Newspapers / The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, … / May 19, 1847, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
EPF I til i t . fi I ? TJX J, LB If, Ejrraa ava PairaisreB. 'isbts eaasna: Fnrm i oni, mtiilkctc it aasravaicai sasocacasw ti nut or, siats abs rat mi at t arrctTioBe-' .. '"," ITHBEIJ DOLLARS A tfeAR-iiTitia.V" tou as. BALEiaiT, IV. C . WEDNESDAY MAT gjT t NEW ALMANAC, JUST Publuhed. ami (or wl at the Sur Of. Bcs and the Aactioa and "oramiwioa Store of N. B- HXXOHES. I" thi City. - Le mar's ft. Carolina AarrleuliMral AI Haanae for ISiT It contain, beside much Tloble matter for the husbandman, the calendar perts the utuil statistical lnformtion lor Joe eevenisnt releranee of profrawoial and business men. anecdote, dee. kc, and will be old Inanv quantities eery cheap. The Rlode fcnbject or Ilaplisin, BYKKV. ALEXANDKK B.S.MfrH, For tale at the Star Office. A fine BROOD AND WORK MARE, i l i:,1 il..uiva.. iJl Pn i v. An ana apienuiu , . - - 1 ply at the Star Office. RALEIOII, MAY II, 18T. NEW&BEAUTIFULSPKINC. GOODS Cheaper than evert OAME3 LITCHTORD thankful for past&vor. til woul-1 respecUu'ly solicit a continuance of pat. ronage for tha future. Alt he now the pleasure of infotming hi triend and eualomer, that be lie just receded hu (Spring supply or NEW & BEAUTIFUL DRY GOODS; Which, having been bought on fsvoiabls term, will be sold cheaper than ever eon. ..Hug In part f the following Brtuies, vut: Supet blue, DiacE ana Drown uiotos Do do rrap d'El and yaiatcret . "Do " fine Sfariiellles Vesiinge Kentucky Jens snd Sstinetts Alpaeea and ITnioa Drilling Kankeea and fancy Pantaliton luiT niracbed and unbleached Shirting and Shetings Cotton check and Bed Ticking Linen cwbric nd Bendana ilnlkrrliicft Fancy erataand .Webb Jiutpendrrs Ueautiful l.iwn and illuw Bonnets Fine and common Umbrella Klejani fancy summer Print and Gingham Hplendid Organdie, new Myle. Muslin wpoul Ootlon. Needles, Pad.ling. Canvass Milk, Twist, Thread and Buttons Ihapr, Bleached snd brown Jeans Hosiery. Gloves, Pssteboard. A superior lot of (Jent!rm:'td Ladies' shoe, ;:ioeehljMipfle Oun Powder nd Imperial Tea. 1 .f,' CmtlirJ, and Pulverized ugrf Coffee snd Brown sugari Moljos, Vinegar and snuff; Cray's Ointment; Blacking, Adamantine Candles,. Pewderend shnt! f.hewing Tobacco and eegar, Pepper, AlUpiee and (Singer. China, Crockery and Class Ware, Elegant China Tea setts Plates and Dishes, Te Po a, Batn, BowU,- Pitchers- Chambers, and beautiful plain and mould Tumbler. Brad, Nails, Patent A", corn broom, cut Tack, and J ck Knives, lotsther with mny aj ilcsiratila .an idesi all of which , for can, witl be ao'd on the most fsvorabla term,. XV To hia old friends and patrons, he wooM also asy, that h still carries on Ihs TAILORING JIUSIYESS, and would he glad to execute any jib, euner m culling or mating, win wnicn iney, from li.ne to time, may se fit to fa'or Mm. Raleigh, May 8 K YIKEGAU, Just received by JAS MTCHFORO Selected for the Klar. TUB DRUNKARD. Of all the fool by heaven eoraed. The impious drundacd surely I the worst: In vain we teelc for fool mote void of sense, Or deeper sank In atupid ignorance: No beaat that walka the plain, or bird that diet, One so improdent aet, or so unwise. The poor, the dull, despised ass, In w Udoiu. doth the drunkard lar surpass; He drinks no more when nature's aatUfied, Hut leave the ttreaia along the vale to glide) Hut drankaidt of inferior snnae will drink. Till they ean riree!y walk, or Ulk, or think. What sin will nrt a drunkard then commit. While in thi vile intoxicated lit! . ' Natan can rule hi.n then with easy away, And guida biro a he ftleaaea in hia way. Hia health, hia wealth hi character and lima Are all destroyed -vri'lt this airoeioua erime, VVe eenaure those who into Imoaea creep. To fob their neighbour while they are asleep; Hut of all thieve, the drunkard if we view, I far the worst of this degenerate crew, The onlwling wretch in drink doea o delight, He toll ku Wife and children of their right, To iPurelepoUou jn - ..U)2 bowl, " '"J1" bring ihem t wgiii and daniii uis eou. -pgr- lti n ig-h -fitar.-- OR1GINAL COIN, ftttceriiy i t ie best rudJer to our Uvea Rejection i tSe firl atea to reform. MuJestv an J firrnnen. ire the brightest I eruoujenu of a iriHiihful Huracier. Empty head, like emp'y barrels, are Ihe most noiaj heo moved It in prialinj; tlul give imra rtality la jieech, .: .'Z- . Faction and mobs are tlia working of mall minJa for little mind, like tittle )atla of water, are easily ahaken into com motion. Never measure your talents with tW of anotht'r individual--if he be lest, il i )ur tliame; if be be creator, it.i your Jeumpti.Mi. - Virtue is tit a )outl what a wall is to a city wlt.. tbe wall ia thrum down, the inhabitant are alain; and it is not so. easy to repair them, in tits end at to defend Htem from tbe beginamo;. J E. L. P. Mr. UaNcaon ha beea eleeted a mem Derofh LoQilon Society of Anttqbari- naetien oi iora aiorpein.' tie is he first America that has erst recti red OFFICIAL. The following very interesting des patch from Mnjor General Scott was received at the War Office, by thij eve nine's southern hoat, W hasten to lay it before our readers: Union of Satur day night. IlEAOaVAKTEKS Or TUB ARMT, Plan del Bio, 60 mile from Vera Cruz, April 19, 1847. Sir: The plan of at lock, sketched in General Orders, Ho. Ill, publishee in our last paper. herewith, was finoly executed ly this gallant army, before 2 o'clock P. M., yesterday. We are qnite embarrassed with ihe results of vic tory prisoners of wor, heavy ordnance, held batteries, small arms, and accou tremcnts. Aboffl 3,000 men laid down their arms with ihe muni proportion of held and company olhcers, besides five generals, several of them of great dig. linction. Pinson, Jaerro, La Veea. No nega, and Obando. A sixth general, Vasqnez, was killed in defending,. the batter' (tower) in tbe rear of ihe wholo Mexican army, the capture of which gave us those glorious results. Our loss, though comparatively small in numbers, has iieen serious. Bnga dler'Gcnoral Shields,' a commander of active zeal, and ' talent, to" 1 fear if not dead, mortally wounded. He is some nve miles from me at the moment. The field of operations covered many miles, broken by mountains and deep chasms, and liiave not a report, as yet, from any division or brigade. Twieg's divisons, followed by Shield's (now Co. uakers) brwade alone, is near me at this depot of wounded, sick and prisonsrs, and I have time only to give from him the name" of 1st Lieut. P. B. Nelson. and 2d C. O. Gill, both of the 2d Ten nessee foot (Haskell's repiment) among tl wiltilledt and jha ;;br ifida - jpf .;rU ranks, killed or wounded. Among: the latter, the gallant brigadier general himscll has a smart wound in the arm, hut not disabled, and Maj. R. Farqueson, 2d Tennessee; Capt. II. F. Murray, 2d l.ient. ti. I . bltiniierland, 1st Lieut, W. P. Hale (adjutant) all of the. same regirrJiif, severely, hud 1st Lieut. Year wood mortally wouniied. And I know, from personal observation inn ground, that 1st Lieut. Ewell, of the rifles, itnot now dead, wns mortally wounded, ineutering sword in hand, the entrenchments around the captured lower. Second Lieut. Derby, topogra phical engineer, I also saw, at the same place, severely wounded, and Capt. Patten, 2d United States Infantry, lost his right hand. Major Sumner, 2d United States dragoons was slightly wounded the day before, and Capt. Johnston. tonooTBDhical engineer fnow Lieut. Col.'ol infantry) was very severely wonnaea some aays earner wnne recen nottering. I must not omit to add that Capt Mason and 2d Lieut. Davis, both ol tke rifles, were among tha severely wounded in storming the same totrer. 1 estimate our total loss, in kiiled and wounded, may be about 250, and that of the enemy 350. In the pursuit to wnrds Xalapa (25 miles hence) I learn we have added much to the enemy's loss iti prisoners, killed, and wounded. In fact I suppose his retreating army to be nearly disorganized, and hence my haste to follow, in an hour or two, to profit by events. - In this hurried and imperlect report I must not omit to say that Brigadier tietu Twiggs, in passing the mountain range beyond Cerro Gordo, crowned with the tower, detached from his di vision, as I suggested the day before, a strong force to carry that height, which commanded the Xalapa road at t!:c foot, and-could not fail, if carried to cut off the whole, or any part of the enemy's forces from retreat in any di rection. A portion of the 1st artillery' un der the often distinguised Brevet Colo uel Ch'lds, the 3d infantry, under Capt. Alexander, the 7th infantry, under Lt, Col Plymton, and the rifles, under Maj or Loring, all under the temporary com mand of colonel Harney, 2d dragoons, during the confinement to his bed of Brevet brigadier Uenerai y. k Bmilu, composed that detachment. Tbe style ol execution, which I had tha pleasure to witness, was most brilliant and deci give. The brigado ascended the long and difficult slope of Cerro Gordo, with out shelter, and under tha tremendous fire of artillery and musketry with the utmost steadiness, reached the breast works, drove the enemy from them, planted the eollort of the 1st artillery, '.Id and 7ih infantry 'the enemy's flag still flying and, after some minutes of sharp firing finished the conquest with the bayonet. ' , ' - It ia a rnont pleasing duty to say that ihe highest praise da due to Harney, Child, PlymiAii, Loring, Alexander, their ' gallant officers and men, for this b.illiant service, independent of tbe great results which soon followed. "- Worth's division oi regulars coming up at this time, ha detached Brevet Lieutenant Col C. P. Smith, with his ugni Dataiiion, to support the assault, put not in time. The General, reach ing the tower a few minutes before me, and observing a white flag displayed from the nearest portion of the enemv towards the batteries below, sent out Colonel Harney and Childs to hold parley, hour or The surrender followed hi nn or two. Major General Patterson left a sick bed to share in (he dangers and fatigues of the day: and after the surreuder went forward to command the advanced forces towards Xalapa ling. General Pillow and his brigade twice assaulted with rreat daring the enemy's line of batteries on our left, and though without success they con - tributed much to distract and dismay their immediate opponents. ' 1'resident Santa Anna, with Generals Canalizoand Almonte, and some six or eight thousand men, escaped towards Aaiapa lust before t-crro Gordo -was carried, and before Twigg's division reached the national road above. I have determined to parole the pris oners officers and men as I have not the means of feeding therrr tierer beyond to ditjr,Tind cannot 'naord to " detach n heavy body ot horses and foot, with wagons to accompany them to Vera Cruz. Our baggage trai l, though in creasing, is not yet hall large enough to give an assured progress to this army. besides, a greater number of. prisoners would, probably, escape from the escort in the long aud deep sandy road, with out assistance lea to one- that we shall find again, out of the same body of men, in the ranks opposed to us. Not one of ih Vera Cruz prisoners is be- ieved lo have been in the lines of Cer- raGordo ,,..So;u. six pfs ther officera, highest in rank, refuse to give their paroles, except to go to Vera Cruz, and tbence, perhaps, to the United States. 1 be small arms and tlwir accoun- trements, being of no value to our ar my here or at home, I have' ordered them to be destroyed, for we have not the means of iraiisportinir ihem. I am. also, somewhat embarrassed with the - pieces of "sirlilerV-11 hrotiewhir'h we have-captured, -it would take - a brigade and half -the mules of this ar my, to transport ihem fifty miles, A field battery I shall take for service with the army: but the heavy metal roust be collected and left here for the present We have our own seige train and the proper cariages with us. Being much Of copied with the pris oners and all thedetaila of a forward movement, besides looking to the sup- flies which arelo follow from Vera Cruz, have time to add do more intending to be at Xalapa early tomorrow. We shall not, propably, again meet with serious opposition this side of Perots certainly not, unless delayed by the want of the means of transportation. I have the honor to remain, air, with ligh respect, your most obedient ser vant WINPIELD SCOTT. P. S. 1 invite' attention to the ac companying letter to President Santa Anna, taken in his carriage yesterday; also to hia proclamation, issued on hear ing that we had captured Vera Cruz, &c., in which he says: ' If the enemy advance one step more, the national in dependence will be buried in theabvss of the past." We have taken that step. W.S. L. , I make a second postscript, to say that there is some hope, I am happy to.learn, that Gon. Shields may survive his wounus. , One of the principal motives for par oling the prisoners of war i, to diminish the resistances of other garrisons in our march. 1 w. . Hon. ffm, L. Marcy, Secretary of War. r . f The Proclamation of "Saufa Anna which Gen. Scott encloses in his des patch, will be found in another col umn. .. l . THE ILLUMINATION. The celebration of the battle of Palo Alto and of the other Mexican victories, which "came 'off.il the city of Washing ton and at the avf Yard, on Satur day last, was a splendid affair The ceremonies during the day 'included festivities, toast-drinking, speech ma king, the r firing of cannon, and pre parations for the splendid scene which ' a ami a was lo wj preseiuea at nignt. i ne u luminatioii was very beautiful, and re- minded us oi me wiry taies oi eastern splendor and magnificence. 'The dark -nets of the evening occasioned by a cloudy sky, contributed to the brillian cy of the light by its contrast, and the magic scene presented to me eye seem ed to be highly gratifying to the large concourse of spectato.s of all ages, shades, and complexions, who thronged the avenneand the pnMic places, -to wilnessit. Among iue buldiugs in the ciiy wnicn attracted particular attention by the sylendorof their lllomination were the Observatory. Ihe President's House. Jackson Hall, thu Franklin Knoine House, and the printing offices--.ne. ciaity ine union and Intelligencer offi ces. The latter btiildinirs had snlen- ., :. ... r. - , did transpa.-ences, the roost remarkable of which represented the battle fields of Buena Vista, Vera Cruz and Cerro Gor- do, the fall of Maj. Binggold, the rep resentation of different Slates ot the Union, various moltos. devices &c From the Fraklin Engine House. which waa bentuifulljr illuminaled as wen as ine t ire Apparatus iiseii. a line ol flags and mottna stretched eu- lirely acmes the avenue; in front of the Union and the Intelligencer offices were large'' crowds of people all the time, admiring the handsome display of transparencies, which were exhibited on the occasion. - - ' ; : At the Navy Yard, the- attraction was very great The splendid display of fire works surprised any thing of the kind ever before witnessed here. Lare numbers of people assembled in that MurfeF and iftler- estihg exhibition. 'A' transparent hrcTi, upon which was painted Santa Anna's leg, spanned the street, and paintings illustrative of the late battles in Mexico, deeorated many public and private buildings. At intervals during the wIa1-.. j.wninfV -Hfw.bM''avwr"- find which as they vaulted heavenward with splendid trains, and burst in the mid-air, threw off and scattered around hundred of stars of varied sizes and of every hue of the rainbow, and : which as they gradually (ell, one after, anoth. er, lighted up the concave of the llenv- in$;;witfejbrltta mat wim wnicn ine noDut exploits, tney were intended to commentorate, have lighted up tho page of pur nations his tory. One of the ex hibii ion s of fi re works which gave I he tnost plensnre wna that in which the several states of the Union were represented with stars all moving rapity around, and blazing with fervid brightness, excilintr the warmest ad- .i,...i.n rrom ute iruiuerotia oenoioert. Within a: fe-arTninoret; rafter a large fixed "lone aiar" appeared in the dis tance, intensely bright, vrilh variegated colors, representing the Stale of Texas. This too was much admire I. But Ihe chief splendor of the scene was yet in reserve. When an occasional light flared tip, there was visible in the back ground, a temple, apparently substan tial in its structure, upon which dimly appeared the names of Gen. Taylor. Scott, Worth, Clay, Ilardiii McKee and others.-In a moment the super. structure was illuminated as if by en chantment. The names thereon be came brighter and brigktei, : until they were intensely radiant even so orniiant as lo be painful for the eye to. behold. As this splendid scene 'slowly faded away, like a dissolving meteor, the sol emn booming of the cannon, and the red glare of the artillery, awakened the enchained senses of the multitude to n vivid idea of wars J'dread realities," and to the intense excitement that must have existed in those life-destroying scenes, where the battle ftseir in all its horror, and not its mere representation in its figurative mngnificf nee, existed. Towards ten o'clock a rain came, on. and the flashing of .the. lightning, gave an. exhibition of the (ire works of na ture, which set at defiance all the art and device of man." This soon dispers ed the crowd. The scene altogether was novel, imposing and grand,;; It was splendid pageant' got np to celebrate tho glorious victories of war iu which we have been involved through the has ty proceedings of a sing'e man, who lias aonsea ine power wnicn, nns ueen committed into his hands, aud involved bur country in a series of battles which might have been escaped without dis honor, and which hove cost us more treasure and blood than all the glory that we shall ever obtain from ihem,' can possiltly compensate us lor. Ueorgclown Aw.' May, II. The tendency in all popular Govern ments to connect every thing, more or less, with politics, arise,., we suppose, from ihe disposition natural to men of associating their thoughts according lo their ruling propensity or . anecUon.---Political sovereignity: is,. the highest thing known to a nation; and hence political preferment, bestowed upon au ndividual, is considered the choicest? form in which popular favor can be ex pressed, i , Whoever ventures, therefore, to distinguish himself in any way so as to become fixed, temporarily or perma nently, in tho popular i regard, ' must expect to be levied on as a recipient of the burden or political nouorana ter trice"-- .'.- - ! r.ii .. .i ,i - ,. ,. '. - "-'- " ,i thatlhe distinctions so hlghljf appreci- ated by those who confer the m, are eagerly sought by many who strive to m a iiriiiiwH. n sven wmm mm mnrisar ni rnnrvn disiinguish themselves, in order that they may attain them. Aspirants of mis son laoor lor tneir reward, and very frequently cent. In fact the ihino- ia reduced to a system which the poiueol neophyte soon learns, he enters iuto a school where, the People are regarded as a great mass of raw moj-terial, out of which his own particular fabric of emo lument and power is to be skilfully fash- lonea. to mm the world is 'divided into two clnsst's the humbnggers and III hrmfusrar-i ' .i4 Ui-m system, objects, sagacity; and they are sate irom one another only on trie prin ciple of reciprocal equivalents, as plun derers who divide a common spoil. Between those who have political distinctions heaped on them as marks of popular favor, and those who steadi ly and eagerly seek after and seize upon offices as legitimate prizeiTWod from the popular credulity, it happens that places of honor and profit In the politi cal world are not often vacant for want of incumbents.- The incunibent, fnde'ediTs WbTa liuTwhat mailers "that If Ut'eplaco suits Iiim7 The doctrine of the ; initiated is not to he qualified for office, but to get it. A Baltimore Convention may haye its own, views of distribution whei it makes a President out of an Ex-Gov-evnor 1n rTennf ssee,; who may7 also hare his own views of patronage and power when he brings on a war wilh Slexico the" welfare of the country, in ktb instances, forming a small item in Ihe political calculations.' " "' In the other case wheu the ' people resolve to show how highly , they appre- uch determination, place him in a dis tinguished station, to the discomfiture. of political managers,- there may- be a wont of discrimination, sometimes, in the adjustment of the man to the place, bin the probabilities are always strong thai a matr-of sterling-stuff isthere7""r'17 MWe alum Id not have the Pscsiden eyi SnJs the Boston Daily Advertiser, "field up as a reward lor military "ser be a task imposed upon the strong than a temptation held out to the weak,, its labors are nevertheless an honor which honest ambii ion may seek. Its scat is a throne to which Ihe voices of a grate ful people may well call , a. successful public servant in whorrt it . has ' confi- dencej If this voice can be unitod, without party drill or political tactics, to summon as the head of the govern ment any out capable of properly ad ministering our a flairs, the event should be hailed with rejoicing by. every true citizen. An "era . ot good fellings " which should break down the lines of parly, and heal over the habitual polit ical animosities which now divide every hamlet in our land, would be a blessing which contending fractions do not yet seem to ' understand. We wish that the rer roach of such an erea migh t Hot be postponed by the'demand of party, and that when the real hero appears he should not bo claimed as "of Paul or ol "Apollos.'' We Tdistrust the public lone which considers every success as the price paid for parly preferment" " Who will not unite in the sentiments here expressed ,t Iet it be remembered that the couuect!on-,f General Tat- lo a V name wit h the. Presidoucy Jrom the beginning, has existed by the -spon taneous action ot the people. It m a thing which he did not' design,' and which he cannot prevent If the - peo ple choose to moke him President,' ask ing no other pledge; than that contained in the official oath, taking his character and services ai a sufficient guarantee, the movement may goon as it has be gun. Jree from any personal participa tion on Gen. Taylor's part It was thus that Geonotf Washington ,was called to the Presidency; it thus that the best Presidents are most likely to bo chosen. ' .,r . Ball. Amer, f BATTLE OF CEBaO GORDD. Ia the New Oleans Dlta of td instant we fiml Ihe follewine aeDeral description of Ute battle founded oa information fur- nithed by Cept Hughes, sf the Topograph I cat Carpet''' " : li ,im wwwwi Oa the srrivsi of the ether oivision ei I he army at ihe encampment of General Twifgt, on the 16th of April, General Scott after taking a reconnoitance of the enemy's woikt determined te 1 tlorro them; i The potitlon occepicd by the enemy was regarded by them 1 as itnpreg naoie, inn truly to sny emer man Amer lean soidiera it mutt have appeared sn in surmountable and impracticable anderuk ing J to carry by storm or take" it bt strategy.1"" ,';'!i ";i,- The road from Vera Crux as tt' pastes the PI in del Ro. which is a wide 'rocky bed of a once larre ttreim.ia commanded by Bakeries of high rtiflV, rising qn,e bove . ..- "? "! ' e . ' . uw, ana extending fever I' tnllci'' and all weU Jortilied.. Itarewl lie? tSf b-.cae. i. rh, eigfe,t the fidget over a bis-h eiiir i,LUw j''d by fort and uattrrieeJ Thit tUt ti commencement of the Terra uT.L (''"o ne sper or moaauiaia t-oatrt- I'he high anil rurky ravh of ih( t',L protected the auk f the position and - -series .f. anost abrspt and ' spparentlyx iraiiaaaable mountain ml riile revered heir left, lietween these pnints mnain"' ' a tlialaace sf two sr three mtlet.a suceet oa oi sireniy. lortihed . forla bristled at every turn ami seemed to defy all brai' ery sBd skill. The Cerra Uort em. mautled tha road oa a eentU. .;rf-..r-- tiiMr a giacit lor nearly s mile, x AS j sp proacb in the direction waa lmnn;i.i. - A frant attack maul have terminal,! i- ihe almost tuiiie annihiiatioa of sur arm. But Ihe enemy expected such an alfsr 'a confiding ia the desperate valor "of war - men and believing lh it it wss imnratible a ! turn their., posit ina to the rtghf or " , left. General Scat, however with the 1'. ee-f a -tkilfut ' generkt,"' pereai ved " the trsp set tor him 1 anil determined to l( " avoid it. He .therefere A a road eat In t ie rt'irht te at to escape the front fire' from the Cerro, and lora hi notition wti tlia.JeftJlajiBWTbw4Mvtirt know n lo ihe enemy 4y a leeertef from f - ear camp, and eoaseqafntly a large 4a 3 create ef fores under General Vega vir " aent t the lerta on Iheir left. Gen. Bfotf, to cover hia flank movements be thev Itih. r ordered Cirw'ard . General Twiggt tgainit ine aieep aacenr, in irant ami a Httl ", the left f the Cerro. - Chi. Harny com-"7'1 tandd this exnediiion, snd. if the- head n ef die rifles sail r-ome deisi hmeais of " infantry and artillery carried tliit poaitkm under a heavy fire of grspe sad mealketr i lltvinr secared this txwitioa ia frsmt and ' Scar the si titiy'a 'strongest foniflcatien, - and having by incredible labor, elevated nns ef our lai-ge guns to the tipafjhc foit .id. , . General Scetrprptreit tof.llowsp 1ii; -t aiivaniages. t A uemntiairatiun was satstlH1 vd from this poeition egaintt tnoiher irotg 14 m fort ia the rete, and r fcear ; the Cerrei bu e r the enemy ( were eenaidrred too stranr.' ?d snd the endertakinc'' wit - sbtnilnned. Alike demonstration was mad-byilieiy.i enemy;" :;s,.- i ,'-"- a! r ; On the nest day1' the" 1 8thl General T<iB ri,"rfl' ? forward from flwf ? pottron- he had fmuAl;''e fglintt- the tort WtJh", comniandeU 1 thap, '7 Cerre Simiiltaneeual e an attack off trier44 fortifications nn the ' enemy's left wis Mo"'m be made by Grnerlt Shield's snd Worth's division whe moved in separate colluma whilst General Pillow advanced sgainst the' ' strong forts and tfifftcult " atcentt on' ' tho 1 . right f tbe enemy's position. " ,lit "nf v Tltenetny tuirikfqvalntrif -wVlh .OVri-f' Scott's lnlented ' move meul, lui ihrnwi , Isrge bodies of men tiilij tha vitr oait pmi.' lion to be attacked." Tin moat serious rn lerprfzVwas that of Twig-', who ad veaeed tgaintt Ihe main f..rl that commanded the-) Cerro.' Nothing ran be' Mncrived mi r dieTicaU than thiiuiiderteking. The steep 1 and rough character of : the ground, 'ther'j constant fir ef, the enemy in front,' ami n ' ihe trots' fire of the funs ' arid batteriet '! which enuianeu nur iinee. made tneuutv tftigned to General Twieii nns of aurnaa. alas difficalty,. 'Nothinc prevented our, ' aaen iron oemg sHerty ueairoyeu but Ihe i steepness of. the ascent under which .thev,' could shelter, ' But theyeought ne shellef. ,tv and onward rallied sgaitiat a batlstorm of balls and muiket ahol, led by Ihe g., ' last lltrney 'whose noble ! daring elicited the ipptulte of Ihe whole army. Ilia con Sptraoal sad itttwart Ciame at the heal of his brigade, ,1( long srm wiving bis',, men J oa to the charge, his sturdy vice 'ringing '. ibnve the clsih of-irmsi rid. thedlr. "of" au.' ..J -,J LjLT ' stiiaLiru, nr iicniiofl imi ail mi- u"u iiim yt ine coeanj aim VI our owe , f4f army. On en, he led the columns, whose, !, front linet melted before the enemy'i fire' . , like ihow flake n torrent," ami staid not t dieir 'etiurte uhfil, tetping over tbe rocky bsrrrters and bayonetling they drove the, , enemy pet! mcll Tom the fort,' dente'ring, a' deadly fire into their ranks," from their, wa guns as' ihey hakltly t retired .This wat truly k gallant deed, worthy the Cbcv''l5i slier Baysrd of our armr, at the intrepid' Harney is well i ttrleil. Ga Soutt, be- tweea whom sad toi, Hirney there ha J, rilated aome coolness. rede up .to.,.the(ti Colonel after this achievement and rs-,Hj marked te him, "Cof. llarnev. I cannot . now adequat1y express .my admiration oi your (Biiant, scnrnvcmenT, But ai tnf . I . II i . a . . - proper tine 1 ahalt Uks gr?ati..piea,re v. -ia thanking yoa "ln, propttvrms,. ;!f Hsrney, with the modetty 0f tme . vlor.. ' claimed tbe prai as due lo hie fficers and men. (! Tout did the., division of the -.j gallant vetettn Twiggs . csrry the - main , poauton ui ins enemy ana eccupy ins iort which commanded the road. . It was, ..; here the enemy reeieved Iheir heaviest loti, ., w - snd their uen.vaaqacz, , was killed, ,i , A liitle after General Worth ; bavins. by great exereioot, passed the sleep aad :-t. ersggy heights on ihe enemy's leu, sam ' a mo-ted a strong fort ia die - rear of the Cerro te surrender. This fort wss aa nedr by a a large . lorre A ander General Ptnten, a mulatto wfScer f sonatderable. ,if ability and eourtga, who teeing the ,Cerr , i carried, thought prudent to tariendcr. -which he' did with all his force ' General Shields wt n to fortuMti, h bti-t Un '' -
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
May 19, 1847, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75