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'l‘.!l'E'._C 0 Q U E ’l‘ 'l‘ E
BY MILES GERALD KEON
I‘Onp spring morning. in her old age. rho unt‘ «luwn
nlqnq‘n} Iho cnaomonl. The morning pf lho dny. Mill
‘9‘ the your. 'put her in mun! or the morning (il'lmr
nmo'. nnd'sho’ mm; mm (ours: *
‘v ‘ " -'" 'bvy Inonrlm sinking '
, . 3} ilhevcrllunking
Ol' him who woo'd mom oan Info;
‘' ’ ‘ Hohnd'acntco fivrcnml.
, . . But-his look was gonlla.‘
finanwh‘lapcringphg prayed mo lu be his \yllc
,"l caanl profl'ur ,
A wohllhy cofl'cr." ‘ .
So [ln his words in the dllys 0! youth'—
“But vour huahnml'n glory
. , ‘Muy be named m Mona. .
And you éhull cngrms a heart ol‘lrulh." -
IMM
' t No my adorning ‘
. A . .Somo vcrnnl mortitng..
‘l'L'er broke more aweet o‘nr an eastern isle.
- , «1' Thnnite honm beginning '
'4 . ; On his lip so winning. 1 . ,
Tn dittuue the light thOpo'x‘ youthful smile
. . But I answered slightly.
Laughing: .-n lightly.
That my love was loveoi'tlm rteh and high .
. ‘ "And ”if” I ran-d not.
huh-ed [dam] 1:01;" . - .
And thusl rebuke]! hint. I know not “by.
~. V Ho hawcdmntl depaycd, _
' ' ' " Quttc hrokondwurle . '
And long I thought he might enmo onee mom
. But. 0 my life's morning .’v '
th pretence ofscoining.
(Jlougled the hunt nhit-h yotvr moments horc
'' ' '~ 'Thns my heart is winking. '
' ’ Att lutilf’n'tt lln’nking-
How he pruyml mo soul? n be his will- : -
‘ 'l‘lmnxh ninniigvus the rental.
‘ Tlto look was «till gentle.
Ol'hiin who woo'd mo in early life.
, : . , . m. o
_t .0113 IIADST-THOU NEVER SHARED MY
FATE. . '
~ ‘ g ‘ Oliffhmlst tlmu never xlmreul my, lute.
More rlnvk that into \muhl prove;
' ' My heart were truly desolate
_ r‘ i Williontlhy writhing love: '
fl . Btu thou linst sullen-d lur my sake.
_Whilc thus rcltot'l funtul;
' V ' Lila tenrle‘sa Itpt’s thnt strive tn tnko »
- ,-.v5 -' ‘_ The puisun irutn tho mmntl.
My fond nfloction Ihnu hast socn.
, ‘ l‘hen judge at my rcgrul. ' '
7m think more hnppy thou httdst been
H We had newr met: ‘
‘ , 2 < ' And has that thuughl been shared by thee
:gt.V - Al)!.nu.lhr’tfimntling chuck . 1 t
f'mvcs more unchanging lovp for me. -
Than labored \iunln ran spenk. .
Life-of Manuel Armigo, Gov
. ‘ ,j'cr'nor of Santa Fe.
‘ "SN; l,'l‘iilll" following graphic Blu'ldl nt
thin iyort‘hykltom.Kunnau's Stimch
expedition: ,
- lthwsoAmuuo. the subject of tho
present memoir; on the glory-bunk- cnm
mritce. was born ul low and disreputable
pen-nth at. or, m-m' Albuquctque. n town
of no inconsiderable imnnrluncc, some six
ty miloa trouth ol Snnlu Fe. From hie car-
Illect childhood f_ his habits wore bail. llt
commenced his cort'er by petty pilfertng,
‘Jl‘ul‘ls he advanced in yours extended his
.nperaliona until they grew into important
zlorcenirs.‘ While yet a youth. he carried
tnn‘at'i exteriaive business in sheeptstcaling.
rutltnitlrtl. l-believe. to be the loiiiest spe
'cieaul robberynet so lucrative did young
‘vAt-mijo flntl lhe,buttinetls. that in his'uwn
neighborhood he cove it a tune of refined
mobility. ‘A nealthyhactendcra. or large
plantation owneryin the vicinity of Albu
querque. nntnell Francirco Chow-1,. nul
tlored nut-n littlel'rmn the exceedingly lit)-
:rrnl aystem ol helping hirmell olluptrtl by
ithe‘ embryo Governor. Chavez—possessed
~his lltouaands and tens nl lhousantltr ol
-shccp. large numbers at which he yearly;
.idrm‘e lo therouthern citieni of Mexico,"
Zulu] there disposed ol fur ready cash. At
, hornnhil business was to purchase at re-v
.tluced prices all the sheep offered by his
(poorer neighbors.~ and-so nomeruua were
,his-tloclttt'that he could not mark. much
this; recognize. one tenth. of‘what he pos.
«teed. ,Yet' he always employed chap
.‘hards to watch his. flock9,and used, every
precaution in- his pouer. to prevent his
{sheep from straying or being stolen. . t '
‘ But to guard against a person of young.‘
;A'nnijo’s'--t:ict' on‘tlivperscverance was im-‘
.posaible; “The scape-grace would enter‘
:liisnllocka while the shepherds were agitate,
..or dubo’ru-‘them ilr awaits; and by Frnuekl
islirewd artifice'contrived to lay a clinlim
, mal-aiitluprofilablo tuf'jlpou the substance
- Ichthe; elde‘rly' ht‘tcien evo. l'l‘he animals
tliuljnlo'len. in good tithe would be sold-[or
rush to their rightful but unsuspecting
owner, and thus it t] sometimes hop
pen that-Armijo WW re-nteal and re»
jail. time after timc..tlie sumo identical
Jheepz,‘ Up to this day, ‘when among his
«intimate'(riendo.gGeuerol Manuel Armijo
,bonSlingly relates the exploit at having cold ‘
,t,o',_oh.l Chavez? the same ewefourtcen‘
,dfifirml “almond of having. stolonyher;
Jromhimeilen in the first instance., By
thra‘ intone. and by having what iBQ-lel'med
L to good runol luck at dealing mange. he a
neared? no inconsideroblc fortuuel and us
his ombition now led him to learn to read
«fig-end write._-tha loundation 01 his luture in:
'-.fluence itnd greqtneas turning his timid and
' I;ilgograntneountrytngn ‘ was substantially
in. -- g
[As it Would 6":- u volume “to tracc‘ all
lArmijo’o'ltpsz will at once jump from
gahuhegp folds of Qfinvcz and the moms;
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table. ulnd take him up again after he had
been appointed fldministmdor dc chlas,
or principal cuatam-houae oflicer at Santa
Fe. In’ the year 1837. It is proper to men
tion that. during this hiatus. somewhere
“Wife“ the floral-825 and 1830. he had
been. by a federal appointment under the
old territorial laws. clothed with the ex
eeutive authority in New Mexico, and
that his short ad minirtratron was signalized
by acts of cruelty and reckless injustice.
In‘ consequence at some misdemeanor, he
was soon deposed trnm .his place at the
head of the ruxloms by the then governor,
Dun Albino Perez, and another person
was appointed in his stead.
The efiects of the central form of gov
ernment were now just beginning to be
felt in this isolated department at Mextco.
and the people \vere beginning to manilest
no inconsideruble discontent rit the new
order of things. Armijn. perceiving that
there was now a chance; not only to sig
nalize himself. but to reap a rich harvest
ot revengeagainst his enemies then in
wither. took advantage of this feelingby
secretly lomentinga conSpiracy. An in
surrecttnn was noon in agitation. and early
in August. 1837, a heterogeneous lorcc.
numbering more than one thousand men.
among which wrre a large number (if pue
0105‘. or town Indians. assembled at La
;Cunada, a village about twontyfivc miles
r north of the capital. Governor Peri-7.;
l conducted a'small lorce against the insur'
lgeota; but a majority of his men went over
‘at the outset. leaving him with only twen
! ty-iivo ‘ personal lriends to. contend. with
add: the most feurlul. A slight skirmish
told the story: one of his; men was killed.
‘tWo were. uounded, while the rent fled
precupitately-towards Santa Fe. The in
!‘u'ilt'llta pursued them to the city, lrotn
which thy were obliged to fire; but they
were captured the next day. and lourteen
'0! them. including all the oflicerr of state.
were most inhumunly ‘put to death. w'tmong
the Islain were three brothers named: A
breu; Gm: l’ere'l, was aiso bhtchererl ill'
the s-uh'ur'bs of Santa Fe, his ht'ad cot MT
and kit‘ked about the streetzi by the popu
lace. “la body remained where it had
fallen, a prey’lo the vultures and wolves,
no triend daring to other it septilture!
Shrewdly copjeeturing. now that he had
raised a whirlwind, that he mighteasily
direct the storm to his own perhonal od
vaneernent, Armijn. alter the manner of
his great prototype. Santa Anna, suddenly
lelt his hacienda ard m‘ade hi 9 appearance
at Santa Fe.‘ There he found every thing
in u slate of lrnghllul anarchy—ewe place
in lhe hands of an ignurzinl mob, and (he
Amctican and other foreign merclmnu’l-n
hourly expectation Hun their homes and
Hum would be 'snckul, and even their
lives taken. The rubble dispersed. hmw
ever. cmntnttting no nther outrage than c
lecting one of their leatlers.’on’ir_vnurant
and unlelteretl fellow named Just.- Gonza
lez. Guvemor 0! New Mexico. They
paid no attention to the claim cut up by
Attnijn. ~the lutnenter. us he had been ex.
posed in no way to the nnticipntml'lmrd‘
blows and knocks which had given them
the ascendancy. '
Foiled in hts ambition. Armijo once
more retired to his hacienda; 1: fine estate
he had purchased at Albuquerque with the
proceeds ol his cheating. stealing and gain
bling transacti‘ts. But an active and
ambitious mind like his could not long re~
mom Inert. Through secret intrigues. he
managed alter the laps: of three or four
months. to organize- a counter revolution.
and collecting a numerous force. he decla
red 11l lover. of Federalism. and marched
towards Santa Fe. He took quiet posses
sion of this place. as Governor ‘ Gonzalez.
finding himselfwithout an army, had lied»
to the north.‘ The latter was soon enabled
however. to rally around him noinconi-id-.
erablomoh; but Armijo. in the mean time}:
had received heavy reinforcements from
'the south. and succeeded in routing Gon
zalez without loss, taking him and many
ol his- men prisoners. ‘ The unlortunate
governor Was immediately shot. and four
ot'hi's oliic'ers‘ met with the same late by
order of Armilo': The latter were put out
of the “layman; it'is saiilg‘to preventdis
closures than tor any crime they had com:
‘ mitted ; for they had‘heen Armijo's conti
‘ dential emisssries in the formation of his
l original; plot. ’ ‘ ~
The ambitious tyrant. now that his ene
mies'werei either murdered or dispersed.
reigned supreme in New Mextcmmone of
his first steps was to bring the'fit‘my to
proclaim him governor and commander-in
cliiel; .his next to send off a highly-colour
ed ac’couht of hisown exploits in tavor’ of
Federalismlto the city of Mexico. and no
‘oflicer'can more; adlroitiy. adopt the high
sounding ianfaronade style in Wording a
'dcspatch or on address than Manuel Art-t
‘m‘ijo.’ Such disinterested patriotism, such
love of the cunfederacy. and such during
3 bravery as he had manilested could not
go unrewardod, and a return of post'lrom'
Mexico brought ' documents confirming
him in his situation at governor, with an
additional title at colonel oftavalry; The
sheep thief is rising in ”we world! ‘
The year 1838 “passed ofl without any
event. ol great;importance~Atinijo ‘stitl
governor. andruling his ’vass‘als with mud
of iron. In the early‘psrtof 1839. with:
out a shadow of law or outliorily.'ho depoi
sed all'the' custom-house _oflioere'nnd ‘a'p-l
pointed his own brother'ao‘d' his other area:
CLEARFIELD,- PA. AUGUST 29,1846.
tunes in their étead. in order that he might
have exclusive control and management of
the customs in his own hands. He next.
without regard to the federal tarifl, estab
lished anarbitrary..duty upon all merchan
dise entering from the Unified States
-3500 upon each wagon-load without ref
erence to the quality oT'the goods it‘might
contain, or their value. To some 61‘ the
traders, whose wagons happen to be heav
ily laden with the finer kinds of merchan
dize, this singular imposition is exceeding
ly lavorable; while to others, with'light or
not valuable lending. it is equol|y Oppres-
Bth‘.
From the material which I have n! himd.
I could give a connected deisil at weekly
acts of cruel injustice land most glaring
partiahty. Fenelon’s graphic picture of
a bad ruler has a living and. faithtul coun
terpart in the present Governor oivNew
Mexico. Foreigners are the especial ob
jects of his hntred ; and acts and decis
ions uflecting the well being ol his whole
province me as often founded upon ‘a tool
ing of hatred towards a small clnss, or.
perhaps. some luckless individual who has
excited his jealousy n'r fallen under the
ban ol his unaccountable capriee. as upon
a sentiment otjustice and necessity. Still
oitener (.0 his acts of public ndmlnistra
tion have their sourcelin some private :id
vsntage to which he has 11 single eye—it
may be in the furthering of some libertine
and lustful scheme thou-would'-disgrnce
the veriest roue in Christendom, Still,
there is not that overt demonstration .ol
malice towards ioreigners thnt he daily
makes townrth his own winging and ser
vile countr) men. He is nlrnid of Anglo
l Saxon blood, and he seeks to spill it by
lprotecting the knlle ol' the secret assassin,
or b] influencing. tn mmt outrngmimi de
cisinns, his lursiéal courts of law. Not un
lrequvntly do his nwn lusty sinewa find
congenial eniplnymr‘nt, in the open streets
nl Santa Fe ingwiclding the cane and Ciltl
gel iibnui the ears «if his native subjects,
and never yet has one lmenvlnund bnld e
nough to strike back. He raps them nver
'thc sconce with more impunity, because
with vastly less ,seniimen'i, than (litl Ham
let the grinning scull ol . poor Yorick."
Out of!) multiplicity.l will record two
nnvcdntes in Urlit'l‘ to illustrate his «jittem
ol righting wrongs. 111:: first came near
resulting in a private quarrel between the}
American residents and the governor. nndl
the (lrlliculty was onlyuvoirlerl by the lnt-‘
ter almmlqninr'; his objectionable ,grnundr
An American named Daley'wns wnn‘tonly
murdererlnt the gold mines néar Sanln Fe
by two rrilliirns engaged in robbing a store
which he wpa keeping at that place. I‘qu
murderer“, through the energy of foreign
ers. were 3mm apprehended. and fully‘
convicted of the crime ; but.“ they were
Mexicann. and had only shed the blood
ulfi-(t heretic', they were permitted to an
urtwhipprrl of j'usticc. In July. 1839,
llwse‘fmurdercrs were again arrested thru’
the int'k‘postition of the Americana, and a
recoml lt’ine brought to Santa Fe fur trial.
The lriemls oi the murdered man now
drew up I! petition to the governor, in the
most decrirous’lungunge, praying‘hirn tu
mete out full justice lathe unansuns. ‘Ar
‘mijl'. though he knew lull Well (liejusticc
ol their prayer. nflected to believe it a
threat against his adihmxty and gown)-
ment-u Conspirllcy !- Upon this prclence
he immediately collected all the militia he
could raisv. and made proparatinna for one
oi his bravado dcmonslrationu. The A-
rnericansu fully convinced that nojustice
could he expected from a tyrant so un
principled, and tully understanding the
‘ blotting game’ he had resorted to. at
once, with characteristic spirit, prepared
to detend thems'elves. 'l'heir firmness
and cool determination trightened the
co'wnrdly governor. and induced him to
send them on npologerticnl communicntion,
in which he protested that he had entirely
misconstrued the petitiontand that their
just request should have due attention.
In the yenrlB4o. I think on the first
day of January. two most respectable for
eigners had the misfortunéto kill o Mexi‘
can led by the 'ac‘éidental discharge 0! one
ot theirrg'it'ns. They were returning to
Santa Fe from the gntd mines when the
unfortunate _o‘ccident occurred.nnd brn’t
the body cl the boy intotown. and at once
; reported the circumstance to the authori
l ties. The principnlalcade consulted with
l Armijo as to the steps he should take, and
the decision was, without form oftrml, that
‘ themunfortunatc,foreigners should be put in
prison and'held reopensiblo for murder. no
loss they could prove themselves innocent!
This is u very common instance of the
manner in which the potentate'administors }
justice, But there 'wae aomething’in this ‘
so: palpably unjust. in the eyes 'ofthoee
who knew? the men and the facts. as once
more to call out‘euthxmanifostationsofpub
lic dieupprobation at‘f pduced him to retract
so outrageous n can gnce. ' '
In the early part gFobmnry. 1840, n
concurrence of two ‘ three' acts of most
tvanton injustice. conceived in cupidity and
lust, come near resultirfltin a revolution.—
Armijoflis .“n extensive nt‘e‘rbhantt audit be
comes a part of his policy’ to pay’ ofi‘tho
public dues in his own merchandise at e:
normons profit. > When 'tt‘is remembered
that ho ism once governor, commanderdu.‘
chief, legislator; custom-house otlicer, n 0.3
ditor. treasurer. and judge. the practicnhilv
ity of this policy becomes apparentfl-I'lPubfi
lic creditors can get no money from the
treasury, because it is always bankrupt, or
at least so representedg notwithstanding the
custom.houso receipts on importatioos are
more than enough to pay the army. to
which purpose they are especially .set a
part. On the occasion alluded. to, some
twenty regular soldiers stationed at Santa
Fe. were throWn into prison and loaded
with irons, as malcontents, for refusing to
receive their Wages in corn from Armijo‘s
granary. at four'dollars nfanega—a meas
ure containing about two bushels—when
they could purchase in market for cash at
one-third of the price. This outrageous
act of tyranny created an unwanted excite;
ment against its author, so much so, that
he found it necessary to resort to a specious
kind of trickery, a display of disinterested
ness, to allay the popular clamor. .. He adi
vertised a contract to the lowest bidder. to
furnish the soldiers with corn. But this
Mexican display of honesty neither decei
ved nor satisfied ,even his stupid country
men, for they at once declared thatvno one
but Armijo could take“the contract at any
price. as the insolvent government never
paidany creditor but him. Thus the mat-.
ter remainedjnst as it begun, and just as
this moat patriotic governor intended it
should. with this exception: the manifesta
tions of discontent became more open and
; threatening. ~
it Is strange how this man has been able
to maintain his despmic and arbitrary sway
among alpcoplc acknowledging no law but
that of force. The inhabitants are far more
dissatisfied with his administration than
they were with that of Perez and his cabi
net of Abreus’; yet so far they have dared
to do no more than plot revolutions against
their oppressor. He continues to hold
may in a country where he has not a real
friend upon whom he can depend ; even
his sycophantic favorites would prove his
hitterest‘enemies were he who in adversi~
ty. Could the 'l'exans' have entered New
Mexico in a body with plenty of provis:
ions, Armijo would have fled withhis i_l|-
gotten Wealth, and the new comers’ - Id
have been hailed by all parties .
era. - ‘ A
I might diversify this hasty biogr: ”r ~
Don Manuel Armijn. from the abé’ifitam
material'l have yet by me unused. with
stories of his atrocious acts that would
bring ablush upon the brow of tyranny:—
l mtghtdelai-l many horrihle murders which
he has com‘tnitted. I e‘ould relate many a
thrilling story of his abuse of the rights of
women. that would alge Saxon “hearts
burn with indignanty} ;Ifqr SaxOn hearts
enshrinqthe mother 0T then as objects sa-l
cred and apart. I‘ migl tvspeak of'his con
nivi'ng with the Apacpé lndian's in their
robberies of his neigh ers 'of the 'State of
Chihuahua. by furnishing this hardy moun
tain tribewith powder‘ahd'balls and guns.
knowing that with them they would fall
likethe eagle from their ‘fastnesses, upon
his own countrymen. luCOllld give a cat
alogue'ol' men's names . whom he has han
ishedfromth'ei-r own families and .homes
for mother reason but because they were
in his way, Assassinations. r'obberieefvi
olent 'tlebauchery; e'rtortions; andrinnnmer
ableac'ts of broken-faith; are themes upon
which l am armed .t’r-ith abundant and ver
itable detai'l‘f'btlt my. readers r'vould sicken,
and my: narrative leads ‘me another 'w ay. —4
A few remarks and_.l have done wi‘th_hirm
The inieh'and'deportment ol‘ Armijo are
not ill-calculated to strikes timorous poo.
ple with awe : for as [have beforeremarlrg
ed, ho is a large. portly man. of stem c fin-i
tenance and blusterlng inanner.‘ .Nolgpne‘l
jot or tittle of personal braile'ry does he
possessrbut is known to be it’ most arrant
coward. ‘ Inallitherer/qlutions that has .ta
ken placc’since lie;.tirst courted power, his
own person hasnpfveibeen exposed, if we
except onetipst’jt'rt'riei.‘ in a .slg-i'rm'ish With
1 some lndiarisfh’e receiver] ,a wound in the
hip, from which he still limps; but the ac
tion was not of his own .sccking. and his
conduct onthis occasion was tliat ol'a man
engaged 111 a business anything but to his
liking. He has made great capital. how
everof his crippled leghand, like his great
exemplar, Santa Anna. is determined that
his subjects ..shall never forget that he re
ceived,“ while encountering their etterpy.‘
But the master-stroke of this great man was
capturing the Texan SantaFe Expedition.
These small squads ot' tattered soldiers, ta
ken pioca-meat, in his _graadiloqnent bulle
tin he multiplied into a legion of Buckrnm
nus—for nihich act ohmost heroic daring
he was in good time knighted by Santa An
na. «He knows his people thoroughly. hu
ving'studied their character with almost a
cute discernment. A 'common remark at“
his is.. “ ~Val mas estur .tomada, por val
iente qua €67!o’?-—gl! is better to be though‘
'hrnve than really to be 350—7811 d thus, by
blustermg and swaggering,.he.,kcepa. the.
timidnatives igaubjsotion. . .3 r, _ -.
it may bo‘thonght singular that no~atten~‘
tion is paidfiu'Armijb’s tyranny by ‘_he gen
eral government; but its policy is only pant
or that which has obtained in man? of the’;
departmehts. "' " i " j ,
In our m dodfefleracy. ‘we regard in
telligence is thé great ‘bond of union : th'e
reverse is they?” ‘iu'Mexlcyq—Va sufficient
Ida} {ol’ £3:on that me 85 gallcld‘ Republiq 'ls‘
'no'Républici'él all. To General Manual
Armijo 1 will now bid] udwu. but I c'a'imol
do itwthoul again saying. lhal. however,
:much he may be agtonisllad’ at soqiq'g‘hip
NEw'SERIEs-«VOL. I. No; _3O---wIIOLE mime:
portrait thus taken. he éannm urges single
syllable against its fidel‘ly-l' . - .
Michigan‘Minean-We , have hitherto
abstained ream noticing the‘ado that“:
been made about the mines in the northern
portions of this State‘. because we have'un
ilortnly regarded'the m‘attte‘r as chimeri
cal. But'our' 'aceptic‘is‘ni‘hns been faitlv -
staggered. and we give it uni ‘l‘hatther'c
nre mines of silver and copper within the
territory ol this State of Unsurpassed rich
ness, we can no’ longer" dimbt.“ Dr‘. Beck
with, the agent ol lhel.“Grnnd Riv‘é'E‘ll‘till‘
Lake Superior Mining -Compali‘y.”‘.3ltiis
just returned {roman exploring expedition .
upon the extreme northern porliOn of" the
Lower Penin'sulh,’ bringing with him opt;-
cimens of silver and copper me in aban
dance from amine which he~has discover
ed’ther‘e. Some of the larger of“ Maria
pound weight; .were so nearly .pUre that
We could‘ easily beat it into any shape
with a hammer, The land upon which
i this mine'wae found lS_ subject to sale by
‘ private entry at theila'nd office, and there
fore not liable to th‘ezgilexations of leasing.
The company hoe also a location on Lake
Superior which is said to be very favora
ble. They are preparing for active oper
ative operations with the lullest confidence
of success. They are‘able and enterpris- '
ing. and their 'eflorts may open still Wider
fields of disquverj'.~—lonia Journal. “4
Curious—Two, cots 'wbrc ob‘scriled
near each other in a garden in this town
'dne morning last week. evidentlyto'thc
great annoyance ofa bird. (a slvalloni. we
believe.) which relorted to the [allowing
curious expedient to get rid of her unwel
come company. 4 A bed ol pebbled being
near by, sliet‘commenced diving .lo the
ground and séi’zing a pebble with her claws
as large as she could rise withpivould us
cend tleliberntely- over the spot occupied
by the cat's, and let it drop. So'jtnpidly
was this performance repeated,‘ and so
well direétcd were some of the pebbles
'used by the sngncioits little creature, that
,‘the cuts soon-become ’nlurmcd at when no
doubt appeared to'pussy’a brain‘s, a strange
phenomenon.‘ and decnmpcd. ' a" f
l Wisc'onsz‘n flrgm.”
The Boaton Journal 'saysrlhnlt‘ therein
an unus'ual amount of uckness in (hastily
at the present time, psi-ticdjquy atfion’g
children. The numberfi‘of‘ (lda‘thé th'crc dq
ring the week ending; (m the 8“! insh} iyvns
92. of which 65 were‘ under five’ years pf
age. ' . ' > , ‘
’A horrid munlcr Wésudomm‘itted in St.
Louis county. Missouri, says the Repub
lirnn of the 4th. a' fewduys before, on the
person of Mr. Hurpcr. u young brother of
Capt. Andrew Harper. of St. Ferdinnnd
township. It seems that on Mondaxmoin
ning, nt the election around :in Centrz‘il
township. some altercationr'nro's'ebbetjvnen
Mr. Harper and n man'nnm'ed Kettcrer.
It was, however. soon adjusted. rind they
made friends. The~dny passed.’pnd Mr.
Harper ordered his horse. to go hamme—
Ketterér proposed upon. some'friv'olOus
pretence to riilg‘home'With him. but Mr.
Hur'perdemurreil. ‘At last he assented.
Kettercr then asked Hing-per ‘to loan him
hallo dollar to pay for; the keeping of his
hnrse. This he did, and they mounted—-
Kettercr behind Harper. The horse re
turned tp the election ground. Without ri.
(lers, bloody; and reins loose. The im-
Sassin stabheil er. .;I|arper on ‘lhe right
side, to the hehrt. jumped from the horse.
and lelt him in that condition.
r [t is very cruel in the New Haven [l6‘
'gister. in Ihe, very heart of the manufac
turing region. 100. xo break up the beauti
ful lhe’ories of lhe Whig “panic? ponti
cians. They say. that the country ill!)
be ruined. This huvd-hearted cdil‘orton
the contrary, husthe impuilence (9 say :hat
it is “going a-hcml.” Hear his facts, sp
unpalatable 'to the pqnic-mdkcrs: ’
‘ . 'NPmnsg/Ivam'an.‘ '
“GOING Annm—A ‘ large manufactu
rer inthis city told us..9n Saturday. that
the prnspect for a good. full busineés ,was
,never‘bcttur than it is now, nndithnt far
from diachnrging his hands, he cogld Mt
get as many as he wanted. He in awaig'.
but is not to be paniced, to help outbnlit.
icnl demngoaucm z 1
"A new V Fu_ctory has been started in
Wutlingtun, We underatnndmmcc the'pas
sage. nt tl‘l¢.nc.w "Vl‘nriff law; mth'every
prospect of dam; a good bupméss.‘ and we
hear of others in .difletcnt parts of. the
State. ‘ ‘
A new Cotton Factory .is about going
into operation in Hamden. hear this city.
In fact,th'c~cvidcnces of prosfierity are all
about'hs; and the confidence‘of sengibl'e
pusixtesfiémet} ia'too étr'ong toflbé altitkeh
bv the 'qflo'ptgfiqf the panicanakcrs'. "l'hc
Whig. prggsfs’lmhy succeed in 'inj‘uring the
credit of‘s'dlh‘gzqf. itb‘ {Hemp—but thatin
ah “account they 'mu‘stfi 'seule betwggn
them.” ' " ’ _ , "
Gpdfrey Popéfi'la'fi’taid ,of 9:260! the
Kentucky coimfig‘fiiéfi'gif Volunteer: ela'tjoiy
ed nearMaia‘inist.‘ ‘was lately killqd biz?
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