Evansville Journal, Volume 12, Number 36, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 1 October 1846 — Page 2
THE JOURNAL.
''Not Caesar's weal, but that of Rome."
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1846. 07-WANTED A boy to iearn the Printing Business. Apply at this Office. 07" Having to plaster our office, in order to keep out the cold of the approaching winter, we shall be unable to issue a paper next week.
05" Our River is very low and but few boats are able to run, and those that do run slick on the bars half their time. The packets have , not made a trip to this place for the last week or more. Our mails are
irregular and always behind their time, con
sequently we are without news from any quarter.
ffr- Wei inffton B. Pierce was tried on
Tuesday last, in our Circuit Court, and con
victed of forgery on the Branch Bank at this place. He was sentenced to four years
hard labor in the State Prison.
ELECTION IN VERMONT. The Mont
peher Watchman of liiurstlay has returns from all the towns but 21. The votes for
Governor, are as follows: Eaton (Whig) 22,SS5 Smith (L. F.) 17,010 Brainard (Abolitionist) G,671 Scattering 0
In these towns Mr. Eaton lacks 80S votes
of enough to elect him. The remainii
towns will increase the number to about
1100.
FOURTEEN DAYS
LATER FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL OF THE ' STEAMSHIP CAMBRIA At BostoM.
Transmitted lor the Baltimore Patriot, by Tel-
egrapn.j The steamer Cambria arrived -at Boston
on me morning ot the lain ot sept, one brings 113 passengers, among whom are the
Hon. Washington Irving, Win. Shaine, B.
Mainer, bearer of dispatches; and also the celebrated Cruikshanks, the caricaturist.
Joseph Henry, who fired at the King of
France, has been sentenced to the galleys for life.
The Bank of England has lowered its rates
to 3 per cent. The grain crops of England have been
gathered, and will be an average yield. Po
tatoes everywhere will be a failure. On the 1st inst., there was a fair demand for good Western Canal flour at 2Gs. Gd. a 23a. per bbl. The wheat market has been fluctuating. It advanced 4s. per quarter on the
21 uli., and a further rise took place. Subsequently the weather changed for the better, permitting the agriculturists to secure
crops, rurchasers were reluctant to oper
ate, and business was dull on the 31st ult . Wheat declined 2s. per quarter below the
rate current on that day week.
On the 1st there was a fair demand for wheat at former prices. Indian corn was held at 21s. to 30s. per quaitcr. There was
much enquiry for this article and a firm at
Limerick t.as sent orders for a dozen car
IXFERXAL DEPRAVITY ! INCEST AND RaIE
of a Father on ni3 own Daughters! The records of crime can scarcely present
a case of more horrible and revolting deprav ity than we are about to relate:
An examination was had this morning be
fore Justice Locke, against Amos Arnold, upon the complaint of his own daughter, Ppilena Aikens. She swore that she is the natural daughter of Amos Arnold; that she resided in Italy ,(ihe residence of her father) in July last; that she was at his house on the 13th of that month, and that hearing her child cry, she went into her father's shop, (a cooper's shop) supposing the child 10 be there. Her lather told her the child was in
the garden
shop, he seized her by the shoulders, and
told her she . should not leave until she had submitted to his wishes. He then struck
Cotton, since the 2Si!i ult. has been very
animated. Large lots taken at a quarter of
a penny advance in price on some qualities
The advance is fully ith on all descriptions. rm
mis was occasioned by the accounts
brought by the Ilibernia that the crop would
be late. No change in tobacco. Flour was in de
tnand at Havre. Sales have been made at
321 and 32f to arrive.
The British iron trade has improved in f 1 .. .
consequence oi me passage or the new
American Tariff. Ftt a
1 ne American rrovision market is in a
buoyant state.
Parliament lias been prorogued on the
28th ult.
Her B. M. ship of the line America, had
arrived in Eugland with $,'0,000,000 in spe
cie collected on the west coast of Mexico
and in Peru and Chili
Conservative presidents and vice'presidents
of the r rencli Chambers have been elected
by large majorities
ft 1 VI... K L : 1ia 1 n f a wnf anH
OUHlcU UIUC llguts III III, uiim whose father was a tory in the Revolution, and, what is more, suppose you prove your
charges to be true, is that the most effectual
mode ol inducing the object 01 assault to
elinquish his political heresies, and em
brace different opinions? We snould think not.
Public men are generally pronounced
public property, and so they are, as far as their public course and public measures are
concerned. These are all the legitimate
subjects of argument, and, if need be, ol censure and rebuke. These, and these only, ought to furnish reasons for their elevation or condemnation by the popular voice.
If they are principally assailed upon private
grounds, it is pretty good evidence that there
is little in their public couse which will af
ford warrant for popular disapproval.
The last Presidential election was con
ducted in regard to one of the candidates,
more like a furious personal controversy than
a discussion of great political principles. The splendid talents and illustrious services of the Whig candidate could not well be
denied, and so resort was had to charges of
bargain and corruption, of gambling and
duelling, by men who had either themselves
been guilty of the same offence, or supported those who had, for the highest offices in
the country. It is not our purpose to discuss the truth of those charges, but, with
the exception of the first which posterity
will brand as an unmitigated slander, they
were matters wholly immaterial to the ques
lions at issue, as welt as dtsgracctul to those
by whom they were employed. If men are
to be adjudged by their aberrations inpnvitae life from the perfect law ol God, let
him who is without fault throw the first
stone, there will be very lew candidates
for public favor upon either side,-when such
a standard for public men is adopted.
The Queen of Spain is to marry hercou
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j 1 u . .u i 1 1- . . Francisco. Duke de Montpensier.
A treaty of commerce has been published
between Denmark and Prussia
a u " r n j ri ,1 10.1.
l . ,l .:. -,l 1 11 1 I iug voijg ui juuu 11111:5, un 111c 101 II tier three limes with a hoop-pole. Upon her e . . , K-' . . .
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n.i&auiiii" iui biu. wuiicu iici uuiii sue 1 j l.n. nil- 1 1
fell back on some stairs from exhaustion. .'"!r. " 1 x "C,D.
n ,,- . , i i uy ariiuery auu rociteis, leaving a large nu-n
f"" o""'"d "f svivuuivu uuiu, hiivii I r J i m. C: I ! r I . t
1, b- t,ra frm h;a 7i ,ia-.aa ucl uedu- 1 " "r'"S "avni" iriguteiieu
.n Ko, ,i,t ;r a:a be caule 1,!ch were gathered beneath the
IV. Uk Ul IIIIUU1 uiu uui uoaisi. 1 II C .1 . I . . .1 I
Notwithstanding her utmost eflor.s to escape vaus ol I.ne ' " r proiecnon, mey oroKe u .t.- j j loose, and 4000 or 5000 were captured bv
res,
he finally threw her on the door, and accom-J . ' . nUshfiil his h. pill ah mirnnse t 1
X X ' In the mean time her sister, Lucy Arnold passed the shop, and saw part of the transaction. Mrs. Aiken told her father she would call her sister, if he persisted. He replied that it would do no good, as he used her whenever he wished, and that she dare
not refuse! This sister Lucy, was 14 years
old last r ebruary. .
Mrs. Aikens first informed her husband on the Gill of this month. She dared not
do it before, as her father had twice threat
ened to murder her and her husband, it she everlold. On the 4tb inst., they (Ir. and
Mrs, Aikens) moved to Dundee, and shedar ed to inform her husband only. the day be fore.
The foregoiug is the substance of Mrs. A's
testimony. Otherswise we have learned
other particulars. Lucy is now confined, to
nor bed, as is supposed Irotn
On the 18th of June a thousand Caffres
were surprised between two parties of the
British. 1 hey defended themselves sallant
ly, but several hundred of them were gallop
ed over and cut down in retreat.
ing states are gradually taking strong abolition ground. The vote on Wilraot's proviso to the two million bill is another proof ol
this tendency. How sincere and disinter
ested these "natural allies1' of the South are
getting to be! How must Southern locofo-
coism relish the combination!
THE PRESS AND POLITICS
The Richmond- Republican discourses
with much correctness upon the relation of
Public Press with politicj. We copy a few paragraphs:
"But party spirits in our country has be
come a very different thing from that patri
otic desire lor the common good winch leads
to a calm and dispassionate investigation of
public policy. It has overleaped all rational bounds, and, instead of the breeze, reviving the debilitated frame, and renewing the col-
violence com-! or upon the faded cheek, it is too ofien the
muiea Dy ner lather, as she had made arrangements to quit his house.
Mr. Locke lias this morning issued a war
rant forLucy, for the purpose of obtaining
her testimouy, and also to get her away from
danger.
Arnold has been committed for further
examination. We understand that the pen
ally for this crime is not less than ten years
imnnenniTiRiit.
There Bre horr h e surmisses connected uiogmpuer io nave expressea great
i . i i
with the death of another daughter; but we astonisnrneni, mingled with indiguation,
forbear at present to mention them. Yates wDeQ lie observed upon his trial
Co. relegraph.
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Jl k ucsuiiy insi uiic ui iii vvauia ui hic i .1.1' I i .. I. u
Astor Hotel, New York, dropped dead whilst I , ,r , ., . , . 3 . . ' 7 . I mnrf al fiii-e Irk lllir nrntfiociiin!il -n aiiAnia e
fl-. 1 . J I V .1UI. IllViWUriVllUI HlllllV-UllIli! nliinrr hp I 01
never deigning to bestow an agreeable smile
or pleasant word upon those who were so
howling storm, wreaking its blind fury upon every object that obstructs its course, and
leaving only ruin and devastation in its path.
The political press, which was established to
disseminate truth, or at least, that which is
considered truth by its conductors, too often
becomes an engine of evil passions, arousing
hatred, "malice, and all unci ritableness,"
as tar as its mighty influence extends.
1 he renowned Pickwick is said by his im
that h
counsel exchanged friendly salutations with
the advocates upon one side of the othe
MEXICAN AFFAIRS.
Files of Mexican papers to the 26th of
August, inclusive, have been received at the
Navy Department. They contain little of
interest except the address or manifesto of
General Santa Anna to the people of Mexico, dated the 16th of August, the day of his
landing at Vera Cruz. It is a paper of some
length, ably and carefully framed, and tem
perate in language and sentiments.
He commnnces with a sort of apology for
for the part which he played, subsequent to
1oj4, in forcing a strong Central Govern
ment upon the country, which he admits did
did not result in its quiet or prosperity, and he attributes to the discontent ot the people the failure to preserve the province of Texas.
tie then briefly reviews the conduct of those who have successfully administered the Government since his exile. The aggres
sions of the United States were encouraged
he says, by the perfidy of the Cabinet of
ueneral llerrera. Paredes, he says, had al
ways been an obstinate enemy of any popu
lar representative Government; when he heard of his projected revolution at San Louis Potosi he hoped that his opinions had
changed; but when he saw Paredes' mam
festo of adhesion to the plan of San Luis
rotosi, he found it to be rather a diatribe against the independence of the nation than
the patriotic address of Mexican General
seeking in good faith a remedy for the dis tresses of his country; and his sinister de
signs were fully developed by his act convo
king a Congress, and by the attempt to rec
oncile the people to the ideas of a monarchy
and a foreign Piince,
lie denounces and discusses at length the
proposal for a monarchical form of Govern
ment, which he considers absurd and imprac
ticable, lie accuses those in favor of
n.onarchy of having, almost in a direct man
ner, provoked the United States to take possesssion of Texas, and advance an army
nto the interior of Mexico, in order that the
nation might be-reduced to the alternative
of submitting to Anglo-American domina
tion, or adopting a monarchical form of Gov
ernment. It was with this view, he savs.
that in 1844 and 1845, when thev had the
control in Congress, thev refused the aid
which the exisiing Administration asked for
the purpose of defending 'the national integ
rity.
He makes no direct or earnest profession
of an intention to prosecute the war against
United Slates, and does not speak of
country in the usual terms of vihhca-
From the N. Orleans Bee. REMINISCENCES. As the Sub-Treasury bill is the law of the land, and as Locofocoism in all quarters is
just now busily engaged in the labor of ex
hibiting its manifold perfections, it may be worth while collecting from the records of the past a few specimen of judgment passed upon the project by the very men who now sustain and defend it. We acknowledge our indebetedness to the Hon. T. Butler King for the opportunity of arrying this mass of Locofocos evidence against the Sub-Treasury. , The project was first broached about 12 ago by General Gordon a representative from Virginia; and was ignominiously rejected by a Jackson Congress, scarcely au administration member voting in its favor. Mr. Polk, then "a representative from Tennessee, denounced it in the following terms. His speech is to be found in vol. 11 of the Congressional Register, pages 1278-9. "As then (said Mr. Polk) between the responsibility of a public receiver and book corporations, as banks do exst and . are likely to exist, under state authority, the latter upon the ground of safety to tlie public, are to be preferred. It may happen in the fluctuation of the amount of revenue and expenditures that there will be at some times a considerable surplus in the Treasury; which, though it may be temparary, if it be withdrawn from circulation, and placed
in the strong box of the receiver, the amount
of circulation will be injuriously disturbed, by hoarding the deposiie, Br which the
VALUE OF EVERY ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE AND PROPERTY WILL BE AFFECTED." This is a strong argument and well put,
but the Presideut seems to have forgot ton
the force of his objection.
Next comes an authority almost as high
that of Mr, Calhoun. Though in 1837 the South Carolina Senator suddenly discovered
marvellous beauties in the Sub Treasury, it is not the less certain that in 1831, he view
ed it as an ugly monster, speaking of it in
thiswise:
"But there is, in my opinion, a strong, if
plot an insuperable, objection agaiust resort
ing to this measure, resulting from the fact that an exclusive receipt of specie in the Treasury would, to give it efficacy, and to
prevent extensive circulation and fraud, re
quire an entire disconnexion on the part of
the Government with the banking system, in
all forms, and a resort to the strong box, as
the means of preserving and guarding its funds a means, if practicable at all in the present state of things, liable to the objec tion of being far less safe, economical, and ejficient than the present.'1 The Great Globe itself, the organ of the Government, under the fearless and able
management of F. P. Blair, pushed the war still further. From one of its articles this
emphatic passage is extracted: "It is well known that the President him
waiting on the table.' As he was falling he
exclaimed to his fellows Good bye, boys
I'm going! ' and instantly expired
A panther measuring 7 teet 1U inches in length and 3 feet in height, and weighing
150 pounds, was killed by T.' W Pike co., Miss. '
unfortunate as to differ from them in opinion
Pretty much the same sensation is now pro
duced, when the leade.5 of opposing parties,
v 0fl or eauors oi nig ana uemocratic papers
aic iisunu iu uc uljuii uciswiiaiiy iiiciiuiy
in
terms. It is looked upon as Utile less than
a miracle, and not at all ret-oncileable fideli
I r 1 I in ii rucnon! itro i-o&rl j Parlu c ri r i
. . j I J 1U lilUbWIIIO VlbVU M. anj Cl.MII
some oi me minor .owns o. 'S'"" ja9 degenerated into personal hos.ilitv. and
so delighted with the passage ot tne;corn . . . . . .
A Mammoth Pudding. The people
throats, simply because they cannot think
bill that so soon as tire news reached them
. i . ... . . . - i i" i j i "i ii w
tney Began io mawe up ti e nour uiey " aiike upon ,he affairs 0f government
v... .i. ...i.u,..v,,i. ruu.u6j ... . ftliir.h ot Una result lanwincr In 1 ha . HPr
the event. In the tov n "of Pudsey a. pud- f ,i,;u ; ,i : .
u.ng was prepared containing one pacKeioi be . sometimes becomes scurrilous, and
nuu., a..u uuu,0 m 'o"" f'"""' in seeking Io be witty, often shews itself ill
rents, aim umcr w" ,u natured. Surelv a nj t jr. oraan can be
gleet secuMemanem Dy tne uesi cooks in ine conducled wull independence and spirit
iown,uu ooueuuBriuiii, um wun.u, md t wlth moderation ; it can denounce
at one o'clock, it was paraaeu on a wnerry, (fae measure3 and pi ayfully ridicule the lot
orawn by lour grey horses, tnrougu tne town ,jeg nf ifg opponents without permitting it
oi ruasey.accompaniea oy a oanaoi music se, to desceml int0 the depths of persona and nearly the whole population. lhel . j i . t
procession finished the march about 5 o'- r ,u BnA
clock, when the pudding was cut up and Jf (he object of lhical discussion be distributed amongst those who bad procured ,he triumph of truth, it can only succeed
" r r j " , . . when conducted in a calm and courteous
pudding is supposeu 10 exceeu in size uie jrh- Men were never yet convinced by one the old song says was made by King Ar- ... . . . nam 'Slinnna Pal
t iur when he "ruled the laud.'' ,0 , , - Pa .a. , .
the Globe and Mr. Richie were not gifted i with piescience, when they predicted that under the Sub-Treasuryj corruption and an increase of public patronage would follow, and the public monies Would be exposed to be plundered by a hundred hands, where one could reach it formerly. From the Baltimore'Patriot. Washington, September 18, 1810. I am credibly informed, that the Administration is sorely troubled in spirit at the slow progress made by General Taylor in moving hi? grand army from the Rio Grande to the interior of Mexico at the failure of Commodore Connor to take Alvarado, after making an attempt to dor-at the loss of the United Slates brig Truxion at the destruction of the several steamboats employed by the Government to transport troops and supplies which have been blown up or cast away and at the enormous expense which the war is piling up higher and higher every day. 1 am told that Mr. Polk desired that Commodore Connor should have taken Santa Ana prisonor before letting him pass into Vera Cruz! And yet it is asserted thai Santa Ana had a passport with him, signed by bis own hand! Can this be true! Could Mr. Polk have carried his bargain so far with the inhuman tyrant, Santa Ana, when the butchers of Goliad and the Alamo, and the massacreof Fanuing's command were fresh before his eyes, as to sign a passport for the banished usurper to return to Mexico and be again placed at the head of that Republic? I, for one, will not believe it, until I know the fact to be so!
It is stated that the Administration
chuckles at the idea that Col. Harney has
goue oft with his commaud, expressly Hgainst the instructions of Gen. Taylor, io take Monterey! Col. Harney is an intrepid man, a devil-may-care sort of an officer, who loves
enterprise and adventure, and who was withal one of General Jackson's pets, and therefore Mr. Polk will be far from sorry to hear
that be has entered and taken possession of
Monterey, contrary to General laylors orders! The Administration is anxiously awaiting
an answer trom oania Ana's secretary oi Foreign Affairs to Mr. Buchanap's letter proposing peace. If the reply is not satisfactory, then an attack upon the Castle ol St. Juan de Ulloa, at Vera Cruz, is forthwith to be made. This, I learn, has been agreed
upon this week in Cabinet Council. The next mail may possibly bring the expected
answerror news that will give some cue as to
what it will be.
the
this tion.
He concludes by disclaiming any desire
or intention to exercise any dictatoral power
and therefore proposes that the Congress a-
bont to be ascembled shall be empowered to
regulate ail branches ot the administration
ot the Government, and that' the provisional
Lxecutive be entirely under its control. He
also recommends that, until a new constitu
tion be proclaimed, the constitution of 1824 be adopted for the internal administration
of the department. -
Santa Anna left Vera Cruz on the 18th of August lor the city of Mexico. " The papers give no account of his arrival there; but one of them, the Republicano, complains of their waiting his arrival to forward reinforcements to the army of the north. Santa Anna, it says, is not the nation; nor is Gen.
Taylor a knight-errant "waiting the arrival of
a new champion. Union.
WHAT THE LEADERS SAY.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, a spirited lo
cofoco paper says:
"We had the pleasure of seeing the Hon. Senators Cass of Michigan and Breeze of
Illinois, also the Hon. John Wentworth, rep
resentative from the Chicago district, as they
passed up the Lakes on Saturday, returning from the late session. They do not hesitate
to say that Western rights have been tram
pled upon by the domineering policy of the South, and that concert of action among the representatives of the free States is necessary to resist Southern aggression. So say we, (adds the Plain Dealer) and a member of Congress from the West, who is found cuddling to the Slave Power, for the sake ol government favor, should be marked with the curse of Cain." This is but one out of many evidences that the locofoco party in the nou-slave hold-
self is opposed to this project, and that his friends in Washington, whether of the Cab
inet or not, heartily concur with him in the
course of policy it i3 expedient to pursue."
And again: ,
"If General Jackson had suggested -such a system (the Sub-Treasury) what peals ol patriotic indignation would have burst from
eloquent Senators against the usurper and tyrant who desired to get the millions of the Treasury into the very hands of his parti
sans and parasites " -
And yet again, with a clinching argument, brief but potent, against the- scheme: "It is as palpable as the sun, that the effect of the scheme (Sub-Treasuiy) would be to bring the public treasure to much nearer the actual custody and control of the Executive than it is now, and expose it to be
plundered by a hundred hands, where one cannot uow reach it." Last but not least in the list of denouncers was Mr. Richie, then of the Richmond Enquirer, now of the Washington Union. This gentleman preserved his consistency much longer than any other whom we have cited. He denounced the measure in 1834; he denounced it in 1S37, and continued the war upon it until he made Virginia, for the lime being, a Whig State. About the year 1840 he commenced shifting his position and finally after many and severe struggles,
his eyes were unsealed and the ineffable
glories of the Sub-Treasury bust in full ra
diance on his enraptured vision. But let us see what he thought of the project ere that
blissful communication:
"We have objected to the Sub-Tlreasury
scheme, (so called,) that, in the first place,
it will enlarge lhe Lxecuiive power, already too great in a Republic; 2dly, that it contributes to endanger the security of the public funds; and 3dly, that it is calculated
to produce two currencies a baser one for
the people, and a better one for the govern
ment. 1 he tnoie we reflect upon the mat
ter, the more we read the speeches of the orators on both sides, the more firmly are we
satisfied of the strength of theso objec
tions." . .
"It is certainly subject to very strong ob
jections; not the least of which is the very
great increase ot patronage lo which it
must give rise, and a patronage of the
most dangerous influence, as being so imme
diately connected with the public money."
We tniglir multiply extracts, but it is needless. The foregoing have been published
simply toshow that the whigscan say nothing
against the cub-1 reasury, which has not been clearly urged by their opponents, and that, in fact, the Locofoco party in their speeches and writings furnish the strongest
and most conclusive arguments against it. Time will prove whether Mr. Polk wa8 not
right in declaring that the adopiion would
affect the value of every article of merchandise and property; whether Mr -Cal
houn was not wise in considering the plan
"far less safe, economical and efficient"
than the State Bank depositee: and whether
EXTRA SSESION OF CONGRESS. We have seen it rumored in our eastern exchanges that the President will probably
call Congress together before the regular time of meeting in next December. The reasons assigned is, the necessity of making further provisions to carry on the war. The large appropriations made by Congress at its last session have been, or will
soon be, exhausted, and the termination of
the war appears to be as far off as ever. Santa Anna has returned,' and assumed the reins of government, but his policy in regard to the war is not yet developed. From present indications it is as likely to be in favor of a continuation of the conflict, as otherwise. He will evidently act in accordance with the popular will upon the subject. Everything is in a state of most doubtful uncertainty 'except the enormous expenses of our military opereations. About these there is no doubt. If the present slate of affairs continue much longer, the funds of the Government will be
expended, and an extra session of Congress
must be called to save the nation from bank ruptcy.
We have a dread of an extra session of the
National Legislature, and most ardently de. sire that the necessity therefor may be avoitl
ed. The long silting of the last session was
a most grievous burden upon the people. The litlle good that was done, might h .ve been done in one third of the time. There is a strong temptation to protract proceedings
by legislators receiving eight dollais a day,
Sundays not excepted. If our Congress
men are called together ' before the regular
time, there will be no probability of thei adjourning before the fourth day of nex, March. There is too much legislation too much making and tinkering of laws. We Americans are too fond of exercising our privilege of law-making loving rather to make lhan to obey laws. This spirit exhibits itself in all our. legislative bodies," from Congress down to ciiy and town councils. Bad laws
are better than changeable legislation. Half
the laws that are made arc either speedily repealed, or remain a dead letter upon the statute books. .Ifane ra session of Congress be called, we hope its first act will" be to limit, to some reasonable length, all future sittings of the National Legislature.
From the New Orleina Bee. A NJGHT IN MATAMOROS, At least two-thirds of the population of Matamoras sleep in the open air in the court yards and upon the tops of houses, a majority of which have flat roofs. When tho hour for retiring arrives, which is generally speaking much earlier than in the large cities in the United States, they pull their cots out into the Court-yard, (every house here of any size has a large yard in the rear) and two or three dozen, male and female, sleep in one enclosure. Those who have not cots or the 'means of procuring them, make a very comfortable, bed upon the bricks with which most of those yards are paved. The great majority of Mexicans rise early, frequently before the sun, but they sleep again in the evening, from 3 until about half past 5 o'clock. In fact they are as regular in their siesta as jou are in your dinner, and when returning from my dinner, there are seven or eight houses, the front rooms of which are covered with cots, (bedsteads are used. only as ornaments here) upon which senor,senora, senorita?, and all the little oras are napping oil at a beautiful rate. Amongst the over particular people of your country, a lady would no more think of sleeping in a room fronting a thoroughfare, with the window blinds open, than she would, of flying. But here, bless you, they think nothing of it. Why here, a young senorita will come to the window, and converse with a gentleman of her acquaintance wi.h nothing on but a chemise, and think no more of it than a Camp street gentleman would of going into a house with his coat on. 1 can relate to you a little incident that occurred in my presence, and in which 1 figured
somewhat, to show you how little hold affected modesty has taken with the natives: -In the court-yard of the house in which I occupy a room, there are from 60 to '90 persons, including the owner's family and his domestics, two other families with their domestics, with those who rent stores and rooms from him, and there are very many who do that, considering that his building occupies a ' whole square, seven-eighths of whom sleep in the yard, or upon the roof of the house. Men, women and children
sleep within a few feet of each otheT as if they were one family, and frequently they have never spoken together. A senora yill pull off all her upper garments, and lay down upon her cot within 7 or 8 feet of a gentleman without seeming to know or care whether he is within that many miles. You must not infer from this that such are "bad women, for if you do you will be frequently wrong. It is the manner in which they have been educated, and the fault is in a lack of modesty, nothing else One night between 11 and 12 o'clock,
whea all were asleep in this yard, a heavy
shower of rain came on, and you never saw such a scamping as there was for the rooms.
The early part of the night was remarkably warm and sultry, and an unprecedented number had gone out to sleep in the opcaf air, or some six or seven Americans had gone on the lop of the roof, which they reached by a light ladder from the yard. The first lew drops of rain' admonished me to be up and moving, and I had just got my cot into my room, and was returning fur some clothing I had dropped in my hurry, when I observed a senorita pulling away at the ladder and endeavoring to remove.it. I quickly comprehended her meaning and as quickly went to her assistance. We removed the ladder just in time to prevent a well drenched young man from descending. The others quickly came up to the edge of the roof with the same intention, and begged us to furnish them the means of decending; but no, we were inexorable. Every stitcU of our own clothing was wet, and we were determined that the joke should be carried out." They begged and laughed; others got wind of what was going on, and joined v?r and a more amusing and ludicrous scene it would be impossible to picture. At length the cloud passed over, the moon broke forth and a loud roar of laughter followed if, for there si cod some half dozen fellows in their shirts and drawers; some with a blanket under the arm, others with one over them, and one or two with a cot under the arm, doubled up so as lo prevent the rain from soaking in it. With the moon-shine their good natures relumed, and they heartily joined ia the laugh exacted at their own expense. The next night those who were high minded enough to roof it, had tLe precaution to pull lhe ladder up after them.
When the tariff of 1842 was passsed by a Whig Congress, the locofocos began, to re
joice aud exult, because things d d not im
mediately mend, under the impression that the very passage of the bill should have restored the country to order, prosperity and liberty, like a reprive to one condemned. Now they also rejoice because the. country is not already ruined by the British tariff, as it the mere paper it was on was lo poison all lhe fountains of prosperity. They think the raiu ought to come siimultaneously with the act, although the bill is still" a dead letter and must remain so until the 1st pi December. Nor do they reflect that a vast country cannot be struck down, like au ox, and be made to fall with the blow. They have even the impudence to boast of what they call a "rise of flour.". Before the tariffof '4G flour in this market was usually from $i to $4 50 per bbl. After the passage of the bill, it went down to $2 50 and even to $2 25. This was lower lhan any state of things would bear, and it has consequently so far recovered as to reach two-thirds of its former price, and this almost entirely from the repeal of the English Corn Laws and the failue of the potatoe crop, with neither of which will it be contended that bill had any thing to do. But such is the system of hurnbuggery the .locofocos resort to.--Pittsburgh American.
AN UNHAPPY PREDICAMENT. : The tallowing relates an amusing scene of distress, which occurred to an unfortunate young man on the banks of the Rio Grande. The scene was atCsmargo. "From sunrise until JO o'clock in ihe morning, the water's edge is lined with females washing clothes. About 8 o'clock A. M-, the water contains a great many of them of all ages, bathing. This morning I ruse very eaily, in order to go down and bathe before the senoras and senoratas were out. After selecting an obscure place, I plunged in, and was enjoying the refreshing element, when I heard female voices descending the steep bank to the very nook I had chrsen? There was no escape, for there was no other landing place in a hundred yards; my clothes were on shore, and might be carried off; there was a strong eddy to pass; I was caught! ' An empty barrel was fastened by a. string to t he ni.ore, and I retreated behind the floating bulwark, merely peeping over to see who was coming. A young "lady," about eighteen, with two small girls, descended to the water's edge, within six feet of me, and looked at my clothes. 'Veidos Amiricanos P said one of the little girls, pointing to my clothes. I raised my head suddenly above the barrel, hoping to frighten them away, but to my surprise, the fair senorita, instead of being ' startled, very tl'tely bid me 'buenos diasf and all hands began to show unmistakable signs of joining me in my aquatic exercise. This rendered me desperate, and forgetting everything like gallantry, I sang out 'Fimoa.' vamosf at them, but they only laughed at my poor effort at Spanish, and went on with their preparations. The only way in which I could get lid of therrj was by spattering them with water and mud, and crying FTt moi,' Instances of this kind occur" here every day."
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