Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1847-12-01
DISPATCHES FROM MAI DOWN
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Cry or Mexico, UsfTED STATES, }
Septembcr ~ lS37.

september ~, lS4i.
1fr Gales q Scdfon My dear old
friends, I'm alive yet, though I've been
through showers Of balls as thick as hail
stones. got your paper containing my
letter that ! wrote on the road TO the war.
The letters wrote afterwards, the gncril-
las and robbers arc 50 thick, thiuk It's ten
chances to one if you got 'em. Some Of
Gincral Scotts letters is missing just in the
same way Now we've got the city Of Mex
leo annexed, | think the Postmaster Cine.
raj ought to have n more regular line o.
stages running here 40 our letters may ~
safe. wish you would touch the prcsi-
dent and Mr. johnson a little about this
mail stage business, 50 that they keep All
the coach makers at work, and sec that the
farmers raise horses rs fast as they can. for
] don't hinl, they have any idea how long
the roads IL this way, nor how fast We are
gaining south If We hecp on anncxin' As
fast as We have done year OF two past. il
wouldn't take much more than dozen
years to ret clear down TO tothcr end OF
South America. clear to Cape Horn, which
would be very good stopping place for
then II our government got into bad sled
din in North America, and found them
selves 10 dilemma that hadn't no horn 10
suit them, they would have horn in South
America that they might hold on to
hope there amt no truth in the story
that was buzzcd about here in the army, a
day or two ago that Mr.. Polk bad an
idea, when he got through anncAin' down
this way, Of tryin' his hand at it over in Eu
rope and Africa and round there And to
prevent any quarrclin' beforehand about il
on this side Of the water, he's agoin 10 a
gree 10 run the Missouri compromise Inc
over there, aud cut Europe up into free
states and Africa into slave states. Now
| think he'd better keep still about that till
VIC get this South America business all done
and well tied up IL isn't well for body
to have 100 much business on has hands at
once There's no KNOWN what furries We
may get into yol, and there's always danger
il you have too much sail spread IN a squal
However, ! haven't time 10 talk about thi,
now.
You viii get the aeeouts q the battles ia
GIncral SCOTS letters. so ] needn't ray
great deal about them Bu; il has been
hard mp bin work all the way from Veri
Cruz here aud don't think my old frieu,
Giucral Jackson himself would have vofkc I'd
through al the difficulties and done tho bu
.iucss up better than Gincral Scott has --
but the killed ADD The wounded and th,
dead snd the dyglg scattered all along th.
way Tor three hundred miles Hs heart
ching thought don't love % think abou
t Il DO bad that wo didn't have NOR,
men 81 as b. march sigal ylt without Gght.
Ing instead ~ having jest enough 70 oncgur
are che rncmy 70 bring oat their largest Dr.
mics and d ght their hardest battles
Oae Of the hardest brushes bad. ate
w. r,t here. was the at,sck On ClapulteJoc
hal been 10 The city trying n bnng santi
Anna 10 terms bat when found u was d
no use. ! came out ani tod Ginorz. Sect
there was uo way bat 70 light &c out and al.
though { was 5nly the pfesideuts prrab
embz ssadoT didu' hEe ~ stand AID laul
oa when BE Was ~ weak hauIcd. aud Do D..
would tcll ms whore b. take hold j w0uE
give ban q Ah The biaeIal sad be- az.
lsos,ea lhert soad b. hafl poll 10 AL.
Clapa.lep.-e. and a. Giagral Pi..Yu uaa fiac
ssi vaert ae wouid bs ilksif a. have u.a Arar
.-,t hraut ~ Be- ! misaf ..s a4,u tas ranntrI
o great str,ins f ] aould j,ue Do uIta Gioe
us PliHs Al mT grrerraa aldfr Dlaer1
JafAs1a All my Ilsg 'lt .nl. u..ar Gam
r.4.l Oh. Doubt af lr-r as.'. a f..t sab
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