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CafxTerix:, pi t::e . They tr g;V.hcrin, tyry arr . , Ircm t: j clin and iU l.J: TrT.al -T.'.rilracltl. ; , A.iil'c1 . :;,lutqoil Li stall; ' The tot rr r. ' thousands H ' v Ar"1 1' - c . r i throng ', "ioLir.s '... tt country insults, . , . r rr.t lleir country's Tor. '.' " . " i '' ' . ' are cilherin, f.fy rs aUria, , . I rem aaan't&in and from flam; , , TT 'rf I Hiid or juro feigli ' A lo!J and fearless. tram; ; ."o forceful maixlate calU'tkcn out,,, ' . s - rl deot bids Ut ra p; . Tiif gLcj 4.!ie freeing j'j Iinptluc, ' :' , i . Tul'lo rlnke tba fri Lean's tlowt 1 1 Tlicj are'gatf.rrrnj, tVy ar5 ithj ri,f. Lie Aufur 1 Vs lowering cloud, " " To scalier la theii fearful path, . -1 J, A - ' TLe fjc m xn". h ire ling crowd: .Kijhlto devctct Mexico ' -I j " The Ttn;' ful lempest r ' Tu rira'izj t'iejr enorsie. , ' . . t- f f terrcr tojhcrr tou!. , - - '. Ourr-.i Hi ;le herald them,' , - The Ilavi creao on high; JIIo ictbtj : fit of carnage ' from L j itljway in thr Vy. ' ' . Tlegau"t wolves gather a.cr thcru. " - An t oil their tra,ck,' 1 ArLowl tiitir nigbl,Ty serenade' , . : k Around the birouae. ; i . , Thrf soldier, tlio Wt yeaterdd j r - ; ' He Icfllbe courtly hfcUs ; y - k ' Vlere luxury enorjratcs 1 , And here beauty'a eye cothralla, & ' Furgttful cf hia downy touch, lie flings himself to rcM . .. ' ,cancd and; overpowered, V . v .- On Xlarlli'a h4rd but fragrant brrat. ' : -Canqla he mores urnidsl t(eee scene, - ' ' Undaanted hanlen c oft, To face the batl'a fi-ry fr nt , Where honor may be wpn, Fond hearta will brcaihe a prayer trighleyea VjIl ovtAow; '( for Lim, Rut wrapt in' Glojy'kjferCr'd dream lie rccka not of their -woe -'.See by hjaside the mountaineer . t ' , Kay," ttranger, nevl:r start ...!. A tear may gluten ill his.rye, ' "! i ; A sigh relic re his We art: a ' j ; The cabin by the greenwood, , - WLcre hia children are at ply, ' The: darno hi aorrow too, perchance ) And he, thir sire, away. " J " These thoughts will overcome him ' Like a summer cloud, and throw ' I ' A tinge of sorrow o'er his face, ' - ! j' Anil fchade h'u manly, brow. . fc put see,, with firmer step ho treads, v And in his nervoua hand .v iln ponderous rdla quivers ,. " " , i r . Lik tome hthe and fragile wand. ' Ilia feelings quelled iiimsclf once moro Firm as the granite rockl i ' ! : . i o iwvuo swaruiy cpaniaru now, .' That midst the batUc shock ' ! : ' Shall meet that area's rcsutlc? sweep! Woe to the Iodia,n scout! ' ; Attracts that eye'a tincrringaim '. Amidat their rabble rout. ; They are gathering, iley are gathering! . ! They narll.c guarded camp;, i We can see U.t'r column's close advance, j. Can bear their giuadrons traaip, , y Thc Bcntry'x,haLlengo answ ered; " 1 ' h They are wiughng with the host, ,j . And 1! with gladsome jubilee v ' Their' brothers at the pos. 'Wow fling alioad auf tanner, ; 3iv it i loudly to thcgalp. rf - Let it flaunt from erjery hdt tnj f - --' 'lit if .float o'er v&ry valel ' ' !Nor furl it until "planted , ' -' , On their cilic baltcrcdValls.' " 'And our weaned sicfda lie sfableU,-i; In the,3Tonli:unias' Iljlk.f V . .a Missing Correspondence.' , - The New Orleans Tropicof July 1st, asks fir the publication of the order i sent le Gtirt. Taj'for that caused bim tu Icat e Corpus Chi is ti, for theRio Grando, and Jlr. puik's rea. ' sons for not consult'ir Congress, which ts iniseision althat.lim, upon the" subject can sco no good reason why thi nfor " roation should be .longer withheld, the publication of ii CTrfocchsion no detriment ia ; the public interest, tind the people have a right to know the reason ol rsaeh n'extra'or- dipiry proceeding. Wo subjoin ' the remarks of the Tivpic: . , i . . . . ,r; wislt pirtu-jtarly Ma; know - why ' certain correpoiu!. nee is not published rcl .ative to the 'SVimy of Occupation.1'. It will bo recoltectcJhai, 'after Congress had been in essioa scroe "l.Wnc; .Mr. Polk ordered the Army 16 ttnrch'to tho Rio Grande. ' lie did this.wUhbut,c(J:rsuUing.or tiotifvin" Gon. Jress of the fuct, -Kow, there must be some ;o6a reason fortjiis extraordmary movement ' n his part that ihouW Ibe known to the 'peo ple. . It rruast noC Ui-Wrgotten that MY. Polk '. claimed llja fTeuciVas the 'xiundiiry line be. ,lHcen Mexico and Texas whence came into power, and oa. tlie twr.Uofihru river tHef Af. my of Oceupaiign was stayed a long time. Now, it is itiSportanu to 'the people of the United States for M r, Pulk to give his reasons - for charging fit? mi;and explain, the. ex. .raorditia)ry 1 ncceshity' made, upon him of . moving the army while- Congress wns in ses aton witlKMit consuming; thatbolly.. - We trust the press, will chmor ior this mining corres, pondeaoc.It m'.lbe found, we have no d jlM, -.very jntcrestlMroVed, and, enlighten very ' many peonb U hive tv.rU.. in ,,.. dary why t!o nrmy moved Trim te Neuces to the UlJ Grande., " , ' i ... ia na iieiJ open fr tho con templation of o free people wn all t)ecaUs, CS l)!..?vefnoJ tho Administration relative . 10 light. ; llm magefneot of the uhole nfaL ter is deculcdly rich. Thanks u GefuTy ,l?r ani his brave If.tlc army, he fought him. -self out of All difiicuftieg whatever, and, oon ' trary lo tlv? txpcct:.:,'otis of the 'AdroiBitira.' tion, covered himsr!i" a;id his corrpanions in tL'jns with immottal honor. -Again we:os,k for the publication tf tlti orders scot to, Gen. Xvllr th&teaued him tor leave CrpusCbristi " for the Uio Grande, and for the feusons Mr. , 'Polk had for issuing sucf) cdurs wTthout con. sr.Nr-'g C..:r:ts in scc:oa atta lirn& be is? tueujiLtTj, blj wtioi..ne ma power to ue- c;a:c w Vx imle an inquiry,' wfw'cli vry cvq. Vy cittvlid nan'in jjie natuo, tiijcilir U'htg r licmoerat, would .Takc. and obtain thai . -prr j.ijccd answer. tytnch a iw snrphj b f"- ' ' f 'jeace? his a cjncstioti nit s4 i in rr ;urunca lo ln Uoe Athich is. cr ; t :.' . .. ... . . li' .. .. - . ! f rcsuu-a to in put:c mtnd. ! r. Pulfe Iclon-'j the cret,!it ofhivirjtj arr.icaLIe Tctilions wiih' IIanJ, bead be' all the honor. Wewou!'i upon; not, vf uo 'could, pluck one k'at from thai chp?ct cf bright cnon bich must forevejr eni.irfle'ls bruwifjs hTt3"Jjccnlhc pacifii cocflRcl I 7 twhicli the sword has L?en re turnoJ lq i scabbard and a ptospexoui la nil 'preserved from the dcsolaildna of war. nov Dot uhat more enviable reflection mor, tal .rrnn pould po?scs?, fhan to know that h? bad Ijecq instrumental in kverlin ono of thv peat fTIs repeated and imperious claims to the WUuLE of Oregon are ir reconcile ably in. consistent with 'such pretensions,: wh.i'3 the absurd idea receives the finishing blow fiorrf a declaration of tho ',PeBnsylvauian., copied and endorsed by the Washington Union,' that ihe President' Message, couvejing .to ihe Senate the Brilish'-prjoposition, 'contains' a re-assert.ion ofvthe opinions expressed in' hit Mcs'sago of December 1ctsl, ana t declara tion that , should the , Senate either decline toi give Vt'xm their advice, ot. not ad vise ''the ac.' cepiance of the proposition, with or without iiiouiucauuo, uy; a majoruy oi iwo-uurua, nc, tcoulJr reject it JL.hus Mr. J'olic, by Jus own act, expressly casts upon others the sole rev; sponsbiIifu?uul leaves to others the sole hon. or, of the-arranjement by which the Oregon dispute has been settled. important question then recurs, in.it fulffofcOj to WHOM' is the -country indebted for PEACE? Let the industrious and thriving agrifiuMur aftsJ Jbfj the country,' asktho question? they whu would have been torn from- their peace ful firesides, and hippy and profitable occu. pattons, to fight the battles of Oh unjust and unnecessary wars.-TrAq. has given' thtrm "peace? Let; tho people of the seaward and cities ask tha question; they whose trade and com. merce, would have been, destroyed, whose monuments of art and enterprise would have beeg levelled with. tho dust, and whoso brn. tng homes would hve lit up the 'da rk caropy of Dight uith their red glare;--to ichom are hey indebtedthat the spjres of ther temples, Stiirurihurt, point upwards to the skies, and that lje hum of a busy multitude sill echoes through their crowded marts? " v.: . 1 Letjthe South ak the question; she, whose principal "staple would have been exposed to' peculiar vehgefanee,- in a contest by .which the preponderance of free states iivrthe eoun. cils of the nation was td bo still farther in. creased by the acquisition of tho Wndts of Oregon,: ' Who has'saved her' from d. War whose, wickedness. ' would only have beed eouallad bv its foHvl - ' Lct;moihers, wives add sisters, ask the, question who has s?vcd sons," .husbands,- uiomers, Mrom a horrible .and unnecessary death; in xwdistan region, far frb'm the tender cunoliipns of friends and kindred? Qr, who has preserved them .from worse than death, the. contagion of cviKinfluences which sd often make the camp a nursery of vice and crime nd caitihe first pjaguo spotof sin upon the fair bro of ingenuous and innocen.t youth? L'et hu people, of all rapks- and sections', ask'thd question; who has saved them from tho yisitsiof a U. S. Tax Gatherer, following close upon' the heels of their own County Sheriff, Tand wringing from '"their humble means. Ttho; little which had been 'left by the demahdsof their' awivStatel. If. thct war had been, commenced,' DIRECT. T AX ATIONi ,1 "and that to the amount oi twenty or thirty nuli fions a year, would, nave beejni the .inevitable result, besides the creatioa bf o debt of at least two hundred millions. - vVho has saved :the people from this horriblp infliction1? I ho- President dedines the honor. ' To the SENATE; lhL-n,' jhe glory belongs, and more ec-lally, to ttjo WHIGS of the Senate and the nation," who, amid Vowcrs of on tnmely iind reproachy amid . incessant charges bf treachery and cowardic?, havo planted their Je$t immoveahly upon P, and proved thcm3tlyes uho uniform and. undeviating ad-' vocates of PEACE and COMPROMISE. ' Are not the' WhigSji then,' worthy to be en trusted with the pupliQ confidence and with i rtie dliiiies of thp coantry? Can thcW'bcJ saior hands in, which to.conhde the adiLtnia. traticnfof national' a flai rs?; :jW ho would jij4 rather wear-the green and bloodlcs laurels which they have earned, than-tho Corny crown o' war? Richmond Reviiblicttn. w ' r- rk "-WhenJ Mr. ' lianritean made I fmc- speech iii ah'g Senate in ref ly to ..iivllay. jWood, hejsaid that, if the President consented to'settlihe Oregon question1 on the 49th par? aller, it would srtikhutt to an 1 infamy so profound a damnation so deen, thai the hand of-resurrection wquW never feu able to drag Kim forth)." . ,,r , ; .Thcse,werc hard words, but nothing; coni. pared w'ih what Mr. Hannegan ha more re cently said bf Mr. Polk., The Cotumbus, X, Journal fiaya, that in a conversation' recently in a mi.xcd company, Mr. Uanoegan, wiihout any atte;pt at concealment orNdisguise,xe marked wfo'low;'1 ' r f "Mr. Tolk:' is: a "greaur raitor, than ever Juhu Tyler was! His trejjehor' to tiro Democratic party is ten thousand times more base, infamous zfcnd inexcusable, - thaft thai vf John Tyler was to the Whigs!' ' He is utterly unworthy r of confiJeheel The 1hilh j not id him, and he can never .again Secure the supirt' tC any considerable portion of the Democratic pSrty!! The morning afrer r. Hay weed made his speech in Jhe Senate and madhif fasseveratlons .which .J denied, the President e&t for me. It wa his own vol untary bcU lie then, declared to -me, mosn solemnly od; unequivoca!''-, that, Mr. IIay woKfhatl co authority whatever forine decla rations lie made tint' tljey were entirely, gratuitottsi onjuit and unfiendd that he would "softer hisTF-ht'arm'to fall from Us 8ocketNhi band ts -Ho-withered, oefore'he would consent to a treaty on the 4Drh parall. el, or on Vny hne short of 54 40:irX0. direst curses wbich' has .ever courg:dth: wor!4- UJt in justice aud ia truth, the Prctlj demduea not deserve the credit of pca'ce.- ; -v borne ;f ih Milleritfri clajrh' to have raised dad. For deqd, read Jectaniit wiifdo. - . . -f . v ' - , ' ' - ; V V - - ,l ; iWm rie rytUe.Ue Glftrxtr. - ; 5ca". Ceo::, 9 An EJ:.jirul trtic!a in last Wednesday1! National IiHe!!:7encrr:;as- d'jsc: maro'thai s any thing else, lo satisfy us Jhat the llcr cf uuuy b iane was trts victim of o mcaa no- uticai conspirscy infcXhe .ally between liirjsclf and th& Secretary of War ajtJ the President, wh'iclr'KJ to th-3 revocation of his order to tale c6rt "na n 4 of the Atmy in the Mexican campaign.' Tho article, with An., otr.cr .icli it copies and todorscs drtn the New Y'-rk Courier and Cnuiref,: 4 long for c:r co'jmns; bufMhe view of t patter which .wo presented to our readers 'on the ICth olu was so unfavorable to Gen, Scott, (and justly so,,so far as the 'correspondence itself shewed) thel we .feel bound to present lo. our reaaers me substance oi tne lotelugcn. cer's statement, and tho impression which, it nas made upon our own mifiu. Tlic news of ih'o capture of Thornton company, and the perilous siumioo of Gen. Tavlor was. received in Washinrinn on Sni. urday evening, the Oth May; The bill lo.raise anarniy ol Volunteers was passed on Wed: ftesday thp. 13:-'on wlftih day the President ecrtt for Gen. Scott and communicated to hi i.s . l;s desire to: '.entrust, hi :u it"h the "com. manJ in person' SjTar every ' ing was done in good faith, and under tho influrvnee of ihe feir which ho '.whole country entertained in tf atcvilhtfd Lefailen Gen. Talqr Nosooni er, however, had the lact become known that Gen. 6colt was to go' lb the Rio Grande. than the President-makers in trie Mv'o. Houses of Conf ess took the -v alarm'-r nti hro well Known to nave remonatrateu with the Presi dent against Gen, Scott the command. The old soldier Imd already a brge party in favor- of running Urn . for. the Presidencv: and. if ho should gain new laurehYon the Rio uranue, increrwould be no possibility of nr. re'sting his prosresVlbthe Presidential Chair It is apparent that these considerations had their eheel When Gen. Scott saw the law bf the 13ih May, he at once saw its' defects, viz: .that it provided no suihcienf staff for tho new armv. and that a,n additional Lieutenant would bo required for ,eachcompany. i- He prepared a. oiu, ius was nis eutyrasths head of they Ar. LmyJ lo remedy these del, .ts, which he hin- tied to the "secretary of War, on.th'o .17th urging its immediate presentation to the Mil itary Committees of ;the two Houses. ; TliV 18th however, was sufTred to pass withoVit any movement. Oa'.the 19vh, the Secretary, went himself, to the Senate Cowmittee, (;i mpst unusual diing,) and presented to Jhem i the bill of Gen Scott; very maferftiljy altered, a ithdut his-knowledge, (it being , usual acd proper to Consult him upon all such hills,) by ith'o addition of t.wo hew sections the qno pro viding for the , appointment of two new Maior 'Generals and four Brigadier Generals in the regular army then comprising dnly 7,000 ...v. viuvi luiiuiujj jiio (ippuiiiimeiu of the full number of militia Majoc 'Generals 'and, Brigadier Generals,, to -command the Volunteers. .This would have .made in .al Nineteen" gunerul officer in the armv to com. mand 10 prl.2,000 men, whereas there were but2aat any "one time in- the Var ot 1312 to command an army of 60,000 men,v , !'It seemed a mo6tunavoidable conclusion that .these six new regular generals were tw be eppoiolea in the first place, on the' Spoifs principle, to reward so manypartisans;', and io supersede Scott, Taylor,'and others in the command cf the war against Mexico; and, finally at its conclusion, that -it was designed to retain in Service tho partisan gpnerals and dismiss .those older in commission- and who' had fought their way to distinction' nfd rank. No one .in Washington, at the tima "doubted tliat such wrs the purpose. ' ' - ' ' : "On the 19ih, General Scotv accidentally heard of the first section of this btfl, and early on the 20ih received a printed copy, of it. . VV fth this jn hand," and awafo of.the Sedre'la. "ry'a visit to the Senators corn'miMec,- he m mediately waited on "the :Secrt;tafyof 'War, and bet ween thern, passed a conversation 'something to this vffi;ct, as it has bcon' rri. lalfd,-we douTit.-not with substantjarqrecuracy, io v asningion. r , . "Gen. S.' Why; Mr: Secretary, this first t.:.ciun .adding sft; generals to the rc JVilar "The Seer clanl. VoV know that0 jive have called Cor -some twenty old thousand twelve, month volunteers,, and ma'jr; have occasion for rhe remainder of thcJ 5QQ00. ' Gen. S. Th.al is the answer -1 .expected e given to the public, but here h yodf second providing: a;, fufl, number of milaia generals for thc-command of those volunteers'. Np, air; I apprehend , itie six newgenerals are designed tto s'upccddJ Taylor,-. myself, and others in. the command against Mexico, and ai tho end of mVwar to displace n.l the fpresem gerjerals who may not cbnsenVtO;put T l a 1 ' !iT -T auKi'v viou anu country.- ' - ; "vSecreiary gave Gen. Scot . rc; as surarV. gainst either apprehension. , 51 e jng again on bjsinesV ihe same ' eve. ' 7 Tay 20,) the 'Secretary undertook te i 1 'i Gen. Scott for npl having flown tothe 11 Grande rriany weeks, jf not rnonths, ahead of the lwelve.rh;onth volunteers h, was to lake with hi'm, although Tie had been by bight and, by day incessantly engaged at work wf.h the Secretary for lite week prece ding commencement of thisolcclure and ill hat.timo obt , a dijy'Vbad been suggejsted or. dAsigpated for hrs .departure: not aword of 1 ywdtsfdcijn was-'- uttorol. by... ihe Secretary ) nor a line of orders'' or instructions ior.the government Qf Scott in the distant anmost important command,, Nav,' Scott's lejler to Taylor, of 18th May, which! -wag twice Submitted id and npprovcd.by the Se.' qrcry, expressly stated that he' (Scoif) did not eifpc'cl to assufpo the command before 'a portion at least of the twelve-month volun tees could reach their destination probably no before ihe iniddto of Auust. ' "The Secretary and Gen. ScdU were in like manner conitaotly working iogelnVr, -up to six o'clock in. Ihe evening of Hi ay'-25th, when General Scott had gone home for' hull an hour, 4i:dVally- te take, a hasty 'dinner, h;n advantage; was Utkei oftlfau sho"ab: ieiicu by ihe Secretary 10 transmit hi letter of that rjata ' conv'eyuig .the Presidents censure. The ccs cfboth aroih the, sameMuilJ- Jng; t y had becitmuch.togethf r r' tho diy; the Secretary knew that G 1 Scr,a was at'ibe time laboring unJcr L i:T.n; thathe'wasr -idjouIy nt work, t:Jit Cun- tapt ana u. . . : tlo ictcrruptions, -Tpar: y ingiue uua., ( i me luiurc rrmy movements; he knew too that no order a id been -riven to Gen.-' Scott, to depart fop 1 1. a 'command a.n4 thai the General bimc!f TinJetaood that he was'not expected ta tissurne tho command until ihte new levies should be in. the field it' , . id, suca v . , the modt: ;:;.J t.3 ti;r.af adop" t-vtha t. taryto transmit that h:'?r. Moreover, three he f( , n l 1 rec oflbis leuer of th Sec. rv taki. feci ScoJt rthecomm: v. agal . lexicy, Gen. tcor had t sent .t ' first Lt t of the 2oh instant, staling thai, ttc i ih"1 regress made by the Secretary and uhiiself in preparing the tonrch against Mexico, tie fSco'' tt .wt e lt be rendv to set 'it to Tculite t;.e r e- metls'of thoe . reief ' " ' to ' iced nd to command thern, on their i dvm on lhe Rio t?rande. . Not at aU'anticipaiins such 'o k'. i i s ho received a few .hours after; from the !. c rotary, bcott mo.:, in appn? and ret,4 n ur tLIs .ftat3 c him that tin threeV j he would, bo retwfy tajin -t hcndercin,..o, ' byjMessrl Slicpard st was in, pari, to, enable the Secretary . and Clingfnan, Vasdn type, jwe received from to hive ill ft necessary written orders drawn up on such an occasion properly a Cabirtel affair fof the government oi the commander on. ixich .important and distant service. Such seems lo be a reliab' - history of lhi "sptcabre intriguearvd cot:-; . cy, which, tin- Jortunatety,: -Uen. Soott . was not pouuern enough id see through and foil. lie was na turally irritated and disgusted, and under ihe influence of-these feeling5 ' o wrote two im proper Ictiercj iheiirst 'cc. plaining of such treatment, and the second attempting to re pair bis error. by gross flattery of the Presi dent and Secretary. That 'he was to bhime1 ino'Onedenies; but thetriumph of hi? enemies will te short.hved.- Whilst tljey have thus sue ceeded jn, keeping hip) out of the : field, ! they are compelled to employ him auWashiiMin in making' all 'those ,arra.i;gemeHts for ihe armyjwliicli Secretary ' Marcy ought io be (but is.not) competent to make. 1 . Gen. Scott and Gen; Jackson were never f.ien'dlji but yet Gen. Jackson entrusted him with the rnanogcmenl of what was near being iwe uitu war in ocyjin carouna, anu wiui mc Black Hawk wat. - Mr. Van I uren andj Mr. Tyler entrusted 1 him with the C-eek, war and Canadian commotions bulnMr. Polk was afraid to let him earn any' ne laurels on the. Rio Grande:, ,' ! , Kep it'Befok 5 riiE. People That James B. bitEPARD, tho 'Locofoco Candidate' for Governor," i3 'in favor of n DIRECT TAXATION, in preference to a Tariff. Tiiat Mho iss in favor of Currencyt which will nciuicL ant. wt r iu pay 7 x uses, or pass lor mon 1 That he is in favor of the odious SubTreas. ury , which has been o repeatedly rebuked by tho People. . -. That he speaks of Bank Officers as a Vset of desperata fellows, fit for any thing, but most oi all lit lor the gallows. ,J ' That ho voted iq' the Internal , Impxovemn Convention of 1839,-' in favor j)f the Stated guaranteeing tho?"pymcnt f 8500,00( lor the Ralcich and.Gasion oad.' That he owned? 50 shares of this Rail Road Stock, which he has made a mock sale of several times, anlfeen it back afterwards wutiu iif tiau no oojeci lo-accompusn uy uev nying his interest in the Road. i That he does not believe the Bonds of in demnity, given by jhe ,iateigh and Gaston Road Stockholder," arp recoverable, and mat, witn such" an opinion, tie is the last man to be elected Governor; Ral. Register. Keepit Befork tiie pEortE. That the sum. proposed by the frinds of the Adm.nis tration, ofe a. compensation for the soldiers w-ha were ;to fight in the Mexican war, was the poor pfnlul amount of sever dollars a month, whilo they- were pocketing tho public rrroney themselves at tho tune bf eight dollars A UA1 I-.1..- i - . , . That MfV Stewart, a1 nolile and libera" L hearted Whig, with a proper sympathy and juintgru ivr uro poor soiaier, mowa me following amefidmerJt: ' . ? : V ySEo. 2. And te it further ertacltd. That fhe pay of all Volunteers i in the Mexican War, shall be nine dollars and fifty cetrfs per. month; that those who serve to tho end of the War, and tho heirs of those who die in service be- allowed 'one;, hundred and, fifty acres '.'of That this proposition wassUpportcd bv tho Whigs; and that the 'Democrats,- in a body voted against it Let the honest, hard' fisted yeomanry of jWcauntryrwho have to' fight jls battles, treasure these. facts in their xhem bries. Star 1 1 First Fruits. Wc understand thafo, num. 6t orders for iron to be manufactured andfurn ishrrd in this Stale,: have, since the passage of McKay's bill, be: n "withdrawn. Many iron cunt racts'have been abandoned; and tho f. fers for pig itfn have been from two to three dollars per tan loss than bclore the action of Congress. - ' . ' ' . . ThihclelpTua North. American. , , Another Freshet in (he RoanOhc.-Ai is our unpleeaot duty to state that there - is 'another Freshet in tJieRoanoke, which covers all the young Corn planted ' since the late Freshet. . The crops on the high lands and higher portions of : Hie -low lands tfre fioev ' -i The quantity of , corn i destroyed on the Roanoke hy-fho lato Frcshel is estimated at 100,000 Barrels besides Jarge quantities "of Wheat, Oats; Peas; dec. . '. - Halifax Republican. ' Most unfortunate AJair.Thi Tcclkis of ui3 cuuiuiumiy navo uccn painlujily shocked by inteifige,nce of a fafal rencounter at'Bish. opVMuster X?roUnd otv Saturday , last, be tween B.;F.. Atkirfs and Archibald McDiar. rnrd, Esquires . which tarrr:pated In (he almost mortsti and in addressing :t.o ; people tdok' ground, agaiot tho regular nominee o a Convention of that parfy. Tle' eomintion was warmly sustained by Mr. McD., and diffi. cullies lad sprung Up between thum, gradual, ly thickening as the canvass progressed, until ihe fatal termination: above sir I, Mr. Mc Diarrmid received-a pisioJ wound in the "ri-'.i breast. -.r.-Mr. Atkins immediately surrendered himMsJf o, the qfUcen of justice, nind an ex arainaon will 'take place, this 'day. - Not allacher by any party lies lo the-se gentlemen, we may be pcrmired to mingle oor owjywith he universal feelic of grief at the ccarroBc Our .ecquanunce with ll t parties war .it .llrriit ir ,3 from the warmth 6f friendshin Svhink ca'ch has inspired amonrr iha V.r.i r.r : t. 3 countyfhry were dei,rvjng of t1 t deep sympathy wh; th, unfortuultb oc .ence has prodc, ui.-utll f i- themvlM. r... the very cxlrutve famil'conn';ction of each. I Fay Seville Observer. insianianeous ueatnt tt.o latter gentleman. Mr. lkinWas an independent democratic ca- J ate for a. seat hi the Hdu$e of Com. 1 9" r - '.' YOT; :X'.'C uiHAid, iewp-"fr ffid .Mm(M.i,, . ,ttt 1 J Bit ' ' ornft vf llanovtr ,ieu ter srrrtia. A c 1 -t r Agents ftt fU fmpeT tn ,tkat city. . .: j , ' .'Aft. jr pyblished nccount of ; the speak an este'ned friend a or4 and more ext d notice of the roL which wej did not : 1 v.: . . deem :t "neces-r lo v'ish, as the pnr pal points javtbe &,tz which .hive taken place between the car.-tJ"'- lor Uernor aro al ready now n ta mos;of out readers. Wc r.ru thanaful, i.tverthcless, to our Inend for his ftttenlion. AIR. SHEPA'PvD IN TH S. DISTRICT. Mr. Eaeptrd. was rep'.od lof nt.every puiot where he nokeinthis Cotr-jresaiynl District This fad fclJnV would MliM u Ihaj lh,o guj- hm Wllp of il first Wrtrlclfupbtf l.Qm . a. . . . so much depends; ate properly aroused to the importance of throwing thur whole weight into tho talLt-bo.t at the approaching strug gle. SLcpard as replied to1 at this pluce and a'l Waynesvitle by his opponeoi1, Gov. Gra. hn; at Franklin and Murpbyjby M. Eraq. cjs,' Esq.; at,, Hendersonxine, -Mbrganton, and tlutherfordtbn by the IJn. T. L. Cling. man. (At all of these "places the people have given unequivocal proofs that jhey "arc satis fied with their present excellent Governor i Right nere we wish to impress on the minds of our fiiepds in this jCongrtissional. District some important truths' to whlcli we fear they have qot given that attention1 demands. i Wc allude to the heir importance Lection" of mcrrv ;bers to the Legislature. The hext,scssion of the Legislature will bo one of 'great impor tance. In addition to the vei?htv milters ycighty of a local character which M ill come before w 1 that body, one V. S. Senator. is-Certauily to bp elected r-pVobably jco. , Jhdgu 'MitngumV term expires shortly , and it ;smore than pro bable that.Mr. Haywpod will jgo i.itu the Pre-' sident'd Cabinet, in which evnl of course thgre wiU'be ttvb vacancies Iq fill. Now we wisli ihe voters, of. North Cirulina lo bwir these things m mind, when selecting men to represent tliem in.'the Legislature."7 Would you be represented -for the ntxi sit jenrrsin the Shate.of thej;nation by I wo Loufucos? We Ttnow you do not desire th'is.. Then send, men lo the .Legislature thoJwtll cany out your wishes. Whigs 'ot- Cherokee,' Macbn, liny wood, Buncombe, .Vane v. Hendcison. Burke! all, all of ypul Uem'lllbcr the importance ol sciicliu none but- TVhigs, 'tried, and true; to the next Legislature!, The. Democrats huve noh pe of cKeting their candidate for Governor. ,'Their whole aim is tu secure, the Lcislmurcand'as a conwquence;rhe tw0 Sonaitfraj ! But wo have too much Confidence in the integrity of the Whigs of North Carolina ti' believe that they can bo thus duped and n'iiccdled o"ul of their rights. rV - . . : The following appeal to the west, is from the Raleigh Register. ' 6a jtliulf ,of our Whig brethren of 'the mountains; we promise our devoted and. enthusiastic t rother of the Register that hisexpcctations.shill -be reali--' zed and that wo will give Graham a heavier majority'than he received at ihL last election. A very few days will ; show thf character of our prediction. - , - z . - I' - '." ATTENTION! : Whigs of Rutherford, Buncombe, Henderson, Cherokee, Haywood', ."Macon, fturce and Mc ,k Doycelli' , ' The, Whig parly throushbut the Sfto hnvo their' eyci turned uponyouin expectatidn of a glorious rally, and. a complejo rout of Lo. cofocoism from the Jfeuniairi fastnesses of ine uiu orth btate. .Eirm, veil.trred,and invincible, alwayslo, be relied bn in ' the day oi .inai, your wuig brethren of tho East call upon you to rush to the? rescue iof those con. servativeprjncip.es which are the only surety loriiic gaiety, perpetuity and advancement of our Kepubhcan institutions,, Desperate ef- ions nave ocen, and greater wjl be made, to t;curu u xoco roco triumph in North Caro una. i remendous exertions w ill be made to carry the Iy;gi$Iaiure, and ther eby Secure to the Locofoco party another Senator of that ca&ie, lo misrepresent a whig constituency in the U. S. Senate. 'UnpartflUdedj trickery Will uu resonea to, to inveigle tho foolers of the wmg iatate ot XNorth Carolina in o tho support of tho Locofoco candidate for Governor, J. L. Shepard. The campaign- jiias 'already shown ut(that no method. will bd left untried lo efTect ihese objects: Are you! prepared to meet them? Are. you organize, and ready togiveihema broadside, ibatlill expunge iheir destructive and .dangerous prit.ciples from your hlth-'givin region?" 1 We believe you are then let, every man d.J his duty to his country 'and his party, andjsee.thai the wh9le whig strength is put forth Sin yqur re cimc precincts and-;ounties It is due fejnal, on overwhelming triumph. We owe it to our principles, that they go) not Unrep. resented in ihe U. S. Senate, that we should have a decided rf.rity in the next Legist: lure. Will you devour .whole "duty? Wo anticipate -yodr; response, and fiM cf.nfirlii.nt .that on the'-6th of Aufftwt mi-h la r!lw will be made jn-your respective coudties as will pat to flight every opponent of the pure'prin npies oi. tne wriijr party. Let us, have 5.000J uiajoriiy: j v hat say you aUI . . . ' ' p- . . r During three days,' week'. before , fast, in N.ew York, more than fifty persons dindfrom the. effectt'of the sun ...iiilj io our gananC'raham, who hai been Iradu ccd and vi.'lifisd as nQVer a Gubernatorial can. riiJT.o was lufore. that We ahoulJ rrivi- h,m . his cent- at. r. has one ffettK ..e uLerrntolid cJiair, rhich isnot SmvlX -J cd by U r ,DCQir ti pcan hi$'OYerbptr' " i and bruwbettirg u4spos!tidn. ' If, , "3 h r reach t.' '1 post to .wbic'J.e'aoVi. .ires, ho cinnot convince hfa oppoDenuftf tho cvrrrctres cf l-: 'iew on any g;tt question, ho i!l;r' j jz Uialotbe 111 likes r-l tail.-' w h? vo it underswj t t' n he v -1 lake nersonnl Dreay, ' imay daro to be too - bold in their to him "A year or two since, to si'" mii rumr, he "K.f sateccd to grease :S 1 Editor rvr lint ,.. t i i- ...-V4ttv oiesam eu. tor stui lives. Am during tho j Ascni canvass, ho gut uta c graceful fight wub n.ntlem p in the eaj-Vnj! pat' :ftbe Slate, a: J re believe ' cha'fW . h.mvt. fhta.duel. .And this air't all.bvV' av. ful sight' ' He even had the i'rrtfud-nc f- ' y '-Mcifumo cannibalism unhenr cr 1 . . . . - -'s threaten the total demolishmcnt of th- p" - J iitlle Kditor' of ib' .rfessengcr! Ve 1 5 ,. ' " " "TP-ti w 7" Vf (Jn"'f "'J k ,l breakfast for the vorac bus j'rhilpmin n. . voracious ircntleman. "n,- lhaoks to his g,,roua V-,t, or some etW ' caust ne releqledt.and has -'echoed catm,', us, at least fortho present. '' - 1 A vaiicnt. Goveryor would jimmy Shepirj make. . i - - EAST. TENNESSEE' UNIVERSITY? T The attention of, the reader is directed to the advertisement, iria'neth'er column, of Un popular injiiu'fon of learning. . Theta:,' has liberally aided .his University,' and'evm advantage, that monfry cap, procure has be0 brought' ii to add to .its usefulness; and it no? stands sucoud in noqe in ;tho south. weL The distinguished Prcsideht, and the' other OfiTeerof J,e University,; tire gentlemen oj ' the firslorder of.learnirtjr. and ability." '"Thjl atrentiorr of pircnts, and-'uardiansf and of young men tfesiruyof taking a regular'cot legiat? eoiir9e,.U earnestly jinvited ,ton. aminatiun of .tlve'advatitrtg"'? offered. by 'JInst Tennessee University. ' . - ', -'l,:! ,( ; ' - '::'"' ' . . ' A very destructive firoCK'Currcd at Fajt eUeviHu on the morning of the 22d inst.. Tli3 fire wai the wr1 k" of 'an iVicrndJnry. Jay, efltvdly fcernsito bo a doomed cityr It will in; Teiiwmopr.ed tnata larga i- portion of fbi chv was iHirnttiboura yc$r since; and now'' wherrslie is j'Jst recovering from that rnisfor;! tune, another; heavy of the Amd kind, ! ueian tier. - . We are indebted V' tho'Hon W P. Man. gum of the Satiate for the atrnual , Report t)f the C'-mruissioiier of Patenjs. 'Also" to Gen. Djckery, Rep! from ibis- State,' for a docu, meot, andto Mr! 'Winihrop, Rep. from Mas.' arliuett3, fur a copy of .his able speech oft ihe Tariff. The tWiHodjos of Congress havosgVeedl to itdjjun on the I0h of August . $'hc pco- f pcoplo ihroughoui'tho IcDgtbtind breadth of tho nation will rejoice at .thj dispersion tif the weak, and profligate'men w ho comprisa " the mnj uity u( iho prescnl Oongresj. , H i stated in the French papers that a 1 teoric sjone lately fell upon V barn' near E-. nefes do Luchonin the south of France, &rJ in a few minutes thc wlrble building wa v -ped in flanW Altljfl'calUe and- L the birn were consumed. ' We.fi nd in the Madisori (Ga.) " M i irj : of tho!8ih inst.,.h calf fjr a rr-. " citizens of Georgia, Alabama and Tt ; ! ifora personal luterchango of iho re their experienco in, planting anJ internfd i provement, accompanist (when convenit: ?j by an exhibition of the products of tT.cIf i farms and plantations. It js'prpposcd to hold ' -the meeting at tiro Stone Mountain, in D' Kaib county, on f!ie first 'Friojay in Alj -i The call is sicned bv abniit -40 rki 3 of Georgia, headed Ly George V. Crawford. ' " . A fire broke out-in Nantftbket on ths J3'a ? inst., and raged until three or four hundreds hounei, with nearly all -their contents,' wertfv destroyed. Eat lxiated loss tone million vol: ; Mrs. . , ' ' .v . . -' , '.For the Messenger. ' .' . , ' Kcmarks tm tho Penifcufiarf I . Question. ' . . Mr. Editor- In the conirnunicalion I sect you. last , 1 expressed mv opinions and con mentcd on the subject at some leogth. vThink-1 ; ing it might be beneficial, I propose to givff J some additional eirioence on;the subject. J f ;. believe that what. I advanced in my former j ; communications' has silenced or set tho paf x ? ties that were so- warm; in opposition to system, nearer their : proper place than thJ I would otherwise, have been. -The day fav. voting i3 fast approaching--j On nxt ;TJiuri y day you will havo'fhe last opportunity that.J. ... all p1 robability will ever occur in your dayD4 generation, for manifesliag your approbada ? of tho Penitentiary r system. I trust the - vocatcs of the proposed ifisliiution will that day mate uri i ffort worthv of ihe caul- j Prepare yourselves with the nedessary inTof-.' majt n in r.egTrd Jo the cost; as dial seems .r bo tl.o crcat scar rroW " ' l I cannot hero refrain from! impress r minds' of votcr4ith thegr: t oHccts.wai ! in view fn the proposed -!c. j cf puoishJf . It wijl be a place of iobr' "', wheremof1'1 ' ' r ia taught in silence, a , , zi tt'cU00' .' where regular labor, folIowedJby soliw.' r . Horn hlfi t r. it . . ..... w. 1. isumejv- ra t i j.otLy t,f il i public courss his Wmi! : . ir-.,i . 4i 1 .. - . . .... "-nertr uciieve. ha - 9 t I
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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July 31, 1846, edition 1
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