The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1848-12-09


go officers Of iute;ior note.
Meanwhile the .Staa'y Comfy, NJ c.
Knot and Smith cogntlcs, Tenm Erie c,9ntu
.Ncw York, and ESser toH"ig, Var .Juse9
batteries Of 'ght artillery jIdriou>ly pla-
ced On commanding ground Ivy our ucconl-
plished Engineer olliteis--Ca.t. J. Murri-
son Harris, Of Md. Capts. Cutter, and
Combs, of Kv.-having gotten the proper
range played upon the eneIny's columns
with fatal effect. During the continuance
OF the cannon!de, one of the encmy's Off
GERS was guilty. oiofan acl--com'rary alIE
to all u>u.es OF hpnorab!e warfare, an! mn
worthy the glory Of tins well-fou-h, field.
; Oh serving the position occupied by Gener-
al Taylor in person, 'ChCra'icr WykoQ,
Commanding IL battery called '.TuE Demo-
CRATIC KEvIGw," opened on him a storm o.
poisoned shot, in shape Of slanderous and
intamou, "LnLE,' and other stories but
the guardian genius that protected the old
hero from The coppsr SlLot Of the MaXinans
also shielded him against The poisoned mis-
scs of this cowaIhy locoioco.
Itwas now la!e in the afternoon and Gen
Cas- finding himself hailI d IN all attempts
to dive US from our position, determined 10
stake the fortune of The day upon one ii.
nal, desperate throw. Collecting together
the shattered remains O f the South Carroll IA
Alabama and Virginia brigalcs, (lhe latter
almost entirely Gnnihhtcd) and uniting
them with his other disposabe forces, he
got the whole in motion against our left
The movemen! being Observed Gen. Tay-
lor at once prepared 10 meet it-olIellng
up in addition TO those already named,
Capt. Allen A. Halls Nashville Whig,'
Capt. Cary's Baltimore American Capt.
llamersly Lancaster Union and Tribnne.'
Capt. Knney's Newark Advertiser bate
ries ofheavy guns, he placed The whole rap
idly in position, forming for their support
the Massachusetts, Kentucky, Georgia, Ma
ryland, Connecticut. Louisiana and Ten
nessee troops, the latter under command
of their favorite and well rie,. leader, Gen
james G. Jones.
Covered by the fire Of all his guns, Gen.
Cas>' division moved forward in beau'i-
fal order. Our heavy guns swep, every foot
of The ground, but the enemy, stern'y clio
sing his torn and smi;ten ranks. pushed on,
till at length they entered the storm of grape
shot, when the leading files disappeared as
it the earth had opened beneath them!
Sill hey pushed on until they gained the
very brow of the Hill, when three cheers
for old Rough and Ready rem, the air, and
t1,n
Joacs at the head of his hri4a|e, was the
first TO precipl'ate himself against the foe.
Led away 5y'his impetunus and h'adlong
valor, he rushed into the thicKest Of the fight
The enemy closing AROUND him. When
the battle ragged most wildly he was seen
towering above his devot d followers, and
his clear and manly voice Was heard above
tie Mmut,ot bait lie. cheering them TO the
charge! Despite every effort Of the enc
my, he nohly sustained himself, CALAMITY
supported by Colonies Bell, Gentry; Ew
ing, aud Barrow. Col. Bailie Pey,on, at
The head of Old lacks booty guard, the in
trepid LouisianiauS, came up, when the Two
columns, cheering each other. united, and
quickly rolled back the tide of battle.
! Brig Gen. Jnoy J. Crttcndcn at the head Of
| n chosen body of kentuckianS, charged superior
force of the cncmy's .Ntrc Hampshire and Maine
troops, and after desperate hand to hand con-
test, routed them and captured their colors. In
| this charge Colonies Letcher Mctcalf Under
wood and Gaines were highly distinguished.
| The contest here was long and boody--indeed
this was tie crisis of the fight-vctory SWING to
and fro, from side TO side, till at length. unable
any longer to withstand the cold steel of the
| Wings, the Locoloco columns treinbled and stag
| ucrcd-then broke and fled, Gen. Cas- S W onn
lcd icere behind him, and he passed them ahrc"
! The panic which now selznd the enemy soon
communicated itself to the White House, and
| as our victorious troops went sweeping over its
barriers like a ressLless torrent, the garrison,
throwing down their arms, surrendered at disCre-
ton
To the gallant G en-. VIM. F. johnson, ofPcnn
| sylvania, belongs the honor of hauling down
" it'll his own hand, the locooco flag found flying
on the battlemcnts ofthe white House, The
route of the enemy was complete. The Pha-
delphia City and County troops, under Coils. Jo-
siah Randa Il, Charles Gibbons, Joseph b. Myers
J. w. Ashmead, w. IIollinsshead, Henry D
Moore, J. S. l. ittel!, John f. Latia, a. r. Cham
bers, with Captain J. P. Sandcrson's 'Daly
.Nf,cs' battery Of six FOUNDERS, pursued the fly
ing locofocos until 10 O'Clock at night. The
field of battle was covered with the slain, and the
scene in the w hite House begsars description.
In the 'east room lay Gen Jas X. Polk, and
close by Colonies Walker and Buchanan, all pc-
ry dead. The Post Master General Cared IN
under the effect of an amiable grape-shot from
Capt. Wcbb's Courier battery.
Capt George NJ. Dallas, of the subsistence de-
partment, was killed by the explosion Of A tar
if bomb shell from Capt. J. H.. Campbel's
Schuylkl!l county battery:-C Col. Buchanan, by
n "a pound shot thrown from one of the uns of
the North American battery, in charge Of the
gal liant and accomplished Capt. independent
Harvey. Capt. Richie, the unfortunate leader
of the House hold band was for once, thrown
from his equilibrium His only regret seemed
to be that his death wound was caused by a DEL
a,rmiaa. 1t was given by Wing rfeman be-
longing 10 the 'meanest State in the Union We
buried the old soldier with the honors ofwar, his
own organ playing the requiem, 20, carry me