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relief" Can it be- believed that TWEEN
ty-eight Representatives Of the people
could be found who in such a crisis,
would refuse to vote food and clothing
to the war-worn soldier? Yet the rec
ords prove it true, and wha: is still fur
Their true, most Of these very members
were willing to vote half a million Of
dollars as a donation TO the subjects
of the British Crown. Let these names
be published in glazing capitals. They
were;
AMOS ABBOT. GEORGE ASHMUN, JOS.
GRINNELL, ARTEMUS HALE, CHARLES
HUDSON, DAN. P. KING, JULIUS ROCK.
WELL, BENZ. THOMPSON of Massachusetts;
LUTHER SEVERANCE of Maine; GEO. R.
MARSH and SOLOMON FOOTE of Vermont;
R. Y. CRANSTON, of Rhode Island; TRUMAN
SMITH, of Connecticut; A. LEWIS, VIM. A.
MOSELEY, and THOMAS RIPLEY of New
York; ABRAHAM McILvAINE of Pennsylva.
mia, COLUMBUS DELANO. JOSH. R. GID
DlNGS, DANIEL R. TILDEN, JOSEPH M.
ROOT, ROBERT C. SCHENCK, JOS. VANCE
and SAMUEL F. vINToN of Ohio; E. w. Nc.
GAUGHEY and CALEB B. SMITH ofIndiana;
and JOHN HENRY Of Illinois.
Let it be published to the world, that
these members Of Congress, who refused
to vote supplies to u glorious little ar
my, are, without a single exception,
Federalists Of the Hartford Convention
school--ofthe same school that thought
it "%unbecolning a moral and religious
people, to rejoice at victories over our
enemies" The Massachusetts men,
bers sympathized not with the fate of
the noble Lincoln. Caleb B. Smith
and McGaughey, of Indiana, had their
hearts steeled against the suferings of
their fellows, and whilst the impetuous
Hardin was leading his brave country
men to the furious charge, and in his
last death-struggle prostrating his hate.
full foes, his immediate representative
Henry, was giving aid and comfort to
those very enemies in refusing to vote
supplies. This may seem to be a high
ly wrought picture, but it is not over
drawn. 1t is a strange coincidence
that after a debate Of many weeks, and
after expecting the enemy,from his bra,
vado, to attack our troops, the great
battIes--the one with our enemy in
Mexico, the other with our enemies in
our Congress-should both have been
and won on the same day!
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regarding Thorn as the very corner
stones Of our political edifce, we abhor
and loathe the heather and sacrilegious
spirit that would for one moment har.
Dor the thought, or entertain the pur.
pose Of seizing and appropriating to
secular uses, the property ofany church.
If we would confer the benefits Of our
institutions on Mexico, why leave This
out Of the c~atalogue9 Is it because Of
the kind or form of religion her people
profess? Or is it because their Clergy,
in common with other citizens, presume
to defend their affairs and firesldes?-
In the darkest hours Of our struggles
for Liberty and Independence. our
Ministers Of Religion were found en-
couraging our fathers by their precept
and example. On the battlefield they
exhorted the living to valor and con-
stancy; they administered to the wants
of the wounded, and comforted the dy
ing. Such conduct in them we called
patriotism; and we bless and venerate
their names. Perhaps religious free
dom enters not into the creed of those
who would extend slavery at the ex-
pense Of human liberty? Let those
answer who have brought upon us this
war;"
What think you, true hearted, honest citizens,
of the above' What think you Of such leaguing
with the enemy--such an appeal to the foe in the
hour of confict-such a base spirit Of faction when
our fellow citizens are in the enemy's country,
wasting their lives in a climate of death, in the
field OF gore, or on the plains of guerilla warfare.
They eulogize the bloody instigalors of murder,
and encourage them by comparing them to the
ministers of religion" in our struggle for indie
pendence! They first start out with a foul per-
version of facts-a base Misrepresentation of mo-
tives-and then appeal to the enemy abroad, and
prejudices at home; the one to 60 on in their
course, and the other to desert their country, and
become traitors for the benefit of the wing party.
Is there a Catholic that can be betrayed by such
appeals! Is there a lover of his country that can
be seduced by avowals that in the days of the re-
~volution would have "confscated" such traitors
property and all! We hope our friends through.
out the State will get copies of this wing address
in wing papers, and preserve it-for it will be de.
MED most undoubtedly on the stump, repudiated
and denounced. But keep a record oft. If the
wing papers refuse to publish it generally, we will
insert it at length.
But we have not done with this address yet
As it appears under authority, concocted by the
leaders and managers of the wing party, it shall
not go without due notice and a full exposition.
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From the BrazOs.

By the ship Republic, Capt. Blevips,
we have advices from the Brazos 10 tho
lotI, inst, one day later than the Tele-
graph brought. There is nothing, no W.
ever, new from the Rio Grande or Gen.
Taylor's army.
The Republic took out from New
York to the Brazos the 10th regiment
Of infantry, Col. Temple, which We
learn is to join Gen. Taylor.
The Republic brought over Col. Dom
iphan and seven companies Of his re.
giment, lst Missouri volunteers, name
accompanies A, B, C, D, F, G, and
H, being 666 men in all, under the
command Of Col. A. w. Doniphan,
Lieut.. Col. Jackson, and Captains Wal
do, Walton, Moss, Red, Parsons, Re-
gers and Hughes.
Company E, Of this regiment, from
Franklin county, Missouri, under Capt.
Stevenson, the Chihuahua Rangers, un-
der Capt. Hudson. and Capt. Weight.
mans artillery company, about $50 men
III hlt wv IUC DidZOS VII b
prior to the departure Of the Republic,
and may constantly be expected. Il
will be recollected that Major Gilpin,
Capt. Weightman, and Lieut.. Gordon,
Of this regiment, arrived here on the
Telegraph on Sunday last.
The regiment will be paid of and
mustered Out Of service Immediately.
WI annex a brief account Of the &C.
ton Of Ell Paso, fought by the advance
of this regiment with the Indians on the
9Th ult. II has been furnished US BY
an officer Of the regiment, and may b.
relied upon,
New ORLEANS, June Is, ls41.
GENTLEMEN:-ln consequences of see.
ing very erroneous accounts Of a skir-
mish which took place between 4 war
party Of the Lipan Indians and q por-
ton of the troops under the command
ofColonel Doniphan, published ia soma
Of the ephemeral papers printed at the
posts held BY our army d occupations
LNL II ILN Oh AN HH NMr -
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A Thrilling Picture.

We invite the attention of our readers to the
following excellent article. The writer-a cor
respondent OF the Washington Union--has pre-.
sented a vivid picture Of the scenes which he por-
trays. Let the conduct Of the defamers of our gal.
liant soldiery be held up to the scorn and contempt
Of an indignant people. Let it be heralded forth
that twenty-eight Representatives in the Congress
of the United States voted against sending food
and Clothing to our army in Mexico, after a ma
jority of the same men had voted that war between
that country and the United States "existed by the
act Of Mexico" Let their conduct become SO
odious to the patriots of the land, that there may
be none found so debased as to do them reverence;
The night of the 22d of February,
the anniversary Of Washington's birth
day, was everywhere throughout the
United States, celebrated by public re.
ioicings. In the assembly, at the ball,
mingled the gay and the grave. The
gray.haired sire, with spirits made buoy
ant by the occasion, joined with the
young and beautiful in the festivities Of
the night. Around the hearth ofthe in
dependent farmer, in the log cabin OF
the far off west--in those homes where
rests the ark Of our political salvation,
the venerable patriarch, like Jacob of
old, gathers around him his children
and grand-children that nee more they
might receive his blessings. The fire
of his youth had gone out: but the splr.
it of patriotism still burned brightly in
his bosom. To the listening Gro wd, he
recoun;ed the virtues and the patriot
ism of that chief, whose arm, sustained
by Omnipotent power, rolled back the
great stone, which for ages had sealed
the sepulchre ofhuman rights, and burst
the letters which had bound the genius
Of liberty. All over this vast republic,
It was a night of joy. How different
was the scene in another quarter! At
Buena Vista, on the cold and black ST.
ezra Madre, lay a little band Of patriots.
No cheerful fires blaze d around them.
The cold, damp earth was their bed:
the lowering clouds Of night their can
opy, and the piercing mountain storm
the song that lulled their weary spirits
to rest.--In front we're the serried hosts
of Santa Anna-the army Of the Next
can republic numbering twenty thou
sand soldiers. Around the chief were
gathered the choice military spirits of
the land. They looked to the morrow
with bright anticipations, as the day
that was to retrieve their fallen for
tunes. On the morning OF the 23d, as
far as the eyes Of our little army could
reach, nothing was seen butliving mas
ses moving in order to the attack
Their bright uniforms in the distant
valley looked like one vast flower gar
den, and the rays Of the morning sun
was reflected back by the thousand pol
ished Iances that CLEANED upon the
mountain side. The details ofthatglo.
riious achievement have been recorded
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Col. Doniphan's Command.

The regiment Of Missourians now in
the city are obviously the lions Of the
town. They excite universal attention
by their appearance No more martial
body of men has been seen here, and
their exploits are the theme Of constant
remark and admiration. Our citizens
will not suffer the regiment to leave US
without receiving some special mani
festation Of public regard.
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INTELLIGENCE.
From the New Orleans P%icayune, June IL.
Later from Vera Cruz.

ATTACK ON A WAGON TRAIN BY A
MEXICAN GUERILLA PARTY-THIR.
TY AMERICANS SUPPOSED TO BE Kill.
LED-FORTY WAGONS DESTROYED
DEATH OF MAJOR BOSWORTH, PAY.
MASTER UNITED STATES ARMY.
The United States ship Massachu.
sets, Capt. Wood, arrived last evening
from Vera Cruz, whence she sailed on
the evening of the 18th inst. The
Massachusetts brings over 1856 sick and
wounded soldiers, under charge of DR..
Tudor, U. S. A.. furser Bryan, of the
Navy, and Mrs. Bosworth and two ser.
wants.
The following deaths occurred on the
Massachusetts:
G. Gaines, of the mounted rifles, and
John Drew of company ], 17lh infan-
try, died on board before the Massa-
chusetts left Vera Cruz, and we're sent
on shore for interment on the 18th Of
June. On the 18th June, John Pope,
of the mounted rifles, and John Smith,
of Company C, 7th infantry, died at
sea. On the 18th, J.. F. Carson, South
Carolina volunteers, died. On the
l4th, d. Scurry, South Carolina volun-
teers, and H. Heck, ed dragons. On
the l5th, L. Grover, company E. mount
ed rifles.
The vomito is represented as on the
increase at Vera Cruz. We regret ex-
tremely to say that Paymaster Bos-
worth, who sailed from here only on
the 18th ult., sickened and died in Vera
Cruz, of the vomito. His remains were
brought back on the Massachusetts, in
charge of his brother.
Quite the most important inteili.
gence brought by this arrival, relates
to an attack upon a large train by the
Mexican guerilIas, which has been par
tally successful. By the Fanny we
learned that a train. was to leave Vera
Cruz on the morning of the 9Th instant,
for Puebla, under command Of Lieut..
Col. Mcintosh. The train had in charge
in specie, Of which sum about
100000 belonged to the paymaster's
the remainder to the quar-
termaster's. One hundred and twenty
five wagons and six hundred pack
were in the train, which was es-
by 800 troops.
The train left Vera Cruz on the night
Of the 4th inst, and on Sunday the 9th,
when it had advanced about twenty
FIVE miles, it was attacked by a large
party .ofguerilIas. The place was well
selected for the purpose by The Msxi-
cans, being represented as a dsfle
broad enough for a single wagon only.
Il is said, too, that slight works had
been thrown up by the Mexicans 10
obstruct our advance. The attack was
made upon each extremity Of the train,
and upon the centre at the same time;
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the principal point, however, being the
wagons which were supposed to con-
tain the specie.
Private accounts represent that the
attack was so far successful, that forty
Of our wagons were destroyed-though
not those containing the specie--two
hundred mules, loaded with subsistence
were taken; and thirty Of our msn
killed. The American Eagle Of the
9th says u loss is ~variously estimated
at from four to twenty, but private ac-
counts, from responsible sources, give
the loss, as we have done, al thirty.
The check was so severe, that Col.
Mcintosh determined not to hazard an
advance without achievements. Our
troops accordingly entrenched them
selves behind their wagons, and de-
spatches were sent off to Gen. Cadwal-
lader at Vera Cruz. The General left
on Monday evening, the 9th instant,
with a force of about five hundred men
and four howitzers. Private accounts
say further, that on the 10th a part Of
the voltigeurs also left, with four howit-
zers, TO join the train.
The Eagle also represents that our
troops received the attack with the Ut
most GOODNESS, and that the enemy, be-
ing repulsed, fell back towards the Pu-
enta NacionaI, which some suppose
they may attempt to defend. No later
news from the train had been received
the morning of the 18th, the day the
Massachusetts lett. On the 10th, q
large mail was despatched to this port,
on the propeller Washington, which
may be hourly expected Her letters
may bring US further details.
No later news had been received
from the army of Gen. Scott. The rea-
son is obvious; for the present, at least,
the communication has been entirely
cut of. We do not regard this. as at
all alarming, Tor Gen. Cadwallader will
no doubt open a passage to Jalapa at
once; but it indicates a necessity for
solne cavaly force upon the line to clear
away the brigands which infest it, and
who must have mustered in greater
force than had been anticipated, to at.
tack a train guarded by 800 troops.
But the audacity Of these guerillas
does not stop here. They are entering
Vera Cruz and stealing horses there.
For several nights alarms had been
created in the city by these predatory
attempts. Private letters say that six
ty horses were stolen from one pen in
the immediate vicinity of the town.
A regiment Of Texas rangers, it seems
to US, would fnG smple scope for en-
ployment in the vicinity Of Vera Cruz.
The steamers Palmetto and Edith ar
rived at Vera Cruz on the eth instant.
The schooner General Worth had also
arrived with one company Of voltigeurs.
On the Palmetto a lady is said 10 have
arrived from New Orleans in search of
a runaway slave. Her pursuit is repre-
scented as successful.
We await anxiously our letters by
the Washington.
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Ordinances of Town Council

On the Sd day of June, 1874, the Ordinances of
the Town Cauncll of the Town of Woodsisld,
which will be found in another column, were pas
sed, and published in the esprit Of Democracy"
at that time. At a meeting of the Council, held
June Ia. ls47, these Ordinances were again Or
dered to be published-not because they were OF
no effect, but because the Council were DESTROYS
that the Ordinances should not be violated by per-
sons ignorant of their existence.
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o. We understand that Mr.. William Kerrigan
is about to open his house in the village of Carlisle
as a House Of Entertainment for the travelling pub
lie. The stand is that formerly occupied by 0. O..
Lewis. Such a House is much wanted in that
village, and if we mistake not Mr.. Kerrigan will
with q call.
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0S- Capt. c. H. Brough has been. elected Colo
mel of the new Ohio Regiment of Volunteers;
Capt. Warner, Lieut.. Colonel; and Capt. Young,
Major.
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o. The Summer term of the Court Of Common
Pleas, commenced its session on Monday last -
The Grand Jury. after a session Of a day and a
half, were discharged without finding q single bill
Of Indictment. This speaks well for the morals Of
,dak Monroe" Our jail, also, is without a tenant.
Can some Of our enlightened neighbors say as
much?
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Of the Ohio Legislature, have been received at the
Clerks Office, and are now ready for distribution.
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Northern States. His reception everywhere is
highly complimentary.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-04-05
T'ri6lng.

The nelligencer OF this morning, in leading article
of about column-having apparently for its object de-
sign to show that of the correspondents of the New
York Herald speaks by authority for the administration
and also that the levyng OF military contribution in the
ports OF Mexico very immoral and offensive proceed
ing on the part of our the following
very startling announcement:
The reader will thence learn that this executive rescrpt
issued by virtue OF authority claimed by the President
the conqueror of Mexico really as ce hare suggested
order in council, TO trhch council, an addition to the
ordinary members of the cabinet, hare been called certain
Npsons from Nem York and Pennsylvania, ,rho hare beer
constantly engaged since the adjournment of Congress Ia this
constellation We further learn from the same SOURCE thai
this scheme is intended TO substitute, for the antie
pated from duties upon tea and coffee which i was not the
pleasure of the legislative authority to provide, revenue
10 be collected on he limits Of The UnHed States by the
mere will of the President"
Well, here is cause for alarm with vengeance, That
the President should venture upon plan to sustain the
in whole part from the of the enemy
which plan is open TO such tremendous objections
these indeed fearful state of things Practical have
actually been called as would appear from New York
and Philadelphia, assist the Secretary of the Treasury
in making out his schedule of duties Nay more than
this They have actually been engaged upon such ne
farous business ever since the adjournment of Con-
gress And most OF all, it is really the Presidents hope
by means OF this contribution from the Mexicans par
tally to supply any deficiencies of treasury which
may arise from the failure of the proposed temporary
war duties on tea and coffee.
Can the American people stand the excitement which
the of such arocious facts must
rily occasonl All this the lntegencer is able of Itself
to urge against the proposed plan of military contribu
tons How dreadful, then must be the attack upon thai
measure, which, as the runs most distinguished
urst is engaged in preparing for the columns
of that journal
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When the report first went forth that the Secretary OF
the Treasury preparing tariff for the Mexican ports
in possession, the first impulse of the opposition
press to claim the merit of the measure for Their
own party. " 1t was General Waddy Thompson
(exclaims the National IntegenceD who first
proposed it in our columns" 1t was Thompson,
and Parrot, and Baldwin, and other wings" Tex
claims the correspondent of the Baltimore PATRIOT
who recommended the measure" Now they are
backing water They hope that more capital may be
made by attacking it administration measure, than
BY claiming it a wing invention The cue given out
by the fugeman, Mr.. Joseph Surface, and he is COM
PEELED to swallow his words first; and now may
expect almost the "whoe sly" to be with him in an
uproar When they saw the Secretary of the Nays
instructions TO Captain Stockton, in December last, not
word of censure escaped them. We heard nothing
then of the 'Orders of Council When Gen. Thomp-
son spoke OF il in the National Intelligencer it all
right. SO also when Mr.. Calhoun recommended 1t
in his speech. But now, since the Secretary's re-
port has been published, it is suddenly discovered to be
the act OF an MISUNDERSTANDING to the constitution, con-
trary to aw-and violent usupaton of power by the Pre-
sdent In vain do they seehis authority conferred by the
laws OF nations in the of war. In vain do they
find the doctrine thus expounlel by Martens, Vaiie
and all the most celebrated urists the law of nations
In vain have they equivalent rule laid down blythe
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From The National InteIIIgencer'
The Relief for Ireland.

|
| The Relief for Ireland.
The Boston committee, who charged with receiving
and forwarding contributions for the relief OF the suffer,
ing people Of Ireland and Scotland having despatched
the sloop- jamestown, have already commenced
loading another vessel 1.-The Tartar" with the avalls OF
the collections remaining hand and the Courier says
two other vessels forthwith 10 follow the Tartar
Charity, so promptly and munihceny bestowed, wor-
Thy OF all praise.
The jamestown, /, seems, was detained BY adverse
winds till Sunday morning, when she took her departure
in line trim, flying from her mzzen peak the stars and
stripes OF our own country, and from her main royal
mast head large white flag with green shamrock IN
the centre. The Boston Journal says
eta about hours from the casting of of the has,
awef that bound her to the shores OF the western world
e had denaagsd n hd pilot and was standing on ,
walls food for the furnishing and covering for the naked
their afflicted brethren of the Old. II was noble sight,
ha gallant ship moulded and fashioned for wars stern
purposes OF destruction and DEATH speeding her course,
stripped OF her armament, on an GRAND ol mercy Heaven
grant her quick passage TO her destined port and sale re-
this her labor ofove shall be tnshedby OF blood
she'd and carnage on her decks!
beans 50 casks peas 5sa casks and 2os bags conn., 100
'eces hams 400 barrels pork, 72s barrels and ASS bags
corn NEAL flour, oat meal potatoes, rice, beet elotins
NC. in all equal to 5000 barrels"
We take the occasion furnished by the above TO sub.
join letter received from the New Orleans irish relief
committee the general committee appointed at the great
meeting in this city in February last announcing the
liberal sum which has been collected in that city;
NEw ORLEANS, March l, 1917
GENTLEMEN We beg leave to acknowledge the receipt oil
munication recommending general contribution
for the relief of the suffering poor OF Ireland, and we exp
nconsdeabc satisfaction in stating that the citi-
of New Orleans uniting sympathy with those oil the
other large cities the Union for the tcton win
which the people of Ireland have been visited and npei-
led by their innate generosity which prompts them 10
afford prompt and efficient relief all sufferers come they
what quarter they may, have responded with the mos;
audabe ulacrry the appeal made them. Contrson-
have been raised by of committees nominated
for the express purpose of aiding accomplishing the OBJ
ec which you have recommended with the eanestness OF
benevolence. These contributions amounting to nj
teen thousand dollars have been RENTED to the Hon.
George Bancroft minister OF the United States at The court
of ST. james, with directions TO invest the money IN bread
SUITS or distribute among the needy and destitute as
he may Judge best. :
With profound respect are, gentlemen, your obedIent
servants A. ID. CROSSMAN, Mayor
NJ d. PRIEUX, Col. OF Customs,
SAMUEL ]. PENN,
JOHN HAGAN.
To the Hon. Daniel Webster, L. A. flanagan, o. Dewey,
Edward Curtis, w. Z. Robinson.