Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1856-02-07

roreion, who command the brilliaHts charge of
morse at Buena Vista. The surprise was mutu-
n, but the Spy company had the advantage of
the ground. At the first instant Of the discoy-
cry, and before the rascals fully cdmprehended
5heir involvement, the Doctor shouted in Span
sh, " Bravo the capital adventure, Colonel,
rom your line for the CHARGE" And down
shey went upon the enemy ksne and his
gallant Kentucky charger ahead. Understand
ng the principle that sends s!qtallow-candle
through plank, and that ms aapentum Of a
body inits weight multiplie' r%a's velocity, he
dashed through the opposing r. and turning
to engage after breaking their Es.ashe found
himself fairly surrounded, md syfs-sshs en-
,my giving him their special atta,tlon, One of
these was disposed of in an INFANT by rearing
his horse, who, with blow of his fore foot,
aoored his man; and wheeling suddenly, the
Doctor gave the other sword wound, which
opened the external lilac artery, and put him
hors de combat This subject of the Doctors
military surgery was the young Maximilian.-
The brief melee terminated with a cry from the
Mexicans, +" We surrender" Two of the Off
GERS made a dash for an escape, the Doctor pur-
sued them, but soon gave up the chase. When
he returned, he found his rulians preparing to
massacre the prisoners As he galloped past
the young officer whom he had wounded, he
heard him cry. "Senor, save my father" A
group of the guerrilla guards were dashing
upon the Mexicans, huddled together, with
their lances in rest. He threw himself before
them-one of them transfxed his horse, another
gave him. a severe wound in the groin. He
killed the frst-lieutenant, wounded the second
lieutenant, and blew part of the colonel's
beard off with the last charge of his six-shooter {;
then graphing with him, and using his fists, he
brought the party to terms. The lives of the
prisoners were saved, and the Doctor received
their swords. As soon as General Gaona could
reach his son, who lay at little distance from
the scene of the last struggle, the Doctor found
him sitting by him, receiving his last adieus.-
Shifting the soldier and resuming the surgeon,
he secured the artery, and put the wounded
man in condition to travel. The ambulance
got up for the occasion, contained at once the
wounded Maximilian the wounded second lieu
tenant, and the man that had prepared them
for slow travelling, himself on his litter, from
the lance wound received in defence of his pris-
oners! When they reached Puebla, the Doc
tors would prevent the worst in the party
He was taken to the government house, but the
old General, in gratitude for his generous SER
vices, Had him conveyed ton his own house,
General Chids, American commander at Puebla,
hearing of the generosity of his prisoner, dis
charged him without making any terms, and
the old General became the principal nurse ol
his captor and benefactor, dividing his atten,
tions between him and his son, who lay wounded
in an adjoining room. This illness of our hero
was long and doubtful, and he was reported
dead to his friends at home.
When he recovered and returned, he was en-
ployed in the Coast Survey. While engaged il
this service, the government by its correspond
ence with Lady franklin become committed 70,
an attempt at the rescue of Sir John and his ill
starred companions in Arctic discovery. Moth
ing could be better addressed to the Doctor,
governing sentiments than this adventure. Tn
enterprise Of Sir John ran exactly in the currcn
of one of his own enthusiasms-the service O
natural science combined with heroic persona
effort; and, added to this, that sort of patri
otsm which charges itself with its own full
share in the execution of national engagement
of honor; and besides this cordial assumption
of his country's debts and duties, there was n
little force in the appeal of nobo brave spiri
ted woman to the chivalry of the American
Navy,
lie was -" bathing in the tepid waters of tn
Gulf of Mexico, on the 18th of May, 1850,
when he received his telegraphc order to prc
ceed forthwith to New York, for duty upon tn
Arctic expedition. In nine days from that dat
he was beyond the limits of the United State
on his dismal voyage to the North Pole. O
this first American expedition, as is well know
to the public, he was the surgeon, the naturalist
and the historian. 1t returned disappointed {
its main object, after winter in the regions
eternal ice and fifteen months absence.
Scarcely allowing himself day to recovc
from the hardships of this cruise, he set on foe
} the second attempt, from which he hasrcturnet
after verifying by actual observation the Ion
questioned existence of an open sea beyond I'll
latitude of S29, and beyond the temperature
also, of 10O' below the freezing point. H
i" Personal Narrative" published in 1858, r
counts the adventures of the first voyage, an
f discovers his diversified qualifications for sue
an enterprise.
The last voyage occupied two winters in II
highest attitudes, and two years and half
t unintermitted labor, with the risks and respoI
sibilities attendant. He is now preparing Il
Q history for publication. But this part of
: which best reports his own personal agenc
: and would most justly present the man to IL
reader, will of course besuppressed. We wou
e gladly supply it, but yet this is impossible
:. us. His journal is private property, the extrac
o which we may expect will be only too shy
t egotism, and his companions have not spok
yet, as some day they will speak, of his condu
n throughout the terrible struggles which toget
Q er they endured
+ To form anything like an adequate estimate
# this last achievement it is to be recollected th
e his whole company amounted to but tweu
g men, and that of this corps or crew he was t
commander, in naval phrase; and when we
I, apprised that his portfolio of scenery, sketch
d on the spot in pencil, and in water colors kt
i, fluid over a spirit-lamp, amounts to over thl