Carolina Watchman

              the carolina watchman brunei & james ) • * > " keep a ciieck cpo all your editors 4 proprietors i ls safe y ( new series rclers s i number 6 of volume i ; * salisbury n c june 8 1844 1 _ try but victory or rather divine provi dence had pronounced the sovereign de } ! cree napoleon was vanquished ; he \ must abdicate the imperial crown then ! sad to tell ! almost all the old lieutenants the marshals the generals whom he had loaded wiih wealth and honors hastened | to abandon their unfortunate master — | they went to hail servilely king louis .; xy1ii the new sun who rose above the horizon some even the better to make j their court to the bourbons were not a j 1 shamed to load with gross insults the de i '• throned captain whom just before they j had fawned upon but general bertrand | i — bertrand incapable of such basetreach ! ery — staid at fontainbleau when napo leon bade adieu to his old soldiers and accompanied him to the island of elba : happy and proud to follow the hero in ex ' ! ile as he had been to enter with him into | all lhe capitals of europe in the monlh of march 1815 when the ' emperor engaged once more in the terri 1 ble trial of battle bertrand returned with i him always stationed in his advanced j guard if he had been taken by the troops of louis xv1ij he would certainly have been condemned to death under the ac cusation of being a french traitor and re i bed but no matter bertrand did not consider his personal dangers he knew nothing he saw nothing but the glory and the greatness e>f napoleon on the 20th march the whole population of paris re ceived with enthusiastic acclamations the i conqueror of marengo and the faithful bertrand resume'd his post as grand mar shal ofthe palace alas ! these days of triumph were short all europe took up arms against napo ; leon and the battle of waterloo dashed i forever the greatest captain of modern times from the throne which he had gain eel by his sword then it was put to the severest lest in going to lhe island of elba he had yet some hope of return but in going to the island of st helena he had none all was over the fortune of | napoleon was irrecoverably lost the \ island of elba was but a few leagues from j the coast of france ; the exiles could al j meist see the shores of their country but j st helena was several thousand leagues from iheir native soil in the island of ; elba napoleon was still sovereign ; he j had a palace a little court some soldiers j but at st helena he had no'hing ; he was j a poor prisoner confided to an english j guard and subjected to all lhe caprices of these cruel jailers what motives to in j eluce general bertrand to sepafate his lot ; from that of napoleon ! this is not all bertrrnd was lhe fa ther of a family ; he had a wife two sons and a daughter shall he consent to lead them to a remote country a sickly climate without resources for their education ? — ' further he must leave in france a mo iher an aged infirm mother whom he should never see again in this world ! — j lastly he exposed himself to all the ha ! tred ofthe old bourbons by accompany ! ing napoleon and indeed would you be j lieve it i he was condemned to death the : 7lh of may 1810 at paris as guilty — and of what ? of having generously shared the j exile aiid privations of his unfortunate master ! no doubt general bertrand considered ; all these things before going ; he fore ' saw that the'land of his fa'hers would be i perhaps closed against him forever ; he ': must sunder with painful effort the ties which attached him to his family ; he per ! ceived that his wife and children would suffer much on the desolate shores of st helena but nothing — nothing hindered his devo'edness he proved in our self ; ish age that there are men capable of sa ! crificing all to effect what lie regarded as j ! a conscientious duty he would not con ! | sent to serve two maste to erect two ! j standards to take 1 two oaths of allegiance j ! he left in the befferophon with napoleon j and remained at st helena until he clos j cd the eyes ofthe emperor this is the proper place to say some j thing also of jfirs bertrand this cour ; i ageous woman encouraged her husband ; \ in his resolution and for six long years ■ never belied for a moment the noble cha ; | racter she showed at lhe first the coun ' ; tess bertrand was the daughter of the ! ; brave general dillon who had perished ; j on lhe scaffold in 1794 while contending ! against the tyranny of robespierre she j j had been brought up in all the delicacies j of high rank but when she came to st helena she found in her heart strenglh | to bear all the privations of ex-il and de j j voted herself to the education of her chil '< j dren she will deserve a mention in his 1 i tor . v * every body knows the conduct of general '. ! betrand on tho rock of st helena : i need not : i relate it he was eve*n-tempered and invaria ■ ! bly kind no ill-humor ; no bad passion even i j towards his greatest enemies he has been j comparoel to fenelon and he exhibited some \ traits ol resemblance with the illustrious author '■ ! ot tclrmarhus it was impossible to live with him without esteeming and hiving him sir j hudson loire himself the jailor and per-jeeu j tor of napoleon spoke only with respect of general bertrand ! from 1815 to 1821 whenever the dethroned emperor resented the bitterness and wrath of j adversaries whenever he seemed to sink un der the weight of his adversity bertrand pour ed oil upon his wounds and brought him the consolations of friendship to sewthe his mind ancient history speaks ofthe intimate relations which have existed between some kings and | their servants but it contains no more striking 1 example of constant affection than that of ber ', trand when blondel traversed germany seek \ ing from castle to castle king richard detain , ed prisoner by leopold of austria on his re j ; turn from palestine he was not more devoted j i than general bertrand at st helena honor . j to men of tiieir word and who are faithful in | '■ misfortune ! at last napoleon dying in 18*21 his old com | panion in arms and in captivity returned to !' i france he had performed his duty to the last i i king louis xviii annulled the sentence of j death which had been pronounced against him ; j j for all france the whole civilized world would j i ha been indignant and horror-struck if cap i ital punish had been indicted on this exiled no ! ble bertrand lived quietly on the small estate j which he had inherited from his fathers far \ from having become rich he was impoverished during his military career he brought back l with him only the arms of napoleon : the dec orations which had shone on the breast of the emperor at the time of his great victories — the i sword before which all the kings of continental ' europe had bowed their heads iu awe na l poleon had confided these arms to the most loy j al of his servants and how could he have more worthily recompensed his fidelity ? after the revolution of 1830 general ber trand left his retreat he was appointed mem i ber of the chamber of deputies it could not be expected that the old soldier would be a great political orator ; but he brought to the legisla tive halls that firmness of purpose that honesty of feeling and that integrity of character which had done honor to his whole life a curious trait of his parliamentary life is that after the example of cato who repeated constantly — delenda est carthago general bertrand ended j invariably each of his addresses with these words : entire freedom of the press .' the french who laugh at every thing made epi grams jipon this stereotyped phrase of ber trand's ; but there was undoubtedly something to inspire respect in the perseverance with which he insisted upon having a press entirely fiee after some years he returned to his retreat and probably wou'd never have left it if the french government had not asked eif england to restore to france the mortal remains ot na j poleon when this national act was knowif i i bertrand aged then nearly 70 years left his j quiet home came to paris and said : " i will go again to st helena ; i will go to find the ashes of the emperor where i myself deposited them the proposal was applauded by all france what more worthy hands indeed than those of general bertrand to go and open i the tomb e.f napoleon who better deserved than him to bring back to fiance the remains ofthe warrior whom he had served in adversity bertrand set sail in the beginning of 1840 ; and by the blessing of god was able in spite i ; eif his age to go to st ilelena and to return with the ashes of napoleon when the funer al train traversed the rivers and roads of france | ; ihe people who flocked from all parts saw with j , dee'p emotion bertrand near the tomb and hail i , ed with the same acclamations the remains of i i their emperor and the illustrious old man a model of fidelity in the great ceremony which j took place at paris bertrand walked first and i no one ceiuld dispute wiih him this place which he had so well earned he she j tears of grief and joy at once while accompanying the b dy of his master to the tomb of the invalides where ! it reposes under the protection of the french ! peop'e afterwards bertrand made a visit to amer ! ica : the occasion was as follows having i gone to martinique in 1837,on private business j he so gainefl the affections ofthe negroes eif his ! plantation that on taking leave they begged i him with tears to return the general touch | ed with their expressions of attachment prom i ised to do so for several years he could not keep his word because he must go to st hele ; na but in 1842 he prepared to go in vain ! his friends represented to him that his age his i i'lfirmities his recent fatigues freed him from his promise to all their entreaties he replied : j 1 i have promised he embarked therefore ftir j \ martinique and it was while on this excursion j ! that he was so well received by american hos \ | pitality he returned five or six weeks since he re ! i mained fifteen days at paris ; then he returned i to his domain at chateauroux a few days af ter he died professing sentiments of piety and ! a hope of a happy eternity as soon as the news of his death reached , j paris a deputy ceilonel de bricqueville ad j j dressed the chamber and said : the death of j ■ general bertrand imposes upon us a duty : that ' . of uniting his ashes with those of the emperor | france ought to join such fidelity with such glo i ry it is just to bring together the tombs of ' two men whom history will never separate : this proposition will certainly be voted by the ; chamber it is an act of justice which will i be sanctioned by popular opinion and confirmed by posterity i am kc g de f i intended to be put in every man's haf — to ' bring the dead to life — immediately as the | [ body is removed from the water press the chest i ! suddenly and forcibly downward and backward ! | and instantly discontinue the pressure repeat j this without interruption untilapair of common j bellows can be procured when obtained iu j : troduce the nozzle well upon the base of the i ■ tongue surround the mouth with a towel or i 1 handkerchief and close it direct a bystander j j to press firmly upon the projecting part of the i i neck called adam's apple and use the bellows ! ' actively then press upon the chest to expel : the air from the lungs to imitate natural breath | ing continue this at least an hour unless j signs of natural breathing come on wrap the body in blankets place it near the i fire and do every thing to preserve the natural j warmth as well as to impart an artificial heat | if possible every thing however is secondary to inflating the lungs send for a medical man j immediately avoid all frictions until respiration shall be in some degree restored valentie mott surgeon general of th americau shipwreck society an attachment we have just now heard a good story of which an alabama she hit is the hero court j was in session and amid the multiplicity of bu > siness which crowded upon him at term time | he stopped at the door of a beautiful widow on j the sunny side of thirty who by the way had often bestowed melting glances upon the sher iff af.iresaid he was admitted and soon the j widow appeared ; the confusion and delight the j arrival of her visiter occasioned set off to a , greater advantage than usual the captivating j charms of the widow m her cheeks bore the ' beautifully blended tints of the apple blossrem — i her lips resembled rosebuds upon which the j morning dew yet lingered and her eyes were like the quivers of cupid the glances of love i and tenderness with which they were filled re i sembling arrows that only awaited a beat ! pardon the pun ) to do full execution after a few common-place remarks — " madam said the matte r.of-fact sheriff i have an attachment for you a deeper blush than usual mantled the cheeks i ofthe fair widow — with downcast eyes whose . glances were centered upon her beautiful foot ' which half concealed by her flowing drapery ' gently patted the floor she with equal candor replied : " sir the attachment is reciprocal for some time the she riff maintained an as tonished silenced atjast said : " madam will you proceed to court ?" " proceed to court replied tke lady with a merry laugh then shaking her beautiful head j she added : xosir ' though this is leap ycar will not ' take the advantage of the license therein grant ! ed to my sex and therefore greatly prefer that you should proceed to court " but madam the justice is waiting " let him wait i am not disposed to hurry matters in such an unbecoming manner and besides sir when the ceremony is performed i wish you to understand that i prefer a minis ter to a justice ofthe peace a light dawned uptin the sheriff's brain " madam said he rising from his chair with solemn dignity there is a great mistake her my language has been misunderstood ; lhe at tachment of which i speak was issued from the office of squire c and commands me to i bring you instantly before him to answer a con e tempt of court in disobeying a subpoena in the , case of smith vs jones ! !" we drop the curtain ! — port gibson herald o " it was a great mistake we once heard a young j man say " that i was born poor to be sure it was ! why were not all men bom with fortunes ? it would be j delightful to have nothing to do to lire in fine houses j wear beautiful clothes drink costly wine eat rich food — j and all without exertion it would be fine indeed to have j no cares no doubts no anxieties no pains no mortifica tions — to be entirely at our ease fearing no trouble and , anticipating no joy such an existence would be like a j still pool of water so walled about that not a breeze could ruffle its surface ; but it would not be life it would be \ a dream a mist a figure a shadow — not man the man who complains of his lot it matters not how j hard that lot may be has filmy eyes which cannot see obstacles are thrown in our way that we may overcome ' them ; sorrows are heapened upon us that we may rise j above them ; evil passions are given us that we nuv con . quer them some waste their lives in fruitless relnings ■ at what they consider their own hard fate and in elfvying : the brighter fortunes of others all such deserve to be miserable they are no true men oihers are bold | determined unyielding the stronger the adverse cur j rent the more energy do they put forth to stem it these >. conquer at last and there is self satisfaction in such a con ; quest it is indeed jioble to enjoy that fortune earned by i honest industry to wear those laurels which one's own j hands have plucked but to hang happiness or misery on an accident is cowardly unmanly he who is bom rich ! may be lucky but his luck is no evidence of greatness m m noah reformed crows — a late illinois paper furnishes the following piece of drollery we would like to catch an old crow so drunk that he hardiy knew m*hat he was about yet it would seem that such things have been : " colonel b has one of the best farms on the illinois i river about one hundred acres of it are now covered j with waving corn when it came up in the spring the i crows seemed determined on its entire destruction — i when one was killed it seemed as though a dozen came j to its funeral ; and though the sharp crack of the rifle often drove them away they always returned with its echo the colonel at length became weary of throwing grass and resolved on trying the virtue of siones he sent to the druggist for a gallon of alcoheil in which he soaked a few quarts of corn and scattered it over his ! field the black-legs came and partook with their usual i relish and as usual they were pretty well corned ; and j such a cooing and cackling — such strutting and swagger ing when the boys attempted to catch them they ; were not a little amused at their staggering gait and their '■ zigzag way through the air at length they gained the : edge of the woods and there being joined by a new re ! cruit which happened to be sober they united at the top ; of their voices in caw-caw-caw-ing and haw haw-ing ; and shouting either praises or curses of alcohol it was ; difficult to tell which as they rattled away without rhyme '. or reason but the colonel saved his com as soon as ■ they became sober they set their faces steadfastly against j alcohol not another kernel would they touch in his i field western civilization a western papergives ; the following illustration of life in vicksburg : i people seem to go gunning after one another ; as if it were a legitimate branch of sportsman ship where a newspaper requires two editors a year with hides like a rhinoceros.'as nearly bul let proof as may be a compliment — i really cannot sing be | lieve me sir was the reply of a young lady to ! an empty fop i am rather inclined to believe i madam rejoined he with a smirl ) that you i are fishing for compliments " no sir ex claimed the lady i never fish in such shallow streams " rents are enormous as the bachelor said when he looked at his breeches why is a dog with a broken leg like a boy at arithmetic ? because he puts down three and j carries one real men and women never sneer at mechan ics and operatives but self-styled gentlemen and ladies not unfrequently do we have heard of a lady who once left the ball room because a mechanic entered she married a basket maker and died a washer woman to the people of louisiana fellow-citizexs : i have always been and i trust shah always be ready to u tke known to ' my constituent freely and unreservedly the : opinion i may entertain upon such subjects as ! may be brought before me as one of their sena tors in congress in consonance wiih this rule of my political life i am anxious to communicate to yeiu at the earliest moment propriety would permit the rea i sons which have influenced me in my fixed pchpose to vote against the ratification of the treaty now before the senate for the annexation of texas to the united states ; and i avail my self ol this mode of address in preference to the alternative of waiting for an opportunity to make a speech which might be laid before you by tho removal ofthe injunction of secrecy from our proceedings permit me to say in the outset that while i consider the manner of negotiating and consum 1 mating lhe treaty highly exceptionable and ! while i believe that the executive anel his ad visers were influenced by the most selfish and ambitious motives iu originating anel completing it and practiced the grossest fraud upon the ex ecutive of texas to induce him to ceinsent to j the negotiation i am free to admit that had there existed no objectiem to the terms of the trea ty and none of a higher order emanating from ! our treaty obligations tei mexico and had others j based upon considerations connected with our i domestic and foreign policy been removed i | might have felt it to be my duty to vote for the annexation of texas when the question was first presented to my mind,.and before i had ex amined it in all its bearings and probable re sults i confess that i thought favorably of an nexation and so expressed myself to several of my friends and associates ; but after mature and calm reflection i have arrived at the con clusion that there e'xists no state necessity for the measure and that the ratification ofthe trea ty now before the senate would not only involve the nation in an unjust war but would in an es pecial manner prostrate the best interests of louisiana these being my solemn convic tions i have not stopped to inquire what effect their avowal might have upon my popularity at home as however gratifying a con incidence of opinion between my constituents and myself might be my own self-respect anel the approval of my own conscience are still more important the ratification ofthe treaty of annexation now befoie the senate will inevitably in my opinion involve us in a war with mexico and in au probability in a war with england and perhaps with france every well wisher to the prosperity of our country woulel consider a war with thetwolattorpowers.oreitherottbem as a national calamity ; but in waging it in the event supposed no breach of treaties no viola tion eif the laws of nations could be justly charged against us *. while in the contest with mexico our national honor would be tarnished if not destroyed by the infraction e;f solemn treaty stipulations is national honor nothing .' are treaty obligations to be disregarded when ever it suits our convenience ? are we prepar ed to show to the world by our acts that we are ready at any time to wage an un'ust war when ever we believe that we possess the physical ; power to gratify an insatiable lust for territory or when we may consider that a leiitional terri to y is needed to preserve a political equilibri um or to interpose a protection to the peculiar institutions ofthe south or for any either ofthe \ thousand purposes i~>r which reckless ambition | might suggest the acquisition of additional ter | riteiry say that te*xas is annexed with an eye j to the preservation of the balane e eif political i power how many slave states can we make out j of it ? four would be a liberal number but | while we are carving out these states woulel j nothing be done in the northwest when the j vast country north anel west of missouri to the j foot of the rocky m luntaius comes to be peo | pled and firmed into states to say nothing of , oregon territory west of the mountains what becomes of this equilibrium to maintain it [ we shall have to acquire by war or otherwis >, i xew mexico california eke ; and as our breth ren at the north would probably be as anxious 1 for the preservation of an equilibrium as our ! selves to what point would such a wild and 1 monstrous doctrine lead us ? to the purchase ; or conquest of mexico on the one siele and of ( the canadas on the either ; while such a course ' of national policy to say neithing of ils iniquity j were war necessary to effectuate it must bring • about a combination of the civilized world a j gainst us if not internal dissensions and a dis j solution of the fnion such a course would i not be dissimilar from that i have sometimes i known pursued by planters in the south who i instigated by vanity or avarice have gone oi i purchasing plantation after plantation in order ' as they said to remove a troublesome neighbor ' eir to koixu off their landed estate until they ! have involvd themselves inextricably in debt i and have terminated their ambitious efforts to ] acquire baronial estates in bankruptcy and utter 1 ruin but this is not all we know lhat in some ofthe states such as kentucky and tennessee the disposition to get rid of their slaves and turn their attention to manufactures is incrcas , ing and that in others such as maryland and i virginia slave li-b.ir produces but a small re , turn upon the capital invested it is from these j states that the south has been principally sup 1 plied with the slaves that she neeejed let texas be annexed and such an opening w ill be ! prescntod that in all probability come if ne>t i all of these states will be drained of tlie-ir slaves i as the south dex*s nejt possess more if as many j as she requires anel would not be therefore . able to furnish them what then becomes o ! this bugbear of the balance of political power : should all of these states join themselves as in j the course of time they would probably do to the non-slaveholding states the beam a ill | be kicked with a vengeance and we shall run ! the risk of loosing from our side and support states already populous aud influential fur the ! uncertain prospect of sccurinj the aid of a couu 1 try yet unsettled and to settle which will ne i cessarily weaken ourselves let me examine this question of a political j balance in another aspect southern gentle ' men have affirmeyl that unless texas is annexed the north will have the preponderance in both branches of congress and that then slavery will not be secure from the ruthless attacks ot the abolitionists my ancestors emigrated from england more than one hundred years ago and settled in virginia and their descendants with out a single exception that i know of hav f rom that period resided in the slaveholding portion ofthe u states the destiny of the south will be the destiny of my children 1 am moreover one of those who believe that the physical and moral^eondition ofthe slaves ofthe south is su perior to that of many ofthe manufacturing and laboring classes of the old and new world and i do not believe that slavery is a political or moral evil wlienever therefore the institu tion of slavery guarantied by the compact of our union shall be seriously assailed i shall be found as ready to defend it come from what quarter the attack may u any of those who claim to be par excellence its peculiar guar dians and protectors ; many of whom howev er i must say evince more zeal than judgment more bravado than true courage in tlie course hey pursue possessing then every motive from birth education and long cherished opin ions aud well matured convictions to av noth ing of interest to watch over and protect as far as 1 am able the institution ol slavery i am de cidedly of opinion that the annexation of texas to the u state*s will not give any additional se curity to the sjuth ; and that on i^c contrary o^ir position will be weak-sued by such a mea sure let us suppose tor a moment that there exists now or may hereafter exist a fixed pur pose on the part of our brethren of the non siaveholding states to abolish slavery would the annexation of texas arrest that purpose or would it not rather stimulate it ? say that thev are even at this moment resolved on the aboli tion of slavery in the i . states : of course they must be in favor ol a dissolution of the union and to dissolve tha at an tiiu t>r any cause is to produce civil war any attempt on the part of the north to interfere w.'rb slavery must end in a disruption of the union ; anil none know this fact belter than eetir northern breth ren and none i am sure would deprecate such a result more than they interest to say noth v ing of patriotism would forbid such an idea — the love eif union is as strong in the north as in the south ; its dissolution would prove more disastrous to that portion ofthe country than to ours ; and 1 must have stronger evidence than i now possess before i can believe in the exist ence of any se*rioua or general wish in the nem slaveholding states to destroy the union — be fore i will consent to accuse them of forgetting the example of a noble ancestry of degenera ting from men whose names cluster in a glorious cons eliation around the ana eif the formation ofthe consii.'utie.r — before in short i can bring myself to brand them with the e-dinus name eif traitors but admit that the hotspurs aud dem quixotes of the south are right and that i am wrong in my opinion as to the wishes and inten tions eif the people ofthe north on this subject we ought then to expect civil war and prepare for it in the event of such a war would not the south be weaker with ils white and slave population scattered over the territory stretch ing from the delaware bay tothe rio del norte than it would be were they confined to their pre sent limits ? our population would in more sparse the frontier to be defended doubled in length the difficulty and expense of assembling troops and concentrating the munitions of war greatly increased any military man as well as common sense will tell you that it would be a much easier matter successfully to defend a gainsi the assaults of a formidable power tht other lave states were the white and black population of alabama mississippi louisiana arkansas and missouri removed within the limits ofthe other eight slave states than lode fend the present thirteen slave states any person who would contend that it would lie as easy to defend with the same or nearly the same mean a large and extended frontier as a comparatively small aud contracted one must either be a fool himself or expect others to lee so in my opinion fellow-citizens the idea that the immediate union oftexas wi:li the united states will give greater security to our slave in stitutions is about as ridiculous as was the promise made by the friends of the northern man with southern principle's that be would should it become necessary — that is if a ma jority of congress declared against us — inter pose his veto to save us they seemed to fir get that when such a crisis arrived a dissolu i tion wouki have virtually taki'ii place and that ! the south would have h.ni to relj upon some i thing d-;r besides the ineffectual and empty ar guments of a veto — particularly such a one as ; their candidate would have written if we may i judge from many ofthe political papers that have emanated from him in which be bas generally held eiut his left hanel stealthily to the south ' while his right was extended fl iih as much di ; roctness as he could assume to be grasped by ■ the north we did not allow ourselves to be ' duped in the one case and we should determine not to be fed astray or deceived in ihe other — to prevent a dissolution and to protect the in '' tcrests of the south we have thank god more to rely upon than the promises of the " ne>rth ern pan witb southern principles orthechi i merical expectations ofthe tvyiid of immediate annexation the glorious compact which was bequeathed to us by a common ancestry must ' be disregarded and trampled in the dust : patri i otism which however others may think i be lieve still burns with as bright a flame in the north as in any other portion of the union • must be extinguished ; selffinterest which e,fien influencesmen whomnootbei feeling can reach must be forgotten he-lore the slave-holding states can consent to.interfere with and des-troy -.' our privileges and property but should all ; these considerations tail — should eeur northern '. brethren carried away by a blind fanaticism forgetful of justice right aind country of ah the advantages e.f union of the glory we have achieved under the same •* star-spangfed ban ! ner be willing to undertake to interfere with \ or overrun slavery we shall hen have but one last resort — one melancholy alternative — we must rely up'-n oui ( wn taout arms and brave hearts fertile defence of our property and firo sides i i am noi cmc of those who believe in the no '' tion industriously propagated by the friends of annexation that il the treaty is rejected the te-tians will unite th-emselves w ith or sell their slaves to england the present population of texas consists principally almost entirely *>» emigrants from the slaveholding statins of our union by education i.v habit they an favor able to and de-keve in the necessit oi slave la k>r and thev would be as prompt to repel any attack month institution la very a ourselves to assume therefore thai the temn are pre pared to form an affiance with england upon - he conditie.n of the abolition of s a very for a stipulated price is to assume that the whole of the present population are prepared te-.al.an.ioii i texas and to remove either to croat britain or ' terms of the watchman two dollars in advance and two dollars and fifty cents nt the end of the year no subscription receivad for a less time than one year unless paid for in advance _ r '.. no subscription discontinued but at the option ot mc ejuors until all atrearages"are paid teems oi advebtistno ,,„. nntv one dollar per sqa-ffe for th first in*ertion tin twenty fi t:;;:;;;"i;--t,t;'o;:;r::rs recharged 25 per who adve , se lev the :■; y ,„„„;„„„,, „„,*.■ foririd and all i-elv.-rt.--.---k ** easorjered for a certain nuin charge 1 for aceorai .... , b ". y ,'',',...;- ad iressed to the ejitors must come post paid to ensure attention a parody on the " old arm chair select i ] i love it i love it and who here rebuff or taunt me for loving my oid scotch snuff i have treasured it long s a precious weed j have pinched with delighl ahd inhaled it with greed ; tis boun i in an old vest fob iee my heart x ed not a grain depart would v learn tb • spell for tis simple enough \ : orious thing is thai ... i scotch snuff f have sal au i snuflc i il many a night til the lamps sp*ew dim and my brad grew light ; i | almost hated to part with my pouch a-i.i turned wnh regret to my downy couch *,'. ars have rolled on nnd my money s all fled my kiu '!■'•' ' ii married my friends all dead : lint one still remains and lis solace enough staunch friend of my bosom ' my old scotch snuff 1 tis nighl ' dark night ! an i the howling blast t ir.-iyi the narrow streel e-s moaning pnsi ; rich music it makes for my lonely hearth which in days gone by lias been ripe with mirth aye my it is folly and deem me weak while the snuff drawn tears roll down my cheek ; bul my dipping companions so jolly and bluff re gone and i'll cling to my old " scotch snuff from the new york observer llf'stiuoi s ii of the present day general bertrand from our correspon lent montacba tarn and garonne ) 1 hli february 1.844 $ early life of general bertrand — his military tuccess'es — goes to the island of e ha ui h jfapolean — hare example of fidelity in 1813 — madam bertrand — residence in the island of st licit .*■/. — reiurn of general bcrlrand lo france — last events of his life — proposition in the chamber of deputies relative to this illtts'runis man general bertrand has hem dead some weeks and 1 hasten to send you a brief no ice of this celebrated companion of na poleon his name must be well known in the l"nite*el states all tho journals have mentioned the noble hospitality with which bertrand was lately received in vour republic this homage of a free and generous na'ion rejo : ced the heart of the old man and france hersd'fis grate ful for it a peculiar distinction is reserved to bertrand among llie re*at men of our ago o'hers have acquired a more brilliant mili'ary glory than his own ho never ecupied ho lirst rank in the list of xa •,. i on's lieutenants nor has he exlen • e*.l the bounds eif science ; and if ho lrtel been merely a general his'ory would ba-dly have in n ioned his name 1 in pas siii lint ie has shown a quality rare at all times and especially in our day fiefe in mi:fortuiie this is his true li tletothe attention of posterity ; this will reseae his nanie from oblivion so long as the memory of napoleon shall las an honorable remembrance will bo accorded m his rpost devoted companion in misfor tune lt is this also which has induced ine lo speak eif him to you in this ceirres pondence religious men should do jus tice to virtuous characters wherever found henry bertrand was horn at chateau \ uui a small towninlhe centre of france in 1771 or 177-j i know not precisely ihe da'e eif his birth he belonged to an obscure but very respectable family his firsl studies were directed to the military profession he proposed entering ihe corps of civil engineers anel tho com mencement of his career was marked by distinguished success while young ber i tnui.l applied all the force of his mind to mathematics lhe french revolution was going on triumphantly it was impossi 1 me te remain shut up in lhe study ber trand wasenrolled in the national guard ; of paris we felt that his first duty was to defend the laws of his country and ; the 10th of august 1792 when a furious populace attacked louis xvi in tho pal ace of the thuilleries he volunteered his humble services in behalf of ihe unfortu nate monarch by this generous act he ; showed already that he would not aban don his master in the day of adversity king louis xvi yielded to the popu lar tempest and bertrand wont te the frontiers to fighl for national independence he was then in the lowest ranks of the army in egypl he first drew tho atten , tion of bonaparte upon the ancient soil ot the pharaohs in view of the pyramids j i which wondered te s;*e lhe children of ! the west bertrand performed prodigies °- valor ami rose rapidly to tho rank ■•' sre-nr-ral when the french subdued bvfhe unheal hiness ofthe climate more : than by the arms of the mussulmans had , to quit the hanks of the nile the young general returned to europe where new wars awaited him he contributed to pin the great battle of ansterlitz ; and napoleon in reward for his milttary ex ploits admitted him to the number of his aids-de-camp from that time tho desti ny of bertrand was iixed ; he devoted himself entirely to the service of napole on and he resolved to follow him every here to obey him always in evil as well ■* hi frood report h would be too long to accompany ge jjrol bertrand in his warlike career this tes not constitute tho principal interest j jis life it will suffice lo say lhat he '*'•' part in the campaigns of russia and many ac ing sometimes as comraan iii-cliiel'of a division of the army he c^*'u to repair as much as possible the of our military services he iei ded foot by foot the soil ofthe coun tory