Barnstable and Yarmouth, sea captains and ship owners . esk a painting of this ship entering the Texel1845, by J. Spin of Amsterdam. In 1847, the North Bendcarried troops to re-enforce General Scott, in the Mexican remained at Vera Cruz until a sufficient force was collectedto march toward the City of Mexico. General Scott will have two thousand ready to leave VeraCruz on the loth of July (1847). I visited the camp often andthere is no mistake about the officers from the southern to thenorthern points of the United States, and the privates also, butwhat they are determined not to let t
Barnstable and Yarmouth, sea captains and ship owners . esk a painting of this ship entering the Texel1845, by J. Spin of Amsterdam. In 1847, the North Bendcarried troops to re-enforce General Scott, in the Mexican remained at Vera Cruz until a sufficient force was collectedto march toward the City of Mexico. General Scott will have two thousand ready to leave VeraCruz on the loth of July (1847). I visited the camp often andthere is no mistake about the officers from the southern to thenorthern points of the United States, and the privates also, butwhat they are determined not to let the villainous Mexicans gaina victory, as long as there is a drop of Yankee blood flowing intheir veins. What few prisoners they have taken, say they aredesperadoes, and almost, you might say, barbarians. Correctaccounts about some of those who have fallen into their handsare shocking. * He also made a voyage to St. Petersburg, via Elsinore, in thisship. Some other extracts from Captain Spragues letters are in-teresting : * Letter from Captain SEA CAPTAINS AND SHIP OWNERS 1/ Bordeaux, France. Aug, 8, 1844. Dunkirk and Bordeaux are fine places, and contain manycuriosities to us. We have had more invitations to dine thanwe have wished, as the dinners in this country are very lengthy,say from three to four hours before you rise from the table, andthen not dry. Today we (his wife and himself) have been tothe Bordeaux Mechanical Exposition, or Fair, and it is are nine American vessels here, and five of the Captainshave their wives, From a letter dated Cork, Nov. 28, 1847 (the year of thefamine), I take the following: This country is in a very bad state. Murders are committedupon the landholders almost daily by the tenants, and the poorare suffering very badly for the want of food and clothing andno person can really imagine the amount of suffering, until theyhave been here and seen for themselves. We Americans knowbut little about poverty. The following is fr
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