Columbus Gazette, Volume 3, Number 12, Columbus, Bartholomew County, 9 December 1846 — Page 2

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fir" ' e want a few hundred roum's of iwmoiii.tr. r W,lt .-.r !.,. i . us, furnish it? Don't ail speak at once. lGWe are indebted to Messrs. G. W. liar rmgton ana L.. i. Meuuinvy, tor copies oi t "American Flag," published at Mata moras They say all of oar volunteers are we! I! We'

have sent several numbers of our paper to ihejUc' A' A Hammond, Esq., we believe to be "boys" but they seem not to have received the U!an Ho has no political sin 3 to alone for, them. We will, however, -continue to send ! at the ordcal of PuhUc opinion, and hc " them. j well compare with any of cur known aspirj ants, in point of qualifications: Beside these OCr"1"0111 pre sent appearances, wo are, fear- facts, he has the faculty of making and keepful that considerable damage will result from' in j- Iricnds. high waters. The rivers and creeks, in this! vicinity, are now, (Dec. 8,) considerably above j OLargc meetings of the citizens of St. high water mark, and still rising rapidly.' The j Louis, Indianapolis, Dayton, y numerous other rain, which ha been pouring down almost in--! places, have lately been held, and resolutions ctesantly, for near a week, eeems not to be a-; adopted in favor of Mr. Whitney's projected bating. A portion of the ItailrorJ, which railroad to the pacific, and reccommending to crosses a mill-race, near this place, has been j Congress to grant the land required for that washed away, and it is feared, more damage ! purpose. will bo done. j We understand the Ohio river is now hirhev! Tin consideration of favors bestowed upthaaithas been for a number of vear3and j on Lieut. Fremont, son-in-law of Thos. Benton, rtsiu.f raridlv. b J the President, the "Great Missourian" has

rrWo had hoped to bo able, by 'delaying! our paper a day or two, to lay before, our read crs, in this number, the Governor's Message, but owing, no doubt, to the impassable condition of tho water courses, between here and Indianapolis, it has not come to hand. We aro therefore compelled to defer its publication till next week. flj'U'c have, at last, received something like the official ote given at the late election

in Iowa. Tho list shows a democratic majori-; Hon. A.ndrew Stewart, of Pennsylvania, as a ty in the aggregate, of from 150 to 300. The! candidate for tho Presidency in 1048. A corLcgislaturo is claimed to be Democratic, but! respondent of the Nashville Whig,, has done

as there is said to be, in the House, enough "In

dependents,1' elected by Whigs, to overbalance j Whig, and occupies a 'distinguished place in the majority of the Democrats, on joint ballot,; the legard of tho Whig party, it is doubtful which party will elect tho United A paper at Wilmington, Dcleware, nominStatcs' Senators. j ates John M. Clayton, for the Presidency, and jZaeh. Taylor for tho Vice Presidency.

(7-We will "tlx" with you, Mr. "Flemings-! burg (Ky.) Flag," but we unhesitatingly pro-j nounce you tho "lorn downest" customer, wej

have met with lately. We could scarcely have! editor of tho Pittsburgh Chronicle, is what mn thought that such sentiments as you express, ( erm ' an interesting newspaper." To be sa, could have emanated from the "gallant" and'itraust suit every taste, please every fancy, and "chivalrous" "Old Kentuck." But really that! interest every reader. The long and able csnatne, Silas Wright,) at your mast-head, for! say, the vigorous review, the touching tale, the President of these United States, looks "sorter" I withering sarcasm, the lively wit, he thril.ing

ridicuIous(?) Have you heard from the NewYork election 1 li'Wo received six numbers of the New Albany Daily Bulletin in a batch, by mat!. J

one day last week. There must he misarably i its contents must be bad management in the post office department. I Various, that the miud Comraunicaiiflii betwen this place and New! Of desultory man, studious of change Albany, by mail, should not require more than! And fond of novelty, may be indulged, two days at farthest. But this is only a smallj It was remarked by the persevering and rathitera in the catalogue of mismanagement in ! er impertinent Paul Pry, that a spirit of enquiry the post office department. Complaints- arejisonc of the distinguished characteristics of dailT being made, of failures of the mails, in the age in which we live; and a moments all sections of the country. We can't eend 1 glance at the columns of a journal of the day our papers to the different post cilices in this5 will be sufficient to convince the most incredcounty, very frequently, under two weeks For! ulcus of the truth of the remark. Before him instance, to Azalia, a distance of only ten, lie will sec the world in little, a brief record of miles, if we mail our papers here, they are of-1 all passing events, and a daguerrotype of things ten two weeks on ihe road, and sometimes! as they really are. lost entirely. The f lult is not in the office at! It would doubtless bo very amusing to sit this place, we are sure, but there is bad man-, and listen to the remarks of different individuagement somewhere. We shall take some! ak, aa they finish reading one of our mammoth trouble to find out where the evil is, within the weeklies. The old lady after deliberately folddistrict where we are most concerned, with a'tng the paper, and laying aside her spectacles, view to its correction. We are subjected to a! remarks: "Ain't it wonderful! Three horrigood deal of trouble, and some expense, injble murders ccminitred by vile wretches on consequence of these irregularities atd fail-; people that did't harm nobody two sickening urcs, being compelled to send our papers bv ) suicides, when peoplo 'jumped the world to private conveyance, to several places where1 come,' as Byion says two robberies in houses there are post offices, and if there is a remcdv,' where 1 thieves break in and enter,' a3 Shakes-

we wish it applied. i JhTThe Louisville Journal says that General Taylor has made out a report of his capture of j Monterey, and Ampudia has made out a re-j port of his loss of it. Ampudia brags ten ; times aa much about losing it as old "Rough! and Ready" does about gaining it. ... . (

u-i in is pivoamiif 10 leave me uue:urr r

, , , . . , j oracc. lie isas lately purchased the line man-t-ion of ihe late Felix Grundy, in the city Nashville. of 0The i Regular troops, and all the Volunteers except the 3d Regiment Ohio, and 3d

Regiment, Indiana have been removed from j well filled columns, sums up tho table of elccMata moras. Fort Brown is garrisoned by O-jtion returns, is satisfied that Wright is beaten,

hioans. The remainder of the Regiments, with' ihe exception of two companies, of IndianiansJ stationed at Reynosa, are encamped on the ! bank of the river, just below the town. NORTII CAROLINA SENATORS. The Hon. Go-. E. Badger, lias been elected to the Senate of the United States, to supply the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. Haywood, and Hon. W. P. Mangnm, to the same place, for six years from the 4th of March next, wMn hia present term wiu expire, i uey j

are botu men ot trie iirst talents, ana toai 8ier- rropT;clors 0f public journals. To do so howSing vvhigs. lever, requires a taste for tho elegant, the horrib!e, tho profound, the trifling, the numerous and 0At a ppecial election, in Monroe county,! -

w Uil " 111 ,r , sionedbyihe death of Capt. Laer, who 'dl elected. Monroe .county has always, heretofore, been largely democratic, and the success of a whig seems so rue thing of a mystery. Wonder if ex-SurkT-Lieut.-Gov.-Dunning dld'nt take .an active part ia the election I (TTA public i .cv... s i ! I ' - dianapolie, wr.s I , ' U ' 11 i Ti at c.t) , t ii ! measures adot tt 1 i r th3 s t ; " -bliivj. The Jouiixcsl & sail t v i a ct -t , warned fro' -i tho t . i i ' r ; .. by the ineetmg, havs elieau v uecau.pevj, others are preparing to follow in their foot at The Sentinel men are not goiusj, are they ? end s ILr"A 1 1 1 i CorydoM, I 1 IV

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jit i:d : .expedient or out of place, to suggeet to T them the necessity of some prelim i nary actio; .'in n . d to our ntxt Congressional election. We have an opinion, founded upon past experience, as to tchtf would be the most available candidate, and as our anxiety for the euecca of our principles, is paramount to our eectional ! preferences, as.d even individual predelection. we Wia vcnlure t0 S1VC that opinion to the put withdrawn his opposition to tho Adniinistral"n Bnd deliberately given his adhesion to its measures, and is to be the leader in the Senate in the prccent eeesion of Congress. Mr. Benton must always be leader, or he will not work well. Cass, Calhoun, Harmegan, and other master spirits in the Senate, will follow their new champion and loader, with an ill grace, w e predict. JTrThe Piqua (Ohio) Register, and the Uniontown (Pa.) Democrat, have nominated the the same thing. Mr. Stewart is a thorough " AN INTERESTING NEWSPAPER." The strangest of ell strange things, says the narrative, the dreadful murder, the happy marriage, and the sudden death, together with political news, theological disputes, and legal decisions, aro all necessary to please, amuse and instruct the readers of a newspaper. In short, pore remarks seven lingering deaths with the! time and place where the sufferers 4 shuffled off this mortal coil,' as Hcber observes and four cases of ' grievous afflictions, when the poor unfortunates are cursed with all the ills that plCSh is heir to,' as good Mr. Wotts would say. Bless me, what an interesting paper, Tlie 0f ciglUeen, seriously contemplar ting matriinonv, after reacting it exclaims :- has eloped with Miss Yand her enraged father vows she shall nevejenur hia house. Serves her right. Younar Mr. ia dead, and the fashions for November don't become one. What a pity, and what an interesting paper.' " The politician casts his greedy eyes over its thinks new measures will bring about a new etato of things, and probably end in his ap - pointment to office, throws it aside, and says, "what an interesting paper." Tho merchant reads of flour end whiskey, molasses and bacon, the arrivals and departures of steamers, the successful speculation, and the pennyiesa bankrupt, tho advertisements of business men, and the reports of the markets, and s-tgf-ly observes, " what sn interesting papcr To plei0 and instructi shou!d be the aim of! we hava mentioned, ia ono man picked ousmicL Every considerable paP OUt Oti er has lihevent classes ot reauere, the tale reader, "lie poetry render, the joko reader, the murder reauer, tno acciaent rcaucr, r.nu numerous ouier leaders, all expecting to have their different ta.st.es gratified each morning, as they pore over thi. columns of what they aro plcaecd to term " ptj interesting newsnar-er.' Iixss.ys of Jons Quixcy A cams. Tho Bos t n Advctiist't eays: 'The public will be pain I t learn that the venerable John Qutncy Adu was, a few days since, seized with a paralysis of the left side, which, for a time, rendered hha nearly insensible.' Ho was taken m ti hmi3 of Lis son, C. F. A dims, received i i ( ! i i ii. n i i n rt e ilit(t , ' c . . ,. 1 ered i-i unwedvate danger.

v r iber co, by the u 1. The '..a i i the : of r Picayune's account: 'By the arrival of the Uhk 1 . .aj j-ier Mississippi, Com. P( rry, at th . . ut vt -t Pass, news was received in th? .ltj j ,iy of the capture of Tampieo by thr Lrn' I States squadron on the J4ih inst. We an '-.-ced in yesterday morning's edition of th Picayune the departure of the squadron fro sr. Vision Lizardo upon this expedition, and I .f o the day was over the success of the cnterpf.se. The fleet sailed under Com. Conner on the llth and 12th inst. On the 14th, Com. Perry crossed the bar with the Spitfire, Vixen, Peird, Bonita, and Reefer, reinforced from tho Ctmberland, Mississippi, Princeton, and St. Mary's. There was no opposition made to tho American arms. The town was surrendered unconditionally, the garrison having been previously withdrawn. Although the city was taken wi.hout the loss of blood it is manifest that it is lot to be surrendered without a struggle before peace is declared. The town is now in the possession of the marines and sailors of the flett, who cannot be well spared from their ships, As soon as the place is sufficiently garrisoned by the land forces tho squadron will proceed to other business. A change has come over the fleet and wc doubt not of its future usefulness. Many of our naral officers regret that Tampieo was surrendered without a blow. It is well enough as it is. We incline to the opinion that the place will become of the utmost importance to the intended operations upon the interior. The withdrawal of the Mexican garrison is evidence that Santa Anna is making oreuarations for a demonstration unon a larre 111 3 scale-in the direction of .San Louis Potosi or Saltillo; more probably at tho former.' From Mexico. Capt. Calhoun of the Georgia Volunteers, in a letter dated at Monterey, 12th October, eays, a skirmish took place be tween some of the Georgians and a small force of Mexicans on the llth of October. A part of the Georgian Regiment, on their way from Camargo to Monterey, had encamped about six miles from the latter place, with a heavy train of wagons and mules loaded witli provisions for the army. Early after night fall, it was ascertained that a party of Canalo's men were in a neighboring rancho. They were at tacked by a detachment under Lieut. Home, of the Sumpter Volunteers, and ten prisoners and some of the baggage of Canales were taken. Canalcs had just left the rancho to arrange the aesiultfor the night. One Mexican was killed, and the number weunded i$ not known. None of the Americans were killed or wounded. Later. By the arrival of the barque Floyd, from Havana, the New York Sun announces the rsceipt of Havanna papers to the 7th of November, with advices from Vera Cruz to the let. These advices were brought by the British steam-packet Tay, which arrived at Havana on the Gth, having on board one hundred and two passengers; an unusual number, supposed to indicate that many, either Mexicans or foreign residents, aro leaving Mexico to cscapo tho dangers of the war. Santa Ana has the prospect of obtaining the command of a very large force, and the first j use lie will probably mako of it will be to march agaist Monterey. Gens Velencia had been selected by Santa Anna second in command, and was daily expected at San Lois - -. i rz-iii.-i fAnA rrl !! wiiaouuuoi ut-uvmeu. i ue mwuum.v. nlnvrrl in inrrAnainrr tho tlr ftinc.na fit or ! Cruz, whose garrison is said to be 4000 stronrr,! t-1 vj - - " s-) v and reinforcements arriving daily. ' . -1 An attempt was about being made to raise! C?.n.n:M).KKf m Kurone. bv mortjiamnff the! - . l v - . j i v church property; in iurtaeianco oi wnua uonjto reiix Civera had tett tor ijurope. me iviexicar.3 seemed determined to fight as long aa possible. Lcnor Mior y Teran, a rich merchant at the capital, had advanced $20,000 to pay the troops at San Juan d'Ulloa, and $30,000 more to be forwarded to Vera Cruz to meet demands against the government there. Of tho loan which was authorized to be obtained from private individuals, the sum of $175,000 had been raised. Frankfort (Ky-) Comm'Ith. Extract of It iter a from Tampieo cf Oct- 24. Since the taking of Monterey Santa Anna has arrived at San Lois, and is concentrating as; many troops as he can; some say with a view t0 attack the Americans, whilst others are of opinion that he aims at the dictatorship. He has ordered all the troops stationed at this place (amounting to about 1G00 men) to join J him immediately, and they are to begin tneir march the day aftr to-morrow, (26th October.) We shall then remain without any troops to defend tho city, and probably it is better so. The New Orleans Times Extra lias the following notice: Letters of Marque. A private letter was received yesterday from tho city of Mexico, under date of the 30th ult., and farwarded to Vera Cruz by special express, mentioning that . , , , , .... ihunured letters oj mvrque, acconipauieu witn the rights of cit'zanship for the respective crews, and that tho necessary documents would be transmitted by the British steamer Ta:j to Havana. This inforaiation ia eaid to be undeniably authentic. LATEST FROM WASHINGTON. Dcjuirinre o f Gen. Scott for the t-at of War, 1 he Washington Corresponaent ot tne L-al-tiniore Patriot, in hii letter dated Nov. 24, says Sir. Polk ia now determined lo carry on the Cabinet ive had many long eesslon lately, ali of which it is thought have reference to the war, the absorbing quest" j i " - ' ' 1 1 i v ' t 1 '"' " I . 1 ' C 1 t , , II K u fr

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pi co. It is understood that his command will b ihe troops on tho wattr line, and tho new volunteers called into the service will be sent as soon a a possible. The exact extent cf his' powers, of course, have not transpired, but they are said to be ample to "conquer n peace in Mexico," if it can bo conquered. There is also to bo a great augmentation of the Naval force in the gulf, and rumor says that Coin. Stewart will be placed in the command with a teveiity-four. A demonstration on Tampieo and along the whole coast is certainly to be made. We aro now going to have war in earnest: and when Congress meets, a little bill of several millions as an instalment will have to be footed. The truth of Gen Scott having been ordered to Mexico, ia confirmed. He is "oph" for that country, in "hot haste." We presume we shall hear no more of the "hasty plate of soup." Ed. Gaz. BIoKE Secret Neootiation. The last arrival from Vera Cruz brings the la Ilea dor, a Mexican paper, which Bays that the Captain General af Vera Cruz received despatches on the Sthult., covering another from tho Secretary of State of the United States to the Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs. The puiport was unknown to tho editor, but he presumes it to be another proposal on our part for peace; Mr Polk presuming that the fall of Monterey will dispose the Mexicans to submission. It will turn out a good joke, says the editor, bitterly for Mr. Polk spelling it Pork by accident when ho finds out that that misfortune has produced an effect precisely cont trary; and that there ia not a man in the nation who thinks of peace until the United States has given satisfaction for the injuries they have done us, and indemnified us for the injuries inflicted by their Vandal crusade. He goes on to say, that the supreme Government neither wishes nor ia authorized to enter upon negotiations. Ky- Com. Commodore Perky took Tobasco, but was unable to occupy it. Ilia force was inadequp te, and ho was not otherwise prepared, if he had had a larger force. Many persons say, he ought by all means to heve occupied the city. No one doubts the policy or propriety of such a step, if it had been possible, but the people must not expect the Navy to do much, with the means at present at command. When our Government is ready to occupy Tobasco, or will furnish Commodore Perry the means, he can, very easily we have no doubt, take it again. It may cost a few more lives, perhaps in the effort, the gallant Commodore may loose his own, but"Afi is a matter with which Mr. Polk and the Secretary of the Navy have nothing to do, or at least they cannot prevent theso disasters." We think they can. If they will exercise a little of the activity they displayed in getting into this fight, in prosecuting it, they will enable their Commanders-in-Chief, to spare many valuable lives, which must otherwise be forfeited. Hid. Mr. Secretary Walker is still doing a most admirable Sub-Treuaury business in a small as well as a larv wav. Notwithstanding the Treasury had some 300,000 in deposit in this city, I learn that Navy Agent here, who made a requisition for some $20,000 the Qr3t of this month, was furnished with a draft for the amount on the Mint at Philadelphia. To that city he went, with his son, and obtained the money. Cost travelling expenses for himself and son, 26 each, and $2 per day for his son, some five days all charged to the Government! A nico saving in a email way! So we rro. Potomac. fj-The Union publishes despatches from -wr i i . iirn. vvnn . niinnnnrinnr hia nrriua oi t-'usctri.a-.t..,;, .,J Lil Oil U1U JllO VjriUUUC, Oil M1U 1 1 ill I October, and an account of his march from gan Ant0llia tJ that pIac8. IIia army ...i.om.. . ...l- i i. tum uuet'u o

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be addeJ c- ht collipanies of Illinois volun teers, under Col. Hardin. The army of Gen. Wool had near exhausted their provisions, and money. The Mexicans won't take Treasury Notes in pay for anything, and unless t:s Government furnishes them with gold and silver, tho army must suffer. The Prosectttiqn or the War. Tho imbecility of the administration to prosecute the war in which they involve the country must now be apparent to all who have observed the manner in which it has been conducted. It has no settled plan of procedure. An order given one day, is countermanded the next. Immediately upon tho receipt of ihe news of the capture of Monterey. Gen. Taylor was ordered to proceed farther into the interior. Before tho messenger bearing the despatches had proceeded half his journey, another was fient carrying out instructions to remain at Monterey; and afterwards still another, to do as he thought best. Only a few weeks igo, as will be seen by the following letter from the Secretary of War, no more troops were wanted: ! War department, Oct. 16th, 1846. I Sir : In reply to your letter, of the 12th inst. I have the honor to inform you that it is not contemplated to make any further call on the Executive of your State, for any volunteer or militia force, with a view to the existing war with Mexico. A sufficient amount of force, for the prosecution of that war, has, it is believed, been already called into service. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obediet servant, WM. L. MARCY, Sec. of War. Now it appeals that nine additional regiments have been called out. What the next order which may emanate from the War Department may be, no one can tell. Slate Jour. Tub Advaxcs of ors Akimv F ROM Moxterey. The New Orleans Jefiersontan, of th io.n insi., iias nau liie pleasure or convt ng, with a naber of the army, who states that' previous to leaving Monterey he had an 1 iUrview with Gen. Taylor, wiie stated ho a t ii ove l"-.jia his present quarters un' -1 ( ip i-u 1 by a command of twenty tluu ud' men. !

ill 'We b e i i '- r. tl,!it in vipw of t;3E snsW CI Cl tho Mcav.i G ,n. ...i Ut.; 1 1 '..'i, or; . iiicproi'. lio.i, the Pre:' hut 1 . c : cstabli1-'! and . rrf.i p-:s J c. r d l ' bQiuJf, from Tar , ko. Dap i"t nU3 x acifi-, t-vt r ;i dr -i - i i cf I ' ti i. ho will appoint territorial Governors, jaugid land other ministerial officers : that ta9 Lnued i States revenue laws will bs extended over thai new country; that people of alb classes will be taught to read, and furnished with cheap and that large supplies of h tmati toapjpiness and virtue will be speedily introduced. Another shooting and stabbing drama was enacted on Commercial st- yesterday. The r..no moo ctrtc i,w tivn Tf.nnpssKfl Vi'il ii nltdV03 noJ iai.v vj . - - - ----- teers, and as we are told, one of them, for abu sine the other, was stabbed in the neck, where - upon he fired upon Uia assailant, but missed him' the bail entering a door on the opposite

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pistol rushed into a store, and me guard came up and followed him in; when from misapprehension, a gentleman belonging to the store, Mr. Richter, was wounded in the head by a bayonet of the guard. If the Volunteers do not behave themselves better, we shall have to subscribe to the opinion expressed in the extract from the Mexican's letter, giving in to-day's paper that they are 'like Comanchea in appearance, ferocity and customs.' American Flaz. The only news we have from Comargo' is arrival there of the 3d regiment U.S. Infantry from Monterey. They are to assist the operations of Gen. Patterson, who will commence to operate when the proper time arrives. Very explicit is'r.t it? From Monterey we have nothing new. Old Rough was nearly ready at the last accounts. For the nes to the south of us here, we! have to depend, upon the Mexicans. Pretty good dependence sometimes. According tolj; their accounts there is a force of from 1500 to I '2000 irregular Mexican soldiery between here and Victoria or at Victoria, having their attention directed this way. They had better get across the mountains as soon aa possible, or they may get hemmed in. A rumor is likewise afloat among them, t! at there has beers a disturbance or revolt at San Luij Potosi, and that Santa Anna has had to leave there and return to the city of Mexico t make certain changes in the Government which the rebellious spirits demand. Wc give these rumors only for what they are worth. Matamoraa Ffag. The Rail Road. Wo should like to inquire if the management of our railroad cannot be somewhat improved. Complaints are numerous, and we had an opportunity, a few days since, of noticing some bad management. We do not intend to implicate the excellent conductor of the passenger train by these remarks ; for if ever pain were taken to accommodate the public and do justice to the company, none can do better than Mr. Wilson. But it would seem to us that his authority is too limited or restricted. As an instance of this, on our passage, a freight train, or rather a train of hog ------ passenger train. The road was covered with! 6now' and sW ProSresa was necessarily made

.1 r . . ,1-1 icru iicuoc oi us cojj lilllll JJ or, wua (lilt TP an UT by the first tram. When near ernon, it was v,. i a u T r i -tlieB n arJ ... ticle heaJed 'Uur Mexican Relations,' assio-rsfid

necessary to re'rogrado to gather headway. Tho engineer of the 2nd train, one Sandy something, notwithstanding he was hailed to check his speed, came lumbering on at full speed, coming in contact with the 1st with sufficient force to prostrate any who might have been on their feet, and injuring the locomotive so that it required near four hours to repair the damage. When this Scotchman was requested to take on the passengers and mails, and leave the hog cars to be brought on, he doggedly refused, thus leaving the passengers sitting hours in the cars, and losing the mails. Why had not j the conductor authority in such a case? We (advise the directors to put ail such engineers -i"oio uo I'Humunvtt, ueau An fini,n-i inH a) ',a a I. -I Indiana Sentinel.

Specie Currency.." - A gentleman ruturning j feo,ne lheni summoned him to stcpr from the West now and then came across a' but he only drove his horse the faster, Mexican dollar, and thinking it Wetter to brinii',ynd Oil their CQniifis" after himr he

home than paper, put it in his pocket, lie collected five dollars in all, and three of them proved to be counterfeit. Th is is the way til at a specie currency saves the poor from counterftits. The way to ascertain when a piece is: pure siiyeristo hie intoit, and then, apply aquaiortia to tne incision. should always aquafortis in his Whilst Messrs. Polk & Co, were trying to negotiate a loan, they announced officially that no more volunteers were to be called out, thus causing it to be understood that they expected & epeedy termination of the war. No doubt they .supposed that such an understanding would cause capitalists to make the loan more readily. They got the money, and, immediately afterwards, made a requisition for several thousand additional troops, proclaiming that An eastern paper gives an account of the robbing of a dandy. Ills lodgings -were robbed of a pair of stays, a smelling bottle, two pair of artificial eyebrows, and a white surtout, in a pocket of which there were three love-letters, written to himself, in his oh n 1 ad wilting. Tho soldiers on the Rio Grand t re f.Mto find the eye-balls of the Mexican , fatal than tho copper balls of t1 - .r 1 i men We should not wonder if N rI 1 1 o r t $ , , S.. J U .u, " f i i ' t t i ' it u . t . T .. 1 1 ) I . '- 1 t ' ' A v i i u it t i- t iV cvtr e a y L r,?

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the war woum be prosecuted witn new vigorija writing desk, containing svI Did they not get" this money under false pre- drawers for paper, &c., inksfand rofd tences? If private citizens were to obtain npn mnpr fiMi- c-nl':., 5 "t , . , , , , , ,. pen. paper loiaei, sealing wax, sand money oy such tricks, would they not be indict- nm1 ,VPrAr uve, t. ii-?? j, i r t ua.er uox.es. a km e, an an! cd aad punished as swindlers 1 Lou. Jour. ec,n j w-fcU

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