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THE EVANSVILLE JOURNAL.
PBIXTED AND PUBLISHED
BY WM. H. CHANDLER & CO.
The Tki-Weekly Jours.vl is published on Tues
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FOR PRESIDENT:
SACnARY SA"SriiOE..
CITY OF EVANSVILLE:
THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1818.
CC?Tb.e river is again falling at this point.
It was falling o:i Saturday at Cincinnati and
Pittsburg. At the latter place there were nine
feet water in the channel.
(X2 The Hon. Hexry Clay has arrived at
Baltimore and was received as the guest of the
city. He is on his way to Washington to at
tend the sittings of the Supreme Court.
CQ-Our State Legislature met again on yes
terday, that is, if a quorum had sufficiently re
covered from their fright to venture back to
the Seat of Government, and the Governor,
having got his cue from the President, will
now, doubtless transmit his message to the
two Houses. It may be looked for by Friday's
mail, and will be laid before our readers as
soon after its reception a3 it is possible to put
it in type.
The Matamoros Flag says thatlarge numbers
of Mexicans are emigrating to tha Texas side
of the Rio Grande, for the purpose of availing
themselves of the protection of American laws,
should the Rio Grande be made the boundary
between tbe two countries.
Total Destecctios of a Steamboat bt Gus
powdes. We learn by the Alex. Scott, says
the Louisville Journal, that the steamer Sea
Bird, bound from New Orleans for St. Louis,
with a thousand kegs of powder on board, took
fire near Cape Girardeau. As soon as the fire
was discovered, she was run ashore, and every
person left her. The powder exploded, tearing
the boat to atoms. The explosion was tre
mendous, and the shock it produced was, it is
said, sensibly felt at Cairo. The Sea Bird was
jowned in St. Louis and not of much value.
New York Banks. A Telegraphic dispatch
received at Cincinnatti, dated Jan.1 3d, says:
'Refuse all New York county banks. Half a
dozen more aTe broke, and sales are at 10 a 20
percent, discount. We learn that the banks
of this city are refusing all the county banks of
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
Deleware.' ' . ; '
C3The amount of Treasury notes outstand
ing on the 1st inst. it is officially stated, was
614,937,339 "31. .
(X5"-The Louisville Journal of Saturday says:
"We have received a letter from Nashville,
which says that the friends of Mr. Clay will
very soon hold a meeting in that city and nom
inate him for the Presidency.
CC3 Washington letter writers say that Col.
Benton will go for Mr. Van Buren for the Pre
sidency. We are inclined to think "Old Bui
lion" will go for himself in prefererence to any
one else. ,'
CLF the amount invested in raiiroaus in
the New England States alone, is supposed to
amount to 850,000,000. , In these States there
are 2,240 miles of railroad track, either finish
ed or in progress of construction.
(XlpThe New York Herald says: "We un
derstand that a petition is now circulating on
'Change and among the merchants, for a meet
ing to be held in this city, to express the opin
ion of New York on the utter incapacity of
the Postmaster General to manage the mails in
a proper and useful manner."
The Cost. The Pawtucket Gazette states
that the expenses of the Fremont Court Mar
tial already amount to upwards of $60,000 and
if this be the case, it is not improbable that the
expenses in the end will not be less than S100,r
000. A pretty round sum this is for the gov
ernment to pay for nothing, for we take it for
granted that the trial will result in nothing of
any consc-quence.
: The Cholera. The Manchester Examiner
and other British papers, anticipate another
visit of the Asiatic Chcjera, and advise that at
tention be paid to cleanliness and ventilation
as the best means to lessen its dreadful attacks.
Of 100,000 attacked in Russia, less than 20,000
died '' " .
Not so Bad. Tbe editor of the Maine Far
mer intimates that the design of our govern
ment in sending an expedition to the Red Sea,
may be to fish up Sodom and Gomorrah, and
"annex them to the United States."
- Claisis and Drafts. The Washington cor
respondent of the Baltimore American says
that he hears of a claim of four hundred thous
and dollars which. will soon be in for drafts
drawn by Colonel Fremont on our government
tie states that two dralts are now on their way
for a million of dollars, that the specie is fur
nished at Mexico by agencies of English hous
es who sell the bills in Mexico, and, that, when
presented at. Washington, the specie is received
and at once rent to Europe. It Is hardly pos
sible that these repeated drafts and repeated,
shipments of specie should nothave some in
fluence upon the money market of our coun
try, and the drafts will continue to the end of
the war.
, The National Debt or England. A Lon
doncorrespondent of the Courier and Enquirer,
speaking of England's debt, fixes" the number
of perns who derive their support therefrom,
directly or indirectly, at no less than twrj millions.'-
This forms rather a strong party in fa
vor of regularity in the payment of the divi
dends. . .
CCj-The National Whig says it lias a list of
six hundred and tizo papers that go for General
Taylor for Piesident.
07-We are greatly indebted to our friends
Messrs. Taylor & Harvey for late New Orleans
and Louisville papers.
Pork. The Madison Banner of last
Wed-
nesday says: "
The prices of Fork last week, on account of
the unfavorable weather, and the large num
ber of Hogs coming in, was reduced to almost
nothing at all; but this, morning, we are in
formed, it again looked up a little 2,50 be
ing asked,- and $2,25 freely offered for good
Hogs.
A Strong Ticket. The New York Courier
and Enquirer presents the following strong
Whig ticket for the Presidency, and predicts
its success :
A Prediction. On the 1st of January. 1849,
a President and Vice President of the United
States will have been elected, whose term of
of office will commence on the 4th of March
following. Now we venture the prediction
that the gentlemen elected will be
For President, .
ZA CHARY TAYLOR.
For Vict President,
. DANIEL WEBSTER.
If this prediction should be verified and we
would not make it if we had much doubt on
the subject what unprecedented causes for
congratulation will exist on the 1st of January,
1SW.
Sakta Ansa's Defence. A supplement to
the New Orleans Picayune of the 28ih ult.,
contains Santa Anna's defence for the loss of
the battles before the city of Mexico. It is
very lengthy and we can't find room for the
whole of it, . but we give the concluding por
tion of the account of the battles on Contre
ras and Churubusco :
The audacity of some of theenemy'sdragoons
went so far as to cross at full gallop the column
which was marching from Portales to Candela
ria, and they reached the parapets of this point,
where being recognised they were fired upon,
and all killed except one officer who was
made prisoner. This officer declared at the mo
ment with a ccod deal of candor, that, "havin
understood from one of onr prisoners that
m
that troop was Gen. Santa Anna, he had form
ed the resolution with the men who were will
ing to follow him, to reac h him and take his
life, as if they succeeded they would acquire
glory, and if they failed they would die with
honor." As soon as I was informed of the de
claration, I ordered that the prisoner should be
treated wiin consideration, and declared tnat,
far from being offended at his boldness, I ad
mired his valor and paid him the homage due to
him.
At 4 o'clock in the morning of the following
day everything was prepared for the combat in
spit of the bad condition into which we had
been placed by the previous occurrences, but at
11 o'clock I received at the causeway of La
Vega a despatch from Gen. Scott, in which he
proposed the armistice which is already known
to the nation, a copy of which 1 annex marked
No. 1, and which I accepted instantly on ac-
coun t of our desperate situation, as will appear
by rso. a. .. . ,
The calamitous events at Padierna and the
convent of Churubusco; the loss of one-half of
our best artillery, of so many cannon and mus
kets, and iiuaUy the lossoi more than one-third
of the army, had caused such dismay" that if the
enemy had renewed his attack, as 1 expected,
he. would most assuredly have occupied the
city without much resistance. This convic
tion made me consider as an interposition of
Providence this unexpected occurrence, which
came to change the situation in which we
were, which it effectually did. .Who will deny
that on the 8ih of September the army of the
enemy escaped most fortunately from being
destroyed? Alas! but for the cowardice of
some of our soldiers, but for the selfishness of
so many citizens, what adifferent aspect would
the Kepubnc present at thisjnoment!
No one will say that the conferences which
took place with the commissioner of the U.
Sta tes were prejudicial to the interests of the
nation. Having been made public, they have
already manifested to the world the extrava
gant and unjust pretensions of that government
whicn, abusing its preponderance or cood for
tune and our misfortunes, wished to humiliate
us and to deprive us of one half of our territo
ry. But as in the aceptance of the armistice,
motives have, been attributed to me injurious
to my reputation, J can no longer keep secret
what, in those days, it would be treason in me
to publish. ,-
As in the annexed report, previously referred
to, will be found events subsequent to the ar
mistice. 1 conclude tor the present: adding
copies of the correspondence which preceded
resumption 01 hostilities, marked numbers 3
and 4.
AnotherDeserter. We clip the following
from the Vera Cruz correspondence of the New
Orleans Picayune: -
"It has now become pretty certain, as I learn
from many who came with the. train, that
Lieut. O'Sullivan, who was promoted for his
gallantry at Palo Alto and distinguished him
self by his gallantry. tn the last battles before
Mexico, after throwing uphis commission join
ed the Mexicans, and has received an appoint
ment of colonel in the Mexican Army. Al
though as gallant and brave a man asever lived,
he disgraced hionself on many occasions, by
which he lost the respect of all his associates,
and may now fight as hard against the Ameri
can flag as he has fought for it."
fX2An official statement signed by Daniel
Graham, Register of the U. S. Treasury, shows
that the expenditures of the Government for
the first quarter of the present fiscal year were
eighteen and a half millions, or at the rate of
seventy-four millions per annnm.
03" Water-proof broadcloth is manufactur
ed by a company who carry on the business at
263 Water street New York. Its appearance
is in all respects like that of common broad
cloth. The Whole Army. Gen. Scott, in his de
spatch of the battle of mexico, dated on the 18th
of September, 1347, uses the following just and
emphatic language: "The Capital, however,
was not taken by any one or two corps, but by
the talent, the science, the gallantry, t lie prow
ess of this entice army. In the glorious con
quest, all had contributed1, early and power
fully the killed, the wounded, and the fit for
duty at Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Contreras,
San Antonio, Churubusco, (three battles,) the
Molinos del Key and Chapultepec, as-much as
those who fought at the Gatesof Belen and San
Cosine." .
Will not the American people "subscribe to
the language of the Commander-in-Chief.''. Will
they justify particular officers arid citizens in
their attempts to falsify the positive declara
tions here made in" behalf of the deeds and
claims ofall our gallant officers and soldiers?
Will they allow letter-writers, whether officers
in the army, aids-de-camp regular or volun
teerto derogate from the haTd-earned laurels
of our brave soldiers, in order to augment the
glory and promote the purposesof individuals?
Will they permit themselves any longer to be
hoodwinked and humbugged by the unofficial,
unauthorized and partial statements of the fa
vorites and pets fami!iar$ of certain officers? ,
N. O. Delta.
imi'IIUl.1 JIIJilMHIILIiliUl.lllkLH ll
-"" 0C2"We learn that the Divisions of the Sons
in this city design celebrating the approaching
22nd of February. The birth day of Washing
ton is a fitting time for a temperance festival,
and the promulgation of principles pure and
holy.
(T3The National Whig of the 3d inst., an
nounces that Dr. Davis, late Speaker of the
House of Representatives, has been appointed
Commissioner to China, in the place of Alex
ander Everett, deceased. The Doctor will
find some difficulty in acquiring a sufficient
knowledge of that barbarious language to make
known the object of his mission.
OCFThe JIouse of Representatives on the
3d inst. pronounced a decided censure upon
President Polk for commencing the war with
Mexico. Among other proceedings on that
day we find the following:
A resolution was offered by Mr. Huston, of
Delaware, which he moved to be committed to
the Committee on Military Affairs, with " in
structions to report a vote of thanks to Gen.
Taylor amended by Mr. Hexly so as to read:
and the officers and privates under his com
mand for his victories in Mexico, and. for
defending the rights and honor of the country.
Mr. Ashman moved to amend it by adding
"in a war unnecessarily and unconstitutional
ly begun by the President of the United States."
The ayes and nays on this amendment were
called and resulted as follows: Ayes 85, Nays.
01. .
Capt. Drum. An officer in Gen. Scott's col
umn, writing to a friend in Cincinnatti, gives
the following interesting account of the man
ner in which Capt. Drum came to his death:
Almosl the only man I do envy is Captain
Simon Drum. He led Riley's column into Con
treras, retook the guns which had been cap
tured from his regiment, used them with splen
did effect at Molina delRey on the 8th of Sep
tember; advancing them at every discharge,
until he came within 80 yards of their battery,
when he sent them flying with a round of can
ister: and again on the 13ih, played the same
glorious game, till he fell within the gates of
the city. As he was carried" past me on the
bloody blanket, his face, though very pale,
still wore the stern expression of the fight; and
in the wandering of his last senses, he was still
giving his brief but stirring wordsof command.
His legs were carried away below the knees,
except some slight shreds which held them to
gether, and those were twisted like a tangled
skein of silk.
Mysteries of the Army. W find this in
the St. Louis Republican of last Friday :
A correspondent yesterday alluded to the
circumstance of a female having been discov
ered in the character of a soldier, at Fort Mana
the headquarters of the Indian battalion under
Col. Gilpin. Another letter informs us that
this woman was regularly mustered into ser
vice asa member of Capt. Holtzscheizter'scom
pany,from St. Louis, at Fort Leavenworth.
The company to which she was attached left
Fort Leavenworth on the 7th of October, and
she remained with it until the denouement took
place, late in November. It is said that she
was enrolled as a private, under the patronage
of one of the Lieutenants of the company, and
that she was afterwards detailed as a cook to
the Lieutenants' mess, remained in that situ
ation until the 28th of November, when she
was discharged from the army, and took up her
march home in a return train, still in her male
attire. It was afterwards discovered that her
discharge was irregular, and that some difficul
ty might grow out of it. Lt. O'Hara wasthere
upon ordered to go in pursuit of the girl and
bring her back. The trains were then four or
five miles ahead, but were overtaken next day.
Some resistance was offered by the teamsters to
a seperation from the soldier as she still pre
tended to be and it was only the cofession of
her sex and the determination 01 the Lieuten
ant to take her back as a regular enlisted sol
dier that they yielded. . On her rttnrn, she
stated the facts connected with her introduc
tion iuto the army as a soldier, and the part
which she alleged Lieut Schnabel had acted in
it. Thereupon the brothers Schnabel were put
under arrest, and were waiting the return of
Col. Gilpin, when they will have to answer the
charge of making a false muster roll, without
a surgeon s examination. Meanwhile, the girl
was going at large about the Fort, as lively as
possiDie etie continued to dress in her uni
form, of which she had drawn every necessary
article; and it is added that she stood the fa
tigues of the campaign as well or better than
most of the able-bodied men of the battalion
One of our German papers published what pur
ports to be a note addressed bv one of the
Lieutenants to this damsel, which is sufficien
ly romantic and love-like, but it failed to reach
her, and the bearer a corporal in company E,
was imprisoned in attempting to deliver it.
Can this be taken asa fair sample of the state
of morals in this branch of our army?
A body that weighs one pound upon the
earth, would weigh twenty seven and a half
pounds if transported to the Sun; and an ordi
ry sized man would there weigh four thousand
pounds.
Newspapers in Italy. It is ascertained, that
all Italy, containing a population of 22,000,-
UUO souis, there are not so many newspapers
printed as would emanate from the single city
of Boston or Philadelphia, and they are small
"seven by nine sheets," containing little else
than advertisements and the decrees of tlie
Government.
The Catholics in the United States. We
learn from the Catholic Almanac for 184S that
the Catholic population in this country is esti
mated at 1,190,703. Within theUnited States
there are three Catholic Archbishops, 24 Bish
ops, 850 Priests, and 907 Churches. Twenty
Priests died last year. - There has been in the
same period of time an accession of 76. to the
number of Priests, and,95 additional churches
have been erected or dedicated. .. .
CGrMr. Alexander Campbell says of Queen
Victoria, -that the "youthful face of England's
Q.ueen is as care-worn as .that of any mother
in America who can showrfive such lusty chil
dren." . I prefer General Taylor because I sincerely
believe him to, be THE MAN, raised up by
Providence for the emergencies of the time; be
cause it seems to me that it is only by the great,
cardinal and immortal principles of the Con
servative Whigs can be put in practise, as the
code by which the Government shall be ad
ministered; that if any other man be elected,
no matter how sound his principles, how lofty
his genius, or how profound and keen his in
tellect, he could do the "nation not half the good
which can be done by General Taylor. 1 be
lieve HE is the man destined to arrest the
downward tendency of the Republic; to rescue
it from the banded partizans" who hold it in
their power, and administer the Government
on false principles for fraudulent ends Ar
kansas State Gazette.
JlLllj'llllilLl1'
A Speech , from Gen. Taylor". Recorder
Baldwin of New Orleans, on the occasion of
Gen. Taylor's visit to that city, gave the fol
lowin toast: f ; ;
"A gallant Commander and a grateful People
-Uhe 4th March, 1849, will prove that this Re
public is not ungratetul. .. . -
To this toast the General remarked (says the
report of the New Orleans Bulletin that as an
allusion had been made to the Presidency, he
would beg the indulgence of the company,
whist he trespassed upon their social enjoy
ment, to say a few words in reply. His name
had been brought forward in connection with
that high office, the most exalted on earth, be
ing the gift of a free and enlightened people,
and not the heritage of a roval line without
his participation. Nor did he now covet so
distinguished an honor, attended, as it was
with such weighty responsibilities. He look
ed with no small degree of awe, to the possi
bility ot his tilling the chair once occupied Dy
Washington, Jefferson. Madison, and other
distinguished citizens. '
He, however, had always thought, that it
was the duty of a citizen, to obey the voice of
the people ; and if it should happen that their
choice should fall an him, he would serve them
to the best of his ability. But, if they should
prefer, another, who would fill the station
with greater advantage to his country, such a
choice would be most agreeble to him.
He had hoped, as that plan of operations had
been determined upon, that he would have been
allowed to have led, in his proper place, one
column of the army, to the Halls of Montezu
mas, and been instrumentalin effecting a peace
with Mexico, after which, he had desired to
retire to private life; and continue with his
family for the remainder of his days engaged
in agricultural pursuits, to.which he had been
accustomed in his youth. As it was, he was
in the hands of the people and would cheerfully
abide their decision, be it what it may.
Taylor Meeting at Washington. The
following short account of the Taylor Meeting
recently held at Washington Cityisfrom the
letter of the Baltimore Sun:
Washington, Dec. 29.
A preliminary meeting was called this even
ing, at Coleman's Hotel, to make preparations
for a movement at the seat of the government
in favor of bringing General Taylor before the
country as a candidate for the Presidency.
There were about three hundred persons pres
ent, of all parties, and the greatest enthusiasm
prevailed.
James F. Holladay was called to the Chair,
and Joshua L. Henshaw acted as secretary.
A series of resolutions were offered and adopt
ed in favor of the objects of the meeting, and
calling for a general expression of , opinion on
the subject.
The meeting was addressed by Mr. Sherman,
of Alabama; Governor Gayle, of Alabama, and
the Hon. Meredith P. Gentry, of Tennessee.
the speeches were most eloquent and humor
ous, and were received with great favor by the
meeting. They recommended that nothing
premature should be done that there was fio
occasion at present for moving too rapidly in
the matter, but thought it better to leave it en
tirely to the people, the large majority of whom
were daily becoming supporters of old "Rough
and Ready." The meeting adjourned in fine
spirits. ,.
GEN. TAYLOR IN VIRGINIA. A Meet
ing or the Whigs of the Legislature. At
an assembled meeting of the Whig members of
the Legislature of Virginia, in the city of Rich
mond, on Wednesday evening, the 22d inst.
on motion of Mr. Seymour, of Hardy, James
French Strother, Esq., of Rappahannock, was
called to the chair, and John S. Gallaher, of
Frederick, appointed Secretary.
Mr. Scott of Fauquier county, offered the
following resolutions
Besolveil, That it is expedient to hold a
Whig State Convention in tlie Capitol at the
city of Richmond, on Wednesday, the 22d day
of Febuary next, for the purpose of forming an
Electoral Ticket, for the approaching Presi
dential Election, and taking into consideration
the propriety of expressing the preference of
tne wrug party 01 tne state, lor some person
as a fit candidate for the Presidency; and also
of the propriety of sending delegates to a Whig
National Convention, should one be hereafter
assembled.
Resolved, That our Whig fellow-citizens
throughout the State, are requested to send de-
t r-r'i c, lj r e Vi o WT l-i 1 rr fitatb fn r x-o nil rn in o qc
se in bled on the 23d clay of Febuary next, so
that a full expression may be given to the wish
es and opinions ot the W hig party ot this Mate,
on the subject of the suggestions contained in
the preceding resolution.
These resolutions were adopted, with only
two dissenting voices to the clause alluding to
a National Convention.
Mr. Caperton. of Monroe, offered the follow
ing resolution:
12csolvcd, As the opinion of the Whig mem
bers of the General Assembly of Virginia, that
ZACHARY TAYLOR will be a most accept
able candidate tq the people, of Virginia, fo
the Presidency; and that he will receive froj
them a most zealous and etncient support.
This resolution was adopted with almost en
tire unanimity, four members, who thought the
expression of opinion would come with more
propriety trom the Convention itselt, linally
yielding their concurrence.
IiisoTved, That the proceedings be published
in the W hig papers ot the Mate.
JAMES F. STROTHER, Chm'n.
John S. Gallaher, Sec'y. :
"Thearmy will be maintained in Mexico.even
should it be on their own hook. ; Should the
Government to-morrOw abandon the war, there
are hundreds of thousands of American citizens
who will lake it up. Commodore Stockton has
declared that, if the Government give up the
Californias, he will take possession of them, as
a private iob.
This is from the Washington correspondence
of the Baltimore Sun, understood to be semi
official. The idea is, that, if the Governments
of the United States and Mexico make peace;
hundreds of-thousands of the people of the
United States will organize themselves into an
army of ruffians, land-pirates, and cut-throats,
and lay waste and take possesion of Mexico
without lawatid upon their own responsibility.
We rather think that the writer vastly over
rates the numbers and fche power of the lawless
and desperate wretches in this country. lie
forgets that about thirtyState penitentiaries, fif
ty times that number ot lails, and numberless
scaffolds are daily making awful inroads upon
their ranks. '
Commodore Stockton, according to this wri
ter, declares, thai, if the Government give up
the Californias, he will take possession of them
ts a private job. The gallant Commodore
should remember, that, when a man commits
land-piracy as a private 100, the public author
ities may chance to hang him as a public job.-
Lou. vour.
fr""FMEDicAL Notice. A meeting of the
Evansville Medical Society will be-held at the
office of Drs. Weever & Trafton, on Monday
evening, January 17th, at 7 o clock.
' Dr. Brayvvill read a paper on the Blood and
its susceptibility to disease, and Dr. Wilcox
will reply. . JOHN T. WALKER, Secfy.
CQpThe Democratic convention which as
sembled at Columbus,. Ohio, have nominated
J. B. Weller 35 their candidate for Governor.
From the N. O. Delta, January 1st.
NEW YEAR'S TALE: ' '
THE PROPHECY OF THE PINE. . !
Do trees talk? Have they no leafy lungs do
they not at sunrise, when the wind is low, and the
birds are caroling their songs, play a sweet music?
Who has ever heard the soft wliisper of the green
leaves in spring-time on a sunny morning, who did
not feel as though rainbow gleams of gladness were
running through his heartT And then, when the
peach-blossoms hang like rubles from the stem of
the parent tree--when the morning-glory, like a nun
before the shrine of God, unfolds her beautiful face,
and the moss-roses open their crimson lips, sparkling
with the nectar that falls from heaven, who does not
bless his Maker? When autumn conies the season
of the "sere and yellow leaf1 when the wheat is
in its golden prime, and the corn waves its silken
tassels in the air, how those who think bow and re
member the reaper Death! And then again in win
ter, when the bosom of Old Mother Earth is cold,
and the white snow, like a shrowd, is on her breast,
and the naked trees, with leaves all fallen, stand quiv
ering in the wind!
Hijsh! How the torrents of wind sweep over that
majestic river; in the "dark and bloody ground."
The waves rise, and the tall trees bow their heads.
The sky is as clear as crystal, and millions of stars
are glittering, but oh! the air is freezing cold! In this
drama of life there were but four on the one side
there were a pine and a laurel tree, and on the other
two small, though stalwart boys. By the motion of
the wind the lordly pine flung his green arms around
the laurel, who seemed to cling to hia embrace, and
whispered, "See yonder boys!" "Yes," answered
the Laurel, bending gently towards him, "1 see two,
and they are going to " A gust of wind came up,
and what then the laurel said, no one ever knew.
Oh! how the wind roared, and how the trees rock
ed, as though their roots were not fast in the ground!
Presently the two boys came panting to tha shore
one sat under the Pine, and the other under the Lau
rel. Then again the trees spoke, but the boys did
not hear them. The shortest but stoutest of the two
boys, wiping the cold drops from his brow, said to his
companion, "Well it was a hard swim, but 1 made
up my mind to do it, and you know when I say yes
it is yes! - I'm goin1 down the river to-morrow, but
I'll see them same old trees again, and I'll bet I'll be
doing something else then than I am now. Darn
but old Whetsel says it's wrong to curse come, let's
go back again." . '
The two boys again plunged into the almost fro
zen stream, and regained the other side. The tall,
dark Pine then bent towards the Laurel, and said:
"See the vigor of yonder youth! The winds which
come from the deep blue above, the abode of Him who
made me, teach me prophecy. As 1 lift my broad
green brow towards Him, when the sun is the color of
gold, He smiles upon me, and I am happy! Then I
feel as though I knew the secrets of time. Cease,
gentle Laurel, cease the tremulous action of thy
leaves, for thou too hast the spirit of prophecy."
The wind was lulled, and the lordly Pine stood
like a chieftain on his mountain home, gazing upon
the river that flowed beneath his feet. A moment
after a swift breeze swept through his green branches,
and again he spoke: "Fifty years from now that same
gallant boy will come again to look upon us, but he
will then be a gray-haired man . ; What will thou
give him, Laurel?" '
The Laurel answered timidly: "1 will give him a
wreath of my brightest leaves: I can do no more!"
And I," said the Pine, "will give him a portion of
my strength nnd spirit. I will give him those qual
ities which will preserve him from the snows of win
ter and the heat of summer. I will give him' manli
ness of form and firmness of mind. But oh Laurel,
when he returns again, I shall be withered by aj-e
and scathed by the ligntnings whilst you will be as
green asever!" A mournful wind swept by.
It was 1808, when a stalwart young man looked
at his commission as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army.
lie felt his warrior-soul struggling within him. He
had just been married to a beautiful girl, but, with
tears in his eyes, he tore himself from her white arms,
to do battle for his country. After performing prod
igies of valor, he was rewarded with a Captain's com
mission, and then commenced his eventful career.
. . . - -
Hark! it is midnight and the tall trees wave around a
little stockade. Within there are stern soldiers sleep
ing on their arm3, and women with their children
clasping to their bosoms. Without there are dusky
savages, who are creeping stealthily towards their al
most unsuspecting foe. Presently a gun is fired, and
rushing up from their repose, the affrighted inmates
perceive that they are surrounded by savages, and
that the house within the stockade is in flames! All
is confusion the shrieks of the women, and the hid
eous yells of the Indians, serve to make the scene
terrible. At this moment, the commander of the lit
tle fort showed the cool, calm courage, and indomita
ble spirit of a veteran. The fort was saved, and the
Indians were defeated. Nearly thirty years
after, we see him . in the wild savannahs and ham
mocks of the land named by theSpcniardsthe "Land
of Flowers." Here again he saw the savage foe, and
after innumerable sufferings, chastised and conquered
him. His country rewarded him, and he retired to
his farm, with the resolve, that whenever his services
should again be required, he would be in readiness to
shed the last drop of his blood in her defence.
There was an old, white-haired man a man who
had battled for his country since his boy-hood, and
who had been rewarded with the highest honor in the
gift of the American people who felt that he was fast
sinking into his grave. He looked upon his country
as upon hia child, and he felt that she had been ag
grieved.. "Who shall avenge her wrongs?" asked
one who stood by his bedside. The old man pointed
to the Mississippi, and the visitor knew whom he
meant. ' ,
Two years after this, a stout built veteran arrived
in New Orleans; he seemed to have the nerve and vig'
or of half a century to come in his constitution, and
beneath his gray brows flashed ev es of fire: Without
prfde, without ostentation, he led his little band to the
shores of the hostile land. The breaths ofall were re
pressed until they heard from the leader of these gall
ant men but when the news of Palo Alto came, and
tha glorious victory of Resaca wa3received,the admi
ration of our citizens for the hero of the day had no
bounds. .Then came a glorious chaia of victories,
bought, however, by the precious life-blood of the
brave. At length, when he had accomplished all
that he could, the plain old warrior, liken aother Den
tatus, came home. The cannon roared and "the gay
flags waved Ten3 of thousands flocked to meet him
and all was joy and congratulation. . '
It was only a few days ago, when an old man, with
folded arms, stood upon the banks of a noble rivr.
On the opposite side stood a blasted pine; its gray
arms were motionless, and it looked like a weird
and withered object. Nearit, however, there was a
laurel tree, with leaves as fresh as those it wore in
Spring. As the old man looked upon those two trees,
Memory came to his aid, and he remembered the
sceneofthe boyish exploit nearly fifty years ago. "As
he gazed, a gentle breeze swept through the branch
es of the laurel tree, and a bough dropped therefrom.
A current of the river brought the bough to the old
man's feet. That man was Zachabv Taylor. . -
Cuke for Ill-temper. A sensible woman of the
Doctor's acquaintance (the mother of a young family)
entered so far into his views upon this subject, that
she taught her children from their !earliest childhood
to consider ill-humor as a disorder which was to be
cured by physic Accordingly she had always small
doses ready, and the little patients whenever it was
thought needful took rhubarb for- the crosness; No
punishment waaTequifedT Peevishness or ill-temper
and rhubarb were .associated hi their minds always as
cause and effect. Thi Docfor. ;
A Tatlor Ltcidzjit When Gen, Taylor debarked
from the steamboat which brought hint to this city,
from the Barracks, his path was beset with thousands
of admirers. Each one wished to grasp the warworn
veteran by the hand each one t61ook for at least once
upon the features of a man, who, in the bloodiest
fights in Mexico, preserved an unruffled countenance.
The dense mass crowded around the "old man'brave,"
and the air was filled with the shouts of those who
bade him "welcome!" A near relation of the old
General was walking with the worthy Alderman
,of the First Municipality Council. A stout old
fellow, who looked as if he had gone through the wars,
kept nudging, and elbowing his way through the
crowd, when at. last the Alderman told him to
desist. '
"Sir," said the Alderman, "don't you see that the
gentleman who is hanging on my am, is aged and
infirm? Why do you crowd us so?"
"Can't help it, bos3," exclaimed the intruder, as he
threw his hat into the air, can't help it, ! Must see
the old man! Jist let me look into his darned splen
did old features once and then you may shove me right
nto the river !"
The tarpaulin patriot was introduced to the Gen
eral without delay, after which, he went on "his way
rejoicing." N. O.Delta.
The Advantage oe a "Religious Expression."
A lively correspondent of the New York Mirror,
writing from Rome, gives us the following sketch of
a character he met there:
"Every American artist that comes here sends home
a dozen or two of portraits of the beggars in the char
acter of Apostles, cr Virgin Marys. A sturdy old
fellow who blacks my boots, tells me that he has been
painted twenty-eight times in the character of Saint
Paul, thirteen times as Joseph, nine times as Saint
Peter he cannot remember how many times as the
"Roman Father," and as "the Head of an Old Man,
at least a thousand times. One would think that from
assuming these characters so often, he would have
attained to uncommon sanctity, but he is in truth,
the greatest rogue I have seen in Italy.
The rascal prides himself a good deal on being sent
so often to America, and the other day he told me
that he believed there was not a gentleman's parlor
in myl country in which he or one of his family
was not hung up in a gilt frame. He said to me yes
terday, "my son and daughter have just been sent to
America again, one as "a Peasant Boy of the cam
pagna," and the other as "a Roman Lady." Having
detected him that week in an attempt to secrete one
of my pocket handkerchiefs, to show his contrition,
he said he and Ids daughter, (who is quite as great a
thief as her father) "would sit to one of my artist
countrymen for a holy family, If I would promise not
to expose him." "A precious pair you are, to lie sure
for a Holy Family," said I. "Why, Signer," said the
rogue, "my religious expression is worth two cents
an hour more than that of any other man in Rome.'
The Indians at Fort Mann who were so unaccount
ably assailed by Capt. Peltzer's orders, seem to have
been a party of Pawnees, who had been defeated by
Arapahoes and Sioux, and fled to the American camp
for shelter. They expected to find enployment in
hunting for our forces. , That affair is not yet ex
plained; and until it is, all concerned in it must rest
under considerable odium. St. Louis Union.
A Soldier's First Fight. A young soldier of the
7th Infantry, describing his first fight, at the National
Bridge in Mexico, says "My feelings at the first fire,
I am unable to describe. I did not feel inclined to run,
yet was afraid to fire, Jot fear 1 should kill tomcbody
but after two or three rounds, it was all over, and I
fired away with the rest of them." .
We scarcely know of a more touching instance of
"the ruling passion strong in death" than is afforded
in the last words of a schoolmaster who had gone in
and out before successive little flocks ia the same
place for upwards of thirty years. When the film of
death Was gathering over- hia eyes, which were soon
to open in the presence of Him who took little chil
dren in his arms and blessed them, he said, "It is get
ting dark the boys may goout " school'sdis-
missed." . .
A Long Line. The following in from a languish
ing swain to his gentle divinity :
Oh! lady, hear thy lover sigh,
No truer heart there is than mine; -"
I read compliance in your eye,
' Then why not say at once, I've kept you wait
ing a long time, and if you'll have pntince tiil I can
get a wedding dress made, I'll be thine,
Original. Somebody tells the truth in this way; ,
The steed called Lightning, (says the Fates)
Is owned in the United states.
'Twas Franklin's hand that caught the horse;
Twas harnessed by Professor Morae.
Boston. Chronntype.
This hors must surely be a mare,
O' Reilly's got a young 'un here; ,
If she's the mother of the colt,
His sire must be a thunderbolt.
Things like aretold in ancient fable,
May happen in a modern stable;
Old Franklin's Lightning cannot match him,
Old Morse nor the old Devil catch him.
St. Louis Organ.
Hear this, Girls. The Chronotype, Boston says
Show me the wife that's on the watch
For every little rent or scratch, .
... "t And cures it with a timely patch
Before you know it;
She's a woman fit to match .
A lord or poet ' . . ,
Ebring Brother. Would you 'throw a brickbat
at a friend who had fallen "overboard? Would you
gather stones and pile them on a bank that had fallen
on a brother? Would you throw a keg of powder to
a friend who had fallen in the fire? Then why heap
words of reproach upon him who has erred from the
path of duty? Why denounce him and spurn him
from yor presence? Can you be a stranger to the
human heart you-who have so often fallen? v.
He cannot know the human heart,
- Who, when a weaker brother errs, '
Instead of acting Mercy's part,
' Each base malignant passion stirs.
Harsh words and epithets but prove ",
That he himself is in the wrong--,
. That first he needs a brothers love,
To neive his heart and guide his tongue.
JK?" Before a magistrate in Boston, the other day, a
witness being asked how ne knew that a man and
woman were husband and wife, replied, because "he
had often heard the lady blow the gentleman up!0
The evidence was held to be conclusive. :
Polk and Uncle Bias. Some writer in the Pa.
Village Record, overheard Uncle Bias talking thus:
" v "It's queer though ! said Uncle Bias," I never thought
of taking New Mexico before. But Polk's right, af
ter all, if they won't have the olive branch we'll give
'em the hickory, that's the way to make 'em good re
publicans,'and it's clever of him too,to only takes hal
of their land, if it was a strong nation like England
he'd take all, if not more! he's right any how, and I've
a mind to take Bill Beans horse from him 'cause he
don't know how to govern animals, no how he keeps
'em so lean ! and there's Jabis Griffin, who's too poor
to manure his bit of land, I'll take that too, and give
it to Bob, my nephew. Polk's a great man, he is! he's
beginning to open my eyes and, expand my ideas, in
fact, I'm getting progressive! I am though."
" . S -
.The Downfall of India-Rubber Steam ani
caoutchouc were a long tune looked upon as ultimate
to the virions uses to which they could be applied.
The possibility of discovering a substitute for either'
was hardly dreamed of; but the possibilities of human
experience cdn never be guessed t; it is jnsi as cer
tain that the next age will surpass the present in the'
aids of progress, as that the present surpasses th
past. In short progress is of necessity, infinite; like
a circle it can have no end. Steam has lost one half
its consequence by the invention of the magnetic tel
egraph, and the universal caoutchouc will be almost
entirely superseded by the discovery of a kindred ele- "
ment of happiness, the Gutta Percha.
As the gutta percha is but just coming into U3c, on
one half of its appliances can now be surmissed, but
it has already been found superior to India-rubber in
the majority of purposes for which that material has
been used, while it is capable of being employed in
many cases where India-rubber'was insufficient. Gut-'
ta Percha fa the gum of a tree which grows on the
island of Borneo, and the entire Malayan Peninsula
abounds its extensive forests of this most valuable
production of the tropics. The tree is very large and '
bears some resemblance to the India-rubber tree, but
differs from it in its botanical characteristics. The.
sap of the tree exude3 from its lacerated surface, but
quickly becomes hard oh being exposed to the air.
It is purified by "being boiled in hot water, when it
becomes soft and plastic; below the temperature of fif- ,
ty degrees, it is nearly as hard as wood; it is extreme j
tough but becomes plastic when it is cut into thin
strips; at a temperature below boiling water it becomes
as soft and yielding as melted wax or putty ,and may
be moulded into any form or stretched out thinner j
than the finest paper. When it cools it becomes hard
and tough again and retains its plastic shape without i
the slightest change by contraction or warping. Its " '
tenacity is wonderful; a thin slip sustained a weight
of fifty pounds; the process of melting and coloring
seems to have no effect in injuring its qualities. It
burns freely and emits an odour when ignited similar
to that of caoutchouc; it is easily dissolved in the oil
of turpentine, but with difficulty in ether and other r
solvents of India-rubber. . ;. . -'
The use of this valuable material are almost iDfin-- '
ite; it combines all the valuable properties of the best -tanned
leather, with the elasticity of coautchouc, and ,
a durability which neither of them possesses, and for
strapping machinery supplies a want that has long
been seriously experienced. It will answer all the
purposes to which leatheir is applied, and is immense-
ly superior to that of India-rubber for boots and shoes.
Indeed the old phrase of "nothing like leather" will
be deprived of its significance by the gutta percha,
A leaf of gutta percha, no thicker, than bank note pa-
per is as impervious to water as glass: for umbrellas,
pvercoats, roofs of houses, bottoms of ships, coverings
of boxes, and in all cases where protection from wet
is desired, its use will'be invaluable. It can be form
ed into gass pipes and water pipes of any size, and any
degree of strength that may be required; and used fo
such purposes will never decompose or wearou t; and V
being ductile and elastic it may be applied in a thou- -
sand shapes, and for thousands of purposes where iron
or lead cannot now be used.
Its utilitarian uses are endless; it will supply the
place of tin, wood, copper, iron, stone and even glass,
for such purposes as buckets, tubs,' vases, goblets,
drinking cups, and all manner of utensils which ar .
not used over the fire. But its uses for ornamental
purposes are even more varied. In England it has
already been used to n very considerable extent in
book-binding, and forhat purpose alone it must soon
entirely supercede leather. For mouldings of all
kinds, from the cornice3of a house, the capitals of
pillars in architecture, to the most delicate and intri- -cat
fancy work, such as snuffboxes, picture frames, -
knife handles, and the ornamentation of rooms, car-
riages, fountains, ship's cabins, steamboats, and the
innumerable articles which are made to gratify thu
eye, it must supersede all other materials.
Air, acids, and the ordinary chemical agencies ha va
no effect upon it. It is harder than horn, softer than
wax. more tenacious than caoutchouc, more durabl "
than iron; nothing can injure it but a hot fire, and
ven that does not destroy it; and no ordinary rub - :
can deface it. . For floorcloths it will supersede tha
use of all other materials, as it can le made of extreme
thinness, perfectly impervious to air or water, and o f I
greater durability than any other flexible material .
known. In its hard state it can with difficulty be cut
with a knife or a saw, but wheh it is soft it can be
moulded into the most delicate forms by the hand of
a child. Great is Gutt Percha. Eutn'mg Mirror. .
A Matter of DonBT. In one of the Pennsylva-i
nia Courts last week, an Irishman on being arraign
ed for some petty crime, was asked the usual ques
tion. "Guilty or not guilty?" The culprit very
promptly answered "Ah! how con 1 tell, yer honor, '
until I hear the witnesses?
How to be Happy. A genious in the West, gives
the following as his opinion of what constitutes per
feet bliss:
Be contented as long as your mouth is full and
your body warm, remember the poor, kiss tha pretty
girls, don't rob your neighbor's hen roost, never pick
an editor's pocket nor entertain the idea that he is go
ing to treat, kick dull care to the deuce, black your
boots, sew on your own buttons, and be sure to take '
a paper. t . -:
Minor Morals for Married People. ''The last,
word" is thi most dangerous of infernal machines!
Husband and wife should to more fight to get it than '
they would struggle for the possession of a lighted
bombshell.
Keep an Epictetus in your dining room to read
whila waiting for the completion of your wife'a.
toilet. ; ; . j '
Married people shoul?: study each other's weak.
points! as skaters look out for the weak parts of the
ice, in order to keep off them.
Ladies who. married for love should remember that
the union of angels with woman has been- forbidden '
since the flood. , - :
The wife is the sun of the social system. Unless
she attracts, there is nothing to keep- heavy bodies,
like husbands, from flying into space. ! i -'" )
' Wives, be lenient to the martial cigar. The sin oka
always hides the mo3t disagreeable part of the bat-
ties. '
The wife who would properly discharge her duties,
must never have a soul "above buttons."
The liberties of England have bet n won by mutu
al concessions. " Let the husband who would acquire
the privilege of asking friends to dinner withou t no
tice, remember thisrwhen his wife hints at a new
bonnet. The wife's want is the husband's opportu
nity, Notwithstanding the assertions of mathematicians,
the marriago-ring is a circle which husband and wife
have the problem set them of makirg ail square. - ;i -: ;
SIIERIFF Sale. By virtue of two writs of Fieri
Facias against Ansel M. Hickman, issued out ot . .
office of the Clerk of the Vanderburgh Circuit Court,
the one in favor of James Lockhart and the other in
favor of John Pitcher, I will, on the ithday of Febru-,
ary, a. d. 18-17, at the door of the court house, in the
city of Evansville, between 10 o'clock a.m., and 6 o'
clock p. m., of said day, expose to sale at public auc-;
tion and outcry, without regard to valuation ox ap
praisement laws, the rents, issaes, andprofits for the
term of seven years, of the following described rea ;
estate in the city of Evansville, to-wit: . "'...
The JN'drthwest or lower half of lot number 9, in '
the Original Flan of said city of Evansville, fronting
half the width of said lot on Water street, and run
ning back of equal width to the alley in the rear of .
6a And'should no person offer or bid for said renti, is
sues, and profits a sum suthcient to satisfy said Exe-' ;
cut tons and costs, I will, at the same time and place. -proceed
to self at public auction and outcry the fee
simple-of said above described premises to satisfy i.
osirl writs and the interest and costs due thereon. j .
saidwnisa JOHN ECHOLS.
janl4-w3w-prsfee 2 50. , - Sheriff V.C. k
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