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The Muscogee Democrat,
AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER.
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Vol. 111.
JJEfocirEswffi.
Young Spring is Coming.
* Old winter’ is going away, alack!
How icy and cold he's been,
But a pretty young maidTie’ll meet in his track.
And she'll curtsy and smile till he turns his back ;
For she’ll frighten him off with a wonderful knack ;
This maiden will soon be seen.
This pretty young maiden whose name is Spring,
Is full of mirth and glee.
She causes the birds to stretch the wing,
And leaves to put out under which they sing,
And opens the buds the flowers to bring—
A sweet little maid is she.
Young Spring is a frolicsome girl I wot,
Too full of her fun for me,”
Said Winter, “ she tears the clothes from my back,
And causes the streamlet’s prison to crack,
And dries up the paths and the slippery track,
So romping and playful is she.”
Young Spring comes on with a beautiful grace,
But not very shy is she;
For she cracks her jokes in old W inter's face,
And kisses his cheek as he flies apace,
While she melts the tears ill his sturdy face—
A pert young lass is she.
She brings the latest fashions along—
A gay little miss is she,
She passes amid the admiring throng.
And touches the loveliest notes of song.
Hut gay as she is, she's never thought wrong,
For she’s clothed in nature's array.
This sweet little girl—when she travels forth —
So pretty a maiden is she,
The tolks all leave their winter hearth,
And sally forth with a cheerful laugh,
For she strews pretty flowers along their path—
A bountiful maiden is she.
Tiiis Spring is a coquetting giri. 1 fear.
For her lovers are many 1 see;
Slit- kisses their cheeks and dries up their tear*,
And makes an end of their chilling fears
While they pour in their love to her listening ears,
But engaged to be married is she !
Young Spring intends, when old Winter’s atar.
Young Summer’s wife to he ;
Was there ever wedded so pretty a pair ?
For he is so rich and she is so lair!
And a joyous wedding they’ll prepare,
And there's an invitation lor me.
From Peterson's Magazine, for April.
Til K HONEYSUCKLK PORCH.
T.Y EMILY It. MAY.
‘ Wlr.it a beautiful creature ! ’ exclaimed Fred.
Hanson to his fellow traveller, as they entered
the village street ol .
‘ Where / ’
•In yonder honeysuckle porch—in that little’
Cottage. Alt 1 she sees we are talking of her,
a.nd is retiring within doors.’
‘Take care that Miss Mcllvaine does not hear
vnur eulogiunts on this rustic beauty, or she will i
be jealous of you.’ i
‘Pshaw!’ said our hero, turning away as if
the subject annoyed him.
Young Hanson had been engaged from child
hood to the daughter and sole heiress of the rich
Mr. Mcllvaine, of . The mutch was set
tled by the parents, when the objects of it were
yet children; and Fred. Hanson, having now
grown to manhood, was oil his journey to woo ;
and wed, in due form, his plighted mistrees.—
The task, however, was not altogether to his j
taste ; tor lie disliked having his freedom of j
choice controlled ; and he would probably have
rebelled altogether, had it not been for the large
fortune of the bride, a prize which he was already
worldly enough to desire.
‘ It will be terribly dull, Charley,’ he said to
his most intimate friend, ‘as this formal court
ship always is. 1 know Miss Mcllvaine is pret- I
ty, and if they had only let me alone, I might
have fallen in love with her ; but [ confess that j
now, the utmost 1 can do will be to adore her a
la mode?— that is, be fashionably indifferent to !
my rich wife. \Ve shall no doubt each have a ]
carriage ; she will go to balls, and 1 to the club, j
Faith ! won’t we be happy ? You positively
must come along with me, or I shall die of en.
nui during the six weeks appointed for the love. !
making.’
On these terms his friend had accompanied j
our hero down to . They found Miss Me- i
Ilvainc even prettier than she had been repre- ;
sented. She met her lover with a very becom
ing blush, hut did not the less neglect her duty of i
entertaining him and his friend. She had been
fashionably educated, and was a skillful musician,
so that the evening passed agreeably ; and the
young men retired very well pleased with their
flair hostess.
The next day, however, after an hour spent in
tho drawing-room, where Miss Mcllvaine ap
peared in the prettiest of morning dresses, our
hero rose on pretence of seeing the village.—
When the two young men had left the house, he
said to his companion—
‘And what do you think of Miss Mcllvaine ?’ !
1 She is a charming girl,’ was the reply. ‘So
lady-likc, go distinguished in her style of dress, j
so accomplished.’
‘So cold, so formal, so machine-likc, I say,’j
retorted our hero.
‘ Persevere, man,’ cried his friend. ‘ Can't j
you see she is just what the wife of a man of j
fashion ought to he ? What you call formality
is dignity, your coldness is a proper reserve, and
as for being a machine, all properly educated i
young ladies are more or less so.’
‘ Well, then, I don’t believe in that sort of ed- j
ucation. Give mo a woman who is not afraid
to show the natural impulses of her heart; and
not one whose soul has been cramped from
childhood by a false system of instruction. For
my part, 1 am going to get introduced to that
pretty little girl I saw yesterday; she has a face
full of sentiment.’
‘You arc too hasty in forming your conelu.
sioni.’
‘And I'll bet my analysis of Miss Mcllvaine’s
character is the correct one.”
Tho two friends parted, our hero continuing
hi* walk down the street, and his friend stopping
MUSCOGEE DEMOCRAT,
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at the Post Office to write a letter. They did not
rejoin each other until the dinner hour. The
evening passed like the former one. In the
morning, the two friends again walked out to
gether.
‘ 1 am going to fish,’ said our hero, ‘ there nre
some line trout in the stream. Will you take a
rod too ? ’
‘ No, I never fish,’ said his friend. I will
saunter down to the hotel, and see if 1 can pick
up any news.’
A week passed in this manner, the two friends
scarcely ever passing a morning together. At
the end of that time our hero was asked by his
friend if he had made the acquaintance of the
‘ rural beauty at the honeysuckle cottage,’ little
suspecting that the answer would be, as it proved,
in the affirmative.
‘ Indeed ! and do you admire her mind as much
las her lace ? Pray, what did she talk about !
] —pigs, cows, the price of cheese, and the secret
! of making good homespun, I suppose.’
‘ 1 have spent every morning there, under one
i pretext or another. She has a better stored
j mind than Miss Mcllvaine. The latter has
i skimmed over the most studies, but tho former
understands thoroughly every thing she has taken
! up. ‘l ou should hear her French along side of
Miss Mcllvaine’s.’
: ‘Her French—what! French in a cottage!
Think of her in the kitchen, her arms covered
with meal to the elbows, asking a servant for the
1 dredging box in French. It is too good! ’
j Our hero turned away with a scornful look,
and the conversation ceased for the present.
The liiet was, Hanson was in love, really, deep
ly in love, lor the first time in his life. Acci
: dent had favored his acquaintance with Rose
! Murray; for on the very first morning after his
! arrival, lie had met her in his walk, and had an
! opportunity of assisting her over a brook swollen
jby the late rains. This was sufficient tor a man
iof our hero’s tact and easy manners: he accom
; panied her home, and tho next day called again.
I He found her very intelligent, ami particularly
well read in poetry. Anew volume which lie
! had brought down with him, and which he insis-
I ted on lending her, gave him an excuse for call
! ing a third time; and titter that it seemed a mat-
I ter of course to spend his mornings at the cottage.
! At the end of the second w eek lie was irrevoca
bly in love; tor Rose was just the character to
fascinate him, being all naturalness, as her rival
was artificiality.
Yet there was, during all this time, a fierce
struggle going on in our hero’s mind. He hud
been brought up to do nothing, in expectation of
, an ample fortune; and in the world of ton where
i lie lived had imbibed an exaggerated notion of
! the importance of wealth. Rut his own fortune
; was inconsiderable, and if he married any other
i than an heiress, he would have to relv on his
; own labor for support. Love at last triumphed,
! however; and he laid his heart at the feet of
Rose. Rut how was he startled to meet a refu
| sal .1 She did not indeed, deny an allection for
1 him, but, as she now learned for the first time
his situation, her reply was,
‘ Your family wish you to wed Miss Mcllvaine.
Forget me, then, for I will never marry where
my alliance L disdained.’
I his proud reply, while it increased his rc
j spect and love for R.osc, drove him to despair,
; the more as he found it impossible to shake her
1 purpose. He went hack to the hall gloomy and
; dejected. Rut when he got there, lie found eve
-1 ry tiling in confusion ; and the master of the
house raging for fleet horses. Miss Mcllvaine
had eloped with our hero’s friend.
The information tilled our hero with joy.
‘ Rose can now lie mine, for I shall have no
difficulty in obtaining tlie consent of my family.
I little fancied Charley was cutting me out:
i however, I am so happy now, that I can forgive
j the treachery of my friend.’
Rose and our hero trcrc married, and her new
; relatives were charmed with iier. Since then,
; years have passed, and she stiil continues to win
love and admiration everywhere.- liven in the
world of ton, the parties of the cidnant Miss
Mcllvaine are considered less rcchcrchc than
those of our sweet Rose.
Translated for tie Boston
A YOUNG AND RICH WIDOW.
The racy editor of tlie Courier des Flats Unis,
in alluding to the various charities in favor of the
sufferers by the Loire inundation, in France,
relates the following anecdote of a certain rich
widow at the time of a similar inundation of the
river Ritone :
There was in a city near Lyons, a widow, re
maining of the very tew of that class since the
men seem to prefer second, hand wives—a widow
of ‘do, handsome enough to dispense with a for
tune, and rich enough to do without beauty. Her;
first husband was just such a one as a second one
would wish; one of those husbands that are not
made to intimidate their successors, and \\ ho are ;
advantageously replaced in second marriage,
when there is the least value in the new spouse.
He had lighted the torch of hymen at 59 years, j
and extinguished it at GU. Jiis whole merit eon- :
sistod in having lasted but a little while and dy- i
ing in season, leaving to his wifi.*, as a compen- j
sation, 30,000 francs income. At this price, his j
wrongs wore easily pardoned, with his sour loin- ;
per, jealousy, and other defects of age and char
acter! 1 leave you to imagine, if a widow thus
endowed, was surrounded with sighing lovers !
All that tlie city comprised of marriageable
young men were inscribed in her books, to ob
tain the estate of the defunct spouse. Each one
displayed to the best, his graces, wit and fortune
—in line, all that could give hiuq a value in the ’
estimation of the widow. For discretion’s sake
we shall name her Mdtne. Danville—and here
we may state, that, before the end of her mourn
ing, she had announced her positive intention of
re-marrying. Her hipt marriage had been in
obedience to tho chofuc of her family ; now that
she was free and mistress of her hand, she was
determined to have a brilliant revenge. Site at
first conceived the idea of marry ing at Paris, I
whore she could chouse from a larger field; but
important interests connected with Iter prnpnrtv, 1
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COLUMBUS, Georgia, TSiursday April 22, 1847.
decided Iter on remaining in the provinces. The
defunct was a rich manufacturer, and the widow’s
fortune was in merchandise and commercial pa
; per, the product of which was certain, but time
i was necessary to realize it. Mine. Danville
; therefore resigned herself to await the prudent
; settlement of her husband’s atliiirs, which would
i require two years.
But the w idow’s sagacity, exhausted by the
accomplishment of this resolution, succumbed to
the idea of waiting two years before renewing
j the bonds of hymen. Already had her spring
i blossomed unfavorably; must she still pass in
| isolation of the best years of youth? When
; such reflections seize a woman’s thoughts, tin
course site will take is not doubtful. Consequent
; ly, tlie aspirants to her hand and fortune, for a
; moment disdained, were anew admitted to pre
; sent their titles. Tlie beautiful widow had her
court; site beheld herself besieged with ardent
vows, tender prayers, homage and flattery of
every degree, all of w hich left her indifferent,
until, one day, a serpent crept among the flowers.
The serpent —thus allegorically named—was
a certain cldcran! young man, in a good state of
preservation, but still no longer young. No one
knew precisely his age, but lie had passed forty,
a fatal epoch for fascinating charmers. But, by
a happy exception, our hero remained in active
service, thanks to his skill at tlie game. <• al
ia nt sos this sort are very dangerous, being treat
ed as of little consequence, and thus they make
headway in their captivating art, till it is too late
to arrest them. This was the ease of Mr. Leon,
aid ; his rivals neglected to obstruct his path, the
widow at first lent but little attention to his ad
dresses, and so he fortified himself in his tutelary
position. Endowed with a patience to endure
every test, and possessing tlie resources furnished
by long practice, he jjtiew how to profit by all
the advantages of the case; armed with a caustic
i wit, skilful in ridicule, he had tlie art of stigmati
zing and ruining prospects of all his competitors.
In fine, lie remained, alone on the battle field,
until the fair widow could not dispense with no
ticing him,
! The first success, skilfully managed, was soon
to. conduct to a complete victory. The ridevant
young man knew, by force of borrowing from art,
the means of indefinitely prolonging his youth.
Appearances militated in his favor. A widow
ought not to have been taken in thereby, but
Mine. Danvjllc was Derfoetiv artless, and was
i not sufficiently experienced to distinguish truth
j from fiction. She listened to the vows of her
{superannuated lover, and granted him her hand.
Thus, for a second time, the beautiful widow
was about to become the dupe and victim of a
badly assorted marriage, and her fatal destiny
was on tlie point of bring completed, when the
inundation came to hejr aid.
‘ It must be said, that M. Leonard lodged in
I Mine. Danville’s house. This house, situated
} at the extremity of the faubourg, was distributed
as follows;—on the ground floor were ware
houses of merchandise, which represented in
! part, the widow’s fortune—the floor above was
’ occupied by the lady and one of iter relatives,
who was to return from tho country on the mor
row, to be present at tlie marriage, above was
M.-Leonard’s apartment, and in the attic a young
artist, w hom the widow hardly noticed, a painter,
too tim’d, reserved and poor, to dare betray the
secret thougids that devoured him.
it was the day before the marriage fixed upon.
On that day the Rhone overflowed and filled tlie
city—but tlie water was as yet hardly a foot
deep, and (livers signs indicating its subsiding,
disquietude was allayed. The future couple
: passed the evening in :t tctr-a-lelr, Mine. Dan
ube working at her embroidery, and M. Leon
ard reading aloud a novel—m itlier suspecting
that during those peaceful hours tlie scourge in
stead of retiring was making rapid progress.
I he tr'r.a-lelc terminated earlier than usual, for
the solemnity oi the morrow required some
thought and preparation. Having gained his
chamber, tho conqueror gave vent in Ids solitude
to excess ol joy at his triumph. He complimen
ted liimseit before the glass, all the while arrang
ing his night toilet which, in a great measure,
destroyed the fragile edifice of ids deceptive’ 1
charms, iiis skilful lies were about to receive
their recompense in a charming wife and elegant
fortune. Gently lulled Ly litis happiness almost
in hand, the quadragenary sedurteur had put <jn
his night gown, w hen suddenly lie heard a knock-;
ing nt. it is door.
‘\\ho is there ? ’ lie asked w ith surprise.
‘l,’ answered Mme. Danville, ‘open quickly,
I entreat you.’
He opened. Tho handsome widow - rushed
in, in a disordered state and exhibiting every
sign of affright.
‘ \\ hat then is it?’ as M. Leonard, complete-’
ly stupefied, ‘lias the house taken fire?’
‘ It is not lire but water! ’ replied Mme. Dan.
viile; tlie inundation is increasing; a while since
the water was nt the door; now it is already up
to the first story’. Fite water lias invaded’ ntv
apartment, and compelled me to ask fop an asv
ium with you.’ * i
Overwhelmed, and almost beside himself, M. 1
Leonard paced the chamber. Mine. Danville j
seated herself in an armchair, to the arm of w Inch j
was hanging a curve/. A moment after, carry-;
ing in despair his clenched hands to his head, j
displaced his niglit-cap, and exposed his scalp
almost denuded of Lair.
Astonished at this spectacle, the young widow, j
who, despite her trouble, had remarked the cor-;
set, now perceived upon the mantle.piece, a mag
nificent black w ig suspended to the branches of
a candelabra.
At this moment, tlie water reached this apart
ment and entered by the window. M. Leonard
cried for help in a pitiable voice. A boat, cott
dtic.tjjiJ.by an intrepid pilot, and containin g BCVIT- I
al persons arrested from death, halted before the
window.
‘lmpossible to take you both,’said tlie pilot.
‘All I can do is to take one of you.’
‘ Take me ! ’ exclaimed Leonard ; and he
leaped into the boat.
‘He saves himself and abandon* me 1 ’ said
Mine. Danville, ‘And that is the man I would !
espouse 1 ’
The water entered the room at n rush. Mme.
Danville took flight, mounted the staircase, and
knocked at tho attic story.
jThe young man that occupied this modest
njprtmcnt received her with an emotion of ter
ror and joy.
* I thought you out. of this house, and sheltered
from danger,’ he said, ‘otherwise, I should have
done every thing to save vou ; 1 fear it is now too
late.’
‘What do I behold ?’exclaimed Mine. Dan
ville, forgetting for a moment tlie peril, and re
garding with marked surprise her portrait in full
length, and of a perfect resemblance.
‘ 1 implore your pardon for my boldness, Mad
| arao,’ sail the young painter. ‘This portrait is
jmy work. 1 executed it in part from reniem
j brance, ad in part regarding you, for from my
j window Leonid at times see you. You never
raised your glance towards me, but mine was al
-1 ways beijf upon you. Allow me to open my
! soul entire at tiiis terrible moment. Near to
I death as xjje are, tlie heart lias uo secrets. Rich,
happy, adred as you are, 1 should never have
had the courage to avow a love which could hope
] tor no return. So great a happiness was not
intended for me, and now I am too well paid for
what I have suffered, since I am about to die
with you.’
The young man who thus spoke was eloquent
. with grace, passion, and melancholy resignation.
In listening to him and replying, Mine. Danville
felt spring up in her bosom a sentiment which
none other had hitherto inspired. The day
dawned, and a shout of joy spread through the
j city; tlie water was receding, the river had ex
hausted its strength and retired almost as rapidly
] as it had overflowed.
: -Mr. I Leonard then returned, and had the front
;to again speak of his marriage with the fair
widow.
‘ls it to come off to-day, as arranged ?’he
asked.
‘No,’ said she ; ‘I shall not marry till a fort
| night hence.’
j ‘ And why tiiis delay?’
j ‘ Because anew contract is to be made and
| tlie banns anew published. Scourges always
lead to reflection. The inundation has led me
j to estimate you, and the husband who will make
I my future happiness.’
! it necessary to add that Mine. Danville es
uousct! the young man of the attic chamber?
Thus we see, how the most serious disasters
may produce good results, and how inundations
may furnish alike formidable dramas and light
and smiling comedies.
Won i) eh ill Phenomenon.— The Baltimore
correspondent of the Charleston 1 News.’ thus
I describes a wonderful phenomenon which ap
peared at that place on the evening of the 7th
inst.:
4 A little after 10 o’clock there arose in tiie
northern horizon a very brilliant light, resemb
ling somewhat the reflection from a distant town
or city on fire. It increased in brilliancy and
gradually ascended, expanding ns it rose, until
the whole heavens were spanned by a luminous
arch, very much resembling a magnificent rain
bow. This luminous arch stretched athwart
the vaulted, star-spangled heavens from north
west to southeast, gradually moving towards the
southwest. It continued so to move until about
11 o'clock, when it finally disappeared, leaving
the dome of night studded with myriads of stars.
While in its meridian splendor, though no moon
i was shining, the earth was lighted up brilliant
ly, as if a dozen moons had been suspended above
ns. The belt, as it appeared to the naked eye,
seem’d to he some twenty feet wide and as.
! sunn'll a serpentine form. ft was (though a
thnusind times more brilliant) not unlike the
! tail o’ an immense comet. After its final evap.
i oratiui or disappearance, there was visible an
j nnusial number ot meteors or shooting stats
| w him flew thick and fast in every direction.—
1 Someof the credulous and unphilosophicnl who]
j were spectators to this grand phenomenon, sup-’
poseditto lie ominous of tin impending and fear
] ful cnastropho—perhaps tiie ‘wreck of mother!
I earth and the crush of worlds.’ The scene j
| was oie of sublime grandeur and inspired the
! mind vith high admiration ofthc wonderful and
j myste'ious works of Nature’s Great Architect.
I Tho odest inhabitants do not remember having.]
seen tie like before—some looked upon it as
forohiding the end of the world ; these were
Milletites: others believed it as indicative of
bad firtune to our armies in Mexico. For inv
own pirt, had 1 time, f could solve the whole
mystcy upon philosophical principles. It. is,
what tas been in other times and what will np- ]
pear ajain when the same natural causes con
spire b produce it. Many were alarmed and !
though that the final clay of Adjustment was at i
! hand. It is now 12 o’clock, arid I am looking!
out tqn the clear blue heavens, while bright
jsentinds of night are twinkling like diamonds:
set in an ebon throne.’
II K-Rv Clay, Jk. — The Editor of the Au
gusta Constitutionalist, in alluding to the fallen
heroes of Ruena Vista, has the following :
“ There was another, whose very name awa
kens a thrill of emotion and enthusiasm, from j
one ond of the Union to the other. The name I
of Henry Clay is a spell that has charmed into ]
admiration millions of •American hearts. It is |
identified with all the great events in our coun- j
try’s history for the last forty years—it has shone
bright among the brightest in the guluxy of great
names —and it has shone on undimmed by dis
honor—unsuspected of want of devotion to his
country. Men have differed from his opinions,
but no generous mind ever doubted that his ar.
(lent nature was imbued with the soul of patriot
ism. Ilis voice has often rung like a clarion
through our laud, in his country's cause, when
foreign aggression culled for rebuke. It roused
up tlie chivalry of her sons, and prepared the
freriinf tf* peopfo for wits, when insult and
i outrage were perpetrated upon cur flag. That
| voice, still rich and musical as when it charmed
! a listening Senate and crowded galleries, lias
I heen recently heard to regret, that age had so
| far enfeebled his arms as to prevent its %eing.
j raised in this war against Mexico, ‘•to avenge the
Mi-wrongs of his country.’
Many have been the offerings that he has laid
upon the altar of his country—the last is that of
j his son. Paternal influence might, possibly, had
jit been exerted, have deterred him. But such
were not the lessons taught beneath jhe rural
shades of Ashland. Colonel Clay inherited a
spirit eager for his country’s service, and worthy
of his illustrious sire. He was among the first
ot the gallant hand that went forth from the great
valley, to obey their country’s call, and was,
alas! among the first to seal his patriotism with
his life’s blood, (been be the turf over the
graves of the fallen heroes of that well fought
field, and long be. their memories cherished by a
! grateful people.
“There is a tear for all that die,
A mourner o'er the humblest grave.
But a nation swells their funeral c.rv
And triumph weeps above the brave.”
’ j Lr.TTrfrom Gex. Taylor to the 11 ox.
i llf.xky Clay. —The following letter from Gen.
j Taylor to Mr. day we find in the ‘Lexington
! Observer.’ The lioro of Buena Vista, though
! always ‘ ready,’ is not always ‘ rough,’ as the
warm sentiments and beautiful language of this
’ epistle sufficiently show.
Hf vdsjuartfrs, Army of 00-ttatiov. )
Acre a Nceva, Mexico. March 1. 107. \
! Mi/ /fear Sir: \ou w ill no doubt have re.
I ceivcd before this can reach you the deeply dis
tressing intelligence of the death of your son in
; the battle of Buena Vista. It is with no wish
of intruding upon the sanctuary of parental sor
! row, and w ith no hope ot'administering any con-
I solution to your wounded heart, that 1 have taken
the liberty of addressing you these few lines ; but
I have felt it a duty w hich 1 owe to the memory
t of the distinguished dead, to pay a willing tribute
* to his many excellent qualities, and while my
feelings are still fresh, to express the desolation
I I w hich iiis untimely less and that of other kindred
: ! spirits has occasioned.
| I had but a casual acquaintance with your
‘ son, until he became (or a time a member of my’
’ , military family, and I can truly say that no one
j ever won more rapidly upon tny regard, or os* 1
tablished a more lasting claim to mv respect and
I esteem. Manly and honorable in every impulse,
with no feeling but tor the honor of the service
j and of the country, lie gave, even - assurance that
i in the hour ol need 1 could lean with confidence
upon his support. Nor was I disappointed.
I Under the guidance of himself and the
McKee, gallantly did the sons of Kentucky in
the thickest of the strife, uphold the honor oi’ the
’ State and the country.
A grateful people will do justice to the memo
,ry of those who fell on that eventful day. But 1
I may he permitted to express the bereavement
which 1 feel iii the loss of valued fiiemTV.'XTo
I your son 1 tbit hound by the strongest ties of-pri.
veto regard, and when 1 miss his familiar fare’
and those of ,\i ;Kee and Hardin, I can sa\ with
; truth, that 1 feel no exultation in our success.
With the < xpiession if my deepest and most
heartfelt sympathies for your irreparable loss, 1
: remain, Your friend, *
Z. TAYLOR.
[foil. Henry Clay, New-Orleans. La.
! GEN. TAYLOR—.MEXICAN BANDITTI,
j The follow ing letter of Gen. Taylor refers to
the depredations committed by the Mexican bnn
! ditti on the private and public property on the
route from Camargo to Monterey, and explains
the course which he intends to pursue in regard
i to these outrages :
I The (!rncral-in- ('hi I"of the A mericin Farce? to the In
i habitants of TamauUpas, .View Leon and ('nahvila.
When the American troops first crossed the
frontier, and entered the above Stales, ii was
with the intention, and publicly declared to you,
; of making war, not upon the peaceful citizens of,
! the soil, but upon the central government of the
Republic, with a view to obtain an earb and an
honorable peace.
The undersigned was authorized by his Gov
ernment to levy contributions upon the people for ;
the support of his army : but, unwilling to throw
the heavy bmthen of the war upon those who,
with few exceptions manifested n neutral disposi
tion, he has continued from the first to pav punc
fnally and liberally fa all supplies drawn fruu
the country for the. support < f his troops.
Ho has used every effort to cause the war to
bear lightly upon the people of these Slates, and
he had hoped, by this means, to retain their con
fidence and to insure their neutrality in the strife
between his Government and that of Mexico, but ;
he regrets to say that his kitulncss has not been
appreciated, but lias been met by acts of hostility
and plunder. The citizens of the country, in
stead of pursuing their avocations quietly at home
have, in armed bands, waylaid the roads, and
under the direction and with the support of Gov.
eminent troops, have destroyed trains, and mur
dered drivers, under circumstances of atrocity
which disgrace humanity.
The lives of those who were thus wantonly put
to death, canin';! be restored ; but the undersign
ed requires from the people of Urn country an in
demnification for the lo t- tislained by the do.
struction of the trains and the pillage of tl it
contents. To that end an estimate will bt n ...!,
by the proper officers, of the entire ins*, and this
loss must be made good, either in money or in
the products of the country by the coinrumiuv at
large, of the States of Tamaulipas, New Leon,
and Coahuilu, oach district or juzgado, pay ii g its
just proportion.
It is expected that the rich will bear their full
share. And the undersigned call- ‘’'-nod
citizens to remain absolutely non -A"’
no countenance to the hands w ’1 Pg
country for the purpose of murder aim piilageGlt v
is his anxious desire to continue the same policy I
as heretofore; and ho trusts that the coins’ of j
the citizens will enable him to do so.
Z. TAYLOR, Maj. Gen. U. R A 1
TTcid Quarters, Mentarev, Msr h ‘< 1. toj 7
Book & Job Printing Office.’ ! ’
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By Andrews & Griswold,
corner of Randolph and Broad streets, (up-stair ) ■
PLAIN and SJPaisEIcPRINTING,
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such as Bill Heads, Post Bills, Handbills, Circulars.
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Cards, Pamphlets, Cheeks, Bills 0 y Lading, Bills
of Exchange, Miny.tr.it'. and Blanks of every *
description,
executed in the neatest stvlf of the Art, in various colored
Inks, or in gold, silver and Bronze,
T7* at the very lowest rates. /-fl
b'rnrm the N. O. Delta .
THE ATOCIIA AND YUCATAN FOLr.yjW>
A commission of lunacy shoo'-Tbe taikon-oat.
against our Exec-.! vat’ undertakes
•o enter into negotiations with me Mexican
Government, or any of its States or people.
The facility vviih which the innocent old gen
tlemen in Washington are led by the nose by
Mexican negotiators, is really alarming. The
first great folly of treating with Santa Anna,
and r letting him return to Mexico, to organize
the Mexican army, for a more effective resist
ance to our arms, has been followed by several
minor follies; all, however, detrimental to the
interests, and discreditable to the sagacity and
dignity of our government. Not to allude, to
other blundering embassies and overtures made
by our Executive, we come down to the folly of
picking up a renegade Mexican, or South Amer
ican, in the streets ot New A ork, and investing
him with the high dignity and responsibility of
an American plenipotentiary. Senor Atocha is
well known here, and his sudden elevation is
regarded by his old acquaintances as utterly in
; credible. i'lmt mii humble member of tl'.n
j night-watch ot the First Municipality should
suddenly, without any previous exhibitions ot
| superior talent and character, rise to the lofty
! dignity of embodying, as n. representative to a
\ foreign nation, the power and grandeur of the
United States, with right to dispose of lifted!
I millions of dollars, and to negotiate a treaty and
terminate a war between two great Republics*,
is the most encouraging example of sudden rise,
which our history, abounding as it does in simi
lar proofs of the elevating tendency of our i:..
| stitutions, lias yet afforded. But it is not in
this view that Atooha’s mission excites in this
. city and elsewhere “Such unbounded astonish
ment and mortification. Had Mr. Buchannc,
:to whom we attribute this piece-of unparalleled
verdancy, desired t.> select out of our twenty
. million,-: of people, a messenger to the Mexican
j Republic, whose character, position, and past
| relations, would excite in the mine’s of the whole
Moyiinrh people anil of their Government, the
j psyilitind contempt and indignation, he could
‘ -not have done better than he did in selecting
jtxcnor Atocha. A long .residence iujffexien. e.
profitable toq.dyj.sm to.Skuta Anna,- 5 .
j ev-bag lie carried to the cock-pits'urqqaeßtrd
1 by his Excellency, an extensivejtshaving and*’
• pawn broke rage in a -mall ’ ‘■'■ay 1 , in'addition to
i petty intrigues, all terminating rti rendering him
t So obnoxious to the to suggest the
of his leaving the country, are the
qtiwfmcatlOTVS’ -of-iis'e individual.selected bv cair
(lovernment to bear the olive brsvri’ch: to the
Mexican Government. On.jrhat grot'” this
; choice was made we are loss to discover.
I It certainly could not have been made because
oi any scarcity oEgapable men aniong*f!ie thous
j ands ol our cjtizcn.^wlio are always ready to
lili with honor Tny pui^: offices Jlly* eompiete
ffailure of this missidn','-ahduim*.
{Strained indignation and coiU'emnt exhibited bv
: liieltlexicans towards Senor Atocha. sufficient
ly dt-ißn)strata Ujo .weakness and folly of this
, appointment.
! Blunder number two is fully equal to number
|or re. The reception jj£’ -Don Jose Robira, bv
jour Government, as ‘the accredited agent and
I representative of tin* Hoi disaut independent
I Mate of r-mjssuin, and the release ot prizes ta*
k"ii by our ifrhy, on the ground that they lie.
j longed to the citizens of that State, is one of the
most incomprehensible and inexcusable follies
; ever committed by any government. The whoio
■ affair was a most ludicrous farce, in which Un
: clc Sam is made to act tiie character of booby
!to a halt dozen tricksters and jugglers. Anxious
to continue their profitable business with the
I luted Slates, especially at this time, when ail
the other Mexican ports were closed, the cun
ning A ucatccos got up a pretended pronuncia
mento, declaring their.separation from the Mex
ican Republic, and their determination to do
business on their own hook. Such appeared
to be tiie character of the revolution in the pa
pris—whether it had any other or a real exis
tence, we have never yet learned. The object
ot this revolution was very evident: they wished
to preserve their commerce with this port, and
to save their vessels from our squadron. Don
•lose Robira was selected to carry out this in
trigue, and hood-wink tiie wise heads at Wash,
ington. Accordingly lie came on here, got let
ters tor U ashington, and received the imprima
tur ol the State o| Louisiana, by being invited
to sit on the right hand of the Speaker, or in
some other elevated position—a most gratui
tons, unusual and foolish concession ! His suc
cess in the capital exceeded his expectations.
1 he independence of Yucatan is recognized,
the ships seized by r-ur fleet and under custody
ot law, are released, Don Jose Robira is n<~.
knowfodgod as a Minister, and what is of more
advantage to him, receives passports tor Yuca
tan vessels, goe*, to New York, ships several
valuable cargoes for . Cotnpeachy and Merida,
which will, of course, bo permitted to pass
through our squadron, and when they are safe
••tit of New Y’ork. the news arrives that it is all
uinbug, that Yucatan i< still a portion of the
Republic of Mexico, devoted to the cause ot
s,anta Anna, and contributing her quota to the
continuance ofiiio war with tiie United States.
Thus is our Government made to afford aid and
nfoi t to the enemy, Mini whm is scarcely less
neoifying, to give them just grounds for exulta
tion over our simplicity and credulity. Y\ e have
a hi spicion that this whole intrigue originated
jo New Orle s, and that the chief means of
enn ( (big 1 were concocted hero. A verv
iittlersugaeb. -prudence would, however, have
oiMteb the Government from this gull.trap.
Thi—“*w.s an obvious impropriety in our Gov.
reeegnrrng * State upon o small a
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