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THE ALBANY PATRIOT.
OL. II.
THE ALBANY PATRIOT.
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“WISDOM—JUSTICE—MODERATION.”
ALBANY, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1849.
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POETRY.
THOUUHTfc OF HEAVES*
No sicknes* there,—
No weary wasting of the frame away;
No fearful shrinking from the midnight air,
No dread of Summer’* bright and fervid ray!
No hidden grief,
No wild and chcerle** v uinn of despair,
No vain petition for a swilt u Ivf,
No tearful even, no broken heart* are there.
Care ha* no homo
Within the realm of ceaseless prayer and song!
ltd billow* break away and melt in foam
Far from the manston* of the spirit throng!
The storm’* black wing
I* never apread athwart celeatial akiea!
Its wailings blend not with the voice of Spring, j
As Mime too tender flowret fades and dies!
No night distils
Ita chilling dewa upon the tender frame;
No moon is needed there! The light which fills
That land of glory, from its Maker came !
No parted friends *
OVr mournful recollections have to weep!
No bed of death enduring love attends
To watch the corning of a pulseless sleep!
No blasted flower
No withered hud celestial garden* know;
No scorching blast or fierce descending shower
Scatters destruction like a ruthless foe!
T,et us depart
If home like this await the weary soul!
|<ook up. thou .^icken one! Thy wounded heart
Shall bleed i»o more ut sorrow’s stern control.
With faith our guide,
W]iitc#Dbcd and innocent to lead the way.
Why fear to plunge in Jordan’* rolling tide,
And find the ocean of f ternal day ?
POL IT 1C A L.
| of Government. Ours is indeed a pecu- that price. Is this just or right, 01 is it
liar form of Government—inexplicable equal legislation ? But we are told that
ond complex to foreigners, but lo us who the tariff is io protect American labor a-
duily mark us harmonious operation, and gainst the pauper labor of Europe. This
the beautiful distribution of power among assertion is entirely without Inundation,
the various parts that compose the whole The manufacturing interest is alone bone-
all is pure and simple. And whenever fitted by high protective duties—all other
we perceive any thing wrong or har.-h, interests are either more or less iujured.
we will be sure to find that the fault is Now the whole number of persons en-
not in the Government, but in the mal- gaged in manufactures in tliis country,
administration or feilblessness of our of- (including capitalists, stockholders and
fierrs. We are blrWged with aCONSTI- the opeialivcs).does not amount to five
TUTIONAL GOVERNMENT, for our hundred thousand, whilst those engaged
Fathers wisely specified in written con- j othe r pursuits (and their dependents
stitutions all the powers that were dele- aD< l children) can not fall short of nine-
gated to the various departments of Gov-1 ‘cen millions, and they are ca.led upon to
eminent. To the Slutes are reserved all p n y l™>ute to this small privileged class,
powers not specially delegated lo (lie gon- j l ” en * s American labor (except A-
eral Government, and hence it results that; merican manufacturing labor) protetted „ „
ns the Federal Government has no inhc- j against pauper European labor? ihej I. will be unnecessary for me to enter tip-
rent power* it should always be contmll- Manufactures are protected, but where is on the discussion ol the Constitutional right
cd in the exeicise of power by the Con-j'he protection afforded in the Agriculiur- of Congress to make appropriations for
stiiution which gave it lilennd lieing. To “[• Couiinerci.il, the Mechanical, the
this Government is assigned all that con- i Maritime end other interests ol the eoun-
corns us in our intercourse with foreign O';■ Compare the prices ol all the neces-
nations, reserving to each State the in- i nl Idc in this country, with similar ipressed, as to the rights or Congress.—
ternal regulations of its own or domestic' ■rliclea in Europe,and you will form some But that I may not lie misunderstood, 1
affairs. Each thus has its scperale and 1idea '/ihe immense drain from the nro-
distincl sphere in which it should move, W»r ;">• , e®P'* al »« the whole
and act, and each becomes an usurper na,:,MI loswelithc bloated ami l«»ril!y lor-
whenever it moves lieyond its apprupri-. tunes of about ten thousand nianul.icturuig
ate sphere. It is true that the general capitalists. \\ about entering into details
Government has powers not specially title- 0,lu single fact relative to the shipping m-
ga.-rd, hut then they are such as are «4-1 torrst will shew the effects of this system
who is so credulous ns to believe that the
Manufacturers would advocate a system
calculated to cheapen their products and
lessen tbeir profits.
I am, also, warmly opposed to the sys
tem of Internal Improvement hy the
General Government—tlie wasteful ex
penditure of public mon'y consequent
upon it, and the demoralising influence
upon the Legislation of Congress which
has heenqmidaced by the eager scramble
after appropriations for the different sec
tions of the Union. Sustain my draft
upon the public treasury and I will sus
tain yours—vole for the appropriation to
clear out my river or erect a break water
in my harbour, and I will do you a simi
lar favor. Such is too frequently the con
duct ifnotthelnngungeofourCongfrssmen.
works of Internal Improvements; my
views upon this subject are easily dedu-
oihte from the opinions which I have ex-
s'Juttlo tuersmry to carry out t he granted of protection, uml similar facts could be
■towers. But unfortunately this provis- adduced to illuslnate its influence on all
inn of the Constitution, by the ingenuity iothers. It is a notorious lact that slnp-
of designing pnliliciaK. has licen wielded I masters arc constantly in the habit ol
to the production of much wrong and |sending their ships to Europe lo be refit-
- — »illustrate t« d in consequence of the cheapness there
great oppression. Permit me to
the mailer. Congress has power to lay
and collect duties for die purpose of pay
ing the debts and providing for the com
mon defence, and general welfare of die
Union. It cannot legally and constitu
tionally colled duties for any other pur
lins" whatever—Anil hence the Tariff ctr.-
trorcrsij. Our op|v>nents say that Coii-
nf all articles required as compared with
what they would have lo pay lor them ill
this country. The effect of the tariff dirn
upon the shining interest is to enhance
the price of all articles necessary to carry
it on, and nl the same time by prohibitory
duties to lesson importations, and thus les
son its profits. So also could I illustrate
oress having the power lo lav and collect |''»c operation and effect of the tariff policy
Julies, mav raise those d'ulies lo any U P°" '•» tfincultun.l and other interests
|«iint, however high, for the pnrposeof
giving protection to the manufacturing in
terests ol the country. We say dial du
ties can only be laid and collected for the
purpose of revenue, nnd point to the
Constitution to sustain the assertion.—
The expediency or inexpediency of pro-
iccting'munufnrtures by Government aid
j is not now the question. I am. at pres-
iont, considering the constitutional Legis
lative enactment. Now this whole quo*
of the country, if the character of this ad'
dress would admit of these minute details.
In connection with the idea of protecting
American labor (it should be manufactur
ing labor) thu friends of the protective sys
tem ask high duties upon British products
as an art of retaliation because England
imposes high duties on our’ngricultural ox-
pnrls. Of what force is this argument
now, when England is iiImiuI to repeal
her c orn laws, ami throw her ports open
GENERAL EDUCATION.
THE CHARACTER OF THE PEO
PLE TO BE EDUCATED.
Messrs. Editors:—You have announced
in terms tuOicienily flattering, that I would
prepare for your readers a series of short
cssayson General Education. I am aware
tion; and not the war-pride of tins clast of
politician*—the territorial cupidity of that,
or tho pecuniary recklessness of the other;
these are but means in turn for the greater
end—God’s world for God's people.
Now, if these be the propensities and
tendencies of our people—if they are no
longer the serfs of the soil, but are destined
to love the wide world, nnd to dissipate ilia
that every system looses half of its charms prejudices of a gone-by age;—what is the
that is exposed to the public eve, and not Education suited to them 1 It is a great
always that its imperfections are brought ueslion, and its answer roust be fully and.
to light; but if fully approved, the excite
ment which it produces wears away, and
the labor cf rendering it into practice it
from this cause found infinitely holder. 1
am convinced of one fact however, that a
syslemof General Education we must have,
and whether iu its progress it be toilsome or
not, ic a question for consideration only
when it is accomplished. That 1 ain com
petent to introduce this great subject to the
attention of tbe public, it another point
that I shall leave to be decided when 1
have completed my task: at all events it
is within the compass of my individual
capacity, and if l fail, the discredit will fall
upon myself alone. There is a paramount
reason with me though, for making public
a system which looks to practical results.
It is this: I propose to educate the chil
dren of a Republic upon certain fixed prin
ciples. Now we know that education es
tablishes opinion—opinion gives laws, and
laws form the morals and habits of a peo
ple. Is it not fit and proper then^lhai all
questions touching education should be
publicly discussed—maturely deliberated
on, nnd only settled when the public mind
has fully satisfied itself of the intrinsic
merit of'the system proposed 1 At least,
this is my opinion, and I .not only submit
my views lo my fellow ciiixcns, but court
the closest scrutiny into them. Having
introduced my *ubject with thc»e nece*»
sarv remarks, I now will go on gentlemen,
lo cousidcr it under nil the various aspects
that it can possibly take.
And allow me first, lo inquire into the
character of our people—the parties to be
taught. What are its tendencies—what are
its propensities?—Determine these, and we
have laid the foundation of a system of
General Education.
Our political manhood gives us seventy
years; our presen', extern of territory two
millions of square mikes, (#,000,000) and
our population twenty millions of souls,
(20,000,000.)' Our age, geographic range,
und numerical strength, are enough then
to base our inquiry upon. . And yel. so far
would add, that there nre works oflnler-
nal Improvement, embracing great nation
al objects, or national defence, which may
l»e undertaken by Congress. So, also, if
obstructions are placed in a harbor by an
enemy, or as a means of defence in time
of war, I should regard the Constitutional
right of Congress lo remove the same, as
unquestionable. Economy, retrenchment
and reform nre greatly needed in the man
agement of our affairs, ami particularly in
the expenditures of Congress. Few men
in this country know of the enormous
sums expended hy Congress in the pay
mileage and stationary of its members,
and the valuable hooks nnd documents
which they yearly vote to themselves out
of the people’s money.
Upon the subject ofa Bank I have but little
to say. That seems now to be an obso
lete idea, and the experience of the last
few years, has satisfied almost every one
that a Bank is not only unnecessary anti
inexpedient, hut would be absolutely in
jurious to the country. No politician
now who values his reputation, would
pretend lo assert thnt exchanges could he . v _. r . .
regulated by a Bank, nnd that was one of a , ||, e subjecllias attracted the attention of
the grand arguments once advanced by tho wise uinong us, we find but little pro-
ils advocates. But the tiny is pust, nnd gross mutle. One class of our politicians
I sincerely trust that never again will a rates us asn belllgeiaul people, nud^hren
Eroin the Hosannah Georgian.
TO THE EI.E’CTORS OF THE
l,t. COlUattMIOtUL DISTRICT.
Fellow-Ci rtXKNS:—Having been call
ed on by a portion of my Fellow-Cilixcns
In In‘come a Candidate lor Congress from
this District. I have deemed it due to you.
as ii is in am unlance with fay own piin-
ciples, lo make known my political Faith.
I ain one of I hose who hold Iasi to llialj
doctrine wlii, Ii declares the entire depen
dence of the representative, upon the
ronstilutent, and I deliberately and sol
emnly ladieve that whenevci a Represen
tative disobeys the will of his Constitu
ents, he subverts, and destroys the end
mill aim of Ripiescntatice Government. 1
powers, uml its authority to act is the
! Constitution. It is then nothing more nor
I less than an agent cteated to perform eer-
in the world for their products, they will
have an abundance ol the cheap products
tain specified acts. Dot"ihe 'ConslYtu’- j<>f ' heap European jaljor. Thus selling
tion authorise Congress lo levy nod col- "here they could sell dearest, and having
eel duties for any other purposes than "l-re tl.ev could hny cheapest. I Ins
those already specified? Let that cber- unfettered m.erehangcofexport* and tm-
she.1 and loved bond ol our Union nns-P?*-' would also benefit the Farmer by
islierimi.il . . giving new life lo the shipping interest,
o-crlnr itself. Bring the matter down jg'vjng new me to roe shipping
the ordinary, every day, transactions and thus lessen freights,
of life, and test it by a plain, practical,
common sense rule. If 1 give a power of
attorney lo n .nan to sell one hundred
acres o'f my farm foreash to enable me
lo pny a debt ot lo buy a negro, has he n
right to sell the whole farm, or even to
sell the hundred nrres for any thing else
than cash—or can he exchange it for hor
ses, goods, or any other commodity? Or
present for the Candidate to commune j ufaclunng purposes, should <jelnpileU
u,. 'I- ^(^v;
cal excitement, party tnx, or duty if you please) from the stock-
Equally fallacious is the assertion that
the Protective Tariff lienefits the Agri
culturist by opening a home market for
the proceeds of his labor. It is very cer
tain that tho Manufacturers are in favor
of n Protective Tariff, anil who is so cred
ulous ns to believe that they would sus
tain a system which wascalculaled to en
hance the prices of those articles that
they nre forced to buy. The price of a
tiling (ifunfettered by taxation) is regula-
trd by the product nnd the demand, nnd
is it possible that the comparatively small
amount of Agricultural products consum
ed hy the Manufacturers, can have any
eflcc’l to increase their value—clearly not.
But, admit, for the take of argument,
that the home market does benefit the
chartered money power lord it over the
country.
It is proper that I should say n word upon
another subject. I allude to a system of
direct taxation. And here I may fear
lessly and broadly assert that no parly in
this country has ever advocated or branch
ed such doctrine. I am aware that in
the contest of 1S44. it was asserted that
if the Democratic Pnrty were suscessful,
they would impose direct taxes ttnoti the
people, and I have seen n hand bill in
which was set down in large figures the
amount which each County ond each
man would have to pay. My only reply
t > all this, is, let facts speaker them
selves. Has any such thing been done
or proposed ?
Thus Fellow-Citizens, have I given
you (as fully as the nature of this Address
will allow) the political sentiments
which 1 entertain, nnd by which 1 shall
!>e governed. If they are the sentiments
of the people. I ask the people’s support,
that they may be truthfully and practi
cally represented: but if they entertain
other opinions, then for anotlicr should
their votes be cast. I am well aware that
in times of higll political excitement,
most ol us are too apt to vote for our Par
ty Candidate, without examining cither
into his conduct or opinions. Bui there
is now, as has already been observed, a
calm in tbe political world, and it is righl
cut ns with the fate of the Roman Empire
excessive conquest. A second terms us
_ grasping, coveluous people, who will
never be satisfied until we extend our terri
torial limits to such a degree, that our po
litical bonds will fall assunder, and our so
cial affections become entirely dissipated.
A third class fears that our national ex-
trevaganco will bankrupt us, and that we
will be left without capital commerce or
mercantile energy; and in the end will fall
from on enterprising nnd enlightened peo
ple, into an imbecile and degraded one.
ilul what says the nation to these opinions
—Ihe tide and current of public net ion 1—
Will we conquer so fast as to leave no ene
mies to fight against; and thus falsify tne
first class?—Shall we make rail-roads,
canals and telegraphic communications so
rapidly, as to run tne whole seven millions
square miles, (7,000,000) of North Ameri
ca into a smaller political compass than
that occupied by the Stales of the early
confederacy ; and thus disappoint the sec
... , . . Agricultural interest to the niTionnt of the'and proper logo back to first principles,
.iralile mind to cling to its friends, unit# debts of the ’ ^ | prnduC|s consumed; how would the nc- and see how far we have deviated train
to drive men mn.llv forward, anti io the conHill°n. C _. c... count stand? Nineteen millions of
. | . ' t i? _! _i*l and s'lillfit't fl
hem, and excitement,
the conflict "tho still, si _ .
pie, if too nljeu unheeded nnd unheard., j,
Ct now the ,.o, my .wave of the
Sc
csr.
question of expediency, nnd may be cat-
ried to any extent—even lo prohibition—
A system of log-rolling is adopted—one
manufacturing interest unites with anotb
passion are cnluted—reason has resum
ed her throne anti to her would I appeal.
Before her bar I would spread out my
principles anti invoke her judgment upon
them, according lo their I "rYand'nmuforing lo each others cupidity
uninfluenced by parly predjud.ee or party ^ ^ , he y , ramp le under foot the
claims, nnd rights of others, and even the
The elements of mv political faith are
few and simple, and to them I always
turn for tho light to guide tne on my po
litical course.
I believe that ail power emanates from
tbe people, nnd should be exrrcisetl fin
tbe peoples’ welfare; that Governments
are instituted for the benefit of the many,
and that no Government should exist
longer than it sobserves this end. Such
are tbe general, cardinal points of my po-
S I rical faith and from them I can always
| educe my rule of action. They teach
me t° respect and obey tho voice of the
people—to abhor monopolies—to despise
every system which will . hcrishi the few|
al llie expense ofthe many-fwd lo w]
against anv course ol LegisfalMO, calet*’
iated lo oppress or injure any portion of
•AnTnow Fcllmv-Citixen* allow me to
these general truth to those
principles applies blc to our peculiar form
Constitution itself. But 1 am also oppos
ed to the tariff, because it is “uojust, un
equal nnd oppressive.” What is the prin
ciple which is sustained by those who
advocate protection ? They say that.la-
Imr is cheaper in Europe than America,
and hence goods can he manufactured
there at n eheoper rate, and to enable the
manufactures to counteract tbe efli-cts or
this cheap labor, they ask Congress to put
such n tnx or duty on the foreign article
as will raise it to n price, at which they
can afford to manufacture nmf sell. Or in
other words, the English manufatturerwho
paya his workmen shoot thirty cents a
day, can afford lo make a yard of calico
or course homespun nt three cents, which
article can not be made and sold by the
American manufacturer at leas than six
pen
ile nre taxed on nil the necessaries of
He, to afford protection to five hundred
thousand. And these priviliged few say
In the many, do not grumble nt these tax?
es fiirwe give yon a home market—yes
of the millions which they take from us,
they kindly remm a few’ hundred tliou-
santl. The relative effect of the Tariff
upon Agriculture and Manufactures, is
fully illustrated by the respective profits
of the two vocation*' The Farmer does
not average (throughout the Union) six
per cent of profit, whilst the average prof
its of the Manufacturing interests are
more than double and probably are three
times greater. •
But, it is said, that high duties mate eheao
goods. Now that is a proposition which
cannot discuss, simply because it is too pro
found forym mind to fathom. lean no
more comprehend the assertion, that' the
higher the duties which a merchant payson
bit goods tbe cheaper he will I e enabledto
sell them to bis customers, than lean
undcrstnnd that a Fanner would get his
flour or meal cheaper in proportion ns the
Miller charged higher toll for grinding.
But I may reiterate my question ond ask,
i writing the aborts I have learned frora a
our tme course.
My opponent is the present cnettmbcnt.
of whom I have not spoken nor do I de
sign to speak, for ibis coutest between us
is not personal, but one purely of princi
ple. My poli lical opinions are developed
in this address—liisby bis votes io Con
gress. You, Fellow Citizens, are to de
cide between us, and to that decision,
whatever it may be, there is no one who
will how with more respect than
Your Fellow Citizen,
SOLOMON COHEN.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS FOR
CONGRESS.
Solomon Cohen, Eaq., of Savannah,
has been nominated, by a Convention of his
party, as a candidate for Congress, in op
position to Hon. T. Butleh Kino, of the
first district.
Hugh A. Haralson haa been nominal
ed by the Favettevilla Convention, for re-
election in the fourth district. The Wbigt
nominate next Monday.
John H. Lumpkin baa been nominated,
in the fifth district, by a Convention lately
held at Cassvilic.
much, that dullars and cents will fail to
estimate our exchanges; and the petty
computations of the third class, cease to
represent our balance of trade with the
world ?—it will be nil indebted to us—all
tributary.
I wish not to burlesque the great ques
tion of the age; I with only to ehew the
folly of attempting to eetimate the onward
progress of a people, who are living for
themselves,and not for a master;—of n
people, born under the privileges of free
opinion; nnd from their infancy, reared
under the homespun but expressive “good
as you” principle. Tliouglit Is our mental
element, front the plough-bov to the Presi
dent freedom to go, a right mseperabte
from the body;—and achievement, our
souls impulse by night and day. * hat
can impede the onward march of web*
the breadth and debth of God’s
roaring ocean? He it no Statesman, fit to
■peak of the American destiny, who does
nm make the eea-girt limits of our conti
nent the meets ana bounds of hie geogra-
Ph !s thiTnot the language of our people I
»this not the necessary consequence of the
institutiohe under which they live; and
the circumstances by which iboy» re •“£
rounded? Let us examine ««* «”<**
closely. Free to think—free to rove, and
free to achieve; furnjsh any human crea
ture under the sun with these prmlegesnt
hie birth, and the wide worid nlooe wffl
restrain him—us almost, fartheet limits.
ajSngfi ££aKjSgE gBaaKacgBSjg
believe has been
I . w«M - -a
convention.—American Whig.
ings, which mode —
adopted in that district, injieu of a regular
report of the MswaehuMtts Leg-km™, tha^t tbe SouJW , rce ded, as Gen. Scott said when
jrssrij profits of each man engaged in Agriculture, jj, lo y h ; m |,o micht remain at
oh-the Foreign'article, so as to raise ii to’erergiioo.
cents, and thisdiferettoe the tnapufaetyr- b ha,nay•<«]•<eachawasqd wows*wr’jiwWnrand let “OQ Rougb-eod-
eraskstobe faadeopbyaduty ltnpoaed'g,^ tbe Woolen Manufactory, chars yearly, | » 1 "• ” .. . 8
Ready” fight tbe Mexicans-
question, i _
tstinelly given. Tins will be attempted'
the next eeeay.
A DELAWARE HERO.
A correspondent at New Orleans, who
belongs to the Army, bus sent US; a letter
detailing the exploits of n young Defov
warian, named Sam’l F. Chambers, who,
seems, was the “brother in arms” of
the writer. Chambers joined the Army,
at Corpus Chrisli, and went with Captain.
Walker’s Texas Rangers to the Rio
Grande. On the first of May, when
Waller made the desperate attempt to
cut his way through to Tnylor’s camp for
l he purpose ofopeningtlie communication,
Chambers was one ol the few men who
went with him. In the encounter with
the Mexicans they lost all hut fifteen men.
Chambers had a horse shot under him.
Ho captured unotber from n Mexicans,
which shared the same fate as the first,
and was tbe last man that returned to
camp. Chambers did not admire the
discretion of Cupt. W. as much as he did
his cojrage, nnd applied to Cupt. Muy
for a place in bis company in the expect
ed battles on the Sih and 9lh. The ap
plication was granted, and C. was tbe
second man tlint crossed the Mexican hat-.
terv in the charge. He wus found after
the battle, lying under his horse by the
side of one of the Mexican pirces, with
Iris shoulder dislocated and much bruised,
and entirely insensible. He was remov
ed from the field, and bos since recovered
from his injuries. The writet of the let
ter says his comrades have given him the '
name of the “ Hero of Delaware.” Some
of those who observed his conduct during
the battle, say he fought ns if he intended
with his single arm to put to flight tho
whole Mexican army. With his stihre in
one hand, he assaulted the men iu charge
ol the buttery, and with the other lie dis
charged his pistols in their faces. Tbrco
bayonet wounds through the body, which
he received, show how desperate the con
test was, and how gullautly he stood his
ground. The lather ol this young hero
was named Isaac Chambers. He resided.
the State of Delaware, and lias also
lived in Philadelphia. His mother lives
at presert in Wilmington, it is believed,
and the object of the utter is to Acquaint
the latter of her son’s safety.—Philadel
phia Ledger.
THE SANTA FK EXPEDITON.
There is some prospect that Col. Kear
ney will yet have something lo do before
he gets possession of New Mexico. The
St. Louis Republic of tbe 3d iust., says:
Gov. Urrea, who, it is said is advancing
upon Santa Fe, with a force of from 3 to
5,000 men, with a view of defending that
section of tbe Republic o( Mexico from
invasion, is said to be n man of approved
ond class or more probatile still, shall courage and military capacity. ' Should
one single valley of the great centre; now ^ mi jk e hi» appearance there iu time to
no longer of “the Great West,” produce so l: .<• . ■ . •-
avail himself ol the best point to repel in
vasion as be doubtless bas done, he may
give the force under the command of
Col. Kearney something to do, before. I bo
mssetsioo of New Mexico is obtained^
[n bis absence, however, and with the ac
knowledged disposition of Armijo to show,
the Americans nil possible favor,'very lit
tle, if any opposition will be made lo the
entrance of Col. Kenrney into that De
partment of the Republic. It will be, we
suppose, the middle or latter end of An?
i iust before Col. Kearney can truss , tbe
flio del Norte, and Gen. Urren, has un
questionably, full time to prepare for his
reception. The prospect of resistance
only gives tn the expedition n little more?
interest, and all eyes will be henceforth
on the watch for news from that quarter.”
STEAMERS FOR THE RIO GRANDE.
The Pittsburgh Post says that the fol
lowing Steamboats have been purchased
for the Government, at that place, for Ujo
Rio Grande, by Capt. Sanders, of Gener
al Tnylor’s staff.
“ Waterville, ttfo years old ' $S[36ff
Corverctte, new, 310,000; Rough and'
Ready, new. #19,000; Col. Cross, new;
$14,000; Maj. Brown, new, 12,000.—'
These brats, excepting tho Waterville^
says the Post, are the very best spccinuW
of light water drafts, built hy out first'
builders, and are to be deliver*! fri tho
This, ns far as relates to himself. But
there are obstacle* in hia way—the laws Government Agents at New Orlenfi's
nnd customs of other people—the conven- t b e above price*. Boilers nnd EngiDl
Itionol boundaries that must be respected— peffedlj^new. They are frail f^nemerit's!
tijeraaee lob fcr sca-gping ve&S, and will require.
The rrec-man isannttraclivocrcaturc;-
and*then Mtacks'heM^ow?;>r-he laughs tl^ 7 The
vetifonee, and hi* neighbors soon join Irim iMuitaof long experience in navigating
in the laugh ;-he bring* forth hi* Eureka, rivets. They will run in shoal water
now no longer under the patronage of aD d carry more freight than any other
wayward monarehyjhad a' enc vesse l s ever built. Their nppearan -
extremity of the globe, he is forthwith at Rio Grande wi „ hp -
th There'are the propensities and tenden- mentofa ne\v «
ties of a freo people,-of tto American
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