The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-09-24

lRiefsening. over which We could nnl Gre,
cnlleRden imaedialrly gave illr ufileF "a
charge. lrading hilhseli, and faFrrd Tie
enemy u relEsst n large boay Of chap
psral. same ssFenIy-lEr O. eighty yard.
~ Ihe rral uG has fri posinan. lrnm
which they opened l,esss IRE up0n oar
force a. sssng,ss IL sppssred an The hros
81 the bib. Finding he rsuld not maintain
that position. GnHenden gave an order "a
Terrst 20 the house. shirh Was done
while The enemy resumed his position on
ME hill. and again epenrd his ere. upon
which criitenden ordered serond charge,
zi'ilie same time saving that he w,shed
small parry 10 attain pasi.ion Al the tight
Hank al The enemy. Ia charge from tha
side II The same mqnfnl be charged fr6ffi
the front. Second l.ieu.epani w. ~.
Crafts. talsa 81 Company D. and myself
roluhieefesl. anil surrerdet 10 al sininE a
poeitioa with Iseniy mep. After remain
ing in Il f,r about hsif an hnnr. and hear
ing nothing 81 f'fii,enion. we returned 10
The house. ahere We found Capt. Kelly.
ol Company A. with zen men. gfiaflling
the carts. hui e,,nld hear or see noilIing ~
Cntienden. The enemy soon after al.
yancins towards The house. we were cent
PEELED 10 reireat. leaving nur baggage aud
stores; and iliaI night. or rather The next
morning. we succeeded in fnrnfig iunc>
tion viii f;opef al i,os Posas. lar an
hour belnre his Ihafrfi. from, that place.
Al The same hour that CriIirnden was al
iarked al The hacienda. body nf the enc.
my. eigin llanalfa strong, under General
Enna. aliarRed Lopez al LES Psas. AZ.
Ter hard figh, ofoser two hours. the Ell.
envy re,reaird. leaving the Americans
masters Of tiIr field. and over Two hundred
oil their number. tamong whom were Sc
sersl Of their hiefesi oflicers.) dead and
wonnde,I-lhe American loss being. in
kihea and wntinded and missing. aniy
about thrift men, among whom Gal.
Downman and Lieutenant I;abizan were
killed. and General Pragay and Captains
Brigham and Cont were MORALLY wound
ed. Alter the action. the Spanish wound
ed were brought in, and as well taken care
Of as circumstances wonld admit. I.opez
rode entirely nnarmed over the field,
through the hottest lf life G,r. oceas,ii6iingIs
applying a red raw hide. with great deal
OF vigor. 10 The shoulders of such men as
he thought could be hurried intn firing
liIile faster. On the morning Of The I4h.
at 2 o'rlork. Lopez marched from Los
Posas inio The mountains. leaving there
seventeen wonndrd SpaEiafas aud thirteen
Of Our side. all nf whom were baSoneipd
by The Spaniards, aud their b dies piled
10 heap cross-ways, at The foot of The
hill.
Two days after ION The l6h) Lopez
was again attacked by three hundred laii.
GERS and six hundred infantry while en-
cainred III 4 Hacienda which fnImerly he
lnhged To himself; but was coniiscaieii
some three years since. Here The action
lasted from ! ! TO 2o'clo L. on one OF The
hottest days ever experienced. The
enemy WI re again compelled to retreat,
men. and nj The same moment ll,a, the re- |
treat Of The Spaniards III ore direction was
reported To Lopez. he issued ali or.ler 10
!''s own inrrc Ia retreat in the opposite.
lppd actually. that day, made forced
march ol Eighteen ihlirs IN iee hati,s,
'vrr Mountain road. On the 10Th. he
ng still on the mountains. we were over
sken by seterp rain storm, which de-
lroyed the greater por ion al our ammuni-
ION, ani rendered our guns entirely use
ess.
We enramped, ON Inc evening &c That
nv, y 4 rancho al the fool Of he iiouil
ans. about two leagues from Bahia 1
fonda. We remained nntlsl.rbeI that ,
ishI; aud we're attacked just al breakfast
me ON The morning ol the 20lh. being /,
sken by surprise. the sentry on the oui. /,
o. having left his post 10 wash himself
! creek where he was killed. Owl .
lie unserrIreable condition of Their !
rms, Tie force under Lopez was cum !
leieiv tou;td. flying Ia the mountains !
! all observation-disclosures himself barely :
sraPIng on Horseback. with The lass nf
y saddle. piS'ols. AM -pyclass--nfevpry. \
iing' ~ TACT. hui what lie wore That !;
gh. he eneamped on The top &c one az i
e highest mountains ON the island oi !,
uha. exposed 10 all the vinIeme If !;
rrihr nortier. without either slcIe,, FIRE, !,
food.
u Is ImpOs-ihls for mr. "a describe tie 4,
hrrIngs %! that nighI. Heaven E,rbil cl
II ever PISS srcI anollier. The rain d,
Y 10 torrents. while ever and anon ter. ii
ic crash would announce that some mas i.
e Tree hid ia,len eIlher before The force "
'iir wind. or The sl miglier lightning. l.,
Iai night efiialle,l an ordinary life time. III
The evening OF Tile GIT, having hecn III
iy-riahi hours without "a ing. we killed err
lorse. which was divided anInng one II,
ndrrd anil twenty FIVE men. who were ba
Thai M" remained with Lopez. We Is
ndered through mountains, unable hi he
rlcsle ourselves, subsIsiiap ON sui.li (jl
YES an'l roais as we conIl find until pr
i.day of Sunday. the 24ih, when ne ial
ceedrd ~ rearl,ng Rad running from rea