St. Mary's beacon., 1861-02-07
SELECTED MISCELLANY.


TOR ths South. sines the genius Of the
people 10 sssential!y military. The proof
Of this 10 everywhere abundant. The
South bss military schools in every
Etase. end the North has but one. Th.
South has military companies everywhere
through the country, the North has them
only in her large cities. The armies OF
the Revolution we're commanded By Wash
iugson. q Southern General The officers
who distinguished themselves in an esps-
cial manner in the war Of 1872 were
Houthern-born and ern-bred-Jack-
aoa. Coffee. Harrison, Scstt asd Gaines
The commanding Generals in the Mexican
war, Scott aud Taylor, were both of Vir-
ginia. The Chief Of Orduane. under
Gen. Scott. and the next important off,
cor. was Hugsr. Of South Carolina. The
Chief Of Engineers was Lee. of Virginia.
the only man the Army acknowledge to
Be Ct to Be the successor 70 Gen. Scott
The chief leaders in skirmishing we're
Lane. Of North Carolina, and Hays, of
Tennessee. The light batteries Of Artil-
lery which did ouch wonderful execution
st Pslo Alto. Resaca de Ia Palsaa. Mon
ssrey. Buena Vista. and in the Valley
u Mexico. were generally ander tbs
command Of Southern men, Ringg"ld,
kidgeley. Bragg. Washington. Steptoe.
and Ma sgrudcr. Tho heavy ordnance was
under the control Of Huger, of South Car
olins. asd L.idley Of Virginia. The
Battery Of Mountain Howitxers was direct
q BY Reno. of Virginia. The dashing
charge Of Cavalry At Ressca de Ia Palma
which has worldwide reputation, Was
made by May. Of Washington City. A
far more brilliant affair was witnessed by
ten thousand American soldiers drawn up
in battle array on the beach at Vera Crus,
and by English. French and Spanish ves-
sells Of var in the harbor. A little stea-
mer armed with two heavy peiess Of ord
ssncs and manned BY some 20 sailors,
Psshed up under the very walls of Vsrs
Crus With iss 400 pieces of artillery and
within essy range Of the formidable Cas-.
lie Of Sac Ju.s D'Ulloa. and from tha,
position homharded the city for half an
hour. -Prcjeosiles Of enormous weigh,
aud sise fell thick 10 hail stones around
ths listle vessel, any one Of which must
have susk her. The interest Of tbs spec
tators Was painful 10 the extreme. but the
very insigsi6eauss Of she steamer proved
IN sf6eiens protection; she was too small
9 mark 70 be bit. and - ehs came
'hssk bearing her gallant crew, all dressed
IN their rcd jseksts. the very earth shook
With the cheers Of the ten thousand ex-
slting voices On the beach. The officer
in e0unand was 1.ttnall. Of Georgia. the
ss~e who. It the risk Of bis commission
and his life. iatsrPosed last year and res
susd the defeated British 1t the Psiho
rsrss in China During the seige of Fort
Brown. the pulley Of the Gag got dsraneed
% thas i could not - raised. An officer
slinbsd tae ssaG and 10 the midst Of q
terrible tempest ef shot and shell. calmly =
aud deliberately arrapged the halyards,
sighted the pulley and hoisted the Gag.
The exploit Of jasper At Port Msul.rie wsa
- nothing in conpsrisea With this daring
decd. That elhcsr -wss Hanson. Of Ma
.rylsDd. Years before The seige of Fort
Browa. Gen. Worth hsd pronounced him
-sAs bsavsss man in the Army. He was
gentle a,d modest a. . girl, kind and
courteous to al. . devoted aud eptbssise-
sier chFissisp. q sepsleman in The hishes,
,seesptasisn Of tie word. Just after the
,Asssle Of Coptrerss. . rude liter With "a
dead oi6ser On il vas horne BY. Ser
aeaat. what efieer 10 cthsts'' Capt.
,Hsnsen sf the 7sh Infantry cir" The
soldier hsd fallen Oh the feld Of honor.
Siasa Asna made the fx,al mistake =.
0sfro 0orde Of leaving Telegraph Hill
usfssti6sd. Gen. Scott discovered il and
ssut up young officer with some 10 men
20 seize il. An iumepse force Of Mexican.
ssrns 70 dislodge him. He threw his men
,bsh;sd roeks and trees. and ssst for sue
,sos. Tbs, ,Ri6s Regiment came up and
Scead tAens~lves hetly pressed. and vosld
.kaxe. hsaasdsissn hack bat tor the timely
riv.lsfthe ~2ud Infantry. Dnring al
this etthst gallant Lieutenant held hi.
uositiou. and had he lost It, the battle ol