Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-01-06

no ene%ys camp, begsn tsmpeting with them and h.v
ove1" TAX IN ueir duiyi would go n imrn.i,,-i
an ssn enu issf to return TO their quarters after
-s,sneo u lew days, Snd 10 avoid the punlshuer,
eoH'.9uen' on such absence. take "Fteneh sh
ne sun raises on the number OF desettot. from M, ,s
So anu sa!s that they will fall short of s.,,n,y.
i've since the 9Th Sept and this too in rcsimcr, ,
"a , my ,y seven companies. remarked that pr,.uu
al sn,lI OF Them were Foreigners. when no am cr-
,tsp ana with much feeling, "yes sir tbr,,-thi,d. a.
ooEn ameneans do occasionally desert The ,orxic, =,
,,y The -, "nc o, peace whilst In en,my's eoun-
W o "Ss' worthless will stick BY his color " m.
docs not think that all who desert 90 in, a. io
N', ou' mat an oihnity VI religions ferl;n. ,.iL
Is.vs 49, =, op'es 80 strongly upon thoni that they
ieNe us 10 eNado a eonhc, with the ,n,,,y - a. ~
physician who 10 nov In towns neal. or' =. 80 sS"
pic 81 the sons OF Erin between sal,io sd s. NJ
hn, his ,e v ana gun and the other with nothing
"" "'s UNIFORM Inc doctor who 10. consid,,abIe ,ya
aud VINO had some hand in whipping tho Me.,csn.
eAa' stopped them in tho road and asked h.r ,.,.,
o' ueSefnon' The man with tho muskot told him ,h, -
h 700 much against his religion already, aud that
nc wouldn't hight for the u. s. again until she $50, I
Ts WIN England, when no "would 20 for n volun,s,,
ho onet one had thrown away his muskot md NJ ma
never pick up another whilst he lived They h,d h,,h
PASSPORTS from the Mexican commander and an order for
r ce per Gay until they could get some port whor,
y Sou's ake shipping to the old country or could get
employment IN the county A horse S25 in money srJ
an oiuet ior S25 moro San Louis Potos is the induce
ments held out here. ~ 'UN'''
Ia my letter OF yesterday forgot 4, mention IN yc ,.
oam % Lieut. Desnent, OF tho Macon company in tho
volunteers lie died of fever, Something on tho
oous order hts beginning with tho chils and f,y,,
Many soldiers are Frustrated with disease now and from
al regiments that expect remove in short Time Tho L.
bhlaed are being discharged
ma something worthy OF man. 60 record in tho con
duct OF Santa Anna. The first dcsertcrs from The Anc
can ranks arrived in San Luis whilst these American, wsr,
there. They presented their several orders ia, o .,
santa Anna, when he Informed them that he had NOT
enough 'unds 10 Iced his soldiers. They wore vo,n
down by travel hungry and without the means oT e,,n
nNhk' 80 tney concluded last resort they wond ,in
bis army. When they applied TO him for psT,,isson ., ~
ho me ranks he replied tina, they would save him should
ne get into tight place They affirmed 10 the contrary
when Santa Anna plainly told them that any man that
would desert one army would desert another and he want
cd mourning TO do with such And So they lett him
on VINO had been sedueed ot under the bright promises
command and money denied even the privilege of cam
ing their bread in the ranks Of the enemy The br,ny r
~ hat neither the French Eng sh residents will give
e WORK or iood and they would give their ,ht
hsnds to be back into Uncle Sans ranks No less than
10 were met on the road from San Luis to Saullo Mo-
thing new about Monterey to-day.
MONTEREY, Dec. 7th 1916.
have 10 chronicle the death OF another ocer
Holmes OF the Georgia vOluntee died Walnut
springs on Sunday morniny last, after incss Of ono
week Many officers and men PROSTATE with tho
fever. ~ 49,
Downing was killed on the road to Canaryo n few,
days ago; by Mexican servant, 1t is thought Ca tho
same road near the village OF Ceralyo two white men r
oeu heRlean iamiiy sud then escaped from the guard
us by no means sale 10 travel in this county in squads
Of two and three.
hospital steward belonging to the first regimen, OF
infantry was killed Sunday evening by the guard Ue
was NIUE intoxicated, and went into 4 Mexican horse
anu seated himself. The of the house Immediately
sent Ter the guard and their approach the soldier run to
avoid the guard-houso for the day. lie ordered TO
na' oni not hearing or wishing hear the order he
not obey IT, and two rifle balls were fired into his hack
which caused mis- death in less than half an hour.