Pyramid Of War
The "Halls of the Monlezumas,"1 echo to tlie wild shout of victory ! Th cup of glory is at last full. We have arrivea at the goal of ambition. Let us stand upon the hill topsand look down irpon thepathswe have ascended, and1 the monumental pyramids by the wajr. Let us only gnzeupon the "mortal remains" of the killed and wounded, leaving the crowded hospitals out of view f PALO ALTO- 400! MONTEREY- 500! BUENA VISTA- 800! VERA CRUZ CITY- 170? CERRO GORD O- 700 ! CHÃRÃBÃSCO HEIGHTS-H0O! CITY OF MEXIC O-1600 t There now, reader, fi ve thousand lwo hundred and seventy men struck down in regular battles, not computing the loss in skirmishes and from sickness. Besides this, we have created a national debt of one hundred andfifly milüons of dollars, to say nothing of millions of property, lost and captured by the enemy ! This is the first act of the grand drama, the new glories ofwhich are yet to be seen, as this lovely war progresses.- Jonesborougk (ten.) Whig. 01? The Democrals of this State hold aSiate Convention at Michigan, Feb. 2, to appoint delegates to their Naiional Convention, and nominale Presidentia] Electors.
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War Casualties
Mexico-American War
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Signal of Liberty