Indiana American, Volume 17, Number 14, Brookville, Franklin County, 30 March 1849 — Page 1

oua couKTRT-oci corxTiirt ixTEaBiTs-ANo owt cou rat' FHIESDV BY C.F. CLAIIKSON. "ll0!KVXt,E' UXA, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1843. VOL. XVII NO. 14.

Th following letters are written by Rev. A

Stevens, r'ditor ofZion't Herald, en of the ablest tnd most correct Writer of the country. We copy from that paper: EdiMrial Letter freaa Wsul.igtw. Washington, March 3d, 1849. On Wednesday evening President Polk held his last Levee. I accompanied soma friends to pay him my repects and witness the display of the evening. The throng was yast larger, it is said, than was ever before assembled at the Presidential Mansion. On entering the Hail we were directed to the left and onr ladies to the right, to deposit in small apartments oar hats, ombre! las, &c There is something like lottery hazard, it is said, in this important part of the eremonies of the evening; 6000 people are reported to have been present on the occasion, and of course the intermixture of hats, cloaks, canes

and umbrellas, must be "prodigious," as Dorai- : Pwrnai teeiing, and instead or a"rougli" harnie Sampson would say; and many prompt min- j dihood, there is an unusual mildness, and even ded personages especially, if not endowed with tenderness in his manners. When I saw him

valuable appurtenances, or an overplus or concientionsness, deemed it quite soperfluous to ... . waste an hoar or two of their precious time in ;

find mg their own articles, and therefore in man- ; ara PPreo 10 say mat we nest portraits do him ly desperation "try on" hats, cloaks, fcc., till J injttslico- There is no strongly marked expresthey find a "fit," and generally retire out of the s!oB abottt hi features 'P1 mingled one o f

Way of the eager throng. I had my wits about , sne, and took precautions which secured me. j From the ante-rooms we were borne alone-'

by the current into the splendid parlors, three of ca,mneS!,i I doubt whether any success or peril which were already jammed, though we arrived conl1 disturb a man of such a face. His great at the earliest polite hoor. lathe centre one e"'-po8sioii gives ease to bU bearing and conwe had tho pleasure of shaking hands with the venation. I noticed that he was particularly President and bowing to his lady. : They stood 'ttentlTe to his lady visitors, amidst a crowd of ladies. Government officers, ! The city has been crowded for a week, and diplomats, See. Mr. Polk has grown old fast tfl6 ,iT',ng current pours in upon it by evedaring his eventfol administration. It is ens- ry arrival. Thousands will not find comfortatomary to describe his distinguished successor b,e PIace tor lePin6. d the neighboring roes resembling aa "old farmer," and himself as Sion" of Georgetown and Alexandria will p robgood a fac sirnlie of the "old orthodox divine." 'T cfwded. Tho interest to see Gen. TayBoth are tolerably correct representations. 'or " nniversal, and the day of bis InauguraThere Is a strong, sober, severe character about tion wi" De one 1,18 most notable in the hiethe face of Mr. Polk; his hair is combed, some- ,ory r tne city- Congress, though engaged in

what sleekly, behind his ear; he is cleanly shaven, and his eyebrows protrude darkly ever very keen eyes. He is somewhat formal in his manners, but evidently felt quite at home. Mrs. Polk has the reputation of presiding la the "White House" with as much rrace as ever

adorned Us receptions. She was exceedingly pouring into the city incessantly, all the pubgood humored on this occasion, thongh it Is said conveyances being crowded to excess. Yesthat she frankly acknowledges her regret at terday, tho Sabbath, could not be recognized leaving the mansion, where she haa won so b7 1,1 e fact that the stores were closed and the much admiration from persons of all parties. , church bells rung; the main streets were thronEht bowed and smiled and shook hands, and gd d military companies from Baltimore

chatted most heartily for some three hours with

the passing throng, which pressed towards her , Wl,h ru" blasts of ninsic during the greater porat one time so eagerly that a large chair had to tion of the day. This profanation of God's

e piacea Deiore Her to keep them at a suitable . no,T "romance was mucn regretted oy the citidistance. Her cheerful salutuions sometimes M sr Washington, who observe the Sabbath rose into realty gleeful heartiness, and she was ! exemplary rtverence. Towards night the not ouly seen but quite generally heard in the ' principal avenue or the city presented an extena part men t of reception. With a very lady-like ded and almost 'immovable crowd; and 1 am bearing she combines s finely characterized face told that so few accommadations for lodging resomewhat masculine and spirited, but full of : tnained that many visitors had to walk the

glowing feeling. I heard some gentle critics contrasting her in this respct with Mrs. Col. Bliss, daughter of Gen. Taylor, who was present, adorned with the severest (that is the finest) simplicity. The dress of the ladies present was iu tho extreme of fashionable ornament, and in some of tho more aged ones appeared absolutely fantastic. But I am not au fait on these subjects, and must drop them, notwithstandiug the ager curiosity of our lady readers. I noticed many distinguished visitors present. The Russian Minister, Bodieco, was a marked figure In the throng, full of life, and burlesque enough for the nation ho represents; he wore only a single badge, or order on his breast; his lady was one of the most splendidly attired present The Mexican Miuister looked I ike a third rate Yankee if yon understand whit that means but is said to be a gentleman of very superior abilities, aad a staunch promoter of peace between the United States and his ountry. The other diplomats are not remarkable, personally or histortchlly; they seemed to njoy the gnieties of tho evening with much heartiness. Gen. Cass was present, moving among the throng with much good nature, notwithstanding his late disappointment. Tho portraits represent him badly; he ia not so corpulent as he appears hi them, tkoagh heavy enough most certainly. His face is quite gross and rubicund, bat ho is reported ts be a strictly temperate man, and exemplary ia all h'rn relations. " I aoald notbul think, as I observed him, how precarious are the hopes of ambition in our ountry. He had good reason to expect to make this splendid mansion his home amidst the ho mage of the nation, but here he was wandering In the throng through its magnificent apartments a mere spectator, while his rival was waiting a few rods from the spot, to be Installed la it with tho shouts of the people. And Vet while the lesson of ambition tsa startling one. It is a striking exemplification of th simplicity and democracy of onr Institutions. Gen. Cass will rename quietly his former position, and the enrrent of events will move on. Other great men will appear in the arena as he did, aad fail as be has, but the mighty machinery of theRe public will gi on; and when the citizen ia not permitted to guide its chief force, he gladly puts bis hand to its subordinate functions. Mr. Buchanan, Secretary of State, wa a prominent figure In tho company. He has a striking resemblance to Dr. Banc, of New, York; he i. tall and robust in person, and wears wall the old man's "crows of glory," a per fectly while head. The difnified fig-are of Judge McLean was marked amidst the crowd. Ex-President Houston, .f Texas, towered above the raultitud aa ha lei about the yoang aad beautiful bride of Col. Bliss. Col. Bliss himself was a csulre of mach attraction during the evening. Military men, an cost a me, were sprinkled abundantly among th throng. Senators and Reprewntativeswere to be area every where and among the clerical visitors I noticed Chapain Sllcer, who seemed quite at home Dr Baird, of New York, Dr. Peck of CartK and several ,f or ministry ia ihis city A great attractioa r ik. -J...-.- . - group f Induatv Minl, A ,,. dress, who occunleda n-n- .v. i apartment, and t.;j .u , . .. . .. , . . . u lu animations oi me throng with much aooarent a.,i.r.-.i- - m. - Thasr ' nan a wry -rewy, meek-eyed among them, who.

Imitated tolarahlv well "the trnl mother" in

the ent room. Alter aattsrying onr cur,, ositv. we were triad to beat a retread through ' " damp air to onr noma quartere. . , -. . .u.l...a0ur view ot me gr manoi mo capitoi, uenenii layior. i cation , on him at his hotel, and, presuming on the no-' ted simplicity of his habits, walked (attheap-j

nA;niAil t.m. i.i ku .t...... -..j 1 1 1 mind. His conversation was in the terse atyle of n ivc quu .t IO .un ui iDO, j """" " "'"fr" ",v,luc" !and broad-brimmed, nnbrushed old hat hid his K - r. l. MnAri ..n.j : Li . ' lealures lo-oay i naa a iuu view et bim, and kildness and repose, but there is on them an unmistakable air of good sense and good pur P09 lie looks the very impersonation of, rao8t important business, attracts little interest; all eyes are otherwise directed. But my sheet is full. Affectionately. Washington, March 5th. 1 Tho great Fete "came off" to-day. During the last week currents of "good people" were and other places, were arriving and parading streets all night The morning dawned auspiciously to-day, but soon became overcast and damp; still the living mass was abroad; carringes, men on horseback, Hags and banners, military and diplomatique uniforms and music, were met everywhere; and besides ail these, groups of happy, grinning ne groes studded every corner. The African loves a holiday, and no other being knows better how to enjoy it; I never saw happier face than they presented this morning; the music and banners and gay costumes seemed to send electrical exhilaration among them, and care and the sense or oppression were lost for the hour, amidst the ecstacy which they alone appeared to share with the happy group or children whom thev atteuded. The procession is said not to have been so im posing as at the inauguration of Harrison, tho' some affirm the contrary. . Not having witness-

.,, uu uu...louullcUieJ Dutu could hardly bo heard J' the slightest accident, to this ancient town. - . The niaaiDg Tribe. . introduction bad a hearty shake of his hand. ; below tho portico, such was the ceaseless maw. The distance from Fort Leavenworth thither Is I .Th Globe asks us to Indicate the "probable A few persons were standing aronnd him as. mur of the immense throng. ,, Tho oath was eight hundred miles. The route for the first t '""'on the ten lost tribes." The subject friends or spectators. Ho appeared in fine mood administered by Chief Justice Tan ey, after ee hundred passes ever ons of the most beau- al wys on r deep Interest, has occupied the aland much improved externally also, though I , which President Polk and the other dignities ' rul plains. The soil is generally rich, produ- teI,tio,, nd research of the most eminent dinoticed that he coughed deeply and complained present congratulated the new Chief Magistrate, ' cing fine grass: wood and Water are scarce. i viuea " historians. ".Many years ago, Dr. of the contusion on his breast, occasioned by ; and the shout of the multitude again rolled to I The country will doubtless, with a little aid ,Boudinot, of New Jersey, published a work of his recent fall in tho West. The interview left the heavens. The scene was exceedingly but ' from the General Government, oon be settled ' 6re,lt .'Merest, called the "Star jn the West," in a very Interesting impression of him on my sublimely simple. After the comrratuLain....... ! by onr entemrisinir neonle. .!. .;n fln.l hich .he attempted to 'prove that tho North

ed any former occasion of the kind I caannt'some of the conseauences of mv Mileace 1'x-

eompare it, but judging of it per se, I consider j it a very grand affair. The military escort "led off,' and consisted of numerous well-dreed aad well-drilled companies, headed by a very fine troop of horse. Then came soldiers of the Revolutionary Varrof the war of 1812, and of' the Florida and Mexican Wars. These wera followed by the new President is an open carriage, accompanied by tho Ex-President. Mr Winthrop, Speaker of the House, and the May or of the city ; several carriages came after them, containing the suite of the new President, his Cabinet officers, the Judiciary, Foreign Minis ters, &.C, &c. Then followed the Members of Congress, Members of the Philadelphia Conven lion, which nominated Gen. Taylor, Governors and Ex-Governors of different States and Territoris, officers of the Army and Navy , local authorities, "Rough and Ready" clubs, temper ance and other societies, -citizens, students of calleges, &c., &.c .About one hundred mar shals, mounted and decked with scarfs and bad. ges lined tho procession. . - i . . Gen. Trylor looked finely; ha greeted the thron that Etlxt th. ........ ,j

overflowing, with macb graca and a eordial twentyRve years, containing a vast amount of smile. The old man, (and ha looks, by the way humor, wit, and wisdom of Dr. Frankliu. much older Uian the artisw represent hlm)seem-jTlie New York Evening Post has made a rich ed radiant with good reeling a genuine rather- selection from the nambr during that period, ly benignity beamed from his features. Ho ap. j which we copy below: Lon. Chronicle. 1 peared very easy under bis honors; and though I T" ,hH from ,cfcr'' a ''. l a. , . , ,. . W brcint in anger rd in Jime. ,' affecting no-courtly manners, his simple dignr ) . l ii , ' Some mm vruw matl by Matyifts; mach a kira; ty befitted well tho grand occasion an occasion. " .. , . . ,

iQiriMsrcatiy... iuuib iinpi?riaui auu impressive th"n 0Mn" io.n ,of ! earth The rostram was erected an the Eastern por tico- of th edifice and the multitad occupied the area or the capito' grounds below tne vast ponteo itself was reserved for the ladies and high r .. .l- c -. .i puono iiicuoninia, no cipnim inn, moSenatn and RnnrMMntativea. the dinlorriBt. &..! ' &c. When th President appeared on it. the ... ,v. ,. r r , . , welkin rung with the sbouts of the multitude; t ne w" "'P""' 7 President folk, who hani him"'f " h hoBrinK lhe : Gen-Cass was also on the platform-he ahows WUCh Phi,os,Ph under lh eircamstances, and j deserves respect for it-such demraaor under ! defeat comports with the atmrdiclty of anr re ; Publican tu.tH.Uoit, and ahows the naw f ttrn staff. I h Bew President eat sometime before he ,. . . . ,1 : r"ld h" "ldre' uversiuf with Mr. llk and others around hint. He particularly pointed Groenough's grand statue of Washington, which

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"nnai me extreme fcast of Hm I grounds. That noble monument appropriately mnhnniJ ).. . .1 . . . . . r iwutj me statue nolo a sword .i.lu extended hand, while with the ether It points Heavenward, as if saying beware of war except when Bod can approve it. May the less on be remembered by our rulersl - Gen. Taylor read his add res wiih firmn... i i ... . the platform, Gen. Taylor stepped forward to nlnlTn.n. I"- T , . . I lts verge, and bendins- over with hi. -lo.fc his shoulders and his hat in hand,, waved his salutations to the people; they responded, with shouts that drowned the hoarse-mouthed artif . ... iery which was thundering away in the ueighborhood. The procession was again foomed. and escorted him through a snow storm to tht Presidential Mansion, where he may dwell proa perously throngh his term, and carry no regrets away when it expires! The address was laconic, non-commital,and iprecisely in the simple and terse style of his bulletins and teeters, I know not that any one still doubts whether Gen. Taylor writes his document?; one fact is clear enough, viz., that if he does not, they are uniformly and exclusively from one hand. If he is their real author, it is decisive proof of the native superiority of the man, that after a life spent in camps he should be so familiar with pure english, and should maiutain such intellectual dignity and vigor. j I regret to say, that tho day has bten marked by much dissipation drunkenness and profanity have been quite general in tho Btreets, aud there has been enough tobacco smoked on the. sidewalks to ronte the cholera from the city, 1 f fumigation could do it. I never, witnessed such incense offering before; and though not very fastidious about the "poiionous weed," I could aot but wish that the good puritanic law of Boston against atreet smoking, were iu force here for at least twelve hours. To-night, ballt at from five to twelve dollars per ticket are to prolong the hilarity, and to-morrow many a radiant face will be lengthened and demure, and many an invalid placed perhaps under sentence of death. So much for the Inauguration day; let ua drop the curtain. Goodnight. Horace rerlcy. The last Tribune brings us the address of this gentleman to the electors of tho Sixth Congressional District of NeW York, in explanation of the doings of the late Session of Congress, of which he was a member. It concludes as follows: - "My work as your servant is done whether well or ill, it remains for you to judge.. Very likely I gave the wrong vote on some of the complicated questions to which I was called to respond Ay or No with hardly a moment's warning. If so, you can detect and condemn the errors; for my name stauds recorded in the divisions by Yeas and Nays, on every public, aud all but one private bill, yhich was laid on the table the moment tho silting was opened, and on which my name bad just been passed, as I entered the Hall.) I Wish it were the usage among us to publish less of speeches, and more of propositions and votes thereupon it would give the mass of the People a much clearer insight into the management of their public affairs. - My successor being already chosen and commissioned, I shall hardly be suspected or seeking your farther kindness, and I should be heartily re joiced if he should be able to combine equal zeal in your service with greater efficiency equal fearlessness with greater popularity. That t have been somewhat annoyed at times, by pose is true, but I have never wished to recall it, nor have I felt that I owed an apology to an v, and I am quite confident that if you had sent to Washington (as you might, have done,) a more sternly honest and fearless Representative, he would have made himself more unpopular with . a large portion of the House, than I did. I thank you heartily for the glimpse of public life which your favor has afforded me, and hope to render it useful henceforth not to myself only, but to the public In ceasing to be your agent, and returniug with renewed zeal to my private 'cares and duties, I have a single additional favor to ask not of yott especially, but of all; and I am sure ray friends at least will grant it without hesitation. - It is, that you aud they will oblige J me henceforth by remembering that my name is simply . Horace Griixet. ; "New York, March 7, 164?' Poor Hichard's Proverba. ' Mr. lohn Doggett, Jr., Ihe publisher of the New York Directory, has, by long search and considerable expense, succeeded in obtaining an lanbroken file or 1'oor Kicnard s Almanac thro An-rgg ka-Uy is beuer than a hen ta-mnmw- J Laws like eb-wrba, caiek asnall fliea, ; . -" -- , Great ones break throagh before jour tjres, A , . If pride Wadt lbs , brggirr bring ap the rear. j Krrp lhy ,hop ,nd ,hy ,bop wi kwp ,he,. : Cod li.-alt and ihr doctor tkc ihe rr. Mary's aiontb en bef nothing, for kbs never 'anana it bat al btht-r't ernmie. ' t.'"" He tbit weald fit at prat and ease, Mast aot speak alike kftowi and jadgealt he see.i He that eaa travel wvll on foat, keeps a good borl. The worst wheel of a art make the moat noise. He that rails ia love with himnelf will hare no riraU Against diseate here, the tnngt fenee, 1 the definitive virtue, Abinence.' "V . ' Tart words make no friends, a spoonful ot honey wift vareh more Dietthin a gallon of vinrgar. ' Oris thy boinrss,nr it will drive ihee. ' i Iteware af tittle nttjlsni a tmall leak wltt sink a great ship.. . I " . . s . i -.; , -' :' .' miaml tTatvrralty. 1 Prof. Me Arthur, at the recent meeting of the at' Board ofTrusteesor this Institution, resigned hi Professorship and retires from it.

Gts. Jwch

' This distinguished citizen of Indiana, who fc . T - - . . was appointed uovernor id Governor of Oregon, it will be ' ing his way towards his distant ions: " " '.' ' I ' Q int. V. ni I I O 1 C I a ' ", ' wend field of operations Santa Fe, October 18.1848. i Mr. Editor Dear Sir: A march of thirtv- i eiffht davs has hrnna-lit n..tl nrnnH ..n ;ik. 1 .1 . I . ... .. ... . uy o'gging, ana wnowui carry the timber along r with them by nlantinir and cultivatinir o-rovea : sufficient for rurming and other purposes. From ! such a beautiful soil the erowth will be raDld. i For grating purposes, the country is the finest I in the world, (or at least that I have ever seen ) f Any number or cattle, sheep and goats, can bo reared, and at less expense than lit any other section of our country. Corn, wheat, oats, fruits and vegetables, generally, can be grown ! in great abundance, it being only necessary to ditch in aa mnnv arrett na mav K nrnnt nr nnn venient. Break un the rround ...d rdant sow, and a plentiful harvest in certain to be realized. Within sixtv miles of thia nine t mat with a Frenchman, who presented me with ti.lf i - .rc... , ,. a uacHivi ui ii uq insii poiaioes, large ana Well flavored This crop was his first experiment, and it has proved entirely successful; the yield has been abdndint. Wheat succeeds belter here than in the States. Two things are wanting only to develops the value of this beautiful and Interesting portion of our country; for it is the most healthy region in the world. You will seldom hear of any one beingeick in these extensive olalns.and as there is no local cause of disease, the country must always continue to be healthy; these done, the people will do the balance. The first ts the establishment or a line of settlements from the Council Grove;" tn be under the care of Government for the first year or two, at A distance of not mere than a hundred miles apart, to extend to the settlements of New Mexico; with such an arrangement, permanent improvements would soon be made, and sn abundance oT every thing necessary for subsistence would soon be produced. Then the traveller could find a resting place and good fire, and accommodations would soon be plenty and cheap; and, furthermore, With such an arrangement, the whole road would soon be settled. The next is the establishment of a territorial government. From the enactment of good laws, and their fiilhfut administration, security aud protection would bo a necessary consequence. The country around and adjacent to Santa Fe, Is mountainous, and tho valleys are adapted to cultivation. The mountains, however, are covered with a tolerable growth of timber, and the creeks of the intervening ravines afford abundance ofgood water. Col. Washington Is here in command as civil and military governor. IIs is a good officer, and a kind, good man, hiid will no doubt do much to put matters right in this country. Odr journey ts this place was exceedingly pleasant up to the fifth instant, when it commenced raining and then snowing, and continued alternately mining and snowing fiff eight successive days. This made the roads heavy and hard on our animals, and disagreeable to us. Our animals, however, hare sustained themselves well for a service of thirty-eight days In the harness, aud under the saddle, without forage, and submitting entirely on the grass that they could pick during each night. Thii shows that tho. buffalo grass on the plains, which is very fine, is better than any grass in she States. From the Cotton Wood Fork, for a distance of several hundred milts, large bauds of buffalo were daily to be seen, and also thousands of an telope, until we arrived at the settlements. Of the runner we killed many, but or the latter we killed none; they are a timid, shy animal, and keep beond gunshot. - .. . - . Lient. Hawkins, who commands the escort, is a good officer, and has conducted the march well ; and Doctor Hay den, our surgeon, ia a very clev er fellow, so we have every thing at hand to make the trip pleasant. The boys who came with me from Evausville---GavUt, Echols, Wright and Gregory, and also my son, are ell well and going on to Oregon. . '. . We shull resume our march in a few say two days. Our short stay here has been made ex ceedingly agreeable by the kind hospitable treat ment we have received from the officers station ed at this place. . Captnin Brent, the Quarter Matiler, has rendered ns every assistance in his power, by furnishing us additional animals, for. age, and other things for oar future journeys. ' . Willi siaoera respect, I am, Sir, ; , .Your obedient servant, i ; .t-' ' JOSEPH LANE. Tkc Wife's Comninatftucats. A Sunday paper, 'published in Cinclniititi, gives the following as a cotrect version, Tor the use of all doubtiug husbands. Listen: . . - 1st. Thou shall have no other wife but me. . ' 2nd. TIiou shalt'not take into thy house any beautiful braxen imag of a servant girl, to bow down to her, to serve her, for I am a jealous wife, visiting, &e.' ' 3rd. Thou shall not take the name of tby - v - . . . wild In vain. ' .. --- . s . 4.h Remember thy wifs and keep her respectably. ; '.; ' ' . . ., . . ' 5th. lienor thy wife's father and mother.' - 6th". Thou shall not fret. ' . " 7th. .Thou shaft not find fault with thy dln- ' . ... . , . v. tt. 8th. Thou shall not chew tobacco. 9th. Thou shalt not" bo behind thy neighbor. lOlh. Thou shalt not, visit the mm? tavern; thou shall no covet the tavern keeper's ram, nor his- brandy, a or bi gin, uor hi whiskey, nor his wiue, nor any tiling that is. behind lhe bar of the nun-seller, . 0 - ... -. 11th. -Thou shall not visit biiliard, saloon I neither for. worshipping ittilhe dance, not the

heaps of money thai lie on the table... , , . j i ,. And lh twelfth commandment is, tbon shalt not stay out later ilia nine o'clock at ulghL... Hop Hvrte ftrv. lf -" ' .-'daughter of Enoch, was fi hiMsired aad eighty yea old hlh w wmrred! .,- ... " i -...

The tjl Tribes of Israel.

.The following article, from the pen of the learned editor ofthe N.Y.Times and Messenger, (Mj. Noah,) was called forth by an article in ! the 'New York Globe. Major Noah Is a Jew, ' U -. 1 .Li 1 I- ? - I i I - . . i i has made this and kindred subjects the study of his Ufa. and la na nhla la tra tt mm an :. th -nni, : v. - 'A m .1 ! O -1 InilldB. t U - .1 1 1 . . V ' " ,""I,M " wtouusdh oi ins missmg tribes.- The work was read and laid aside wiIh 'ucdulityv Forty years, however, ,,aTe dee'"ped many circumstauces and discoverie8' leniJig confirm the opinion of Dr. Bou,uol, naa l,M-W0. lnoa ol P". ' oat, which, to theeurious, would amply repay a pe rusal . We have doubted tho fact. . Niua aud a half tribes were carried captivo from Samaria, two and a half, Judia, Benjamin, and half Mauasseh, remained in Judea, or in the trans-Jordaaic cities, and the latter constitute riU,ee,ht nMuf nation. All that we know ofthe route taken is from the Sec ond Esdras, an apocryphal book, but one of great nliiM,il" and entilled lo resPect The notice runs IUUS "Whereas, ihou sawest another peaceable multitude: these are the ten tribes, which were carried away prisoners out of their own land, iu the time of Odea, whom Salmanazar, Kiug or Assyria, led away captive, and ha carried them over the waters, so they came unto another laud. ,"They took this counsel amoug themselves, that they would leave the multitude or the heathen, and go into a farther, country, wherein mankind never d welt, that they might there keep their statutes, which they never kept, in their own laud, (Assyria,) and thete was a great way to go, namely a year and a half" They marched towards the northeast coast or Asia, some remained iu Tartary, and many weut iu to China, where they have been 1 COO years, and are numerous at this day. The uiaiu body crossed at Bliering's Straits to our Continent, the more hardy keeping to the North, Hudson's Bay, and Greenland; tho mora cult ivated passed down on the Chores or the PaciGc, through Cal ifornia to Mexico, Central America aud Peru, and there they met their old enemy, lh Phoe nicians, (Canaan lies,) who, having discovered the conutry 5'JO years previously, had formed colonies, built lhi city of TaJcnque, with pyra mids like they had erected iu Egypt, at Cholula, O'.ambu, Taxaca, Mittan, TIascala; together with liieroglypeics, plenispbenes, zodiacs, temple?, military roads, aqueducts, viaducts, bridges of great grandeur, exiting at thia dav. and all proving that they were built aud settled by th ee who had erected Tyre, Babylon, and Carthage. When tho tribes of Israel encoun tered their old enemy iu ihe new world,, they Tell upon end destroyed them a seroud time. and when Columbus discovered tho country, he found various tribes of Indians whose origin was unknown. These are .Ilia missing tribos , and this is the opinion of Adair, Heckwelder, Cherlevaux, McKiozie, Bartram, , Bel tram j, Smith, Penn, Menassah, Ben; Israel, the Earl or Crawford, Lopez de Gammarra, Acosta, Malvenda, Major Long, Boudinot, and Call in: all eminent writers and trvellers. ' v We trace the march of the tribes through Asia to this Continent. After 2000 years we find the red men of Arierica bearing the strongest marks of Asiatic origin, and divided into 300 different nations, remarkable for their good faith in peace, to be me deecendents ot tne lopt tribes and identify them by the following religious, Pita. r a-1 1 ! i r Irt nil ami Tnilidii, mnA t n K T. I raelites. 1. Their belief In one God. - 3. In their computation of time by their ceremonies of the new moon. ' ' - 3. In their division of the year Into four seasons.' . ' ' ' 4. In their erec;lon of temple having an ... i ara. or tne covenant and also Jo their erection o altars.. 5. By the division or the nation Into tribes, with a chief or general sachem at their head. b. Uy their laws or sacrifices, ablutions, marriages, ceremonies In war and in peace, prohtBitlon of eating thhigs, by traditions, hlfctory appearance, affinity of tbctr language to the He- 1 brew, and finally by that everlasting covenant j of heirship "exhibited in a perpetual transmis-1 sfon of its seal rn their flesh, a custom only of: late relinquished. All the Indians oa the American Continent, from Labrador to Cape Horn, are the descendants of Um tribes, which, as Esdras says, went Into a farther country.' -- Mr. Catlln, who lived some years among "the Indians ofthe' northwest, assnres us that all the Mosaic laws, ' traditionary with them, were strictly enforced; and Wm. Tennwho had no suspicion or their origin, "I found them" with like countenance to the Hebrew race.' I consider these people under a dark night, yet they believe in God and Immortality, without the aid of metaphysics.' ' They reckou by moons they eff 'r their Grst ripe frn its they have a kind of feast of tabernacles they are said to lay their altars With twelve stones they moorn a year and observe the Mosaic law W ith regard to separation. r - ; ' -These era the mnwing, but herer'We tast tribe of Israel. ' They ' resiJed In California when the shtts of Salomon made their three years' voyage, abd furnished the gold of Ophir Tor building the temple; they reside there stilt the aeettlers' and 'proprietor of Mexico, Peru, and th whole'American Continent; they have been her Centuries bsfore the ' advent ' of Christianity, and patiently await the promises of redemption l' ' :';: ' ' - linciusiati sistt St. BailrV . .; . .. '.. , Lawrenceburgh, (la.,) March 12.,, . Ma. Editor: We feet here a deep interest ia the progress of tho Ohio and Mississippi Rail road,' to connect Ciuriuuati and St. Louis.. Tlie-j rm-nnralinti of this town aud of Aurora, will: . . 1 L'f ..hrtnnn.f -.J. i .J" isuuscrioe eacu iorJu,uuu vi bluuk uiaaing $100,000 anu we. stjll hope that, ,t hi county (Uartornj win oicriDe er iju,uuu, . " . ..a a ,1 A P" f fSr k An w.-a au to oe paio iuron iiiuuutni ritn, ov.no mne .... ' of iateret-,bfringbpad. v,: ,( ,

Potc n IVevrapnper. The following instructions u the subject off

newspaper postage have been issued by the ! from California, the writer of which has been Tostmaster Geueral: , , ' ' for eight or ten ysaraa resident of that country, Notice ( the public and instrncttvns to Ptand is a man of souud and reliable character. tf!mtm' - - ' ' ! A aU-n M.. f . w

masters. Relative to the Rating of Letters, the return or Dead Itters, Transient Newspapers, and the Postmarking of Letters conveyed by the British and United State International Mails. ' Hereafter, when a letter exceeds an ounce in weight, but does Mot exceed two ounces, it will be rated with four charges of single postage, when it exreeds two ounces, but does not exceed three; and so on, there being a single postage to the first half ounce, a double charge to the first ounce, and two additional charges to each succeeding ounce, or fraction of an ounce, beyond the first ounce. 'This is ordered in virtue of the provisions of an act of Congress, approved March 3, 1849. - - - -' , And, in pursuance of Ihi same act, it is re quired that letters which are refused at the of fice of delivery, by the parties addressed, and letters which for any other cause, cannot be delivered to said parties, shaU be Immediately returned to the Dead Letter Office ia Washington, under address to the Third Assistant Postmaster General, without awaiting the time for advertising, as heretofore required iu relation to this class of dead letters. They must in every case be marked in red ink on the fce, with an entry showing they are refused, or the cause that prevents their delivery; also stamped1 with the stamp or office, and, -with a view to tho proper adjustment of the accounts, bo placed under post-bill to the Dead Letter Box. Transient newspapers (that is, papers sent from the office or publication) will hereafter be subject, ill virtue of the act aforesaid, to the geueral uewspaper rate only ; that is, one cent for any distance in the same State, and one aud a half cent for any distance not excee'iogone hundred miles, where the newspaper is sent from one State inlo another. .. But poatago on such newspapers is iu all cases to be pre-paid, as heretofore. . Iu respect to British mails, where the official postage entries ou the letter received are in red ink, the letter is to be considered as paid, and is to be delivered accordingly; when iu black ink, as unpaid, and the postage is to be collected. Potngs in such cases is either wholly puij or wholly unpaid. The postHge figures on such letters show, on the paid letters, the amount to be credited to the United States; on the unpaid letters, the amount charged to the United States. The postage to be collected from unpaid BiitUh letters is in all cases to be, whatever may be their credit or debit figures, twenty four cents when single, with an additional twenty foar cents for each additional rate, and, after the first ounce, each letter exceeding that weight is lo be charged forty-eight cents, for each tdditioual ounce or Traction of an ounce. J COLLAMER, Postmaster General. Post Office Departmeut, March 15,1349. - Jobu Randolph. His long, thin legs, about as thick as a walking-cane, aad or much such a shape, were encased in a pair of light, small clothes, so tight that they seemed part and pnrcel of the wearer, Hitncsome white stockings were fastened Willi great tidiness at the knees by a gold buckle', and over them, coming about hair way up the calf, were a pair of what I believe wera caHed hose, country knit. He wore shoes: they were oldfashioned, and fastened also with buckles large ones. He trod like an Indian, without turning his toes out, but planking them right ahead. It was the fashion iu those das to wear a fan tailed coat, a small collar, withbuttonv far apart on the back, with but few on the breast. Mr. Ran dolph's was the revese ot this. Instead of being fa a-tailed, it was what I believe the knights of the needle called swallow-tailed; the collar was immensely larga; the buttons were in kissing proximity, and they sat as close on the breast of the garment as the feasters at a crowded festi val. His waist was so remarkably slender that, as he stood with his arras akimbo, he could ea tny. as I thought, with his Ion? bonv finsrers. have spaned around It Around Mm, his coat, which was very tlrht, was held together by one button, and in consequence, an 1och or more of u, to which tho buttoit wasaltached, was perceplible where it was pulled through the cloth ; About hi neck ho wore a white cravat, ia which his chin was occasionally buried as he moved hi hea.1 in conversation; no shirt collar was perceptibler every other person seemed to prjde himself on the size of his, as they were then worn larg. Mr. Randolph's complexion was precisely that of a mummy withered, aafiVon. drv. and hlnn.11.- vn nM nM h. placed a pin's point on his face, where you would not have touched a wrinkle. His lips were thin, coin preyed end colorless; his chin, beardless as a boy's, was broad for the size of his face, which was small, his nose was straight, with nothing remarkable In il, except that it was too short. He wore a fur cap, which be took off, standing a few minutes uncovered. Fancy a dead man struck into life by lightning, and all his life in his eye, and you have a picture of John Randolph. 1 Magoon's Orators of the Revolution-. Qwrrieo fsr Hctewtiflc .flew In what manner doe diamond act upon glass o as to cot ill That it does not penetrate Its aubstance is obvious to any one who will attend to its operation, for 1t only divides the exceedingly attenuated pellicle on the surface,- and penetrates ner deeper. The best cut of adjor mood k wha it make the least noise in passing the line, and U cuts in the sam manner the. -thickest as well a the ll.inest plate f glass The' EnCj clopeadla American says: "That it ts very rem ark aUe that Only the point of. a. natural crystal ea be used; cut or split dimonds scratch, bat the glass will not break alonf the oratch as it does when a natural crystal Is used." "Ap-aVn.the'crack Is often fonnfl to"1 follow the di trhond after1 -Ht ha- passed Severa! That it does not ml it by dividing the pellicle U Uar. beeaitse a dk-co ofautrlx will doth I . '. i! ' . t FT " V " ,7 , thrrr, W.se,K.rte, yet true Then how doe. the 1 same, oy passing , it will not break - . I . . . t '. moua new. is u oy,ei;ciricKy or . io caroou ;iiiig spin iar w"'vi s ' gls te eMitposeui ... ...... v .

Frons California.

The New York Tribune publishes two letter As they contain several matters of iatsreet, w copy them ui ftrll: -- .. San Francisco, Dec 1, 1S4J?. : FRei : - - . The prices obtained for good ham are enormous. Were I to quote 1 would, nofcba credited. You will undoubtedly have heard or Ihe great discovery of gold in this country a discovery which is destined to produce a greater excitement throughoat th Cuited States, if not throughout Euiop also, than any event which has happened for a century. The amounts of gold obtained are truly astonishing, aad the quantities every day brought to this place equally so. - - Erery article of food and of necessity is of course very high at the mines. .. Fiour has been old at $22 the lb; four quart of Wheat for horse have brought $8; Boots, $75 per pair,Pork $-250 perbarreU. ' , ' i." . : - Tlie wages of Carpenters are 10,00 per day; common laborers earn .8,00 a day or 1,00 an hour, a Cook, 60,00 to 100 per mouth. " Brandy fetches 4 oz. gold for a bottle; Bread it. 2,00 per lb; Blankets 80,00 per pair; Washing Is worth 3,00 a dozen; Clerks, 3,000 per annum and found.- , , - . , . , . . . Emigration ispouriug iu from all quarters of the Pacific, aud It is quit impossible lo find a place to put oue's head in. A room at a hotel rents for 200,00 per month. The commonest hovel or shanty you can imagine brings 30,00 or GO ,00 per month. The gold ia inexbauslablr, and fir years to come immense quantities must continue to be got out, aud a great trade must be carried on between this and all parts of the world. The cargo I brought rrom ; cost 9,000. The gross amount of sale from Jt has been 31,000. My partner came with two cargeea, ad w have cleared over 100,000. . " ' ' Sin Fraucisco, Dc.l23, 1843. " Real estate has gone up here, as well aa everything else. A store and lot I paid IITjOO for, yesUr.lay. Lumber is worth $150 per M, & the carpen ters can earn $10 per day. . The entire population of Oregon have aban doned their crops aud homes, aud are coming here. The Sandwich Islands are deprived of all their, foreigu population. Every vessel from auy port on lh is coast U filling with passengers for Ihis place. ' Mr. , formerly Consul at, in forms me that two of his servants left him when the news tirstcaine. They have jntl returned witb $72,000. Capt. -jofthe Navy who returned last evening from the mines, inform me of one lo cality which has beeu found where gold Is so abuudaut that there Is no necessity for washing the earth; $700 per day U the amount obtained by each mau. - . Sbeath.kuivesare used to dig the gold.and have sold at tho mlo.es for $50 each .. I have conversed with many old friends of mine who have been at the mines, and gathered large quantities;' they all say that they only want two mouths more the next Summer, and they shall have enough. Although this country and town are filled with gold, no vegetables can ba had. We eat but little els than beef and bread; r.Il agricultural operations have ceased entirely. What the St rani Uagiae does. It propels, it rows, il sculls, it screws, it wrnpe, it tows, it elevates, it lowers, it lifts, it pumps, it drains, it irrigates; it draws, it pulls, il drives, it pushes, it carries, it brings, it scatters, it collect, it condenses, it extracts, il splits R breaks, it confines, il opens, it shuts, it digs, it shovels, it excavates, it plows, il tbruahes, it separates, it winuows, it washes, it griuds, it crushes, it sifts, it bolts, it mixes, it kneads, It moulds, it rtamps, it punches, it beats, it press es, it picks, il hews, It cuts, it slits, it shaves, it it splita, il raws, it planes, il turns, it bores, it mortices, it drills, it heads, it blows, it forges, it rolls, it hammers, it rasps, it files, it polishes, it rivits, it sweeps, il brubhes, it scutches, it cards, il spins, it wi nds, it twUta, it throws, it weaves, it shears. It coins, it prints. Ex. " ftjaalie " Drea. Some queer old rustic volunteer gives tire following advice to ladies. .... "Always dress as neatly anu plain as possible. Let Flora be jour jeweller, aud a. roi-e bud llu only flower about yoa.. This covering yourself with gewgaws-, like (at cattle, only indicate that you are Intended, like them, for the market. r - ItT Mrs. Hannah More says that whan a miit or sense comes to marry, it is a companion whom he wants and not an artist. Il i not nv-rely a creature wbo can paint, play, dress, aud danev Mrii being1 ho can comfort and console him. "- '.- ' " A Ta!aablon4 rare Reeripev We jcommeud the fallow iug receipe to hOuskeepers: Te make potatoes very mealy, take and wash thent wefl just before you wish to use them.Jaml then without dry ing ihemor wiping,-put I hem in an old meal bag! . Cincinnati lui bico.m on4 of tin wealthiest cities iu ihVUuiou, posjessing h-jtvler cipitalits than Bm1o. Nicholas Loujwo.'th paiJ tax last yeafof $11,500 while the largest taxpaid try auy man in iiotton was contuxmoiy less than $00. There are one hundred ami five persons who average more than 1000 each their aggregate tax being $ 1 13,H5. The entire tax of. l!?lO,' amounted to auly $ 1 ,531, of 1320 to $11,972, of 13.W to $57,057, of .l. i"i to $222,2522, and of 146 to $175,0011. . Domestic I-lfev"' Pleasure is to woman, wh it the sun is W flower, If modwat. ly enjoyed, ft beautifies, and it

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toralea ana destroys, dui ine oaiies oi uomoaim life, exercised s they must be in retirement. ' alKl c-iag rorth all thaeu,ibiii.le3 of the f.uale. M- " " . of hir 0,rm, M 4rTe .l.e -.x h -how aa ' ' ' r con6ruun, h Ue.u!r.. and ia- - . creitiJiT Ua fragrauce--.