flfllifl f! mm TWO DOLLARS PER AXNUM.V HALF-YEAKLV IS ADVANCE. AND FARMERS' AND i ' MEGHANICS' REGISTER. ir not paid wrrmx titc year; 2 50 WILL BE CHANGED. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY JONATHAN ROW, SOMERSET, SOMERSET COUNTY, PA. New Series. TUESDAY, THAU 19, 2855, Vol. 4. No. 27. is to lil t) gou an 55- Fortune smiled not on our sires, And Love, when we one became, All thy dower was kind desires, . All my heritage the same. Slender stock or worldly wealth For the firm of man and wife! But we both brought hope and health To our partnership for life. Add to this that wealth above All that riches men miscall; Mutual faith in wedded love, Mutual sympathy in all. Like that gem whose day dim'd spark Flames a rosy sun at night, Ever as my soul grew dirk. Thine has shed diviner light. And wherever clouds have thrown Shadows' o'er those eyes of thine, Has not then affection shone With its tenderest beam upon mine? Thu3 we promised, Love, to live, And in memory's page we read Few short-comings to forgive Mutually in word or deed. Thou hast been my joy in grief. Balm in anguish, praise in blame; And, same moments few and brief, I to thee have been the same. Let, then, siugle blessedness Laud its raptures to the sky; Hymen's bliss a double bliss. And his sigh but half a sigh. . Erom the Nat. Intelligencer. Further News FROM ,T HE ARM . Wp received last evening New Orleans papers of the 28th and 29th ult., and ex Iras from offices of the Tropic , Picayune and Times, dated April 29, 11, A. M. The Telegraph, Capt. Auld, arrived last night from the Brasos St. Iago, and four days later from the Army of Occu pation. The steamship left Brasos St. Iago at 1 1 o'clock, A. M., day before yes terday, being only 29 hours out. The captain has kindly furnished us with some memoranda, stating that on the 19ih inst., Lieut. Porter of the 4th Regiment, (son of the late Commodore Porter) be ing out with a fatigue party of ten men, (some of them wearing uniform were fired upon when within a few -niL's cfthr camp. Lieut. Porter and three of his men were killed in the attack, the rest of the parly escaping, returned to the camp next day. It is staled that the guns of the A mericans were wet and would not fire. We see no explanation given why lh's party of soldiers should be ranging about the country with guns that would not fire. Lieut. Van Ness informs us that noth ing further had been heard of Col. Cross up" to the 19th, ; but that the general opin ion is that he is still a prisoner, though not at Matamoras. About fifty of the American army have deserted and swam the river for the Mex ican camp, but a number of them were shot as deserters while in the water. The whole number of American troop is es timated at between two and three thou ernd; and they are said to be in excellent discipline, and eager for an engagement with the enemy. Ampudia's forces are reported at between three and four thou sand. It is rumored that Arista is about to supercede Ampudia in the command. Thf Vow Orleans papers bring us la- A w - X i ter intelligence from the Army on the Rio Grande, including die melancholy news of the death of Col. Truman Cross, late of this city, whose (ate will be deep ly lamented bv many of our citizens. It will be observed that, though someallow ance should be made for exaggerated re ports, the general complexion of the news is so warlike' that it would seem 'almost impossible for the two armies much lon ger to avoid a direct conflict. Wc quote from the Picayune of May l?t The brig Apalaciiicola, Captain Smith arrived at this por' yesterday from Brasos Bay, whence she sailed on the 24th ultimo, and reports that on the 22d she left Point Isabel, where Major Tho rias, the acting Quartermaster, informed Captain Smith that- the body of Col. Cross had been found about four miles from General Taylor's camp, on the Rio Grande. From the wounds upon the hodv it seems evident that he was killed by a lance. It was further reported that a person in Matamoras had acknowledg ed that he was the murderer, and had the watch and clothing of Co!. Cross in - Gsn Tavlo. it is also r.:5 pcssatsicr eT.artpA.hA m.de a furmal demand for the Tattrderer. : "All open communications were permit-! ted to pass by the Commandant at Point isaoei oetvveen tnatposi ana xuaiamoras. Still Later. lhe schooner Corxe- . lia, captain star, arrived last evening from Brasos Santiago, whence she sailed on the evening of the 24th ultimo. She reports that about three hours before she sailed an express arrived from Gen. Tay lor, stating that the commander of the Mexican forces had made a formal decla ration to Gen. Taylor that if he did not move his army from the position he then occupied within thirty-six hours, the Mexican batteries would be opened upon them. The same express also stated that at that time a body of two thousand Mexi cans had crossed the Rio Grande near Rosetta a small town about eight miles below Matamoras, on the west bank of the river and taken up z position be tween Point Isabel and General Taylor's ramp. The design of this movement is evidently to cut off. the American troops from their supplies. A private letter was also received last evening from an of ficer in Gen. Taylor's camp, confirming in part the above report the Mexicans hav ing crossed the river, but stating the num ber at one thousand only. There had previously been so many rumors to the same effect in the camp that little reli ance was placed upon this one, which was first communicated by a Mexican, who was prudently detained by order of Gen. Taylor. The accounts by the Cornelia confirm the melancholy news given above as to the fate of Col. Cross. He was found entirely stripped and wounded as before stated. We have a letter from an officer in the camp, dated 2 1st ultimo, the postscript to which states, what we had no doubt of, that the Americans "had not retired one foot from the bank ot the. river, nor does the General mean to do any thing that cent look like, it" Our flag waves over the waters of the Rio Grande, and we have a fixed battery of eighteen-pounders that can "stop any thing m Matam ras. While upon the subject of thearmy, we may state ihat the steamer Col. Har vey, which left here on Wednesday lor Brasos Santiago, took with hr a batterv ; of ten long twelve-pounders, ind a quan tity of munitions ol war, and mat she was to take in more at Galveston foriie same destination. The .New I 'orkt whiclTsail ed yesterday for the same point, had a detachment of 180 men on board for the army, under the command of Lieut. Mc Phail. Four companies of infantry are expected in two or three days, who will be despatched immediately for the same destination. The schooner Gen. Worth, twelve hours later from Brasos Santiago, .and bringing, it is said, one day's later intel ligence from Gen. Taylor's camp, was in the river late last night, eight or ten miles below the city,' waiting for a tow. It is said a bearer of despatches from General Tavlor is on board. Col. Hunt immedi ately despatched a boat to bring her up. Mr. Marks, attached to the AmericanCon sulate at Matamoras, is on board the Gen Worth. There was a rumor, brought by one of the schooners last night, that our Consul at Matamoras, apprehending im prisonment from the Mexicans, had left his post and repaired to General Tay lor's cmp. . , In addition to the above we extract the lohowtng irom me tunes, being trie m telligence brought by the arrival here re ferred to by the Picayune: "We are informed by Capt. At well, of the schooner Gex. Worth, who left Brasos Santiago on the 25th, that the day before (the 24th) the Mexican schooner Jcxiata was taken by the U. S. schooner Flirt, and sent into that port as a prize. "We learn also from the same gentle man that the two thousand Mexican troops above spoken of as having crossed the Rio Grande, had captured several wag ons, belonging to settlers, loaded with provisions for the American camp. The ohied of the enemv seems to be to inter- J tercept the Fupplies destined to the Uni ted States troops. It is more than proba ble that an engagement has taken place before this. "The American Consul and Merchants, resident in Matamoras, had been ordered by General Ampcdia to leave for Victo- ria, TamHuiipas twenty-four hours hav- mg been allowed them to adjust their af fairs. This is a violation of the terms of treaties existing between the United States and Mexico, it having been agreed on that, in the event of war. the citizens of the two countries, respectively, should not be molested in their aflairs, but six months ho allowed to those living in sea ports, and twelve months to those in the 1 and plentiful harvest that than which is interior, to arrange'for their departure. every where presented to view in Ligon "Our army is in good health and spir- ier Valley. Vegetation has clothed na its, only one hundred and thirty-five be- ture in her voriegated and beautiful robes, inc- on the sick list. The latest accounts i The meadows Dromise nlenty. and the fully confirm the reports of the murder ot Col. Cross and Lieut Porter." O . From the Galveston News. Extra. We may here remark that it is uow understood as a feet that Ampudia is al- ready superceded by Arista from whom we mX exPccl tie next proclamation. This General is admitted to be an officer of character, good sense and prudence, and whatever proceeds from him will be entitled to some cousid- 1 cration. Inoursummarvnewsbvthesteamshin Telegraph we omitted to state what may be of some importance, viz: That Gen eral Ampudia, in his answer to the inqui ries of Gen. Taylor concerning Colonel - , . 1 1; .,i , , e Cross express disavowed any acts of hostility that might have been or might hereafter be omitted by Mexicans on this side of the river, stating that all such acts were unaudiorized by him or his Govern ment. The New Orleans Tropic of the 28th ult., has the following paragraph: Troops for Texas. The ship Indi ana, Captain Burnett, which arrived here yesterday from New York brought out as passengers Lieut. D. F. MePhail, 5th Intantry commanding Lieut. N. B. Rus sell of the 5th Infantry; Lieut. S. Hamil ton, of the 13ih do.; and 180 U. S. sol diers, destined to the army of occupation in Texas. BLOCKADE OF the RIO GRANDE. The New Orleans Times of the 29th ult. savs: The schr Equity, arrived yesterday from the mouth of the Rio Grande, having been ordered off by the United States blockading sauadron, composed of the brig Lawrence and the schr Flirt. topgallant and lower studding sail's booms The Equity sailed from this port on the belonging ta some unknown vessel ot a 28ih ultimo, with an assorted cargo for bout 180 or 200 tons, on which the A Matamoras. merican flag was flying all in tatters. The schr. Floridian, hence for Mata- ! .. . a mora?, was likewise ordered off by the brig Lawrence, and arrived here last e vening. This confirms the accounts given some days since, that Gen. Taylor has issued instructions to the commander of the Lawrence to prevent any v nT the Rio Grande rf the use lexicans. From California. A correspondent of the New York Express, writing from San Diego, Janua ry 27, says: "We are expecting every hour to hear of a war between this country and the U nitcd States, in which event this people are determined to fleece the Americans. California never .was in a worse state than at present. Pio Pico continues Governor, and is slill quartering at Cos Angeles. Castro is Commandant Gener al of the north and is actually governor of that part of the coast the civil arid mili tary power is at open war. 44 It is expected that Castro will come down with a frr?e and depose the Gov ernor, if possible, but of which lhere is considerable doubt, as Pico has a strong party to support him, and the foreigners have declared m his favor. The Provin cial Assembly commence shortly, when it is the intention to declare California independent of Mexico. The best thing that can be done, provided it can be main tained. All the Missions arc cither sold or rented. Bat little or no rain has yet fallen, and the prospect is that one-half of the cattle will die for want of pastu- rage. ly the ISew Urleans ricayune we have intelligence from California, several weeks later to the 18th of February, by a gentleman just rehired from the country, He brings some information respecting Capt. Fremont. That gallant and ad venturous officer reached Capl. Sutter's settlement, at New Helvetia, about the 1st of February Iast,with a force of a about sixty mounted men, as we are informed. Capt. Fremont had been so fortunate as to discover a new route or pass, by which California can be reached bv emigrants in sixty days less time than by the old route via Oregon. This new route is perfectly practicable for wheeled vehicles, and when it comes to be generally known, will give a renewed impetus to "emigra tion to' California. Capt. Fremont left his party near Capt. Sutter's, and pro ceeded himself to Monterey on a visit There is a strong tide of emigration pour ing infrom the States by way of Oregon. The representations made in regard to the state of California confirm former ac counts. Allegiance to the Central Gov ernment of Mexico is almost entirely t thrown off. The Californians are dis tracted by dissensions among themselves, and stability under any rule or any form of government, is not to be counted upon among them. The Crops. CTNcver in our recollection have we seen a more flattering appearance of a fine I A promise orchards never were more beautiful. The farmers harvest hones are bright, and ere long he will be bringing in his sheaves with songs of rejoicing and praise. Free Press. - - Wrongs may try a good man, but can not imprint ou him a false stain. - - - roviisTetcT'rbjiickhorn handles, having the Singular Discovery. A letter has been received at Lloyd's f- orr , .- . . . ? r'. OI a "cspaicn irom 1 . L r general in Central America, dated: Guatemala, Dec. 3. 1845. CC. O. lo-JO. My Lord The master of the "Black Cat' r 1 T ...u i : 1 . . , t 1 .. , Istapa, has given me the following note ; ui ijuiiuun. '.viiu uas iusi arriveu x .pCcu.giiiB remains i.e immu o. ; . u - : 1 i- 1 . i . I. . near the equator, in longitude abou, 87. Captain James Davie's account is as follows: November 10, 1845. "Made the Gallipagos Islands; being calm, I went on shore on Chatham Is land hi search of water, but found none. At 8 A. M. returned on board. A sud- even by the strongest hand; and the Host den calm abreast of a deep bay ; lowered j is one mass of splendid jewels of the my boat and went on shore myself, with j richest kind. In the Mexican cathedral four hands under arms. On arriving at , there is a railing of exquisite workman the battoin of the bay, in pulling along J ship, five feet in height and two hundred the shore my attention was called to a : feet in length of gold and silver, on which number of water casks, 25 in all, 20 yards . J above high water mark. I landed at the spot, took out the bungs, and finding the greater number of them full, rolled four of them down to the beach left them, as it still continued calm, and procedr;d a short way into the woods with the boats crew, when I discovered three poles sticking in the ground ; namely, two Beneath them a heap of cinders, where T 1 11 .1 . there had been apparently a great lire, and the most valuable instruments to mariners had been tlestroyed and melted, namely, brass sextants, compasses, and log glasses; knives and forks, without number, totally burnt and destroyed, with the exception of one knife, and fork with name ol sciisors, Rdgers; sailors knives, sewiifg needles, packing ditto, fishhooks, ramrods, gun and musket locks, a heap of buttons melted together; brought away five supposed to be Spanish gold, dale 1787, of the weight of two ounces. "Leaving the spot, on running my sword into the sand, it held fast. 1 pick ed up a hoe near the same spot, in .dig- I ging, where I ran my sword, I discovered a cask of beef, without pickle, ma putn ficd state ; tripe, Indian corn meal, large whita roua d peas, and a case of castor oil; a chest containing carpenters and coopers' tools; some of them were brand new having the name of " Myers, cast steel ;" blocks and tins, cooking utensils, kettles, saucepans, two boilers, one of metal, the other of copper ; muskets, with out locks ; a bsrrel of common gunpow der, 39 lb.; nine clamps of guns, tompions also live pumkins, which were in perfect order, with the exception of one. Pro ceeded to the boat, and roiled four casks into the water, one ot which being very large, and the tide having fallen struck on a rock and bilged ; three I succeeded in getting on board. Made sail and pro ceeded on my voyage. At 10 30. a. m. the following day, Down's Island, which is marked "doubtful" in the chart, bore distant five miles. Latitude observed at noon, 33. 15 North, longitude 89. 30 West. Your lordship may, perhaps, think it desireable to make this singular caSe known at Lloyd's for general information. At first I was inclined to think thai this might be the Jovcn Cocillia, Peruvian schooner, which disappeared from the coast of Peru in November, 1844 with a cargo of goods of the value of 20,000 dol lars, belonging " to Mr. William Turner, British subject, and which was traced to Realego and Punta da Arcuasia in this re public, where the captain, Santo Bastos, sold some of the cargo. On the 012th of February last, she cal- linatAcaiintha,and was supposed to have proceeded thence to the coast of Mexico, but the valuable nature of the object Captain Daviea describes as hav- obiect Capt ing been so deliberately destroyed, and the fact that a quantity of gold was found melted with the rest of the things, tcrbid that supposition, ond leave the cause of this strange occurrence beyond reasona ble conjecture. I have, &c. F. CHATFIED. , A WMITE rSTEGRO. The Newark Eagle says that an Al derman of that city has in his charge one of the most singular children" ever seen. It is a boy six years old, born of parents perfectly black, and yet few of our white children are whiter than he. He has a thick broad heavy head, covered with a supply of short woolly hair, almost as white as the dripping snow. His cheeks are moderately tinged with red; his eyes blue and a little reddish; his nose short and flat, his lips thick and protruding; in short with the exception of color, he ex- 1 nioitsaii tne prominent cnaraciensttcs 01 the African colored race. His brothers j both older and younger, are perfectly blacis. 11 is parents are respectable col- ored people. e understand they refus ed an offer of a large sum to permit him to bo exhibited at the ' Museum in New York. ; ' ' lVealth of the Mexican Ctinrches. Major Noah, in the N. Y. Times, speaking of the immense treasures the Mexican Churches contain, savs: In the cathedral of Paebla dclos An glas hangs a grand chandalier of massive 1 orrilfJ unit silver nnt nf miners avprilnnoi? P . . , UUI llllUlb lUU II l 11" 111, l.UlitV.ltU UllUtl .1 : .u . me viceroy irum me various iriuuiary the riaht o the altar stands o a Carvej fi2ure 0f lUe Virgin, dressed in beautiful embossed satin executed by all the nuns of the place. Around her neck is suspended a row of pearls of pre cious value, a coronet of pure gold encir cles her brow, and her waist is bound with a zone of diamonds and brilliants. The candalabra3 in the cathedral of silver and gold, are too massive to be raised stands a figure of the Virgin of Remedios, with three petticoats one pearls, one emeralds, and one of diamonds; the fig ure alone is valued at three millions ot dollars. In the church of Guadatoupe there are still richer and more splendid articles, and in that of Loretto they hate figures representing the last supper, be fore whom are placed piles of gold and silver plates, to represent the simplicity of that event. It is the same in all the churches and cathedrals in Mexico. The starving Lepro kneels before a figure of the Virgin worth three millions, and yet would die of want before he would allow himself to touch one of the brilliants in her robes, worth to him a fortune. A bout a hundred millions of dollars are thus locked up in church ornaments, while nothing is laid out for public edu cation, roads, canals, public improve ments, and true national glory." IRELAXD. FROM THE LIVERPOOL TIMES OF APRIL 19. We have still to record the receipt of alarming intelligence from the sister country, giving the detaU of the approach ing fan.i le, which has already made its appearance in several parts of the country Lri iging with it a train of diseases, the results of which it is very painful to con template. Me:-tngs are being held in various parts to devise means to arrest the progress o the evil, and to procure work and food for this now starving peasantry. A meeting of the citizens of Waterford was held un the 7th instant, the Mayor in the chair, to adopt measures to meet the existing destitution in the borough. A local relief committee was appointed. Dunn? the nroccedings the following ob servations were made by the Rev. Mr. Shehan: "There was never such destitu tion in the city as there is at present. Show me a mason, carpenler,or any other tradesman employed The artisans have no employment, and consequently, they are in a state of destitution. I took the trouble of examining the reports of the Farming Institution, and I found that, in March, 1813, potatoes of the best quality were sold at 2d. a stone; in 1844, at 4d.; in 1815, at 3 Id.; and now this year, they are as high as 7d. to 81. by retail that the poor buy them. As there : is no employment, and prices are so very ; high, there must be extreme destitution. Committees have been formed at Bally dufl Killenkere, and Billeborough, County , Cavae. Accounts pour in upon us daily ! of the increasing distress. j In many places there are no potatoes , left; in none wilt the fast perishing root be foun;' after May. A Castlcbar paper has the following, headed Famine in I Mayo : " This gaunt and long-dreaded scourge has at last broken torth. He ! hVR beea 10 irom several 13 of th'i3 extensive country by gentlemen, of upoa wuos-j ichimj jn .... implicit reliance, gtjmg the most accounts of ins suhermgs o, tie Pj most awful ople at this early period of the year Even at Turloufh, in the immediate neighbor- hood of this town, many families are at this moment we learn without food, and the wretched sufferers are in vain en deavoring to get provisions in time that their children may not die. At the mark et of Castlebar, on Saturday last, provis ions, which were hitherto considered rea .j sonable, rose to an alarming height tatoos from 2'd. to 5d. per stone, oatmeal from 13s. to lGsper cwt. po and T2ic Polatoe Hot. A farmer in Vermont last year was oeriinu all his neighbors in cutting the gras3 in his meadow?. At night, some waguish boys went into one of his mead- ows and cut down all the crass in it. : They also went into his potatoe patch und cut a few swarths through it, At the time of digging the potatoes they were found to begotten, except where the boys ua(j cat off the tops! The Providence Transcript of Friday afternoon announces the death of the Hon. Jam Fenner, late Governer of Rhnilrt Ishnd. Tha deceased had attain- Ud his 77ih yrr.r. j7The rain in this section on Tues day affternoon, the 30th ultimo, fell ia such torrents, causing the small rivulets, especially east of this place, to swell iri the course of a very minutes into ficrca and angry streams, consequently, doing" great injury. We have no particulars, of course, of all the losses sustained bur, the greatest sufferer that we have heard of, is Dr. Daniel Shawcn. Mr. S., resi ded on a small run about five miles east of this place. His dwelling and Saw Mill, together with all his household ! goods, were washed away, and it was with diniculty that his family were res cued from a watery grave. His loss is es timated at from six to eight hundred dol lars. The Saw-Mill, belonging to Mr. William Noman, on the run, about a mils above this place, was swept off. Little Capon was very much swollen, and a great quantity of fencing along the stream was washed off, and the land very much injured. The Saw-Mill of Mr. Silas MilJeson was washed down, and Mr. M. in addition lost, we are informed about 10,000 feet of plank. The hail that fell with the rain in the neigborhood of North River Mills and the Forks of Capon was very large, some of the stones the size of a hen's egg, and, and, nearly all the glass in the windows of the dwel lings in these neighborhoods, more ea pecially the latter neighborhood, we aro told, was broken. It was the heaviest fall of rain ever known in this sectloa of country. Romney Intel. Management of Pasture Lands, Every good farmer wishes for a liberal supply of summer food for his live stock of all kinds. The most farmers aro however, very unskilful in the manage ment of pasture lands. Suppose a far mer has a large pasture of 70 or 80 a cres, in which are kept the oxen, sheep, horses and cows. The question might be asked of such a farmer, whether he has a profitable dairy ? We will suppose he keeps eight or ten cows, and makes butter and cheese enough to supply his own family, in favarable seasons. Now, Farmer Thrifty will put this man upon a track that will annually put one hundred dollars into his pocket, with a fair prospect to increase the sum to one; hundred and fifty or two hundred dollars. Let him sell two of his poorest cows, and the price of these will well nigh purchase the materials for an excellent fence, which will give the remaining six cowa the ex clusive right to "fifteen or twenty acres. We must have one lot that can be shut up to grow while the cows are feeding1 in the other. The cows will fill them selves upon grass two or three inches in height, in a short space ot time, without ranging over a large extent of ground, and thus injuring the grsss by treading. A good cow, having a full supply of the rich food, will constantly yield a liberal profit. But, indeed, it has been said that lands kept constantly in pasture will be come improved in fertility." Grass lands will, howevcr, bind out, if not occasional ly ploughed. Maine Cultivator. Fine Horses, The little city of Lowell is getting to be another Richmond in the beauty of ita horses, some of which have gained regal attention on foreign shores. The Lowell Courier states that only a year since, a beautiful pair of well matched light grays were owned and driven through the streets of that city by Rodney Parker, Esq. which are now caparisoned with gold lace, pearls, and precious stones, and arc attached to a chariot in which is seated a prince of the blood, in all the dazzling splendor of oriental magnificence, movin majestically through the streets of Calcut ta! These horses, (says the Courier) were sold by .Mr. Parker to a gentleman in Boston, to be shipped, for $600, and the consignee, before they reached the wharf in Calcutta, was offered SI, 500,and refused it, for them! They were ona hundred and twenty days on their passage out, perfectly healthy during this long voy age, and were the first American horses ever exported to that far country. To Improve Pear Trees, At a meeting of the Philadelphia Soci ety for Promoting Agriculture, held in February, Samuel C. Ford made the fol lowing statement as to his method of im proving the fruit of the pear tree. He said: "From experience, I can state the advantage to be derived from the applica tion of iron to the roots of pear trees.- It is known to all nataralists that iron en ters largely as a component part into the fruit of'the pear tree; and as many of our choicest varieties have very much deteri orated, I fee I it a duty to state that my fruit has been much improved, and some that were almost worthies?, restored bythe following application: During the win ter, wheu the frost will admit, I have my trees dug round to the distance of three feet, baring the upper roots, and thori have applied a bushel or more of chairs from ablacksm'th's shop oMir-.i would be better. This oxydizes bv the rihi of the season, and is taken up in th& ip rs it ascends in the fpri.ig. This is a M.-n-ple experiment, and one that will benign ly prized by ;H ihe lover vf 2nc fruit', 1
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