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THE POST.
Athens, Friday, July 23, 1S52.
Monument to Henry Clay. The citizens
of Lexington, Ky., have appointed a large
committee to take the necessary steps to have
erected in the cemetery, at that place, a na
tional monument of colossal proportions, to
the memory of Henry Clay. A history of all
the great events of his life is to be inscribed
on the monument.
' Montgomery, July 12.
The Union Convention met to-day. Only
four counties were lepresented. Resolutions
were passed declining to nominate a third
candidate, and recommending the members of
the Union party to pursue any course they
may think proper.
HSF" Mr. Webster, says a despatch to the
N. York Herald, has expressed himself as
strongly opposed to the movement in favor
of an independent nomination. - He sees that
it would be a miserable failure, and he has
no desire to be placed in such a mortifying
position. The President has written a very
touching letter to Secretary Graham upon
tne occasion of his resignation.
Baltimore, July 13
A great flood has occurred in the North
Eastern section of this city, which has dam
aged several hundred houses, and totally de
molished three bridges and six houses. The
A nre occurred, at uoston on oauiraay
I
night, which destroyed thirty houses and
stores. The total loss is estimated at a quar
ter of a million of dollars.
Baltimore, July 12.
It is positively asserted that the Hon. Ab
bott Lawrence, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of St.
James, has no intention to resign.
A National Convention of friends to the
. Union is called to meet at Philadelphia on
the tenth of. August next, for the purpose of
nominating the lion. Daniel Webster for the
Presidency, and selecting a candidate for the
Vice Presidency.
The conveners of the meeting say that
delegates from ten States now hold them
selves in readiness for this step, and request
other States to choose suitable representa
tives without delay.
A female member of Dr. S.'s church
in Boston, having safely passed through her
nineteenth accouchment, her husband sent
the following note to the Rev. Dr., to be
read before the congregation:
"Mrs. A having been safely deliver
ed of her nineteenth child, she, with her
husband, return their hearty and unfeigned
thanks to Almighty God, for his great favor,
and humbly ask for a continuance of his
blessings." ,
Anecdote of Gen. Scott. The Tecum
seh (Michigan) Ilerald relates the following
anecdote:
"A citizen of our town gives a remark
tnauW W Get. Scott at Fort George, m 1813.
A British flag was sent to the American ar-
my. The carrier was seni. iu w.n. owua
tent, and said to him: 'Our General has sent
me with this flag to request that you surren
der to him, for if you . do not, he shall be com
pelled to storm the fort, and he will not be
responsible for the Indians.' The reply of
Gen. Scott was this: 'Tell your General to
come on and storm the frt, and I will be re
sponsible for the Indians."
" T" r7, t
K-. The second resolution in the Demo-
cratie platform speaks of federalism' palsying
the will of their constituents, lhe Wash
ington Republic aptly replies: . -
"If the "will of constituents" was ever
palsied" by any set of men, it was palsied
hy delegates who were sent to Baltimore to
nominate Cass, Buchanan; or Douglass," and
who wound up their proceedings by the
nomination of a man whom their constitu
ents had never suggested for any such place.
-When did a Whig convention ever "palsy
the will" of its "constituents" after this fash
ionr t3T Capt. Thomas F. Marshall of Ken
' tucky, the eccentric but wonderfully gifted
orator, has taken the stump for Scott and
Graham. . ... .
A young woman, named Sarah Jackson,
has been arrested at Greenville, Ala., charged
with killing her drunken father.
SCOTT AND PIERCE. "
J. lie Georgia CitizeD, the editor of which
has always been a consistent and earnest de
mocrat, talks in the following sensible man
ner about the nominees for the Presidency: . '
"First then on the score of persdhal ser
vice to the country,. who takes the palm?
Answer, Gen. Winfield Scott, nem con.
2d.- On the ground of ability, honesty, and
other qualifications, to whom shall the award
be rendered. Againvwe say, to . Gent Scott.
Gen. Pierce has never shown any extraordi
nary capacity for civil or military government.
3d. On the scor& 0f principle, to whom
shall we give (he preference. We fancy
that this point is a natter of taste or opinion.
As a democrat of the Jackson and Jefferson
school, our preference individually would be
given to Gen. Pierce, decided I v. hwaiisn. nn
all the past issues which h
with the demoem.y of the country. But the
question ariseg 8B not all these old issues
obsolete, defunct or settled? If they are, then
we could give up oar prejudice i favor of
I Gen. Pierce, so' far a they are concerned.
4th. As to soundness on the great ques
tion in which the South i3 deeply interested,
which of these candidates is the most accep
table to Georgians? Gen. Pierce is a North
ern man. Scott Southerner and slave
holder. Gen. Pierce voted in Congress to re
ceive abolition petitions. Gen. Scott has no
such sin to answer for. Gen. Pierce has ac
cepted the democratic nomination and placed
himself upon the platform which has been
put forth as the platform of the democracy.
Gen. Scott has accepted the nomination of
the Whig Convention and placed himself on
its platform. Both platforms are good enough
one adopted by the whigs, as. a condition
precedent to the nomination, and that adopt
ed by Pierce and the democrats, as a condi
tion subseauenl, when the Convention was in
a disorganized and confused state, and more
than half of the members had left! On this
head, therefore, we opine, there is but little
to choose between the nominees, but the ten
dency of things is in favor of Scott. '
5th. And lastly. . What has been the as
sociate of these gentlemen ? 'A man is
known by the company he keeps." " Birds
of a feather flock together," &c. General
Scott is said to be under the influence of
Seward, Hale, Grcely & Co. -Perhaps he is.
Gen. Pierce, by a parity of reasoning may be
said to be under the influence of Van Buren,
KantouJ, Giddings and the New York (Free-
Soil) Post, who are loud in his praise. But
further, who support Gen. Pierce and oppose
Gen. Scott in the South? Why,- all the Fili
busters, Fire-Eaters, Secessionists, Nullifiers,
Disunionists, ultra loco-focos, &c. &c. Eve
ry man of them from- Pedee to the Rio
Grande!"
It is certainly just to remember that in the
crisis that tried men'asouls and the iuii',of
of the American XXaiLn in 1850, there are
thoso .who hlnffH T .. .u:M iwm iln iTrrr--:,T"
of the Compromise, as a power with which
to strike down Gen. Scott, were then for
every other plan against the Compromise !
Some of these men are in the North and
some in the South. They had one excuse in
one place, and another in another but they
acted in concert then, and they are acting in
concert now! When the terrible crisis was
upon us, they were against the Compromise
now that the battle has been fought and
won, they are for the Compromise ! We
strur-led hard to defend the great final
settlement in the day of doubt and trial--but
now we have to struggle to disprove the.
imputation that we are not true to it! Gen.
Scott actually threw his personal influence
into the scale when the Compromise bills
were before Congress to secure their passage,
but now his soundness is called into question
by those very men, who used all the argu
ments in their power to secure their defeat!
Is it not just to bear in mind these plain
but remarkable facts ? Nash. Banner.
Curious Anecdote of Gen. Pierce.
Every body knows that Gen. Pierce fainted
in' the battle of Contreras, yet few know what
be did with himself or what was done with
him after he "keeled over." borne ot his
brother officers, it seems, are disposed to
throw what light they can upon that com
paratively obscure portion of his brilliant
history. We find we iouowmg in tne last
number of that highly respectable paper the
Buffalo Express:
Lieut. W. BrowD who served in Mexico
under Scott as an dfiV of Dragoons, con
siderably astonished the Broadway Hall
ratification meeting the other evening, "by
mp.ntionin? that, in the battle of Contreras, a
fi-Innd nf his. now Krovf't Captain Thomas
I Sweeney had his right arm shattered by a"ball;
i Sn-wriKv inokihnr nhnut. for assisuince, saw a
man in a . neighboring ditch, dodging the
enemy's shot. He went to him and asked
him. for a drink. The "artful dodger" hand
ed him up a flask. Sweeney took it, and to
I his astonishment saw that the man was
FrankUn Pierce ; R 0ffers to buck up
! the affidavits of Democratic officers as to this
fact.
The Atlanta Ron..Wian. hitherto a Con
stitutional Union paper, has run up the Scott
nag. ji contains an address tu ,,s
of Georgia, sio-nfid lw sixty or seventy per
sons, (about forty Hying in Macon) urging
them to mllw ennrrort of Scott, and
J vj wlo " . i . 11
A.iiimir n vvjo. fit. rTiuiTit,inn to be neia
in Macon, August 18th, to ratify his nomina
tion nnil I'hnncD nn l,fnMl ticket.
uu cieii" " ,. .. r
The Macon Citizen says that the time for
thfl. mefttintr nf c,it.t Convention has
0 Y1 wlc - - ,
hppn rhnnfTc1 ? tuAth AuffUSt 10 the
- 1 8th, two weeks later to avoid clashing with
"xvnautur, iv'- a Art.- ter
the commencement exercises at Athens, ou
as well as to give more time for the people to
rally. . . '
AccpantHrobriSta S
that owing to the fall of snow of 22d, Z6d
and 24th of March, 250,000 head of cattle
that were on the plains perished!
BATTLE OF LUNDY'S LANE
Far different music has resonnded through
these continuous woods than the wild bird's
carol, the hum of insects, and the waving , of
the breeze' that now so gently greets our ear.
At yonder white house, said the Major, as
General Scott, making a forward movement
with his brigade in the afternoon of the 25th
of July, 1814, came in view of it, we saw the
court-yard filled with British officers, their
horsesheld by orderlies and servants in atten
dance. . As soon as wp became visible to
them,' their bugles sounded to saddle, and in
a, few moments- they were mounted, and dis
appeared through the woods at full gallop,
twenty bugles ringing the alarm from differ
ent parts of tho forest.- All" vanished as if
fswaflowbtf'by'Hhe"
veteran officer, who reined up. just out of
musket shot, and took a leisurely survey of
our numbers. Having apparently satisfied
himself of our force, he raised the plumed hat
from his head, and bowing gracefully to our
cortege, put spurs to his horse, and disap
peared with the rest. From the occupants of
the house we gathered that we were about a
mile distant from a strong body of the enemy,
posted in the rising ground just beyond the
woods in our front. General Scott, turning
to me, said, "Be kind enough, Sir, to return
to Major-General Brown; inform him that : I
have fallen iii with the enemy's advance,
posted in force at 'Lundis Lane? and that in
one half hour, I shall have joined battle."
"Order up Ripley with the second brigade
direct Porter to get his volunteers immediately
under arms,n was the brief reply of the
Major-General to my message, and the aids
were instantly in their saddles, conveying the
orders. As I galloped back through the
woods, the cannon shot, screaming by me,
tearing the trees and sanding the rail fences
in the air in their course, warned me that the
contest had begun. ' But we are on the battle
ground. There, upon that sloping hill, par
allel with the road, and through the -graveyard
towards the Niagara, was drawn up the
British line under General' Riall, in force
three times greater than our brigade, his right
covered with a powerful battery of nine pieces
of artillery, two of them brass twenty-fours.
The Eleventh and Twenty-second regiments
first leaving the wood, deployed upon the
open ground with the coolness and regularity
2f ScLeoWt554fnTbflrine enemy's lme and
from tho batteries, which completely comr
manded the position, opening upon them with
tremendous effect. TTowson, having hurried
up with his guns on the left, in vain endeav
ored to attain sufficient elevation to return the
fire of their battery.
The destruction on our
side was very great. The two regiments
fought with consummate bravery. Severely
cut up, their ammunition exhausted, and their
officers nearly all of them killed and wounded,
they were withdrawn from action, the few
officers remaining unhurt throwing themselves
into the Ninth, which now came into action,
led by the gallant Colonel Leavenworth.
The brunt ot the battle now came upon
them, and they alone sustained it lor some
time, fighting with unflinching bravery, until
their numbers were reduced to one-half by
the fire of the enemy. At this juncture,
General Scott galloped up with the intention
of charging the hill: but finding them so
much weakened, altered' his intention, entreat-
ing them to hold their ground until the rein-
forcements, which were hastening up, under
Major-General Brown, should come" to .their
assistance. A momentary cessation of the
action ensued, while additional forces hurried
to the aid of each army; "Ripley's brigade,
Iindman's artillery, and. Porter's volunteers,
on the part of the Americans; and a strong
reinforcement under General Drummond, to
that of the British.' Hindmau's artillery were
attached to that of Tow'son, and soon made
themselves heard. Porter's brigado displayed
on the left, while Ripley formed on the skirts upon loth of the enemy's flanks; they waver
of the wood to the right of Scott's' brigade, ed, retried, gave way, and the centre soon
The engagement was soon renewed, with follovWthev re-lino uished the fight, and
augmented vigor; General Drummond taking
command in person, with his fresh troops in
the front line of the enemy. Colonel Jesup,
who Jiad at the commencement of the action
been posted on the right, succeeded, after a
gallant contest, in turning the left flank of the
enemy, and-came in upon his reserve, "Bur-
dened with prisoners, making himself visible
to his own army, amid the darkness, in a
blaze of fire," completely destroying all before
him. The fight raged for some time with four o clock in the afternoon, and did not
great fury, but it became apparent, uselessly terminate till midnight. We were so min
to the Americans, if the enemy retained pos- gled, said the Major, and so great the con-
session of the battery, manifestly the key of
the position. '
I was standmg at the side of Colonel Mil-
.
ler, said the Major, when General Brown rode
up ana inquired, whether he could storm the
battery with his regiment, while General
Ripley supported him with the younger regi
aaavaav, Aiiij-uwu, J.1X111C1, tiiuiu me
uproar and confusion, deliberately, surveyed
the position, then quietly turning with infinite
nnnlnaon -Bnrvlinl U 177 A.. O ) ' Til." 1. T
i,uuiucn icuucu, i u.kv oir. iininni see
him now, as drawing up his giant figure to
e..n i, ;t, j , . , ....
luij uciitu, miiicu. ma regiment, arnieu
to the precision of a piece of mechanism;
hear his deeD tones ?Tioy-ir.:'-rri)rirttj,
. . '
form into column, Advance up lhe hill to
A - j wV
storm of the battery deliver your fire at
port-lighr.,- .
guns aXTT.. rihe
arms-r . tfie bayomf -Support
could nA K-marcftr, Machinery
than thaf'vVed with ore compactness
less striSVe?Ule,1tfbll0Vd the fer-
TwentvXZ 2 "T ported by ; the
. mi , i - ' tne arlc
mass movpfT nn tha
mil iikc,
body, the"Iurid' iWht ; irlitterinb-
nff on their bayonets, as the com
bined fn
pile enemy's artillery and infantry
opened
erously upon them., They flinch
if ft.n s ....
ed not-
of the
rwreu not the stern voices
jirs, as the deadlv Mnnnn-cWf
heard. Tu ' 1 . ere
A J 7 ' " ha VltkVJ. V
white
thebayor.et,and the artillery-men were swept
like chiff from their guns. Another fierce
strugglii-the enemy's line was forced down
11 1 A il 1 Ml 1 II .
me sia((ci me nui, ana ine victory was ours
the jqsition entirely in our hands their
own pi?es turned and playing upon them in
their retreat. It' was bought at cruel price,
most of the officers , being either killed or
wounded. The whole tide of the battle now
turned to this point. The result of the con
flict depended entirely upon the ability of the
victorious army to retain it. Major Hindman
was ordered up, and posted his forces at the
side of the captured cannon, while the Ameri
can line correspondingly advanced. Stung
with mortification, General Drummond con
centrated his forces, to retake by a desperate
charge the position. The interval amid the
darkness was alone filled by the roar of the
cataracts, and the groans of the wounded.
He advanced with strong reinforcements, out- j
flanking each side of the American line. We '
were only able, in the murky darkness, to
ascertain their approach by their heavy tread.
"They halted within twenty paces, poured in
a rapid fire, and prepared for the rush."
Directed by the blaze, our men returned with
deadly effect, and, after a desperate struggle,
the dense column recoiled. Another interval
of darkness and silence, and ' again a most
furious and desperate charge was made by
the British, throwing the whole weight of
their attack upon the American centre. The
gallant Twenty-first, which composed it, re
ceiving them with undaunted firmness, while
ai'nfa.wjjs "dreadfully effea
most perfect c60ln
they again recoiled. Darin- thi J ??
ess ana .m c?f r
Jachi3ji$(K)tt in person, his shattered
b'rig!Ete?tfvv consolidated into a sino-l W.
o "
talion, made two determined charges upon the
"ferIlt and left flank of the enemy, and in these
ne received the scars which his countrymen
now see upon his manly front. Our men
were now almost worn down with fatigue,
dying with thirst, for which they could gain
no relief. The British, with fresh reinforce
ments, their men recruited and rested, after
the interval of another hour, made their third
and final effort to' regain their position. They
advanced, delivered their fire as before; and,
although it was returned with the same
deadly effect, steadily pressed forward. The
Twenty-first again sustained the shock, and
both lines were soon engaged in a "conflict,
obstinate and dreadful beyond description."
The rio-htand left of the American line fell
back for a moment, but were " immediately
rallied by their officers. "So desperate did
the buttle now become, that many battalions
on both sides were forced back;" the men
engaged in indiscriminate melee, fought hand
to hand, and with muskets clubbed; and "so
terrific was the conflict where the cannon
were stationed, that Major Hindman had to
engagethem over his guns and gun-carriages,
and finally to spike two of his pieces, under
the apprehension that they would fall into
the hands of the enemy." At length a most
desperate and determined charge was made
I "O'
mad..fini,l retreat. The annals of warfare
on this Continent have never shown more
desperate fighting Bayonets were repeatedly
crossed, and, after the action, -many of the
men were found mutually transfixed. The
British force engaged was about five thousand
men; the American thirty-five hundred; the
combined loss in killed and wounded, seven-
teen hundred and twenty-two, officers and
men. -the battle commenced at half-past
fusion in the darkness, that as was sitting
with a group 0f officers in the earlier part of
i i x
the nigni, on horseback, a British soldier came
up to us, and recovering his musket, under
the supaum that he was addressing one of
his own officers, said, "Colonel Gorden will
- be much obliged, Sir, if you will march up the
hundred A I . liv.
i waa - wa aaivjii w Lne road to his assis-
tance immediately, as he js very hard presse(j;'
I called hun nearer) and pressmg njs musket
JniHl OVBT tTl IT V..,lt 1 l
uu"" "j "uiaters, maae him nnsnnfir
its "What have I done, Sir," said the astonished
.iQti "what t j n t
w" : -""c 1 aune; ana to convince
I British omcers, as he supposed, of his loyalty
I 1 , mnnn UIT . . - -
exeuuuivA, xiurrah lor the Kino-. nnJ Amr.
the j the x aQKees , As he was marched to the
i - - O "iuli
dielrear r r lellw was cut down by
volloSiKrj. - .U.. ., :. ecratio1no moan ot an;
J 1 . U1 1 T"" nPPait? halloaed fenSerW'l rld
snibke,ashort, furious struggle with alike over the craves of friend and enprmr o"1 remained: "V
grape-shot. :. In another "part VofVthe
Captain Spencer, who was soon
pulled' up suddenly ona body of
full march: - In. reply to his demand
regiment is that?" he .was answered.
Royal Scots.?' .With great presence of miad,
he replied, "Halt !; Royal' Scots, till further
orders,". and then turning, his 'horse's. - head.
galjoped fiWtheir dangerous, proximity.: It
was'a horrid ponflict-: - -. . ")
But here we are, at the grave-yard, with itr
droepinwillows and flowering locusts.
still. .in.l.nmW WA, xf -.J
ius fc.uuin and-renosft rn nmiHomM --awr"- -a
: t s - - .ffi -
,
.lery vbeels rudely cut its consecrated iffoun1
gviis.
enemy,
See from this point howgently and grace
fully undulates the battle-field; the woods
bowing to the evening breeze, as the soft
sunlight pours through their branches, show
not the rude gashes of rude cannon-shot; the
plain, loaded and bending with the yellow
harvest, betrays no human gore; yon hill"
scathed, scorched, and blackened with cannon
flame, the very resting place of the deadly
battery, shows no relic of the fierce death
struggle,.as covered with the fragrant clover
and wild blue-bell, the bee in monotonous
hum banquets o'er it. Nought mars the
serenity of nature as she smiles upon us.
Yet, burnt in common funeral pyre, the ashes
of those brave men, of friend and foe, there
mingle in the bosom whence they issued.
j The frenzied passion passed, the furious con
flict o'er, they have lain down in quiet, and
like young children, sleep in the lap of that
common mother, who shelters with like pro
tection the little field-mouse from its gambols,
and the turbaned Sultan sinking amid his
prostrate millions. Shades of my gallant
countrymen! Shades of their daring foes!
Farewell ! Ne'er had warriors more glorious
death-couch the eternal Cataracts roar your
requiem. Silliman.
A writer in the Albany Cultivator
gives a comparative estimate of the expense
eacn oi Keeping a span oi norses ana a pair
of mules, and makes an annual saving in fa
vor of the mules of $106 a year. He further
adds: "Their vision and hearing seems to be
better, and they never take a fright a dan
i-" uu.i. : rtjuieu men wsi.iruAiw"Wisp.onsiii. . hAnn-ht.- n..-
-mtreiLfrom which.you are never secure witb
B3FTJ4 world is full of etm. TOOT
-fhoUttVl
we know them not. All that is
great
and
amiable dwelleth not in high places. As w
roam through the forest, wrapped in the con
templation of the giant monarchs, who rear
their leafy crowns to the heavens, we are
conscious of a sweet perfume stealing up
ward from the timid violets and the primrose;
but we heed thara not, and crush them be
neath our feet as we pass.
The democratic papers have for some
months been indulging, ad libitum, in the
worst species of personal abuse of General
Scott. They have insinuated cowardice, and
abolitionism, and dishonesty, and folly, jind
vanity, and almost everything else against
him, wiiieh they thought would engender dis
trust in the publie mind. They liave made
some impression where he has not been vin
dicated. But truth, like the rising sun, is
now rolling back the mists of error. Ti,
facts of history are a powerful vindication of
me om somier iney sweep into nothingness
these groundless imputations, whereveAliey
are published and read, as fire sweeps stub
ble from the fields. Justice is an inherent
principle with the people. Justice to the
brave old hero of Lundy's Lane is now breath
ed as a strong sentiment by millions who a
short time ago had given the matter but lit
tle thought. They see that great wrong has
been done to an old patriot who has for forty
years given his life to the flag, the honor and
the protection of his country against foreign
foes, while his principles are found to be 'of
the strict, sound, upright, republican whio
school. The people ' are coming to the res!
cue. The very words with which democrats
have reviled him are becoming the vonnn.
men's rally calls. "Fuss and feathers" and
"Hasty plate of soup," already begin to sound
above the hum of the multitude, to d e mowa
tic ears,
like the words with which tney oa.
littled Harrison
ju lotUi ivii viuiuo
: iom Hi nnv;nnn(7
"hard cider." The people are decreeing jus
tice to Winfield Scott. Nash. Banner.
A Whig Speech in Tammany Haix.
The best joke of the season is the delivery oi
a whig speech in Tammany Hall, the wigwam
of loco'focoism in New York, at the celebra
tion of the- Tammany Society, by the Hon.
John W. Crockett, of Tennessee, who is a
tcfijg"by the necessity of his nature." The
N. Y. Courier says:
Hoi. Croekfitt bad been invited to the ban
quet and was assigned a toast to which he
vv:is fwnp.rtp.fi to make arfinlv. YVncn ia
turn came, he rose and avowing1 , himself a
he then proceed with an eloquent out anuu"
whig harrangue, during which he lasiieuAJ"
cofoco men and Locofoco principles right anu
left without mercy. For a while the uni
rified were taken .aback; but in the end they
srk su.rmrp.rl thp. nntftrrified .were taken abaCK,
but in the end they so admired the audacii)
of the gallant Tennessean that they not only
listened to him. but aDDlauded him with real
HrViminiinv -Hall pnthusiasm. We may, e
think with perfect safety; aver that such a
thiniT no n vwliiff nnd n Smithp.m whiff atthat,
Hall at aLo-
cofocogathering, has not happened before
within the memory oi tno "oiaesi wu-
tant."
1: ECBOTE'OF GE. SCOTT.-The follow- -
after WW, n,g isim the pen. of. the editor of theS j
menrun.Tert) ork Mirror. vrh , " ew i f
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. warm aarocate of
A .."What I too hoimnation of Mn Fillmore and who
ed - "TheJniaElfi;sted a keen disappointment it !,. !? 1
1 r ""Vli Willi O trrn 1 7 I
sail of the deliberations of the whig:'
convention: , . i
?yeai? a2'" a TOM? manned
' .-our offinp in cnW...;i. , -
our.officeto subscribe f oV iKlL '
uie course of conversation, bfH 'v' ' '
1 "relurnedyoluntefcirCan, War'T T . V ,
3 ad.- instead iiQ
kcom new JTork. and
eomqratioia of the citv
Unk the l"""1'1 Q ocaie,Jie had DeeH
- -- iiu - tM jui ihiimi
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store, and was n.'om.,.. fit. - ..
Inge." His bnghteye, energetic manner. and '
imayy determination to .fight his own war
own way
interested
us at once:
SMO'l-rbya a be left the
e shall neEearrrrrnv-
you as member of the Leoislature." '
. This mornlp;we had a visit from the younff
man, whose first words were:
Your prediction has been fulfiilled.
I have
1 beca -a nymhm. nf tu. T.-. ,
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clerk ot tne House." ui auu u
'."How are your politics?" we asked. Hia
reply was:
"1 am a democrat; but out ot gratitude tor
one who saved my life, I shall vote for Scott!"
"How is that?"
'Why, sir, when I was lying on the stone
floor in the hospital at Jalapa, parched with
sores, with no one to look after me, General
Scott came to me and asked if I was wound
ed. I told him I was not; but I was very sick
and would not live many days. 'Don't talk
so,' said the general. He then asked me if I
was well tended. 1 told him I had no atten
tion at all. He then stooped down, lifted up
my feeble arm, felt of my pulse, examined my
ever sores, and sent lor the surgeon, and ask
ed him why I was thus neglected. The sur
geon sent for his assistant, who, in turn, sent
for the steward of the hospital.- The gener
al charged them to take good care of me:
and, on leaving, told me if they did not to
report at once to him. So, you see, sir, he
saved my life by his kindness, as he did hun
dreds oi others; and 1 should be a scoundrel
not to vote for him. They say he is proud.
So he is on horseback on the battle-field he
is Major General Scott; but off, he is a kind
hearted, humane man." This is a true story,
and a story to tell.
Worth Knowing. Parch half 8 pint of
rice until it is brown; then boil it as rice is
usually done. Eat slowly, and it wdl stop
the most alarming case of diarrhoae.
A friend informs us that this remedy has
been tried successfullj. .
Igf0 The standing army of the United
States A present number 10,129 men, 896
commissioned, and 9,233 noncommissioned
officers and privates. i
A young convert got up in "a church not a
thousand miles from here, and was making
his confession somewhat after this sort: "I
have been very wicked, indeed I have; I have
cheated many persons, very many; but I will
restore four-fold;' when he was snappishly in
terrupted by an old lady thus: 'Well, I should
think before you confess much you had bet
ter marry Nancy Stebbings, as you agreed to.
A Mrs. Mann, of Kirkland, Me. having
some difficulty with her husband, hung her
self. She was the mother of five children.
The favorite digging place in Australia is
Mount Alexander; there the gold i3 turned
up by tons. A party of five gentlemen made
three hundred pounds each in five days.
Beggars have actually become rich. It would
seem as if, at last Providence was reversing
the order of things, and that henceforth la
bor is to be capital. " .
"AnOtixion as is an Opinion." One of
the rampant female lecturers in the North,
being charged with infidelity thus defines
her position:
"Permit me to say then, candidly, that al
though I reject creeds, and I do not pledge
myself to this or that sect, yet my religious
belief is of such a character that no religious
sect, of whatever faith, no expounder of the
doctrines of Jesus iu any shape, has any
right to ostracise me for my religious opin
ions.
Walker Reed, of Mason Co. Ky., lately and
for a great many years presiding "Judge of the
Judicial Circuit in which that county lies, di
ed of cholera on Monday, at Alexandria, in
Campbell Co., where he was holding Court.
Mr. Campbell, formerly attached to the pa-
pers in Boston as a reporter, is now a judge in.
J Jf Co., California. His fees are said
v kiou.uwiu:S vvaa! peran-
nuni. Ho is c.n.n.irtn(r in a "rrrnnviT
grocery" also.
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which yields him no little profit,
C3JOne of the Washington correspond
ents of the Baltimore Sun, after stating that :
Mr. Clay, on leaving the State Department in
1829, presented his autograph papers con
nected with his Secretaryship to Gen. Jesup,
says.
Gen. Jesup was his friend in the duel with
Randolph, and has also all the correspondence
and unwritten incidents of that celebrated '
meeting. His "Recollections" of Mr. Clay
are of the most interesting and valuable)
character, and the nation would he glad to
see them in print. No man in the army
or navy, and few men in civil walks, wield sx
vigorous and polished a pen as Gen. Jesup.
The New Hamosbirp
If rank Pierce is a very small political baby.n
ue sure ne is, ana the wonder is that tho
democratic national convention could nnk
bring him forth Until flftni fArfw-TtiriA 4Vhao
Prentice.
Thercnort that th Hi.n. TT
snail, of Kentucky, was about to come out
against uen. Scott, is contradicted.
A Maiden Name. - "May I ask what was
your maiden name, Mrs. Simmers.'
"My maiden name! Td have ye know I
never had any. Why, I was married at fifteen.
Good gracious! do you suppose I was born ao
old maid 2"
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