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BATTLE OF NTEREY.-Sep.ember FL, p,
%, lS46.-three days hard fighting between
Gen. Zachary Taylorwith three thousand men,
and Gen. Ampudia with twelve thousand
men, resulting in the capi,ulation OF the City
Joss Of the Americans in killed and wound
ed-Five Hundred!
Battle OF BUENA VISTA. February 22d
23d, between Gen. Zachary Taylor with five
thousand volunteers, and Santu Anna com
saanding .Mericm, force Of tacenty thousand
men, resulting in the total overthrow OF the
enemy-loss Of the Americans in killed and
wounded Sepen Hundred,
FALL OF VERA CRUz, and the Castle Of u
loa, March 29tl,, l847 after several days bonn
bardment Of the town by Gen. Scott with four
teen thousand men-loss Of the Americans in
killed and wounded One Ha,dredi
BATTLE OF CERRo GoRDo--April 18th and
18th, two days hard fighting, between Gen.
Scott with twelve thousand men, and Santa
Anna commanding picked JMerica,a force ot
tpenty thousand, resulting in the overthrow OF
the enemy--loss of the Americans in killed
and wounded Ttco Hundred and Fifty
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PUBLISHED DAILY
N. Il. CORNER or SECOND STREET AND PENNSYLVANIA
AVENUE, OPPOSITE THE DEPOT,
BY CHARLES w. F.EJNTO.N.
TERMS OF THE Daily NATIONAL WHG-To sub
seribers, SIX AND A QUARTER CENTS pEH
WEEK, payable to the CARRIER, to whom alone
they are responsible.
When sent by mail the terms are M ior twelve
months, ~ for six months, 81 for three months
The WEEKLY NATIONAL VINO, Two Dollars per
amum, invariably in advance.
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superior Madeira Wine, &C

Superior Madeira Wine, &C
IAMES FITZGERALD respectfully invites
- Members of Congress, citizens and others, who
may desire to have superior Madeira Wine, fine
Cognac Brandy, and other rst-rate spurious liquors,
call at his Confectionery and Fruit Store, on the
north side of Pennsylvania avenue-next door to
the United States Hotel.
James Fitzgerald keeps constantly for sale the
very best wine, liquors, fruit and confectionery art
cles, which can be procured the most respectable
houses in the country. His Madeira Wine was
imported by himselfin 1910, and cannot be excel
led at any wine or liquor store in this city. His
Brandy, Holland Gin, and old Monongahela whis
ky are Of the very first quality. Call, taste, and
Judge for yourselves.
or The Fine Brown Stout and good Phiadel.
phia Ale constantly on hand.
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in general, that they have now on hand at their now
WARE ROOMS. on 7th street, opposite tho office
Of the National Inteligencer a general assortment
of SPLENDID FURNITURE, embracing in
part
Italian marble top Centre Tables N Z
Fsasy FEssDtaR aes.s;as e. g. ..1o...- g =
Do do do mahogany
Mahogany spring seat Sofas latest style
DO do Divans
% % Rockers
Do nurse do
DO high-post Bedsteads
Do French do , ll Rsek
lp dining Tables aas
Also, q lot Of Common Furniture such as plain
mahogany Bureaus, cherry and pine Tables, Cribs,
Cradles, Bedsteads, plain and fancy cane and wood
seat Chairs. MT Fs
Il All ofwhich they will sell at such prices will
suit the times, for cash, or to punctual customers.
Having in their employ experienced workmen,
they prepared to manufacture at the shortest no
tice Furniture of every description
NIB. Those who have old Furniture which they
wish 70 exchange for new, are respectfully invited
to give him call. fta,aI Ba81B
may22 lw3w
HNHE UNDERSIGNED having examined set
-lylof Cochran's Maps Of Sacred Geography,
submitted to their inspection by Mr.. VIM. Robert
Munroe, take pleasure in certifying that in their
Judgment, they cannot fail to be greatly useful 10
Sabbath Schools, and highly interesting as we'll as
useful in families. They would therefore highly
recommend them to the favorable notice Of ell Sab
bath Schools and others. sssie %.a
Alexandria, July 2sth, ls46.
soe 5. '. .'Hssi, sisse, Pastors NJ. E, Church.
John Mccormick, Supt M f. s. School
Elias Harrison, Pastor lst Pres. Church.
James Mckenzie, Supt |" S. School.
John 8 Reese, Pastor M. p Church. H
Thomas Mccormick, Supt /" s. School.
M. 8. Eliason, Principal Female Boarding
School. l E9ti.sI
Washington City.
N. J. B. Morgan. Pastor, Foundry Congrega-
ton.
J.W. French, Rector Prot. f. Church.
Geo. W. Samson, Pastor E street Baptist
Church. 5Gla sfFfa &
Septimus Tustin, Chaplain u. s Senate.
VIM. III. JMilburn, Chaplain House Reps.
Almira II. Lincoln Phelps, Principle of Patapsco
Female Institute. ~ s.
w. B. Edwards, Preacher in charge Charles st.
M. b. Church, Baltimore, Nd
w. Robert Monroe has submitted TO our inspec-
ton set Of Cochrans Maps of Sacred Geography,
and We have determined TO use them in theis 1nsll-
tution ss lrys sss7
CALEB 8. HALLOWELL &. BRO.
Alexandria Boarding School, 7th month 2Sth, 40
w. r. MONROE, 96, Fayette d. Baltimore,
is the principal agent south Of N Y.
march l3-:ft . t.
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II is with feelings Of gratitude as well as pleasure
that take this method Of giving my testimony of
the great estimation which entertain for your in
valuable compound. In justice not only to the me-
dicne, but for the benefit of others who may be suf
fering from the same malady, Dyspepsia, with which
was for years afflicted, I feel it duty incumbent
on me to state that ] am now restored to perfect
health. When | commenced taking the Colleton
Btters it was as last resort. My debility from In
digestion was 10 great that cure was looked upon
as almost hopeless After taking il regularly and
perseverngly for some time, my strength and di-
gestive powers were entirely restored. have never
taken single dose Of any other medicine for more
than five years past. can now eat the richest food
without any unpleasant feelings whatever have
also used colleton Btters freely in my family for
choLra atantun, cholera mor6us, general debility,
and as tonic after fever, with great As a
family medicine deem it invaluable, and do con.
scientiously recommend il.
A. M. r. II
81. Johns Cokteton, s. c., December, ls45
For sale by the only Agent for the District Of
Columbia, B. HOMANS,
Between 10th and lth streets, Washington.
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REGULAR PACKETS.
LINE OF PACKETS BETWEEN
r Hill ADELPHIA AND LIVERPOOL.
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H&3R N&@ M@& NER 12&
TNO sail from Philadelphia the 25ih Of ever,
i month, and from Liverpool the 18th Of ever,
msnth.
FROM PHILADELPHIA TO LIVERPOOL.
Thos y. Cope, Capt.
II. +, Micrcken Feb rs June rs lOct. 70
Saraak, (new) Capt.
f.. Tnrley Mar. rs July rs Nov. rs
Sitsqteh0,asa, Capt.
A' Tariey April IS Ans. IS Dec. as
HKyon,nlg, (new) Capt
j. w. Miercken May rs lSePt rs Jan 70
", FROM LIVERPOOL TO PHILADELPHIA.
sqFseF, e. T%isy Sss"' Capt JAN - May u ssp, y
Susquehdana, Capt
A. Turley Feb. ~ june II lOet II
Uyonliag, (new) Capt.
j. w. Miercken Mar. IL lJulyl2 Nov. IL
Thes. p. Cope, Capt
Ill. +. Micrcken April IL lAug. IL Dec II.
These are frst-class Philadslpha built Ships
having spacious and elegant cabins, and coInbin
ing every quality to render them safe and expedi
tons conveyances. They are abundantly supple,
with stores Of the best kind, and sail punctually
taking advantage Of the tow and ice-boats on th
Delaware.
Passage to Liverpool, $50; to Philadelphia, f2O
without wines. a IN t ,,sss.
H. & A. COPE & CO., Philadelphia.
. orr IN W a. 40 4
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CABINET, SOFA, And CHAIR

TAMES WILLIAMS ~ SON, would re-
u spectfnlly inform their friends and the public
il general, that they have now on hand At their new
WARE ROOMS. on 7sh street, opposite the office
Of the Nationsl Inteigencer, a general assortment
of SPLENDID FURNITURE, embracing in
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COLLETON BITTERs.

YNHESE Bitters are purely vegetable com
- gound and are offered to the public from
principle Of benevolence, under the fullest convic-
ton that they will be found a safe and sovereign
emedy for Dyspepsia. They have been trinm-
,hanty tested, not only by some Of the most re-
pectable families and physicians in the State Of
south Carolina, who have furnished ample testi-
nony as to their decided excellence but also by the
proprietor who for years, suffered all the gloom
Incident to that stubborn and distressing disease.
They possess the peculiar excellence, denied to
most other Biters Of not proving injurious by con-
tinued use. They contain not single deleterous
ingredient and, as seen from the directions which
accompany each bottle, may be given with entire
safety to an infant III the MONTH
With pleasure, and for the benefit of mankind,
send you certificate relative to the Coileton Bit
iers.
In the year 1888, when the cholera was in
Charleston, s. c., was compelled to send servant
to tile city. On his return, he was suddenly attack
ed with most violent pain in his bowels, much
as to cause apprehension that he would expire in a
short time, il medical aid could not be procured
Immediately resorted to the Colleton Btters by Civ
ing wine glass full at dose. In the course of a
very short time it acted emetic, and throwing
him at the same time into profuse perspiration. j
then continued to give il in small doses, from teo to
three tea spoonsfnll, which resulted in happy
covery Since then have been using it constantly
in my family, in of cholera bus, cholera
infantum, diarrhRa and general debility. and in
every instance found it highly beneficial. Some
constitutions, however, require much larger doses
than others.
JOS. D. JENKINS. II
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HUMBUG is THE ORDER OF THE
DAY.
IA palpably true saying, for what is the use Of
advertising the TRUTH when the public are 10th to
appreciate the difference" This is in the mou,h Of
almost every one nowadays, as well as
MRS. JERVIS'S
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HANDBILLS, sc.
Neatly printed at the Office OF the Nat Whig
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CAUTIOUS

Under this head. the Boston Courier re-
marks that, there are continual calls upon
The newspapers TO express the gratitude Of
people for acts which are thought deserving
of particular notice but we seldom or new
er hear of thanks to the publisher and editors
Of newspapers. who ale always giving their
money and their time for the benefit of pub
lie and private charities This corresponds
with the experience of every publisher in the
Country, so far as we have been able to alb
serve, Nothing can be more erroneous than
the prevailing impression that editors and
publishers Of newspapers receive, without
rendering al equivalent, certain little courIe-
sles, which by common consent, are extern
ded to gentlemen connected with the press,
lhey pay double price and more too, for
every clviliy rendered them by the propiie-
'orS OF lines of travel. places of public amuse-
ment'@e' The actual cost 10 us of g%ratuit-
Gus advertising inserted in various forms, 10
the course of The year, would supply a small
family with all the necessaries Of life. We
make no complaint of this. and refer IN il
now soley to correct a misconception WHICH
has generally obtaind, that people of the
Vpfess are The recipients of larger fayors for
which they make no return.-BufaIo Err
pr3Ss,
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wan 70 save your lives. To. Morrow al
day-brake. you will be led out 10 execution,
outside the city. l will take care there shall
be no spectators, The platoon will fire on
you with blank cartridges, and you must fall
down and r. main molionless, till they march
of the ground. A trusty man will be ready
to pun you into a close carriage; a vessel
sails tomorrow for America. on board oil
which you will embark. Here is a purse Of
gold for each Of you. Will you promise TO
behave yourselves?
Everything happened as he arranged
it, and Napoleon thanked Murat for having
taken the lives ofonly three oil his soldiers,
The circumstance remained a secret until
1880, when Prince Achille Murat walking
in the suburbs of New Orleans, was caught
in a shower, He sought shelter in the near
est house, a small and plain one; a man and
wife with their children, were the only In
habitants, The man had an ~austere, yet
good natured face, and that stiiish walk
which an old soldier can never get rid oil.
The prince remarked that the host eyed him
fxedly. and seemed strangely agitated.-
The prince on the other hand. sitting by the
humble hearth, cast his eyes around the
room with the idle curiosity Of a man who
has nothing TO do, He rose, for he saw on
The walls some coarse engravings OF Napo-
Icons Generals and battles. Above them
were placed, under a laurel crown, Two por-
traits Of Aurat, as general and as king
Have you ever served FfanceF asked
the prince.
Yes, SIR answered the host, not with
out some embarrassment.
Where ?-and under whom?'
In Italy. under General Murat,'
The son of the soldier king held out his
hand TO his lather's ole. comrade. Your
name. my brave fellow
Claude Gerard; might ask, SIR"
Il am Achilles Murat,'
1t is true, then, and my eyes did not
deceive me! You are the son of my Gen
eral, of my King, and my savior. II am
now alive, I'll nave a vile and children, !
owe it 10 him alone ; and thereupon the old
soldier told the story we have sketched down
often %interrupting it with blessings and ex-
CARNATIONS of gratitude.
The prince. whose singular character and
aversion TO society, never, while he remained
in America. found any roof more welcome,
and visited none olIDer, Than that which
covered the humble and poor abode Of his
fathers companion in arms,
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THE CoINING PRocEss.-Although this
process may be familiar to many OF our
readers, some Of them may find an inter-
est in the following extract from a letter Ill
The Boston Post, speaking of the opera
tons of the u. S. mint in North Carolina.
Charlotte is the centre Of the gold region
Of North Carolina, this being the location
of one branch Of the Emitted States min
The mother mint is at Philadelphia, and
there are three branches-at New Orleans.
at Dahlonega, Ga , and a Charlotte. At
Philadelphia they coin gold, silver and cop
per; at New Orleans gold and silver, and
at Dahlonega AMI this place gold only.
But little silver is found here; no more
than is wanted in assaying and coming the
gold. They make only half eagles and
quarter eagles here The largest amount
coined here in any n year has been a
little less than $500, 900. As it may be
new to some, / will give a briefdescrlPtion
of some of the processes that the gold goes
through. The miners have to grind the
gold rock fine, keeping it wet constantly,
and as il becomes fine, it washes of Fhey
have Il hard kind OF stone for grinding.
They then mix quicksilver with 1t, and
that collects the gold dust. 1t is washed
out, dried, and goes through some kind of
a heating process. The gold dust is then
usually sold to the superintendent of the
mint. Sometimes the miners melt the
dust and cast il into a bar before offering
it at the mint. To find the value, each
parcel has to be assayed. The assaying
is the most curious and scientific of all the
business in the mint. The meters take
the gold dust, melt it, and cast into a bar,
when it is weighed accurately, and apiece
is cut off for the assayer. He takes 1t.
melts it with twice its weight of silver, g.
several times its weight Of lead. 1t is
melted in some small cups made oil bone
ashes, which absorb all the lead, when a
large part of the silver is extracted by an
other process, and the sample is then roll
ed out to a thin shaving, coiled up and put
in a sort of a glass vial called a mattrass,
along with some nitric acid. Inc mat
trasses are put on a furnace and the acid
is boiled some time, poured oil, a new sup
ply put in and boiled again. This is done
several times I'll the acid has extracted all
the silver and other mineral substances,
the sample pure gold The sam
Die is then weighed, and. by the difference
between the weight beflIe an AFTER assay
ing. the true value is formed. All the sill
yer over and above five pennyweights for
each lot, is paid for by the mint at its true
value. The miner calls at the mint after
his lot of gold has been assayed and gets
its full value in gold coin, the Government
charging nothing for coming. That is
what one of the officers of the mint here
.old me, though l had always understood
hat the Government got five per cent. for
The gold after it has been as
'ayed, is melted, refined, and being mixed
With its due proportion of alloy, (equal
,arts of silver and copper is drawn into
ong strips, in shape not unlike an iron
,oop for a cask the round pieces cut out
With a sort Of punch, each piece weighed
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The fact that something like a million of
dollars in bills drawn On merchants in En-
gland on account Of consignnenis Of flour
and grain have been returned protested, is
one OF fearful import as regards the business
prospects Of this country, and may form a
lesson Of practical knowledge for those poIiti-
clans who prize the foreign market far above
the home market for ihe produce of the
country, All the produce that has been
needed at hoE:e has been bought and paid
for at good round prices. There have been
by the home trade, no losses of cargoes by
the 'perils Of the sea'-nO cargoes so badly
injured by heating in the hold as 10 be fit
food only for sw ine'-Do losses Of conse-
quence by dishonest bills-nO large profits
given 10 foreign merchants. In short. the
home trade has been a healthy aud vigorous
one-afa fair exchange Ofone production anoth-
er, to the mutual advantage of all classes
Not So the foreign trade. Although the fam
inc in Europe has given an u1wonted demand
for ourbreadstuffs, and the amount exported
is valued at nearly fifty millions. yet it is
questionable, whether, under The specializing
mania which has accompanied it. the country
is really any better off than it was a year a
year ago. The farmers al The west have OBJ
tanned rather better prices; but the consum-
ers at the easI have been made TO pay in a
GREAT degree for the losses sustained by spec
tators in the foreign trade.
But the matter does not end here. On
the strength Of the expectations referred 10
foreign goods and fabrics of almost every
description are now rushing into the conn
try with a rapidity hardly PARALLEL by the
great specializing year Of 1886. If these
goods are accompanied by protested bills, ii
is plain that specie sent off 10 Mexico to
NEE, the expenses Of The Mexican war. must
cause a drain upon the Banks which will
place both them and the mercantile commu
nifty who depend on Them. in a tight place.
Then come the host OF vampires in the shape
Of brokers, to absorb in a month all the profits
which many merchants have made for years,
aud 10 give Il fictitious value TO currency
which no legitimate business will sustain.
Had the old Tariff been continued, we should
have been spared one Of these evils al least
that Of excessive importation. But we have
done our duty faithful in regard TO that mat
ter and if d day of trial comes as come 1T
most under the present state of things we
can say at last that we have lent No aid to the
cause which produced it.-BOston Mail.
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ANECDoTE OF ACHILLE MURAT

The following cur ious anecdote makes lis
first appearance in an English form, in this
country, 10 the columns Of the New York
Mirror. II was translated from the Courier
Ges Etats Unis.
We may mention the name Of a prince as
having been, for a time at least, connected
with The New Orleans bar. M. Achille
Murai, son of the ex- king Of Naples. made
his debut as an advocate there, and showed
himselfa remarkable man. il not an orator.
With a singulariiy, however, belonging TO
his character, he never appeared at the bar
a second time, and has since Quilted the
town and the county. We may, however,
mention an anecdote Of his stay inere, which
rests on the authority Of his mother, the
Princess of Lipona.
While Italy was o province OF the empire.
a mutiny broke out in the garrison of Leg
horn, Of so furious a character as to excite
in a high degree, Napoleon's Indignation
He was no friend Of characterization, and
resolved 10 crush il in the bud, and make a
terrible example oil the c%ulprils. AchAle
Murat was charged with this painfui duty.
and set off for Leghorn without delay:
When he arrived there, the insurrection had
spent itself, and shame and remorse succee-
ded a temporary forgeuulness. However.
the Emperor's orders were strict. that pun
ishnent be Inflicted. Murat therefore cal
led the soldiers together. and after reproach-
ing them bitterly for their offence, required
tina, the ringIeader ofthe mutiny should be
given up. otherwise ten men out of the bat
talon would be drawn by lot, and shot
The soldiers hung their heads and weeped
like children, 1t was not death the heroes
of Arcola and Marengo feared-it was TO be
d.sgraced-to die the death of traitors they
wept not for their fate but Iof their crimes!
'Listenp said Murat 4 believe you are
really sorry for what you have done, and
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prRsurr OF KNOWLEDGE UNDER DIrFr

PuRsuIT OF KNOWLEDGE UNDER Diff
cuLrIEs.-The following is a most remarka-
kablc and praiseworIhy instance OF what pei
severance and industry, rightly directed, are
able 10 effect. Among the graduating class
At he Commencement last week. at Williams
CoIIeee. was one Of the name Of Condit, from
jersey. This gentleman is a shoemaker, is
married. and has a family Of four children.
Six wears ago, becoming sensible of The bles-
sings of an education, he commenced learn
ing the simple branches. such as are taught
in our primary schools. One by one, as he
sat an his sh~oemaker's bench, he mastered
Grammar, Arithmetic, Geography, &c. with
some occasional assistance from his fellow
workmen. At this time he determined to OBJ
tain acoIIegiate education. Without means,
and with a large family depending on him for
support, he commenced and learned Latin q
Creek in the evenings. after his days labor
was over, under the direction of a friend: ano
after the lapse of a year and a half. prepared
himself, and entered the sophomore class oil
Williams College.
He brought bis bench and tools as well as
his hooks with him. The students supplied
him with work /; the faculty assisted him q
tooe,ber with the fund fof INDECENT students
some occasional assistance from other
somces. he was enabled to go through the
College course, and al the same time support
family. He graduated last week, on his
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birthday, aged thirtY-two. He stood high in
his class, and received a part at the Com
mencement, bit declined. At the farewell
meeting Of the class, in consideration of his
perseverance,, talents and Christian character,
they presented his wife with au elegant set Of
silver spoons. tea and table, handsomely en-
graved with an appropriate inscription,
Mr.. Condit will now enter the Theological
Seminary at New York, and will, no doubt,
make a faithful and popular minister.
What young MAJ in this country will ever,
after such an example as this. despair of OBJ
tanning an education l-SpringfeId Repubi-
can.