TERMS OF T1H3 " AMERICA!." ,
H. B. MA8SER, t. . ) rniMiu see
JOSEPH , EISELY. PaeraisTona. ..,
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Met in CtntrtAlUyl itTiht rear, of Jt, Urn
TrfR AMCmC.(tN (t rrabiished every Sst'ut
it ai i nu wuuaio per annum 10 os
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ru tui iu Brrf-araaTes ar nam..
No subscriptions received for ten period then
it afowra. All communications or letter on
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iut be POST. PAID. . , .
"Philadelphia Witch and Jewelry Store,"
io. 96 North 8ECOND street, corner of Quarry.
GOLD Lever Welch, full
jewelled, IS cerate ises, J 48 00
8tler Later Wtchre, full
1 jewelled,
Silver Lever Wstchee, ss
S3 00
19 00
ven jewel, . .
Leuine Watch e. jewelled, finest
quality, 14 00
uperior Qusrtirr Watches, : '. , 10 00
minion Quartier Wetche,not warranted, S 00
old Sprctsrle, 00
ine Silver Spectacle, 1 1 7fl
old Urao Iota with topal atone, t 60
ulie' GolJ Pencil, 16 carat, , S 00
(old Pinter King 37 ct to $ 9 ; YVa'ch Glas
, plain, 13) cts; patent, 18 J Lunet. 35. O
er article in proportion. All gnoda warranted
l whet they are sold for. O. CONRAD.
t n hand, aome Gold end Silver Levera, Lepine
d Quartiere, lower then the above price.
Philadelphia Dee. ft. 184B. ly
Boot & Shoe
ISTABLISHIYIENT.
DANIEL DRUCKEMILLER,
hi Old Eitablithnenl, in Market Street,
, . , . . Sunlmry,
. (OPPOSITE TUB RED LION HOTEL,)
) ETURN8 hia thank for pt ftvor, end re
pecifully inform hi friends and the public
rrally, that he continue lo manufacture to or
in the n'eateat and latent strlo.
CHEAP MOOTS A NO SHOES,
ranted of the tieet material, end made by the
t eipeticnred workmen. He aUn keep on
d a general assortment of faahionalde Bitot for
il- men, together with e large stuck of f.iahion
centleincn's.bo.v, la. lip' and rhildien' Shoe,
f which have been made under bi own imme
! inc1iou, and are of the beat material end
tmiruhip, which he will aetl l.iw for cah.
i ajdition to the atove, he ha jurt received
l'hitadilphia larce and extentve supply of
a, Khoea, Ac. of all descriptions, which he lo
for cs.h, cheeper than ever before oft-red in
place. He respectfully invite hi old citato
, and others, to call and ei amine for them
. 'pairing done with ursine and despatch. ,'
inbory, August 16th, 1846.
I NPOR T A W T
TO ALL COUNTRY
OUSEKEEFERS.
.YOU mat be sure of oht-ining, at
all time, pure and highly flavored
the aingle pound or larger qnai tity, the
.InTcaCompany'i Warctaoum,
uin txamtt ttrttt, brlwttn Market and C Ara
ms treet,
PHXI.ABBX.PnXA.
retpfore it h been very difficult, indeed, aU
impoeaible. alway to olxatn good Gre. n and
Team - Bui now veu have wtdy to viit iba
Tea Company' Store, to obtain a dalirioa
agrant Tea a you could wih for. All tat-le
etc le cuited. with the advantage of getting
irticle at a low price. '
ie?7lh. 1846. . ,
PI A N () 8.
E SUBSCRIBER h h-ert appointed egent,
or tfe ale f CONR AD MEYER'S CEL
TED PREMIUM ROSE WOOD PI-
S, at thi place. Tbee Pianna have plain.
ve ami brauiiful eiteiior finish, and, lor depth
weelnea of tone, and elegnee of workman,
ire not am paed by any in the Uuiied Btatea.
following: i a recommendation, fiom Cai
i, a celtbrvted perbtmer, and himaclf a man
tert
A CAKD.
vtwo had the pleaoore of trying the excel-
iano Forte ruanfaetured by Mr. Meyer, and
ted at the hut exhibition of the Fr-nklin In.
, I feel il due to the true merit of the maker
lare that these inatrumrnt are quite equal
eom respect even upetior, to all the Pi.
Gotten, I a aw at the capital of Eoioue, and
a aoiourn ef two tetre at Pari.
ae pianos will be oM at the manufacturer'
Philadelphia price, if not something lower.
ere requested to call and examine for
ve, at the redenceof the aubacriber. '
ory, May 17, 1846. H.B.IA8SER
3ountriiler '
IEATHBLOW,
puMic will please observe that no Urandreth
la are tenuitte, unles the box haa three I.
inn it, (the top, the sile and the bottom)
tntaining a l.c-einulc algnature or my hand
, thus B. B.riBtTH, M. D. These la.
t engraved on ateel, beautifully designed,
n at ao eipsnae of over 82,000. Therefore
as seen that the only thing nrcsaaaty to pro-
e medicine in lie partly, i to observe litest
ember the top, the side, end the bottom,
llowing icapeciive person ere dulf authuri
Ihoid
sairrTTntin!! nr AamrcT
sale ef firandrrt ' Vtgttabk Vmmntd
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humberland county i Milton Mickey A
nlin. Hunbury H. B. M.wasr. M'Esns-
reland cV. Menell. Nortbumteiland Wm.
u Georgetown J. A J. Walls. '
CMiotyi Nsw Berliav Bogar eV Win
ielinRroe George Gundium. Middle
suae 8mith. Beavertowu David Hubler.
turgWro. J.May. Mifflinaboi: Menach
. Haitleton Daniel Lose. Frsoburg-.
. G. Moyer. Lswuburg Welle sY Green,
Tibia county l Danville E.. B, Reynold
Berwick Shuman A Kittenhoaa, Cat
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C. O. BrobU. Bloomeburg John R.
Jeisey Town Bieei. . Whingtoo
IcCay. . Liweatons Belli- -.N"ch,
ve that each Agent ha an Engraved Cer
yf Ageaey, eonlaining a represnta.tioo af
INDRETH'kl Maaetory at 8it tfanf,
m which wil also be oeea siact copies of
Ifbd "ff w(f wmw. thd B'mndrOM tit
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Absolute -eqnce in the I majority, the vital principie of! Republic fiom "which
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TIIK NI7TRITIVR aOALITlRS
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rntBRKtD ROWIXUE.
BT ntOrCMOR 40RHOII.
t propose to show, in in intelligible manner,
that whola meal flour ia rrally mora nouriahinjr
e well a more wholesome, than floe white,
flour m food (or man.
The solid part of the human body conainta,
principally, 0f thro eevtral portion : the fat,
tho muecle, and the bono. Thesa thrM sub
stances tre liable to constant waste in the living
body, end therefore mut Iw eonttatitly renewed
from the food wo consume containing thece S
wbftanceeatmoet ready formed. The plant to
the brickmaker. The animal rolnntarily intro
duce these brick into hi stomach and then
involuntarily through the operation of the
myRterioua machinery within picks out these
bricks, transport them to the different parts of
the body, and build them into their appropriate
places. As the milter'at his mill thro-vs into
the hopper the unground grain, and forthwith
by the involuntary movements of the machinery
receives in his severs! nicks the fine Hour, fie
seconds, tne middlings, the pollard, and the bran
so in human body, by a still more refined separ
ation, the fat i extracted and , deposited here,
the muscular matter there, and the. bony mate,
rial in a third locality, where it can not only be
etorcd up, but where its presence is actually at
the moment necessary. . 1
Again, the fluid psrta of the body contain the
eame subttnnces in a liquid from, on their way
to or from the several parts of the body in which
they are required. They include also a portion
of salt or saline matter which is dissolved in
them, as we dissolve common salt in our soup,
or Epsom salts in the pleasant draughts with
which our doctors delight to vex us. The sa
line matter is obtained from the food. '
Now, it is self-evident that food must be the
most nourishing which supplies all these ingre
dients of the body most abundontly on the wholo
or in proportions moat suited to the actual wants
of the individual animal lo which it is iven.
How stands the rjueation, then, in regard to
this point between the brown bread and the
white the Aoe flour, and the whole meal of
wheat ....
The grain of wheat consists oft wn parts with
which the miller is familiar.-the inner grain
and the skin that covers it The inner gives
tba pure white flour , the skin, when separa
ted, forms the brsn. The miller cannot entire
ly peel of! the akin from his grain, and thus
some of it is unavoidably ground up with his
flour. By sifting, he separates it more or less
completely ; his seconds, middlings, cVc, ow
ing their color to the proportion of brown bran
that has passed through the sieve along with
flour. The whole meal, as it is cslled, of which
the so-named brown household bread is made,
consists of the entire grain ground up together
used a it cornea from the the mill-stones un
sifted, snd therefore contsining all the bran.
The first white flour, therefore, insy be said
to contain no bran, while the whole me1 con
tains all that grew naturally upon the grain.
What is the composition of these two portions
of the seed 1 How much do they respectively
contain of the several constituents of the animal
body! How much of each ia contained also in
the whole grain 1
1. Thtftl. Of thia ingredient a thousand
pound of the
Whole grain contain S6 lbs
Fine Flour, 20
Bran - 60
So that the bran is much richer in fat than the in
terior portion of the grain, and the whole grain
ground together (whole meal) richer than the
finer part of the flour in the proportion of near
ly one half, .
X. ie mvteviar maurr. j nave had do
opportunity ss yet of ascertaining the relative
proportions of this ingredient in the brsn and
fine flour of the same sample of graia. Nume
rous experiments, however, have been made ia
my labaratory, to determine these proportions
in the fine flour and whole aeed of aeveral va
rieties of grain. The general result of these
is, that the grain uniformly contain a larger
quantity, weight for weight, than tha fine flour
extracted Iroin it does. The particular result
io the case of wheat and Indian core were as
follows. A tboussnd ponndsnfthe whole grain
and ef tha fine flour contained of muscular mat
ter respectively, '
Whole grei. fine f'owr.
Wheat . 2.V5 lb. 130 Iba.
, Indian Cora 140 . 110
Of the material out of which the animal mus
cle is tote formed, the whole meal orgrain of
wheat contains one-Alih more than the finest
flour does. For maintaining muscular airenglh,
therefore, it most be more valuable man equal
proportion. . -T , ..'.
H faMirrial nd SaliM nailer, f)f
these mineral constituent, as tbei may be CL
led, of the enieal body, a thousand poonde of
bran, whole aseal and loo floor eoaUia) reepec
tM-lj-
Brae, . . . 700 lbs,
WboJemtal, 70 "
Tm twit,, ' ' -90 -
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AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL.
Snnbiiry, Northnmberland Co.
So tbst in regard to this important part of
our food, necessary to all liviog animals but
especially to the young who are growing, and
to the mother who m givrng milk the whole
meal ie three timra more nourishing than the
fine floor.
Our case is row made out Weight . for
weight, the whole grain or meal ia more rich
in all these three essential elements oft notri.
tive food, then the fine flour . of wheat By
those whose only deeire is to sustain their health
and strength ly the food they ea, ought not the
whole meal to be preferred 1 To children who
are rapidly growing, the browner the bread they
eat, the more abundant the supply of. tho mate?
rials from which their increasing bones and
muscles are to be produced. . To the milk-giving
mother, the same food, and for a similar rea
son, is the most appropriate. .
A glance at their mutual relations in regard
to the three substances, presented in one view.
will show this more clearly. A thousand
pounds of esch contain of the three several in
gredients the following proportions:
Whnle meal. Fine Flour.
Mueculsr matter, 150 Iba. 130 lbs.
Bone material, 170 00
Fat, 28 20 ,
Tots I in esch,
Tsking the three
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210
ingredients, therefore, to
gether, thn whole meal is one-half more valua
ble for fulfilling all the purposes of nutrition
than the fine flour and especially is it so in re
gard to the feeding of the young, the pregnant,
and those who undergo much bodily fatigue.
It will not be denied that it ie for a wise pur
pose that the Deity has so intimately associated,
in the grain, the several substances which are
neceary for tho complete nutrition of animal
bodies. The sbove considerations show how
unwise we are in attempting to undo this natu
ral collocation of materials. To please the eye
and the palate, we sift out a less generally nu
tritive food, snd, to make up for what we hsve
removed, experience teaches us to have recourse
to animal food of various descriptions. -
It is interesting to remark, even in apparent
ly trivial things, how all nature is full of com
pensating processes. We give our servsnls
household breed, while we live on the finest of
the wheat ourselves. The mistress ests that
which pleases the eye more, the maid what sus
tains and nourishes the body belter.
But the whole meal ia more wholesome, as
well as more nutritive. It is on account of its
superior wholesomenese that those who are ex
perienced in medicine usually recommend it to
our attention. Experience in the lawa of di
gest ion brings us back to tho simple admiaf
found in tho natural seed. It is not an acciden
tal thing that the proportions in which the in
gredients of s truly sustaining food lake their
placea in the seeds on which we live, should be
best fitted at once to promote the health of the
sedentary scholsr, and to reinvigorate the
strength of the active man when exhausted by
bodily labor.
Some msy sty that the preceding observa
tions are merely theoretical; and may demand
the support of actual trial, before they will coo
cede that the selection of the most nourishing
snd wholesome diet is hereafter to be regulated
by the results of chemical analyaia. The de
mand ie reasonable in itself, and the ao -called
deductions OjV theory are entitled only to the
rank of probable conjectures, tillthej have been
tested by exact and repeated trials. -
But such in this ease have been made; and
our theoretical considerations come in only to
Confirm the results of previous experiments to
explain why these results should have been
obtained, and to extend and enforce the practi
cal lesson which the results themselves sppear
tp inculcate.
Thus, from the experiments of Majendie and
others, it wss known that animals which in a
few weeks died it fed only upon fine flour, lived
long upon whole meal bread. The reason ap
pears from our analytical investigatiooa. The
whole meal contains io large quantity the three
forms of matter by which the several parts oflhe
body are sustained, or successively renewed.
We may feed man long open bread and water
only, but unleee we wish to kill him also, we
most hsve the apparent cruelty to restrict him
to the coarser kinds of breads. The chsrity
which supplies bim with fine while loaves in
stesd, would tn effect kill bim by a lingering
starvation.
Again, the pork-grower, who buys bran from
tha miliar, wonder st the remarks bis feeding
god fattening effect which tbi apparently woody
and useless material has upon his animals.-
The swrprjse ceases, however, and. the practice
is encouraged, and extended to other creatures,
whew the researches of the laboratory explain
lo him what the food itself contains,' what
hia growing eniiaal requires. " : u ! 1
Coot only ss well as comfort follow from an
exact acquaintance with the wanta bf oor bodies
its their aeveral conditions, and with the compo
sition ef the various' articlee of diet which ire
J t our ecmajatd. la the presaat ' conditioa ef
i s.-.-c i.
there t. n. ,pPc.' bat to force, tho Vit.l prlneiple
Pa. Saturday, July 34, 184T.
the country, thie.economy has become a vifsl
question. It ia a kind of Christian dnty in eve
ry one to praMise it aa far ae hia meana and hie
knowledge enable him. ... '.
rerbspsthe whole amount of the economy
which would follow the use of whole meal in
stesd of fine Hour, may not atrike every one who
reede the above observations. The saving arise
from two sources.
First the amount of husks separated by the
miller from the wheat which he grinds, and
which ianot sold for human use, varies . very
much. I think we do not over-estimate it when
we consider it as forming one eiehth of the
whole. On this supposition, eight pounds of
w best yield seven of flour consumed by man,
end one of pollerd end bran which are given to
animnls chiefly to poultry and piga. If the
whole meal be used, however, eight pounds of
flour will bo obtsined, or oight people will he fed
j by the same weight ofgrsin which only fed se
ven oetoro.
Again we have seen that the whole meal is
more nutritious so thst the coarser flour will
gofsrther than an equal weight of fine. Tf.e
numbers at which we arrived, from the results
ofaoly sis, show that, tsking all the llirne sus
taining elements of the food into consideration,
the course is one half more nutritive than the
fine. Leaving a wide margin for tho influence
of circumstances, let us suppose it oily ono
eighth more nutritive, and we ahsll have now
nine people nourished equally by the same
weight of grain, which, when eaten as fine
flour, would support only seven. The wheat of
the eovntry in other words, would in thi form
go one fourth further than at prettnl.
General Taylor.' PsHeoKAt. Afpbar ancc
One ot the returned volunteers, who fought
under General Taylor at Buena Vista, has furni
shed one of our exchanges with the following
graphic and minute sketch of the general ma
king-tip of the old hero. It is ao well done that
a portrait might be painted from reading it:
"The hero of Buena Vista, around whose
military brow so many chaplets of fsme hsve
been thrown, presents in his personal appear
ance many of those striking stamps of nature,
which msrk the gentlemen and the officer. Of
an average medium height being about five
feet and nine inches ; he inclinea to a heaviness
of frame, snd general well-developed muscular
outline, with aome tendency to corpulency ( of
square build, he now inclines to stoop; and
from the greet equestrian exercise the nature of
his lite haa led him necessarily lo undergo, hi
inferior extremities sre somewhat bowed. His
expansive chest shows him cspsble of undergo
ing that vast fatigue through which he has pes
scd amid the hammocks snd ,avannaht of Flori
da, and the atill more recent fields of Mexico,
His fsce is expressive of great determination;
yet, stilt so softened by the kindlier feelings of
the soul, aa to render the perfect stranger pre
possessed in his behslf. His head ia large well
developed in the anterior regions, and covered
with a moderate quantity of hsir, now tingsd ly
the coloring pencil ot time, which he wears par
ted on one side, and brushed down. His eye
brows are heavy, and extend over the optic or
bit ; the eye grey, full of fire, and -expressive
when his mental powers are called into play,
yet reposing ss if in pleasant quiet, when in or
nary. His nose is straight, neither partaking
of the true Grecian or Roman order ; hia lips
thin, the upper firm, and the lower g'.ightly pro
jecting. The outline of his facets oval, the
skin wrinkled, and deeply embrowned by the
many tropical suns to which he hss been expo
sed. Hia manners are frank and socisl,- snd
no one ever left his company, without feeling
that he had been mingling with a gentleman of
the true olden times. He at timra appesrs in
deep mediation, and is then not always accesai
ble. In hia military diffip'ine he is firm, snd
expects all orders emanating from his i flice to
be rigidly enforced and observed, tresting hi
men not ss helots or slsves, but exercining only
hat command which is necessary for lite good
of the whole. To the younger officers under
bim, he is peeulisrly lenient, often tresting their
little fsuit more with a fathers forgivenese,
than with tho judgment of a ruler. In bis
toilet he doee not imitate the Bu BrumiueW
and bind box dandies of the present fashionable
epoch, but apparela hia person in unison with
his sge, and haa no great predilection for the
uniform, lo this, however, he is by rn mean
peculiar, for a majority of our regular military
gentleman aeldom appear in their externals on
duty 5 snd the stations lo which General Tay
lor haa been assigned have been in the warm
and aunty fWb, rendering the hesvy bl
eloth undress coat disagreable to the physical
feelings, I hsve generally seen hiin in a pair
of grey trowsers, adaib vest, and either a btewa
or speckled frock coat, reaching lower, than
usoal. He wcara e long black silk necker
chief, the knot not looking ae if ho had been
torturing himself to arrsageiit before a fuH
length mirror: he sometimes wears a' white
hat, resembling in ahape those used by cor flat
boatman, fend t petrol coramoo soldier '(hoes,
I not much polished.
!
end immodiete parent of depotim.-J,r.,..
Vol. TIto. 41 Whole Ifo, 353
(ton, Santa A tana's Balat.
The N. O National give the following de
ecription of he Country residence of this die
tinguished Mexican chieftain, on the road from
Vera Ctux to the capitol, about twelve miles be
yond Cerro Gordo .
'As thie distinguished functionary owns prat
ty much the whole country between Vera Crui
and Jalaps, he finds it convenient to have two
other residences ; but the hacienda near Cerro
Gordo was his favorite retreat. Here it wss he
lived indignity, previous to the dinstrotts bat
tie that lost him hie presidential office and his
popularity among his people. It was a hold
dragoon Mnjor who, first of onr army, entered
the princely ibode ; he gsred with eatonish-.j
menl at the surrounding splendor, and had not
proceeded far to examine, before the name of rf
General Santa Anna met his sight, and inform
ed him where he was. The residence wss
characterized by a specie of oriental plendor;
fourteen large rooms crowded upon each other,
filled with costly ottomans, from the walls of
whichewere suspended rare worksof art. Every
thing had been precipitately abandoned 5 upon
centre, tablu in one of the principal saloons
lay ati unsealed note, in the writing of the Die-
stor. It stated that "he left every thing to the
metcy of a generous enemy."
The Major peered about aa if he had got into
n Arabian enchantment ; he examined atten
tively the pictures, and coveted a saddle with
costly trappings snd stirrups of gold inlaid with
silver; he peeped into a little recess, and his
hesrt throbbed there waa a couch for a prin
cess, upon ine enjoining ia Dies were scatter
ed costly perfumes, and on the floor, aa they
had Abandoned two pretty Spanish feet, was a
pair of elegantly wrought, yet liny elippere.
Thn Major waa a gallant man and an honorable
one dragoon aa he was, he could forego the
saddle and the stirrups, gold though they were
but he wanted a trophy, and he placed the
sJippers in his fxeket with a thrill at their feel
that would have done honor to a powerful gal
vanic battery. Yet his heart smote him, and
he plsced the treasures back snd walked into
the more exposed parte of the house. He went
into the neighboring pounds and viewed the
splendid cattle end horses that were luxoria
ting at ease when, presently, there dsshed by
an aid of Geo. Scott ordering the dragoons to
pursue the retreeling Santa Anna. !n an in
slant the Major waa mounted, and hia men fol
lowed with a yell of delight. A few hours elap
sed when he returned to the splendid hacienda.
What a change! lite fine cattle had been driven
off, the aaddle still remained, but the gold and
ailver was gone. The pictures were destroyed
snd hung in fragments from their frames; the
splendid cushions had been cut asunder, and the
mirrors broken into a thousand Irsgnients. So
ndt-d an incident in the drama of thia Mexican
war."
RgLATIVC NlTBITIVB AND DlUEBTIVK QUALI
TIES of roon. Id nutritive and digestive
q ittlities of tho food we est are mattcra which
concern the health of every individual. Vari
ous experiments snd snslyses have been made
by competent perrons lo determine these points,
snd the result of them sppesrs to be aa follows:
Whest is the most nutritious of all substan
ces, except oil, contsining ninety five parte of
nutriment to five of waste niattur. Dry peas,
nuts snd barley are nearly as nutritious ss wheat.
Garden vege'ablea stand lowest on the list, in
asmuch aa they contain, when fresh, a large
portion ot water. The quantity of woste mat
ter is more than eight tenths of the whole. On
ly one fortieth of a cucumber ie capable of being
converted into nutriment. The nutritious part
ot the different meats varies from one fifth to
one eighth of the whole.
Veal is the most nutritious; mutton next;
then chicken ; then beef; lust pork. Fruits
vary between two and three tenths of nutritious
matter, and their order ia ss follows, the nutri
tious being placed firnt : plumbs, grapes, spri
cnls; cherries, peaches, gooseberries, spples,
strs wberries, melons. Milk contains less than
one tenth of nutritious matter, aa it is mainly
cm posed of water.
Of all the articles of food, boiled rice is di
gested in the shortest time sn hour. As it
slso contains eight-tenths of nutritious mstter,
it is a valuable aubatance of diet. Tripe and
pig'a feet (strange to te ll ) are digeated almoat
as rapidly. App'ea, if sweet snd ripe, are next
in order. Venu is digested almost as soon aa
apples.: Roasted potatoes are digested ie half
the time required by the eame vegetables boi
led, which occupy three hours snd e heir more
than beef or molten. Bread oecopie three
hour and a quarter. Stewed oysters and boiled
eggs are digested ia three hours and a half an
hour more thsn le required by thessmeartielee
raw. -Turkey end gooee are converted in two
hoars and half-an hour and half sooner
thao chicken. ' Roasted veal, pork and sslted
beef, oeeepy five boors and hall the longest
of all articles of fiod. -....
Ae English paper reeeatly remarked ef the
Lnitsd Mstrs: 'Jt is a countiy ws canoot nil'
derstand . rttgttesee ceuutry and knit trio
iter." "--' ' "
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tTB moat MEXICO.
Gen. Soott at Puebla, awaiting Reinforcement
No Quorum of the Mexican Congress
Mr. Trist with General Bcott Every Ave
nue to the Capital Fortified Obstinate Re
sistance to Gen. Pillow's Advance His Lose
Severe American Prisoners at Liberty in
the Capital Improbable Rumors.
By the arrival of the cites mer Alabama, the
Picayune has direct advieee from the City Mex
ico to the morning of the 29ih tilt, and Poeb'a
to the 30th. Gen. Scott still remained at Pue
bla, awaiting the reinforcements on the rend,
under Generals Cadwalader and Pillow. The
nowa from tha Capital was indefinite. Gen.
Scott a'ates that he bad informed the Mexican
Government that Mr. Trist wss with htm snd
authorized lo enter into negotistiona of peace.
Santa Anna had vainly endeavored to procure a
quorum of the member of Congress to consider
Genersl Scott's communication.
It is supposed that General Scott will hsve
to march Into Mexico to secure peace. The
censorship of the press prevents the knowledge
of what measures of defence are contemplated.
Santa Anna was to leave in three dsys from
the 30th.
It is stated that every avenue to the city ia
fortified, but the success of the Americans wss
not doubted. Gen. Pillow, it U ssid, had been
compelled to contest the road with Guerrilla.
pnrties until beyond Cerro Gordo. They took
advantage of every defile to arreat his progrees.
Hit loss is said to have been severe.
The Government of Puebla has been entrus
ted to Col. Belton, of the 3d artillery.
General Alvarez waa at Alixco on the lltti
of June, with 300 cavalry. .
The American Star of Puebla eaya there is
three month's provisions for tbe troops in the
city, and that the fields around supply the ne
cessary (oragc.
A Mexican had been detected by bis conn
trytnen while on the way fiom the capital to
Puebla, with drawings of the diflerent fortifica
tiona around the capital He was tried and sen
tenced to die, bat escaped.
The Mexicans used every means to indues
our men to desert and then used them shame
fully. A party of eight Americana, connected
with the army, left Puebla for a hacienda on
tbe road to Mexico, to purchase mules, encoun
tered party of lancers, and could not escape
and were forced to fight them. All the Amer
icans were wounded and it ia supposed one kil
led. Five are believed to have been taken rri
soners.
A letter from Mexico lo the Americsn Stsr,
ssys the Americsn prisoners were at liberty,
fend no one troubles them. Tbe writer sees?
Major Guinea daily.
The decree ordering the Americana awaje
had not been extended to them. It ia believed
that they arc re incarcerated at Santiago. Ma
jor Gaines and Borland rosy be at liberty, but
doubtful as to tho rest.
The Prefect of Puebla recently decamped
to Alixco, with all the city funds.
Perry's expedition to Tobaeco waa entirely
successful.
A rumor wss current at Vera Cruz on the
morning of the 1st, that General Scott had en
tered the Capital, and that General Pillow had
been captured by the guerrillas. The former
isfslse, and no faith is placed in the latter.
CccuMBEne. A writer in Blackwood, allu
ding lu this vegetsble, says that it was regar
ded as a great luxury by Suit. Mihmr.nd II, who
cultivated it with bis own hands in the Seraglio
Girders, "fl-itvig one day perceived that
some of his ctieumberj were missing, he si-nt
for his hesd gardener, and informed hi:n that
should such s ei- r-Ti-.t'nej occnr i.;vn lie
would order his hend tu iio en? rfT. The next
dsy three moreeucirm'iors hs'i i-ero stolen, n,iom
which the gardener, to save his own h.td, l:
cued the pages of his highness of having com
mitted the thert. These unhs,py youths were
Immediately sent for,-and having all declared
themselvee innocent, the enraged Sultip, in or
der to discover the culprit, commanded them
one after another td bo disembowelled. No
thing waa found In the stomach or entrails of
the first six victims, but the autopsy of the se
venth proved him to hsve been the gttilty one.
A HosjkThbvbt. The late Rev. Dr.
of a certain town in Maine, ao ecccntrie
i
but
honest minister, waa onee preaching en the
practical virtues, aud having abort limn previ
ously bought a load ol wood of one of the officers
of tbe church, and finding it fall short in mss
aura, took thia occasion to spesk tbue plainly on
the subject ; "Any man that will aell seven foel
of wood for a cord, is no Chriatiso, whether he
aita ie the gallery, below. er io the deacou'e
seat!- . , , :
' Coco CHAfeACTia. A ervant girl received
the following written character from a pert n
who meant to compliment her very lnfiiiv:
fTbte isto Certify that letble Wier eerie wit
us during the Issl half year, and found her a
ever respect Credidelle and fret of A'eaiW
J tha w II b wsJ ff.". '