Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-21

AlaIvrp IRON CALv)lyIA-rhs NV Orleans "D alta"
notices the arrival In that city Of Captain Patrick Of
South Carolina and k.jpr Assns and J. n. Steward Of
virenia, recently lrsm San Francisco The "DsIt."
adds:
Tneir ,sroey from California TO Nee Orleans vas
iore ana e:dGons aud would have bseD undertaken ory
BY men stimulated by PATRIOTISM snd resolved no, 10
hive among the enemies OF their country. They isorn
ed 10 that the meat Intense feeling OF sympathy for the
Consdsaey srd OF opposition to tie Northern despot.
Ism exits morg the Southernen residing In California.
Tais feeling intsnsifed by the persfcut u
which they are Su Iced. Many have bsen arrested,
and all closely watched We're IL not for the vigil.
ant system Of espionage which Ia maintained BY the
horides there would re general Exodus OF South
from he coantry Is gratifying 70 kNos that the spirit
Of opposition o me Ngrth and Of sympathy for the
South is general aoug tbs Southsrneri There are no
dvi.ions-all ASryardera Vrgnians KsntsckiAts. Mis-
soct ans or zeLs OF the cotton States are united in
srninsnt Nothing sorld keep any Of them in Clfor.
MIA bat the extreme @. uly Of escaping rhs gentlemen
VINO arrived here y'serday maasged TO esds detection
by pretending that they we're going 90 expedition 10
work the silver mines OF Sonora. They came dawn 10
Msxxtlan the steamer, and thence travelled across
Northern Mexico 10 the Rio Gfande. Toe journey
made mules In company, for portion OF ths dis!sDce
with merchants train. The route lay through diff
cult and dangerous country, in which thy we're beset
with psris Of various kinds having often encounter
bands OF bandii! which nov the country At will
and msmes the ierociors Apachss and ans. They
came through tbs several States oil Spnors Durango,
New Leon aud Tim,u'ipss, taking In the town Of Du.
range, Parras, SAltl!o Monterey, Ssravo aud hisr In
their route and finally crossing the Rio Grande a. MS
Thsir overland journey extended 10 stspce Of 1900
miles. They LETT San Francisco the Ct DseeEbsr,
and arrive; here yesterday h,viag been o. dAys tie
road We believe 1t is the desire Of these s.nensa 10
enter the Confederate service.
DESPERATE FIGHrISG At Fonr DssELs,I 1T 10 r.l..
49, IL. kas,1 -. L.
with desperation which exceeded anything witch Q
ever been knosn in the annals Of warfare During the
battle which lasted fsur days, many desperate plarsSs
ensusd In which gallant band Of heroes fought bsnd
TO hand with the enemy, and bAyonets pistols ~ d
knives used In deadly COT hct O.p. Rogers fer
nsrly Juigs Rodgers vas shot dead Capt Ghcson vss
badly wounded Col Baldwin, of the l%.h Mississippi
Regiment, was brdly wogrdss Cap. heGovsn, # The
iuan Invinoibe', belonging to the ltth hssiss pp
Regiment, was sho. dead. Lieut.. NEG; van, Of The
Q me Comply was shot Jsn, wounded and taken iron
the hald Of battle. Lieut. Alexander Trotter, Of the
sam, company In . hand to hand sht, shot down Eve
OF the enemy in one pile With navy repeater. While
thus engaged he had q negro boy bis tervaut Who rem
up s.sisi bis master, and vile fshtns msnfuy BY
bis side shot down by the sneEy, when his nsTs
with wipe with bis bowie knife, killed the man Who
ilew bis servant The enemy, though far superior In
num5erg gave way bsore this desperate charge and r
lrsased in hot haste before hlssfsipps gslant sons
1hose guns it vas sd we're bloody IRON the point Of
the BAY onet TO the bretch
This 10 the way that hislxppi.ns fought on that
bloody occasion, and though eventually they
powered by number ard forced to surrender after fcur
days hard lighting when their ranks thinned by the
deadly co. CT snd many gallant bere Of their nan.
bar lay cold aud eless vel.erng In their blood the
aeld Of battle their crowned With glory for the
ncble part they bsre.
Such is related Of the I4h Mississippi regiment
O.her regiments OF our State fought with equal hrAvtry
and ss,rsd as much bv. with tha regiment vas In
form.nt more particularly convtrsauI- Jaek'o~ k,i'
sippids-