Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1847-08-04
PROM MEXtCO

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,sr,r., AMI tale ny the h~ Of march 'o'
,n,,ra vn,r you tho last time. probably
,,'r, reaching Jslapi Hcts-c, 'h''',
AID so,tv 81 the trsfs. ] Md, by lr'''ns
o,,s the Do.Ls's returns. are o. remain
beli.d at the bosJiial IN tho o''y. The,
are unsLlc 10 live under the climate.
We have b~cn herr, 81 tbs epcauvmen
,c,ss ts,ivs az thirteen days--,t requiring
c.sn.sAcralle ,s~nc 20 brrak IN the o~l~s
aud ~, rssdy fW the march. Thu, catch
,as as.cs, BY the vsy. u ~ ksd sp"<t Tot
r.au,r.s Mexican H. throw ilr iasso With
,aec'. They 30 It with surprising ABILITY.
Tley will ~ in," pen. f'ain'ns some
three 90 four butdr,d mule. ard mustang.
aad catch any number YOU wan, IN very
,hot time
MANY oi our ncn---and. ~ ! wrote YOU
a few days s,poe, there Are Weail, .,o"' herr
-b.~ h-cn rather badly affected hy drink
az frc-ly u the MEXICAN water Al ".v'
eiiers hcr~, that have scso. ~srs'"' its
medical qualities, bu, had no idea ct ITS
Character I'LL began 60 drink OF II Mess
mnel With s,amcthipg 1t produces diar-
ih.a. wh,,h - ,or, e,haus,inc. and leads
g. the fatal fever For several days, have
drank freely IT lcmonadc and taken several
c,iur, pll.. Itiuk have been more un-
WI ior three days past, than during any
,,rcd for The La, ten years, but have been
running abou, all the while notwithstanding
IAN, Tot the table lands n The interior.
As fcr the City Of Vera Crur, have been
over II sonc half doacn times, and miScd
with all conditions The more see Of il.
tic more I am surprised tina, So strong n
Place should fave ~ crsily surrendered IL
rinlh hold out against stor,ning, but The
bombs were VIVA, the people did not look
.or. Tie public officers are busy. and e.
70 into the Quartcrmasicr's or Ccmmissa
- department, You would suppose, from
the number Of clerks employed. and those
,ransact,ng business. that they held tho
world upon their shoulders. They are rath.
cr too far from Washington 10 pay much
attention To strangers. have seen several
specimens of o.hcial ridcdcss here. that
would not 90 unpunishcd in the United
States propc-. The Post Office here has a
Jerk who ought to he dismissed from Office
TOT lis insoiencc and neglect for the public
.cr,,cc No ono. Of a lower grade than n
General. or Colonel, can get paper here
q, is nearly as bad with the letters unless
he will look over a large pile, thrown togc,h-
cr in q rromi,cuous heap, and often he Is
refused even tina, prirlrge. Whether
they arc too lazy OF too dipni6cd to sort th,
va,ers I do not know. hut certain it is there
l. great cause Of complaint here.
lou have seen Mr. Buchanans letter Il
the Mexican Minister If Foreign Affairs
and the reply Of the letter. am incllnco
g. think well OF them both, and hope they
viii lead 10 settlement Of our difficulties
The opinion here scc,u, to he that We nr'
n, FAR from an honorable peace a. ever, ant
it the Mexican Congress agrees To enter
upon negotiations, il will surprise Ill parties
The mere fact. however, that the PROPOSE
ton of our Government has been enter
tamcd sugurs well, and ono point, Hitherto
denied, is gained by the American t;o,crn-
mcnt
There are various stories in regard to what
,crt II oppositIon NC are to sncoun'cr IN our
march Tho story that the National Bridge
was DESTROYED, and a large force of artillery
stationed upo" the opposite bank i without
any foundation whatever. We SHALL no
doubt. h"d oaf passage o,Pp'""' ~ 'no
Bridge Is a place OF rendezvous Tor INC
MEXICAN forces we arc wen prepared !,
ts'evc, to receive them. l"n'gnt VIC shaii
r~och sants re, the hrst l. miles OF the
route
our men c. ont frequently with thor
muskc,s. and return with hci'cr, or deer
which affords the fines, fresh meat IHm-
'mS are very abundant anu 'n''''' r'u'' VI
All KINDS ana nov unusually n'en hu' III
','"' Drought '''" ,"c '",ou .'a''.,
cheese thu''cr seems !" pe uhhh"""'' l'cA'
i's sh"",' mats l'ois, I'm war; "r, are
,n'' hundred r., cent h,Sner .hAh ~""y""'
i"ss'ng '"'o"en one '' 'n' ,'''''s " VA,