Evansville weekly journal. [volume], August 24, 1848, Image 1

About Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??

Image provided by: Indiana State Library

                
VOL. XIV.
EV ANSVILLE, IND., THURSDAY AUGUST 24, 1848.
NO. 27
WEEKLY JOURNAL.
PRINTED ASD PUBLISHED BY
WM. H. CHANDLER &
CO.
FOE PJRESWEXT:
OEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR,
Of Louisiana.
FOR VICE r i; ESI DENT:
MILLARD FILLMORE,
Of New York.
T7HIQ ELECTORAL TICKET.
FOR THE STATE AT LARGE :
JOSEPH G. MARSHALL, of Jefferson.
GODLOVE S. ORTH, of Teppecanoe.
DISTRICT ELECTORS :
1st
td
Id
4th
th
ih
7th
6th
'Vlti
10th
Dist. James E. Blythe, of Vnnderburg.
John S. Davis, of Floyd.
" Milton GreitG, of Dearborn.
David P-. Hollowat, of Wayne,
14 Thomas D. Walpooi, of Hancock.
Lovell H. Rousseau, of Greene,
Edward W. McGuaghey, ot Turk.
u James F. Suit, of Clinton.
. . Daniel D. Pratt, ot Cass.
" David Kilgore, of Delaware.
CITY OF ETANSVILLE:
FRIDAY MORNING AUGUST 18.
(HfBoth houses of Congress adjourned at
noon on Monday, after the transaction ot some
important business. The Oregon bill has be
come a law, and Gen. Shields has been ap
pointed Governor of that territory.
CC5The election of Councilman, on Moh
4ay last, in the 1st. Ward, to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Stockwell,
resulted in the selection of Mr. James Steel.
CJ-We call attention to the letter of Gen.
xatlor to Mr. Dunn, in another column. It
-wag our intention this morning to have offered
a few remarks of our own in relation to this
natter of the 2nd Regiment, and the reports of
ien. Taylor, Gen. Wool, Gen. Lane, and Col
Davis, but we have been too much pressed
with work which we could no- pass by, to de
mote the time, and we have not a corps of edi
tor to call on to help us out whenever we find
onrself overrun with work.
IKDIAXA H.LECT10K3. V6 COpy into OIU
columns this morning from the State Sentine
the returns from the State fur members of the
Legislatue, so far as heard from.-' There is no
doubt, we think, but the loco3 will have a ma
jority in both branches of the Legislature, and
auch being the case, what a fine lime, Lane
Whitcomb, Hannegan, and all the other aspir
ants for the U. S. Senate will have. The
Whigs will have some fun with these dema
gogues before they finally settle down . upon
their candidate: Gen. Lane will get one vote
certain, if '.he member from Ibis county ever
finds his way to Indianapolis.
CC5Col. Baker, Whig, is elected to Con
gress from a locofoco district in Illinois by 1500
majority. It is said also that Wentworlh is
beaten. If this be true there is some hopes of
Illinois becoming WThig one of these days.
CQSouth Carolwia seems to be a sort
of neutral ground in politics. The newspapers
of that region take very little part editorially
in the present campaign, but publish oceunsof
communications for and against Taylor. We
find these indiscriminately in the papers of
both 6ides. Appearances Beem to indicate
that the eleclorial vote of of the State will be
cast for the old hero.
Tebribli Steamboat Explosiou. The St
Louia Republican of Monday says: The fine
tearae r Edward Bates was- towed into port
yeaterday morning, by the Lucy Bertram, hav
ing collapsed two flues of her larboard boiler,
at the head of West Point chute, one mile be
lew Hamburg 111., at 4 o'clock in the morn
ing of the 12th. S! was on her way to Keo
kuck. Captain Johnson had not long retired
before the accident occurred. She had been
tanning tinder a pretty good press of steam
but as she was at the time in shoal water, the
Engineer was letting off steam, and the boat
was going at a slackened rate.
This is the representation of passengers in
the cabin, some of whom were awake at the
time of the explosion. Two of the flues of the
larboard boiler were collapsed, carrying every
thing foreand aft, and dealing death to every
one within the influence of the steam, and of
the missiles which were scattered on the low.
et deck. The destruction of life on the deck
and among the crew was appalling number
Ing over twenty persons, and the wounding of
about thirty others.
Unfair. The Mexican ladies who were kind
to the American soldiers, have been savagely
persecuted since the evacuation of the princi
pal cities. As soon as our troops had left the
capital, the Mexican officers placarded about
town the names of all the ladies of respectabil
. ity who had shown courtesy to our men and
officers. Such an action is worthy of such a
pusillanimous people.
Gen. Scott not being a candidate for the
Presidency, Mr. Polk has ordered the char
ges preferred against him to be withdrawn.
Mr. Van Buren. Those who suppose Mr.
Vaa Buren has recanted of any of his old loco
focoism will find themselves greatly mistaken.
He is the Tsatae old Fox he was in . 1840,' and
athough shorn of some of the magic powers
then attributed to him, still holding the con
fidence of the Simon Pures of that day. If he
was any lessalocofoco than he was then, would
such men as Francis P. Blair make such ac-
knowldgments as was contained in bis letter
which we published on Tuesday last,
which is the most perfect piece of locofocoism
that we know of submitting to the party drill
against the conviction of what is right? This
is the very essence of locofocoism boiled down
and it shows itself sticking out from Mr. Van
Buren and his friends, as strong as in the palmy
days of that gentleman's power. "
Nailed Tight. In our paper of Tuesday we
nailed the lie down upon the Democrat clique
so tight that they have not been able to budge
since. They thought that Dr. Lane would suf
fer them to use his name to abuse and vilify
Gen. Taylor, and the rascals set to work to
make a heap of capital out of a matter that they
begin to see and feel they had better not have
touched. But the Docter brought them , up
with a short turn, and they are as dumb now
as church mice. Why don't the "Major Puffer"
clique reply to Dr. Lane's note ? We call up
on them to publish his communication and the
certificate which he gave to Gen. Lane. Will
they do it. '
CCr" We find in the State Sentinel a com
munication from this city, giving the result of
the election in this county, and stating also
"This contest has been fought upoa the par
ty issues almost exclusively."
Now we should like to know what "Major
Puffer" wrote that lie, for a big lie it is. Tar
ty issues! Slanders and lies told against as hon
est and pure hearted a man as lives, are party
issues are Ibey? And such are the issues upoa
which the Presidential contest is to be fought
"exclusively" we suppose.
A Good Reason. The "reason" given by
the Democrat clique for "not noticing us fox a
day or two past" is, because we are a "deceut
fellow." That is a good reason, certainly; and
wp are right glad the clique know their places
so wdl. They never have anything to do
with decency.
CO" As long as we continue "decent" the
"Major Puffer" clique say they . woat come
near us, they "will let us alone." Well, as
long as we can manage to keep them away
there is no danger but we shall continue "de
cent."
(XfThe Democrat clique say they have
"made a deceat fellow" of us. Ain't it a pity
they can't make "decent fellows" of them-
talves. Let them turn their hands to that
work and if they succeed in mating half-way
decent fellows" of themselves the community
will have great cause for re joking.
Ths North Cvbolisa Slander. No party
n the world ever ao thoroughly understood the
uses of slander as an electioneering agent, as
the Locofoco party, which, we find from the
Southern papers, has brought this infamous de
vice into play against Gen. Taylor in North
Carolina, using against him a calumny wel
adapted to injure him in that Slate. The
charge is that he he vilified the North Carolina
regiment of Volunteers, expressed a very
bad opinion of it, used harsh language about
it violent terms of contempt and insult,-
that he had, in fact, declared, that "its officers
ought to be dishonorably discharged, and the
privates shot;" the aim being of course to en
list against him, thereby, the hostility of all
the friends of the regiment and the angriest
outflow of State feeling. The charge is made
by a Lieut, Pender, formerly of the Regiment
but who, according to the Petersburg Intelli
gencer "was dismissed from service by Gen
Wool for misconduct, the act being approved
by Gen. Taylor," all grows out of, and, in fact.
is, simply a mendacious perversion of a com
ment made by Gen. Taylor in reference to the
mutiny connected with the case of Col. Paine
that "the officers concerned in the outri
ought to have been dishonorably discharged
and the privates shot'' as, it seems, two
the officers (Lieuts. Pender and Singletary)
were discharged, though we believe none
the men were shot.
It is curious that these slander-mongering
politicians in North Carolina should have had
the boldness to calculate upon a d-gree.of cred
ulity which must assume Gen. Taylor to be
says the Petersburg Intelligencer, "such
bloody minded man as that" willing to cash
ier and shoot a whole regiment, for the fault of
a few guilty offenders. That is not in charac
tcr with the man. -
Gen. Taylor has peremptorily denied havin
oscd the language attributed to him: but it is
the excellence or infamy of slander; that
is a poison without an antidote.
CCy On the 3d inst., Hon. R. D. Owen and
Gen. Jo. Lane addressed the people at Prince
ton, Gibson county. Though the rain poured
down in torrents, the 'Clariou"states that the
meeting was a large one. Gen. Lane spoke
chiefly in relation to our volunteers at Buena
Vista, and showed the gross injustice which hail
been inflicted upon them by Taylor. Mr.
Owen's speech was devoted to an exposition
of the present relations of parlies. Both speech
es were very effective. State Sentinel.
"Both speeches were very effective,"say you!
Well they were, and nothing shorter. A Whig
Representative, a WhigSheriff, &c.,is the re
sult; and we are informed by several who
know that the "effect" will be tenfold greater
in November. Abuse Old Zack as much as
you like, gentlemen, the People will do him
justice. . - -
The Harmonious Democracy! Democrat
ic Tan Buren Meeting- in Pennsylvania.
The smart, intelligent, eloquent and unan
swerable clique weo manage the Democrat,
reas busy as little dogs in high rye in trying
to convince themselves - that Mr. Van Buren
will draw all his support from the Whig ranks.
They have not yet heard if they are to be be
lieved at all of a single simon pure locofoco
w ho will give Mat ty hia support, notwithstand
ing we have published the names of scores of
good and true members of that party who re
pudiate Cass and his principles, they are so
bull-headed that they cant be made to see it at
11. The following account of a large and en-
thusiactic meeting of the democracy lately held
n Pennsylvania, may open their eyes possibly.
We copy from the Pittsburgh Iron City:
A very large and respectable meeting of the
democratic citizensof Fayette and Washington
counties, was held at the Town Hall in Browns
ville, on Monday evening tne 31st ult. Ihe
meeting was called to order by J. Slocum, and
on motion" Mr. Robert McKarley, was appoin
ted President, Leonard Lamhart, -Walter' B.
Chalfant, Thomas McDonald, A. G.Minchart,
and Joshua Haddock, Vice Presidents, and H.
Cammon, O. C. Cromlovv and J. E. D. Owen
Secretaries.
Dr. E. D. Gazzam, of Pittsburgh, being intro
duced to the meeting, made a most eloquent
address on the great question of the extension
of slavery to Free Territory, and in favor of the
election of Van Buren to the Presidency, which
was head with approbation and delight by the
numerous assemblage.
At the conclusion of the address, on mo-
motiouofMr. James Slocum, the following
preamble and resolutions were unauimously
adopted: .'" ' -
Wheueas, the time is fast approaching when
the American people will be called upon to
choose their Chief Magistrate, and Whereas,
the Convention assembled at Baltimore, failed
to present to the consideration of the Demo
cratic Dartv. a candidate whose principles are
in accordance with the feelings and principles
of the Democracy; and Wheueas, in this emer
gency the name of Mr. Van Buren has been pre
sented by the Democracy of his native State,
as a candidate for President; and this meeting,
cherishing for him the same attachment which
they ever have done, aud especially admiring
his noble stand against'the-extension of Slave
ry into free territory, and the unanswerable ar
gument8of his letter to the Utica Convention,
are determined to give him a nearly anu cor
dial support, a.id feel it their duty to declare
some ot the reasons wtnen innuence mem 10
this course. Therefore,
Rttolvtd. That we have undiminished con
fidence in Martin Van Buren tha friend aud
compatriot of Jackson, who enjoyed a larger
snare ot hiscontidence man any oiner living
man we resneel him as a Statesman whose
ite has been spent in uselul anu honorable ser
vice-to his country. We admire him as the
President of our choice, whose, adminisiration
wf.a distinguished tor its wkdom, patriotism
and moderation, and its adherence to sound re
publican principles. 1 his honored and faith
iul standard bearer of our party was struck
down by our political opponent while nobly
sustaining and supporting our time nonoreu
principles, and afterwards sacrificed to the po
litical cupidity ot Southern politicians.
Revolved, That while tne purity, integrity,
and consistency of Mr. Van Buren can be no
mora sullied by the assaults ot his present en
emies then his virtues were brightened by the
eulogies so lavishly bestowed on them by tne
same pens and presses in the days of his power
and patronage, yet the unprincipled authors of
such calumnies must and wul receive tne ex
ecrations and contempt of every honorable
amid.
Won't be Ameuican3. The Vera Crua Ar 9
Iris thus notices the abandonment by ite in
habitants of a portion of the country ceded to
the United States: "' v" -.
Laredo: The Mexican inhabitants of this
portion of the State of TunauHpas, ceded by
the treaty of peace to the United States, have
the larger portion of them, passed over to ths
tht bank ot the Jtlio Bravo, and .have
given to their settlement the name of New La
redo.
OGpCass's letter to the Chicago Convention
though short, has made so much "noiae and
confusion" in the locofoco party, that he
would no doubt be glad to hear the last of it
CC5The cry of fire on yesterday afteraoon
proved to be a false alarm.
Dobbs, on being asked if he bad . ever seen
he "bridiie of sighs," replied. "Yea, Pve
been travelling on it ever since I was mar
tied."
Destructive Fire. Half a Million of Pro
perty Destroyed. A destructive fire broke, out
at Williamsburg, N. Y., on Thursday afternoon
of last week, and raged with the greatest fury
until five o'clock. The fire originated in Ed
ward Minium's extensive brandy distillery.
The distillery was destroyed, together with
Polly's stables, and the lumber yard of Lock
wood & Keith. The loss is estimated at S500,
000. ,
North Carolina. The Louisville Courier
Thursday has a telegraphic report a3 follows:
Philadelphia, Aug. 16,9 P. M.
' The returns from North' Carolina show .that
Manly, the Whig cnn)idute for Gw-rnor, is
elected. The Whigs have a majority of two
on joint bullot. .
The above is all that is said about the elec
tion in that State, and it may be true. A day
or two w ill tell us, however.
03Mr. Van Bolter is the name which the
Hunker party in N. York have given to Mr
Van Buren. The family ofBolters is increas
ing daily and hourly. The Cassitcs are in a
sud minority, even the Bolters outnumber
thcin. Oh the harmonious democracy.
At the rising of the people in Weimer, the
benevolent grand duke walked backward and
forward in his castle, asking, "What do all
these want, then? . 1 have not asked them to
come here." When it was hinted that they
desired vork, he answered, "Work! good heav
en, work! I have, nothing to do myself! '
CO" The famous Abby Kelly has taken the
stump in support of " Vaa Buren. and Free Soil,"
SATURDAY MORNING, AUG. 19.
OCT" "Dr. Lane an intelligent Whig of this
City, certifies that Gen. Taylor agreed to cor
rect his report about the iuuianians and this is
enough.." Democrat. '
Dr. Lane certified through the' columns of
the Jonrrial that the above is a wilful and ma
licious lie, and we called on you to publish
what he does say and to retract the foul slan
der, yet so far from doing this you skulk from
the truth like foul and dirty things that you
are, anu insinuate halt a dozen other lies al
most as great as the first one. Will you or
will you not publish Dr. Lane's communica
tion, or are you afraid to let your readers see it?
"Major Puffer" Again. According to the
Dem6crat of yesterday, "Major Puffer" is of the
opinion that our "dispraise is the greatest eu
logy" he can reeeive; but he is not content
with it nevertheless, for we find in that paper
another puff cf the "eloquent and unanswer
able speech'." Wonder if locofoco admiration of
that speech wiH'ever abate. Now if we were
so "eloquent"and-so "unanswerable" we would
be so modest as not to say so on every occasion
that offered. ' But some men must needs blow
their own whistle, else they would never be
heard of in this world.. '
fTjrThe Evansville Journal beats all our
other exchauges in several respects; but they
all surpass it in everything thtt is good. We
don't undertake to notice one hundredth part
of its falsehoods. The Indiana State Eentinel
says the same essentially as we do of its men
dacity. Democrat.
" You dirty things, you, it was only the day
before you pronounced us a : "decent fellow,"
and we gave you credit for telling the truth
once. But you are at your tricks again, lying
as hard as you can. You seem to have the fear
of neither God, man nor the Devil before you,
and we have no hope that you will ever reform
and we so announce it to the public.
OdF. TiVhy does not the Democrat publish
something cf the proceedings of the Buffalo
Convention, the nomination of Mr. Ytfn Bu-ren-for
the Presidency, his letter to the con
vention, &c. Is it afraid to let the people see
the awful split in the Democratic ranks which
the nomination of Cass has made.
OCT" Gen. Lane is on a tramp through the
State making speeches abusive of Gen. Taylor
and all his fnends, in hopes of securing popu
larity enough to get himself entered for U. S.
Senator. . He, demagogue like, professes great
love for the 2nd Regiment, which he says has
been badly treated, and he evinces his love for
the regiment after the following fashion:
Gen. Lane, stated in his speech at the Mar
ket House, on Saturday night, that the 2nd
Ind. Regiment, immediately after their retreat
at the Battle of Buena Vista, were rallied by
himself, and went into the fight, and fought
throughout the day like veterans, except Col.
Bowles and Capt. Rousseau, who ran away
like cowards::: xV. A. isuuetin.
Not content with saying in his report that
ths regiment had foraver disgraced itself, he is
now busy on the stump spreading the foul slan
der that a brave and meritorious officer of that
regiment "ran away like a coward-'! To what
dirty tricks locofocos are compelled to stoop in
order to curry favor with their party?
0C3"The Democrat is very fond of asking
questions, now suppose it answers one or two
for us, just for civility sake like: Did or did
not Gen. Lane, white in New Orleans on his
way to Vera Cruz, say that there was not the
slightest ground ofjurt complaint against Gen.
Taylor on account of hia report? 2nd. . Did
or did not Gen. Lane say in the same place and
at the same time, that if Gen. Taylor , would
come out as a no-party candidate for the Presi
dency, he would support himwithall hisheart?
We hope if the Democrat undertakes. to an
swer these questions it will do so "decently.'1
CO" What a. pity the Democrat can't tel
the same story twice hand-iunniug. Only a
day or two ago, according to that print, Whig
gery was killed stone dead upon the nomina
tion of Van Buren Cass or Matty, one of
two locofocos was sure to be elected Presi
dent; but on yesterday its cry was not that the
Whig party, but the country, is in danger
"thvtthe Republic is in dangek from the
machinationsof designing demagogues, head
ed by the tiiaitok Van Buren." From which
we understand that the Whig party' and Old
Zack is perfectly safe, and Cass, Van Buren
and the locolocos are gone skunks. Hurra for
Old Zack!
03lf a certain jack-leg lawyer is aiixious
to be known as one of the editors of the Demo
crat, can he not accomplish his object as well
by having his name inserted in the paper as by
running round the city retailing in advance of
its issue the substance of its hading editorial.
But as the' chap says in the play, it's no busi
ness of outs, we meen uo offi nce, we only ask
the question, that's all.' No allusion to Major
Puffer this time.
CQ"The Utica Democrat gives a list ot for
ty nine Locofoco Journals in the State of New
York which repudiate Cuss and supports Van
Buren. That looks very much like Taylor
will loose the Stale, don't it;
COThe N. Y. Herald expresses the opinion
founded on information from Washington city,
tliat, after Gen. -Taylor's inauguration as Presi
dent, the present Administration's employers
in the Mexican war will .turn out to be de
faulters to theamountof several miliionsof dol
lars.' Gen. Taylor never chewed tobacco, never
drank any rum, never smoked a cigar, neve
owed any man a cent, never was sued,' never
sued any man himself, never was dunned.uev
er dunned anybody, never lost a battle, and
never surrenders. Ball, Amcr, .-
Mr. Van Euken's Letter. The following
is the. letter of Martin Van Buren, read at the
Buffalo Convention : ;
Lixdenwald, Aug. 2, 1848.
Gentlemen; It has occurred to me that a
direct communication of my feelings upon a
single point may, in one event, serve to remove
embarrassment in your action at Buffalo. You
all know from my letter to the Utica Conven
tion, and the confidence you repose in my sin
cerity how greatly the proceedings of that body
in relation to myself were opposed to my earn
est wishes. Some of you have also had oppor
tunities to satisfy yourselves, from personal ob
servation, of the sacrifices of feelings and in
terests which I incurred in submitting my fu
ture actions to its control. None of you need
be assured of the extent to which these feel
ings were relieved by the consciousness, that,
in yielding to the decision of that body, the
useot my name was necessary to enable the
ever faithful democracy of New York to sus
tain tnemselves in the extraordinary position
in which they have been driven by the injus
tice of others. I availed myself of an oppoi
tunily,to testify to them my enduring gratitude
for the many favors I have received at their
hands.
The convention of which you form a part.
may, if wisely conducted, be productive ol
more important conseqences than any which
has gone before it, save only that which formed
the lederal , constitution. In one respect it
will be wholly unlike any political convention
which has been held in the U. Slates since the
present organiBation of parties. It will in a
great degree be composed of individuals who
have all their lives been arrayed on different
sides in politics, State and national, and who
still differ in regard to most of the questions
trial nave arisen in the administration of tne
respective governments, but who feel them
selves called upon, by considerations of the
Highest import, to suspend rival action upon
other subjects, and unite their commoa efforts
for the establishment of a single end the pre
vention of the introduction of human slavery
into the extensive territories of the U. States,
now exempt from that great evil, and which
are destined, if propeily treated, to be convert
ed into a wilderness ot free minds. I need not
say how cordially I concur in the sentiment
which reran s this great object as one sacred
in the sightof Heaven, and the accomplishment
of which is due to the memory of those just
anu great men, long since, we trust, made per
fect in its courts, who laid the foundation of
our government, and made, as they fondly hop
ed, adequate provision for its perpetuity aud
success, and indespensable to the luture honor
and paramount wcliaie of our confederacy.
It may happen, in the course of the delibera
tions of the convention, that you will become
satisfied that the great end of your proceedings
can, in yorr opinion, he best promoted by an
abandonment of the Utica nomination. You
will not, in that event, want assurances c f my
uniform desire never again to be a candidate
for the Presidency, or any other public oUce;
out you may apprenend that it might not be
agreeable tome to be superceded in the nomi
nation alter what has taken place in regaid to
it. It is upon this point that I desire to pro
tect you against the slightest embarrassment,
by assuring you, as 1 very sincerely and very
cheerfully do, that, so far from experiencing
any mortincation irom such a result, it would
be most satisfactory to my feelings and wishes
Wishing the Convention success an! honor
in its patriotic efforts, and begging you to ac
cept for yourselves assurances of my unfeigned
respect, 1 am, very sincerely, you mend and
servant. M. VAN BUREN.
To the New York delegates in the BuiTalo
Convention'
Capt. Rousseau. This callant soldier hav
ing been selected by the Whigs of this State as
a District Presidential Elector, the Locofoco
papers in Indiana, with the State Sentinel at
their head, have opened their floodgates of
slander anu talsenoou upon him, in order to in
jure his characterasa braveand meritorious of
ficer. Ihe State Sentinel notjlong since assert
ed that Capt. Rousseau was one of the number
who fled to Saltillo from Buena Vista, during
the battle, and that, so far as he was concerned,
Gen. Taylor's repo. t was entirely true. Judge
Chamberlain, one of the Locofoco State Elec
tors, made similar charges against Capt. Rous
seau in his speech at this place, last month.
JNow, reader, to show you how Locofoco edi
tors and Orators LIE, we copy the following
paragraph from the report of Major Trail, of Il
linois, to be lound on page 17y, Ex. Doc. No.
1, JUth Congress:
"When 1 got to the spring, I found there
Major Munroe, Major Gorman, and I think
Captain Husaw, all anxious and zealously en
gaged in rallying the soldiers who had fled to
the ranche; and very soon after my arrival. Ma
jor Gormau and Captain Rusaw rallied a part of
what l aiterwartis learned was a rule battalion
of the Im'iana troops. While those of my bat
talion present were getting water and falling
into ranks, either jNlajor uorman or Captain
liusaw, or doiii oi mem, marched their com
mand from the spring towards the ranche.
Very soon after Major Munroe rode up and sue
gestcd to me that I had better take a position
in the ranche. I was.t!ien preparing to do so,
having discovered a minute before a laree bo
dy ol cavalry of the enemy advancing towards
us, and immediately ordered the battalion to
march by the flank towards the ranche. Be
fore reaching it, however, the enemy's cavalry
made a descent on a squadron of horsemen' of
what command I do not know. 1 think, how
ever, they were Kentucky, who had suddtnlv
thrown themselves between the enemy and the
ranche. At this instant Major Munroe culled
mc two or three times to throw my men into
the houses. 1 throwed a part of them into a
stock-pen of doby walls about as high as a man's
shoulders, and in which was Major Gorman's
command. 1 he balance 1 throwed in the ad
joining houses, with an order to make ready to
fire. Our squadron of horse gave one shot
probably with carbines and retreated into the
ranche. We were not able to fire upon the
enemy until they came, perhaps, within fifty
paces of us, in consequence of their being. cov
ered by our retreating horsemen. Manv of our
rifles told, notwithstanding. During this lit
tle affair I have no recollection of seeing Major
Gorman. Captain Rusaw was present, and
was very active."
. These Locofoco scamps pretend to have great
regard for the character of the 2nd Regiment,
and seem to regard themselves as being espec
ially called upon to defend them from the in
justice which has been done them in the official
reports of the battle; yet, whenever they can
find a prominent Whigamoug them, who sup
ports Gen. Taylor, tliey do not hesitate a mo
ment to blacken his good name with charges ol
cowardice ard dishonorable conduct. Such hy-
pocrisy and meanness must and will receive
the condemnation of all honest and truth lov
ing Democrats as well as Whigs. In the case
of the Capt. Rousseau, it is shown beyond ca
vil or dispute, that they have wilfully and ma
liciously slandered him, and such is their uni
form and invariable course on all occasions.
A more barefaced set of liars and calumniators
never disgraced any community, not even oi
highway robbers and murderers. Thismayap
pear to some t6 be rather harsh language, but
the course pursued by the miscreants fully jus
tifies it use, Harrison Gaz.
SEVEN DAYS LATER. FROM EUROPE.
Arrival of tlie
A C A D I A.
jt.
AFFAIRS IN IRELAND.
NO OUTBltEAK YETJ
MOVEMENTS THROUGHOUT EUROPE,
INTERESTING DETAILS.
Improvement in Grain, &c, Ac.
August 14.
The Acadia arrived to-day from Liverpool.
By her we have the following intelligence.
In Ireland no outbreak had yet occurred.
The Habeas Corpus act has been suspended,
and troops are constantly arriving from En-
land, which are sent south, where the danger
is most imminent, which is principally in
Kilkenny and Meath counties.
The Lord Lieutenant and his family have
gone to England.
The Government seems fully prepared
for any emergency, but the pikes will be nu
merous though, in undisciplined hands; and
barricades inay be attempted. '
A proclamation has been issued suppressing
all clubs.
Sir Charles Napier's squadron has arrived at
the Cove, warrants have been issued for the ar:
rest of O'Brien, Meagher and others, , a reward
of 500 being offered for them. They escap
ed from Dublin and are drilling men in the
provinces. ...
In Ireland the Government preparations do
not deter the people, bat rather exasperate
them. .
, The Queen's messenger reached Dublin on
Wednesday with proclamation suspending the
Habeas Corpus act which wais received every
where with agreat deal of indignation. Dublin
Castle has been fully fortified. -
O'Brien and others are rrrj active, despite
of proclamations, in forming clubs and trans
porting ammunitions,
The struggle, if it ever comes, n:ust come
soon! .
The constabulary force is every where in
creased. The Habeas Corpus act may be suspended if
the emergency arrives.
Stamps were refused for the "Felon" and
"Nation' to prevent their accumulation thro'.
tho mails; aud the police are ordered to seize
the copies everywhere; from all accounts the
earthquake rumbles, but has not yet broken
forth.
Gen. Raugh has hesitated to sign the armis
tice between the Danes and German Confed
eration. Faimerston thinks his rtluetance
will yield, itbeiug more a matter of form with
him, than substantial objection.
The Archduke John was to open the Diet at
at Vienna on the 22d of July.
The Seige of Prague was raised ' on the
aisi. v.
The Russians have entered Wallachia and
and Broclsarest. Their occupation of Mol
davia is not regarded as an act of aggres
sion.
.The Italian war continues with variable suc
cess, with continual skirmishing but nothing
to decide the fate of Itdly.
The King of Naples is making extensive
preparations to invade Sicily when the
Duke of Genoa has been called to the
throne.
Paris still remains tranquil, reassuming its
former appearance and gaiety. The Assembly
has proposed three millions of francs for
the benefit of the' West India sufferers.
The Cholera rages without abatement in Bus
sia.
The Provision market is without any materi
al tfcange.
Sir Robert Peel cordially unites in the
support of Lord Russel and the Minis-
try.
At Liverpool serious apprehensions were
entertained from out-breaka from the Char
tists, also at Manchester. Twenty thou
sand special constables have been sworn
in.
At Liverpool consols closed al8G 1-2.
Cotton. The Cotton market is unsettled by
the Irish rumers, and yielded slightly, but so
change has occurred except middling Orkahs
which was reduced to 3Jd. The sales of the
week amount to 34,000 bales.
Cons. The Corn trade isactive andadvan
cing. - -
Monev ts easier, and the rate of interest is
unchanged.
Giiais. The wet weather produced a spec
ulatiou in grsin, on account of fears being en
tertained for the coming crops. At Mark
Lane, on Monday, wheat rose 3s per quarter
and on Wednesday a further advance of 2s was
sustained with a heavy demand. The remain
der of the week Corn was in demand at 36 a
40s; the latter" figures checked sales.
Flour. Flour muitains itself. Good Wes
tern Canal commanded 30s.
Cors Meal. Corn Meal IO3 a IGa 6d; th
demand was good.
Yarns At Manchester, Yarns had fallen
off, and holders were obliged to accept lower
prices.
THIRTIETH CONGRESS.
Washington, Aug. 14, 8 r. m.
; senate;
In the Senate, Friday night, the post-office
bill being under consideration, they struck out
the provision allowing papers to go free of
postage within 30 miles.
The bill providing ior the payment of the
claims against Mexico passed.
On Saturday a joint resolution of-thanks to
Gen. Price and Col. Doniphan, for their recent
victories, was passed.
' The Conferrence Committee's report on the
Diplomatic bill was adopted, and bill finally
raised, - ; "
The Oregon bill was returned from the House
and considered. ;
The Compromise was debated.
A motion for the Senate to recede from its
amendment was advocated by Mr. Benton and
others till the hour of recess. .
The Senate adjourned on Sunday. morning,
after receding from their amendment of the
Missouri Compromise, by yeas 29, nays 25,
(six absent.) . -. .
Butler brought up the Army Bill, and called
the attention of the Senate to the publication
in the Herald of the resolution against Gen'l
Kearny, offered by Benton. He (Benton) ac
knowledged giving them to' the Herald, and
said if Butler called his conduct dishonorable,
he would cram the bill down his throat.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
In the House a communication was received
from Win. Widill, Commissioner of Indian af
fairs making reflections upon Mr. Clingman,
and denying the charge made in debate. The
discussion was finally ended by the withdraw
al of the papers.
The Post-office bill was debated till lbs boar
of recess. ' '
Both Houses adjourned to-day at noon. . 1
The President has signed the Oregon bill. ,
Gen. Shields' appointment as Governor of
Oregon has been confirmed. The other terri
torial officera will be appointed.
The Journal .publishes, a communication. "
from Newburgh, Ind., signed, as the editor
says, by three responsible men, giving an ac
count of a speech delivered, by Gen. Lane at
that place, ihese three worthies say that Uen.
Lane denounced Gen, Taylor as "a liar.'V If
the editor of the Journal had been acquainted
with Gen. Lane, he would have known that
this was incredible. General laneisquita
above using such language toward Gen. Taylor.
He took occasion to vindicate ttre conduct 01
the Indiana second regiment froui the asper
sions cast upon thera by Gen. Taylor's report.
He did not, however, charge ; General Taylo
with intentional falsehood, nordoes ben. Lane
Tl- t,.,kla Af it Tl,o oll.i-
sion to the meeting in Mexico, to ratify the
nomination of Cass and Butler, is not correct.
Gen. Lane did not get up the meeting. He
was invited to it by those who did. Instead
of telling the volunteers that they were already
citizens he told them just the contrary. Lov.
Dem..
This was evidently authorised by Gen. Lane
himself. Three respectable gentlemen testifi
ed in a letter to us that Lane, in his speech at
Newburg, denounced Gen. Taylor as a liar,
but be disavows the language. Trobably he
forgets the precise words be made use of in
the burning ardor of his Locofoco eloquence.
He now talks about the "aspersions" cast by
Gen. Taylor upon the second Indiana regiment.
He knows very well that Gen. Taylor, in hia
report, enid nothing of that regiment but what
. l . . f . . rr 1 . ,-i '
tne reports 01 113 own ouicers constrained nun
tony that in fact he sought to excuse their
retreat rather than speak harshly of it. A high
ly respectable gentleman, a personal friend of
Gen. Lane, informed us three days ago that he
heard the Gen. in New Orleans: while on hia
way to Vera Cruz after his furlough, say with
especial emphasis that, there was not the
slightest ground of just complaint, against
Gen. Taylor on account of his report, and fur
thermore our informant heard Gen. Lane say
at the same time, that, if Gen. Taylor would
come out as a no-parly candidate for the Presi
dency, be would support him with his whole
heart. . .
The paragraph qoted above saya that Gen.
Lane did not get up the Cass and Butler meet
ing of the U. 3. soldiers in . Mexico- after the
ratification pf the treaty. If ho did not get it
up, he presided over it and was the most ac
tive man in the management of its proceedings.
Unless we are misinformed, he made a speech
at it, and, when a subordinate officer from Ten
nessee,, a friend of Taylor, rose to reply to the
Locofoco speeches, Lane by his authority eith-
r nra.i Lilt r( ia rvmsf ififlr rtr aa rSAnoral tt
- r . o "
the army refused to let him proceed. The par
agraph in the Democrat saya that Lane, "in
stead of telling the volunteers at that meeting
that, they were already cituens, told them just
the contrary This is by no means probable,
for it was proclaimed in the rery preamble
aod; the resolutions of the meeting, that, the
tf af being at an end, the volunteers were no
longer soldiers in the service of their country
but private citizens with all the rights of such
citizens. Now it is not at all likely that such
resolutions would have been unanimously
adopted by the meeting if Gen. Lane, the pres
ident of the meeting, had 'told the volunteers
just the contrary." . Nevertheless the poor fel
lows found when they arrived at N. Orleans,
that, although they had been graciously per
mitted to consider themselves ."private citi
zens with all the rightsof such citizens" when
their partizan influence was wanted in Mexico,
they were neither more nor less tliau soldiers
when the Administration wantedthe privilege
of stowing them away and packing them off in
rags and wretchedness to .distant parts oi the
country.; Louisvillt Jour. . ' ;
Barnburnerisrrr hai taken deep rojt in Mi
chigan, and promises to uproot the prospects of
Cass and Butler. Ex-Governor Greenfy was
lately President of a meeting of the Baruburn-
ers in Adrian. Greenly is the high priest of
Democracy in southern Michigan-. It is confi
dently predicted that Casg cannot carry, his
own State. , .. ...
As he cannot carry his own Slate, and nn
other state can be counted on to cajry him, iC
isno marvel that John Van Buren asks, "why
h-sdoes uot decline that harmony mav he re.
to red to the parly1." The story uf (U., hmnL
ing hia sword, was got for a ure of speech to
convey the meaning not thai he hid really
broke his own sword, hut that hi, conduct oa
tliat and other occasions, had broken the swor.l
of his party. Taken it in iu figurative sense,
there is some point in it.
Tub Colored Delegates. It appears 'that
the colored men, who were tent to the BufTai
lo Convention, did not claim their aea$,-orevi
en piesant their credentials, - ',;.;.... f