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Qfcffcvsaiiicm Republican.
Thursday, July 15, 152.
i'V President,
GEiT. WINFIELD SC01T
OF NEW-JERSEY.
For Vice-President,
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM
OF NORTH-CAROLINA
For Judse of Supreme Court,
JOSEPH BUFFIN6T0N
OF ARMSTRONG COUNTY.
For Canal Commissioner,
JACOB HOFFMAN
OF BERKS COUNTY.
TOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
SENATORIAL,
E. Erown. James Pollock.
Samuel A. Furviancc.
REPRESENTATIVE.
h William F. Hogtics,
13. Nor Middleswnrth.
. 2 James Tntqutur,
i 3. John V. Stokes,
1. John P. Vcitcc,
.1. Spencer Mclhaine,
f. James W. Fuller,
14. James II. Campbell,
15. James I). Paxton.
10. James K. Davhlson,
17. Dr. John McCullock.
IS. Ralph Dnikc.
19. Sohn I.inton,
20. Archibald Robertson,
21. Thomas J. Ilighain,
22. Lewis L. Lord
23. Christian Meveis,
24. Dorman Phelps,
7. James Penrose,
-. John Sliacfler,
J Jacob Marshall,
lt. Charles P. Waller,
II. Davis Alton,
12 M. C. Merrur,
On Sunday last, a person who gave
the name as Samuel C. Green, of Carbontlale,
Pa., was arrested at Bartonsville, in this coun
ly, and brought to this place, charged with
having passed counterfeit bills of the Lieces
terBink, Licccster, Massachusetts, atscveral
points in this county, also on several persons
in this place, in all about 35.
On Monday another person, by the name of
Amos Graves, was arrested at George Keiple's,
in Coolbaugh township, charged with being
an jiccomplice of Green's. They were taken
before Esquire Burnett, and after a hearing
were committed in default of bail.
The following description of the counter
feit, wc copy from the Philadelphia Ledger,
of the 12th inst.
Fives on the Liccester Bank, Liecester,
Massachusetts, have just made their appear
ance. The counterfeit may be distinguished
by observing the water in the vignette. In
tlie genuine the waves run nearly horizontal;
in the counterfeit the water seems to be cov
ered with S's. The counterfeit is the most
dangerous ever issued, and will deceive,.un
less a very close inspection is given.
Hon. Alex. E. Brown has been se
lected, at Easton, to deliver an eulogium
cu the life and character of Henry Clay
at that place, on Monday, the 26th, inst.
A better selection could not well have
been made.
Circulate the Documents.
The friends of Scott and Graham are
notified that the following authentic and
effective campaign publications, prepared
under the auspices of the Central Com
mittee of the friends of Gen. Scott at
Washington, are now for sale at the New
York Tribune office, at the bare cost of
paper and printing.
Campaign Life of Gen. Scott, with
26 illustrations of the most eventful scenes
of his illustrious career, including the bat
tles of Chippewa, Lundy's Lane, Cerro
Gordo, Contreras, Chapultepec, &c, with
his protection of the Irish prisoners in
Canada. &c. alarge, handsome pamphlet
of thirty-two pages on fine paper. Price,
$2 per hundred, 30 cents per dozen, 3
cent single.
Also, Scenes in the Life of Gen.
SrOTT a broad sheet to be hung up in
dwellings and public places with eigh
teen spiritted illustrations price 81 0 per
thousand, SI 25 per hundred, or 2 cents
singly. Terms, Cash, inflexibly.
Ait Incident Its Result.
The Washington Telegraph gives the
( following incident. It is one of the many
E things which point beyond all doubt to
the glorious victory to be achieved by G en.
Scott in this campaign:
Our Georgetown correspondent has to
day communicated to us an agreeable lit
tle anecdote. He says that a worthy
Democrat from the Old Dominion yester-
day, called upon General Scott, and was j
kindly received, as is every visitor who
approaches him. 'I would have called ;
upon you with pleasure,' said the guest ,
'on my own account, but, as it is, I come
with a messege from my father. He was '
with you at Chippewa; and when he fell '
severely wounded, you stopped the flow of
, , , , . , . , , ,
Wood from his wound with your own hand
and ministered to his relief. He sends j
you his thanks, and the assurance that,
though a Democrat, he and all his Dem- :
.. , . . it , j
oeratic sonsvili sustain you on the day
when our friends should show themselves
such!' General Scott remembered well
tho incident and the man, to whom he re-;
turned the kindest assurances of his re- J
memtrance and esteem. In reciting this ,
. , . i I
etory an Georgetown last night, our cor-
respondent says his Virginia friend made
one convert in the crowd, certain! j
! Philadelphia, EastoiiirWalcr-Gap
Railroad.
Wc believe it is now rendered certain
that the Philadelphia, Easton and "Water
Gap Railroad will be made, and that as
soon as possible. Philadelphia has at
last waked up to the importance of secu
ring the vastly valuable trade of North
Eastern Penns3'lvania. The business men
interested in that trade see not only that
New York appreciates its importance, but
that she is giving evidence of her sagacity
in discovering, and her energy in seizing
the treasures mthintheir grasp, by stretch
ing forth several railroads to draw off the
rich resources of that portion of our State,
while our own metropolis is reposing as it
were asleep. This discovery has aroused
them ; and they arc now moving vigor-
! ouslv. The books for subscription to the
l Stock of the Philadelphia, Easton and
Water-Gap Railroad Company were o
pened a few daj'S ago at the Philadelphia
Exchange, and upwards of three thousand
shares were promptly subscribed. This
was sufficient to procure a charter, under
which the company will at once be organ
ized. We understand the proposed routes
will soon be surveyed and the most prac
ticable will be adopted.
Nalirc American Convention.
The Native Americans held their Na
tional Convention at Trenton, on Monday
last a-weck. Seven States only were rep
resented: Massachusetts, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio
and Illinois. The spirit of rivalry amoniz;
the friends of the candidates for nomina
tion seems to have been even stronger
than in cither of the previous National
Conventions, so much so, that after the
twelfth balloting, the minority retired.
The final vote stood as follows:
For President,
Daniel Webster, of Mass.,
Kimber Cleaver,
Tice President,
Geo. C. Washington, of Ya.,
Jesse Nann,
27
o
23
3
Webster and Washington were thereup
on declared nominated
The whole thing,
we presume, will end in smoke
USThe remains of Henry Clay reach
ed Cincinnati on the Sth inst., and were
received with honors and respect similar
to those shown at Baltimore, Philadelphia,
&c. In fact the same manifestations were
displayed at every city and town through
which they passed, where the opportunity
was afforded the people.
UpA great fire broke out in Montreal
on Thursday, and it is reported destroyed
four hundred houses.
Later accounts represent the number of
houses destroyed at from eight to twelve
hundred; and the total loss at nearly two
millions of dollars.
JJThe Pittsburg Union, a rabi d lo
cofoco journal, strains itself to the utmost
to eulogise Henry Clay. It styles him
'the pure and exalted patriot; the shrewd,
energetic and accomplished statesmanjthe
sincere friend, the kind, affectionate and
indulgent parent and neighbor;' and de
clares that throughout his whole career he
served his country 'with aimB as exalted,
patriotism as pure, a soul as noble and
generous as any one who has lived in his
day;' and that 'his noble spirit in its soar
ings sought the elevation, the adornment
and happiness of man wherever the race j
. . ,, i n .1 f 1 ? i
exists. ah tnis, iroin sucn n source
is
sickening to the last degree. If Mr.
Cla, instead of being the tenant of a
COmil, were mo cauuiuaiu ui mc mgFai-
fv xi r xi i .:
ty for the Presidency, the Union would
lie about him as recklessl' as it does a
bout Gen. Scott, and that is just as reck
lessly as is possible for a human being.
How these locofocos can manage to slan
der an opponent all his life, and then the
moment he is dead turn round, and with
out a blush, virtually acknowlege them
selves to be liars by straining their facul
ties in their efforts to praise the objects
of their former persecution we cannot con
ceive. Honesdale Democrat.
Col. Preston, of Kentucky, in a speech
hp. delivered at the Whif? Ratification
Meoting in Philadelphia, remarked that
the oWeetion ,vas urfred in some Quarters
against General Scott that he was lacking
iu administrative experience and ability,
Said he, if these objectors had been with
me in the city of Mexico, and had seen as
1 saw a populous city, composed mostly
fibbers and assassins, converted, in six
days, into a well-ordered and perfectly
securc community by the administrative
ability of Gen. scott, they would cease
their cavils, and join with me in declaring
tbafc no li?inS man possesses a higher or-
dcr of executive talent than the whig can-
didate for President. S
,
Contested Seat. In the House
of Representatives, at Washington, on
Friday 9th inst., on motion of Mr. Polk,
tlie question in relation to the contested
seat from the Luzerne district, was final-
y kid Qnthe tabl6j by a yote of 87 to 74
So Henry M. Fuller retains his seat, and
Hendrick B. Wright goes home.
The Whig Platform.
The Whiss of Pennsylvania are com- ( J h lUB -Suire oi mis owm
ing manfully up to the work before them. ' Psed a resolution authorizing the Gov
Not only do they everwhere enthusiastic-, eor to appoint three Commissioners, two
ally respond to the nominations of Scott of whom to be 'learned in the law,' to di
and Graham, but also cordially and ful-' gt d siraPlify the general-tax laws,
ly adopt the platform of principles agreed of the State, and to prepare drafts of gen
upon at Baltimore. A number of county , eral laws, to be submitted to the nest Le
mMfinr hnvo. nlreadv been held, and at gislature, on the subject of selling real es-
all of them the best spirit has been mani-
fested.
That at Ilollidaysburg, at which John
Brotherline, Esq., presided, and which
was addressed by S. Steel Blair, A. W.
Benedict, and Mr. Daniel Magellan, Esqrs,
adopted the following:
Resolved, That we hereby announce our
unchanged purpose, to stand shoulder to
shoulder in sustaining the whole ticket of
- . . 1 - T .111
our county, state, ana ation; declaring
tnao we nave dug one aim nun; success,
and the permanent establishment of Whig
principles.
Resolved,
That we also
and
approve the platform adopted by the Whig
National Convention at Baltimore.
At the meeting held at Danville, which
was addressed by the Hon. John Cooper,
the following among other resolutions was
adopted:
Resolved, That without reservation, and
with the most deep-rooted conviction that !
in so doing we are complying with the j
claims oi the Constitution and our own
conservatory principles, we ratify, con-
firm, and emphatically approve the acts
. . -r . Tin
and resolutions (rt tne democratic mg
National Convention, believing that the
, . . , ' , . , t .
Dohcv and nrincmlcs. which eroverned that
nli n? truth.
justice and the rights of the whole people
of this Union demand, and have been
sanctioned and originated with our great-
est, wisest and best of statesmen that to
the influence of these principles our com-
x r ;.ii.xj r n :i
mon country is indebted for all it posses
ses of liberty, honor and prosperity and
having been adopted by the Whig Party,
we will devote our entire energies to car
ry them into practice.
The Bedford meeting at which Hon.
Alex King presided, and which was ad
dressed by S. L. Russell, F. Jordon, Dr.
uompner and others, tne loiiowmg was i
adopted:
Hesolved, That the
Whigs of Bedford
county, Pa., do most heartily and enthus
siastically ratify and affirm said nomina
tions, and do most cheerfully pledge to
the nominees our warm and cordial sup
port upon the platform of principles
promulgated by the Convention.
The Carlisle meeting, presided over by
Dr. H. Hinkley, and addressed by Major
Jacob Bheem and J ames B. Smith, adop
ted the following:
Resolved, That the Whig Platform, a
dopted by the Baltimore Convention, is
sound in every respect and broad enough
and strong enough for the united Whig
party of the Union. We approve its con
ciliatory spirit, and reiterate our attach
ment to the old Whig principles of Pro
tection to American Industry, and the
unswerving support of the Constitution
and Laws of our happy Union.
That at Harrisburg, presided over by
John A. Weir, Esq., adopted the follow
ing: Resolved, That we fully endorse and
adopt that platform of principles, pro
claimed as the basis of the Whig organi
zation by her Delegates in National Con
vention assembled, and subsequently con
curred in by the nominees of that Con
vention, as cardinal principles which
should control their administration of the
G overnment, if entrusted with Executive
power.
The Somerset meeting adopted the fol- j
xOl
mg
Rcsolvcl, That wc stand united upon
the platform as set forth by the National
Whig Convention at Baltimore that the
jnimjipius upuu muu it uiifteu, aio
i.:u :x :,. i 1
sound Whig doctrine, and as such best'
calculated to promote the welfare
prosperity of our beloved country.
and i
I
Come OuTERS.-The Harrisburg State .
Journal, of the 8th inst., Says: S everal
gentlemen who have for years acted with
tne .uemoorauc party, acted as omcers at
the Scott ratification meeting on Satur
day night; and scores of others have a
vowed their determination to vote for the
Conqueror of Mexico.
'Hurrah for Scott! Hurrah for Graham.
They're going in, you cannot stay 'em!'
Thf State Elections. The Presi
dential election is to occur on the second
rlnxT nf nvrtnTior npvt nnrl Alppttrm3 5n !
, xi -n -j x- i -n i
the following States at the time mention
ed below; at most of which members of
Congress are to be elected: Alabama,
Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri,and ,
Iowa, August 2d; North Carolina, and
m , , ' !
Tennessee, August 5th; Vermont, Sep-
tember 7th,: Maine, September 13th: j
Georgia, Arkansas, and Florida, October j je& The following story has been go
4th; South Carolina, October lltb; Pcnn- ing the rounds in a mutilated condition.
sylvania, and Ohio, October 12th.
Prolific. The Jersey City Telegraph
snys that, a few days ago, Mrs. Elliot,
wife of Richard Elliot, the drummer liv
ing in Newark avenue, in thc 4th ward : and valueless that was the Whig party.
of that .city gave birth to her twenty-third , The skin was nauseous, caustic, disagree
child. Both mother and child are doing able that was the Free Soil party. He
well. Thc age of Mr. Elliot is 55, and then said he would show them the Dem
that of Mrs. E. 50. They have been ocratic party. He cracked the nut, and
married about 30 years. found it rotten.
Revising the Laws. On the 4th of
-r ix xt. - T it" fi-l-
j e Guardians, Executors, Administra-
tors, and others acting in a representative
character; on the creation of Corporations;
the Payment of claims against the Com
monwealth, and to divorces, in order to
lessen the necessity of special legislation.
In pursuance of this legislation, the Eas
ton Sentinel says, the Governor has se
lected Jas. M. Porter, of Northampton,
J. Ellis Bonham, of Cumberland, and
E(iward A. Pcnniman, of Philadelphia
i ,
countv, as Commissioners.
JB" A farmer named Warren Skinner,
at work in the field, in Earlville, Oneida
Co., was struck by lightning and killed,
on Wednesday last. His clothes were
torn in fragments, and thrown in differ
ent directions more than thirty feet from
where he stood, and both his boots were
entirely torn off and thrown at least 18
feet. There was scarcely a shred of his
clothing left on him. There were two
holes in his head which appeared to have
)een made by the electric fluid, and also
; a hole in the bottom of his foot, and a
!,,.,! . j-
hole m the ground directly under his
i 65 J
! foot.
j&gThe new school Presbyterian Church
now comprises 140,650 communicants
heing an increase of 876 during the last
vear 'j;hc number of churches is 1,602,
: J 17
ministers 1,527, licentiates 130.
Hon. JonN P. Kennedy, of Baltimore,
has been selected by President Filhnorc
for the Navy Department, in place of ex
Gov. Graham, resigned. Mr. K. repre
sented Baltimore in Congress in 1839,
and again fron 1841 to 1845. He was
f the author of the address issued by the
Vv Li members when they came out and
denounced John Tyler as a traitor. He
! is an eloquent speaker, an accomplished
writer, and an unswerving Whig. He
will make an excellent officer, and his ap-
x x n -l , i.:i,i ,:n. x:xvx: !
pUUlLlUL'Ub Uli UU UilUCU YY11U Oil liaiiUJLlUU
by the Whigs.
A Grand Sight. It is said that the
telegraph wire was struck near Galena,
last week, by atmospheric lightning, and
melted for about three hundred yards,
and more or less injured for half a mile.
A spectator, who saw the scene, decribes
the electrical, exhibition as a chain of fire
stretched both ways as far as he could see
across the landscape.
New Process of IWak ins Butter.
Mr. James Stubbs, of Cuttyhunk Isl- f
and, informs us of a new process of ma
king butter from the cream, which prom-
ises to superscede the labor of the churn,
at least during the warm season. At his
dairy recently, a quantity of cream which
had obstinately refused to become butter
under any reasonable or oven unreason
able amount of agitation in the usual
mode, was at length emptied into a clean
" salt-bag" of coarse linen, and deposited
in tho ground at a depth of twelve inches
below the surface, to cool. Un tlie tol-
lowmg morning it was found that the but
ter remained in the bag perfectly nice and
sweet. He has sinco frequently manufac
tured butter by this method, with invari-
blc gueefiss in from p;r to twelvG horir
. , ..
j.xa an enccnuai preventive oi any cariniy
taste becoming imparted to the butter,
Mr. Stubbs suggests that the bag contain-
KVi 1 X? -X xl-l-
ing the crcam bo placed in auotbcr bag
or clotu of thc same material The val.
UQ f tb(J discovery may bo easily tested.
New Bedford Mercury.
This is certainly a new way of making
butter, but it does not strike us as being
at all a commendable plan. A little ico
perhaps would have done all tho burying
process did.
The Middletown (Connecticut) News
and Advertiser, hitherto published as a
neutral paper, raises the Scott and Gra
! ham flag, and promises to do excellent
service in the great campaign.
It is an a-
bio and efficient paper,
The Salem, (Mass.) Gazette says that
it hears from towns in that neighborhood
that men who voted for Yan Buren in
184Mnd others who voted for Cass now
openly avow their determination to vote
xr
Our friends can rely on this as the cor
rect version :
A Democrat in an electioneering speech
took a walnut into the pulpit. lie told
his hearers that the shell was tasteless
Gen. Pierce's Military Exploits.
We are indebted to the Covington, Ky.,
Journal for the annexed exhibit of the
entire military career of General Pierce
in Mexico. The Journal says :
We now proceed to prove the allegation
1
that Gen. Pierce was unfortunate in Mex-
ico, nay, more, we will show by the of
ficial documents, quoting largely from
Gen. Pierce's own despatches, citing
document and page, that he was most
singularly, unaccountably xinfortunate.
With a single exception, the references brigate (9th infantry)then acting under
are all to the documents accompying Pres- the orders of Gen. Quitman, at the garita
ident Polk's Annual Message to the first on ?ie Tacobaya road, the 1 5th regiment
r Ai mi n n I having previously been directed to remain
session of the Thirtieth Congress I a garPris0n at Chapultepec. In tl.
1. The first duty assigned to General sition I remained iintililicncics of the siir
Pierce in Mexico was to take up a rein-' render of the city was communicated to Gen.
forcement of 2400 men from Vera Cruz' Quttman." Pierce's report, ap. p. 190.
to the main army, then well advanced in- . Thi.s closcs Gen. Pierce's active opera-
, ,, . . . r, a n
Gen Scott was waiting
for this additional force to make the de-
scent upon the city of Mexico. Pierce's j der-in-chief to experience " great ansie
movements had been so tardy, that at ty."
Perote, he received a letter from Gen. . 2' On the evening of the 19th August,
. , . , . , i i xi 4. in his first engagement with the enemy,
Snath, m which he was informed that . his horse m MmJiat ashcwas kJr
Gen. Scott had " experienced great anxic- in brigade into the thickest of the fight,
ty" on account of his command. Pierce, 3. On the morning of the 20th of Au-
in
answer to this letter, does not give par- j gust, at the battle of Contreras, the com
ularly the causes of the delay, but says ! nd f Pier-Ce'3 brigadc devcd,.on
ticul
they will be furnished by his aid-de-camp,
Lieut. Thorn. He however adds, "I have
really encountered nothing that can be
construed into serious resistance." Gen.
Pierce to Gen. Scott, Appendix, p. 25.
2. Gen. Pierce finally reached Gen.
Scott with his command. On the 19th
of August, 1S47, in the evening, commen
ced a series of achievements, unsurpassed j
in the annals of military operations. Tho
first iij. the series was the attack on the
enemy at San Antonio. Gens. Twiggs,
Shields, Smith and Cadwalader are men-
tioned. ' Pierce's brigade' is spoken of,
but Pierce himself is not named. Gen.
Scott's despatch to the Secretary of War,
p. 303. We learn from Gen. Pierce's
report (appendix, p. 105,) that on this af-
ternoon he received a severe hurt from
, the fall of his horse. We learn from Gen.
; Pillow's report that this accident occurred
' to Pierce iust as he was leading his bri-
j ga(ie int0 the thickest of the fight.
3. Early the next morning, August 20,
the battle of Contreras was fought. Du
ring the night Gen. Pierce had received
orders from the gencral-in-chief to assem
ble all the forces in his immediate neigh-
j borhood and occupy a position in order
to create a diversion m favor of Brig.
Gen. Smith, who was to storm the enemy's
works at dawn of day. Gen. Pierce says:
" Beintr mvself unable to keep my saddle,
0r to walk in consequence of a severe in -
jury from my horse the day before, tlie
commana oj mis jorce aevotvea upon w.
Ransom, of the 9th infantry." ("Pierce's
report p. 105.) The great victory of
! uontrcras was acnievea. omeias, cmirn, ;
Contreras was achieved, blnelds, bmirh,
Oadwallader, Riley, &c, arc honorably
1UUUUU11UU UJ lUV UUlllXUaUVtCl -XU-UXllX.
4. The same day. directly after the bat -
tie of Contreras, Pierce was in his saddle,
and in the movement against Cherubusco,
J i li-.l. J CJ1.' 1 J xl.
was oruerea xo auacK i uuuur ouiciuo; iuu ChnJ'in- lflVJ.
enemy's right and rear. In this position SnOCiilllg AH11 .
Shields and Pierce were hard pressed, Bernard Runny, a German, aged lo,
and here Gen. Vievcofainted. Gen. Scott, and his wife Caroline, aged 26, residing
in his despatch (page 313) says: "Briga- at Newark, N. J. having been missed for
dier General Pierce from the hurt of thc ; QT Qm d b ns residi
evening before-under pain and exhaus- . samc h a do -
tlOU-FAINTED IN THE ACTION." Gen , q was broken open OU
Pierce himself says: (appendix, page 106,) ( Wodnesd morni tbe 30th ul when
"Inthisposition our troops received a most the bodies of Runy and wife were dis
gallmglire, which, for a time , threw them coyered j nponJthe bed larg0 quan.
into some confusion. Ihe intrepid titiesofdried blood being upon the bed and
Gen. Shields supported Dy Col. Ransom, floon The Coroner wa? immediately sent
succeeded in bringing portions of the com- f aud an officcr h . arriycd broke
mand into order." ' This accident (the 'n thc doQr of thc aDpartraeilt when
fall of his horse) rendered me unable to th(J stench WM SQ ovcwlin;ng that all
struggle with the difficulties of thc ground fc qU tQ
OYorlavoohhdtoontho.1' 11 tho windows were finally raise J
evening oi the last daj (thc 20th) and m and chloride of lime, charcoil and other
theeflortto doSO, I rf, faint from CX- aiwnfcnrnnte r nnt into the room.-
haustion and
pam."
5
n the 24th of August, an armistice
was agreed upon between Generals Scott Jnfl cor ted to a t cxtcnt They
and Santa Anna. At the expiration of q . hfc Ofothes undor tbe ,ov.
about two weeks the latter violated the theilffacc3 turned partiallf to
truce, and hostilities were resumed The ' Thc bod of thJman wa3
first engagement was hat at the Molino infested with vermin and the face and
del Rey, Sep . . In his despatch, Gen breMt of woman W(Jre disfi ured by
Scott says : The enemy having several yiolonco and corrnptioll. The bed had
times reinforced his line, and the action bcen aoakfld -n d of which
soon becoming much more genera than I alsos attcrcd about theoom and on
had expected, I called up trom the dis- th(j furniturCt A curso examination
tance ot three miles, first, Major Gen. revealed between the two bodies a double
Pillow with his remaining brigade barrelled istol evidently the instrument
(Pierce s), and next Riley s brigade of , of dcstnJtion t0 tho wornan, as her fore
I wiggs' division Q hose corps approach- head hafl been shattered by the bullet
ed with zeal and rapidity; but the bat- j Sllbseruent investigation showed that
TLB WAS WON JUST AS BRIGADIER GEN- r been with good and sufficient
ERAL Pierce reached the ground!" , reasng ye jealou3 0f his wife, and led
LouutoaujuLuu, p. ouu.j uruuurui ivuitn
says, " me Dattle had been won more
than one hour before Gen. Pierce's bri
gade, or any other support, reached tho
ground "Ex. Doc. No. 60, p. 1067.
6. Next in order was the storming of
Chapultepec, Sept, 13. During tho en
gagement, " General Pillow was struck
down by an agonizing wound." " The
immediate command devolved on Brig.
Gen. Cadwalader, in the absence of the
Senior Brigadier (Pierce) of the same di
vision." Finding Gen. Pierce absent on
this important occasion, we turn to seek
the cause, and from his own report get it,
as follows : "As soon as it became suffi
ciently dark to conceal the mancevre, the
brigade was directed by the general com
manding the division to move silently un
der cover of a long range of buildings.
! ?m.own af.the ,Molia de,1 Eey which place
is immediately under the guns of Chapul
tepee. Previous to tliis movement, how
ever, 1 was compelled to leave the field in
consequence of severe indispositioti, which
confined me to my bed during the 13th
and, oj course, deprived me of the satis-
. faction of Tinrflnmntin. TTfl in,, V-I .1
:n tbe Morions M,.mf f .f '
q fuav i viuuuiy UJ. uiiau ua. y
fp:
I Pierce's report, appendix, p. 193
7. Notwithstanding Gen. Pierce's " se
vere indisposition," he was up, bright and
early, on the morning after the battle
He says : "At 4 o'clock on the moraine
ot the 14th, 1 joined that portion of mv
i : l- trL. rr l it .. .J
iu iuuxiuu. xiui us luuuuiLuiate :
t TT x-.1. i i
J reinforcements caused the comman-
x. rxis taruv movement in cominrf nn
jjt of pierce
4. On the afternoon of the same day,
Gen. Pierce was in his saddle, and in the
battle immediately followed at Cherubus-
CO, FAINTED IN THE ACTION.
5. In the battle at the Molino del Rey,
it was Pierce's misfortune that the "bat
tle was icon just as he reached the ground.
G. On the eve of the battle of Chapulte
pec, just as his command was takingthe po
sition that had been assigned to it, Pierce
was taken sick, and remained sick during
the day of the battle.
7. But on the next morning, as early
as 4 o'clock, was on duty rejoined a por
tion of his brigade at the garitia on the
Tacubaya road, and there remained until
news came of the surrender of the city of
Mexico.
We venture to say that the world's his
tory will not furnish a parallel instance
in which an officer of like rank met with
such a series of misfortunes, accidents and
casualties as befel Gen. Pierce in Mexi
co, in the short period of three weeks !
The " Savanah Georgian" (Democrat)
states its belief that a great majority of
the Whigs of Georgia, will go with Messrs.
Dawson and Grantland for General Scott,
and that if Messrs. Cobb, Toombs, and
Stephens, of the " Union" party, form a
third ticket and thus divide the democrat
ic Yote, the State will go for Scott.
The Savannah Republican says that
Scott's letter of acceptance will probably
' reconcile the Whigs of thawBtatc. Meet-
' -m(f3 jjave already been called to ratify
t nominations.
j Death
of Hon. T. iTI. T. IttcKeii
ii mi.
-my - "-
f X'X. JL. A'X VXl-XlLlilil, Ul II UOliXXitUlX V.UU1XUJT i
, rllnd nt tn rsidnnp nf JnrW Brl! in
this city, this morning, at 11 o'clock
n
vocnnfo,1 linlU nJun,A fi;ffim,rnrl
, to Q conviction tbat he had killed uer
and then taken his own life.
Anecdote of Gen. Scott. The Tecunisch
(Mich.) Herald, relates thc following an
ecdote: 'A citizen of our town gives a remark
made by Gen. Scott at Fort George, in
1813. A British flag was sent to the A
merican army. The carrier was sent to
Gen. Scott's tent, and said to him, (0ur
General has sent mo with this flag io re
quest you to surrender to him, for if you
do not he shall be compelled to storm the
fort, and will not be responsible for tho
Indians.' The reply of Gen. Scott
this: 'Tell your general to come on and
storm the fort, and I will bo responsible
for the Indians,'