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vhh cePt A1au9 cgu'Pa11 q Tess nanfcrs,l
In Bueaa Visa On he "a pil, 10 nte 20 /
here for Tie purpose a collecting - rrfsnoe
imPosA upon u. Mexican ss4,u = en- pcssc..
sion
Il The Detachneni undeI il'c coriia,n1 = GO
H,rlef, iLIer harinE - Tttis$ei ~ Col.
Hau.I.uck. n.rc.<t fr01 cam1 sf5d. ,1>ri-
dian, e1ch c1nr1nJ fun1crs1s 1tonI g men.
We eneamprd u ih< ofleiloca ne.i Eresni.is.
Il front ne valley % Aqua Nus<t. ma h fnl
yieu Of tie mounlain r1nts h a. San I.nis|
/ and Zacolccss roais, rhi<k lilt n,llhs rrsses|
| / have seen: AFFORD the most forntlabls n1lnraI
defenccs against invasion by a enemy. and
which. II IN he hands o. a people 81 more var
ike nature. would move insnr ,poau,ahle 10 any
| force kouever great in numbers or appointment.
| II IS atIhe Rancho Of Aqua Nnera. llat our
army vas s,utionei previous 10 The battle ofBue-
! IA Vista. and Shieb theg uere compelled 10
! leave IN sreaf hasic Il he approach Or santa
Anna's host Gen. Tarlor having learned the
ereaf strength or TIE enemy. sooz cane 70. shs
eouelusion thai he could MT With Tie las pros
tpect Of success. maintain hit p,si,ion agains,
such overwhelming odds- HeArs he determined
! % make GOOD his retreat % Bnenz visa. which
spo, his Quick peteeption had poin.cl out 70 him
As Attending he 4besi eknneeSof' S6ceess against
the enemy. owing 10 is natural advantages.--
The result proved The accuracy Of his judgmeni,
and the choice Of this position gave him the vic
tory, and saved hundreds Of lives which upon
any other field would have been inevitably sacri-
feed.
So sudden was the advance Of santa Anna up
on Aqua Nueva, shat our troops were compelled
% burn vast amount Of provisions which they
had not time 70 bring Of. The sight afforded BY
The army Of the Mexicans As they emerged from
the mountain pass into the valley, which Is in
deed prarie, Is represented as beautiful and i'm
posing In tie extreme, and as having been wei
calculated 10 strike our little army with The most
hafassing anxiety as 70 the result, Of the ap-
preaching conflict II not with real terror. Co
lumn afler column Of Lancers and Infantry,
made their appearance, only to be followed BY
} other columns The Regiments Of Laneers and
Infantry presented The appearance OF forest Of
growing steel, as land-spear and bayonei reflect.
, 81 hack The SIMS heams and The gorpeousnes,
ana var,.,v n rolor Il ,he pnifr,s N N.
3, eorns-.,be Nat;onal (,n,rs. ne R,,,,l;o, i.
T,mpico the San n. me- -, Gor,. 10 Csn,d
alarara Inf.p,rv .-d he ( o,n cr;,o.or ,,,,le,.
thar adorned q m,nv hr;gh, Iances r;vaIled n,
r;che.t hpe. ~ ,he ,.;n5ow. Il VA. indeed
mountain avalanche hi, how .aan ,,,s IL nro
cre.s s,onned, tn. ogs,d and 2gd ~ reb,us y
Isa7 ,elis ne ,,la-.ven naw .h.r v.,r Z,
more ,be .heaps Of dead .,be broken lanees II,
uniforms scattered in every direction. tell IN,
tale Of he enemvs defeat and of the eloriou,
. sussess Of the American arms The result vii
adorn some a. the brish,es, mace. az our nation,
Ihis,orv.
on he morning Of The oetb we ,,rusk isbts
and marched 10 the Ranndeys Rancho ais,an
, rs miles accomplishing Il before nine O'Clock
having started long before the break Of morn. ,
tefy desirable obiec, n marching IN a trop;ea
telima,e Herr nothing occurred worthy Of men
lion.
The eo,,r,rv throuoh which NE nas.ed the fol
lowing aay. and indeed during the remainder O
lthe march. nresen,ed : very s;ngular ,nnear
lance. Risine abrup,lv from The vallies wer,
!. noup,ain.ofeverv size shane and heivht ! round
ana bsrween nc sass-'sF ~Assl 49, -soaa mean
dered. The whole country presents the volcanic
appearance the rock appearing TO be deposit
Of Laval indeed not a stone could be found which
could be properly classed as primitive rock. i
does not require great stretch of the imagina,
ton to attribute the appearance Of the country to
some great CONFUSION Of nature, which casl
forth from the bowels Of the earth the mountains
and hills, and left them in the singular confusion
in which they arc found.
Nothing worthy ofdescription met our observ.
afions until our arrival at Patos, very rustic
and beautiful village, which seemed to be rest
ing in peace and quietness under the shade Of q
moun,ain, at whose base il lay. II is owned by
Don Sanchez, the proprietor Of an immense guam
tity Of land, several silver mines, &c. &c. The
village Is Pcopled principally BY his Pnons. On
Zone side Of the plaza and fronting avery neat lit
tie church, Is situated his hacienda, which en-
closes beautiful court, in the centre Of which q
i sparkling JET d'eau sPouts forth its refreshing
gins from the mouth Of a white swan which
seems to be sitting gracefully on the surface Of
the water On every side flowers Of the most
brilliant hues and richest perfumes delight your
gaze, and crafty your sense ofsmell The bios
sons Of the fg, pomegranaie, apricot, peach,
date, &C., give promise Of rich harvest. The
streets Of the village were lined wisA roses plant
ed in hedges, and afforded the most beautiful spe-
cimen Of rustic scenery ever beheld. Suspend
ed in front OF every ecslsse, were cages with
sweetly singing songsters of the forest, delight
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