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ID All letteis addressed to the Editor must be po.M-paid. JOB PRINTING. Having a gsneral assortment of.larg, elegant, plain and oina mental Type, we arc prepared to execute cry description of Cards, Circulars, Bill Heads, Notes, Blank Keccipts, JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER BIINKS, PAMPHLETS, &c. Printed with neatness and despatch, on reasonable terms, AT THE OFFICE. OF THE seffcrsouian B,epblieau. M Fjrom the Louisville Journal. i...V.-i. Spriiiff. , 1: knowvthat tho Sprjno-tiine , , , Is come, for I heard . .. Incthe niom's early primo ;33 The blitho bluebird And high in ilie clqar bk) 4;. . ' The martin, t lint; brings- , tj. : Tidings of Summer nigh; Warrh on his wings'T" a'1! s,: " And see, in the hedge' hid . U; v. Tho violet blue, Withithalf-openedMid -"J' Laden with dew: . f , And, in, the border trim tiih . The crocus lifts up'. fit An a joung novice prim, Her tiny cup. 'And the brook hurrtes fast r'5' c With bright dimple face" .' , As a child frolics p'&sb - ., Flushed with the.chase . . And ihc wind ivooing sips !;; JO Delight as it goes From tho sweet budding lips' ' Of the young rose! . . .. Oh! 'tis the season gay, ' t" ' Vhen earth from tti gtoqmi : , : Warmed by the vernal .ray, L . , Bursts into bloom! ' ? s 'And the soulV cherished thought;-' 4 Imprisoned too long,' ' r By its own fervor taught, . Breaks into song.! Then hail to the Spnng-time ! ' . Her sunshine, her showers ! Welcome the merry, chime 1 Heard in her bowers ! '' ' " Hail her with beaming browi' ' " ''"' . . With sports and' with' clieqr J . Crown her with arlandsrn.ow,., . Queen of the Ye'ar ! ! :... -March, 1847. i! A Song for llie IttilHo'il; When in the battle's istonhy "track, " The; legions of the foeman 'came,1' '' Who was.it drove them back'?' :T iZ' wlClf- via iOacKi; f , On Palo Alto's bloody field, : Beneath Columbia's starry: fields . In. Stood, victor, 'mid the war-clouds black, ")ld'Zacki" - -'. IsText day within the " Palm Ravine,"' ' '"' : Arista's' lances proudly gleam, ' ' : ;" And, foremost 'mid the battle's -racki ,J -With eagle eye and dauntless'mien, -m : ' ' ,,01dZack";wMrseen ; TTIi acnarnfn ' r I'll -A ' A- -1 & .l-SK' 111 be rernemhered many a day ; ' . Amid ihe dead-encumbered street, i Ton thniisanH warrinrs mnrllv moot . a. rl Ten thousand bayonets. gleamjng.ibright, . ; . Are mingling in the desperate tfight: y : They yield they fly !-Ereeien !. be steady Three cheers ! Huzza ! fdr;" ' ; l Rough ahdIready?, i- j '.' ; ' " Have you .heard tlie jbewsrfas. ,Clapper V " Oh, no,, Mrs. Rattler do, tell it. to me? " Why they say that Mr.'Polkte'ta&en.prisoner by Jlrs. Anna, and he's 'got;to pay-three rhilliq of dollars before they will let him' g! "My gracibusT lJwonder vrlat'-Joifn wi will say about it, when he gets home." J" " " "... :'f 't - .'jif:! A French'manywi&liing to tell'aTat lady fia;she v.as very corisiBeratev Saidjradaeou' are've ry cpnsidefabti? ? I ,( I5r ' -, ' 5 '' " .CUJ'' HP ,t ' A Yankee has invented a machine, for taking the noise out of thunder,, : EXTRACTS FROM FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS. ,i Fate of Otitlaws. ,ln iFrom the 'Se,crtt Band of Brothers; br the American Out laws," a wo.k by J. II. Green, thafteformed Gambler, now in piess, and shortly to be published. : . T have frequently, in the course "of my work, had to notice the very intimate connections which those concerned in the adminlstralion'of Justice, or os tensibly in the suppression of crime, had with those who perpetrate it. Tn all our Yaroe cities- . , o ' this occasionally forces itself Into publifc notice. Anxious as the authorities always are to conceal any thing of -this kind, it accidentally leaks out. xThe opportunity for concealment, and the advan tages afforded by official station, have not been overlooked bv'the' Brothers, and the police of eve ry -city- contains several of-'t Ho 'fraternity: ' Tn all fairness, h6vvcv'er, lhe great mass of crime con nected with "such establishnieiits'Bught hot to be laid to their Charge! The very wish to be connec ted with, the police, indicates a morbid disposition of tho mind a desire to be familiar with crime : for it is necessary to detect it successfully, to come in contact frequently, with the criminal. Incon sequence, by familiarity,-clime loses, ils. enormity, the police officer sees how seldom the perpetrator is detected; how often, when detected, he escapes unwhipped of. justice; -he' connives it'sdine "petty offence, in the.'hope of entrapping the criminal in some inore flagrant act, and tampers with crime, till the little moral sensibility he had when he en tered the service is destroyed. This is obvious ly a true picture of human, nature; but 1 must pro cecdjwith ther story which suggested these, remarks. ... In no city of the Union has the depredations of the, Band pfBro.thers been more extensive. :than in Cincinnati, Ohio, yet there, seems to bet a prevail iiig wish, entertained even by those who have wit nessed their ravages, to doubt, the existence of any such organization. NTor am I surprised at this in credulity the' thought that we are surrounded by hundreds of individuals, sworn to protect arid as sist one another.in their ravages'upon our lives and property is "no . very' pleasant prospect for contem plation. Sincerely I wish it were, inerely a dream of the night, but the unaccountable and sudden downfall of some of the most respeqtable and tal-j ented families of that city convince that it yet ex- j They were arrested and identified by the mangled istsin .txll its awful realities. . In confirmation ofjdroVer; and the citizens, knowing the desperate thi3 I will introduce the history of one family, character of the elder brother,' who had served ah "guarding myself as much as' possible from saying any tiring-that might hurt the feelings' ofany oft fie 'relatiys yel living. It consisted of five boys at I hung them both. . Thus ended t'he'life of tli.e el 'lcast that number is all that h'as come under : my dest of the bVothers ! the 1 third Wlid had suffered notice; the eldQst. ai.ihe'aoe of.sjxtecn, connected himself with bad associates, was committed to; the jail on a charge of theft, and. convicted. In time the next brother followed in the same iamLsharcd the same fame. The remaining. chil - dreh were yet young, and to preserve .them, from the vicious habits, of the. elder oriesi the father-kept them at hard labor every day. We are not inti .mately acquainted with the bharacterof thefath'er, ustry and could hot be suspected of training them in dishonest practices. The eldest son was pardoned, or served his time out, we forge.l which, j and came home to his fathers house; but was soon but never heard any thing laid' to his charge but. we are quite within the mark, if we attribute p'rie that he' was a dissipated, and :sd far; an immoral 'eighth of the robberies committed in large cities, man. lie at least gave his children an example to thepolice, or perpetrated, w'itH their cbhriivkn'ce. L of ind rtaken in another misdemeanour, and sentenced toii.Knll pvpv kV " T)ri ten year'siconfinement in the Kentucky State.Pris-jstamt o'n. At the expiration ofhis term the second also returned,-but fearfully depraved arid abandoned, He seemed to take a delight m all manner of wick ;edness, .and bore evidence 'that he "cajbeIrdm, a good school After a few months of dissipation, supporied by robbery, 'he was again talce' con yicte'd the second time, and sent to the State Pris- From it he made his escape, and found his ,Way to Vicksburg, but. on attempting a robbery,- ,hewas, detected, and shot through his left shoul der, the, ball, fracturing the bone very badly. One day -while he was under arrestj se.veralrmeh.vjsi-',i ;ted him;'hfe wasalarmeii wllea;they first, entered, but sodn regained his Self-possession. Oiie-of the 'party inquired why he seemed 30 much affrighted at their entrance; to which he replied, that at first sight'lie had taken On.e of them for a man bf?the name of Phelps. A robber who was, afterwards taken, and attempted to break, jail, -but was shot down in the streetsof Vicksburg. , Jb.qr,particu-J lars see "Gambling Unmasked,'' , A . very friend ly. feeling was soon established between, the fob ber .and his visitors in a few days he wasaken fjrom jail, and.bent his way for New Orloans where he was'again detected iii;the very act of 4robbeiy, but in attempting to escapeas shot down By" the ; captain' of the guard. " ' 'r ' 'r J v'i i : This same year of his death the third brother got into 'difficult)', and was'serifenced to iiie Pen itenti'aryl foV three years. Before the expiation of his se'nterfcpjlie fourth was convicted. The'fifth boy at this .time was about seventeen, and he too was' caughr stealing, convicted, and received his sentence,. about the time the, -fourth regained his libertv,. r, v . - , , . . . Tile third brother, after serving the specified per j riod in what is called the Penitentiary, tOok: his Vay south vhere lie'vvas again committed for rob bery, and sentenced to five years' confinemetit in the Louisiana State Prison. At the expiration 'of that period he started for home, but when near the island of Sixty-six on the Mississippi, he conclu ded to take a trunk nhd' jump 'over-board. This feat he accomplished successfully' but unluckily for him, it wa ih the ame yUar ili'tvhich so many outlaws were put to death by the citizens, and having connected himself with a band who wine at that time flooding the river with counterfeit coin, negro-stealing, and ibdulging in all manner of vil- lany, he was taken by a company and with about forty others put to death, some being shot, and others tied up in sacks ahdt thrown into the Mi's sisstppt. The fifth brother wasnriwTn the Ohio' Peniten tiary, tho fourth in the" r Indiana State Prison, but the' eldest brother was released from confinement, and returned td'Cincinnali. His long confinement', however, seems to have had no very beneficial e i fpr.t. fnr fh n" ffliv mnritHs lifi wns ncrnin pAiiviVi'o1 of petit larceny ,'atid sentenced to serve in the chain-ffanjr. liuiu iiu uuiiuuuteu iiniitiL'il so wen as t6: gain the unqualified coinmeridationW oneofjof the leading objects of the Secret Band, to have the drivers', who in consequence treated hint' in dulgently. About this'period, there was much ex citement,' by frequency of night .'robberies, and ho trace' of the thieves could be found, by which they could be detected. The most vigilant mea'ns were used, and many were sent to the jails and peni tenliarv, but still the robberies went on. Among those committed at this period, was the fifth bro ther, who for a short period had enjoyed his liber ty. ,. TJie eldest brother served ou't'lifs tinie in "the chain gang, and after being liberated, suddenly disappeared; anil whal surprised' many, theclriver of tlie "chain gang, disappeared at the same' tirhe A day' or two after their disappearance, a'dfover from Kentucky, "w;ho had been at Ciricinnaii, and was on. his w'ay'liome'jv'as taken fro'ni'liTs. H'ol;s'e, rnhh7r Iiiq "tlirn'nt rnt. nrifl 14ff Air flom'i iiSAv tho , . - , .w.. .v.. road side. They had , however, merely severed the windpipe, and , on being discovered, he was able to give sucli Tnlbrmation as led to the detec- tio'n' of the driver aiid his friend, the' convicV , apprenticeship in their ow'h "State, Prison," gaii;e j'thein a trial according; to Lvridli" customriJrid the penalty o'f death'for Vheir'brimes:' -" , :" " ries were committed by the "chain driver arid his gap'g. At night 'the'yw'ere-'freed from their chains, .allowed to prowl abbtit and. plunder, and brought their spoils to the prison .where it'could easily be stowed away without suspicion. We believe that .Many, we hesitate not to sav., are done by men whom the public believe to be in prison' If lias become a proverb, "Set a thief to catcii a'tlyef,'' 'and the public seern to' have ; acquiesced that thus connection between the criminal ar'd the'o'f- ficer eneajred. in supp'ressfriir crime,' but whetlibf ii be necessary and unavoidable,. or the best disposi- tion po'ssible,tleserves some consideration. The naiiguiaii is in general oniy a lime move iortunaie than li'is culprit. The leader of a band of Regula tors is commonly more ferocious, and as lawless as" the victim against whom his fury is djrected. The lawyer unscrupulously pockets a fee, which he knows has been obtained by the plunder of the citizens. TsTdt a few of them hang about our jails, prying into the means bi" the prisoners, and divide with them the 'spoil,' sheltering themselves from communicating any' disclosures they make under their judicial privileges. But irjus'tfce be the end of the law,' why should 'the communication' of a prisoner to his counsel be held sacred 1 If the case be undefensible otherwise, 'why should it be' defended, unless il'bVto give a fee to the lavvj'er, iii 1,1112 t;AJKU3y ui justice i tviiu uu uuiuiciioc iu .the "legislators of our country, -apd to -the gentle men of the legal, profession, this seems a privilege not to be envied: to know that you arp assisting to delraud, but debarred by custom froni djsclosing it; to know that the culprit js guilty, and deserves punishment or restraint but to send him' forth again upon society td'c6mmlt'furtn'er'crirrie'',:'tir ? ' Our readers may be'anxibus to'knowHvhat be-t Come of the otlier two brbthers,.the fourth; andififth At thist moment ' we believe, .they?ate;botViin.Mie State Prison, ow, ho rwaSiitlje rtiiriof 4thi3 pnce.respectable family apcumplished hy.did; the, fate of the elder pot Mf r the younger jrorrt crime! Were they merely drawn along, by, the conVagiou of ill-examplcj1 o'r vere"th'e're irioie po- tenUnfluences at work in'their destruction I tf And why dfd punishment and penitentiaries do so littfe T The suspicions of the people were excited 'By f bsbfr't clierhi'si can produce' lliirteen pounds of a short v(his occilrrc'nce. and a train cS fiivesticraMo'rf set nh f u Si 'Y L.t.i..V :'AiV. J-r t.I. ' i ... . ,"" . . : 7f uuuci. uuiu 'U ic, iiumuiuu Hcig'u ui uay ucmie wwuiw, , iuui. which no uuuui uui mat me leceiu ruuuu- in their reformatibn ? The greater part of their lives were passed nvithin their' walls, cut off from the'TnfluehWof 'evil, but we' see no sanitory elfect. We will' not answer theVe questions directly,-but in the course of this work' will 'supply th redder with' materials to answer tliem ' for himself. V'e have every' reason to believe that the eldest-and the second were eiltahgled in th'e meshes of The Secret Band of brothers, in a manner from-Which there was no escape. They "are ever on the look otit for any individual who has fbrfeited his cliari acter; and who promises by' his ingenuity or dex terity to be a fit tool for their ' purposes. Their 'agents are to be found in allth'e professions, in the magistracy;' and in the p'rPsons'and penitentiaries! sqm&'ti'riies under the veil of 'hypocrisy,' 'assurriihg aTair exterior at'th lime they' are'engaged in all Vnahner of villany ; at other timesj'when their in flhence in any place isf in the asiiendancy, 'openly sliotving their real character. Men can be: fouhd in tri.any of our towns' so notoriously prbfllg'ate, thaVhot one individual in the place cbUld Be fd.uhd that would say they were hoVies't men, yet through j solicitation, party spirit, arid 'sometimes thrdiigh J iuur, inuy uiu i;iuuieu iu uuiuiai ituiuiit. It is Orte as many of the brother-hood inlh'e magistracy as possible, and. neither money nor opportunity are spared to effect' their object. " They know what they' are 'about; they are' too 'sagacious to s'uppbse that a thief will'catch a thief ; that' a gambler vlll suppress gambling, or a drunkard promote fern-. p'eranc.e, and it would be-Weli that, those' who realr ly desire any of,thejsc objectswere equally "yise in thfeir generation.?', ' .tv . , - : ASpotiodCliiia. . ; n A . foundling child was brought to the -' Alms "House biV Saturday last, whom 'llfo physicians 'Ka'vc' p'rdnouriceil one of the wonders of the 'day.' It was' a little girl about sixteen months of ago. Abotit one half of its' body was of a fair complexion and the remainder was of a .rich copper color;, .and tho darkr spots: vvere all covered with a. long, while hair... ,-In the. centre of, ijs, forehead w,as. a round dark spot, and tho .same hue covered the breast and Tegs, 't'he 'countenance of the child wits really beautiful, dnd its! health seemed to beperfectly good.' Vegetable 'Butter. -I t isisiated that re cent1 investigations have proved'that butter may be produced from hay br gras. withoufde'pehd i rig on a cow for its preparation, and' that ah learj.y twice as much as can be prod the mi llj of a cow, during the. consumption of an equal quantity of 4ia,y as food: -..v., We presume it must be avery expett chem ist itideed! y .,: . . .Several members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives were seated at- the - dinner table iu Boston, when one of them said Will the gentleman, fyom Ando.yerpleasb pass tho butted this way ?; Preiiy.spon another spoke will the gentleman- from Worcester please pass -the-salt this ?wa 2when One pf qur city wags taking, the ltihi, turned rOutid ,lo,the blaclc w.ait er jand sai.d; .distinciJy'-WilL.tho, gentlenlah from. lnca.pleaa.e, pass :t:h.e,b.readl.ihi8 v.ay V, Tlie laiest case of mddesiy' is tliat of a ' lady who duscarded her lover, a' sVaWptain, because inVpeaking of o'rie'of his Voyages4,' he said that fie hugged up (o the shore.1 u " '" ' ' The female cod-fish-is'Huppbsed to tcarry iii her ovary 'iriore than 500,000,000' of eggs. ' . . - r : ' -'.. . An. Irishman hearing that .Mexico was about .treating, exclaimed.:, ' I3y.3,jIox is. gbiii1 (o trate ! Be Jabers, Ifm, glad, of it!, I've been wanting a dhrpp, thij manyfa,day." . , bleed a p ply : a' salve coinpbsed of CalomePand Lard renew the application thVee or four limes a week-ketp the feel clean; and wear loose J shoes. A positive cure' will 'b'n1 effecVed'So says one who has . tried it. I.1 tl Uobby, my love,'' said'ailly mothef!td3ht;r 'daTltngwhorri sho liad beeficranimihg' -with iarts arid other good- things; '-"Jcan''ydu'idatt'ttiy more'?" Fhe greatest miraclo of love is the refdrnta tion of a coquette, .-s..rf. S' - Why, yes, .mamma," Jwas youilg hopefuls jies-iiatiug reply. "1 thmktT could if I stood Iiltc:reslis Iuciilcitis at tlic Battle 'ot Bueuu Vii.tui r- . The American Flag, of Mataninra, contain- art elaborate, account of tile bait 1 1; of BiieiiaVf ta, most of the details of wfiYch wore den'vtH from MajorCoffee and Lietit.Jiitte'ndeii,aiL have been alteady published? imnHF New (lii leans papers. A few iheideiits )(- iiiti;ri wKi,cH we do not remehibVr b Havti8ceii icled, arh anHexed:- f-, , On the 23d;. at fialy dawn,., the baulHwa renewed with great fury. The chief efforts of (lie ienly seemed lb4 be directed tfgaiiisF ilio left wing, composed of Gen. 'wooPs di'vihSiinv Gen. Lane beinj in. cdlitniand of tlie IhdiaiKi. brigade. The fi!ht was npbt obsiinaie, arid, sanguiiiary. Santa Anna, Trdni his vaaiiy hU perior forces, was enabled 'to dtf'eci; against this part of obr dftti)'', thrVe br fdri'r inVii to oiih. They fought with determined bravery, and'fully redeemed their character from ille aspersion liereiofor'e cast tipbn it.- Being composed cHiel" ly of cavalry, tliey gallopp'e'd iip'to tijovery tiioti.ihs of our guns, arid cut and lanced tlie-oun-nor.s. Query. man belonging to. O' Bryan's Jiati lery was either killed or wbnhded. Capi.ain, Bragg 'seeing' this; drill fearing iliai liis,vowrl guris thiglUjUe 'captured;?prepartd .10 take uriiji ther pbsition. "At this critical juricurre, wiieit a single false move niighi have 'prdved'fa'af iii the- whole army, Major Mariafield; o'f theEilgU xiSex b'eplriment, spurred-tri -Gehrayloraru! itiform'ed Kim ' (if the 'conrempiated' chaiigeof iJo'siiion.'1 Go back1 instantly," rlfed G?Sl Taylor, "and ttll him hoi to move oV iiicHTnft. give iheni grape and canister." 'The order wa obeyed by the gallant Bragg as 'promptly as if wis gjvbh; aiid his battery jiustantly v'priiiied. forth the must .awful destruction, the guhs,b'eihg charged .with musket balls, and. b very spt;r;iesjqf .death-dealing rhissiies. .Wb.shuuldjiave stated that Geh. Wool had been. manoiuv.rinji to.draCv the Mexicans within reach of our a'rtillerV.i- .', He made-a. feint df attacking, lliem ih fbrceratuL suddenly retreating, decoyed them within rang ! of our light batteries. His force i opened, tohi .... . ' . rj tn. . OTV PUII opbhed upon ihem, clnting a larie tlirihigh their entire column thirty, feet broad. ;A, seconil rdutid halted them for a. moment, but the "third i . . ... Vr t,r ':i vi-'.' proved so destructive thai theyfled in the groat- cbVifaVton. lHUi '-"'fHe'fighiihg cbhliHul'd'for s'oirle'tilfiaer 'this, bill the repulse of'-this chdfge lipbn, the b'attery contributed, rridre ihari dny thing' else, to tlie victory: The baHle" listed ejghtlong hours, without the slightest ihtermiWio'n. Vhe "Mexicans fought vith all the fury of despair, !1 U'tifJ --' i, i..'f?..T,. ' ' r.t. i -, -f uiiu luii uu iiicaiis uiurieu io carry tneaay. it. is though'f by many that if their gwhcraPb'ffi'crst Had rfeaded then! bh the fieldj the result ty ould have been different ; but these valorous genl!e-men- wUbvaurit so loudly, when 'bun.ofh'arm's. wayk took especial care , to placeqijieir bo'dies beyond ithe rbabh of bulieta. . w t !, i Thousands of trie NteVicana'fter 'thelPde feot, fled lO the mbualairis aiid tfaAer .'he'Hapse bf-i.fe w. days, presented ihomsel'ves ro'Gon'eral 'Taylor As pHsb'tfere of war. IJe'fbldhhemin their own lattgoige, to vamos, !thai-hevoutd have noihirig to;do with tliom. ei Two thousand females, who Tollowedji tli Mexican army,'remained, like nriniiterin2an- gels, to tako care of the, wounded. Gentfay- lor treated them with. the kindness due, their ' " v !,''v' ' : ' sex, and the humanity expectedjof an Americap. Biucher and Wellington like,. denerais Vvool anil Taylor met after the retreat com- nieiiced. Gen. W. rushed between his extend- ed arriis, ahd congraiulatjed JiunJ'poh the favor- abia.suh of theday'a toil. .Gcji,;Tay,lop)lay- fully retorted.: " O, itJmpbfeHtojxhis when we-all piill together" . u tJ rhereuariBVin the First and Second fiuucipalb .'l68 Ti5.-1 PeoP.ipJ whom 12j&l4 ar slaves. a 64 freecolored petaons, , ItiharhhH xMunicipality Ajiis dtscriminaiioi)ws.noi made. ii i f 4rYgFP.01 yunff d.yi sPfiin&ajpj opeit right and left, arid the havoc was ireriiehdous. ? :r'J'... ' - ' tf - . .'i,... Six, iliousahd caValry charged Bragg' USt'ery ; when within two hundred vardf, evdry ,guu she. never ha.d anytlunto-do vyith doctrinal pSiiils. 'y.yi'fi. HI