American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-05-26

DIduSnteu men Wnen IN service TO be Sublec
to the rules and articles of war
A FIGHTING FRESHMAN. AS the Assessors in
the discharge of their duties were yesterday af.
ternoon visiting the inhabitants of Ward One,
Boston, they called at the house of patriotic
lrshman, who seemed rather alarmed at their
entrance, not knowing what could be the object
OF their VISIT but his anxiety was quoted, and
indeed he seemed quite delighted, when told
that they were only taking the names of per-
sons, with view of raising TareS!
"Taxus?" said he, "did you say, Taxus3-
you shall have my name, any how, for Taxus
and Mexico, both!''
AS they were leaving the house, he followed
them, exclaiming,-
"And tell me now, how many men you are
going to raise for Taxus, and shure, Pm ready
to fight against them Mexican fellows at any
time Of the day. When shall we be wantedN'
ONE OF THE "TALLEsr" RyMoRs. The fol-
lowing appears in postscript in the Montreal
Courier of Thursday morning -
There is a rumor in general circulation, par
ticularly in military circles, that the govern
ment messenger has arrived in town with des-
patches brought by the steamer of the 4th, said
to have arrived at Boston, announcing that the
British Minister at Washington has been direc-
ted to close his communications with the Amer
lean Government, and proceed to England.
METHODIST PROTESTANT CONFERENCE. We
learn from the Cincinnati papers, that this body
ON Tuesday last, elected Rev. E. Yates Reese,
editor of the Methodist Protestant. The city
of Baltimore was selected, ON the second ballot
by majority of one vote over Pittsburg, as the
place of holding the next General Conference.
The report of the majority of the committee on
Home Missions, was then taken up and under
went lengthy discussion. 1t was finally laid
on the table, to admit of substitute, to set off
all that part of Pennsylvania, east of the Sus-
quehanna, not included in Pennsylvania confer
ences, as new conference, to be called the
Philadelphia conference. This was adopted
ayes, ministers 90, laymen Il nays, ministers 4,
laymen 6. After transacting some other unim-
portant BUSINESS the conference at late hour
of the night, adjourned sine die.
MELANCHOLY INTELLIGENCE FROM CAPE
De VERDE IsLANDs-Ravagss Of the Yellow Fs-
Der, Small Por aud Famine. BY slip from
the New York Herald, we have distressing
intelligence of the ravages of the Yellow Fe-
yer at Bona Vista, one of the Cape de Verde
Islands, by which one-eighth of the entire pop
ulation had been swept off. A famine also
prevailed, which had produced many deaths
and the most intense suffering. At Bravista
the yellow fever had prevailed for five months,
causing about 500 deaths. On the 25th of
April, the small pox was making terrible havoc
at Gosca. About 200 had died in twenty days
The HEssIAN FLY. Many of our farmers
says the Kent News, complain of the ravages
of this destructive insect. We have heard of
as many as twenty fly in single stalk of
wheat. From the accounts that reach us, we
have concluded that this destroyer has been
much more numerous the present season, as
we'll as more destructive, than for many years,
and but for the latter rains, and favorable con-
dlton of the weather, the crop ofwheat would
be the lightest made in any single year, for a
considerable period. The early seeding APP
pears to have escaped much better than the
later.
| BALTIMORE AT THE FAIR. The mechanics
and manufacturers of Baltimore have, as we
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