VOLUME 19,
THE WEEKLY OBSERVER.
ZAZE PA:
SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 2. 1848
GEN. TAYLOR'S CHARLESTON LETTER!
We received some days since, by. Telegraph, the sub
-101:1C0 of the following letter from Gen. Taylor to a
friend in Charleston, B. C. Many of our whig friends
then doubted its aittheaticity because, we presume, "the
'risk was father to the thought," and not for any good
or valid menu, - They can doubt no longer—it comes
in too authentic a shape, and bears the impress of its dis
toiguished author's style t.o plainly not to be genuine.—
The whole letter has not boon published, but the follow
ing extract is copied into the Washington Union from the
Charleston Ncws, of thil6th of August.
Extract If a later from Gen. Taylor to a friend in this
city:
"I never had any aspirations for the Presidency, nor
have I now; farther than the wishes of my friends are
concerned in the matter; nor would I have it on any oth
er tenni' than I stated when the subject was first agitated,
which is that my acceptance must bo without pledges or
being trammelled in any way, so that I could be the
president of the whole nation and not of a party.
"1 have accepted tho nomination of the Philadelphia
Convention, as well *the nomination of many primary
memblies gotten up ih various sections of the - Union, in
some instances irrespective of party; and would hare ac
cepted the nomination of the Baltimore Convention, had
diem tendered on the same terms. I am now fully, if not
fairly, before - the country as a candidate for the
chief magistracy; and if it should bo my good or bad
fortune to be elected, r trust that my Course mill bo such,
for the most part, as regards tho management of our na
tional affairs, as will meet the approbation of my fellow
riatoiii. Should they Phil to do no, they will, I flatter
myself, have the charity to attribute my errors to the
head, and not to the heart.
"Very respectfully, you'r friend, '
"Z. TAYLOR."
This is certainly the unkindest cut of all. First to tell
his Whig friends plainly that by accepting the nomination
of their convention ho does not consider himself pledged
to their policy—placingthem, the "great witeg party,"
nu they boastingly stylo it, upon precisely the saute foot
ing with the "baker's dozen" of any-parry mut no-party
nominations—but would even have accepted , the nomina
tion of the Baltimore Convention—the "loco-foco" nom
ination—if it had been tendered to him! And thi, ;
suppose, is what is meant by a, "whig, but not an ultra
whig." Truly, says the Washington Union, hero is
candidate for the whigs to scheme for, and toil for, and
spend their inc — iiier for, and give up their principles- for,
and sacrifice their well-tried and faithful leaders for!—
Gen. Taylor says he ,would havo taken tho democratic
nomination on the same terms. The country has learn
ed, and candidates for the presidency have learned, by
this time,lhat the Democratic nomination is not 'to be
Id by any man on these sane terms. Thu democratic
nomination, fortunately, is understood to mean some
/ling, and to pledge something, us to the political 'whirl
les and course of the man who obtains it,
It will be Seen that the General says he is "new fully, if
Dot fairly, before the country as a canditlnte for the
thief magistracy," thus leaving it to be inferred that he
has some doubts about the "fairness" of his nomination.
Can this refer to the statement of Judge Saunders—the
pledges made by that gentleman in the Convention—and
which pledges it was believed were made without author
ity, though the General afterwards entlorsedithcm in a
card to Bailie Peyton? Unquestionably that is what ho
refers to. In that st tamest Judge Saunders said:
"Oa behalf Of th delegation of Louisiana, I will fur
tierstate that Gen. Taylor desires it to be understood,
that, in his op r Mon, his friends who come into this con
tention are bound to abide by its decision, and to sustain
tie nominee 'heart and sonl'—that Gon. Tit) for recogni
lea in this convention those who hare a right to withdraw
Au same, awl will cheerfully acquiesce in such withdrawal.
"la case the! choice of this convention shall full on
anotherittan Gen:Taylor. and his friends in this con
vention withdraw him, it will be their act, and not his,
bat in which ho will cheerfully acquiesce; and by the act
of uniting with this conrention, his friends withdraw his
same from the canraas, unless he be the nominee of the
contention." •
And now, having obtained the '.Whig nomination by
this explicit avowal made in his behalf, that hie name
weal 6e trithdrrom from the canvass if ho were not made
the srkig nominee. ho turns round and , tells the whigs
that their iontination is just as good as any other that j her
has received, and no betterL that it pledges him to noth
ing, and that ho Weald have taireea lb° Baltimore nomi
nation on the santo terms! Who can for a Moment sup
pose that General iraylor could have obtained, or hoped
toobtain, the Philadelphia nomination, if Judge Saun
ders: instead of saying what he did say there, had just
gat up sad read this Charleston letter tuad then had taken
his seat? llad this been done. the whigs at Philadel-
phis would in make have scouted the itlea of giving
Gen. Taylor the nomination. what can bo said for
the good faith of a candidate, who, after ho is nominated,
thus turni his back upon the pledges which, being made
is his behalf, and obtained him the nomination, were af.
terwasis sanctioned by him? What motivo has the whig
Putt' to strive for his election? What ground has the
country for believ:ing that ho can, as a politician, be safe
it trusted? All show of consistency has, beyond a doubt.
Ilea abandoned in the series of Gen. Taylor's letters.—
lles the substance of . 4 kood faith with his party been pro-
Ot rye d
&MIER KICK FROM TIIF. AVAILABLZ.—.WeII rosy the
align exclaim with Martin Van Buren, "our suilbrings
u intolerable." Close upon the heels of the Lippard
no -party letter, another malits'its appearance, in which
the " available" declares ho would have accepted a Demo
antic nomination had it been tendered to him, and the
tali of that is Rearely dry before the Telegraph announ
ces that another has been ushered into this political world,
is which the "available" accepts the nomination of a
tow Calhoun Democrats in South Carolina who have
plated him on tho ticket witNGon. Wm. 0. Butler, the
commee of the Democratic party: Oh, ho, such a
Wince!
Tuc
BEST JOKE or THE Sassorr.--The best joke of
, 111 elesson is the assertion, gravely put forth by the Buf
-410 ,Erpress, that Kentucky was the Presidential battle
round! Punch and JohnDenkeyrectenbined can't beat
that!
The Philadelphia correspondent of the New Orleans
Delta,' has seen a latter from John Van Buren. in which
he savx ""Gen. Taylor will most assuredly bo next Proud
dent.6—Boff. Erpresa.
Of course—the election of Taylor is just what Martin
Van Buren and his son Jelin have; been and arc striving
for. They care so little about "free territory," and so
ranch for rerenge, that they would tako the stump for
Taylor to-day did they not think they were helping him
more effectually by, their present core. It remains to
to be seen whether democrats—honest democrats—will
help them in this "crusade."
UJ The National Intelligencer sayiTaylor is 41 pledged
to respect the legislative authority on' all questions that
may arise during his administration."" Gen. 1 4 aylor de
clares how not and trill not be pledged to any thing.
TWENTT-T/lIIID COHORTS., DISTRICT OF PENNSTLVABIA.
, --IV e are glad to proceivo the nomination of the lion.
J /XLS THOMPSON, of the Erie district of Pennsylvania,
for a reelection: Tho election of this distinguished de in
°cm. who so ably represents his district in the present
c 'ugrets, may he counted upon as a matter of course.—
The democracy of Pennsylvania, iu all parts of that
mat commonwealth, were never in a sounder or strong
v: Londition.—.llbuno Argus.
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TE LINXIMN MI:
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Ifem's a song for thee-of the linden tree!
A song of the silken Lintels,
There is no other tree so pleaieth
No other so lit for thyme.
Wheri I was a boy, it was all lay joy
To rest in its scented shade,
When the sun was high, and the river nigh,
' A musical murmur it triode:
When, floating along like a winged song,
The traveler-bee would stop,
And choose for hie bower the lime-tree flower,
And drink—to the last sweet drop.
..e twit sweet 1
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When the evening star shone lb I
And the gnats flew round and 11
1 nought for a rhyme, beneath th
Or dreaMe'd'en the grass)* grol'
Ate—years have tied; and the
Is a brand on the cotter's floor
And the river creeps through its
And youth—is a thought of yo
Yet—they live again, in the drea 1
As 'deeds of love and wrong,
Which pass with a sigh, anti see
Survive id the poet's song.
MEXICAN JE
(I sketch of the tat
Emaran
On the 15th of September, two :days after the
storming of CE apultepec,,a smrll party,- of soldiers,
in dark uniforms, were seen to issue front the great
gate of that castle, and, windillg down the Calzada,
turn towards the City of Me/ico. This occurred
at 10 o'clock in the morning. The .day was very
hot, and the sun, glancing vertically upon the flinty
rocks that paved the causeway rendered the heat
more oppressive.
At the foot of the hill tfie pa ty. halted, taking ad
vantage of the shade of a huge cypress tree, to set
down a liters , which four men carried upon their
shoulders. This they deposited under one of the
arches of the aqueduct in order the better to protect
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its occupant from the hot rays f the sun.
The occupant of the liters as a wounded man,
and the pale and bloodless chek, and fevered -eye
showed that his wound was hot slight one. There
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was nothing around to denote his rank, but the camp
cloak, of dark blue, and the crison sash, whichlay
it
upon the liters, showed that th .wounded man was
an officer. The sash had evidently .been saturated
with blood, which was how dri -d upon it, leaving
parts of it shriveled like, and o a darker shade of
crimson. It had staunched he life-blood of its
wearer upon the 13th. The ell
the litter, their bronzed faros t
pant, apparently attentive to h
.was something in the gentle c. I
rude men seemed to wait upo
that bespoke the existence of a
more humanity. There was th
the brave soldiers feel for him,_
the field of battle, at their Wed
were among the first who bray:
zlesof the cannon upon the par!
The wounded officer had led t 1
The ecenearound exhibited
of a recent field- of battle. T
near, with dismounted canno
flagments of shells, dead horse
by them. dead tee,, and still unbi
strolling about, busied with thi
of mangled carcases still lay a.
ing the swollen limbs and dist
composition. The atmosplier.
disagreeable odor, and the wo
Upon his pillow, gently comm
proceed. Four stout soldiers
liters, and the party moved slo
duct, toward the Garita Helen.
halted at intervals for rest and
The tine trees that line the gr•
Tacubaya road, though much t.
the cannonade of the 13th, aff
from thehot sun-beams. In t!
ing Chapultepec, the escort ent:
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passed up the Paseo Nuevo, a
the Alameda.
Any one who has visited th • City of Me. ico will
recollect, that opposite the Alameda, on its south
ern front, is a row of fine houSes, which continno
on to the Calle San FrAllaiSCCi p and thence to the
Great Plaza, forming the Caliper Correo, Plateros,.
tz.c. These streets are inherited principally by
foreigners, particularly that o Plateros, which is
filled with Frenchmen. To prevent their houses
from being entered by the Am rican soldiery upon
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the 14th, the windows , were filled with national
flags,indicating to what natio the respective own
ers f the houses belonged. hese were Belgians,
French, English, Prussians, . panish, Danes, and
Austrians—in fact, every kin of flag. - Mexican
flags alone were not to be seen. Where these
should have be4n, at times, the white flag—the ban
ner of peace—hung through the iron railings, or
from the balcony. In front of a house th . t bore
this simple ensign, the escort, with the Wil k had
accidentally stopped.
The eye of the wounded o cer rested mechani
cally upon the little flag over his head, .when his
attention was arrested by noti ing that this consis
ted of a small,' white lace hen kerchief, handsomely
embroidered. upon the corners, and evidently - such
as belonged tot some fair bein . 1 Though suffering
from the agony of hiscwouud,here was something
so attractive iii this discovery,/
that the eyed . of the
invalid 'were immediately turned upon the window,
or rather grating, from which the flag was stispen
ded, and his countenance changed at once, from Ole
listless apathy of pain to an expression of eagerin
forest. A young girl was in he window, leaning
her forehead agaiugt the reja,mr grating, and look
ing down with more of painful interest than _curio
city übon the: pale face beneath her. It • was the
window of the entresol, slightly raised above the
street, and the young girl herself was • evidently of
that class 'mown to the aristocracy of Mexico as
the "leperos." She was tastefully dressed,- how
ever, in the picturesque costume of her class and
' country, and her beautiful black hair, her dark In
dian eye, the half olive, half carmine tinge upon
her soft cheek,iformed a countenance at once strange,
and strikingly beautiful. Her neck, bosom, and
shoulders, seen over the window-stone, were f that.
form which strikes you as possessing more of the
oval than the rotund, in short tho model of the per
fect woman. -----`
On seeing the gaze of the wounded man so intent
ly fixed upon her, the young girl blushed, and drew
back. The officer felt disappointed and sorry, as
one feels when the light, or a beautiful object is sud
denly removed from his sight; still, intwever, keep
ing his eyes intently fixed upon the window, as
though unable to unrit et his gaze. Thiscontitmed
for some moments, when a beautiful arm was plung
ed through the iron grating, holding in the most del
icate little fingers a glass of pins).
A' solder stepped up, and taking the proirered glass,
held it to the lips of the wounded officer; who glad,
ly drank of the cool and refreshing beverage, 'with
out being able to thank the fair donor, whe had with
drawn her hand at parting 'with the, glass. The
glass was held up to the window, but thehand that
clutched,it wait coarse and , large, and evidently that
,of a man. A 'muttered curse, too, in ,the Spanish
'language, watfleard to proceed from Within. This
was heard but indistinctly.' The invalid gazed at
the window for some minutes, expecting - the return
of the beautiful apparition, then as if he bad given
up all hope, be called nut a "gracias-adioal" and or
dered the ..escort to move on. The .soldier.o,' once
more shouldering the liters , passed up the Calle Cor-
reo, and entered the Hotel Comp , gnon, in the street
of Espiritu Santo. 'i
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For two months the invalid was confined Wide
chamber, but often, during that time, both waking
and dreaming, the face of the autiful Mexican
n jie
girl would flit across his fevered ancy. At the end
f this time his surgeon gave hi permission to ride
out in en easrcarriage. He'.wa driven to theAla7
meda, where he ordered the car lege to halt under
the shade of its beautiful tree, 80 directly in front
of the spot where he had rested on entering the city;
He recognized the little window The white flag
was new not there, and he couldjsee nothing of the
inmates., He remained a considerable time seated
in the carriage, gaZing upon thehouse, but no face
appeared at the cold iron grating no smile to cheer
his vigil. Tired and disappoin ted, he ordered his
carriage to be driven back to the hotel.
Next day ho repeated the maticeuver, and the
next, and the next, with ' a like success. Probably
he had not chosen the proper time of day. It was
certainly not the hour when the! lovely face of the
Mexican women appear in their balconies. This
reflection induced him to changelthe'.hour,•and, up
onc, the day following, he ordered is carriage in the,
evening. Just before twilight, i drew up as usual
under the -tall trees of the Alai de— , Imagine .the
delight of the young . officer, at. eeing the face of
the beautiful Mexican through ti gratings of the
refit.. .
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afar,
ound,
lime,
:den, dead,
unny deeps,
cr'a brain
to die,
The stir made by the stopping
attracted her. The uniform of
next object of her attention. but
upon the face of the wearer, a
came over her countenance, as
filing with some indistinct recol
ALOUSY.
e Campaign,
once thatbeautiful countenance
a smile of joy. She had recng
The latter, who had been an anxi l
ery change of expression, siniledJ
ed an acknowledgment, then tur
who was a Mexican, he told hitNl
proach the window, and offer his
lady for her act of kindness upo,
tember.
The servant deliVeied the mes
afterward the carriage drove- otC
ninge the same carriage might 11.,
der the trees of the Alameda. '
quaintance had been established
officer and the Mexican girl. A
ward, and the carriage appeared
valid had been restored to perfect
December came, and upon. they
about Italian hour before twilight,)
cer, wrapped in a light Mexican c
the Calle San Francisco, and cm
meda. Here he stoped, leaning
though observing the various gr
whu passed in their picturesque I
however, was occasionally turnet
u.on the opposite side of the
g anee of !tenltity, but eager
the well-known form of the beau
peered at the window, who, hot.
;idlers stood around
i coed upon its aeon-,
is requests. - There
I re with which these
t the young officer,
stronger feeling than
at admiration which
who has led them in
. Tha t small group
• d the frowning mai
pets of Chapultepec.
i em to those parapets.
he *gal indications
item were batteries
, - broken carriages,.
d, whose riders lay
ried. Parties 'were
a sad.duty, but heaps
.ove ground, exhibit
tried features of (le
t was heayy' with the
nded man, turning
sanded the escort to
again took 'up the
vly along the ague-
The littl escort
to change bearers.
•at aqueduc ion the
.rn and rea plod by
' rded a fine; shelter
, o hours aft r lea vi
• mil the Garita'Belen,
id halted in front of
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adroitly signaled the officer - Mill
fingers. The signal was tins%
scarcely withdrawn her_ hand ins'
a dark, scowling fnie made his
side, her hand was rudely seized,
she disappeared. -Tile young
saw - the bright gleaming of u s'
gloomy grating. -
Ile rushed across the street, 1 and in a moment
stood beneath the window. Grasping the strong
iron bars, he' lifted himself op se as t 4 command - a
view of the inside, which was now in perfect silence.
His horror may be imagined, when, on looking into
the room, he saw the young girl stretched upon the
floor, and, to all appearances, des . A stream of
bl . tod was running front beneath If r clothes, and her
dress was stained with blood ov r the waist and
bosom, With frantic energy the young man citing,
to the bars, and endeavored to wrench them apart.
It. was tone purpose, and letting go his hold, .he
dropped into the street. The large gate- of the
house was open. Into this he ruslhed, and reached
the patio just in time to catch a glimpse of a figure
escaping along the azotea. fie rtslied up, the steep
stone stairway, and grasping the parapet, raised
himself on the roof. The fugitive had run along
a series of platforms of different heights, composed
by the azoteas of houses, and It id reached a low
ropf, from which be was about t leap into an ad
joining street, where be %void& In all probability,
have made good his escape. Ile. stood upon the
edge of the parapet, calculating It s leap, which was
still a fearful plunge. It was no. left to his choice
whether to take or refuse it. A pistol flashed be
hind him, and almost simultaneously with • the re
port he fell forw ( ard upon his head, and lay upon the
pavement below; a bruised and ',bleeding corpse.—
His pursuer approached the parapet, and looked
over into the street, as if to assure himself that his
aim had been true, then turned With a fearful fore
boding, and retraced his way over the aioteas. His
1 fears, alas! wore but too just.
,qhe was dead. •
A NEW CITY.. correspondent of the New Ha
ven Palladium gives the fullOiviiig interesting ac
count of the new city of Irelatid,now in the course
of erection on the west side of Connecticut river, at
South Hadley Falls, nine miles above Springfield.
A company, most of.,:whose i m embers reside in
Boston, last year-commenced operations preparatory
to-founding a manufacturing villa e, which in dxtent m
and population, will rival any lace of the 'sae
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character on the continent. A C pita! of $400,000
is engaged in, the enterprise. Th water is to be ta
ken from the river at the falls, a d conducted' thro
a canal two hundred feet wide, ho Hided on each aide
by a - wall of the heaviest kind, in the neighborhood
of twenty-five feet high, laid in water cement.— '
From the head to the spot whey the water again
eaters the river, the fall is betw en fifty.nnd sixty
-feet: It is calculated that the water will be used
twice and give sufficient power ,ta work sixty first
close factories, which would support a pOpulation
of over 100,000. Over a thousand laborers, almost
all Irish, are,now engaged on tl4 works. To des
cribe the present state of the gigantic undertaking,
is impossible. Since the building of Babel lam very
sure that a - similar scene has not i been witnessed.
Standing on.an eminence abet the scene of Op
erations, I know of nothing that 1 the appearance of
the swarmy multitude can be compared to, save a
vast ant heap. On every side you see clustering
clouds of laborers, with their wonder working bar
rows, which directed by science, achieve more won
derful triumphs than even the fabled lamp of Ailed
in. Hills of solid rock, which n century ago would
have been thought impregnable until the "great globe
should melt with fervent heat,"lare - disappearing as
tho' by magic. The benefits wbich will result from
this undertaking to the surrounding county,are incal
culable. Ido not know that I }'vas evermore forci
bly impressed. With there ach of human intellect, than
I was by this sight.
' In- order to appreciate the magnitude of the works
which I have alluded to, it is necessary that they
should be seen. Mountain-like.•masses,of granite
are handled with-a readiness which rivals the ex,
ploits of the fabled Titan, end iplacid in the spots
to fill which they were hewed out of the living rock,
with the apparent ease of a ichool boy erecting a
cob house. , • I • .
Ido not, know a place,in Now England better
worth visitingby, any intin ; who truly wishcfa 6 know
what Yankee enterprise is, than thiti!saitie city of
Ireland. Certainly a few boort; can be more Profit
ably spent here than at any of the crowded centres
of fashionable frivolity. . . .
SATURD
• Fon Ssr.E.-4 large lot of Whig'Principles, sac
rificed at Philadelphia, rendered useless in conse
quence
,of the nomination of. Oen.. Taylor. They
will be sold cheap, to close a concern.
BIRTH AT A Pic pie kiic, held in,
_II grove
near Boston' a few days since, received an unexpect
ed accession to its number, a lady present giving
birth to a fine, stout child ! ' . '
WO NWAtitD-.,,Ei
Y MORNING, SEPTESB
IN
early Nearly twe years 'pp, young man, who was
ploughing in a field by th side of a road that led to
Lexington, saW,a horsem a pasaing by with rapid
speed. He hailed Win an inquired what was the
news, and in return was told that the battles of
Palo Alto and Resaca de I ' .Paltna had been fought
and won. The oxewet. , quietly chewing _ their
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duds, and the furrow , was but half finished when
our hero resolved ilia he 00, would de some thing
for' his country. Poe Ty aad reality,are yeti much
like vinegar and oikattd will not readily combine,
and we.must therefore eta a
,that the young Ken
tuckian instead of calling oat his vassals and lead
ing them "casque titt, head and ; spear in hair over
the draw-bride that Crosse the moat near, his castle
Walla, he very , coolly unyo ell lais cattle, drove them
up to the barnyard and to d his "daddy" that lie
"Was off." I lia saidthat., e was, going to, Mexico,
fur he was ideterrniinidtha one - of the family at least
should get a glimpse 9f th , Hails of the hluntezu-
Inas- , The old man Wok,d. wu a rifle.ftom a Pair of
hooks that were tatitened i I the wall,, and said. to
him, "Harry, I ithorildered hot at the , river, Raisin
--come back with it; Ido 't care b ow ruatif;: - but
don't flinch fire! ' Here, w fel give' me the' titocle
ing!" The mother .of the young man, who had
overheard the,conversation came I slowly forward,
and with tears in her ey •s, puti the hard-earned
savings of the season into her htisband's hand.—
" Harry," said the old ma , "here's $2O, go and
list my boy--take the old t hire mare and spur her
'till you git,a steamer—juinp aboard and never stop
'till you git to . New Orleans—then land yourself on
another vessel and steer away for Mexico—give
the yeller fellers pills frorM tie:Oren mouth of that
old rifle, but above all things Harry, come hoine
like a man and not like a dog, or I'll give you the
whaling that you e v er caught in your life!"
The young man kneti his f ther's temper, and whilst
the crystal tears coursed d wn-his sunburnt cheeks,
he grasped hie aged I pareu a hand, and that unmis
takeable, unspoken, but trt e thrill of affection pass
ed through the hearth of bth. It was sadder still
to part with the mother, e en though when yet a
girl she had made her hom in the "Dark and Bloody
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Ground," Kentucky: She did not weep, but there
was a moisture in her eye , a nd a pallor on her brow,
'that told that the fotintain of the deep affection in
her bosom' were well nigh rokeu up. A moment
more and she had pa i nedith her uniy son—per
haps for ever! Rifld in ha d and saddle-hags upon
his arm, Harry jumped on he old mare and darted
off as swiftly as her aged oats would carry him to
the fi st landing on the rive . In less than a week
in New Orleans, an an hour afterwards en
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he w
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rolle himself as a member of Co. C.,--s-Volun
teers. The nexti - day embarked for the Brazos, and
as may well be expected, s i iiffered considerably from
rain, sun and sand. I Orde s were given w march,
and march they did until tey came to . Metamoras, H
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when they embarked on bo rd the "utchee Eagle,"
Captain Stevens cornmnding, bound up the river
'for Camargo. After a weary passage of three days
upon that beautiful river ailed the Rio Grande,
which, - by-the-by, islso cro ked, that a man who' is
looking from the bow of th boat, has to turn around
and fix his gaze upon' the stern• post, and then is at
a loss to know which way he is travelling. It was
early in the morning— l the dense chaparral that skir-.
Lairtile - oarnitr or situ river vetted 'mu scene beyond
from the anxious gaze of the traveller. • Gen. La
mar, Col. Whiting, Col. Belknap, and others, were
standing upon the upper deck, It was indeed a
beautiful prospect. The flamingoes, with their crim
son plumage, were to be , seen tipon. almost every
little islet, and the tall crane like so many white
legged ghosts. struted, up apd &Twit the shore. Oct
casionally one mightisee a Mexican maid descend to
the river's bank, to till her irrtliern-ware jar with
water, and then run away a though the "dell - was
after - her." All wer e gaz ug upon the novelties
with which they were surr (Hided, when suddenly
in turning a bend, the pilot pointed to a boat on the
larboard. A grey-Hed otli er stated that lie thought
that the boat was blown tit, and his opinion was
too true. The steamboat rapidly approached the
scene of the disaster,' and it a few moments an aw-_
ful picture was preirtited The "Enterprise" had
(t.
bursted her boilers and wa a wreck from stern to
stern. A hundred whunde creatures were howling,
writhing, like so mahy mat hies, upon the deck and
in the chaparral. Amongs them was a young man
w to, the falling of a pidce of timber, had broken
his arm Our Kentucky f iend wua the first to step
upon th wreck, and Lakin - the wounded man in his
arms brought him on b and the steamboat and
nurse him as tenderly as e would have nursed I a
chit until they reached It ytiosa. The man who
was wounded said be ,was cry grateful and would
never forget the kindess of he young volunteer,
Well, time passed on, a d a series of victories
that appeared like star aft r star in the crimson
- firmarrient of war, showed in the distance the hori
zon of peace. Harr'y foug t front Monterey to the
city of Mexico, and lit was only the other day that
he returned to , Net OrleT with the opinion that
he had seen sufficient of w rto rest upon his oars
for a spell. He had forgottett the "Enterprise" and
the stranger that, he had solgenerously attended to.
On Saturday last, whilst wlking down Royal street,
Harry was hailed by a pe son whose features he
thought he recognized. 1 hen the meeting took
place, he found out that th stranger who had accA
ted him wad the same md i idtial that he had nursed
on the banks of the, Rios monde. A change had
taken place in the fortunes of bo th , but the gratitude
of the one Was not forgott n. The stranger wel
comed his humble friend w th all the warmth of a
noble heart and 'invited hit. to his residence. Ilere
he introduced him te his c tisin, a beautiful young
king
of about eighteen yea aof age. It didn't take
long for Harry to ingratiate himself into the idtti
\
sel's'affections—they r a p+ skimmed over the a ir
face of life until the( came to matrimony, and in
that blissful stream mutually resolved to sink or
swim. A noble steamboat went away on Tries ay
eveningdast,tind Harry and,his betrothed were on
board. The lady brings the poor volnnteere.so,ooo
in her mvn right, and he brings her a manly- form,
an honest heart, an un. urblemished , character.—
(N. 0. Crescent. i - -.. .
..
lkf the carriage had
is inmate was the
livhen her• eyes fell
1 range expression
f she were strug
eetions, .and all at
was suffused with
ized the offieer.-
I nt 9 observer of ev
-1 ii return, and bow
ing to his servant,
l
lin Spanish, to ttp-
I in
;
I the n ra nks
I t o 5
t t
I I
i t e o young
o s u e t p ) g .
1 •
age, and shortly
Fur several eve
seen standing un-
Ot interesting ac
ietween the young
out a week after
la More. The in-
Arength . • • -
Isth of the month,
an American otli.:
:leak, passed down
ased into the Ala
against a tree, as
•utips of citizens,
i resses. His eye,
upon the houses
reet, and with a
iiiiry ‘ At length
[VIII "lepers" ap
ing up her hand,
tier taper, fan-like
?ered• She had
.
de the rept, when
ppearance at her
lid with a scream
officer fancied he
, 1 ,1. IICI tu withili Mt:
•
SHUCKING AFFAIR AT ST. Lotes.—We, copy the
following from'the St. Louis Organ of the Inh inst:
An assault with a loaded revolver .',was made by
John Jackson, on another man 'named Sherman at
the Empire House, yesterday afternoon, and it is
only astonishing that Sherman was nit killed dead 1
on the spot. Jackson stood only some live of six
feet from Sherman at the head of a short flight of !
steps, and discharged five Emilia Sherman in rapid
succession, one of which grazed his cheek and drew
blood freely. Sherman stood firmly facing Jackson,
and exclaiming durjng the murderous attack. "D—n
you, ahoot!—straighter'.--hit ine,if you can!', At
the pull on the last, barrel, the cap snipped, and
Jackson instal:l4 ; mile Off, running past Sherman
into Pine street, whence he made his escape. 'As
he passed him Sherman made no attempt to arrest
him, but only exclaimed thit if JaCkson - couldn't
shoot truer titan thaf,he had better. not shoot again:
,An. old Indian trader, Who; , fronythe window. of the
billiard room, saw , the whole affSir,• declared that
he had seen men , stand firmly in Indian fights; bat
he never had Seen Snell hi:every as Sherman's,: It
must be confessed! that he showed no flinching,
where ninety-ninelmen would, unarmed as, he was,
have turned upon their heels and run from &Leger.
- The cause of the aesimit, as we-lenrn, grew out
of a pfaYful net, on the part of Jackion, Which `waS
tiort on the part of i Sherman with the same .apirit,
and the litter had-no idea of having - offended Jack
son until ho 'drew hie pistol upon him. Jackson
was Subleillently; Arrested' and taken to,the cala
boose, hilt Weswaleaded on giving bail in the - sum
of five hundred dollaie. _• •,.
or The voluptuous man stands in the market to
beliouglifind sold. •
TIM k'ORTIJNES 0
IZEIE=IMI
'IR 211848.
WICK'S 'INTRODU C TION TO MR. PAYNE.
I . From Trios Union. ,
We publish to-daya i l curious letter from W. W.
Wick, 111..0. from Indiana, tuldressed to C. Payne,
Esq., of thii place, under the following circumstan
ces: Mr . Payne, after reading Mr. Wicks speech on
a queetion of privilege,.waa so much pleased by the
entire good sense. the: quaint humor and unrivaled
wit which h. 3 displayed, that in a letter to a mutual
acquaintance, Hon. D. S. I Kauffman, be.expressed a
desire "to know CI about him" (Wick.) This letter
was.placed in Mr. Wick's hand by Mr. Kauffman,
and called forth the following unique reply. It is
proper for us to say that the writer did not intend it
for publication:
June 12, 1848.
- William W.. Wick is a full blooded yankee,' dm'
Orli in Cannonsburgh; Washington county, Penn
sylvania,'Feb. 23J, 1796. In 1800, Wick's father,
a Presbyterian Preacher,settlecl in the weodir,lin the
poorest township in the,Western IteserVe of Ohio;
adjoining the Pennsylvania State line.. Here Wick
lived, to school,ltoiling at ordinary labor, and
indulging in day dreams till the time of his father's
death in 1814. He then renounced .all interest in
his father's estate,.(whicb was only. some $3OOOO
and-took himself off:. 'Till sprin g -1816, heessayed
"to teach the-young idea how to shoot," in Wash
' ingtou county, Pennsylvania, when he descended
the Monongahela and Ohio in a "broad horn" to Cin
cinnati. He taught school and studied, first medi
cine, and then law, 'till December,lBl9: read.chent
istry principally by the 'light of log heaps in a clear
ing, and law o'nights t and Sundays, (wrong so fur
as sunday is concerned.) December, 1819, settled
in Connersville, Indiana. as a lawyer, and• made and
ent his mother a deed fur his interest in his father's
real and personal estate.' December,. 1820, was
chosen Clerk of the House of Representatives of
Indiana, and 'till January, 1812, when he was clie
sen Judge of a new circuit, just formed, and remov
ed to, Indianapolis, 'where he has ever since resided.
In three years he resigned the Judgeship, because
it'was starving him, and was chosen Sec-etary of
State—served four years—then chosen circut pros
ecuting Attorney—then Judge again. Helots also
figured as Quartermaster General, and is now a Brig-
Ladier. He had committed much folly in holding of
' %ices, and only escapes the condemnation of his own
judgement in consideration of the fact that he was
never green enough to accept 'a seat in the State
Legislature. In 1835 Wick changed his politics—
his party did not leave
,him—he left it. [ln this he
differs from most great men.] In 1839 he was
chosen a M. C. as a Democrat, and as successor to
Col. Kinnard, who died from the blowing up of a
steamboat when on Ilia way to Washington. '[Col.
'Kinnard had been in Congress for some years.] In
1845 and 1847 Wick - wits nominated and elected to
Congress. He was a Candidate for Congress 'in 18-
31, and got bent. Right. Ho was once a Clay
' candidate for elector, and got beat. Right.. In 18-
i 44 was a Democratic candidate for elector—success
ful. Right. -
In the • intervals of the above engagements, he
practiced law, never made much at t hat; did not
know how to scare and skin a client. In 1821 he
married a wife whii died in 1839. lie has a/ on and
daughter married, and five g rand children liCilig.—
His, oungest boy (a third c hild and all) went last
. year "tit see the Elephant" as a private in the Illi
noiii Volunteer Regiment—then he i was near 17 years
of age. He went without leave, but (good boy) he
wrote for and got leave after he was gone. He has
acquired Spanish enough to write a good Spanish
letter, and unassisted by Wick's name, has worked
Ibis way. He is now qlerk to the Depot Quarter
! master at the city' of Mexico, Says the climate in
i Mexico is better than in Indiana, and that the boys
1 killed themselves drinking spirits, eating Mexican
fruits, and,"cavorting." l —Wick has committed much
1 folly in his time—the principal of which have been
i holding. offices, writing ,rhymes, playing curds
for money, and paying other people's debts—ail
I Which he abandoned htiout the time he became a
Democ rat., - . I 1
l At this present writing Wick is 52 years of age,
Ifair , a little fat, having increased since 1833 from
146 to 214 lbs.-Six feet and one inch high,} good
I cotnplekinn, portly:---has been call4l the best look
ing man about town—hut that was ten years ago—
not th:lof sneezed at now—a little grey-has had
Ichills 11 fever, billions attacks, and dyspepsia
.
lenough't . kill a dozen }common men, and has I pass
ed' through misfortunes sufficient to humble a (score
of ordinary specimenslof human nature. HiS sys
tem being sluggi l sh, he takes a sarsaparilla bitter,
or, some number 6. in the morning, and takes aglass
or two of wine, (if good at dinner' when lie can.get
it.) He has acquired a good deal of iniscellaheoua
knowledge, loves fun, looks serious, rises early,
works, much and - bas it decided perchani fur light
diet, humor, reading, business, the drains, mu sic, a
fine horse, his gun, and the woods. Wick loves
nothing, and were he to die to day his estate would
Inventory eight or nine hundred dollars. He saves
nothing of his per diem and mileage, and yet has
no vices to run away with money. He "takes no
tloiugh for to-morrow," but relies upon the saute
- good Providence to which lie is a debtor for all.
Wick would advise young men to fear and trust
God, to cheat•rogues, anti deceive intriguers by be
ing perfeCtly himest, (this mode misleads such eat
tie effectually,) to touch the glass lightly, to eadheW
security 'and debt, tobacco, betting hypocrisy and
Federalism, to rather, believe,.or fall in with . new
philosophical and-morel humbugs, and to love wo
man too well to injure her. They will thus be hap
py now, and Will secure serenity at fifty-two years
age, of nd thence onWard. -
1
A 131 T OF ROMANCE.
1
It is a trite, but at the.snme time, true remark,
that .the real :incidents of life constantly occuring
around us, possesses a far more. romantic interest
than the, fanciful ones conceived in the teeming brain
of the novelist. Of this the, following over true
tale, told us in brief by the steward of the packet
boat Lonisimia, on Saturday, will- furnish an
Some ten years ago, as our readers will remem
ber, there was what was termed a "rebellion" in
Canada, and after the."eatriuts" were subdued, some
'were summarily executed, and a portion banished,
fur a long term Of years, to Australia. Rost of
these latter were tuen.,of families, from which they
were torn without mercy, to expiate in a far distadt
land, by imprisonment and hard labor, the crime of
having failed in their attempt to rid their count ry' of
the eivilsoef misgovernment. We think they act
e&very unwisely in proceeding to the extremes they
did, but this point we will not stop to con Sider—
. one of these expatiated men our tale ha's'
chiefly to do.
, Fur seven or eight weary years he had born the
hardships of a 3onelY captivity, hopeless, of ever
seeing home or friends again, when a general am
nesty was ,proclaimedhy the British Government in
regard•to all, with one or two exceptions, of those
wheflias been concerned in the rebellion. Our hero
was now at liberty, and his first thought was to seek
his home. But he had no means to pay his passage
there, and he accordingly shipped on board a whal
ing vessel, whichAtt the end of two Years more,
landed him on his, native shores.
Wife, children, and frisnda filled his thoughts, and
be hastened onto his,old residence in Canada. Ev
ery thing' remained as it had been—friends and
neighbors greeted him aihe passed along—hut how
hie heart sunk within him to find the homestead de
serted, and to learn.that his wife had been married
two yeari to anutber,'supposing the husband of her
youth to be dead. She and her new found mate had
left that part of the country and settled , somewhere
in Illinois.
The poor man felt desolate, indeed, and he demi
mind to see, and if possible to reclaimhis wife and
children. After weary travel and many inquiries,
be traced them to Knox county, Illinois, where they
were comfortably settled in heir ne
he piesented himself a few days s
could not have been more a rprise,
an apparition from the gray , fors
aidered him as dead. The new li
rather disagreeably surpri ed to ~
claimant for his wife. What sh.
first husband was anxious ti, obtai
cond was disinclined to give her 1
his claim as good.
- They were reasonable people a
original claimant remained in the
couple of weeks, during which tiro
frankly talked over. At lasi the ri
very just.and rational eonclUsion t
the proper person to make
question, and to her it was
fer it, giving her time to co
Inge.
What inoreT:omplexing . ,
be placed in ! then that? 119
almost eqUal Claim's upon h
the father of all her childre
ion of her youth—the other,
near and sacred ties, and by
bore an infant that lied been -
could not for a time decide—Hi:it
man could? A tumult of though
filled her'heart, alternately siwayin
to side. Thus the. conflict I steel
e i
during which time she was liable
into her own heart, and at Ist she
decision.
..
NVhich• could she choos but
whom were twined the tend4lB of
affection—to whom she had kiven
of her heart? The needle [nay vii
but it points at. last with unfailing
never-setting star of the Noll; au.
the heart of a true woman, baying
verse but one fitting 'mate, will, afte
turn lovingly to the sunny isarreti
love."
A disposition of- the youngest el'
made, and it was mutually agreed.
that, as it could not be depri v ed of
the first husband should take wi
dren, to be restored to the father
time. The re-united family tow m
to go to a new home; and so great
excited iu the neighborhood by tbi.
that as many as a !intited and fifty
neighborhood were present to wit
ture. On Saturday last they cam:
et Louisiana, on their way to Mich
will take up their residence.]
We naturally sympathize with
to whom wife And ehi:dren are
Will not feel for the bereveMeut o
diticago Tribune.
AN INCIDENT OF GE.)I
RY THE " Bag/ ( D7I10
Trifle oft speak the grearetm o
During the Black Hawk %vas, an
ernment troops were being tansfe
happened that Gen. Lewis i Cess
ed candidate for the Presidency, th
War under Gen, Jackson--Itravel
State of New York, Then, not a'
breakfast in the city of Albany an
railroad car, with a certainty in tt
of being seated at the board bf a B
three hundred miles away; bat rash
and packet-boat on the Erie . canal
way, at five to six miles per hour a
conceded to be "right smart!' getti
It was in 1832, I think, the time
and summer. The rocky village
some eighty miles west of Albany
the wonder of all passers-thrOugh
those who, travelling canal-Wise, ii
tunities for noticing the almost ins
stacles of hill, and rock, and chas
which were finally overcome in
mammoth channel,
The packet was passing through
named, when, as was his custom,
nine or fen years of age, with a
bread swinging upon his arm, dr
the crowd of passengers, making t
to the steward's department, " T
as he was familiarly styled, havini
brown kitties, was returning, but,
name of General Cass mentioned,
upon the distinguished man who w
those troops and the Black Hawk
gerness to catch a eiod view of th
by accident dropped his purse into
taining the proceeds of his end
many, Ito him much. This was al
tears to the eyes of the poor "Brea
silenced his feeling and lOoked UP
his admiration with tears still r
face. •
The great man had witnessed' tl
as the unfortunate boy turned to lei
the boat, the heart of the General
the boy's misfortune. Stepping
said:
"My fine boy, you have met wi:
what amount had you in your pun
"Three 'shillings and ninopence
the "Bread, Boy."
"Well, little man, do not cry an
silver dollar to make up your loss.'
And the "Bread Boy" received
Gen, Cass a silver American doll
gift of one whose goodness of flea t
to "feel for others woes." Thai
ested act could never be forgotten.
which it was done, proved bene
was not an act seldom performed,
better than the gift to the now SI
who teas the "Bread Boy," is one n
has been for many long years: an
until recently'done battle in the fie
more than one solid way, he is •
battle for the democracy under the
1,. ro of 1812, the maintainer of "f
ors' right," against English usurp
triot of his own State—the next
United States—General Lewis Ca'
Oft yield men great gifts, to make
But, dearer is that gift, not giv'n al
Who gives his thousands, gives, o
And, failing, thus foreer.despairs o
Tho widow's mite, in meekness gi
Of God, much richer is than thous
Tho' given by lord, possessed of ki
Trifles oft show rho greatness of thu
- WASHIVITpN, Aug. 7, 11319.
SPLIT PEAS.-lii an eastern ci
ker employed two Germans as por
furniture. One morning he load,
bureau, and gave directions where
"And by-the-bye," said he to one
him a shilling, "on your way back
They stayed an undsual time, an ,
they did return, it was Boon age.
had enormous "levicks" i:i their
infernal reicals," roared the ang
both drunk." • "Yaw," said one
us ter shilling to buy a pint a pie ,
and we are pole so trunk ash ter ti
KILLED IN A SHAM BATTLR. ,
Gozette says: "5.'R..11. Barke
teen, was kilted acidentally on
!the following circumstances. IA
f men had gone down the river, ne i
en,hWe Island, for the pusposeo
ing. A proposition was nutdo.to 4
fight, with their guns charged. 1
all the guns, as was supposed, ha
iy examined. One, however, was
looked, which contained a Ipad of
at the first fire, young Barker was
and died soon afterwards,
BR 16.
►~~!
v home. There
nce. The'wife
or pained to seo
e had long con
! shawl. too, was
ee before him a
I ld be done? The
the lady, the so
p, looking upon
1 around. Tho
neighborhood a
the matter was
vals came to tho
at the lady was
decision of the
ly agreed to ra
t in ail its bear-
• fina
Ulna
'eider
could a woman
twq meu with
ions. One was
ne, the compan.
to her •heart by
utual lovo they
to 'them. ' Shy
rue-hearted we
a and emotions
her from side
r several days,
to look clearly
was ready for a
itio
-aver
define
but
bound
the
"
he man around
first and strong
e first offerings
srate (or a time,
constancy to the
d in like manner,
in the wide uni
• all vicissitudes,
of "first—only
,ild must now be
ly the two men,
Ia mother's care,
h the - other chit
at some future
:de preparations
waa the interest
singular affair,
ersons from the
less their depar
up in the puck-
gan g where they
he first husband
stored, but who
the second!--
1 . CASS,
iMIZEM
while the gov
red, I think. it
the distinguish
n Secretary of
ed through the
now; might you
I step on board a
1, enty-four hours
*do hotel, over
r by stage-route
which, by the
that day was
gon by water.
of which J speak,
of Little Falls,
hap ever been
'nd especially of
• v 9" better oppor
rrnonntable ob
n, and swamp,
ompleting that
he village above
a boy of some
asket of brown
.pped in among
e best of his way
le Bread Boy,"
made sale of his
Fipon hearing the
turned to look
as directing all
Oar. In his, ea
,- great maff,' he
the canal, con
e sale.—little to
pss which brought
Boy;" yet ho
n the object of
!ling down hid
le accident; and
ve the deck of
earned to feel for
°wards him, he
h a migfortune;
e?'' ,
sir," answered
more; hero is it
fom the hand of
the prompted
t ever moves him
enerous disinter
-The manner in
..lence with him
• nd the deed was
fling hoy. lie
. longer now, nor
, although he has
d of whiggery in
roud now to do
standard of the
ee trade and sail
tion and the ea
,President of the
foolish show;
men to know
but for name,
fame
•en, in sight
lid just ns bright,
&.` I .Y part --
neut.
l y,"a cabinet ma
ere to deliver his
•d his car with a
to have it left.—
of them, }tending
eta pint 0'_r7, 65 . ,,
w}:Zat at length
Irtained that they
l ats. "Why, you
y boss, "you are
i f them, "you gift
e; we trinkt him,
uyfull"
Tho Pittsburgh
a youth of nine
riaay last under
number of young
r the head of
Sev
hunting and fish
engage in a sham
th,poyi_der only—
vinit*n etgeful
nfortunttely over.
squirretshut, Sad
811 % ( 4 the brew