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|ner In q dram SnOp, true, OUT Wnag 0oeS'
he try to make Of it, it is this, that I be-
came a candidate on the anti-license ticket,
which is false; for at the time of the cleo
ton referred to, | had no interest in q dram
shop, nor is it true that came out at all;
but he would wish to make this false i'm.
pression in order to destroy any argument
that | may have offered in opposition to the
'crciting act" or my opposition to him
But here let me state, for his satisfaction,
one of the reasons why ] was after "od
Grey only''; tits this: l had good reason to
believe that he advised a certain youth Of
this town to act as a spy upon certain
dram-shop keepers, in order to detect them
in land perhaps tempt them TO- q violation
of the Sabbath, and consequently the law
of the State, with q view to have them in
dicted, and fined. He at church, his spy
watching the grocery keepers, and has
clerks selling goods on Sunday.
But further, he says that in his first ar
Iticle written upon the subject Of a grave
yard he defes malice TO find an offensive
remark" &c. Now, sir, he certainly thought
about the time he penned his second article
that he had given some one a cling, for in
that This second) be says that 'Dispassion-
a tcly's grinning under tie inilictiCn else
rere M5tys, seemed to indicate pleasure
What blows? | ask again.
Only once more, hear him, he says that
| took care in my first, and every other
article written by me, and others, to insin-
uate that he was one of those blind trus-
tees, and that it was in reply to these in
suIting, ungentlemanly, and false insinua-
tons (made in all the articles written BY
me and CMers) that he limited, in his next
{ his first reply to me- that the charge
might have come from an interested source.
"Fndge"-he is as crazy as a bOn-that
large caiJre is certainly incapable Of CON-
pretending the principles that should gov
ern the board-tIIe law cannot enter, and
the offence does not abound, we must there
fore forgive him.
Now Mr.. Editor, let me say to you thatI
am more than thankful tor your forbearancs
with this controversy, and bid you farewell
for the present.
VIM. ENGLISH.
n. B. Please turn old Grey ont to grass
after lie gets through for / may have oc-
casion to 'ide him again, but hope never
so hard. W. +.
Tampico is about 2S0 miles south Of hat
amoras, and nearly the same distance from
Vera Cruz. San Luis Potosi is about lao
miles west of Tampico, situated at tie
head of the same river, the Panuco. The
capture of Tampico, therefore, will give us
easy access to San Luis Potosi, and that
route is tie shortest and bestto the interi-
or, inasmuch as the facilities for forward
ing supplies are greater; our squadron hay
ing control of the Gulf. The occupation of
rdmpico and San Luis Potosi, will cut of
the country on this side, from all connection
with the Central Government, and enable
Gen. Taylor to push forward, if deemed ad-
.visable, with a better base for his opera
tions. The present season IS favorable TO
these movements, and our troops can now
advance from Matamoras on the southern
route without fear ofSicknesS. The move
ment against Tampico, we understand, was
determined upon by our Government some
time ago, but the danger of losing our for
.ces by sickness in that climate, caused it to
be deferred to the present time. We pre-
sumo, therefore, that supplies and trans
ports are ready for the new expedition.
Gen. Jessup has already gone South to SUI
permitted the operations of his department.,
so that no unnecessary delay may occur.
We wish that Gen. Butler could be placed
in command ofthe Tampico expedition. His
gallant acts at Monterey proved that he
has lost lone of that energy and daring for
which he was distinguished in the war Of
1912. On our northwestern frontier and
subsequently under Gen. Jackson at New
Orleans, he acquired great military skill,
and perhaps no man in the country is bet
ter qualified to command volunteer troops.
Led by him at Monterey, the volunteers
marched up to the very cannon's mouth,
carrying the enemy's batteries by storm,
beating the foe from street to street, over
|leaping baIricades and forcing their way
from house to house. With such a leader
the volunteers would soon be in possessions,
of Tampico, and prepare to hurry forward
either to Vera Cruz or San Luis Potosi, as
circumstances might require. Knowing
his value as an officer, however, Gen, lay