Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1846-06-05

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- Hacienda Colorado Is
505I Town San Juan del Rio %
Hacienda Aqua NueEa ri EIac Arr9ys saco 30
san Salvador 30I City Of Mexico so
71l40 1880
Rancho las Anenas :. COZ
TIN RAHcupeos'' OF MExroo.--EEre copy
from an Albany paEar the following description OF
4 The Mexican Ranc3Earos
alt will have been observed, in the several
statements that hafa from time to time been put
/ forth relative to the n,ateriet of the Mexican ar
mics, and more particularly the one which the
american troops have just encountered, that men
zion is made Of description OF troops called Kan
..heros This is an appeaton derived from their
occupation and mole of life, and is common to a
similar class OF men who subsist on the pamPas OF
South America. half Indian and half Spanish
in their extraction gaunt, shrivelled, though mus
cular in their frames and dark and swarthy visaged
as they are, these p:en are the Arabs ofthe Amer
can continent. Living half of the time in the sad
die (or they are unTFalled horsemen) with lasso in
hand, they traverse those vast plains IN search OF
buffalo ard wild hose, who roam them in count
less herds The killing of these animals and the
preparation and SHE OF their hides, is their sole
means oflivelihood other than occasionally lend
inc helping hand To some of the partlsans In the
civil that are continually being waged around
them. Their Costume generally consists OF pair
of tough hide Ileggins, with sandals of the same
over which is a blanket with hole in the centre
LARGE enough to allow the head to be thrust out
and which falls notsungracefully over their shout
ders leaving ample room for the play OF their arms
Add to this broad straw SOnbrerO, and the lasso
hanging ready for ;}se in his grdle, and you have
the Rai,cberO as he appears in the time OF peace,
or in the pursuit Of his occupation. Jonto this
+ u long lance with sharp spear head, ornament
ed with a strip ofred bunting, horse as savage
and as unmanageak!e as himself, and his belt plen-
tifully supplied with pistols and knives, and you
lave the Ranchero member of troop oil BAN
,litti, or as soldier in a body of cavalry.
"CowardIy his they generally are in the open
field yetin cdnfictamong the chaparras of AeXi-
co, or in an ambusc4de, they are indeed formida-
bic enemy. Theirpower of enduring fatigue is
almost inexhaustib!a. and scanty meal per diem
of ierked beefiand Ylantain suflices them during
months
ssSuch are the Fancheros. and, under dsciplin-
cd control, they woilld be rendered the best light
troops in the :wora These are the men who
comprise the greathody OF the Mexican cavalry,
and they are 20 arIpies of that nation what the
Cossacks are TO the ltussians-ever on the alert,
never to be surprised, and untiring in pursuit OF
the foe when pundar no matter how tritling, is to
be obtained"
The BoUNDARY.- opposition journals, or
rather some OF them, affect TO consider the coun-
try between the N,8ces and Rio Grande as MeXi-
can soil. This is erroneous. The title of the
United states 10 llR boundary Oh Lc MO oIdliuS,
Is as good as lfs t!e 10 any part OF leAas I h
tne rlght Oh tilt iatEi ~ "e ~ INC -,
right 10 lhuePeilue:Se' eiiil, 1ror,,l
ioreigher3 may oe lSi5aIueu is ~,
loch ID ms aSt mus s,,ii;n of
eAas' d ti -. Sares and
North America p.tweeI .n9 o. nc. sIte? anu
and from Gid TO lG8d w longitude. II IS Sepa-
51iea from Merico on the south and peSt6y the Rio
.Trantlc, or Braro eel Noste; on the north, the
yea river any ,l fIliita Siatas on
from ue Wess % .. e., I,s;a,1a
the east Sile ,2apS ~ H. c.IF f Nfevic
ana sonieaSI ~ - z2, On p et d;r
III 1922 II ~ ~ 'iu' +i tolrtr
70 MeNico' Pu9ilsiiSH Voia.iie o ia i Iao
lie mus SPEAKS " llc 49, TTtaJ So
nade 70 urchdSe &esls W my
w isil leseiu -: eA'ls :: =. 80 tl,,saie
SINCE me deslgn .. o3
tat leit,9e '1'5I, 'Is ss ,ti,;-
ger 20 faS , re 49,. ss ess '''
1 led TO me United 'S5Rtes, &C. 49, =
The Ednbarg Review, April, lS4l, thus de-
acribes in part, the boundary OF " me republic oi
! Texas
Z" On the northeast tfie river SABINE sePdia'es
Texas from the state OF louisiana te to5 coi 30
he Ire GrGaae 81 4fofte' ron Us "o'st ~ 10
source, forms as S0athoeStsi7a ana aeestef 0otsfa-
~. ~.
4 Throughout thisSartIcle the MO Grafue Is spo-
SEA VI a. ''t0 J'aSto,, 1Jo,.,,iDG Posi-.
49,
4 We learn from epriyate letter that Gen. lay
or has expressed differentiation TO make his SUM
er quarters at Ais,nterey, and there is no doubt
that with the forceAow under his command, ana
She volunteers thasare Fastening to his STANDARD,