GENERALS SCOTT AND WORTH.
The followin is the correspondence be
tween Generals Scott and Worth, which led
to the arrest of the latter, anti the :suspension
of the former: .
111r4co, Ntri. 13, IST7.
Sir-.-I learn with much astonishment that
the prevailing opinion in this army points the
imputation of "scandal o us" conduct in the 3d,
and the Invocation of"thes great numbers" in
the fourth paragraph of Order No: 349, print
ed and issued on yesterday, to Myself, as one
of the officers alluded to. Although I cannot
suppose those opinions to be correctly formed,
nevertheless, regarding the high source froni
which such imputations'flow; so seriously af
fecting the qualities as a gentleman, the char
utter and usefulness as u:► officer, of him, to
whom they may 14 aimed, I feel it incumbent
on me to ask, as 1 now do, most respectfully,
ht the frankness and sense of justice of the
General-in-chief, whether, in any sense or de
gree, he condesended to apply, or designed to
have applied, the epithets contained in that
nrdei in myself . ; and, consequently. whether
the general Military opinion, or sentiment in
that iiiatter, has taken a right or intended di
rection.
" I trust I shall be pardoned for pressing, with
urgency, an early reply to this communica
tion. Very respecfully, &c.,
W. J. 'WORTH, Ilvt. Maj. Gen.
-..
Commanding Ist Division.
Capt. Scorr, A. A. Adj. Gen., Head-quar
ters.
s, T
• I HE AD AAA RTIiR S OF TIIR ARM-,
!Mexico, Nov. 13,1847.
I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt,, this morning, of your communication
dated the 13th inst., relative to Qenerul Qr
ders No. 3'39, and I am instructed by the
Genera!-ii -Chief to reply, "That the Order
No. 349 tas, as is pretty clearly etpressed
on its face, meant to apply to a signed
Leonidas, in a New Orleans newspaper, and
tithe summary of two letters given in the
Wishington Union, and copied into a Tam
pico paper; to the authors, Milers and abettors
of thase letters—be they whom they may. - -
I am, very respectfully, your most obedient
servant,
11. L. SCOTT,.A. A. Acljt. Gen.
Gen. Wonill, U. S. Army
lIEAD qumatitts, Isi
Mexico, Nov. 14, 1817
sm:—l have had the homy to receive tour
'laity in reply, but not in answer, to mine of
yesterday's date, handed in this morning._
(1.,.
The General order i too clearly "expressed
on its face' . to mind f any doubt of its np.
plicstion in regnrd to ersons: the object ,of
my letter, as I endeavored clearly to express,
was,,,to seek to know distinctly, and with a
viaw to further.mensures to protect myself.
if as I supposed, I was onc,uf.the persons re
ferred to: Regretting the necessity fur in
tru4on; I am compelled again respectfully to
solicit an nnswer to that question. I ash it
as an act of justice, which, it is hoped will
not be denied. I have the honor to he, very
respectfully, Your obedient servant,
W. J. ‘VORTII, Mt. Maj. Gen.,
Commanding Ist Division.
Capt. 11. L. Scorn, A, A, Adjt Gen., Head
quarters, ,
lifiAD-qUARTERy Aft\lV,
hiexie(l, NOV. 111, 1317
Sm.—The General-is-Chief desire sae to
reply to your note of this date, by Aying that
he cannot be more explicit than in his reply
through me, already given: That Ile has
nothing to do with the susi ieions of ttther,
_and has no pwdtive information himself as
10 the authorship of the letters alioded to in
General orders No. 319. If he had valid in
formation on the subject, he tvould
tit+ prosecute the parties before a General
Court Martial. I hate the honor to be, very
respectfully, your most obedient servant,
11. 1...,5(XY1"1', A. A. Adjt Gen.
Bret et '4lnj. Gen: W.J. Wm nn, U. S. Army.
lIHAD-q,umurtms, Ist DIviSIoN,
Mexico, Nor. 14th, 1847
Sat—lt is due to official courtesy and pro- ;
priety that I acknowledge your letter, No. 2,'
in answer to mine of this date, and In dolor"
so, ar.d in closing this correspondence with
the Itead-gnartets of this Army, I latg ter-
Mission to say, and with regret, th'et I receiv
od no satisfactory answer to the fitst and'
rightful inquirie+ which I have addressed to•
t he General-in-Chief; but inamuich as I know
myself to be deeldy agreeved nod w rouged,
it only remains to go by appe,d, as I shall dri
through the prescribed channels, to the Con
stitutional "Commander-in-Chief. The Gen
eral-in-Chief is pleased to say, that o•he has
nothing to'do with-the suspicionsatfother,and
that he has no posliiye
S to the author-Lip,''
has not the manner in a Inch the Ci total-in
Chief has been pleased to heat the
tublishod, m,fiether designed or nut, is to be
seen, an unequivocal public seetime i nt
the subj,tct? There are always enough of
that peculiar and pestilectial ho
drily exist upon the breath 1 f smißoity
catch tip the hi-perings of fancy owl inft—t
a whole military cantuannity. Ido not de
sign to be stilled tinder the mi•anna of such,
nor stricken down, in my advanced ale, with
out an ebert to convince m n'y fr.eds that I
scorn to wear "honors not earned." I temain,
sir, your obedient servant,
W. J. WORTH, Pat. ITh.j. Con.
Cap, IL L. A. A. Atli , . Gen. ilead-
Inartcrs..
lit AD calAh'i }lin, 1.,1 Do. t.-l} I.l"litr
Altair to Maxico, Not. Ili, 0-:17. ‘,
To the lion. the See'y of War, Washingt:on:
Sir: From the arbitrary and illegal con
duct—the malice and gross injustice, prac
ticed by the general officer Commanding-hi- i,
Chief this Army—Major General %1 infield
Scott—l appeal, as is my right and pri:dege,
to the Constitutional Oo m mander_io.oinet . ,
the President of the United States.
I aeClise, Mnjor General Winfield. Scott o f
having acted in n manner unbecoming an mil
cer and a gentlmnun. lie has ri‘aili.4l hut:-
self of his position to publish, by his anthoii
ty, to the army.-which he commands. end i t
the influence of hi; station, to Bite the Noll
est effect to an Order, bearing date Nov. 1:Id.,
1847, and numbered a t 9, (olden! printed col.v
bereit it b,) caleulatedantlidesi;.:::eato ess.l o h__.l
tim and disgroep.ottil:evet . iti 4j it Gen. ‘Vortli t :
to bring thi.t general . olliser into ilt:rei•ot:
with the whole army. and to 10. , s en, if hut
destroy,,his just hilltieme'und proper auf Nor
ity with thosecdticers and soldiers over ti ;1,1,1
lie is pinged in conninunl. That he has. with
out inquiry or in‘esugniiim, in the :::id (L
-iter, (publielted to the army and to ti, :t 11 or!d,)
falsely charged fbrevet Uhjor General Worth
with havinfr, written, or cot !dyed at the
writing, a certain letter, pulohsherl to
the United btp.F, and to which he has
been p li nEp d to app;;' the epithets Of "!CuOtl4,
ions, malignnitt," E,..e. plat , lie has made
thesri cuitelitents to the woriti, !„Tiving them
the sanction ofhis high adiliority and the : , 1-
&cue of his pisitio», 1%1;41. he has acknowl
edged that ho-bad no information es to the
authcirsltip of the letter in question: and when
respectfully and properly udressed upon the
subject by the itruk , rsigned o appellant, he has
fJeclitted to reply, wliethorir not he intended
\I
to Impute Brevet Major General Worth's con
skim. 0 .106 lie has characterised ns oscuntla-
Uits, malignant," &c, 'Be pleased to 'refer to
_ A:acres 'audience herewith marked froni.A to E.
4 do Liot urge present action on these ac
casatitifts, because of the inconvenience of the
service in wandarawing many officers from
their duties; but I der humbly and respectfully
invoke the President's examination into the
case, and s.tigli nolige hereof and proteCtion
from the arbitrary conduct of the said Gener
al as lie may devil' t.1,1:::bl e . 1 hate tho lem
ur in be, yr:ly resreiAtilliy, your obedient eer
laid ,
NV, J. WIM:Tif, I1 ) t. (} et :. ; I'. 6..1
Endorsement on Me preceding fetter, doled
Nov. 16,1847.
"This paper teas prepttred on the day*Ot its
date, but transmission delayed in the hope,
not realized, that mature letlection would
suggest nn net•of justice, W. J. W. "
Nov. 1 2c"
. • .
The above is a cot' et copy of the original
endorgement.
3. C. PEMBERTON, Capt. A. D. C.
(
Ilman-quAnTints OF TILE ARMY IN lkinxico,
November 25, 1847.
Stn—Your letter to me of the 'kith instant,
covering a communication from you to the
Secretary of tVar, dated eight „'days before,
professina to be an appeal against General
Orders, No. 349, issued from thisqtrice, has
been received and this morning read by the
General-in-Chief.
For the studied contempt and disrespect to
wards the General-in-Chief, expressed in that
communication to the Secretary of War, un
der the form of an appeal, I awinstructed by
the General-in-Chiaf to de. ire that ~you will
immediately consider yourseif in a 75 tate of
of arrest within the limits of this city; and to
add, that he shall,' by the fist oppOrtunity,
form a General Court Marshall for your trial
on that and probably other matters. I have
the honor to be very respectfully, your obedi
ent servant,
n. J.. SCOrf, A. A. Adjt. Gen.
Brevet Maj. W. J. Wotan, U. S. A.
Charge and specification preferred against
Brevet Major Gen. Worth, of the United
States Army.
Cnsnax.—Bsitav ng - tuith conterlpt a ad dis
respect (awards his commanding (Ulcer.
encltuck•rsoixt—lii this, that the said -Bre
vet Major General Worth, in a, communica
tion dated November It;. 1 1847, addressed
through the Acting Ar t sistant Generalattach
' ed to the General Heau-quarters of the Amer
' iCall forces in Mexico, to - the Secretary of
War, under the pretext and form 'of an appeal
to the President of the United States, from a
General Order No. 319, published Nov. )2,
18:7, in the name and by command of Major
General Scott, the General-in-Chief of the
said forces, at the time, and still. , 11-0 said
Worth's commandiug officer, the said Worth
grossly accuses the said Scott of ifavinr4 , heen
in the said order, actuated by 'malice' against
the said Worth, as well as 'of having
acted in a manlier unbeconiieg tw iitr,e t - , r and
a gentleman, toward him, the said Worth, in
~the matters of the said order.
Ali this at the Capital of Mexico, at the
date first above Written.
WINFIELD SCOTT, Alnj. Gen.
Foreign News,
ARRIVAL OP THE 8RATT....1,,T11
NEw Your, March 4.
The ; Atlantic Steam Ship 13rittnnia,
ed at Boston to-day. She eLidcd from er
phol on tbe .12:h lilt., and Ims theiefore h a d a :
long pasraoc, being, twenty-one days out;
from port to port.
-Tile cnmmrrciai i twws is rather important.
The advices of the Brittania announce, an
advance in the price of Cotton. The rise is
atlributuble to the light stocks on hand in
Liverpool.
in money natters the market continues to
intorove weadily. The failure of a !urge
Pion Manse, i 8.; Son, is announced.
There lts,been a further decline in the
price" of Brervistufrs. The large quantities
of grain f,• , ,rn the late harvest.; e:mting i:]tu
market has produced this eft-et.
In Ireland the trouble continues to itlerczs'e.
Party feelings are daily becoming more exas
..,,mt"-'; and vt ar at once with England, is
s'pokitn (•!rte,r;" 4 l - tere3 among the most
6oletit partisans.
from Italy, the I:rincipal itc intere.-t,
isithe imp , ,rtant cact that I.m.d Palmerston
has sigt.if.ed to the Austrian Governatent that
Iti4'cabinet will consider any further inter
ference, by the Government of Yienna with
affairs of the Papal States, aa" a sufficient
c a use of %%Tr. The response 'of - the Austrian
cabinet to this intimat;un is not announced;
but: the circtitmoanee is certain to filing thin
question between the Pope and the emperor,
or rather Metternich; to a crisis.
The Archbishop of Canterbury is dead.
- I.lvmwoot. Cotton INlark‘O : . 12
Feb. U.
The market has rallied, eueci fly for low•
er grades. T he following are at present the
established rates; Ordinary to middling 41a
41; fair to good fair sa: tine 61.
The sale. for' the week ending February
I I, :iniounted to 32,000 bales, of t hich 8,000
liitios were Uphold, and ti.l,'eti at tlhati/; 1,-
oeo bales were of New Orleans at 4a6d.
The imports since the Ist of January have
been 55,000 bales. Tito imports for thetor
respotaiing period last year acre 113,000
bales. Fruin the United States alone 56,000
- hate been imported since January Ist,
mg a - decreuce as. computed with the
roe perip I lust year (31 . -15,000 b a l es .
'lllO tutal atucks in the hands or iinpmters
i. ut least 1,10,900 Infles less at this pe
rio.l la-t year. These facts have had the
itithietice to hd%utice and btaii • prices as
t.in 'l. IN :sr.:nisi:l—Feb. 12.—Sicee the Fail
; g ut the liilklrain the prie6s-of breadstullli
on: steadily dt ,The pres
nt' raie. for Indian ei;rn are 1 2 .8.132 s tid per
400 it:; corn, meal 124135 thl pr 4 bbl; white
whet.t. per 70Ibi, 7s GdiiBil 61, red reheat per
d o .,
The k,t.(enesee is selling, at 9.6'n
6,1.
1:: Lroei:iota the fol'on ing aro the tilling
race,; prime meorb;a9o shillic.gs per tierce;
,Atliaary 66:175s for new cured; M1:032i for old
Itit'Se Tina - is: m bbls 36n40e, for prime 30u
3::s; old Pork 48116 n: taPss- 48:1555; prime Wia
Ws; Bacon 1.1a)30 for old per cwt; dried and
sinulted long middlocv.,27::3os.
L4ll tt I'nu:st Airaen.—We are happy to
he abl e to pot at test (he fears for some time
cot el tattled lir the -.safety tit . the American
Cohmization Society's bark Liberia Packet, 1
(.'alt. Goodmansett, by ',totem:clog her safe!
arriv%l. flrty dayp, to the Cape:-. n!I
14-c. .1. P. Benham, Superintetyloot of the
:ethoilh,t l'iliFsions in Attica, and Dr M. to.
.N., came pricngor. She left
Mimr.,va on the fish 3anuat y, t.ud i:, lto,t iron;
Sic rot Let;tlP, Ow 18th of the stone month.
(. :11 . r in posses: ion or the, imitigurai
of th,JT. Robert4,riciirered to tin , Legis
-I,;,t;;re !emery 3d.' The imer:age is a Unn
t
tleghitied anti modest, docement. tlc
for' , : to ttr new and, important cateef upon
FLV. It they ha e just eri , ered.by sc ing from
thy Colonir.::tion t tal forthiog a state
uo,cruhs oh, and pointHg out the ;nicht Maul
, ,
dovol i
ing upon them. n tms oi•more.-
tihn, the aece!,ity of itspo , ii,g addittoual tax
es shoo the peal he, to supply the (It ticieney
of aid from the society, is retorted to. The
obligations to the society, are uiv,ays, pate
lolly confessed.
The: tr. S. ship of war JarnetoWn, Chunno
de,re B.dion, Failed fronhAiomovia Nolernher
:;it. for Prince's Island—officers and crew ull
Sue, .Muscle 2.
There,is more .inishine than rain—more
joy than- fain—more love than hat e—more
smiles than tease, in the world. Those who
say to the contrary we should not choose for
cur friends or comranions. The good heart,
the tender feelings, and the pleasant disposi
tion, anakea smiles, lot e, and sunshine et cry
where. A word spoken pleastintly is a large
spot of sunshine pit the sad heart—who haS
not.secn its plThcts? A smile is like the burst
ing tut ofthe sun behind a cloud to him,who
thourrltt lie ; had po friend in the wide world.
The - teM. af_nOction, how brilliantly it shines
alon - g , the dark path of life! A thousand gems
makes a milky way on earth, more glorious
than the glorious cht,ter over our heads.
0.1r711( Kvi vA1t...3)."...-J,,epli tzEtitte,
has been contirbaql by tht., Senate as
vt).-.010: ter u 4 tbe city ul 'l'rel4uti, N. .1.
THE INFAIWUS ASEIMUN AMEND-
Di ENT.; ,
it sill be recollected that the Hon. JAMBS
TUOMPSON, from this State, payed a few days
ago, in the national liouse ofitepresentat iVC.F,
a resolution expudging front the journals the
infamous amendment of Astntl'N, of Massa
chusetts, to the resolution of thanks to Gen
eral I:Almon—an amendment that declared
the war in which that brave soldier had earn
ed his laurels, to be unnecessary, unjust', &c.
Strange to say, in a HoUse which Turports to
regard General TAYLOR as a "Whig,", and
which contains many of his warm friends who
are anxious to see, and who are working to
make, him Pr?sident, this resolut ion Was 'voted
i
down, Ti e majority seem resolved that if
TA YLOR :i made President, he shall go
into the 'residency 'with this scandal
ous falt , eln od, insulting' to him s elf_ and to
the whole unary, written in letters of dark
ness upob his nag. 1 , .
Hut the countr will not allow the mattCr
_ .....- country wilt run ,0,.... .-
to rest here. The verdict j,f a edernl House
of Representatives upon aljust' and glorious
war, most be e.lptinged fiflla the records, of
the nation. It is a base, Wicked, and desper
ate calumny. ' Those wh i p voted for it, and
only a few months before voted, that the tvar
was begun "by the act'' of Mexico," voted for
what they must have known and felt was a
falsehood! It is a slaniid not only upon the
nation, but it is a slander upon Gen. TAYLOR,
and upon every other Man, officer or private,
that has drawn a sword, fired a muaket, or
trarched a mile, under the banner of our coun
t y.
arUThe J,,, 1g t e l i I
i k i c
wa s o f p
s e
o v
N - : r
f y o t r ru i e j i
s A l l l l: o e s r i ka
e de
t opportune
,resolution to obliterate it from' the Journals.
That he has failed once, is no reason why he
should not try again, and often. We trust
he will renew his motion on every occasion
until it is adopted, as did the gallant BEN - roY,
in the Senate. when a'reckl6sa majority slan
dered the hero-President, Jves:soN.- Ife-per
severedonailat last the foul libel wits com
pletely and utterly expunged. 13ENTo:fi lit'bor
ed to vindicate A filtlitt j f MAN, and the feelings
of the Masses were %Olt. him, and
.applauded
' him in the good , wor4: l Tnome ,, oN is desir
iuli of 1 ili:'deuling, OUR citti , ....r COI7NTay: and
there can be no doubt - thatthe reoplo, v ithont
distinction a party, art.-nith him, and would
rejoice to see the t•atin i t llouse which endorsed
the foul call:Tully upon!the war, pimaptly an I,
completely- witloh av% Frig it.
1 7 LetNtbe pootilar v - oei - i, then, speak ont!--
ilLet every public mectl..g- tiro is held take the
limat ter into cousidernion, and eltrOttra,l,e the
l i ki•spunging of AtiI;:CI.N . S ECa Ft la ioll3 amend
ment. Lel our wand; township, mollify, and
Sthie conventions, demand it!' Let the Leg--
ildatures of the States demand ii: Let the
dares: cry' aiimil and spain' nut i until the %id
ume of public o;,inion, gather ,tre::, , th In i t,
progress, 'bursts into the hall of the 11011,e ,d
Representatives, and commands the :Federal
plotters in that body to rep-all - their insulting
aced disgraceful accusation-of their country.
If tht v should pause in doing thii act, of
justice, it may be %yell tor.timolate them to
it, by imolting the aviny to declare itstier:
upon the subject. The ,heroes that fought
from Palo Alto to Chapultepec—the bronzed
.veterans that withstand dreadful odds at Bm.-
na Vista—those Who were saved at Monterey
to be wounded and savedl,:ignir. at Cerro f_lor
doL—thr..-,e whcowere besie p ed for twenty-eight
long clit,vs nt Poet - du—those ho remain of
the hundreds that were c;tit, down by the iron,
hail at Molina del Rey—those who' folloned
the eagles of SMITH, I at, Contreras, and of
tinit,n3, at Chnrubusenthose who entered
the Capitol with the triumphant Soo-IT—wilt
these bras e troops declare that a vote of thanks
to a brava soldier is to be poisoned with the
falsehood no calumny ti at this war is unjust
and unnecessary? This case is their case
T!!c: insult to him is nn itisult to them:
country reds. it as deeply in his ease I
would do in tii, - .!ts. NVe :!!fluld rejoice to
the verdict of the army tip'.?.n the
Judge Tnompsos; and we do not know ':11) 1
er it wonld not be as well to ask for it
At ull event. , , let the' peoplemnd the p
speak out boldly ttud promptly upon this
portent 44 ucst ion.--Pennsykdziian.
LA'EST NEWS!
=
The Steamer P.dfih, at Neu• Orleans rom
Vera Cruz on the 19th ult., bring some indi
cational Mexican news. Nothing later from
the Capital.
A pas:eager ;by the .Eriii/e , Filth's -he bad
been informed by Gen. Twines, that he had
received posit ;ve information that Gen.
had granted SANTA ANNA his passport, rink
that he was expected • in Vera Cruz: the 21th
ult.
A correspondent - of the P l icavunc, writing
flora the city of 11ix:ico Feb. 4th, miyi, he was
at a late meeting of the members cif Congress
at present at Queretaro. There were 25 in
attendance.
It was ordered that the Governors of the
Suites or local authorities that if they do not
tumour in their s c ats by the 20th Feb., they
shall be udjudl.ed as traitors to their country,
guilty or high treason—arrested,,ticated and
published ec'cordiigly.
Accounts from San Luis via Mat:morns,
states that great l enrts were being made to
rair-e a force to expel the expected invaders.
Zacatecas report 'says a formidable taice has
been organized, Gen. Bust a men le the head,
s ho declares lui will not only defend the State
butitl yet redeeM it from the disgrace which•
pvcrwlnlins her,
,if Santa Anua is no longer
iutm with the command in the army.
The Yocattur Commissioner at Washington
has received il4rmation, that in Yucatan the'
Indians have risen in a body nod have taken
the field to the lumber of 1,0,000 as it is stated.
They have begun their l 'worfare by commit
ting the most liorible Ina l sacres on the whites,
la) ing waste the whole' country, devasting
towns and vilages and slaughtering the in
habitants without regard triage orsex. They
have procured urns and ammunition front the
Senor Sierra, has applied to our govern
ment fur astdstance in arms, & c., and has
mdted that n portion of the hotne sqinuiron
despatched to put u stop to the exterminating
career of the"Sas,ages, the application will
Le con=idercd at ()ace b the cabinet.
Account, % New 0 ! leans, rtate that he
government 11Wve tendered assi,tance
i n.) the ! , :0‘ eminent of !!Yucattn, which has
been aceunted.l
on, an ithnun se turn out to honor
ilwcllr. An :us, Fuld wore, yes
term,) .
The Sei ato 1" • eCr` P-1 vltifed the Treaty.
It iq now sm.', that a new project has been
-ogge,ted that mill matelially change its
fentul es. It prol'oses n difrerent boundary
From t,uy une.yet proposed, and way pine,
;Tor-font 1.: Aiurmst /1" s W EST.-A most
atrocious murder was committed a few days
since On Italian Creek; in Wio,hington county
near Medina') titer, in this State. A Mrs.
Might had made some remarks in reference
to some young men living in the neighbor
hdod., Three of the men ibited the house
and found MrS. W. alone—they heather most
unmercifully, and left her lying on the flour in
almost a lifeless condition. They then left
the house, but soon returned and found Mr.
Wright at home. Mr. W. seeing, them
proaching the house, took his rifle and went
oat to meet them, %Own one of theta named
Patton, picked up a stone, threw it at Wright
and !mocked' him down; then kicked and beat
him until he killed liim. They then drew the
body some distance into the woods, covered
it. with brushes and burnt it. About a week
afterwards it ts as loultd burnt no 'as hardly
to be recognized. Mrs. Wright was found
lying upon the floor a day or two after she
was beaten, hardly One of the three
men had 1)0011 arrestq, but Patton and the
other are still at large .fit. Lptis
THE '0
MIN
It 1
Antnrday 'Mond
(rpTitos. ikEra
agent to, procure subl
(r?" In another c ,
correspondence beat
iiiiorth, which ted.t
and etispension of ti
excepency, the C
dished upunother if
Ezia Ca
We learn that t
company hero 'eke
M. Reed, B. Bi. V
Thos. G. Colt, of
Crawford; John A
ty, directors for, the
Kelley, E,Fq. wits t
the Board, and M.
DEIVIOOR4TIi
This Conventio
Saturday last, .lull
has intervened, we
Thuredarafterpoo
its orgnnizaticn.
by the way of Net
i.
vote for Bresid I
-
las 31; Ciss 1
the came
ed William ,fCelley, C.
incept, John A. Tracy,
'lri°; M. B. :Lowrey, of
endt); of Mercer mom
ensuing,. year. William
elTed President of
ki.oodwin, Secretary. 1
STATE COBVENTION. ' .
I met at Harris-I.mq; on
although nearly 'a
wea'
have not at this time,
1, any reliable, account of
Telegraphic dispatches,
u York, inform us that the
•tood, Buchanan 84; Dal
-41 id Van Buren 5. • From
wo.learn that John . W. Fori-
A delphia, and : Wit6on Itrr
ts urgh, were appointed r.en- .
; o the Baltirnoro Conven
hamit PAltiThil, 111., tff
‘1 as nominated for Canal
in the third ballott. -I
ot 'of Mr. J'ainter , we hail
h is' man eminently quail
° , and will command the
io tof the party. It will be
'a , h candidate three years
nry, Esq:, cif I
CandlPss, of P ti
ntnrittl delegat
flint, ithd tha
Wesitnorillund
Culp rajCSioner,r
_
1 -
~
The nominal
with pk•osure
tiel for the sta g
ntu!nitnons
recollected he
inrns received the nomina
l] difeat,ed by a few votes.
n those t; ho ,'l..cged his
n—ferenee toMr. 4. llitrus; and
rt has since seen the error of
At least his : nomination
dt oce of the fact, and that
EIMEZIE
lion, pIA
We u.-ere thee
nnmination,
we think the •
lIIEMIIIIIIII
!lOW it: gum'
jubt;ce, Itithotig
certain.
The int
ais Asl.imin Amendment."
Ve call ant ut do to the artidle in another
min under thi head copied from the Penn
tda \ 'bile it pays a just and flatter,
complime it t ) the courage of our• dist in
duished repre tin ative in Congress, it -86g
gcsis a course.° action on the part of the
Democracy of tl°. Union, which
.we hope to
see enthusiastic' responded to. The "Va
-1 •
mous Ashman amendment," declaring the
war unconst tntionally commenced by the
Presi lent, um c nveying, an implied censure
upon the hero c londuct of our bravo officers,
and volunteer it Mexico, should be expung
ed from the r c rds pf the country. No such
blot upon" our e•cujcheon- r —the fair fame of
the Union—o tg tto be alldwed to disgrace
the records. o th House of IteprentativeS.
Judge Thom i sot has rightly interpreted and
promptly le: , An Jed t 6 the wish of his Constit
uents, and tv bdie.ye the whole country, in
this matter, .nd we confidently expect they
will not be sl • w ,in maki l ng, it manifest:
lie Legislature.
FYI%
and
.s it
!ear
•;II drauiwr its slow length
, Lnost exclusively in i - ..7,u;4:ider:
~, bills of a local character, and'
. the atliArs of the nation at
n occasional glance over the
cs of both branches, we can
i publication, if possible, in our
d little to the interest and less
ton of our readers. When any
I at at all concerns this section
n veath it shall be duly "obser-
This body
along, engag
ing and pass p
,61.1 pe!intentlit _
large! Fr(i t
daily procee
safely say the
paper would a
to the intern
thing ocettq
of the coton
WA
o use of Ch'orofosm
hat a fatal accident has oc
innati from the, use' of "this
We obser
curred at C
I
e insensibility to pniu. NN'e
d ninistered to ourself fur •the
s that of the Cincinnati case,
i it administered to others, and
agent . to prolu
have had it d
Ell me ',ego.
and have se ,
have peithe
result there
•%ve think,
of the urtiel
tered in ale
'.vie of wed
felt or observed any bad effect
ram. Nevertheless great care,
ould be taken (in the preparation
s, and it should only be adminits-
Presence and according to the ad
cal men. Like all great discov
iries,fe be used with caution until
nervation -have enabled us to judge
d correctly of its effects.
cries, it rega l
time and ub
carefully a
Mr. G. 3, Ba Speech.
We have 1 1
gentleman
mett to till
perused it
guments at
Pennsylvat
e ire ct upon
give it a hl
really, been
tindoubtedl
the other t
friendly to
( en favored with the speech of this
n the Legislature on the suppli. ,
Central Rail R r ead Bill, and have
)eitli pleabure. The positions, ar
nil deductions, are sound and tAmly
Hint, and must have produced an
all who heard them. Vie would,
lace in our columns, but it has 'al
published in the Gazette, and will
ly find its Way, into the columns of
vo papers in this place politically
I M r. Ball. ' ,
A I , lLw Statc 1-lovcrnent.
d people of bong I(4l4d—being
malcontent with her present po
! lucre appendage of New _York
Iwr from attaiolag that prominence
in the Union .to which her int
o revs, population, and prosperity
entitle her—are getting up an ng
)l :t vitiw of having her erected
'1'111! F,,t)q
somewhat
cit.lo9 119
pro. Clain
and },t:v L
111Q1,1F1_
113 IA fest IT
ii l.lllofl
rate, independent, and sovereign
;ode Island and Dehmai . o Nava ev
fled the heads of the Lang ,Island_
into, a sep
State. II
i,lent!v tu
ME
new I liite of Telegraph has opened
Fredonia. The "first flash" he
placj, and Buffalo took place on
ast! 'lt will he completed to this
v, and an office immediately open
'agent was here on Wednesday and
oni.ailjoining this office, in Wil
oek.
an office i
twegn thu
bt.turtluy
city to•d•
ed. The
reared a
MEE
(o' -- TI e coure,of the Editor of the Fre.:
donhi Exress, in putting forth a false state-
inent the there were over 150 cases of Small
Pox in this place, after a committee, of re . -
spectable citizens, including two or three
physicia A, had declared upon examination
that ther was'not one, and still persisting in
it, is perfectly characteristic of "a diviling
two . ..pentl y
pi:4yfegger! His 'attempts at
wit, to cover q his falsehood, like his efforts
at law, ire perfect abortion:,, and bring as
)s to tlie fuee"of his "readers, as the
, s pennies in his pocket,
few Emil
latter du
SERVER.
~~ _ --
P A
tjt. March yl,.
IlsoN is a duly •authorized
:erihers for this paper.
lumn will be found the
een Gen. Se 3tt and Gen.
1 , the arrest of the latter,
e former. I NYe think his
l immander-in-Cidef,
l ime
;tasty plate of soup."
1
coinpaar.
io stockholthirs of this
For ihs-ErinOleerrer.
• I
No. 2.
REPORT of Col. J. J. Abort, Chief of the Corp/ of
Topographical Engineers, in reference to
the 0 °camera e of Mil Etches and West-
era Rivers, 'Omitted to Con.
gross Jan. 6, 1848.
In my communication of last week, in com
menting upon this - repert, I confined my re
marks and extracts to the lake commerce,.
I shall new praceed to give somd of the re
sults in reference to Col. /thefts' investiga
tion, .in relation to the commerce of the
western rivers., But before doing so, howev
er, it may he of some interest to your read
ers, to present' 11 comparative view 'of the
value of the exports and imports of some of
the most important ports on the lakes, for
the yeay,,1846;41n item of 'information omit
ted in my last paper. The report gives this
ratite, as follows:
Whitehall, • , 86,327,489 -00
Burlington (district) 3,777,726 00
Oswego, 9,602,980 00
Bo filo, 48,089,110 00
Erie, 6,373,240 00
Cleveland, 12,559,110 00
Sandusky (district) 5,043,127 00
Monroe (dist.)incl. Toledo 9,519,067 00
Detroit, 8,700,348 00
Chicago, 3,9117,150 00
doubt not, this comparative view, will
suggest wh -e mind of the speCulative read
or, sonieikreeable reflections and anticipa
tions, in relation to the future growth and
cminehce of this city as a commercial empo
rium.
In regard to the commerce of the Western
rivers, bd. Abell, remarks, that he has found
it extremely r difficult to obtain exact informa
tion ion this head. "ft does not appear (he
says) to have attracted as much, and as early
attention, the trade of' tt lakes; or •to
have had as ninny engaged in collecting and s
reporting its details;,(and this he thinks) may
nave been on . tiecount of its palable and vnst
extent, visible . to every observer, was
considered sufficiently notorious without the
-fo'rmality of record." Ills chief reliance,, lie
informs us, has been upon the records of the
daily and pm iodical journals, and the matter
'collected and reported in the Cincinnati 'nein
oriel of lb I:2,and other kers of a similar
hind. •
Flom official returns' of the Treasury 'De
pertinent, the .steataboat tonnage of tote
Western river., equalled, in the year 18 , 12,
1;26,278 tons; and from the same authority,:
the same sifecies of tro.nage amounted, in
lire year 1816, to 219,035 tons. To this fllllt4
be added the tonnage of b01t,4 of other kinds
(not steamboats) and this, in the Cincimiat•
memorial,:is estimated at 300,000 ton.;• or,
which is the same thing 4,000 boats, carry
ing an average of 75 toits each. This amannt
added to dip steamboat tonnage, will give, fo
the year 1842, as the totalictrinag,eof all kind
on the western rivers, the aggregate of .136,-
1
'278 tons.
1 1 Vat ' it is ahsurneJ, th.'ro are rive serio - $ . of
flat boats in rineyear making downward trips
The amount, i then, of produce of every . do
Leription, carried to 'market by these boats,
must, according to the suppositidni as abort
stated, of the Cincinnati memorialists, be
placed, for 1842, at 600,000 tons.
"The steamboat nnigation is of a different
character. It is repeated as s often as the con
dition of the boat, the season of the Year alid
the state of the waters will admit.". Taking
all these circumstances into consideration,
and the fact that these boats are; not always
loaded to their full capacity, Col. Abort sup.
l '? . es that their toutioge is repeated ten times
a year; or that then; are ten trips of 4he
steam tonnage during that period. This sup
positioiLgives fur the steamboat freight of
the year 1842, 1,262,780 tons; or a total of
merchandise (exclusive of the, way trade)
transported during that year,. on the western,
waters, of ' 1,862,780 tons. '. • 1 ,
The report then goes into the question of
the moneyed value of this commerce, and
'though it is not attained by an' exhibit, abso
lutely of its value, derived fream the ascer
tained value of .the several parcels, separate
ly; yet the process by which it is reached,
by using the value per ton of the lake com
merce, as an Inuit of measure, crust, I think,
commend the results arrived at, as a nearap
proximation of the truth. .
By this process, the direct' commerce of
the we - stern rivers with New Orleans, excl -
sive of the•way trade, is found, for 1842, o
amount to $69,739,354.. Now, referring, s
the report observes, to the Treasury returns f
the amount of exports and imports of N w
Orleans for the same year, w 6 find them to
amount to 50,566,903; a, coincidence sul-
fi
eiently near to sustain the accuracy of t a
calculation just given, and jto justify t le
amount of exports and impOrts at New Or
leans, as officially stated, to be taken as an
exhibit of `the.Commerce of the western riv
-1 era with that city. . ' ,
i For 1842, then, this commerce can be stated
• at .., • : $50,566,903
In 1846, a statement of the treas
,- nry.inakek. it
Showing. an increase inA yrs. of it 11,639,816
or an average-annual increase of 51 per cent. .
But l that has been said,' refers entirely i
to th direct trade with New Orleans. The
i (I
indire t, or way commerce, has been in no
way included. According to the Cin c innati
memorial, "The I bores of 'the 11 ississippi, on
both sides, from the mouth of the Ohio '
downwards, tceives supplies , of live sto - ck,
provisions, machinery, fanning Implements,
cabinet ware, and a great Narie:y of fabrics
frOm the moro. northern state's of: the • great
valley. (Awl) a still more" inipoitant addi
tion is the to de which passes from town' to
town, and from State to State, throughout
, I,
the Wes,. anti which Is' independent of what
arc termed +torts and imports. it is diffi
cult (continue the'tnemorial l istr) to form i tiny
adequate ided Of the trade, IJut!We Who sup it ,
, g oing fOrwrird, and witnes I Cri( o g aintie
led to keep it in operation, litaiw'
a large item in the estimate of
lindustry.'' ),'his trade they es
e year 18,42, at 70 millions.. .
I
•, goes into an elainn ate calcula-
IF° the valde of this way c6n
-11846. He makes use ,of three
ithe determination of the iMstio 4 n:
Mt a different combination of the
data available. Taking the
te results of the, second and third
which he is disposed to rely.with
mfidence, he finds the way trade
ern riVers for ills , S•ear, LW, to
I. - i 0116,6/54,737
r a direct, or New Or- -
ale, as already de-
I
means requi
that it forms
our trade an
timate for
Cul. Aber)
lion to dedu
merCe for
methods furl
each based
elements
mean, 'of tiv
methods, or ,
the most. co'l
of the west(
be
Add, for th
leans tri
terming
-Fur the pakenger traqe
LlSSlthavea total of
ias an expression !of. the net value of the
'commerce of the w i estorn rivers for 1846.-
1i say net value, ' for the floating value, or
that derived from ; aggregating the exports
and imports at both termini of the trips of
course would be, double this amount - . '
What nave written in this and a previ
ous article, gives lAA a small portion of the,
information to be found in the report in ques
tion. A sufficiency, however, I trust has
been brought forward, to show the value of
the Report, and to l incite those who ta.k& an
interest in Such matter, to read it enyre.,
It Must be a sourcef kratifilca'tiri to 'the
reader to know that there is'a department of;
the government, where.facts of the kind al
luded to, are treasurcditp, and:the philosophyt
of them, so far as they relate to the lover
tanee of this branch of the public interestsi ,
discussed. PFacts in themselves, isolated and
not seen as a whole, o 1 in their legitimate re-
Cation, are inert to exemplify the life! and
character of the whole businees• of which
they are but a part. But.-whem these fact.
are studiously collected, and are brought toj
gether, as they are in the present instance, to `
one point, where they -can be stud' an
their mutual boating upon each othe , well
as their united bearing upon the w alth and
industry of the whole ,nation, deterr inedi the
elements, of a correct s a ud thorough knowledge
of the subject are made available and the phi
losophy of them, so far nt i they affect the best
interests and h i uppiness othe people, evolve(4
Tho Potation of tho Whio. •
One of our exchanges very pertinently re
marksthat the universal wing party are just
now engaged in the funniest eiftrt
ble to carry the next Presidential glection.
diard eller and coon skins, is n't a comparil
attn. They are a:ming to come, before the
country with 113 much the appearance of dem
ocracy, and as little of that:ef whigery as pett T
siblc. They are 'careful to let it 11 , 3 under
, stem/ that the old :.issues are, obsolete: that
General Taylor is not an ultra whig. They,
in fact, stand ready to conce,le every prilttei
ple thetlemocratitt party provi:lvd they can
get %C.tt'S (Melia!' to ;fel hold of tie
After cur.2ing an d damm'ilg thie: l le.xica:t war,
they are novv rowdy yiehl ty every 'pi iaci
ple even about that. They are r. 3 iy to take
half of' AR:Nino and a part oldie
the p.i>ophe will conctuth', that az; they pit.fer
democrhtic fneasuree, they Kato no particn
lar use fur a n big President.
(C i i- - "O; I r neighbor of the (;e:atnereial is th e
happiest mortal alive—every thing suits him
—not a move upon the whig p. lineal chess
hoard but 'what is just as he obhi hare
Fur instance, last week, he was in vcsnielk
because . Kentucky was reported to bat s
structed her delegates to thunat.o.mlcunvei- i
lion to support Gen. Taylor. This it eel; the t
report proves to be unfounled, arid MN
neighbor is even better s\iited. st
"The report from ,Kenluchy Ptatt he 'ti
,
te Co n% ,en I. ion 110 , Iressiintin
instructikg their delegates to the national
Cooc e mi , ;,, o It) Nate fur General Taylor's noin
inution turns cut to betint - 01111(W. NO :lief,
re:401116011 Wri:3 adopted, nor was' there any ex-
pret-sion of preference,' for any man for the
Presidency, made by ' said Convention: that •
power was vested entirely in the delegates,
who know 'well the feelings of their constit
uents.
In all candor we say that this action suit
us better than the first account received."
-iye are told thlt Job, blessed the Lord on
der the severest bodily afflictions, but here iy
a political Job that blesses his party, _
ever better EatitillAr (Mier the •C'Were,:t polity
caLafflict ions.
-..-
"It being generally understood that Mr.
Clay would attend St. Stephen's church yes
terday morning, that beautiful edifice lens crowdeii to excess nt an early hour, many of
the seat being filled with strangers, while
the aislhs and passages about the -duorWay
were equally crowded with those anxious to
catch a-glimpse, however brief, of the Mani
the grandeur of whose intellect causes 'the
unirld to hold its„lircath in- awe, at lhe 'acre
trantion of his naine."—Phil. Xeirs.
The whigs talk it goal deal about the man
worship of the Democracy, but where in tli e
1
annals of Democratic newspaperdom cant ley
find a parallel to the above? I "The gram eur
of whose intellect causes the world to hold its
breath in awe, at the more mention of his
name." Can todayism and fulsome siekning
flattery, go further! Mr. Clay is a great
in
ti c
n, in his way—no man denies that ',but
s eh Mtn-foolery is disgusting.
The Marion"( Ohio) Eagle has favored its
readers- with a new rign or earmark by which
a Whig can be detected. He is n man who
will make no public exposition of his politi
cal principles! Hear him: .
"That Gen. Taylor is at heart a genuine
Whig, we have the most entire conficrende.—
His very determination to make no public ex
position of his political sentiments, is to us 'the
evidence of this fact. For, ieerehe a Loco
foco, there would be no motire for hint to . be
silent; no impropriety in'his proelaimink the
fact to the world." ' t'
,I,
We give the above for the benefit of the,
Taylor organ here. 'That sheet has beehha4l
pushed for evideneefff its favorite candidate's,
whigery, and we know its editor will thank.
us for bringing to his notice such puoitive ev
'idence in favor of the point desired to be es
tablished. Gen. Taylor i 9 undoubtedly' a
whig; not, 11S has often L. en asserted, a “f, k o . i
ry Clay Whig," for that kind of a "whig" is .•,
not afraid to give his opinions on all and ev
ery question of natinnal policy-I , dt lit) is 1
what IN infinitely- bettor. a "Ilarrison wing!"
—he has "no opinion' for the public. ey6: - -
and if you make him I L residcat you initH have
I -
a large share of that purely whigcornfoodity,
I , "zt generous conlilleticC," I
)- - ' .) 1 ~i,
i
I ar Tho ~,l)t , s ha ay ele4tod plc r;Mnyors
I and a nu,jority.; 4'4 derMi at in! quf i l recent
,
- chatter elections in Ent - 11110 and Iktroit,
whereat they arc filied — With great joy. 4 plie
democrats, on the contrary, hat elbeen erinal-
IY bucce:. - -1-fol in rtoche•ter ninl Cletclantl,
whereat they are equally rejoiced. 1 '
62,206,719
The "Saturday Evening Post" 1135
recently changed handle, and been conidera
bly enlarged. It is now published by ;\'es , rs.
Deacon and Peterson, who manifest ne little
enterprise anti taste in conducting it. It is
one of the very best Philadcdphia weelFlies
we receive. The Publishers, however, have.
been grossly impose(' upon in the originality
of a tale they are now publishing, entitled
"The Talismans." The same. story was Ina
ligbutl in the "Gavel," an Odd Fellow's
monthly published at, Albany, : o..er
l a year
'62,206,719
5,118,269
41hd,iih4.;
OE
X - . Y. Z.
now to tell Them.
From *alto.
' . Correspondence of Me Erie %terra:,
~, ee , CAMP MBAR MIRR, 0,11,
February 7,11 ) ,
As the traveler approaches the ti+a . 4
Mier, by casting his eye eastward he will
discover upon a hill about two miles distsnt,
the tents of the troops stationedatthseplaes,
or as the lamented Hopping named it "c o „,",
Instruction." Beyond this; about one4sti
or three-fourths of a mile, on the plainbeiow
shining_ in the' sunlight, are- the cts, t 4
houses composing the quarterniastees sal
Commissary's :depot, looking much like s
village in the distance. ' Near - ilie depot sto
the graves of Cen. Hopping and,,Capt 8 3 1,
ler,,of the 31 U. S. Dragoons, neatly p a w
in, amba wooden cross rising, above the pil.,
the better to de fi ne the sacredness of•the
spo l .
. ,
A hundred yards beyond this sire ps - As
muddy waters u{ theiltio Grande, the app o .
site shore of whiCh is - (the "magnanimous
nation" to- the contrary, notwithstanding,)
the U. S. As lam engaged in peningthis,
the stirring notes of the horseman's bin
come swelling an the breeze—it's the, hoe
of "drill," and though a loathsome dims
(the small-pox) prevails in the, camp, P A
stern rules 'of military usage relax not, 'ar i d
the squadrons come sweeping down the plain,
Until within the past ten days, there h li
not been a rain here since Sept. 4, '47, a s i
I have seen these-dragoons charging over this
ground in mimic battle, the dust rising frog_
the cut-up field ! ' in such dense masses Is k ,
obscure all, save the flashing sabres at t h e
leading seetiiK. , But. "let's see," as' its
blind man Elia],
.reat's in the wind. ' One ebtli. - 1
• -
pony t they're grays )are practising the t'alic€:.-i
itt9;4," and the 'cumbersome front of .s,•:
thirty files moves upon its pivot as medut• i
icailv as a gate upon its hinges; now th e!
break intoseetiotis of twos or fours, ea k :i I
over the fell, Val II to fall into liiie and z;i :
to wheel their heavy front. At the extra-i=
of tl.e drill ground sit a ibudy men on th l tr 1
horses, while in front of them estelled riif..
and left until they enter the entire fr , ,i,ty.
the "main boily,"' rile sonic tuenty slfirifit;
ms. At a signa: from the angle- the tv't.:
array - [lmre forward, and at diErent c411.it , ,
scouts 'nave "to the right-," "left, - : , :,,ab,‘ J t.,-
"retreat," "1 al ly•'—api n le-advancelsupp.ft,
ei-in the main body, all at q.l sr •J, anPLI
the clatter of , arms aild tuilitar)?mr., Ili
spirits of the horses rising_ in ti_ 11•21til.1(iii?.
=
There. another party aro leaping the ",1:;c,"
and "liar,"oin I wo be to the awkward w.; ,. .:
that lic,. , p not close to his. , saddli.... 2i.aut;
:-tla , l are "running at the heads," a drill :1.•
cukar to the riding-house, which li - e - re - d, -- a1;.•
poled of a brush fence enclosing, o: w it L
bi l lr.l;of . an' acre, in parailelo?ram f am.—
jA is are set on the tong sides, and cami) by,
itt fred, revezenting heals, are placed t.;:i
ih. m, at which, as the troopers gallop noIIJ
a ions cuts, thrust!, point!, parries, kc L't
n• de. still another cxerciso. Uri f , ,t
rG a ratty who seem to be caccesiirgly c.
;ry at their imaginary foe, if we may jut i ,,e
rout the painter in•which they tanks tls
sabers play about them—but )tark, frettitig ,
guard tents contest he welcome nutcsi f thete
call, and the vacant camp again swarms with
pen (tad horses
Pass now by these lade, as divesting theta
seves of the " , loriuus panoply of the tield."—
':
-Grim visaged war smooths her wrink:tl
brow, — awl the""bnys" let thetnsul.es,J4t.a
song, after this manner:
"Tim tirag4ott bold, lie. .roans the a of hc,
And arolh's a' , out with he, 111.1b1.1r le
lle •p^ud. no thought on the es!' .I.:r
U..t >eut it away to the Mexier.in NU."
So much for "Clainp Instructinn."
the drill grouna fur three or four of th'e
regiments, and perhaps for years to coin ?
Union Blue tnny be seen marching aiulTo.4.
termarching over this very plain. I think:.
likely. ON EGO,,
Another I'anic Movement
An address signed by forty-t-wo houses e.
gaged in the iron business has been pub:'ti
ed in the - Philadelphia papers, in which I'2
signers complain 'of the reduced piices
iron, speak of the nely tariff as the conso l s::
call a convention to be held at Ilarrigt
on the 33t1 of March, "to make known:he in
jurious effects of the present revenue has on
the great staple interest of Pennsylvania."—
This is a whip scheme fur the promotion c:
wing interests in tine nest President ale!e:
lion. It will not have its debired
ever. The tariffhumbug has had its dsy
the glory has departed from Israel—and
people will not very soon be caught'in
such a scrape as the result of the elective
1816.
An amendment to the conatitutin r•
Michigan, triakir;g the Judges, State Atal,:er:
Treasurer, Attorney General, .11:hter ,
Chancery,"and Notaries Public, clectoe
the people is proposed.
The Voice of an Erie County Mother
We find the following con nu fror
(en. CAmnitox,our energetic ';.` 7 .S' l t at°7 '
in the aishingion Union. The lett , r 3-
pended, from an Erie County. Mother
son in _Mexico, will - be read with interezt
all. we,.. in :his county, can aperec ate
home truths—we can sympathize with, iti!'
thou fer we base heard and eeen shediscx'
e know not the writer, but honor'
hart that su baldly and indignantly tutv:-
~l't'ii[l ~'~
To the Edikir ' of. the Union.—S'
you oblige me by publishing - the letter
tAlowe, and ti bleb I cot from the
American, priliteo in the city of Ale:oel
the 13th of January last. It was 1% ritt•21 1 •
a l'enuayl‘aniti. Inutlit7,-Tore than sixt.
of age, to her soup priNate soldier la e,
ranhs of our army. That eon wae the
prop of her age, and his labor wtii
at her support; a i nd yet she thinhs but
Country and its honor. lam plead vt,•
old lady, and uish to show her to otliQs'
and other counties as One 'to be ir,:ta;::•• •
We MD pardon the little fling :he
th 4.. "Mexican wings," belt-ming :.;ie
that they have added to the peril eirrecr, •-•
t.zhe is bin one of thousands of l e i
mothers; and I extract her letter. to z hei% , :,
one State, at least, will sten by the ,
to this scar, gIAION CANN...Rt.
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Glkt %nu, Erie t'o. l Nov. 17,' I' l7 ',
Mr oRAP. GEOAG.Ii-:—OnL more I tai,e 5;:
Pe_ll Leith a heavy 'init. beiwr nitatist in-.
pairof hearing i eon), much less of Seeing}}
again,gain. You promised, when Lou wroit.eit.
me from Jalapa, that you trotifd write co;
month: hut I hive not got '4IIIC line fro st
,',111C,7• I still I.vrite - In you:
mid ttii) voa ,
I hr`i'
',
get my i t , ttei sr' cati ' t thin, 1.0. •,I‘,
will not neglet.t 11 ritiuL: it ) oti gtt this.
4',.
hate tatious ad.:aunts from the sway
lot li .