-jus-".'...-::. tnf fTPil nn TWO DOLLARS TER ANNUM. ? HALF-YEARLY IN ADVANCE. 5 AilO FAniyiEQS'-ntJD-ulEGSlASIIGS ' REGISTER tIF NOT PAID WfTIIIV THE YEAR, j g.2 5( WILL BU CHARGED. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY S A ME L J. U O .W SOMERSET,' SOMEItSETi COJNT Y " PA. New Series. TUE3DATTr OCTOBER 26, 1847. Vol. 5. No. 50 i VI 1 i f. I I T ! . v if ir Mr- Battles of Contreros andChnr ubusco. THE K. V. COURIER AND ENQUIRER. i The following clear and admirable de scription' of the march and achievements of the American Army, under Gen. Scott, from the day of its leaving- Puebla until it became master of the city of Mexico, will be read with universal interest' . ; San Axgelo, Mexico, Aug. 31, 1847. "We left Puebla on the morning of the 7ih, and entered upon a beautiful rolling country of great fertility, supplying with i:s gardens the inhabitants of Puebla with food, and surrounded by lofiy mountains, fcoitib of which were covered with snow. Cur road-was gradually ascending, and so food thut on looking back from the head bf the column our train could be seen for iniles in rear, dotting with its snow-white tops the raaguey-covercd plain. "On our left was Popocatapeli and Iscatafell, the scow on their not distant tops rendering the air quite chilly. Gen. Scott did not Jcave with us, but came on the next day with Capt. Kearney's dragoons: . The second day's march was like the first,"' gradually ascending, passing through defiles,, narrow passes, and over deep chasmswhere a more determined enemy might have seriously annoyed us by mere ly making use of the obstacles Nature every where presented. Thick woods of the finest forest trees were abundant, and the "rugged nature of the country would readily carry one back to the northern parts of New England or the passes of the "Notch." Here and there beautiful little lakes were interspersed in the deep valleys,' and the clearness and coldness of their waters were almost in credible. The third day we were to encounter the much-vaunted pass of 4Rio Frio," and also the passage of the mountain which was to lead us to the El Dorado of our hopes, the great plain of Mexico. Our 'march' was to be long and difficult, and three o'clock, saw us under way, with iieart and hopes full of the prospect before us. The much dreaded pass is reached and passed. The mountains which skirt thd road on the left here close upon it for jbout a mile, overhanging ' and enfilading it completely, and affording with their crests most excellent coverings for an en emy's marksmen. The newly cut trees and long range'of breastworks thrown up on the crest, showed us that preparations had been made, while numerous parapets .with embrasures in .the log? taught us what might have been done. But no men were there; the muskets and cannon were "gone. Valencia, with 6,000 Mexicans, .was full a day's march ahead, making for jMexico with a speed which betrayed home sickness. Rio Frio -was found to be a little stream pouring down from the Snow mountain, of icy coldness and crys tal purity. After a slight pause for re freshment, we commenced our assent of the ridge which separates the plains of Pucb!aand Mexico, the former of which ji had hitherto skirted. For several long miles we toiled up the hill, only recom pensed for our labor by what we hoped to attain at last. When all were pretty nearly. worn out, a sudden turu in the read brought to our view a sight which Loiie can ever forget. The whole vast plain of Mexico was before us. The coldness of the air. which was most sen sibly felt at this great height, our fatigue and danger were forgotten, and our eyes were the only sense that thought of enjoy ment. , Mexico, wiih its lofty steeples and its chequered domes,' its bright reality, and its former fame, its modern splendor and" its ancient magnificence, was before us; while around on every side its thou sand lakes' seemed like silver stars on a velvet mantle.' We encamped' that night at the base of the mountain; wiih the enemy's scouts ori every side of us. . .The nest day we reached Jiijothu only fifteen miles-from Mexico by the National Road, which we had hitherto been following. Here we tailed until Ger.erals Quitman, Pillow, and Worth, with their divisions, should come up. We were separated from the f it v ' by -the marshes which surround johe Tezcuco, and by the lake itself. The road is a causeway running through tii3 marsh, and is commanded by a steep end lofty hill called LI Pinnol. This hill completely'. 'enfilades and commands the. National Road, and had been fortified and repaired w ith the greatest C3re by Santa Annas One side was inaccessible by nature; the rest had been made so by art. - lotteries, in alb mounting fifty gnus cf different calibers, had been placed on its sides; and a deep ditch, 24 feet wide end. 10 deep, filled with water, had been cut, connecting the two parts already sur Tounded by marshes. On this side Santa Anna had 23,000 men against our force f little over "9,000, ail told. ;On the 22d Ave made a reconnoissance cf the work., which was pronounced im practicable, as "the lives of 5,000 men AVDUld Le losse'd" blTore the ditch could be tressed, v We continued oar search, and Vound another road, which went rouijd on ihe left,' but when within five miles of the t- iv .were halted by coming suddenly, up i five strong batteries on the hill which al: inunded .thiS roaJ,ata place called giment and three companies of cavalry, in all about 400 men, we saw that El Pin- i not lay directly between us and our camp, j distant full 15 miles. Every eve was 1 fixed on the hill with expectation of an 1 approaching colnmn which should drive us bac into a Mexican prison, while we stepped off with the speed and endurance of 400 Capt. Barclay's! At about mid night we arrived safely at camp, and Gen. Scott did us the honor of calling it "the boldest' reconnoissance of the war." Gen.. Worth was encamped about five miles ofl that is in a straight lihe-acioss the Lake Chalco t at a place ot the same name, but about ten miles by the road. The Mexicans had a foundry in the mountains, at which we were getting some shells made, and on returning from which Lieut. Schuyler Hamilton was badly wounded. By means of his scouts, Gen. Worth had found a path Tound the left of Lake Chalco, which led us to the western gate cf the city, and which, up to that time, had not been fortified. On the 14th, Ihe other divisions, commenced their march, while we brought up the train and the rear. In the morning, the train was sent in ad vance, while Smith's brigade acted as rear guard. It was composed of the rifles, 1st artillery, and '; the 3d infantry, . with Taylor's battery. As the rear guaid, marching slowly along, came up with the train, word came to Gen. Twiggs that a force of about five thousand men were trying to cross the road between them and the train in order to cut it off. We were then passing through a small village which, by a curious coincidence, was called Buena Vista. On our left were large fields of half-grown , barley, through which was seen advancing in splendid or der the enemy's column. It was the most splendid sight I had ever seen. The yellow cloaks, red caps and jackets of the lancers, and the bright blue and w hile u niforms of the infantry, were most beauti fully contrasted with the green of the bar ley, field. Our line of battle was soon formed, and , we deployed through the grain to turn their left and cut them off from the mountains. A few shots, how ever, from the battery soon showed them that they were observed, and counter marching in haste they left their dead on the field. Thus ended our fight of Bue na Vista., That night we staid at Chalco. The uext day we made a long and toil some march over a horrible road, through which, with the utmost difficulty, we dragged our wagons by the assistance of both men and mules. The next was nearly the same, except that the road was, if possible, worse than before, as the Mexicans had blocked it up with large stones, rolled down from the neighboring hills. This night we encamped at a most beautiful olive grove, of immense size and accommodating at once both divisions. In the town, as well as in Chalco, there are still standing the churches of the In dians where the fire-worshipper? as sembled before Cortez had introduced a new religion. They are large and sombre edifices, and, being near the city, arc said to have been formerly resorted to by the ancient kings. The next day we arrived in sight of the rest of the army, and heard the guns with which Worth was breaching the walls of San Antonia. That night the npws of the death of Capt. Thornton, of the second dragoons, reached us. He was a brave officer and a thorough gentleman, but was always unfortunate in his military career. On the morning of the 19lh we left the little village where we had heard this sad news, and took the road to San Juan, a bout seven miles to the west, and only a toul ten miles from the city. When we. arrived here we heard the sound of Gen. Worth's guns, who was said to have at tacked 6tm Jiugustine, a village three miles nearer the capital, where Santa An na was said to be with 20,000 men. When we arrived . at San Juan the men were told to sling their blankets across their shoulders, put their knapsacks into their wagons, and to put two days' bread and beef in their haversacks. When this order came all knew that the time had come. The officers arranged their effects, put on their old coat3, and filled their hav ersacks and flasks. Soon we were ready for any thing but a thrashing. We here heard the position of the enemy, which was nearly as follows; Santa Anna with 20,000 men, was zl San JJugusline; Va lencia, with 10,000, was at a hill called Contreros, which commanded another road parallel to the San Augustine road, but which led into it between the city and Santa Anna. Now, by cutting a road a cross, if we could whip Valencia, we would follow the road up, and thus get in between Santa Anna and Mexico, and whip him tool Gen. Worth (supported by Gen. Quitman) was to keep Santa An na in check, while Twiggs (backed ,by Pillow) was'to try and astonish Valencia, which yon will'see he did very effectual ly. '.Pillow, with, some of the ten regi ments was to cut the road. " " We left San Juan about 1 o'clock, not particularly desiring a fight so late in the day,. but still not shunning it in case-we could have a respectable chance. , About a hill, whither ye had Jbri urf eves 1 pulling Magruder's battery and tbemoun- taia howitzers, we suddenly espied Va- lencia fortified on a hill about two hundred yards ofl, and strongly reinforced by a column which had just come out of 'the city. We laid down close to avoid draw- ( "Jail tn was passed down.and we com- ed ourselves, not conquured Mexico, and ing their fire, while the battery moved menced our march. The enemy's works men' work was before us yet. past at a full gallop. Just then General were on a hill side, be.iind which , rose ! At 8 A. M. we formed again, and Gen. Smith's :voice rung out "Forward the other and slightly higher hills, separated ' Twiggs having taken command, we star itlesto support the balttry." On they k by deep ravines and gullies, and inter-. ted on the road to Mexico. We had went till we got about eight hundred yards ' sected by streams. The w hole face of hardly marched a mile bofore we were from the work, when the enemy opened the country was of stiff clay, which ren- , sharply fired upon from both sides of the upon them with his long guns, which dered it almost impossible to advance. ' road, and our right was deployed to drive were afterwards found to be sixteen and W'e formed our line aboat a quarter of a the enemy in. We soon found that we eight inch howitzers.; The ground was mile from the enemy's works, Riley's ; had caught, up with the retreating party, the worst possible for artillery, covered brigade on our right. At about four we ! from the very brisk firing in front, and with rocks large and small, prickly pear started, winding through a thick orchard we drove them through the little town of and cactus, intersected by ditches filled which effectually concealed us, even had ! Sun Angel, where they had been halting with water and lined with maguey plant, it not been dark," debauching into a deep in force. About half a mile from this itself imperviable to cavalry, and with ravine which ran within about five hun- town wc entered the suburbs of another patches of corn which concealed the en- emy s skirmishers while it impeded our us directly in rear and out of sight of their own passage. The artillery advanced batteries. At -'dawn of day we reached but slowly under a tremendous fire, which our place after incredible exertions, anil greatly injured it before it got in range, ' got ready for our, charge.' The men and the thickness of the undergrowth threw off their wet blankets and looked caused the skirmishers thrown forward to to their pieces, while the officers got ready lose their relative position, as well.as the for a rush, and the first smile that lit up column. About 4 the battery got in po- our faces for twelve hours boded but lit sition under a most murderous fire of tie good for the Mexicans. On the right grape, canister, and round shot. . Here and opposite the right of their works, was the superiority of the enemy's pieces ren- . Riley's brigade of the 2d and 1st infantry, dered our.fire nugatory. We could get Tn rear of our left was Cadwalader's bri but three pieces iu battery, while they gade, as a support, with Shield's brigade had twenty-seven, all of them three times ( ia rear as a reserve the whole division the caliber of ours. For two hours our ' under command of Gen. Smith, in the ab- troops stood the storm of iron and lead they hailed upon them unmoved. " At every discharge they laid flat down to a void the storm and then sprung up to 6erve the guns. At the end of that time two of the guns were dismounted and we badly hurt, thirteen of the horses were killed and disabled, and fifteen c f the can noniers killed and wounded; The regi ment was then recalled. The lancers had been repelled in three successive charges. The 3d infantry and 1st artillery had also engaged and successfully repelled the en ,cmy's skirmishers without loss of cither officers or men. The greatest loss had been . ut the batteries. Ofiicers looked gloomy for the first day's fight, but the brigade was formed, and Gen. Smith in person took rrunmaiuL-X AILifilteviv-- and followed him with a yell, as, creeping low to avoid the grape, (which was com ing very fast,) we made a circuit in rear of the batteries, and passing off to the right we were soon lost to view in the chaparral and cactus. Passing over the path that we scram bled through, behold us at almost 6 o'clock in the evening, tired, hungry, and sorrow ful, emerging from the chaparrel and cros sing the road between it and Valencia. Here we found Cadwalader and his bri gade already formed, and discovered Ri lev's brigade skirmishing in rear of the enemy's wo;ks Valencia was ignorant of our approach, and we were as yet safe. In front of us was -Valencia, strongly en trenched on a hill side and surrounded by a regular field work, concealed from us by an orchard iu our rear. Mendoza, with a column of G.O00, was in the road, but thinking us to be friends. On our righi was a large range of hills whose contin ued crest was parallel to the road, and in which were formed in line of battle 5,- 000 of the best -Mexican cavalry. On our left we were separated from our own forces by an almost impassable wilderness and it was now twilight. Even Smith lookeJ round for help. Suddenly a thou sand vivas came across the hill side like the yells of prairie wolves in the dead of night, and the squadrons on our right formed for charging. ' Smith is himself a gain! "Face to the rear!" 44 Wail till you see their red op, and then give it to them!" Furiously they came on a few yards, then-changed their minds, and, disgusted at our cool reception, retired to their couches. - On the edge of the road, between us and Valeucin, , a Mexican hamlet spread out, with its mud huts, large orchards, deep cut roads, and a strong r church; and through the centre of this hamlet ran a path parallel to the main road, but con cealed from it; it is nearly a mile long. In this road Smith's and Riley's brigade spent the night. Shields, who came up in the night, lay in the orchard, while Cadwalader was nearest . the enemy's works.,- As we were, within range of the batteries, which could enfilade the road in which we lay, we built a stone breastwork at either end to conceal ourselves from their view and grape. .There wc were, Completely surrounded by the enemy, cut off from our communications, ignorant of the ground, without artillery, weary, dis pirited, and dejected. We were a dis heartened set. With Santa 'Anna and Salas's promise of "no quartern' s force 01 four to one against us, and one half de feated already. . no succor from Puebla, and no news from Gen. Scott, all seemed dark. Suddenly ihe words came whis pered along, "we storm at midnight" Now we are ourselves again!; Bat what a horrible night! There we lay, too tired to eat, too wet to sleep, in the middle of that muddy road, officers and men side by side, with a heavy rain pouring down up on us, the officers without blankets or o- vercoats, (they had lost them . in coming across, and the, men worn out ut with fa- rain: .was so :ucne.-. Acout miumgaxxne: heavy that the streams in ihb road flooded uS, and there we stood crowded "together, ; drenched and benumbed,-waiting till day- light. ; - T v ''' ; K At half nast threes the welcome word dred yards of the'work, and which carried i sence of Gen. Twiggs. They had a smoolh place to rusli down on the ene my's work, with the brow of the hill to keep under until the word was given. At last, just at daylight, Gen. Smith sloyly walked up and asked if all was ready. A look answered him. "Men forward." . And we did "forward." Springing up at once, Riley's brigade o pened, when the crack of a hundred ri fles started the Mexicans from their aston ishment, and they opened their fire. Useless fire, for we were so close that they overshot us, and before they could turn their pieces on us, we were on them. Then such cheers arose as you never heard. The men rushed forward like demons, yelling and firing the while. l lie ttiiiiac nua iiigurttai, -wi -wnrugu they fired sharply, it was of no use. The earthern parapet was cleared in an instant, and the blows of the stocks could be plainly heard mingled with the yells and groans around. Just before the eharge was made, a large body of lancers came winding up the road, looking most splen didly in their brilliant uniforms. They never got to work, but turned snd fled. In an instant all was one mass of confu sion, each trying to be foremost in the flight. The road was literally blocked up, and while many perished by their own guns.it was almost impossible to fire on the mass, from the danger of kil ling our own men. Some fled up the ra vine on the left, or on the right, and ma ny ef these were slain by turning their own gun3 on them. Toward the city the Rifles and 2d Infantry led off the pur suit, beeing that a large crowd ot the fugitives were jammed up in a pass in the road, some of our" men ran through ,the cornfield, and by thus heading them oft and firing down upon mem, about 30 men took over 500 prisoners, nearly a hun dred of them officers. After disarming the prisoners, as the pursuit had ceased, we went back to the fort, where we found our troops in full possession, and the rout complete. We found that the enemy's position was much stronger than we had supposed, and their artillery much larger and more abundant. Our own loss was small, which may be accounted for by their per fect surprise at our charge, as to them we appeared as if rising out of the earth, so unperceived was our approach. Our loss was "one officer killed Capt. Hanson of the 7th Infantry, and Lieut. Van Buren of the Rifles shot through the leg and about 60 men killed and wounded. Their force consisted of 8000 men under Valen cia, with a reserve, which had not yet ar rived, under Santa Anna., Their loss as since ascertained was as follows: killed and buried sinct: the fight, 750 wounded 1000, and 1500 prisoners, exclusive of of ficers, including -4 Generals,.Sahs, Men doza, Garci t and Gaudaloupe, in addi.ion to dozens of Colonels, Majors, Captains, &c. We captured in all on the hill 22 pieces of cannon, including five 8 inch howitzers, two long 18, three long 16, and several of 12 and 8 inches, and also the two identical 6 pounders captured by the Mexicans at Buena Vista, taken from Capt. Washington's battery ol the 4th ar tillery. The first officer who saw them happened to be the officer of the 4th se lected by General Scott to command the new battery of that regiment, Capt Drum. In addition were taken immense quanti ties of ammunition and muskets, in fact the way was strewed with muskets, es copets, lances and flags for miles. Large quantities of horses and mules were also captured, though large numbers were kil led. - - ' ., Thus ended the glorious battle of Con treras, in which 2000 men, under Gen. P. r . Smith, completely routed and des- ' troyed an army of 8000 men under Gen. j Valencie, with Santa Anna and a force of i 20,000 raw within, 4 ve mile?.; -Their ar-j not parti cipatcd m the second -batilc." Most peo' plo would have thought that a pretty good day's work. -Not so. We had onlv sav- called San Katberina, when a large party in the church vard fired on the head of the column, and the balls came right a mong us. Our men kept rushing on their rear and cutting them down, until a dis charge of grape shot from a large piece in front drove them back to the column. In this short space of time five men were killed, ten taken prisoners, and a small co lor captured, which was carried the rest of the da v. 0 Meanwhile, Gen. Worth hod made a demonstration on San Antonia, where the enemy was fortified in a strong hacienda; but they retired on his approach to Chu rubusco, where the'works were deemed impregnable. They consisted of a forti fied hacienda, which was surrounded by a high and thick wall on all sides. In side the wall was a stone roof of which was flat and building, the higher tli3n the walls. Above all this was" a stone church, still higher than the rest and ha ving a large steeple. The wall was pier ced with loop holes, and so arranged that there were two tiers of men firing at the same time. They thus had four different ranges of men firing at once, and four ranks were formed on each range and pla ced at such a height that they could not only overlook all the surrounding country, but at the same time they had a plunging fire upon us. Outside the hacienda, and completely commanding the avenues of rrjrjriTrn:ii, - aa a ncra- oi VAnmiur er round two sides of the work and protec ted by a deep, wet ditch, and armed with seven large pieces. This hacienda is at the commencement of the causeway lead ing to the western gate of the city, and had to be passed before getting on the road.' About 300 yards in the rear of this work, another field work had been built where a cross road meets the cause way, at a point where it crosses a river, thus forming a bridge head, or tele de pont. This was also very strong and ar med with three very large pieces of can non. The works were surrounded on every side by large corn fields, which were filled with the enemy's skiimishers, so that it was difficult to make a recon noisance. It was therefore decided to make the attack immediately, as thev were full of men and extended for nearly a mite on the rOad to the city, completely covering the causeway. The attack com menced about 1 P. M. Gen." Twigg's division attacKcd on the side towards which they approached the fort, i. e. op posite the city. Gen. Worth's attacked the bridge head which he took in about au hour and a half; while Generals Pil low and Quitman were on the extreme left, between the causeway and Twigg's division. The Rifles were on the left and in the rear of the work, entrusted by Gen. Scott with, the task ol charging the work in case Gen. Pierce gae way. The firing w.is most tremendous in fact one continued roll while the combat last- ! cd. The enemy from their elevated po sition, could readily see our men, who were unable to get a clear view Irom their position. Three cf tic pieces were man ned by " The Deserters" a body of about 100, who had deserted from the ranks of our army during the war. They were enrolled in two companies, commanded bv a deserter, and were better uniformed and disciplined than the rest of the army. These men fought most desperately, and are said not only to have shot down seve ral of our officers whom they knew, but to have pulled down the white flag of surrender, no less than three times. The battle raged most furiously for a bout three hours, wheu both sides having lost a great many, the enemy began to give way. As soon as they commenced retreating, Kearney's squadron passed through the tele de pont, and charging through the retreating column, pursued them to the very gate of the city. As they got within about 500 yards of the gate, they were opened upon with grape and canister, and several officers wound ed. Amongst the number was Captain Kearney, 1st Dragoons, who lost his left arm above the elbow. LieutCfaham, of New York, received a severe j!??h 4 wound in his left arm. . Capt. McRey nolds, ditto. Our loss in this second bat tle was large.' We lost in killed seven of ficers. Capts. Capron, Blake, 1st artille ry; Lieu is. Irons, Johnson, Hoffman, Capt. Anderson, Lieut. Easely, 2d infan try. Capt. Hanson, 7lh infantry. Lieut. Irons died on the 23th. Col. Butler of i South Carolina, and about . 30 officers woucjtd-cidusiv?. er the .fotaatrers. ; i my was so completely routed that 1500 men rejoined Santa Anna and pa : The official returns give our loss ia killed and wounded at 1150 besides offi cer. The Mexican loss is 500 killed in the 2nd battle, 1000 wounded, and 1100 prisoners, exclusive of officers. Thre more Generals were taken, among them General Rincon, and Anaya, the provi sional President; also, ten pieces of can non, and an immense amount of ammu nition and stores. Santa Anna; in his re port, states his loss in killed, 'wounded .and missing, at 12,000. He has only 18,000 left out of 30,000, which he give as his force on the 20th, in both actions. Thus ended thev Battle of Churubusco) one of most furious and deadly for ln length of any of the war. For reasons which he deemed conclusiveGen. Scott did not enter the city that night, but en camped on the batde field, about four miles from the western gate of the city The next day a flag of truce came out, and propositions were made which iesui ted in an armistice. Meanwhile the army is encamped ia the villages around tho city, recruiting from their fatigues, and nursing the sick and wounded. There arc but few sick, and the wounded are getting along com fortably in their hospitals. ' DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT RICH MOND. We regret to learn, by a Telegraphia despatch last evening , from Richmond, that a destructive fire occurred in that city yesterday morning. Gallego's raluabisi flour mills were totally destroyed; al so, the Shockoe tobacco warehouse, Haxall and Brothers' office, the stores of John Robinson, Alfred Harris Butler wood's tinncry, W. Williams's auction establishment, Messrs. Ford & Wood son's and Shepherd's commission houses, besides a number of small buildings. Since the foregoing was put in type, a friend has sent us the annexed letter, da ted at Richmond at 7 o'clock 'yesterday morning : "Ere this reaches you half the business part of Richmond will be in ashes. A boiit half past five the Gallego mills wera discovered to be on fire, and by the timo the engines arrived the whole of thoss which were next communicated to Mor ris's Warehouse, now a part of Shockro Warehouse, and thence to the buildings on Cary street, south side, extending down to Williams &, Haxall's opposite the Columbian. When I left the sccna all the houses with the exception of Wil liams fc Haxall's, at the corner, were on fire, all being shingled. The fire still con tinues to rage, and seems to bafiie the ef forts of our vigilant and active firemen,' who have heretofore been able to sava where all seemed lost. God only knews where it will be arrested. Yours ia haste. P. S. The whole square cn fire Shields & Somerville, Beasley & Co., Bow & Dean, Haxall fc Williams, Shoc koe Warehouse and the Colurabiaa ia danger. Nat. Int. til uauicj, THE LATE HIGH WATERS. The high waters have done much dam age in this region. Large quantities of corn and hay have been destroyed on the low grounds of the Potomac. Imraenso quantities of fencing have been swept a way. In Cumberland, the pavements and cellars have suffered much injury. The water in Wills Creek was not as high as it had been before, but the tor rents that poured from the hill sides into the streets have never been equalled. The Somerset coach was washed away a bout four miles from Cumberland; and the two horses drowned. Tho passen gers, two females and one man, escaped with difficulty One of the-females was saved by the driver. . , We have heard of no loss of life ia consequence of the high waters. Cum berland Civilian. A Small Business. A New York pi per says that while Gen. Tom Thumb wa3 exhibiting at Hartford, last week, ha offered $500 reward for a child as short as himself who could walk. Mrs. Fo ley, a woman of that city, thereupon pre sented her. little daughter one year old, and one inch less than the General; yet she could walk alone. The reward was therefore fairly won; but the man of small dimensions crceped out of a small hole, and said he offered the amount for a child of such a description, and refused to pay it unless the mother would give him the infant. This of course she - would net do. . Strange Facts. In a Boston paper, we find an account of the doings of tho meeting of natnralists there, which says: "It has beeu long" known thattwo rays of light may le so tfvown on each other as to produce darkness. Professor Henry showed that two rays of heat might ba so combined as to produce cold." , Forging a Will. Three men, named Snider. Sharp and Devinet were recently tried in Tuscnrawns county, Ohio, on ths charge of forging a will. They v Ini'n.! p-uillv. nr-il lb p rnnrt jpnVnJ . J t 1 1 to four years' ouuau-ut in t.'i -Veni- 9 - , j, r ' A 4 TV -4..
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