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~ chastlscd Mexico and that farther prose
cutlon OF it was wanton waste of both blood
and treasure yet they would not undertake
to stop it. They said the President alone was
responsible. | thought we who aided him, or
furnished him MEANS must be, in the judg-
ment of reason and conscience, equally re-
sponsible, equally guilty with him, l see the
Democratic presses pirate about refusing to
feed and clothe the brave men nor in the
tleld. DO not these pratcrs know that it was
not J9r that purpose we were asked for sup
plies? Did the President want Twenty
Millions Of moncy,and ten Regiments more of
men to bring Gen. Iay'or back 10 Cdmmy0!
No, he told us he wanted to storm the Halls
OF the MontezumaS! And for what? That
question he will not answer! 1t is for con-
quest alone The great Model Republic of
the World makes war upon one modelled after
her, to take her territory and utterly destroy
her, till her leading men are driven to beg
the AID OF Kings, to prevent us, the GREAT
REPUBLIC, from robbing and numbering
III use, who, as well as they know how to do it
are trying to establish free governments after
our example | am amazed that people
calling itself Democratic Kings, and
loving free government, shonld act thus
What does it portend | confess it fills me
with melancholy forebodings lean honor the
brave soldier who does his duty in battle but |
| desplse the mistaken, wicked policy that
sends him to fight in such war. Had the
President asked for money to bring home our
army after the taking of Monterey, and to
send commission of one or n.cre of the first
men in America to treat for peace l would
have given my vote with more hearty good
will for such a bill, than any | ever gave in
my whole public life. | often urged this
course with leading men Of both parties but
all III vain. Farther battle-morc blood
more laurels-these were the insane and bar
barous aspirations Of men who now hold the
power ola Nation Boosting itself the exem
pIar Of CIristendom Wanting that it " asks
Tor nothing which is not right, and will sub
nit to nothing which is wrong"
l send you few copies Of my speech on
he subject. ! only regret that it is not more
worthy the great cause it proposes to uphold,
shall be satisfied if it shall induce few to t
ponder, not the speech, but the subject of {
which it treats. Very truly, your friend.
THos CoRwIN. ;
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A Coon DOC STORY. We copy from an
exchange paper, which does not mention the
source from which it comes, the following
capital story aboutadog. Having known of
of cases nearly similar, we are prepared to be-
lievc every word Of this tory.-1farel|er.
Ny GraHdfMher'S Do9.-My grandtath-
or had doc that seemed almost to rea-
son, and understand English but for some
cause it was determined thathe must be Kill
led. The dog was by the fire, as my grand
father gave direction to have him killed.
The dog Immediately got up, dropped his
head, and with his tail between his legs, stole
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POTATOES. Judge Van Wyc1 stated at
the Farmers Club at New York, that Il gem
tleman from Massachusetts said that no rot
had affected the potatoe in his region, for the
reason Of the farmers using top dressing,
substantially as follows, and which he himself
made use Of with great success; One quart
of salt, four of plaster Of Paris, mixed togeth-
err, and then add five quarts of wood ashes
and apply this mixture as a top dressing
about table spoonful to the hill twice before
hoeing and once after killing.
1t was generally believed among the far
mers Of this section of country, that the chief
preventive of the rot is salt, which serves
in keeping down the ammonia, preventing
the too rapid growth of the plant, and sery-
ing other useful purposes. The white pota-
toes do not rot SO much as the colored varic-
ties Tribune.
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Senator Corwin and the Mexl-
can War.

We are permitted to lay before our read
ers, says the Lafayette Qnd) journal and
Free Press, the following very beautiful and
eloquent letter, received by a gentleman of
this place from Senator Corwin, What a
contrast does the patriotic and truthful Ian
guage of this letter present, to that wild and
indi8criminate appreciation which eXnlts in
the murderous details of NIontery and Vera
Cruz
Lebanon, Ohio, April 4, 1S47,
DEAR SIR: l had the pleasure of recciv-
ING your letter of the 2Sth March, yesterday
and cannot deny myself the qualification Of
expressing to you the satisfaction with which
l receive that, among many other such evil
dences of approval of my course on the Mex
lean war. Ifcltas strongly as any one could,
the responsibility assumed, differed with
all the leading Wings of the Senate, and saw
plainly that they all were, to some extent
bound to turn, if they could, the current
of public opinion against me. They all a.
greed with me that the war was unjust on
our part; that if properly begun, which none
Of them admitted, we had already sufficient
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| out of the house, went to the Connection
, Rivcrswam to Lyme land went to my uncle
, and there remained. year afterwards, o
= his own accord, he come back, came up tC
grandfather, crouching and crawling along
: his ears down and tail between his legs, by
every motion and look indicating that he had
summoned upIthe resolution to return and
see whether his life would be spared, and to
meet his fate. My grandfather spoke to him
and said that while he lived that dog should
not be killed. Instantly his head ears and
tail, were up. He leaped upon my grandtath-
er in the greatest delight, and in every pos
siblc dog like way testified his gratitude"
Nor so BAD. During the height of the
opposition between the two steamboat lines,
running from the Kennebcc to Boston, last
summer, and just as the rival boats were
making ready to start, a wagon hove in sight
i'm which was an old lady, with an accompa-
niment of bandboxes and bundles, evidently
equipped for a journey. The respective
agents of the two lines sprang towards her.
Take the Marshall, marin Pine boat"
Try the Pcnobscott-new boat built last
summer, commanded by the favor t. ofevcry-
body-Capt &c, &c. The boys and
Ioalers around echoed the claims of their IA
yorites in concert. uurrah for the Pcnob-
scott" " Go the John Marshall - The old
lady, who had probably never seen a steam-
boat before, and whose chief notion Of the
varmints was connected with their boiler
bursting propcntites, was almost beside her
self with terror at the hub-hub.
o, Lordy | wish I'd never stirred step.
If I'd known there was to be such an awful
time as this I'm sure wouldn't The pesky
bilcrs, l know they'll burst-cvcry bodys
looking after me, and nobody's attending to
Hem There, 90 right away, all Of you,-l'm
going straight back. ! couldn't rest Il wink
for fear of them pesky bilers."
" You need give yourself no anxiety on
account Of the boilers in the Marshall" said
he agent Of the M; "they are new and
sound, and couldn't be made 10 burst"
care you sure of it?" said the old lady,
evincing symptoms of a favorable disposition
towards the Marshall" you amt a tryin' to
practice on the credulity of poor lone wo
man, hope"
"No fear of me-sound as teakettle," was
the reply.
The old lady was about descending from
the wagon to embark in the Marshall, when
agent No. ? stepped up.
Madam" said he, in serious tone, "no
loubt the Marshall's boilers are sound enough,
bat the best boilers are dangerous things
We knew that a great many people had been
killed by them, especially Of late, and took the
j0UerS out Of oar boat three 'ccckS ago."
d" You did ?" said she that's the boat for
ne, then. James, (to the boy in the wagon,)
PASS out the basket, and the bonnet box, and
he umbrella. and the parasol-and don't for
ret the new shoes and doughnuts under the
eat Tell Sally went in the boat without
my bilers, and she need have no fears Of
ne"
And giving her arm to the agent, she hur~
led aboard the Notwithstanding that
hey had better hurry out of the way of the
pliers of the other boat, as if they we're to
,urst, she might get hurt at that distance =
Portland Bulletin.
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GREEN PEAS. The spring is cold and back
ward. but "whos afeard" when he has green
peas upon his trcnchtr. We have received
a specimen offull grown green peas, raised
on Kent's Hill, this spring. How it was done
we wot not, whether in hot-bed, hot-housc,
or on the lee side of snow bank with an air
TIGHT stove at its feet. The following note
accompanied the sample
"MR. HoLMEs--I went out, this morning
to pick some green peas, but found few fit to
pick ] thought, however, that you would
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like to have a mess as a rarity, and send, en-
closed, all l could spare They grew, the
present year, in the good town of Readfed
lfany person, east, west, or north, can do
better than this, please let US know it.
Yours, respectfully, n HANSON.
Kenfs Hill, May 8, lS47."
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l tell YOU my friend, twas Il curious sight
That saw in my vision of yester night;
So strange and so wild was the freak of my fancy,
That it brought to remembrance the Dream of De
Lancy."
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-02-02


6TAt the present moment, SAYS the
National IntelIigencer, the following letter
cannot tailto besof the deepest interest
70 every class Of our readers:
70 the Editors Of &c. National In,elli.
geacer:
Santa Anna viii not march on Saltillo.
but will make q taint to create such an
impression.
Should the army under General Tax
Tor be concentrated in that neighborhood,
Santa Anna. with his whole force, will
rush on IamPico, aud, if he accompiishes
the reduction Of that place. he will pro-
coed along the coast to the Rio Grahde,
and, with overwhelming force between
Matamoras and Point Isabel, cut off the
supplies to our army. ge4I
With some knowledge of the charac.
ter OF Santa Anna. and the Topography OF
the country. combined with the recent
news have arrived atahe above conclu.
sion.
The subject being one of great impor.
lance and interest just now, is the reason
trouble you with the perusal, and re.
quest the publication of this short letter,
J9a6 Very respectfully. -
f..sa7a. s 4 Naval OFFICER.
Annapolis, Md. Is, ls47. ae
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Important from Brazil.

The brig Reindeer arrived this Satur.
day afternoon from Rio, and brings late
advices Of a very important character.
Her dates are TO the 24th of Nov.
The California Regiment had arrived
dhCro on their way to Oregon.
Capt Turner of the Regiment has re :.
turned in the Reindeer, bringing despatch.
as from Mr.. Wise, our Minister 10 this
Government.
A very serious difficulty bad arisen he
tween the Brazilian Government and Mr..
WIse1n relation to some American sailors
who had been imprisoned at Rio g. whose
release was demanded by Mr.. Wise. 49,
Ihe Brazilian Government refused, and
mas requested the u. States to recall Mr..
Wise, and also has applied to our Gov.
.ernment TO recall Commodore Rosseau, of
the American Sqadron on that station.
l" consequence Of this difficulty MIR.
Vase refused all intercourse with the Bra.
lillian Government on the occasion of the
BaPtiam Of the Infant, Princess Isabella.
He also refused to illuminate ON that
festival in common with lhe Diplomatic
Agents OF Foreign Governments. Com.
mqdore Rosseau had refused to fire any
Aaiuie.
In consequence of these proceedings,
the Upper House of the Brazilian Parlia.
msnt had voted the expulsion Of R0sseau
from The country, giving him only six hours
notice 10 leave. 49,
ln's BAH was defeated in the Lower
Honse, whereupon maay members of the
upper House resigned ths;r seats in the
midst Of great excitement. 1905, =. -
The presence of the California Revi.
meni was great support to Mr.. wis.
andiStrengthened him in the Gasua stand he
had took against the Brazilian Govern.
ment. bsso. .ss u IS 80
Mr.. Nsise's situation is very critical, {,
may cause q rupture between tho two
tSnyernments. f
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Ar s.srn, in the long ran,
mas ne sells cheaper, he will sell
.aOre and make more, for the reason that
The agricultural sections, which are his
great home market, will be able TO buy
more and pay for what they buy and the
demand for manufacturing labor will in
crease.
In addition to this the merchant and
shipper and ship builder, and all the me.
chanicai and other interests connected
with the commerce, are to derive immense
benefits from the effect of these reciprocal
tariffs. MIR. Webster admitted in the U.
5. Senate that there were forty millions
rlore TO be senr to Europe, and forty mil
dioilss 10 pay for il to be brought back
and If SO here is the vast field opened for
commerce and ship building and is thai
nothing in.hc estimate of national wealth
and national prosperity el = f7i,1
The summing up is just this. The Gen.
aUs gives 79l 800 manufacturers in the u
States. They cry out against the new
tariff though il still protects them nearly
80 per cent. But there are BOO oo0
farmers and l96, 600 persons engaged in
commerce and shall they be ovor.taxed
Tor the smallest ciass as under the old
tariff, or shall they have the profits offree
ocommerce which will go to enrich them
and still leave the manufacturer we'll e.
nough OF under the new tariff?
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Letters from Buenos Ayres state that
Gen, Roses bad cut ag all communication
with Entire Rios. As tethe reported treaty
celebrated between COrrientes and Entire
Rios, nothing had been publicly known in
Buenos Ayres.- - -
The British nnan.0f.warI schooner Dol
phin, running as a packet was 10 leave
MonteEideo for Rio on the 26th. TheU
S. ffigate Columbia was to sail for Monte.
video in a few days. L. ~
A horrible shipwreck has taken place
on the coast oeBrazils zBeat-Bahia, the
Swedish ship Brenza, by which some thir.
~ lives were lost, and large amount of
property destroyed; many ofthe crew were
actually starve9 To death.
.aFhe Proiectof a canal through the 18th
mus OF Snez to Panama, is much spoken
OF in the BraziEHul papers. Il is recon
IneHded as a feasible project, but dctrimen-
tai to the interests Of the government.
Further advices from Montevideo slate
that the Oriental government had closed
all communication with she camp of 0ribe,
and that Rivera was AT Vaccas organizing
his forces, Oribe not having as yet met
him. ii ~ c8Ga3 ssa .szz = ssl's3 ssoi
We find nothing in the journals con
nected with California transports in fact,
we doubt much whether port was made by
them ut all on the eastern coast. Fair
weather would have carried them directly
round the Horn. ia7a i's'eat1a aa%
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rThe Hon. Jesse B. ThoInas, Of
ChicagO' has been elected judge Of this
judicial Circuit, in place Of Judge Young,
resigned, His experiences and abilities
are such, that his election will generally
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The Packet ship Atlas, arrived this af:
ternoon from Liverpool at New York, with
two days later advices.
The commercial Intelligence she brings
as favorable. $1,000.
CoTToN.-Not bale of cotton had
been received during the week ending
Dec. 4tb, at Liverpool.
1he sales of the week were 1000 or
5000 bales at full prices. Upland at did
to Gid and Mobile and New Orleans at
4id to 72d. f..--,-~,' -
BREADsTUFFs.--Wheat had risen two
pence per bushel. au
FIoTR.--A very good demand prevail
ed for Western Flour, and it was selling
freely in Bond at 32s. PHILADELPHIA at
Bis Sd per barrel.
The iron trade was very brisk. Large
orders were given out to the Iron Master.
for all kinds. -,.s--a. =. -.
abe news from Spain is exciting. A
Carlist Instruction bad taken place, and
the danger Of overthrow to the existing
Government was imminent.
HE difficulty concerning Cracow will
notiead to any collision among the Euro.
Sean powers, and all danger Of rupture
on that account is past. @ =
The Austrian Government had demand.
Cd from the Papal Govorsmen4 payment
for debt contracted by II during the Ma.
Pol'tan War, threatening, if it was not
cancelled, to occupy Terreara and Anco.
ma. - /
Louis Philippe has written a long let.
derto the new Pope, recommending eau.
lion and moderation in the introduction OF
reforms in his government. a
The tone of the English press towards
Ihe U. States is quite moderate.
No other news of importane.
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1sOci.ty-.s t..fN q o1Ig ress.

- - -, = 7 -
SATURDAY, Jan. 16.
SESArK.-Mr. Benton reported a bill
granting lands to regulars and volunteers
engaged in the Mexicah7var. II
Mr.. Cameron, opposed the bill because
it would kill: his amendment to the bill
providing for the addition Of tsn;regimsnts
to the army. ~
The bill was finally laid aside, and the
Senate took up the bill creating the Office
of Lieutenant General. 81 "a -.Ias1
Mr.. Badger made speech in opposi.
ton. siPa saa,s.3 81. sIi,erqo
1t was then laid on the table by vote
of2l to 16; Messrs. Calhoun, Butler, ard
Yulee voting with the Wings against il.
Mr.. Niles reported a bill. providing for
the Oregon mail. r-5.l- =, = =.
The army bill occupied the Senate I'LL
adjournment. Cad = ELE9Fk04
HoUsE.--Ths House occupied the en-.
tire day IN committee Of the whole on the
Oregon bill.-thc debates being upon Mr..
Burt's amendment relative to the Missou1i
Compromise, which was fiaally rejected.
The bill was farther debaied by Mr..
Leake, and others, till adjournment.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-02-02

GrHOn. John Henry, wing. has bsen
elected TO Congress. from ;he 7,h Con.
gressiOnal district in this State. in place
Of Co. Baker, resigned. He will proba.
bly resign his seat ir the Senate, and
leave for Washington forthwith.
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FE1Ha TUESDAY. Jan. ia.

SENATE.-Nr., Sewer, from the Cons
mittee on Foreign Relations, reported q
bill for placing al the disposal ofthe Pres.
ident $3,00O,eOO, for the purpose Of far
ciiiating the efiecting Of . peace with
Mexico. arl e ssoil,saa1 sra trssfs,s +
Mr.. Benton reported back ths 10 rsRi.
ment bill-amended so as to give to the
privates certain lands, but excluding OFF,.
GERS from such provisions. This amend.
ment gave rise to awarm debate between
Mr.. Benton and MIR. Marion. Various
amendmentsfoi the bill were proposed, and
il was finally postponed til printed.
The HOUSE early went into Committee
of the Whole, on the bill increasing the :
pay of volunteers. fa .s1s her
Mr.. Bell finished his remarks on the bill
and was followed by Mr.. Starkweather.
Onmotion of Mr.. Boyd the Committee
arose, and the bill was referred to 9 Select
Committee. f.grtt &
The next subject of discussion that
arose was the propriety of printing G. i,
Ingersoll's report, of the last session, on
the origin ofthe Mexican war. Nc. Raih. /
bun opposed and Mr.. I1gersoll advocated
the printing!. The bin was finally s,ss.
pended, and the House then went int
COMMITTEES ofthe whole on the Indian a..
preparation bill which was continued uhiiI
the adjournment without = deei1iOn.
s. - So s e ThtrsdAy, Jan. q
lNTHE SEyATR--26 abalition meme. J
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FIRE Ar SPaISeSTszD.QDOn SUNDAY
the l24lult., the stable attacksd to the CT.
iy Hotel, in Springfield. was discovered
to be on Gre, and before il was srresssd,
the Hoteland several other buiIdings were
consumed. Sixteen horses were consum.
ed among which were four belonging =
|. c. Stevens, Of Chicago.
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Ex-senator Hannegaa has .reesa.ly
connected himself with the Methodist e.
EPISCOPAL Church. se9 sssnisud vzsnaaO
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Our acknowledgements are due to the
tf0n.John Wentworth for congressional
documents; and also to Messrs. Matteson
end Little for Legislative docume6iss
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-02-02

MAsscAnUsETrs VoLUxTEERa--Ca.
lob Gushing of Massachusetts, who was
Minister to Chiaa, has been elected COL,
J. H. Wright, Lieut.. Col. of. the Regi.
ment ofvolunteers which has been raised
in that State. It is expected that Rrgi.
meat will embark forthwith for the seat
of war, as vessels have already been
chartered for that purpose. # aeaI
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Santa FE.-An extract from letter
dated at Santa Fe, Nov. IL, states that
there was a rumor ia that city that the
SPaniards had poisoned the -four! and
meal used by the American army. The
Poison is said TO consist ofsome vegateble,
which mixed with the flour, with no,
enough strength in il 10 produce instari
death, but enough to derange the whole
SYSTEM and to preveut medicine frem
operating. This is supposed to be the
cause of so many deaths. The writer
says something must be the matter. for
mortality among the volunteer, is in.
creasing at an alarming rate.