Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-11-19

some resistance to our landing. 1t was an
opportunity which a brave and vigilaut enc
inv would not have neglected. One Of our
steamers ran near the beach and fired her
guns over the saudhills, to draw the fire Of
any battery that might be copcealed on the
hills but no response came back; not a
hostile soldier made his appearance. The
honor of being the t;rst to land, was assigned
to Worth's brigade. At / o'clock i'll the
evening, the surf boats, 81 in number, each
with dozen sailors for oarsmen, were filled
with soldiers, and aligned for the descent
upon the beach Two steamers and five gun
boats were placed so as to rake the beach
with their guns aud cover the landing, If re-
sistance should be made. At given signal
all pulled away merrily for the shore. This
was the most anxious and exciting moment
of the entire siege Every ship in the ,Day
was crowded with spectators to witness this
difficult and hazardous operation every SOL
dier was ambitious to be the first to touch
land, and in their impatience, they jumped
out of the boats in water waist deep, and
with shout rushed to the shore. ''The
Star Spangled banner" was erected on the
beach, and three thousand veterans gathered
around it And then from the land and
from the sea went up a shout of triumph,
such as the valleys of Mexico had never
echoed before. In few minutes the first
range of sandhils was reached. 1t was now
Hate in the evening. The sun was setting
behind the far off Mountains, gliding their
snow capped SUBMITS with its gorgeous light.
1t had witnessed great feat of arms. Three
thousand of the beleaguering army were be-
fore the walls of the doomed city. "And
the evening and the morning were the first
day" ..
On the next morning Patterson's division
Of volunteers was landed. This was the di-
vision to which the Palmettoes belonged
We were landed in the same order as on the
previous day In the evening we advanced
about two miles from the beach, and rested
that night near the Malibrau hacienda, and
an old monastery The Palmettoes were,
marched up narrow path surrounded by
dense chaparral. Here We were halted, and
told that here we we're to spend the night,
We had no tents and few blankets. The
dews were like shower of rain, and very
unhealthful Without any protection from
the dew or the noxious night air, we were to
lie down on the bare ground, with only
blanket and the sky for a covering, and a
;carteuch-box Gas hard as a ,brickbat) for
pillow. We were forbidden to .kindle,a fire
for fear of discovering our position to the
Mexicans, from whom an attack was expect
ed during the night. For myself had no
more expectation of an attack that night
than if | had been at home. | knew the
history and character Of the Mexicans too
we'll to believe such thing. And surround
ed as we were by chaparral more impene-
trable than an army Of a million men, l
knew it was impossible to attack us. We
stacked arms and laid down by them. l
made sleeping partner Of an enormous 2SO
pOuuQ iDdu Ou tHe ioiloMiuS 9Cih hiAu "
blanket and he had an Indian rubber cloak
We slept on my blanket and covered with
his cloak, which protected us from the dew
never slept more soundly until about mid
night, when l felt an enormous pair of
hands jerking me up, and a stentorian pair
of lungs laundering into my ears that the
Mexicans we're after us. "Fall into line"
shouted the officers "Pshaw !" said |, otis
false alarm-a Mexican rabbit could not
get through this chaparral and have nev-
er read an instance in the military history of
Mexico, of an attack at night since about
the year 1914. They have superstition
against night attacks" 1t was. a false
alarm. The sentinel had seen something
approach him, had hailed it, and receiving
no reply fired at the the object, which was
a COW! The alarm soon subsidized. and we
again laid down to sleep. Nothing occurred
again to disturb my slumber, or even the
nerves of my fat aud excitable bed-fellow.
"And the evening and the morning were the
second day."