The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-07-15

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Ny DEAR FREED Yours ofthe 10Th |
OF March did not reach me until the 9th !
of last month, and would have been re-
piled to Immediately, and your request
relative 10 the Bocadiilas complied with
ii |, or Gordng, who has been on the
lockout for them, could have purchased
any. Tie continuance of the revolution
has kept those articles from being brought
10 the city
expect my successor, Allen a. Bur
ton, Of Ky, every day, and will leave the
next day after his arrival, being exceed
insly anxious to return home to my
family-my sons having LETT them TO
come down South to fight for the main
tenance of the Constitution, tue laws,
and the rish hts Of the people Of the South,
Ms | intend 10 do il required to fight at
all, and ii il be possible for me to leave
my family AMI my private affairs now
almost in ruined State in consequence
of the crisis Great God, whata calam-
ly civil war will be 70 my country !!
None Of YOU there who have not been
witnesses to such an evil can tell.
| have seen nothing else for the last
year. am dread the horrible consc quences
to my hitherto prosperous, peaceful and
happy country.
ii your friend Douglas had died one
day before the meeting OF the Charles
ton Convention, or if such Southerers
as yourself, Stephens, Johnson a al, had
not stood by him in that Convention, all
now would have been peace and pros
perity, unity and happiness. | wonder
Ell often that such men as you, Dodge,
"a. C &c, could not see into Douglas
unprincpled and ambitious schemes and
drop him before YOU did, as ! did.
just such war upon the rights OF the
States is being waged here as that which
fear may be in existence in the DIS
United States, and made by the Cen
trail Government here under the rule OF
Mariana Ospino. A great battle, and /
think final one, was ioughti in this city
on The l9th ultimo, in which the forces
OF the South. under General Mosqueia,
made glorious triumph. | witnessed
the whole from the balcony Of my Lega'
ton, and saw lhe soldiers under their
brave leaders Mosquera, Lopez, ex-Prest
Santa Gutierrez, &c, charge upon The
,roops Of Tie General Government whc
were well intrenched behind the strong
and high stone walls in the vicinity o.
ST. Domingo and the Cemetery, and
drive them tbereirom with their twenty
odd good cannons whilst the Liberals
had none. The battle lasted some six
hours-somo 500 being killed and 700
wounded on both sides. Espina Barto-
iomi Calyo, Attorney General and Act
ING President, with some thirty or forty
others leaving the battle ground then al
San Victorine, at 10 a. NJ, two hours be-
fore the battle was over, and rushing in !,
to Mr. Grifli'h's Legation for protec ton,
None came into my Legation, thoagh l
had invited all my countrymen t. do so
ii they believe themselves IN danger,
though | assured them they need appre.
bend none. Iremoved my Logalion in.
to General Herran' fne large house on
the l5lh-lhree days before the battle
at the instance OF himself AMI family, and
OF Gen Mosquera also, for the protection
OF Mrs. Mosquera. her daughter Mrs
Gen Herrsn, who had been repeatedly
threatened with d alh if Gen. should at
tempt 10 enter the city, and her children
three 3f whom were born in the United
States.
Your friend Inemuncio L,dochowsk
AM the Jesuits, have been epxelled Tx
country, aud Ayuilar (lntendente) Pla
edo Morales - aad Remandeiz Bho
all for gross ou,rayes, and al deserved
Elk Priests. Orphina and Cavo, wifi
many olhers,arc now in The same prisons
where they kept some four or five hun
bred for eleven months.
Yours Truly.
GEO. W. JONES.
Griffith, Gooding, General Herran
Cham bers and others send regards TO you
Write me TO Dubuque, Iowa, and tel