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FROMJTHE ARMY. INTFRESTING INCIDENTS OF THE ' BATTLE FIELDS. On (he morning of :he 21s, whilst Gen. Worth was recouuoitei ing, near a rhi!e in ad vance of his 1 1 oops, the Mexicans er.deavcred 10 cat him off". tie heard iheir musketry fired at him to his left and rear. Wheeling hi.s horse, he aud his stuff put spurs, and passed safely by the Mexicans, who weiq so eager to do rr.uch, thai they permitted him lo es cape. When Capt. C. F. Smith was ordered to florin the first height Major Chevalier, of the 1 i'X,m flaugeis, akcd pet mission from Gen. WcMh to act omp:iny the 'storming parly. "No, sir," said Gen. Wuiih, "I wi.-lh Cap tain So ith especially to command that expe dition' "Theie hnl! ho m. difficulty about that," replied the gallant Major. g -rerCapt. Smith." "Very well," said Gen. Worth, "you can -sir- ' A shell from Lieut. Ko land's howitzer havit:g penetrated ihe roof of the Bishop's pal ace, lanhd itself in the body of a Mexican, and there exploded, (eating the poor fellow to rn"-. An Ameiicr.ii soldier, gazing on the scene; said to his ( flicer, " Lieutenant, that roan is k i i led very dead. I never saw a man hilled so dead before, in my life." On die evening of she 23d, when Gen. Wnh hid given directions fur hi.-, troop-, to retire a few .squares nod get a od night' ret, a young butgallaut officer, 2d Lieut. Jo- conduct in the highest terms of approbation and eulogy. Amongst the volunteers none have shown more conspicuously lhau the ,1st Uegiment of Texas mounted Riflemen, com manded by that Chevalier Bayard, Col. J. C. Hay.-, better known, Jack Hay. Ibis r .u r t,.nl lo the private, has corps, from the Gulouti i s r r .. farmer renutatiou. In the tuny sustaiueu a J ,lfTs.:r in which Gen. Worths was engaged Col. Hay division Oil me Itiuiumg vn uic lai, with several companies of his i1 . lions, ll artillery, Meppeu up io mm uu said io an energetic tone, "Gene al I cou- i tj r -r that the very irott order you ever gave .sir. U e know iy the snouts ol sir, I iu your our men that they- are doing ivell. We know, the m;i!l number ot wounded uiougnt rk Jh it rhnv are not much exposed. And, ir, the moral c fleet will be bad on our men, and rise " ex ica ih will look upon it as a re Kent and take courage." The General honed his h el and despatched nuo'her aid to Gen. Smith with iuMruciions to retire or uot at hi discretion. Accordingly thov did not ret f. lapt luussoii, ot Jjouiuiua, was in posi- weie whizzing some. Cavalry had been dis- lion whee tho balls f.lanv of the Mexican tnriuntf d, and Capt. M. seeing one unhorsed, and muking tracks with race horse speed, he called to him to stop, saying, "I can shoot you down, but I will give you a chance." Tho reheating Mexican was a sen-' ible man sud wuold not .-top. Cap!. Al. then put spins to his :eed, an 1 soon corning up with the Mexican (who was armed with a long, ravage looking .sabre) liied to gel him ou his weap on side, but in vain. The Mexican .struck tho magnanimous Captain a blow wi;h his sabro on the left shoulder, and at the moment the Captain was about reciprocating the fa vor, by a dexterous use of hi.s sword, a soldier let fly his musket, and the poor Mexican was made to bite the dust and expire. Gen. Worth and the Texans. At the 'lose of the seige and capitulation of the city, n'lex'tn officer proposed that the Texaus o,ive Gen. Worth three cheers, and that they wail on him in person aud gave him a sol diei's shake of the hand. I ho proposition was received with enthusiasm, aud the cheers were -riven in a way that made the welkin ring. From the Wilir;i!igtjn Ci-mnicrciid. FROM GEN. WOOL. We have been favored with the perns d of a ktter from Col. Gaston Meaies, our towns man, now in Gen Wool's Division of the Army, to his friei.ds here, which contains in formation. The Letter is dated, "Camp on ilio Trio' Texas inidwey from San Antonio to liio Grande, Oct. 2 1946." We extract as follows : "An express being about lo leave from Camp for San Antonio, I am happy to fiud so favorablo an opportunity to write you, as d.iubtle-s, you feel anxious to hear fmm me an oilen as circumstances will admit. "In accordance with General orders, we struck our tents near San Antonio, on ih 26th .:;ep;em!er, and took up tho lino of mutch for th; Prieedio on tho Rid Grande, whence we are tie-lined, as I- befoio informed you, for Chih'iahu.i. 'i he army has had, so fur, nn nninlert upt cd and pleasant march through a high prairie region of country, sufficiently watered with liue streams for our encampments. There i'celv wh:it mmht be called n hahitation Riflemen, were thrown tor ward lo muuincj - - . nncn ihe ball, which he did most beautifully, 'encountering and shooting in the p'eseuceof the General, ihe Colonel of dragoons who commanded the enemy's forces. In scaling heights, storming butteries, aud clambering over walls and house lops, the voice of 'the gallant Colonel and the reports of the uner ring rifle of the ranger, were evxr heard in the van. The courage and constancy, and subordination of this corps, is the iheme of admiration in the army. But my object is natrative and not eulogy. It is not necessary for mo t go into detail in relation to the terms accorded to Ihe Mexican Army in the apflulation If any one not ac quainted with Ihe fads of the case fhoufd ob ject that our commanding General has grant ed lerms loo favorable to Ihe reining Army, let it be remembered lhat our invincible little army had lredy suffered severely in bareing the bosoms of our best citizens, and bravest I officers, aud soldiers, to the batteries of an unseen foe ; that the city was still immensely strong, in its defences: that the Mexican Army was double that of our own ; this army was in possession of tho strongest part of the city, each house of which is a foitress within itself; that each lemainiug street was barri caded a ud most of them defended by cannon; and that when driven from the city the Mex ican Army possessed a fort ess called the Citadel, of immense capacity and great strength, lo which the whlo army could have retired-. To have taken this work without a -siege train," as we were, by assault, would have co.st us very dearly. Iudependeut of these considerations, our provisu.-os were growing sluui, ctid our ammunition was quite limited. We we.e far removed from our supplies and leinfotcements, while the enemy might have been reinforced al any moment. This is, in my judgment,- the fast battle which -will be fought hi the Mexican, war. Gu. Ampudia, in urging a pacific course on Gen. T al.r, stated icpeatedly that he knew thai Gen. Santa Anna was disposed to peace; that he was well assured that the course adopt ed would lead lo peace between the I wo coun tries ; that his object was to save the effusion of blood aud the honor of his Government. But if the war is to be prosecuted, we are in possession of one of the strongest, most heal thy and beautiful places in Mexico ; from which, when our reinforcements and supplies arrive, our aimy cannot bo expelled by any force which Mexico will bo able to send against it. Wro have taken arms and am munition with which we can act offensively or defensively, according to tho course of events and the policy af the Government. It il be the policy of our Government to extend our booudacy beyond the Ilio Grande, then the hue ot the Kinconadn, agreed upon as lhat beyond which the Mexican troops are lo retire, is :he most eligible which can be nidi cated bv the ieoirrjhieul leatures of the country." one retjimeut of Tennessee troops dod the Mississippi regiment suffered a very severe loss, having upwards of one hundred and seventy killed and wounded. Such a thing as a Riffle regiment (without bayonets) storm iu'aud taking these forts I do not suppose is recorded in the anuals of history. I will no! say tori much in our praise, but will leave it for others to do, who, I am couviuced, will do us full justice. Thank God lhat I have escaped unhurt. And I pray to God that it may never he my fate to witness auother such a scene. Monterey -is a beautiful place, situated in one of the most romantic places iu the world, with A climate unsurpassed. Tropical fruits of H kinds abound here in great abundance, and I have a delightful lime cve-yd.iy eating oranges, figs b innauuas, grapes, citrons, pears, peaches, atfd a variety of other delightful fruits. But as I have said before that I was incapable of doing justice to this place with my pen, I. will riot attempt further description. Geu. WcMh has disting uished himself. Our regiment has been order ed to strike lent aud march to a grove about three miles from town, aud I am" compelled to quit v. riling to make preparations to inarch. IL M. M. the Ohio, Kentucky aud Tennessee troops which were running' ou the plain for another attack on the cilr. I cannot realize that my loss is so small, so completely were my racks raked by the shot. Above, below, alongside, between legs and arms everywhere Ihe balls whistled and howl ed. T he air seemed cut to pieces by the quantity that the artillery hurled at us ; aud it would be childish to tell you how close they came to me, aud what, aud how many escapes I had. Others will hereafter tell you of the first day's fight at Monlerev ; and 1 now tell you thai I was in the fight aud exposed to shot tor uine nours. is ?c; !r itia ran Antonio to the Uir Cmiulo ,iih ihe exception of a miserable Dutch village, near iho former. We find tha country a boomiing in game and always have good venis.jti and li.-hj sumi after our arrival iu -a !?;;, that' far wo have fared reuiurka . vi-d f;S oliiiers. 'We !:!i"v nothing definitely- of our pros- pecrs !' r gt ?irrg a tight, &c. as every thing is i .i pi iVf r eon fusion, so far as reports are enn corned ; -o that I will not even venture to i:i,tke any surmises itlntnc to our future course. 'Although my time is very much engaged fiom thf? duties devolving upon me as Adju tant uf the Regiment, jet 1 find some pleas ant associations from the numerous acquain tances 1 met in the army. Col. Harney has a tine Band- connected with his Regiment, ano vc i-.'o regnU-d'-with fine music from il, almost eery evnuiu". "A un- lady 'truing tho peculiarities of camu I must .,.... meuH.H.tng the fact, that Major H ler, the 1 ayinaMer ;f the Army, has his I along, who is snfT(.it...o.. r . : ... s"-"r oi ii Heroine iu at- company htm u, the expedition. They trav el very comfortably, the n.ads being excel lent, in a close carriage. W0 shat .ho From the Petersburg Republican. A LETTKR FROM THE ARMY. The following letter, written by a member of ihe Vicksburg (Miss.) Volunteers, now at Monterey, to his sister in this town, was received here yesterday. It will be perceiv ed that the writer was" attached to the gallant Mississippi Regiment which did so much execution iu the attack on Monterey, ft is due t him to say that he did uot write the letter with any expectation that il would ever be read by the public, and that, in the huny and bustle of ' striking tents," the only sub stitute he could find for a wilting desk was the top of his hat. Monterey, Mexico, Sept. 30rh, 1S46. My dear Sister, After a long, bloody mid hard fought ba tle of three days the glorious star-spangled banner waves over the town of Monterey. On the 21st the battle com menced and on the 24th the Mexican flag was hauled down aud ihe American staudard planted iu its place. I am incompetent to describe to you tho scenes that occurred on those days. On the morning of the 21st tho Mississippi Regiment were ordered under arms, (Rifle men,) and proceeded to the scene ol action, (the battle having already beeu commenced by the Artillery,) and had not beeu on the ground l wo minutes before the whole regiment were euaed in the hottest of the fight in attempting to storm a fort, which we did iu less thau tweuty miuutcs, taking with the fort several pieces of artillery aud prisoners, but we did unt stop at-this, for scarcely had the first furl been taken wheua geueral rush was made for the second, which met wilh tho fate of the first. All this time the regiment vas undergoing a galling fire-from the third foil, which raked us fore and all wilh both cannon and small arms, but notwithstanding Iho havoc that was made in our ranks the third fot would have been taken had not ihe M-ississip-pians beeu O'dored to retreat by the Commander-in-chief. On Tuesday we rested on our arms, and the fight was continued by the tiJIery, which did great execuiiou in the We copy fiom the Baltimore American the following very interesting letter from a Balii moreau commanding one of the companies of Baltimore volunteers iu the batlle of Mon terey : Monterey, Sept. 27, 1S46,, - When within a hundred yards of the tren ches I lookod back to nee who was following, beiug anxious to know the men. Judge of my astonishment when I beheld the four companies of regulars marching by a flank lo ihe right. I saw Col. Watson shouting, but as to hearing a command, lhat was an impossibility, owing to the deafening mar of Ihe cannon and musketry. I saw the head of our line i h inging its direction, and I knew at once that the point of attack was changed, and ran at the head of my company to intei- cepl the head of ihe column. I reached just as Col. Watson was dismounting from his hore, whicii the next moment fell from a shot. The colonel cried out to the men, " Shelter yourselve, men, the best way you can " At this lime the battalion was scattered over a space of about au acre, and the men wer ly ing down, the shot in most instances flying over our heads; but the guns were snm de p'essed, and the shot began to lake effect. I was lying close t Colonel Watson, along side of u hedg', when he jumped up and cried out now's the time, boys, follow me." I was up and after him in a second, my men followi'i" me. We were now in a rt eet or lane with a few houses on either side, und witnin a bund'ed yards of throe batteries which completely raked it; iu addition to which two twelve pound guns were planted in iho castle on the right, and completely enfiladed the whole distance we had to make. Add to this the thousaud musketeers ou Ihe house-tops aud in the bariicades A ihe head of the street up which w e advanced, aud at every cross siiect, and you may form some idea of the delude of bulls oourcd upon u- (Rear in mind lhat the four companies of regulars were now wilh us, the one inter mingled with the othe'.) Onward we went, meu and horses falling at every step. Cheers, shrieks, groans and words of command added to the diu, whilst the roar of the guns was absolutely deafening. We had advanced up the street under this awful aud fatal fire neaily two hundred yards, From the Philadelphia North American. IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. Departure t,f San I a Anna for ihe seat of tear. The barque Elizabeth J., Captain John S. Remington, arrived here yesterday.from Ha vana, whence she sailed on the 10th inst. Captain R. communicates to the Philadelphia Exchange that the British mail steamer, bring ing advices from ihe city of Mexico lo Sep tember .30, and Vera Cruz to the 1st inst, arrived at Havana - on 7th, wilh news of the utmost importance Santa Anna had taken up his Hue of March from the city of Mexico, 2Sth September, for the theatre of war, at the head of 4,000 troops. A decree had been re cently issued at (he city of Mexico, reducing the duties on all articles of import 50 per cent. The laws prohibiting the importation of cer tain des- ripiions of merchandize, have been suspended. Geu. Pa redes, late President of 'Mexico, came passenger in the British seamer, and was to have embarked soon after for Europe, to recruit his health, which had been impaired by the cares and responsibilities incident to his late fetation. of General Ampudia, the city was declared under ma-tial law; but although we are thus deprived of perfect liberty temporarily, we are thankful that we shall soon be recompensed for the deprivation by a great tiiumph over the euemy. General Taylor is at Cerralvo, detained by a, scanty supply of mules but, determined to march up ou us with his pre sent force of about three thousand meu, shiuk ing the city is not guarded. We shall give him a glorious reception indeed, and -when the news of his fool-hardiness returns lo his countrymen, they will know that the glory of the Mexican flag is utt'io be - sullied without a struggle. - Our troops are at work, davand night, barricading the houses, mounting can non, and doing everything to render the city impregnable. A soldier "was shot by order of General Ampudia, c harged with treason, and a proclamation of death to any engaged in traffic with the Americans has been issued by our brave General Ampudia." These 'extracts it will be seen, are not in the usual vein of Mexican bluster, but seem to indicate that the nation U coming to its son and ses: may we n.t hope that there was some foundation for the assurances which the Mexican officers gave at Monterey, thai Mexico was willing to negotiate peace. Neuces to-morrow the most important stream between this and the Kio Grande, and as we will make a Dppot for provisions aoa proba. bly some fortifications there, we vvuTmohnhlw remain some week- or ten days at Pricedo.'' art IMPORTANT EXTRACT from a letter of Col. Balie Pejtoti, in relation to the battle t Monterey. Col. Peyton was in General Worth's division : "The volunteers from the differentiates behaved iu tho most handsome manuer. They have won for the citizen soldier the ad miration and applause of the officers and sol diers of the regular Army, who speak of their Mexican ranks. On i ednesdav, we were again ordered to the charge, and the third fori met a similar fate of the others. From this fort, wo rushed in the town, where we stayed all day shooting and dodging, every man going on his own book, as it was impossible for an officer to assume any commaud over us. The Mexicans occupied the tops of the houses, and we the streets aud the lower pari I of all the houses that we could gel into. Oar Colonel, Jef. Davis, has i m mortal I ized him self. He is one cf the bfavt st meu I ever .k Vas hewas 81 al1 tifnes i" the hottest of the right. Our gaiiant Lieut.Col. A. K. Mc Clung wasshr.,, and ,. am afraiJ nlorta,,y wounded G. B,le, was shot fc h ,he high but not imich hurt. (iet,. Qui,ma", bad . , rr. . unuer turn, but escaned Our- brigade, consisting- of unhurt hirmelf. when we reached a cross street at the corner of which all who had succeeded in getting this far alive halted, as if by mutual consent. I was shaking Col Watson by iho hand, whilst he was complimenting me, when a shower of iiraue, round and canister shot, came from ihe coiner above andjire officers fell, audi do not know how many privates. Each man sought some place of apparent shelter. 1 sat down ou the giound with my back lo ihe wall of a house. On my left. w ere two men lorn nearly to pieces. One of them was lying flat onmis track with bis legs extend ing faither in the street than mine. Crash came auother shower of grape which tore one of his wounded legs nearly off: He reared up and shrieked, and' fell' back" a corpse. I never moved, for 1 was satisfied one place was as safe as another. Directly opposite t me was my Brevet 2d Lieut. Aisquith ;- on the right hand corner was Lieut. Bdwie,- also of my compauy ; and close to me sat Colonel Watson and Adjutant Schaefer. In a few minutes I saw oui color sergeant, old Hart, come past with his light arm shattered, (it has since beeu amputated,) aud iu a few min utes there came our glorious star' and stripes; and note this, that il was the first American flag in the city of Monterey an honor which we know belongs to our battaliou. When I saw the flag, uotwithvtanding the novelty of the sceue around me, a thrill tf pleasure shot through me and I felt as if I could die, for I had made up my mind to die, and no uiau there ever thought for a moment that he would get out alive, and most of them dii not. . Ihe firing still continued without the slightest intermission whilst we remained at this memorable corner, which was perhaps tor fifteen minutes. When we were ordered to charge up the street-a slight hesitation was manifested by both regulars and volunteers, but the officers sprang to the front in double file, I being along side of Col. atson. We had been hi the ditch for about a quarter of a u hop r when Capt. Rridgley's battery came up also lor sDeuer , out nist appearance wa we signal ior mo casue lo open upon us, which killed one of his horses the very first shot, and woufided one tf my men." We were" now ordered lo support Captain Brass's battery which hud taken a position to cut off Ihe' lancers who had sallied out to i titer cept what they thought was our retreat. We killed hve or six of them,- and the lest fled back-to thf city We" were again ordered to the foi fib be ready for another attack on the city.- Again the castle opened on us aud every shot told,1 and I uever was so glad in my life as when I got into the old drtch. But it was a short lived gratification, for a regiment of Mexican infdutry were firing:ou Captain W ebster's battery, and iheir balls raked the whole foit, ditch and-aH. - Wo were then ordered to join EXTRACTS from MEXICAN PAPERS. The following is an inte esliug extract of a newspaper printed iu ihe city of Mexico, dated 13th of Sept.: ' Iu the midst of ihe joy which we expeii- enre in thinking on the smiling future of the republic, so lar as respects its libeities aud its internal administration, it tho men who are now at the head of affairs, inspired by patriot ism and good faith, continue to pursue the path of law and justice, our imagination pre sents to us the sad picture now exhibited by our uorthem frontiers. The bitter reflec tions to which it gives tise, check our re- toiciiiiis, a nt I cause us to shudder at the lata! consequences which may result to us from the state of abandonment iu which ihey are left. Invaded on all sides, what is the force which we present iu opposition 2 It may be truly said, lhat of inertia ouly : for when New Mexico, Chihuahua, ihe California.-, Tamaul ipas, and ihe coasts of the Gulf are threaten ed, the succors which have been sent to Tam aulipas are nothing, compared with the mag nitude of the invasion. The enemy attacks us mi all sides, while we are able lo oppose resistance on one only. What will bo rhe probable results of this immense dispaiily? What ! musj we lose the Caiifortiias, New Mexico, Chihuahua ? The recent occur rences in New il o.n !?, arlltrd mo h leabii to ponder ou ihe probability of these losses. Ths aciivity of the American nation is unex ampled.1 Their numerous population, unwil ling to remain idle ill ihe cities, engage iu per ilous enterprises", with the hope of acquir ing property by the cessron which the govern ment of the Union makes Id them of lands in Ihe newly acquired territory. To the enter piisiug spirit of these ad venturers we could oppose nothing more Irrart ihe resis tance of the inhabitants of those fro filler i?tate. which are invaded, who, actuated by patriotic motives, or by lh just desire of preserving Iheir property aud their leligioti, would make au obstinate resistance. But how cau even this hope remain lo us when the whole repub lic is Mipiue? On the other hand, the ne glect w ith which our government has in gen eral treated the fontier Slates, is au addition al reason why their inhabitants .should bo dis couraged, at a time when perhaps they alone las l . i i wotiio oe ame to save inemseives, ana save the republic from greater disasters; for il i not lo be disguised lhat the result ol ihe war of ihe north is about to be the sentence ol life or death to the republic. The monarchists are uot slumbering ; they are still awaiting a favorable opportunity, aud they expect to fiud H in the notlheru question. There are infamous Mexicans who desire the enslavement of their country, and who would sc he it vvitn pleasure the Kuiopean intervention." Another Journal, the Insargente, of the lOtfir of September says : By an express,-which reached this capital on Sunday4 hrsl, wo lea nr officially that Santa re. in INew Mexico,- has been taken by a division of three thousand rten Porn the United States, who, after taking- posses ion of New Mexico, are preparing- tr ilivade the frontiers of Chihuahua. .- The enemy i advancing' on ail sides with a frightful releiily, and, it may almost be said,- without meet i tig any opposition ;'- and we be hold him penetrate the heart f the republic with an insensibility and apathy which are horrible, which freeze the heart, and indicate' a future at which the soul shudders. Never can we ufficieoily curse the selfish and parricidal calculation which iuduced cer tain administrations to regard the Texas war as an object of gain, depriving it of lis prest ige, tendering it odious to the people, who never saw appropriated to it the numerous contributions which it was made a pretext for exacting from them, stifling the national spir it, aud disarming the departments, in order that they might fall an easy prey to the adven turers of ihe noith." A letter fiom Monterey, datd 23d Septem ber, one day before the iege, written by a Mexican, says : 'To day, if the attack we every moment expect from the Yankees is realized, there is not a doubt but that the cause of the people will triumph. Our army has just received a most opportune reinforce'meut ot ne inousand men, with sixteen pieces of capnon ot the very best quality, so that our whole available force is thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifty regular troops, besides the assistance we may reasonably expect from i l ; . .. . . .i z l me inuaoHaurj. l.nmeuiaieiy ou mcnuirai TREMFNDOUS HURRICANE At Key West, Fa. A tremendous hunicane occurred at Key VTest, a small island iu the Florida reef, on the 11 Ih of October. Upwaids of fifty ves sels aud many lives lost." Among the vessels weie Lr. S. brig Perry, crew saved. (She had on board Cmiini". Sluat from the Pacific, squadron,) aud U. S Revenue Cutter Moiri. Key West aud Sand Key light houses were both washed away. Out of 600 houses at the town of Key We.t, ouly 6 lemaiu uninjured ; the balance are either unroofed or blown dow n. The tide was five feet higher than high water maik, and ran through the middle of the town at the rate of 4 miles an hour. The citizen fled to the back part of the town, which is rather higher than the rest, into the bushes, laid dowu and held mi, expecting every moment the waves would reach 'hem. Parents wt-ro sepntated from their children, husbands from their wives, and U was con fusion, (error aud dismay. The islaud ticmh led to its very ceulie ; a few hoots more snid a while sand bench would have eiv red tbi Ihe now desolated remains nfKi-y We.-t The :ccupants of ihe Marine Hopit.d were expect ing every momei't lo go info t ter n.lv. I; a large Mnuo building, and bein surrounded wilh 5 feet of water, running by six miles an hour, cutting ihe sand out from the foundation, ihe situation was awful. Thirty feet uf he stone washed away fiom one comer, fifteen from ihe other, and the roof blown ft. All of the wharves are washed away or injured: nut one Wiirt'hoo.-e. eciped the ixy of ihe EXCELLENT! EXC EI$LENT!! Wo have frequently within the last six months, bad occasion to speak of that de spicable spirit which seems sometimes to ac tuate some of tho federal, alias wh4g presse in discussing the course of the President and Congress in relation to bregon, Texas, and ihe Mexican War. The National Intelli gencer, the leader, generally, in this unpa triotic course, wa once a democratic paper, aud uttered as much disgust at the course of tho " federal papers " of those days as every patriot must of the present day must feel at iheii couise now. The Washington Union, iu bhowiug up ihe toryism of the luteligencer of the present day, quotes an extract from tne same Intelligencer of 1S12, edited by tho same meu who now edit it ; and how well did they describe the present course of the aelf-siy led whig papers. The Union says : r " Let us see, now, what judgment iho In telligencer of 1S12. passed, by anticipation, upon the Intelligencer of IS46. We quote from the number of thai journal issued on the 18th of August, 1S12 : 44 It is impossible to read ihe federal a pers at ihe present ciisis wo mean ihe most of ihem, aud particularly some iu New Eng land without astonishment at ihe falsehood, the malice, and the f.dly which th-ii polluted columns are daily disgorging. If the decla ration of war did not produce a unison of opinion in "II ihe States, it wa-, at least, to be expected that some decency and some bounds wovdd have been obseived in a candid and constitutional opposition to if. But when n poitiou of urn t.vvu citizens are seen openly to enlist an active and n wicked zeal in the cause of the public enemy, not merely t-hield-ing it of its enor miiics, but making il out lo be the best, aud nt the .-ame lime loading iho lawful authorities of ihe nation with libels and iibuse, iu a spirit still more vengeful, acrid, und Iu boleut, il ii calculated lo ex i:e iu the bosoms of the sound aud patriotic millions cf ihe country, who are doomed lo witness such I aseness, sensations of the strongest and iiiu'l unqualified horror, mixed wiili the deep est loathing of 'disgul ! ' "These "e the pure," the select, ihe self-made, blualed patiiots, who can bawl out from the highway- and the house-fop," pto- to be 'i- r-torm ; wood and stone ei-med "II ing one way to desli uctloii. there is not more than six out of six hundred bouses, that are not unroofed or blown dowu. Three hundred are estimated to have been blown down. The public buildings at ihe fort, ns well as the wharf, are all gone, and the foit is a mass ofruitis. Il i estimated :hat the covert -ment alone will lose about $200,000. The Custom house is much injured, but the United States Barracks al ihe East end ofth town Mistained no inj.;ry, and are occupied by Ihe ciew of tho brig Perry and revenue cutter Morris, and by the collector of the customs and thbse whoe houses have been blown down. The ftrcets and roads ate impassi ble, being-filled op with lumber aud ihe ruin of fallen houses'- Sortie large sticks of lumber from the foit are tip ih ihe middle of ihe low u. This same storift visited Ha Vannaand de stroyed upwards of fTfiy vessels! M'any houses were destroyed and lrVes lost. This year has been remarkable for riie destruction of life and properly by storms! 'tyaiiuy: Mvranuy" proscription ! s. liplion !' fettred tongues, fetieied pres-e.!' While their own laugunge and their own acts are ma ked by an audacity iu false asseition, piling up in black, lupeudou heap, plunder upon rlaudcr, one basu invention upon an other base perversion ; here a misrepresenta tion and there a In- ; oik; day a f.d-e rtrni..i, the next . a frtlse charge; always mixing the deadliest gall w ith Ihe foule-t defamation.' I hose are lhec.ienvvh tx.ee ever thing rihf iu the conduct of iho euemy, and everytliing" not simply wioiig, imt atrot-iously wicked, in tie mea-mes of tli ir own count'v. These aie Ihe men, who iu iheir most deliberate re solves, brand w ilh ihe epithets of madmen and foids, all those who leir iouilely holtl the jiovv eis of the nation, aud ho, under the in.u-f awful responsibilities, nnd at the hazard of all the dearest Makes, have legitimately exercised ihem. These aie Ihe meu who from sancti fit d lips cant about lights; who invoke the law and the conMi'utioli ; who have at last fixed it in their own belief that ihey are nil Geu. Washington's own sons," &c. Sic. Lei any man read some of the Inderal whig papers of the present day, aud see how exactly Ihis language of the democrat ic Inb -lligencer of 1S12 describes ihem. Remains of Commodore Decatcr. The melancholy office was performed, ihis fore noou, of removing the remains of the gali int and accomplished Decatur from the vault at Kidorama, where Ihey had reposed for more lhau twenty years. He fell on the 22d Match, 1829. Kalorama is a beautiful coui - t y seat within a mile of this city, and was some time the residence of the celebrated Joel Barlow. Being recen'ly disposed of by Col. Bomford to Mr. Fletcher, from the tioith, it was thought proper, with the consent of Mrs. . Decatur, (the commodore's-; widow, who now resides iu Georgetown.) to transfer ihe ashes of Decatur to Philadelphia, whe'e his father had lived. They are to be depos ited in the church-yard of Si. Paul's, and a niuuuiiiBiii is io uo erecieu over.tnem. Ma jor 1 wig, ou the part ol a committee of Philadelphia,-came on io sunei intend the re moval of the remains. Care was taken to avoid all publicity, and uot even to notice the peifotmance of the ceremony iu the public papers. Few attended, erf' course, with ihe exception of ihe Secretary of the Navy and the heads ol the bureaus of that department. The lid of the inner coffin was opened, and every lineament of the fine fare was gone. Nothing remained'. bat the skeleton, and a few fragments of the dress. The coffin was conveyed lo the railroad, on which it was this evening couveyed to Baltimoie. Preparation were making to received the remains with some distinction iu the Monumental city. lVasltion Unidh. Commodore Decatur. General Cad walader, of Philadelphia, has ordered the vol unteers of his division lo parade on Thurs day, 29ih instant, to receive and escort the remains of ihe late Commodore Stephen De catur, on ineir arrival in that city. A sub scription paper has been left at tho PhiUHI phi a Exchange for the purpose of raising funds to erect a monument over the departed hero. This precession will hCa nrand and 1 1 mpos i n g-affa i r. Mapdek. Why is it that such a vast n mount of money is annually pair) by this; tiV foieign countries for this article, when wo have a soil and climate so admirably adapted for its pioducti Hi ? There is no good icasrin why we should import madder, any mo e than that we chenld impoit v heat, pork, or cheese. It is one of the mo-t iure aud profitable ciops to which Ihe American farmer can turn his at tention. It is not subject to be destroyed by rost, drouth, insects, or farm stock. Tho demand for il is increasing iu ihe same ratio with our mauufactui es. James Eaton, of VViudfiehl, Herkimer county his cultivated madder for IS years. He has rn'idticr' of thre year's growth j lanted at lh iate of 1,500 hills to ihe acre, that will yield, if dug" present fall, over 3 Id, to iho hill; bis he w ill not dig .till a year fiom this fall, when-it wifF vielo 4 lbs. or over .to the hill. He has oiher madder whi h at 4' years growth, will yiId G-t cwt. io the acre, mer chantable madder. Il tifay fi'o weU to give notice to the leaders of the Cultivator, that he will be able to meet o ders for seed the present fall. It will be sold, boxed aud de livered at Utica, at $2. 50 por bushel. It requires G bushels to plant an acre. Plant ou rich, mellow, diy land. An aero of mad der, prrpetly cultivated, nd of four years growth, at $16 per cwt., the price he has ubtai'ied for his will amount to over $900. John Fisk, Esq. was on Monday lat chosen town clerk of M iddletown, Connecti cut, this being the fiftieth year ho has been elected to lhat office. He has also entered upon the twenty-fou'th year as towu treasurer. The conductor of the Farmers' Journal, t Salisbury, owirijffo loug-continued ill-health, would be glad to have a partner in the man agement of the paper.' The Establishment, with a little exertion, might be made oue of profit toari indu'stiious practical printer. To a person, who 'ray br ing good references, tho terms will be made accommodating. An Albany boy, 14 of years age, has in two years pat cut with a common jaek knife, a representation of Noah's Ark aud 150 of its inhabitants, man, beast, fowl and reptile done in wood. True Sun. -The M iddletown paper contains the marriage of Master David Turner, of Paler mo, aged seventeen, to Miss Almira Brown Liberty, aged fourteen, after a courtship oi five years.
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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