Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1848-02-12


Pierce's reception BY the citizens of Concord,
N. n. on the 9th January. he msde an e'o-
quent address in reply TO General Lows re.
m,rke, welcoming the hero home. The follow
ing in on extract
New Hampshire had no occasion for any
other feeling than that pride ia regard to her
sons who belonged to the command. They hsd
proved themselves brave, devoted self eacrIfcs
ing spirits. And Concord. too, was well repre-.
eented among them. There was Henry CaId.
well-one Of the bravest and determined col.
diers in the army. There was Sergeant Sio-
well. who was shot, plump through :hc hesr,,
at Churubusco. AZ his last breath flowed, ne
whispered to me--"Do the boys ssy behaved
well! II have, write home to my people,"
Then there was Sergeant Pike, who had a leg
shot of in advancing along on causeway swept
by three batteries. Two ampntarions, Uhich
did not answer the purpose, were performed,
and third was deemed hopeless. Die he mus,
it was thou yht. 81 know better then they do."
he snid, "I'll try another, and when they crt
it 30 that it will stay cut" A third amputaiion
was perlnr,neJ, and he lived through It. He
and the others named were printers. t. tie
new levies, the printers exceed by twenty per
cent. those of any other vocation : and On ar.
C unt Of their intelligence and high sput they
have proved the most efficient -o'disr- ia toe
field. Another cause OF the success OF our
GERS who. from the highest To the ,owes,, led
and cheered on their columns. Hence the dis
proportion in the loss Of officers and men, Hence
the loss Of that most brave and accomplished Of
the officers Of the ten new reC;man's- Colonel
Ransom. He kept pressing si'- r'-''t'
he was shat dead at tho head his 0'''n
! The same was true Of Colonel "a'ir S-r t-
| first shot in the army '.. L1.s
shire He raised himself ah'v r
of a wall A brother officer b. 'H H-. ~
expose himself unnecessarily. - .=---
Martin Scott has never yet stopped" The
| nex moment a sho, passed thronCh his hear,
He EEL, upon hi. back, deliberately placed his
cap upon his bre ast, and d''d.
Colonel Grsham after receiving six severe
wounds. continued on at the head of his neu.
| duu VIC Nobt
owly dropped from his horse, and as he fsll
upon the ground, said-"Fvrwsrd, my mec, my
word is alwsys-forward." And so saying, he
died. Having referred to Lieutenants Foster
and Daniels, and to several officers o. the old
army, General Pierce proceeded to say he had
TO retract opinions he had formerly entertained
and expressed in relation to the military acadia
INV at West Point. He was now Of opinion.
that the city Of Mexico could not have been
enterrd in the way twas, but for the science
and intelligence in military aftairs OF the officers
Of the old army. mostly from West Point. Ser.
vices were rendered by the officers of the topo'
graphical engineers and ordnance, which could
not have been rendered but by men who had
received the most complete military education.
The force Of the Americans had been overrsted.
! Over 1000 effective men lett Puebls, to attack
!; n city of 25O. 900 inhsbtsnts, defended by 3D..
600 Of the best troops ever raised IN Mexico,
100 peces Of cannon. and the fines, or'iticstions
ever raised. in addition to the natural detences'
OF marshes and lakes.
The REv CEsAR OIwAY, in his recently rub.
ished paper on The intellectually Of pom"s
tic Animals, +" gives the following anedotr. wh'c h
= s by far too good not TO receive the benefit OF n
wider circulation AT the -four mills of Tab :
: bero keena, near Clonmei, while IN In" posses
u sion Of the late Mr.. Newbold there was a so">s
which, by some accident, was left SOLITARY, "'l!I
ou: mate o. offspring, gsnder aud goshnes No"
it happened, as is common, that tn m'l'rf's 80
had set number of duck eggs u0d.r h'n
. which in Cue time were incuhai ed ari of eonr -
: the duckiings as soon as they came forth raC
} with natural instinct 10 the water. and the net
= was in a sad pucker-her maternity urging he
II to follow the bi ood and her seshness dsposi n;
t. her TO keep on dry land. In the meanwhile NJ
J. sailed the goose, and with noisy gabo'e, whhr'
A certainly (being interpreted meant, leave the n
. to my care she swan up and down with th'
:, duckliogs and when they were tired with the v
:, aquatic excursiou she consigned them 10 f'f
care Of the hen. The next morning down can 's
again the ducki; TO the pond, sud'h ~as h
goose waiting for them, and there stood the h 81
20 in her great Illustration. On this occasion VI
10 are no, at oil sure that the goose 'nrfed the he
n | -observins her maternal uouble--but II Is
-, fact that she, being the shore, the hen }, TN
M ned on her back and there sat- the duckli ng
:. swimmiIg, aud the goose and hen alter them, n
10 and down the pood And this was no, soIitsr
Of event; day sffer day the hen was seen on hoar
~ the goose, attending the 'uosnngs up and dow
nperiset eonten'edress and good hamor nun
W bers Of people eo.nins 10 witness the 'ireu"
I" stance. which eontinued until the dueklne