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Y.l've conquer& the beat in tlieToinennwo,A, And the shark by the deep Mnelstrotri I fittinz foe lived longngo— The mighty rtitestotiotir His blue eyes bnively glance below— ,' The chief from his cliff is g v u e I 'Tithe whale! yon, whale, that..tetnpts his aail, • Like an island he moved' on— "By the soundlea: sea conquer thee, Tliou ocean hutstoiton !," Ile darted his skiff fi oin the feet of the cliff. All arn2a.'w . iili Lis corded spear; Soon the barb is d'ed -in the sea-beast's side, And away .to the . west they steer.- With his hempen rein, der the ocean plain, More fleet than ihe sledge they go; With the red .setfing sun a race they run, InAlie road of its turfy glow 1 . ..„ And the storm, waves kept glassy Calm, . That, strange first hark to see ; . And the sea gods Fuse the chase to charm • And ehouted—" We'll rice with thee!" And one of their troop the Norman chose To share it jiffs dating deed ; . White washer breag as ttie Fitliara snows, Her hair like th'e - brown sea-weed. -And thus they twain o'errode the main, And the N,,rseman's shirt of mail, With - his shield be clashed,;as they landward washed, 'Till he stranded the maddened whale That night, on thestcand of the new west land He built for his ine , insid bride A •bowe‘v hut, and the oil he cat, Fur a lamp, from the monster's side. And Born !bete two there F. pranz a crew, The boldest to Ices(' the sail; And on everyplain of the stormy main They cha . se the tutnbbeg whale isctitautous. AN INCIDENT IN THE MEXICAN WAR BY RICHARD EVERETT. The blond: battle of Malin del Rev was 'finished, and the §mericati 'arms were again victorious. -Bu tt proved a dear-bought victory: The battlefield was red with:Anglo- Saxon blood, for never dbl. the Aztec arms Make amore desperate defence. Tho.e who • participatedju that gloriou, battle wilt never forget:its man s eventftil'eircuniStanees ; how - at - faint dawn of morn 'when' the star looked sweettrupon the 'earth, - our army moved si lently into-its position; corps after corps, ar tillery, infantry andcavalry ; the muttered word - of command, the ittinltlinr. of "Wheels, and the mulled .'tramp? tramp? . 'tramp !: of devoted storming: party, which pioneered the main :force: It was five o'clock in the morning, when'the.battle commenced: With atimtirt4 that shook the earth:the heavy guns of Hugar's battery belched forth 'the signal of attack. Then the stortners. Carry; ing•their laddersand faricineS,startett forward, cbeering.as they-- r In, and were soon l u st -amid tire thivk mie Which - rolled from the Meiienn canon. • Now and then a broad . of flue •slyrive4 our - gallant fellows lighting barbilln hand with the enemy's • cannoniers. On -pressed. the centre of our, -line, aitrt like *rushing tornado, swept the 'enemy ft their 01,1,4 hilt bravely they- Attila and turn our troops 'were driven track. - Here the 'esrvage war dreadful. •-•( If tire .fourteen of the storming party,; eleven wire . , killed -or wounded in le .s - Alan fifteen mina •Mean time, Aain' each - ,i.ing, the fight plogie-,-ed with g reat, furt..and the front iof M•tlin del Rey anti Casa-de Mats-were rapid , • Iv Pio., up I,itth ilead and 'wok nil in front of those Ilefenee , the earl/Huge was ter rifle.. The gallant lite.-Iw-o-11. Was idot. "bile •eheering on Ids Me . h. Lieut. F,e,ott.fe II in the frunt.rank. and sho , trahle . IVaite-sunk under a mortal wound, AniOng t Nioxioans: t her e was a heavy- loss. of galleir idE l t e ill. Old Gee; Lt4rv..gray-iwired.liu! 6,11 of 6,e,•11;11. derez - Huerbt : litld 1t1eA.14.41 , 4,' itll Itel:llmi4j.4l4 .offieers. fought their last tight upon 'the t ant pail aof Opst• de Mum - - But-direful rot xns the .pontiiet, no power -eould.stav the Saiates:ced arm. Ov e r broken-ground.,mcd 'bloody rtx tniutrts, in the laze of ire and. steel, ,tile • American t roor Dressed foiward. , tintaptin.?lte loud bodies of friend and foe heneut Ir theft fret. tinttl coy- -eyed whit the «tains of battle, they wood =wham...upon tte. Mexican fortifications.— 'Obi it was a glorious moment alien,-as the 'smok e tolled away, the %tars at td , tripes wew seen sta.ing from the Mexican flAg staff, proud einlilerng of American valor. ' But vie did. not ittend.to describe the hat ftie,of del -Rey at- Slowly the" remnant of the American fore* retired from the hard earned 'field, and upon the Ninth legittient devulved ttiat must painful of , all do utakburring tlie'dead, tints picking up the - wounded. About sunset the labor commenc -ed.:. &me six hundred men; ...divided into innall.parties, pursued the trielanetioly duty. Dayladed, but-the !nom, 'soon rising. shed ti pale sipulchral light over the Scene, whirl tiri man could eotiteniplate without e.thrin .of horror. •Cfver-a-large expense :of ground the bodies ,of the dead-.:aid wounded:l anew nente,thickly stiffen,, .itte Ost,orne •te butv . dretiZorr•ett rinight -he feinted within the " 1 11411 Of # k!!' ierdi sandy soil Tas wet with human gore. Litrge pits were dug, and friend and foe found - a soldier's gave together. Death had - abolished ail dis tinction. American and Mexican, who a few hours btfore wete striking. for each other's . • lives, and now lay fivaeefolly side. by side, their animosity subitueci. Ambulances and wagons roiled away to the temporary tal filled with wounded men, whose groans of anguisli were awful to hear. It Wil:4 while the work of burial pro'gressed that a Lieweliant, in charge of a 'small party, came to a ravine not far removed from the main line of amp k, through which ran a bubblitig brook. Many tiountirti- men had crowded to the banks - of this stream to slake that terrible thirst which 'a Severe wound al• ways induces. As the party were collecting scch'injured soldierS its would bear remov ing, the wail of au infant suddenly attracted rhehymeminOS attention. trii listened, and agaitt,t he sound Came faintly on - his ear, so plain, however, that there , was noint-taking its source. & w eb was instAoly made ;don! , the margin Of the brook, and in a. few mto Meats it sight was disclosed at, which even the most Itaidened heart grew faint. Two dead bodies lay upon the smt, a •few feet from the water's edge.. One, a young Mexi , can artilleryman, a Luse bend was badly crushed, apparently by a I.,rge shot,the other : a young. and troy beautiful Mexican girl, flom•winr-e heck a tivulet of Mack blood was yet oozin, fora musket ball bad penetrated the jugitho vein. The young man lay upon . his back, apparently just as he fell, while the position" of the w•uniau indicated that she m coved the laud wound while kni.eling by his side. -But this was net all. Narked, and all dabbled Over with the gore of its parents, an infant, evidently about three moutls•ol.l, was )ying upon the breast of its dead mtuli er, waihng, and graspiug with its little hands her haig,' black hair, whi.•h was damp with the cold night dew. Oh i it was picture which made the heart .swell with emotions of deep for utterance—the helples., Docent babe stained with irm mother's blOtel Often have we thought of the ,4 readfithscene, for it was a picture never to be forgotten.— The_gloooly battle field strewn will! the dead and dying; the brook tnurmurit* gleefully along, unmindful of its bloody ripples; the groups of soldiers standing wilt' their spa d ••• and picks around those tlead parents and the babe, and over all the moon .beaming with : ghastly glare, form.ed a striking scene for the diem) pattiotma of war I The maw had • probably met his death while searching fur water, as a leather buck et—such as is attached to an attiliery car riagel—was lying near by.. The young wo n►an must have received a chance shotov hile bending over her husbati.t's •bo t ly —for the Mexican women. with heroic devotion, often followed their husbands or lovers into battle. The. Lieutenant, giving orders that the two bodies should be interred in one grave. wrap ped Ale. babe in a blanket, and in comiany ' of two of his men, started in search of au ambulamie„intending to. send the little or phan to a Mexican camp. He had no: pro ceeded fir when two Mexican friars were liscovered pole ling, as was their custom, among the dead bodies, in-search of plunder. qrder mg them to desist, the officer related tre scene be had just witnessed, and in con citision offered one of the priests a liberal re ward if he would take the babe _in safer) , to the camp of his countrymen. The priest as sented with alacrity, -and receiving the re ward took the infant and turned awry.. With a consciousness of having fulfilled the dic tates of.humanity, the Lieutenant prepared to Jun his party again. He bad taken but a* . tw -steps,. however, before an exclamation of horror front one of his companions carved hint turn quickly, and as he did so, they bounded from his side in pursuit of the two priests who' were 'uniting towards the Mex;• lean lines. A sudden suspicion •of horrible import *danced through the officer's mind in an itimant,4and called on his men to fire on the fugitives if they did nut stop. .he looked. earnestly along his track, and soon eis.cov er td the reason of their companion's conduct ; for. thrown down amid a heap of cornses.was the dead infant,. with a ba:%onet . compleely driven through its Loft I The Inhuman wretch, to whom the officer had confide.d his little enrage, had nut proceed..d a dozen yards before committing the atrocious deed. The pu , suit was suc.-esstul. and in a few too• ments kith friars were bnatglit back rrem blimr and in broken English !.*-gird fur )lltt jusiire was quit-1: and sure. 'A -file of uvriwere soon on the g - round. Ft e minute' for prayers," said tlo Lieutenant, looking at hi- IA:4;e1/—! . .6te bloody --coundrels.! ,Sergeant. tie their hands. - - Men, 'for vett pares in fr,mt. Those ra derswere quickly ob.-red, the victim: mean rirne be ll gAng for their lives-. "Four time is up" a,ul the I! is no use—a until wbo would murder an ,an infant deserves 'worse than death. Are you ready sergertn , . r " Yes, sir," War , the .• The. u God have illy c% on the souls' of these villains.. Pla _train t ready. a'rn. fire f" A sitar p report rang out _plin tite . still night air, and the two hi -ars %ere dead men. . . A TR AITO R... 6 RE.* A kr).— Yoe k Gazette, in notictitg . 71 visit of Mettear..one of the Dtim ocratie'tn,Mhers :of .lie-Legislat use who co. •ted for. (.I.ituntott;;for -United States Senator, to Ws i luane l itt, lila County, Fars lie ins a brief stay Underwood'a . tavern. during ItiO) time lie was .frecpwttilY • : t;'d with "Huzu for the traitor." . .4-1)own with Men var.!' eke. When Cher left the tavern, thew haul gone but a few yards heforethey reeeis , shower of. eggs from the bands of the tmstatulers, which' repated at various Owes along the street. He passed through town next day cat Lis .return . to Ilarri..burg, Le made no stop but slunk along liken. nasty dug when, caught killing sheep. „ f ar- Mr..” raid _ a talVatoupshoublera.l tad from the vomit/. to a policeman at. the door , of Barnum's ruusetint, one der last, week, 1 VAlculate you keep this show. flow large is , that, air lire whale you aliverti,qi to be seen beret. Ibgenough to : swallow a hull town, spcs.e., aim 4 4 1741Q' was the reply of the msg. "1 reciter' le can't ;mallow Any , more town!' on- ;.- lie .hixr got rid of ,the it thee^ in low." ..!Oitiett cr ied, the green-horn. with eyes -pr, tar enough_ to., hang your het , on. "Then be s ;mellowed a city I Dew tell I mortal snaker Mottrityr t - Spe:rota•asity," relied , the -offit,•er, and littrriedmff, to help a , rattly mutate aetoto tee cromd4d therouglifsre, • • - •• 6 4 WE AZLE ALL EQUAL. BEFORE GOD AND THE, CONSTITVTiON.”—Jantes Unchanani entrust, Ausilutanird aun.tn, Penit'a, TAjurshil arc 12, - 1857 711 E GREAT D.fil IN WA S BING TON. INACGI4ZATI4N OF JAMES BUCHANAN, Fifteenth Pre,tdent' of the united States. Washentort, March 4th; 1357.—A brighter day sOdunni dawned upon .the Fedelal city than this 41h of Match 1357, which wan to wittiesm the retirement of Franklin Pietre and the accession of Jatnes Iluchnnan, to the Presidency of the 'United Stato. The sun rose clear in an unclouded sky. The air was cool, without 11.4n,9; uncomfortably cold, and tbuse who remembered the 'chill atmosphere,. the murky sky, aid the snow storm that dis 'finguilied Oe inauguration day of Franklin Pierce. could not rail to draw a favorable omon from the pleasabt eor.trast of 'tbia r kz. The city lia4 been .filling up with strangers from all . parts of The Union for a week or two, and )esketday and this morning, many thou. -and , arrived liv the trains and steamboats. Last. nigh'', there . were thiresands who tn eait,'ped in pailurs, dining rooms, and ;Tar merits, the sleeping roams of th#.publie end pii‘ate imu-es Wing' totally utierittal to %fie nerotnnhaiatitin .of the vast multit oat.. The event of. the night was Ihe Derma:rail(' -I tia tign ra 101 l Bali, given II the Twelfth Waal Deutoetatic As.s,velation of Philmiel- phut. I:. took place at Carusi's S f aloon. The tickets were five dollars, - and the proceeds ‘‘ ere f.ar the beatafi: of the poor of Washington city: A large nai:celhaneons company was resent, and the Pre - dent and Vice Plesident elect were present for a short time, being re ceived with :acclamation un thek arrival. There - V1 rre in the course of the evening sa lutes fired; rocket- dit-eharged, and various her dentonstiations in.view of the coining The city woke early -this morning, being aroused by new salutes and the ringiti7 of bells. The stiects were sOon 'slive . with 'nor.. ing multitudes-Pennsylvania Avenue .pre-, seined a most animated appearance. .Flags eased from all the bitilding4 and Crum many private 'anises._ The movement.. of nubility. companies,. preparing to take their places in the line a procession, gave a particularly lively chat acter to the following: The Lanettster . Fencibles,Captain Duchmun the special escort front Wheatland); the City -, Guard; t-/Ae Charlestown (Ma , ...) City Guard; the Aubutu (N. Y.)"Willaul Guard s ; the Albany (N. Y.) Buiges-: Culp.; the Cunt he.land comineni:ds, Captain Thurston ; the Allegheny Guard-, Captain Schley ; the. Richmond Montgomery Guards; Captain Moose; the 11. chard Young Guards; the Aleaandiia Rttle.:, Captain llerbert ; the Al• exatithia Mount Vernon Guards; the P o rts. mnuth killer, Captain Rteliartlson; the Bid- . timore LAW Grays, Captain Bowers; and the Baltruote German Rdles. There were also the full - owing el,tiqranies 'belonging to Wash ington- citi • the National Guards, Captain Tart; the . I'Y:intuit:a' Grit's. enoutin Tov. oh; the Washington Yeager', Captain Schwarz man; the lion Pofics,.Caption Bright; the .Monigoinely Guards, Captain lien; the Washington Light . Infantry, Captain Davy; the Washington Highlanders, Captain Watt; and t le Union Guards, Lieteunant 11'ii laws. Altogether lire volunteers in the city taking Fait rn the ceremonies numbered nut less than a thousand tank and file. There also delachnienis of U. S. Light Artillery from Fort Mellt.nry, and a corp-e o f seine three, hundred U• S. Marines. -They . were. :thunder the command et General John-A. Quitman. The streets were further eel veiled by the rxpai movements .1 eh, Marshals. and their d panes. These numbered altogether nearly two hundred men from all parts of the Union. ' The Marshal-in-chief and aids were de :iguate:b ht ellow scarfs, witlr • whitel rosettes, and blue 'saddle . cloths, with gilt edging. The marshals were designated by blue scatfs and white rosettes, and white sad dle covers termed with.blue. And they ear ned a baton two feet long, of blue color, with gilt ends about two inches deep. The assis tant • marshals wore pink i.carfs with white rosettes. White saddle. covers. trimmed. with pink. They _ also earried white batons two feet long. r pink 'end , two inches deep. The Fire Companies and the various pa: lineal and civic societies were also early in. trio. tun. preparing. to take their place* in the hue of. pioee,..i.m. Toward. nine. o'clock they end. the military began to form in pro cessi,n on New YOrk Avenue, the tiglit,con - -isting of the mili.ory, t e sring on t•ifteenth -treet. This is clo-e tri the President's House and the Piddle Itip , rtnetits. There was ne:tes-unit a good dear of confusion and 111 ffil liming IWO 141 t the procession g ot into ['Minn' a bout 1%1+1%1e al;14 a and ridvanced down Pellit.vkania Atenue. Its ppeas a nee, as a pi pillar demonstration, wit h iird, the trappings and insignia .of royalty; was very tine,.ar d the - masse: of people in the .meta e cheer-€.41 fterrently it passed. • On te4c•long the National Hotel there Was and- Mitt a - short .relay an elegant harirtsche,- dr tan by -four ho , se., containing- Prestdent and Ii e.President elect, joined the puce-slow immediately in the rear ot , the inditary: The Vise President elect was also in an open carriage, with' sev eral other gentlemen, aathe two ea/linges were surrounded the Keystone Club, preceded by the • milita'ry, and represen tit-ion try a ;tidy dressed' as the Goddess .4 Dire. ty on a high platform drawn by six horses., -followed by a reiniature -o•hip of-tear cif considerable size. made by the mechanics of the Washington Navy Yard. The crowd cheered tutnultoonsly as the President elect appeared. The 'procession •then moved on in the order agreed tipon, as follows: THB ORDER OF PRPCE.q,IO3. Aids.: • Marshel-in-Chief. Aids. The military under the eornand of General A. Quit in4n. A National Flat• with appropriate emblems. The President of the United States' with the President elect and suite; .r