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A Fandango.

A correspondent Of the Boonsic (Mo)
Times, writing from Santa Fe, gives the follow
ing postica description of New Mexican
Fandango:
"you have no doubt more than once seen a
low groggcry Of our large cities, with sanded
floor strewed over with guild, Of tobacco, stumps
of segafs, and an occasional stream Of amber
searching an outlet Well, imagine the visi-
tors usually to be found at such place to be
of rather ! more quiet ord r-tben add some
twenty or thirty dark-eyed, dark-skinned mai.
dens, each wish cigaretta between her lips, a
glass ~ ine eer-chapce brandy Of. ShisLsg---
in the hand which she would occasionally SIP
w'ilst smoking-imagine this and you have a
pretty good idea Of the room and the company
that one findsin Mexican .Fandango" The
music cannot describe; a Spanish waltz
would If could, for il is certainly graceful and
pretty. The fair donnas will dance the cotill-
ion when requested, and with much ease and
grace, too. Their ball dresses resemble ours
with one excepton-that instead Of wearing
the bustle behind, i, is invariably placed before.
Another singularity l observed was, that after
dancing, it is customary to invite your partner
out 10 tax something to drink? danced but
once during the course Of the whole evening
I assure you that dancing with lady-who
answers to every question you ask, "no COM
rende,"is not by any means entertaining nor
agreeable.n
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| CHINESE TREE CoRN.--The handsomest CROP
of Chinese Tree Corn that we have ever had
| the pleasure OF seeing, was at the farm Of
Messrs S. g. G. Hyde, Newton. Il was well
, grown, and perfectly ripe, generally two oil
more good ears to the spear, andit was very
handsome, making most splendid rpearance,
the ears standing FIVE or six feet high, and be-
ing remarkably large and handsome. Its yield
must be very great.
We have before stated that some who cult.
vste this variety of corn think il is superior fol
fodder, whether green or dry, TO any other
kind. Some years ago we gave an account in
! the Yankee Farmer, Of croaaf this corn rails
| ed BY Mr.. willard Eafie, " orcestcr, on which
while green, he kept his working horses foI
months, without grain; by weighing part he
found the produce to be forty tons of green
fodder to the acre. And the crop of corn, on
that allowed to ripen, was one hundred bushels
to the acre
We doubt not that some corn may be obtain
ed of Messrs. Hyde for experiment, and we
advise farmers to try it for fodder; and when
we have warm summer, it may ripen we'll as
a main crop. These crops of which we have
spoken matured perfectly, though that in New
ton was on rather cool soil. They have missed
in pas: seasons, and it probably ripened well,
else they would not have continued it.-Bost
Cuihuator.
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A'ii' ''"a'e S""iSou'y3
Georgetown. Sussex county, Del.
Abolition Nut for the LOcos.

The Locofoco Free Traders of the South
the North; but they Away neglect, like hon.
est opponents TO give both sides of the ques
ton. They never remind us that the Locofo.
cos, without word of fault-fnding from the
Union or any other paper Norih or South, cleo.
ted the abolitonist Morton, Governor of Mas
sachusetts. They never remind US that theil
great apostle of Democracy, Thomas Jefferson
was an abolitonisL They never remind us
that the present editor of the Union went foi
abolition while conducting the Richmond En-
quirer. They never remind US that Wilmot,
the Free Trader of Pennsy vana, in his clause
gainst slavery introduced into Mr.. Folks bri-
berry bill, proved himself the bitter enemy Of
the South. Oh, no! They are too honest to
remind the people of these things. But the
Wing press will do it tor them, and thew can
paddleout of their dishonesty the best way
they can. We have an additional fact to give.
The Locofoco State Convention of New
Hampshire unanimously adopted the following
resolutions:
RESOLVED, That we approve OF the vote of our
Representatives in congress in favor of Mr.
Wilmot's amendment t. prohibit slarery IN
any territory that may be acquired !" .Merieo,"
In tina, same Locofoco State Convention, a
Mr.. Barstow, true blue, introduced series of
A BOLTON resolutions, some of them reading as
follows:
RESOLVED, Tint the genuine love ofliberty,
hatred Of tyranny, and firm resistance to the
further extension of slavery, are essential TO be
cultivated at this time, in order for the Ameri-
can people to remain united, prosperous and
free, under their present happy form of govern
ment. -'
Resolved, That the course pursued BY the
fave party in Congress at its last session, rela-
live TO these three subjects, Texas, Oregon, and
he CALIFORNIA; evinces determination to max
fee territory as small as possible, and slave
territory as large os possible that this is just
subject of alarm to the free States and calls for
he most immediate and determined resistance
Of the further extension Of slavery.
Therefore, be it Resolyedi That slavery
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Number II.

A BAD LoT!-A correspondent of the New
York Evening Post (the lead ng L,cofoco pa
per OF the city, thus speaks of the ticket which
that party has just elected to the Legislature.
The writer, Locofoco also, is giving reason.
why he shall oppose portion Of the ticket.
and says:
81 never scratched ticket, sir, in nv life
The more shame for me, perhaps But mean
to make such beginning on this Assembly
ticket as will atone for my past errors. Gen.
orally have persuaded myself, even when T
knew nothing personally of the candidates
regularly nominated, that the presumption was
IN Their favor. In the present case ,here i.
NO roofn for such belief. Out of the wbole
''1teeh candidates there are scarcely six, who
are not either SO incompetent that they cannot
write five lines of English correctly, or SO bad
in character that would not trust them to co,.
lect for me debt of twenty-five dollars, Tbis
is what l known
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Moral Power.

letter in the United States Gazette says -
zone Of the most potent and formidable aids
of our troops in overthrowing the Mexicans,
when in battle with them, is said to be 'holler.
ing.' An experienced officer, who has served
much in the cause Of Texas, informed me, not
Ion, since, that the yelling aud shouting Of our
troops when rushing into battle with the Mex
truly terrific to our enemies! He said that
some years ago Gen. Woll told him that he
was instructing a regiment Of Mexican SOL
diers in the art of holLering for, he said, when
ever his troops, in an engagement with the
Texans, heard their shout and yell, there was no
doing anything with them! They could be
brought up to the fire of the Texans very well,
and in military order, but the Anglo Saxon
'hollering' broke their ranks and threw them
into the utmost confusion! 1t is reported thai
the perfect storm of yelling and stouting of our
troops in every charge they mude at the battles
of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma did great
execution in breaking the ranks and dispensing
the Mexican forces"
If conquest achieved by such means has
not some little right to be dignifed by the proud
title of victory gained by NOR power, we do
not know what is what. What difference is
there in kind, between the mo-ai power dis
PLAYED in the eloquence Of the stump, the loud
Of the refonner, or the shouting
OF the soldier. There is, we know, vast
difference in quantity and quality, but do they
not belong to the same class-are they not al
exhibitions of moral and intellectual, as dis
tinguished from mere brute physical POweri-
Sat. Er. Pest
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CoMIcALIrIEs.-"A new broom sw eeps clean,
as the widow said when her husband ran off
with all her money.
~ can be no follower OF thine," as the Grip
pie said when the loafer ran off with his crutch.
es.
81 hope give satisfaction," as the pistol ball
said to the wounded duellst
"fm getting up in the world" as the shad
said when drawn out of the water.
"D"nt speak all at once" as the instructor
said to his deaf and dumb pupils
'Ii.ail. welded love,'' as the man said to his
wife when she asked him what was breaking
the windows
"That motion is out of order," as the chair
man of political meeting said, when rowdy
raised his arm to throw an egg
"'m very hard pushed these times,r as the
wheel-barrow said when going up hill with q
load Of stones.
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ought to be prohibited IN all the territories ac-
CURED, or to be acquired and formed into new
States, aud that no State ought scatter to be
admitted into the Union, while il holds any
PARTON of the human race in bondage De
slaves. ISL
Resolved, That any attempt to divide tte
State of Texas into two or more slave States,
should be firmly resisted, and that the division
of Texas or any other Slave State should be
firmly resisted, and that no division OF Texas,
or any other slave State. should be made in
such manner as to increase the number Of
slave-hoding States in the Union.
Resolved, That should the Californiass.ss
scanireday our Government, it should be on
~ upon condition that involuntary sersitude
should be prohibited therein
Resolved. That it is both constitutional and
expedient to abolish slavery in the District Of
Columbia.
Once more and that will be nut large e.
nnugh for the Locos to crack at their leisure.
One Mr.. Gardiner is the locofoco candidate for
Lieut.. Governor of the State of New York. In
1887, he was candidate for the State Senate
This question was plopounded to him: ga re
you in favor Of extending the elective franch-
Use to the colored man, the same as to the
white!'
He answered thus: ~ answer, YES. I am
sensible that the social condition of the blacks
will naturally make them dependent, on the
weather. class of citizens; and this class, viii
individual exceptions, however respectable and
however honest in their views, are not the
class by whom the battle for popular rig his is to
fought and won.
do not deem their numbers or influence in
this State sufficient to justify US in with
holding from them the right ofsufFrage. There
should be no exception to the doctrines of
equal rights without a strong necessity; and
that necessity do not conceive to exist in the
present case'-Iropic.
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BORROWING BABIEs-A curious incident oc-
Cured lately in Boston. A gentleman and
lady IN that city. were blessed with beautiful
child, OF about year old, which attracted
SO much attention from the neighbors. that
the young ladies opposite frequently sent
over to borrow the baby. After being obliged
to send for the-chllJ, Mr., on coming home
to dinner, get out of temper on finding it
gone as usual-''Here Jane" said he address,
ing the nurse, ego over to Misses and get
the baby! give them my compliments, snd tell
them | wish they'd get baby of their own,
and not be obliged to borrow.n
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FlNAN'IERNG.-The Secretary ftho Treasu.
Fy recently made an experimental trip to the ray
0"rons of Wal-street, New York, to induce
them TO take few millions of Goyernmcn n,
promises to pay" and thereby place in his
hands some ''good funds" to defray the current
expenses OF the Administration; but they
were hard-hearted and disregarded the secre-
'afy's cries OF distress except upon their own
cohdltlon-slx per cent interest. This the
secretary refused and in violent passion re-
turned to Washington, and advertised for cash
IN e1cahng &c for Treasury notes, and specified
places where it might be deposited to hi,
credit. But none was forthcoming. and tla
Secretary now advertses for five million loan
at ''r per eent-the very thing he should have
done at first, if money was wanted. This
loan had not, at the latest dates. been talk en-.
but the presumption is that it will be at an earlv
day.
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THE LATE ELECrIoN--The Locofocos take
their rout in Ohio very hard. Many of them
are busy figuring out the cause of their signal
defeat. The Steubenvile Union, the mouth.
piece OF the Hards, attributes it to the exer.
tons Of office-holders in ''the tainted atmos.
phere of Washington City" With this feel.
ing, the Union (whose opinion, owing to it:
peculiar position is of some importanceJ in
dcates to the "Powers that be" at Washing.
ton to make clean sweep of the few remain.
ing Wings and Conservatives in subordinate
clerkships at Washington. Until this is done
sa tie Union
eve, for one, shall not be idle 70 laying in
complaints against the maintaining of GU,
worst enemiesin fat government Offices. And
let the administration believe in time. Lei
them learn wisdom from the fate of Mr.. Van
Buren's, when three-fourhs of the clerk ships
&c, at Washington, were filled with those
who used their power and influence in favor
of the overthrow of the Democracy! Let the
future be weighed by the past! Or the wear
l84S will only be a repetition OF that OF
l840"
How fond of ''the spoils" are these hard Lo-
cofocos.-CIn. Gasette.
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Alta late meeting in Dublin, poor but ra-
Their eloquent Irishman made speech, in which
denouncing the rspacity of the authorizes Of
the realm, he exclaimed-"they begrudge US eren
our rags" The same denunciation would
seem at this time to be particularly applicable
to the authorities of our own country. After
procuring the passage Of law to monopolise
mos, of the specie. and after stigmatising all
bank paper as ''filthy rags" thew make des-
perate effort to borrow four millions Of these
''raes" for their own use Try Bsgrudse ~:
proris crsH heir r7s-- L7,i-rile Journal
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Bombardment Of robasco.

Squadron consisting Of the Mississippi, Com.
Perry; Vixen, Com'r Sands; Bonito, 1t. Cong
Benham; Refer, Lieut.. Sterret; Nonta, 1t.
Haza d; revenue steamer McLane, Capt. How
ard; revenue cutter Forward, Capt. Nones; two
hundred seamen and marines from the Raritan
and Cumberland, under command of Captain
Forrest, Lieutenanls Fest, Winslow, Walsh,
Hunt; Capt. Edison and lieut.. dams of the
Marines. Left Anton Lizardo on the 10th Oc-
tober, and arrived at Frontera on the 23d. Cap
tured steamers Petrta and l'hasyueno, and Sc
.veral small vessels. Gath and 25th, assembled
the river II miles to Tobn SEQ, tie current very
rapid-towed by the Pe,rita and Vixen-passed
Devils Turn at 2, P. M, landed and spik ed four
24-pounders. a
Arrived off Tabasco arc, P. M, and anchor
ed in line ahead distant $50 yards from The
shore. Summoned the City to surrender
The Governor refused. Fired three shots
from the vixen-one struck the flagstaff Of
the Fort, and as.the colors fell we thought
they had surrendered. An officer came of
with request that we would spare their Hos
pitfalls, which was granted. AT S O'Clock lam
ded 200 seamen and marines, but as it was too
late TO attack fort, they were ordered on board
Some diminishing ensued, bat none of us were
hurt. This was Sunday, and the Commodore
was somewhat reluctant to commence the at
tack on that day. Captured one br g, three
schooners, and one large sloop; also captured
one schooner before we arrived at Frontera,
aud another on our passage up the river-mak-
ing in all one brig, five scbooners, two steam
ers, one sloop, and many small craft and light
ers
Monday, 26th, at daylight, sharp fire OF
musketry from shore, which was returned by
our great guns whenever we heard a report
Firing continued for some time at intervals,
when white flag was shown by tue civilians
on, shore, no doubt, with the consent of the
Governor. Sent off petition T. the Commo-
dore to spare the town, which he granted, ad-
ding that he only desired to fight the soldiery
Got the prizes under weigh and made every pre-
paration for returning; white flag flying all
the while Lieut.. W.. A. Parker got on shore
with bis prize vessel, near the city, and was +
tackled by about 80 soldiers, whom he beat of
with eighteen men, losing only one, and hav-
ing but two wounded. This affair lasted 30
minutes. Lieut.. c. w. Morris was despatched |
to him with orders, and passed the heavy FIRE
Of the enemy, was wounded in the neck by (
-musket ball.aa haa,al ,H.e.a4i 'o ~ i
81 Lieut. Morrs stood up in his boat and cheer
ed the men most gallantly until he fell in the
arms Of Midshipmaa Chseyer, who was with |
him-The Commodore then commenced can
nOnading in earnest from the Vixen, Bonifo,
Nonita and Forward, and in the space Of half
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The BUCKEYE LADS AND LAssEs are not only
very abundant-but they are very good of
their kind. They are no inferior specimens
of human nature. They are generally well
formed, and we'll supplied with both physical
and intellectual energies. When Time shall
have fully developed the race now growing
up on the soil Of Ohio, it will appear that they
are fine formations in Human Society.
Then for number-who can count them
One turns from the Corn Shocks to the chill
dren, and from the children to the Corn Shocks,
with equal astonishment! The little white
heads rise in regular gradation, peepng from
every door at the passing stranger; but almost
as hard to count as the thirteen pigs, one of
which was always running round, SO that he
could not be counted.
The good woman, at a country tavern spoke
Of her sons In Illinois, and her sons on the farm
and her daughters married-and there were
evidently tolerable supply at home. s'Pray,
Madam. how many children have you gots''
"Only dozen--juss twelve" This, she tho't
was not at all an uncommon number. No
one had she lost. She was yet active; and these
children had grown up, and were Farmers, and
farmers wives!-They soy up the country
that Mr.. BEBs told the.foIowing story: There
was a widow woman, who had twelve chill
dren. Some one expressed surprise at the
number. s'Ohn said she, "that is not many.
The Joneses. down on the creek, have thirteen.
The Tompsons, in the brush, have fourteen,
and Iwould have had sixteen, VIhad not been
n lone lpoIn1n',
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The Winebago delegation, in all their fantas-
tic tappings and paint, gave an entertainment,
this evening at A polio Hall, to Col. Medill,
the Commissioner OF Indian A fairs, and anum-
Der ofinyiled guests. With the aid of ging-
ling buttons, small bells, and gourds, in each
Of which was handful Of beads, ard with the
indispensable bass drum, made from a nail
key, in addition to continued chorus not un-
like that Of the Milerites at one of their ascen-
sion REVEALS, they kept up most deafening
clamor 10 their various barbaric dances There
waaa dance 70 low monotonous chorus, rep
resenting s'a brave'' out upon the war path,
coaching 10 the ground, creeping along upon
his acknowledging Misunderstanding a tire Q,
springing down, seizing and throwing his enc
my to the earth, and scalping him, when he sets
up yell, in which the whole party unite with
the most internal uproar. a fter several other
war dances, they gave one which wore the as
lp-rt st.pe3nas AAbfasa, cana cut and danced
| o solo, increasing in the rapidity of his mo
tons, till completely exhausted, when the
whole party sent up shout followed by wild
triumphant chorus, half the party oining in
the promenade. The brave then laid down
his arms, and another came out, and SO on for
half an hour. The general music to this
branch of the performance, sounded very much
in the beginning like the smothered 'chuffing'
Of heavy steam engine in the basement, In
creasing after the style Of the railroad chorus
of the Ethiopian'minstrels, to the utmost rapid
ity. at which point the solitary dancer stopped
with yell, which was answered by veil
from his fellows, and Immediately followed by
the mos, savagely vociIerous yelling and dane
ing by the whole company. These fine speci-
mems Of the natives would have a run equal to
the Swiss Bell Ringers, if they would under
lake the United States and West India Circuit
in the way of trade.
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BUTTER NOT ANIMAL.-Il has ben proved
that the butter obtained from the cream of
milk is not animal secretion, but that it ORR
ginally existed in the pure and original state
in the hay or food of the COW; and skill
ful chemist can make more butter out of a
hundred weight of hay, than COW can, as
the COW must appropriate a considerable share
of it for the uses and necessities of her orrani-
eaton. Give COW hundred pounds of hay,
and she will render back eight pounds of but
ter, but good chemist can realize twelve or
thirteen pounds out fit.
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HAPPINESS OF CHILDREN-We clip the follow
ing beautiful paragraph from the Dublin Penny
Journal
Children may teach us one blessed, one
enviable art--the art of being happy. Kind
nature has given to them that useful power of
accommodation to circumstances, which COM
pensates for many external Disadvantages and
it is only by injudicious management that it
is lost. Give him but moderate portion of
food aud kindness, and the peasants child
is happier than the dukes; free from artificial
wants, unsatia,ed by indulgence, all nature
ministers to his pleasures; he can carve out
felicity from q bit of hazel twig, or fish for
it successfully in a puddle. love to hear
the bOisterOus joy of troop of ragged ur-
chns, whose chief play things are nothing more
than mud, snow, sticks, or oyster shells; or to
watch the quiet enjoyment of half clothed,
half.w ashed fellow of four or FIVE years old,
who sits with large rusty knife and a,lump
of bread and bacon at his fathers door, and
might move the envy of an alderman.
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General orders have been issued from the
A djutant Generals Office at Washington, cre-
atng two new military departments, being The
9th and 10Th. The 9th embraces so much Of
the Mexican Province Of New Mexico, as has
been or may be subjected to the arms or au-
thonty of the United States-head quarters,
Santa Fe; the 10th embraces the territory Of
Oregon, and 80 r.ueh Of he .Mer,oan prOvineeI
Of he teo Cslyornids as has been or may be rsrb-
jeeted TO he ann, or he authority IF he United
Sta!e,-hesd quarters, in the field.
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MoHE ScRAPs-A steamboat is being built TO
run on the " sea of troubles"
A barkeeper not far of is said TO be able to
mix some Of the ''slingsn of fortune of which
Hamlet speaks.
A traveller recently picked up old Times
MILESTONE. This is thought TO account for dull
times.
A secondhand clothing chop has for sale
some Of the tIehifs- Of the wind.