Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-03-28

and ike 1T The
enemy from i.-,,. slley
r .,I. AID N ;pyr,so, 'riy-
! ack. Her. The carnage vac are.
u,. OF Tire f,ur,een officers Of III,
sto' ming part" live" were killed 0
"on"deu in t4aa -. .~,n innutes.
A'ean'nie upon each wing ths il.
pTogr SEED st- great fury, and the III;
les IN from; Of Aoiiuo del R-y and /,
lie Mata were rapidly filing up wItI
dead ard wounded. In front Of these
deieDces the carnage was terrific. The
| gallant tal. McIutosE wa~ shot while
cheer ~ on lis men Lieut. e
IN the ifpat rank, and
under mortal wound An.vns .ne
nezlcans there WAS a heay- I,ss OF g;sl-
liant officers. Old GeneenI Leon. grey
haired but fall Of fire, Bel.lefez uncrta,
aud Aeo!eos, all accomplished officers.
Tough, their last fight upon sbe rslpparts
Of Casa de Mata
But direful WAS the conflict no pow
er could stay the Ssxons red right arm.
Oyer broken ground, gaping bitches and
bloody ra,uparts, ~ the face of fire and
steel the American troops pressed for
ward tramPiing the dead bodies Of friend
:: j foe beneath their feet. unit! covered
w!th the stains of battle, thev stood tri
ulnphant!y upon the Mexican foriifics
lions. Oh it was glorious moment,
when, as the smoke rolled away, the
stars AMI stripes We're seen waving from
the Mexican ag>stsff, proud embIems OF
American ya!or.
Bu. we did not intend 10 describe the
battle OF MoIino del Rey at length
Slow y the scattered remnants Of the
American force retired from the hard
earned field, and upon the Ninth Regi-
ment devoivsd that most. painful OF all
duties, burying the dead and picking up
The wounded About sunset the labor
commenced. Some SIX hundred men
divided into small parties pursued the
melancholy duty. Day faded, but the
moon, soon rising, shed a pale sepulehral
IigiL Ofsf ihS SGCuCy aUAtSH ~ hss.
could contemplate without thrill OF
horror. Over large expanse Of ground
The bodies of the dead and woundedsnen
we're ,hickiy .trewn. IN some places .
hundred corpses might be counted With
III the space of few square yards. while.
the sandy soil was wet human gore.
Large pits were dug, and friend and foe
found a soldiers grave together. Death
had abolished all distinction. American
and Mexican, who few hours before
were striking for each others lives, now
lay peacefully sjds BY side, their aninos~
ily. subdued. Ambuiances aud wagons
rolled away to the temporary hospitals
flied with wounded men. whose groans
Of anguish were awful TO hear.
1t was while the work Of burial pro
gressed, that a Lieutentani, in charge Of
. small party, CAME TO rayine not far
moved from the main line of attack
Many wounded ~ crowded to the
banks of this stream to slake that terri
bic thirst which a severe wound always
induces. AS the party were collecting
suc, injured soldiers as would bear re-
moving. the wal! Of an infant suddenly
attracted the Lieutenant's attention.
He listened again, and the sound came
family upon his ear, SO PLAN however,
that there was TO mistakiug its source
Search was instantly luade along the
margin Of the brook, and 10 a few mo-
mepts sigh. was disclosed at which the
most hardened heart grew faint. I've
dead bodies lay on ths saud 2 few feet