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clergyman in Scotland desired his hearers never TO
call one another lars but when any SAID thing tha
was not true, they ought to whistle. One Sunday. ne
preached the parallels OF the loaves ana hsh
es; and being at loss how to explain II, ne saio 'e
the hills in Scotland He had scarcely pronounced the
words when he heard loud whistle =
'sWhats that" said he "who calls me a liar q
at is |, Willy Mcdonald, the baker"
"Weel, Willy, what objections ha' we to what told
YEP
'sNone Master John, only wanted to know what sort
Of ovens thew had to bake those loaves in p
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y so pieces very superior Canton matings
10 do very rich and superior floor oil-cloths
Just received and for sale on accommodating terms
Also hand 5000 yards super and priced In
grain carpetng, which will be offered such prices as to
make object for housekeepes to supply themselves In
advance of the season. r. III. HOOE W.
April 2S-3wif
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From our Baltimore Correspondent.

BALTIMORE, May g. 8 p. m.
The oeather.-C Colonel DIXON s. Miies-The cotton, -four
and grain markets, &c.
The fine rain of yesterday and Saturday night has caused
great rejoicing among housekeepers, vegetation had
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AID AND COMFORT IN VERA CRUz-Kendall, OF the
Picayune writing from Vera Cruz mentions clrcum-
nected with the ceremonial observances of Catholic
country He passing, he says, one evening after the
cty, when good-look but scantiy dressed woman
accoscd him for laosnaS aims all to celebrate grand
f.ncion in the cathedral Reckoning him to enter her
large plate of silver-hal dollars quarters and dimes,
for the most part Amercanwhch was lying on the la
be The paper went TO show that there was to be a
solemn function or observance in the church, all to
turn thanks that the city had been surrendered TO the
Americans before the entire population was killed, and
the place entirely destroyed by the shells OF the enemy
upon the Americans! He helped to swell the fund to
the extent of dollar and expressed his intention OF hav
ing sight at the performance as the worth oil his money
she Mexican officers he says, "boTow money OF the
Americans the hungry Mexican population clamor about
our commssares depots for bread and now they ask us
to deray the expenses of of their obsevances or eel
ebratons | hardly know what they will want next"
[New Hauen Courier
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The New York Courier DIES Eats Unis' of Saturday
morning, publishes letter from Vera Cruz dated the
9th of April in the of which the writer says that
to his own personal knowledge, M. Atocha, just be-
fore his departure from Mexico and at three o'clock
the morning. wrote confidential letter TO Reon, in
which he made the following proposition Tin his own
name, and not oically the basis of treaty, that in
his opinion and according TO his instructions, would be
acceptable to both countries
The adoption boundary line between the two coun-
of the Rio Crande del Nore far up the parallel OF
California which the Rio ella between the 33d
and 3lh degrees of latitude. This line would only include
New Mexico, in addition to California; while the 18th
parallel would have deprived Mexico OF one-thrd of her
erritoy1 The United States also for these
acquisitions SIS $50 000 and also become
sponsible for the Mexican claims
The expenses of the Nj. Atocha estimated at $780,
100000 There also to he treaty Of commerce and
of alliance between the United States and Mexico, ohen
and defensive the former engaging to protect the lat
ter, well refuse acknowledge the Independence
Of revolving provinces, and also to defend the frontier
against the Indians keeping thereon force OF from five to
ten thousand men.
This etter-wrer also Continues the Conrier says
that these liberal conditions read, and M Atocha
charged by the Mexican cabinet with reply to the
effect that it would open negotiations the moment the
American arms were Withdrawn from the Mexican soil.
The "Courer des Etats Uns,' in its comments upon
this letter. remarks that NJ Aocha betrayed the expense
of his own mission and that he going again to Vera Cruz
in a few days; this time simple traveller. HIS pres
enCe there (ads the Courrer prove beneficial to the
cause of ace-Balmore american.
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EItrdd of a letter TO the editor, dated
HALIFAX DISTRICT, April 2s, 1s47.

For once we beaten in this congressional district
Upon cyphering up the polls from the different countless
understand that Thomas s. Flournoy esq, is ahead OF
friend Treadway about so votes. had feared such
result, until we received assurances that the upper
counties of the district would do better for than usual
had had Fears not because of any falling of in Halifax,
but because the democrats of Halifax felt secure In their
strength secure in the fidelity Of the President and
cure in fixed and inhexibe majority in the district The
truth u.s. that people have not been aroused upon fed
eral politics since the campaign of 1914 At the end OF
that campaign as became certain that we had
President who true TO the constitution as it is writ
ten, democratic House OF Representatives, and an
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The man who dies immensely rich, dies bankrupt to
the books of benevolence The fact proves that ne has
not lived as he ought You shall learn by giving freely
that there is value in money which you never dream o.
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IN Inc first place. this statement is grossly defective in
unng over the vote for Mr. Goodson, another demo-
duc candidate. Fulton never could have succeeded
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On Sunday, the I'll instant, MARGARET PYNE, dnugh-
of the Rev. SMITH PYNK aged six years and six months
The funeral will take place tomorrow (Tuesday) after
noon, halEpnst o'clock.
The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1847-06-29
FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS.

From the St. Louis New Extra. June |.
The steamer Archer arrived last eve
ming from Council Bluffs, TO which point
she had been to carry out 100 Mormons,
and between go and 20 tons of their
household furniture, farming utensils, &C.,
and small amount of goods sent up by
merchant of this city. From the otil-
GERS of the A. we learn that there are still
at and in the vicinity of the Bluffs several
thousand Mormons, the larger proportion
in a most wretched condition, living IN
huts covered with turf and brush, and IN
holes dug in the sides of the river bank,
scarcely afording the protection and con-
venience of an Indian wigwam. They
are represented TO be in a most filthy and
nearly half stars ed condition, for which
their only relief is emigration.
A large number started for Oregon
this spring. and it is the intention OF the
Imajority of those behind to follow 81
soon as they can do so with a ccrtalnt,,
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of ever reaching their place of destination,
but large portion are so entirely desti-
tute that it is deemed unsafe for them to
undertake the journey this summer, and
1t is more than pro5ak!e that succor will
have to come from some other quarter
than their own industry, before they will
be able to remove from where they are at
present. Many and in fact the greater
portion, are making some preparations
toward raising crop, but the yield, it is
thought, will scarcely keep them alive
until another spring.
Thev have been much annoyed of late
by Indians, and most of their valuable
stock, such as cows, oxen, and horses,
have been Stolen. Their encampment is
stretched along the banks Of the Missouri
for six or eight miles, entirely unprotected
and unguarded; but Notwithstanding, they
are constantly receiving reinlorcements
from nearly every quarter of the United
States and Great Britain. The persons
carried up by the Archer were new prose-
lytes on their way to the "New Jerusa-
lem," which is to be built up in Oregon.
The A. left the Bluffs on the 24th ult.;
the water was then falling, with three and
a half feet of water in the channel to
Weston. The steamer Martha was met
at Council Point with the American Fur
Company's men on board.
No rains in the vicinity Of the Bluffs,
and a Mr.. Richards, who came down
from the mountains and got on board the
Archer at St. Joseph, reports no rise in
the streams and tributaries, and no ram in
the country above. From Weston to
Jefferson city the officers of the A. re-
port four and half feet of water, thence
to the mouth between six and seven feet
in the channel.
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business of the CanaI.

One OF our numerous trsHsporters in
formed US to-day that they had regularly
shipped from $40 TO $50 tons eastward
per week since the canal opened. That
their shipments last week were 694 tons,
and that they had more in the depot at
the end than at the beginning of the week.
Freight for Flour 80 90 per bbl. Bacon
81 per 100 lbs., but higher freights are
offered for lots out Of turn.
The gorge of Flour at Buffalo, we
learn is even greater, and that the whole
season with ''ffty mile line Of boats" |"
would be insufficient to pass it through.
Pittsburgh .dmeric@,.
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DOUBLE DISTILLED TREA-
CHERRY.

Public attention has of late been con-
siderably directed to the Philadelphia
LEDGER, in consequence of the fact that
the writer who holds an office in the De-
partment of State, is understood TO enjoy,
in an eminent degree, the confidence OF
Mr.. Secretary BUCHANAN, and has often
foreshadowed the intentions of the Adj
ministration, or disclosed its views of POI
licy. In late number Of the Ledger the
following forms part of this writer's re-
gular correspondence:
"Victory round on every side and not
drop of comfort. Peace is apparently
as far off as ever. We shall, for want of
power to treat with, be obliged TO keep
possession of goodly portion of the
conquered territory, and to lortify and hold
all the strong places in our hands.
With the defeat of Santa Anna, my
hope of peace is considerably diminished,
for hcwever strongly the opposition press
may have rallied against what it was plea
sed to call ''the passport granted to that
chief" CERTAIN 1T IS THAT OUR BEST
HOPES OF PEACE RESTED ON HIM, and that
nothing but the impossibility of sustain
ing himself in Mexico, has thus far baf-
fled his efforts to make the Congress a
gree to the proposition of our govern
ment to send commissioners.
"The tone of his warlike dispatches
was from the commencement forced upon
him by the circumstances in which he was
placed, and perfectly understood here by
the President and his cabinet. Santa
Annals only hope of success consisted IN
first satisfying the national vanity Of his
countrymen, or availing himself OF some
lucky accident, to turn for a moment, the
fortunes Of war, and 10 improve that mo-
ment for concluding peace. He CANE
VERY NEAR SUCH A CHANCE AT BUENA
VISTA, but the battle of Cerro Gordo has
put an end to his prospects, and with
them, 10 our calculation Of peace from
that quarter.
This statement of trusted and conf
Dental friend Of the Administration, trans
lated into plain English means, that Pre-
sidcnt Polk, on principles that would rem
der a man infamous ii practised in ordi-
nary life, and in violation of every rule
of honorable warfare, admitted Santa An
ma into Mexico III order that by an enor-
nous treason he might betray that eoun-
try, and thereby give this country sue
cess it could not win by open honorable
war. To further aid Santa Anna in his
treason, Mr.. Polk asked and obtained he
use Of three millions of dollars for the
purpose Of purchasing the venal and cor
rupt. Was there ever plan conceived
so reeking with baseness, so dishonoring
to great, just and powerful nation as we
claim to be! But infamous as il is, the
worst is not yet told. To secure the sue
cess of his conspiracy beyond hazard, the
sacrifice of Gen. Taylor at Buena Vista
was deliberately p tanned. The regulars
and nearly and nearly all the artillery
were detached from Gen. Taylor's COM
mand, and there only surrounded only by
volunteers, the flower and best blood Of
the west, be was doomed to destruction
that Mr.. Polk by this double treachery
might bring to a close this war of his be-
/ ginning.---BuFrALo Con-.
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The Land of the Free.
BY WIN. H. M'cALLA.

Oh! Land of the brave and the free,
Thy joys from bright Heaven were given;
Thy bonds of pure friendship and love,
By the hand Of the great God were riven.
Tn, Patriots! men of high souls,
And minds full of wisdom and truth,
Were sent from above, thy first hopes to control,
And guide the weak hand Of thy youth.
Oh Land Of the Free If a mortal on earth
Pure JOY can hope to secure,
'Tis homo in the land, where Liberty dwells,
Alike for the rich and the poor.
'T is where the bright stars and the stripes
Proudly float meath the blue summers sky,
While the eagle OF liberty, unfettered and free,
Forever shall circle on high.
Then, Land of the Free, may prosperity last;
May no factions thy Union sever;
But thy Glory and Fame, untarnished remain,
Like TArLoR's great name shall, forever!
Aud at home or abroad, may thy warriors names
Shine brightest of any, on land or at sea;
Till thy name strikes terror 10 each foenan' 5
heart,
And Liberty's watchword, be "LKSD OF THE
FnEE,"
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BEAVER AND SANDY CANAL.

We learn from gentleman on the
route of this improvement, that there are
now six boats running regularly from the
mouth of Little Beaver to New Lisbon
{ C26 miles. That each boat makes three
trips per week, the principal freight down
being Flour, each boat carrying 300 bbls.
making the landing on the Ohio place
Of no inconsiderabIe business, where II is
all re-shipped for this city. This gives
upwards of 5000 bbls. per week, and
serves to give US intelligence Of one Of the
sources from whence flows that rush OF
flour into the depots Of this city.-Pnta>
] lburgh .4merieQn.
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v o1. 5.--No. 90.
From the Pennsylvania Lateiligencsr.
Gen. James Irwin and mis- OpPO-
nenfS.

The candidate of the Whig party pos
sesses private and public character SO
pure and uncbjectionsble in every partic-
ular, that the Locofoco presses are at a
loss what to say against him. Occasion
ally, however in their anxiety TO make
some show of opposition, the pensiOned
scrlbblers of the most inscriptions Lo-
coioco Journals, indulge in a strain Of
bitter denunciation. We find an article
of that kind in the last "Union," and as
the most efectual way to meet and offset
that kind of opposition is to fight them
with their own weapons, we have pare
dized the article, altering it in word very
little but materially in point and direction.
We do this for the purpose of exhibiting
10 the friends of Mr.. Skunk the force Of
their own language, applied to him with
quite as muchlpropriety, as applied in the
original to Gen. Irwin.
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TUESDAY, JUNE 2e, 1s47,
THE STREAM OF LIFE.


Oh, silvery streamlet of the fields,
That flowes. full and free.
For thee the rains of spring return,
The summer dews for thee;
And when thy latest blossoms die
In autum's chilly showers,
The winter fountains gush for thee,
Till May brings back the flowers.
Oh, Stream of Life TIE violet springs
But once beside thy bed;
But one brief summer on thy path,
The dews of Heaven are she'd;
Thy parent fountains shrink away,
And close their crystal veins,
And where thy glittering current flowed,
The dust alone remains.
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TWO DOLLARS PER ANRUM. ,
HALF-YEARLY IN ADVANCE.
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IN illustration by toay Of Definition.
pray what is nonsense = asked a
wight who talked little else. ''Non-
sense" replied his friend, "why sir its
nonsense to bolt door wiiha boiled car
rot."
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LETTER FROM THE SEAT OF
UAp
WAR.

We have reason, independently of its
public importance, to suppose that the
following Letter is from source to be
entitled to entire confidence
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE ALEXANDRIA GA
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PARODY OF AN ARTICLE IN THE LAST UNION
The FederaIIsts.

EAC GAGENAAStSs
The Federalists in Pennsylvania seem
to be pretty much at stand and scarce
ly know which way to turn. There are
some serious differences in their own
ranks, and their reasonable opposition to
the Mexican war meets with very little
favor from the people. The fact is the
Federalists did make mistake in nomi-
mating so weak candidate as Skunk
They have not been able to write single
paragraph out Of any incident in his life,
or identify him with any great political
reform, or to describe anything remark
able that he said or did. Although pub
lie man. his life is blank, and we do not
think the people will interrupt the void
by placing so incompetent man in the
executive chair. 1t would be better to E.
lect the original John HaRey, or the
astrologer Hague, or beau Hickman, be-
cause each of these eminent individuals
has made figure in the world.
The friends of one term are very much
annoyed at such dead weight being
fastened on the party as a candidate for
their suffrages, and many of them are al
ready beginning to kick out Of the traces.
Ii is mortifying to have such man thrust
npon them, and discouraging because de-
feat is inevitable. Eldred would have
rallied the strength of the party and been
more formidable oppoaeat. There
would have been some honor in beating
him, but in discomfting the present can
didate we will only have to walk over the
course.
The great body of the party who
should probably have supported Skunk,
begin to feel sensibly the hopuiessness Of
their situation, and will not labor actively
in behalf of an unworthy candidate. to-
wards whom the cold shoulders of the
leaders Of the Federal party are turned
Now is there anything that Skunk has
done calculated 10 awaken the sympathies
of the people. He is RICH OFFICE
HOLDER Of thirty-five years standing,
and wholly imbued with anti-Democratic
feelings and sentiments. The disafection
in his own party will not be supplied by
an addition of the popular vote.
Thus weak in his own party, among
his friends, what chance does he stand in
running against OLD IRONSIDES,
leading on the invincible Democracy Of
the keystone State! His party is warm
ly attached to him, and the people Of the
State know that he is their friend, and he
has shown himself to be the advocate of
,f 81, IL
He has carried out the principles of our
faith and complied with the wishes OF hrs
constituents, and in the contest which is
now going on between this republic and
Mexico, Gen. JAMES IRWIN has al-
ways been found on the right side, lend
ing his energies in aid Of the country
He has with him his own party and the
people Of the Stale without respect to par
ty.
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water or dry culture will yield the greatest
produc, per acre. With the use Of water
mnre can be cultivated To the hand, and ,hal
The fertility Of the soil lis better preserved,
are points along since yielded. These re-
marks are Intended to illustrate, the fac,,
from The peculiar organization Of the rice
plant, it will accommodate itself 10 either
the we, "r dry culture; then why should we
Ior one moment doubt, that If we give il a
trial. it will in like manner accommodate
itself in prcmniary point Of view t" nlI the
necessities of the cotton planter! Few
will hesitate /" try The experiment, wl,rniti is
stated will thar land which pr"duce only q
bag Of cotton to three acres. will weld un-
der proper culture fifteen or twcnt, buslI>
els nfricc.
II may b" proper here to remark. Iha, the
custom "f planting rire in low damp sp",s
in your corn or cotton fields is n bad one:
the plant weud thrive much better on II dry
and Loose soil; and although when water is
skilfuIy applied to field of rice from The
planting to the harvest, gnud product is
usually the result, i, is nevertheless true.
demonstrated by thousand experiments,
,ha, as much has been made upon the same
field without irritating il ui all. Lands
that are not dry should be .i,ched so rs
t" drain two feet al least from the surface,
before g"oI cr"p Of rice cnn he expected
from il. River swamp lands that are fresh
AMI not much worn. will yield SO or 60
bushels Of rice pr acrr. and with less la
Dor Than the same land would require in The
production Of n cotton crop; good upland
from 35 tn ID bushels. Rice that is So
cultivated, will command the higlret price
n m & I'm II. t,. d
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MISCELLANEOUS.
TIE YANKEE AND TIE SUCk..R
by MERRILL c. YOUNG.

BY MERRILL c. YuUSG.
Partly concealed within the BORDERS nf II
wo"d, which skirts Il scene where prairir
"Sirc,ched in boundlrss l,cauly lies"
Is situated charming litIie c",tayr, nestled
III shade aud sccIuSi"n beneath the lnlare
OF ovcr-shad"wing b,'ughS. O.. The Piaz.
IN in fr"nt "f this DIV. ling. venerable
sucker (nn"e'I Gnrdnn) was seated, one
summer afternoon, building dreams nf
thrift rs he surveyed his plantation, Guam.
rllr' inl" heavy crops rpcnng into plenty.
N"w as our sweetest dreams are ncr,est
and quickest to close. il is not strange thar
his, although pleasant, were soon lcrmina.
ted by some one shouting
Halo, "l.! dad"
'llaIl" yourself, and dskivcr how il feels,
he rct"rlcd, aud turning simultaneously
with his reply. his eye fell up"n II young
man, stranger in him, leaning on the yard
fence.
Excuse mr. said the stranger; may be
you n"uyht b. so clever MS Ia tell n chap
who owns that ere wheat field up aside the
timber, wnn'i ynu'
Wall, will; own it!
De" say! said the s,rrngcr. But ain',
il mighty cute that you allow four legged
and sirh illrrs To he in il.
'Bul DON'T said Gordon.
Il seen u boss in it though, as KUN
along remarked the stranger. dryly.
"A huss in my whrnl!' exclaimed The
Sucker. 'Zangsa and lishlni"r! Here
BIurher Snn,a Anna. h-c-e.rr-h-r-r.r.'
His call had the effect to hrin. forth lwn
dogs, on"a h"rnh, wi.h his legs halfas long
as an eastern schn"l.maslrI's the other II
bull. the peculiar qurk Of whose under
jaw might lead YOU to mistrnst lu, he was
over fond nf what the knowing ones call
the grab game Attended with these he
trnted "if in hot haste the dogs wagging
.hrir tails as their old master wagged his
| tongue urging them to pursue.
The young stranger after wagging his
chin 'i,.lc awry and induIging in ligh.
laugh llint mndc him look snspicinusly
wnggish. walked To the cottage do"r--and
then, without ceremony inIo the parlnr.
Here finding himself alone, be- commenced
a survey Of The apartment. Bcl"rehe i'ud
much leisure. however, either to observ"
or admire the taste and elegance conbined
in every thing around him, hr was enlran.
ced by gush of rich, wild melody, succre.
dcd by th" sound Of light footsteps, and in.
slantly fitted II creature al beauty and
comeliness into his presence. Oh! thai
fair rosy checked damscl. the very person
liflcation Of blithcncss. She was started