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.THE TWO BIRDS,
a" auras, iotii,
A bright bird liv'dta a (olden cage,
So gently tended by groom and page,
And a wild bird came her pomp to aee.
And aaid, "I wiah I could live wfth theei
T For thou canKt aing
And prune thy wing
While daily fare,
; Thy alavea prepare."
The wild bird came her pomp to ee.
And aaid, M I wiah I could lire like thee !"
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' Then from the cage came a plaintive vatea,
Which bade the wild bird to rejoice,
- For I'd give my golden cage," aaid aha,
For thy bumble perch on the wild woud tree,
f . " .1 .
Tot thou eanat aing
On Freedom'a wing
Theaebanlof gold
A alive enfold ;
"" I'd give my golden cage," aaid ahe.
For thy humble perch on the wild wood trea."
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, - Then, when the bird of the wild wood knew
' The bright one weary of bondage grew,
, He art the plaintive captive free,)
;s And away they flew, ringing, " Liberty V
In joy tbey roam
Their leafy home
And thrill the lay
The live-long day
'.The lay of love, from h carta art free.
For love we bleat with Liberty.
jThe;Dcatb of Duroc.
ar T. J. HEAPLY.
Napoleon's greatest misforturre, that w hicb
trounded him deepett, was the death -cf hw k'wnd
lDurocJ At he made last' effort to break the
, encmjr'a ranlca, and rode again to the advanced
posts to direct the morementS'Of hn army; one df
his escort was struck dead by his side. Turning
to Duroc, he said, Duroc fate is determined no
, hare one of us to-day." Soon after, as he was
, riding whh his suite in' a rapid trot along the road
a cannon ball smote a tree beside him, and glan
, cing struck Gen. Kirgener dead and tore out the
.entrails of Duroc. Napoleon was abeadt the
time, and his suite four abreast behind him. The
. cloud of dust their rapid movements raised around
, them, prevented him from knowing at first who
-was struck But when it was told him that Kir
gener was killed and Duroc "wounded, he dis
mounted and gazed long and sternly on the battery
, from whence the shot bad been rired ; (hen turn
ed towards the cottage into which the wounded
rmarshal had been carried. . xj
Duroc was grand marshal of the palace and a
bosort friend of the emperor. Of aiteble and
generous character, of unshaken integrity and
I patriotism, and firm as steel in the hour of danger,
be was beloved by all who knew him. There
,waS a' gentleness about him and purity of feeling
the life of camp could never destroy. Napoleon
loved him for through oil the changes of his
tumultuous life he had ever fuunfl 'Uk affection
and truth the' same and it was with an anxious
heart Md sad countenace he entered the lowly
aoltage, wjiere he lay. His eyes were.filled with
.tears asVhe asked if there' was hope. When told
- that there was none, he advanced tenrhe 'bedside
without saying a word. The' djwrg marshal
seized him by the hand and said, -Aly whole
life has been consecrated to your service, anJ now
, my only regret is, that I can no (ortper be useful
.to you." Duroc i f"; replied Napeleon with a
voice choked with grief, there it anotfier)ife
there you will await me, and we thall meet a
gaiti" Yes, sire," replied the fainting sufler
ct, "but thirty years shall pass away, when you
will have triumphed over your enemies, and rea
lized all the hopes of our country. 1 have endear.
, ored to be an honest man ; I have nothing with
a r n 'ijt""jaf . ...
.which to reproach myseii, tie men aaaeu withl
a falieTing voice, " have a daughter your ma
'jetty will be a father fJher." ' Napoleon grasped
' his right hand, and sitting down by the bedside,
.and leaping his bead on his left hand, remained
.with closed eye a quarter of an hour in profound
,silence. Duroc first tpoke. Seeing how deeply '
fBonaparte wos mq.ved, be exclaimed Ml tire,
.leave me thitf tpectaele pains you.' -The stric
.jken Emperor rose I and leaning on the arms of
his equery and Marshal Soult, left the apartment
, saying in heart breaking tones, as he went, -Farewell,
then my friend !" 1
The hot pursuit he had directed a. moment be
fore, was forgotten victory, trophies, prisoners'
and "'I. snnk into utter worthlessness, and as at
tho battle of Aspern, when Lannes was brought
to him mortally wounded, he forgoj even his ar
my, and the great interests at stake. He ordered
his tent to be pitched near the cottage in which
M .; vhis friend wa dying, and entering it, pissed the
night all alone rm ioconsolable grief. The Im
perial Guard formetf their protecting aquaresi a
uual, arpund hiin, and the fierce tumult of battle
gave wa; to one. oi' the mot t9Uchingiscctij3.in
history, j Twilight was deepening over the field,
Mtl the heary tread df the ranks going lo tliuir
bivouacs, the low nynbling of artillery -wagons
in the distance, and all the subdued yet confused
sounds of a mighty host about sinking to repose,
rose on the evening air, -imparting still greater
solemnity to the hour. Napoleon, with his grey
preat-coat wrapped about him, his e&ows on his
knees, and his forehead Testing on his "hands, tai
apart from all, buried in the profoundest melan
choly. His most intimate friends dared not ap
proach him, and his favorite officers stood in
groups at distance, gazing anxiously and sadly
on that silent tent, uut iir.mense consequences
were hanging on the movements of the next
morning a powerful enemy was near, with then
array yet unbroken and they at length ventur
ed to approach and ask for orders. But the brok
en hearted chieftain only shook his head, exclaim
ing, " everything to morrow !" and still kept his
mournful altitude. Oh, how overwhelming was
the grief that could so master that stern heart !
The magnificent spectacle of the day that "had
passed, the glorious victory lie "had won were re
membered no more, and he saw only bis dying
friend before him. No sobs escaped him, but
silent -end motionless he sat, bis pallid face buried
in bio Jhnnfe, and his noble heart riming with
agony. Darkness drew her cnTlarn -over tho
scene, and the stars came out one after another
upon the sky, and at length, the moon rose above
the hills, bathing in her soft beams the. tented
host, while the flames from burning- villages in
the distance shed a lurid light through the gloom
and all was sad, mournful, yet sublime. There
was a dark cottage, with the sentinels at the door.
in which Duroc lay dying, and there, too, was
the solitary tent of Napoleon, and within, the bow
ed form of the En.peror. Around it, at dis
tance stood . the squares of the Old -Guard, and
near by, a sllenk group of chieftains, and over
all lay the moonlight. Those brave soldiers, jilt
ed with grief to see their beloved chief borne
down with such sorrow, stood for a long time si
lent and tearful.
At length; to break the mourn- j
ful silence, and to, express the sympathy they
might not speak, the bands struck up a requiem
for the dying marshal, . The melancholy strains
arose and fell in prolonged echoes over the field.
and swept in softened cadences on the ear of the ;
fainting warrior but eilll Napoleon moved not. j
They then changed the measure to a triumphant
strain, and the thrilling trumpets breathed forth
their most joyful notes till the bearens rung with ,
the melody. Such bursts of music had welcom
ed Napoleon as be returned flushed with victory,
till his eye kindled in exultation ; but now they
fell on a dull and listless ear. It ceased, and
again the mournful requiem filled all the jtir.
But nothing could arouse bira from his agonizing
reflections his friend bay dying, and the heart
he loved more then his life was throbbing its last
pulsations.
Whet a theme for -painter, and what an
etllogy on Napoleon wa that scene ! That soble
'heart which the enmity of the world could not
snuKe nor toeaerrors oi ine oauie neiu move
from its calm repose nor even the hatred and
insults of his, at last, victorious enemies bumble
here sunk in the moment of victory before tbe
tide of affection. What military diieftan ever J and I reckon eo.too, here's' the money;" and he
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mourned thus on the field of victory
and wha
sotidiers ever loved a leader so!
The New Planet.
One of the -greatest achievements of the bu
nion intellect of the parsing nge, undoubtedly is
that of the French astronomer Leverrier, just ac
complished, by which the existence -of .another
planet belonging lo our solar system has been
demonetrnted. The Georgium Sid us, Herscbel, j
or as the moderns have it, franus how long
this appellation may be preserved in this age so
given to change, no one would venture to guess,
veTm7a"rr the planet that Herschel first discovered
to be revolving around our sun tit the immense
distance of eighteen .hundred millions of .miles
from that luminary (the earth is not quite one
hundred millions of miles from the sun) Her
schel, or Uranus, it is now ascertained is only
half way onf.to another attendant upon thw solar
system which is discovered wheeling around the
jsun Hfi rate which accomplishes a revolution in
somewhere between two and three hundred of
uur jfan, .
Our own countryman at Cambridge university
was probably the first to suggest, which he did in
1842, the probability of demonstrating the exis
tence of such a body as the cause of the, irregu
larities of the movementiof Uranus in its orbit.
It' was Leverrier who undertook the task of dem
onstrating the fuel, and of ascertaining the where
abouts of ihe unknown planet, from the deviations
ofrUranus from the course which known laws
would have assigned lo it. Few can , estimate
the task the savan proposed for himself years
were, fie voted to working out the problems nec
essary to its solution. Inspired with the magni
tude of the subject before him, he was indefatiga
ble and a few. months since completed his task
and was so absolutely confident of tbe accuracy
of bis conclusions, that, without waiting to have
them Verified,' he intrepidly committed his char
ucteMo the world on the faith of his accuracy.
le called upon (he astronomers ol tTurope to di
feci their telescopes to specified parts of the heav
ens at a specified period, aud then and there they
would dpcpvqr a' planet, the .exisieiice ,of which
was heretofore unknown to mortal man, and
which as j et was at a distance too remote to be
distinguished through their telescopes. The di
mensions or magnitude the directior of its mo-
tjons, the period of its performing its circuit round
the sun, were all first to be ascertained in order
to arrive at such a result. What a task ! Yet it
bus Jbeen achieved. The calculations of all these
by the astronomer, hare been verified. A new
planet is ascertained before it was discovered, be
longing to this system, not through the powers of
the telescope by which alone remote planets have
heretofore been ascertained but by a process of
mathematical deductions by mental energies
an effort of human intellect ! At the very place
in the heavens that the astronomer pointed out
and at the very lime he predicted it would be
come visible, (through telescopes,) Ae and there.
it is, as ascertained at the observatories, within
the last few days, in Germany, France and Eng
land, and at Cambridge Mass., Philadelphia,
Washington and Cincinnati, all tvirhin a few days
of each other.
The distance of this new planet from the sun
is about double that of ierscbol, its diameter a
bout 40,000 miles its color is ratter a deeper
blue than Herscbel.
The mean of all the measures taken, givu a
.little over two seconds as it. apparent diameter.
The Ala-net was discovered by Dr. Oalle, at J
Berlin, on the aod September. It was found
wi-.hout difficulty with a fire feet equatorial, at
Cambridge (Massachusetts) observatory, on -the
evenings of the 21st and 22d ctdter, near be
stars, f. No. 7634, of the British association cat
alogue. Its place on the 21st Oct., was R. As.
2lh. 01 Jm. Dec. 1 i". 33'. S.
The Ywcxo Landlord. One oTihe best and
soundest lawyers that ever sat os the bench of
Massachusetts was Judge P . lie was el-
J- l Jr., i . . i
ways uistir.guisnea lor me uroanuy oi nis man
ners and the true benevolence of his spirit; and
the story I have now to relate illustrates, -quite
forcibly, this characteristic. '
Judge l. was raised in Barnstable, and at the
time .We refer to, assisted his mother, as much as
possible, in keeping a country inn ; a mode of
subsistence to which the was driven by the death
of her husband.
One evening a way-worn traveller, armed with
a bundle suspended from a cane, entered the inn
and asked for something to eat. His dress was
not calculated to impress a beholder with any vast
ideas of wealth ; but rather of one who lived by
'travelling on foot and begging a night's lodging
from benevolent inn-keepers. Mrs. P. cast a
glance at the traveller, and seeing his shabby coat,
formed a pretty accurate estimate of his ability to
pay Tor whatever might be furnished him.
She left the room to examine her larder, and in
a short tune returned, and having set before him
a very well picked bone of beef, went out of the
room, at the same time saying to her son, "John,
it will be worth about twenty cents."
Our traveller attacked the beef, and after some
time, having perfectly macerated it, he rose and
asked John how much be was to pay.
"Well," said John, "mother thought it would
be worth about twenty cents' to pick that bone
rgenerously prceenled'the traveller with a pistar-
won.
A Kentucky Search Warrant. The follow
ing anecdote, which we do Dot remember to have
mel with before, is told as having occurred in
Lincoln county, Ky, when the county was new.
An Arkansas editor " light? on it," audsxys, i;
beats ArkansarBtfliotlow." "
A man named Jones bad lost his drawing
knife. He suspected his neighbor Smith of steal
ing it, and applied to the next justice for a wr
rant to settrch his premises. The magistrate,
after carefully examining the law and his form
book, could find no warrant to search for drawing,
knives, but found -one for turkeys. After some
hesitation, he determined, by a strained construc
tion, to make it cover the case. Saidhe lo Mr.
Jones, cannot find a warrant for a dnuwing
knife, but J found one fors turkeys. J can give
you a'warrant to search for turkeys, and if, in
searching for them you And your vdrawir g
knife, you may faring it?'
Defimtiox. An investigation was held ihe
other day by the directors of a school, into the
conduct pfsome of the teachers towards the schol
ars. A rhong the wilnessus examined .was a bright
little fellow about ten years of age, who was ask
ed whether he thought his teacher was "partial?"
Nor, thir, he ar'nt," he' answered, promptly
enough.
Do you know what 'partial' means!"
"Of coath I doth," said the young rogue, quite
indignant at this imputation upon his intelligence.
Well, whntis it?"
' Vy, if tie wops all the boys like thunder, and
wops 'em all alike, I doesn't, call that bein 'par
tial,' doth you!" ,
A Novkl Notion! The editor of the Yankee
Blade says : "It would be-a curious aigt to see
all the babies in the United States, under rive
years old,, together;" they would make' a pretty
little Miction of 2,400,000! What a squall
there would be, should they aII,bo spanked at th
same tune, and what a neap ol sugar plpms
wouh'lake lo quiet 'hcm!','
' ARMY INTELLIGENCE.,
8JTUATIO.V bF OUR ARMY iX MEXICO, AND
M0SPE0T9 OF THE WAR.
Despatches from General Taylor of the
cm, nth, 12tliand 13th or October, have
been received at the War Departraeni.
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i e union " says
The General states, that be had been unable
as yet to prepare his detailed official report of the
operations before Monterey the last report from
his subordinate commanders hnvmg been at that
moment received. Our loss in killed, wounded,
and missies, will warv verv little from 600 400
ol which was sustareed in the attack on the lower
part of the citv on' 21st.
Inhjs letter of the 13th October. Gea. Taylor
encloses a statement of a recent atrocious murder,
which had been perpetrated on the 6th, in the
streets of Monterey, upon a Mexican lancer, by
ene b itzsimons. Captain Hays of the Texan ran
gers was present, soon after, at the scene, and had
no. doubt of the guilt of the man. He is now in
confinement. Some difficulty had occurred afrlo
the proper disposition of the accused, as there
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meei me case, ine .Mexican governor naa com-
plained of the act, and I desired that the man might
u uruug.H w memeu puna-menu i ne wene-
rm repute, uisi me vase iuouiu oe euominea io
his government, before any action would be taken
there.
Accounts from the Tlio Grande as late as
the 89th October have beeifc received and
mbhhed in the papers.
1 tie information is confirmed, that the
Mexicans were withdrawing from Saltilb,
and would not attempt to defend that town,
out would fall back on San Luis Potost.
From tbe Geeaton News of .October 30.
We learn that the Mexicans have totally evac
-oated the whole of the country this side of San
Luis Potosi. The information has been derived
from'o many sources that there is now no doubt
r this lact. 1 bey left behind some forty dra
goons to destroy fortifications that had been con
structed at Los Muertos, a naturally strong and
difficult pass on ibe road to Sakillo, and about
five or six miles beyond the Rmconada. They
nave also oismanried salttllo, destroying what
ever might be of use to our army, and which they
could not take away. Thus there is now nothing
left toruen. i ay lor to conquer but a barren re-
!'ion of rugged mountains and thirsty plains, af
ording neither -water nor provision -for the sub
sistence of man or beast, over a distance of twe
or thee hundred miles to San Luis Potosi. If,
as has been said, Gen. Taylor has orders to march
on San Luis Potosi, so as to reach that city by
the end of November, the question arises ho w
he is to traverse such a country as he will have
to do, by a forced march a, the rate of fifteeen
or twenty miles a day T The only water on this
route is in the Mexican tanks, which will doubt-
less be all broken vp as the enemy retires. To
carry water sufficient to save his arrpy and teams
Irorasunenng would probably reoinre more horses,
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n..rV .tn.. .n,i munition.. In making ihia
n tiivu a v lvuuilU IWI t,s uaiwi wiiwh wi aa
retreat, the enemy have doubtless adopted a wise
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uuiicv, ivbviiiiz uviiitiu niviii ami iiiuiciviiuiuauiv i,
cucuiv lur ucu. tavivi iu cut.uuiuci iia. tun
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march) than he could ever find in their own arms
and -fortified towns.
This policy has doubtless been dictated by the
sagacity of Santa Anna, II is stated on good
authority that he bad sent orders to Ampud,;a to
evacuate Monterey and all other places this side
of the mountains, but that those orders .were not
received till after the battle. , '
After leaving the troops necessary to rison
Monterey, Saltillo, and other towns. Gen. Taylor
will only have an army ol about o,uuu men wun
which to penetrate into the heart of the enemy's
country, and far beyond, the reach of any reserve
upon which he might fall back for support, in
case of necessity. Such, we believe, is a correct
account of the precent position and prospects. of
our army, as derived from good authority. Gen.
Ampudia has been superseded in command, but
the name of his successor u not remembered.
-The minutes of a correspondence between
lien. Taylor, (by his Quartermaster,) and
the Mexican Governor of Montery, Morales,
is published. ' Gen T. desires that hi3 Ex
cellency (Gov. M.J shall furnish mules for
burden between that place and Camargo,
and request or command the inhabitants to
bring and deposite tlicir com to-ccuisiucra-ble
amount iu the city jf brought in by his
(Excellency's orders, to.be paid lor, at the
sumo price the Mexican Government al
lows but if procured by force, tfie- owners
may look to their own Government for re
dress. The accommodating Gov. Morales
replies that corn Will be furbished, as much
as can be gathered, at .five dollars per mule
load I and also mutes tor burden as soon a?
they arrive from the interior, with the un
derstanding that the current price ,of frieght
from Monterey to Ceralvo is 82.50 per mule
had ; and to Camargo $5. .Ihes3 stipule
lions were agreed to : though tire Matamor-
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as 41 lac says me prices are uuuuie wuai-
the Mexican Government pays.
Tho correspondent of tho Picayune states
that the re-action whtcjb. has taken place in
the army, upon settling down quietly after
so much fatigue and excitement, is really
painful in its effects.
There are few here (says he) whose .hearts do
not ache to see their homes and families. Ihe
uncertainty that prevails with. regard to the fuure
causes much uneasiness. What is to be done
nexU? What has our Government done with
that of Mexico ! . Is ihe war ended ? Knowing
nothing of what is passing at home, we ,.can only
judge by what we see and hear around us. Judg-
the wisest and
longeat-sigrned of the' officers have arrived at the.
During, an interview with an officer of rank and
experience, a day or two since, he showed nie a
letter thaUhe hai. just written to aXriend which
contained his senliinents n the subject.' If re
arks : '
Thre neve'r was a nation so much mistake n
as ban iri regard to that f Mexico. I mean in
respect to Ka military resources. The people are
warlike, and nave an abundant supply of muni
tions of war. Our battles with them improve them
as soldiers. Our inrasit.n fs held by ihem in ab
horrence, and has united a.'l classes m determin
ed resistance against us.. A he battles of Palo
i Alto, Resaca de la Palma, and of Monterey were
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battles with their frontier army, from this place
onward, if we have to march on further io this
direction, we shall meet with thegr hone army,
made up of hardy mountaineers and a belter class
of aoliiierv. So far 1 conaidr we have not injur
ed their nation, but done it a service, by defeat
ing their old officers, thus causing their army to
be placed under the direction of you nee r, more
ambitious, braver, and more accomplished gene
rals. In fact, so far from the war being ended, it
nas lust commenced, uur position is cnucai.
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Our supplies at Camargo, 180 mties distant, must
be wagoned to this place. 1 bis long line has no
protection The ranchero troops, numbering
near 2,500. are behind Us as guerillas, and, if they
choose to act, our trains must be cut off. Although
this is a rich valley, its supplies are inadequate to
our wants, except in beef, for any length at time.
Our army, or the effective part of it, is too diminu
I live to meet a
strong force. It is . weak, pbysi
n,r r :, u. .u : .- :
,eeo months, with scanty clothing and much hard-
,hjp and p. Tne volunteers
are nutner-
ous" Aul wjfn
exception of those regiments
commanded by late officers of the army, without
discipline. I suppose our whole army will mus
ter, when all arrive from below, 0,000 men for
duty and we hearjthe Mexicans have one on the
advance lo meet us of 39,000 men. I am con
vinced, and so is every officer of the army, that
we have done wrong and committed an irrepara
ble error in leaving the Kio OranUe to march in
this direction. To end this wara more vital blow
xaustie strucjr nearer the Mexican capital ; and
Ifcat is, Vera "Croc should be taken by the way of
Alvarado. We are now over 70U mile from tbe
city of Mexico, with a vast desert to traverse. In
a word, to make peace economically with Mexi-
f-om tbinS "us undone, and our govern
merit must commeece . again.. Discharge tbe
vofunteers, and raise your regular force to thirty
Or fifty thousand men. We have the fullest ex
pectation of tbe most active guerilla war against
us. Move where we will, the mountains and
passes afford every facility to carry it on euccess-1
fully and most disastrously Tor us. Uur array, as
now situated, can be compared to the Fieocti in
Spain, when Joseph was driven out."
All tho Texas regiments having been dis
charged, (their term of enlistment being out
departure causecune town to De niorejuict
than ever, iyot many of the Mexicans had
returned n to the 16th, as they were yet a-
fraid j tut that would probably not continue
much longer.
The latest date from Monterey (the 16th)
states that General Wool crossed the Kio
Grande thirteen days previous to that time,
on his way- to Monclova.
I he same letter
says
" A traiu of fifteen hundred mules arrived from
. a , . . .
camargo a oay or .vwo aiuce, whii pruTunuiis.
w lbousa"d h h,,red a' lhu P1"
for the use of the army, at 371 cents per day each.
"Ijieui. uraonm 9 remains weru luiiuwru iu
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nearly all (he officers.
" Santa Anna is at ban Luis l'otosi, but is do
ing nothing.' He sustains Ampudia in his lale
conduct. The fever and ague is spreading through
the army at a fearful rate."
The Picayune publishes a list of the kilU
ed, conded and missing-; and also a mem
orandum of the arms ar.d munitions captur
ed at Monterey. The list comprises thirty-
three pieces ol artillery, and very large quan
tities of arms 'and ammunition for infantry,
cav&ky, ah( artillery. An immense quan
tity of cartridges was subsequently found
concealed, in, the cify.
An Officer of our Army writes, in relation to
that part of Ge. Ampndia's proclamation which
states that the Mexicans wero short of ammunition
and provisions. that more ammunition was cap
lured and surrendered than has been sent from
tbe United States for the "use of the army of oc
cupation ainee the war began, and that the pro
visions .fouad in the city have mainly sifbsisted
the citizens and entire American forces ever since
the capitulation,' now more -thanr two wreks, to
say nothing of the nmounl permitted to be carried
efT by the Mexican army."
The special correspondent of ,the Picayaoe
(who furnishes the above) aays :" "Captain Raw
say, of the Ordnance Department, who has all
these thine in charge, informs me that an im
mense quantity of musket cartridges) liave been j
louna . conceaiea in ine city since me .property
named in the foregoing invoices 'was'tumed over
by the enemy ; also many other articles' in the
shape of arms and .munition. . Much property
noUoabl remains yet concealed. As for provis
ions, enough was found in the city to subsist our
army and the citizens a moolh, and it" is known
that the enemy carried off large quantities of am
munition and provisions fluting the attack."
' "AleUer fn possession of the ediiors'f the
New Orleans 'Commercial Times from Vera
Cruz, dated Oct.' 7th, says that the news of
tho capitulation of Monterey . had .been re
ceived by tje government of. Mexico, and
was known, to ,th. people of tho; city. It
does not appearjo have shocked tho public
hiiud lo the extent.one might have anticipa
ted. On the contrary, its ellect wasTamer
lo aggravate the bad, passions already arous
ed tfgairist -the United.States. ' " y
purposes -of'our goverjmbnt.
.. The giving out oLthe "Uaion" as the
organ of th Etecutive, and of the letter
writers from Washington, ha v allien un
til very recently lor a vigorous prosecuiioo
of the war. ' Iu lact the Union pfjhtf.Wfd.
tilt, proclainti W cannot' be mistaken
in statins Jhal A viobftous raosccvTiOK
OF TOI! WiAK IS THB OBDKB Of THB "llAir."-
It was not coucealeu!, but well understood,
thpt orders were despatched to Gen. Taylor
to trosecute the war, with epe wed vigor,
and even to resume his operation pefeife' tha
armistice expired. But the Unionlpf KfoV
1 1, gives plain indication that Qpp) .sper
mitted, in some degree to consult tus own
discretion.''. And the letter writers pqy tm
the Government h&sthangcf its mijpjhi
and that these positive orders hare beti fe?
voked. . The Rational Intelligencer otUftTt
12 remarks ' 1..' '
The well-ad vised ""Washington Corrfspondent
of the Journal of Commerce the same to whom
we were indebted last autumn for tbe first intima
tion of ihe hoslte mixtions of the Executive tow?
ards Mexico in bis leftefWKovember ?th flast
Saturday) Confirms what, the government editor
said in substance a month ago, as to tbo nature of
the orders to Gen. Taylor. ' For thus says this in;
telligent correspondent t I
" Some dimUMqi lately been exposed in Xhtj
papers whether Gen. .Taylor sjs ; ordered ver
emptorily, in the communication sd? Jo Vim
through Major Graham, to march rn towardj fcal;
lillo or not. But I learn that ihi ctdtrt tv.y pos
itive and direct to that efftct."
We have no doubt ol it. ' '
From the same triable souroe we bare, how
ever, under tbe same date, tie 'ljoving informs
tion, which we trust will prove tptW.o o tbe
great majority of our readers!; .
I repeat what I hare staled before, that a t&t
weeks ago the Government did intend to call
out a large force of volunteers, and chiefly from
the South. Bat a change has tena over them.
" There will be no expensive movements no
energetic movements, made before tbe meeting
of Congress. Tbe Mexican Congress may court ,
a peace, and thus relieve our Go7errnj:ni from
tbe necessity of acting further in the matter; .and,
if not, the whole resposibility of ivter vctioH .
will be thrown upon Congress. " ... . " , .
" I believe that tbe question of peace 2ms been
agitated: that the Goverhmentdesires ;-cs. and
iruenaVto hare it, at any price ; and lh.l t war
like energies are to jwst until' it can Vj found
whether peace or war is the final deter'&uaatioa
of Mexico." ' t.,:. l.L.-j'.
The Washington correspondent of the ' New
York Herald confirms this information. Speak
ing of the peremptory Qrder given to Cea. Tay
loy to moven, be says : M We adcr.. ji th
War Department has rescinded tha' c andj t.
given Gen. Taylor instructions to coax .'.;?) tha
scattered forces within Lis corcm d, ud to
await at Monterey further insuuetionc.' -
Tbe Haw York Courier & Lajajccjsf7iCte
day confirms the statement thct "ailf ;. .virra
from Washington concur in saying La: io inert
steps will be taken by the -L'minaL-jj to-
ma wAm rtavsAMn llnM t Urn nra v t rt( l fjftvmcSk v rM.
vr aiua jivbUalliK tun te taa uumi vuatvsja iawU7
b.'es, when tbe whole matter wiiirbe submitted
tOrhe action of that body." , .. lf'j$ix.
This (says the Courier) is a very exact copr of
the President's course upon the Oreg;4 jjCssUoo
The whole subject was plunged into utmost
confusion and difficulty ; a prodigious sfijrt wa
made to arouse a war spirit in ievc. of, um treii
or none," angry feelings bad been e::itel upon
both sides of the Atlantic; und thoa tlj euirar
sponsibilfty of eeltjiog the trouble was iMry.wjonSip
on the: Senate That body, howeve., j('d not
shrink from its duly, even in this crisis, and to jjtf
firm and straight-forward action are tb couutry
and the world indebted . for peace with England.
uWe are glad, however, (continues its Courief
and Enquirer,) that even at this late day tha Prefh
idem is willing to consult and be guided by Con
gress. We have no fear that that body wilj ever
sacrifice tbe honor or the interests of thentry. i .
HOW TQ MAKE THE GUN-COTTON. '
Dr. Otto, Professor of Chemistry if Bruns
wick, has published tho feUowiog state men t in
the Hanoverian Gazette : " '
Entirely indepere hoenbWin and EQ,
ger, but rely on an observation of Pelouze, con
tained in the one hundred and thirty-sixth page'of
the volume of my Manual of Chemistry , I have
succeeded in producing an exploding cotton,
which, after a series of experiments, seemsutte
suited to supply hece of gunpowder. ' la or
der to bring ihe results of important diacoveo
as speedily as postible to the highest stage of per
fection, it eems to me necessary to lay Ah tin im
mediately before the public, in order that many
ferspns may turn their attention to the subject.
scorn, therefore, to sell or take out patent for
my my .interesting discovert, the consequence
of which are not easy to be foreseen, and I rloir
publish it for th9 general good othe public. Ia
the preparation of the'eiplodjng cotton, common
well cleaned cotton dipped''sbout half rnirfdta
in highly concentrated nitric acid.the acid whicA
I use being made with tEe distillation of ten parts
of dried saltpetre and six of oil of vitriol,) and . the
instantly placed in water, which must be oftee
uewedHn ordar to ,fre the tcotqrr, from Vh'e acid
with which H is impregnated Care must then
be taken that all this knotty particles of the cottop
are properly disentangled, and that it is thorough
,ly dried. After this the explosive prearstiori is
ready fox use. Iu effects create aWHment
all who witness them, and (the smallest portion
explodes w.hen agck-OQ n anrI with a hammer,
like fulminating powder. '"". .,;
When kindled with a glowing ;bodv -it takes tire
just like gunpowder, and when used in a gun its
operation, though in a far fetyjei proportion to
ils weight, is precisely the same jJ that of gun
powder. This gan'tatyn is employed exactly
in the same way as gunpowder . piece of it
is rammed doi-THheatrel, then a' bit "of wad
ding, ahd, after that a tall i a copper cap ignites
andexplodes lc cotton. Without a single ex.
ception, all who have witnessed my exjeriments
vh Vm L.ail mml Annl.l-f.. .-it....! I ' ?
' V" ' '
Rhymes. -It is eiaglarhow much .an
atory poetry is written before marriage, and how
little after it. ' One mty hare but littls of. " ibo
vision and the fictvdiine,"iut on falling in
loye he finds that he is not without thpVpccotn
pjishment ot Terse." This lets us into the secret
whv there' L-b so manv ' unsuceasful wnuera.
j5""jiaid a laJy to a jentlemnn" who bad ad
drijsseJHb bar acopV verses, and whd after
wards SOjicited the boho,! of her band - Sir, i
aumire your person. and esteem you t. character i .
your banners are pleasing and your dispositioh
engaging but--but your poetry is exterabtt. 1
could never lore a w'riicT of such rerses." '. r
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