American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper., 1846-07-13

cent brevet promotions in the army, says the 6
Philadelphia Times, no one has been more
merited than that of Lieut.. Randolph kidg- l
ley, who was next in command to the gloIious
Ringgold at Palo Alto:
In private letter from an officer who was
present, we procure the following characteristic
conversation between May and Ridgley, whlch {
occurred the moment before Mays gaiIant
charge. When May was ordered to charge
and take the enemy artillery, the smoke was
so thick that he could not tell where they were
He rode up TO Ridgley and cried out, '"heies
their battery, Randy"
nJust ride out of nv line little and l'll hnd
,em for YOU, Charley" said RIdgley, instantly
| firing his battery in their supposed dlrectlon'
The enemy at once returned the fire, sweeping
Ridoley's command with terrible effect
There they are Charley, now go r!'' sa,u
Ridgley, and "Charlcy" did ego IT." with "a
vindictive rush" :,
Ofall the young officers that were engaged
in the Florida war, none distinguished Them
selves more than did Randolph RidgIey' On
one occasion in the Ockawaha Swamp, with
a small party of men, he was attacked Dy
} large body of Indians who were posteo III
thick hammock on the opposite bahk OF
creek. The men recoiled before the dreaGIui u,
fire of the foe and turned to run "Cowaros:
5 cried Ridgev, "will you see your officer whip
D tbcm alone?1 and spurred his horse into full
speed and charged alone across the creek anna
: nerfact shower of bullets. His scorniul APP
d neal and gallant conduct terminated the hylng
s soldiers. tLey turned and joined him with
e hearty and fearless cheer In a moment more'
IS n II that lived of the enemy were flying ihto
y the far recesses of the swamp. Ridgley now
d hears several honorable marks of the enemy S
,r rrowess in that war He is Baltimorean, has
!, 3 brother in the U. S. Navy, who is also "a
Is chin of the same block" Another of his gal
a. lant brothers, Lieut. in the Navy, was accl'
y dentally killed about years since.
ir THE WEArHERIN New YORK. Friday last
ry it is SAID, was the hottest day known in Ne"
York, for several days The True sun says
o. "At in the morning the mercury had go
~ =. nearly up to 80 deg, in some places qui'e 81
~ the sky was cloudless, and the sun slioiie d.
N ten days' shine was to be done up IN one "a
m AN IS was the mark, and the qulcksll
'er yer going up. CorPulent persons mauu,' aa,s :
loi home and shut themselves in the easements
"o oftheir houses. and lean men had leaning |
wv tho shady side Of the street. Cool drinks Wef
Va Va in demand, though we are glad to see grea
'ne c,ution in the use of ice water. Noon cam
'ho and the thermometer marked from w 10 ga
lols The streets were almost deserted; ana tio
ised ,ho mere obliged to be abroad, crept aloI
lelp VINO WIZ hot notatoes. Metal butto
you ,nere considered unsafe, and those wearing the
I'LL sought other security for keeping their g
=, meEts in place. Horses fell in the traces,
ulo even human endurance was tasked TO the
l'oi I've most. Still the mercury went up, up up !
oto Ill at or about O'Clock, it reached ntaefy eF
degrees, and held nearly that posiciol ivs ics :.
mi Al oacI1rn
with nou's' i9 ~, 49, ,,aov arts of the CITY.
loV- come remarkably cool places, this height
when not reacneu, Wv oF the ma ximum heat Of
hei dav. It vas the universal remark thal IL
~, the hottest day ever known in the CITY VI
! a la' late in the evening, it was most insuheFa
airly i"'o ~ III III 49, H. ventured abroad, wall
anu the streets in a state OF pluVous olSsolu'cT
We noticed that myriads Of flies had la
s ad- victims to the heat; and under some OF
shade trees their bodies fairly blaekened
my ground 1t will be long before people 10
,piad anG the 10th of July, 1916"
i gay DEEDS OF BLOOD IN KENTUCKY "A lew
honor ago. in Washington county, Ky, man
you'd ed Mills, killed his lather-in-law, u. McL
ho'd cU% with scythe. The monster cut oil both
essded legs In Spencer county, last week, a man
Wy in killed his othern-law, by striking nj
manu. the head with a stone
,ou ali REMARKABLE. An old negress named
know nah. was sentenced to be hanged on the 80
delgh- in Alexandra, La, for attempting to Pois
10 nv overseer and his wife, named Shetheld'
iGa do and girl who abetted the would-be murt
leemed were convicted, and their punishmen's al
cxpend markable. The boy was sentenced 10
pieae- around his neck five-pound iron colii
twelve months; and the girl to wear a S
. collar and to receive twenty-five lash
" to ex- month for the same period.
ihoa aaaS The QUEEN IN LIVERPOOL, It's ru
{ soce- that the Queen and Prince Albert 10
owe my with Ibrahim Pacha are expected in LlV
ty, nei- an tho last of the present month to Vie
uhtt, doh, gories of the great northern seaport
w;Ioc- ,ar writer in the Now York Mirror,
g mine, ssshould the steamer which leaves Bost
10 you, the 10th of July happen to arrive mere
o,lars@ evening it will be we'll for the paSSeng
soldier. make arrangements for sleeping Oh D'
10. No The hotels are refusing already ten do
:, are my night for a bed. 1t will be rich har'
eac"'ns hotel keepers In fact it will be the m
of saliva pensive treat ever given by the L'VerP
have thorities. 1t will exceed 5000, ooo'"
seivam' oa MAYNARD FORTUNE. In one ofthe
burden, . in this CITY says the New York Sun,
N the car. seen middle-aged woman, whose nj
wing ana full of interest She Isl younger dau!
=. I: ~ a titled English aristocrat, whose estat