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FEJIALE LITE IV EAR IS.
DV MRS. GORE.
The Poor .Van’s Wife.
If Paris is the El Dorado of the frivol
olls if ~ is the Paradise of the rich and
the beautiful, and a boundless field of
eiipiyment for the weak and vain, who
deln r ht in an atmosphere of flattery and
homage, it is, at the same time, the scene
of much intense suffering and privation,
of illation and anguish, of bitter trials
and tests for tlie. upwright-gentlewoman
who has giver, her hand and heart without
regard lolhe jtfecuniary moans of the ob
ject of her choice, whose il!■ requited
•avocations are necessarily pursued in
Paris. In the country, a married couple
in indifferent circumstances have at least
air, light flowery, an i cheap necessa
ries of existence—in Paris, the devoted
wife of a poor man must struggle for
comfort in darkness and unwholesome
atmospheres, denying her-elf all the en
joyments of hie to which sis may have
been accustomed under the pateinal loot,
and seeking happiness solely in the dis
charge of hr r small household dutu s.
Let us endeavour to picluic such jut i
sienne.
She is a lady by birth, education, and
early habit. Diiven by (be circum
scribed income of her husband to dispense
with a servant, excepting The occasional
femme de peire, site cheerfully takes upon
"herself all the menial offices which must
he discharged, quite satisfied if her zeal
elicits one smile of approbation from him
who p ossesses her entire affection. At
the eai 1 v hour w.ien study shop hoys
begin to remove the shutters from their
master*’ sliops, and the milk wotfian in
stalls herself, with her ephemera! estab
lishment, at the corner of some street, —
w hen the pails of the city most remarka
ble for mid day bustle are as sdent as the
hiuh street of a country town, the gentle
manager c, so plainly dressed that noth
intr but her graceful demeanour, and the
sweet smile that lightens her placid conn
tenance, distinguish her from the grisettes
who ai e equally abroad, glides along
the pavement on her way to matket. She
canies a basket before her: the basket
that is to contain the modest repast of
’ assistant wTioAvTTi ! G v ie~Se£sVt iV TTd|Ve"’)
ut some future day enjoy the eminence for
which he now toils upon a pittance.
Passing hv the various stalls which of
fer provisions at a [trice beyond her
means, or where rude looks promise but
little welcome to her custom, the Pari
sienne readies the shops where she is in
the habit of making her market, and soon
completes her purchases. The fat green
grocer’s wife sees that her basket is hea
vier than usual, and cannot endure that
the delicate arm of the punctual lady
customer should he encumbered by its
weight. Some little boy or girl is al
ways lounging about, and the. services
of one or the oilier are put into immedi
ate requisition. There is among the low
er— we should write, the humble—clas
ses of ihe people an instinctive respect
for ail that is pure and worthy. They
feel that persons of good birth and con
nexion have a claim to better fortune,
and their generousity prompts them to an
effort to make tire former forgot that pov
erty nearly levels all distinctions.
Smiling her thanks to the little attend
ant, who has trotted at her heels with the
day's provision*, the managere runs up
to her fourth story, hastily crosses the
dining room and the little drawing-room,
and stops at the further door of the latter
with a sad and disappointed look. ‘Tie
is gone aireadv! she exclaims. But she
loods around—she sees that the breakfast
she hud prepared against her husband's
awaking has been eaten —that he has
put on all the warm clothes she had laid
cut for him—and by the smouldering
•embers in the grate, it is obvious that the
fire ;had sparkled joyously while he ate.
Her heart lightened by these assurances,
the young wife tak s off her bonnet and
shawl, and puls on her apron—the badge
of the humble and somewhat painful of
fice she then assumes—painful because,
in the humbler dwellings in Baris, the du
ties of the cuisine are performed under
gregt disadvantages. An hour is passed
amidst vegetables, raw meals, end the
usual et ceteras of culinary preparation;
end she then divests herself of her apron,
and, with a sign, snatches a hasty break
fast. This over, she proceeds to make
her little dwelling tidy. With a small
feather broom in her hand, she arranges,
and re-arranges; she delicately' removes
the dust from the articles she loves best
—souvenirs of lier days of courtship—
and she is not inattentive to the little ar
ticles of furniture contributed to the com
mon struck by her attached husband. —
There are all ins bachelor goods —the
little' bureau, al which he wrote such
tender billets—the looking-glass, which
he consulted with fear and trembling,
asking himself if n student of so severe an
aspect could possibly find favor in the eyes
of a loveable girl—there are his pistols,his
pipe, the weapons of a vanrien . deposited
for ever in a corner, whence he has sworn
not to remove them. They are love's
trophies —the spoil of a noble moral con
quest. Wi h what honest triumph our
mnnegrre smiles upon these proofs of her
power!
All is at length in order— the windows
that had been thrown open at the com
mencement of operations to b-l in a little
fresh air are now car-rfu:ly c! osed the
w lute dimity curtains gracefully looped
up: the bed" having been made, a pretry
coverlid is throw n ovet it, tne cuaiis are
put in their places, the fire re kindled—
ami the vo mg housekeeper conscien
tiously sets about her own toilet.
Bhe personal transformation is rapid,
but complete. Trie morning cap cast
aside, the rich tresses of our heroine float
over her shoulders, and aie quickly gath
thereci by her skilful hand, and either ar
ranged in ringlets or disposed in ban
deaux. In a few minute*, her coiffure
looks as if its owner had just left the
hands of an adroit hair dresser—and the
nst of her person soon undergoes a
similar metamorphosis. Her well turned
figure, invisible under the capacious
morning cloak, is now encased, without
being confined, in a corset of undeniable
rnanufactuie —a dress of inexpenssive |
stuff, made by her own fair bands, is •
quickly put on without tße doubtful aid I
of a femme dechambre —and wiih a slight
handkerchief around her neck, a silk
apron, and a pair of mittens, behold the
ihe menage re as dignified as a duchess,
and as piquante as a grisetle, prepared to
receive any company that cares to visit
her.
Casting one satisfied glance at her mir
ror, she now sits to her work-table, and
the busy fingers are soon industriously
plying. We will not ask what agreea
ble task engages her attention; il may he
she is trimnujpg a bonnet which she is to
wear in the evening on a visit with her
husband to some common friend, or possi
bly the hou*ehuld linen demands repair
—or she may be embroidering a gay for
age cap for him she loves best—>r a plea
sing future may tax her skill in the con
struction of minute articles of apparel
who knows? A ring al the boil startles
menace re —she opens lue door, auu
two of her old school-fellows enter; an
h mr is then passed in cheerful chat with
these visitors, albeit they sometimes haz
ard an invidious remark.and unintention
ally Wound their Fiend’s feelings by
ca re less comparisons.
Well, the school.fellows are gone; the
dinner hour approaches; the pat an feu
must be looked to. tlie cloth laid, .and
everything so well advanced that the w ife
may be able (ogive all her time in the
evening to her w ell beloved. There must
be nothing left undone, lest lie be re
minded by the nej,le> t that the fair Pari
sienne has no help-meet. She would not
have his struggles onward embittered by
the feeling that she is at once bis wife,
his servant, his laundress, his conk, fus
sempstress. She has given up reading,
drawing all, in short, of her little pas
i . • e _ ... 1 *.
appropriated to the sovereign of her alike
lions—but it would wound bis pride, .site
thinks, were lie to know what sacrifices
are the result of her devotion.
It is dinner time, and the young bus
hand is home for the evening. The anx
ious eye of his fair minister scrutinizes
his care-worn countenance, to ascertain
if any accidental omissions on her part
have given him ground of dissatisfaction;
and great is her delight as one kind smile
and a kiss imprinted on her forehead de
note at once his approbation and hisgrau’-
tude. The meal, humble as it is, \ ields
its quota of delight; it is as much an in
tellectual as a physical luxury. And
when, drawing their chairs nearer the
fire, and another log is cast upon the little
pile, the husband draws a free admission
for one of the theatres from his pocket, and
asks his w ife if she will leave their warm
habitation, and pass two or three hours
wjth Bouflb or Rose Cheri, a moment’s
hesitation suffice to negative the proposi
lion. The room is warm—the east wind
blows keenly—the streets aie wet and
muddy—they are so comfortable at home
—and there are so many ways of getting ;
through the evening. There is the piano,
anti the new book* they are to read togeth
er, and, above all there is that work
on which he is engaged, and on the suu
cess of w hich his future renown and pros
perity aie to depen 1. And with these
the evening glides away. * * *
The logs are consumed, and a few
ashes are the only evidences of the once
blazing hearth —the conversation relaxes
—the carriages have eea*ed to roll
through the sheet—the little clock on tiic
chiffonier announces midnight. “It is
late,’’ says the young husband. The
managere repeats tne remark, and in a
few minutes the lamp is out, and ail is
silence.
[From thie \. O. Picayune, 10th inst.]
Latest from Mexico.
We are indebted to the editors of La
Bah ia lor files of Mexican papers to the
2*2d May. From the Repuhhcano , D a
rio del Gobi er no , and Monitor Republi c
cano, we make the following extracts: !
We find in the Monitor, of the 10th,
that Gen. Valencia, (now Commander-in
chief of the army,) w as preparing, with a
force of twelve regiments and battalions,
(the number of each is not stated.) to
march towards Puebla. In noticing this
El Monitor says il has been informed that
the men are generally willing and anx
ious to march immediately, but that some
of the brave officers, who are always dis
posed to concoct a prommcir.mento, were
essaying, by obstacles and intrigues, to
defeat the enlerprize. Ino Monitor in
diguantly denounces these officers, who.
it says,pretend to be brave, but w'ho, when
their services are needed to protect and
defend their country, are the very last to
act honorably, or according to the duties
which the honor ofthe nation and their
position impose on them.
Santa Anna (as before stated,) arrived
at the Capital on the evening of the 1 Oth,
but we cannot find in any of the papers
before us, an account of the manner in
which lie was received. On the 20th his
manifesto was published, and on the 21st
he look charge of the Presidency. Ac
cording to the papers, Santa Anna was
recalled, that he might make the neces
sary arrangements to resist the invaders;
and the command ofthe army was incon
sequence conferred on Gen. \ alenoia.
A meeting of the authorities and other
influential citizens took place on the eve
ning of the 21st. in order to adopt resolu
tions in regard to the defence of the Capi
tal. It was finally concluded that the city
should be properly fortified, and that the
necessary steps should be taken for its
vigorous defence, in case the Americans
should present themselves in sight of the
Ca pi ta I. Acc >rd ingto E! Diario del Go
hierno , of the 1 Ith, most ofthe Spaniards
who had become naturalized Mexicans
and resided at the Capital, had solicited,
through her Catholic Majesty’s Minister,
Senor Bermudez de Ca>tio, to be again
admitted as Spanish subjects, and as such,
to receive safe conducts and safeguards
that would shield them from the conse
quences of being considered b digerants.
The papers in ihe Capita! publish all the
general orders issued by Ccn. Scott and bis
divisions. El Monitor published Gen. Worth’s
letter to llie municipal authorities of Puebla,
dated at Anmzoquc, the 14th May, in w hich
he manifests his surprise at not receiving an
answer to his communication of the 12th,
which, he adds, might have been intercepted.
We do not find the communication aliuded
to.
El Diario del Gobierno of the 15'h May,
says that the pco; le of Tetipac (a small low n
in the district of Mexico) on hearing of the
result of the btitle of Cerro Gordo, assem
bled cfi’P'asse, and-proposed, and unanimous
ly agreed to raise a certain number of men
to march immediately against the Americans
--these men to be supported and supplied
with the necessary *T)ut tit by the place. 11
was likewise pVopo&ed that a ceitaia number
should rema'n to garrison the town; but it
was impossible, according to the Dario, to
persuade any of them to remain,as they were
all an.xiou» to march against the invader.-!
Accordingly it Was deem 'd to adopt a k nd or
Fourtente system, by throwing the property
of all into a common stock, and to appoint,
out of the oldest men among them, adminis
trators, who would dispense the necessaries
of hie to Urn women and children, ai! the
funnies living in community, Whilst every
man in the place, capable of bearing arms,
would march to oppose the enemy. [How
valiant in their resolves —how unequal to lire
execution ot t hem I]
The Government has ordered the discon
tinuance of the proceedings against General
Arista, in order to employ him in the defence
of the Capital. Gen. Arista, it will be re
membered. was accused of cowardice at Re
-aca de la Palma, and he was, in conse
quence, deprived ot the com in and ot his di
vision.
A letter addressed to El Repuhlicano, dated
at Puebla, on (be 17th, gives a full account ot
the fsrees that en’ered that city, and the or
dm in which it was done—which we
a- iK.’ni-KJi.v.. iLma-cuAisewliere.
Ist. An advance guard of 100 ca*alry,
and 4 pieces of light artillery. 21. Gen.
Worth,with his division of infantrv (preceded
by a band of music) oi 1320 men and 2 pieces
of arlii'ery. 3d. A battalion us infant rv, of
560 men, with a bind of music, and followed
bv 2 pieces of artillery. 4di. One mortar
and 2 24-pounders. sh. A regiment of in
fantry, of 640 meUj with a band ot mimic.—
6'h. A battalion of infantry, ot 350 men,with
music, and three wagons with sick men. 7'h.
Two pieces of artillery, followed by a battal
ion of infantry, with a general at their head.
Bfh. A battalion of infantry, 440 men. follow
ed by 200 wagons, escorted by 400 infantry.
Making in all 4290 men, 203 wagons, and
12 pieces of artillery. The writer proceeds
to described the manner in which the Am
ericans entered, and where they halted. On
arriving at the Plaza, they stacked their
arms, and many of them laai down on the
ground and went to sleep soundly, confident
that they would not be disturbed, though
more than 6000 Mexican citizens surrounded
the Plaza. They remained so until 3 o’-
clock, I*. M., when they occupied the Bar
racks and Convents of St. Domingo and St.
Louis.
The same letter states that many of the
troops attended ma-*, as the Mexicans
themselves would. Not a few of them de
posited aim- in the alms-boxes, placed in the
churches. Gen. Worth visited the Bishop
on the 17 h, and tlie Bishop returned the visit
on the same day, the guards (Americans)
posted at the doors of the Palace, did him
the same honors us are done to the American
generals on similar occasions. 'Phis has
had great influence upon the class of peo
ple who seemed most enraged against the
heretics —“the old women.”
1»V a decree of the 21 si May, Santa Anna
has revoked the one which we published a
short tune ago, in reference to the liberty of
the pres-; consequently the power of writing
with the usual freedom, is once more restor
ed to the Mexican journalist s.
Santa Anna formed his Ministry on the
20th, by which Senor Baranda continued
acting as Minister of Home and Foreign
Relation-; Gt n. A least a as Minister of War.
and the Ministry of Finance, which was of
fered first to Senor Rosa, and next to Senor
Rondero, was refused by both.
The Peace Party.
That there is a very large party in Mexico
in favor of making peace with the United
States is becoming daily more evident. This
party has not yet been heard amid the sense
less clamor of the unthinking mob. and the
loud, empty boastings of military pretenders,
but it will soon find a voice potential in the
affairs ofthe country. A begining has been
made towards the attainment of this very de
sirable end, by the establishment of a new
paper in the city of Mexico called El Ra
znnador,” which, though it denounces the
war as unjust, the Americans as aggressors,
as must be expected, yet puts forth some very
sensible remarks upon the subject of peace.
These remarks are intended to test the pub
lic feeling, and may be regarded, if they meet
with any degree of tolerance, as a premoni
tory of a return of the public mind to more
enlightened views of Ihe capacities and in
terests of Mexico, than have, tor many years,
been evinced in the conduct of affairs in that
country. We have not sect* a number of the
paper, but “El Republican of of the 21st ult.
contains the following extract from its first
number:
‘•The Republic of Mexico is now in the
agonizing moments of a most severe trial,
and it is necessary that its suns shoo'd make
extraordinary efforts for it- salvation? But
can vve save it by war? Are we in a condi
tion to make war, and to carry it on success
fully to tlie end?—Can it depend upon the
whole ora pari of the resources ofthe conn
tr\? lias the'pubiic spirit, so long a.-leep,
been so thoroughly awakened that till the
Mexicans will fly to arms to exterminate our
unjust invaders, and bequeath to our children
a country, independence and liberty? Can
we dispose of such an armament, and the :
other munitions of war, as v ill be necessary i
to extinguish the common enemy andre-con
querlbal of which he lias robbed us? Would
the prolongation of an exterminating war, a |
war to the death, tedious, indefinite, be more j
advantageous to Mexico than an honorable
arrangement, were such po-sible? \V ould j
our Government loose any thing should it
hear and examine with attention the prnpo
-Tuns which once, again, and at various
times have been, and probab y will continue 1
to be, made to us, by uur enemies? Should |
we, or not, avoid the conflicts by which we j
are encircled, through the means of just and j
equitable transactions, when these are offer- I
ed to u-? Should we vascillate between the *
temerity of a war without truce or tormina • 1
t.on, difficult to ire sustained without a total j
annihilation of the Republic, and tire listen
ing to propositions which may, perhaps, ire
favorable to us, or, at least, admissible? —
These are great questions which, in our
opinion, ought, at this time, in preference, to
agitate the periodical press.”
And these questions the editor proposes to
discu s to the best of his ability—if ihe per
formance of the sell-imposed task be as able j
as the duty assumed is important, vve have |
reason to look for the best results from tbe :
undertaking. But few numbers of the paper
have yet been published, but from a review :
of a controversy in which it has become en
gaged with “El Monitor which review we i
find in “El Repubiicanof we conclude that ;
much good is likely to be done.
Ini i st a.' t; i-n..
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JENE 16, 1817.
“Perplexity in the Whig Camp.*’
We would say a word or two in reply to
an article which appeared in the Constitu
tionalist, of Saturday, with the above caption.
Eight and obscurity, argument and sophistry,
are so nicely blended in the greater portion
: of the article that really one can hardly tell
what the editor intends. He certainly imi
mates that Gen. Taylor is more of a Demo
crat than a Whig.— Chronicle Sentinel,
14 th inst.
One of the elements of lire sublime in style
Las been said to he a mist of obscurity, which
leaves mom for the wonder working powers
of the reader’s imagination. Even the ac
complished Dr. Charming, whose splendour
of d clion, and brilliancy of style are not less
famous than his matchless energy of thought >
indulged a theory that ideas sometimes gain*
ed expressiveness and d gnity by being a lit
tle obscured. Some have studied quaintnessfi
ami cultivated peculiarities as giving greater
f force and individuality to their writings, titan
would a plain, direct, perspicuous style. This
maybe so, possibly, in learned and aspiring
composition. But it certainly would not be
judicious in the editorial columns of a daily
political journal. Our neighbour of the
Chronicle cf* Sentinel mud acquit, us ihcre
foreofany intentional obscurity inwhat we in
tended in the article to which the above para
graph refers. We intended to be very expli-
I cit, and will now endeavour to relieve the
Chronicle and all others that feel any doubt
| as to our meaning. Wo venture the opinion
however, that if the Chronicle were to pub
lish our entire article, his readers would see
a great deal of meaning in it. They will
find that we more than intimate that "Gen,
Taylor is more of a Democrat than a Whig.”
We mean In assert flatly that he is. We
mean to assert that he is not a Whig, wheth
j er \vc lake his opinions upon the theory of
our government, or its practical enforcement
-—whether upon constitutional questions of
construction of federal and state powers, or
upon measures of national pnliev which di
vide the country into Whigs and Democrats.
These are the true tests. These furnish the
experimentum crucis by which we ascertain
a man’s politics. When vve wish to know the
politics of a man, vve do not content ourself
that Mr. A, or Mr. B, or Mr. C, calls him a
Whig, or calls him a Democrat. We in
quire what constitutes a Whig? The reply
is ready—A Whig is an advocate of a liberal
construction of the federal compact, where
by it may Ire stretched to suit all possible
emergencies which the ‘'general welfare”
may call for, or seem to call for. A Whig
is an advocate of protective tariff's, and re
strictions on commerce, for the benefit of
manufacturers. A Whig is an advocate of
a National Bank. A Whig is an advocate of
i internal improvements by the federal govern
ment —and the distribution of the proceeds of
i the public lands from the treasury of the
; United States to the individual States. A
I Whig is an advocate for the alteration of the
federal constitution, so as to abolish the veto
power. A Whig is an advocate for the over
throw of the present enlightened and noble
policy of the Democratic party, under which
our country is enjoying an amount of pros
perity, and power, and glory, unexampled in
our national history, and the substitution of
Whig policy, with its protective tariffs, Na
tional Bank, internal improvements, its heavy
taxation, and lavish squandering of public
money on every fantastical scheme of expen
diture imaginable, with a view to render
higher tariff's necessary, and which are to be
devised specially to encourage the “/tome in
dustry" of the Abbott Lawrences of the coun
try, But moreover, a Whig is—and here is
the great distinguishing feature of an ortho
dox Wiiig of 1847— an opponent of the war
■waged by our country against Mexico . No
matter what q, man may call himself, or his 1
friends or opponents may call him, a true '
Whiff condemns the war, and contends that
his country does wrong in waging it —that i l
, s un jijst—unprovoked—disgraceful to our ;
national character. This is a true and cor- 1
reel portrait of a W hig —this a fair t-'ate
ment of Whig principles and opinions.
The question recurs, if these are W uig j
principles, is General 1 a W big? it j
will puzzle all the Whig President-makers to :
manufacture him into a \\ hig. or mould Ids !
opinions into a shape that will pass muster for
Whig principles. Where is there a Whig
that is opposed to a protective tariff? 1 o
oppose if is to oppose the Whigs. \et Gen*
eral Taylor is so opposed. 5 * W here is there a
Whig who opposes a National Bank? Bo
oppose it would be to oppose the Whigs. et |
General Taylor is known to he so opposed.
Where is the Whig who would bind down
the powers of the federal government to a
strut construction of the constitution, and
thus’sweep away from the whig creed, and
the whig policy, at one fell swoop, tne whole
grand scheme of protective tariffs, banks, in
ternal improvements, with their complicated
machinery? No such w4ng has yet figured
in the political arena—or ever will. Yet !
General Taylor would so hind the govern
ment down, according to the most approved
doctrines of the Slate rights school.
Upon the war question, he is certainly no
whig, lie does not hold this to he the Pre
sident's war —unconstitutionally begun, and
carried on in defiance of right and justice’
and entailing infamy on our country, lie
does not assert that the march to the Rio
Grande was unjustifiable, and an outrage on
Mexican rights. He counselled and advised
that very movement. lie dors not speak of
those engaged in this war in the following
language:
‘■The most adroit skull breaker, throat
cutler, house burner and woman and chil
dren slayer of the age. ’
Vet this is the language of a whig press
in reference to General Taylor. Those
presses in the Northern section of our coun
try abound with jusl such passages. 'The
opinions of General Taylor on the war are
contained in his proclamations to the Mexi
cans. These have been laid before the Ame
rican people. Those opinions are found lo
sustain the cause of his country, and to con
tend for the justice and propriety of every
step she has taken in this war. On this
question, General Taylor is not with the whig
| p«rty.
There are many—very many whig*, and
their presses, whose “ principles' ’ will suffer
no very violent shock, in the advocacy of
General Taylor for President. N I that they
coincide with his opinions. Far from it.—
Bat their principles —their whole motives of
; action may be summed up in toe following
1 few lines. Though written for a different
latitude, they admirably describe the govern
ing principle of many a wing who has been
on all sides of every important question, and
now desires to be on the side of the hero of a
1 war they have branded with every term of
opprobrium;
“ t pledge myself through thick apd thin,
To labour still wiiq with zeal devout,
To get the Outs, poor devils, in
And mm the ins. the wretches, out.”
‘‘l pledge myself whenever Bight,
And Mi/iit, on any point divide
Not to ask which is hla< k or white,
But take, at once, the strongest side.”
There are oil ers, whig* of many years
standing, formerly of the State rights school
of politics, who are disgusted with the reck
less, and Jatitndiuirian tendencies of their
party. They have stuck to it, until they
have become alarmed at the result, and would
be glad to get back to a party more congenial
to the principles the whigs—at least the
Southern whigs,once professed. The advent
| of General Taylor will give them that oppor
tunity, provided he off-rs himself, as a can
didate to the people—free from all cliques,
and resolved to carry out his own independ
ent views of governmental policy—a candi
date not under the auspices of the whig par
ly, and pledged to carry out whig police, but
a candidate for the suffrages of the people
who have confidence in his wisdom—his
prudence—his patriotism, and the soundness
of his political opinions. If elected, his
would be a new dynasty, but if we are not
misinformed as lo his opinions, it wan'd not
! bean innovation upon the established repub
lican system, which with but slight variation
has characterized nur government from iis
foundation. IBs would be essentially a de
mocratic administration. We do not take
the ipse dixit of Mr. Wick of Indiana, Mr.
Fickhn of Illinois, or Mr. Thompson of Mis
sissippi, as proof that General Taylor is a
whig. 'To ascertain that, we inquire into his
opinions. Nor do we step aside to inquire
whether he is a favorite of Thomas Hart
Benton,in order to ascertain what proportion
of democratic doctrine may be found in his
; opinions. Not even the President himself
by his mere motion can make and unmake the
politics of men. Were it even true that he
sought to promote Col. Benton over General
Taylor on account of the relative political
i opinions of the two, this docs not make the
politics of either. It would not be on such
| evidence we would rely for information on
such a question. Even ill-treatment from
I the President, were it believed to have been
i experienced by Genl. Taylor, could not wean
the admiration of democrats from the latter.
It would strengthen it, and win their most
generous sympathy. They have been steadi
ly—-uniformly throughout this war his true
friends. Their presses have never denounc
ed, or abused to tarnish his
laurels by representing the cause in which
he is engaged, heart and tou’, as infamous.
'They have not applied to him the coarse
terms of “adioit skull breaker and throat cut
ler —woman and children slayer and house
burner.” This indecency—this outrage on
the fair name of the old soldier, has been com
mitted solely by the whigs.
Arrival of Volunteers.
Within the last two flays we notice the re
turn to our city of William Philip, Commis
sary of the Ga. II ‘giment, and Brev. 2d Lieut.
Richmond Blues, Corporal George Gordon,
privates Henry Biker. George Shannon, Wil
liam Dve and‘Silas Johnson. AlsoJ.M. A.
Henderson. Palmetto Regiment.
There are now but a few more of the boys
behind, and (heir arrival is daily looked for.
'The Fourth of July is near at hand, and be
fore tha’ time all expected will have reached
home. Would not that day be appropriate
to show them our appreciation of their ser
vices in the cause of their country? We
hope some of our influential citizens will
take the matter in hand.
Mexican Life Preserver.
A volunteer returned to Dayton, Ohio, after
having reached Cincinnati on his way to Mcxi.
co. Manv were the jibes he encountered on his
return. One of his whig friends asked him
what he had come back for. He replied, that
“fearing he might fall intothe hands of the Mexi
cans. he hail returned for a copy of Tom Cor
wins’s speech, as he was confident all h—ll could
not injure him among the Mexicans while in
possession of that tl ocunnnt
The Charleston Courier of yesterday says—•
The remains of the late Marshall R Smith, late
Sutler of the Palmetto Regiment, reached hero
yesterday, in the sehr. Mari 1. from New Orleans,
under the charge ot Lieut. J. Aichard, b. S. A.,
and W. Groncrd, Esq. The body will be con
veyed to Hamlm g, the place of resilience of the
deceased, fur interment.
New li .uipshiie.
The Legislature of New Hampshire have
chosen Thomas P. Treadwell Secrelart ofSlate,
John Atwood State Treasurer, Butterfield &
Hill State Printers, and David Moulton Com
missary General. The greater part of the above
were displaced from ofiUe last year.
.tin Abbott Lawrence.
The Hon. Abbott Lawrence, of Boston, has
presented to the corporation of Harvard Univer
sity the sun of fifty thousand du.Lrs, lobe ex
pended in establishing a school for the purp .e
of teaching the practical sciences. The dona ion
and the object do honor to Mr Lawrence, and
entitled him to r ink as one of the first philan
thropist s of’ the age.
Superior Comt.—The kite Judge Schley.
After the organization of the Court on Mon
day morning, Judge Holt on the bench, a series
of resolutions were presented to the Court, as a
tribute to the late Judge Schley, which, on nio
t.on, was entered upon the minutes of the Court
when the Court adjourned to Tuesday.
[Fio/n the SandirsviUe Georgian , IDA thst.J
Meeting of the liar.
The members of the Bar assembled in the
Court Room to-day. 1. H. Safluid, E<q , Was
called tothechiir. and S. B. Craft n requested,
to act as rrecre arv. The Chairman explained
the object of the meeting to be for the purpose
of pat ing a suitable tribute to the memory of the
Hon. John Bchiey. who departed this life on the
2Alh nit On motion a Committe eof three was
appointed t • dra t a preamble and resolution tx
p.e-siveol the feelings of this meeting for the
death ot Judge Schley. Messrs. Fh id, Flour
noy and Langmade, were appointed on the Com
mittee. After retiring fur a few minutes, S.
Field. Esq , (chairman of the Committee, brought
in the following preamble and resolutions which
were adopted;
Where is the painful intelligence of the death
j of the Hon. John Schley has reached us and at
j a time when such intelligence was least expecl
j ed, wo deem it our duty to meet together, to pav .1
1 mournful tribute to the mem *ry of one Who will
| long be cherished in our recollection.
I The occasion which convenes us is indeed a
j melancholy one; we are warned that d. ath with
i ruthless aim, lias singled out one of our fralerni
| ty as a victim to his unerring shaft: leaving us to
! feel that few, alas ! too few better men are spared,
j Now that our brother has left us, it is a pleasure,
! though sad, to remember Ids virtues, the recol
| lection of which affords us a relief in present
sorrow. As a Nidge, his memory is embalmed
without highest reaped and esteem; as a Smoth
er lawyer, his honest, honorable and couiU-mis
demeanor presents to us an example worthy our
imitation; as a man and ftiend, ids amiability
and urbanity, awake a thrilling chord upon the
harp ot our affections; as a husband and father,
let the grief of those most decoly afffii ted, speak
its strong hut silent eloquence. Uur hearts are
his monument, and with tears his epitaph
thereon recorded.
He it therefore resolved, That we sympathise
deeply with the wife and family of the deceased
in their present sorrowful affliction, and condole,
with them for th< ir bereavement. That we do
wear the usual badge of mourning on Re left
arm for thirty days.
That a copv of these proceedings he furnished
tile Central Georgian for publication, that the
Augusta Constitutionalist be requested to copy
the same, and that the Secretary ot this met ling
be instructed to forward a copy to Mrs. Schley
at her residence near Augusta.
1. Li. SAFFOLD, Chairman
S. B. Craftov, Sec’ry.
“The most adroit skull-breaker, throat cu ter,
j house burner and woman and children slayer ot
the age.”
; Such arc the epithets applied to Gen. Taylor by
I the Xenia Torch-light of Ohio, a leading Whig
i journal. We are informed by the Ohio States
{ man that resolutions ot a most disgraceful cha
racter, with sentiments similar to the abo ■ e, were
| adopted by a numerous meeting of the Whigs ot
Greene countv, Ohio. R, C. Schenck, the Whig
member of Congress’from the District, partici
‘ pated in the meeting. 'The Statesman says,that
I the Torch-light evidently represents the true sen-*
| timents of the leaders of the Whig party in that
section. Senator Corwin was nominated for t e
Presidency by this disgraceful and treasonable
meeting.
We do not recollect a single Democratic paper
or meeting which has not spoken in a kind and
complimentary manner of the valor and distin
guished cerviccsofGen. Taylor. But we cull'd
quote from scores of Whig papers filled with the
m ist viol* nl and disgusting assaults upon the old
H era and the war. Still the W hig journals in the
South are in the daily habit ot charging the
Democratic party with ingratitude and injustice
to Gen. Ta 1 lor. They never allow their readers
to. see the bitter things said of Gen. 'Taylor and
his army by the Whig papers and meetings ail
over the North and West!—- Richmond Enquirer.
For Vera CTuz.
The U. S. steamboat Fashion, Capt. Ivey, left
last evening for Vera Cruz. The following
a list of her passengers . Major General Gideon
I J. Pillow , Col. G. W. Morgan, 15th Infantry
, Ma j. G. A. Caldwell, of the Vcltigcur;., Colon#!