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SERLX4DE.
BY THOMAS WALLING FORD. "
The stars are shinmg brightly love,
Down from the beauteous sky,
While I under thy window, love,
Am singing merrily.
The moon is gently beaming, love,
From her ethereal bed of blue;
The gay guitar is sounding, love,
And all, yes all for you!
The dogs are barking loudly, love,
I wish the varmints dead, ; "
I know if you were near them, love,
You'd knock 'em on the head!
The theatre is just out, love,
The people come this way;
But t'aixt no use to stop me, love,
In this sweet rondelay!
Now open wide the shutter, love,
And show thy lovely face,
Hallo! By Joe! ,rFis the old black
cook! "
I swear I've missed the place!
Exit, running with the dogs after him.
CAMPAIGNING IN MEXICO.
Correspondence of the St. Louis Repub
lican. " .
Camp San Juan de Buexa Vista, "J
Five miles south of Saltillo, V
Mexico, January 20, 1847. J
This thing of writing letters for publi
cation, in camp, i3 neither so pleasant nor
so easy as might be imagined. Draw the
picture of a man of common size, sitting
cross-legged on a blanket spread on the
ground, with his portfolio on his knee,
and an old broken lantern holding a piece
of candle, propped up on a well-worn lea
ther trunk, and an earthenware inkstand
on the ground close by, covered, by the
by, with a small tent, in which old boots,
old clothes, old guns, swo-ds, pistols, are
strewed around in the background, all
striving to withdraw themselves from no
tice and you will have an accurate da
gueneotype of the writer and his raivh.
And then there is no such thing as with
drawing from the noise of the camp, as
is the wont of book-makers, whose busi
ness is to digest the thoughts of others;
but all is written in the midst of perplex
ing interruptions. He has commenced a
letter, and is endeavoring to recollect an
event, or perhaps to philosophise on some
new facts presented to his notice, when
in walks the Quartermaster: "Colonel,
one of my wagoners is sick, and I must
have another man petailed to drive his
wngon. Very sorry, sir, to have to make
the request known the Captains are all
mad about taking their men for wagoners
but think, sir, the ammunition will
have to be left behind, if we don't get a
driver."
The Quartermaster is scarcely dispatch
ed, when in pops the head of an Orderly
Serjeant: "Colonel, the butcher has sent
up to our company a quarter of beef that
is so blue it looks like it was dyed with
indigo, and it is stringy enough to make
halters. Just come and ee it." A
"board of seventy" has to be summoned
to condemn the mean beef of the rascal
ly butcher, who is getting seven cents a
pound for beef, when he is only giving
two or three cents for it.
' Five minutes more, and another sen
tence is half finished, when in comes the
Sergeant Major to inquire whether he
shall make a detail to go for wood to
morrow. . "Yes," shouts the angry wri
ter, "detail half the regiment, and order
the other half to let me alone until I finish
this letter."
Seventy miles from the Prcsidio(which
means a fort, or fortified place) we cross
ed a ransre of hills. The ascent was not
steep, nor would they be remarked, were
it not that we had been travelling through
a perfectly level plain, and that the forma
tion was changed to gravel and limestone.
Ascending a high hill, which lifted itself
up near our road, a magnificent panorama
was spread before us. Behind was the
wide expanse of plain over which we
had passed, skirted, in the far distance,
by the thickets bordering the Rio Grande.
In the southwest was a chain of moun
tain;:, which modestly raised their heads
in the distance, and broke the even line
of the horizon. The range of hills on
which 1 stood rose smoothlv from the
plain, and as gently rolled into repose in
the lap of the plain on the southwestern
ido. To the north, the column of dra
poons, rrtillcry and infantry, marching
along the ecooked road beneath meoked
like a. huge variegated snake, slowly
rrawling " dawn the hills. Behind was
the "immense train of . wagons two hun
chi'd and fifty in number followed by
the Arkansas rr-jriiuent of cavalry- the
whole making a line five miles in extent.
Right brave and g.dlant looked that col
umn of mv cojintrymcn, marching with
all tliti materikl f war through this
lonely 'Mexican wilderness.
r JSuPty miles from the Presidio we en
c unped on the b inks of the Almos. On
the creniitg of uur arrival did not go
down to the stream, and was told? by a
stair officer that it was about seventy feet
wide, and we would soon cross it in the
morning. By 'the -way,, these staff offi- !
cers seem to consider it a part of their
duty to shorten distances and diminish ob-,
struclions, whenever they are inquired of
on these subjects. At an early hour next
morning, the whole command was on the ..
banks of . the Almos, ready to cross. ;
But the first view of the river dissipated
all hopes of crossing it easily.. It was :
seventy yards wide, and four feet deep,
and swept downward with amazing velo- ;'
city, foaming, roaring, ! and tearing along
as though it were determined to prohibit
any invasion of its light and transparent
waters. Men, could not wade it -their
feet were swept from under them in three
feet water, before they had reached the
centre of the current; neither mules nor
horses could pull their wagons across.
It became necessary to take the horses
and mules from the wagons and attach
long ropes to the wagons, which read ed
across the stream, and men on the oppo
site side pulled them across, By eleva
ting the leading wagrons, as had been done
at the Rio Grande, they were safely taken
over with their contents. The meu
crossed on the wagons or by holding to
them. r - -
The current of the river was as rapid
as the Ohio at the Falls near Louisville,
or the Mississippi at the Rapids. An ex
amination of it for several miles showed
no decrease in its velocity. The volun
teers took hold of the ropes with alacrity
and fairly worked themselves into favor
by their good conduct Juring the day.
Leaving a portion of the troops to as
sist the provision train across the stream,
the principal part of the army, wiih the
baggage and ammunition wagons, march
ed on to cross the Sabinas, five miles dis
tant, before camping. This ' was found
not to be so wide, but, if possible, more
rapid than the Almos, with quicksands
on either bank. The men were fatigued
with the labor of the morning when they
reached it; but here was an obstacle still
ta be overcome, and with redoubled ener
gy they set to work to master it. The
same course had to be pursued in crossing
the wagons as at the Almos. Men and
ropes were found far more serviceable
than horses and mules. There were not
wagons sufficient to cross the men ou,
and a bridge of empty wagons was made
across the main part of the stream by
fastening the wagons loeth.r; still the
men had to wade to their waists to get on
and off the wagons.
This was bad enough, but the hard
ships of the day were aggravated by an
other circumstance. It took so much
time to cross over the artillery and staff
wagons, (who were given a preference
over the volunteers,) that more than half
the company wagons ef the regiment of
volunteers had to be left on the opposite
side of the river from the troops. The
consequence was that, after . tugging all
day at the ropes, pulling wagons over,
and going without any dinner, the majori
ty of the men had to lie down at night in
their wet clothes without tents, blankets,
or food. - - - - - "
I cannot omit to mention that Captain
Eustis, of the dragoons, learning our con
dition, promptly sent down in the night
some provisions, which was most accep
table to the men. This was by far the
hardest day's .service - we had seen, and,
owing to the occurrences of the morning,
officers and men amongst the volunteers
lay down to rest in no good humor.
Many were the accidents and narrow
escapes of the day. Several men were
washed away from the wagons, and were
only saved by extraordinary exertions.
One of the artilerists was washed off the
gun carriage, and both wheels passed over
his legs, yet they were not broken, as the
swiftness of the current doubtless pre
vented the whole weight of the cannon
from coming upon him. Several mules
were drowned. A quartermaster's wagon
was upset ifl the Sabinas, and! his papers
and stores floated down m admirable con
fusion. ; . :' " '."J"' . V
Neither was there any. want of com
manders; for both the generals, with all
the colonels, the whole staff, and all the
wagonmaslers, were giving orders at the
top of their lungs, and with the most vio
lent gesticulations. - ; ' ' :'
In the midst of this babel of orders and
counter orders, mingled as it was with
the roaring of the mountain torrent, the
shouting of officers, and the imprecations
r vtr ' .1-.
ui w.i:om;r, .uaj. arren quieuy sup
ned off to one side amonorst the hushed
1 - .. . o .
to take the matter, more easily. Under
some brush by the side of the river, he
discovered an Arkansas volunteer sitting
down, from whose clothes the water was
still, dripping. His head was between
bis knees, and he was deeply soliloqui
zing. ' : ... ' ' " " . ;. '
"Well," said he, "if this is war, I ain't
in no more. " -..
"What is . the matter!" inquired the
major.: " ' .
"Why," answered the' RaekensackeY,
"I was standing on the bank up there with
my' hands in , my pockets, thinking I
might as well take it easy, as I did'nt
own anv of them wajrons, when alonv
comes the general, and shouted out, what
are you doing there on the bank, you Jaxy '
,
fellow? f Why don't you jump-in and
help that wagoner?' Without taking time
to take a chew of tobacco, I pitched . in
like a frog and seized bold of the wagon
and worked as hird as if I had been at i
gander-pulling. And was still -at it,' a
giving of orders equal to the best of them,
when here comes a general's aidercong
and screamed out What the d- -1 are you
doing there in the .'way?; With that I
leaped out of the river like a water dog.
Now you sec, stranger, v I came here to
fight them Mexicans, and hot to make a
mule of myself to haul wagohs,and I say
again, if this is war, I ain't in no more"
Yours, ILLINOIS. -
From the New York Tribune. .
MEX ICAN WARHOPE OF A
PERMANENT PEACE FROM '
J THE THREE MILLION FA-V
LACIOUS. V -X ;
"' I wish to make a few remarks on the
present prospect of Peace with Mexico,
and I wish that your readers would mark
what I say, as I have proved myself a
prophet more than once during this strug
gle. 1 consider the appropriation of, the
Three millions, together with the $50,000
for Diplomatic serviecs, a3 calculated to
prolong the war. Mr. Benton., in filling
his pockets, may not think so, but I will
give you my reasons, and I think that
you will find that they are not without
weight. t . , -
I have witnessed the various revolu
tions in Mexico tor the last ten years, and
have studied their character in. the towns
and in the villages, and have had good op;
portunities to observe every feature in
the Mexican character. It is well known
that the cjusc of their frequent revulsions
is nothing more than a struggle between
o to
the Ixs and Outs, as not one principle of
civil liberty in involved iii the contest.
The Government cannot give .employ
ment to all officers who figure in epaulets
in that distracted country; consequently,
about one half are always struggling to
overthrow the present Government, no
matter what its character may be; and e
ven in this foreign war, they cannot give
employment to half who depend "solely
on the Government for support. Those
who are thrown out, generally live in idle
ness until the next revolution, and will
run iuto debt until they get embarrassed
and overwhelmed, while the mass, the
poor Indians, are thrown into the scale as
easily as one flock of sheep are driven
from one pasture' to another. I think
that this hint will be sufficient for my
purpose at this time, and 'now we" will
irant that all the rumors relative to the
distress in Mexico be 'true that they
have no money and their councils are di
vided. . . :-f "
This 3rou will say will induce them to
grasp the Three Millions eagerly, and
conclude a treaty granted! But where
will be the opposition party? They will
keep quiet until the money is paid over,
and then down goes the Government and
they rise on its ruins, and proclaim those
traitors who hrve sold their country, per
haps with, the secret hope that another
$3,000,000 will be awarded them. Whit
pretext have they had for the last twen
ty years eqnal to this, to inflame the
Mexican people? And it will take place
as sure as that the above - measures will
carry on a harrassing guerrilla warfare on
our border, which we must protect at e
normous expense for the benefit of per-,
haps slavery. When I commenced,' I in
tended to dissect their policy in connec
tion with the department of Yucatan, but
I believe that you like short stories best.
AN AMERICAN.
THE WAY IT WAS DONE. :
A correspondent of the Union gives the
following account of the manner in which
Capt. Headv's party of. 17 were . sur
rounded. , It -illustrates the; craft of the
Mexicans: ' V - -
At the time of Major Gaine's departure
on the duty before alluded to, a large por
tion of the Kentucky cavalry lay encamp
ed at the Palomas pass, ten miles east of
Saltillo After the time had elapsed for
the return of Major Gaines, and finding
ha did not come back,, Lieut. Col. Fie ds
detached another command of .one cap
tain, one subaltern, two sergeants, three
corporals, and eleven privates, io. search
for him. The party toole the same rout
the major had at first marched upon- Af
ter proceeding thirty miles, it had arrived
at a sin ill haciendi called San 'Antonin,
just at night. This it had surrounded be
fore any of the inmates had escaped.
Capt. He.tdy, who was in command of
the party, determined that none of the
people , residing at the hacienda should
leave until after he should himself, start
the following morning, fearing they
would convey intelligence to the enemy.
During the evening, but before dark, the
Mexicans got up a little bull fight for the
amusement of the troopsj and, taking ad:
vantage of the time when the animal was
outside of the line of sentinels, one 6 its
pursuers managed to escape. He, no
doubt, carried information to the enemy,
for - during the night the hacienda was
surrounded by : 1,500 troops, and every
man of Capt. Ileady's command was cap
tured! ' . -' ' . : ..' J '
"MASON AND DIXON'S LINE."
, Wrhat ,was the origin and purpose of
it? We frequently hear it spoken, of as
connected with slavery, and as originally
relating to that subject. Nothing can be
further from the truth at the time that
! 4iae was established, slavery existed 1 on
both sides of it. A brief account of its
( origin may be of some interest just at this
tune, "" ' i . , ; '
r;.As, early as the year 1682 a dispute a-ro-se
between William : Penn anil Lord
Baltimore respecting the. construction of
their respective grants, of what now form
the Stales of Pennsylvania, Delaware and
Maryland. Lord Boltimore claimed to
anil including the 40th degree of. north
latitude; and William Penn mildly, yet
firjnly resisted the claim. The debata
ble land was one degree of 09 English
miles? on the south of Pennsylvania, and
extended west as far as the State itself.
The matter was finally brought into the
Curtof, Chancery in Engtend, and, af
ter i tedious delays, on the 15th day of
May. 1750, Lord Chancellor Hardwicke
made .a decree awarding costs against
Lord Baltimare, and directing that com
missioners should be appointed to mark
the boundaries, between the parties. The
commissioners, so appointed, met at New
castle, oa the. 15th , day of November,
1757, and, not being able to agree, separ
ated. After a further litigation and delay,
the whole matter was sealed by the mu
tual agreement between the surviving
heirs of the original litigants. ,
In the year 1761, Mr. Charles Mason,
of the Royal Observatory, was sent to
Pennsylvania, with all the needful astro
nomical instruments, to measure a de
gree of latitude., That duty he perform
ed, and a report , of his proceedings was
made to the : Royal Society, of London,
for the year 1767.
ThHyear Mr.Mason andJeremiah Dixon
were appointed to ruii the line in dispute,
which appears to have been done in con
formity with the Lord Chancellor's de
cree;. This is : the famous "Mason and
Dixon's line," and the boundary between
Pennsylvania .on the south and Maryland
on the north. Any one desirous of more
detailed-information, will find it in Doug
las's Ilisiory of America, published in
Boston in ,1751; Protid's History of
Pennsylvania, and 1 Vesey's Reports,
352, Peun, Lord Baltimore. .
- Little did the actors in this matter think
that in aftertimes the line established with
so much trouble and expense would ever
be connected with a subject calculated to
shake a great nation to its centre..
GENERAL TOM THUMB.
, The wonderfully small pattern of a
man, who is known by the above name,
returned a few weeks ago from a visit to
Europe. A London paper contained the
annexed notice of him just before his de
parture thence:
"Ddpartcre of Tom Thumb for A
mecica. This astonishing and clever lit
tle protege takes his departure for Boston
in the Cambria to-day. . lie is accompa
nied by his protector, Mr. Barnum, and
his parents. In taking our leave of this
miniature hero, we would briefly glance
at bis unparalleled success since his arri
val in Europe. He has appeared before
more crowned heads than any person liv
ing that is to say, any person in the ex-
lilBlTIO.X LINE,
"He has been absent from . America be
tween three and four years, and weighs
no more now than the day he left his na
tive shore; and his intellectual faculties
have improved immensely. He speaks
French fluently; he plays , the piano; is
learning the violin and other instruments.
He played in a French piece in Paris and
the principal French cities; was elec ed
member of the Dramatic Society in Par
is; has played Hop o' my Thun.b and
Bombasles Furioso, with great eclat, in
London and elsewhere.
"He has received manyaluable pre
sents from the principal sovereigns of Eu
rope, has kissed more than a million and
a half of ladies, has exhibited before 3,
000,000 of persons, and the gross receipts
of his exhibitions, including his theatrical
performances and his private levees at va
rious places, and at the houses of the no
bility :j of England, France, Belgium,
Spain, v&c. exceed 150,000, which,
reckoning 56 sovereigns to the pound av
oirdupois, would make .2.678 pounds
weight of gold; , and, as the General
weighs hut 15 pounds, ii follows that he
has received 178 times his own weight in
gold. In silver, the weight would be
46 875 pounds, and would make 3,125
silver statues of the General of the same
weight as himself. .
"The General has achieved all his tri
umphs under the direction yf P. T. Bar
num, Esq., proprietor of the American
Museum, New York, who first brought
him before the public in America, and
who has personally attended him in all
his peregrinations.. It is gratifying t
know that while this gentleman has reap
ed a rich reward for his enterprise, he has
also secured a splendid fortune for his lit
tle protege and parents."
: General Thumb is now in New York,
and a paper of th.3t place gives us the fol
lowing further . information concerning
him :
"Gen. Tom Thumb is the same great
character here that he has been in Eu
rope. The ladies all want to get some of
his little kisses, especially as he lias kiss
ed so many Queens in Europe. But he
will not kiss for nothing. To gain the
high honor of a kiss from the General, a
book musi be bought, and so valuable is
the kiss that many ladies think it "cheap
at any price.".' . They take a thousand
dollars a day at the American museum on
his account, and have a perfect monopo
ly of the trade, for nobodv can get up a
uother Tom Thumb." ; '
A WHALING INCIDENT.
On the 9ih of January last, the barque
Harriet of Freetown, Capr. Durfec, crui
sing on the line, lowered her' boats for
sperm whales. The first and third mate
had c-ach secured a whale and made them
fast alongside, when they returned to assist
the second mate, who was fast to another.
Thev came ii r with him' about nine o'
clock at niirht. and surreded in kiilinnr
...B..T ...
tne wnaie. . 1 hev could then see the
ship, but it soon began to blow, and they
were obliged to lay by the whale all
night. In the morning the ship was not
in sight, it still blowing a gale and raining
hard. They lay by the whale three d.iys,
when they ventured to stand off to the
westward, in hopes of f ll;ng in with
some ship. On the 7th they caught a
shark, which they ate with a good relish.
They were then standing for the King's
Mill group of islands, but, a new gale
coining on, they were obliged to reef down
and stand to the eastward, and finally to
heave to, where they lay for thirty-six
hours, in a gale 'unusual for those lati
tudes. On the morning of the 10th day,
again stood to the west. Early on the
eleveneth day they discovered a sail, aad
stood for her, which proved to be the
barque Ilanscat, of Hamburg. They
were taken on board, and treated with
great kindness. They had nothing to eat
during eleven days excepting the shark
they had caught and one or two flying
fish, and no water except w hat they had
caught in the line tubs. Some of them
had lain down to die two days before they
saw the ship, and all of them were so
weak that they could scarcely support
their weight. Capt. Durfee, after cruis
ing for several days in the vicinity, was
making the best of his way to this port
with the remnant cf his crew, having giv
en up all hopes of ever seeing any of his
officers ot crew again, when the barque
Ilanscat spoke him, January 20. He wa3
not more surprised than delighted to find
his men all safe, and receiving all atten
tions possible, as the third mate was a
brother. Polynesian.
THE PEOPLE ALREADY MOVING.
. The Whigs of Ilollidaysburg held a
meeting ou Saturday evening last, at
which the following resolutions approv
ing of the nomination of Irvin and Pat
ton were pr.ssed with great enthusiasm:
Resolved, That this meeting approve
of the deliberations of the Whig State
Convention recently held; .that we con
gratulatate our fellow cilizoiis throughout
the Commonwealth in the happy selec
tion of a candidate for Governor; that we
recognize in Gen. JAMES IRVIN all
the qualifications requsite to the faithful
performance of the duties incumbent up
on the Executive of our great State; and
that we not only promise to give him our
undivided support, but hereby pledge our
selves as Whigs, to use all honorab'e
means to secure his election, and thereby
promote the great principles ol Protection
to American Industry, for which hckso a
bly contended, and finally secured, whilst
in the t ount-ils of the Nation.
Resolved, That wc have heard with
great pleasure of the nomination of our
late worthy fellow-citizen, Maj. JOS. W.
PATTON, for the office of Canal Com
missioner because we know him to be
honest and compeient a man of sterling
integrity and unsurpassed business quali
fications, who will faithfully and fairly
attend to the interests of the Common
wealth, if elected, and not prostitute the
patronage and influence of his office to
the advancement ot personal, party, or
FACTIONAL Cuds
INTERESTING ANTIQUARIAN
. DISCOVERY.
On Friday the 19ih January, the exca
vators on the Caledonian Railway, work
ing injthe Avon valley, discovered, a few
miles above Beutiock, some highly inter
esting re'ios of antiquity. The first ob
iect which attracted attention was the re-
1 mains of what appeared to have been the
I foundation? of a house. Some copper
coins were next turned up, about the size
of our half-pennies; on one side there is
a male head, pr ibably of one of the em
perors, and on the observe 'Cmser Romre.
A sword was next discovered, whifh ap
pears to be formed of brass. By far the
most interesting discovery, how over. w;
that of a small stone trough, inverted and
placed upon a flat block of the same ma-
tcrial, which was found to contain abra
! zen or bronze case, round in its form, two
feet in length and six inches in Utaaieier.
' Within this case was a manuscript; or ra-
ther book, written on vellum, in rolls, a
! was the Roman custom, and each roll
connected with the other by a slip of the
same material. In length it is altogether
about thirty feet, and two in breadth.
The writing is beautifully executed, in
the Latin language, and at the top the
words "Historia Romic," in large charac
ters, are quite distinct. A cursory exami
natiod has led some to suppose that it is
, a copy of part of Livy's celebrated history-
and as it is expected that the wholo
of the manuscript can be deciphered, per
chance some of the lost books of the
Roman historian mny be now restored to
the literary wnr!d. A small manuscript
was also found in the case, also written
on parchment, and about a foot square in
size, but the writing of this is very illegi
ble; on the back are the words "Ad Agri
colam." These interesting relics, which
probably owe their good preservation to
the close manner in which their case was
sealed up, have been m the meantime,
carefully taken to Moffat Manse. Duji
fries Courier.
A GOOD ANECDOTE.
. An Indian and a Kentuckian once made
an agreement to hunt in company, and
divide equally the game whit h they
might chance to kill. Unfonunatcly, a
crow and a wild turkey were all that they
shot. "Well," said the Kentuckian, at
the close of the day, "as we are to divide
equally, you take the crow, and I'll take
. the turkey; or I'll take the turkey and
you take the crow." "How's that?" said
; the Indian. The Kentuckian in rapid
accents repeated his proposal, to which
the Indian, after a blank and pjzzled
look, consented, but with the remarh, "It
! sounds all very fair, but somehow or oth
' er, you always get the turkey and 1 al
ways get the crow.
ACCEPTANCE OF GEN. IRVIN.
We find in the Bellcfonte Whig, the
following correpondence between the
Committee of the Whig State Conven
tion and Gen. Irvin, cn the subject of his
nomination:
Harrisbcugh, March 10, 1C47.
Hon. James Irvin, Sir: The under
signed a Committee appointed by the
Whig State Convention which met at
Harnsburgh on the 9th inst. for the pur
pose of selecting candidates for theoiTiees
of Governor and Canal Commissioner of
this Commonwealth, pursuant to our in
structions, have the pleasure of announ
cing that you have been unanimously no
minated as a candidate for the office of
Governor of Pennsylvania, by said Con
vention. Yours, very respectfully,
THOS. W. DUFFIELD,
JNO. J. PEARSON,
L. A. MACKEY,
RICHARD IRVINE,
E. C. WILSON,
J.C.ADAMS,
R. M. BARD.
Bellefonte, March 15, 1847.
Gentlemen Your communicauon of
the 10th inst., informing me that I have
been unanimously nominated lor the of
fice of Governor of Pennsylvania by the
Whig State Convention that met at Har
risburg on the 0th intinf, has been pre
sented to me by Messrs. Irvine and Mac
key. I accept the nomination with feel
ings of profound gratitude, for the high
and unmerited honor which has been con
ferred upon me by the convention; end
assure them, and through them the people
of Pennsylvania, that if elected my high
est ambition . will be to pursue such a
course as will contribute to sustain the
credit and promote the best interests of
my native State.
With sentiments of the highest respect
for the Convention and each of you indi
vidually I remain your friend and fellow
citizen.
JAMES IliVIN.
To Messrs. Pearson, Mackey, Irvine,
Duflield, Wilson, Adams and Bard.
ACCEPTANCE OF MR. PATTON.
Carlisle, March 12, IS 17.
Gentlemen -I this day received your
letter of the 10th inst., informing me Gf
my unanimous nomination for the otViee
of Canal Commissioner, by the Whig
Convention which met at Harrisburg on
the 9ih.
By an entire devotion io the principles
of the Whig party, which I believe to l-c
identical with the true interests of Penn
sylvania, and by wli'uh only sh 3 can ar
rive at that proud pre-eminence to which
she is deit'ned; and. (in the event of my
election to t!ie olTu e of Caiu-d ('orr.mis
sincr.) lv d. reeling .ill ioy cnTgie to
the promotion of i.V' best inlerr.-ts of t!.o
Commonwe. l.h, I shall hope to merit the
houor conferred on me by the Conven
ti n.
For the present, Gnilemen, permit
me, through you, to express to the Con
ve ion my sincere thanks, and accept for
yourselves , assurance of my distinguish
ed consideration and rennet.
J05 W. PATTON.
Messrs. J. J.-Pearsoti, L. A. Marker,
R. Irvine, T. W. DuihVlJ. E. C. Wilson,
J. C. Adams and R. M. 3urd,