The national whig., 1847-06-17


Subject to the decision OF the Whig National
convention.
Old Zach stood and saw the Mississippi Regiment
deploy before him. He attempted to address them
aPsrtng speech, but in vain. With tears streaming
down his fnrrowed cheeks, all he could say was
Go on, boys-go on--I can't speak
IE Fulton will please leave his name with
and we will be glad to publish his communication
and any others be may have on the same subject.
We are sure that wound wants probing
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UT The Georgia wheat crops are most abundant
The mint at New Orleans has turned out since
the first Of January. ls47, 81 ,6ss.O00.
Gen. Pillows surname s very appropriate. "Pi-
low the Ditch Digger"
o. B. LErB, late M. c., who has been lying i'll in
this city since the adjournment Of Congress, has
covered and gone home to Pennsy vana.
Col. Benton is 10 be al the Chicago Harbor and
River Convention Does he go there TO excuse Mr.
Pok for his vetoes? OF course he does.
The President has made Kit Carson Lieutenant
in Col Fremont's Regiment. He may thank Col
Benton for that commission.
~ The N. o. southorner says that Corcoran
1 and Riggs have purchased soldiers bounty cenih
Gates to the amount Of 100000.
rs 1t Mahan, and 1t. Munford are the par
ties to the bloody China duel. The lives of both
were despairtd Of, at last dates.
GJ Gen. Tayior's acknowledg ments Of the vote
Of thanks which have been awarded him and his
army are models for this species Of writing.
The specie in the New Orleans Banks on
the lst instant was S4.699, ,9s2. Their circulation
was 4,66i ,46l. This is Democratic banking
IT The low,temperature which has been and
Is still prevailing in our city, appears to have ex-
+ tended over the whole North, West, and Soulh.
What can be the cause Of il!
Y IA Mr.. Parker, with his wife and two children,
ws travelling on the 3lst ult. in Of the florida
parishes Of Louisiana. Seeing some dogs following
him, he got out a cracked his whip at them,
whereat the horse dashed of and overset the car
riage. The inmates were all badly wounded.
N GTAylet Buckner, Of Greene county, KY, is the
Wing candidate for Congress in the district lately
represented BY Hon. r. Bell. Andrew Jackson
\ James is his Locofoco opponent.
Mr.. Benton recently said that it must be strange
kind Of Democracy that can support C. A. Wick
life. And that is not the worst Of il; and when
they come to put their fingers on him, he won't be
3 there. Ysf 8
CT The British schooner Columbian, packet
from Baltimore to Glasgow, was capszed in squa
Hast Saturday just she leaving the Capes Of
Virginia. Four Of her crew were lost.
going on, for embezzlement Of the funds of one of
the Massachusetts, Banks. He will doubtless be
found guilty, judging from the evidence disclosed
The New Orleans Picayune has dates from Rio
Janeiro to the 18th of April Us ship Columbia
and brig Bainbridge in port. The latter was about
to go in pursuit Of SLAYER reported off the cast
The New Orleans Picayune has some account Of
the harsh manner in which American prisoners have
been treated by the Mexicans. Let the law Of reta
iaton 60 into effect, at 1t is the only way to
teach barbarans how behave towards prisoners of
war.
Mr.. Grund, OF the Baltimore Sun, Of to-day, says
chat, 1--WE must take Mexico and hold it till final
peace" That's precisely what we have been enaea-
voring to show the President intended to do Il is
now confessed.
Mr. Grund, Of this days Baltimore Sun, predicts
that the fall Of Santa Ana will include the whole Of
his followers and toades. Does Mr. G.. mean to in
clule Mr. Polk, Mr.. Buchanan, and himself in the
category? t
Santa Ana's title to the government of Mexico is
now what our conveyancers would call "an estate
in tail, with possibility of issue extinct"
Gramd ofMe Baltimore Sun.
Rather it is elapsed legacy" and<being charged
upon the real estate necessarily, "sinks into the
land"
On the l4th instant the four boilers Of the steam
boat Edna exploded just she was putting of from
Columbia, Ark. Twenty odd persons were killed,
among whom was Judge Mayo Of Harrisonburgh,
La. The persons in charge Of her and the crew
were all in stnte Of ntoxication II ever judicial
murder were just6able, il could be in hanging the
whole of these rascals
The New Orleans Pcayune has dates from Be.
lize, Honduras, up to the 18th Of May. All quiet
in Guatemala, San Salvador, aud Tegucipaca-
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