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PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY,;
WILMINGTON, THURSDAY
From NeaT i Saturday Cxttk. '
WHO CARES.
A fig fur the world witajts scouting and storming,
A fig for ita wimple of carea,
Tbeaunniest days are oft dark in lha morning, ,
And troubles will bunt us la pairs.
Dame Fortune's a woman, and ever is frowning,
On grumbling and brow knitting elves ;
Ye: evern ith triumphs their temples are crowning
Who somehow are helping themselves.
i hen let us be cheerful, and smile while we rf
giving
The wheel of our lortune turn,
And always remember the secret of living, 4
Is living on what you can earn.
( old 'uns o'erreach us and laugh at our blindness,
We'll wail for iheir children and ihen,
We'll lake our revenge bv treating with kindness
The brats of these hard-lisied men.
And while wc are merry, and laugh at our troubles, !
And push fof the lop of the stairs,
If once in a while whilst blowing a bubble,
We burst it, what of ill wh cares 1
Then let us be cheerful, and smile while we'er giv
ing The wheel of our fortune a turn,
And always remember the secret of living
Is living on what you can earn.
From the Baltimore Patriot.
THE FALL OF WATSON,
Of Baltimore, who fell gallantly leading the charge at
Vie ttorming of Monterey.
He has gone to the grave in ilie hey-day of life ;
Pressing on to the loeman before him,
He fell in the midst ot the glorious strife,
With the stars and the stripes floating o'er him.
He fouxhl as a hero forever should fight,
In front for ihe garland ol glory;
And Fame, as he fell, with a pencil of light,
Wrote his deeds on the pagea of story.
The Baltimore band that so bravely he led
In the charge on the Mexican column,
The tear of regret and of vengeance have shed,
Aa they mareb'd to the requiem solemn.
And his death was avenged by the triumph I trust
If not, 'twere a shame, 'twere pity
For many a fueman baa bitten the dust
In Monterey's desolate city.
So perish Columbia's invelerate foes,
Who vainly against her have striven;
May triumph still bless her bright banner, that
flows
Where victory lately was given !
Oh! Baltimore, twice hast thou wept for thy brave,
Thy sons, who so gallantly perish'd;
But thu' Ringgold and Watson now sleep in the
grave
Long, long shall their mcm'ry be cherish'd.
Let their fall be avenged let the war-cry be heard
In the halls of Mexico screaming,
Till victory's shouts on her walls shall be heard,
And the star-spangled banner be streaming.
Brave Watson, thy name be a watchword by those
With whom ihou so nobly hast battled,
WTho witness'd thy fall when the death-shot of foes
Like the hail of a stormy cloud rallied.
In the homes ol fair Baltimore, beauty hath shed
The tear of regret, that so early,
So high and heroic a heart vbould have bled
A head that was cherish'd so dearly.
Oh ! yes, and full many a bosom hath sigh'd,
Thai one with such virtues around him,
By a barbarous Mexican's hand should have died
In the moment that glory bad crown'd him.
He has gone to the grave in the brilliance of lame,
But he sleeps on the pillow of glory;
Enshrined in the heart of the nation, his name
Shall live on the pages of story.
J. U. M.
(ill!! OH l CURSE.
The rocky county of Stafford, New Hamp-1
shire, is remarkable for its wild and broken ' place was of course subject lo inconvenience
scenery. Ranges of hills towering one 1 and occasional suffering. Fioin the Indians
above another, as if enger to look upon the they teccived neither injury nor insult No
beautiful country, which afar off" lies steep- cause of quarrel had ever arisen ; and, nl
ing in the embrace of heaven; precipices, though their Ireqnent visits were sometimes
fiom which the young eagles lake their flight troublesome, thry nevrr had given indica
to the sun : dells rugged and tonsled as the tions of jealousy or mulice ! Chocorua was
dominions of Roderick Vich Alpine, and
ravines dark end deep enough for the death
scene of a badit, form the magnificent char
acteristics of this picturesque region. I giant strength ; but growing up in savage
A high precipice called Chocorua's Cliff, freedom, it wasted itself in dark, fierce un
is rendered peculiarly interesting by a legend 1 governable passions. There was something
which tradition has scarcely saved from utter I fearful in the quiet hatighlinen of his lip it
oblivion. Had it been in Scotland. Derhans ! seemed so like alumbtrinp power, too proud
the genius of Sir Walter would have hal-
lowed it, and Americans would have crow
' ded there to kindle fancy on the ahar of mem
ra'lir i. ...r .
ory, tieing in the midst of our own roman
tic scenery, it is little known, and less visited, 1
r. .L . . i ., I
tor mo it m u t is as yet nniraversea oy ran
roads or canals, and no Mountain t House'
perched on these trenirndoua bnulcments, a
iii ret the traveller hither to mock the majesty
. . - . .
I of nature whh the insipidities ot fashion.
Our distinguished artist, Mr. Cale, found
the sunshine and the winds sleeping upon
BY THOMAS LORINO.
MORNING, JUNE 3, 1847.
it in solitude and secrecy;' and hit pencil bas
braught it before us in its sterq renoic.
In olden time, whin UolTe and Whatley
passed for wizzardj and mountain spirits
npong the superstitious, the vicinity of the
ippt we have been describing was occupied
bra very small colony, which, either from
discontent or enterprise, had retired into this
remote part ol New Hampshire. Most of
them were ordinary men, led to this indepen
dent modo of lifo from an impatience ol res
traint which as frequently accompanies tul
gW obstinacy as generous pride. But there
nms one master apitit among them ; who was
capable ol a higher estiny than he ever ful
fMtf kTle consciousness of this had stamp
ed sbmething of proud humility on the face
of Cornelius Campbell; something of a
haughty spirit strongly curbed by circum
stances he could not control, end at which
he scorned to murmur. He ossumed no su
periority ; but unconsciously he threw around
him the spell of intellect, and his compan
ions felt, they Incw not why, thnt he was
'among them, but not of them.' His stature
was gigantic, and he had the bold, quick tread
of one who had wandered frequently and
ft'arlessly among the terrible hiding places
of nature, (lis voice wns harsh, but his
whole countenance possessed singular capa
bilities for tenderness ol expression; and
sometimes under the gentle influenco of do
mestic excitement, his hard features would bo
rapidly lighted up, seeming like the sunshine
flying over the shaded fields in an April
day.
j His companion was one peculiarly cnlcu
j latcd to excite and retain the deep and strong
energies of manly love. She bud possessed
extraordinary beauty and had in the full ma
turity of an excellent judgment, relinquished
several splendid alliances and inciricd her
father's displeasure, for the suke of Corneli
us Campbell. Had political circumstances
proved favorable, his talents and ambition
would unquestionably have worked out a
path to emolument and fame; but he had
been a zealous and active enemy of the Stu
arts, and the restoration of Charles the Se
cond was the death warrant of his hopes.
Immediate flight became necessary and A
merica was the chosen place ol refuge. His
adherence to Cromwell's party was not occa
sioned by religious sympathy, but by politi
cal views too liberal and philosophical for
the suite of the people; theiefore Cornelius
Campbell was no favorite with our forefath
ers, and being of a proud nature he withdrew
v.ith his family to the solitary place we have
mentioned.
It seemed a bard fato for one who had from
childhood been accustomed to indulgence and
admiration, yet Mrs Campbell enjoyed her
self more than she had done in her days of
splendor ; so much deeper are the sources of
happiness lo those of gaiety. Even her lace
had suffered little from time and hardship.
The bloom on her cheek, which in youth
had been like the sweet pea-blossom, that
most feminine of all flowets, had, it is true,
somewhat faded ; but her rich, intellectual
expression, did but receive additional mnjfS
ty from years ; and the exercise of quiet do
mestic love, which where it is suffered to ex
ist, always deepens and brightens with time,
had given bland and placid expression, which
might well have atoned for the absence of
more striking beauty. To such a woman
as Caioline Campbell, ol what use would
have been some modern doctrines of equality j
and independence ? i
With a mind sufficiently cultivated to ap
preciate and enjoy her husband's intellectual
energies, she had a heart that could not have (
found another home. The bird will drop!
into its nest though the treasures of earth and ,
skvareoDen. To have Droved marriage a
hrrinnii
j i i y , I
and the cares ofdomestic life a thral
dom w
would have affected Caroline Campbell
as little, as to be told that the pure sweet at 1
mosphere sbe breathed, was pressing upon I
her so many pounds to every square inch 1 i
Over such a heart, and such a soul external;
circumstances have little power; all worldlj
interest was concentrated in her husband anU
bnbfs, and her spirit was satisfied with that
inexhaustible fountain of joy which nature
gives and God has blessed.
A very small settlement, in such n remote
1 n prophet among tlictn, and as such an object
'of peculiar respect. He had a mind which I
J education and motive would hnve nerved with
.i.i i i
lo be lightly roused, and too implicable to
sleep again, lo the small, black, fiery eye,
expression lay coiled up like a beautiful
snake. The white neopln knew thnt his ha-
tred would be terrible ; but they had never
i , . l l : 1 1 . I .
provoked k, and even tho children became loo
much accustomed to him to fear him.
Chocorua had a son, about nine or ten
yeart old, to whom Caroline Campbell had
occasionally made such gaody prevents aa
were likely to attract his savage fancy. This
won the child's affections, so that he bcame a
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NO. 34.
familiar visitant, almost an inmate of their
dwelling , and bring unrestrained by the
courtesies of civilized life, he would inspect !
everything, and taste of everything which j
came in his way. Some poison, prepared for i
a mischievous fox, which had long troubled j
the little settlement, was discoveredand drunk
by the Indian boy ; and he went home to his j
father to sicken and die. From that moment
jealousy and hatted took possession of Cho
corua s soul. He never told his suspicions
he brooded over them in secret, to nourish
the deadly revenge he contemplated against
Cornelius Campbell.
The story of Indian animosity is always
the same. Cornelius Campbell left bis but
for the fields early one bright balmy morning
in June. Still a lover, though ten jtixt a
husband, his last look was turned towards
his wife, ar.swering her parting smile hit
last action a kiss for each of his children
When he returned to dinner, they wete
dead all dead I and their disfigured bodies
too cruelly showed that un Indians had done
the work.
In such a mind grief, like all other emo
tions, was tempestuous. Home had been to
him the only verdant spot in the wide descit
of life. In his wife and children he had
garnered up all bis heart; and now they
were torn from him the remembranceof their
lore clung to him like the death-grapple of a
drowning man, sinking him, down, down,
into darkness and death, This was followed
by a calm a thousand times more terrible the
creeping agony of despair, that brings with
it no power of resistance.
" It was as if the dead could feel
The icy worm around him steal."
Such, for many days, was the state of Cor
nelius Campbell. Those who knew and
reveled him, feared that the spark of reason
was forever extinguished. But it rekindled
again, and with it came a wild demoniac
spirit of revenge. The death groan of Cho
corua would make him smile in his dreams;
and when he walked, death seemed too pitiful
a vengeance for the anguish that it was eating
into his very oul.
Chocorua's brethren were absent on a hun
ting expedition at the lime he committed the
murder and those who watched bis move
ments, observed that he frequently climbed
the high precipice, which afterwards took
his name, probably looking out for indica
tions of their return.
Here Corneliut Campbell resolved to effect
his deadly purpose. A party was formed un
der bis guidance, to cut off all chance of re
treat, and the darkniinded prophet was to be
hunted like a wild beast to his lair.
The morning sun had scarce cleared away
the fogs, when Chocorua started as a loud
voice from beneath the precipice command
ing him to throw himself into the deep abyss
below. He knew the voice of hi enemy
and replied with an Indian's calmness.
"The Great Spirit gave life to Chocorua ;
and Chocorua will not throw it away at the
command of a white mao." "Then heir the
white man's thunder I" exclaimed Cornelius
Campbell, as he pointed his gun to the pre
cipice. Chocorua, though fierce and fearless
as a panther had never overcome his dreaJ
of fire arms. He placed his hand upon his
ears to shut out the stunning report; the next
moment the blood bubbled from his neck,
and he reeled fearfully on the edge of tbe
precipice. But he recovered himself, and
raising himself on his hand be spoke in a
loud voice that grew more terrifies as its
huskiness increased. "A curse upon ye
white men! May the great Spirit curse ye
when he speaks in the clouds and his words
are fire! Chocorua had a son and ye kil
led him while the sky looked bright Light
ning blast your corps. Wind and fire destroy
your dwellings 1 The Evil Spirit breathe
upon your cuttle! Your gravis lie in the i
war path of the Indian! Panthers howl,!
and wolves ihtteii over your bones ! Choco
rua gofs to the Great Spirit his curse stays
with the white men "
The prophet sunk upon the ground, still ut
tering inaudible curses and they left his bones
to whiten in the sun. But his curse rested.
on the settlement. The tomahawk and the
scalping knife wete busy among them, the
winds tore up trees and hurled them at their i
dwellings, tbeir crops were blasted, their cat. (
tie diid and sickness camo upon their Mrong- j
est men. At lust the remnant ol them aepar
led from the fatal spot lo mingle with more
populous and prosperous colonies. Corneli
us Campbell beca me a hermit, seldom Seek
ing or seeing his fellow men ; and two years
after ho was found dead in his hut.
To this day the town of Burton in New
Hampshire is remaikable for a pestilence
which iufests its cattle and the auperslituou
think that Chocorua's spiri'. still sits enthron
ed upon his precipice breathing a curse upon
thera.
Johk Baker, of BrlWllle, was severely wounded In I
filing a csnnoa on parade at Haacouiah, Sl Claix Co. j
Illinois, on Thursday wae. , lllsrifht arm was bro
ken In iwo pUcra, and three ol bis finders will bars to
be taken off. He Is a volunteer.
Fatal Accidekt. A pong man named RsrvAOa,
a Creole of the S lata of Louisiana, who had enlisted
In eapt. Dvrtae'i company of draioona, UU Into ihe
aoid of the steamer JbWs L. Dny, at Ne" Oris,
aa the company was embarking on her, by which lis
wtt trfw-Wy fftfw-, and dW on fntm 'sy wk
Frtmth If. O. CttmurtU TW, May Kth? "-v
LATER FKOM VEBT CRIX
The schooner Brttt CSapC Riddle-, arri
red late last night from iVera Crox, having
tailed from thentt oa th 1 ioat W
subjoin the following letter from our attfH'
ti? correspondent : , , - . ...
VEEA CRUZ, Mtj 19, 1847.
Oenif. Ot,0f ihehesCiigM of the
times it seen in lha loads of furniture frhich
are continually passing along the street, and
being deposited in the dwellings of their evrn
crs. Fifteen families cane in yesteiday, and
five or six already this morning ; and we ex
pect soon to tee the city full once more--
The American role it to mild, and to anoeh
regard is paid to the rights and health of tbe
citizens so much delicacy it shown toward
the conquered people themtclve,ardio cheap
comparatively, have been rendered the con
veniences of life, that no degree of pritriotiam
can withstand the Inducement offered by
this new state of things to the refugees, to re
turn and partake.
Vet what a road have retaken to reach
this point I pared with gold, hedged with
thorns; and strewed with tho dead bodies of
our own people I
By ibis time Geo. Scott it in Puebla, and
he telle the Mexican that he U bound for the
city of Mexico. At what time he expect U)
reach that place he does not aey, but I fancy
the intereveniog period will be measured by
months. Two or thtee copies of tbe Gener
al's proclamation to tbe Mexican people,
reached this city yesterday, and I have to-day
been fortunate enough to get tbe use of a copy,
for one hour and a bait. I have translated M,
but in such a hurry that 1 cannot vouch for
tho failhfullncts of the translation. Tb
Spanish copy is praised for it diction, and
for the pure Castilian spirit of it) language
which induces the opinion that it is not a
translation but that some one has written it
in tbe original for Gen. Scott. I think drt
ferently.
Its facts arc conceded and its sentiments
admired in all quarters, at far at k has circu
lated within my knowledge, and many be
lieve it will produce a good effect ; but tbe
Mexicans are so accustomed t grind procla
mation, beautiful language, and to rxahed
s ntiment that I am constrained to fear they
will measure Gen. BcoU't proclamations by
national standardthe only one they know.
Almost every man in Mexico can read, and
I hope the document will have a large circu
lation.
I have heard nothing new f Santa 'Anna
since I wrote by tbe Mary KtiptUiuL
A report is in circulation to-f bt, thai the
Circus Company which has been recently
performing here, and left here, a day or two
ago lor Jala pa, has been taken on tbe road
by the Guerrillas. A Mexican broegtt in
tbe report, which ha had picked op no the
road, and there is no improbability m it
1 taa told the Managers bad a good deal of
money with them.
In your paper of the 4th inst yon eepy a
report of the decease of Mrs. Hart the amia
ble and accomplished actress. That lady as
now sitting within a few feet of roe, and au
thorises me to pronounce (be report unseats
ded. Sbe is Buffering trom a severe attack
of the Rheumatism, but not o seriensry as
to impair the vivacity of bei disposition, er
tho sweetness of her voice. She will ret
turn to her home in New Orleans by ihe first
steamer.
The basinets done on the Mole, and to the
Custom-house, bas materially fallen off with
in the past few days. 8even vessels aie re
ported by the British mail steam Ultivtj,
to be on their way to this port front Havana,
principally with European cargoes some of,
which have been lying in deposit in that city,
for several months past I hope the Captain
will bring the money required fn payment ol
their duties, otherwise the greater portion of
the cargoes will probably return. But little
money can be expected here before General
Scott reaches the cky of Mexico, and opeoa a
channel for it to the sea coast:
. Commodore Perry is still at the Sooth
ward, but we have not received any news
from bira since we left We shall probably
bear from bim in a day or two.
The city may be pronounced healthyonly
- Ck-m mim tf iKa vaIIamp Iawav thaw wjiy
red, but they have been generally fatal
Great attention it paid to the cleanliness of
the streets, and strong hopes are entertained
ol keeping the dreadful disease pretty well in
cbeck during the summer. We have recent
ly had some terribly hot dsys.
Very respectfully, yours, Indicator.
DISCOVERY OF " THUNDERBOLT.
1 h celebaicd bnglUn robber, wba ha tor a i
ber of years past aucccWuly eluded all aaaiiB,,
died a few days since at Bratlktorro', Vl, where a
had resided a number of years, and tnjoyed Ranch
celebrity aa a physician, entirely u an spread, kui
much respected- The Berre Patriot gives ihe Mgar
inf account of ihe discovery of who he really jrati
"During his lest illness he refused to be and awes rt,
and when near his end, hired two asea to bevy hiaa
In hie clothes, just as he died, a contract which we
not fulfilled on their part In consequeace olh
neighbors, who were deeiruue of giving bis rssnalas a
more decent and beniiing buriat On faawinf hie
clothes previous to bis being laid otrt, the caaaa e(
this rece ntric desire of his wu maroftat the wtla
ered leg and cork beet, tbe shot marks, and the tear
hich wlineewd a prrvtoas attempt at sulfide pre
derly aa laid doWfl hi Llghtibora deacdpUovi of hua
-marked Mm as the Tnanderboit who had fataed
tucn nwmssiy w engiana ana una cvbuu, h mm
of the moat daring and twr-eaful alghwayasca thai
very graced the annate of crime. On thf Mnpn
were alto foond a dirk aad pWol, tod aaton hi ef
fects, anna of all descriptions, together with ward,,
diamonds, JeWry.e. Ac, to aa caorvaeWVtJeav
packed a way fat saw-dust. He always went eraaat
la three salts af cloche, to Stake hi tgae tftovh
portly, sod SO prevent recognition i aaif the wltheVey
ksg was (band woond with ctofbee-a- avsfc aa iftw' .
the site rf the other "