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Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-04-18

WATGHmEN or THE NfGHTt-nBHGtAfY-
The st0 q Of Converse II G1, on the corner
Of Tfho1pitonlas aud Lafayette streets,
through to F%ouefer street, was, Oh Saturday
night last, entered through a wibd1N in lie
sefond story on FUncher street. Tho bur-
glars made their way ID tie office OH the To-
Wef floor, after stopping key holes, etc., went,
10 all appearance, deliberately TO work scar.
ching drawers, ete for the key, which, not
finding, eHlnmeuetd work on Tho safa with
hatehets, Hnners, could r~itisels, etc, and IL
tefally stripped tie front, but did MT succeed
In opanlng it. From Appearances there must
have been moro than enc engaged ii this
husineRs-thsy must have been several hours
At work aud made great noise, as tbs work 6f
stripping cannot be done without. Where were
tho watCtmonf Had they been nj duty would
they not have heard the mise, rs the chest it
Oh The first iJgr, and within sia feet Of f.ara.
yette street
Not sdeGeeding III entering Tbs safe, after
RECALLING themselves with Il bntf1e If Jacdug.
so1'a best Champagne, Havana swe8tneata.
Prince Abort sogtrs, ETC., leaving the fol-
lowing note in q disguised, but good hand
writing, retired through Il d t6f on Lafayette
street. The note IL thus:
"Please Excuse my Liberty: Much obi
ged, Why YOU no Leave lie Key Of dat biz
chist and | would have Broke you certain
w. p, but good nighta poor tec0npeDso f5F
my bard nights Labor. %.
TrDpic 1Oht. WATCt1MAN."
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-04-18

The London correspondent Of The Boston
Alias, who Is evidently uonyofsahl with
literary men and literary doiugs In that
ely, attributes 10 Bdivef The Men I'5m9n,
q Romance Of London, and speaks Of ii A.
a remarkable poem II has not yet found
its way 10 lis. From ihs same authority,
wo hear also, That The bona ida paying
circulation Of DICKENS Daily News does
not exceed 200 day; but that in the
effort to render II popuIary five times That
number per diem ate distributed gratis.
AT this rate we neoi not wonder that il
required half n million Of dollars to start IL.
The Cofpariners form d singular body
They are composed Of BaADHunY a. EVANS
the printers; Mr.. GRoTB, n wealthy London
Banker and formerly M. r. fof that city;
Mr. PAxroN, head gardener to The Duke
Of Davonshifo and author Of several works
on Botany, and Mr.. Hupsoa, il lucky
.speeotatof in railroads and Familiarity
called The Railroad Ktbg.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-04-18

Tho London SIN Of the 4th March ex-
presses the opinion that the desire oftetfi.
tortal aggrandisetnent Ia general in the u.
States. and adds
Polk Is carried with The stream, md all
that England has TO do, Il 10 look to her
own interests aud take care that her rights
mud possessions are not destroyed by the
inundation. Hitherto she has displaypde
the utmost moderation and fofbnn rance.
whether we look to the government, the
Legislature or the press,
With the exception ola very few htsfY
articles IN the English newspapers, pro.
vokel, possibly, BY that tome Of detinnee SO
lou lly proclaimed by members In both
hatrseB of Congress, scarcely eae ground Of
]pr0yneation eur be urged by The American
Government. lii tho history Of mankind
II wta1 be impossible to point out a nm
ton more anxious than the English arc ut
the present moment TO renal at pratr,
and more especially with America. 1.-THE
last resort then must be asscnted 10, We
have here, rs on tho banks Of the t}utlltj
right ON tttr aide.
Since writing the above, we learn, by
another arrival from New York, that tbs
proposition 10 give notice to England that
the joint occupation Of the Oregon shall
cease il d twelve month, las been adopt
cd by Congress. This Is only what WINS
expected, aud therefore cannot materially
alter the position ofotlaifs.
Iii the House Of Commons on the 81 ult.
"A proposition to abolish at once ali duties
on imported corn, was rejected by m Inn
fncnse mnioity the vote stood ayes 70.
noes 265.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-04-18

THE EL3atEECE or Moft0H-IVm. G.,
PrestoH-Eyefy one has heard Of action,
action, action OF Demosthenes, and Of what
q variety Of emotions and passions R1seins
could express by mere gestures ; let il not
be supposed, however, that such projections
Of art belong to the a]ueients only. TIE
following atecdDts Of VIM. G. Preston. Ii
illustrative ofour remark.
Some years ago, among u thousand Of
others, we wefe listening to one Of his
splenti harangaes from tho stump. be.
side us was one, as dthf d. b post, III
GREATNESS attention, catching apparently
every word That fell from the orators lips.
Now the t~ears.of delight would roll down
his checks, and now in nm ungovernable
ekstaeY he would shout out applause,
which might have been mistaken lor the
noise Of 81 small thunder storm.
At length Preston launched out one Of
those passages Of massive %decIamation
which those who have heard him know
him to he 30 capable Of uttering. In mag
n%iticsnt spleador IT was what Byron has
described the mountain storms Of Jura.
Its effect upon the mttltittl 10 was like h
Whirwind. Our deaf friend could contain
himself no longer, but b%awling into our
ears, a. ifhe would blow It open with u
tempest, "Who's that n speaking r cried
he.
"Wm. G Preston, replied we~-as loud
as our lungs would let Us.
"Fho p enqiired he still louder than
before.
AVN. & Preston, Of South Carolina"
replied we, almost splitting our throat in
the effort.
"Wtllt we'll /" returned he, II can't
hear q darn word he Of you are saying,
''put great Jorieo, don't he do the motions
spIrndid t"-ggnH Tayp1jutrH.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-04-18

ACuUEETAh OF ADUN0 iktIGlTItft@it q
postscript to the Richmond Daily RepaB-
lican Of the OH inst. we are furnished
with the result Of the trial of TIlos. Ritch.
10, ir., indicted for the murder of John II.
Plcasants. The verdict Of the jury was
"not guilty." The trial commenced on
Monday, the 30th ult., and occupied the
cntire week, closing on Saturday night,
the 4th inst. Al it may be interesting to
most of our readers, w copy the follow
ing from the correspondence Of the Repab.
lican. 1t viii be remembered that this pa-
per was the one for which mr.. Peasants
was to have written as editor
CHEsTERrfELp CouRr HOUSE,,
Saturday Night, April 4, 1865
The Commonwealth W. Tkos. Richie,
IT., Washington Greenhow, p = Archer
and VIM Scott Before Hon. I'D Clop-
toa.-.Tho trial upon The indictment of
Thos. Richie, jr,, for his action in the late
r~encontre with John IL. Peasants, was
brought to u close to night, about halfpast
7 o'clock, and the jury, after Il long exami.
nation into the facts and full argument,
feHdetSu Il Pioitipt anu Ait4iiltIIous NeFutCLg
without leaving the box, Of mot guilty."
The indictment contained two counts, one
for murder at common law and another for
murder under the nti-duelling act.
Immediately upon the finding of the YER
dict, Messrs. w Greenhow and VIM.
Scott appeared and waived the fomality of
an examining court, ond thereupon the
counsel for Dir. Richie, and the counsel
for Mr.. Archer, made a joint motion to
the court to enter with the consent of the
prosecuting attorney, aolie prosequis as to
the indictments pending against Messrs.
Greenhow, Scott and Archer. The prose-
cutting attorney having expressed his will
Iingness to submit to the views o the court
ordered the nolle prosequis to be entered
on record, and all parties were discharged.
The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-11-24
stnfue aS

A London letter in the New York Her
aid says
The chief subject OF excitement at this
moment in this great metropolis, IS the
elevation oil Tie great colossus upon a n
umplal arch at the entrances Of the Park.
This colossus is 4 sta;ae Of Wellington
Oh horseback, and is said to be next to the
colossus of Rhodes, The most gigantic
statue that ever has been cast. Il has
been sis years in casting, and cost ESQ.,
600 sterling; weiiht about So tons. The
horses ears are ) feet long and head and
all It's other parts in proportion. The
arm Of the brazen Duke, from the hand TO
the elbow is, in length and bulk, longer
and stouter than a tall stout man; 4 tall
greuadier armed cap-a-Pie in high helmet
and mounted on Z large horse, can ride
under the belly Of the brazen horse
without touching il. Il is to be put up ou
the top OF the archway only for an ex-
pertinent, and il the public are not salts
fed with the fitness cf It's position il IS to
come down again. Quite a wal has been
waging among artists and with the COM
mitlee, on the proprieiy of placing ii in
its present situation. Ali This gave great
animation to the scene Of It's Transports
ton, and nearly all London came out to
witness It's passage along the streets. L
was moved with surprising ease and
quietness, was then hung suspeded in
mid-air, TO the delight of admiring crowds.
and at last safely dropped upon the top Of
the arch, where no doubt i. will remain
till some future Omar knocks il down,
like its gigantic fellow CT Rhodes.
The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-11-24

men in garrisons; set oct with one hun
dred ard sixty mounted riflemen in the
pursuit, when he received instructions
from Commodore Sioat to march upon
Monterey. lie did so, and fouad Com
modore Stockton in command, approving
the pursuit of Castro. and aiding il by all
the means in his power. The s~loorHof
war Cyane was pat at his service. Capt
Fremont. with one hundred and sixty
American riiiemen. and seventy marines,
embarked on that vessel, and sailed down
the coast on the 23,h of July. TO San d.
ego, four hundred miles south Of Monte
rev, and one hundred south Of PusJfa lie
los .7agsiss, where Castro was under
stood 10 be, with an increasing force of
FIVE hundred men. The descent Of the
ceast as fur as San Diego was with the
view to get ahead of Castro, ard 10 be in q
position either 10 intercept hin If he fed
south to Mexico or to lower California,
or to turn back upon him if he remained
at Pas6ia de los .4ngehS or any of the
numerous towns in lis neighborheod. In
either event, the enterprise will probably
have had is conclusion early IN August.
and official details may now be looked for
by The first arrivals from tie North Paci-
&c ocean. III the mean time, ! hope the
information | am able to give, though all
of private character, written solely for
the information of friends, and never ex-
pected to go before the public, may be suf-
icient TO relieve present anxieties, to dis
prove the accusations Of Governor Cas-
tro, and to justify the operations OF Capt.
Fremont. | make this communication 10
YOU, sir, upon the responsibilities of an
American Senator, addressing the Presi-
dent of the United States, and with the
sole view Of indicating the American
Government, and its officer, from the foul
ilnputation of exciting instruction in the
provinces OF a n~eighboring Power with
whom we were then at peace. | could
add much more to prove that Capt. Free
monl's private views and feelings were in
unison with his ostcnsiblc mission that
the passion Of his soul was the pursuit Of
science, and that he looked with dread
and aversion upon every possible collision
either with Indians, Mexicans, or British,
that could turn him aside from that cher
ished pursuit. 4 more formal occasion
for the exhibition OF these further and 9TH
er proofs may SOC occur; but the exigcn-
CIV OF the circumstances seemed TO me TO
require that no time should be lost in COM
municating the truth TO the public mind,
both at home and abroad, in a case so Sc
riously affecting the national character,
and in which uncorrected error, for even a
short time, would do great mischief.
Very respectfully, sir,
your friend and fellow citizen,
THOMAS II. BENTON.
WAsHISGroN, Nov, 9, 1916.
The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-11-24
COTg0N VS.. POWDER.

The prepared cotton is now declared to
be far more powerful in its explosive pro-
p%eFties than gunpowdcr. /! has been as
certained by actual experiment, that "the
forty-eighM part al an ounce Of the pre-
pared cotton will propel a bullet from an
American rife as far as the ttceifih part
OF an ounce of gunpowder. The sig
teenM part of an ounce will drive 9
a th~ree-quarter ounce ball a distance oil
sixteen hundred PAGES"
In blasting rocks, the experiments
have been eminenily successful. Alarge
block granite at Basic, measuring $40
cubic feet, was blown up by four ounces
of cotton; a process which could not have
been effected by less than two pounds OF
the best g~unpowder.
The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-11-24
TEE WAR HN MEXICO.

We find in our exchanges the follow
ing extract of a letter, written by an Off
Ger in Gen. Taylor's army to the New
Orleans Picayune, from which it would
appear that the Mcxicans are much bet
ter prepared for war then has been gener-
ally supposed they were:
There never was a nation so much
| mistaken as ours in regard TO that OF Mex
leo. | mean in respect TO It's military
resources. The people are warlike, and
have an abundant supply of munitions OF
war. Our battles with them improve
them as soldiers. Our invasion is held
BY them in adherence, and has united al
classes in determined resistance against
US. The battles Of Palo Alto, Resaca De
la Palma, and Of Monterey were battles
with their frontier army. From this
place onward, il sc have to march on
further in this direction, we shall meet
with their acme army, made up OF hardy
mountaineers and a better class OF soldier
Y. So far | consider We have not injured
their nation, but done it a %Serrjce, by
defeating their old officers, thus causing
their army 10 be placed under the dlrcc-
ton Of Younger, more ambitious, Drawer,
and more accomplished Generals. In
fact, so far from the war being ended, II
has Just commenced. Our position Is
critical. Our supplies at Camargo, $50
miles distant, must be wag0ned 10 this
place. This long line has no protection.
The ranchero troops. numbering near
$500, behind us as gue.lllas. and, II they
choose to act. ctr trains must be cut oil.
Although this is a rich valley, lis sup
plies are inadequate 10 our wants, except
in beef, for any length OF time. Oar ar
my, or the effective part OF It, IS too
~diminutiye 10 meet a strong force. Ii is
weak, physically, for it has now been IN
over thirteen months, with
scanty clothing and much hardship and
exposure. The volunteers are numer-
Gus, buf, with the exception OF those reg
iments commanded by late officers oi the
army, without discipline. | suppose our
whole army will muster, when all arrive
from below, 9,O00 men for duty, and we
hear the Mexicans have II On the adj
vance to meet us OF 10000 men. | am
convinced, and so is every officer Of the
army. that we have done wrong and COM
milled an irreparable error in leaving the
Rio Grande TO march in this directioG.-
TO end This war a more vital blow must5e
struck nearer the Mexican capital; and
that is, Vera Cruz should be taken by the
way of AIvarado. We are now over
700 miles fiom the city of Mexico, with
a vast desert to traverse. In a word, to
make peace Economically with Mex
leo, some things must be undone, and
our Government must commence again.
Discharge the volunteers, and raise your
regular force to thirty or fifty thousand
men. We have the fullest expectation
of the most active guerilla war against us.
Move where we will, the mountains and
passes afford every facility to carry it on
successfully and most disastrously for US.
Our army. as now situated, can be COM
pared 10 the French in Spain, when Jo-
was driven out
The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-11-24
GRAVE.

One "John Brown" writing from
Gen. Kearney's camp, ION the Plains
July 23d'' thus describes an Indian grave
disco1 cred on their route:
THE other evening at Il camp, neal
the "crossing," found, in the top of a
large cotton wood tree, the grave of an
Indian-proabiy a chief-the body wrap
ped in skins, and laid on mats resting on
his lodge which were across two large
limbs Of the tree. Another package,
which | could not make out, | was told by
some of the men who climbed up to it, held
his bows, arrows, war club, medicine
gourd, &c. The birds had picked sever
al holes through his winding sheet 10 get
at his flesh. Over the whole dePosite the
skin, which had probably been used for
his lodge, was tightly stretched, and the
whole establishment was well secured to
the tree BY strings cut from buaaIo hide.
We left him alone in his glory, with his
airy resting place undislurbed.
The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-11-24
Magnetic Telegraph.

TINS mighty engine, as at present erect
ed, is very little better than a tool for the
spectators and stockholders of the
large cities OF the atlantic s~ea-boart. M.
merous instances have occurred which 4.
b~undandy prove the truth of this. The
last, however, is a most fragrant one. L
occurred on the arrival at Boston, on Sat
urday. Of the steamship Britannia, from
Liverpool, with foreign news Of great i'm
portance, the effect Of which, on the mar
kits, would be very considerable. Before
the arrival Of the boat, the wires OF the
Telegraph between New York and Dos
ton were broken, in order to stop the com
munication. This however, excited the
public indignation and the wires were
quickly mended. On Saturday morning,
at five o'clock, the steamer arrived, and as
seen as it was known. the wires were bro
ken. The agents OF the New York press
received, her news in advance of all 9th
ers; they Immediately went TO the tele-
graph office to have the intelligence for
warded to n. York; but, to their astonish-
nent, the wires beyond Springfield OF
Hartford, were cut! These agents then
had the news despatched. as they though,
to Albany, but, to their establishment, the
sPeculaters obtaiued it, and endeayored to
with it in New York, and else
where. on Saturday noon. After they
had used it, We believe it was sent to the
press Now, We are o a little curious
to ascertain how the Geographic operations
managed this.-Pkiia. Chronicle.
The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-11-24

GEN. WORTH, the hero of Mon,erev
was a merchants clerk. in Hudson. n,
North river, 80 years ago. Tie entered
the army as . private, according 10 a le;-
Ter before Us. at the opening Of the war
Of lSl2-distingished himself at L.undy's
Lane, whore he was wounded, and al Tx,
suggestion Of Gen. Scott, promoted. tie
won honor in the Florida war, and has
crowned himself with glory at Monterey.
Pitts. Gaz.
The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-11-24

Monks FOR PENNsYLYANIA.-Tke Ro-
man Catholic Advocate says that a colo
ny Of Missionaries, of the order of ST.
Benedict, started from Munich on the
29th OF July, for the United States of A.
merica, 10 form at St. Joseph. in Penn
syiTania, the first monastery of Benedic-
tines. Il is composed Of the Rev. Faith
er Bonifaee WINNER prior, T. Maximil-
ian Goetner, two theologians. two sehol-
astics, and several lay bro!hers.-Pins-
baTgh Gaz.
The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-11-24
SUIpWPFCK.

Two Of the seamen, the only survivors
Of the crew of the Meteor. arrived in Bal
timore some days since. The vessel
sailed from that port for st. Thomas, on
the Sd of September, and was wrecked i N
the disastrous gale of the 9th and 9th.-
These men were on the wreck for 8 days
with nothing butt little molasses to sub
sist on, when they were rescued by the
barque Chancellor, and conveyed to
Antigua.
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CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate to-day, Mr.. Jsrnagin offered reso-
lation calling for the appointment ola committee 10
investigate the circumstances connected with the
publication of series Of gross lbels on the body IN
, print published in this city, called tho DAILY
Times" and 10 which reference was made a few
days ago by Mr.. Colquit, one of the senator's from
Georgia Messn. Msngum, SPeight, Benton, Bag
BY, Chalmers, Westcott, and Berrien took occasion
10 express, in emphatic terms, their conviction OF
the utter fasity Of the assertion IN the publications
in question: and the motion was unanimously adopt
I'd not because it was deemed at all necessary to
indicate the character Of the Senate from the asper
,ons cast upon it, but because statements had been
made relative 10 the circumstances in which the pub
licstons had originated which appeared, IN the
Judgment Of some Of the senators, TO demand inVes-
ugauon.
The Senate then proceeded TO the consideration Of
the special order-the joint resolution giving notice
10 Great Britain fthe termination Of the JOINT oeeu-
patton of the Oregon territory, and the several
amendments offered thereto. Mr.. Atchison, who
spoke in favor Of the notice, occupied the remainder
Of the session. Mr.. Calhoun has the floor for Mon
day, the Senate having adjourned over to that day,
in order to enable the various committees to progress
in the transaction of the large amount of important
public business committed TO their care.
Anera few items Of miscellaneous business, the
House went into Committee Of the Whole on the
State Of the Union, and resumed, for the day, the
consideration Of the river and harbor bill.
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We published the remarks which Mr.. Turnsy SEN
ator from Tennessee, made in the Senate Of the Uni
ted States, without any request from him. They
were part of the proceedings Of the Senate-taken
down, written out, and published by our repor-
ter, without having seen them ourselves, or known
of their existence, until we saw them in the "Unon"
in the usual order of the debates. We never in
tended, therefore, in the very few remarks with
which we subsequently, introduced Mr.. Waiter
sons communication, to intimate that Mr.. Tur-
ney's speech was published at his request. But, as
such construction has been put upon our remarks,
we hasten to correct the impression. .
In the same manner did not see the report Of
the speech of Mr.. Reverdy johnson, of Maryland,
until it was reported. We heard of the remarks
which he made on our Fridays article in the
brief article Of last evening revised, but without
effect. Mr. johnson complains that we have mis-
represented that portion of his speech. We under.
stood the senator to have said that our article JUS
tilted the impression Of Mr.. Haywood's having
spoken authorativcy for the President, and there
fore we presumed the senator had garbled our ar
tcle, and msstated its whole spirit. Upon con-
sultpg the printed speech, however, we find that
the version received from spectator was incor-
rect; for Mr.. Johnson himself states in his speech
al do not mean to say-because did not understand
the senator as so speaking-that in addressing the
Senate in relation to the opinions of the chief magis-
rate he spoke by any express and delegated author
ity; but do mean to say that have no doubt his
knowledge of the general views of the President
collected by an examination of his message, and to
be collected by certain omissions to which will al
lude by-andby-when he announced to the SEN
ate that in his Judgment the President was in honor
bound to accept, ifreturned upon him, his offer
the senator spoke that which he knew to be true