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ton o: 600 u wi,arr the gn.;.y could irgus
together an! sustain. besides tie citizens,
al army Of 3o,00O,l 4 force which, ! apprc-
.hend. will hardly he collected - lis witt!
the train necessary % feed it, as well as to
transport v~a:'"n> oti'rr supplies. particular
y ordnance and u. ~.aitiJns uf .far.
IN reyarG to TIE armiaticr, which would
nave expired. By limitation, in a few days,
we lost nothing by it, as We could hot move
now, had the enemy continued to oc-
.cupy Saitillo; for strange to say, the first
wagon which has reached me since the dec
l~aration Of war, was on the 2d inst, the same
day on which | received from Washington
an acknowledgement of my despatch an
nouncing the taking of Monterey; and then
I received only 1876, So that | have been,
since May last, completely crippled, and
am still So, for want of transportation. AT
ter raking and scra2ing the country for
miles around Camargo collecting every
pack-mule and other means of Transports
ton, could bring here only $4,000 r~ations,
fifteen days supply,) with a moderate
supply of nrdance, ammunition, &C., to do
which, all the corps had to leave behind a
of their camp equipage necessary for
their comfort-and in some instances a.
mnng the volunteers their personal bag
gage. | moved in ,uch a way, and with
such limited means, that had ! not succeed
ed should no doubt have been severely
reprimanded, if nothing worse. did so to
the administration. !.
Oftir two regiments Of mounted men
Tennessee and Kentucky, who left
their respective States to join me, in June.
have just reached Camargo; the former
had not got TO Matamorns at the latest dates
rom there. Admitting that they will be as
long in returning as in getting here, to say
OF the time Necessary TO recruit
horses ana were TO be discharged in.
"a reach their homes, they could serve
Mexico hu, a very short time The fore
, ing remarks ar- NJ. I'M 'c with the ;irw
6 finding fault WITH any cUo, but to point
90: the difficulties win a'ic.. lave 10 on
Monterey, ;ne cayi,u; q New Leon, is
situated on the san Juln river y ..arc i comes
Il tie m'rntaius-the city (Which on
,a,i.s i pppUiotioo "~fIhau.tw elk" t.oiSant)
). .r. IN par: ~su-TuuuG,d bv then-at IL"
head ola large and beautiful valley. The
are "f stone, III the Moorish styie
With fla, r0,fs. Which, with ti,lr ~Strnn"l,
iuci,s"d Yards ar! gdrhens in hig:: stone
walls, all i"opcd for muskriry, make them
A fortress within itself 1t is the most i'm
place in northern Mexico, or on the
east side Of Sierra .hadrc, commanding the
only pass road for carriages from this side
between it and the Gulf of Mexico to the
table lands of the Sierra, by or through
the city of Mexico can be reached.
| much fear | shall have exhausted your
patience before you get half through this
long and uninteresting letter. If SO, you
can only commit it to the flames, and think
no more about it., as | rite in great haste,
besides being interrupted every five min
utes; SO that you must make allowances for
blots and plumbers, as well as want Of con-
nexion in many parts of the same.
Be so good as to present me most kindly
to your excellent lady, and accept my SIN
cere wishes for your continued health, pros
perity and fame.
remain truly and sincerely,
Your friend, Z TAYLOR.
DREADFUL PIcTuRE.-There Is not IN
any Of Bulwer's dramatic sketches OF the
|purlieus of London a more startling group
of horrors, than may be found in the follow
ing state ment of the Rev. Mr.. Phillips, OF a
scene he recently witnessed i'll the wealthy
city of Boston.
In a miserable howell which he entered
he found a man lying dead, with some OF
the family drunk about him. In the same
room with the corpse, a couple were being
married-the bridegroom wearing the
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