The South Carolina regiment was nearly cut
to pieces, losing 137 out of 272 men. with
which it went into action. The Ist Artil
lery ha* suffered severely in officers The
Mexicans acknowledge their lose. in kill,
•d. wounded and prisoners, of no less than 13
generals) among them three ex Presidents)
aud forly five pieces of cannon. Ou* of our of
ficers says that we have captured more ammo
nition than Gen. Scott ha* used since he ba*
been in th* country.
The forgoing is a synopsis of a letter writ
ten by G. W. Kendall.
The l-ead Schooners are con
stantly arriving from the Mineral
region. These singular teams drawn by
six, eight or more yoke of oxen, excite
some curiosity tn those who are not
used to such sights at the east They
slei p uml< r the canopy of heaven with
t c camp fires and and the primitive
meals of a military encampment,
pitching their tents with the first
dusk oi i venit.g and rising with the
at ly tlaw it. These scenes are daily
oct tiring within a few miles of a city
with 10 0 inhabitants.
Life in the West is truly peculiar,
but ilj possess> s all those charms of
variety which interest every inquiring
mind, as we see around tisthe primitixe
habits of the early agesof pastoral life
blended with the cultivation of mod
ern times.—Wisconsin.
Jl r omen and Planners.— Women,
in general will sooner pardon a want
of sense in those who address them,
than a want of manners.
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