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lnn"nnd Sheet-Iron Ware
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SSLIITSOKOVIl, PSNN'A,
Frill E aohscril er reu-pectfully informs the public
I tht he h C'inimcm-cil the manufsrlure of
Tin and Shcft-lron Ware,
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rr.n. ANDREW S. WLNCiERT.
Seli: Me, Mav Ifiih. 1816. if.
Lime J Lime ! !
JOE1T 3.
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he has commenced the business of Lime
turning, on the Um be n v ofen !'. He ban
aw on hand a quantity of Lima for sab, nd will
!wvs endeavor to nceemin idat those who may
iinr him wiih tbrir rustnm.
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Editor threuglioul the tlrited 8ite for whom
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kriUIC XOT1CE. V. B. Pulmarislhe
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'," in t e ein a of I'h I ulelptiia, New Yuik,
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A X AN iTlill "iHICKKY. "
r RUN If IVIAKER,
o. 150 C'heNiiiit street,
PIXXt. ADS LPHIA.
T7HERE all kind nf le.itl.er trunks, vidiifa and
' ' carpt l bajjs, c,f eveiy tivle and patleiu ate
anof clure.l, in the l.- Kt iiuniirr and from the beat
uicrials, and told ut the tirt r.tr.
Phihd.lpt.ii. July 1 0th, I8.r. ly.
snuc.Kin
S 1ATKNT
1ACHI1TE.
ItHIS Mrl.Mie b-a now b en tesiej liy more
than thirty families in this neighborhood, and
is given entire j-atii-furtion. H ia so simple In lis
r trui-tin, tti it it cannot R"t out of order. Jt
.-itaiiK to) iron t ru-t, sod no -pi inns or roll. r to
t nut of repair. It will do twice aa much wash
, with leu than halt the wt-r and tear of an) of
p litr iiiv,-niu, and wh it i of preaier in.por
i.re, ii coms hut lit le over half u much a other
isliing iiwrtiiues.
The ulsi rilrr has the exrluMVe i(ht for Nor.
umlwrlan;!, 1'iiion, Lxcoininir, t'olumbi. Lu
rne and Clinton ruunlirs. Price of simile m
inill. H. B. .MANXER.
Tlio fultowing ee t'fratc is fioni a few of thoe1
iu have lhete mactiioea in use.
tiunbury, Aug. 24, lPil.
We, the suhsrriliera, cerliTv that we have now
U"e, in our fsmilii , "Hliuzeit'a patent Wsth
I Machine," and do not hesitata aiying that It i
mst excellent invention. That, in VVa-lnng,
aill ave more than one h ill the usual U'vir.
at It d.H-s not require more than one third the
lal quantity of so.ip and water ; and that there
v rubbing, and consequenity, bttle or no wear,
ur traring.- l'hst it knock off no buttons, and
t the finest clmhes, auch collars, Ucra, torks.
Is, Ac., may ha waatiril in a vny short time
hout the lesat injuiy , and in fact without any
arenl Wear and tea', whatever, Wa therefori
rrfully reeominend it to out Mrmla anil to the
ilie, as a moat useful and Ubor savint machine.
CH AKLErt W. HEUIN8,
A. JORIIA",
CHS. WEAVER. '
t:HM PI.ENSANTS,
MUt'.ON MAKKI.H,
Ho,,. (JEO. C. WEI.KER,
MENJ. HENDRICKS,
UlDP.ON LEIPENHING.
aa'e HoTai, (formerly Tremool House, No.
tfl Ch snot atirat,) Philadelphia, September
lal, 1844.
have oaed Shegert'a Patent Washing Machine
ny houi4 Upward of eight months, and do not
tale 10 tay that I dra it on ef ike awM uaa
tnd valuable labor-saving machines ever invea
I formerly kept two women continually oe.
ied in washiug, who now do aa much in two
a aa they then did in en week. Thar ii.gs
r er tsar ia waahirur. and it iMoisea not mar
I one-lhlrj iba usual quantity oi aoap. I hav
a nunibar of other m.chines in any fam Ij, but
la so dacidsdly superior to every thing else, and
itn liable to gat oat af repair, that 1 would not
rithout em if they shoubl cost tea lima to
i tasy are oM for, pANDSL HEKH
A'
TOT
Absoluts acquieecence in the deciaion of the
By M turner h. Etocly.
From the N. C. Commercial Timet.l J Orleans will have another opportunity oftetti
moni.r i!.iPoriTA5tT ron ruin armt, rine ,)eir pproba,ion of hia conduct.
Arrival nftha aifunirr Oalsrestnn.
Mnlerr9-Attmmnm-8err0it-Ert. eef. The '""'I """Ping Gen. Worth'e T)vU
Tl. ateamahip GalveMon. Captain Wr Chf, ''on m lhe ba,t, of the ArtilWy
arrived her vraWd.v. frnm Tlmm. Santiarrn.
the 14'h inatant. Dy her we have received an
3
abundance nf detail in our own correspon
dence, the Matamnraa Fluir, and th Gnlveetnn
pnpera. of the movement of our trnopa under
Gen. Taylor, their condition, casttaltie. ret.
etc., ainee the capitulation of Monterey, which
we proceed to lay before our reider. The
following as the order of the day, issued by Gen
Taylor, after the capitulation f Monterey.
IlrAD QvaRTrae, Armv of OrrrPATioji, i
Camp near Monterey, Sept 27, 184B. $
. The commanding; general has the aaticfac
tion to conrrratnlato the army under hia com
mand upon another aignnl triumph over the
Mexican force. Superior to ua in number
Mrongly fortified, and with an immenee prepon
derance of arti lery, they hare yet been driven
from point to pint, un'.i! hireed to sue for lerma
of capitulation. ' Such terms have been frran'.ed
aa were considered duo to the pnllai.t ilclence
of the town and to the liberal policy of our go
vernment. The General bega to return hia thank to hia
enmmnndera, and to all hia ofticera and men,
both ol the regular and volunteer force, for the
skill, th.' courage and perseverance with which j
they have overe. nte manilold d.flicultiea, and I exerntion, had to be exposed to a most deMruc
finally achieved a victory shcdtlin lustre upon tive fire from the enemy heavy batteries. Add
tlu; American a rma. J two 24 pound howitzers and one 10 inch mortar,
A great rcault haa been obtained, but not j and our whole force ia given. Thia showe a
without the loss of many gallant and accom. disparity of more than three to one, and vast ad
plished ufficersand bravo men. .The army and vantages against our army in poaition, Tully
the country will deeply eympathite with the equal to the inequality in numbt-ia.
familiea and frienda of those who have thus j The loss or our army is 501 in killed and
sealed their devotion with their livea. By order j wounded, 41 of whom were officers. Major
of Major Gen. Tavixir. 1 l.ear, 3d Infantry, who wan reported aeverelv
Signed) W. VV S. Busw. A.'t A-lj. Gen.
Official. Geo. A. McCall, Aa'tAdj. Gen
The Capitulation, fc It ia raid that it waa
the destructive eflecta of the mortar that first
determined Ampuoia to Capitulate. It waa to
wards evening on the 23d, when tho niottar,
with much labor, had been planted in thee me.
tery, near the cathedral, and within reach of
the Plaza. 'The flrst ehcll, discharged about
7, P. M., fell tlntte to the entrance ofhe cn'lhe
dral, where the priest' waa perMnilng mej,
and ita explosion spread sueh destruction around
that Ampudia, being entreated by the priet and
others, immediately wrote hia l. ttcr to Gener
al Taylnr.asking term. The letvr wo dated
9 o'clock, P. M , on the 231. but Col. Mol mo,
the bearer, did not reach Gen. Taylor till the
next morning rear 9 o'clock. He aro'n return-
erl with Gen. Tsvlnr rlemanil f.iran iinennili.
. , , r . i i . i . .
'tonal surrender before 12 o clock ; to which it
seems, Ampudia would have aenled, but be
ing dissuaded by his officers, he requested a con
ference, which waa granted. Itiatatej that
Gen. Worth privately expressed hia opinion to
Gen. T.t that the terms demanded were too se
vere and humiliating, and tlmiicrht Gen. T. could
affird to be more liberal. At the conlerence,
however, Gen. Taylor sli'l insisted upon hia
term with some pertinacity, but finally agreed
to leave everything with Ihrt e commissioner
on either aide. The commissioner appointed
were Gen. Worth, Gov. Henderson, of Texas,
Cd. Davis, of the Kentucky re.'iment- -Gen.
Butler being wounded and by theso commis
sioners, the terms, aa published, were agreed
upon. They are said to be very generally un
popular with our whole army.
Ampudia The Malninoras Flag states that
a Mexican officer, who waa in the battle of
Monterey, say that 'Ampudia wum in favor of
capitulating upon the terms first offered by Gen,
Taylor, 'to have the ei'y tcith thtir live,') but
waa withheld, and made to demand a more ho
norable exit fur hia troops, by the entreat iea of
his officers, who be soup lit hiin not to dishonor
them by yielding to audi term.' Thia ia more
than probable.
Tex Jl'figtr Haya' regiment wa dis
tinguished in the attacked on the Bifhop'a I1a-
lace, under Gen. Wort h who speak in the
highest terms of the Trxausiand rsy they love
to fijhl better, can stand hunger lunger, and
endure more fatigtie, than any soldier he ever
saw. The Texanaarenow all disbanded, and
ate on their ay home, most of them by land,
through San Antonio, Col. Ilaya has author
ity to raise annther lrirtieiii of 1000 men.
cr. if'nMrr. It ia reported that Capt.
Walkorhad hia ''gallant bay" shot from under
him "by a' cannon ball ; that in falling, one cfhis
leg was under the horse; that the Mexican
lancer were close upon him, but to avoid fal
ling into their hand he pretended to be dead
until the bad passed. One of them, liowever,
approached with a poised lane to prove wheth
er there wa life left in the body, Walker eye
ing h)m all the lime $ the moment the Mexi
can' horse wae within reach, be jumped up
eeiied the rein, dropped the lancer from hia
addle with hia unerring fire hooler then,
jumped inle the saddle biinaelf end joined hia
regiment. 'If,' raye the Flag, 'the gajlant
Captain hi let hi eteed, the ladiea ol New
nan i
BITMY AMMIC AN.
AND SHAMOKIN JOtJltNALa
majority, the vital principle of Republic, from which
Sunbary, Northumberland Co.
,no om ,""""7. I.t. Cot; lhtn
cane Cutlery, Lieut. Mackall'a flattery, and
tho fitit and 7lh In'antry, with Col. HayV repi
ment of mounted riflemen. Them troops did
great execution, but sufVrrd much lefa than
the diviaion under Gen. Taylor. . -
The Relative Farces, Lours, Jr. We aro
awured that Ampudia had from fourteen to six
teen thousand troops the former ii thn lowest
number given by any one. They had about
filly pitceaof heavy artillery worked with a de
gree of (kill and prr.-ciainn unsurpassed by any
nation. They were also in a strongly fortified
town. Tim street leading into the town, to
the Plan, were all either closed up with heavy
and strong walli ol aolid masonry requiring
great labor, and executed in the moat workman
like manner, or thrso street were protected
with batteries of heavy ordnance, planted so as
to eflvctially cover their entranco.
The America army did not exceed 5000. and
700 of these were reserved as a camp guard. In
protect the camp from force of Mexican caval
ry , so that we had but 4300 men in the engage
ment. Nearly all our most effective ordnance
had been left behind. There waa onlv the
Flying Artillery, which, in order to do much
wounded, ia fast recovering.
The enemy's loss is not known with any cer
tainty. The Mex cans in Monterey state it at
12 or 1400, but about 1000 i thought to be a
more probable estimate.'
. An officer writing a description or the battle
nf Monterey, lo a brother officer in Matainorav,
say!
TheTeXana are a gallant aet of boys per
fect dare devils. They will do anything they
am told odo. Gen. Worth admires them, an-J
he ia not the only one. . They are aa dilie'renl
from our dragoon; aa night from day: Mjnr
Chevalier, one of the Texan officers, asked to
gii with Captain Smith tosturfti the flrsl height
rCo,' say Gen. Worth, ! wnnt Capt.S nith to
Command that party. 'The'ro ahall be no diffi
cully about ihnl,' rays the gallant I'ttlo Mvjor,
I will go under Capi. :ronith-' Am! tins l-
Ijor ia but a fair sample of the wholo body. Col.
, ' 3
j llnj-rt has gaineil eieiil reputation among our
I i thcrrs. alker has won new latirws.
j 'Gen. Worth ia the hero of this alTuir; he did
1 the mrt of it, and loft only about thirty k lied
i and wounded, while the main boly of the army
lof t about &00. The Mexicans, it u thmieht.
lo-t about the same number. We got thirty,
five pieci a of artiMery by the surrender. After
examination, wc found that we had not begun
the hardest of the work. AH ere sotitfletl with
the condition of the truce, which labts for six
ty daya except, perhaps, scmo o! tho T xn.'
The following officers, who came on the Gal
veston, were to the biit' le of Monterey , Lieut.
Sockett, U.S. A; Cap'. Nicbolls, Louisiana ;
Lieut. B. T. Owen, Baltimore Butt I ion i Lieut
Tho. J. Curd.
These officers, with others, who stopped at
Camargn, li ft Monterey on the Cih inst., at
which lime all the Mexican troop had evacu
ated the city according to the terms or the eapi
tnlat on, the citizens remaining and pursuing
their btisitiesa asui-uvl. It is said that (iener
al Ampudia ua much frightened, lest the
Texan Would kill him, that he begoed Gon.
Woith to lurnibll an escort for hi seciit ity on
his departure, which west accordingly done.
There Were vague rumors at Monterey that
t?4'ita Anna was tt the head of an otmy and
marching to meet Gun; Taylor.
Mnldmorat. The Flag of Wednesday, ;he
7lh ray a bearer of despatches arrived in this
city on Monday evening laat, en route fur Mon
terey, only ten day from Waihingtun city.
Tlieatcimuo.it Aid was chartered immediately
upon his arrival here to take him to C uusro.
tie will no doubt arrive in Monterey on the
Dill, making fourteen day from Washington
city. Thie ia extraordinary apeed, and would
imply that hia budget contain lim tier i of iuipor.
lance. Probably the destiny of Mexico. Whe
ther she ia lo be, or ia not tube. Alter the
Ginertl in done looking at them, he'll tell
us what it ell about. We have heard so many
different conjecture on the subject that we dare
not venture one ourselve.
Enoi.4Nd.s Alison, the historian, rye that
th immense debt under which England, now
tagger ia inconsistent with the maintenance
of national independence. Lord Brougham says,
that England ia under reeegniance to keep
the peace in the runt ef 00,000,000, the a
meant of her national debt.
u'i J a M mit ) W tjMmm.
there ia no appr.l but to force, the Vital principle
Pa. Saturday, !Vov. 1846,
. LaTEtt PnOM THK IE tT OP WAR.
The mean of Tfannportatinn Di ficient Great
Excitement in enne- qnence of a Report that
' O'd "Rouah and Ready" wa to be Superse
ded Public' Meetitiff, ap.d the Resolutions
Passed--Opinion of General Bmlcr amongst
the Volunteers-The Popularity of "Old
Zack" Mov a Young Soldier feel when he
first smell Gunpowder The Fll of Colonel
WatsonThe JJewd and DyingThe Noble
Tenncsseeans Captain Stewart The Sun
end the Ladies, 4., &e. ,
(Correspondenf4f the Rnltimore Sun
Campikr MoTTKnrv. Mexico, )
Oct (ft. (I believe.) 19f). .
Gentlemen : There are no stationery stores in
this part of the world, where one can step in and
pet a sheet .f paper to write to a friend, so I
lis vc paid our sutler, a 'dime' a sheet for thin, in
order to let you hear frnm the Baltimore bat
talion. Promising, .therefore, Ihnt I have char
ged you with thM ttrmunt per sheet, I proceed
to give you such few items of new as I can fur
nich, after hunting or it ever eincc the battle.
Before I begin, however, I with to ask you
one or tan question, and first: Incur Govern
ment asleep, or fceaxi they determined to let old
'Rough and Ready' alone, to C-;ht on hi own
hook 1 It rear!? aVie seem, to me that there is
great funk somewhere. When we have sugar
we have nocnfTeV when we have bread we r'
out of meat, when we l ave meat we have no
besns, and a more completely famished snd
starved set of men yon never saw. The trans
portation fof thfa' arrity is miserably defirient.
snrt had the Government evinced hall the de
sire to sustain this army that this army has
shown itself auX'ous to win li.urel., there Would
not have been one hall the number of dischargee
and deatha there have been.- ill you, there
fore, be good enough to give tlio 'power that
be' a gentle hint it this score.
S"cindly. A copy of the New Orleana Tropic
found ita way into the encampment yesterday,
and it created an excitement 1 aha 11 only par
tially attempt to describe. It stated, in so ma
ny words, that Gen. Taylor mind yott, the he
ro of the Sin and Dth ol May waa to lie super
seded, and Maj, Gen. Butler was lo receive the
appointment to the tbief command of this army.
I never sar st much excitement in my life.
Our company rCip. Stewart's) met in public
meeting;, and called on our officers to kuow if
it wa trut, and every man of u threatened lo
leave the army instanter if Old Rough ws su
perseded. Thry sec nod as nngry as the mpti,
and, after pledging theinselve to us to throw
tip their commissions if the statement proved
true, the whole battalion met in pu'ulic assembly,
and Unanimously adopted a resolution, that they
wnulrf form guard of liimor to escort the Ol I
lleVo to the Rio Grar.de fn the event of fits Ic
ing superseded.
The gallant Tennesseeana (the I'oroea of
Monterey) now rnVight the excitement, then the
Mieisippians. und I firmly believe that the mo
ment the government attempt tins proceeding
the army uf occupation will be broken up.
This army has mi confidence whatever in
Gen. Dot It r. Hi charge (the second otir) Was
Vl-timti, ivjudifiout and ih'ijfectual , and it
was during this charge that the immense
laughter of our force, especially on the part of
tho Tunnei-secans, took place.
It waa made by the orders of tion. fluller,
without orders from Gen. Taylor, and I firmly
believe that we all would have i-hared the fate
nf our lamented Colonel, (Watson,) and been
!iit to pieces, had not Gen. Taylor rodo up un
der a most trcmenrfoue nro and ordered u lo
retire. It was hern that o'ur beloved General
had his horse shot. However, he escaped, and
hi escape Wbssml is yet a miracle, for think
I may feiy ray tl.at I saw tlie dust of fifty bu!
let fly round tho ho-ifsat hUliorsp. Gen. Bui
'er bad been wounded, rind a soldier was tying
honki r'chiefefound his leg when General
Taylor rode tip. They had hard and high word,
when Gch. Taylor exclaimed, 'Sir, I order you
o retire. Gen. T. now turned full towards ti;
slid in s. firm, clear Vujcx, v. nich was beard by
every man, ordered u lo retreat to a Cornfield
hear by.
In one word, Cutler has the uratiimou eon'
ierit of the volunteers to re'urn to private life;
and for one, I solemnly declare, that although
I came here to serve clViring the War, I will ap
ply for my ducharge before I will ever concent
to accompany a charge of bayonets, which shall
be made nnder th order of M-j"f Gyn." But
Icr. tiJir.tl hint to Le a brave man ; Ac led
itie (hvitliinin permit, aadJoa uoxnuhil while
at it head but he lack prudence, foresight
and-Trther qualities necessary in a commander,
in-chief. I again repeat, that if our Govern
ment should attempt to aupcraede Gen. Taylor,
and to appoint GenT Butler in his stead, th
army of occupation, at least the volunterr por
tion of it, will be broken up. They, the vol on
leers, will never consent to serve under say
other General. A; not even under Twigga or
Worth, both of whom have at Monterey gained
immortal honors. Taylor, or as we familiarly
Call him, 'Old Zick,' ia the e'Aey fur us. I sib
and immediate parent of dspolim.-J
irvaaaov,
Vol. TXo. Whole Wo, 810
yon to be good enough, gentlemen, to let the
government know the reol Sentiments of the
volunteers in this matter.
Yon may, nrobably, wish to know how a
young soldier feel when be smell powder for
(he first lime I will tell yo-i. At first I frit
a though I should like to have been but of the
party I felt decidedly 'natty' and lootted from
one end of the battalion to the other to see if 1
could ee any one run. Yes, 1 felt like run
nitig, 7 must acknowledge, but they all stood
like men, and I could not bear tho idea to be
the fiM to run, and, therefore, kept on with
the rest. Tho Tennesseeana were about ten
yarda in our advance, the Misaisaippiane about
the same distance in our rear. You will there
fore see, gentlemen, that 1 had to stand up to
the rack, fodder or no fodder.1
At this moment an awful fire wss opened on
the Tennesseean. They full by acores, but
the balance atood like veterans. We were fi
red upon by a cro.ss lire from 9 and 12 pounders
and a murderous di.-chare of small arms from
corners of streut, doors, windows, and tops of
hoti-rs.
By this time, Col. Watson waa try Frig to
L'el uh ahead of the Tennesseeana, (having appli
ed for the advance and received from Gen. Tay
mr the promise, of it,) and while in the act of
giving thrrti cheors, was shot down. He waa
on our right, some twenty pocj?s ahead of ua. 1
saw him tall, and all apprehension now left me.
I made sn involuntary effoit to get to him to
afllird him help, but waa borne on by the pres
sure of Ilie tuns behind, and willingly yielded
to it, impelled by a thirst for revenge that would
have carried me through a storm of bullets, or
In id ne out in Monterey. We were novV with
in fitly yards i.fthe Wall, behind which the ene
my were lying in perlect security, and at this
miiment Gen. Tayh rode up in gallant style,
accompanied by a young uftker.
Now came the thrill ng scene of. all. X hugo
Tennesseean Ming out ''silence, men here
come Old Zsck three cheer for Old Zack."
Three tremendous cheer were now given, un
til . ,
"HraVen'a broad arch rang back the sound."
t tremb'ed fir hia safety, for I expected to see
him fiill every moment.
Great TJ.xl, i never ctn forget tTiat alglit.
Tho "ollnnt old Soldier turned to the young of
ficcr who accompanied him afld teceived from
him a spy-glass, which ho applied 16 his eye,
ns if to survey the scene around hint. There
la ul at li'at 401) men shot down , the General
calmly thut tip the glass and returned it to the
officer, and then ridinjr still neorer the foe, un
til he was even up with the Tennesseans, gave
tbe order In 'retire.' (followed him with my
eye 'ti',l I saw h;m beyond tho danger of the
small arms, and then almost involutarily utter
ed an ejaculation to tlio Almighty that his Fn
valnn'jfe life was still preserved to his 'country.
As I was returning saw a wounded volunteer,
who begged iiu to give hitn some water, 1 did
so, and carried him ah my back to a place of
security. Ila was a Tenr.eweeao I when 1
laid him down in the presence of las officers,
ho was a corp o. ,
urn pen tem.m.tiio Hytit wa Ifarlul. The
word may lia ungoldierlike I cannot Iirlp it,
it was horridly fearful. The man whocsn con
template such a scene aa four hundred men
dead and dving, and not deeply, keenly feel.
he ia made of sterner a'uff th'.ti the material of
which I am composed.
Oeni.emeri, you thqi'ld have seen the noble
sons ol Tpnni si'e, a they then conducted them,
t-elvee. Ttiey were the heroes of Monterey
Y0 should b:ie seen our own heroic snd in
ilomilnble. Colonel Watson you should have
seen our present beloved commander, the intre
pid, iinble-souled Ciplain Stewart. He fought
tike a bull -dog, and when lie left the field he
was covered with blood and gore itnd dest.
nilttimorrcn, I tell you that a nobler fellow
even Oiitiiiinre never produced. You may rely
On him in ony emeruency. He is unhurt.
Bull must close my two sheets sre full.
But I riow hay to ask you a favor, Messrs. Sun
proprietor. You must know that soldiers are
not overstocked wi:li money, and therefore can
not 'pay liie printer,' So you imifrt (mind you
rr.HA) send ua occasionally a few number of
your paper. We s.melime get one, which
we supp'tse iiu send us. But verb, sul a
hint in enoujjh please send them to Csptsin
Stewart we will get them.
One mora fnvor I have to beg, via: The
Sun i read daily by every lady in Baltimore at
thb breckfast table. Be good enough; there
fere, to let our sweethearts (God eternally bless
them) know what we are about.
Koblb Ex A mpls Gov. Briggs, of Massachu
setts, in dedicating a Normal School, saiJ ba
could rsmemberthe cs of poor boy who sat
upon lb bard plank acat in one of these scbonls,
while hi rather was foilifis; at tb anvil for bread
who by tb smile ef fortune and th confiaVuc
of th psopt was elected Chief Magistrate of
that State, and waa now addressing th meeting.
This is a practical demonstration, which it worth
a world ef Iheenea
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ktTaenatien of Monterey.
MontKatr, Msxtco, Sept. 23, 18i8. .
' Gentlemen: We are at lehgth in quiet pot
seasion 6f tnii place, the latt division of Ampu
dia' Army having marched out yetterday morn
ing. Th lit divition marched out on th 26th,
the ii on tb 27th, and the balance on the 28th.
I taw the two last, and was able to form a toler
ably good idea ef th number of men in them.
There could not have been fewer than 2500 in
each divition, of regular soldiers, well armed and
equipped. Add to these tome 2000 bortemen
who left th city in tmali partiet, during th font
daya' fight, and at leaat 5009 citizens of the town
who took Up arms in its defence, and you have a
pretty atrong force for the defence of a place
which nature and art have combined to render a
airong at any in the world. How such an army,
thus kitiiated, could ever allow itself to ba con
quered by a fore of less than 7000 men will al
ways appear strange to m. The cowardice of
Ampndia is now established beyond a doubt. So
eareful wat he of bit person, that it is said be
never once left hia house when any-firing waa
going on. What a pity that, one of our shell
could not have dropped into hia bed room.
: I felt perfectly satisfied when I saw the Mexi
can troops pass out of town, with the arrange
ments which G?n. Taylor had made with them.
To have taken ail these men prisoners would
have been useless; their arms we did not want,
their horses were worthless, with a few excep
tions, and it would hav been very expensive and
troublesome to feed and guard so many men ; and,
moreover, it would have cost many a valuable
life tb have carried the city at Tho point of thb
baVoue't.
1 rode out with the bead of the column day be
fore yesterday, when their 2d division left town.
That scene alone would almost bave remunera,
ted one for the long journey to MonteVey. At
the head of the column rode the commander of
the division with bis stuff, accompanied by Msj.
Scott, of the 5th Infantry, with hit Adjutant
(Lieut. Dees'? and Lieitts. Hanson, Robinson and
McLaws. Col Peyton rode by the side of the
chief, and received a very affectionat embrace
from bim ab we turned out to let the columrt
march on, when th head bad reached Palactt
Hilt. ,
And now wat presented a teen that I can
ver forget. Two regimenta ot infantry led offi
with colora flying, drum beating, and the trum
peter blowing with all their might. The fife
made all the noise they could. The meti were
all well armed, and the whole division teemed t
be well appointed, with the exception of shoes.
in Hcu of which, most of the men wore sandals.
Three pieces of artillery were in the centre of
the column, one six, one nine, and one twelve-
pounder. The line, marching four abreast, ex
tended about one mile. 1 he army wa accompa
nied by a great many females ; officers' wive oii
horseback, tbeir facet mu.lled, arid with baft on;
aoldier' wivet mounted on donkeys or on foot,
tome of thefn carrying burden that I would
scarcely think of packing upon ttiulet; youn
women with short petticoatt and hats, tiippins
lightly along; youe.g girls trudging along with
their little valu-.blet in their armt. 1 noticed
one pretty little i reature, about nine years old,
with a pet chit ken cn one art.) and a parrot perch
ed upon her hand.
The ugliest woman I evri heard of was walk
ieg behind a peer little fleabit donkey, belabor
ing biro with a large stick. Th donkey ws
riddea by a young woman, a second edition of
the uld one. A precious pair, that mother and
daughter. Most of the soldiers looked sullen,
and their eyes gleamed with hatred, and a de
air for revenge. One of McCullocb'a bones, a
valuable animal, which a man was leading out o(
the way of the Mexican troops, wat teited end
led off, the ioldiert levelling their muskets at tho
bottler when he endeavored to recover his horse.
The animal wts promptly returned, however,
on the circumstance being mentioned to that
commanding officer.
Yetterday morning the last division was dra'wul
out on the Plaza next to the cathedral that is,
all that the plaza could hold and Capt. Miles,
who ia stationed there with his regiment, (Ttri
Infantry.) drew up hia command and saluted tb
regiments as they passed him. I never beard &
noise until yesterday morning pandemoniums
never con'ainrd aa noisy a Jang aa these Mexi
cans ar. It teemed to be the particular endea
vor of every man tb make all the noite that lay
in hit power. There nnut have been fifty bug
lert and as many filers and drummers playing at
lh same time, and no three of them attempting
the tame tune.
I taw several regiments of fine-looking sn.
diert, men of good size, young, active and athle
tic. Tb lit divition it encarrped in the grove, J
mile east of lbs town one of the loveliest spot
ia th world, thaded by large pcan and live oak
tree. Th.t grove seems to be tb only wood
land in this region, and it retotted lo by the till'
lent of Monterey as a place for holding pic-iiid
partiet. The 2d, a volunteer division, it alsd
encamped in Ibis grove. Gen. Worth's division"
oecupiet the town. Th citizens ar beginning
to return in great numbers, and appear to Net
glad that th Mexican Army bat left them. II.
Raoofiira tuk Hills. The Legislature iY
tifw Hampshire bas given pcrmistiun lo thirty
nine person named llill to drop the, Tbial
it aingular proceeding. v -