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117 The following gentlemnen are announced
by their friends as candidates for the Office of
Tax Collector. at the ensuing election:
Col. JOHN QUATTLEBUM,
GEORGE J. SHEPPARD,
EDMUND MORRIS,
SAMPSON B, MAYS,
Lieut.JAMES B. HARRIS,
Maj. S. C. SCOTT,
LEVI R. WILSON.
JAMES SPANN.
Fromthe Charleston Evcning Nwers.
JOHN VAN BUREN.
John Van But en is beginning to make
a noise and a name for himself in the
political world. We have seen the re,
port in the Albany Journal, of his late
speech, of which so much has been said.
It has some share of small wit, and a
good deal snore of piquancy, passion,
and we are bound to add, of demago
gueism; but its prevailing spirit is neith
er earnest, thoughtful nor statesmanlike.
The personalities and invectives that
form the'great staple of the effort will
not suffer it to rise above the level of a
clever stump speech. True, it is fre
quently interspersed with editorial inter
jections of "laughter," "great laughter,"
"excessive laughter," but many of these
seem by some accident or other to have
got into the wvrong places, and we all
know how easily these tributes may be
wo~n when a crowd-happen to -be in-good
unior wit.eiinselves h ~with -thle
~
f a-quizzical expresidr6of iontenance,
will sometimes convulsea - popular as
sembly; and yet do not know- that there
is any great wit or merit in the achieve
-tent. If our readers ale in the vein,
let us regale them with a specimen or
two of the wit that drew such laughter
and cheers from "one of the largest and
most enthusiastic meetings" ever held in
Albany :
The man, said Mr. Van Buren, who
tries to make a Whig of me, will end in
making an ass of himself. [Laughter.]
le was not baby enough to run when
ever any one ct ied out "spook." He
would as soon think of runnmg away
from the Mexirans because'a reinforce
ment of Whigs were coining up to the
rescue, as to run away from the support
of the proviso because the Whigs we!re
in favor of it. [Prolonged cheering.]
Mr. Van Buren has been told that
lie was giving Crosswell too much con
consequence. But this was a mistake.
You could not give a man too mtuchi con
sequence who has thme power to xhrtust
from the Executive chair, if not into his
- gtave, such a man as Silas WVrighmt, It
was true, he had no respect for his inte~g
rity, veracity or patriotism; but he
had respect for his~ zeal, talents, and
energy. He is brains for the whole
conservative party. [Cheers]. -Where
would your Peckhams, your Roses, your
Gutlhtps, yotur S.'ymdums, andI your WVat
sons be, if it were not for Edwin Cros
wvell ? They would'nt knnwv enough to
go home in a dark night. [Laughter.]
And this is the sort of stuff that sonic
influential papers at the North are com
- paring to the fine, subdle and classical
wvit, and the searching, excoriating sar
castm of John Randolph. The conipari
son is ridiculous, un.alessm it be in the way
that small things are sometimes compared
or (more properly) contrasted with
great. So muc~h for the wvit, nowv for a
glance at the principles of the orator.
We have, continued Mr. Van Buren,
followed Southern lights to the very
vorge of freedom. We have followed
thieir wilt-o-the-wvisps so far, that if wye
go farther, there is danger that wec may
be mired. Hereafter. he for oune, should
be guided by the light of liberty-lie
shouild be guided by the light ol true
patriotisnm-by the light of humatn fiee,
dom-in short, by the Northerni lights.
[Tremendous cheering' and great ap
So, the son and hteir of the Ex-Presi
dent has publicly cast off the mantle of
.SSouthiern prtinciples" that has so long
coveted thte backs of the fatmily. The
h garment has grown somewhat thread.
hure. andi "a newer and a finer may be
had at less cost" thinks:tle ydung aspi
rant, as thought and said the Duchess of
Buckingham when old Sarah of Marl
borough refused her, for the funeral of
her son, the use of the state bier that
had borne the dead body of the great
duke. The Southern principles that
could not save the father, will hardly
serve the purposes of the son. New
lights are to be seen in the N'orth-and
a sharp corner must be soddenly turned.
The "Will o' the Wisps" of the South
are too apt to lead astray from the path
of preferment; wherefore a new and a
steadier guide to the spoils must be found
for the friends of "progress." A preju
dice is to be worked up, by the low and
insiduous processes of demagogucism, to
the dignity of a principle.-a morbid
feeling of fanaticism is to be armed with
all the powers of a conscsientious sense
of duty; and, in lulfilment of the grand
design, a wicked and most unrighteous
crusade against (ie feelings and institu
tions of the South is to be preached up
and set on foot, for the purpose of hum
bling and punishing those who would not
obsequiously bow themselves down at
the footstools of Mat tin Van. Buren arid
Silas Wright, as the acknowledged Ga
maliels of Denocracy.
Mr. Van Buren speaks of their deter,
initation "to plant the standard of li[A
erty upon allfree soil conquered by t'
treasure and blood of freemen." Whose
blood and treasure have been most lav
ishly poured out upon the fields of Mex
ico ? Did the free State of Indiana,
with her delinquent regiment, do more
ai Buena Vista to uphold the honor of
the country or to win territory for the
Union, than did the slave-h din Staes
of Kentucky and Tenne..
law of justice as well as t
they who win shall wear. H astl
done less than the Nordi to s6* e
conquest of this suil, touching c I it
now proposed to place the people of tie
rurmer under restrictions and disqualifi
ations that do not apply to the people
)f the latter? New York and South
Carolina stood together in glorious rivalI
ry under the walls of Mexico! but the
,reat Empire State has riot :n o
irighter laurels upon tie field Alf
u Ac
!qual.participation with herself in the
'ruits of. the ente prise. If freedom be
ndeed an object, and not a mere catch
,vord and a cry of party, let the territory
f the Ution beifiee and open to all the
itizens of the ccuntry, without diserim
nation of propeity and institutions
Ind when the territory shall be ready
for admission as a State, let the citizeis
thereof determine for themselves under
what form of domestic polity 'they
choose to live. This is a sort of freedoim
-ititelligible, unsellish, equal and con
Ititutioual-that we can both understand
ind appreciate.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
IN SENA TE.
TUESDAY, No. 9, 1847.
Mr. Dunnagan laid on the table the
rollowing Resolution; 50 copies of which
Lvere ordered to be printed for the use
)f the Senute.
As the representativesuf Georgia, one
o~f the nmmers of this confederacy-it
is right and proper to give an e,:pression
of opinion and sentiment in referencre of
measures and policy of the General
Government. Therefore
Be it Resolved, by the Senate and
H ouse of Representatives. T hat t he
General Government of the Uniited
States ouight to raise no more revenue
in time of peace, thtan is necessary to
deftay the expense of its economical ad
justing a tariff on imiports for this subject
the duties should bn assessed upon the
ad valoremn principle.
2. Be it Resolved, That the Tariff
lawv of 1846 approximates as neatly to
these re'quisties as is pr-acti~cable, in a
country of such diversified and conflict
ing interests as ours, and the prosperity
of the comnlercial, agricultural arnd
nmanufacturtmg pursuits 'of the United
States under its benign operation, die
monistrates the justice and wvisdonm of its
provisions, as well as the folly of. its r
peal.
S. Be it Resolved, That if, i.n conse
quience of the existing war with MIexico,
it becotnes necessary to increase the
nevenue upon imports, there should be
no departure from thme ad valorem prin
ciplet nor ought it to fmi;nish any pretext
for unjust discriminations for the mere
sake of protection, but that such increase
of revenmue should be raised by duties on
articles now free of duty under the exist
ing tariff lawv.
4. Beit Resolved, That the Congress
of the United States has no Constitution
al power to itncon poratei a National Bank,
and the successful operation of thec In
dependent Treasury, proves conclusive
ly that unch nn institution is not neCes
sary, as ; fiscal agent for the receipt,
custody and disbursement of tlie public
funds.
5. Be it Res2Ioed, That the Congress
of the United States, has no constitution
al power to appropriate public money
fur the construction of works of intet nal
improvement, except such as are strictly
of a national character.
6. Be it Resolved, That the distribu
tion of the sale of the public lands is in
expedient and unwise, because it would
create a necessity for an increase of tariff
duties, to the extent that such -proceeds
add to the annual revenue of the Gov
ernment.
7. Be it Resolced, That the judi
cious exercise of the Veto power by tho
Executive of ile .United States, is the
only protection of the minority against
the rash, foolish or unconstitutional ac
tion of the majority, und therefore any
modification of that clause of the consti
tution of the United States, which- vests
that power 'n the President, would be
unwise and peculiarly dangerous to the
Soulthern portion of dhis confederacy.
8. Be it Resolved, That lamertable
as are the evils of war, they are prefera
ble to an unjust and dishonorable peace,
and (that as by the act of ,the Republic
of Mexico, a state of warexists between
i Government and th ited States)
s09' Republic is out res ible.for its
consequences. .
9. Be it 1?csolncd, Thathk istinc
war with Me:ico ought to be prosnaied
with tie utmost vigor, until thaf .6v
ernment shall agree to pay all demaznds
Jue to our Government ontyccount of
spoilations done to our c .as well
a just indemnity for srtin
c:rrd by the Governi rose
auiion of the war, whicl cod
upon us, and that if sh
:10 so in money, ite United d
insist upon her ceding trriot t
in value to satisfy so just and Ule
i demand.
10. Be it Resolved, That in view of
the possible acquisition of territory by
Ihe United States fotthe purpose afore
mid, we adopt I ifollowing rSeO
utions passed, G-neal Assen
*ectly or indirectly, mediately or imme
iately, over the institution of slavery,
nd that in taking any such control, it
ratscenIds the limits of its legitimate
'unctions by destroying the internal or
paniztion of the sovereignties which
lormed it.
12. Be it Rcsolvcd, That tnder no
ircunstances, will this body recngnize
is binding, any eiactimenit of the Fede
ral Go vernment, which has for its object
the prohibition of Slavery in any territo
ry to he aicqaired, either by conquest
)r itety, South of the line of the Miss
ouri Compromise, holding it to be the
untural and iudependent -ight of each
ritizen of eaich and every State of the
Confederacy, to reside with his property,
al whatever description, in any territory
whikci may he ac quired by the Arms of
Ie United States, or yielded by treaty
with any foreign power.
13. Be it Resolned, That this As
sen,bly holds it to be tite duty of every
man, in every section of the Confe'dera
cy, if the Un ion is dear to himn to oppose
the passage of any hew for whatever
purpose, by whiichi ter itory to be ;ac,
quired may be subject to such a r estric
tion.
14. De it Resolved, That the patssage
of the Wilnmot Proviso by the Houise of
Representatives of the United States,
mtakes it :hto duty of every slaveholding
State, and the citizens thecreof, 's they
value their deatrest privileges, their sov
reigaity, t heir indepetndeniciettind their
rights of property, to take firm, united
and concenrtedi action in this emergency.
15. 1e it Resolved, That the fim
ness, justice and wisdlom with which
.James K. Polk has conduicted the ad
ministration of this Government, both
foreign and domestic, entitle hinm to the
confidence anid gratitude of. the People.
16. Be it Resolvcd, Thiat the thaenks
of the whole country atre due to the gal
lant oflicers and nent of our Army, Navy
and Volunteer seivice, for the glory
wvith wvhicli they have covered our Arms,
anid the heroic valor wideh which they
have sustained their country's cause ON
the battle field.
The Sugar Crop-lu is estimated
by competet judges that the crop of
sugaer in this State will exceed the crop
of last year by at it least one Ihund red
thousand hogshcads. The quantity
of miolasses, of this crop, will even exceed
that of the sugaer, as compared with the
product of Iast year. Owing to the
lateness of alhe summer, and the con
tinuance of warm weatthter, the yield of
he canc wvill not, for some time, be as
great as was to be expected from the
appearanco of the crops, tend consequent
ly t antity of molasses will be very s
- 'e present weallier is unpro- h
i being too warm, but still :hose tl
I i boiling make a good yield, but
ofor y quality. 0
h4itanding, however, the un- F
favo ness of the weautlier, the exten- V
sive cter of the crops and fullness e
nfti o, throughout the State, will g
full v the calculation of the pro- e
duc Isseason. Two hundred and
fort sand hogsheads is an estimate b
whic one regaid as extravagant. tI
[N. 0. Delta, Nov 5. o
, P . N. 0. Picayune. 11ht inst.
L t~ FROM VERA CRUZ.
T tvamship James L. Day, Capt. Ia
Voo rrived last evening froim Vera C
Cruz ving left there the evening of in
the 5t hst. She stopped at the Brazos, ol
but di of communicate with the shore. cc
Ai. a the passenuers on the Day-a C
list of' orm will be found in the nppro- v
priate luin-were M1jor Iturbide, ar
plison f war, and Lieut.-Sears, 2d e<
At till. bearer of desptcf3es to Wash- T
ington he
Th' . ews Srought by the Canton is pr
entire onfirned. Gen. Scott's des- tht
patch It Mexico between the 12(h D
mnd 1 .of October, escorted by a spy P
comm of Mexican lancers, 100 de
strongg der the command of Col. Do- P
mingud The company left Puebla
the ev of the 19th and were attack- W
rd the. !e-night by a strong force un- ar
der G orrejon. Shoi ly after they be
were ked by Col. Vamos. In the of
two en iements they lost fifteen of foi
their n ber. They returned to Pue. wi
bla an .Lane placed the despatch- ic<
es in t. nds. of his adjutant general,
Lieut , who came down . with his no
Mexic cort to Vera Cruz, but ac- a I
conmp: as far as Pl.an del Rio by the ha
Ist Pe lvania Regiment, under Col. 0.
Wynk Captain Loyall's Georgia an
nmunte en, and three companies of ar4
artille The American portion uf the bu
scort d at Plan del Rio and were Ei
to rem ith Gen. Patterson. Lieut. ici
Sears ted Vera Cruz. insh pight of rei
cth a cconpinied by Capt. Geo. ho
TJ . tillery, Lieuit. Lear. 41h
en ,. plCl .vi
Furledu-h.- ,ieut.4Henderson, Louisiana D
Volunteers, cane down to join his con- sui
pany. About eighty discharged soldiers an
also canie down. i
ie Mexican spy cnmpany is des- wi
cribed as a rough-looking set of men. M
They fight with ropes round their necks, sy
as tie saving is, and theriefore fight gal- M
lantly. Col. Dominguez is thought to R<
know the road intimliately, from long Pt
experience upon the line in a different pa
capacity. We nnderstand that we have to
altogether about 450 of this description w;
of force in our pay. Of the detachment an
which came down with them, told our
coirespondent that they fought niost V,
gatl'asntly. -w
Gen. Lane remains at Pn. bla, re- th
taining all the command he took up with B1
him. A circular order from General G
Scoto directs a garrison of 750 men to ed
he station'd at the National Bridge, 4t
1,200 at Jalapa and 2,000 at Puebla- gi
the last two points under command of om
generdl oflicers. Gen. Cushing has h
been assigned by Gen. Patterson to the m
c-ommiand at .Jalapa. G en. Patterson 'i
had reached the National Bridge on the of
morning of the 4th inst., wvith all his to
force, have been entirely unmolested G
Upon the route. pt
Gen. Lane's command is quartered in il
inhe heart of Putebla, the General occu, tre
pying the Palace. n
Santa Anna was at Tepaucan on the
26th ult. He had given up the idea of R
going to Orizaba as noe had proposed. L
We hasve the Genius ol Liberty of C
the 5th inst., and r'egret to see by it that a<
one of the editors, Dr. Quinn, is serious- a:
lv indlisponsed. th
Theo guerrillas are quarrelling among p
themselves. Thue Rainbowv says: ' It til
appears that Jarauta's band have de- sl
la~red Col. Cenobio to be a traitor to b<
hsis country ; that lhe is leane~d with the er
Americans, and oven supplied by them in
with arms and ammounuitions for the pur- ni
pose of destroying his brother bandits. mx
After much hatd talking they have at pl
length proceeded to blows; and in one
eogagpmengtiR said1 that Jarauta was k
vict -' that thirty of Cenobio's F
me d' b
Lrt T6ints confirm the abovo, ai
buts . ly twenty were killed and w
that Jntrautaa.was shot thtrough the leg. h
Papers of Jalapa of a prior date had P
said that Jarauta had withdrawn fr-om
the field to attend to his religions du- v
ties. b~
The Arc'iTris of the 5th inst, speamks a
ofan expedition of 1,500 men as about ft
to start freoi the camp at Vergara a- (
gainst Orizaba. Our corresporndent p
makes no mention of it.b
Thn sunn -naer avs on tie Engrlish t
ide that the unbmied body of the late
imented Capt. Walker remained on
ic field two days after his death.
Bv this arrival we have two numbers
f a new American paper published at
uebla and called the Flag of 1k reedom.
Ve learn from it that Col. Chiles was
nertained o'n the 21st ilt. at a dinner
iven by a number of officers who serv
: under him during the siege of Puebla.
This paper furnishes a report of the
ittles of Huiraiantla and of Atilixico,
e results of which are already before
ir readers.
VERA CRUz, Nov. 5, 1847.
Ede. Della-I reached this place
st evening, five days from Petote
asile, having left on Sunday morning,
company with Lieut. Seats, bearer
despatches ; the Mexican Spy Lan
rs, under Col. Domingo, the Georgia
avalry, Capt. Loyal, the 1st Pennsyl
nia Regiment, under Col. Wynkoop,
id about 80 dischargedsoldiets, mount,
I, under command of Captain George
aylor, of Co. A 3d Art., who goes
me on furlough. Maj. Iturbide, taken
isoner at Huamavantla, accompanie I
D train, and leaves in the James L
iy to-day for Philadelphia. The
nnsylvania Regiment halted at Plan
I Rio, to await the approach of Gen.
iterson's train.
The remains of the lamented Capi.
alker, and his faithful servant David,
a now in the Castle of Perute, having
on brought fiom ilumantila, by order
Col. Wynkoop. They will be
-warded to U. S. by a large train
iich is shortly expected from Mex
Of Santa Anna and his whereabouts
thing more is known, except that he is
irisoner by his own people, and will
ve to undergo the ordeal of a trial.
ie thing is certain-lie will not wage
other fight with our troops. There
various. rhmors of a speedy peace,
t in them I place but little confidence.
ery thing was quiet at Puebla at lasti
counts. )The two La. Vegas still
nati-ed at Peroteon their patole of
nor.
Lieut. Jcob Sgerry,of the.Phila4el
.partinent, and while out in the pur
t of sor..e guerrillas, was attacked,
d lanced to death in the most shock
r manner. The affair occurred
thin a few miles of Puebla. Lieut,
ontgomery P1. Young, of the 1st Pen
Ivania Regiment, and Lieut. James
cKeon, of Co. K, 21 Pennsylvania
.gimen, died a few weeks since at
iebla. The former, for several years
3t, had been one of the regular repor
s of the Philadelphia Ledger, and
is much esteemed. He leaves a wife
d family to mourn his loss.
In our progress from Perote Castle to
ara Cruz, we met with no obstacle
iatever, only a few w "greasers" showing
!nselves this side of the National
-idge, having followed in the rear of
en. Patterson's fine train,which reach
the bridge on the morning of the
hi, where it halted for the night. The
rriso i at the National Bridge is a good
e, everything presenting a neat and
ndsome appearance. San Juan, 15
iles fronm Vera Cruz, is also gartrisoned
th about 300 men, tinder command
M~aj. Nelson, so that the entire road
Jalapa is now perfecdly safe. It is
en. Paitterson's intention to leave a
irtion of his command in Jalapa,
di is a most pruident one, for a more
yacherous set thtan its inahabitatnts are
it to be found.
Surgeon Reynolds of the 1st l'ennl,
eg't, is a passenger on board the Jas.
.Day; 'aying been ordered -to New
rleans t& Gen. Patterson. Dr. R.
:companied the train from Perote,
td it is mtainly owing to his praisewvor
.y exertions that the discharged men,
.incipially Pennsylvanians, are nowv otn
eir route home. HeI took theinir re,
aective case, into considleration, Ia
>rintg day and night until every inan
titled to his dischatrge, by amaasont of
ability, lad received it. Dr. R. is
>t only an excellent officer, hut a hrave
lan, as his conduct ont sevet al occasions
roves.
The reported death of Ce'l. WVyn
nop, I am pleased to state, is untrue.
enever wvas in the entjoym'.nt of~
otter health ; and a mm cle'ver,
~reeable officer, we htave not, I p)arw.d
ith him at the National Bridge, wvhere
e was awaiting the arrival uf Gen.
'at terson.
The natnre of the despatchtes, of
baichi Lt. Sears is the bearer, I have
een unable to Ieain, but presume they
re of no great importance from the
act that they might have been in New
)rleans sotme days since. The des
atches, for some reason unknown, were,
y order of Gen. Patterson, placed in
to mail at Vera Crus.
ff can arrange matters here, I hope
to leave in the Jamies L. Day.
From the N. 0. Delta. 1-Ilk inal.
From the "klag of Freedom' of thte:
23d of Octobb,, We copy the following
items
Poisoned Lanccs.- ome. of the.
Mexican Cavalry pridt! thimselves in
the title of L-incers of Poison,.,or Ran-.
cheos of the Poisoned Lance. The
use of such weapons as they say they
car ry is foi bidden by the rules of civiliz
ed warfare, and places those who use
them beyond al I cliin t) espect'or quar,
ter. They must be very careful never
to be taken prisontr.
Gen. Rea has dismissed a large por
tion of his foice, nut having the funds
rwcessary to pay and sUppoit them.
Many of the disbanded troops have al
realy gone home, and others are foI
owing in iho same direction with all
iossible haste.
At the battle of luamantla there was
in exciting and interesting struggle be
ween the Indiana Volunteers and the
letachment of the 1st Pennsylvania
legiment from Perote, as to who sh6uld
irst reach the town and plant the Amer
can flag upon its walls. The Indiana
ioys wvere coming up in fine style with
shout and a bound, and were near
vinning the honor, when Lieut. Denny,
if Co. H. and Private Thos. Stubbins,
tandard-bearer of the 1st Pbnnsylvani,
as, took their colors ahead, and, after
i hard race, arrived a few minutes in
.dvance of their gallant rivals, and
lanted their flag upon the walls-of Hu
mantla. The colors of this regiment
vere the first upon the sand hills overn
Doking Vera Cruz in the seige and
apture of that city.
Col. Domingo's Spy Compaiy left
his city on Wednesday' evening, on a
mission to the eastward, but.encouptering
number of their hostile countrymen at
ight, they engaged them successfully, -
?ok several prisoners and k number of
orses,. and teturned to the .city./.o
rhursday morning. They mide agal.
int appearance aalhey passed througk,
he.streeis, nitid are,dodbiless a baive,
etof fellows. -
illing and wounding nearly onehun.
red. Had his force been-a little sitroan
er he would have been enabled'to take
bout 200 of them prisoners, as he had
riven them into such a.position as to
ender their escape from a large force
mpossible.
Capt. Walker.-This distinguished
iartisan chief fell mortally wounded at
lie battle of Huamantla on the 9th ult.
nd expired in a few minutes. His last
words were worthy of his heroic charac
er. "I have run my race, lads," said
te to his gallant troops, "but never mind
hat, Maintain your ground firmly. and
lo not yield an inch-the infantry wilt
non be here." The infantry did come
p in a few minutes, the cavalry was
ustained, and the shouts of victory was
lie last sound which saluted the ears of
he beloved and lamented Walker.
A Patriotic Suggestion.-The New
fork Courier says: "We call upon those
vhose duty it is-now that time has
>een given to enable us to analyze the
ulh extent of the glory won for threma
elves and our country by General
scott and his band of heroes-to take
he necessary measures to celebrate, in
becoming ma nner, the e'vents, wihich
nve made glad a whiole people, and at
he same ilme to testily their respect
or the memory of the gallant dead, and
is far as possibLe, solace the bereaved
and afilicted who mourn over the lossof
mar and derar relartives fallen in defence
>f the nation's honor. Let es not forget
hat the renown wvon for our coutrmy
exalte'd ats it is-hris not been wvitbout a
rearful sacrifice of gallant spirits ; arad
while wve honor thre memory of those
who havur fallen on the battle, field and
in t he arms of victory-where soldiers
love to fail-h-.: us not be trnmindful of
rof those sorro'w-st ricken relatives who
have given so mutch, to their country"
Our Militia System.-The Alabama
Plrnter, in directing attention to an .order
for R review of the Alabama Miiufi,
afuer speaking of the imperhection or their
lanws, saysa : -"The best system on this
enn-innat is that now in force in South
Carotina. There every man is fitted for
the fiel. and which it imparts the neces
samry dieree of initary edueation to the
people, it is a sonree of pride to the State,
instead of being, a mark for jeers and'
ridicule. Some of irs effecis have been
seen in the Palmetto Regiment now in
Mexico-a regimnent wttnse valor- and
discipline have been a subject of admira
tion to the whole country."
Freaks of Politic,.-Three States-have-.
at the recent elections, chosen Democratic
Governors, aud a majority of Whigs to
each branch of their Legislature, viz:
New Jcrsey. Marylnmd. nmd eora.