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The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-10-27
LETrER FROM GENERAL TAYLOR.

LETTER FROM GENERAL taylor.
The following letter from Gen. Taylor, con-
corning the Texan volunteers, VIC lind in the
Galveston News of the 81 instant:
[P %ivate. BATON RoraE, July "a, l848.
Sir: / have the honor 10 acknowledge the
receipt Of your friendly communication Of the
7th inst, in relation to a statement represen ed
BY Gen. Henderson, in a speech recently de-
lIvered by HIM, to have been made by me to
the = cTetary Of War. respecting the discharge
81 the Texas Voluni GERS, shortly before the
battle d Monterey
In reply to your enquiries on this point, !
have to say, that the terms OF the remarks at
tribnted to me by Gen. Henderson, are incor-
rect, and that If Gen. Rusk or any one else,
saw such Language over my signature in the
War Office, it must have been put there by
himself. I enclose you, however, the extinct
from the communication to the Secretary OF
War, to which | presume Gen. Henderson re-
fers, and you can therein see the language us
ed on the occasion.
The discharge Of the Texas troops there re-
ported, was ordered by me at their s%olicita-
ton, in which Gen. Henderson himself joined
and agreeably 70 q promise made to them Al
Camargo. The misconduct also alluded to in
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-10-27

Ey11s OF SrRoNe PREIuDIcE.-The Hon. Mr..
Cabell, Of Florida, lately obtained a claim OF
some eleven hundred dollars for a Democratic
constituent, and sent him the sum under his
frank. The Democrat, upon receiving the
package and seeing the frank of Mr.. Cabell,
thong it was a Wing document, and was just
on the point Of throwing il into the fire, when
a "sober. second thought" prompted him to
open IT, and he discovered to his joy the eleven
hundred dollars, which were saved as a "brand
from the burning"
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DESTRUCTION OF MEssINA.
We make the following extracts from a let
ter TO the N. Y. Tribune.

We make the following extracts from q lel"
ter to the N. Y. Tribune.
PARIS, Sept. Fl, l848.
Messrs. Greeley and McElrath-The history
of this week comprises the destruction Of Mes
sina, after FIVE days desperate fighting.
The destruction Of Messina is one Of the
most hetoic, desperate and bloody affairs that
ever occurred in wars Of independence. The
Neapnlitan forces bombarded the city for five
DAVIS, and on the 9Th and 9th Of September at.
tempted TO carry it by storm, but were repuls-
ed, though the discharges from the citadel,
which has throughout been held by the troops
of Ferdinand, we're incessant and terrific, and
were aided by the mortars and cannon OF the
feet and the entertainments without the walls.
On the 7th, with theircltyalmcsg ID ruins, the
Messinese attempted to negotiate an arnlstice
Init. faithful TO the spirit OF the people, the
leaders would not accept the conditions that
,be Neapolitan commander offered. Ont
9Th the final assault took place; The majority
Of the inhabitants had lett the tity the nigAI
| before; only the fighting men ramaihed 70 re-
sistlo the last moment. Tie sicillians held
their positions most gallantlr, and r%etreated
fqhting. The Neopolitons entered the ~
which was Iittle more Than a rnass OF RUNS
already. As its defenders withdrew from
street to street, indomitable in the midst Of
their battered and smoking homes, they sci
fire to what was left undcstroyed Their an
taponists followed them into a quarter OF tht
city which had Suffered the least il the BON.
bardment, when suddenly q mighty ex explosion
like an earthquake, completed the ruin, anC
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What causes the young people to come OUT
hut the noble ambition Of matrlmony! what
sends them troopiug to watering places!
VIVA keeps them dancing till 5 O'Clock " the
morning through a whole mortal season!
What causes them to labor at plano-iorte
.sonatas, and 10 learn four songs from a lash-
ionable master at a guinea a%lesson, and TO play
the harp if they have handsome anus and neat
elbpws, but that they may bring down some
.desirable young man with those killing bows
and arrows Of theirs? What causes respecta'
Bile parents to take up their carpets, set men
houses topsy.turvy, and spend q fifth Of lheiI
year,s income in h%all-suppers and iced cham
payne? Isit the sheer love Of their species
Al unadulleratnd wish to see young people
happy and dancing? Pshaw! they only wan.
to marry their daughters.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-10-27

Hon. l. f. Holmes, Taylor democrat, has
succeeded in the Charleston district, by a ma
iority Of 468 over his Cass competitor. twill
be recollected that he declared for Taylor IN a
congressional speech, in consequence OF which
the Cassi'es made strong efforts to defeat aim
We sincerely rejoice over their failure Mr..
Holmes is an able and honest man, and sup
ports General Taylor because he believes him
more sound than Cass on the great slavery
issne.-T. Wing.
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INCONSISTENCY The Democratic press ore
actually abusive Of the Hon. Truman Smith
because he is d~evoting his time and attention,
as one of The Wing Central Committee at
Washington, to the distribution OF Wing do
cuments, and at the same time, our opponents
are parading the fact that their Central Com
mittee, at the head of which is Senator Foote,
of Mississippi, have scattered broad cast over
The land, under Congressional and Postolhce
franks, the enormous quantity of 100000
democratic documents. The other members
of the II committee are an assistant Postmaster
General and the COMMISSIONS OF Patents,
both receiving large salaries from the Treasu-
ry, and negiecting those duties, for the per-
tormance Of which they are pocketlng the peo-
ple's money, in order to attend to electioneer-
ing Yet MIR. Smith, whose time is his own,
and who is not quartereo upon the public
Treasury, is to be vilifed for doing the same
as the officials do to the neglect of their public
duties.
Inc INdlluHdl l~utGlllSCHGS'1 III ulluNlH5 W
the subject OF a late Democratic meeting in
Washington says:
"The person who called the meeting to or
der as a Clerk in a public Office: so was the
presiding officer: and q large portion of The
Vice Presidents and Secretaries were employ.
ees ef the Government, one Of them being the
Warden Of the Penitentiary, hold ng that
trust by Executive appointment. We learn
indeed, from the newspapers and othersources
that the officers Of the Government, some OF Q
higher grade than Clerks, and some Of a lower
make a practice to spread themselves over The
land, and especially in doubtful districts o
the adjoining States, thus giving up to the EN-
ployment Of electioneering that time which
they owe to the public,
"But we are we'll assured that even mort
CRYING abuses than this are Pracuced in public
lnslitutionsin tn city, Immediately underth'
|. control and direction Of the administration
We learn, for example, that the Convicts il
the Penitentiary are actually employed in pre-
pairing and painting Democratic Transporter
cies, for electioneering purposes not only i
this city, but in other quarters. Whether thl
be a proper employment for these c%onvicts Oh
readers are quite as competent to judge os W
are."--N o. Bulletin.
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From, the Battery.
'V'V W. -~' JE
O L ZACH Is CoWlNGp

"OLD ZACH is CONlNGW
TuNE.-Lord LopeA he stood at his castle gate
Old Zachary stood at his marquee door,
Patting his milk-white steed,
And there he saw pass old Lewis Cass,
sand where do you go with such speed,
speed. speed, 4
And where do you go with such speed"
"pm going,' says Cuss, and he rub'd his
paunch,
"To the peoples White House to bide,
And there III entrench, with the King Of the
French,
So costly by my side, my side,
50 costly by my side.
g And there We will dine at the peoples cost
And guzzle the rich champagne,
While / mix a sling for the old ex-king,
And t ach him the way to reign, to reign,
And teach him the way to reign.
"The people may groun, and Congress may
sweat,
And frame what laws they please;
BY my rosy gills, | will veto all bills
That will not favor my ease, my ease,
That will not favor my ease"
Old Zach shook his head to hear this CAB,
While Old Whitley himself said neigh!
"You talk" said the chief, "like q rum old
thief,
Who robson the great highway, highway,
Who robs on the great highway
"You may right-about face as soon as you
like,
And go to Sal, river in speed,
And there you may soase-while to the "hlte
House
rl hasten on Whitley, my steed, my s'eed,
III. hasten on Whitley, my steed.
"For the people have called like a thunder
peal,
Then away old Cass, with your humming,
Go, tell them old Zach is alive OH the track,
Go, tell them {. Old Zach is coming, IS com
ing,
Go. tell them =" Old Zach is coming!"
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-10-27

SHOOTING Ar AN EAGLE Col Haskell Of
Tennessee, in one o l1is fine pteches, speaking
II the impoteDt assaults on the character Of
Gen. Taylor, said they reminded him ot an
attempt he once made to kill an eagle. "The
noble bird was perebed on the summit Of a
lofty mountain, secure from smoothbores and
small shot. | shot at him twice. The first
was a clear miss; the SECOND shot ! ht him
precisely where missed him the first time"
Just SO with the assailanta d Gen. Taylor, #
they bit him at all, tits precisely in the spot
where they missed him before Like the bird
Of iJove, be sits ON Al eminence beyond the
reach Of that kind Of small shot that The Of
6ce-holders md demogogpes Of the dry are in
cessantlg firing at him.
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The Contrast.

Gen. Cass, in one Of his letters, remarks as
follows:
We are no STAKEHOLDER. Wo never heve
been. We never shall be. We deprecate its
existence in principle, and pray for its aboli-
ton everywhere, where this can be effected
Justly, peaceably and easily for both parties"
In 1885, when a discussion upon the recep-
ton Of an abolition petition was progressing,
Willard Fillmore said:
81 disavow most unequivocally, now and
forever, any desire on my part 10 interfere with
the rights Of what is termed the property Of
the citizens If other States"
In 1889, Willard Fillmore voted for the fol.
lowing resolution, the only one worth a fig to
the South, among the number presented by
Anterior:
Resolved, That this government is a govern
ment of limited powers, and that by the Con-
s%titution of the United States, Congress has
no jurisdiction whatever over the institution
of slavery in the several states.
On the Isl of March, l847, Lewis Cass used
the following language, taken from the oficia
report in the Washington Union
MIR. Cass said that the course of the Sen,
atog from New Jersey was most extraordinary
Last year, he (Mr, C) should have voted fol
the proposition (WiImot proviso) had it com,
up, But circumstances had altogether chang
ed, The honorable Senator then read sewers
passages, which he had committed 10 writing
in order to refute such a charge as that Of ii,
Senator from New Jersey"
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-10-27
TEXAS AND SANTA FE-SOMETHING
RICH,

MILL
By a late arrival at ST. Louis from Santa
Re, it will be seen by what we give below, that
the "RepubIican," published at the latter
place, talks OF a coal of tar and feathers Tor
any presuming Texan who proposes to assume
office on The part Of his State at Santa Fe'
Read the following: .
The Republican, noticing the passageb BY the
Texas Legislature Of bills to establish the
county OF Santa Fe-to arrange the militia OF
Santa Fe-lo establish the 18th Judicial Circuit
to be formed OF that %county-and TO allow one
Representative in the House, says:
~We would now inform our Texan friends
that il is not necessary to send us a Judge nor
a District Attorney to settle our affairs or put
slhings 10 rights for there is not a citizen
either American or Mexican, who will ever
acknowledge himself as a citizen Of Texas,
until it C mes from higher authority New
Mexico does not belong, nor has Texas even
a right to claim her as a part OF Texas. we
would also advise Texas TO send with her civil
officers for this county q large force, IN ordeI
that they may have a sufficient body guard to
escort them back safe. 1t will also be well
Tor Texas to put Mr., -, as a member from
the county Of Santa Fe, for their next session
of the Legislature, and we sincerely hope the
Seat may be reserved for him, as it is quite pro-
bable his services will be actually demanded,
in order to instruct the new and young idea
how to shoot! Texas should show some litlt
sense and drop this question-and not have !
publicly announced that Texas smartest mel
were tarred and leathered by attempting to I'll
the Offices assigned themm
What has become Of the edicts proclaiminl
Santa Fe a part Of Texas, and what will MI
Polk do in this new crisis, if the people 9th
former refuse to submit to Texan rule, There
another question for the political casuists,-
another nice little bone Of contention as on
consequence Of Texas annexation. We lool
with some interest to see how it will be ar
ranged Banner.
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The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-10-27

MoRMoN4FEmPLE IN Ruins This magnih.
cent temple Cat Nauvoo was observed 70 be IN
are il The %cupalo, on the moining Of the 9ths
about4 o'clock. The flames spread rapidlys
the building was totally CONSUMED, ieay-
inc nothing but The naked and blackened
walls. Tie fire is supposed 10 be the work
Or al inccndiarg.
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a Card-Eg cad Ii.

subscribers beg leave, most res
pecrulIy, to thank their friends
N very generous, liberal, and ! sub
\, patronage extended them, They
ms heir best exertIons 10 merit a
Emaace Of the same-And will be
serve their friends and the
Eeas heretofore, at their old stand,
ldlbg GOLDEN MORTAR, where
fpe Irst received from New York
|HHadsIphia, a FRESH and complete
,faept Ii articles intheir line.
PRIESTLEY & MOSB1
saOp, July Ell, 48.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-10-27

TAXABLE Tailor.
ofce formerly occupied BY
q 0 csIIibum, where he is pre-
aas !, ii kinds Of work in his line
j prices to suit the times
" Z he road to wealth,
/ II Clothing renovated
M, June IS, '48. 4o-om
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sssIoNAL CARDS, &c.
4 WERNDON,

I,.eney az A"W'
Alison County, Mississippi
y s.' room above the Post Office.
v VI, attend the Circuit Courts
Pfs ,a,iss Il Alfalfa, Leake' NadI
eoln' N Holmes. Business en-
a''9 7 ", s.re will receive his zeal
il, ts48. ="
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s. 7. MOsHY'
aFsrLEY' VA anSmw

bTESTLEY q WWSDA
II. n DRUGs AND MEDICINES;
M srvFFs, OIIs' AND PAINTS;
Glass AND Purity;
|, poors. BLANK 3ooKs, SrATloNA'
e,roy ARTICLES, PERFUMERY, &c
~ ,ien Of GOLDEN MORTAR:
CANTON, MI. ~
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Dissolution
ECOnORaAy is ygeaRth,''

economy is Wealth.
'sVneap per to preserve a house once
s1'l' man 70 build anew one-try it:
PRlESTLEY & MOsBY,
IsI l1s' ! received attbeir Drugstore,
i es.'s Prime Linseed Oil,
Is tss 90 No, /, White Lead, and
wiz ufe do. 4
Iasds - sney guarantee to be FRESH,
toy \, GOD as the best;'' and which
|CAsH w sell extremely low (being
laasa /, 1913.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-10-27

Cash advanced on Cotton sent to us to
sold 10 " this" or the New Orleans
aket.
gtssbpfg, Aug. 28, l848, 62-4m
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n@atnAS, L, R.. COLEMAN, o. P. MOORE
N. D. COLEMAN & CO.,
OMnIssIoN MERCHANTS,
Hr Sean Beat Landing, Ncksburg, Mi.
INSTANTLY in Store and for sale,
Rggiug, Rope, Jaynes, Linseys,
Fells, Bacon, Pork, Flour, Lard,
hskey, Salt, Sugar, Coffee, Candles,
NJ AoIasses, Nails, Spades, Shovel,
i, Ac, &c.
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-05-20

SLAvERr.-Senatcr Butler, of South Car
DINA, lately expressed himself in the fol-
lowing emphatic manner on the doom of
Southern slavery:
" | feel that the sentiment of rho Nor,h
against the institution of slavery is adyan-
cling with the certainty of the malaria from
the Pontine n,arshes-with the certainty Of
all progressive movement, and there is no
Disgusting it. ey., y
" From the time of the Missouri Conn.,
promise the spirit of fanaticism has gone or
with accelerated rapidity, and it now forms
one Of the dangerous elements Of sectional
ambition.
!" declare solemnly before Heaven that I
believe we are in doomed minority, and
that tits the duty OF the South to take some
measures to avert the evil.
6 ] make the prediction, that should any
part OF Mexico come into the acquisition Of
this Union, there viii be provisions introdu-
ced to prohibit slavery ssalsG
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-05-20
Great Fire in Detroit.
By Telegraph from Detroit, I
NAV 10Th. 10 A. Nj. 6

Detroit was yesterday visited by the most
destructive conflagration, yet known in its
history. A fire broke out about IL past il
O'Clock in the morning, in the large yell
low warehouse between Randolph and
Bates streets. Between so and 100 buildings
were laid in ashes, including two or three
large warehouses, on the river, the Steam
boat Hotel, Wales Hotel, and number of
private residences ON Jefferson Avenue.
The district burned, includes some half
dozen blocks. The fire originated from the
sparks of the propeller ST. Joseph, which
was lying at the wharf in front of the ware
house.
The total loss by this terrible confagra-
ton, we can of course, form no correc, es-
innate OF at present. tits very great-some
estimate it as high as 100000.
The number of families burned out was
probably 900, and near 1000 persons were
hurried into the streets.
The fire ragged from about II A. Nj. TO
p. M. Several citizens were more or less
injured in the general scramble, and we
| hear that one person was burned to death,
being then intoxicated and asleep in one of
the buildings near Bethel ST. Market.
The large brick block in which the Daily
Advertiser Office is located, was much dam
aged, but the materials were principally
saved Chicag oJ ouraat.
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-05-20
The Election.

We are beaten. There is no mistake a.
bout it. The wings Of Wisconsin are de-
feated and Federalism is triumphant. This
is the fruit of unlimited, unintelligent sui-
frage. The party processing to be demo-
cratic, has taken foreign pauperisrn into It's
alliance and has beaten US with the votes OF
aliens. Our Sovreigns are the ragged rab-
sbIe Of Europe. Drilled and organized, as
general thing, by the demagogues of the
other party, armed, the instant they land
amongst US, with the omnipotent ballot, they
have been wheeled up to the polls, with as
much precision and intelligence as might be
found in platoons Of cast iron soldiers NOV
ed by steam, 10 turn the event of The cleo
ton In Milwaukee, that city which is the
very heart Of intelligence and commercial
. forecast and sagacity, this election, has gone
about 500 votes against us--thus making
that city, which witnesses the weekly de
structon of lives and property sacrificed tc
the pretended Constitutional scruples Of the
dominant party, endorse all the barbor We
toes Of President Polk Does any one be-
lieve that such is tho real, intelligent scnti-
ment of Milwaukee' Or is il not rather
the voice of a handful of demagogues null
.tiplied in thousand echoes of unintelligenl
aliens, who know not the first elements of a
free government or Of its powers and duties
This necessarily results from their ignor'
ancc or our language. This Is made th'
more apparent from observation of fact
here in the mines. We lay il down as M
axiom, that the better men are acquainted
with our language, and the more they know
Of our institutions. the more likely they are
10 be Wings. Our English are generally
Wings; many of our most intelligent irisl
are Wings. Our Germans, who talk only
German, are ncper Wings. Our Norwegian'
nre Democrats, TO man; and so would be
the Chinese, il we had them amongst us
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-05-20
Interesting from chihuahua battle
of santa Cruz de Rosales.

Gov. Trias having refused to surrender
our forces, 500 strong, advanced, and the
attack was commenced by brisk cannon
ade. The American forces were suisse
quently divided into three parties, TO attack
the works from three different positions
the first under Col. Rails, the second under
Lieut.. Col. Lane, and the third under Maj.
Walker, Of the Santa Fe Battalion. The
contest was maintained with great vigOr
UNA about II O'Clock, when a report was
trough, ia that force of about 500 Mexi-
can lancers had arrived near by and were
about making an attack upon the rear. The
troops were then Withdrawn, and eeSsiOu
of hoStilisies ensaed, Lieut.. Col. Lane be-
ing sent To recounOitre. The report OF the
arrival Of laneers proved to be false, and a
bout 5 O'Clock the action was resumed, and
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-05-20
The Murder in Boston.

The Boston Traveller of Friday says:-
Waterman David Estes died yesterday
afternoon, al about three O'Clock, after over
twelve hours of suffering such as a few are
called upon to bear. He was perfectly SEN
sible to the last A minute or two before
he died he told his wife that his sight was
gone and that he was about to leave her.
Mr.. Estes was thirry-six years of age; and
leaves wife, bur no children, having buried
two. We hear that Mr.. Estes gave it as
his opinion that his murderer was, as near as
he could Judge, youth Of not more than
eighteen years of age. As 10 the persons
who were suspected, and one of whom was
examined at the Hotel in Elm street, soon
after which be was missing, there was no
evidence TO Justify an arrest, except the fact
that he was in the street NJ the time of the
murder He was thoroughly searched and
bat nothing was elected calcu-
lated to throw suspicion upon him. The
conduct of these persons indecamping is the
chief thing which is suspicious as regards
them, and this might be IN consequence of
some other proceedings, not connected with
this matter, which they are not willing 10
have unveiled.