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TUESDAY, 'AUGUST 25, 187,
V ol. 5.3tto. 41
CHILDHOOD'S HOME.
They told me eastern lands were green
"Where morning suns arise;
I sought a home and welcomed scene,
To dwell beneath their skies.
I left my own 'green mountain dear,
Its blossoms and its streams;
To wander far, where skies as clear,
. Could bless with equal beams.
I love to view the landscape o'er,
Of fair and flowery Maine,
Bui lore the home of childhood more,
Its hills and smiling plain.
And when the sun in glory quits
The fcky, and day is done;
Tis oft I watch each star that sits,
Or lingers o'er "sweet home."
There fancy paints the twilight hill,
The house, the tree, the spring;
And childhood's hours come o'er me still,
Bright scenes to memory bring.
And while my thoughts still loiter here,
' And ponder past times o'er,
Fond memory brings a joy and tear
For all I loved in yore.
So long as life shall breathe a sigh,
Or friendship feel a tear,
So long I bless that home and sky,
And love its children dear.
My native home my native vale,
I bid vou each adieu,
And every pure and pleasant gale,
From thy long hills of blue.
An Interesting Sketch.
The Prisoners of Encarnacion.
Deeply Interesting Xarrative or
tlie Capture Adventures and
-. SisiTerinjfs of Jlajor Gaines and
. norland's party In Mexico.
The principal events of the capture of
Majors Gaines and Borland's parlies ore
well known to our readers. These offi
cers, with three companies of Kentucky
and Arkansas Cavalry, were cut on a
scouting party. It was thought that there
were small bodies of the enemy's caval
ry prowling about the country, but no
one had the slightest apprehension that a
large force could be so near Gen. Wool's
camp.
Major Gaines having joined Major Bor
land at a Rancho near Encarnacion, the
two commands went into quarters for the
night, after posting sentinels some dis
tance in advance and on the top of the
house in which they were encamped.
That night the officers, who, tired by a
very long march, had lain down to sleep,
were several limes aroused by the alarms
of the sentinel, who declared that he saw
an armed Mexican approaching the ran
cho. But the sentinels on the top of the
house declared they could see nothing,
and the man who gave the alarm was trea
ted as rather a nervous and dreaming in
dividual. The officers thereupon retired
again to their blankets, but had scarcely
fallen asleep when they were aroused by
another alarm from the sentinel, who de
clared that he had again seen an armed
Mexican and had pulled tiggcr on him,
but, liis gun being wet, the cap did not
explode. Other alarms were also given
by other sentinels picketed some distance
from the rancho. The night was now
waning (t. It was dark and misty.
The officers bestirred themselves, and a-
rousing the men, prepared to meet the at
taok, thinking that the enemy consisted of j his officers, took a vote whether they
f force of four or five hundred, which should fight or surrender, and Capt. Clay
Major Gaines had already been in pursuit J and Danby and Lieut. Davidson were fur
of, and whkh he considered about eqal j fighting, and Majs. Gaines and Borland
to his own. were for surrendering. While they were
: Oar men were all collected on the top J parleying with the Mexicans, Maj. Gaines
of that rancho, with their guns all ready I observed that their men were approach
for artion, full of courage and zeal, and j ing near the rancho. He immediately or
warmly desirous of a handsome brush with dered his men lo fire upon the Mexicans
the enemy. The morn broke slowly. ! if they approached a foot nearer, and told
The mist hung heavily around them, and j their officers he should not continue the
although they could hear very plainly the j parley until their men fell back to their o
approach of horseiiKMi, they could see no- j riginal position, which they did in very
thing At last the light began to break quick order when a few rifles were lev'
through the mist, immediately in their
front and the feint outline of a strong bo
dy of armed horsemen was perceptible in
the distance. And as the mist rolled and :
gathered up into huge clouds, and gently
ascenucu toward the neighboring heights, j
it revealed, with most painful dis'inctuess, 1
a whole regiment of splendidly equipped '
Mexican Lancers drawn up in battle, and
occupying a commanding position within 5
-I t t 1 . 1 .
this strong force before them, our men i
prepared for action, crying out, "Oh there
are only six hundred of them its a fair 1
fight and we'll see it out!" Look on the
riht as the mist leaves that side of the
rancho, there is another regiment just as
kt.-ooff as that in front. -
, "Well," cried a stalwart Kentuckian,
who kept all the while a bright eye on
his lr:ng rifle, "this is coming it rather
!-: tho thing looks serious, rabst de-
tUcuiy, but I reckon, we can lick a thou- 4
mrec nunurcu yarus oi ine rancho occu- ican guide, who had been forced bv Maj.
pied by Major Gaines' party. Gaines to act in that capacity, should have
Undauntedly surveying and countinj: ! a fair trial, and if he was acouitted should
I Sfinrl firpnsers nA tlirrvur In tn-n Tinrwlrofl
for good measure." . ;
"Can't we ?" was the unanimous cry
of the party. ; :
"But, oh cracky," cried the tall ser
geant, "here's more of the varments."
And there sure enough on their left was
another regiment about six ' hundred
strong, whose bright helmets, flaming pen
nons and showv uniforms, loomed out
conspicuously in the dark horizon. And
there, too, just a few hundred yards in
their rear, was, still another regiment.
TIrus was this small party of one hun
dred and twenty Americans entirely sur
rounded by a Mexican force of about
three thousand cavalry, the finest in the
country and commanded by one of their
best officers;
Undismayed, our men prepared for ac
tion, determined to sell their lives as dear
ly as possible. Never did men go more
calmly and coolly to'work than this little
Spartan band, as with many a careless
jest and the most imperturbable saxo
fkoid, they icloaded and recapped their
rifles, looked to their cartouch boxes, felt
the edge of their bowie knives, and glan
ced defiance at their legion foe.
In the mean time the enemy preserved
the most perfect military order, and pre
sented a display of martial magnificence,
such as our men had never before witnes
sed. Their officers covered with gold
and splendidly mounted and caparisoned,
rode in front, while their buglers blew the
Mexican charge and made the hills around
resound with their loud and exulting
blasts. '
Major Gaines ordered his bugler to res
pond to their threatening flourish, by
blowing with all his might, the American
charge, and directed the men to follow up
the- blast with . three loud cheers. The
order was cheerfully and heartily obeyed.
The Mexicans, who were advancing upon
the rancho, so awed by the loud and ter
rific huzzas of our boys, that they halted,
and looked at our little band in mute ter
ror and astonishment that so small a par
ty could make such a tremendous noise.
"Give them three times' three," cried out
Capt. Cassius M. Clay, and the huzzas
were prolonged to the fall complement
until they made the welkin ring for miles
around, and so frightened the Mexicans
that their General, to prevent his men
from running away, had to order his line
brass band to strike up the Polka, and to
wheel his men into column and put them
on the march. In open order and with
military precision the Mexicans marched
around the rancho to the tune of the Cra
covience tn seemed, like the cat with, its
little victim, to be sporting with their cap-
j tive before they destroy him. ' '
An officer with an interpreter and white
flag was sent to Major Gaines to demand
his unconditional surrender. "Never,"
replied the gallant commander. "Then
no quarters will be given," remarked the
Mexican. "Very well," exclaimed Capt.
Clay; "remember the Alamo, before we
surrender on such terms, more than five
hundred of your yellow-belly scoundrels
shall be left to bleach on yonder plains."
This remark the interpreter did not think
he could do full justice to in the transla
tion, and he left the officer to guess at its
meaning, which, however, was no diffi
cult task, as the Captain accompanied his
declaration with very emphatic and ex
pressive gesticulation.
It was finally agreed that Maj. Gaines
should have an iuterview with Gen. Mi-
non.' From him the Major received very
courteous treatment, and was assured that
in surrendering himself and his party
they would be treated with all the consid
eralion as prisoners of war.
Maj. Gaines, on comrnunicalinjr the rc-.
suit of his interview with Gen. Minoti to
elled in their, direction. They' "finally,
Capt. Clay giving in to Majs. Gaines and
Borland, ajrrecd to surrender on the most !
honorable terms as prisoners of war. the t
officers to retain their private properly j
and side arms. They delayed the sur-j
render however as long as possible with i
the expectation of being reinforced from
Gen. Wool's camp. It was an express
condition in ihe capitulation that the Mex-
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be released.' Thn Mexicans at first ob
jected to this, but Capt. Clay said he
would die hPrrt u crrpr.dpr the
would die before he would surrender the
unfortunate puide without assurances of
safety. As soon as he was surrendered
the faithless Mexicans immediately mur
dered the poor ' fellow. - The prisoners
were then marched, without food or wa
ter, for thirty or forty miles on the road
to San Luis, under an escort of eight kn
cers. Mai. Gaines having been allowed
to ride, relected, in pre(erencd to hisdwn
chanrer, a blooded marc belonging lo Ser
! geat Payne.
Col. Ilenrie. whose name is familiar to
,
all who have read the stirring history of
Texan warfare and adventure, and who
accompanied Maj. Gaines as an interpre
tcr, had rendered himself extremely use
ful on the occasion of their capture, by
his coolness, sagacity, and knowledge of
the Mexican language and character.
Captain Henne was very anxious for a
fight, and strongly dissuaded Maj. Gaines
from surrendering. He told the men to
count their bullets, and if they had one
for every two Mexicans, it was a fair
game and he would go it. He also cau
tioned them to hit the Mexicans below
their beards, that they might frighten off
the others by their groans, and to give
them as much misery as possible. One
of the Mexican officers, recognizing him,
cried out in Spanish, "I shall have the
pleasure of your company to the City of
Mexico, Capt. Henne i" "Excuse me,
senor I generally choose my own compa
ny;" replied the cool and courtly Captain.
It was the second day after their cap
ture, and near the town of Salado; famous
in Texan history as the place of the de
cimation of the Mier prisoners, that Maj.
Gaines' high-spirited mare showing con
siderable restlessness, the Major reques-
I 'ed Capt. Ilenrie, who is a famous rider
of the Jack Hays school, "to mount her
and take off the wire-edge of her spirit.
The captain did so, and riding up to Capt.
Clay, careless remarked, "Clay, I am go
ing to make a burst." The Mexican
commander, half suspecting his design,
placed additional forces at the head and
rear of the column uf lancers within
which the prisoners were placed, ami rode
himself by the side of Henrie, who would
pace up and down the line, cracking jokes
with the boys, and firing up the spirit of
the mare by various ingenious manoeu
vres. "At last, Ilenrie, seeing a favorable
opportunity, plunged his spurs deep into
the sides of the noble blood, and rushing
against and knocking down three or four
of the mustangs with their lancers, star
ted off in full view of the whole party.
at a rate of speed equal to the best time
that Boston or Fashion ever made. Af
ter him rushed a dozen, well mounted lan
cers, who, firing their cscopctas at him,
started off m close pursuit. But it was
no race at all the Kentucky blood was
too much for the mustang. The lancers
were soon distanced, and the last view
they got of Henrie, he was flying up a
steep 'mountain, waving his white hand
kerchief, and crying out in a voice which
echoed afar ofl" through the vallev, "A
dios, senores adios, senores?"
r Our readers may fancy the intense ex
citement which this scene produced among
the prisoners, and will, no doubt, excuse
them for so far forgetting their situation
as lo give three loud cheers as they saw
the gallant Henrie leaving his pursuers far
behind, and safely placed beyond their
reach. The subsequent adventures and
sufferings of Henrie are well known to
our readers.. After many narrow escapes
from the enemy, and starvation, and after
losing his noble mare, Henrie arrived
safely at our camp, and gave the first au
thentic intelligence of the capture of Majs
Gaines and Borland's party,
-Alter the escape of Capt. Henrie the
prisoners were closely guarded and pro
ceeded on their journey to San Luis.
They had not gone far before they met
Gen. Santa Anna on his way lo Agua
Nuena to attack Gen. Taylor. The Ge
neral was in a large and showy carriage
drawn by six beautiful mules, and escor
ted by a battalion of hussars most splen
didly uniformed and mounted. As the
prisoners passed his carriage was stopped,
the hussars drew up, and at ihc request of
Santa Anna, Maj. Gaines was introduced
to hirn. The wily Mexican was all
mi!cs and courtly
grace.
He
express
cd
his regret to find the Major and his party
in their unfortunate situation, but promis
ed them the most kindly . treatment, and
hoped that they would soon be exchanged
and would be able to rejoin their friends.
The manners of the Mexican General
were certainly very fine and preposses
sing, but tlie prisoners would have been
better satisfied with some more substan
tial proof of his kindly disposition. The
contrast between the prisoners and the
magnificent retinue of Sauta Auna formed
a picture which would have taxed the
highest powers of a Martin or a David.
The ill-clad, ragged, unarmed ' prisoners,
with their stalwert frames and bold and
manly countenances, without shoes or
hatsand many without coats, but wrap
ped in their blankets Indian fashion, stood
with erect audi unawed front before the
array of the elegantly accoutred and well
armed hussars, mounted on choice steeds,
with their long spears and heavy sabres.
Indeed tLere was not one of , those proud
but unfortunate representatives of the Anglo-American
race who would not have
given all his prospects in life to have had
one chance with his "unerring rifle and
deadly bowie-knife against the serried
ranks of these bedizened and Jbewhisker
cd hussars. But this interview was soon
terminated, and Santa Anna and his reti
nue resumed their journey, and proceed
ed onward with great rapidity. . i
The prisoners passed tor several oays
large -hpdies of Mexican Msoldieryj .ivho::
seemed to be pushing on towards the
Sierra Madre with great rapidity. They
were in fine condition, well eauipoed and
( ,
: supplied with all necessary supplies.-
, As they passed the prisoners, many ot
the soldiers would lusult them by ges- streets, l he little Imys would Watch the
tures, indicating that their throats were to cannon balls as they went booming along
be cut, that they were to be hung rp! up the streets, and when they were spent
The only reply our boys made to these and began to roll slowly, wuuld run and
cowardly jeers was a very significant pick them up and sell them to the oppo
gyratory movement of their right thumb site party.
applied to the apex of their nasal append- For fifteen days did this fierce revolu
age, and a hint that old Zack would give tion rage in the city. The parties would
them a dose which would make them rise early in the morning, and while it
laugh on the other side of their faces. was cool and pleasant, would fire away at
At night the prisoners would encamp each other, very comfortably retiring for
with some of the divisions of the Mexi- til -ir coffee and lunch. In the heat of the
can army, and from the soldiers they day they would suspend operations alto
learned what were Santa Anna's designs, gether, but at dark they would begin the
He had intercepted, they, said, letters of battle with great ferocity, and fight the
Gen. Scott, showing that Gen. Taylor's whole nightlong.
army was reduced to h few thousaml ill- Proposals were made by both of the
disciplined troops, and that the . whole parties to our prisoners to release them if
valley of the Rio Grande was without an they would fight on their side. The
adequate force to protect it. Santa Anna Mexicans had heard of the skill of our
had determined to push on, annihilate riflemen, and ihev believed that it was ,
Taylor, recapture Saltillo, Monterey, Ca- only necessary for the prisoners to join
margo, and the whole valley of the Rio either party, to secure its success in the
Grande, possess himself of the immense strife then going on in the city. But our
supplies of our army, then push on to boys preferred looking on, like the old
Corpus Christi, and thence proceed to the woman in the fight between her husband
valley of the Mississippi, and lay waste and the bear, not caring a copper which
the whole vast country. Certainly this ( whipped.
design was worthy of the Napoleon of j In the midst of the revolution the first
the West. It was very wrong in old news of the battle of Bnena Vista reached
Zack to interfere with such a magnificent the city. There was a great ringing of
scheme. He should have allowed the bells, and much rejoicing on account of
Mexicans to come over here, when we the joyful tidings. Bad news travels
could have caught them all alive and put J fast, and the prisoners were soon inform
them to some more useful and profitable ed by Mexicans of the total rout and cap
undertakirg than fighting Americans. 1 ture of Gen. Taylor's whole army, the
Clearing our swamps would be a much j death of Gen. Butler and several of our
more easy and beneficial employment i mosi distinguished officers. Although
for Mexicans than fijrhtin-r such battles as but little disposed to rely in Mexican sto-
those of Buena Vista and Cerro Gordo.
Such, however, were the confident ex
pectations of the Mexicans, of the officers
even those of intelligence and informa
tion, as well as of the common so'.dieis.
No wonder, with such hopes, that they
inarched so rapidly and bore patiently the
many trials and sufferings to which they
were subjected in thisunparallelled march.
In the rear of the Mexican army the
prisoners met Capt. Riley, with his com
pany of deserters from the American ar
my. He had already eighty or ninety
men who constituted the main artillery
force of the army, and said he was picking
up more every day. He made a great ef
fort to persuade some of the prisouers to
join him, promising them as much land
and money as they wanted, and declaring
that it was impossible for Gen. Taylor to
resist Santa Anna's army, which was
thirty thousand strong, that the whole
spoils of the valley of the Rio Grande
would be divided among the troops. It
is unneccessary to say that the traitor's
proposals were received byr our gallant
volunteers with scorn and contempt. The
prisoners were much gratified to hear
some time afterward, in the Carcel St. Ja-
go, that Riley's comoany was cut all to
pieces, and but twenty ever returned to
t. r ,
gether with other American deserters,
7t, c-- ir . 'i
who had escaped from our army at lam-
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pico and Vera Cru2, became so disorder
ly and unruly in their habits that. they
were ordered out of the city, and on ihcir
way were attacked by a large Mexican
force, and all put to the sword.
- On the first of March the prisonsrs ar
rived within nine miles of the City of
Mexico, when ihe Colonel iu command
of the guard received orders to retain
ihem at the place where he then was un
til the revolution, which was then raging
111 UIK CILV. IJilU iiuuicu. m -- w.v,. I
I 1 - l I If., I rha frfiilil
tion continuing lons-cr than was expected,
the prisoners were marched into the city
on the night of the 5th March, and were j
lodged in the secure prisonfortress of San j
Jago. Here they found themselves in j
the society of all the principal malefactors
and convicts of Mexico,, and a more ras-
cally, filthy and villaneous set were never
before congregated. Their impertinent
and disgusting behavior soon rendered it
necessary that our boys should give them
a little disciplining. Several of ihem were
well flowed by the Americans, and quite
a feud sprung up in consequence, which
reaching the ears of the good nattired,
pot-bellied old Governor, he came down
one morning after one of the rows be
tween the convicts and the Americans,
and proceeded very deliberately, with
grunts much perspiration and a face full
of wisdom and sagacity, to draw a chalk
lin? across the floor of the prison, assign
ing the Americans one side and the con
victs the other. And as he completed his
sage and ingenious scheme lor preserving
the peace, the jolly old fellow chuckled
very heartily over his wisdom, and lefl
the prison with a very contented and self
satisfied air.
The revolution in the city still contin
ued. There was a most terrific din of
cannon and small arms, drums beating,
bugles Wowing, cavalry charging, &c
The prisoners thought, from the commo
tion apparent among the people, and from
the immense consumption of gun-powder
that seemed to be going on, that a very
fierce and destructive battle was raging in
the City. Great was their astonishment
to hear from an Englishman, who visited j
them, that it was-ali. sound and fury, sig--'
nifying nothing, thai the revolutionary
parties kept two of three miles apart, and
fired their iruns at random down the
o
streets. No persons were injured but
tnose who happened to pass along the
ries, there was such an air of probability
about this report that the prisoners, were
forced to give it some credence, and were
overwhelmed with grief and mortification
by the disastrous result. But soon other
stories were circulated, conflicting state
ments were given, all lending to throw
doubt upon the story of Santa Anna's
triumph. At last the hurried dispatch of
the Mexican General was received, and
the notes of rejoicing in the" city subsided
most perceptibly. A copy of this dis
patch was thrown down, by means of a
twine string, from the room where the of
ficers were confined to the main court
yard, where ihe men were, and was ea
gerly and joyously perused by them. It
was evident that Gen. Santa Anna had
sustained a decided repulse, and the pris
oners could not restrain their exultation,
but gave it relief in three loud cheers,
which startled the inmates of the prison,
and brought the Governor down upon
them, in the greatest terror and perturba
tion. On the next day, however, the spirits
of the Mexicans were somewhat restored
by the arrival of the trophies of the battle
of Angostura. The three little cannon of
Lieutenant O'Hrien, one of which, by-the
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by the lexans.and the colors of the In-
diana ragiments, together with a few
markers, were brought into the city in a
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! t.mmn int l 1(I W O m TCCf 1 l'f f 1 With
triumphant car, and were received with
great parade by the people.
The whole story, however, of the
bloody fight of Buena Vista was soon as
familiar to the prisoners as a "thrice told
talc" Their only regret was their un
fortunate exclusion from the honors and
laurels of that glorious victory. The
party of Major Gaines and Borland had
been afterwards joined by that of Capt.
Heady, and ulso -by the party of Lieut.
Barbour and Quartermaster Smith, who
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"J Camargo, making the whole number
ot Artcan prisoners m the Carcel 1.0.
Although the inch suffered considerably
from ihc want or exercise and bad diet,
lheic health was generally good, and but
one man died of their whole number
since they Were captured. After they
had been in prison three months, tlie
prisoners were told that they had been
exchanged and would be sent to Tampi
co. Their officers, however, were not
allowed to see them, but they were told
they would join them in a lew days.
On the oih of June, the men were sup
plied with shoes and in the night they
were inarched out of their gloomy prison
and through the Gates of the City. They
. .1, . :.. i r l . .. i
i vci lut'ii piu in ciianje i a vOionui ami
lancers, and proceedrdon their journey
towards Tampico. The country through
which they passed for four or five days
wa3 most beautiful and highly cultivated.
The dark foliage of the evergreen?, the
luscious fruit, the teeming crops, the
springs of cold water gushing from the
mountains side, the myriads of richly
colored and variegated birds, the delight
ful variety of mountains and valleys, ren
dered the journey of the long imprisoned
Americans one of great interest and
pleasure.
They were well treated by the officer
who couducted them, and generally by
the people of the towns through which
they passed. There afe, however, some
exceptions to this remark. At the large
mining town of Kio del Monte, the peo
ple assaulted the prisbtiers with stones
and would have murdered them, if the
English retidcuts had -not in'-erfcred and
protected them. For this generous and
humane conduct of tho English, the pris
oners expressed their great gratitude and
thankfulness. After a long journey of
200 miles, the prisoners arrived at tho
town of Huejutla, where they were re
ceived very kindly by Gen. Garay, and
were allowed 25 cents a day for their
support. This money was raised by a
forced contribution from the people.
Gen. Garay, however, did not consider
that he was authorized to send them a
lo Tampico without such a guard as ho
had not then under his command. Ha
was apprehensive thai the people near
Tampico were so enraged against the A
mericans that they would attack them un
armed as they were, and being a man oi
honor, he did not wish to be connected
with such a disgraceful deed, lie there
fore detained tlie prisoners some weeks,"
but getting restless and impatient, several
of them escaped out of the town and pro
ceeded on their way to Tampico. Four
others, who escaped before them, wera
retaken and carried back to Huejutla.
One of the same party, and two others oC
another party, also arrived at Tampico.
The five who are now in our city started
from Huejutla in the night armed with,
their jack knives and one case knife a
mong the five. They had to travel chief
ly at night, and avoided all the towns and
ranchos. On oue occasion, however, in
attempting to go around a town of soma
size, they took up a ravine and suddenly
found themselves in the centre ol" it.
They assumed however, a very easy and
indifferent carriage, and passed the guard,
house where there were several soldiers
lounging about. The soldiers on guard
cried out "Who goes there?" in Spanish;
but ihe men carelessly answered "Ami
gos, amigos," kept on their course and
got safely out of town.
Near Tampico. they came suddenly
upon a rancho, where there Were 15 or
20 Mexicans, all armed with that formi
dable weapon, the lariat. Seeing that
they were noticed, the Americans walked
boldly np to the Mexicans and commenced
making signs to them of their friendly
intentions. The Mexicans looked very
threatingly, and seemed to be adjusting
their lariats for immediate use, but the
Americans showed knives, and were per
mitted to proceed on their journey.
After many trials and sufferings, the
prisoners at last arrived in sight of Tam
pico. The ecstatic joy which filled their
hearts, as they saw the noble banner ol
our Union, with its broad stripes and
bright stars, waving from the lofty fla
staff of Tampicocan be better imagined
than described.
Pressing Letter. The following cx
tract from a letter sent by a settler to his
friends abroad, shows that our country is
not the worst in the world.
My dear Bob Come to swate Ameri
ky, and come quickly. Here you cant
buy paralies 2 shillings a bushel, whis
key and coal the same price because wa
ain't got no turf here, a dollar a day for
digging and no hanging for staling. Och,
now, do come.'
7 hint to Gentlemen and Ladies.-
In walking with a gentleman, the step of
the lady should be lengthened, and his
shortened, to prevent the hobbling ap
pearance of not keeping step. Let every
body remember this.
Exceeding Good. A Hartford paper
in detailing an account of the President's
reception in that city says:-"The children
of the Deaf and Dumb Assvlum wero
drawn up in line to receive him, and gavo
three hearty cheers."
Discharge or Workmen. All tha
ship-carpenters and neatly all the work
men in the Navy Yard at Philadelphia
have been discharged within a day or twoj
Tho work upon the war steamers is not
ready.
A rich lady recently died in London
leaving a legacy to art English anther, of
i'1000, at the same time stating her rea
sons, and , thanking him for the many
hours of sleep his works had given her.
A waggish son of Erin once gave the
following toast: "Here's wishing you
ni:y nivcr die, nor nobody kill ye, until
ve knock ycr brains out against the silver
knocker of ver own door."
The Louisville Courier say, that threa
thousand shares in ihe Louisville and
Frankfort Railroad Company have been
taken. This insures the completion of
that work. "
Hare, wlm n' darted Mary Fox .front
her parents in New York ha? been caught
in .Wisconsin. The chjl.1 has been tt
stored toiler distracled father and mother-
. ltenry Clay: Is how afthe White BuU
phlir Spring's He is said to he looking
in firmer health than for some time past.
The Peach, crop in Dele ware is on
"third less than that xf iasl ycax.
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