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Vol. 4. No. 34.
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tjeen Cfjinfiinrj.
J've been thinking, I've been thinking,
What a curious world we're hi !
Men are sleeping, eating, drinking,
Just as they always have been
Beaux are strutting, dandies quizzing,
Misses toiling night and day,
Boys are sporting, girls arc frizzing,
Grandmas fidg cting away.
Tom is crying, Mary singing ;
John is 'laughing merrily ;
Dust is flying, tea-bells ringing,
These have music sure for ine ;
Peasants toiling; rich men riding,
Staring with a lordly phiz ;
Rogues through every crowd are gliding,
Zounds; what a queer world is this !
Marrying, some in marriage given !
Others like the world of old;
All but me, are feasting, living
Would that wives were to be sold !
Others have their dears in plenty
And their bosoms heave with love,
"I've had chances, nineteen, twecnty
But I dared not one improve."
Brokers shaving, Sheriffs dunning,
Politicians pull your sleeve,
Printers scolding, wits are punning
Jail-birds begging for reprieve ;
Preachers warning, idiots ranting,
Bacchus, loo, hath devotees
Yonder wretch, your wife's gallanting,
What a deuced fool is he ?
Lawyers spouting, clients listening,
Doctors prating of their skill.
Patients groaning, school-boys whistling,
Striving all old time to kill.
Pedagogues of science telling,
Milliners of pretty things
Dozers stroll with bosom swelling,
List'ning while the night bird sings.
Clouds are lowering, tempests howling,
Friends-suspecting, foes are glad,
Children screaming, mistress scolding,
Merry bosoms now are sad,
Presto ! they arc gone forever,
All is gay as it has been,
Sunbeams shine, the girls O never,
What a culrious world we're in !
Funds for Carrying on llic War
with JIeIeo.
MESSAGE OF THE
President of the Cniled Slates.
In answer to a resolution ofihe Senate of June
3, IS 1G, culling for information relative tbc
mode of raising funds for carrying on the war
with Mexico.
To the Senate of the United Stales:
In answer to the resolution of the Sen
ate of the 3d inst., I communicate here
with estimales prepared by the War and
Navy Departments, of the probable ex
pense of conducting the existing war with
Mexico, during the remainder of the pres
ent and the whole of the next fiscal year.
I communicatc,also,a report of'theSeercta
rv of the Treasury, based upon these es
timates, containing recommendations of
measnres for raising the additional means
required. It is probable that the actual
expenses incurred during the period spe
cified may fall considerably below the es
timates submitted, which arc for a larger
number of troops than have yet berm cal
led to the field. As a precautionary mea
sure, however, against any possible defi
ciency the estimates have been made at
the largest amount which any state of the
service may require.
It will be perceivtd from the report of
the Secretary of the Treasury that a con
siderable portion of the additional amount
required may be raised by a modification
of the rates of duties imposed by the ex
isting tariff laws. The high duties at
present levied on many articles totally ex
clude them from importation, whilst the
quantity and amount of others which are
imported, are greatly diminished. By re
ducing these duties to a revenue standard,
it is not doubted that a large amount of
the articles on which they are imposed
would be imported, and a corresponding
amount of revenue be received at the trea
sury from this source. By imposing
revenue duties on many article now per
mitted to be imported free of duty, and
by regulating the rates within the revenue
standard upon ethers, a large and" addi
tional revenue will be collected. Inde
pendently of the high considerations
which induced mc in my annual message,
to recommend a modification nnd reduc
tion of the rates of duties imposed by
the act of 1812 as being not only prop
er in reference to a state of peace, but
just to all the great interests of the coun
try, the necessity of such modification and
reduction as a war measure must now be
manifest. The country requires addition
al revenue for the prosecution of the war.
It may be obtained, to a great extent, by
reducing the prohibitory and highly pro
tective "duties imposed by the existing
laws to revenue rales, by imposing reve
nue duties on the free list; and by modify
in? the rates of duty on other articles.
'The modifications' recommended by
the Secretary cf the Ti
reasury in nis an
nual report in December last, were adapt
ed to a state of peace, and the additional
duties now suggested bv him, are with a
iiv strktly to raie revenue as a war
measure. At the 'conclusion of the war succeeding its adoption; but that it would
these duties may and should be abolished, add one million of dollars per annum to
and reduced to lower rates. fne permanent annual revenue from cus-
It is not apprehended that the existing toms is not doubted,
war with Mexico will materially eflect ! It is believed also that the reduction
our trade and commerce with the' rest of and graduation of the price of the public
the world. On the contrary the reduc- lands in favor of settlers and cultivators,
tions proposed would increase that trade as recommended in your message of De
and augment the revenue derived from cember last, would make an annual addi
ik 3 - j tion of half a million of dollars to the rev-
When the country is in a stale of war enuc derivable from the proceeds of the
no contingency should be permitted to oc- public lands, by bringing into market ma
cur in which there would be a deficiency ny millions of acres of the public domain
in the treasury, for the rigorous prosecu- which are wholly unsaleable at thepres-
tion of the war; and to guardagainss such
an event it is recommended that contin
gent authority bs given to issue treasury
notes, or to contract a loan for a limited
. . at
amount, reimbursable at an early day.
Should no occasion arise to exercise the met by loans, treasury notes, direct taxa
power, still it may be important that the tion, or excises.
authority should exist should there be a j In addition to the strong objections
necessity for it. which have, been urged against direct
It is not deemed necessary to resort to taxes and excises, it would be difficult to
direct taxes or excises the measure rcc- put in operation such a system in all the
ommended being deemed preferable as a
means of increasing the revenue. It is
hoped that the wrar with Mexico, if vig
orously prosecuted, as is contemplated,
may be of short duration. I shall be rea-
dy at all times to conclude an honorable mergency of a war with some great mar
peace, whenever the Mexican Govern- alime nation, exposing our commerce to
ment shall manifest a like disposition. ' great hazard, and greatly reducing the rev
Thc existing war has been rendered ne- , enue from duties on imports,
cessary by the acts of Mexico; and when- j The only remaining means for supply
ever that power shall be ready to do us ing this deficit within the required period,
justice, we shall be prepared" to sheathe is by loans or treasury notes; and I would
the sword, and tender to her the olive accordingly recommend with a view to
branch of peace.
JAMES K. POLK.
Washington, June 10, 1816.
Tkkasi'ry Department,
June 15, 1846.
Sir: I have duly considered the
resolution of the Senate, of the 3d of June
1816, together with the estimates of the
Secretaiy of the Navy, of the 9th instant,
and of the Secretary of War, of the 13th
inst., submitted by you to this depart
ment, and respectfully report to you as
follows:
It appears that the aggregate estimated
expenditures of the War and Navy De
partments for the fiscal years terminating
on the 30th June, 1846," and the 30th of
June 1817, amount to $23,952,904, over
and above the estimates made by these
departments in December last, and then
submitted in my annual report to Con
gress. In that report it was supposed by
this department, that upon the expendi
tures then estimated for a state of peace,
there would remain on the 1st of July
1817, a balance in the Treasury of $4,
332,111 07. Deducting this balance
from the excess of expenditures above
estimated by the Wrar and Navy Depart
ments, ihere would result a deficiency of
$19,620,163.
It is believed, however, that this defi
ciency will, from augmented receipts ac
crued and accruing: from the fiscal years
1846 and 1847, be diminished four mil
tions of dollars, which would -reduce the
deficit on the 1st of July, 1817, to $15,
020,163. It is ascertained by experience, that for
the certain, prompt, and convenient pay
ment of the public creditors, at all times
and place, throughout our extended terri
tory, and the supply of the mint and
branch mints for coinage, a sum of four
millions of dollars, especially during a
state of war, must remain on hand m the
treasury, which would again raise the
sum to be provided for before the 30th of
June, 1817, to $19,620,463.
It is believed, however, that a sum c
qualto $5,532,057 of additional revenue
may be produced by the modification of
the tariff herein proposed namely, to
adopt a basis, the bill reducing the tarifl'
reported by the Committee of Ways and
Means to the House of Representatives
on the 14th of April last, together with
the augmented and additional duties now
proposed and enumerated in schedule A.
I This changeof the bill reported byjthe com
J mitlee, omitting the fourth section, would
make an addition to the revenue to be pro
duced by that bill, of $1,031,57.
After a very careful examination of the
additional data which has been in my
power to obtain since the month of Feb
ruary last,il is myconviction that the bill of
committee will produce a net revenue of at
least twenty-six millions of dollars. If to
' this be added the additional duties propos-
ed to be levied in schedule A, the bill of
i the committee, with the modifications em
! braced in the schedule, wonld produce a
j net revenue of 830,034,057. This would
.make an addition of $5,531,057 to the
revenue that would be produced under the
'act of the 30th August, 1842. If, then,
j we deduct this 85,53 4,057 from the defi
cit above estimated, it would still leaue a
deficit of $14,086,406.
If, in addition to the modifications of
the tariff above suggested, the warehous
ing system were adopted, as recommend
ed in my annual report of December last,
it would make an addition to the annual
revenue from customs of one million of
dollars, which, deducted from the above
deficit, would leave a deficiency still re
maining of $13,085,406. -
It is true that the introduction of the
warehousing system might diminish the
revenue during a portion of the first yerv
ent minimum price established by-law.
Deducting this sum of. half a million of
dollars from the deficit last above men
tioned, would leave still unprovided for
the sum of $12,580,406, which must be
States and territories, so as to realize the
required amount in cash, before the 30th
of June, 18 47. A system of taxes and
excises, it is believed, would not meet the
sanction of the people, unless in the e-
the most vigorous prosecution of the ex
isting war with Mexico, so as to bring it
to a speedy and honorable termination,
that a contingent authority should be vest-
ed in this department, "With your sanction,
to issue treasury notes, or etiect a loan of
a sum in the aggregate not exceeding the
last above mentioned deficit of $12,586,
106. I think it would be most advantageous
to the government, that a portion of this
money should be raised by treasury notes,
and the remainder by loans, limiting the
interest in botli cases to a rate not exceed
ing six per cent, per annum, and forbid
ding the negotiation in either case below
the par value. If the authority were lim
ited so as to cover this deficit, and the
power given to resort to loans or treasury
notes, or both, as the emergency might
require, the money might be raised to a
much lower rate of interest than if the
department were confined either to loans
alone, or to treasury notes. The experi
ence of the Government has demonstra
ted that there are periods when loans are
most available, and that there are occasion
when treasury notes are much belter a
dapted to meet the emergency; and the
power to select both or either, from time
to time, would render the negotiation more
certain, and probably save a large amount
of interest to the government. If the
war should be speedily terminated, it is
possible that a resort to loans or treasury
notes might not be required, or if so, for
an inconsiderable amount. The same
power that is now given by law to re
deem the loan, even before its maturity,
whenever the funds of the government
will permit, so as to liquidate any public
debt as speedily as possible, should be
continued, as also the authority for the
re-issue of the treasury notes as hereto
fore provided by law, as well as, for their
receipt in revenue payments.
The additional duties designated in
schedule A, are recommended as a war
measure, and to terminate with the resto
ration of peace, or as soon thereafter as
the state of the public finances will per
mit their discontinuance.
I have the honor to be, sir, most res
pectively, your obedient servant,
It. J. WALKER.
Sce'y of the Treasury.
To the President.
Salt Your Potato Fields.
Salt is a great preservative in the vege
table as well as in the animal kingdom.
The soil needs it. "When on Cape Cod
last fall, we noticed that no potatoes there
were afflicted with the rot.' We suspect
ed the reason might be because they were
manured with sea-wcedr containing salt.
A friend of ours in this tovn sowed his
garden with salt last year, and his pota
toes, which had not. been good for yers,
were fair and all free from rot. Let far
mers apply salt to their; potato fields
sown broad cast, or applied to the hills;
it can do no harm; we hope it may be
found to do good. Maine' Gospel Ban
ner. .
" C7Nr. Polk in his Message to Con
gress, again recommends the repeal of tfie
present Tariff. Does not that violate the
repeated pledges of the party, to those
who voted for him in 1844 ? Will those
who have been deceived continue to sup
port him ?
Were not the Poor Men also told that
tea and Ceffff ought not to be taxed ?
And does not James K.Polk now recom
mend it? What reason is there for a' tax
on tea and Coflae ? None; but the mor
tal hatred of James K. Polk to the pres
ent Tariff must be 'gratified. W est-Ches-
ter Record.
From the Gettysburg Star.
Meeting of the Friends of
- - General Scott.
A large and respectable meeting of the
Citizens of Gettysburg and vicinity con
vened in the Court-house o nThursday
evening the 18th inst. for the purpose of
expressing their views upon the unwor
thy effort now being made by bad and
unscrupulous partizcns, to tarnish the
fair fame of America's best and ablest
soldier, Gen. WIN FIELD SCOTT.
The meeting was organized by appoint
ing Major General DAVID MIDDLE
CO FF, President; Lt. Col. Robert
Cobean, Lieut. Col. S. S. McC heart,
Lt. Col. John Scott, Capt. J. Clafsad
DLEand Col. J. II. McClellan, Vice
Presidents; and II. J. Sehriner, J. G.
Grey, Daniel Lashel, J. M. Stevenson, Jr.
James Fahncstock and John Gallagher,
Secretaries.
The object had in view by the call for
the meeting was feelingly and eloquently
stated by D. M. Smyser, Esq., who
moved the appointment of a Committee
of thirty-one, to draft and report Reso
lutions expressive of the sense of the
meeting. D. M. Smyser, J. B. M'Pher
son, Dr. David Horner, David A. Bueh
ler, John L. Trat, R. G. Harper, Hugh
Denwiddie, A. R. Stevenson, Robert
Smith, A. B. Kurtz, D. McConaughy,
Thomas Warren, Daniel Gilbert, Win.
Wysotskey, James A. Thompson, Win.
King, R. S. Paxton, Geo. Myers, D.
McElroy, E. Z. -Little, 1). Ilcagy, J.
Aughinbaugh, Geo. Heck, A. Dcarson,
N. Codori, P. Hoffman, Dr. P. E. Van
dersloot, Wm. Stvdlsinith, Geo. W. Me
Cellan, Geo. Arnold and Benjamin
Schrivcr; were appointed said Commit
tee, who, after retiring a short time, re
ported the following Preamble and Reso
lutions :
Whereas, The President of the Uni
ted States has refused to Major General
Winfikld Scott, the command of the
army intended lor the invasion of Mexico;
and whereas, the responsibility for this
unprecedented step, which properiy and
fairly belongs to the Administration alone,
is uujustly and falsely attempted to be
fastened upon Gen. Scott ; therefore,
Resolved, That we not only justify
but COMMEND the conduct of GEN.
SCOTT in his late correspondence with
the Secretary of War, in which he in
formed that functionary, in plain and in
dignant lauguage, that he was not the
dupe of the schemers who were plotting
the destruction of his reputation, and en
deavoring to deprive him of the command
of the army, to which he was entitled by
his rank as Commander-in-Chief.
Resolved, That after a careful exam
ination of all the facts connected with the
refusal of the Prsidcnt of the United
States to invest GEN. SCOTT with the
command of the army, to which he is
entitled as well by his rank as by his il
lustrious services, and the blood which
has streamed forth from his veins on
Ike battle-fields of his country, wc rec
ognize in all, with feelings of the highest
admiration, the same noble conduct and
qualities which as a man and a soldier he
has always displayed, and which have so
much endeared him to the American peo
plenamely, a frankness which treas
ures no wrong in secret: a courage which
fears not to cast into the teeth of power
its meanness'and injustice ; and a chival
rous generosity which scorns to deprive
another of a single laurel gloriously won.
Resolved, That the refusal of GEN.
SCOTT to supersede Gf.n. Taylor,
who had fought bv his side in battle, ex
ceptat the head of such reinforcomcnts as
would allow him to do so without injus
tise or obloquy to that gallant old soldier,
furnishes another evidence of the generos
ity and magnanimity of his nature and
adds new splendor to a name already
rendered illustrious throughout the world,
by the deeds of its owner.
Resolved, That the Administration
has not only been guilty of great injus
tice to GEN. SCOTT himself, but by
its refusal to give him a command of the
army destined for the invasion of Mexi
co, through a mean jealousy of the glory
which he might acquire at its head, has
wronged the country, by depriv ing it of
the services of its bravest and its most ex
perienced General.
Resolved, That the eager haste with
which the Administration availed itself of
his frank and straight forward statement
of grievances and demand for redress or
explanation, to withhold from him the
command to which the voice of THE
COUNTRY has already called him,laken
in connection with the ungenerous at
tempt to legislate him out of his commis
sion, betrays the extent to which they
envy his reputation and fear his populari
ty, and the unworthy arts ol contrivance
to which they are prepared to resort to
remove a rival from their path. "
Resolved, That to insinuate as has
been done by some anti-American,tongues
that the soldier who led the forlorn hope
at the storming of Fori George, and
breasted the tide f battle on the bloady
J,ld oCIHPPEWA QUEEN STOWN
I AND NIAGARA, is a coward, is bins
; phemy against truth, and treason to the
glory which the heroism of GEN.
SCOTT has shed upon the American !
name. -
Resolved, That we recognize in this
conspiracy to destroy GEN. SCO I T m
the estimation of the people, the working
of the same spirit which poured out cal
umnies upon Henry Clay, and propagated
charges of imbecility and cowardice a
gainst the lamented Harrison.
Reeolved, That is is idle and vain for
those carpet knights whose highest ex
ploit has been to do military duty once a
year under the comfortable shade of an
umbrella, to hope to sully the fame or
hide the glory of GEN. SCOTT, by
their envious attacks and malignant slan
ders. Let the vipers bite the file they
will but break their own teeth. Ietthe
dogs bay the moon doubtless it will still
shine on !
Resolved, That it is not all surprising
that the vile panders to party should have
as little relish for (Jen. Scott's "soup"
as the British had for Gen. Jackson's
hot "coffee.'
Resolved, That instead of cowering
before the false and Anti-American char
ges which a base jealousy of his glory
has prompted, it is the duty of the friends
of GEN. SCOTT to guard his fame as
that of their country, to rally around him
and vindicate his claims to the highest
meed of his country's favor; and we rest
linn in. belief that the generous sympa
thies, ever alive in the heart.? of the peo
ple, will be aroused and stimulated by the
injustice which has been done to the
scarred hero of many battles; and those
who sought to sow the seeds of distrust
in his courage and patriotism, will reap a
plentiful harvest of disappointment, em
bittered by the scorns of an indignant
people.
Resolved, That it i? with pleasure
that wc find a large majority of the Whig
press of the country, standing forward
fearlessly to vindicate the lame and eon-
duct of GEN. SCOTT, which bad men,
for selfish purposes, are endeavoring to
tarnish.
During the absence of the committee
the meeting was ably addressed by Gen.
James Dobbin. Hon. Jas. Cooper res
ponded to a call of the meeting in a pow
erful and eloquent defence of the Herd of
Niagara's Battle-fields from the obloquy
attempted to be thrown around his glo
rious reputation by unprincipled men for
sinister purposes. The resolutions were
then unanimously adopted, aud on mo
tion of D. M. Smyser, it was
Resolved, That the proceedings of this
meeting be published in the National In
telligencer, and all the newspapers in the
Stale, friendly to the objects of the meet-
ing.
(Signed by the Officers,)
Troubles in Nauvoo,
It appears that tronbles in the Mormon
City are never to cease. Sjuic weeks
since a meeting was held in Hancock, at
which it was resolved that all the Mor
mons yet remaining in Nauvoo must leave
by a given time. Since then a force has
been raised to carry that resolve into ef
fect, and many of the Mormons, dreading
the consequences of lcmaining longer,
have fled from the city, some of them
wholly destitute of the means ofjsubsi&tence.
The Warsaw Signal of June 14, gives the
following particulars of the then existing
statefof things:
The excitement of this city has exceed
ed anything we have ever witnessed; and
when we say that we were in Paris at
the time of the attempted revolution of
1831, and in Philadelphia during the Native-American
riots, it may be inferred
that the feeling which exists at the pres
ent time, "runs mountain high."
The cause of this is already before the
public. An armed force (about 100
strong assembled without the pales of the
law,) now lies encamped within stirking
distance of the city, and its advance in a
hostile altitude is hourly expected by the
citizens. All possible preparations have
been made to receive the shock, should it
come, and there are but few at rest to
night who have not arranged to spring into
Ihe street at the tap of the bell."
One thing is settled if any armed force
should attempt to enter this place with a
mischievous intent, they will have to walk
over the dead bodies of 300 free Ameri
cans, who have recently purchased home
in Nauvoo, and established a residence
upon property evacuated by the Mormons.
The new citizens have sulcmnlydetermined
in council assembled, that they will neith
er fly from their homes, nor be dictated
to by an armed force illegally assembled.'
The new -citizens had appointed a
Committee to visit the Carthage Conven
tion, and various negotiations passed be
tween them and the "Regulators," who
wished to gain admittance into the town,
but this was steadily refused. - J
The Regulators' insist that the Mor
mons shall be immediately expelled, but
this, for several sufficient reasons, is also
resisted. Many of them, on the Iowa
side of the river, are in a most deplorable
condition.
It 13 evident that the new settlers will
resist ail attempts at coerf ion. All that is
wanted is time to enable the Mormons to
leave, and this agitation prevents them
from fmJin,r purchasers for their proper-
tv.
Thc invading party numbered about
400 and had one piece of cannon. A call
is made by the new seitlers on ail good cit
izens to come to their relief.
In a P. S. to the Eagle extra, it is stated
that the Regulators had dispersed, as they
said, to meet again at Carthage.
From the JVeio York Mirror
Gen. Winfield Scott.
We have read with great care the cor
respondence between Gen. Scott and the
War Department;and are as perfectlysatis
fied that the General is not capacitated
for the bush fighting at Washington, as
the Post is, that he is unfit for it in Mex
ico. Gen. Scott was placed in a pecu
liarly delicate position. Aware that Tay
lor was equal to any emergency, he felt
unwilling to supersede him in any man
ner which could possibly be misconstrued.
There was but one way in which lie
could act, viz: by assuming the command
of a large invading army, such a force as
should only be headed by a Commander-in-Chief.
Upon the President's verbally
informing him that he was intended to
such command, he immediately set about
making preparations for the assemblage
of his troops, the commissariat, the means
of transport, information of the nature of
the country, in a word, all the necessary
concomitants of a campaign long and ar
duous. In the meantime partizan r p
rescntatives in the House uttered com
plaints and insinuations against him,
which he naturally supposed to be either
the echoes of the Whtte House, or of the
Y ar Department. Why should he not?
Is it not a fact, notorious as disgraceful,
that King Caucus is a3 arbitrary as death
and as general as the grave ? Docs any
member of cither party venture to attack
such high game as General Scott, with
out sanction, or at least permission ?
Never. Scott finding that the adminis
tration, not flagitiously mean enough to
give the command to another, was yet
anxious to molest him, boldly tells it 'so,
and suggests that if he is to be attacked
in the rear, he can do the country but
little service in front; that his usefulness
will be impaired, if not deatroyed; that
an offensive campaign against his coun
try's foes will require all his attention,
and will leave no time for defence agaiiut
domestic assassins.
Scott has read a great deal of military
history ; he wants no Aulic Council to
paralyze his powers; to blunder, and
to make him bear the odium of the mis
fortunes those blunders occasion. Who
is 31 r. Polk, that he is not to be ap
proached ? that he is to hear no strains
save tiie dulcet flatteries of the Union, and
the softly responsive echoes of its affilia
ted prints ? Is he some GOD? U h.
some MONARCH, cradled in the pur
ple the descendant of mighty ancestors
whose great deeds even upon degenerate
offspring, like moonlight on a ruin, gild
decay ? No, he is a third-rate lawyer, and
first-rate politician, who holds his" o.Tn t;
by the intrigues of certain wire-pullers,
sent by the people to Baltimore to nom
inate another man. Docs the President
of the Democracy claim immunity from
censure?. WINFIELD SCOTT, bap
tised with fire upon fields of glory which
this generation cannot forget, must not b:
allowed to say, Mr. President, with th!
highest respect for you, keep y :ur dog
" l.et me perish if I may,
Dut let me perish ii the list of iliy."
We have hitherto once or twice ven
tured to suggest that there have been
greater men than the President, or any of
his Cabinet, but we retract. Ilurah for
King James the 1st!
l'ouns Men Beware!
Mr. Potter, of Yale College, in an
temperance address lately at New Haven,
says:
"My heart bleeds as I remember th.i
fate of three of my companions who start
ed in life with myself. One of them pos
sessed the firmest mathematical mini! I
ever knew, lie would take the ledger
and go up with three columns at a t'n?
with perfect case, He was the firt man
in America that beat the automaton chess
player, and he has told me he had every
move in his head before he entered th?
room. That man filled a drunkard's
grave. AnoLher, who was an excellent
accountant, and could command almost
any salary, met the same melancholy
fate. Another, possessing the same capa
bilities, has gone down not to the grave,
perhaps, but is sunk clear out of figh?n
mid the mire and filth of in!ei ranee,'
Paymaster in the A.-mv. Gen. R.
II. Hammond, of Mdton, hrs been apj-oiu-led
Paymaster in the Army.
We continue to have fuorahlc -
for the gro ;n .repi; tovct fo.- h-y-
' making.