~ . , . . Cli . ~ . . • '). . 1 • * . • . . / a , 411 9 • ..:... ~.,....z. . • " ..... ...,. .:• • ~ 1 r ....., [ D . or;;:ti,..: ruirrolt ..ND PROPRIETOR VOL. POETRY. N A Good Wife, . . ;. - A MOTHER'S DEVOTION. , sixyears Since, an aged widow, About .., ; --= - I A good story, under this head, is going' i poorly clad, with staff in hand and.umbrel -1 vv 0 mean to keep a corner o f our paper set, like . t h e roun d s , i la under her arm, • inight any morning, he shore of its most important a boy's rabic-snare in the woods, for entrapping 1 features, the sequel to ‘vhieli is ap•Onded. her way to the old city grave • mid hot ding the many nestrays" of genius that ! Mr. —, a merehant, now rositlillfr in ; 5000 "ndin g 1 yard, below I'l . cm:blown. Her walk ap . ramble about in the shape of unowned or fugitive Philadelphia, who frmer's' /ivy( ' in :mt. " - peared to be a daily duty, aml rain \ / poetry. Beautiful things are being written arid travagant style, %V" in the " hit nl g iVili g . she performed the sad pilgrimage without r being lost, continually, and what a wild- wo r l d { his wife, every Monday morning, ii — certain . world it is, where such lines as the Wowing can sum of money, for the table and other; fail. Prom one who knew her history, , we learned that some twelve years previ : be found in a paper without the writers name!— , household eNtienses of the week. lle nev oils her o • • , only son, a promising . young man, i : er mentioned his business to his wife, and . i Hume ft: II J . P o I had suddenly died, and been entombed at ! slit, deeming him capable of attending, to this ! WHAT SHALL TIE END OF TIFE.THING3 IF ? his own affairs, never inquired into them. spot. The shock of separation inflict ed it blow upon the mother's reason which WIIEN another life is added i About live years after their marriage, time had not wholly. healed, and since she To the heaving turbid mass: : through some mismanagement, and the : • When another breath of icing rascality of his confidential clerk, Mr.-'saw his remains consigned to the earth, Stains creation's tarnished glass; suddenly broke, and histhiltire tealsarea-' her (hot-steps had ahnost daily been direct- When the lirst cry, weak and piteous, . tinned "sympatizinglv" on ' change, and ed towards his resting place—her hands Heralds long-enduring pain, hadlucked u the weeds which grew And a soul from non.existence Tike all such matters, m atters, there all stpathv p p Springs, that ne'cr can dye again ! ended. The merchant'kept the affair s . -: "P" his grave, and the small stone which m ; i had of marked the spot had been Worn smooth When the mother's passionate welcoe ! crot, and the li rst intimation the lady :sorrow-like bursts forth in tears, ! it, was a newspaper paragraph in the Led-' by her careful efforts to keep it clean and And the sire's self gratulation :, ver. Shortly after dinner was over, on ; comel y' ~ , , ..,, Prophesies of future years— ' I 'lie progress of improvement, which ' the discovery of the startlino fact, Mrs. I „ It is well we cannot see, fatality invades the sa - requested her husband to remain in will; a species, of, What the end shall be• creel precincts of the grace, threatened to 1 the parlour a few - moments, as she had something to saY to hini• She thou' left the disturb the ashes of the widow's son, and j • ; room, hurried up stairs, and shortly after her aliction became heart-rending. The returned with a splendidly bound liihle in fact being node known to a wealthy and ! benevolent citizen, he had them rentoved her hand. Handing it to her husband, she said : i • to a grave yard more remote from the city's hum, and to this spot her walks were di- "George, the day after mit. marriage, von reefed, A few years inure passed, anti gave me this precious book as a token of your love, and a rich fountain to look to in .we again met her in her walks. Time the day of trouble, Its passages have been appeared -to have worked a rapid change, precious to me, and, as your brow looks in her appearance ; her form was more bent, her eyes more sunken, and her steps sad to me, I return it to von, that yon mat , glean from it so less vigorous, but her devotion for the spot . nic consolation in this hour of gloom." She then left the room. 1 where rested the bones of her boy unaba -1 Titer merchant oppened the book rare. : ted ; and though the way was more weary lessly, and a bank bill fell out. Ile pick, she heeded it not—her old umbrella hung e d i t up and glanced at i ts face—it was a in tatters, hut, though useless, it has so ..,; $lO bill. He opened at the first page, and long been the companion of her walk, that I continued to find an X between every Iwo : it had grown into a necessary habit to bear ' leaves, till he arrived at the commence; it along. . • meat of the book of Revelations.• H e was ! Again, we met her a few days since ; her step has become more feeble and slow, - 1:: saved—could commence business, and had a capital of nine thousand dollars tat burin her head is. bowed to earth, as though with. ; looking for that resting place which 'is near - 1 at hand ; the sometimes shelter and then He rang a hell---,a servant appeared. , companion of her walks—the old umbrel-: "Request your mistress to come to me to said the merchant. - - 1 la—has fallen to pieces and lien laid aside, • i The lady obeyed,: entering the room but yet the-widowed mother totters to her! ' with something between a tear and a smile.. dead boy's tomb, removes the weeds Which "Kate ! Kale 1 where did you procure - gather there, and, with her handkerchief, all this money ?" wipes the dust from the mournful record I „ This , is the week' N .• savings of ouri .of her departure. Surely the devotion of a' mother is undying.---67. Louis Reveille household expenses for the last five years," : was the modest repl7. "Every week I put ten of the twenty dollars which you gave mo into Bible Limit, that, when the day of trouble cum pc upon us, we should have something to save us from the wolf." "You are an angelf Kate !" cried her delighted husband, clasping her to his heart. And she is. Does any one doubt it I When across the infant features Trembles the Ihiut dawn of mind ; When the heart looks from the wi n dows Of the ryes that were so hlirid ; When the incoherent murniurs Sylable each swaddled thought, To the lend ear of altection, With a boundless promise fraugl;t, Kindling great hopes for to-morrow Prom that dull uncertain ray, As by glimmering of the twilight Is foreshow!) the perfect day— It is well we cannot see What the end shall be. When the boy tipon the threshold Of his all comprising home • Parts aside the arm maternal That Mocks hint ere he roam ; When the canvass of his vessel Flutters to the favoring gales, Years of solitary exile Hid behind its sunny sails; When his pulses beat with ardor, And his sinews stretch Ibr toil, And a lmndred bold emprises Lure hint to that eastern soil— It is well we cannot sec What the end shall be, . . When the youth beside the maiden Looks into her credulous eyes ; When the heart upon the surface Shines too happy to be wise ; lie by speeches less than gestures Hinteth what her hopes expound, Laying out the waste hereafter Like enchanted garden ground ; He may palter—so do many : She may sutler—so must all ; Doti' may yet, world-disappointed, This lust hour of love recall— It is well we cannot s'e • What the end shall be. When the altar of religion Greets the expectant bridal pair ; When the vow that lasts till dying Vibrates on the sacred air : When man's lavish Protestations Doubt of after-change defy, Comforting the frailer spirit Bound his servitor for aye ; When beneath love's silver moonbeams Many rocks in shadow sleep Undiscovered till possession pillows the danger of the deep— It is well we cannot see What the end shall be, WhattiO(Mer is beginning That is wrought by human skill, Every daring emanation Of the mind's ambitious will ; Every first impulse of passion, Gush of love, or twinge of hate ; Every launch upon the waters, Wide horizoned by our fate t Every venture' in the chances Of life's sad, oft desperate game:, Whatsoever be our motive, Whatsoever he our nint— h is well we cannot see. 11 hut the end 4411 bp. MISCELLANY. (;11.‘TITU DE There is not, says Addison, a more pleasing exercise of the mind than ;tide, It is accompanied with such an in ward satisfaction that the duty is sufficient ly rewarded by the performance, It is not like the practice of many other virtues ilifficult and painful, but attended with so much pleasure that were there no positive command which enjoined it, nor any re: cow nense laid up for it hereafter, a gener ous mind would indulge in it for the natu ral gratification that accompanies it, If gratitude is due from man to man, how much more front man to his Maker? The Supreme Being does not only confer upon us ti`tose• homilies which proceed more iminediately from his hand, but even those benefits which are Gonveytal to us by others. gvery blessing wp'enjoy, by what means soccer it may be derived, is the gift of H im who is the great Author of good and Fattier of Mercies. If gratitude, when exerted towards one another, naturally produces a vary pleas ing sensation in the mind of grateful man, it exalts the soul into,a rapture when it is employed on this great object of gratitude, ou this beueticent . I)eing,r, who has given us - every thing tve already possess, and from whom we expect every thing we yet hope for. Narrow vireo instances are the most pow-, erful stimulants to mental expansion the early frowns of fortune the hest seeuri, twfor its final smiles, • A 1:13).4:- , -.i.ristotle being asked what .thing was tlte soooest out of tnefoory, ”ti Ixeoefit received." , 1,1 b....very zealous for some appemluzes eN.tre.:Let 1:14:;u W. about reli:lien BEAUTIFUL AsErnoTE.—A happier il lustration of the wonderful character of the Bible, and the facility with which even a child may answer by it the greatest of questions, and solve the sublimest of mys ' teries, was perhaps never given, than at an examination of a deaf and dumb institution some years ago in London. A little boy was asked in writing,-,,"who made the ! world ?" He took the chalk and wrote underneath the words—"ln the beginning, Clod created the heavens and the earth." The clergyman then inquired in a similar manner, "Why did Jesus Christ come in., to the world ?" A smile of delight and gratitude rested on the countenance of the! little fellow ns he wrote—" This is a faith-1 ful saying. worthy of all acceptation, that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners." A third was then proposed, ey.! Wendy adapted to call his most powerful ' feelings into exercise. "Why were you! born deaf and dumb, when I can hear and speak ?" "Never," says an eye witness, "shall I forget thelook of resignation which sat,upon his countenance, as he took the chalk and wrote—" Even so. Father, for it seemed good in thy sight,"_,-.-Ponner of the Cross. A Wont) To Boys.—The "Learned Blacksmith" says—Boys, did you ever think that tills great world, with all its wealth and woe, with all its mines and mountains, seas and rivers, with all its shipping and steamboats, railroads and magnetic telegraphs, with all its millions of darkly groping men, and all the science and progress of ages, will soon he given over to the hands of the Boys of the pres• cut age—Boys like you, assembled lu "sehoolsroonts, or playiug• without them GU both sides of the Atlantic ? Believe it, look ahroad ) on your inheritances, and get I ready to enter upon its possession. The Kings, Presidents, Governors, Statesmen, Philosophers, Ministers, teachers, Men of the future, aro all Boys, whose feet, like yours, cannot reach the floor, when seated im the benches upon which they are learn ing to master. the monosylabfes of their respective languages, Onit;NTAt. LuomcD.—"Every man," an Eastern legend says,"has two angels; one upon his right shoulder, and one upon his left. When he does anything good, the angel on the right shoulder writes it down and seals it ; because what is once well done, is done fi)rever. When he does e vil, the angel upon his left shoulder writes it down but does not seal it. lie waits till midnight. if before that time The man cows down his 'head and exclaims, 'Gra cious Allah I—l ha•r3 sinned !.=..forgive me !' The angel rubs it out ; but if not, at in'tlitight he seals it, litriTia. angel upon Ilse ri , 2111 ‘vccvs.:' _____ H GETTYSBURG, PA, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1846, BEGIN LIFE RIGIIT.—Are you just step ing on the threshold of life? Secure a Moral character. ,This is the basis of suc cess and true greatness. Without virtue you cannot be respected : without integri ty you can never rise to distillation and honor. You are poor, perhaps. No mat ter. Poverty is oftener a blessing than a curse. Look at the young man, who is heir to half a million'. IVhat is his stand ing ? Of what use is he to the world ? You must make yourself. The richest man in Maine was born of poor parents, and earned by hard work the first dollar he ever owned. The wealthiest man in Mas-; sachusetts was born in North Yarmouth, a small town in Maine, of equally humble origin. See to it,.then, that you start fair. Never repeat a story unless yon arc positively certain that it is correct, and e ven not then, unless something is to be gained, either of interest to yourself, or for the person concerned. Tattling is a mean and wicked practice, and he who 'indulges in it, grows more fond of it in proportion as he is successful. If you have no good to say of .your neighbor, never reproach his character by telling - that which is false. He who tells you the faults of others, in tends to tell others of your faults, and so the dish of news is handed from one to ano-H titer, until the table becomes_enormous. f E AUT . IFUL Swiss UUSTOM.—awas fury inerly the usage of the Swiss peasantry to! watch - the setting sun, until he had left the valleys and was sinking behind the ever snow-clad mountains, when the mountain-1 cers would seixe their horns, and sing! through the instrument, "Praise the Lord." This was caught up from Alp to Alp by the descendants of Tell, and repeated until it reached the valleys below. Ji„. solemn si lence then ensued, until the 'last trace of the sun disappeared, when the herdsman on the top sung out, "Good Night," which was repeated as before, until every one! had retired to his resting place. Louis Puiwin,e's isconn.--Louis Phil lippe has an immense private fortune ; the nation allows him 1?500,000 per annum, besides X. 10,000 for the Count de Paris, and a large allowance for the Duchess d' Orleans, ' Ile has 13 or 14 magnificent palaees at his disposal, besides Neuilly and the Chateau d' 14u, which are his own private property, ' lie is entitled to all the , firewood and timber cut in the royal for, ests, which are of immense extent. Since his accession to the throne, he has derived, it is . stated, upwards of 5,000,000 sterling .from this source, equal to $25,000,000. “You should never let young men kiss you,” bait! a venerable uncle to his pretty fbl know ii, uncle," returned she peni tently, "and yet I try to cultivate a spirit of forgiveness, seeing that when ono has been kissed there is no undoing it," . Miss Louisa West, a girl 15 years 'bf age, 'at 9eor g etown, committed to memory accurately the whole New Testa munt in six weeks, at the same time at, tendins to Iv.sr other dorm tic ditties. V 1:A 11 I. E 8 S The origin of this term as applied to the United States, is given in a re cent number of the Norwich Courier.— The editor says it was communicated by one of the most intelligent gentlemen of Connecticut, now upwards of SO years of age, who was an active participator in the scenes of the Revolution. The story is as follows : When General Washingington; after b& ing appointed commander of the Army of the Revolutionary war, came to Massa chusetts to organize it, and make prepar ations for the defenceof the country, 1e found a great destitution of ammunition and other means necessary to meet the powerful foe he hatl to contend with, and great difficulty to obtain them. If at tacked in such condition, the cause at once might he hopeless. On one occasion at that anixous period, a consultation of the officers and others was had, when it seem ed no way could be devised to make such preparation as was necessary. His Ex cellency, Jonathan Trumbull, the elder, was then Governor of the State of Connec ticut, on whose judgment and aid the Gene ral placed the greatest - reliance, and he remarked, "We must consult 'Brother Jon athan' on the subject." The General did so, and the Governor was successful in supplying many of the wants of the army. When difficulties afterwards arose, and the army was spread over the country, it became a byword, "1 re 7112111 consult brother Jonathan." The term Yankee is still applied to a portion, but "Brother Jon athan" has now become a designation of the whole country, as John Bull has, of Encrland. The Maine Farmer says :—We have ever been of the opinion that there is more , in a NAME . than has generally been con -ceded by sarwis. Indeed, we never could believe in the dogma, othat a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." The following which we recently found in rum aging a multifarious collection of-old-news paper volumes, not only clearly demon strates that there is much in a name, but it is a curiosity of itself: "A French paper, Le Journal due Loi re!, says Napoleon's name is composed of two Greek words, Napos and Leon. which signifies the Lion of the Desert. The let ters of the same name ingeniously combined present a phrase which offers a singular analogy with the character of that extraor dinary nfan. By striking of the first letter of this word, and pursuing the same couse with each following word, six Greek words are formed, which, literally translated in the order designated by the figures, signify, Napoleon, being the Lion of the people, be came a destroyer of cities. A. WOMAN IN THE FIELD A. Monterey correspondent of the Spirit of the Times says, it is generally believed, that a company of Mexican lancers, at the late battle, was commanded by a woman na med, Dos Amados. The writer says: Seized with a patriotic spirit, she unsex ed herself and dressed in q full snit of a captain of lancers ; she desired to be led a:. gainst the foe, and swore that she would never yield until the "Northern barbari ans" were driven from her natal land, or until she had shed the last drop of blood in defence of her native country. Previ ous to our attack, she was paraded before the troops, and greatly excited and aug mented their courage. She iharrangned thtm and desired to be posted at that spot where the first shot should fall, and where the thickest of the battle should wage. ft is reported that on the 21st she led the charge of lancers which proved fatal to some of our command—among the num ber, the lamented Field. There's an ex- ample of heroism worthy the days of old! It has remained for Mexico to produce a second Joan 'or Arc, but not like er, suc cessful. I would have given a gVeat deal to have seen her ladyship? HOW TO LOOK Youxo.—llow is it that some men thought to be so old, still look So young; whilst others to be so young, must still look old ? The cause lies Very frequently within themselves. Mr. Rant once, on being asked the reason, said-- "1 never ride when 1 can walk : 1 never eat but one dish at dinner ; and never get drunk. My walking keeps my blood in circulation ; my simple diet prevents indi, gestion ; and never touching ardent spirits, my liver never fears being eaten up alive." But be forgot to add one of the greatest causes of all of lasting youth, "a kind, un envious heart." Envy can dig as deeply in a human face as time itself. FaMum, Dons.,—Corvisart, a French physician of some celebrity, during the lat ter portion or the last century, was once la menting in company, the'premature death of 1)r. Backer. “It was not, at all events, for want of medical aid that he died,” said ho, "for. in the last days of his illness, we, Halle, Por tal anti myself, did not quit him for an in stant." ' , Alas!" interrupted the Abbe .sieyes, .. ‘v h n c could he (19 against three of you ?'' "B R OTH E R JONATHAN." WHAT'S IN A NAME 1. Napoleon 6. Apoleon, 7. Polcon, 3. Oleon. 4. Leon, 5. Eon. 2. On. Noble Conduct of Texans, Thu following instances of heroic virtue. as re lated by General THOMASON, Will be read with lively interest: Amongst the prisoners taken at San Antonia in Texas by Gen. ‘Vool, in the fall of 1843, was a Mr. Samuel A. Mave rick, a gentleman of very large fortune, and with a young and interesting family. He was a man of fiery and impatient tem-. per, , and chafed, under his confinement, like a chained tiger. A good deal had been said about a reannexation of Texas to Mexico, and negotiations were about being entered into to that end. I kqew that Mexico only desired to save, in some de gree, the point of honor, and that almost any terms would be conceded to; such as that Texas should have her own laws, re ligion, Sze„ that no Mexican troops should be quartered in Texas ; the Texans to make their own revenue laws, appoint their own revenue and other officers, pay only a nominal amount to Mexico ; in one word, and in the language of a distinguish ed member of the Mexican Cabinet, in conversing with me on the subject, “actu al independence, with a mere nominal re il,ognition of the sovereignty of Mexico." That even such a reunion, in name only, could have lasted long, no one could have believed. I know that the Mexicans them selves had no such idea. Santa Anna had boasted so much of reconquering the coun try, which he found himself unable even to attempt, that I have strong reasons to believe he would have allowed the Texans to dictate the terms of even this nominal reannexation, which must have been of ve ry short duration, and would,-in the mean time, have given the Texans the advan tage of the market of Mexico for their cot ton, the high price of which there would very soon_have filled up Texas with a pop ulation large enough to have enabled her to have dictated terms to Mexico. This was early in 1843, when annexation to" the United States had not been spoken of se riously, nor, so far as I knew, thought prac ticable by any one: I wrote to Maverick, who was then confined in the castle of Pe rote, saying -to him, that if he was in favor of such a retititioXaliron as that, and which would have been so in name . only, and would say so to MC, that I had no doubt San ta Anna would release him. I give an ex tract of his letter in reply: ulrou say that you think that Santa Anna will release me if I say that I am in favor of the reannexation of Texas to Mex ico. I cannot persuade myself that such an annexation, on any terms, would be ad vantageous to Texas, and I therefore can not say so, for I regard a lie as a crime, and one which I cannot commit, even to secure my release; I must therefore con tinue to wear my chains, galling as they are." A man of principles less stern might, with an easy casuistry, have said, am dealing with an enemy who has violated the terms of my capitulation, and it is ex cusable that I should in turn deceive him.'' How many are there who would not have reasoned thus? Such an act recorded by Plutarch would have added another page as bright as that which perpetuates the no ble constancy and heroic virtue of Regu lus. Maverick was shortly afterwards releas ed, as a personal favor to me, together with Mr. William E. Jones, formerly of Georgia, and Judge Hutchinson, formerly of Mississippi, witero he was distinguish ed for great loarning, and beloved by every ono for his virtues. I sent them "on their way rejoicing." The residue of the pris oners taken at San Antonia, thirty-six in number, were those of whom I have be- fore spoken as being released by General Santa Anna in so handspme a manner, at the time I was leaving Mexico. Colonel Wm. G. Cooke, of the Santa Fe expedition, was engaged in the battle of San Jacinto. Two or three days after the battle, two Texan boys, who were hunting'cstray u)ules amlliorses, discpvcr- ed a Mexican- in the grass. One of the boys cocked his gun, and was taking ain► at lii►n, when the other told him not to shoot, as the man was unarmed. They found that he was a Mexican, hut had no idea of the value of their prize. They tier termined, however, to take him to the Texan ramp, some ten miles distant, and made him mount behind one of them, while the other walked. When they ap proached the Texan camp t►te Uexican prisoners exclaimed, - "El Trosidente, El (ietteral Santa Anna," This was iminedi, ately after the massacre of the Alamo and Goliad, and the first impulse of the Texans was to put him to death, Colonel Cooke, however, rallied thp guard and saved the life OSanta Anna. After Colonel Cooke was released ,from imprisonment in Mexico, with all his com panions, he remained a few days at my house, and when, in answer to my inquiries, he narrated these facts, I asked hint why he had not communicated these things .to me beforeoand stated my belief that Santa Anna would haye liberated .him instyntly. His reply was that in saving the life of Santa Anna he had done no more•than his duty, and that he could not think of asking any reward for it ; neither would he have accepted his own discharge without that of all his men; that he would — not under any circumstances have been released . and left them in captivity. All the prisoners were released on the l Oth.uf June, except Colonel Navarro, to whose' niece Colonel Cooke was then engaged, and has since been inarricti. • lic could not:speak of Na . TEnms—Two LOLI.ARS PER ANNI,I.) 11'.1101, - E NO. 872. varro without emotion. 1 asked if I might I inform Santa Anna that he :was the officer who saved his life after the battle of San Jacinto, and that he took a very deep inte-. rest in the fate of Navarro. This 'he could not resist, 'lle was willing to do for a friend what he would not do fur himself: I mentioned the facts to an aide-de-camp of Santa Anna, who promised _me that he would communicate them to him, But probably he never did so. All my efforts in favor of Navarro were fruitless, however, made his escape from the castle of St. Juan de Ulloa, and returned to Tex, as. Amongst the prisoners of Meir, there were two of the name of Reese, Charles -4,nd William, the latter a boy of about six teen. On his arrival in Mexico, I applied Ito Santa Anna and obtained his release.— A few days 'afterwards he called to see me, and said—wily brother Charles is engaged Ito be married ; and, besides this, I know that he would iv, much more useful to thy father and mother than I would, and I should like, sir, to take his place as a prisoner, and let him go home." In this ; he was. not acting a part : ho - spoke; undei deep excitement and with a glistening-eye, and I do not know that his was the only moist eye in the room. I could protract these pages indefinitely in ;narrating sitni, lar acts. From the time of my - arrival in Mexico until I left the country, there was rarely a month that it was not my good fortune to obtain the discharge of some o the prisoners. and I fully realized the truth of the lines of the greatest of poets:-- ' , The quility of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven - - Upon the place beneath. -It is twice blest It hlesseth him that gives and him that takes." MAGNANIMITY.—W hell the Emperor Vespasian commanded a Roman senator to give - his voice against the interests of his country, and threatened him with im mediate death if lip spoke-on the other side . ; the Roman, conscious that the attempt to save a. people was in his power, though the event ever so uncertain, answered with a smile—. "Did I ever tell you that I was immor, tal? My virtue is at my own dsiposal, mV life at yours ; do what von will, I shall do what I ought; and if I fall in the service of my country, I shall have more triumph in my death than yott in all your laurels." CooL.—Sir Walter Scott tells a story of a gentleman, who, irritated at some mis conduct of his servant, said— "John, either you or I must quit this house." "Vera wee], sir," said John, "where will your honor be ganging to ?" APPOINTMENT OF GEN. SCOTT.—The Philadelphia Inquirer says that the an nouncement that Gen. Scott has been sent to Mexico by the Government, has been received with very hearty approbation thro'l out die country. From all points, language of congratulation is heard. It is known that the best understanding exists between Gen. Scott and Gcn. Taylor, and that these officers will co-operate together for the good .of the country, for the triumph of the I national arms, the vindication of the na-! tional honor,, and the conquest of an early peace. Great confidence is felt in the w= bility of Gen. Scott as an officer, and with reason. He has had much experience, his bravery is unquestioned and unquestiona ble, and the views he gave at the come mencement of the canpaign in relation to the struggle with Mexico, have been fully confirmed. Should the war continue, he will doubtless win laurels, and thus strength, en his hold upon the affection of the Amer- ican people. Pi x.—The Fincastle Whig, mention, ing that Messrs. Shanks and Anderson, of Botetourt, •Va. had purchased ten thou sand weight of Pork out of a drove, says : "This is but a fraction of what will be con, slimed by this establishment, and shows conclusively the way in which Manufac, turers hurt the farmers." A MONSTER POTATO.—Richprd Sondly Esq. of Newberry, raised on his plantation a sweet potato, measuring two feel one inch and a hay ip length, and thirteen inches ,and a hay in circumference, at thickest part. “What is the chief end of map ?” inquie red a school teacher of a pretty Miss. , t Why, I suppose, it is to pop Ike dues lion," was Ole reply. Marriage is at pli-times a perilous ex periment, but Foote defines it to be "bob bing for a single eel in a barrel of snakes.'.' Shocking ! For the "Star and Banncr." ENIGMA, comrosku or 1$ LETTruit My 11 15 3 5 15 is an island in the Mediterra? nean sea. 44 4 15 12 3 7 )6 is the name of a disting uished American General. 44 16 8 4 6 is the name of a rer lain lady. 44 13 10 3 17 15 wasp festival celebrated er. cry fifth year in the island of Delos in hon or of Apollo. 4 4 I 15 3 5 10 16 is the christianicame of a very celebrated Poet. ' • • 44 13 8 16 6 15 11 is a town in the north of England. 44 13 18 15 16 11 10 is an exclamation very common among the fair portion of creatkin, 44 4 12 ,3 -18 16 was a President of the United fistes. .t 7' 3 13 II 15 2 13 is a character !show tot / , - #of all others, is most piteable. My whole is an extract from Burns' Pcsemeies which every suitor generally gives attempt:4l*a 11441pltakia vulgarly *styled) ~p ops Me. quotioli"!: PHIL OK 0S1 1 14107Pti rensrlvitiia College, Dee. 12,1;1 , 10, t
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