, . il • . . , . , . • ____- , ' • * ' ,: . :i 7 . . A • • , • / • .0 . • iz i t4r ~ .; ..„. •, .. anb ..titpublic..y;4'..lt :e:, ~:,,,t :A, 1. ... 5? 11 it cr 4., . A - . .. . . • ~ r „ - •: , . - . [D. A. Hui:um:a, Eurron AND pitomucTop. VOL. X.V11,-19.i POETRY'. 'flie "Forest 111instrel•" A Jew weeks since a correspondent of the "Star" announced the appearance of a new col tune, of Po ems, by Mrs. I,r DIA JANE PEI RSON, entitled "The Forcst Minstrel." Mr. llrcgocx, the publisher, has since kindly laid upon our table a copy of the collection, gotten up in an unusually neat and 'handsome style. The readers of the "Star - are too familliar with the merits of "Lynt.4. JAN L's poetical compositions, and, we feel assured, enter tain too favorable a regard of those merits, to re quire any commendation at our hands, as an in ducement' to possess themselves of this beautiful volume. It is not many years since Mrs. Peirson first became known to the literary world, through her occasional contributions to various-newspa pers and magazines, yet that short period has suf ficed to'establish her reputation and class her with the very best of our female poets. ller, first col lection of published Poems was issued in l'hiladel. 'phis, a short time ago, with the title of "Forest Leaves,' which at once attracted attention and called berth numerous and warm commendations front the Press:. The "Forest Leaves . ' consisted principally of her light compositions. The vol ume now given to the public, embraces those of her productions which reflect a more grave and religious tone, and, unless we are much mistaken, will not be found unworthy of the favorable re gard secured by its predecessor. The "Forest Minstrel" contains about 70 pieces of poetry, with an introductory preface by Rev. B. Stun NECK, the whole running through 261 pages—and can be had at either of the Book Stores in Gettysburg : price 7:5 cents. The avails of the present edition are consecrated by the authoress to religious purposes: 'We annex several pieces which Nve,think will not fail to be admired by our poetical readers. TIIE SPIRIT OF BEAUTY. The spirit of beauty is all abroad, Earth feels her influence bright, And heaven is tilled with a radiant flood Of melody, lind light She lives in the eye of the simplest flower That lifts its white hands to heaven, She hallows the mountain eagle's bower In the old pine, lightning riven. She smiles in the sleepy eyil of morn, In the noonday flood of light ; And the.chisteed diamonds, meekly worn, Ity the still and holy night. She is felt in the breeze that awakes the. day, With garlands of dewy flowers, She is heard in the zephyrs that love to play In the l'ragrant twilight bowers. The spirit of beauty is every where— in the ocean-anthems's swell, In the song of the brooklet, cool and clear, That lives in the shadow'd dell. She tinges the feathery clouds that swim On the sunset etherial sea, Like plumes from the wings of the cherubim, That flit through immensity. She sitteth sublime on the thunder's throne, While Nature bend's down in awe Her 11/11SiC is bleat with the august tone' Of the elements' glorious war. She, lies in her splendor divinely bright In the rainbow's jewelled form, Like the crown of the Glorious, shadow'd in light, On the wing of the passing storm. The spirit of beauty is all abroad, And her wings are bathed in love, And life's wild harp, by her breathing stired, rums forth a hymn to her glorious Lord, The Immortal, in beauty above. TO MRS. SIGOUItNEY. To me thou sccm'st n beauteous shell, 'thrown out upon some fairy isle, In whose deep heart a spirit band Are hymning all the while. Rich music, wreathed of sun and shade, Of love and grief, and joy and wo, A thrilling of all tender chords That human bosoms khow And woven through each mellow lay The same rich tone for ever rings. The music of the ocean lyre Swept by etherial wings. • Yes. though upon the mountain top The shell of ocean seems to sleep, Still murmurs from its inmost cell The music of the deep. And I have deemed thee like a bird Brought from sonic far off sunny land, Where sport in never-fading groves The tuneful-hearted band Where melody the whole day long Lies languid on the scented air, And purple evening bears to heaven Rich wreaths of chaunted pray'r. Though captive in this wintry clime, And taught full many a foreign song, Which thy rich mellow cadences Delightfully prolong; The native notes, so wild and sweet, That dwell in thy deserted Rome, Gush forth unbidden from thy heart, Where'er thy pinions roam. For all the breathings of thy lyre, What&er the lay, x9mtc'er the theme, Be it the moan of chill despair, Or young life's passiomdream ; Or if maternity.... , deep love Gush trethblingly o'er the thrilling string, Or maidenhaod's pure trust and truth, And ferltent worshipping; Or the low wail above the bier Where the heart's jewels broken lie ; Or the sweet hymn of holy llope, That bears the soul on high;— • All breathe of heaven ; a gentle strain Of pure and earliest piety ; The music of thy spirit-home 'Pervades thy minstrelsy. "The dark red drops Of wringing torture, falling one by one, t4ohe4vily and slowly at her feet, ;Seemed each to waste the being of her. soul; With the dear sufferer's life.l,et there she sat, Iler woman heart, with yearning tenderness, l)rinking, the bitteiriessiot all the shame Awl agony of hitu she loved so much. • • ,A mother's hopes Airi holy. and are planted by the spring - 111' I lie N% Wain her bear t. d Their tendrils cling .\ round - the purest fibres of her soul, And earth has nothing peat or beautiful Whieh they embiace not, %%liihr the topmost buds Ade flashing in,„the'rddimit light of 'HISTORICAL. Napoleon at. Moscow. We subjoin from lioadley's lIPW work—" Nap oleon and his Marshallsn—a lniet account of the burning of Moscow, wwhich is well spoken of in the American %% hig Review, as superior even to Croley's picture in Salathiel, of the Conflagration or Rome. Ifeadley's descriptive powers have rarely, it ever, been surpassed . At length Moscow, with its domes, and towers, and palaces, appeared in sk!lit ; and Napoleon, who had joined the advanc ed guard, gazed long and thoughtfully on that goal of his wishes. Murat went for ward and entered the gates with his splen did cavalry ; but as he passed through the streets he was struck by the solitude that ' surrounded him, nothing was heard but the heavy tramp of his squadrons as he passed along, for a deserted and abandoned city was the meagre prize for which such un paralleled efforts had been made. As night drew its curtain over the spinlid Capitol, Napoleon entered the gates and appointed Monier Governor. 11 his directions he commanded him to abstain from pillage. "For this," said lie, ''you shall be answer able with your life. Defend Moseow a gainst all, whether friend or fee." The bright moon .rose over the mighty city, tipping with silver the domes of inure than two hundred churches, and pouring a flood of light over a thousand palaces, and the dwellings of three hundred thousand inhabitant:4. The weary army sunk to rest ; but there was no sleep fur Mortier's eye. Not the gorgeous and variegated palaces and their rich ornaments—nor the parks and gardens,. and oriental magniti eenee that every where surrounded him, kept hint wakeful, but the omMous lore boding .that some dire calamity was hang ing over the silent capitol. When he en tered it scarce a. living soul met his gaze ;is Ire looked down the broad strebts ; and when lie opened the buildings he found par lors and bed-rooms and chambers all fur- nished• and in order, but no occupants.— This sudden abandonment of their homes betokened sonic secret purpose yet to be fulfilled. The midnight moon was sailing over the city, when the cry of :"lire !" reached the ears olMortier ; and the first light over Napoleon's falling empire was kindled, and that most Nvoild rous scene of modern times comineneed, TUE BURNING OF NOSCONt Mortin,* as governor of the city, imme diately issued his orders and was putting forth every exertion, when at daylight Na poleon hastened to him. Alreefing to dis believe the reports that the inhabitants were firing their own city, he put more rig id commands on Mortier, to keep the sol diers from the work of destruction. The Marshal simply pointed to sonic iron-cov ered houses that had not yet been opened, front every crevice of which smoke was issuing like steam from a pent up volcanoc. Sad and thoughtful Napo:l...on turned to- wards the Kremlin, the ancient palace of the Czars, whose rude structure rose high above the surrounding edifices. In the morning, M ortier, by great exer tions; was enabled to subdue the fire. But the next night, SepteMber 15th, at midnight. the sentinels on watch upon the lofty Krem lin, saw below Ahem the flames bursting through the houses and palaces, and the cry of 'lire ! fire !' passed through the city. The dread scene had now fairly opened.— Fiery balloons were seen dropping from the air and lighting upon the houses—dull explosions were heard on every' side from the shut up dwellings, and the next mo ment a bright light burst forth, and •the flames were raging through the apartments. MI was uproar and confusion. The se rene air and moonlight of the night before had given way to driving clouds and wild tempests, that swept with the roar of the sea over the city. Flames rose on every side, blazing and cracking in the storm, while clouds of smoke and sparks in an in cessant shower, went driving towards the Kremlin. The clouds themselves seemed turned into fire, rolling in wrath over devo ted Moscow. Mortier, crushed with the responsibility thus thrown upon his shoul ders, moved with his Young Guard amid the desolation, blowing up the houses and facing the tempest and the flames—strug gling nobly to arrest the conflagration. Ile hastened from place to place amid the blazing ruins, his face blackened ,with the smoke and his hair and eyebrows sin •ged with the fierce heat. At length the day dawned, a day of tempest and flame ; and Monier, who had strained every nerve for thirty-six hours, entered a palace and dropped down front tatigue. The manly form and stalwart arm that had so oft en. carried death into. the ranks of the ene my, at length gave way, and the gloomy. Marshal lay and panted in utter exhaus tion. But the night of tempest had been succeeded by a day of tempests; and when night again enveloped the city, it was one broad Ilame,,waving to and fro in the blast. , The wind had increased to a perfect hurri cane, and shifted front quarter to quarter as if on purpose to swell the sea of fire, and extinguish the last hope.. The lire was approaching the Kremlin, and already the roar of the 'flames and the crash of falling houses, and the crackling of burning tim bers were borne. to the ears of the startled Emperor. Ile arose and walked to and • :%lortier hie du Trevise, it kill Ile •remm•mtber cd, escaped fruin' all these perils and a Ilium:awl inure, to perinh in Paris, at home, aa,l iu a time tit peace. by the bullets of. Fie.x•lri„bein:; out: ui the Ytettim of the lull:mat :\lachlue. GETTYSBURG, FRIDAY EVENING, .11'1,17 21, Is'l6, fro, stopping convulsively and gazing on the terrific scene. Mur - at, !gene, 411111 Berthier rushed into his presence, and be sought him to Iles; but he still elnng to that haughty palace as if it was his Em pire. But at length the shout, 'The Kremlin is on lire!' was heard above the roar of the conflagration, and Napoleon consented reluctantly to leave. Ile descended into the,street %vith his stair, and looked about for a way of egress, but the flames blocka ; (led every passage. At length they dis covered a postern gate, leading to the. Mosk wa, and entered it. but they Juid only en tered still lar th en into the danger. A s Na poleon east his eyes round the open spay() girded and arched with lire, smoke and cinders, he saw one sin)de street yet open, but all on tire. Into this he rushed, and amid the crash of filling, houses, and raging of the flames—over burning . ruins, through clouds of rolling sfhoke, and between walls of lire he pressed on; and at length, half sudheated, emerged in safety from the bla zing city, and took up his quarters in the imperial palace of Petrowsky, netddy three miles distant. Monier, relieved of his anxiety for the Emperor, redoubled hilt cf flirts to arrest the conflagration. His men cheerfully rushed into every dauger.— Breathing nothing but smoke and ashes, canopied by flpte. and smoke and cinders —surrounded by , walls of fire that rocked to and fro and fell with a crash :until the blazing ruins, carryin(r down with them red-hot rook ()I' iron—lie struggled against an enemy no boldness could awe, or cour age overcome. '('hose brave troops had heard the tramp of thousands of cavalry sweeping to battle without fear ; but now they stood in still terror before the march of the conflagration, under whose burning footsteps was heard the incessant crash of ' falling houses and palaces and churches.— The continuous roar of the raging hurri- , cane, mingled with that of the flames, was More terrible than the thunder of artillery ; and before this new the, in die miOst of this battle of the. elements, the awe-struck army stood powerless and aaighted. When night again descended on the city it presented a spectacle the like of which was never seen before, and which battles all description. The streets were streets of lire—the heavens a canopy of tire, and the entire body of the city a mass of lire, fed by the hurricane that whirled the bla zing fragments in a constant stream through me mini. Ineessaitt expitm WI lb I Will - blowing up of stores of oil, and,, tar, and spirits, shook the very foundation, and sent vast volumes of smoke rolling furious ly towards the sky. Iltige sheets of can vass on lire came-floating like messengers of death through the flames—the towers and domes of the churches and palaces glowed with red-hot heat over the wild sea helow, then tottering a moment on their basis were hurled by the tempest into, the common ruin. Thousands of wretches, before unseen, were driv en by the heat from the cellars and hovels, and streamed in an incessant throng through the streets. Children were seen . carrying their parents—the strong the weak ; while thousands more were staggering under the loads of plunder they had snatched from the flames. This, too, would frequently take fire in'the falling shower, and the misera ble creatures would be compelled to drop it and Ilee : thr their lives. Oh, it %vas a scene of woe and fear inconceivable and indescri bable ! A mighty and close packed city of houses, and churches and palaces, wrapped front limit to limit in (lames, which were fed by a whirling hurricane, is a sight this world will seldom see. But this was all within the city. To Napoleon without, the spectacle was still ' more sublime and terrific. When the flames had overcome all obstacles, and had wrapped every thing in their red mantle, that great city looked like a sea of rolling fire, swept by a tempest that drove it into vast billows. Huge domes and towers, throwing oil' sparks like blazing fire-brands now towered above those waves and now disappeared in their maddening flow; as they rushed and broke bight over their tops, scattering their spray of fire against the clouds. l'he heavens themselves seemed to have caught the conflagration, and the angry masses that swept it, rolled over a bosom of lire. Columns of flames would rise - and sink along the surface of this sea, and huge volumes of black smoke sudden ly shoot into the air as if volcanoes were working below. The black form of the Kremlin alone towered above the chaos, now wrapped in flame and smoke, and a- gain emerging into view—standing amid I the scene of desolation and terrror, like vir tue in the midst of a burning world, en veloped but unscathed by the devouring el ements. Napoleon stood and gazed on this scene in silent awe. Though nearly three miles distant, the windows and walls of his apartment were so hot that he could scarcely bear his hand against them. Said he years afterwards: '' , lt was the spectacle of a sea and billows of tire, a sky and clouds of flame, moun tains of red rolling flame, like immense Ivave's of a sea, alternately bursting forth and elevating themselves to skies of fire, and then sinking into the ocean of lire be- I low. Oh! it was the most grand, the most sublime, and the most terrific sight the 'world ever saw." Prefer solid sensv to wit ; never-study to be divvrting u•itbout being useful ; Ittt no jest intrude-upon good manners, nor say any -thing that MISCELLANY. FAltit.v Pt:An:R.-1n binding a thinily together in peace and love, there is no hu man influence like that of domestic pray- Cr. lriiitin!r them in a common object. it unites their sympathies and desires. Rais ing their hearts to heaven, it brings them altogether in the presence of God. The family altar is an asylum to which they repair from the cares and toils of life: re minding them or rest reserved in Heaven, it unites them in efforts of faith and obedi ence for its attainment. Earth has no ho lier spot than a house thus sanctified by prayer-,-where the voice of supplication and thanksgiving consecrates every day ; where the word of God is devoutly read, and young and old unite to show forth all His praise. It may be .. humble but it is Idly. Poryrty may lie there, and sorrow —but its inmates are rich in faith, and joy-1 ons in the Holy Ghost. Sickness ma y cutter it, but it comes like an angel of peace and mercy. A Titer Dr. Franklin was in London inl7;6, Le. =puke, in one or his letters to a friend itfthis connii y, of reports which were spread. by hi- enemies to his di - sadvantage. ltis language is that of a Christian phihmopher —yet how few emulate his example in these thing , . mvsclf,",says he, "as little con cern about them :is possible. 1 have often met with such treatment from people, that I was all the while endeavoring to serve. At other nines I luive been extolled where 1 had,little or no merit. tine's trite hap piness depends more upon one's own judg; meat of one's self, or a consciousness of rectitude in action and intention, and the approbation of those few who judge impartially, than upon the -applause of the unthinking and undiseerning multitude, who are apt to cry Hosanna to-day, and to-morrow, Crucify him." RonF.wr MmuttAGE.—The his tory cTliobert marriage was a sin g-ular one. One day, whilst aligliting_at a friend's door for the.piirpose of dining with_ him, be was joked on his bachelorhood.— Ile said nothing, - thut, whilst at the table, was observed to take particular notice of the hived girl, who came in to replenish the lire. After dinner, as he was sitting alone in the stuidy, the young woman again entered it with the coalscuttle, when Mr. itra, had supposed scarcely less than,., King, sant w - - iiutty ‘w love the Lord Jesus Christ_?" The girl replied, that she hoped she did, taking the question merely as as an accustomed one from a minister. To her utter surprise and consternation, however, Mr. Hall fol lowed it up by falling on his knees, and ex elaiming, "Then, Iletty, you must love ate," and asked her to marry Lim. In her astonishment she ran away, and she believed lie had gone mad again (he had been once deranged). Her master, like herself, was surprised; and on Iris speak ing- with Mr. Ilall on the subject, the lat ter declared his intention of marrying the girl, who he said had taken his limey by die manner in which she put the coals on. They were married and lived happily I his widow survives him. JI'VENILE SWINDLE 11.-A stranger re cently stopping in this city, says the New York Sun, relates the tollowing ease of youthful vagralleV. While wending his way through one of the by-streets he was accosted by a tatterdemallion boy, who piteously hegffed lOr a sixpence to buy a loaf of bread for his dying mother. The stranger's heart was moved : the urchin grasped the sixpence given, with it look which spoke volumes of gratitude, and darted away around the next corner to lid.: till his mission of finial love. The stran ger walked around the next corner also, with a swelling heart, When he was sur prised to see in a neigboring alley, a half score of young urchins pitching coppers. In their midst. stood our young vagabond, exhibiting his sixpence, and exclaiming in great glee, "I've got the brads." "flow did you raise 'em," inquired one of the group. "Oh, 1 cunt de bread act on a green un," was the reply. The stranger "walked." WAvwmtn FonTuxE.—ln one of the markets in this city (says the New York Sun) may be seen a middle-aged woman, whose history is full of interest. She is a younger daughter of a titled English aris tocrat, whose estate is valued at $25,000 per annul. Site was brought up in luxu ry, fell in love with and married her fitth er's groomsman, was turned out of house and home, and obliged to fly from her country to avoid her father's vengeance. She passed through many trials which rend the heart, in her career from wealth to poverty. She is now selling fruit in a New, York market. For obvious reasons we do not go into•detail. A. strange coin limitary on English customs. Verily "truth is stranger than fiction:" A DAY OF JILTBILEE A DAY OF SORROW.— Samuel Ford and wife came -into Boston on Saturday to celebrate the Fuurth.— lu evoning while waiting at the depot to take the ears home, they got separated in the crowd. Ile was intoxicated at the time of their separation, and the next time he saw 111111 he was a lifclesS corpse ! lle had stagy:tired into the duck and got drown ed. Stich was th e Idle t il a roan sixty-four years of :LT, a husband, and : the father of ehittlreo., The IVar Spirit. tlii:'lollotviier letter, from a i•alned corres pondent in Maine, it kill be scrn that the patrio,.. - ti,in and eibiet dy of that gallant Mate are not a whit behind tho.se called forth by Gov.Shiink. at the Philadelphia meeting in Pennsylvania. We hope our currevondent will heep us advisol of the proCeeLhie4S 111 the East. loitN II Y. OXFORD Co. I\lE. liay, 15 nar—Site :—Father's been o ver to Paris hill to see aunt Betsy : and says how he seen one of your papers, and thought by the readin that was into it, that you knowed eenjest every thing. And so as we all wanted to know something—must . partiekeler—father said I'd better• write to you. Wol yon see, uncle Josiah went down to Portland last week with a load of hoop poles and beans, and when he come back lie set us all in a muss by the news lie fetcht. Ile says the Alexieums have taken Orvgon after a battle of fifty-four minits and forty-ni c e seconds, and shot Mr. Polk right through and through and through.— An it was thought every day they would come over to Valmont to take Gineral Cass and set the niggers loose ! Tell ye what, Mr. Rite, 'twould done yer heart good to see the way our folks dander riz when tliey heerd this. Leftenant Libby run.over to his house as hard as he could spring an got his sword that the Legisla-' tour gave hint for his services in the Mad owooski war—and back lie come full chis el; swearing he'd never Awthi: it.again till he'd squinched it in the heart's blood of some tarn al Mexicum. An oil he started down the road—his wife tryin to hoad him off, and two of his children hanging back at his coat-tail ; [nit 'twas no use, they could'ut stop the Leftenant. lie swore he cared nothing for wife nor children when Iris country called—that 6 ineral Cass need ed him, and- go he would if'the old harry stood itt his way. An so givin a great flour ish with his sword—winch so skeered Mrs. L'eltenant Libby that she lost her balance and fell over a Marrero that UM bel I'nd her,- kerwhop—an .kiekin off little 1 , pito and 1 ) Bill front his coat-tails, he set offlull split. Devon Wiggins moved that we should all go to the meetin-us and hold a public meet- • in, and wen we'd all got in the decon was appointed eh:dim:in and me clerk. After a settin a minit the deem), got up and said the object of the meetin was 10 cul ts '. tne- news from rorttanu ; mat the menu was now open and the cheer would listen tn any remarks. He'd no sooner sot dowb than up jumps Kurnal Pittirn Peabody, and 0 Jerusalem ! how he did put in ! I wish every federalist and other Mendes of the country could heern it. "Feller citizens," says he, "this core is a great cowry, an can lick any other country under the high kanopy of heaving ! (cheers.) Dant we lick the all-fired British twice, and got ready to do it again down to Madywosky ? And now," says lie, "who arc these audashus Mexicums that have invaded the free syle of this great republic ? Who arc they, I say ? "Who are they ?" screamed out Judy Ry er, poking her green bonnet over the gal lery railing, "who are they, indeed !—l'll tell yer ; thcy'r good for nothing, rotten, Yellow-fared, sneakin, animal-magnetism, nigger-lovin, pesky, french-britishers, that tit Gineral, Jackson about the banks, and trycd to stop the veto,' and got up a stamp act !—the, bloody minded villins," says she, "I could scratch their eyes out, I could." "l 100-roar !" shouted the Kur-, nal, when aunt Judy sot down. "Ifoo- , roar for the wintin of Atueriky ! real grit still, —same as 'twas in the itevolutory war. Feller-citizens, the country's safe while this here spirit of '76 a's were just . , witnessed, burns in the husums or the fair sects,"—but the Kurnal could'ut go on ; his complements to the whumen set em as crasv as bed-bugs. A dozen of them got up at once and give us so much of the spir it of '76 as the Kurnal called it, that 111 be shot and Idled into ile, if it did'nt seem as the that war two or titre young hurry canes in the house. The deacon honored Order . ! Order !! till he was as horse as a bull frog—but two wimmin held on in spite of hint ; they'd got the steam fairly on, an' didn't scent to know exactly how to shut it oft At last Ensign Pike fel the town clerk had to go up c u d gag theta with their own shawls, - and then the meetin went on. We passed a good many resolutions— some regular clinchers, I tell you. I'll show you one or two, jest for curiosity. Resolved, That no people in the hull, gineral, universal world are so free, vartu ous and happy as is the people of these suvrin States. Resolved, That Texico, Math•moros, Korpus Christi, and Alady wosky was originally part of the Union and ort , to-be re-annexed, right off. Resolved, That the hull military force of llornhy be placed at the disposal of Gin'l. Cass or Gineral Jackson, as the case may be; Provided, they aint obleeg ed to go no furtlier than Portland. Resolved, Thatirany of the pesky Mex icums dare to show they yallar faces up in old Oxford, We'll give em some. ✓ Revolved, That ant• individual who aint ready to go these sentimeins, is no friend to ginoWine liberty, aml ort to be rent to r•shorcrin the boils of ilfwatrzumus." Resolved. That 1/111. patyotie Nlr. I.efteir k iiit Libby, by his intripid lionduct, ut :4:wing right 01l to resktie From Ihr Chronotypc DIS-T IV 0 DO 1.1. A HS l'E I{ Ark N I M JIVIIOLE N 0,851 eral Cass, has won for him our high ! , c4,t. This here resolution, Mr. Rite . , wasn't finished, cos jest as we got so fur little EplifoAby bust into the house like a lo comotive, and said her father was in a fix and wanted all hands to help him. So ire all litarted like shot, thinking the leftenant had inet some of the enemy, an run as tight as we could scratch down the road, till we name to pickerel-pond, and there, right o ver in neighbor Eastman's orchard, on the tip top of the biggest apple tree, sot the lef tenant yelling like an . injun, and I c‘i - Lcon Wiggin's great brindled bull paw n and bellowing at the lout. We driv the critter off and got k the Id tenant down, but he was about the skeerd est fellow you ever seed. • Ile went right off hum, and hasn't said a word about the Mexicums since. I told you when I begun I rit for infor mation, The question I want to ask is this: is them Mexietnus injuns, niggers, or Jar min? Cos father. says they is and I say they isn't. Yours fur cOuntri , , "rite or rong" Ell( A N SPI P. S. When you see the government tell it to depend on Hornby, west comes to wttst, and that we hate the British wus than pison! 'The House that Zack Built. Emu 'mow:. This is the house that Zack built. TILE CANNON. These are the bull dogs that lay in the house that Zack built. TIII GARRISON These are the men, that fed the dogs, that lay in. the house that Zack built. OEN. TAILOR This is 'the general as sharp as a thorn, that led the men that fed the dogs that lay in the house that Zackbuilt. ARISTA This is tho leader that rose in the morn, to meet the general as sharp as a thorn, that led the men, - that red the dogs, that lay in the house that Zack built. MEXICAN Tll.ooi'S. These are the troops all tattered and torn, that followed the leader that rose in the morn, to meet the general as sharp as a.thorn, that led the men, that fed the dogs, that lay in the house that Zack built. (Ayr. MAY, OY TUB DRAGOONS. js the captain not shaven or shorn, wasumorgen to uuo i n, nag lourv6rvi.” torn, that followed the leader that rose in the morn, to meet the general as sharp as a thorn, that led the men, that fed the dogs, that lay in the house that Zack built. GEM. VEGA This is the prisoner all forlorn, that was taken by the captain not shaven or shorn, that charged the troops all tattered and torn, that followed the' leader that rose in the morn, to meet tIM general as sharp as a thorn, that led the' men, that fed the dogs, that lay in the house that Zack built. TIIE MEXICAN ARMY. These are the men all iveary and worn, that abandoned di% prisoner all forlorn, that was taken by the captain not .shaven or shorn, that charged the troops all tattered and torn, that ; followed the leader that rose in the morn, to meet the general as sharp as a thorn, that led the men, that fed the dogs, that lay in the house that Zack built. ,THE AMERICAN ARMY. These are the Yankees American born, that defeated the men all weary and worn, that abandoned the prisoner all forlorn, that was taken by the captain not shaven or shorn, that charged the troops all tatter ed and torn, that followed the leader that rose in the morn, to meet the general as sharp as a thorn, that led the men that fed the dogs, that lay in the house that Zack built. TIIE PRESS This is the Press with its newsman's horn, that told of the Yankees American born, that defeated the iOn all weary and worn, that abandoned. OIC prisoner all for lorn, that was taken by the captain not sha ven or shorn, that charged the troops all tattered and torn; that followed the leader that rose in the morn, to meet the general as sharp as a thorn, that led the men, that 7i d the dogs, duit lay in 'the house that Zack built. ANECDOTE OF THE BATTLe The boxing Ifishman.—After the light of the '.nth became general, n private, an Irish man, found a bunch of chaparrcl between himself and a strapping Mexican. The Mexican raised his piece and taking delib erate aim pulled trigger ; the piece not go ing-olf the Mexican raised his musket and snapped it, Paddy all the time cooly looking on ; at the. second failure to dis chargehis piece, the Mexican in a delirium of wrath, threw his musket away, and went through various gyrations of despair. Pad dy mistaking these eccentricities for a chal lenge for, a list fight, threw away his . mus ket, and placing himself in an *attitude that would have delighted deaf Burke, 'fang out "oh by the powers, you will not find me amiss with the fists, if that's yor game." Lieut. —, who was observing this exhi bition of coolness and chivalry, ordered.the soldier to take up his proper weapon, and' send the Mexican to his long home, which was done accordingly. Tar PuusiDENey,—Soale fritgala at ‘Vashingtoa ofJudge Metxua, of . tl,O 4. Supreme ititilictl piiiiplifet naming him fur the Presideticy a the 8441, clertion. - -
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