Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-04-10

PioouCeu uo efedt terrOr m tne mlnu OF tne Aeu'
tnckian. His blind was taken off, and he found
himself in the presence Of the fa mons Moxicsn
Chief, surrounded by a brilliant Staff Of bediz.
zened, gilded and nous,ached officers Santa
Anna spologized to The Lieutenant for the act
Of his officers, in having him blindiolded, saying
that 80 far from having any desire to conceal
his situation, he was desirous Of exhibiting to
Gen. Taylor the utter folly OF resisting SO pow.
erful an army as he had under his command.
To which the Lieutenant replied that his sim.
pie message was to demand his (Santa Anna's)
immediate surrender to Gen. Teylor When
this ex raordinsry Dc emand was translated 10 the
Mexican, he raised his hands and ey, brows in
utter establishment nt thctomerity and presump
ton OF such message, and replied. that he
would expect Gen Taylor to surrender in az
hour, or he would destroy all his furces. Lieut..
Crittendens reply. which we have already oi.
ven--"Gfn. Taylor ncper surrenders ter.
minated the interview, and the battle recon-.
menced and was continued until night.
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in'eres''ng I"eid-n'. 81 the Battle ~ Bur-
TN Ntsth.
The American Flag. Of Mstsmoras, contains
an elaborate account of the battle o. Buena Wis.
ia, most Of the details of which were derived
from AIsj'r Coffe and Lieut.. Crlttencen, and
have been already published in he New Orleans
papers. A few incidents of interest, which we
do not remember TO have seen chronicied, are
annexed:
On the 22d, at early dawn. the battle was re-.
newed with great fury. The chef efforts Of
the enemy secm'd To be dircrted agans, the
left wing, composed Of Gen. Wool's division,
Gen. Lane being in commsnG of the Indiana
brigade. The fight was most obstinate and
sanguinnry. Santa Anna. from his vas,iy supc.
rIor forces, was enabled to direct, agninst this
part or our army. three or four men 10 one
They fught with determined bra very, and fully
redeemed their character from the asprrso, 3
heretofore cast upnn it. Bing composed chief.
ly OF cavalry. they galopcd up to the very
mouths Of our guns, and cut and lsncrd the gum
n"rs. Erery man belonging To O'Bryan's bat.
terry was either killed or wounded. Capt.
Bragg seeing this, and fearing that his own
guns might be captured, prepared to take nno.
,her position. Al this critical junc,ure, when
a single false move might have proved fatal to
the whole army, Major Mansfsd, OF the Engi.
neer Department. spurred 10 Gen. Taylor and
Informed him OF the contemplated change OF
position. "t;o back instantly" replied Gen.
Taylor. land tell him not TO move on inch, bu.
give them rrape and::canistr.' The order was
obcysd by the snllan, Bragg a. promptly as il,
wac given, aud h's battery instantly vomitcd
forth the must awful destruction, the guns be.
ing charged with musket balls and every spe-
cies Of dcoth.desl'ng missiles. We should have
stated that Gen. Wool had been manruvring
to draw the M"xicsns within reach of our artil
lery. lie made a teirt Of attacking them in
force, and suddenly rctrentng. decoyed them
within range of our light battcries His Irce
opened to the right and left. and the havoc was
tremendous. Six tt"usand cavalry charged
Brsgg's battery; when within two hundred
yards. every gun opened upon them, cutting a
lane through their entire column thirty feet
broad. A second round halted them for mo.
men', but the third proved so destructive tha,
they fled in the greatest confusion.
Tho fighting continued tor some time after
this, bu, the rcpul>e of this charge upon the I.
terry contributed, more than any thing else. la
the victory. The battle lasted eight long hours,
without the sliphtest in,ermission. The Alexi-
cans fought with all the fury Of despair, and lef,
no means untrieG to carry The dav. II, is thought
by many iha, il their general 'fiiccrs had h"a.
ded them on the field. the result would have
been different; but these valorous gentlemen,
who vaunt so loudly when ont of harms way,
took especIa! care TO place their bodies beyond
the reach of bullets.
desperate attack on @ OBryan's battery, when the
Indiana brigade wavered and tOttefed all slong
the line, from the iorce Of overw helmng mum.
uers. MAJOR DIX, o! the Paynaster's depart.
nett, sna,ched flag staff from the hands ot IT.
carrier and rushed ,o the front of the brigade
and raaoried the men To stand firm. His pres.
rnce resnIInaiad them. and They redoublrd their
cx"r'ions. Col. J,fferson DAVIS the brave. CHI,
various. and hcc' mplished commander at the
Mississippi Rties, was severely wounded whe.
ther on the first or second day Of the f.hi, is
not known. They were thrown forward, the
first day, as skmmIshers,s most prIl"us duty.
and sutf'red severely, lrs'ns 40 men in killed,
aud having ll0 wounded, a loss. considering g
HE weakness of the regiment, no, over 400 m
number, almost unparalleled. The l. cot Col
onei Of this regiment from wnInd received at
Monterey, is yet quvering on the verge of the
| hap haas Erst - nj He
OF the castellated fort, at that battle, and now
his chief in Gamma nd Ia sirncL dnun and III.