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i'W.T- ' IIIGIILiiiD nESSCPii; " , Ttmrt4aj Jabsnst 13 l4Tv - . Tor XVcsitlcnt , zA"cnAii.y.T,iHiOii,- OF LOUISIANA. J I W'hav ;vrat, communications' oo ,-LajxJj wbicb wilf be attended to oext week! THE ELECTION1; ' We bavo.no new from , the election in , ' J.U Stte, beyond tbii B.'irici avc an -account of the vote el few 'precincts' la . Rowan caortyin tbel Salisbury district. 1 Those fewf precinct were going itatrpn ;- for Boyden, the reg'far whig candid at e,-- y i But for failure of too Eistern mail on '-Tx?da last,' we would probably" have ." heard' fronVother districts the State; , ' In this district. ,we have the vote of cve , ry counfy, except Cherokee, and aldiougb i not alt official,' may be relied t ujon as cor. T; TecW" Mr: tjtingmana majority will, not. be far frorn twelvo hundred. , BUNCOMBE , - . , ' Clingman.. Bvnum,. Asbevilje, . Creek. ' Limestone, ' Fait View, 1 Swanna.no, ' , ! Henderson, . ' Warm Spciogf,' Spring Creek j p Sandy Mush, '' Pi'neCreclj, , Turkey Creek 165, 59 ;.-20: 90 "87 18 3S 53 .20 ; 43 , 775 236.' Clingman rnaj.53D. 'J t . ' BURKE. . ' r .., Clingman 390'. . , ' Byhum 270 ; CALDWELL. . . " , Cliuman'a maj. 57. " Mc DO WELL; h J f " ' ' mj.52v 1 v. " ( : - . HAYWOOD. ' ' " . " ; ' imj 174. ' ' ' ' ' V'l YANCY. . ,' : ' v' maj.:; ; ' .t- ; HENDERSON. v . ' . ' Clingman 457. ' ; ,'lj;num 114 RUTIJERFORD AND R5LK. ; . .Cimgmarf 57tf ' Bynum 787 '-'"; ,i CLEAVeLAND.'- : . r' Clingman ,158 . ' , Bynum, 59t; ' 1 ; MACON. jt - Clingman1 maj. 150, t ' f V -j; 'Next week we ihalV be'able to give.the ' '.official Vote of the whole district, and we v Itope to .be, nble to announce nt the aarne time that therwhfgs' have .carried seven of ! i , the pine districts in 4he Stale. - . - far as hciirdfrbr,- Tcnnbsscp 19 ngm siac up; an . 0-JJ . AVe' have the, gratification of announcing that so far' nsue have the returns, Ten-, jiessee-is. doing nobly. The whigs have gained in almost every county heard frdm' everthe vote in 1845. ',, '.In Knox county the ihigs have gmned 207! . jn JetTers.on'113. In Grainger 26f irt Blount hrgcly; in Rhea about 40;. in Jntjeron upwards ; of 20; a portion of Bledsoe heard from, shows nlIarge gain; ' i n ' M o nroo ' we h n v e a n i ncr cr sed v ot e ; i n Sevjcr we have gained 75 or 80; In Roane our vote is increased largely. . Jf sthef al. 'lance ,of t1e' State does as well aslhat portion-, of East : Tenpcssee heird .. fromj ;Lor.ofoco"ism "has suffered a complete -rout. : s Whn 'a. withering' rebuke to the- sycophdn ; tic imbecile who oqcupieV the Executive chajr, at Washington',. - a 1 The following shows jho result forrmem. bers tb Congress and the Slate ?Legisla- . ' lure, so far as.ascertained: ' ' ' '. f. Congressmen.- 1st. dist., Andrew John too, loco re-elected. At the last election his majority was 1345; now it is but ,250. '!.2d dist". Wnv M. -Cocke, whi.; re-elected.' 3J diL John tl. Crozier, whig, re-elected-'- x Senator. Four, all whigs.' 'Representatives. Sena w higstwo gain ihreo locofocos. ! k FINE BEET. . ' We retjrn thanks tq J. R.. Shu ford, Esq. for -fhe-'present 'of a fine. Beet, weighing nearly ve pounds. It is much larger than " any wje haveseen this season.. .Our friend "ShuTord; understands the iaofi operandi of raising finoivegetables-a little better thau most ;bf .our ineighbors. A year . or two . "since he sent usji -squash weighing eighty. six pound. We do pot think his beet can ' be beat, but if auyof'our friends think so, we bsve no objection to' deciding the mat. tciv . " 0) A V L6 th PJIOTRACTEDMEETING. T Uc are requested ta"state- that the Rct. Mr. Kcrklin and other,- 'of thej Cumber land Presbyterian ChurchV will;lxJJ a pro tracted meeting, at this place,. commencing on Friday evening next.?., , 1 , , i ;We forme fly published a synopsis of the deport od thf Meteorite? of North 'Amer ic&t , made by Prof! Sbepard to-the 5 Asso ciation of American Naturalists at the last annual meeting io. the city of New York, in Sept.'cflast year. 1 On that occasion, in fcompli&nce-wiiri the'requesl of the As sentation, Proft Shepard promised to fur nhh'to (he next meeting, a fuller statement I In- relation to that interesting subject. This exposition f have been favored witht in the shape, of an elaborate and Jearned .Report-;, on Meteorites,, published ;io Silli manY American Journal ofScience. The. attention of-mankind has , So all ues. been mortor less directed to those-singular bod ies which are seen sometimes to dirt with Lwonderful rapidity . through the higher re gions of space, illuminaiiryg the heaxens with their brightness, and aendicg down with loud explosions,'' occasional!' to (he earth; showers o( metallic and stouey mat ter. These fragments;" because they are evidently not of ihi earthy have of late at tracted a good dsal of attention from", the curioui,and learnedj and the i r nvc st i a . tip;ns sermjikely to furnish' us with adJi. uional information in relation lo their aa 4ure and origin, t VJufe looking over the Repor.ti we were struck by:- the 'singular fact "that'Buncomb county ieemsto-have been more favored by;, those celestial fis tiantsj than any other Hract of -country of equal exit nt. tWe have therefore, copied relowl that portion of ; the - Report devoted to the desc-rtption of- several of the speci mens found in, it bis;; cquniv. We do so, pirtly because it may prove interesting to o.rae of our " readers, and :;paYtly in the hope that ils republication here, may lead to the discovery a n.d preservafion.of other specimens in this county. J j (" ' Snh-Section j coAKEtY chv.stallixe ;-0. Qe Kalb County Tennessee. Vol. xlix,p. 341, (1843 ) o 10. Aihevilfe,(3aird'i t plantation near frtnch; Ifroaji " Riccr, ix: miles north vf Asheville )H)unc6mbe cfmniy North; Car oma. Vol, xxxvi. p 81 , (1830, andl)ie Meteorilfrn, von P Parish. ! With, J843,' f. no. . ; , - . V. As this comity has oi. laf' afTorded two other localities of meteoric', iron ,1 have- ta ken pain to ascertain as cearly as possi- bje the eact position of each. yTh IIoji. i . x. Lyiiugrnan informs mej- ,f.n,ai inis lo cality is" six miles ' north of Asihevitte, on estate-of Col.'." B ai r d , : w ho ; i 'of op i n i a thWhcjr fragments may ..tjtrd ,be iiound, as ho has" within two ypans 5hberved small piecqs,of rusty iron lu the Ka me" field from Which Dr. Hardy s mat was ohmined. ' Farther experiments on the.composition of tins iron, enable ma to add to what was befbe made known, that it contains co bait, magnesium and phosphorus;-.-and.. that the nickel is sometimes present 1n a ratio as': high: as 5 p. c.,' while, le silicqn is con; sidertibly below OSJf. c ns formerly quo. td... . . Jr - ''--i'-QtiDER Skcod. 'i Malleable, Jiekrogeneous. J t ' Section stj AjilYQT)VQlO KL gah Movntant, (ten mites jcesl of Asheville,) li&ncombp . County r North , Carohna. ; i ; -.' Thei preseut iron Avas brought to light through the perseverance of theill ji.T. Li Clin$rnant"of- Asheville, 'to whopo l?beralt ty I am iiide.bted also for the possl&neri tif so. intefes'.ing an olj c Ue mfurmrjd me inuMarch, ' ..184G; that while 'in the adjoin ing-county of IIayw(Mxl,he ha'd accidental ly been told by a Mr. Clarke, that son; had - a mass of ore. five or six LiNound in wright, "that was, very black '.and heavy;. ami winch-they could not , break with a, sledge ham'mer j though they were . alle to indent its surface. .,Mr. C was disappoin ted, on,- visiting his son, to ;find piece had been, mrslaid and probably. IomI. His description however agreed ,iloVly wiih that given by the father. lie learned also fr.om the young .man," that, the- mass'! ha4 the. appearance of having been pie lied, one side.,biiing ftittencd , while from other parts of if , there were prvciions -ICV'spurs") long as a, man s finger, which he, could hatter down with a stroke of -the hammer. He -said ho obtained it a year before , in Buncombe county, in a held; where he Wa? of opinion jhat more of the same might be f,uni Mr. C. afterwards-viMited the neighborhood in which the s pec ime p oc curred; and was there assured by , a -young man, that he had-seen the piece ;"tha the Clarkes had described and tint lie. knew of another much -large? piece, similar 16 it, at an old house on the Clarke farm, whete the' smaller had. been found;" ; : ; : On procuring the mass, '(which, weighed nearly twenty seven pounds,).; -MrG. com. muni'cated .to.'me the following-- particulars.; respecting it, which may perhaps be given In ihis place 83: generally descriptive- ofiis aspett; It is rather flit on one sidcf as, ihyugh it had been Jaid wllen . semi fluid on a some what plane surface, while. iis other sides are irregular, with cavities - and vari I" w.? The present masi navihg ..beei't-Uiftcov-. ercd since the classification of the previous paper was madej it bectmes necessary to eroalo a 'new sectio'n 'tor. loo reception of this Tcmarkahle - variety. ' Irv some .res. peel sj it resembles the .amygdilo-perrdytie poacs from i Siberia. and. AXacama. I, ditTors, however, froth ihem ,bo;h; jin the more diminutive' cavities, and still more :n this, that these caviiit;3 are almost com pletely empty. .-The term anygdaloidal thertfore, is here applied, in analogy wjtlu its' use in geology j for describing the ves icular traps. . ; ' , ous incQualUiej.- It hai.no ajpeannce of evtM having' 'been hammered, 'bad' exter. oally looks like cinder froti black smivHVfire.1' (At fixs, from not haVir seen any ves:cular rnetnc irooj'.'Mr. C. a i Ud to .qUestioti iu penuieoeM.- V'But it is text large; and ; much ' to rKavy io be coruaaredrwiih cfader , It has Sume malleability, tbotfgbil -may be 'broken ifi struck on thinner projections and e igts. Its ;k not ted , a pje a r a nee too g b ne'si ! a a d. malleability,', toother with, the pct5!iar forrof the brOad tde, or botvtn an j that., erf the Idrge eod, indicatirig that a greater than buman ffVe must.hve been Bpp!iedT .totlhe mass, in nd evincing that tt 'o eleft by an explosion - from some largo- bofy, l$d me on the whole, to rest In'the infer, ence, thai it isof foreigo 'origin;' ' Mr. C JiKevIse remarked, that ttseiternat -ap nea lance woo Id be well "conceived of,' if we supposed'a.n ordinary miss o.fimeteoric ir on to; be thrown into a forge fire, anct w beni j ho roughly fused at its - surface, suddenly to be wuhd raw o and cooled-1 " I As frequently happens with these' prri ducticns,1a gene t& 'conception may bst bo obtained by '.likening' ilir'to ? sonic fa mi! iaf objects: 'this specimen Vtrikinglyi.re. minds me of the head of nv' reptile, ? As fig ureid, u reposn on its flu -anil; bryad 'sidf, and he dark shadow at" the. lefty ' is -in the plare of the nearly vertical section,, sup posed to represent the junction of the ahi tnaPs had 'with itH body,' Ittieasures 11 uKhes (n "length, -by 7 in breadth; and is .4 in thickness t:he thicker end: w)ilcat the upper extremity of our figJVe it is not ab vve two: upd a half7. and on the right aoo) lower edge, u thins down lo little ahve .one i-neh. ' Its jjurlare isTather tubercse utTyiwged than pitted with regular de pres5ion-t. ! Cnlbr of i various shades' of brown to black, and somewhat variegated (especially irt the bottoms of the cavititli) with. an ash colored' earthy matter'- This last wale, undoubtedly derived from: the elf cupistance, tha.Tlve, mass was "for a con siderable time 'employed as a!$ipport for fuel urthe Ifiieplufe of !a farmer's kitchen; Uoo'n the under 'side, thel-e adheres oir a ft vv inches; a. crust oi" an earthy , f black amygdaloid; scarcely .dist-iguishu ble, un less freshly br.ke I foot the irurl itself; a orl iijone- spot, nearly hdrteju0 it hm. the sou-' siatice ot the iron, a fetv-grainsof a dull, yellowi.sh gray olivine w;ete toot iced, sim-: ilaf to those .fouhd io the-Bitburg iron r Near the surface, and especially upon hh thinner ederand at the small extremity of the mass, us structure is eoiinen'.ty vencuf lar, the cavities bejng fron" one - fourth tt one iwetnie'lh of on inch in diameter, some times- dis-inet, t rttiersrunning together, and generally lined ;wiih a black: powder. ; Bji tlie hsijince increases lo an inch fromjhe surface, the cavities g ro w s rn a 1 1 e r and more remote "from one another. No deeper section than one inch hasyet been: made in themasj;' it is therefore -possible; that-ihe central . portions may1'.: be- nearly compact.' Tho -fresh fracture bt& a dolor" and lustre; intermedi-aio betweep steel and tngneiic iron ( pyrites. ' Etched suVf.vces, excepting Where the structure .: is hijihly yesicorai", exhibit the mobt delicate'' Wid mannhiatiaiii figurbs, , coo.ibting 'of very rryt)ute0-rfnd ilrrfckly infers persed triangular ligures, diiinct enWigh to be easily een with the naked 'e-w, soul UL-der a. micros -cope'exceedingly ueatitiful. Thy' resem ble somewhat 'in -t llis, rtrspect , the - flij-burg iron,: to which it also approximates in the tuberose conformation ut the ulterior sur fare. ' . ' ' ' .' - ' ' - lIardnss.ab'out that of grey castiron:, So. gr. (7-3-2.' ' ' -. - " ' " . It is Composed of ttnt -(wiih)., ttaces ol ttfoiniuiiHA; c0balt,)A 03.1P . Carbonaceous, insoluble matter aud lobs : " ' . ; ' ioovoo - .The yellowish,, ojivine- iiko grains con bisvof ; silicic acidj ; lime, j niagnest, -and oxyd of iron. , ' , . ; ; , Section Alh; , .Py-kixo plumbaginous. ; 1G. Black -Moirntahi, head- of Sictinna ripen lliver 1 caster n hiieuif Buncombe county, fif letn mifci east of Ashevillf ',) iY C My firt, knowledge of this iron was deri. ved from a, remark, cqntaiued - in 'a - letter frcm lonTi" L. (clingman, djated Ffb. 17,. 184G, to the, following effect: ,Dr. f lardy; informs me that he gave a very re,, tnurkable looking speciiren of meteoric irnn (xund in this county ; (Buncombe,) tfi the late Col. Nicholson of Charleston, S. C , who died al iAbbev-i-JleMn that Stai'e sit or sevn years ago."; Being in Charleston, I applied to the ' executors of ,CoJ. N; for information.respecting. that f Xrtion of his effects-, .which would be likeJy to include tlm specimen; but my inquiries iwere : twiihnut success.. Previous -tt this datej however f I had been tnfonned by prof.'. IVomey,' who Avas then the State geologist, Uhat he had see tj: a specimen of-: nialletible iron in ,the cabinet of Dr., Barratt of Abbeville, which led ine to address a letter to this geoile man, relative to., the subject, 'from whom I received "the following note, dated June 1, 1 84G, accompanied , by the speci men itself. 'M can furnish you with tit' tie that, is.'deji.mie concerning- its -historyl The year Colonel Nicholson, of Charier ton, died, he-had -obtained , it in, Pendleton or' Gretnville District. . It was .given to him by-some "person, who had picked. , it up as, a meteorite. Col. N. gave it to me;"' as I. was the ny person 'in this pirt of the' country who - preserved such. ; objects.. ; I believe,, it to be meteoric in its origin, and as such it has had a place ir) my cabi.Tet. To yourself and to .science, it is" most cheerfully tendered."" . I , , On communicating a description; of the mass to D r; Hardy ,' he replied , V I have no doubt that th specimen referred to is the sirue -.which.. I give-Col. Nicholson. Ji was found at the boad of u bwannanoa' river, near the base f B'ack mumain, towards the eastern side of Buncomhe county." ' .: The 'fragment weighs only twenty on ouncesj and, . judging from, the i size: and shape of that side which still exhibits, thj? natural outside of the meteor it is evidenly a portion of a massUhat must have been Tmuch larger. Jts textucp. is throughout., highly crystaiiine, navmg bhuw (which areuausoally thick) arraoged cop. lurmabty to the ociahedral face of asm !e individual.1 ,Thew lajers, which com fiHinly, baveV'triickoess of. oo tenths! an iuch. adherpta.ooc auoihtr, ith much ien4tiiy,sias tt to be separable by aiy ordinary hrcV. rThey mamffst. a hlgh tendency however; ns the result of "weaih ertngi io separaiV into granular portions ul the tbiHness of the la vers tnrmserTpt m.c particles being somewhat oval in form-- result which seem to fl m from th? fence of Very nnnote veitr of mgntie iron pyrites; for, when a, surface of the iron iV polt rfhed,-it exhibits the appearance of b?ing mapped ofT into rounded patches by thin vein of the pyrites; and on the appli, eaiion of nitric- ncid jhis tstructore is still farther de eloped by the corrosion of the veins. Within these1 area, the .strucTure of the iron, when-etched, scarcely seem : crystalline; at hiui , .ruiuiwu nr .jt "miirked crossing lines A somewhat sim; tlar stiucture is visible io the Cocke founty iron. - 1- . . ' The mass cootafns several rounded'ondJ irregular neifufes of plumbttginous -matter, (Irom half t ooe iuch in diameter,) with 'which ngiin (and often situated in the mtast if the kernels) are found large pieces of ,fvliated, magnetic." iron- pyrites. In this respect also, the present iron is closely related to the Ceko county iron.-' - , , 'lis sp. gr. t 7 2Bt. It consistsof nickel, (with traces. " of cobalt,) . 2 52 ' ; Iron, -..'i ' 00.04 ' insoluble matter sulphur Sc loss, 1 44 - , . - f , , - loooo : ' "WHO IS JAMES POLK?" - This q;ues.i ion ,.and a-very pertinent one Nfwas, too, was frequently ascd upon the flnnouycenent- of, thoj iiomiuation of Mr. Pblk bv a NationalrDemocfatic Converi Hon. i Sui h was M r. Polk's itacKrr(-uch his insignificance, that the peoprAvere re. ally compelled to ask" the question, to gain a knowledge oT the man who aspired to the highest seat" within the Nutlon'j gifti . :Bot the qoestion will be asked no more.f ,Mr. Pelk, enpys and will enjoy an immortah nv of infeimvl seldom reached, bv on& ufl ,h f s h u m b ! e p re 1 e u s i o n s . ' . . G o a s k t he g host ofr the slaughtered ihrtuands -Nvho have fajien beneath Mexico's burning sun! r ,They-could tell you in tones more fearful ly awful " than ; seven-fold . thunder," 5 w ho James K. Polk is! 1 Ask the widows and orphans who : havel been ..' left desolate, to shift for themselves amid the world's cold eliarity ! They could.tell you vin-st rains which would-make'. an ahgeK weep! Ask ap insujtedy outroged, and deeply wronged people, from one end of;.this. Union to the other, and they will tell yp.nwith a b'er curse upon his iKjad, who James K; Polk U. : Mr.'Polk need not fear.thai he wirl be forgotten- Uc .will - live in the -memory . of Uis countrymen while the world stands. A nd live,' too,- to ;be loathcik and hated', and'his eicampleheld up lo the youth as a warning,- to shun: ;the ruinous - path :of . ah .unholy ambition,: a desire to rise at the expense of country, frjends,'-,. and cvery tiling Twhich would, interpose a barrier to our irad sehcmcsl . ; , i i;."e"Sf ev imporu'-rwsrorn Mceo,J iu another part of tins paper. '.REMARKABLE ADMONITION.:; Mr. Caihoun is, said to have held the following language? in his place in the Sen ate, 'on the 2 lih ql FebrutrV last. How much ; better ofT would our country bo, if her rf resent Executive had a moiety of ihe foreseeing wisilom of John C. Cal!ioun:-r ijvery oenator knew that he was oppos. edto lherwar; but no one knew the depth of that opposition, but himself. In one short ho,u r after the actJf .cognjjioh of the wal had passed he siid tci his friends that a deed had been done 'from which he country would scarcoly recover- A cpr-' tairf had been dropped between him and the futuce, and for the first time in "his, life the future wa shut out from his view;1" v r Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. - f. . - WjtSHLNGTOX, ; JU'Ly';-31J : The government did not . receive ,-by last night's mail,. any important despatches Nothing "oincial has' been ''received "frtim Gen. Scott since the 4ih of June last. The ai'lvvces through the Vera Cru and New Orleans papers, aro considered as fiivora-4 ble hi every ,' respect, though Mexico, is slower to make peace, and General Scott finds more obstruction in -carrying ' on the war. than the Administration would ''de- sire.- - - . . . There are fuw here who see, -in the -re-, potteA ttppoinitnent of Mexican Cvommis sioners, any promise of peace'. But if Mexico will listen to our terms of peace, she may.be ultimately persuadtd lo adopt them. : : .'.-' The favorable impression ; made by the Telegraph despudies of. yesterday morn ing, is not fully confirmed by the intelli. ge nee per mail.'. '- The Uiion, in reference to some spec, ulations adverse to peace, says, no one nderta"kes to state,' with any precision, whether we shall have peace; or war1; The intelligence from England by the AVashington is considered as favorable by our produce holders. ' '; ' V, Much anxiety .i-t felt as tp the fate of the sloepof war Jainetlotcn. She was if the hands of a pilot w hen she went on hofel Commodore Bolton left this city a week a go to takd command of the vessel. 'He was to go a ctuiso in her to the coast of Africa and.'ibtj Medlletranean 'We learn that he was grvajlr distressed It Ihe pros pect o f he r I ss.: It i s a n c i t r ao rd 1 na ry oversight, on the pviTof tlio Governrrit-nt, to be. w;tbsut oteam fessel of sufficient jwjwer, lth tiiirfulk etatiori, to tflUrd peedy relief tn iuch a case , , Tlie Whigs oV Baltinlore, as well as the Ontrat -Wtujg tjbmmitiee of Maryland, have nominated Gen. Taylor for the next Presidency. ' ? J ' IqstnictwtrsHo ,$!KfTod,; otir Minister to Bralif, will,jl learn, go out in the Bran. rfyvnf, which vessel will soon sail. Our Government, after the recall of Chevalier Ltboa, found that Brazifhad really taken deep offence 'and was t likely to give us much trouble. It became Decessary""for the Government to take' a ' posiiion'.-on tie questions involved h the course of Mr. ; WisV, and either ; sustsin htm or not. -Thev wisely determined toj relinquih the untenable ground ihat our seamen, when Jon shore, are not subject to the laws of Bra. id. ' ..',' ' , Correspondence the Hfleigk Register, . CAUro BiTTLS-rlKLO Of Bl'CVA Vjr, ) . ' My Dear Sit. On the 3 J of June, we struck our -tf-hts at Carrwrgo, and rom. mencedour ..l(ne of mach for ibis camp ground, r -and? arrived on the 20th. We w-eiro delaved'On our route by .bad roads the cwnsenoence; of a very ' heavy rain the day we started, which washed the roH in places so as to render it necessary for us ."o repair- them, ras we advanced. This g ive us the; pleasure of spending a day in he pleasant town of Mier, rendered famous by (Jen. JetT Green's history of ihe Texas xpediuoo against it.itWe had, the pleasure of becoming aeqOai;neS ! 1 hcre with 'Qipt. Jack Kventt, vrflio has signalized hiimelf for his bold ( daring, intrepied and cool 'bravery,' and many -perilous expeditions during all the perilsof lexas in her con flict for independence, f'rm the lime of Jordan's expt'dition jn 1835 against Saltillo, to the prtsenf, time. Copt. Jack," as he is famrharly known, isa hving, intelhgent, and very, interesting history yfl hat w hole period of lime; and is t xceedinglc clever and Instructing. He h;s lately married the only pretty Mexican woman I have as yer seen, and she is cfevotedly ntiached to him. Bui he. says it is very difficult for hun to wean her iro'm her" Mexican mode of living. " He amused us much, by repeat ing over fcctfis of the "bill ot" costs,1' (ns our Sheriff would say,) sent in to him the next day after, hi marriage, by, the 1'iiot who pt't formed the ceremony, covering an entire bheet of foolscap pper, and fooliVg- up 3161 12 1-2. The Captuin saiil' he demurred, and finally, to the evident greai joy of the Priest, compromis ed by paying S50. Several ufus took tea with him, fund were pleased with ihe man yerJi. of his wife ; and the. neat -Mexican Mij)per he had prepared for usT. We all wKh them rnuchjoy. - " - - ' The nee we inarched ! lo- Cealvo, ihe most pleasant town we have as'y et seen Here Maj ir Smkes had been encamped as Governor of the place, with a command of four companies, for the last month; and there wr rem lined one day; for him to be relieved by a battalion.of the Massachusetts Regimen:. .There we found ihe first spring and well water Wtf' had seen since we left North , Cirplina, and you well know , wo 'enjoyed it much. There, also, we found roasting ears of corn and water melons, t'ing the first we had bad since here'. Wplf ceeded thence through the burnt AincTio of Ramo3,-and ihe neat vil lage of Marin, to. Gen. , Tiy lor's camp -at hi .celebrated Wafnut Sjinngs. 'Yese Springs .;are? "mJdio midst -.of n very pleasant tirove ab'ostiic" ouono we had seen nityttd-.itely between tlie mountains, and bout 4 wiles. from the City ot Monterey. I regret tint ,tny business kept me so much In the. City the only duy we stopped there, that I did not.-havcjan opportunity of seting i Gen. Taylo'r. You have ; seen .so many descriptions of : -Monterey, - that .:lnIl not tirti you wiih' another .tktauV ot it. r. - -. Tlie riad to this place , from tHj?re is directly though two .ranges of mountains, running, parallel orr et.lrer side, at times not more j.b'ani-300 yaitis spart, and seldom exceeding a couple, of miles. Midway 'we passed tjlie much ce.U brati.d Rinconada. It is'one of the .strongest passes any where to be found in the monht.ntls; and the small jstream that meanders around its bise,fl ws genilyby a once splendid hacienda "of a Spanish genrjeftmn of Xortune. The .garden 'if stdl bt.'3.utiful,sr'vcn, in neplected decay-but the rock wall of the building-, serving only to ma Ik out the inner and. Rioter court-yard,-nre a ad memorial ol i the ruthless ravages of the necessities of r. Ifctween that camp and Sdltillo we were thrown imo considerable excitement, by the receipt ofr a message from General Woof, that 1500 lancers had crossed the mountain? thdt day, for the- purpose of cutting ofpour.traui, . At- this, as we then consi'lered, certain roxpect of a fight, with great odd4 againsi' u,' it would have made your. patriotic heart leap with joy to see hdw our men brightened Ajp, and seem ed so eager to gain .some daurtls for them selves and f .ir fame for 'their naiiveSiate. But Genf W 001 V' pickets had been deceiv ed by a ljrge band of Robbers (Ladronei) who 'had fiVd over ihe mountains after committing some depredations. - , 1 had intended to send you the lists of deaths fsince' my last, bift? tho : Regiment has been so scattered, ft iVat present out of my power, and-if 1 - do 'noV: write by this train, I kjiow hot when I shall 'again get a chance and I desire "you aft should knov--where as well as how-wo are. i We have lost several by death, and now have many on the sick list? but as we "are now on the table,;' land, with, high mountains, good springs and cool breeds, constantly at our service; we hope sootf to be ablo.to repeat the watchman's cry---." All's well." : ' Tery respectfully, , r-:-:- Your f,riend and dtsprv't. f-' " ' . A VOLUNTEER. f - The ladyof'Mr.'H. Goblwg,.of N, Y., a few dayli ago became the mother of her twenty.fourlh .child! 4 O crankv! , A clianco tot a Portnutw? ipe auovo reward will b, ' tfmT ?hani.hcretarvrfr . J-jYj Maot. fcis"&.Crvi,ry Jr ?W , Kobert J. alkrr, hi, l'reaurjr, apd Kaibao' ChfTP K. torney 'General, ,wtr'H. As thee gentlemen, ihe' Pr,',L. l ' his Cabinet immUed us io ihV Mexico, the country is deeptr V' know how many of'them ha sons orsonsin Jaw, tQ 5 "' reward has been offeredln'hof ' ing the truth. The evidence L? ocratiq Convention, and uwn his S le that such evidence ha. keen furfiS Rentlcmen has eifter a son or a . - ;. Whigs or GeokciU ntfSht of Suffrage ofTobnUers ' 1 cord,n,Mo iyJx . 7?" law of IVnnsv vnLi -1 .. ih io Q,... . "Mumper. fa fV -... ue pi yotioL .for Km 0 H,' whatever phc 7 Hescond Tutsd-y ofbe 01 I h Lnp:a,nndLieutenn, of ch?" lnr.wnhGreat.Briratiirc;, Miicer Volllntfr -I,.. I J 'l Hre.ande;::' S,0?'?BiI1: "pool., he 'Delusion ContinuedZ-Th tt st, H. contends thai-lhe' h(il Ues t0 ;hedlirabIe ,u . public , lar- prWeeI front tfe p -n prove this eau .47e' d.seovr perpetuil motion or dn'l ' - hanwoand two ne Gazette. Jlce'rA,iexadnt ' - ": r.cvt,,UoM HoufroinTr ' TevVrJ - ! ; ., !' J? C' Smiihi obtaiKd jbo.O fro Paihimenl, for the following nripr '' "lake S1, drachm, f pov.drfd (saltpetre,) and six drac.ms of sf,C" acirf.,0,1 of.vnnol,)miT them in lies' L 1 By addmgpne drathnn.f the oil atatiiJ 1 a copious discharge of nitrous ac,rs ill take phice, 'The r0p to be placed 5 ring the preparation on a hot heariaori plate of heated iron, aUd the mijfurertir " with a tobacco pipe. - The quantity pf may be regulated by lesVo.pg'or inco ' ng the quanli.y of , iiigrenieJnti. The 1. ' bovc is for a nmderate sized room; the qilnntity would be sufficient for'a irtnl romn.' Avoid as much us possible bmi ing ile'gas when ,it fiist ri.es from the vet st;L".' N,'!,Ju'"y tho lungs wrilltappci when the airtis imVreglinted with th pti which is called nitrous -and gas; and a cannot be too widely know!) that itp(xfj. ses the -propeny of preve:i! :r,s ihjptaj of fever. 4Ti.rfy Dispatch 3(JiA Getting into the. High Latitude -TV ' Poril ind Advent r say -One of tSel' jikes conqected wiih the President's wf. here, cairp ofr, we learn, at ihe.'MnjwV Room, ajd was-"perpetrated" by' ' Bochi'iiaiU , The IVfident- t nquirpd(tir Mnybr the latitudt ol PutiiW. mg infifrmed,- he lurned to Buchnnani: s-ud "This is farther north tlmjiwehif ever been before." 4tYi," replied M; B.; with a smile on his broad face,'? I Uri 3 lyihiuk, sir, we ihall gel to 54 4(1 ihs time." ' . Mr. Clay and the 4 Far. Mr. Clay, . reply to a letter from some gentlemen n Maine who had sent hnn a prent of jvmtv siyihes, and referred in their letter toth ' Mexican war, says : "Yes, gentlemen, F certainly count with you in deprecating 1 his Mexiwn ut, the causes which brought il a hour, std tllf .. manner of its commencement 1 sinctyi . ly wish that every bayonet and swtrdt F ploytd in iis;pro.stcution,' by both be!!i( enis, were' converted into scythes, 'pk. shares, .and .axes, and ih'ey " dedicated . their respective uses in the innocent peaceful a its of life.", v - , - . CnATTAXoooA, (Tenn ) Juljf3& f Extension of the Road tq Dallon- Road hds.at length been completed DM ton (Cross-Plums) about thirty. 10 ft"9 from here. ; The cars run up on yesterij, eveniug'week agOi On Friday we paidavv . it to the infant city, Jo see what was doty Buildins were rapidly going up. "Tr men were -as busy as men well coutfi v Landlords1 countenances were wre4' in smiles in ! pleasantly saying "Ligb'; sir, light,1' to such a run of customers-" ; Atl things were going on swimmingly. On Sturday evening, a large p'riua the citizens of Dilton and mmy t.trnp set'down to a splendid Vuppcr, prCnaredi1 honor the arrival of the firs. ' politely invited, and. accepied an iiw lion to be present There was "A feast of reason and &) of soul" on that occasion that wull Jong -he'ren-, bered. ,- A: , -t 1-1 s ; T . . Pennsylvania Finances r The Ihrr, burg Uuion.says: "We are highly gr". figd in being able to state that the tr rxirary loan of two hundred ' thousand lars,. w hich w as made to .supply the in the treasury ea the first of Febna I a t to ' pay the i'oVercst then due. t. promptly repaid out of the Ire&stf"' mc mite stipuiaivu y, auu hi -. in the Treasury oa the first of A'Jf coming, ample" funds; lotneet .the which will then be due, and yto surplas lefL" ) 1 1 1 the prqdocthJ ol legal proor th lowing1 name Jj gentlemen haTe . t. ' or sons in lawuri our army ja 11 ' int James K. Polk, Presided f ' : 'I ,W jat una J TKnl -"dut . end nd mC der i tru 'J Ar - ' ' ,1 . j rni M . the Inl fn tig six ch: dre I the ch -sn 'ex w t , ";50 has at 1 I bd loft r.r par 5 Y01 fatln ar "reo 'Jus Wi "vnat "the froi erm !soc fouf ion i 'J lias M takj A.iti her . poi ;Ge his 7ull liy fxe pin i Pa. Vrt Tier MM 4y. of I "nt 'Pa jlha ' is t ii. ;Li j of I it -TJ Jfel f wl; 1 iyp I tei Ihr Uf 'lie jed i itoi Tl Mh te st v is ir fc a . p y . V C k -ii t r Janaary, IS 17. 333. I ' . . " -It AS SIX PULLIAM. -..Jit I 1 317 if. ry 31 reacts are ore Fur -al3 at
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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