Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-08
MAYNE REID IN MEXICO.

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marines, with orders to guard battery
which they had thrown up: The morning
of the 18th was fixed for the assault The
batteries were ordered to cease firing at II
o'clock and the attack began.
Reid and the artillery officers, standing
by their guns, watched the advance of the
line with intense anxiety, which became
apprehension when they saw that about
half way up the slope there was halt. 81
knew" he says in his account, ''that if Cha
pultepec was not taken neither would the
city be, and failing that not man of us
might ever leave the valley of Mexico alive"
Asking leave of the senior engineer otfi-
Ger to join the storming party with his
men, he obtained it with the words, "Go,
and God be with you!" He was off at once
with his volunteers and marines. After
quick run across the intervening ground,
thew @ came up With the storming party un-
der the brow of the hill, where it had halt
ed to await the scaling ladders. "At this
point" says Lieutenant Marshall, of the
Fifteenth Infantry, "the fire from the
castle was so continuous and fatal that the
men faltered, and several officers were
wounded while urging them on. At this
moment / noticed Lieutenant Mayne Reid,
of the New York volunteers; / noticed him
more particularly at the time on account of
the very brilliant uniform he wore. He
suddenly jumped to his feet, and calling
upon those around to follow, and without
looking around to see whether he was sus-
tained or not, pushed on almost alone to the
very wall"
Reid's action was not quite so reckless as
this account of an eye witness would make
it appear. The outer wall of the castle was
commanded by three pieces of cannon on
the parapet, which, loaded with grape and
canister, fearfully decimated the ranks Of
the Americans at every discharge. To adj
vance seemed certain death. But death
seemed equally certain whether the assail-
ants retired or remained where they were.
Such is his own explanation of his conduct.
"Men he shouted out in mOmentary
lull of the conflict, ''if we don't take Cha
pultepec the American army is lost! Let
us charge up the wallsw
Voices answered: eve will charge if any
one will lead us! We're readyw come on
"pll lead youw shouted Capt. Reid, as he
bravely leaped over the scarp that had tenn
porarily sheltered them, and made the charge
already described. There was no need, he
says, to look back to see if he was followed.
He knew that his men would not have been
there unless prepared to go where ne led:
About half way up he saw the parapet
crowded with Mexican artillerists on the
point of discharging volley. He avoided
it by throwing himself onYhis face, receiving
only slight wound in his sword hand, an
other shot cutting his clothing. Instantly,
on his feet again, he made for the wall, in
front of which he was brought down bya
Mexican ounce ball tearing through his
thigh. All the testimony goes to show that
he was the first before the wall of Chapulte-
pee. Reid's Lieutenant, Hypolite Dardon-
Vile, young Frenchman, mounting the
scaling ladders with the foremost, tore down
the Mexican flag from it's staff. Before that,
however, Reid was observed by Lieutenant
Cochrane, of the voltigeurs. Cochrane was
pulling for the castle with his men, when
before him, scarcely ten yards from the wall,
an officer of infantry and a comrade were
shot and fell. 'They were the only two at
the time," he says in his statement, ''whom
I saw in advance of me on the rock upon
which we were scrambling." Reaching the
wall, Cochrane ordered two men to 60 back
a little way and assist the ladders up the hill.
AS they passed the spot where the wounded
officer lay he raised himself, with evident
pain and sang out above the din and rattle of
musketry, imploring the men to stand firm:
Don't leave that wall !" he cried, 'or we
will be cut to pieces. Hold on, and the cas-
tie is ours"
Cochrane answered to reassure him:
"There is no danger, Captain, of our leaving
this! Never fear" Then the ladders came,
the rush was made and the castle fell.
'The wounded officer" Cochrane contin-
ues, "proved to be Lieutenant Mayne Reid,
of the New York Volunteers"
Lieutenant Marshall, to whom we are in
debted for that vivid glimpse of the young
officer in "his very brilliant uniform" des-
bo, ofFo NJ ,,ooI hIy thl Qyn1nif-qll
those who witnessed or knew Of it pronoun-
cling it, "without exception, the bravest and
most brilliant achievement performed by a
single Individual during the campaign"
MEDICAL ADVICE WORTH REMEMBERING.
If child is silent, or hangs around its
mother to lay its head on her lap, or is un-
usually fretful, or takes no interest in its for
mer amusement, except for fitful moment
at time, it is certainly i'll, and not slightly
so. Send at once for a physician, for you
can't tell where or in what form the malady
will break out; and in children especially,
YOU can never tell where any particular all
ment will end.
When there is little or no appetite for
breakfast, the contrary having been the case,
the child is ill, and should be put to bed,
drinking nothing but warm tea, eating not
an atom until noon, then act according to
developments.
If child manifests most unusual hear
tiness for supper, for several nights in sue
cession, it will certainly be i'll within week,
unless controlled.
If there is an instantaneous sensation OF
sickness at stomach duringa meal, eat not
particle more, if just before meal, 60 out
of doors, and keep out in active exercise for
several hours, and omit the next meal, for
all these things indicate an excess of blood
or bile, and exercise should be taken to work
it off, and abstinence, to cut off an addition
al supply, until the healthful equilibrium is
restored.
A kind of glimmer before the eyes, max
ing reading or sewing an effort, however
we'll YOU may feel, will certainly be followed
by headache or other discomfort, for there
is too much blood, or it is impure exercise
it off in the open air, and Omita meal or two.
If you are not called to stool at the accus-
toned hour Except when travelling, then
let things take care Of themselves-do moth
ing), eat not an atom untilit is done, for loss
of appetite, or nausea, or loose bowels, or
biliOusness, is certainly impending. EXer-
else freely out of doors, and drink cold wa
ter or hot teas to the fullest desired extent.
If there is most unnatural disposition to
exertiOn, you need rest, quiet and absti-
nence; exercise in weariness never does any
good, always harm. But if causelessly des-
pondent, or there is a general feeling of dis
comfort, the blood is bad; warm the feet,
unload the bowels, eat nothing for twelve
hours, and be out of doors all day.
If, without any known cause or special
pain, you are exceedingly restless, cannot
Sleep, or if you do, it is dreamy, disturbed
or distressing, you have eaten too much, or
are on the verge of some illness. Take
nothing next day but hot drinksand toasted
bread, and plenty of outdoor exercise. In