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DRUGS
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And dealer in Drugs, Medicines. Oils, Paints, &c.,
&., Main street, a few doors east of the sank.
Sept. 11, ISOl—ly.
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Oils, the most celebrated Patent Medicines, and Pure
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Sept. 11, 1861-Iy.
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Sept. 11, 1861-Iy.
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large stock of Seasonable Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots
awl Shoes, and Notions generally.
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Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Drugs, Notions,
Hardware, Queensware, Stoneware, Looking Glasses,
Iron and Nails, Boots and Shoes, Bats and Caps,
Main street, one door east of the Old Bank.
Sept. 11, 1861-Iy.
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Main street. Sept. 11, 1861—ly.
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nieces, Satinets, Hats and Caps, &c., Main street, op.
posite the Court House. Sept. 11, 1861-Iy.
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nishing Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Old
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BOOT AND SHOE DEALERS.
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the "Farmer's and Drover's Bank." Every style of
Boots and Shoes constantly on hand or made to order.
Sept. 11, 1861-Iy.
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Boots and Shoes of every variety always on hand or
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Medicines, Perfumeries, Liverpool Ware, &c., Glass of
all sizes, and Gilt Moulding and Looking Glass Plates.
Irreaslt paid for good eating Apples.
Sept. 11,
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Goods Generally, Wilson's New Building, Main street.
Sept. 11, 1861-Iy.
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AFTER THE BATTLE.
BY DIRAM E. GRIFFITH
"Stay soldier !—stay and tell me
Of the fight :
In the battle didst thou see
A youth, who in the right,
Went to battle with the free
Curls of gold
Kissed his fair and sunny brow ;
Soldier stay, and tell me now,
Look not cold !
Dark his eye, and slender form,
Can you tell
Whether he has come to harm—
Whether aught has him befallen
Tell me, when the leaden storm
Had gone by,
Did you see my darling boy—
A mother's hope, a widow's joy
Did he die 7"
"I saw him, lady, there ;
Saw his arm
Raise the shining steel in air,
Midst his comrades, free from harm,
Saw the gallant youth and fair,
Lead the way,
And I saw his battle stroke,
Falling in the thickest smoke,
On that day."
"Ah t I know that he is bravo,
Is my son ;
And I only feared the grave,
Had received my only one,
Can you tell me, was he saved
That dread day
Oh where did you leave my boy—
He's my only hope and joy,—
Soldier, say 1"
"Lady, on the battle field
There is death.
And I saw the gleaming steel
Shorter. many a soldier's breath,
Amid the cannon's loudest yell,
Soldiers fe:l :
And we left them lying there,
With a blessing, and a prayer,
As farewell !"
•'Ah ! my boy is dead, I see.
By your look.
Soldier, tell the truth to me,
For my heart can bravely brook
Ali—and mote—for Liberty.
On my brow
Thou shalt see no woe nor pain ;
Soldier, hear me plead again—
Tell me, now !"
"Lady, thou art strong inwill,
If I tell
How the crimson blood was spilled—
How the brave men battling fell ;
Yet thine eyes with tears would fill.
Men grow mad,
When their blood dyes red the green s
And I would not sketch the scene,
For 'tis sad.
'Tis enough, then, lady fair,
If I say,
That thy bey with golden hair,
In his country's flag that day,
Was by comrades buried thero,
Others sleep
Close beside thy gallant son,
Short their course, yet nobly run
Who would weep VI
"Father ! give me strength to bear
All my woes !
Listen to the widow's prayer;
Be our leader 'gainst our foes ;
Bless, protect and kindly care.
I did give
For my country's offering.
Ali of worth I :tad to bring—
Let us live !"
grttat Bizattatg,
FEMALE PRISON AT WASHINGTON
A correspondent of the Philadel
phia Press gives a description of a
visit to the house on 16th street, in
Washington, where female spies and
rebels have been confined. H e
writes : When we visited the estab-
lishmont referred to, we were admit
ted to the parlor of the house, for
merly occupied by Mrs. Greenhow,
fronting on Sixteenth street. Pass
ing through the door on the left, and
we stood in the apartment alluded
to. There were others who had
stood . here before us—we had no
doubt of that—men and woman of
intelligence and refinement. There
was a bright fire glowing on the
hearth, and a tete-a-tete was drawn up
in fiont.
.The two parlors were di
vided by a red gauze, and in the back
room stood a handsome rosewood
piano, with pearl keys, upon which
the prisoner of the house, Mrs. Green
'how, and her friends had often per
*forined. The walls of the room were
hung with portraits of friends and
others—some on earth and some in
heaven—one of them representing a
former daughter of Mrs. Greenhow;
Gertrude, a girl of seventeen or eigh
teen summers, with auburn hair and
light blue eyes, who died some time
since.
In the picture a smile of beauty' the Richmond .Enquirer - and Balti
plays around the lips, and the eyes i more Exchange. Miss Poole is yet
are lighted with a strange fancy, in confinement at the Sixteenth street
such as is often seen in the eyes of a jail.
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WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1862.
different pictures of the men and wo
men of our time. Just now, as we
are examining pictures, there is a
noise heard overhead hardly a
noise, for it is the voice of a child,
soft and musical. "That is Rose
Greenhow, playing with the guard,"
says the Lieutenant, who has no
ticed our distractment. It is a
strange sound here; you don't hear
it often, for it is generally very
quiet." And the handsome face of
the Lieutenant is relaxed into a shade
of sadness. There are prisoners
above there—no doubt of that—and
may be the tones of this young child
have dropped like the rains of spring
upon the leaves of the drooping flow
ers. A moment more and all is
quiet, and, save the stepping of the
sentinel above, there is nothing heard.
The Sixteenth street jail has been
an object of considerable interest for
months past, to citizens as well as
visitors. Before the windows of the
upper stories were "blinded," the
prisoners often appeared at these
points, and were viewed by pedestri
ans on the other side of the way ;
but since the "cake affair" of New
Year's Day, the prisoners have been
forbidden to appear at the windows,
and the exeitementinstead of having
been allayed, has been still further in
creased.
The first person incarcerated at
the prison was Mrs. Rose 0. 11. Green
how, as she signs herself. She was
arrested on the 11th of August of
last year, and has been confined in
prison ever since. Her husband was
formerly employed in the State De
partment in this city. She is a wo
man of letters, and was born in the
South, although brought up in Wash
ington. She is confined in her own
house, in one of the upper stories,
and has the attendance of a servant,
besides the company of her own
daughter, an interesting child of some
twelve years. Beside; these confin
ed here were Mrs. Phillips, her sis
ter, Mrs. Levy, and her two daugh
ters, Misses Fanny- and Lena. Mrs.
Phillips is a Jewess, and her husband
married hor at Savannah, Geor;ria.
Mrs. Levy was a widow, and her hus
band, who was formerly in the army,
died. Her two daughters are finely
educated. These latter were, after
being confined six weeks, sent to
Fortress Monroe.
Next in turn collies Mrs. Betty A.
Hassler, who was born and reared in
IV ashington. She possessed the least
education of any woman ever con
fined in this prison. Her husband is
a Southern man. She is fascinating
in appearance, but has not much de
cision of character. She was releas
ed on parole by order of the Secre
tary of War. Mrs. Jackson, the
mother of the assassin of Ellsworth,
has also been confined at this point.
She came hero with nothing but a
flannel gown on, and wearing slave
shoes. She was incarcerated but
two days and nights. She has now
gone South, to Richmond, where she
has been endeavoring, with but little
success, to obtain funds for the sup
port of her family. It is rumored
that she is not able to collect enough
funds to support her from day to day.
Miss Lillie Mackie, a daughter of
Mackie, a clerk in one of tho De
partments, and belonging to one of
the most respectable families of Wash
ington, was also confined here for two
months. Mrs. M. A. Onderdonk, who
sometimes represents to be a widow,
and sometimes a wife, was arrested
in Chicago some months since, and
after being confined here six weeks,
was released on parole. Forty dol
lars were given her to pay her ex
penses back to Chicago, but instead
of going there she went to New
York. She was last heard of at St.
Louis.
An English lady, Mrs. Elena Lowe,
who was arrested at Boston, and
whose son was with her, having come
with a commission in the rebel army,
has also been confined in this institu
tion. The son - was afterward sent to
Fort Warren, and she returned to
England. Besides the above, there
were some eight or ten persons ar
rested at Alexandria and in this city,
whose names are not remembered,
and who, after being confined at
this prison, were shortly afterwards
liberated, on taking the oath of alle
giance.
Miss Ellie 31. Poole, alias Stewart,
was arrested and brought to the pris
on on the 11th of August, 1861.
She came from Wheeling, where, af
ter having been confined for some
time in the prison there, she made
her escape by tying the sheets to
gether and letting herself down from
the prison window. She has been in
communication with the rebel lead-
ers in Kentucky, advising them to
make certain changes in their plan
of operations. When arrested the
second time, within ten miles of the
enemy's lines in Kentucky, $7,500 of
unexpended money, furnished by the
rebels, was found upon her person.—
She has been a correspondent of
in conversation with Jeff. Davis, from
whom she had obtained a commission
in the rebel army, for her lover, Dr.
Brown. She is, as she represents
herself, a very "explosive" woman,
and it was from this fact that her
arrest took place on board the boat,
while approaching Baltimore from
Richmond. This woman hatA•efused
to sleep under a blanket marked
"U. S., ever since her confinement
here.
A Story of the War in Kentucky--A Brave
Old Man's Adventures
A Campbellsville (Ky.) correspond
ento of the Louisville Democrat tells
this story:
"I now have before me a letter to
a friend from a private in Colonel
Haggard's cavalry regiment, station
ed at Columbia. The writer was
formerly a justice of the peace, is a
rou g h specimen of mountain charac
ter, is
find of his grog and a good
joke, and always ready for a fight
whenever it may suit the convenience
of his or his country's enemies. His
name is Andrew Jackson Gannon,
(rather significant of the pugnacious
propensity.) It seems that 'Squire
Garmon took a very active part in
favor of the Union cause in Cumber
land, (his county) Monroe and Met
calfe counties last summer and fall,
captured some twenty head of contra
baud mules and several horses, and
had a hand in bringing to a boat on
Cumberland river engaged in the con
traband business—in a word, 'Squire
Marmon was a terror to the secesh
generally in that locality, rendering
himself obnoxious to their blood
thirsty proclivities.
• "Some ten or fifteen days since
'Squire Garmon learned that his fam
ily were all down sick with the mea
sles, and determined to visit them,
cost what it might. So he obtained
a furlough f'rom his gallant colonel
under protest that he (Garmon) would
never return to his regiment.—
The first or second night after his ar
rival at home the secesh, his old neigh
bors and relatives, twenty-eight
strong, armed cap-a-pie, visited his
house and knocked at the door. The
'Squire hailed thehi ;no answer. Ile
sprang out of bed, gathered his irons,
and lighted a candle, when lie dis
covered three men in his dining
room, and fired at them. They all
scampered out of the house, one fall
ing dead at the door. The captain
then ordered him to come out, which
he refused to do, and in turn invited
them to conic in and exchange bul
lets there. This they declined to do,
and immediately opened fire on his
house through the doors and win
dows, the 'Squire returning the fire
as fast as he could. This was ker
up, the 'Squire thinks, about one hou,
when his assailants left, leaving thr
dead in the yard and carrying
five mortally wounded, (since - dead.
The 'Squire then lighted up the house,
and his sick family came out from
their hiding-places. Not a whole
pane of glass remained in seven win
dows. Three balls had entered the
posts and rails of his daughter's bed,
she being too unwell to get up; 25
balls were found in his wife's bed-tick
and the furniture of his house was
literally riddled.
"The 'Squire's personal easualities
were as follows : One ball severed a
finger, another bled him in the tem
ple, a third crossed his breast, sever
ing his shirt bosom, a fourth passed
his hat and a fifth unbuttoned his
shirt sleeve.
"The 'Squire thinks they must have
fired some two hundred rounds at
him ; but none the worse for wear, he
is ready to repeat the operation
whenever they are.
"The cool and deliberate manner
in which the 'Squire details the ren
contre to his friends, aside from his
reputation for veracity, gives the high
est assurance of its entire truthful
ness."
HARD TIMES IN THE WEST—A
correspondent at Glenwood, Mills
county, lowa,'writes as follows under
date of January 10: While the
country generally is suffering from
hard times, we of Western lowa are
by no means exempt. It is true we
raised large crops during the last
summer, and consequently have on
hand a large supply of wheat, corn,
potatoes and pork—yet what does it
avail us? We are allowed from
twenty-five to thirty-five cents per
bushel for wheat, ten and ten and a
half cents for corn, fifteen and twen
ty cents for potatoes, and two and
two and a half for pork, per pound,
while butter is worth ten, cents, eggs
eight cents, chicken, (full grown,) $1
to $1,50 per dozen, and worse than
all we cannot get cash, even at these
prices, but must take our pay from
the merchants in goods, at enormous
prices. So wo must keep our produce
and live as economical as possible, and
consequently our merchants do a very
small business. Our only circulating
medium is trade-money, hard money
being seldom seen, but we may hope
for better days, trusting iii a kind and
all-wiSe God for relief.'_ All we, can
L I,I;;,00 to :contiilue t:Ojillsa as Ikge
crops it's po . i4ible) 4 1 , 4°o 61 A0 1, Y
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WILLIE.
Willie sleeps in slumbers stilly—
Charming, patient little Willie;
And you need not mind—your tread
Will not jar his weary head,
Now he's dead
Once when dying gently spoke he ;
"Mother, will you please to tell me,
Ii I die upon this bed,
Where will rest my little head
When I'm dead t"
Out in the lonely church-yard chilly
We have laid our dark-eyed Willie ;
Taken from his trundle-bed,
Borne him off with solemn tread,
Cold and dead
Willie sleeps, no more to waken;
Till the powers of heaven are shaken ;
Then his sweet cherubic spirit
Will his little dust inherit,
Through Christ's merit.
Faith presents a pleasing vision
Of a glorious scene elysian :
'Willie rising o'er the tomb,
Jesus whispers, "Angels, room !
IVillie, come !"
A Chapter in Stanton's Historg,
A year ago, when Gen. Cass, grieved and
indignant, left Mr. Buchanan's Cabinet,
Mr. Attorney General Black was trans
ferred to the portfolio of State, and Mr.
Stanton, then absent from Washington,
was fixed upon as Attorney General. The
same night he arrived at a late hour, and
learned from his family of his appoint
ment. Knowing the character of the
bold, had men then in the ascendency in
the Cabinet, he determined at once to de
cline ; but when, the next day, he an
nounced his resolution at the White House,
the entreaties of the distressed and help
less President and the arguments of Mr.
Black prevailed upon him to accept.
At the .first meeting of the Cabinet which
he attended, the condition of the Seceded
States and the course to be pursued with
the garrison at Fort Sumter were discuss
ed, Floyd and Thompson dwelling upon
"the irritation of the Southern heart," and
the folly of "continuing a useless garrison
to increase the irritation." No one for
mally proposed, any course of action, but
the designs of the conspirators were plain
to the new Attorney General. He went
home troubled. He had intended,, coming
in at so late a day, to remain a quiet mem
ber of the discordant .council. But it was
not in his nature to sit quiet longer under
such utterances.
The next meeting was a long and stormy
one, Mr. Holt, feebly seconded by the
President, urging the immediate reinforce
ment of Sumter, while Thompson, Floyd
and ThOmas contended that a quasi-treaty
had been made by the officers of the Gov
ernment with the leaders of the rebellion,
to offer no resistance to their violations of
law and seizures of Government property.
Floyd especially biased with indignation
at what he termed the "violation of hon
or." At last Mr. Thompson formally
moved that an imperative order be issued
to Major Anderson to retire from Fort
Sumter to Fort - Moultrie—abandoning
Sumter to the enemy, and proceeding to
poet where he must at on c e simendir.
Stanton could sit still an longer, and
46114,446 elarnestnees that
ciMl+Vbe elepressed m ' his bold- and reso
lute Autures; '"Mr.. President, it is my
duty, as your' Jegal *adiffe'r; 'to say that
you have no right to give up the property
of the Government, or abandon the sol
diers of the United States to its enemies ;
and the course proposed by the Secretary
of the Interior, if allowed, is treason, and
will involve you, and all concerned, in
treason." 'Such language had never be
fore been heard in Buchanan's Cabinet,
and the men who had so long ruled and
bullied the President, were surprised and
enraged to be us rebuked. Floyd and
Thompson spr their feet with fierce
menacing gestt , seeming about to as
sault Stanton. Arr. Holt took a step for
ward to the side of the Attorney General..
The imbecile President implored them
piteously to take their seats. After a few
wore bitter words the meeting broke up.
That was the last Cabinet meeting on
that:exciting question in which Floyd par
ticipated. Before another:was called, all
Washington was startled:with a rumor of
those gigantic frauds which have:made
his name so infamous. At first he tried
to brazen it out with his customary bluster
ing manner ; but the next day the Cabi
net waited long for his appearance. At
he came ; the door opened, his resig
nation was thrust 'into the room, and
Floyd disappeared from 'Washington.—
Such was the:eml of Fluid and the begin
ing of Stanton.
Secretary Stanton's Alleged Pollicy
The Washington Star of Tuesday
.vening says i 4 understood that
a thorough reorganization of the
War Department is rapidly progress
ng, and that it will, in a few days,
fully up to the demands of the oe
,sion. Among other things, it. is
of improbable that the following
;11 occur:
1. That in order to leave room for
promotions for gallant acts in the
field, and other reasons of public
policy, no farther appointments to
any rank in the army (unless of men
in the field) will be made until the
Ist of 31nrch. •
2. That all the nominations that
have been made. and are now pend
ing before the Senate, will be sus
pended until after the Ist of March.
3. That the disorganization pro
duced by officers frequenting the city
instead ofremaining in camp to in
tract themselves and soldiers in mil
ary art, will be checked by drop
:ng from the list those who frequent
city otherwise than on military
uty and by command of their super
officer.
4. That in order to conduct the
Isiness of WAR as war, the Depart
'tit will be closed four days ilk' t4e
Eck against all other business than
hat appertains to active operations
the field.
5. That Saturday of each week
will be devoted exclusively to the
Senators and Representatives in Con
(rre.-;s • and that Holiday of each week
wilt be devoted to the business of
her persons requiring personal in
,erviews with the Secretary.
6. That the Secretary of War will
transact no business whatever, and
will see no person on business at
his private residence, but will re
ceive his friends socially on Wed_ I
nesday evenings.
7. That the dispatch of business
by mail, or written communications,
will have the preference, and will re
ceive the personal attention of the
Secretary on the morning of each
day, before entering upon other du
ties.
The foregoing order is generally
accepted as authentic, although not
endorsed by the Star. The Cabinet,
in the session of Tuesday morning,
approved all the suggestions of the
Secretary of War unanimously, but
it is proper to add that the second
proposition, in reference to the sus
pension of nominations before the
Senate, is not expected to affect those
cases that have passed the regular
committees, or to interfere with de
served promotions.
A Heavy Newspaper Account.
Among the recent decisions of the
Supreme Court at Albany, New
York, was one in favor of Mr J. Sea
bury against Bradford C. Watt, for
seven years' ki übseription to the Cat
skill Recorder and Demoerat. The
decision was in favor of the publish
er, and the judgment and costs, it is
stated, amounted to between two
and three hundred dollars. The
New York Observer, one of the old
est religious newspapers in the court.;
try, says of this decision : "It is sur
prising that so few subscriber; fully
understand their responsibilities to
publishers of newspapers. The law,
which governed in this dee - isiOn is a
law of Congress, and therefore appli
cable in every State of the Unidn.—
Many subscribers seem to regard
the bill for a. paper the last to be set
tled, especially the last. the law will
enforce. Responsible Men, even, un
der trifling whims, refuge to take
theirs from. the Office, regard
teS's ofveer Ole puxOnt of arrears, and
When halty, tr#zen. More years have
;
t*e..4 ad* . 'do FreArs at the tittle
of vltovptifig,t. %Ilk it 1104 tO
increased bill with interest add cast
of collectiori,"
NEW SERIES.--VOL. 3, NO. 85.
Hasty Marriages.
The N. Y. Tribune makes the fol
lowing sensible remarks on the sub
ject of hasty marriages.
There is not a city, there is scarce
ly a township, which does not num
ber among its inhabitants women
who have married on short acquaint
ances, only to be abused, deserted,
and left a burden and a life-long sor,
row to the families in which they
were born and reared, and which
they most imprudently and improp
erly deserted to share the fortunes
of relative strangers. If young la
dies would realize how grossly indel
icate as well as culpably- reckless
such marriages appear in the eyes .
of the observing, they surely would
forbear.
A year's thorough acquaiptance
with the most circumstantial ac
counts, from disinterested and relia
ble witnesses, of the antecedents
from childhpod, are the very least
guarantee which any woman who
realizes what marriage is, will re.:
quire of a stranger. Even then, if
her parents are not fully satisfied as
well as herself, she should still hesi:
tate. Marriage is an undertaking
in which no delay can be so hazardous
as undue precipitation.
Death of :Ex-President Tyler.
Accounts from the South chronicle the,
death of Ex-President Tyler, of Virginia.
He was born in Charles County, Virginia,
in 1700, and was a member of the Virginia
Legislature at the age of twenty-five, and
a member of Congress at the age of thirty.
In 1830 he was elected Governor of Vir
ginia. After serving for a year and a half
as Governor, he was selected by the Lef f
islature to fill a vacancy in the Units 4
States Senate, and served 44til a differ. -
ence of opinion between him and Getterai
.Jackson caused his voluntary retirement.
Mr. Tyler remained in retirement until
1840, when lie was selected as the Whig
candidate for Vice President, and elected
in November, 1840. Shortly after, Presi
dent Harrison died, anti he became the
acting President of the United States .until
1845, since when, till the recent rebellion,
lie has been in retirement in Virginia.—
A Richmond paper gives an account of AA
last hours of Mr. Tyler. On Sunday,
while taking a cup of tea, he was sawed
with a sudden faintness, and on after*
ing to rise from his chair fell to the 13 - 86 i.
He soon recovered, and was conWeil
to his chamber. This sudden attack*
illness was not supposed to be serious,
gave but little alarm ; when he:was4 l
7
denly taken worse, and failing pioigit,
but without pain, died precisely at Afisikrt
minutes past twelve o'clock on Erb*
night. When the medical man entered
his:room, Mr. Tyler said, "Doctor, rile
dying." A few moments and he fell into
the utter weakness preceding dissehtton.
One of the at tending physicians appro
the bedside with medicine, - and said, "ML
Tyler, let tile give you some stimulant.."
"1 will not have it," replied the dyingsu4:
serer, and in a few moments quickly'
breathed his last. His last intelligible
words was the reply • to the doctor:
The Allies Quarrelling.
Mexican letters, just received ut
Washington, from 'Havana, stare
that the Allies are greatly dissatiS
fied with their prospects in Mew,
and complain that Xiramon and etet
e,rs have deceived them. They ex
pected aid from a strong party, a x ed
they find the population as one man
against them. They are convinced
that their present forces are entirely
inadequate to the task of bringing
the Mexicans to terms. The troops
at Vera Cruz are suffering greatly
from sickness, five hundred men out
of eight thousand being in the hos
pitals. Whenever they have ventur
ed beyond the range of their cannon
they have been shot down, if feW,
or driven back if in force. Discon
tented, and virtually besieged, they
quarrel among themselves. On on©
occasion a French regiment fofight
a Spanish regiment until a numbgr
were killed and wounded in eacti.:
In consequence of this brawilt
was determined that the Frepa,
force should immediately land . tit
Tampico, where, as previous advieep
inform us, resistance would be - mocb.
The English were at the same tithe
to attack Matamoras. Mr. Coirl4
writes that Doblado, who is the ..g6ill
of the new administration, decla&
that Mexico will make a succeSeal
resistance to the invaders, but dtbSt
that he has not learned on what tee
ritorial line of defence she will ma +e
it. The Allies have already, he stiyi
differed among themselves on a natio:
ber of trifling points, such as - the il
tive positions at Vera Cruz of MO".
national flags, which have befes .
changed three times, and of . itlip
der of their sig. attuTs 'to - OA
t at
tions and other public doenni IN.
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NOT woluin:
Some, Writer has 6
best life is not
more smiles, a few
pleasures, much 13
scwg, cloud* and
greetings, abrupt DA
little play will eta*
injurer will pales .
while to hate each
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