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 Mexican Treacheries and Cruelties. 
 
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 i Accounts of Hardships endured; Treacheries of the Mexi- I 
 
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 Mexican Owtragcs upon Americans. 
 
 Frequent accounts have been published in the newspapers, of out- 
 raffes committed against the persons and property of citizens ot the 
 United States by Mexican officers acting under the Mexican govern^ 
 ment, for the purpose of disabusing.the minds of such of our people as 
 imagine the Mexicans to be a wronged and injured people, borne ol 
 these outrages appear to have opened the eyes of such persons, and in- 
 duced them^o think that this faithless and cowardly nation have been 
 punished no more than they deserve. 
 
 ^ We have read many of these outrages, and we have been horro 
 struck at the details of suffering which they present. No matter what 
 party was in the ascendant, the officers of the Mexican Governmenl 
 hesiiated not a moment in inflicting wrong and injury on our citizens 
 whenever it suited their purpose to do so. It is ^f.^^^^'^l'^''^';'^^^^ 
 such outrages have occurred, but >" h""^^^'^^ °^. '"f "^^^^; ^1^^^^ 
 think no government but our own would have remained so long without 
 adopting the most stringent and summary means to obtain redress^ 1^ 
 fact, European governments would have demanded reparation on the 
 pot and auhe time, and it would have been better if our governn.ent 
 had taken a similar course; for by doing so, the outrages would not 
 have reached so large a number as they have. - 
 
 The following case of outrage, resulting in the death of one of our 
 most valuable citizens, occurred in the summer ol Ib^ :— 
 
 At that time a Revolution had broken out between Santa Anna and 
 the government, and the state government of Tobasco had prononuced 
 in favor of Santa Anna. In order to suppress J^e Revolut on, Busta. 
 mente. the President, sent a fleet, consisting of the armed ^chooner 
 Vera Cruzana, and other vessels, with a military foJ^'^ ♦- i^^^tera. 
 
Mexican Outrages vpon Americans, (confiiiucd.) 
 
 where it arrived on the 29th of June. For the purpose of resisting the 
 contemplated attack on Tol^asco by this fleet, tl^e S.nta Anna Lnl 
 took forcible possession of the steamer Bellona, owned by citizeusc f 
 the United States, and converted her into a vessel of war, and com- 
 pelled her crew to navigate her, by tlireats of death in case of refusal 
 While the Bellona was professedly proceeding to attack the fleet of 
 Bustamente, the bng John, of New York, Capt. Hughes, was seen 
 warping up the Lsumcenia river, near its junction with the Tobasco 
 river ; and the- Mexican officers on board the steamer ordered her to 
 proceed to the brig, and directed their soldiers to board her Or the 
 purpose ol practising them in that species of naval tactics. aVsoou 
 as the steamer got alongside of the brig, the soldiers boarded her in 
 man-of-war fashion, and in a moment her deck was crowded with 
 Mexican soldiers, who seized the unarmed Capt. Huahes beat and 
 bru,sed him ,n a brutal manner-one of then! goina so' far a^ o 
 attack h.m with hi^s bayonet; and concluded by breakino- open the 
 cap am s trunk and robbing it and the vessel of the valuable, they 
 contained. As soon as the brig was ransacked, these ruffian^ cffi.trs 
 and men dragged Capt. Hughes on board the steamer; Inn niter a 
 few days detention, during which his life was many times thr^ateno^ 
 he and a Mr.Gahagan, one of the crew, made their escape to IVo-.tert' 
 a distance of about twenty miles. On the 23d of July, a battle was 
 fought between the opposing forces, in which the Santa Anna party 
 obtained a victory, and succeeded in capturing the whole of the aov- 
 ernment army and fleet. Frontera fell into%heir hands, and C^m 
 Hugties, Mr. Gahagan, and another American citizen, Cant Philo b' 
 Johnston, were again made prisoners, and taken to Tobasco, where 
 they were confined in the common jail till the 20th of August when' 
 at the demand of Lieut. Boenim, of the U. S. schooner Shark they' 
 l^m "f^M^- The i^njuries which Capt. Hughes sustained from he 
 ruffianly Mexican soldiers affected his brain? and superinduced sick! 
 ness of which he died on his passage home on board ihe Shark. 
 .Hn.;. T/- """/''" ^gg'-ession, as all who read the account of it will 
 
 we put «t to the friends of the Mexicans, and to the editors of the 
 ^urnals which take their part, and insist on terming them a roLed 
 
 ?or wT' ?''P''* '"^''^'' '"^'^ ""^"^^^ ^'^"« ^--"^ "«t ^"fficient cause 
 lor war , and yet our government is charged with designing/ to wroncr 
 
 BrLrrFr'r-, '""'r'"^- "''"^"'' ^^^ g-ernnlnts';rGrea1 
 lintain or trance have done, m case a similar outrage were committed 
 
 sTc uHtftr? "' :?""• 7.'^^ "^"''^ ''■''•' ^^'"-^'^ reparation and 
 
 w2/-.".''''"'^"^' ''"""•■' ^"^ >" case of refusal, would 
 have obtained it at the cannon's mouth. 
 
 -iJit^^jT r""' -^^''•'^^"^ • ^"^ the cringing and crying abettors of the 
 Mexicans, have not a single tear to shed for our own citizens. 
 
 NiKlI"^ ''^'''■! ""^ ^f- ^«"'Ph='n's regiment state that throughout 
 New Mexico unrestrained concubinage is a recognized feature of the 
 Bocial system, and that the obligationsof wedlock are utterly unknown 
 
IRexicaii Barbarity isa t^trcppisus ^he Ainericanf 
 left <Iea«l 021 the ISattlc Field. 
 
 An American officer at the Battle of Buena Vista, [pronounced Warn 
 Esta 1 writes as follows :— The first view that we caught of the Mexi- 
 cans was, when they had turned the left flank of our forces, and were 
 pursuincr the Flying Infantry and Horsemen. Column after column 
 succeeded, until they formed a dense mass, numbermg somethmg like 
 twelve thousand men. No words can express to you even a faint idea 
 of their appearance. Their arms, brilliantly burnished, reflected a 
 million times the dazzling rays of the sun— their rich and gaudy uni- 
 forms stood out in bold relief against the soiled and tattered garments 
 of our suffering Volunteers. Their Cavalry [Lancers] drawn up in 
 benutif.1I style, in numbers from two to three thousand, and in lines 
 the beauty of which the most accurate military observer could have 
 found no "fault with ; and, added to this, that they were, for the time, 
 victor'^ I assure you we did not look upon them with contempt. But 
 when the o.iick ringing of our rifles sounded the death-kneli of score 
 after score of ihcnn; three hearty Mississippi cheers told full well that 
 no cowardly fear paralyzed that little baud. Rushiiig on, our small 
 force would have scattered the retreating foe in all directions over the 
 death-?trewn field, had not our watchful leader, Col. Davis, perceived 
 that we were about to be surrounded by an overpowering force, and 
 ordered us to retire and rally. ,r j / u 
 
 Here an aniusiurr circumstance took place. Major Bradford, (who 
 is probably the ino.st impef.io.islv brave officer that ever drew a sword,) 
 perceived us retiring, and thought we were defeated. He dis:r,(>unted 
 
Mexican Barharity, (continued.) 
 
 from his horse and followed on slowly after us, exclaiming — *' Shooft 
 me ! shoot me ! " Some one called out — 
 
 " What the devil's the matter. Major ? " 
 
 " Ah, kill me ! The Mississippi Regiment has run, and I don't 
 want to live another minute ! " 
 
 But the gallant Major was quickly undeceived, for we soon re-forfned, 
 and although oar ranks were terribly thinned by the killed and wound- 
 ed, yet again was heard the deep voice of tlie noble Davis, " Forisard! 
 Guide centre! March!" The command was repeated by fifty voices, 
 and with more steadiness and precision than the careless fellows were 
 ever known to evince on a drill, they returned to the bloody contest. 
 
 At one time during the night, we returned over the ground on which 
 was made our first charge. We there saw the mangled bodies of our 
 fallen comrades, and although animated by the excitement of the fierce 
 contest that was just then to be renewed, yet I think there was not a 
 heart among us which did not for a moment cease to beat on beholding 
 that horrible scene. But for his straw hat, and a few otlier articles of 
 clothing which the ruffians had left on him, I should have failed to re- 
 cognize the body of young Eggleston. He was shot, stabbed, and 
 otherwise abused. This was, indeed, the fate of all whom I saw. 
 Lieut. Moore, and a man named Couch, of our company, were tbeonly 
 persons whose bodies I easily recognized. 
 
 After the battle, I rode over the whole field. Parties were engaged 
 in burying the dead — but there were still hundreds of bodies lying stiff" 
 and cold, with no covering save the scanty remnant of clothing which, 
 the robbers of the dead found too valueless to take from them. I saw 
 the human body pierced in every place. I saw expressed in the faces 
 of the dead almost every passion and feeling. Some seemed to have 
 died execrating their enemies, and cursing them with their lasJ 
 breath — others had the most placid and resigned expression and feel- 
 ing. Some seemed to have died defending their lives bravely to the 
 last, while others evidently used their last words in supplicating for 
 mercy. Here lay youth and mature age calmly reposing in untimely 
 death. 
 
 Passing on from this part of the bloody ground, I went over to the 
 plain literally covered with the dead bodiesof those who had so recent- 
 ly been our foes. This scene was horrible enough, God knows — bu£ 
 was divested of some of its horrors by the fact that not one of the Mex- 
 ican soldiers was either robbed or stripped of his clothing, nor was 
 there the least appearance of the bodies having been abused after being 
 wounded. This, indeed, speaks much for the " barbarous volunteers 
 of the United States of the North," as, the Mexi<;ans style us. 
 
 Among the hundreds of dead whom I saw there, I was much touched 
 by the appearance of the corpse of a Mexican boy, whoge age I should 
 think could not have exceeded 15 years. A bullet had struck him ful! 
 through the breast, and must have occasioned almost instant death. He 
 was lying on his back, his face slightly inclined to one side, and, 
 although cold, yet beaming with a bright and sunny smile, which clo- 
 «^uei»tly told the spectator that he had fallen with hi5 face to the foe. 
 
Death of ITIajor Ring^oW. 
 
 This distinguished officer was killed at the battle of Palo Alto. After 
 several hours' "hard fighting, his ammunition becoming nearly exhaust- 
 ed, he rode a little to the rear of his men, for the purpose of giving 
 orders for a new supply. At this time the sun had nearly descended, 
 and the enemy had concentrated their energies at one point, aad were 
 mailing a most vigorous effort to silence the terrible eighteen-pounders 
 and Ringgold's batteries. Col. Payne hearing his name beseechmg y 
 called by one of the soldiers, looked behind, and saw Major Rmggold 
 stretched upon the ground, his favorite steed plunging and writhing a 
 ^hoTt distance from him. A six-pound shot had struck his right thigh, 
 and passing through the holsters and upper part of the shoulders of his 
 horse, cut Uirough his left thigh, in the same line m which the ball 
 first struck him, exposing, but not breaking the bones. He had receiv- 
 ed his death-wound, but so perfectly calm was lie, that his face had not 
 even lost its natural color ; and, as his brother soldiers crowded about 
 kirn, he waved them away, saying, they had work to do, and that they 
 must go ahead ; he then removed, with his right hand, the chain from 
 his neck to which was attached his watch, and handing it to Col. Payne 
 said '' Give that to my sister ;" and after taking out his purse, and 
 making the sam-e request, he calmly awaited his de«th, which soon 
 look place. . 
 
 A V«tefan of I¥apoleo!i's W^ai^. 
 
 A soldier, writing soon after the battle of Palo Alto, says :--As our 
 battalion of artillery advanced, it came up to a private of the !< ifth 
 Regiment, a veteran in Napoleon's wars, who lay on the battle field 
 with both of his legs shot off. He was one of the first that fell after tke 
 cannonade commenced ; and after having escaped in the terrible con- 
 flicts of Wagram and Austerlitz, in the retreat from Moscow, and the 
 battle of Waterloo, he lived to fall at Palo Alto, by a cannon shot from 
 a Mexican batterv. As his fellow soldiers passed him, and noticed the 
 blood flowing from his wounds with every pulsation of his heart they 
 stopped for an histajit to sympathize with him, but the brave fellow 
 as his eyes were glazing iw death, waved them on, as with his last breaUi 
 he said, " Go, comrades, I have only got what a soldier enlists for. 
 
Horrid Butchery by the Iliexicans. 
 
 ONEof those bloody and brutal acts which seem to be characteristic 
 . of the lower order of the Mexican people, was committed at Santa Fe 
 It appears that a detachment of seventy odd dragoons, belonging to the 
 command of Col. Harney, left Jalapa in command of Lieut Hill with 
 the intention of visiting a city some miles distant, to procure a further 
 supply of horses. On arrinng at Santa Fe, nine of the men were left 
 behmd in consequence of illness on their part, and the fatigue of their 
 
 ^'?!; ?'u- ^?^ ^'^ command continued on, feeling that those who 
 were left behind were perfectly safe, and soon afterwards reached the 
 city, where he has been detained, although it was his expectation that 
 .le would Tiave returned the next morning. Nothing further was heard 
 from the men for a few days, when news reached here, informing us 
 that a large party of Mexicans had attacked and literally cut them to 
 pieces, m the most shocking manner. One of them was killed on the 
 spot, and hve others were mutilated in such a manner as to strike anv 
 one with horror at the sight. Means of transportation were furnished 
 and the survivors were brought to the city as soon as possible. One 
 of the number, however, soon died, and two others were reported as 
 unable to survive their wounds during the night. The hand of one 
 was cut off above the wrist ; the abdomen of another was cut in such 
 a manner as to allow his bowels to protrude. Another has several 
 sabre cuts on his head, penetrating the skull, and the arms and bodies 
 of others are hacked and mangled so as to render the description al- 
 most incredible. ^ 
 
 Capt. Walker started immediately, accompanied by his Mounted 
 Kiflemen, in search of the murderers, and encountered a large body 
 of Mexicans, whom he attacked, and succeeded in killing four 
 
 Experience of a IVIassachusetts Volunteer. 
 
 Soon after the commencement of the present war with Mexico a 
 young man named John Miller, a resident of Salem, enlisted in the 
 V b. Dragoons, and was sent to the seat of war. We have been shown 
 the extract of a letter dated " Hospital, Matamoras," addressed by him 
 to his mother in Salem. He states that he was in the battle of 
 Monterey on the second day. when a 10 lb. howitzer shell, bursting 
 ''''•!,';i. « '^^ ^^l^^ ^."'^ ""^ ^'^ comrades outright, took off two of thi 
 middle fingers of his right hand, tore his right leg, and killed his horse. 
 Soon after, he received a musket ball in his left breast, and another in 
 ^\t^fl ^",* ""^ ^'' ''^^'™• ^^''^ h« «^^« thus disabled, he was 
 
 Hn^n't 1 VJ'f '" u'' ^'? ''^"- ^^^''' ^y»"g three months in the 
 Hospital at Mataraoras, he at length recovered. 
 
 Ruffians.— "I am grieved to report a very painful affair to our 
 TTZ'a Mf^'-^W^Tr^'n and Morris were attacked on the road, 
 last Wednesday by five Mexican ruffians. Mr. Morris was woundeo 
 m the ieg so badly that amputation became necessary. Mr Train 
 was. I am pleased to learn, uninjured. The two succeeded in 
 keeping the rascals at bay, until assistance arrived, when the Mexi- 
 cans nedr— Letter from Mexico. 
 
Fiendish Iflnrder of!^ Catholic Prie§f. 
 
 Father Ray, (as he was familiarly called,) a Catholic chap- 
 Iain long connected with the United States army, was murdered 
 in a most barbarous manner, by a party of Mexican Lancers, on 
 the road between Camargo and Monterey. What ignorance, 
 combined with fanaticism will do, may be judged by the mur- 
 dering of this venerable old man, a faithful minister of peace ! 
 True to his divine calling, he forsook friends and home, to make 
 easy the couch of the dying soldier. He came with design of 
 harm to neither Mexican or American, and was arrested in his 
 divine vocation by those who choose the same mode of wor- 
 shipping the Almighty. Strange infatuation ! 
 
 Summary Proceeding;. 
 
 A PARTY of Mexicans having murdered several Americans at 
 a rancho near Cerralvo, fifteen or twenty Americans made a 
 descent upon them, and hung upward of forty Mexicans. Con- 
 siderable property, and some valuable papers belonging to 
 Americans who had been killed on the road, were found on the 
 persons and in the habitations of the murdered Mexicans. 
 
 On the road from Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fe, writes an 
 eye witness, are scattered innumerable wrecks of wagons and 
 skeletons of both men and beasts — the bones of drivers and 
 their cattle being left to whiten together. 
 
Murder of Colqwilt, and AnEpricais Vcatg-caBSce. 
 
 " OccAsioMAL murders of our men," says a letter from the seat of 
 war, "have heen perpetrated ever since we have been in the country, 
 :iJl killed by the lasso. The Arkansas regiment of horse, from their 
 havincf been employed as scouts, and occupying the outposts, have beera 
 particularly exposed to this guerrilla warfare, and have lost ibor or five 
 ivf their men. The day before yesterday, it was reported, that one of 
 their number had been killed by the Mexicans, as he had been missing 
 from camp since the day before, when he went out to took for his 
 horse. Search was made for the body, . and it was fouiid about a 
 thousand yards from our camp, with a lasso round the neck, and tied 
 to a prickly pear, having beem dragged some three hundred yards upon 
 the face through thip chapparel. It presented a horrible sight ; the 
 name of the young man was Colquitt, a nephew of the Senator. The 
 Arkansas men vowed vengeance, deep and sure. Yesterday morning, 
 a number of them, some thirty persons, went out to the foot of the 
 mountain, two miles off", to an ' arreyo ' which is washed in the sides. 
 of the mountain, to which the ' pisanos ' of Agua Nueva had fted to 
 upon our approach, and soon commenced an indiscriminate and bloody 
 massacre oCthe poor creatures who had fled to the mountains and fast- 
 ness for security. A number of our regiment being out of camp, I 
 proposed to Col. Bissell to mount our horses, and ride to the scene of 
 carnage, where I knew, from the dark insinuations of the night before, 
 that Mexican blood was running freely. We hastened out rapidly, 
 but owing to the thick chapparels, the work of death was over before 
 we reached the horrible scene, and its perpetrators were returning to 
 the camp, glutted with revenge. 
 
 " God only knows how many of the unarmed peasantry were sacri- 
 ficed to atone for the blood of poor Colquitt. The Arkansas regiment 
 say that not less than thirty were killed. I think, however, that at 
 least twenty of them were sent to their eternal rest. I rode through 
 the chapparels, and found a number of their dead bodies, not yet cold. 
 The features, in every instance, were composed and tranquil, lying 
 upon their backs, eyes closed, and feet crossed. You would have 
 .supposed them sleeping, but for the gory stream which bedewed the 
 turf around them. In some instances, after the vital spark had fled, in 
 the overflow of demoniac vengeance, the carbine ball dashed out the 
 brains of its clayey victim. Death, in all its horrors, I have seen, and 
 been familiar with from boyhood ; but I could not feel the dread reality 
 before me until Col. B. and myself rode down the ' arreyo ' to where, 
 from the curling smoke, we supposed the women and children of these 
 poor creatures were secreted. We rode up. Fear and anxiety were 
 depicted upon every countenance; the women crowded around us for 
 protection ; and, Tiotvj'ithstanding they were not more than half a mile 
 • from the scene of this murderous butchery, they were wholly ignorant 
 of what had been going* on. An old female, who looked as though 
 she might be the grandmother of the whole, advanced to us, and in the 
 most imploring manner, asked us to send back her husband and sons 
 from the camp, where they supposed they had all been taken. I thea 
 told them that I feared their men had been killed. They saau coEa- 
 
MurJer of Young Colquitt, Sfc, continued. 
 
 nr^hended rov fears; and the old woman asked ns to lead to Ihe dead 
 Kiesf and accompanied by two little boys of about t»o years of age 
 
 ^^Ti:Tc::lt:i^t:':Zt':::.lL of a man abou. .b,r,y yea,, 
 
 victim of ill-timed ^^"§^,^"^„^V^2^".fdark eves and rolling down his 
 and the silent tears ^^^^/^f, f 7^]^' i^Oe fe, Ifv had lost a^friend. I 
 
 ^^muT^nt:; ur»edr:be"^,^:br Ct^ber. brothers and sis- 
 brought by him mto <^^'"P. "^^^'/j^^J.^an or t vo in retaliation for 
 
 A Prixe Dearly Bought. 
 
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 r.'"?ddtry i^rrairdi^^ ^^^^^^''fz 
 
 was the consequence, blowing eight or ten ^^ t^^^^'". ^f be ieved^ this to 
 
 ncxicans not anxious for Peace. 
 
 ir?. The Governor of the Federal District of Mexico, in an address 
 
 '^'r^?:r ':;;;; u: o,:?;- wt;:t ^ wa, as i. wa, ^ged b, 
 
 U,e M, relJ tie Galelnas, the Matamoros. Let us dje rather ban 
 
 aanin- "Mexicans! we are all one, and Mexicanb onij. J^ 
 unnmmous ; let there be but one cry, and let that cry be war. Pensh 
 ihe Anglo Saxcn ! Perish the Yankees! 
 
The Castle of Perote. 
 
 A Young Texau escaping from the Castle of Perote. 
 
 Perote is situated on a large prairie of 400 or 500 acres, near the 
 " Cofre de Perote," a mountain about 13,000 feet above the sea. The 
 streets are irregular, and paved over the whole surface from one side to 
 the other. The population is about 3000, and they have the credit of 
 being addicted to robbery and murder. The houses are generally one 
 story, of plastered stone, with tiled roofs. None of them are hand- 
 some. The place contains two cathedrals. There is nothing of any 
 interest to be found in the town. The celebrated Castle of Perote 
 stands about one mile from it, on the same plain. It is a regularly 
 constructed fort, rather than a castle, and is said to be equal, in size 
 and style, to any of our own fortifications. 
 
 The Castle is built entirely of stone, and has 96 embrasures, although 
 only about 50 guns were found in it. In the centre is a large and 
 handsome edifice, of two stories, built in the form of a hollow square, 
 with galleries and corridors opening upon a court about 200 feet square. 
 It contains numerous offices, a small chapel, barracks for the troops, 
 and stables for about 200 horses. The principal rooms are t^astefully 
 ornamented with various devices in plaster, and handsomely painted. 
 
 The guns are very old, and of but little value. Each one has its 
 name cast upon it in relief, as. The Church, The Young Lady, Re- 
 venge, Opportunity, Thunder, Liberty, «Stc. There is an 18 inch brass 
 mortar, bearing the Spanish coat of arms, and the date 1734. The 
 whole is surrounded by a breastwork, with a stone-wall on tTke inside 
 about two feet thick. The entire running length of this is upwards of 
 a mile. It is lined with a heavy p;ilingr of wood, for musketry. 
 
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 (j;^ The funeral obsequies in honor of the lamented and heroic Col. 
 Hardin, who fell gallantly fighting at Buena Vista, took place at Jack- 
 sonville, 111., July 14th. Fifteen thousand persons participiated. 
 
1 portloa of the Army crossing a steep fflonntain. 
 
lucidcaits at the Hattlc of Bucna Tijita. 
 
 The coolness and bravery of the Mississippi and Illinois volunteers 
 were beyond all praise. While firing in line, the front rank knelt on 
 one knee, taking deliberate aim, and doing deadly execution. 
 
 Col. Bowles, of the 2d Indiana regiment, finding that his men falter- 
 ed early in the action on the 23d, withdrew from them in disgust, and 
 taking a rifle, joined the Mississippi regiment in the thickest of the 
 fight. It is due to the Indiana regiment, however, to say, that they 
 subsequently rallied, appealed to as they were by Capt. Lincoln and 
 others, and fought bravely. 
 
 The three guns which the Mexicans took, were only yielded by 
 Lieut. O'Brien after a desperate resistance. Two of his horses were 
 killed, the carriage wheels of one of them were broken, and the men 
 attending the guns were all, but one sergeant, shot down. General 
 Taylor complimented Lieut. O'Brien, on the field, for his bravery. 
 
 Capt. Washington's battery was in a most favorable position. It 
 protected the principal pass or approach to the American lines, with 
 the very best effect. 
 
 At one time during the battle, Capt. Bragg expressed some appre- 
 hension to Gen. Taylor in relation to the position of his battery, and 
 asked what he was to do. " Give them more grape, Bragg — more 
 grape," says old Rough and Ready, " and that will secure their safe- 
 ty." Bragg tried the prescription, and found it to have the best 
 effect. 
 
 Col. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, is idolized by his regiment ; 
 and, as one of them said, he would lead them into h — 1. Believing, 
 that on the 24th there would be a fight, and being unable to walk on 
 account of the wound in his foot, he ordered that he be carried out to 
 their head in a wagon. 
 
 Col. Yell, as we have already told our readers, was lanced to death. 
 His horse became restive, his bridle broke, and he carried him into 
 the midst of the enemy, where a lance pierced him through the head. 
 
 Col. Hardin, before being killed, captured a flag from the enemy, 
 which, with his horse, he requested should be sent home as a last me- 
 mento to his wife. 
 
 Nothing could contrast more strongly than the humanity of the 
 American soldiers and the cowardly ferocity and roguish propensity of 
 the Mexicans. The Americans shared their biscuit and water with 
 the wounded Mexicans, and were often sent to lay them in a position 
 least painful to them. The Mexicans, on the contrary, cowardly killed 
 our wounded men when they met them, as in the case of Col. Clay ; 
 they stripped and robbed several of our officers and many of their own. 
 
 Among the prisoners taken were two who were deserters from our 
 own ranks. They were brought before Gen. Taylor, who ordered the 
 %vretches to be drummed out beyond the lines. Such rascajs, he said, 
 might do for Santa Anna — they would not suit him — and it would be 
 wasting powder and shot to shoot them. They were therefore drum- 
 med out in the tune of the Rogue's March. 
 
 A bullet having passed through the breast of Gen. Taylor's jacket, 
 he pemarked that the balls were becomine excited. 
 
Lieut. Ritchie Iias§o©cd by a Mexican. 
 
 Gen. Scott, on arriving at the mouth of the Rio Grande, sent des- 
 patches to Gen. Taylor, or the commanding officer at Saltillo. When 
 the bearer reached that city, General Butler opened the despatches, and 
 sent General Worth and his division for the Rio Grande. The despatches 
 were then resealed and sent in charge of Lieut. Ritchie, to Gen. Tay- 
 lor, then on his retrograde movement to Monterey from Victoria. Ten 
 men, belonging to Kearney's company, of the 5th, accompanied Lieut. 
 Ritchie as an escort. They arrived in Monterey in safety, stopped 
 there all night, and proceeded on their route to meet General Taylor 
 the next day. Towards dusk, Ritchie reached the Villa Grande, 23 
 miles distant from Monterey. Meeting, just after his arrival, with an 
 Englishman established in business there, he availed himself of his ser- 
 vices to procure refreshments for. himself and command. As the two 
 were crossing the plaza of Villa Grande, in furtherance of that object, 
 a Mexican on horsel)ack came whisking by them, when suddenly he 
 threw a lasso over Ritchie, put spurs to his animal, and succeeded in 
 dragging him beyond the town, to a small creek in the vicinity. Here 
 he murdered him, and after mutilating him in a horrid manner, made 
 off with the despatches. V- 
 
 A VolHiitecr returned with a Wife. 
 
 A voLUNTKER lately returned from Mexico, bringing with him a 
 bright-eyed Mexican girl, as his wife. " Love your enemies," had 
 been practically obeyed by him. 
 
Amusing^ Incidents at the Battle of Sacramento. 
 
 The following incidents which took place at the battle of Sacra- 
 mento, are characteristic of the brave spirits who achieved this signal 
 victory : 
 
 While the Missouri forces were advancing upon the Mexican en- 
 trenchments at Sacramento, a tall private in one of the companies called 
 out to the Captain to halt, and the officer supposing that he was 
 faltering, and fearful of such a feeling at so perilous a moment, leaped 
 in front and sternly shouted, " Forward !" 
 
 " Ho, Captain ! hush, hist ! Keep shady a moment," says he, " thar's 
 a fellow peepin' over the bank at us ; jest let me try my old shootin' 
 fixin' on him." 
 
 " Forward ! I say, sir," shouted the officer again. 
 
 " Well, but jest to try the thing, Captain — for it aint a right down 
 sartih piece yet," said he; and levelling upon the peeping Mexican, 
 he dropped him. " Good as wheat ! " he exclaimed ; " the old United 
 States fixin' talks as if it had a raal natral animosity agin them fellars ! " 
 
 During the fight a party of one company were, from their position, 
 watching for chance shots at those who showed themselves inside 
 of the entrenchments ; and the Mexicans appearing to have little idea 
 of the marksmanship of the men opposed to them, would expose their 
 persons as they fired their pieces ; those who did so, were almost cer- 
 tain to fall by the fire of the Missouri sharp-shooters; and so little did 
 the latter consider themselves in danger from the return fire, that 
 they kept up a fire of laughter, also, at the success of their shots. — 
 After several of the enemy had thus fallen, the others would place 
 their gun on the entrenchment and fire at random, with no part of their 
 person exposed. This musketry from the enemy was almost harmless. 
 When the compaDy was ordered to charge upon the entrenchments, 
 one of the privates was laughing so heartily that the tears were rolling 
 down his cheeks. A comrade inquired — " What ails you, Sam?" 
 
 " Why, I'm tickled with such fightin' as this," says he ; " I'll swar 
 of it aint as good as any turkey shootin' I've ever seed ! " 
 
 HoQses in flames, at Vera Ciul 
 
RESULTS OF THE BATTLES WITH THE MEXICANS. 
 
 PALO ALTO, May 8th, 1846.— American force engaged, 2,288 ; Mexican 
 force, 6,000 regular troops, and several thousand irregular troops. American 
 loss, 9 killed, and 44 wounded ; Mexican loss about 200 killed and 400 wound- 
 ed. Mexican Army fell back to Resaca de la Palma. 
 
 RESACA DE LA PALMA, May 9th.— American force engaged, 1700, 
 (aggregate 2222.) Mexican force, 7000, reinforced by cavalry and infantry. 
 American loss, 39 killed, 82 wounded. Mexican Iosh, about 250 killed, and 
 600 wounded. The Mexicans retreated in the greatest confusion^ pursued by 
 the American cavalry to the Rio Grande, where many of them were drowned 
 in crossing. The Mexicans had veteran regiments of cavalry and infantry, 
 perfectly equipped and provided, and occupying a chosen and advantageous 
 position, strongly defended with artillery. The entire camp, baggage, ammu- 
 nition, maps, papers, &.C., fell into the hands of the Americans. 
 
 MONTEREY, Sept. 21st, 22d, and 23d, 1846.— Capitulated on the morning 
 of the 24th, after the Americans had carried all tho forts, batteries and barri- 
 cades, and held three-fourths of the town. American forces engaged, not quite 
 6000 men. Mexican force, 7000 regular, and about 4000 irregular troops. 
 American lo«^, 12t) killed, ^0 wounded. Mexican loss supposed to be 800. 
 
 BATTLE OF SACRAMENTO, under Col. Doniphan, Feb. 28th, 1847.— 
 Tlie victory of Col. Doniphan, it has been truly said, is in many respects the 
 most remarkable achievement of the war. The number of Americans engaged 
 was 994, while the Mexicans had 4223 engaged. American ar^llery, 6 pieces ; 
 Mexican do., 12. Americans killed, 2; Mexicans killed, 300. 
 
 VERA CRUZ AND THE CASTLE TAKEN, March 26, 1847.— The 
 military operations agairtst the City and Castle were commenced on the 9th of 
 JMaicii, and the surrender took place on the 26th, when the Mexican troops 
 marched out and laid down their anna. At noon on tliat day, the American 
 ensign wris Iioiste;! over the City and Castle. The loss of the Americans was 
 C5, killed in.l \voniidod. The Mexican loss is said to have been immense. 
 
BUENA VISTA, Feb. 21, 1847.— This was one of the most desperate bat- 
 tles ever fought ; the American arms were victorious, though engaged in the 
 unequal contest of 1 to 4. The enemy was descried on the morning of the 
 21st, at which time our volunteers sent in tliree tremendous cheers. The 
 Mexicans had 32 cannon of large calibre. The result of the first day was only 
 8 or 10 killed and wounded on t^ie American side. 
 
 On the second day, at sunrise, the fight began in earnest. The dark col- 
 umns of the Mexicans extended as far as the eye could see. The two armies 
 were soon in hot conflict. At night, the Mexicans withdrew in haste, leaving 
 their arms and munitions of war upon the field. Many perished from starva- 
 tion in their retreat. The loss on both sides was great, and a large proportion 
 of officers. The Mexicans lost three general officers, and 20 colonels and com- 
 manders of battallions. The Mexican force engaged in this action was from 
 20,000 to 25,000. The Americans, all told, did not exceed GOOO, and most of 
 them were new recruits and volunteers. This was a contest of 4 against 1 ; 
 and, strange to tell, our arms were triumphant ! 
 
 BATTLE OF CERRO GORDO, April 18, 1847.— This great battle,.fought 
 »mder the direction of Gen. Scott, was planned with great skill, and carried on 
 with zeal to a successful and triumphant result. After the favorable issue of 
 the conflict, Scott writes to the Department at Washington, as follows, — "We 
 are quite embarrassed with the results of victory ; prisoners of war, heavy 
 ordnance, field batteries, small arms and accoutrements." About 3,000 men 
 laid down their arms, with the usual proportion of field and company officers, 
 besides five generals, several of them of great distinction. Gen. Scott esti- 
 mated the American loss at 250 — Mexican loss, 350. 
 
 TOBASCO, taken possession of in October, 1846, by the Naval force, 
 after considerable skirmishing. Tobasco is a fine city, situated on a high 
 bluff on the right bank of the river, 80 miles from its mouth. The river is nar- 
 row, the banks are high and steep, and covered with trees, chaparral and flags, 
 interwoven with hanging vines and the densest foliage. 
 
 TAMPICO surrendered, soon afler. This, unlike the other conquests 
 of our arms in Mexico, was obtained without the price of blood. The fleet 
 was under the command of Com. Conner. The town is now sufficiently gar- 
 risoned by our land forces, and will become a place of great importance in our 
 further operations upon the interior. 
 
 What Harm has "War done us? 
 
 Col. Wm. B. Cambell's first regiment of Tennessee volunteers num- 
 bered 1000 brave men, on their march to Mexico. Only 350, rank and 
 file, of this gallant regiment, returned with their Colonel to their homes. 
 
 Col. Wm. T. Haskell's second regiment of Tennessee volunteers 
 numbered 1040 on their march to Mexico. Only 360 of these gallant 
 men, rank and file, returned with Col. Haskell to their homes and 
 friends — their wives and children — their fathers, mothers, brothers and 
 sisters. The remainder of the two regiments — thirteen hundred and 
 thirtij — where are they? Sickness and bullets, and the sword, have 
 consigned to an early grave in a foreign land, far from their native 
 homes, without coffins and winding sheets, or headstones to tell wlio 
 they are or lohere they are. Poor fellows ! mournful and vacant are 
 many loved homes and firesides ; but the sleeping dead know it not. 
 They repose beneath the burning sands of an inhospitable clime, pro- 
 HMscuousIy thrown together. 
 
Death oi* L.icut. Col. €iay, at Bueiia Vista. 
 
 At the battle of Buena Vista, Lieut. Col. Clay was shot through 
 both thighs by grape shot, and shortly afterwards he received a musket 
 ball through his body. As he was being carried from the field by his 
 men, they were charged on by a body of Mexican lancers, [see the 
 engraving,] who killed every one of them, and also run their lances 
 through Mr. Clay's body. His body was subsequently recovered from 
 the enemy. 
 
 LETTER FKOM GEN. TAYLOR TO HON. HENRY CLAY 
 
 The following letter from Gen. Taylor to Mr. Clay, we find in the 
 Lexington Observer. The hero of Buena Vista, though always " ready, '^ 
 is not alwnys " rough" as the warm sentiment and beautiful language 
 of this epistle sufficiently show. ° " 
 
 Head Quarters, Army of Occupation, ) 
 Agua Neuva, Mexico, March 1, 1847. ] 
 
 My Dear Sir : You will no doubt have received, before this can 
 reach you, the deeply distressing intelligence of the death of your son 
 in the battle of Buena Vista. It is with no wish of intruding upon the- 
 sanctuary of parental sorrow, and with no hope ofadministerincr auy con- 
 solation to your wounded heart, that I have taken the liberty of address- 
 ing you these few lines ; but I have felt it a duty which I owe to the 
 memory of the distinguished dead, to pay a willing tribute to his many 
 excellent qualities, and while my feelings are still fresh, to express the 
 desolation which his untimely loss, and that of other kindred spirits, 
 have occasioned. 
 
 I had but a ca*sual acquaintance with your son, until he became for 
 a time a member of my military family, and I can truly say that no one 
 ever won more rapidly upon my regard, or established a more lasting 
 daim to my respect and esteem. Manly and honorable in every im- 
 pulse, with no feeling but for the honor of the service and of the coun- 
 try, he gave every assurance that in the hour of need I conld lean with 
 confidence upon his support. Nor was I disappointed. Under the 
 guidance of himself and the lamented McKee, gallantly did the sons of 
 Kentucky in" the thickest of the strife, uphold the honor of the State 
 and the country. 
 
 A grateful people will do justice to the memory of those who felJ on 
 that eventful day. But I may be permitted to express the bereave- 
 ment which I feel in the loss of valued friends. To your son I felt 
 bound by the strongest ties of private regard, and when I mi.ss his 
 familiar face and those of McKee and Hardin, I can say with truth,. 
 that I feel no exultation in our success. 
 
 With the expression of my deepest and most heartfelt sympathies for 
 your irreparable loss, I remain. Your friend, Z. Taylor. 
 
 Hon. Henry Clay, New Orleans, La. 
 
 Col. Clay has left three motherless and fatherless children, who were 
 given in charge of their grand-parents by the unfortunate father, on 
 leaving fcr the seat of war. 
 
Death of Captain George Lincoln. 
 
 N the battle-field at Buena Vista, Feb. 23, 1847, 
 among those who fell in fighting for their coun- 
 try, was Capt. George Lincoln, of Worces- 
 ter, Mass., son of Ex-Governor Lincoln. An 
 ! officer who rode beside him states that he was 
 J shot through the head when in the act of 
 ^ making a charge nt full gallop, and that he fell 
 , dead from his horse. The noble animal, car- 
 
 'i4ed forward by his own speed, as soon as he 
 
 missed his rider, turned back, passed his nose over his body, and gently 
 turned the head so as to reveal the features of his master which, when 
 exposed to Lincoln's servant, who stood by, caused the latter to shed 
 tears, and utter loud convulsive lamentations. All who saw it were 
 deepl'y affected, for Lincoln was the idol of the army. 
 
 Captain Lincoln did not volunteer for the Mexican war The war 
 found him in the army at a distant post, and he was ordered to the Kio 
 Grande before it was known that hostilities would take place. He 
 heard the first hostile gun that was fired, and from that moment until 
 he fell covered wilh wounds, in the hard fought battle of Buena Vista, 
 the manner in which he bore himself is matter of public history. We 
 all remember the interesting narrative of the young officer whose life 
 he saved, by extraordinary personal prowess, at Palo Alto; we know 
 that his promotion stands recorded in the public archives on the ground 
 of heroic conduct at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma ; and we know 
 that he was selected for the office of Assistant Adjutant General and 
 that he discharged its duties in the most noble manner at Buena Vista, 
 even at the venture of inevitable death. • • l 
 
 From the first, there has been something peculiarly interesting m the 
 character and conduct of this young officer. Gen. Taylor, who uses 
 few words, and never exceeds in commendation, speaks ot his martial 
 bearing and approved gallantry." He gained the title of " the Bayard 
 of the American Army," which was accorded to him, without envy, by 
 his brother officers. But particularly was he popular aniong the com- 
 mon soldiers. He had a faculty of command, a cheerfulness, a power 
 of calling out enthusiasm, invaluable in the actual service of war 1 he 
 meanest camp followers shed tears when they saw the empty saddle ot 
 his war-horse, and his body borne by the artillerymen into the camp : 
 
 " Dragged from among the horses' feet, 
 Wilh dented shield and helmet beat." 
 
 Some days after the battle, Capt. Lincoln's horse was offered for sale 
 at auction. When the first bid was announced, the canteen woman 
 honored with the soubriquet of " The Heroine of Fort Brown with 
 whom Lincoln was an especial favorite, stepped forward and said that a 
 man who offered seventy-five dollars for a horse like that cou d not want 
 it— that she would aive two hundred and fifty dollars for the animal, 
 and at that price it was knocked off to her. When asked wh;t occa- 
 sion «he had for the horse, she declared her intention to keep it till an 
 opportunity offered of forwarding it to Lincoln's mother, for uhom she 
 desicraed it as a present. [She afterwards relinquished the hurse to the 
 KeiiTucky Regiment, bj whom he was presented to the family ot the 
 deceased, and f rwarded to Boston.] 
 
FUNERAL OBSEQUIES 
 
 IN HONOR OF THE BRAVE 
 
 CAPT. GEORGE IilI¥COL]¥, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant General, U. S. Army, 
 
 M'.HO WAS KILLED, IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY, AT THE 
 
 BATTLE OF BUENA VISTA, MEXICO, 
 On the 23rf of February, 1847. 
 
 Warrior, rest ! Ihy toils are ended ; 
 
 Life's last fearlul strife is o'er ; 
 Clarion calls with death notes blended, 
 
 Shall disturb thine ear no more ! 
 Peaceful is thy dreamless slumber, 
 
 Peaceful, but how cold and stern, — 
 Thou hast joined that silent number 
 
 In the land whence none return. 
 
 Tat Funeral Ceremonies, which were performed in Boston and at Worces- 
 ta; on the 22d of July, 1847, in honor of the late Capt. George Lincoln, 
 kUled at the battle of Buena Vista, were of the most interesting, affecting and 
 inlposing character. Despite all that cavellers may say, the death of a noble 
 hearted youth, fighting gallantly in the service of his country, is an event 
 which enlists the symj^athies of mankind keenly, deeply and universally — and 
 whatever any might have thought upon the origin or causes of the war, all 
 united cordially and zealously in bestowing honors upon the gallant dead. 
 The soldier who falls fighting the battles of his country, certainly deserves 
 the highost honors that his country can bestow. There is no greater sacrifice 
 than the sacrifice of life ; there is none, therefore, which merits higher reward. 
 It is the hope of fame — the hope of grateful reward at the hands of his coun- 
 trymen, which nerves his arin. fires his eye, and animates his S9ul. Without 
 such hope, patriotism would die — and our national honor would become a by- 
 word and a jest among the nations of the earth. But with a generous and 
 grateful country to sustain him, the soldier's heart beats high with hope, even 
 ia the hour of peril. If he live, he is assured that his countrymen will repay 
 hi5^ devotion to their service, with noble generosity. If he die, the sweet 
 spfVh of Hope whispers words of glorious consolation to his soaL 
 
Captain Lincohi's Funeral, {continued.) 
 
 PUBLIC CEREMONIES IN BOSTON. 
 The remains were depositeJ in a rich and magnificently finished black wal- 
 nut coffin manufactured iii Boston, over whicli was thrown the American flag. 
 Upon it weTe placed two swords, the arms of the deceased, one of which he 
 used at Resaca de la Palma, Buen. Vista, &c., and the other w^ presented 
 to him a L months before his death by citizens of Worcester. Beside them 
 were the cap, plume and belt of the deceased; and upon the breast of the 
 eoffin was placed a silver plate bearing the followmg mscnption:— 
 GEORGE LINCOLN, 
 Capt. 8th Reg't Inffy, U- S. A. 
 Fdl at Bwna Vista, Mexico, Feb. Qii, 1«47. 
 Aged 29 years. 
 In delivering the remains into the care of the military. Mayor auincy made 
 the following brief and touching remarks :— 
 
 <^Felloio CUizens:-We have met here to pay the last tribute to the remains 
 of the gallant Capt. George Lincoln, late an officer in the army of the United 
 States who fell while in the discharge of his military calling, at the battle of 
 BuenaVisU He was immediatel/ associated, both before and during the 
 Sn, w th thf Second Regiment of Kentucky Volunteers. When their 
 thne of sei;ice expired, and they were about returning home, the remembrance 
 IfThe soldier who had shared with them the privations of the camp and the 
 dangers of the field would not permit them to suffer his remains to slumber on 
 a foreSn soil. They caused them to be taken from their temporary resting 
 place guarding them to New Orleans, and thence transmitted them to me, as 
 Mayor of the City of Boston, the chief magistrate of the capital of this state; 
 as slch I have received them, believing that whatever may be the opinions of 
 my fellow citizens concerning the war, there is an universal feeling o respect 
 for this gallant man, who fell fighting in the front rank of his country s army 
 
 " It is my painful duty to transmit these remains to the presence ot his hon- 
 ored and honorable father, of his loving mother of his affectionate ^vite of his 
 orphan child. Their feelings on receiving them cannot be described, may 
 thev be soothed by the sympathy of the public. , ■ u- u 
 
 "" "^But it was not^n thes'e r'elatfons alone that Capt. Lincoln stood or in which 
 he would have wished to be remembered. He was a soldier, and his fate v a^ 
 Vmany a soldier would have desired,-for of him it may ^e said, whi^ he 
 lived he was loved, honored and trusted by his comrades. When he fell, it 
 was on a well fought and hardly won field of battle, with the shout of victory 
 Tn his ear. His totinguished leader lamented him as one on whose courage 
 Sid conduct he rested In the dov btful struggle that was ^fore lum, and^i. 
 companions in arms mourned that they would no more hear the voice tliey had 
 
 ' beard so oft 
 
 In worst extremes, and on ibe perilous edge 
 Of battle when it raged in all assaults, 
 Their surest signal.' 
 "Havincr been trusted by those companions in arms with these remains to 
 the care of soldiers I resign them. You, Mr. Commander, will convey thena 
 wfth the r teTof war to thiir final resting place in the heart of the Common 
 wealtMhe beautiful village of his birth. He will there be long remembered 
 S when some future historian shall be recounting the thousand sons ot 
 Massachusetts who have fallen on the high places of the .^^1^, may he tmly 
 say that he whose remains lie before us, was her^ last sacrifice, falling in the 
 last war in which the country was ever engaged. 
 
 Col. Edmands, who as military commandant had charge of the whole pro- 
 ceedings, then made a brief and appropriate reply. 
 
Captain Lincoln's Funeral, (continued.) 
 
 The Civic Procession was formed in Court Square, at half past 8 o'clock, 
 under the direction of Francis Blake, Esq., as Chief Marshal, and Messrs. 
 W. A. Wellman and N. P. Lovering, as Aids. 
 
 The Rough and Ready Association was present, in good numbers, under 
 the direction of Louis Dennis, Esq., Chief Marshal ; Jas. H. Blake and Francis 
 Whiston, Aids ; and the following assistant Marshals — Messrs. Isaac Cary, 
 Lvman Tucker, Jr., Amasa G. Smith, Stephen Titcomb, Thomas J. Pierce, 
 Charles Grant, Geo. B. Wellman, J. F. Marsh, W. W. Baker, R F. Deland. 
 
 The members of the Association appeared, agreeably to the public order, in 
 black hats, dark clothes and white gloves ; forming a highly appropriate and 
 elegant costume. 
 
 The former Residents of Worcester County furnished a large and highly 
 respectable delegation. Messrs. Lewis Mills and Edward Lamb officiated as 
 Marshals. 
 
 His Honor Mayor Quincy, a large portion of the Board of Aldermen, and 
 other members of the City Government, were present The citizens of Boston 
 to the number of several hundreds, also joined the procession. 
 
 The New England Guards appeared with very full ranks, and performed the 
 escort duty in excellent style. 
 
 The Horse rode by the deceased in the fatal battle, was introduced into the 
 procession, arrayed in the equipments which he wore when his gallant rider 
 fell in the arms of death, and formed one of the most interesting features in 
 the mournful pageant. This horse is a large muscular animal, of no special 
 beauty of figure, nearly white, or very light grey, having a long natural tail — 
 and bearing marks of the severe service and long journeys tlirough which he 
 has passed. 
 
 The procession began to move towards the depot of the Worcester Railroad 
 about half past 8 o'clock. An immense crowd of people collected in the 
 streets through which the procession passed, to witness the mournful specta- 
 cle ; and the deepest feeling of respect for the departed solder, and of sym- 
 pathy for his suffering widow and friends, appeared to pervade all hearts. 
 Measure glory as you will, it is a painful thing for one so young, so gifted, 
 and so connected by ties of marriage and blood with dear friends on eartii, so 
 to fall, on the field of battle, let the cause be what it may ! He is gone — 
 
 " Gone to the land of silence 
 
 To the shadow of the dead, 
 With the green turf on his bosom, 
 And the grey stone at his head ! " * 
 
 The procession passed from Court Square to Tremont Street, and from 
 tltpnce through Boylston and Essex Streets, Harrison Avenue, and Beech 
 Streets, to the depot opposite the United States Hotel, where a special train 
 was in readiness to take them to Worcester. 
 
 PROCEEDINGS AT WORCESTER. 
 
 The special train of cars, containing the Boston procession, arrived at Wor- 
 cester about 12 o'clock. A great crowd of people had collected at the depot, 
 anxiously awaiting the arrival of the train, with its mournful charge. 
 
 The body was taken from the cars, with its companion, the war horse — 
 the N. E. Guards, the Rough and Ready Association, and the citizens of Wor- 
 cester,-again formed in procession, and marched to the residence of Ex-Gov- 
 Qjpor Lincoln, where the sarcophagus was given into the hands of the aflJicted 
 ramily. 
 
 The Funeral Car was drawn by four white horses, in mourning harness, 
 led by soldiers, and attended by Captains Thompson, Forristall, Cowdin, 
 Smith, Kelsey and Mitchell, as Pall Bearers. 
 
 All work and business in the town seemed to be suspended; the stores 
 Mrere nearly all closed, and the entire population appeared to be assembled 
 to witness the funeral spectacle. 
 
Captain Lincoln's Funeral, {continued) 
 
 ■ 1 «f thP Escort and Funeral Car at the mansion of Gov. 
 On the arrival of *;»« *^J^e ^U a few rods back of the Worcester House, 
 Lincoln, on Elm street, on tlie hiU a te r ^.^^ ^^^^ 
 
 ^,e N. E. Guards were f«™\d„\"2 the houTe with military honors, 
 sented, and the ^^f'J.^f L^Sn^^^^^^^^ located, surrounded by a 
 
 The residence of Gov. L.incom ii> ^^J , ^ ^ ^e boked upon 
 
 fine garden and an abundance of J^f^X^tt^w.Ja change in his lot the 
 this peaceful spot, ^e could not but e^lea no ^„a%hild, and kind 
 
 ::;ei', anttMs' -^^^^^^^^^^ - ^^ ^^-^' ^^ ''' ^°^" ''' 
 
 life on the plains of Mexico. ^weet child, with delicate complexion and 
 
 The daughter ^^ f ^\^-?l\'Vin Jot in tt care of a nurse, during the 
 curly flaxen hair, sat at ^"°P«J»J^^„^ departure of the corpse happy and 
 whole ceremony of the reception an p unconscious of the influence 
 pleased with the novel «P«f^'\^"\!Sn ^^^^ 
 which this melancholy ^^^'^^.^^^J^^J't^'eP^'^as formed partly on the Common 
 
 The general P>^««««^:«" '"J^SSv Escort was under the command of 
 and partly on Elm street J^e MU t'^^X b«^^^^^^^ ^^^,, the direction of the 
 Brig. Gen. George Hobbs and ti^^^J^/^ ^, Assistant Marshals :- 
 
 Hon. Isaac Davis aided by the tollowing^ ^ Richardsoii, 
 
 ^i'reSgfT! Rice; ^tSS^cTl^ Bulloch, Vm. Bickford. Col. 
 P. W. Taft" and Gen. E.L. Barnard ^^^^ ^j^^ f^^^il 
 
 At 1 o'clock the remains of the decea ed ^e^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ p^^^^^ 
 
 Stte" ali^tfeSnrtSn IvU in the following order :- 
 raleaesco. -posed of^.e f.lowin^^^^^^^^^^ command of 
 
 Sterling Washington Light Guards. 
 Fitchburg Fusileers. 
 Worcester Guards. 
 Worcester Light Infantry. 
 New England Guards, from Boston- 
 Boston Brass Band. 
 Worcester Brass Band. 
 
 ,XLI. BEARERS. t^T PALLBEARERS. 
 
 PALI. BEARERS. < ^^^^ BEARERS. 
 
 H r 
 
 ThP Horse rode by Capt Lincoln at Buena Vista. 
 
 Gov Lincoln and ler male Relatives of the deceased, on foot. 
 Gov. 1-incom ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ in carriages. 
 
 Officers of the United States Army without commands. 
 Oacers oi^i ^^ ^^^ ^^.^^^ States Navy. 
 
 Officers of the Infantry and Militia without com^^^^^^^^ 
 
 Privates in uniform, not connected with escorts. 
 
 City Marshal and Aids. 
 
 Committee of Arrangements. 
 
 Cxtozens 01 oobu Rqu^h and Ready Association. , 
 
 Members of the Lincoln Monument Association. 
 
 Officers aS Students of Je College of the Holy Cross. 
 
 Worcester Fire Department. 
 
 St John Benevolent Society. 
 
 Citizens of Worcester. 
 
 Associations and Citizens of the County of Worcester. 
 
Captain Lincoln's Funeral, {continued.) » 
 
 Ex-Governor Lincoln and liis family appeared to be deeply distressed by 
 the mournful ceremonies, and great sympathy was manifested by the people. 
 The general appearance of the funeral pageant was solemn, impressive ani 
 affecting in the extreme. As the mournful cortege moved through the prin- 
 cipal streets, to the sound of the muffled drums, and the dirge-like music of 
 the band, and ever and anon the booming sound of the minute gnn fell upore 
 the ear, the heart of the spectator could not fail to be moved with irrepressible 
 emotion. Along the whole route of the procession, the windows of the dwell- 
 ings and the sidewalks of the streets were lined with crowds of spectators, 
 whose countenances bore marks of the deepest interest in the mournful duties 
 of the occasion, and synipathy for the departed soldier and his friends. 
 
 The ill-fated but still fortunate soldier whose remains were now being 
 borne to the tomb, was a nativp of this town— the school-fellow, companion 
 and playmate of many who now witnessed his solemn burial. He had walked 
 these streets, shaken these hands, breathed this air, and held social converse 
 with hundreds of this living and breathing mass. Every spot on the route of 
 the procession, recalled to many persons reminiscences of moments of pleasure 
 passed with the deceased in other days. His figure, his voice, his expressive 
 countenance and flashing eye, seemed again to assume form and substance to 
 the imagination ; his faults, if faults he had, were forgotten in the kindly feel- 
 ing of the moment, and his virtues rose, embellished by the recollection of his 
 gallant end, eloquent advocates of his fame ! 
 
 The Funeral Services were performed in 4he First Unitarian Church, of 
 which the Rev. Alonzo Hill is pastor— where the Lincoln family attend wor- 
 ship. The coffin was placed upon a table beneath the altar. The relatives of 
 the deceased occupied the main aisle, and the military and societies t]»e re- 
 mainder of the house, except galleries, which were appropriated to the ladies 
 The exercises commenced with a voluntary on the organ, followed by the 
 appropriate Funeral Dirge, " Clay to clay, and dust to dusf Rev. Mr. HilS 
 then read some appropriate selections from the Scriptures ; after which he 
 •ffered a fervent and excellent prayer. An anthem was then suno-- " Ucveil 
 thy bosom, faithful tomb," &,c. " 
 
 The Procession left the church in the same order that it came, and marched 
 to the Salisbury Cemetery, about half a mile distant, where the corpse was to 
 be deposited. 
 
 The scene at the Cemetery was full of interest, and eminently suggestive of 
 reflections both pleasant and sad. The spot is one of simple and quiet beauty ; 
 a fit resting place for the honored dead, whose fame is their own monument. 
 On the arrival of the procession at the Cemetery, the escort formed a line 
 opposite the entrance, when the corpse was taken to the public tomb by the 
 Pall Bearers, and the relatives of the deceased and others passed on to the 
 Lot presented by the proprietors of the Cemetery for the monument to Capt. 
 Lincoln, which is near the family tomb. Three volleys were fired over the 
 body by the Worcester troops, the Band played a salute, and the whole body 
 of the Escort, Societies, &c., left the ground. 
 
 After the return of the Procession from the Cemetery, those who had par- 
 ticipated in the solemnities, numbering some 600, partook of a collation in 
 the Upper Town Hall, which had been provided under the direction of the 
 Committee of Arrangements. A letter from Gov. Lincoln was read at the 
 table, expressing his warmest thanks to the Committee of Arrangements, the 
 military and others, for the kind interest which they had exhibited towards his 
 family, and for their efforts to bestow honor upon the remains of his son. The 
 letter was written with much evident feeling, and was received by the com- 
 pany with great satisfaction. 
 
 Much credit is due to the Rough and Ready Association of Boston, to the 
 N. E. Guards, and the military generally, for the effort which they made to 
 confer suitable honors upon the remains of Capt. Lincoln, 
 
The Siege of Vera Crnz. 
 
 " It is impossible," says an eye witness of the siege of Vera Cruz, 
 " to get at the loss of the Mexicans, by the bombardment ; yet it is 
 certain that women, children and non-combatants have suffered the 
 most. Hardly a building south of the Plaza Grande but is either 
 burnt, torn in pieces, or much injured, and the streets are filled with 
 rubbish and fragments. The National Palace, which is on the Plaza, 
 and near the outer range of our mortars, had five shells burst within it, 
 one of which killed a woman and two children lying asleep in the 
 kitchen. The Cathedral, on an opposite side of the Plaza, was also 
 somewhat injured, but the churches south of it, and near our mortars, 
 suffered most. I write this letter in a house which must have been hot 
 enough during the bombardment, for the signs of shell are all around 
 nae. The residence of our former consul, Mr. Hargous, was struck 
 twice. One of the shells came through the roof, lodged at the foot of 
 a bed which a gentleman had just left, and completely demolished every 
 thing in the room, and the furniture was of the most costly description. 
 One of the inmates describes the explosion as tremendous. The house 
 
Siege of Vera Cruz, continued. 
 
 shook in all its parts as with an earthquake, and his first impressioa 
 was that everything in it had been rended into fragments. Probably 
 jears will elapse, before Vera Cruz is in the situation in which the 
 siege found it," 
 
 " I was," writes another eye witness, " in the Governor's Palace, a 
 very fine building, occupying one side of the Plaza, in which General 
 Scott had his head-quarters, and was looking into a very handsome 
 room, where it was evident a shell had struck, when a Mexican gentle- 
 man came up, and offered to show me over the house. I followed hira, 
 and directly we came to what had evidently been a superb room, but 
 then almost entirely torn to pieces. He pointed to a place beside the 
 door which was blown out. " There," said he, " sat a lady and her 
 two children ; they were all killed by the shell which has wrought the 
 injury you see." 
 
 " I rode to town," says a third eye witness, "to see what effect our 
 shot had had on it. I was prepared to see much destruction, but was 
 perfectly amazed. The south-west side of the town is almost entirely 
 destroyed. The navy battery, six guns, three 32 pounders, and three 
 64 pounders, Paixhan guns, at times throwing shells, and at others solid 
 shot, did immense execution ; also a 24 pound battery, worked by the 
 army ; but the citizens of Vera Cruz say the bombs did the most in- 
 
 " They would fall on the houses, the weight carrying them through 
 from roof to cellar, and then burst, opening the houses from top to bot- 
 tom, and killing all within. Thousands had left the town, or the 
 casualties, as regards life, would have been immense. As it was, the 
 women and children suffered most. The loss of life by the soldiers was 
 comparatively small ; they kept themselves in the northern part of the 
 (town. 
 
 " One reason of the Mexicans for giving up is, they feared a rcTolt 
 of the troops. The suburbs, where the greater part of their wives lived, 
 was completely destroyed, — and they begged their husbands to give 
 up, and save their families from destruction. Many of the ofiicers, at 
 night, crawled up close to the walls, and represented the screeching, 
 crying, and lamenting of the women, children and wounded, as being 
 dreadful. Poor creatures, they must have suffered severely." 
 
 " The French families in the city," says a writer to the Alton Tele- 
 graph, " were the greatest sufferers. I have heard a great many heart- 
 rending tales, which were told by the survivors with breaking hearts ; 
 but I have neither the inclination nor the time to repeat them. One, 
 however, I will name. A French family were quietly seated in, their 
 parlor, the evening previous to the hoisting of the white flag, when a 
 shell from one of our mortars penetrated the building, and exploded in 
 the room, killing the mother and four children, and wounding the res- 
 idue. Another shell struck the Charity Hospital, penetrated (he roof, 
 bursting in the room where the sick inmates were lying, and killed 23. 
 Thus rushed into eternity, in the twinkling of an eye, not only the 
 inralid, but the innocent and ui^offending." 
 
Ia^h of the U. S. Bi'is^ Vomers, and 39 Lives ! 
 
 The U. S. Brig Somers, which had been for some months engaged 
 m maintaining the Blockade off Vera Cruz, was lost on the 8th Dec, 
 1846. At the time of the disaster she was in chase of a strange sail, 
 and being struck with a sudden squall, was capsized, and in fifteen 
 minutes went down. By this sad event, thirty-nine lives were lost, out 
 of 76, the whole number on board. 
 
 The crews of the English and French vessels are entitled to great 
 commendation for their efforts in saving the lives of those on board the 
 Somers. 
 
 Midshipman Rogers, of the Somers, was captured by the Mexicans, 
 while reconnoitering, just before the loss of the brig. 
 
 €aug;ht a Tartar. 
 
 Between Camargo and Mier, three Mexicans were waylaying the 
 road, to rob a Mexican merchant of Matamoras, who was known to be 
 coming down from Mier with a large amount of money in his posses- 
 sion. The merchant had three men with him, and it chanced before 
 he reached the spot where the robbers had posted themselves, that three 
 Texan Rangers, who had been out on a scout, struck into the road a 
 short distance ahead of him, pursuing their way down to Camargo. It 
 was after dark, and the roobers mistook the Rangers for the merchant's 
 party. They ordered them to halt and deliver : — but they delivered 
 bullets instead of money, and left not a robber able to carry off his 
 ioad ; — all were killed ! and the merchant passed down in safety. 
 
Battle or Sacramento. 
 
 [from col. Doniphan's official despatches.] 
 
 " On the 8th of February, 1847, we left El Paso del Norte. On the 
 Ooth of Feb. we were informed that the enemy were at Inseneas. At 
 sunrise on the 28th, we took up the line of march. When within three 
 miles of the enemy, we ascertained that they had one battery of four 
 guns, two nine and six pounders, on the point of the mountain. They 
 had another battery on an elevation commanding the road and three 
 entrenchments of two six pounders, and on the brow of the crescent 
 near the centre, another of two six and two four and six culverins, or 
 rampart pieces, mounted on carriages ; and on the crest of the hill 
 they had twenty-seven redoubts dug and thrown up. When we had ar- 
 rived within one and a half miles of the entrenchments, we advanced 
 the cavalry, and suddenly diverged with columns to the right, so as to 
 gain the narrow part of the ascent on our right; which the enemy dis- 
 covering, endeavored to prevent by moving forward with 1,000 cavalry 
 and four pieces of cannon. Our movements were so rapid that we 
 gained the elevation with our forces and the advance of our wagons in 
 time to form before they arrived within reach of our guns. The enemy 
 halted and we advanced within 1,200 yards of them, so as to let our 
 wagons attain the highlands and form as before. 
 
 We now commenced the action by a brisk fire from our battery, and 
 the enemy unmasked and commenced also; our fires proved effective 
 at this distance, killing fifteen men, wounding and disabling one of the 
 enemy's guns. The enemy then slowly retreated, and we resumed 
 our march in our former order. After marching as far as we safely 
 could, we charged with the two twelve pound howitzers, to be support- 
 ed by the cavalry. The howitzers charged at speed, and were gal- 
 lantly sustained. Major Clark advanced as fast as practicable with the 
 remainder of the battery, we charged their redoubts from right to left, 
 with a brisk and deadly fire of riflemen, while a rapid and well direct- 
 ed fire was opened on a column of cavalry, attempting to pass to our 
 left so as to attack the wagons and our rear. The fire was so well di- 
 rected as to force them to fall back ; and our riflemen, with the cav- 
 alry and howitzers, cleared after an obstinate resistance. Our 
 forces advanced to the very brink of their redoubts, and attacked them 
 with their sabres. When the redoubts were cleared, and the batteriee 
 in the centre and on our left were silenced, the main battery on our 
 right still continued to pour in a constant and heavy fire, as it had 
 done during the heat of the engagement ; but as the whole fate of the 
 battle depended upon carrying the redoubts and centre battery, this 
 one on the right remained unattacked, and the enemy had rallied there 
 five hundred strong. 
 
 A heavy fire was commenced upon it, while the 1st battalion were 
 ordered to remount and charge the battery on the left, and the 2d bat- 
 talion was directed to pass on foot up the rough ascent of the moun- 
 tain on the opposite side. The fire of our battery was so effective as 
 to completely silence theirs, and the rapid advance of our column put 
 them to flight over the mountains in great confusion — and thus ended 
 the battle of Sacramento. 
 
 Our force was 924 effective men ; at least one hundred of whom 
 
Battle of Sacramento, continued. 
 
 were engaged in holding horses and driving teams : while that of the 
 enemy amounted to 4,223. The loss of the enemy was his entire ar- 
 tillery, ten wagons, masses of beans and pinola, and other Mexican 
 provisions, about three hundred killed and about the same number 
 wounded, many of whom have since died, and forty prisoners. 
 
 The field was literally covered with the dead and wounded from our 
 artillery and the unerring fire of our riflemen. Night put a stop to the 
 carnage, the battle having commenced about three o'clock. Our loss 
 was one killed, one mortally wounded, and seven so wounded as to re- 
 corer without any loss of limbs." 
 
 Mexican Harbor and P9rtifiMti«R» 
 
A Prairie Kattle with the C.-jaaaanche Indians. 
 
 A Camauche Warrior prepared for Battle. 
 EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER. 
 
 On the 23d day of June, 1847, at Pawnee Fork, we were attacked 
 by about 50 Indians, whom we repulsed without the loss of any of our 
 men or property, though several of the men were wounded ; one of my 
 men in several places, but he will probably recover. We congratu- 
 lated ourselves in being successful in thus driving off these pests of the 
 prairies ; but alas ! this affair was but a prelude to what was subse- 
 quently experienced by us. 
 
 It is our custom on the prairies at all times to make our encamp- 
 ment as safe as practicable; this we do by having the wagons placed 
 in a circular form, inside of which some of the cattle are fastened, the 
 rest being hobbled ; the centre is occupied by ourselves. A guard is 
 then set, which is relieved every two hours. This was our situation on 
 the 26th inst., on the banks of the Arkansas river; and at 4 o'clock in 
 the morning, just at the moment when the cattle were loosened to be 
 driven out, an attack was made by about 300 Camanche Indians, who 
 succeeded in " stampeding" some 350 head of stock, mostly the prop- 
 erty of the government. The plan adopted by the Indians was, to 
 rush on the camp, firing their guns, and uttering the most unearthly 
 yells and shouts which you can imagine. This created a panic among 
 the cattle, who tore off as if mad. The enemy was gallantly met by 
 us. The engagement lasted about 30 minutes, in which three of our 
 men were wounded, supposed mortally. Lieut. Love, who commands 
 100 men, ordered out 25 of them to pursue the Indians, and, if pos- 
 sible, retake the cattle. They overtook the enemy, and had a despe- 
 rate engagement, in which five of our men were killed, and six wound- 
 ed; three of these the doctor reports cannot live. Several h: rses 
 were killed on both sides. The loss on the part of the Indians i> up- 
 
Battle with Camanches, continued. 
 
 posed to be large ; they, however, as is their custom, succeeded in 
 carrying off their dead. Four of our men were found scalped ; one 
 poor fellow had his scalp taken off and his ears cut off whilst alive , 
 on another I counted sixteen wounds, mostly made by lances. These 
 Indians were accompanied by some Mexicans, and it is supposed a 
 few Americans were among them — (I trust this is not the case.) We 
 ^all remain here until reinforced. 
 
 The Camanches are the finest equestrians in the world. They will 
 ride past at full gallop, and show our rifles no part of their bodies but 
 one foot, which is hooked over the saddle ; the rest of the body being 
 hid by the horse. In this position they fire under the neck of the 
 horse. In form they are perfect Apollos, and are considered the 
 bravest and most warlike Indians on the continent. 
 
 When the government closes the Mexican war, it will find the pun- 
 ishing of this people quite a serious affair. The Camanches will have 
 no great opinion of the power of our government, until they are made 
 '.o feel it. 
 
 An Ani(rican escaping from a Mexican Prison. 
 
The Heroine of* Fort Brown." 
 
 The above is a representation of a female connected with the Army, 
 known as the " Heroine of Fort Brown," or " The Great Western," en- 
 gaged in furnishing the thirsty soldiers with hot coffee, at the action at 
 Fort Brown. To some of the artillerymen, who were unable to leave 
 their guns, the beverage was carried by this " ministering angel," and, 
 as may readily be believed, no " belle of Orleans," much as she might 
 be admired and beloved, ever met a more gracious reception. The 
 fire of the artillery was kept up almost incessantly until dinner hour, 
 when the good and generous woman again provided those who were 
 almost utterly exhausted and worn out, a delicious dish of bean sottp. 
 She was ever to be found at her post ; her meals were always ready at 
 the hour, and always " the best the market afforded." 
 
 Interesting Incident relative to the late Captain Lincoln. 
 
 It is said that when the news arrived of the death of Capt. Lincoln, 
 the " Heroine of Fort Brown " was much affected, and fell upon a chair 
 and wept like a child. " You knew the Captain well, did you not, Mrs. 
 Bourdette?" said a person present. "Know him!" said she, wiping 
 the big tears from her bronzed face with her greasy apron. " Know 
 him ! — I did n't know any one else. It was he enlisted me six years 
 ago, in Jefferson Barracks, shortly after my first husband joined tfce 
 regiment — and we have lived together, that is, he has eat at my table 
 all the time since. But, poor dear man, I must go and see to him this 
 very night, lest them rascally greasers should strip him, and not know- 
 ing him, I could not give him a decent burial." 
 
 Off she went to the blood-stained battle-field, and sought among the 
 dead and dying till she found out the corpse of the brave Captain, which 
 she brought to Saltillo ar>d had decently interred. 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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