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Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-11-06

LADIES KISSING EACH orHER.-For our part
we see no particular objection to the custom the
ladies' have Of kissing each olher-except that
we think it is usurpation of the rights OF the
Lords OF creation. About street kissing we
have not made up our minds however, although
the Editor of the New England Aurora has
Hear him: Pretty women kiss one another on
coming in.o a room. because it is graceful GUS
tom; they do the same on going away because
they are delighted to lose sight of each other
1t may be better for them to kiss each other
in DOORS but TO see group of ladies' stop in
the street, in broad daylight and intict upon
each other the hypocri,icsl kiss appears 10 us to
be disgusting and superlatively silly. Such oc-
currences frequently transpire within our oeser-
vation. I; looks like canniSies essaying gor-
mandize each other, as it is nearly as much
fraught with 'love' us re many OF those eating
ceremonies. a kiss Is glorious IN It's place
The sacred ccde says: Salute one another
with holy sffec'. .,on-we believe those are The
words--bul dosn'; say 'engorge each o'heF,
nor leave the sting of malice upon the iace ot
h'r whc IN you ssia'e.'
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-11-06

From the Savannah Georgian.
Our Victorious Ar my.
Huz1a Our Country's flag doth wave,
Ger Montezuma's halls;
The banner of the brave,
Floats DER the lofty walls;
In vain the foe by numbers sought,
To check our little band;
Thro' fields by blood and valor bought,
They've won the long sought laod!
What thougha Thousand noble hearts.
Shall .hrob on earth no more,
For hurled down by the foeman's darts,
Their dream Of life 10 DER!
They came al duty's trumpet call,
With high resolve they came,
Where better could soldier fall,
Where leave pIouder name'
And is there one within our land,
Whate'er his tenets be,
That honors not our gallant band,
Who've won such victory!
Be his the shame-be his the doom,
Oftraitor and of knave,
A life Of selfreproach and gloom,
A lone, unhonored grave!
On Buena yis,s's bloody plain,
No party voice was heard,
But side by side our ranks were slain,
And side by side inter'd;
And shall we far from fear and harm,
Talk lightly Of the might
OF those, who 'mid the wars alarm,
Are battling for our riett'
Huzzs a thousand hearty cheers,
For all our gallant men;
With shouts Of joy, and burning tears,
We'll greet them home again;
Joy for the forms that safe return,
Tears for the gallant slain!
And let each heart the craven spurn,
That treats them with disdain.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-11-06
The Uitssnasum.
by LYDIA JANE PrERsoN,

BY LYDIA JANE PtERsoS. t
A song on the proposition p surrender TO Mexi.
can bsrbarity and tyranny the land between
the Noeces and the Rio Grande-the battle.
fields Of Paio Alta and Resaca de la Palma.
II may not be! Forbid it, God
Forbid it. all that patriots prize:
That land has tasted f.eemen's blood;
Their dust within its bosom lies.
,Twere madness TO resign tbe soil
On which our conquering feet have trod
battling our way with glorious toll -
1t may not be-forbid it God
Can We reIhquish lands where now
The striped and starry banners wave!
No never. We engrave our vow
On every fallen brothers grave.
They could not sleep, tihe slaughtered brave
Who in ,heir beds Of glory 1es')
And feel the footsteps of the slave
Pol,u:e the soil above their breast:
Resign the field where RiscGoLp fell!
The spot where gallant STEVENS lies!
Where Cochran felt his bosom swell
triumphant IN ueatns agOntes'
Where brave and virtuous hearts pourd out
The life so dear to hope and love,
Invoking with their dying shout
Our country-sud our God above'
No! By our country and our God.
We will not yield that dear bought soil!
We still have hearts with generous blood,
l. 81 I'll
On! To the re.cre! Hearts Of steel
On! To the rescue! Souls Of fire
Let kindred blood infame our zeal
To conquer--triumph-or expire.
Huzza, Press on where Taylor stands :.
Invincibe in conquoring might;
We must prevail where he commands,
And God sustains our sacred right.
Ask Taylor TO retrace his way,
And leave his conquest TO the foe
And this broad land, from sea TO Sea,
Shall echo his emphatic NON
No, never, this is bo'y ground,
Bought and baptised with patriotic blood!
See, with her fetters half unbound,
She lifts her hands to Freedoms God!
By freedoms God she shalt be free,
Hnzza, brave hearts press boldly on;
Strike home, nor pause till victory
Shall put her olive garland on
Till oer that land TO utmost parts
Our Eogle's sheltering wings are spread;
And Taylor ihroned on freemens hearts
Enjoys his laarels ia their shade.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-11-06

The fashions Two hundred and sixty years
ago, were, il possible, even more absurd than
they are now. In Queen Elixabeth's time,
fashionsbie lady in full dress. wore ruff so
large that she wss obliged to feed herself with
q spoon two feet long.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-11-06

RECITATION ExTRAoRpisARy.-Thc follow
ing, from an old paper (N o. Crescent CityDis.
think. very good Of its kind.
The school master was in a great husry ;; he
had received note from his dnlcina, and ;hs.
geography class was disposed Of n aoable-
quick time.
POLYNESIA where situated, want are tae
products, the inhabtants, ls.,itu.s and lOngi.
tude, Sc, now bounded , shrieasd tbs Et,le
pedagogue. to a huge, RED hesdsl boy, whose
face bore the expression Of sasAsY egg, vita
feet like battering rams.
'Pollykneeshia is an Independent group of
islands in the anterior Of he desert OF Sasaharro,
on the coast of Cornwall. Its prOduc.s is biln
springs, cucumbers, tortoise shell, earnibals,
and sometimes wimn. end children. The in
hab,ants is for the most pa IT kalmpe Tarters,
and ,o,hers is Shakers and lniuns. Latitude
aud longitude is ditto. IL is bounded on all
sides by the Chi nese wall, which was erected to
prevent the nDc,ural visits Of the equator into
the Caspian sea, and on the south by the Spa
rebbeau isI,nnshs, and the promontories which
is unconmonly kivered at tich water mark
with Shetland ponies and other animols Of the
same class. The religion is like the producks,
intolerance and idle worship
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-11-06
Prices oFADyEwTTsles.

Evt~y subseq 1ent inssr,ian, sN
Yearly Advertisements: one column, $25 half
column, $ls, thrce squares. Sla; two squares, 70,
one square, S.. Haf-yearIy one column, Sls I;
half column, $ls; three squares, So; two squares;
S5; one square, 50 30.
Advertisements lett without directions rs 10 the
length of time they are TO he published will he
continued until ordered out, and charged accord
ingiy.
CrSixtcen lines or less make . square.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-11-06

Themistocles once replied TO an Authenian
who consulted him, 4 would bestow my dsueh.
ter upon man without money, rather tbaa mo.
ney without a man.
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TERMS OF THE AMERICAN,
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must b,. POST PAID.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-09-09
MIR. CLAY.

We copy the following paragraph from the
Louisville Journal, merely on account of its
bearing upon the speculation in which sundry
Loco Foco papers have seen fit to indulge,
upon Mr. CLAy's recent visit to the NORTH
The language of the Journal is emphatic:
"The Union and its Locofoco allies would
rejoice TO see MIR. CLAY upon an electioneer-
ing tour, for such spectacle would give them
hopes of jealouses and heart burnings and
collisions among the Wings. But they are
destined to experience no such qualification
We k,ao,c that Mr.. CLAY, at the disastrous
close Of the last Presidential canvass, which
he did not regret for his own sake though he
deeply regretted il for his country's, came I'M
hesitatingly and instantly to the determination
never again to be candidate for the Presiden-
cy unless in the progress of events, the whole
people of the United States, regardless of par.
iy distinctions, should call him to the Presi-
dency by reclamation. He INDUCED not the
slightest expectation that this would ever hap.
pen, and he fully made up his mind, that, un.
less it should happen, he would remain for
ever in the retirement that was so dear TO him
that he would never under any circumstan
ces. pass through another political conflict
What was his resolution then is, we are sure,
his resolution now. He will not be candi
date for the Chief Magstracy unless called TO
the high office by the general reclamation oil
all parties, and he well knows that he is moi
called to it by any such reclamation now"
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-09-09
COL. BENTON.
The ST. Louis Republican says

Inc OF LOUIS hepuOhcan says.
"Col Benton wished to obtain from us the
name of the author ola communication which
appeared IN our paper, written by an eye W IL
ness o. the transactions in California. After
trying several means 10 induce disclosure OF
the writer's name, he resolved on preferring
charges, demanding a cour-martial, and thus
bling the writer out as a witness. Col. Ben
ton bases his charges against Col Fremont on
the communication in the Republican, and al
so on articles which appeared in the Louisville
Journal and the New Orleans Picayune--snd
for the authorship CT the two latter, refers TO
Lieut. Emory of the U. States Army. We
cannot believe that ''the chief Of the War De-
partment will refuse this mperiocs request"
Whether this Court Martial has been De,
manded by the direction of Col. Fremont, and
in his name, or whether Old Bullion, "solita-
ry and alone, has set this ball in notion" the
Republican does not say. He seems, howev-
er, to have taken his son-in-law under his
especial guardianship, and is especially 10th to
allow him TO slip his leading strings. The
position in which he places Fremont by the
system of dry nursing. appears to US little
udicrous, and we should doubt whether it is
likely TO prove altogether grateful to the vanity
Of that gentleman.
BY the way, we see il announced that Col.
b. has ready for the press certain notes and OBJ
servaGons upon public men and public affairs
for the last thirty years! We feel much curl
osity to see them, and cannot conjecture what
manner Of book they will make. We are
disposed to think, however, that the author
will likewise be the principal hero, and that it
will be made abundandy evident that, but for
him, the world would have ceased to roll upon
its axis many long year ago. The mono
mania Of the Colonel seems to consist in de-
sire 10 monopolize all the glory Of the day. and
he will be more generous than we suspect him
of being, if he leaves ray for the use of any
contemporary. This trait will only render
the book the more amusing, as 1t throws an
infinitely ludicrous air over all he says or does,
even in the most serious manner, and upon
the most solemn occasions.-Rich. Whig.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-09-09
LANDING OF PARzDEs.

The Boston Courier, publishing the Wash
ingion Unions explanation Of the landing of
Paroles at Vera Cruz, remarks
If any one, after reading this article from
the Union, doubts that The administration at
Washinton connived at the passage of Paredes
through Vera Cruz, as it did Santa Anna, by
Commodore Conner's squadron, he must be
stupid in the extreme.
The Alexandra Gazette puts the following
questions
The enquiry is made-and with great show
Of reason-lf il was so heinous an offence TO
permit Paroles to come back to Mexico. why
was it not equally as wrong TO connive al and
even authorize the return OF Santa Anna p
Come, read us this riddle.v
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-09-09
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER o, Isa7.
M as or1c PRoCEs s 10 ".
nlr. Chandeliers address.

Saturday last was the day fixed upon by the
members Of Equality Lodge Of Free and Accepted
Masons, for the dedication of their beautiful New
IIall. A large number Of brethren from the
Deighboring Lodges convened for the purpose OF
participating in the ceremonies, and to enjoy the
opportunity, afforded to many for the first time of
listening TO an addressf5em our distinguished broth
en-, JosEPH X. CHANDLER, Of Philadelphia. So
greatwas thccrowd attracted hither by the reputa-
ton oftbe Orator that the spacious Methodist Epis
copal Church, which was kindly rendered for the
occasion, could scarcely contain the members of
the Fraternity and the Ladies who honored us
by their pre- sence whilst the isles, and even the
doors and windows were thronoed by eager lis
tencrs indeed many were forced to leave the
spot, after finding it impossible 10 catch more
than an occasional word Of discourse, the deep
~ interesting character of which was sufficiently
evidenced by the breathless attention it received
from more fortunate auditors. To speak Of the
address in terms which would convey to the rea-
der an idea Of the impression it produced upon
those who had the pleasure of hearing it,
would be impossible without the employment OF
forms of speech, which would seem to border up
on extravagant, if not fulsome eulogy. Suffice
it to say, that literary composition, it was
worthy the reputation of JosEpn r. CHANDLER,
and MS a Masonic Address it was all that the most
ardent Mason could desire. More than one
member Of tho order departed for his home, fell
citating himself on having enjoyed the opportunity
of grasping the hand and exchanging fraternal
greetings with one who had so long been the OBJ
lect of his admiration and esteem.
The procession was a beautiful one, numbering
about one hundred and twenty, count which
woull have been considerably increased had our
brethren from Harper 's-Ferry been able 10 reach
this place in time. The Fraternity were escorted
by the Martinsburg Blues, under the command
of Capt. HoorER, preceded by the fine Brass
Band from Clea rspring,-tbe whole being con-
Quoted by Col. E. p. HUNTER, as Chief Marshall,
and Col. J. S. BRowN and A. M. VANARsDALE,
Esqr., as assistants
After the services were concluded at the Church
the Fraternity repaired to the New Hall, which
was dedicated with the appropriate ceremonies
by Wp. A. NEWCOMER, District Deputy G.. NJ.
OF this Masonic District.
A Committee was appointed to solicit copy of
the address for publication, and we are sanguine
in the hope that we shall ere long have the plea
sure Of copying it into our columns.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-09-09
TO BUSINESS MEN.

Business men-men who desire 10 have
customers flowing in upon them-should AID
vERTisE literally and in doing so, should al
ways bear in mind one important fact: that
the paper most read by the community, is the ne
~ one IN 'chich they should advertise. The
LANCASTER TRIBUNE 4 UNION, we confidently
assert, is more sought after and read than any
other paper in the country. ITS circulation is
now almost, If not quite, equal 10 any other,
fire side, on the desk, and in the hands or the
seekers after news and the business men Of the
the best mediums through which 10 COMMUNE
cate notices of the wants, business. &C., Of
those desiring TO reach the public. The terms
ofadvertising are very reasonable.
Irib,ne &. onion.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-09-09
the PEOPLE AND the ADMINS
TRATIOS.

1.-THE vauntings Of the Democratic pres are 10
be taken as authority, the prospects of the ad-
minis.ration party were never brighter, and as
necessary consequence, the friends Of the consta-
ton and ofcolservative principles had never great
er cause for dependency than at the present mo
inent.
But if the recent elections furnish any criterion
by which we may Judge of the estimation IN
which Mr. PoLK and his allies are held by the
American People, il requires no Daniel to inter-
pref the Meme Tekel which foretes the doom OF
the spoils party. Not solitary state from the
Aroostook TO the Sabine, from the Atlantic to the
haunts Of the Buffalo, but has put the seal of her
reprobation on the measures of the administra-
ton, or exhibited by her popular vote decided
diminution of confidence in our rulers. The
overwhelming majority in the popular house Of
Congress, by which 'The Party were enabled
to stiAe the voice of the people as expressed by
their Wing representatives, and to keep down
every effort TO enquire into the consttutiouality
proprety Of the acts Of the Executive, has been
annihilated, and they, who in the insolence Of
power were wont to taunt the Wings as a power
less faction of traitors and malcontents have got
a rebuke as signal as it was unexpected from the
people themselves. But one refuge is left them
and to this they cling with all the tenacity Of a
drowning sailor to floating plank--the misera-
able hope that they have plunged the nation into
difficulties and embarrassments from which il viii
not be in the power of Wing Congress to extri
cate us, and that portion at least of the odium
which Justly attaches to them, will be shifted tc
Wing shoulders. We shall see how much com
fort they will derive from that source. And yet
to listen TO the shouts of victory they raise ovel
the election of "Calhoun Democrat" in dis
trict which in 1914 gave Mr.. Polk majority o
800, one would suppose that they had effected a
decided revolution there in favor of old IIunker
ism, while their "lofty pretentions and terrify
ing exactons" would force a man who had moi
seen the returns to conclude that they had swept
the Union in its length and breadth.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-09-09
GEN. TAYLOR and the PRESIDENCY

The ssDemocrats'' have been again boring
Gen. Taylor but as great as is their skin m
the boring art, they can make nothing out oil
the Old Hero. The anxious inquirer alter the
Generals opinions in the present case, are
certain patent Democrats who met In the III
tie town OF Clarksyile, Tennessee. They
! held meeting, passed sundry resolutions. and
ordered them 10 be sent to Gen Taylor, &C.
companied BY letter from committee of the
said Democrats, in convention assembled, re-
guessing him TO be so kind, so very obllging,
as TO say what were his opinions on those re-
solutions, which SO frankly expressed their
own, and which they with so much consider
! alton had sent 10 him. But the General,
though acknowledging the compliment, de-
clines returning it, He sends off these Dem
ocratic gentlemen, who have SO much solicit
tude for him and his opinions, just as he did
Deloney-Dr. Deloney precious little
satisfaction.
The interesting resolutions communicated
by these kind Democrats, were against Ma
tional Bank--in favor of the Independent Irea.
suiy-a2proyed Of Annexatlon-approvedo OF
the present Adminstration-decla that the
Democratic party cannot support any man
whose principles are not well defined.
This last letter of Gen. Taylor settles ques-
ton between the Enquirer and ourselves
The Enquirer inferred from the letter 10 Delo-
ney that the General had no opinions on the
Bank and Tariff questions, because he said he
could not answer the interrogatories relating
to them without more time than he couldspare
to consider those subjects. We contendedth
the fair Interpretation was that General Tay
lor meant that he had not time to give that
consideration to those subjects necessary to
clear and proper expression OF his opinions
The letter from Gen. Taylor, we now publish,
takes this very ground. If he were disposed
10 answer, Ae says, 81 cannot spare the time
from my official duties TO devote TO the inves-
tigation of those subjects, which their impor-
lance seems to require, TO enable me TO reply
to them in way, that would be satisfactory TO
myseIf."--Riclmond Compiler.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-09-09
Communications.
ron rHk GAZETTE.
WHO Is SANTA ANNA,

History tells US that he FIRST distinguishes
himself IN public life. in 1921, as the sn,,,.
ter Of lruRsiDE then in arms asains, Him.
and chiefly instrumental in his fall a,a
procuring the adoption Of the Federal C,,,..
tuition; about a year afterwards. auemD,..
and failing to obtain the title and now, !,
Protector of the Republic; then four q, a.,
years living in retirement, out Of ppbhc o,a
ploy; re-appearing, in 1923, on line bey, :
PEpRAzAs' election to the Presidency ra;s;a.
the standard in favor Of his opponent. Gr,,
RERo then defeated, driven 10 the monn
tains, and outawed; recalled almost ia,,.
diateiy, and placed at the head Of the Arm,
sent out to oppose him; then, in 1879, ma.
Secretary of War and Commander in. ch,sg
of the Army; in that capacity repellng ana
conqueiing the il-diges,ed Spanish invaso,
under BARBADOS soon after, driven from a.
fee with the President, GUERRERO; again ia
arms, driving BusrAaENrE from power; then
succeeding 10 the Presidency of the Republic.
and, whilst President, in the midst of sue
cessful military career, beaten, captured, and
held prisoner by the Texans; released by
them, repaired 10 Washington, aud sent home
in public vessel of the United States; there
coldly and repulsively received; retiring TO
his farm for two years; called from ii to head
an army to resist the invasion Of the Mexican
Territory BY the forces Of France; in gallan,
sally, losing his leg and almos, his life; by
another sudden revolution Of things, again
President, and in effect Dictator Of the Mex.
can Republic; in 1912, retres from the Pres.
idency TO regain his health, having become
very much enfeebled in 1915, by anoth.
er revolution, he was defeated, taken prisoner
and banished; and is now, in is47, again
President of the Republic of Mexico.
Such is the nutshell history of the man
who JAMES X. Polk, in his wisdom attempt
ed to bribe! Would Henry CLAY have so
far forgotten his station, were he President
of the United States, as TO let himself down iC
traDick with such man as this? OH my
Country-my Country DAN.