The New York Herald

A Veteran Negro.—We were much interested in the history of the adventures of a negro man, who has lately returned from the Mexican war, as related to us by that accomplished officer, Lieut. Rains, of the engineer corps. Sandy has had the singular fortune, for a negro, to have been, at his own earnest solicitation, in nearly all the battles in Mexico. He was at Corpus Christi during the encampment of our army at that place, and marched with the column to the Rio Grande. In some of his peregrinations around Fort Brown, he was captured by the Mexicans, after a stout resistance, and thus became the first prisoner in the war with Mexico. The Mexicans took Sandy to Matamoras, and treated him with "the most distinguished consideration," and finally offered him a lieutenancy in the Mexican army, which he indignantly declined, and escaping in a skiff, joined his master, Major Rains, and was present at the bombardment of Fort Brown. By solicitation, Sandy was allowed to join the army at Vera Cruz, and was present throughout the siege. He was, again, at the battle of Cerro Gordo, and joining his master's brother, Lieut. Rains, at Puebla, he marched with the army into the valley of Mexico, and was present in every battle before the capital, being always near to render assistance to his master in case he should require it. No one in the whole army appeared to enjoy the successes of our arms with more enthusiasm, and no one maintained a more uniformly gallant devotion to his duty and charge than the negro Sandy. Having been with the army since his childhood, he well deserves the title of the "veteran negro."—N. O. Delta.