The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-08-29
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-Ringgeld and Brags's Battery.
This battery, known as Company &C." of
the Third Regiment of o: S: Artillery, has re-
Gently taken post tsat For. w ashita, in the Choc-
taw. Natioa. IL isaunder command of Col.
Bragg. of.sa little mare grape" memory The
Fort Washita Inte,lgencer contains some n,
teresting "reminiscences of this veteran compa.
ny. tappears tha, in 1921 an actwas passed
By Congress for the equipment Of light compa-
MES. 1t was not, however, until 1888, seven.
teen years after the passage Of the act, that bre
vet Major Ringsoid, who had just returned
from a long sojousn il Europe, pursuing his
studies by personal observation OF its various
armies, and their respective arms, received an
order 10 equip this company. Under his conn
niand it. was stationedat Fort Henry, near
Bal,imores until the year 1s45, when it was or
dered to JOIN the "army of occupation" under
Gen. Taylor. at Corpus Christi. Its effective
ness at the battles3of Resaca de la Palma, Palo
Alto, Monterey and Buena Vista is known to
the whole country. The death Of its accom-.
Plished commander, on the memorable 9Th of
May, devoived the command on Lieutenant
afterwards breyet captain) Randolph Ridge
II; and on the 9th, At palo Alto, it gained fresh
hureis in its attack on the enemy, and the aid
itgaye .hc dragons, under Captain (now bre.
vet 1t. Cox May, in the capture of Gen. LIE
Vega and his gins. The death of The gallant
Lieut.. Riagley, by an accident at Monterey,
again left the company without q commander,
until Capt. Bragg was transferred to the com.
nnand from another company The heruism and
uniequalled daring il displayed at Buena Vista
under Capt. B., are ilisepasably connected with
the glory of thai;ever memorable battle. The
subsequent movements of the gallant corps
are thus given by the papers referred to-: -.
AT the close of the Mexican war this COM
paiy Was ordered to- New Mexico, and re.
niained in that section of the country until the
spring Of 1856, From thence, in the fall Of
1853, twas ordered to Fort Gibson, Chero.,
bee Nation, and has recently taken post at this
place. The pieces used by it in the late war
were leftin New Mexico The subaltern Off
GERS now connected withfit have joined since
the was, and its only present members, then
connected with it, besides Col Bragg, are its
orderly sergeant, the veteran Philip Swartwout,
and the bsgler. Ernest Rettberg, who now en-
Joys the daily pleasure Of mounting the horse
& 9Bueha Vista." which bore the gallant con.
T1snder at that memorable, scene. Both these
veterans were with the company at Baltimore,
and have since continued with it.
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DEMocRirs ASD FoREIGNERs.-The New
York True National Democrat" notes the
erasure of Catholic and foreign names from
four thousand of the eleven thousand votes
Polled at st. Louis, and says:
There will be from eight to ten thousand
tickets scratched at the polls in New York
city at the coming election. That is, ten
thousand voters, of all denominations, will
scratch from that number Of ballots OF all
denominations the name of every nominee
not born in this country. There will not be
q single person elected who was born in Ire
land, no matter who may have nominated him,
or under what .pretence he roay have succee-
ded in placing his name before the public. And
every: man besides will be signally defeated for
whom the Catholic Church openly or secretly
lends its influence" ), Il