The daily union., 1854-11-18
From N. Isiy Times.
rgv RATTLE OF ALMA AND THE MEXICAN CAM


rur RATTLE OF ALMA AND THE MEXICAN CAM
ifA PAIGNS.
The hattie Of the Alma continues TO be the theme OF
honndsss exultation the part of the English press.
rom oue end of the kingdom the other il is s1olled
,bo nost remarkable engagement of recent times The
lor Of the British roopsbut few OF whom IL is noted
IA ever been under fire beorethe steadness OF their ad
.uee against murderous discharge from artillery and
ienrv the order and discipline they displayed and the
be of their killed and wounded before their victory
s secured cited attesng the unequaled qualities
- British troops With quick and lively sympathy all
details aud eulogies have been copied into the Amer
~ nrss page after page Of and other Journals
hen devoted to these chronicles Of British yalor and
s.v even We'd with the English press in extolling the
,r,ve,y and good conduct of the allied troops
An this is very we'll But it may not be amiss TO call to
mind the fact That but few years have elapsed since
iso went through not without iis scenes OF vaor
d heroic achievements bat which has been recog
naad Inv the British press except incident of Amer
- ao,rression The capture of Vera Cruz made the
casion Of brutal and utterly unjust assault upon GEN
rl Scott; and ten or dozen lines were all the Times
od afford for the brilliant battles Of Buena Vista and
rburubusco while scarcely given TO the conquest
f the Mexican capital ITSELF and yet venture to say
that British history records no instances OF vaor and OF
ady courage surprising those which crowd the history
ofthat brief but stirring and decisive campaign
A, ,be Alma the allies with not less than 50,oe0 men
took the eutrenched heights of the river held and defend
I nv about $4,000 Russians losing in the battle 6o6 killed
a . 900 wounded They had a force decidedly superior
q, that Of the enemy and lost in killed and wounded
Sd,ath of their force Although but few of their troops
b, eyer been in action before ali OF them regulars
thorough drilled and trained obey the orders of their
commanding officers who veterans and had
vice They behaved well and fought with steady and
auobnr courage but against inferior force made up
s troops quite as unused actual battle they them
selves
Al the battle Buena Vista General Taylor, with iI59
man of whom all but 453 had not only never been in
action but were actually unused the discipline OF the
field being absolutely recruits met and put to utter rout
anooQ Mexican regulars losing 700 men, than
oasersa of his entire force At the battles of Conreras
and Churubusco General Scott, with $500 men, stormed
over $4,000 Mexcns strongly entrenched and ahundany
ypplied with artillery, drove them and defeated them
with loss OF nearly 1000 killed wounded and missing
losing himself l04 of his troops including 10 officers
more than onesixh Of his entire force At Molino del
Rev 3447 Americans, under the immediate command
of General Worth, stormed immensely strong fort
defended by at least 10000 Mexcans, and after one
of the hottest and hardest fought in
which individual officers and performed prodgies OF
vaor rarely paraeled in history captured four pieces OF
artillery and took nearly eight hundred prisoners by the
muske and bayone alone with loss OF a including 59
ocersbeng onehiyd of all the officers and nearly
fourth of all the engaged And after this battle Gen.
Scott with $500 men, the sole remnant OF his force as
saned and captured the strong and wedefended fortress
of fChepuepec-losng in that affair s63 men, or one-stra
his forcepushed towards the capital dispensing ali
the bands that resisted his advance and finally took pos
session of that city of over 10000 inhabitants held the
time by nearly 10000 troops.
Through this whole campaign raw roops-who had
never been drilled six months in their lives commanded
mainly by young officers who had never battle nor
encountered q hostile shot--dd the work OF veterans.
Every quality marks good soldiers distinguished every
step their advance There service too desperate
or too dangerous for them. They shrank from fatigue
They took no of disparity of force however great
Single officers than rushed alone into the
enehmens OF the enemy and either held their ground by
personal valor till reinforced cut pieces by the
superior numbers Of the foe Every of the principal
battles of our Mexican bloody desper-
fought against greater odds and heavier loss than
the battle of the Alma The Mexican soldiers in nearly
every instance fought well the Russians And there
is not single point in which those battles were not to the
full ereditabe American the battle of the
Alma to the British.
Yet, while the American press has been lavish in echo
ing British exntaon and boasts Of British yaior we were
forced defend ourselves against the constant attacks
the English press during campaign, or endure in
silence its contempuous at what were regularly
chronicled in its columns sklrmshes unworthy o
notice and without either character credit military
operations We receive frequent communications from
Engshmen among deprecatng the occasional censurt
passed English affairs, and complaining of us especially
il we fail to sympahize to the fullest extent with the de
signs and objects of the British government All such
complaints with bad grace from that quarter in
view the which the English press invariably adopts
towards this country except when emergency OF trade
oF politics cpnsIrainJ different course
RoRrIGg GossIp-Miss Frederika Hremer communicate:
the following story Sarains Magazine for the truth
which she is ready To vouch
In the University of Upsala in Sweden lived young
student lonely YOUTH with great love for studies bu
without for pursuing them He poor, and with
out connexions. Still he studied living in great poverty
but keeping cheerful heart and trying not to look at th'
future which looked grimly at him His good hnmol
and good Qualities made him beloved by his young
laaes Once he standing with of them IN tht
great square of Upsaa passing away hour OF leisure
when the attention of the young became arrested by
very young and elegant lady who at the side OF an elderly
one walked slowly the place II was the daughter o
the of Upala living in the city, and the lady
with her was the governess She generally known io
her beauty and for her goodness and genenes Of character
and was looked upon with great admiration by the stu
dents As the Young aOw stood gazing her she
asea like grateful vision Of them exclaimed
Well 1t would be worth something TO have kiss from
such mouth r
The poor student, the hero OF our story who look
ing nlenty on that pure and angelic face exclaimed
DY inspiration Nv ell, think could have it,
Wat cried his companions in chorus, earc YOU cra-
Tt Do you know her n &c
Not at all he answered, "but think she would kiss
me now, II asked her
What in this place before all our eyes2
"a Tins place, before your ewes"
FREELY
'Frepiy7
We'll IL she will give you a kiss in that manner will
give you thousand dollars exclaimed one of the party
And !! And lW cried three four others for IL 50
ienea mat several rich young were in the group
4uu oes rhn hign improbable event; and ths
Vlaiielge made take