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Prospectus
6? AITB 7TS P A PER.
r HEviHleraigned propose to establish
a Wliie Paper in the Town or Mil-
laa CintlliMM!. H ItaaerB lint there if a
Wkig paper a'lbliehed lhr already, but he hat
ttlntrit that leeatloa for t reeta.,. Klrtt, h it
mm ol Ihe Mrmtm holdt ot Demneraey, mt e-lled.
Ha k aaitoet. tberatore, to (a wkara ke arill have
tehaaee.e da lb run .nod wkere tke batile
wiH ke h.ttett, ami the ballet By thickest. -badly,
it H lb eo-aty 'ft kit BtthlTjrr-
Ha beainte Mt to arelaro, that H the lyraa-
dial, tclGth, heartiest eoolet at a Jaw Deia-wi-ats
toaarrft ttim-etl aovwiaBllVt'vhat Srt feoel hiteyee
ie tkeir traa akarMtrr. Thia Wd bin to rfllio,
ad ha aaeaa la tha aoaalatioa, that H a itw Iwm
orabla (Sactioat,llM Laler Of lha aO-aallad
aanaraar araa tet of elBth DafnaWM and polhi.
aal kaact. wkowoaly aim it to deteita tht panple
ad provida for tfcetnflwa Tba amOcttlnncd ia
narticiilai lji ansioai o ttripa few of theta wmild-ka-roat
aua. la North Carolioa, of lhir lioo
-Tka adWrd afa to aal hit bap r,
-T tbern Wht wmA Hernial,
r freealOMi. awiciij a uninut
lapcr Ha iil ibino, both ncaaad nwatorra..
kt tkatr rizhtc atmet,' I'ublta -men aa pwhlia nrn
T"vHf tha atadrnfina Wh;iftalk tlfe '"' of !
motrf ' lie will therefore adrocate tlwir a-inei-etaad
aort, with all hia tbilllr. aa l whhhit
whale laiil. The anaatry n m a arhical aoodiiina.
II It a time when atert mm ahnuld be p and ia-
Part'ibal eooaeqaeaaea thould newer deter aa ken
ear Kdttor from reltlaf rk peofila the wh"CTCT
Tke "&Milkara Whir and Herald ol rreedora1
will be iseaed, at tooa at lha aubterlption will jut
lily it. Tkaaa ditn 'ted to ftatroaiae tke ajiderte.
ktor, will nleate ieare ikeir namrt witk eilUer of
b Wkig Editor ia Ktleiek.
' JAMES SAUNDERS, f
Xa Professors md EJterarr lle
The Visitor of Williato and Mary College,
in Vrtffiflia, will, on tba Ut 47 of Oetobet
next, appoint s Profemor o aopply the tc.
ey oeeainne yyytt deam oi ihujih n.
DEW, F.k. . Tito department oocunied by that
lamented mntlaioan ambracea tna lonowmp
Political Economy, Mrtapliyic. Rheloria it
tie) lea ttim. liosie. Mojal . miiosopBf ana
Hittory. The emolumrnUof tho chair bara for
annam. ana Hare ireqveaiij rxceiiw ue i
The reaidenea ia in a nleaaant villase. f Wil-
1m(ii)iti'n agtsMibT t3 tene4ao
cieiy.. - .. ', ,
A pi'licalioo MootnpanlH by proper tettimo
nial should bs forwarded before the 1st Orio-
ber. and addreaeed to Jodge JOHN 0. CHRIS.
TIAN. Reetor of tha board of Viaitoie, at
Williamsburjr, Virginia
ib Sept. 1946. . : ; 38-3t
ffn3f antes Lieehrord,"binj ivn
Mliltke Uwfa three story aw briek buiMinf.
aa s -
at the earner of Hirwet and FaTattawilla atrreta
MdioMMrl -eupM bo Dr 9v OBtet wbkH
in twa hondrad yards oripa Biatr iiouaa, win bt
praparrd to aeeommodaio In SO memhersorthr
approaf hirir sla4ara. - His roonta -era- large
aod somfortable and bit faro shall be aa good e
Ibr market affotdt, and bis terma modrraia.
Rslaighept. l,184S. . - 7T; 3S.-4t
ALL Iho
aVCat
PAY IIP!
loae. Indebted to tba rate firm af Kartell
Cooke are saaaaated ta call on the aubtert-
bar iramtdiately and pay affthair areoenta. , The
kaemee ataar be eloaed withoql turtbr dir
Ha asar be found at the Msneinn Hotlte, raora No.
13. Faretteaille Bt. GEO. T. COOKE.
To Journeymen Pnntefs,
WANTED immediately, at the office
of the ConiiMrciaU a steady, sober,
aflil Indattriooa Job band.' .Nona but flitt nit
srarkmen need apply. A permanoirt oitoatios
ill be gives, with the hlrhaat war. ' .
LORINO k STRINGER.
Wdmington, Sept. M. .40.. j
IJIUMB VINRCK. t t i v - N-T;
Jan reeeired ky
JAR. LITCHfrillil
FAUS I' & WINEBRENEK "
No 70 North 3rd treet, above Arch
PUlLiDELFfllAr
, are ow opaning their Fall supply of ' "
-WmtAviare, Cutlet, &c ,
which on isminatinn will ba fnnnd eoal fa I
yntnt of tanety and at Tie to any stock in Pnila
dalphi nr New Vork. W a reapee'fully Entile
wchani yistung the Morth- to call eed examine
eartolA -
N. 8. Particular pertoaej alfeutloe pafj to
ardar by aaail tttiwnt. ' v - T'
GREAT WHIG MEETING.
. One of the largest pofitieal assemblages
which ever tok place in Philadelphia was
Leld by the Whigs of the rity and county
f Philadelphia onednesiay etenkg'laaL
It was beld iri ihs gwartmH called tbw
Chinese f obriberiquiW"(lrbra
which we condense the subjoined parties
lars) I'ales that at an early hour the Whigs
poured in ike a torrent from every quarter
of b Vlf'intl WountyCa'he I feeling that
itfsvailed was truly harmonious and enthu
siastic. They appeared to. n fuWy,'Iir
Ne tht Importance of the approaching Strug.
We, and determine'd to exert thfniselves to
we iMiayitt, toi' achieve fbtilliani victory.
yy part of the iminenser saroo.i was
Vironad; many, indeed, were unable to get
fHin hearing distance of the speakers.
tl he utmost good order prevailed through-
i"", anu ine varmaa gentlemen who made
iWressei vere listened to with the cioaest
mention, excep when their remarks were
responded to with heartfelt . applause.
tj'he room was twtefully emballwhed with
t
f g and, bannera, aiid tipoit these Jattef
ere inscribud. in cqnspieuouy chararterv.
'is ooctruiea and sentlmente onhe whig
Aiuotij mem wert im follow-
' Ws snjvrths Triflneeaoseit 8uppsrUas'
-rROTECTDUa NDUSTBYrj
fWs g.east Danger Iq f uWw Kbertw i.
from idleness anrTVice.
"AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTtJREiS.
COMMERCE, THE TRIPLE CROWN OP
THE UNlTEtJ STATES .
The veteran and sterling Whig the (Ion.
John Serjeant wal appointed president ol
the meeting by rfeclamauon. Seven Vice
Presidents front each, of the four Con.
greasional district of the city and count
were snrtoirrted, sderejarjfisn each-
A sironz ana iinnreasive declaration of
the public grievances and sundry resolu
tions announcing the duty aha purposes: of
hid nig iiicro KSBciiiuicu, were ouerea
by J. Knndail. Esq. arid nrrannnoustr a:
dopted.' We extract from them the follow
ing: -
1 he v hig crntens of the city and eottit.
t of Philartetphia hate again assembled
for the purpose oT declarinn- theft tiratitrd
attachment to their principles, and tlttir
tletcrminiitfiih irtmpport them at 'he ruse
inr general election. The t-etmle ia
.lMmhewle4r4ktfl
Fenilsylranu, aadtuhsequentdeelimpnU
hive proved that it was deliberately plan
ned and4as bolJIy executed. tn the
Presideatial contest of 1844 the intimate
Bnde6fldem
edthat be was s, friend to -the tariff of I8?.
A letter from Mr. Polk tot distinguished
citizen of our State was publishetl. It was
written with great caution, and, by refer
ring to fofrmef speeches arid addresf,
studiously avoided an explicit declafatiun
of hia sentiments, and successfully answer
ed the purpose Ibr which it was intended;
and, whatever mental reservation Mr. Polk
may hare made, he stood by and silent:
saw the use Made of it without objection.
'tie has since rewaided thnae who
Clanned n by bestowing upon them the
igheat offices wi bin his gilt, and he ia as
deeply implicated in and aa much reooon
sole agent in its perpetration. We call un
on the honest and intelligent
.ofl
Pennsylvania le vindicate their eharacter
and assert their right.
- -The "quottion , before the p6ple is
Shall the Tariff of 1844 be sustaineUf
' "In 1841 the distress throughout the
United States -wss universal. The people
were without employment, property was
deptessed, the value of iatar reduced, en
terprise annihilated, and one general pros
tratio4icnervetd the w bole eountry
The I reasttry was in debt and destitute, of
credit. I wo distinguished financiers of
l'i.V
of the United States abroad, and, aper sup
plrrating the capilallate of Of eat lirithin
and the Uontineat; they returned 'without
being able to borrow one dollar upon the
Uitn oi.tne reeosrceeoi th great and grow
mg country. - Such wai the legitiaaau
enec'a.ot tree iraqe.-A- f,-i .
. sra ea iAi .
i ne i win at ju , was CRactett bv a
VVhia Congress, and the result is known.
The nrnsneritv of thecounir waa netnwl
capital wss employed... labof wsa pfotefited,
ine unuvu oiuies, wnen Mr. rain wss else-
ted, exhiiiled a spectacle of wealth, Indus.
tfy, and happiness st home, and honor and
credit abroad, unprecedented in the annals
of the world. v-.-v;A'' '-fi: y'r
'The present Administration are deter.
mined to arrest this anarch of piosperity,
ml we haxard bo4 little in asserting that
within six- osoaihe tha Treaetrrr ; of the
United Slates will again be bankrupt. ;
t'Tbe Subtreasurrv already tried and
eondemaed, has been adopted the revenue
or the country in tiaa of war has been
reduce iU end we are now the only civilized
flstion oneatth that does net protect it own
industry and striving to rean the bitter freits
of free trade. i . Wo earnestly implore our
fellow citizena to examine, deliberate. end
determine Ibr themselves. We are deeply
JuTipre8ed;.withjheimporisnce--.fUthese
truths, and, H we are nght,-the adyerefghry
of otn country and the stability of Its insti
tutions are now t stale.. Therefore- -vfietoleed
That, w in our Opinion, n
consistent man can, direoily or indirectly,
support lha Administration of Mr. Polk
antlSsuppert theTsfiffof 1842.Adhrsio
to the one is opposition to the other, and
profession of attachment to domestic indus
try, made hymen who by their votes sup
port its moat bitter enemies, me worse then"
worthless. ' .M.ti;:';-.
rVrg-be 'tendeMfwiW
Coniress, Hon. Joseph R ' Ingersofl, fir
the industry talent and energy with which
he has supported the in'eres's of the conn
irjri and that hia Teelection, ty an incress.
ed majority, will best show the esteem and
sffeetion wbtcb rs felt for bim by his con
stituenls'?"' 'r- 1 "
' I!ewbed. That this meeting will sup.
fiort by their vo ee sod Influence tlie fol
owing persons lor the respective office
fof,J,hicli they have been nomHiat(d r ;
Fer M-yor John Swift."1 ; .. -;
! For- Congrese lsf Diatrict Edward
Joy Morn.-?,,. .Trfi:" "t'
-'8.1 Districts-Joseph U. Ingerson'
" sir titstnct-Joiin ni Uolerasa.
lh nialrn.tLUnlv.vt T CnnrmA
- . .. . a ' v . a ... " w sa. . j
VartHis htenl officers were slab nomina
ted.. 'A f er these had all been carried, the
tiase-honored President of ihs meeting rose
and observed, that it was not hia intention
(. address the tneetieg. as he was only now
recovering from a recent illnes. bul-bis
heart, ;-ws warm snd , J.is eehoga, wete
zealons in the good old Whig eaute.
I Several e-nmlamen . then, in aucceaaian
took the itaoJ, and, in animating ap echr,
stirred and deligbted the ast assemblage
nntfl a lata hour. Among those who ad
dressed the irfeetirig were Messrs. Randall,
J. It Chmxller. J. R. Ingersoll, Edward
Joy Morria, Looney, of Tennestee; Nor-
tunp, of New York: and Duncan, of N-w
urieans.
Mr. InirersoM. in
drrea, sa:d that, summoned ss he was. bv
Msejnbgshb h was
he scaieely knew whether, havinir. for tha
laat nine or ten months, borne si part In sn
aasemoiy ol a eety different cliaractei, he
aght now id appear in any othei garb bnt
that of dust and ashes. -
1 be Congress Iri i(d Mt session' pie
nnu acrvmiuaieu togewer annul BS
roach mischief as it had been in fts power
ia tflfcet; "Since the present rulers had
come Into power, art l-Bd 'followecj act,
and omission had fiilliiwrd uiiaLin vat
'hera had not htten" an net of atiV orornlnentlt. ,nffW'y"Ti'f
thiugs had beert the reault of wilful, blind
ness Or not; he should always bfclieftf that
the present riilers of .his great Republic
of tlie alTu'rs and interests of the country.
What wlite femedyr
hands. There waa nothing to" make aa
despa-r of tho Republic. But we should
endeavor, with harmonious and energetic
action, to restore that short-lived happiness
and prosperity whifth were felt in . every
part of the country when the Whigs we're
in power. .
There were .many citixens of other psr
ties who were panting to enrol themselves
under Whig. fanner, seeing, as they did,
how the intere- in which they were eon
cerned had been sicriliced. . And these
nasrfy found friendr, if theV did jot aVfirft.
choose to call themselves :JrjH.iyvwrntie.
7L l a a.
vnig-ireiBocrais! -ve wer. as it was
eU.JuMWaV'biU.
mere iniriy violence, nearly forced into an
absurd war with Great Britain. - We should
then hava had two war upon oiif bands at
once. Nothing was spoken .if by the op
poeite party then, but 'Oregon' and 54
v Not a bid waa born but : it war thought
wnouier nr riot it s'.ould be named 64 40
And tn one resolution. rnlruUted to pto
ducd, a pacific result, even the word -ami
caolc" waa s'ricken out. "And yet, in le
iu-n eignt sna lortv hours, th.-v all. eicrn
measures o
peace! -1 hns were secured tha blessings
we '.now . eiuoy. .:Tbe war with Mexiea
waa a war brought about by the action of,
.L. A J ! - . ... a
too AUHaiaisiraunn- sione: and, had it tjot
boen for the gallant spirits of our little ar
my, and for a Whig Commttiider-iohief,
theresalu might have been very differ
ent. . ' rT--
The Subtreasury! Whatwasltf Thanks
to tho Mexican war. the money bad been
shaken from the tree like rine fruit, ami tha
dfagonsef the Stibtteasttrywere wwfcbtrif
oniy ine teaness and withered limbs and
braucbea. , rhen, what had been ihn an
a! .a . . .
uon; ot tne Aaminiairation with regard, to
pwblie improvemeatT , Indeed, the presen
rresident of the United States had taken
ground so disastrous, so; ealamitmis, so
overwhelming, that it wa imooss b , e
eepl by electing two third of the Congress
wmgs, 0 repair the .injuries. - Hut the
List and most fatal set was the destruction
of the pfotectiie pofieyV When tlte Sec.
retary of the Treasury toltttne Deinoracv
of fhe.itfmry that. the ad valorem duties
must itvvail, that di crimination in favor
of manulaeturee could not be made. Peno
ylrania interests were sacrificed" . '
The assembly, from . first to last, t-says
the Inquirer, formed a most gratifying and
Imposing demonstritieit of popwlaf npiniott.
were Ibotisands in attemlance mint have
been delighted. . The vicwlfrom the sneak'
er'a plaifot to was, indeed, exciting. Such
an immense msss of human beings: all har
monising together in fel'nig anI rtr priori
fUe; alt advocating HOME INDUSTRY.
all responding to "tbo' sentimeht" tf "tfie
speakers; all Whigs, go.-d., ami true, snd
devoted to the be t interests of the country.
s T SUDDfrWEALTIIr L
TheSU' Louis Republican of "tic 1 2th
gYveW1otleiff'ii yho
called St that office, relative to the sccuriug
of property left him in. Europe: " T
"The death of a rel.tive in England I Jtntl
suddenly made bim the" righiiul heir to
at53,000,: on deposit in the bank, of fug
and. Besides this comfortable . sum --of
ready cash., there is the fimily eaute in
Westmoreland, the mansion of tThieh av
lone cost ,' f&b . It appears that only a
few ' weeks since the former . Possessor of
this' wealth was In perfect health, a wi t
ower, ofehorlt forty five yeais ol age, look
ing forward to a long life, and. perhaps a
happy, .one, allied to. one of .England's
datif liters. He hail been admbniahed, it
is true, that death might reach' htm at that
ag, for he had already burried hie wife
end two children. Very soon he died and
wii host making ms will, t By the taws of
England an intesttle's estate goes le ti e
hrir at law, and the peison . before ue be
ing tb: oldest collateral heir in- the deaeea
ding line, the whole of this large estate; a :
mounting tn hail a million of .dollars, as
fallen t- him.' ' Our visitor, left as- much
sheered wijh the formation Jie had reeet;
ed. He will aoon be on bis way to Eng
tana, to take possession of what is in this
CQfna-y deemed a very splendid fcnunc
Although a man of simple habits and wants,
ne was already forming plates fof the futur
ne estate ne intemleJ to tlistnbtite in
England to branches of the family; but the
money he intends to brio? to this country,
ana nere to pm the reroaiuder of bis days
some assuranre oi wis, ne Jaavea nis
the. design of rejoiuing them as soon as
1TH B?PEKINgAf-p.I A TO
ProTessorlFbera matbetician of Vien-
na, has brought over to this country a
speaking autotnaton, vpon the construction
ni v men no nas Ueen erauiovea soma
nre ana twenty years. We . were yester
day invited to a private view, at the
gyptian tfa"l ff this extraordinary JoijWr
who were
astonish
oy a clavier yvhich, . tilayed tn comunct on
wiih a belloaa, produces at wnHhe whole j
oi tne vowels and consanant sounds, and,
b.XJO.idrpit
lab'et and .word's. Ihemotlth ofh. ig
''u'IsTurniied'wiib alongtie of. caout
ehiMic, and moveable lipe action )o which
is given by mechanism of, the moat deli
ra-e kind, nierisety simil t in its operation
to thai of the human being .. .
The cenli-e range of elemental sounds
bring secured, it is obvious that anificial
speech may he carried onj and M Faber'a
puppet is enabled to express any sen'eQces
which sre " proposed, with a distinctness
whVh is po less curious than diverting.
Ry contracting and expanding the artificial
glottis, different registers of lone arc at
Lnined. find, ineredjble m it may seem
the Jejsd i&!ibnt.jmfa.M!A . eJt KtiiJt
both atiracy'' arrd ' Jrbmtiruaer " If, alo
laughs snd whispers; iq snort, the organs
fewiels?Wheve "ThelkrwtngtraeTisllB
ted, that any of the vocal phenomena are ,0,1 of (Jen. Taylor, in a letter from Cam
within its reach. The voice which comes "go " iV' : ' ;a i ;t f s
from the lips of the 6 cure is bard and
penetrating; and ths cautions way In which
the priascs ate uttered like that or a
child imitating a teacher has the drollest
snd mrst unsophisticated eflect possible.
Many attemp-i have been made in" by
fon'C lune f4o..eaT4atitct.o. jtotoraaton-of
this description. Ci In 1770 Mr.Kraixentem
found that tlte vowel sound might be real,
fed .to
reeds pent into certain angular shapes; and
subsequently M. Kempeten.lhe coif b rated
mechanican, contrived an apparatus from
which it was possible lo extract word and
sentences lifni'ed to the simpler aquoda---
Hut the accounts pi these irfventfons led us
tq infer that the result of both cases were
extremely imiaiiafactory. It has been left
for Mr. Faber to overeorae all the diificul
tics, and he has succeeded in reflecting the
mechanism of nature, so has his perse ver.
ance triumphed. ; A boat ten reara ago
Or.krblttbed blV1elieT thai
befpre another century was completed a.
talking end a singnlar machine would be
nnmhered among the conquests of science,'
and his words, were prophetic. f.. - i
London Herald.
. MEXICAN Arr.VIHS.
'The following paragraphs . from the IT.
nion of Satuiday . night , will, apprize the
reader of the present posture of our rela
tions with Mexico. The Union has a lono-
srtirls on the subject, (he a,mount of which
i. that it is the duty of, our. Government
to nroaecu'e the war vigorously, end pot
to be dclavrd by the tedioiisnesi of Mexi
can negotiation; . -
We c i ri stale, upon competent authority.
'bat the report ia not true, thai Mexico has
re rosed to negotiate with the edvernrnent
ef the U, Statessjiitit we shall Hrithdraw
oor ofinie fniri her territory an J bur fleets
from ber coasts, i Tbi report in absolutely
destitute of foundation. . I'he irovernment
of that - republic has determined to refer
the President's overture, to open negotia
tions fur peace, to the constituent Cona-ress
of Jilexico, which will -Bcsemble in , the
beginning of December, - (we believe the
;teri ? f WS. v- .iW;Tii-
jlEfioTUi lONITH ilEXlCO
We -ere able to put an end, hi s more
xplijCikanQecihaaw
been able to do, to all mystery khnd all
doubt about the despstches'by tlie Prince
ton. 7Ti preceding paragraph gives the
true version of the transaction; the precise
form or the eoneifpH.de'nce which baa ta
ken pfaoe between the. two renoblic.
presusM.UU be DJra.le known Jt no
!o-iant day. The1 gist of the matter is,
that the Mexican Government ha not pos
itively declined our overture nor hst she
accepted it upon eottdkbns---ehe has net-
iner refused n.r accepted its bet ass re
ferred Our proposition to the constituent
Congress of December, to decide the whole
0iestwn. ' ,!),;''. ;!" c 7; tj
Wearo unr ie to gay bow far. Santa
Anna participated ih' this answer We
ttnderatand ibis reply was tranamiued 'bv
General Rejon, the aeeretary 'of foreign
affaira. and that only four tlaye elapsed
between the receipt of the letter of enr
Secretary of State end the tepW of the
Mexican) Minister. But though -Santa
Anna might Dot have - been cnnanlied a.,
bout' the (of m of the' reply, yel the char-
ecter of U aeema to correspond to ihe gen
eral prtncipio wtiicn us protcaeos ie nave
lata down lor himself ot throwing hnnsell
uporf the wishes 6f the
Constituent Cona-fess.
pe6l
abuofthe
-m.
We had a right to expect a frank and
nPAIMM On Stantaia Bj.k AaA !! .B akA aiBalnili
eus proposition fof negotiation. Hut the
i.uiim stti-.vri I'rvur iiurr-i oiiu kiuiiii.
acting Mexican government declines Id act
they mar coin out their decision." before
rt -.-v - - - r
man can conjecture. Another month per
-4 . . fcr ............. ..v
haps might pass by. And thus we should
have four months consumed - In idle and
unavailing procrastination. This is sttrelf
in the usual dilatory style of Mexican ne.
gonation. BtrV the mean time, what
aagaeious politician c tn hesitate . aa to the
course which we ought to pnrstte..' b
The. Whiff State .Convention. "of. New
JWf. .MtClri'W ;Wi.eainlvBWr.ina.ed
xorx, tor lieutenant governor; , . , b,iK
--The' Ahige of M afdmchuettsr-n-Stite
convention, nave nominated Hon, OeoA
rt. Jjrigga tor uovernor, and lion. 'John
Reed fer Liewu -OoveTnor.' " 11
, Tor the Stai,-
. , September 24A, 1810. '
, Mi. Editor t I deaire; yot lo; insert ;tli
following fact in yotir pupcr i A few years
ago, I was . intimately acquainted with a
young" man naturally possessed of a strong
constitution: About that time,, he pom.
Itienced'chow ing 'f ohacco exceasively for
aome months wheri hi health became im.
paired. " lie-, complained of Dyspeptic
symptoms, &c. 1 advised bim. to discon
tinue the use of Tobac li entirely. , Il
did so, and iti lets ihftq three months was
restored to good health, v - T: --;K.'L,"
OLD ROUGH AND READY:
'' Among the persons whb havtf attemb
ted to eataHI ah drinking arid ' gambling
etablishrnehu at Camiargo, was a certain
character well known to the army. His
goods were re shipped hy order of the
commandant of the town ami lie. was or
dered oE.. lie became insolenT find ebu.
sive in consequence, and went so faf that
Capt. Miler ordered bini to 1e "arrested
T!, Ptltll. ttard.bmta.-BiJl lha beat
waa read v. On ht belntr tt-fA
went op tn Gen Tayior'a tent, ind made
a long and bitter eomplaint to old Rough
and Ready.vThe General tat and listened
to him in silence Whan Jia elnao.t ' tha
General rose very cooUy, and eske.d hfm if.
nsiia got tnrougb. 'Tes, sir, I believe I
have. "Well. the; sxclaimcd the GenS
eral, applying his loe to a prominefit pHit
... -V..U.T . vvuy m ai very emnnatie
maonei1, be off from bete, or Til- kick
you clear Into Uie United Suites.?
sV.vvwwsj.
INTERESTING NARRATION;
The following ietler. Vivino- a thrilling
account of the gallant eonduci of Lieuten
"ffj??- end Rowan, of the U 3.JS team-
rr i nuceion, under circumstances , (be
most ippaiung, waa commnniraia.l k, k.
Right Rev. Bishop Doane to the Hurling
ion, N, J. Gazelle. It will fa. r-flfl tag ilk
interest: t . ' .
TJH3 BURNING OF TtlETRUXTON.
My Dear 8ir. I tn ter anra .An
will not refuse insertion for the folio w'intr
extract from my friend and parishioner.
vin tungio. - ii ia writ tnOWh tna't
when the report of the dlaaatarta thh t.
ton had reached the commander at Vara
Crux, he despatched the Princeton In' her
relief. The portions wbTcfi folovp ar.f
suchlivelv interest, and rcfWt
e.J ne service that 4 venture -to-eicent
them from the writer's general redttttU hot
o publish hi leuef. Of that true (.
eqtrentfe ef nature which fcelarnndtherr-
tore makes feel I have me with but few
such examples. My extracts commence
with his. arrival at the bar. Very truly,
youf ttkmUT'r-firy- Qfffs TLr
. e- ' . a I at a e . aa, ' . . J . "
, itrversiue, ictn Hep. IS45.
1 skiod in, and anchored in five futhoms
water, aa close ae 1 could annroaeh with
aafety, and where I eould send a shot
llulvand-ihrttg1 Trakumd thrbw-my
sbeflt wlieif ricc
atety sent Usui. Jjogg on- short ' with a
flag ol truce ' IJe droased (Tie bat of Tus
pan' through' a surf that would eause the
stoutest heart to quiver;' ar times hufboat
waa almost on etfd. - FnlH by bis grjidartf e,
she nrossed it like a dock. -'
i'J directed 4.ogge b. Ittferm the om
msnding officer on shore thst I would per
mit ho one to' visit the brig nnt t my boats
had been on board, and that if be fired on
them I would land and stuck him.- : Boggs
thea pulled for die brig."4 Tbe surf waa so
hith he eould not get an board, so ' be re
turned id the ship. That night f the wind
blew, it slot med and rained. Next rnorn
in g I took aboat, went Is end examini d the
bar sounded round and about it, and found
the eurf too high to send the boals:s To
ward midday it "cleted op. . The' iwejl
went down; and the surf appftsred" less on
try-, At the desire" oWe officers I manned
rhe boats, with directions, If ihete was the
leest danger, ttt toroas. Our boata ire
first rste.'hnd my ofnee a are "'second to
Bono1. ' They pulled in lh the boats. ,
directed IJeot-43oggs to I ad. Lieut. Rowin
to (uUew, and pesa-nl Mii'ahi mintilee tc
remain at tho outer edge of fie stlrf, to as
iwiiiu.ui mo auvH-a nnu runcurrence ti ine tonu-v My glees
-,r , . . . , mnce. nia no.ti coi
months wdl elapse bet wesuihe
srrKjrrr-irti , t i i -
iiu mr lurcuiir w VonirrTas. now innr munaKil I. ,
r . .
. " KU" wt nvoiueni to uie s crossinr
t ;"Th boats closed. -Sid ih tmir3
rinanl rn.il l aksi ik.i.-.. ..
a
: ft,,-, i.t.t 1 J.. -m. t ""J 7 ..,'ul
.ajj H'li 'follow!' I ... in t,L ZiZlZ
waaon'. Lieut. Boggs. ""At
uki not Maeil. Weefl I
'xBt lfr6Ti W at that
' 7:'!''.
mmrniTO mn, ngvio I CSOS led! Ilia
boat trss strut k by, i sea bn the latboard
quarter, -and broached. AfiotheT8ea add
ariotlier knocked her over and over, aa j
ovcej and onee I looked bn all as lost, for
few men escape capsite in-a'surf.l
knew by examination, that (he cefrent Iq
Uie rivrr.was strong enough 10 carry but a
boat. . For this season. I' had sent th
third boat, to lie at the edgeef the surf.
The ihen elutl j to the boat; At - tlie first
roll, oin ereftgtejjiidetC
I f ' --ww. ...... ; . J WtllV 4
out. I saw them receiving aid from the
in in boat,; roannetl other boate and sent:
there to their assists". ce. -t ; a'l vT ,
lost!' .1 was in great distress. To In.k
mctr m i Ttfir Ughi is gxpecjeiti but to loose
uirm ty surf and sharks is horribls. I sont
a small boat, and diiected the offlter; in
cae Rowan waa Safe, w pttll off bis Kat
no ejieeri iraM,weae safe, to thfowb
both, hands. . Could there bo a nobler hiatt:
than a gallant officer, w ih hat off. and ,
armn extended to Heaven, as a signal ef
safety i Informinir his shipmates, at tha tfUill
jance of a mile sytd g half, that all were?
aafej My heart was not' in my bedsv If
was in my neck and choking me.s f j
ilowfl In the ton. till I recovered tinTtelf j
Out yards, tigging and - top. were full of
men.siient na oeatoy, on til gave the word,'.-.
'ell-are ssle.. Oodcsalt kWtrriTfTayj-trf "
sora of them could not swim. The - karf
nreeeoh.4l.thet
o to themi but bad to wait till the current
rove the boat, and crew throurh k. aaaw
watd. (;; There were aixteen on board crr
bol.v-!;.;ii. aft k-k t i ' liv ' '
'"And where fa Boggsafl this' time? : IlV
got safely tliWuhj but before be could get
his boat seaward hs was withfrf pistol ihot -
ofbutfifly rae, hhOitiskeU readr to
receive him, .'Where is the -white iasl
saia he. Search, wsa made, but none to be1
fottndf-Who hal -whiteshirtr Ouf
boatswain, who stands about six feet twoT
inches, built In jroportlort, a splendid look
ing lellow. In a moment a latlmm of It " ,
waa streaming from a: boat boblf. RhVrf '
pulled up boldly-, and jumped on shore".
shook hands iW the officef,' arVd toll him '
he came by the order bt ihe Csnmlnr i
thshk him for bis kindness to Ihe crew of -'-
the Truxi-mf and to gay to him, ' that hii
would not fire oir shore unless be fired on
at; if be did, he would land and go to Jue.;
pan, a town six miles tri Ihtf river. 1 fln.'
then? pulled fpf w the" briir. buf em.l.l
boa:rd her, so ho returned to llie ship.
The ofTicet en shore told hfm that be thoogt'
three boale were rather too many to rnma
tfif shtfre wl'b a flag of truce. So I thought
myeelA canicular) v." at each boat had a
pistols, 18 bowie ktriyes and lft enrkin.r . ".
, J .. - w arwt vastvar
onboard, M -"- v--1
The next dayT armeridian. ! senttwi.
boats,ntiderrpmmnd of peu Bnggs, with
dlreetione to board the brig. and., if aha
was no. bilged, to' send down." in il,M.
overboard her yarda. for ut to pick bp, as
they ' floated out and ben I to set her
on fire. "He took three eight-inch shells
witit mm -At . ai , on the 22d, of
August, aha) was fired from stem to stern.
A more beantifulsight I never saw. When
the shelhf burst which. Were below ' deck,'
the splinters flu w, and the flames increased.
A Acr an hour or so, away goes the main "
and ma:ntopmast, hbadlong Into the foanr-,
Ihg surf. Then all evee were on th k,m.'
mast, which hung on Ibr upward of ao hour
longer, when It followed. Fins spttrsl-p.
which has asi.sted in bringing thB remains
of the gallant Pprtef frotn a Mahoihedan td.
a Chri tian country, to rest there, under " -
ihe Sag he had fought for so nobly." . -: k
An trrliete having appeared in the New -Orleans
Delta,, finding fault with Cap..-'
Ertg'e, of Ihs Princeton, for not hoofing 6(f ."..
and savins' the Truxtori.'a Pensafiola mr.-
veidenteftheMob
puce toil; c,....,'.....,,... ,- - . : -.
, Wheir the Troiton Sviii boarded she " '
was found bilged with 6 feet water in her
hold; her upper wbrcf ittoving snd water1 -
passing Ift and out freely; Thete was not
a possible chance of getting her off..' Sup '
pose ihs attempt had been made and proved " ;
successful, what could have been. Oboe with '
her? Now therb was a possibility of her
beafirtg over (he bar, " Thcte the water waa
smooth ind the enentysculd have' placed '
water casks under her, or sent their launch '
es alongside of Iter and carried her up the
rive This would baveinken lime, and .
ome diy you pwbsdry would have .heard
ofthe Mexican brig TruxtonJ ImiDeiliatet ' .
fyonaseetlaln hercondilion, Capt Engle
remarkedto hf dflicersUhe Alexii ui fl;ij -shull
never fly bntbat ' vessel she mutti
coineoffoifbo burned" and srcordinsly
without Tftiirriin ia ;jbe Vo'mmodWe to -reecivti
rnstfuf tiona, Capt ;j.. gave ordcra " -
immertiatvly to have ber d-strored. . In th . "
meaijfim- Coin Connoi, fswirio tljat CupU
R.'whuld hot burrithe.Tnuton without
!osuive rrteis too to, Jiad sent the sloop,. .
F war Taltnouth ststh. tosUutttoBs'.'wi d.
iU ? t . :