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THE WOOD-LARK.
BY HENRY H. PAUL.
Warble on, lovely lark, from the spray,
Those wood-notes so sweet to mine car:
J,J:v the falcon that marks thee his prey,
13e foiled by the weapon I bear.
Pretty warbler return to thy nest,
Tell your mate and her offspring to '
Sav mercy awaits the opprest, smile;
And the tvrant now dies at the style.
Rise again, and renew your sweet lay,
O'er the corpse deep-entangled with
thorn:
Serene pass your life's little day
Peaceful bliss tend your eve as vour
morn.
From the Brasos & Monterey.
correspondence of the n. o. bulletin.
Brasos, May 6, 1817.
Bri. Gen. Cadwallader has arrived
here, and assumed the command of the j
lower iuo virauui.-, unu uaa usuwiwucu
camp at Palo Alto, for the instruction of j
the new regiments as they arrive. About ;
1,500 are already there, and will be great-;
ly augmented m a tew weeks, iney ap- .
pear lO ue a goou ciass oi jiil-ij. c
informed the General will make his head
qucrtcrs at the camp, so soon as he can
complete his arrangements for forwarding
supplies.
Ve have no news of importance from
Gen. Taylor, who is at Monterey. The
v car-men are about starting, and probably
not a company out of all the regiments
ittached to Gen. Taylor's column can be
retained in the service. They are anxi
ous to return to their homes and friend?,
and, more than all, are disgusted with the
management of the war. It would, how
ever, do your heart good to hear them
fpeak of Gen. Taylor.
CCRRESPOnDENCE OF THE PICAYUNE.
In Camp, near Monterey, April 25.
A train of 127 wagons arrived from
Camargo on Friday, and brought a late
mail from the States, and among it a num
ber of communications for Gen. Taylor
from the War Department. If the on dit
is true here, the Department has not con
descended to take uhe slightest notice of
the General's communications for many
months.
I fear there is not much, if any, pros
pect of an onward movement, as there is
now no force adequate to such an under
taking. The time of nearly all tha
twelve months' volunteers will expire
very shortly, and unless they should de
sire to stay beyond their time for the pur
pose of going to San Luis, and which it
is not likely they will do. there is no
prospeet of a speedy movement. Now
is the very time when the most vigorous
measures should be pushed, and it is un
fortunate that Gen. Taylor has been left
without adequate means to operate effec
tively. Accounts have been received here from
San Luis as late as the 7th instant, and
they represent the Mexican army as en
tirely broken up and disheartened, as well
r.s the people. Mr. Freeman, an intelli
gent American, who has lived in San Luis
lor a nnmber of years, arrived yesterday
t 11 C AT
from that place. He states with the grea
test confidence that not more than 10,000
of Santa Anna's army engaged at Bucna
Vista reached San Luis. Hundreds de
serted on the march, and hundreds died
on the road, or were left sick and woun
ded. He says that the entire length of
the road presents a most sad feature
graves on every side, unburied bodies,
sick and broken down soldiers at all the
rancho?, and every other evidence of a
routed, dispirited, starved, and broken
down army. Is it to be supposed that
Mexico ever can raise another army of
such strength? In this region it is- the
unanimous opinion that she never can
bring such another army into the field du
ring tins war.
GUERRILLA WAR ON THE RIO
GRANDE.
From the N. Orleans Picayune, May 14.
An attentive correspondent at Camargo
lias enclosed to us the following order, is
sued by Canales. It was found upon the
Alcalde of Gucrrera, who was at the time
in company with one of Canales's cap
tains, and, in conjunction with him, as
was supposed, taking measures to carry
it into effect. Lieut. Bee, of Capt. La
mars company of Rangers, happened to
come upon them, arrested them both, and
brought them to Camargo.
From this order it is manifest that the
guerilla mode of warfare is to be enforced
all along the valley of the Rio Grande.
It is mortifying to reflect that a lew disor
derly men, such as fled from the field of
battle at Bucna Vista and hid themselves
in the quarries before Monterey, have, by
their murderous conduct, given color to
the charges with which Canales commen
ces and lards his order; nevertheless, it is
almost certain that the system would
have been put in practice upon the Rio
Grande, as it has been in the Central
States, 2l not these outrages happened.
We have had full measure of the glo
rias of wr, hut should the guerilla plan
ro;i?iuu? any length of time its butcheries
s di be appalling. The perpetrators cf
acts of violence hare heretofore sought to
palliate their guilt by pleading the assassi
nation of their comrades as an excuse for
retaliation. There has been too much of
this already. But what will be the scenes
of havoc and blood when a "war without
pity" is the recognised gauge of battle on
both sides!
The order of Canales is peremptory.
It commands his followers to spare ne'i
ther age nor condition. Every American
found within the territory of Mexico,
whether armed or unarmed, must be put
to the sword. This is more savage even
than the guerilla proclamation of Salas.
The defence of the Rio Grande should
be, under the circumstances, an object of
primary consideration. That more troops
arc needed there is apparent, without ta
king into consideration the necessities of
other divisions of the invasion.
Frontier Brigade or Cavalry,
Camp in San Augustin, April 4, '47.
I this day send to the Adjutant Inspec
tor of the National Guards the following
instructions:
j j witn tj e greatest indignation,
that tj,e Americans have committed a
most 10rric massacre at the rancho of the
Guadalupe. They made prisoners, in
lhei houses, and by the side of
lhcir fmilios, of twenty-five peaceable
men, and immediately shot them. To re
pel this class of warfaie, which is not
war, but atrocity in all its fury, there is
no other course left us than retaliation;
and, in order to pursue this method, ren
dered imperative by the fatal circumstan
ces above mentioned, you will immediate
ly declare martial law, with the under
standing that eight days after the publica
tion of the same every individual who
has not taken up arms (being capable of
so doing) shall be considered a traitor and
instantly shot.
Martial law being in force, you are
bound to give no quarter to any Ameri
can whom you may meet, or who may
present himsclt to you, even though he
be without arms. You are also directed
to publish this to all the towns in this
State, forcibly impressing them with the
severe punishment that shall be inflicted
for the least omission of this order.
We have arrived at that state in which
our country requires the greatest sacrifi
ces; her sons should glory in nothing but
to become soldiers, and as brave Mexicans
to meet the crisis. Therefore, if the ar
my of invasion continues, and our people
remain in the towns which they have mo
lested, they deserve not one ray of sym
pathy; nor should any one ever cease to
make war upon them. You will send a
copy of this to each of your subordi
nates, and they are authorized to proceed
against the chiefs of their squadrons, or
against their colonels or any other, ever
against me, for any infraction of this or
der, the only mode of salvation left.
The enemy wages war against us, and
even against those peaceable citizens who,
actuated by improper impulses, desire to
remain quiet in their houses. Even these
they kill without quarter, and this is the
greatest favor they may expect from
them. The only alternative left to us un
der these circumstances is retaliation,
which is the strong right of the offended
against the offending. To carry this into
effect attach yourselves to the authorities.
Your failing to do this will be considered
a crime of the greatest magnitude.
AH the officers of the troops are direc
ted to assist you in carrying out this or
der; and it is distinctly understood there
shall be no exceptions. Neither the cler
gy, military, citizens, nor other persons
shall enjoy the privilege of remaining
peaceably at their homes. The whole of
the corporation shall turn out with the ci
tizens, leaving solely as authority of the
town one of the members who is over the
age of sixty years; at the same time, if
all of the members are capable of bearing
arms, then none shall be excepted; leav
ing to act some one who is incapable of
military service, l ou yourself must be
an example to others, by conforming to
this requisition. And I send this to you
for publication, and charge you to see it
executed in every particular, and commu
nicate it also to the commanders of tl.e
squadrons in your city, who will aid you
in carrying imo effect these instructions;
and in fact you are directed to do all and
every thing which your patriotism may
prompt. Cod and Liberty!
ANTONIO CANALES.
THE HORRORS OF WAR.
SAD SCENES.
A correspondent of the Nashville Uni,
on, writing from Vera Cruz, gives the fol
lowing vivid and painful picture.
"During the short intermissions in the
cannon's thunder, the heart piercing cries,
shrieks and wailings of the panic-struck
women and children rose up from the ci
ty, and rilled the trembling night air as
with the wailings of the damned. In
every part of the city those death-stars.
lraught with destruction, were falling and
' bursting around them. When it was told
to the commanding general, Gen. Mora
les, that a bomb had just burst in the hos
pital and killed sixteen women and chil
dren, taking ou his epaulettes, he ihrew
them down and exclaimed, "I must . be
spared this -I cannot endure it I resign
let some other person take the com- nution of half their usual quantity of but
inand." And true to his word, he re- f ter. In New York, too, the prices are
signed the command to Gen. Landers. nearly as high. We find beef-steaks
And yet we had but commenced; we had
but ten mortars ol forty-nine in opera-
tion. 1 he enemy made a firm and hon
orable defence; but it was unavailing."
A correspondent of the Alton Tele
graph, also writing from the captured city,
says:
"The French families' in the city were
the greatest sufferers. I heard a great
many heart rending tales, which were
told by the survivors with breaking hearts;
but I have neither the inclination nor the
time now to repeat them. One however,
I will name. A French family were qui
etly seated in their parlor the evening
previous to the hoisting of the white flag;
when a shell from one of our mortars
penetrated the building, and exploded in
the room, killing the mother and four
children; nnd wounding the residue. A
nother shell struck the Charity Hospital,
penetrated the roof, bursting in the room
where the sick inmates were lying, and
killed twenty-three. Thus rushed into
eternity in the twinkling of an eye, not
only the invalid, but the innocent and un
offending. Such arc a few of the horrors
and fearful calamities that have marked
the progress of this siege and capture."
Another letter, dated Saltillo, says:
"We are now encamped upon the bat
tle ground, (Buena Vista,) and are forti
fying it. The place is very disagreable,
as the Mexican dead arc but half buried.
Any where upon the field you can sec
their arms and feet, and, in many instan
ces, their noses and chins, sticking out of
the earth, which has been very sparsely
thrown over them."
GEN. TAYLOR'S FAMILY.
A correspondent of the Baltimore Pa
triot says that the father of Gen. Taylor
was Col. Richard Taylor, of Va., an offi
cer who served with credit to himself
through the revolutionary war After
the war Col. Taylor removed to Ken
tucky, where he distinguished himself in
the Indian wars, and subsequently held
many civil offices of trust and honor.
He was one of the framers of the Con
stitution of Kentucky and was a member
of the electoral colleges which voted for
Jefferson, Madison and Clay. Col. Tay
lor married Sarah Strother, by whom he
had five sons-Hancock, Zachary, George,
William and Joseph, and three daughters
Elizabeth, Sarah and Emily. Han
cock, after serving in the war against the
Indians in Ohio and Indiana, died a far
mer, near Louisville, Ky. Zachary is
"Old Rough and Ready." George died
a fanner, on the old family place near
Louisville. William died a surgeon in
the United States Army. Joseph, the
only brother of the General now living is
a Lieutenant Colonel in the army, who
distinguished himself at Okeechobee, and
has the control of the Commissary De
partment in Mexico.
Of the daughters Elizabeth and Emi
ly died leaving families. Sarah, the only
sister of Gen. Taylor, now living, resides,
(as do most of his immediate family)
near Louisville. Gen. James Taylor, ol
Newport, Ky., is not a brother of Gen.
Taylor, but a cousin of the General's
father. Gen. Taylor married a daugh
ter of Major Smith of the army, a citizen
of Maryland. By her he had four chil
dren three daughters and one son. His
eldest daughter, Ann, married Dr. Robert
C. Wood, a surgeon of the army, now in
Mexico. The second, Sarah Knox, mar
ried Col. Jefferson Davis, who has so
distinguished himself at Monterey, and
Buena Vista. Mrs. Davis died several
years since. The third daughter is un
married. The son graduated at Yale
College about a year since. Gen. Tay
lor is one of the oldest Virginia families,
and is related to and connected with ma
ny of the distinguished families of that
State the Madisons, Lees, Taylors, Bar
bours, Pendletons, Conways, Taliafcrros,
numbering amongst their ornaments
James Madison, Richard Henry Lee,
John Taylor, of Caroline; Judge Pendle
ton, James and Philip Barbour, General
Hunt, of Texas; Gen. Gaines, &c.
THE MARKETS AND PRICES.
The Philadelphia Markets present a
very tempting appearance at this season
of the year. Green peas, asparagus, sa
lads of various kinds, to say nothing of
plants and flowers are among the attrac
tions. The prices, however, are enor
mous, not only for vegetables but for
meats. Beef has been selling for 14 and
15 cents, a pound, ham ditto, veal from
10 to 12 cents, and butter from 35 to 45
cents. These prices in seme cases are
double what thev were some months
since. Great complaints are made by
keepers of boarding-houses, and indeed
by all classes of society, except the weal
thy. We recently stated that the propri
etor of one of our hotels had paid $70 in
the market for what a short time since
would not have cost him $40. Several
of our friends complain that their house
keeping costs them nearly double; while
persons in moderate circumstances find it
necessary to exercise the most rigid econ
omy, even to the curtailment of two to
, three meat dinners in a week, and adimi-
quoted at from 12 to 18 cents a pound;
mutton at from 8 to 10 cents; lamb at
from 75 cents to $1,50 per quarter; pork j
from 8 to 10 cents per lb; fowls from 75 j
cents to $1,25 per pair; potatoes from 62 ;
cents to $1 per bushel; asparagus from
25 cents to 37$ per bunch. Bread, too,
the staff" of life, is enormous the loaves
having diminished to a mere Tom Thumb
size. Crackers by retail, are- 8 cents in
stead of 0 cents per pound as heretofore.
In short, the increase in the prices of pro
visions, operates upon our community as
a most onerous tax; and but for the oth
erwise general prosperity of the country,
and the abundant employment in most
trades, the evil would be productive of
very serious and extensive distress. The
farmers in the neighborhood, and indeed
within one or two hundred miles of Phi
ladelphia, should profit by the present
condition of aflairs, and hasten their pro
ducts to market. Bickn. Rep.
From the Cincinnati Chronicle, May 15.
THE WAR THE ARMY IN
- MEXICO.
We have been victorious in all our
movements in Mexico; and, as to open
battles in the field, no reasonable man
could expect any other event. But there
is another result to which we have now
arrived, not anticipated in the plans of
those who made the war, and but little
thought of by the people themselves, and
which is the worst of events for our own
country. It is when, having been repea
tedly victorious, and conquering and over
running all the territories, ciies, and
towns in our way, we should at last have
to occupy, defend and dispose of the ci
ties and teiritorics we have conquered, in
a tropical climate, exposed to diseases
worse than battles to momentary insur
rections on the part of an exasperated po
pulation, and to a partisan warfare far
more fatal than the most bloody battles.
This is the scene to which we arc now
called, and which demands all the wis
dom and patriotism of the country. Sup
pose the very best state of the case, (not
peace,) where are we? A small and gal
lant army, under Scott, enters Mexico
what then? Is the Mexican people sub
dued.' Was Russia subdued when Na
poleon entered Moscow? Is a tropical
climMe any better to endure for men
brought up in a temperate zone than a
northern winter?
The last advices from Scott's army, at
Jalapa, represent a slate of things which
military men will understand, but which
men unaccustomed to consider the neces
sities of an army will hardly comprehend
as the consequences of victory. As on
the Rio Grande, so on the road to Mexi-
co, each mile of advance lengthens the
line of cdmmunicalionidcmznds in
creased means of transportation, greater
depots of provisions, new garrisons, new
outposts; in fine, increases in much grea
ter proportion than the actual distance the
difficulties both of advance and defence.
At Jalapa, sixty-eight miles from Vera
Cruz, and not one-fourth the distance to
Mexico, Scott is embarrassed and detain
ed by the same causes which arrested
Gen. Tavlors march to San Luis do Po-
tosi.
It is in vain to deny that our Govern
ment has entered on a war without sagaci
ty, and have conducted it without any pre
science as to its needs or its consequen
ces. If the conquest and holding of Mex
ico be the thing to be done, why have we
not double as many troops there? Are
we to conquer and hold a vast country,
with eight millions of people, with twenty-five
thousand? That is all we have,
and all we shall have, by the 1st of July.
Suppose Scott in Mexico, and the princi
pal places taken, let us see what is neces
sary: In the city of Mexico,
12,000
5,000
1,003
1,000
2,000
Do
Do
Do
Do
Puebla,
Jalapa
Perote
Vera Cruz
Line of Vera Cruz and Mexico, 21,000
Point Isabel 500
Matamoros 1,000
Camargo 1,000
Monterey 2,000
Saltillo 1,000
Line of the-Rio Grande
San Luis de Potosi
Victoria
Tampico
Line of San Luis
Santa Fe
Chihuahua
Detachments
5,500
8,600
1,000
2,000
11,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
Line of Santa Fc
California
Out parties
Baggage trains
4 Total army
3,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
40,500
This is all of it wanted for the lines ia
which we are now moving, without any
occupation at all of the remaining pro
vinces of Mexico, comprehending one
half the empire! What, then, are our Go
vernment calculating upon?
We must close this view of the sub
ject with these plain propositions: If we
are to conquer and occupy all Mexico,
we should have one hundred thourand
men in the field. If we are not to do
that, it is absurd to advance further. One
ot these propositions should be adopted.
THE VOTE OF CENSURE UPON
GEN. TAYLOR.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
It is not improbable that the Locofocos
in the coming contest, may find it con
venient to deny that their party in Con
gress denounced and CENSURED the
gallant old "Rough and Ready" upon the
floor of the House. It is important,
therefore to keep the facts before the peo
ple. It will be recollected that they remain
ed speechless on the subject of a vote of
thanks until the 29th of January, when
Mr. Cocke, a Whig member from Ten
nessee, introduced a joint resolution, pre
senting the thanks of Congress to Gen.
Taylor and the brave officers and men
under his command,- for their skill, cour
age, fortitude and good conduct at Men
terey. Twenty-eight Locofoco members
voted against suspending the rules for the
purpose of taking up the resolution thus
showing their hostility to old "Rough and
Ready" at the outset, by endeavoring to
prevent even the consideration at the res
olution. Finally, however' after considerable re
sistance on the part of the Locofocos,
leave was given for the suspension of the
rules, and the resolution was introduced
and read, when Mr. Jacob Thompson, a
Locofoco from Mississippi who had pre
viously denounced Gen. Taylor upon the
floor of the House, made the following a
mendmcnt, designed to change the Vote
of "thanks" into a Vole of 'CENSURE:'
"Provided, That nothing herein con
tained SHALL BE CONSTRUED INTO AN
approbation of the capitulation op
Monterey."
A more ungrateful, unworthy and dis
creditable proceeding never disgraced the
journals of a Legislative body. It was
intended by the minions of James K.
Polk to hit the whig General full in the
face to break him down, and crush, at
one fell blow, his rapidly increasing and
dangerous popularity. And to prevent
the Friend s of the gallant and invincible
Taylor from vindicating him from this
assault this attack upon his fame and
that of his comrades the previous ques
tion, cutting off" all debate, was demanded
and sustained by the Locofoco majority
of the House. Incredible a3 it may seem
the original resolution, blotched and dis
figured by this infamous Locofoco provi
so, actually passed the House of Repre
sentatives of the United States by the
following vote :
Yeas Messrs. Atchinson, Bcdinger,
Benton, Biggs, Jas. Bleak, Bowdin, Bo
lin, Boyd, Brinkcrhoff. Brodhead William
G. Brown, Catheart, Augustus A. Chap
man, Reuben Chapman, Cobb, Colin, Co
trel, Cullom, Cummins, Daniel, De Molt,
Dillingham', Douglas, Dromgoole, Dun
lap, Edsall, Ellsworth, Erdman, Faran,
Picking, Foster, Fries, Garvin, Giles,
Goodyear, Gordon, G rover, Hamlin, Har
manson, Hastings, Heuly, Hoge, Hop
kins, George S. Houston, llungcrford, j
Jas. B- Hunt, C. J. lngersoll, Jenkins,
Jas. II. Johnson, Andrew Johnson, G,
W. Jones, Seaborn, Jones, Kaufman,
Kennedy, Lawrence, Leake, Le filar, Leib,
La Serra, Ligon, Lumkiu, M'Clean, M'
Celland, M'CIernand, M'Danicl, Joseph
J. M'Dowcll, M'Kay, John P. Martin,
Barklcy, Martin, Morse, Morris, Moul
ton, Norris, Parish, Payne, Pcrill, Perry,
Phelps, Pillsbury Rathbun, Rcid Relfe,
Ritter, Roberts, Russell, Sawtelle, Saw
yer, Scammon, Alex. I). Sims, Leon. II.
Sims, Thos. Smith, Rob Smith, Stantoe,
Starkweather, St. John, Strong, Jacob
Thompson,Thurm an, Tibbats,Treadvay,
Wentworth, v heaton. A lck Williams,
Wilaiot, Wood, Wood worth, and Yest
110 ALL LOCOFOCOS.
Nays Messrs. S. Adam?, Ashmun,
Barringer, Bayly. Bell, Milton, Brown,
Buffington, Burt, Wm. W. Campbell,
Jno. C. Chapman, Coke, Collamcr, Cran
ston, Culver, G. Davis, Delano. Dockery,
John H. Ewing, Edwin H. Ewing, Gen
try, Graham, Grider, Grinnel, Hale,
Hampton, Harper, lliliiard, Elias B.
HoImesJohn W. Houston, Samuel D.
Hubbard, Hudson, Wash. Hunt, Joseph
R. lngersoll, Daniel P. King, Thos. B.
King; Lewis Long, M'Gaughcy.JM'IIcn
ry M'lllvame, Marsh, Miller, Moslay,
Pollock, Ramsey, Rh:tt, Ripley Julius,
Rockwell, John A. Rockwell, Runk,
Schenck, Severance, Trumon, Smith Al
bert Smith, Caleb B. Smith, Stephens,
Stewart, Strohra, Thibodanx, Thomas
son, Benjamin Thompson, Toombs, Til
den, Trumbo, Vance, Vinton, White,
Winlhrop, Woodward and Young 70
All Whigs, save some six or eight.
By the above it mav be seen that the
name of EVERY LOCOFOCO FROM
PENNSYLVANIA is recorded IN FA
VOR OF THE VOTE OF CENSURE,
as it stands upon the records of the House.
But this was not all. We could fill our
columns with extracts from speeches of
Locofoco, member inculpating and cen
suring General Taylor; but we have
said enough to show the spirit of the Lo
cofoco party in Congress in regard to our
Nation's bravest champion, who if he
has not by this time fought his way into
favor with the party, has turned their re
proaches into Hollow praise, and com
pletely silenced the "fire in his rear."
The Locofocos done all they could tc
cripple the energies of our Whig General
tear from his brow the Laurels so dearly
won at Monterey, prevent the brilliant
achievements of old "ROUGH AND
READY," and bring di sgrace upon the
National flag and we will not now per
mit them to wiggle out of the fearful re
sponsibility, and appropriate to an imbe
cile and corrupt Locofoco administration
the honor of the victories achieved by
Whig Generals !
These Locofocos whose traitorous
tongues denounced old ROUGH AND
READY as a Whig General," incom
petent to direct the operations of the Ar
my, and who passed A VOTE OF CEN-
SURL upon the old Hero, aware that no
man they could nominate for Pjcsident
would have the slightest chance against
the Hero who "never surrenders," now
claim him as a Locofoco, and are endeav
oring to coax him over to their side for
the purpose of destroying him. But as
well remarked by the Troy Whig, "the
American Fabricius can no more bo se
duced from the path of duty and consisten
cy by promises of support from Mr.
Polk's organs, than his prototype could
be won to treason by the Gold of King
Pyrrhus." Gen. ZACHARY TAYLOR
is A WHIG a genuine out and out
CLAY WHIG and the attempt to con
nect him with the pr.rty that has attempted
to destroy him, aid of which Santa An
na's friend Mr. Polk, is the ncknowlecged
head, is a a gross insult to the gallant old
Whig General. The Locofocos will find
that their honied words art all thrawn s
way upon old Zack .He is a true Whig
patriot, and like his cherished friend Hen
ry clat, would "rather be right than be
President ;" and the very cunning at
tempt of the Locofocos to entice the old
Hero into their ranks, in order to crush
him, will only excite his contempt. OLD
ROUGH AND READY ira true whig
will in all likelihood be the Whig candi
date for President and in that event he
will give the Locofocos a worse drubbing
then he gave Polk's friend Snta Anna,
at Buena Vista. Pa. Int,
CAVING IN OF THE LEVEE IN N.
ORLEANS.
New Orleans, May ID, 1817.
' The Crevasse. We regret to state
that a crevasse occurred in the levee at
Algiers, opposite the city, on Saturday,
about 1 1 o'clock. It was occasioned by
a landslide, in which some thirty or forty
feet of the levee was at first included, but
which rapidly extended, and when we
saw it, late in the afternoon, it was one
hundred and twenty to one hundred and
fifty feet wide. The river, unfortunate
ly, is extremely high, and the country ia
the rear is from six to eight inches lower
than the surface of the water; the flood.
consequently rushes through with the ve
locity of a mill-tail. The town and coun
try around are already covered with wa
ter, and there is at least three feet 6n the
race-track.
The old hull of a large steamboat, full
of water, had been placed across the ap
erture, but without any good effect, as
close down by her inner side, where the
levee existed in the morning, there is one
hundred feet water, and the current, of
course, passes under the bottom of the
boat without an interruption.
This crevasse, if not checked, will
probably overflow a large portion of the
plantations below the city down to the
English Turn, and also those at ,Barata-
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na. i ne oniy regular outlet lor the wa
ter will be Bayou Barataria, which of iu
elf will be unable so disgorge it without
overflowing its banks and flooding at least
all the lower portions of the plantations.
all. of which we believe are, with one ex
ception, unprotected by private levees in
the reai of their cultivated ground. It is
possible that the very low grounds, which
exist to a large extent through that dis
trict ol country, may enable the water to
work its way into Lake Ourcha and Lit
tle Lake, and so on to the ocean, without
rising so high as to flood the whole sur
face of the country. We sincerely hope,
though we have not much confidence, that
this will be the case. Bulletin.
The Pasha of Damascus lately issued
a proclamation cnjoiningj.he women of the
city to be more strictly veiled when they
went abroad, and dec'a eJ that he would
cut ofl the noses of all who disob:yed his
orders.
Professor Schonbein, the inventor of
gun cotton, has discovered a new compo
sition, which is said to produce the same
effects as the inhalation of the ether va
por. The Emperor of Russia ha? recalled
one hundred and fifty students from thr
University of Ksnigsbcrg in Prussia ar-d
ha3 interdicted all hi3 subjects far the In-.
ture from receiving their edition ia
cign Countries.