Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-06-07

I lfered, the hero. Little opportunity 10 us
tinsuish bimselfa arose. untiIthe army took
up The line of march from Puehla to the
city of Mexico. In the days march before
reaching Rio Frio. he was in ncommand OF
the rear guard Of The Palmetto Regiment,
which, that day, was rear guard ofthe di-
vision. 4 small body Of Dragons was
still in rear of young Brooks. In passing
from plain into mountain detile, after
the regiment was lost sight of in turnsof
a hill, the GuiriNeros sailed out from
their hiding places upon this handful OF
men. The Dragons. who were first to
be assaled, rode up al lop-speed to give
notice TO young Brooks. and to hurry him
to the main body of the regiment. The
four or five men under his command had
already commenced 10 retreat ; bul seeing
the GuerrilIeros very near at hand. andSin
the act Of lancing Dragon, he ordered a
halt, and Instantly opened fire npon'the
enemy. BY his own gallantFy he inspired
his lillle band with courage and resolution.
They advanced boldly asniest The Gueril-
leros, who were more than five times their
number, aud put them TO flight. A poor
Dragnon lay almost ifeless on the ground.
He soon afterwards died. This was the
only injury sustained.
Information of this bold little rencoun.
Ter soon reached The head officers Of the
division, and created no little excitement
among the men. That night At Rio Frio,
Gems, Qutnau and Shields sent for young
Brooks. They heard from his own lips
an account of The engagement. They COM
mcndcd him highly for his gaIlantry, and
preferred their aid in securing him some
handsome post in The army. Fr m This
time forward, he was known % the whole
division, aud noticed with favor by all the
officers. sar
At the battle of Conreras he acted with
great frmness aud resolution. A Churu-
busco his conduct was worthy Of the high
es, commentator. Here he displayed all
the heroic powers of his nature. In The
heat of the action his ardent nature be.
came thoroughly aroused, His daring in-
creased ill il arose to impetuosity. While
under cover of The hacienda, he burned for
a charge upon the enemy. The occasion
al fall of a comrade augmented MOI little
this desire. To be shot al, and not TO shoot
again was moro than his proud spirit could
bear. lie en,reated his company COM
mander 10 move on. His General rode in
front and asked who would follow. him!'
Young Brooks was among the first, to res-
pond age to The call. AT this moment Ills
whole frame shpok. His nerves trenbed,
aud his eyes flashed fire. We can almost
fancy him running over in his mind the
spirited language of,he impetuous Hotspur
OH a like occasion
Now-Esperance Percy land set on.
Sound all the lofty instruments of war, !.
And by that music let us all embrace: i
For, heaven 10 earth, some of ns never shall I
A second time do such courtesy.
I. = IN HEsRYIV. :
20 Atthe word of command, : he stepped
forward under great alsexc:temnnt, but with
fa'resolntion that proved to every tone the
,sternipurPose oil: his heart. Amid The ire.
mendons FIRE of the .enemy. a balListEuck
I him near:lhe cenlre2o Of his chest, and he in-
stantly fell. AT the same moment, his.cho.
sen companion, his sworn friend for life,
1 Lieut.. David Adams, was at his side. If
( the convulsions Of death. Young Brooks
wepl for his friend, while he firmly believ'
ell his own end was rapidly approaching
But.o his own, aud 10 the surprise Of tn
best Of Surgeons Of the army, he survive
his wound fory,,hree days, aud at lensi
died in The city of Mexico.
The forlilude he displayed during his i'll
ness, wher he was hourly awaiting de alh,
indicates clearly he true stamp of his char
ncter. lie seemed to look death 10 the
face vii lhc sam fearIessness with which
he had G., d upon the armed ranks of the
enemy. The same proud spiril-lhe same
resoule and determined courage burned
( in his oosom, but stripped now by calm
and quiet rejection. of its impetuous ma
ture.
A few days before his jealh. he raceiv-
ed intelligence Of his appointment Of Lieu.
tenant in The 18th Infantry. Would that
he had been spared to enjoy tho honors
that awaited him. and which he so richly
merited NJ MARLBOROUGH.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Cass, The Presiden-
tial nominee Of the Democratic National
Convention. resigned his seat as Senator,
from Michigan, OIL the Both ult.-Col. TEL,
PROCEEDINGS Am DEpArEIy BAL.
TlMnIE CONVENTION AFTER THE Nom
NATIONS WERE MADE.-And The President
declared that Lewis Cass. under the rules
adopted by The Convention, was nominas
ted as the candidate Of The Democratic
party fur President of The United STATES.
Speeches were made by delegates from
Pennsylvania, Mary yland, New Hampshire,
Tennessee. Connecticut and Maine, pledp-
ing their States respectively for majorities
in favor of The nominee.
Mr.. Yancey. Of Alabama, said that
State had three times vored for Andrew
Jackson, twice for Martin Van Buren, and
once for James K. for aWhie,
and never had she been Wing Staie.-
She will still adhere 10 principle, and when
The principles of the platform upon which
The nominee Of this Convention is 10 20
before the people had been laid down by
the Convention, if those principles were
in accordance to the instruction which Al