_,•■■ dollaus per annum in advance y rt ed at 1 per square for the first bsequent insertion court or •**' l •'"- uercenl b __= - v act u-ft 01 tiil lands of general assembly of the and it is hereby enacted by ,:: be the duty of state at the respective th peace to take foi ih year one thousand - me tenn ev il two r spectable it'-d with shall be duty of * it her upon a \ iew - accurately a may he f th inds wilh t im or captain's district . c ts in the ui inner herein ' • : nl v ■ i tion ike the ic improvemi is and ; ovi led sai 1 .. iv ii they 1 -.-... ;. cess iry i ■. . ■ . i ibey are auth i ised in th to any person - . ig ii his ian is for taxation shall -. i ne th reol upon oath ; ti se i in iiiiil by too ii ed upon his land by the board ■ ■ foi die et suing . ' mnty lion and satisfactory ■ iu lis comprising lhe innex • > iheir respective il by ihem and certi i ace ■■ we s lemnly i is of land « ith lhe im ■ by us ar in oar judgment i va fin i ash ; and lhal ia vored to do equal jus ed ; so h dp us god — : e and fr eholders shall , r day for each . • iking said vied • iii d thai t ir the interven • - e live pet io is i as ■ • --- as provided for in the fore : , inl one jus ■ a district to lake in the list of .-. provided by law the valua not be i elow lhal affixe i by the ; ivliere tracts of land in town . ifter the valuation affix es i board the justice of the peace la the va nation of each subdivi . below lhe ict made hy said board ; and a manner n as to the value of the board of valuation i'i i idi ./. however that ind infit m persons r period pro -. « ho may be unable p ace appointed by such - "- to render a list any other justice •. list so rendered and ce administering the oath shall be ited to take in the ii<t of tax . . : een : •:: lered th ii thi ' -\ n rs of ll owners ! c res dents thereof or attorney >■; such o nei • . '. . ;;■ lion wheii and il i i a i y made - any person owns land in the lie separate contiguous aforesaid bv any es and the name ■• itei i :.:■-.■ or other re inds mai be situated which ind ei lered in lhe name son for him noi patented ■ which are ; and on failure of forfeit and pay a ■ : j ivt 1 the justice of the ■ i lo lie appointed by the taining the value of worked a gold or silver lain gold or silver or oth - leiation the increai ed value of m ihe circumstance of theircon r mineral as aforesaid ; return thereof to the county i as is prescribed for the return ..■ first section of this act - acted that if any justice of slate who may be appointed by the , he list >•{' the taxable polls or ke the same without ad i . lation as required by the . ; . entitled " an act to pro id manag ment of a revenue - atutes chapter 102 he shall rfeiturc therein incurred be deemed r and indictable therefor as in i cted that iu al cases the tves . i this state and not st ihem lor laxaiion whether they be • . nei on the first day of april cases where the owner or . ni of ihe state and . • hir i possession at the time . in and pa the tax ; and cl hirer or other person having i il and pay double ■ ted a ounted tor ■ . lat in case any conn ect,from any cause to appoint freeholders to form the board . led or of j istices to take ■. ided by law it shall be ascertained for any . - a ci mnty to meet inty court at at'y time make the appoi.nl - as herein provided or of jus esas now pro uled l>y law ; re orded by the clerk who i ders so ap pssary and usual notices which noikes ' sheriff iu ihe same manner as pow h appointments so made shall • : as if made by the county court ' fu rther enacted that it shall be the " ' l county courts in this state when ■ of the peace of their appoint the carolina watchman bruner & james ' pi /. n i keep a check upon all vora editors 6 proprietors \ , s saf . ., ocr rl dcxh.,^1 \ new series gen'l h.nrinn number 52 of volume hi saljsburytn c friday april 30 1847 meats to lake the list of taxable to copy into the hody of lhe said notice the fifth section of this act at large ; and the said clerk shall also advertise the same at the court house door of i.;s county at and daring the resi , due of the term of tin court when such appointments are made ; and iu failure to perform the duties herein required the said clerk shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars for each and every offence to he recovered on motion to the county court and satisfactory proof thereof l.y the eou.-uy attorney first giving the said cleik ten days | revi us notice ; which forfeiture when recov ered shall he paid hy the county attorney into the fub iic treasury within thirty days from the receipt of the sec .'). be it further enacted that it shall he the d v of the clerks of the several county couits at the lime no tics a issued to the several justices of the peace informing them of their appointments to take in ihe list of laxables in iheir respective districts to accompany every such notice or order wilh n fajr copy of the re turns made by the board of va'uit.on in such particu lar districts of the last preceding assessment of lands and town lots within such districts which copy the jus tice of the peace taking the list of laxables shall return ' with bis return of laxables to the clerk's office and which copy may be agon issued fron year to year during the seven years between the respective periods of valuation as provided in the first section of this act j and for this \ service the county courts may make such allowance to i the clerks as they shall deem just and proper sec 10 be it further enacted that the county courts of this state shall have no power to release or j exempt any person from the payment ofa double tax in curred as now provided by law for failing to give in a ■ list of his or her taxable property except in cases where it may appear to the court upon satisfactory proof lhat such failure occurred hy reason of the sickness of the patty at the time such list was taken or where it may ' appear tiiat the omission of the name of any person on j tin tn duplicate was caused by an error of the justice ! taking ia the li«t in transcribing the original for the pur j pose ot making his return to the clerk of the county \ court or other sufficient cause to be judged of by the ; county court sec 11 be it further enacted that all laws and j clauses of laws coming within the meaning and purview of this act be and the same are hereby repealed ratified 18th of januaiy 1847 _ from the philadelphia american of thursday dreadful explosin wilmington del april 14 1817 i regret lo inform you that a severe explu • si..n look pa this morning al a quarter past ; bo'cloi'k a i he upper gunpowder works ofihe messis dup mis attended with a melancholy h.ss of life eighteen men having been killed \ th report was heard in this ciiy and many repaired to ihe ground tiie l.uildings con lamed about 5000 ibs of powder and were en liiely destroyed the dwelling houses around were slightly injured pieces of flesh and bones were scattered around the scene and but few i ofthe bodies could lie identified the following list ofthe killed was furnished ! by one of the clerks ol lhe powder works : — malcolm baxter john dougherty william i green mat hew mcgarvy daniel dougherty ! michael uoulton samuel brown michael o | brien win king patrick conner william ■ conner john mcginness david allhaws ber nard shields charles o'brien john vv pen i ington thomas holland aud thos lynch tin loss of property has been inconsidera hie from ihe circumstance oi the l.uildings de | stroyed mil having contained any valuable ma chinery indeed ihe destruction has heen so siighl that il wiil in no wise impede the usual operations the messrs dupont's only regret is the loss of so many valuable men and the deep distress ot i lu-ir bereaved families the united states gazette says : the shock was fell distinctly in the city and a fri nd railed in the course ol yesterday momiiigto inquire whether there was not a belief lhal tin earthquake had occurred the effect was noticed iu lhe shaking i.f.he windows and in other in des so evident lhal no small quan lily of gunpowder could have caused such a move ment at such a distance if any thing can alleviate the misery this sad occurrence will cause ii is the fact that for years lhe messrs duponts have made it their duly lo pension the widows and orphans of all who perish by explosions in their mills and these pensions are unfailingly paid from the wilmington gazette the explosion occurred in the lacking house ar.d press room ofthe establishment but it is impossible even to conjecture i:i which lhe fire originated il was lucky that no valuable ma chinery was contained in either of these build ings : but lhe loss of life is shocking in the ex trcme iti a single instant eighteen of our fellow men have been hurried to lhe grave one who was found iiouril.lv mutilated but unable to speak though still breathing has since died the bodies were so lorn to pieces that it was impossible to recognize them and no other means existed of ascertaining who were lost and who saved than by calling the roll afler ringing the bell of those attached to thai por tion ol the works the silence which followed the calling of the unanswered names was lhe only evidence ofthe loss i nves ol ihose who hud so often replied when ihey were called one man who had his leg broken at a long distance trom the scene of lhe occurrence bv being struck wilh a piece of timber is the only one wounded who survived as far as could be ascei tained of course it is altogether impossible lo form any jecture as to the cause of the explosion it is even unknown which ol the two buildings exploded first ll is said o one of the messrs dupont that he maintained his position upon the lop of a building in which ihree hundred kegs of powder were stored while the roof was on lire and by ihis art of undaunted heroism succeeded iu quenching lhe dames with the water which was supplied him in buckets from below be fore the lire communicated to the powder with in and thus doubtless preserved many valuable lives those killed have almost universally left wives and children they were among the most valuable and successlul hands attached to these great works many oi them were men ol independent means from the philadelphia ledger the powder mills are situated about 33 miles south | philadelphia and the vibration produced in the atmosphere by the explosiou extended sensibly a distance of nearly 40 miles from the spot the owners who are contractors with the united slates government fur supplying pow der in the army in mexico had sent off a large quantity to lhat destination else lhe effects would have heen as terribly destructive as they were some twenty eight years ago when ihp explosion fallowed from one building of ihe mills to anoiher until it reached the magazine when a most terrible destruction was produced yesterday it did not reach the magazine among the singulai incidents related of ihis distressing accident we learn lhal one of the killed had previously lost three ofhis fingers of his hands and that immediately on hearing the explosion the family al his dwellings rushed lo the door and almost lhe first object lhat met iheir sigh was the well known mutilated hand severed from the limb lying near the threshold upon the ground a head of one ofthe bodies though so much disfigured lhat it could not he known lo which ol the blackened and mutilated trunks it had belonged we were informed was found the best part ol a mile from any ofthe bodies and near ly all ihe human remains were so dreadfully torn and discolored as lo he wilh great difficul ly recognized by their fiiends the picture was indeed one i lhe most heart rending that it is possible to imagine correspondence of the charleston courier new orleans tuesday ) april 13 2 a m j to the editors of the charleston courier the mail failed this morning beyond your city and i perceive by the charleston papers ofthe 8ih that the glorious news of the capture of vera cruz and its world-renowned castie had just reached you the steamers dominion and germantoicn ar rived yesterday from pittsburg bringing down the following troops fiom maryand and penn sylvania one company 3.1 dragoons 4 nil cers and 82 privates ; three companies vol ligeurs 12 officers 282 privates : and two coin panics u s infantry 5 officers and 21;j men making in till i officers and 579 men they are now at tho barracks and will proceed iii two or three days to the brasos the first ship america has e.-:i chartered to lake them at 814.000 tbi the trip we had an arrival a day or two inter from vera cruz jcsterday the ship louisville but she brings no news we have all sorts of ru mors thai the city of jalapa had offered lo stir render to gen scott lhat gen twiggs had taken possession of the furious national bridge dsc but they want confirmation the only incident of much interest which had occurred at vera cruz was lhe killing iry the ranche ros of some eight men belonging to the new york and l>t pennsylvania regiment and the frigate potomac who on sunday 28ih march had foolishly stayeda few miles into the coun try their bodies were afterwards found terri bly mangled and disfigured afler tiie mexican fashion capt s ii walker of texas ranger celeb rity arrived here two or three days since and is waning to complete his cups now nearly lull ile advertises for a few men of " good character and standing being determined he says " to form a corps calculated ro advance lhe reputation of themselves and countrv lie certainly appreciates morality as a pari of the soldier's character and one thing is cer tain that whoever enlists under him will sec service to their heart content the iheatrps are now thinly attended con rertizers tire moving oil amusements are get ting scarcer thin coats aud straw hats nine a liuudant and everything give note lhat lhe long hoi and dreary " summer time is coming — already lhe biids of passage are heginiii to think ol tinning their laces northward the cotton market continues quiie active and prices firmly maintained the stiles of yesterday weie 4500 and thus far today 2500 bales at very fill rates say 10 a 11c lor mid o'ling and good middling the receipts here for the past 12 days fiom april 1 are 33.000 bales behind those in the same lime last april and the total deficiency since sept 1 is nearly 255,000 hales by the 1st may it must reach 3011,000 bales sugar is dull but prices steady molasses sells slowly at 20 a 30c por gallon for prime flour improving ; 25,000 bbls o hioand illinois sold for export yesterday and to day at 5.87.1 a 0 per bbl corn too better sales of 100.000 bushels yesterday and to day al so a ll r . per bushel for prime shipping lots no change in provisions whiskey can be bought by the l a or e quantity at 19 e per gal ion coffee is looking up ;' prime rio brines 1 and some ask 8c per lb rice iu better de mand at 4c a 4|c per lb freights without change ; flour to liverpool 7s fid corn 25d a 26d ; cotton to do \ 17 16.1 exchange steady al 2 a 2.1 per ct pm for sterling 2 a 2 1 , dis for new york 60 day bills arrivals from sea tiiis morning — br barque actacon from greenock ; a ship bengal from london below — two ships three barque and three brigs an old miser on his deathbed was making his wiil after disposing of all his lands ne groes household eff-eis etc and being about to conclude he ns reminded by his son lhal the chest of gold and silver had nol been mentioned in the will this enraged the old sinner beyond measure rising in the bed he shook his clenched list at his offending offspring aud exclaimed : " mind your own business vou ungrateful scoundrel ! 1 have given you all the rest ! the specie i shall take wilh me — it is goo in all countries ."' " castigate that quadruped until he shall have accelerated his pace said a dandy to a livery stable boy who was driving him a short distance into the country talk lo me in english said the boy ; " i don'i understand injun the sources of national wealth by ret jjr eurnap of baltimore what is wealth ? in whai does it consist ? wealth iseverythino that supplies human wants natural or artificial there is of course no end lo its multiplication the aiiiti.-i.tl wants of j mankind have no limits f course wealth has im hounds bul the productiveness of nature and the capacities of human industry and what are human wants the first is food ! — this can be procured only from the soil hence th first and most universal i human pursuits is agriculture the first item iu a nation's wealth is cultivated land before this every other species of property dwindles into ii.si iiilicanoe aud strange as il mav seem the trent est investment in ihis country il ie most cosily produclion of human industry is the common fences which divide lhe fields from the high hinds aud separate ihem from each other no man dreams that when compared to the outlay of these unpretending monuments of human art our cities and our towns wilh til iheir wealth are left far hehind you will scarcely believe me when i say thai the fences in this couniry have cost more than twenty limes the specie there is in it in many of ihe counties in the northern stales lhe fences have cost mote ihan the farms and fences are worth it is this en ormous burden there can bn no doubt which keeps down ihe agricultural interests of this country and it is freedom from ii which enables the in rih of europe with a worse climate ami an indifferent system of cultivation to undersell us in the markets of england there travel lers tell us fences aie almost unknown the herds and bocks are under the care of berds : men and shepherds and thus an untold expen diture is saved besides the loss of the land : which the fences occupy ami the accumulation ■ of soil that with the most careful management is apt to he thrown up around them by the plough the farmer contributes to the wealth of a country by his perpetual toil everything be gins with him every dav of lhe year has its various aud ils continuous operations all direct ed however to this one point to bring the greatest quantity f prtiduce from a given num ber of acres such is the nature of this work that little can be one to expedite or shorten the process every foot of every field musl be passed over by the plough there are no fire horses vet invented to do this at the rate of twenty miles an hour the ploughman there lore must rise early and work laie his la bors too must be generally confined to the hours when the sun is above the horizon in autumn and in winter ihese are few he must work the harder during that part of lhe year when ihe days are long every industrious farmer is continually adding to the substantial and per manent wealth ofa nation lie is continually adding lo lhe productive power which is the : best species of wealth his savings if any he i make and he cannol make any i!iin_r only by the most assiduous industry increase lhe fund lhat is most wanting especially in such a coun try as this : i e agricultural capital the far users of this country can do nothing they sav for the want of money how are they ever to oet it but by the improvement of their farms ? as things have been managed in this country hitherto there is a tendency to deterioration the radical mistake lias been committed of supposing thai lhe best investment for the far mer is the purchase of more land whereas in most instances the better policy would have been the better cultivation of that which he already had the plan has been to exhaust one field and then 0 lo another such a plan can result in nothing but ruin nothing has been more neglected in ihis country than agri culture the soii of the tinted stales is ca pable of sustaining two hundred millions of in habitants heller than il sustains seventeen eighty yens ago the population f england and wales was only six millions and a mosi miserable living did ihey get — black bread barley cakes and oatmeal porridge were then lhe main find of lhe rural population since that time the population has more than doubled and in ordinary limes fare belter than half the number did then tiieir annual agricultural productions have increased more than two hun dred millions of dollars and yet the productive powers of lhe whole island are scarcely as great as those of the single state of illinois but agriculture to flourish must have a mar ket for its surplus productions and what is a i market ? does that magic word reside in any place ? — most people seem to think so a mar ket is every where it is people not i place — people not engaged in agriculture but employ ed in something that supplies human wants — and the nearer il is l"iund to the farmer's door lhe better : the less of his productions are spent in getting them to market agriculture can flourish then only where there is a large pop ulation engaged in manufactures and commerce the second source of national wealth is man ufacturing industry no nation ever became wealthy by raising the raw material and then exchanging it for the manufactured article — tne manufacturing people always have the ad vantage they may work day and night sum mer and winter in lair and in stormy weather an agricultural population work only i;i lhe day time when the earth is free from frosts and when the clouds are not disburdening them selves upon the earth a manufacturing popu lation can avail themselves to any extent of the aid of machinery the fall of water in the town i'i lowell is made to do lhe work of a million of human being every thing that the farmer raises must be brought out of the earth by main force by hard work the tanner s productions are bulky and arc often almosl con sutned in eiiing them to market i he manu factured article is usually comparatively light in proportion to its value the farmer more over is obliged to take the chances of un propi tious seasons and occasionally a short crop — but no variation ol the seasons has ever been known to produce a short crop of boots and shoes and drought has never been so great as to blight the labors of the loom with these advantages a manufacturing peo ple will always continue to keep an agricultural people in debt towns and cities will spring up among them and the very fact ofa condens ed pnpu la .;,_,. gi vea , hem gre * a , a d ranlages kq exclusively agricultural people in lhe present age of th w ; |. wii | a!w;v . be want a diversity c f employment they want the enterprise and activity which is engender ed merely by bringing masses of the people to act on each other by mu!:1:i ! stimulation and excitement why i s , he \ a \ ance of , ra(j . con . nually in favor of lhe norlh , because labor is no sufficiently diversified because the raw material goes from , nis ve city ,„ , he norm to be manufactured and he comes hack to be won by our citizens while we have a mong us thousands who might work i up but who are n here idle i m f,i , ., -,. o , ' u "*> many ot them support ed by public charity ! one of the postulates to national wealth is e juration universally diffused it is ihis alone that can give skill lo the hand and wisdom in the general conduct of affairs wiihout thai the strength of the physical power of a nation is like the sightless cyclops working in ih dirk physical strength is generally available in proportion to lhe intelligence by which it is guided m s | (: f mil - readers have heard ofihe lowell offering a periodical written exclusive ly by the girls who are engaged every day in carding spinning and weaving mr dickens tells . ls ihat he carried home to england a number of that work as one ofthe most wonderful phenomena of the western world 1 was toid myself at lhat place by one of the superintendents that the principal wri ters in that publication were the most profitable operators in the several establishments obtain ed the highest wages and made the best use i he'u motsey so after all the sneers cast u p on horary ladies lo them the blue stocking is no disqualification for the most common en ployments of life so it i s , all ihe world over 1 he school-masler's wages is an investment which yields in an economical point of view the highest per centum it is to enlightened education that we must look for lhe extinction of that false sentiment so adverse to lhe true prosperity of a nation the degradation which sometimes attaches to personal toil no community can ever grow rich where it is thoughl to be more respectable to be a genteel loafer than to get an honest living by the labor ol iheir hands no nation can be prosperous and rich with out a good government and what is a good government . it is one which protects instead of making war upon property li is one which hallows the marriage between capital and labor — two things which god's providence has joined together and nothing but human folly will ever put asunder — a union from which proceeds the fair family of industry wealth harmony and peace once divide them and the whole structure of society is broken up from the new york tribune office seeking to seek distinction and honor in the eyes of one's lellotv-citizens may be well ; though to aspire lo eminent usefulness and care nothing br its shadow distinction is fir better time was when one could hardly be influential or prominent unless in office ; but in this age of steam-presses and elects ic tclegriphs things are bravely altered the mass of office-seek ing iu our day is mere scheming t3 live lazily or to get a higher price for the service rendered than it could command in fair equal competition with other labor a man able to live without an office of mere profit ought to lie heartily si shamed of seeking one vet there are men who may fairly ask for ollice they have devoted much time and means to ensure the success ofihe party which has office to give ; they have been unfortunate iu business are out of employment have rela tives depending ou tlnir exertions and are likely to be overborne in the world's rough struggle these may fairly ask — modestly and frankly — and if ihey can be appointed very well ; but no man should rely on office as a means of sub sistence nor fee that he has been wronged if not successful ollices exist for the public good if ihat is severed individual interest and wants must wait until otherwise provided lor one ofthe most melancholy spectacles afford ed in our land is lhat of young men capable vigorous unincumbered eagerly seeking office do these ever ask or think what is the usual fortune of office-holders how many in a thousand who obtain office in early life pursue careers of signal usefulness and honor ? — how many attain even a competence and leave it to their children ? who thai has deeply considered these things would not raih er apprentice his son to a tailor or shoemaker than start him in life with a clerk-ship in a pub lic ollice ? will not young men think earnest ly of these thi tigs 7 astounding ignorance the report ofihe r.e<_i-ter general recently published in london discloses a depth of ig norance and debasement among the poorer classes were not vouched for by official records a london paper ofthe i7lh ult gives a synop sis ofa portion of the return which we learn lhat one half ofthe population of england and wales are unable lo write their names du ring the years 1839 1840 and 1641 out of 735,7~s persons married 303.s30 affixed their marks to the marriage reoistrv by way of stg nature in monmouthshire and wales 4 males in 100 and 69 females io 100 were un able tow ite their names while in cheshire and lancashire 40 per cent ol males and 65 percent of females were similarly disqualified at the jail in preston lancasbire.ol 1.0*j*2 per sons committed during the year 1644 49 per cent were unable to name ihe m-.ntha of the year 39 per cent won ignorant of the name ofthe reigning sovereign incredible as it mav appear among the opinions as to b«*r ma je_,"y's name seventeen were in fa tor of priuc albert while 13 supposed it to be elizabeth their religious ignorance was still more deplor able 89 per cent never heard of the name ot the saviour english paper gens.scottandt.ul-.iuxdvn gell * v these glorious old t%hlrn are i n no danger from iheir enemies in fr but perils environ them from those j n , beir rear gen taylor with 4,000 men re pulsed santa anna with more than 20,000 so far so good ; but why did be not take h «*'«- all prisoners ? yhv did he let ihem escape . he hy his negligence has left i heir power to fight another dav ihis should not have been he ought fo j r killed or captured fhe u!„,lc ot them jacob thompson will s->ri *.„ other resolution of enquiry upon him at the next session of congress ami the whole dtmocrmcy will vote for it a__-.i as they did about the capitulation at mon '"«->; mr polk will neve pardon bim ioi his gross negl rc t of his duty cen scott too has taken vera cruz and the castle of san juan dvlloa witb the loss ol some dozen or two tr.cn - but has let loose some lour or live thousand mexicans on parole why did not b kill them every mother's son or at least send them in chains to the great conqueror james a poll ? this is a grievous error and connol he forgiven by mr polk nor hy jacob thompson either we are dis tressed about jacob and cannol see what he will do bout it we should not be at all surprised to learn lhat he had moved a resolution on scott too — gen scott has not yet taken ihe city of mexico either which ought to have been done within lour days after taking the castle we do not see how he will answer for all these misdoings to the conqueror these indis creet and cowardly old simmers are lay ing up great trouble fur themselves let them take heed ral register gen t.\ylok — the movement in favor of the nomination of the eld hero f r ihe l'lesi dency is spreading rapidly if we can judge by lhe display of his name in lari_pj capitals at the head f newspapers published in various and distant pans ofihe country the st louis new era a nalive american paper puts him in nomination subject to the decision of the people in 1848 lo which certainly no possible exception can be taken who or what number of the various aspi rants for the chief magistracy of the nation may eventually take lhe field is f course yet uncertain both the great existing political patties will without doubt nominate iheir re spective candidates in national convention and there can be no question th.it a struggle and probably a fierce one will be made lo place a decided party man iu nomination hy each ; in which case gen taylor — who has on n pub lic occasion that we have heard of expressed definitely his political opinion would be stren uously opposed in such an assembly from our own experience we should judge ihat party organization powerful as it ever prove itself when brought to bear on conventions would exclude lhe gallant old veteran its a nominee unless he openly ranged himself under a party standard which we trust he will not do al least until pea.-e is finally concluded with mexico that there will be a third candidate in lhe field in 1848 upon whom moderate politicians the impraclicables and dissatisfied will rally is most probable and if so there is no man iu the country who would be more available than gen taylor in such an event it is not unlikely that the election would devolve ou the house ol representatives — char courier gex taylor's despatches the charles ton mercury thus appropriately notices the last despatches ofthe modest but gal lant oh rough tn ready : " ll would hardly he supposed from their brevity and simplicity that they are the chronicles of an achievement as brilliant as any that graces the annals of modern warfare and in which the desperate bravery of the troops was not more conspicuous than the skill and generalship of iheir commander but taylor reserves his heroics for action ' and his deeds praise him and at the very moment that he anti his brave com patriots were thus immortalized ib.-iii selves and ennobling ih.ir couniry plans were on foot to supersede him by the ap pointment of an ambitious politician as lieutenant general ! from what an o cean of obloquy and indignity have the administration been preserved by the frus tration of that attempt and how much do i hev owe to those who preserved them from it the cincinnati atlas says : m mr cimttrxnr.n mi taylor's aid who was passing through cincinnati on his way home was mortified to find that several incidents of ihe battle erroneously narrated have heen ascribed to his authorship and especially the pro fane language attributed to ii taylor respect ing the second regimer.l of kentucky infantry the newspaper accounts of that incident were substantially correct leaving ft the profanity incorrectly put in the mouth of ihe general — in the distance the impediments in lhe way of the regim.-iit in mounting lhe steeps of the ra vine gave to their motions the appearance of unsteadiness nod wavering and under such apprehension the t.'itueral did remark three tones that won't do but wh.-n he saw ihem regain lair ground nrul move on shoulder to shoulder like well-lrain«'d veterans and d liver iheir lerriw fire into the ranks file ene my he rose in his stirrups exclaiming in a tone of exultation hurrah for old keutuck !*' fortcncs « englakd — meeting of the smiths — the recent meetings in this coun try of the manv decendanfs of miles stan dish and the still more numerous fai of chases to ink it for ;! "' recovery ofthe immense fortunes left to some of them in england has induced » wag to publish tha following call of a numerous and highly respectable meeting in boston great meeting of the smuhs.--m per sons baaring lha nam of smit u are re tested to meet on th boston common ? or the pwpose of forming aj association l certain if there is not some large a mount f^operiyabouttobelcfmothcm b some of be family expected shortly s a'n in england t0 pe r o.jerr john smith sec'y