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7 jr. - i -A a. 1 I' ll ii t: 11! r : ,ii hi ,!! it'; i i .or 1 i7 n , X5RRESPODENCE DEPARTMENT AND GN; TAYLOIL We hate, letter from General Taylor, dated fte 8. 1848. from tbe C.n-p near Manterey. d dhected to tb. Adjut.-t OenerHVVoa. It iaan acknowledgement of the reception of Mr. Secretary Msrcy'a censure of the Convention for lihe'sorrender "of Monterey. The spirit of the brave nB notoriously wronged, tfie chastened indignation of the solder." jealous in honor." yet referencing elevated office, breathes through it IL " It" would be injustice to Gen. Taylor to give his defend ia other words than his own. It fol lows here; The Contention presents two distinct points. First, tbe permission granted the Mexican army to. retire, wib their arms,1 &c. Secondly temporary cessation of hostilities for the term of eight weeks." 1 shall remark on these in order. The force With which I marched on Monterey was limited by causes beyond my control jo about 6,000. With this force, as every military man mutt admit Who has seen the ground, it was en tirely impossible to invest Monterey so closely as to preveallhe escape of the garrison. Although the main communication with the interior was in our possession, yet one rotate was open to the .Mexican throughout the operations, and could hot be closed, as were also other minor tracks and passes through the mountains. Had we, there. hire, insisted on more rigorous terms than those granted, the result would have been the esrape of the body of the Mexican force, with the de traction of i'a artillery and magazines, our only advantage being the capture of a few prisoners of war, at the expense of valuable lives and much damage to the City- The consideration of hu manity was present to my mind during the coo. fere nee which led to the convention, and out. weighed in my judgment tbe doubtful advantages to be gained by a resumption of the attack upon the town. This conclusion has been fully con finned by an inspection of the enemy's position and means since the surrender. It was discov ered that his principal magazine, containing an immense amount of power, was in the Cathedral, completely exposed to our shells from two direc tions. The explosion of this mass of powder, which roust hare ultimately resulted from a con tinuance of the bombardment, would have been infinitely disastrous, invoking the destruction not only of Mexican troops, but of rion-combaiants and even our own people, had we pressed the at tack. In regard to the temporary cessation of hostili ties, tbe fact that we are not at this moment, with in eleven days oftl termination of the period fix ed by the' convention, prepared to move forward in force.v is a sufficient explanation of the military reasons which dictated this suspension of arms. It paralyzed the enemy during a period, when from the want of necessary means, we could not possibly move. I desire distinctly to state, and to call the attention of the authorities to the fact, that with all diligence in breaking mules and set. ting op wagons, the first wagons in addition to our original train "from Corpus Chrrsti, (and but 125 in number.) reached my headquarters on the same day with the Secretary's communication of October 13, viz : the 2d instant. At the date of the surrender of Monterey our force had not more than ten days rations, and even now, with ail our endeavors," we have not more than twenty-five. The task of fighting and beating the en emy is among the least difficulties that we encoun ter; the great question of supplies necessarily controls all the operations in a country like this At the date of the convention I could not, of coarse, have foreseen that the Department would direct an important detachment from my com mand without consulting me, or without waiting the result of the main operation under my orders. I have touched the prominent military points involved in the Convention of Monterey. There were other considerations which weighed with the Commissioners in framing, and with myself in approving the articles of the Convention. In conference with Gen. Atnpudia, I was distinctly told by him that he had invited it to spare tbe effusion of blood, and because Gen. Santa Anna had declared himself favorable to peace. I knew that our Government had made propositions to that of Mexico to negotiate, and I deem that tbe change of Government in that country since my last instructions, fully warranted me in entertain ing considerations of policy. My grand motive in moving forward with very limited supplies, had been to increase the inducements of the Mexican Government to negotiate for peace. Whatever may be the actual views or disposition of the Mexican rulers or of General Santa Anna, it is not unknown to the Government that I bad the very best reason for believing the statement of General Ampudia to be true. It was my opinion at the time of the Convention, and it has not been changed, the liberal treatment of the Mexican army, and the suspension of arras, would exert none but a favorable influence in our beba?f. The result of the entire operations has been to throw the Mexican army back more than three hundred miles to the city of San Luis Potosi, and to open the country to us as far as we choose to penetrate it, up to the same point. It has been my purpose in this communication not so much to defend the Convention fro n the censure which I deeply regret to find implied in the Secretary's letter, as to show that it was not adopted without cogent reasons, most of which occur of themselves to the minds of all who are acquainted with the condition of ibmgs here. To that end I beg that it may be laid be fore the Qeneral-in-Chief and Secretary of War. There is not a sentence, a word, in this whole communication, but should be deeply engraved into the mind. It is a complete refutation of the malicious attack upon the gallant Taylor's milita ry character, which, if not instituted, has been encouraged by the Administration. , The next communication to the Adjutant Ge neral, dated at Camp near Monterey, Dec. 14, 1846y contains another sad and roost emphatic protest against tbe unwarrantable interference of the Secretary of War, and the direct and ne cessary tendency of such interference, to encour age insubordination or irresponsibility among bis officers. We must copy all 00 this point entire: In my communication nf the 8th inst, I al lnded to the occupation of Tampico, and the force which I considered sufficient to hold that place. ffu.n approved of the first measures taken by Maj. Gen. -Patterson to garrison Tampico, and atter gwiag hira instructions to dispatch thither a raiment of volunteers in addition to tbe bat. talwn of artillery, was not a little surprised to fJ. J,rtgadeby water, and proposed coin &S-h 5 hd lrew,J commumcated ZJ??!T' ft movement ?ZK?i&Z3I P'" "bere l-"r services- were not needed, thm Tn. w3nti?-,p,,tM'.1 ''Pre. I occeededin ro?1ooc.,dkeCtioB od 1 S ' Wukh tra7 of interfemnce. here i bat another ofHbe graveatVbarar haj - "iwn oi intrrM- -i ' - - -SBBBBBBBBBIBBBSJ ... . m ' 1 " - , been brotftrht to my'notice, to which I beg leave to' invite tbe earnest attention of tbe General-in- Chief andVtb Department oNWir. ia ao offi- tUl letter, addressed under date . of Nov. 23. to the; commanding fefScef7 it"Iylut Isabel, Co'-u-Perrj of the Navy, writes thus f. y. ..'V Since . wrote y6tt by Lieut. Anderson, 1 have visited New Orleans, conferred 'with Gov. Johnson snd Generals Jesup and Brooke, all of whom unite yib me in.placiiitf great importance upon the immediate possession, by a military garrison, ofjlamplca v . " I have on board this ship eight pieces or ar tiiiery with all the requisite appurtenances and munitions, borrowed from the State Arsenal ot Louisiana, by General Brooke. 'Also, Lieut. Crittenden, with forty-five infantry (recruits) General Brooke assures tme .that lour hundred mounted riflemen, hourly expected at New Or leans, will be immediately dispatched in the steam er Massachusetts,' so soon as they arrive, but 1 tear there will be difficulty in landing the horses on account of -the roughness of tbe sea at the bar ot rampico. It is hardly necessary to make any comment upon the above. It will be seen at once, that, by the advice of the officers at a distance, totally ignorant of my views, and incurring no respond bility for the failure of operations, a large and efficient corps of cavalry upon which I had reck oned for important service in the interior, has been intercepted without authority, and sent where it is not needed, and where it may loose many of its horses. Had the mounted riflemen been sent back to Jefferson Barracks, they could not have been more completely lost to the pres ent operations. I have now no assurance that any reinforce ments or supplies will reach me through New Orleans. The advice of Gen. Brooke or Gov ernor Johnson" may divert recruits, and the most important objects of supply to Tampico, under lhe new principle of war, that the enemy, after de stroying b s heavy guns, will attack a place which be dared not defend. With such proceedings on the Rio Grande and in New Orleans, I cannot be held responsible for the efficient prosecution of the objects of the Government here. Tbe departure ot Gen. Pat terson from the full and precise instructions I had given bim. is. in my opinion, a legitimate result of tbe position of quasi independence given to that officer by the Department of War. against which I have protested and again protest. As for tbo interference of Geo. Brooke, the War Department, j cannot doubt, will give that of ficer the most stringent orders in; no case to stop or divert the troops or supplies that may be des tined for the army under my command- While I am considered competent to exercise the chief command in the field, it is no more than reasonable that subordinates, and above all, officers not serving with the army against Mexico, should e compelled to keep in their proper places, and not to expose to hazard, by mischievous meddlings, the success of military operations involving the reputation of the army aud tbe country. PARAGRAPHS FROM PRENTICE. From the LouinUle Journal. The Washington Union says the President is determined, that, if a peace be concluded be. tween the United States and Mexico, it shall be a permanent one He certainly ouht to be ahle. to obtain a permanent peace. He has forty mil lions of dollars for conquering it, and (hrce mil lions for buying it, and, if be acquire a double title to it, a title by conquest and a title by pur chase, he ought by all means to be able to bold on to it. The Washington Union acknowledges that there is a breach in the Democracy of New York, and a still more alarming breach in the Democracy of Pennsylvania." Cannot the Sec retary of War get thee breaches repaired for fitly cents the amount to be charged to the people 1 The editor of the Democrat says that our paper has been stolen from his office for the last two or three days. There was nothing ele in his office worth stealing. The Philadelphia . Spirit Tf the -Times says that Sam Houston is a hero of more experience in battle than Gen. Scoit. The Texas Senator has certainly fallen upon more fields than any othrr public man in the country. The Washington Union says that the Whig party has chosen its own lot." The Adminis tration has selected for itself several "lots," such as New Mexico, California, New Leon, &c, and pretty extensive lots they are, to be sure. Whenever we open a Lncofoco newspaper containing a Government advertisement, we are sure to find its editorial columns unusually full of falsehood and calumnies. The patronage of Government, shining upon a Lncofoco paper, generates lies and slanders as naturally as the sun " breeds maggots in a dead d " The Hartford Times says that, in Connecticut, "lhe odds are decidedly againsUhe Whigs" No matter. The Whigs are used to fighting against odd odds and ends. HEROIC! Among the items of news from the Army, we find the following record of a heroic feat perform ed by Captain Henry of Texas. He wa? of the party with Major G-tines, Capt Cassius M.CIav. and Major Borland, and with iheni was made pri soner. He contrived, however, to make his es cape, snd did so thus :. Captain Henry, of Texas, who was acting as interpreter and guide for Major Gaines' detach ment, made his escape the next day after the captnrp, on the lattcr's horse, arrived at Salnllo with the intelligence. He dashed off in face of the whole Mexican guard, killed two who pur sued him. and rode his horse, a noble animal, un til he fell dead beneath him, completing the re mainder of the distance on foot. This unlucky occurrence has we are informed, created a great sensation in the army, and it is regretted the more on account of the influence it will have upon the Mexicans, whom it will incite to acta which they have not heretofore dared. MISSOURI ELOQUENCE. The bill for the destruction of wolves, alias for the protection of pigs andbabief, being under consideration in the Missouri Legislature, Mr. arose and said : Mr. Speaker : 1 hope, sir, the friends of this here bill will come up in unbroken front, and vote to encourage tbe destruction of them ar pestiferous, carmverous and ranvioacious ani mals named wolves. Sir, I am told that down hear some whir in the sou 'east, one of them animals in the broad light of day, at the dead of midnight, crape aipahhilv into 2 bouse whar a man an1 h; ,r. war a eleepin, and cotch an individual by thel leg. sir, i ronsiuer mem nere animals wus nor the sixty-three thousen red I ngian warriors, what now proul around our border on tbe con. fines of the contour of civilization, seeking whom they may devour some body. ftereilfe. ya5iTTT"A roan who is proud of his property win sonieuniea can uimseu poor, mat you may sooothe hia fancy by contradicting him. A great beauty, likewise, will pretend to believe that she makes an ordinary appearance, and : . a In hopes of contradiction, oft will say, ..? Methinka il look most horrible UMiay P The moat effectual wit to monif sneh nertnn. i . ' l preteo.d t0 ,hem "d to acknowledge On Saturday, .the 27th February, several .Young Ladies belonging to tie Scdowicx SenunaxyV Ver presented with testimonials of scholarship &cj on which occasion, the following Address wa delivered by tbe Principal, Rev. J. J . Finch : ' ; Young Ladies . As joa have completed the course of study prescribed by the Officers of this Institu tion, the Principal and Teachers present you, with pleasure, this testimonial ' fi t. In performing this last act of official duty, yon will allow me to add a few remarks. 1 i And in the first place, . would remind yoa. that though you have completedkthe coarse of sudy pre scribed, you have not finished your studies nor com pleted your education. 'There is much yet for yon to learn in every branch which you have studied ; and without a frequent review, and constant appli cation of the principles laid do wn in your text books, you will not only fail to reach the results of thor ough scbolarshipj but 'even -forget much that you have already acquired.5' - The time allowed for prosecuting a course of study, particularly to females, is too short to admit of that thoroughness which every student must de sire, and .which tbe present age demands in all who shall exert much iufluence upon passing and coming events. But little mor can be done during the scholastic period, than to discipline tbe minds of pu pils to acquaint them with first principles to show them how to study, and to point out to them the methods and means to be used in further inWs tigation. In the Testimonials presented you, therefore, we only mean to say, that you have attained a respecta ble proficiency in your studies, and not that you have finished thera. Tbe true scholar never finishes his education. And though your pursuits after this may mot allow of that close application to stydy which has been exacted of you while at school, we hope that inclination, as well as a sense of duty, will often lead you from the exciting scenes of fashiona ble pleasure, to commune in secrecy, with those master minds whose acquaintance you have been cultivating for some years past, and to make addi tions to your knowledge in every department of Science and Literature. But remember what I have often told you, via: that our Literature contains much that is poisonous, as well as much that is pure and noble. You mu.st not, like the unfledged bird, swallow any kind of literary food that is offered to yon, but select what is best, and read with discrimination. Never let your love of the exciting, get. the mastery of your love of the chaste and solid; and drop anj books, whether called novels, tales, poems, or histories, which dimiuish your relish for what is pure, and net unduly upon the lower passions of your nature. And what is here said of books, is equally true of companionship. The books which we read, and the company we keep, contribute more to the permaneut shape and tone of our characters, than all other in fluences besides. You must have opinions upon many subjects, and act in various relations ; ana your opinions and ac tions must affect the destinies of others, as well as your own. Let your opinions, therefore, be formed with care, and let your conduct be controlled more by reason and intelligence, than by impulse or cir cumstances. Never shrink from the prudent avowal of any sentiment, or the performance of any act, merely because the popular breeze may be against it, or the self-conceited may affect to treat it with scorn. A strict regard to what is right, and a firm adherence to a course which has been adopted from honest conviction will always secure the respect of the intelligent and good iu every community ; while a capricious course, which is governed -more by self ish ends, than the interests of truth, or which takes the direction which changing circumstances give it, without any reference to principle, is sure to find its reward in general contempt. Wherever you may go, our anxieties will follow you. You have been with us long enough to seem as a part of our family, and even as our own chilr dren; and being the first class which we have been permitted to conduct through a course of study, of the many we have had in charge, we cannot but feel much concern respecting the stand which you arc to take among the educated females of the age, and the influence which you arc to exert upon the events that are transpiring at this important crisis in the history of the world. As yet, two of you hare not outrtardly, and I fear not inwardly, embraced the Christian religion. The sadness which our separation occasions, is greatly increased by this awful fact! Let it be your next, your immediate business, to consecrate yourselves to the service of Christ, rather than to flourish in scenes of gayety and worldly pleasure. Then, and then only, you will be truly wise, rich, and happy. t or learning, pleasure and accomplishments can go with you onTy to the grave; while true piey extends its benefits through eternity. Make sure your best Friend your et rnal interests, first and then whether your course shall be long or short, smooth or rough, dark or luminous, its end will be peaceful May the Lord bless you now and forever I JUDGE MARTINS WILL. "We see by a notice in the New Orleans papers, that the hisl Will and Testament of the late Hon. F. X. Martim, is likely to be contested in that City. Should it prove to be invalid, we have in Newbern, a genuine Will of Judge Martin, made before bis appointment by President Madison, as District Judge. We intend at our leisure, to collect a few reminis cences for publication of this remarkable man. The following is a literal copy of the Will to which we refer: INtwBernian. In nomine dei Amen. Hac est ultima voluntas me, riaoeat r rancoise Catharine, mater mea di midium omnium bonorum meorum -Alteram divid- etur inter Joseph Vincent, Charles-Mare Jean Bap tiste Fabson Sebastian, Paul Bartholemy et Mare Antoine, f rat res meos et Marie-Rcine et Helene Angelique, sorores meas. Smt t rednc Divoux, John S. West, Guilelimus Gaston, Franciecus Lamotte et Salmon Hall, euro- i . tore, uujus ie La menu. Factum ISo die, April, 1808. ' F. X. MARTIN. Direct to Joseph Vincent Martin, bit eldest bro ther, care of Stephen Cathalan, Vice Consul of the u. 7 Marseilles. FELIS ET MURES. A Fablk. Fells sedit by a hole, ' Intenti Bhe cum omni soul P rend ere rats ; Mice cucurrerunt over the floor, In nnraero duo, tres, or more Obliti cats. Felis saw them oculis; I'll have them, inquit she, I guess Dum indunt Tunc ilia crept toward the group, Habenm, dixit, good rat soup Pingues sunt Mice continued all ludere, Intenti they in ludum vere t Gaudenter. Tuno rushed the felis into them, Et tore them omnes limtxfrom limb Violenter. Moxau Mores omnes nunc be ehy, Et aurem prxbe mihi 1 Benigne. Sic facietH "verbum sat" Avoid a devilish big torn cat Studiose! IT That is a capital anecdote of Kentock, in theNew York Spirit of the Times, illuatra? ting the th ekness and insensibility of a negro's heel. jTen or twelve tcolor'd pussons" were anoozing in one of their cabins with their feet to the fire, when one of them suddenly exclaimed "I emell foot a-burnin' 1" Receiving no answer he reiterated the question with still more mphu ,"rj,h, dat burni". I ay 1 Dat yourn ,r v8uH n nswer. wheiu drawing him self up, be reached his hand toward h; mt. miwt exclaimed M j foot burnin'. by eollrr and v,ki7 w.uctt uuuseu out to sleep again. AMERICA OFFICERS LLED -AKI): ; WOUNDED AT THE BATTLE OF vfHsuENxotisTA; ; ;k; 5?r. . 'Hi ' RKGuiaas , .'vfr -General Stag1. Killed jvCapt. Geo. Lincoln, A.ss't Adjutant General. Woanded r Ass't AdjV'Oen. Bliss, slightly Brevet 2d Lieut. .Bryan Topogra phical Engineers, slightly. : - , if! Dragoons.-Wounded : Capt. E Steen, severe ly- .'Owtwrnr E. 2d : rri7v.-,Wounded r;5d LtenL W. G. French, severely. - -V ' . -" 1 A 1 .Company B, Ath Artilleryj'Wandii i . 1st Lieut O'Brien," slightly". "W . ':, " r7-:.--. 'VotJwrwiBS.--' V-?r4: Mississippi Ril-is. KUled , 1st Lt. R. L. Moore ; OA T.5iit l ronr i TVfrlSTnHv Wminried? CoL Jef- rierson Da vis, 'severely; Capt J. M. Sharp, severely; ly : Lt J. P. Stockton, slightly. Kentucky Cacory. KUled; AdJtE. M. Vaugh an. Wounded: one Captain and three Lieutenants. Arkansas Cavalry. Killed: CoL Archibald. Yell and' Capt Andrew R. Porter. Wounded: Lieut Thomas A. Reader. Second Kentucky Foot Rifles. Killed : CoL W. R. McKee, and Lieut CoL Henry, Clay, Jr.; Capt J. W Main nd Tnt WillJ.mT. Will'lS. Wounded: Lieut E. S. Barbour, slightly ; Lieut W". S. With ers, severely ; Lieut Thos. W. Mossier, severely. Indiana Brigade. $ Wounded : Brig. Gen. Jos. Lan slightly. 2d Regiment. Killed : Capt T. B. Kinder, Capt Win. Walker, and Lieut. Thos. C. Pharr. Woun ded : Capt. W. L. Sanderson, slightly ; Capt John Osborn, slightly ; Lieut. S. W. Gayce, slightly : Lt H. Pennington, sUghtly ; Lieut David S, Lewis, slightly; Lt. Joshua Moore, slightly ; Lieut Justin Davis, slightly ; and Lieut J. A. Epperson, slightly. 3d Regiment. Killed : Captain James Faggart Wounded : Major W. A. Gorman and Capt J. M. Sleep, slightly. Illinois Brigade. st Regiment. Killed: CoL J. J. Hardin, Capt J. W. Zabriskie and Lieut Bryan H. Haughton Wounded : Lt S. L. McConnell and Lt Heiekiah Evans, slightly. 2d Regiment. Killed : Capt Woodward ; Lieut a. A. B. Bruntree. Fletcher, Ferguson, Robbins, Lelly, Bartleson. Atherton and Price. Wounded: Capt Coffy ; Capt Baker; Lieut J. A. Pickett ; Lieut. Engleman ; Lieut Steele ; Lieut West ; Adj't Whiteside. Tkxas CosirANT. Killed: 1st Lieut Campbell; 2d Lieut Leon hard. Wounded: Capt Conner. Matamoras, March 9th, 1847. Sir : The foregoing is a copy of a statement han ded to me by Surgeon Turner, U. S. Army, just ar rived at this place from Camargo, which is corrobo rated by a letter from Lieut. Britton, Assistant Com missary at Camargo. Very respectfully, your oVdt serv't J. P. TAYLOR, Lt Col. and A. C. G. S. THE MAIL SERVICE. All agree that the mail service of this country was never in a more deplorable condition than at pres ent. While all unite in censuring the department for this, it is but justice to hear what can be said on the other side. On this account, we give place to the following letter from a travelling agent of the department, giving'the causes of some of the recent failures. Its statements require no comment from us. Picayune. New Orleans, March 20, 1847. A. G. Penn. Esq Postmaster : Dear Sir : In answer to yours of yesterday, I would state that I left New York on the morning of Sunday, the 7th inst, and reached Petersburg, Va. in due course. Thirteen milts south of that point, the wheels of the tender and baggage wagon were broken, caused by a defect in the rail, there being ten to twelve inches loose. This caused a delay of one entire rfrry, as we only reached Weldon at 10 A. M. on the morning of the 9th, instead of 9 P. M. the evening previous. . Left Weldon the same evening, and arrived at Wilmington in excellent time say 10 A. M. pre cisely. Charleston boat did not arrive until 12 P M-, and found upon inquiry that for the last ninety days there has been only two boats on the route, con sequently barely time to put in fueL Left Wilming ton about 3 P. M. and arrived at Charleston dock 5 minuf.s to 9. The captain of the Dudley had pre viously assorted the Southern bags, and great des patch was used in forwarding the mail to the depot At 7 miuutes past 9, the passengers arrived at the depot and found the mail carts and mail at the gate. The cars, however, had started, but were not one hundred yards from the office door, and by a wave of the hand could have been recalled. Upon inqui ry of. the clerk at the depot, whether they were not in the habit of waiting a few minutes for the mail, at least, received for answer that when the boat was between the two forts in Charleston harbor, they waited for the mail, but that morning they "bad not looked. This caused the second failure. On the morning of the 12th, left Charleston at 25 minutes past 9, ( Wilmington boat not in sight.) and reached Augusta in due course. Between Augusta and At alauta the freight train run off, causing a delay of six hours and the third failure. On the morning of the I4th inst. were joined by the mail of the day previous. Passengers reported there would be no mail next day beyond Charleston, there being no boat at Wilmington (since confirmed, there being no mail yesterday). Arrived at Montgomery in regu lar time. There was, however, I understand, a fourth failure, between Montgomery and Stockton. This does not surprise me, as 1 passed over the road some four weeks ?ince, and found it in an awful con dition. To me it is a matter of surprise that they make, at present, any time at all. I would rather forbear making any comment on the foregoing state ment, but the failures have been so regular during the last few months, that I took particular notice of all the causes, and must say that this last journey has fully confirmed opinions previously formed, vis : that throughout the entire route, from Washington to Griffin, the railroad companies are as perfectly in different about the failure of the mail, or rather its reguhir transmission, as the inhabitants of Asia. The first and third failures may be said to be the result of accident, and unavoidable. I do not think so. A little examination must have shown the want of ten 'or twelve inches of rail ; but I presume it was left for a mail failure, or the upsetting of a loco motive and the endangering thirty or forty lives, to make the discovery. You can judge better than I can, whether, at only thirteen miles from the depot of Petersburg, another locomotive could not have been procured, (a messenger having been immediate ly despatched on horseback for that purpose.) and by a little extra running the mail saved. At Weldon, they are in the habit of waiting oue hour beyond time for the Petersburg ear, but no exertion what ever was usVd, the conductor taking it as a matter of course it was ouly a failure. The same remark applies to the third failure. It was the duty of the conductor, or engineer, or the party having'charge of the freight train on the Geor gia road, upon finding that it would cause a delay of iwo mans aireaay oenma ume, to jiaYe removed tne one car from the track altogether. The independence of the South Carolina road, I have no doubt is well known to yon ; also the total unfitness of the Wilmington hoots for the purposes to which they are put I have ever, found on the stagefrutt the greatest anxiety to save the mail,. and great exertious used 'for that purpose ; and when we look at the country through which they pass, and the many difficulties they have to encounter, their regularity ia wonderfuL Those narties wha Mim the department for the failures and irregularities of ue man, are proionnaiy ignorant of the subject on which they speak. . The department cannot control the ten different railroads, and unfortunately those parties who do, know they have the department in their power and act accordingly. Very respectfully, yours, R. H. MONTGOMERY. An Irishman, named James Ma lone, committed a murder thirty-six years ago in Ireland, and e luded jusiicn by escaping to America. After li ving in this country for eighteen years, ' be re turned to Ireland, where, after remaining in se eurily ighteen years more, he has just been iden tified as the murderer, informed of,' and commit ted for trial He- is now over 70 years of age. ' THE TH&T ST.XOUI& AGRICOtTURAi; :i i ft XSOUIB TY Br SOLITAIRE- t : Jt' raajr not.be as faithful s historian as? could be telecxed,but I will, as hear as l possess them, relate xny facts, snd leave to thoeeJvhVi may here after search the SState archives hfnot our? prV gress, the task of giving a piore authentic version. , Tbe first St Louis Agricultural Society a near as I can discover, was started by three ama ieur farmers, who, although they were gifted with an'abundauceof the theory oi cultivation, yet they had never set Vj)jfo7or in'tIiejfield,, or of the the raising of cabbage knew more than a dandy.'" The old farme'ra" Tooked upon the socTety with much suspicion, and, like all new projects, gave it the " cold shoulder, but they were, never theless, curious to see how the new" system of arming by jfcienee would uccsttd.a'? The founders stood alone, but they resolved-lo go ahead z po tbejr. elected each other to the dif ferent officer, and put trust in time, and their ex periments in fanning, to -convert members.. The progress of the Presidenlfwas often humorously related by his father ju-law, a venerated deceased citizen, somethioit.ioahiswisess1 V.. v' i Any sir do you know wy son-in-law tvat is his name? (his inemOry was bad) Yell, no matter, he Nsas my soh-ln-laV. He 'has" start, sair, von grand agricultural society zat is vair veil, vair good sing. ' O d you evair hear how he make ze weed of bis grain field ! Ah, ha ! Vair, zat is von grand idea. He plant hist field wiz grain zat is vair good, he grow up vair fine zat is good too; but zair grow up wix de' grain vair tnocb weed. Ah, ha. zat vair bad ; but my son. in-law, he says he will burn ze weed up, and zat is vair right, to burn up ze weed ; but, mor bleu! sair, be burn up all his gain, too, at de same time wis his fence and de weed' The Secretary's ideaa runs on fat pork, and he hoped to raise a specimen which would make his whole neighborhood, if not the whole west, en vious of his reputation as a stock raiser. He was a chemist, and indulged in splendid visions of the powers of tbe science, when applied to agricul tural pursuits. He thought, loo, that it could fat ten pork, but all his experiments failed to improve his pigs; I bey were thin wheti he commenced, and they daily crew thinner. In passing, one day, by a Kentucky neighbor, whose st ck locked in fine condition, he ventured to remark to him that it as curious all the "pi? tails" in the neighborhood, except his own collection, curled io a fat and saucv kind of kink. It's all in the feed, 'Squire,' said his neighbor. How can that be f inquired the Secretary. ' I give them my chemical fattening mixture and good corn!' That aint my way replied the farmer. ' Well, what is your way? eagerly inquired the secretary. Oh,' savs the Kentuckian, I eive them the corn without the kimikal ' ' The Treasurer also had great faith in the Sec retary's chemical mixture. He thought, if ad ministered in large doses the effect would be more rapid, and, to fully test its power, he tried it upon a pair of fine oxen. Taking his favorite negro with him to the' barn one evening, he mixed tbe agricultural does,and remarked to Sam whose eyes were widening as he looked upon the expe rimental tcntd 'Sam, this will make the fat jump upon the stock ; you can almost see the inNi in prove under its influence. Ah, ah, de lor, massa, responded Sam, 'dat is high. The dose was administered, mixed with bran. and in the morning the Treasurer waited patient ly for Sam's report. Present ly he presented him self, his eyes shininz like full moons. How do they look, Sam !' inquired the Treas urer fat, eh V Bress God, massa,' dat stuff you gib de ani bale lass night make urn berry fat, but hkiU'em oerry dead, too r A Horse Story A writer in the Buffalo Courier" tells the following anecdote of a horse. The incident occurred in a Town adjoining that Cy: v . . A butcher, my neighbor, recently went to a pasture, where the family horse was usually turned, when idle, to get a calf which he had purchased for slaughter. Finding difficulty in otherwise catching bim, he set a large bull dog upon tbe calf, which soon 'brought him to the ground, uttering most piteous cries. The horse, which till now had seemingly paid no attention, aroused by the cries of distress, no sooner per. ccived the perilous situation of his helpless com. panion, than with his ears leered, jaws distend ed, mane and tail erect, be hastened to his re lief !" " The dog still continued his hold, despite the threatening aspect of the horse, when the noble fellow, fastening his teeth upon the dog, with one toss threw him completely over tbe adjacent fence; meanwhile, the butcher had approached 60 near as to catch hold of the calf as he was ri sing, which the horse perceiving, he turn id upon hi in 4i is posterior artillery, throwing his heels e very time still nearer the butcher's head, until he was glad to relinquish his bold. With what a proud and exulting air he pranced around his liberated charge, with bead and tail erect snorting defiance to all oppressors. In fact, before the butcher, (ah ! who would be one 1) could secure his eubject, he had first to secure this champion of freedom in the stable.' Pigeons I Pigeons ! ! Pigeons ! I ! If ever pigeons flew with a more perfect looseness than they have done in this region for tbe last, few days, it must have been on some occasion when ' the oldest inhabitant was too young to re member. We have been accustomed to hear migrating companies of these birds called flocks, but this term fails of conveying any idea of the infinite millions that have been moving simulta neously down the lake and across tbe Niagara. They came in processions, whichvat tiroes striped the canopy from west to east, and threatened to turn all creation, into one universal flock of pigeons." Buffalo Republican, . r The vital power or the Doo. A dog belong, ing to Mr.M. Clark.of Franklin.Mass., disappeared suddenly and mysteriously on the 22d of Decern, ber last, and was uot seen or heard from bntflthe 17th January, when he was discovered, floating on a, piece of the broken curb in an old well, and taken out alive. In this cheerless and pitiless condition the dog had remained twenty seven days the coldest weather of the winter- with nothing to support nature excepting water. He had gnawed the curb considerably in several places. Boston Ckronolype. . Statistics or Odd Fellows -Frora the ddtl Fellows Pocket Diary, jusf published b? Ti'B. Peterson, we extract the following interesting statistics of the Order in the UniiedlStatea for 1848: ; ,- " - r v . , Number of Subordinate Lodges, . " 692 Number, of Initiations, , .32,316 Contributing Members, . 00,753 Number of Brothers relieved, 1 4 - 1149 Number of Widowed Families relieved, - 817 Number of Brothers buried, ' . , - 435 Revenue of Lodges, - 9709.205 40 Amount paid for relief of Brothers, 154,247 62 Amount paid for relief of Widowed Families. - - 1580 12 Amount paid for education of orphans, . 374 25 Amount paid for burying the dead,- 22.786 02 Total riiount of relief, . B0 ? WP FORJ3APITALISTS L ANUS Thf Mt of jfce North Carolma Legislat,, corpatlng North and South clT: Roatothpaity. affords a fair opportuni t tn pitali8ts T.r a jodicious investment. " , This Road, when Completed, will bn m- . lhe great TUil-Road chain, stre ching fh,8Jvk 'J to South. It . the route which a if,?. sideratwns p.,101 out 3s the proper one 7 -profits advantages, k will be sufficient , re out : it is the most direct, the most pense. .The capital tnek authorised ho 12 by the Cmpany-Slooo. mh-11 he,l ficient to make the Road, d-lhTsnZp'r" . - . - w i of at least 6 nr f 1 w ,n . r-- investment c menrmg at the terminus of ihe Raleigh and r ton flRa,l..Road si Raleigh, itwilt & the flourishing town of Fayetteville and rT ?h mh tbe Camden Rari Roid in Sax , A glance at the Map will show that it I ! ' Don km of i hp mn.i t:i r . , 111 "e a North to Souih. All . ioAAUKt. -lr0Ul? fwm rouie countrv is nt,nir3Kl yl .-j r & 11131 "le . . .VK.EU lur uie construct ir it beimr with tha r . .. "uc"oa ry level, and having an excellent foundS". to oil uon ai This is no visionary scheme, lite the n; u mond and Danville Rail Road, which eomn nt souiewhere and ends no where, but anentrrprt which should command the earnest stteniiun 2 capitalists and of all who desire to see the in. ! connection between the North and South el pleted in the most eligible manner. , Petersburg LueUigeneer. wJtiUfT'll in ccoun.t' y Richmond Whig, of a public meeting in that Ciiy l0 f thee the.constructiou of the Richmond and D ville Rail Road, we find the following r,n.t " The Richmond , and Danville Road has ' attracted attention abroad. A striking eTideneTv this was famished by a letter, read to the meetin on Monday evening, from a gentleman in New York proposing to contract for tbe construction of the eZ tire line, and to take from 100,000 to $150 000 r the stock in part payment! This mode of procJ ing has been ouite common in the Northern Sui and some of the wealthiest men in Boston haTen! aliied no inconsiderable portion of their fortnnei from the appreciation in the value of the stock of the roads in which the contractors, for the purpose of obtaining the . work, became largely interested u shareholders." Now if the projected Richmond an.l Dmville Road is deemed worthy of such notice, and of n offer, how much more the - Metropolitan Rail Road, the great thoroughfare for the immense travel between the North and South ? : . . i Fayetteville Observer. A tAveller journeying,through Texas on foot came to a creek which was swollen by the rains And running like " amill tail," as the saying is. 1 float, ing log, made fast by a grape vine, to either bank, was the only thing in the shape of a bridge he could discover, and the swift current was running on either side of this. Two hours hard labor in bringing slicks and brush served to form a frail raft by which he could reach ene end of the log, which sunk aud tottled as he placed his foot npon it The traveller however, after rolling off into the water t wice, vi finally enabled to "coon'7 himself to the other end of the log on all fours ; but new difficulties now be. set bim, for he was still not across, aud a raging cur rent was between him and the bank. A violent leap and plunge, however, enabled him to reach and seiw the grape vine, and with the aid of this, and much scrambling, splashing and foundering, he finally found himself on dry laud on the opposite side, com. pletely exhausted by his forenoon's work. He shook the water from his ears, spouted the water frum hit mouth, and while resting himself after his exertions, noticed a slip of paper stock upon a stake close bj. Upon examining the paper he found written upon it, in a round, bold hand, the following emphatic warning: ' "One dollar fine for crossing this bridgt faster than a walk F ' The late Judge Stobt.1-We extract the foL. lowing passage from Mr. Webster's late argu. ment before the Supreme Court of the U.Stateiia lhe case of the Steamer Lexington, as reported ia the Washington National Era : It is a great truth, that England has nererpro. duced any eminent writer on natural or geoeril public law no elementary writer, who hajroad tbe subject his own wbo has breathed his ova breath into it and made it live. . In English Judi. cature, Sir William Scott, it is true, has done much to enlighten the. public mind upon the subject of prize causes, &c and in our day McIqUmsd hai written a paper of some merit. Bnt where it your English G rot ius? Where is your English Birbey rac! Has England produced one! Not one. The English mind has pever been turned to the dis cussion of general public law. We must go to tbe Continent for the display of genius in tbisde partment of human knowledge. What have the courts of Westminster Hall done to illustrate tbe principles of public law? With the exceptionof a tract by Mansfield, of considerable merit, more great principles of public law have been discussed and settled by ibis court, witbio the last twenty years, than in all the common law courts of En gland for the last hundred years ! Nay, more im portant subjects of law have been examined and passed upon by this bench, in a series of twenty years, than ia ail Europe for a century past ! And I cannot forbear to add, that one in the midst of you has favored the world with a treatise on pob lie law, fit-to stand by the side of Grotius lobe the companion of the Institute a work that ii now regarded bjT the judicature of the worlds the great book of the age Story's Conflict of Laws t" . '--',.'"' . A BARBER BANKER. A Washington Correspondent of the Ne York Globe iell,tbe following anecdote of a neir Banker, who has beeri issuing notes lately : . A cunning hair-dresser in town, a native of W BeUe France, took advantage of the example set by self-styled " Bankers,", and put forth sow fromsix-and a-quarler, up io twenty-five cent . . j 1 1 . ...f,,l inv One day as be was engageo in- ma jvi- cupation of shaving a customer, a lad came soin- what abruptly into bis shop, and thrust forth 1 scrap of paper, somewhat resembling, a Ba" note. ; -F . ..... r. " Aha ! well, bov, vat you want, eh V a'd 018 lATAn-fltfi '"nJ I want t i quarter in silver for it catise nobody won tuw it tif me l" i -it.i '.f-jtr ? " . . t You want a quarter .in. sltrer, eh ! peroap yon 00 read the papier eh read bim !" -Boy reads When presented in sums of nr dollars and. over, paid irr Virginia money." Aha t;jon'jte-w&Mkh eh 1 Go, and get five dollar, and I redeem de money. Exit boy In disgust ' . "P.l:Jli!J.. and frllding ikiiig 111a vuwiuiuer uj . iiic - o . his razor as smoothly as he could, for the inwa chuckling going on, the barber-banker, in a nan soliloquy muttered - ,1- Be gar). it is a great thing to understand fioahceTrpajrwhen five dollar come to me--but be gar ! J no issue but fdur dollar and erflyfiye cent I" t .. "'John, is my coffee hot !' i Not yet, massa ; roe spit in him. and ne sizzle!" t;': i ft k I h li e. i -
The Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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April 6, 1847, edition 1
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