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. MISCELLANY.
vp. DIVIDENDS,
i; is tui run.
During the height <<t ill - Maine epeeulitite fcvtr,!
a *U*jJy oM Ha-a.-m F irm*r was induced to purcha ■
|.ur slirt 8 ot Oh; <ufii.nl us th*'Fortljlxd & Fix- -
Town Cowi-am.’ l<ut the old gentleman.
lit'in£ always iteen 1 c ons -stint toefoco, v** not al
togetln r shtisli and <t the re-ult of hia •pci’ulutDno in
fancy slock*. until fie n#ccrtsinotl that a shrewd W hig
of hi* had hern nhjidiling in the puddle.’—
As in iadiii tune is fond of ooi|iftfiy, our hero cony rat* ‘
himself that, come whit would, he was no*
y>o r.-e oilman his neighbor, and thencclxth ‘breath*,
s-ti freer, deeper/ ’
Out the winter previous the ede] fellow hud luen
married to his second wife, and in a honey moon-lit ol
j.nnetunity, had purchased a jMWilily painted sleigh,
to carry his youn : wile to meeting on tSundnys,
Being naturally parsimonious, the sleigh in the
♦.tin. ier season, w m j source and unftiiling anno\ ance
and ii never cast Ins c\e to where the ah.rrs.nd sleigh
w .a seated, ‘alone in his glory,’ above the big lieains
nf his barn, without feeling uu irresistihls desire to
throw his pitch-fork at it/
Hut the travelling season on. The • Port
land and I'ugtuicn Stag* its four prancing
gr* \ , day alter day il.i-l uy the old fellow’s
mansion, tilled with beaut nd hien, and covered
wild booty and boot* lop trunks. ‘Vwelve inside and
•■///■’ not, without conn'.ing the lour babies and the
hide niggers,’ muttered the; old man as he reemmnen
ced poo ling his fuy. :h#l stage must he doting a good
hu incss and no mistake/ As he rained Ins fork the
iutity bltrgh seemed to curl up its nose and look down
at him with supreme ci.'t a j*. *U—n that thunder
ing old l igh, I w.h 1 had Lite Wurth ot it in stage
slock,’ he exclaimed.
At thi.-; m ill :t the Whig neighbor appeared, and
after discus-ing the crops, the we* her, Air., he? made
e-'Mio hu-ion to the* a o! the ham and ths price of
lhat ti gh, The old man’s eyes heann 1 with joy,
u it, 11 cmg in.l and cm.• c. he ad only transferred he?
confer i‘;*iii bum t c aUi.h to the singe, and ended
by olfering to hw ip the a!rgh fur Ins neighor’s stage
► oCk, provided ho would give hnn i ‘barkshtre’ pig
to hoot. This the neighbor could not agree to, hut
he wanted the sleigh very mil’ll, although he had
the highest opinion ol the stock he would swap even.
Our hero demurred, wanted limt to consider—would let
Jinn know within a week, and the neighbour retired, j
The next day, as I e was m >wmg, a gentleman, j
reined in his horse hy the side ol the wall, when the
following conversation look place.
•Is this Mr. Gnuifa/
*\ es/
‘Uo you own any afo. k in the IVllaml and Fog- !
town sStuge Company ? ’
• Yes.”
‘Well, you’re a lucky mans
• W iy so V
•There’s an assessment up it !’
•The and l there is !’
•\ es. An assessment of Ten Dollars per share/
•Who settles it I*
•The driver/
I hi* was enough. Dropping I.is scythe, our hero
ftarteJ without hat or coal lor the le-idcnce of his
niiolihoi. ‘Mr. Brown,’ t-a. H he, ‘I guss y u may 1
have that are sleigh/
• \r r y well, Mr. Grimes, hut you appear excited/ 1
•Aver mind—ju>t give me them are ahjjikits , cau^e
I’m in a great hut ry/
Thu ccrttTi atrs weie duly handed over, and Mr.
Drown, hy hdi, pul io possessi #of the sleigh.— {
J his accomplished, our hero stated down crooked
alley, over Uunlin’s brook, up the great madow, into
the street, whe’-p stooj the tavmi.
He was just in time, lor at that moment the ‘Port
land and Tog town Stage/ ll.e driver covered with
dust, and the horses w ith foam, came dashing up to ‘
the door. How the old gentleman’s eye* sparkled!
J here never wa* such a aiig , there never were such
horses ; and th< u the driver! The Old Fellow would
have made him a present of anew whip-stock in a
minute. Mr. Giimes hid s-arcelv found words to ex
press his admiration e.e the h>iseg were changed, the
outsides had ignited their ‘old sogers/ and Sands the
driver, casting his eye over his freight and c argo,
(with a glance that embraced every man, woman and
baby, trunk, band-box ami buckle, wheel, ankfj, and
pole—in lict, such a glance as none hut your veteran
e’age men ccm give.) ga hem) up his reins, and was
about to spring on his box. At this moment a hand
was pidred on his shoulder—
•Hands!’
•Ah ! Mr. Giimcs, what can we do for vou V
•Guilds, lvc hought Brown's stnek /*
‘Have you. Wt 11, I hope you bought it right’
Yes, yew—let me alone fm that—but Bauds, they
say there’s a ‘snsment on h!’
• Well, so there h/
•Ti n dullkrs i share !’
•.No mistake!*
•Well, Sands, I guest 111 lake Ti at how /’
‘Olp no, my old Duck, the boot is on the other
leg—You have got to pay that /’
A roar of laughter from the insides and outsides at
once expfriinrd to our hero the eliHerence between as
"*mcn!s and dividends , while he stood still and mo
lioij.ds-H a? the figure hi ad ol old Ironsides, watching
tli* slag* until it receeded from l is view, and with it
hi last c hance ofr speculation. Than what an explo
sion 1 ‘Cuss your old ha wagon’—and *cu*
y.>ur darned crow s-mcat u;*s all copporations.
Brawn U big*, and thu I sleighs!’—lf eve r
1 go to fpckalation a ~ • I be butted —that’s
ittari* i’tiriaiitiei,
An assofistion of enterprising gem barren have it in
r to form % m is.u.n in N. York ot rare
t tfnusttte*. Ihe cuHvctfbn ol intere>ling and curious
ad; Its *t tady obtainefl is comprised in ihe following
lift! *
A piece of the ••Pnilaaopher’s Stone/ 1
Jdip tnler*nfKo.ili’s Ark.
A cm uujf of (JUieilj’s handkerchief, wliich • sibyl
WuvOig
A t> snch of Honarr wood.
o ot the hairs ot the .animal that Locke nw in
i
••i cure or tin* rbeumatieei.
\ uottU ul Urn wau-i tli ‘ ig'i w.uch I/fander awsm
w t Dr*is he orosr’ and the Hellespont,
A brick from the II that Jack built.
(/n/eul!,/f ghas a! pper.
*! he Autograph *f the man m the Moon.
Ufle nl tbu (i on?* ot NejUiiee * trident.
of jiao made the horns es a ill
b mih'x
A walking carut made of the north pole.
I iit II Hit key us t trumpet of fame.
Cnr hail .b* nf ihe Odd Ft llown’ grid iron,
Thu eyu us the ouu who 4iv the onginal tea
•vrpapt.
The wings of the flying Dutchman.
ne unloidcd tale of Hamlet’s daddy'• ghost.
\ s'one from the mountain that brought forth a
fnotiae.
The tale c*f the n ght-mare.
A ke ffi.rn the wheel *f fortfne.
An ath awnrn hy the army of Flanders.
I tie tail of th. i t who would not get the grapes.
A comb marie of the horn ol the Isat moon.
Two lev th lr o .i the jaw h,.ne which Bampaon u-ol
so scisniifricalty on the Philistines.
Tih acraped from the deck of the ship of
The iTntica! addle which Da aa n fastened on hrs
ass.
Gnu of the auoea of Alexander’s horse Bucepbalua.
The ossin m which Macbeth washed hi* hanJs af
ter kiilmr, Duncan.
A claw of s bug bear.
One ot the oa<§ used in pulling Car icrosa the
Rubicon.
A lock of the bair of the “Oldeat Inhabitant”— ve
ry gfey.
A muff box made of the haik of tbtHrea es Li
*
The wing ot a humbug.
An scorn from tha oak on which Absalom bung
him-elf.
A Turkey oil stone, used by Father Time, to whet
hi* scythe with.
A bag of Vine Salt—% very rare article.
a Mi • f -•'atn ffnin the Milky Way.
• * *r ? 4 Va—• •• •,!; .>d *w V r &
TW tua from one us the bind wheel* us the vhatvV )
ut ol Apollo.
A li.lter nuJi- I ooi piece of lUc Eijui, ‘ctiol I. ae.
broke ull In tbe laic ■>!.
A botlle al J.ikneiw IVom (lie land of Egypt.
I’nrt es a jag of I lie water, of obli*i<>n —tbe re
a.,iiiider of (lie |iarcei bavin* been preeeuled tit .loliti
Tyler in le.iirnony of hia dintinguiabcd .crvice. aa
l’rt“>ideHt of 111. Lililrd State.
A braulvl made of hair from (lie tail of BioJa'. J
Comet.
A Yixttix Tlt ll K -’i'be llartlorj Tim-a remind, ur
of tbe device id a gentleman m a nei ib ring town la.t
1 fall to till hive.llir with first lale potatnea. ~i a very low
’ price. It will be recollected that (rotatoca generally we.e
, not ol tbe be.t guality, and Ihe price was hih. Tbe gen
• (lonian gave notice that be bad a particular deairc to
get a specimen of the bed sort us putalurs rained that
a aon, rind accordingly ollircd three and illara I ir tbe
best peck iliac should be erupted into hia cellar—be til
ing Ihe judge. The potatoes came pouring in. peek
alter peck—thnae farmers who had dill, rent soda hiing
mg a peek of each, and oi the very he.t ol the lot
Me gentleman soon frurid that he had a cellar lull if
potatoes, when he shut hia doors, and paid ibree dol
lars to tire farmer who lell Ihe beat peck, according to
his judgment, lie had potatoes to sell 111 Iho spinig.
THE YOUNG I,ANUI*ORI>.
One of the bc.l and soundest lawyers that ever sat
o.i ih* bench of Maaaachusctis, waa Judge 1’ . |
He was always distinguished for the urbanity of h
manners and the true benevolence of Iris spirit ; and j
the toiy I have now to relate illustrates, (Julie 10.-ci- .
dy, this characteristic.
Judge P. was raised in Barnstable, and at Ihe time .
we refer to, as-isled Ins mother, aa much na possible, in
keejring a country inn; a mode ot sub-islanco to
which she was driven by the death ol her bin-band.
One evening a wayworn tra'eller, armed with a
bundle suspend!d from a cane, entered tbe inn, ami
asked lor someibmg to e at. Hia diesa wn- not caleu
filed to impress a beholder with any vast idea el wealth; 1
but rather one who tired by (ravelling on loot and
begging a night s lodging from benevolent inn keep
ers. Mrs. I*. cast a glance at tbe traveller, and see
ing bis shabby coat, formed a j.retly accurate estimate
of bis ability to juy for whever might be furnished
him.!
She left the room to examine her larder, and in a
short tune reunit'd, and having set before him a very
well picked bone of beet went out of tbe room, at tbe.
i same lime saying to her son, “Johu it will bo worth
I about twenty cents.”
Our traveller attacked the beef and after sofne time
i having perfectly macerated it, he rose atrd asked John
how much he was to pay.
| •Well,’ said John, ‘mother thought it would be
! w orth about twenty cents to pick that bone, and I to,nit
so too; ‘here’s lire money,’ and be, g, ne'ouly pre- I
( sowed the traveller with a pistareerr. — Spirit us the
, Tunes.
Longevity of Seal. —Mr. (Jliddon exhibited at his
, lecture several earthen jais taken from the tombs of
j Egypt, proved to be 4000 years old. These were fill
i ed with seeds of various grains and fruits, which ex
l periments prove to be uninjured. Thousands of bush
els of wheat arc now growing from seed of this kind,
plained by numerous persons and found to produco
healthy and prolific crops.
Kiiiwat Spstn.—Competition for speed is going
on. The (.real Western Company, it is said, nre a
trout to build an engina whh eight wheils, still larger j
than the “ Great Western,” but with the weight more J
! equally distributed over a greater number of wheels,
so that it w ill not press on any one point with so great ,
sml incessant weight as their “Great Western,” and
will unite all tile improvements which the working of
the latter has pointed ont. The engineers of the uni
form gauge are not idle in (he work of seeking for |
’ greater speed. Mr. G. Sle|ihenson has more lhar. one
engine ready which are to accomplish sixty miles an
hour. The Brighton Company also have two engines
w hich are to nuke the journey of fifty miles within ari
hour.
■w*'—wr—■MßumiwiMir i T-wwa uw■——
DOMESTIC.
From the Spirit of the Times.
Camp sear Mostkbit, (Mex.) Nov. 2d.
My Dear /’.—lt becomes my painfol duty to an
nounce to you the death of Capt. KiMioi.ru Kinor
-1.1. v, of the 3d Regiment of Artillery, and Maj. W. W.
I, ear, of the 3d Regiment of Infantry. On the Csih
of.Oct. as Capt. Uidgeley as galloping along in the
city, his horse lost his stride and fell, ami blundered
along for several yards, finally falling and throwing
Capt. Ridgrley. his head striking upon a rock. He
was immediately assisted and taken to Capt. J. 11.
Scott’s rjuaiters He was in a slate of peifer t in
sensibility. and continued so until the night of the 27th,
when lie died. Ills body wasbroughl out to the Camp
of hia Company cscoitcd with funeral honors on Ihe
afiernoon of Ihe 2dih. His company escorted his re
mains. and the Baltimore Battalion attended as mourn
ers. A great many officers were present. Col. Child*
read the service, and tbreo guns were fired over his
grave. Dark clouds hung o'er the mountain tops
mists were in the valleys, and all nature teemed in
mourning for the departed hero. Capt. Ridgelev grad
uated from Wei. J’oint in 1837. He is an .tive of
Baltimore, and from a family identified with Ihe State
nf Maryland. He served with distinguished credit in
the billies of the Bth and 9th, and in the storming of
Monterey. Kor hia gallantry in the aation of the 9th
iof May, he was hrcveltej a Captain, sml appointed
an Assistant Adjutant General. The latter appoint
mem ha accepted, Ihe Brevet he declined, He. as
well at h:s friends, fell that, if he was deserving of a
Brevet for one day, lie was equally ao lor the oilier.
In the storming of Monterey he was erjus'ly conspi
cuous. It seems strange that he should die hy sorb
I mean*, after passing unharmed through throe billies.
If any officer has particularly distinguished himself,
it is the lamented Ridgeley. His dislinguishi and cour
age and reckless exposure of his person, combined
with the most perfect coolness and judgment in the
hottest fire, won golden opinion* for him from all.—
| Those who knew him in bis social circle ran well ap
preciate his loss. A light aur is extinguished—sunk
,to rise no more. He will never return to pluck, fresh
honors for, and add new lustre to the gallantry and
, chivalty of tho service. Strange and unfsthoml m
I f!! He died from a fall from a horse, than whom
’ none could ride with more grace and fearlessness, ‘nor
; manage with more judgment arid dextarjty. He was
piobibly ths l rest ruler in tho wot Id, sn accomplished
and polished gentleman, and one es (be most heroic
end gallant officers in the army.
Maj, I.eah was wounded iri the storming of Mon
terey on the 31st of Sept.—the hall entered at his nos
tril sml raine out at the biek ol his rui, tearing away
his palale—ha Buffered very much, and expired on
the morning of the 30th Oct. Hi* remains sisre
brought out to tho camp of his Regiment and interred
with funeral honors on tho afternoon of Ihe Ist Nov,
Dour Companies of the 4ih Infantry, under Major
Bucbsnnan, were his escort, nnj the 3d Infantry fo|.
lowed as mourners—Maj. Lear was appointed from
Ihe army, a* 3d Lieutenant of the 4th Infantry. 13ih
February, 1818. Solving hisennntry for more than a
qua’trr of a century, lie received his mortal wound
while gallantly leading his Regiment in the storming
of Monterey, Sep’- 21st, He was a man of iron
nerves, a strict and gsllint soldier, and a warm friend.
He makes the 6th officer of the 3d Infar try, who has
fallen in the storming of Monterey—twenty-seven of.
fleers have been killed in action, or died from other
I reuses, since the Army landed at Corpus Christi.
We hear it rumored that fault ia found with Gen.
Tsylor for the armistiee and the terms of ths capitu
lation. I cannot imagine upon wbit ground. The
more | think of If, the more I am convinced, that,
under the eireumstancK, they were the beet terms that
eould have been made. Take K for granted that we
epuld luve taken the Mexican Army upon an nncan
<l, Inina I surrender—wh*t was to be gained by it We
smumhared ourselves with 10 or 11,000 men that
we could not bare fed, and would have bean forced \o
tarn them loose. If we ere to prosecute Ibis wsr and
continue advancing what better than to keep Ibis
same Army in advance 1 They will always fallen
easy prey and will spread terror among tbe ranks of
new levtee. Aa a matter of course Ido not presume i
this idea ever entered the beads of the body who had
the settlement of the matter, but really I think it Would !
he-e re- . food arr j;en art. Heards- || e policy
I tnlii'. ha r been pfflfciSWTy inculcated upon the
I'Goni nati'forg Genetal; and when could hyebave haJ
a I*, tier opportunity ol giving a practic'd exeropbfica
tioii of our feelings and policy, thun in tbe present fyi
, ota: I itder alj tire cin imst ipees better telftis >
1 could tint have been granted foV us; tbev U"t cnljPWr -
fleet creJit upon Our bravo chief, but prove to the
world tint this war is not a war ut conquest lor con
que-i’e sake ; but Unit to t!,“ height of victory. human. .
’ tty und a strong desire to obtain an honorable peace
cbatactet tsed the Iransn lion. It cannot but (effect cre
dit upon the Goiumindirig General and the Country— ,
the Country will assuredly support Gen, Taylor—it
best we were unprepared to advance beyond this point,
and to have encumbered our,elves with a large army t
of prisoners, would have been tbe extreme of tolly. —
More particularly, as ibis niiliy, who had bravely de
lved.*4 the place, simply marched out wnti their jier
soujl arms and six pieces of Artillery. Everything
vise fed into our hands. In the ol.e article of ammu 1
muon alone, we captured morfr than lias been sent lot
the ii.e ut the Army of Occupation.
We have p issed this week vety quietly, if you will
except airy number of reports received from tire ene
my, which have afforded us topics of Conversation and
addi and no little zeal to camp life-—we bear plenty hut
prove none. Tho three that have afforded ua tbe
greateat interest are (tie rumored inarch of General
llravo with 11.000 men ujion Tampico, Gen. Bus
lAst.vrt: witu rt.t)|H) towards Gbthuahu*. to give
Gen. Wool a fiiendly reception, sod Santa Anna
having 20,000 at San I,'tis i’otosi. Should General i
Wool meet fvith such a force he may have something
to ananso him. Ills force of regulars is very small,
but, lobe very vulgar, it is “root hog or die” with
hnn, in wrinuu io Gen, Tavlor he sold “be hadcul
himself i lnlt w o 60 day’s lalions, and had no de 1
pois to full back upon.” Another, that there has been 1
, u commotion in ibo army, that a minority have de- r
; dared for Santo Anna as Dictator, and the majority
1 oppose ti, and both parties have as usual started for
Mexico, t ere trr settle it I place little, ll any COnfi-
I deuce, in either es the above reports. That something
I of importance to S.,nta Anna inis taken place—that
some screw is loose (when were they ever light 1) I
have no doubt. The people here have got hold ol
sum, tlrng, hot what that something is, a few days
. w ill probably disclose—the last anil nio-t important
report is. th it Vera Orui has tie, u taken by our Na
j vv. That has been the lop e of conversation since
yesterday, and to- lay it has been reinforced by tho
ur, nal of a messenger, eight and ij s from Vera Cruz, as
ce,tu rung tho f,ct, anil giving particulars—l cannot
credit it, tis too good news to he true. Now, a few
such r< ports serves as topics of cuuversjttou and sur
mise for a week,
Maj. J .mas <!aaiiin lias this moment arrived from
Washington with despatches for General Tati.on. —
\s to writing any more with that knowledge, ll rsut
■ u rly out of the case. Au revo r,
G** ns L*‘
Camp health.
I Dr. Benjamin liisu. of Philadelphia, was a man
of great industry and sclent sic knowledge, and a clu-e
obserter of facts ns well as builder of theories. He
was Physician General of the Army of the U. Stales
during the greater portion of the war of the Hevolu
tion. & in that caps’ uy rendered important services to ‘
his country.. After peace was established he |iublish
e . in a brief and much condensed ionn. the result of
his investigation ano observation nn ihe euhj ct of the !
health of the military men u, active service, which
embrace some valuable as well as curious facts. From
tins work we learn tbal the principal diseases which ;
j proved fatal were putrid fevers, frequently produced by
the w ant of sufficient room and clcAiilmess and a want
|of a free circulation of utr in the hospitals. We also
, Icam tbe following facts:
• The army, when it lav in Ipii's was always more i
sir klv than when it I,y in open air: it was always’
more healthy whea kept in motion (hail when it lay
| in an encampment.
• Militia officers and soldiers who enjoyed health du
ring a campaign, weie often seized with levers upon
their return to the vita mollis, at their respective
j homes. There was one instance of a militia captain j
who was seized with convulsions tbe first night he
laiu on a leather bed, after lying several months on a
j mattress on tbe ground. The fever was produced by ;
; the sudden change in the manner of sleeping, living,
! Ac. It was prevented in many cases by the person ly
ing, for a few nights alter bis return to his family,
on a blanket before tbe lire.
, Those officer* who wore flannei shirt* or wais;
i coats next to thru skin in general escaped levers ami
disc i-es of all kinds.
• I,ads uudei twenty Tear* of age were subject to
• the greatest nuints r • f camp diS uses.
• The Soul hern troops weie more *irkly Ilian the.
Northern or Eastern ‘.loop*.
i • The native Americana were more s.ckly than the ‘
, Europeans.
• Men above thirty or thirty-five years nf age were 1
the hardiest soldier* in the army. Ferhap* this was
the reason why Ihe European* were more healthy than
tin* native Americana —they were more advanced in
life.
i • The troop* from Maryland, Virginia, and North I
Carolina siekeued for the t rant of salt provision*.—
Their siiengih ami *|iirils were only to tie restored to ]
them hy mean* if sail bacon. I once saw a private in {
a Virginia regiment throw away hi* ration of choice
fresh beef, an,l give 7*. fid. specie, lor a pound of sal;
meat.
• .Most of the sufferingi and arortaliiy in onr hoepi
tals were oecn-ioned, not ao much by actual want or
scarcity of any thing, aa bv the ignorance, negli
gence, Ac. in providing necrse.ines for them. Alter
the purorying and directing apartments were sepa
rated—-agreeably to the advice of Dr. \louro--in the
year 17 78, very few us tire American at my diad in
our hospitals.’
From the National Jntewgrnerr,
DEMOCRATIC OPINIONS UPON THE AN
MIXATION OF TEXAS.
Now that ilia annsiulion nf Teas* and its consequen
ce* are cl* irlv before ihe country a* Deirocralic rneas-
I ores, and ar. avowed and defended a* ucb hy the De
mocratic paper* in all parts us the country, (says Ihe
, Boston Daily Advertiser,) it i* not a little curious to
] revert to th* opinions expressed l y some of those ps
pers before the Baltimore Convention had issued its
dictate*. A Irrifl series ol cxtrnr t* on this subject has
, bvi u collected hy the Washington correspondent of
the New 4 ork Eijneie, which we subjoin. Theprt s
•tit tone nf the papers quot'd is too well known to
make any quotations from their recent armies nec*s
! sary, and the inconsistency is 100 miking tu require
remark.
rtovx rn.r Atnivr aiiocs, mat 11, 1844.
The Washington Hprciaior, Mr. Calhoun's organ,
while landing Com. Ku-wart* letter in favor of the un
; rnediii* annexation ol Texas, ellndet in tbe nruhutnli-1
ty of e war with M, xico m a tone of l.vtijr, if not of;
joy. It would be well tor no!i politicians to rernem- j
‘ her that war* a e not ** popular as in former limes. — !
People begin to n fleet and Compile It* ir*ult* before j
they pluripo into its miseries. It ia perceived that war*
undertaken fin extension of dominion exalt tho leader*
and malinger*, while th y rrti-h and imjmvriish the
rna-era. The trsppmn* of the wardiuraa, ami th* glit
ter of armed legion*, tickle Ihe leircy and pirate the
eye, but the jsople see that they place a leaden Weight
upon the hau lof honest lohor. it i* for this reason
that true statesmen regard wars, undertaken for such
purposes, as oue of tbe greatest ev.ls that can afflict s
• country.
pnnM the niMocaATir ntvir.iv, xeait, 4343.
Nor nuclit the annrxa ion to he made without the
consent of Mexico, oa her recognition of her success
full revolted province. We must avoid even Ihe ep
pearenee of evil. It i. not enough that xve may he übumi
tnily certain that Meaico ran never sgsrn even hope .
to shake the cslat'liehed independence of Texas. ‘I ll* .
nominal theoretical right is *ldl asserted, which we can- j
net disregard without incurring a just liability tot
declaiatum us wsr hy Mexico.
mu* the Boston tout, itevr.mnen, 1843.
The Atlas is heating the air about the admission nf
Texas into the Union. Tire Uahinel t Washington,
and *H Ihe f< Iks tins way, are opposed to such a Mea>.
tire. Mr, Preston, Mr. Wise, end a few Opposition
member* of Googie-s ore in favor ol it; but they have
not strength enough to do any harm.
EMOH TlfE HIW HSMTSHIBE C*TII IOT, H AT, I*4l.
Slavery and the defence of elaveiv form Iheconirnl
linger. .'-r*tmn fifed in f,*nr of ihe treaty (nf an
• . wu * *>3 Jo ft. , 1
gotiatiofr. To sh iu dairtrinr* cr.n never tubs,ribe,
and whenever they are oJiniiivt U urj-ed upon llie tree
Elites, they deserve lo be pointedly lebuked.
lltqV TMK NASHUA A*KTTE, >OVKMIMI, 10, 1813.
The evil* tint will be entailed upon the North by
the admission of Texas into the I’nion, aie incalcula
ble, grest, vast—beyond nil human comprehension. *
! * * The object and design throughout is us black as t
—ns hitter as hell. No other reason on eurlh can
he assigned tor this Southern movement than a detei
m nation to perpetuate di.it accursed institution, which,
n-i a matter of compromise, was seceded to ty the North
■t the time of the uJopium ol the Articles of Confede
ration. If the |ier*nts in forcing Texas upon
■ us. the result is evident to all. The consequences are
multilarious —to say nothing of their ruin. May Pfov- .
idenee avert this calamity, and save our lb-public from |
disunion, misery, and dvsnuciion !
The most wicked, vile, God-abandoned place of
which we have any knowledge—its history would make
| Hie very tuvuge blush with very shame. JSome of its
| lynchers ami murders have perpetrated their mines
wiiliin the the United Slates aud upon American citi
’ ecus, some of whom they have niurdeied in cold blood,
hi the most inhuman manner. Yet there are some
who desire to ellcct a union between ‘l ex is and this
country, as if we had not enough guilt and cilino al
ready upon our shoulderi. Wo wish rather that we
could fix an impassable gulf between us and its borders,
that its breath ol pestilence might never reach our
shores* Heaven save us from u union wth Texas!
FROM TUX POKTIMOUTH (x. H.) MKttCUIIV, (ISAAC
KILL S FASAH,) 1813.
It is mitter of deep regret that our Southern friends
intend to agitate, in the next Congress, the question
of the annexation of Texas to our Union. It is under
stood that tins is a favorite project with Mr. Calhoun,
i But as its accomplishment might prove fatal to our free
institution!, it will he u solemn duty of the Noilhern
Democracy to oppose it.
We shall admit ail communications that go against
annexation.
The Democratic papers of Maine and New Hamp
shire are already out m tonu of thunder ngunst the
project.
The Democracy of New England will g > in a solid
body against annexation.
The absurd and fallacious doctrines of *• Aristides, ’*
in the New Hampshire Gazette, do nut take wiih the
Northern Democracy. He writes with some ability,
but after sifting all hia arguments, the only substance
is, that wo want Texas lor a great slave mart.
‘Artblideth* adv, catca the ui.Miexalion of Texan, know
ing that the object is to open a ureal slave mart there,
and, as one of ih*‘ inevitable faults, Vi entail the curse
upon ourselves aud our posterity. Yes, the annexa
tion would be us full of evils as a Pandoia’s box.
“ Anilide*** more than intimates that England wish
es to gain Texas in order to destiny the peculiar domes
■ tic institutions of the .South.
*A black and inglorious sc hem®,”
(jKjt. La VfcOA, previous to his departure, publish
. ed the following letter of thanks in La Patriu.
Farrw kll. —Finding in self at perfect liberty, and
at the moment of my retutn lo my beloved country, I
deem it to be my duty to m ike a public in indexation
‘ of the greatful feelings wht a 1 entertain for the repoat
; ed demonstrations of re-,t*ci ami kindness whirl), in
connection with my companions in misfortune, I have I
i received from all those persons to whom I have been
united by the lies of fnendalirp.
In bidding adieu to my tiieuJs and citizens general
ly. I have the pleasure of doing 8 >, overwhelmed with
gratitude for tbo many indications of respect which
1 have been shown to me. m l of assuring them all, that
although 1 may be far from t is country, I will never
forget the kind treatment wi ll which I have been hon
i ored, nor the gratitude I owe to all those n r-ons who
■ have contributed to lessen the bitterness ul the biiua
, lion in which I was placed.
j A sacred duty demands my immediate return to my
’ native land, where I will aidently cherish the hope of
I meeting with an opportunity of responding to the ma
! ny manifestations of esteem which have been extended
itomehv my numerous friends. Confining myself for
the present to the purpose of expressing, through the
i medium of this paper, the eternal gratitude of my broth
er officers and tnyveit, end ol tendering our sincere
, thanks for the many dibiutcrested acts of kindness
which have been shown us.
Komulo Diaz pe x,a Vega.
New Oileans, Nov. 25, 1843.
Well sa d. —Gov. Colby iT N. Hampshire, savs in j
hia Thanksgiving Proclamation : —“The most pricious I
gifts ol Providence, beslowrd on individuals oi na- ’
| lions, ce .se to be olessmgs when gratitude is not felt j
j and acknowledged towurda the Author of them.”
From the A. York Express.
MAJOR GENERAL M’OTT.
- Th : s able head of our Army is now in this rifv. at
the City Hotel, m route for the Nulh and scat of wa .
A report is current that ho wiil leave to day in the
fitouherner, for Cl.ar lesion; but this, we a;u asm red,
j is a mistake.
OI course nothing definite can be known of the or- j
I dew under which lien, ficott is to act, but tin re stems I
| to be little doubt that his destination is Tampico, and
f that the re.nfoicements ordered are to act under trim
there, for the purpose of effecting a junction with Lien, j
Taylor at ®*u Luts Potosi. The Government, wej
suspect, have abandoned the idea of an immediate
march from Monterey lo >an I.uis Potosi, not only on
uccounl of the di.-tanea (340 miles) and the great diffi-
I culty of obtaining water on the route, hut on account
! ol the necessity, it it is attempted, of doubling ui trip
ling the loice under Taylor’s command. Tampico,
therelore, we presume, is to be the line of operations,
and Cen. Scott, lertiforcnl by regulars from Gen. l ay*
; lor'a division, and by Cen. Wool, will probably ad-1
vance, we believe, from that point lo Son ions Poto
si, and meet Sunt® Anna. On this route therp is an :
abundance of waier iiom the liver Panueo, and its
inbutaiiea, and the distance only 150 miles. It is;
highly propef that Cen, Scott, outranking Can. Ty
lor and Get;. W 001, should he pul at the head of this
expedition, inasmuch as the co-operation ol the three
distant divisions wiil be nece.-sary.—but it is not tin- (
del stood that he is to supercede tun. Taylor; though ‘
he would outrank him by seniority in tno same held
of operations. After the junction at dun Luis Potosi, I
and the probable capture of the city of Vera Cruz, it ,
is probable that if pence is not made, n serious effort
will be marie upon tlxe city ot Mexico.
A lew days Mgo, it is st .fed, l e President and W ar
Sri rotary sent foi Can. fciou to consult with turn ami
receive his plan of operations, under the present axi- ;
grime* of the wjr. He detailed llicm, they wert ac-
I eepinl, and ne w s given earts'blancht foi their exe
cution, in person, it ha chose. Ihe War Depart
meut, w-c bsv® every nason to believe, acknowledges ,
itself under the great®*! old gating* to Cen. Scott for
| the i iKcient scr%icc* ho hiii rendered, in the conduct 1
! ot tha win—the lines of h|a match, tiie apportionment
! of the troop*, the points of attack, and iho arrange
! men! for supplies of the general detachments of the
1 army of occupation and invm ion. And it is said to
be tlio expre.-. wih of fieri. Taylor that Cen. Moon j
should take the command. Thee is the inot cordial
good leehng between tbs two officer*. Wa are glad
to ste, even at this late day, that a pl.m for a cam
paign is set forth, wh ch can meet with *om© appio
hation from the count.y.
Pna<iiis ln*st acquainted wiih the entire subject,
are of opinion that despatching so finny troops a*
were sent by Government to ksnti Ft was wholly un - .
nrcossofy; that it was ntedleM to order Kearney a.
cross thu mountains and di wjrls of California ; that i
the expedition to Chihuahua has no object, and can
obtain no object of the least valu<; and finally, tnt
pushing on to Monterey wn* equally on wire. Their 1
opinion ta that one thousand men only should have ’
been fi ll to gatriron the Km CiandfJ and that ifie [
i w. igbt of our kn ca shouid have b'en eonctiiirated |
1 for a How at the Mexican caphnl, tuber ihrough rorn
i pica oi Vera i’rux. and ptohatdy by the I i*t.
Dn !er such an •rrangemen , it h believed (hat the
war’ would hy thi* tiino be pratty nearly over, bv j
a treaty enforced horn Mcxicoarnl granting us all (list
we ought to as., or can reasonably or wisely dcairr.
The war, a* it ban been managed, will tuk • at lea-t i
doubl* tla time—waato double the tialsore—und
Kpill vs-thr mnia blood than would have beau necessa
ry by taking the course which seems moat obviously i 1
best. i]
What the particultr nlj'ft of f*e}erij Scoit and I
hi* stall* m in visiting this c ity, vre are not lalornin). I ‘
It i* not ilhprr hible that preparation* nod consults
tatiofia a;a m .king for IffnapoTSr, as well h* lor Urn .
irgaVnraiiori fo* t. • ‘ it-:- n*i *7l iU? h
FrOni/it kalriihure .! j/trriCU'f.
J'HR W'illCS AND THU ADMiNl*i RATION.
it tieerns to caube great uneasiness lo some of the
Adrninixirulion journals that the Mexican war has not
made productive nf political capital to their side, j
The Oregon adventure proved an entre failure; it
! ended in a loss of both capital and credit. To retrieve
, the disaster of that speculation the war with Mexico
might do something. But when ll was found that
the exclusive claims to patriotism, arrogated to the
party of the Administration, were utterly s.*t ut nought
hy the ardour with winch men of all parties came fur
ward t) fight in a war actually existing, the self-pro
claimed guardians of the nt'innal honor discovered
: th it they were talking nonsense, und some of them
, laid the discretion to slop.
i b;ill it would not do to give up the war cry without
; further efforts to make something out ot it. Accord
ingly the official paper ut Washington, as the leader
of a forlorn hope, goes on. With all the. energy unJ
with ail the blindness of desperation it now labors to
produce (he impression that the opponents ol the Ad
ministration aie friend*of Mexico, and that to cen- ;
sme any measure of Mr. Folk in itde ence to the war,!
how hort sighted or blundering soever, is to take the
purl of tha Mexicans and to play into their hand*, — ;
lit re follows a specimen of official denunciation,
“Such is this war thus far. In rallying to oppose
ts, the Federalists make war upon the patriotic fed-|
mg of tie country. In don.muring us insufficient
cagsrs the outr iges which produced it, these salne i
men—the worthy successors of the Federalists ofj
1812 —jv vv themselves insensible to their country’s
humiliation, and proclaim themselves to be THE I
PARTY OF NATIONAL DU3GKAUE !”
Such charges aa these m the “Uuioi*” prov noth
ing so much aa tlie poverty of its own r< source*. —
Language of this >ori f ills flat und side. The read
ers of tlie official paper, in this community and else,
whore, who know how all political distinctions weie
forgotten when the summon* came for volunteers to
the field, will escape from a feeling of indignation at
the sight of the psi.igrapti above quoted only hy pass
ing it hastily in a sort ot compromise ne tween an in
>dihOlive impulse >f disgust at and the force of political
predilections. What honest mao who gave his vote
tor Mr. Polk will lis'en to the calumny which denoun
ces the Wbigs ns “ihe Party of National Disgrace.”
when he know* that hia own son and the son of his
Whig neighbor and friends stood side by side at Mon
tery i ‘There is blood enough already shed in this
war under the national standard hy gallant men cher
ishing the nume and the p mciple* of the revolutiona
ry fathers, to cry forn ti e ground against so foul, sn
imputation and to reflect t a own color upon the fates
of the calumniators who may yet retiiu the faculty ol
blushing.
But it in painful to recognize even by allusion the
existence of any politic >1 divisions or party designa
tions when the cause < f the country against a foreign
enemy is involved, Thtse allusions are compelled by
such direct und unqualified charges us the official pa
per chooses to give forth. We may undertake,- how- ;
ever, to say tint the Whigs, with or without and nun
ciati >n from ofii ial srnrees, will adhere to the cause
ol their country both against foes abroad and ar in-j
competent Admici trillion at home. They will justi
fy no elamlrs'in® itiltigue* whh a Mexican chief, no !
inglorious skulli ng out of difficulties rashly brought j
on yet eciualiy existing, Tney will do their best to
| terminate this w r honorably and advantageously,)
and they w ill r< juice when it is over. Os their patri- ,
otism nuking no boast, they will confine their efforts
to the doing of useful services to the country, in
which thev include the duly of setting a*id® the Folk i
dynasty and its surroundings, at the first opportunity.
Against the errors and the weaknesses of the Admin-!
istraiion, in the meantime will bring the best rem
edies they can in the shape of wise counsel* and the
impulses of an enlarged public spirit, And whatev
er the men in power may siv—amt it not
much what they say in this behalf—the country at
large, we aie persuaded, looks with hope and trust
and confidence lo the intelligence, the practical dis
cretion and the true patriotism of the W hig* of the
Republic in view of our present exigencies and u fu
ture deliverance.
WRECK OF THE STEAMER ATLANTIC.
From the several accounts contained in the papers
of this disastrous affair, we giv* the following compila
tion of the melancholy incidents attendant upon it.
‘The of the Atlantic left Uosoto at half
past 5 o’clock on Wednesday afternoon, and reached
! Allyn’* Foint at half-pa-t 7 F. M. The Atlantic left
l New London lor New York between 12 and 1 o’clock
ion Thursday morning, and when shout nine miles
’ou de the lighthouse, the seam-pipe running into the
] steam-cbiUHiey bursted, rendering lh*> engine entirely
! usrjess
'The archers were immediately hove over, at which
j the stexmer rode through that night, which was vfcry
• dark and stormy.
At day light *he was ah ea-t of tha New London
i light, dnfting ail the while toward the shore.
The st H.n-pipes were first cut away, next the pilot
1 house, aud then the bulk heads, so as to give the
wind a clear sweep through the vessel, und render
less surfue toils attack.
Thus the steamer remained all Jay till towards five
lin the afternoon of Thursday when the wind lulled,
i and hopes were raised that ail danger was over, hut,
not long *iier. the wind shilled two point*, and blew
with more than previous vioh nrc.
‘There were between seventy and eighty pprsohvj
on hoard in all, including passengers, officers, wild i
crew.
The confusion incident to the disabling of the stea
mer in a per foot hurricane, rendering her entrely un
manageable nu per added to the anguish of ihe scald
ed and th* terror nf all on board, is indescribable,—
The ini* use rcil! wa, another nourre ol uniform:; lo i
thr pall thu lire* liavmir been rxtiiiKUttbeil’
jon Tliured iy morning. A. the boat continued in j
* drift. Mho paem>t m [nejiared thrm.rl.e. wilh life
pr .ervera, (Iwlonting lo Ihe boat.) to effect u land
-1 ing if poailble, as warn a. .he .hould atrika.
About noon f'apt. UoUn lightened the vessel by
throwing over loriy ton. of coal and her heavy smoke ‘
pipe., aod later in the diy he cauacd her deck to be j
• cleared of (be raeicli.udize with which stie wa. freight
! t and to a grcal value.
| All Thoriel*y irighf the gale continued to incren.e,
and, in despite oi her anehota and heavy weigh l , al
ia, lied to cable,, ahe condoned to drift, till 2 o’clock
• Friday morning, and for (wo hour, (fiom 2 till 4 o’-
| clock) lay within a cable’, length of the breakers,
j held by her anchor*. Atnbont half-past foul the .tern
i touched on a ledge of rock, jutting out front Ki.ber’s
Island, and both cable, instant ineott.lv part'd, and
she broach)d 10, lying broad-ode to Ihe shore in 3 lies*
vy surf. She struck with appalling violence, and in
Art minutli afttr tht Uimt to pietfi. In art instant
neatly forty oul were ushered into eternity.
There were six lent ties, bur children and two fn j
full) among the p.ss’ agi’rs. All tlio fScplb'R wire
drowned m ernsheil to death. Only one of the chil
dren, a hov nt twelve, Was sated, and tic wa. the on-
Iv one of Ihe family of which he sn a mcrnheri—
Mis fatlier, mother, m irrred .isicr, and younger sis.
tar, and two young brother, were on board. The
two infant, were drowned, Iri t 11, nr cruahetl to
death.
It ia impossible lo arrive at ■ full list as yet of th.
passenger, saved and lost.
i The passengers who were saved report that the
weather wa. piercingly cold. The ire l.irmod rapidly,
and was two inches thick when the landing was made.
I \ riumbel ol those wlm attempted to swim a.’ ore
Ivcinie chilleJ and were drowned, wlulo others wcie
severely brui.td aud wogmled by III* angry violence us
i the waves,
l The Atlantic wa. anew boat, having been nn the!
| water only abortion of the s awn, ami waa finished i
1 with all the elegance that modern art mold bestow.-
It* r cost Iris been state I ift shout $l4O (H)ll.
Mr. B ‘trie, rtin clstk nf the heal, r-caped by la.h
ii'g on Ins person a couple of life prateivcr., with!
which the boat wa. fortunulcly well supplied, Me I
ri|irt.N* hi* deliberate ronvienun, that but for these
hot a person could h.vo been saved. Tins fact t.
i worthy of notice.
Many of time who have lost llteir live, were killrrlj
or wa manned tu> te tie unabie to help thrm.ilve., by:
the falling ill of the pruinen.de deck. The sarond
sea which washed over the boat, after she struck, rat-j
tied every thing bfforett, completely atripping her.!
There were forty five para-ngers on hoard, thirty uf |
whom were from ltoaton. All w, resit prepared tori
the dnaater, that it ta not likely any wi re helow when
the host went to piece..
Every kindness wa. .hnv.n In th. titT< rer. by Mr. |
a I . . . ll !':•!. t's .. t. £,
mi gret to ■ld lf.it vim. perron* ia.led lttemavlv.l
in t uiiing I'pcu vali o*., .See. and pluudcrina from the
wrecked. Two sloop* were lying at snchoi in x bav
nearby, and it i* supposed that some of thetr hand*
I couitnillud the theft*.
I rnm l'ir Savannah Stpuhl'mn.
Kau. Ho.iis.— We give place to-day to two entn
muicalior.a on the subject of Rail-Koads. Both of
them are from gentlemen of character and standing,
residing nut of the city—one ot them ill Macon an I
the otliar at tlio South, It is a plain caae, that tha
time lia-t arrivcj when something moat be done, and
and uni effeiluully, in order to insure to Uemgia the ben
elj ant the enterprise and capital of her own people,
Already wo have snllered greatly, from therivilry and
opposition of the difleient liail-Koad Conipanies. Any
movement, therefore, which would lend lo increase
Iheso dilferenccs, would only tend lo increase the evil,
and to Strengthen the hands of our common enemy,
the Carolina interest. The direct Road from Macon
to Columbus should only he advocated therelore n a
last resort —in enso of a lailure to make an equitable
I combination of the stock of the two Companies. In
die first place, a direct Road from Macon to Columhua
, would materially injure the value of the stock ol the
j Macon and Wi tern Cumnany, because it would com
prl the constroctioit of a Road (rotn Atlanta to West
| I’oint, th reby cutting oil’ that work at both Urmini.
This would bp impolitic and improper, and should li©
(ysorti Jto onlv in self defence. But we perceive no
- dilHcolly in t arrying nut the proposition of our corre*.
pondent. The s'oek can bo easily and adv ti tigtov..
,ly combined. Os the details of that ciraibioation, it i*
oaelesa now lo speak, as Ihe whole matter would have
to be thoroughly investigated by committees of the
stockholders of ho<h rompuniea. and probably fiua" v
settle I by disinterested referees .elected tor tin- poip.t.e,
‘l'lie first question to lie settled is one of prop ictv anj
expediency. No one can doubt that by the piopo-aij
union thousands of dollars would be saved to both corn,
panies. In the first place, the item of aalaiiea could
he matciially curtailed, because one organization, one
head, and one set of offtceri. would he all
In the next place, there would be no jarring and con
flicting of interests; and, consequently, all ttieir opera
tions harmonizing, there would be no unnecessary d
-11vc in the forwarding of freights. Indeed every con
sidelation of interest and State pride prompt, yo the
proposed union in preference lo the direct road to
iumbu*. But, if necessary, in the last resort, the lat
ter must and will be rniuie. There need, hpwevur, be
no necessity for such an alternative, if the ttt itiert^gai
ly approached with a proper feeling. Another impor
tant consideration Connected w-ith this proposed union
ought not to be lost sight'd. It w- uld in all prohibit
itv lead to other combination* and compromises, who h
might result in the adoption of a common route to tho
Chauahoochee. a* well aa a Itranch from the L'ential
Rood to Augo-la, These woiks being accomplished,
Ihe eveial Rail-ttoads in (Jeotgia will be so united,
and their interests an blended, that all jealousies and
j lie irt-1 urniogs moat foi ever cense. There wilt then
be no giving or roiiflictmg interests, but ull will unite
in one common eifort to rn ike Georgia what she ia in
tended by suture to he, the Umpire Slate of iheijoutli.
A HEROINE,
“ One fart rrtnnected with the assault upon Mon'e
rtpy l hr.ve n*tlpcio(l to ri'r.fJ. It ’.*< slated, and gtui
) Orally Mievrd, that a roinpinv of Lanr**rs was c im
m'-inded by a woman. H*r tiame Dm Amauts,—.
; 6(*izrd with * patriotic hjomi. .-h- unsoxeil herdelfanJ
t|re**rd in a full suit of <* <’ iplain of Lancer**; she de
j aired to he lrd against the foe. and swore that sin*
would never yield until the ‘ Northern barbarian*”
- were driven from her natal land, or until she had sbed
her lost drop of bHod in defence us her native country.
Freviou* t i our ut'.ark. ‘"eWe Was paraded befofe tbo
troops, and greatly excited and augmented their cour
age. She harangued them and desired t. be posted at
that spot wheie the fifst shot would fall, and where
ihe thickest of the battle should wage. It is reported
(baton the 2lst she led the charge of Lancers which
proved laid to some of our command, —amon? the
number, the lamented Field. There's an example
of heroism worthy the day* of old ! It lias remained
tor Mexico to produce a second Joan d’Arc, but not
like her, successful. 1 would have giveh a great deal
to have seen her ladyship.”
A letter received at New York from the city of
Mexico, dated 23d September, 1846. sr.vs:
‘•'The proposition of ihe President of the 11. States
for negotiating a peace will be the first question con
sidered by the Mexican Junta. We have no doubt
the consideration of the overture, hy the Junta will
result in a consultation of a commission to be appoin
ted hy the two Powers, Supposing no demand is to
be attempted to be forced upon Mexico by the Gov
ernment of the United State*. Mexico will assent,
upon certain conditions, to a change of the boundary
of ex isting treaties, so that the boundary of the Uni
ted State* nm include thenceforward the hitheito Mex
ican territory us Texas.”
Louis PhiWppt s t tcome. — Louis Phiitipp® has an
immense private fortune; the nation allows him
.£500,000 per annum, beside*i-40,000 for the Ootinte
do Paris, and a large allowance for the Dutchess d\
Orleans. H hi* thirteen or fourteen magnificent pa
lace* at bis disposal, lx side* Neullv and the ('hale*'.i
d’Eu, which are his own private property. He is eu
t led to a!! the firewood and timber cut in the royal
forests, which, you are aware, are of immence ex
: tent. Since his accession to the throne, he ha deri
j ved, it is stated, upwards of 5,000 000 sterling fiom
I this source. —Luintturg HegUtir.
Every One for Himself. —At the pns;cnper* of a
Stage were shout to dine nt a Siagr liuue, one of
the guests took up the pepper box Imm a l * u dor, and
necely sifted it over a fine piece of roasted beef—A
French gentleman observing it. deliberately took his
f htiuffbox from his pocket, nmt besprinkled fts Contents
j likewise over tbe mine piece <*♦ bn t ‘ffir,’ said the
first party, wli*t do you mean :* *Wby snr. I sni
pose sar, yen love de pepper, I lo\t the tout!.’ Iho
i t!le wce thrown into a roar, and willingly comenu
| ed lo commute their mated beef tor the amusement
j the manner of i>* loss occasioned.’
Departure of firn. Seutt. —The N. Y. Courier &
Enquirer, states that G’en. Scott, *mmipained hy his
’uds-de-catnp, Lieut*. Scott and Whitens, and ly
M j. Smith, of tho Lugineor*, proct eded on Wednes
day Uet by the packet ship Union to New Orleans
en route for Mexico. *
7 *hc Volunteers. —Tha Washington f’uion give* *b®
following statement of tho progress of the new force
of Volunteer* Utelv called for hy the President.
The regiment of N. York is nearly ready, to be un
der the command of Col. W. B. Burnet, fufinoly ®
Cadet at \\ esi Point,
‘The regiment if Pennsylvania i* ready.
That ol N. Caroling will be ready by the Ist J*nu
*iy, l not before.
Mir-s'ichusetts i* making preparation* tu raise her
regiment,
’The Governor of Louiviena lift* ffstieJ tire tiecewe*
ry ouler* lor thu orgaO Zition of the regiment ot that
!Bt*te:
Misaissippi *tid T#tni have not yet been he**d fiom.
Since the battle* of May, Government ba* received
offcis of service from more than 300,000 volunteer*.
llrivht Cl4T.—The I.exington obsefver of S*tur
day last say* i “Mr, Clay leave* for New Ofle*o®
tnormng, w lieu* lie will probably regftain until •oum
iiiiih in March, when h wiil iriuru borne. Mr. L. •*
in exeellont health and -piths, and i* look mg
wo think, than he f• t e last ten years
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