The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-10-05
Extract ef letter 10 gentleman ia Washington,
obhgingiy communicated 10 hs URiOR dated

CAMARGo, (Mexico,) 9th Aug, I54G
left Malamoros on the l4h inst. in command OF
six companies Of the LIST regiment Ohio volunteers.
! Col Mitchell, being sick, WAS compelled TO 90 by
water The column was composed Of lst regiment
Ohio volunteers, the Louisville legion, I'd regiment
Ohio volunteers, aud Baltimore battalion, number
IDg in all some LOO or 200 men-all under the
| command Of General Hamer. We reached this
place In good order on the 22d having made an ay-
erage march of seventeen miles per day THE
weather was excessively hot, and the wafer horribly
bad and scarce. We were compelled TO march "a
miles one day in order to obtain water--sWamp wa
ter with a regular August scum over il. Although
may be in the midst Of the 'rainy season, - |
have not seen drop Of rain for three weeks! The
distance from Matam0ros 10 this point, by the road
we travelled, is set down at 40 miles-by the ser
penline Rio Grande, it is $40 miles! A large oor-
ton Of the country over which travelled Is the
finest prairie land in the world, covered with cattle
and horses more than half wild. Between Mata-
moros and Brszos island there is scarcely foot of
land, so far productyeness to concerned, worth
hight. Our present encsmpment il mile from
Camargo, on the San Juan river, a stream here of
| about 100 yards wide, and lu water muddy az the
"Ro Grande" We have below us, the 81 reg-
ment Ohio volunteers the Baltimore battalion, a e Nv
rogulars, and Colonel JolInson's disbanded Tex ms
Above, the Kentucky legion, Tennessee regiment
and considerable number Of regulars. General
Worth left, with a regiment, days since, TO es-
tabIish depot, 10 miles from here, on the way to
Monterey General Smith has also left with
his command. Only 1000 Of the volunteer
force will be sent on noe ioicdrdS NonteTey-lst
regiment Ohio volunteers, Kentucky Legion, Ten
nessee regiment, and Mississippi regiment. The
two first under the command Of Brigadier General
Hamer, and the last under General Quitman, Of
NJ ssissippi. As General Marshall of Kentucky
and General Pillow, of Tennessee, both rank
Generals Hamer and Quitman, this arrangement, Of
course, is not satisfactory to them. This constitutes
Enr The Mninr' (,pncrof Ruflsr'g dytsinn
The balance of the volunteers viii be sent on to
Monterey in October iCreguTrd. The 80 Igment of
Ohio volunteers Is stationed at MsIamoros; the In
diana brigade farther down the river, at camp Belk
nap and the mouth. We have marching orders
and expect to leave here within six days.
Under the presest policy, ! cannot sec how this
war can be closed. The MexIcans will probably
refuse to fight make peace, A "rnaseriy inaciip-
ity," on their part, is 30 manfGsly the true policy
that think they will adopt It. We have proclaim
ed that their persons and property (if they do not
| take arms) shall be held sacred What will we gain
by taking Monterey We give employment, at
high rates, to population otherwise idle, and pur-
| chase all the Mexcans have TO sell at the most ex-
| travagant prices In the mean while, suppose the
Mexican government says, when you get tired Of
Monterey, be good enough to march your army to
the city Of Mexico az this portion Of the republic
claims an equal participation in the profits resulting
from your military operations! Finding you the
best friends have ever had we desire you to
march all over the republic. When you teape the
country, we will resume possession oft. Now, we
can only retain possession by keeping up for long
period, strong army in the country, and this our
people at home, who find war ruin6us upon their
pockets, will not tolerate. As long the war is
conducted is long is the interest of the
Mexicans to prolong it. We should begin to make
them pay the expenses of the campaign day by day
| no credit given. Thus we would compel them to
fight or make peace. Santa Anna, who has been
recalled, may probably give fight at Satllo, if
he can raise an army.
| think, generally the northern troops have suf
| fercd as little from the climate as those from the
south. In our regiment we have lost, by death,
some - or Ia in all; six Of this number since we
came to Calnargo-one of them lieutenant in the
Dayton company. If is much reduced
by sickness, ii is almost Impossible to recruit in the
climate. have had bilious attack, con-
| filming me to my tent since | came here,
but will be on duty in day or two again. If we
can only have good fight, / shall be well satisfied
with the war. Wetherby and Wilson, lieutenants
of the "Buer boys" are sick, and as there Is no
probability they will be fit for dutyin five days,
they will, | learn, go home on furough, or resign.
Captain Brecount, Of Dayton, will also resign and
go home. Three captains, Moore and Ramsey, of
Cincinnati, and Bradley, Of Sandusky) being sick,
have gone to Ohio already on furloughs. Captain
George was on board the steamer whose boiler ex-
pIoded, ten days since, ascending tho Rio Grande
Some seventeen were lost; he escaped unhurt.
some OF my most intimate tfienuS nave not recog-
nizcd me at first in my disguise. usually wore, be
fore came to Camargo,a white slouched hat, with
rim eight inches wide, gingham shirt, and cotton
l drawers; nothing else except socks and shoes; a
beard wholly untouched since | left New Orleans;
face and hands bronzed by tropical sun makes up
the picture. At present the days are hot and the
evenings COOL much like it is in Ohio.
SEPTEMBER |, 1876.
We commence crossing the San Juan on Thurs
day next. We will be ready to commence the
march to Monterey on Saturday. 1t ia said we go
there direct, and if we meet with no resistance, then
march on to SaHitto; there, | think, will end the
campaign.
We have no reliable news as to the movements of
the Mexicans More than half you find in the pa
pers Of our movements is false. As soon as it is
settled there is to be fight, and that there is to he
war Occupation, and not inpasion, will go home.
| would as soon figure in the militia at home, as be
set down in fort to occupy an unsettled territory.
! - IT
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