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g7The followinggentlemen are announced
by their friends as candidates for the Office of
Tax Collector, at the ensuing election:
Col. JOHN QUATTLEBUM,
GEORGE J. SHEPPARD,
EDMUND .:ORRIS.
SAMPSON B, MAYS,
Lieut,JANMES B. HAlRIS,
Maj. S. C. SCOTT,
LEVI R. WILSON. -.
From the Augusta Constitutionalist.
A SHORT ESSAY oN BACHELORS
I can conceive' of no life more mise
rable than that of the Bachelor. If he
live in a house by himself, he is ever
comparing his own lot with that of his
married neighbor, who is as happy as
the days are long, receiving company,
and romping with his children; but as our
bachelor wanders through his rooms, a
sense of loneliness comes over him, and
he sighs, alas ! in vain, for even
"A little Faeas to play ,in his halls.''
As he sits by his lonely hearth, and
looks around on his vacant chairs, and;
the unoccupied corner, he pictures to
himself the brightnes of the scene if all
those empty chairs were filled by "a
pretty string of beads," and the other
corner, by "the flower, and the Mother
filhe. flock ;" and while he thinksd .tall
edtings, a burst of laiighte: "10g
n W iieifi
a r moeryry of n 06
perchance, -ome gaybapp illltcros
ses his path ; but hs'turnN away from
him, and bitterly thinks f 'his, youthful
days, and the many opportunities he had
of marrying well, as a man looks back
upon the golden hours, which have sped
away, unimproved, and vhich alas ! can
never be regained. Parties, and fishing
frolics, come up to review before him,
- sadly mellowed, and. dimmed b the
long years that have intervened.-He
recalls the happiest day of his life, when
he sat by some fair one's side on the
mossy bank of some quiet stream, He
feels, once more, her warm breath'rbfon
his cheek, as be bent down to disingage
the hook whicl? caught he r .1vess, and
remembers what a long timpr it required
to loosen it. He well .emembers the
ihrill of delight whep 'be touched her
hand, the bound of Als heart when their
eyes met, and tw gentle pressure of her
hana as she leAned confidingly upon his
arm, and losod up into his face, the
incarnat;np of innocence and loveliness.
Agairidoes he hear those rich tones,
richir .now in memory, for they will
'- der~ be heard again; and though the fire
fazes brightly, and the clock ticks mers
7rily in the corner, the old man sighs,and
~*bitterly reproaches himself that he did
n ot whisper his love to her when no one
was nigh to hear, and~ no sound to dis
tur bsave the gentle ripple of the winding
stream.
"Like a rgek ini thre midst of some green
'isle-an rsolated being, the old man
drags out his existence,-no one to sym
'pathize with no one to love him, no one
to love. Children lush their laughter,
and stop their sportrs, when he comes
pigh. Boys po-ke fu'niat him-, and laugh
'at his old hat, and 'tisihie "unkindest cut
of all," the very efes thit once beamed
Jovingly upon him, now sparkle in deri
sion'oQf Iris fate.
- When he sits down to his table; his
-house-keeper pours out his coffee, with
ai ~r of one paid to. do it, 'and he is
~ssted with her. fficious kindness,
which he knows t.o, be thre trankest by
p ocrisy ; or if, ast bachelors .ar apt to
o~ fo~r the lack of sonmethning better to
love lhe has set his affpctions upon the
fucre ol earth, he is the constant sport of
doubts, suspicions, and ears. He watch
$s hris housekeepi4,igilant. eye,
and views her as a le,ech,whichi is slowly,
"'btsurely suckinga.p-~ his substa~nce.
-'Eery approac~h which ghe, makestto his
badcauses his heart to. throb, and
4eyjngle of her keys costs hitm a ping;
r~Il',e often see the, bachelor, goaded
- n~iseration, join'himself in matrimo
tyhi the guardiangof his cupboard,
$the4y never live happily together,
no he ivariably cute her with, ansll
Let us now look at the bachelor, when
not at home. If he goes out to walk,
he enconntor3 a mairied man tipon the
paivement. . See with what an envious
eye he looks at him. Our married
friend is evidently just from under the
hands of his wife. M.s hat, his coat,
and his hair, well brushed. He is the
pink of neatness, and surely nobody but
a wife could have tied his cravat so
nicely. A broad happy smile rests upon
his countenance, and he holds by the
hand a little cherub that can just waddle
along beside him. Ever and anon as he
looks down upon his boy, a smirk flits
across his face, and he walks proudly
along, full of responsibility and joy, but
the bachelor ! Look at him- The dust
of a dozen weeks has collected upon his
beaver. No smile lights up his counte
nance. . Button after button drops from
his coat, his socks need darning, and his
elbows have not so much as a patch to
cover them. View him at Church, as
he twists and turns in his seat; he dosen't
hoar a word of the sermon, for what
with envying the married men, and look
ing at the girls, and frowning upon the
little ones as they Dock into the pews
after their mothers, he has as much as
he can do. And perhaps during prayer
time he feels a twitching of his coat be
hind, he hears the suppressed titter of a
whole bench-full of boys, sighs for his
lonely fireside which is far preferable to
being in a huff without an opportunity of
revenging himself.
If he reads his newspaper, a cut at
bachelors, or a love story, or a descrip
tion of matrimonial felicity well-nigh
drives him mad.
He joins a club, hoping in this way
to pass off his evenings more pleasantly;
but most of the members hurry home "to
their dear little iives, at an early hour,
nd our bachelor inwardly vows never
attend the meeting again. The bachelor
who boards out is but little better off thau
he who keeps house. He dare not stay
away late at night for fear of being
locked out. His coffee is never made
right. His linen is either as ,stiff as a
shingle, or .as limber as, a rag. The
-iinin, lic would- of':all things
avoid.
Slowly't' e-weary years roll byiand
the bar'lielor is stierched upon his dying
bed. -He looks back upon his life! how
long has that life been, yet how useless !
He thinks ofhis wordly goods,and mourns
that there is no one to give them to.
Silence reigns in that chamber- No
weeping, watc6ing wife, supplies his
manv wints; and whispers the - last sad
farewv-2 in his ear. No little ones, with
seipous contenances, look up ,sadly into
Ms face. No manly boy takes him by
the hand, and bids him be of good cheer,
nor promises to honor his gray hairs by
ever walking in the paths of virtue, nor
to perpetuate his name by deeds of glory.
No beloved daughter bends *over him,
and mingles her darks locks with his
gray hairs, nor piesses her bright lips
upon his furrowed cheek, nor clasp his
wasted form in th:t last loving embrace,
promising ever to cherish his memory,
and to keep his, grave green with her
tears-no !no But his house-keeper
scowls upon him wvhezn his back is turned
or drops a crocodile .tear, hoping to be
remembered in his will. Thus the old
man dies, feeling that the world can well
spare him, and that it were better to be
in his grave,ihatn to mingle in a wvorld
which he loves not, which loves not him.
God of Heaven ! preserve us ft om such,
fate. Whren men stop at ott grave,
whatever they say of us', let it Dot be, he
died a brachclor. May r be early blessed
in life with' a partner. May, we two,
hand in hand, and heart in heart, safely
weathter the storms of life; and if' death
single me out first, wvhen they have
buried me in' the'village churchyard, and
the grass waves over my tomb, may a
noble boy and a fair girl, come over the
stile together, and stopping at' my grave,
drop a tear or a flower, and say,, "Here
lies our FatherV
T.W. Lfu
'WisufNGToN, Ga., Oct, r2', !S47.
The Eztravaganzce .of Royalty.
The following is a graphic sketch of the
contents of one of' the apartments of
Windsor Castle. The Narrator says;
Erom the ibrarv we went to 'the apart
liierit called iechnically 'The- Gold
'Room ;' it is thiS go which F wish to call
your a'ttentita I surveyeaf it' leisurely,
and I'do. not 'r'egidiber- iaving fead a
description of its co'ntents, 'no'r can l'
give even in ot'line of its various trea5
sures; I comnenced taking notes 'from
the moutht of the custode, who with his
'arious .assistatts is every day of:' the
yar 'a9 employed in 'cleaning' the
plate bq he said it -was contrary to or
ders to 'allov arny notes to be etaken,
Witlierioradaa I did imakeand whiat
[renembecred. accuately , ill ~satei
trusting that my letter will not be.openod
and I convicted of treason.
- To begin !-'he whole collectioff is
valued at twblve millions of dollars!
There are glass cases like a silversmith's
shop; and liehind the glass are the prin.
cipal articles ; would you believe that I
there saw a dinner service of silfet gilt,
of the most gorgeous kind, piesented by
the merchants of Liverpool, to the late
William the IVih, before he was kingI
in reward for*his advocacy of the slave
trade I Believe it or not, there it is,
with the inscription telling the tale. I
There is a salver of imnense size, made 1
from the gold snuff boxes alone,of George
the Fourth, the lids and inscriptions cu
riously preserved on the surfade in a I
kind of mosaic gold; its value fifty thou, I
sand dollars. Thenyou may see near it I
Nell Gwynn's bellows-=the handles, I
nozzle, &c., of gold !-the golden pea,
cock, inlaid with diamonds, and rubies
from Delhi-not as large as a pheasAnt,.
but valued at one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars; the footstool of Tippoo
Saib, a solid gold lion with a chrystal
eyes, the value of its gold is seventy-five
thousand dollarsg George the Fourth's
celebrated goldcn candelabra for a din
nor-table, valued at fifty thousand dol
lars, so heavy that two men are required
to lift each. Piles upon piles of golden
plates, sufficient to dine two hundred and
fifty persons, with ample changes, were
spi ead about or in the cleaner's hands.
If this enumeration does not satisfy
your aching vision, we will ask the cus
tode, who seems ektremely anxious in
the midst of so miuch treasure, and
would evidently be glad to get rid of us,
to open s long seties of dresset-looking
drawers. Here are 140 dozen each of -
gold knifes and forks of various pattetns,
which hetepeats the names of, as "oak,"
"stag," "George the Third/' and so on. 1
Anothet set of dressers !-what'can they I
contain I-only 141 dozen each of gold .
table and tea spoons, all arraaged in the t
most perfect order. Take another walk z
up and down the room; with glass cases: t
on tables in the middle, filled witrg.
geous gold, and try. to Amprssie
form: ottkf i~' 'n-Aki4
c6nfused idea of.richsiibdh asA must t
have cost poor andunideigrbund iaboters, 9
lives:of.toi' and swat and p n - to
procure, merely to pamper weahh and
royalty,-to do no good-to be -almost
as useless as it was in the mine, fur it is I
rarely pfddiced, and requiresia host of
human beings merely to keep' it right.
A little conversation with this: king 7of
the gold- room, informed us that it Was a
poor time to see the plate, because fifty
chests were removed to be used by the
Queen at Buckingham Palace. t
Ilddil ofits 7rk.-41h6 tratel-..
ler, Mr. Barrell, was walking in Con- I
stantinople, through a street not open to I
Christians without an attending Turk. I
The stores were supplied with the rich- I
est assortments of nwerchandise; ranSng <
them he saw one pre-eminent for the t
costly array of goods. As hediscoviered I
one or two articles which he should like r
to purchase, and by doing so gain a full I
view of the contents of the store, he pro
posed his attendant to enter,
"That is impossile,?' repiled the .1
Turk, "as the owner has gone out." rI
"Butt"' said Mr. Barrell-, "the- door is
open.'
"True? replied the Turk-,' "but doI
y ou not setr at the door a chair,- witir its
back towards the street 1 a sign that
no one is within-, and that no- person' i
must enter." - -
"Bat, said Mr. 1B., is' the ownet not
ezposing his'immense amnountof proper-- <
ty to deredation.*
"Not at ath~ not at all,*~ said the TIurk-4
"do' you not know that-no Christians are
allowed to- enter' this street withbuta a
Turk to attend them t"'"*'' t
This shows the diffrerence whicita
Turk (at least)t thinks he finds -between<
his own people and the Greeks.
"Stand in. Amongst ihe Fins."-A
gnedcstory is told of a Yankee-who-went I
for the first timv'to. a' bowling' alley and t
kept firing away at'the pins'to the-itne a
minent peril at the' boy, iho so far from' 1
having anything3 to- d'o Gin' "settingt up" c
the pins, was' actively 'iat work irr an
endeavor to' avoid the balls-of the play- I
er, which rattled on all sides of the pinsa .
without-touching them.e -At length the I
fellow, seeing the predicament the boy d
was in, yelled out, ais-ie let drive anoth
er'ball;15tand in amni' the pins, boyrif -t
you don't want to get hurt. 'a i
Pieserving: Frisit Tres-by Galvan- |
ism.-A gentleman in Austria has intro
duced a curious- method 'of ' preserving
fruit trees from' injury by iaets, 'ie-:'
uses-for thatirpose twosringsp~oned of'-:
copper, the othereof sin Iravinglplaced i
dhie tigpens hmrhdthe trunlk
of hi tranL ntdif-ahiupatsnte athn*
riNgo . retves at onco a
vanhc
tle boy eatfing some
wSeb of the mother of Wash'
ilon, - of his country,) en
juireil e was the grandmothei
)f the
A C Cdraagl.s-We corM
nand7 Ing to the considerstiol
)f sorn ndidates who have hac
iperie ampaigning," iot doubt
ng tha inory will readily fornial
bern Iilar diary4
Mon -Tom'B..called rathe
ate- red a long ways off, bu
-ight a '.. best friends-run wel
here, using all his inuinenc
r me. liig hard al day withou
ortime ld at trouble us-wif
ook'd 'r about' getting his suF
,er-hY id'nt observe it.
T ,young..lady called i
he sftre quired if I was the ma
what's a idate-yes, says I---'well
ays sh got some homespun
rant to for sonme of your 9plund,
-I won mind .takining some sug,
ind co it-rmother told me 1
:ome he trgde, for as how, beir
n'lid "o'd give mighty. goc
rgain i areall gwins to vote f,
ou. omen and children,
uppose. pi-aised her homespu
old lie' ieserved a good husban
md n0- od get one-gave h
ordei., s tfr the' wee bairns'
tome.
Wid yr-Found out my lai
rot- grU i 'gall as I thoug
-Ihe noiher District.
- Wed 1--night,-Old'B. cmae
.gial 'candidate-had twier
otes a v;.kand, he'd see. th
rack!di at.n 'he election cat
onnd was unwell--airaid
he'nig ehe wanted to I
p wit m home-not s
yfive he at the battles
lun~r ra iine ; e.-.'r
iSg5f spi :his scar'-nl
o convin er.;of his. 'hair .brea,
cape' -4 declined afraid.-d lose
rotes:-and ifhe votes tlb- whig.. ticli
hem-old scarswill'make' hii' id ravi
.e candidte' for Governor next' ol
ion. .
Sat Wentt i a utilstet
rould' C. ry another speeth.lea
6mething from' Jimmy about 1ctil
ering-tookcthe votdrs irtc tie Ca n
f the fence,>and gave .them prit
bats=-4 pinnsd some of therfr-zi
hem promise to vote for niextowai
igit they -get pretty full of the 6i
uee, tnd some of'en shouted 'hu
or Gin'ral Scott'-=then came t.dread
inr fbr a civil' man like myself,
heyall seemnd as familiar as if
ad -been cronies all our lives-'ev4
runkard ammg them leedU'd hims
ip to me, orI -had ledell'd myself do
o them-which was it ? Some pati
ne On the badh, and swore I tas i
est - fellow in this Government-so
urs'd me (iWa friendly, way) becat
sould'at take anothet drink of my o
iqiorzothersput their arms around
nckv'ery.ovinglyi ano~ talk'd with
nch vehemence,- that I was pretty w
epper'd with amber juice, andthen
ireh of such walking whiskey bi
'lls-who would stand iti .Well,
ill right at last-ir candidates will
'ound drenching the people with ligt
ust for theira.otes, they ought to sul
'=-rechon'.tirs camrpaign will cure
1 alleaspirationsifor highr o6hes.
'hat night: [fell into a ver'y pr ofot1
ogaiii. alout the voting syste~m, a
ially c'oncluded it is all wrong, a
vhere I get. tor the legislatuare till ha
he eonstitnliorr mended the fist thil
hee' shallt' her tdertain gradantions
;haracterg as'tiniberohe,-#o and tbr
imer three shall iheclude all the hi
rinkers, fraomithose wpho get'Beep do
n the gtllisiaaJditches, and get th
acei Blak'd-.by mischierous boys,
otrose whogetjost 'gentlemanly tig
udI thinkii wilt has e it debated ii
e-uimitee'oE the whole' whether 'ca
lidates' hv[treat shall not be. but in'l
liiclss&UI~il eeahat it will bear
ufelestijn next year,) and' all rogu
nd' loafes&c., I.will' put . down.
umbei hregand; allow Tern one vc
['he n~ioi. isssllinclude all lawy
who: think ~trth 'aifit~ consistent w'
heirf ' e~io~mrchants with ratl
hor akseldbeforr who chai
ip:(in~lsortof hieroglyphics) but
ighst thetet -will bbear-minisi
hohwul rather makena proselyte
eitrpecedliadbetrine,Athan-make n
risend 'botteru-all politicians a
nitorshiehink~ the':end jstify7
nnei l'rcsand'farmers 'wboQ
s j~oeterell these (& ntir
innao~nt -mnentalognm
number two, Mnd hav e two vot-and
the highest class must be, in reality,
number one, (a small squad, I'm think
ing,) and they hdIl ~ have three
otes.
Now, the tefidandy of this tystem,
will be to raise men up in the scale of
standing and charactr, as it will give
them word inddd e=daftdidates will
not b'e so liberal with their money as to
sink thef fello* Men into the gutters,
because they wtill lose votes by it. But
if the dlofenor should veto my bill, I'll
I introduce a substitute, to wit: The
third class shall vote only for bailiffs,
sheriffs, cletks dnd sitlh like-the second
r for members of the Legislature-and the
t rst for Congressmen, Governorsi
Presidents, and along up there-so I'll
cairy my point some how.-All new
t members, they say, try to study out
sdmething to bring 'em into notite, afid
I think I've got hold' of some lright
ideas that will carry my name down to
It posterity.
a Wednesday.-Went to a gatkering
out in 'Dark Corner'-found a right
I smart spiinkle of votes there; half a
r dozen that wanted to be ddor-keepers
ir and managers: told them all that they
0 could be elected ead#, for my influence
I would be powerful-(of course promised
d each nan by himself, and told him to
)r be mum.)
I My friend Simpson took ftue de
, side, and whisper'd that o lot of vot6rs
I, out there in thb shadd of the tree, did'nt
r drin dany thing, and he thought a small
Rt distributation of gingerbread would tell
well among them ; of course, says I,
ly we'll try it; I sidled up to.a cake cart,
t nd in a twinkling it seem'd to be a
radiating centre (as niatliematiciatis say)
in of the whole compass; the entire stocli
ty of.cakes and beer vanish'd in less thai
BY fid ime, dnd the'old lady hetself might
Me have been' devour'd merely. for het
of association with cakes, had she not havc
ut been quite so. hard favor'd. I sam
ix friend Simpson stow away a goodly quan
of tity in his pockets; reckon he has somi
t little respoisibilities at home ;4w'ade
ast if any of them (so fond of gingerbread
It thing disrespectf.o
lth cake seller, -for before I left she whis
is pored in my ear, so that the
t, could'nt here it, 'I diskiverMiste: i yo
.a- are getting tery populoinf
Sirqng and Durable dopfo-siio.
- Take a poutnd of starch and dilute iti
tnt halfa pint of cold water, them put
In qnart df water irt a gallon open iesse
,rs and let it boil-thed pour the dilute
ate starch into a vessel, and wi.en it agai
de boils add thfee pofoads of. rye fdoor an
ds stir t Oeil Ohite on the fire until all ar
"4 mixed: When this is cold take it out c
,ra the vessel and pdt it on a flat surfac
tel Thert take fne sifted dry mahogan;
ror savdust (or fimely siftered wood ashe
Oe or whiting may be used) and stiffen th
try dough to the consisteny of good putty
lf by working the whole together wit
'n the hands, and it is ready for use, ani
ed .makes when dry a fine hard substance
e suitable for 'mbrella haindlesi cane headi
nie -moulding patterns, and various othe
s36 work. This composition' has been re
n cently patented by Mr. C. Brandhaite.
so The Siantese Trwins.-A recent. vis
l itor a't the home of the Siamese '"'win1
:he at their plantation in North Carolia
r- says that each of tlem has several clii
's dren. and they are quite prosperou
o as cultivatotrs of the soir, owi'ng two platn
tor tation and nemey'ous servants, lIvin;
er plaihlf amf apparently very happily
asThey have adopt'ed the name of Banker
.in honor of theif .banker of that name i
udthe cify of New-York.
tad --.
ad Anw incident -On hursday cieuna
e last a singeulaf exhibition of reading b:
''cletrvofance was made by Miss Loomis
of at he: rooms in the City Hoter. Tw<
e. infi'ueatial members of society, one
ird distinguished legal functionary, producel
't a paper with a 'single word written 0i
sir it, folded in sir envelopes. This wa
up offered to tiie inspecin of Miss Martha
it, who;- alter perhaps five minutes, des
a- -cibed it' ar' ata envelope covering
a' white paper with a word of six letters
he 'The two outward-folds were of wllt:
Dh prper, the two inaar one of yellow Wrap
, ping paper,-anti lastly a fold of silve
ror foil with a white envelope immediatelj
te. covering the, slip of paper. Mler som
r little hesitation she spelt the word "Mex
itf ico.' This was pronouncad' a mistake
ter and shse was advised to try again. Sh<
ge declined, and finally the package. wa
as opened, and two incl'osios, "M'exic
r and Madison,"found inside.
to This circumstante was explatned a
en having occurred tia first writing' Mexic
d on the slip, anid on concluding after
the ward to substitute .ladi*on, neglectin
r to withdraw the.first written slip.
e- Iii the course of the experitnents th
s lady sai to op of, thte expei ntten
661f I tell you. *Il .yod give up,~
unbelief I" "Yes," replied the. other
"and a check fot fifty dollars beside.'
When the result was known the chec
was promptly paid over.-Cincinnat
Addertiser. Oct. 12.
Prown the Charleson ve. Newn
ARMY CORRESPONDINCE.
The following lettefs have been co11
municated to the Washington Union.
The letter describing the stoiming of
Chaptiltepede ty ded. Pilldwjisthernost T
graphid We hate sfien in Ptint.
'Ihe erst portion of Gen. Shields' let
ter is employed in vindicating the me'di%
ca! departdrent df the army from certaid
aspersions cast upon it for the want of -
skill; pgritidlarly. 1 the treatment of
Gen. Shields' vound. He states that
in his case, next to God, his gratitde as
due to the skill and defotion of his at.
tehding sdrgeon, Dr. McMillan.
LETTER FROM GEN. SHIELDS,;.-.
MEXiCO, Sept. 27, 1847.
So entire has been my recovery front
the effects of the former wound, that at
Puebla I asidned dommand afa brigadei
consisting of the New-fork and South
Cirolina tolunteers, and the marine
corps, under Lieut. Col. Watson.- We
iarched fronil Voebld and entered the
valley of M1exico,*ifh an army amount
ing in all to ten thousand two hundred
men. Odr rdarel, was one of extreme.
difficulty-over roads broken up- and
filled with rocks. We reached Sad
Augustin on the 18th of August, from
whende we coold see the enemy's troopt
and worksat Contreras. On. the 19th'
1-led two regiments-the New-Yorkers
and PahIdeitd-across 9 route thatwas
deemed impassible by Meiicans for ev- -
erything but goats J joined the 'other
forces in the night; rimained most of the
night without shelter or coveringiund -
incessant rain? and Johred in t
in the Miorning which car edt pos
tion, aidd ot Valenciais whole force'to4 .1
. piecesm A1l ttis encoatered withot
sutfering any injury from thef
r my former Vodnd. VrdM Con
oioed ins pursuit of the enemy togya l
- e c. e auOp *itth'auaR
d'a* i " tirn M8' '
enemy''oc a bu a
- The position was msti fbnidal'Tie
a fortifcations Were got exceedingl trong
but their infantry ias posted under cover
of embankments, Which afforded. thent -
- such protection as td enable them to fire
n on us 0ith security. The battle at thir
a place wds not only a bloody but a terri
I ble one. ' The Mexicans determined to
I make it their last great struggle, and the*
a AmerftCaws fogit #ith desperation; well
l knowing that nothing was left for them
e but success. Here I lost over half my
'f command in killed adud wounded. Some
of the noblest oifcers and bravest moe
y that ever marched to battle fell on thai
, bloody field. Yet we routed the whole
e Mexican army, and drove it, panic
s. truck, irto the cityl and had I, wh&
h ifappened to be in the advanie, only
- been permitted to continue the pursuit
, into the 6ity, I doubt not, from what we
, have since heard of their fright, that
r they woild hiavo run through the citj
- and souglt shelter in the m6antaIns.
Peace,- hoW ever, being the great object,
it. was hoped that the moment was favo- . .
- rable for that purpose. Santa Anna9
,however, whose whole being is a comn
,position of falsehood and trea'chery, em.
- ployed the time in prepat-ation foi deo
s Ienice, and imposed upon its the fiedther "t
-necessity of carrying: 6'hapuliepec and'- -
g taking tihe city. This was all done, tiho,
.in the most glorious manner. The wholed
, American force on the- rounid, erclu
a sive of killed andiwoiaded; w hen Mer.
ice w'as~taken wyak less than 800db- the
whole force employed was littlie moi
g than 6000. So,- my dear friendfyou
y may tl the world that an army Ofs be
,tween 6000: and 7O00* Ainea ican has
ataken the'sity of Mexico; strongly forti.
a fed, with are abny of between. twentf
I and thitty thousand men within it'svalls
a True, we have stiffered,/' ahd suffered1
I svedsly.- Many a tinfie, worthy spirie,7
,'has breathed' his last in the valley of
-Mexico ; but the glorioas results have
a proved to' the world the invincibility of
the Americail art. IY haft inter dasr
e diffusive,'to shbw that my reovef hasa
- .been tested liy every species-of fial and
r .endurando to which the' limtan systemr
/can be subjected. Ikis-a' hard case, .
'therefbre, that the physiolins who coni
- tributed' su mudh- to this recovery ~
,should be accused of iinapacity, and that~ -
B my recovery,-iit itself so wonderful
5s 'hould be votclhed as an instance tb' ,.u
C prove- this incapacity. I trust' th'osed
journals that'gavi place, inc'onsiderately -
s to the artice'to wlaich- Ialhide,- will db' '
o me the favor. in justice to my physician -r~~
andthie medical departuient of'the army
g to insert tiAi letter -
I have the hoeor to be, your friendt
and obodient servadar,
AMES SHiEX.~6