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The Rancheros. Rowan Hardin, Of Kentucky,
in letter his father thus describes the Rancheros
Of Mexico: a3 $500 j a i8a


"The Rancheros are the people who live on farms.
They are poor soldiers By the laws Of their gov
ernment they are not allowed to have arms at home,
and consequently do not understand the of them
These people are not cowardly but unskilled in the
use Of arms and without confidence in their rulers.
Gen. Taylor esteems them brave people |; but they
are not effective in battle because Of their ignorance
of the use Of arms. Their defeat by Gen. Tay-
lor on the Rio Grande, with such odds in their fa-
vor, has destroyed all confidence In themselves and
they fight with no other expectation than to be
whipped" c3 7e


The Bomb Cannon. This terrible instrument Of
war, now on trial at Boston, is well calculated to
destroy the castle at Vera Cruz If all which is said
of its power be true. Recently it was loaded with
a6 lbs Of powder and 1872 pound shell containing
7lbs Of powder, and filled with SO second fuse
II was then elevated to 35 degrees and fired. The
shell fell at distance of 81 miles at Squantum bu-
red itself five feet in rocky bed and exploded tear
ing out pit IL feet across. This gun would soon
demolish the fort Of San Juan a. Ulloa which seems
to be considered by our government as impregna-