Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-10-07
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INCIDENT N THE WAR OF MEXICAN IxDErEypEY,

recent translation in Sharpes Magazine
4 cap ain in The MEXICAN insurgent army
IN giving an account of a meditaleh nigh
attack upon hacienda situated in lht
Cordl.leras, and occupied by ltge fore,
Of Spanish soldiers. After variety o
details he continues:
Having arrived at the hacienda unper.
ceIved, thanks to the obscnrity of moon
less night. We came to halt under somt
ices at some distance from the building
aud | rode forward from my troop in or
der to recunotre the place. Tho hacien
da' SO far as could see in gliding acros:
formed a huge massive porallelogram
strengthened by enormous butresses o
hewn stone. Along this chasn, the walls
of the hacienda almost formed the conlin
uatlon Of another perpendicular one, CHS.
eled by nature herself in the rocks, to the
bottom of which the eye could not pene
trnte, for the mis,s which necessarily boil.
ed up from beIo~, did not allow it to
measure their awful depth. This place
was in the country by the name of the
voldaro.
had explored al sides of the building
except this, when know not what scru.
P'e Vi "lili'ary honor melted me to con-
''Hue my rue along the ravlne which pro-
lected the rear of the hacienda. Between
The walls and the precipices there was a
narrow passway about six feet wide; by
day the passage would not have been dan.
sefou'' o"t 6y night 1t was perllous en-
'erPr'>e' lie walls OF the farm took an
excessive sweep, the path crept around
he'r ehl're basement and 10 follow it 10
sie : ehu III 'he darkness, only two PAGES
'.on IGFPeHo'cular claSm, was no very
Guy task even Tor as rraci'sed horses
man as myself. Nevertheless, | did not
. ". o''a'', ou' ""'y urged my morse be-
'"e''' '"e "c'IS tt tne iarm mouse and
,"s ""' ,r - "' 'n' 'o'"0eTo' mad got
",'' ""i' cue "'S' '"'e "i,hou' a"cluent,
T''vn % a'' ~, "' d sudden my horse nelghed
"''"'. ,o '''s" h,a"c M shunder. l
.'"'' ie"I''e" pass "hefe the ground was
JUS, 1 ".uo e.i"'a0 ior ne legs OF a horse,
""u was ,'hP'sH.o'e |" re'race my steps
49,. .'i, li1''o eH''o'lneu "A al the rl>k OF be-
"'9 ''s my ~e''-"0'cI was even less dan
e''u' ''id' e'co"n'erIhg horseman IN
'I"n' ,!.. VI nae "i' Su'.i a roAo' There Is Il
L'',' al, ID" passing along Tue faV'ne! Keep
'"I" ~ ,.
w. 'oo '"to' A' 'a"' nomen' a
h'1" "" ''o' S'oacN P'SSeu rouha one OF me
IGs'.Sses' w.; "nlcn "cFe anu mere ops'rucs d
@ mards ns,usSeu .'o P,sn~'E' ,i, lie aoVancea to-
r,raboaa o 'aI -, 1en'o'ed III my saddle; my
W. .Eos '"I ~ o'In ,nno u ~ ~ I''" ~ a, sweat
,r.,',, ~ 'he NV y, u'": can you not re-
,", eAo'ui'neu' 'i 'eff1"+a al the fearful
''u"'"'' .I:,, ' ",.'e" we o''n were placed
h,lI,'a "posslul' u';'a ''p''so We no'Sem1h' IN
''0'"" 'o''o'
''.o'"'''eloea '''''' my sou' 10 GOD 10
~ hI 'u' "''>s' '' a,o''l'u % i'r want OF room,
vs,sea W. W. sran -, rtns t ;s VIC pau we nSo
',"'e''eu " 1'e,' ~ o's'hoeiil rom them'
n, .nose were We e po'h impoSs'o'lt!es winch
doom. Between ,wn Lorssnen 60 % ,I"noi
uoon this fearful na,h h,d ,bav haan r,
,her and son- one nr ,Lsm o',s, ;no,,;,ohI'. | To-
have bpc,n,e tho nr,v of ,ha ,hrss , d.,
, fsw sccond. b,d n,ssoL ,nJ ,o ,.ss'
face I, f,ce-,be unknown md ,nvseyf
Onr borses wore bs,d ~ hoaJ w. anJ u ,h;.
uostrils d,la,ed with ,er,or n;nnIad -.
gether their fl nv bra,thng Re- h of us
halted in dead silence, Above wos tbe
smooth and lofty wall oflbe hacienda: an
the other side, but three feet distance fr,m
the wal, opened the horrible gulf. Was
it an enemy | had before my eyes! The
love of my country, which at tina, time
ooiIeo III my oosom, 'ea me to hopel was.
e Are you lor nler'co a"0 me 1nsuT-
se"'Ss l eAcla'neo III 'ne moment OF ex'
Il'e'neh , tea"y I" spring upon me un'
M'lo"' ~" s' norse'''an' II ne anS"efeo he IN
Vi. ms na'''e,
word ren,ied ,hs cav,lias - y, nm PC' cI
Gardnno
And am Cant Cos,ones,