The national whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1847, 1847-05-13

eminent skill as n General!
ar Some Tories Of Bedford, Pa have recently
nominated Taylor for President'aGd Skunk for Vice
President, and they say-"palsied be the arm that
shall separate them" Wait. gentlemen-they are
not united yet!
c. The Oregon fever is beginning to prevail ex-
tensively in Illinois. Companies of emgrants are
often seen passing on their ways to the country
west Of the Rocky Mountains. Some good ia ms in
Buren, county, are offered for sale at low rate,
their owners desiring to emigrate.
CT Taylor won all his battles, says the N. York
Com. and Advertiser, by his own personal conduct
and bravery, and almost by miracle He has never
yet had sufficient means, at any time, to follow up
any OF his victories with decisive advantage.
IT The remains of Major Barbour arrived at
Louisville last Saturday. He went to the battle with
high hopes Of earthly honor He has received them,
but not in the flesh. Deeus fortibus!
Cuba. The rumor is abroad that the restless spi-
ri,s Of this island are projecting severance from the
home government, and Union with the American
States. Let them wait and get the country tho
ofthe project.
or The past week has been one of hot excite
ment in the religious and social world Of New York
II has been the of the anniversary meetings
Of the churches, Of reform societies, &c. These are
the safety valves Of popular restlessness.
r Mafiit, who has SO long humbugged the reli.
glous world, in recent letter to an IIish Relief
Committee, talks Of "braiding the clouds of gloom
hanging over Ireland with the rainbow Of plenty"
He has only to hang his miniature upon the upper
edge Of that cloud to complete the picture
CT The oldest house in Baltimore has been pull
ed down TO make way for the advance Of improve
ment. In il a ball was once given in honor Of Gen
Washington Thus they fall away, one by one!
A great General may win the battle and an able
Sid" may give to the world report which covers
the General with almost as much bonor as the battle
itself. Correspondence Bat. American
Washington had his defamers, and why should
Taylor go free? Political liars enough (and this
excellence) have been already founl to swear that
Bliss does Taylors writing, and the next thing they
will do we have no doubt will be to assert that some
body else did the old Hero's fighting!
The Baltimore American has correspondent who
has been showing his malevo.ence by trying to de-
preciate and defame Gsheral Taylor but he finds the
task as difficult to accomplish the viper did when
it essayed to gnaw the file !!
TAYLOR has never fought, within recollection,
without the heaviest losses. Cores. Bali. Amer.
And why! Because his government has never,
in any instance, placed at his command enough Of
the material Of war to ensure different result.
Buenu Tiata. The New York Courier and En-
quirer very truly says that the battle Of Buena Vista
il without parallel in modern history and is destined
to stand isolated for centuries to on the pages
Of the future that it is another MARATHON, and that
no other man living could have gained that battle
but Zachary Taylor!
IF The Virginia papers now make Bocock's
msjory over Irving, and elect Flournoy by ma
jority Of only one. And they also say that Boiling
is elected by majority Of g. We wait the official
returns with perfect camness, and hope readers
will do the same-for that we shall have Wing
House of Representatives is no longer ques-
ton Of doubt.
Guerrilla War. The Mexicans have resolved on
guerrilla warfare. On the 9th of April bands Of
guerrsts left Mexico for The mountain passes
We may now look for revcrses from the seat of war
-reverses in tho small but enough Of them to make
our stay uncomfortable.
rs The house Of Hiram Wheeler. peaceful
citizen Of Tacghanck, New York, was fred into on
Saturday night, by gang Of ncendiaries. Four
musket balls were found lodged in the building, two
Of which were found near The beds in which Mr.
Wheeler and his children slept
Errors OF THE PREss.--A Western Re-
serve paper, copying the Gin. Commercial ar.
ticie on the manufacture by Homes Of shoe
peg, SAYS, 81 will asionish our readers to learn
that in Cincinnati, pigs are made by steam,
being turned out at the rate Of $4,000 min
ute." No doubt il would
ABOLITION OF SLAVERY In EGYPT.-The
Impartial, of Smyrna, states that the Egyptian
Government has recently promulgated law
for the abolition Of slavery after the space
Of fifty days. At the slave mart there was in
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