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THE EVANSVILLE JOURNAL,
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED
BY WM. H. CHANDLER 5c CO.
The Tri-Wesklv Jocrsal is published on Tues
days. Thursdays, and iiaiurdsys, at $4,00 per annum,
in advance.
Thn Weekly Journal is published on Thursdays,
at -,00 per annum, in advance.
FOR PRESIDENT:
ZACHAHY TAYLOR.
CITY OF EVANSVILLE
SATURDAY, OCTODEIt 2, 184T.
03" See first and fourth pages for miscella
neous matter.
CTT WANTED A lad 14 to 16 years of
age is wanted at this office as an apprentice.
RUMORS ANOTHER BATTLE CITY OF
MEXICO IN POSSESSION OF GENERAL
SJJOTT SANTA ANNA WOUNDED
PAREDES KILLED Great Loss in Kill
ed AND Wci'SDED ON BOTH SIDES.
The following rumor of another great Battle
was received iu our city this morning, through
Mr. Burnett, a citizen of this place, who came
pas.-engcr on uie northern i-.gAr. lie says
the news was brought to New Orleans on last
Saturday, 25th ult, at 5 o'clock, P. M., and
that he left the city about two hours after
wards. Mr. B. had an extra published in
New Orleans, giving the particulars of the bat
tle, but unfortunately it was taken from his
Mate-room, before the boat got to this city.-
The next steamer up will bring us a full ac
count of this battle. The bombardment of the
city commenced oil the 26th and continued for
three days; on the 28th the American Army
took possession of the Mexican Capitol. The
loss on the side of the Americans is supposed
to be 14,00, that of the Mexicans four to one,
or 5,600. Santa Anna is said to be wounded
in the shoulder Gen. Paredes killed.
bliould the above rumor prove true, our
readers shall have the particulars, as soon as
possible after their receipt, in an Extra.
Hon. Robt. C. Winthrop, Representative
of the city of Boston iu Congress, returned in
the Britannia from a tour in Europe, has re
ceived a hearty welcome from his constituents
OCT" We understand that the posts of the
telegraph hue are up to within four miles of
Corydou.
The sickness among the Immigrants at Que
bec and Montreal, continues, and is truly ap
palling. Up to the 8th inst., it is stated, up
wards of five thousand deaths had occurred at
the two places.
Thibtieth Congbess. The N. Y. Journal
of Commerce says: The election of four Demo
crats to fill the vacancies in the Congressional
delegation from Maine, makes the total number
of Representatives elected to this date 212, viz:
112 Whigsand 100 Democrats. Sixteen mem
bers remain to be elected, viz: 1 in Ohio, 1 in
Michigan, 6 in Maryland, 4 iu Louisiana, and
4 in Mississppi. Should these sixteen mem
bers be of the same politics as their predeces
sors in the last Congress, the full House would
compromise 115 Whigs, (including Levin, Na
live, of Philadelphia,) and 113 Democrats.
Of the 26 States which have already chosen
their delegations, 12 have chosen a majority of
Democrats, 11a majority of Whigs, and 3 are
tied, the delegations bt-ing equally divided.
Two of the three remaining States will most
probably elect a majority of Democrats, while
lhe third (Maryland) may be a tie, or possibly
may elect a majority of Wliigs. When the
election of President devolves upon the House
the votes are given by States; Arkansas and
Delaware with their one member each having
the same voice as New York and Pennsylvania.
Two hundred boxes of arms and accoutre
ments for the Kentucky and Indiana regiments
of volunteers, arrived here yesterday from Pitts
burg. We understand that those for Kentuc
kjgo to Louisville, and the remainder to Mad
son, Indiana. Cin. Enq.
CCTirCol. Freemonthas returned to Washing
ton from his visit to South Carolina, and Gen.
Kearney left Washington for New York, and
will probably proceed from hence to St. Louis
THE FOURTH INDIANA REGIMENT.
IVe have been kindly favored, says the Louis
ville Courier, by a friend, with a night of a let
ter from an officer in this regiment, dated Mouth
of Rio Grande, Sept. 3d. The whole regiment
had at that time arrived there on their way to
Vera Cruz. The followingextractfrom the letter
shows that an uupleasant dj fficulty e .Lis in the
regiment:
"There is at present considerable excitetaant
iu camp concerning the Muster Roll. It is required-hat
when the soldier receives his pay he
aihxes his name to a muster 11011, wnicn ue
clares that he volunteered lor during the war
without reference toone, five (h any other num
ber cf years. This regiment declares and
swears it enters Uie service on no such condi
tion, and therefore will not subscribe to it. On
the other hand, the pay department declares that
unless they ito subscribe their names to ucna
muster roll they shall draw no pay. The answer
of the voiunteeris "Jo to h 1 with your pay!"
There are about one hundred and
fifty in thisiegiment unfit for duty."
OCT" The following report of the Battle of
Buena Vista, is from the pen of Capt. Osbobn,
of Clay co. This report has been called forth
at the urgent solicitation of many of the warm
friends of Capt. O.
From the Wabash Express.
REPORT OF CAPTAIN OS BORN AT THE
BATTLE OF BUENA VISTA.
Buena VisTA.ilcjrico, May IS, 1847.
General: I have the honor to submit the
following report of my command at the Battle
of Buena Vista, on the 22dand 23d of Febru
ary last:
At about 2 o'clock, our Rifle Battalion, com
manded by Major Gorman, was drawn up in
line of ba' tie near the foot of the mountain,
with orders to resist any force of the enemy
that might attempt to flank us on the heights.
In a few minutes the enemy's Battery com
menced throw ins bombs in the direction of
our line, which , however, did not reach us by
some. 200 yards. At this time Col. Marshall
had dismounted a portion of his Cavalry and
ordered them on to a spur of the mountain on
our left, where a large body of the enemy's In
fantry made their appearance in front and to
the right ot the Cavalry. Col.'- Marshall then
ordered Major Gorman to take possession of a
height in Iront of the enemy, with two com
panies, which was promptly obeyed by Capt.
Sluss and my command. Immediately on our
the enemy op
ened on us a brisk fire, which was kept up by
both parties until dark, when we retired to the
foot of the mountain, where we laid on the
field all night.
At the break of day, the whole Indiana Rifle
Battalion ascended the same spur of the moun
tain, my command on the extreme right, where
the enemy opened a tremendous fire upon us
(the enemy having received large reinforce
ments during the night,) which w as promptly
returned by our troops and continued until be
tween 10 and 11 o'clock, a. m. , myself andeight
or nine men being wounded in the time. At
this time, the enemy had forced the left flank
of our troops on the plain, and at least six times
our number were within from 40 to 60 yards
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in our iroiu, wnen we were oruereu to iau uacn
and rally on the reserve, every man having de
hberately discharged his piece most ol my
command having six loads in theirs. We re
tired to the fool of the mountain, and crossed
a ravine; we formed in line, and here, to my
astonishment, 1 saw that the Kentucky Caval
ry had retired to the right, and that a body of
the enemies Lancers was immediately in trout
oi tne ground tne uavalry occupied in ine mor-
nnifir, when we ascended the mountain, and
was coming in full speed at us. Major Gor
man, at this moment, ordered us to march by
the right tlank in doul
enemy came so near t
my company to march
the right flank in double quick time, but the
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lines that 1 ordered
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by the left flank, which
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e the foot ofthemoun-
caused us to move along
tain; Capts. Walker's and Dunn's commands
following in the same direction. Here we be
came separated from Capt. Sluss' command
and Major Gorman. In our retreat, for some
distance the Lancers were close on us: we
were forced several times to face about and fire
on them, which generally, by the third fire
from our Rifles, brought them to a halt, which
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held them in check until the Kentucky and Ar-
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oiim3 uiioiii uiiur iu uui assiMaui c, auu cu-
abled us to get out of their reach. But when ,
we reai'iieu ulhjui nan uie distance lrum uie
mountain to the rancho, (we being near one
mile in advance of the enemy,) the Cavalry at
the head of a ravine that rises in the plain,
brought the Lancers to a halt; an officer rode
"f l" uV" "i 'c upiiiiu" "a-i.uv.
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tr trinTf h hark unA sicut h f'avalrv t Ihia1
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poini, wiucu we uiu, ana lormea on ineir leu.
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We had scarcely arrived at this point before
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1 1 r. .i -j r .i w i should they be removed thither, the descent to
and left us again in the midstof them. We!,..,-, i. , . . c,. T-
immeJiatelv iumned down into this ravine i
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which sheltered us from the enemy, another
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body of Cavalry came from the direction of
w.W,,-s w d rtiped. rr ..,
pursuit of the Lancers. Here Captain Walker
r, in- rn t-. i
and several of his men fell. Lieuts. Alexan -
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der and Peck assisted me much in this attack,
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and in covering the retreat
When approaching near the rancho I observ-
,i . ki.. ., 1 tu i m
ed a body of men under the command of Capt.
- r.u oi o .ii- a' i
Kosseau, of the 2d Regiment Indiana volun -
teers, who were moving in the direction of the I
inuuiuaui: 10 wnom 1 lmmeuiateiy proceeded
to add my company. While doing so, Maj.
Monroe, of the Artillery, rodaun and reouest -
ed that the men might be kept there, as a large
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uuujr ui i-uuuers were approaciung io aiiacH ii.
At his request Captain Rosseau moved the men
in the direction of the buildings, and we form-
ed in ahorse pound. Maj, Trail formed the 11-
mois Riflemen on the the buildings, and in
this position awailed the approach o the en
emy, who were driving our cavalry before them.
la a few minutes the Cavalry passed from be
tween us and the Lancers, our troops held their
fire until the enemy were within twenty yards
of us. when they opened the fire on the ap
proaching Lancers, driving thein back in great
confusion, and caused them to disperse in ev
ery direction. One portion of them rallied in
a body at the foot of the mountain on the west
whilst the other fell back on their lntantry at
the foot of the mountain on the east. At this
time Col. May with a squadron of Dragoons ar
rived, which was immediately followed by two
pieces of cannon, and fired on those that had
formed on the west, which drove them over
the mountain. At the request of Col. May,
the men at the rancho marched to support the
Artillery, the Infantry under the command of
Capt. Rosseau, the Illinois Riflemen under the
command of Maj. Trail and the Indiana Rifle
men under'the command of Mai. Gorman, to
attack the enemy at the mountain. On our ap
proach, the enemy commenced retreating, and
continued to retreat nntil they had finally re
tired upon the main body while the Artillery,
Infantry and Riflemen continued, at intervals
to advance Col. May's Dragoons having been
drawn off to other portions of the field. Du
ring this advance tuey were frequently expos
ed to the fire of the enemies' Artillery, which
however, did but little execution. This ended
the sevices on that memorable day.
I wish particularly to call your attention to
the fact that during the time of ourengagement
on the 22d we were commanded by Col. Mar
shall, of Kentucky, and Major Gorman, of In
diana, and on the 23d by Maj. Gorman aloue.
I would call to your attention Capt Ros
seau, who, during the attack on the rancho, ac
ted bravely and generally in its defence, and
was mainly instrumental in rallying men and
placing them in a position to successfully de-
fend it. Also, Captain Dunn, of the 3d Indi
ana Regiment, and Lieut. Peck, (now Captain,)
who, during the action in the mountain nobly
cheered and encouraged the men in defending
their position against such tremenduous odds.
Also to Lieuts. Rose, Alexander and Moore, of
my own immediate command, who, during
the whole engagement by their noble bravery
and coolness, maintained the chararacter of
good and efficient officers.
And, in conclusion, I would say that the of
ficers and men under every circumstance seem
ed to be actuated alone by a desire to bear gal
lantly aloft and save from any disgrace the
Stars and Stripes of our glorious Union.
' Yours Respectfully,
JOHN OSBORN, Captain.
Co. C. 2d Reg't. Indiana Vols.
To Brig. Gen. Lane.
CCTThe Niw York Express, of Saturday
says:
Wall street, during the past week, has been
a scene of unu sual interest. The steamer's
news was of the most aeptable kind, partic
ularly to all those who had remitted bills of
Prime, Ward, & Co., who were interested in
bills of their endorsemei.t. iPrevious to ths re
ceipt of this news it was not believed by any
one that the paper would be protected; but,
on the contrary, that it would all be returned
under protest. The result will shield a large
class of buyers who had made remittances, and
who expected to be losers. The result of these
bills will have an important influence on the
bill market, and will prevent the remittenceof
nearly or quite half a million of dollars in ster
ling. It is now stated with confidence, that
the house referred to, have ample funds in En
gland to meet all the bills that have gone for
ward, and that a large surplus will ultimately
be received back from London. This state of
things, while it will relieve the English credi
tor from any loss, will diminish the dividends
to the American creditors, for is is not expec
ted that there are sufficient assetts to pay all
the indebtness of the house.
Several failures have taken place during the
past
ween, but with the exception of one,
which was occasioned by the fall of Harlem
a . a . ' -
railroad, they have been of small magnitude
The failure of Bartlett has brought to light for
geries to a large amount. Upward of 50,000
in notes, are floating in the streets, principally
in the hands of individuals.
The money market is rather easier than it
has been. The offerings at banks are uncom
iit. . . - . . . . .
moniyngni. At some ot the largest banks in
the street, the amount offered, on regular dis-
count days, has been less than 810,000.
The Washington Monument. Since the
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its success has been manifested in the different
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We earnestly hope that this great national
work, begun so many years ago, and which has
been suspended so long, may now, under new
auspices, progress rapidly to completion. The
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m.b ce8 l'1fea ,-f a 8,I??d "rcular co onaded
; building. 2o0 feci in diameter. anJ 100 feet
high; from which springs an obelisk shaft, 70
r . l nn f,i
tftt . plpvat:oa ' fion f(fftt.
high, making a
This vast rotunda, forming the grand base of
, the monument, is surrounded y JO columns
of massive proportions, being 12 feet indiame
i terand 45 feet high, elevated upon a lofty base
of stylobate, of 20 feet elevation and 300 feet
snrmoun,P(l v n PrUahl..,.,. 9f1 fl
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high, and crowned by a massive balustrade, 15
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teet in height.
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lington, to receive his remains,
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tne same ngnt wincn l iumines ins statue,
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hen this monument shall be completed, it
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times. 1 he monument will be worhy of him
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i in whose honor it is to be raised. The virtues
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i of tna most illustrious man that the world has
seen will be worthily commemorated by the
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magnificent monument ever erected by
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' era telul hearts and hands. Jjouisville Jour
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i " .' wuimh ti niiAtnuA.
! 0n Saturday last, a gentleman brought into
! Portsmouth, from the Blobm Furnace, Scioto
county, a part of an iron man, found in the ore
htfll Thp .Wirt uittr traa tliAfi(-t tun A .
r ' i ..- .v., . ni u yali
! of the 'PS- Having been converted into iron
j b7 a gradual process, the minutest divisions,
as Dciween ina toes, etc., were not visiDie; Dut
I the general outline of the foot and ankle was
palpable. f he spreading across the toes the
general outline of the toes the heel ankle.
etc., were perlectly plain. We were told that
the head and arms were still more perfect!
There could not be the least doubt of its having
been a man. Nor is there much doubt of the
manner in which it came into this condition.
The body must originally have been petrified
in lime; but of this there remains now only
the outside incrustation, which will crumble
off. What was the man, is now iron. By
some natural process-the iron must have grown
out of the lime, and here is a theme for geolo
gists. How did this change take place? If
we are right, and the facts seem to leave no
room for doubt, this iron man would afford one
of the most beautiful subjects for a eeologicJl
lecture. The iron ore in which it is found is
called the calcareous formation. The process
ot itsiormation would be an instructive study
Cincinnati Chron.
A Nameless Angel. For upwards of
year past, a strange lady has been in the habit
of making a periodical visit to the Tombs and
Alms House. lor the purpose ot hunting up, and
providing employment for the more unfortun
ate women of these institutions. The Com
missioner informs us that she has accomplish
ed much good and it is a singular fact, that he
has never vet been able to ascertain her name
She is a middle-aged lady, evidently of a good
family. We caught a glimpse of her counten
ance this morning, and were deeply impressed
with its Christian-like loveliness.
N. r. Express.
CrPiracy on the const of Ireland is becoming com
mon. The Bi iti-iU Admiralty has, ia consequence,
ordered an'addition steam force. One vessel, corn la
den, wi. attacked a few days since near InnUkea,
but the assailants were driven off with the lossol four
killed and several wounded.
THE EDUCATION OF GIRLS.
The following extract from a letter contain
ed in that most excellent paper, the New York
Commercial Advertiser, expresses the soundest
and most sensible views on the important sub
ject of the education of the younf; women, the
future mothers of the Republic. We have al
ways thought that our system of female educa
tion in this country was very defective, in the
entire neglect of the physical exercise, devel
opment and improvement of the pupils.
No one who has been abroad can fail to no
tice the physical feebleness of American wo
r ,u luc "fii V i' A comPansn " ,
the women of England or the continent. With I
eoual intellect, sprightliness and health in i
childhood and early youth, and with more of
beauty, at the very time when the health should
be most fnm, the intellect brightest and beauty j
in the ascendant, as he has seen it in otherlanis,'
the observer remarks the American woman to 1
have failed. An intelligent physician said. 1
the other day, that "every fourth woman kept w eek ending Monday Sept. 20th.
her good health till she was forty; every four ; .
hundredth woman her good looks." Without j The house of a man named Svvayne, near II-
insisting upon the truth of so broad an asser- linoistown, III., was broken open and robbed
tion, the fact is universally admitted that Am- nn ... o,u j i1 fQ,i10.f . c i i
erican women, become prematurely old. Al-, n lb 8th' and the father of Mr' S'
lowing all that is said about the influence of, A letter from Munich of the 25th, in the Ger-
that is unsolved, in bringing about so univer- la Monteshas been created a Countess by the
sal and disastrous a result. I believe this. will King of Bavaria, She takes the title of Coun
be found to be injudicious early education and tes3 Landafeld, wLich was lhat ofa nob,e fc
in this almost alone. The childhood of En- , . ., i w .
glish and French women is spent in play.- ll? now extmct' U was sported at Munich
Their girlhood in physical and mental exercise tliat a IarSe annual income is also secured to
combined, the former always taking the pre- her.
cedence, and always insisted upon,, even if it! , .. . , . , 4 .
be to the entire neglect of the other. I , fT" hurn d trooP9 boun,i for California
The English girl spends more than one-half left ew York on Monday, under command of
of her waking hours in physical amusements, Lieut. Thomas E. Ketcham. .
that is, in amusements which tend to develop, i
and invigorate. ., rirvm ih hnlilr Mnn.
She rides, walks, drives, rows upon the water, ,
runs, dances, play, swings, jump . the rope,
thrnil'O Vf Vo 1 Kiirlo 4V.nA. .-; ,4 n 4 Via V-j- tl' I
keeps up the shuttlecock, and all this without i u,arles 1Iotpl. ew Orleans, with but one o'.h
having it forever impressed uponher mind that j er person at the table, so thinned offis the pop
she is thereby wasting her time. She does ulation by fear of the epidemic.
thi pvprr rlav until it frnmi n haliit u-Tiih 1
she willfollow un through life. Her frame. I
as a necessary consequence, is larger, her mus
cular system better developed, her nervous sys
tem iu subordination to the physical, her
strength more enduring, and the whole tone of
her mind healthier.
She may not know as much at the age of sev
enteen a3 do(s the American girl; as a general
thing she does not, but the growth of her intel
lect has been stimulated by no hot-house cul
ture, and though maturity comes later, it will
last proportionably longer. Eight hours each
day of mental application, for girls between the
ages often and nineteen years or ten hours
each day, as is required at the school of which
I have spoken with two hours for meals, one
for religious duties, and the remainder for sleep
ing and physical exercise, are enough to break
down the strongest constitution.
The Science or Dunning. ;"I say Jacques,
this dunning ia canity reduced to science and
art. A bootmaker desired me to collect a bill
of twenty dollars against a clergyman, the Rev.
Mr. Truesdell; you know him Jacques! A man
of talent great talent, great virtue particular
friend of mine! Went to see him couldn't pay.
Called the next day on his pretty wife fine wo
man, finest eye in New York, got on the tender
side oi ner sne promised to mane tne hus
band pay; called the next day; wouldn't see
ine. Well, went to church early like going
to church: Truesdell was to preach, got a seat
in the first pew, right straight in front of the
pulpit. Sat quiet through prayers, till Trues
dell got up in the pulpit to preach; then didn't
I leap forward and rest my elbows on the front
of the pew, and hold my chin up w ith both
hands, ad didn't I fix my eyes upon him! Nev
er stired them once looked right straight into
the very middle of his forehead, like the mag
natizersdo. No preaching that day. No preach
ing at all; tried to do it but kept my eye on him,
and he did not know what he was driving at.
Everybody said it was the shortes sermon they'd
ever heard. People went away I went, and
thanked him for such a good seimon. Didn't
he look pale and red? but he answered as quiet
as a lamb; then I asked him'in a whisper, what
time he would see me to-morrow. 'Nine o'
clock,' says he, and away I went. Called this
morning, just as the clock was striking nine;
came to the door himself, looked doleful,
as though he was going to read the burial ser
vice. 1 put the bill into his hand, he put the
money into mine, put his other on my shoulder,
'God bless you my son!' says ne 'Amen!' cried
I. Great country this, fine preachers fine
preachers!'
North Carolina Gold. Constant devel
opments of the richuess of the mines of North
Carolina are occurring. We learn that the
Hou. E. Deberry had at Troy, week before
last, near 6 lbs. of gold in pieces, five of which
weighed 5 lbs. 8oz.81,dwt. The largest weigh
ed 1 lb. 11 oz. This was all found lately near
Island Creek, in Montgomery county, on the
lands of Mr. Deberry and Duncan McRae.
Last year, near the same place, the same per
son found several large pieces. Greensboro'
Pat.
(XT"hen tnat DUt fibrewd and quick
witted genius, Samuel Weller, was asked the
meaning of the word Monomania, he replied
to the following effect:
"When any poor fellow takes a piece of
goods from a shop it is called theft : but if a
wealthy lady does the same thing it is called
monomania.
Variety Exocoh. The editor of the New York
Express noticed the following individuals on the route
from the street to the office ol the Astor House: First,
a band of Swiss minstrels with a monkey, then a blind
man and hii doj, afterwards a poor crippled boy, lean
ing on his crutch, and then two or three Indians who
i vere oiTeting niocc.i-in and ba; for sale!
ITEMS.
Col. Hugh Ely has withdrawn from the Con
gressional contest in the Third District of
Maryland, leaving but two candidates in the
field Mr. Ligon, Locofoco, and Mr. Philpot,
Whig.
Michigan. James M. Edmunds, of Wash
tenaw county, for Governor.and H. L. Miller,
of Saginaw, for Lieut. Governor, are the nomi
nees of the Whig State Convention.
The Whigs of Erie County, Pennsylvania,
in ixinvention assembled, have nominated
Henry Clay as their choice for the Presidency
. ' C4,",uculJ
m 1S48- The Aev 1 ork Tribune calls atten-
tion to it as significant.
"
"Drop a line if you want to see me," as the
fish said to the angler,
There were 90 deaths in St. Louis during tha
T, . .
v-e oiiiisou, uie rostmaster uencraL IS
seriously ill.
A gentlemen writes that he dined at the St.
A clmstia sbould be like a river, that fer
tilizes while it runs carrying shins, and all
that floats upon its bosom, along with it to the
ocean.
A woman's heart is the only true plate for a
man's likeness. An instant gives the impres
sion, and an age of sorrow and change cannot
affect it.
Death of Hon. Edward Eldridge. The
Norwich (Ct.) Courier mentions the death of
thisgeutleman. He was one of the most in
fluential citizens of Connecticut. He died of
1 .
apopiexy. ins age was o'Z years.
Under the Whig Administration, the Statci
of Ohio i paying off two hundred and fiftr
thousand dollars of her debt a year, besides th
interest upon the whole debt.-
"I checked the enemy and saved the capi
tal" says Santa Anna. What a poet the Mex
ican General is.
- The Mexicans made 1017 of our soldiers bite
the dust on the plains of Mexico.
Prime, Ward & Co., it is said, will not pay
more than 75 cents on the dollar. " We fear
that this failure is the precursor to a crisis in
commercial affairs.
The President has pardoned P. Norris, late
of the Baltimore Battalion. He had been sen
tenced at Tampico to two years imprisonment
for man-slaughter.
The remains of the Sea Serpent found in
Clarke county, Alabama, a year or two ago by
Dr. Kock, have been pronounced by the Ger
man Savans to be genuine.
There has been a sudden rise in the shoe
market of North Carolina, says the Raleigh
Star. This may account for the fact that the
President and his Cabinet wears Penitentiary
made shoes.
Revolutionary Incident. Benjamin Har
rison, the father of William Henry, (late Pres
ident,) was a delegate to the Continental Con
gress in 1771-'5-'(5. It was between him and
John Hancock that the amicable contention
took place respecting the Presidency of the
Congress, rayton Randolph and Beniamin
Harrison were brothers-in-law, and upon the
decease of the former, who was first President
of Congress, it was the wish of the Southern
members that Mr. Harrison should be selected
to fill the chair vacated by the death of his rel
ative. He was fully informed of the various
sectional prejudices existing at that momen
tous crisis, and exerted all his influence in fa
vor of his friendly rival,John Hancock. He
reasoned with his colleagues upon the impor
tance of conciliating the northern feeling, and
succeeded in obtaining for the Massachusetts
member a unanimous vote.
Wain, in his Biography of tke Signers of the
Declaration of Independence, says of Mr. Han
cock: "With a modesty not unnatural to his years,
and consciousness of the difficulty he mightex
perience iri filling a station of such high impor
tance and responsibility, he hesitated to take
the seat. Mr. Harrison was standing beside
him; and with the ready good humor that he
loved a joke, even in Jthe Senate House, he
seized the modest candidate in his athletic
arms and placed him in the Presidential chair,
andthenturningtosomeof the mcmbcrsaround,
exclaimed : 'We will show mother Britain how
little we care for her by makinga Massachusetts
man our President, Vhom she lias excluded
from pardon by public proclamation."" Na
tional Intelligencer.