The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-02-03

WAS fastened with golI button, and she
bad gold earrings aad number of lin
ger rings. The only thing outre about
her WAS that she was barefooled, but as
that WAS the fashion, and her ieet were
small and pretty, that did not spoil the 70.
nance. She WAS the first Senorita had
seen; she WAS pretty senorita like
pretty glrIs generally; aud of course |
visited her every day. There WAS some
difficulty, however, in exchanging senti.
ments. She spoke nothing but E>pan.
N)o!, and | could not exactly speak Es.
!auoI. was just from college and could
speak Latin ghbiy, so tried that Latin
and Spanish are very similar, and it was
the best that could be done under the cir.
cunstsnces. Long, lcng, shall remem
Der
The dark eve of Senorita
The maid OF Vera Cruz.
Night came on, and founu US much fa.
tigued 10y the labor Of the day. Our cou-
dli'on was as uncomfortable as can be
imagined. In going into the fight ,ha,
morning We had thrown off our blsn ke,s.
aud many had thrown off their havcr.
sacks containing their victuas. Many
had nothing 10 eat, and all were without
blankets. And thus we were to spend
the second night. Getting a soft chunk
for pillow, "A few leaves for bed, and
bush :or covering, We laid down ex.
hausted and hungry, to II soldiers Test
But We had achieved glory enough for
one day. We had fought the first fiyht
ot the campaign; We had shed the iir.t
blood Tor lhe defenders OF Nerx Gruz-
We had faced that day fire which only
veteran soldiers could be expected To en-.
dure; our 1t. Colonel had fallen severely
wounjed; the blood OF many Of oar men
had cnmsoned the sand hills Il wa, Ia.
first blood that flowed at Vera Cruz, and
the crinson curreLt VAS not st.uuched.
until It ceased |" flow inside III. c,ty Of
Mexico. 1t Sas the first blood SHED IL
tie campaign, aud and it WAS the last
blood shed IN the campaign. The r.I
metto"S tired the first, and the last Gun Of
this campaign.
With the honors Of the day A. the on
y compensation for our hard lot, We sank
10 sleep. And the morning aud the ev-
ening were the third day."
The order of Investment WAS this -
Worths brigade oceupicd The south side
of the city, Palterson's division next, GOV.
erIng the rear and west side VI the city :,
I"igg's l'r'gade occupied the north side
including the little village Of Vergara.
about three miles of The city. The dis
lance from beach to beach WIS about
seven miles, and tie lines were extended
80 rs to form complete cham OF invest.
nent, stopping all communication with
the city The line Of investment was
about three miles from the city, though
our position MAS frequently nearer
Iwiggs brigade was landed on the even.
ing OF the 10Th, and they reached Vcrga
IN and closed the investment on the 18Th.
They had occasional slight Diminishing
IN their advance. Twiggs was just in
time TO capture \ train Of mules loaded
with vine and provisions for the city,
This was distributed among the army.
They made no sorties, but shut them.
selves up IN the city, trusting to their for
'Iiied places Tor protection. la fnct the
garrison was too weak 10 act except de-
tensivcy. We had a splendid army Of
more than 10000, while they lad only
8 or 1000, abou, 1000 Of whom were in
the castle.
The following i. an enumeration Of The
army:
"Wor'h's lst brigade Of regulars con.
sisted Of Duncan's battery OF horse atile
ry, the 2d and Sd regiments of artillery,
The 4th, 9th, 9Th and 9Th regiments of IN
hntry, wmh the addition OF two ndepeu
dent companies Of volunteers. TwIrgs'
"a brigade o. reguIars-TayIor's battery,
the lst and 4th regiments Of artillery,
the lst, 2d, Sd and 7th regiments Of in
iantry, and the regiment Of mounted rife
men. Patterson's division Of volunteers,
composed Of three brigades: Pillows
brgade-the lst and % regiment from
Tennessee, the ist and second from Penn
sy IVan'a, and Stepoe's battery; Qutman's
6rigade-the Palmetto regiment, one
from Georgia and one from Alabama;
Shields brigade-one regiment from
New York, and two from Illinois. The
cavalry. separately, consisted of detach
m-nIs from the lst and I'd regiments Of
dragoonS, and one regiment from Tenues-
see."
The Palmetto regiment had now l..
600. The New York and Pennsylvanis
regiments were also new leyies, and were
iuII each containing about 500 men,
Tie Georgis, Alabama, Tennessee and II.
hnoIs regiments had been nearly Twelve
months 10 service, aud were greatly re.
duced by disease and death. They had
passed the previous summer on the RIO
Grande, and the deaths had told terribly
on their ranks. These regiments aver.
aged about 500 men. The whole army
numbered from IL to $4,000 men,
About half Of them were regulars, aud Of
the volunteers, half OF them had been
nearly year in service, aud wore pei
fectlydi.ciplined. IL was 4 glorious ar.
my, perfectly skilled IN the highest sci.
ence OF war, disciplined, brave, aud eager
for battle. | doubt whether the world
ever saw finer little army, and Goubt
l.. IL