The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-10-27

Undsr The renewed ferious charge Of oar tr,crs
IL. enemy were ma forced T. retire, aud ADAM
daa th~ field a the Americans IN one OIL inc
Last Of lhese charges, Just at the close at the
action and arrr,bie 62h,in. Scott was severely
wounded, and had to b. borne from the held
This en- .as. ment ,ncnntessabl, established the
bravery ofaur troops, and the REPUTATION OF
General Scat as an officer.
In this pic,ure Scott is made not merely the
principal figure. but the only Important person
age On the scene. Brown the commander III
chief, whose camp was not three miles from tue
field, and who mounted and rode to t as soon as
the firing was heard, met the express sent by
Scot, 10 him for aid-who brought up the Sec
ond brigade and ,n'crpnsed il b.tween Scott and
the Brush line, thr lwing Scott in the reserve
who saw the insur,nruniable obstacle TO sue
cess in the enemy's battery, which had not oeeh
attacked by Scott and should have been-whn
ordered it TO be stormed-took u, and refor'neo
The whole line of battle in frcnt-rrpeilrd the
enemy's succession of charges, and hnaiiy |
drove him from the field, after Seat had again
catered w th his reserve, aud had been defeated
j, his charge-th,s bold, active, skiifui CHEZ,
who was in every part of the battle, and al
though shot through the thigh and IN tue SIDE
never lett it until it was won, Is, IN Scuu
sketch, nowhere to be found. But the Secreta-
~ of War, Armstrong, however favorable
Scott. shows, from the Report OF all the otAc-
els engaged, how the victory was achieved.
This is 4 contemporary notice OF the event.
Extract from Armstrong; Notes Of the War
of lSI3, vol. IL: #a&E
"ln,elligence like this, stating movement on
the part OF the enemy, $, probabein Itself, SO
fayorably to him, so nenacing TO US, aud so en-
tirelv out of Browns power TO interrupt directly,
could not fa,l to d,squet that officer--who not
wi,hstand,ng, lost no time in adapting the only
measure OF countcraction left him-ihat OF
ranid march On the enemy's post, in the hope
that to secure these, he will probably recall the
detachment sent, as was conjeciured, against
Schlosser.
mltwas in executing this measure, that Scott
to whom the service was assigned, after snort
march OF two miles, discovered party Of nri.
fish infantry near the great falls, which Tell
hack slowly on his approach. On reaching
Willow Inn, the brgadier, was further IN
formed that .,Iliai lay directly in his 'front.' and
was bit separated from him by narrow wool
intending las was r.ported) to attack Browns
emp at day break The ensuing morning A
messenger being despatched TO headquarters
with information, Scott from the urgency OF the
case which had put him in motion. and the sPli't
Of the orders gwen him, concluded that it was
his duty to attack the enemy Immediately. with
and accordingly, after detaching Major Jesup
with the 18th regiment 70 cover his right, he
pushed vigorously forward through the wood,
in his front, with the 9th, 10th, and 22d regi.
ments, supported by Towson's artillery and
was engaged in conflict, equally obstinate and
eanguinary, which continued for an hour with
little il any remission, Rnd no decided advan
tage on either side. During this interesting Pc
Rod, Jesup was not unemployed. Finding a
L.. a. eha rv's vcht
they had either not seen or neglected to occupy
he lost no time in awaiting himself oft; and in
a few minutes, was able to place himself on the
left flank Of the British line, composed altoge-
Their OF Canadian volunteers and militia, who he
Immediately routed. In the pursuit which fol-
lowed, several prisoners were made BY whom
the Major was informed that "Drummond was
fast advancing from Queenstown with strong
reinforcement, aud could not now be far dis
tant' Under this new circumstance, Jesup
boldly determined 10 seize the road, and hold
Drumnsond in check, till the brigades OF
Ripley and Porter could be brought into action ;
nor had be been long IN his new position, when
Major General Rail with large suite, fell into
his hands. II being now dark, the firing in his
frontgreatly abated himself entirely uniformed
Of the pc sition and views of the commanding
General, and much encountered with prisoners,
he pressed cautiously forward, and in a short
time was able to Place himself on the right Of
Ripley brigade
"Durins the early part Of these occurrences,
General Brown apprised, by the weight and
continuity of the firing in his front that the
first brigade had encountered a force much
more formidable than that Of an ordinary picket
ar PATROL gave orders that the second, with
Hiadman' ) artillery and Porter's volunteers,
should immediately move TO its support. After
which, setting out promptly himself, he joined
General Scott and finding on his arrival, that
the ranks Of this officer had been greatly thinn.
ed by the preceding action, and that such part
OF the corps had escaped wounds and death,
was much exhausted by fatigue, he lefi for the
moment where he found it. and fastened for
ward with Majors McCrea and Wood to recon.
noitre the enemy, and select ground for the
lnterpos,ion OF the advancing corps. In per
forming this service, the attention Of all
was speadily attracted by the site given to the
British artillery; which, from its greater eleva.
ton and other circumstances, gave It a complete
command Of the field of battle and drew from
the senior engineer decided opinion, that ito
gain the victory, the FIRST thing to be done was
10 storm the British battery.
The commanding General entirely coinciding
in the opinion, hastened to meet the advancing
corps, and on doing so, directed Colonel Miller
to put himself at the head of the 2lst regiment,
and make the charge. We need scarcely add
that the order was executed with the character
istic alacrty and boldness Of the veteran to
whom It was given
Still, however decisive the appearance Of
the achievement at first view, it was soon dis
covered that, in fact, il was hut the signal for
renewing the sunguinary conflict already motto
ed. Stimulated to new efforts by the arrival
of large and successive endorsements, several
bold and VIGOROUS attempts were made BY
Diummond to recover the guns and the ground
that he had lost but in neither Of these could
be .ucceed-all were repulsed by the well di-
rec,ed ere and steady charges Of the American
line which after the frs. second repulse of
the enemy, had been increased by the
shattered remains Of SCOTS brigade and
Porters volunteers when at last, the enemy
deprived US well of the example rs the direction
of their gallant leader, and losing all hope Of
e6ecting Their object by any new effort of their
now diminished force, withdrew from the field !;
leaving behind them their dead, their wounded,
and The nine pieces of artillery. for the recovery
Of which, they had dared SO much and bled SO
freely"
All the Reports give credit to General Scott
FIR personal gallantry IN this battle, and he de-
serves it. Some military men have questioned
the proprety Of his attacking a much superior
force well posted, without awaiting the arrival
were within three miles, and would have accom-
plished in the beginning what it did at the end.
(coHTiSuED.)
Il Is said that good council when gratuously
offered 10 often spurned, but, the following ad-
vice to clerks, Foreman and other entrusted with
business is 80 good that we cannot refrain from
transferring TO our columns, il should be endelaby
stamped on the Tablets Of their memory.
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Employer.
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are absent one honr out Of the usual time, you
will be missed, and he in whose service you
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