Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-09-21
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Editor, Of tie PieayuHe.-we have received in,elI-
gence Of the safe arrival OF Gen. Worth, with his division,
atSeralvo, That place Is represented a. being a paradise,
compared with Camsrgo. and the troops here are conse-
quently the more eager TO pdsh forward. Next Saturday
the 9TH OF S~epemberl Gen. Taylor will move forward 10
that depot. The train will start in the middle Of the week.
and | shall so on with it, unless some better opportunity
offers.
The LIST regiment OF Texan Riiemcn have been paid of
to-day, aud will soon starr for home with the exception of n
few who have joined other corps. Col. Hays Rangers are.
II Is SAID, 10 be disbanded IN ten or twelve days, but | do
not believe the report is correct, as have good reason 10
know that Gen. Taylor will retain them.
Ii i becoming very sickly among the Me1icans Of thi.
place. Few OF them live in any thing better than a shed,
or root without sides, the walls having been washed away.
The mortality among the young children is fearful, and
the adults are beginning to fall under the malignant attacks
u lever tlVe days IN succession | have witnessed fune-
raj ceremonies, and to-day at Is now 1874 O'clock there
have been two funerals. My old friend Don Bunoi Car
GA mas tour OF his family, adults, down with the fever.
There ISLES sickness IN proportion among our troops,
though II Is beginning TO show itself more than heretofore
a sergeant IN the Baltimore battalion was pointed on,
day be.OIe yesterday, by a Mexican who claimed Il horse in
the scigeanrs Possesslon, which he said had been stolen
from him. Lieut.. Kane wh1 now commands the Town.
had the accused arrested, and brought before the alcade
The sergeant, IN his turn, brought up one of the privates Of
the same battalion. from whom he had purchased the
horse. The private declared that he had bought the ami
nal from 4 regular soldier, but the Mexican proved clearly
that the horse was his own, aud that he had never sold il
to any one, but that il had been stolen from him. The pri-
va'e was made 10 shell out the money to the sergeant, and
the horse was returned TO the Mexcsn. What the fate of
the private was, in his own corps. 1 know not.
Col Peyton Is still with General Taylor, and will 90 on
with him. Gen. Butler has established his heaSquarters
near Gen. Taylor's, and the Brig. Generals OF the yolun-
seers are near him. Gen. Builer vas most cordially rcce,y.
ed by the whole army. HIS value as q soldier. a states.
man, and a man, wss well known and appreciated by all
and the officers, both regulars and volunteers, frequently
speak oi tho confidence with which they would serve un-
der nm, Is a commander, should they unfortunately be de-
prIyed OF their present gallant chief.
There arc numbers Of amateurs congrcgated at tLi.
place, as well as heroes end statesmen. saw yesterday,
al one time, Gov. Henderson,, Gen. Lamar. zen. N.nn-
can Hunt, Col Hsys, Col Cook, and other Texan gentle.
men well known tc fame also, Mslcr Anderson Miller
70! Fitzpatrick, aEd other gentlemen who finished grow
ing Old long ago, aud are just now beginning TO enjoy
lite. One Of these gentlemen declared positively that he
had been An9cking about one bundled and thirty years,
land he could prove H." | do not doubt II, for the grand
father OF a smart chance Of 4 man present has been heard
10 say that our venerable amateur was lust the same as long
ago as he could remember him.
TT0 o'clock, p. Mills actually raining! Poor strck-
en- nature Is opening her parched lips TO receive II. The
dusLcoVered leaves OF the few trees around already begin
10 look glossy, and-there ! 1t has alreidy ceased raining
not enough has iallsn 10 lay the dust. For about two hours
before The sky was overcast, tie heat Of the sun upon the
plaza was intense. Had we been in tho focus Of a sun
glass, ten miles IN diameter, we would not have been much
worse. The plaza is about two acios in extent, and sur
rounded by tohite walls, some thirty feet in height. I'm
deTnenth Is q bed Of limestone dust, double refined, and
about three inches deep on an average. With the sun di.
recuy overhead, daflug down rays tLat were like arrows Of
hfe-aud with not a tree 10 protect, nor a breath of air Il,
relieve him, could a poor fellow TO blamed, even BY Father
Mathew, II his thoughts were allowed for a moment To
wander back TO the cool Exchanges" Of New Ofeans. and
RESI- with envy upon that gentlemen VINO sits in an armchair
with foot thrown lazily upon another, a white linen conf
on-shirt collar oPen-a delicious Havana between his liu.
and-oh that large sweating tumbler of iced mint iulsp
sitting on the table by his side Wiu somebody 90 and
poke that gentemans eye out, and pour no, water over his
mint-Ol-send him 10 CamargO! III.