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Gen. Patterson Ms 70 have marched f,or
Mtisnor.s o. ike 23d. Win Col Tk6m 3, !,
feeineoi Of Tsnuessss essslrv. ~ ~,
point. General Shields nis q eomn,od
q Ismpleo. but would Be- snnerceded 3,
Geo Patterson. when be srrived.
fRon THE ARAr - The SIC amer Fash.
'on slnssd q NsN 0rlesss. On he a7,h
elt.. IRON Brszos Saniisso. which Mac.
shs LEFT % The atib ~. The sub;e;,ed
iniormaiion wsstnrnishsd 10 ,he editor,
OF ihe Asrcpry ty Captain Ysatman q
the Third Regiment of Tennesses voluo
teen volunteer Aid % Camp Of Gea.
wool. Who left psfrss. The head quarter,
Of Gea. Wool. on ths l0lh December, and
passed through Sallillo. Monterey and
Csmsrgo.
Gen. Wool has received osders from
Gen. Tsylcr 10 take up bis winter quar-
iers 81 Psrfls. and had seized Two llhou.
sand barrels Of aoar and sesersi lbopsand
bashels Of Whea, and other government
flores. Ptrrssis one bundled and fif,een
miles directly vest OF Ssliillo. and Tie po-
siiion being fsrthest 10 Advance, the Srst
and second regiment Of Indiana Volun-
teers had been ordered iron Camsrgo 10
relDfofcs General Wool This To1id
swell his command to about iour tbou,snd
i've hundred men
Gen. Worth. at SslsiIlo.I was also 10 be
reinforced by four companies Of Kentucky
cavalry. ordered 10 Mobterey. which
would bring hi' con nand Up 10 about Sc.
yenieen hundred men.
Gen Paterson had received q private
letter informing him OF q rUmor tina,
Santa Anna vas advancing upon Salillo
from San Luis Polosi, bot Capt, Yes,man
attaches noctedit TO The runor, IS etrsv.
eled from PArrss and Sslillo to Msiiamo.
ras - rapidly a. possible. and When be
Eleii those places. be beard nothing what.
ever Of IL.
The Generals ia-eommsn ID ri both points
have cavalry parties seouting ia The d.
rsciion Of Ssn Luis Poiosi. aud the scouts
Eot Gen. Wool are al least seysniy-6ve
miles from bis camp. so thai be would be
likely % be apprised Of any ueni Of
Santa AnnaIss early - possible.
HUzzA FOR tbs PRINrERs Sever
Pfinters leftihis place yesterday morning,
10 the Company Of Berkeley " olunteers.
tor the Mexicso War. These gallant
boys will do their best TO knock Mexico
into Pi-Nutias5uTg Gqzefis.
The GovERNMENT Tie New York
-Express-says:-
The Federal Treasury begins on the
lst Of January next, 10 exaciEsll its, dues
10 coin. and The expectation naturally
was that on that day it would pay in
Ecoin. Iisesms. however. thai the inter-
est on the government securities due on
the list. lis moi 10 be paid 10 coin. but 10
back notes. The Treasury Department
has notified the Back oi America that
list OF the parties entitled 10 receive
linteresi will be forwarded 10 the bank,
snd the provision made Tor tie payment
in due season From this il would ap
pear tina, ihe Sub Treasury is to be thrown
into The shade. and The sid~of the banks
again called into requisitions The Sc
creiary has favor under the Sub. Treasury
Law 10 do this, bpt il shows the folly o.
the Sub ssressury. which COLLECTS in coin,
and disbarses 10 Bank Bills, 4
Hupsrs- Feyrg IYafg Pstr.-rhat1
spieedid waller pc yer At HAMPERS. Ferry,
The best, probably, IN this country, next
10 Niagara Falls is begianlng 70 be brough.
into use A large cotton factory, one
.h6udred by forty FIVE feet ID the clear.
by four stories 10 height, is being put Up.
under ,beE superiuiendence d MI. Gid.
dings. for . company with 4 capital Of
loriy thousand dollars. The machinery
j. beng builtby Dantor,h; Of Patterson
Nj, Sooner or later that splendid wa
ter power musi come .inio pse for general
N manufacturing. III has long hesn waiting \
only for some bold spirits 10 make be
ginning Bali. Sun. !.
End of the Pan Mass Case. by refer \
enee 10 the report Of the proeeedingsin
this case, i, win be seen ,hstMrs. Con-
nor wss yesterday. by decision Of the
court; ousted Of her claim be the wi,
dow of the late Gen. ,Van Meas. A ma 1
| jority OF lhejurors were 10 her favor. but
ihe;decision Of the Go1rt.conpelfed them
10 bring 10 verde, con,rary 10 their
| judg mea MS Is 10 the testimony.- Bah Sun.
Horrible Casually The Lexington pa
pers state that on The night Of the tb-
instant. alter the Tremendous snow storm
hich occorredsin thstviciniiy. the house
Of a Mr. Pe,tigfew, in .tSe hollows Of the
House Mountain. shout seven miles from
Lexington, was burned 10 the ground .--
Mr. Pettigrsw and one Of bis children
were absent from home. but onreturning
10 the morping found the vile and five
children burned and irazeu 70 death
PorERTY Start not e, The labor 81
honest poverty; il is 70 poverty cha, we
are indebted for the discovery OF new
world i, made Frsukiin philosopher
Hogsfth painter. and Napoleon The con.
lqueror Of Europe The mieh,iest minds
that ever ss,onished HE civilized world
were cursed 10 thsssale 81 poverty; thSt
vas their incentive TO action. their stimn
llous 10 glory andimner,aiiys Pine not.
Then. At your LOT. Il you be poor and vir-'
Ituous; lSree fortune 10 eidey youth. IL
lihe most painful .jodeement that an in
ldnlgent heaven can infiict upon nan
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