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BE ACTIVE.
Cc active be active.
Find something to do,
In digging a clam-bank
Or lapping; a shoe.
Don't slop at the comers
To drag cut the cay;
B2 active be actire.
Anil work while you ci3y.
?Tis foolish to falter,
Or hg in the street.
Or walk as if chain-shot
Were bound to your feet;
Bp active bo active,
And do what you can,
'Tis industry only
That makcth the can.
'Tis industry makes you;
Remember be wise;
From sloth and from stupor
Awake and arise!
You'll live and be happy,
Ar.d never complain
Of the lines or the clumps,
Or a dull heavy brain.
From the Cincinnati News.
Practical Jokes and bad Uqnor.
It is a well known fact that oftentimes
bom these jokes which are called 'practi
ce!' and that liquor which is termed
-bad," have been productive of exeeed-ir-v
evil consequences; but whether the
h;uoror the joke has done the most mis
chief, we are not called upon just now to
d:termme. We prcpore to make mention
jf ;.n a:T-.ir where tad lipjcrs &. a practi
cal j'jke were productive of the very best
ri-erences imaginable.
Mar vears sgo while the State of
Georgia was- yet in its infancy, an eccen
lr.c creature named Brown, was one of
its Circuit Judges, lie was a man of
considerable ability, of inflexible integri
ty, and much beloved and respected by
:dl the legal profession; but he had one
common fault. His social qualities would
lead him despite hi? judgment, into fre
quent excesses. In travelling the circuit,
it was his almost invariable habit, the
right before opening tha court, to get
'com'.ordr corned," by means of applian
ces common upon such occasions. If he
couldn't succeed while operating upon his
own hook, the members of the bar would
generally turn in and help him.
It was in the spring of the year. Ta
king his wife a model of a woman in
vr ,arnv in the old fashioned, but strong
Tarrvail," he journeyed some forty
miles', and reached a village where court
was to be opened the next day. It was
Monj m tne
evening of Sunday that he
arrived at the plac
and look up quarters
wnn a relation ci n;s -oc;wr naa, u
whom the p-e;crcc of the official digr.iia
rv was considered a singular honor. Af
ter supper, Judfre Brown strolled over to
the only Uvem in tlic town, whore he
found many friends, called to the pLce,
like himself, on important professional
business, and who were proper glad to
lacctbitn.
'Gentlemen,' said the Judge,Y:s quite
a long lime since we have enjoyed a glass
toother lei us take a drink all round.
Of course, Sterritt, (addressing the land
lord) you have better liquor than you had
the last tima we were here! the stufi
r i t L .if t
vou had then was not tit to give a cog.
Sterritu who had charge of the house.
pretended that every tiling was right, and
so they went to work. It is unnecessa
ry to" enlarge up: n a drinking bout n a
country tivern it will quite answer our
purpose to state, thit somewhere in the
region of midnight, the Judge wended
his verv devious way towards his tempo
rary home. About the time he was leav
ing, however, seme younger barristers
foud of a "practical," and yet not much
r.fn.id of the bench, transferred all the sil
ver spoons of Sterritt to the Judge's coat
pocket.
It was pWit o'clock cn Mon lav morn
ir:j whn the Judge rose. Having indul
ged in the process of ablution and abster
tion, anJ partaken of a cheerful and re
freshing breakfast, he went to his room to
prepare himself for the duties of the day.
"Weil, Polly." said he lo his wife, "I
fcl much better than I expected to feel
if.er that frolic cf last night."
"Ah, Judge," -sai l she, reproachfully,
'you are getting to old; you ought to
leave cu that business."
"Ah, Pc'.ly what's the ure cf talk
in;!' It Tras at this precise instant "of time,
t tbe Jud-c. ha"n? put on his over
mat. was procedi:!?, according to b:s u
rnlcusi-m, to give his wue a parting
kis. that he happened, in. thrusting his I
:...nd iu'o Lis pocket to lay uoid ol ster
r;t: s spoon?
ile jerkcJ Uiem out.
v. t:!i expression
of
horror
Siinost m-
de'ctihable, he exclaimed
"Mv Cod! P!lv!"
"V
list or
i.-ih's the matter. Judge!"
"Jr.?
at incse spoons.
"D.Tir me. w!:ere d've net them.
'Get them! Datj'i von
see the instu is
i:n: ?
k,r ineui.
-r.-i;
g them towards tier
I
'Stole them. Judge!'
Yes stole them.'
My dear husband, it can't be possible!
From whom!' -
'From Sterritt, over there his name is
on them.' "
I know very well, Pollv, I was verv
- i
drunk when I came home wasn't I!
'Why, Judge, you know your old hab
it when you get among those lawyers.'
But I was very druakf
"Yes, yoc was.
'Was I rexausaelt drunk when I sot
home, Mrs. Brown!'
'Yes, Judge, drunk as a fool and forty
times as stupid.'
I thought so,' said the Judge, drop
ping into a chair in extreme desponden
cy I knew it would come to that at
last. I have always thought that some
thing bad would happen to me that I
should do something very wroner kill
somebody in a moment of passion, per-j
haps; but I never imagined that I could be
mean enough to be guilty of deliberate lar-
ceny.' " :
'Bat there may be
some mistake,;
j
So mistake, Polly. I know very ; again taken prisoner,wih five other Gen
well how it all came about. That fel- era's, a long list of Colonels and subordi
low Sterritt keeps the meanest kind of li- ' Dale oScers.
quor, and always did liquor mean e- j Plate Del Rio, April 17.
nough to make a man do any sortofa mean j 1 1 o'clock, A. M.
thing. " I have always said it is mean j The Division of Gen. Twbgs started
enougn to make a man steal, and now I
have a practical illustration of the fact!'
and the poor man burst into tears.
'Don't be a child, said his wife, wi
ping away the tears, 'go like a man over
to Sterritt tell him it was a bit of a frolic
-pass
it oITas a joke go and open j
court, and nobody will ever think of it a- j one it has been; on this side of the far
gain.' j thest Mexican fort. No one was seen in
A little of the soothing system opera- ! possession of it last evening, but this
ted upon the Judge as such things usually j morning it was found to be orcupied bv
do; his extreme mortification was finally j the enemies' light troops, and to force it
subdued, and over to Sterritt's he went
with a'tolerablc face. Of course he had
but little dilliculty in settling wiili hi;n
for aside from the fact that the Judge's
integrity was unquestionable, he had an
inkling of the joke that had been played.
IheJude took his seat in the
court;
but it was observed that he was fat,' and
melanchollv, and that his mind frequent
ly wandered from the subject bcve him
There was a lack of the sense and intelli
gence that usually characterized his pro
cecums?.
Several davs passed away, and the bu-
siness of the court was drawing to a close, j not learn thai any of our officers were
when one morning a rough-looking sort j killed; the entire loss on our side, was es
of a customer was arraigned on a charge timated at one hundred,
of stealing. After the clerk had read the About 3 o'clock, the enemy made a de
indictment to him, he put the usual ques- monstratiou upon a fort on the neighbor
tion. ing heights to the one our men had cap-
'Guilty, cr not guilty!' tured, as if with the intention of retakin?
'Guilty bit drunk, answered the j itjut it all ended in their marching down
prisoner. 5 the hill, blowing a most terrific charge on
What's that plea exclaimed the Judge, their trumpets, tiring a few shots, nd
who was half dozing on the bench. ! then retiring.
He pleads guilty, but says he was
drank, replied the clerk.
'What's the charge against the mrm
'He is indicted for grand laicsav.
'Whit's the case!'
May it please your honor;' said the j
prosecuting attorney, 'the man is regular
ly indicted for stealing a large sum from
the Columbus hotel.
He is, hey! and he pleads
'lie pleads guilty but drunk.'
The Jude was luilv aroused
'Guilty, but drunk! that is a most ex
traordinary plea. Young man, you are
certain you were drunk!
'Yes, sir.
Where did yea get your liquor?
At Sterritt's.'
'D've get none no where else!'
'Not a drop, sir.
'You got drank on his liquor, and af
terwards stole his money!
- i
'Yes, sir.'
'Mr. Prosecutor, said the Judge, 'do 1
that man's Case. That liquor of Ster- j
rill S IS UR'.lll CilUUilil l" iiid.no ti man wv i
anything dirty. 7 gof drunk on it the
oilier dot, mid stole all Sterol? a poois!
Release "the prisoner, Mr. Sheriff. I ad
journ the court.'
Specie. Nearly a million and a half
of dollars in gold and silver arrived at
New York from foreign ports during the
past week, in the following vessels;
Sarah Sands, about $900,000
Virginian, from Liverpool 27,500
Henry Clay, Liverpool 211,500
Switzerland, London .241.500
China Samaria, Santa Martha 30,000
Isabel, Valparaiso ' .30.100
Niie, Honduras 4,350
Total $1,181,250
The amount received intojthe country
ncc prcscnt
this tfme about ti
movement besran, is to
it twenty millions of dollars,
Id from England. N. Y.
chicdy in
Jour. Com
Ccns. The number of cannon captur
ed by our forces in Mexico exceeds 500
most of them very heavv pieces. There
were captured z Kesaca de la Palma, S;
ai-.Mata moras; ay oO; at Monterey, a-
bout 50; at Yera Cruz, town
castle,
400; at Alvarado. 00 total 533
j Anirauo, yj ioi3i oio. 11 siacK-
cd tether would make quite a pyramid.
IHSIiIy 'important from 3IexIeo.
GEN. SCOTT VICTORIOUS!
Mexicans Defeated 0,000 Mexicans ta
ken Prisoners 500 Americans Killed
and Wounded.
i Gen. Xa Vcgra asm in a Prisoner.
Frcpericksbcko, Va. May 7, 1847.
By the kS;eainship McKim, which
left Vera Cruz on the 20th. die following
glorious news has been received from the
'
i scene of action.
! On tlseafiernoon of the I7ih ult.. the
' o.! ! t-.: i -
2178, encountered (the enemy, when a
; severe but a decisive conflict ensued. As
the general order shows that Gen. Scotfs
intention was to give battle only on the
18ih, this action was brought on by the
Mexicans.
The main battle occurred on the I8:h,
& RESULTED ix THE COMPLETE
TIUUMPH OF THE AMERICAN
ARMS.
Santa Anna made his escape after the
route of the armv. Gen. La Vena was
two hours since, and a heavy
canonadinj
has already commenced upon his line
from the artillery of the Mexican forces.
At intervals, to, the rattling of arms
is I
heard distinctly from the dragoons.
5 o'clock, P. M.. I have just retum-
ed from the scene of conflict, and'a blood v
at once was deemed indispensable.
For this purpose the Rifles under Maj.
Saltner, besides a detachment of artillery
and infantry were ordered to charge tip
the rugged ascent. This they didrrallant
ly, driving the Mexicans after a desperate
resistance.
j hcv were obstinate in their
defence and great cumbers of
the enemy
were kiilcd, while on our side
the loss
W3s also severe.
Major Summer was shot in the head
with a musket. Lieutenants Maury and
(Jibbs, of the Rifles, were wounded, also
LieuL Jarvis, of the 3d Infantry. I could
. Their appearance as they came down
the hill was certainly imposing.' The
j cannon on the bill meanwhilj kept up a
continuous firing on (Jen. Twigg's lines,
i doinz little execution however other than
- j r r-
cutting down trees and brush. As we re-
i lurned to camp the fire was still continu
ed.
The enemy had evidently ascertained
the position of the road which has just
been cut with accuracy, but the balls
principally went over.
At 3 o'clock Gen. Shields was ordered
to support Gen. Twiggs with three regi
ments of volunteers.
Camp. Plate Del Rio.
THE AMERICANS HAVE ACHIE
VED ANOTHER BRILLIANT AND
GLORIOUS VICTORY AGAINST an
OUTNUMBERING FORCE, AND
j OCCUPYING A POSITION WHICH
1 LOOKED AS IMPREGNABLE AS
(J I BR ALTER. ONE AFTER ANO-
iTHEK THEIR WORKS HAVE been
:, . .
To-day, five Generals, Colonels enough
t uj cuuinnnu itru suca armies ia uuu, iuu
, , . ,
oilier officers innumerable have been ta
ken prisoners, together witli six thousand
men and the rest of the army driven and
routed with the loss of every tliingimmu
nition, cannon, baggage and bigZTige trains,
and nothing but the impossibility of find
ing the road, which prcven'ed our dra-
goons from reaching their works, enabled
anv of Santa Anna's grand army to es
cape, including his own illustrious per
son. Santa Anna's travelling coach, with all
en lc, has fallen into our hands, together
with all the money belonging to the army.
No one anticipated when aroused from
I his bivouac this morning, sjch a complete
1 victory.
Five hundred will cover the total loss
j of the Americans in killed and wounded;
j had it not been for the positive cowardice
j of Santa Anna, who ran before the battle
was half lost, it would have been far
greater.
No one can estimate the loss of the
Mexicans. They are scattered in huts
bv the, road-side and in every direction
W hat disposition will be made of the
I prisoners is not jet known; they may ail
i be set at liberty on parole, on account of
! leeumg lrem ana in oruer to acceieraia
! the advance rnoveacat oi the army.
! ' It was Hen. Scott's intention to push
on towards the City of Mexico with all
haste.
April 19th.
The rout of the Mexicans last evening
was total and complete. The remains
j of the armv were pursued lo within four
miles of Jalapa br Gen. Twijrgs, at which
point thev all dispersed, so that there wa ! sidcred impossible for him tr survive. , lJMOn Sires a uism:i1 account ot the Ce
none to follow. j The ball went through his lungs as he ; vcsU3n committed by fever, the victims
Santa Anna himself escaped bv cutting-
a saddled mule from the harness of hi
magnificent coach, mounting him and sub-
equentlv taking to the chapparel. A
service, o! massive silver, a'l his paper?,
monev, and everv thin? in the carriage,
i i ;
.i .u. j i
j covered with the dead and wounded.
Col. Palacio was found there mortal!
wounded. Their loss on the retreat was
terribly severe; every by-path was strewn
with the dead. Had our dragoons been
able to reach them in season, all would
have been killed or captured Santa An -
na among them. J Col. Baker, who ehnrz?d the last fort,
Canslizo with Lis noted lancers, had lost forty-five men in killed and wound
the prudence to vanish earl)-. ' Even up j ed out of only a portion of his regiment,
to this time it is impossible to give any Lieut. Cowardin killed; Lieut. Murphy
thing like a lull and correct list of the supposed to be mortally wounded; Lieut,
wounded officers. The Mexican officers Johnson wounded in throe places, and
taken prisoners had arrived at Vera Cruz, j thigh amputated; Lieuts. Scott, Froman,
Gen. Shields is severely, and it is feared j and Maliby wounded.
mortally wounded.
(Jen. Pillow was slightly wounded
while storming the fortification comman
ded by Gen. La Vega. A number of
other American officers wounded.
Even up to this time it is impossible
to give any thing like a full or correct list
... ' l;mJ
Derby, a" gallant yonns officer of the to- j Mexican sources. We therefore copy
poojrphical engineers, was badly but not j only so much of Col. Doniphan's des
morlally wounded while storming one of : patch as stales the number of the forces
.1.1 "1. T - . J . m f 1
me neignis. i.ieut. i.weii, oi me rmes,
is supposed to be mortally wount'ed. j
This reirimcnt has sutTered ternblv. Lieut.
Dana, of t.he 7th infantry, was
badlv
wounded; Capt. Patten,
n, of ihe 2d, slight-
ly. Lieut. Davis, of the riHes. was verv
badlv woundod in the
hip.
Major Sum-
mrr, oi ur.igoons, oui commauu-
ing riiks, ii improving.
The list of killed and wonnded offi-
cers in Col. Haskell's command yester-
dav I have been able to obtain. It should
r.t. aii i
! here be stated that Ca; t. Williams's com
pauy cf Kentucky and Capt. C. Najjar's
company of Pennsylvania volunteers
were attached temporarily to this regi
ment. Here is the list:
Killed. 1st Lieut. Fret!. B. Nelson.
commanuimr company; z l:eut. l
Gill, company E. Boih
-.7 1
ru -rc
were from Memphis.
Wounded. Lieut. Col. D. II. Cum
ming, slightly; Mrjor Robert Farquhar
son, (of the 1st Texas volunteers, assign
ed to this regiment for the day.) severely;
1st Lieut. W. P. Ilaile. adjutant, se
verely; 1st Lieut. Win. Yearwood, mor
tally; 2d Lieut. James Forrest, shghtly;
Capt. A. H.'Murny, severely; 2d Lieut.
Geonre T. Sutherland, Kentucky volun
tiers, severely.
The regimen!, when inrclion. number
ed less than 400 men. and its loss was 79
in killed and wounded.
La Vega was in command of the Cerro
Gordo on the first day of the fiVht, but a
deserter from our dragoons, a German,
going into their camp at night and inform
ing them that the main attack was to be
on the right of their line the work so
fiercely attacked bv Gen." Pillow he
changed places with Gen. Vasquez. The
latter, as I have already stated, was kil
led. Ia Vega defended his post until the
lines of the enemy were completely turn
ed. Severn! Mexican colonels have been
killed. A brother of La Vega,
cjloncl of artillery, was severe!-, and, as
is supposed, mortally wounded..
Hundreds cf cases of individual gallant
ry, in storming the different heights, are
mentioned. Col. Childs led on his com
mand on the tirst dav until he had only
son:e forty or fifty men with him. It is
also said that Capt. Magruder followed
up a charge until hs had buttnins soldiers
left. I cannot now recollect one-tenth
part cf the instances of almost reckless
daring -vdisplaj ed, but shall endeavor to
pick them up. I shall also send you on
a lull return cf the killed and wounded if
I can obtain it, but at present it is almost j
impossible to gat hold of anv thing. The 1
wounded are still along the roads for
, ,., t .1 l - .! 1
miles, allhouch they are bringing uiem mi
; Tic! 1: nncci! .'n
Fliearmy is to auvance towanls Mexi
co immediately. Gen. Worth's division
marched this morning Gen. Scott is to
march at noon. .Santa Anna's coach is
to be harnessed up for the purpose of
carrying cn Major Summer better cse
than it was ever put lo before.
The officers and men of the Mexican
army 1 mean such as are prisoners
are lo lie turned loose on their parole not
again to take up armsdurtngthc war. Per
haps it is the best disposition thai could
be made of them, as any clhci course
would delay Gen. Scott's forward move
ment. I itteen of their officers hate reiu-
sed to sign, but have given their parole of
honor to report themselves without delay
to Col. Wilson at Vera Cruz as prisoners
nf -rr im-hrc Cms. Ii Ve-
ga and Jarero, the latter Governor of Pc-
rote during the time the Texan prisoners
were there, and I believe distinguished
for his good treatment of them. These
' officers will either be kept int heCastle of
: San Juan d'Ulua or else proceed to the
, United State.
! Gen. Shields is still alive, but it is con-
was leading his men to storm the furthest
; work ot the enemy.
1 I write this amid confusion of all kinds.
i and with no other table than knees. A
hundred .Mexican oiticers are around rne, j
j making out their paroles, while our own. 1
I ,'ol , i.,. .,,,1 ,nc;01l
'
) 1 shall start on for Jalapa this afternoon,
t and will write by every opoortunitr. I
i send you some Mexican papers, as also
Santa Anna's last proclamation,
j 1 have just learned thst there is some
j hope for General Shields. God errant he
' may live!
THE BATTLE OF SACRAMENTO.
The Government h is just received and
published the olncial account of the bat-
jtleof Sacramento, in the Mexican State
j 0r Chihuahua, of die results of which we
have been previously informed through
cnffaca r.nd the losses sustained bv
esca
army, as fallows:
"The force of
the
enemy was 1.20
j cavalry from Durango t Chihuahu?, w
ith
) the era Cruz dra'roons, 1.200 infant
ntry
frcia Chihuahua, 300 artillerists, and 1,-
j r-iucicrus oauiy ar:r.ea wun los
so, lances, r.iuhnachetoes or corn knives,
j ten pieces of artillery, two nines, two
eight, four six, and tvto four-pcunder?,
?nd sLx cuivenns or rampart pieces.
.r i i i i i
Their forces were commanded bv Majpr
General Ileredia, General of Durango,
Chihuahua. Senora, and New Mexico:
Brig.idier General Jastimani, Bricadier
General Garcia Con.'e. former!- Minis
t?r of War for the Republic of Mexico,
who is a scientific man. and planned this
i 1 1 1 1 p
; wnrwe neiu o;
fence: Genera! Usruerie
and Governor Trias, who acted as briga
de d general on the field, and colonels and
other officers without number.
"Our fo-ce was nine hundred ?r.d
twenty four eSectivc men, at least one
hundred cf whom werecnvcd in held
ing horses and driving tears?.
"The loss of the enemy was his entire
artillery, ten vagn:i?, masses of beans
and pinola, and other Mexican provisions,
about three hundred ki led and about the
s?me number wounded, many cf whom
has since died, and forty prisoners.
"The field was literally covered with
the dead and wounded from our artillery
and ;he unerring fire of our riflemen.
Night rut a stsp to the carncge. the bet
tie having commenced a!out three o'
clock. Our loss was one killed, one mor
tally wounded, and seven so wounded as
. :.l . 1 p 1:
cannot speak too hi?hlv of the ccx-lness.
i,-..-..-,,, -
iiK-iiunwrr m ruium-iK.
"I was ably sustained bv the fieid 0T1-
cers, Lieutenant Colene.s Mitchell and
Jaeisoa, of the first battalion, and M.jor
C.dpm, of the scorn! bcttaiion, and .Major
Clark and his arn.iery acted nobiy, and
did the mos' elective service in every
par; o; trie neiu. it is aounuantiy snown.
in the rhare made by C plain Weight-
man wita the section of howitzers, mat
thev can be ueJ in anv charge cf caval
ry with great cfiect. Much has been
said, and jasi'y said, of the gallantry of
enr artillery, imlimbermg within two hun
dred and fifty j'an's of the enemy at Palo
Alio; but how much more daring was the
charge cf Capt. Weightman, when he
unlimbered within fifty varus of the re-
j doubts of ihe er.env!
"On the first day of Marc'i we took
. . 1 . . r . .,
liuauua in uie naue 01 our uovera neni.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
-On Friday before bst a young man
named Beech descended into the well of
James Ccech. in this county, for I4I6 pur
pose of cleaning it out. This he had ac
complished, and was being drawn up,
when the well caved in, buryirg him
more than thirty feet below the surface cf
the earth. The neighbors were immedi
ately summoned, and commenced ihe te
dious process of exhuming bis body, for
none supposed him to be iiving, with tea
ton of stone and earth resting upon him.
Wonderful to relate, after digging down
a short distance, they heard his groans;
this caused them to redouble their efforts.
and after ten fcours iatwr tney reacnea
lum. lie was louna in a suung posture.
with the water w;ihin three inches of
nis
' mouth. It was thought the well-bucket.
by forming an arch fcover his nead, saved
his lifr. The vonn man is able to be uo
and about, but shows stronz marks of his
recent suflerin. Fairfax I Va. News.
; ;
luELAND.
SrEAI or Pestilence. The Consti-
, 111 1 l? comagton n.nng uie grave-yarus la
overflowing.
Emigration.
Cork. Hundreds of
i comfortable
lookini fanners, of Youn
women and men, all decenrlv
J"Ve .?
clad, con-
rrive diily, with tl:
view
of
; hji-'i,;;- uj .-ti.ierica. in sr.cn nur.v
emiratm to America. In
which the the baker s shops in the Ticmi
ly of the quays are cleared of bread is
scarcely credible.
Mayo. The onward progress cf emi
gration from this locality is really surpri
sing. Every public conveyance is crow-
i ded with persons leaving this unfortunate
land.
Our roads and quays are crowded eve
ry day with country people departing
hence for the colonies. We understand
that Sir Robert Gore Booth, Bart., has it
in contemplation to send outtoCanadi
from 500 to 700 of his cottier tenantry,
who are desirous to proceed thpnee in the
hope cf bettering their condition he is
about freighting a vessel or two to convoy
them.
State cf the Country. The Crown
Solicitor for Cork savs, that the anxif tv
of the prisoners at the assizes for that
county is, not that they should le acquit
ted, but that they should be found ruiltv!
The learned gcntlemin has made a report
to that efTect to Government. The jaus
ot trie county are crowded hy a class ct
offenders created by the famine.
German Emigration. Upwards of
0003 German emigrants have, within ih3
la?t fortnight, passed through Colojue, cn
their way to Breman. Havre, and Ant
werp, where they will take their depar
ture for America.
The Ten-hours Bill, Earl Elle?
mere and Lord Feversham have written
to the Short-time Commit:?? the former
stating his willingness to conduct the fac
tory bill throi:h the House of Lords, and
th.e latter announcing his readiness to co
operate wiLh the noble Earl.
AN INCIDENT.
The Lcuisvi'le Journal says that at the
crreat meeting in New Orlean?, on the
30th ult., in honor of the victory at Rue
na Yistr, one cf the speakfr? was the
Hon. Caleb Cusl.ing, colonel of the Mas
sarhuselts reiriment. CuhinTt in the
course of his speech, called over the
name? of the prominent cCcers killed in
the battle; omitting that of the ccllant
Clay. The moment he finished his enu
meration, some nnf shouted "Lieut. Col.
Henry Clay, Jr.!" Fcrsevera! minutes
the house rang with applause. Cushing
keenly felt the rebuke, and, when at last
he was able to resume his speech, he
apologised for not having mentioned the
name of Ctay. said that the omission was
the resrlt of forgetfulness, and protested
thai no man in the nation hid a higher
admiration of the distinguished father of
Col. Clay than himself.
Is any one so credulous 23 to believe;
thai a public speaker, in enumerating tha
names of the patriots who fell at Boena
Vista, cairtd forget thai cf Henry Clay,
Jr. Pa. Int.
of , ,jOROrs t3rrhK anj weaI'Ji takes
wmjs. A lew cays a sjg.i a disap-
rointmnit a groan and human life is
! ' , r
j t(?!lccI(ok aboatfura few mom-ts
. k a to t! iy a(1 a lhora l3 mor;
-3n(j drop cfT 'and are gone. The
j chi, j lhat is bora iolhy crowds c ff the
J r ...,,,.t., i ";e i,:a'f f.r..
ten to morrow. Such is life.
"A little rule a little sway.
A sunbeam in a winter's day
Is all the proud and mighty have
Between th? crai.l and the grve"
wrote John Dyer more th-n a century
pgn, and ths lines are ?? true row as when
they were penned. Re humble, then, O
man! boast not wealth nd honor, s:rive
not for possessions and renown, for ers
the dawning of another day, the mandate
may have irone forth and you be swept
from the stare of iif.
Sentxnct: or Liect. IlrxTrc. It
is gcaerallv known that, on the arrival cf
Commodore Pcrrv before Alrarado fin !
irtr the place already raptured by Lieut.
CG. Hunter, whom he had oruercd on
ly to block sde, the Commodore oruered
thato-er into arrest, for trial by court
maribb V leam, from zn authentic
sourer, that the trial has been hrd, that
Lieut. Hunter has been found guilty. (o!
disobeying orders, we presume.) and sen
tenced to be reprimanded and dismissed
irom the squadron: tbe reprimana y mj
read on the quarter-deck of every ship in
the squadron.
1 .
The Whetling J
'5 sas t.j'.t
Tt . T
il tn
stock for the eo:
pension bridge over th- Olio ul 'Am p!.-co
has been l-ken. ??id !r-t the mm pa ay
will be orintzed in a ft w wcvks.
If