The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-05-29

From the Illinois State Register.
RecoIlecffons of Campaign--By
one who saw the Elephant.--Gen.
Patterson.

Patterson.
The reader viii bear IN mind that IN aformer
number, alluded to the part this gallant OH
Ger had taken IN preventing Gen 'Twiggs from
r,skinc the attack until Gen Scott arrived, and
the fact of his being again placed on the sick
list after issuing the order then referred TO-
From that time until the morning Of the battle,
On the 18th he had been confined TO his tent
sick from long and arduous toll amid the dust
and heat Of Vera Cruz, and suffering the most
e1crueiating pain from a dislocated ankle But
10 sooner did the heroic old general hear the
frst gun fred on that eventful morning, than
against the positive injunctions Of ms surgeon
sud the entreaties of his friends, he ordered his
horse. and expressed his determination TO join
his gallant commander on the height, and once
mere lead his invincible division into the thick
est Of the fray. He was so weak that he had
to be lifted into the saddle, but he said, as he
placed his erutches across the pommel Of the
saddle, and proud smile lit up his noble fea-
hIures, If they kill me, I am but poor, old
sek and crippled man at the best, and the Pres
nautcan make another general, but he cannot
rnakexhen, and l must be with my gallant boys,
to commando protect them-to share with
them in their glory, or to die with them in front
Of those batteries. They have never deserted
ne: must not desert them now"
And it is q truth, that no sooner vas it known
70 the volunteers of his division, that their sick
old general had arrived upon the hill, than a
new vigor seemed TO be infused into every heart,
and new strength impaired TO every man
More than once during that eventful morning,
he came near falling from his horse in conse-
quence Of the excessive pain in his ankle, owing
to its pendant position, yet in the midst of all
this suffering, he gave his orders as coolly and
calmly as though he had been dePloying his
present magnificent division Of volunteers
through the streets Of Philadelphia. At the
close Of the battle, he assumed the command Of
the advance, and never rested until he had es-
tabIished his quarters that same night, in the
best room Of Santa Annals splendid hacienda
some ten miles beyond the scene Of battle This
vas one Of the many instances Of the indomita-
ble energy, and courageous perseverance of this
most noble, distinguished andaecompished Off
Ger, and courteous gentleman
The SURGEONS JACK-Ass-
One of the amusing, and at the same time,
heart rending incidents Of the day, came under
NY observation during an early part of the en-
gagement- The surgeon geneSel had ordered
the surgeon Of each regiment 10 accompany his
regiment on the field, and to be there ready 70
render immediate assistance to the wounded.
DR., B, who was not only one Of the first sur
geons IN the army, but also one of the most in
corrigible wags in the service; was detailed to
rba ~
Very soon after the batteries opened their mur.
derous fire on the left flank of the American
lines, man was brought to the rear, his hand
torn of just above the wrist, by a six-pounder
The doctor was in the act of tying up the arter
les Of the mangled limb, his steward holding the
srm steady, and just beyond them at the dis
tsnce, perhaps of ten feet, stood the stewards
lack-Ass, with his large panniers on, containing
bottles, bandages, knives, SC, quietly browsing
the leaves of the chapparel. While in this po-
stion, another discharge from the battery in
front sent the balls hurting and tearing through
the trees and among the ranks. One of these
shot passed Immediately between the doctor
and the steward, carrying of the arm Of one Of
the doctors attendants, near the elbow joint
and passing on, struck the poor donkey amid
ships, killing him outright, and scattering the
doctor's bottles, bandages, knives, ect, in a
thousand different directions. The steward
who was dutchman, commenced bewailing the
untimely death of his poor jack-ass, while the
doctor, thrusting his hand in his pocket, and
assuming sort of serio-comie expression, broke
forth in something ike the following
We'll, Old Lawson must think I'm cussed
fool to stay here and be shot at in this way. Il
Is entirely too exciting to be pleasaHs-besides,
an non-eomhatant-I come here TO heal those
who are wounded, not TO get wounded myself
and there Is that Dutehnan crying over thar
jsek-ass, while here are half a dozen Door feI-
lows who require assistance That shows his
animal propensities. NOW" said he turpino
to me, 'sEhat in the name of gunpowder Is n
be done. have no knives, no bandages ,o
tourniquet, no nothing You say you have
been dying for excitement, hope you are salts
ned now" While we were thus talking one o.
the men came TO the rear, and informed US tha
Coi- Black, Of the first Pennsylvanians, wa
nortaIly wounded. In moment; the who'll
soul Of the noble doctor was enlisted Il ap
Psared afterwards that the Colonel and the Dec
toT had had difficulty that morning. lust be