Oregon spectator., April 20, 1848, Image 4

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S?J
B8attifc'sro
Fnm th Sim of Temperance.
- The WUwS IS-IIHom to tho
twllcr.
Mat I e'er STTotifeJ Ihe , tint I'm downed In feel,
Whuat other eye are irauklinf bright ullh Jo)-,
TktiMlB(riwfti(wt Oh! lw.Ureel,
Aa4 la th deal tai open, my boy.
eses.eie.tn yea wOlosrs shade, wanolicrd ami tin-
" Tbn ay that totf, with lonely wiM-kriet crown
ed. ltd (ot whuse sake I've tuflrred long alone,
My hoors'e first sere a drunkard's pan liu found,
I could not mlnjlc witli the laughing llmmg
That dance along tliu giddy path of Mr,
Twas not tot me, t'enjoy the rhretful wag.
For I u donmrd the smirked dronkarvTe wife.
And lift for whom 1 now afptar before thre
(Willi feTcr'd brain, perhaps ju accent u.l,)
llr for whose ake, l( kneeling here, imlure llie
Has known the MrrouooX Ui dituikard'e chdd.
CouU then mill, ii uJi) I recall,
Tlit manly form that now two buned llirrr ,
11m lownng protnire , anil tit' dreadful foil ;
Ilia awn aad ml, aiij fira.l) ' deepv.r
Weald iVw hut a4, who did lids work o'dralli
f tur1
A amou.P.rt.t.c.a-.!,o w.dor,-- Irar. j
lluw hara I wrotiril thr .it th J cxre-wora
frauw
tipraka niaf t than wnrcs. Ihal I hare autliiml
wrocif ;
Tt toira rtward, lo thrr, not ra, ,t cam? :
t'ur UW, no( n, wii un; llio ihouthlloMwn;
Now, 'nwl Iht wrrck of I fo's hot, btijlit.,1 day.
Amid the Uight of errry prtnsl )oy,
How canst Ihou Irail my onl hoj attray
And Uaat the propprcts o( tho w.dow'a boy
Spare me my child, for sure aa hrarrn u jiut.
If from thy hand hie cup of tnls ry flows,
When Uue worn 'rams shall mingle with Ihe dml,
Aad Ibon the cause of all the widow's woes ;
Tuon, too, mi) .1 :k a friend In time of nerd ;
Thou yet may find that fftkj may hare alloy ;
In stleat al(U shall hear ihe widow rsVad,
Aa I am plrainj now Kl spare my boy."
AO1I0ULTURAL.
JOtlXBON OX FERTILIZERS.
Froaa the New York Farmer 4 Mechanic.
I'aej f Salt as a Xanmr.
As a Stature for Gratt LaaJ, Meaiovt,
q., sail nu twen used in all parts or Eng
land, with varying success. It always,
however, sweetens the herbage. Il has
been cmDIovod at llie rale of fl 10 Id bush.
els per acre, and svhero tho primary ob.
jeet has been tho destruction of the old
turf, even 30 to 40 bushels havo been sue
cessfully employed on Ihe same extent of
land. It his th; ctlVct of completely pre
venting worm-casts on lawns, &c.
In a letter with which I was favored
from Mr. Collyiis, of Kenton, Devonshire,
1886, ho sax's ' One of my neighbors
writes me, 'In using salt as a manura on
grass land, 1 hav e fjund tho s-ilud portions '
not to bo alTectol by severe frotty nights i
when every blado of grass on tho unsalt'd '
portions has been in a frozen slat?. 1 ob.
none, too, that it is destruuixu to cvvry
kind of grub worm; an 1 I am convinced,
whom it has been used with judgment,
that it has not failoJ.' Another intclli.
gent neighbor," continues Mr. Collyns,
"whosa farm is alnnvt enlirelv n llirht
black sand, writes, ' I havo fjund salt an.
swer inv most aaii2Uine exncctations for
barley, oats, potatoes am! turnips, both as
to Ill's incrcascJ quap and improved
.piallly of the crops, (. "hich I can now
givo ocular demonstration: my birley au)
oats, svhith use.1 lo yield inomilv IS to HI
bushels per acre
e, now yield from 10 to 13.
My wheal is certainly much unproved in
quality, but I expected mom in quantity.
1 nac nso o.j uusniis 01 wucai iroin uu
aero dresicd with 10 bushels of salt; au I
from lh! same quantity from the nnm j fit! I
last year, oftci the samo quaiitilv of sail, '-'
140 bajs of potatoes per aero. Tliia year
again dres-jud wild 10 bushels of salt, I
havo not more than '.'0 bushels of wheat'
per acre, but tho nullity very sumrior in- I
deed, and tho root of clover in it very fine '-'
and luxuriant. In ever' field I bin 0 sill. .
ed, I find tho grass very much superior to .
any produced before tho uto of salt.' I
havo since," udds Mr. Collyni, "gone -over
his farm, and am astonished at tho
verdant pasturage, In what used to In
coarse and rushy meadows. In this am. '
blf land, ho never got more than 10 bush.
els of wheat per aero until ho us-jd sail; to
Hat tbis Is also a decided improvement."
111 ,oco''"ig to a Matemcnt
furnished to mi by Mr. Ilroke, nf Caiiel,
'inni ui i'i r i """"i t( April,
L81I, 0 busliet of salt inuuuro vvuo ap.l
AMWpkstact3tlltyowntcrfne,a- .i,.,,,. T(ie apricillluri.l tiee.1 In un- i...c-r.ir . ,...... ..,..,....., ,lrU,r; ,h.. (.., entlie 7ll. of iIB...
WI,olttdBu1.rUrs..h.n-ar-.Jw.lu. .1.., ,.,., r...enloV. tint Hi- sail will ilea, right near I r .h-w. aid on the .oi, f n..,,.,...
... . II'- T . . .. I.. J ... . . I. I.., I. ...,....
Its lica&rint .ww,r c-moa-'-Thou ail tho ,- j,;, ' , for () hushel- of salt 1HT -' ' ' r"Y- .' "', ;", t"l'''wing .lav.
- acre....-. applied to joung whral with (.encral I'u.lcrs.n, s ,l,i . on l.L ..Pits ,;.,,, , fcllr. ,.., ,,,,.,
r u, ., j,, v lrfi-ctMl-.!. I haw .s.u, .,,.:. bush. li-n ' - ' 7!; '" ' , ,, ., ,',,,;. nl, ,,,.. , , ,, ,
CouU lunfoMtho anruiWi I l.aio kno-i, , ....i.-.i. ,,.. , ctx ; mil oil the next .lav lull Iwi.'s 1 1
..,,,.,. , . IcU uscii wiiii amnniai . . ,1.1. h .. .1. . ..,.71 un- mu litimia Iv wiih.n.1 ris'itnee I line
ft4lMilHhari..lfe.na.a. Tff(r(tUe te Wef.a.-6lt ha. bocn tis'U,., vmi m on h. left or the north ,,,,,.,,,.,,,.,..,,,,.,
War I rsnnr,J . ho.n. with do. .r. brrrwa, Mm (faTi u at ,ll0 nW , frJ1I1 o. aide of the eily, lrotrliiii his .s.mi.ian.l ' ' I . I ' (l I ' ;
tal.rtiKj Or'J awiWrrtf lo.trii ; I , , 111 I, ,.l,..l. ,u.r mere 10 kill weeds and 1011m i" '1st. t '11 me iviu, u.e inn' 01 in- 1
0 d.a ,efa ,'. wit cre.t UantWe ilinil as completed. The w. of M.-io.si-..ii-.rMiii.. an aiiaeV. ha I w,-l,
r.kU.Iubu.l,...h.w.oI1hi.n-riashr. ,TU. A,''l ,Zi eVba' l.-8" " miles ... extent, r.,i,V 'Ihi th P'",-.,., re,, I I,, g
llfot,I.f.ltKIaw.p,l..nJfo.,. . yj ' j ','S TXJLte: A . r sand hill, nU.u, thrc?- "-'" !;' "':'''" '"' " " ..
tl inn in r 1111 nnaa. ..-.! ..i... ,i 11 1
jurru, uui 11 oou iwgsu in recover, ami
r.,. iihwii, 1110 inureascu prouueo was,
at the very least, 10 cwt. per aero; and
the aO.srmath pronortlonallv tzood: llio oat.
r..v w ........ p, ouiicu iovor, mo wiii 111, i3t sonio cuulilljwers were plan,
gooutuniip land, jnot sharp; uxlent ofthoed upm a light siliclous soil, vvhicdi Ind
tlBia 111 acres. I ho sailed clover at first previous been manured with wcll-pulrlfied
1 5 i1V!Tr yC i Wly In. I slublo manure, and ovor ono.thlrd of llio
the aftsrmatl. proportionally good; llio oat.Jliad been broccoli, l'ifiy fourt.lanlsw.ro
th) Mtlsi? It down otosor, and in profurenco
to any other part of tho field."
VyMs-lWin-Tliero have been vurl
ous experiments made with suit as a ma.
uuro tor poialoea; Tlu author of this
work, In 1817, wi a gravolly soil, ul Great
Totham, in Essex, made tlic trials:
Bushel.
1. 8iil simple, produce per net1, I 'JO
a. Soil Willi '.HI bushels of aii in
September, 102
,1. Soil with stable manure, Vil lo;nU
in Iho spring of the j car, '.Jill
4. Siil with ii loads of manure ami
'.'0 bushels of salt, '.III
.V Boll with 40 bushels of salt alone, 11WJ
0. Soil with 40 hus.hets of sail ami
20 loads of manure, ' 344
Tlw Itev. Edmund Cartwright, ofllol.
Iciiilcn House in Knit, in I Ml I, mad-' va
rious important triuU of jail as a manure
for potatoes. Tlio noil mi Inch the ex.
pertinents wore ma Jo consisted of thixv
fourth Mill.
Of ten dilT.'renl niaiitin ." M this
agriculturist, "i-alt, a manure hitherto of
an amldguoua character, i- (imi.miiIv ex
cepted) superior In them nil. The oiled
of the mixture of salt ainl t is rciuarka.
lite." Ttio writer of tins witnessed the
same result en carrots, a: the into of HI
bushel of each per acre. i
Vtmiii With regard to tin- .let-true
lion of vcru'iii by nieauiof aalt, we ma
safely assert that theru is perhaps, miagr
cultural uc of coiiimou salt mare mi
Joubli'J. The tit ct. t", i Jirtct an I the
result iinnieiliati'U appirent. ror tint
iuriioe, fwiii 3 to 10 huaheU xt aero are
-,,,l sl.nti.tt. t.r a lim. nil iMt'taltmt. il
jlr0VlMJ, ct, , a ,,ort IH-rioiT, a much
superior turf uproJuccd. If tho cultha.
tor can ci'.lict weed, parings of turfs,
din lies, bank', .V:?., of llie m3l foul ilea.
I criptien. an 1 spread exer.ly on the surface
'of the heap half a bushel of mil to every
I ton of the c llcctton, Ii- will alnd every
1 weid, in the course of a few weeks, killed
' and dissolved. This plan 1 have Ion,; ful
'.lowed tnvsilf, en a light, gravelly soil;
1 and upon spreading th silled .'t'Xture, at
I the rale of 1 1 or !." loads ycr acre, In'tns
, I'icial eln;i-ts can lc traicd to au inch. I
havo princirally use I it as a dressing for
turnips ami oali.
JV At Ganlen, Salt has been employ
by the gardener fjr nun purpose,; most
commonly on law 11, at the rale of 10 bush-
, . , , 1
els per acre, 0 prevent worn-casts; un 1
on gravel walks in a large proportion, to
kill weeds: it may be employed, however,
... . - . .-. . ... .
vantage. I have witnessed
the follow ins experimeuta 1
U.1H VltA,!V, IM pIUlll ..,. WVWIMVU UM
brother, Mr. Ueorge Johnson
Totham: and I more readily
place here, from knowing Willi what care
iliev were made:
The soil waa comrxwed of
Stones and cravel,
Tarts.
Vegctablo fibre, l.ft
Soluble matter, 3
C'arb.iiale of lime and magnesia; Id
Oxide of iron,
4
1
r
40
1
Animal an I vegetable matter,
Alumina,
Silica,
Lots,
Wi
Windsor beans were sown on il,
I'rmlucu
ter acre
Sill treated with 20 bushels of
ailt nr nure. bushels, 'JI7
Soil simple,
i:t."i
IllOIU
.SalrJJbuihc'
20 tons, per
, Manure,
. Carrots
IVin. owi. .jn. ll.
JIlUlo
re, .
Yi
10
i
10
I l without
any ma.
. nure,
l:i
1
i.S'i'.i wilhaotoiuofina.
nure, 'ii
3. toil ith -'0 bushels of
salt, H
0 'in
II 0
I.JSoil Willi 'J0buli'li('f
saltA.MiJ 20 tun., c!
manure,
f, 1 1
Parsnips
SA wllh 2!) t.iis of
manure, an I ','0 bush.
cN of salt, ri
Siil wllh 'JO tons of
inaiiur.', 'J
Karly polato'js
1.1 0
0
II 1
"'''''
',H
','
,S;il slmplu,
. S-jil w ith in bushels
Beets
salt,
Pons.
1
cvt. qn.
, S.ilslmrl
111 1
. Snl with i) bushels of
tall,
4
3
:i
3. Sjil with 'Jll tons of sail,
an I 'M tons of luanuri',
Xi w nh in lorn of mu.
nure,
0
10 0
I In prnveulliiii clubbing in lb" roots of
Uomu of tho bruroiua tribe, Mr. Jnlmion
fouudsalt hluhly useful: he states, in some
obs'jrvutloiis 011 this disease read to Iho
Horllouliural Society 0
nf London, October
. . . ..
allote.l spaco was sown suit, ut the rato nf
wi imsln-H per aoro, Immediately before
) I nlanllll! Ill Julv. IM'JI 'I'l.n nrMuf..... .
ia val avil llin lim sl.Ia.l I.. 1 ..
set on Iho twu thirds unsalin), nml of) on
1110 oucttiiM sallcil; tho result hunlieaii
that of the 31 unsaltcd. l.'i havo been ,11..
cased and unproductive, but of tho SI)
knllKil r.iitv 0 '
uy
Theru is tillle doubt, but that salt might
be much more etrnlulv rmplovnl by
flori.t than at ptrpriil. A "ry mall
nuantitv of.all ml.leJ In the w ater In which
iWr-'are place.1, n.Mt con,hler.ibl !'
their. luralioii. There are man butl-.m
ro.Mivl lhwer which llourl-h b.'t in the
iuiiiinlinte vicinity of the en. Mr IMm
(!reille remarkeil, in l.'l, that ni
coniinii !altnpplie.lnttheraleof hi IhihIi
eli per acn to a portion of n beilof teck
in III j'lMen nt Wa(ii, in P rlna'ilre,
nia.le them j;nw nit ilecl.le.lly ini(;er
nn.l liner, ami bloom much more vifecly
than thiwe urowlni; in the nume lu'.l "H
aahe.1. ' There wa in nibility of . r
ror or .laiibt on the ubie I." mi. I my in
icllijent Informant I hae (;n. n the ex
perimoiitH d Pr fne.ll tip.'n .inoin
aiit itel.rhij in 'ill anil water.
II
fomtil tint the Hi" of !' m.itern" pn.
traelcl I he cit. nee ol'ilie plant. It ji a
eouinvii e.i: 'in with the ii.ip'rte of e
otu' plants to lip i. itMli; in 'all water
It. (rr t'le a.l it'll n .'p till I'lan. tliev il-
niwt niariibh pen!pl hi ihe 'ia,'i'
MISCELLANEOUS.
Ill'lok't ol Hit .Hi4'ii Mar.
(I'fiieluJiJ )
T.ie line of m 'tiu.nt taken up
iiunifiiiai. '. mi lau linj ami lien W irlh
Iiiimlr.d to fifteen hurt Ired feet high, mid
coinplilclv overloivking the citv. Til"
iIl!.; of th'.' line was exjw"d lo tlieguus,
of the castle. 1
During the f-rnutl 1:1 of the Y.n of n
vt-'.n . -V re u.i Mtiiie skiriiiislriig with
advaiieiil parties of Moxic ins ouls.de it
the walls, in which nlilPOl the Americans.
.... .... ... .
were wounded, tin the imrniii of the
1 1 Ih, lb ' guns of Hi" city and i;allo ojicu
I on the . iv rican lines, bv winch lirin '
fap's.in Mbunis of tin . -ind iiifantrv,
vvoskillel. The inves'im nt was foriii I
with great dillioii'ty, during a severe
' "N iither," which cut ml" all oiii.iiiinica
lion vv hli tliv slops, and b'.. w the t.an.1 in
,v ,' 7... ' mniirIl.,il,.l
drifti, against which the men c ml I carce.
... 1. .... ',. . SI ...!
j. ., '...,. ...n 1. ... 1
Pull
live lll'ill'Ullil inrnn mi'l ieieen .". alio
, , j (l cimlma M . ciu
, l(!f
, ....... 1-.1. .... .,v....i... 1. ..:... .
.ii mu 1 iii. ill." -.uiiiii'i. 1 1.1 till-: a-
Cl,imil.Ilcl.tiln.;lC,.B.i(lr..Mt,la, ,,,,,;.,,
to the Mexican commander to aurrender
tho city. In Ibis summoiis (icncral Scolt
sllnueil nmr.Ie time for the woiiu-n. for.
cigiiers anl ipii-i 'inbatantstolcuvo the
fitv Bi"ltjWwhat projiertv the pl.as.sl
ITrrrtimr was not ncccp'.id by ihe inliab.
I itanls, or foreigners to any extent. The
I governor rcpliid that he had no authority
Mo surrender the castle and could not ield
1 tn llio ci!tniii(Mi.
1 On tho unrni.ig of 'hu -Jiilh, (Sen. Seoll
1 received overtures for a apitulali"ii from
1 (Seu-ral I.auderv, on whon (Sim nil M 1.
rulos had divolvedlho chief 1n111111a1.il.
(Scueral Scott appointed on his part (Sen
erals Worth and IMIow. and Colon. 1 Trot,
lun. A tcrn'il" sVorm rendere.! it impos.
sihlo to eomuiunicate will. C.inmuilor.i
I'urrv, win l.ud on tlm Jlat U r.'.l'.l
J.jiiiiiiyl.rel.iiimr: thFlatt. r r'tiirniiij
to tho I'lHtnl S'.alrs (.11 lb" MD'.h ill llie 1.
1 S. Steam, r. I'ruicelun. Sub"",... 'my "11
lh part ol tho navy, Caplaui iikwas
added to the coiiiinissi'iit Vil'aim .-u,
Huiura, and ItoMes were uj.j" -j 11. 1 on
the i.arl of th" Mexicans.
'Urn roiii.i'ussioiiirs having agr"lon
terms, the eurrisr.n wan sum 11 lend with
all the armaments, munitions of wur, and
public prop rtv, and tlm prisoners pi-
in pi friiiii !i- c iv. nn Jin n.n. t irn- "iiw.-'iimi iu:fr loiniiiHoro m
tho ryu !j of mA j(J a fgn hys a(, thp rciuil ,,r of xaC(. ,t, ,, Scourge, a tnn'l sieunrr,
maUC UV Iliv1.,.., ,... 1 ... .. l,il,!o,Ln... ll," i.nrl II,. nrrie.l o'l .In.
" ' l,.l . .. I... ..,.r,nr. .. ..r.. ln...l,.,l T V ll'l Ul .Ja IClH'.l I.ICI.1. Illllll.rill.il.
,v. - 1110 ueavy firuiiaui;.' ns ujmijjiu uu ii".i- ...... .... , ... ....
, at oreat aniJ .1anpji nj ,l0 (f,.,, completed. bar on the afierno.n of that day. and im.
gtVO tUCUl I n!...-...i ( 10 . I...:.. . . I mpibsfrli' ntieiied 11 fire nn lit,, f.irtw with
, rii.ii'. . ...ii.ii olvi. .f ,i. 1 , un. .'j .-.....-.. --. - ...v....... ..... ......
rolcd. ' Ml. r the suriend' r f V. rn ''ru, (!. 11
'J'he artiiles of .up.tululmn v. ore sign- ral Wmlli w,i ,inp linted ISuv.-ruor, uml
ed l.i'c 111 the iiifht of ihe'JTlli, uml in uc m-oupi. d il wild 0 part of hishripadx. II.
cordanco with tin ir tonus tin ceriiii-Jiiy of firibwiih 1 nten .1 iipm lb. .luiii s 1 f his
la villi; .1 jwii 1 bur nniu, and formall th- ollii'-, 1111 1 iimn. i.ui-d .ttablMiiu'.'a l(llt
lueruig up to th. coii'iiepjrs the city niid poll' -, und ri'pr-suig v. ry timl. n v lo
pastli. of Viru (,'ru. w.re perfumed by .bsorder. Tie purl was ms.ii op. i.i.I Ii
llio .Me.vn.aii. tarly 011 ihu iu'rnuu ff th.t.ouiii -r. of tbe world, und a inriH"
liio Utb. Tltu slut s I' it'.l for this scene ol iluliis 1 stnblili .1.
1 was a plain near ihn cil . Th" AiiicrL
' , icau armv' wasilrawn up ill two lucs fa.
cing i.iwurds, w.nupiiig a miu in exleni.
(j 11. Worth waa ill, u'liiimaitil Ik receive
,lhu concur rid truopi. At 1. 11 ti'cliH'k lie
Mexiiam marclici nut to tho ntruiu of
Iheir iial.mul uiuvic, tliu l.ugle, the llie,
uu I 'Im drum, passing lulw. en tho Auicr-
i.unli.ica. Women and chihlri 11 iillhiii-
pained lb" troopi bearing heavy burd'iis.
fhe Miun.-lli army balled b"IWc ll III"
Ainnnian liii'ia, Mueted thiir urins, laid
down thiir colors uml luuiiuii'iiti, and
ui
then iiiiriili.-'l oil, wlnlo it iirtmn of (li-n-
erul Woitli's divisinu marchxl into tint
city with cokvrs lllng und tlm milil-iry
bunds pluying nalmoial uirs. At iiojii llio
llau of tltu United Hlules win llnatiiiL' over
tho city, mid iewi iifterwurds ovr llio
cel'bruted ca.ilu of Sail Jui.ii
which hail he. 11 ijiptui"! linpr. gnnhle, mil
mxt lo Uibrultar llio Mrongusl li.rlnsiin
tho world.
Tho loss on Ihn American sldu w us hill
whiclihailbeni di clued linpr.
u frill'
Two ollieers uml w-ven men
I 'I'lo. kti,,rllif.f ,.f Itfai l,i lint
tvern kill
! ....!........!
or ..iehl hundr.d lives. niMllviiiiionu the
rt
lioii.LOiiibatuuti..
Tho iletlriiction of pcuc.able cili.i.ns
and worn. 11 was unavoidable, ll wua
known for u long limo ihut thn city vvus
to no attacked, uml Oeimrul rieolt lia.l
(jivcu ii'jlico lo tho liihabltunts that they
eouhl Aiparl, n.l for Ihia ipuro wal e,l
on il.o'.lwelilli.iir !.. open nK th.,
lire of hi iiioiUm. Nearly wo thlr.la o
the eil w.i,ll.l n ni.na. au.l )ra i.m,l
elap-e Ivfoie the injur w U. repnirnl
Then- wrif laken with thn eil nu.l
liIo iipwar.1 ol l'"ii iIkhimiiiI priineri,
h, ien ai mi'l even liuuJn.l uauon,
, Kmt t.-n ilio.i.an.l iimll lain ol nniu,
an l u ivikhI 'inhlo ninuiil of inlhun
,n.,. Ilurni Hie Uiiiib.tiiliiieiit,(Setiirul
s . ct'imriii h.nl ilirovni m Ihouiaml nuJ
hlmmi Iiiiii.Ii.iI hm nml alielli, wi'.li(i
i lour liuu.m.l Nixly-lhreellioiniiml i.ii I i
' luui.lre.l iihN. I'Iik priwmori en all
u,.nl on llieir pamle, uml ulKiue.l In
t rvtum l nmr hooie .m eoinliiiou iliut
, v -lim'.l ml ate11" "" nt,riin a
(ain't llie hi rn an atnu.
T'iiVnim m ii. I r of Vernl'illz In l.e,-n
pree-il. ill' lb e iplure ol olbor I iwnami
til ei. ..ne"l. I' the ni"rn Ml wpia.l
roil
I Ini Miiiilri u in the liiitl f M.'Mf.o,
unliil' eoiimiiiil of l'Miin l re foil,
u r, was. n( the Nr. iV n oin ol )( war,
T I. r 'il I i bl'h kul III M.'M. an . on in
llie liiilf. mi'l i I II.' " rt'.rinaii ol iIim
lll.KIUi' lll'l irk)li" illllV Inn el.'MN ill
li'l"fel inteiesl toiiM traupire. Coin
in y iro I iiiii r, li'....r, in tile hi i un
iu e. '.fill nllenipts ( .apttire llie m nf
' mi l.t uii.l llie cvM Imm hi that
l '" a v.'iint." r un l-r th" commaml
"f f. nun 1 lore Conner, wuli tli . amer
Mi'sii'ipj-i and tl mii.iIi v.v., . fi
the sqiiadpvu nl I. '-do, and s.nbd fn
Voiv On III '.Ml lie arnv.d .rt" the
''ir, mil stilmg up the nv. r c.p'.ured
I mntieri ami a'l in. i"l-m
I, Vtrl'h
. .:.. . . 'I
'' '"-i K""
I'h" next iiioriiiiio I'er
ry ailnl l"r lona'co, seveitl lour imles
fartt T up the river "f lie s.mi lime-,
and "il the 'J'iiIi si!e 1. ! th' f -rt which
eniiinands ihe eilv. Ilnun.' taken all
i wwl. in tin. river bv which mini
I10111 ol war wi re lulpvluecd Hit" Mexit .
an. I leaving tvru s null sipnun rs to IiI.k k
al. lhe7(ioiiili ol tin rivir.be uormlii
the dig shipi.l llmii, ('oimcr-
I'utli 11 xt iliv atli r Hi" s irr. n.ler .1
Wr I'm. .,,,,,,ii-,.,.. ....wi.i.. 1..
" - ' - -v ..
.,.., ,, l,j an, ,rt out fir the capture nf
, lvamlo; the Uiier under lien. (J-m.
,m th.. ior,n..r nn.l. , 1 ,,.. .dr.. l',.r
, - .-.- ...
round shot and shell, hut sto.,1 ..Iffir the
, night. Tho next m-jrniiig, he again open,
j l a fire, when the f .rt surrendered ; nf.
1 ter hav 1:11; fired lb" government vessels.
spiked n vrtio:i of th gnus, ami bun. .1
others in ti.e sand.
l.ie.iirnanl Hunter garrison. .1 the Ion,
which had just been ev -ualcl hyniarly
four hundred tnpa, nun fix- midship
nieii, and procmlcd up the riv.raud sue
cee'cu in capturing tour schonners. M
two o'clock the next morning he anchor
''' T I'U.co.al.pam, a city of st-vin
thousand inhabitaiils, and obtiiiued an un
mediate surr.mlcrofth town. Th- in xt
j '''. April !id, (Wiund-ire I'.rr with
'thirteen veisels st-Kl of Alvarnlo f..r the
, jiurpiso of cnptiiring the low 11, whin 1,1
his surprU. he was met by th" diipalih
"f l.ieuf'iiaiit llimler aiiiiniiin nig lb. nir-
rentier 111 u.e piac. . 1.1.1111 inn' Hunt, r
lor Ins .'i jiIm In in of orib rs vv.n .lm . I
mi'l-r .11 1' ' lni'l'iv 1. ('ourl M.u ,m,
s n'.iii' d t ill- n p.iiuaiided .Hid liitii.s.i I
fiMn lb Mjiiadroii.
On llie l-lli of April, f '0,1111.11 lore l'i 1.
ry, uili run . n.'ag. ne m wlui Ii re-iill.d in
t i'w of un live, uii'l but .1 fiivv wounds,
I'sili the low 11 UTl'l f.irts ot TlKlhlll, lllsilll
iwuit null siiurtn ol Vera 1 ru. mi'l . ..
th"r b sln.v. .) or . arn.d oil" ull lie gun.
'I In nnit was inw .ir'tiu' ! for .111
iilvuim on the .nv nf M xn Mut-li
inn" wa- r-n uitii. .1 111 vvmiiiiu for the
h'.rs' s, iiiuh'S anl wagons 1 -,nv to
.ouv. v the uimuuiiiii"ii .111011. unn nml
provisions 11. i.-saary fl light lli'iinuud
111 11
I 1 the -si It of April, 1. 11 .lav s nil. r the
nun nl. r of era Cm., tlm Aiii-ri .111
iinny look iiji iheir linn nl mar. h lor J.i-
Inp.i, On the I lib tlm li'lvuitee, 11 1 01 1
pinyol dragoons, nii'l-r (i.lniiel lli.rmy,
ni'l fen nil tl.M.is..i'l Mcvican li'ii-. rs
vvlmin tiny n.ulnl by n gitil.tul 1 haron
'll.e M 'xie.ni tinny uml. r Santa Anna
wen. fiund (iicaiiip.-.l n Ihn hoij.hls of
(.Vrro (inrdo, I.IHIU I'e. 1 uliivullm Nu
lioiml Itoad, which ran iiIoiil' Us busu.
On tlm siiiuuiiI hI.kiI.i iil.-nbd winch njiu
imiiidel uverv iiiiil ill ihn road below.
vn urn iiuahlo to iisccrluin tlm 11utnl.1T
inf Moxieans eir.'uaeil. 'J'lm Aiii.trii.-iu
ur.ny c'.nsM.d of ViHO men, but ll.tlllli
tf whom could U brought ililo iitlion.
I Ills Lit 1 1 1st a-.i-tiii itiitiii.i il in I Iks II fk 11 ruf u'iii
of tlm 1 Till of April, but night routing on,
op rntinus worn iiusn,n.leil. During Ihn
night u detuiihineiit of tho Ainnrlcan itriny,
under louiinund nflSuiioral Twiggs, drow
u heavy iwcnly.foiir suimlur ami iwu
Ivvuiily.lbur (tound howilxera up a preel.
niuo ulmut Hcvuii hundred hut, nearly nr.
peiidleiilar. On lim iiioriiing of tlm 14th,
Mho battle nyaln commenced and termlna
Icil aboiil noun, In tho ini!ilii null uf the
iMnxicaii nrmy, uihI llio tlihl uf Haula
Anna. Tho I'liiiri' ol C.itoiiel llaruny
Hhiii llio filailel of Cerrn l!ono, Is rvpro.
'etiteil nn u apleu.liil mililiiry iiehlotemetil.
' rnlNootl look nenilv three ihoiisainl
vihliera mill (wo liiinilriil nml richly. twu
ollioers prisoners, nil uf whom Weru ro
leiivilnii parole.
tieuei.il Si'oll 11I1.1 totik four or li.e
llioiM.iii.l i,in,of nuns nml fort twuuan.
on, will, a lnro,e iiianlity "I" iniiiiiiioiiiiif
war The small nrius were.leslroyeil.
The ,merlein loss ns sixty three kill
r.l nml iliiee liumlrrsl i.n.l ' aitty.elKhl
w.iuiiileil; of the latter .if wl 1, lliilly.
Ilir. e wore .luVcrs. The . nemy'ii hs in
kille.1 nml woiiinleil n I'lhiiialeil nl
twelve llllli r.'il. I hlee lie. tern s Wen
killed, tie of nh un turn brolli'T of I. a
Viva,
Tho result of ihe baiileof f.rin tiordo
wnsthe iibnndonmeut of lot llovn wlili 11s
urlillerv nml works, n strong isi.n n Im-. ,
twceuJaliipa nu.l I'e mte. ' '
On Ihe lUtlti.f iril,lliedsv .tiler ll.e J
ls.Hl). , (ienerul U'orlli euiereil J .lap.., iV
oiilhe'Jid lo.k po..H.i..n ol th,. ,iri,o'
low 11 mil ensile ol'l'erol. ; u,. .i San
luiiurClliuihosiriingest lorli.-siii Mexj
km.
The fori rest nll'.r.ls .tinrlrrs for v!,llllll
inupt ami ihlr ollieers, with ample store
Inusia, 1111. 1 liospiuN, mid n supply of
go. water wii'un Ihe vrnlls. ,
I hi the lilleem:. of Msj , nfler eiieoim.
ternig Utile riMslnnie, 'lirnersl Worth 1
wild four tlinit.iml iiienoeeiiplcd I'lielda, '
n e.l of eighlv ll snnd uliabilnnts, eel-'
..luati.l lor iheir loyally to iheir govern
i.teut.nii'l nitaehtiie'iii to llie 1'allnille reli
Uion In ul.ilii n.o weeks nflcrw arils
llei.eial .',t.ti nrrived wild nlmit tliree
1I1..11.S11.I more ir.s.ps. Ileneral Heotl re.
.iiaiiii"! hi 1'iiehla during Ihe summer
awaiiiiio the nrrivslof reinforceiiirnts
M lute here Imtisik pains to eoncilinlo the
p.opi nn.l l.t f.nvlnc" them thsl their
r. I a'"it an I iitfl.ls would It respeetnl by '
Ihe m. rienns llie llisliop of I'uebla,
it no" 1 1. un. nee in Urn L.I1UICI1, ami whom.
I.ivrl 1 iareely second lo that of the
lllsli. ol 1 xico, waa v Mile. I bv I Mil"
rils S. oil and World, and a guard placed
at In. liptul. Th" I'i'leiii mies of the
1 Imr. Ii l. ire reiHi lid bv the u bole armv
Ii. .,.,., IS. tt having' I- reiiiforied
hy tr.sh ri.in finin ihe I lilted Stale.
i 11 n gulsrs. leil iiusllv volume, rs, uu
d. r t.ein r.ils I'lllotv, I ndwallader, nu.l
I'oi. .-, bid ..11 tb. first .if August, at
I'll.l.ia. a I .rie of I .lit 1 1 1 11 tlioii'..n.l im 11
Leaving Inn') me li'iudr. d to garrison
thati.tv. 1. ..v.. I on l,e -il, ..f Aug.,,!
with a column of ,v,,i thmsanl five.
humlr. ,1 ...en. along tl,.. intio.i.l road for
tl.ei.lv of Mexico, tin the I lib, ll.e ad.
vnmeii c .tuinii of tin. armv n.icb.d Av
otla, u haeiuda on lit 11al1011.1l roalwith-.
... ......,,. 1... r xt........ I'..,, 1. . I
111 front was a slrong futitl.d p.silion,
called Kl I'liieiit a s.,.1.11 tsolaled .noun
lain, surrounded bv water, on one side ..I
tho i,r.iii..al causeway Lading to the"" n'...-... ...iioi.g wmu. w,., , ,ty.
CUV.
-
I laving recnuiioitcrol, it was ascertain,
ed that a new mad for iirtiller and wag
oiis could Im cut from I'lutlco in San n
gusiiiie, ami aeconlingly Ihe Aloeri.au
urui iiiovi d 111 that dim lion uu the after,
mum of ih.. I.'nl. of Aug.il.
Ily this move a new Inn; 1f.1perat1.111s
ta.rtailriL.aiai mi ,MI tl.., (XillllisiP'laa.i.liaail ll.n
J.
est .Hni.i iiiti'ii up .ftliill- ill in- -i iii - -. - . .
citv nf Mexic, ami the strung works ol ,la.v '""'"'V ,,J '" (;"l"''l '" " "'''
Ihe I'eimuund Mexical.iug.., utsui which '" ",'"' ",r "'"' """'"y '' "I'"--v!
t 1 ..1 1...-........1 is..tli-da Uuly lieu t-rt ndili!!.
Jitiltss allium wsiunru nuun intiin iiatr-
care and Ulmr, wen. complei. ly turned.
,. ., -. '. , ... ..
On the ll.ll. ..r Augil.l l.e.ral Until.
marel.il as far n. the hucienja of Han
l.r. 'on i, nnd at six 01 lock on the follow
ing m .ruing resiim.d his much, inciting
"ly ..le.triKti.iiis in tho roml. Slight
skirmish' s'.iiitiliued in which he lost lull
one Iniin, until he r ached Sin Augustine,
" 1 tb llh, n p' ice lull.' nubs south of
Mi xn .
lur,Mbe.l..v MiijoillMhan, wa, sent
. e kj . .... ... .
out from San Augilsltui (l.e.nriil Scotia
bend .iiiart. rsl liiwiir.lsC-mlreras, lo pro
te. I tlm iiitjim er.i in n reco imiisunee of
'iruiiaill s I.IIIIIIIUH.l NIISIUIIIUIl' HO loss.
...... ,. ...:..t.. . . 1 -
On the fdb.wmg morning, ihe Aincri.
inn uiniv ..Miimllleir murih or I...
un ui iicxii 'i lit nil- in i'i in. tin r:n
l!)lh..rAug..stlh..batiloorr.,,irer..svvaH
(ought. I his Ii illle was n mi, e,.tdhy
.1... vi. .1 1 ...... . ...! . '
ii' .A.e.. tv..i. , unit in ..1 nruise is
bestow, d ujoii lit in nil Valueiu for Ihe
-l.ill 11111I valor ulm.li he ilisjil.iyeil on this
nccisiou. r.irsix hours Iheie was a con.
tiiiuous roir nf eaieni uml small nrins, nml
uigbtilosliig 111. inly put au 1 ud lo tins si rife.
Iloth nniu. s remained oil ihn bnllle field,
the r.i I n falling in mrrnits dining ihu
whole night. Karly mi ih inorning of
the k'Olh Ihu hatteriN of Coutreris went
stormed nnd earrirtl. by the Amoiican
lrnois mi'l Valencia was completely rout.
. .1, nfler n fhnrt but lerrild't Hlruggle.
Tlm nttaek iiiki'i his vvotks win planned
by (Seiiernl Siniih, nml ri'sulled In Ihe
enpturnof fifli 111 pieces 'ifartlllnry, wun
1 ,5111) prisoners among them (federals
lllutie.i, (inrcla, Mcndon, and the notnri.
mis Halus, all "tlm uinuiillioii nml camp
puiiipag.., vvhih) Ihe mud along which ihoso
wliu escaped, was stiiovcd with inuskets.
No less than siiveii hundred of ihn cnciiiy,
among them many officers, wern IrA .lead
un Ihn field the number of wounded far
greater.
Tho arms being secured and a detach.
merit left In protect lists ordnance, amiinl.
'un und prisoners llio column Pinned for
thn purpose of pursuing Ilia enemy,
There now ensued neon ofa running fight
all Iho way lo Han Angel tho enemy
endeavoring to inakn a stand ut every
point on thn mini but vvoro at length com.
(Killed to take roliigi. in Churubiisco.
As soon as the Mcxicun porccived that
ihu mule in thai .1 n ition, where, during "--:-' Kjr sua.ige ug
the for. noon, I ignged a fvtce of the ".( "'""'K""") har...le.lgw,0
e..e.i.y' cavalry and iufiuilry, which he mV"dr'.1 '"."i '1"mi,l'1' """'" wcIioiki
drove' b...k, will, 1. l"s of Jight killed, Ji ,'""': ".,,1'V. "-T mu-vli ii; llio
two wound, Land live i.r.vmers-.Mnio y'f A ". lUtr.ck I-.. In I , ki.ehc,..
...nui'i.. .u .; l iiwjy;
(Vntreras wan carried, ainl thai ilia Anwr.
luaim would bo alls lo turn llirlr poalllon
anil attack lliem in reverae, I hey evapUa.
Ip. llio fortllienlion nml fell hack un Chu.
rithiiacii with llteir artillery ami wholn
force, This wr.s also reliiforve.l by tho
Iroopa from ('oulreraa, amloouiv from ihu
cily.
Tho Americana a.latice.l In attack IImi
eiii'iuy. The contest is represents aa
truly terrible for several jmurs ii ragnl
villi I'.iryt Iwlh nrmlps ili'lermlnrd to eon.
tiuur or tlir un llio Hold. Tin) liupiluoua
uhargeaof the Americana dually won litis
field ami the Me.xloans Med, pursued by
tho American troops to,ll.nnry galea uf
lliecliy.
The American lots was leu hitinlrr.il ami
lift) killed and wounded. Tim number of
I Mexicans engaged in llie Inst iinlthi has
ls.il rsliinnlt'il at Ir.iitt IHIeen In twenty
llioUsoml, with lliirly pieets of heavy
and light artillery, 'llio Median account
admits but . 11 ihiiusaiideligag.Hlal L'nn.
leraa, but ihe were rclnforor.1 at jL'hiiru-
bilsisi l.ylr.s.ps from the pity uliillrHanln
Anna, whoil Is said commanded at the lie.
ginning of Ihn last Uttle.
Tim Moicait nccuunls aoknowlcdgn
!'" I' " killed, wounded and prison.
ers, of no less Ihun ihirleeit generals,
(among litem, llireo .ix.presulenls,) and
hirly.five pieeei of canon.
'Ihn tiiimlmr of Amerloans engaged lit
the lasl balll.idtd not eeeo.l sl lliouenml.
Tito rout of the Mexicans was comdrte.
"Ii"y lied in all ilirrclioils leatlisj their
artillery on tho field.
Tho Americans followed up Ihe victory
'"' auceessively atlavktsl ihe illtleriiil
foitiliealioua ellualed in the haelMida of
au Anl.imo, (.'hurubuse.., MealeaUingo
and other places, so that at two o'iIcm k uf
tho same day the whole affair was coll
eluded.
Oiilh.il 'ilat Oeneral Scoll occunlnl Ihe
Hisliiii's I'alaie al 'I'aeubaya, and on the
d propocd aiiannlatlee.liinrderlhal ne.
K"all"lis for peace might Ui liuderta.
Ily tlw terms of the arniisliee neither
parly was to undertake any npornlions
wilbiii thllty leagues .),' the illy uf Mex
ico, or lo niche any reinforcements or
munitions of war.
Ill the mean time the M'Veutv deserters
ho had Inch taken prij........ l..le l.gbl
iiiu under their leader Itiley, went In. si
bv 11 con 1 1 marital ami condi'iimcl In Im
hung. The M'lileiice was approved by
lifiicinl Si. ill, ami mi the rlh of Seplein.
l-r the vvliole of llie l.egiuu Were hung
ill presence of Isith armies.
' "" "" j" '"I" ' r; "', ar.tii.l.i..
" leriiu-afy. ami .... the "th. alsw.t.'.
' " !' V," ' "' ,,,,,""' 'V;',',', 'W ",Utk;
' nl ', Mejic.li army al Mill -,l Key, ami
tin llie ,111 .Vi.l. mis' r, the arnn.liie
at II o'clock such 1 iled in again routing the
nure lore...
The Mexicnns rip.e.i'Ht llnirown loss
at 'me hu.ilr.s k.lle. and Iw.t humlred and
"ft "'""' "'j'1" '" Americans ..,t
""r, hundred killed and six or seven bull.
.,o:veii olhcers wounded nml ll. no Colonels
JaJlltMl II
:w
illed.
.Skirmishes ensued until ll.e IHlh, when
Setieral Scolt inlvnnie.l and fought llie
allle nf ChapulteiNr.
The Meviean account stales lb. iron 11 1ms
al three lium Ired men in this uiliou.
I In the llllb Ihe American Iroiiw storm.
id the gates and entered tin. city. The
,. ,. I 1
, ".' fl-'"" account, admit iheir own
I -t during ll.p lsiii.Ur.lme.it and Ihe last
,,,... fl .ft , , , ,, ,,,.
, , riI1B.11 ,,, ,1MW ( ,,, Al,.r.
leans oil th" same occasion, al one thou.
sand.
(Sriieial Santa Anna, wiih the rrinnniit
nf his a nny ret tented Inwards I Samlalnupe,
a town wnith west 1 if the ( ily, where be
resigned Ins i-oumiaml. ,ji tiienniit ( J.I.
i.....:..i .. 1 .. . ..
i " urVl. le ' '" "' '"0
..iy wl ...X..O.
'.. ioi.i winiwr i.iirui. 11m winu euttiii.
IIL . I 1 I r --.---r,
like a knin,. anil allow rrf..,i, .. t,. !.....
like carbonio acid gas froaeti, after the
dog had len turned out of doors uu less
ttlBffl titrmn llst-inas ntiil I lias, 1st ail it.oia. a....-a1
,.,),,. wirmer place unmenlinna
,i 1,.. ,, .(,1,i'1 e. .......
1 ' - . ".- . "...-..-.-,....
and
t'omfurtablo sleep hy the noise uf rather nil
cxH.'iisive fracture nf glass. The dog was
in Iho house again. I'alrick wailo.1 upon
him nut, and Isith wern absent aoino fiflccn
lilluulei, so Ihal Mrs. Patrick P. becoming
surprised if not alarmed at such u pro.
longed absence, aroao ami went lo Iho
window.
From her point of observation, alio saw
in Iho clear moonlight, hor lord standing
in naluralllit, barrliig lim (shirt, and tho
wind making free with ihal, as of cuursa
it would, at Ihu Northeast corner of tho
house. The dog seemed to be sustained
on his "last legs'1 his foro legs funning
two sides of an acute triangle.
" What can you bo doing there, Pa.
trickl"
Thirn was such a chattering of teeth
that the aniwer for aomo time waa some. -what
unintelligible at last it camo;
" I am iry.lrylng to fraxo Iho-lho basto
lo.lth!"
" Wonder what' ile reason dlssaw mill
won't go now?" asked a oountry negro
who badn'l seen much of tho world, ad.
dressing his iiksvI "high Inrn" village
friend. " Dal suiumstaucn argufies easy
enough nlgga," roplied Congo, "do reason
Is cause dure am not sufficient number of
water."
, O0"jl' no iign, bornusoa man eiti
n.gs, mat nocsti leap a six rail fence.
A (.'...in (ink. lino Mr. Patrick I
fey, i
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