Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-05


For some cause they reserved their ]
fire, but when they advanced against I
ua here they fired their escopotls, but (
did little damage. Tho word WAS /
given for our detachment Co fire, and ,
the yulley that followed was 80 destruc-
tive that the survivors retired iu dis
order, but relormed and came Rt us
again, This time our rifles chimCd
la with tho Iennessee muskotry, and
those Of tho gallant cavalry who were
ablo TO ride away took care not Go re-
turn
A STORY ABOUT JEFF DAVIS.
Here I Will relate Rn Incident A
great mauy members Of our
regiment were the sons OF the i'm.
medialo constituents of Col Davis,
/ who WAS an NJ G.. from orr district.
Old men thuse days used 70 predict
I that Jefferson Davis would BIO presi-
dent some day II hsliyedh I'd Cohea,
. Gallant youth from jackson, Miss.
was member OF tho patty named
above After we wore smelly ensoonced
behind the brush fence he drew long /
breath and With an emphasis eXeusa,
ble ON The occasion, remarked; "Well' !
ifihatlast quarry hadn't been thnre |
jcii would never be PRECEDENT suro.N
rr WAS rHE sAME YOUrH
who. when Col Davis, during lull Ia /
the bat.lo asked his regiment how |
they were OIL for cart I
ridges, raised bis cap aloit and |
said "Seud MS powder, colonel; we
can catol plenty oi balls IN our caps"
and, suitiug The aotlOn TO the word
some kind oI stray missile at that
very Instant carried away a portion OF
his oap-crOwn.
After the victory over the lancers,
our little squad made its way hack to
, the regiment, which wa found still oc-
, cupying the forts Defore named and
, etill under ihe iuCassaut fire of the enc
, envy. Here we also found our com-
. handling generals, who were. 40
! doubt laying out their future plsns Of
/ action Late I'm the evening portion
, OF our division WAS left Go hold our pO-
. eiuon aud the remainder returned 20
a the eneampment ut Wai0ut springs,
after gathering up an our killed
, and wounded; and passing through
+ tremendous artillery hre az long as we
!. were IN range.
h THE FIRST NIuur OF THE BATrLE.
2, Riley, doserter from the United
6 States army while IL was stationed OPP
o posite MatRmoras, was an officer in
/ thu Mexican artillery here and had
l. command OF several guns IN the BLACK
fort He was said TO be one OF the
I, best gunners Ia either army, aud on
the evening ! allude 70, he disabled q
n wagon Ia which we We're gathering
a wounded men, Three bnlls from "a
N nine-p1under which was fully one
" mile distant, struck the wagon, Kill.
M Ing one of the wounded soldiers and
n re-woUnding several othere, We were
i afterwards told that Riley fred those
n shots. That WAS a dismal night ~
"a camp The people of the country
Il dated their Inst rain a ear aud hall
"a back, and attributed the little deluge
n we had that night Go the firing OF The
r. big guns The grnans OF the dying
n aud wounded and the ceaseless howl
10 Of the coyotes, which, attracted by the
d scent OF blood, threatened 10 invade
Ia our camp conapired 70 make y an oe-
Of elslon lohs 20 ps remembered py some
* OF uN'
ID thh SECOND DAY : bAIILh
US re morning OF sept. ~ Qp sheu
~ clesr anu bright ana after lelsurely
IN pattHNlhg vi hteahlasti we louf Ie8l
TO nent aud = potloh OF our nllgauel re-
es turned 20 lne Guy py me same fpule
that we nad cahfged over glle morning
before. VIC encountered lle saiht
10 cross anu tnnlalglhE htes az
al Ga tue previous morning. eE-
an eepl iom me batteries We held'
w We, however eaoheq our comrades,
lt GU 'tIIu ~ - tsA liigih6 W ~
ld plslu aiues a. ti,t i'osl1lut lAclue tne
s. enen4, ane MS lAe ground Wa SN'
'e tleihtty n,lu ene t4u 9l w qeAu iii.ilss
% pllu HteAleuu7 VS. etlie4 ~ 10 Nsslsg "
n oon, loulll6 HlA.eIlA lot llte pfessl'
m Hoihs' Oet Lot1's were ~ mig COR
ld Nlil9u 70 il ,hv Low eDulu eass, ~. ~
tFluthcEr li u luiHalN nspNAN4OnA MAa
G R@cepuoia. ne deep thunder OF
&c worth p artulety was eehoee hlong
~ me mountains ana CLOUDS ol smoke
~ rose rom me pohlll9h nis nttle army
az ocehpiee' we st'hneu our VISION 20
OF pierce lAe elouQ o. smoke tnAt nun 3
IL over that pall oi lne Guy, aho mourn
~ Lho cphnie- Wac raging thiee nlileh