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TUBSD AT?, JUNE 15, 18 7,
V ol. 5. No. 31.
MY YOUTHFUL FRIENDS.
BY F. I. WILSON.
I
am upon the earth alone?
Gone :one is each familiar face;
The grassy mound, the mossy stone,
Of many mark the dwelling place.
When dead of night has hushed the world,
. All buried in oblivion's sleep,
The map of mem'ry is unfurled,
On which I gaze, and smile, and weep.
I smile when there I see a band
Of youths, of which I once was one,
Each joined in friendship, heart and hand
Each on life's journey just begun.
I weep to see where now they are,
All scattered, parted, sundered wide
All full of gloom, of thought, of care,
Their youthful springs Al dried.
Beyound the ocean's foaming waves,
I Some have been borne to struggle there,
"Whilst others down into her cave3
' Have sunk 'mid scenes of dark despair.
All, all in form and mind are changed
All tossed upon the sea of life:
Trom home and scenes of youth estranged,
. Partakers in the world's dark strife.
The Fertile West,
The Cincinnati Chronicle says that
city furnishes means for the exportation
cf the produce raised on area of not less
than 40,000 square miles, including 21
counties in Indiana, 29 in Ohio, 2G in
Kentucky, and 11 in "Virginia. The ce
real products of this region of country in
the year 1840 wrre, of corn, 51,870,025
bushels ; of wheat, 10,988,570 bushels ;
oats; 13,299,520 bushels; barley, 124,S6G
bushels ; and it is estimated that this vast
amount might be doubled, and this at
only half the minimum of European
cultivation.
From these premises the Chronicle
draws several inferences. We give the
following : i :
"That the corn and wheat raised a
round Cincinnati in 1840 was equal to
one-eighth that of the entire UnitedSlates;
that, at the rate of European Cultivation,
it would be one-half of the whole raised
in the United States !
. "That the quantity actually raised in
1840 within these limits would feed iix
millions of people, and their cattle and
horses.
"That fifteen only of these eighty
seven counties (viz. Hamilton, Butler,
Warren, Preble, Montgomery, Clermont,
Brown, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Clark,
Champaign, Miami, and Logan) raised
more corn in 1840 than the entire amount
exported to Europe in 1840 and 1847,
with the famine of Ireland and half of Eu
rope to make the demand.
"That the amount raised in the eighty
seven counties was fourfold the boasted
export of the United States in 1840 and
1S47."
"We cite these extraordinary facts,"
says the Chronicle,, "only as new evi
dences showing the fertility of Nature in
this part of the world; the resources which
Cincinnati has, to maintain a great popu
lation, and the little probability that the
European demand will amount to any
Tery large proportion of the crops of the
United States.''
4 Trje Buffalo Commercial Advertiser,
commenting on the above, says :
i "We can sec no reason to doub the
correctness of the Chronicle's statements
and inferences. It should be slated, how
ever,at the same time,- that the liomc
consumption of the counties indicated is
vastly above the average of most other
districts of the world of equal population.
Tllfi -n'HSt. inn i vprv rrtnt ronsf-
, , .
quently its exporting capacity is less than j
WouUl appear from the figures
Those who have
their
fears excited
that the immense ciportations of flour and
grain to Europe would compel the U- j
luted States to become importers.- have
those fears allayed by this statement of
the resources of but a traction of this great
and growing' country resources called
into action by the ordinary course of e
vents, and not stimulated by the high
prices of the fall of 1840, and' the pros
pect tif their continuance' during the pres
ent season. The resources of this coun
try to supply any demand are only limited
by the means afforded to convey its pro-
ducerwhere they may be needed.
. The annexed paragraphs from ths !
Cleveland Plaindealer will show what ' the war, as Col. Benton says they did,
Northern Ohio can do towards iis hare : ' the responsibility of the proceeding rests
. "Movements in produce iu the West, more on Mr. Polk than on the Tyler Ad
and especially in Northern Ohio, are tru- ' ministration, because they took the inilia
ly -astonishing. 4 It is estimated that on ! live only, while he had it in his power to
Saturday, last there arrived in this city, ! pUt complete stop to it, had he chosen
by teams and canal, over one hundrtd j to do so ; but approving of it, he, on the
u'ud thirty thousand buihds oj grain. lOthof March, 18 45, caused Mr. Doxel
(This estimate includes the flour reduced ! pox to be instructed to carry out and con-
ivt.. r . it i 1 .
wiuisnels.) . lener irom .uassuon says:
Going to Canton the other day, I met, in
travelling four miles, 87 wheat teams,
most of them carrying about 100 bushels.
Friday last there arrived in Massilon, and
sold from wagons, 20,000 bushels, and
we have hi many such days of late.
YoMfuLy 1 51 wheat learns paired
i.Vp:!jli t'iiitoii before breakfast, and by
noon 600 passed through. Wheat comes
here from within four miles of Mans
field. Haifa million bushels of wheat
have been cleared at the collector's office
within one month. Receipts for tolls du-
ring uie same time, 10,UUO half the a- i hung on the "outer walls" inscribed with And it shall never plague me again,
mount ef any former year,' &c. (the victories of '70, of 1812, and those in ; The dentist his forceps displays to ray eye,
"At nearly all the points on the canal Mexico. The whole was one grand streak t fpf., pmnl: ' -we
hear of similar movements. Little ' of li?ht. everv nublie building hotnl. .,nd ! . emotions distressing.
Milan, up the lake, boasts of a train of
teams three miles long, pouring the wheat
into that town. A3 yet there is no abate
ment. The cry is 'still it comes.' The
warehouses are every where overflowing.
Our outdoor docks are also occupied to
tneir utmost capacity, l he avenue, and
not the market is glutted. Notwithstand
ing the New York canal employs 3,500
registered canal boats, (occupying fifty
three miles to a continuous line,) and 100
load per day in Buffalo yet produce ac
cumulates there. This is a great country!'
THE CAUSE OF THE WAR
FROM THE NASHVILLE WHIG.
The
e recent speech of Col. Benton, at
mis. is eminently characteristic Df
St. Lou
its author, and will doubtless command
"nnr m11 .fr, ktlnc m,r,ar.,l
much of the public attention. What he j
says with regard to his course on the Ore- J
gon question is exceed nly well said, and
being notoriously true, is well calculated
to elevate him in public estimation. The
whole speech, in fact, is in the author's
best manner, and deserves to be univer
sally read, as well as by those who may
happen to differ from, as by those who
may chance to agree with, the speaker.
His remarks on the subject of the an
nexation of Texas and the existing war
with Mexico should be carefully read.
To one passage, in particular, we desire
to call the attention of our readers. It is
as follows :
"The treaty of annexation was rejected
but annexation in another form was still
prosecuted. A resolution for the ad
mission of Texas as a Slate passed the
House of Representatives ; an additional
and alternative resolution was added in
the Senate, to appoint commissioners to
negotiate for admission, and to conciliate
and reconcile Mexico, and thereby prevent
the annexation lrom bringing on war.
The expiring administration of Mr. Tyler I
snatched the alternative from the" hands
of the President elect hurried off the
House resolution by a midnight messen
ger slammed the door of conciliation in
the face of Mexico and inflamed her
pride and resentment to the highest de
gree. From that lime forth every thing
breathed war betweeu the two countries,
which broke out the ensuing year.
"Mr. B. said this was the history of the
loss and gain of Texas, and its sequence,
the war with Mexico'
In a subsequent part of his speech he
savs that "the rejection of the Senate's
alternative resolution, and dispatch of the
midnight messenger to Texas with the
absolute resolution of admission, on the
night of the 3d of March, 1845, by the
Tyler Administration, "made the war."
Now be this as it may, it will be easy to
show that the entire responsibility of that
proceeding does not rest with Mr. Cal
houn and .the Tyler Administration.
They did indeed make the selection be
tween the two resolutions, and they "dis
patched a messenger to Texas with the
absolute resolution of admission, on the
3d of March. 1845. but Mr. Polk came
immediately into power and had abundeut
time to arrest the proceedings had he
chosen to do so. The selection between
the two resolutions, and the dispatch of
the messenger with the one selected, was
the work of the Tyler Administration ;
but the presentation of the resolution thus
selected to Texas for her acceptance, was
executed by the express directions of Mr.
Polk himself, as may be seen by reference
to his annual message to Congress in De
cember, 1845. In that message Mr. Polk
-
says :
In pursuance of the joint resolution of
Congress 'for annexing Texas to the L-
nited States my predecessor, on the third
day of March, 1845, elected to submit the
tirst ana secona sections oi tnai resolution
to the Republic of Texas, as an overture
on the part of the United States for her
admission as a State into-our Union.
This election I approved; and according
ly, the Charge d'Affaires of the United
States in Texas, under instructions of the
10th of March, 1845, presented these sec
tions of the resolutions for the acceptance
of that Government.".
lution of admission, and the dispatching
of it for the acceptance of Texas, made
; sumate iL
C7We know says the Louisville Jour
nal, that Gen. Taylor condemned the Lo
cofeco interference with the Tariff, tor
we read his condemnation of it in his
own hand writing in a letter to a friend
and relative.
2Vew Orleans Illumination.
iiC iLLWii, uu uie ioih ni.,
at New Orleans is represented bv the
j journals of that city, as a most splendid
i affair. Transparencies and scrolls were
I nearly everv dwelling beinr in a hl.izp.
We subjoin a rich incident of individual !
illumination, taken from the Delta. N.
Y. Sun.
Luke Lighthead was taken up for en
deavoring to make a personal illumination
of himself in St. Charles street. He
stuck a little tin machiue, full of camphine ''
1 1 - . a
in his shirt bosom, by wav of a breastpin,
and had a couple of spermaceti candles in
each of his vest pockets. Running into
an Alley, he protested to the officer, that,
he hadn't been doin' nothin. Yes you
have, said the functionary.
"You've been kieken' up a bobbery
tryin' to set yourself on fire and keepiu'
j e attention of the people away
1 1"uminal'on''
from the
"it S 110 SUch thing. I gOt Up an Iilu-
mination on my own hook,
Charley it's patriotism. I
'I suit me,
couldn't stand 1
it no longer the firm' of them cannon.
and the blazin' of the lamps, and the gen-
eral enthusiasm carried me right off my
feet. Oh, if I was only the Saint Louis,
or Hewitt's Exchange, a steamboat or e-
ven a flatboat-anything that I could hang
lamns on. I'd consider rnvsplf a m.ida
man ? I'd nut a lantern on" my head, and
hang a pair oi sconces on my ears ; I'd i
drill a hole through my nose and carry a
blazin' balloon by a piece of rope yarn !
Now, could you blame a feller for feelin'
like a powder magazine just ready to
blow up, about these times !
"There was all the names of the battle
fields Paly Alto, Sarah Gordo, Monter-
v Snniu Uicto ini U or-i I rT nil i
fized off in blazin' letters of fire ; brighter !
than them that Daniel writ on the walls of
old King Belshazzar's house. There was
all the hotels sparklin', cracklin' and shi
nen' with about forty million lamps !
Why Charley, .the whole city looked like
a dyin' dolphin, or a great big Rainbow
cut up as fine as mince meat. Could I
stand it ? -No-sir-ee ! I 'hnuinated my
self and paraded for the giory of my
country, and solitary and alone made the
splurge which has conferred eternal honor
in my devoted head. Take the candles,
Charley take one and ail-but don't tech
the "sacred banner" though it is made
into a bob-tail coat !"
Luke's oratory had such an effect upon
the watchman thut he was let go.
The Washington correspondent of the
Patriot writes as follows: The fact that
the Administration is not only shamefully
neglecting to reinforce Gen. Taylor whose
volunteers are nearly all returning home,
their time being up, but is studiously ne
glecting to reply to his despatches, and
thus leaving him in the dark as to its
wishes aud intentions with regard to fu
ture operations is becoming the constant
theme of earnest discussion in all circles
here ! What can it mean ? It is cur
renfly stated that the secretary of War
and the President caused the private let
ter written by Gen. Taylor to General
Gaines, and which the latter allowed to
be published, injustice to its author, to
be enclosed to Gen. Taylor with an in
sulting demand to know whether he wrote
it ; and that Old Rough and Ready
promptly and frankly replied that he did
write it, not intending it for the public
eye ; but inasmuch as it had been pub
lished, and was all true, he found nothing
in its statement to strike out or alter !
those who were not pleased with its con
tents might make the most of the matter.
The letter from Geu. Taylor to the
War Department, which the Administra
tion has not seen fit to publish, will yet
be apt to see the light, as well as the one
he wrote to Gen. Scott in reply to the
one informing him that the best half of
his command was to be taken from him !
If not produced before, Congress will sift
the matter thoroughly and bring forth that
which Mr. Polk aims to conceal.
C7The "Union" is guilty of a base
and deliberate slander in charging Gen.
Irvix with having voted for a tax on tea
and coffee. He never voted for such a
tax, a3 the journals of Congress will
show. We have time and again exposed
the falsiiy of this charge, and produced
proof, clear, convincing, incontrovertible,
and such as would convict a felon of horse
btealing. to show that Gen. Irvin repeat
edly spoke and voted against the impo
sition of an unwise and unjust tax upon
the poor man's articles of consumption.
Should the "Union" reiterate this vile
charge, they will do so knowing it to be
a base slander upon an honest man.- emi.
Intelligencer,
The Washington Union conUins a long
editorial on "the triumphs of war," which
eulogises in the highest terms, Scott, Pat
terson", Kearney, Yell, Harney, Price, &c
but never mentiones Hardin, - M'Kee " or
Clav, and does not ' contain even an
ollttuon to the Heio of four of the great
battles, Geu. Taylor ! Cf course the ad
ministration love."Cld Zack" :derly. ;
THE CHARM OF ETHER.
. . ll9fi,i nr tW -i,, fin fill fnr mp!
i . . .
I Let those who Prefer il feel PaIn:
j But Fll have out my tooth, tho' amolaritbe,
. Inhaling my ether, the wretch I defy
Oh! ether indeed is a blessing.
Army Intelligence.
FROM THE X. O. PICATCXE, MAT 27.
We delay the press to announce the ar-
r'Tal the Tsleamship Pa'metto, which
sailed rom Vera ruz on lhe 22u instant.
By this arrival we have letters from Mr.
Kendall to the 21st instant from Jalapa,
and we have also seen a private letter of
the 19ih from Puebla.
Gen. Worth entered Puebla on the af
ternoon of the 15th, after a sharp skir
mish with a party of lancers sent out to
delay his advance. Santa Anna was in
the city at the moment, but at once left,
and pushed on towards the capital.
It was reported that Gen. Valencia was
' between Puebla and the capital, at the
j,ieaJ of fourteen thousand men, to resist
our further advance, but this is doubtful,
I The result of the Presidential election
I was not known. Santa Anna, Elloriaga,
and Herrera
were candidates, among o-
thers.
ganta Anna is saiJ t0 nave ,la(1 a con-
iiuerae iorce wnn mm wnen nc passed
through Puebla variously estimated
jfrom 15,000 to 30,000. It is shrewdly
suspected that he intends to use this force
to maintain his personal position and se
cure the Presidency.
Capt. Mayo, of the Navy, Governor
of Alverado, started on the 13th instant
""'i-w ya. i lit nn ii
surrendered
,t0 h,m wilho" resistance. On his return
ne nrM "Pon anu I'asseu .wiusmp
man Pringle and five seamen were badlv
wounded.
Dr. Barto, Surgeon U. S. Army, has
been appointed President of the Boajd of
Health at Vera Cruz.
A party of guerillas has been surpri
sed and taken close to Vera Cruz fifteen
in number.
General Shields continues to improve
slowly. Capt. Mason, of the Rifles, we
are pained to learn, died on the 15th.
EDITORIAL COR. OF THE PICATCXE.
Jalapa, (Mexico,) Mat 15, '47.
The order is out for the marching of
Gen. Twigs division. It is to move on
Tuesday towards Puebla, Gen. Scott ac
companying it. A garrison remains be
hind under Colonel Childs, composed of
both regulars and volunteers, every way
able to hold this position against any odds
that the enemy may bring.
There is no mistake that Gen. Scott's
proclamation, which went directly home
to every reflecting Mexican, is doing a
great deal of good.
Jalapa, Mat 18.
From Santa Anna we have more posi- J
live information. It is certain that he
passed through Puebla, and with a force
variously estimated from 15,000 to 30,000 1
men; the former number is doubtless nea-
rer tne mart, some oi uie .Mexicans
here say that he will make a stand some
where between Puebla and the city of
Mexico, and that he has three or four pie
ces of cannon. Others believe that there
will be one grand struggle at the ciiy of
Mexico a last effort for the liberty of
the Republic.
Among the foreigners, again, there are
those who believe that Santa Anna is only
pushing on towards the capital to control
the elections and help himself by force to
the highest office: and that then he will
come out in favor of pejee with the Uni
ted States. Others, and among them
those who pretend to great knowledge of
the country and its public men, say that
Santa Anna will never give up so long as
he can draw around him a force sufficient
to make any kind of show against "los
Yankees" he himself always taking care
to be in a position where he can save his
own precious body in case of a reverse.
I have thus given you all the various
opinions afloat, and must leave it to wiser
head to pick out which is the most rea
sonable. Santa Anna's whole life has
been one of ups and downs has been a
riddle. After his disastrous defeat at
Buena Vista all thought his power com
pletely broken up, yet he was found a
gaiu in full force at Cerro Gordo. There
he met with the worst reverse of all, and
every one supposed him completely anni
hilated; yet we now know that he has
collected another force arouud htm, that
he is pushing for the capital, and it is
fairly to be presumed that a man so full
of expedient may yet give the American
arms some trouble. Had Gen. Scott
been in possession of the proper means
on the eve of the battle of Cerro Gordo,
the city of Mexico would at this moment
have been under the American flag, aud
very likely without the less of a man.
He had not the proper means, aud the
road may not now be found an open way.
Gen. Scott, owing to. the non-arrival of
a tram expected this morning, will not
move for ttvo cr three days to come,
Jalapa, May 19.
We have some reports in relation to
Gen. Worth's entrance into Puebla, al
though as yet there is no official or posi
tive information. A German, who arriv
ed from tho city of Mexico last night,
and who appears to be an intelligent man,
says that when the advance of General
Worth had reached a point a few miles
this side of Puebla, on the 15th instant,
Santa Anna was in the city distributing
shoes to his soldiers; that, to delay the
advanco of the Americans, he sent out a
party to skirmish with them; that this
party was attacked by Gen. W orth, dri
ven into the city with the loss oi several
killed and wounded, besides many horses;
and that, so hotly were they pressed,
Santa Anna was obliged to retire, without
having time to shoe all his men. Such
is the report, and it looks reasonable e
nough, of the German. General Worth
entered the city at 5 o'clock in the after
noon of Saturday, the 15th. As the gen
tleman left Puebla about that lime, he
could not say whether Santa Anna was
pursued or not.
Four men belonging to the Army are
! to undergo most severe punishment this
I afternoon; they are to receive thirty lashes
each, in the Plaza; are to have their
heads shaved, and, after the word "rob
ber" is pasted on each of their backs,
they are to be drummed ou of camp.
Jalapa, May 20.
We are still without further positive
news of Gen. Worth, and it is now al
most certain that his despatches are cut
off. He would hardly enter so rich and
populous a city as is Puebla without sen
ding an official account of it to Gen. Scott
at least such is the impression.
The Mexicans here have news ' from
the city of Mexico which we cannot get
hold of, their own couriers doubdess run
ning regularlv. One of them told me
last night that fifteen battalions of the
National Guard have been thoroughly or
ganized at the eapiu.l; that fortifications
are already in process of construction at
or near Ri Fria: that the bells have been
run up into cannon, and that the owners
of an iron foundry at the city of Mexico,
Englishmen, have been compelled to cast
balls. on the promise of remuneration
hereafter. Understand, distinctly, that I
get oil this from a Mexican, and that it
must be lukcn with allowances; but that
there is now a prospect of a fight, and a
hard one, is considered certain by many.
To my thinking it will depend much up
on the result of the election for President,
news of which has not as yet reached the
Americans here. If Herrera has been
chosen, and there certainly was a party
in his favor, it may be put down as a
guaranty that peace measures will prevail.
Oa the other hand, if Santa Anna has
been elected, or a friend of his, the strug
gle may be protracted, and another stand
made this side of this capital. It is now
certain that Santa Anna was not the city
of Mexico to control the late election in
person, although his approach with an
armed force may have had some effect up
on the States of Puebla and Mexico.
The four individuals I spoke of yes
terday as having been guilty of robbery
received a portion of their sentence last
evening and the rest this morning. A
most disgraceful figure did they cut.
Th?ir names were Henry Reed, Hugh
Dn-ae, and Benj. Potter, of the 4th Ar
tillery, and D. F. Revalou, of the 2nd
Pennsylvania Volunteers. The latter
was found guilty of horse-stealing; the
three former of breaking twice into the
house of the same Mexican, and, with
threats and violence, robbing him of eve
rything he possessed. Hard and degra
ding as was their punishment, every one
says it was deserved.
Jalapa, May 21.
Mr, Trist is still here, although the ob
ject of his mission is kept a secret. In
what capacity he comes whether as a
commissioner of peace, as an agent to
settle terms, or with whatever authority
clothed the million are certainly none
the wiser. In the language of Count
Montalban, in the "Honey Moon," they
look upon the whole affair as
"A rhlJIe,
Which he who solv'd the Sj'hynx's might dye
guessing.
I might give you a column of specula
tion upon this mission, and very likely hit
upon many truths m so doing, but have
neither the time nor inclination at present
to say more than that 1 believe that the
hard blows of 10.000 regulars will have
more effect in bringing these people to
their senses than all the soft words an
equal number of diplomats cculd shower
upon them.
The train that started up under escort
of Captains Walker and Ruff arrived
yesterday, and it is now said that an on
ward movement to-morrow has been de
cided upon.
Besides Herrera, it is said that Elloria
ga is talked of as a candidate for the Pre
sidency. It may be recollected that the
latter made a close run with Santa Anna
for the same office at the late election.
He bears an excellent character among
the foreigners, and it is thought is in fa
vor of peace with the United States.
He is not a military man, and that is say
ing a good deal for him.
11 o'clock, A. M. The stage is just
in from Puebla, but I have little time to
i collect and write off the news. All was
quiet at Puebla, and the people appeared
to be well enough satisfied uader General
Worth. Santa Anna, it is said, did not
stop at San Martin, but kept on toward
the capital after his lancers had been de
feated this side of Puebla by General
Worth. There is a report that General
Valencia, with 14,000 men, is to meet
our arm this side of Mexico, but thcra
are so many reports that we can maka
little out of them.
LATER FROM THE BRASOS.
The brig Henry, from Brasos Santiago,
arrived last night. Her news is not im
portant. We learn from a gentleman who came
passenger that Lieut. Col. Randolph, cf
the Virginia regiment, on the 5th instant,
captured forty of Canales's command at
China.
The health of the Army was good;, tho
smallpox had nearly disappeared, and
those who had the disease were but
slightly afflicted.
The 1st Mississippi regiment, under
Col. Davis, was to have left Seralro on
the 20th for the mouth of the Rio Grande.
Col Davis was fast recovering from his
wounds.
The Graix Trade. The Rochester
Democrat states that the quantity of flour
weighed at the lock east of that city has
been as follows :
1st week 140,804 bbls.
2d do 102,548 do
3d do 151,300 do
4th do 115,249 do
Total 570,901 do
The Buffalo Advertiser of Saturday
places the grain and flour in store and
afloat there as follows : 500,0043 bushels
of wheat, (equal to 100,00 barrels of flour
and 100,000 bushels of corn. At Milan,
Ohio, for the week ending the 22d, the
receipts of wheat were 100,000 bushels,
equal to 20,000 barrels of flour. If we
add the amount that has passed Rochester
with the stocks at Buffalo and one weeks
receipt at Milan, we shall have the o
njwiin:
Flour
575,901 bbls.
300,000 do
20,000 dj
Rochester
Buffalo
Milan
Total 895,971 do
Not a day passes but confirmation is
given to the opinion that the price of grain
last year was not high enough to drain
the interior of supplies. New Vork Ex'
press.
GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR.
A correspondent of the New York Spir
it of the times says :
"I saw a long letter of the old Gener
al's, a few days since, eleven pages long.
devoted to humanity and to every-day af
fairs of life. It was a window to the old
hero's soul, into which you could look.
and read that his inmost thoughts were
pure, brave, and disinterested. It was da-
ted the 20th ol Jbebruary, and was evi
dently concluded when the news reached
him that Santa Anna was approaching
The letter had been placed quietly in the
portfolio the battle of Buena Vista was
fought, and then in a postscript, dated the
20th, there was written : 'Santa Anna
with twenty thousand men, has given us
battle, and we have maintained our posi
tion.' Is there in history a more sublimo
record of an cnparcllelcd battle a more
modest allusion to one of the greatest e
venls that will appear in future history!"
A son of Erin, having fished for some
time unsuccessfully in Chesapeake Bay,
was delermined to turn pilot, and boarded
the first ship he saw for that purpose.
He boldly ran aboard and offered his ser
vices. "But arc yon sure you know the
river !" said the skipper as Pat went to
the helm. "Ay, ay starboard there,"
was the reply "now ease her a little
ay, yer honor, I know every sand-bar,
and channel, and rock 13 the ould bay"
but at this instant, unfortunately for tho
amateur pilot, bang went the vessel a
gainst a rock, almost knocking down the
skipper and Pat. But the latter, undis
mayed, finished his sentence, with true
Irish wit, every rock in the could bay,
v er honor, and shure there's one of 'em."
What the Army thinks or Gen.
Taylor. Yesterday morning, says the
Iouisville Journal, we had the pleasure
of conversing with a highly respectable
member of the Louisville Legion direct
from New Orleans. He informed us that
there is not in the Iegion a solitary man.
hig or Democrat, but goes for General
Taylor's election to the Presidency.
Two millions of human beings, accord
ing to the Dublin Nation, are destined to
perish by this years famine in Ireland ! a
population sufficient for a powerful State
and wo-thirds of our own at the time of
our revolutionary struggle. The mind
shudders at the bare contemplation of the
fact : what then must be the feelings of
ths spectators cf the horrible calamity ?