The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-09-29
Miscellaneous.
.ns private Jour oflho MeIiean Campaign
the day after the Battle.

The morning ofthe ooh OF August wus
4 d. if,glt aud beautiful ~ could ba imagined.
i p.s warm sun poured ~ cheering rays up,
luce and flower, aud tho birds sang as
seed, an though there had never heen such
/ hing n- baule. Indeed, when away
e,w lhe immediate scene of ntils aud
ds ,lAtdug objects Of ils fury IL wns hnFd
M rrsIlle, lhal On yesterday had been fought
bs ureale.t and hloodiesI battle Of the cam
oa,rn Tep hours, previous, thirty lhOus-
.od men bid oiled the air with the booming
,fesan1H The rattle of muHketry, and hll The
I'm srrl caHiiIsiOn Of battle. Nav all Mnh
i um and sill aud beautiful. A lro-h,-prng-
4 be- Mreze stirred lho hrond leaves Of the
n ,6fn, and irolicked viii ilie blossoms ~ the
4 nnge lroea, Every thing IN nature seem
4 "a 20 reluicei aud well might all nature clap
4 IN IN gladneHs, lar IL waaH fearful
mgso, that hnule! For three days the
. rrfuding armies fought mco 10 face, For
'rr hours the roar Of nuskerry. was aH IN
.saui M the roll Of a drum, and only brook
V lho loud reports ~ bursting shells mud
s,y artillery bgt of our liule army nlpno
tfrelr,rn hundred had been slrickcndoWu
1.-The IRON hni; mud tie enemy, with lhk
i.rendous odds. found himself ior the time
sHhuu on army
Il was ten o'clock IN the morning, and yet
our surgeons had not finished dressing the
Wounded the first time; mud iu almost every
'oom OF me lg'pilnls one might see n groupo
Vi hire o. four anpulntiug Hn arm ora leg,
while the Stewards were frequently passing
m ut-iirr street door with mnlilnicd limbs
Dos afterwards served ~ food Tor the huI.
lfh 40 70 urlghhnring corn. field, The bat
h1d ended liilln after Two o'clock 90 tho
q and uH late ~ one o'clock on the 2oIh,
Hln whose leg bad been torn of at the
n bog hy round shot, was brought IN, Tie
q. 'liru among the ,hiuk cofn, and was
-htiprr discovered, mud Il r. probable Tint
,muclrcu "iuisrlnr' reported by Our Gen.
E ~ ~ tTUru tft-ifi-, r'rfT.-t.i'f3-4f
'I0ul help, even width hearing Of their
.Hfadrs. The mnn referred 80, strange to
H,WaH better tlnn mnuy who bad been
--..-lsaiely -carrd inr. TIE heavy rain
'r Tho previous night had completely
gum'rd his rluihiug and prevented iunau-
Hlupu iu his wound. HIS stunip was mken
90 aud lsnw him IN n day or Two after get.
uue along we'll.
A,he Church Of Chcruhusco tho sight
WIs o.r 20 affect the S,uutrs nerves. Here
most of hc wounded wcrn McXcans. many
uru having been terribly mulillatrd by
l eNplosiuu ul' an ammunition inHguIiuc,--
sallaI, Anderson here breHthud HE last,
ns IA che very zenith of u bright and CLIO.
IH, CAREER, IN. the hour Of ,irtoty, with
haiAr, Cnprou. lruuA, Easloy, aud tho other
'u.lr sprits who on thnl hrld-net death IN
'.r service OF their country. II was Ia the
Monastery attached To- this church, That the
w,,aerr were confined temporarily, mud |
TOOK q VOL through It to look for lions
.Hd tl' 10 VAN. Among lie FIRST / rurt- vrrr-
n1Hbft of dcserl0rs from tho American
au9, Including the notorious Riley. Though
.'Ncd ~ tho Mexican uniform, they were
nel recognized; aud you may depend up
q, their situation wns decidedly unplens-
By their woll.direciod Tire, many of
r old associates IN nrms, the flower the
At division, had inllew aud the feeling
tch tie survivors held townrd them was
with difficulty prevented from showing itself
~ - deterrent iarB than wards, even niicr
hey bad surrendered. Some oi'lhem affect.
cd 10 asc Iheir bad fortune very easily. re-
'Wnlng i',is for the curses bestowed upon
'Ieh 10y their uNnsporntcd vic,ors; but large
'l1nty Wore their "sule on tiie other
.le'N,' for lho gnlows was their only escape
rom captivity, aud they know IT, Miserable
"""or1 creatures! ] have never seen q
more ugly lot ofhumnuity any where. No
me 9mpahrzed with, nobody piiied them.
L'eh the Mexican soldiers, who had ever
llNed upon them with dislrust, seemed in.
.l-fent to their fate, while many of them
.A not hesitate to express their Joy that the
WoTed battalion Of S. Patrick was out Of
telf way. RilOy know this ~ well as any
-'dh aud it must hive goarded him to the
puck; but lac kept bold front, aud ioked
~, demanding TO he released upon pntolu,.
About H"e,t-slie prisoners -wers- tuarGLed
''' OF TUG church, aud proceeded under
-7tg guard to public building in the vii
'.c Of Cuoynacnn. We then had good
rorlunily TO SEQ them ALL Several We're
l'errs of high rank, aud one old fat fellow
very extensive girlh,w carried hy four
MS men upon sort of hand barrow that
assembled the old fashioned nnrhinc used
~ conveying collins TO the grave, as much
"hy hng else. lie WINS smoking II cigarro
very composedly, and paid no attention TO
Ne remarks Of the others around him. But
va general Thing they looked logged aud
,Nppolnicd, which was natural enough un-
W The circumstances.
There were n large number offhmiAs~ FOL
""g tho prisoners some evincng the
'@'rst distress. All the morning They had
~, "'N arriving from the city TO search for
meW relatives and nurse those who wcrO.
"oDlded. One toe looking girl of the low
order followed the limo I'll il arrived nj lls
,r'''onHilon, stiowering nnathemns upon our
wv, a"Psl calling them ninidios .Anericrnos, aud
olWg Tint they had murdered her brothers.
Y..'rs watched the line ny it passed md fail
wy !" meet the looked for ficcs, sat down by
Nv, ivy 'oad'de and wept bitterly. saw one
Il. qua tear off pntt Of her scnniy skirt,
asnbre cut IN wounded mars hrnd,
wv 'heh run on ngain raer he prisoners She
D,l s cnmp-wonissn, aud wore n brond.brim.
,'u nat aud soldier nckct, mud carried can
DIV .l Alul horersacit AT tho little bridge OF
Avn G"FrNo lC0nreras) on the duy before, two
. /. uese grls were killed by random shots