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[From the N. O. Vutvjune, Sov. 13.]
LATE FROM GALVESTON.
Thesteamship Galveston, Cap!. Wright, |
arrived yesterday morning from Galves
ton, having left thereon Tuesday, the 10th ;
inst. The Galveston brought over a large
number of passengers, among whom we
note Col. Hays, L*. Col. Walker, [Capt.
Walker of the U. S. Rifle Regiment,] j
Capt. McMullen, Dr. Me Murphy, ami I
Messrs. A. & D. Cage—all of the late
regiment of Texas Rangers.
By this arrival we have an extra of the 1
Galveston News of the 10th inst., with
intelligence from Monterev to the 13th ;
“ ■*
inst.—one day later than the last letter
He have published from our special cor
respondent, but no later than the advices
which were received here on the Is? inst. j
The News gives a new version of the ■
intelligence received here direct, and os |
We believe it to be altogether erroneous, j
as an act of justice to the News, vve first
publish their statement:
•‘Capt. G. K. Lewis, formerly connected
with us in this paper, arrived by the
steamer Sabine on Sunday. Me left |
Monterey on the 13'h ult., and therefore ;
brings intelligence severa i da} - s later I ban
we have before had. His route was by
land, through Salinas, Aristis, Hacienda,
Boca do Leon, Lanpasas, Paris, Loredo,
San Antonio, &c. When Capt. L. left i
Monterey it was the almost universal 1
opinion through the Army, that Gen.
Ampudia had not (as has been .so gener- j
ally reported and believed) retreated from
Saltillo to San Luis Potosi, but that be 1
had proceeded on the road towards Mon- |
clova, with a view to intercept Gen. Wool, |
and prevent his junction vv ith Gen Taylor.
His opinion was not predicated upon any ■
direct information (for no spies, or ran- i
gers, had been sent out to watch Ampu
dia’s movements) but upon pretty strong
presumptive evidence, supported by the
unanimous opinion of all the English mer
chants in Monterey.
“It is believed that Ampudia left Mon
terey with at least 14,000 men. In ad
dilion to the liberal supply of ammunition
witli which this large Army were per- |
mitted to leave Monterey, Ampudia had
ample time to procure both arms and am- |
munition from San Luis Potosi, which is j
a general Mexican depot for the Army
supplies of all kinds. Gen. Ampudia
was well informed (as Mexican Generals
always are) as to the strength and char- :
acter of our armies. He knew that Gen.
Wool had but 8000, about one-fifth part
of his own forces—that these were all
raw recruits, without any regular or ;
Texan troops to support them. Such an
opportunity to retain [repair] his defeat
I4i Monterey, it is supposed, might have
stimulated even Ampudia to undertake
this enterprise, and show the world that j
he knew how to profit bv the armistice. ;
It may here be remarked that the reside- !
tions gs the capitulation only extend to |
the Rinconada, and would not interfere
at all with this enterprizc. Gen. Wool
left the Presidio on the ISlh ult., but we
cannot learn whether he would lake the |
road through Monclova, or deviate to the
left through Lampasas. The former is i
the route it was supposed he would take,
and A mpudia (if the foregoing supposition j
be true.) would take the Monclova road. |
But this road, as we learn, is exceedingly
rough and mountainous, being nearly
impassable to artillery and wagons.
The presumption is, therefore, that Gen. j
Wool took the other, which is a much bel
ter though also a much longer route. |
Even therefore, should Ampudia have the ;
spirit which the prevailing opinion gives I
him credit for, still the two armies may
not meet. It the march of Gen. Wool |
has been uninterrupted he is doubtless now i
in Monterey, and if he has encountered :
Ampudia we shall soon know the result.”
We do not entertain a doubt that the
impression entertained at Monterev, that
Ampudia had moved to intercept Gen. i
Wool’s march upon Monclova is er
roneous. On the 28th of September Am
pudia wrote from Saltillo to his Govern
ment demanding a court of inquiry in his
case. The same day he wrote another
despatch explaining that he had entered
Saltillo in advance of the main body of
the Army, in order to prepare hospitals,
quarters, &c., for his troops. On the 4ih
of October he despatches from the same
point his statement of the losses sustained
by him, &c., and promises to transmit
yet more copious returns as soon as pos
sible, Having then demanded an inves
tigation into his conduct, having already
to answer for not having sooner relieated
in obedience to the orders of Santa Anna,
who is concentrating troops at San Luis,
is it at all probable that he would venture
upon his ow n responsibility upon an en
terprise against Gen, Wool? Or would
Santa Anna have entrusted such a com
mand to him, had he conceived the design
cf cutting off Gen. Wool, when it is no
torious that Ampudia has lost the con
fidence of his troops, and, as some ac
counts have it, has in fact been deposed
by them?
1 he News is yet more mistaken as to
the composition of Gen. Wool’s com
mand. Instead of “raw recruits,” Gen. !
Wool has with him three companies of
the 6th Infantry, two companies of the Ist
Dragoons, two of the 2d Dragoons, and i
otie company of Light Artillery-all re
gular*, and as fine a force of volunteers
-h a ■'Tij--*:rjmm. ct-*■ v ■ mmpjjml Mfmmsv-xyjm
1 as has been raised since the commence
ments of hostilities,
j The announcement in the News is the
earliest we have seen that Gen. Wool
; left the Presidio on the 18th October.—
Ere this, then, we presume he has enter
! eJ Monclova and opened communications
! w ith Gen. Taylor.
The Victoria (Texas) Advocate of the
i 29th October has advices direct from
San Antonio to the effect that two corn
' panics of Arkansas volunteers were still
detained at that point for the purpose of
j escorting a train of wagons to the Rio
| Grande.
In the Civilian we have the report of
Col. Wood to Gen. Henderson, detail
; ing the operations of the 2d Regiment of
i Texas mounted volunteers at Monterey.
This regiment was ordered into the city
on the 23d Sept., in support of the Mis
sissippi and Tennessee volunteers, their
object being to drive the Mexicans from
the battlements of the houses in the east
sideofthe town. They carried on their ope
rations in the same style as did Hay’s regi
ment under Gen. Worth on the west side
of the town. They drove the enemy from
house to house and penetrated so far as to
leave but one block of dwellings between
them and the public square which sur
rounded the great church. In a few min
utes more they would h*tve been able to
occupy the roofs of the houses surround
mg this church, but were ordered to re
tire, which they did in good order, having
lost two killed, one mortally, two severe
ly and three slightly wounded. Bombs
supposed to have been thrown form Gen.
Worth’s batteries frequently fell near
them. Col. Wood bears testimony to the
gallant bearing of liis officers ami men,
n i? i .
less than line? hundred in number, and
makes particular mention of the service
of Gen. Lamar, Inspector General, who
accompanied the regiment throughout the
engagement.
A Yucatan schooner, the Francisco,
Capt. Zuriage, arrived at Galveston a few
days since from Y ucatan, bearing Mexi
can colors. If she remained in port long,
the Collector there must have received
intelligence from this city which would
lead him to seize her.
The election for members of Congress
in Texas took place on Monday, the 2d
inst. As to the result, the News, in its
extra of the 16th says that Judge Pils
bury will carry all or nearly all the coun
ties in the Western District. Col. Wil
liams may possibly have a majoiitv in one
county, and Judge Jones in one or two
others, but Judge Pilsbury is sure of re
election.
A fire occurred on the Sth inst. in the
w’are house occupied by Lines &; Hamil
ton, Galveston. It was supposed to be
the work of an incendiary. The extent
of damage is not stated by the News.
In the papers Lorn Austin, we find con
tinued complaints of Indian depredations.
From the Texas Banner, of the 27th
ult., published at Huntsville, vve find the
following:
A pieceof the most daring and consum
mate villany has been revealed in Mont
gomery within the last few days. A man
by t lie name of Isaac Ha nee was arrest,
ed bv Messrs. Lem. G. Clepper and Sam
uel Fowler, at Columbus on trie Colora
do, with several stolen negroes in his
possession. The negroes were owned by
Mr. James McMillen of this county. —
They ran away from him about two
months ago, and it appears that they had
been harbored by Hance and his father
in-law, in the San Jacinto swamp, until
they were taken off. Hance had a forg
ed bill of sale of these negroes, and was
just in the act of selling them when lie
was apprehended. The negroes were ta
ken also, but we regret to learn that one
of them made his escape. The rugue and
and his father-in-law are now in Ihe cus- |
tody of the Sheriffof Montgomery county I
—the evidence is conclusive, and they j
will be convicted beyond doubt. Great j
excitement prevails among the citizens,
and we think it probable they will inflict ;
Lynch law upon the scamps.
Fattening' of Hogs. —lt is an admitted |
fact, that all animals lake on fat better ■
when the weather is moderately warm, ;
than The philosphy of this is !
simply this—if the weather be intensely
cold, a large portion of the food goes to
keep up the animal heat, which under a
more auspicious temperature, would go j
to the increase of flesh and fat. There- ;
fore, as soon as your pumpkins or roots i
are ready, pen up your hogs, and com
mence feeding them, in order I hat they
may be in condition to kill before the
weather becomes intensely cold. When
the hogs are first put up, they should each
receive portions of flour of sulphur, say a
tea-spoonful each per day for three or
tour successive days. This will cool
their systems, prevent a determination of
blood to the brain, cleanse the bowels and
prepare them logo through the fattening
process healthfully. Give them salt twice
a week: keep charcoal and rotten wood
constantly in their pen, which should be
provided with a rubbing frost. After you
may have fed them a week or two with
pumpkins and roots, and commenced
feeding with grain, we desire you to hear
this fact in your mind— by grinding your
corn you may save one-third in quantity—
and have the cobs for your milch cows ,
which when broken and boiled makes
an excellent food for such animals.—
Southern Cultivator.
Our Currency. — lt is proper to say to
our planters, that the currency which is
being used here in the purchase of cotton,
and lor advances, is the most undoubted
in the State—Augusta and Savannah
banks notes. In fact for the last two
years no section of the State has had a
belter currency. This is an important
matter to our planting friends and the
whole community, and ourmerchants and
buyers deserve credit for their wise dis
crimination.—Albany, ( Ga .) Patriot, No
hemlcr 11.
HOMELY WIVES.
You can’t get along in the world with
a homely wife. She’ll spend half her
time in looking in the glass, and turn and
twist, and brush and fix, till she gets per
fectly vexed at her own ugliness, and
then she’ll go right off and spank the
baby.— Exchange paper.
The above is a great mistake. Home
ly women make domestic wives ; and as
ugly children, when young, always grow
up to be good looking, so homely women
wear better, and cause a husband’s love
to increase as life wears on. No home
ly' woman ever ran away from her hus
band, or formed a liaison , or killed her
self in consequence by laudanum. The
most beautiful women in the world in all
countries, frequently fall victims to the
wiles and artifices of man. We are pain
ed to see a homely old maid. No woman
who is ugly should he without a husband.
The roughest nut is always the sweetest;
and a woman with no pretensions to beau
ty, generally possesses heart and mind. —
A ‘homely’ wife has no fop admirers at
the opera—she is not a ‘dalici’ in the |
streets —she is not the bye-word of the ;
town. Site is a ‘crown to her husband,’ !
a good mother to her children. She is |
always amiable, and becomes a jewel in I
the domestic casket. Commend us to a •
homely woman !— N. O. Com. Times.
T R A M S P L A N T1 A ft.
When trees are removed for the pur
pose of being transplanted, their roots
should, if possible, be preserved fresh and
entire. If these precautions have been
omitted, their whole bodiesand roots must
be immersed in fresh water during twen
ty-four hours; and their tops must be les
sened in proportion to the loss their roots j
have sustained. The sources by which |
they derive the nourishment which they 1
receive from (he earth being diminished, !
the whole sap of the tree, and even its
vitality, would otherwise pass of] by |
transpiration.
October and November, and immedi
ately after the first hard frosts have ar
rested vegetation’ is esteemed the best
season ofall for transplanting trees. The
peach’ the plum, the cherry, and ever
green trees, do especially well when
planted early in autumn. But where cir- |
cuinstances render it necessary, trans
planting may be deferred tilt spring.
When trees are transplanted in an- ;
lumn, the earth becomes duly consolida
ted at their roots, and they are ready to |
vegetate with the first advancement of
spring. - |
The holes for receiving the treess should
r>
he dug from lour to six feel in diameter,
according to the size of the trees, and
eighteen inches deep; the yellow subsoil
should he cast out to this depth, and re
placed at the bottom with rich soil, inter
mixed with a portion of manure. The
tree should generally be set no deeper
than it stood before, otherwise the lower
roots will cease to grow; the fibres should
he spread horizontally, in their natural :
position, and the soil immediately and j
compactly placed about their toots; —ma-
nure may be placed above and beneath,
and on every side, but ought never be j
suffered to come in contact with the roots, I
as it is liable, in this case, to corrupt and ■
injure them :—finish by treading the j
ground very hard. When evergreen I
trees are set, it is generally considered in- ;
dispensable to pour at once a few gallons
of water around the tree previous to tread
ing hard the earth: finish earthing, and
tread hatd an hour afterwards. 'This is
an excellent and safe mode with regard
to any tree. — Kcnrick's Amarican Or
chardist.
Pruning Peach Trees. —The most suit- I
able lime for pruning the peach, as well j
as for many other kinds of stone fruit, is in j
autumn, just as the leaves begin to fall, 1
when the sapp is in a downward motion. ;
At this period a more decided cicatriza- i
lion takes place, than when the trees are
pruned in winter or spring.
An Escape. —Some time since, a gentle
man, in all outward appearance, arrived in
the city of Baltimore, and look rooms at one :
of our first hotels. In due course of lime he j
made the acquaintance of a number of our !
“young bloods,” and was introduced into se
veral of our most respectable families',all be
ing under the impression, from information
derived from himself, that he was a young
foreigner of wealth and distinction, lie man
aged to comport himself so well, that a short
time since he had so engrafted himself in the
affections of a handsome heiress, of some
SBO,OOO, among the “Upper Ten Thousand,”
ihai a pledge of reciprocal love had passed
between them, and they were engaged to be
wedded. But “the course of true love never
did run smooth,” and so before the nuptials
were celebrated, a rumor came, and then a
positive assertion, that the young cavalier
was not what lie professed to be, but an im
postor. Inquiry was made by the friends of
the lady, and it was most positively asserted
that the foreign gentleman had, in time past,
expiated a crime by a life in the galleys of a
foreign nation, and that at best lie was only
one of the lowest representatives of his na
tion. The “match in course” was broken
off; and the handsome young foreigner saw
proper to make off with himself also, leaving
behind him numerous unpaid bills, and being
the debtor of the hotel, some few hundred
dollars, his bill having been permitted to run
up so high in consequence of his supposed
respectability, judging from his conversation
and the company he kept.— Balt. Clipper.
Method of Obtaining the Figure of a Plant, j
—A piece of paper is to be rubbed over with ;
powdered dragon’s blood, in the manner prac
ticed by engravers, and the small branch or
leaf of which the design is required is to be
laid upon it. By means of slight friction it
soon takes up a small quantity of the powder,
and being then laid on moistened paper, an
impression is taken in the manner practised
ler lithography without a machine.
AUGUSTA, GEO..
THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 19, 1846.
O lSir Richard Pakenham, Minister from
Great Britain to this country, arrived in
Charleston on the 17ih inst., from the North,
on his way to Savannah, Ga.
[D’The Legislature of the State of Flori
da meets on the fourth Monday of the present
month.
Seventh Congressional District of Alaba
ma.—This election, to supply the place of
I Felix G, McConnell will, no doubt from the
j aspect of the returns so far received, result
|in lhe success of Mr. Bowden* the Demo
j cratic candidate.
Massachusetts. —Two members elected to
the Massachusetts Legislature (Caleb Cush
ing and Fletcher Webster,) will, it is said,
both support the war with Mexico, when that
subject comes up.
Express Mail. —The N. O. Bulletin of the
12th i nst. says:—“Suitable and responsible i
parlies are now willing to contract under the
best security and heavy penalties, for convey
ing the letter mail between New Orleans and
; Augusta by express, so as to anticipate the
| present mail forty-eight hours, for the sum of
j $55 000 per annum; and the Postmaster Gen
| era! should, having the interest of the public
in view, at once come to terms with them.”
(i e n rg i a Mann factories —The New-Or
leans Commercial 7 'imes, after some remarks
in reference to the increase of Manufactories
in Georgia, remarks: “Perhaps no Southern
State in the Union is better supplied, than is
Georgia, with water power. The sites are
generally romantic, pleasant, and healthy to
live in, and surrounded by good regions for
agriculture.—Towns will soon arise, making 1
that Stale a Southern New-England.
; From Mexico. — A letter from Capt. Cal-
I lioun, of the Georgia Volunteers, dated at
Monterey, October 12th, and published in the
i Savannah Republican, states that a skirmish
i took place between some of the Georgians
; and a small force of the Mexicans on the 11 th
of October. A part of the Georgia Regiment, j
on their way from Carnargo to Monterey, had j
encamped about six miles from the latter j
place, with a heavy train of wagons and i
, mules loaded with provisions for the Army.
Early after night fall, it was ascertained that
: a party of Canales’ men were in a neighboring
rancho. They were attacked by a detachment
I undrt* Lieut. Horne, of the Sumter Volun- !
i
teers, and ten prisoners and some of the bag- |
i gage of Canales were taken. Canales had ;
I just left the rancho to arrange the assault for
the night. One Mexican was killed, and the :
i number wounded is not known. None of
the Americans were killed or wounded.
Beautiful Effect of a Magnifying GUss on I
a Daguerreotype Portrait. —A scientific gen
tleman yesterday, in our presence, says the
N. O. Commercial Times, applied a magnify- j
mg glass, or microscope, to a Daguerreotype |
portrait, and the effect seemed ready miracu- ,
lous. The features became almost instinct ,
; with life, the liquid lustre of the eye was vi- !
sible, one would say, in all its |
and the hair on the head, eyebrows, &.C., as
sumed their real, natural hue. We never
fully appreciated the exquisite beauty of the
invention until we witnessed this expriment.
Naval. —The following item is given in the |
Pensacola Gazette of the 7ih inst: “The !
iron steamers Mary Somers and Dtßosstlt , !
from Savannah, recently purchased by our
government for the use of the army on the j
Rio Grande, arrived here on Monday last, |
took their departure for New-Orleans yesfer- |
day afternoon, where they will report to Gen.
Jesup,”
Corn and Boric in Upper Missouri. —The
| Independence Expositor of the 241 h tilt, says: i
i “Upper Missouri will have a large surplus
j this year of pork of tfie finest quality, but as |
; yet we have not heard of a pork speculation |
in all the regions round about. We have !
heard of some few engagements for home
consumption at $2 25 per hundred pounds.
The corn crops of our country were never
more abundant than they are at the present
season. Corn can he bad in any quantity j
here at fifteen cents per bushel.”
1
Improvements in Saw Mills. —Among the
curious things exhibited at the late Cattle
Show, in Maine, was a working model of an
improved saw mill, which was brought on the
ground and exhibited by Capt. Job Haskell,
of East Livermore. We have heard of two
edged spords and two edged razors, (says an
exchange,) but never saw a two edged saw
mill before. It was designed to saw both
ways, and for that purpose the saw had teetli
on both edges, and would saw as well while
the log was running back as when going for
ward.
The Use of a Hut. —lt ought to be known
as generally possible, (says Chambers’Edin
burg Journal) that a man’s hat will serve in
most cases as a temporary life-preserver, to
persons in hazard of drowning, by attending
to the following directions: When a person
finds himself in, or about to be in, the water,
let him lay hold of his hat between his hands,
laying the crown close under his chin, and
the mouth under the water. By this means,
the quantity of air contained in the cavity of
the hat will be sufficient to keek the head
above water lor several hours, or until as
sistance can be rendered.
| Widow of Black Hawk.—The Editor of
the Louisville Journal has received a letter
from Dr. Volney Spalding, surgeon to the
Sancs and Foxes, mentioning the death, in
the Sauc camp, on Kansas river, on the 29th
of August, of As-Sliaw-E-Q.ua, (Singing
Bird) widow of the distinguished war chief
j Black Hawk, aged 85 year*.
Col. Hays and Capt. Walker.— The arri
val of these gentlemen yesterday (says the
N. O. Picayune of the 13th inst.) from i exas,
created a sensation throughout the city.
The gallant deeds of both have rendered their
names familiar throughout the land; but here
there are very many gentlemen who from
intimate personal acquaintance know the
claims they have upon the esteem of all in
their high and unassuming worth. TSiey
were warmly greeted by thousands, and they
will pardon us for saying that we heard re
peated exclamations of surprise that such
brave hearts and the authors of such hold
deeds were found in gentlemen so unpre
tending in appearance and so totally free
from assumption of manner or thought. ■
Captain Walker proceeds to Washington on
business of the new Rifle Regiment, in which
he received his commission in the spring in :
token of his gallant service. Col. Hays re- |
turns immediately to Texas to raise another ‘
regiment of Rangers. It is not too much to I
say that the services of bis command are ab- !
soluteiy invaluable to Gen. Taylor, and ihat
he does not hesitate so to express himself.
Col. Hays will have no difficulty in filling
his ranks at the shortest notice. We doubt
not that he will draw from ibis city a large
number of recruits,proud to serve under such
a soldier—the hereof a hundred fights.
For the Army. —The ship Genl. Washing
ton sailed on Thursday for Brazos St. Jago,
saysthe Alexandria Gazette, with a cargo of
upwards of 30,000 bushels of oafs, 3SO bales
ofhay.and 1,000 barrels of bread, together
with other ‘entertainment for man and horse,’
destined lor the army in Mexico.. Jhe i
Washington lias also on board a number ot 1
kegs and jars of preserves, pickles, &c., for ;
the invalid soldiers on the ILo Grande.
Air. Young's Health. —The New \ ork Ex- ,
| press states that Mr. Young, though not I
entirely recovered from his attack ot hemor
rhage last spring, is in lair health, and is aole
to transact business and to entertain his
friends in a free and social manner, guided, i
of course, by prudence. He was in Batavia
a few days ago, in good health and excellent
i. . J
spirits.
Silent Carriage Wheels. —These have ap
peared in London. The tire of wheels con- i
Bints of an elastic tubular ring of caoutchouc,
enclosed in a leathern case, and inflated with j
air to any degree of tightness desired. The
motion of the carriage is exceedingly easy.
The Way the Money goes. —We scarcely I
open a whig newspaper, without seeing an i
article under the above head, appealing to the !
avarice of the people against their patriotism. |
Whilst the Money u>oit into the pockets of |
the rich manufacturers; in the opinion of these |
politicians, it was w*. 11 enough, but when it j
•roes to pay the brave soldiers and volunteers
who are fighting the battles, of our country
and maintaining our national honor through
out the world, then it is wasle and extravo
gance. They are willing the money should
go to build arisiocratic corporations but be
grudge every cent that is spent in vindicat
ing the tights and honor ot our country. —
Alba n y Pal riot
South-Western Georgia.— This is without
doubt, the most valuable planting section of
the Stale, and we are pleased to see that it
Y beginning to be appreciated. Many plant
ers from the older sections of Georgia, are
now settling in this. We know ot no coun
try or section which yields a richer or a more
certain reward to the Agriculturalist than
this. Land of almost inexhaustable fertility
may be 1 a J for ten dollars per acre, and good
fair lands at from one to five dollars. The
soil and climate could not be belter adapted
to cotton: Sugar cane, Rice, the various
grains, fruits,&c., succeed well here, and the
health of the country we think equal to any
other part ot Georgia, where the lands are
equally fertile. Why,-then, should the citi
zens of Georgia leave their own Stale to seek
fertile land in the West? There are nine
chances in ten, that a man, whether rich or
poor, seeking a situation for agricultural \
purposes, would do better here than there.—
Albany Patriot.
[From the musemjee Democrat, Nov. 13.]
TRAVELING BEYOND THE RECORD.
Judge Meriwether in sentencing the bro- j
thers Boon to deat h for the Murder of A hop, !
in Green county, indulged hiniselfin the fol
lowing strain of pathetic diction:
“Your condition is gloomy and awful, j
You are standing upon the narrow ithmus of j
Time, with the ocean of Eternity in full i
view. A limited portion of life alone re
mains to you; but remember that
‘Life is the time which God has given.
To escape from Hell and fly to Heaven.
It strikes us that the introduction of such
sectarian cant as this, into a sentence ol
death, is extra-judicial and in bad taste, j
When did Dr. Watts’ poetry become of le
gal authority with the honorable Superior
Courts of the Stale of Georgia? By the way.
too, why did not his honor extend a little
longer, the lease of life and make wider
the ‘narrow isthmus ol time to the poor
wretches whom the law has consigned to ;
the gallows? What if they should fail to
make the ‘escape’ spoken of, by reason of
the very ‘limited portion of life" remaining
to them, when the Judge might have allow
ed a few more ‘days ot grace’ just as well as
not?
P. S. Since writing the above we learn,
from the Georgia Journal, that the Supreme
Court which sat last week at Milledgeville,
reversed the decision of the Green Superior
Court in the case of the Boons; consequently
these culprits will have a little longer lime
allowed them
‘To escape from Hell and fly to Heaven.*
From the N. O. Della.
THE CIRCLE SQUARED.
Messrs. Editors;—Gen. B. A. Ludlow,
who has beyond a mathematical doubt solved
the question which has ever been considered
impossible of solution, has, at the suggestion !
of many of his friends, proceeded directly to
Washington with his discovery; and will
there fsubmit it to the consideration of the
scientific world. Every mathematician to
whom lie lias submitted his discovery, has
pronounced his complete success.
His publication will be issued from the
press as soon as practicable after his arrival
in Washington. This notice is necessary,
as the scientific public anticipated its publi
cation here. M. R. D.
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DEATH OF CAPT. RANDOLPH RIDGLEY.
—“Bright names will hallow song; *
And his was of the bravest, and when shower’d
The death-bolts deadliest the thinu’d file.- along.
Even when the thickest of war’s tempest lower’d
They reach’d no nobler breast than thiue,young gallant.*
Jiidg It f.
We know not when sounds more suddenly
startling saluted our ear than last evening
when a”friend, on meeting us, exclaimed,
“Poor Ridgley is killed!” For a moment,the
announcement deprived us of the power of
utterance, but too soon we were informed of
the melancholy particulars. Our informant
was Capl. Deshon,of the steamboat Sea, who
arrived yesterday from Brazos St. Jago. lie
left there on Tuesday, the 3d inst. While
in the office of Capl. Hill, the Assistant
Quartermaster ai that station, a few moment*
before going on board, an express arrived
I from JVlonle r ey, communicating the sad in
i lelligence that the gallant—the chivalrous
! Ridgley had met with an accident from which
it was impossible to recover, and which ho
could not long survive. It appears that on
j Sunday, the 25ih ult., he had been riding hi*
I horse swiftly down one *>f the hills in the
i neighborhood of Monterey. The animat fell
| with great force, the brave rider coming
under, the concussion fracturing his skull.
It rendered him speechless and insensible,
and left no hopes of his recovery. This u
no idle report, it is true —palpably true.—
Alas, poor Ridgley! liadst thou fallen at Palo
Alto, ftesaca tie ia Palma, or at the seige of
Monterey, to the glory of the American arms,
in all of which thy gallant during did so sig
: unify contribute, few would be tlie tc-ar.-,
I though sincere its sorrow, which thy country
would shed over thy bier. But that thou
shouldst be ignobly, as it were, cut off, with
I the garland of glory fully and freshly clusler
; ing thy brow, furnishes a cause among us
| for mourning that cannot be repressed and
1 will not soon be forgotten. — N.O.Delia , 13 thk
j Charity. —How nobelessly the snow comes
* down! You may see it, feel it, but never
bear it. Such is true charity.— Exchange
! paper.
j Never hear it. eh!—The writer of that par
agraph was never abroad in a \ew England
I snowstorm. Why, man, we have tried to
' sleep beneath a shingle roof, in one of those
tierce northeasters, when the tine, driving
frost-work of the skies came sifting in at
I every crack and cranny,with a ceaseless hiss,
! like sand through a riddle. We heard the
i snow come down then, with a vengeance.
! Let ns just re-write that article:
Charity. —How chillingly the snow comes
j down! You may see it, hear it, and if yon
don’t fed it, it freezes your toes, by gracious!
| Such is common charity.— N. Y. Globe.
Good Adcice. —A man of business should
take care to consult occasionally with per-*
1 sons of a nature quite different from his own.
To very few are given all the qualities to
form a good man of business. Thus a man
may have tfie sternness and fixedness of
purpose so necessary in the conduct of af
i fairs, yet these qualities prevent him per
| haps, from entering into the characters of
those about him. He is likely to want tact.
He will be unprepared for the extent of ver
: satility and vacillation in other men. But
these defects and oversights might be reme
died by consulting with persons whom he
knows to be po-sessed of the qualities sup
plementary to ids own. Men of much depth
of mind can bear a great deal of counsel, tor
ii does not easily deface their own character,
nor render llieir purposes indistinct.— Hunt's
.Merchants' Magaz i ne.
The Snap-man's Last. —We heard the
soap-inan yesterday holding forth in praise
of the renovating qualities of his merchan
dise. He says, a loafer swallowed a cake of
his soap, in hopes of renovating bis character,
and that in the rooming there was nothing
left but his hat and bools, which had an
honest man’s name in them.— Bull. Sun.
A Customer from a new Quarter. —Among
the sales of flour yesterday were upwards of
two thousand barrels, destined for direct ship
ment to Algiers. — A. O. Bat lei in, 12(h.
O' Diogenes being asked of what beast the
bile is most dangerous, answered : Os wild
beasts, tile bile of a slanderer; of lame, that
of a JiaiLerer.
No Doubt. —“ You look like death on tii*
pale horse,” said a gentleman to a toper, who
was pale and emaciated. “1 don’t know any
tiling about that,” said the toper, “but I’m
deatii on pale brandy ! M
“ Odd~Fellowship.'' —“Oh dear!” exclaim
ed an urchin who was chewing a green ap
ple, “I’ve swallowed an odd-fellow!”
“An odd-lellow!”
“Yes; be is giving me the grip."
Linn News.
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