The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1847-01-08


U,,ll;c feel we'll assured that will be de%
lighted with the interior; where 'c'imalc'
scenery, fertile soil, all combine 20 make y
the finest location on earth. monterey -
entirely TOO cold for me, The mornings anu
and evenings are very chilly Wiinih ooo'S'
fire places 10 The dwellings would certainly
ford 10 promote comfort. In the open aD'
the weather is pleasant CROUCH.
Gen Worth was ordered 10 SaltiIo, ten
or twelve days ago, and be has occupied
that town with about two thousand meb-
1t is TO be regretted that the government
had not adopted the plan, suggested at the
commencement Of the war-that Of rontIng
out the conquest 10 some individual State,
al fixed sum, say fifty millions Of dollars.
Mississippi might have assumed this, quite
a bargain) and have cleared enough TO pay
her debt She would have raised fifteen or
twenty thousand men, mounted and armed
by themselves. the State furnishing ammn,
milton. and rations until they commenced
fighting in Mexico, after which they might
| fight and forage, making their ray as they
went. This would not be whit more un~
! just. than compelling the nation 10 pay the
expenses Of the war al IFS conclusion The
only difference would be that the sOldiery
| HOuiI piuiiu6I tlio tlNii3 "h'tO hHS 49,
ment would grind the poor TO raise the
amount for ms. AS TO the notion Of the
! Mexicans Welding territory TO US, consider
il perfect hum uTg; Notwithstanding the
people Of the United States are generally OF
opinion that the government Will iameiy
give up, have never Feen any good cause
for believing it. They lave heretofore show
ed a determined spirit of opposition TO our
] 4 10 IA in
terest OF the inhabitants is also against it,
for there are a large number Of wealthy
slave holders in new Mexico, who would be-
afraid of loosng their property on being an
nexed 10 the State; these poems or slaves
are made so by debt, and are very numerous.
You Feem to think you must not write,
because you have no news, other than The
battle to write of, as if it was not news to
me ofyour hearing il, and what was thought
of it in the States, and especially in Misss
sippi. No one 10 the Stale looked vi
more anxiety and expectancy for news Of
the battle at home, than we for the same
from home. We wish TO know what you all
have TO say to it, what reports are out &c
regret exceedingly to announce to you,
the death Of one Of my mesmates; l.. d.
Read, a noble and gallant soldier lie was
/ OuO Vi INC HiOSt t0lCutCus d0Q HCHlCIudHty
young men in our Regiment. lie fought
bravely during The three days of the battle,
and died a week ago from sickness, caused
By fatigue and exposure in the three DAYS
and nights. | rejoice to inform you that
CIendenin hSs been elected sec nd Lieut..
of The Vicksburg Volunteers, on account Of
his galIantry in the action at Monterey.
FUndeFhonk was here with the Texan Ram
gers, but did not see hin-We have los;
fifteen or twenty volunteers since the battle,
; By the hands of The Mexicuns, they catch
our fellows of occasionally and Iariat or
shoot them. Mono Of the Missiesppians
have been killed, though one was slot In
the chin, and another STABBED in the back, ia
the city The KeEtuckians WHO lost four
or five OF their men, in the last few dats,
reialiated, IN consequence of which, they
have been ordered back 10 the r Grande
this IS a considerable punishment. There
is good deal Of disorderIy conduct among
several Of the Regiments; and | am proud
to remark that The Mississippi Regiment, has
all along sustained high reputation for or
der, quelness and discipline.
n rode with Kirkman, Texas Ranger, TO
ascertain 1t the reports we're true, of the
A1exicans disintering The bod es of CAPT.
Gillispie and one Of his men, who were bu~
T RED, where they had fallen on the brow If
S the ridge adjacent to the B shops Pllaco.
We carried with US SIX Mexicans with
: spades and ma;tocks, and when we arrived
: at the spot, SURE en- u ID the coffin in which,
2 Giil'sp:e had been buried, was living on The
ground, but the graves were each carefully
h led, and covered over with pile of stones
o for the hill is mars of stones and rock. We
opened each of the graves. which were only
l eighteen inches deep, and found that ellis
pie had been stripped and buried again in
his blanket without the coffin The Iolv
had fallen TO pieces, | suppose while thoy
were stripping him, Tor bis bones we're wrap
pei up IN the ii a ket al one end f his Or We
and his ekull without covering al the olher.
we covered his remains again, and placed
\ large stones upon the grave 10 mark the Spot, ,
1 where the poor fellow will now be left in
peace, there being nothing in his grave 10
tempt the cupidiiV Of these inconsiderate
devils. The name Of the young man fburi-
ed near G llispie) was Brown of Baltimore;
e young fellow of fine manners and fortune
n he had arrived just the day before lhe battle
T and was killed early the next morning in the
first attack, not more than ten-steps from
' the muzzles of their guns.-He was also
] stripped OF all his clOlhes-We found out~
S side of the grave his crayat, and The skele-
: ton of finger which they had cut of, 10 get
D ring from it. They had from some strange
> fancy, not buried him in his coffin again, but
, in lite box, into which they had huddled
!. up his body, and which they had made and
4 brought there for the purpose; why they
, took this trouble We could moi divine; il was
q horrible slectacle, and still more horrible
j; lehscilon upon the baseness Of human ma
c lure What do you think Of a set of men,
among whom such wreiches are to be found
) l-This is not the only INSTANCE of crave roh