BY JAS. CLARK.
POETICAL
BOUGH AND READY SONG.
TUNE-" Dandy Jim."
Oar country calls, once more to arms,
To save your work-shops and your farms;
< 6 Old Rough and Ready" makes the call,
The invitation's to you all.
Let Palo Alto be our cry,
And on the breeze Resaca fly,
'Till Buena Vista's deeds repay
The conqueror of Monterey.
The Empire State with noble pride
Han placed her Fillmore side by side
To run the people's race with Zack,
So Cass and Butler clear the track.
Let Palo Alto, &c.
A sound more welcome than the rest,
Lights up the prairies of the West;
"Ns Ashlands thunder bursts away
The well known voice of HENRY CLAY !
Let Palo Alto, &e
Now « in the dark and troubled night,"
A star is seen on Bunker's height;
To guide the old Whig army home,
The tribes of Thin united come.
Let Palo Alto, &c.
Our gallant Scott brings up the rear,
His DURNING SOUP the Locos tear;
Their old reserve can ne'er escape
The deadly aim of Taylor's grape.
Let Palo Alto, &c.
Our harbor boys will wheel about,
And help to clear the CASS•CADE out out;
" Chicago's letter" they will read,
And SNAG him in the hour of need.
Let Palo Alto, &c
The people say Cass has been dull
Since he surrendered under Hull,
And with that sword he broke in two,
A Mexican, BRAVE PILLOW slew.
Let Palo Alto, &c.
When starving Ireland cried for food,
Cass like his native granite stood ;
He dreamed the day was far remote,
E'er he would want the Irish vote.
Let Palo Alto, &c.
Cass rides a FOOTE by donkeys led,
Polk has a PILLOW for his head;
And should his Buckeye Bashaw fail
lie has a CIISIIING for his tail.
Let Palo Alto, &c.
The sov'reign people will it so,
(lid Zach, mast to the White House go;
For that high station he was made,
lie never wore the Hack cockade.
Let Palo Alto, Sce
MORE GRAPE !
Locofoco Testimony in favor of
lien. Taylor.
WE PUBLISH BELOW the Circular of the Dem
ocratic Friends of Gen. Taylor in Pennsylvania.
It was issued last Summer, and received the
cordial sanction of the Democratic party of this
State. It is signed by many of the firmest and
truest members of that party. Several, indeed,
Of the signatures will be recognised us mention
ed, at this time, in connection with the Guber
natorial office. We are glad to have it in our
power to add this endorsement to the many al
rJady published, in favor of Gen. Taylor. We
have no doubt that Gen. Taylor will receive as
many votes of the old Democratic party in this
State as Gen. Cass. He will, with proper ex
ertion on the part of our Whig friends, go over
the State with an old-fashioned Jackson major- ;
ity. As there has no change occurred in Clen.
Taylor since the publication of this circular, we
hope to have the co-operation of Judge Eldred,
Judge Bucher, Gen. Cameron, &c., in the pros
ecution of the campaign ! A little more grape,
gentlemen, and the day is our own !—Daily
News.
ils)i jib ji
CIRCUL4It
of the Democratic Ta“or Central
Corresponding Committee.
At a large and enthusiastic meeting of Demo
cratic citizens, held at Harrisburg, on the 26th
June, 1617, the following, among other resolu
tions, were unanimously adopted
Resolved, That this meeting of Dem
ocr 'tic citizens, recognizing the omnip
ote ice of the will of the people upon
such a subject, and deeply impressed
with the peculiar qualifications of Gen.
ZACHARY TAYLOR for the Presidency, do
hereby present him to the Democracy
mid the people of this State and Union,
as the Democratic candidate, and the
rent candidate of the People for the
offiee of President of the United States
ut {fie ensuing Presidential election.
Restdred, That in the attachment
bt General TAYLOR to THOMAS JEFFER
SON—iII his warm friendship for ANDREW
JACESON; apd in his determined opposi
tion to a hank of the United States, his
kiitiVrn patriotism, and the whole course
of his life, we have the best warrant for
our firm belief that he will administer
the government upon those principles
which have formed the policy of every
Democratic administration, and whose
object is the greatest good of the great
est number.
• "Resolved, That a committee of cor
*respondence be and are hereby appoin
ted, for the purpose of interchanging
sentiment with their fellow-citizens
throughout the State, with a view and
for the high purpose of promoting the
nomination and election of (An. ZACH
ARY TAYLOR, for the presidency; and
that the cornmittee arc clothed with full
power, cad are instructed to use all pro-
'1
nntinobon
per exertions to effect such political or
ganization in Pennsylvania as may be
calculated to vindicate and carry out the
public will In regard to the next presi
dency ; and that the officers of the mee
ting appoint said committee."
The following named persons were
appointed the committee :
COl. SETH Sm.:linty, Hon. Gno. Kurnmu,
lion. N. B. Et.nnEn, lion. WILLIAM Docx,
Hon. JOHN M. READ, D. W. C. BROOKS, Esq.,
Hon. Riennun VAIJX, SAMUEL Poor., Esq.
Gen. S. CAmttsoN, Col. ISRAEL P., INTER,
F. W. HUGots, Esq., R. F. BLACK, Esq.,
JAMS Biwa*, Esq., Col. H. B. WRioitt,
,
, . ,
Maj. WM. DRWAktt, J. A. Bisnor, Esq.,
Gen. C. SEM., Maj. Geo. V. ZIEGLER,
Hon. JOIIN C. BECHER, Hon. JOHN Sxynen,
BENJ. PARKE, EN., JosnenBLACK, 1:a(1.
th:OILGE PR INtE, 163(1, Gen. WILLI A s t .
Hon. ELms Lnwis, Jon,: r BIWA, Esq.
. .
O. BAnnETT, Esq., H. C. OvvwroN, Esq.,
P. C. CARSON, Esq., .1. MI'RRAY RUSH, Esq.,
P. HomminTY, Esq., H. A. MrIII.F.NUERG,
JAMES PEACOCK, Esq., ANDREW NICILLEIt, Esq.
.TosEPit S. lA:Wis, Esq.
Instructed by the foregoing resolu
tions, the committee beg leave to address
you, and ask your co operation in carry
ing out the object therein set forth.
Satisfactory Information (rein all parts
of the Union leave us no room to doubt
that General ZACHARY TAYLOR, the
hero of Okee-Cliobee, Palo Alto, Reuses
de la Palma, Monterey and Buena Vista,
is the SPONTANEOUS FAVORITE
of the "toiling millions" of America,
for the office of President of these Uni
ted States ; and it is a just cause of con
gratulation that the PEOPLE, they who
pay our taxes, fight our battles, and
make our Presidents by their votes, have
taken the matter of the selection of a can
didate INTO THEIR OWN HANDS,
and are calmly but resolutely, moving
forward in the exercise of one of their
dearest rights, guaranteed to them by
the blood of their revolutionary fathers.
This right should NEVER BE DELEGATEB
AWAY or entrusted to the management
of others, except when necessary to pro
cure a concentrated aetion in sustaining
great and essential principles, by the
selection of one from among a number
of talented and equally patriotic and
worthy men, presented and urged from
different sections of our common coun
try, as an appropriate standard bearer—
thus avoiding division and consequent
defeat.
NO SUCH NECESSITY EXISTS AT
THE PRESENT TIME. AcniEvEmErrrs
the most BRILLIANT—TALENTS the most
undeniable and exalted, and PATRIOTISM
the most devote!, snperadded to a life
and character ENTIRELY SPOTLESS,
have marked out one of our citi
zens, raising him FAR ABOVE THE LEVEL
OF EVEN THE GREAT MEN OF OUR COUNTRY,
producing a CONCENTRATION OF THE PUB
LIC GAZE, and an UNANIMITY OF THE
PUBLIC VOICE, which places the mat
ter BEYOND ALL REASONABLE
DOUBT, and thus DISPENSES with
the ORDINARY MACHINERY of PAR
TY POLITICIANS.
No man holding the principles Which
pervade our Declaration of Indepenence
which animated and sustained our fath
ers in the conflict which terminated in
the adoption of our inimitable constitu
tion,
but must recognise in the events of
our history since that epoch, the same
guiding Hand and overruling rower
upon which they relied, leading us on
ward and upward, as we are rapidly ad
vancing towards destinies far beyond
the reach of mortal eye. Twice, at
least, in our political history, when dan
gers, at the time, both seen and unseen,
threatened our domestic pence and wel
fare, have the affections of the people at
large been so drawn towards AN INDI.
VIDUAL, as to give unerring indications
of lIIS BEING THE MAN FOR TIIF EXIGENCY
OF TILE TIMES. A WASHINGTON, in
whom all confided to settle and arrange
our federal government, and a JACKSON,
with instinctive foresight to apprehend
danger, and more than Roman firmness
to meet and dispel it. Who but Gen.
ASHINGTON, who had led our feeble ar
mies to victory over the proudest of
earth's nations, could have reconciled
the conflicting interests of the States,
built up from general bankruptcy a na
tional credit, and cemented such seem
ingly discordant elements into a perfect
union I And who but General JACKSON,
who had closed the second war of Inde
pence in a blaze of glory, could have,
without a war, compelled France to do
us long delayed justice; or with a pur
pose unbending as fate have delivered
our country from that most powerful,
dangerous and corrupt institution, the
United States bank ?
The price of liberty is UNCEASING VlOl4
LANCE, and we, fear the day is yet far
distant when the friends of freedom can
lay aside their armour and fold their
arms in security. Are' there not some
clouds now hanging about our political
horizon,,which although yet small, beto
ken to the obieriing patriot a storrn
which will require not only wisdom and
strength, but COURAGE and UNSHRINKING
FIIISINESS ill lILM who IS SAFELY TO HOLD
lIIINTINGDON, PA., TUESDAY, AratST 1, 1848.
TIIE HELM OF STATE 1 Statesmen in ev
ery section of our country are looking
with intense interest upoin the settle
ttitht of the questions which must grow
out of the war in which we are now en
gaged. Wno is the man for the occasion
is no sooner asked, than THE PUBLIC
VOICE, from the St. Croix to the Rio
Grande answers GENERAL ZACHARY
TAYLOR
. The PEOPLE BELIEVE that the man who
can lead armies, ADVISE CABINETS, and
win the affections of our citizen soldiers
by his ENERGY, MORAL COURAGE,
WISDOM and HUMANITY, is BEST
FITTED TO FILL THE OFFICE which
the Father of his country and the hero
of New Orleans have shown, by their
successful and glorious civil adminis
trations, can be MOST SAFELY EN
TRUSTED to those who, in their own
time and age, are "first in war, first in
peace, and first in the hearts of their coun
trymen. "
We shall not in this circular write the
EULOGY of GEN. TAYLOR, nor at
tempt to enumerate HIS BRILLIANT
SERVICES. Thoy are written IN LET
TERS OF LIVING LIGHT, not only in
the pages of our country's history, but
in the hearts of our fellow cithebs.
They are seen and read by ALL MEN, EX
CEPT THOSE WHOSE JAUNDI
CED EYES CANNOT BEAR THE
SIGHT.
Gen. Taylor Is not a professed politi
cian. He is descended from a DEMO
CRATIC STOCK, and his associations,
sympathies and sentiments, as well as
his acts, shows that he is a democrat
at heart. His father was a warm un
flinching supporter of JEFFERSON,
the father of democracy , and he has un
waveringly supported Gen. Jackson ;
who, more than any other man of his
age, walked in the paths which JKETKI.
SON bad marked out. The affection and
confidence between them was so strong,
that a short time before his death, Gen.
Jackson pointed out Gen.„Taylor, then,
like Cincinnatus' on his farm, as a man
for the times, whom he would endorse to
the country.
Gen. TAYLOR IS NOT MERELY A
WARRIOR, a "military chieftain", (an
objection which Mr. Clay urged against
General JACKSON, and holds against Gen.
TAYLOR,) but the acts of his life, the
RECORDS of the WAR DEPART
MENT at Washington, as well as HIS
LATE MODEL DESPATCHES, show
him to be a RIPE SCHOLAR and AN
ACCOMPLISHED WRITER. His well
known views in opposition to bank of a
the United States, and in favor of a
strict construction of the constitution,
with the whole course of his life, are
sufficient to satisfy any honest and rea
sonable mind as to the principles which
will guide him in the administration of
the govcrntnent. THE PEOPLE, the
HONEST YEOMANRY of the country,
who ask no office but desire "the great
est good of the greatest number;" ARE
SATISFIED, and with SINGULAR
UNANIMITY as presenting hint AS
THEIR candidate for the highest and
most responsible office in the world.;
and at the election to 1848 1 THEY WILL
AS ONE MAN RALLY TO HIS SUP
PORT.
After a consultation among ourselves {
we hate eoncluded to invite our fellow
citizens to assemble in State meeting,
at Harrisburg, on the glorious 24th of
September next; the anniversary of the
battle and victory of the bathe of .Monte
rey, for the purpose of odopting such
measures as may be deemed expedient
and proper to promote the election of
Gen. TAYLOR to the Presidency of these
'United States,
Come then, fellow-citizens, and let us
consult together as to the proper means
to carry out THE UNDOUBTED WILL
of a LARGE MAJORITY of the PEO
PLE of this Union. In the meantime
let us hear from you, and have your
views upon the common object we have
in view, and the best means to be adopt
ed. We would also suggest the hold
ing of public meetings in your towns
and districts for the purpose of carrying
out the PUBLIC WILL in regard to the
Presidency.
Respectfully yours, &c.
The above addres was signed, on be
half of the committee by the Chairman
and Secretaries.
THE INDIAN CHIEF•
The following beautiful story is literally true
and was first published in a lecture delivered by
William Tracy, Esq., of Utica, on the early
history of (Media county:
One of the first setters in Western
New York was Judge \V—, who
established himself nt W filtestown,
about four miles from Utica. He brought
his family with him, among whom was
a widowed daughter with only one child
—a fine boy about four years old. You
will recollect the country around was'
an unbroken forest, and this was the do
twain of the savage tribes.
Judge W— saw the necessity of
keeping on good terms with the Indians,
for, as he was nearly alone, lie was com
pletely at their Mercy. Accordingly he
took every opportunity to assure them
of his kindly feeling, and to secure their
good will in returh. Several chiefs
came to see him, and all appeared pa
cific. But there was one thing that
trouble him ; an aged chief of the Onei
da tribe, and of great influence, who re
sided at the distance of a dozen miles,
had not yet been to see him, nor could
he ascertain the views and feelings of
the sachem in respect to this settlement
in that region. At last he sent a mes
sage, and the answer was that the chief
would visit him on the morrow !
True to his appointment, the sachem
came; Judge W received him
with marks of respect, and introduced
his wife, his daughter and little boy.
The interview that followed was inter
esting. Upon its result the Judge was
convinced his security might depend,
and he was therefore exceedingly anx=
ious to make a favorable impression upon
the distinguished chief. He expressed
his desire to settle in this county, to
live on terms of amity and good fellow
ship with the Indians, and to be useful
to them by introducing among them
the arts of civilization.
The chief heard him out, and then
said Brother, you ask much and you
promise much, what pledge can you
give of your faith 1 The white man's
word may be good to the white that',
yet it is wind when spoken to the
lndi
anm"
" I have put my life in your hands,"
said the Judge, " is not that an evidence
of my good intention ? I have placed
confidence in the Indian and will not he
here that he will abuse or betray the
trust that is thus reposed."
"So much is well," replied the chief,
" the Indian will repay confidence with
confidence, if you will trust, he will trust
you. Let this boy go with me to my
wigwam—l will bring him back in three
days with an answer !"
Hatt arrow had pierced the bosom of
the mother she could not have felt a
deeper pang than went to her heart, as
the Indian made this proposal. She
sprang forward,and running to the boy,
who stood at the side of the sachem
looking into his face with pleased won
der and admiration, she encircled him in
her arms, and pressing him to her bosom,
was about to fly from the room. A
gloomy and ominous frown came over
the sachem's brow, but he did not speak.
But not so with Judge W--, he
knew that the success of the enterprise,
the lives of his family, depended on the
decision of a moment.
"Stay, stay, my daughter," he said,
" bring back the boy, 1 beseech you.
He is not more to you than to me. I
would not risk a hair of his head. But,
my child, he must go with the chief.
God will watch over him! He will be
as safe in the sachem's wigmani, as be
nentii bur bivit roof."
'rhe agoni zing mother hesitated for a
moment, she then slowly returned,
placed the boy on the knee of the chief,
and kneeling at his feet 3 burst into a
flood of . tears: The glean pissed from
the sachem's brow, but he said het
*ord. He arose and departed:
I shall not attempt to describe the dg
ony of the mother for the ensuing Otte
days. She was agitated by contending
hopes and fears. In the night she awoke
from her sleep, seeming to hear the
screams of the child calling on its moth
er for help. But the time wore slowly
away—and the third day came. How
slowly did the hours pass. The morn
ing waned away, noon arrived, yet they
came not. There was a gloom over the
whole household. The mother was pale
and silent, Judge W-- walked the
floor to and fro, going every few min
utes to the door and looking through
'the opening in the forest towards the
sachem's abode.
As the last rays of the setting sun
were thrown upon the tops of the trees
around, the eagle feathers of the chief
were seen dancing above the bushes in
the distance. He rapidly advanced—
and the little boy at his side. He was
gaily attired as a young chief—his feet
being dressed in moccasins, a fine bea
ver skin was on his shoulders, and ea
gle feathers were stuck in his hair. He
was in excellent spirits, and so proud
was he of his new honors that he seem
ed two inches taller than he was before.
He was soon in his mother's arms, rind
in that brief minute she seemed to pass
from death to life. It was a happy
meeting—too happy for me to describe.
4. The white man conquered !" said
the sachem ; "hereafter let us be friends.
You have trusted an Indian, he will re
pay you with confidence and friendship."
He was as good as his word ; Judge
W-- lived for many years in peace
with the Indian tribes, and succeeded
in laying the foundation of a flourishing
and prosperous community.
4
4 0 nr ng
BRAVE OLD ROUGH AND READY
AIR-" Lary Neal."
'Twos down in Philadelphia,
The Whigs they did agree',
Iti,odminate for President
The gallant Zachary.
Brave old Rough and Ready,
0 ! gallant Zachary ; • •
The man both wise and steady,
Our President shall be.
th# brave, the noble Taylor,
The theme Of every tongue—
The peoples' thrliee for President,
The second Wasbingtiin.
Brave Old Bong!' and Ready, &c.
Uptni the Rib Orantle,
Ins deeds of glory shone,
So brave, and yet so mercillli;
The Nations heart was won.
Brave Old Rough and Ready, &c.
By bold and noble daring
He captured Monterey,
But spared a prostrate enemy
The glory of the (lay.
Brave Old Rough and Ready, &c
'Twos at Buena Vista,
The banner streamed in light,
And modided on " Ohl Whitey,"
He let hint swell the fight.
Brave Old Retigh and Ready, &c.
The genius of Napoleon,
The noble heart of " Clay,"
In harmony united
In our gallant Zachary.
Brave Old Rough and Ready, &e.
The Bastards of the " White House,"
The Polk and Marcy crew,
Tried all their arts to crush him,
But they found it wouldn't do.
Brave Old Rough and Ready, &c,
They sent their Santa Anna
To try to make him run,
But he would'ut—gallant Zachary,
Sithender of grk home.
BtaVe Uld RdUgh slid Ready, &c.
The people want a President
Who will maintain the right,
They wilt not have black cockade Cuss,
Who swears, but will not fight.
Brave Old Rough and Ready, &c.
But they go for Roitgln and. Ready,
With his Old Host Whitey" too,
Whd'tl carry hiM til Washington,
And kick out the Loco crew.
Brave Old Rough and Ready, &c.
He never lost a battle,
He never did a wrong.
He never will “Surrender,"
So for him we'll go it .<trong!
Brave Old Rough and ready, Re
Crime join with tin the thbrits )
The PEOPLE'S cause advance,
And Cass will hear Whig thunder,
O ! he'll be a circumstance !
Brave Old Rough and Ready,
0 ! gallant Zachary, ect,
[For the Journal.]
Poetry that aint Poetry.
MR. EinTott.—Take a specimen of
Modern Poetry, copied by the " Penn
sylvania Inquirer" from the Columbian
Magazine for July, only change the form,
knock off the Capitals from the begin
ning of every line and then read straight
forward without ever dreaming of blank
verse, and what do you have but the
following 1:
"The Emigrant Inothet.
" From my sweet natite laifd t took
my way across the foaniing deep. My
husband slept in his new grave and pov
erty had stripp'd our lonely cottage.—
Letters o'er the wave from brother and
from sister bade me conic to this New
World where there is bread for all. So
With heavy Wldow'd heart I came, my
Only babe and 1. (*tree, turinus eyes
looted searchingly upon one its I satin
the throng'd steerage with my sick sick
soul. But at each jeering word I bow'd
'my head down o'er my helpless child
and was content for he was all my
worlds" &c.
And so it goes en' in the same strain
with five more of the same kind. Now
the question is, Where is the Poetry
Is it in the sentiment 1 if so,
it is no
thing more than any old Dutch woman
in the same sad condition and traveling
up the canal would experience. is it in
the language I If so, it is nothing bet
ter than many prose effusions every day
read in papers and Magazines. is it in
both 1 If so, it will not compare with
the Prose writings of "Old Christopher
North," or Colton, or even Miss Sandon,
not to mention many of a lower grade.
Much of the writing of this class may
be called Poetic-Prose but the extract
we have given above does not even merit
this title. In truth every Note! or Tale
you meet with contains plenty of prose
effusions twice as poetic in sentiment
and language as the specimen' before
you. Nor is it the change in form that
renders the t spcmituen' so tame, for you
well know that Ossian's Poetry was all
written in the fbrni of Prose but it was
Poetry still, The secret of the matter
is "The Emigrant's Mother," is Poetry
which is not Poetry. And you will no
doubt be surprised when you hear the
name of the Authoress, viz. Mrs. L. 11.
Sigourney. It was the high.position of
this gifted writer &Masted with the
above tame yet long effusion, together
with a consideration of the great flood
of similar stuff' now palmed off for Po
etry, 'that drew forth this rough sketch,
from one who adroires many of Mrs.
Sigourney's really Poetic Pieces.
VOL. XIII, NO, 31.
Was Gen. Washington a Whig ?
As upon the subject of " pledges,"
Gen. Taylor occupies ex tly.the. samo
ground that 'Gen. WashingtOn took, ivo
may well ask this question why, because
Gen. Taylor will not pledge himself his
whiggery is doulAted, ,, (op. wpoi ng _
ton, •after bringing-41m Revolut i o, it Yd
triumphant closes anti presiding over the
Convention that framed the Constitution,
was called upon to become a candidate
for the .Presidency” He wrote as follows,
to two of his friends:
[From a letter to Benjami n Harrison,)
'A MOUNT VERNON, 9th March, 1789.
• .4 "1 will therefore declare
to you that,, should 11 be my inevitable.
fate to admimister the ; geverniiient, (for
Heaven ktlbws that no event can be less
desired by me, and that no earthly con
sideration shtirt of so. gcreval a call, to
gether with a desire to reconcile conten
ding parties, so far as in tne•lies, could
again bring me into public life,) I will
go to the chair under no pre-engagement
of any kind or nature whatsoever good."
[From another to Benjamin Lincoln.]
"MOUNT VERNON, 11th March, 1789. .
"Should it become necessary for me
to go into the chair of government, 1
have determined to go free from all .peisi
tif'e enogetnents of tot,. y tiat:b:b whatso
ever. This is tlits tifidi4r I have already
given to a multiplicity of applications ;
and I have assigned as the true reason
of my conduct, the predominant desire
I had of being at liberty to act with a sole
reference to justice and the public."
Such "pledges" are surely good enough
\Vhig principles for everybody. To
servo one's country with one's whole,
heart, is to be exactly the right sort of
a Whig.—.V. Y. Express.
A Tailor “ done brown.”
The New York "Spirit," that peren
, .
ial fountain of good things, has the fol
lowing nice little story by a Bostet.
correspondent, showing just how it was,
"once on a time ) " that a certain knight
of the shears tit this city was "done
brown." A most beautiful broWn tt
was,
truly, •
Not many years since there lived in
the "more' city of Boston, two young .
Bucks, rather waggi , li in their ways,
and who were in the habit of patronising
rather extensively, a tailor by the name
of Smith. Well, one day, into Smith's
shop these young bloods strolled. Says
one of them—
"Smith, %ve t te been making a bet ;
now we want you to make each of us a
suit of clothes—wait till the bet is de• ,
cided, and then the one that looses will
pay the whole."
' , Certainly, gentlemen ; I shall be .
most happy to serve you," saysknith,
and forthwith their ?heatitt?eti were, ta.
ken, rind in due course bI time the
clothes were sent home.
A month or two passed by, and yet
our friend, the tailor, saw nothing of .
his two customers. One day, bowers))
he met thent,in Washlngton street, and.
thinking it almost time thut.the bet was
decided, he made up to thew, and asked
them how their clothes fitted.
"Oh! excellently," says
.e . tre.; " by.
tilt by, Sinith;tiorb6t is'fit tleel4.etl yet."
Ah !" says grnith, it
. . _ _
44 Why, 1 bet that when Bunker Hill
.llonuatent falls, it will fall towards
the South ! Bill here took me up, and
when the bet is decided, we'll call and
pay yau that little bill:"
- Sinith's lace stretched to double its
usual length, bn't he soon recovered his
wonted good.htimor, mid says he—
. " Boys I'm sold ; let's go to Brig-,
ham's and take a " snitter"—and I tell
you what boys, say nothing about it,
and I'll send you receipted bills this af
teinomi."
CURE FOR POTATO 1101.-A perfect cora
for the potato disease has at last been
discovered, and applied to the crop
,in
Germany. Dr. Klotsch, of Berlin, has
received a reward of $ 1,400 from the
Prussian Government, for the discovery.
The same manner of preventing the dis
ease was discovered nearly at the same.
O&M by the celebrated Prof. Liebig, but,
Dr. Kliitsch has tested it for the space.
of three years successfully and on a
large scale. The plan is to pinch oft
about half an inch from the top of the
plant when it has reached a height of 6
to 9 inches, and to repeat the, same Op
eration 10-It after the time of
planting; oh all the stems of the plant.
.
07- The girls go for Toylor.--A mong
the number now no longer doubtful; we .
may mention Carolina; Virginia and
Mary Land ; also Louis Anna and prob.;
ably Miss Souri and Miss Issippi.
[177.- The Lobo:foe/is have got the num:
ber of General Taylor's slaves up to two
hundred. They will increase to at
least a thousand, perhaps fifteen hutt:
dred, before November.