The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-08-17

= Worth stated 10 Walharh thai hc VIA semi
ashore by Con, Lewis, a. ioain what hc wa.
doing Wahch gave most discouraging
f" account Of the condition of things. and wa.
about maLuga charge through the cncm, :.
line, who were ia ituni, la which Worth ask
cd permission lo join. This was gramrII
Worth wa mounted, joined In the charge.
and h,o cugmN Nconioundcd with thc audarity
opened and suffered them a. pa. thcir line.
This wns bat the commencement at War,l,-
difficulty, 20 return tp boat, hc was OBLIGED
to pass around In f.ont Of the British line.
which he did at once and a. hrll pallop Two
'e"npanlc' 'ucccs'Ncly tired At him, piercing
l''- clothes, his saddle, aud drawing blood
from him iu s0cfal places, but al6io,t mirnc-
ulou'ly breaking no limb either or his hor.,
or ofhinsclt 4 thrI company ncarrst tho
river sill had Ia lc passed, and thcir Gre
must have been fatal, hat the officer IN com.
maud, struck with the spirit and 'cour,pc Of
the hli cried ont luhis men, "spare the cal
lom follow FIRE ever hi. head" aud Worth
thu- escaped. lie returned Ia Gen. Lewis Ia
his boat aud was very properly pat under
arrest for violation Of orlcr..
The wo- WORTH frrt hattlc. and IN,
chivalrous daring which he manifested In il
! followed him thr.agl lil,., though tempered
with the wisdom Of mturcr Year.. This all
venture was not related hy him, nor wa il
known unll The succeeding wear Whom tho.
English officer Who hal .parcd hi. lite was
taken prisoner az Niagara, aud in inauidns
Tor the Young man, whom hc described run,
ming the gauntoti | have mentioned. danti.
fed Worth they thus became acquaintcd,and
ever after continued friends. | have said
that Gen, Worth exhibited great prudence
when Il was required III. cmincnt aud in
variable success. Ia those who know the "a.
ircinc caution aud dligcnt preparation re-.
quircd for the service. IN which be- was en-.
gagged in the Floridi aud McNican wars. .would
,,i tt-clt pruyc iIC tIIIt ntIhis AssrIliun. HuL.
a more particular illustration occur. Ia me
Cen. Worth was so unfortunate A. not tn
share ia thr gl"rio- ct l'alo Alu and Rcara.
i is mo- mean compliment. To- h- character ~
a soldier that no one could be- found to sip.
p"'t that he bad purpn,cly avoided being
present at those conflicts. On the cout1ry, /.
e. INC general regret Expressed at hi. rcig-
hc would lcol morc dccii'ii nr. a,-S"tc Gom I
those field. of glory than the lo,, ot li, COM
mission.
iiyrctururt 10 AIrvico dishcarlcuci and .
lIc had lost in few DAYS
,.s,l. ..f@r..,...,..,, ,. IL H. III ., . I.l -.
acquiring. lie was cutircly con-ciou, him
self that brilliant 'achir,nncut was hccc~-
,ary to'rcco,cr III. position. An know hi.
rccklo.- Aud daring ,alor, and the all bat a.
nI,cr,al opinion wa., that At the first oppor-
ruui,y hc would purchase a victory At any
expense of human life. lie went to McNico
with The .ignidennt. luL- -lllllilcA.lA A-4..l.-!.-
vor,l of "a grade or a grave Thus hr found .
ttU7-7 n - t'i7TrrT7 nm r77T- ff'Tyt07 Utrtr
q generosity highly crcditablc to him, assign .
ed to- Worth an indcrt7,dcn, command, aud .
hc was thu. plarcd ia q situation Of absolute /
irrcsponsihliy tn any superior, with 25oo !
roops under his orders who animated u, hi- /
bold and daring spirit, would have rushed in /
to the very eye fany danger that could have |
confronted them. 'rhc task n -igucd to worth
was to cut oil the retreat Of the enemy 10y the
Stltiile raad ana viii, this view lo. carry the
works upon several PERCEPTIONS heights COM
manding the approach to the city, and
strongly fortified erection known as the Bi,h-
ops Palace, and a height in rear oft
Tie took up his line Of march in the aNcr-
noon of the goth Sept. tsiG, and hy a scric.
ot hMllidnI mdnWuyrcs, IN the TulI view Of
hetl, armies which military mrn inform me
they never saw exceeded in scientific skill
and judgment, hc carried these almo. mae
ccssablc and apparently imprcmahIc works
with the loss of only about sixty mon, cut of
the enemy, and entering the city of Monte
roy itself, and advanced within ono block Of
its public square, when the Mcxicans on the
23d proposed to surrender auda capitulation
was entered into with them. For hs rallau-
try and good conduct ON this occasion he was
brcycttcd major general. OF all the tn-
umphs of Cen, Worths military life, this was
the proudcsi and most gratifying. He was
perfectly aware that doubts had arisen rs To
his Judgment and discretion, and as perfectly
satisfied in his own mind that such doubts
were unjust. lie sought only an opportunity
to resolve them, and although it came at such
delicate and gloomy crisis in his career, he
met and improved it, as he always predicted
I he would
Worth was botlrNn@oqucut and a modest
man; aud when | speak Of his cloqucurc,l by
no means mean to shy, that he was learned
or -hcllcA=lelurs- scholar Lie had lililc.ap no
acquaintance with other languages than his
own, and derived few illustrations from read
ing < rccitmg the circumstanccsand history
of other countries THESE are acquisitions TO
be cnyicd, but they are not indisp pcnsiblcthcy
constituted no part OF the cloqucnce4 of De
mosthcnGsg anl Red Jacket Worth appeal
ed TO the circumstances and feelings OF those
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