The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-02-06

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bad no troopers to spare-he must wait, or S
he must accept, instead. band OF ruaian l
Mexicaus, called the Spy Company, who 6
had taken to the business Of treason and
trickery for a livelihood. lie accepted l
them, and went forward. Near Puebla his I
troop encountered body OF Mexioans es- {
cosIing number of distinguished officers to {
orzaba. among whom were Major General l
Gaona, Governor of Puebla; his son, Max
imhau, and General Torejon. who commau
ded The brilliant charge OF horse at Biena
Vista. The surprise was mutual, bu! the I
Spy Company had the advantage of the
ground At the FIRST instance OF the Disco
very. and before the rascals fully compre-
hended their involvement, the Doctor shou /
ted in Spanish, "Bravo!" the cap tai alven'
ture, Colonel, form your line for the charge!
And down they went upon the enemy; Kane
and his gallant Kentucky charger ahca@
Understanding the principle that sends
tallow candle through plank, and that the
momentum of body is its weight multi
plied by lis velocity, he dashed through the
opposing force, and turning to engage after
$ breaking their line, he found himself fnrly
surrounded, and two of The enemy giving
him their special attention. One Of these
was disposed of in an Instant by rearing
5 his horse, who, vita blow of his fore foot
hoored / is man; and wheeling suddenly
> the Doctor gave tie other sword wound,
0 which opened the external i lac artery, and
putting him hors de combat. This sub
iect Of the Doctors military surgery was
u the young Macmillan. This brief meelee
" terminated with cry from the Mexicans, ""e
i surrender" Two of the officers made a
dash for au escape, the Doctor pursued
le theln, but soon gave up tile chase. When
D he returned, he found his rufTiians prepa'
O. ling 10 massacre the prisoners. As he gal
al Ioped past The young officer whom he had
III wounded, he heard him cry, "5enor save
= my father" A group of the guerrilla
guards were dashing upon the Mexicans
Auddlud together, with their lances in lest.
q fe threw shimsnIf before them one o
OF them transfxed his horse, another gave him
Il severe wound in the groin. He killed tbt
t" fl lieutenant. and blew a part Of the col
Mt olorers beard off with the last charge o.
or his SIX shotcr: then graphing with him
1t and using his fists. he brought the party t.
At terms, The lives of the prisoner were sa
~ we'd and the Doctor received their swords
ce AS soon as Gen Gaona could reach his son
at who lay at Il little distance from the scen'
I'd Of the last struggle, the Doctor found hin
IN sitting by him, receiving his last adieus.-
es Shifting the soldier and resuming the sur
IN econ, he secured the artery, and put lii
r. wounded man in condition to travel. Ib
as ambuIence got up for the occasion, contain
ii ed at once the wounded Mammalian, th
es wounded second lieutenant, and the ma
ns that Lad prepared them for slow travelling
)ut himself on his litter, from the lance woun
seS received in defence of his prisoners! Whe
ed thty reached PuehIa, the Doctors woun
IN proved the worst in the party. He was tS
,at ken to the government house, but the oil
~ General, in gratitude for his generous sci
nd vices had him conveyed to his own houst
Ai- General Childs, Amarican commander
m Puebla, hearing Of the genefos'f." OF h
lie prisoner, discharged him without maxim
as any terms, and the OLD general became tt
lst, prineipal nurse Of his eaptor and benefacto
ed, dividing his attention between him and
me son, who lay in an adjoining room Til
an Illness Of our hero was l'ng and douhtlr
ad- aud he was reported dead to his friends
WAS home.
sur When he recovered and returned, he W
Jhl- employed in the Coast Survey. While
y TO gagged in this service, the government by
be correspondence with Lady Franklin becal
first committed for an attempt at the rescue
aeI; Sir John and his ii starred companions
am Arctic discovery. Nothing could be bet
and addressed to the Doctors governing sen
aore ments than this adventure. The enterpri
'ph Of sir John ran exactly in the current
vol bis own enthusiasms-the service Of natu
aci science combined with heroic personal
al Tort; and. added TO this, that sort Of patri
ess, ism which charges itself with its own t
this share in the execution of national engai
III ii ments Of honor; and besides this cordial
sumption Of his country's debts and duli
had there was no little force in the appeal Of
ated nobly braye-spirited woman to tt e chiva
the Of The American navy.
sions He was bathing in the tepid waters
king the Gulf Of Mexico, on the l2th Of \
sus, 1852, when he received his teIegraphic
logi- der to proceed forthwith to New York,
duty on the Arctic expedition. In n
war days from thai date he was beyond
from limits ofthe Unite States on his dismal v
Id Of age to the North Pole. OF this FIRST
'ern- nerican expedition, as is well known to
Here public, he was the surgeon, the natural
Jape and the historian. II returned disappoi
the ell ofits main object, after winter in
as Of regions Of eternal ice and fifteen mon
the absence.
ii he Scarcely allowing himself day to