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From the Cincinnati Gazette
Hurrah for Zack I
Old Zack will gire the Locos pas,
Hurra, hurra, hurra.
With him we'll beat their General Cass,
Hurra, hurra, hurra.
We'll Rive the Locos all a blister,
.And make thetn think of Buena Vistaff 3
Hurra, hurra, hurra,
Hurra, hurra, hurrah
The Mexicans at Monterey,
Hurra, &c.
Did think that they would win the day,,,:.
Hurra, &c.
If Locos think so now, alack, -Twey'll
find that they can't beat old Zack;
Hurra, &c.
The people have resolved, en masse; '
Hurra, &c.
That Taylor's far ahead of Cass,"
Hurra, &c.
And only wait election day , , .
A debt of gratitude to pay,
Hurra, &c. . , ;
Our valiant Taylor freedom's pride',, . .
Hurra, &c. .
Need only that event abide,
Hurra, &c.
And then assume our ruler's place '
And free our country from disgrace,
Hurra, &c.
-wiiigSougr.
BY J. A. GOULD, ESQ.
Tune "Auld Lang Syne:"
Come Whigs arise, lift up your heads,
Your glorious course pursue ;
For liberty and equal rights,
Let every heart be true.
Chorus: :
From East to West, from North to Sotith
From river, lake, and shore,
Let ev'ry man .go heart and hand, . , . .
For Taylor and Fillmore. .
Let all the int'rests of our land,
Be thoroughly sustained ;
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Let capital and industry,
Divide the profits gained.
Chorus From East to West, &c; .
The doings of our delegates, ' : -Were
certainly correct ;
For Taylor is the very man,
Whom we can now elect.
Chorus From East to West, "&c.
Of candidates we ask no pledge, :. ;
It is do guarantee ; -
An honest man is always safe, -
A rogue can never be.
Chorus From East to'Wrest, &c -
And when i.he great election comes, i ,
Be sure it proves no farce, : .
Let Taylor have his patterri full, -. - .f- t
The remnants give to Cass. -
Chorus: . '5 ; "
From East to West, from Nrth toSouth.
"From river, lake and hore
Let every man go heart and handr
For Taylor and Fillmore
The Pork Trade of ihe West. De How s
Commercial Reiew for July, contains some
jnieresiing tables on the Pork trade of the Wes
tern Stales. The number of hogs slaughtered
doring ihe year I847, 1848, was 1,509,000
au increa&e of nearly fifty per cent, oyer pre
vious years. The number hlaughter'ed in Cin
cinnati alone amounted 'to 575,000. Only a
fiinall portion of ihia valuable product is expor
ted ; and four-fifths of lhat sent out of the
coutry, 18 io the Brmfh Colb'nids, South Amer
ica, and the Wesi Indies.
JJj3 'Nothiing can .be done well,' says' Dr.
Knchener, 'that is done in4 a hurry.' 'Except
taiching flees,1 adds the London Punch'!
,,The " Hulks" of Bermuda.
It may.be interesting to some of our readers to
know something about the place where the Irish
Patriot, Mitchpll, is condemned to linger out his
days in confinement on board a prison ship. They
are truly named ''Hulks," and i would add loath
some hulks, too., ,1,, was once a prisoner of var,
and confined on board, of them, and have a most
vivid recollection ofthpsc floating castles.
The Bermudas, or Somers' Islands, are a small
group, situated about half way .betweon Nova
Scotia and the Antilles, and, about six hundred
miles from the American , coast,, or from Cape
Hatteras. During the war.of 182, it waa. the
head quarters for the British army and, navy on
the American station. It was from the Bermudas
that the army under Gen. Ross sailed for the
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Chesapeake,, and for the attack on Baltimore.., It
was also from the Bermudas that one division of
the army, destined fpr the attack on New Orleans,
departed, under the command of Gen. Keene the
division under Gen. Gibbs, for the same destina
tion, sailed from Jamaica. These Islands are a-
bout thirty -five miles in length, and about twenty
broad, and are divided into about forty islands, j
the sea running through them in every direction, J
forming bays and inlets pn almost every side.
One of the hulks, file " Goree," an old African
ship, is situated at the head of St. George's har
bour and is used as a receiving ship. The " Ar
dent," sixty-four, was situated in the bay, about
four miles from the navy yard at Hamilton, and
three miles from the tanks, at the head of a long
and dangerous reef of rocks which extends ,from
the eastern end of the islands for about . thirty
miles, in a kind of a semi-circle, running around
the western side of the is'and. Inside of this reef,
and near the head of it, lies the " Thames," a large ' the water is so clear that you can see them hook
dismantled ship, her lower masts only standing, j in the bait, in five fathoms. I cannot illustrate on
looking like three stumps stinking up, arid a bow- j paper, or portray the excitement it creates in,
sprit sticking out lookins like a dog's tail cut off. j watching the motions of the fish when all their.
This is the place the patriot Mitchell is incar- j movements are distinctly seen with the eye. Fish
cerated. This hulk the " Thames" has taken j ponds and traps are, frequent, and some of them
the place of the " Ardent," which has been hauled are very large an,d contain large quantities of fish,
into the docks at Plamilton. which are always on harid to, .supply the market,
Confinement in one of these hulks is bad enough when the heavy gales,, .which last sometimes many
for sailors, who are accustomed tok wet jucketjdays, prevent the fishermen from taking the usu
and hard fare ; but for a landsman, who has been al supply. -
bred in scenes of refinement, it is, absolutely, un- ; ; " "
endurable. His fare is the condemned provisions Tauner'i Bark .OTannre for Clicrry
,., , , . , . , . . Trees. - '
oi tne Druisn navy, ana mai wnicn is not con-
demned, an American dog would turn up his nose
at the scenery is the constant dash of the ocean
against the rocks, laving it into white foam ; shut
in on the .south by high hills, and,, on the west,
open to the Atlantic, but locked in by that impas -
sible reef that no vessel dare venture near.
During the war of 1812 to 1815, 1 was captured
by the Lacsdemonian frigate, and carried into
Bermudas, where I remained a prisoner of war;those in thei'r prime, . ;This: tan t is spread-under
eighteen months, and was, for a time, confined in
the "Hulks." I' know them well, and wheal
was first crowded down into the gun-deck of that!
loathsome craft I thought my days were numbered
There are very few persons that can form the
slightest idea of an entrance on board of a prison
ship 1 had" been partially initiated before, hav:
ing once been picked up at sea by the Melya-j
monenigate,. ana once ueiore capiurea omine
coast of France, and sent on board the hulks- at
Portsmouth'.' On entering the gangway, your mess
is called out, and' if they are not near at hand for
your protection, you are pretty sure to lose your
kit."
The hulk at the head of Sf. Georges's harbor
may be compared to a wart on a handsome wo
man's face. The bay which forms the harbour
is a beautiful sheet of water. On the left are lofty
hills, with plateaux of ceder groves along up their
sides, dotted with the white villas of the citizens;
arid in a vally, and gradually rising to the hills,
is tHe town' of St. George, with its while stone
houses and flat roofs; and stretching far down
the'bay, and on the hills below, are the Barracks
and Fort Somers. On the south are some low is
lands, which the open sea rolls on in interminable
swells ; sometimes dashing against the rock-bound
shore until the white foam looks like a lady's frill,
graceiully fitted to her neck.
As soon asT was through with my examination
at the court of Vice Admirality, I was marched to
the dock-boat, and when 1 approached the huge
black hulk, swarms of heads could be seen peep
ing through the port holes. My blood ran cold as
I was ushered on board of this floating pest-house.
A few mariners were pacing fore and aft, and un
er a large awning, on the quarter-deck, my name
was registered by an officer, and my mess num
bered. Fortunately for me, my mess was near
the gangway, and I got but one black eye before
I was surrounded by my mess. My cloihes bag
was gone and. I had. the satisfaction of seeing
one or two very pretty fights for the possession of
one of my shirts. The Goree .was a general re
ceiving ship, where the pirate, the privateersman,
the sailor, and tlWlandshla'n' were all thrown to
gdtheri A fterwardstnlie American prisoner s we re
trVriVferredVo tlie Ardent, sixty-fourr iivtjjj uppet
bay, where the Thames., now lies. After a few
days' confinement on board of the Goree, I was
transferred to the Ardent. .
Nothing but stratagem can ever relieve the un
fortunate Mitchell from his position. . In the pas
sage up, inside of the reef, at least four hundred
guns could be brought to bear upon any vessel
that should venture in, and those at, a high eleva
tion. The reef is a perfect barrier to any approach
direct from sea. There is no passage through the
Islands any other way, except for small boats, and
they vyould have to pass through the harbour of
St. George in order to reach the upper bay.
After remaining on board the " Hulks" fpr some
time, I was fortunute. enough toget.my parole, and
lived on the Island of St. George until after peace
was. declared. The inhabitants of the Bermudas
are: a very plesant. agreeable people, and the wo
men are beautiful. The air is pure and vvhqle
some, and the fogs from the banks of Newfound
land bleach. their delicate white s, kins, until they
are so clear, that the, blue veins can be seen
through them. Like the West ,ndia Islands, sea
bathing is a constant custom with both males and
females, and bays, and places protected vby the
jutting rocks are allotted.to the females, where it
would be sacrilege for a., male to enter. . There
are many handsome cedar groves, which are con
sidered valuable, and, in fact, .they., are the . only
thing valuable raised on tae Islands, except for
home consumption. . . v.
Bermuda is a famous place for fishing whales.,
sport around the island at certain seasons of the
year, and as for fish on the table, there is no place,'
in the. world, in the same latitude, that equals it.J
The great boast of the islands is thegruper, which
I are caught with hook and line on the coast, and
Tne editor of tlie Boston. Cultivator, in a de- j
3Cription of the farm of Messrs. A. D., Williams
. & Son, of Roxbury, gives ;the following account
j of lhat gentleman's management of Cherry trees :
Spent lan fresh t (hom- the tannery,, about a
j horse load.toeach tree 'once.in thiee.or fourvears.
is used for, all cherry trees ;without .exception, and
it is regarded as the best manure, reviving, old de
caying( trees,. and giving a. healthy. rapid growth to
j the jrqexnbslly around the .trunk... -As .an evidence
that its valuable effects are not .merely mechanical
5y Naming moisture, like any litter,, on opening
the tan the fibrous roots, of the cherry are found
penetrating the tan in every direction. Some
coming directly up into the tan, where, it is laid
above the large roots of the tree. In somepla-
ces where tl)e winrjs have blowed off some of the
tan numerous roots may be seen.
This opiniou so highly in favor of the use of tan
as manure for the cherry, is given" after, many years
exnenence and on many trees, ine soil is at
slrong loam.
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This valuable discovery was made by some an-
I cestor in the family, who had dug out sojne rocks,
leaving an unsightly spot, which he filled with
spent tan. and earth, and some cherry trees carne
up there and grew with uncommon vigor. As tan,
in its fresh state, is generally injurious to vegeta
tion, we advise caution in its trial, lest the tre'es
suffer by injudicious doses. We may use tuo
much of 1 good thing." .
Desolation o Yucatan.
The New York Commercial furnishes the fol
lowing interesting letter from Mr. Fitzgibbon, the
editor of the Honduras Observer, descriptive of
the state of affairs in Yucatan! It is dated Be
lize, July 4th.
The town of Bacalar, formerly' called Salaman
ca de Bacalar, is built on an elevated' ridge of land
overhanging the lagoon of the same name', ;and
contained a population of between 3,000 dnd 4,Q00
souls. A body of the Indians were ranging' that
State, under the command of a chief named' Jose
Pablo Cocom, to the number of labout J'500' men,
and attacked the'town on the 15th of April last.
Among this entire body of men,- only about one
hundred' had guns. The Yucate'cos, on the con
trary, were well armed, and the town itself was
strongly fortified.
On the land side there are seven small batteries
and a breastwork of full a mile and a half in length.
These were all yielded 'without a'struggle, and the
troops fell back to the castle erected to protect the
place on the, lagoon side, and mounting somn twen
ty gun's and (bur mortars. The women and children,
and the oflceil?! abandoned,' the town to the I tVd fan's,'
and fled to Belize, or wherever else they could
find shelter. The castle held out for three days,
when it capitulated, the beseiged being permitted
to leaveithe place unraolested, except having their
heads shaved. Not a single: person, is known to
have been killed during the attack, except six Yu
catecos in the castle, killed by the. bursting of one
of the cannon. That many -were afterwards mur
dered thete can be no douht. The Indian gritto
or war whoop, did more to take the place than
anything else, for it appears to have paralyzed the
defenders of the town.
,In nearly every street I found cannon had been
placed for its defence. Of the town itself 207 of
the finest and best houses had been destroyed in
the flush of victory. Here and there the most re
volting sights weie to be met ; human corpses de
voured -by hogs and dogs. These unfortunates
had been murdered after the surrender of the place,
and had been dragged with ropes around the neck
or legs through the streets, iand there left. In
the grave yard I found the tombs had been broken
open and the bodies taken out and served in like
manner. .
But the most revolting and horrible spectacle
of all was within the walls of the castle. I found
the partially burned remains of nine human beings
The wfill wns nlsti choked on with hndies. Tn
one angle of the battlements I found the body of!
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a female in a partially decomposed state, and was '
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informed that she had been .violated by eight, of:
these savages, and then put to" death. The stench,
was beyond anything I ever experienced. On the
outside of the castle walls I should suppose there
was a good handbarrow load of human hair. .
- Of course there is nothing like order in the town
! no man's life or property is safe a moment. .'
Notwithstanding this state of things, however, sev- s Having procured about two ounce of chforo
eral shops have been opened by people from Be-' f"rn, I administered it by putting it in a Spoooe
lize.
I saw the. torture applied to two unfortunate
Spaniards who'had, been taken prisoners, and" af
terwards saw them receive fifty lashes each
The Indians are continually fighting among them
selves, and scarcely a day passes that one or, more
ence of the United Statesj'and: say that unless
they are stopped, they will not leave a Spaniard
in the country.
Remarkable Hcscuc from Servitude
of a free Coiored Pliiladclpliiaai.
The New York Tiibune says thai there has
arrived at lhat port, as a; passenger from Ha
vana, m the barque Rapid, a colored man
nameujoun i.yue, a native, o, rm aueipn.a,
who returns to his country after an absence of
twe ve or fourteen years, w.thm which period
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: Somti short lime ago, a gentleman of New
York, while, travelling, in the ; island of Cuba,
stopped at the ingnio,;a sugar estale of a weaf
ihy plainer named Dnn (Jumper Hernandez,
about 20 miles from Maianza.. While exam
ining the machine of ihe sugar works, he was
addressed in English by one of ihe apparent
slaves employed about ihern ; and ihe result
of guardotl conversation that ensued was 10 in
form, 'him that the slave, was in truth s free
Ajnerican , citizen, wrongfully held in slavery.
His story was this : He had been shipwrecked
many years before on the coast of Africa, in
the ship Jupiter, employed in ihe service of ihe
Colonization. Societv. Wiih the rest of ihe
crew he had made his way along the coast for
about 130 miles to the slave, station at Galli
nas, where, he was well received by the pro
prietor, Don Pancho Ramon, who promised
him a passage in jhe fir:i vessel to Cuba, froiu
which Island ;i would be easy 10 reach tire
l)niled Stales. The slave cargo which he thus
accompanied being duly lauded in the neigh
borhood of Maianzas,. Lyile was cooped with
the rest of his color in ihe 'barracoons,' aud soon
found himself at work as a slave on the estate
where he waa thus found by a stray wayfarer
from his own country. He had made more
than one unsuccssful attempt for his. freedom,
aud had at ihis time given u;p the thought of it
in despair. After luther inquiries had bebii
made, ihe case ,was laid before ho Secretary
of Stale, who fully entered into ii, and readily,
responded to the call made upon hjm to demand
the liberation of the man. . Our Consul at Ha
vana also entered inio tho spirit of the instruc
tions which he received from the State Depart
ment, with his characteristic zeal aud ability, j
Tho upshot of the whole matter has been llie
arriial of ihe man, as free,' at New York, as
above stated, with iho sum of $2,2 if 33, as
his wages during the eleven years of liis tier
vtiudeV with interest, beside his expenses holhd.
Curidus Invention.' An the village of Bir
mingham, Coiin., ihere is a machine for making
brass chains, which works as if endowed with
human instinct. By a turn of the driving wheel
a largo roll of wire is transformed into a. per
fectly formed chain by the unaided operation
of self-a'ciing machinery;
" PreveH)oii is better thanutef 14 -Jfctt';
Receipts.
.To Make Cold Cream. M.-It in an eanlw:rf
pipkin, over a very gentle hat, a quarter ofa'if.
ounce of white wax, and as much .Nperniacwi'i ;s
add, while hoi, an ouiice of the oil of sweet al
monds ; poiir it into a bowl, and tir it umil im
becomes smooth and quite cold, aililunf "rudiY
ally, drop by ytop, a large table-spmuifwl u ' 'dps
tilled rose or lavender water. Tins is jurucu-'
larly good for (fie hand, rendering the km soft,
and pliant.
Preservation of Cucumbers. In Germany and
Poland, it is said barrels uf ciicunHiera, of vari
ous sizes and age, headed up- water n!itf ar
preserved fresh; from one yeaV to -another !
immersing them in deep well, where the uni
form lemperaiure and exclution of Ihe air seen
to he the preserving agents.
To destroy Flies. Mix in a -aucer, a lahle
fpoonful of cream, half as much ground black,
pepper, a leahpoonful of brovvn .tugar. This
will attract and kill flies without duner of poi
soning children. .
How to prevent the Ravages of Moths Thp
ravages of -the wdollen moih may be prevented
by the use of the following substances : To
bacco, comphor, red pepper, turpentine, ait'd.
perhaps the most agreeable for wearing app.iraif
a mixture of one ounce of rhubarb, and kejit m
a box or drawer. If the substance be drv. cat-
,erfil in-the folds of the cloth, r,,., Hank".,.
or furs ; if liquid, sprinkle ii Ireely in trie oox-
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Chloroform Gercu to Horses.' &T'
A gentleman at MorrUtown, N. J., ha'vietna
valuable, but an unmanageable hnrVe, -ao filvl
ficuli to shoe, determined to try the elftrsi of
chloroform. He says
and lettintr him inhale it : ihe anitu i seemed
to like it, and snufied it tip very ea rly ; in a.
short time it had the desired efTecrand he laiti
down quietly, when the smith put tm ih'e thott
while he remained as if asleep. In about twen
ty minutes he entirely recover? from the ef-
fncis of it' and has been Derfnttlv w!l hvh'p
Dismal Enough. 5
Somebody has given the following description:
of the Great Dismal Swamx, sima'ie'd in Virgin
ia and North Carolina. l.Je may well call v,
as he does, a "fearful plat- e." '-It is full of wild
bird's, wild beasts, reptile.- and runaway negroes.
Huge bullfrogs,, nearly ;1S large as a man's loot;
with smaller specimens of the same enus open
a , d conccrf every ighi.-Great indolerfi
h,rons anJ olher ,m) azvr ()
a fi;h unless h out of his own accord
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8t rQund Qn ,h rjpn, H.vnrin (,f mna-
queloes, ephemera and sand flies fill the air.
Ai about sundowr.i and after, all the animal lifti
is in motion. Every throat is open. Tho
croaking of the bulfrogs, buzzing of niseis, coo;
ing of turtle doves, and the sounds from a thou
sand musica I instruments, pitched on as many
different keys, make an assemblage of harmo
ny and discord that defies a description The
vegetatiori of the Swamp is more luxuriant than
can. be yen in any pari of the world. The
timber s pine, oak, sweet gum, black gum,
holly, t'ne beautiful tulip tree, ihe cypress., loa
ded down with its festoons of mos, the mile
toe 'bough in dark green bunches growing
about, on many different trees, with different
ktMds of limber. Immense canebrakes, so
thickly interwoven with vines that one might
about as well attempt to walk through a brick
wall as to force liis way through. A canal is
made ihro' the swamp, and, part of the way,
it goes thro' ihe lake, and on iis banks runs
tlie siage road. Shakes, lizards, scorpions
chameleons and other loathsome, reptiles, abound
in great numbers,"
Valuable Invention. Mr. T. S. S:eadman, of
Philadelphia, has just patented an invention 16
ease the weight of heavy loads on draught hor
ses. This is done by means of a curiously ar
ranged elastic spring beneaih the shafts, with
bolts running through. It works beautifully, and
will prove a great blessing to the poor horses.
Punishment in China. Of ihe different kinds
of punishment to which ihe higher classes in
China are subject; one is, to be flogghd wiih a
piece of pgr fumed bamboo. It is said that on
one occasion ihe executioner in pum.shiiii -i
mandarin, committed a mictak, and used only
a common piece of bamboo ; 111 roioequenee of
ihis the criminal, after .being pum-hed, Mezed
a knife and ripped himselef opeu, declaring
th'at His hbner was gone.
U53 It Was so hot in New Orleans, by ihe
last: accounts, that the Crescent says the people
there have been compelled 10 draw their breath
with corkscrews This is entirely loo hot. ,
Prophecy Fulfilled. The conversion of a
church inio a. banking-house, in phjoeems a
striking fulfilment ql tne bcrijiniral paage.
$The house of the LordjiaU be iuYntdinto ad
of thieves r " i :"
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