Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-06-08
AMrp1cAM CHARACTER.

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OF personal vengeance for bitter wrongs - ,.e''
vanouished ices. While the Mexican solaiets
generally murdered and plundered, even oil 'heir
clothes. all whom the current OF battle threw ihlo
their hands, our brave men, on the contrary saVea
The lives of all who threw down their arms anu
relieved the wants of their wounded, even IN Inc
bea, If The fight. Lieut.. Niles, OF the ILLINOIS
volunteers, in beautiful letter TO Inc new io'A
Evening Post, describes the following interesting
incident. of the baule Of Bueaa Vista;
az have seen the young American volunteer,
vben halls were flying around him, kneei oesioe
a wounded Mexican and lei him drink out Vi MS
can,een. On The morning OF the twenly-iouf'
when Santa Anna had retired fourteen miles 10
| Aqua Nueva, our men IN great NJ moeis scd'ei
| I'D themselves over the field The shooting OF
some wonnded horses caused report 10 reach The
ears OF General Wool that our soldiers were put
ting 10 death The enemys wounded, who lay 10
GREAT numbers on all paris of The field. The &C.
neral despatched his aid Mr. Mcdowell, 10 as
| certain the facts who accosted an oHlcei o. teil-
inc him wha, Grneral Wool had head. you
can see wha, they are doing" said The ohlcer,
Capr. Gibson, of Indiana, pointing 10 our men,
who in all directions were seen giving oread ana
water to the Mexican wounded. Such nohle ana
masnanimous conduct makes me proud ol ihe
American character and OF The land OF my oif'n.
But we have also high Mexican authority 10
prove The humanity and kindness oil our sailan!
volunteers. Ii is most interesting report oil LIT.
Wander Linden, who served as Surgeon General
~ the Mexican army al Buena Vista and again
al Cerro Gordo. We extract from his report
which we find in The Picayuue, touching anec-
dole. illustrating as we'll his own hrmness and
sense of professional duty as the prompt huma-
nily of our officers and men:
GAS the enemy advanced, turning the Cerro
Gordo few wounded could reach my hospital,
and as besides two congreve rockets fell, one
| close 10 nv tent and The other in The park Of ar
,;Ilerv. which was only at the distance OF pistol
shot but fortunately without bursting, conclud-
ed 10 avoid this danger and 10 60 nearer TO The
rear guard Of our forces. Accordingly trans
ported my camp hospital higher up on the pub
liz road a distance of about six hundred yards,
10 hu, fronting The commissaTial general, where,
Al Thai moment, several wounded arrived, and
among them the sergeant OF artillery, Antonio
Buslos whose left foot had been carried OIL
by 4.pound ball. All our cavalry was extend
ed on The public road; the brigade oi infantry OF
Or. Oneea was descending al rapid pace, so
that il was with extreme difficulty could reach
The house with my medicine chest. Dr. DomIn.
guez, who came with This force, reported nllnselI
n me and detained him to assist in performing
The amputa,ion on Bustos. We made The neces-
sary arrangements for the amputalion in The en-
try OF Inc house, Drs. Tarbe and Verde holding
The nalient and DomingueZ and RivadeneIra AS
siHring me. | had commenced cutting The fesh
of The patient when shower oil balls coming
from The woods in the rear OF The house and pass
inc through its feeble walls made our cavalry re-
treat in he direction OF Corral False. A wo-
man, an old man and child OF seven years were
wounded in the kitchen OF The house. The balls
followed in every direction. Our cavalry con-
tinued The descent with imPunly, while our
horses, tied to the posts of The entry, attracted The
attention and The balls OF the enemy bu' honor
would not permit US TO abandon The sergeant
! whose ampuation was only hall finished. although
our death appeared inevitable, but Divine Pro-
violence saved u.s.
al continued attending 10 The various Stages ol
The amnu,a,ion in The midst OF balls and The cry
Of The enemy, and at last finished an operation
which anreared to ME 10 have lasted an age. The
serenity and resignation OF my companions IN
This crisis we're admira bic, and are anove GescIp
tion All remained around the patent, attend
ing 10 the part OF the operation which lel 10 theIl
share, in The midst OF the whiSllinS OF bals and
Heaven with gratitude for our salvation, as We
thought, new peril ca me 10 dsmay us. mum.
Der Of volunteers presented themselves in front o.
onr entry, and, seeing our uniform, cried-"DeaIl
10 The Mexican officers" and presented their guns
10 our breasts | do not know what sentiment
inspired me in the resolution which took. but
rushed TO the muzZes OF their rifles SHOWED
them nv hand, dripping with blood, and holding
piece Of tic muliaed leg, cried-"Respect mn
manly or hospital Of bood-we are surgeons!
My words produced magic effect. In an ID
slant an officer, whose name have since learn
ed 10 be Pion, stepped between the volunteer
and ourselves, raised their guns WIN ms sword
and these men, animated by victory hlrstins
TO avenge The loss of their general morlally wonn
det. as have since learned, became from tha
moment our friends our protectors. While thes
events were passing in my hut, which will neVe
be erased from my memory, onr nrlne mao ceas
ed The troors in the redoubls, finding lhemselve
chi off from The public road surrendered or CAPT
inflated. those on the slore OF the CerTo Cord
retired through the ravines, and the enemy remain
ed master OF all our positions and OF an lmmens
mate,ieL
"The volunteers oflhe enemy commenced bring
ing in. without distinction their own and GU
wounded. and we dressed their wounds according
to the dictates VI humanity and our instructions
We performed various ampulations on some re
al eian,s which succeeded in gaining their goo
will 10 such an extent that they refused US noihln
that could be useful 10 US or our wounded.
"Alhoush TWO Of their own surgeons had al
rived. the body which have the honor 10 CON
mand had the satisfaction OF seeing tina, from the
number was chosen one member 10 assist in som
grave cases. even in that oil Gen. Shields, VIII
had been lraversed by grape shot,"
The vicksburg Wing has no doub, that III
New Orleans papers are in error, in stating lha
Gov. Brown had given to Colonel (now General
Jefferson Davis, the appointment OF U. S. Sena
Tor from The Stale of Mississippi Gov. BIS le
Ter directed 10 General Davis al New Orlean!
which gave rise 10 The report, the VicksbuT
Wing is satisfied, did moi contain commissio
for S. Senator butreierred entirely 10 The rife
now in The possession OF the giment- which ar
10 be received as part Of The 500 sand of arm
due the State from the General Government.
Since writing The above, We find The followin
in The Union:
GOVERNOR BRowN, oil Mississippi, arrived yes
lerday in this city. He left this afternoon for tn
norlh. The statement which has gone he round
of the press, land which we have copied) OF III
appointment by Gov. Brown OF Gen. Jeferso
Davis as senator from The Stale Of Mississippi
appears TO have been premature. We hear lha
the appointment has not been made.
UNFORTUNATE OCCURRENCE %
Thursday, as The Curtis Peck was IN her pa
sage iron Nollok 10 This Civ, a Mr. White,
Surry, in a small boat rowed by Two of his Sc
wants, came alongside OF her, with The view {
taking passage. Running near The c. p Will
her wheels were still in motion, The small boat wa
instantly drawn under and crushed 10 pieces
Mr. White and his servants soon appeared llf
top OF The waves bot, before they could be 81
cured, one of the servants sank to rise no NOR
He was valuable servant, and highly priced
his master. The scene was witnessed by man
passengers on board The Curtis Peck, and DIRE
forth the deepest sympalhies of all present. n
blame, we are in ormed, could attach TO the Cal
tain or hands Of The Curtis Peck MIR. WIFI