Litchfield enquirer., 1853-12-01

hesJ 10 sea f MilleFs people had joined and we,Q rrarching with ua But. lo n1Y mstonishmeni, neitbef they nor Fanningss man nor slss bntlaIiou. were to be snen.
 They had sepasatsd from ns without our observingit. and the detachment with which ! was nnaEching consisted only If the GEeys and afew Texan coloniass~ GlAncing n tho escOrt. their full dress uniform. aud abtence Of aII beggags now fOr the Grsi time struck me. [ thought of tho bloody scenes shat had occurred aE Tompico. San palrico and at tbe Alnr
 mo-of the Ealao ana rxael chaFaetsr ee
 shoss in nhass pomnr 70 mere. and |
 wns ssizsd with pTessninsnt of eyil. For . m0meqt ! was about to conamunip cate my apprehension lC ny comrades. but hope. which never dies. eansed mo to take mora chesfiDg view of ny situa- tim. Nevertheless, in order to be pre- pared for iho wofst. and n easa 0f need 10 be unincnmhsred in my Inovements,I | watched my opportunity and threw awnY . bundle among lhe grass Of the pSniFiss containing the fcw things whieh the thiesish Mexicana had allOwed tne tc Fes tain, ;ss
 A qaasssr q n hour Ina slapsed sines tho departure from tho fort. when sud-
 denly she command Was given in Spanish to wheel to the left. leaving tho road : and ne we did not understand the orders
 the oticef himsslf went in front Co show the way. and my compapions followed
 without taking any particular notice of the change Of direction. To our lefe ran . mnsket hedge i've cr six feet in height at right angles with the Eiyer Sun An.o> nio. which flowed at about thousand paces from us. between banks thirty or fosly feet high. md of which banks tho one on the nearer side rose nearly per> pendiculsr out Of the water. We were marched along tho eide of tho hedge lo~ wards tho stream. and suddenly lhslthot' flushed across IS. Why are they taking us in this directlon?' Theappearance of . number of lancers. cansering about in the fields on our right, also startled us and the foot soldiers, who had marched between us md Inc hedge. changed tbeir
 places and joined those Of their comrades who guarded u on the silher hand. Be- fore Ws could define tho reason of this manmusre. che word wac soon given to
 halt. IL came likc q sentence Of death
 for 1t the same moment t vas uttered
 the sound of yolleys of muaketry echoed
 acsoss the prairis. We then thought of our comrades. and of onr probable fate.
 Kneel doHni' noR burst in harsh %. eesss from the lips of the Msxlean ccm- lmandes.
 No one stirred. Few of us under< stood tho order and thoso who did would not obey. Tho Mexican soldiers. who stood about three paces from ns. leveIled their muskets at our breasts. Even then we could hardly believe that they meant to shoot us, for t we had. ws should ass surediy have rushed forward in our des~ pera,ion, ands wsaponless though 70 were. some ct our murdeiess wOuld have mel ,hair deashs at our hands. Only one oe oar number was Nsll acquainted with Spauish. and even nc seemed as # he could not compreheud the ordsr that had
 been given. He slared at she command ing olicer as < awaiting its repetition. and we stared at him. ready at the frst
 word 10 spfing upon the soldiers. But
 he ssened to.he as most Of us weres im-
 pressed with ths belief that the demon. siration was merely . nae,.aoe used Q in- duce us tO enter the Mexican service. .--
 Win thraatening gestures and dtawn sWord, tho ehief of the assassins again eiacuIsssd the command to kneel down.
 ihe sound of secGDd voIleys from . different direction win ehe f1rsis iuss then reached ons ears, and Ras fcllowed b7 . confused esy. as t lhoss as whom it md been aimed had not all beel immedialely killed. Oar comrades the ono who un- dsrsiood Spaniah. started from his m0A msn.ary lsihsrgy. and boldly addsssssd us.
 'ComTadss. cried he. you. hear that report, that esy. There . - hope For us--oar laas hous | como Therefore. eomzades-
 \ tsrsibls explosion inissrnpsed hin end then all was ssill A thick clond of smoke aas srsalhing and curling toys ssds lhe Gan Anlo1io. The biood of car Iisuisnaas was on my olothss. an6
 around no Iay ny grisnds .consulssll Milk
 theis lasl agony. ! saw uo.hiAx nsese.
 Unhars myssh. spranR n. and, cons esaIed bY the thick snsoke. l|ed nIeng tho hedgs h tke dixcelion II me rixef. the noiss of ihe Waler for m gpids. ssd~ dsnly . hlou feem a heavy ssbse islI np~ on ay head. and isom oat of the sn1oAe cmefRed tke ferm of . iilsie Nsx xleen liensenant. He aiasd . sscon4 tleE ak me. which ! parted oIT yi.4 es] jelt arn. 1 kas aetbins C Ii4e kH. *$zz7s shinr io e.in. Es pas lie eF &ssIs s.-r $ l)shind ms | lhearand haIsnSs6s zSEzfe ssss slle almnes powrfIees eNaf& n{ a sswasd. Funhaa np1a him Mn6 &'sk lrno Nsxismn ra'ef A4 sf I.*N Fl ons