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TO THE EDITORS.

Santa Anna viii not march on Saltillo,
but will make a feint to create such i'm
preston.
Should the Army under General Tay-
lor be concentrated in that neighborhood,
Santa Anna, with his whole force, will
rush on Tampico; and, if he accomplishes
the reduction of that place, he will pro-
coed along the coast to the Rio Grande,
and. with an overwhelming force between
Matamoras and Point Isabel, cut off the
supplies TO u army.
With some knowledge of the character
of Santa Anna, and the topography OF
the country, combined with the recent
news, | have arrived at the above conclu-
sion.
The subject being one of great impor-
lance and interest just now, is the reason
| trouble you with the p%erusal, and re-
quest the publication of this short letter.
Very respectfully,
A NAVAL OFFICER,
Annapolis, Jan. l3, lS47.
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ssAid and Comfort,

A Wing member of the Illinois Legis-
lature, ~conceiving it to be his duty to
said and comfort the locofocos, particu-
Iarly in their present dilemma, recently
introduced the following resolutions into
hat body.
Resolred, by the General Assembly of
the State Of Illinois, That we heartily ap-
prove Of the message of the Hon. James
X. Polk, President Of the United States,
vetoing the bill passed at the last session
of Congress Of the United States, making
appropriations for the improvement Of
Rivers and Harbors.
ResotCed further. That the course OF
the President Of the United States in COM
promising the line Of boundary on the
forty ninth degree, after asserting that our
title up to fifty-four degrees and forty
minutes was "clear and unquestionable,''
meets the entire appreciation of the
General Assembly of the State OF Hi
nois."
This applause of two of the main acts
of Mr.. Folks administration, operated
like a 6re-brand thrown into the midst OF
the 'f%aithful;" they Immediately adjourn
ed, and at the pext meeting, laid them on
the tablet Does this look like backing
Mr.. Polk
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A member Of the Iowa Legislature was
highly indignant at the Speaker of the
House, when he announced him a menl-
Der of the committee on "FederAl keia-
TONS" He considered ita rank biting m
suit. "Look here, Mr.. Speaker" SAID me-
"none of your tricks upon trlvellers.-
You needn't think that. because am a
new member, you can run your rigs upon
me. | am not as green as you suppose.
Go to thunder with your federal relationsl
/ han mt one Of them in the world-and
wouldn't own him il | had"
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FROM rHk WASHINGTON UNION OF WEDNESDAY.
The 1FRumors', from the Rio
Grande. .

The dispatches received from Major
General TAYLOR, by last nights mail, are
frow Monterey Of the I4th December, at
which date there were no tidings Of the
movements of Santa Anna upon the adj
vance post at Saltillo. The General was
to have left on the 18th for Victoria; but
IT the count be true that we see pub
lIshed IN the newspapers, he must have
returned to Monterey before he had pro-
ceeded a half a day on his march. The
force at Slltillo, under Gen. Worth, IS
about LOO, which was to have been re-
inforced, according to previous advices
from General Taylor, by two regiments Of
volunteers, which would make an aggre-
gate of about 1900 men. The force at
Monterey under Major General Butler,
~inclunding the division which marched
on the 18th and 14th December under
Generals Twiggs and Quitman, which no
doubt was recalled and rapidly marched
in the direction Of Saltillo, should the
news Of the advance of Santa Anna turn
out to be true, would amount TO about
3,4O0, which, with Gen. Worth's COM
mand, would make a force of about 5000.
We have seen a letter from an officer at
Brazos Santiago, Of the 18th Of Deem
Der, which expresses the opinion that "a
sufficient force was doubtless collected at
Saltillo to meet the emergency; and if
Santa Annals movement was any thing
more than a feinf, he has unquesIIonably
been repulsed."
A letter from Major General ScoTT.
now commanding all the land forces in
Mexico, dated December 28th, from Bra
SOS Santiago. states hat he should leave
the next day, via Matamoras and Camar-
90, in search of official news by which he
should be governed accordingly. Refer
ring to the reports of the movement Of
the enemy, he states that, in the mean
time, events may take him TO Monterey,
and that "if Santa Anna be in the offensive
he must be repulsed," &c.
One of the letters we have seen from
the Rio Grande Of so recent date as De-
cember % (the latest expressly states;-
ave are here without accurate informa-
ton, and the General-m-ch1ef, now COM
manding all the forces in Mexico, has de-
termined to move rapidly forward with
the view Of ~ascertaining facts upon which
he can rely. We should have been off
to-day. but for the difficulty OF landing
our saddle horses from the steamer yes
terday."
The force under Gen. Wool at Parras
is about 2,40O, which is in excellent or
der. Capt. Washington.s company Of
flying artillery, more than 100 strong, has
a battery of eight pieces, and IS represent
ted to be one Of the most efficient and
well appointed companies which belong
to the army. Il probably is the best, as
it is the strongest. Whatever NAV be
the truth OF the rumors aaoat, it will be
seen that, with the junction OF Woofs
division, which should be counted upon,
General Taylor, upon this emergency,
will probably be at the head of an army
of more than seven thousand, and we have
no fears of the result.
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sury on the 31st of December show a
falling off of 81, 937,67. The Govern
ment have received as a balance OF the last
loan 81, $3.50, 200. and the receipts into the.
Treasury it is supposed were nearly two
millions Of dollars during the month-ma-
king a total expenditure of s5,476,547,67
during the month of December. The ex-
penditures will be equal to this sum, il is
thought, in January.
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NORTH Carolina.

We learn that the Resolution appropri-
atiug Ten Thousand Dollars for the
equipment Of the North Carolina Regi-
ment of Volunteers now enrolling for the
Mexican war, which passed the Senate Of
that State, with a preamble declaring the
war to have been begun by the act of the
Executive of the United States,) has also
passed the House of Commons The
appropriation has heretofore been made
We trust that the amount Of this apPro-
pr%Iation, and Of all like appropriations
by the State Governments, viii IN q
time be reimbursed to them by the Cen
eral Government.
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The sub-Treasury.
he New York Tribune SAYS:

The New York Tribune says:
"The Sub-Treasurer here begins to see
the Elephant, and finds it impossible to
get through with the receipt and dlsburse-
ment of specie even by working after
night fall. A small lot of silver coin,
$500, was sent in at l o'clock, and at 3
O'Clock was handed back TO the deposition,
as the gentleman from Schoharie would
neither count nor receive it without coun-
ting. Great inconvenience is occasioned
to those who have sums to pay in by the
requirement Of the Treasurer, that they
must come and see the coin counted. A
great loss of time occurs in this way"
The journal of Commerce says that
the Sub Treasury, so far as 1t hears, is
not much besides an object Of contempt,
and that the government itself is the chief
sufferer by ii; and letters from Washing
ton state hat the Government will soon
resort to the issue of Treasury Notes to
a large amount. and some as low as $40.
This, be it remembered, is the anil
6ank-hard naoneg administration!
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, ls47,
LAST GATHERING.

Ocean and earth restore
All that your arms entomb
From every distant shore
Come to the gathering-come!
Sages of days gone by
Long Wondering in the tomb
Haste to the realms on high
Come to the gathering-comel
Warrior with laurel brow
Who fixed a nations doom,
Come to the judgment now,
Come TO the gatherlng-come!
Bright was thy dark eyes CLEAN,
Fair was thy cheek of bloom;
Again those Charms shall beam;
Come to the gathering-come!
Mourner with fearful eye,
Come to thy spirit home,
Thy peaceful est on high,
Come to the gathering-come!
Loved one of days gone by
Haste from the graves cold gloom
Again we meet on high,
Come to the gathering-come!
Ocean and earth restore,
All that your arms entomb,
Mvriads from every shore,
Come to the gathering-come!
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know, that the Wings, under every dis
couragement, will stand up for their u
try, and, SO far as they can, sustain its
honor. But the Administration asks too
much when it calls upon the Wings to
surrender their discretion, their knowledge
and experience, in matters of finance, to
those who have shown themselves to be
ignorant of its first principles.
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A farmer once hired a Yermonter to
assist him in drawing logs. The Yankee,
when there was a log to lit, generally
cortrived TO get the smallest end, for
which the farmer chastised him, and told
him always to take the butt end Dinner
came. and with it a sugar loaf Indian
pudding. Jonathan sliced of a generous
portion Of the largest part, giving the far
mer a wink, exclaimed
".Rilcays the 6uti sHd."
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New Series
THE SOMERSET HERALD.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1917.
NEW CoUNTERFEITs.

Counterfeit SIS and los on the Bank
or Chambersburgh are in circulation
They read 1.-The Chambersburgh Bank"
Also los on the State Bank Of India
na-yignette, an Indian looking at a train
of cars,
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The Washington Fountain notices a
report that Col. Bomford's big gun is to
be brought to bear upon the Castle of
San Juan de UIloa; that the shells are all
cast and ready for it, and that it has been
shipped from Boston 10 the squadron off
Vera Cruz.
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n. p. Willis says:-It was in the
church of St. Nicholas that [ first became
aware of a very sensible German custom
that Of concentrating the cough and
nose blowing during service time. The
clergyman stops at different periods of
his discourse. steps back from the pulpit
stand, and blows his nose-the entire o
gregatiou initiating his example, and dis
tarbing the service with the operation at
no other time.
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From the National Intelligence.

At the present moment, the following
letter. received by the mail Of yesterday,
cannot fail to be of the deepest interest
to every class of our readers:
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A beautiful bufferh was seen in Kew
ark, cc,cw JERSEY, Oh Ike 2d inst.
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The Mbies of Talbot Co. MARYLAND have in

The Wings of Talbot Co. Maryland, have in
Convention nominated General Taylor for Presi-
dent Maryland appears to be the most thorough
going Taylor State in the Union.
The Hickman (Ky.) Standard has raised the
name of Gen. VIM o. Butler of that State, as the
democratic candidate for President. Several of
the Southern papers have come out in favor of
Levi Woodbury.. They can trust him, they say,
on the slavery question.
The Postmaster General has ordered Regula-
ton SAG, which authorized Postmasters to receive
subscriptions TO newspapers and draw upon the
Post Office where the paper was published, to be
discontinued.
The Steamboat Niagara had more than as inch
es of steam when the boiler exploded; while she
was allowed, by the steamboat Inspector, to use
no more than rs.
VIRGINIA ELEcTIoS.-Wilson Mead, Demo
crat has been elected member of Congress, for
Petersburgh District, Virginia
OF one hundred and nine Loco Focos who voted
TO censure Gen. Taylor, only about twentyfour
have so far been reelected to Congress, and only
four of these were reelected after the obnoxious
vote was given-the others having been mainly re-
elected last fall.
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THE NEXT CONGRESS,

Elections for members OF the Next Con-
gress have been held in twenty States, in all
OF which States, where there has been a con-
Test, Locofocoism has learned what General
Pillow ought 10 have learned before he was
made Major General by Mr.. Polk, viz, 10
counter march.
There can be no reasonable doubt that tie
Wings W Il have in the next house a fair reli-
able ma lHriy, who will resist the further en-
cfoachments OF the Executive upon the con-
stitution and the legislative branch of the
Government. Progressive Democracy, while
it holds over must depend upon the Exc
culive and Senate for aid. 1t is maiter9of
congratulation that many ofthe tIuest Wings
in the Union are chosen members of the next
Congress, and many others like them are in
the field as candidates. and Kill without
doubt he elected. Should The Wings have a
majority, the Speaker will OF course be taken
from their number. They have already cleo
ted many who would do honor to the Office,
Among Them might be mentioned Mr., Win
throp OF Mass. Mr. Vinton Of Ohio, and Mr..
Bolts Of Va. Besides these, and many others
one James Wilson, from the State of New
Hampshire, will be there, with letter of in
PRODUCTION from Governor Williams,-sh0rt
and pertinent of course. Among members
of the last Congress, who are candidates for
re election and who would be equally worthy
of the station, are Mr.. Caleb B. Smith OF ln-
diana, and Mr.. Gentry of Tennessee,
Rutland Herald.
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ANOTHER LETTER FROM GENER.
AL TAYLOR.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF OCCUPATIONS,
Camp near Monterey, Mexico, July 6, 1847,
SIR: The prospectus of a Native Ameri-
ican paper TO be edited by yoursel. forw arded
TO me with attached remarks from you, has
been duly received.
Upon the points alluded to in those remarks,
and TO which members of the Native Amer
lean party require assent from those whom
they favor for the Presidency, can only say,
Oith all cdndor. that If elected TO that office ii
must be BY the spontaneous ,riH Of The people al
large, and t0iLtout agency or pledge on my
part in any particular. ferer l. fill that high
offce, it must be untr0mmeLted ,0ih party OBJ
legations or interests Of any kind, and UNDER
NONE BUT THOSE WHICH THE CONSTITUTION
AND THE HIGH INTERESTS or THE NATION AT
LARGE MOST SERIOUSLY AND soLEMNLT DE-
MAND.
do not desire the Presidency, and only
yield thus far my assent TO he considered a
candidate in the same proportion in which it is
desired by the people, irrespective Of party.
Your paper, the No. which you were Kind
enough to promise, will be very acceptable
meanwhile can only hope it will prove use
full TO the country.
Very truly and sincerely, your obi servant
u. TAYLOR,
Major General U. S. Army.
PETER SKEN SLITH ESQ, Philadelphia, Pa
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MONEY MARKET.

There begins to be an alarm among capi-
ialists 10 relation to Government six percent.
stocks. in consequence OF the hopes of all.
and the expectation Of many that we should
have peace, Treasury notes run upto los per
cent, and the general feeling was. that they
would 60 up much higher. Recent accounts
from Mexico, have dissipated this hope and
expectancy, al least for the present. This,
together with The official report Of the Secre-
tary, that the expenses of the army alone for
the three months ending the Both Of June
was SIG, l72; 594, and that the whole expen-
ses of the Government, 70, the same period,
was twenty two and half millions, or ninery
millions of dollars year, and that the receipts
for the Same time, exclusive Of the loans was
only eight millions, or Ihiry-two millions per
annum, has alarmed capitalists. and well may
they be frightened. If we are running be-
hind now, at the rate of sixty millions year,
and his too, by the official statements of the
official officers of the Government, it is time
10 look about us. and TO see where and how
this immense deficiency is 10 be made up. II
this war continues capitalists will have album
dant opporteniiy to obtain quite as much
Government securities as they want. Indeed
so suspicious have mOnied men become al
ready, that State of New York five per cent.
stocks can hardly be had at a premium Of one
and two per cent. Money is also drug. g.
offered freely al 6 per cent. on bond and mort
gage.
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Mr.. F, Brown,

MT. = DrOWn,
Dear Sir: am much gratifed in having
an opportunity to announce TO you, that, by
the use OF three bottles of your Sarsaparla
and Tomato Btters, have been, from a
state of general debilily,and decline, and con-
tinual suffering, restored TO the emjoyment.of
good health. For a number of years have
been troubled with the Liver Complaint, SO
badly at times. as 10 prevent my attending 10
business. and Dyspepsia followed, with loss
of appetite, weakness and debility. and a
sinking and oppressive sensation at The stom-
ach, most painful and distressing, which
acknowledgement my strength. and led me
into decline, and debilitaied me so much as
10 occasion fears for my recovery; while IN
this situation was induced. by the persuas-
ion ola friend 10 make trial ofyour Bi!ters,
and was most happily disappointed in fin
ding an immediate relief; and before had
taken the contents OF the first bottle. had
obtained comfortable state OF health, and
before had used three bottles. enjoyed
better health than for number Of years.
This was about two years since, and nv
health has continued good till the present
Time. must say that have moi much con-
fidence in patent medicines, but am salts
fed, from the wonderful effects OF
your Bitters in my own case, and Of
friends whom have induced 10 use it. that
it is valuable medicine, and take much
pleasure in recommending il 10 any friends
and acquaintance, and indeed 10 all who are
thus afflicted, as well worthy trial. re-
main yours.
PELEG SPRAGUE.
Bath, Me-, April 20. 1874.
For sale by w, P. Russell Middlebury
and by dealers in medicines generally.
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CBlLLs AND FEVER Hrighfs Indian
Vegetable Pills are one of The best, ifnot the
very best medicine in the world, for the cure
OF Intermittent Fever, because they excel all
others in Kidding the body Of those morbid
humore which re the cause, not only Of all
kinds ofievcrs, but Of every malady incident
"a man. Four or five OF said Indian Vegetable
Pills, taken every night on going 10 bed, will
il short lime make ap erfect cure of the
most obstinate case Of chils and lever, and
at the same time the digestive organs will be
restored 10 a healthy tone, and the blood so
completely purified that fever ard ague, OIL
disease in any form. will be absolutely i'm
possible,
Beware of Counterfcils of all kinds Some are
coated with sugar, others are made to resemble ii
outward appearance the original medicine The
safest course is, TO purchase Of the regular agents
only, more of whom may be found in every
village and town in the State.
New England office and general depot, l9s
fremont Street Boston.
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.Nn SENATORIAL CONVENTION.

a Nj
The Senatorial convention was held at Hutlan nc
Wednesday August 4th at which Geo, l.
On Or Jobn Fox, and Henry Stanley were nom
80 os candidates for the wing party MUCH
a;Ssgectiop however prevailed against the course
. 1 bv Mr.. Hodges in relation to the eS'aO-
r.h,,ent ola Bank in Brandon which ne strenu-
nnaIv onnosed during the last session Inns mas
s.ni,od in the call of another convention to DC
Ma =, Clarendon springs on Monday yeSteroa!l
without expressing our opinion upon the meii's
.f,he case. it is certainly much 10 be regret'eu
49, oues,ion about the location OF bank
should be thought of sufficient magnitude to break
mn the solid phalanx of the wing party In Hu'-
land County
nomination once made should have the most
,ouerful reasons for its overthrow. If however
another convention is called we trust the danger
Of division will be thoroughly weighed ana 'nA'
no minor considerations will swerTe the goOo P'o
ple of Rutland county from their paramount Jul.
Of sustaining the great wing party in al us u'''
and Tigor.
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BRIGHTON MARKET,

MONDAY, AUGUST 1S47.
Al Market. 600 Beef Cattle. (incIuding
200 head Of store catIle,) 10 yokes Working
and Lambs. and about 275 Swine.
Beef Cdhe-Extra, s7,25; first qualify
s6,75 second & third quality from s475 6
Horking Oren-Sales made at 81, SS2
and $780,.
Coars and Calres-Dull. Sales at SIS, %,
S26, 81 & $3.50
Sheep and Lambs-sa!es old Sheep al ST.
SO. $3.50 10 $500 Lambs, 81 so 1892, 2, l3
and 225.
.Sicine-At wholesale, 1-2 for Sows, 6 l-2
for Barrows. A retail from 10 and 7 1-2
old Hogs &c.
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STATE OF VERMONT, }

STATE OF NERmONA,
District of Addison IS. ),
Re Il remembered, that at Probate Court held
at Middlebury, in and for the District of Addison
on the 22d day of July A, D. ls4!,
Abel P. Skiff named Executor IN an insu
.'1,.;r,, 20 he tbe last will and testament OF
Pun POLLY P. SKIFF,
late of BridpOrt in said District deceased presents
t , st -. - Instrument be considered by this
Sa9 ia or probate S at the session of h; Court
be held he office of the Register the of i tss d daV
IN salu n Isa ar one clock in the afternoon;
and that notice thereof be given to all persons m
erested that they may and make tnsr Ooi
ections if any they may have 70 ae P,oD certad
soOv on this or S in the GALAXY week
" newspaper printed at said Middle6ury, three ;e
weeks successfully previous to the time OF said
Jed. S. Bushnell, Register.
A rue copy Of record,
Attest, Jed. S. Bushnell, Register.