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TIIE GARLAND.
---,—"VVith sweetest flowers enricli'd
From various gardens cull'd wtth care."
THE LONE ONE.
Ain—"Sitien' on a Rail."
vroaDs Br R• T, CONRAD, F. 54
Sung oy Quayle, at Ma Farewell Concert .
They told the soldier's widow'd bride
Thal he a glorious death had won;
'Oh! NTQC2ifi,. she shreked. w. too had died,
lkly child, for we are all alone—
Desola'e and lone!
Desolate and lone!
Desolate and lone!"
Her heart was with her dead.
tier ),abe in all her sorrow smiled,
liar early doom'd, her only one;
Death from her heartstrings tore that child
',aid left her all alone—
Desolate and lore!
Desolate and lone!
Desolate and lore!
She pray'd to join her dead!
This widow clasp'd her sunken brow—
Her pale lips breath'd a broken moan—
She sunk—her heart had burst—and now
Sloe is no more alone !
N ever more alone?
Never more alone!
Never more alone.!
She sleeps beside her dead!
MISCELLANEOUS.
Bra® the N. 0. Commercial Bulletin
Pera Cruz Taken.
By the French steam ship Meteor, ar
rived last night in 60 hours from Vera
Cruz, intelligence was received that the
Castle of San Juan de Ulloa , was taken
by the French Fleet after a bombardment
of three hours, with a loss of only four
men, by the blockading squadron,—while ,
from four to five hundred Mexicans wer
killed. In the same ship came a messen
ger, who was hurried on to Washington
being the bearer of important despatches.
From the Courier we take the following
particulars of the bombardment,
On the 27th of November, the French
Admiral, Baudin, sent word to the Mexi
can General, Rincon, that he was about to
attack the Castle of San Juan de Ulloa.
About two o'clock the same day, three
French frigates, 'a sloop of war and two
bomb ketches, moored between the reef,
within gunshot of the Castle; and so well
directed was their bombs acid heavy artil
lery, that in less than four hours they had
silenced the fire of 100 pieces of 114exican
artillery, demolished all the out works,
including the famous redoubt calls,' El
Caballero, and killed and wounded 600
um of the Mexican garrison.
About 6 o'clock in the afternoon of the
Sith, the Mexican commander in the
Castle, hung out a signal for the cessa
tion of the hostilities, and begged to be
allowed time to withdraw his wounded
from the ruins of the fortifications— Ad
miral Baudin replied that lie could con
sent to no truce. but would allow the Mex
ioans to retire from the fort, if they capit
ulated. To this the Mexican General a
greed, and withdrew his troops from the
Caste, which was immediately octopi
ed by the French soldiers and marines.
The iMexican Lanny. near Vera Cruz,
was 5.000 strong; but their officers did
not consider themselves able to hold the
town, commanded as it was by the guns
of the Castle, until the French Admiral
consented that one thousand of the Mex—
ican troops should remain in the city, to
preserve order.
It was believed that negociations had
been commenced between the Mexican
Government and the French Admiral,
for the re-establishment of peace, hat
some time may elapse before the result is
known'.
The French: Admiral it was thought,
would no longer hinder the vessels of all
nations from trailing to Vera Cruz.
We have here given all the particulars
which have reached us. Of the uniterior
designs of either the French or Mexicans ,
we are ignorant. Time alone can tell,
whether the Mexicans, dispirated by this,
their first trial of strength with the French
will consent to patch up a peace and pay
the money demanded of them; or whether
the war will be prolonged, and lead to fnr
ther conquest by the arms of Louis Phil.
At a late hour last night, we were put
in possession of 'the following highly in
teresting particulars of the attack and
capture iof the Castle of San Juan de Ul
loa—for which. we are indebted to the
polite attention of an officer of the U. S.
Revenue Cutter Woodbury;
U. S. Revenue Cutter fl cud bury,
7th Dec. 1838: S
P. P. Rea, Esq. Editor N. 0. Bulletin;
Having been an eyewitness of the en
gagement between the Castle of St. Juan
de Ulloa, & the French blockading squad
ron under the command of Rear Ad miral
C. Baudin, at -Vera Cruz, I have pen
. ned the following account of the same,
and which I have directed to you, for
whatever purpose .you may think proper
to make use ot. The 27th day of Novem
ber was fixed upon for the final issue of
the message to the Mexican government
from the French Admiral. According to
reports in the morning, a courier had ar
rived, bringing their answer which was.
'War to the blade, and from the blade to
the hilt.' During the morning the French
squadron proceeded with three double
banked frigates, four sloops of war, as
many brigs and bomb vessels, and took
their position abreast of the Castle with
out any interruption, at about one mile
distant—the weather being very fine and
perfectly calm.
At halt past 2, P. M, the ,bombard
meat from the French fleet commenced;
at that instant the Mexican coluors were
hoisted on the Castle. and the fin; prompt
ly returned.
The fire was continued by both sides
without cessation, till between the hours
of 4 and 5, P. M., when the bombs from
the French fleet having taken effect, two
severe explosions took place in the Castle
which for some time completely envelop.
ed it in smoke. Upon clearing away, we
perceived that the observatory which was
situated on the highest battery, from
which the warmest fire was kept up, was
entirely demolished. The other explosion
took place in the low battery, burying
in their rules upwards of 200 men, and
dismounting upwards of 170 pieces ar
tillery, according to the accounts I receiv
ed from town. The firing from both
sides continued until 8 o'clock, at
which time that from the Castle ceased.
The next morning by a despatch from
town, we were informed that the loss in
the Castle was 400 men killed and woun
ded, among whom wet e 35 officers. The
second in the command of the castle, Col.
onel Cela, of the battalion Aldam, being
among the number killed.
Front the French squadron no authen
tic information has been received of their
loss, yet, you may lonia an opinion, when
I assure you that the frigate Ephiginp a
lone received upwards of WO round shot,
according to the report of an officer of the
U. S. sloop of war Erie, who visited
the French Admiral the morning after th e
action, During the night a flag was gent
"ONE COUNTRY, ONE CONSTITUTION, ONE DESTINY."
A. W. BENEDICT PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR
HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 26, IS3B.
from the Castle to the French Admiral,
demanding a cessation of hostilities, for
the purpose of extracting the bodies of
those killed and wounded from the ruins
caused by the explosion. The same mor.
ning, between the hours of 10 and 12, a
number of boats left the squadron and pro
ceeded to the Castle.—The French hav
ing possession of the Castle, the town
must either capitulate or be destroyed;
I nevertheless, it is well fortified in all its
passages, every street being barricaded•
The troops are numerous, and appear to
be in good spirits.
n officer of a French vessel of war ins
formed us that the Castle had capitula
ted. and that at 12 o'clock the French
flag would be hoisted—which was ac
cordingly done at 2 o'clock, under a gen
eral salute from the whole squadron. con
slating of 2T vessels of all classes, inclu_
dif;g, 2 steam ships.
The capitl , lation says that the French
are to remain iu posseion of the Castle,
the Mexican authorities retain full pos
sesion of the city, exercising aii the.,
functions as before, 1000 troops only tol
remain, the balance to go into the inte
rior,
I was given to understand that the
French Admiral had issued circulars to'
all the Consuls opening the port to al l
flags.
The interior of the Castle, and almost
all the lower batteries, are destroyed by
the explosions, and the effect of the bombs
—The bursting of a single bomb of tißibs
destroyed the observatory as before men
tioned, burying a number of troops in its
ruins.
The Prince de Joinville, in command
of the sloop of war "Creole" behaved in
a most gallant manner, which came under
my immedirte observation, as I was with
in pistol shot of the French fleet when the
bombardment commenced.
Thus has this celebrated Castle, hereto
fore deemed impregnable. yielded to a
petty force after five and a half hour's
bombardment—The number of shot fired
from the French squadron, is said to be
upwards of 5,000 and from the Castle a
bout 1700.
I am unable to give you any further de
tails, as we sailed the same afternoon at
4 o'clock, for this place.
I am sir, your obed't ser;'t
UPPER CANADA.
Correspondence of the Commercial Adv'er'
DETROIT, December 3, 18S8.
Fearing exaggerated reports might
reach N. York, respecting the Canadian
difficulties in our immediate. vicinity, we
have below detailed all the facts, as near
as we can, that can be relied on. There
had been, for the last ten days past, a bo
dy of men collecting in the woods between ' ,
this place and the Maumee river.
Four clays ago our town was filled with)
I well dressed, peactble strangers. Gen
leral Brady. suspecting them to be patri
ots. has had a steamboat plying up and
down the river for three nights, for the
purpose of intercepting their crossing.
Night before last he found 250 stand of
arms, and a report was current in town
that the patriots had given it up, and
would disperse.
These reports led Gen. Brady into the
the belief that it was not necessary to keep
up the same watchfulness; and the conse_
quence was, that the patriots, on the se
coi', took quiet possession of a steam ,
boat at our wharf, and made a landing on
the opposite shore. They then came
down the river, on their way burning
three ur four houses and a steamboat, and
took possession of the small town oppo•
site Detroit.
The next we saw, was a pretty sharp
engagement at about day light a little
low::r down the river, in which report
says, 17 tories and one patriot were killed.
The British force was repulsed, They
hail only twenty regulars in light. Alter
this engagement we could discover no
,regular movement on the other side, until
about 11 o'clock, when the patriots-were
seen passing up the river bank. Others
were trying to got over to this side, but
*ere prevented by a steamlaeat having ou
board a detachment of U. States Soldiers.
Shortly after, about 400 British regulars
were seen in wagons, going up the river.
They were etattoned at Amberstburgh,
which caused their late appearance on the
field.
ONE O'CLOCK r. m. —The patriots arc
driven to a point of land about three miles
above this, on which there are three wind
mills, We cab see the smoke of a field
piece firing on these buildings. 1 hese
patriots must meet the same fate as their
brethren did at Prescott. The patriot
force on the other side numbers about 300
men.
EvENlXO.—During the day, twenty.
five British and four patriots were killed,
2 patriot prisoners were shot, and about
one halt of the patriots returned to this
side. The United States have made, and
committed to jail, seven prisoners, who
were caught as they were returning to this
shore.
Still Later.
since the above was in type, we have
t h c , p e t:•,,it Advertiser of the 6th. The
result of the invasit, , n was the total over
throw of the invaders, by 7 - a Militiamen
and 6 regulars!
Twelve of the invaders were killed, and
11 taken prisoners. Hot pursuit was
made after the others.
The 7 prisoners taken by, , General
Brady have been examined and bound
over for trial.
Not one Canadian resident joined the
invaders.
Theller was arrested at Detroit on the
sth, and admitted to bail.
From the Sackett's Harbor Journal Dec. 8
Canada Afiraint,
EXECUTION OF GEN. VON
SHULTZ.
We have been trifortnea by a gentleman
who witnessed the scene, that the Patriot
commander Von Shultz was hung in
Kingston yesterday morning, and that
Colonel Abbey and Mr. George were to
be executed on Wednesday morning next,
and perhaps Mr. Woodruff, though the
Governor's sanction of the conviction and
sentence of Woodruff, had not been re
ceived at Kingston when our informant
left.
We give the annexed as we find it.'
The feeling of exultation manifested by
the writer, we do not participate in. If
these outrages are to be continued, the
war is inevitable. England cannot and
will not endure them much longer. Nei
ther would America, in similar circum
stances.
From the Detroit Post or Dec. 5.
THE PATRIOTS HAVE LANDED,
Yesterday morning about 3 o'clock, a
patriot force, estimated at about five hun
dred, landed directly opposrte the bar_
racks at Windsor. The regulars attack
ed them; the fire was returned .The tories
were driven off. We learn by one of the
wounded, who was brought to this side,
that in the fight, one patriot officer was
killed, and three patriots wounded. Of•
the British, fifteen were killed and about
the same number wounded.
At 7 o'clock a company of regulars ar
rived at Windsor and commenced an at
tack. The officer in command fell from
his horse, and the Britisi fled. A detach.
ment of the patriot force was immediate
ly sent to Sandwich.
The glorious tricolor was raised at
Windsor and Sandwich.
Ilie patriots succeeded in taking three
field pieces.
After they had repulsed the enemy they
set fire to the barracks and the steamboat
Thames, in the service of the British Gov
ernment.
When the patriots landed, a large num
ber of the Canadians met them, and many
immediately joined them.
Eleven o'clock A. M.—The patriots
have marched up the river. It is suppo
sed they are on their way to join the Ca
nadians who are said to have risen in the
London District. They have with them
about twenty prisoners of war. Thus
far they have shown the utmost respect to
ri vete property.
The British surgeon his arrived on
this side, and reports the killed of the to.
ries to be forty-three, instead of fifteen
as stated above.
Rumor says that two hundred and sixty
three patriots have already connected
themselves with the insurgents, from
London District.
Twelve o'clock P. M. —About two
' hundred royalists are on the road from
Sandwich after the patriots, consisting of ,
cavalry, infantry and artillery.—The in
fantry are evidently citizens, and as near
as we can judge by means of a spy—glass,
act like men engaged in an unwilling ser
vice. They move at the rate of two miles
an hour, and have several times stopped,
as though irresolute about proceedin,g.
Two o'clock. P. M.—The royalists
hay, returned to Sandwich—bags, bag
gage, cannon and all.
We learn by some of the prlriots who
have returned, that the patriots hail taken
to the woods after having repulsed the
enemy, and that the Bi itish did not dare
to seek them.
Dreadful Steamboat Maas-
ter.
From the N. 0. Bulletin, Nov, 20,
The painful cintelligence of the blowing'
up of the boilers on board the steamer 1 1
Gen. Brown is confirmed b . ,- f,ccounts rel
ceived yesterday morning. .7'ite -e7;plo
- occurred on the 25th ult. at Helena,
where the Brown was laying to for
freight or passengers, and is attributed to
the neglect of the engineer in not letting
of the steam in snfficient quantities. The
effects of the accident were frightful and I
awfully destructive. The force of the ex
plosion was so great as to throw two of
the boilers out of the boat upon the bank.
The other boilers were torn to fragments
and scattered in every direction, and the
entire boiler deck, extended aft as far as
the door of the main cabin, was carried
away, and tossed into the river and upon
the shore. Here we have another exam
ple of the effects of steamboat racing
a pernicious and atrocious practice, which
continues to make havoc of human life on
our waters, in spite of the restraints and
penalties imposed by the law and the de
nunciations of the public press.—As the
affair will become a subject of legal inves
tigasion, we refrain from further com
ment.
-.o6razotiu
Road to ruin.
The Cincinnati Mirror, says that a man
who was hanged lately in a neighboring
State for burglary and murder, confessed
under the gallows that his career of crime
began by stopping a newspaper without
paying for it. It is certain he entered
the road to ruin by the right gate. This
should be a warning to all others of the
human faintly who wish to escape being
placed in a similar predicament.
Notwithstanding the end to which this
man came, we think the course he took in
stopping his paper without paying for it,
was far more honorable than is that of the
man who continues to take a paper with
out paying for it. The latter, in our view
commits a double crime, as he not only
defrauds the printer, but leads him in his
turn to violate the engagements made in
consequence of the expectations raised by
such promising patrons. We hardly
know what end such men will make.
Children and their Concerns
Children are full of cunning respecting
their own affairs, mixed up with a
recklessness of consequences that, alto
gether, make up their charming character,
so different from the artificial minds of
adults. I know a noble little fellow, for
whom I have conceived a particular admi•
ration, because he is what he ought to be,
--a boy. He has all the boy's faults and
caprices; all the boy's nature. The oth.
er day, in a moment of irrepressible ar
dor, he seized a hammer, and went about
the rooms knocking every thing to pieces.
Over went the chairs, down the books,
smash the looking glasses, and, nt length
[ Var.. IV, No. It
having conquered the territory, he corn
menced battering the walls, which he beet
half to pieces. His father, as yen snag
suppose, was indignant.
"How did you do it, sirl" cried the
frowning arbiter of his fate, in a tone that
too obviously proceeded the birch.
"So, father," cried the hoy, in the per
fect simplicity of his character; "so; ds so
—and so," inflicting several other wounds
upon the plaster.
The father laughed; the boy followed
his example; and the execution was post
poned.
The nut; day, our young hero Wil3
mounted upon a fence fifteen feet high, on
one kg, to the imminent danger of his
life. His father's mind was again agita.
ted between anger and alarm.
"Bob, you young rascal, come down
this instant."
"No, pa."
"I'll flog you, I say, if you Are not
down in a minute."
"1 wont get down pa, if you are going
to flog me."
"Come down, Bob," cried the father,
"And I will not touch you."
The boy got down. The father had
given his word against the whipping.—
Hwy would Solomon, under precisely
similar circumstances, have opened the
subsequent conversation? By explana
tions; by apologies; by confessions, and
prom;ses for the future. The boy better
understands his position, and hutnau na
ture.
"Pa!"
"What, you young scoundrel."
"Wasn't I high."
What diplomatist ever let off an serk
ard negociation more adroitly?
I have observed, in this little fellow, a
sensitiveness to pleasant and unpleasant
subjects of conversation. I thought I
e emarked in him, some time since, a slight
dereliction 'roue trie (sum, c was nut
certain, but I siezed the occasion to give
him a piece of advice. I explained the
distinction between truth and falsehood;
—the connexion between goodness and
happiness; between vice and misery. I
made a harangue of several minutes.—
Perhaps the pride of superior eloquence
rendered it a little longer than was neces
sary. I wished, however, to produce my
effect; and I rather flattered myself I had
done so. ♦t the conclusion of my hour
ly, I remained silent, being curious to
hear what my disciple would say, after so
valuable an oration. Presently he spoke.
"Mr. B—,"
"Well, "said I.
"My ma's going to buy toe a little
wagon:"
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From the Southern Literary Messenger,
Popular Errors.
That la contract, made on Sunday, is
not binding.
That those who are loudest or most un
ceasi-.g in their professions of regard fur
the People. are the People's truest friends
That genuine courage is shown by va.
poring or bravado.
That it is consistent with the charac•
ter of a gentleman, to smoke in a stage
coach.
That green or unseasoned wood i■ as
good for making tires, as dry or seasoned
wood.
That in order to exclude a child from a
share in his father's estate, the father's
will mustgive him something, howsoever
small; or mention him in any manner.
That hot bread, or any bread less than
twenty four hours old, is wholesome.
That ecessive familiarity is not dan
gerons to fi iendship. When I hear two
men, whose intimacy does not (late from
childhood, calling each ether 'Tom' and
`Nat,' I look for a speedy,r. and perhaps a
violent death to their friendship. The
friendship is not only shown, but strength
ened, by mutual respect.
That a lawyer, to succeed in his profes
sion is obliged to utter falsehoods.
. .
That those who are constantly talking
of the dishonesty of other people, are them
selves honest.
That the citation of many books, or the
use of man yworks, is a sign of learning.