Carolina Watchman

              ___■____■__.■■■■•»•*'»'___!_ 1 v , in.ii.ar ver annum in advance omenta inserted at fl persquare for he first '., for each subsequent insertion court or ; 25 percent higher extracts of a volunteer in the met ican kftr to his father in ms town vera crvz march 30 1847 t,nvp rreat news glorious news for fvou hive not heard it before now \ e !"> j ours ; we have taken the city cas , ja|land that too wiihout the loss of much '':\ f 5j(]e the mexicans made an un j'.'ioiial surrender of both the town and cas t*testerday the 29th instant and i then ' ' j'a i<-!it i never expected to see that of trtfctnrny marching out ofa strong fort ifica tacking their arms and surrendering ■** nnvthat was too strong tor them the sis one i shall neverforget i will try and \ a few of the particulars in my simple '■" wii:iti_r a t us m own observation jjjperience went first place we landed on the eve of ,-!. with 40 rounds of cartridge and 3 sion in our haversacks ready cooked he attacked whilst landing : in rer we were mistaken some of . were fired upon hy the picket-guard , , , nv mi lhe sand hills bard by as our missed the encampment and got too on tl tenth the hottest day i think erienced in mexico after inarching be sand hills for some time with our knap ... hegan to get tired and began to loads by throwing away our cloth ilirew away a shirt and a pair of panta rs buried their clothing in the sand get them alter the fandango as the call it was over after inarching sand hills in this way taking a sort m-r on the city out of the reach of lhe al were brown from the town ■ amazing distance of from two or ■> tod a half miles from town we at last got m enemies on thc adjoining heights v finger on the trigger and wished ihem but was too far off we took ih or trail through the chaparral irehed on expecting to be fired upon ev ,/,. by the enemy in the thick chapar le of the path ; we bore round tbe left when coming out of the chap ihe cleared yard of an old castle in . . were lirst fired upon by the infantry ol'iie en w : we had no chance to return the . « could not see them as they were in on the heights beyond the rail \ road and near the magazine which stands on a ! l.i"_ia quarter of a mile from the old castle ■:. this was the first time i had ktaivselfup for a target and i felt a little qurtralwut tlie time the bullets began to whis nd my head ; the boys all felt 1 think a ■ ■ .. i we were dodging our heads like a ; ducks iu a hail storm however they ■ no barm as ihey shot too high ; we , lown om blankets ready for it geo pillow ordered one of the pennsylva . ments t advance up the road leading railroad and drive the enemy from the . - hey tli'-n occupied : ihey advanced up ind returned their officers slating that ild go no farther as the chaparral was irable gen pillow then ordered col to form ; he formed and with pillow ttduaskell al our head we marched up through enel ruble chaparral the enemy firing at ih rail-road we returned the fire j tliiin when we charged the height ishion erery man pulling up by the ilbe best way he could when we got ■ the summit of the hill lhe enemy was re _ lown towards town and nearly out of shot : our rifle company however pour t shower of bulls after them doing some ■• . , but tn whal amount we could not tell reformed on lhe highest peak of the hill then had the finest view we had seen ofthe tie and adjoining country some one three cheers ; we gave cheers which sponded to by cen worth's men on heights near lhe beach and it was also re u by the mexicans iu town at the fort ■ red fort al the extreme left corner ecity al an inland view by throwing a -. which did uot burst as it buri n the saml thereby putting out the '-- the bomb fell and done no damage ' lo our feet we all fall when a bomb " :; • - tve them three cheers for their fhey kept firing bombs and balls until i we removed behind the hill to keep : * nach of them and lay upon our arms night expecting an attack next n scott sent cen quitman with l lo relieve gen pillow with gen ;>">* ii division : as we marched oft the mexican infantry and lancers mout and commenced firing and advanc ing perhaps that we were retreating ever they were mistaken lor as we mdown quitman marched up and at it j eni firing from both sides when they ded in driving the mexicans into the city n our side and but lew wounded 1 '• dickerson of the south carolina ■■'• got wounded in the breast but not "• he hus since recovered a geor i ?"' wounded in the leg causing him to 1 j~w n 1'le mexican saw he had wounded w{.'i;tn lie raided his cap and gave three it'll so enraged lhe wounded geor ; :: b fired and killed the mexican ; this no|_sff but it is stated as a fact ***** bi f ' . ""*• we a noi,ber and not much 13th uth and loth we kct*1 ur pt)s"io,ls whilst the balls and orf.s , from town — gen worth xltlt h 1 * "" way up to the cemetery or grave * * kwj1?b'17lh 18tb 20th and 21st 3k-p_r u was jusib engaged planting his ue ljme er.v ear the cemetery exposed all •, w the fire jrum both the town and cas i fi r th r''1 pened on lown l was like k*|,jir slrunge dog comes to town — every k_ra p 0 11 lo whip him — so it was when pshtt c'f>enei1 — every gun that could be ar upon him from town and the l^-t0(.s re,j at him it was a splendid i vic an<j hear lhe firino ot he guns j s fired about four to worth's one \ r atip j1 jom'js n own hick and lw 0ri(l i k '" was ie prett'est sigbt in is ee ll bombs from worth's bat inootin "- the air and en descend i r tjv*"*jrs imo the town and burst just i - 3-t v n>ofs of the houses * * i . j n pillow opened his battery iv m * * * * * i llie 24th w°rth pened a rs and a 24 pound battery upon the carolina watchman bruner & james ) *■ editors 4 proprietors ] " **" a *" o t < new series rt-leks do this aot lljbektt < u'u*l_0 gen'l hmrruon £ number 2 of volume iv salisbury n c friday may 14 1847 them ; he commenced with the mortars during the night at about 12 o'clock i slept upon the house roof at lhe old nunnery and had a fair view ofhis battery ; he had when i awoke as ! many as four bomb in lhe air at once iwo go ing up and two coming down in the city * p s * * when the mexicans left here a many women and children went with them the officers looked bad — they were all nearly starved ihey took the magdalena road scott let one company have iheir arms to kill beef the number that left the city is about 5,000 — number killed not known — varies from five to twelve hundred camp neak vbka crvz april 3 1847 i i will give you a short description of the town of v era cruz as i visted lhe place yester ; day and took a good look at it it is a strong thickly built place — the slreeis and alleys are narrow — the ditch to convey off the water c in lhe middle ofthe street — some of the streets are very offensive at this time ; — gov worth '' will have this remedied as soon as he has a '■ strict police establised the town is surround ed by a wall ten or twelve feet high and one und a half or two feet thick with loopholes ev ! ery three feet to shootgmusketry or other small ! arms out at several forts are placed round i the town to detend it but the strongest works were all facing the water as they expected to be attacked by water alone in his howev er they were mistaken and i understand that they did the most of their barricading on the outside from the water after we landed little ! thinking that we should surround them all lhat part ofthe town next to worth's and pil low's and the navy batteries is in a perfect state of ruin ; the balls and bombs would strike the top ofa house go through the roof and two floois and then burst in the lower story to give you some idea ofthe power of these < dangerous missiles i can say with safety there is no place in salisbury that is bomb-proof — the very streets are torn up here where they struck in holes large enough to bury a horse and this is not confined alone toonepart of the town but in every part the effects of our balls and bombs could be seen though it was worse in lhe part in rear of the enemy's batteries as they were the places fired al most ; some build : ings were burnt amongst them was a large drug store amongst the fine buildings in vera cruz the churches are the finest they exceed any thing of the kind i ever saw ; the buildings are on the old order principally of the gothic and of such shapes that it would puzzle the most sci entific architect of thi present day to draft much less to build upon the whole there is much useless work displayed on the outside to say nothing ofthe inside allow me to describe to you ihe inside of one of these churches iu my simple way in the first place on enteting it is like going to a ' menagerie of wild animals the different stat lies and figures around the walls are barred in by pickets and viewed by the crowd as the an imals in a show would be ; only that they strike the beholder with more awe upon seein the crucifixion of our blessed saviour in a dark statue as large as life there also you can see the virgin mary in tears the all-seeing eye rep \ resented in a glory with serapbims and cher ubims surrounding it : these with the finest and richest kind of an altar with eighteen or twen ty long candles burning in the day time whilst the church is darkened down makes a person feel like he had got into some other country and then to see people of all colors and sexes kneeling together and offering up their prayers it looks quite different to what a church dtfeshn our country the floor ofthe church is laid of marble blocks about a foot square half of them are while the other half black ; the finest chandeliers are hung overhead they also have the finest kind of an organ but what of ail this — when scott took the town he issued twenty thousand rations to the cilizens to keep them from starving i can't tell whether we will go home from here or not ; it is thought we will have to go to jalapa seventy or eighty miles we.st towards the city of mexico and at the foot of the moun tains ; we will then guard the trains as they re turn from jalapa to this place that is all the twelve month volunteers gen scott says lhat if he needs us he will not discharge us un til the fourth of june wherever we may be arrival of mr webster hon daniel webster and lady arrived in this city on saturday last by the northern cars and are the guests ofhis excellency gov graham on sunday they attended lhe epis copal church on yesterday thi executive mansion was thrown open and our community generally availed themselves of the occasion to pay their respects tothe distinguished stran gers this evening monday the lady of hon william ii haywood jr will hold a soiree in honor of mrs webster at which a large number of our citizens will doubtless be present we understand that il is mr web ster's intention to proceed on his southern jour ney this morning tuesday via wilmington a public dinner was offered him in this city but he was compelled to decline the civility — we will publish lhe correspondence in our next — raleigh register north carolina troops we learn from the courier of thurs day that capt g w caldwell's com pany of dragoons from north carolina and capt john b cambell'k company of infantry from georgia who had for the previous fortnight been quartered at fort moultrie in charleston harbor were to embark on that day or yesterday in the brig forrest capt varixa for point isa bel — wil com the capital square we understand that the contract for enclo sing the capitol square has been given to messrs burns and stronach of this city — their bid omitting fractions was 9,700 it is their intention we learn to erect at once a . cupalo furnace in this city — ral reg north carolinians in themex j ican war we have gathered from our exchanges \ the annexed notices of some of the sons ofthe old north state who have deser ved well of their country during the mex ican war the press in north carolina as well as her citizens generally are too backward in speaking in a proper tone of the services of her citizens whether in the cabinet or field — whilst we should avoid the example of some of our sister states who by systematic pulling make mirac j ulous deeds out of very " small potatoes yet a proper self-respect and self-appre ciation should prompt the old north to put a just estimate upon the services ren dered the country by her cilizens we have heretofore published notices of the gallant services of capt gatlin and others from north carolina during the mexican war we doubt not there are others beside those whose late deeds have done honor to north carolina but whose names have not come under our observation should this unfortunate war continue we doubt not that we shall have the gratification of recording the names of more who need only the opportunity to distinguish them selves lieut bryan whose services on the bloody field of buena vista are so commended is a son ofthe hon john ii bryan of.ralcigh and a native of new bern capt burgwin was also a native of newbei n lie was a grandson of gen nash of revolutionary memory and one of north carolina's most honored sons he fell it will be recollected at the bat tle of germantown pennsylvania the father of maj bragg was also a native ofthis county after the annexed noti ces were prepared for the press a corres pondent called our attention to a very in teresting communication in regard to the late capt burgwin published in the wilmington chronicle we regret that we are compelled to defer its publication until next week — newbernian from the raleigh register lieutenant francis t bryan mr editor : — i have placed the name of our gallant townsman at the head ofthis communication to attract if possible our citizens to a proper self-appreciation north carolina has long enough borne the reputation of carelessness about her children it has grown into a maxim and that maxim has become trite that her sons need to go abroad to receive the reward of their merits it is high time that this should cease to be so and an opportunity is now afforded for the the citizens ofthis place in some degree to act for the redemption ofthe character ofthe state by gallant and glorious a chievments has the young officer whose name heads this communication appeal ed to her maternal pride to glory in his fame and to her maternal affection to sup port and elevate it in the late impor tant battle of buena vista his was a most important and responsible position and according to the report ofhis major gen eral it was filled by him with conspi cuous skill and bravery early on the morning of the 23d he was detached with lieut o'brien with 3 pie ces to counteract the eilect of a 12-poun der which commanded thc american posi tion the lire from wliich was soon effec tually silenced by a few shells skilfully planted in the midst ofthe enemy's gun ners under the direction of lieut bryan it was his 3 pieces that had every horse and man killed or wounded around and it was he that the indiana regiment in gloriously deserted the enemy had advanced within grape range and were sweeping every thing before them when he came upon the detachments of lieut o'brien and bryan where his progress was arrested and before the showers of iron hail which assailed him squadrons of battallions fell like leaves in the blasts of autumn thrice during the day did the artillery roil back the tide of success from the enemy and maintain the glory of the american arms and brilliantly sconpicuousin that display of skill and courage shone the services of our fellow townsman it is said of him in conjunc tion with others that he rose with the crisis and proved himself worthy of an alliance with lhe most distinguished and brave where the battle raged fiercest the storm wildest and the peril most im minent he stood firmly and heroically lo his post and worked such carnage in the ranks of the enemy as to make his col umns roll to and fro like skiffs upon the billows is there no meed due to valor shall no honor be paid to courage ? is there to be no encouragement of skill and ta lent ? no devotion to patriotism ? the constituent is ever interested in the suc cess of her representative honored by his gallant bearing and distinguished by his noble actions should yield something — gratitude at least in return lt bry an is from our midst our immediate rep resentative — his deeds are our deeds his glory our's and his fame our fame it is submitted with difference tothe intendant and board of commissioners of this city that some public demonstration of grati tude is due to him for his distinguished and efficient services ; not a mere vote of thanks but some substancial memento which may be preserved and looked upon and afterwards transmitted there is j no stimulant to intellectual courage like perpetuation of its honorable actions it is due from the citizens ofthis place — his brethren and fathers — that they should unite in some manifestation of regard for ■, his achievements by which glory and honor have been reflected upon themselves it is due from the daughters of this city ; the should offer some tribute should twine some laurel wreath for noble gallantry that dared lo peril its life for its country in her hour of need and peril i would mr e'litor suggest a meeting of the citi zens ofthis place — without regard to sex — to adopt some method by which to ren der an apropriate response to this gal lant call upon our pride and gratitude buena vista from the xorth carolina standard battle of buena vista cap tain bragg mr editor : i was pleased to see in the last standard an editorial notice of tlie officers from this state who were engag ed in the battle of buena vista this is all right it is but an act of justice to these brave men that their good conduct should be known and that they should re ceive the hearty approval of their iellow citizens these are almost the onlv re wards which subaltern officers can ex pect to receive to win a name he rushes to the cannon's mouth among others you mention the name of captain since the last congress brevet major bragg whose battery played so conspic uous a part in the action the writer has known capt bragg from his boyhood — he is a native of warren county and you will see that the cilizens of that county during the past week held a public meet ing and voted him a sword capt b is i think about 30 years ot age graduated at west point in the year 1837 and was one ofthe five iu his class who at the time of their graduation received distinc tions he entered the army immediately and served in florida until the end of the seminole war his company was one of the first ordered to corpus christi and was a part ofthe force on the opening of the war left by gen taylor to garrison fort brown while he marched to restore his communications with point isabel lie was then a 1st lieutenant but comman ded a company and for his good conduct in defence of the post during its severe bombardment by the enemy was by the recommendation of gen taylor made captain by brevet at the battle of monterey " bragg's batterey was again heard from and gen taylor in his detailed account ofthe ope rations in carrying that strongly fortified place speaks of his serving partly under his own eye and direction and compli ments him for his distinguished gallant ry and skill having been promoted in the mean time to a captaincy in the line the rank of major by brevet was confer red upon him during the last congress for his good conduct at monterey in the battle of buena vista general taylor's late official despatch will show that during the whole action " bragg's battery rendered most effective service but it was in the last act of the bloody drama when the enemy made with his reserve his last desperate charge that our young countryman proved himself worthy of the confidence of his comman der and equal in every respect to the oc casion gen taylor says : " the mo ment was most critical ; captain o'brien with two pieces had sustained this heavy charge to the last and was obliged to leave his guns in the field — his infantry support being entirely routed captain bragg who had just arrived from the left was ordered at once into the battery — without any infantry to support him and at the immine it risk of losing his guns this officer came rapidly into action the mexican line being but a few yards from the muzzle of his pieces the first dis charge of canister caused the enemy to hesitate the second and third drove him back in disorder and saved the day ! ' — language like this cannot be mistaken the praise was deserved and could not have been more handsomely bestowed i trust mr editor we shall soon have peace ; but if not i feel sure capt bragg when called upon will be always ready to give the enemy " a little more grape warrex capt burgwin the santa fe correspondent of the charleston mercury writes as follows of capt john ii k burgwin who fell in the battle of taos : " captain burgwin of the dragoons who fell at taos was a native of north carolina — he graduated at west point in 1830 and at the time of his death was high up on the list of captains he was one ofthe most popular officers in the army from his high toned gentlemanly charac ter his conduct and courage in the late battles are the theme of universal praise after being wounded col price rode up to him and told him that whether he re covered r not he should bear testimony of his gallantry captain b replied " i hope colonel you will also bear witness that my company did its duty lieut van valkenburg of the infantry died of his wounds in a few days — he had both jaws broken " captains burgwin and henley were buried a few days since with military ho nors their graves occupy a picturesque spot under the guns of fort marcy ueut andrew's we lean that lieut andrews of this state was engaged in the attack on vera cruz and was in the trenches in the hot test ofthe fire but escaped unhurt he belong to the third artillery company u he is a son of dr s a andrews of wavnc county who has another son in the wayne company whether in the field or in tbe public councils the sons of xorth carolina al ways sustain the high character of the stale and behave like men our people will hold in grateful remembrance those sons of the state who distinguish them selves in this war — standard agricultural schools from the may number of ■* the fanner's library rarely within our observation has the pub lie mind evinced more numerous and unequivo cal signs of increasing and genera interest on any subject than is now manifested more and more every day in reference to agricultural education three long columns of a late al bany paper aie filled with a highly edifying and important discussion on agricultural colleges in which members of lhe legislature and ofthe state agricultural society participated we shouid rejoice to see this debate copied into ev ery paper in the onion ; and how much more useful for general reading and consideration would it be than the incidents of partv struggles and the details of bloody battles ! many gentlemen took part in the discussion with a degree of earnestness that evinced much anxious reflection and that gives assurance that the people are beginning lo be persuaded that they have a right to use their own means for the instruction of iheir own children in the art and principles of their own business we ven ture to express the opinion that these schools should nol be left any more than naval or mili tary schools to depend on indiriilual contribu tion they are of all schools the most proper objects for and the most entitled to public pa tronage in every state its proportion oi the public lands should be appropriated exclusively tothe support of normal schools in wliich voun men should be gratuitously prepared to act as agricultural professors in subordinate county and distiict establishments in the mean time might not a direction be given to the patronage now bestowed on ihe distiict schools in lhe state of new york that would throw into the course of education pursued in ihem a deeper effusion of agricultural knowledge and litera ture ! but we have no space or time now to dis cuss details we beg again for the sympathy and aid of the press in pressing this subject home to the minds of the people — the farmers throughout ihe country let us go on beget ting the will assured that in this as in all oth er cases where there is a wil there is or soon will be found a waij to do every lhin time and public anxiety will soon workout the plan rut as mr howard wisely remarks to prevent miscarriage we should be careful on that point in regard then to the plan and course of in struction it may be of some use to jjive from the english " agricultural magazinee an out line of a course of instruction adopted in a dis tinguished agricultural training school at which il is said are sons of gentlemen from most of the countries in england as well as from wales scotland and ireland the officers are a resident head master.three resident assistant head masters a distinguish ed professor of agriculture and botany mr j donalson author of m british grasses treaties on manures c together with professors of breeds management and dis eases of cattle chemistry geology and min eralogy natural and experimental philosophy practical surveying and levelling in lhe departments of agriculture and bot any the instructions embrace the practice and the principles o agriculture in ihe vaiious counties the history of all lhe operations are dwelt on with minuteness and the effect of < pointed out on the firm attached to the school the process of drainage application of manure ereeiion ot farm building and formation of roads ; and these subjects are not only exam and explained in the class-room but particular ly carried out in the tieid on botany the lectures are not simply con fined to the distinguishing of one class of plants from another embrace tlieir uses growth habit properties lhe laws which regulate their distri bution as well as their existence and the laws of vegetation whereby agriculture horticulture and floricultuie whether in lhe gaiden lhe field or the toi est are rendered most produc tive it is the endeavor to render practical as well as theoretical the instruction to the pu pils especial attention is devoted to a thor ough knowledge of the distinguishing charac ters of the grasses cereal natural and artifi cial — their growth and productiveness as well as the soils and manures suited to them the professor in furtherance of these views and with the object of rendering his instruction en tertaining as well as useful accompanies the pupils occasionally in theirbolanical excursions for this department mr gowen for his mount airy college need go but a little way it dr darlington ofhis state could be had breeds management awl diseases of cat lie in this course of lectures the eitcrnal con formation ofthe ox sheep and olher domestica ted animals with the internal structure of each both in reference to the changes caused by dis ease constituting pathology and the uses to which the various parts of the frame are ap plied constituting physiology are explained the treatment and causes of disease and gen eral management of cattle are particularly dwelt upon the lectures are illustrated by anatom ical drawings and specimens both morbid and healthy - - - i bearmg upon the economy of nature and he r useful apphcal.on comprising the elemen ary substances oxygen nitrogen fcc , the mety lals the earths the properties o heat li br ibe laws of chemical affiniiv of composition and decomposition ; the elemouls and proximate principles of vegetable and animal subsistances germination ; assimilation ; secretion <__.. ■ fermentation — vinous acetous putrefactive ! soils fallows manure — vegetable animal and mineral the subjects ofthe lectures are illustrated by experiments and instruction in chemical analysis is also given in the profess or s laboratory geology and minku alogy the objects ol tbe professor in this course are to convey in the most familiar and instructive manner the fundamental principles of these sciences iheir connexion with chemistry botany zcob gy astronomy and physics and their practi cal application lo several of lhe most important wants and utilities of life - atikal am exi'krl i k nt vl pliilom i'hy — 1 us department embraces instruction in lhe elements of mechanics mathematical princi ples ol statics or the art of weighing solid bo dies : hydrostatics or lhe art of weighing ba lds : dynamics or the science or the motion of bodies that mutually act on each other and hydraulics with their various practical applica tions ; the theory of lhe strength of mate rials of the stability of structures the prin cip.es of mechanism lhe dynamical theory of machines and of tbe steam engine in pai lar are fully explained and lhe lectures are amply illustrated by mode's diagrams c l'ku tl al slrykylng a.-u lbykultxg 1 his course is al once theoretical and pra ti in the school it embraces the various in-door details of a land surveyor's oliice ; and in the held the uses and apalications of the several surveying instruments it also includes the measurement of limber and artificers work the theory and practice of levelling and drain ing ibe making of sections and mapping from the field-book and all lhe the requisite and prac tical detail of geodesy or lhe art of surveying the earth on whatever scale analysis of soil ve — the analysis of soils manures the various chemicals used in the arts as well as all the varieties of miner als are undertaken tor il.e purpose of deter mining their value ; estates surveyed and map ped ; timber measured and valued it is not lhat professors well qualified are not to be found in our country if suitable rewards and distinction were offered we doubt not our military school graduates every year a num ber who w,.u!d make very distinguished instruc tions in several departments but they are lor the most part eiiher the sons of men of inde pendent fortune who return lo iheir estates or who choose to follow more attractive profess ions or who remaain iu lhe army where their pay besides being equal or nearly so in lhe beginning lo our best paid professors carries with the inestimable advantage of a life com mission and sure increase ol rank and emolu ments eor a single institution it would be easv at once lo name highly accomplished profess rs were ii nol invidious but it would be to the dishonor of lhe country to suppose that sueii men are not already better provided tor but truth and justice after all demand the acknowl edgment lhat in no department of socialise and useful labors is such and short-sighted injustice perpetrated by society as iu it man estimate of the pay and respect due to instruc tors of youth the money expended tor mili tary purposes even iu time of profound peace would secure to the auras of •.•../.._,' pi through .•:/' the united states such an edu alioo as is described above is it possible lhal an enlightened self-governing people will much longer forbear to demand this more noble and salutary appropriation ol iheir eoafributioas lor the support of government ' arrival of the sarah sands the national intelligencer of yesterday has lhe following under its postscript head : our baltimore correspondent informs us through lhe telegraph of ihe arrival al new york last evening of ihe steamer sarah s n is from liverpool the news is but two davs la ter breadstuff were steady and firm al tl quotations baltimore flour 25s 5<l obi ■ •'!-**>-; canal 37s cornmeal 25s indian com « 49s : yellow 51 i pland cuuon *>_-, i lo • mobile and new orleans unchanged i arrivals ol breadstuffs wealbei favorafa harvests no special political or general news honorables at dinner — a few days since several members of the legislature representing some of lhe interior counties of this state were at the boarding boose in this city xvhere at the table ihey dis played what xvas deemed by some of tbe other boarders at anti-democratic lond ness for honorary titles lu address each other tbe si\l would be * \\ ill the honorable member from c tauque band me the bul will tbe honorable gentleman from o__ego be kiiul enough to pass ine the vinegar v certainly sir we may expect some thing sharp from the honorable member from chenango a down east clerk becoming uneasy und«r this display of empty honors call ed out in a loud sarcastic lone to the black waiter : * will the honorable gentleman from africa be kind enough lo pass the bread p the laughter thai ensued mav be im agined the honorables were henceforth silent — n y i'o/ter a good anecdote — two darkies in the west went out possum bunting and by accident found a large cave with qoile a small entrance peeping in they dis covered three young bear whelps in the interior " look beah sam said one while i goes dar and yet the young bar you jest watch heah for de old bar sam got asleep in the sun when opening hh eyes he suddenly espied the old she bear scrolling her way into the cave — uick as wink he caught her by the tail and held on like blazes " hello dar !" said jumbo in the cave ; u hello dar sam what darke de hole dar f " lord bless you jumbo save yerself honey lor it dis tail cum out you'll soon find out what darke de hole !"