The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-01-10
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From the Washington tFa) Examiner.
We extract the following from the Crawford county
Pal Democrat In communicating portion of MIR.
Mchns letter the editors of the Democrat the gem
tleman to whom it addressed says:
1.-THE following, Messrs Editors is extracted from let
ter received from Norton McGiin, highly respectable
young gentleman and lawyer from Washington, Pa who
company K, LIST Pennsylvania regiment Of vountees and
accompanied that fine ccrps Mexico 1t not the in
would have been presented to the public but for
strong CLAIMS Which the he Ole deed Of hAn and his btavn
who are willing to render honor to whom honor is DUE
Like Col. Wynkoop, young McGifIn writes fearessly
and patrlohcally. Having gone to Mexico aca,g, he
has become disgusted with the opposition
of that party to the present righteous and, in plain
terms writes to his friends that such opposition Is pro-
longing the He also tells that thirteen of his
Puebla, "dgreenhy to the instructions Of Ton CoRwIN,
OF the leaders OF the acig party But he continues
they 'ded in good cause, fighting for their oountrys
rights; yet fell not much sacrifice for their country
as pamper that crue-may not saytatd Esprit Of OPP
position at home
Ertract of a letter. dated
JALArA, Nov 10, 1917
FRIKsD NJ. You will be surprised, after receiving my
last letter from Pneba to hear that again in the beau
tifu city Of Jalapa You have doubtless been made rly
acquainted with the siege of Puebla by Generals Santa
Anna Alvarez. and Rca, with force of some 5000 Mex
The particulars OF the siege have neither time nor
space to mention. You however, form some idea OF
our tolls, prvaons and sutierngs. in sustaining siege OF
thirty days (dnrng which almost constantly on
duty dsy and mighty from what experienced around the
walls of Vera Cruz Although force amounted to no
more than 600 effective STILL attack OF the enemy
upon works signay defeated and driven oil
with loss
The departure of Santa Anna, with part of the bessie.
ging orce the LIST of October afforded some relief stu
we not altogether exempt from the dangers and pr
vaons inc ent posed situaon until the 18th, on
which day Genera Lane arrived with his detachment from
Vera Cruz. Col Wynkoop also came along with our other
tonr companies from Perote, And now commences my
fatal narrative OF the memorable events of the l2h Our
company in the morning to take possession OF
some houses that had been occupied by the enemy Capt
Heron mstook the order, and went mile beyond the
place designated may state, our company consisted OF
only twenty men, and surrounded by four or
five hundred lancers IL too late deliberate, and we
adopted the only alternative within our reach--which
was, 10 cut icay through the tnsmy that we might
hold council of without being annoyed by them
You may imagine the difficulty of task, when tell you
it until thirteen of gallant comrades
killed and six wounded. Winebddle and myself
were detached from the rest of the company, and had
hard time OF 1t. We had twenty of them upon at one
me-kied six of them, and the rest left us Winehiddle
was wound slightly in the side. was Knocked over, but
not hurt badly Our escape miraculous. The bodies
of the sain rather butchered found that night
and brought in They horribly mutlaed (agree
ably The instructions OF Tom Coricin) by the humane
Mexcans much that difficult recognise in
their mutated forms former Comrades, who lately
bloornsd in the full vlgor health Poor Crutzleman
was most horbly disfsured and, fact they ali bore
ciless enemy, We followed them with measured tread