and company OF
regular infantry, and they reported te
Santa Anna that it was force Of from
8 10 10 o00."
The Mexican Loss.
ave know that the Mexican killea
must have been at least l 900 or SOC
from the number of wounded we have
found. There were about 600 of theis
wounded taken of the field by our ow
men: 80 more were found in the
rancho at Aqua Nucva, entirely de-
serted; 300 or 400 more were ioup
at a hacienda 10 miles east ofour camp
about the same number were sent is
patos; $50 were found ut Incarnacioa.
and 400 al the Salado, 10 miles bevoua
Incarnation. These we have see
ourselves, and how many more the
have taken with them, or sent 10 9TH,
places, we know not. Santa Arg4
himself admits that he got back to sba
Aqua Nueya with 1000 men less thai
two days before lie had led into t5f
field, aud when few days afterward
his army left Incarnation, it lad bee
redgced by killed, wounded and De
sertion, 10 10000 men,"
Santa .A5an1 al .Hgna Mueva.
Santa Anna after the battle, Isy
day at the Aqua Nucva, where his
my reyolled, declaring they would ne
20 a step further with him unless
would never again lead them again
tho Americans. He made no ST
promise, but made a specific his me
stating that he had come here expee
ing 10 find an army Of i've or six thou
sand men, but instead oil that he h
met force Of twenty thousand mee
and be took his principal spy and huns
him OPP ii sight Of lhe whole army, To-
ieceiying bin b. saying our force con
sisted fless than 1000 men, with bus
ten Cannon"
Zachary 7ayl9r Found.
alt is nov the decided opinion .,
Santa Anna, they say, that Gees
'Yool's sleepy diYision,' about wbic
he newspapers have said so many sit
y things, has ,cc kea up; and that a.
lost column which a certain editor