Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-06-02

and they would carry powerful Infin
enCe with the old school and on the o
Their hand Gems Butler and Pillow have
st me considerable influence with the ne "
wing OF the amy = and Worth has IL
great sway with both branches.
have often wrote about the followers
of the army, and my predictions have
proven too true IN regard TO their rascal
Ity. They have entIced many of our SOL
dieFs ir"m their correct path Of duty. and
even officers have suffered much from
them. Two of the Penn. Vol officers
have been led astrav by these fellows.
and am fearful they have committed a
crime so deep and damnIng that they have
forfeited their lives. These unfortunate
officers lost all the m, ney they had by
these scoundreIs, and then joined them in
Il robbidg expedition, when they We're
taken prisoners. (the leaders escapIng)
and lett, with one OF two Others, to bear
the burthen.
regret 10 inform you that desertion
has become daily occurrence. " mai
can men be thinking of when they ahan-
don tue most righteous government IN the
known world! forgetting that their fore
fathers freely shed their blood for the
freedom which these ungratclui fellows
ENJOY = ana refuse TO be benefited by
Uoubt not they nave trlenIs 1T home
"uo would rather Il thousand Tim ; see
them buried beneath ih.. burning StudS OF
vera Cruz, than qdItung he service Thy
I'LL nome 10 serve III - AMI worse Iudn
al, 10 20 over 10 i wicket, ungene.ou>
enemy, who Cannot appreciate tue rights
or "io"9s OF any people.
DO not believe IN capital punishment,
Uut man WHO tursLlies lis coJuIrV lii au
enemy ,anJ, hanging IS too guoI Tor =
more Particularly II TIC be an Aine ic IN
Glitch. Col. Il irncy Is the man 10 deal
wIth such fellows. The excellent peopl
OF l,lInoIs and Wisconsin W Il be g,aI 20
Learn that ever man they have s,nt L"
hIcXIco has ever faced tue eucmy ON in
oaitic and garrison, md are reduy TO do
again that one OF chem never tho't oi
abandoning their county aud am glaI
0 say Ihal Ai!cnIgan has ol!N hal one 81
I"o men tuat have & me over 10 The Mex
Cans.
There is at present some 100 sick sol
dIerS at this pl zee, Which hNc Ia .rir ar.
rived from tha city OF MaNIco The doc
tors Iaiorm me thai they are doing we'll
and that most Of them VIII recover.
could not tind any from Wisconsin that
was brought down sick from the city, and
am III strong hopes that there are none
.! l. -
are onIy three or four from that STATE,
and these from the southern pIrt.
Lieut.. F. Henry, 81 Dragons, is ap
pointed adjutant OF the battalion. 1t. II.
has seen, probab Y, more hard duty than
ANY officer IN MrXIco, for the SAM length
a. tInle, or more inan any Of the late a3-
y, il1ments. | trust his valuable services
vail be duly considered by our Govern
men. On his ARRIVAL at Vera Cruz, in
Nav last, he was Immediately sent out
with Col. Mcintosh and acted as an and to
the Col. Com'd4 the Dragons in the
sharp fight 90. Mel. had with the guer
rlleTos at Iulome. Early in June last,
a few DAYS afterwards, he was Ia the Gel
rbra!cd guerrilla fight With Gen. Gadwal-
place be was sent back TO Vera Cruz.
which city he left wIJa Gen Pillow on
the 20.h of Jane in command of all tn
dragons going up wIth Pillow ; division
At rolomp. IL Mexican soIdi r made three
several ait mp,s TO discharge an escoD"t
at hun, but Lieut.. II. di>armed him, and
mas Tie gun IN his possession at the pres
brushes with the MeAlcans going up, bui
through the vigilance If Leu. Il. and the
dragons the command suffered bat ll.tlc. |
Dtuag the battles before the city OF Mex /
co, Lieut.. II. served in the body gulrd
0 Gen. Scott. and was one D.! the o.h:e.> |
who followed kearaey IN the celebrated /
charge OF San Antonio Gate, whore IN T.
horse was shot in the nose. After our
troops occupied the city Of III .x5co, l.. /
ii. was sent TO OraZabI ana Ielua.a I
with Gen. LInr, and Ia two weeks from
The time h leit Oraz ,ha he was fiyhlinr I
by the side OF J,ck Hlvs one huad-ea /.
miles beyond the city vi II xicp. On n
plains OF 1OhUatapan, where over Is I
men belonging 10 The enemy bit the du,.. /.
"a -.Is return 10 the cI;y, ha was sent L.
JlIaga, when place he Jeff Wed Ie~day /.
,u9t lot the CITY. Ihus voI SIC tnat re I.
uas been eng rgrd IN active srrvir.: ever
>,acc he first landed On the Mexican
shores. lie has often rcc-I-.. turtII4t, 7
OF his supcTIO-S, and n. has also hal d /
splendid sword pr -ntci 10 han by hi, .
own company, wlnIn he has 50 often le .