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1 th
VOLUME .XLVII.
I'LfI3LISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
•
3FFICF, iia the South West atizie Ohe public
Square, back at the Couri-liowe
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION,
lite Dollar mid Fifty gents a year IN ADVANCE.
l'wo Onllors:l(..pa)d within the year.
)ne Dollia for NIX months.
.
- - 'Flidati . terms Will be rigidly adhered to. .
• ' RATES OF ADVERTISING, .
!t 71
aw:nisei:tents, making fifteen lines or less, w I be
lialledmt the rate of Fifty cents for one insert ',—
Mee times for One Dolllir, and twenty-site re: is for
smy subsequent 'insertion. Yearly - mitertisers still
lie charged nt the following rates: • •
One Columb, with die paper, for one year, - $9...5
italf a column, do:. - do. • $l3
two Senores,.with quarterly changes, ells
Susi:it:se Caids, with tile paper.
JOB PRINTING, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
$lll4lll/1 Menke, (Arcolare and every other
'I hnr ilegeription or Printing, exeeilied liananinalY and
Apeditionery, nod the LOWEST 'PRICES.
Olarb 5.
13,3EINRY EDGAR 17 EENE,
ATT`ORNEI AT LAW.
WILL phaetioe the-,severa rfourts of rum
berlaud and the adjoining countiel, and at
tend to all professional ba4itteAs entrusted to' his
. C:11 . 1 . a Itil promptness and fidelity. •
()Moe in South liannvor tireet, in Gralonn''s
111'W handing, opposite the Post
Carlisle, August vr, 1 5411.--1
8. IP) Li) 1— Al - 2) All
Attorney at Law.
rhi , l , lffP: in South I !mincer sircel, a few doors
11,1,v .1. 11. Crilluun, Esq.
Jul, 16, IS. 15. . . . .
' l ro ICTW"-TiZ9
%VIM, pownir at all al.:rations alma the
V that are rrquirrd lar their pri•Her
vat , s - Srirti , l.T --- 11 , 7 ;Ve.,
Or will rwanrella, lohs ifthi , uti,'ty inserting
(rain a sitiale T1:011t, In si full
.11-1 Env r,u Pat shia:et, a few doors South
all he Itillrfaid
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N. 11. I).•. 1.0, mis .111 he ahseto from Car
lisle 0,e.135t few; .38, in 'ellell Ipolllll.
J . llle I I, ISI , Ii. .
lOW 7,11) - 23,1 A ID; Ift , lll - 6.1iN 0 .--
- Romeopathic Physibian..
tweicE : ' Main street, in the house for
mer)y occupied he-Dr. - Fred. Elirrtu.
21. )
Pnrlhac, - A iir i I 9 ;Is-4-6-.----
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MIMI
Doctors Z:r. 11. Crcigil,
orc.\ 31111 it,/ N . 11,111 . 11r, Wll,ll
11311 , 11,111C1, 11131 3'l 1113 Vllll'llsllll 111 013'11'
It 111 1 . 133 1. 1% . 1• 1, el,' 13,1• , 11111 . 11111 . 1111311. 111'
1 11 / 1 " , i1 a 11 1, 11 . 11111 illllllll. 1,1111 . 01131 V.
)1` . 11(3 .. .. I to; H Srn r. opi t oßite (1g ;fi r , L.
Storc. and 11J 41.00, AV -v.,/ of Akr. lot 's I lutrl.
Svii,•llll,,W I tlyl 646.
M VEIN, has .nssocinted his
F... 1 ACKSVN , in his
I)t•ng air.l Bonk klusiness.
lir
t1.•..eeme4.•,11.11, I)nelne \lti•liltS will In
hiS undii Well attention to the do-
I 14, or hic l'rorescloo
Carlisle, Scpiembm• 30, I 546 —3ms
D-ENTISTRY,. &C.
3031D1 %V. ,
- r-)Kspr.c...iTtilA,v Jo..nt the tod-dtr, that
Et I.lllllllg opened 11111(111111e in South - I
ni r e el, in.“1.1y(111111. 1.1.1 IS 111.1•-
111111011 10 111111eliel• I)EINTIS I kV to all its 11 pit-
Giroi Trott arr.esientiol to health, Itetdiles
mato al or at liberal ones arc not cult uarfnl tutu
and add inntrriiilly I t the tionirtirl of
tLr arny. li•iientl lint (inn hr
door in the tertli, stiller it to stu• ih d every/b./et.,
1,111 Ill• Pl.///1.1/i/,/, lull 1 71/1./1 furnish, 11 11'1111 11
81111X1;111111" ht nut (•11111 . 1• St•l. 11.17i,V; 1111111,n:141,1V
! Oil , prarGee Ins n muuhsr of i•tii.s.g - tind 1 t 1 . ,1.-
1•114.1, 11111 lie sot h as rrytirr them, hot
tits b.l urnol is the opo' ati , m , et6ieb 51 itt al;
OW twist r 111.14111
lid it 1'14,9 11, %nit lie flee-trim ! anil dtr limn.
'l'vratins wail:calm al !twin residences:l4ll.n' in
t•in ii or uottotry, without e•strii eltarg,e. Ile loaf
ale ors lo• roatel at Ida olio, as above, or at his
resillt•ttee to lilt atreet, olio door 'torn] or 1 IL wk•l's
1. iM.ery ltddr.
lv will
al, pt•rimplit 14110,44110 the ropairitig 01
Wateln , , linil.l.•welt•v, ill his °flit, iu South 11.11h
ore, si..vot, A lvto, %VI
andex,etition of his
suppk, lopes lo hereby solicits It
sharp n''puhlic patrnanzr.
Carlisle, April 8. 1846. •
HARRIS, TURNER, & IRVIN,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS
No. 201 Markel &reel, P.IIILADELFILI.I,
Importers and Wholesale Dealers
N Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Patent Med
i Surgical told ohmetrieal Instruments;
Druggists' G lassware,Window Glass, Paints, Oils
Dyes. Perlunfery, btu. k.e.
Druggists, - Country 'Merchants, and Physicians
supplied witli•the above article. 4 on the Most,
Vciruhle. t.trms. Strict.and•prompt atteption paid
to orders. Every article warranted.
lbutals, M. P. .testes A. TUUNER, lately
of Virginia. Wtel.'An DtVIN, M. D.
Philadelphia, Sept.3o. 1846.-1 y.
THE - MANSION HOUSE HOTEL
Fronting qu the Cum erldnd Valley. Rail Road,
I ATELY Icept by Gen. Willis Foul k,haa us
g a 'een taken by the subscriber. It Is newly
furnished and has been thoroughly repaired.
Passengers in the Pars,_stranops,_tratellere
end viaitera to Copiale, are Invited to , call.
Terms *moderate, and every attention _paid
!o the the eoinfort_and..ennvenience of those who
patropize the establishment., • •
• J: A.WINI2.OTT
6, 1845, ; •
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J.OUTHER-STREKT hear Abe College
dyes Ladies' Gentlemen'e•• aprirel, all
co ors, awl. wartents all wde,15,,t0: be satisfactory:
(Merl reapeaffully,aplieited.
Carlisle,-SeptogrOorS, '
. -*SAVOR • COAL. 7- •
•.
Fj OR" Bliokernit he'use, together with'
Pitte 9rovelilti,tyken's Nancy Coid, kept
.centatantlY int hieil eriO will be anlil at the lowest
pdsaible price libitp)tetit,et- the Warp_henajor
5,1845,- M
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The Cheapest Gold 84 Silver Watches
• in - Philadelphia I " •
Gold Levers, foil jewelled, • 845 00
Silvjr Levers, full jewelled, • 23 00
Gold Lepines, jewelled, • 30 00
4 Silver Lupines, jewelled,, 15 00
' " ' Quer ; 4 .er Wittclics - ,:fine qUality, 10 00
Gold - %%Palace, plain, ' .15 00
Silver_Speetaelcs, • 175
Gold !pencils, 2 00
Gold Bracelets, 4 00
• •
. Also, on hand, a large assortritent of Gold and
-flair Bracelets, finger rings, brehst pins, loop
etrrings, gold pens, silver•spoons, sugar wigs,
himldes, gold neck-curb and fob chains, goad
keys; and jewellery of every description at
equally low prices. All I want is a call'to con.
vines customers. All kinds of Watches and
Clocks repitirt.M and warranted to keep good
time for one year. 'Old Old and. silver bought
for cash or taken in exchange. For sale, 8
day and 30 hour Brass Clans, at
LEWIS LA DOM US':4
Niratch, Clock and Jewelery Store, No. 413 A
Market street, above 11th (ninth side) Phil
adelphia.
I have also on hand some Gold and Sil.
err Lcvera, cheaper than the above prices.
N. D. A liberal discount !nude to persoils
buying Watehes to sell again. cull and ace
I'hiladelphia, flay 6, 1846.
P L1J31,13 E •
National Daguorrian Gallefy
, AND •
Photographer's ,Fullaishing Depots;
Medal, Four first preuti-
A",.;;;,1.1,1)tinEd1)7 the
-o highest Honors by the-In
stitutes of Massachusetts' N. York, and I'rnn
t4lvania, ftr the 'mist beautiful colored Mauer
reoly pea and best A ppa rat me ever exhibited.
irr - Portraita Oki-11in empitsite style, with
out regard to wetoltet.
• lostruelinns given to the art.
A large.assortment of Apparatus and Stoi,d
always on hand, at Or lowest cash priethZ
New Yolk, :151 Broadway ; Philadelphia,
136 Chesnut St.; Boston, 75 Court, and 58
Hanover- Sts.; Baltinmre, 2(15 Baltimore St.;
\‘'aslting ton, Pll3l.49sylvattia Avenue; Peters
burg, Ya. M mita nie's ; Fourth
-and IV - alnut, and 176 Main St.; Saratoga
Springs, Broadway.
eirroliCralftial - Vett - C6M14113:; -
pill L i>ELp it Li. s:roitus, '
-S9 ( 7trwei , rt R rec.!, ilr.7i 70 7r corner ni 3d51,1
•p d 437 Ma rkrt St rtil drw be low blh
St red . It Side.
Choice Teas, Wholesale andlietall,
We are consian tie. receiving fresh ittl
7r.` '7 , ported GllE EN AND BLACK TEAS.
I;44...embracing the hest ticker - lons this side of
China. Our al.undant resomees, great eNpe...
rielsOC, (la Onek,zlVe 1111Pid iOll ti tint Teti;
Trade, give 119 peculiar facilities; conscrinently,
the are resolved to sell Teas purer, more fra.
grant and perfect, for the respective prices,
than any other establishment.
Our principle of doing business has, in the
bourne ofsix yearn, secured n connection tliro%
out the United States, and wherever our Tens
ore sold they receive high eitininerviationa
E (“V T A TIT Ar,.
Thr, m Inner 111 WWI,: oar ..Ten,nre kid — .
h e wrapper next to the tell is 11 'bed y%II/criur
1111 toil,) infers Crest in rill CrITIV rag tt. Dcalers
aud F a mikes, as they it. so 111 , /rllllolly Se
cured fro , : light and air that theiymiality Will
rrnww uninip.ilyro; are in pa cit,ag_es of a
nos tiler [mama and imiva rd.., each containing
full aright indep.mdont ofutir wrapper.
.Deafers iii Dry Goods, fancy Artiries, I
&e. &c., as trill es those who have I
here torore sold loose leas, express tlioncielves
pleas •d, mil only in Recount of the su.
recur quality , of Me Teal, which are schjected
to 11 rigid test in order lb It each pal-huge may
lm eon lidentry 'ivarrabil,lnic..lso at our (nun.'
nee of packirig, which enables them to make
up I sir nssorumrnt without the necessity of
pirrehliong nee or more chests of each kind, as
a small asroo !mint may he paeltetrin tine eheid
and Ihun o b v i a t e the c implicots of their CllS
tumors that their' leas have lost their strength
rind flavor by the length of time oil hand, and
exposure to light mid air.
Remember the Kns. are 237 M.trlvq.strcet,
and 83 Chesnut street, whore our Teas are re
ceived ue klv and sold on the same teidis as in
New York.
Great Bargains, in Hats and Caps
AT THE OLD KtjTAßyliilED
CHEAP HAT . AND CAP STORE
No. 196 Hid& Sired, .q.d door below Sixth,
PirtraiLDELPHILEL
i.
W E z
c a n 't: c o t; c c ! invitation
tirliale and i
ts vin
i t t n y, e w i e t
ll
as to all others, to our STORK. "We have' on
hand a large and complete assortment of flats
and Caps of every style and variety, which we
aro selling full ono-fourth lower that the,Aisual
prices, namely,
Exira Sup'jor Beaver flats, from 22.50 to s3.so
Brush ~" " 2.00 to 3,
" Si " " 1.25 to 2.
- .
Alhleskin" 2.50 only,
usual price 04
Good Hate-ait loiv-as 91.25 and upwards. Also,
a complete stock 'iof Caps, cloth, fur *triinmed,
glaied,:silk oil cloth, velvet and fancy caps .
Roe Otter„Shetla nd -Fate-SW.OII usk - Rutt-Hair
zeal Caps, to. &C., at lower prices than they
can possibly be had elsewhere. From our ex.
tonsiye sales, we can sell for a smaller profit
than Others can. Call and be satisfied, it is to
959 1 _r_ htkrest‘
Merchants, Storekeepers, Natters and others,
who buy to sell •again, supplied on reasonable
'terms. Be Sure •and call at N 0.196 Market
street, second door below - Sixth street:
GARDEN 4k DROWN:
Phi lad alp h i a,,r80 pt:B46:.
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CHEAP - WATCHESTANFhWELRY',.
'AT ' •
PHILADELPHIA WATCH AND ; '-JEWELRY .STORE
lyo. 96 North &ma • Strect;:beloio Racoccoraer
of Quarry, Philadelphia .
(101,1) Leicr Wathhes, feiljewellod, 18
•Ur caret. '• s4s. 00.
Silver Lever Watche's, lull jeweled, • 23 00
Silver Liver Witches, seven jewels, . —lB .po
Sliver NVetches ,fi quel.,loweled, , 14'00
'Superior Qoactiee , ' 10 . 00
Utiles' Gold Penoils;- 12 00
.Filtei Spectitiles,' '„ 1 75
01 di. Vinger,,lll obi ; froin snide - to, - 310;
:Watelr cants, • oEdgn l , 181-4
Lanet t OO neirtaia assortment of Gold '
pntl Haln.Bracelets Look+
els; Madillobit; Gold liVotc Gold Nick; - CurboOd
Fob. Chili,., Keys,-811ter-"and-thild-lhhobleir
silvdestiTeout;l3ogollroiike,l47,ll:eqUilliTiow
prices;;. All go9dis morroillte4 AO be !hut they are'
'sold foe.il.4l.liberall,,dedaeuee,Jnatte .to'nereeee'
1 0Verter: 0 41"4144%..
* Thiladelphis, filiemlier 28,
teplatit'igf gosillert,',Mlll,loWer,tllio'Ale
above united pvlote;. , ., '
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1. .,.. .. alli : ,.. lBLE, OCTOBER 21 1 1846.
CARLISLE FEMAL INARY;
UNDER THE DIRECTJO •T
Phebe and Charlotte P 3 ; ;
EXPENSES
in) 0 A RD, with fuel, lights dnd assailing, will
Ell be
Summer
to young ladies ut 25, dur.
ng the Summer *Depths, and e 2 59 during the
winter. niOntha.
"TUITION.—Common EngHA Bind.-
ioa, as Geography, illstery,tGraininar,
Arithmetic, Reading and Writing, per
•
111 r. • • • $5,00
.
Astronomy,. Algebra, Geomettv, Not..
oral Psilusophy and
,English Composi
tion,
Higher branches, us .Botany, Chem's ,
try, Rhetoric, Mental and Mural Philos
ophy, the Languages; Drawing, Paint: a
involve an extra charge ,2,50
1., ,, a50ns in Instrumental Music, by
Prof: E l L. Yulkqr, loran extrucharge
of 12,00
- The Tuition will be required quarterly and
the price of Board monthly in advance, and no
deduction made for absence but in case of sick
nem To the boarding selioars, the use-of a
very excellent piano is furnished without charge
and arangements have also been ,bade for fur
nishing two m three additional op irsdere with
the gratuitous use cif text-hooka: Jung !red.
The next quarter or this School opens with
lie first day ofJanuary next, and licing.among
hose who 1.,,ve had daughters in the school
during the last year, we avail ourselves of this
means of expressing to the,publie, and especial.
ly to the citizens Iff - llas and the adjoining
counties, ens full conviction that advantages of
a very fligh order aro here afforded for the 41.
oration of Misses and young-hidies, such in
deed, us arc scarcely excelled in the country
Elie intelleetnal training given is systeinatic.
and thor,ugh, while the manner& and morals
of the pupils are most carefully watchedNver.
From personal observation and knowledge,
we. feel entirery_eonfidenL,ln_recommending-t
-school to II such as would secure n suitable
place. fur edncatingtht-ir daugho•rs.
M. CAL DIV ELL.
W. M. BIDDLE,
J. A. GERE,
' WM. PRETTY MAN.
JOHN McVAFFR EY .
.N.ov„ 26, 1845
-PLAINFIELD CLASSICAL ACADEMY.
I,\lllS Institution, which is located in.the most
--.1,-- , I 11. v .inns uLCituutterlarti ceuntill-bei
t 1
op • • for Boarding or I)argeliolars,(tuale,4-int
Minn aj, Oetebet..s,-4846.-' -
4 -
The situation has been chosen for the advantages
it presents in being fiir removed from the noise or
Ins,' lire, yet most conveniently accessible by
shell Road ot• Statejloail, being ii ithin 4 miles
AI est a Ctirtisle.
. Titotiltlio,46 are new and cottrentmt, the Ara
dein department hoeing been erected this
stimuli r. l'he 'mintier of rtudents will be limited.
ill tf.ir and propriety shall be the distinguishing
features tin•ongliout the, Institution. Every at
tentioti vt ill he given to the mental and moral iin
prtisi-er-i-t 'tirtlicxtuff-iits, by eamputritt trackairs,
and every eWort made to secure the confidence
'and merit the-patronage of an enlightened public.
The jeitt• will be divided into two sessions of
five nunitlis each, commencing on the first Mon
days in October and- April. The- expense for
Itoarding, 'No., Tidtion ill all English bran lies,'
it itli I.iiii l and Uri ili, per session, - $5O
Pretelo, Ii; Noon, Oran tog or M (I,ste, each, 10
11113 St holars, 1U
) .\ ryttogenlollB Call be 111:111C to eater nt any
time„-thi.-ing-tlie-sessiiiii at si pt•oportintiate ex
-1151. F 111•1111, iliiol.llllliloll, references, fir. for
ilisbyil by application personally or through the
Qtrl isle lust Office. • •
K. BUIZNS l'rincipal
st•pielowi• 23, I !i4.6..
Dv- 44Z-a,/ankre..l:l•-
r .ISTILE SOAP, p ore Palm Soap, and a gen
r,d rock ty nil toilet viind shaving soaps.
Ink—Paysoit's genuine.
MeAllister's All•healing Ointment.
Tr m•ses, of every hind.
Swaim's Partner a, warranted gcnume.
leabcrry murOrt is Tooth - Wash. -
Yeast, Soda and Sei di itz Powders, put up in the
most careful and accurate 'mintier..
!hushes of every variety.
. •
Pr. Leidy's Family Medicines.
Fancy Inkstands, an elegant variety.
Thermometers, from the hest manufactories.
unrivalled . Perfutnes.
Fall and Winter Sperm Oil, ut reduced prices.
Spirits ut Turpentine.
tt'llite. Lead and litiseed Oil.
Toilet Powder and Powder Puffs.
Dr. Jayne's Family Medicines.
Fancy Articles, a gin ern' Laud tlegan t ricty,
out reeeivedund for '
F 1.11 - EHAFFE - V - S -- Dntg -Store
sepl 1 6
WHITE HALL NURSERY!
20QAnn CHOICE FRUIT and OR
7"t It NAMENTAL TREES, are
now in course of ,cultiyatipn in the
above establishment. Upwalds of 41144
100 varieties of APPLE, embracing
the most approvyal-end latest vane.
ties. Trees from 8 to 12 feet high, strong
stooks and well formed tops, such as will be in
.bearing In from ono to two years after planting;
will be furnished wholesale and retell at lower
prices than trees of equal quality pan be fur.
'Halted at any regular Nursery in Pennsylvania.
Our trees are perfectly floe from canker, tin.
like those whichAregeneraßy hawked,through
the country. All ordure and letters, post paid,
will be punctually attended to. Catalogues fur•
Carlisle, Augusts, 1846, •
HIGHtAND I JURSERYI
WE, the Proprtelep. the above establish 7
Y-T meta l -inform-the public that
we. will have' Otago stuck of most.
Celebrated rruit,Trees, '
,
fur sale Abe owning fall and s p ringy - ,
Also, th at' our trees are cis largo, and as lowin
prices•as : those - of any, other, either old or now
established - Nursery Itn the county;•in - Clit. re: _
gaid to the 'Withburfiiies, we
fear riot the trisfrof tfibm. • • •
. .
.
The' - Nursery is situated 3 Otilos Oast of Car
ntiloisouth' of the:Railroad; • .
it tna)i he' important' , state, that the thee
.parohased from "our liave,all grown
end a r o now Ina healthy and thriving eondition.
:DAVID MILLER . , Ja, & CO. -
Septinibir : •
-... , ,Ex3-:.....1, 3a. , vaaczmoo,-- •
pitichaee4 "the 'stock
dte;, - helimghti to, the Cifrlielol.',lion Waria
andia_now carrylogiaLthaitaisioata
oho 'deeeifit'lioh, .111w:84o-deaf:
Prlcei,epiatifdlo litlif-the Tariff Of
PETER - F. , EGE.
84fft , ,P - 7 ,• • -•-•• ,
fICiLDE'N' SVITAJP,', •ite Ail. p,e rior
-,Aur Croepkii.
... ;111E1 . 1.111 r 0 EKTACY...;::,;),,n
OtStaidedikit
1 1° 1
• • Alio l'isitrOAliiieictikusoited.'idleg:!
' 4 llatn ir?;
'. nt eigre of D.l-1:40013
I.W '-
iVeese t,Ab;
IZE
Elan] J3urritt, the learned Raelismitti, is
.mak ing.the lour of England on foot, mingling.
with the mech6c and laboring rtptn and
acquainted himself with their condition, Ile
is giving' the result of hie Observations it his
paper—the Christian Citizenpublisheit at
Worcester. The following ate extracts from
his journal:
-- Morphrti -- ;TO:rr - 20th7=Wrore like a -- T. - Jun
eugine till noon, to clear off front my hands
a peck allititers which had accumulated 'in
Ilse course of a day or Iwo, tinder the auspi
ces of pinny p05v1;2,13. After dinner I mouc-•
led my staff aid knapsack, to open my pe
desttl;lll campaign with an afternoon's walk.
towatils IVoreester,- whicb lies 25 miles
south of Birmingion. (food Joseph •St.h.rge
accompanied me a snot( distance, then-bid
ding - 11i,t 'God :sliced, in all the latnevolzfriee
of his great heart, left me, like I.luns'lm's'
pilgirn,..to :52 LAU 1 tly:: Avar'retsiettig.ili
-feric-Alliutes I had reached the summit-lan
eminence, upo'.) which Edgebasfon }Bill
stands hall hidden mad half revealed 'in the
solemn shade of its 'ancestral oaks.' pe
seending this, - Birmingham, with all its Idat
ering-factory cbininies, disappeared, roi.l, I
I found myself surrounded by tht ihearitypqd
magnificienee of the country scenery of icmg
laud, in its summer portraiture, and sumMor
music; for the vety [foliage of the tir.es,
f
that iii some case; over:melted . the- 1 A.,
seemo.l to. I:•• local v•;th.54,1izi0....., la ' q'
thud merriest timed. The little things—) -..y I
must have been small, else I should lave
seen some of them,—owed mew° and art
all the rnelody of their atroits .tor etch a
beautiful world to sing in. In those lovely
..roves and hedges, and along the green
borders of the meadow-brooks. they were
out of the rear!' of the ; villain o us , a l l p e n t ..•
and of intent school-Lots aileoted ‘‘llll the
mania of speculatioh in speckledeggs. Se
the wee. twittering song -tern may sing tight
on, without a semiquaver of apprehension
from these sources or trouble and intensp
lion. flaying time is about half.over; and
the wheat harvest has just eflalmcneed, and
the-reapers are en the road, sickle in hand,
to gather in tthe crops. What ‘Vith stopping
occasionally to talk with the hay-rickers, or
walkin g a little , way up the narrow lanes
waliedAlt ,‘ living green,' to see an unique
cottage through the meshes of its ivy veil;
, or with looking through a hole in the hedge,
ma herd of sleek -mottled ettws feeding or
ruminating gracefully in u ttew shame mea
dow, I was four boors in mak ritg eight mdes.
I reached the Hose and Crown' about eight
o'clock, whew 1 found every thing in keep
ing with. the tight simplicity of an tnghsh
country i n n. The hostcssfor whether
married or not, she is the most visible and
vigorous person about such an establishment
—a neat ruddy Englishwoman, in' a low
minutes krved up tea with accompaniments
of romantic frugality. One of these articles
is worthy of, notice, as it is common to every
table which I have seen thus tar in this cout - {4.
try.- It is a shaving, not a slice, of butteiredt
bread, not much licker than a sharing
which a lore-plane wonld take at a ettoke
from a straight-grained board of pine. A
hungry mart would eat a square yard of these
breed shavings at a meal,.without muchirn
pairing his appetitite for substances lest su
perficial. •
AN HOUR WITH NATURE AND .THE
Tuesday July 2.l.—Alter a quiet, rosy
bleakfast, served up on , a little round
.yble
for myself alone. I sat down to test ,the
practicability of the plan I had formed at
home for my-pereginations in this countrs :
viz. to write until one P. M., then to take;iny
staff trio trivel on, eight pr" tent mike, to,
another convenient stopping place foe the
night. As much depended upon the uc-.
cess of the experiment, I was determine to
carry-the-point against-the-predictions-of:my,
friends; So at it I went, con amore. The
house was as quiet as. if a profound Sabbath
were resting upon it, and the windows ()limy
chamber'looked,through the foliagf of
grave elms down upon a green valley ) ,
got on swimmingly rand atter,n rrugal
ner at tlie little round fable, I buckled on,my
knapeack with a fecling'of sell gratUltitiOe in
view of the literarypart:Of my day's work:
Having paid .rny - bill and giving;-the
lady a. copy of my corn' meal
-.receipts,
`eflifted — rily - Walk towards 'Worcester.
summit'of the first hill I ascended_:opened to'
the view a splendid aniphitheatte, °Mho
soming the large village,. of Brpomsgrove.'
As this was , the most. extensive andwaiied .
landscape I had as seen-in En" land, I
stepped a few moments to'xidtice Ole features.
that distinguished it from Aeleribll4,:landJ
scape.s ,of the . einut - physicial.;.;TO . Ontear, -
:Thagmak perhaps,'be surnmed' , .up in these.
characteristics.. In the first Plre'loftnclel:ltbat
rent ir0m,12313.25, dollars' pe - r liere, : tortheir
sheer ettpacity,:of Produetlem' rinisfneoestßri4
- iy - lurktiptilrehtgth - ik - fte , cuitiva,4Wo)
course no letilHfy Pastuie - tiers4Eo4oo
rassi or bald sand hilt, breaks-, :iltie• t rls pl.
arii!etial..?*fertfitty.....l'hort.
, ibctrcm'ixapt 3T
-
-planted,4oat-theotticofitonstioes i 4lt% , o
the sMalleetjtawthora. , inttim.gar4etledgS
1
ard,'e i the rl i m n Elhiiinii o ootui9eior! l ffon
thelettilittephe;oll;itheirfolisge;ppqpelo
iaikvaggtatgin'
of
atinutaillante,;::Thii',lnbitici*gca** ay* / of
n i ti t o keViii ( VOWilF4*.a : PaAb:Airlqlea:;
f libailei,ro 44 4 0 1 GVAirllitirOSC 00' Common
l ':t sprightly,
grebilbsiy an& a velfeE
MIZE
MU,k4acnicttoitto,>
TO A CHILD IN PRAYER, -
Fold thy little hands in prayer,
lowdown lit thy Maker's knee;,
thy sunny thee Is . fair,
hrough thy golden hair,
s nes passion free;
oughts like garlands land thee
oriel piny find thee—
child, prey.
no
Stanin
Thine e•.
And pleiumn
Unto thy 'home,
Then pr
Now thy trinthenrt, like a7c
Sineethln its.ionner next;
Nn evil thnUght, nn hnkind word.
No bitter, angry voice huh stirred
The beauty of its rest.
But winter comet!), and decay
AV:lslet!' thy Verdant home a way—
_Then prsy, child, PM,
Thy spirit is a halloo or glee,
Anil Gladness itarpeth at the door,
N'll4e ever with n merry shout
IMO, the May-queen, doteeth
Iler lips with Mimic running o'er!
Put Ttme'those strings of Joy will sever,
And Hope w ill not dance tin forever!
Thin pray, child, pray, ~
Nnw thy mother's hymn abideth
Round thy pillow in the night, •
And gentle feet creep to thy hed,
And o'er thy quiet face is shed
The I nper's darkened light.
lint t hot sweet hymn shall pass away
By thee no mnre these feet shall Stay
The pray, child, pray.
Elihu Burritt in England.
NAILERS
softness about a newly shorn meadow,
which strikes an American at• the first view
of a summer landscape in this country... But
the most distinguishing and interesting fea
ture dell is the evergreen hedge. The soft
and luxuriant verdure ofonejields, reptising
lin the valleys, or curving gracefuly at'ound
the gently. sloping • bills Lille groves, dells,
and ivy -netted cottages and churches of the
ohlen time. and thd gulden wheat fields ever-,
mu with glancing waves of sunlight, would
be like unframed pictures without the hedge:
In fast if our black American stone walls or•
rail-fences Were substiteted for it, the rural
scenery of England would be robbed of its
.veriest feature. Everything looks pictures
que when enclosed by this self-woven Wall
Of green—even, the veriest pasture. It lines
every read atid lane, surrounding groves and
gardens, pastured, Eilbadows, wheat fields,
and potatoes. fields. As I descended into the
valley of I could look right into hun
•dseds of gardens, vhich for all the world
appeared like so many bird's nests or moss
baskets, placed one above the other up the
hill,,and tilled with ditierent plants and flow
ers. Tho opposite wall of the valley was
hung around with portraits wrought in Na
ture's rroret work; or with fields alterna ,
tine through all her pencil tints, and looking
like framed pictures in their hawthorn bor
ders.
I was'suddenly diverted from my contem
plation of this nognificient Scenery by a fall
of heavy rain drops, as the prelude of• am
itnriending shower. Setiligu gote.opo.mand.
heat OiOklug behiud the hedge.
I stepped through into a little blacksmith's
shop, about as large as an Arran ican smoke
'boUse bier curiae bacon. Ihe first object
-that ray eyes rested upon, was a lull grown
mum nine years of age, and nemly three
feet high, perched upon a stone of half that
height, to raise his breast to the level of Ids
.whielrhe 'was - at - work"; with
the vigor of his little short arms, making
nails. I say a (all-grown ipan, for I fear lie
can never grow any larger, physically or
mentally: As 1 put my hand on his Ami
der in a familiar way, to make mysCh at
home withitifn, and to re movg the timidity
with which my stulduen appearanee seemed
to inspire him, by a : pleasant word or two of
gJoeting, his flesh belt ease-hatdened into all
the induration riL. toiling manhood, MOl . as
1111:11Seeplibk' 41.:210W111 as his anvil block.—
.Fluntiiran liOod ilajd_sct_upon- him-delie„,,.
gii:;e j laies's - Or his youth; and there he was
by Insfallier's side, a sinned m ,,,); with his
childhood cite old; with no space to gro.v in
between the
_cradle. and the anvil block
chased as soon as la' could slant( out ,his
tie legs, from the health-sto n e to t h e f oige _
storm, by iron !necessity, th a t would not let
him stop long enough ot pick up a letter of the
English alphabet ito ate way. 0, Lord John
RuEsoll ! of, it! 01 this Englishman's
Ana, khiced by Ids Illother, semi:oly weaned,
on a cold 51•47 e. befole
ailed ! there to loinicti, sent, and blister Ls
young hands by Ilea in and hammering rag
ged nallrods, for the swoenattee her breast
can no longer supply! Lord John ! look at
Mose nails. as they .he hissing on the block.
Know you their meaning. use; and langnage?
Please your lordship, let me toll you-1 have
made nall.; helot 110 W—they air row exch
aildion pants. which Ilti unlettered. ti-11
boy is uncmiseit nisi)! a:raying agninst you,
against the Urnisketwentinent. and the HMl
istry'orliritish literature. for Mining hint MI
without a letter of the Englishalplinb e t, when
&jilting is dime by swam ! fur tee:mm[B6llg
hitn, sin on his or Ids parent's side,
but povray. Alta a dark, sit'-by-eight peso!
of haul labor, a youthless of it!
an infant hartletted, almost in its mother's
arms, Imo a man, by toil that bows the stut
'diest of the world's laborerii who comae to
manhood through inteivenitm vicars of child=
hood.
The boyi,...father, was at Work with , Iris
hack toward me. vthen I entered. At' my
first word ()I' salutation to the lad. he tutor.]
around and act-wood nie a little ba-lifully, us
if unaccustomed to, the sight (.1 sit angers in
that place, or reluctant to let them into the
scene and secret of Ids poverty. I sat down
upon one , end of his nod bench, and told hint
I was tin American blitcksfnith by trade ; and
that I had come to see how he got on in the
world ; Manlier lie was earning pretty good
wages at his business. so that he could live
comfortably. and send his children to school.
As I said this, I glanced inquiringly toward
The boy, who was looking steadily at pie
"Imm his stool by the all
Two or three little crooked-fared girls,
from two to ye ye.trs of age, 'lthd stolen in
timidly, anti a couple of young, frightened
eyes were peering over the door sal at me.
They all looked as-if sortie task were doily
allotted them in rho soot and einjers of their
father's forge,-even to the ..shariVeyed baby'
at the door. The poor Englishman—he wit-i
-ns much ml Englishman a*thii-Dtike of We:
lington—looked at his bushy-headed, bare
footed children, and said softly, with 's met
anCholy shake of the head, that the times
wore rather hard, with him. It troubled his
heart, and many hours of the night lie had
been kept awake by the thought of it, that he
could not send his children to school, nor
teach 'them himself - to 'read.' They were
good children, ho said; with a moist yearning
in his eyes" they Irmo allilmwealth_he,.had.
Iffallieloved them file more, the-harder he
had to work for them. The poorest part of
the poverty that was on him, wee that he
could not give his children the letters. They
were good children, for all the-crobk-of—th-o
shop w,as .on their faces, and their fingers
"were bent like eagle's - claws with handling
'nails.. ',Holt ad beeka:poor man all his days
and he,keeW his cfrildren.would be poor all ,
hair
bitsiness'AtoUld'ernitinee to iikovi , worso; , -
he;could Fo ply-give-them the letterityorthe—
alphabet as 't hey celled it would .make .
them the like , of , rich Lifer ;thee they Weld
iehdihe. Testa meat:- could reed the Tee-
'lament alittle, for he Juid.learneil .the letters
by, tire-light. . It:was a Was the
Teetatnentc., htiVer saw ' Roy other book
heard fell orlseirie rieh poeple's 'hotises';.
bUt ihnittered but littleWithltitn. Thel'es
ta'menti hemas Surelt was ,maoe.lortttaileur
'aud such like: ~ It helped him .wcuiderlutly",
whiiii'llte,loaf wits stualLon'his table. lie,
had_ bpl „thud to 'read it when the _ sun
uw:ti toak.-hint-lun# '
_4Al:tread -a
fOrlmleerpeCtito lettere:when .he wrotoold...
hi 3 laiditheeideltie'dieh'aVdinner time
and fe,a . his heart wtth it, ~ whilo,hie children
*ere`, eating the bread that, fell.te,hii,erterp
-kriaivheiri-Tifilliiiiiiipigriiirif,liiitAK the'
tips WiedWherso. there - aloud, end hie Old !
est boy; the'one the bloutc'there; could say,
velem he had learned . in'this.
Way, weepa groat tierniOrt to' him to think
;that Jeetni3i3ConldialWintti hiithe,tirt Ng ma.
'ny Whole versei:Oftha'Testaincint' which he
'could' het maiLTlloinitended:tnteitOh'4ll
children in thia:Way:: 'lt waa could'do
for themaad: air at' meat-
• •
Inci
times; tor. all the other hours he had to be at
the anvil. The nailing business was grow
ing harder, he was growing .old, and his
family large. Ile had• to work. frdfia four
o'ckiek in the morning till ten o'clock at night
to earn eighteen, peue.
,His wages averag
ed only about. seven , shillings per week; and
di s hre, were five of them in the family to•live
on what they could earn. It was hard to
make up the foss of an hour. Not one of their
hands, however, little , mold be 'el - aired.—
Jemmy was going on nine years of age, and
a hopeful ladhe was; and the, poor man
looked at :him dominitily. Jemmy could
work oil a th`eusand nails a day of the small
est sire. The rent of their little 'shop, tenc
meat and garden], was five pounds' a year:
and a law pennies earned by the youngek.'el
them wd.S of great amount.
But,: continued the lather, spe: ing
ly. I am northe one' lint ought'ln complain.
• Many is the man that has a harder lot or it
than 1, among the'nailers along these hills
and in the valley. My neighbor in the next
door could tell you something about labor
you may never have heard the like of in
your country. Ile is an older man than I,
and there are seven of Mein in the family ;
and for all that, he has no boy like Jemmy
here to behrhim..__Ssune.allislittle girls.nro
sickly, and their mother is noCo.ver snong,
and it all _comes rvhirn. Ile is an oldish
man, as I was saying, yet Inc not only works
eighteen hours every day at his forge, but
overy Friday hi ihe.year he works :ill night
lung- andaniver la) s oft his clothes till late of
Suturday night.
A Bond neighbor is JoJut Stiibbins, and the
only matt jut iii ohr neighborhood who can
read the newspapec: for it is not the like of
us that l • ait, have newspapers' and bread too,
in the house at the same time. Hut now and
then he begs an old one, partly torn, at the
-baker . . l : and 'reads to us iL
SO once la Iwo 'or tliree weeks we Wear
something of what Ts going on in the-World
—something about corn-laws and the Duke
AVellinglon and Orta . po. and India, and Ire
land, and oilier plii ,: ?es in trigland.'
' We heard tell, awhile ago,,iliat the poor
pmpit , would' not brit 10 . .111.11ie so, many
nails for a loaf of broad murk longer, because
Sir Hobert Peel, and sonic other men, were
going to tile olf the port locks and oilier
taxes, and let us buy bread of Chum that could
ken us die cheapest.- When we Ward this
talked of, n ithout kniiit'Ang the truth of it,
Jon Stebbins. took a penny and Went to the
White Ilan and b(right a think of beer, and
then the landlady-let hint look into the newt.
Raper which she keens•lut the cosionteri
When hi• 'attic back,lie told u s a great (lea;
of what wati'gniti_g on, and said lie was sure
I ,the times woold be better one of these days.
The man was here it te'rrripted by the en
trance of his neighbor, who had beetiof.ittrae
ted in by-the .01111 d 4 - 4111,' Iltrthitral COTlVel•Wa
tion : in his i.dlow millet's end of the budding,
I paled 00 iny Inißsoek — aim 'did -whin
could to teach Meru die Alphabet of the
King's Erglish, vith regard to Lie Natrona:
debt, and all the other burdens which the'
poor laboring people of the realm had to
bear. I think I succeeded in , impressing
their minds with a few salutary convictions
with regard to the connection betwee'tr mili
tary glory and poyeity.
.e. 3)
Ta3loes Official Despatches,
Horn Qout.roes Atot V OF OCCITATFON.
" Camp below . Ivlonterey, Supt. 22 1816.
Silt: I have the honor to report that the
troops tinder inc command. including the
mounted volunteers' from "l'extet, marched
from Slarion or, the - 1811 t and encamped be
fore Monterey on the lttth inst . , - - It was int
rued iately discovered that the enemy oce-tipi
edthe town in -Jerre, and hail added greatly
to its strength by fortifying the approaches
and commanding heights. A close mean
noisatice was made the same evening by
he ()Moms of engineers and topographical
tengineers on both flanks of the town, and
it was determined, :min the infornimion pro
cured, to occupy the Saltillo road in the rear
of the town, carrying, if practivable, the sev
eral fortified eminences in • that direction.
;I'h division of regulitr troops, and a por
tion of Col. Ilay s reginient of mounted vol
unteers, Was accordingly detached under
Brig Geu Worth on this service, at noon on
the 20th. A tea-inch mortar and two 21
point - der howitzers ware plated in battery
durir ' lire ht In play upon the citadel and
town. ticlock these guns opened, and,
continued a iletibeiate fire, which was re
turned To create a still further diversion in
,favor of Gen. Worth's movement, the re
ilnainder of the force, except- a camp guard,
was' displayed around the centre and left of
tho town. The•iinfantry and 4 1st battery of
the Ist division made a strong demonstration
On the loft, and soon became so closely en
gaged that I moved forward _the volunteer
division . unar. Major General Butler - to its
support, leaving dye baunllion , (!stAentue
ky) to cover (ho' mottol battery4Mb.lose,
contest tit 911 ensued, which resuileUlphe
capture of one strong battery of rcitlertygung';:,l,
- defenices Our,
troops novrOactlpy. A garrison Was left to
hold thFs position), and. the remainder 01 the
forte returned to camp.,
In the
.JrnevAinmilenoral lirtirth ffad-en-
I gaged ihe'thietny early in the morning, and
deleaked him with conbitlerable lnss v In the
course of the day two of the lotteries in . rear
of the toWn:wete.carried by storming parties
rot the 2irdivision, and a: third was carried
this morniag,:at - daWn of day. The Bliltnp's
enoupted_the.only'temainineheight
in rear of the towni and, is cOmpletely , cont.
manded.by .the works alreagy carried. Gen
Worth's dwibion Occupies the, Saltillo toad; , . •
.cuts off all succor or support from The inter:er.,
- I most.resetvell mere...minute :report:of .the...
intnettatit operations of yesterday, until, those
ihe,'difereitl"Oonimandera. Are, rendered,
and 'also 'until-a teppgrdphiCal
. sk e tch 'id the
country-eanle'prepared , ' , : ••••
1 regret to,,report that Our • SUCCOSiOS have,
noilieenobtitinetl4,itfibin severe be
attributertiti:tgcicil rm'eastire 10116 .ardor.;_of
tie troopLim.possing_kiward.—No..,retufni
..ftilledmad---W-datyleifitailry*lition •rectei:'
vndi.tter is it known' what corpr,of 96k:
Wortl). l 6 divisieet*olitilliFfeil:Miist' 4 T folio,
int*
,SEG and.
Attfivglnfeatii - ef'llift4y:rinlif - riF r iginitier
of Tennessee .volnnteerii,haviCenitairked; the,
greatest
be .ttri.acqukate;liet7.:etcllWaltteefrkillett and.
44-x4
EDE=
NUM. , VII'
Lietit. and At jt. D. S. liwin; 2d Lieut
Nazi lit.
4th Infantry- Ist Lieut..and Adj't., C. flds
kins.
80k kfuntry—Ciipt: H. Mckaratt.
ithiry/ing/ and IVashingion Baitalkin Nun
tcers.—Lient. Col., W. H. Watson.
L • • i
VOLUNTEER LOVISION.
Ohio lieginientlst Lieut. M. Hett.
Telinessx IRekinicitteapt..~lV - . B. Allen ;
pout, S. M. Putman:
AI QtYNDED
• •
Carpi of Esigineer's.—Bre'Vet Major J. K.l'.
Mansfield, skehtly. • •
corps of Topographical Enginecrs.—Ca l pt; •
VV. G. Williams, -On hands of the enemy.)
Ist . 1 1faldry.—Brevet Major. J. K. Aber l. -
erombrte sliahtly; Capt. J. H. liamotte, se
verely,.. Ist Liget - imam:J. C. 'Arran, in hands
of the enemy 2d Lieut R. Dilsworth, severe- -
Is.
3rd Infintry.-111ajor W. W. Ler, Severe
ly, Cartt H. liain h rulge, slightly.
4 1kLiftrutry.—'1st Lieut. R. 11. Graham,
severely. t
sth Infantry. -Ist Lieutenant IN, B Rossell
sl it~htl v.
. J
7th. Jufantry.—lst Lieutenant B. Porter
severolx, - •
VOI.CNTEEn mvtsioi
General stryr—Maj. General IV. 0. Butler,
slightly. •
•
Ohio Regimen.. Col. A. M. Mitchell,
slightly, Capt. JameS George.. slightlyi. flat
Lieut. and Adjutant A. W. Armstrong, very
seriously; Ist. Lima. N, Niles, severely; Ist.
Lieut. L. Molter, slightly.
Ithssi,rsippi /ktriatent.—Lieut. Col A. 1 - 1
I%h:flung, sevefely; Capt. 11. N. Downiog,
slighily; Ist Lieut.• H. F. Cook, slightly;
Lieut. IL K. A riharslightly.
InvlSlo.l OF TEXAS MOUNTED VOLUNTEERS.
- I need hardly add,the conduct of our
troops, both regular's and volunteers, through
out the operations, has been everything that
could be desired. The 'part which each
corps Contributed to the successes of the day
will appear more fully in future reports: To
Major geniefals Butler and Ilenderson, and
oot
Brigid iir.;' qn'erals Twiggs and Worth, COM.
mandiii ' ,i.tiiens. I must express thy
they
, . Ajb efficient support which they
have renderer]—particulurly so to Brigadier
Gen. Worth, whose services fran his de
(etched positio4 hare - been most consplcu - -
oLIS. --
I am sir, very respectfully,.
Your obedient servant.
Z. TAYLOR,- -
Major General, U. S. A. Corn.
The ADJUTANT GEN. OF TOE
Washington, D. C:
111. :ADLWARTEllN,AllISI V OF OCCUPATION.
Camp before Monterey, Sept. 23, 1846.
Slit : 1 have the gratification to"report thdi
tlii .Palace. was aßthtly carr i ed
yesterday by the troops of the 2d division.
In the course of the night the batteries below
the townwere, with one exception, 'aban
doned by the enemy, Mid this roprning . were
occupied by our troops Tb:tlay the 3d nif
tan try, with the field artillery of the Ist divi;
$lOll, the Mississippi and Tennessee regi
ments. and the 3d regiment of Texas rifle
men, (dismounted,) have been warmly en
gaged with the enemy in the town, and
have driven him with considerable loss td
the plaza and its vicinity, which is yet
strongly occupied. A portion of .11. e 2nd di,
has also advanced into the town on
the :tight, and *olds a position there. 'the
enemy still maintains himself in the plaza
and citadel, and seems determined to make
a stubborn resistance.
I am particularly gratified to report tlt
our success of yesterday and to-day, though
disastrous to theArtemy, have been achieved
without material 10.45.
eandespeak in too high terms of the
Military and perseverance of our troop's
throughout the arduous operations of the last
three days.
I arn, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Z. TAYLOR,
Major General U.S. A. Corn.
The AIEWTANT GENERAI. OF TIIE ARMY,
\Yashingtou D. C:
II EADQVARTERS ARMY OF OCCUPAinON„
Camp before Monterey, Sept. 24, 1846.
Stu: At noon err the 22d inst. while our
•oops were closely engaged in the lower
part of the..city, as reported in my last des
patch, I received by a flag
,communication
from the.governop of the State of New Leon,.
which is het e with enclosed, (No. I) To this
communication, I deemed it my duty to re
turn an answer declining to allow the inhabi
tants to leave the city By eleven o'clock,
P. M., the second division, 'which had enter
ed the town from the direction of the •Bish
-op's Palace, had advanced within one square
ol the princtpal plaza, and occupied the city
up to s that point. The mortar had, in the
meantime, been placed in battery in the
cemetery, within good range of the heart. of
the to yen ' and was served.throughout the night
with good effect.
~ Early in the morning of the 24th, Ire- .
.ceived a flag froin the town, bearing a corn
munication _from --Gen- Arriptrdia,-- which 1 1
enclose, (No. 2) and to which I retnrned the
anstiltr, (No. 3.y. 1 alio arranged with "the
bearer of the flag cc : Cessation cd•fire,,until 17
o'clock, which hour I,.appointed to. to receive
the IMO answer of Gen..AmPddia . at , Gen:
Worth's head . tpiartert., Before the appoint=
ed time,
.however; Gent , Ampudia hod sig4":"
pitied to Gen. Worth, his desini-lef.a - parsolf.:.•
at intersiiew, with. me :for the ,porpole..pt
"deariihi aiimegement Ad
interview was' accordingTt aapolutadlor one'
'realoak, and re - Milled iii•the:narning - of a comb
mission to AraW .up articles of agreenteht
plating the Ohdra*al of the Mexican for
ces, add n temporary, eOsation.pt hostilities:
The commissioners named by:the, MeXician
genet ot. , in-,ehief were Generals' Ortega and„”
Itequenri and Don &banner M. , Lanogriver.'
:nor. of. New Leant.. Those, named on,-the'
Americad.itidd-were Geng yd. Worth- General •
Henderson; goVemOr of Texisi r 'end col. pa-
vis, Mississippi yolunteers.:• The'COirithissiat
finally settle'd'uPon'thearficles of . Which f
eholosemiritaNc - i7T4I
: :Whiliciii%Spantsl4ill44llo4,llo , e=beed.4----
duly smiled: Agreeably to tbe:pmiria_Of
the - 4th artfelati;rouTtroupe't*Wthih, morning; •
•ectittPiellfie; 00404
:Meriicarigarriamf are lesrf:Xigero4 than thoae
firativitpbsrid:;;v:The: , gallant tidifen*6llhe... r,
46 *iliT,Iltf0114.aatrtkii041:46thge
OniMentity'N e xio,alipief4o.o tii*Craqi • •
tii,Concur
with ihti, otitgt ie s iori ;: ih lie for e'%ihitzV
'WlllJ.tri*litigitlYe:thelappnii,al of
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