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2Jcpwitb - a'n LlaFninn , llecciatict 22,18 k?.
irtom the KuiCkeebeetter.l
T. Bail Road.
Singing through the forest, rattling over ridges,
• Shooting under arches, rumbling over bridges
`Whizzing Alto' the mountains, butzing o'er the vale,
Blesa mel—this is pleasant riding on a rail! •
Me*. of-diferent “ stations " in the eye of Fame,
Here are very quickly coming to ras SAMILL
High and lowly people,birds of every feather,
• On a common level, traveling together. •
Gentlemen in shorts. looming yery tall;`.
"•Gentlemen at large, talking very - small;
Gentlemen in tights, with a lopse-ish meth;
Gentletuen in .greys looking rather green I
.
1-Geffirfitretn quite old, asking for the news-L
Gedtlernen in blach, in a fit of "blues
"
Gentlemen in claret, sober as a Vicar—
Gentleinen in snub, dreadfully in liquor.. • .
Stranger atthe right,' looking,very sonny,
Obviously *reading something ,rather &nay—.
Nowthe smiles are thlekii—wooder what they means
Faith! legot, the Knickerbocker Magazine I
s'irahger on the ieft, :losing up, his peepers—
Sow he snores amain, like the'Seven Sleepers I •
At his feet a volume gives the explanation.
flow the than grew stupid from " Assoeiation.ili
jdarket-woman, careful of the preciotis Casket,
nowing "eggs are eggs," tightly holds her bask-et,
Feeling that any " smash," if itscame, would si`tely
Send her eggs to pot, rather iirewatartfly !
r
Ancient maiden lady anxiously remarks
That there must be peril, 'mong so many sparks!
Roguish looking fellow, turning to the stranger,
Says•it's opinion sea Is out of danger: .
Woman with her baby, sitting vis a vis,
Baby keeps a squalling, woman looks at me, •
Asks about the distance, sats it's tiresome
Noises of ihe cars are so v ry shocking!
Shooting through the forest, rattling over ridges,
Shooting under arches, rurribling over bridges,
Whizzing thro' the mountains, buzzing o'er tha ‘ Tale,
Bless me !—this is pleasant Tiding on a rail!
[From Noah's &Ridgy Messenger.]
Dead Manse Lake.
The revolutionary history of New York, and of
adjacent -grounds, resolves itself into the doings of
one long year—not a calender year—which corn
prises the period during which this city was under
botilagr. s -
brave men, while this bondage endured,
itd all di* could be done to destroy - the power and
comfort of the kingi representatives; and of these,
brave men, firm old Westchester furnished the
majorit) —Their system of warfare partook of the
characteristics ,of the guerrilla habit, 'such as was
'exhibited throughout the factional disturbances of
old Spain. We have furnished sketches descrip
live of these bands whi,ch . were organized for all
species of patriotic duty, but • more particularly for
the discomfiture of The tory -4, skinners and refu
zee The leader of one of these bands was cal-
Nicholas Oder. e
Nick, as lie was familiarly denominated, was
-entirely wllettered ;• but he was, notwithstanding,
- , ;ne' of the shrewdest men in the country. Natuie
had done, what education had not, towards mark
ing hint a 'formidable and dangerous enemy in the
branch of the service he had chosen. He had an
instinctive scent of the foie,, and seemed to tell the
Opreabonts of an ambush, with as much certain
,t)as a hound breaks the cover of the fox. Faith
ful to his purpose of intercepting the scouting and
• t
. foraging parties of the English, Nk:k was•constafit-
IN on his feet, and continually.in communication,
. !Inc way oi other, with Washington or his odcers.
Only fifty 'men composed Nick's army, and the
force was sometimes cut url into five sections, and
despatched - . by tens; towards various points in or
ler ' to learn in shat direction there might be an tip
", portunity for the exercise of the prOwess of the con
, tracTed band.
,'‘ i The line of the C roux river wasthe route always
I'l. kept in view- by Niek,and his men, .and }mild, at
- i sii several points, places Of- rendezvpus at which
'
:t they Were generally to be found when off duty,
411ich indeed was seldoin the ethnic One of these
- places of rendezvous was the batiks of the (then)
~ widest portion of the stream. The water had deep
-- cned hefe to an extent that renderettit perilous to
4ny but a •swimmer ; it being at least twelve fee t
.-nrn the surface to the lxittrifii. It Was alws pla
f ill with a sort of oily surface` , and looked like the
ati6 ve dam of a-mill pond. .
The banks were covered. with very thick under
. kubh--haiel, .winter-grbeff, alder, and vines indi
genous to the watery soil, besides saplings and
aces more especially the willow . ) innumerable,
ro that autumn did not, by taking away the ladies,
, leprive-the screen of imperviousness to the optics.
. The episode in the stream Nick bad named, f& a
.rtiott aniksufficient reason " Dead Man's Lake."
We mist explain. •
. One evening in the depth of winter) Nick had
Nne a long distance above White 'Tian. to inter
cept a bcitly of terries who wet() on their .way from
Connecticut to the city, with considerable booty in
the shape of money and vahiables taken from the
inhabitants in the vicinity of the sound. Nick had
obtained intelligence of their movements, and had
Pontrived to gain access to the party (about eighty
ii number, under the control of a minor English
allk'et, named McPherson) by means of a John
Valentine, who wits a' minute man. John, as it
Irks" afterwards aseertained, bad met and joined
the tories with a specious tale, and promisd to
!eat them through the country so securely that
on e Of the prowling rebels would encounter them.
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IV way of necessary digression, we must inform
h i'e reader, that the " Dead Man's Lake" rendez
'"lls. was niaile com;iele by a board shanty, knock
"! up in a hurry, and to shelter the men froth the
wren-,e cold of the winter *lntl, .
Previnu s to starting, johhad extorted a-promise
!loin Nick that: he would maim, the whole.of the
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would prove an easy conque4. •
" Well ' by Cane !" cried Nick, as he blew his
fingers to quicken the circulation, " a body must en 7
duce a greet deal for the sake of his cteintry. It's
a rough job, John; but we'll do it--only "do you
keep your share of the prontise2'
" Never fear me," replied John i " bring 'em
down to the spot, ind then you'll consider em in
your h 4 ids. Be about where
.you can hear me,
and wlOrt I say, " Hurrah fix Gitieral Washington,
and down with the red coats! then is your time."
Having reached the lake as nine o'clock in the
evening, Nick proceeded to devise ,his plan °icon
cealment. The ccild was intense. It was what the ,
inhabitants in that part of the , country called a still
cold—for, although everything was -hard frozen,
and the breath congealed as fast as emitted, not the
slightest show of air was to be experienced. It
was a dead land caltu. No plan could be devised
with sada:action to the majority. To go away was
impossible, for although the expected victims were
not sure before two or threettours atter
yet they might arrive much sooner, and, besides,
?tick had given his word nett to leave the place,-
Like all the servants of Congress herd, Nick and
his men *Me poor: Each had a miserable ragged
blanket, btft nothhig else', as t prot6ction fro& the
bluer assaults of Jack Frost..
" l'U tell you what," growled an old fellow, " we
shall be frozen without doubt. , My advice is to fix
a slow match''to a keg of powder there in the hovel,
and blow 'ern ail to the devil. pleari-while, we
can find ac eoinmodation among t i he neighbors."
This novel suggestion was received, much to the
astonishment of its atther, with a,t , eneral laugh.—
The debate proceeded. It waqstill in progress
when heavy flakes of snow begiur.to fall briskly.
"Good !",said Nick, half in soliloquy, as he scan
ned the heavens with the, air of an astrologer ; " this
will come down at least , twelve hours. I have it
at last. Boys, no skulking or grumbling now, foul
won't have it; you must do as I am going, to order;
if you don't we part comitmy."`
" Spear out, Nick, well stick to you while
you've a Hint to yciir gun."
Nick did speak &t 'Behind the shanty was a
was a swamp meadow. i The weather had made
it hard and porous.. To this spot the whole body
were directed to move; there to spread their blan
kets, and lie down upon them witk the locks of
their muskets between their knees, and the muz
zels protected by a wooden stopper kept for the
purpose. Nick enforced this cot:amend by a logi
cal explanation of the advantages of a compliance
with it. He contended that the snow, being dry
and not subject to drift, would cover them as satis
factorily as a tick of feathers, and keep them as
warm and comfortable. it would also effectually
conceal them at their ease'. The porous quality of
the ground, would, he also informedtherfirrnible
them to distinguish the approach of any =telling
party aLa dislance, and therefore they could 'snatch
a few moments of rest. Without more ado the at
rangement was made, Nick lying down nearest tie
hut.
Four long hours elapsed, by which time the har
dy patriots were completely, snowed under, being
covered with eight inches, or thereabouts, of the
,elemental emblem of purity. The sleep induced
by snow has been too often described to be un
kubten to our readers. To prevent
each
from being
fatal 9r injurious.'Nick had made each man, previ
ous td retiring, drink freely of rye whiskey.
The keettest eye, or acutest cunning, could not
have detedted in those undulating hillocks, aught
but the nalaral irregularities of swampy ground.
At abort Iwo o'clock in the morning, John arriv
ed, as he. had said he would, with his devoted fol
lowers. They were thankful for the shelter of the
shanty, and llcPherson swore.that when they had
reached the city, hO Would report John's generous
cdndiict to Howe or lirtyphau.sen, and procure him
a deserved reward.
Wait,". said John . ; "I have not done the half
that I intended to do for you.
Nick now atOski nod placed himself against the
hovel so as to be able to hear the signal. In the
meantime he had awakened his men, without per
mitting them to iise, by a process as summary as
it was novel. He had felt for . the softest part tif
each carcass With the point of a very sharp bayonet.
The tonics, stowed like sheep in the small area
cotered by the-but began to drink. They had
scarcely done this ere they became valorous and
boastful. McPherson, singularly communicative
to John,`Oetailed his atrocities on the route with the
savagest eiultation. Before he had met John they
had robbed 'a farm house, the mistress of which,
having refused to deliver up her husband's money,
had been " stripped add flogged until she had
fainted." Nick, hearing this,• could not sUppress
an exclamation of, mingled rage and horror. Be
fore: John could interpose, McPherson had gone
without to ascertain whether he had really heard a
human voice or not. But he saw nothingbut snow,
(although he stood within twenty rods of fifty mor
tal enemies,) and so returned. -
Resuming his drinking and his conversation, the
depredator outflows' to deha the monstrous vil r ,
lefties he had perpetrated and to speak of whale
intended.to do on the downward route. He feared
no assault—not hp ! He was strong enough to re
pel any handful of half-starved, skulking outlaws.
If he caught any 'of the' fellows, he would hang
them to their own trees, and manure the soil with
the blood. of their women.
John hail crept to the door by degrees, onirhow
stood with his left hand upon the raised' ratchet.--
He applauded the officer's story, and was"
he saia, to aid him m the performance of the deeds
he then colemplated. John proposed a toast, mid
filling a tin cup With liquor, said in a loud voice,
" Hurrah for General Washington, and down With
the.red cows."' The fiquerwas dashed in Menet
sen's face, and ;Phu Vanished from the hut. Bi,n
ultaupous with his departure, Nick summoned hiS
•mertby a repetition of the toast,, and the fifty hid.
locks of snow were changed, iw by' the 'wand of
. .
Barloquin, into as many, aimed and. insinint ".rte
bele,"
*Before the tories could recover from the ncomen
tar/1;4)68e into which these Cl!rictus incidents had
thrown them, a volley of powder and shot had
been fired through the apertures. Dashing like a
frightened hare into the open air, McPherson be
held his assailants. His fears magnified their num
bers, and conceiving there was no hope to fight, he
surhmoned his men to fallow him in flight. They
madly rushed after him, and forcing themselves
through the dry limbs or brush that Mick np--tl►e
skeletons of vegetation—on the banks of the stream
gained the frozen surface. More than one-half the
folloriers had taken this comae, while the rest had
either fallen victims to the first fire, or taken tp
their beets towards the main road at the other sig.
" Fire on 'em ! Load as fast as you can—give
'em thunder," shouted - Nick, as he followed b 0
own advice.
Suddenly there was a report loader than that tf .
a musket; it was accomplished by a splash, arid a
concord of unearthly screams. The ice had brok
eripand..:lLDead Man's Lake " was accomplishing
a Victory for the handful of American patriots who
stoedlipon the bank.
The result was that over twenty of the tories were
taken and sent to head-quarters. Only India dozen
were killed by fire-arms. " Dead Man's Lake"
was examined at sunrise, and fifteen bodies were
drawn from its remorseless bosom, The remain
der, McPherson among them had escaped. •
Niclk bad nailed the water its above, in conse
quence of finding the body of one man, mutilated
and murdered by royalists. After the event We
have rudely sketched, he changed the title to
" Dead Man's Lake." It is now called " Willow
Hole," and no man in the vicinity knows aught of
its foaer designation, so far as we can judge, u-e
having lived near it needy two years without hear
ing any one else speak of it.
As these liule episodes in the drama of thi revo
lution were frequent, they have not, it seems, been
considered of sufficient importance to be generally
preserved, even in the Indian style by 'tradition.
A YOUNG FEM A LE . HEROINE—In a house in Moir
din Street, Troy-town, Rochester, a yonngzirl
ed Sarah Rogers, about ftfteen'yeans of age, was
in charge of a child ten months old. She had laid
down the infant for a time, and missing it on turn
ing round, tan out into the garden to lixik for it.
The child was not to oe seen.; and the poor little
nurse, in obedience to a terrible presentinient, dish
ed to the well. Her fears were only too just. The
covering of the well was out of repair ; and on drag
ging away the broken boards, she saw the object
of her search In the wider at the bottom—a distance
of sixty-three - feet. A wild scream broke from the
gill at the sight ; but she did not content herself with
screaming, and she knew that if she ran for aid, it
would in all probability come too late. Sarah
gers, therefore— this girl of fißeen—lowered the
bucket to the bottom, and grasping the rope in her
hands, descended after it. In thus descending, with
out any one above to steady her, she swayed
against the rough stones of the well, and mangled
her hinds to such an extent, that the flesh is de.
described as having been actually torn from the
b3nes.
• She reached the bottom, nevertheless) and al
though standing in three feet water, contrived to
get hold of the drowning child with her lacerated
hands, and raise it above the surface. She then
emptied the bucket, which had filled, and placing
her precious charge in it, awaited the melt. That
result was fortunate and speedy, for her scream
providentially had drawn several persons to the
spot, and Sarah Rogers had presently the delight to
see the bucket ascending will, the infant Still the
brave and generous girl was unsatisfied ; and when
the bucket was lowered for herself, she could not
be prevailed upon to enter it till they had assured
her of the safety of the child.
The infant was found to be severely, but not dan
gerously hurt ; whilejt was feared that its preser
ver would lose the use of her hands. But this, we
are happy to say, is now not likely to be the case,
The wounds will in all probability yield to the in•
fluence of care and skill, and Sarah Rit%ers will be
able, as heretofore, to earn her bread by the work
of her .hands.—English papa-.
WHAT A WIFE Snouts) tlo.—A wife must learn
how to form her husband's bappittess ; in what di
rection the secret of his comfort lies : sbe must not
cherish his weaknesses by working ispOn them; she
must not rashly run counter to his prejudices. Her
motto mast be, never to irritate. She:must study
never to draw largely upon the Small stock of pa
tience in manes nature; nor to inmate his obstina
cy by trying to drive hint ; never if possible to have
scenes.
I doubt much if a real quarrel, evert if made up,
does not loosen the bond between man and wife,
and sometimes, unless the allectkrn of both belay
sincere, lastingly. If irritation should, • occur, a wo
man must expect to hear from most even i strength
and vehemence of language far mete than the oe.
casion requites. Mild as well as stem men are
prone to :this exaggeration of. not a
woman be tempted ever to say auy thing samistio
or violent in retaliation. - The'bitterest
,repentanee
must nee-ds inflow such an indulgence if she dd.
Men frequently forget what they bare themselves
said, but seldom what is uttered by their wives.
They are grateful, too, for hibestrince in such ea
ses ; for while asserting most loudly that , they are
right, they are often conscious that they are wrong!)
Give a little time as !be greatest boon you can be
stow, to the irritated feeling of your husband: I' 4 U
English_Nabtra,
Aittrarter MAN.—The Brahtnins aty dal etitt
qualities mast combine ,to form a ptidect mast :-:-
nainely, SArbearance, self-krrowiedgei 'tree. WW1..."
awe, jnelrnent in placing confillincei .ate
. reeyi
power to obtain respect at emit,
and reserve, both as to speech in genemi aoqiety
and intansiddring vtith adails of others. •
ito.utotto or visracuttolf flo3l urry oviarrmt."
. S,r
eAtattlfriOn 4
. ko6c . e. " trirrth
11A1 ' 1.18.1 . MD "IN fug errr or mrcty.
•
Ms.itox' ).—.What a otntwe idea onevfonna of the
city of Mexico before seem it—taking opinions
from the books and correspondence of tourists--end,
withal, how erroneous. We had pictured a low,
dirty, sickly town, half covered with vrater and en
tirely inundated with mod, and other et rekrus in
unison_ What was our surprise on first entering
the Grand Plaza, perhaps the most magnificent in
the world I There stood the grand Cathedral, a
monument of art--a mine of . wealth. There, too,
was the palace, intl_tribable in its grandeur and
extent—the red-white,and green flag of the Repub
lie still floating upon it! There were the halls of
justice, the palace of the Governor, the long ;soda's
where fabrics of every nation are bartered for the
products of the country, including its yellow and
bright " castins." And there were groves of trees,
titmurmuring fountains, sparkling is sun like
: ianta! Foch. temples, such palaces, such por
tals such alamedas„ such fountains ! God of heav
en ! %
-hat an Eden is this I find how little is it appre
ciated by the thousands who daily behold and en
joy its beauties! Governed by good men and in
habited by an educated people, it would be the
garden of the earth,
But as it is—what climate is more lovely t where,
as here, do the flowers alWays bloom so brightly?
the birds ever sing so sweetly t Mexico !there are
none among your wayward children who can ap
preciate the gifts that God has lavished upon them.
Health, wealth and every enjoyment that man can
covet are their inheritance—yet they are not hap
py I The iron foot of military tyranny has scourged
the turd in its length and breadth. Atfilla boasted
that' the grass never grew upon the ground trodden
by his warhorse ; Santa Anna can repeal the boast
and no one will say no. His very name is a blight
upon his notive land.
But Mexico begins to hope, for better times.—
Gleamin,gs of peace and disenthralment are already
breaking t~e darkness of her EsUrtem horizon and
daily growing brighter. God speed them !
Sidewalk Blasiage.--Gebeg name.
How many friends are going home t
How very lonesome we shall be
When they are gone! I would that some
Now tearing, could but stay and see
The end of this protracted war ;
Then, like the old French Guard return,
Each with his soldiers' badge or scar,
The firoudest trophy be could earn.
And many who are leaving now
We never may behold again—
For who can all their dangers know
O'er desert waste and burning plain !
Yet most will live to join once more
Their friends and kJbdred In the North;
May mat ne'et front( (hat !the& shore
To bloody combat call them forth
its.
God of the Faithful! in thy love
Watch over these, nor jewels, and
Sustain their weary feet above
All peril in this hostile land;
For they have stood where malty
On many fields of fire and gore--;
Oh may they live with friends to tell
Of battles they may fight no more!
MEXICO, 147. Was Cr lola.
TIIE Pessssxvssisiss.—We have heretofore re ,
frairied from speaking of these men, because, eetn ,
ing from their state, and almost belonging to them,
we have felt some delicacy in applauding our own
household. But they deserve notice and must have
it During the first battles in the valley they were
kept at San Augustine and had no opportunity of
getting a fight, but at Chapultepec and the Garetaof
Belen they had a hand, and played it too, to the
discomfiture of that brave old trump Terms. Their
list of killed and wounded, published in our last,
shows the hot work they had to do, and as we were
personally a witness, we can roach for the glorious
way they did it.
The Old Keystone has a tight to be proud of her
sons—in both r%riments. Though nothing of 'cial
has come to us from PueWa, we learn that the six
companies of the• Ist, under the U. Col. Black did
gallant service during the siege at the city. All the
Keystone boys want, is a chance—let them have
that, and they will at all times show themselves
worthy cleecentimas of the Old Pennsylvania Line.
EJLATHQUAIMS.-.4BlolqUillitill AM. at the present
time of very frequent commence in this beautiful
country. A few days VC the village of Ocoda was
totally destroyed. The Canton de le Berea his atl4
so suffered a severe shake, throwing doivu hones
besides the tower of the principal church. They
have had four of these unpleasant visitors in this city
since our occupation of it.
HOMIE-, -VANUA AIILLY.--A train will protattoly leave
for Vera Cruz, before our next number is printed,
and our friends will look anxiously through every
paper for the news, doings, Le. in this region. To
all such toe it irnoWn, that we are situated most
comketabli io 2d Calkdabotece i Nell the Pie'
cape sheet isi this respectable viler sgdani
frpm the pied thee 414 are meting-ourselves
iti t,aitite notes and Printixi r 'eM, eel by that means
MOP to faltp.Otagstsieltied a great part of , the
time:. Wheetitbel aret oat irreittintfeeepy
droondlie ' het -td The. etitioslielin
the'eteeeNim;teritS Apntti 'Statile ; and'i:lipitllo,,i;
Then die Alameda , the rinSee,Ae Publia'gßinietur.„
thit - wicket gramid and liaarest's divideortulastre
date, arid What with wok - hint and 161*w-titre led
U put,in 4 coned . _ erIA of the bete litertatertid'
eerie. .
ThraittOoffe an American Theatre, manned'
very well by one a Old Han," who has followed
the army so long that we anticipate s meting hire
hardediMely. At ibis establishment we, blurs .
tertudelY,Eileish*l;goPlinidi P lays , a AO Aidii#,
and an opYnt. ,Then thereis shebetron..
det-eonsmand otiflen: Beasley,' the Napolnon-ot
s.4wansi in thik,"tis: ben. WOcritt jnlht , Kitt
l*Pet* !i eie 11:6'1 iiel,4anfrid: 1 1"41*° 1613 fir 1 4. 3.
pctitc operas, vatileviilos, SW. .Betiides, we
lIMIE
halter balks mid"masks, soMil pleasant eta 6Theitt
pleasanter; 'whete one, if inclined, can shake the
pedalierminations with lrench,' Spanish, German
ktexicorrbeanties of various pretensiom . We have
in fad, billiarthytehpins, daily. setvicein the cattle:.
drat and Utmost every other amusement and throcs.
lion (not-forgetting devotion to the ladies) known
to the. barbarians of the Northt '
_ .
AU lumped, Ave enjoylitlexico imply and expect .
to for an indefinite period. It is axed the mod
magnificent cities a man ever fell into and at pre
sent is-- rut quiet mul agreeablp as any other pot
tions of America gOverned by therchildren of VW.
Samuel.
We had nearly forgotten iv—we want some stars
eumediani, dtuitgrs, roc:Bias, el ce
tera.. Not that there are Mate here, but a Yankee
must have change. Fortunes are to be made here
and our trains offer 803 convoy to and from the,
capital. We have had a mind to stir op Marshall,
of the Walnut, Sol Smith, or others of that ilk, to
extend branches of their establishments to Mexico.
Burton too—he should want.another therm by this
time and we-promise him a fine opening. If he
has not mom than four or five houses, he-musteer
tainly want another. Not to be earticalar we would
name as the fine importation, the Seim, ins, 'Mangy,'
Wallach, the younger, Collins, Mists Fisher, Mrs.
Mowan and -Davenport, the' Burkes : our old friend
Fred Connor and the Hutchinscms. The latter have
a glorious chance hereof extending the area of bd
man liberty. It Dumbleton's band of Ethiopians
hare arrived from Europe trot them along also.
This is a very extensive village and at this writing
it presents quite a growing appeamete. -
Finally, the 'article of " Old Monongahela" is en
tirely exhausted and " James River Leer unknown.
We particularly. request all coming from the States
to fill their pockets with a good supply of the "weed"
for which wean:, suffering awfully,
_.
How no THINGS Loot: l—The Americans in Mexi
co hare been looking with deep interest to the Con
gress which was - weeks since convoked at Quer&
taro, for tome landmark by which to judge of
_the`
intentions of the Mexican Government, and tiipy
have looked in•vain ; for, as we hare been able to
learn, no quorum has been.formed, and there is lit
tle prospect of anything being done by that body.
There is.no peace party in-Queretaro , the Repub
lican delegates have left for Zacetacas, and if any
thing is done by those wbo remain there, no good
results can be expected. The remnants of the
Mexican army, united by Santa Anus ) Reyes, Res
and o her !elders, are assembling at Queretaro to
overawe the Congress, and besides, many of the
delegates who remain there are officers of the army.
To *declare for peace would destroy thd occupation
by which they live, to disband the army would be
the stripping off.hundreds of epaulette that are the
ensigiut of terror and thstru.4 to all who desire an
honorable termination of the war.
What, then, hare we to , expect ? what hope have
we of peace I We have waited loug nor anxiously
for some- movement that might show some glim
merings of hope fora better state o things—•and we
have hoped against hoed. We are now as much
etnbarrassed as to the future operations of the Mai
can goverrftrent as we were on the first day our
victorious bargiens were plimied opt& the strong
bolds of the capital. A Its* gitipti intiri have, it is
trdb, endeavored to bring about measures for, the
well be - mg of the nation,' bat stronger .influences
ans'exerted against Muta t and 14 the absence of
any kind of union among Ibis leading men of the
country Arc see no clue to an early adjustiftent of
the quarrel between the two nations.
We have, from the first time our paper was is,
zued, indulged a hope that the Congress would lis•
ten to the dictates of reason spid produce some plan
upon which to establish a -laxity of. peace. We
have appealed to the Mexican people and asked
them to further the views of our government upon
that question ; we bare done more—we have in
yoked friendly social relations between the two
countries, and endeavored to convince the people '
of the importance of coming at onceto terms in or
der
to preserve Mexico en independent reputing.
And we have been kindly received by some,, a
few have erideatored to,hring alarm the reconcillitA
tiOn desired ; but the main body of, the citizens of
the state have turned away their heals andstopped
their ears to the appitda of friendship, . .
. All reflecting men must know that the American
Government cannof f ternc i b longer dally with Mexi
co. Tins war must be ended—the difficulties be
tititien the U. Smelt erfd Mexico must be terrain*.
fed. If Mexicana Will blindly persevere in their
hostile intentions; if , thertmadlrdetennine to ex
tend, the ittingoe and relliii) an Irnerahle peace,
SIT
the U. , most appliihe orknerrie4y , lefillte
ecmqttest_ the cottattj. For ciiirMit . r e do' rill
desire this erxemity-rwe 'believe that our country
does not vr isle it; but if Mexico Will persistinthrow
lug obstac& in the way of Imre, and is determin
ed 4 to see her obliteration f rom dierfig fit fitigeria",
we say, f the rake of Oace, for the, Satre of hi
maaity
,ilte coon
(111,. 4. govAlOnOrki2 libel*eA° -1 ! 4 ,"
from tbeirislavery and, by edintating;lfit :hem'foi
self-goveriment. We are tired of thei g trillingpoli-'
er Pithe ille. 49,K e i M e 5. ,1 4 1 .. L .kip,i.Tss.ll
w....levirk'woutzA, my . ,itimi#l - .t.. tp ; fel
or c 0 1r 4 .44k,.. 1 .4,9P/ 1 0° 34 e4P.r ;0. 14 / 1 1 ;,Wil*
*IA 74 be uo4 4 !stood - irk 40.„11 . 1 a manner *it
Cfgali9‘ b0r4 5 4r 0 4440)7c 1 0!. :Ev • •:• - . , Z
Wroowl. OF inc Sionsas.—We find the
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Cut's ex ! lent paper , the Cincinnati Advertise :
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Milk sairvivorof,theZriveZ oi c tiii skinnisi'of the Tiri:
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Arivsni - Orricii. Dikostint,r;-Yake . ingiii, • di.
it it the4ill,wki,on itsiumolikplocgLaxodi off4li 1
, vitt it . _ ttiAane , eyo4 shut, ion& toy I Q ,jcui4 it , off
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Tilt !-Illibeint •alrasisti—St . -ED*4*-
."-- of t he iv - 6 - Ci r .
We believe the principle,
_rocas°
to be a tinyt* it Aleriiie: We 'are' •Olil3ireiit that
the Deirleiraky 61 . titi - Pitirit Orel* tell34lK).
Ye! the're are &rile' tire atAli o.=, ad s lltid'ii4e,l
teens, that are urging it's airatiiieirme4t. .viryteit!
the contmprences of standing by it." They TrLar to
staid . 14 iiliat :fret inbw t6' be the "ht. ' '''''"" '
w
It arnast4ittlei fife Proviso al-as 0536NQ i i i:
to Congress; and lit** afelCOme . w' Is'Yeciiitiini
Lf ttii. P . rtialeity &tee no[4: 76 likaidaenf
nearly every NOrttbrn trambe'itcrii el& le rite
it patted the" Roast by a heavy vote., i lliitichieni
iilffurifFd then oh th#Meermi4; ginalteni , Was
their aititfn met by t h e •P • iopiel h 4 is - typeol;iy
61 , their iletitleil applubation: Th'6' State Legisla
!my
tares of all the free' Sides in 'sc.4ksilarr. ' Al alinost
utianiincasfy, iel All' it 'sin c e.% 'e.-e *piton'', reirela
tions, in favor oT the principle: ' - pii4 of the
wired Nut* rilere jest as deviant) alien , th'y Spoke
oil at , a* M I ite dargfie WM' *-eotninitted.
Sinesthen, Wis tine", a change fruit:nee over the
spirit of some - of our politicians. They itioffilan
le atteatiltater to themeielre their indivi
doal trl‘,,Ms.--In abifing IV! tM Sill. "itopelge to
go 'for the right Th'ey have been Calculating and
sptrentrittng Pa reTereneif to porra.si chteces sires
titer tejourmatent ocContielf, and it6N, r , what is
eapedisat," instead of a what IS right," lute go
rem their motive's and diet actieris: 'FM Demo
cratic plartj N to' lib marlesUbserrient; 'hi it policy
tfoltraiiiin, to no eapedieect that fail 'only to
their selfish ends and their personal advancement.
And that Ps rtio3l straino is; &at the result of.the
lataieleCtioh' ht4Cea. toili is pointed at ria proving
the danger t&the Deriberak*:/ flint *lll remit from
standing by the Proviso. Strange positinii; we Say,
this: nfr it is undeniable that it was the 'abandon
oreni of die Pinvise that kept the DeMoeratie mas
ses at bonie-lithirig their party suffer a delhat most
atfere-helming, and tinesampltiii ire either State or
!ration. Had the Syracuse Convention adopted the
free lerfiksl rtigolirtion laid it on the tatAk', what
loll* of freedom that calls himself a NewVork DS
rnoerat but would haveenti to &Spoils! Not One . .
Stieh # Ventre* Mad have' resulted. la a vernplete
hithaph at tid; early. For they are bat very few
who even cleat themselves with Democrats for the
sake alone of of ibe are spniis, that have the uirun
tenante to - cleleml and sustain slavery in the ab-
Mac; touch lean to ativoratelhe elicitation of slave
territory. •
We reeolk.ct weti the dbicesaion upon the
of Texas: The measure was strongly opp
eitl-4me w hy, ?` Till free spirit of the North refus-
IT
ed to sustain a maser° that seemed to be aimed
at strengthening the slave inte76sl, And at tirat'it
seemed that the measure must fait. And why did
it not, It was because the argument put.,forward
by the South; by the leading Soathem Desks:retie
presses, art} e:splecially in the letter if kJ. laralker,
no* Setretttry bf the Treasury; was en acknowl-
Edgineint bf the reatenableneett; itr - itseff; of.the oh=
jectloil grid Went to prove that senreintion
iitust terminate, not perpetuate sievetyr The ar
gument was; diet, as a clinsegnence of annexation,
instead of but Southern borders being Wthteted in
lay a toiretti slave land, as in tease-of nelvetinixe
, tion Texas would be to us; drat this foieta tag—
the last shivelertitory id tmth Autericia.--would be
come but the (*tension Of out boratie; and then
beyond would be a natiott which, recce using no
such condition in elaigly tot siaveryi acknowledged
also as freemen, not alone' the whet man, but4ite
Indian and nerxh—giving fit ad an& each political
rights. Hew elegy would it thee ble, as the demands
of justice end equ'ality .were acknowledged-and
acted upon by the roaster freeing his slaves, for
hint to send them to that border nation, Mexico,
*litre they might live in the full enjoyment of their
Itheity,and in the fullexereise artery politicidttltt.
This argument, be it remembered; *its Watithe
4by theScinth. The South titaattiit tie t!t kat,
towered- the purpose ; ire she North---ntrexed
Texas with sal her Slaves:
The,spirit of freedom in every age has nineoun
ter to every oppression. At times, it hap livid but
in the hearts of few, bid sts from the light Of day,
and wrong has trittaritittsly and interest ned paision
have combined to enslave the weak and the,unfor
tunate. We had hoped that &jai:mei der
brighter era bad datenet Wd had hoped that cnii
countrymen tfciald need no appeal . to stand by the
right. We had believed that last of all, wbnld the
tentorntg , of tf t kort turn aside strike down
the slave to bind him, fiat as, fine in the chains of
an ete rn al SlatdrYi sektit al Must bind him if that
only lope-7 1 1,ilopit preisent!,d - OM and his friends
by men d t do 164 - eid diotfFy since—is taken
away; destroyed.
To the Democracy Ot Ohio we atp`peal. We urge
them to stand firm-in support of the principles of
the Proviso. biericti ninstyrft t the refuge of the
dive; iprit she must wirer be,ctinied.with the her.
4 11 20 -of slavery st our hands. • , •
licettames. , —Thair are the pgiied builder. of the
wodd—not a stick is *WTI, kid la *one shaped in
elk the Welly dwellings• of the rich, that does not
Aire its begin! and HMOs to the illachanies.skill
thilowering - spires that raise their.gildg heights
*Deng the elorids, depend tipon the Meeltanicesurt
%ORO sitength and syminesql;ille dintifiseds-ef
debit Alps tliat ecover-"the sat nfithi iredd, the
itiagnifictit 'steamers tirat~theloiodliertilakeri
aid s*ift litemorlysi
tharfte
+iiits-the-fdfioni to - M*; With tharvaiddii ,
rseof iigh i ftittii, are tiler flionst*iirt.,Wr and• me
era* *Shiest 'of beings, the Medal:ll Not am
edifice fiir devotion,:for businees, for'comkirt, tat
bears-the, , impress of their handiwork! . 4Flukennit.
derir, palling—how noble ip their_ pursuit,
h ow ., su blime is their vticationit,Who . dares to
weer at linolka fraternity of : .heemable. nableorid
bigb-misidedleethl Who duel 1 1 ‘44 4 `tart
am on
soduko calinvit psid•PotTioda. Aigteti Tkeir Path 4
00*4410ke &En Indatiour 1 01 4 4 Y, and is
tiorteeprinelt , if i 4 does not lead. them tothe highs
eat pens of honor, fame aral renown •:
PlertgallaTaiggir
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