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HOTCHKISS'S
Vertical Water wheel.

eCfttc1l ~ ateF te HtCt.
I'm CONSEQUENCES Of the very great popularity
q which three Wheels have attained by the use
o. nearly iVUO Of them in different parts OF The
county, the Sub.cfbers h4ye 500 about 100
Rights IN North Darolius 80 Of which are n hull
srd successful opeislloa 10 Cumbc g!aHd County
" hen properly introduced, tavy nsstly coubie
the value Of the Mil, aud ~ Iannty u xofs gen
orally isr CkccCa the most sln@uihs expectations
u The t~pcfs, many 81 ahoua aie gentlemen dis-
usu!.h,d iH thtu sti5u, ard pfaeltcs. s&!t,
who have attt.',d v The value d this improve
nent The he,ls are mDte llr4tIs. 4Gs more
c..tiy 4 ut IA otGrr When property pat & ihsr,
A.n tie common fuutf heel. Ihsy ~ save
one.ihrd 81 tie water. aud run al - O1e1 va
tcS ben there /, head ABOVE. Tue speed Of lhe
So is inereased 10 al1f- lGan double The strokes
PSI ntauie.
Tie price of en- individual right ior one pair o
Whccl,, Is So,
We rcler. among oth1f- 10 I.s iuii5sih- gentle
men some oil /. hJm nave had ths W heels ~ ope
ton poalhs or more, aad from may Of ahsH
pe have received csulh sa.,s highly approving Q
these Wheel, aus stating that their sls., VIZ
lhls myrutsnsut cut 2JOU, 500, 300, aGt e'eI
as high Is 5000 feet day, according ~ the hea'
Vi water
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Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-06-04
By GEO II. BEAMAN.

As citizen Of thc world | would
address your country IN the following
longunrc: Every man and every Ia
ton is ambitious and ambition begins
with power as the blaze 90 vertical
sun Is the most fierce Cherish there
fore, national strength strengthen
your political institution -T,mcmb,r
tlot armla, and uayirS arc Of the same
use 90 The world q, the police lu Lon
don or parI,. and soldiers arc not made
] kc polite. S vessels, IN n mimi, cu'-
uyaic uuou, or your empire will be-
uhc a colossus Of gold fallen on the
Garth, broken TO pieces, and the prey OF
foreign or domestic Smac,us. If you
arc wise, your republic VIII bo pcrmn-
ncnt- aud perhaps Washington Will
be- hailed as the founder of a glorious
aud happy empire, when the name of
Bonoparl shalibc obscurcd by succeed
ing revolutions
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aol then only O, the point OF The Hyoaol,
a.'ci three hours bloody contest the luI.
ans ~oro routed nui plni with great
slaughter, until night thus WIS the last
stand the Indians over made, ~ hfg. 30.
dy aud the only instance which they vol
unfairly save BATH Though Col TAYLOR
won the day, IL VI, a,,ac expense Of l3J
killed aul wounded -mac,han one fourth
his who force Two C.,ouD Colonel
Thompson Of the dlh Infantry oul Col
Comfy o,ihc Missouri Volunteered fell a,
the head otIAe troops. Capo,u Swoou.
gen and Liou'.. Brooke ut4 Carter also
fell N the engagement
Du'inr the whole engagement Col
Taylor remained on hors Back, passing
from point 10 poin!, cheering b.. men to the
conflict and exposed 10 lAc Indian rihc CIV
cry momcn.
For this battle, Mr. poinsca, Secretary O,
War, rendered mcrjlcd praise to al eng o.
cd, in his communication to Congr,
The Brew, OF Brgai.cr GcucraI was con.
lerrcd on Col Taylor. and he was given
the chief command in Florida; which he
resigned in $40, after four or five years
Of arduons and uloa,jsnaL', service in ,hc
,amps and h1mmocks Of F.oril.
, AGcr his rcurcmcu, from Flouh. hc
was as,icncl to thccommanl ofthc Gr,, Dc.
/ ,.,..,,.,.,. - E % ......'.. ....t.. H.. - o..
Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-06-04
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES.

This root IS cultivated precisely
like the potatoc IN hills or drills. At
the South and West it is fed oil by
turning swine on to the feeds, who
.oot them up and consume them at
pleasure. a winters supply Of food is
thu, easily provided for their hogs,and
the crop fed of the land greatly en-
riches IT, The arichokc is consd
cred one Of the best of fertilizers, ass 1t
derives a large amount Of its carbon
and nitrogen from the atmosphere -
TAcy should be cultivated extensively
ia wei. grown orchards, as they DO
wei. IN the shade, puIvcrIlc the soil
without cXhuuelu9It, and leave 1t IN "A
good condition fol growing trees. Al
rthc fruit is gathered, turn the swine
on to feed them or Roofing them up
Us nearly as beneficial as rloughlng; at
the same time the SWINE destroy near
~ AL, the insects Larboriug round the
trees and the manure they leave is g.
quyaIcntt ou gooItoprlrcrsiug. The
arilchol>e Is adchcious table vegetable
pued and cut uu raw III thin slices
'-i'h v'oo~.~. p. Many are
.au..... sued like
tumIps Frost doe Aotuurc the roots
and after the first planting they will
propagate th' Gives The roots Of
the Jerusalem ala Ill shaped, ra,hn
large, and Of pure white color. The
kind Of articholc bearing roof with
Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-06-04

BoNArAur's Views OF AMrHICA.-
The following IS an extract ola letter
which was written by Ncpo,eon Bona
Part, M 1877, when about TO depart for
Eyvpt, TO a young American, with
whom he had loTmcIan acquaintance,
and who was to leave France for the
United States. The lottor which wa,
published rs authentic 30 the n,wsp3-
pcrs Of that period Is curious, as OK
hibung his ideas Of the United States
q. that time
~You soon depart for the Western.
aud for the Eastern hemisphere. A
new carecrof action ls now opened be-
fore me-. and hope 90 unite my name
with new and great events, aud with
theunuvulIcI greatness ot republic,
yau go 20 unite yourself once more
vah people among whom ] behold
at once the simple MANNERS 20, tAe FIRST
agcs OF Rome. and tle luxury of her
q elmo. where ! SEQ lbo taste iH. seu-
sluy and science of Athcus.wIth her
f..aas aud tle va.u- ol >llla with
Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-06-04
soNG OLE THE MOUNTAIN BOY

,ONG OF THE MOUNTAIN BOY
FROM rHE GERMAN or rHLASp.l
am n merry mountain boy.
To climb the crags IS all nv Joyi
There drs, the morning Hn doth stream,
And fingers last his setting beam
GA the mountain boy is full OF JOY,
The mouGuin lad is never sad.
II is here the wild stream hath its biUh,
Idrnk It bahblng from the Garth,
!, dashcth mlliy DER the rock,
throw nv arms and brav the shock
On the mountain boy !. foil Of joy,
The mountain lad is never sad.
The mountain top is all my own,
II is there the Storm king rules alone,
From North to South he bowling flies,
Bu, DER his wall my song shall rise
On the mountain boy IS foil oiJoy
The mountain lad Is never sad.
The thunder cloud below may 49,
While here I 81, in peace on high,
mark It's course and, pray it ease,
And leave my fathers house in peace
Or the mountain boy will lose his Joy
The mountain lad be ever sad
Soon as tho lar,n b,ll doth resouul
Aud watch-hrcs lgh, the bills around,
Then rush down IN wars array,
lsvtng my sword and sing my I'y,
GA the mountain boy IS 'rlI Of Joy,
The mountain lad is never sad
Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-06-04
RUTLAND, THURSDAY, urNE t. l>lG

For moro lhan an hour tho crowd r.
manned on lhc beach almost in.fclulous OF
The lovers success, and We, lingering in fam,
hope that he might return with bis preeiods
freight Tia, he had the good washes ofall
vas evident rom %" Cagcrncss with which
they strained their eyes into IT, gloom 10
see % d. Wus rGurnlng, md from the audi.
Tie rrav's rr hls success which was
O'c.,heI hy more than Que Of the women
ApaN tom tAc general crowd stood the
h.nc'mnn v IN the m,scr had last appeal.
al to. sut' I'D by few Kindred spirils
WHO wrt. 'russinr with hlm the chance
e.. tAc young mau's return
II was madness to attempt it, said the
fisherman. bu, when | iouni he would go.
| insisted that be should make his coniih
onS with the old man before he vcu,urd
FOR you see, II his daughter was once rcslor.
cd to the mscr's arms, mighty Iule graft
iuio would he have for her prcsctver, ind
Harry would stand as poor chance as ~
or. Between US; believe she though, q.
much Of Harry as Harry did Of her and II
her father sent her away, and as | more
than suspect, to DIVE Harry Martin from
her thoughts her prcscn, danger looks ike
tie rctubulIon OF higher power as a Just
punlshmrn. for such conduct Blu, bark.
was not tina, n hallof
Fy,ry eye was turned seward, in which
dire u ihchshernaa hal indicated that
ne hH'Cl the hail bu, nothing could be
seen exc pit the white foam OF the br, rs
IN the ground. aud he lowering clouds
behind, forming chaotic mass Of darkness
Nor was any sound save that , tcmpcs,
born to the ear
'llatk p a, length SAID ono. there II is n
gain
Every one listened and now q halo wa.
Eutly heard from of the thick Gloom sen
ward Oac oflhc fishermen shouted and
the reply was distinctly caught IN the lul o
the tempest A few moments OF brcnthlcs
suspense followed during which every cy,
was strained to the utmost
There j, is-,hcrc II 49, a, length cricl
one, see jus, rising on Wonder wave =
i Soc IT, shouted one
Here they come huzzlh IA miracle.
miracle-ah how CALAMITY she breasts lii.
surge, were me Explanations that lUhONCt
from the crowd.
A. rushed TO the edge Of the surf Bu
naw tie fear arose that the boat would b.
swampcd in the brcakcrs.anl many a hear
trembIcd as she arose and fell IT,. .htfully OF
the surge. showers Of spray flying over hcr
and the water continually pouring into bet
sides The crowd watched the Struggle
with silent awe
a few minutes removed all doubt, m
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TIE SHIPWRECK.

ny !. J. bowie
'N,l no one gooiI'ior her will no
one 90 off for my only child, my only
child p shrcakcd the mleor wruging
his hands aud running to and fro in
the crowd Bat all turned away
There was scarcely a soul present who
at ono time or another had not suffered
IN the hands Of the hasd-hcarlcd mon
cy lender
oh! for the love Of Gol-ifyou are
fathers think ofmc. Mydaughtcr will
perish will You not 20 oil for her,
Townsend! I'll give You anything
anything, mean in reason
'Go of for her !-not L. said the man
with Il hooking laugh, shaking of the
Old man, 'all your gold would not tempt
me out on that boiling sea. Besides,
amt a father too and think YOU III
sacrifice my life for auothcr} No, no,
old huIlis, you must take your gold to
another market
OOH she will die, She will deny
child for whom have save all. Peter
Jones, you will 60 if ! will give you
thousand dollars
Not for ten thousand grunly said
the person addressed, boat couldn't
live in the breakers a moment
Twill give ten thousand to any one,
capcrlv said thc mjser--pcn thousand
dollars, know you'll 90 for ten thou
,ond dollars simon and Inc eoizod ono
,Lo e,oo,,,ors hr ,ho hutton Of Tic
Simeon, ;acl.,, s,L Io ,rJtLcIlce.;n,,
Va H. ..l, ..';,i
VI " VI u" ''''''' wiz ~ ''''
you
l can tliIhh oi II, Tor IA never re-,
lurh TO ENJOY your money No. GA
man. ne sad, IN more iceIln9 tone
| than the others had used, your dauyh-
ter must die
Mast die! on no-she shnu't d." -
/ Take all I'm worth good sir, said h",
+ lifting up his hands umplorInglv. but
restore me NV DAUGHTER. only. hope
vou'U srorc a hide for ms 10 1--we ON. if
+ 49,. nn moro tI,u - Lo,oot. c,,i.ts"
Ir, .no.nsl n'J man s,,j ,Lr las,
sn,,l.cr .,bo whole world wnuld not
,iI,,r,.n, - ,,rt ONT - , s,,r,n Ike This
y, ~ ,,,i,ar anl
~ ''"'" t'' YOU W. -'y ~ ''''''' CIV,
! pI'! your u9"-I't'''"' @,' N''"'" ''.'
angeI bH' lhe packer VIII (" ' pieces III
nan an houri ana SO you see '"''e Is no
nope.
The father heard the speaker IN stony
sl.encc-lh,n he Iurn'd ana looked OUT al
sea, wherc,a few minutes Dc tore The outline
J Of tho stranded nae kUttulghl have been Sttu
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I Geoesl Thomas Marshal and Colonel
Babe pe,ion
lApP,su .ha, an enteua ,nment "a, CIV.
IN. or ps'iAkcn or q, Monterey few day,
after the ,cgc. ~ honor q the victory Of
our Amy sul thu, Mcmt: Marshall and
POton were ptes'nt
Iiaso spp,afs that GrnetaI Nsrha'i
embraced The occasion to m1n.irh his hos
ME feelings loNstds the Commando 10.
ch,sf ~ Jcnouncing the terms Of cApHu!h.
ION granted to Ampuda and uuering Some
u,h,t hafsh remarks Col Pcyton fcit IN.
eensed a, those nnimadvofsions. and called
upon Gen Marshall to know Il he had un
Irf.ood him to make soue declaration.
Nhich be NAMED Crn narst1', 'rplcd
m toe affirmative, vtcuupon Cot p,v'on
fuck han and called upon hlm TO select
his friend, d he desired to resent The insult
A challenge followed, and The duel was to
lake place on The l2'h lust, ut Cnmatoo -
Il is slllei thu, when the wounded Col.
Nc Clung heard q the u1t.r. he sen, word
to Gen Marshall who IS his cousin, that
A. otter getting through with Pcyion he
would wait until he could get upon his LEG,
himself, another opportunity would be nf.
lorjed him TO atone for his abuse Of Gen
Taylor T. s. Ga.cite.
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LATEST FROM TIE ARMY OF
CHIHUAHUA

tn" New Orleans pIcayune contain,
'N' following received IN that city by way
Of San Antonio
One half Of Gen Woors army leh San
Antonio iofihe pfssldio on the RIO Grande
90 the ooh September I b. General weni
on ~ person on the ooh
The renander consisting Of sixteen
companies Of Illinois infantry and four
companies OF Arkan'as caralry were m.
Scr command Of Col Churchill In.Dee,o,
General L s 4
Gen w expected to reach Preside in
i~tlVe days X viii os,st'sh a d,po, a,
that point until II Is h,cersined wa,ther
E~so1cr car ssecnd the RIO Gpnde 10 a
posHon NOR suitable for ht, operation, -
It's army "a u cross The river on dr,ng
bridge tos' Tor Which otrc couyrucr,i NJ
San An'ot unisr ltc d.rect5a Of Cor,
fssef, o. 8 o'rs .r.uspcrc! IN wagon,
u "a md impossible 20 transport suo
pea b. ~s'er to ne PfrtiIo or o,h,r POM
% ias RIO Grsrse whtuce 20 fnrunh tho
AMY HUl'I Be o~c sAry 10 bsul all ihc,r
I'o'H'aus Tcm Port Iauccs by way Of
sao Aonelo distance Co Ch,tuahus Of
N.s 800 m's act throuer rarn,rv
ID fanny s-as9u' siro., ,ugsable rr
hosvy wagons
J. NI' os sctn that tts en,trpr.s Is o..
Fauuc aus rs scconri,,bo,cDt ',,.I. J.. ~,
aetie'emra' mote sriooat aad mere cred
lAbe than brilliant victory
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MEXlCO-THE BATTLE OF MON
TEREY.

Wear ,v,,hon, C,,,,o, odr;.os c,,.,- ,Lo
sea, Of wo,-po,binc h,v;on ho,n hoa,I
fran, tho o,,,r or,oro.,oo os.h,.....
Of Noo,ercv oGo, ,b,oo do.s, co. =.
6erccly ,cs,ac1 ., i wo, ,y,oroi, md
bravey contested The cpo,u,c or TN,
strong hold Of the enemy hv n m-,o 60 r.,
inferior in number, ,ne,l, well r., ,ho
coolne,s and the b,ovc,v n tho Amo,;.ao
Armvand boyoyo, much .I.
'''N" We "''y D.P'e'
e"'e '''' war; ne onw'''' impoIInc and I'M
Just we cannot Withhold our admiration
Of tho gallant bearing OF those who are
thrust into lhi. warfare by tho o.,, of,be
administration Tho oGi.,,l - -
d,r.,.,,....,...I..' '''' ~ P''' ''"''
''"'''"' commuters engaged IN tbs last
acton have not yet been rccei'cd-buI from
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C9rftqOndeHes Of he Bah,H.ors Pdirio,,
MosrlRKY. Sept. 25.


In desperate charge against one Of the
Mexican Fous, Col Watson fell morally
wounded lie handed his sword to Lieut.
Bowie, md died with a smile On hi, face
that Indicated more than tongue can tol -
tic DEED brave man and gallant solder
The last words which he uttered were -
Men, your General leads tOu-rho
coud Ut toll0m| These were uttered
seeing an ofiiccr pass whom. i, is pr,sum.
I'd, he, ~ the expiring agonlcs Of death,
tooh Tor General Taylor
SO ho, was the battle, tha, we were una
bic to take The body Of our ancn,cd Colo.
mel ffo" ,e street. until nearly As hours
had elapsed. We burned ban IN a brick
house within 400 yards Of where he first
made charge with the battalion. A very
singular circumstance occurred while the
man was IN the act Of preparing the grave ;
n bnIl came and took his head of and in
stead Of bufyIng one, we had 10 have an
other dIrge for the poor soldier Such is
war
We have lost number c! men, bu, no.
thing appears so horrible to me as those
men who have had ttcir arm. and hes
taken of | never before imagined what
n baule.he!t was-nover thought 1t like
,Ns
You would no, suppose Ina, nnv one
could i've IN this lane or street where we
were fighting. Three tnurric. were con.
sanlly playing upon rs Mu.kct.. nhs,
and every weapon whl'h could be brought
to play was bearing upon US The lanes
became 80 dense with dead men and horse.
that We had to tread upon hem in pp.,ing
TIE Mexican Lanccrs. no, satisfied with
seeing the poo IIoNs lying woun1rd m.
on The ground, must revenge themselves bv
thruNlng their Iances into their bodies
Many Of these Lnncers, however, in turn
were mude To bite the dus,
II is thought that our enemy Ind some
French Aullersls among them. as they
fired with great skill Yeslr-lnv they fred
nj single Texas Rlu1e-. stuck hs horse
and brook" 'hc poor mans hg. 50 that It
had 10 be taken of tbs morning
The sllgh'ca wound here, nigh, say.
IS worse ,hnn mortal one, for the wound
IS soon h,'cl wih worms, and IN spite Of
al he physicians coa do, the wounds can
not be kept clear Of them They abound
IN grcnt Abundance and of almos. every i'm.
nslnable species.
nm heartily tired OF Mexico. and bn,
for the duty | owe my country. would be
the bearer Of this letter You can qe, no.
thing withou, great difficulty.
Our fare here has been extremely bad
The provisions which the Government, al.
lows TO the soldiers are any thing bu, good
contracts a'e gwen TO political men. and
they pm such trash upon our troops as ne.
groes would not eat in the Soulh-the nork
IS so TAI that lean is considered a grca, rnr.
ny -four md crackers without worms
are also scarce In fact tho only thing rel
,shable am able to get is corn, occasional
" - the march through this country,
sometimes get hold Of an old hen. and it
seems old enough to have been mother 10
m chicken that croWcd IN the DAYS Of
Ilamlcts fthcr