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“WISDOM —JUSTICE —MODERATION.”
VOL- w*
ALBANY, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1848,
NO. 45.
ALBANY PATRIOT,
g.^HF.D EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, IJY
'WlSONTIFT a SETH N. BGUGHTON,
Editors an,l Proprietors.
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Frm the Philadelphia. Saturday Courier.
GOOD R1EN EVERYWHERE.
Be careful of the man who distrusts
every liody, who declares that all are de
ceptive and corrupt. We never hear a
person indiscriminately denounce all man
i,l
his reasons were entirely ofa personal or, LETTERS FROM MUSTANG.
,0< ± t ' ,aracll j r - ! City of Mexico, Jan. 13, 1S43.
J he second vote resulted ns the first, I EJs. Delta-The City of Mexico is rife
rj..* tan< “ al ° getting a majority. I with rumors in reference to peace : some
1 he Senate then withdrew, and the House have it that peace is made} others have
relieved of the restraining presence of. it that Commissioners have gone on to
i . , - -1’ "ii ,he "' all f°! something | Washington, &c, &c.; and thus we have
and. heartless letter to do, fell to squabbling, and got ; it up ami down every day—peace and
. „ , . because he is a at« a delectable mess. After a while, war alternately. Believe'nothin- you
specified, willj! ^e • eoundrel himselt, that others are 1 however, the Senate returned,and the vo-: hear from this city at the present time
•id. .just like him. He is a self-deceiver.— ! Uns recommended. WU Mr tiein,! present tune
rrocs by Executors, Adininisr j There arc* good
. •-ire required by law to he ! Qhri
;; ,z,uc, sixty daysprevions to | c , ies ;
I Property mustbcadvcrti S ed!.Cood men. VVe meet them and love them | lograpl.s of two Whigs who were wiling ; i„gly cautious in everythin* relatine to
f Creditors of an estate must I c'"' > ,m3er i ! hat . Vlr, "°. antl rel, S'" n v ” ,e ,,r 1 be na ' ne 8 IVC ‘ I ) onswered, “I, the movements in the army, and every-
liave so ninny friends. What stays the, nominate PterrcS ouleand vote for him,”; thing connected with it. The ■
Hi, nt exceeding twelve lines, will [ presence ofa depraved
;ltU; ,ell.liar for the first insertion, and I wretch. He presumes, 1
f„r ea.’ii continuance. Advertisements; i. n „ iJi .
• I" "7 ai me preseru lime on
ling recommended. When Mr. Bell’s this subject, for I assure you no one, unless
n.’irrm \vn* frills,I l>o nmeo Qr .. <k „ •. • n . . ’
time refuserl, when Colonel Silca, a Woun-] THE WHIGS, AND THE WAR BILL
ded Mexican officer oh parole.opened the AND ITS PREAMBLE,
door and assured Colonel Wvtikoop that^ . The wltigfe claim that their representa-
General Valencia had departed that day ,lvcs ' n Congress voted in a body against
for Toluca ; but this was not credited, 1 * be P r eamble of the
war bill as a separate-
lights were demanded to scarciTthc'' ! , 1 ™ pa !‘ li<, f n l, ,lec . ,n,i ”? lhal “ war ex i stc , dby!
iiuilrliorr p„i in j cl .. ,i, u,e acl c * Mexico,” because tlial declare*
.S, C,, " x l , b ' lc - ' h , en f ,r °l>°f <l '<oi> was a falsehood. They claim further,
deliver Genera Valencia the next day if that when it vvi.a found impossible to strike,
the party would leave, i o ibis the Colo- out (he preamble, the same wliigs^—all but
nel would not assent, and proposed to fourteen of them in one house, and two itt
* xr . . J , .• . .. .... . ... .. ’ 1 - wu.iji.vi ivoio Willi me UllllCU omits
P* Ue repeat, there are Christian did Mr. Bienvenu, so did Mr. Watkins, —the Government of Mexico is willing to
en all si bonis—to sympathize with us j «nd so did not Mr. Baldwin, who thought, make a treaty, and are prepared, and are
all °ur afflictions—to cheer us in our ^ jat he had done his duty by his Demo- i strong enough to sustain it.” Many of
dreary paths—to animate us in despoil- j cra,ic constituents, and would now give the most influential men in the Republic,
n our fever- ( Weigs the.colt! coir.iiiil ol his vote , who have heretofore been violently op-
was ol no use- Long before the posed to making a treaty, are now a '
finished it was Hear that Soule l eating it strongly. Those persons,
end an officer and eight men with him j die other-—voted for the bill, false preamble
tnd await their return. This proposition a,u *. n *!» rather than record their names*
completely non-phissed Colonel Silca, I a & a ' l n l st l ^ ,e bill. This, Mr. Clay says,‘‘nu
and convinced Colonel Wynkoop, time icould have tempUdi
V , ,, . , . *' * 04 DPGVOiCRII ” I ft ■ mi In iln lu><'»neo nl **|Iia n/iL*
ale nut a was really in the hon
Search
was accordingly made, and nothing could
he f mud of him. Colonel Wyukofip de
clared that lie would not leave ihe haci
enda without him and that if Valencia
would give himself up he would he -per
fectly safe but if he attempted to escape
he would not answer for his life. At this
moment a person stepped up and said, “ I
am Valencia.” He then said that it was
against the usages of civilised warfare to
attack a man in the peace and quiet of his
family ; in the. dead hour of the night.—
The Colonel answered that it was the
only way lie could he captured. Colonel
Arreta was also captured in the same ha-
th- Federal Vuirn,
T IIE W11IGS IN A QUANDARY.
The cieat qurstion which is now agila- , dency—to wipe the (lows from
ling lb*- ra,,ks ol * ll, . e Whig* is » w,w> xhe y ; brows—to bless us in our poverty.— ii was of no use- imng betore the posed to making a treaty, are now advo-
sfiaJl 5c*lect as their standard-bearer in We feci that we are placed in the midst, ro11 wos finished it was Hear that Soule)eating it strongly. Those persons, who
the approaching Presidential campaign. |ofa community of such men, and we are was the Senator, and the handsome coun-j formerly belonged to the army and have
Those of them who are. actuated by prin-j happy. We would trust our lives in their j lenance of that honorable gentleman he-j been discarded by the Government, are ^hmda on that night,
dplt*, and are honestly attached to the! hands. It gives us pair, to hear of man’s js a, \ l ° brighten up into an expression of! perfectly prostrate; their influence is The following olfici
doctrines of Henry Clay, are indefatiga- • degeneracy ol his departure from pu- i i°yful gratitude. . I nothing on either side of the scale. The
Lie io tiit’ir eflorls to place him in their i rity and truth. We are not partial to bj justice to Col. White, we should j Congress had not yet met at Queretaro at
lead aril to induce all others to rally a- such stoiies; we wish only to hear of love ! stale that he promptly voted lor Mr. Soule. | the latest dates, but it was expected there
round In? standard. Believing, as derni- good-will and kindness. We do not care j 1 he result showed that Pierre Soule was I would be a full meeting by the 15th or
rr resort, that the friends of other aspirants to change our opinion of the world. Oifr , ‘be choice of the Genc^il Assembly, by a j 20th instant.
will harmonize upon him, they arc deter- | earnest prayer is that we may believe in j majority of seven votes. Whereupon the j The brigate of Col. Riley is still at
mined that the selection of their candi- the existence of real goodness, and see its I sovereigns in the lobby—we mean, of j Tacubaya and the brigade of Gen. Cush-
date shall be made by a National Con veil- j glorious effects on our own heart and a- j course, the Democratic sovereigns—loud- ing at San Angel. No movement of troops
ion. Those on the other band who care round us. ly applauded the wisdom of the choice, j for San Luis cau lake place before the 1st
,at little for principle and much for the*! That man who believes in the cxis-j We need not tell our readers, either at j of February, even if Gen. Scott most ar*
or abroad, who Pierre Soule is.— I dently desired it. The command before
'putalion as an .orator is coextensive J it starts from here, must he fully appoint
ors volunteered their
services in the expedition : C ipt. Bonnet
and Lieut. Clinton, of the 1st Pennsylva
nia Regiment; Capt. Diller and Harley,
Lieut. Davis, of Gen. Cushing’s staff;
Lieut. Perry, of Gen. Patterson’s staff;
Capt. Syberg, llih Infantry and Lieut.
Tilton, Voltiguers. Yours, ULUA.
:>;i\cs and fishes, are determined it pos- 1 tonce ol genuine charity and spotless in- j home o
i:ble to defeat the nomination of Clay.— ' tegrity, will be the last to swerve from i His reji
Thcv want an available candidate,—one the path of duty. If he sees or thinks, I with our Union. His former appearance
who can successfully compete with him he does more good than evil—more kind- the benate, during the brief fraction ofa
wliun the democracy shall present be- i ness than harshness in the world—he will i l^rm, attracted much attention to our
v,re the people. This class ol politicians j strive to imitate the good and shame the palate, and gave us great consideration in
i> divided between Gen. Taylor and Gen. i eviU It is, therefore, bad philosophy in i lhaPaugust body. lie is a man of whom
rfcoit. The friends of the former in the j any sense, to scoff mankind, and denounce our ^ ,ale antl our Republic may well he
early part of the. winter, by a grand coujnr ail as heartless villians. Far better to | P rou<1 « W r ith an ardent nature, a gener-
,ic ivi in endeavored to forest a 1 popular | make men believe in real goodness, and j ° ,1S heart, a keen, sagacious intellect and
sentiment and drive from the field all j bring forward examples foi Their imitation. | extraordinary eloquence, he is eminently
competition
forth Irmn Was
should nice
conventi m
peoples’ candidate.— I not singular—that all.have fallen—he will
ni ptrliaps exported, ttml J I.h>1 less sorrow, an.l wander further a- j | m m a '7 to the ia-avenly I'.odles.’af llie I "I 61 !. all x , V y° me ! 1 f ‘'“ ga - . . , ■;
the principle ol “sp.mtaac-; way. O, let us believe in goodness, and ; saine lime reserving superior tokens 0 f l '' ul,lla ? f " r,l ' a soldiers, and I understand
n, M wouhi instantly ratify j imitate virtuous examples, and wo shall! adoration for the sun, which was their! . . e at „! l . un * 1 1 ,e *. st ° ...
PAUL AND DEMOSTHENES.
We know that our readers will he
pleased with these extracts, which are ta
ken from a late speech of the Rev. G. W.
Bethune :
In taking St. Paul ns a model of Christian
eloquence, we are struck by a resemblance,
him and the
in lliem both
I for live or six months, as it will take
that lime at least before they would l>e
able to make a road from San Luis to,.
Tampico, by which they would be enabled | ,nn,an y i’f'S{>€cts, bet we
to bring supplies from the latter place.—
At present they are without one of the
most necessary articles, clothing, for such
an expedition. Gen. Scott has sent twice
to Vera Cruz for it, and both times has
received a very meagre supply; therefore
ighty Athenian. \V
unusual physical defects
04- provoked” him to do, because of “the baL*,
palle falsehood stamped upon the face” cf
the bill in its preamble.
Now, what was the bill, fo save which,
and to vote for which, the whigs consented,
to vote this “palpable Jalsehood ?” It write
a bill io wage a war ol invasion upon
ico. It was a war bill, placing at the dis
posal of the President the whole array and
navy of the United Stales, and fifty thou
sand volunteer soldiers besides, together
with ten millions of dollars, “to prosecute
the war with Mexico to a speedy and suc
cessful termination.” In voting this bilb
with or without the preamble, the whigs
voted the invasion of Mexico with a great
force. Nay,|mor*-, they actually voted for
what they themselves call “a palpable fain*
hood,” j or the sake of voting such an inva
sion of Mexico! There is in
no pretence in.
any quarter that anybody ever thought so
many men and so much money needful
merely to protect Gen. Taylor from I her'
Mexican army mustered on the Rio Grandey
or that the force was voted for any such:
sole purpoao. Rui ihiy iuinn letlW fOtU*'
jeeture or inference, however certain; fofc
in about a week alicr the vote was given,',
intelligence came of the victories of Palo’.
Alto and Ifceseca dc la Palma, showing that
Gen. Taylor v as safe. And what thenT
Not a linger d d the whigs lift to stop him;,
on the Rio Giandc, or stay his invasion of
^Mexico with the large force they had voted
him, just as soon os it could be mustered.'
into service. For months he was on the
Hit
Gen. TavW
They hoped
the masses o
otis combust
llie movefile
that would l>
The ukase, it is said, went When a person departs one step from the j qualified to reflect lustre upon the fetate ^ 4 . .
ufilon, that the faithful path of rectitude, hu should be made to which sends, and the Senate which re- he has had to resort to one of the poorest
legislative mucuses or in | foel the hitter consequences, and hack to | ceives hiim j means of procuring it—having it made
and by act lamation proclaim • duty. By making him believe that he is
THE ONION. here, Capt. McKinslry, of the Quarter-
rr»» * . —’ • i v • master’s Department, has now about 1000
J he ancient i'.gyr?!»ans paid religious , 1 . .
r ’ J ' . .* j. ® , men and women engaged in m;
inking
la st
'.‘I !’>■ ,' lie j lie happier ourselves, and do a large a- ! ;lrvll i ( | 0 i, an ,l'w «W worship,'as will j ^ be J*re a amuse, u is oncm.su „e man ...struct, «x- PAr « »- D T „ K TURKEY
r. 11 nl! nrce«<u v h*r a ironni 4il noni 1 c.i p . • . i ■ rp(i(i \ • li is ii very ca&y malt t r to , , , , t a i Ai\ u 111 l u it iv * •
„,v,,i '!; | l"n „V,1 ! " I a ;'"V- ? p, ; ) rp0 - p or ° | b8CrV 8 h ® : n0 "° ns I armies on paper, bin more-difficult in the !*>“!!** an, ‘ nnscnnstrnction, M hard s , uric8 arc told about the do--
i • . i From the N. O. Delta. ! of which,. the Egyptian pyramids were | it* while the only aim ol the orator is to coo- ings of the Nnw York City ^Volunteers*in
ol the Mates these caucuses or tup rr veTtnv ntr <k’\ T ATnr? I built ami devoted. It was under the; * c 1 • | . n vince ami move. T’hal enlarging of his Mexico, but Col. Lumet! relates an adv6lk«
,,..,..■1 I,--1,•.»•., |viif >( iirit id all 1 1J L LLL L/ l 1 v IiN U r bLA A1UIL., .'ii .1 c • t I, • o.-- — 11 o cloc Iv. - ” .v.ol. J acK lia\s. , . .. r . > • • , . j .
i,oiiu'nlioii> b-i't t»cc u in to, out ii uoi man, ( reverentially repeated name ol ox—the , , , , J thouHit, that gathering up as he rushes lure of cr.c of them which is not so had as
in nearly all iiijhcm, tbey proved signal The General Assembly presented on being—that the same Deity, the sun, was ! ! as relurn ™ 110 roule ‘ l . ‘ re without losing hisspeed, golden truths sonic that have come to out knowledge,
hilnrcs. J'lic lire eoiilil not hu eoininunien- j Monday a scene of unusual interest and known liy the same nation, and to his r "tn one o nsiena i mg some or secn) j llt , a( first to bear hut indirectly- on In llic halli-v of Coniivras, (he saysj Sever-
ml; tin- cninhusii.in did not ensue. The I excitement. It was the day fixed by the |,„ nor a magnificent city in Egypt was 1 ~ ° mc,, r ?" l ."f,i" b p Ut | ^ h-s ti.t.iT. purpose, vet (irmly combined ol ihc vacinv, alter liavitig been driven
ell 111 in Gi-I.re si, was an unequivocal flash Const it ulioit for I fie election of Senator in I designated by the same name, ox, one of i" , ICr ?’ , n ° . f> . |. V. - . 10 U a ’ with bis conclusion," is among the great , 1 ' 1,. r"’ I " Thcv'bad'not been
; ,1 . » , • ! ,l,L,,p .J' 1I10 I ?»*<•/» r . | „ | , 1’ , • 11 T |, n , J . 0 , . . . , . , • I Whether tllCV KllltJCl III III 1 d ID UOt III formed, ,, . ,-t . • . UCT COVll ol il IK 1 IICV Iiait l.Ot DCCIt
11 the- Ml. far neiglioor of the Bttor- tbe place of llm Hon. Henry Johnson, ,|,e temples in which was known oy > ,e ; lhev broueht in his horse, saddle aud l.ri- excellencies of die chr.sfian Inrcophnnt. i i n g in ibis hiding place, when they went
dcr, luifilicd the match, hat there was no whose term of office, expires on 4th of duplicated title on-i-ox—the Buing, the : ,. J , Jj , . h trinkets bcloim- Wel1 <I,H ' S lle pi'pve, in other passages, discovered by ( of. if. who ordered a coup!#
rx|)!.»?ion. He ii;is ever since hern 'pick- ( March, 1S49. T’he two parlies in the , One, the Being. This has given occasion : . ’ * »L e Reverent Father ° that he lias at his command an iutei.se of his mrn, u> go over ami take them pria-
ing the Hint ami Irving Dinin’ siill lie lias Legislature being very close, and an im-j to those whose Object was to inquire into ,. ave rcueive< | the 'intelligence of l,rr . vi !y- . . °" c _ ra -... 0n * 'J !l ' ,nc " f en L'^= n "
lieuii uii ihh* to accomplish Jinvthirig. pression having got abroad that some ftf j|, e , ea l meaning ol things as little as pos- . , , % T -. • ® , Indeeil,* thouch iiere the Christian is, by j man, named D»avju>, who hod given cook
Tl.ere can now be no doubt from the the Whig members who represented Dc-! s iGK, to license die Egyptians of worship- ,a a , ° f ‘ ‘ ‘ , the grace of God, iinmcasuraldy .superior,, sulerable trouble to ibcofticcre, because of
r ^=r S ( ' X! n bi,Cli I 1 , VY ^ hin?, ' m ’ ^ for ^ Do-; illg only regard/,. ^ ! S*«‘^iZXxi^ *%%&£*
dint me \\ lugs will assemble in enliven- mocralic candidate, Here was a great. ,| 1CSR as sy.nf.olsol thesolarsystem, which !' gl it to be Capt. Bulls as we do | T.T'' k a ! Ki , « as a church j aril, in u l.ich a flock bffur-
1,mind bill as little dial tins1 .Idcrinnia- deal of uncertainty and speculation as to; worshiped. The onion received [know of any company of inonntfd so l lh '- ill . v > *?'• 1 aid inrans •»>' 1 koys were feeding. Paddy could not <£s
linn is tantamount to tire defeat ol Gen. the result. At :. 11 early hour the floor of t |.at Egyptian name from die curious! -n down there excel it bis. The gal- j “ "'” r< . ls V* mal,s wisdom,’) desire of ne- f ; -.in his prppeiisitv, and \villi the engirfy,-'
Tavl.-r. 11 is name may lie s 11 hmii led as a the House ofReresentatives was crowded, analogy,’that it'you cut it through liori- i, p Cunt. Ruff arid his comnanv in 1 «° ,ri plishing the good of the rieoplc, and |, e lock a large un key prisoner, Which 1 att
can !id-i!.-. hut Mr. Clay or some other It was well known who was ihe Whig can-1 ZO ntully. each section presents a reseriri-1 w ,. ve , a | 0 f || t e important battles in i B > fi y Inidi indie lendviicy ut licir priuci- 1
B'/i/if will he preferred. K«l!i- didale, hut as the Democrats had only held Glance of the solar system-thc sun in die j ^ is country has b’Jen severely tested, and
Ivilerrilists, advocates of a protective their meeting on the night before last, it, c( . n tie, and the orbits of die planets re- „| wa y s highly distinguished themselves.
Grande, organizing and pressing for-*
ward his pic para lions to invade Mexico;,
and during those months not only did the
whigs make no movement in Congress to*
. - overcome by j forbid him to proceed, but their journals'
zeal ; the same fulness of thought, energy | were loud in charging the delay as a fault
oflanguage, and vehemence of manner; land a blunder upon ihe administration!
the same concealment of skillful order; Now, in t his state of facts, what do ihe’
the same insurgent parentheses ; the same I ' v 'higs gain for themselves as a party, by
dramatic use of dialogue, exclamation and ! proclaiming the preamble to the hill a false?'
apostrophe ; ti.e same Socralic pill, of die j hootl - f ,f '[ l>e « falscl.oo.1, so much Ihe'
r ,, r . - f worse for them, every wav ; first, because
sudden question ; .he same, noble choice „, ey volc(1 h v .’ lliU . declaring it to be false}
anif secondly, bceansc they voted it for thef
sake of voting, at 1 fie same time, wbol they
call “an unjust and aggressive wnfof in-'
vasion,” standing upon that very aliegej
falsehood as a main justification.— IV. Un
Nor lit- didate, but as the Democrats had only held Glance of the solar system—trio s
their meeting on the night before last, it C cntie, an
tariff, ofa national Bank and of internal was not so generally known who was their j volving round it, making up the substance
improvcini-ni, having caught a Tat tar in choice. At 12 o’clock, it., the Senateen- j of the root. Thus, v' henever we mention
Him Tyler, will he siow in giving in their' n-red the ball of Representatives, and af-' ,he name of this useful little bull), we ex-
adliesioii to one whose principles at best ter some preliminary business, the Gen- press the duplicated ineffable charm word
are il< nbtful; and abolition fanatics of e ral Assembly proceeded, in a very busi-! ,,p lbe ancient Ufftyptians, esteemed by
both tlic Non!) and West will never give ! ness-ltke manner, to vote for Senator; Mr. || irlI) ; !s simple form on, (of which, too,
their support to a Soulliern slave holder. John M. Bell, of Orleans, nominating | lbe HindmiAUXioroM may be a variation,)
Til.; Whigs of litis State are evidently ! Jiilm Slidell ; and Christopher Adams,; as ,| ie mos t sneicd imaginable.^
in great coiisterualion. The Chronicle Jr., of Iberville, nominating Duncan F. | MR. HOLMES.
ami Sentinel and Republic of Augusta, j Kenner, of Ascension. The votes were Colombia (South Carolina.) Ban-1 train going lo-inorrow.
arc III ,1,11c uroimr the the necessity oi a received with breathless attention andjn- | 2&[tl u j t>| sa ys:—We publish! The gallant Capt. Walker, of Gth In-
to-dav the reply of this gentleman, to the fantry, so severely wounded at El Molino
stricturesol'tlte Charleston Mercury, m Gel Rev, will be sent down; he goes in a
relation to his course in the Speaker’s. litter—still being too weak to travel
’ * fMLolANG.
If the Mexicans did, as we are informed,
“cut him up,” you may rest assured they
had a dear bargain of it. No men in the
service use all their arms belter than this
company.
Yestetday the Police Guard discovered
about a wagon loud of muskets concealed
in a Convent in llys city.
Mr. Trist tines not go home with the
convention, j n other words, the noinina- terest, the caetlidules being all present, uer
•ion of Mr.Clav ; the Rccordet holds on ami looking as cool and self-possessed as
tool,| Xt<l,, zealously contending that: they well could under the circumstances.
‘‘we lose the Southern mas
mote nomination,” and the
ss by a Balti-! And We cannot but rejoice over,he change , ~ ct-mse ^
' uuumi.iiiim, urn: »Le Savannah in our system o noiiii,, c t . ri pX p rcss ourselves satisfied with Mr.
Republican, one day with Gen. Taylor New Constitution, ,n He^subs,
«.vm,2 at its mast bead, the next pulled the eja, lor the bafio vole. fhe free,, ^
otherwise.
down and iliedny alter again restored, | open mid republicait tharactejof the^for-1 t |^ tt jj r ° « Winllirop witsi a conversation with Captain Chase, of
, but are compelled to say,
any thing but satisfactory, j
P. S.—Since writing the above, I had
“every thing liy tarns and nothing long” trier mode of Voting, as Well as its rapjdi-
adoption in all^our elections, popular as has
Seems enveloped in a cloud, undetermin- ty and certainly, re
ed what course to take. ' j adoption in all our
AH reflecting men must admire the well as legislative. . • ,
straight forward course of the friends of; At the first vote Mr. Slidell received
Mr. Clay. Devoted to his principles, on 64. Mr. Kenner 04, and Mr. R. 0. Ntchrv
•J'eir account, they sustain him who is las one vote. One Vtng '^ a n * .’ , g n oeteat o
•heir embodiment. Relying on their | one (Mr. Balwtn. o ~ er victory
strength they thtow to the winds all cal- j bine chute,’ aud voted foi “d an “. feaU B u
celatinns upon ••spontnneouscomhnstiop," one Democrat (Mr. Mannsel White, ol
and make —
strictly
should bp. %* c UIC >VIIIIIIU III IllCbt I iiiiu »* u » *• — J - I ,,
° n ihe issue and will cheerfully abide the I We should also state that IV r. enner wa&
result. ’ not guilty of the mtmvaw hon e wind vje
n . . ..l Rinidav: lie Voted bur
. as Well as i s rapim- anJ , he nl „,li t j on ; su dcfcate.l,” [ whom 1 spoke above he gave me some
•commend tt^ oencrai ^ l)tfcf | sust!1 hicd by facts. Mr.jimporlantdetailsaboutthecaptureolVa-
Winthrop’s vote upon the reception and j lencia.
reference of Abolition petitions, has sig-l Colonel H. M. Wynkoop, of the 2d
ied across his shoulders. The divisi6n>tO!
pies, living deep and strong within their j which lie was attached, was immediately?
g f)|J |, # ; culled to Churuhusco, the battle ol that
We can scarcely avoid 1,el evil,g (and !•»»«* having commenced. Downey WflR
., . J . 1 1 \ .1 . ' his tuikf.v vet uiivc. and tied to his haver-.
I know not why we should,) that the apo*- !snc!j ,| 1C ’ ba.ilclfield; and In.lfftf
lie must have been an admiring slt.dc.it ,|, U . J;[ . S , J, )ic |, c ],l fast his gatne^
of the ora.tor, such parallelisms do we find; f ob Hurneil having received a shot in this
as, for example,.St. Paul’s vinification <)f| bijitlc, was taken to a large barn which
his state and manner of life, against the j was used as a receptacle for the wounded,
accusations of his enemies in his speech j After the battle. Gen. Shields, in coing* (p
before Agrippa, with the opening of De- 1 the ham, saw Paddy sitting on Ihe gras^
mosthenes’ defence against the slanders bpsiiy engage.iW 1 he _Gepera| lo
of Assechincs, in the oration on the Crown.
The turn of thought is precisely the some,
nor is tlie language wholly unlike. The
eleventh and the beginning of the twelfth
chapter of the Hebrews is a most success
ful expansion of the same appeal to an
cestral glory and example, the same sum
moning ofa great cloud of martyr’s, that
is made in (he famous adjuration by those
who fell at Marathon, at Plataea, at Sala-
mis and Artemesimri.
him and asked him what he was about.—■
Ifb replied, “Be jabers 1 ihe yallcr 1 belly
shot hint (the turkey) and I am taking hie
clothes off.” The turkey had been killed
while lied to his hack, and il wasnot unlil
the battle was over that Paddy knew Qlf
his death.—JYew York Svn.
n lliev tluow to ttie Wltuts at! cui- i ome Clime, ,, yVI.mp of
ns upon “spontnneouscombustiop,” I one Democrat (Mr. jaa ’
uko an issue with their opponents,! Plaquemines) tieated l e vn ^ “
upon principle. This is as it I green pertimmon, *n tie s'ape H -■
he. We are willing to meet (hem j thrown away. 1 ,e , rc f u ' 1 .‘ , '
v to us would be worse jhiin a de- i about five leagues from the city of Mexieo,
feat But Mr. Holmes, is in (he hands of applied to General Scott Jiir permission to
an 'enlightened constituency, to whose take twenty men and capture them. Per-
tender mercies we leave him. | misston living granted the Cojonel set off
and came.to a bridge, when the ujule stop-] j n r at an( j c h or glng Tlaluepanatla, ni
r': finding no one there,, they learned that R
on the 1st with thirty-eight Texan Ran
gers, under command of Lieutenants
opr. Bnrkcs and J«>nes. Upon arr
nd
n g *° ’ 1
BETTING. ig<*rs, unuer . vumuinnu «•
A Georgia negro was riding a mule along j d uct ™ Btirkcs and Jones. Upon arriv-
• *’ vhon the mule stop-1. . • _ nml
S33KKw'«t fc w»...
AN AMATEUR FIGHTER.
Baron Van G rone, of the Prussian army ;
who has been fighting under our banners
WILLIAM R. KING AND DIXON R-
LEWIS.
We find in the Montgomery (Alabama)
Flag, a correspondence which took place
during the contest in the Legislature at
Alabama between the tw,o gentlemen
whose names head this paragraph,.for tKh
'office of United Suites Senator, in which
each of them distinctly and unequivocally
avow their support of Mr. Polk’s adminis
tration on all questions. They also de
clare that they will support the nominees
of the Democratic party for President*
Mexico, has arrived in New Orleans
from Vera Cruz. ' The Delta says:
“ The Baron was wounded in the hip,
at the head of two companies, look a fort
ui the National Bridge; and was of great V r—-/ '• T
use to Major Lally throughout. Re came ] provided he is sound on the Wtlmol Pro
to this country by permission of the King j v ' so - The correspondence dissipates en-
of Prussia, to serve with our army in the . l *rtdy the foolish assertions ofsotne Fed-
Mexican campaigns. General Scott, to erat papers that the election of Mr. Lewis
a m pa 121
whom lie brought’letters, treated him with
lie mule over the cars, which . , . . , , ,
vote for! made iiim nod his head suddenly. ‘You hours previous to their arrival. Colonel
vote or , . . . . . paid the negro, and con- Wynkoop here learned that General \a-
stubborn mule over the lencia and his staff were at a hacienda
quartcrany how,’ said somc s ',sleagues distant. Heitnmediately
’ - 611 get your money'!’ sell) (p w ;,^ liis party, and arrived at the
Inch they surrounded. Ad-
.0 the house was demanded hy
litlle parry, but it xvas for a
marked attention in the city of Mexico,
and invited him lo join his staff! The
fighting being over for the present, and
the Baron’s absence from Prussia being
necessarily limited, he will occupy die
over Mr. King was .a defeat of the admin
istration in AluhauW; _ Jj.
When you see one impatient of the iq-
flue nee and resentful of the control ri*"-'
female mind, he is not likely ffi be u
trilb'rmed. liimself. He ——- ' - '* e '
remnit.k-r .(I* li.f hMi- SSTaTCrtuE-
Atssf. b::“ -s‘- "e- Soft
want.. bux. lmp ? ttence is the cpmtwMh
• Gov. Shunk, of Pennsylvania, has ex-^st mark of an illiberal and hohlracteff
ereised the veto power recently 1 limes, j mind. J
