Sketches of the campaign in northern Mexico : in eighteen hundred forty-six and seven / by an officer of the First Regiment of Ohio volunteers.

60 AMERICOAN NEWSPAPERS IN MEXICO.
burden, sweeping the ground on every side, so completely
concealed the patient little donkey, that, like his brother of
the fable who assumed the lion's skin and regal dignity, he
might have preserved a successful incog but for his foolish
and betraying bray.
Among other places, we visited the office of A" The American Flag,": a spirited little tri-weekly paper, the publication
of which was commenced soon after the capture of the town.
Its editors, Fleeson, Peoples & Co., kindly offered us late files
of New Orleans papers. There was a great number of patriotic typos in the volunteer army; and newspapeis were established in the course of the war, at every important point
occupied by our troops. Thus, in addition to the "' Flag,"s
we had subsequently in Northern Mexico, the "d Pioneer,:" at
Monterey, and the "6 Picket-Guard," at Saltillo. The native
population of the town is said to be about three thousand, but
at that time the place was full of' soldiers, and adventurers of
every description. For the consideration of some of these
last, the following polite and pointed advertisement (which is
copied from the "' American Flag" of that date —Sunday,
August 9th, 1846) was probably intended:' TO GENTLEMEN OUT OF EMPLOYMENT.
" I wish to hire two industrious gentlemen to work in my
stable. Those who have no business of their own, that can
work without getting clrunk, and obey instructions, can obtain immediate employment and good pay by applying in
time to ISRmaEL LB. BIGELOW."