Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-02-14

aualr. IL was Spreau out upon lonS taOle'
prepared for the occasion, under the clus
tering branches of tbs oak trees on Dia
mond Hill. A large number of our citi-
zens were present and some of them still
retain vivid recollection of the events ol
that Joyous time but alas great ma
ljority Of them have long since taken f.
nal leave Of earth's scenes and vicissitudes;
having either met an early grave at home
from hardships and exposures during the
war, or fallen prey to the treachery of
governmental assassins, planned and or
dered by Santa Anna, upon the plains or
in the mountains of Mexico.
Molano was so far succeeded in the OBJ
ject of his visit, as to induce Col. Jordan,
commanders that ever welded a sword in
the defence of his country, to undertake
to raise company and join him at GER
tain time upon the Rio Grande. Col. Jor-
dan soon succeeded in organizing a COM
pany of nincty-sx men the most resOlute
and able bodied that could be found in
| Western Texas, and all as chivalrous as
their commander. They repaired to the
place agreed upon and found Molano there
in command of four hundred Mexican SOL
diers-all vociferOus in shouting " God
and Liberty !'' and ready to die in defence
Of the Republic of the Rio Grande.
After supplying themselves with pro-
visions. they took up their line of march
for Saltillo, some three hundred miles in
the interior and at the foot of the noun
tnns Moano said that he had friends Of
influence in that city, and that the inha
bitants were in favor of the New Republic,
but were prevented from an open expires.
sion of their ssopinions by the presence
of few soldiers, kept there by Santa
Anna. He had not doubt that his own
presence there, at the head Of five hun
dred soldiers would Immediately silence
all opposition, and secure the CO operation
Of that important place.
The assurances we're entirely sa'isfac
ry to Jordan and his unsusPecting asso-
ciates. They little dreamed that they
were sold by the smiling Moano, and
were by the contract to be delivered up
at SlIllIo. into the hands Of the enemy
to inevitable butchcry.
Upon arriving in the vicinity of the CT,
ty, Molano communicated to Jordan his
plan Of Iattack, which was certainly rHtL-
|
wings in the minds of Jordan and his men
AS to the intention of their allies. But it
was too late to retreat. Molano with his
Mexicans was to attack that side Of the
town, rather off from the main entrance.
where he said the soldiers were stationed:
and Jordan was ordered TO march direct
ly into the city by the main road, and
take possession whilst his allies were 81
lencing and securing tho soldiers.
No sooner had the treacherous Molano
and his men left Jordan, than they were
surrounded by the enemy and taken prl-
soners, apparently, without the firing Of q
gun and Jordan's real situation flashed
across his mind for the first time. Be.
trayed far into hostile country, in full
view of a populous City-deserted; Sol0
like beasts, by those whom they had periIled
their lives to serve, and within,, ,,guushot OF {
well disciplined army Of fifteen hundred
men, this little army of only ninetysi1
Americans must have had stout hearts in
deed, to think Of fighting under such cir
cumstanccs, against such fearful Odds
But they were men whose pulses had ne
yer quickened at the impulse of fear, whC
ad never quailcd before the power o
: man and they were ready at all times
whether the circumstances were faVora
bic or adverse, to encounter the enemies
; OF their country in open warfare.
5 Avoiding the route that he had beeT
I ordered to take, where he suspected tn
A enemy were lying in ambush. with can
non awaiting his approach, which provet
: to be the case, Jordan defled to tn
IL: lo OE h
mountain, partially protected by ston
= wall and an old dilapidatcd8stone bull
> ding.
e At about ten o'clock, A. NJ, the enc
}, my numbering some 1900, made fu
s rious charge upon the Americans, an,
n approached very near them but the
S met with so warm reception that the
}. soon retreated, leaving nearly a hundre
= Of their men dead upon the ground. !
S constant firing of guns, with the occasion
n al discharge of cannon, was kept up tc
h many hours ; and the: Mexican soldier
q stimulated and nearly intoxicated by J
IT quor, made frequent and desperate chal
s ges, in all Of which they were bravely re
l. pulsed and driven back with the loss {
e many soldiers and several officers. The
n kept up a continual firing until about SUI
e set, when they made another charge, al
= proaching within few yards of the Amt
d ricans, who, reserving their FIRE until tt
d enemy were sufficiently near, sent forth
it volley Of FIRE and lead that made many
% drunken greaser bite tue dust, and SCI
le the whole panic stricken horde howlir
A towards the city. The Mexicans lost,
s this action, about four hundred men, al
the Americans only two, in killed, ar
le one so dangerously wounded that he dix
lie within day or two.
a Although Jordan had successfully rePu
C sed his assailants, yet his position was Ell
s neutly critical. There were, aPParentl