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4 siss see By Kockctt fc Midtllcton. Devoted toIVcivs, Politics, Commerce, Ajrri Sericulture, dec. Two Dollars in Advance "Eternal Vigilance i S THE PRICE OF LlBE sir. VOL. 2. PANOLA, ML, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1846. THE NARROW ESCAPE. A MATTER-OF-FACT TALE. A few months since, one of the tra velling agents for a largo house in this city, whose route brought him in to the town of New Frankfort, Scott county, Indiana, as was his usual cus lorn, "brought up" at the best inn which the town afforded. It so happened that on the afternoon on which the agent arrived at the inn, the landlord's daugh ter, Nelly, a blooming country lass of l, on the invitation of her neighbor, Mrs. Uoltear, living a couple miles dis tant, had gone to quilting, and on leav ing home she told her parents that if she. was not home by eleven that night, she would stay all n-ght with her friend, Susy Dolbear, until the next morning. Accordingly, as that hour passed, Nel ly's parents concluded that she would stay all night with her friend Susy, as she had promised. So, without any hesitation, the agent was put in posses sion of Nelly's room, (her bed inclu ded,) which adjoined that occupied by the old folks; and after looking in vain for some instrument to fasten the door, undressed himself, taking care, how ever, to place all the money (about . $300) which he had, belonging to his employers, in the pocket of his panta loons, and put them under his pillow iur &meiy; ana also fti protection against robbers, he put a loaded revol ver, ready capped for service, under his pillow. After these arrangements were completed, with the strongest as surances of safety, he retired, little dreaming that he should be disturbed that night. The quilting party of which Nelly was a guest did not break up until con siderable past midnight, when some what to her disappointment, she found many young ladies who had come much greater distance than she had," and ow ing to the lateness of the hour, were desirous of staying at Mrs. Dolbear's till morning. Nelly with true noble ness of heart forebore to press her claims to her young .friend's hospitali ty for the night, lest some of those who lived further ofF would have to go home. So she arranged with Susy, who was one of her most intimate friends, that she should go home with her for com pany, and that she should stay at Nel ly's home, which they reached after n walk of about an hour, bringing the time up to about two o'clock in the morning. Without making the least noise, they effected their entrance by the back door of the house, and, Nelly leading 'the way, betook themselves up the. back stairs in the dark, to Nelly's room without having disturbed the old folks and without the least suspicion of find ing an intruder. And as they had ar ranged between themselves to keep from the old folks the lateness of the hour which they reached home, their conver sation, while disrobing themselves to retire was carried on in a whisper. The agent's ear, from long habit and prac lice, possessed nico properties of hear ing; and whispering and light tread ing upon the floor awoko him from his sleep, and supposing it to be occasioned by robbers, he listened to the conver sation, holding his breath lest he should give them notice of his being awake The nirls themselves were a little alarmed at the lateness of the hour, and being extremely anxious that it should bo kept from Nelly's parents, their conversation was upon the best method of conccaline it from them. etc. The agent caught a part of it, and a part too, excited as was his imagination at the time, not a little startling. Susy said to Nelly, "It is much later than we should have been;" to which Nelly replied, "Yes, it is; but then we got in without disturbing any body. So far, all's right; but we must be quick or we shall be discovered, and then all will be wrong with us." The agent was now convinced they were robbers; and in the dark as he was, saw nothing be fore him but murder and robbery. He grasped his pistol mechanically and firmly, and causiously cocking it, he was prepared for his assailants. Directly he felt a hand on the bed clothes, pass-' ing in the direction of his pillow, un der which his pantaloons and money were laid; he held his breath; and put himself in a position to reduce the lia bility of injuring himself "on his dis charging his pistol, and to ensure its effect upon his assailants, supposing I master in the Infantry band of the 5th mai n was aimed at a vital part. The Kegiment, who was present in the bat hand continued to pass around the up- ties of the 8th and 9th of May. He was lJcr Pa" i me oed, but did not seem to on nis way to St. Louis, bearer of let hit the particular pillow. ters to Major Gen. Brooke and others. ihis gave the agent time for reflec- In his company was a fine voum? noin lion. Shall I, thought he, shed blood ter dog belonging to Major Brown, who ... uluu u, mis trine oi my em- ieu curing the bombardment of the fort pioyer s, or shall I permit it to be stolen, opposite Matamoras : nn4 . L. Lt r i m . I iiti . WQf U1 DIum C1 ms unjust as they wnenthe remains of this gallant uo, suspicions against myseiH" Bonier were entombed, his pet do This wiia u.fn : ii- i I ... i. l j i - ' ----- it WttS nooie ior raa """"m mm near the spot where the he fired, endless would have been his Major was suffering until he was borne c' ?ft act wouId have hence, mingled his wail with the sound legauy justihable But imagine of the muffled drum, and could not be r- "cu iie ueara a soil, sweet ai'eucea. lie searched evprv wU,. : i . . - j "nviv. wnicn appeared to be not morn for the ivinr fr,r. r k: , ,l . - -- ma utaaier, ana than two feet from him, say-"Sue, 1 finding him not. seemml m nnnA cant find my night cap." The truth the mournful business of his burial he now flashed unon bin, - uj t. ...m ... .. ' . M i, , V " "au uecu uuui me saa rues were over. r- m ner absence, nnrl anJ thp-n n;i;n u: it .. t . , v, . - . I v"k miwocii up, ne lav he night cap for which she had been down at the foot of the flae ...IT. uno'n ZZ J t "L " Tk h1 - ,he lurf "i U remain, of ner mnrnpp i i i . , r .. , " A11C piaioiiuie urave major, and sent forth his dropped from his hand as instinctively howl of rr! M, i , . n ? : u j i . i o mo neuris oi an as it had been grasped before, and it who heard him wp. ..... . appeared there was a bit of fun for him, fresh sensation r n ' r instead of robbery and murder alter a tends to present him , r' n. ' , hart da'a fmvol c ..... ..... ...v.. wllu aa mue Un tho 9th. PaIHI ftJMT f NO. 24 I ",w mmiiiM noise as possible, he drew himself to wards the part usually denominated the "back side" where he lay quietly awaiting jhe result. Susy was soon disrobed a$i ready for bed; but inget- i eivon un his horse to an officer, was mounted on a mule, and was attending at the artil lery train when a shower of canister came, car rying away his canteen, graz- ng his cap, slightly wounding his foot, tin .m . 1 .i . .k7.1I;" u Mr haDd n and startiS W. mule off like mad to uh,. -vny iNelly-she wards a detachment of the enemy's ca- exclaimed, "there', somebody in the valry. He in vain tried to ZP his bed, as sure as I am alive.' Our hero, headlong progress, and could not con- (for such he ought by this time to be ceive what made him bellow and cut called,) was almost convulsed with up in such an outrageously frantic man- vaku aly- liUle 8is;' re- ner when king behind him the cause plied Welly; "she always sleeps with was at once explained the mule's tail me. This answer satisfied Susv. and had been cam A , k - -u.i TTM ;.i .... " - J "J onui. h 7 aSt fCar g0t int0 L'ke a Ship wilhout a rudder he wa the bed too. The two girls were snug- beating fast on a lee shore, when his Iy ensconced under the quilt that had rider was forced to shoot him to ston "w " uq oeiore, wan las "s progress mey supposed) "little sis" on the back - appear anxious to join us ur"frch to Mexico. Some of them are able horsemen; and I suppose Gen xayior, now that he is on the strongest side, could get them all to join his ranks, .i we wouia accept them. D. R Garter. c .i m. yj ine. i he ancient ana most illustrious Order of Knight- "wu'.,uuaae(J bJ Edward III, on the occasion of the Countess of Salisbury Stock a ball, when the King picked up a piece of blue ribbon worn hv tK r, before Indian rubber came into use amid the laughter of his courtiers. His Majesty merely repled, Honi soit qui ypensc, which became the motto of me urder. There are Twenty-five knights, besides the sovereign, toge ther with about firteen extra knights, whoare princes of illustrous foreign ersHenry VIII, who had, like an other royal prince of the present day, a great taste tor tailoring, altered the dress very materially. Charles II, another royal tailor, who .was also a bit of a hatter put a feather in the can. which is nearly the only feather in the cap of this mountebank monarch. Roy al Garters appear to be rather expen sive, and must be quoted at 878 a pair, for it costs 439 to be invested with a single one. TRADE IN MATAMORAS. ME CHANICS WANTED. THE SIL VER MINES, &c. (From an Officer to his friend in N. Y.) Matamoras, June 6,. 1846. It would cheer the heart proof of this assertion, we have the f a New York dry fioods deftler, or a lact that she could not co to sleen with- anee Manufacturer, to see how these r e,ousy uoibear in the middle, and Nelly on front side; but in truth -Wittle Sis" had been taken in bed with her pa and ma, as Nelly was absent. Susy Dolbear was as affectionate a Clrl. nfl Tnrlinna U . i . a vuu uoasi oi ; ana as a 'v-u"j "cn uui iuo iiara ior lan kee notions. The army spends about 3,000 per day for provisions and ve getables, which is almost instantly re turned to the, fe,w Yankee shop keepers who come hee immediately after the nine man u lanes to tell it, she gather- y puession. anings are ed up the bed clothes, and with an ef- se,linga: a hMto one third the prices nnl 41--. l-..t . . . w ,1jo. givmg sis a kiss so she turned over to perform this pleasurable act, when she put her hand upon our hero's fae and feelmg his face, and feeling his huge whiskers, she was maae aware ot their mistake. In less fort almost superhuman, sprung into me nnaaie oi the room screaming, "Ifs a man! it's a man, Nelly?" Nelly, of course partaking of Susy's' alarm, rushed into her father's room, follow ed by Susy, leaving our hero in perfect formerly charged by the Mexican Mer chants, and the'eountry people are buy ing us though they never expected to have such another chance for bargains. Smart mechanics would make fortunes ..w.w, my uuuvco are iwo centuries fits of laughter; from which he has behind us in a,most every thing. I shall seme in mis country as soon as the war i . enas, and one "half of the volunteers will do the same, as the bulk of the people here (decendants of Indians) evince the most friendly feelings for not recovered to. this day, as he laughs immoderately every time he sees a pistol, or the occurrence comes to his remembrance. Nelly's father was up in a twinkling, and a light being obtained by the aid of a rr.stch, the whole affair was explained us, and appear really glad that we have come to rescue them from the to the girls, who afterwards passed if" .whoTiave been oppressing them, through the room of which our hero had ' We are a11 anxious to get a now full possession, with a light hand -'ghl f th Sl,Ver mines in the int"ior, satherins un their nersonal doihin jUSt t0 SeQ how they look- Sorae of the thflv n1 thrnnK f u-. mines, I am told, have been care 7 i .Hfv.uj .v UUUIUEI 1VUIU fully concealed by the native owners, lest the government or the English miners, should seize them. But once give them a good government and they will all throw out their treasures. It is in the attic story of the house, where they retired and soon fell asleep. Susy Dolbear, of the two girls, hav ing played the most conspicious part in this affair, not waitincr for hor Kroalr. fast, made her escape from the house ;a,cu,ated that ih3 could pro- ... . . . I duce one hundred m nf Ann. : as soon as daylight downed; but Nelly- .. " 7., v nnnwnn of hr innn,Pn,ft. 1-,M! S,lvef annUay f life and property our hero, face to face, at breakfast ta- pr0pCr,y frora danger bX ble. where the then learned of the nar- 6. "u B" ana an educated peo row ascape she made of being shot for a robber. Our hero, from the convic tion that a pistol was not a fit instru ment to be used in the dark, in a coun try inn, came to a resolution that he will never again carry it, but trust himself to the mercy of the robber, pie. It will be a work of immense la bor, however, to civilize and educate the Indians. Yet I think it practica ble; foi they area more-Imitative peo ple than our northern Indians, and their systems of domestic manufactures and agriculture, which we're in a flour- icViinrr nnnA'ittrtn Kafnvo t. J!- - r (Bhouldhe ever chanca to meet any. - -" wraj which, by the by, in the coarse of ,hfe """f?"??'. imn nr aierhl VPnri f rnvpl he hna nanar I J J lu aV yet done,) and the Providence of God. Peciate the c'f Give Itiibuj u v a uuaco oi;iiuuima.5iers, give them books in their own Aztec dia- Reveille of the 21st inst., contains an cl, respect their ancjept prejudices and extremely interesting letter from "So- customs, confer upon them theprivil- itaire," written on the Missouri river eges of citizenship, and I believe the during a trip to the new town of Ohio, glorious era of Mexican civilization The writer speaks of encountering a which existed under the Montezumas, character in the person of Signor J. would again burst forth freed from its aldi, a Piedmontese by birth, music ' superstitions. A Learned Mayor. Lord Mansfield. when on a circuit at Shrewsbury, hav ing been asked to dinner by the Mayor ofthe town, his lordship observing an antique clock in the room, remarked to the Mayor, "that he supposed Sir John Falstaff fought by that clock," to which the Mayor replied, "He could not tell, lor he had not the pleasure ofknowing Sir John." Lord Mansfield then tried his host on another subject, and remark ed, "that the town looked very old," to which the Mayor replied, "It was al ways so, please your lordship." From the (English) Truth Teller. EXTRACT FROM AN HONEST SPIRIT DEALER'S ADVER , TISEMENT. Friends and Neighbors: Having just opened a commodious shap for the sale of "liquid fires,' ..I embrace this opportunity of informing you and the public, that on Saturday" the first, I shall commence the traffic of making drunkards, paupers and beggars, for the sober,' industrious, and respectable community to support. I shall Heal In "familiarfcpirit," which excites men to deeds of Jjot, robbery, and blood; and by so doirfg diminish the comforts, aug ment thei'expenses, and endanger the welfare of, the community. I will un dertake at a short notice, for a small sum and with great expedition, to pre pare victims for the asylum, the prison the poor house, and the gallows. I wil furnish an article which will increase the amount of fatal accidents multiply me number of distressing diseases, and render those before harmless, incura ble. I shall deal in drugs which wil deprive some ofMife, many of reason. most of property, and all of peace which shall make fathers fiends, and wives widows, children orphans, and all mendicants. I will cause the.rising generation to grow up in ignorance, infidelity and. immmorality, and a plague, burden and nuisance to the na tion. I will cause husbands to murder their wives, mothers to forget their suckling infants, and vergins to forget their priceless innocence. I will cor rupt the minister of religion, obstruct the progress ot the gospel, defile the purity of church, and cause temporal, spiritual, and eternal death. I will, in short, do every thing in my power to cover the land with crimes, sickness and insanity, indolence, poverty, and wretchedness; and I do it at the peril of my soul. Should any be so imperti nent as to enquire why I have the au dacity to bring so much accumulated misery on a comparatively happy peo ple, my honest reply is monev ! have a family to support, the spirit trade is the most lucrative and the community are the most ready to en courage it. I live in a land of liberty and I have purchased the right to de molish the character, destroy the health shorten the lives, and ruin the souls of those who choose t honor me with their custom, and I have no other mode of obtaining an honest living. I know th Bible says, 'thou shalt not kill,' that it pronounces a woe unto him who giv ucigunor arinK. l am aware that the Holy Scriptures exhort me not to "put a stumbling block in a brother's way." I also read in the same divine record, "that no drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of God;" and I cannot expect the drunkard maker to share a better fate; yet what can I do? ARISTA AND TAYLOR. One of the editors of the New Or leans Tropic, who has jast returned from a visit to the Rio Grande, pre sents the following graphic pictures of the Mexican and American Command ing Generals as they were successively seen in camp at Matamoras. The sketches are true to the life, and the contrast which they present i3 both strong and striking: The contrast ofthe two commanding Generals, Taylor and Arista, in the pomp and circumstance of war, was characteristic of the different institu tions under which they lived. There was a semi barbaric splendor associa ted with Arista's, according to the des potism of the Mexican government. A simplicity about that of Taylor's signi ficant of pure Republican institutions. The marquee of the commanding General of the Mm! - a v i v0 W cl O bell-shaped, and of great size. The material of which it was composed was ornamented by narti-colored fit rJnpe giving it a holyday appearance. A round it were stationed caily dressed officers who glistened in the sun, and were ever ready to pay the most abject respect to their chief. Lei horses richly caparisoned slowly paced in sight. Protecting its rear, like contin ued labarynthian walls, were arranged the equipage of the camp. Pack sad dies for five hundred mules were taste fully placed for display, and their loads near by, heaped up in prodigal confu sion. To the poor Mexican soldiers bivouacked in the open air, this wealth seemed a vision of a fairy land, and its conventional possessor their imagination, and powerful beyond comparison. Bands of rude music almost constant ly rent the air with their noisy labor. The furniture of the marquee was rich; the costly figured chests of the camp were the ornamental furniture;" upon their tops reposed in ostentation, the heavy silver service of the table, or the elegantly finished "maps of the campaign." In this array sat the com manding General, surrounded by his numerous staff his clothes of gay col ors and laced to vulgar profusion. Vis its of ceremony or of business were conducted with pomp and needless de lays; long lines of official stared and leered and were impudent or cringing, as suited their purposes best. Music rolled, sabres and muskets rattled, and the buzz of inflated greatness and hoi low pretence, was triumphant. About a mile above the city of Mata moras, a little distance from the banks ofthe Rio Grande, is to be seen tJune 1st,) some stunted and ill shaped trees, which bend their gnarled and almost leafless limbs over a group of three or four small tents, only different from those ofthe common soldier in their rear, in this, that they are heterogen- eously disposed of for shade, instead of being in a line regardless of all else than military 'precision The plain a- bout is dotted over with thousands of tents, before many of which were artil lery, and groups of men and soldiers; and over some waved in triumphant folds our national flag, giving promise of more importance and pomp, than the little knot to which we have particular ly alluded. We wended our way cn towards the dwarfish trees that were distinguished, from being a few feet higher , than the surrounding brush, and for the little group of tents that rested beneath them, for they were pointed out as marking the head-quarters of the commanding General of a triumphant American army. Not the slightest token was visible, to markene tent in the group from anoth er; there were no sentinels or any mil itary parade present; a chubby sun burnt child, "belonging to the camp," was playing near by in the grass, tem porarily arrested in its wanderings by some insect of usual size that was delv ing in the dust, We presented ourself at the opening of one of the tents, before which was standing a dragoon's horse, much used by hard service. -Upon a camp stool uur ieu sat General , in busy conversation with a hearty looking old gentleman, sitting on a box, cushioned with an Arkansas blanket, dressod in Attakapas pantaloons and a linen round about, and remarkable for a bright flashing eye, a high forehead, a farmer look, and "rough and ready" appear ance. It is hardly necessary for us to say hat this personage was General Taylor, the commanding hero of two ofthe most remarkable battles on rec ord, and the man who, by his firmness and decision of character, has shed lus tre upon the American arms. Ihere was no pomp about his tent: a couple of rough blue chests served for his table, on which were strown in masterly confusion a variety of official looking documents; a quiet looking citi zen dressed personage made his appear ance upon hearing the significant call of "Ben," bearing on a tin salver, a couple of black bottles and shining tum blers, arranged around an earthern pitcher of Rio Grande water. These refreshments were deposited upon a stcol, and "we helped ourselves," by' invitation. We bore to the General a complimentary gift from some of his fellow-citizens of New Orleans, which he declined receiving for the present, giving at the same time a short but 'hard sense" lecture on the impropri ety of naming children and places after men before tbey were dead, or of bis lecciving a present for his services "before the campaign so far as he was concerned, was finished." With the highest possible admiration ofthe republican simplicity ofthe man ners and character of General Taylor, we bade him good day, with a higher appreciation of our native land for pos sessing such a man as a citizen, and of its institutions for moulding such a character. Just and Patriotic Sentiments. rich beyondJJustandpatjiptic must. be. admitted to be the sentiment, touching the late Ore gon controversy and its adjustment, ex pressed in the following answer by Gen . Gaines to an invitation, by a com mittee ofthe citizens of Philadelphia, to celebrate the national anniversary with them in the city: Nat. Intelligencer. "Deeply impressed with the vital importance of hearty union among all parties, in whatever concerns the awful quesiioa of tear or peace, I have been most happy since the beginning of last month (though for the most part ofthe time in a slate ol duress) to find that tho wisest and purest men of all parlies, known to me in the South and West, as well as in the North and East, fervent ly rejoice at the late signal triumph over the evil snirit of war. in the main tenance of a peace highly honorable to the two nations ofthe world, not only 'most capable of doing each other the greatest possible harm, but also the most capable, and who ought to stand foremost in the essential work, of giv ing civilization and self-government to every part of the human family ap proachable by steam power. "If governed alone by the prospect of acquiring military glory, I would de light morein a war agaipst England, than any other nation, because England though not more vulnerable, is endow ed with a degree of military and na val character sufficient to give the high est value to every triumph we could win over her by land or by water. But the most brilliant trophies of vic tory, and the highest possible degree of Military glory, dwindle into the shade of a shadow when contrasted with the wide-spread evils 'of war. I . am a warrior, not because I ever loved war, or could ever regard it as other wise than as one of the greatest evils, next to national degradation, but be cause I have ever fervently loved peace,. and because I have known full well that the world is still laboring, as it has been for thousands of years, under the barbarism of habitual disturbers of the public peace, and that all the most as tonishing inventions and improvements in the arts ofthe present half century applicable to war, tend but to prove the constantly increasing necessity for regarding with redoubled vigilence the essential maxim impressed upon our minds by the beloved Washington-. 'In peace prepare for war "EDMUND P. GAINES." I, i 4