"THE PtBLIC GOOD SHOULD EVER BE PREFERRED TO PRIVATE ADVAKTAGfL"
Volume 4.
Carolina, Saturday Morning, January 1 1848.
NUMBER 1.
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"from the Christian Inquirer.
. 9 We recommend to our youthful rea
t ;i.ders the perusaZ of the following beauti
. Jpl lines for we are told that the idea
was really expressed by a little boy five
7.,iy ears old." We take them from
x- the Western Evangelist, but know not
the writer's name :
. We confess when we read it it atirred
up the fountain of our tears.
O! I long to lie dear mother,
On the cool and fragrant grass,
With nought but the sky above my head,
And the shadowing clouds that pass.
And I want the bright sunshine.
All around about my bed,
I will close my eyes, and God will think
Your little boy is dead!
Then Christ will send an angel,
To take rne up to him;
He will bear me slow and steac'ily,
Far through the ether dim.
He will gently, gently lay me
Close to the Saviour's side,
And when I'm sure that we're in heaven,
My 3yes I'll open wide, 4
: ' And I'll look among the angels
That stand about the throne,
Till 1 find my sis'T Alarv,
For 1 know must be one.
And when 1 find her, mother,
We will go away alone,
.And I will tell her how we've mourned
All the while she has been gone?
Oh! I shall be delighted.
To hear her speak again
Though 1 know she'd ne'er return to
us
To ask her would be vain!
"'So I'll put my arms around,
r And look into her eyes,
And remember all I say to her,
' "And all her sweet replies;
And thpn I'll ask the angel
.;-s. To take me back to you
He'll bear me, slow and sleadily,
. Down through the ether blue.
And you'll only ikink dear mother,
I have been out to play,
And have gone to sleep, beneath a tree,
This sultry summer day.
Major tally's Command.
The Official Report of Maj Lally, ad
dressed to the adjutant General, giving
nn account of the operations of his com
mand on the marcu from Vera Cruz to
Jalapa, from the Cth to the 20th ol Au
f gust last, embracingjngagements with
the enemy on the 10th, 12th, and 19th
. Augus', at Pnsa Ovejas, the National
1 Eridge, Cero Gordo, and Las Araimas,
has been published in the Washington
Union, together with the sub report of
Lieut Sears.of the Artillery. Maj Lai.
ly, after sketching the different actions,
nnd bes'.owing deserved praise on seve'
tal of his officers and particulary on
Captain William J Clark, of North Ca
rolina, who is pronounced 'a most wor
thy and gallant officer" alludes as fol
lows to his ""'ire command:
Seldom have troops been subjected
to a more harassing scries of attacks in
so shott a period; and I take pleasure
in bearing evidence to their gallantry,
fortitude, and perseverance. Every
company io iIk '"5on,d is composed
,.rK i .- two, but .hscquently en-
counters r.jliies; but they
. have gradually acquired confidence, and
merit at my hands high commendation."
We quote as follows from the sub-report
of Lieut. Senra who commanded
the battery at the National Bridge on
the 12th of August:
"On the morning of the 12lh. at a
' bout 12 o'clock, p. in.,the column hav
ing reached this place, a barricade was
V discovered at the western extremity of
tha bridge. No enemy having been
seen on the heights in the vicinity.
was ordered to move forward to clear
away the barricade. Deeming it inex
pedient to take horses upon the bridge,
the pieces were unltmbered and moved
forward with prolongs fixed; the limbers
and caissons being left at the extremity
, of the bridge. The artillery was prece
ded by Lieut. Wilkins's company of the
V ioih, and followed by Captain Clark s
company of the 12th infantry. Just at
the moment of reaching the centre of
tho bridge, a number o! the enemy were
discovered in the town i(iL-front. I im
mediately" rordered the prices to be di
rected upon them; but, bere the order
could bejezecuted, a mosterrific show
er of bills fell among us,fr$rh the heights
on the right, the castte dp the left, and
from the town and barricade in front.
Within five minutes, Lieut Winder and
eight of my men had fallen. At this
moment one of my cannoneers was shot,
and in falling broke the priming in the
vent, thus disabling the piece. Having
but six men left, and finding it impossi
ble to elevate the remaining piece suffi
ciently to reach the enemy on the
heights,! reluctantly ordered the pieces
to be withdrawn. I was only enabled
to effect this object by the assistance of
Captain Clark of the 12th, who called
upon his company to assist me. The
gallant fellows went offin the utmost or
der at a walk the while receiving a
most terrible fire entirely concentrated
on them And hero J must beg leave
particularly to mention the gallant con
duct of Captain Clark. Immediately on
discovering the enemy,! commenced fir
ing grape; but owing to orders .having
been given to destroy the barricade, on
ly four rounds of grape were carried
forward. I begged some of the infan
try lying under the parapet to go to the
limbers and bring some grape, but none
would go. CaptClark came from the
extremity of the bridge, and volunteered
to go himself and brins them. Whilst
doing so, he was wounded. A braver
or more gallant officer never lived."
w e lelt conhdent.when we first heard
of these battles, and learned that Capt
Clark and his company were actively
engaged, that they, had behaved in the
best manner; and we are now gratified
to find in the Official Reports, our ood
opinion of ther firmness and spirit en
ureiy connrmea. ,
Something in a Name. Attention
has sometiimcs been called to the annrn-
- ri -
Jeaders. Tatlor has had an infinite
variety of jocular allusions to the manner
in which he has sewed vp the Mexican
nation. Scott has fully proven his claims
to the appellation of XVin Jield. Worth
might have taken his name from his
character and his deeds. Pierce has
gone through the enemy like a streak of
lightning, while the heavy blows of the
Smith have rung loud and clear on the
Mexican anvil. Wool, they say, has
wooled our foes, and Tiriggs twigged
them to some purpose. Pillow has in
vited many a Mexican to his last slum
ber. Butter tapped his share of Mexi
can barrels at Monterey, while Hunter
started tho game out of Alvarado, and
gave his commander no chance to be in
at the death. The Indiana General
showed Santa Anna that there was no
turninn in that Lane. Some of our
officers have proved even better than
heir names. Child showed at ruebla
hat he was no baby, and Brai? Dro
ved himself more than a boaster at fJu
ena Vista. Hie Richmond Republi'
can.
The Fayetteville Observer has taken
another tack in regard to the Pender and
Singletary case. He says he has recei
ved a letter from a friend, which seems
in his estimation to put a new face on
the matter. This friend tells him that
Gen Wool might have tried them by
Court Martial, and had them shot!
We will bet a chinkapin that the let
ter is from the editor of the Register, or
from Gov Graham, It is not for this
" friend" or any one else to say what
Gen TFbel 'might" have done.
If (heir crime deserves death, accor
ding to military law, they should have
received it? penalty. Instead of that
Gen Wool and Col Paine, without law
or precedent, saved their lives nnd at
tempted to blast their honor ! The Ob
server's "friend" has found an easy con
vert ! Fayetteville Carolinian.
A Manifest Destiny Man. When
Lt Emory stopped at Panamn, on hi;
return to the United Siates 'ast spring
he encountered nn American at that
place half-seas over, with whom he got
into an interesting conversation:
"Why don't you return to your coun
try?" said Lt Emory.
"Return to mv country? Never !"
" Whv ?"
" Because I am a manifest Destiny
Man, and my country will be along here
long before I die ! Exchange.
Sir. said a marketman to Johnnr
von ctolo n nuir n f durlr c from mv vvmr
J r "V ""is
gon.' 'What do you mean by telling
ma t . ii (i .
me a etuic uui uuuns : i i lie iii as
sav you stole the ducks.' 'No 1 didn
steal 'em when 1 took 'era I winke
just as I Io when I buy things - at au
ton.'
From the Pennsylvania.
tetter from Col F in Wyukoop.
r tir n ,
Francs W Hughes, esq.,of Potlsvills,
towhornthe following letter was ad-
dressed, has kindh placed it at our
disposal. It expresses the frank opjn-
ions of a gallant soldier, in phrase so
direct as to prevent all misconcentinn.
A perusal o
r-
f it will make our federal
iiicuua rcgrci me course mey nave
i -i - . .1 .t
pursued, and rejoice the heart of every I
true lover of our country, her glory ,and
her institutions. Col W. was a -whig"
...n,, yut uic conaucioi me jeauers
ana me organs ol the federal party, in
their "aid and comfort" of the" enemv
has been PO glaringly unpatriotic, that it
w.nu nun iiuu u guuu ueuiocrai
while" abroad; a patriot he has always
been, as his conduct fully proves. -H
Castie of Pekote, Sept. 9, 1847. 2.
My Dear Sir: Haying a little leisure
bering warmly and iVeshly several acts
ol klnrlnoc-, tw.- m : '
v--"- gives me pit;a
sure to address you, nowjng that y6u
entertain some interest for my welfare.
I am nw in command of thi military
department, and am kqpt quite busy with
continual skirmishes with .guerillas, and
.an occasional sharp fiht"with large for
ces that gather betvrerTsfreie and the
jcoast, in order to oppose -1 rains". v The
nhealth'of mv ffarrisort is" food, nnrl I
have hopes that theigreat mortality
men nas existed in th armv is decrea-
1 s.
Bins. . .
This is hard.laboriotlSjand precarious
sprrw-p" Manx, r,r i,.f .
I " j v wwi u&si iiicii nave
in itself, a much more formidable cne
my than tho Mexicans. A noble and
elf-denying spirit of endurance actuates
the men, and complaint of any kind is
rare. Contented to do their duty, they
risk everything in the effort, and with
cheerfulness which is gratifying to
those who command, step up readily to
any work, no matter what the chances.
It is, as I have before renarked,a hard
service, full of toil, privations and dan
ger; but it is willingly encountered and
bravely endured. Judge, then, of the
effect upon our good men here, when
they look back over the distance which
seperates them from their friends, in an
effort to find at home some proper ap
preciation of their self-sacrificing con
duct! It is bittrr and humiliating. 1
tell you, sir, there is a spirit abroad a
mong the good Americans enraged in
this war, which will not sleep during
futurity a spirit which awaits but their
return to thunder down upon the mouth
ing, scribbling sycophants of a most un
just party the full measure of an honest
indignation, it is the same that brood
ed over our land during the war of the
Revolution and the last war; and men
of the present day, palsied with age,
have lived tocurae, with tears of repen
tance, the hour when she, with scornful
finger, marked them for life as the to
nes of their country. We, here, can
see no difference between the men who
in '76 succored the British, and those
who in '47 gave arguments and sympa
thy to the Mexicans. This kind of lan
guage from a man who came into this
campaign a whig in policy, may sound
strange to you; but I have ngain and a
gain been compelled to listen to and U
suffer that which would have changed
the disposition and alienated the affec
lions of the most determined partisan
Even row, I do not object to the lead
ing and main principles of my old party
so much as I curse and deprecate the
tone of its acknowledge leaders and su
porters. If there is any reason whic
wilt prevent General ScoU from effect
mg an honorable peace, commanding,
as
as he does, the whole city of the Aztecs,
with his bowerful battcrv. it U the spi
. it of treason which I iinhesitatingly sa
promulged by the leading whig journals
. .
at home. In a sortie upon someladror.
d oi jaiapa, a snort time since, I possess-
ed myself of all the late newspapers
j published in that place; and upon exam
ini
ng them, 1 find that, in that place.
me as in Mexicp,the strongest argu'
-
ments published against our . army are
selections from whig papers in the, Uni
Med States. I send you -a Jate copy of
ihe "Doletin de Noticiat," in which you
will perceive that the first article is an
extract from thfi NafJnix.i ir,Qii;0r,..
. r- . iHinui.
' Your friend, FM W1NCOOP.
You may publish this,'ifvou please.
have conie so disgusted with what I t
ave seen, that I have-no care for the
consequences which this'kind ot truth
may pTodiice.
- " - SUPPOSIN jl. C.XFZV.
Or the Long' and Short of Rancy C6t
rowi Courtship.
Perhaps ther aiot no character m the
world so much to je pitted as a old
Bachelor who wants to it married. It
eeems like ther's-a certain period ii
ch a man s life, when his matrimonial
0me V&ct' heSS
anQ wnRn lRC more nerwants to change
his condition of single to double bleesioS
hessl the more hercant do it to save
im. Besides all Jlie, embarrissin cir
cumstances that has transpired all his
i:rm i JJti -ti-
ue to Keep nis neckjObt otjThe noose, a
5
new one arises in,tfie fact that the galls
al knows he's anxioys; and then the ve.
ry ones thnt has ben seltrn their caps
for all their lives, fans from, him like a
flock of partridges fm sT weasel.' The
more heets at 'em the more they shies
off; and eyerywAijTan of his acquain
tance, from fourteen? to7TwLyVfive ta'
kin it into their heaSsfhat he wants to
marry 'em righUeff, he aint allowed to
come within gun shot of the igfie5of
em.
Them's trying times, and ought to be
a warnin to all young men what,dont
want to mend their stockins while they
live, and be nursed by the charity of
the community in ther last sickness.
Regular every Saturday night Rancy
Cottom used to ride over to ole Mrs.
Wigfall'd and take tea with the family:
and rcglarly doze and set, nnd set, and
setjtill all the family went to bed, lookin
all sorts of love at Becky, but without
ever openin his mouth on tho subject.
Some time he 6ed it was gwine to rain,
or the weather was very warm or cold,
and as he generally told the truth about
it Becky never disputed the point with
him. After settin thar listenin to the
crickets on the fire place till the chick-
ens begun to crow, he would git up, take
his hat and go to the doorjthen he would
turn round and look for a minute, and
then drawin in his breath, he would
DreaK out with, well, good evenin to
you all, Miss Becky!" loud enuffto a
wake the whole family,though he didn'
mean it for nobody but her
This sort courtship didn't amount to
much. He was satisfied that it was
no use to try to capture ihe fortress by
sich approaches, and he would have
gin the word ii he could only plucked
up courage enufftu throw a bombshell
right into the very heart of tho citadel:
bat every time he looked into Becky's
face, he felt a sort of faintyness cum o-
vcr him, and he was ready to give up
the siege indispair. It was a desperate
case, something must be done, and in
the spirit of a forlorn hope, he deter
mined to make an assault at all haz
ards. The next night when he cum he found
Becky and the rest of tho galls cardin
and knittin. Little by littis he worked
his chair pretty close to Becky, termin
ed to make a bold beginning when the
old woman wn.q th-r In Rtonrl bv him:
p.
, but when he found himself within arm s
length of Becky, he was tuck all of a
suddeti with a terrible choakin that he
could'nt even tell her it was a very
warm evening to save his life. t Becky
was cardin away and makin bats of cot
ton for a quiltin they was gwine lo have,
and looked mischievous as she could be.
Bimeby ses Rancy, after clearin his
throat two or three times
. What's them for Miss Becky ?' sc
sa
J he
Them's bats for a quilt, ses she.
Rancy like to fell' off his cheer ; but
una to iew on nis cneer : but
after composin himself a littl .es-heY '
'Then you's Cwine to . make a nuiH '
lis you V". .
To be sure we is, ses Becky.
Then there was a pause, and Rancy
j i
tiwisieu aoout, and Dreat
could hear him all over
breathed so loud vou
the room. Ho .
would give his horse for another q'ues-
ion ,u ax. Jest then old Mrs Wigfall
helped him out by axin him if he
wouldn't cum to the quiltin.
ToJje sure I will,' stO-lc-oWnf:
sideways at Becky, -shc'llft me cut
Oh certainly ; you must cum ees"
Becky.
By this time the sweat begunjo -Jour".
offRancy's face in a stream, njjthe
ycung gall's run tu their room toaugh,
leaven nobody with hinvbut sister jind
the eld woman. xJ
T.hings had come to a standi U a
gain, and Rancy was in anothc7dfe
my,tbimeby a bright idea sfrufciTrm,
arrd j;e took up a bunch of cott'wikat
Becky had just carded.and mussed Uall ;
up-r :'x A '
Thar,' ses he, 'I spilt your btsMSss i
Becky. Now you got'to makevoier '.'
agin. - - i
Why Mr. Cottom, what dfdbu-do
,i, r.,i ..u tf' :
iliai. iui; sea sue
Jest for fun!' says he.
spile thinss.'
' -as FT
'I .feres -Hu
v And then he laughed likee.hadtke
hcighstericksj but with his fejteo'kg
solemn as a tomb stone all the lime
, Becky was so full of laugh sif couldn't
hardly set on her chair; bnt siegarda
the bats over agin, and put 'em. oiVlhe
air and set 'em out of hia-rCach, for
fear heTHUUght spile "tvn agin. Then
she tuckiher needles to finish a piece of
lace what one of the galk had been knit
tin, and old Mrs Wigfall went to her
room, jnst to give 'urn a fair chance to
court.
Rancy had made more headway, ho
thought in a single hour, than he had
made in the last six months; and as he
was a little ever his skeer, hs determin
ed to follow up his advantage. So he
just pulled his chair up a little closer and
looked at Becky a bit, while her fingers
was flying about tha needles so fast that
a body couldn't hardlv tell which hand
they belonged to and ketchin hold of
the ihread a few inches from her hand
held on to it with his fingers while she
was knittin.
Thar ' ses he. Misa Berkr. vo,i
shan't have no more'n so much now.
Only so muchjest up to thar,' ses he,
while she was knitting away her face
- gettin redoer and redder the nearer her
t fingers cum to his.
Most all only a little bit more, ses
he, holding on till his fingers cum agin
her little white hand, when he jumped
like he was lectrified,drapped the thred,
and begun to squirm round in his seat
like a yearth worm on the point of a
is hook.
After gettin over it a little, he tuck
hold again and went through the same
interesting operation ttvo or three times,
icllin Becky he loved to bother pretty
girls they looked so charmin when the
gentlemen bothered them; and how she
shouldn't have another bit after she had
nitted that up, and a whole heap ofsich
nonsence, until Becky put away her
lit tin.
Tharl's.ud he, '-I knowed I'd make
you quit workin, and I know you aro
mad at me for bothciin you so much
aint you?
Oh no, Mr Cottom,' ses she, I'm
not mad in the least.
IVhat was to be done now? Every
minute they fot there saying nothin, he
was growm more and more faint harled.
No lime. was to be lost, and after screw
ing his courage up to the very highest
notch again and clearin his throat two
or three times, ses he, in a low husky
voice.
Miss Becky !'
. 'What?' ses she.
: -Spose now, a young man was to fall
desperately in love with you?