BY JAS. CLARK.
61 0 Fever, Dumb A:tie:inter
inter
mittent &Remiftent-revivs &
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au various forms 'of
~-DI IIO .I.ES Diseases
SPEEDILY THOROUGHLY
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This excellent compound ix for sale by the propri
eto.'.Agent T. READ & SON.
Price $1 50 per bottle.
ij' What is the matter with me, Doc
tdt t. What the cause of this sallow complexion,
jaundiced eye, depression of spirits, paint in the
aide and shoulder, weariness of body, hitter taste
in the Mouth Such is the enquiry, and such the
symptoms of many a sufferer! It is the liver
which is diseased, and the Cholagogue is the rem
edy always successful in curing it. Try it, and
judge fdr yourself. For sale by 'l'. Read Bc. eon,
agent fat the props ictor.
(r.y getter die than live, if I um to be
tortured front day to day with thin horrible Ague,
exclaims the poor sufferer whore life has become
burden front the racking paroxysms of or. inter
mittent, and whose confidence in human oid is de
stroyed by the fat are of remedtes to produce the
promised relief. Such has been the dituation of
thou:tends who are now rejoicing in till the
logs of health front the use of Dr. Osgood's India
Cholsgrigue, In no instance does it fail of effect.
ing a speedy and permanent cure. For sale by the
pro Hanes agent, T. READ & SON.
" How raw who think aright among the thinking
few, . . . .
HowTMany never think, hut only think they
cry The sentiment implied in the
above exelemation is on HO subject more fully ex
cmp o iled than on that of health. Bit few give
it a single thought, and fewer ai I reflect upon it
with the observation and good aenso which mat
ters of minor consequence receive. As obsc ca
tion teaches the fact that Dr. Osgood's India Choi
agogue is a never fai ing remedy in Fever and
A gue, girl sense would surely indicate its prompt
a n d trotte d ate use.
— To he found at
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T. READ 4r. SON'S.
agent fur the proprietor,
jnne 27, 1849
Certificate,
JULIA PARKINSON tTllitinedon desires
to say that she has Used the . 4 India Cholagogue"
for Ague and Liver complaint with entire suc
cess. She therefore recommends it to all sim
ilarly afflicted.
ADDITION az ATTRACTION !
cHEap PUBLIC,ITIONS !
A g eat variety of the latest—mast interesting
and thrilling works of fiction have just been re•
ceived at the
..11UNTINGRON JEWELRY STORE,"
which will he sold at Philadelphia prices. N o ad.
vanes flaked in mental breadstuff's
Administrators' Notice.
.
NOTICE la hereby given that [totem:of admin
istration have been go Weil to the undersigned,on
the estate of Thom.. Carberry, late of Tod town
hip. deceased, Persons knowing themselves in
debted will come forward and make payment, and
all those having claims will present them duly an
thenticated for settlement.
THOMAS CARBERRY,
JOII CARBERRY,
Administrators.
DJIIINIS7ILITOR'S NO'l'le E.
I\l°T ICE is hereby given that Letters of Ad
ministration on the estate of George W.
Haugh, late of Franklin township, deed, have
been g ranted to the undersigned. All persons in
debted to said estate are requested to make imme
diate payment, and those having elaime or de
mands against the same to present them duly au.
thu.,ticated for settlement to
SOLOMON I lAM ER,
Administrator.
A IT. 15, 1819.
CENTRE NURSERY.
persons wishing to enrich their orchards or a
dorn their homes by planting relit. b'e fruit
trees, will find particular advantage in consoling;
the catalogue of this establishment, %%Inch will be
pruunptly supplied to all post-paid applicants.
Address WM. G. WARING.
Boalsburg, Centre Co.
References—Gen. 8. Miles Green and Dr. 11. Cr
ied'', Petersburg; Jonathan M'Willit nit, Esq.
k`vanklin town.thip, Huntingdon County.
7.11 .1717'1C E.
Am ES SAXTON having cl reed hts old books,
lot March a year, is desirous of having Lis
accounts previous to that date settled. All ac
counts and Notes not satisfactorily arranged be
fore the Ist day of September nest, will be left
in the hands of a proper officer for collection.
Huntingdon, August 8, 1818.
Fisher as alc r
elltertrie
Having closed their old books on the Ist day of
April last, are desirous of having their accounts
previous to that date settled. All account. and
notes not satisfactorily arrranged before the Ist
day of October next, will be left in the hands of
a proper officer for colleclion.
Huntingdon, July 18, 1848.
NEW GOODS!
GEORGE GWIN, in addition to his large
stock on hand, hasjust received a general
variety of new goods, which he is selling at his
ormer low rates. [July 4.
To Housekeepers.
TINE Jersey cured Hams, Fresh Shad,
Herring & Mackerel, just landed,
and for sale at
FISHER, McMIIRTRIE & Co's.
QIIEFINSW A RE, &C.
GEU. GWIN invites house-keepers to
call at his store and examine his
large assortment of Queegeware and
Table Cutlery.
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[GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH.)
PROCLAMATION
A i l k,"
taKietwar .• 2
Notice of General Eleation.
pURSUANT to an act of the General
Assembly bf the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, entitled "An aet relating
to the elections of this Commonwealth,"
approved the second day of July, A, D.,
1839, 1, MATTHEW CROWNOVER,
High Sheriff of the county of Hunting
don, in the State of Pennsylvania, do
hereby make known and give notice to
the electors of the county aforesaid, that a
GENERAL ELECTION
will be held in the said county of Hun
tingdon, on the SECOND TUESDAY
(and 10th day) of October 1848, at
which time State and County officers,
as follows, will be elected, to wit :
One person for Governor of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania.
One person for Canal Commissioner
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
One person to fill the office of mem
ber of the House of Representatives in
the Congress of the United States, to
represent the 17th Congressional dis
trict, in connection with the counties of
Blair, Centre, Mifflin and Juniata.
One person to fill the office of mem
ber of the House of Representatives, to
represent the county or Huntingdon, in
the House of Representatives of Penn
sylvania.
One person to fill the office of Pro
thonotary and Clerk of the Quarter Ses
sions and Clerk of the Oyer and Ter
minor of Huntingdon Co.
One person to fill the office of Regis
ter & Recorder and Clerk of the Or
' shuns Court of Huntingdon Co.
One person for the office of County
Commissioner for Huntingdon Co.
One person to fill the office of Coro
ner of Huntingdon co.
One person — for the office of County
Auditor for Huntingdon co.
In pursuance of sail act, I also here
by make known and give notice, that
the places of holding the aforesaid gen
eral election in the several election dis
tricts within the said county of Hun
tingdon, are as follows, to wit :
Ist district, composed of Henderson
township, and all that part of Walker
township not in the 16th district, at the
Court House in the borough of Hun
tingdon.
2d district, composed of Dublin town•
ship, at the house of Matthew Taylor,
in said township.
3d district, composed of so much of
Warriorsmark township, as is not inclu
ded in the 19th district, at the school
house adjoining the town of Warriors
mark.
4th district, composed of the totvn
ship of Hopewell, at the house of Hen
ry 'Zimmerman, near Entreken's new
mill in said township,
Otis district, composed or the town
ship of Barree, at the house of James
Livingston (formerly John Harper,) in
the town of Saulsbury, in said town
ship.
6th district, composed of the town
ship of Shirley, at the house of David
Fraker, in Shirleysburg.
7th district, composed of Porter and
Walker townships, and so much of West
township as is included in the following
boundaries, to wit : Beginning at the
Southwest corner of Tobias Caufman's
farm on the bank of the little Juniata
River, at the lower end of Jackson's nar
rows, thence in a Northeasterly direc
tion to the most southerly part of the
farm owned by Michael Maguire, thence
north 10 degrees west to the top of Tus
sey's mountain to intersect the line of
Franklin township, thence along said
line to little Juniata River, thence down
the same to the place of beginning, at
the public school house, opposite the
German Reformed Church, in the bor
ough of Alexandria, .
Bth district, composed of the town-
ship of Franklin, at the house of Jacob
Mattern now occupied by Geo. W. Mat•
tern, in said township.
9th district, composed of Tell town
ship, at the Union School House, near
the Union Meeting house, in said town
ship.
10th district, composed of Springfield
township, at the school house near
Hugh Madden's, in said township,
11th district, composed of Union tp.,
at the school house near Ezekiel Cor
bin's, in said township.
12th district, composed of Brady tp.,
at the mill of James Lane, in said town
ship.
13th district, composed of Morris tp.,
at the house now occupied by Abraham
Moyer, (Inn keeper,) late Alex. Lawry
Jr., in the villiage of Waterstreet, in
said township.
14th district,, composed of that part
HUNTINGDON, PA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1848.
of West township not included in the
7th district, at the public school house
on the farm now owned by Miles Lewis
(formerly owned by James Ennis,) in
said township.
15th district, composed of that part
of Walker township lying southwest of
a line commencing opposite David Cor
bin's house, at the Union township line,
thence in a straight line, including said
Corbn's house to the corner of Porter
township, on the Huntingdon and Wood
cock valley rend, at the house of Jacob
idagally, in said township.
16th district, composed of the town
ship of Tod, at the house notV occupied
by J. Henderson, In said township.
17th district, composed of that part
of West township on the south-east
side of Warrior ridge, beginning at the
line of %Vest and Henderson townships,
at the foot of said Ridge, to the line of
Barre° township, thence by the division
line of Bnrree and West townships to
the Summit of Stone mountain, to inter
sect the line of Henderson and West
townships, thence by said line to place
of begining, at the house now occupied
by Benjamin Corbin ; on Itiurry's Run:
18th - district, composed of Cromwell
township, at the house now occupied by
David Entire, in Orbtsotiin,
19th district, composed of the bor
ough of Birmingham, with the several
tracts of land near to and attached to
the same, now owned and occupied by
Thomas M. Owens, John K. McCahan,
Andrew Robeson, John Gensimer and
William Gensimer, situate in the town
ship of Warriorsmark, at the public
school house in said borough.
20th district, composed of the town
ship of Cass, at the public school house
in Cassville, in said township.
21st district, composed of the town
ship of Jackson, at the house of Robert
Barr, now occupied by John Hirst, at
McAleavy's Fort, in said township.
22d district, composed of the town.
ship of Clay, at the house of Joshua
Shore, at the Three Springs, in said
township.
23d district, composed of the town
ship of Penn, at the school house on the
farm of Jacob Brumbaugh, in said twp.
I also make known and give notice,
as in and by the 13th section of the
aforesaid act 1 am directed, " that every
person, excepting justices of the peace
who sall hold any office or appointment
of profiit or trust under the government
of the United states, or of this State,
or of any city or incorporated district,
whether a commissioned officer or agent
who is or shall be employed under the
legislative, executive or the judiciary
department of this State, or of the U
nited Slates, or any city or incorporated
district, and also, that every member of
Congress and of the State Legislatnre,
and of the select or common council of
any city, commissioners of any incor
porated district, is by law incapable of
holding or exercising at the same time,
the office or appointment of judge, in
spector or clerk of any election of this
Commonwealth, and that no inspector,
judge or other officer of any such elec
tion, shall be then elligible to any office
to be then voted for."
lAlso that in the 4th section of the act of
Assembly, entitled "An act relating to
executions and for other purposes," ap
proved April 16th, 1840, it is enacted
that the aforesaid 13th section "shall
not be construed as to prevent any mili
tia officer or borough officer from ser
ving as judge, inspector or clerk, of any
I general or special election in this Cont
tnonwealth.
Pursuant to the provisions contained
in the 67th section in the act aforesaid,
the judges of the aforesaid districts
shall respectively take charge of the
certificate or return of the election of
their respective districts, and produce
them at a meeting of one judge from
each district, at the Court House in the
Borough of Huntingdon, on the third
day after the day of the election, being
for the present year on FRIDAY, the
18th of October next, then and there
to do end perform the duties required
by law of said judges. Also, that where
a judge by sickness or unavoidable ac
cident, is unable to attend said meeting
of judges, then the certificate of return
aforesaid shall be taken charge of by
one of the inspectors or clerks of the
election of said district, and shall do
and perform the duties required of said
judge unnble to attend.
Also, in the 61st section of said act
it is enacted that " every general' and
special election shall be opened between
the hours of eight and ten in the fore
noon, and shall confiner without inter
ruption or adjournment until seven.
o'clock in the evening,. when The polls
shall be• closed."
Given under my hand at Huntingdon
the TOth day of September, 1848, and
of the Independence of the United
States the seventy-second.
MATTHEW CROWNONER,
Ltirrinit utit: tlvLon.
His PositiOn as Presidential Candi-
date.
EAsT P.CAGOULA I Sept..4th,.l!!.lg,
DEAR Stn--On the 22d day of April last, I
addressed you a letter explaining my views in
regard to various matters of public policy, lest
my fellow citizens might be misled by the many
contradictory and conflicting statements in tee
pect to them which appeared in the journals of
the day and were circulated throughout the coun
try. I now find myself misrepresented and mis
understood upon another point, of such intport
ance to myself personally, if not to the country
at large, as to claim from me a candid but con
nected exposition of my relations to the public
in regard to the pending presidential canvass.
The utmost ingenuity has been expended upon
several letters and detached sentences of letters,
which have recently appeared over my signature
to show that I occupy an equivocal attitude to
wards the various parties into which the people
are divided, and especially towards the Whig
party as represented by the National Conven
tion, which assembled in Philadelphia, in June
last. Had these letters and scraps of letters
been published or construed in connection with
what I have heretofore said upon this subject,
I should net new have to euitmlitin of the speed
with which my answers to isolated questions
htlVe teen given up to the captious criticism of
those who have been made my enemies by a
nrunination Which has teen tendered to me with
out solicitation or arrangement of mine, dr Of
the manner in which selected passages in some
of my letters, written in the freedom and care
lessness Of a confidential correspondence, have
been communicated to the ptiblic press.
But tiVett from the cdntcxt, and separated
front a series of explanatory facts and circum
stances which are, in so far as this canvass is
concerned, historical, they are as deceptive as
though they were positive fabrications. I ad
dress you this letter to correct the injustice that
has been done me and the public to the extent
that I am an object of interest to them by this
illiberal process.
I shall not weary you by an elaborate recital
of every incident connected with the first pre
sentation
of my name as a candidate for the
Presidency. I was then at the head of the
American Army in the Valleyof the Rio Grande.
I was surrounded by Whigs and Democrats who
had stood by me in the trying hours of my life,
and whom it was my destiny to conduct through
scenes of still greater trial. My duty to that
army and to the republic, whose battles we
were waging, forbade my assuming a position
of seemig hostility to any portion of the brave
men under my command—all of whom knew I
was a Whig in principle, for I made no conceal
ment of my political sentiments or predilections.
Such had been the violence of party struggles
during our late Presidential elections, that the
acceptance of a nomination under the rigorous
interpretations given to the obligations of a can
didate presented to the public with a formulary
of political principles, was equivalent almost to
a declaration of uncompromising enmity to all
who did not subscribe to its tenets. I was un
willing to hazard the effect of such teletionship
towards any Of the soldiers under my command,
when in front of an enemy to us all. It would
have been unjust in itself, and it was as repug
nant to my own feelings as it was to my duty.
I wanted unity in the army, and forebore any
act that might sow the seeds of distrust and dis
cord in its ranks. I have not my letters writ
ten, at the time, before me, but they are all of
one import, and in conformity with the views
herein expressed.
Meanwhile I was solicited by my permit,
friends and by strangers, by Whigs OM DOM
cratsi to consent to become a candidate. I was
nominated by the people in primary assemblies
—by Whigs, Democrats and Natives, in separ
ate and mixed meetings-1 resisted them all,
and continued to do so till led to believe that
my opposition teas assuming the aspect of a dc
fiance of the popular wishes. I yielded only
when it looked like presumption to resist longer,
and even then I should not have done so had the
nomination been presented to me in a form un
likely to awaken acrimony or re-produce the
bitterness of feeling which attends popular elec
tions. say it in sincerity and truth, that a
part of the inducement to my consent' Wits the
hope that by going into the eativass, it would be
conducted with candor, if not with kindness.—
It has been no fault of mine that this anticipa
has premed a fain one.
After I permitted my4elf to be announced for
the Presidency, under the circumstances abitlSe
noticed, I accepted nomination after nomination,
in the spirit in which they were tendered. They
were made irrespective of parties, and so ack
nowledged, No one wile joined in those nomi
nations, could have been deceived us to my po
litical views. From the beginning till now, I
have declared myself to be a Whig, on all pro
per occasions. With this distinct avowal pub
lished to the world, I did not think that I had a
right to repel nominations from political oppo
nents any snore than I had a right to refuse the
vote of a Democrat at the polls; and I proclaim
ed it abroad, that I should not reject the proffer
ed support of any body of my fellow citizens.—
This was my position when,in November last,
I returned to the United States; long before
either of the great divisions of the people had
held a national convention, and when it seas
thought doubtful if one of them would hold any.
Mutters stood in this attitude till spring,
when there were so many statements in circu
lation concerning my views upon questions of
national policy,that I felt constrained to correct
the errors into which the public mind was fall
ing by a more explicit enunciation of principles,
which I did in my letter to you in April last—.
The letter and the facts which I hare defoiYed •
as briefly as a proper understanding of them
would permit, developed my whole position in
relation to the Presidency at the time.
The Democratic Convention met in May, and
composed their ticket to suit them. This they
had a right to do. The Neticmat Whig Convert , -
tion mat in lune, and selected me as their can-
&dot*. I accepted the nomination with grati-
Mire and with pride. I was proud of the confi
dence of such a body of men representing such
a constituency as the Whig party of the United
States—a manifestation the more grateful, be
cause it was not cumbered with exactions in
compatible with the dignity of the Presidential
office, and the responsibility of its incumbent to
the whole people of the nation. And I may add,
that these emotions were increased By associa
ting my name with that of the distinguished cit
izen of New York, whose acknowlbdged Rhin
ties and sound conservative opinions might have
justly entitled him to the first place on the
ticket.
The. National Convention adopted toe a. it
oontnar
fltund the :'a i decided Whig, but not ultra in my
opinions. I should be without excuse if I were
to shift the relationship which then subsisted.
They took me with the declaration of princi
ples I had made to the world, and I would be
tkitheist defence; if I did anything to impair the
force of that declaration.
I have said that I would accept a nomination
from the democrats, but in so doing, I would not
abate one jot or tittle of my opinions as writ
ten down. Such a nothinatibh, as indicating d
concordance of opinion on the part of those ma
king it, should not be regarddd l'ith disfavor, and
as a personal compliment to myself, it shOilid ridthd
expected I would repulse them with insult. I
shall not modify my views to entice them tomy
side, and I shall not reject their aid when they
join my friends voluntarily.
I have said I was not a party candidate, nor
am I in that straightened and sectarian sense
which should prevent my being President of the
whole people in case of election. I did not re
gard myself as one before the National Conven
tion met, and that body did not seek to make me
different from what I was, nor did theyfetter me
down to a series of pledges which were to be an
iron rule in all, and in spite of all, contingencies
that might arise during a Presidential term. I
am not engaged to lay violent hands, indiscrim
inately upon all public officers who may differ
In opinion from me. lam not expected to force
Congress by the coercion of the Veto pow
er to pass laws to suit me.
This is what I Mean by being a party candi
date. I would not be a partisan President, and
should not be a party candidate in the sense that
would make me one. This is the substance Of
my meaning, and this is the purport of the facts
and circumstances attending My nOmiriatiOn.
Whet! considered in their corietetion with and
dependent on one or the other.
I refer all persons who ate anxious, to this
statement, for a proper understanding of my po
sqion towards the Presidency arid the people.
In taking teafte of this subject, I haVoonly to
add, that my two letters ttl you embrace all
the topics I design to speak upon pending the
' canvass. If lam elected, I shall do all an hon
est zeal may effect to cement the body of our
Union, and establish the happiness of ray coun
trymen upon an enduring bans.
ZACHARY TAYLOR.
To Capt. J. S. ALt.lsox.
A GOOD STORY: An exchange paper
prints a story about Mr. Cuss and a pet
parrot, with the significant title of more
" noise and confusion," in allusion to
the speech made by Mr. Cass at Cleve
land or somewhere else. The story is
that Mr. Cass has a favorite parrot,
which from the very universality of the
cry even around Mr. Cass' own neigh
borhood, had caught up the words,
"Hurrah for old Zack." Its owner, sup
posing that softie unruly boys were put ,
posely insulting him, seat the footman
out to disperse them, who returned with
the word that the street was clear of
youngsters. Still the ominous cry was
heard, " flurra for Old ZaEli," The
distress of Mr. Cass, when the vocifer-
ation was traced to the actual vocifera
tor, "may be more easily imagined than
described !"—Pittsburg Gazette.
Shooting an Eagle.
Col. Haskill of Tennessee, speaking
of the impotent assaults on the charac
ter of Gen: Taylor,. says, that they re
mind him of att attempt he once made
to kill an Eagle. " The noble bird was
perched on the summit of a lofty moun
tain, secure from anioothe bores and
small shot. I shot at him twice. The
first Ere Was a dlear miss. The second
shot, 1 hit precisely where I missed him
the first time." Just so with the as
sailants of Gen. Taylor, if they hit him
at all it is precisely in the spot where
They missed hitt before. Like the bird
of Jove he sits on aft eminence beyond
the reach of that kind of small shot
that the office holders and demagogues
of the day are incessantly firing at him.
The Foreigntml Trade I---Beau
ties o f Flee Trade:
A gentleman from the Elia, states
that upwards of two hundred vessels, la
den with Foreign' Coal, have'atrited at
Boston and vicinity within a short time!
The extensive Iron establisnment near
Boston, the machinery of which was
manufactured at the establishment of
Messrs. Haywood & Snyder, in this
Borough, now use English coal. if any
person should doubt this statement, we
refer him to Mr. Geo. W. Snyder of
this Borough, who recently visited the
above works, and which, we may add,
were erected to use the Pennsylvania
Anthracite, but the proprietors state
that they can procure the Foreign arti
cle cheaper, (under the present Tariff
law,) even at the present low rates of
our staple, which is purchased this year
on cheaper ter ms in Boutoittitati it ever
before r The other mills in opera
tion, also use Foreign Coals.
Our impression is clear that, notwith
standing the unparallelled depression'ot
our domestic trade, the importatitlris of
Foreign coal for the current year, will
exceed the quantity imported in any
previous year, since the foundation of our
Government!
People of Pennsylvania! what think
ye of thisl Shall this ruinous system'
continue!
~JVtineT (Pa.•) Journal.
VErty IfAu, funtati.—The Washington
Union complerins that Mr. F. Mallory of
Virginia, formerly a member of t'on•
gresss from the Eastern Shore district,
has joined the Whigs in support of Gen.
Taylor and in opposition to Mr. Cass.
VOL IkTO, ,;,1;
Gen. Taylor on the night before the
Battle of Buena Viotti.'
We take the following highly interesting art
de from the Staunton, Va., Spectator:
The folli4iiig Well authenticated 00 -
currence manifests the existence, in
Gen. Taylor, of the elements of true
greatness in a highly eminent degree.—
On the night before the battle of Buena'
Vista be sat doWit tied' drew his will,
and enclosed it' iicsiletiet' tO . his turfs; in
which he stated that he had passed one
of the most trying hours of his existence,
that his beet disciplined troops had beeri•
withdrawn from him by the Eiectitisle,
of whose treatment it was not his pur
pose then to complain, and that he was
against the advice of his ()teen in coun
cil, and with a vast disparity of nut:fi
bers anti discipline, about to engage the
finest army Mexico ever had, headed by
her ablest General, in a battle likely to
result in the most momentous consequen
ces. That as he might not survive the.
severe conflict that must ensue, he deem'
eel it proper to place in her hands the
means of doing justice to his memory,
by stating to her the reasons that had
influetided his conduct on thiimportant
occasioth Ileac *Vie,Yiixt the Mexican
ariny,•heiting jest crqssed, a edit des 7 ,
ert; the* fdtCes, both , in men mid fakir- .
see, must be in a conilitiOn' so exhausted
as much to itypoik' tired capacity for
physial exertion':' That on the other~
hand, he himself held a strong position ;
well adapted to enable him to repel a au•
parlor force, ih Which alone he Could
hope suceesSfidly .to Orden() with the,
immense odds tigaiiisVH4. That should'
he quit this positiorfarid rail bacic upon'
Monterey, as he had been advised to do,
his own little army would be discour,
aged, and the enemy elated, and admit;
ted into a country in which they could
not only thoroughly refresh themselves,
but moreover double their numbers by
the addition of rancheros.
That with such a forte Santa Anne'
might hem him up in Monterey, while
he swept every post from thence to the
mouth of the Rio Grande, guarded as
they were by small forces of raw troops
who would in such a catastrophe, doubt
, less ; be indiscriminately butchered by
1 the merciless rancheros, to whose rava
ges our own frontier settlementh Would
moreover ite the' - eby exposed. Thus
would be wrested from us all the ailvan
teges WE had gained, our conittYy /Nu.*
red, and her honor tarnished. Su& he
believed, would be the disastrous and'
humiliating consequences of a retreat.—
He had therefore resolved to maintain
his position at all hazards, with a deter
' urination to die rather than to Buffet' the
flag' of his country to be ding aced While .
under his care. In order to make a sue
dessful defence with a force such as his,
consisting its if did; (with the exception:
of a few hundred) of undisciplined
troops, it would he necessary this he
Should be es used throughout the en
gagement Co' the most immi'neue peril.
The chances Were as ten to one that he
should not be a living, man at the setting
of the sun on the fblleitiing day. Should
he fall, he exhcirtis her not to elve way
t'o grief, but la' bear her misfortunes
su?th the fortitude becoming a softiies's .
wife.
All can now see the wisdom of Gen.
Taylor's coarse; but in that hour of
peril, in a council consisting of the wine
and the braie; there was found but and
man equal to the orcasiou! But ode
Than who, rising abovethe fearful responi
aibility of hazarding everything as it'
were upon the cast of a die, could calm
ly and serenely survey the whole ground
—weigh every eircumstance,and rirriter
at a just eoriViasibn. 'that fnan, was'
Gen': l'Artek—the ne'
favors and shrinks front rio responsibil
ity."
“POLITICS MAKE STRANGE BEVFELtowei.”
—Thi fortunes of ,Dewit Clinidii we're
blasted by Mr. Van Buren : yet long
before the turf was green over the re
mains of that gre: t' Statesman, hie eld
est son was among the most obsequious
followers of him by whom the Father
had•beew maligned, overthrown and de
stroyed !-
Mr. Van Buren was the leader of a
party which, by nibans as profligate end
wicked as ambition could wiggest and
recklessness Cite itte, , prostrated the Ad.
Ministration of John Quincy Adams,
And yet the warning voice of the "Old
Man Eloquent" iiesoaroely hushed in
the grave, befbMihis a Son and Heir" is
&delegate to a Van Buren Convention,.
and actually links his fortune to that of
his Father's most bitter enemy !
D.. "Tom," said a drunker& to hie
friend; "where shall t find the poor
twine I I should like to see it."
"My dear friend; continue in your
present course a short time longer, and ,
you will not need to ask the question,'
was the pointed reply.