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BY MOORE .& THOMPSON;
n• mews arrsir naossorreees
Emm'mga
The .. m-tmocm'nc BANNER" ' la pubmhea
Weekly. on Wednesday mornings; at SS! pct unnum
-,-or 81 75 if,puid In advance. ‘ ‘. _ -
. No paper run he discuminued (uliless m lho op~
man of «hp odimm until nll-xfirrt‘nrngm nre pfiid. '
{IT/\‘dverllscmcnln. &c.. at Ihn unnnl rnlns.
P-O. E T R ‘Y-.-
SONNETS
ll" BENJAMIN HALLECK
'1 u in\ e and be heluved again —lo Incl ‘ v
That one Imm heals rrspunsn‘u In 'our omx ;
To chonshjoy Ihnl words on ne'er rovoal.
Gentle and lovely as Hm dying lone
Ofl‘nr-ofl'munc; Io go wrongly innh
0n lift-'9 roughjnurncy. girl will: \Vomnn’n love.
Aml \\‘omnn'n truth. jowelunl pricelon worth
'l'hul sorrows dim uol. lnnls (‘nn but pmvo:
To slund wvlh her boiido lhe ahnne- where lic
Our hnugehnld gods—lo lcvl her true hand presn
Our own In leance. whxlc wnhm her eye
Ghrlem; lhe Ivar o! holy loudvrnens; .
To linlcn to 0 voice whose every lonn _
' Tell-11:.ll1n! we on eurlh nre Nn'r nlouc.
[‘o non lhe n‘onn feed on lho pullid chock.
\Vlgere shmcs lhv slur preanglng Hvllldacny;
'l‘n lromblc wilh n four “9 mny nol speak;
'l‘o bid ndlcu lo hope'n darlunng my :
To know that lho we love nnd prize mu st dll’.
Fin-n in lhcnponing 01 bur npiril'a dream—
Thu! lhe tic-op lovn lhnl flushes from hor t-ye,
' ll doubly bright wilh life'x laul hoolm git-am;
I“. slund hoxido llmt loved one'n grave and icel .
llufé'x uunt lOHCIHIPsii lo Mlcm shed ~
Tours. billcr {mm-1. n'or momnry'n wane-«In kneel
' 81-aidfi the dwelling 0! our rhcrishod dend—
Snnding lhe luunsed splrit forth In lrnve,
Beyond lho sky, ll,cr,pencclul renllng place.
'X'n ulnnd upon liln'n dcson nnd In know
'l‘lm ‘ovehi denm-o nl \vrzmln'n eye
In no! for us; In wan-h m. fluwrol blow.
That on nnmher'n hrcm: must hlushmg he;
'l‘n rut nfl‘u‘llon on one shnne and feel
There‘s n'odivnmy to food lho flnmu:
To foul lhvybrnm lhrob and the sonar-s not.
Whene'er we henrllm luvcd and chumhed name
Ul'nnc whoxc honrl can give no crhu back.
Unto Illa vein of nur mvn burning prayer: '
“'hnao eye COM benmlng on our chevrlesu lrm‘k
Servos but In show lho depth ofougdospnlr.
Where cruhh'd Iu cnnh hope perm‘um In gloum,
And memory weep! in pleasures )ivmg lnmll.
Those are the lighls and ahndon‘s of man's hlo.
The irelwmk woven by (he hnnd of fate
“'ilh lhe mix'd web of his exislem-e—nle ~
Wil'u griclor glndncu; ycmmund um wall
A thousand mmmrunls. ‘to dry lhe loam
Ofdeepest narrow. or estrango lhe unnd
Frnm lnve’s firm lhrnldnm, breathing In Mr. can:
Spell: more cnclmmmg than he leavn behmd.
A Ihuusnnd slrenmn gUsh lorlh lo swrw umay
'l‘)m dim momnrinh of Joy nml grit-f.
Bcnenlh whose wnws. unwell, unnuxed, lny
AchL-tion'l garlands, wnherodunowor and leaf-
Whale nllu'r pads. Amlnhon. \Vunllh. or Fume.
Frum his 1 hungcd hear! u Heeling humagr clnim.
Hut lavr‘. first lnvc. is woman's lure-~10 her
No rN'Ulld flame uu doe“ nhln‘um brnngy.
A! uno innc shrine n lrrnfblmg \vurahippvr;
_l’eurful. ycl tru-ling. her yuung npinl thngh
L'nchunged. unchungca'ula. lhnl nllur round.
'Thm' “ml and wou-dhru‘ glory.grief orlhnmo.
T 1“ death. whove h'nnd ulanc cuu quench the Ram!)
U‘er the cruahcd henrl uprenrs the grassy mnund.
Should fnlsefimd's hund stump o'er lho hung lyre
01' young affection. Ihm but once run pour
Fonh Irom lhe hour! in: melody and fire,
She droopx lhe nvt-n slung: in ludncw u‘er.
And like lhe luhlrd bud m uuuihornnlucs.
Hnumorcd 0! n: own swam mnsu'. (hm.
Wlib are Gentlemen?
In our intercourse with Incmty. we are
nllen surprised In notice what despicable
and cuntrhcted pentlments are yet nfluat
in the would, in respect to the characmriy
tic marks ul 3 true gntlemnn. There
are thuusands ul indifiidunls who aspire to
the rrpulation ol a gentleman, or who per
haps lancy themselves to be really luch.
yet whme higheot and most comprehensive
notions of the character are confined l 0
mere external accomplishments. There
are many lemulc’s. 100. who-cam not once
to have a distant idea 9! nucba person,un
cnnnoctcd with coxumxbery ol demeunnr.
and that polished, courtly exterior which
lesoultcn assumed by heartless. nban‘
cloned libertinei, to hide the loul rotten
niche ol their characters. and the lameness
oi their designs. \Vhy else do we so lro
quonlly nee individuals of the other sex
who claim to posse-s the must spotless
character. to-give tone to society. receiv
ing into thelr parties and caressing. nay,
not hesitating to prOmenndein public. arm
in .arm. with depraved “and profitgote
wretchee. no theirhonored associates—de
-bnuchcee who are known. to he dilauluto.
yes. odiouoly licenliouo in their habits—
nntl this without a blush! Why do ladies
of quality. instead of scorning even the
approach of such wretches. and repelling
their presence as an insult und nflront to
their sex. oven evince. a prelereuce for
their society over men of exemplhry char
acters—apparently delighting in their at
iemiom,~ if they happen to be talented.
rich and fashionable, even though they
may have been guilty of the deepest bino
neu to other women? Why, too, do thel
young of the gentler sex so often mantleat‘
suchxon eagernesa to draw mound them
the butterflieu of ours. beings of- mere tin
sel and ioppery, to the exclulion ofthe
meritorious and deserving. who .aeek com
~ punions for hie. and not. the cglitteringv
plnythingo of an hour? ”Whin it that
men may, practice with impunity Vices
which; in the other set, will not be tolera
ted to: n moment ;' or that-”abandoned lib
ortinea. addicted to the Vileatspecies of
profligacy. 9nd, worse than all. who do
nounretendgto;disguis’ez‘theic evil blbita.
get hold up their heads in loci‘ety in gen:
tlemen while the female who . is“ even .Itll
ppoted‘otthc ‘ slightest deviation from tho
mliii'of chistiiy. is configured lo‘evorlut
ihglinlahy'aud dirgnce?‘ Tho underlin
hlo I!“ it. thgt the oldoud junttmuxim ol
, Popeithnt “-worth-‘rnlkes tho-mutt." hu
3 took into oblivion; new standarduf elm.
gmfit‘tatit
actehliave been set up; and the l'u'nda
ltne'nt'al qualities which enter into the mod
em fashionable idea of gentlemen. have
less relation to innate honesty. and worth,
than to the leng'h at his purse. the ter.
ture of his cloth, and tha- Icrupuluus ex
actness of hie grimaceo and bows.
We believeithat true gentlemen are con
fined to no walk or rank in life. The
sturdy blacksmith. with hia dingy gar
menta, his open honest countenance be
grimmed with emot. and his rough. hard
hand. scarred with aervice more honora
ble than that of war. has an Immeasurahly
higher claim to that honorable name than
the shallow pated top who skips through
college with lttd glovea hurl a rattan. cul
tivates the graces belore the glass and the
ladies, and takes histdiploma with all his
blushing honors on his head. It is a false}
and Contelnptt‘ble notion, that unless a‘
‘man can boast! a high deccent, or rolls ma-t
‘jestically along in' a coach emblazoned
iwith atom. his name should be stricken
from the liat ol gentlemen. Which clans
ihaa lrom time immcmorial conferred the
Ibrightut honors on the human race—the
V haughty aristocrat, whoshrinko with strong
lcnnvulaiona from the touch of the honest
poor man. and moves with a atep that
seems dainty of the soil it trends on, or the
humble pennant who claims no merit but
mobility ol soul F Whence come the great
Flights oi the intellectual firmament—the
latars that lorm the brilliant galaxy who"
ibeama damzle the e)e at every beholder?
[ln the vast majority of instances, they
[have emerged to eminence iron: the chilly
.depth oi obscurity, dcatitutttm and want.
t|Whoae voices are ulteneat in luccesatul
Ivindication of human rights. and float over
Tritonutaln and plain, over ocean and land.
{till they vibrate on the ear of the remotcet
{dweller ol Chriatcudomi‘ \\ ho are they
lthat
" Pluck hrighl honor from lho pnlu faced munn,
Or drivel mlo lhe- bullum nflho deep.
Whore lulhorned lxno ruuld never much lho ground.
And drag up dronncd honor by the locks."
The scion: nl noble binodf’ The worship:
pen; of Bacchus and Venus, who lritter a
way the hours granxw by Helvcn [or sell
improvement. tn the study at the con
temptihle :ml puerilc tnrms of fnuhitm P
No! They are men 0! low parentage—-
men who have buffeted the btllows 0t fate
without dependrnce. 8“: upon the mercy
01 God and their own onetgiu—the get»
tlemcn of nature, who have troddcn under
foot the “ painted lizard." ofsuciety. and
worked out their own distinctmn with an
nrtlur (hut could not be qvncnchcd.n fierse
vctnnce that considered nuthin; dono Mn|c
anything remains tube done.
Yankee Blade,
THE FROSTY-SOULED RUSSIANS.
in this desolate region [saw men old
with grey hair and ruddy laces, who had
lived through sixty dark winters and as
many shttdeless summers. and seemed enn
tented. ilnot happy. But utter forgetful
ness seems to be their highest pleasure——
When the. Russian peasant has earned a
nough to afiord the luxury. he goes totnwu
when all the church bells are ringing. to
hall some saint’s’duy; he solemnly attends
the ceremony of worslitp,and goes through
all the required lorms ol kneeling. pros
ltatinn, and making signs ol the crown--
This done. he hastens to the Brandy shop.
-—there he wastes no time but pulla out
his money and buys as much brandy as he
can aflord. He does not toy with his liq
vuor, but swallows it down at once, and in
a law minutea falls senseless upon the
floor. The tavern keeper takes his satia
fied customer by the heels and draws him
out into the street there to lie till the next
morning. Frequently as we entered a
town alter the celebration ofu festival. we
saw a score of these brandy drinkers ly
ing senseless by the side oi the road. E-'
ven love in this country seems to have
caught some frost from the climate. \‘Ve
continued on as tar as Ustjug-VVeliki. and
here we found an amusing instance at na
tional taste. in the inarketi‘place stood a
long row of stout, honest looking, ruddy
cheeked peasant ‘gtrls, each with a basket
upon her arm. They had come up the
river to sell themselves! it was a mar
ket for wires. with their dowries in their
baskets! The young men of Usljug.Wel
iki walked along the tempting line of la
ces. in a very apathetic way. and seemed
quite as earnest in peeping into the bask
ets, as looking on the faces of these will
mg girls. 1 and my companion made an
appraisal of the charms thus freely-exhib
ited. anti 1 think we noticed two or three
‘that might have served us as excellent
iwivos. had our circumstances allowed at
'such aapeculatton. Positively. there was
something to me quite charming in. this
plain business-like arrangement of matri
mony. as contrasted with _the same thing.
done in our fashionable circles. in such an
indirect, round-about. and hypocritical
style—Work q] a late Waveller.‘
Runnonon.-—As we look back on our
pm lives, we regret mnny n‘bnvgnm we.
have made. and 'many. a ‘atep We htm:~
taken. Here we want too fast: and
there too slow—one day ‘we lo'st'by nq‘r
(ally. and lhouucxt'by our pride and“-
humane... 1'!) “viewing .the'paat'.‘ we
.lbul «emulator-regret and repenm’ncc.‘
j-Bnt‘jhere il‘dhe'thing luv-re ne'er gm,
fifor, let u live as longnfll‘n mny-awe up
var 'mofinv i'nr a" "fruit“!!! 9nd yi’lgtno'ul
CLEARFIEL‘D, PA; DECEMBER 26. “346
life. 'When pillowed for the night, we
hIVe no reproachel ior a good deed or a
kind suggestion. When the world has
no attraction for us—whun its prospects
and its glories are fading from our gaze. t
and the visions of an elernnl state are
bursting upon us—it is then we think of
no honest and upright Me. Who, with the
hour of death in View. would ever perform
I Wicked uctP One hour of serious re
flection ivill unfit us for any viciouo loci
ety or unholy career. Hot-v strange is it
that amid the dying and the dead. inun
kind will so [or target themselves and their
Creator no to pursue a career of lolly Ind
“crime. when the next breath of disease
may sweep them to destruction.
SATURDAY NIGHT.
How many associatiom, sweet and hal
lowed crowd around that short sentence,
' Saturday Night.’ 1! is but the prelude
to more pure, more holy. more heavenly
association. which the tired frame and
thankful soul had with new and renewed 1
joys at each succuuive return. ‘
"l‘iu ihen the din of busy life ceases ‘
thai cares and,unxieties ure lorgouen; lhnt
the worn out anul neck! in needed repose,
and the. mind in relaxation Irom earth and
its cnncerns—wiihjoy looking to ihe com
ing day of rest, so wisely and beneficiniiy
so! apart for man’s peace and happiness
'by lhe great Creator.
The tired laborer leeks his own nenl
collage. In which he had been :1 Itrangér
perhaps the pan week. where a lovely wife
and smiling children meet him mlh smile
nnd caresses.
Here he realizes the bliss 0! hard earn
ed cmnfurls; and. at the same time, per
haps more than others. the happincu ol
dumeslic life and its lltendunl blessingl.
Released from the distractlng cares ol
the week, the professional mun gladly he
holds the return of ‘ Saturday night,’ nod
as gladly sees in the clustering vines nour
iahed by his parental care. the realizatlon
of those joys which are only his to know
at these peculiar seasons and under these
congenial circumstances—so faithfully 81
vividly evinced by this periodical home of
enjoyment and repose. ‘
The lone Widow. tau, who has toiled on
day alter day, to support herlittle charge,
ihow grateful does Ihe resign her caree at
the return of 'Snturday Nighl,’ and thank
her God {or these kind resting-pincer: in
the way of life, by which she is encourag
ed Irom week to week to hold on her way.
But on whole enr does the sound 0!
‘Saturday Nluht’ [trike more pleasantly
than the Christian’s? He looks up amid
the bleuingl showered upon him, and
thanks God with humble reverence for
their continuance.
APPLES OF THE DEAD SEA
Alter n weary ride of seven hours. we
reached the site of ancient Jericho. and
pitched our tents for the night beneath
some straggling treea which served as
pickets for our horses. ‘No signs nl hu
manhubitations new remain there except
an old rurned tower, and the vestiges at
an Arab village. which had been burned
to the ground by the retreating army of
Ibrahim l’ushe tn the late Syrian war;
nntl,a little further removed. a deserted
‘cemetry—eo long deserted. that it is aban
doned even by the wild dog and the cha
cul. The sandy soil produces no sort of
vegetation, except n species of thorny
shrub, which grows to a considerable
height. and like‘the orange tree. benrs
flowers and lruit at the eame time. The
lflowers are of a pale, purplish hue, and
resemble those of the potato. but are some
;what larger; the fruit is o pod about the
lsize of u pigeort’s egg, but perlectlv round.
and of n bright gold color when ripe. \Ve
ignthered some of them, and upon break
ing the rind of one to ascertain what it
icontsinerl. the sudden etTort‘ caused the
expulsion at it dark-colored. acrid powder,
.which flew into our eyes, and caused us
the most intolerable "anguish; I can,on|y
compare the pain we endured to that in
flicted by vitriol ; and this circumstance;
coupled with the beautilul appearance oi
!the lruit, so tempting and deceptive in its
exterior, yet all ashes and bitterness with
in, cousinced us that We had fallen upon
the tor-tamed apples of the Dead Sea. and
that they are not as many havetsuppmed,
sfable.but a bitter and wounding reality.
Cancun—Mow measure their chari
lies by a peculiar standard. A man who
hublbut a dollar in his pocket would give
a penny for almout any purpose. ‘ll he
had one hundred dollars he might give one;‘
carry it higher and there camel a falling
oflu _One hundred dollars would be con
sidered (00 large a sum for him who hnl
len‘ lhounnd, while a present 0! one thou
u‘lnd would be deemed almost miraculous
from a man mirth one hundred thousand
--yct the proporli'onvis the some through
out. and lhe poor man’s penny.‘ lhe-vul
ow’s mile. in more than the rich man’s
high Bounding Ind widely trumpeud ben
‘ eluction. . ‘ . .
A vtuvell'ar: in one o!‘ 'th‘u~ Winters
Skillet. =rcqu_emd thelhoayleu of‘an'inn
Microbe stopped. to lend the humi’a’ud
11,11” to my upte__on dial-enrpktmjs.
hc'prelemd ,the ’pfitilcge' ct mixing than
“"189": ~'-' » .'
Fedg-ralism and the “far.
Tluc Boston Post, In an able article
upon the flinging war, aher urging upon
the vomntecrs ol Mosan‘chnceus (he putri-
otic duty oflimmediately filling up the re
giment required lrom that State, indulges
in the following remarks upon the ques
tlon, in the new aspect it har assumed. in
consequence of Federal opposition, and
sympathy with Mcxico:—[Peml’n..
“Aside Irom the origin ot the war, (the
responsibility of which the administration
and its friends have no desire to shun.)
l now cornea up the national question of the
honor of the country in pushing the ene
my to a apeedy peace. This is no party
question. and instead of taking up the 1
taunt ol :oth of the whig presses. that the
democrats made the war, and theretore
should do all the timing. we rather put it
on the national ground. that it would be
unjuut to exclude any participating in it.
The sneerr of fanatical politiciana and au
peraouted Harllord cnnventuonista. who
dishonored Massachusetts in the last vrar.
cannot reprear. to any considerable ex
tent, the order of the young men of Mas
sachusetts, who love their Country hecaulc
she is their country. ]
The ndium which was visited upon the
enemies of the government here and else
where. during the hut war with Grout
Britntn, is a lesson and a warning that
will not be unheetled now. The men who
were for dissolving the Union on account
ol the war ol 1812. and went so far In to
“loot their military leader to establish a
northern conlederacy. M Mr. John Quin
cy Adams inlurmo us. may contemplate
treason again; and lheir‘dimiplcs. who
iboant of living and dying in the faith of the
‘ Hartford convention. combined With lhe
abolition lanntics, who rejoice only in the
aucresses ol the enemy and long to Ice
the Union broken lnlo lragmenls. may re
sort to the same meanljhnf were used at
that lime lo weakcn the defences ol lhe
counlry and (lisgrlcc her in lhe eyes of lhe
world; but lhcy will be impolenl for evil,
excepl to themselves and all who embrace
their lreasonable purposes.
We lake no pleasure in rebuking lhe
npirlt ol 1: porlron ol lhe pres: Ind ol lhe
ledernl party in lhcir allcmpls to deter
the cilizcns from cnlisling in me service.
but England had her partizona in the rev
olution-r] struggle. and her apologists and
well wisherl in the war 011812. and Mex
ico has them now. The patriotic press ol
the day will mark these men now. and
posterity will write their epitaph; "un
wept, unhonored and union; 1”
The Boston COUHCT sneeringly calls
upon the democrats ol Maunchuaclta to
fill up the reginient. and impliedly exhorte
the whigl to holi back;
The Whig Vermont tegislalure, like the
federal Senate in Maunchuuttl in 1814,
have voted down a relolution of thanks
lur the victory u! our arms at Monterey.
Tho piebald abolition and Hale legislature
of New Hampshire. in June last, refused
to pen a vote of thank: to General Tay
lo! and hid gallant army.
. The Bonlon Journal mourn: over the
mecca of our arms. justifiea the Mexicam
[or only "defending their own," and de
nounces the government as "having in
cuiretl the cenlure of all christian nn-
ons."
The PVorcesler Spy. (he umn tory
press that in 1812 exalted in the burning
ul lhe capitol by lhe British. denounces
(he requiuliun of the President as a call
lnr n "regimen! of volunteer: from Mana
chusctts lo p'erish and rot on [be pettifer
ous plains, or [0 be slaughtered in the
mountain pnsus or lorfificd (owns 01M¢x~
Ico.”
The Springfield Gazelle endeavors to
deter all Whigs from enliu'ting in the Matt
sachuoelts regiment, and Wishes to leave
the fighting'emlusively to the democrats,
who nustniled the snnexstion of Texas.
The New York Tribune pratee of "the
scandalous defiance of the law of nations
and the faith of treaties," and grievee over
the victories of its country, in the same
spirit that the conspirators of the Hartford
Convention did at the moral victories of the
“or of 1812. ‘
But these unpatrioti'c attempts to defeat
the mustering of sufficient troops to form
a regiment in Massachusetts, will 1011, as
like efforts failed in 1812. to breakdown
the spirit of the people ‘and diagrace the
government. They will be followed new,
no they were then, by a terrible mnil)!!-
tion of popular indignation against all who
in time of war. come no it may, side with
the enemies of their country.
On the other head. the deinocratic press.
and an honorable and high minded portion
of, the «big press. are doing their duty.
and cheering on the vigorous prosecution
of the war to a epeedy conquest of peace;
We should be pleased (if we hsd aPa")
to extract from some at our contempora
ries the earnest and patriotic appeals they
are making to the sons of Massschusetts
tors"; in response to the nation’s cnlt.‘-.—l
ThBJ‘SFHk timely and in the right sou-it,
and is will ”not doubt that a large mayon
ty ofthe nhig press will obeytho dictates
of petriotism. and join in $599!“: to stand
by their’coon’try. and maintain her honor
as their own; ‘ . s ~ - r 4
:. The honor to be eehiered Ip‘ defending
theeouutry in war; belongftolns psrty u.‘
elusirelyrand‘ weyill not. nit-lingly join
gallium-gm: has betweeny‘the friends
and the opfionents of" the s‘d‘lieistr'stion'.
NEW SERIES—VOL. I.:nof;w4+..wnomNo.l:o‘42'
The democrat: ore dolog.nnd will do. their
duty. here and throughout the Union ; but
if it io to come to thin—if the whigo’reelly
mean totnlto lhé ground and party, “at,
because war‘wau declored by odernoerotic ,
congress, (although all. but sixteen .ilh'tfio '
in that .congress voted for it.) none'zhnt
tlemocretenre to be colled upon “fight
their country’s battles—then let them.“
they dare, hide that isluevbefore the “on.
ple. and take the late that awnito the "go
rel treason" they are about to perpetrate,
When it comeo to this, that 'soldiero
cannot be raised except lrom one party.
the democracy 'will be lound Itrong enough
and ready enough to Item! by their couns
try, and, if need be. whtp the traitor: at
home. as well as the foe abroad. ‘But It
is not in the powar of o reckleu porty
preu to draw such a line between the pew"
pie end their government. In thedeleneo
of the republic. where her 'honor in code
cerned. the great man of both parties will
hoid. with Jeflereon. that we are all dem
ocrats. 01l whip, and know no party but
our country. no triendo but her friends.
no foes but her enemies.” . m .
. FROM SANTA FE.
From lho SI. Louxl Republican. 000.5
SANTA Fa. Oct. 21, 1846.
Oar regiment ie under marching order-l
for Chihuahua. and would have been of
before to day, if Gen. Kearney had not
sent back orders, after he had gotten ten
daye Irom here. requiring no to gointo the
Bot.“ and Navijo countriee. antl"bring
both these ware to a close before We lot:
here. We have made a permanent treaty
with the Eutawa—Mojor Gilpin having
penetrated far into their country. Our
whole regiment will touch into the Navt‘
jo country itnmediattily; thiefilieebetween
the Del Norte and the water‘s running in
to the Pacific. Major Gilpin goea up the‘
‘Chanaa; Lieut. Col. Jackson up the Puer
co of the ls)eet, (there being two at them)
and Gen. oniphan, (our command.) up
the Jones. As soon as we return. we will
start with the traders to Chihuah‘ua. Col.
Price and all his regiment and‘ separate
battalion. will remain here thie winter;—
Today. John P. Campbell. of Sprlflgfibld;
arrived here. and bring: our firet positive
information that 1000 Infantry “1'8" on
their way for thie point. and that our pro
vision trains were all breaking down and
giving out, and that few of then: totali
reach here this winter. Hon. Willard P.
Hall left with Capt. Cook for Californil.
All the papers from the upper part of
this State contain letters from Santa Fe,
of late date, and all of then refer with
much eolicitnde to the prospect of a rear
city of provisions. A letter to the Pal
myra Courier. written on the llth Octo
ber. aaye that Col. Doniphan ie unable to
get 03. for want of money to purchase pre
vtsiena on hia route aouth, and the Quaro
termaater has not the provisions or meana
inf transportation fora regiment. "lt"will
take almost all the means of the different
departmenta here to tit out the Mormen
Battalion for California. and aheuld the
regiment ot Infantry ordered hero arrive,
_ “there will be aerious apprehension! of ant-
faring (or wnn! of provisions {his twintu‘,‘
as the country can furnish but littlo. pad
that In cnttle. The golden are now upon
plrt rations. expecting supplies daily fr’pm
Benl's Fort.
A short residence here ntlefiea the moat
curious. who visit this lar-lemed‘ town of
mud-houeel, filthy streets. and 'llill more
filthy people. The Mexican! ahow but
little disponition to mix with the Ameri
cans. and are evidently not satisfied with
the power. that be. Many of theta, and
among them the moat wealthy. have left
and are daily leaving. The intercourae in
confined to the lower class. who find rea
dy sale and good prices {or what corn and
meat they have to aell. The fandangoea
the only public umuaemcni here. and gen 4
erally free ‘to ell—ure a promiscuous aa
aembly cl whites, bleekl. and copger-nol
ored, and but in grade higher than": nagrtj'
dance in Missouri, and not‘ua ar‘nueing._é-.g'
i The dream: of rich signers, with‘ bel‘dtig'
(ul, languishing aignoreltas. b'lrun‘etisiwith
black eyes, &c.. vanish inlo dried up, half:
breed Indiana and Spaniards, in blankela'.
and-awarthy; mulatlo. slip-shod Wen'chel.
without modesty or regard to common de
cency. If we remain here, we will him
a dreary time this wmter; but we hope for
better-luck, and having 'come thief“. to“
think we deserve it.” " - ,
Cut Down—Tho palronsgo 19!! to the
Govemot of the gm! Slateol‘flow York;
is lhe appointment of Inn-Adjutant Glnual;
11.08 prints Sécremy Ind doorokeap’er,‘
Ind no more. All the run. lho now Can-1
Immion hands over to the people. ' 2'
Condemnation of Barque Caana. éThil'
vessel. which an a legal pnze of ml'ml'i
Alnrado, has. bun condomni‘d '1 by lth.
8. Colin alNow Orleans. No claim in
made to either ‘veual or qgtgo. \ .._ , ,
Heavy Failufe.-—Théu is a tumor in'
Wall aué'al'uayu the Normal: Comm:-
oinl Adyoumr) that g {niluta hngqccngrqd
in Boolpn‘ol‘ q boom yhogo liabllilion my
ount lozqomo tinge millions qf dollqrp! : ,
: Like Them—Tho Navy- olfi’q‘on’M that
Gulf ignudro‘n but; determined 39 p’finntj
, a’l. lhoir-priid mouoylnow “duo lo lho-3.10
'lho uldoi'of W! lllo‘Liénl.“Mdriil, filo
fell‘mho alliok‘on Tobi-cod “ “4“- ;’- 'r '
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