Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1846-10-06
From the Wabash Express
Letter from the south.


From the Wabash Express
Letter from the south.
Wo have beon permitted by friend. to publish
tho following letter from the Captain Of the Com
pany that raised at Bowling Green. in this
State. twill b interesting the general reader.
we'll as ins.rucing to the democracy, abou. the
whereabout, we'll occupation Of their Lieut..
Governor. VIII it no, DO pity to bring him
home. TO accept the pitiful ,hrce dollars day.
President of the Senate, when nc Is driving such
thriving business in tho war! Blu, to tho let
ter:
CAMP REIKSAP, OPPOSITE BuRlrA,1
Aug. T. 1916.
Dear Sir;-l write from the camp usual, not
knowing when will leave to what point We
may go. Since last wrote home, another of our
men have died; it was John Hudson; he died with
tho measles at the mouth Of the Rio Grandc, on
tho Cd inst, and inferred with military
honors.-It will be gratifying to his friends 70
know. tina, he retained his senses to tho last and
died happily. The !cst of the mon enjoying
good health as may be expected in this climate,
and appear to DO cheerful. My health is good.
cannot give uttcranco TO my feelings in re-
gard to the government: ofiicers-those that ruo
Us, but if we 1.-Two TO como home, there will
be tale told, that will make some of the men
in power squat. We have carry our water
one milo and half, through a swamp, and our
provisions also. Wolf water and swamp.wnier
sold We have no baggage wagons--the
Quar,cr-master and Commissary (appointed by
Polk, Of courso.) had to stay in Indiana till after
tho election, while tho soldiers have to be pack
horses here. If Messrs. Whtcomb and Dunning
had to 60, their election from this Brigade, they
would como up missing. Cunning is our sutler,
and the way no skins the boys Is a sight. A
cofcepot worth thirty cents in Bowling
Green, he sells for One Dollar!
,NrICh n,,t N, hA.,
had SO much fuss about. have now travelled
many miles in this country; | have been Mt Point
Isabel and at tho mouth Of tho Rio Grande, and
have travelled some distance up tho stream, and
at this tmo. from under the bush writo to you,
in sight of Burita, Mexico, | would not give my
old sorrel mare for the whole "capoodle!'' ha
also been III Mexico and visited at some Of tho
dwellings, and seen some Of the ladies'; find they
arc far, very far from beng intelligent, in fact.
they would not compare favoraby with The
cond class of blacks in kentucky. Their ap.
pare is about costly that worn by mother
Eve in the garden, in somo casos, even not that
extravag gent. Tho Children naked. without
even single or piece of rope TO cover
them! Tho women petticoat buckled
around the waist, without shirt, shoes stock
ings and tho wardrobe Of the men consists of
PAIR of panta looms and straw hat.
The country horc has ridges and bottom
land and lakes, but as to timber, have seen no.
thing that would mako rail in twenty day 3 ira.
VOL The ridge which encamped, has
some small bushes about the size of peach trees
the chapparci is bush, resembling hawthorn,
about :hree feet high and covering ten feet of
ground. Cayenne pepper grows spontaneously
and IN abundance, the animals, insects, and oil
! kinds Of vegetables here have horns! We have q
horned frog now tied to BUSH and even the spi-
ders have horns, and claws resembling those OF q
crawfish.
Gen. Taylor has gone to Monterey with the
! ses'''a's sr,d reto'' 30 now" -~~.r, sA.s he
has taken it without firing gun. There is about
as much probability for you to have fight in
Bowling Greon, for tc have here.
t AUGUST l5rH.-Failing to havo opportuEi.
ty to send the above to the Post Office when it
was written, will say a few more words to-day.
| My health is still good. VIM. J. Patton, who
was very sick, is now considered out Of danger.
! II. Hoss had been sick but is now mending; tho
rest aro generally we'll. We have no lat Q news
from General Taylor and prospect Of fight
yet. Tho Rio Grande has spread the bot
toms and is now higher than it has been for ton
years. | am confined close to camp, hence have
but little news. ! live FAT here FAT bacon.
sea biscuits as hard Us grndstones, and Coffee
The Rio Grande is not quite rs large m tho Wa.
bash, blu. i, is as muddy as tho Missouri. have
r,cslv,i ony ono letter (Which was from
Thos. Harvey since left Camp Whitcomb.
have nothing to read but my bible. Yours truly.
JOHN OSBORN.
Extraordinary Revival Of Religion.
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