Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-03-24
From the N, O. Delta.
From I0bin'S KnapSack.

EIOui lUDiA D AHdpoaVh' t
Capture of Gaines party GusrriIlas-l
Report Of The Murder Of The .dmer,can
prisoners s-A Colonel Bombastes-A
Skeleton on the Prairie Iobin's march
and final arrival at Iaylor's Camp.
SALTlLLo, 7th Feb. le47.
EDS. DELTA.-Here we are, after a
yery tedious march Of 800 miles over
dreary, dull country, with either too much
or too little water. 1t took us twenty-eight
days hard riding. But before skylark
about the journey, must give you the news
have been able to CLEAN. 1t is not much,
but such as it is you may depend on its truth.
I'VE omit the particulars of Che capture
of Cassius NJ. Clay, &C., and also the later
capture of Capt. Headly, of the Kentucky
cavalry, with 81 men, and II privates, of
the 2nd dragoons-as we have heretofore
published the Same facts.-Eds. Delta. =
The Mexicans find that they cannot
compete with us in the open field, and
appear determined to adopt the Guerilla
system. The mountains, among which we
now are, seem to me we'll adapted, as far as
Mexicans are concerned, for this species
Of warfare; there is scarcely bush to cover
a rifenan, and the mountains are perforated
with passes known only to the rancheros.
1t is said that the dragons wore taken by
rolling down rocks from the heights, and
blocking up tho road. There is u report
to-day that the prisoners have been shot;
it may bo true, as Mexican says that the
Americans made a desperate attempt al
escape, but were overpowered after killing
!, !, a large number oftheir guards.
! Gen. Tay lor moved from here on the 9th
inst, to pass 20 miles distant. This is al
nv news. | have just arrived and the
, mail closes soon.
!, We left Comedies, 80 in number, on the
y llth ult., for Monterey, via San Antonio
!, and near pretty village, called seguln,
. few of us fell in with an odd fish enjoying
n Colonel's commission. He has strange
q q habit of using the longest words, ant
. . invariably misapplying them; for instance
e The wished to sell us some lots, "Buy
u u here, gontlemon, if you wish to max
y fortunes; here's the locotion for a magnanl
5 NOUS city; we are at the foot of navigation
~ ~ Next year III put up q lawyers tiHlns,
'e !, pothecary's doins, and blacksmith's institl
IL u. ton, and afterwards regular. cimetary
% where all the folks from the clrcomlaspe
T. counties will send in their boys and girls
l. both sexes to be McAdamized into colleg
u u edcation. Then I'll instruct a meetlr
~ house. and the stores and taverns wi
I; spring up in course. can't do this ii
~ ~ next year, COS | hav'nt got hard Gas
'e enough vet, and Pll have nothing to
at with the darned blank bills; let man off
ef me one, and if don't make sacrament
him, d-n me. Do you see that well
Us Us Ill put pump handle into it, and fix
10 anecdote to fetch the water through oil Il
~ meandering and turpentine walks in n
' no sass garding, and the effects Of the arroe
~ ton will be such that the very air will
NE nolluted with the oduriferous execratio
III na protudng from the howers-Qf Pm
m .'l' accoucheur in anything, it's in flower
er' III put up diarrhea in the middle OF Z
en- eh. for nv women folks to store the milk
~ butter, &C., and then run q condlt
.nSS throug my house and provision it OFT,
leo 1e IN run up real edifice next year, {
iiul clap chronology on the top, so that
~ ladies and gentlemen may look at the st
and milky-way through horoscope t
/ =. pll export from Galveston. | can't d
ion ';on all at once, as my women folks are grow
me ,nt up and getting more and more costive
@ oan expensive on me every year. Come
a. a. gentleman-let us liquor"
oro uo AT San Antonio we visited the Ala
~ - y, ~ poor Crockett's tomb; and then launc
: ;oor or out into region bounded by the civil
10 =" world and the Camance Indians. For
rn1, 49, first 100 miles, we met with no llv
'Jm ,ho human being, except two bulls, which
,,ar ,nu shot and eat, in company with few
' TO- and the skeleton Of a man, name unkno
. snv We fell in with him at secluded ]
near dirty romantic pond, where we stopped
: water; regretted that Capt. SpeddeI
N to N. O. was not with us-it would
are been $25 clear gain. We held an inq,
Q 60 verdict, "Temporury Insanity-tied
!. head to tree and ran away from it