Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-12-15

= eau lhli 10 reach tue Cdup od
lit in her eye; give EN- anothe
tround; and the greasers finding agal
that our FIRE was too hot for then
g aud that their comrades were streW
5 ing the ground, once morefell back
fl A few, however, continued to occup.
the roofs opposite, and occasionall.
!. dir ected their fire towards eus. Th
) main body had disappeared. g 1ltUa
: not long b fore discovered WHAT tn
young girl bad told me was true :
, The Mexicsns had ,secreted them
, selves in the rear Of. US, and were q,
T work under the bank Of the stream
i>-cnttiBg their way 3 through TIN
f yieiaipg soil Stiuto the court. qAVs
could bear the sound ofgtbeir iustru
! iments as they worked, and the loose
stones, rs they rolled them down the
tstcep bank into the river. @ $
st Was necessary to divide our
! little lofcc-a portion to be in readi-
Fness TO receiyes the Niexieans, as
/ they should attempt TO pour into
the ENCLOSURE, and the rest to keep
an eye upon the enemy in iront.v. 4
The court was darkened BY the
shadows of the surrounding walls;
only the centre portion Of it was il
iuminelby the starlight, Which ftH
down upon it, The enemy would
soon peneirate the place. Our first
object was to save our horses from
the bullets which would soon be whis-
ting through the couit, They were
Therefore brought into the rooms aud
secured TO the iron bars of the Win-
dows. :.
This was scarce accomplished,
when a vide opening, reaching the
lentire length Of the rear wall, sud.
denly sunk in tho extremity OF the
court. The Mexicaps had cut
through, and now the loud grating
Of their tools broke distinctly upon
our ears, with y near and alarming
sound. -. &, 55 Z
I'VE stood drawn up in a line In.
front OF the leAcavations 10, receive
them. as they showed their heads. =
Fer soma time the isappers conducted
their lahors with a skill worthy fregpl
uiar- troops. They eousrised foaen.i
large the opening without! exposing
their persons. But at, Length a hand
and arm appeared above the ground.
then a head. A bali from one;oi'
our re evolsers, however, soon finished
the, work for the owner. The bedyI
was draggedaway and another took
his place. Thus they pursued their
work, the-living filing in rapid sue
Iseession, the place Of their dead com
rades; tillsi length. .he opening was
sufficiently large to- admit at once
twice our little force opposed to-
them, and 10 less time than ii takes
to relate il, the court WAS fuh of
Them s So .ts5si5' '. as
The struggle nov became a fear.
| fol- deadly sond. TIC ground was
soon slippery with d sanguiBary food,
the .iles blood sof fiiedds, as well as
Of foes, for. toitbeir credit, be II said,
the greasers fought with a ierociousl
and untlring courage. g...es4. :
In The meat time. while the furis.
Gus assault was being defended .lnl
the rear, another. force had attacked
{ the front Of the building; and with
huge stones we're ,assailing, the. oakeu
doors and windows. It vas evident
1.-THE yellow skins nov infuriatsd by
the death, of their comrades, yhosd,
catcasses strtwed The court, would
soon gain an entrance. There vas,
siherefore, nolbing i.E to fds, F1hnt to
retreat from The scourl, sand reach the
roof. where We might possibly hold
Them at bay, soslung as our anin,u.
milton should bold out. But this,
i've perceived. eou!d not be much len-
ger. The Mrxieans seemed to- di-
-
wine oursiuientions, and made aides
;perate effort to scale the walls, by
the help Of the iron rods eofahe win-
dows, and reach the roof in advance
of us. But III this we siefeated them.
I'VE gained possession, and poured
such a shower Of lead upon their
heads. that they were glad to lind
Athe shelter Of the rooms below. Ia
ia moment more, the 9 building was
swarmiag with the maddened crowd
tss sAt this critical moment d shrhf
whistle was heard from the direction
Iof the briile path, which Garletta h;la
pointed OUT 10 me before the attack:
It was the familiar signal Of out Lieu