hutrtitr. E f T II II II I I III AAyA Ay 'WE JO WHERE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES POINT THE WAV; WHEJf THEY CEASE TO LEAi, WE CEASE TO FOLLOW.' BY AIDRIW J. MY. 1Y 23. IBS). TBL1HS 1 MMBIR 33. i HISC1LL&IE 0 S From the Illinois Stale Remitter. Recollections of a Campaign By one who saw ttie lilepliant. Gen. Patterson. Tbe reader trill bear in miad that in & former Liuber, I alluded to the part this gallant offi cer had taken in pre renting Gen. 'Twiggs from niking the attack, until Gen. Scott arriTed, and the fact of his being again placed on the sick list after issuing the order then referred to. From that time until the morning of the battle, ca. the 18th, he had been confined to his tent sick from long and arduous toil amid the dust i-i heat of Vera Crux, and suffering the most excruciating pain from & dislocated ankle. But no sooner did the heroic old general hear the rst gun fixed on that eventful morning, than against the positive injunctions of his surgeon, u.1 the entreaties of his friends, he ordered his hcrse, and expressed his determination to join hia gallant commander on the height, and once more lead his invincible division into the thick est of the fray. He was so weak that he had lo be lifted into the sad-lie, but he said, as he j placed his crutches across the pommel of the i saddle, and a proud smile lit up his noble fea- j ftores, "if they kill me, I am but a poor, old sick and crippled man at the best, andtheFres- j id&ican make another general, but he cannot Bokenen, and I must be with my gallant boys, j to command to protect them to share with them in their glory, or to die with them in front i cf those batteries. They have never deserted t rae; I must not deert them now." I into the state. This would be a measure of ana 13 tre3tei1 kindly. If a girls father be weal- And it is a truth, that no sooner was it known j violence inexpedient and unnecessary. It will j 7' "without sons, he will sometimes select, to the volunteers of his division, that their sick j not establish a floating custom house, as has j "rom some equally respectable family, a hus ,ld general had arrived upon the hill, than a j been supposed, because it would be clumsy and j tac for daughter, and bring him up in his tew vigor seemed to be infused into every heart, inconvenient. To secure the revenue, it would j 0,wn nase. The youth so selected is likewise and new strength imparted to every man. : More than once during that eventful morning, he came near falling from his horse in conse- quence of the excessive pain in his ankle, owing . to its pendant position, yet in the midst of all ' this suffering, he gave his orders as coolly and j calmly as though he had been deploying his present magnificent division of volunteers . through the streets of Philadelphia. At the ; close of the battle, he assumed the command of the advance, and never rested until he had es tablished his quarters that same night, in the best room of Santa Anna's splendid hacienda, ?me ten miles beyond the scene of battle. This was one of the many instances of the indomita ble energy, and courageous perseverance of this most noble, distinguished an'Xaccomplished offi cer, and courteous gentleman. THE SCBGEOS'S JACK-ASS. One of the amusing, and at the same time, heart rending incidents of the day, came under my observation during an early part of the en gagement. The surgeon gene had ordered the surgeon of each regiment to accompany his regiment on the field, and to be there ready to render immediate assistance to the wounded. Dr. 5., who was not only one of the first sur- j will be no vessels to repair. The number of geons in the army, but also one of the most in- J vacant houses will be so large, that house rents corrigible wag in the service; was detailed to will be greatly reduce!. No new buildings accompany the regiment the Pennsylvania. . then would be erected, and mechanics must em Very soon after the batteries opened their mur- j igrate with the merchants. Factories must fol derous fire on the left flank of the American low their customers, whose rice and cotton will lines, a man wa3 brought to the rear, his hand J be sent for sale to other states. Cotton, instead torn off just above the wrist, by a six-pounder, of coming down the railroad from Hamburgh, The doctor was in the act of tying up the arter- I will go np the road through Hamburgh to Au- :es of the mangled limb, his steward holding the rm steady, and just beyond them at the dis tance, perhaps of ten feet, stood the steward's iack-kss, with his large panniers on, containing bottlei. bandages, knives, &c, quietly browsing the leaves of the chapparel. While in this po Uin, another discharge from the battery in front sent the balls hurling and tearing through the trees and among the ranks. One of these ?hc t passed immediately between the doctor nl the steward, carrying off the arm of one of the doctor's attendants, near the elbow joint, and passing on, struck the poor donkey amid ships, killing him out-right, and scattering the dieter's bottles, bandages, knives, ect., in a thousand different directions. The steward, ho was a dutchman, commenced bewailing the untimely death of his poor jack-ass, while the doctor, thrusting his hand in his pocket, and a tuning a sort of serio-comic expression, broke forth in something like the following: "Well, Old Lawson must think I'm a cussed fcol to stay here and be shot at in this way. It is entirely too ezcitmy to pleasant besides, I am a non-combatant I come here to heal those who are wounded, not to get wounded myself and there is that Duudimsji crying over that jaek-ass,. while here arc half a dozen poor fel lows who require assistance. That shows his animal propensities. "Now," 8aill hij turning to me, "what in the name of gunpowder is to he done. I hare no knives, no bandage no tourniquet, no nothing. You say you naTe teen dying for excitement, I hope you are satis fied now." While we were thus talking one of the men came to the rear, and informed us that Col. Black, of the first rennsylvanians, was mortally wounded. In a mcnicnt; the whole oulcf the noble doctor was enlisted. It ap feared afterwards that the Colonel and theDcc--r hai had a difficulty that morning, j-ist bc- fore the battle begun, on some point of military etiquette; they had always before been bosom friends, and now that he heard of bis friend be ing wounded, he begged me, for God's sake, to ride to the hospital and bring him another case of instruments, ect., "for," said he, "perhaps I can save him, and I will show him by my best endeavors to do so. how wrong he was in ma king the remarks he did this morning." The instruments were, procured, and the Doctor stuck to his post like a Trojan, during the en tire fight, notwithstanding the intensity of the excitement performing wonders in the way of cutting off legs and arms, and tying up arteries, but he did not have an opportunity of showing his kindness to the gallant Colonel for when the battle was over, he was found at the head of his battalion, having only been slightly stun ned, and not otherwise injured. Tlie Result of Secession. The persistence of the secession leaders in South Carolina, in urging on extreme measures, has had the natural effect of bringing forth at least the conservative influence of those who would save the commonwealth from the conse- quences of threatened precipitancy. We regard it as a good omen, that such considerations are put forward in the subjoined extract should ap- pear in a leading journal, the Courier, in the city of Charleston. The writer is forming a probable hypothesis of the course which the general government would pursue in the event that South Carolina as a state should resolve herself out of the Union; The federal government will not march troops merely abolish Charleston. Geore-etown and ! Beaufort, as ports of entry for the time being, The power of the federal government, under the constitution, to declare what ports shall be ports of entry, is beyond all doubt. The act of 1703 determines the number of those port3 in South Carolina and elsewhere. From time to time congress has changed them or abolished them, as for example, the pert cf Currituck, in "orth Carolina, in 1841. South Carolina will not permit the duties on goods imported to be collected within her limits. The federal govern ment will be driven then to abolish her ports as ports of entry, so long as the duties are not permitted to be collected. How will this proceeding operate on the con dition of the state and particularly of the city. All foreign trade will cease, because vessels attempting to enter a port other than a port of entry, is liable to forfeiture, vessel and cargo. Commerce being annihilated, our merchants must go elsewhere to do business. Capital, which depends on trade or employment, must go with them. Wharf property will be worth nothing: there will be nothing to land or ship. Pry docks and ship-yard3 will be valuless; there gusta and Savannah. That part of the said road between Eranchville and Charleston will be unused, unless it be for bringing goods to the city smuggled from other states. The coastwise trade would be destroyed as well as the foreign trade, as the state will tax northern produce, and it will go of course to places where it is not taxed. From those places it will be smuggled into South Carolina it will be as easy to smuggle it into the state a3 out of it, and everybody ad mits that the last is very easy. The same cau ses that will depopulate Charleston will give an immense impulse to the growth of other places. Savannah will double her business and popula tion. She will receive the merchants, the me chanics, the capital that we shall have lost. At the very moment when we have no employment for them, she will have double employments for all. It will thus become the direct interest of our neighbors to keep us in the desolate condi tion to which we shall be reduced. They will wax fat on our misfortunes. If our planters and farmers are so patriotic as not to send their cotton, rice and other produce to ports out of the state, there will be no money circulating in the state. The banks will be without business paper. There will be no dividends. At the very time when our taxes will be quadrupled there will be no money to pay them. We shall be checkmated unable to move. The people will very soon demand of the se cession leaders that some remedy for this con dition of ruin be pointed out to them. What will that remedy be? There can be no fighting there will be nothing to fight. There can be no appeal to foreign nations they could have oo pretence for complaint. If any man thinks ctncrwiso, let him reverse the case. Should England abolish Bristol, or France abolish Havre, as porti of entry, could w? complain or object? Shall we send a minister to Europe to ask for help? Every foreign state would ignore the independent government of South Carolina. Our condition would be at tnce helpless and ri diculous we should suffer, and command no sympathy; because the evil will be our own choosing both as to its beginning and continua tion. Have not the people a right to ask at once, and is it not prudent to ask in advance, that they who are .about to deliberate on the future proceedings of the state should at once declare what remedy they propose to apply to a condi tion of things in South Carolina which will be the result of their own measures, and which is at least possible, which many believe to be probable and not a few think certain? Marriage Customs of the Assamese The marriage customs of Assamese, a people of middle Asia, have many curious points of similarity to the patriarchs described in the Pentateuch. Jacob served La ban as a servant or bondman many years to obtain in marriage Leah and Rachael, who were sisters: and he was not allowed to marry the younger before the elder. So in Assam a man may marry two sisters, but he must not marry the elder before the younger. It is not uncommon, when a man is poor, to engage to live for several years as a laborer with the father of his intended wife. He is then called s Chapuana, a kind of bonds man, and is entitled to food and clothing, but no wages; and at the end of his servitude, if the girl likes him, the marriage takes place. The man is looted on in the family as son-in-law, called a Chapunea, and inherits the whole of his father-in-law's property. If a woman's hus band dies, though she may be only eighteen or twenty years of age, she can never marry again. 3 Perhaps the term "Creole is not under stood as it ought to be. The Cubans, when speaking of the nativity of a person, whether white, mulatto or black, call them Creollas, (pronounced in Spanish as if written Creoyos) if they are born natives of the Island. I sup pose that the word Creole is derived from this word, and made to mean a mixed race, giving the general impression that the Cubans are all mulattos, and are governed by European Span iards. Though there are many Creoles or cre ollos, mulattos on the Island, the generality are descendants of Europeans, and as fair as tbey arc, yet call themselves creollos, if born on the Island. This term is also applied to animals raised on the Island, as it means nothing more nor les3 than '-created here." Inquirer. An Interesting Incident. The Greenville (S. C.) Patriot relates the following: The other day, in conversation with Miss Dix, the philanthropist, during her visit to Greenville, a lady said to her, "Are you not afraid to travel all over the country alone, and have you not encountered dangers and been in perilous situations?" "I am naturally timid," said Miss Dix, '-and di"Jent like all my sex; bat in order to carry out my purposes, I know that it is necessary to make sacrifices and en counter dangers. It is true, I have been, in my travels through the different States, in per ilous situations. I will mention one, which oc curred in the State of Michigan. I had hired a carriage and driver to convey me some dis tance through an unhabi ted portion of the coun try. In starting, I discovered that the driver, a young lad, had a pair of pistols with him. Inquiring what he was doing with arms, he said he carried them to protect us, as he had heard that robberies had been committed on our road. I said to him, give me the pistols, I will take care of them. He did so reluctantly. In pursuing our journey through a dismal looking forest, a man rushed into the road, caught the horses by the bridles, and demanded my purse. I said to him with as much self possession as I could command. "Are you not ashamed to rob a woman? I have but little money, and that I want to defray my expenses in visiting prisons and poor houses, and occa sionally in giving to objects of charity. If you hare been unfortunate, are in distress, and in want of money, I will give you some." Whilst thus speaking to him, I observed hb counte nance changing, and he became deathly pale. "My God," he exclaimed, "that voice!" and immediately told me that he had been in the Philadelphia penitentiary, and had heard me lecturing some of the prisoners in an adjoining c ell, and that he now recognized my voice. He then desired me to pa.s on, and expressed deep sorrow at the outrage he had committed. But I drew out my purse, and said to him, I will give you something to support you until you get into honest employment. He declined, at first, taking anything, until I insisted on his his doing so, for fear he might be tempted to rob some one else before he could get into hon est employment. Ha 1 not Miss Pis taken possession yi the pis tols, in all probability they would have been used by her driver, and perhaps both of them murdered. "That voice" was more powerful in subduing the heart of a robber, than the sight of a brace of pistols. The Young Widow, or Only Thlr . ty-Three. A census taker, going his round last fall, stopped at an elegant brick dwelling-house, the exact locality of which is no business of ours. He was received by a stiff, well dressed lady, who could well be recognised as a widow of some years standing. On learning the mission of her -visiter, the lady invited him to take & seat in the halL Having arranged himself into a working position, he inquired for the number of persons in the family of the lady. 'Eight sir," replied the lady, "including myself." "Very well your age, madam ?' "My age, sir," replied the lady, with a pier cing, dignified look, "I conceive its none of your business what my age might be you are inquisitive, sir." "The law compels me, madam, to take the age of every person in the ward it3 my duty to make the inquiry." "Well, if the law compels you to ask, I pre sume it compels me to answer. I am between thirty and forty." "I presume that means thirty-five ?" "No sir, it means no such thing I am only thirty-three years of age." "Very well, madam," putting down the fig ures, "just a3 you say. Now for the ages of the children, commencing with the youngest, if you please." "Josephine, my youngest, is ten year of age." "Josephine pretty name ten." "Minerva was twelve last week." "Minerva captivating twelve." "Cleopatra Elvira has just turned fifteen." '-Cleopatra Elvira charming fifteen." "Angelina is eighteen, sir, just eighteen." "Angelina favorite name eighteen." "My eldest and only married daughter, sir, Anne ekphia, is a little over twenty-five." Varety-five did yon say, tnalam V "Tea sir, is there anything remarkable in her being of that age ?" "Well, no, I can't say there is, but is it not remarkable that you should be her mother tchen you vtrt only eight years cf aye 7" About that time the census taker was observed running out of the house, closely pursued by a broomstick. It was the last time he pressed a lady to give her exact age. Tlte American Contributions. We give below an extract of a letter from an American gentleman in London to his friend in this city respecting the portion of the Grand Exhibition which has been contributed by our countrymen, aad the comparison which it bears with the contributions of other countries. The view which he presents is not pleasant indeed j it is rather mortifying to our national pnae but it i frcm an honest and intelligent source, and, although unpalatable, the bitter may prove wholescme. Xathnal Intelligencer. " Th importance of this Exhibition has been greatly underrated by us. The European dis play wil be costly and magnificent beyond des cription. Some single individuals hare gone to an expense of 10,000 in the arrangement and display of their goods. If our Government had granted as many dollars to the object, we might have made a creditable appearance. As it is, the American portion will bear an appearance of stinting and meanness not very nattering to our national vanity. The articles, now that they are in tie building, are found to be insufficient to fill the allotted space, and a considerable portion of it has been resigned to other coun tries. I fear she will be very badly beaten; and I advise any one who intends coming here in the expeeU.tcn that this Exhibition is going to raise , our country in the eyes of the world to stay at home. I was one of those who expected itv but now that I see the splendid results of the art and taste of the European nations, I feel that what we have to show is only credita ble considering our youth. Some of our car riages and machinery are, however, quite com parable with the best here. In dagguerreotypes, also, we shall excel, and in India rubber fab rics'. But in all works of art and taste in sculpture, glass, silks, . woollens, and even in agricultural implements, we shall be entirely surpassed or quite equalled. la designs we are thrown entirely into the shade. There will be an advantage growing out of all this. We have been "comparing ourselves among ourselves, until we have become convinced that we are ahead of all mankind. . This direct comparison will open our eyes, and must, I think, result in great good, by giving a powerful impulse to the arts in our country ; if so, the temporary mor tification will be more than compensated, and may be recurred to without regret." RoBtTRT at THE Wohj.d'3 Faiu. A London letter announces that a remarkably fine case of Colt's revolving pistols was stolen from one of the counters whilst in charge of the police. It had been stolen between the hours of closing the doors of the bnilding on the COth ult. and the hour of opening. Last Words of the Presidents, When Washington was 67 years old he laid upon his death bed. " I find I am dying," said e, "my breath cannot last long." And again; " Doctor, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go ; I believed, from my first attack, I should not survive it ; my breath cannot last long." And so be eeased to breathe. More than a quarter of a century elpsed before a similar scene was witnessed. Then, oa the same day, the jubV J - r.t m fe of the nation, -a.ua.iiL3, at inj years or age 1 Jefferson at S3, --".f resign iny- came down to their last h or C self to God," said Jefferso: - A. my child to my country. Soon aftei is exclaimed. in dependence lorever: . T U was over. They, too, had ceased to breathe. Five years after thi3, at 71 years of Monroe ceased to breathe. Five years after this, at So years of ag, Madison ceased to breathe. Nearly five years after this, at CS years of age, Harrison remarked: "Sir, I wish you to understand the true principles of the Govern ment ; I wish them carried out ; I ask nothing more." And he ceased to breathe. Four years after this, at 78 years of age, Jackson observed, in substance : "My sufferings, though great, are nothing in comparison with those of my dying Saviour, through whose death I look for everlasting happiness," and he ceased to breathe. In less than three years after thi3, at 87 years of age, the second Adams declared : " This is the last of earth; I am content." And he ceased to breathe. In a little more than one year after this, at 5-3 years of age, Folk bowed his head in baptism, confessing his Saviour. And he ceased to breathe. The lamented Taylor, at C-5 years of age, submitted to the solemn decree. I am ready for the summons," said he, " I have endeavored to do my duty. I am sorry to leave my friends," and he ceased to breathe. The Democrat ic Part jr. The Hartford Times calls to mind the fact that the Democracy were once abused by the Whigs because they opposed a National Bank. We have a Whig national administration now, but we hear of no advocates for a bank. The Democratic party were unrelentingly abused for advocating the Independent Treasury Bill. Mr. Fillmore's administration does not propose a substitute, nor do Whigs oppose the measure. The Democratic party have been abused for opposing a high tariff. Mr. Fillmore now ad mits that a high tariff would be fatjl to the manufacturing interests. The Democrats were abused for standing firmly by their country in sustaining the Mexi can war. The Whigs took up one of the leading men in the prosecution of the war. and, with the aid of Democratic votes elected him Presi- The Democrats have been abused for securing important additions to our territory. There is not a Whig in the land who now dares to pro pose the surrender of this same territory. Here are a few facts that prove the general policy of the Democrats to be right and just. The Light Artillery. The United Service Journal comments some what severely upon the recent order of the War Department, dismounting the light artillery. It thus alludes to Gen. Scott in connection with the obnoxious movement: " We fear that the recent order dismounting the light artillery, springs from other than the j avowed motive, economy. It is fresh in the j memory of all, that during the Mexican war, ' the gallant and lamented Duncan, under whose command this arm had won golden opinions from the whole army, and the world at large, became implicated in the Leonidas' controversy, and thereby incurred the displeasure of the over sensitive general-in-chief, who was then, as now, an avowed candidate for the Presidency. It is shrewdly surpected that the rankling of the old quarrel with Duncan has been trans ferred since his death, to the arm in which he served ; and in which he shed such undying glory on the country. General Scott's fame as a soldier, is scarcely more extended, than is his reputation for inor dinate self esteem. This vanity does not spring from his success as a soldier, but from his un fortunate and singular belief in his great ability and growing popularity as a statesman. His political aspirations are becoming too strong for his military virtues, and he may now be ranked more properly among the politicians and demagogues, than among the soldiers. He is now on a tour through the country, and in all he says or does, we see that dear lore of the people, he is so anxioui to erve the determi- nation io euiurvc m u umiis uic mu&i njw economy: in s hort, practising all the tricks of . . ,-. . , ' , , . , the politician " to dive into men s hearts," under the hope that amid the confusion of parties, he may perchance arrive at the highest office in the gift of the people." - fcSjWe like the remark of a patriotic citizen . 7r , . , . , , ' . of Charleston, who sail, -when rwith Carolina leaves the Unin, I shill m jvc iat-j th- Unite 1 . i- . r ii aV: T v- . - - j i State. A Lesson for Girls. An intelligent gentleman of fortune, eays the Bangor Whig, isited country village in Maine, not far from Bangor, and was hospitably enter tained and lodged by a gentleman having thres daughters two of whom, in rich dresses, en tertained the distinguished stranger in the par lor, while one kept herself ia the kitchen, as sisting her mother in preparing the food and setting the table for tea, and after supper, in doing the work till it was finally completed, when the also joined her sisters in the parlor for the remainder of the evening. The next morning the same daughter was again early in the kitchen, while the other two were in the parlor. The gentleman, Eke Franklin, possessed a discriminating mind was a close observer of the habiti of young ladies watched an oppor tunity and whispered something in the ear of the industrious one, and then left for a time, but revisited the same family, and in about one year the young lady of the kitchen was con- j veyed to Boston, the wife of the same gentleman visitor, where she now presides at an elegaar J mansion. The gent?lman, whose fortune she j shares, she won by a judicious deportment an 1 well-directed industry. So much for an indus trious young lady. Ill: hly Important from Cuba. From the New York Sun. We are permitted to extract the follow in news from Port Principe, received yesterday, by letter to a Cuban gentleman of great res pectability, who vouches for its truth and cor rectness. Pobt TaivcrPE, May 4th, 1 Sol. The sign) for our rising has been given. Yesterday after noon a great outrage was perpetrated by Span ish despotism in this city. Nine of our most eminent, talented and wealthy citiiens were simultaneously arrested and taken to prison, and this morning, long before day, closely guarded, they were sent off to Havana and tha dungeons cf the Moro. The names of the individuals are as follows Don Sera pi o Becio, Lawyer. - Joseph TL Betancourt, Lawyer. Ferdinand Betancourt, Lawyer " Manual Arango, Lawyer. " Joaquin Rivera, Lawyer. ' Francisco Yarano, Planter. ' Francisco Y. Batista, Planter " Francis Quezada, Planter. " Salvador Cisneros. Planter. I need not Wd you that these are ail gentle men of the highest respectability, connected by ties of blood with many of the first families in this place, and other parts of the island. They are known far and wide for their liberality, strength of mind, uprightness, and nobility of character. That they should be thus snatched from our midst ar 1 torn frcm their wives and children without a moment s notice, without even the form of an examination, or the whis per of an indictment, is an outrage too horrible to be borne by the people of Cuba. The God of neaven will surely revenge their fate. Our tyrant foes may force them to igno" , minions death by the garrote, but their blood w 11 cry aloud for vcageanc?, an 1 h-ist;n a car nag?, awful and irresistable, in which despotism and cruelty shall fall, and LirzaTT come out at last victorious. The excitement here ii tremendous. Oi l men and young, maidens and matrons all are filled with unutterable anguish and deep desire for j revenge. How would your people feel if your noblest men should suddenly be snatched from all they hold most dear, by the minions of your government, to be cast into miserable dungeon Yet this is the relative petition of the noVi men jest now arrested. Nine more honored, more respected, or greater men, than the above named never trod the soil of Cuba ! The pretence under which they were arrested was that they were engaged in the revolutionary movement. Senor Recio is one of the ablest lawyers in Cuba. Senor Aargo is a lawyer of great emi nence. He leaves oehind a wife and twelve ehUJren, some of whom have been educated ia the United States. The officers arc now in pursuit of several more ef our people. Among them they are hunting for Senor Solitaries of Cunaguez, a man of letters and great scientific distinction. They are also in pursuit of Senor Augustia de Miranda, notary public, Senor Joseph Castil lo, a wealthy planter, and others. These arrests are made by order cf the Cap tain General to Senor Leimerich, our Governor. The day of reckoning with our oppressors is at hand. The next steamer will bring yot stirring news. VIGILANTE.' 3X, A few days ago, says the Pcnn'ylvan'n. I we had the Whig papers at Ilarrisburg clamor ing' for propriety and decorum in conducting the i r- , . canvass for Governor, anl now the organ of i T , . ....u;. rv.? r-;i- v I Johnston, is assaulting L-oL liglcr in the most . ' . offensive manner. .... I ' " ' " ! Cst? A snake, evidently of the Witj school. j has beet caught near Louis villc. Tee Democrat -t - m . A savs it is of tne cnajneiion order, as at times it j - i- Prar3 f clear white coior, again j.ju leok an i it is f a bautifii rink coW. ! TH
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