The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1848-08-30

shed on that lays md by sfl1a fyf,fI
this district: and YOUR cool intrandiiv oraer
iribatile, and ns firinr. ejsitad fl,ai
praise and aIbfobnt ion9 repeat tstlIys axnreaseds
bythe field officer immediately in scornmanli.
After this, vour coI11panV 3 rsniiIv ihintfefl
by disease. tsss
Subsequently yau 81 iared III Tho tolls and
priyations of the night Of. Contre familiar
to all, and took part in the decisisa action Of
tho morning Advancing on. tl,e. road to tho
city, the company, now reduced to nineteen
guns, entered the field or Churubusco q, and on
title Regiment was formed, under fire, with
tIlaa alnary precision exhibited on drill.s
y aregiment was fatl lied, after retiring,
hgs order of it's General, behind the ducienda,;
ttla right Of the regineIt was called for by
knson, four Company promptly
snhsehed out from cover, and The regiment
for the second time was formed on it. Being
fSWin number, your company was now form,
ed in single rankf on the flank 8 Of the fegi-i
ment, and there withstood tho enemy hfroDt
flank and rear until the gallant charge of the
whole regiment put an end to the contest.
Your company came out Of action, with
nine men fit Tor duty. N That nief.t, having
placed tfe.wounded under cover. You slept On
the field With tho dead, without shelter. food or
covering, in a heavy rniri,s III advance az the
whole American army Il The next tsso days
were devoted to tile Observation-Disclosures, which
follow a hard fought field. aiier winch sfhei
armistice gave yo,,. .temno ora 70 snnsai q
s On the 10Th of Sentanlter. aifcr . tel;onai
night.march, intended; TO deceiye fbr eneinv, :,
YOU were again placed il facs tbeir iter,
.iesswithin short range Of g1ta of Cha.
pultepec. On the morning Of the 4 3tb. The
rna1 nc1n
the honor to ou,strip the l,ennsy ylvanians and
Marines, and to lend onx the attack. Your
company then numbered twelve guns, but,
previous to the charge, tWoMen were detail
ed to serve the cannon; y AS re port HAD got
abroad, which was perfectly correct, that "a
mine was to- be sprung beneath your feet
Nevertheless, youSharged Gallan,ly over al
most impassabIe bitches, needless of danger,
in whatever form it might present itself. On
arriving at the interior work, tile Sergeant re-
ported ono disabled and one abscnto leaving
buteight men, who were now ordered, with
the remnants of companies C.. and K, TO con-
pey the dead and wounded TO Tacubaya, aud
uete Pfoiect .i,s., Il vti n Ing parties the
enemy e ANA TINS terminated tho actual
ngntmg q your Company, but not the con-
unueu neavy duties OF guard and police,
Which INC srnailness 0! the forcc now imposed
upon you, ana winch you bore with. that
cheefeui sp'rit' which seems TO have ANNA
ted you IN an your tosisand dangers:
m conclusion, soldiers . 2ot he I''dl'nettq,
Let the teccptio'ni"hlch has been rendered
y2u' mere una ELSEWHERE, pc q new corner
stone III mat ea.nee, which our country
"ouio lea,' 70 testHy tlat hepuollcs are not
uhg'atc'ai. = s-;{sr .,a.3 + III. IL.
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The Ro'c al Niagara Mr.. Dutton, OF the
Boston Transcript, writing on the l4;h, of
ing particulars of the late difficulty there. AT
this distance, and not being in possession Of
the exact terms of the contract, it is difiic cult
to snyIwhich party is in the right: 81
llle engineer, Mt. Eliei, liias been reap.
ing r;ch harvest IN tolls, which have flowed
INTO his pocket by hundreds of dollars rer
day, III 10 dny, when stop wps put TO his
receipts. mr.. Eilet's contract was that
work shouiu De completed by a day, which
has not yet transp!red. The work beng CONF
pieted, he takes the % bridge TO hin,sels estab-
.lishes u toll OF p cents seaeliiway, and pockets
tue money. Ihe Sanndians, seeing the rich
profits he Us reaplngs used to-day to allow
any one TO entor Canada 9 over s i, and have e.
rected barricade onthe tronters-- That is 250
ieet over the IN Niagara rye, N the middle Of
the bridge. This soon lied 8ta AZ 4. laEming
Americans were in open hostility Parties
were formed and tight took place to.siay at
the oaricadc, tn winch the Canaalan had the
best OF It, and in the melee enc ofthe Anerir
can party was badly beaten. taken a prisoner,
thrown over the AIRY structure az and held sus-
penaed over inc mag river fly, beneath by hia
neaa - ana hee!s, ana ilsiiy eleased, when ne
mnde. his escape to the American ssides and
Inc Gahadlans 81 renamed at The sbarricade 3tor
me n [emalnder rem OF the gay. The business Of
season. Ibeiaatter in dispute will probably
icaa l.a,o 70 a suIta5 law. N!,,, ~
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