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NUMBER 385-NEW’. SERIES.
\Vill doubtless be referred to in coming time as a year of
ACTIvlTYiitSaiiiLuisI’otosi.
IE" NORWALK,
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more particularly at the
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stockists a. esiis, sass si. assaults,
\VI-IICII has already becomeso no noted for Ri~:.u. Ixnucimnsrs proffei-ed to, and ac-
cepted by its numerous customers.
It is with feeling s akin to pride, but with more of gratitude, that the subscriber here ten-
ders his thanks to those friends who have helped to sustain him in this enterprise, by their lib-
Omj Into,-mire 1111.} good wi1l—(in the abseence of the first, the latter goes fiir,) for the short time
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he has been a candidate for their favors, modestly continuing his solicitutions for their libei ality
in the future.
It is perhaps a misfortune that this stand has not the advantages ('l) of one of the maiiyliigli
sounding cognomeus so much in y,'0(1ue——-“I‘I(‘i'l(I Quarters,” dcc. yet “what virture IS there in a
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name.”
\Ve must needs be content with seeking a reputation for character. integrity, true merit, by
which we expect to stand or fall ; be judged by the people.
flew %§,or'1:r:a.g Goods
are brain; alm.-is: weeklv added to the already large stock on hand, so that purchasers may rely
upon finding atfaii-prices. Il0fl1‘l.Y 9"‘?
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ry tliiiig to satisfy their wants in the line of
GOODS at \VARD'S.
April 1st 1847 For eycci/icalions of Goods see inside arlecrtisciiients.
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SAEBE}LE§, IE.-1R?:'HJS§EZ§, 5&0-
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UBLIC Attention is invited to the lai'ge and
elegant assortment of Harnesses, Saddles,
Bridles, \Vhips. Trunks, «Sic. to be found at the
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establishment of the subscribei, embracing, as it,
does every variety of article and style of manu-
facture. Among the lot are several sets of
double Harnesses, which are worthy the atten-
tion of those fititng out pleasure equipages.—
There are also several very light and tlll'_V.SlDgle
harnesses, designed for neatness but manufactur-
ed ofthe best materials, and eiiib1'acing the double
merit of security and tastefulness. Lvery article
needed in the line, may be found here. Of the
best quality, and on very moderate terms. Re-
pairing as usual. “'51- B- S“'-‘--‘''-
Norwolk, July 29, 1846. 18
B}2Ul3l\"S
‘THE undersigned would respectfully inform
his friends that he has on hand a few choice
Horses fir. Carriages which he will let on
very reasonable terms. He intends to keep
none but the best kind of horses, and having pur-
chased a number of New Carriages and Harnes-
ses of fashionable and genteel styles, he would
invite those who may want: an establisliinent a
little superior to those usually kept in a counnoii
livery stable to give him a call.
MARCUS BRUEN.
Noi-walk, Nov. 2, 1846.
Cl{l3AP!
ENRY Handes has just received his stock
I: of Fall and \Vinter work, which is unusu-
ally large. "superior and cheap. Men’s Boots,
Shoes and Brogans, and womens and childroiis
shoes comprise the leading articles of his assort-
ment.
India Rubbcrs.—A fine assortment of various
sized India Rubbers suitable for men, women
and misses. Those who call first will stand the
best chance. They will be found as cheap as
they are superior. Oct. 5, 1846..
NEW CROCIKERY
~AT PECFQS BRANCH STORE.
JUST Received a large and splendid assort-
ment which will be sold cheap for Cash.
Oct. 13. 1846.
Wanted Immediately
0 More Shirt Hands. The highest
prices in CASH or trade will be
_paid on delivery of the work at
M. \VAKi-:MAN’s
In the store formerly occupied by J. A. Weed.
Norwalk.
SPIIING ARR.-lN(}ElVIENT9
Commencing Saturday, Jliarcli. 6th, 1847.
PORT CHESTER, ROCKY NECK,
STAMFORD AND NOR VVALK.
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The New and Splendid Steamboat
CATALINE, Capt. Curtis Peck, Jr.
'VVill leave New York from the Pier east side
Catharine Market Slip, as above every after-
noon, at two o'clock, Sundays excepted. Re-
turning will leave Norwalk at seven o’clo;k,
Stamford at 8, Rocky Neck at half past 8, and
Port ‘Chester at quarter before 9.
Stages will be in readiness at the Landing to
convey passengers to Westport, Southport, Fair-
field, Bridgeport. Danbury, Ridgefield, N ew-
Cunaan and Wilton.
E? All persons are forbid trusting any indi-
vidual on account of this boat or her owners-
New York, March 6th, 1847.
ROCl{BRY—A handsome assortment
just received, and for sale cheap.
Geo. W. SMITH.
Anrann KNAPP.
South N01-walk, Feb. 9, 1846.
,lNGlIAMS.—-Some choice styles of
Scotch and French Ginhams are now of-
fered to the Ladies of Norwalk, also a beautiful
article of Ginghams at 12 1-2 cts. the yd. 1 yard
wide, by J. MALLORY 65' CO.
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EL.-‘ASK SIi§l'l‘}{’S COAL
at the §.‘toam Boat Laniztling
SOUTII NORVVALK.
711 L. 6;. J. R. PECK will be dischzirgiiig
0 this week a cargo of Superior Black-
sin'itli’s Coal ; those in want of the above Coal
ill do well to call and exainine the same.
i V \ I-IE subscriber keeps constantly on liand,aii
assortment of Shaker‘s herbs and prepar-
ations, viz: Sage, Suminor Savory, Digitalis,
Fennel and Masterwort Seed, Thyme, Ex’t.
Dundalion, Cicuta, Belladoiina,‘Gurtian, &c.
Canary and Hemp Seed,,for stile by
J. A. \Vr.ii:n.
Sellecks Line.
\'5’cst side he Bridge.
THE Sloop Mary
A. Selleck, Capt. Gru-
man, will commence
her \Veekly Trips for , 4- ._ .
New York on Tuesday the 16th of March. and
the Domestic, Capt. iVIerrill, on the Saturday
following N. SELLECK.
Norwalk, March 0, 1847.
For New York!
THE sloop JULIA has coiii-
menced her reguliir trips and will
leave the Landing at Five Mile
River on Tuesday evening, 30th of
March, and New York on Saturday, April 2d,
and will continue to sail on Tuesdays and Sat-
urdays of the season. I“i'eiglitand produce will
be conveyed as usual on the most farorable terms.
For freight or passage apply to the captain on
board or at the store on the landing.
VV. C. SAHMIS.
Five Mile River, March 29th, 1847.
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Heyezr s P1115.
THE AMERICAN IMPROVED
Ilygcian Vcgi-table lilcslicine.
THESE Pills are one of the best Medical Com-
pounds in use at the present day._ As a common
family pliysic, for adininistraloii in all temporary
complaints of the stoniacli and bowels, head-ache,
colds, &c. they may be fully depended upon, and a
prompt use oftliem on the first appeariuice of indis-
osition will inv:iriably save much sickness. They
are peculiarly adapted to all cases of weakness and
general dcbi|ily—any derangement of the system,
and especially with feinalcs——and a steady, uninter-
rupted use of them, in strict conformity with the di-
rection.-: will very soon restore the organs of the
stomach to their natural tone and action, and regu-
late the bowols,and renovate the w'nole system.
There is no dispositton to give extravagant com-
memlations of them. What is here stated, is the re-
sult of actual experience with them, and that through
ii period offiftecn years. It is not supposed. or pre-
tended, that they will raise the dead! neither are
they designed to be used as we use our food ! Such
is not the true purpose of medicine. Its only op-
propriate office is to assist nature in restoring the
systeiii to a proper tone and action, when unavoid-
ably, or through carelessness or excess, it becomes
deranged. Many are careless and hence need this
aid. And the niostcarefulareliable to irregularities
of the system. It is needless almost to say, that a
prompt use of safe and effective remedies, on the
first appearance of illness, is the part of wisdom.
Such :1 Medicine the Proprietor knows these
ills to be. And he is certain that in forty nine ca-
ses out offifty, where ii fair trial is made according to
the dii'ections,the_y will be used again as a standard
medicine. He has never known an instance, where
they have been thus used, in which they have not
met with unqualified approval!
Numerous testimonials may be seen at the general
Office of sale, and references will be given to sub-
stantialliying witnesses of their valuable curative
properties.
The Pills are purely vegetable, are of two kinds,
stimulant and purgiitive. purifying the blood, and
producing a healthy action through the entire sys-
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eminently useful in all lingering complaints—\Veak-
ness, General Debility, Dyspcpsy. Pulmonary Af-
factions, Liver Complaints, Rlienmatie and Spas-
niodic Afli-ictious. Female Complaints, Palpitations.
Nofamily, after a fair trial, will bewithoutt/Lem.
They are putup in FIFTY CENT & DOLLAR
packages, eacli linving a phamphlet embracing a
valuable Treatise on Disease, with full directions for
use. The Dollar packages are the cheapest to the
purchaser.
As you value llealth—-Try Them !
" ” From a personal knowledge of, and use
of the above Medicine in my family.for about 15
years,I can commend it in the most unqualified
manner. P. PRICE.
Sold by NOAH S. BAILEY, west side the
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VoL*UME 30—NUMI3ER 14.1
ls’ O E T I? Y-
From i‘/Le Ymi/ccc .'l’)ao¢/lc.
RETUR N OF QSAN TA ANNA.
g_As sung by a high official character at a Cabi-
' iict Council, held on the receipt of the news that
Santa Anna had organized an Army of 30,000,
Air—“Ror’s \Virx:.”
]lIe.rz'co’s great Santa Anna,
.Kec/1, car:/5-/z'g/Lting Sarita Anna,
lllbt ye, /Low lie c/it-atcd me,
l«VIu:’n he left the gay Havaizcz .7
He vow‘d, he swore, lie wad. be mine,
He said he lo’ed me best of onie,
IIe won my hciirt-—lic‘d won my cash,
Had it not been for Yankee Jolinie!
Millions twain shining gold,
Jle begged in sweet, persuzisivejmaniicr,
And Califoriiia should be ininc-—
A present from my Santa Anna.’
\Vliu can doubt his promise fair,
Such cliarniing_/ides ll/Icricamz .7
I ask’d my Congress for the cash,
And sent a pass for Santa Anna!
Oli, he is a canty chicl,
And well in war can flaunt his banner,
Thousands brave will rue the hour,
I gave our fee his Santa Anna!
IIis speech site smooth, his need sue small,
The iiiony lands he said he’d gie me!
To me he ever will be dear,
Although he's bilk’d and left his Jeniniy?
Oh the ciaiziziiig Santa Anna,
Ifccn, coclc-_/ig/ztiiig Santa Anna,
How the inguc outwitlccl me,
IV/zen he left the gay Iiuvana .7
Iiiimortiil M.-incr ! fniiie has spread afar [furtli;
Two acts of thine when shone thy judgment
At seat of honor and at seat of war
How well you estiinate n Taylor’s worth.’
Judy.
MISCELLANY.
VILLAGE GOSSIP.
\Vho’d ha’ thought it, Mrs. Dobbsl
You don't say so, i\lrs. Dobbs?
Oh, but it's quite true. It must be.
Besides, VVilliam heard it at the burber’s
shop.
\/Vell now; do you know I always had
my suspicions—-tliere was always a some-
thing—a wliat do-ye-call it sort of a look
about the Browns, which I never liked.
They say it was all along of the railways.
But \\'l)el.l1el‘ or no, that's the fact. Jolin
Brown’s shop is shut upgthis morning.
Depend upon that.
Well, well, rejoined Mrs. Dobbs, its no
more than I have always said it would
come to. They have always lived above
their position. As Dobbs, my husband
often said to me—Nancy, says he, mark
my words, for all that them Browns hold
up their noses like conceited peacocks as
they are, pride will have a fall.
And such going on, Mrs. Dobbs to be
sure: such goings on. Pzirties, parties,
parties, from Monday till Snturday—tlie
best joint at the butclier’s, the crustiest
loafat the baker's, always bespoke for the
Browns. Well, they must be content with
scrags of mutton now.
If they can get evx n them. For as
Dobbs, my linsband, says, they will be sold
out and out——dowii to the baby’s go-cart.
Deary me, deary me!
Only to think. How different it was
this time last year, Mrs. Dobbs, to be sure.
Mrs. Brown, with her new velvet dres-
scs; finest Genoa—and Mr. Brown with
his new gig, and Master Broun, with his
new pony, and Emma Brown, with her
new Polka jacket.
And even the errand boy, with lace
around his hat, Mrs. Dobbs.
But everybody could see what was coin-
ing. It could not go on so forever.-
Tliiit’s wliutl said. But Brown was al-
ways such a rash man.
Never would take any body’s advice but
his own; there, it was no later than
Wednesday week, when my husband,
Dobbs, civilly asked him in the most neigh-
borly way in the world, if he wanted a
little conversation with a friend about his
affairs, like, as they were going backward
visible-—what do you think the brute said’!
Dobbs, said be, you and your wife go
chattering about the parish like a couple
of human magpies, only the birds’ instinct
.is better than your reason. Ugh—the
lbrute l ‘
Brute, indeed, Mrs. Dobbs—you may
‘well say that Bird’: instinct, forsooth!
Set him up to talk of reason. Had be
reason enough to keep himself out of the
Gazette’!
I should not be surprised, Mrs. Dobbs,
{though he were to take to drinking.
|' And as for the matter of that my dear
,-—'l‘liompson told Green, who told Jones,
who told our Becky, who told Dobbs, that
[Brown was seen coming out of the White
Hart this very morning.
Drunk, of course.
W,ell,I don’t know exactly; but I think
.it is much more likely he was drunk than
that lie was sober.
Vlfell, well; its poor Mrs. ‘Brown that I
pity. I’m sure I shan’t have a wink of
Tplleep all this blessed night, a thinking of
er.
Poor woman, I’m sure I feel for her.
Not that she was ever much better than him.
They do say--but I don’t know of my
own knowledge, you see; and I’m the last
person in the world to slander anybody
behind anybody’: back-—but they do say,
not that I believe it——that before they.
came to our parish, there were reports-
sort of insinuations, curious stories like,
I don't know- the rights of it—sometbing
about-a cousin of Mrs. Brown’s,a band-
some man in the haberdasliery line; but
I dare say its all iionzron.-e——-only of course
there are some people who will talk.
There no\v—-who’d ha’ thought it. Did
you ever’! But there was always some-
thing very hold about Mrs. Brown : I've
seen it often.
\Vliat I hope is that Emma won’t take
after her mother-——poor tliing—that’s all.
Oh, as for that, bless yon——like parent
lil.'e——but I say nothing. No, no! nobody
ever heard Nancy Dobbs. _i\'lum is my
world——inpm. \Vlialtj say, is that) people
ougit to (cop poop e s tongues etwccn
peoplc’s teeth; that’s all. Emma Brown!
——ba, ha, ha I Lord bless you.—Ptoplc’s
Jotlrlzal. Q
ThojKuickcrb0cker Ma guzinc———the oldest,nud
on many accounts the best of the nionthlys, con-
trives to introduce into its “Gossip with readers
and correspondciits” some of the best stories a-
float The following anecdotes are taken from
the March number.
They tell an excellent story ofBurcha.r:l,
the rcvivalist; of what happened at the
close of one of his meetings. He was in
the habit of addressing his congregation
in this wise: “I am no iv going to pray;
and I want all that desire to he prayed for,
‘or to have any of their friends who are
absent prayed for, to send up their names
on a piece of paper.” On the occasion to
which we refer, there was at once sent up
to the desk quite apile of little slips of
pap r, with the names of persons on whose
behalf be was to “wrestle,” as he said,
“with the Almighty.” A pause soon en-
.sued, when he said: “Seiid’em upl send
’em up! I can pray for five thousand just
as easy as I can pray for a dozen. Send
’em up! If you liavii’L any paper, get up
and name the friend you want prayed for.”
At this stage of the proceedings a man
whom we shall call Oziel Biggs, a stalwart
person of six feet and a half in his stock-
ings,a notorious unbeliever and a contirmcd
wag to boot, rose in the midst of-the con-
gregation, a mark for all, and amidst the
winks and becks and smiles of the auditory
said, “Mr. Bnrcliard, I vi'a.rit you to pray
for Jim 'I hompson.” The reverend peti-
tioner saw, from the excitement in the
audience, that Oziel was a “hard case.”
“VVhat is your name,.sir7. and who is Mr.
Thompson?" “ll’s Jim Thompson; he
keeps a tavern down in Thompsonville, and
I keep a public house a little below him.
He is an infernal scoundrel, and I want you
to give him a lift.” “But,” said Mr. Bur-
cliard, “have you faith in the efficacy of
prayer’! Do you believe in the power of
petition"! ’ “That’s n'itber here nor there,’
responded Oziel; “1 want you to try it on.
him I”
The following illustrates to a great extent the
improvement ofDutch justices by crossing them
on the Yankee. Time was when a Dutch bur-
gomaster was the butt of all the jokes for miles
round; by an infusion of Eastern blood they
have beconie, like English “thorough breds,”
superior to the original stock :
A notorious scamp was brought not long
since before an Onondaga justice of the
peace, charged with the high misdemean-
or of gambling. He was accused of hav-
ing “come the strap-game” over a native.
The portly justice wishing to decide un-
d--rstangly, requested the culprit to give
him a sample of his skill. “The party”
instantly produced a leather strap, gave it
in scientific whisk across the bench and
remarked: “You see, judge, the quarter
under this strap 1” “VVhat. interrupted
the dignified functionary; “do you mean
to say that there is a quarter tliere’l”
“Sartin !” was the reply. “No such thing,”
said the justice. “I'll go you a dollar on
it,” said the prisoner. “Agreed !" ex-
claimed the bench. With accustomed
adroilness the strap was withdrawn, when
lo! there was the quarter! “Well,” said
the astonished shallow, "I woiild’nt ha’
believed it ifl hadn’t seen it with my own
eyes! There is your dollar; and you are
fined five dollars for gambling, contrary to
the statute in such case made and provi-
ded!” The elongated countenancce of
the discomfited gambler required no addi-
tional evidence to testify his appreciation
of “the suck.”
Old Kuick’s own stories are very hard to heat,
but he has no jealousy of those who attempt to
rival him. On the contrary, he is very keen in
scouting out “a good thing” in a cotemporary
and as prompt in rendering “unto Caesar the
things which are C'.esar’s.” VVitness the fol-
lowing:
That is a capital anecdote of “Kentuck"
in the Spirit of the Times, illustrating the
thickness and insensibility of a negro’s
heel. Ten or twelve “color’d pussons”
were sneezing in one of their cabins with
their feet to the fire, when one of them
suddenly exclaimed: “I smell afoot a-burp-
ing l” Presently he added, anxiously:
“Who foot that a-burnin 1” Receiving no
answer, he reiterated the question with
still more emphasis: “Who foot that fi-
bnrning, I say’! Dat yourn, Cuff!” Still
no answer; when, drawing himself up, he
reached bi’: band toward his feet, and ex-
claimed: “Jlly foot burnin’, by golly !”
and quietly stretched himself out to sleep
again.
VVith one more joke, rather far-fetched but
with the true soul of witin it, and we will “have
done.”
“I was complaining the other evening,”
remarked a friend to us not long since,
“of being greatly annoyed by some villain-
ous dogs,’ whose nightly bowling: had
kept me awake until 2 or 3 o’clock every
morning for a week; when one of my lis
teners observed, ‘Why, ,
yourself of them. VVhy don't you take :1
upon a piece of meat, and throw it over’
to them .7 You'll find it’ll fix ’em before
morning.’ ‘Vox Populi!’ said I; don’t you
mean something else’! Is n’t it .l\"ua:i
Vomica? ‘IV-e ll, y-e-s, I guess that is it ’"
'l he ieader will not be long in inferring
that it could‘nt have been “anytliigig else.”
The Closing of Lz_.'fe.-—Ofall the periods
and events of life, the concluding scene is
of the deepest Interest to the person him-
self, and to surviving spectators. Viiiious
are the ways in wliicli it.‘ comes, and vari-
ous the aspects it presents; but in all it is
solemn. What can be more so than the
approach of that moment, which to the
dying man is the boundary between time
and eternity !——wliich concludes the one
and commenc‘es the other—wliicli termi-
nates all his interest in this world, and
fixes his condition fgr a never ending exis-
tence in tlie.\vorld unknown’! What can
be more so than those moments of silent
and indescribable anxiety, wlien the last
sands of the umbcred hours are running;
when the beat of the heart has become
too languid to be felt at the extremities of
the franie——when the hand returns not the
gentle pressure—-when the limbs lie still
and motionless—-when the eye is fixed, and
the ear turns no more towards the voice
of consoling kindness——when the breath,
before oppressive and laborious, becomes
fecbler and fcebler till it dies slowly away
—and to the listening ear there is no
sound amidst the breathless silence—nor
to the arrested eye, that watches who the
unmoving look of thrilling solicitude for
the last symptoms of remaining life, is mo-
tion longer perceptible-—when surround-
ing friends continue to speak in whispers,
and to step through the chamber on the
tiptoe of cautiousness, as if still fearful of
disturbieg him-——whom the noise of n thou-
sand thunders could not now sturtle—\\'ho
has fallen into that last sleep, from which
nothing shall rouse him but “the voice of
the archangel and the trump of God!”
The National Intelligencer is struck by the
efibrt ofthe Polk men to kill off Gen._ Taylor,
with the similarity of alike effort recorded in
the annals of Lilliput:
“Our readers,” say the Editors, “who
have not been so accustomed as we are
to refer to the annals of Lilliput as con-
Stflmly elucidating the manners, habits,
and morals of politics and politicians, will
allow us to suppose that they have not
read, or have forgotten how, when Capt.
Lemuel lmd lived some time among the
mimfillilnsi the Emperor of diminutives
Wanted help in a very foolish and wicked
war that be had got into with another pig.
niian state state. So he gave Lemuel the
C°mmlS5'0" Of Generalissimo and sent him
to lead an ‘army of occupation’ into Blef.
iiscu, the country of his enemy, \Ve need
hardly Say what was the event: Quinbus-
fies‘-“D. (the man-mountain,) by a single
m“Sle"lY Stroke, utterly discomfitted Ble-
{"50", and reduced that republic to sue
for 7‘ Peace on any terms. Great was the
you can easily rid:
little V01.‘ Pliptll.’ said he-, ‘and sprinkle ii,‘
A living cofection of rare and curious‘
plants has been received from Tampico,
and placed in the national conservatory
at the Patent Office. They are a present
from Major General Patterson. ’
The Ohio Cultivator believes‘ that the
wheat crop throughout the State was much
injured by the winter.
Captain Yenton, of the packet ship Ox.
ford, surprised his owners by packing’ B
surrounded with ice. He writes home that
he took his fresh pork to Manchester, and
made a profit'of' seventy per cent, by his
speculation.
On 'l'huri-day week, near one-fourth of
the village of Alexandria, Ky., was consu-
med by fire.
The Liberia Packet will sail on her sec-
ond voyage from Norfolk, Va., for Men-
rovin, and other ports in Liberia, about
the lot of May, or as soon after her return
from the present voyage as she can be
got ‘ ready, and will accommodate all
emigrasts who may be ready to go at that
time.
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Important from the Army.-
REPULSE OF SANTA ANNA !‘
Three Days Fig/zting.
Dates from the Brazos to the 10th inst.-
bring renewed rumors of severe fighting
between Gen. Taylor and Santa Anna, and
oftlie defeat of the latter with great loss.»
The news from General Taylor, brought
by the Win. C. Preston, says the N. 0.
Delta, is most cheering. The intense
anxiety created among our citizens by the
many alarming rumors which have cir-
culated tlii-ough the country, relieved it-
selflast enening, in one universal expres-
sion ofjoy and proud confidence in the
superiority.
From Capt. Brown, a passenger in the‘
Wm. C. Preston, we gather, says the New
Orleans Delta, of the 21st. the following
particulars of the reports most generally
received at the Brazos.
Gen. Taylor was 'uttacl-:ed by Santa‘
Anna at Agua Neuva, and of.er a sharp
battle fell back, in good order, to the vi-
cinity of Saltillo. Here he was again at-
tacked by Santa Anna, and a sharp engage-
victorious. Continuing his retreat in good
order, Gen. Taylor fell back to Monterey,
where he arrived in safety. Safely en-
trenched there, and finding Santa Anna
would not attack him, Gen. Taylor sallied
out against Santa Anna and gave him‘ but-
tle.
A long'n:id severe conflict ensued, which
terminated in the total defeat of Santa
Anna, with a very heavy loss. The loss
i-i reported to be between 4000 and 5000.
This may be exaggeration, but when it is
considered that Gen. Taylor had "twenty
pieces of flying artillery, splendidly offi-
cered and managed. We venture to predict
that the Mexican loss has been very heavy.
Capt. Brown states that all the points
I0)’ lhrough Lilliput; mightily did the pn-
ny m0D=N‘Cll and his small grandees swell
at the success of their invincible arms.
Quite civil were they for a full week, to
Qiiitbusflestriii; they actually brevetcd
lllms and gave him an additional ration.
P"‘35‘~‘mlY: however, they bethought them
of the natural enmity of low against high,
of an inch against a foot; they reflected
that people might be struck with the ad-
vantages of possibly having a man six ft
high to reign over them; and so they got
up articles of attainder against him, alleg-
ing that he had not sufficient respect for
the Emperor; that he ought in the last
battle, to have exterminated Blefuscu ;—
that the services he had rendered made it
clear that he was dangerous to the Court;
all which considered, these wise, brave,
and grateful little statesman voted, unani
mosly, that he, Quinblusflestrin, was a pub-
‘lic enemy; should have his eyes put out,
in order to revive his patriotism and should
finally be starved to death as a warningto
all future men of stature who might be
‘ foolishly disposed to render signal service
to the country.”
The Washington Union says that “this
country does not tread in the beaten track
of other nations.” Tbat’s a fact. If, after
expending a hundred millions in a war to
punish a neighboring nation for rpbbing
us and refusing to make pecuniary ipdem-
nification, we pay that nation three millions
of d0]|,,,-3 to make peace, we shall exhibit
an orz'gz'nalz't_i/ of conduct that will excite
the astonishment of all the nations of the
earth, if not their admiration.‘ We do not
think that any of them will be very likely
to charge us, so far as this matterqis con-
coi-ned,with “treading in. Ilieir beaten tracl_c.”
Prentice.
Co-w:'ali1zg E:rtraor(Iir.ary.—The N. 0.
Delta gives an account of a flogging scene
in which one of the genus homo suffered
“some” from a vigorous application of a
cowhide in the bands ofa lady. It appears
the lady who is married and highly respec-
table, considered berself insulted by the
gentleman on a recent occasion, and while
in company with her brother yesterday,
she met him and applied the lash while
the brother held the victim. The parties
were all arrested on the spot, and, after
on examination were bound over, each in
the sum of $1000, for their appearance
before the First Dist. Court.
on the Rio Grande are in hourly appre-
hension of being attacked by the Mexi-
cans. At Camnrgo, especially, the num-
ber of Mexicans hanging about the out-
skirts of the town had created considera-
ble anxiety and vigilance among our troops
There were about 1200 troops at Cnmargo.
Capt. Hicks, who commands the steam-
boat Warren, in the government employ
on the Rio Grande, came passenger in the
Wm. C. Preston, and gives the following
corroboraitve information. Capt. H. brings
intelligence from Camargo to the 5th ins!.,
at which place information had been re-
ceived from a Mexican who had just arrived
from the interior, that a collision had
taken place at Buena Vista, Saltillo and
Monterey, between the forces of Santa
Anna (number 23,000) and those of Gen.
Taylor.
The conflict was stubborn and sanguin-
ary on both sides, the enemy suffering
immeasurably; but Gen. Taylor finding
himself too hotly pressed on all sides, by
a force greatly outnumbering his own, re-
tired before the enemy in good order and
made good his retreat to Monterey, spiking
six pieces of ordnance, and leaving at Sal-
tillo some 30,000 rations, which have fal-
len into the enemy’s hands.
The different engagements are laid to
have occupied the space of three days.
The enemy followed closely upon Gen.
Tziyloi-’s retreat until he arrived at Monte-
rey, where the battle was renewed, our
forces gaining advantage over the enemy,
forcing him to precipitately retire, when
tillery, and a squadron of dragoono, press-
ed themwarmly home, creating such im-
mense havoc in their routed columns, that
den over in piles “three deep.”
The enemy was pursued for 18 miles
on the Saltillo road, having suffered in all
the engagements to the amount of 5000
killed, wounded and missing. Gen. Tay-
loi-’s loss is saii to be 1100. , .
At the last advices, Santa Anna is said
to have been endeavoring to rally his for-
ces for another desperate onslaught, while
Urrea had fallen in Gen,-:__,';[‘aylor’s rear,
near Pass a Victoria, wiilvf'"8000 cavalry,
and an irregular force of roncheros, for
the. purpose of impeding reinforcements
and cutting of all communications between
Monterey and Camargo. Gen. Taylor is
confident that he can maintain his position
untikadequate assistance may arrive.’
square box ofi deck, full of dressed hogl, -
ment ensued, in which Gen‘ Taylor was -
Gen. Taylor, with a battery of flying ar- .
the slain are represented to have been rid- 0.
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