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ig‘égé’fi'éeklé > is the village of Cohoes, RY - “mixw'ywby , _- Avars « co. - R. S. WINARS, Editor, 2 wall amii ne dome s/ F is 'T'gans-1,50 por year, payable quarterly in advance. e - - RAPES FOR ADVERTISING : | with Paper, . . $20 a 0-0 35 10 & COne:-column, one years Half -do o do doe Chiarter o do do .' Husigess Card, of Eight lines or less, 4 year, 8 Onesquare, or 16 lines-One insertion 50 cts. -sndfor each subsequent insertfon, 25 cts. __.. - JOB PBEEmOIs® _ «Gf avery description executed at short Notice add at aglow rates as can be done in Troy and Albany, and in a style not inferior. PATRICK MeENTIE, PEALER IN FANCY AND STAPLE] . RY GOODS. On Remséa street; 24 door below Onetda-atreet . Keése-constantly-on hand for sale a general as- . martument of. Goods, to which the attention of punchasernis invited, e >- __ s. H. FOSTER, | _ .. ATTORNEY AT LAW, \C | AND HOLICITOR IN CHANCERY, COHOES, N. Y. Over J. G. Burnap's Store, corner of Mohawk and Oneida streets. , __. MILLER & VANSANTYOORD, - Attorneys at Law, ANB SOLlGIiToORS IN - COHOES, N, Y.> J.W .c J. VaxsanTvooRrp. . DR. C. F. GOSS, Ofice on Remsen street, next door to Hol- lister & Co's Store. Cohoes. ° pine J. D. LUFFMAN, - KANUI’AGTUBEB AND DEALER 'IN Tin andS heet Iron Ware, Ailkints Jotbing and Repairing done at the notice and on reasonable terms. > * COHOES CLOTHING STORE. TWINING & ALDEN, Bealers in Ready Made Clothing. - Clothing eutaud made to order by an experienced work- ~- man, at short notice, A general assortmeut of Cloths on hand. _ Reisen street, 3d door below Oneida street, Cohoes. J -H. W. SHIFFER, (Successor To J oun C. Van ScuoonxovEn Druggist & Apothecary, Dealer in French & English Drugs and Chem- feals, Foreign gina Americ..n Handkerchief Ex- tracts, Fancy Brushes, Soaps andCosmetic¢s, ' 458 BROADWAY, ALBANY. and Family Recipes accurate» ly pap-axed. ~ waging & ROBBIng, KEEP ON HAND lou Frenh and English Cloths and Cassimeres TVESTINES, &0. which they will make to order at short notice sn Remsen street, 3d door above Oneida street, Cohoes. _ - H. R. HAWKINS: DRUGGIST & APOTHECARY. Dealer in Paints, Perfumery, Brushes, Fan- ey Articles, &c., corner Mohawk and Oneida streets, Cohoes. + A. L. PHELPS, Barber & Hair Dresscr, Bhop in the basement of the Cohoes Hotel. H. A. & G. R., BENTON. AUCTION svyORE, Store No. 389 & 291 River street. Tr y. HURD & KENDRICK, o Dealets in Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, store on Mohawk sireet, opposite T. Ken. - drick & Son's. A..C. LAWTON & CO., Dealers in Teas, Molasses, Sugar, Coffee, Spices, Pork, Lard, Hams, Butter, Fish, Sait, Peas, Beass, Nuts, Fruit and all kinds Bird Beed. No. 74 1-2 Congress street TROY. \JONES & SOUTHWORTH, Dealers in Fancy and Staple Dry Goods. Gro- eeries, Crockery, Glass ware, Boots and Shoes, &e\ &c. Remsen st. Ist door below Oneida-st. Cohges. _ W. H. HOLLISTFR & CO., Dealers in Groceries, Provisions, Wooden & : . « . > Warez Grain, &c. corner of Remsen and Onei- |- 8 fame“; Guhees. ¥ om CAW & QUACKENBUSH ' __ Dealers in Dry Goods, Family Grocerie Boots. Shoes, Rubbers, Caps, Yankee Notion Kei Remsen street, 24 door above Oneida st Cohoes. J. G. BURNAP, Healer in Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, series, &c, corner of Mohawk and Oneida st FT. KENDRICK & SON, Dealers in all kinds Groceries, Provisions &c. corner of Mohawk and pactory. sts. F. W. FAENHAM, Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Cutlery, Glass Ware, Mohawk street, 2d door aboye:Qneida street. . coOHOES HOTEL, ._ K PT BY R. WILLIAMS. T1235 Hotel has recently been entarged and the xoprietor is prepar :d to accommodate Par- ~Ales.of Pleasure and the Traveling Public in ge- neral, and no efforts will be omitted to make his @stablishmenat an agreeable and pleasant home to every * WHITE, OLMSTED & CO., . alers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Crockery,. Glassware, &c., Mohawk street, 1st door above Mohawk Mill, Cohoes. M. H. & W. B. FRAS Book Binders and Blank Book Mangi’turers I6 River street, ' TROY. Music and Periodicals bound in every variety Binding. . ___ ,A SNYDEB, Dealerin al} kinds of Coal. Also Pig Iron Fire Brick, Clay and Sand, Also Western Balt, Water Lime and Western Plaster, Of ' Sed and yard on Front, below Ferry-st», Troy Payable Quarterly) VOL. 1. Written for the Cohoes Advertiser. 0, I AM HAPPY NOW ! BY M. C. H. womameament O I am h \ppy now, the air is very mild | I am so ffiggf happiness I feel quite like a child ; The sweet south wind is blowing soft and playing with my hair, , A soft cloud saileth past the sun, O all is very fair. I am very happy now, the sun shines in my door; , And puss lays purring on thethe clean wash'd -_ floor; . A soft toned brook runs purling by between two banks of sod, e , And on the barn two doves are cooing praises up to God. O IL am ha now, the bucket in the well, Whose rib€32g sides and rusted bands of \Auld Lang Zyne\ doth tell, K is hanging there and dropping there in soft and liquid tones. All down the sides of that old well, all down the massy stones. O I arf very happy now, the old clock on the wall Is’ticking’ as it used to tick when I was very small ; It points us to Eternity, and warns us to pre- pare, But I am very there. happy now, and trust to be so my wife is happy too, f am very happy now, as all good She's singing all about the house, wives should do, And ever and anon she murmurs in mine ear, How very much she-but she says I must not write that here. OI am very happy new, the grass is very 1gn, - . 'The clover smelleth sweet, the swallows clip the sky ; , My muse is singing drowsily, my pen can hardly. creep, Good-bye, I'm going, ly to sleep. going now mest happi- Cazenovia June 1847. IF THERE WERE NO PRINTERS ! BY E. M. HEIST. vunssmasssmmens Old English Gentleman.\ The Printers! Ho! I sing to them. I dedi- cate this lay ‘ 'To those who ply the nople art, which like the sun's bright ray. Gives light and happiness to all, and shines the wide world through ; -on : ir there were no Printers, what would the people do 1 The rilqlitician, then indeed would be a sorry thing, For thers would be no daily sheet, election news to bring; And he would have to wait for it, perhaps a month 0 0; Oh! if amine no printers, what would the peop * Thesenator and member too, might bid fare. well to fame, Were not one found to print their thoughts- their mighty deeds proclaim ; Their speeches made for \Buncombe\ they'd find to be \no go !\ Oh! if there were no Printers what would the wise men do ? The page:l and the novelist might lay aside their uill«- Givequp their toil and study, and bid their brains be still ; For who would read their manuscripts, or ev- er look them through ? Oh! if there were no Printers what would our authors do-? The merchant every day might get new styles and fresh supplies ; But were no papers to be found wherein to advertise, He'd find his stock grow very large-his dol lars very few; > Oh! if there were no Printers, what would the tradesmen do? | The ladies too-God shield them well, and 8 bless each gentle heart ! How they would grieve if to the world was lost the Printer's art ; For there would come no magazines each week with fashions new ; Oh! if there were no Printers, what would the fair ones do ? Then honor to the Printsas!-to whom I give this lay! To those who ply the noble art, which like __ the sun's bright ray, Gives light and happiness to all,and shines the wide world through . For if there were no Printers, whar would the people do ? CONTENTMENT. Withhthe blessings I have, my wants are but three ; Most siméle and definite. nothing wild, I ask for no more than is needful to me- A husband to love, and a cottage and child. ~-amenammus + THE NIMBLE SHILLING. A SKETCH OF EARLY HISTORY. BY SOLITAIRE. During the last war, when the \Ran- gers were on duty through Western Ill- inois, whiskey was a deplorable scarce article, and the money to purchase it, when found was equally hard to obtain.. Among the old Rangers the \corn juice\ was considered as necessary to subsist- ence as \corn dodgers,\ but having recei-. ved no pay for a long period, their small stock of funds had entirely run out. In mean pime an old dealer had succeeded 'in raising two barrels of the comfortable: liquid, and erected a small shanty pear “COME AND TAKE ME.”'~;~General Taylor. the camp, where his shingle, in chalked capitals, declared that 'WHISKEY IS ARRIV AT SIX SENSE A S00.\ Major Murdock, one of the ol& veter- ans, had for two days, in a wofully atched state, been searching his kiverin' for a stray bit that he knew was some- where about him, but all his efforts to chase it up appeared unavailing-there were so many patches in his hunting shirt that it was impossible to find the one which he had made a pocket to con- tain the precious coin, and at last he had given it up. - He tried to get trusted for two drinks until he could find it, but the owner of the shanty knew better than to trust any of the crowd. \Try again Major,\ said a dry crony, who knew the circumstances; \try again never give up a good cause, a shillin' in silver now is woth gold anuther time. The Major did try again, and at last down in the seam at the tail, the. major discovered the joker, and perhaps he hailed the discovery with a yell of satis- faction. ~ \Now Bill,\ says he, \we'll give that old feller's barrel a rip for two inwigora- ters, and no dispute.\ They accordingly adjourned to the shanty, and called for the medicine. The owner looked at the major doubtfully,but when he displayed the bit, hesitation van- ished -he instantly drew the \sucks handed them over, and took the change. The first taste brightened the Major as keen as an Indjan. He observed while drinking that the dealer placed the mon- ey on a little shelf behind him, and just above his head: it was within reaching distance, too from his stand beside the temporary counter; -upon this discovery he at once acted. _ \Well railly,\ says be, \that stuff is suthen like; thar's a body to it that tickles a fellar's a vitality at the extreme pints. Bill,\ added be, \I could fight Ingins at half wages ef they'd ony feed me from such cows milk as is in that barrel. I do think we'll go another.\ Bill signified assent but looked at the Major with some surprise and enquiry in his countenance, as to where he would find another bit; but the old ranger soon opened his eyes wider. The dealer had no sooner stopped to draw from the bar- rel than the giajor picked the shilling off the shelf, and paid it over again for the drinks. ' \I know'd you hed money, Major,\ said the dealer, \ef you could ony con- sent to shell it out, you're gittin con- sarned close-fisted in your old days.\ The Major laughed at the remark as he replied : \Well you're a cunnin sarpint, Jo, and bound to make suthin' out of us fel- lars. I declar that licker is so tremen- gus that it's sot me cravin in my in- nards ?\ «Don't give it up yit, Major,\ eqimed the dealer; \ther's more whar that come from, and jest of the same brewin.\ I knew you hey ben sufferin' fur a taste these few days past cause you didn't like to \open and I hated precious bad to refuse you; but whisky costs a powerful sight afore it gits here. \We will just take aunther atom of a drink and then lumber,\ says the willing' Ranger. ~The shilling was picked off the shelf and went through the same process again with equal satisfaction.- After swallowing another round the Ran- er smacked his lips, made a move to- wards the door, and turned back again. \I thought you'd think better of it Major\ said the dealer; such stuff as this don't stay long in these diggins.- You'll go another, I guess ?\ \Well jest one more, says the Major, \I declar I think it war some sech licker that temped Adam, instid of an apple' as the Scriptur\ says. It is all-sufficiently inticin' to tempt a coon out of a holler log ef the dogs wur arter him ?\ In reaching for the shilling this time the Major was so eager, and and a little excited withal, that he propped it down right before the owner of the shanty. \Hello !\ says he; \that thar shelf must be gittin' crowded when they are droppin, off -or is this yours Major ? \It's yours now,\ answered the Ran- ger, for these last drinks; and Jo, yur, is wishin' you may git so often.\ \Thanky Major,\ said Jo; \T'll drink that myself,\ and so he did. The Major and Bill retired with the honors and, as thay were passing through | the doort-Jo was feeling on the shelf for his shillings, but the hunting skirt coin was all that the search produced. \Bit by thunder !' exclaimed he, and coming to the door, he shook his fist af- ter the old Ranger exclaiming ,,I might hev know'd a pizen old Ingin killer like you hed no money and consarn you, shant hey anuther suc out of this barrel el your old melt and gizard was frezen\ inside on you.\ -Revelle. (~The General Assembly of Rhode Island is now in session at Newport. COHOES, ALBANY COUNTY, N. Y., TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1847. borxmTrRractiInca. This sgbject is intimately connected with esfirfating, as a department of buil- ding fm hich there are great abuses that loudly call for correction. Many owners incapable of judging what would B‘éfggthq most agreeable to their taste when it is completed. Such are of- ten toofripal in their examinations and determifiagons to employ an architect to inform theto, and show them what they need; thegefore they will use various means to draw out of an architect or some one#ho assumes to understand the subject, &tatements of facts, that will serve theig purposes, without rendering themselveg. liable to pay for the informa- tion which they seek. It is toft,common in building for pro- prictors tgsontract with builders without the aid of an architect. An eorrneous opinion prevails, that in this way they can save money. When this course is adopted, 1% usually proceeds on plans that are not matured, partial specifica- tions and general estimates. The con- sequences are multiform and disasterous. In the progress of the work, it is discov- ered that the plan does not comprehend so full an gccommodation of the family as is desired, hence, deviations from it are likely to be required, which occasions ex- tra charges. 'The chief control of the construction which the builder has, and the \low price\ at which he has taken the job, induce him to use cheap materi- als and employ cheap labor, which turn out a house, dear to the disappointed and chagrined proprietor, who finds at too late a date, that the \extra charges'' and the fice, greatly exceed the amount which his prudence has saved. Some proprietors impose as palpabl upon builltiefs as otherspdo on arghitzectg After sketching a plan, and getting some builder to give it a finish, he solicits such proposals as may be received without putting the builder to the trouble of esti- mating minutely. After the proposals are in hand, differing in many instances from 50 to 100 per cent, as before shown, he will stipulate with his previously chosen builder, to -droct tho edifice less than his lowest estimate; making a contract with him to pay, in installments, at the completion. of certain portions of the work, retaining a percentum on the sums of the payments. as security for a faith- ful performance of the contract. The builder buys the materials on credit and proceeds in the erection of the building. After getting the house partly constructed, and a large portion of the materials laid in it, he fails ; and the pro- prietor then secures the percentum, and perhaps a full payment for some trifling unfinished portion of the contract; and in this way will retain probably 50 per cent, or more of the price of all the ma- terial and labor that have been appro- priated to the building, and justify him- self by loud protestations to the damage he suffers by the builder, and false pro- fessions of deep regret of the misfortune of the contractor, the men in his employ- ment and dealers of whom he bought the materials; and after all this and more, boasts of the cheapness of his house, and to prove it he coolly informs his friends that the builder \broke\ in erecting it, and lost so much by the job, which is really that amount filched from the pock- ets of the dealers who trusted the build- er for materials, and of the mechanics and laborers for services and com. plaisantly pocketed by the \lucky pro- prietor.\ A second builder is then employed on the same or similar \principles \and probably with the same specific contract to finish the structure, and he fails with similar results, affording an additional evidence that it is cheap; all which might be confirmed and handed down to posterity -if the house would last beyond one generation-by an inscription on a marble tablet in front, of the names of the families of merchants and artizans, who have suffered privation,and perhaps want, by the oppressive and overreaching schemes of the proprietor A thorough knowledge the expenses and labor nescessary to the erection of an edifice, is absolutely essential to a builder who would undertake the con- struction of a house with safety. With- out this knowledge, he is liable to impo- gition of the proprietor, who is even more ignorant of the subject than himself, for he provides himself by schemes and de- ceptive language, with landmarks within the range of which he knows he can pro- ceed with safety to his own pocket, to make a contract with the pliant builder, who \\wants a job.\ In all this, the con- test is between the honest necessities of the halfinformed builder and the sordid avarice of the cunning speculator, whose principles will allow him to sleep sweet- ly'' in a comfortable mansion erected by the sweat and substance of the robbed and ruined artisan, rated discount in the quality of the edi- | nance of such facilities. (In Advance. -No. 23, THE COUNTRY PRESS. We commend to the attention of all the following remarks from the Albany Journal, whose editor is well informed in such matters and whose disinterested- ness can be depended on. We think it satisfactorily explains the reasons why country papers are not conducted with more ability and enterprise. The fault is with the public, not the printer. \There are many good people who are not aware of the value of a creditable and well conducted journal to a county, independent of its political influence. - That no family can afford to do without a newspaper, simply as a matter of econ- omy, in view of its. thousand valuable tems of practical information, and its im- portance as an aid to the education of | 5 children, is undoubted. - But this is not all. The value of land and property generally in a County or a Village, is en- hanced by the neighborhood of a good sized, good looking, well filled J ournal A county or village so privileged is con- stantly in the public eye, at abroad. It is a subject of inquiry and | conversation. _ Its productions and facil- ities are chronicled, and go the rounds of | © the newspapers. Its advantages strike the eye of an enquirer in any part of the Union. - Its citizens may obtain any ar- ticle they need by simply looking in the newspaper to see where it is sold. _ This soon attracts trade from abroad, and creates a quicker demand for all products. In a hundred ways advantages accrue to its merchants, mechanics, professional men, snd farmers; and, do not hesi- } tate to affirm that if eveii@@nerechant man- ufacturer and professional man were obli- ged to advertise to the amount of ten to fifty dollars per annum, according to his business, so as amply to support the best kind of a paper, it would be for the ben- efit of all and each, \Not only is society more desirable, in proportion as intelligence is more thor- oughly diffused, but the means of con- stant and certain dissemination in future are provided. It is the interest, then, of every property holder and business man to aid actively the \creation and mainte- In so doing he is increasing the amount of his trade of the value of his possessions. \But some say,\ I would support a good paper. - Ours is good for nothing.\ The more shame to yourselves | This is a matter of public concern. If the con- ductor of your county Journal is unwor- thy, or dissipated or unqualified, invite a better one to come among yOu, and make it his interest to do so. Do not try to sustain one of whose character you are ashamed, or who is morally incompe- tent. - But nine out of ten of our inferi- or Journals are so simply because they are not half supported. Their Editors cannot procurenew materials for want of money. - They cannot print large papers with only three or four hundred subscri- bers, and two or three meagre columns of paying advertisements. | 'They caunot have suitable Journals and periodicals from which to make up their matter, for with many of the best \the difference\ of price must be paid.-They cannot in- form themselves fully on the multifarious subjects which demand their attention, and write as they should, because they must work like slaves over their types and press. These things we know, and we speak feelingly of them.\ If those who complain that their neighborhood paper is inferior or uninteresting, would just set to work and procure three or four hundred advanced subscriptions, and thirty or forty yearly advertisers we will guarantee an immediate and satisfactory improvement.\\ FEar or a Max.-On Thursday evening, just before the steam- er Jewess left Aunapolis a man evidently intoxicated, was perceived clinging on the outside of the railing around the steeple of the \State House\ in that city. Soon as he was observed by the persons below, his dangerous situation became situation became the source of a most in- tense excitement. After climbing on the top of the rail he stood upon bis feet and walked nearly around, with all- the loose jointness of the inebriate, at the same time gesticulating violently at those below, -onee or twice we really thought his balance gone ; but staggereq back, he | continued his perilous walk around the ballustrade. - Webeld our breath until it became painful and tried to look away, but like a charmed bird under the ser- pent's eye, we could not. With all the contempt we feel for the drunken reckless character of an individual who would thus expose himself, the sight of a human being in such an awful sitastion war roductive of feelings which we do not: wish to experience again. After stag- gering around he fell on the inside. Baltimore Bun. bhome and |Y We Yatkess: as. our nolj | the water politely style: n ment, of course) are a confound er set of men and like | we condescend to cleat; we'do 16 1 claim to the title and who are . 81 to ba the cleverest of the cleve ble to be occasionally over ms \Mister !\ said a sharp-looking to an individual slowly: wal in Second street, whose appearance: to indicate that he had sgt 4 transplanted from the land of %Ggr- -\Mister I rather guess gauhafif keen long in these parts, eh ?\. _ - \- \Nicht verstch ?\ answered the indis . vidual addressed; \ah yaw, yaw, F uns - derstand. ~I leave the ad;; here. All rich here;\~* ~ 4>~+> \Yes Mister.\ continued the Yank \you're right there. You see, yo. the kind of men we wants you're sort that make the bone and sinne the country, - as Lawyer Slisk cs: his last speech. Cate man, that Livy Click; we'll have him in Congress 80) of these days, and then wont Pum town go ahead ? | But, Mister, wa and take an apple toddy. . It 'doé gqod to see such men asfyfiuj'ifif, 93 ae > wow !\ . \Apple doddy? _Ab dat's ened. dat, . . apple doddy-yes, I take him. No abble doddies in Sharmany.\ || ~- C. | z ~ . «Well, I reckon you're most right, ~ but let's turn in.. Consarn it, ~Mister, ~ what's that 2-Why, you've dropped . our pocket-book, ain't you 4\ _ } _-. >. \Nein no, god him safe,\ said Gerfian ° after diving into his capacions pecku ts vol 25 a. ~ % o £ «\Well I calkilate we must be in luck,\ - said the Yankee, and proceeded to exafit=. . the wallet which contained a ,. , dollars in good silver and a multitude of\ notes. | \Anyhow honor bright, we go shares, you I rather guess they'll offer twenty dollars - reward for this thing; but give me a tou ~ and you shall have the hull lot, ang take ., your chance, and a pretty considerable smart one it is, I reckon.\ ae \Igs dese cood nodes 4\ asked -the German, examining them caréfully. - © \Good as the bank, Mister\ answered the Yankee. \I wish I may be regu- . larly chawed up if ever I handled - bet- _ ter\ o The German slowly took out his own | pocket-book- extracted a ton dollar note ° and replaced It, and then proceeded to. compare the note with one taken from,... the prize in a dozen different lights, \ _. \Vell mine frend,\ said he 45 last, \ gseve you dees, and geep de booked- ©. and he bsuded ons \of the notor . to the Yankee. W \Hallo. Mister!\ exclaimed the latter . \I rather expect you've made a sort of - mistake.-This chap is out of the pocks et- book ?' bat \How do you know dat ?\ exclaimed . the German quietly buttoning his pock» et over the wallet and the other note.- \Ab I see, id is one bad node-ich® verstch! You tink you cheat -me, you tam Yankee,, but I got your doo dol» lars safe, and you go off quick, or I send one gonstable after you, you tam ¥ankese :; doodle !\ . Tsakisee Acciozent.> The freight\ train on the Camden and Amdoy Rail= | read, from Philadelphia to New York on Friday night ran off the track with a ter» , tible crash, destroying two cars, killing, three immigrant passengers on the §pot, and very badly wounding two or three others. - The remains of the three killed» were decently interred at Amboy on Sut- .. urday, moc Ax Entror Soop to Tuz Mzxicarns, . --Yesterday a good-looking typo who - | belonged to the 1st: Indiana regiment, related to us ths following incident :-- Some time ago, last summer we believe, Mr Coridon - Donnovan, now in this city the former editorof the Wabash Standard, published, in Lafayette, - Indi» ana was clerking it in a steamer on:the . Rio Grande. One day, while the boat was taking iu wood, our editor, with a. couple of friends went on shore for the: purpose of shooting armadilloes, or any other Mexican game that they wight, meet with. When but a short distance from the boat, they were surrounded and\ captured by somd 830 armed cans. ne of these fellows, who could speak a little English, found: out that the un- fortunate editor was a printer by profes- sion, and immediately seized him as & precious prize. Knewing his valuehe: set a prize upon his head and he was fi-. nally knocked down for the sam of $350. \Good Heavens! that an editor should be sold so low ! The poor fellow was march< ed off to Valladolid, the capital of Mi- choacan, and sent into a Mexican prine ting office, in that lovely city to set up, villainous Mszican type. After work» ing some time he succeeded ni ma- king his\ escape and just before the battle of Cerro Gordo. he managed to fall in with Gen. Scott's ariny, when he was quite \at home.\ Who will have the temerity to say after this that \ellit- ors are not bought and sold?\ [New Qrleans Delta. - Scott, according to the Un» ion, was to have entered the city of Mex- co on, or about the 22d.
