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shine,
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mine. ~
" Gaze on that arch uhnvn; .
The gliuexing vault ndmiro.
Whn mughl [how orbs lo move I
Who lit lhoir camel“: fife !
Who guides the moon to run
In silence through the skins! '
W'ho hula lhul dawning sun
Inwtronglh nnd henuly rise?
There View nnmensuy! behold! my God u: there.
The sun. the moon. the Ilnra. Ins mnjcnly d(‘(.|fll’(‘.
-‘ Soc “hero lhn mountains rise;
Where xhundcrmg lurronts (umn;
Whore. veiled In lowunngnkms.
Tho englo mnkca his humv- .
Wh!‘ r 0 suvngo nnluro dwe!!:-,
My God is proton! 100 ;
Through nll her Wildosl dvlh
”ls fimulepsl pun-um
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Provides Ihc daily (mid “Inch :4le the Hill] lunl'»
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\Vilhin “’hmm dm'p, dark (‘nvl v:
'1 ho occnn~mumlnrx hula :
“in power is snvrrvign lhe-n). .
To muse. loquell lhe slnnn;
.. The doplhn his bounty nhurn‘.
’ Whore sport the nunlyawnrm :
‘ Tempo-In and culmanhey lhe xumo almighty \‘ulrv.
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3 ‘Feynnd his boundless might :
HI: swulls lhe lhundrr's ruur:
He b‘prondu lhe wmgn ol nmht
()h! prmse his \\nrka divine—
no“ down lhy soul in prnyrr ,
Nnr nsk [or other Sign.
'l‘lml God is every whera
The vu-wlou spirit. He-—imtnnrmi. hn')‘. Mrs!—
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The vnnvd emnunha
Thnl glonma on her (are ?
\nd what art can pumny.
'l‘he leglings lhnl he,
In tho heave bf'hc-r bosom.
The glam‘n u! lu-r eye I
I How tender is “omm:
Thl' wnrclu-r nl nlghl.
“'ho lonvrs not thy hlmtmm
' On nm-uum n! the might.
An ungvl oi morn y.
Shn women ”.4 In pnm.
And unlit-s m lu-r gladncnl
4% When health comes and.
{5.- Huw lofty Ia woman——
3;, I)N>p.tlncp n 1 hcvr ire.
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3". . How loving in unman—
-3‘7»; Hnw frngilo who chi-gs
- To him she hath chosen.
1:1 \\‘hnlovrr hu lmnur.
Though all he run utter
if: Arc worth: to der-mu.
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Interesting Scenes in the Far
“Jest-“ Gen. Kearney é: lhe
Jil'llly ofthe “’csn.
We have been fawwd (with the fallow
ing extract of an unofficial journal of 13!
Lieul. Emory, of the Corps ol Topograph
ical Enginems. lJieul. Emory 15 chief of
flu: engineer- stafl 0! Gen. Kearncy’a com
mand. .
2 We are pleased with (he oppbrtunily of
haying before our réaders such scénushs
are here described. with so much noyehy
nnd freshness around them. The author
'o‘. the journal. Lieut. Emory, is dinin
guished [or his superior intelligence as an
olficer and n mun.
Emlrabls/rom the Journal. commcncmg
' k. - .flugust 81h. _
Remuin'ed_in cnmp all day toullnw Don
iphnn’e regiment and the artille'ry to come
up. _Oba‘ervetl' at night. lor latitude and
time. and found our chronumeters preser
"ving their rates admirably." Light hurri
canes ol wind. and clouds discharging
rain to the west. Cnpt. Sumncrj‘ drilled
hll three squadrons of drugoune, and made
quite an Imposing show.
' ~flugzgtt MIL—At 2a broke up camp,‘
and marched with the colonel's ‘stnfi and
the lstdwgoona 10% miles and encamped
under‘the mountains, on the western side
of the'Canadinn river. oi: the banks of a
small streatnta tributary ofthe‘Canadian.
Grass short‘.‘ but, good 3‘ Water in small
qugntitiealaud‘i‘n‘fpudrltes. Here found a
trap dyke; 'dour‘sEN. 3 W.. which shows
itsel! Inlsonn the Canadian. about 4 miles
distant, inthe enm‘o courie.’ Six miles
tram Inst ’hight’s’énmp' the‘ road forks: one
running'nenr themnuntnins'to the west.
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POETRY.
GOD \IS EVERYWHERE.
0h ! show me where n: "v.
The high Ind holy One.
To whom thou li‘eml'nl lhe knm‘.
And prny'sl."l‘hy wull lm dumn’
I hear thy song of prmun.
And 10! no lurm isnnnr:
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From [ha Wushinglnn Union
never dieten: from it more than four miles,
and almost all the time in sight of it. The
army was here diwded: the artillery, in
tanlrymnd wagon train ordered to take
the lower road, the Missouri volunteers
and lat 'tlragoono the upper. The valley
here opens out into an extensive plain,
slightly rolling, flanked on each side by
ranges ol perpendicular hills covered wtth
rtunted cedar and the pinon. In this ex
tensive valley or plains may be traced.
from any of the neighboring heights. the
valleys of the Canadian and its tributaries
—-the Vermijn, the Poniel, the Cimtiron,
the Rajudo, and the Ocntc. Saw great
quantities 0t antelope. deer“, &c.; cactus
in great abundance. and a plant which my
lriend, Dr. DeCnmp. pointed outas being
highly balsamic. He collected quantities
of it In his catnpnign to the Rocky moun
tains, and tested Ita eflicocy with entire
surcefls as a substitute lor balsam eopnyvn.
Observed a great many insects at the
comp ten-night, the first of any number
since leaving the Arltunsus. Scurcely a
bird, however, to be seen, the cow-bird
alirays excepted, which has been in great
numbers on the whole route, and very
tome, often lighting on your horse. The
horned lrng l 9 also nu int-tout, nnd has been
lhe whole tltstnnee lrotn here to beyond
Uettt’s Fort.
flugmt to!h.—Co|. Krarht‘y, (iiixntis
tied With the upper lurid, determined tn
strike tor the old. “Inch we did. After
rt‘aching the Vt-rmijn. 95 miles. in a drug;-
nnat line, and rcnching the road at the Ci
tnnrnn. “horr- we lnuurl ths- inlantry en
camped; tntal distance, 203 miles; grass
grind, nnd wntr'r plenty, though not flim
lng. Another tiup (Ultra pziruitt-l rimrty
to litt'lult: hnth Itrr-wed with llflflmt‘nli
nl tviruginnu-i sandrtnnr, crystalli'lxd
cmhnnate nt lime. A Mexican come into
camp, lrotn Bl‘ttt’t! Fort; rrpnrtcd Lirut.
Atbort much better. Col. Kearney allnw
ed him In pass to Tans; {hr which place.
60 miles (ilntflnt, by a bridle path. he set
out to reach to-ninht. The tutorial sent
by him C(tptt‘h nt ht! proclamation. letters
to the ulcaldv, padre. 8:6.
Fur: Mexican‘s were rapturt-d by “Pitt's
spy company, who had been sent nver to
recnnnoitrc us, “’lli't orders ,to retain all
prrsnns passing out of New Mexico.—
They were mounted on diminutive Imin.
and cut a ridiculous figure, utnng'ille oi
the thumping bit; men and horn-a at tho
lnt dragnuns. Fitzpatrick. our guidn,
who seldnm Inugha. became utmost con
what when he turned his “ell-practised
eye upnn them.
Tonnc, an American citizen. came tn
hndquortore, when at the Vcrmijn, and
reported himseiljust escape-ii trnm Tam.
Herepnrts that the proclamation of Gnv-V
ernor Armijn vouched there, cutting the
citizens to arms, and placing the \l'hnir
country under martial law. He'ntuted
that Artnijo has assembled all the t’ur’htn
Indiana, above 2.000;:1H the citi'm-ns cn
pnble 0t hearing nrms : that 300 Lli'xicnn
\lmgnnns riri th'tt in >:.ntu Fe the day Ar
lnlju'rt prnglamutinn was inauml; and that
1,200 more are hourly expected. That
the Spanish Mexican-I, to a man. are an:-
ious tor a fight, but that about holtthe
Puchln Indians are imliflnrvnton this sub
jcct, hut mll be made to fight.
A succuiinn of thunder storms paused
yesterday to the north and wrut nl'uti. hut
iinlhirig it'achcd us. The ground shun-ed
tl‘t‘t‘tit thin. and En dncu the grow, “hirh
tunkvd as it does in the spring, just sprout
mg.
The hills to the left are. HI near Ml
cnnjudge. the same an in the Ralun, Hf
difluronl raluured nandstnnc, rrguhlr')’
slrahfied, und dipping gently in MN east.
'lhe growth. on lhe mountains, pinon
and cwlar; on the plains. «cartely a tree
can be seen. and [hose along the edges of
alteums. Observed at night furlamude
and tune. ‘
flugusl lithe—Made a long march to.
day, with the advanced guard—the lat
drugonnmlothc ()cale. SH- milca. The
road approaches the OCMC at the fool of n
lugh blufl‘. to lhe norlh. and runs through
:1 canon, making it- inaccessible lu horses.
We followed. it four or five miles. Where
the road cro§ueslile river is dry. and we
ascended lhe stream about a mile from the
road, and found good grass and running
water.
The scenery today was very pretty,
sometimes approaching to the grand,—
road [muses through a succession ul' valleys;
and crossed numerous divides ol the Ray
ndonnd Ocute. The Rayado is a limpid
running’strenm, 10 miles from the Cumu
ron, and although we have been in the
inidstol mountains for some days pact.
this is the first stream that has anything
the look of a mountain stream. The grass,
however; is not good. Two and a hall
miles further (in. at the loot of the moun
tain, there are springs; At the lastr place
they halted. About 5 miles before reach
ing.tlie.ocate. the road descends into a
volley overlined by confused and rugged
cliffs, which give promise of grass and wa
ter; but on 'going down, we found it’had
no outletgnnd that this heautitul‘ v'alle'y
terminated in a salt lake. which in now
dry, and the bed encrusted with a thin
cont 0! white substance, (see specimen.)
Here the road in indiutinct, nod takes a
,sudden turn-to the lelt; at this moment
we diecovored, coming towards Us,‘ at full
speed. Bont’e epyv’guardu All thought
they} lindu'iei the-enemy. ,I rode lorwnrd
CLEARFIELD, PA. OCTOBER 80.1846
to meet him, lollowerl by Mr. 'Fltmpntrick
and two dingoonn. It turned ut to be a
false alarm. Like a not of sfllflcllows—
or as Mr. Fitzpatrick called them, d-d
tools—they got off the road, which we
were not aware 0!, and were now gallop
ing buck to it in full speed.
The hills are composed of what] take
to be trap. and a porous volcanic stone,
very bind, with a metallic lincture nml
lustre. It lli untlcrlnyed by santl~stone.
From the uniform height ol these hills. one
would think they originully formed the la
blc land, and that the valleys hm! bt-t-u
wanted, not] their limits tlett-rminetl by
the existence or non-exmtence of the hurd
crust.
Things are now becoming very interes-l
ting. Five or six Metric; s were captur
r‘tl last night, and on theili persons Were
found the proclamation of the prefect ol
Tool, batted upon that ol Ariiiijo. calling
the citizens to arms to repel the Anteri
cuns. who were coming to invade theirl
Soil, and destroy their property and [ibcr- ‘
tics; ordering an enrolment oi litl Clli'Lt‘llh“
over 16. and under 45. and a ltbt ot arms
and ammunition. lt iii decidedly l(‘\s
bombastic than any Mexican piiper “hith
[have yet seen, Col. Kearney usaemblcd
thew prisoners ultogether. \otltztc ten or :i
dolenzt .ith an admirable ti ieecli to them.
fltltfid. tiiut \\heo thel rear guaiil ol
the urmy lime pained, lllJl they be retenti
cd. lti ltlb speech he ititoiiiied theiii thiit
he considered new Mexiro it part ol 'he
United Sixties; that he Intended to extend
our laws oier it. titttl Kubstitute loWs lor
the arbitrary will ol one iiitin;thut he come
lit: the intent] at the people : that he would
protect them in the exercise ol their ieli
giiiri, uiiil ol their property; that he would
deleiid the weak against the strong, and
the poor ugnjjnsttlie rich. This brighten
ed their lace}, us tar us such poor. down
cost. unineutiing laces could be hrigliten~
ed. ,El'lil'fltivere not delicient in loriii or
atuture. "Their [arm expressed good na
ture. but itlmtistcidiocy. The; were ,mouii—
tetl or) “littleftlot‘tkfis, or jeiiiiieii. nod gui
ded by clubs in'gtl'ad ol bridlea; the \\ hole
turn out. contrasting in a way with our
huge. well-mounted draguunii, thut wan
very ludicrous. The colonel said in me.
'Eifluty. il l have to tire it round of grape
into such men, I hllall think ot it with re
morse till my lile.’
'l‘iriiight two more Mexicans were cap
tuicd, or rather came into our camp. who
were Set-orally cross-questioned by the
colonel. Their story was that they came
out by order ol the alcnlclc of the Moro
totivn to look out {or their standing ene
mies, the Euttiiwtl uho were reported in
the neighborhood ; lllttl they hurl heard of
our cottiltig some time since. They be
lieved us at the Ilflyfltlb' twenty-two miles
back. but t-eeing our tvzigoiiu, and huvnig
taith iii the Americans. they rode without
limitation _int‘o our camp. “he" thev
said they had [Hill] in us, the colonel. with
great q'hicititest, ii'deied them to shake
ltflllds oith hi.n. tle then told them pret
ty much the some that he told ttié Mexi
cans tlm morning. 'l‘lteae nirtt appeared
to be of a higher class. and liileiied With
prolound attention. The Colulti‘l told:
them. in conclusion. that he must keept
them for it titty or two; lot it was quite
evident to all of us lllitl they were spiei,
who had come too eutltlenlv itito the little
ruvnie in which we here (‘l-Httt-t‘tl.
They zipperired well hitthile. (liieol
them. with the guard, turnetl l).t(l\, untl
piesetited the colonel with it fresh cream
cheese.
Cullectml a grant variuty of new and
beautiful flowers. Thu "ill§‘()flr‘~("y cnv.
cred wilh cm'mr and Immu. Anlvfupv
and burned {rugs in üb’mdnucc; nu min-I
nmmali Ivrn.
fluguxl lSlltn—The colonel discharged
the oldest Mexican, giving him two proc
lamations~one for the alculde. another
for the people of the town. He sent it
message to the ult‘alde to meet him at the
Crossing 01 the Mom with eeveral of his
head men. The other Mexican was de
tained at: a guide. About 12 o’clock. the
advance was sounded. and the Colonel,
withSurnner's.command. marched twvn
ty miles, and halted in a beautilul valley
of fine grass and good pnnls ul‘cool water.
The stream, when flowing. is a tributary
oi the Moro. From the driftwood. &e..
iuund in Its wide. Well-grained bed. I in
fer it is subject to great freshctsi. in
crossing: from the ()cate to the valley 0!
the Moro, tho Innuntuins become more
rolling. and as we upprouch the Morohthe
valley opens out. and the whole country
becomes more tame in appearance. Ten
miles up the More is the Morotown, con
taining. an the Mexican inturmcd me last
night, 200 houses. It is 00’ the lower road
buta tolerable wagon road leads to it from
our camp of last night. _
The plains were strewed with a red pO.
mus lutiu-iikejubstance. (Sec specimen
30.) The hills to the left. covered with
white. (Specimen 31.) The plains are
almost destitute of vegetationwthe hills
covered with a stunted growth of pinch
and ’cedar.’ Ruins' have fallen herein:-
cently, .and the grass' in the bottoms is
good.‘ 'l‘lte‘gmmm‘a now? constantly up.
péars.‘ but very. thinly scattered over the
ground.' Saw.“to-day, some prairie dogs,
with “stripetg on their sides; resembling
the common prairie dog in everytlting,,él'se.
'A'fligWSda'to‘tho south, but too fair
to dig: 3" s}! them. Antelope and horn
wfm '1 . ,
ed frogs as usual. Allrnctetl lo the loft
by an object supposed to be an Indian; on
reaching found it u sandstone block. lhrcc
lee! long, stunding on end, and topped by
nnolhey, shorter. A mountain man. who
was along. said i! was in commemoration
ufu talk and lriemlly smoke between some
two bands of Indians.
.‘lrrgust “Ella—At I'2 o‘clock. as the
rear column came in sight. the call 0!
‘hotita and sndtlles' were sounded. and in
hieniy minutes we were 017. We had
not advanced more than one mile when
Bent, of the spy guard. came up with four
prisoners. They represented themselves
to be an ensign and three privates ol the
Mexican army, sent forward to reconnoi
tre. and ascertain our lorcea. They said
600 men were at the Vegos to receive us,
and give us battle. or treat as us triends,
according to our intention towards them.
They told a great many dillerent storiea.
and finally delivered up a papal, being an
order lrotn Captain Gotianles. to the en
ligii. to go lorward on the Bent Fort road,
and ascertain our [illallltm and numbers.
They \t'ete severally cross rptestmned by
the Colonel, and told very much the same
that all the rest have told. They were
retained l'tfi' the present as prisoners.
Air soon as We commenced descending
into the valley 0! Moto creek, Col. Kear
ney’a orderly, who certiefliii telescope,
rt'ptirletl a company of Mexrcans at the
C'llihlllg. Col. K. ordered the to go lor
ward with )2 tltiigoons. and ieetitinuxttt'
the party, and if they attempted to lly. to
pursue and capture as many as we could.
As we approached this company, it neem‘
ed \vontlrom still and moitonless; buta
few stepn dispelled the illusion. and show
ed the pine stakes of a corral. The dru
goons u ere sadly disappointed; they evt
tlently expected a fight or chase. A ten
minutes brought us to the first nettlemctit
we had seen in 775 miles. The first ob
ject I saw. was a pretty Mexicali woman.
“ith clean white stockings. who came to
me. very cordially shook hand-t. and a-ked
(or tobacco. Fitzpattick said I want sin
gled out {or my large red wtiiskerl; hull
was at the head of the party, and that was
the reason ofthe honor done me.
The nuxl houat‘, and out puppet! a live
Americqn, and won all", his wife. Thio
was Mr. Bum-y. who milked here lor
wme lune, owns a large mber u! calm
and how“, which he kec[)9u\|’u.dchance ul
wolves. lndlnm. and Mexicans. He is u
pol (Pct upecnmcn o! u generous. openvhcur
ted adventurer, and is in uppi‘aruucc win“
l have suppused Daniel Boon to have been.
He drove his herd of cattle lulo camp. and
picked out the largest and (mum, which
he presented In the army.
Below, about 2 tl’tilea.-ttl thcjunction ol
the Momnnd Sapilla. is another American
—Mr. Yellu. ol North Carolina. He has
been here but six months, and from his
gay drugs might have bet-n taken [or a
sergeant ol drngoons. with his blue ponto
lmina \llllt broad gold stiipes on the iide‘.
tl!.(l hi~jttckvt llttnmetl \\lilt law. I DUI
butler ul hint at low Uta the pound.
\ll'c halted at titpillu, dintnncc US- miles
lrotn our last night’s encrttnpnwnt. in u
trunwntl'tus shower. Grass indtflcrcnt,
hut‘tng ‘o-Jvo cnlt‘tl up hr the Ct’tllll' from
the runchoo. \Vood and wutvr plenty.—
.-\t tltl~ plnu- an American come into ramp
from Santa ["u. on loot, \Hill t-czttcrly uny
thtng on his back ; «soup-d from there
night belore lost M Mr. llnustun‘; “quest,
to tnlortn Col. Kudrnry that ArmiJu‘s lut
u-n wcrr nsscnublt'ig to the dumber ol 'l,-
IIOU or 12.000, and that he might t-xpcct
Vigorous restntJnce; and that a place call
t’d thc Canon, 15 nnltw irmn Santa Fe.
\\lil'lt‘l had belon- predicted the brittle
\\Uulll he lought, was llctttg fortified, and
advmng the colonel to go around It.
The canon in n narrow tit-tile, easily dc
lendL-tl. and ol which we hate heard it
great deal. A conflict nuw ‘ is int-vitahlo.‘
and the ndt’nntngt-s 0! ground and num
bers will, no doubt. enable the Mcxtcnnu
to make at stiff tight.
Miserable grass. and the comp ground
inundated by the show er of to day, which
was quite a rarity with us. although we un
derstood thetainy season had commenced
ten days before. further in the mountains.
.I‘lugusl lulu—The order of match to
day was the order ofbnttléi Al’tor procee
ding alow miles. we” met a queer caval
cadp. which at first we thought was the
locked {or atcaldo from Moro town; but It
turned out a rncsaengcr‘from Attnijo. A
lieutenant, one sergeant, and two privates.
of Mexican lanccra. The men were good
looking enough. and evidently dressed in
their best bib and tucker. The creases in
their pantaloons were quite distinct. Their
harses were mean in the extreme, and ”19
contempt with which our drngoons wprcfil
led was ondont.
The messenger was lhe bearer of 3 [lol
ter from Armijo. in nnsWer'tolho colonel'b
The army was on up-toe to know the con
lentp of the loner. The colonel communi
caled it to but few. 3115189” MIME!“ ""3
number. It was a aensxble, straightforward
léuer, a'nd if written by‘nn American. or by
an‘ Englishman; would have meant this;
«warm notified me that you inlendlo
lake poise-aim of tho country 'I govern,—
Thd people of tho counuy'hnvo ri'sen in
mass to’my defenjca. , If you gel‘lho‘cimn
try. n willvbo' b'ecauao you prov. ,lhc‘slron
gear in battlc. l a'uggc‘blflo you l 6 Ilopflal
the Sapilla,‘ and l wilt nurchjo'lh'd Vegan;
NEW SERIES—VOL. I. NO. 37---WIIOLE 310.1035.
We will meet. and negotiate (in the plains
between them." ‘ ‘ .
Tho artillery were detained a groin while
in passing the Saptlle. This kept us stoi
ing in the plains for four hours. but itgave
the colonel time to reflect on the message
with which he should dismiss the lanceru.
There .were apprehensions tho‘t Cook was'
detained, and this made their discharges
matter of refloction; Sixteen miles brought
us insight ofthe Vegas, a village on a
stream of that name. A halt was made ,at
this place, and the colonel called the lien
tenant and lance-re. and said to them: "The
road to Santa Fe is now an lree to you as
it IS to myself; my to my friend. General
Armijo. [shall soon meet him, and [hope
it will be as friends. I come here as the
friend ofthe whole Mexican people, and
not as their enemy. My government con
siders New Mexmo o partol' the Unite;
States, and i intend to. extend her lawe o-‘
ver it. All who obey me, and do not re~
slat, i will respect, and make secureiin
their property. their persons, and their re
ligion. All who take up arms against me.
I will treat as enemies.”
A great deal more was said; but the
conversations which followed with other
people were so much more significant. that
I Will not repeat what passed. At parting,
the lieutenant embraced the colonel, Cap
lain Turner, and myself; this was the first
man lit/3.,r that i ever encountered. and if
God spares-inc, it shall be the last.
The country today was a rolling, almost
mountainous rents; the grass on the hills
beginning to show a little. The soil was
good enough. apparently. bttt vegetation
was little or nothing, from the want ofrsin.
As we emerged from the hills into the
valley of the Vegas. our eyes were saluted.
for the first time, with waving corn. The
stream was full. and the little "drains, by
uhicls the fields \vereirrigated, full to the
britn. The dry soil seemed to drink it
with the avidity of our thiesty horses.
The village, at a short distance. looked
like an extensive brick -kiln. On approach
ing it, its outline presenten a square, with
some arrangements for defence. Intothis
square they are sometimes compelled to
retreat, wrth all their stock. to avoid the at
taclts of the Eutaws and Navajos, who
pounce upon them, and carry off their vo
men, children. and cattle. But a few days
since, they made a descent upon the town.
and carried ell I‘ZO sheep. and other stock.
As Captain Cook passed through the town,
some ten days since. a' murder had just
been committed on these helpless people.
Our camp extended for a mile down the val
ley. On one side was the stream. and on
the other the cornfields, with no fence or
hedge interposing. What a tantalizing
prospect for our hungry and jaded nags.
The water was free, but the colonel pos
ted a chain of sentinels to protect the corn.
and gave strict orders that it should not be
disturbed. Capt. Turner was sent to the
village to inform the alculdc that the colo
nel wished to see him and the head men of
the town. in a short time. down came the
Alcalde, ttvo captains ofmilitta, will) num
erous servants, pranctng and careering their
little tings into camp. The colonel stated
to them that he tt as ordered by his govern
ment to take pauses-eton ofthe country, and
annex it to the United States—to extend e
ver it the laws of the United States, and the
protection of her troops. He hoped to ef
lect this object peaceably; but if need be.
had the power, and would do it forcibly.—
That he had no doubt of his ability to doit
peaceably. if the people of the country
could be brought Within the sound of his
votes, and made to understand the advanta
ges they were to derive, in the protection
of their lives and property from the savages.
and in the just administration of the laws.
That he desired the alcaltle to assemble all
his people. in the plaza, where he would
address them at 8 o‘clock next morning.
All went en'suiethly, except with one of
the captains of the militia, who was very
surly, and said he always understood the
Arkansas was the boundary of the United
States, and soon after rode oil" abruptly.
leavmg the party. The old alcalde was vs
ry confidential. begged the colonel, itt a
whisper. to allow tio trespass upon the corn.
The colonel pointed hint to his chain of
sentinels. The old man then pulled outs
bottle of vile 'i‘eos whiskey, and requested
us to drink with him. The dose was hit»
ter, but taken with plausable gracea
(We mus! close uur ulrpclu for Ibis ovening'n
“Unmu.” The first blup on Hm next morning
hringa our army Into Sunlu Yo. Wn poulpono ll“
m-murruw owning the lmmul‘llonp which look
plucc In tho only—tho capnul of Now Make) '
It’s Jail" a I'hshion.--'l‘he pious. Mr.
—-. who. by the way. is suspected of be
ing no boner than he should be. notwnhv
standing all his profeesiom, a lilo" time
since rebuked a well known merchant of
this any for using profane langdngeh ‘
' Your language is. ungomlemanly. Avand
impious.’ said Mr. ~+———. ' You BMW"
prank yourselfof such an abominfixblo pilot
tice.’ V » I; g .
°_l knqw it.’ returned {l:c,.doaleu in'cot'
ton baleajaud profanity; ‘bux' most men {all
inlo some error or number miknown to
theknselvcn. ycl'theyaw qnliwly‘lnnocem
of all intention to do wrong. uptwithlgm‘d
ing'flxeir. inaccuracies. ;‘ now. .1 prarm
graindeal. and mu pray: §;grea_t'»d9al;.yei
neither ohm. -I am :tanfidenw mums any.
thing by it." . ' .