The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-07

les - tbfoughOutthe community, and
TseIe Pie' eva ~, al Intelligence, great mis-
,,fu among 'l,;oct Even Mr. Calhoun has
&c on ihis 800 zen OF eight thousand % as
u.ken o. S SIN lives lost in this war; and The
,e sam iotsi ' y incarnation called for IN Con-
stc 0hcial - ,osiply. NJ not solely.
Ss', .s probably give n'SiT IT, boS S
gs'' w. r.,t fallen IN battle. lhese, enc no~S, e
be n aiiytis np,bably less, than MIN oil The
is nd n ..,.,t that have perished' and we give
gh5Ie Au,H.' cine to night Interpretation oil OIL
OBJ, Fa'lo a q concerning the victims Of TINS war
fss. ltIos,s,,r in preceding numbers on inns
10 -. sSl s few items.
..iiec We 40 D 1'.;,,,,ts.-s'The \. {. Regi-
SaiAsIA o1fieer writing from Buena Vista
nsnL "a : tSl7. "was paid of the last Of
u Sepiell', - ,sr- rolls made ir0 mouths pre-
august - .I,,,.i every kfh man had died since
,,i, an. "a Mississippi Regiment had suffered
uls'eL -Cvnpsnies that came INTO the held
ST roe nj ninety strong, now number
ogailA" -, men on parade These things
sca1er' - SINE Of the brilliant gems with
n- Io' '''.,snsr paragraphs have decked H. y
a-1s - N the Georgia Lhlahliy Dat'aiion !,
80 - lam the CITY Of Mexico, SAYS; "ol
Nl,.-s .rr hundred men who leit Coiumhns IN
a'al' =. cnmpanIeS, we have not more ihan
% %, y, ,iufy About talny-five are IN hos
!. r,lspa. and the remainder IN that Of Pc
lit" ,.o... = .,,.,o e,o ,,,o,
- - ,.,,gil,,,rrl when We landed AT Vera
s-, ~. ~ ~. one Of the number under date OF
th-- Is,S eve have not now mole than
80 10 I'll Cor duty"
- from C5aHs7icHi.-"A small COM
q ,sfieFel ,olJiers,' says the Newark,
- Advertiser. passed through IN tie rail-
~ -..,erlsy. on their way home frDm the
' -' - nd Mexico, having had quite enough
.a'. - -l,0y one OF them mentioned,
q, - The only survivor Of tWenty-One
%. - Len Waterbury, CT, about a year
'-'-' .,J messenger 10 twenty heaTt-stncken
tH-e,.'
r-,Jv from T.HOHl-The Rutlanc Her
- 20 -ltarol which has brother, an officer,
=. usursn war saws: "Out OF ~ members
= - Vermont company, raised last summer for
! .Ts,.rsp war, tlfy four have already died:
's N Nh, number only tr0 have been killed
L.,,,. tbf other, having fallen victims 70 the
=. ,acl5eut 10 the climate"
IN gs5.gs- company from Mar ENgi0nd.-
"A .5ssr IN COMPANY X, 9Th regiment, whites
a., s,ne IN Gardener, Ne, that his company
III y men vhtuIt left Newport for Mexico, and
=. 49, time al vurIng but p were left, III for
5-.r. the remainder were suck OF dead.
y,r make a calculation for yourself on the
t,s.ai he data here gwen. Cast up the sum
- "a, on. IN these cases; and you WILL find.
IN ne srecise numbers aIe given. that two
...-.5r the whole were lost, and that too m less
r,g ne wear, on al average, from the time OF
-, ,3tfrng the service. Nor Is thus all; Tor
g.ss ,5l that one regiment lost q nm OF ITS
s.-- number il H-0 months, another regiment a
!. AMER proportion; and, at this rate, four
a., v6gd perish IN a single year! More than
tsfJ ns Vermont company died IN less than
,yssr. sud Il these only one IN twenty-five,
~ r- Of the iOrty-Idur, in battle. In one
r,--.be clmpany from COnnecticut-nInetee
-. a tseniy died IN less than a year Now,
!, tsgs seat 20 this waTmore than 10000 IN ali;
a.. L YOU take the above rates Of mortality, or
srr Orr NE have yet seen, and calculate by the
slss ose ef them all, YOU val make the sum
a. Of 0ur OWE losses more than 30,OUO.-Ad-
.s...s e Pace