Jfe read parts of that letter at the time,
lid we remember distinctly tnac it con
tained what the Judge stated to be his
views on another subject of inquiry, which
fie not those now held by his party, or
1 which he would now any more have
courage
to avow as his own.
than
h has to admit that he was opposed in
337 to Foreigners having the right of
Iteaffrac. It may be true that he answer-
the inquiry, in regard to his views on
.a cnninr'i. 111 11:1 i.n 1 11111. a.i 1 1 r!LiiLi;n 1
. 11. 1 A. -J - V n 1 . . . , rsjl t
nin nm. u ii iiii 111 11. iii'iii'vir l win 11 1 1
Of Anv It. will show that he did -not an-
Cause the Native members were strongly
incliued to support him after the receipt
of his letter, and, we have always under
stood, that the letter, or a certified copy
of it, was used against him in the United
States Senate when his nomination for
the Supreme Court of the United States
was before that body, and that his rejec
tion for that office was mainly owing to
heterodox sentiments therein expressed
by him.
Such are the evidences that Judge
Woodward is hostile to foreigners. Can
any one doubt it after reading the facts
adduced to sustain it, backed up by the
expression of his views in his letters of
September 6, 1351. We think not, no
matter what he may now write or say to
the coutrary.
iicttcvsoniau tiqntuncan,
Thursday, St'plfiiiber 30, 1S52.
For Prcsidc?it,
GEN. WLXFIELD SCOTT
Or XEW-JEUSEY.
For Vice-President,
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM
OF NORTH-CAROLINA
For Judze of SujJrcme Court,
JOSEPH ItrFFIXGTON
OF ARMSTRONG COUNTY.
For Canal Commissioner,
JA0B KOFFJfAN
Or BERKS COUNTY.
FOH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
SENATORIAL.
. E. Brown. James Pollock.
Samuel A- Purviance.
A
REPRESENTATIVE.
William F. Iliighes,
JdiTif-s Trnquuir,
John W. Stokes,
J-lllil P. Vciiec,
Speicer Mcllrninc,
.T.nr.. W. Fuller,
Jiimcs Penrn.se,
Jj!i: SLaefler,
J iroh Marsh-ill,
l'iurlc P- Waller,
D.ttis Alton,
M " Mercur,
13. Nor Miilulei-warth.
11. James II. Campbell,
15. Jaino I). I'axton.
16. J.imcs K Davidson,
17. John Williamson,
IS. Ralph Drake,
l'J. Sohn Lmton,
20. Archibald Robertson,
21. Thomas J. BiRham,
22. 1.evMS L. Lord
23. Christian Mevtis,
24. Donnan Phelp,
j
13.
11.
)
Stntc Election October 12.
PruotdeiilinI Iov'ihcr 2.
JBcsJ- There will be a Whig Caucus at
the public house of John H. Melick, in
Stroudshurg, on Saturday evening next,
at 7 o'clock, P. M. to take into consider
ation the propriety of nominating some
suitable person for Member of Assembly,
and to transact such other business as
may come before the meeting.
MANYWHIG3.
B"We refer our readers to an excel
lent article from the Daily News, of Phil
adelphia, headed "George W. Woodward.
We hope that every Irishman and Ger
man will read it, aud also the sons of Irish
men and Germans. Do not be deterred
by its length, it is clearly arranged, plain
ly written and easily understood.
jT"The Locofoco Congressional Con
ferees of this District, met at the public
Timisp nf S .T. FTnll!nsliiad. in this nl.inp. '
on Tuesday last, and nominated Asa Pack
er, of Mauch Chunk, as their candidate
for Congress.
SOf We invite attention to the adver
tisment of Wm. S. Wintemute, in another ;
column. He has for sale 300,000 brick
of the very best quaitj j
A new Post Office has been estab
lished in Hoss township, in this county,
called "Eossland." Simon Stockeristhe
Postmaster.
S? The card of Mr. J. Lantz, JDaguer
reotypist, will be found in another column
of to-daysllepublican. Mr. L. has taken
a number of likenesses, of persons in this
place, which have been pronounced by
those competent to judge A No. 1.
We are requested to state that the next
session of the Stroudsburg Academy will
commence Monday, October 28th, instead
November 1st, as before announced. The
number of girls and boys will be limited
to 25 and every attention will be paid
them. Mb. Vail has had a large school
this summer, and we know that his pupils
have improved. Parents are requested
to send at the begining of the session as
all classes are then formed.
The Belvidere Delaware Railroad will
be completed to Milford tins, year, a'iid' to
Eastou by the middle of May "next.
Daguerreotype Likenesses.
Mr. J. K. Thompson ha3 taken rooms
at the Court House, in this place, for the
purpose of taking daguerreotype likeness.
Those wishing likenesses of themselves or
friends, will call on BIr. T. at the Court
House, who will be happy to attend to all
requests of this nature. He is an able
and skillful artist.
Ej The Musical World & Times,
for Saturday, Sept. 25th, contains an-un-usual
variety of useful and interesting mat
ter; among which are No. 4 of the Editors'
"Musical Studies for the Million :" a let
ter fromBarnum in relation to the money j natural increase of business, would pro
he and Jenny Lind made: an interesting vide a large fortune for any man in three
1 - - . mm n 1
account of Church Music in Holland, by '
Lowell Mason; a Letter from Paris about
Madame Sontag's astonishtng feats of
vocalism, withspecimens of some of the
chromatic impossibilities that she sur
mounts; four paes of choice Nocal and '
InstrumentMusic ;Musical Reviews and !
Musical News and an excellent selection
of very Teadable miscellaneous articles. ,
The Musical World tp Tunes is published Of all the schemes and contrivances that ower House. Previous to this time the
every Saturday, at 257 Broadway, New 1 have lately been carried through Congress," ; United States had ceded to Pennsylva-
York, for S3 a vear in advance j two tlds is the most magnificent speculation and - part of the CUMBERL AND
. ' " . , r . i rP. Ti ROAD lying within her limits. While
copies 80; five copies $10. The Music , spoliation of tlie Ttcaswy. The parties ; Mr. Hopkins was in the chair a bill was
it yearly gives would alone cost $25, if . immediately interested could afford , passsa for the management of the Road,
purchased at the stores ; and its Musical giro 8100,000 for the operation, and con- j fr0m which we make the following ex
Instructions, Criticisms and General Mis- ( sidcr themselves very lucky individuals.- tracts :
ii nA; ! m, . i:0iof;,.a tJ, n ' Sec. 4. That from and after the first
cive additional snice and varietv to their i
journal the publishers haye secured the
exclusive services of the celebrated anony
mous writer so widely known as Fanny
Fern, whose very readable articles have
created such a stir in literary circles, and
have been copied far and wide. Fanny
is to have an article in the next number of
, the Musical World Times, which will
: doubtless be something very superior; and
as a new volume has just commenced, now
is the time to subscribe. Can't some of our
musical folks get up a few clubs for The
Musical World ij- Times! Try. Ad
! dress Dyer & Willis, 257 Broadway, New
York.
! The Scott Men are Comiugo
We have the names of a number of
good Democrats in this vicinity, says the
Montroie Register, who declare their de
termination to go for Scott. They have
no desire to have their names paraded in
public, out say mat as sure as mcj mccutive Departments a post which will
till November, their votes shall be cast;
for the old hero.
There is a good story told of certain one job be clear at least S50,000,and He was charged at the time with unfair
active Locofocos in this county, who have bv ne w;n amass an immense a- ness; and it was alledged that the office
lately been to some trouble and expense mount of money at the iniblie expense' of Commissioner was created at his spe-
to get their Irish neighbors naturalized, ; He win . not hManso w . cial instance and request and for his per-
supposing, oi course, mat tucy were se
curing so many additional votes forPierce;
but, alas for the calculations of politicians!
those same Irishmen are now the foremost
to hurrah for Scott!
Mr. Ring and the U. S. Bank.
The opposition still harp about the de
funct U. S.' Bank, and weekly stir up its
ahost to frighten their seceeding friends
back into the ranks. Hear how the Au
gusta, (Ga.,) Sentinel couples Mr. King
with the measure, a paper published in
his native State, and which knows all a
abou him:
"Closely allied to this is their support
e ,t .il
of Win. Ii. King, for Vice Priesident, one
of the few men now living who voted for tue people to whose interests they were
a United States Bank; while at the same bound b- no such golden ties. The move
time they denounce it as one of the most meafc reCently made by Congress origina-
ultra Federal measures. Mr. King voted . , i ,
... , . .. ri, fe,,. ted in a corrupt desire to support a par-
nartv in Coueress at that dav. while near-
AW ml i
ly every Federali.-t voted against it. It
was then a Bepublican measure; what has
since wrought so wonderfull a change as
to make it now Federal!" !
'
The Best Resolution. !
The best resolution adopted by any '
meeting, at anv place, bv anv party' since '
the campaign opened, is to be found a-1
mong those passed at Williamsburg. It
reads thus:
Rcsolval, THAT WE WILL GO TO
WORK AND CONTINUE UNCEAS
INGLY to strive for tlie success of Whig
men and Whig measures until Hie last vote
zs polled.
To work! and to work unceasingly!
1iof'c 1m mimr nntrdr flifif. onenrne cut-
cess in all undertakings; and this resolve J
universally adopted and acted on by the ,
Whigs, would make our victory certain
as sunrise, and easy as 'rolling off a log.'
JJxCol. Benton, speaking of Frank-
lin-Piecce, says he "was not indicated by,
and his nomination was a fraud upon the
American people."
The foregoing is Hon. Thomas H. Ben
ton's opinion of the democratic presiden
tial nominee. If the intelligent of the
whole party would but speak, as they
think and believe, we have no doubt his
opinion would be generally endorsed.
jj-John Wise, the celebrated aeronaut,
is preparing a balloon for a trip from St.
Louis to Philadelphia or New York, for
the purpose of testing the practicability of
crossing the Atlantic io that kind of car-'
ria-e.
Locofoco Corruption at Washiug-
toiu-Shail it be Rcbukca f
Both houses of Congress have elected
Robert Armstrong editor of the Washing
ton Union, public printer for Congress and
the Executive Departments. Upon this
we quote the following remarks from the
North American's correspondent:
"Ever since the formation of the gov
ernment, the printing of the Executive de
partments has been under the exclusive di
rection of the different members-of-the
Administration for the time being. Tak
ing the prices now allowed, the printing
of these Departments alone, from the
years; while the printing ot Congress ad
ded thereto, would furnish a fortune an
nually. The Patent Office Report, which
has yet to be ordered, will put 50,000
clear profit and more, into the pockets of the
Democratic organ. Thus far, little pub-
lie printing has been ordered; and the
Committee may accept or reject what has
I 1 I 1 . I 1 1 A Jl
ocen executeu or is yet 10 uo preseuieu.-
ven?euce a restoration of the old Van
Buren regime; by which Blair and the
,, . , r . 0 j .
kitchen cabinet fobbed their millions. j be under the superintendence and dircc
The Washinton correspondent of the tion of one commissioner, who shall be
Ilarrisburg Union (Loco) savs on the ! appointed by the Governor and shall
a v j hold his.omce for the term ot three years,
same subject: I uneSS S00ner superseded, and shall re-
"Gen. Armstrong has been elected prin- cejVe for ujg services three dollars per
tcr to both Houses, and his fortune is in- day, for each and every day necessarily
sured. Under the present bill he cannot ' engaged in the performance of his duties.
fail to become rich, and if I must speak : , S,f 6- the said commissioner
, , T , . , T .... , . shall, annually, render to the Courts or
what I think, I say the Union deserves it Coimnon pfcas of the counties of Fayette
at the hands of the Democratic party.-' ; and Washington, an account of all the
This is but a foretaste of the corruption receipts and expenditures on the said road
which will be practiced if Pierce should
be elected President a corruption pre
cisely similar to that practiced under Van
Buren, which shocked the moral sense of
the whole country and largely contributed justed by said auditors, shall be publish
to the reaction which in 1340 drove the e in at least ono newspaper in each of
i.,ri.. f. the counties of FaTettcand Washington,
plunders from power. J , o
r 0 . , , , 1 bee pamphlet laws 1889- 40 pane 207.
See what Congress has done. It has Ih pursuance of the enactmct of this
changed the practice and made the prin- law several citizens of this county became
ter for Congress, the printer for the Exe- applicants for the office of Commissioner
give its occupant :l fortune annually!"-
It has mven him prices, at which out of
w ' sonui uuneut aim oenooi. xu uas since
ry, economy and working at fair prices, been ABOLISHED ! as was the Land.
he deserves to become rich; but it is be- Office while he teas in it, as partaking
cause he is publisher of a Locofoco pa- too much of a sinecure character.
per, that he has procured a "fat" con-1 , ?i the sections of the act above quo-
. . , , , , . , ted it was.made the dutv of the Commis
tract has been able to make a "magmfi- . . ,
o sioner to give an account of his steward
cent speculation," and to fasten himself ship at stated periods ;
and his minions upon the public Treasu- ; We have labored'in vain to get hold of
rv! these first accounts, but hope to find them
1 of fl.a
,,,,, . ,
worst corruption of the Van Buren period,
one of the greatest abuses of which was the
union of a public printer and partizan ed
itor in the same person the building up
of a huge newspaper establishment with
all its affinities towards the men who gave
it patronage and plunder, and against
Press oufc of tbc Public funds-
It
is
time the people should awake to the evil '
and ere it be too late check this tenden-
cy to corruption by keeping out of power !
. ,., J . , , I
the party which now boldly and bravely ;
attemPts & The issue is an important j
one' Shall it be decided in favor of Pierce
and his Part-' who have done this act or
Scott and those wli0 tm'nk with uim and
denounce this monstrous offence to public
mo rality?
Post Office Envelopes.
The post-route bill passed by Congress
contains a provision authorizing the Post
office department to cause envelopes to
j be made, with suitable water marks on
the PaPer; identifying them as official, and
witu a P"ted stamp, for single or double
postage, with a suitable device. These
envelopes are to be sold at all the post
offices, at the price of the stamps now
i sold with the very small addition of the
actual cosfc of the envelopeg. This w
ill
enable persons to deposittheir letters, pre
paid, in the post offices, at all hours, with
out trouble or inconvenience, aud without
the risk of having double postage charged
on a letter, by reason of the stamp slip
ping off, by the time the letter gets into
the office, if not before, as is too often the
case now. It will also admit of safe
transmission of letters by private hand,
when preferred, without a violation of the
post office laws, which "aft6r the ' 1st of
October will be very stringent' on the, sub
ject,
WHAT HIS OWN NEIGHBORS SAY
ABOUT WILLIAM HOPKINS
Ilis dishonesty, corruption and
disregard of an OH icial Oath.
We take'frpm the " Washington Com
monwealth" of September 22nd, the sub
joined article in relation to William Hop
kins. It proyes that he is dishonest, cor-
rupt ana nas no regaru ior au umeim. uum,
if he can promote his own private interests,
Read it with care and look for more de-
velopments: - - -
To the People of Pennsylvania!
STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS.
READ! BEAD!! READ! ! !
WILLIAM HOPKINS, the democrat
ic candidate for Canal Commissioner, is
now stumping in the western part of this
State, dealing but charges of FRAUD
AND CORRUPTION against the great
Whig ' tarty. Let us see whether he,
himself, is a fit person to throw. this stone!
vantage of STUBBORN PACTS while
he imposes upon them with naked asser
tions without proof.
This gentleman, in the Legislative scs-
sJon of 18g94() was spca0r of
the
Monday of November next, the repairs
' of that portion of the Cumberland Road
! TiaaRftS fl.rmirrh Ponnsvlvama. shall
specifying the receipts ana expenditures
of each county, and sa"id court shall ap
point auditors to settle and adjust the a-
mount so rendered by said commissioners,
and the amount when so settled and ad-
ot. the road; but Mr. iiopkinscame home,
either with the appointment IN HIS
nrnnr ;m1,?;.1i Qftor i,:a n;-ai hrc
before our next issue. We have before
us, however, one of the accounts of Mr.
Ilopkins wMch Stumbled upon in a No.
of the " Examiner" newspaper printed in
1848. .From this' we gather enough of
facts to startle the honest voter ! It is an
account .of the Heceipts and Expenditures
of the Iload from the first of Jaiiuar' to
the 7th of June 1848 inclusive. making
ISOBAR, including every. SAB
BATH DAY, for which WILLIAM
JlUPKJJNb; the present Democratic can- j age, aud he must have longed for the mo- ny. lhey appeared instantly, and mstant
didate for Canal Commissioner, has char- J ment when it would be safe to be in health ly rooms wherever lights were burning,
ged the people . the sum of I 6.0ft ! again. were filled with them, and such a putting
when the act of assembly LIMITED him j Whether General Pierce suffered any down of widows and shutting of doors was
to $3,00 per day, for every day necessa- tin the way of swoonin on the 21st of never known in this region before. Some
"ly employed on the Road! Figures
wori t He,and let us examine them :
lo9 days at 53,00 per day 54. ,00.
But that wpn't make up enough; let's armistice, and went through these labors, swarm of bees. One geutleman set his
try it again : i for three continuous days, without faint- lamp in the street, and in about five min-
165 ds at ,83,00. per day 495,00, ing once. utes they were lying on the ground around
Still we are . behind the mark ; we'll j General Pierce enjoyed good health du- it to the depth of 0 inches. Bonfires were
give it another: trial : " , ring the armistice. On the 12th of Sep- built, and, as the blaze cast its light a-
172 days at 83,00 per day 516,- j tember he was again in the field. On , broad, the scene was most singular: and
ft ! I ! that day his business was one of mancev- ! in their passage to the flames, looked for
That fits 'exactly. Now we have the ring merely; and as there was no fight- j all the world like snow flakes coming as
STARTLING FACT that Mr. Hopkins ing there was no fainting. General Pierce thick as any show you ever sawpouring
has charged the people at the rate of 83, kept up all day. But, alas ! there camo ' a constant living stream iuto the fires.
00 per 'day for THIRTEEN DA YS more , an order to him to move his brigade, af- Soon men and boys commenced shoveling
than can be counted from the first of Jan- ter dark, under the cover of a long range them into the flames, which caused any
uary to the 7th of June inclusive, count- of buildings known as Molina del Rey, thing but pleasant sensation upon olfac
ing . E VERY SUNDAY. But suppose ( " which place," General Pierce says most tory nerves. Upon observation it was dis
we deduct llw Sabbath days which occur expressively, t( is immediately under the covered that wherever they lighted, they
within this period. Then the case will guns of Chapultepec This was enough remained depositing af once two eggs
stand thus: j for Gen. Pierce, for notwithstanding he and then a few moments afterwards ex-
From 159 take 20, which leaves 139 : enioved fine health from tho. 20th nf An- nirin". Within ten minutes after it was
Then 139 days at $3,00 makes 8417,- gust, throughout the armistice, up to the first noticed that their numbers were do
, showing that while Mr. Hopkins was 12th of September, and was well cnouh creasing, they ceased coming entirely.
00
entitled to receive only 417,00, accor-
ing to his own account, he really kept
$516,00 ! that while ho should have
charged for but 139 days he really char-
ged for 1 72 ! being THIRTY-THEE
within the neriod stated in his account.
Now we , are really honest in this mat- , move the brigade under the guns of Cha
ter, and defy tlie "Examiner," the self-. nultenec " previous to this moment, how-
?I
, vi ujjuib ui it ; lyuji iiuui uuvu
we done? We have given Mr. H. the credit
of unparralleled industry and attention to
business bv surmnsinnr Hint he wni nnf
a single day; that he was not at home with did not attempt to lead the brigade when ' Mr. Michael Brown Postens, and mo
llis family a single day, excepfon Sundays, ! he found it had to take position "under j Maria Palmer, both of Stroudsburg.
tha,t he did not.devote a single day to the j the guns, of Chapultepec." . When he was ! On the1 2(ith inst, by Daniel Tarne,
service ofhis partyor, to his, .ordinary bus- unexpectedly caught at Churubusco, on Esn-Mr. Linford Williams and M
V1H?a,'Vulu4Pf ,1?jnia immersed nmiselt
v.JMcar
inent. We may have something to say j
hereafter about this accountwhen.it came
before the Auditors, one of whom, Hon.
John H. Ewinq, refused to pass it, for
reasons well known to himself and some
of the rest of us.
Prentice on Pierce.
Prentice of the Louisville Journal, indul
ges in a merciless criticism of Gen. Pierce's
i military career. However harsh it may
j sound, it is certainly borne out by the of-
ficial documents. His Tails at Contreras
nilJ
and Churubusco, though very unlucky,
might have been set down to bad horse- to do. Give him an armistice to manage
manship ; but his sudden indisposition . and he would work at it three days re
and retirement from the field, when or-' joggly, but bring him within sight of a
dered to move 'immediately under the V l 2
, , . : , , , busco, and he fainted ; or direct him to
guns of Chapultepec, and his as sudden movCj after dark, under the guns of Cha
recovery next morning, when the fighting pultepec, and, although he had been in
was over, certainly have a very ugly as- good health for twenty-two days, "previ
,rt(,f I ous to the moment of darkness" a "ser
But hear Prentice, and make every al-
' lowance possible for an uncharitable critic;
" The first attcmnt of General Pierce
at fighting was in the preliminary move- t He was determined not to be "picked up"
ments for the battle of Contreras, that ! again, as he had been at Churubusco; he
extraordinary achievement of General seemed resolved that this spell of sickness,
Persifer F. Smith. During the prelimi- got up so opportunely "previous to dark
narics, on August 19th, General Pierce's ness" on the evening of the 12th, should
horse fell with him aud hurt his leg. outlast any possible chance of Mexican
That night, at 1 o'clock, the leading spir- enterprise in the way of fighting,
its of the American army were actively ! During the 13th, the day of Chapulte
engaged in the arrangements for the bat- ' pec, General Pierce says he kept his bed,
tie of Contreras. Gen. Pierce was waited , but he seems to have sat up all night,
upon, but he pleaded that his leg would watching the embers of the fight dying out.
not permit him to take part in that bril- As soon as the last glimpse of n chance
liant deed of arms, which was destined ! for a"' more fiSllting that day went out,
to cover all engaged in it with glory.
It was well for the American army
that Persifer F. Smith, Biley, Cadwala
der, Shields, and such men were not in
curably given to sudden attacks of sick
ness. They broke through all obstruct
ions and gained a splendid victory. The
battle was over very early in the morn
ing, lasting about 20 or 80 minutes, and
the defeat was so thorough that General
Pierce may be pardoned for supposing
that the Mexicans would not fiirht anv
more that day. Under this delusion, al
though he was too much indisposed before
to command his brigade, as soon as the
battle of Contreras was over, he reported
himself ready for duty. But, unfortu
nately for him, the Mexicans were quit as
enterprising as his convalescence. The
battle of Churubusco loomed up very un
expectedly to him on the day of Contre
ras, and surpised him in the field on du
ty ! Caught in this unlucky plight, he
could not hang up his lame leg, as hehad
done a few hours before. Thus fairly in
the toils, Gen. Pierce seemed unable to
find a retreat, and in a fit of desparation,
prepared to stand the brush if possible.
The batteries of the enemy looked for-
midable, one of twenty-two guns, especi
ally, seemed to make an indelible impres
sion on Gen. Pierce, and, instead of ta
king a part in the glorious action, he
was taken with a fail ding fit. He savs :
I fell a few vards from the severest lire
of the enemy. Before fainting, he seems omitted a solitary statement of Mexican
to have measured the range of the fire events connected with General Pierce's
with mathematical precision. He must military career in the field of battle. If
have felt, while laying "a few yards from : his friends can do neither, let them closo
the fire of the enemy," as Falstaff did at i their mouths about his military deeds,
Shrewsbury : " Though I could escape j lest they make themselves the laughing
shot free at Concord, I fear the shot here; ! toek of Christendom. Men who can ad
here's no scoring but unon the nate. mire equally the Generalship of a Jack-
I am as hot as molten lead, and as heavy
too. God keep lead out of me ! I need
no more weight than mine own bowels.
I have led my ragamuffins where THET
are peppered ."
We can almost imagine we can see
General Pierce, as we have seen Ilackett, i
1 in FalstafF, after th-i fall of Hotspur, peep- i
ing cautiously over the field to see if the
storm of strife was clearing up. When j
the battle was loud in its tumult, and ter-
nble in its carnage, General Pierce must , iNothing less than a tioou ot insects, somc
have felt that his sickness was lasting an ! what similar in appearance to the miller"
August, the day after the battle of Chur-
ubusco, we cannot tell. On the 22nd he
I formed one of the board for arrannn" an
to manoeuvre his brigde all of the day of'
the last, date, ichile there was no fighting,
yet, when the the brigade had to move
after dark, under the guns of Chapulte-
peC the stomach of General Pierce came :
nmi tt cq nii,wi;nfn Atr.
r' WlM. to leave tho fin
consequence ot severe maisposuion. which,
confuted me . to my bed during the 13,,"
dec. .
I i 1 j a.t n ni Pinrn
the 20th, he made a show ot leading his
but he had daylight then for
measuring the range of the "enemy's 6re "
and was able to faint "a few yards" from
it. But this' movement at Chapultepec
was to be made after dark, and in the
darkness he might make a mistake and
get within the range of those "guns of
Chapultepec," to which he so feelingly
alludes. He determined, therefore, not
to be confused with the darkness, as to
the proper time and distance from the
guns for his fit of sickness to come on.
Accordingly, he says, "previous to this"
j (darkness) -I left tbefield in con.
v ; rrr .. ccr-
tainly had a "severe indisposition' to ficht
! i,enever there was anvthinsofthatk
I MKviAitlljsn sinmA rn ivirl 1. Ial
the field. And he took good care in this
casc to kecp h-l3 bed aU day on fa m
the day of the storming of Chapultepec.
General Pierce, with reckless energy, re-
! ports himself ready for duty at day-break
thfl 1 Atli I
The battery at Churubusco, and the i
dea of facing the guns at Chapultepec had
the effect on Gen. Pierce that the panther
pit had upon Quintus, in Titus Audroni
cus. He says :
'I nm surprised wilh unco.ilh fear.
A chilling sweat o'errnns my trembling joints,
My Iieurt suspects more than my eye e.m see."
It may look ver' irreverent in u, but
we cannot think that General Pierce, at
Churubusco, " lying a few yards from the
severest fire of the enemy," aud in his
bed all day at Chapultec, must have felt
as FalstafF did while reflecting on his con
venient fall, under the blows of Douglass,
and his resurrection after the fight was
over. We can almcst hear General Pierce
breathing the very words of his prototype:
"Sblood ! 'twas time to counterfeit, or
that hot termagant Scott had paid mo
Scot and lot too. Counterfeit ! I lie, I
am no counterfeit. To die is to he a
counterfeit of a man who hath not the
life of a man; but to counterfeit dying,
when a man thereby liveth, is to be no
counterfeit, hut the true and perfect im
age of life indeed."
We hand this matter over to the friends
of Gen. Pierce to point out one orror, if
they can, in our quotations from General
Pierce's official reports, or, failing to de
tect an. error, to show whether we have
son and of a Franklin Pierce should not
be trusted in tue streets without a
Keep-
er.
Singular Phenomenon
A correspodent of the Cumberland Tel
egraph, writing, from Fetterman, Ya.,
under date of Sept. 3, says:
"Our town was visited last night with
, a most singular natural phenomenon.
rushing to the streets with candles in
hand, were literally compelled to drop
them and vamose as they would from a
7
flSTThc Miner's Journal states that
from the present appearences of the poli
jcal parties in Schuylkill county,- tha
Whis wiiL sweep the county by an over-
i whelming majority.
CARRIED,
- -
On tho 8th inst., in Trinity Church,
v, - . nrf
J- wayze of Ltoton, Y.,.Ma
Bethia Lot, ot Newton. - "'
September 23d. bv Rov. JA Watson,
: Eunice Jlyo, PMfi qi uimuwn
ship.