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ALEXANDRIA FOUNDRY.
I. 44 H. Grafizis,
ESPEOTFULLY inform the citizens
414 of Huntingdon county, and the public
generally, that they continue to carry on
the _ _ _
Copper, Tin and Sheet-iron Business,
In all its branches, in Alexandria, where
they manufacture and constantly keep on
hand every description of ware in theirline;
such as
New and Splendid Wood Stoves
22, 24, 26, 28 and 30 inches long.
RADIATOR STOVES,
a SIZES COAL STOVES FOR P ARLORS,
NEW AND SPLENDID PARLOR
STOVES FOR WOOD—THREE
SIZES EGG STOVES—Mso, IRON
RAILING for front of Houses--
CAST GRATES for cellar win
dows--SELF SHARPENING
PLOUGHS, right and left
an d ed--N EW BULL
PLOUG H ,with cast and
iron shear, and the
LIVINGS TON PLOUGH--DOUBLE
SHOVEL PLOUGHS for corn and
seeding in fall grain—COPPER
PUMPS, for wells any length,
and Tin inside and out--
FORGE HAMMERS,
from 5 to 16 cwt.
.New Cooking Stoves of all kinds, and
Alio four sizes of Coal Stoves,
ALSO STOVE-PIPE, AND STOVES FINISHED
All kinds of castings done, for Forges, Saw
mills and Threshing-machines. Also WAG
ON BOXES, MILL GUDGEONS, AND HOLLOW
NARK; all of which is done in a workman
like manner.
Also, Copper, Dye, Wash, Fuller, Pre.
serving, and Tea Kettles, for sale,
wholesale and retail.
Persons favoring this establishment with
their custrm may depend on having their
orders executed with fidelity and despatch.
Old metal, copper, brass and pewter ta
ken in exchange. Also wheat, rye, corn
nod oats taken at market price.
Al,xandria, May 20, 1846.
" QUEEN or THE WEST"
co co) at.am. al) CPCIO 6 ,
For sale by I. & H. GRAFIUS, Alex
andria, Huntingdon county,Pa.,
cheap for cash or country
produce at the
market price.
The "Queen of the West" is an im
provement on Hathaway's celebrated
Hot Air Stove. There has never yet ap
peared any plan of a Cooking Stove that
possesses the advantages that this one
has. A much less quantity of fuel is re
quired for any amount of cooking or ba
king by this stove than by any other.
Persons are requested to call and see
before they purchase elsewhere.
May 20, 1846.
To Purchasers—Guarantee.
THE undersigned agent of the Pattentee,
of the Stove, The Queen of the Mat,"
understanding that the owners, or those
concerned for them, of other and different
patent Cooking Stoves, have threatened to
bring suit against all who purchase and use
any of " GUILDS PATENT COOKINC STOVE
—The Queen of the Mat." Now this is
to inform all and every person who sisal
purchase and use said Stove that he will inl
demnify them from all costsor damage, trom
any and all suits, brought by other Paten
tees, or their agents, for any infruigment of
their patents. He gives this notice so that
persons need not be under any fears because
they have, while consulting their own inter
ests and convenience, secured the superior
advantages of this "Queen" not only of the
OM, but of the East.
ISRAEL GRAFIUS.
May 20,1846.
Dissolution of Partnership.
The subscribers doing business under the
firm of I. Grafius & Son, in Alexandria,
Huntingdon connty, dissolved partnership
by mutual consent on the 3rd day at April
last. All persons having accounts with said
firm will settle the same witt► 1. Grafius,up
to the above date.
I. GR AFIUS & SON.
Alexandria, May 20. 1846.
Lllllepaccarhss2
Alargo supply of JUSTICES' BLANKS, on
superior paper, just printed, end for eels at
this office.
MT? OTOMM,
ho VPants Great ilargainst
Dr. Wm. Swoope,
Respectfully informs the citizens of Hun
tingdon and vicinity, that he has lately re
turned from the city of Philadelphia with
an entire NEW STUCK of Goods, which
he offers for sale a few doors east of the new
Presbyterian Church and directly opposite
the residence of Mrs. Allison, Main street.
He is fully determined to
SELL CIIEAPER
than any establishment in Huntingdon, or
further, than any in Huntingdon county.—
The stock consists of a general assortment
of
SPRING, SUMMER and WINTER
DRY-GOODS; such as
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Broad Cloths of various colours; Cassimeres
single and double milled ; a good as
sortment of Vestings , Sattinettes
and Flannels; all descriptions of
Woollen & Summer goods;
consisting in part, of
Silks, Lawns,
Shawls, Ginghams,
Calicoes, Balsarincs, Bal
sarine Lawns, Gingham Lawns,
Hosiery, Muslin, Suspenders, Rib
bons, Linens, Checks, 'Pickings, Sun
shades, Parasols, Summer Goods, for men
and boy's wear ; Also, a carefully select
ed assortment of Queensware, and
Hardware,
Composed of Iron, Steel, Saws, Scythes,
Sickles, Hammers, Axes, Nails, Traces,
Shovels, Locks, Hinges, Screws, Itnives &
Forks, Shovels & Tongs, Looking Glasses,
etc., etc. ALSO,
Groceries i Such as Coffee, Sugar, Teas,
Tobacco, Oils, (fish and Sperm,) Molasses
of different qualities, Fish. &c. &c,
irrAll articles kept at this store will be
disposed of on very reasonable terms for
CASH, or in exchange for all kinds of coun
try produce.
rrHe hopes that persons before purcha
sing elsewhere, will give him a call.
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Huntingdon, May 57,1846. -
WAR! WAR! MORE WAR!!
In Texico, Mexico, and OrigoniCOl
GREAT EXCITEMENT i!
Latest arrivals of Spring and
Summer Goods,
At the Cheap Cash Store of
JOHN N. PROWELL,
•
Directly opposite Wallace's hotel, Hunt
ingclan,
A Splendid assortment of LADIES' and GEN-
TLE,IfEIVS' DRESS GOOD ' S: - --
Consisting in part of CLOTHS of every des
cription,
Cassimeres, Vestings, Satinetts,
Sheetings. Tickings, Linens,
Checks, • Ginghams, Calicoes,
Lawns, Gingham Lawns,
Balsarines,
Balsarine Lawns, Shawls, Hosie
ry, Ribbons, Suspenders, Table
Diapers, 4'c. Also, Grace.:
ries and Queensware,
In short everything that is necessary for the
wants of the public. As his stock has b, en
selected with an eye single to the interests
of the community, persons would do well to
call and examing his stock before purchasing
elsewhere. Thankful for past favors, he
still hopes to receive a liberal share of public
patronage.
N. B.—He would wish to be distinctly un
derstood, that he can sell a little cheaper
than any store up town. All you have to do
to satisfy yourselves of this fact is to give us
a call.
All kinds of marketing, such as butter,
Eggs, Bacon, Wool, Rags, Btc., taken in
exchange for goods.
May 27, 18:1.5
Valuable Real Eslate At
Orphans' Court Sale.
BY virtue of an order of the Orphans'
Court of Huntingdon county, will be expos
ed to public vendue or outcry, on
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Thursday the 31st day of July next,
at the public house of SAMUEL sTEFF Y,
in Jacksun township, EIGHT TRACTS of
Unseated Lend, late the property of Jacob
K. Neff. deed, situate in said township, one
containing 400 acres, surveyed on a warrant
in the name of Henry Cavan One contain
ing 400 acres, surveyed on a warrant in the
name of David Stewart : One containing
400 acres, surveyed on a warrant in the
name of A. Johnson : One containing 400
acres, surveyed on a warrant in the name of
Hugh Johnson : One containing 400 acres,
surveyed on a warrant in the name of Henry
West : One containing 900 acres, surveyed
on a warrant in the name of Thos. McCune:
One containing 420 acres, surveyed on a
wrrrant in the name of James Dean, and
one containing 400 acres, surveyed on a
warrant in the name of John Adams.
TERMS—One-half of the purchase mo
ney to be paid on the confirmation of the
sales, respectively, and the balance within
oneyear thereafter, with interest, to be se
cured by the bond and mortgage of the
purchaser.
By order of the Court,
JACOB MILLER, Clerk.
Attendance will be given by
JOHN NEFF, Mer.
June 17, 1846.
aTTOII.I Er a 4 , z.t riA,
HUNTINGDON, PA.,
_ _
Will attend with promptness and fidelity to of
business with which he may be entrusted in Hun
tingdon or the adjoining counties.
His office is the one formerly occupied by James
Steel, Esq., nearly opposite Jackson's Hotel.
Huntingdon March 11, 1816,
uzialQ 9 cUmilw eagia,
ORATION.
belivered on the 4th inst. before Standing 'Vona
Division—Sons of 'Temperance. —
BY J. SEWELL STEWART
HUYTINGDOIi, JULY 14, 1846.
Brother J. SEWELL fimmtrix,
Sin: The undersigned Committee, appointed by
Standing Stone" Division of the Sans of Temper
ance, respectfully request a copy of your Oration,
delivered on the 4th inst., for publication.
Respectfully yours,
GEO. RAYMOND,
WM. H. PEIGHTAL,
THOS. ADAMS,
HUNTINGDON, 15th July, 1896
BRETHREN :-
I comply with your request.
Respectfully yours,
'.l. SE %YELL 'STEWART.
To Brothels Raymond, Peightal and Adams.
FELLOW CITI ENS :-
There was a time when wars were carried on
for dominion, conquest and plunder, without leaving
a corresponding beneficial effect on the destinies of
the human race. Nations and individuals were
governed in their actions, by ambition and their
immediate wants, regardless of the dictates of hu
manity and natural justice. If some golden field
of plunder lay before them, some magnificent end
wealthy city, or some temple stored with the trea
sure of ages; they never deliberated about the in
justice of the taking, or the destruction and deso
lation they might cause; but the only question,
they asked themselves was—is the prize worthy the
efforts of the soldier and the robber? When
Xerxes marched his contemptible millions into
Greece, his object was, to gratify a kingly animosi
ty, exhibit his military splendor, blot with blood the
land of science and genius and pillage the temples
of the Grecian gods. When Alexander carried
his arms into Asia, he conquered Tyre, runined
Persepolis, plundered the brightest portions of the
world, and then retired, to die in drunkenness, iti
the golden city of Babylon. When Zingis Khan
distributed five hundred waggon loads of gold and
silver among his soldiers, in the forests of the north
of Asia, the imperial shepherd and robber had got
by conquest, that, which industry and labor never
could have acquired. When Tamerlane, after
having conquered Asia, from the Volga and the
Irtish to the Indian ocean, and from the Ganges to
the Grecian Archipelago—and then retired for
awhile to his palace of Samarcand, where, at the
marriage of his six grand sons, he showered pearls
and rubies, nine times on the heads of them and
their brides, which were abandoned to the attend
ants; he was only expending the revenues and
taxes, collected by the sword from a plundered and
blood-stained world. When the barbarians of the
north broke into the Roman Empire, they were
at
tracted by its riches—and they never stopt their
career of plunder, until they had taken from her
every jewel, which had adorned the mistrust of the
world. Such is but a brief picture of what the
world was for more titan five thousand years.
Conquest, dominion and plunder were the only ob
jects of their invading wars; and often, those acting
on the defensive, were trying to retain that, which
they had obtained by the same means. When the
contention had ceased, as a general thing, no great
principle beneficial to the rumen race had been es
tablished.
But whatever may have been the character of the
feuds, strifes and convulsions of the ancient world,
there was a time, when its nuture became partially
changed; and the modern world with its enterprize,
intelligence, true philosophy and benignant spirit,
began to make its appearance. This was in a man
ner cotemporaneous with the moat remarkable and
stupendous events in the whole history of blood.
n 1402 the battle of Angora was fought, between tie
Turks on the one side, and the Moguls & Tartars on
the other, where nearly all the warriors of Aria were
arrayed in deadly conflict. in this battle, there
1 was the largest collection of soldierey that ever .ous
tered at one time on the face of the earth; the only
effect of which was, to delay the fall of the eastern
Roman empire, for fifty-one years. In 1453, Con
stantinople, the city of the Cursors, the resi
dence of the Roman emperors for a thousand years,
the place where the christian religion was first tol
erated end embraced by the reigning prince.—
yielded to the iron energies of a savage people,
who planted the standard of Mehemet, •vhere the
banners of Christ hod waved in the breezes of ten
centuries. In the midst of convulsions so terrible
that the *hole earth trembled with fear—end man
kind from polar snows to Indian suns, became
alarmed for the safety of the human race--the an
cient world expired.
While, however, ancient institutions and gov
ernments were tumbling to ruins, and old thing.
were fast passing away ; circumstances and events
wore taking place, which indicated that the world
was about taking a fresh start; and that thereafter,
wars, under the guidance of moral and intellectual
principles, should be fought, not so much for plun
der and dominion, as for religious and political
liberty. In the neighborhood of this time com
menced the struggle, which is still going on. of the
people against the tyranny of their rulers. General
intelligence began to be diffused. in the fourteenth
century, Wickliff preached new and better doctrines
in England; and in the fifteenth, John Huss in
Bohemia. In 1302 the mariner's compass was in
vented ; and the art of printing in 1440. In 1515,
the reformation by Luther commenced in Germany,
which gave to the world, a new stock of ideas on
religion ; and instituted new modes of thinking.
At this time we may date the birth of that mightiest
monarch of civilized society—public opinion.
From this time forward, nearly all the ware and
social convulsions, have been struggles for moral,
intellectual and political liberty. The reformation
weakened or broke the chains, by which the church
bound the people, and gave to every man some
thing of an opportunity, to think and judge for
himself. in the same century, the same iron power
was broken to pieces in England. In the great re
bellion of 1648, the. English people, by an authority
inherent in themselves, beheaded their sovereign,
and plunged themselves into a polttical and religious
war for their own political and religious emancipa
tion. In the revolution of 1688, the divine right
of kings woe exploded forever, by the same nation;
and William and Mary eat upon the English throne,
not by the grace of God, but by the yoice of the
people. Every great fundamental principle of lib
erty had to be bought, piece by piece, with torrents
of their best blood. If they hail not been fought
for, they never would have been possessed, and the
human mind would have been without their cheer
ing influence.
Facts sufficient have now been adduced to give
general notion of the difference between the char
acter of ancient, and modern contentions. Those
bf the one were for plunder and dominion; the
other for the amelioration of the condition of the
human species. The student therefore, who wishes
to study minutely the history of the advancement
of the human mind and the human heart, must
Commence somewhere in the neighborhood of those
greet convulsions and awful calamities, which shat
tered to pieces the last remaining columns, which
supported the Rennin empire. If he be careful in
the study of European history, to note the gradual
acquisitions of knowledge which the itintl received
for five hundred years, he will be able to under
stand the nature of the information end motives,
which those purest of patriots had, who were prom
inent actors in the American Revolution. The
English people especially, in every civil commotion,
from the reign of Henry VIII. up to this notable
period, had acquired a new stock cf free principles.
With this stock of free principles already on hand,
the American statesmen of 1776, commenced the
building of that temple, which is destined to cover
the whole earth ; and upon whose dome high up
in the skies, it is to be hoped, the eters and stripes
shall wave, until the summoning angel shall call
the inhabitants of a perfect world, to the city out
of sight, the house not made with hands, eternal
in the heavens."
The revolution of 1776 was a bloody one—but
it is perfectly evident, that its object was not con
quest and dominion; but " virtue, liberty and in
dependence." When It had broken the it on bon
dage of despotism, and the limbs of the people be-1
gan to move untrammeled ; the whole face of the
nation, which a short time before, looked so stormy
and violent, settled down as calm as a summer's
morning. The people asked nothing but what in
natural justice belonged to them ; and that they
were determined to have, it it should cost the last
dry!, of their blood. They got what they wanted
and what of right belonged to them, and then went
peacefully home to their wives and children, poor
in store but rich in spirit.
Thus wo see that wars and revolutions, convul
sions and physical calamities, which throw into the
heart such terror and Marin, operate as means for
the purification and redemption of society. And
I dm constrained to believe, although it is unphilo
sophical, that all these civil columotions, wiles and
national Wars, are so many stupendoun puppet
shows, the wires of which aro pulled in heaven, at
the dictation of the Almighty. Every modern war
has been followed by results no evidently for the
better,—that it appears, mankind is . so much cap
ital stock invested by Omnipotence to be killed,
worked up and disposed of, under certain forms for
the ultimate benefit of the human race. They have
ell done immediate evil, but remote good; and it is
no difference how good or how vile may have been
the causes of their commencement; how much
they may have respected or. violated the dictates of
humanity and justice; how much or how little inno
cent blood, they may have sent streaming down
delightful vallies; how many blooming places,
they may have turned into desolation ; or how im
piously they may have assailed the majesty of the
Heavenly King still it seems--that the impulsive
power, tho moving force of the convulsion, came
from the moral engines in the throne of God. Com
manders plan, fight battles and wear the conqueror's
crown of glory; armies rush into battle with the
fierceness of lions; but neither are aware at the
time, that they are only cog-wheels in that great
machinery which is screwing the world into shape.
Desperate diseases require desperate remedies ; and
calamities of this kind are the remedies provided
for diseases in the body politic, which mildness
can never cure. You may call victories on the
fields of battle—luck, fortune, Providence, destiny,
or what you will—but they are all tending in their
results to the bringing about of that "good tithe
corning," when the lion shall lie down with the
lamb. The American, and all other revolutions of
the kind, are only so many links in that chain of
destiny, which is ultimately to connect the heavens
with the earth.
But the good resulting from ware, does not arise
from them merely as such; but in consequence of
their connection with the mental power which pro
pels thorn. The mere fact of fighting a battle dis
connected With any intellectual impetus or object,
is nothing more than the contention of one robber
with another for the mastery, as well as the spoils.
It is the war arising from discussion, thought, the
progress of liberal principles, and the desire to gain
that which man really ahoUld have, which benefits
the world at large; and these, I allege to be the
distinctive traits of nearly all modern wars. It re
quired a hundred years of discussion and writing
to bring about the French revolution, which, tern.
ble, bloody and satanical as it was, resulted in good
to that people end to the world et large. It was the
first school of experience which the French pee-
ple ever attended; and in it, they learned a little at
a tremendous expense ; but the information little
as it was, could not be obtained at a less price.—
Ono of the good consequences of this revolution,
among a great many others, that might be mention
ed, is, that Louis Phillipo is now, nut King of
France by the grace at God, but King of the French
by the will of the people. An acquisition of this
kind looks small, but it is really a great deal larger
than it looks. The American revolution was the
consequence of discussion, reflection, and the pro
gress of liberal principles. The American people
were too far advanced in knowledge and dignity,
to submit to open violations of justice. They de.
dared, that no power but themselves had the right
to tax them, and they fought for this principle un
fit they established it. They gained it as every
other valuable thing in this world is gained—by
hard labor. Every fundamental free principle,
which we enjoy at this day, has been acquired by
rivers of t,lood and floods of tears. Despotism
holds its power so steadily, and guards it so jealously,
that not one tittle of it will be grat.ted to the people
without a quarrel. Wars are therefore absolutely
and essentially necessary, from the very nature of
the depositories of tyranny, to the advancement of
mankind in science, liberty and religion.
The English some years ago were prohibited by
the Chinese government from bringing opium into
its ports. This government had an undoubted
right to make such a prohibition; yet the English,
in violation of every principle of international law,
compelled them by a military force to admit it.—
The result of that war was a treaty, which gave to
the world more commercial advantages than it ever
before had with that empire. The christian religion
now enjoys a free toleration throughout the Chi
nese dominions; and we may reasonably expect
that a brighter day is about to dawn on that land
of religious folly and delusion. A commercial war,
unjustifiable in itself, was probably the beginning
of a great moral and intellectual era, by the influ
ence of which, that land, and Asia generally may
be redeemed from heathenism and barbarity.
The war which is being carried on, between the
United States and Mexico, on the banks of the
Rio Grande, will result beneficially. We, who are
living in the midst of it, cannot possibly see its ul
timate effect, but our children will philosophise on
it, and point out the happy effect, which it has had
on the destinies of the world. It may give more
knowledge to an ignorant and superstition. people;
it may break the chains of moral and political sla
very, which are clanking about the feet of men wor
thy to be free ; or it may odd another star to the gal
axy of liberty. Let its termination be what it will
—it will be for the better. John C. Calhoun is re
ported to have said, that if the declaration of war
had been postponed another day, lie could have
prevented it;—but he was mistaken. The harvest
was ready for the reapers and the fatting fur the
knife. The time had come, when it was necessary
to break another rivet in the fetters of despotism.—
The war broke out. It will do its work and then
stop. It may sheathe the dagger of the assassin ;
fold up the hero; enfranchise the citizen; tome
the ranchero ; and make this moral desert to Idnn.
sons as the rose. A new pnper has alrendy been
started in Matamoras, printed in the English and
Spanish languages, which is sowing the seeds of
Anglo-Saxon liberty and enterprise on the Mexican
mind. What shall be the result, time alone can
determine ; but I will venture to predict that the
human mind will lose nothing by the operation.
It is therefore evident, that all both good
and evil, are working together for good. The gen
eral effect is not as good as though it proceeded en
tirely from the good, nor as had as though it pro
ceeded entirely from the evil; but a medium be-.
tween the two. This general effect, produced
from the operation of opposing and concurring
principles, when applied to the atTairs of men and
nations, as acted on the great theatre of the world,
is what I understand by the word destiny. If that
effect tends to mollify evil, the tendency or destiny
of those principles, is good ; if the reverse, it is bad.
It is the same as the resultant of several opposing
forces in mathematics.
Man is now riding on the surges of a grOrioiis
destiny, and every time his bark dacends, it is only
for the purpose of mounting to the summit of a
loftier wave; and thus he will go on lentil ho
shall arrive at the shorn of that happy land, whose
foimtains are clear as chrystal 7 -whose hills are eni
'erald and whose rocks are silver. lot wars and
tumults come;--in company with thought and
mental exertion, they aro only urging us on, to a
better state of society.
"Cannon balls may aid the truth,
But thought's a weapon stronger,
The proper impulse has been given,
Wail a Wile longer !"
All the powers in the social system, are at work to
bring about the "good time coming." Some will
call it Providence—others destiny; but the result
is certain.
The reformation hos begun,
Wait a little longer."
The privileges which we enjoy in this land of
liberty, aro too vast to begin to recount them. We
have progressed so far, in correct principles and
general intelligence, that we have become the sun
of the national system. Our principles and ex
ample are more effective to the overthrowing of
thrones, and the breaking down of the fortresses of
tyranny, than the lever of Archimedes, to the mov
ing of the world. Wherever our citizens and our
flag are privileged to sojourn, there too is the genius
of liberty, with all her youthful charins and smiles:
Communication is now so easy and quick, that
every new principle is no sooner discovered, than
in a few weeks it has made the tour of the earth.
Since we have been enabled to dispatch intelli
gence as swiftly as the Almighty can fling light
ning from the skies; there is no telling how soon .
the Samoyed of Siberia shall greet his fellow free
man from the shores of America. The chorus of
freedem breaking from the hills and rallies of the
United States, may ruir.glo and harmonize with
correspondent ones, from the centre of Europe and
' Asia; and the bannerol liberty may be telegraphed
round the world. The pagodas and temples of
Hindostan and India trill silently crumble to ruins;
1
the Bramin and the Mussulman will forget the lollies!
and delusion of an earlier age; and the devotees of
every religion and the worshipers of every divinity
—alike of the Lybian Ammon, the Babylonian
Bettis, the Grecian Jupiter, the Egyptian Osiris and
the Hebrew Jehovah—will send tip their united
' adorations to the Omnipotent end Almighty God.
The Zendavesta of the Persian, the 'l'heogoiry of
the Greek and the Koran of the Mohamedan will
give way to the Bible of the Christian. Golconda
will give up her jewels and Ophir her gold, for the
treasures of knowledge and emancipation from
slavery. These, and ten thousand other blessings,
must be expected from the spread of those pricer
plea, declared on the Fourth day of July. 1776, in
Independence Hall, in the city of Philadelphia.
How much has the world improved, when we con
sider, that it is not four hundred years since a seat
in the princely mansions of heaven was sold for two
dollars and a half.
But there is a little party assembled hero to.day,
conducting the celebration, whose beverage is water
and whose motto is "Love, Purity and Fidelity."
They ask to be recognized as co-workers in bringing
about the great results of the present age. The
Sons of Temperance have unfurled their tri-colored
flag, to flop in the same breeze with the stars and
stripes. Wherever the one shall go, there may the
other be also—the one in the cause of liberty, the
other, humanity and benevolence! The one bear
ing " Virtue, Liberty and Independence—the
other, " Love, Purity and Fidelity !"
Incidents of the Battle Field.
The New Orleans Tropic contains the
following:—
After the fight of the 9th became getter
-11, a private, an Irishman, found a bunch
of chapparral between himself and a strap
ping Mexican. The
• Mexican raised his
piece, and taking • deliberate aim pulled
trigger; the piece did not go off; the Mex
ican again raised his musket and snapped
it, Paddy all the time civilly looking on.—
Atthe second failure to di•charge his piece,
the Mexican in a delirium of wrath, threw
his musket away, and went through vari
ous gyrations of dispair. Paddy mistak
ing, these eccentricities for a challenge for
a fist fight, threw away his musket, arid
plating hinisclf in an attitude thut would
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have delighted Deaf Burke, sang out "Oh,
by the powers, you will not find toe amiss
with the fist, if that's
. ..,•er game." Lieu
tenant —, who was observing this sin
gular exhibition of coolness and chivalry,
ordered the soldier to take up his propel
weapon, and send the Mexican to his long
home, which was done accordingly. A
private, on the Dili, who had followed Lieu
tenant Dobbins through the thickest of the
fight, raised his musket at a Mexican, and
would have blown him through, if the poor
fellow had not most pitiously cried out•—•
"Amigo, amigo," at the same time drop
p'nz his weapon ; the private did the same.
and advanced toward the Mexican to take
him prisoner; the Mexican then profidi -
ously raised his piece, and instantly killed
the generous American. This so enraged
Lieut. Dobbins, that he drew his bowie
knife, and at a bound reached the coward,
and literally split his head in twain.
As Chu r chill's battalion of artillery
were advancing to take their position in
the second line of battle on the "Sth, a pri
vate in the 4th regiment was come up to,
who lay upon the battle fndd with both legs
shot oil. Ile was ont of the first that It'll
after the cannonade commenced, and was
it veteran in 1S apoleon'h wars. After hay.
ing escaped in the terrible conflicts of Aus
terlitz and Wagram, and in the reit crit
from Moscow aunt the battle of Waterloo,
he lived to fat; at Palo Alto, iron, a can
non shot fri.in a Met'.•.an battery. As his
fellow soldiers passd by him, and noticed
at every pulsation of his heart, that the
blood flowed front his wpundi, they stop
ped an instant to SyMpathise with him.—
The noblehearted felloW as his eves wera
glazing in death, Waved them on, and will,
It's last breath Said, "Co on comrades i f
have Only got What a soldier enlists for."
Good Swimming
The Skowhegan People's Press states,
that a young man, son of Simeon Parker,
Esq., of Skowhegan, Me., was engaged,
with others, in breaking a jam of logs, at
the head of the falls, when he was tied..
dentally thrown from the jam into the Wat
er, and carried over the fall , . His first
appearance, after he disappeared in the
foaming current, was near die west side of
the bridge., He there seized hold of a lug
as it went booming past hint, to which
,he
clung like a hero; until he had floated over
the most dangerous rapids between the
bridge and the eddy, when he deliberately
selected the most favourable po;iit, and let
go the log, and Swam for the shore upon .
the Broomfield side, whiCh to the joy of
hundreds of persons; who skirted both
banks of the river, he reached iii safety,
though Much exhausted. The distance
how the head of the tails, were he fell
into the water, to the place where he land;
ed, is estimated at about a mile:
He is only a Mechanic.
How frequently is the remark 'node by
aristocratic upstarts, who have nothing
reccommend them save their money and
impudence, ,‘ hen the name of an limiest
intelligent mechanic happens to be fuel'•
tinned in their pesence. They consitlet :
it degrading to ai&ki.tte with those who
do not, like themselves, possess wealth.
even though the wealth was obtained by
the Moil rascally means. Nothing is so
disgusting to well-bread, well-WM . 4161
people, as to hear an ignorant, conceited,
pulled up, lung haired, brainless, impudent
dandy, talk about mechanics, as if they
were no better than brutes.
No true lady or gentleman would be
guilty of sutli littleness. It is only Spoiled
beauty —the worthless, contemptible soap
lock who would do so. Show us the Man
or the woman mho would consider it a
disgiace to associate with hOneSt Well in
formed mechanics, and We will slitiw you
a poor worthies, ignorant, conceited crea
ture—useless to himself and the Wm Id,
and a disgrace and encumb ranee to his
friends.-- est La. A. essenget.
[Pram the Pittsburg Amerieen.s
Pretty Good.
We happened to hear the following colloquy yec.
terday, between a Whig and a Locofoco: Speak
ing of the relative talents of the distinguished men
of the ago in which we live, the Whig remarked
in substance as follows:
"I tell you, sir, that when the English language
shall have ceased to be in common use—when tho
revolutions of time, in her ever changing course,
shall have brought forth some new language, the
speeches of Henry Clay, Daniel Webster and John
Quincy Adams, and their writings, will become rho
text books in schools and colleges--will take rho
plsce of those of Demosthenes, Cicero, and others,
now in general use."
Well, sir," replied the Loco, " if the speeches
Of Clay, Webster and Adams will survive to the
length of time as you would have us believe from
your renrgyrick, just permit me to inform you that
those of Martin Van Buren, James Buchanan and
John C. Calhoun will be handed up to the Court
above at the final consumation of all things."
.1 expect they will," coolly and promptly re
plied the Whig, " and the Judge will say, after
having examined them, 'depart front me ye curved:.