should have been themselvesluriited.
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his cold face with my tears. But they
buried him atlast, and with the only ring
that remained in my possession, one that
had been my mother’s, I defrayed the ex-
penses of his funeral. And this then was
the end of all our hopesand visions of hap-
piness. This was my work, that I had so
skilfully planed !—I could not return alone
to the spot where he died——I wandered
forth [knew not now long nor whither.
A raging fever took hold on me, and my
reason fled. I remember passing :several
nights without shelter, and at last nature
was exhausted, and I laid me down, as I
thought, to die. I called on Henry to
come and bathe my burning tetnples, and
reproachcd him for leaving me thus to suf-
fer alone. Then all grew dark,and I heard
stranrre voices about me, and I thought I
was in the land of spirits. -
‘When my senses returned I was lyincr
in an Indian’s Wigwam. Some one hat
discovered me ‘in the forest, and generous-
ly borne me to his tent. Through the aid
of herbs, in the use of which the Indians
were skilled, I was restored at length to
health, though it was weeks before _iny
strength returned. My noble benefactors
offered me an asylum till I could find some
means of providing for myself. Some
‘time afterward a son was born to me, and
as he grew up I fancied him the exact im-
age of his father. He had the same noble
features, and dark full eye, and he began
to be u solace to me, and to relieve me of
the terrible melancholy that had been
wearing upon me since my liusb-.ind’s
death. But alas !——he too was taken from
me. It was on his fourth birth day that I
had taken him out into the fields to
enjoy the pure air. AsI sat weaving a
little basket, a work which I had long be-
fore learned to do, and while memory was
leading: me back over the sea to the home
of my ancestors, I forgot for a few mo-
ments to watch my boy, and when I had
finished my work he was nowhere to be
seen. Thinking he must have returned to
the tent, which was not far distant, I has-
tened thither; he was not there. I never
saw my boy again. All search proved
useless. He must have perished in the
forest of hunger, or by wild beats, or been
carried away by some party, belonging to
a tribe hostile to that to which I had be-
come attached.
‘A few months afterward I was married
to my present husband, Mowehue. Once
I had written to my fatheriin terms of pen-
itence and humility, but as I never receiv-
ed a reply I concluded I was forgotten snl
despised’. It was Mowehue who had
found me- in the forest, and conceiving an
affection for me, had never joined himself
to one of his own people. At last I con-
sented’ to become his wife, and I have
never since regretted. He has ever treat-
ed me with kindness and sympathy, and_—
were his blood pure as my own, and his
complexion as fair—l could not have loved
him more deeply. He was generous to
me in my distress, and save the memory
of my dear Henry, and the love I still
cherish--for him, he has the sole homage of
my heart.’
CHAPTER IV.
All sat a few moments in silence afier
Alpoorah had ceased speaking, pondering
on,}he:,-narrative they hadjust heard. Pre-
sently Otho sprang down the bank to the
rivulet at its foot, and washing the paint
from his face turned toward the rest of the
party with a complexion as fair almost as
any one amongst them. Save his dress
all traces of the Indian had vanished. In
a moment he 8:. Alpoorah were locked in
._ each other’s arms.
‘Mother! mother!’
‘My son——ob! my long lost boy.’
It was indeed the self same boy she had
lost twenty years before, and for whom
she had long ceased to mourn as dead.
‘VVeenora, sister l’ said he, and as they
embraced, their hearts were filled with a
new emotion, the pure and holy feeling of
u brother’s and a sister’s love.
‘And will you not call me brother 'l’ said
Edward, ‘Weenora, my own, will you not
make us brotherr 1’
She frankly offered him her hand, which
he took and drew her to his heart; and
from that hour they were one forever.
‘And now," said Edward, ‘comes our
turn for explanation; for my sweet sister
and myself are but strangers in this land.
‘.-Ve too were born and educated in ‘Merry
England.’ Our father died some two years
since, and hisrelatives, through some quib-
ble of the law, succeeded in wresting from
us our paternal inheritance. Fortunately
for us our mother, who had died a year
previously, though low born, was wealthy,
and left us sufficient to live on in this land
in luxury. Accident found the quiet for
which we longed. We live by ourselves,
having thrown by all the usages of the so-
ciety in which we were educated, and till
I saw Weeiiora here there was nothing
left for-me to desire. VVe took our moth-
er’s name, for I resolved that if I could
not possess my father’s estates I would
not bear his title. My father was Sir
Vllilliam I-lalbert.'
1 ‘And are you then the son of him whom
I so deeply wronged 1’ said Alpoorah,
‘alas! that we should meet thus—and yet
metliinks it is well. Take Weenora, and
be my father’s will in a measure obeyed,
by the union of the children of those who
But
hear you any tidings from my father 1’
- ‘He died long since, with his last breath
forgiving you. Your letter never could
have reached him, for both he and Sir
William, who still retained some affection
for the first object of his love, instituted in-
quiries in the hope that you might be
found, but, as you are aware, without suc-
cess‘: 'l‘lie estate was divided among his
relatives. I heard the circumstances form
my -father shortly before his death.’ .
It was but a little time afterward that
the minister of the parish was called on to
perform the marriage ceremony at the
house of Moweliue: and never was there
a lovlier. or more happy pair than were
Edward Morley and Wecnora, the Maid ‘of
Scatrigriolr,_on thifir bridal day~,.
.,;Edu'i.-.-rd! took his fair bride home to his
cottage, but not many months had passed
ere another was erected near it, and when
it Was finished the two were as like each
other -as two twins. The new one was
occupied by the laughing Susan and her
doting pusband, Henry Ethland, though
she seldom greeted ‘him by any other name
than Otho, that being the name she called
him liy when she first felt the breath of
love playing about her heart. '
Years afterward, Susan occasionally
laughed at her brother, because some of
his children gave signs in their dark, but
not uncomely complexion, that “the pure
and ancient blood” of his family had some-
what degeiieratcd, but he always replied
by declaring that some one of her own
children would be a full-blooded son of
the forest, after Otho, his father; which
prediction was never verified, she being
blessed with a very goodly number not-
withstanding.
More than a century had passed since
theevents of our story transpired, but the
memory of them is still fresh among the!
older inhabitants of the vicinity; and
though the changes of time h:ive reinoven
the descendants of Otho and Morley from
their father’s homes. their story is still
told to listeners by the winter fireside.
POLITICS or 'riu«: ."l‘.«\'l‘.I~J or
CON N l*'.CTlC UT.
\Ve believe no intelligent person who
is acquainted with the political clinriicter
of this State, entertains any doubt, flint it
decided iiizijority of our electors are fit-
vorable to the principles of the \Vliig pur-
ly. A full vote is so certniii to result in ii
\Vliig victory, that it has pit:-$t‘Ll into ii
proverb, and all that is requisite, in order
to ensure the siicccss of correct principle,
is to bring the frceiiieii to the polls.——
VVlienever Locofocoism happens to obtain
a temporary triumph in Connecticut, it is
wholly to be attributed to remissness or
indifference on the part of the Whigs. Oc-
casionally this state of things exists and
the Locofoco lead»-rs, ever \\'f\tcllfUl of
their opportunity, sometimes thus gain a
short lived ascendeiicy. Their reign how-
ever, is sure to be of very brief contin-
uance.
The result of our next State election
cannot be considered doubtful. The con-
duct of the last Legislature alone, would
be sufficient to arouse the energies of the
VVhig party, butaside from this, the pres-
ent aspect of National affairs cannot fail
to excite the deepest feeling among the
people of Connecticut. The measures
adopted at the last session of Congress
will bear hard on the people of this State.
Already they are beginning to experience
the sad effects of the overthrow of the
protective policy—and numbers of the
most intelligent members of the Adminis-
tration party, do not hesitate to declare
their determination no longer to support
the doctrines of slave holding Locofoco-
ism. At the next State election the peo-
ple will have an opportunity to express
their sentiments—on the Tariff-—the Mex-
ican War——tlie Sub Treasury and other
OLD REGISTRY LAW
THE SUBSTITUTE.
AND ,
leged hardships to which freemeri were
subjected under the Registry Law of Con-
necticut; and yet, in its zeal to overturn,
it lost the wisdom necessary to construct
any law in its stead which can remedy abu-
ses,-prevent fraud, or facilitate the exercise
of the franchise, by an elector. The new
law is a cumbrous, unwieldy, uiisatisfactory
machine, Well caculatcd to make trouble,
but securing no right which would not be
secured without its provisions, and, with-
al,of no earthly use, after all its requsitions
‘have been complied with.
The Registry Law was designed, and
successfully, too, to guard the sac red
right of freemen from violation. lt
checked the power of miscliievous and un-
princpled men to commit any fraud, and
wasa wall of defence around the right
which Republicans especially deem valua-
;ble. Rudicalisin dreaded its operation,
for its schemes were sliorn of their chance
of success, by its wliolesome provisions.
Ilence, so soon as it had leiiipor-.irily secti-
red the power, its early cure was given to
the breiilriiig down a liurrier against all
frauils upon the ballot box. It dreaded the
rcsti'iiiiits of the liuw, and of course swept
it from the Statute lloolr. lint the poor
cniictiiiciils which it substituted are a fine
coiiiiiiciilnry upon its wisiloin and its care
over the purity of the ballot. lt is cum-
liI'ou:~'. ll is lroulilesouic ; but after all its
trouble and vexiitiou, it is, in the priiicipal
fciitiirt-s, us inellicit-iit uiiil po\\'crlcss us
any of the most ivorllilcss legislation of
linen l"ocoisin. The fourth section, for
exaiiiplc, requires it list to be made out of
persons entitled to vote; but the list se-
cures no right, and the record is made for
nothing. The presiding officer may allow
every person to vote, whose name is on
said list,——mzlrss the rig/it of SIM.‘/L person to
'L'()'(.’, be ('/ial/ciigred. To what purpose then
is the list. The person claiming a right
to vote, as by the list, may be challenged,
and the list is no better for him, than so
rriuch blank paper. it secures no right to
him, for the challenge carries him back to
his original position, and his case must be
tried and determined by the Selectmen and
Town Clerk. Can any one tell us then, of
what use the registry of his name is, to the
voter.
The presiding officer has also the power
to allow any applicant to vote whose name
is not on the list, unless hr be challenged.
The challenge not being made, the presi-
ding officer may reject or receive the vote,
at pleusure—tliere being a right of appeal,
ifit be rejected. in what particular is the
registered man better than the unregistered
man ? The one has no more security than
the other. And, so far as we can see, the
farce of mal- ing out the list is idle,frivolous,
and of no benefit whatever.
All this construction of the Law, too, is
to be made, amid the hurry and confusion
and heat of an election day,—cases are to
-be determined when men are full of the
partizan fires of a sharp election, and the
measjlrii °l; ldlgpggtilllllctevggd “"°t,h’9“;° ljoljsdeliberution requisite to the due perform-
e si es u a nnec icu \ i . . - .
th rgsume her mud Osman amouoiance of such dptiesocan hardly be expec-
9“ P P o ted to find a piace, in the atmosphere of
the VVhig States of the Union.-—-Courant.;,m elecmrs ,,,,”_
REMEMBER ANNEXATION l
Don’t let the act nor the consequences
pass out of the public mind.
Remeber that we are involved in a most.
expensive and disgraceful war, which had
its origin in the annexation of Texas.
- Remember that the Protective Policy
has been broken down by the votes of the:
Texas Senators, and could not have been.
witliout them.
Rerrieiiiber that Polk’s Vetoes of the
River and Harbor and French Spoliations,
bills are justified in good part by the alleg-
ed need of all the money in the Treasury;
to carry on the war caused by the annexa-
tion of Texas
Remember that the debt of Texas is yet ”‘_’3Sl“'Y-
‘this folly for the expe
to be paid, and that she has a semi-official
guaranty that Uncle Sam will pay it. It
amounts to many millions.
Remember that the inhibition by Con-
gress of slavery in the Texas territory
north of 36 30 has been utterly scouted
by Texas herself, and that slavery will ex-
ist there under the constitution of Texas
in defiance of the joint resolutions consent-
ing to annexation.
Re member that Texas has been stretched
to the Rio Grandc in utter defiance of the
boundaries originally claimed by herself,
as can be proved by Stephen F. Austin’s
map. He bounds Texas on the south west
py the Nueces, its true and well known
imit.
Remember that it is the purpose of an-
nexaiioiiists to carve three or four more
states out of Texas,au_d make them all
slave states. I
In short, remember that the whole dra
ma of annexation has been one of iinpur-
allelcd rapacity, deceit and gigantic iniqui
ty, against which every honest man and
lover of freedom should sternly and indig-
nantly protest and struggle to the end.-
The North has just united for once and
planted her foot on the landmark of no more
slave territory! Considerrng that Texas
herself has utterly disregarded and set at
defiance one of tbe plainest provisions of
the annexing resolutions, let us carry out
tbe_principle.to its iiievitablercsults, and
t‘§l:‘.:"..l::::&f .:';’..:';‘:.":.:‘;;":,"““’°“~’-5
., r groun
and shall be ever more. 4
The trial at Nantucl-et, of Barker Bur.
nell came on on the 6th The Grand Jury
found a bill against him in seven different
counts, the first of which only, for embez.
zling $100,000, was read. He plead not
guilty. Hon. Mr. Choate is his Counsel.
The New Orleans'Picayune of October
2nd, says, the Revenue Cutter Van Buren
arrived offthe South West Pass on the 30th
iilt. from Vera Cruz, and the blocliading
sqadron in the Gulf. We learn by this
arrival that Capt. Carpenter and his men,
the crew of tlie shipwrecked Triixton, had
reached Vera Cruz, where they will remain
‘will amount to a much larger sum.
'mal-‘es.
If there is virtue in this
law, will its friends point it out, to the
people. ‘
The Regiment of Volunteers now at
Leavenworth and ordered to be disbanded
will, at the time of its discharge, have cost
the Government upward of t/iousund
dol.-’ars. But the expenses, trouble, and
loss of time of the officers and privates
Th.-
folly and weakness of the Administration
is made more manifest by every move it!
regiments ofvoluntecrs, and marched them
to the place of rendezvous, merely for the
Ipurpose of making heavy draws on the
The people have to pay for all
come, either directly or indirectly, out of
the property and labor of the country.--St.
Louis New Era.
The. splendid Organ of 'I'1'in.i(_1, Clmi-ch.—
This instrument has been exhibited two
days in succession, to a crowded audience,
mitted, and on the second day 11,257, by
tickets. ‘It is the largest organ in the U.
States, and there are but few larger on the
Continent of Europe. Its powers. com-
bined with its sweetness of tone, astonish-
ed the professional gentlemen who were
present, as well as the audience.
The Czilfiforniu E.r:perlltion.——lt is rumor-
ed in our city that Col. Stevenson’s hasty
qiience of information conveyed to him by‘
his friends by Telegraph that he was su-
]ierse:lcd in rommancl by anal/[er Lfiicer.
-Illst =18 We go to press, says the last
evening's Express, a rumor reached us that
the 'lill0m11S H. l’e1“-«ins, the ship on which
Col. Stephenson was, put into Norfolk in
consequence of a mutiny on board.——..’\I". Y
'1'ri'bune.
./’1Iiti?RiznIi.mii'Iz I/ze Fi'eld.—Tlie Anti-
rent (‘onvcrition of Delegates fr m Alba-
ny, Renssal:-ier, Columbia, Ulster, Mont.
goinery, Sclioliarie, ].‘zelaw.ire and Sulli-
van counties. assembled in Albany on the
6th inst. and nominated John Young, (the
VVliig candidate) for Governor, and Mr.
fiiirdiner (the Democratic candidate) for
Lieutenant Governor. Also, for Canal
L‘ommissioiiei's, they took one of the \Vliig
and one of the Democratic nominees,
Messrs. Clowe's and Hudson.
Steamer Isaac Jl/"wton.—Tliis splendid
vessel left New York on her fi-rs! passage
I0 Albany at 6 o’clock Thursday evening.
She is said to be truly a floating palace——
and one of the most magnificent specimens
of nautical architecture that rides the wa-
ters any where.
if _ Henry Bradley, the Libertyii-1-party can-
didate f0I‘.Goverrior of New York, has ta-
till ‘exchanged.
Railicalisrri was flaming alive at the al-,
The Foreign .MarIret, compared with the
home markets is as nothing. ‘The home
trade goes on quietly, unobtrusively,
‘through its regular and accustomed chan-
nels. VVe do not feel it; we scarcely see
port, it is recorded in the newspapers, the
exports are placed under the commercial
head, and the Journal of Commerce para-
des a list of the cargo down to the last
barrel of cabin stores,and cxc'aims———.see
u,-/tat E7lg[u7ld lakes of us! And \\ bile this
one s'ately ship depar‘s for Liverpool, 50
sloops and steamboats are le—avii._g__r the
wliarves, bearing the products of the
country to be tlistribiitetl through the thou-
sandichannels of the brine trade. How
mucli we have heard oftlie foreign demand
for lndian corn. Yet, tu'o /muses in I/ifs
little cify of Proritlevice sold more Indian
Corn al auction, last year, than was‘ e.r];ortcd
to nllforcign countries .'ogr:t/ier : and, not-
ed by the failure of the potato crop, and
the acquisition of a new class of foreign
consumers who have hitherto been unac-
qunintcd with the article, our w/role Ci'.b']lOI'fS
for r»’i.i'.s~ yam‘, do not equal I/re umomzt 'u'/z-ic/7.
1/ias been iuipoi-tell into r/is city u/one, not
taking into the account the considerable
supplies which are received from our own
lSt:ite, and from other poits of the interior.
Not a great while ago, an effort was
made to deprive the Eusterii stea niboats
of the exclusive use of the pier \\'lli('l) they
occujy in New York. The persons iii-
teicsted in keeping these boats where they
were, prepared some statistics of the trade
-wliicli was carried on by them, and they
lshmvcd that I] grcnlcl‘ 7i.'uml)cr of 7-ac/ra,r,re.»'
‘were fI1'fllf(‘(l‘lI]I-'/721/lrlt [rig-r a.miua.lly I/‘um
were import d from London, Iivcrjiool and
I-Iuvrc. A com;‘arison of this kind, show-
it. But when a ves.-el clears for s foreign.
withstanding the increased demand caus-
On the morning of tliei‘.2f2d. Gen. \Vorth con-
tinued his operations, and portions of his division
stormed and carried successfully the hights ii-
above the Bisliop’s palace. Both were carried
by a command under Capt. V intoii, 3d Artillery.
On the night of the 22d, the enemy retired
from all his defences to the main Palaceand
its immediate vicinity. ,
A coniiiiand of two coiiipnnies of Mississippi
and two of T ciiiiessee troops were then tiirowii
into the streets to ]'0C()nll0lll'C, and soon bccaiiie
hotly engaged with the ciieiiiy.
.i-ogimeiit of Texas Raiigers, disiiiounted ; by
Bruagg’s light battery and 3d liifantry, who kept
upon the enemy's fort 21 coiistaiit and uiiinter-
rupted fire froin the streets, lzouse-tops, barri-
cades, «Sic. t\’c. iii the vicinity ofthe Placca.
The ciigageiiieiitliistt-d the best part of the
gday. Our troops liaviiig di'ivcn the scattered
lparfies oftlie the enemy and penetrated quite
-to the defences oftlie main Placca.
Early in the afternoon of the same day, Gen.
I-f"oi'tli assaulted froin the Bi::liop’s Palace, west
side of the city, and succeeded in driving the en-
,einy and iiiiiiiitainiiigliis positioii within ii s-liort.
rlistance ofthe iiiuiii Placed on that side of the
city, toward eveiiiniv.
The riiortzir had also bccii planted in the cem-
clery ciiclosuro, and during the night did great
execution in tlic ciieuiiiseribed camp of the cue-
my in the Plaeca. Thus ended the operatioiis
of the 23d.
Early on the moriiiiig oftlin ‘J-ltli, ii coiiimu-
iiicnlioii was sent. to (ion. Tu_vlor from Aiiipudin,
lundor ii flag, iiialtiiig an ollicr of capitulzit.icii, to
- which the forincr !‘(’li'.l.\'('(l to accede.
At the some time ii ileiiiiinil to suri'oiidei' was
in reply made upon Llcii. Aiiipu=lizi, and 1:2 o‘clk
or ii'in-ucccptuuce wus to be coiiiiiiuiiiciited to
the A incrcan Geiicral.
At 11 A. DI. the lllcxicuii Gciieriil sent. ro-
These were soon supported by Col. \Vood’s-
at noon was the hour at which the ucceptniice,
Apple Blossoms in Oclobm-.—Mr. Aaron H
Benedict left upon our desk last week, a boquet
premises, which it seems jhas inistnken the
month of October for that of‘ May, and actually
put on the livery of that deliglitful season.
Correspondence of that Gazelle.
Nrzw Yonx, October 9, 1846. '
DEAR Sin :—Tlie no_ininat‘.oii of John Young
for Govei'iioi' has been received with an erithu-’
siiisiii as unexpected as it is gratifying. All
knew that he had wiiriii, devoted friends. That
;he could go before it coizveiiti n of whig] dele-
ltjutcs mid take the iioininntion away from Mil-
llurd Fillriioi°e—a veteran "wing, our standard-
l)6tll'Ol' in the great battle of 1844, showed this.
And the shouts of joy that were sent up from
iill qiuirters, as the news of his nomination was
spreiid over the suite by the “lightning mail”.
sliowed that he had an equally ‘strong hold on
the affections of the people. At home, in his
own village, the enthusiasm of the people wvas
unbounded. All liiisiiiess;§\\'iis: suspended, and
the Whigs ll8S0llll.)l8(I spoutuiicously to express
tlicir gratificatioii at the result. From the‘
staunch wliigs of Erie his n0nllll‘.lflOI] met; witlf
an npprovzil equally licurty, and Mr. Fillmore’
and his 'frieiids pledged tliciiisclves to labor for’
the success of the ticket. I can speak person-7
ally ofthe wliigs of this city, as I was presenf
utllieir great: gatl'iei'ii~.g. The walls of National
lI'Iilll never .cclioed louder cheers than were’
lgivcii for John Young by the wliig electors as-‘
lsemblcd there on VVcdiiesdiiy night. Tllllt‘
qiie.st.iiig ii corifomiico witli Gen. Taylor wliicli - _ _ _
Wits gi-zmtcd, tho pi-incipiil 0fl'.l(:t3l'.H' of rank, on iiicotiiig rcciillcdto oiicsiiiind i.l1(_‘.Sill'l‘lllgSCOIl0:}‘
c-itlicr side iiccoinpairyiiig tlicir Generals. of134() and 1344, The \Vhig1)u]5Q in 11,9 Em‘.-
. Ami‘ Se‘ 91"! olmn‘ 1" l."l'mO”. lo lhclulmul“ -pirc State beats as strongly now as it did in tlid
lion of the city iiiiido on r>irliui' side and rcfusi-.d, l
at lialf-‘past 4 P. M. Gen. ’.l‘uyloi' arose, and 'd“.l’5 0f Whlg t"ll“”l’h-
ing the relative extent and importniice of‘
Mr. Polk has acted as if he raised-
depurture from New York was in I consc-
tlie foreign trade and their home trade,
iniglit le carried out to an extent which
would astonish even those who are acquain-
ted with the subject.
Such is the home trade compared with
urge us to sacrifice the former ly forcing
consumers into the cuss of producers, and
tell us thiit we shall find in the increased
activity of the latter, abundant compensa-
tion for the injury wliic.li we shall sustain.
Proviilcnce Jour.
TN‘onWA.L'1{"t-:iiA7}iiE '1‘ 'ri5
\’I'(-.¢lIr¢::-(lazy, Octolrcr 14. E846.
journiiioiit, at the Norwulk Hotel, on VVetliies-
day evening of the present week, at 8 o’clock,
for the purpose of uppoiiitiiig delegates tg the
State Conventioii which assoiiibles at Iliirtford
on the 4th prox. \Vo do not wish to oblrudc
this matter upon our wliig citizens, but suppos-
ing that this town in partlculnr, and I*‘uii'ficld
County, geiierally had a inoro than oi'diniii'y in-
terest in the approaching convention, we may
be, perluips, a little desirous to see that iiiterest
taken care of.
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FROM THE ARMY.
Stozming of .Mo.’erc_i/——./Iinerican firms
flgriiri Victo7't'ou.9.
The following highly important news was
published in an extra New Orleniis Piciiyuno
on the 4th, having been received there from Pt.
Isabel.
On ‘the 19111, Gen. Tziylor iirrivcd before
Monterey with it force of about 6,000 men.
The army encaiiipeil about 3 miles from the
.city, and the rcniuinder oftlio day was spent in
jiccoiiiioiroriiig the batteries and defences.
l On t.lici30t.li, (fi‘en. X-Vortli was ordered with
-his division to move by a circuitous route to the
right, to gain the Snltillo road, beyond the west
:of the town, and to storm the heights above the
uses of the \VZil':BlSl]0p'SPHlilC6; which vital pointtothe enemy.
;uppcurs to have been strangely neglected.
On the moriiiug of the Qlstufter an encounter
with it large body of the enemy's caviilry mid
infantry, supported by artillery from the heiglits,
‘lie repulsed them with loss, and finally encamp-
ed, covering the pnsssage of the Sultillo road.
It was here discovered, that besides the fort
the heights above it, two forts on comiiiandiiig
ciniiiences on the opposite side of San Juan riv-
er, had been fortified and occupied.
These two lzitter lieiglils were then stormed
_nnd carrietl; the guns of the lust fort that was
i ca.i°rio(l, being iiiiiiiedinlcly turned with n plung-
-ing fire upon the Bishop's palace. On the same
moi-iiiiig, the 215-‘, the first. division of reguliir
troops under Gen. "\Voi'tli. and the volunteer di-
vision under Gen. Butler were ordered under
; in fuvor of the iiiiportant operations of General
\Vortli. The 19 inch niormi's and two 24 pound
liowitzers had been put in liiittt-.t'y the night;
of the 29th, on a raviuc 1-100 yards tlistiint; from
the cathedral fort, or (:lfll'lUl, and were suppos-
ted by the 4th i'egiijne,iit of iiifaiitry.
At 8 A. M. on the 21st, the order was given
for l)utt;ei'y to open on the citadel nnd town.
And iiiiiricdiately aftertlie first division with the
, 3d and 4th infuiir.i'y in advaiicc, under Col. Gui‘-
land, were ordered to reconiioiIre':ind skirmisli
with the oiieiiiy on the e.\‘t.i'ciiie left of the city,
und should prospect of success offer, to carry
the must. H.(l\'.’tI‘.c(3tl liiittoiy.
The attack was (lll'c(:l(3(l by hlaij. Mansfield,
lCiigii'ieci'; Capt. '\Villi:ims, l'J.})0_l3'l‘«'t})l'll(,'tll en-
giiiecr, und Maj. Iiiiiiier, Qr. Dfitstcrto tho Tex-
as division.
A heavy live from the first liiittery was immo-
dintely opened upon the advance, but the troops
soon turned it, eiiteriiig uiid oi'igzigiiig with the
enemy in the streets from the city. liziving pass-
od tlirougli an incessuiit Cl'()SS lire froiii the cita-
del and ilie fi'i'st5uml SC(.'.Onll bzitztei-ies, and from
the iiifzniti-y who lined the parzipots, streets and
liousctops oftlic city.
The rear ofilio first battery was soon turned,
and the reverse fire of the troops tlirougli the
gorge of the Works, killed or disloclged the artil-
lery and infunt.i' , and the building occupiud by
the iiifaiitry iiniiiedintcl y in its rear. '
The first division was followed and supported
by the Mississippi Teiiiiosee-6; Ohio regiments.
The two former regiiiieiits being the first to
scale and occupy the foift, the operations of the
day stopped. V,
Two 12 pouiiders, one 4 pounder, and one
howitzer .were €iptur_e in this fort, three offi-
ken the stump.
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cers, and some twenty7‘"or thirty men taken pris-
u:icr.s. ' - . '
the foreign trade; and yet the free-traders
VVHIG lVlEETING———AGAix.--A meeting
of the \Vliigs of this town will be held by ad-
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, arms to iiinkea (hvcrsion to the lelt oftlie |.O\Vll
siiyiiig he would give Gen. Aiiipudiu one hour
to C()llSl(i(.‘l', to accept; or i'efiise, left the confer-
eiico, with his officers. ,
the iiiorturs was to be the signal for the l'C-C()ln-
iiiciicciiieiit of hostilities.
Before the expiration oftlio limir, lioivcver, iiii
iiifuriii the Aiiicricaii (luiicral that ufrci‘coiisul:ii—
tiou with his general of{icr:i'::, clccided to Capitu-
liitc, accepting the offer oftlic A iiierica ii (_iCLl6I iii.
The terins of ciipitiiliitioii were in ol‘l'Ucl' as
follows :——Tliat the ‘.\It-,xicaii ollii-ers should be
allowed to march outwith tlieir side uriiis; that.
the cavalry and ii';fiiiiti'y be allowed to inarcli out:
with tlieirariiis andiiccoiitreiiieiits; tlizittlie ur-
tillcry should be ullowcd to iiiiircli out with one
bnttei'y of6 pieces. and 21 rounds ofaiiiiinitioii :
that all other iiiuiiit ions of war (V: supplies should
be turiied over to it board of Aiiiciicaii offic-. i-5
nppointcd to receive them; that the Mexican
nriiiy should be allowed 7 days to evacuate the
cir '; and tlint the Aniericaii troops should not
occupy it until evacuated; tli:-it the ciitliedrul
fort, 0I‘ClfHdCl,Sll011l(l be evacuated nt 10 A. M.
“OX5 <10)’. 9-331; the Mexicans then inarcliing
out, the A iiiericiiii gun-isoii mnrcliing in ; thnttho.
Mexicans should be allowed to siiliite their flag,
when linuled down ; that tliere should be im ur-
mistice of 8 weeks, during which time neither
urniyslioiild pass a line running from the Run-
coiidu through Linares and San Fernando.
Connecticut Town Elc-rtions.—Town elections
were held on Monday the 5th, in this State, and
the results are most gratifying to the Whig cause.
As fiir as heard from :—Litclifield, (guin,) Mid-
dletown, (gain,) Berlin, (guin,) Burlington, Bris-
tol, Avon, Coventry, H cbron, Miiiichester, Mer-
idcn, (gain,) Simsbury, \Vaterbury, Plymouth.
Lyme, -Prospect, North Briinford, Bridgeport
and \Vo0dbui'y, have elected the entire Whig
tickets. Granby, \Viiidsor and Bloomfield Lo-
co. Betlilelicm, East Hnddiim and Sufficld divi-
dod.
Mcridcn, Conn. which has long been Loco,
elected vvliig 0fllC(‘l‘S at the late annual meeting
The first vote, stood, wliig Q01 ; Loco 104 ; Scat’
tcriiig 44. The locos then gave it up.
The only town, says the New Haven Pull.,
\vli':cli the locos so far have gniiied from the
vvliigs since last full appears to be the town of
Durham, where the parties ure generally pretty
evenly divided.
SImnfm'rl.—Messrs. Royal L. Guy. Joinin-
than D. \Veoks, Henry J. Sanford, and Isaiic
Jones represent. the Whigs of Stamford in the
\Vliig State Convciitioii zit I-Iartford.
VVe understand from the Advocate that our
the first day there were 5,73‘). persons ad- at the l}isliop’s palace, and the occupation 0f_Gl'CellWlcl1 neighbors had it boisterous time of
| it, at their annual meeting on r.he5tli, It seems
to have been ti death struggle with the Locos,
and rather it hard one at that. The scene of
noise and confusion whicli they stirred up was
‘ never before witnessed in a meeting of Republi-
gcniis, and was altogetlier undescril’.-able. The
, ballotting, however, for Selectmen (the polls
being kept open till six o’clock,) was finally
closed. On couiiting up, Thomas A. Mead (ii
\Vhig) was declared elected, and no choice for
llllf) sceoiid and third.
Tumult was now in its glory-—--
Neither was nny clioico
. of Constables.
confusion worse than attlio tower of Babel now
;1'eigncd, but 8 vote was finally takcii to proceed
imiiiediatcly to another ballot——tlio polls were
' ngaiii opened——maiiy of the locos had left the
= mi:ol:iiig, and the iiioderutor declared he should
I keep the polls open until tli'c~'fG_llowing iiiglit——
.aftcr st-.vei'al ballots liad been deljiosited iii the
box a motion prevailed to adjourn to Monday
iiext—t.lie iiioderator declared an (uljourn-/no/at
to be “contrui'y to law, so he iinnouziccd that fur-
ther liallottiiig be suspended until Moiidaty Herit-
Truly, Locofocoisin died hard.
A trzivelling straiiger was foniid dead in the
barn of Mr. Jniiics Stcveris of D.iiibui°y, on the
Mr. Stevens saw him the
niorning of the Gtli.
evening previous, and provided a plaice ofrepose.
He. said he was 70 years of age, that he had
been in th-e.U. S. Navy, and was now on his
way from \Vasliington to Hartford. N otliing
was found that; would give any clue to his name.
All the toes of his left foot were gone. Two
empty bottles were found, one on his person and
one in his pack, but those who saw him in the
evening previous do not represent him as having
the appearance of a person under the influence
of liquor. A Jui-y’s inquest was summoned,
whose verdict W!1§f_i‘t,§f11flI3i deceased came to his,
death by visitation of God-. if
At the expirutioii of tliclioiir the disclini-gc of:
OfllC0l' was sent on the part offleii. Ainpudia, to
.‘ ipetent authority thtljrwi
As my prediction that John Young would be
'-tli_c wliig iioiiiiiice for Govci'iior this Fall has
‘been fulfilled, I will ll:1Zlll'(lllYl()l"l1Cl-'. predict;
:Ill0n, tliutlie will be elected Governor. llewill
gain no easy victory. The power of the Na-
,t'zonul and State G0\'(‘.l‘Illl10llfS will be throwii
into the scale agiiiiist him. fvloiiey wrung from
oflice—lioldcr.-s and office-seekers will be freely
used to secure his defeat. The friends of Silas
\Vi'i«rlit; will strain every iiervo to defeat him,
ti.-d Governor, Mr. ll—’i'iglit never can receive the
ll()ll1lllZlll0ll of tlie locofocosyfor the Presidency.
Men will say, and truly, too, if Mr. Wriglit can
not be elected Governor in his own state, what
cliiince has he of being elected to the Presiden-
cy.
I will briefly state then the grounds upon
which I think the wliigs will be successful. In
the first place Mr. Young will receive the full
vote of his party, and Mr. I-Vriglit will not re-
ceive the coi-diiil support of his. There are
many disappointed office-seekers who will vote
against the latter, and iiiiiny wlioiii he has turn-
ed out ofjoffice. The Calhoun rnen—thoso
who are desirous of making Mr. Calhoun the
next President would willingly defciit Mr.
\Vi'iglit and thus kill him off for the Presidency_
Besides in runny counties there is a serious divis-
ion in tho locofoco ranks. The breach is wide-
Tlio quarrel has been so bitter that reconcilia-
tion is out of the question. ,
Then again a very heavy vote will be thrown
in favor of Mi‘. Young in the anti-rent districts-
Mr. \Vriglit is cordially hated by -tlie anti-rent-
ers, and they will do their utmost todefent him,
I have not spoken at all of the national ques-
tions which are to operate upon the election.
The Mexican war and the unholy object for
which it is waged—tho overthrow of the protec-
tivo tarilf—the re-ciiiictiiient of the odious, sub-
treasury bill—tlie usurpatioiis of the Executive
—nll these subjects will have their effect upon
' the minds of thinking men. Loeofocoism can-
not sustain the weight of Polk’s mal-adminis-
traitioii. It is a burden too heavy to be borne
But we can best tell who will be governor.
af'.er election. Perhaps it will be better to wait
till that time and now turn to other matters.
'1‘lio City is filled with strangers, many of
whom are attracted here by the F air‘ of tho
American Institute. This is said to surpass all
the previous Fairs in the variety and number of
articles exhibited. These exhibitions certainly
have ii good effect in stimulating the genius of
Americans to new inventions, and exciting in spir-
it of emulation still further to improve upon every
thing tliut adds to the comfort and convenience
of man. The American Instituie as its name
indicates, is American. Its object is to reward
American talent: and developo the resources of
this country. It does not, like Polk’s adminis-
tration. seek to advance the iiitcrests of foreign-
ers and crush the labor and résources of the U.
States, but cxtcndsa helping hand to all who
are striving to make us independent of Et1.f<Apou
an labor. Success to it.
The news from Europe had its usual effect
upon speculation. Last year some of the heiiv-.
iost flour houses in the city were ruined by spec-.
ulution. Their losses are now all forgotten.
The same game-. is played over again. IvI'n-..
doubtedly there is a grant failure in the potatoe-
crop of‘ Ireland‘. The crops on the Continent
are nlso cut off to it considerable extent. But;
the reports thus far do not warrant the advance-
iu gi'ai.ii which followed upon the arrival of tho-
Grcitt \Vestorii. In fact the news by the Boss
ton steamer damped the eagerness of specula-.
The business men of this city are in too.
They cannot bear
tors.
great haste to make money.
to labor and accumulate slowly and surely.--.
Tlioy must: get rich in ii. year or it few yearsvat.
most. Hence their operations partake more of’
gambling, than legitiinate business transactions,
There is rather too much go-ahead in the‘Amel'-
lean CI1tl1‘l1Ct01'. A cross with the Dutchwould
considerably improve. the breed.
The Episcopal Convention of this Diocese
was in session here last; Week. and adjourned‘on
Saturday. After a warm discussion the sum
of $2500 a year‘ was given to the'Bjshop,.sal_iject
to the action of thgjrgéheml ,_conventip,i,) re,»
turned in case it shall-be deterrninedl liy?§~._com--
isnot eniiciiunoic. -‘The
for tliey-well know that if Mr. Young is elec— T
of apple blossoms,l.picked ‘from a tree on his '-
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