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Bf the miw st noim-dy pale ' ;siitviw'fiT;; fc.nd renumjveil, IJif prnir-'d re he died, 'i ' m'Io Jlic ft Ion l IP- nd", "Iwd! r sti!jiint knees wf Ijow, . ' jswuf 0d! Uii Tlitifc! 'lis TLu! " " frfiiuiropin th arc tuspJ Tree, ' ' 1 ,skJ iyin;, nfho is lief Uf.ldt' Mt anil bitter cry,. t;'..o-.t iv'ii up in simony, " ' i Jljr t!ic Jiffft'ssbudy laid 1 : ' In IV cliajnbtr of ihedcrd, . i Oui fin wo'jinowriietfno'wr, 1 k)8tf huh! 'tis 'lliuv.' 'tis Thou! ' 1 BounJ cpon th'arctirfcd Trcc Vridiind awful, who n Ic? , - . : ; j! tlie spoiled and cuiply ;rar, "j Hj Hie Willi he dird to ayf. - 1 llieconijut lie liallt ert ' ' ' Bjr thefhwiJii iefore Tl'sThrone, ::r Bj the Kniutww .round his brriw 4 : Sua of GadJ'tiu Thou 'tis Thoul , w rorcr Thine r . : rrrTfT thine, Vhal'eVr tf. is heart bclldo, F.jn i'cr tlinir, wlicre'.-r inlr lot he ctfst l'ilr J'wt miy rvtiss 4.f"nll wealth besido, i'U!t iuivc'us loi c ti!flife ikclf he past- . The or! J nT wron swe V.ill brre its hatc-J ... r t ... I . .1 i t . t. -.-.! 1 IkiM mcnas Tiuy c.iian.c ana .lawuriopcs c. I.b; .- " - ' ni'i' IwnrJ by cankprih care wc'lf smite at fjte liimx thou art mine, beiorcd, and . I am llu'nc! Fowtc thine whl'n cifclirfj years haVo Spread! Time i snowy btutvirijs oVr thy piacid'brow; When viulli'l ric'ti'luw. iU nurnlelcrht ii tied . And Viici tiooia where roses flourish now. ' SiT. shall I lore tlifadin j beauty less . VhsiP R(nti j-lidu ' jadianoo hasij been wholly ' "Sum:! ". i-::. : :. : ,;,,,' NV eoinf mhat will, thy atcaclTast truth, I'll hlcss . In jeuth, in ac,t)inv' own, forevrr thine! ; jFurr Tff ihtnr, at evenia j's dwy hour, When crntffc hearts-tp letrdiTrctt thoughts in. hn h(!miot oJors from cacji cTosinz flower ArcWuilijuj round m--tliuc,.DKver thincj rci rx Hiint '. amiil the btiteraus crowd Whin t1i-jftrklfn with the spafklm'j wine, mar rml fltti(viiy.jr(i-t tWio aloud, , Bi drink tu the m ilioiiThU-forevcr tliincJ . r 1 . , : 6 ; . t- t. wtU not, jqei t, pryftni that silvery wmndj . : ilit oYpfJia of Juv-e could such fudc hearts di fc-t tfu'loud lauHitrr My ilMu!,u,-a,y -thoughts arc Ihme, forever - nine! ' , " . ' AVomau". j t How mlnWif oman! . .'i , .W'Jmt ja mtcr can tracd iu Ti" vatH.d cmotiorvs ' Thai gJcam on-her fareT ThiJWf,n thatlio ,' , Is Uw Leara of h. f bosonj, ' , ,t - - .... .J v - lhw tender j wpmanj ' Tlw wiatlicrft nrght, ' 1V,m leaves nofl lie blossom'"? 06 sccount of taeblisbt , i lo any I of 'mercy, : S.'ic yootl es u in pain, . '. Anf smiles in lier fladncs . V v i -y Iwn health cofnes ain. ' t; .' ' : -. .. ; ; How l(ty is Woman! ' deep- to her ire,-' ' i tRcn -sht tf-ord enkindle v r t ..T' l11 on pjrc; Hsj'sltc 'tdjs towers. lan quails from hct'Ticw, Kl her wr.tb, 1 k4 tlie cloud i dissulvos hka th dew. , Hr bvift iawommV ' I How frajde die n-rO J"mshc4taihclibscii; ' ' -JACK .HAWS AM) i. :i t-gtinett ol Tcvu.Um.ser i.mfnn.,t rtfr J.C. .llavs, ot n',M :j.tnmT hi 'h place-nut wW ch'.iaiauoo Gen. TaylorV urmji. fi .w.,u. frti.n nnmt-ruUi letters irupv cimp, put inthe huarw of Ukct colhusUJitj. In 'tt;epuUrr, j in!- u-or nqir.ie,:a--JViji "x s iimc; - ,m t'J - I -ui"i' u. U lie-1 n IV. lie Hcriouslv regretted, thM the whichiftve cJt fi im. the ym& true to tile la marrjo fiu(j it 4q ta llwtr sorro.r cot -1 i " ,,1,7 ' ',ll,uu ! ' r V a t i im tn j - i h-( rioif ra fine aJy ' T . r . ' . , . . ArUns feal hr owD feature,, Tho votg" - 1 ;ToloW,nf '"v of roaS'-"b Xo 11 ,L.ii.i,ir ... i..nU, n5ifrom the N. U. Delta, ubosav they f r- t..:. , nor biw U.on teilius At u ' i ..r.- i,.ihrt writer Xrcad lie Were ta . their own! lad T Ve cunfes's, tUtjjh.il iray be Consider cd as evideoe'e of "coldhe,nrlcdncs3 in uV, we haver but li!tfc yrnpail)7 for nny of them, knowitf'a's wc tiv the ta.-rnpss with which sueh tvonhe$ repepaJui 4nre sow'hl a lie rp raised and flattered to the; utter ne!ecl of penuina oxlh and true rnurw.--Episcfipalixn. " raid da well' lo take a look qnd ccordrn"!v, Tf huabanCU consider I .a n , 11113 . " ." i' . ;-T7.Jiv. u native of Middte Tea nt ii -jc a fnc tu Texas enrly it. ibe '-War ItfSfy.tjbchevea-o J'settljng at San Anto nio, currtmeneed justness-as "a land;loca. tar ond surveyor.' -Tie calling 'Wasih'en, cxccediU'jff . dangerous, fu,r if wai ran; indeed that & sorveying jiurty wcnt b.eyiind tlic fccH'cinonts" withoaL a nvncontro' with t ..a ta n-ive uieir rtltwi w nsthewrooa wav.Whn," cried Interview bclv.ii Atiipiitllaaiid Gcu. TUllor. iketcii ohta incd it fi!jm an eve withess. It describes f ihoiotc . between, tho Mexican and i Aincricivcommanderk, in 'relation to the capiiulvion of Monterey, and isascharac. CterKiie.of the two individual: . mniidia waa all .courtesy and finb 1 T - , ' wive nay, nU, pcrhip hr't vXuH wi.U UAy(gav&Mj...iheir Ann- and took to soldiering lur, a hvcliliood. . , Capt-i lkn. McCulIoch; who corrfmands ihe firt jC,umpany- of Uis regiment, (ta which 'Kendall of ihe Picayune is attached;) GvT. Uowiird, who was lately despatched to Sanji Fc by the President, and has sinqt . - . , . , T? r j joineo , oi a lorce, to wlilcli he will soon w.. t , ., M ho wh-)t AlcCulloch is to the., rrfain arm: , i . i t,t.i,rU)o Gillv-spie, who was killed in the? ate ir r.ti .i' .' r'V battle, and Ilincock Chevalif, onrnna rv infus:?1 the weatern frontier of leas. i,,,'.', . -xr M - , , i , t J- - - t, . ji ' . Ivichmond, Va.,(were fl vs st"ht hand In the so encounters, Hays though ha idly, ,'. ... . , .- ? ,r i iv ii ,ii j iiiu 1 1. hi i hit r . tu in i 'a-..' us in i tvis. la inaa in njje, qon obtained a 'reputaiion. lor coujness, j jilgment, courage; energy, nncf a know h djo of frutitief lito and Indi. an and- Mexican character, whicl't induttJ the Government of TcNas to tender 4dm the Command of its fust cpmpauy tif raOr. "er. wluich was organized ttui winter of 1410 ?ind . '4 1 . i-' Sonioiimtt a ftec wards flndunand Mexican uu. Gij . eBlier a naiiVe or' Virginia r his remarkable trait; lor n TrimesSce; and being-the lientcnan: of the m tbmg to hear, tin over- c; tm anyof.t; Laagers, was chosen 'it TLoiigh !t he can utter w ordi, to decri te, iv ort.J.PSlw love, fira;' Hevjhfalie iHUhcve. F! ehJOl ke i woman. uw mmnj her ways rydajs; wheo it vas found liecessary tej raise two more ranging companieif, Capt. Jlays'Jwas invsuj'I with the command of .the battal ion, wiili'the rank of M,ajur,...arid .he and. "liis rnenconlinued'to servo 'as rangers oniirtheonnexatin' ; le h not more lhau 3l years 'of nge (if so. olo) and : weighs from ; 1 3t) to 1 40 pounds. . ; i" need sa vi no. . thing-lo .you- concerning Ins , remarkable soldierly equalities, foT the puns., and voices of such tnen as fialie Peyton .and General .Wor'iU have already told the'- world that it hold few such warriors as Jack lJay-. ' - In westcria. TeAas, where' frop" habit all men aro good Indian and Mexjcah fTghf, ers, modesty w his is no unebmmon iradest man caractetized as being almost ns baAfyf 3 Jackillays. Indeed I quesJ lion v nether there is a' man jn, Tay lor's armv who has a poor bti rtnlnion of the merits and services of JI. as be: liimsplf! lie thinks much andspcaVf. 1 1 ti W Ond that littltj always to.tho purrjusij," inhere ncvpr hted a commander rporq' Iciized by his men, for his word is theTr lavvj. .' Xow as tliey arcrcuUr ( frontier -men, and of course notoriously icUess.onder any oth er restraint, his perfect cunxfolofihem n.t tractedrmucirrurioity, and1 many; inqui ries, in Texas before its annexation, - Tlteir. experience with himns a soldier -lias given himk their confidf nze; but his rigid -and cxactjuitice to the'nvv his habits of livjn and faring ns roughly as any private'in th n'gimeDt wbe.il on duty, .4 and bf treating (each 'comrade : in ftrms as in all s r?pepts lisVqaal when not on' duty, are probably jibc reasbns'Wtjy the boy one and,all, aro ko willing, without amrrnur, ta live on jiarched.rorri, J-ido seventy or, eighty" mile without dismounting for five . minutes ot-a jtuoeor lo'figlit Mexicans uith pickraics, kvhefi tlavs deems H necessary. I Ili;nicn, who, in the' CKUmatirtrt of. foer?. Worth, are thebest light troops in the Uorldare just the rnert to be led by such atij officer. ' , ; Qui of'thc four hundtvd, presume at carnra1" McCulioub.is a native of Tenrcssee, ntar the Alabima line, ond came tn Texas froil the hitli'r Jlnti .f'ti!inf in fl.nitos. nnn Jy, as akSurvcor.- lie served , one i,i ihe r two yerii nieros m tie nattio ol &an Ja. etnto, i w in "sis' isV'-asthe Texans dti!. bed them,-and theio r the firjl time, dis tihguKhcd liimself: ' i Je'is the hero F what is. known as tho PIum.b creek- 'fight With the , India? who burnt' Jvimvdle.H Howard, is a name of - this-city, and com manded in the? famoua '.eoixrj holism fight in tho tftVn of . Sap Anionio,''when he lou:d it necessary to cl'sc:Vhe tfoor, ' and,- with" ivYqeteen imi, to Hg! thirty sven Camanv, ches, both J)A nivs being completely armed.., In tlds'nKlep, IjC hirqjjclf .received four: vvwimas, c ncl lost ninomen kilcut'''all,'th( -uot nuntrrv. rt uincu ' .trie oiner: ' Ging to tiie laycrn to get my-.; break'. fast.1 - 1 ' . iN v.r.'Ha your -wrf gone awayj1'- - ' . i "Ni! but she duo l know how fo Cook.' Te&fc'ftlav. phe ; boiled the lettuce ; and . ta;I Wi'a. BAUcn tied tL A". t'rtca.. i ' i Irr the Nashville Banner of the 18th ItifStwefind on'eriicte in w;fcucb vhero or cur the following notico.of thu couduct r the two Tenr.eNSee Uiys' whfo"i names stand at the head., ot this article, u at th ' sic ge of Motile rev , the former of whom wat killtd on the bitiltiicM anl the pvttef ha since ditd of tho wound he received:' CC c& ;wbs Jeadintg' on hia . men when ho Ml within abotftixjy yardj ol the fort which he was attacking in conse quence of a wound received nn tho breast Irom a cannon ball. JIis last worus were: "Boys ialc gozd aim those men tAlhc , Cannon!" Hardly had this firm and delib; , crate cxhortation-ciicaped hh ftps wheff ho diedt r0 U':i0Jit ;f.y::f0 , .When rtubcrl V. Green was ihot down he called 6ut to qnc of thcutwo perbons with, w hom he had been advancing" Fire auay: lir-f,your cartouch:lox gives out, mine Tuut- sorrier' - . ;v speeches, . great volobihtv ; a orUculations, shrugs, ; . ''O w n ; s , a n d l h at w it h a n u b u f i Jl,"'. MclJ? nod alternate smiles ur w.hu!e catalogue of :silent languaer" whit-h rvArsilfH iif Krriirli Ai-ti n. .-itn . Ufc to lit-lp the exprcsjioti of thjindcas. 1 i Gei'i Ampudia is f.a l-'rench family, utid was born in the Wt.st Indies. , ' radish, and dished the" turriip raw.. Thiu mortiiilT.thr f' wer rrrokt-tl n hnl-d'n bulfets4.' 'If'thcy4 would go into mv twoj ' .lcn. 'TayKir, on the other, LandY'was i barrilled gun J cou!d shoot (frows with s "'y ns-a tl,,lS S plain us A pipij ..siLtn, them. And ever since .1 was' marrUiJ, I ' "HJ .. "orl " ptcrul. Uiese i in have lain' under the interdict ofthe children ! h,i ti,'sl Ca-lf (which, by-lhe-by, looks ns. of lreal in the vvljdcrncss. I have had tio , ifl",bad seiv'cd soiiwj half-a-doz-n cirni. Jeavcned bred.V ' - ,PJ,n.ns.) .' w i,h s't?i?td Jl cUh cap, ' Wt ll, John,' I am in the same predica. I ftr?Prt vs pt., and olj.f.tslwned nlm,; '.mcfif. Lucy dm know, how to cook, so'Uus, he looked hk'd an old fitrnec, lattlv I triud it ic'sieidiv. but hadW luck: and Tu CVL'J r,,'i''11 coIoik-JA who haJ put in she s,a- she !l tiy to Jearh, and I shall sep-her forthwith-' bnp quartc'r toschuol 'to ny mother, for,! verily believe' that ha if 1 tarcv into the hou-,e js -wasted.1 - , '"If your wife is willing to learn, .'vou will' do vve!l enough, and are a happy rnno. Yoy have a wifc. 'vvhf reas I've only-' a- wife in law. For a 'woman wlro takes no uiter- in her husband's welfare, is not a' w i lc inoceu, or a wtus intneeu. oao;- j on'y every-f.i tuit, with the slightest ini ogin.iblc sign of military toggery,, to Jih tinguiah him from a crowd of mure' CiVil ians. In hi, nply to A m.iu Jn "s ' Aotiz !harnngueshe Uacd'such dnect. bhint. arid tmphaiic tangingc, that the v durous Mexican wo thrown all abick and .,"hud nothirjj. to Lay." ' ' t Anijwj-fia opened the interview by stat mg.thUi his- furcevvvpreVoo- da rue l 'tc wife in hue. .lvinmy is'nt'vviHirrg jo learn i conquered by (Jen. :TalorX nnny -that jo cook Vor mend s illier. .i.ShcV'say9 her 'ic -'' on.abondan.ee of aitiinuniiioo; tuOO rntnner iota .nor ,tt wfs q-nte vuigtr how-a: t '",u!"' " ocioo.car.uiv, snn 4u can days to knrw - any thing about "-domestic ''tl00 '-'-' be lejl artiUerists-iq.the wiirld f conceri.s, ep"cially for, a yobng'wifc. llat his los was very small;, and lie fi It TfuM the Lu-st fashion is for', vyives' to -be j"dent tbat hp could d.-fenj the cay Indies, nnd hwfi their serv-ar.ts. 1 Tlmt she ;agam!l a n)UC ftrnger force . tJinrt' "tliJt tr.ust. tell John she w.as not made to drudge Ul,trr Gen., Iaurs command; but -tint, and he mut 'nt e so sefi as to want her i r'irn. motives of hunumry -.-! pnc tlie to vvorJc; Fineiffuei these, George ; i rfFusion wf Blood to save the' lives of nlaiv that don t stand rcadv to snnnoit his i epies. women nnJ children- he wifttwo o three attendants and much company "in'cxiravance is directly 'n. nig sard. Dofi'l know what ; will ' be done. rt ortfhe command btiiljj moro or less j wounded.! . But teeveh of ; tho Indians. gut out oi iio:&oom riiivt; ;anu or incse, six werosubSjL-quntly kiJ'ed in tHe streets. captain when 1 1 fiyp was promoted to tjief command ol tlic original battalion. In deed, all these 'gentlemen are . disiinguixli ed fiontier ollicers, li;iving ince won their'f Men tca-nrt all be.jthrjving jirsincss men vvtyto fame hi Texas, in,' I may almost .write, a hundred well ought bailies and, beejome independent at once: we mut Jiave some labirersy and, they', poor men, S. W". Walker, the Certain Walker :of Vmust take vows of perpefual celibacy, . for the beginning ofr this'campaign, who, by the liy, is from thiA city aljc, is now the heufenant colonel of the Regiment, having fa irly ca nied his x-lecviorr in the events of the month'. prior,,-lu tlio, battles ofthe'6lh ahd .9th of M ay'lastJ' .lifer since the, ot- corps,: be has g;inization ofthe rangirtj; been one of their number; though hereto fore, I do not; know that hie was dintin- ..l't gui'shed beyond Jn's comrades general!). ,n. ,c j Before the :onnev':Uon of Texas an eW- lioti ior a houtenant, of, the 1st' U-i-Tipany (Giricspie's) took place, and Edward Itit difie, abrother of Daniel Hatcliire,-Esq;r of tliis. city, was 'chosen,. Walker being his Cwrppj.;tor -B-jtcne, poor fellow, -was JtilU-d m the. little, fi "ht between nine men". i !. t-'--v. w ... - - . ... . under tilkfcruhd a party o( Mexicans'; I tiichtoo j)aee' atlew1' j.is prior uaitte; t the ben t Mty. Bdl when I thinkt' of these npen, facts Crowd so fas: un my memory, thai I might utile vou abouWthem uutll div!iht. A personal know leefge bf at least three fourlhs of the men .of - Uitf (eguiient, teiicltes me wdhng so fir to compromise ihe gUry.of the great Mexican nation as to surreo It r thecjiy, proiided ho -was allo'wcd fo retire with hit whole foice, and carry iho public property with him, and all tlie arms and munition of war. '. , i . .-When htfjhad finished hisi manincrnt oration, wiwch, in tlu style of his rt-lebr .W bat TcnnfHccanwhat Amrrirnrt docf rrrtglry in the exhibition of sooh im". Tlmcling courage!" Proudly do we fr cord .sriclHl instances a( gallantry in Trn. nrstreV rjoble .son. -Purariel instances may ie pointed out, but lho-e tint surpass them have 'yet to bo' enacted. --2fiu-i-e TnLunc. A Singular. Mafrhse.ThQ Pit:slJri Aim riCjinjIiMkirgthe sti.ry of a rmniaco hy l i !egja b, sas: 'A rn ini.ige not uu-; U-e il actuf.'k- ficcjred in tins neigt)barl.oid in nhd caHyj ett'eriv-nt d the west. .Wt do nwtoow, rreuUi ci the names of illepit'r. lies, Lul ld 'Lfiicinting niagiirate was" (Jcitfrtf, : U'kli-n ? 1.. 1 . V I ' ."."'. o - " r A'! ,-me original pro.' Br.iddock fields, which wL fxtlia .cccurrcuce.' A bridlal interior Jiad set out for the res.-:' On nnivinir iut y i'Kind it in hi"h ilooil. .'. their. call . fot 'a boat, .they Cer'c answered -that -all. -.the btiat:hml lw. the, river; ill its i ic. Anvbodv' in e arfV distinguish a bridal, from any Lndi rst?indiijg at once tlieir -dge made ftigns to the ciiuplo ;hat he coiVd i.nt express by. : fieard at liiatdit, lit nee. lie- m.iihv - intelhgibfo b signs, nnd with a imcr"- n . luud aVhe cejuld r.aisc it, pronounced them man and tvifk ' The p ty afterward juc. til.wly ijid tn.a 'wife1 wasnll that cou:d bo' hctrd. They were a resectable couple, arjJ-hied Im ad happily together wnli iiMun-irifnif tl.ii truly backwoods cere- m ny oi marria." " An Honest piictr, of the, scciie party of the deiico of Jo fgo Wallace. 1 he. fiver tl tirne, cou'ol other paety. object, lift- j ur Maud tip; words to bi all I seoi Irkc Catholic nrieera !I had a pretty I.life place when I was ! lc.u procumuion, wni girn;stiel w,ih hu- 1 u s m . . - ! i ,- . . . i -. I . .1.' . - '. r ... ' . ' '- .. I'Vfi 'I'he P ' pittance of stventy iris not worth being a villaiiJ fr. What ntaurrisii if your in-i'hbor- p.eifuni loniij' o,ecp vou w j'mrried, but s mortgaged now, ajd I mu-,t ; -'is inuio io me sjupcii ious poui niiMcerce. JL.iOk IilIj.ikI you through the not open my mouth io srjy u word. If I ai" unldin;tory arid renown om.-rgna.ni.' trpek of tini'.'! a vast deeri'hes openn tvJ .u'jt, I am a niggard, and 'want" a' vire ,nuUs 'Mexic, jild 2Jitk qu.eify s'uck ln j Inspect .wt.!i ntd vv.tli years and srrovv, on purpose ?K) do my drudgery "Olive j hani ',tflP lil!V bn-tches, .cveked ins ? iIk-v siukfroinj lie walks of nnn; you most B'r&tck i " .hea'd'a Iitile on one side; and g. mlv raii. ng J leafetlrrm wji Ve they f,!!: nnd'vou are to Jus g Kizi v c ve b ro ws.th.it , Tjl)ey have-lately , hifd oune il scene in ! Black;.' eve imktnz bene; Ba-Uiingre.-i-n which a -y-ou-ng-. frisky to lm- lull pUy n;Kn tlie geatVJ whiskered,: foreigner; niiyl a rtdh hcireis; the evpj'CWnt ol some eighty J, - "Gt n. AiijjuKlia, we came here toike i.hou.;tn dollar's, were .the principal aetir.;;jMoftteriy, nijd we ate gjohrg to do it on li terms a plea fco's. : 1 -vftli you g.ooc General h'ibbld J'fl'S replied in U;ese lew but xprcssiVG "'W6i'K; l it tho i hold little j g'J a Ii'.iIoJu.rljfer where y'oii will fmd ctcr. e.ith hrit lne , u M'-t. ' Wh'.iitvVr yo-j vjiy have to en-. .loqM-ni Mexican, jcyntrr WUeijn ih.j cradle tin J ihe grave,' io, foreigner arrived soind'.limo-:' sutcej ; suel du'y cquii'pe'i, and fr.ito v9l truis, ' niorniuj." And-thVwrld every. .trt niKntih b:g vvith innumerable een.,7 wuiciconie mot ift Kuccesston bj-.htiiig ifofcIby iVtmv ',i rcvijJiir.g and un. kpoAi) e i-j-.e; (7 over ibUsrb with diver- WhlKiijtnrTi rtcaaaa-nsMler, t X'kitjuttoJeadus - i ' ' , ( ' lalwhmrtndjoy. . ' hVTCrtlsi,i Eoslailk TSli,a,a;,,rra" ; ' Ed. "eBrl'ttird, JN one, two, snJ three; ' 4.?rlenricl'e'. i t rrZl' ?nn laey slew,- -. .jceqcrltbathmre: - ' ,StS:Stf0,3"fw' "Jtlon; betLitaat, ' ica6t.ihree hundred and, fifiy are farmers 1 h aA lUVivronv? not praised them U nCT SlOCli' lulSCi IH tiIWI -.uj;- yu ...v. -CJ'okiratlp, Mavidad, Lavacca;Gaudarbupc, absl Sap-Antonio rivers in Western Texas. From the time of the. battle- of an J a cinto up to when formed Into' regular flanging' cbmpaoics,- Uiey defended the fjronkier on their o.wn boki witljiiut -pay, .emofumeBt, provisions, or even amrtiunl. lion at the cxpettsa of he Gpvernnpqnt.' Whenever Indians or i McxicaViS opproaclv. d the settlvments, runners' Hcredespttch- ,ed unand down the rtvers oavo opiore . ' - ... V.. j. .4 : ,.'.l named, to souna tle ararm; anu "vu notice those compos' ng Hays i VI1 Re gimcnf of Texas Rangers1' rartly,rc':ircd more than sit hourVto preparefor a cam paign oHhrce mahths; for, after all, catch ing'their horses,' running fifty. butetsand parching: tmd grinding i httf bushelof corn forcolfiour, or panoh as" 'the Mexicans term 'it, were the only preparations neces sary. - Hot or cold, wet or'Sdry1, they car-ried-Tio"teflt, and rcquirccl no other - pro. .visions than frAh beef,:hich was usually driven with iherav Once.1 .itt while a "iTrccri horn' on his first campaign, vvo'd n'ack a liule sugar, coffee and salt, Out ne wou'd soon learn that. boys." ho had to fi.ht for nothing and find their1-own horse flesh and axBmuaUiori cr M "do it about as wtll on "Mm," sofus.. In Tact, altera httle cxWricnco with soch a hfe few at least of those , men, Would boj roubled with tl care or any other provision than beef, c with any otl&r eqtrpmenl than hoM in- irons," bowic knife? a pair of .blank et?, k, Mexican saddletree asi a .od horse; ihichwfih leather breeches, in domiulle perseyc rtncii, x4 extra sb.rt, a hhs heart grdt-'capacity .for endurance ad sworn Mtrcd to Mexicans and Indians, beyond their'tiuq deNe.rts in saving that- f" Amongst' the volo'nteers, 'none, have shown more . conspicuously-.-, than :'ihc 1st regiment ol Texas' mounted ritlemen , com manded by thnthevalier Bayard, Col. J'. C. Ilnys' This coifisj . .front the : Colonel tcj tbe private bas, luVy tustaiiied its fyr mor refutation. - Jn the fi-rst aflairs in whith Gen- AVorth's dfvisiou' was engaged ori,' the inorning of : the: 3Ist. Col. IJays, u ith Several pti'iipanies tf His mounted j!-' fjio, were -thrown forAnrd to open the ball, whjch he; did-most beautifully,, cn Ctiuntering anb shooting in tile prestnce of the General,. the; Colonel of dragoons who commanded the enerrfy's- forcqa.' In sea. hr.sr heights, storming. batteries, and clam... berlng.ovec walls.ond houa tops, theioice .f .1 . -,.tl,'i f J ...1 '.in I r.mnrl3 nt to . .n r JVxilI attention t ie uncrnrtff .ruio mow 'iv-mser. cn.' ever heard in the van. ' The courage and constai rv;t and subordination ofthis corps is the tucme iC admiration i"n the army." , ' Dutch courtships are novth . While one party tals th" clf feep$-4tn arrange, meni of gret excellence where eithecarty is troubled with brshfJ icssi ' Each of ihe wak'tiT'ones can fie'n il.Jt.olves to "kisses of parts and property. . 'Alrt-r.,' UVU.1. V'"'' 7 "M' ' uwcv, m the , Wc'h r.l-TpiVopal Church g :hc arqiiaimancov of "the yoong... n 4- ii i i ,i t . ' p'-'C". wc iwrn, snj s ihat por.tr,- n question; be 'soon' fell in , love,1 -..-.. ,, , llyil a.Jims clj.v htxti hrcu mad; l( - fu M his passion, cnu had the happiness ' j , , ;J"'-e over JiiP.r ins u-rgiven nnn the con: it was ,ev.ru6cated. In .short, " , , ' !' V . os' , n,iy .f i bi H r yi?uti. Ilolile (Ala ) . , ,1.1 , i r . iron's, ring'ei, occ, ann. me neavmi wo- f -nrii.fr 71 u were en 'aged -to bo married- Bui . ,7 , v . , i -i(?ocr( ifc, .).,, - , ' . . ; . .i ; .. -rrnen.;: I Un Keii ar: leslemi i.f trit iri'T rnO! . ,' ' - v i- i U ' f. t.ir . . - - - . I I ;," , . I' i ... t-.l , ;. - . .- Canes, carpet bags and li.io "clothes. Sum o!fon hi- Ua short f-.ih; U m tin 'look.' l4dings at one of, tho principal i Mi x'can Genei al- jnd SuiT m lie iiiofoL.it lI.ott.ls... He sJon made the .acquaintance dest bevv ilJet rftent, i- ,i j ol many of ihe 'bhioiU" of ihe City, and - ' ; lO the' v ' . . . . i - .iifi'fi-:n. Trnffir. was ini roilnrn.'l , intn koph-Iv na n iiiiirxr : - ' r r " foreigner iriskiu lady i avowe to learn they coitlil rtnu ti'lu .! I ' : I hn f.,t Jowe nev-'r did run s'mooth.V: In this -case .su" -V f1 1 .'Disapointment laughed a hi)es carcof.' It wo soon, whispered that Uhe interest ing. stranger" was not '-whan hqmfessed to boj ind. thiawas followed ;by positive 'assertions that Ivey waa cyen) ies4 than 'common hsjock.u; i ne -friend 'ft! -fife yoking lady rftade enquisy, by 1 which they learned ihiit tjie 'Malenled - and wealihy'' foreigner had-actually served a lime-in the galhya for som: public crima. Of course Ova match, was broken off and the disap-pqinud-and chope-Qillen youtli IcU lor other regions, perhaps to rnqke" pew- con Quests' ariiong 'other people; ' 1 1 ' Nowaii ttjs is very luile rnittcr in ified ml' jonoe (i:Vehatn riv tin; Eutiw Whig nd ' Advettfsf r of In ! i v firM4th it'a great revi j v..l of jtji! ki irTfm i'rv;tding. ilnw corn ! muii'iv. ' Jteorliirn iirtd:ab. ntihrop uff Li Lo'iIJ , a iLOrvhi? class be. od in ih woith from oc franc to'uvo and a half; or ' b-sueappoiud Trr all living, it would be a some oihrrarti.-le if rustic finely , - for the Un or tt i hoVe'; ylh bk of.ener irito tlieir tresses ol hc fair sex; and any one vv no gj-iscs imp iui) their mlv;-JJoston has seen a Uutcher ora fiorsqilealer tn a fair,' undervaluing the animal which he 'is about to purchase," can conceive, the af fected contemptuous hnjk' with which the I. dealer in hair vievvi the most silktn locks which ever ornamented, the bead of , ;vvn.' m m. -The depot!er passes his rude fin : gers , in every direction through the luxo Uidhe thowht lL B iianffocks,,deprccia:ing,l'je color,'texJoic know-hcr ao'ex ictlv j .vA survTOt.girlj one day at a hotelgavca svewer. ti a lawver' lo. eat, saving, she understood: U-vvyprs. could digest anvihing bl jie ; The Xew Yo jk Sun.Jiy Mercury tells of. an acqii.iiii:anc-e wlv aked another hov? -s was. ', I don't he replied 'ho length, and every conecivablo qualuy, and Vflries Tom texcn'Mn to twentwfivc. then, when Ins sily dupe, accepts the pricej '. '- . i y '. n he draws out 4 his gn at ihears, and "rc-'r ' IVrcIt of ?2itid. . rnorseless'y severs ihe' In ir, 'which- he L T!;rrc i For-ith.rt f.ie in the wreck olS n ad I wuhout f'Jiv Ux them; th5 tic lo" of scram. A tcniS stone in Xcw Jersey -bears tlie follow: ing'insrription:rv.. i . , . t- ... "Reader pass on f t'er naste yodr time ft On bad birarhy or biltsr rhyme; .for wliat rAM-;tbi cumbrous clay insures, -And ht I W49 w o air f yoors.- 1 Sma CtilcJtfm.-SurP01 man dnnk four rlas ef la a day, at 5 cent, a glass L . -rfr titii stwods one dollar ..andT. forty cents lirs'and cihy cents; male up the Texan Barge r. , . Su-.r me to d.:gre$S f a moment n ordcr.to j that; fcavr: Z been Vout four or five i:mes with - these men, I clain t? know what is f.cessary fct ibotroa com forts ofthe soli.er in aclive rviCe. .i.:.i .Aa r-t a Itltla amssso the other day, on - reading the Ba.kore TouV in m fpSr SCVTinT ' This :n Lolbe fo'l-wns articles, viz: ; Four barrtof . ir, mjT ' rorty poundicf Lutar, . . A hatred; -J cf beef, . . A new ha. . .' ' V ' . A w solia vcjt, . t a A bonnet far wife, - ' . Sujax plums and cak lorbiidren. 24 00 15 00 10 00 8 3 4 00 . 5 00 5 00 . -1 60 iKHf mill wp ran-rtot liirm miw m: -"" &LV " lI,e ,nir. wir.cn- 11 it, butubas.1 moral to which e fnaj bfovvs inu-a coarsC-5ack; and all this, is .-nil npni.,w Th, t..n. id wrtni.t 1 dune in tvjen marKit, at mid day.' 1 hp in alt piobability,- have contemptuously. on, ? J US ' raha.i,f sil.cn a damsel j Sr,rrxdanourvlirnarriage,com!ngfrorn old that her nn,r ls too short, a rd thai she j any -man especially anv . American- nUsn vvait aPo:!.cr year t. be cropped, or j necially however industrious, honest, er.terprib"ing or talt. w-ha -ended for his suppoit Won ht own honest cllort. , r, Bui so soon as a -forcjner made his ap pearance, finely .rdrttJ, -'aud rejiorled lie h, her heart : s , all Jsccptibii:ty-J-'fliere is . aj grouing t'.,posjtion: 'in our country, and partuuJarly in ouri large cities to run after, liooiza and ape.' for eigners. ' - . Tti keeper of the Uo!cl,i where ' thiw imposler stopped, vvasy swindled out of a few hundred dollars. Her?1., too, in all probability, hjd the lodger been a mechan ic, or some hontst, industrous young man commencirg, bfe,hecotild r.ot bae passed - many days or weeks at mosr, without pav ing been called on to settle. But this is a" foreigner, said lo be rjch, it.wilj 'never do lo prescnta bill- o bun. Tot tfo we pfajrf Americans have to much respect for the purse-proud aristocracy f Ekrrope to think of aucii a thing. Were it a plain countrvman of otfr rawnj though twice as rich, ond'A thousand times more honest :t i ,",idTFnake no difference. when the l a!ur chps off the pn cious locks. v,Mi t'. i'cigHt and dexterity of .a corjur er, before he h'as decided whetlicr die u ill paV with them or nM. Dflilah wrepched the secret of his st length . but sorte fiend, worse than avaricious demon; must have suggested to woman the barter of one of her bio ebaractcr, if Cic vord, can Iritmiutclv Le .shi d to liijt h Utpc fin y associations arc ttioHc f mr'dqholy. Tje prmiJenr of fitfm'a'i nature w tiiiei ccn tra rums and the mind wljwe early ap ratHhs were thHc tbil ftvrn th hero or man of ctmiw, fosc.. nok, even when its U.l energies are rrusjcd, a'l ti.e Icmcnlof frratnrs. Tiicra isi-I.n;r,tifl 3igFMy w inch crime cannot deaden; nfr abaft hie At dt;-!jrov; a loneliness of fti'inj; whi h Krrn like "lament, a fensitivtncys of tiH':iipz vvImcJi no "ilejKra.trd wount's can dull; a Kinli to arcs Ihe davs l! i tlinin l-.f ai l wrro s'runrr-to fctJ the Impulncs oC jlijc loflKSt 'nfhtiruiwlr, not the mister power llla w renchcd'-'-iJp; wittclt no itcjKaa sraanc-s can from Samson: I r'-aU.o- tli w-lr. Ihat- sUll.p ' n 1M 't ' piip ra-t, and witirarCondish la'tjii.compa ' 1i"a''i some rr(M t.t.iiiptunJ.y vi.'.s of happrer i creatcsl ornaments. If she canso ihify hart with of t4wn a"J laoujoi aione out n. it -. k -' vi" iJ x u t- rijt r lo6't lit-il thtul hue puke of the oa:j Uncovering of her head, she may be se- KJuXlTe prorata .r .11 Ibc idos they oaj cur of the jining oflifer heart, for,-:f who,- -WiirHd,' wacUicr virtue, clory,or self. Oold lovea u'omari that sold her hair for I rcpj-ect, turns UiCtlrev wbtcb, can only be pjcnclM. a ha-ndkotf!') if?n . T)- F,V?. F!-7,,i t cd Will. lite, ajatni-.t s:cll, aoa lorws a cha- cter in SVormandj,'. '.' j For Tetter i and Hingworms.-Procifre, the roots ofthe yellow or narrow leaf dock, bruise them und soak ihcm in gwd apple j vinegar, am rub ihe tetter or ringworm three limes in the day till a cure is t fleet, ed. .This w a certain feroedy,- except where thenailjof ihe fir.geriare fiiseacd.- ,' i Another Bruised mullen leaves and vinegar Cdustitute an exce'deflt remedy. It is said to bo a sure rrstoraiivie of the Vas ri.jflr:riU9 a tlie otjber is sad. The one," hko tlie cliafned ea-iC, drA0 in stately languishing? but' tbe otuer, liie the prisoned scorpion, strikes its plUig; nitons own head and dies. ; i ''' r . . V.Y ' .. I '"- : 1 ".II PMrtuia!. Tfco Cincinnali Times tells a 0odjtory oi afcilotv'who was read nj wver tho listukiUed aid wour ded at Monterey, the other -day. Lie, ;aJcd "pat 'e fitly Uiroojh the lonj coj," u,ma.s (J tames, and ilhcn petulantly throwing tbe pper aside, 1 exclaimed, "tick netcthere aiiHt nvbody there that 1 1inow." ... ' Severe Sentence iW the' ancient law of Ifan. rrr, a man convicted of biiramV was Condemn. bails, particularly if the patient does Opt Iedt6 live with both wives ia the saats Jiouso. . b rrx in welt d:ng. ' Mac crinje wet.tmflr rary. t W 11 1 ' ! -'-
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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Jan. 7, 1847, edition 1
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