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XUDEJITfi IN THC LIFE OF A PEDLEft—
WORTH READINU.
>i sokhuut.
P.fd Criw'lJ <*-** u hat misfit tie “Mnl “A“jli
•X.fi* }rl|pt. Born nml U|> t* h*.| oxen, in
Coonr’cncut—hr* p - >(', ■(! mi tn*i running
to,i iw4ievfiHi£i’ u! mankind *u e-s**nti*l to one hu
•4 ilium. mU lor Aluci. tire i 4nkr *r <o celebt.l.d—
tu* knew Uit* m.n rt m * r*. .nj nniil 20,-s. ihe kind
ot guild* t man aiiuM unit *■ v ‘>!•• to of bw preini
••**. He us* nt. howrtrr. and dli’ ref er any .oppose,
h it. nler iu Aoo tiri nutmeg-, nn w Oar), clock). nr
,iv;l.ing oflli.il m.n e. In: 1 fcqulsr travelling met.
1 rant with * •lilll* i;f ev-'v <H • • -...’ Imm * |>p*f of
( ri, to lit* moat *|,leniltil humir4ob*. ,
He i< * mtive of Oonneiticu'. weflrelun* .intei),
but he life! hi greteil tr, (fir- w.MPrir vsvl ol New York,
etui nettled iii the tow n lit lwtn ;i place fie made
hi* head quarter* —and from whence lie nude exciir
moil* into Penneyletinitt, \ irtmita, At art land, dec. lie
li nI followed ihe profe-eioit noin the *gu of fourteen
nnd hi* feoiite policy tvn- nevet to retoee any ibinq's
jietaon might off r in payment for gnOiD. true in; to
hi* own ingenuity to dlapere et the article* thu* obtain*
•eel to advantAge , he seldom tuM nmnrv upon them.
At one ! rootle w* ua'eHrng evtth hi* lo*J thiouglt
anew seltlen.ent ill Ohio, and “Ojned hi* team La fire
a oral looking log In u.-e. who e rvvner it at woilt
.nulling together one of Uoc ml irtute* far a truce,
known ** a “huah fence, ’ amuii.l li a garden.
•UHlo.t trad,’ and Fred, ‘Jn you wi.b to purchase
•ny thing to-day !’
•Can’t,’ aid the men, ( lu-Uig a tr.otneai —‘I liav’ut
uv money—no hmg to p*y with.’
•O, never mini,’ replied-Fred, in hr* uaual bland
•Son*, •I’ll take moat any tk na.’
The man saw he w , d-terntmed to base a trade,
and to, .in order to get rid of l.irn, t,c -aid : *VVed, -ir,
4 am ju-t building a piece of biu-h trnte, arid it you’ll
Sake that 1 do’nl knew hut we c.i t. ade.’
•Oh. I ll take it and yon w ill k, p it until I call fer it.’
•Oh, yes. I'll do that.’ *,id the loan, surprised at the
accommodation of l'r. and. and Irving 1-) assign some rea
son for t m hi* mind. He finally concluded that
Fred hid he,lid of him and in ten. lid doing him a fa
*r ; and ** he was realty roe y, he determined to
accept of it in the spoil in winch was ulle-ed. So*
tiargern iv.s made lor h.e fence, tie received die good*
and Fred took his note for llre-t, ~ce to he delivered at
tight. The man paid a high pu c for bis good-, hut
aa long a* he could f<<v in liro-h fence, tie thought
tbev were cheap enmi_h at any j rice.
1 wo or three yearn pa-seil, ai l though Fred often
caiied at the house and .lid considerable trading, yet
he never drniandcd pawnent oil hta note. In the course
i time, whru the 111:111 iH-gan to prosper, he burned up
hi* lude set ce and soh-tiluti and a to at picket ui ns
place. All,mt tw.. weeks after thia wa done, Fred
enne that way and called.
■Hood morning, Mr. said he, on entering—*l
have found a place where 1 ran dispose of my fence to
advantage, and h ivc r itiad f t it.’
‘I lie man saw tic w, caught tn the trap, end as
there was no way to avoid it, he paid Fred the money
and laughed heartily at the y >k, arid* bade him good
morning,
Fied gained cons'tleraMe ly thi*. He not only made
• fair profit on Ins inerchiild Is, hut *ecu:ed the friend
ahip and patronage nt the man, and likewise all the in
ti 1, lice lie could command in ihe neighborhood. which
was considerable, to secure him thepatronaee of others.
Among Fied’- numerous fnrnda was Judge New
ton, wlki resided in the north pari of PenneyUanr.—
Fied alwava made the Judge's house hta home when
lie travelled in that pi t nf the country. The Judge
was a fine, jovial oid feUow, fond of a joke, and was
always trying t) get a j ike upon F-ed whenever he
stayed with him.
One day, sometime in the year 183—, Fred was
patting through and put up with him ovn night. In
the morning tie was dt nnined to drive a trade of
sorna kind with the Judge, ufletinjr, in hia usual way,
go take anything in payment.
•I It tell you wltat 111 dV said the Judge, laughing,
•I’ve gut a first tale g.tnd stone nut in the yard, and if
you will take that I will trace it out,’
•Very well,’ a nd Fred, -I'll take it—it’sju t as good
pay as l ward.’
They went out to the wagon ari l the Judge traJed
out his grindstone, which Freih loaded on hta wagnn
ands . rteJ. He had not gone far bes ire be saw a cus
tomer and stopped his team.
•tiood morning, Squire. Want anything in my line
this morning ’’
-Well, I don’t know. Fred,’ replied he, in a banter
ing tone, ‘got any it ludstonei V
•V'rs, air, got a lust-rale article; just come out and
look at it.’
Now it happened that the man really did want a
grindstone; lie spoke lit the maimer he did, because
tie bad no idea that Fred had one.
■I like the lo iks of that • one.’ said he. after ex (mi
ning it, -and 1 want one very much, and you take any j
tiling in payment. 111 give you ata cent* a pound lot .
it. (Four cents waa the regular price.) provided you 1
will lake such propeity as I turn out to you in pay
ment.’
•Certainly,’ said Fred. ‘I alwa- s do.’
•Very well, how much and ies h weigh V
•Just forty.eight pounds,’ said Fred, as he proceeded
to unload it.
•Now come with me, Fied,’ said the squire, grin
ning. when this was finished, ‘and get your pay.’
Fied followed him to iha stable. •There,’ aaid he,
pointing to a hull calf about six weeks old, which was
standing in the stable, -there is a fust-rats Calf, worth
just three dollars, which I suppose will pay for the
stone.’
■Very good, just as good pay- as 1 want,’ said Fred,
a* he utifa-tenid the call’ and led him to the wagon.
•Uut. stop a minute,’ tstil he, -I shall he back this
way in about two weeks, am] it you wilt keep hnn un
til tbrn 1 will pay you for it.’
•Oh, yes, I II ke. p him for you.’ said the squire,
laughing, us Fred drove oil, at the idea of having heat
him. lie supposed that Fied would never call lor the
calf, hut tnylid not know Ins man.
At the end of the lime specified, Fred returned, and
when he called, the squire had nothing bet er for it
than to give him up Ins properly. As it was near
night, Frtd concluded to put up with the Judge. As
he alighted at the gate, he was met with * hearty
shake of the hand, and a ‘How are you, Fred t What
did you do with your grind* one *
•Oh, 1 sold it in a day or two at a fust rate profit, I
tell you, Uut six cents a pout and for it.’
■Ah,’ said Ihe Judge, in -tirpnae. ‘But what have
you got there F now lor Ihe first lime noticing the calf.
•Ob,’ said Prod, indilTrremly, -that’s a ralf I am ta
king lo Col. Dans, up our way. The Col. made tne
promise to letclt him one. enJ be seems to s< t 1 g.eat
value on it, but for my pan 1 consider it nothing but a
common calf, nut wmlh more Ilian three dollara.’
It might be well to mention, that, thia was about the I
time of the great excitement about imported slock ; and
ttiat Col. Davis of whom Fred spoke, was a man
known to Judge Newton 10 lie a heavy importer of
foreign stuck, particularly of the Durham. Judge 1
Newton had often endeavored to procure some of this
Block, hut ar: it was at Ihe same time very acarcr, and
bore an exceedingly high price, he had tint been suc
cessful. His curiosity was at once aroused, and he be
came very nniioue afier he bad examined it a little
more closely to purchase it,
•It is one of the regular Durham*, sure,’ said he,
musing, ‘and a very fine one at that: if you will part
with hnn I'll give you twenty-five dollars for him,’ 1
•Could nt pail wnb him for any auch money ; Col j
Davis is to give tne seventy-five te soon as I g< l home.’
■Well, you won’t take him clear home with you,
and if you'll let n,e have him 111 give you filly dollara.’
■No. cau'l do it; I've die.ppoiiited the Col. two or
three times already, and he would not like it if I should
disappoint him again.’
‘Uut,’ said the Judge, becoming anxious, <you can
tr II him yuu have not been over the mountains.*
•I don't know, Judge,’ said Fred, after a pause. -As
you say it u some wnya home, and it will co-t some
thing to get him there, and il you will give me seven
ty five dollars, I don’t know but you may lake him.’
The Judge was deligbia l with hie purchase, and psij
Fred the money on the apot. As they were liking the
calf to Ihe bam, F red remarked,
• I say. Judge, Ido not are what there is about that ‘
ralf that mskre him worth mine than *> y other. I
believe I can get as many auch as I v.ant far three dol
lar* a head.’
• Perhaps you can,’ aeswered the Judge, ‘in a few 1
years >*U_.i ih-y breora • p!*nl/.’
1 In the meriting a F.cJ wai about stir-ting, he rr
! at trked, •! hope wt.en you have toy more grindstones
to sell, you II remember rne.’
■Thank yuu, l will.’ avid the Judge, not txaclly
cornp ehendina whit Fred was dnvn g et.
Maybe hs didn’t,
A few days vtlei Fied wi< gone, fSquire B , of whom
Fied had bought the calf, was ;ai.ing, when JuJge
Newton called him in to tell hint he had at last suc
ceeded in obtaining some ot the lar-fameJ stock. The
Squtte exprc s.d a desire to see It, and lltey proceeded
’ to the barn.
j via that the one!’ laid he.
• Vea.’
• Who-did you get it of V
•Os Fred Cinawuld. I paid him neveiity-five dollars
1 for it.’
I Tie eqitire burst intn a loud laugb.
•Why, Judge,’ said he, ns soon a* he coulJ speak
•I -ld him that call only a short liuie ago (or a grind
stone.’
The Judge w* perfectly mnnundeJ. Ilethnughtof
it a moment, and then -aid —partly lo Utuiself and part
ly 10 the inquire:
•Yea—and 1 -old him that grindstone—he has bent
me on my own game. He told me the calf was not
worth more than three doll us— don’t -ay any thing
about this anil you may have the calf and welcome.’
The Judge went back tu the house muttering
•b-e-a-t.’
Fred ofien called there sfier this; but Judge New
ton never rewriej to the aulj cl —neither did he ev.-r
wish to dispose ol any mute grindstones ! •'—Ettntng
Herald.
SLEKFITDAW, Ja.
Fome d*y* go, at the Munigomery Hull, oer at
tention was pain, ulsrly drawn to one ol the Palme
lo boys, whose tunic was Cukklk. lie was one nf
the half dozen who proceeded the right wing, to make
arrangements, us we sip pose, fur so
on.
Corkte is an original—nr at least, wc have never
seen his prototype. After tea. he sat by the -love,
in the bar room, and being ■■vino somnu que gr-w 1-
dus, ’ fell into a snooze ; and we stood by and siudint
his mterestin; physiognomy. Corkle’H face is a flow
er garden—his itove an immense b’<q ict ! Fairer
flowers never blossomed about tin- f mis eps of l turn,
Ilian cluster in the countenance of Ccrkle, There are
the crimson Tea Knne—the Chiysarithemorn—ihe
purple Hvacynth—arid the Marigold with 11* goldeu
I cks—all commingling their gorgeous hues; while
fio:n the whole there breathes au aioma most undeni
ably alcoholic.
Coikle snoozed : and presently his gl zed cap fell
ofl, and was picked up by a cou,rude who Kicked
Coikle'* shin and awakened him,
Our Nos'-gßy got up, staggered to the bar, And
throwing three or four rolls of bank notes on the
counter, exclaimed drowsily
••Hun here, every body, and take a drink!”
Several friends stepped up and hobnobbed with Cor
kle, who closi and his eyes and swallowed a gill of
“pale brandy.”
About thia time, a gentlemen, who, a* an amatnir,
is altogether respectable at poker, wulknl up, wss in
troduced, and in fii e minutes was embraced by Cur
kle. who swore he had ju-t found “the man lie had
been hunting for years:'’ Presently these two “v c
lims” of a romantic friendship—Corkle and Jonnsun
—adjourned lo e private room, where it was suiim--
ed, they would play a game ol short cards.
In twenty mil utes, Johnson returned, audwasa-k
----ed by a friend “how he came ou'.”
“Conic out! liluze-I Diaz*s ! I got in for it—the 1
red-laced rascal is a rrgular Jiroftssiurw /, and jnn up
With the latest tmpiovements at Inal ! lie beat mu
out of fifty dullars, 111 ten initiutes !”
“Well, 1 wonder !” exclaimed Johnson’s friend.
“He done Hulking shorter.’ —and I -b.mldn’t have
minded til ■t, hut the impudent rascal pretended 10 he J
almost asleep all Ihe time —lltrowed hnn-elf back in
his chair, after he’d won ihe money—shit his eyes |
and says he—here Jnhitson imitated Corbie's gaping
and stretching—“says he---‘yaw I—it my officers
wa-n’t so d—d strict—yaw ! —keepin’ a feller in
esmps most all Ihe time —yaw !—I II be cu-t if i
didn’t win enough as 4 went along—vaw I —to defray !
the expenses of lire Regiment, by Jux ! ’ “Who Ihe
devil would have thought that 1 could be heat by a
man that couldn’t keep his eye* open, nor his mouth
shut, and wiih a Isee like a chunk of raw heel 1”
It m hut justice, however, to say that our amateur
Inok the Pal ne to Nosegay “on the oilior turn,”
“wu-s’n a wull,” btfoie the Kight Wing left.
Alabama Journal.
Diobt's Dictiowht.— Arbitrators —A small bo
dy of men, mistly three tu number, selected by two
quarrelsome neighbors, to share in the abuse which (
they Its I previously heaped only ou etch other.
Habits. —The mot confirmed sm Kors in society—
supp se.l to have origin illy descended from the “mil
ky way.”
Country Cousins. — A species of relatives very
much thought cl by tlte city km —dating hot and
sickly weatlipr.
D plomatisls. —Men in high places trying their
hand* at a bargain.
Gropes. — Wirie served up in nulls.
I‘ris on.—A dwelling Itou-e winch difler* fotn all
ctli eta in this : burglcrs never break in, hut frequent
ly bteak out.
Surgeon—An unmannerly fellow, who has been
frequently known to cut ins best friends.
Witches. — In olden times used as an article of fuel.
Hoston Post,
A Heavy Load of Stakes. — Dan Marble nccarinnal
ly lets off* a joke ilist will keep, lie saw a fellow stag
gering about the race track the other day, wt’li mote
liquor nit than he could conveniently rarry.
••Hallo I what's the matter now]’ said a friend,
whom the inebriated individual had just run agsin-t.
• VV’h—hio —why,” ssid the fellow, so diunk he
able to mticuluie, “wh—hie—why, the
fact is, a lot of my friends have been b-b—hie bet
ting liquor on the race to-day, and they got me to
hold the stakes for them /”— Picayune.
Singular Habits of Menage-ic Beasts —A writer
in a Cincinnati paper describes a midnight vis.t lo the
animal* of Raymond & Waring’* Mena, erie, in win
ter quarters in that city, with Due-bach, the famous
keeper. Ho says:
-Itis a sight worth walking ten miles to sec. We
found, contrary tu the assertions of natural historians,
an elephant lying down. It has always been asserted
that these animals sleep standing. The diflerenl cag- .
rd animals were reposing in the most graceful and clas
sical attitudes. The Ivon and the tiger, the leopjrd
and the panther, were lying with thetr paws alfitclton
ately twined about each other, without regard to [ie
ctes or nativity. In cages where is mate than one an- j
imal, it is the never failing custom for one lo keep
watch while the others aloep. The sentry is relieved
with at much regularity as in a well regulated camp
of soldiers, although not, probably, with as much pre
cision in regard to time. The sentinel paces back and
forth, and is very cat etui not to touch or do any thing
lo arouse hta comrades. Occasionally he lies down, {
but alwsy* with Ins head towards the front of the cage,
and never sleeps ur.til he is relieveJ. Thia singular |
ru-tom, Herr Dtienbach informs us, since his comiec- j
lion with the Menagerie, he has never known to he
violated. Thorns* Carr—generally known as Uncle
Tom —who is the faithful night watch of the establish
ment, end who is now the oldest showman in the U.
States, confirms this statement.
“It requires 600 pounds of h*v per day to feed the
two elephant* alone. Tho carnivorous animals con
sume from 100 to 120 Ilia, of meat esclt day. Ueide*
j this, large quantities of apple*, po'atoes, turnip*, Ace.,
a e daily putchasul for the uionktee, buds and small
animals.”
Twmoclilclil DivlHion So. 1, a. of T.
. .. . Pl.-DOR.
No Brother iliall nmkr, buy, it'll, rr u*f fi a bt vtrajrr. any
Spirituous or Milt Liquors, Wine or Cl - r.
i£ 7 \.Tv i ? ni *’*! on n*'ilrly JLVERY FRIDAY
LNc-NiNvajiilt 7 o clock, ci tbnr Hll
}• It. UOOK, RB. jo *’ MU,IDO - WP ’
Jan If, 1*47. 4J
j FOREIGN.
Fishn the brew York Herald.
ARRIVAL of the
STIkAJISHIP iIIBLIt.XIt
AT BOSTON*
lour weeks later tram Enntpe,
Tbe ►iriimer llibeium.'Capt. Kyrip, •'rived ul Uoa
ton ab.iul 7 *0 A. M. t on the 525 ii ult., after a
of nineteen am! a hc , f’ lUys. She bad a rough |ts
*Mge, Hud whi ik*iuin*<J over the u-unl li rne at Halifax
to take r.i a supply of cod. And also to land hu Ex
! celiency Ihe liovernor General of (.'an nla and *uite.
f Jr'foui J* we have piper* of ihe Svh ; London
lof ihe evening of the 4tli; Pan* and Havre of the 2J
und Dublin of ihe 3d inut.
Tne iritojligenc * ia nearly a month later th;in pre
vious advices. The nefta yuQ herewith receive la of
Considerable importance.
The price of coin han advanced.
The befit -quality of corn is quoted at -€3 and 72
•billing*.
The pi ice of fl *ur has advanced.
Flour in bond, beat quality, i quoted at 37 and 28
shilling* per bid.
The Colion Market has been mo p e animated daring
ihe past month, so tbal there hn* been a considerable
husinesi trinstcted. O.dinsry <Qr|e*ii4 and Mobile
Colton is quoted at CJ to 7d ; fair do. et to ;
good Jo. nt to 8$ J,
J he money m ukel ba* been quiet, with little flue
ui.ticin fiiipe the last publication cf the European
Tiiucp.
Ii is said ihut about j£200.000 t > £3OO 000 iu pe*
c.e cune out to Bosit-n in the Hiberuu.
American La-d Lae been very largely dealt in ; keg*
celling at 48 to 20 shilling*.
American Href and Fork •cmrinue in excellent de
nnind and although supplier are coming in free very
► t IT are paid.
The President's Mess ice give* a hopeful assurance
that the American TuidF ho fir as icgards British
g >oda, will be maintained, anil has given the English
m inufaclurcm a cheerful prospect for their trade lor the
coning spring.
Mi. O'Connell ia looking feeble* and is said to be
fa*4 assuming the char eler of extreme oi l age.
A Puns piper as-ert-e that the French (.iovernmpnt
intends to propose to (tie Chambers a considerable re
duction in the duties on foreign corn,
j Several slight shrieks of earlhqu ikes have been late
j ly felt in live neighborhood u! Marseilles.
Koma h,i* been visited by terrible inundaliotta; the
disiress is greji ; the amount of property ceslioved is
serious. Jhe new Pope has mitigated -their hardships
tiy his purse and hia personal exertions.
Tbs fast message of President Polk, which was re
ceived m ihis country a 1 w days ago. has been assail
ed by the whole of the press, ami ugly names have been
I given to the ptocess of reasoumg ia which the Piesi*
| dent accounts for the Mexican w*r. One passage has
( been strongly commented upon—that in winch he
i states the war was not undertaken with tho view to
j conquest*
j Wo can call to mind no similar document during ,
| our time which ha-been less favorably received in Eng
land ; hum this it may be inferred that the annexation
j of ('aiiforiiii, of which Commodore Stoc-ton has taken
J poeaession .is a territory of the United States, is even !
lies* popular in England than was tha anexation of,
I lVxaa.
* Tlie condition of Ireland continues to be the absorb
-1 ing object of attention. Day after day the distress con* ;
j fnues to increase, and fi me is doing th*3 vvoik of
| death in various parts of the country.
, Immense numbers of poor half starved creatures find
their way acioss the channel and beg. and exist as best i
they con by appeils lo the feelings of ihe inhabitants
1 in ihe gre.it towns ol England.
A pension of 100 pounds a year h is been off red bv
1 the government to Father Mathew. The sufleting
population in the highlands and fafands of Scotland is
| rsliinatt dat 100.000. A considerable supply of pula* j
toes ha* arrived in London from Holland.
The Pope has reduced the uu’y on ihe export and
1 import of grain into the Kornan dominions.
From the Charlatan Evening News.
[PER HIBKftXIA, AT HOSTO.V.]
Extract from a letter received in this c ity. dated .
LIVERPOOL. Jav. 4, 1847.
• The stock on 31 c. fast was disproporiionably
! smilt, con-ideiiog the augmented consuinpiinn of the
article. V\ hilst the stock of Cotton in this port, was
fast decreasing, ihe value of the article w is progressive
ly on the advance, but the enhancement of Goods and
j Yu ns by no meina kept pace with Ihe raw material,
and hence much embarrassment and loss were entailed
upon spinners an I manufa liners
With the view ol averting more serious losses, spin
ners, generally have ream led t > short labor in their
m ils. Whether ibis curtailment of laboi will affect
the value of Colton, so long as the stock is moderate
and susceptible of being managed by speculators, is
doubtful; it is also doubtful whether n decrease of Yarn
ami (.foods will enhance their value, because of the
dearness of food, and the consequent impaired ability
I of the people of thia country to cl >the themselves com-
I fortahly.
Whilst it is admitted tint tbe sh'ck of Cotton is so
moderate as w.iuld, in ordinary time*, justify the ex
pectaliou ot a further enhancement of the article, we
must also acknowledge the depressing influence of a
diminished demand for goods among a people who will,
necessarily have lo expend * large portion of their earn
ings in food.
We ought, besides, to bear in mind that the advance
in the value of Cotton, will, at no distant period, at
tract to this market an increased supply from all Col
tun-producing count)ies.
During ihe past month the prevalence of unfavora
ble wind* lor inward bound ships retarded the coming
forward ol Supplies of Grain and Flour, and gave con
fidence In speculators. Then operations, united lo
those for Irish account, caused an almost continuous
I rise in the prices of Wheat and Flour.
The wmis of Ireland, we regret to fay, have been
great, and large purchases for shipment thither have
been made of lndi in Corn, Indian Corn Meal, ami of
Wheat of low quality, und also lo somo extent of
Flour.
Since the date of the Circular herewith of the 31st
ult., easterly winds have kept aupplie* of Grain
out of port, und apeculatois have been encouraged to |
perscvcie in making purchases at advancing rates
To day, 7001! barrels of Western Canal Flour have
been sold at 40*. per barrel iu bond. We quote Indi
an Coin, in bond. 384 01 a 40* 0J per bbl; V\ h*ai #
9* 6d a 10* 9d per 70 lb ; Indian Corn, duty paid, 68*
01 a 7ls 0J per 480 lb ; Indian (Join M** l 33a per hbl.
JANUARY I. 1847.
The importation of Colton Wool into Great llriinin
last year amounted to. as particularised above, 1,243,-
631 bales; lalluu short < f the importation of tbe pre
ceding yrar 613,234 bales, and of the ni.ul average of
the fast seven years 308,722 hales. In 1845, the im
portations from the United Males ulone exceeded all
that snived limn evurv country laid year, duitrig which
there was a general dec tense in the arrivals compared
to those nf the previous year; u circumstance horn
which it might bo inferred that the weather had been I
.throughout uupropitious* or that the culture had not
received the u>ual attention. In IJ'hzil the decre.ive
in our importation was 26,805, iu Egyptian 21.098,
and in
with American, it may be almost said, comprise the
whole ot oui consumption.
Notwithstanding the vast weight of the stock at (he
close of 45. the present stock in tne polls is considera
bly below an average stock, looking to what was held
at the ••line period of each of the last seven years.—
Our stock, indeed, fiaj never been s > much reduced at
tho end of any year since 1841, and especially of A
meiirun description*. Ua*idtft, it fa admitted that of
these ates quantity is now in the nan Js of spiuueis
than was held by ttn-m a year ago.
Prices were last year generally on the advance, ex
cepting for Hea fahnd-, until about the middle of the
month, w hen they were at their greatest height, which,
after undergoing some depr< *ion, has been regained.
All snort stapled American Gotten rose in value shout
2jd. per lh„ ba Gland 2jd., Brazil ljj., Egyptian
2£ l , and iJuril 2d.
For several months some apprehensions hive been,
and are still entertained, list theie should continue to
he deficiency in our future suppbea from the Umhd
Hiatts, where the new crop is not expected to be equal
to the preceding, and this ba been iha chief, if aoi
[only reason, foi ilie advance tint place. Howev
er, from other countrip* thpre is no apprehension of any
deficiency. The crop of Brazil is understood to be 4 a*
bundant, and of the crop* of Egypt and India we can
gain no information to lead us to suppose that (hey
will not he so a Go.
UnhappHy the state of the immifaeUjre in ail its
branches is far from being prosperous-; and in evidence
•>f thi'. most of the mills have been at work only f<*ur
days weekly. This bus arises from the gr. at advance
in the price of tiie raw material beyond what could b<*
real z-‘d for eithei Yarn or Goods, which, it is declared,
cannot be sold at remunerating rates. Tne mainten
ance or rise erf the prices c/f’Cdtton must, wo
conceive, depend on the manufactory being brought
into a more healthy condition, unless overruled by the
certainty of imulfi-tent s-opplte*. However, tiro high
price i>f corn, and of nearly all kinds of provisions,
will greatly impede -improvement, inasmuch a- th’e
working classes have at present fn undue proportion
of their earning*‘to expend in'food. and. consequently,
little leti for ilothing, for which, of all Rinds, hut espe
cially of cotton‘fabrics,they are the largest and there*
lore fie most important customers.
It seems to be granted that the stock now held rathe
interim fade short of that which was held a year ago
26,00# hales; and thi* being the fact, it will he f-mnd
that the entire consumption of 1846 c tisisted and 1.58 4 *
171 bales of all descriptions viz: 1.276,236 American,
106,958 Brazil, 1:5 dll) E-tsi India, and 85,628 Kgyp
tun. West India, &c,; and on the supposition of the
consumption, as well as of the expor, conlinuing at
the same rate, our present stork alone would suffice
for 16 weak*, and the Amen an 11, ihe Biazil 10, the
Hast India 45. the Egyptian die. 36. By a compari
son with the consumption of 1845. it appears that in
1846 there was *t denea-e of 217 hales of American,
and 187 of Biuzd, hut an increase of 330 hales of East
India, and 270 ol Egyptian, dec. Os all kinds there
was an increase of 205 bales weekly.
DOMESTIC.
GENERAL TAYLOR’S LETTER.
Portion* of a long Idler from (Jki. Taylor to o fiiend
in this city have been published in the Exp ese. it
! contains, of course, uothmg new, hut parte uif it have
| interest as showing the General’s motives in the course
he has pursued. He c /nplaius very much of an en
tire uiiul of the means of transports! ion, by which he
has been txcei diogly crippled, and says he is decidedly
opposed to carrying the war beyond Saltillo in that di
rectum, and lhat he does not intend to do so. Between
that place and San Luis is 300 miles, 140 badly water
ed and entirely destitute of supplies; and he has in
formed the War Department that 20,000 men would
I he necessary lo insure success if th y march upon that
place, which hat a population of 60,000 men, and
where the Mexicans could bring togellici and sustain
an army of 50,000,
The following paragraphs concerning the surrender
of Monterey and the best cruise to he hereafter pur
sued, will he rend with interest:
•! do not believe the authorities at Washington are
at all satisfied with my conduct in legard to ttie term*
r*f the capitulation entered into with ihe Mexican com
mander, which you no doubt have seen, as they have
been nude public through the official org n, and c p
id into vaiioua other newspaper*. I have tins mo
ment re eivi and an answer (to my despatch announcing
the surrender of Monterey, and the cbcumstances at
tending the same.) from the JSecietary of War, slating
that “it was regretted by the President that it was not
deemed advisable to insist on the terms I had piopoed
in my first communication to the Mexican commander,
in regard to giving up the city”— adding that ••the cil
cu nstance* which dictated, no doubt justified the
Change.” A1 hough the terms of capitulation may he
consider'd too liberal on our pait by the President and
his advisers, as well as try many or her* at a distance,
particularly by those who Jo not under* ai.d die posi
tion which we occupied, (otherwise they might c* me
ti a different conclusion hi regard to the matter,) yet
on due reflection, I see no inng to induce me to regret
the course I pu sued.
The proposition on the pan of Gen. AmpuJia, which
ha 1 much to do in determining my course in the nui*
ter, was I a*ed on the ground ihit our Goverrun nt had
proposed to bis to settle the existing difficult es by ne
gotiation, (which I knew was the case, without know
ing the result,) which was then und r consideration by
the proper author tics, and which tie (Gen. Ainpudu.)
had no doubt would result favorably, as the whole of
h s people were in favor | reace. It *-o, 1 consuteied the
further t ffu-ion of blood not only unnecessary, but im
proper. Their force was also considerably larger than
ours ; and from the size and position of the place, we
could not com, letely invest it; so that the greater peti
tion of their troops, if not ihe whole, had they been
disposal to do so, could, iny night, have abandoned
the citv, at once entered the mountain passes, and ef
fected their retreat —do what we could !
Hail we been put to the a lernaliv.- of taking th**
place by storm, (which theie is no doubt we should
have succeeded in doing.) we shoui.l, in all prnhabiluy,
have lost fifty or one hundred men in killed, hes des
the wounded—which 1 wished to avoid, as there ap
peared to he a prospect of peace even if a distant one.
1 also wished lo avoid the destruction of women and
children, which must have been very great, had the
storming process been resorted to, B**sid< *, thev had
a very large and strong fortification, a short distance
front the city, which, if earned with the bayonet, must
have been taken with gieai sacrifice of life; and with
our limited train of heavy or battering artillery, it w ould
have required twenty or twenty five days lo take it by
regular approaches.
That they should have surrendered a place nearly as
strong as Quebec, well fortified under the direction of
skilful engineers —then works garnished wnh forty two
pieces of aildlery, abundantly supplied with ammuni
tion. garrisoned by 7000 regular and 2000 irregular
troops, in addition to some t ousaud c lz- ns capable
of, and no doubt a < 1 11 >ll y. hearing arm*, and aiding in
its violence —to an opposing force of half their mini >er,
scantily supplied with provisions, and with a light train
ol artillery —is umong the unaccountable occurrences
of the limes.
I am decidedly opposed to carrying the war luyond
Saltillo in this dirertion, which place has been entirely
abandoned by the Mexican forces, all of whom have
been concentrated at *stn Luis Pototi ; and I shall 10-e
no time in taking possession of the former as soon a*
the cessation of hostilities referred to expires—which I
have notified the Mexican authorities will be the case
on the 13th inst., by direction of the President of the
United States.
If we are (in the language of Mr. Polk and General
Scott.) under the necessity of “conquering a peace”—
and that by taking the capitol of the country —we must
go to Vera Cruz, take that place, and then march on
the city of Mexico. To do so in any other diiaction, I
consul- r out of the question. But, admitting that we
conquer a pi ace by doing so—say, at the end ol the
next twelve months —will the amount of blood and
treasure which must be expended in doing so, bo co n*
pensate Jby the same 1 l think not—especially, if the
country we subdue is to b* given up: and 1 imagine
them aie but few individuals in ourcountiy who think
of annexing Mexico to the United S ates.
I do riot intend lo cor y on rny operations (a* previ
ously stated) beyond Saltillo—deeming it next to mi*
practicable to do so. It then becomes a qu* stioh as to
what is best lobe done. It seem* to me. the most ju
dicious coutse to he pursued on our part, would be to
take possession, at once, of the line we would accept by
negotiation, extending from the Gulf of Mexico to the
Pacific, and occupy the same, or keep what we already
have possession of; and that, with Tampico, (which l
hope to lake in the course of the next month, or is
soon as I can get the means of transportation,) will
give us all on this side of the Sierra Msdre, and, as
soon us 1 occupy Saltillo, will include six or reven
Slates or Provinces, thus holding Tampico, Victoria.
Monterey, Saltillo, Monclovs, Chihuahua, (which I
presume Gen, Wool has poastemn of by this time )
Santa Fe and the California*—sod say to Mexico,
••Drive us from the country !”—throwing on her the
responsibility and expense of tarrying on offensive war
—at the same tune closely blockading all her port* on
the Pacific and the Gulf.
A course of this kind, if persevered in for a short
time, would soon bring her to her proper sense*, and
compel her to sue for peace—provided there i* a Gov
ernment in the country sufficiently stable for m to ties!
with, which, I fear, will hardly be the case for many
years to come. Without large r< inforrem<*nis of vol
unteers from Ihe United States— *\y ten or fifteen thou*
sod. ('hose previously sent nut having already been
gready reduced by sickness and other casualties.) I do
not be•‘two it would I)® ldfteebie lo match beyond bal
uUo, wbKU i moro than 200 & lex tc;or.d oqf dep >t
i on th* Rio Grande —a very ior.s Hn. oh winch lo keep
up supplies (over a land route, rn a country like thi*)
; for a large force, and certain to be attended wnh ail ex
pense which will be frightful tu contemplate, when
closely looked into.
GENERAL TAYLOR. —The Washington Foun
ntain of Monday has the following article:
Thkkats.—General Tavlor’s letter, published in
this and ry’* Fountain. farHeri like a bursting bomb
shell min ihe mnk* of the Administration. It ha*
spread consternation far and wide among the euemit s
of tin* -great and leave num.
It is averted that ihe I V indent bus threatened to re
cal the Hem of the Kio Grande ms'anlly. (lliere are
Ih“e who insist that lie his already been r* ca!Vb )
that the UVoinet nrefiol only b>ulk in firvoi of his re
•C*l lull and Sr r.ri_*iiirig the gallant soldier before a G nut
Martial, and mat several members **t the H use seri
ously con e.opiate bringing him before Congress oil
ciisr-grn, Ac.
In the same prnper ** vhe f liowing editorial:
“GENERAL TaYLOR MI7ST BE CRUSHED!”
Such. it i* <4lii'med, was the exclamation of the Ad
ministration, mi hearing of the fill of Monlcwy; and
all Ms tiiov-eun ills, since .hat toe.niarable affair, in rela
tion to the hero of ihe Rio Grande, seem to confirm the
opinion, that such tins h r*n. and that such stiff ,s the
deliberate .purpose of the g*wern:i'©nt.
We le mi from General Pay lor himself, that the Pre
>ident was not satisfied with the terms aliown and to Am*
pudia. that the President regretted the change made by
the American comMAndm in the terms first proponed
by him in reply lo the white flu, tho’the tSeceetary of
War, for the purpose <4*concealing the President’s lead
m lives, admits that the change might possibly be jus
tified by circumstances !
Not content with the expression of hi* di-stf isfac
tion in words, the President piuceeds t > exhibit his real
feelings by an act by which nothing was to be gained,
by which nothing has been ga net! ; we mean the
prompt dissolution olAhe armistice, by our government.
This is equivalent to almost a censure of General Tay
| lor’a course.
I About this time General Henderson, of Texas, pub
| Itehed a letter, in which General Taylor was openly
j blamed for entering into an ermEtice at *ll with Am
| puffta, and especially fiwr cnauging l He terms pro
! posed. This h iter s live fi st in the sei+es ol semi-of
ficial attacKH upon Taylor.
i ills sard that ihe Texan Semfors are exceedingly
■ unfriendly to Gen. Taylor, and are open in their con-
Id. miiition if his conduct m negotiann : vv uh ihe ene
my at Monterey, when he had it hi ti~ p w,r to c ush
forevur Ihe Mexicun aruiy, and thtre ‘y to fiave ensur
ed a peace.
‘i he Prrsident, in his annual mess.igf, gtudiAUsly
abstained from even referring to the gallant General
who had led i*ur arms in Mexico to the m>t glorious
victories amid embarrassments unparalleled, arising
ironi indecision at home in the prosectm n i ihe war.
Mr. Pick tin, from Illinois, and Mr I’hoinp 01. In in
Mississippi, have had ff*e urn iamploff courage rise
in tiieir place, pass judenent of condi riMiation upon
General I’ayl r f>r not da>ng it hat by tht very nature
of his instructions he uas author, 2t d not to do. and
to pronounce hiui u man not fit far the supreme com
in und.
All on u sudden, Gen. Scott, who had b en and vgged
ly refused the ge of cumiiHiKiiii.’ our force* in
Mexico, though eminently qualified lor the was
s in to the Si-.il ol war in truer to deprive < n. Taylor
of ihe supreme command, for which he h. s been declar
ed, on me floor of i.ongo'ss uAerly u fi *
Again, it is stated in al well iniorni< k d circles in
WaohiKgtun, t .<l* Gen. I’ay lor lias been leralied and
required to icpair to ihe seat ol tiovernm nt tin er the
idle plea, lout tne Aiffn nisir.iiiou desires to avad itself
ol his pr etna; Un .\lu g* ol VI xien and Al - xtc-ii s !
But, wnether tins tie so nr not, while Gen. Pay lor has
been doomed go down, it has not bsr*n mteml and that
ttcott shall go up. lienee the Lieutenant Gene ulsliip
to lie given to one of tne iuo.-t violent and dlslinguohed
part zaa of ihe age, not to conquer a peace wnh Mex
ico, l>ut to supersede the Hero of Chippewa and drive
him in disgu l fioin the field of operations.
And nniwithst riding the repeati and deb at of that no
table officer—ihe Lieutenant Genet.ii—it we a e not
in sinfoimod, measures are at this timo on fool to re
suscitate th-’ project and show the necessity of ns *-
dopuon al t/u expense <f the fair fume of the valh
uni (Jmerul ivho has proved himself not only capable
of conducting our armies in the fluid , but of direct•
Dig their operations in the Cabinet,
INDIAN MASSACRE.
A letter in ttie St. Louis He; üblu an dated at ('nun
Cil ii lulls, slat* 9 that on I lie mg l ot ihe 12th ami 13 ti
ull. awar paiiy ot Vaut ton Soiux Indians ilelealt.il
anJ dc*iroyed fourteen tubes of the Oman* iiibe ot In*
dims, tot aled at the liuie ul VVnod’s Bluffs situated a
bout -uiy miles from a piece called Belleview. Tlie
fiien ami wairnrs ol the Omaha- had lett the camp on
ahum; and the Sioux, sum af er tney leached the
camp, discovered tiiai they only had women and chil
dren io contend with. The slau.hte was te r bie—■
seven.y inree were killed, and uinehen mortally
wounded. Two rn n made their escape—one ot Hu m
Josm pn li'illeche, a tia er in the employ of Mi. Feter
A Sarpy,and at the nine in charge ot a stock of goods.
He ran tfofn the scene ot blood bare-iooted, and ar
med at Uelleview with both feet tr zu, Mr. Sarpy
and Vloj Miller, the present agent, dispatched a parly
of men to a-cert am the la. Is. and tiny continued on
t eir reluin, the report ot Lifl che. Th;V aUo report*
<<l that five of the sSimix Indians had been killed, no
d<>u\*l s!ai b dby the Omaha squaws. Cioing twenty
miles farther than the ground of the massacie, they
found the place where the goods of the trader hud been
dividtd among the robbers.
It seems, adds the lei er, that fate is against the O
m ht Indians, Four or five davs before th s e'cnt
took place, one bulge, camping at Caban ne’s oi l liad
ing house, was attacked by a war party of Ayona*,
commanded by the well known chief White Cloud,
an I four of me men wounded, and one woman kdied.
Another le:ter from Fort Scott, in the R•; u licsn.
stiles that the Sac and Osage Indian- have itcenlly
held i council in the Osage nation, tne object ol w hich
was tr unite their fjrces and influence, to mb and
plunder the whiles, possi Iv untier the impression that
they could obtain aid from Mexico.
The Ouajes and Creek* ai® uls >, it is said, about
commencing hostilities.
Mr. STEPHENS’ RESOLUTIONS.
Mr. S HH ENS of Ha. asked leave to off* n Reso
lution which he wished to have referred to the Com
mittee of the Whole.
The reading was called for and it was read as fol
lows, and tht* reading commanded th* undivided att n
lion of the Iloilo, hut a ®tuoboiu leslstauce wan heard
us the resolutions were ru l I
Whereat, It is no les- dr-arable that the interest and
honor of our country should h cordially sustained and
defended SO long the present wai with the Re pu >ic
of Mexico continues to cant, than that the co .il . i
should not be unneressinly prolonged, hut snuuld he
terminated so soon a- an honorable peace cm be on*
t(lined i
And whereas it is believed lh it a diversity of opinion
prevails to a considerable extent m to til® ultimate
aims At obj *cU lor winch the war should In* prosecuted;
and it being proper ili tt tins matter should be -enled
by the clear expression ot the Legislative will sol. uni
ty p ort iime.l to the world.
Ik it therefore > fatten/ by the Senate and II ms® of
Representatives of the United Mutes in Congress a--
m-mbbd, that the present w irwtih Mexico was not
wag*d with h view to conquest or the dismemberment
of that Republic by the a* quiilion ol any portion of
her leniloiy.
He it farther ruoleerf, That it ia th* desire of the
United Elsies to t.omnia • hostilities upon terms honor
iible to both parties—embracing a libeial settlement on
our part <>f l ie questions growing out ol the prupei
and riuh lot hound try of I'exas. mid the lull recogrn*
Iliif) ui and prof er provision oil her pad for all tile ju*t
claims ot our ebixens—the whole to be adjudged by
negotiation to be instituted and rfi'-cted a co ding to
the constitutional forms of each government respective
,y * _
From the Baltimore American.
HENRY CLAY.—io thus dieting tithed matt the
eyes ol lit® countiymen arc turned, whether his position
be the foremost in the public councils, or withdrawn
from the thorougfdie of politic*, as now, in the retire
ment of private life.
At a recent convivial celebration in Washington one
of th® speakers, for a series o! )®*r* th® political oppo
nent ot Mr. Ctar. honored him wit nd tho occasion
by ter fretful allusions to vhe Miß of his C .unify.—
\ Rnd.-iioiff p-tper, th.- L. biuan, rtf s in un u -
propriate manner to this occurrence, and iitj*. ‘
Henry Clay has often been represented as a man of
inordinate ambition ; but. though lie is entirely discon
nected horn political affairs, we will my of him n vv
what we have ever thought, that his ambition it rather
for his country than himself, ll it were oth rwise, he
could scarcely preserve that remarkable equanimity
and cheerfulness, which, in defeat or victory, in ictne
meot or m public aipiirs, have ever di his
character. Gallantly ami gracefully and eshe bear him*
m-!I in every relation of life, whelhtr leading on the
j Whig squadrons to the charge. 01 submitting to the
, superior power of the adversary/’ A man with such
! giant powers must feel di it no office however elevated,
eould add *-a cubit lo the , iTlh.it fame which
has already cast its oolossisl shadows uvi*f the woild.
Apprehended Firuinei+l crisis. — V lie idkming ar.
tide is tratisUted by the Commercial Adveriiser from
I the X. Y. Coiwnerd- s LkatsVnis of Wednesday :
j •* The Kochesti r has brought us no Farris papi-is,
out we have received fetters which amrotmee the dan
1 uer of a doutiltliiiAnri ii cr sis, in Ciul >nd and Franc e
whose eff'-ct upon the wdiidu wt Europe oiu t he disas
trous. One of these letter*, from > pci-on holding 1 hm
! eminent pu-non in ib U ink of France, descrit>es the
position of the Bank as the most c nticH it |]<m been
■placed in for thirfy years. The o duiary capital of the
Bank is two bund ed mi l ous {of francs) in specie.
This amount has been rniuc and one ha { wi.hiu a month
by the withdrawal of immense sums for pduuents on
railroad sliarcs and for the purcha e of br* a l*tuffs from
i abroad. Tim Government usually his on deposit©
in uh the 53 mk m ttunJn and mifft m ; *: the end ol Dec
! * mler tins dep vvgs led mod lo tlurty five luilhons
j Ly the excessivre and ett raor.lm try expenses in all de-
I partimviG of the \dm*n atratnm.
| “1n Uh- foiipmciuie, and the drain of specie rout in
! uwnr. tne Bank, whose capital ws reduced, on ffn 4ih
! D.*cemler. to seventy five or eighty of
Ir inert, applied to Hk Bank id England for a loan of
live millions Stirling, n a huinlie*! *r*i
millions of fianc*. Bui tire Bmk oi England is itself
m a poaiffofi sufficiently tty in , c net quant upon the
Urge purclue* of grain from abroad, ami ll <* doubt
| lul whet 1 ei the mk! cm he extended. Tire directors
of the R ink t F am © had a uv'eting mi Ihe 4h of De
ceinber to devise imi-urcs fqr meeting X>he emergency,
4'hey would resolve p *ha>t>lv, either to sell i hige
number of securities or to reduce tiieir ami
receive no paper bavin.; more iltsn two months to run.
Nuch a course has i.wl been lukmi by the Burk since
the restoraiMK. and ou’ iulormaut believes ihl K wilt
fnv© a sever© elf-cl m tlie l OMtui. ice of Baris.
•♦Otit* of tire least inconvpun nees of the financial cri
sis will he. probably, tike enforced amsperiMno ofceiiain
railroad pn-jeits and the dissolntion *l more th in one
company. Al early, on the Ex-ha;-c’ at Pans, was
d>cu-*M*d a qnr s loci tf high fin -n ial impoitauce, viz:
w heihcr the Government would refund the rieposiies
(or preliminary pas u-eui*) oi r uij i e-that to ty h *
trroken up. J hese amount in all in 72 403 060 f am*.
I he repayment of these ilipo-its, wpK fi are rrqnired
as gut- mo e for the completion <l the wo ks prop-r-e I,
will form a question on wo.; , the stive chambers
probably will l ave to decide.”
Correspondence of the Charleston Courier,
WASHING I ON, Jam 23.
This has been a day of some evn erm nt. in
quer.ee of the reinaikatiie teller of G-*r. Tayl-ir, wni h
had just reached us through the N. Y Expos* The
letl* r was addres-ed to a r lativi* and evidt nt j y not m
tended for publication. Th letter rell ct< die highest
h mor on fieri. Taylor. L <lt lights t.e wntgs, and the
m jonty of the tie.nrn-fats find fault with it, but say
tha* il* puNicatir'd wa*> imp u ent. Th re are certain
u Ira .mmi ll is • a ion men however, wiio consider it as
necessary and p. oper lUat tfi-n, Pav lor rdmold Ire re
called. )ievi r v pi* mll nt moni ‘er threat nst-ilwing
in a ie*olution mi Monday f> r ihe recall • f Geu Tay
lor. Tnere is no doubt -hat, m a uni ts v point • f
view, Gen. Taylor’* advice to the Govemrn nt is cor
rect. The gienl mass id tire pi op ; c will not approve
of his tecall.
If Gen. Tavlor had cm srderi and hi* Utter with the
m>l scrupulous r are, h cmi l riot have given a mom
clear, explicit and conclusive account of his views and
the cin uui-t-niCi-s under wliii h he acted, tlian he has
done i u tin* hasty private epistle.
The popular heart of this country always heat* in
unborn wuu that of a mi liary coinun nde? who is ex
erting ail Ins faculties in define* of the public honor
and ineip-us. This being the case, there is no fear
t ■*• Gen. Taylor will be censur. dor recall© I. I toink
it j robahlo i .at <He •■Union,” if i< make ay fli. iff re
mark on ihe letter, wi.l take the ground that It I- an
act of msuboid.ua mu and pu judicial to the success of
the war.
Horribe Tragedy. — On Monday last, about 8 o’-
clock, P. iVI , J. f\ Langford, residing in Rome town
ship, in this county, say * the Branford Pa. A<gus, of
lhe I6ih iriHt., murdered his wile by shooting her
through the body wth a pistol! Langford had been
1 m the habit ot thuaieniug to lake die life of his wile,
until she b “1 become *o a. euatoim and io it, tost she paid
little attention to what lie sail. Un Mondiy evening
’ about dark, he told hi* wif.* that he wus gums to shoot
• her. and drew a pistol from hi* pocket mid deliberately
loaded it in h* r pretence, for the purpose if putting
his iliaOoiiCitl tonal in'o execution. Aftr having
charged ihe weapon very heavily, he stepped out of the
house aid told in- little sou. a lad about seven yar*
oi age, ihn be was going to kill his he boy’s) moth
er. lie instantly returned into ihtt nou-c, and disre
garding the entreaties of h s wile, held hei with on®
hand, and with the other discharged the contents of
the pistol through her body, the ball t nt. ring her abdo
men and coming out just above the hip. Deal the back
bon®. SSue lingered in great agony, until Thursday
mg .1, at 10 o’clock, when aha ex,*ntd. ‘The remain®
of Hie defeated were brought •<> tLi* place yesterday,
accompanied by a numbei of ihe cil X ns of Kerne.—
Three ml ml clnldr n are left to mourn the bos of a
fond and doa iug m ther. and deplore the errors of Ait
unnatural lutlier. Langford made no aih inpt to es
tape, and is now in jail aw ailing his trial.
TAX ON I LA AND COFFEE.
We notice that two ot the Representatives of Ufor
i pis. Messrs, Jon* s u and Lumpkin, voted in Congies-,
I ia I M win* ••niexpd e it to I y h tax on ‘Tea and Cut
fee. * V\ e have .ijw.i\s undei-lood that it was hti ea
seniiil it in in tut* t ilth ol the Southern Democracy to
oppose the dorlrpiM ol a prolcch t TANARUS ill! Vet the
T .nil us ’46 admitted th® principle of proiection o lar
us Sugar, Salt. Iron, and several oh* r hr l l. lea an* cart
cerne i! For doubting the pure democracy of said
tariff, we have been ve y severely censured by sums of
our democratic friends, and have *®n been fxfo.mnu*
tncaleJ Irom the party lor giving np.i Ssion to uur
douhis on the ► übjevll On the other ngm!, we have
ud nc.ited ihe tax on ‘Tea and LuiTe, irpcauie the prm
cipl® ol protection was not thereby surrender'd.
much t r out onia<ency in iel n-m to these mailers,
T.o s ‘ things being so, it poizi a h to discover why
our U pre>entativ a al'ires-mJ, good and m crai® ®s they
ar*, hll ‘Uld not nnlv place Ho rn eLes in oj position to
ihtt principle of protection, in the vine recently given,
n.at il w.is im xp'dieu t< lay u t*x on lea and Coff
—trvlt also pl.n e tin io-eives in opposition’ to the Tre*-
ideni nml his Secretary of ihe I “asyry, by said vole!
I thus appears that i democratic Representative *n
C nig V* s may, with perfect impunity Torn parly cen
sure, do that which an luucpi-ndeiil Editor ol a demo
cratio print may (lot dare in do, without making him*
s If ohuoiiou® to the righ eou* |iioign®lioii ol aellcoO
a ituied pi ty leaders and their aa eiloe* ! Will siuno
One learned in the myslenea <*| |nl lies pleat*® ini ‘.m
us why it is that **saiare for the a “'®” •
•sauce lor the gsuder I” We pans® r reply-
Mute ogre Democrat,
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