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 ^^ Mexican Treacheries and Cruelties. 
 
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 m Accounts of Hardships endured ; Treacheries of the Mexi- 1^ 
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 Also, an Account of Valiant Soldiers Fallen, /^j 
 
 AND THE PARTICULARS OF THE 
 
 Death and Funeral Services in honor of 
 Capt. George Lincoln, of Worcester. 
 
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 BY A VOLUNTEER RETURNED FROM THE WAR. B 
 
 BOSTON AND NEW YORK : 
 
 18 48. 
 
 Entered according to Act of Cong^ress, in the year 1847, by Lieut. G. N. Alltx 
 
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Troops embarking for the War. 
 
 Mexican ©latrag'es iipoea Americaais. 
 
 Frequent accounts have been published in the newspapers, of out- 
 rages committed against the persons and property of citizens of 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. Some of 
 these outrages appear to have opened the eyes of such persons, and ir*- 
 duced them to 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 horror 
 struck at the details of suffering which they present. No matter what 
 party was in the ascendant, the officers of the Mexican Government- 
 hesitated not a moment in inflicting wrong and 'injury on our citizens, 
 whenever it suited their purpose to do so. It is not once or twice that 
 such outrages have occurred, but in hundreds of instances; and we 
 think no government but our own would have remained so long \»ithout 
 adopting the most stringent and summary means to obtain redress. In 
 fact, European governments would have demanded reparation on the 
 spot, and at the time, and it would have been better if our government 
 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 deatli of one of our 
 most valuable citizens, occurred in the summer of 1832 : — 
 
 At that time a Revolution had broken out between Santa Anna and 
 the government, and the slate government of Tobasco had pronounced 
 in favor of Santa Anna. In order to suppress the Revolution., Bustn- 
 mente, the President, sent a fleet, consisting of the armed schooner 
 Vera Cruzana, and other vessel.?, with a military force, to Frontera, 
 
Mexican Outrages upon Americans, (continued.) 
 
 where it arrived on the 29th of June. For the purpose of resisting the 
 contemplated attack on Tobasco by this fleet, the Santa Anna party 
 took forcible possession of the steamer Beilona, owned by citizens of 
 the United States, and converted her into a vessel of war, and com- 
 pelled her crew to navigate her, by threats of death in case of refusal. 
 While the Beilona was professedly proceeding to attack the fleet of 
 Bustamente, the brig John, of New York, Capt. Hughes, was seen 
 warping up the Usumcenta 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, for the 
 purpose of practising them in that species of naval tactics. As soon 
 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. Hughes, beat and 
 bruised him in a brutal manner — one of them going so far as to 
 attack him with his bayonet ; and concluded by breaking open the 
 captain's trunk and robbing it and the vessel of the valuables they 
 contained. As soon as the brig was ransacked, these ruffians, officers 
 and men, dragged Capt. Hughes on board the steamer; but after a 
 {^w days' detention, during which his life was many times threatened, 
 :he and aMr. Gahagan, one of the crew, made tlieir escape to Frontera, 
 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 tlie whole of the gov- 
 ernment army and fleet. Frontera fell into their hands, and Capt. 
 Hughes, Mr. Gahagan, and another American citizen, Capt. Philo B. 
 Johnston, were again made prisoners, and taken to Tobasco, where 
 they were confined in the common jail till the 20th of August, wlien, 
 at the demand of Lieut. Boenim, of the U. S. schooner Shark, they 
 were released. The injuries which Capt. Hughes sustained from the 
 ruffianly Mexican soldiers affected his brair<, and superinduced sick- 
 ness, of which he died on his passage home on board the Shark. 
 
 This was a wanton aggression, as all who read the account of it will 
 admit, yet it is only one of a thousand equally as bad or worse. Now, 
 we put it to the friends of the Mexicans, and to the editors of the 
 journals which take their part, and insist on terming them a wronged 
 and injured people, whether this outrage alone was not sufficient cause 
 for war; aod yet our government is charged with designing to wrong 
 and injure them. What, we ask, would the governments of Great 
 Britain or France have done, in case a similar outrage were committed 
 on a citizen of theirs. They would have demanded reparation, and 
 security th.it another would not occur; and in case of refusal, would 
 have obtained it at the cannon's mouth, 
 
 Lo, the poor Mexicans ! But the cringing and crying abettors of the 
 Mexicans, have not a single tear to shed for our^own citizens. 
 
 (t^ The officers of Col. Doniphan's regiment state that throughout 
 New Mexico unrestrained concubinage is a recognized feature of the 
 social system, and that the obligations of wedlock are utterly unknown, 
 
Ictt dead on tiac Battle Field, 
 
 An American officer at the Battle of Buena Vista, [pronounced Wans 
 :Es<rt,] 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 
 pursuing the Plying Infantry and Horsemen. Column after column 
 succeeded, until they formed a dense mass, numbering something like, 
 twelve thousand men. No words can express to you even a faint idea 
 of their appearanxe. 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 
 beautiful style, in numbers from two to three thousand, and in lines 
 the beauty of which the most accurate military observer could have 
 found no fiiult with ; and, added to this, that they wefe, for the time, 
 victors, I assure you we did not look upon them with contempt. But 
 when the quick ringing of our rifles sounded the death-knel! of score 
 after score of them, three hearty Mississippi cheers told full well that 
 no cowardly fear paralyzed that little band. Rushing .on, our small 
 force would have scattered the retreating foe in all directions over the 
 death-strewn 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. 
 
 Here an amusing circumstance look place. Major Bradford, (who 
 is probably the most impetuously brave officer that ever drew a sword,) 
 perceived us retiring, and thought we were defeated. He dismounted 
 
Mexican Barhmity, (continutd.) 
 
 from his horse and followed oi> slowly after us, exclaiming — " Shoo« 
 Hie ! shoot me ! " Some one called out — 
 
 " What the devil's the matter. Major ? " 
 
 '* Ah, kill me ! The Mississippi Regiment ha."* run, awi 5 don't 
 want to live another minute V 
 
 But the gallant Major was quickly undeceived, for we soon re-formed, 
 and although our ranks were terribly thinned by the killed and wound- 
 ed, yet again was heard the deep voice of the noble Davis, " Forward! 
 Guide centre! March!" The command was repeated by fifty voices j. 
 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 daring 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 althoagh animated by tlKJ 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 ors beholding 
 that horrible scene. But for his straw hat, ai>d a few oiher 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 aJl whom I saw. 
 Lieut. Moore, and a man named Coirch, of our company, were the only 
 persons whose bodies I easily recognized. 
 
 After the battle, I rode over the whole field. Parties were engaged 
 ifn 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 fcmnd too valaeleas to 4ake 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 last 
 breath — others had the most placid and resigned expression and feel- 
 ing. Some seemed to have died defending their lives bravely to the 
 Jast, 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 bodies of those who had so recent- 
 ly been our foes. This scene was horrible enough, God knows — but 
 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 Mexicans 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, whose age I should 
 think could not have exceeded 15 years. A bullet had struck him full 
 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 elo" 
 tjuentiy told the spectator that he had fallen with his face to the foe. 
 
l>€atlft or inajor Kiatg^^oM. 
 
 This distinguished officer was killed at the battle of Palo Alto. Alter 
 several hours' hard fighting, his ammunition becoming nearly exhaust- 
 ed, he rode a little to the rear ef 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 
 making a most vigorous effort to silence the terrible eighteen-pounders 
 and Ringgold's batteries. Col. Paynb hearing his name beseechingly 
 called by one of the soldiers, looked behind, and saw Major Ringgold 
 stretched upon the ground, his favorite steed plunging and writhing a 
 s'hort distance from him. A six-pound shot had struck his right thigh, 
 and passing through the holsters aad upper part of the shoulders of his 
 horse, cut through his left thigh, in the same line in which the ball 
 first struck him, exposing., but not breaking the bones. He had receiv- 
 ed his death-wound, but so perfectly calm was he, that his face had not 
 even lost its nattiral color ; and, as his brother soldiers crowded about 
 him, 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 same request, he calmly awaited his death, which BOO0 
 took place. 
 
 A Vcteraai of Wapoleon's Wars. 
 
 A soldier, writing soon after the battle of Palo Alto, says : — As out 
 battalion of artillery advanced, it came up to a private of the Fifth 
 ilegiraent, 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 tte 
 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 battery. As his fellow soldiers passed him, and noticed the 
 blood flowing from his wounds with every pulsation of his heart, they 
 •stopped for an instant to sympathize with him, but the brave fellow, 
 as his eyes were glazing m death, waved them on, as with his last breatJa 
 ti^ fiaid^ " Go, coinrades^ I have oulj got what a soldier enlists for." 
 
Horrid Butchery fey the Mexicaiss, 
 
 One of those bloody and brutal acts which seem to be characteristre 
 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 arriving at Santa Fe, nine of the men were left 
 behind in consequence of illness on their part, and the fatigue of their 
 horses. 
 
 Lieut. Hill and his 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 
 lie would have returned the next morning. Nothing further was heard 
 from the men for a few days, when news reached here, informing U3 
 that a large party of Mexicans had attacked and literally cvit them to 
 pieces, in the most shocking manner. One of them was killed on the 
 spot, and five others were mutilated in such a manner as to strike any 
 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 ajiother 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 backed and mangled so as to render the description al- 
 most incredible. 
 
 Capt. Walker started immediately, accompaeied by bis Mounted 
 Riflemen, in search of the murderers, and encountered a large body 
 of Mexicans, whom he attacked, and succeeded in killing four. 
 
 Experience oFa Massachusetts Tolnnteer. 
 
 Soon after the commencement of the present war with Mexico, a 
 young man named John Miller, a resident of Salem, enlisted in the 
 U. S. Dragoons, and was sent to the seat of war. We have been showr^ 
 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, wlien a 10 lb. howitzer shell, bursting 
 over his head, killed two of his comrades outright, took off two of the 
 middle fingers of his right hand, tore his right leg, and killed his horse. 
 Soon after, he received a musket ball in bis left breast, and another in 
 the fleshy part of his left arm. While he was thus disabled, he was 
 stabbed by a lancer in his left side. After lying three months in the 
 Hospital at Matamoras, be at length recovered. 
 
 Rilillairas. — "I. am grieved to report a very pair^ful affair to our 
 citizens. Messrs. W. Train and Morris were attacked on the road, 
 last Wednesday, by five Mexican ruffians. Mr. Morris was woundeo 
 in the leg 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 MexB- 
 cans fled^" — Letter frem Mexico. 
 
FieiidisU Miii'der ©f a Ca^lioMc Friest. 
 
 Father JIay, (as he was familiarly called,) a Catholic chap- 
 lain 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, 
 <;ombined with fanaticism will do, may be judged b]/" 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 ! 
 
 , SiiBviinary Pa°oceedlog'. 
 
 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 bojies of drivers and 
 their calde being left to whiten together. 
 
Murder of Co5«jH8itlj and Americaai Vcngennce* 
 
 " Occasional murders of our men," says a letter fror^ the seat of 
 war, "have been perpetrated ever since we have been in the country, 
 al! killed by the lasso. The Arkansas regiment of horse, from then- 
 having been employed as scouts, and occupying the ^jltposts, have beeiK 
 particularly exposed to this guerrilla warfare, and hav'fe lost four or five 
 of their men. The day before yesterday, it was reported, that one of 
 their rfHiXiber had been killed by the Mexicans, as he had been missing 
 froiTi camp since the day before, when he went out to look for his 
 horse. Search was made for the body, and it was found about a 
 thousand yards from oilt camp, with a lasso round the neck, and tied 
 to a prickly pear, having been dragged some three hundred yards upon 
 the face through the 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 tJie moontain, to which the ' pisanos ' of Agua Nueva had fled to 
 upon our approach, and soon commenced an indiscriminate and bloody 
 massacre of the 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 nfiount 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 o\ving 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. Tiie 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 throtigh 
 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 woQld 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 fftyself 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 
 ptT)tecUon ; and, notwithstanding 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 then 
 told them that I feared their men had been Ifilled. They sooa cou> 
 
Murder of Young Colquitt, Sfc, continued. 
 
 prehended my fears ; and the old woman asked us to lead to the dead 
 bodies; and, accompanied by two little boys of about two years of age 
 each, we set out for the scene of murder. 
 
 " The second body we came to was that of a man about thirty years 
 of age, who lay as tranquil as though he was in the sweetest sleep. 
 One of the little boys, impelled by that instinct which seems to lead us 
 into trouble and difficulty ere it is ready for us, outstripped his com- 
 panions, and was the first to reach the body. He advanced stealthily 
 to its side, gazed beneath the broad-brimmed hat, folded his hands 
 upon his breast, and looked with dreaming earnestness upoft the bloody 
 victim of ill-timed vengeance. The heaving of his manly little chest, 
 and the silent tears stealing from his dark eyes, and rolling down his 
 cheeks, told too eloquently that the little fellow had lost a friend. I 
 said to him, in the most soothing tone I could command, ' Do you 
 know that man ?' To which he replied, ' It is my dear father;' walked 
 round the body, examined the bullet hole in tlie side, turned away 
 from us, drew his sleeves across his eyes, and, without an audible sob 
 or murmur, returned to the glen, where his mother, brothers and sis- 
 ters were waiting to hear the tale of their desolation. 
 
 " It is but proper to remark, that the army condemns the bloody 
 deed, and, but for the agency of Capt. Coffy, of our regiment, who 
 rallied his man, and stepped between the victims and their execution- 
 ers, seventeen others would certainly have been killed, who were 
 brought by him into camp. Had the Arkansas men, in the first flow 
 of their excited feelings, shot down a Mexican or two in retaliation for 
 their murdered comrade, I could pardon, though not justify it ; but the 
 wliolesale slaughter, I fear, will bring reproach upon the whole army." 
 
 A Vr'mc ©early Boitgrht. 
 
 On one occasion, the Mexicans captured fifty baggage wagons, ail 
 of them empty except one or two, which contained the ammunition of 
 the party from which they were captured. After this exploit, as the 
 Mexicans were quietly reposing among the boxes of ammunition, not 
 knowing what tiiey contained, and quietly smoking their cigars, n, 
 spark suddenly communicated to the powder, and a terrible explosion 
 was the consequence, blowing eight or ten of them into eternity. The 
 whole party scattered, cursing the Americans, as they believed this to 
 be a Yankee trick — a sort of infernal machine sent to blow them up. 
 
 ITIexicans not amxiows for Peace. 
 
 Q;;^' 'I'he Governor of the Federal District of Mexico, in an address 
 after the battle of Cerro Gordo, cries out: — 
 
 " War and war only. War to the death. War as it was waged by 
 the Morelos, the Galeanas, the Matamoros. Let us die rather than 
 negotiate, lie is a traitor who seeks to divide us. He is a traitor 
 who speaks of peace, who dares to propose the slightest truce." And 
 again; "Mexicans! we are all one, and Mexicans only. Let us be 
 unanimous; let there be but one cry, and let that cry be war. Perish 
 the An({lo Saxcn ! Perish the Yankees ! " 
 
The Castle of Ferofe. 
 
 A Young Tcxau escapdug from tlie Castle of Pcrote. 
 
 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, witb 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 aod 
 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 tastefully 
 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, &.c. 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 the inside 
 about two feet thick. The entire running lengl^h of this is upwards of 
 a mile. It is lined with a heavy paling of wood, for musketry. 
 
 0I/*° The funeral obsequies in honor of the lamented and heroic Col. 
 Hakdin, who fell gallantly fighting at Buena Vista, took place at Jack- 
 sonville, 111., July i4th. Fifteen tJiousand persons participated. 
 
A portion of the Army crossiog a steep Monntaiu, 
 
Isacidcatts at the HattSc onSuciia Tista. 
 
 TiiE coolness and bravery of the Mississippi and Illinois volunteers 
 were beyond ail 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 riile, 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 
 I.ieut. 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 
 grope," says old Rough and Ready, " and that will secure their safe- 
 cy." 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 bqcarried 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, 
 vviiich, 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 
 wretches to be druntmed out beyond the lines. Such rascals, he said, 
 might do for Santa Anna — they would not suit him — and it would ibe 
 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 remarked that the balls were becominir excited. 
 
Lieut. RUclaic Lassoocd by a Meilcaii, 
 
 GcN. Scott, on arriving at the mouth of the Rio Grande, sent des- 
 patches to Gen. Taylor, or the commanding officer at Sahillo. When 
 the bearer reached that city, General Butler opened tlie 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- 
 Rjtchie 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, 2^ 
 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 
 vere crossing the plaza of Villa Grande, in furtherance of that object, 
 a Mexican on horseback came whisking by them, when suddenly l)e 
 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. 
 
 A Vohmfeer s^etMriied wUh a Wife. 
 
 A voLUNTKER lately returned from Mexico, bringing with him n 
 bright-eyed Mexican girl, as his wife. " Love your enemies," had 
 been practically obeyed by him. 
 
Auiiislaig Incideasts at the Battle of §aci*ai£icnto. 
 
 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 Mexica© 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 1 " 
 
 " 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 ahootin* 
 fixin' on him." 
 
 " Forward I I say, sir," shouted the officer again. 
 
 " Well, but jest to try the thing. Captain— for it aint a right down 
 sartin piece yet," said he; and levelling upon the peeping Mexican, 
 he dropped him. " Good as wheat 1 " 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 company 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 !" 
 
 Houses in flames, at Vera Cruz. 
 
RESULTS OF THE BATTLES WITH THE MEXICANS. 
 
 PALO ALTO, May 8th, 1846."American force engaged, 2,288 ; Mexicnn 
 force, 6,000 regular troops, and several thousand irregular troops. American 
 loss, 9 killed, and 44 woutided ; Mexican loss aboot 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 loss, 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 advantageoua 
 position, strongly defended with artillery. The entire camp, baggage, ammu- 
 nition, maps, papers, &c., fell into the hands of the Americana. 
 
 MONTEREY, Sept. 21st, 22d, and 23d, 1846.— Capitulated on the morning 
 of the 24th, after the Americans had carried all th& 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 loss, 126 killed, 350 wounded. Mexican loss supposed to be 800. 
 
 BATTLE OF SACRAMENTO, under Col. Doniphan, Feb, 28th, 1847.— 
 The 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 924, while the Mexicans had 4223 engaged. American artillery, G pieces ; 
 Mexican do., 12. Americans killed, 2; Mexicans killed, 300. 
 
 VERA CRUZ AND THE CASTLE TAKEN, March 26, 1847.— The 
 military operations agairist the City and Castle were commenced on the 9th of 
 March, and the surrender took place on the 26th, when the Mexican troops 
 marched out and laid down their arms. At noon on that day, the American 
 ensign was hoisted over the City and Castle. The loss of the Americans waa 
 65, killed and wounded. The Mexican losa is said to have been immense, 
 
BUENA VISTA, Feb. 22, 1847.— This was one of tho most desperate bat- 
 tles ever fought; the American arms were victorious, though engaged in the 
 unequal contest of 1 to 4. Tlie enemy u-as descried on the morning of the 
 21st, at which time our volunteers sent in three tremendous cheers. The 
 Mexicans had 3"2 cannon of large calibre. The result of the fn-st day was only 
 8 or 10 killed and wounded on the 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 v/as great, and a large proportion 
 of officers. The Mexicans lost tliree general officers, and 20 colonels and com- 
 manders of battallions. The Mexican force engaged in tliis action was from 
 f20,000 to 25,000. The Americans, all told, did nat exceed 6000, 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.— Tliis great battle, fought 
 tmder 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, 184G, by the Naval force, 
 finer considerable skirmishing. Tobasco is a fine city, situated on a high 
 blufi" on the rigiit bank of the river, SO miles from its mouth. Tlie 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 after. 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 ovir land forces, and will become a place of great importance in our 
 further operations upon the interior. 
 
 \¥l5at II»rni has ^^ar done ii§? 
 
 Col. Wm. B. Cambell's first regiment of Tennessee volunteer.s num- 
 bered 1000 brave men, on their march to Mexico. Only 350, rank and 
 lile, of this gallant regiment, returned with their Colonel to their homes. 
 
 Coi. Wm. T. IlaskcH'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 hundrrd and 
 thirtif — 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 lieadstones to tell who ' 
 they are or jMcre tfeey are. Poor fellows! mournful and vacant are 
 many loved homes and firesides ; but the sleeping dead know it not. 
 They repose' beneath th^ burning sands of an inhospitable clime, pro* 
 miscuously thrown together. 
 
Death of Lieut. Col. €iay, at ISueiia 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 
 bail 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 FROM 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 always " rough," as the warm sentiment and beautiful language 
 ©f 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 of administering any 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 casual 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 
 claim 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 could 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 fell 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 miss 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 friesid, 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 (he unfortunate father, oii 
 leaving for the seat of war. 
 
IJcjsUa of l^iplasBi George UiicoIse. 
 
 N the battle-field at Biiena Vista, Feb. 23, 1847, 
 among those who fell in fighting for their coua- 
 try, was Capt. George Lincoln, of Worces- 
 ter, Mass., son of Ex-Governor Lincoln. An 
 officer who rode beside him states that he was 
 shot through the head when in the act of 
 making a charge at full gallop, and that he fell 
 ^ _, ^ _^^^ dead from his horse. The noble animal, car- 
 -— — — -^^■^'^-to^^^^ried forward by his own speed, as soon as be 
 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 
 deeply 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 Rio 
 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 with 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. 
 
 From the first, there has been something peculiarly interesting in the 
 character and conduct of this young officer. Gen. Taylor, who uses 
 few words, and never exceeds in commendation, speaks of 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 among 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. The 
 meanest camp followers shed tears when they saw the empty saddle of- 
 his war-horse, and his body borne by the artillerymen into the camp: 
 
 " Dragged from among the horses' feet, 
 Willi 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 woma«, 
 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 could not want 
 it — that she would give two hundred and fifty dollars for the animal, 
 and at that price it was knocked off to her. When asked what occa- 
 sion she had for the horse, she declared her intention to keep it till an 
 opportunity offered of forwarding it to Lincoln's mother, for whom she 
 designed it as a present. [She afterwards relinquished the horse to the 
 Kentucky Regiment, by whom he was presented to the family of ths 
 deceased, and forwarded to Boston.] 
 
IN HONOR OF THE BRAVE 
 
 CAPT. GEORCJE IilMC01.r¥, 
 Assistant Adjutant General, U. S. Army, 
 
 WHO WAS KILLED, IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY, AT THE 
 
 BATTLE OF BUENA VISTA, MEXICO, 
 On the 23rf of February, 1847. 
 
 Warrior, rest ! thy 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 laud whence none return. 
 
 The Funeral Ceremonies, which were performed in Boston and at Worces- 
 tof, on the 22d of July, 1847, in honor of the late Capt. George Lincoln, 
 killed at the battle of Buena Vista, were of the most interesting, affecting and 
 iiBposing 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 sympathies 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- 
 Tlie soldier who falls fighting the battles of his country, certainly deserves 
 the highest 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 arm, fires his eye, and animates his soul. 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 
 HB tlie hour of peril. If he live, he is assured that his countrymen will repay 
 his devotion to their service, with noble generosity. If he die, the sweet 
 spirit of Hope whispers words of glorious consolation to his soul. 
 
Captain Lincoln's Funeral, (continued.) 
 
 PUBLIC CEREMONIES IN BOSTON. 
 
 The remains were deposited in a rich and magnificently finished black •.va!- 
 nut coffin, manufactured in Boston, over which was thrown the American flag. 
 Upon it were placed two swords, the arms of the deceased, one of which he 
 used at Resaca de la Palma, Bucna Vista, &c., and the other was present^ 
 to him a few 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 
 '«offin was placed a silver plate bearing the following inscription: — 
 
 GEORGE LINCOLN, 
 
 Capt. 8th Reg't Inft'y, U. S. A. 
 
 Fell at Buena Vista, Mexico, Feb. 23, 1847. 
 
 Aged 29 years. 
 
 In delivering the remains into the care of the military, Mayor Q,uincy made 
 the following brief and touching remarks : — 
 
 " Ftllotc Citizens : — We have met here to pay the last tribute to tlie 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 
 Buena Vista, He was immediately associated, both before and during the 
 action, with the Second Regiment of Kentucky Volunteers. When their 
 time of service expired, and they were about returning home, the remembrance 
 of the soldier who had shared with them the privations of the camp and tlie 
 dangers of the field would not permit them to suffer his remains to slumber on 
 a foreign 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 such I have received them, believing that whatever may be the opinions of 
 niy fellow citizens concerning the war, there is an universal feeling of 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 of his hon- 
 ored and honorable father, of his loving mother, of his affectionate wife, of his 
 orphan child. Their feelings on receiving them cannot be described ; may 
 tliey be soothed by the sympathy of the public. 
 
 " But it was not in these relations alone that Capt. Lincoln stood, or in which 
 he would have wished to be remembered. He was a soldier, and his fate was 
 what many a soldier would have desired, — for of him it may be said, while he 
 lived lie 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 
 in his ear. His distinguished leader lamented him as one on whose courage 
 and conduct he rested in the dot btful struggle that was before him, and his 
 companions in arras mourned that they would no more hear the voice they had 
 
 heard so oft 
 
 In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge 
 Of bauje when it raged in all assaults, 
 Their surest signal.' 
 
 " Having been trusted by those companions in arms with these remains, to 
 the care of soldiers I resign them. You, Mr. Commander, will convey them 
 with the rites of war to their final resting place, in the heart of the Common- 
 wealth, the beautiful village of his birth. He will there be long remembered- 
 And when some future historian shall be recounting the thousand sons of 
 Massachusetts who have fallen on the high places of the field, may he truly 
 say that he whose remains lie before us. was her last sacrifice, falling in th« 
 iast war in which the country was ever engaged." 
 
 Col. Edmands, who sis 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, 
 Lyman Tucker, Jr., Amasa G. Smith, Stephen Titcomb, Thomas J. Pierce, 
 Charles Grant, Geo. B. Wellman, J. F. Marsh, W. W. Baker, B. 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 through 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 
 afreets 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 earth, 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 
 ti^ence through Boylston and Essex Streets, Harrison Avenue, and Beech 
 Slreets, 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- 
 eester 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- 
 «^or Lincoln, where the sarcophagus was given into the hands of the afflicted 
 fkmily. 
 
 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 
 were nearly all closed, and the entire population appeared to be assembled 
 to witness the funeral spectacle. 
 
Captain Lincoln's Funeral, [continued) 
 
 On the aiTival of the Escort and Funeral Car at the mansion of Gor. 
 Lincoln, on Elm street, on the hill a few rods back of the Worcester House, 
 the N. E. Guards were formed in line in front of the house, with arms pre- 
 sented, and the coffin was taken into the house with military honors. 
 
 The residence of Gov. Lincoln is very beautifully located, surrounded by a 
 fine garden and an abundance of handsome sliade trees. As we looked upoa 
 this peaceful spot, we could not but reflect how sad a change in his lot the 
 eon had made, who tore himself from the arms of his wife and child, andykind 
 parents, and this comfortable home, to pour out his blood, and lay down his 
 life on the plains of Mexico. 
 
 The daughter of the deceased, a sweet child, with delicate complexion and 
 curly flaxen hair, sat at an open window, in the care of a nurse, during the 
 whole ceremony of the reception and departure of the corpse, happy and 
 pleased with the novel spectacle, and entirely unconscious of the influence 
 which this melancholy event will have upon her future fate. 
 
 The general Procession in Worcester was formed partly on the Common, 
 and pa<tly on Elm street. The Military Escort was under the command of 
 Brig. Gen. George Hobbs, and the Civic Procession under the direction of the 
 Hon. Isaac Davis, aided by the following gentlemen as Assistant Marshals : — 
 Col. James Estabrook, Capt. George Bowen, Col. George W. Richardson, 
 Capt. George T. Rice, Wm. Baker, Col. A. H. Bulloch, Wm. Bickford, Col. 
 P. W. Taft, and Gen. E. L. Barnard. 
 
 At 1 o'clock the remains of the deceased were received from the family 
 mansion with military honors, and the line was soon formed. The Funeral 
 Cortege and its attendants, then moved in the following order : — 
 
 An armed escort composed of the following Companies, under command of 
 
 Brig. Gen. Hobbs, 
 
 Sterling Washington Light Guards. 
 
 Fitchburg Fusileers. 
 
 Worcester Guards, 
 
 Worcester Light Infantry. 
 
 New England Guards, from Boston. 
 
 Boston Brass Band. , 
 
 Worcester Brass Band. 
 
 PAI.I. BEARERS. 
 
 PAU. BEARERS. 
 
 PALL BEARERS. 
 
 PALL BEARERS. 
 
 The Horse rode by Capt. Lincoln at Buena Vista. 
 
 Gov. Lincoln and other male relatives of the deceased, on foot 
 
 Female relatives of the deceased in carriages. 
 
 Officers of the United States Army without commands. 
 
 Officers of the United States Navy. 
 
 Officers of the Infantry and Militia witliout commands. 
 
 Privates in uniform, not connected with escorts. 
 
 City Marshal and Aids. 
 
 Committee of Arrangements. 
 
 Municipal Officers of the town of Worcester. 
 
 Citizens of Boston and vicinity who accompanied the remains to Worcester. 
 
 Rough and Ready Association. 
 
 Members of the Lincoln Monument Association. 
 
 Officers and Students of the 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 his family appeared to be deeply distressed by 
 tlte mournful ceremonies, and great sympathy was manifested by the people. 
 The general appearance of the funeral pageant was solemn, impressive and 
 affcctmg 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 gun fell upon 
 the ear, the heart of the spectator could not fail to be moved with irrepressible 
 ©motion. 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 sympathy 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 native 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, bjs expressive 
 countenance and flashing eye, seemed again to assume form and substance to 
 Jh8 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 
 l?allant end, eloquent advocates of his fame ! 
 
 The Funeral Services were performed in the 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 the 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 dust." Rev. Mr. Hill 
 then read some appropriate selections from the Scriptures ; after which he 
 ©ffered a fervent and excellent prayer. An anthem was then sung — " Unveil 
 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 
 «f 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 GOO, 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 retrains of Capt. Lincoln. 
 
The Siesre of Vera Cruz. 
 
 " 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 
 rae 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 e.xplosion as tremendous. The house 
 
Siege, of Vera Ci^uz, continued. 
 
 shook in all its parts as with an earthquake, and his first impression 
 was that everything in it had been rended into fragments. Probably 
 years 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 him, 
 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- 
 jury. 
 
 *' They would fall on the houses, the weight carrying ihem 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 wa« 
 comparatively small ; they kept themselves in the northern part of the 
 town. 
 
 " One reason of the Mexicans for giving up is, they feared a revolt 
 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 officers, at 
 night, craw!ed 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 v/ere 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 sented 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 
 invalid, but the innocent nnd unoffending." 
 
Loss of the U. S. Brig Soiiiers, and 39 Lives! 
 
 The U. S. Brig Somers, which had been for some months engaged 
 in 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. 
 
 Caught 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 
 f was after dark, and the ruobers 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 hi» 
 load ; — all were killed ! and the merchant passed down in safety. 
 
Battle or Sacraanciito. 
 
 [from col. Doniphan's oriiciAL despatches.] 
 
 " On the 8th of February, 1847, we left El Paso del Norte. On the 
 tJjth of Feb, we were informed that the enemy were at Inseneas.c 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 
 tliey 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 
 farces advanced to the very brink of their redoubts, and attacked them 
 with their sabres. When the redoubts were cleared, and the batteries 
 in the centre and on our left were silenced, the main battery on our 
 right still continued to pour in a constant and heavy tire, 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 tlie 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 t!ie 
 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- 
 cover without any loss of limbs." 
 
 Mexiean flarbw and Fertificatioa. 
 
A Prairie BatlSc with the CaBwaiiche Iiidians* 
 
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 A Camanche 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 horses 
 were killed on both sides. The loss on the part of the Indians is sup- 
 
Battle toith Camanchcs, continued. 
 
 poseJ 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 
 shall 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 ApoUos, and are considered the 
 bravest and most wirlike Indians on the continent. 
 
 When the sovernment 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 govefnment, until they are made 
 '.o feel it. 
 
 iB American escaping from a Mexican Prison. 
 
"The Heroine ol* Fort BrowsB." 
 
 The above is a representation of a female connected with the Arinj, 
 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 
 he admired and beloved, ever met a mote gracious reception. The 
 (ire of the artillei-y was kept up almost incessantly until dinner honr, 
 when the good and generous woman again provided those who were 
 almost utterly exhausted and worn out, a delicious dish of bean soup. 
 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 the 
 regiment- — and we have lived together, that is, he has eat at my table 
 nil 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 
 ahe brought to Saltillo and had decently interred. 
 
r- \ Your Attention is particularly called 
 
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 2.S Being au Accouut of the Robberies and Escapes of two Famous Highwaymen, 
 H^ togctiier witii an Account of tlie Life and recent Deatli, in Vermont, of | a 
 'S J^ a man reputed to be Thunderbolt. \ § 
 
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 1^ GREAT STIR IN VERMONT— Supposed discovery of the Fa-| ?» H 
 "c.^ mous Robber THUNDERBOLT, (alias John Doherty,) in the §"1 
 S a, person of an individual recently deceased — Curious reports about jew- ^g- 
 S I I eiry and firearms being found among his effects — Account of his having j aq "* 
 .22 -. lived as a Doctor in Brattleboro' many years — Letters from Brattleboro', ^ 
 5^ 1^ written by a gentleman who was well acquainted with the Doctor — Ac- ^_ 
 ° "^ count of the Doctor's first arrival in that region, about 1818 — His per- 
 •g'S sonal appearance — Great mystery about the man — ABOUT THE: ^ 
 "'^J DOCTOR'S CORK HEEL— Becomes celebrated as a Physician— | |^ 
 His marriage — Engages in a saw-mill enterprise — More about the cork \ 3-< 
 o'Sj heel and the perished leg — Curious collection of articles found among ^^ 
 
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 of LIGHTFOOT, (or Michael Martin,) the companion of Thunder 
 bolt — His early life — Joins the " Ribbon-Men," or United Irishmen — | S 
 •"S>1 Secret meetings — Falls in with an ingenious mechanic, who makes him jr 
 ■^=^i a Master-Key, with which he begins opening locks — Robs his faXher's | 
 •tS'Sjtrunk — Emboldened by success, robs various persons — Gets intoj;,^ 
 .2 3j some roguery, which liked to have cost him dearly — Leaves his father's 
 g^ hoaie forever — Commences a wandering life — Forms acquaintance 
 rt :« with a fine-looking man at a tavern — Supposes him to be a clergyman 
 -g'l —It turns out to be THUNDERBOLT the Robber— Thunderbolt 
 ,I^"§ advises Martin to join him, and " live like a gentleman" — Martin ob- 1 g- 1- 
 >'.tf jects at first, but finally consents — Becomes initiated as a robber, and ^^ 
 ;2 Ji I is christened as Captain Lightfoot — They proceed in their crimes — j 5^ 
 Robbery of four gentlemen on the public road — Pursued by mounted '^ " 
 soldiers— Narrow escape in the city of Cork— THUNDERBOLT 
 ^ g wounded in \\iQCi\^ o{ i\ie\eg, {Picture representing the scene) — Light-, ^ _ 
 foot cuts out the ball with his knife — Unable to travel — Lay by in the | r^^ 
 woods a kw days — Proceed in their rascalities — Endanger the lives of 
 a Judge and retinue, by taking the linchpin from the carriage axle — | §3^ 
 ^ Man's leg broken — Rob a baronet — Rob the house of a Dublin gen- ^ 
 ^ ^ Uleman, afterward kiss the ladies, and ride off" — Commit robbery on the f^ 
 road— CAPTURE OF THUNDERBOLT, who is confined in a house | f; 
 i E j — Lightfoot sets fire to the house, and Thunderbolt escapes in the con- 
 « J fusion — Picture of the house in flames — Robberies in Dublin — Provides ! ,^ 
 1^ a poor man with the means to pay his tax, and robs the tax-collector on | ^^ 
 the road — After a series of robberies, {see the book,) all of a sudden 
 THUNDERBOLT DISAPPEARS '. — Mystery — Lightfoot shortly 
 leaves for the U. S., expecting to meet his companion — Hires out with 
 Mr. Derby of Salem — Engages in the beer business — News of his fa- 
 ther's death — Steals a chaise — Goes to Quebec — Adventures at Three 
 Rivers, Montreal, Burlington, Enfield, Boscawen, Concord, Salisbury, 
 Newburyport, Portsmouth, Salem, Beverly, Boston, Medford, Spring- 
 field—Robbery of Major Bray— Trial- EXECUTION ! 
 
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