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Zo jDn atijrr.
There is a fiow'r that loves to curl
Its tendrils round the blasted tree,
.And all its brightest gems unfurl,
Where Winter frowns most drearily
And often is thy bcauly seen,
Enwrcalhed with snow sweet evergreen.
There is a fiow'r that loves to bind
The limb that bow'd beneath the blast,
And kindly round its fragments wind,
Till all the tempest's rage is past
And sweetly dues the mourner lean,"
0;i thy kind arms, sweet evergreen.
Thou windest not thy gentle stem
Around the bram-h that needs thec not;
'Tis not thy pride to honor them
By whom thou soon would'st be forgot;
Oh, no thy smile is olfner seen
Where weeps th oppressed sweet ever
green. And O, when like the blasted tree,
My Father's verdure Hides away,
My greenness shall his beauty be,
My love shall be his prop and stay;
And still like thee will I be seen,
Affection's flower sweet evergreen.
II ECO L I, ECTIOS H
M K X Z C O.
BV WADDV THOMrSQN.
Kindness and Courtesy Society of
Dinner Parties and Entertainments
Mexican Ladies wanting in Beauty
Do not dance well Charity Routine
of daily life Costliness of Dress In
the strre's "Women gor.crally smoke
A day in the country.
Notwithstanding the general prejudice
which existed in Mexico ag.inst me when
I first went there, I was treated, although
somewhat coldly, always and by all
classes with the most perfect respect. In
this particular the higher classes of all
countries are very much alike, but I
doubt whether there is any other country
where the middling and lower classes are
so generally courteous and poli'e. There
is no counirv where kindness and cour
tesy are mure certain to meet with a prop
er return, limavbethat three hundred
rears of v.issahu'e to their Snanith mas
ters mav have given the Indian 'population
i . " ii.- i c .
iiivin.n population
ni resoict for a
Iwavs regarded as
"
an nannuai ueitrenec a.u
race which thev have al
superior one. IN o people arc by nature
mire socui, none less so in their habits.
It is not the fashion to give entertainments
cf wny sort. And what I regarded as a
little remarkable, the members of the
Mexican cabinet, most of whom were
men of fortune and had ample mean at
hand, not onlv never gave entertainments,
even iluir.cr parties to tne memoers ot me
diplomatic corps, but never even invited
them to their homes. when invited to what I thought of the Mexican ladies;
such parties however by any of the for- w ere they as handsome as my own roun
eiirn ministers, they never failed to ac- try women? I, of c ue. avoided answe -cipt
the invitation.' With any other peo- ing the question; I told him however, that
pie there would be a seeming meanness thev were very gracefu'. and dressed
in it.; Ttnt snch was not the case. No t
people are more liberal in expenditure of
nionev. General Santa Anna hud two
very large dinner parlies whilst I was in
Mexico, and two or three balls, but I ;
heart! of nothing else of the kind, except j
at the houses of foreign ministers. SaiiM I
Anna's dinners were altogether elegant,
and he presided at them with great dig
nity and propriety. 'On s n h occasions
he was joyous and hilarious. The com
pany, without an exception, had the ap
pearance and manners of gentlemen; I sat
next to him on thece occasions, and his
aides-de-camp, who were not seated at
the 'able, would occasionally come to Ins
seat and say some playful thing to him. .
I was much struck with the style and in
tercoursc between them; marked by an
affoctionate kindness on his part, and the
utmost respect, but r.t ihcsame time free
dom from restraint upon theirs.
(lis balls were very numerously attend-
rd. The company was by no means ;
select. In fact I saw there very few
of the ladies belonging to the aristocracy;
but verv manv others who had no busi
ness there. This, however, is tin avoida
ble in a revolutionary country like Mexi
co. Every Pre.-i'fU boh!; b"s : n-.vrr hv
no other tenure th:in thc caprice of the
army, and he is forced, therefore, to eon- lieve it is. But they make the mot of
cilia'te i. If a corporal, w ho has married i this their saturnalia; on that day all the
thc daughter of the washerwoman of the fashionable M reels are crow !-d with them
regiment, has risen to the highest, station in their best 4bihs and tuckers,' and glit
in the army; bis w:fe cannot bo slighted tering in diamonds.
with safety r and euch cases have occur
red." I wish that I could in sincerity say
that the ladies ol Mexico are liandome.
They are not, nor yet are very ugly.
Their manners, however, ?re perfect;
nd in the great attributes of the heart, af-
fecTirn. kindness, and benevolence in all
tV-h-forms t'vv have no superiors.
Thev are eminently graceful in every-
thing but dancirg. That carre not by
na'ur?,' 03 wa have the authority of Dog-
berry that reading rnd writing do: and
they are rarely taught to dance, and still
uore rarely to practise it.
I think that in another, and the most
important point in the character of wo
man, they arc very much slandered. I
am quite sure that there is no city in Eu
: rope of the same size where iherc is less
; immorality. Indeed I connot see how
j such thing is possible. Every bouse in
1 Mexico has but one outside door, and a
! potter always at that. The old system of
5 the duenna, and a constant espionage, are
! observed bv every one, and to an extent
that would scarcely be believed. I have
no doubt, however, that whatever oiher
effects these restraints may have, their
moral influence is not a good one. The
vir'-uc which they secure is of dn; sickiy ;
nature of hot-house plants, which wither
and perish when exposed to the weather.
Women, instead of being taught to regard
certain nets as impossible to be committed,
I and therefore not apprehended or guarded
i against, are brought up with an id a that
the temptation of opportunity is one which
is never resisted.
I do not think that the ladies of Mexi-
co are generally very wed educated.
There" are, however, some shining excep
tions. Mrs. Almonte, 'lie wife of Gencr
al Almonte, would be regarded as an ac-j
comnhshed lady in anv coun'.rv. The i
Mexicans of either sex, are not a reading
people. The ladies read very little.
The general routine ot female life is to
rise late, and spend the largcs portion of
the day standing in their open windows,
which extend to the floor. It would
be a safe bet any hour of the day between
ten and live o'clock, that you would in
walking the streets sec one or more fe
males standing thus at the windows of
more than half the houses. At live they
ride on the Paseo, and then go to the
theatre, where they remain until twelve
o'c'ock and the next day, and every day
in the year, repeal the same routine. In
t lis dche far ne.nta the r whole live.p ss
away. But I repeat ih.a in many of the
qualities of the heart which make women
lovely and loved they have no superiors.
The war of independence was illustra
ted with many instances offem.de virtue
1 of a romantic char, c.cr, one of which I
will mention. And I again regret that I
forgot the noble woman whose virtue and
love of country were so severely tested.
The lady to whom 1 refer had two sons,
each of whom was in command of a de
tachment of the patriot army. One of
them was made prisoner, ami the Spanish
General into whose hands he had fallen
sent for his mother ami said to her. "If
you will induce your other son to surrcn
!,lcr l,:s arm-v lw.me 1 wUI sP'trc !he Vic
! -kf 1 1 1- mii- vln is mv nrisimer? Her lo
"v - - -i
of the one who is my prisoner?
reply was, " No ! I will
I i .1 - i .! r i.
Her in
not pur
chase ihe life of one son with the dishon
our of smother and the ruin ol my coun
try." This fact is historic, and is mere
true than 1 is o.y gener..l!y is.
The ladies of Mexico dress with great
extravagance, and I suppose a greater
profusion of 'pearl and gold I will not
say more barbaric than in any other
country. I remember that at a ball at the
Presi tent's, Mr. B c ncgra asked me
much finer than our ladies. He said he
supposed so, and then asked me what I
thought the material of the dresses of two
ladies, which he pointed out had cos'; and
then told me that he had happened to
iiear his wife and daughters sp aking of
them, and that the material of the dresses.
blande. I think, had cost one thousand dol
lars each. I asked on the same occasion
a friend of mine who was a merchant,
what he supposed was the cost of. an or
nament for the head thickly set with dia
monds of the Senora A. G. lie told me
that he knew very well, for he had im
ported it for her, and that the price was
twenty five thousand dollars; she wore
other diamonds and pearls no doubt of e-
qual value.
I have said that there are very rarely
anything like evening parties, or tertullias;
social meeting, or calls to spend an eve
ning are qr.ile r.s unusual, except among
-.tv near relations, and even then
the restraint and espionage are not at all
relaxes. I'crsons who have seen onch
oiher, and been attached for years, ofien
meet at the ahor without over having
spent half an hour in e ch others compa
ny. Ladies of the better cbsses never
walk the streets except one day in the
year, the day before G od Fri I ay, I be
The streets are always, however.
J swarming with women of the middling'.
and lower classes. The only articles of j
dress worn by these are. a chemise and j
petticoat, satin slippers, but no stockings.
and n rebozo, a long shawl improperly ,
failed bv5, our ladies a mantilla. This;
they wear over tho head and wrapped
close around the chin, and thrown over
the left shoulder. Whatever they may.
be in private, no people can be more ob- j
servant of propriety in public; ons may j
wa'k ihe ftrceb of Mexico for a year, and k
t he will not tee a wanton gesture or look
' tm thc part of a female of any deccr'-'
with the single exception, that if you
meet a woman with a fine bust, which
they are very apt to have, she funis some
occasion to adjust her rebozo, and throws
it open for a second. This rjbozo an
swers all the purposes of the shawl, bon
not and frock-body.
The women of Mexico, I think, gener
ally smoke: it is getting to be regarded as
not exactly c-unmr .', and therefore
they do it privately. As the men gener
ally smoke, they have the very same ad
vantage which Dc.in Swift recommends
to all who eat onions, to make their
sweet b.ea rts do so too. ,
One of the fjvorite and most pleasant
mere itiori3 of tlie .Mexicans is what they
call tiit tlit!r tui,it , a day in the coun
try. A party is made up to spend the
day at Tacubaya, or some oiher of the
neighboring villages, or at some house in
the suburbs of the city, where a dinner is
prepared, and a hand of music sent out;
and the day and a targe portion of the
night spent in dancing. Never have I
seen a more joyous or hi arious people
than they are on these occasions.
I shall never forget one of these parties
which was g'ven to General Almonte,
just before he left Mexico on his mission
to this country. It was a genuine, ro'st'r
ing, country frolic. We got in'o boa s,
and with the music playing, were; rowed
for some considerable distance by moon
light, in the canal which terminates in
the Lake ofCha'teo, and then amongst
the Chinampas or floating gardens, which
are now nothing more than shaking bogs.
The very thin stratum of soil which had
formed on the water of the Lake is made
more unsteady, when a small space of an
acre or two is surr.i'in h 1 by a cam!.
There : re now none of the floating gar
dens de-cribed by the conquerors, which
were formed by artificial means, and
moved a')out from one part of the lake to
: n ther.
The men who arc met in the streets,
are almost exclusively officers and sol
diers of ihe army, riests and lepcros. the
latter quite as useful, and much the l ast
burdensome ;:ud pernicious of the three
classes. The Mexicans of tl e better
classes generally wear cloth cloaks at all
seasons of the year, and the Indian blank
ets, for ornament, I suppose, for the
weather is never cold enough to make
either necessary. The thing, however,
I could never account for, I -!id not feci
ui'.comrort:diiy cold in a linen coat, nor
uncomfortably warm with my cloak on.
Ail the physical peculiarities of the Indi
ans of Mexico are precisely the same as
those of our own Indians, they are, bow
ever, much smaller. Their appear.. nee
h very much the same in all respects as
thereof the straggling Indians who are
se-jn about ourci'ies; nothing of the elastic
step and proud bearing of our n 'lives of
the forest. Such a noble 1 oVn : f 'How as
th? S.Mrn !eC:ii f, '.Vil.l Cawo il l c ue
a sc:i?a i-m il.ee ;he might nos.-iblv gel up
a ) nmt.it hiutrn (.l have no doubt he
"would attempt it. In a word, I am by
no me: ns sure that in exchmging the
peculiar civiliz ition whi. h existed in the
time of Montezuma fr that which the
Spaniard? gave tin m,t'u'. th y have impr -ved
the condition of the masses; they
have lost I'mle of ihe former but its virtues
and a c :'r I little of the latter but its vi
ces. 1 have already remarked that al
though tU?rr arc im political distentions
amoii'jst all ihe various castes of ihe pop
ulation of Mex'co, the social distinctions
are very marked. At on? of those large
assemblies at the President's palace, it is
wry rare to see a lady whose colour in
dicates any impurity of blood. The
same remark is. to a great extent, true of
the gentlemen, but there are atao a good
many exceptions.
SANTA FE TRADE THE PRAI
RIESEMIGRATION TO ORE
GON, CALIFORNIA, &c
We have been permitted to copy the
following interesting intelligence from a
letter of Josi di Gregg, Esq., author of the
Santa Fe. anJ the Prairies, to his publish
ers in this Citv:
Independence, Mo. June 12th 1816.
L ist year the amount of the Santa Fe
tr ide about c pi Je 1 that of 18 18, but du
ring the present season, a much grea'er
amonntof merchandise (double nearly
triple) than ever has crossed the Prairies
in one year before will he taken (a large
portion already under way) to Smia. F.
The aggrega'e w ill be more than a mil
lion cost employing, it is thought; at
least 331 wagons of the largest sizr bs
side perhaps ,r)H dearborns "and smaller
vehicles, etc., with seven or-, eight hund
red men. About 200 wagon a re. already
f.x ciifmin the resL ch'ely pertaining
to Mexicans, are in preparation.
The present year will donhtleess close
the San'n Fe trade substantially, for when
Santi Fe shall become a part of the li
nked States, the Chihauhua trade will be
carried on from some so'ith? oo;ntm"ct
probuh'V of Texas) as Santt Fe has only
been of importance as n port of entry,
whence the Southern cities of Chihuahua
and others were snpplio l,
In other regards lesides the Santa Fe
trade, this will he a memorable year in
the history of the prairies. Besides the
emigration to Oregon and California (a-
mounting in the aggregate t some three
or four hundred wagons, ana perhaps Milton Brown, YY illiam G. Brown, John !
2000 souls,) ihe Praries will doubtless be II. Campbel', Carroll Cathcart, John G. j
alive, during the season, with our armies. Chapman, Keuben Chapman. Chase,
Near 2000 men (volunteers and dragoons) Cocke, Collamer, Crozier, CuUom, Dar
already prepared to march for Santa Fe, ragh. Garret Davi, Dixon, E lsall, John
an 1, it is Relieved, a much larger number II. Ewing, Foot, Gsntry, Giles, Graham,
will still be ordered to Northern Mexico Grider, Grinnell, Harper, Hilliard, Elias
and California. Alb. Jour. B. Holmes, John W. Houston, S. I).
. i Hubbard, Washington Hunt, Joseph R.
PAY OF rOLL'.VTEERS. . ! Ingersoll, George W. Jones, Daniel 1
King, Thomas Butler King, Lewis, Ma-
T f- r, Tl . - . . . . . . t II
.UE5SRS. wales and OF.ATOx: i nave
been written to repeatedly to furnish the
yeas and n tys on this question it sc2ms
hive never been published in your piper.
Also please annex the yeas en I nays on
Mr. Stewart's resolution, proposing to
give thc volunteers in the Mexican war
TEN DOLLARS TEIt MONTH and 1GJ HCres
of land. I sen.! you the following:
Kr.'rucl t.'tr J ittrmil.
May 12, 18 JG.-IIouse Journd, pjgc835.
Senate's Amendment.
Strike out the following words in sec
tion 1), viz. "except as follows, to wit:
privates of iuLm'.ry, artillery, and rifle
men shall receive ten dollars per month,
and privates of volunteer mounted corps
twenty dollars per mouth for their servi
ces and the use and risk of their hor
ses." And insert "and all mounted privates,
non-commissioned officers, musicians,
and artificers shall lie allowed forty cents
p.r day for the use and ri: k of their hor
ses,' except of horses actually killed in ac-
tion; and if any mounted volunteer non
cmiuiiseioued officer, musician, or private
shall not keep hinuelf provided with a
serviceable horse, said voluutecrs shall
s ;rvc tin foot."
And the question being put, Will the
House agree iherct i? it was decided in
the affirmative: Yeas 117, nays 50.
The yeas and nays being desired by
one-fifth of thc members present,
Those who voted in the affirmative
t arc
Messrs. Stephen Adams, Anderson.
Aslimun, Atkinson, B rringer, Benton,
Miggs, James Black, J. A. Black, Bhnch
ard, Bowlin, Boyd, BrmkerhofT, Brock
eubrouoh, Brodheid, William G. Brown,
John II. Campbell, Cathcart, Chase,
Chipman, Cobb, Cranston, Cullom.Cum
mins, Dargan, Darragb, Jefferson Davis,
De Molt, Dillingham, Dobbin, Douglass,
Dromgoole, Dunhip Ellsworth, Ertlman,
Faran, Ficklin, Foster, Garver, Giddings,
Giles, Gordon, G.-over, Hamlin, Il .rnl
s m, llarmanson, Hilliard, Hoge, Hop
kin t Hough. Houston, E Imun.l W. Hu
b.ird, Hungerford, James B. Hunt. Hunt
er, Charles J. Ingersoll. Joseph Johnson,
An Irew Johnson, George W. Jones, Sea
born Jones, Daniel P. King, Preston
King, Thomas Butler King, Leake, La
Sere, Levin, Ligon, McClean, McClel
land, Joseph J. McDowell James Mc
Dowell, McGaaghey, McKay, Barclay
Martin, Morse, Moulton, Niven, Norris,
Owen, Parish, Payne. Perr'fll, Pettit,
Phelps, Price, Rathbun, R.;'ul, Relfe, Rit
ter, Roberts, Root, Sawsiecle, Sawyer,
Seddon. Severance, Alexander D. Sims;
L. II. Sims, Simpson, Truman Smith.
'I honias Smiih, Robert Smith, Starkwea
ther, St. Sohn, Strong, Thibodeax, Jacob
Thompson, Thurman, Tredway. Vance
Vinton. Wentworth, Wheaton, Williams,
Woodward, Woodworth, Yancey, and
Yell 117
Those who voted in thc negative are
Messrs. John Q. Adams, Arnold, Ba
ker, Bell,Milton, Brown, Baflington,Burt,
William W. Campbell, Carroll, John G.
Chapman, Reuben Chapman, .Cocke,
Crozier, Culver, Garret Davis, Doekery,
Edsall Edwin II. Ewing, Foot, Gentry, j
yeas and nays from the journal on the 1 ansh, t ayne, Ke.le, Juuus Knctweli, to the landing, on which Co!. Kearnov
question of concurring in the Senate's a- J',n A Rockwell, Root, Riink, Schenck, w,lk?d to se3 if any despatches had aril-
mendment striking out ten dollars aa X ved for him, an 1 as he p.s.e l the sentry
Robert Smith, S ephens, S.ewart, I hibo- at tj)3 anjj n2 ordered him to prevent
the monthly pay ,.f volunteers, and thus ,,3,UXt Tno.msson, Benjamin Thompson, thc fronl Co!nil1?on board; he had
fixing it at seven dollars a month. The Tihbatls, Trumbo, Wentworth, and oniv r, cu0. iU buW deck Iowercr
Graham Grider, Grinnell, Hampton. H.ir-' probably get off some time in next month,
per. Henley, Derrick, Elias B. Holmes, I This will coisti'.utc the whole force un
Hu.lson, Leib, Lewis, Lumpkin, McC'Ier-' der Col. Keirncy. We wi 1 there "or;
nand, McConnell, McIIc nrv, Mcllvaine,
Marsh, John P. Martin, Moseley, Pol-;
lock, Rimsey, John R. Rockwell, Ste- j
phens, M'wart, Strohm, I hom isson, i it- :
b itts, Trumbo, Winihrop, And Young
5,).
"Note. All those who voted against
.the above amendment are Y higs hut j
ten.T
On the 20 h M.iv. 18IG. M. Stsw- J
art submitted the following . resolution:
Sea journal, page 830.)
Resolved, That the Committee oil Mi'-
itarv Afl iirs be instructed to report a bill
, increasing the pay of volunteers from sev- j
. .
en to ten dollars per month, and granting
to those who serve to the end of the war,
or die in the service, one hundred and six
ty acres of land.
! The said resolution was read..
1 . And the question lie ing put. Shall the
lli.v o jiicji.injv:u. Ik tia ueciuc'i in me
n gafive, (two thirds not voting in favor
thereof,) Yeas 7b nays 75
. The yeas and nays being desired by
one-fifth of the members present.
i Those who voted in the affirmative
ire .
Messrs. Abbott, J. Q. Adams, Ash-!
man, IJarringer, Bell, Blanchard, Bowlin, !
clay, McUk ilauit, .Mclienry, uciiva ne,
Barclay Martin, Miller, Morse, Morsley,
; White 70,
Those who voted in the negative are
Messrs. Stephen Adams, Atkiason,
Bediugcr, Benton, Biggs, James AJILck,
Bayd, Brinkerho.T, Brockenbrough, Brod-
head. B in. Clark", Collin, Cr.inston.Cun-
ningham, Daniel, Dargan, Jefferson Davis
De Mott, Dobbin, Doekery, Dromgoole,
Ellswnr.h. Erd.na", Ficklin, Fries, Gar-
vin,Grover, Hamlin, Is;:ac E. Holmes,
George S. Houston, Hungerford, Jas. B.
Hunter, Chas. J. Inge.-soll, Jenkins, Jas.
II. Johnson, Jo-eph Johnson, Presto i
King, Lawrence. I.c ke Levin, Joseph J.
McDowell. Janir's McDowel1, MeG.iugh-
cy, McK iy, Marsh, Morris, Moulton,
iS'orris, Owen, Phelphs, Price, Reid,
Rhctt, Ritter, Roberts, Siwyer, Sed -
don. Alex. D. Sims, L?onar f H.Sims,
Simpson, Stanton, Starkweather, Sykes,
James Thompson, Jaco! Thompson,
Treadwav, Vance. Vinton, Williams,
Wood. WoodwarJ, Woodworth, and Y'an-
rt.v 75.
Note. All those who voted against
the -above resolution are Democrats but
FIVE.
3Ii!i!ary .IJoveincnts in the West.
fijifnrx Cnrrfxpntuffiicr.
Fort Leavenworth, (Mo.) June 25, M0.
As all your readers no ttouotiake great , anythin in thi G ivarnor s rey.iisitiou a
in teres t in our operations against Mexico, ! Qi,t weighin pork?"
I take pleasure in furnishing yon with a j t I d.,n't know," says Jim, I'll carry
few items in regard to our expedition to y s);1re whc-i it's cooknl, but I'll soj
Santa Fe- Of course this information is
only such as is derived from observing i gUf tljat grease pile!"
the movements that have taken place, not j
that any one but the commanding officer i Betty's- Strike. A few week rgo. a
knows the final destination of this army, j wealdiy family i i Philadelphia having h r
We start from herewith provisions for j ed a cook who had been 1 i rhy recom
six months, and march direct to Santa ! mended to them, she was ordered onr;
Fe; afier that, imagination comes to our;jiV to- prepani among other trring a
aid, and each one marclvs to the city of i-hnsh'' for dinner. The hah came, and
Mexico or California, as suits his fancy, f jt WJS charmiog all eagerly partaking of
For my part, 1 incline to the belief that jt until the dish was scraped out. So
we shall sec the P. cific before twelve popular after this did the dishes cf the
months. All are prepared f r great h ird- j new eo k become, that it was nothing but
sliip and privation, even before reaching ; hash every day. At last the poor cook,
i lie enemy; for the country from this to j bringing in a large dish of if, the perspi
S.mta Fc is at best ajurren one, possess-1 ration pouring down her face, which wa3
ing resources of a very limited nature; so ! as rc,J ns a C(M1 of fire, she set it down
that, when drawn up by so large a force, j anj turning to ner mistress anJ drawing
there is no telling the result. The troops ! herself up, said;
are getting ofT in small bodies, (thc better j "Madam, I strikes!"
to subsist their horses,) and it is supposed "Strikes! why, what is. the matter,
will march in this ord t till they reach ; Bettv!"
the Arkir.rac, a point four hundred miles; "Cause, ma'am. I can't giv-3 you hash
west. Three companies of the first dra- Cvc:v day and forever me jaws is all
goons left here between the 5tn and 1 1 1 j broke dowu, and me teeth is ail wore out
instant.to oipturs am n mitition ex routa
to o.inta re. Nothing dennite. nas oeen
heard from them. If long marches can
avail, the ammunion will be raptured.
Two companies of volunteer cavalry left
on the 23 J. Four more will leave to-day.
There will then rem tin two companies of
cavalry, two of artillery, and one of infan
try, all volunteers. It is probable that
we shall all be tin lor way by the 28th.
The expedition has been delayed this
long for want of necessary eiuipments,
tents, orda mee, te. A company of the
1st dragoons is d lily expected from Fort
Crawford. A thousand more volunteers
(to be infantrvl are c.d
to be infantrvl are called for, and will
mtrch hto SmU Fe with about 1,10J
volunteers an 1 33) regtil.ir- of the 1st!
d.'igoons. Tlte proportion of regu'a: is
very sm ill, a greit disadvantage our gd-
hint com nin ler will labor under.. Vol-
un'ee.-s, we all know, are indivi laillv as
hrwz as re jtl irs, but, to he effective in
m i-sc, they must h ive discipline an. I a
knowledge of tactics. They hive evin-
ce 1 the greitest disposition to learn, an I j
! aeiiire rapi lly whit is tau g! it them, an J
j-if is hope 1, before we meet the e remv.
i all will be pretty well drdl-d. As
! men, there could not be a finer body col-
lecte.i.
1 'e troops are in fine healih anJ spir-
its, anxious to be off, and doubly anxious
to meet the enemy. Those who have
been a long time in Mexico say; we will
commonce fighting fifty mues mis s. Is r
! Santa Fe, and fight our
T br
way in.
Should
this prove rue, I hope" bfoe long
to be able to describe a seeond PJo Alto.
lours, &?.
, , , , . r 7 . ,
The Philad lr-hia Inquirer is of the r-
pinion that we shall soon have interesting
pews from Mexico.
HARD CUSTOMERS THE RE
CRUITS AT FORT LEAVEN
WORTH. The Sr. Lo ii Revillc says: There
willbjsomj labor mingled with amu c
ment, f.)r :he Un tn! St. t -s officers ct
Fort Leavenworth, in breaking the new
recruits from the interior of our State ii
l su!jT i.-n to military rr.b and en
queue. It is certain th.it so.ns of th
bovs there "now have vjrv litilj idea of
any such thin as deference for, or awe
of f a commander.
A gentleman just down from the Fort
informs us that while there a bo-1 came
whrn down walked ten of the boysMvhom
the sentry ordered back, but, thrusting
him ai.le, on board thev marched, and
om a tall, six foot Missourian, wJked
to Col, Kearney, and slapping him famil
urly on the shoulder, says:
"You don't git off fru:n U3 old hoss!
f r, by Ingin corn, we'll go plump thro'
fire anJ thunder with you! What'il tm
drink, General? Don't be l.aek'aal
s'.ng out!"
! TIij Colon?l trie I to look grave at this
familiar ty,t it was only its beingJ one hy
th )S2wlio were so evidently unconsions of
anybrancn of ctiquett?,hat he wa. f r.:cdtj
; laugh, and humore.I them by tdiinga
. glass of wine with them at the bar thc
: t ill boy telling him at the s.mi2 time that
! his drink "warn't w ith shucks, a t I only
fit for wimrn." '-Whyitlhc t'nin.!e '
eric 1 anotlier, Vlon't you go the corn ju:C3
General, it's the only stufT fur a military
. fellar to travel on."
O.ve of the volunteer capLiins, while
drilling his men, was addressing them as
"g-..rf." "Oh, please to lav aside
your gvWf-men!" shouted a U. States
officer; "all soldiers are men sir, and wo
don't want any of them to be so d J
gentle!"
"Weigh out that pork," said on officer,
to two privates, pointing at a pile of hog;
round3.
"Jim," said rtne to the oth?r. "is thur
. him straddle o 'b'u? Ilg'-t ii:i ; f j:c Til f.n-
; chewin"- it up for ye's.'
TIoi!eI ICC.
In some hot countries, to which Yan
kee ice is sent, it U c:.it br3 lata great
luxury. A freign j on mo I rehte. . that a
gentleman, who ha I purchas?.! some
lumps of it. sent it to his cook, wi;h. or-
dors to have it sent up for dime;
Ul3
; cook w is at a loss what to tta with it.
But. as he had a pot of boiling veatcr
' over the tire, he dropped the ie3 into it.
At the dinner table.the master, said, when
the desert was ready
t'Now fetch on the ice,"
"AH gone, missa"
"(Jone! where' it gone to?"
Why, massa, me put it in !e pot to
bop, and whLu me look for it, it was'nt
he.-ei"
The poor fellow h id a battle throwa
at his heal for his blunder.
J hi V. Re d, Eo, , of Phdrd Ifh:.
has been appointed Attorney General of
the Commonwealth in thc place of John
I. Kane, appointed JuJe.
Died. Suddenly, i:i Washinton city.
one diy last week, 5 i, 40 the child of
Jas. K. Polk. Esi. It had been carelully
n irsed for some we?ks. by Drs. Allen and
Cass, but owing to an over dose of Ben
ton mintdrops anJ so.ne other no'trunis
re.rently administered in large quantities,
jt a miserable d a h. The lion,
Wi'diam Sawver. of Obi , prachcj the
, .
he declared that its decease was owing n
trcach'rv of the fricr.ds r.f its pe.'crral
puen who h:ul "bnsflv, cowrrdly a l
igno.niniouslv' st-angl 1 it, when u ti.la
was f.ljnr:(IKi unJi p xtiM. ."
i "Ye thnt h ive tens, pr?-a.-o to $hid
! them cow .
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