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TUaSDAir, JUNE 22, 1347,
Vol. 6. No. 32.
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THE VALE.
- BY "LOGAN.
My long loved home, farewell!
Farewell ye much loved scenes where
oft I've strayed !
Though I am doomed far, faraway to dwell,
Thon 'it ne'er from mem'ry fade !
Friends of my youth, adieu!
Soon, soon, alas ! I shall be far away,
Yet friends I ne'er can know kindred than
you
Wherever I may stray. -
Wilt think of me, when I,
Amid the dreary western wilds shall
roam,, ...
And,' heaving oft a melancholy sigh,
Think of you and home!
Farewell,- Virginia! dear;:
To me ihy unknown son, as unto those
"Who, by great merit, have attained a
- ' ; sphere '
Where they can love disclose.
I now must boast of thee J"
' But gently whispers hope, the time
. will come
"When thou, e'en thou, wilt proudly boast
-of ine
" My own, my native home !
Women and Dancing.
Thp following humorous dialogue is
taken, we believe, from one of the novels
of Dr. Lever, the author of "Tom Burke
of Ours": ' !
'I believe a woman would do a great
deal for a dance," said Dr. Growling;
."they are immensely fond of saltatory
motion. I remember once in my life I
used to flirt with one who was a great fa
vorite in a provincial town where I lived,
and the was invited 'to a ball there, and
confided to me she had no stockings to ap
peatiiuand . without them her presence
at the ball was out of the question."
"That was a hint for you to buy the
Blockings," said Dick.
"No you're out," said Growling. "She
knew that I was poor as herself; but
though she could not rely on my purse,
"she had every 'confidence in my taste and
judgment, and consulted" me on a plan
she had for going to the ball in proper
.twig. Now what do you think it was !"
"To go in cotton, I suppose," return
ed Dick.
"Out again sir -you'd never guess it,
and only a woman could have hit on the
expedient. It was the fashion in those
"days for ladies in full dress to wear junk
stockings, and she proposed tain-ting
HER LEGS !" . ' ' '
"Painting her legs," they all cxclaim
cdJ .
"Fact sir;" said the doctor, "and she
relied on me for telling , her if the cheat
was successful ' ' '..
"And was it!" asked Durfy.
' "Doat be in a hurry Tom. I com
plied cn one condition, namely that. I
should be the painter."
"Oh, you old rascal !" said Dick.'
"A capital bargain," said Tom Durfy.
' "But not a sale covenant," added the
attorney.
"Don't interrupt me, gcnOcmcn," said
the doctor; "I got some rose pink accor
dingly, and I defy all the hosiers in Not
tingham lo make a lighter fit than I did
on Jenny, and a prettier pair of stock
ings I never saw."
"And she went to the ball?" said Dick.
: "She did." .
"And the trick succeeded!" asked
Durfy.
c "So completely," said the Doctor, "that
several ladies asked her to recommend the
dyer to them. So you see what a wo
man will do to go to a dance. ' Poor lit
tle Jenny! she was a merry mynx by
the by, she boxed my ears that night to a
joke I made about the stockings. 'Jen
ny, said I, -for fear your stockings should
fall down when you are dancing, hadn't
you better let me paint a pair of garters
oathem!' "
, Grammar in the Backwoods.
, "Class in grammar may come to the
floor. Now, John, you may commence."
"All the world is in debt." "Parse
world." ."World is a cental noun, com
mon metre, objective case, and governed
by Miller.". "Very well Sam parse
debt." "Debt is a common noun, oppres
sive mood, and dreadful case' "That'll
do read the next sentence." "Boys and
girls must have their play." "Philip,
parse- boys." "Boys am . a particular
noun, singular" number, uncertain mood,
laughable case, and agrees with girls."
"The next." ''Girls is a musical noun,
find belongs to the boys with, which it
agrees.
"School is dismissed.'
i . - .
The Emblem. In the gallery of the
house qf representatives, a young lady up
on being asked the meaning of the big fish
suspended frmn the ceiling, replied "I
?v;xc it, is : intended to show that this is
the place where politicians fish for office."
Chief Justice Marshall.
Marshall was noted for extreme plain
ness of address, and a childlike simplicity
of character, ilis. carelessness of. his
personal attire, in early life particularly,
is well known, and on one occasion (as
stated in the Literary Messenger.) while
travelling, occasioned his being refused
admittance into a public house, r On the
occasion which we are now to relate it
csused him the loss of a generous fee
Marshall, when just rising on his pro
fessional ladder, was one morning strolling
through the streets of Richmond, attired
in a plain linen roundabout and shorts'
with his hat under his arm, from, which
he was eating cherries ; when he stopped
on the porch of the Eagle Hotel indulged
in some little pleasantry with the land
lord, and passed on.- Mr. P. an elderly
gentleman from the country, then present
who had a case coming on before the
court of appeals, was referred by the laud
lord lo Marshall, as the best advocate for
him to employ ; but the careless, languid
air of tjie young lawyer had so prejudiced
Mr. P. that he refused to engage him.
On entering court, Mr. P. was a second
time referred to him by the clerk of the
court, and a second time he declined.-"
At tliis moment entered Mr. V., a vener
able looking legal gentleman, in a pow
dered wig and black coat, whose digni
fied appearance produced such an "im
pression upon Mr. P. that he at once en
gaged him. In the first case which came
on Marshall and Mr. V. both addressed
the court the vast inferiority of his advo
cate was so apparent, that at the close of
the case, Mr. P. introduded himself to
youg Marshall, frankly stated the preju
dice whieh had caused him, in opposition
to advice, to employ Mr. .V. ; that he ex
tremely regretted his error, but knew not
how to remedy it. He had come into
the city with one hundred dollars as his
lawver's fee, which he would cheerfully
give him for assisting in the case.'; : Mar
shall, pleased with the incident accepted
the ofl'er ; not however, without passing
a sly joke at the omnipotence of a pow
dered wig and black coat. Marshall was
accustomed to go to market, and frequent
ly unattended. Nothing was more usual
than to sec lain returning at sunrise, with
poultry in one hand and vegetables in the
other.
On one of these occasions, a would be
fashionable young man from ihe North,
who had removed to Richmond, was
swearing violently because he could hire
no one lo take home his turkey. Mar
shall stepped up, and' ascertaining ' of him
where he lived replied, 'That is my way,
and I will take it for you. When ar
rived at his dwelling, the young man in
quired, 'What shall" I pay' you T i 'O,
nothing,' was the rejoinder, 'you are wel
come; it was on my way and no trouble.'
Who. is that polite old gentleman who
brought home my turkey for me V In
quired the other of a by-stander, as Mar
shall stepped away. ' . jThat,' replied he
'is John Marshall, Chief Justice' ol the
United States.' The young man' astoun
ded, exclaimed, 'AYhy. did he bring home
my turkey ?' 'To give you a severe repri
mand, and teach you .to attend to your
own business,' was the answer.
THE HEROES OF MONTEREY.
Just one year ago there ' marched
through our streets as noble and splendid
a body of men as ever went forth to do
battle. They were about nine hundred
strong. The men were in the vigor of
youthful manhood, and as in perfect order
and with military precision they paraded
through' our city, the admiration of our
people broke forth in loud applause of
the gallant array. .This was the first
Tennessee regiment under the heroic. Col
Campbell They left our city fresh from
their own happy homes in the mountains
and by the river-sides in healthful Ten
nessee, full of hope, ambition and patri
otism: they departed in cheerful spirits
and with impatient ardor for the scene of
war. " - ' - ' ; : '
On Friday last the whole of this gal
lant regiment, whose history - we have
thus briefly sketched, arrived in our city.
It numbers just three'hundred and fifty,
about one-third the force with which it
left. And this loss it has sustained in a
twelve months' campaign. It has avera
ged a loss of fifty men a month. N. 0.
Picayune. ' "
WAR. The celebrated Fenelon, in
some remarks on the subject of one of
greatest scourges of the human race,says:
"If people had never seen war kindled
between neighboring nations, they could
hardly believe that men could arm them
selves against one another. They are
' overwhelmed with their own miseries and
i mortality, and vet industriously increase
t i .1 r TVofura ond invpnt !1PW
ways of destroying each . other. They
have but a few moments to live, and yet
cannot be contented to let those melancho
ly moments slide away in peace. : There
lie before them vast countries without
possessors, and nevertheless thev worry
one another for a nook of land." Rava
ging, spilling of blood, and destroying
mankind is called the art of great men,
but 'wars,' says St. Austin, 'are specta
cles in tf hich the devil does crueliv -'port
' with mankind " , . .
Reception at Home of the Tennes
seans. On the 2d instant a steamer ar
rived at Nashville with a portion of the
j Tennessee volunteers. Their reception
was most enthusiastic. A single tap upon
the market-house bell called together
some thousands of the citizens, who pro
ceeded lo the landing, where a procession
was formed and the volunteers conducted
to the square. . They are to remaiu, in
Nashville until the arrival of their com
rades, who are daily expected, when their
return is to be signalized by a .splendid
fete.
A Trophy. The brig Shamrock has
brought over from Vera Cruz a trophy of
the victory of Cerro Gordo more signifi
cant of tfie issue of the battle than any
previous one we have seen. We allude
to the cork leg of General Santa Anna
which he left behind in his carriage when
he mounted one of his mules and sought
safety in flight. It belongs now to com
pany G, -1th regiment Illinois volunteers,
who took the travelling ""carriage of the
Mexican general, and is in the especial
charge of A. Walden, of said company.
Picayune.
Melancholy Accident and Loss of
Life. We learn from the Buffalo Adver
tiser that the schooner .. C. Dunn, Capt.
Lymon Winer, from Sackett's Harbor,
capsized during a squall on Tuesday 25th
instant, at 10 o'clock P. M. otl Coneaut.
Eight of the crew, which consisted of e
leven persons, were lost, and during the
night the cook died from fatigue. About
G o'clock in the morning the schooner
Uncle Sam took the remaining three oft"
and landed il.em at Ashtabula.
C7The "Union" is sarcastic on the
old anti-war Federalists. That's right.
Give them "a little more Grape." Such
old BLACK COCKADE FEDERAL
ISTS as Buchanan, Wilkins, Cass,
Woodbury, Wall and others have no
business to claim to be Democrats! These
old Federal OPPONENTS OF THE
LAST WAR are the very men who are
now assisting Mr. Polk lo AID AND
COMFORT the Mexicans, and now as
then, they are enemies of their -country.-We
hope the 'Union' will keep up the
fire, and expose these ''old Federalists"
who are endeavoring to palm themselves
off as Democrats. Pa. Inltlligenccr.
ICTThe assertion of the "Union" that
Gen Irvin was elected to Congress by a
miuority, in 1846, is absolutely and un
qualifiedly false, as the returns will show.
Gen. Irvin never was a minority Con
gressman, and the Union Editors ought
lo know it, if they do not. The assertion
that there were two Locofodo Candidates
in 1810, is equally without foundation.
There was but one Locofoco candidate
in the field, and notwithstanding the
district was strongly Locofoco, (Jen. Irvin
was elected by a large majority. Pemv
Int. -
Farming by Steam. The leading ar
ticle of the London Agricultural Gazette
of May 8th is on the employment of
steam in farming, to which the editors
are favorable, considering it a more docile
and less costly power than either man or
horse. Every hundred acres of plough
ing involves the passing over 1,000 linear
miles by 500 consumers of food. They
calculate the saving by steam on even
pougung at SI per acre or$100,000,000
on as many acres.
An Explosion. Intelligence has been
received from Port ait Prince that the
Hayticn sloop of war President was blown
up on'the 23d of April, while? preparing
to fire minute guns on occasion of a fu
neral celebration in honor of the late Pres
ident Gucrrier. The catastrophe is im
puted to the carelessness of the comman
der. No one was killed ; but several
were wouunded, two of them severely.
Death from the bile of a Rattlesnake
A young lad named Ellersbee, whilst
hunting a week or two ago in . Bullock
county, Georgia, thrust his hand into the
hollow of a tree in search of a Rabbit,
and was bitten by a rattlesnake. He im
mediately grew sick, and died in five
minutes after conveyed home.
The St. Louis "Republican" says that
the war Department has called upon the
Governor of Illinois for an additional
regiment of Volunteer Infantry and one
company of mounted men. This is' in
addition to the regiment of Infantry and
the mounted company recently called for
from thatState. ' I ' '
Captain Edward Webster, at present
in New Orleans on leave of absence, has
Siiecn appointed by General Cusiiing aid-
de-camp, with the rank and emoluments
of Major. He will not come, north, but
as soon as his health will permit, intends
returning to Matamoras. ' v ' . "C i
7The Washington Union says that
"Xhc glories of this war cluster upon the
brow. of the President." Wc think that
martial glories are just about as likely to
clu6ter upon Mr. Polk's forehead as
corns are ,to grow upon $anta Anna's
I wooden" toes. Prentice, '
FOR AN ALBUM.
BY F. I. WILSON.
Though young and fair, thou yet wilt find
This life a thorny way;
Then set thy heart and nerve thy mind
To meet its saddest day.
The world is opening to thine eyes,
With all its glitt'ring train,
And doubtless seems to thee a prize
That thou shouldst strive to gain.
And so thou shouldst its better part
But, oh! remember still .
That good and ill are in the heart,
And thou must choose with skill.
FROM VERA CRUZ.
FROM THE N. O. BULLETIN OF JUNE 4.
The steamer Fashion arrived yester
day from Vera Cruz, which she left on
the 30th ultimo. We have by this ar
rival the American Eagle of Ihe 29th ul
timo, from which we give below the only
items of interest.
We learn verbally by passengers that
the roads were much infested by robbers
and guerilla bands, which rendered the
communications highly dangerous, except
with strong escorts. We give the de
tails of another butchery committed by
these marauders, against whom some
strong measures will be absolutely neces
sary. Col. Sowers, who is one of the vic
tims, recently, passed through this city
from Washington, as bearer of despatches
to Gen. Scott, which have, no doubt,
fallen into the hands of ihe enemy. It
appears strange that he should, under all
the circumstances, have left' Vera Cruz
without a suitable escort. .
A letter from anoflicer at Ver.a Cruz,
dated 26lh, says it is reported and believed
that IIerrera had been elected Presi
dent. (Jen. Scott was to leave Perote on the
29th May, and it was expected would
enter Puebla 4th June.
Santa Anna, with a large force, was at
Rio Frio fortifying the pass, and where
the enemy intended to make a last des
perate stand.
FROM THE VERA CRUZ EAGLE OF MAY 29.
' Horrid. It is with pain, mingled with
a desire for vengeance, that we undertake
to relate another massacre of our coun
trymen, in the most cruel and brutal man
ner. In our paper of last Saturday (only
a week ago) we announced the fact that
Col. Sowers was in this city, as bearer of.
despatches to Gen. Scott, and to-day we
are called upon to inform the public of
hishorri(l death not with his enemy in
front to oppose him, but cowardly shot
by those who dread to show themselves.
: It appears that lie left this city on Satur
day last with an escort of five men and
Lieut. McDonnell, of Captain Wheat's
company, expecting to find the Captain at
Santa Fc, or, at most a very short distance
the other side. . They arrived at Santa
Fe, and lodged there during the night.
Finding thai Capt. Wheat had left in the
morning, anxious to push forward, (al
though it was ascertained that Capt. W.
was some thirty miles ahead,) with an ad
dition of two more to the escort, Col.
Somcrs set out . for Jalapa. The next
that we know oj this little party is by the
arrival of one of the men, who returned
and reported its surprise and destruction.
In conscquense of the falsity of the great
er number of similar stones, Col. Wilson
(our Governor) had the man arrested as
a deserter. Thus matters stood until
yesterday, .when developements were
made by an arrival from Jalapa, the first
that has readied us for a week, tending to
confirm our worst fears.
Wc conversed yesterday with a gentle
man who arrived in the morning, 3nd he
informs us that, at a point about two
miles on the other side of Pucnle JV -cional,
he saw the ruins of the diligence,
underneath which was a human body,
stripped, with the exception of a pair of
drawers, and mutilated in the most beast
ly manner. This is supposed to be tfie
body of. Col. Sowers ; near him lay
another, perfectly naked, and likewise
dreadfully mangled. Our informant was
assured that five other bodies lay in some
thick chapparel a short distance from the
road. Now, the number of killed, with
the man who escaped, exactly corresponds
with that of tlx party which accompanied
the unfortunate Col. Sowersj and leaves
no doubt in our mind of its destruction.
Another Robbery. We are informed
that six Mexicans, coming in from Santa
Fe yesterday morning, were attacked on
the road by some of their own country
men and robbed of all that could be spared
from their. persons'. This state of things
renders the most prompt and energetic
action necessary on our part. We con
tend that nothing but a barbarous system
similar to that now practised by the ene
my, will havu the eflect of restoring them
to a proper sense "cf" the unfairness of
their conducf from the " commencement of
the war. . ' ; .
The Diligence. The fate of thte ve
hicle is how rendered certain. It-is the
Ciiie" tfhich" left the" cityoa Safcaby
night last. No passengers accompanied
it. . Three trunks filled , with very fine
dry goods were sent by it. Some' two
miles on the other side of Puente Nacion
al (at the place where Col. Sower's party
had been previously or was afterwards
murdered) it was stopped, robbed, and
destroyed, by breaking and burning it.
We learn that the driver and postiltion
were released and made their way to Ja
lapa, and that the vehicle which ought to
have reached here on Monday morning
last came as far as the place where the
other had been destroyed, and then re
turned to Jalapa. This will probably
put a stop to this great public convenience.
FROM THE CITY OF MEXICO.
The New Orleans Picayune has news
papers from the city of Mexico to the
19ih of May, which supply the following
intelligence :
The election for President was held on
the 15th, and it was generally supposed
that Senor IIerrera was the successful
candidate. The Picayune says this is
not the Ex President IIerrera. The
news of the election is very imperfect.
Angel Trias, Governor of Chihuahua, got
the vote of the department of Mexico ,
IIerrera succeeded in Queretaro ; Puebla
voted for D Melchior Oeampo. As the
election was mr.de by the legislature of
the different States, some time must e
lapse before we know the result.
Santa Anna had left the command of
the army of the east to assume the duties
of President. He was to enter the capi
tal on the 19th. In a letter published in
the pjpers he states, that he lias been in
dustriously organizing guerilla parties.
He had issued a manifesto to the nation,
but no copy of it has been received in this
country. An account of his operations
in the east was published on the 15th.
In this he boasts largely of what he has
done, but docs not say much of the fu
ture. '
The departure of Gen. Valencia from
the capital, at the head of 5,000 of the
National Guard, to unite his forces with
Santa Anna's troops, was daily expected,
but had not taken place at last accounts.
Senors Gutierrez and Iriarte have re
signed the portfolios of War aud Justice.
The former is succeeded by Gen. Alcor
ta, the latter by D. Luis de la Rosa. Se
nor Barada remains Minister of foreign
A flairs.
NAVAL OPERATIONS AGAINST
MEXICO.
The steamer James L. Day arrived at
New Orleans on the 31st ultimo, having
left Vera Cruz on the 25th, Tainpico on
the 27th, and Braso3 on the 28th. Since
the departure of the Palmetto on the 22d
there had been no arrival at Vera Cruz
from Gen. Scott's arm. The subjoined
extracts show what have been the recent
movements of our squadron :
Com. Perry had returned to Sacri
fices from his cruise. During his ab
sence he touched at Laguna, Frontera,
aud other ports on tli2 coast. At Lsgu
na he raised the blockade, giving instruc
tions to the olhcer in command to levy
the new tariff on all imports, and a war
tax of ton per cent, ad valorem on all
exports.
He took possession of the fort at the
mouth of the river Guasacualco, destroyed
the guns of the enemy found there, raised
the American flag on the fort, where it
no'w floats, and saluted it with a salvo of
twenty-one guns. . He" proceeded to a
town up the river some twenty miles, of
which he took peaceable possession, and
where also, with a national salute, he
raised the American flag. The alcaldes
of some neighboring villages, while he
was there, came in, offering him peaceful
possession of their respective bailiwicks.
What may prove of importance? to the
Government, and save it much trouble
and expense, he succeeded in securing at
this place a map or chart of the line for
the contemplated canal across the Isthmus
of Tehuantepce, with accompanying topo
graphical notes. He had it taken from
the original, drawn out for an English
company at whose instance the survey
was made.
As soon as the vessels under Com.
Perry, lake in, at Vera Cruz, ihe neces
sary coal, he means lo make a dash at
Tabasco, where it is said the enemy is in
force, numbering as many as two thou
sand of the regular army, watting to give
him resistance.
Our Pacific squadron (says the Pica
yune) is busy upon the w estern ports of
Mexico. On ihe 28th of April a squad
ron of six or eight vessels was ofi Mazat
lan, and a thousand men were to disem
bark to take the town. Letters from Ma
zathn'say they were making there every
preparations fur defence ; but, if the de
scent is made iu as great force as is repre
sented, they can make no defence of much
account. Other accounts say that the
pot t of San Bias, too, was menaced by
our squadron, and that it was the purpose
of ihe. Americans to land and take the
town.
A volunteer, who has returned from tho
Mexican war, says: "I have seen the ele
pliant, trunks, tusks, and all, and am more
, than satisfied. 1 went out a rolk soldier
I and retnrn a Taylor Whig." .
RESULTS OF THE FAMINE IX
IRELAND.
From tale European papers,)
Lord Brougham presented a memorial
j to the House of Peers, from the select
j Vestry of Liverpool, complaining that
since December last, 180,000 poor per
sons had arrived in that city from Ireland;
end praying for restrictive laws. Is it
not reasonable, that it absentee Peers,
gentry and clergymen drain Ireland of it
natural resources, the poor should fol
low ?
At a meeting of the magistrates of Cork
it was resolved to station a staff of able
bodied men at the principal entrances of
the city to prevent the influx of paupers,
vast numbers from England und Wale
having come over, infesting Cork by land
and water.
Charles Brownlow, Lord Lurgan, haj
fallen a victim to the prevailing lever of
typhus. Five magistrates of the County
Galway died last week of malignant fever
and the following are seriously ill: Messr.
Darcy, Ball (Crown solicitor,) Leonard,
Kirwan, (Blindwell,) Morris, and Robert
son. Mr. J. Nolan, a magistrate of iha
county Galway, has fallen a victim to ty
phus fever in addition to Mr. Martin, Mr.
Gregory, and Mr. Jones, R. M.
Rev. Mr: Mahoncy states that in hia
parish of Coachford, the population of
which is 6000, the average of deaths from
famine is fifty weekly : Kev Mr. Barry,
V. C. states that nearly 4000 persona
have fallen victims to famine in Bantry a
lone ; and Dr. Wolsh' Bishop of Cloyno
and Ross, states on ihe authority of a
parish priest of his diocese, that in ona
of his parishes, containing a population
of 3700, the number of deaths for the last
month was 2S0 ; and that "in one of tha
sea-coast villages, which six months ago
contained a population of 250 persons,
there are now standing but three hovels,
without above a dozen persona;" he adds,
"the other hamlets hare been entirely da
populated." The Cork Examiner say
"We this day witnessed a most appal
ling spectacle at the Shannon guard-house.
Under the sheds attached to that building;
some thirty-eight human beings old ami
young men, women, children, and infants
of the tendcrestagc all huddled together
like so many pigs or dogs, cn the ground
without any other covering but the rag
on their persons, and these in the last
stage of filth and hidcousness. There?
they lay some dying some dead all
gaunt and yellow, and hideous with
famine and disease."
In a house in Peacock lane, says tho
Cork Examiner, within one cr two doors
of Clarence-st. some wretched families
from the country have taken up their res
idence. In that portion'of it occupied by
a laborer named Dennis Regan a horrify
ing spectacle was presented yesterday ;
the wife lay moaning in the agonies of
death from starvation in one corner of a
bare, badly lighted room ; and in another
corner, on the remains of a sop of straw,
lay the dead bodies of two children, one a
girl of 13 the other, a boy of 7. Their
appearance was hideously ghastly. The
father seemed almost unconscious of thcr
suffering and death around him.
Hear, hear ! The Liverpool Mercu
ry, of May 4, shows the effects of famine,
bad crops, and Irish Landlordism to b
as follows :
"Here wc see landing on our piers
thousands of pitiable creatures, who have
no choice but to get into cellars long since?
condemned as unfit for habitation, and in
to garrets already over crowded. Disease
is at work there, and fastens, as if in
stinctively, upon their poor frames which
are predisposed to its deadly effects .
When fever has marked its own, we re
mote the vietims to temporary sheds, for
the chance of relief or death. On their
first landing we know that they must pine
in comparative hunger, though we relievo
them ; wc know many of them must die,
because they must resort for shelter to
places saturated with filth and foul ' air,
and diseased fellow sufierers. Our pol
ice officers cannot drive them out, because
there are no hospitals or prisons that
would hold a tithe of them. Their beg
ging in the streets, and tho disgusting ex
hibition they make with squalid, perishing
children in their arms, cannot be sup
pressed lor the same reason. A prison
would be a paradise to them a Inxury
we cannot give them ; and hence the een
atory and vagrant laws are at this mo
ment, in this town, actually bereft of all
force.
TAYLOR AND STEWART.
The Centreville Record, published in
the State of Indiana, and the Bellows
Falls Gazette, Vermont, have run up the
Banner of Gen. TAYLOR and Hon. A.
STEWART of Pa. for the Presidency
and Vice Presidency. "Old Itovih and
Ready'' and "Tariff .In d if would make
a strong team in Pennsylvania.
The Uniontown Democrat. Green Co.
Democrat, and Somerset Herald have als
broke ground in favor of laylor and
Stewart Pa. InttVAgenctr.
The total amount of iho drbts cf tfca
several States in the Union, accordinT ta
the American Almanac, compiled from,
ckial return?, is ?22,C23,57,
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