, 1869-01-03

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tion 70 his country's Cause. sAs mr. a~Ay
IN distant quarter Of tne globe.
| In the lesesr tssItl t1ek OF 1aoneto oIoE more
Ethan decade prsct ded tt-the Second Con-
him do deed that f1ed hun In mg mind, for
| eyer aY.er. i. 4 ssdsshtpg dragoor.f'
! Itf.nf thM dee.l too H,t1s knnvu. I desIro
to make record 10 that il msv asnst The tu.
ture nioe71nher n the ra1lso} Kcsrney. a
also she historssn Of tat snlIitcd HerIcsn *.
redition-tt{il mi fe-hjv rhnnn{ried. Partly
for these esaons snd n ns,tiv that ihe eTs.
1 witnessea ri those n. .di,tant .renf.NIn thar
| dsv fhnnght e4ir-4nr end An ]Setr,asnnsN
are mdnsliv r-rnTfnr ~. n nnmbr- -
| M, thst ftan .ms,n1 % y. y. PIT Ea.,,.x J..
missinr But III men6,v Il Tith ~. snd q
| noe fof chsntsr thsi wjI1 not nn1s .sr.ii
him to the thnuetit ~ hts I'D comrdo. h.t
his countrymen, In al the dlsh. ths daring.
| the pupArsliejeS nIrtu-rsnnrnr.s ~ ~ 49,.
| scttr. -S'e
| It was The battlefield. known In blstory as
| Che.ubuxco, 60 ca,led fron a s.r-am n The
| Ter Of hntx and rhurrhes ~s+h .ri con-
vent rising maasively in tbeIr rn.d.t. il |. Oh
| the famed National Road lradin9 south to-
| ward Acapulco from The citF of Mexico, aud
about drc mics IRON, the suburb Of the :atter
city-the goried Of San Autontn DE- AhaI.
The crosaing Of the stream was defeuded
by battery on the ttit d. poas. By faaktng
works along the banks on i,ath sidcs, and bS
| 4 strong BODY of troops that occupied the
convent at Cherlbusco for the tin. trans
formed into .fortres7.
Il cost the American nImy deadly strug-
gle to take these works al The dcad!l-E that
Irshncn, who. AS Is too often the cae. were
| fighting on the wrong f1dt. They were de-
scrte1s, and fought IN despar-Hith the prof.
! pct Of halter # taken.
| Ine TIE o. po.as. although desperately de-
Tended: Hn At length carried; the sooner
that brigade Of volunteers, sent. round by
the left tank. pressed the enemy at the haei-
enoA o. Loa forfales, But Tor this It Is q
question whether CheEuousco would hsye
been carried 80 soon.
Inls brigade, on II. own SIDE, had enough
WIZ a.S ~ ~ ~ cousisteo o. tns Ne" aotk
~ We stood side By side, our Gags svayed
y vac same oret4u, our nuZz!cs pointed In
NE same olfeciol, Whb could have thought
tne1 tnose staudAsds should ever be sccn In
| oppoaauE ranks. or those b1JCncts cyc1 clash
IN NE conflict c! lnte1neclne. sEites surely
mol one OF w..
| No; We had CROUCH to think OF without
| thst, - our meu icil, aids By siue. or one upon
| the other, mineling their u!e-blood together
The best OF the North, a. Of the South.
| AID both flowed equally II freely In
those days ncn used TO talk of Wateslo, and
Its terrible cs.uage- MIN for man there va;
more blood spilled At Chesubuseo. The
writer OF this aketah was In command ofslItg
volunteer soldiers. When the action va.
over be-, he counted thlrty-two OF them lying
On the Tass. nearly dozen Of them dead
bssye.
Apdi needed alt their courage to carry the
oetences OF Los Fort ales. 1hcrc wns a tune
when they waTcrtd. WHIST troops would mol
nave donc 90 under shower ot leadeu hall
that, IN aadlhon TO hlltheir numbers, laid
ioW oeaiiy every aeld-onlce1 In the brigade
., ro1lu uAte Lsen no eoTAfdlce, had they al
that same fetTesteo.
bqt they did not. 4 young officer, be.
longing 70 ne New York reglnrnt, sprane
i:rth, and called upon them to f1l}ow hlm Ia
tue charge. The Irish drummer, Murphy
ahshsa ~. s out after; g1ye ql-ssi.snc tap t.
quick rolling, Empires ard Pslmettos rushed
forward at bayonet chatre.
The coming 0! the cold stee. was a warning
cavalry, threatening chafse On our On t left /.
wheeled their htrscs quick about. a~d Ecnt
OF st nd-eallop for the civ: while the
foot defenders OF Los Portales sEd The eansn
| WAY Of the Acapulco Hoad. 1uny down trei,
discharged cseopettes, aud scattered of
through swamp and chapparat.
! Still led By, the New York officer. The
plunged breast deem into ~ 81; NJ 80.
clsmhered up The causeway, and c,ntinucd
the pursuit alonE the level road.
Exhausted by Ihc 1uua optinued STRUGGLE
saturated WITH water f1nn, snis ~ Tai.. uhG.I'
! aden With sink mud, thcy nado tu, ~ "EI91; sloS
progress.
But IT that moment therr annearad nam.
lnT a1onr The ranscwn1. epea' e9a.'
quicker, that promised IL tokc ~. n,,,sr;; Huts
of their hands, It vasatr,on ~ Lorsomor
With horxrs ali Of H.ht eray ce,or r. '4o'
| Fnerr;nr fro,,, fhn .,ssa15 81 I..es'
busco. lit 1ahc % ill., hsa5 ~ o. nneIn ,
Gabriel al Their head II Was Ks.r1er ~i,h Ely
: ! the squadron nf r.rai-r n"tnes "Nn
Beio.e .he f,tjrr.r ;oo. ,,a ,,n.
e1ntulatr themsslEes ~ ~ aIu ,;ae tHt 70 con
at mi rnflon io KIT pay; 1hef wctc goioe
men wiki s,oned so1rss 9.'oul ~ " los IN
I sn5rt1ur postrj}s ~ tS,, ~ aots+ss WIZ
txi1 Of thai nrcct.dnr hsr1 T. ~ tne spscas
striking kfmultaneo1,slr On the 1-,U uo,1 n Q, ~
the caueeway, as IL they vere ralj1n;ns ~ ~
At their head rode msn Of s1,eb, .,,,nrs
with ugh: :-co'ored hair and a con- ulrYinn =
came the cisssic,, ,vrs ~ T. - ue
what acquiline NOE that snrnn9u.eg o9o sg'If Il
They were ie atures that b.1onprd n - nav.
place ut the head OF 4 ohareinT trooa Tha. is..
were the features OF Phil Kearuey.
The young New York oticcr, re,ornIz,no
them rs those Of his gallant friend. cried ou77
| to h5s tired comrades: Nav. hnvs tb,es
cheers Tor Phil Kcasney! You've s:Iii hreatf
enough for that!'
The shout that responded showed he hai
were New Workers, aud knew that thas x R.sr"e, sns@
was Of Their kicd >'s 1>'"A -tE'
The DRAGONS had scarce passed vbrn NJ
Aid.de-czmp rt,de up. bearing a mes,a@r fron
the Commauder.io-C Chief. It Was IA order Il
stay The pursuit. ''@@' y
| It VIVA otren IN T1an{ ~ 1.,..y ~
order came unon thr 1ner s1H H. sopna. ~
projected frorp thc rear AA' ''o''sie'
| Stop tho pursuit wha. did It mean
knew be ~va1G no, ,nln MAKE stand to Oh
pose them TINT side Of the city, nor even {,
the city 70. the ee4-c upon bis scattered
troops would be surc 10 carry them clea
through 1t, especially when chased bv Keur
ney. stop tue pursuit What could II
I tell. Hc could obIy beg OF them to oLey,
They laughed at him, for lie b j mi led
them and ouly looked to the Lieutenant
The latter listened 10 the order f1om N,
ald.de-camp for 1t was At length i,rccIed to
eniorca obedience ~. ~ n w nao 1ne power ID
"'1is istal mistake. " said he. !. and f,an,
| csal Scott Will ind 1t out ia ,fme. W-r hsrs
The city In onr power. and II Will cost NOR
blood to get 1t so again"
"The oldert arr fi,r vnn Ia hal, :, sh,,tad
the aid. .de.camn. who Wv omn,;ns1 NM sq1uteo hx =
cavalry bugler, galloped On alter The dra.
Eoons.
Halt - cried the New York Lieutenant
btngfnr hfmeelf in front F." the pursners' and
raising his sword With an air Of dcteru ina
ZION. It was a command that came ouly
falteEcd upon his lips IS be pronounced Il.
"Halt, did yez say. l[fti5 enf y,