American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-07-03
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FROM THE RIO GRANDE.
4 Mexican Burial Prfdy Of CanateS-Dsath
ola Mexican Officer Things IN .MatamoraS-
.4mpWdia and Naturalization Hats- Young
Ladies and Gentlemen Bathing Health Of the
.4rmy-Ihe MeasleS-Death of an EditOr-.4
Deserter Drummed out Of Camp, Sc,
The New Orleans papers are filled with let
ers from the Army, detailing various inter-
Isting facts and incidents, which, as they are
Generally read with avdity, we have concluded
! o serve up to our readers to-day as sort re-
,ast or Fourth of July feast. A correspondent
Pf the Picayune, at Matamoras, gives the fol-
owing account of a Mexican funeral
A Soldiers Burial. The Mexicans gave us
sample yesterday of the manner in which
hey bury their dead soldiers. 1t must, in JUS
ice to them, however, be remembered that this
occurred in captured city, where they are not
lllowed to use their arms. The dead man was
brought out Of a hospital, in long wooden
box covered with coarse black muslin. Four
men acted as bearers, each smoking cigarette.
They were preceded, some ten yards, by
band, consisting of horn, carionet, flute and
life. Close behind the corpse followed little
boy, with a brand Of fire and his pockets
.rammed full of ''India crackers" These he
pulled out, one after another, and touched them
pff on his chunk of fire. Next followed a
Irowd ofwomen, smoking cigars. The bearers
stopped several times, changed their burden to
fresh shoulder and lighted their cigars. If
|well-bred Mexican here offers you a cigar, he
first lights it for you and gives it few whfs,
then hands it over very gracefully to your own
lips. The women of course do the same.
MIR. Kendall, one of the editors of Picayune,
in letter from Matamoras, says:
There is little news stirring in camp. Capt.
Ogden one of Gen. Smiths aids, who came
in yesterday from Reynosa, where Col. Will
son is epcamped with 800 U. S. troops, re-
ports that Canales had been in and endeavored
to make some kind of terms-a bargain, pro-
badly, to sell himself to the Americans for
compensation. The scoundrel is up to any
kind of game to make money, and would
sell his own grandmother if he could pass her
off for an Egyptian mummy or any kind of
curiosity by which money could be made.
Capt. Banigan, Mexican officer wounded
at the battle of Resaca de la Palma, died this
morning of lock-jaw. He was brave little
fellow, spoke English WE'LL and if | mistake
not was a friend of the Texan prisoners while
lin the city of Mexico. | called to see him yes
terday, to ask him some questions, but found
him in no condition to converse. To-day
learn with regret that he is dead. 1t has been
the good or i'll fortune of nearly all the best of
the Mexican officers to be either killed, wound
ed, or taken prisoners.
From this out, Matamoras is to be decidedly
an American city. Let things turn as they
wll-no matter when peace comes or upon
what terms it comes-the Americans have got
in here, now, have opened stores, coffee-houses,
restaurants, bllliard-rooms, hotels, and the like,
have introduced ice and mint-juleps-a long
step towards cvlizaton-and their back tracks
will never be discovered WE'LL it's all for the
best. The Mexicans would never have made
anything out of the country in the neighbor-
hood more than living.
You have perhaps heard the report, ere this,
that Generals Ampudia and Arista have gone
to the city of Mexico to prefer charges of
cowardice and the like against each other. As
to Ampudia pretty plain case can be made
out; Arista, so they all say, stood his ground
to the last; but this thing Of endeavoring to
stay the go.aheadty of the American soldiers
is beyond the power of the Mexicans, let them
be commanded ever so we'll. | have ridden
over both the great battle fields, and little as
know about military affairs | can see that
nothing but the fact that Gen. Taylor's men
stood up to their work and went ahead gave
them the victory.
We make the following extracts from another
Matamoras letter in the Picayune:
1t would seem that Gen. Taylor, who has
now over 10, 900 regulars and volunteers under
his command here, is only waiting supplies and
transports from New Orleans to march EDWARDS
towards the mountains. He certainly has a
force amply sufficient to cope with anything al
present this side Of San Luis.
McCullough's company of Rangers started of
this morning on a scouting expedition to the
interior. Mr.. Kendall is with them.
fsThe volunteer camps at Burta are bea utiful'
ly situated for sea air, high and dry land grass
game and crabs. One of the volunteers boasteo
to me yesterday ofhaving caught 81 large crabs
in an hour, in salt lake close by the encamp
ment of Dakins's and Davis's regiments. The
town of Burita is about eight miles from the
Gulf by land; is situated ON bluff near the rlv
er bank, and contains about twenty huts made
of mud and straw. The mail arrangement
here are in better state than they were before
mail agent came out, but, thanks to the lib
eralty of Uncle Sam, no regular mail come
out from N. Orleans, and the army sometime
waits ten or twelve days for news. There ar
ten thousand troops out here in sickly climat
their friends at home anxious to hear oftel
from them, and not solitary mail boat tina
may not, at any trip, be detained some days b.
the Quarter Masters out here or at N. Orleans
1t amused the passengers very much yesterday
as we assembled the Rio Grande, to see the Mex
leans flock down to the river from the ranches
They stood and looked at our craft in silen