Washington telegraph., 1848-03-15
lloWtrHEY DIED.

The following extract from some remarks
made by Gen. Pierce, Of Nav Hampshire.
al his public reception in Concord, on the
the 2BIh ull, shows how many OF our brave
soldiers died in Mexico.
And Concord, too, was well represented
among them, There was Henry Caldwell
---one of the brasest aud most determined
soldiers in the army. There was Sergeant
sto~ell, who was shot plumb through the
heafi al Churublseo As his last breath
llowed be whispered In me-do the boys
say ! behaved WE'LL II have write home
to my people. lhcn there was Sergeant
Pike. who had his leg shot oil in advancing
along on a eauseway swept hy three bat.
tefies. Two ampulalionS, which did MT
answer the purpose, were performed, aud 4
third was deemed hopeless. Da he mnsi,
II was thought. know better than they
do, be said. III Try another; aud when
they enl ii again hops they will cut Il so
il will STAY cut. 4 lhird ampulalon was
performed and he lived through il. lie
and the others named were printers. In
The new leYies. the printers exceeded by
twenty per cent, Iaose ol any other Noea.
ton, aud on account al ,hcir intelligence
and high spirit they have proved the must
effective soldiers IN the field.
Gen. Pierce also named Brown aud
SWEET. Of Connecticut, as particularly dis.
lingusbed; and Capt. eady aud Li,ulen.
ants Potter aud Dana. of The old line. Nor
did he forget Sergeant West. oi Manches.
ter who fell at the head Of his column aud
was always there when there vas any
+ yblng 10 be done. But in mentioning
N, .qen OF New Hampshire, or Of New
EpylhI.j, he would claim lOt them 10 supe.
fieriu .'ef olhefs, The present army
wa. made up OF artillery, cavalry, The army
ami the new .agies, representing ever
State oi The Union, eai Il was not ia the
power Of man to say Sfhieh had done the
bes service. To mauY i had been mat.
ter oi great surprise that lbe new levies
should have bought as they han doae. bpl
il i. In the race. lie would take ltom ias
audience before hiIa a regiment whn wGul;
do the same. In executing mannuvfes
and forming combinations in front of an On,
emy, by wheeling. concentrating, &c.
oil soldiers are undoubtedly better; but
when il ZONE to close fighting. as in Storm.
ing or charging, i was the man lha, did
the work aud not The mannuyring; and IN
such work the men who had never before
hecn under fire or handled bayonei, stood
side by side with the long.lrained soldiers.
Anolhercause ofihe success ofour troops
new and old. was the conduct Of the oih
GERS. who. from the highest 10 lhn lowest,
lrd Lnd cherred On their columns. Hence
The disproporlion in the loss OF officers and
men. Hence the loss of lha, most brave
and accomplished aiiicrr of the ten new
regimcnts-Colonel Ransom. lie kept
pressing up-pressing up I'LL he was shot
dead at the head If his column. The same
was true ufCOl. Martin Scott, the lifsI shot
in the army-a son Of New Hampshire
H. raised himself above the protection Of a
wal. A brother officer begged him not ia
expose himself unnecessarily. He replied
"MaHin Scott has never stopped The
next moment shot passed through hi.
heart Ilci-ll upon bis back, deliberately
placed bis cap upon bis breast and died.
Colonel Graham, afer receiving six Sc,
we're wounds, continued on at the head o
hi. men, ana upon receiving the seventh
ihrouga the heart, slowly drooprd from bis
horse, aud as be fsll upon the ground, said
-"Forwari my menl my word is alway:
for sArdl' And SO saying, he died.