TERMS OPJWRAJrenICA!f ,
JOSEPH EISELY. ri,MTOII.
M. M JMMBM, Mouse.
QJiet in CentnTAtiey, in the rear of It. Mat
ter's Store.)
THE AMfiRfiTANlsTubllsTied every 8,tor
dsy tt TWO, DOLLARS per annum to be
paid half yearly in advance. No paper discontin
ued till m arrearages are paid.
No subscriptions received for t last period than
it hosts. All communicationa or letters on
business relating to the office, to inaara attention,
mat be POST PAID.
WATCHES
t rat
"Philadelphia Welch and Jewelry Store,"
No. 98 North 8 BOUND street, corner of Quarry.
GOLD Later Watchet.full
jewelled, 18 caral eat", 45 00
Silver Lever Watchca, full
' jewelled, S3 00
Silver I .ever Watches, m-
ven jewels, 18 00
Silver triune Welches, jewelled, finaat
quality, 14 00
Superior Qosrlier Watchea, 10 00
Imitation Qusrtier Welches, not warranted, ft 00
Gold Spectacle, 8 00
Fine Silver &pt-ctcle, 1 79
Oold Brae, let with topes stone, t 50
Ladies' Gold Pencil. 16 rarata, t 00
Gold Fmeer Kmge 37 J cu to 19 ; Watch Glaa
ea,. plain, I2cte; I'Stent, I8js Lunet. 25. fa
ther article! in prnpnttion. All- gnotls warranted
to he what they are aold f.r. O CON HAD.
(In hand, some Gold and Silver Ievere, Leiitivs
nd Qukrtiera, lower than the almve pricea.
Philadelphia Dec 6, 1646.-ly
Boot &L Shoe
ESTABLISHMENT.
DANIEL DRUCKEM1I.LKR. '..
At hit Old EttablishmenL in Market Street,
Sunbunj,
. (opposite rat red lion hotel,)
"tT B I'UKNS hia thank, for pat f .or, and re
JLtL epcelfulljr informe hie ftienda and the puldic
generally, that he coniinuee to manufacture to or
oer, in the neatest and latent style.
, CHEAP BOOTS AND SHOES,
warranted i f the beat msteri il, and made by the
moat ex pcti-nced work men. He ulao keep on
hand a f eneral eaaortnient of faahionabte BimiIs for
gi-oib men, together with a large alurk of fashion
able gentlemen's, boye', la liV and rbitdien'a Shoee,
all of which hi.ve been maile under hia own imme
diate inaction, and are of the beat material and
wotkmnnnh'p, wliich he will atill l.iw fir caab.
lu addition to the shove, he haa juat r.-ccivrd
frmn Philadi tphia a larva and eilensive supply of
Liooie, Shoe, Ate. of all discripttotia, which he alo
offers for esh. cheaer than ever before off-red in
thie place.' He respectfully invites bis old ruato
mere, end others, to call and eiamiue for them
S Ivee.
Repairing done with neatness and despatch.
Hunlmrv, Autim I Sth, 184B.
F L A N O 8.
riHE SUBSCRIBER haa been appointed agent,
1 for the aula of CONR ,D MEYF.R'S CEI
EQUATED PREMIUM ROSE WOOD PL
AN'OS, at thi place. Theae Pianoa have a plain,
otaaaive mid beautiful exterior fini-h, and, fur depth
and aweetnea of lone, and elcgnee of workman
ehip, are notsurpasecd by any in the United Slatea.
Ttie following; ia a recommendation fenm 3ibl
Dtrra, a celt-brated perfoitner, and him If a man
ufaeturer :
A CARD.
HtTiae had (he pleasure ol trying the excel
lent Piano Fw1ee ninnfacturod by Mr. Meyer, and
exhibited at ihUt exbibition of the Fr.nklin In
stitute, I feel it due to the true merit of the maker
to livclere that tbcee inatruraente are quite equal'
and in aome rrvpecta even fUHii.n, to ell the Pi
ano Foito, I aaw at the cauiula of Euioie, and
during a aojnurn of two year at Paria.
1'hra- Pianoa will be o'd at the manufacturer'
loweat Philadelphia p'ricea, if not aomeihine; lower.
Peraona are requested to call and eiamiue fut
thi'melve, t the reiilence of the uhncriber.
Xunbury. Mav 17. IH45. H. B. M AB8ER.
DEATH BLOW.
The poUir. will pleaatt ohaerve that no Brandreth
Pilla are genuine, anleaa the bos hae three la
tola otHtii it- (the top, the aiile and the bottom)
erh containing a f ic-aimilr aignature of my hand
writing;, thua B. Be iBDatTH, M. D. 1'heae la.
hel- aie engraved on ateel, beautifully deatgned,
and done at an etpanae of over f2.000.- Therefore
it will be aeeu that the only thing nervwaary to pro
cure the mediciue in it purity, ia to ohaerve theae
lehele.
Remember the top, the aide, and the bottom.
The following repeeuve peraona are dulv authori
aeil, and hold
csaTxrxoATsa or aosxtct
For the aale of Brandrttk't Vegetable thiivertal
Pilti.
Northumberland county i Milton Mackey &
L'hambeilin. tunbury H. I). Maaaer. M'Ewena
villewlntland ol Meixell. Nerlhumliland Wn.
Forayth. Georgetown J. dt J. Walla.
Union County t New Berlin Bogar A. Win
ter. 8elina(tove George Gundium. Mlddle
burg Ieaac Smith. Deavertown David Hnbler.
-Adamaburg Wm. J. May. MifRinahaig Menach
4k. Ray. Haitlelon Daniel Lona;. Freiburg
G. At F. C. Moyer. Lewiahurg Walla A Green.
Columhia county t Danville E. B. Reynold
cc. Co. Berwick Sbu man A RiUeobouae. Cat
tawiaea -C. G. Broiita. BUxtmaburg John R.
Moyer. Jeiaey Town Levi Bier I. Waahington
Robt. McCay. I.ime.tone Ballw M:N!ch.
Ohaerve that each Agent baa an Engraved Cer
tificate of Agency, containing a reprea-ntatton ol
Ui BRANDRETH'S Manufactory at Sing Sing,
end upon which will alao be aeen exact eopire of
the new hibeU mew uted upon the Brandreth Pitt
Boxet.
Philadelphia, office No. 8, North Sth etreet,
i D. BRANDRETH, M.D.
June 24th let 3.
faeorgc jrWenver,
BOPS MAKER 4V CBXP CHAPfDLBR.
So. 1 3 North Water Street, Philadelphia.
AS coneiantly en hem),, e general aaaort-
ment of Cordage, Batne Twtnee, dec., vix t
i a er nopea, c wumg nvaa, vv nno no pea, aianu
. la . Ropes. Tow Lioee for Canal Boa la. Alao, a
n w : l : f 1 . , r i . n . a i
complete eeeortmeiit of Seine Twinea, Ac, auch aa
' Hemp 8had and Herring Twine, Beet Patent Gill
' Net Twine, Cotton Bhad and Herring Twine, 8hoe
Threads, eVe. eYe. Abo, Bad Corda.PIgh Lines,
Hattera.Trcee, Cotton and Linen Carpet Chaina,
, dk.. all of whfck pa will diepoee of on reasonable
'taieae.
PktladetphhK November 1M2-ly.
E8 I be iiat oaautr Sugar Heuae
Molaaeea. onlt 124 eenU per eaat aleo.a
aupernne article er yenow moiaaera lor wawa, ra
le 11 cents per e a art for aale at the tare) f '
June 13, 1848. HENV MABflCR.
. m i . . . L :
a a
Absolute acquire in th. dedsiona of thi
By Master eV Elsoiy.
Tlttt TJ If LUCKY PnBSBIir.
Oil DEATH lit TUB POT.
The Rev, Mr. L , ntinietcr of C
in Lanarkshirr,(whodin! within in the present
century) waa one of thoee unhappy pereonr, who,
to una the wordtof a well known Scott i eh adage,
'can never ice green cheese but their een reels.'
He was extremely covetous, and that not only
of nice articles ol food, hot of many other thinga
which do not generally excite the enpidity of
the human heart. The following etory is in
corroboration or this assertion: Being on a vi
ait one day at the houee of one of hia pariahon-
era a poor, lonely widow, living in moorland
part of the pariah Mr, I. became fasci
nated by the charme of a little caet-imn pot,
which happened at the time to be lying on the
hearth, full of potatnee for the poor woman'adin
ner, and that of her children. He had never in
hie life aeen euch a nice little pot. It waa a
perfect conceit of a thing. It waa a gem. No
pot on earth could match il in symmetry. It
wae an object altogether perfectly lovely. 'Dear
eake! tniiiiater,' said the widow, quite over
powered by the reverend man' commendations
of the pot; M ye like the pot eae weel as a that,
I beg ye'll let me end it to the manse. It's a
kind o' orra (mperjlumt) pot wi' ua ; for we've
a bigger ane. that we use oftener, and that's
malr convenient every way for ue; Sae ye'll
juat take a present o't. I'll aend it ower the
morn wi' Jamie, when he gane to the eehiile.'
Oh!' said the minister, ! can by no mesne
permit you to be at to much trouble. Since
you are ao good as In give me the pot, I'll juat
carry it home with me in my hand. I'm ao
much takn with it, indeed, that I would really
prefer carrying it myself.' After much alterca
tion between the minister and the widow on
this delicate point of politeness, it waa sgreed
that he should carry the pot home himself.
Off, then, he tmdeed, bearing thisenrtotis lit
tie culinary article alternately in hia hand and
under hie arm, aa seemed most convenient to
him. Unlortunstely, the day waa warm, the
way long, and the minieter fat; so that he be
came heartily tired of his burden before he had
got hair way home. Under these distressing
circumslancee, it struck htm, that if, instead of
carrying the pot awkwardly at one aide of his
person, he were to earry it on hia head, the bur
den would be greatly lightened t the principlea
of natural philosophy, which he had learned at
college, informing him, that when a load pres
ses directly and immediately upon any object,
it is far iesa onerous than when it hange at the
rt-mote end of a lover. Accordingly, doffing hia
hat, which he resolved to carry home in hie hand,
and hsving applied his handkerchief tohis brow,
he clapped the pot in inverted fashion upon his
head ; where, as the reader may suppose, it fi
gured much like Msmhrino's helmet upon the
erased cspital of Don Quixote, only a great deal
more magnificent in shspe and dimension.
Torre was at first much relief and much com
fort in this new mode of carrying the pot; but
mark the result. The unfortunate minister ha
ving taken a by-path to escape ubsrrvation,
found himself, when atill a good way from home,
under the necessity of leaping' over a ditch,
which intercepted him in passing from one field
to another. lie jumped ; but finely no jump
was ever taken ao completely in, or at least,
into, the dark, aa this. The concussion given
to his person in descending, cstised the helmet
to become a hood: the pot slipped down over
his face, and resting with its rim upon his neck,
stuck fast there, enclosing his whole head aa
completely aa ever that ol a new-born child waa
enclosed by the filmy bag with which nature,
aa an indication nf future good fortune, some
times invests the nnddle of her favorite off
spring. ' What waa worst of all the nose which
had permitted the pot to slip down over it, with
stood every desperate attempt on the part ol its
proprietor to make ilalip back sgain; the con
tracted pert or neck of the infers being of such
a peculiar formation as In cling fast to the base
nf the nose, although it had found no difficulty
in gliding along its hypothenuse. Was ever a
minister in a worse plight Was there ever
coutretrme so unlucky t Did ever any man
did ever any minister, so effectually hoodwink
himself, or so thoroughly shut his eyes to plain
light of nature f What waa to be done ! The
place waa lonely f the way difficult and dan
gerous; human relief waa remote, almost be
yond reach. It waa impossible even to cry for
help. Or, il a cry could be uttered, it might
reach in deafening reverberation the ear of the
uttcrer; but it would pot, travel twelve iuches
farther in any direction. To add to the diatr ea
ses uf the cats, the unhappy sufferer soon found
great difllouJly in breathing. What with the
beat occasioned by the beating of the sun on tbe
metal, and what with the frequent return of the
seme heated ait to hia lunge, he wae in the tit
moat danger i of suffocation- Every thing con
aidered, jt teemed likely that, if h did not
chance lo be relieved by some accidental way
faw, there woald soon be DiaTa in ran Tot.
The iaelieetiee love ef lifr however, is om
ipraralsatj and eve very stupid people have
been found when put te the push by strong tod
AND SHAMQKIN, JOURNAL.
majority, the vital prwetpls 0f Republics, from whleh
Sunbury, fforthnmberlauBd Co.
imminent psrtl, to exhibit degree of presence f
of mind, and exert degree of energy, far above
wnat might have been expected from them, or
what they were ever known to exhibit or ex.
ert under ordinary circumstances. So it waa
with pnteneeonced minister of C - . - Pres.
ted by the urgency of hia distresses, he forto
nately recollected that there waa m amith'aahop i
ineaisianeeorabontt mile acrwi the fields,
where if he could reach il before the period of
suffocation, he might possibly find relief. De
prived of his eye sight he could only as man
of feeling, go on as cautiously as he could,
with hia hat in his band. Half crawling, half
eliding, over ridge and furrow, ditch and hedge,
somewhat like Satan floundering over chaos,
lis .L- .a aa . I
the unhappy minister travelled, with all possi
ble speed, as nearly aa be could goesa, in the di-
rection ot the place of refuge. I leave it to the
reader lo conceive the surprise, the mirth, the
infinite amusement of the smith and all the
hangers on of the tmiddy, when at length, torn
and worn, faint and exhausted, blind and breath
less, the unfortunate man arrived at the place,
and let them know, (rather by eigne than by
word) the circumstances of the case. In the
woHs of an old Scottish song.
"Out esme the godeman, and high he shouted ;
Out csme the gudewife. and low ahe looted;
And a the town neighbors were gathered about
And there was he, I trow !"
The merriment of the company, however soon
gsve wsy to considers! ions ot humanity. Ludi
crous as was the minister, with such sn object
where his head should have been, and with the
feet of the pot pointing upwards like the horns
of the greet Enemy, it wss nevertheless, neces
sary that he should speedily be restored to his
ordinary condition, if it were for no other reason
than that he might continue to live. He was
accordingly, at hia own request, led into the
smithy, multituds flocking around to tender him
their kindest offices, or to witness the process
of his release: and having laid down hia head
upon the anvil, the smi'.h lost no time in seizing
and poising hia goodly fore-hammer. Will I
come sair on, minister!' exclaimed the consi
derate man of iron in at the brink of the pot.
'As sair as ye like,' was the minister's answer ;
'betters chap i' the chafls than dying for want
of breath. Thus permitted, the man let fall a
hard ' blow, which fortunately broke the pot
in pieces, without hurting the hesd ' which it
enclosed, as the cook-maid breaks the shell of a
lobster, without bruising the delicate food with
in. A few minutes of the clear air, and a glass
from the gude wife's bottle, restored the unfor
tunate man of prayer, but assuredly the incident
is one which will long live in the memory of
the parishioner of C .
Tin Dkad Licrran Orrtca The dead
letter department of the general poet-office at
Washington, is one of much importance ; there
all tbe letters and packages which are misdi
rected, refused, or miscairied, are sent, after be
ing advertised fur a certain time in the placea
to which they are addressed ; and, strange aait
may seem, between one and two millions annu
ally fail to reach their destination ; tay, etme
5000 daily. These are received, at atated
times, from the various branchee, all over the
Union ; and are placed on the long tablet of the
effice, where four clerka are exclusively em
ployed in opening them; if they contain no
thing, they are thrown down unread, and pack
ed in large paper bags, and every three months
taken lo the common, and burned by cart-toads.
Should the letters contain money or other
valuables, tbey are laid on a aide table, and a
recording-clerk rangea them alphabetically, in
the boxes prepared for that purpose, and writes
to the writer of the letter stating thst il has
Seen received. If no answer is returned after
thren years, the contents if money, is placed in
the treasury, still subject to the owner, it be
brings the requisite proofs. Every article re
ceived is kept and labelled, and in this wsy they
collect gloves, rings, gsrtcrs, bonks, hcka of
hsir, pictures, likenesses, Isw papers, and soon,
and in money vntne three hundred dollara week
ly. Title deeds, snd other valuable papers, sup
posed to be lost, are often recovered there.
Out of the mass through which we waded,' but
few would bear selection for the public eye, so
many were common place, or only useful to the
owner. So many were notices of protests, cir
culars, Six., and so many to persona travelling,
merely relating, in an indifferent way, Ihe do
ings at home for a few previous days, about Ma
ry having a cold, or Fanny the measles, the cat
dead, or tbe geranium dying that, as is so often
the case, what began in hope ended somewhat
in disappointment; and by the time th office
was closed, we were glad to leave it, utterly ti
red and weary.
Tt Pelnht or Sounxatwo. A volon
leei from South Carolina writes home dole
ful account of hw military experience. He has
been serving three months, sod bae never re
esived cent, and says "tbey have been fed on
ht pork, bard biscuit and muddy bi)ge water."
Altai' for the chivalry of South Csrolint.
(here is no appeal hat to fores, the vital principle
Pa. Saturday, May 1, 184 T.
iMCldant at this Battle r Batata Vlata. .
The Matamoras Flag gives the following in
cident or the battle-field ol Bucoa Vista. The
hcrnea of it are the veteran Misriattppions, un
der Col. J. Da via The heroic act ia unequal
led in the annals of wsrfsre, and although no
act could add to the rtputstion of thie gallant
regiment, it serves to show the stuff thev are
made of. Urs. Bennett, of Covincton. Kv
and Carson, of Port Gibson, Miss., stood epon
sors 'all of which they aaw, and part of which
they were ' '"' ' '
The let Mississippi regiment, under com
mend of Col. Jefferson Davis, coated itself over
with immortal glory. Originally, it numbered
930- some odd, but suddenly tranaferred from
'
the comforts and genial atmosphere of home, to
the almost vertical sun of Bra toe Island, last
August, disease made frightful ravages smnng
its men ! What it loit in this wsy, in conjunc
tion with the killed at Monterey, and those His
charged in consequence of wounds, reduced it
to considerably leas than four hundred strong.
With this diminished force, (weakened still
more by the extraction of the Turobigbee and
Carrol County companies, which guarded Gen
Taylor's tent,) this skeleton regiment sustained,
and repelled, with immense slaughter, a charge
of three timea their own number of Santa An
na's best Isncers. They first bore down upon
one of the Indiana regiments we forget which
one and dispersed it. The Miaeiaeippiana
endeavored to rally them, but before they could
do en, were in turn themselves charged. Col
Dn vis. contrary tnsll custom, instrad nf fi rming
in a hollow square, stretched nut hia men in
the form nf a crotchet. The lancers came up
at a rapid gallop, but so perfectly astonished
wss, not only the chief officer, hut his men, st
so strsnge a mode of receiving a charge of ca
valry, that they involuntarily halted. Fur a
few seconds they gstod upon the unruffled
rountenancea of the riflemen opposed to them,
but feeling there waa no time to lose, the order
'Adilonte!' forward waa pompously given.
The crotchet was filled in an instant ; and juat
as they wheeled their horaes, with lances set on
both prongs, the intrepid Mississippi Colonel,
stsnding inside the fork, called out, 'Roy a. JJre
and ot them with your knivrt !' Simultane
ously with the sharp crack of the rifles, a dea
fening shout went up, and . bowieiknivea and
revolvers flashed in tbe direction of the lancers
Strange aa il may seem, many of the lancera
were actually dragged from their heroes and
stabbed lo death, In this unusual manner this
aplended body ol horee-men were beaten back.
Ca pi a in Eost is, of 1 rt d regains, says t he sch is ve
ment is unparalleled. Whether it is owing
to the native daring of the men, or the infusion
into their bosoms of 1 heir Colonel's spirit, we
leave every inxly in dr w tlu-ir ow n conclusions.
It te due to the 3d Indiana reeinent to say, that
they were afterwards brought up to support
the Mississippi regiment and fought valiantly
The New Orleans Picayune rays-
It is stated, npou what may he considered
good authority, that General Taylor, in giving
an account of the battle at Buena Viata lo Lieut.
Col. Randolph, of the Virginia regiment, said
that 'if there had beet, only regulara in the bat
tle he would probably have tost the day, as the
Mississippi regiment of volunteers waa whip
ped three finite without knowing it ; that when
borne down by overwhelming numbers they
fought on just aa if nothing uncommon had hap
pened to them, and by dint of endurance and a
wonderful alacrity in rippintr up the next man
to them, they retrieved tbe fortunes of the
field:
As related to us the generat tells this story
with infinite gusto. As reported by all, the
Miasiesippisns under Col. Davis on that dsy of
terror fought with a valor and intelligence tin
paralleled in modern warfare, Each man seem
ed to consider tbe fate of the day as depending
on his individual prowess, and etxd up lo the
rack with a doggrd determination conformable
to this predominant idea. They learned this
business at Monterey but al Uuena Vista they
bettered their instruction.
The New Orleans Picayune, speaking of
tbe death uf Lieut. Gil. CukV on the field of
Uuena Vista, remarks
1 The ton waa worthy of hia aire. He waa
man of lofty impulses, of a' noble nature, a pure
generosity anu maniy accompiisnmenta. Ills
last words were of bis fit her. When he waa
abut down a second time he drew a brace ot
pistols from his belt, handed them to Capt Cut
ler and requested him to deliver them to hia
father, with this message 1 'Bay to him that
he gave them lo me, and that I have done all I
can with them, and now return them to him."
Here the enemy came thick around bim, and
these were the last.worda hs waa beard to
utter. He hsa gone to swell the Iiat ofimmor
tality. The purchase of glory ia the blood of the
arave.
. Mr. Wins os, editor of the Cohoea Adverti
ser, has adopted for the motto of hia paper the
reply thai Old Rough and Ready made to Santi
Anne when he sett a flag ef truce to aak bim if
be would turrender "Come mnd take mu."
and Immediate parent of deepotlsm.-JtfTiso.
VoL T No. 83 Whole No, 844
(From th Vera Crni American Eagle.
Gaat. fleer t at Chwreh.
Easts. Sunday. On Sunday morning last we
entered the church on the Plaza, and were grati
fied to see so full sn attendance of our officer
and men. In rather an obscure place, en the
left hand aide of the aisle, sat Gen. Scott and a
number of friends. The General appeared de
vout and pious, snd not like tbe many of us, who
go to such place to pais an idle hour.. Tbe en
trance of the General, we are told, created not
a little aatoniahment among the natives, and he
wa readily known and whiapered about aa tbe
commander-in rbief of the Americans. ,
The doctrine baa too long been proclaimed
that we are the enemie of that religion held ao
aacred by th Mexirana, but wa hope eoon te
convince them that we war againat no man for
bia religiou principle, and . nothing ia better
calculated to demonstrate this fact than the pre
sence at places of worship of the high in com
mand among aa, whoae liberality of religion tol
erance induce them to vroribip at any ehrine
tbe great Creator of tbe Univerae.
The arene in the church on Easter Sunday waa
indeed one of interest and solemnity. Many
who, the week before, ware sending death -shots
at esrh other, now, stsnding and kneeling togeth
er, communed with the asms God. We noticed
that much deference was psid to our General,
and that he was tbe first one to whom a long
lighted candle waa handed. He received it so
lemnly, and held it for a time lighted in bis band
This was alao pleasing to the citiaena, and from
all appearancea tbey aeemed to tbtnk we were
not all the devila they bad bad pictured totbem.
Thk SntLL now exhibiting at the Exchange
ia the one which killed Capt. Vinton, as we Cud
by th following paragraph from an exchange
paper: Fhia. Lettger.
"Midihipman Iluger atated . in Charleston,
when passing through that city to Waahington
from Vera Crue, that tbe ahell which killed Capt.
Vinton did not explode, aod that it was found to
contain three hundred and twenty-two moaket
balls, which were replsced, and the shelt for
warded to bis family by tbe Princeton."
Chihuahua La Patrta of the 14th ultimo
has the following in relation to Chihuahua,', by
which it appears that Col. Doniphan ha impos
ed terms upon the government of that State.
The paragraph is taken from the Mexican Repub
licannef March t7 i
We know that the American leader who is
directing the invaaion of tbia State has made to
its Cotigress the following proposals as the basis
of a Convention : "Chihuahua shall remain neu
tral in the conflict which the United State are
carrying on with th Mexican Republic. It ahall
pay an indemnity of $50,000 toward the expen-
sea uf the war, and tbinga shall return to the state
in which they were before the occupation
Moreover, goeda introduced by thot merchinta
of the capital who annually conduct a caravan
from tbe United Statea, ahall be free from duty ;
and this shall be conceded to those merchant a
a reparation for the damage which they have
auatained from the invaaion." It appear a that
theae propoaitiona were net well received by the
permanent Deputation oftb Stat.
' Thk Liotrr Artillery. In allusion to the
high diatinction the Light Artillery bae gained
for itself in Mexico especially at the battle of
Buena Vista, the Charleston Mercury says .'
I his arm or the service owca ita Creation
entirely to Mr. Poinsett, who had to encounter,
as we have understood, a great amount of oppo
sition, and no little redicule, in the course of
his experiment. Tbe very law on the authori
ty nf which he acted, (passed in 1845,) was
nearly unknown, and he had to little reason to
count on the approval of Congress, that he ask
ed tor no appropriation to meet tbe expense of
organising the first companies. The practice
of horse artillery al Weal Point, and tbe riding
school, sn essential to support the efficiency of
this kind of artillery, were also introduced by
M r. Poinsett. 1 '.'
One of his reeomendatione, moat warmly but
vainly urged, waa for ihe formation of a corps of
sappers, miners snd pontoniers, General Tay.
lor wrote after the battle of Resaeca da la Pal
ma, lf I had bad a pontoon train, I could have
captured the whole of Arista's army !
The Troops Erroiotb at Bess. Virr
The official return of the troops under hia com
mand, which accuinpsniet the letter of General
Taylor, show thtt there were eighty companies
in the sctiont un the American side, divided aa
follows;
In general staff. 41 f 1st Dragoons. 133 f 2J
dn,?d,Hd Artillery, 150 1 4h dc,,ll?i Ar
kantee Cavalry, 470 r Kentucky do., 3"tt; 2.1
Kentucky foot, 6?1 ; Mississippi rifle, JW5f lo
diina brigade, J 253, 1st Illinois foot, 580; 21
do , 573 1 Texsa volunteers, 61 McCulloch'a
spy company, 27 total, 4750. Of whom there
were tick or under arret, 884 leaving en
gaged In Ihe action, 4377. ,
The good people of Pituflsld, Massachusetts,
express themselves entirely satisfied with their
share of sleighing, having had good sleighing
up to Saturday laat, period of one bandred end
I fourteen days,
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Lromrss Laws. The Washington Union,
inreply to certain statemrnte to tho c fleet that
the Supreme Court had made no decision aa to
tho constitutionality of License laws, says:
Cases have come up from the Si a tea of New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island,
where license lawa have passed the legislature
and the Supreme Court in each Slate has con
firmed their constitutionality. The Supreme
Court of the United 8talea have decided the
question at their last term ; every judge upon
the bench pronounced hia opinion in the case ,
and with the exception of one point, taken by
Judge Daniel, and which did not affect the gen
eral decision, the court were unanimous in their
opinion in favor of the constitutionality of the
license lawa.
The Independence Expositor e,tatce that Mr.
Thomaa haa almost completed his "wind ship'
a wagon lo goby wind snd rail, a a ship,
and will make a trip, tome hundred or two
miles out, in a abort tin.e. He hae er.gsged
the services of a regular ara-csptiin. The wa
gon ia to carry about t hundred square yarda
of sail. ......I.,
The Louisville Journal saya .'
We would thank the newspapers not to call
old Rough end Ready "Zachariah Taylor."
His name ia Zachmry. There is not much mu
sic in the name, but it is none the less appropri
ate for being a little rough.
Psion in CiuroaMA. We have before? ui
a letter from a friend at Monterey, (of Califor
nia,) which says thst provisions of all kinds are
very dear there, and if the American troop
looked for shnolJ arrive, there most be suffer
ing among tbe people, unless '.here should also
be a large supply of food.
California cannot now sustain a largn popu
lation. Flour waa thero 40 a barrel , t'-a fe-1
a pound,- brown sugar, GO cents a pound ; snd
common domestic cotton, such aa wss sold here
for sixpence, is there chargvd el 60 cents a
yard. 17. 5. Qatetlt.
Capital PcmsiiuENT. The Key West Ga
tette, speaking of tho insecurity of the prison
on that taland, rclatea the following strange
story : Some years ago, t seamen by the name
of Sherwood, accidentally shots ahipmateon a
fourth of July, and was placed in this jail to a
wait hit trial. The main door had no lock or
butt, and Sherwood roamed abroad when he
pleased, but made it a point of honor to keep in
the prison. His friends vainly urued him to go
off; and the jailor, finally getting tired of bring
bored, swore that he would have to go, for he
could not feed him any longer, as he did not
believe him guilty. Sherwood bcireed hard to
remain, and promised to work for thejtilor to
pay hia board. Upon these terms he was suf
fered to remain in prison, working il inly. for his
keeper until his trial came on, and he was fi
nally hung. Here wss an honest Key West
criminal; he did not deem himself gin!')', but
waa perfeci'y willing to be hung it the commu
nity desired it lie was hung ; as no other one
haa ever applied for capital punishment hero
sincp,oono has been inflicted.
Singular Occchrknck Under the ohiiu.
a ry bead in to-day's paper will be found the
death of Mr. Jacob Reese. There are circum
stances connected with his decease which, whe
ther you term them the effects of a disordered
imagination, or view them aa actus) presenti
ments, present aome very singular points for
the mind to dwell upon. We will state the
facts aa they were related to us; our readers
Can draw their own inferences. On tbe dsy of
bia death Mr, Reese was engaged in seeding
oats, and towards evening he waa startled by a
voice, apparently at bia elbow, saying 'You
may tow, but you shall not reap 1' He looked
around, and areing no one, continued his work
of eeeding, attributing it, aa he afterwards
atated, to hia imagination.
At every step, however, the warning waa re
peated, and at last unable longer to bear It, he
proceeded home to his wife. He wsa persuad
ed by her thst it was only hia imsglnatiun,
and finding that he had ho fever, and did not
complain of unusual indispotion, she induced
him to return to the field. There, however,
tbe esme solemn, warning voice attended him
at every step 'you may sow but you thill not
reap!' and In a rtate of extreme sgitstloi), he
sgain Ceased work tnd went home, lie theM
took an early supper, wss shortly after attacked
with swelling In the throat, and before sunrise
next morning 'Was a corpse. Cenfrrtitfe,
Queen 'Anne's Co;, Md. Timet.
Tnc eiLMnaTc Aoassix, atatd In a recent
lecture, that In descending the gbjsiere it was
not unusual for the guide to elide down upon
Ibeir backs fee half a voile or more, at very
ewift tats, and thus to ikoot ever cke$m of
tVtntfJt etui thirty ftot. beneath wh eh
yawned gulf, of five hundred feet in depth
A cotemporary ebservca that tt-y must hate
wstaa little cf the nap from their pantaloena.