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Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-11-18
GENERAL TAYLoR's ANSWER.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF OCCUPATION
Camp near Monterey, Sept. 70, ~

HEADQUATERs ARMY OF UccUfATION,
Camp near Monterey, Sept. ~, l547.
STA: have the honor Ia acknowledge the receipt OF
the resolutions adopted at the Wing Convention OF the
citizens Of Baltimore, which were forwarded by you
My views in relation TO the Of my name as can
dldate for the Presidency, evidently well known TO
the people Of the country and therefore avail myself
Of the occasion only express my high appreciation Of
the honor conferred in the Of the resolutions and
the recommendation adopted by the Convention.
Please make this known in suitable manner 10 the
wishes Of
Very respectfully, your obedent servant,
z. TAYLOR, Maj. Gen. u. s. A.
Col. Jons PrcKELL, Pres't Wing Gown Of Bait.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-11-18

GrThe New York Evening Post, which takes
sides with the disaffected democrats of New York,
charges the Syracuse Convention party with the fol-
lowing sins
They know that with the Albany Argus at their
head they opposed the measures for constitutional
reform
They denounced the democratic members of the
Legislature who voted for the bill calling a conyen-
ton to reform the constitution.
They endeavored to throw that convention il to the
hands of the ederasts, by rejecting fair and regular
democratic nominations, and by voting for federal
candidates.
They united with the wings last fall, to defeat Gov.
Wright, and did defeat him.
By rejecting regular and fair democratic nomina-
tons and by voting for federal candidates, they last
fall, gave the wings a majority in the present Assem-
bly,.
They desired tn defeat the democratic candidates
for Congress in a number of districts in this State
and defealed many of them to give the federal
lists majority In the next House of Representatives.
Ii is the consciousness of such base and reacher0us
ranking in their minds at the very moment when
they appeal to the democrats, thus betrayed, TO turn
out and help the Syracuse nominations which nstl-
gates them almost to madness at the little ground
which they feel that they justly possess for any favor
with the people.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-11-18

or The wing county convention Of Hampshire
Mass resolved that in opinion, the integrity Of
our Union and the stability Of our national government
and Institutions forbid the acquisition of any Mexican
territory except a port or tiso an the Pacife."iN
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-11-18

General Taylor has applied for. and received. leave
Of absence from the army for six months. He will
probably be in New Orleans on the 1st December.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-11-18

Coal AND ITS VALUR.-A writer in Hunts Mer-
chants Magazine. estimates the supply of coal from
the Anthracite mines of Pennsylvania, at 2,5OO,OOO
TONS which at "a per ton. its average price at tide
water, amounts in value to 81 ,200,O
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-11-18

The National Wing says Col. Haskell's ideas about
closing the war, by falling back to defensive line
have changed, and he will take his seat in Congress
with determination to act s'for the country"
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-11-18

OF man in Vanderburgh county. Ind. BY the
name OF Harker, has been convicted Of committing
rape on his own daughter. who was only thirteen
years old, and has been sentenced the psn,entiafy
for II years.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-11-18
INDIANAPOLIS. NOVEMBER rs. Is41.

SENATOR HANNEGAN-OUTRAGE-A week or two
ago we observed that The " Peoples Press" wing
paper. published at Crawfordsville gave pretended
account of an outrage recently pepeaed at Coving-
ton, by Mcdonald, upon the person of Senator
flanagan. We were at once satisfied, from the in
ternal evidence afforded by the pretended account
itself, that the editor Of the Press" guilty Of
the meanes and most nexcusable falsehood and that
for this display Of his own baseness he had not the
slightest excuse, except that he differed with Mr..
Hannegan in political opinion. For this, and this
only he was willing not only to he about Mr.. H.,
but through him TO disgrace the State which had
placed him, its representative, in the United States
Senate This lying account of the " Press has been
copied into various wing papers, especially into the
Cincinnati Gazette, which, though il makes clams TO
high responsibility adds TO the Ignorance, if not 10
the baseness manifested by the editor of the "Peo-
pies Press
Satisfied, as we were, of the guilt Of the Press,
we chose to await the statements which we expected
would be made by the Peoples Friend" the paper
published at Covingon, which place. the Cincinnati
Gazette is informed. is Mr.. Hannegan's residence,
instead Of CrawfordsviIle as it ners from the lying
account of the " Peoples Press"
The statements of the Friend" put Just such an
aspect upon the affair as we were sure it would,
judging alone from the false account previously pub
lished by the " Press"
Mr. Hannegan attacked. from behind, and
without word of notice, by the cowardy rascal,
Mcdonald, who had supposed that Mr.. Hannegan had
injured him at the Canal affray which occurred at
Attica last year, when the fact is that MIR. H., in
sfoa IF inin Lad ved his worthless life
These statements Of the :" Friend" verified by
the adavits of several respectable citizens Of both
parties some of whom personally know; and they
show, that while Mr. H. was quietly and unsuspect-
ingly sitting and conversing with friend, IN the
hotel the villain, Mcdonald, approached him from
behind, suddenly pulled him over upon the Aoor and
commenced kicking him violently in the face. He
was pulled of by some persons present; Mr.. H. raj
lied and obtained gun, with which we suppose he
intended to shoot the cowardly dog, he ought to
have done the villain ran and hid himself until he
had chance to escape by the back alleys, and fled
Attica, with such speed that he nearly killed two
horses the journey of sixteen miles.
When whiggery gets SO low that it feels the need
Of the help to be derived out of such affair as this
it is certainly getting low enough.
If we can spare the room, we shall publish the
count of the Friend" in next. 1t makes nearly
four columns of that paper.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-11-18
Resolutions Of the Baltimore Wing coz
venfiOn, July Is, Islz.

ResOtDed That the members Of this convention recog
nize in Major General ZACHARY TAYLOR all the high
qualifications that essential the faithful and proper
discharge Of the important aud responsible duties Of the
Chief Magistrate of the Union; aud in view Of his pari
otism, his ability his rmness and his integrity,
mend him The suages of The people for the next Pres
dency Of the United States.
RssOlpsd That this convention consider Maj Gene
raj ZACHARY TAYLOR already in the field tho peoples
candidate for the Chief Magstracy of this Nation, and
such, entitled The support Of every true wing in The
land
Resolved That copy Of these resolutions signed by
the officers of this Convention, be forwarded to Gen
TAYLOR.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-11-18

paper at " ashington, is opposed to a National Wing
Convention and manifess a disposition to the
General without formal nomination. 1t says-"He
is in the field, because the people have placed him
there, and he will remain in it, prepared to meet eve
ry consequence, he did at Buena Vista" 1t APP
pears by the following, which copy from the Wing,
that this is the desired by Gen. Taylor. He
does not want the wings to nominate him, and is de-
termined not to identify himself with whiggery any
farther than he possibly help If elected, he will
act he pleases, in spite of whiggery and the wings
have no right to expect anything else.
The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-11-09
THE DEMAGOGuE-

The mere politicians the pest -four civil land
political system. His motto is policy is the
best honesty and all is fair in politics" He
searches for the faults OF his opponents, and
is blind to the perceptions ofvirtue or disin-
terestedness. He believes that every man
has his price, and sells himself 10 The highest
bidder. He believes honesty and disinieres-
ledness ''all humbug," yet no man can talk
more vociferously about his ow patriotism
and sincerity than himself With most OBJ
sequious bow and oily compliments for every
one who has patronage or suffrage. he goes
about with cat-like step, and caves dropping
ear ever open TO the first whisperings OF ru-
NOR; his slealthy eye, like that Of the lurking
snake, peering for its unsuspecting victim.
To compass his object he will crawl like a
worm in the dirt, or wallow like crockadile
through mud aud mire, and is so much like
snake that he cant move in a right line. he
goes wiIhshis party as pilot fishwith the
shark, that be may have its leavings. Char
acter with him Is nothing; toreach his object.
he would trample his opponents in the dnsi;
yea. like the hyena, exhume the dead ard
dcspoii the sepulcher. He can quote scrip
ture and sing psalms with the pious. handy
oaihs and low tests with blackguards, and
walk arm and arm with a ruffian. He is the
artful dodger who, as he strides the fence,
shakes hands on both sides. and courts bid.
He knows all the tactics and appliances OF
party, and how to excite the passions and
prejudices of the rabble, and ''squats like a
toad' whispering in the ear of power. The
adroit shufler and cutter ofthe political pack;
the pander TO cliques snd regencies, he cares
The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-11-09
THE TRADE OF THE GREAT
WEST

We cut the following from the New York
Tribune, from which il be observed that the
vast importance of the business oil The West
is duly appreciated in New York as well as
Boston.
RAILROAD TO NORTHERN NEw-YoRK.-We
learn that the farmers and business men OH
The line of the proposed Railroad from the
Erie andWestern Railroad at Rome; Oneida
Co, so Wateriown, Jefferson Co., and thence
10 Lake Ontario, al Cape Vincent. are sub
scribng 10 IFS stock with great spirit, resolved
that the Road shall be built Immediately.
We understand the Secretary of The Board
OF that Road is al Johnsoon's United States
Hotel, and lie preparing 10 make a call on this
city for aid. II the capitalists and merchants
OF New Y ork are alive TO their own interests.
they viii ''strike while the iron is ho.," and
secure 10 themselves The business ola vast re-
gloh OF country which may slip through their
fingers if hesitation or delay ensue. Boston
will next year have reached Lake Champlain
through N. Hampshire and Vermont on tw o
different lines, and will be prepared 10 prose
cute the extension 10 Ogdensburgh and Lake
Ontario with vigor. The proposed Rome
urd WATERFOWL Road passes through afertile,
thriving and productive. though but half de-
NeloPeu 0ountry, ana VIII inevitably stcuTed
large trade aud travel from the moment ii is
opened. The route is an easy one, and will
secure large Canada commerce TO our city.
Success 10 the Rome and WATERFOWL Rail
road!-N' Y. Tribune, Oct. &c.
In this connection we are enabled 10 state
that meeting oftheDirectors ofthe Ogdens-
burgh and Lake Champlan road was holden
at Plattsburgh onMonday, and that the road
was located toRouse's Point, with branch TO
Pla.tsburgh; and that the construction Of the
road from Ogdensburgh to Malone was let TO
CHAMBERLIN, WoRRELL q Co., at present
contractors on part Of the Rutland road
and the construction from Malone 10 Rouse's
Point and also tie Pittsburgh branch. was
let to S. F. BELKNAP, contractor of The Cen
Iral Road. We learn that there was a foil
board. and perfectly unanimous action-thus
harmonizing The interest hicE have hereto
fore been somewhat in conflict II only re.
mains for Vermont to permit such connec-
lion as will secmetn our own state the advan-
lages TO be derived from this great project.
When New York and Boston are found at
iaching so much importance 10 This matter.
ii becomes Vermont 10 look carefully 10 heriD
crest in il.
The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-11-09
THE RULING PASSION.

The New Orleans Delta relates the fol
owing anecdote of an unfortunate man who
was taken sick with the fever, and who was
| attended on by gentleman in every way
| skilled in his profession. The worthy doc.
tor, passing, in his gig, by hovel in the up
per part of the city, early in the morning 2,
heard some one moaning as if in great pain.
His sympathies being aroused, he alighted
and went 10 the spot from whence the NOISE
proceeded, 1t was a wretched apartment.
pine table with very rheumatic looking
legs, stood by the bedside then there was
trunk and an old chair, and these were
all the articles Of furniture in the room Of the
dying man. The physician approached The
bed oil the sufferer, and after looking at his
tongue and feeling of his pulse. told hin: that
he thought ne could not live.
oh Doc IN exclaimed the unfortunate
creature, gaspng all the while for breath. /
have got something on my mindi''
What is it. my poor fellow if you have
anything that wei CHS heavily on YOUR con.
science, reveal it TO me, for solemnly assure
you. that you have not long to live'''
Oh,Doc I've been great gambler in
my time. l was hill on chuckerluck, and
great at Numbering -
INC PugsiCIdu loIu MIN mat MS remarks
were not at all suited to his sitnation-ihaihe
was dying, and should place his thoughts on
some more serious subject.
"Do you really think I'm goin' to die, Doc
J" said the dying man.
"YOn have not twenty -four hours to i've"
replied The doctor.
The dying man, in faint voice. requested
the doctor to hand him pair Of old blue cot
tonade trowsers, which were hanging on the
hack OF the only chair in the room. The
doctor did so, and the unfortunate invalid,
pluusing his wan, yellow hand into his trow
sers pocket, drew forth bill, and informed
The doctor that " he'd bethim cool SIS, and
go another SIS better, that he icouldnt die
The doctor left and the man survived
The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-11-09
AGRICULTURAL.
From The Vermont Chronicle.
WINTER SUELTERING OF AN
IMALS.

Solomon says "a righteous man re.
yardeth the life of his beast" And 1t en-.
tiers into this, probably, that he regard:
his comfort also. l have often been sur
prised and panied, at what appears to me,
in many farmers, regardlessness of the
comfort and health of their animals; par
tcularIy their colts and horned cattle in
not providing them with shelter, in the
winter season. These animals are around
stack. at distance from any shelter !;
or around barn, where there is none ex-
cept protection by the sides of the barn.
from the direct free of the wind these,
too, night and day; through storms of
rain and of snow; and whether the Their
mometer is above freezing or below ze-
70; and in severe cold weather, standing
shiveIing and curling up, with evident
signs of discomfort and suffering Now
/ would not ask farmer to build a house,
with parlors in it, and stoves TO warm his
animals and with floors carPeted, and
wladow cur;ained. and fealher-beds fer
them to sleep upon. No saCh thing :;
with all my sympathy for their neglect and
suffering. But this | would say,-giye
them at least COW houses and so far as
is practicable, stables, or what shall equal
ly shut them up from storms and wind.
Another thing often see barns and
COW houses which are the mere ghosts of
things, shingles off; boards of, or so far
apart that they are very little shelter from
the cold; a door lying on the side, edge
wise, before the place where 1t ought to
be hung, bona fide, upon hinges, and ca
pable of being shut. Now here are SIOU-
enGness and cruelty, both together; very
fit company for each other, too
heard man, belonging to the next
town to where | live, telling how much
his cattle suffered through one of our late
winters; because the winter came on sud-
denly, and before he had covered the barn.
=" Thinks | to myself" land am sorry
now did not sag it, as well as think it }
-" Why, man alive why did mt you
snatch every day that come,-aiter the
first onset of winter, when you could
have worked with your great coat and
mittens on without freezing, land there
were such days. and either finish or build
slab houses for the winter. Go to bed &
sleep quietly night after night with your
cattle and colts shivering under the fences,
and exposed to rain, snow, and hail, for
the want of little enterprise, and bravery
of cold Shame upon you Has beast
no sensation of cold, think you p
Cruelty, ofthis sort, is bad economy.
Animals that SILVER with cold, and trem-
Bile from weather-beatIng, all winter, will
be lean and feeble in the spring.
For two reasons, aye! three,-should
man who would be considered a good
farmer, afford a good shelter to his ami
mails, in the winter to wit,-for econo-
my's sake: for mercy's sake: and for CON-
science sake
A FRIEND TO HoRsEs g. CATTLE.
The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-11-09
DUEL BETWEEN RANDOLPH
AND CLAY

The account of the duel which we ex-
tract has been given to the public in let
ter Of Gen. James Hamilton, who accom-
panied Mr. Randolph to the field on The
occasion, in conjunction with Col. Tat
nall, then in Congress from Georgia.
1.-The night before the duel, MIR. Ran
doIph sent for me- found him calm, but
in singuarly conhding mood. He told
me that he had something on his mind to
tell me-
He then remarked" Hamilton, | am
determined to receive without returning
Clay's fire; nothing shall induce me to
harm hair of his head; will not make
his wife a widow. or his children orphans
Their tears would be shed over his grave ;
but when the sod of Virginia rests on my
bosom, there is not in the wide world an
individual to pay this tribute upon mine"
His eyes filled, and resting his head upon
his hand, he remained silent.
Ireplied, "my dear friend" flor ours
was a posthumous friendship bequeathed
by our Mothers 81 deeply regret that you
have mentioned this subject to me, for you
called me to go to the field, and see you
shot down, or to assume the responsibility
in regard to your own life, in sustaining
your determination to throw it away. But
on this subject mans own conscience g.
his bosom are the best monitors. | will
not advise; but under the enormous and
unprovoked personal insults you have Of
ferPd Mr. CLAW I cannot diSsuade | feel
bound, however, TO communicate TO Mr..
Tatnall your decision.
He begged me not to do so, and said he
was very much afraid that Tatnall would
take the steeds and refuse to go out with
him. L however sought Col. Tatnall, and
we repaired about midnight to Mr.. Ran
dolph's lodgings, whom we found reading
Millions great poem. For some moments
ne did not permit US to say word in re-
The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-11-09

Pow DEEP, AND PLow BUT ONCE,
WHERE 1T CAN BE WELL DONE.-Plow
deeP, and if the ground is in a condition
that 1t can be well plowed. pIow but once
LIST. The soil will last longer and pro-
duce greater crops, and if winter grain is
sown, it will not be apt TO be thrown out
by the frost.
I'd. Ifthere should be superabundance
OF rain it Mll be more quickly absorbed
and the top of the ground left drier: and
vice versa, if there should be drouth
there would be greater quantity of soil
to retain the moisture. Thus, deep plow-
ing is equally beneficial in both wet and
dry seasons, guarding against each ex-
treme
I'd. There is so much more soil to nour-
ISL whatever is put into the ground and
the crop will be proportionally greater.
4th. When the ground is piowed but
once, all those seeds that lie upon the sur.
lace ready to spring up in weeds, which
are so injurious to the grain and trouble
some to the cultivator, become tnrned uu-
der so deep that they will not injure the
crop as much as they do in the way the
ground Is generally managed.
See that your ground is all turned over
sho whenever the plow is thrown out,
JACK your team and commence at the spot
The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-11-09

from Maj. Gen. Gideon S. Pillow, U. S. A
dated Mexico, 22d Sept 1S47 conveying
the painful intelligence Of the death of Col
b. Ransom, of the 9th Reg't U. s Army,
and also Maj. Gen. of the Sd Division of The
Militia Of our State, from which extract the
following:
He fell in storming Chepultepec on the
morning of the 18th inst, having received a
deadly wound in the head. He had disrip.
guished himself in the battles of Contrarios
and Cherubusco, but in this, the most brIIi-
ant achievement Of the war, and of the Amer
lean arms, myself was a witness to his great
gallantry.
HE fell, nobly leading forward his splendid
regiment, only a few moments before our
arms were crowned with victory
Justice TO an officer who had covered him
sell and his Stale with honor, demands that |
should testify here, as have officially, to his
great merit and high distinction.
His friends have made arrangements 10
remove his corpse to his home and friends
have the honor 10 be your Excellency's
obedent servant.
F. w. HOPKINS, Adjr g. Insp. Gen.
On motion of Mr.. Lyman, the above mes
sage was referred to a select committee Of
live; and the Speaker appointed Messrs Ly-
man of B.. Hubbell, Converse, Sawyer aud
Role as tho committee.
The House resumed consideration of the
oil TO recharter the Bank of Burlington; and
the debate was continued by Mr.. Carpenter
OF Mortified, who took grounds against the
recharter Of any bank as a general rule
banks should occasionally wind up, old scores
be settled. and start again fresh and fair
The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-11-09

ADvERTIsING.-A volume could be written
on the benefits of advertising in the public,
prints, and he who deuies lis utility and the
vast amount of good il conlers on meu Of
business ofevery kind, and those who evpend
a portion of their capital in making them
selves and their occupations ''nown through
the newspapers of The day, keePup with tie
spirit of The age, and 6nd, when they sum up
their profits al the end ofthe year, that wha
money they expended in this way, was safe
and profitable investment. The readers OF
weekly newspaper also derive great advani-
age from the advertisements in The paper for
which they substitution they find in them
the business nelrs Of The dsy-the impress Of
the iimes-a record of the trade OF Ihe.coun
try--a sart of daguelreotye view Of the daily
affairs Of life. Advertisements will be in
serted in this paper. as usual, al one dollar
for three publication OF a square of II lines,
Tribune.
The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-11-09
SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON THE
VERMONT g. MASS. RAILROAD.
SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED.
ATUOT OFT 81 IL

ATHoL, Oct. 81, 1647.
The bridge between south Royalsion and
Athol fell This afternoon, carrying with il the
engine and two cars, engagedin distributing
iron upon the road.
The following are those who were killed:
Mr. Woodbury.. engineer; aIr King, of Acton.
Mr. Wiley and Mr. Thompson of BaldwiuviI!e:
and Mr. Hunton of Acton. Mr. Whitney
of Charlesiown, and Mr. A McReynolds. are
thought 10 be very dangerously injured. Mr.
Joshua Lincoln. ofCharlestown. h I'D both legs
broken: Mr. Alfred A Whittemore. Of Bald
winvi!le, was severely injured. There were
several others who suslaind some injury, but
none of aserious nature. The fall was about
40 feet, and the engine and cars still remain
10 the river.
The accident is supposed to have arisen
from imperfections in the iron used in the
construction of the bridge, 1t was the first
train that ever ran over the road.
Since the above was in type we learn that
sia. persons were killed. Mr. Whntemore
reported dead in one account. is living and
will probably recover.-BOston Nail.