Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-05-01

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ora now IL Mexico vii new Ihsir en-.
gagemant. From what We learn from Off
GERS who have recently returned from
Mexico, we do not believe that in any one
regiment, thore will be found d number
who will ro.enliyts y form . single conn
patiy.
The Pieay4as, Of yesterday, In m arti.
Ole. Tom which We give IN extract bslov
assigns ths. true reason for lhe gener.
nj feeling that exists il the volunteer force
on this subject.
There IL hardly any feeling stronger h
the breast ola soldier than = sense Of pride
Tor officers, who possess their respect and
confidence, and The Administration ought
to have known, that the volunteers could
never calmly submit to any slight Or indtg.
nifty. offered u men who had g~allantly hsa.
ded them on the battle field, and led them
to victory.
The whole body naturally and keenly
feel the total neglect Of their claims and
services, but particularly as shown In the
mode that tho appointments have been
made to the ten Regiments, in which the
volunteers have been entirely overlook ed,
In favor Of those taken fresh from the walks
Of civil life. The recent promotions or
general officers when known, will, ofeourse
groately increase the iffitated feeling which
previously 1isted-Baitetth.
The Ricayuas says:
"It IL not supposed here that . single
regiment can be formed out ofall the twel-
We months, msn now In Mexico. The vol.
unteers who won the glorious battle Of
Buena Vista arc on their way homie. One
ofthe Kentucky regiments is already at
the Brassos.--Col. Jefferson Dayis's regi.
ment will D 0 be there, and the Illinois
troops will follow. We learn from officers
and men that there is no disposition to re.
enlist. The accounts from Gen. SCOTS
column Is no more satisfactory. The de.
termination to return home as soon as
their e~nlistments expire Is universal. The
officers arc as little desifois asthe men of
Remaining in the service; so that the whole
Of Con. Taylor.s Buena Vista army, with
the exception ofa few regulars, and a large
portion of Gen. SCOTS, will shortly leave
the field.
The reason for this universal desire TO
quit the service has been explained TO US.
The men Of Monterey and Buena Vista
assert, and with good reason, that the laur.
els that have been won by them have been
]garnered by the Government to decorate
other brows. They say, and with truth
that with valor, no sacrifice, no victories OF
theirs, can insure the promotion or protect
them against being overslaughed by mex
perienced officers, and subjected to the
command Of political appointments They
pointed to the miserable remnants Of rogi.
ments which they lead TO the army with
well filed ranks and swelling aspirations,
in token oftho hardships they haze suffer.
ed and the pefils they have encountered
a nd then refer to the army register TO see
how such services are rewarded. They,
feel that The qualities which they have sx-
hibited in front of blazing batteries are
not the ones which insur, and they retire
. give place to those who possess them.
TLAfHots VoLuNrErRs.-Col. Webb,
now raising five companies at Cairo, left
the command last January to bear des-
patches from General Wool. He was at
home in Pulaski county, when tho news
Of the great severe fought battle arrived,
and he says, when the anxious n~eighbors
and friends gathered in his house to learn
particulars-this child asking news Of his
father, q wife of her husband, and father
of his son-that knowing the sad loss the
county had suffered, and fearing TO tell it,
he broke away and left. When leaving
the village of Caledonia, half a dozen
young men gathered round him to be enlis.
ted. He told them he could not take them;
that Pulaski had suffered loo much already,
and that he should grieye to rob hor of any
more of her brave sons. They informed
him that they would go into Kentucky and
Join tho companies raising there, for they
were ashamed to remain at home now.
and know that 50 many Of their compan-
ions had persisted brayely fighting, while
they were at home ingloriously listening
to their deeds of valor. -LouiSciue Journal.
THn LATE LIEUT.. Cor. C1Ax.-Prof:
Davies gave an interesting account of Mr..
Clay's visit to West Point, twenty years
ago, TO place in the Military Academy
there his son and namesake, who has Just
fallen at Buena Vista. When Mr.. C: de-
parted, his son among others accompanied
hin, to the dock, where Mr.. CT, taking the
hand of his boy and pointing, to the sur
rounding mountains, said, "Remember, my
son, that from these heights the spirits Of
our Revolutionary heroes are the Witnesses
of your conduct" And well did the young
STRIPPING heed the admonition, and do honor
to his illustrious father.
CApr. Krn,s TurAsrpp FouSn IA LOT.