Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-12-29


Wnsin into line and lay down, and remained
N IN this recumbent position, with shot, she'll
pc caniser, and every internal invention for the
gaPS. of human life, flying over and into us, and
S't us. fred from 3d. "a and eighteen Founders
SDbor we lay down an Is pound shot struck and
Ia' T.bbrough one of my front rank men, carrying
f'D b;s pouch and ammunition he was the third
gay - nv right, and thought that things were be-
aD W oyTons We lay still for half an hour before
HDlpS oSr artillery came up, and when they did open
py |os YOU may imagine,) nine and six-pounders
~ not do much against heavy guns, securely pos.
@ou commanding position, and well worked. At
81 loo down for about ten minutes began to get
~! y, 99ccustomed to the whiz of the shot and the
.sb of the canister, Sc, over my head and, Co..
Jts' myself with the idea that if there was one of
Slp9 meant for me- could not possibly avoid 1t,
.%E out my opera-gass and watched the proceedings
.be enemy In 4 very short time | knew every
That would bear on my position and you may
..rne my feelings when | saw those guns dis.
5srged.
Tbo intervals between the discharge and the arrival
,Ie shot (which was sure to pitch somewhere near
- we're not, confess, the happest moments Of my
" can't describe the feeling exactly. 1t was
~ fear, and still it was something of the same ma
~. suppose at all events, il was very unpleasant.
vou wish to have my autograph you had better
.r this as not day and scarcely an hour passes
r5ou some deadly missile passing close to US, and
..rbaps some day one of them may take a fancy to
r. head and then you will not hear any more from
,our own correspondent, at the seat of war" Just
i; moment two shell burst close TO where | am sit
W., and one of the men has brought me a very ugly
EiDg fragment of one OF them. | writing this
nv knee, under a stone wall, thrown up for the
1snce Of the picket. My back is nearly broken,
s5 am perfectIy bothered and confused by the in
,,sant firing from our lines and the town, which is
wv roing on for it's sixth day think the Russian
10 is now slackening but this may be fancy. shall
"a, on for a charge to see if there any Russians
swing about in our neghborhood
rur PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN MExICo.-We
re already announced that election TO determine
rbs,ber HIS Serene Highness," Santa Anna, should
tinue as President, had been held in Mexico,
nd that the Capital and the city of Vera Cruz bad
rp5 the former nearly and the latter quite unani-
nmsy in his favor. This election was the greatest
5rce imaginable and continued for three days, con-
judng on Sunday, the 3rd inst. The New Or
cans Picayune says
The vote in the city of Mexico was taken in a tent
rnsraue of very moderate dimensions erected On
Ie Plaza Mayor, and divided into two compartments
rer the entrance of one of which was written ''af-
Anatye,o and over the other "negatlve" The to-
number of votes is reported to have been 1882,
which only 7 were in opposition to the continu-
NICE in the power of Santa Anna. The Offices of the
farent regiments voted IN the name OF the subal-
ans non commissioned officers and privates, whilst
5ese now and then cried ''Vva Santa Anna"
letter in the New Orleans Bee from the Capitol
sy8.
The official mayor of the minister of finance col
acted the votes of the office holders eight days be-
ne The lst of December. They all avowed them
elves in favor of Santa Anna except two, who have
sen or are about to be dismissed. AT the auditors
Ece two days before the election, the president Can
zero gathered together his employees and demanded
heir opinion for the purpose of voting for them all
ThefrSt to whom he applied was 10 Mr.. Monasterio,
ION Of an ancient official mayor of the department of
5reign affairs My opinion, said Mr.. MOnastero,
is adverse TO Santa Anna; | vote for Juan Bautista
abeloS A second was interrogated. MY opln
on" replied he, sis against Santa Anna; | vote for
General Santiago Blomo." The question was put 10
lbird but he refused to answer. President CanserO
asened to communicate these details TO Santa An
and two hours after the partizans Of Cebellos and
BAT of Blomo were dismissed for having expressed
Dnions contrary to the Government, whilst their
ompanon lost his place for refusing to utter any
Huon.
sergeant presents himseIEat the poll. 'Whom
0you vote for z" is the question. II vote in the
negative replied the sergeant, ''for cannot sustain
government which does not offer the slightest indi
Giua guarantee" Five minutes after this manlfes-
alton OF independence, the honest soldier found him
Kiln dungeon
Iam acquainted with number of MeXcans who
rotess the most violent adherence of Santa Anna
md his ministers, and who nevertheless voted for
-n Although neither functionaries nor employees
1.-THE government, they dreaded least their absence
on the polls would draw down upon them the
rath of the tyrant