Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-06-23

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ago, we copied Gen. Scott's eloquent tribute
10 the merits of those who followed his lead
through the Valley of Mexico. He knew no
distinction between lrlshmen, Frenchmen, Ger
mans and Americans. Now we take great
pleasure in copying the following paragraph,
as it contains high authority that the charge
against the Irish soldiers is false:
The baltimore Sun states that, in reply to the
modest inquiry of young gentleman, who
proceeded on IN the cars, as to whether the de
serters from the American Army in Mexico
wer generally, or nearly altogether Irishmen.
las has been reported,) Gen Scott made an
emphatic declaration of its faIsty. The mat
ter had been greatly exaggerated to their pre-
JUDGE. None, he said, had been more true to
the American colors or more valiant in the
held, than the adopted Irish soldiers. This
he could say without fattery.
Charleston Mercury, 18th tnSt.
Laying the Corner Stone of the Washing-
ton Monument.-T Committee of arrange
ments, at Washington, for this great national
event, on the 4th OF July next, have resolved
10 invite the Hon. Lewis Cass, Mai Gen.
Zachary Taylor, Maj. Gen. William O. Butler,
and the Hon. Willard Fillmore, to be present
on the occasion. They also inform the pub
lie that those controlling railroads, steamboats,.
and stages, have been requested to reduce the
fare to those who visit Washington to take
part in or witness the ceremonies, and they
doubt not the request will be complied with.
Baltimore Sun, Monday
The Appointment of Clerks.-The move
ment of Mr.. Mckay, of North Carolina, to
take the appointment of Clerks under the Gov
eminent out of arbitrary hands, and submit the
cases of applicants 10 Board of Examiners,
who shall inquire into the personal fitness of
candidates for the office which they seek, rath
er than their politics, seems 10 meet with very
general approval.
Baltimore Sun, Of Saturday.
Kentucky Senator The Hon. William J.
by Gov. Owsley, to succeed Mr. Crittenden,
who will set out for Kentucky Immediately.
Baltimore Clipper
Increment of Gen. Cass Gen Cass has
reached Buffalo on his way homeward to Mich
lgan. On Monday, he exchanged salutations
with his democratic fellow citizens al Sche-
nectady, Little Falls, Utica Rome and SYRIA
Cuse-remaining at the last place over night
On Tuesdaymorning he proceeded a
brief stop ut Geneva, spending an hour at Ro-
CtlSStCls 1T DdlhNId, tIlu I6dCnIIlS Dull
taio in the evening He is now rejoicing,
we presume, in being "once more on the wa
ters' of our magnificent lakes in the interior.
The Americd.-This steamship has made
much the most rapid passage across the ocean
on record. Her time was ten days and eight
hours, or, leaving ont the eight hours deten
ton by fog, she averaged 800 geographical
miles r dav, or fifteen miles an hour during
the whole passage Philadelphia Bulletin
4dnother political MoUe.-The New York
True Sun, (Hunker democrat has the follow
ing -
owe understand that before leaving Phila-
delpha, the delegates to the Wing National
Convention from six or seven non-save- hold
ing States met and resolved to call a nom
slave holding States Convention of those op-
posed to the election of Taylor and Cass, 10
meet at Buffalo on the I'd of August next
Memorable Language.-Gen'i Butler, in a
speech in Congress in 1871, referring to Mr..
Clay, made use OF the following language =
ITO the reproach of party supported by his
name and talents alone, they have ever aban-
donpd him in the hour of need, and left him
to the modification of being distanced by eve
ry competitor"
Gen. SCOTS Opinion.-When Gen. Scott
left his command of the army in Mexico, he
said he felt extremely glad that he "could
leave the army in such excellent hands. Gen.
VIM. o ButIar,'' says he, ' is not only an
able statesman, but an exalted patriot and a
brave hero" Will the Wings doubt such au-
thority ?-American Democrat.
A friend of Mr. Clay makes this remark TO
Taylor whig " You have taken up a man
because YOU think him available Thus you
drop all your principles, and go alone for a
Variability. Now, upon the same principle, |
beg leave to go for Gen. Cass; because hold
him to have more of the elements of available
ity in him than Gen. Taylor" The argument
is irresistible, and the satire is cutting enough.
Washington Union.
Rather Ludicrous--Th reader will recol-
lect the question of veracity between Major
Borland, now Senator, in Congress, from
Arkansas, and Cassius NJ. Clay, in regard to
the department of the latter when taken pris-
oner at Encarnacion. The Arkansas Banner
announces the arrival at his home of the brave
Capt. Danly, fellow prisoner with Clay, and
captured at the same time.
He asserts, it says, that Captain Clay, in
the best Spanish he could command, and in
good English, used the following words al the
moment the prisoners were IN jeopardy oil
their lives:
For the sake of the great Henry Clay.
who opposed the war, and who opposed the
annexation of Texas, spare me! For the sake
of the great Wing party, member Of which
| am, and which opposed the war and the an
nexation of Texas, and which has laid neu-
trail in this war, but which will raise against
Mexico to a man if | am killed, spare me''
The Pope, the true Reformer.-The Revo.
luton in Europe, was started in Rome, beyond
all question. The Pope himself was the frs
Reformer, who gave an impetus to the ball
that has since rolled with so much violence
| from the Mediterranean TO the Baltic, and from
the Danube to the Pc. The Pope having beer
reproached for all this, has thus replied in {
| letter to member of the French National AS
! semblv, no doubt Lamartne:-
The different governments have been long
reproaching me as the cause OF their disasters
and emharrassments. have replied, that II
granting concessions to my people | did bu
! follow the advice which those powers gave tc
my predecessors. If have counseled thu
people to obey their rulers, | have engagac
rulers to do justice TO their people. Nor Is |
my fault if the people have risen against SOW
ereigns who rejected my counsels. Asto Italy
not only have never opposed the war fG
their independence, but | approve the wa
as a sovereign and as an Italian. But AS prle>
and pope, all Christians being my children,
must do my best to prevent their slaughterinE
each other"
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