American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-09-23
Correspondence Of the Baltimore Clpper.J
CAMP NEAR CAMARGo, Mexico,
August is, 1916.


March Of the Baltimore Volunteers 10 CamargO-
appearance Of .MatamoYaS, RtinoSa and Ca
margo-Tke Rancher0s and MdianS-1he Bal
timoreGnS anxious fur a Battle-The Flag pre-
Sented Capt. S:cUmt-.nonterey, &c.
Since las. had the pleasure OF addressing
you from "Brasos ST. Jago," we marched nine
miles TO the mouth of the Rio Grande, and en-.
Camped near q we'll riddled American flag, SO
CALAMITY and successfully defended against the
enemy. One mile of our march was above our
knees, through the breakers of the Gulf OF
Mexico, and the residue through hot sand above
our shoe tops. But we had sweet rest ofsev-
eral days among thorns, briers, lizards, ants,
prickley pears centipedes, spiders, rattlesnakes,
wolves, &C., and we lived gloriousy on, fat pork
and beans, with very liberal supply, OCCASION
ally, of coffee, out OF our tin cups, very gener-
ally with sugar, which would not grumhle at
/ if had not been confined during the whole
time, and immersed in the Hospital tent, thro'
my own lmprudence, since last had the plea
sure of seeing you Experience, however, is a
good teacher, and | hope to profit by the les
sons | have taken. | am now in the hands OF
the surgeon, and very impatient to recover, as
we understand some of our regular troops leave
here tomorrow for even nearer approach to
the enemy.
! After we left the mouth Of the Rio Grande
we had very fatisuing march to place cal
led Camp Belknap, opposite Burita, Mexico
where we remained until our battalion march
ed, and we encamped at place among the
chappare, which we were compelled to clear
| We received orders from Gen TAYLOR, a
hte-headed, familiar old farmer-like gentle.
man, to Join him at Head-Q Quarters, Camargo
and orders that 2 companies should move up
here by steam, which by the river, is 400 miles
and the other companies were to foot it. Our
Captain, J. E. Stewart, was not only gallant
but lucky commander at the drawing, and
the ballot decided we were entitled to the steam
boat, in company with, Capt. Waters, of the
Washington Volunteers. The next morning
we arrived at Matamoras where had previ-
ously been staying at the City Hotel for a week
for the benefit of my health.
can give you no idea of a Mexican town
except by description of the houses, built gen.
orally Of upright posts, filled in with mud, Gov
cred with mere reeds, W it'll ground floor, nc
windows, one door, smoking chimney badly
built out Of half burnt brick, and one room
which answers the manifold purposes of dining
room, chamber, store house, nursery, stable
and hog pen. There is not house in Mata
moras worth $3.50 per annum, fit was trans
| ferred to Baltimore IN It's present condition.
Reynosa is beautiful town, situated on roch
about 100 miles below here, but we did mo-
stop Matamoras has a population of 5000
Reynosa 500, and Camargo 1890.
The Baltimore battalion have the dstn
guished honor ofbeing the first Volunteers who
joined our gallant old General, trough anc
ready" Taylor, as his advanced Army of DC
cupation here, so near the enemy. The Rhan
ceros and Indians are about us as thick as black
berries, but | assure you our men generally arr
cool and collected, and not a fear seems to per
wade them But an apprehension that fight anC
a bloody one will occur without our being or
dered into it. Whoever returns, enquire dill
gently if illness Of a serious character was tn
cause, as some DhO loere vtry bois.erous are anx
ious for discharge now we are within gaI
shot of the enemy. have repeatedly been OF
iered my discharge, as my friend DR.. Reaney