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TUB M E E M UO UE N AL , II lUSUSnB OKSAlmMT iMOUtUTOI, BY JOHN H. PRENTISS. foaMS-One dollar sad fifty cents per annum bv ihnl, w classes, or otherwise? payable in advanee. Subscriptions that run a year Without psyment, will be charged at two dollor%:and ihat sutn beinvariubly exacted from and after let July 1845 . ■ Advertisements charged W per square fof tbe first three insertions, nndSA centsn week thereefiee.' Ad vertizing per year, from 910 to 920. Legal notices nre regulated by the statute rotes. ftarCards, and Job Fruiting o f ail kinds, done neatly. It is notin a splendid VOLUME XXXIX,] and amtoeratieal eatabliahmanta, that thapBopie will find happiness, or their libertiea proteetion; but in a plamayatem, void of pomp.profectina ail, andgriSingf.ynr,, n-narr-Anrfr«w Jack™ . \ EVENING HifhiH.. 1 Father St^irMne! Thou High and Holy One, Now* when ihe labor o f the day is done, Devoutly, now. \ Fromngetoage, wchanging.atilLlhenaae, -All-good Thou art ; Hallowed and holy be Thy reverend name, In every heart. When the glad mom upott tliehills was spread, . . Thy smile waa there; , Now, as d^ ^ 8 S d i e r s overhead, ^ Night spreads her ehade upon another day, „ . Forever past; So, o er bur faults. Thy love, we humbly pray, A veil myy cast. Silence and sleep, e’er hearts by earth distress’d, . Now sweetly steal; So eveiy fear, ihatstfugglea in (heibreast, Shall Faith conceal. I Thou thro’ the dark wilt watch above ourileep With the eye ot love j And thou wilt wafceua, when the sunbeams peep The hills above. O. may eachheurt its gratitude express, < As life expands: And find the triumph o f its happiness In Thy commands. Extract from'Lutf fclikm', SjmnUb Siudent, “ What I most prize ih Wottxu 7 Is hef affection—notilier intellect. Compare me with the great men ofthe earth— What am I? Why, a pigmy among giants! But if thou lovest—niaik ine, I say invest— The grratist of thy sex excels thee not I The world of Affectipn is jitx world— Notthnt of-Man’sAnibifjoh. In that stillness Which most becomesa \Woinnri—calm andholy— Thou sittest by the fireside ofthe Heart, Feeding its flame. The eleiri.ent of fire Is pure. It cannot change its nature: Bat bums a s brightly in a gipsy camp A s in a palace hall.\ — * r”“!.ye P«au«jtvini»n. ■ OH B U E N A v i s t a ' s BLOODY F I E I D . B T COL. H E N K T f B r i i l K E H . On Buena Vista’s bloody field A soldier, dying, lav— Hi- thoughts were o f liis mountain home. Some thousand miles away: He called his comrade to liis side, • For much he had to say , In briefest tinie, to those who wete Some thousand miles away-. My fuller, comrade, you will tell About this bliaody fray— ■ My country’s standard, say tohim. Was sale with me to-day. I’ve made a pillow o f it now, On which to lay tiny head, A winding-sheet yoUi’ll make ofit Wlien I am with tbe dead, I know’tw.ll grieve liis inmost soul To think ihat never more Tilsit with him beneath the oak Thst shades his cottage door; But tell the time-worn patriot < ■ That, mindful ol h it lame, Upoh this blubdy battle-field X sullied riot his nnme, My mother’s form is witli me now, Her wuil is in mine ear, And drop; by drop, t s fluwa my blood, go drops from her tlie tear. Then, oh! whetryou shall tell to har The tidings o f this day, Speak softly, comrade—softly speak What you may have to say. Speak not io her in hurried, words The blighting new* you bear, The chofda oflife i)i»y snap too soon, So, comrade, have » care. I am-her only, cheriibed child, Butteil her that Idled, ' Rejoicing- thnt site tnught me young To-take my country’s aide. Bat, comrade, there i* one, Ifain Once more wnuld look upon— She lives upon ibe sloping hill, That overlook* the lawn— The lawn where 1 shall never more. In spring-times piscsant hours. Go forth with her, in merry mood, To gnther woodland flowers. Tell her, when death waa on my brow, And iifc receding fast, Her voice, her form .her flirting words, Were with me to tbe law. On Buena Yiatn’s Moody field, TcUher.Idyitteloy, And that 1 knew sho thought of me, Somejjiftugnd mites away. Tb*r*1«fc fiind ttf ritittoerMie lift* fcrxl fi'cHitf I n ill? foU hwinp npiilleil irAn«Utiiiii from UfMnpei, found In the r»** rmiit Loikkm vnlumi* of Mr. Yu«njr, wliicli lj'« rratlcr **i!l sot mUll) *xU«u»t in « first* leraix) ur tiilul j>criu*li T H E FX E B E JA N . [Tl* Pori's «miu» U nriitro ritfter wlili <or wllUoal t h e nrhlocrAllcftc jirvfixefl.) How’s this! I hear that people blatn .0 The de that stands before mynamc. Art tliou, too, ol'iJic old noblesse I I noblel no, airs, I confers. No—none, for me, uf knightly race, The patent did on vellum trace: To love mycountry’s ull I know; I’m of n breed Thnt’s low indeed, Yes, very, very low! Would Td been born without the.de ! For from my blood I must infer Thai my loiefnthem, in their day, H«ve cutaed a mastet’a despot swat. They but the grain it eraslied—and ab I’m o f* breed That’s low indcc'd. Yes, very, very low! My sires did neve? on their lands Vex the poor serfs with grasping bands, Nor in the woods did people fear To find their noble avyords Were neat. Not one, when tired ofhis campaign, W a a t ttm e d in t o a cham b e r lain O f .. . . Cbsriemiasiie, by Merlin's b lo w . I’m ofa breed That’S low indeed, Yes, very, very low! Never, when civil broils were rife. Did mjf brave sires partake the strife j ' Nor was lhe English Leopard made * ‘ Free of ourcifies by iheir aid. Not one of them d d sigh the League,* Whst time the Churclr byitsintrigue The Slate did,almost overthrow. I’m ofabreei, Thnt’s poor indeed, ( Yes, very; very low! Then to thy flag, s is, leave tiie, yo Whose button-liolcs ennobled be: Whose noees sniff the. coming gale j Who, every sun [bat's rising, hail, J honor but« vulgar tribe, For 1. can /eel, as well as gibe; I’ve flattered but the Spits of woe; I'mofabree'd Thnt’s low indeed. Yes, very, very low ! 7be vm M tr mips. tlw d l i o r o f the S iuk I? H ill l.lerskl, w h ile in a vein of H«lk T!*iuii,pe>j* m u rd tli*- foi rowing Jlites: She stood St die altar, 'All trembling nnd fair, . With * wreath on her brow, , , .And a pearl in her hair. •She stood at thealtnr, - , In a roiic tinged wiih sold. And diamonds tha* sparkled From each tiny fold: She stood at the altar, - That maiden ro fair. And her lips altered vows, But ber heart was not there. ••• She stood at the altar, But her brain it was racking, At the ^houghiof the mischievous Ment in her Hoiking ! •tks abore toartilnir line* / f l l ttWder th e e y e (if th e rflltor W<N W eililngiou gu it, * liu funtiwllli penned,Ibeaunrktd •wan fw e tl) t ' . , , He stood at the altar, (BecauM he’d no chair,) WithbrassringSoaHisfingers; And lard on his hair. Hestoodst the altar. With a watch in his fob, . . . A young whiskerando, As sth iig h t ss a «o#. . 7 He stood at the altar, In humanity’s guise— -A pin gracedbif didfy, Atidgoralef !>!• «!<*• Hestood at the altar, At ahrewd onet Jisvs said, . ,. , Withouteentvinhispocket, . •- Or tente in hi* head. ' I COOPERSTOWN, OTSEGO COUNTY, % Y , SATURDAY, JULY 3 ,1847. BfiUlc of Orlskany. BY J . I . H E A D L E Y . While Burgoyne was moving down through Lake Chattjplai.n, Baron St. Leger, who liad been despatched for the purpose, was hastening up the St. Lawrence aud Lake Ontario, to Oswego, from whence lie was to descend on Fort Schuyler, situated where Rome nqtv stands. The British army front New York wits to force our forts on the Hudson—Burgoyne those on Champlain and Lake George—While St.Leeer was to seize'Fort Schuyler and march down iiie Mohawk, and th is the three armies form a junction at Albany. The invasion was well planned and promised success, but it is onetliing to beat an army and quiteumotherto conquer the inhabitants. Though Schuyler had his hands full with Burgoyne, lie did not leave Fort Schuyler to its fate. H e called on lhe settlers of the Mohawk Valley to rise in defence of their homes. At first a general apathy followed His proclamation,and offended and anxious,.he wrote bitterly of the want of patriotism among the inhabitants, of Tryon county. At length, \however Gen. Herkimer issued a call, which brojse thc spoil, and the people flew to arms, St.* Leger’s army, con sisting of British, Tories and Indians, number ed in fill about seventeen hundred men. Tbeir order of march— the wild warriors in five col- umns far in front, and, the dense masses of English troops behind—presented a most pic. tiiresque appearance its they passed through tlte forest. Schuyler had sent Col. Gansevoort in the summer lo repair.tlie fort, and a constant cor respondence liad bee'll kept up between them tin the matter, The latter drew a clouuiy pic ture uftlieBtate of the garrison, of the. want of provisions, bullets, firelocks, ammunition and men, affirming it would be impossible to carry out the repairs and execute the worlds required it) his order, without reinforcements. Still he declared like a brave man as he was, that lie would give a good account of any force tbat sliould be brought against him. During the summer, reinforcements were, sent him with military stores, withoutWhich scarce the shad ow o f a tWenco emijd have been made. They arrived just in tijne.forscarcoly were they with, in the lort before the eneniy closed around it, and the forest rung witli the war-whoop oftiie savage. Tliis fort, formerly a strong ono, vvas notv in a very imperfect state, but within it beat seven hundred brave hearts, determined to bury them selves in its ruins, before those seventeen hun dred torics and savages should sweep over its ramparts. Blocked in on every side, thoy went to work with a determination and sktjl that cover their names with honor. They had no flag to wave over them and. stand a s a signal of defiance, and so cutting some ammunition shirts into white strips, while a cariilot cloak captured from tlie enemy furnished the blue, and various other materials the red, they juade a banner,, which they hniBted with shouts tu its place. A s it floated off in the breeze, three cheers wont up from tlie gnrrispp, telling tliat wild work would be done before it should be struck. On summing up tlieir means, thoy found they had but six weeks’ provision on hand, and hut, very little ammunition for the cannon— and thus supplied ihey commenced their heroic deron(e. On tite 3tl of August, St. Loger sat down boforo tho fort and sent a flag to tlie gar rison, demanding its surrender; but nut the humane otlbre, nor tli* ..threatened v-ungeanco of the savages if resort should be had fo storm ing, could shake their firm deteriuination to igld out to the laBt; and thenext dny tiie aiege commencod. The rifles o f the Indians picked off every man that showed himself above tlie work, while shells were ever and anon thrown over tho ramparts. Tho next day passed the same way, liut at riight that tnuftiiude~of In dians, ono thousand in number, surrouniled the walls, nnd covered by the deep shadows o f lhe forest, commenced at a given signal tho most terrific veils that ever froze lhe heart of fear. Tlie savage cry rung round the entire fort—a circle ol discordant cries and screams that could bo heard for miles. Suddenly it ceasotf, nnd death-like silence fell on the scene ; again it commenced, making lho night hideous with horrid echoes. Again it died away, and agtun commenced, end thus ilie livelong night did these demons scream tiieir war-wlioops, and death songs, nnd threats, in the cars of the listening.garrison, filling the soul with visions of blood and massacres. Many a dark tale wfis that niglit told, and each one knew from fliat moment what his fate would be,ir, overpower ed by numbers, they should be compelled to surrender. ' In the meantime, Gen. Herkimer, having raised nearly a thousand men, determined to march to their relief, and Sent an express lo Gansevoort, antfeuncipg itis approach to with in eight nules qf the enemy's camp- If Ilie express arrived safely, sbrefe cannon were to be fired as a signal, which lie supposed h e should be able to hear at that distance, The west, morning, Herkimer, Who was listening, heard these three guns as the echo slowly traversed the forest down the Valley o f tlm Mohawk. The plati was ttt cut Itis way through tlio ene- my’s canip. while. Gansevoort, in order to as; sist hini.Blibuid send half bis garrison forth to attack iton the other side. . Herkimer having readied tliis point, doubted the propriety of advarising on an enemy so much liis superior, and proposed waiting for reinforcements But Iiis officers overruled Itiin, declaring to Ills face that Itis hesitation afrrse froin cowardice. The bravo old veteran told them they would be Ihe first to run when (lie battle commenced, and bis words proved true. All his remonstrances veto o f ftowvnil; lie Was met at every turn by accusations and .in sults, uUiitenraged at their obstinacy and abuse, he thundered out “MAnciY on ' A loud shout was the response, and the (troops dashed taimihupnsiy forward. ‘ Iu files of two Jeep, Witli flanks thrown out on each side, and an advanced guard to clear the way, they moved rapidly on. St. Leger had heard of thoir ap proach,\and fearing to be attacked in luscainp, had sent out a portion of Johnson’s regiment, of Greens, some rangers, and a large body of Indians under Brnndf,to intercept tiiem. The road by wliich Herkimer tyasadvancing dipped iato a deep ravii.c about two iniles west, of Oriskany, (eight tittles from Whitesboro’) and crossed it by a .causey of lugs. This ravine wns somewhat circular, bearing away towards the fort. The ground in and neyond this half elbow or bendr-was slislitly elevated; Oil tlie west side the Indians had arrayed themselves, extending their file on the ravine each side of the- line o f inarch. The flanking detach- riicnts could not moveoulsidG of this dcfilo* so the-whole army pressed vigorously across the causey, and began to ascend the lugh grounds beyond. Instantaneously file savages closed ground tlieir rear, thus separating them from the rear guard arid tlto ammunition and baggage wagons. Herkimer was 'on horse- back, moving quietly along, when a sudden yell, that seemed to rise out of the very ground, swept iu one terrific echo entirely aroiund his army, followed by a flash of rifles and a gleam of tomahawks that made tho woods , Hriihant with light. The surprise was complete, and the Whole army Was thrown into disorder thaf no after eflfort could restore, Herkimer, calm and collected, sent his voice otrer the dm *no tumult to steady the ranks, and .with hisswcyd over h if hesd, sat fots riiotnent the rock or tne battle-field. The next moment s roueket hall [NUMBER LXV. pierced his horse,shattering his leg in its paes- age, and ha fell amid his followers, ' His aids immediately took the saddle from the dying steed, and fixing it against a tree,.placed the raed general ti|K»n it.. Tliefe,.bleedu.ig and . less, he calmly issued his orders,.while the ttie Of musketry, the yells of the savages, fd death-shrieks-of the fallen, made a scene of uproar and confusion terrific—indescribabie. His officers were dropping like leaves around him, and whole ranks of Iiis soldiers melted atvay in his sight, while, far as his eye could reach, Was one fierce death struggle. Here two pqvvcrful forms were rolling oh tfie earth, with hands on each other’s throats, and beside them two_ ofit ers wrestling for the mastery, While their muskets sw’ttng to and fro in the sir. Here a totrialiawk crushed into a skull.; ancl there a knife descended like a; flash into the bosom. Still not a ray of excitement or a shadow offeap passed over his iron countenance. In reply to. his officers, who wished him to remove to a place o f ’creator safety! ho said, “ I Kill fare the enemy!\ and coolly taking out a pipp, hejfilied it, and lighting it with some tinder, commenced smoking as quietly as if he were in his own house: Neither his mangled teg, nor the dusky warriors around1 liim.’or his own utterly broken troops, could disturb his equanimity, But that circle of fire and death kept gradually contracting, fprcingitis disorder^ ed ranks into a denser mass. Seeing that tliis would complete tho ruin* lie ordered Itis men to form inio distinct, separate circles, and thus prevent themselves from being crushed to gether, Having done this, their fire liegan to . tell with terrible effect. It searched tlie forest on every side, and the reclining forms of In dians and British soldiers, showed that the hour of retribution had come. Just tlien a dark cloud swept rapidly over the heavens, turning day into niglit, aiid filling the heavens' with gloom. The English commander now saw that a desperate effort must bo made to dislodge the Americans, aud in the midst-of- this gathering of tho elements, he orderetl the troops to caaso firing and charge bayonet.— Atwid the deep liusli that fell on the scene,\tlie rush and tramp o f charging ranks were heard; and the next\ monunvt the clashing of steel points against each other, aa bayonet-crossed bayonet in the close conflict,sounding like the ringing qf a hundred anviisr. Never did troops charge braver than they, aiid never was an. onset more firmly met. It was a deadly band, to hand figltt, ai>d many lay side by side with their bayonets in each otlior’a-beiains. Bui nothing could shake thq steady courage of the Amerttans, and they were on lho poinLofjmll.- ing back ihefoc. whon tho heavy cloud emptied itself On the battle-field in a perfect deluge of rain, and the combat ceased. The sudden si lence that succeeded was more awful than tfie loudest uproar. There aat Horkimer drenched with rain, while tlio two armies around him seemed suddenly to have been turned into stone. Tlie pattering o l the huge drops on the leavEBnfas distinctly lieard, and the low groans and cries for help resounding on every side. During this suspension, the woutujed geueriti ordered hfs men to occupy an advantageous pieco of ground, and form tltoinsolvc.it into tlto great circle, two behiud eachdree. Previously an Indian, whenever h e saw a flash from be- linid a tree, would spring forward and toma hawk the American liefora he could reload his piece; but afterward?, when two were together, th e ‘moment’he uncovered himself lie was dropped. At length the cloud rolled away, and the combat opened with ten fold fury. At this moment another detachment of Johnson's Greens were seen marching hapidiy up, and soon opened their fire. Tho Americans had now become perfectly maddened by the pro longed conflict, and the murderous work that had been made with their ranks. Pouring in volley after volley, a sihe steady troops advanc ed, they at length burst away frotn their cover, and with a terrible shout, fell nn them with the bayoi.et. Neither party gave way, and they mingled together in the embrace nf death.— Now transfixing a poor wretch with the bayo net, and now crushing in a skull whit tlie butt-, pnd of their muskets, or in closer conflict throt- lling tlieir antagonists,, and plunging the knife into their sides; they raged through tfie fight more like uncliaihed deriinris, than men,* and presented one of Ibe inost-terrific scenes ever furnished b y human pissipn. At lhat moment a firing was heard in ibedirectiun of the fort, sending joy ihrouEh tiieir hearts, for they knew their friends were sallying forth to tlieir fescue, and they sent a loud shout through the forest. Butler, who commanded tlie English rangers, now formed a plan tlinl well nigit jtroved lata! Io tlie Americans. Sending around a detach ment of Greenk with AmfeFican hats on, to make them appear like reinforcements from ihe garrison, lie suddenly caino upon Captain Gardenier’s company, Tlie lieutenant imme diately cried out; “ They are f r i e n d s “ No, mi,” replied'tllie captain, “don't you see tlie.r the Indian’s cry of flight, and the whole turned and fled. The Americans gave them one last volley, and then made tho woods ring with their hiutl hurrahs. A more bloody-battle, cou- sidering the number engaged, was never fought, arid the Americans remained yictors. ) Tlie garrison had rifade a brtve effort, for tlieir frietids.’ Soon as tlie heavy shower pass, ed by, Colonel Willett, atthe head of a detach- merit sallied forth with sucli impetuosity, that t.he enemy had no time to form before he was upon them, carrying Sir John Johnson's en campment, and capturing ail his pdpere, equip age, stores, and five standards?. But fmding himself exposed to be cut off by St. Leger, he was compelled to retreat into the fort. The captured, flags were hoisted on ttie; flag-staffl beneath their own extemporaneous banri.erjftnd as they dropped there in disgrace, the soldiers mounted the parapets and gave three hearty cheers. » Thus ended the battle of Oriskany, to stand forever as a monument of American valor.— But what a bloody’ field it waPS—there lay, white inan and savage, near a thousand of them scattered, around tlirough the forest- part pale in death, others reclining on their elbows, or sitting up against tlie'trees, moan ing .piteously for water. The bright uniform of the officer glittering beside thp naked body of tho Indian; and all around, thick as the leaves, were strewn shivered spears, broken ntuskets and neglected swords. Here Jay a. pile of fifty together, and there a solitary war rior wiiere tlie death sliot liad struck him.— Two would be found side by'side with tlieir bayonets in each other’s bosom; and near by, a white man and Indian born on the banks oi the Mohawk, their Jeft hands clenched in each other’s liair, the right hand grasping in a grip of death ttie knife plunged in each other's bosom—^faus thee lay FKowNiNG,” Days after the nattlc, the bodies still lay unburied, maojp-oftfEorn torn to pieces by wild beasts.-— The Americans, though victors, liad suffered’ too severely-to think of cutting their way through to the fort, and precipitately retreated, leaving tlieir dead unburiod ami carry ing their wounded general witli them. They bore hiin to bis own house near Little Falls, where death put an end to his suffering?. His leg little of as you do of your apron and plain Dover unbleached. ' ' The true aristocrats of the country are the producers. It would be better perhaps, if thero vvere not so many who live ort othefpeopies1 productions. But a claasofthis lurid w e in ust have, and so long as the producers feed thorn, it isaS'Well to allow tlio matter to pass without making much trouble rrbdut it. There is a portion of our laboring population who under stand their position. They perform the requi site rif labor in tleir business contented, happy and envying nobody, looking with green Syes upon no other .man’s business, and believing np other man’s business better thaii theirs. These men cannot rise from tiieir occupation to a seat in Congress. Their position is the highest, already, in society. These men are the nobfest among men. There is another class who feol differently. They perform their part with grumbling; full of envy and jealousy; continually longing for ‘some higher employment], arid wishing they stood^on a more ejevat e djp lat fo * m Jn sa$i$ly. Wrong as all'this is, ydt“th’e blame is not a l ways tribe charged upon them, ll i s chargea ble, in the greatest measure, upon another, ariJ the most pernicious, arid contemptible class in society. That class who are stuffed with false notions of dignity, manliness and worth, and vvlio seek, always lo impress upon their child*. reri that no man can he a irian wiio gets a. liv- ing by any other than ivhat titey are pleased to teriri the higher employments. Tliey ate horrified at the idea of tiieir son falling in love with shoemakers^ girls, and to allow a tailor to “ set up” vvith one of tlieir daughter?, would be a greater sin than connivance at her death. If a son desire from taste to become a median, ic, theireyes protrude With horror, and this vicious inclination must be broken o r the hoy is ruined. He must be educated, sent to col- •lege, made something of! lie is consequent ly put to that for which he has tto inclination, and. the boy who Ought have made a magnifi- cent mechanic, is nianufaclurcd into a foul in the “ higher walks of life.” . We go forTlie utter extinction, root apd branch, of this most miserable class. They are nrit fit to live. There is no such tiling as rising except in honor and worili- A man may commence life filing saws- lie files Ills green coats I” Coming steadily on, Gardenier hailed them, and one of hie men recognizjng an old acquaintance among tlieir ranks, ran up to him and held out his llantl, when lie was im mediately dragged within the lines, and iriade prisoner. He struggled manfully, however, to escape, and Gardenier’, Who saw fhe move ment, sprang forward, and with one stroke of his spear transfixed tiie> perfidious friend, and treed his inan. Others immediately rushing upon him, he struck one dead at his feet, arid wounded the second, arid was mriiirig tp flee when' three others sjifang upnn him. Strug gling desperately to clear himself, his spurs got eiitanglefUii iheir clotlies, qnd he tripped and fell; Two bnyonofs lirinriediately pierced Itis thighs,’ pinning hitn iq the earth, while a third vvas descendingio liis bosom. Seizing tliis wiih his left hand, lie wrenched it aside witha sudden effort, nnd bringing Itis foe, ait English lieutenant, upon Iiis breast, held him finnlv there as a shield- against tlie thrusts of tlie others. His lliiglis were pierced, his left hand cut to the hone by: tiio bayonet wlticlt had been drawn through liis grasp, yet he held his enenty.loqked in it is embrace. In this perilous position, some o fhis troops called out, “ Hold, lor God’s sake, Captain, you are killing your Irjends.” He siiooted bark, “Tlrey artrcrie-- mles; fire avvay!” Oherif Iiis men seeing Itis danger, rushed fortvartl to his rescue ; and Iio sootier Was tlte wouiided boro released, thair lie leaped toll is feet, ainl.seizinghis lance, laid his antagonist dead ix!sid.Oiiiini, ,theii fled back to his criinpany, Fotiring in one volley, Ihey rushed upon eacii other, in lliiit dreadinl hand to hand fight, which distinguished the warriors of ojd. Garden.ier slieutcd on his men, and deeds pf valor and personal prowess wero per- formed, never surpassed on any field of blood. A Ciiptaiii Dillenback, who had declared lie would net'er be taken alive, suddenly found himself opposed (o three English soldiers.— Turning like a lion upon, tiiem, ho Wrenched away Ins musket, which une of them had seiz ed, and felled him ata blow; thq second he shot dead, and the third bayoneted ; but scarce ly had the frown of rage given place to the smile rif triumph, before _a more distant shot struck him, and lie feliamld It is victims, to rise no more. For six long hours now had this murderous conflict razed, and nearly half of the entire army lay dead or wounded on thd field •, yet the remnant, weary and exhausted, had no thought of retreUing. Closing steadily on their Toes, they-pressed on, while the dis- tant firing every moment grew nearer, eendihg hope to their hearts. Suddenly, over the tu- was nmputatod, but the operation being (nt^-saws faithfully. I Ie is a temperate, honest nutl skilfully performed, lie hied lo duatli. °Like '■ ---------- ■* ’ ------- Moreau, Who smoked during the amputation of iiis legs after the battle of Dresden, Herki mer sat up iu bis bed smoking hts pipe as de- Ubemelyas. ite did on (be'tield of Jjattlc. To* vvyrds night the old veteran saw that his hour had come, for no effort could staunch the blood, which in if® steady flow was rapidly draining tlte sparces oflife, arid he ealfed forthe Bible. Opening at tiie thirtyeighth psa'tn, he read it with,a steady, unaltered voice to the end, and then resigned his soul Into the trends of Iiis Maker. “ Rising” in U t World, Under this significant caption theeditorof the Ver mont Patriot dncouTtca as follows, Kiting fonh truths thst it would be well to treasore in the memory, for he U indeed tbe truly great man who flits well the sphere in which circumstances hove placed him. \ The rank is but the guinea* stamp, \ A man's s man for a’ that.” ■Wpsaw it stated the other day, tliat a mem ber of Congress, from Tennessee, vyas former ly a Tailor, and tha inferottca tube drawn front the statement was, that ho had risen Irom a Tailor to a member ofCongresa! It strikes us us that all such talk is excessively deleterious to riur repit blieari society. Tho result of it is to teach mechanics that they are inferior to those who g et their living by their wits, ami lhat in order to rise in the world tliey must abandon tlieir business and seek their bread in some of tlte fashionable professions. Tlie truth, of it is,however, tlmt,although the learn ed professions-are necessary, yet thu producer, the mechanic, I lie great laboring class, inust of necessity stand first and foremost in the order of worldly things. Now, pray, show tis a worthier man than your Tailor, or your Shoo- maker or your Blacksmith, who labors honest ly through the day. in his vocation, doing like tv man, what he finds toilo—vylmt, in the man ner of making clothes, patching boots and shooing horses, is necessary should be done. Can this-man rise front his business to any other that he litny follow as a mere means ul getting a living] Your Law profession, your Medical profession, your Divinity profession, so f a r as they are ] used as the means e f a living, to tnako bread arid ' money out oil what better aro they thall your profession’ of Coat-mending, your profession uf Iiorse- sltoetBg, sr your profession of Shoc-making! Talk about a thrifty, honorable mechanic rising to a half-starved pettifogger, whom- society calls a lawyer, or to a spiritual blind guide cf a divine, or to a maker of rotten wood. pills called physician— bait! rising J We are no preacher o f agrarianism. The learned professions a r e a ll right,proper, useful and n e c e s s a r y ; but w h a t good is to be, nay, what evd iri not, accom plished b y inducing the shoemaker, the blackrimith, the printer, and such like ,to um lerstandthattheirbusiness is lower than that of tlte learned professions] Is (t n o F better for them to know tliat their professions aye also necessary, anti that it \is tlte manliness wiih which they labor in the call ing, and not ihe calling, that sliall bring to them “ c o n s c iences 'Void o f offence towards God and m an,” andentitle them to tile consid eration o f worthy and honorable members of society? You La w teacher, .and yoti teacher of Rel ig; ion, and you Physician, you are all necessary. The mechanic has ho time to devote io any- tliing rnqre than the general principles of your professions; h'e must trust you in the tua’ltere you profess; and lie does triist you; but none ofyour airs, gentlemen ! for the old shoemaker and the jacket. buiMer are just a* necessary as you are. They need you and you need them; let it be so understood then, and so agreed. Yon know a great deal that they do not know.;, but they are up tq you, for they know a great deal that you do not know, and without tlieir knowledge of shoetmk'tng,-house-bmldfhg, nail- making, und such like, you would be poorly off It ought lo be said, however, to a. portion of the laboring people who are continually cfyirig,: out 'against those wlirtrri-small demagogues rep. reseiit to them to be aristocrats, that you often do very great wrong when you hear such cries. You do, often, still greater wrong tvlteif you fancy that every professional man feels above you. It is, nine cases out of ten, mere fancy; for wo tell you, and you must hear ue, in this matter, for,we are defending you, now, it is all mere fimcy. You will meet now ami tlien, a tilings of starch nnd rattan, Who gives hiinself airs nnd turns rip hist\ nosojit you ; but who made you a fool that you should inindjiitn! Do you get triad: and fnel envioustovvards your cock turkey becatiso he spreads his wings and struts about yon and fills your ears with his gobble ! gobble! gobble! Wo tell you that no true man ever feels above any other man. You lancy sometimes as you stand inthe door of your workshop, and see a man tide by with a ruffle in his bosom nnd a gold watch in his pocket, (hit h e is an aristocrat wd feels above you I Tint-follows as 4 matter of course by no manner of means. Tne ruffle, the gold watch, dbe.,mriy be mere matte** o f habit, of education, things tp which he haa beeitaccus. tomed from childhood, end which he thinks as worthy man, as much so as it is possible for him to be. By.and-by ho finds ho lies a ca pacity to file othor things titan saws;, and farther on, by mending with fifes lie learn*to make witli fifes; still farther lie becomes a machinist and making learns to improve and invent. lie takes out patents—becomes in his business the most noted, praclical man of liis time, and his friends, toshovv tlieir respect for him send him to tlie Legislature, to Con gress, and forthwith certain fools talk o f his rising from asaw-filer to a member of Con gress! Simply, his sphere o f usejulntst was extended, and by just as muylt aa lie is loss proud, inure humble, moro honest and faithful, lie is exalted, has lip risen and no more. It people knew more of what they call rising, they Would ciye it another name. How many n tnan who hns risen to wliat the world coils the highest stations, looks back from the top most round, and sees, that, sp far nialJ the es sentials of manhood are concerned, every step np has been two steps down, and who would not give, all his high honors, if it were possible for him to rise to hit old station of.aliajipy and honoot saw filer. It were better for us all te 'understand tints matter o f profession and station; to know and believe, that the ntah dignifies the station and not the station the man; that to him who horf- estly and faithfully performs Iiis pari, whatev er it inay be, consideration, respect nnd h o n o r - nre due, and lo teach the rising generation to trust to theso last and not to mere nation, for credit and esteem. F r o m tlie K e w Y u tk , E v t n i n ; l*n«t. The New Supreme Court & itsRuleiof Pmtico. By the 24th section of the “ Act in relation to the Judiciary,” it is inatlo the duty of the Judgesofthe new Supreme Court, at a general term to ho ffeld qt Albany on tho firet Monday of July, “ to establish, revise, alter and amend the rules of said court.” The 16th section of tlie same act gives to that court and its judges the same jurisdiction and powers previously possessed by ihe Court of Chancery and tlie Chancellor, the present Supreme Court and its judges. Wliat power to reform the practice of the law these courts have hitherto hnd may he seen by 'a reference to the revised statutes, which not only empower, but direct the judges or tlie present Supreme Court periodically, to “rcviso the rules of the said court, witli a view to tlie attainment, so fara-tmay be practicable, of the folibwing improvements lit the practice:— , “ l.'Tlie.abolisfimg of fictitious and urine. cessary process anti proceedings.’* ” 2. Tlte si np1ifyiiigafidabreviatingofplead‘ ings and proceedings.” “ 3. Tlto expediting the decision of causes.” “ 4. The diminishing of costs,” and “ 5. Tlto remedying of such abuses and Inf* perfections as may Ife found to exist in the practice, in any class of actions, cognizant in snid court.” There is an equivalent prevision, in respect lo the Court of Chancery. The power iff the present Supreme Court and Court of Chancery lias, therefore, been ample. More comprehensive authdriiy, short of a delegation of tite entire legislative control over the subject, could scarcely bo given.— Indeed there has never been a time since 1(330, when ihe two courts miglit not liave given a praciice as simple as that of CounccUcut or Pennsylvania, - T h e s e courts, how e ver aregono. By the force of a reform ing impulse, not tlie least e le ment in w h ic h w as a desire.for the reformation of legal abuses, a new court has come into existence, with thepotyerof both the old, with an immense increase of num e rical force, and with it is to be hoped, reform ing tendencies. T h e rules it is about tp adopt Will show what are its inclinations and how m u ch we are to expect from it, - I Ye have, it is true, a .commission, whose duty it is to make a more thorough reform than is within the competency of ilie court.— But that is to last a considerable time, certain- iv to 1849, and may possibly be contiitucd.-— There is no probaliifity that the new system which is to abolish the distinction of action, and bind law and equity together, wi|l bit e n acted by the legislature, so as to go into' efiect, for three years to come. Meahiiune, there is no reason why tho old abuses should remain; none indeed, why they should stand a month; and the path to amore libetnl system will be made easy by rriforms now Begun- Changes without reason, changes for the sake of change, certainly, no one should Wish, as none should desire, hut when evils are pressing anil'abuses; multiply, there is no good cause why we sliould wait till ive can sweep litem all avyay a t onee. It seems far wiser to remove thp wornt we can, and all of llierfl as fast as possible. Tliere is no jncompatibility between a partial change now and the greater cliurige hereafter; one will easily and naturally slide into the other. Tho high authority o f the court itself, the success which I doubt not will attend the effort, the favor which reform wiil acquire with the profession, sll these will prepare the way for future change tobe well received. In truth, all things considered, it would be most unfortunate, if the new court which tlm people have created; iii their itnria. lienee with the old, ehould ulther set itseifm opposition to tbe reforms demanded! or by its silence or acquiescence in things as they are, givecouiirenanee iDTamt-WpTHiers- *\ There are some change's indeed which the court must, of necessity, provide for, as, for in stance, that vvliiclt concerns the mode o’ taking testiinony in equity cases. Hitherto the proofe liave been taken, in writing, at an examiner’s office, where, alter a tedious^ process, huge\ bundfes- of evidence were prepared, to he taken tb'ence irfto court and read to tiie judge who was to decide the facts. The constitution has put an end to this practice, Testimony Utust now be taken in equity cases as in cases at law, tiiat is, beforeihe judge himself. The judici ary act, just passed by the Legislature, to or ganize and perfect tlie system o f the constitu tion, has directed special terms of the court to bo held by single judge's “ to take testimony arid hear ami detcrntiiie suits and proceedings In equity,” but it seems not tq have provided thit the same judge who'takes the' testfistony shall decide upon it. This is Jeft to be provid ed for hy the court itself; and, in doing so, it is to be hoped it will be made an invariable rule, tlmt tiie same judge shall hear ihe wit nesses, who is to-pass'upon tlieir credibiiityand the force of iheir evidence, If IThe netso pro vided, we shall ipse the Whole behefit of the constitutional provision, and one of jhe best helps towards determining the vifiue of testi mony, that is, the appearance and manner of a :witness; and we shall also go back to the .af- uiost interminable delays arid ruinous expense .of a chancery examination. Besides tliis change, wlticlt tho-court must provide for, thjere are others, which it can arid ought to make. It should rid the pleading, the written allegations of tlie parties, of their ;verbiage, their uncouth expressions, and their repetitions. Tlie jargon of law papers have been the subject of ridicule, in all agea of our literature. 'Thero is no need of one word of it. The power of the court is sufficient to banish ir, aiid. all tliat it need do for that purpose is to establish a few rules ant! well digested forms. It can discourage pleas interposed merely for delay. Defendants now plead Where they have tio defence, and know thnt they have none; aud even when there happens, to bo one, they are allowed to set it forth in terms so general as to give the plaintiff no idea of what is in tended to be proved. The power of tho court, it. cannot bo doubted, is competent to correct ihis abuse, by requiring every defendant who pleads todisclose bis defence, and to give some evidence, by his own oath or otherwise, that he adranccs il in good faith. The “common orders,\ as they are ealfed, should he abolished; that is, entries in the courts’ minutes, purporting to be orders of the couat, wliicli the court never makes attd never secs, and which are entered by tho parlies ax a matter of couTSe. Was there ever anything more absurd 1 If there is no necessity for the court making an order, Iherri is no itecessi y for saying that it has made it. And yot our practice is full of these onlersf'* In fine, lot the court dispense witli unneces- carry orders, notices and forms; abridge the written proceedings; discourage special mo tions; encourage amendments; sot its face against unnecesfnry delays; listening sparing ly to excuses; and show itselF in harmony with tlie movement which brought it into ex istence. If its powers fail short of that radical reform Which the time demands, it c sn nevertheless accomplish a vast amount of good. W e have hitherto adhered more closely ilian any other uf the States, to the strictest forms o f the old English common law; losing on the ono hand ihe Jilteral principles of the civil few procedure, introduced by iho Dutch colonists, nnd on the oilier rejecting tlie Puritan contempt o f forms. Ii it not time that we recoveretl a little of both, so long banished by the exclusive spirit of Eng lish domination 1 D. D. F. Tlie Gainsfille Tragedy-Trial and Acqnilal ot Col. Winston. Otir readers will recollect the drcndfulTrag- cdy tliat took place a short time ago in Sump- ior county, Alabama. John Anthony Winston, late Elate Senator and President o f Senate, and a candidate lor re-election in Augustnexi; shot Dr. S .S, Perry,nf file same county, and wound ed him mortally, so that he died within an hour. L'ul. Winston used a double barrel gun, shoot ing but one barrel—the charge entering the abdomen of Perry. Tlie cause was jealousy on: tlie part of Winston, upon what hesupposed to be justifiable ground. Dr.‘Perry, dfter being shot, and while in ex- tremis, reiterated in tlie most solemn manner Ins protestations of entire innocence of the crime ior winch lie had been killed. The Montgomery Journal contains tho foi- lowing account of the trial of Winston that took place olt the 12th of June. It is very general in-its statements, though without doubt tiie results arc correctly ineniioned; G a ixsville, June 12, 1847,^—Dear J —The great convulsion in the public mind has par-: tidly subsided. Col. Winston itas had his hearing before the magistrates, -which was de layed until yesterday, in order to give the frietids of tite deceased lime to procure coun sel, which they failed to do in this county, and also in Greene. J. G. Baldwin finally agreed to sit by, and see that the investigation vvas conducted legally; Sc-ott am! Inge lor the de fence. Yesterday morning, at § o’clock, the court sat in the old lecture room, wliich was filled to suffocation nearly, and many of the people could not get in. The examination of the wit nesses lasted until-dinner time. There wore about four tec o o r fifteen. Only one for the State Was put upon lbe.stand--—the killing being admitted. The evidence for the defence was even stronger than had been represented about the streets. It revealed a caso that for blackness.aiul guilt, deep and damning in all its features, has no parallel in the catalogue of crime in all tliis country, nor perhaps in any civilized country in the world. The evidence was clear, conclusive and- abundant, of the cautious approaches of the doctor, vvlule weaving the web tliat eventually succeeded in his getting complete possession of the heart and person of this unfortunate wo man. You can.rot imagine thc amount o f feel ing that pervaded every ramification of society, froin tlie rfergy tothe dandy—all, all on the; side of Wluston ; and ably did his attorneys appeal to the feelings of every triarncd man wiio loves honor, rind to every brother and father. The audience were melted to tears, again and again, during the investigation and pleading. Wlien the case was concluded and given to tho Court, a deep silence pervaded the entire assembly, as in the chamber ol death; but1 when; after some minutes' consultation, Col. Dandridgo said that the Court discharged Col. Winston, a shout went up from the old lecturo,rooip that rept the very air. There was a general rejoicing and congratulating each other among the crowd, and a general ruait- to greet the Colonel wno wept like a child- II is course is, I understand, fixed. He Will send her (o her friends in Tennessee, make ample provision for her support, and move forth- with for a divorce- . . , , , 4 , 1 stated to you in my last that the plot be tween the Hector and Mrs. W . went so far as toembrace the destruction o fthe husban^ofthc one and the wife ®f tbo other- . T b a t tmfijoct- ure wM-true ; s;uch was certainly the case. Ferry Was to draw Winston into a fight arid .g e t the firs t s h o t; for w h ic h pursase he feiurried S s ix barrel p istol* W h e n M r s . W . w t Y a f lu id by her confidant w h a t t h e y w o u ld d o w ith M r s . F e r r y , as th e y could not' m a r r y , as Dr. PenrJ w a s a m a rried m a n , s h e replied, “ O , w e c a n g e t s h u t o f h e r e a s y e n o u g h .\ i • I can t give yo u the evidenced b a t o n e i t t i n , ? ®a«*P*e» * will attempt to give. Ori the 22d of February* last, there-wars twrfv at the American Hotel. Mrs. W. came with the little girls—walked into the parlor. * Brr^erryiooii came, and inquired for Mrs. WV. No sa 1 fad tion being given him, he pushed thr mgh into the parlor, and took his seat by her. The ladies al! retired to the ball-room except Mrs. W.and the Doctor, lie protesting that her health was too delicate to dance, and that she was under hts charge as family .physician. It was noticed aqd spoken of by gentlemen present. Late In the evening, Airs. S , a relative, and Mr. Mt., Went 'together to prevail on her to come up into the ball room. The Doctor refused and said that Mrs. S. and Mr. M.’s room would be good company. The lady said, the Doctor will not let nte go. Mrs. S. told her that she would tel] John Anthony of her conduct. No more attention vvas paid to them until about 2 o'clock in the morning. After the party had broken up, lhe ladies all gone, the family in bed, and the lights out in' aii the rooms except the bar, some of the boys’ were drinking and singing, when out cams Perry and Mrs.W. fronfthe dark parlor, (where the boys had no idea any one was;) both went! upstairs to her sleeping.room together, (fox he? carriage bad been put up for her to Bt-av all’ night,) and when Dr. Perry left tliat rooajjg- ponentsaitb not. This is only one of raanyT\ transactions proven. # A copy of M rs. lleman's poetical works was presented hy the Doctor to Mrs. \Y., vvith a, verse on page 209—“ Dark lowers our fate’* . — marked; and 238—“ As are our lives,” Sic. — both from Joanna Baiiey. P. S.— Mrs, Winston leaves, under tliecharja of E. W.Pettus; on Alonday next, for the resi dence of lier friends at Somerville, Fayette co, t-. Tennesse, Iipr maiden name was Mary W ... Longvvood. t Perry’s widow’has left here:. She says s|i» is satisfiedctf PorryfegOilt, as does Jadge Hatir ' intan, her brother-in-law. The wedding ring;, of Mrs, W . was found by Judge H. this morn ing, and handed over. This ring was the gilt of Col. W. wlien he plighted his faith. Perry had worn it publicly in tiie streets vviUflier in itials on it. Col, W. made his'vvill before he met Perry. He will continue ip the field for the Senate, with more favorable prospects than ever. From tlieXoiHlon Chronicle, May I? ' The le a n of England o l the Progress o t tin - United States. The reduction of tiie city o f Vera Cruz, and \ its hitherto inipregnubie-citadel, the Castle o f San Juan d’Uiig&faby the United Slates force?,, of which .w^efjhave received intelligence, mer its a higher degree of attention than any of oiir morning contemporaries has thought it necep . sa.ry to bestow upoq the event. We regard it; as an event, of the most serious interest to Eu rope generally, and more particularly to thii country—-an event immeasurably riaoro Ini- portent and interesting than the diplomatic a?- cendency in Greece, or Lhe fute of the civil war in Portugal, about which so much issaid and written. W e are not informed ofthe siege or assault hy.-whicli the United States forces have mads tins most important acquisition; forthe wretch, ed system of economy tliat pervades all. our public arrangements,’haa resiricted all our reg,: ular communications from the United Statei to one packet monthly, and it is by a pilot wiio boarded a French packet in the channel, that wc obtain intelligence, ofsueh momentous in terest ob the reduction by our rivals of the Gibraltar of the West. Of tho fact, however, that Vera Cruz and San Juan d’Ulloa have fallen into the hands of the United States, them can be no doubt. VeraCruz itself is notin population a city of very great consequence; its situation being unhealthy, in a comparative* ly barren district, and its population\rated at 16,000 persons by the highest estimate; but it is the greut entrepot of the trade of Mexico, whatever that trade may amount to, and wiih Tampico, its only commercial port. It is not, however, with reference to if* In- trinsfe worth or to Mexican commerce that thi* ■ acquisition is valuable to the United States, or menacing to the interests of Europe.. It is in tho light of a military post that we could wish our readers to look tp the fortress of which our rivals hate obtained -possession. 'San Juan d’Uiina, situated unnn a rocky Island, at a dis- tance of 800 or 1000yatds frpm the shore, and strengthened with-fortilkations at the enor. tnnus cost of eight millions sterling, fs proba bly, tlte strongest fortress in the world ; it rnmmands completely the city and harbor of •Vera Cruz, and with New Orleans, will g i r t <to ifs masters the command r f the whole, g u lf of 'Mexico, and o f (he IslnUd n f Cuba, which must fall as soon as i t shall suit the pleasure o f tht norihern-republic to seize upon i t ; and ereri while lhe republicans m a ybe good enough to spare Cuba, the possession of Vera Crux will give them the command o f the whole West India trade, an advantage o f which w e must dread the effects in any future war, and which, therefore will not disincline the States lo seek a cause of ~ quarrel. '*■ We do not anticipate that.llie United States wili succeed inthe subjugation of Mexico, or charge them witlt the lolly of contemplating that object. We believe that thev have now obtained tlte end of all their desfreB; that in fact the acquisition of Yera Cruz and its im, pregnable castle has been from the first the end of all thoir military operations-^aad this •- end they have obtained, while we Iravo heen rambling for adventures inthe courts of Lisbon, Atlteiisand Madrid, or^ spinning schemes of political economy at home. Even now “ tho best public instructors,” as they are pleasantly called, can see 'nothing in the acquisition ofari impregnable forlress ori the sottlh-of the Gulf of Mexico, answering to New Orleans on the north, by a rivai and riot very friendly power. As u e have said, we know riotitiiig of the cir, cumstarices of the acquision, ,tiut as.otly a few days can have beep consumed-m-making. if, we must assume that so strong n fortrcs* _ as Sari Juan d’Ulloa must have been obtained by the treachery or cowardice for those who ought to haye defended it—a warning how lit tle chance tltere: is of its ever being recovered by its late owners. No—the United States wiil hold it to the-last as the.i.r Gibraltar of lhe West India Seas, and we shall feel the conse quences, - ----- FronitbeMonilncCbnwltclei The courage displayed by the Anglo-Amer icans throughout the action at Certo Gordo, i* unquestionable, and yet it does riot ^aroear tq have been a bloody ono, on eith,er_s)(ie,_. ^ official return gives as the total of the Anglo- American less 43 hilled and 265 wounded. The Ires of the Mexican* in killed and wound- ed is rated by General Scott only at about 350 on the field of battle, td which numberof course be added thaj of those who vvere cut down on the retreaf to Jalapa. The opinion entertain'- ed by, the United States officers of the powers of resistance of tlieir opponent jinny be inferred; from Gen. Scott’s orders issued to the various' generals of division on the day preceding the action. Never, III the directions issued by any ofthe greatest European commanders, do we re member to have serin a greater confidence manifested in vhatmnust be the result ofhis operations’. Success is assumed On every point, nnd tbe direction to be tpken by riacn division, after forcing each point of the Mexi can intrencluncnts, is a* clearly marked outas though the riesuit had already taken pl*ce. W e arri bound t o s a y that th e unlim ited cdn> fidence placed b y G e n . S c o t t in th e troops Uis* d e r his cotrim a n d , has boopi jostifletj b / t h e e v e n t. H i s v i c t o r y a t Gertri> Oorda.sppeajs tei have, b e e n hy fa r the m o e t brilliant aflfoir-Cjftho war. H e de*cri(fe* him s e lf ss b e ingsh s d K ife ; \
