Awful Calamity.
THE PROPELLER PIiCENIX BURNED
AND OVER 200
j y VES LOST:.!-:
On Saturday evening lost we received a
telegraphic despatch from New York, an
pouncing the distressing intelligence - of the
burning of the Propeller Phoenix, on- Lake
Michigan, on Sunday of last week, arid the
destruction of a large number of lives. The
report was not at first generally credited, but
yesterday morning the Schooner Ontonagon
arrived bringing-a corroboint jun of the calam
ity, with some particulars in relation to it,
Capt: Robinson, of the'Schoonere saw and
conversed with the Mate of thi Phmnix, who
is on board the Propeller Delaware, and gath-
tired from him the following particulars: On!
Sunday the 21st inst., the Propeller Phmnix, I
having on board some 200 men, women and
children, emigrant passengers, Mostly from
Holland, besides the crew of about 30 persons
end 40 cabin passengers, bound for Chicago,
made Manitowoc Bay, Lake Michigan, in i
heavy weather for shelter from the gale. She
let go her anchors, but the sea was so heavy
that she dragged thorn, and to save themselves '
from a shipwreck she put out to sea again.—
She had proceeded to within about 15 miles
of Sheboygan, being about equal distant from
that place and .Manitowoc, and about six
miles offshore, when a fire was*discovered in
her hold. Every eflbrt was made to extin
guish it and with good success. But the ves
sel seemed dimmed to destruction, for no
sooner hid they mastered the fire in the hold,
than it broke out. between decks, having been
communicated from the boilers. The wind
was quite fresh and blowing &reedy on shore,
which accounts fur her being so far off land.
Capt. Sweet was confined to his berth by
sickness and the command &Volved upon the
first Mate. The gtateet terror and confu- 1
sion ensued et the b cond appearance, of fire,
and
and all hope of stivin l g the vessel was soo n
abandoned. A rush - wassthen made fur the - .
small boat, when M. David Bliss, of South
port,( with great 'pre ence or mind and deter
mination of purpose ordered and drove. them
away s from the bout directing the Mate to
take poeseasion of i and lower it away.: He
then took Capt /3 Weet from his room and
placed him in the boat, when he directed semi,-
twenty others to follow; and the boat, left the
Propeller for the shore—Mr.4llliss hi ihself re
'owning behind. I
The PrOpeller Delaware hove in sight about
the time that the: boat - left, and i lief' hopes
were raised on board, that, she, might reach
them in time to save them frorn destruction—
but limas a vain hope. The boat that left
for shore arrived in safety. but before the Del
aware could come up with the burning vessel
she had sunk, and all on board, except two
picked 'op, had perished, either by fire or flood.
Mr. Bliss fell a victim to his efforts to save
others—The being among the lost.
This calamity involves a greater i destruc
tion of human life than has ever occurred in
Oa, event, upon these waters. Most of those
on board were foreigners, and their loss wiii
not, be realized, but stilt it is a dreadful catas
trophe, which carries to destruction in so
short a time more than 200 human beings,
with so small a ehance for escape as appears
upon this occrisfon: Only 30 saved from
i some 270 persons. Eight of theerew, we un•
derstand, were among those saved.
The Phmnix was owned by Messrs. Pease
54 Allen, of Cleveland, and was insured for
#12,000.
This account-varies somewhat from othersi
in regard to The - number on board—and those
saved—and may not be.strictly correct, but
it is made up from the best itiformateoft we
could obtain.—Moridi f g Exprtsi.
' 1
ARDITION A L PARTIdUL ARS .—We have con-
Versed with Mr. M. %V. House, engineer of
the Phoenix. and from him received the fol
lowing particulars in addition. "rho tire oc
cured on Sunday morning, the el st inste be
tween Sheboygan and Mantouwoc, and alum
seventeen miles front Sheboygan. The fire
was 6,64 t discovered under deck, near the back
end of the boiler, and nil posibte means were
used to extinguish it, but without success .
The two small boats,.were lowered away and
instantly filed with the few who escaped 'to
tell the tale of the sad disester. Capt. Sweet,
who had. been confined to'his state room, one
wheelerean lied one deck hand were in one of
abe beats; the ht nlate, one fireman and el
porter in the tither; the balance of the loads
were chiefly. Hollanders. • .
Mr. Donihoe, Clerk, Mr. iloele, Engineer,
and one passenger, Mr. J. hang, were all,ehat
were taken from the wilter :give. Donihoe
and Lang were found under tlee stern, chug
ing to`the wheels, end the ene,iieer on a Boat
t5O rods from tire wrec'ee Those even
we, saved were taken up v the propellor
I Deleware, which was at anch ruff Sheboygan
at the time tfile lire commenc el. The leee
ware towed the wreck, wheTh was completely
'gutted, into Sheboyenn, where it n9w iii;.:
'aground. Much credit is due to Capt. Tuttle
and the crew of the Deleware, for the prompt
' and htimane assistance rendered by them oil
the occasion, and for the keel treatment ox-
tended to the Fn 111 , 're r A whit-t on their pass:age
down.- e Cteeciand. ler,tld.
WILDER AT POnT PI.EA:3ANT ; .—A ratmier •
Of a strange and mysterious character, occura
ed at Point Pleasant, in this county. on the
night of Monday of Oast week. On the fol
lowing morning, theldtiatl body of a respecta
ble looking woman found in - the canal ill
the above place. The age of the dreca4ed is l
supposed to have been nbota thirty years.—
Oa an examination a numb& r of marks of io
lenee were dkcotered upon her person, tt hich
gave decided eti.tence of cottl play. There
was a severe britir,e on her head, an, - tilier on I
her breast, and several on the hack part of her
neck, as if executed with a heavy club. Her
aide bore evident marks of being itit ited with
square toed hoot, and her neck tt,tts disleca
red.) Her app a rel is represented to have been
quite respectslc, rind in her pocket was found
a half dolor nunie of scissors, a
silver thimble, and Innen handkerchief.—
Her stockings were mnrke-1 with the initial;
"R. 11." Her body could not he recognized
by any one in the vicinity, and stispietott. at
once were placed upon the inmates of a boat,
which had passed down the canal, on Nlonday
evening. I A Coroner's inquest it as held be
fore Joseph Hough, r.sq., which rendored
?verdict in accordance with the facts al above
hated. The,general.intoression in the vicin
ity is, that the foul deed was committed on the
canal above Point Plettrani, and that the ho ly
was carried along to the ilaste way, whsle it
leas diseovered, and there thrown overboard.
....0091stmen Demozr al.
SECRET Muanna.—An inquest nag held on
Saturday last' upon the body of a young man
found in Wog River, near *the lower steam
saw mill, on this side. who had evidently beim
most foully rhurdered. The, individual ap-,
peared to have been about 20 or years of
Pry with black hair, and of genteel prson.—.
The letters "3. W. G." were very neatly
worked in the shirt:bosom. , The dress was a
blue frock cnat, plaid casimere pantaloons r and
foxed buckskin gaiters—no ‘e4t. In the coat
pocket was found a copy of the Pitt-burg
Morning Chronicle of October 4tli or sth, a
plain gold ring on his linger, and a silver pen
cli and trunk key in the pocket of. his
- panlalonns. No money was found on hisper
son, nor could pay appearance be deteculd of
' his pockets having been riled. There were
three cuts with a knife in the breast, a severe
contusion over the eye, and two ents.on the
back of the head, supposed to have been made
with a club. 'The blood was still oozing
slightly from the wounds,. and 'appearance in
aieated that the deed had been committed
within a L•hort timenot more than a day or
- ----s94o:•w9geviOnii to the discovery of the body
Mirsvpirk inquirer.
(I"The democrats have elected .the mem
ber in Lee county, town, thus securing a dem -
ocratic majority ou joint ballot r iuld two item
autratic U. S. Senator,'
News from the Army.
Niiw YORK N0v..129-7
The N, 0. Picayune Extra of the afternoon
of the has no later despatches from the
city of Mexico. The Propeller
,Edith arrived
at' New Orleans , bringing dates from Vera
Cruz, two days later.. A letter from Quere
taro the.2sth, 2 days later, says that 71 Depu
ties had arrived in the Aity,..and that very so3rt
there would be sufficient to open the session.
The first business will be the election of a
President. •The candidates are Penne, Al
'nitrite and Herrera, News had reached there
of certain designs of stock jobbers at the Cap
ital to, form Mexico into• two great States,
and annex *moo the American Union. The
Razonador newspaper • mai ntai ns the opinion
that this is a new party.
The Arco Iris states the number of Niexi
can trooes'in the field at 31,000.
. 1
) "A letter fronftlie National Bridge gives par
ticulars of Gen. Patterson's march from there
without molestation to' his head Wieners at
St. Anna's residence. Col. Harvey sill
then..
Gen. Patterson had •received n visit from a
commissioner troin Padre Jarauta, wich neace
proposals. The , Padre being tireo of war
and wishing to conic under the' protiiction of
our governttent. Getr. Patterson Cooly told
the commis iiono., if Jarautttwished.to return
to Vera Crt z - as a good citizen—to disperse
his command and proceed the're instantly, and
no one would moleAt hirit---adding, that -he
should hang every guerrilla he cunght.
The train was to proceed with the sth Pi
vision Baltimore Battallion.
The reported tight between Jarnuta and
Zetiebia was confirmed, which is the suppos
ed c I. 'l
atre of his peaceful intentions. .Tii - O \
guerrilla force is getting weaker. _ `-.-
i
Thelterilt It of ma ta moms le . improvinf" 1 -
1 t was rumored there that tht states ( f .an
Luis, Zacatecas and two °tem had de tared
in favk of Parades and proffered him, '6,000
t roop t i.
int one of ,Kendall's letters from Mexico,
datcy Oct. .99ili, he mentioned a rumor to the
effect that there are letters in tOwn directed
to influential Mexicans, communicating as a
fact that at a meeting of the leading men of
the country at queretera, it lies-been deter-
Mined upon to move every element to raise
four grand divisions and all the necessary
munitions, for the purpose of attacking and
‘vresting the city from the Anier•icans. The
leaders look for great assistance within the
walls for the successful carrying oikt of the
plan. It is said that there are, several Alexi
cah officers of rank hid away, anti that tliey
hold nightly., meetiiigs in some secret place.
More than this it is highly probable that their
deliberations may have soineicaonectiiin with
a grand project similar to Opt rwmtiOned
above. ‘Vhether it will be carried out is
another matter.! •
_ ,
The-4sarne writer srlysTithat. a portion of the
force recently finder Santa Anna, in the neigh
borhood of Puebla, had reached Tula on their
warto Queretaro. The whole line of march
of this force has been a course l of rubbery and
rapine.
AFF,MILS IN MIiXICO
The N. O.' Delta of the 13th gives a letter
from its faithful eorrespuqdent "Mustang,"
which says—
'The visit of Paredes has developed itself.
%We have heretofore been led to believe that
the idea advanced, that one of the Nuropean
Ravers was desirous of planting a sprig of its
dynasty in this country, was one of those po
litical specidations frequently enqtnating from
ferule maginntions : We could not be in
ducydial-believe that Louis Phillippe, in his
declining days, would tar a moment entertain
the project of sending hero the Duke de Mont
pensiei (for I cannot think who else it could'
be) for the purpose of eNtending his sover
eign power overthis benighted country, which
would inevitably:terminate in the assassina
tir,t his son, an I the usurpation of his au,
I thorny by some military uspiratO; and that
I too, at the hazard of involving France in a
!\ war 'with the United States; but,' to our stir
-1 prise, such is the fact. A proposition has
been agreed to on the part of France, by
! which, if Atexieo will ppl Luce the' Signatures
; of 3UOO landholders, pledging themselves to
support and maintain the measure, then
France will place a prince of its throne here
togovern and role. A. ',ape( Ip ! that effect
ba ng amide on the part of its frdends to ac
complish the obj 'ct. Nearly the whole of the
church are giving it their aural support, not
using every means in their pvver to carry it
succe-asflliy through,. looking-upon it as the
only means of perpetuating the interests and
iialluence of the ecclesiastical body. A great
nb'i»y of the Cent ra i,ts, of wealth and streng,th
wllie have herelolore oppu,eil the measure %%Rh!
deksion ant energy, qmieciving their lamer
a iv! place to he among the thiugsthat tvcri.:, a nil
hoping liy thd , movement to be able to regain
a portion of what they have lusty are not only
ianaciding with it, but are lending it their un
dkied aid and induenco. Also, s'innta of the
conservati..es and have
of a neutral tempera
ment. in polities have yielded to the project."
rilOM T.Ol VICO%--The - , hip Scanlan, Cap
tainMy rink. rri e , ftr.lay Frain Tarnp; . co,
‘viiieh port ~ h e loft on the 7th inqt. %Ve ere
iniebteil to Captain 'Myrick for the Tampico
StYntinel of the 4th inst. We finl nothing in
it of interest, except The foilow,ng paragraph;
Arkfico, 3tiflr Ott.—‘l'e are po;:tively in
forma that (tti„ Santa Anna has, fixed hi,
mfa
rlen o
ce cntormablY in iill to the orders
which he has received on the subject from the
supreme government, and iron thence lie in
tends to defeH himself agailFt the charges
brought ;,g r pm.,-.t him for Its condoat a; a mili
tary man. ' Hut campanion; retirement
are only his chaplain and Genet al Station. with
a sn u ilt force of cacalry foe the security of hi;
person. Alvere7, %%lib the 3,1, 7th, an I
viras-iers, and other regillar troops, with
the Corps del Sur, have marched in the direc
tion of kierai.aua. • Gmierallteyes, also with
the rUgiment of lins:tars and other bullies, both
cavalry and infantry, have taken their line of
initreli to ftierel aro, to pot themselvc; at too
disposition orthe bilproine government.—.V.
0. Delta, 17 O.
Gcs. Sitzmios.—The feeling that he has
Ins , iireil among those nailer his command are
well illii mated in the following anecdote, re
lated by "Mustang„" the coriespondent of the
N. 0. Delta:--
"Gen. Shields was wounileddn the attack
upon the works under l iGhapultepee. As -nail
a s he saw the fortitica ions carried, he return
ed to the rear for the' purpose of having his
%%win! dressed; as he passed along the line of !
his In igade, the men seemed tor synipaihifie
with him as though he had heed a brother to
them all. Bitt the feelings showed itself
stronger when they came to advance upon the
Ci ty along the aqueduct; and _as they were
compelled to halt at different -points; I heard
them ((mutiny asking—'l wonder who will
command our brigade now?' ,61 don't know,'
says an 'but live or die, I'll stick by the
Palmetto as long us there's any one to carry
it. ''That is not the thing, exactly; \Le will
all stand by our cidors, we want some chief
that we all know, who', will look out and see
that our colors don't get where we will all get
our heads knocked offstanding- by it; we want
some , one who will not let us all killed off
without I doino any thing.' At this moment
Gen. Shields came riding My ; with his arm in
sling. Ma appearaime'at the rear was an
nounced by the cheering salutations of his
command which extended along the whole
line.. His men--officers - and privates—are
devotedly attached to him, and would follow
him any where he would lead them, with pride
and. confidence; and his appearance among
them wasequal to an addition of a fame equal
to their own numbers."
• --t---'
Dr, Beecher says—never Chase a lie. Let
it alone, and it wili run itself to death. I can
work out a good character much faster than
any one can lie me out of it.
THE OBSRVER.
I=M==l=:Ml
E R 1 E, PA.
Saturday Illorning, Drecimber 4. 1547.
C(7'''rtios. &Knorr is h duly authorized
agent to produre subscribers for this paper ? .
Cl:r"Theyrifstian Calculator" is the title
of n now work on the science of numbers, by
Professor 1, CLAax. which, has beet!, laid
on our table by the author. We have nut had
time to examine it ourself, but a friend who
gave it a cursorary glance, speaks in terms of
commendation of the system it professes to
elucidate. We understand the auth'or intends
visiting this place FOOD, and deliver One: or
inure lectures on the ,•subject, when those in
terested will have a chance to learn more of
its claims:to public attention.
Qom*- We are requested to say that Messrs.
Elliott & Itnse, Denti4ts, have removed their
offiee'to Eighth street, betteee'n State and
French streets. By the by, we cannot re
' frain from saying that we have just had a
chance to try the professioital skill of these
II gentlemen, and find them all they are rs:pro
sented in their card.-
(t r - ' The Girard Free Press is dead—at
least, we •suppose so, 116 we liav'ut seen it.for
some time past.
Qom' The Gazette is out 'in favor of. Con ,
greas repealing the tariff Of '46 and substitu
ting that of '42. The Editor forgets that re
forms never go backwards, hence het tight as
%yell call for a second Noah's flood there is
just about as much probability of ob 7)
ining one
as the other.
A good Move. t
The New rork Evq,ning Post publishes ti
call for a meeting of citizens,, without dis
tinction' of faith or party, to exPrbss the sym
pathy of the American people. for Pope Pitirs
IX'. and the Italian people, in the noble stand
they ;lave taken fur National Independence
and Constitutional Freedom. There are live
hundred names appended to the call; many
of them are citizens of the highest standing? of
ail political parties, and various reiigiuns
sects.
The Louisville Courier? the Taylor
organ in 14ntucky,, is down upon Mr. Clay's
"last" great &fiat in true "Rough and Ready"
style. The Editor in a very quiet and gen
tlemanly way, convicts the great '•embody
ment" of misrepresentation, if not of down
right .fa Isehood.,
f i r Chr 'a: oath: f field of the ("134
)
lii‘‘
has*nt a won of redly to the ha .11 epithets
land pointed insinoations of his broth r of.the
Commercial. Nell, sonic folks v iii stand a
tick, but we'er not of that ntlmber.
07" An cflieer i of the first Pennsylyunia
egiment, in writing home, says:
"We had intended to have polled our vote
out here for Governor, but on the day of the
election we were fighting our way into Pue
bla. I hope the democrats have gained us
easy a victory on that day as we did."
The writer will be doubtless 'gratified to
learh that his democratic brethren at home
achieved about as complete n victory over thO
"Mexican sympathizers," as he and his com
patriots did over the Mexicans themselves.—
They \pre both, after all, engaged in the
sarhe labor-41re ihlll.rence was merely in the
wdapons used.
~Can it .13,1 7
A very uniformly correct Wamhingtan cor
r6spotient of the Baltimore Sun says that a
startling. rumor pr ails in that city that will
sotnew hat cmharra , s t he,"no territory". party.
Mr. J. Q. Adams, if is said, will avail him
self of the first opportunity•to •doclare him
self favor orthe acquiitiqn of the whole of
Mexico.
Sou; n,re evidence of iha:
Atnid the discussion of the war, Mr. Clay's
/as./ great enf a nt to reach the :Presidency, and
the question , incident thereto, we had almost
forgot our promise toy \ lay before our readers
such evidenc", from time to time, of the man
ner that "rain," which the wbigs predicted
would follow the pas. iige of the Tariirof
is affecting the country. It probably would
hate entirely escaped our mind had not we
seen a NtatuinOtit from the Albany Evening
Jonrnttl, one of the "ruin" croakers, that the
New York Canals has yielded a re \cline du
ring the past season of over three millions and
a half of dollars, which is an increase of orei'
three-quarters of a million Oi'cr last dear,
under the tariff of our readers will
call a queer kind of "ruin." Pennsylvania
has been affected in the same way: Her ca
nals and rdil roads, although suffering severe
ly from the freshet this fall, in the mist husi
ne:is part of the seaqrin, will thew n curres
pontlimr increase, the exact amount of which
has not yet been made public. And yet we
are dully told by whlg newspapers about the
''deplorable situation of the country," just as
tho ug h the people were nil fools and did'nt
Irvin- when they were "i tined'' and %%hen they
were not, without the aid of such panic alnia
nac makers.-
( 1: 7 --; on the 130 i eit., the Vermont House
of ILepre:entatives passeValill to protect the
right.- of marl iedlwcrien fi) property Wong
ing to them before marriage. It Prriv ides
thati l he rents, issues and profits 'of the real
estate ()fully married woman, mil the inter
est of her hushaad in her right in any real
estate which belong,ea to her before marriage,
or vvliieh may haVe acquired by gift, grant,
devise or inheritance during covertur`e, shall
be exempt - from ittachnient+fer the hughand's
debts.
A ton hour Movement:-
The Mechanics, laboring men and Others
in Philadelphia, Delaware and other counties,
are preparing to apply to the Legislature of
this State, for a--law teclariiig ten hours' la
bor a legal day's iPork. ' The application has
reason and justice' to sustain it, and ought to
he successful.•
fir. Clay, i i his Lexington speech,
speaks of "the exceptionable conduct of the
federal party duringlhe last British war,"i and
adds that, 11 their opposition to the war, l and
by their Hartford convention; they "justly
lost the public confidence." . What do the
old Federalists here, who are the especial
friends of Mr. Clay, think of this?
uo The Gazette says attio Clay fever is
spreading." We thought our whiff friends
looked rick.
. • RENEW CLAY AND HIS seEtim.
Thelspeech of Mr. Clay, 'as written out lJ
himself, has been issued from the presses I
our three federal cotemporaries, and has I
doubt ore his been very generally read i
both partis. That the Democracy are ni
totally annihilated by - it, we think is prett
apparent; and that the Whigs, as a body, itl
not transplanted into the seveitth IleT
thereby, or whatsame is about the l sae to th tot
placed in 4 majority i in the Union, is equally
,
appMent: In fact, we have neither heard of
earth'qutikes or tornadoes, volcanoic eruptions,
or other_ extraordinary manifestations7-such
for instance as the sun standing still with
amazement, or the moon turning green with
listoni l slintent-,-as having followed its.promul
'gat ion through the land. In short, one would
not know, if be were not told by federal news.:
I papers, that any thing extraordinary had hap
pened. We always knew Henry Clay to be
a modest man—an extraordinary Modest man
—but this speech, the time, Pk}, and objects
for which it was delivered, wreaths his brow
with a chaplet of modesty soy bright and, un
fading that, like the silo,' it_pales tite hr:ght
ness of its satellites and stands alone the "ob
servedof all observers." None but a modest
statesman, whose life had been spent upon the
Presidential race course, and who, like a On
firmed jockey,' was dete;mitied to die, opOl:the
track wliete he lost hh money, would think of
convening ,his friendl togetherdike a secondn
Rump 6.irliament, and issue his edicts tiihis
fullowtis throughout the land. But ,eco it is. -
therefote, ye wilt senators and represeota
tives, the "ltnbodyment'Z haS spoken, and you
must prepareijiiquare your conduct with late
ideas undeikkenalty of immediate expulsion
from the tiiirfersal whig'chnrch.
-But While Mr. play's modesty is so appa
rent, his consistency is no less so. Ev
ery one must remerriti#, for it was published
in all the papers, both Whig and Democratic?
near a year ago, at a public dinner in New
Orleans, he said---4 4 / fret half loathed to ask
for some little nook , or corner• tit thtiwriny,
THAT I MAY SLAY A M AIC AN, it; , i'D THUS ASSIST
INIAVENOING , MK WRONGS Or MY COUNTRY. "
N w he' say's
. our country has no wrongs to
avenge—on-the contrary'she is the aggres
sor. Then he was willing to imbrue his Ininds
in the.blood of a Mexican, and was qialf. in
clined-to ask for some little rook or corner in
the army" to enable him to do so. Now the
Mexicanslic was "half inclinod" to slay are
a much injured fieople, and the President of
the United States guilty of tin infringemeitt of
the constitutional powers of=-Congress in or
dering Gen. Taylor to take up a position
,on
the east bank of the Rio Grande, Nfiw our
own country is to Wunie and not Mexico fur
the war, and Congress legislated a lie in af
firming that ;he war 'wag brought about - hy
the acts of :Mexico. Then he eßpressed a wil
lingnelss to "assist in avenging (he wrongs of
my (our) country." Now he commands his
followers in Congress to ascertain what the
war isprosecutedfor. Veiily is not Mr. Clay
a consistent man.
Airaill Mr. Clay is a man of trut.'i, at letisl
- •
- he sayS himself he "almost czes7 that com
modity. It is well, however, that' he informs
us of that fact, else no one would ever have
suspected it from liWipeeeh, for he utters an
unqualified FAL4:IkMD in the follovs
"But, nut withsta 'Miro , a state of virtual war
0
necessarily resulted from .the fact of annexa
tion of one of the lielligerents to litti?. United
States, actual hos.'illities might have been
probably: averted by! prudence, macho ion, and
wise sfatestuanship. If General Taylor had
been, permitted to renthin,'where his own good
sense prompted bin to believe be Might to re
main, at tlit4 pointinf Corpns Christi: and if a
negotiation had been opened milli Mexico, iii
a true spirit of ainity and conciliblion,
possibly might hate !been prevented.
,But in
stead of this paNie, an•l moderitte course,
Whilst Ate. Blidql Was bending his way to
Miwieo with his diplomatir credentials, Gen.
Taylor was ordekril to transport his cannon,
and to plant them; in a warlike attitude, op
posite to MataituiraS; on the east bank of the
Rio Bravo, withiii the very disiniteil territory,
the, adjustment Ott:hit:li was to be the object
of Mr, Slidell's triission. \\lna else could
have transpired Wit wcontliet . of armsr
here we can see /tow Mr. Clay "idolizes
tioth." ' It will be seen that lie charges that
"whilst Mr. Slidell was bending his way ty
Mexico," "Gen,,Taylor was ordered to trans
port his cannon amid plant them, in a warlike
attitude, opposite to Wit:ll'llmm." I .11is is
the way he "Lhilizes" if, the Lord de iter us
from such iJolitrv, fur he koows, the 'world
knows, the official docinnents show it, that
Mr. Slidell 'arrived at Vora,Crua on the 3011
of Novemb4 18'15 That on the Silt of De
cember followiug; he presented himself with
his "diplomatic cledentials", in 'the, city of
Mexico to the governmeut.' That
on the 21st of that saute month, that govern
in,ewt definitely rifused to reetirc hint. And
that not until all these Biets were known at
Washington did the order issue-ten the' 13th
of January,l fil6—fur Uenel al Taylor to move
from Corpus Christi! But more than this:
Paredes came into lONVer in Mexico be the
overthroW of Herrara's adininist ration, on the,
first of January, 1816., Mr. tihdell tins then,
there. Instead of reediving our iniiiisfer, Pa
redes himself tells us, in his prebiamation un
der date of the 18th of April, 18 tiio hat hav
ing determined "in the beghtning ! of that year"
to adopt a more vigorous
,policy, he had or
dered his army to attack otie troops. This
order, tilos referred to as issued "in the begin
thing of the year," was aimed at Gen. Taylor
while he a as yet encamped at Corpus Christi,
which place be dill tnt leave till the 11th of
Mar - ch, 1849, just On days oftei• Mr. Slidell,
already once repulsed by IlerNra's govern :
ma, had made in vain his secoad application
to be received with his "diplomatic creden
tials" by the usurping administiath.m of ,Pa
redes. In the face of. these facts on the Vi
dal records both oT Mexico and the United.
States, Mr. Clay denounces his,own govern
ment as having, by its own act, brought on
the ,war,-and offers for proof the astounding'
assertion that our army was ordered to plant
its cannon it) battery against Matamoraii while
Mr. Slidell was on his way to Als,s.,i-A! But ;
Gen. TuYlor's "gliod sense," says Mr. Clay,
qprompted him to believe that he ought to re
main at Corpus Christi." Just the reverse.
General Taylor's good sense prompted him to
write' to the .War Department on the 4th of'
qctober, 1845, advising, if we meant to claim
to the ltio Bravo; to make a forward move-
Mcnt to the Rio Grande, more than, thr'ee
montha before the order foe that movement
was issued. This, then, is'the way Mr. Clay
• si a/mostidolizes truth.'' It is ell 'pfi
rex
ed,the "almost" 'l(i the assertion, for we can
not doubtAtiat the reader, wilt agree with * .its
that if he does "almost idolize" it, 114 does not
always tell it.: 'But i end is, not yet. -ll
says that annexation v. si%,' the inriediate l causo
of the war, '.'and the iqesideti‘ after having
produced It, appealed t o t:ongreas." Admit
ting that annexotion - as did
.cause of the
t 1
wor, which we do not, does not he know Oa('
that meaQure was cons Minuted under thp Ad
ministration of John; :yler, and that he as
serts a falsehood in sa ing "thus the war com- 1
-induced, and tlie 'Pr' sident, . (meaning" Mr:
Polk,), after hat4tels
,rPduccci it, appealed to
Congress."- Certain ' be must know, ftir ac- '
cording to his; l own sl, r Wing, it was not Pres
dent Polk, (who "all j abed to Congress,") but
John Tyler, ,who vO r _ a} not inn situation to
"appeal to C , ongre i s t ,") tirt produced the
ti e
war. But tv l , deny l ithat annexation was the
'cause of the Far, al if it-was, certainly Mr.
Clay should
il b the hst one to complain, for
he said in IBp heih :"personally no objec
tions" to that, tueasoe, 'flint on the contrary
would be glad to seoCit " And Mr. Webster,
1-'
[ high whip atithoriq 7 , recently admitted that
that measure afibrd4 '4lO just ground of com 7
plaint out the part l oOfexico." As long ago
as 1E.:37, in the opitijion of Andrew Jackson
and' the proper committees i? both branches
of Congress to winii lie Subject wasreferred,
there existed,"ontA cause for taking redress
into our own han4l Thus, also, thought
Mr. Van BUren, mi , ', l loin his first annual mes
':•agc,. teen pitulate4,ille Wrongs and outrages
of th e Ni exicalis, Qilil t r icolored that they called
for prompt "moAtu4s OF REDRESS;" Thus it
will he seen that ten 'years before annexation
we had, in he mullion of two Presidents and
committees in both b r anches oftongress ap
' .
painted to exaMine the mu t er, ample cause
for hostiliws. j (nese also -. must be. the
"wrongs" alluded Mr: Clay ih his New
Orleans' speech.i they were not, what did
he mean? ij
fr_ . The Harrisburg. Argils finds fault with
the removal of - M - r - . Peacock, late Post-mas
.ter at Ifarrisburg!notwithstandini he, has
held the office over twenty yen rs. '1 he same
ya per objected to 4,be renomination of Gover
fl
e nor t•ilionk because he had held the station
clue term. There's consistency.—Easton
.rgus. ,
1
'Just so—' , -but then such is the consistency
.ol all thre,one ter i tn gentle Men. They think
.1j
the "one term" prmciple eery good for every
body else hut themselves.
Major Ittirbide, rho was taken pris
oner at the ba tle of Ilua maotla, has arrived
at Philtiolelplii, . llt) is a son of Iturbide, the
firmer Pmmerlref Mexico, and a brother- to
Mr. Iturbide, who now resides at Bethlehem.
It
Among, tlje local questkms decided by
the late electinn in Mississippi, 'was one in
regard to a prept+ed amendment of the Con
stitution of that State, by'which the Legisia- .
tire is deprived of the piivver to charter
Thisaritendment is said to have bean
'carried in the affirmative by- iv .14 majority,
so that r hanksl can hereafter be incorpor.a
ted in that. State,. •
(C. - The Legislature of Pennsylvania will
have at least ono good elefivent and that
is, quite a goodly number of repitt%entatives
of the corps editorial. No less than fifteen of
them were chosen at the recent election.
A whig
Clay flag for th
ipapar MT south, runs up the
Presidency, '•s,ubject to \ the
' ople."
,The editor told tho
was by mistake.
derision Of the
truth once, if it
An lute
New York on
resting, ceremony took place in
Wanesdny evening, in the
the service of plate by the
en - York, to the r‘viclow of the
!ht. ' • '
presentation of
merchants of ,
late Silas Wrii_
er of Cincinnati who tuns
tn pay a debt, made a demand
!charge for reading the dun-
A la Wy
cently douned
of po,tage and l
ner'.4 letter.
A b - old Man
It takes a hold man to`tell a wilful foist:-
hood, especiali l y when he knows every body is
aware that it is one., Such a man, however,
is the Editor of the, Erie Commercial AdVer
tiser! Ile haS once or twice asserted the
Observer to be the organ of the I. 0. of
Thisj we denyed, not becanse we
tlw\ught it an) disparagement toibe the organ
of such a respectabl,i' body of men, but Ir
ram.e it was not traf! In his last num
ber be hi kes a l broader ground and asserts that
the i Oli,erver is - "the special organ of all Se
cret Sucieties'." low e assert, equally as
positively, tbtit the Editor of the Commercial
is a L1A11. , ! Once again we proclaim that
this paper is the organ of no sect, rAigiuus
or secular, ptirty or s6eiety, save the Deino
matic party, I any assertion to the contra
ry is false!
nizoo Doddlo in Mexico.
The inimitable correspondent of the New
Orleans Delta, ~M ustang," underi date of!
October fith,relates the following incident as
on illustratic n of the nelver-giv,e-up character
of the American siddiers in Meilen:
"Last night we had an exciting scene ati
the theatre. Between the pieces the arches- I
tra, which really a very fine one, kayo us
two or \ three beautiful airs, and, concluded
with a Mexican national air. l As soon
,as
they finished, the audience, being mostly
Americans ' I called for Yankee Doodle; 'but
the orehestth paid no attention, They stam
ped andl•aititeil, as if they,
would bring the
hou l e. down over our heade r but still the. or
chestra heeded not. At length the bell rang,
and lip 'w'tint the curtain. Tho audience
i•cemed for an instant as if they were willing
to giN e it td); hitt at this moment a tall, slab
kitled-looking, genius, who bore the 'appear
lince of being a real, thorough-bred -patriotic
volunteer Of the first water, raised himself
about "halt) straight," am said, , 41 often heard
that Xatikee Doodle was the American's fight
time; bilt as the damned eternal greasers
kept us so busy while we'Were tig,htiti', that
we couldn't have time even to whistle a little,
1 think we might have aditile touch of Un
cle Sam's lavbrite, if it'i only to make a feller
think ofi th i e white settlernent."' This acted
like an elOctric shock upon the audience, and
they 'reconunenced their calls for r Yankee
Doodle., The actors appeared upon !hostage :
but still they continued to stamp and halloo .
Setter_ Catlett° bowed gracefully, and smill2.
I'liewitchingly, but it was no use; they had,de
termined upon our national air, and nothing
could persuade them from it. The actors
withdrew the curtain fell, the orchestra com
plied with their demand, and the balaace of
the evening's entertainmentTassed ()Min ex
cellent order.) A Mexican gentleman,rsitiing
in front of ma remarked to his frisend, ithat it
was the hest illustration of the American char:-
actor he had ever witnessed—that when they
nue° determined upon anything, neither the,
tirmness.of man, not the solicitations of wo
man, could induce them to cease in their ex
ertions until they_ had accomplished their ob
ject, and,that in ten minutes after or before
any effiwts, you would think, from their ap
pearancei thet,tfiey"were as docile as lambs
and as hartnless as infams."o
• READ: READ!! -
A Whig VoluntecrOpiniohi,l4 his OldAysti. -
We i commend the folloWingdetter froMpol.
.Wynkoop, Ilstjtegiment Pennsylvania Vol
-tinteers, to the special attention of the alders
.and abettors, synaliathisers.and•eulogizers, of
whatever shade, cOlor, or complexion ) of Mex
ico and her cause. It speaks the language of
an indignant and justly incensed and outraged
patriot, and we are 'much mistaken if it does
not prove a worse "shower bath" to Mexican
whigery than Tour Corwin's speech 'did to
Col. ooniphin and his men. Again weSay
read!. read!
i•
LE - HIM FROM Car.. F.
Francis W. Hughes, Esq., op Pottsville,to
whom the following letter was addressed, has,
kindly placed it at our disposal. It expresses
the frank opinions .uf a gallant soldier, in
phrase so direct as to,prevent„all misboncep
tion. A Orusal of 'it will make our federal
friends regret the course, they have pursued,
and i.ejoice the heart of every-true lover of
our country, her glory, and her institutions.
Col. W. was a "whig" at home; but the con
duct of the leads rs and the orgdm; of the fed
eral party, in their "aid and comfort" of the'
enemy, has been so glaringly unpatriotic, that
it has converte,l him iuto a good dernocrat,whil
abroad; a patriot he' alwhys has been, as hi
conduct fully proves.
CASTLE OF PVTIOTII, Sept. ft, 1817.
M DuAft Sm.: }Lavin:2la little leisure fain
My daily occupations, and remembering, warmL
ly and I reshly several acts of kindness toward
me, a gives me pleasure to addreAs you, knotyk,
ing-t hat you entertain some interest for in •
welfare. lam now in command of this Mil-
I
itary department, and am kept quite binq wit
continual skirmishes with 4clerrillas, and a
occasional sharp light with rargeforces th
gather between here and the coast; in order o
oppo4o trains. The
health f . of-my_garrison s
good. and I have hopes that the 'great rnortal
ity which has existed in th e arrky is decreak
ing. i . ,
r '
This is hard, laborious, and precarious ser
vice. . Many of our best men - have, died, and I
truly consider the climate?. in itself, a mut;h
m or e formidable enemy than the Mexicans.=
A noble and self-denying - spirit of endura+
actuates the men, and complaint of any kind
is rare. Contented to .do thei - T duty, th i hy
risk everything in'the effort, and with a che9r
fulness which is gratifying to those who con
wand, step up readily to any work, no mat
tdr what the chances. It is as I have het ire
femarked, a hard sert.ice, fib of toil, pri ra
tions, and danger; buttis willingly eircn! n
tered and bravely, endured. Judge, theii, of
the 4 - dfeet upon cuff good ineli here, when fl ey
lobk back over ti L distance' ‘‘ hich separ tes
them froni their lends, in an cilia to lint
home sonic prop appreetation or their
sacrificing cunit ct: lt, is bitter amt ham
ting. I tell you', sir, th ere is a spirit
among the noon Anteriatis engaged in
war, which will no; sleep (luring luturity
spirit whtelt awaits but their ietu•rit to tl
der down ono!) the mouthing, se ribbliilg -
ophanti of a most unjust party, r
sure of an honest indojnat ion. It is the
that brooded over our land during the w
the Revo iotranil the last war: and In
the present day, palsied with age, hate
tp Cte, WWI leari uf repimtance, the
wh she, with F•cornt . til linger, !narked
for.lieo as the TORIES :of their cultit r)
maw, can see no difil2'rence between the
who in '76 Succored the Iltitish, and ' hose
who in '47 gatie` tirruments and syrnpat iv to
the Mexicar t s. this kind of language front
a man who came' Into this Ca Tpaigii' a whig,
in policy, may sound strange to, von: i ut 1
hate again anil nein gee") compelled to igen
to and to suffer that winch would hat e chang
ed the disposition and, alienated the rap •tions
of the most deterniine,Vpartizan, Even
I do not object to the leading and main p i '
pies of my old party, so much as I, cur:
deprecate the tone of its acknowled led
ers and Supporters; If there is an t
- which will prevent Gen. Scott front IEII
an honorable peace ;commanding, as he
the %vhole'city of the Aztecs. %valt hs F
fut battery, it is the spirit of treasol sit l
l w
unheatinglyi \ say is promulgated bj th
lug wing journals' at ho we. In arsortic
some ladroncs of 41ara,ni:liot time si
poss-esiled in self Of all the late news
Ipublished in th at IMice: and upon exan
Illem, I End that, in that place, as in '.l,
the strongest al - gtunctii,ls publi s hed aga
.
artily are .elections from whig papers
United States. I send you a kite cop)
-I.loletin de NOticias,• o - in which ► i loti w
ceive that the first article is an ,extra
the National I iteltigencer.
Viiiir fried, - F. AI . W VNKC
V on may p 'Wish th?k, if you plc,
have become io disgusted' with whit-,
seen, that. 1 hdve no care fin- the con-eil
which this kind, of truth lnay .produe
vith3t is said of Oro Spcoch.
The great ivhig "thunder-clap," tit
of:11r. Clay, has pioveil a dead failit
far as we have been able to yids, i
- 1 n
even well receive I tinning his ilis i n (party—
indeed, the press; as a general thin gryry treat it,
with marked coldness. We do not Mean 'of
course, that there are not a few \vilo warmly
applaud It, but such would have den;so un
der July circumstance. If he had , sisued
positions diametiically opposit.cOlk y would
have said amen, and threw up /heft~ caps as
high, and shouted a loud; But in nut er-'
ous instances, from Massachusetts o Geor
gia, leading and influential organs ofj .
that par
ty, have strongly reprehended and r pudiated
his most important propositirms: a large ma
jority of, the press of that party hay treated'
both his resolutions and' explanation with ex
treme coldness?" \%liilst few, very feW indeed,
have cordially concurred in 'and sus l i tattied his
positions. No :n re decisive evidnoca than
tliis could lie had, then; 'of the fact that the
movement, as a poli&al effort, is a dead fail
urel for all the purpos i es and efforts
i l for whit 1
it was designed; whilst , on tIV other hant ,
the political popular 4 of thej distnguishe I
and eminently/ able cx-senator must suffer
El
much in cott4Cquence...‹ ,
The following is one among . many of the
character alluded to above, and is;from that ,
old and influential Clay organ, the •, - 2W Vark ;
Commercial Adt:ertiseri i 1 ,
"We did not suppose that Mr. clay could
have anything,, or at least Much, to l ay of the
111eicati uar, which wonll startl eltihe pubiic
mind by its no‘eity, or prOducc ;. - r,rent em'ct
by the presentation of hitherto unexplored ar
gument. Rut we can say that, even more
than Wag anticipated, we are impressed with
a sense of We non-necessity for making the
speechl
at all; of its want 0f force and efferi
as a standard under which any number of
the tier)* May rally as the exponent of their
pittprps and feelings; find this mainly -be
use, to the vast multitude whit have' not I
malt; up for themselves a clear, determinate
and compd - ct opinion, 'it presents notating new
either in propositions 'or argument; wille it
falls short of extreme opinion on either side,
and capnot satisfy thrise who be r ieve •in the
'destiny' of conquest, ion the one hard, or
those who demand an instant and absolute
withdrawal frorp Mexico and the war on the
other, In short), the speech add nothing of
force or distinctdess to the „orea party issues
of the time, and ,i! , f ranot be adopt d, by friend'
or enemy, as the i tent rallying r:y of a lead
er." , I
..
. .
'o7' An Odd k ellow's lodge has been open
ed in the city - of Mexico. “Fiendship, love
'l and truth" entered the country with our ar
my.;
Front tie Perinsylvaeite
1
L P
I_ - . - IBE EI3GLISIL PRESS. a
a !
The English press; taking its cue f om tho
i'
- etlerat press of this country, is loud in , . its
enunciatidnsLuf the war with Mexicd, and as
.1) fE
matter of_cotree, the Administratio of 24 ;
oilt and the Democracy who sustai it, us ,
ailed all sorts of hard names, culled, ai tt
ickeus, from the moat approved ed nos of
pockney billingsgate. The last steame r
ihrought over an unusual quantity of his kind
i tof inerchandize, and as thbre is no tariff up on
its l introduction, not evenlfor "reverue," our
federal friends can renew their stocks
small cost. This Is certainly good]
then6n more ways,thatt one. Thei
this 6ommedity hating become extra!
frol constant use without any;ira
al" to manufacture now—such for i
the famods "pase"—aild their rece
"grind out" a little tit Lexington ha ing
ed a "dead failure,' the invortatiO rn . tist be,
very oppOrtune, and 'FederVism o gh to be'
deeply grateful to [lcjohn BOP for his kind
.
neas.
But all banter aside, we think if Federaisa
possessed enough of rirtyeto . blush at all, it
would d 0 so whilelreading theabuseqind false
hood heaped tipoii - our country by the En.
Presq, .knowing, as it must, that lath
abuse is in part owing to itiown treasonable
1* -
course in abusing its own koverwent, and
pleading the Cause of- her, enemy. Thus, for
instance, the London Morning Post, after
abusing our country irf true Coriwin and ; Web.
• r
ster style, thu)S shoWs its objec to be Trot:len T
td please its ;cockney readers there, th i n its
cockney friend here: “Prom-thotisands of honest and conacien- - ::
tions men in Elm United States, this flagrant
proceeding elicited the louddst execration.—.
They repudiated it in the: name, of their noun
try, and protested that it was only the act of
' a factious Executive, anxious to securean
other four years' ease of power by courting
the base passions of the vilest of 'the white - 1
mob. The latter 'element! con'stitutes; nnfot•
tunately, an extensive ingredient in the Amer.
ican Presidenltial franclrie.”
In common with the NeW Fork Trne
we do not envy the feelings of Acme Amen., ;
can editors, who, by a tieasonaMe abandon:'
meat of the cause of their country, have that
given aid and comfart to the enemy. But ott
thing'we do know, that the American peoplir
at In rg4`are sound to the core on this ijuestita t 1
They believe that the Mexicans are alone to N
blame fur the mortifications they have endur
ed. We have o , gered peace at every step et
the war, and they are the originndand - the
id aggressors. Finally, we consider this war
tis having been an instrument in the hands ti
Providence, to chastise a band of roblyrs !1 !
! murderers, bloody to each other, and faitblea
to all the world: and also a means of elevatiti.l
;he name and character oteour country
pitch of unsurpassed grandeur. yle retria,l
the oppressed of all nations, we feed the pce:l
of other 'clinics, and we are able to vindimi,l
our li . onor by force of arms. Let Europe test'':
eider these things and hold her peace.
I=3
ecn
-Iff me
r of
i n of
ietn
Ve.
nen
tb Erie Obtener.
PRO:7,RESS• A Satirical Poem, by J. G. Saze, Nir
York.. John Allen; Boston. Jordon &
This is one of those rare and racy proiluc.!-
thins which mar be often read, and which
stand the test Of criticism. We 58,4 rare be.,
cause there are but two or three poets intlfil
country %% ho succeed in pleasant and hamar.
Gus satire. Dr. Homes, to whom "Progren` l ,
I '
, is dedicated, stands dt the head of this clas► t
of 'writers, ' His versification is terse Sad
• happy, and lie has, as Mr. Saxe declaiel,"ut•
eqiialled power of playful satire." But if tht
Dr. i t 's "unequalled" in his satirical capabi' •
ties, Mr. Saxe himself stands next to the heti
add bids fair! to become a powerful risaft:'
•
the higlie.nors-. It is not. often thattiei,
reader firid:7. l sharper shooting than is cantle'
ed in the introluctory lines of "Progrcei',
•
which ale aA forws:
I •
this our 14 ppy :mil 'progressive' age .
%Viten nn til lite nllllllllOlll C. 1,05 engage:
- It 1100 6.• bats to soiltipn pages crow,
And .111.-.‘ her mace alnindo is for it beat:
NVlntil for their dogmas nottl 'esivtivoht fig Lt,
When docent lecture, Wl4 it' ten Chlndlell VI
ntartiNl honors to the children tbrost,
1 nli IN 'Major grown;
When otatrot v.; Nl` A ith oratorie plug., 0
c happy birth to masculine haraticuev.
Arid nptn Sir ri tremlfirric (or the liattini • fall,
Necleet their vtockine.t to preserve the • State:
%Viten eel: is wit, their brazen luvire
03 golden MI-111011 is looon-they never tra .
11 ith pariot prow , of Roman Grandeur nicely .
And, In bad. eulogize the ((rich;
Wilen factsllike thew no reprehension tiring,
Rol, utitt-eni.ored, no Ittorney
...-oth he laty .ind though •unliorit to dis 3
ta••ity' lie•zlitt. and 'build the loft, rhyme..
'lhtoch rt.Cr eve fret and warningly adtor
That 'middling tervatstgodt rind men despot;
Y. t to tH he ning, to Yankee license trite,
now,
and
-e„ I
Illve
)ek.ceb
'floc - T.!)
e. o
is niut
In s.tte of 110rd...eland 'Miner' lco." ,
f
Tratis n ee dentalism, Fourierism, Fasii . 4
"Water , c re - -all the humbug's and fa.:ri
ies of thci age—come trier the "attorr
pkt's observation, and are finally tenor,
with an ainditeinent" pinned to their coati!':
We have marked several passages for q(lc:
tint', but will content ou4elf by.ffivinglP l l
0
sage 'touching , "Associatiion."
•••.i•=oei ttI4III . is Ihd• made word
Fr Jill lt) Inv a unit prophet'
'Aar I. Is. Labor: . I• the angel ail no ;
l'n 'tender 0 tr th .1 .11111111[1r} heal en'
Atil•urtt ce Labor! . roc the chances rill/11,
14 - wr COOS attrnetive in the sontol:
Anil mon!, :1 )otlthllli flood, *here ii.iphr eti
Un\‘elconte fancies at the home of •work-,
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And, 1/1111 s r•r tpl, .
%ILO joyful urdor, turn
nelig hi fill griodslone.4 mid 'eductive , lions
•Ilen are not I,lW—the:in Euclid Sa2c, rebr ll ..
'Men ore n.rt what their'netions teem to loch;
'NO moral ill 1- nor Ural or tiled—
.3li it only err by being boar) , mixed!'
Tothanthe world a huge plumb-pudding , ca l t
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MA le up of rieho viandri,ifruitt and creams.
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WI kb or all choice Oki:cal.-urn artook.
Aud then te is ruined by a blundering cook'' , :
I , Prog,rdss" was Written by request of
Alumni of Middlebury College, - (Vt.)
which tiprietv .it was pronounced, ; Jt!'
Ist6. it is . beautifully printed in a pas ., ,
of thirty-two pages, and is just tong e;
to fini. h at one sitting. J.
(l/7 A resolution was lately posse`'
Democratic . meeting in Buchanan CO
Missouri. recommending Gen: Cis% ('
Col.Bettten) as the Democratic eandal;; l
Pre,ident, and Gen. BUTLER for Vice
dent. -
St. Louis Reville, et the
says that 'reventeen lambed letters sc!r
ceived at he Post Office in that city_cl.,
day previ bus, from Santa Fe.
• Ip New Orleans lately, sa .s the'
ta,, annul, by the name of Cupid, hvas . k' l i
'up for stealing a knife and fork., TOI
proximates more to the prose than . ch ,
of Love
O7'We perceive that a large alit
our Democratic cotemporaries have
the name of JAMBS IftICHANAN for
dency.
An exchange piperquetes frot
writing, 'owe no man anything," 11)1
-adds, "we fear some of our subscriber i
read Panl's
!at t very
newi to
stock of
rnely low
moteri.
'stance as
t effort to