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OVR COVSTBT-OUR COUNTRY'S INTERESTS-AVD OUR COUNTRY'S FRIENDS. BY C.F. CL AUK SOX. DROOKVLLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, DEC. T, 1S49. VOL. XVII XO. SO.
From California.
The following letter from D. B. Wood, of
Centreville, which we take from the last Wayne County Whig, was written after he had got to the El Dorado. It will be interesting, as it explains to a considerable extent the reason no more letters have been received from the Indiana boys. It is also a sensible man's opinion of gold digging: On board the Ship 'Olivia,' } Sacramento River, Sept. 19, 1849.} My Dear Judge--Don't infer from my whereabouts that I am sick of California, and have shipped for home straight. Such I assure you is not the case. I am only enjoying the luxury of a sail on the most beautiful river in the world. I have seen the 'elephant,' but am not satisfied
from what I can learn, tho richest placers have'
been exhausted. New discoveries are being constantly made, bnt not so rich as those of last year. The lottery fortunes of last year are giving way to the regular operations. It is impossible, however, to give anything like a correct
Written for the Ladies' Munenrn. "('bangc mnkn Change.' BV MRS. J. C. NEAL.
"My dear madam," said Mrs. Margery Daw, "if your talents lead you to the weeping method
yet.
I flatter myself the readers of the Whig will
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A.lt..iA Pll. r . . . UIBUIlcUiiiy UI IJUaUBllU s llcall, give I1IUI estimate of the number of persons in the mines, ' , ... . ,j ,. . ; shower now and then." Charcoal Sketches.
u- ,An j " hi , I Yeu de your husband injustice, dearchild, if
. T, , you think he loves you less than formerly. He turning home. I learn that the berths in the': , 3 , 3 , , , , , . , I s a maa of ardent, active temper, who loves steamers are engaged for three months ahead. ! , , , . ....... m. v. - , , ! labor and exertion, and finds his pleasure in These men have gone up to the mines, and find- j . , , ... , , ., , ..... , . , , them: and as long as his love for you furnished ing that gold cannot be scraped up by the shovel , . .... , . .... . , , , " . : him with labor and invention, he was completefull, nave turned hemewards. The mines are , .... ... .
.1 ..... . . 1 1 , wwi UCU 111 II. 1U. HUB uas. ui vuuiac. LCWCU. in the mountains in the rough rugeed moun- , . , A . , r c . 1 your reciprocal position, but by no means his tains, far from provisions or any comforts. To ; , . . ,
v., wo ;uu iiaujjiuoi iiao ,iiaiigou. .fioarr.
I do not wonder you were alarmed if you thought Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot. you perceived any signs of its approach. But WASHINGTON, Nov. -3, 1543. about your conduct. I wonder if you take the j ca jour attention to the closing article, on same pains to render yourself agreeable as you ,he Monroedoctrine, and the Nicaragua question,
! once did? How did you amuse him in the days : ,, tnllM; nr .1.;. mnminir. I sav closing
of your engagement?" article, for it can scarcely be possible that tho "Why, Charlie came to the house every eve-1 editor, of the Union will ever asrain sav "Mon-
ningalmost and if there was no party, orcon- roe doctrine:' This article ourht to cause from the re-election of the accomplished and !
"How stupidly Dickens writes now-a-days, or
be grattfied [sic] to learn that the 'old boss' at the
head of 'Indiana Company, No. 1,' crossed
main divide of the Sierra Nevada on the 25th of
m.l II ill, UQ b.,fV.SHt;i
mine requires hard labor, very hard. A man a n At onlv In nrort Imrit tint tnnet 1 itta
. rp.. . . . , r else I have grown stupid myself," said Charlie also.- This does not suit thousands of those ; . . . , . , , ...
v . . , . . v ooa nis inenas always causa mm "Uharlie
throwing down the second number of Copperfield, with a yawn. "I think I must go and see
three Taylor Republicans of South Carolina, i Farriga I'otiage Run, Messrs. Iloimes, McQueen and Orr, will either ' France. Island Tostace Ratis. Tariff of vote for Mr. Winthrop for Speaker, or rrfrain For a Irtter weighing a quarter from voting at a!!, nud thereby cause his re-elec- C ounc. "t from any one part of France lion! If I mistake not, those gentl-men will ' "y f"1' 20 Cf 'tunes, or nearly 4 cents; be apt to disregard the insinuated threats of the : p 1,k Proi,0"'on for greater weighu. late Folk organ. They have nothing to fear '; ?"Pa-vment optional, but the charge is doub'.
uul prepay. Aewspap.rs sent prr
cert, or anything, I dressed as neatly as possible, them t0 forver hold lxrh ptaCe" 011 ttlMt sub- upright Winthrop, and nothing to hepe from the . f fths eac''. r about four he always liked to see me well dressed, and he ;ect. It jg finisher a perfect "bliziird." l"Ciion of the Lt-rofooo caucus uomiuee. i 180 ystem. with iu vexa-
BA nnrtirnlnr. Thfln T nanff for him I used ta -j .:?i If .Air. U tnturun 6 hou It re-t:U't-lti Sieaker . e ' un numerous
w . itcnu ii, aim y uu win v utoeing a great deal, though, as I've hardly opened; The Union, of this morning, is down upon the Whigs mum ruu pome sirurp. cijble and j
iiij auuDiui;c n vqiub iiu.ur, i uv uV ia3 Litfcuuve nomiaauons wmcn ar 10 go ue-. j ;. .
you over heard me." j fore theSen.te, and it chalk, out a vast amount . Campbell, the Clerk of the !a,t House, uil! not j ' ' . tn.t .n "Did you crotchet that pretty purse in the 0f work for that august bod v to perform. It do- IItf ll ,s not the elements of strength an. j . e hall not be violated evenincs?" 1 cites a varietv of cases and rules which are to be ! popularity to carry bin, through. With him. i .,"lfr,or ol rauCf: "ow. all espionage i.
"Oh no, that was a surprise so I did it in acted ua to by the Senate, bv which the editors ( t!,e Whigs would fail eigtisiiy; but with a ca-
the day time; and besides, we could not talk . hope, no doubt, that all General Taylor's nomiu- pable aud popular Taylor Republican of South j
. ii'gu rates, suited Louis Philippe: but the
M-. i ' 1 J Kja lne 31 " ' Uecem-
and they push back
rill content himself to
Aurust. all in fine health end spirits. oVJfwni.l ,in idea of the profits of labor
that time we have been resting ourselves, an f whe J the prices the miners pay for recruiting our animals in the valleys on fcjt x&e IitK.j8 VBclacon eeIls readi,y at S1-00 monnUin side. When we had made the deaf . 1 wkg Kt bb, . Coffee at 45 cU ppr and reached the Gold Diggins, on Bear river, d5nmte abont t - lb.; Saleratus ?5 per lb.
time of our organization naving "1"' l" A, Sams wer- r e,,.eadily. Men must make
such prices. Living eats
.ale's rtrnflts-wrin mi&tnkA of
the successful conduct of the expedition, the ' ti J t0 thoge in the State9 who are
company separated In greatest harmony ana doing w 8tay at hometo those who are do. good feeling. And well we should part thus. in toieraby welli with fair prospecl8 aheadj HavinB traveled together for more than two gta at home those who are doimr no pood for
thontand miles, encountering perils of no ordi-1 themselves, or any one else would do well to
time ot our d'H'"'""'"" " & 1 st Sana wer f th Su" company was dissolved-having passed a com- &1 plitary vote or , "
how the boys come on this evening. I don't believe I've been near 'the room' since we've boarded here." "And leave me all alone!" pouted his lovely bride, or wife, rather, for they had now been married full three months. "Why, Charlie "
"Well, Luev !"
"I didn't think you would have been tired of
your little wife so soon. But it's what I might have expected." And by this time her voice lost itseif in sobs.
much if I did such work."
"Well, and now you do not make a pretty evening toilette." Lucy glanced to the opposite mirror and saw there was some truth in the remark. Not expecting visitors, she had thrown on her dressing gown, and tucked ker hair back behind her ears,
to "be comfortable" as she called it, and though not exactly untidy, she could but confess she would not have liked Charlie to have surprised her in such a costume a few months back.
"Oh, but we are married now, it does not
make so mueh difference, you know." "A bad argument, my dear, unless you can
prove that your husband's tastes has changed,
ationswillbe thrown overboard. It does not Carolina, or with a capable and popular
point out even one to be saved, to tell the sad . from RlIV part of the South, their thauc.s
prohibit.!.
The following rates and regulations have no
of
ment
..mi .1 . , , I .J , . J r J
-ineie, mere, now, saia ner a.nu-nearteu he prefers t0 Me you iook untidy.-
usband, kissing her as ne spora. "Uon l get crotchet in the e.
i Then you crotchet in the evening now, when
narv character, and dangers sufficient to appal , Th reasona for tni. .jio.. T ih lnt0 mctl ,ret Preltv one' uut Know 1 vou have ample time while he is at business all
the eternest heart. But we had made the great first pace u fa a most difficuU thing ,0 t here j have not passed an evening away from you sinee jday Moreowr, by your own confession, you tour speedily, safely, successfully. 'Indiana Theni ga,n there ;8 great ,gnger of sicknegs we returned from Saratoga; and the boys think I ,y 8ing or pay for hjm Wa hl9 taste for
Co.' was distinguished as one 01 me moeuier- from expogure iD t-ne minea An(j ab0ntthe prising and successful companies on the route. time one r.aches here, the placers may fail, and We were especially distinguished for two things leaTe the ol(1 8eeter in distress. I calculate
that more than half of those who come out this season will go home penniless. Such may be my fortune. Time must tell. Thus much for California and the mines. I shall give more anon.
My correspondence must be greatly restricted
from what I anticioaled. and what mv friends
pendence without the loss 01 a wagon or muie, expect j Bhall be some 75 miles from a and without change in the company in any re- cfficej anJ then ,he regaiations of the office
spect. The only feature in the tour that can r(?quir(, each ietter to be prepaid and charge 40
mar its perlect success, ana mat ib most paiuiui . centg t lhat So e)tcuS9 mei g00d friends, i
to us all is the loss of four of our companions. please
In former letters I have noticed the deairi 01 provisions are abundant at San Francioco and
three of Uem, all of whom, as you will remejn- gacramento aa 8ell at fair prices. I bought a
ber, we buried before we left the valley 01 v" fciU of pr0lisi0ns at the latter place. Flour at
I have cut them. I must go to-night. I metlmusic ona of thQge numeroug arTectations of
Ned Ludlow at the rost Urhce, and he tells me u .u' , r courUhip?"
--remaining all together and bringing every
mule and wagon in the train across the Sierra Nevada. Scarcely a train left the States that did not come into California in fragments. And I know of no train that did not lose some of their animals. Many of the trains lost almost their stock. Our train came in as we left Inde-
... konnmoQ
river. The other, whose death it now becomes my painful duty to record, was Mr. Francis Koch, of Cambrdge [sic]. He died of a lingering disease approaching Consumption, and was buried on the head or Humbolt [sic] river. I had designed noticing in detail the prominent features of our travel in three successive
they are going to have a rehearsal of some of
the Ernani music, and wanted my flute. One
must make sacrifices for one's friends sometimes
so I must 'tear myself away' from you for an
hour or two."
"Well, go, then. I know it's only an excuse.
I've seen for some days you were growing tired
of me. You went
rocking chair, and
..--r 1 L.in...nA JaImiiI
....ua..-,.. remember Miss Carlton, so celebrated as a vocal-
ny, w...uB . 6 ;)8t in goc; Bome .
Harrison. Well, I assure you, she told me, only last week, that the happiest hour of her day was
I "Oh, no, no, I assure you. He has gone now
to a musical club, he asked me only yesterday
why I did not play more. But it is such a trou
ble to keep up your practice. Married ladies are not expected to play." "My dear child! So this beautiful and en-
to
3 , . . nobling art is to be degraded to an accessory ; to Bleep last night in the ... , , L. , , , . . , . . , . I flirting merely! Think of the wasted hoi I sitting right by you." ... v 6 6. , you have passed at the piano, if this is all.
ours
00
for cousin Ellen's bridal present,
"I hate crotchet. You never can speak a
werd whe
DeadS. 1 Oil U1U 11 l llll U & BU UULQp W llCil AlilU , 1 , .. 1 J 1 , . 1 r J ' and hPT hlH hflnri. vhn ... hnth natnnntA V fnnn
that eleeant mazarine blue and silver purse for . . , . ,, , , of music. Her little irirl is allnwed as a reward
n you're counting those confounded! , , , . - , . 3 , ,5 , , , .directly after tea, when she plays for her fathe 'You didn t think so once, when I did! .... , , , , , -
fate of all the others. Supposing the editors of the Union could rule the Senate, and were to sweep by the board all the Executive nominations? Would it not give President Tavlor an
opportunity to appoint as many more of his friends? And if the editors would have all these rejected also, aud all others whom President Taylor might nominate, how loug would it take such factionism to upset and destroy our Republican Government? How fortunate it is that some men cannot have such power as they covet?
Of course President Taylor could appoint no Whig to an important post, and meet with the approbation of the editors of the Union. They do not intend to be satisfied with any thing he does. They frankly declared in advance, as
early as last August, that whatever face the fu
ture might" wear, they would oppose President Taylor's administration to the bitter end. Were
he to appoint the purest and best men in the country to important trusts yea, were he to appoint the first and ablest men of the party opposed to him, to the best offices in his gift' the editors of the Union, under their August pledge, would be obliged to oppose this administration to the bitter end ! The editors allude to charges which Locofo-
coism has invented against the Hon. Abbott
Lawrence, Minister to England, aud infer that
the nomiuation of such a mm must be rejected!
Abbott Ltwreuce ! 1 wish to Heaven we had ten thousand noble spirit in this country like that man. I have no personal acquaintance with him, but I have long marked and admired his career. Without any show of arislocrary,
success would be better than the chances of their j ,eM 2' of 30lh Congress :
Whig! nneCtion wit1' the British rstal Treaty. -s for ' we finJ ll,em chiefly in Senate Docums " , . ,25. sess. 2. of 30th Co noretts
opponents.
POTOMAC.
Corrrpondince of the Baltimore Patriot. WASHINGTON, Nov. 27, lii9. The members of Congress are now arriving from all points of tiie compass, and ia good round numbers. General John L Tavlor. of Ohio, made me
acquainted this evening with his new colleague, the Hon. Moses Corwin, the cousin of Senator Corwin. He represents General Vance's old district, and is much like the good old General, as a whole-souled Whig, and a man of sound, practical sense. He talks right, aud he Is right. It is the first time he ever set foot on the east
side of the Alleghany mountains. He said he
had long been an attentive reader of the Baltimore Patriot, aud its Washington corrtspoudence, aud he did "Poloninc" the honor to ask
him how tvery thing political stood here jus-t
now, and to say in advance th.it lie could rely upon the slate of eiTairs as it would be related to
hint. I trust justice was done in the premises. It is gratifying to find a man cf sens and judgment approving of one's well-meant labors in the Whig cause. Colonel Edward D. Baker, "the Lone Whig Star" in Congress from Illinois and as gallant
and eloquent a patriot as can be found anywhere is here, in the finest sort of health and spirits. He will well represent the great region of country from which he comes, and where he stands, in popularity, behind no man.
It appears lhat the statement received herei
Bv the U. S. Rreuf. Link or MiiL-P.rcrT,.
1. Foreign Letter Postage to be charged i a. adihtiox to United Slates Postnge 1 wit:
Altona
Bremen -Brunswick Case! or Coburg Darmstadt Frankfort-on-the-Main Gotho ... Hamburgh or Hanover Hesse Hambargh Kiel Lippe Detmold Lubec ... Mecklenburgh Schwerla
MeckUuburgh Slrelitz Nassau ..... Oldenburgh .... Prussia ..... Keusa ..... Saxe Altenburgh ... Sau Mciuingen ... Sxe Weimar .... Saxony (king, loin) -Schautnburg Lippe . . -Schwartzhurg f Rtidelstadt & Sunderhau'n - - - -Wartemburg - - - -
Single letters limited to half an oanee laweight, and postage may be prepaid or left unpaid, or the United States postnge alone may be prepaid, at the option of the sender 2. Denmark, Copenhagen, and farthest parts ... 22 cents. Norway Bergen, Christina, and farthest parts ... 30 St. Petersburgh or Croustadt - 24 Sweden-Stockholm and farthest parts 33
Half an ounce to the single letter, United.
Gets.. nothing.. 6:u. 12' 12 12 12 11 12 9 12 12: 12 5 12 12 12 1' 12:
12" IS-
last evening, tliat Mr. Dixon, the Whig member , States postage only to be prepaid
$16 per bbl.; Mess Pork at $45 per bbl.; Sugar
at 22 cents per lb.; coffee at 10 cents.
To those who have friends in Indiana Com
pany, please say to them they are all here, and in good health. Those from Centreville and vicinity are well, and doing well; and send greeting to the friends at home. You shall hear from
you, when we were first engaged.'
"Now, Lucy, please don't cry, darling.
But
to set dp that hour and listen to "Mamma's
dlTi.lons-our trip mroug.. ..., " j me occasionally, and see me when I have got rWerdown the Humbolt 'J' J enough of geld. It is here somewhere for me
T'llH: ""ill ' v iMn(1, d 1 wi h I leve. i" 1 t !!.
deserve, these most interesting
more time then I can now claim. I am now 1 staY nere
almost within sight of San Francisco, whither I Thoss who have friends here, unless other
regions without I - 60 we" Pleasea witn me country as 10
I am going in haste to get the letters for hun-
dreds of anxious expectants. Having accomplished that, I shall hasten back to the mountains as speedily as possible.
Your readers, would hold me highly culpable, did I not devote a part of this letter to Califor-
Bla-the Gold mines, that all absorbing subject of interest, both here and elsewhere. Well, I am ia California. I have seen the gold in the earth, and that which has been taken out While I write, gold and silver is clanking all around me. The balances are constantly employed weighing the precious metal fresh from the mines on the very table where I write. The passengers on board the vessel have been paying their passage money. Most of them are down from the mines, and pay in dust. Thousands of dollars have been handled in my presence since I commenced writing, of the most beautiful gold the world can show. Of the country, I have seen comparatively little, and am altogether unprepared to say much. The westeru slope of the Sierra is rough beyond description. The mountain breaks off in immense granite ridges from the main summit. Streams heading in near the maiu divide, plunge down impassable Ktnyons, and the descent is over fierce and terrific descents that you would not deem it possible for wagons to pass. This rough country continues some 40 miles from the summit, -Decerning more modified and less rocky as you descend; you then reach level plains traversed by the streams, handsomely bordered with timbt.
thickly grewn upon their banks, and thinh i" tered over their broad, rich, and btauti' ' '
toma. The mountain declivity is heavr.
witn sucn timber as I have .
wise specially directed, should send their letters and papers to Sacramento City. Yours, most truly, D[aniel]. B. W[ood]. ----- Serious Stage Accident. Extract of a letter from a gentleeman [sic] of Baltimore, dated Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 18, 1849.
Supposing that you would hear of a dreadful accident that occurred on the road yesterdy morning, I avail myself of the first leisure to inform you that by the mercy of God we have come so far on our journey in safety and health. The stage following the one we were in, fell over a precipice so steep, that it was impossible for any
one to walk either up or down it, and variously
estimat-d at from 100 to 150 or 200 feet deep,
with a rapid river (the Youhoghany) flowing at its base. Providentially the coach was caught by a tree some fifty or sixty feet from the top; otherwise, I think, all the passengers must have been killed. When we reached them, by scram
bling down on our hands and knees, from bush
to bush, we found seven of the passengers able
to help themselves, but all more or less bruised and cut; and after much difficulty, we succeed
ed in getting them up to the road, when we
were informed that there were still two passe n
gers missing one, quite an old man, a Mr.
Clarke, of Cincinnati, was: found in the coach totally helpless, and it was as much as eight or
ten mgjjM, d do to get him up the bank, owing
iSr-8 n r. ..We carried him
a.n4 k mk.- - -
twed to gror
tthat,Joh
nrettv norma ' Oh. I nm afrAul -van Rr wrrtntr.
I must go to-night. So good bye; I'll be back j Wfcy T ,ate,y wM reading memoir of a w(fe 88 (of a London clergyman, Mr. Sherman, of Sur"Not before midnight, I'm certain," broke in' r.., .... , fl , 6 ' rev Chanel, who records as one of his nurest en-
the lady; and as the c"oor closed with a sound joymenU her e3tqaisile mU8ical taste and ability, much resembling what cross children call a , . . . in lnw mi(iBt of en
slam," she threw herself npon the sofa ... . u . of
tsuuueu as 11 iiwr uusuauu uau urocucu iiri iuic- xr r if r .1 j -
er, Instead of one evening. , n , ... . ia,.isriiava only on
Sob! eob! eob! Oh, how unhappy she was! 1 ., T . , ,,r . ... , , , , . , one side. Just see for yourself if Mr. Wood has How she wished she had never been married ! , , . . ... if., . o nocause of complaint.. Some time I will bring
inai Bile linu ucr iciv - wau,. cwu, euu;i , . . . , , r ' vou a clever letter bv a German author; flloser
How very dreadtu. to have one s husband tired ' . ,. T . . . . r r 3 j is his name. I must read it to you, for lam sure of your society. "Oh, dear! oh, dear!" and Lu- .. ... , . Tl . ... . , 3 . . 3 . .. ' ... it will do you good. It is on this very point, and
3 . 6 I is witty as well as wise. But let us talk of
heart-rending exclamation, that she belonged to: , . , , , , . . i something else now, for
J 1 trace of tears and call back all those smiles before
injured women. Mr. Wood returns, or I am afraid he will think
J mm n tinil snhctitutA fnr hist 6fMitv. '
It was well for Lucy Wood that Mrs. Tyson
vena n iiiRt until sensihlrt vnmna. ITow merrilv
one was ai ine uoor. i i.T:. eu
... ' iiirv tuaucu anatt vunu iiiaiiv ihicicohui: dmw
j lAita ntiil trhan f .hnrliA m nrnart ne hfl niii Hi A
nexinoor 01 me sime nui a nice, muuiriij , , . ..... - - , f j most reasonable hour a little fearful of finding
lOOKiniT tanv 01 illiv ur n c cauvuit nuu uau 1 . , , , - 1 iuoMug wuj ui uiijp , clouds and showers, we confess he was agreea-
oecome very muuu mieiroicu w j"uu8 j i- -r . mi ' . hlvr .nrnnoaH In Qoa nia tt'lfA tnnrA lIVPIV Ann
low boarders. ! cheerful than she had been for weeks. More "I saw Mr. Wood eo out, my dear," said she, , T 1 uujc... cm , j like his lady-love Lucy, when she had first atwithout seerainer to notice the swollen eves of i .. , u.t- & " - j traded him by her good tempered spnghtliness,
than the little ladv he had left in sobs
laces, tnougn we nave seen oho ur iwu m vu, lives who could bear this test.) "So I thought," continued Mrs. Tyson, "I would just come in and sit a little while; and I don't like to intrude
when Mr. Wood is in I know young people
consider their best friends dktrop sometimes.
"I'm sure you're very good; but you never
need be afraid of that," and here the sense of
t..at no chan
to a tavern,
. "v not morn than a Quarter
rewito.'
no other country. The pine, fir, white and abor vitae are beautifully interming' We measured pines that proved to be 30 .'
circumference and of corresnnnHin h;W,
traversed a portion of the valley of Bear ar.15 is a source
not tell how he was in-
, J general impression that
uiu sidiH a other man, whose name ... '. one which
him as t)jnjsterj-.."fouBd, (during my absence
' uau was told, some fifty feet beI i on the set . J .
I ' aij onprata sensible and scarcely alive.
l T ,,;-r two persons have lost their t resentative of
to noming in me woria uui mn
ternal noises; and it was only after a repeated i
double knock, that she became conscious some j
he is a finished gentleman iu his int.reour.se I cUct from Rhode Island's Western District, had ,
with his fellow men, no mutter what may be their calling. His mind is not only well balanced,
but well stored. To him as mueh as to sn v man.
perhaps, is the country indebted for the settlement of the North Eastern Boundary Question. As a member of Congress he rendered valuable service to his country. Whenever he addressed "the assembled wisdom of the nation," his words
were listened to as words of meaning and of sense. Whenever a paper has gone from his hand and appeared before the public, it has exhibited sound sense, expressed iu felicitous and
resigned his seat iu Cougr.ss, was incorrect 1 the s?at he res'gned being iu the lower house of the Rhode Islmd Legislature. Mr. Dixon will be here to-morrow night, as 1 learn. Doctor Nes, th Independent Whig Representative of the York District, iu Pennsylvania-
is said to le too sick at Ilarrirburg to travel. It j is roiwentieiitly feared that he will not be here
by next Mo.iday. The same is reported of Mr AlUuui, I he Whig meinlier elect in the Mo'jile District, Alabama. Mr. Julien. of Imiiauu, the Free Soil Repre-
correct English. This day I consider him ten 'sentativeof the District last rrptei-eutrd by the
limes the statesman, and a hundred thousand ! Hon. Caleb B. Smith, is reported 10 lie loo sick limes the man, that his immediate predecessor j to travel. It is understood that he will not be is, to represent the United States at the Court of I I re ly Monday next. Tiie ststeinent tliat he Great Brilain. In addition to all his other ex-J wa formerly Locofoco, aud that his miud still cellent qualities of head and heart, Abbott Law- inclines that way, is, an 1 am reliably informed, rence is a whole-souled Whig, and has done as j totally uufouuded. Wheu Mr. Juiieu arrives much as any man to keep the Whig party of here, we shall know more about it. Old Massachusetts intact. It was for this, aud ! I met a leading friend, political and personal, because he was so eminently qualified to acorn ( 'f the Hon. Howcl! Cobb, this evening, just in the station, that so large a portion oftheWhig from Georgia, who is a shrewd politician and a party desired tn see his name plnced upon the sensible man. He said he dout.t.'d not his party Taylor ticket, for Vice Tres-idem, and l.ot be-1 would put a .-lavriioUer iu nomination forSpeakcause of bis wealth, as alleged by Locofocoism. j er aud h-? ha I rather see Mr. Cobb elected tlmu
1 he very men who wikhed to see him nominated "ny oilier man living nut he could not see, lie
for Vice' President, also wished to see Millard j frankly confessed, how a flavehol.ier could be , Wag- Approaching "Legs" ith a bland Fillmore at the head of the Treasury Depart-Elected Speaker of a Hons,' of Representatives countenance J You are from Vermont, I takement. So thev were not Mr. Fillmore's ene- composed, as the cue to assemble next Monday '"
mies. I predict that Mr. Lawrence's iiomiua-1 w he ! I W"-I am. sir-
1 mwr
The remarks of tha Intelligencer; this morn-' ag lounave very green mountains la
3. Alexandria .... 37cta. Austiia empire and provinces - 18 Baden IS Basle other part cf Switzerland - 21 Bavaria 22 Cairo ..... 37 Constantinople .... 37 Greece ..... 37 Italy, eastern towns of 13 Quarter ounce to the single letter. United'
States postage only should b prepaid.
Foreign Newspapers in Austria, .Prussia, and' the Germauic States generally, as also otherprinted matter, are usually charged one quarter of the letter postage rates, in addition, of coarse, to the United States inland and sea rales, jot those of the country they come from, which Utter must be prepaid at the lace where they are mailed- The law in these countries, as well aa in France, is to envelop them in narrow bands; but travelers tell Us that United States and English newspapers, done up. in the way ueual here, but open at the ends, so thut postmaster, can see whit they are, pass freely. Buoinrss Men's Almanac.
A Mitrt Vinlngnr. Between a "Wag" of Gotham and a six foot"green 'uu" from Vermont. Scene Ilutel steps in Boston.
Mrs. lyson had promised at leaving not to tion will be confirmed, and that his mission will
forget the letter of Moser, which our readers b a wise, prudent aud popular one, unsurpassed "gi respecting the Union's repeated assaults your Stale? cannot fail to be as much interested in as Lucy by any that the mind runs back to. ! upon Colonel Biiss, are very judicious. Twice,' Legs "ies, sir,
was sure she should be.
Suicide tatitica. A very curious statement and calculation has
been published in Paris by M. Pairet, a medical
the mountains are rather
The Union editors iadu'ge the suggestion tint "l 'east, the Uuiou has proc. aimed the fact that green. Circumflex acceut on "mountain," and Col. Webb's nomination, as Charge des Affaires ! editors have been informed of certain letters emphasis on "are." to Vienna, will not receive more than a dozen ou file i" the Departments, written by Colonel j Wag Very high, too?
Irfgs 1 es, sir, rather. Ana there s another circumstance about 'em that p'raps you never
Senatorial votes. Pooh! When the editors Bliss. Whether any of the Colonel's letters are 1 - . r. . .. : (. . .. . II ...I ...,.
" ' , rnd rent Wessor, relative to the number of suicides com-,nDaal1 ,n9 " '"8 "ators, and a respectable , r . .m,e m, .,no Uui . her wrongs rushed back afresh and I foun I vent of Opp0B.ltoDj eJ on by Genalf it ,b(.re iire lttl,.rs WM from ,,,inT AnJ whilt
iiuuu u wan. . ., .. .. ....... . r.... a jj. .ni ... r... 11 1 lev are as tno 1: 111011 editors nisinuhte r 11 is
s as good a right as any other
The Union makes a queer notice of the ofS- ! freeman to write a letter to a head of a depart- sure to find a v.lley.
ag, 'ta 1 mi uisconcerteo j 1 our coll is ra
noticed. Wag Ah! what's that? Legs Why, between any two of 'em you are
But it isn't true
t earner rivers as I came down and have .Wn fellow ciUwms
cea ine Sacramento for mora inn n la
w.vi iiau ivu Ifllilf 3. That pertion of the valley of the two former etreami, over which I passed, is beautiful beyond description. The land is exceedingly fertile, and most handsomely situated for agriculture. The only drawback is the wet season. Whether these beautiful valleys are inundated or not, I leave for time to determine, for I can find no one who can tell me. I rode down the Sacramento valley the day I reached the town cf the same name, situated at tbo mnnth r l.o
American. I have rarely, in my life, been so delighted the country is very beautiful and the plains were almost covered with wild cattle, scattered in large herds carelessly grazing. I think I could have counted a thousand at a single view. Intermingled with these herd were numbers of deer, and elk, and not a whit wilder were they than the cattle. There is no euch
thing as agriculture in the country. Time alone
can determine the quality of the country for agriculture. When I have seen more of the country, I shall be better able to give you cor
rect information in regard to it. But what of the Gold Mines? Well there is gold here, and large quantities of it too, the stories of the disappointed to the contrary notwithstanding. The gold is very generally diffused over an immense surface of country. And I apprehend that the stories yeu have had in the States of the richness of the mines are mainly true. Immense quantities have been dug, and
...a not Hrnn 1c aftar th accident.
nmn . . . . ;
ilr -v1 know that he was before, out 1
kn'ov? that they all drank a great deal, and the one that drove our coach had a flask in his pocket, and drank three or four times in the course of eleven miles, and several times when to coaches came together during the night, they would stop and take a drink; and unless he was
,n a new nooa ot tears. a u " I r,cords of lhe police u that lhe total Cass and Shield,, voting for it, they wiU grind a " '"ey are as th most natural thing in the world The whole .f ( f .P PP commUted dereut tune on the ex-organ! not Colonel Bl
scene nrsi was recouniea 10 uor rj.n.........6 , - ..... , 1 .... .u.. were 6.1 82. and three-fourths of the individuals
listener, w.th a codicil f J"""' ww unmarried. W. 8ubjoin the fibres fur- ial announcement of th. alleged deficit of fif- j . recommending that some enemy of the
or twenty million, in the Government 'resident shall give plaee to somo capable and nam to cu.uvan I he had not married," and much more to the ! J 1 ,.' 1. .1. ; honest friend? Would lhe Union editors ctn- Igs hy, yes,
1 numoer 01 nimo nun ivmaie suiciues : v-rossea in ""'' w a ..v.o ... mvnr, . same effect. j j.. (g has a g( an(J of certftiu wfc about Pure Colonel Bliss for asking a head of a De- that we are obliged to plant our corn by shoot"It wdl not .seem very kind in rns .after Jou !52 female,. ca,u nd ,og8 of tationi 97 claims aHowed now which were formerly will,- j Pt.ut to be kind enough .0 displace any , iR the kerne s into the crack, of the rock, with generous confidence, dear Mrs- Vl cod , to teH fales; remorse, 37 males, 12 females; ' held.and o. the employment of numerous clerks j ves-d spy in office who as known arifle T hat e a York story. ou came from, you that such vo an - ' disapinted ambition, 110 males, 12 females; in the Departments, without law, &c , as ! a tale-bea.er to the editors of the Union? York didn't you? eventome. Just thtnk what a n.k you ran .- j fortune. 283 male., 39 females.; gam- sources for the escape of the Government money ! Vv. formed those editms that Colonel Wrg-1 es. Wbyr If I had not been " a" !ing 144 males 14 females; other spe of ' improper., and finally wind, up by expr.s,ing i H- ou file ia the Depart- ' Legs-Oh, nothing; it's a good Sute to cara. has l,v.d long enough ta see the folly and -( J male8 79 femaleg; dome8tic ' the belief that there is no deficit at all ! ments? I. the Uaiaa iiscre-t? Do.s ,t seek to from. kindness of gossip and tatthng think 5I1I The Republic, in replv. show, where. ,ud ! '-e iu political friends turned out of .filce, in W,g, rallying-! eay, mis.er. Vermont is a
story I might have made irom it. a mutu. , . . ., , ' hnm mn,t nf thm mnn,v u,. . , , . order that it may renew its eroaus and howl, great State for raising sheep. lHn't it?
about "moscRirnoN ?"' j I-eg" Oh, yes, famous! famous for sheep and Mr. Ciay will Brrive here, as I learu, on Sat- horses; but for asses and Rich cattle, York bets-
urday morning ne.t, aud not before. ' it all hollow! Three oheera for "Legs," and.
lessaess or drunkenness of the ' fried of for instance, would have reported males, 404 females; fanaticism, 1 male, 13 fe- ho w, most of the money ha. gone, aud, among j 1 " 1 : nlhar t It 1 it rre ta 1 1 11 . 4 am 1 r ilia nnarsfiiMia i ,t fl,A I
every where to-morrow, that 'the Wood s lived i males.
very unhappily; and between us, I guess they are both sick of their bargain. In fact, Mrs. Wood told me as much herself!' No, you must lay it down as a first principle of married life, never to confide, even to your dearest friend any little disagreement or misapprehension that may arise between yourself and husband. Sympathy,
drunk or careless, I cannot see how it was pos-! jn these cases, does more harm than good; ano,
sible for him to drive over the bank, as the after all, it i. on your own judgment mat you
coaches were all going in a slow walk up a long ; roUst principally rely; for no one but
hill, and it was not so dark but he could easily can understand all the circumstances.
have seen the road with the least attention. It; not offendeJ?"
was about five o'clock in the morning. The j Oh, no," said Lucy, already calmed by this only excuse he could make was, that one of his plain statement of an obvious truth. "I would
leaders must have been taken with a fit. There ! not have any body think we lived unnappi.v .0, wa. but one opinion expressed by the passengers, 1 the world '. Why, Charlie has always been devoviz: that it was gross carelessuess, and several of tion itself. He never spoke a cross word to me. them declared they would never travel the road Only how does it happen, since 1 have told you, again. I Mrs. Tyson how does it happ.n he seems so -!. . 1 ...!.. .,.,1 nan oven leave me a whole
llluineieuLi.ii.ci.,""..
. 1 C n... .r.matrA.
evening, it was not so ucioio &-
other things, alludes to the operations iu the
It would, therefore, seem to follow that some public moneys of the Moores, the Collinses, the
where about five woman died from love for three j Denbys, the Osboru.s, &c. It might have allumen; that the ladies have considerable advan. ded to the manner in which Mr. Robert J. Wallaga, or rather the disadvantage, in jealousy ;' ker, while Secretary of the Treasury, used to that in pride they are on a par with the lords of make himself popular, by paying out the public creation; that in calumny and loss of reputation ! money, in drafts on Collector, of Customs, they bear with three times the fortiude that men; (where the sums were never rendered iu th. evince; that they feel only about one-third of said Collector's accounts,) to his clerk, aud
the remor.e which the other sex experience; agents, as extra compensation. Did not Mr.
POTOMAC.
IO, .
evil "Wiig," looking foolish.
yoursel-'and that to the sorrows which flow from disap- j McFerren get f 4,500, aud hi. expenses to boot. spring it animates and fertilizes. It is so timid You pointed ambition, reverse of fortune and gaming,', for taking some specie from New York to New j and unassuming lhat it appears abashed, it i. so ' , a"1, ? Hhey are exposed in a very slight degree in com-; Orleans? He did. Did not Mr. Harrington, a j generous that it resembles friends! ip." j neat head of h
ETHorac Man, in a lecture in Boston, said
the Gods of the world are fast dying out, and one deity alone is worshipped wealth. Were it currently reported that the river Jordan was bedded with gold, and that the Tool of Eethsada was lined with pearls, theChristain world would vie with the Jews to re-build Jerusalem, aud ships would be up for Palestine instead of San Francisco. 1
I wonder if he has remarked no dirterence in
. I would not flirt for the
ILTDr. Brandreth has been elected Senator ence '
your "In me', oh, no
world." "That's not the only sin of married life, my dear," said Mrs. Tyson, smiling a little at the naive remark. "Perh.p. it is set down as such because society is outraged by it. But ind.ffer-
a worse evil than open disagreement,
parison with their yoke-fellows. This calcula-1 clerk, get a draft on the Collector at Baltimore,
tion, it will be remembered, appliesbut to French the 3d day of last March, for $1000, as extra ladies. In what'.ight a similar calculation would j compensation? He did. Did not Messrs. Barexhibit our own fair country women, we pre-(ker. North and Ferau, clerks Mill in office, get
sume not to conjecture. 1 drafts on Collectors at the North, from three to
The Kovrui-d of latriotira.
The following is stated to be the condition of
some of the liberal leaders of Europe; Mazini is
supporting himself by editing a Review. Garibaldi arrived in Piedmout with one shirt and a
1 five hundred dollars each, during the last Presi- ed? Rclter !eav,s him a sounJ constitution, hab-
dential campaign, in the shape of extra services? I maiistry , mi
ILTIt is not what we earn, but what we save,.
Love does net awake in the heart of a virtu- that makes us rich. It ie not what we eat, but ous woman those violent feelings, the offspring w hat we digest, lhat makes- us fat. It is not cf a delirious imagination. Itcoes not it once what we read, but what we remember, that occupy her soul, it steals into it. It is not hke makes us learned. All this is bub very simple
a devouring tire; but as the genial warmth of but it is worth remembering.
gay bonnet cowers-any ihing bat a.
air. Many a showy dress keeps a
j soiled skirt out of sight. Many a fancy shoe
Truth. , cover, au uudarued Blocking, ani many a kid. A parent may leavj au estate to a son, but glove conceals unlrinird finger nails.
,1 Ue iiiur.gjig.-u ! no may leave
nun money, out Low soon may it be squander- 1
Tbc Kamiaa -Armr. Although the Russian, army, appear, colossal
', amounting to 1.006.000 men it is the oninian.
unblemished reputation, a .t ' iu P.. o,., mnnim- ...
from Winchester county, New York!
becauso its attacks are so subtle and intangible
half a dollar, after enduring the greatest hard- Mr. Secretary Walker.
ships. Manin, of Venice, is now a common laborer. Avezzana has returned to N. York poorer than he left it. The ex-chancellor of Sicily supports himself as a paragraph writer for one of the Paris journals. Marrast is not worth a tantis. Cnvaiirnac has nothine bulhispay. Lou
is Blanc lives by his pen. Laroartine drudges
w- ith hia wn for Eubbisieuce, and Caussidiere
1 j . . - .
They did. I hear of other clerks, who received I fewu -'-on, nun au umaru amiorreuce of that could be readily brought into tha field, extra compensation one of them as high astW T'Ce iu '' hnpe and form ; these cannot be ' ,
wreeieu irom nun, and are better than thousands . . .
.t coaco nut tree nan oeeu lately drifted ashore
on the Island ot Valentia, near Kerry. Ireland
thousand dollars through the politeness of the
of gold and silver.
iwitn rue pen ior fumnirmr, . . 'sells wines in London to the same end
Now there U uot only no law authorizing the '
payment of this extra compensation, but ihere is an express law against it. It is to be hoped that Congress will appoint a committee to investigate this matter. How the candidate., on the Locofoco side, for the offices of the House of Representatives, mul.
ti,,W! The Union is i'.res-.'.fu"y afraid tint the
.. - ; -.w..j, uemua I.ERJIANS Uoisij .South A company of Ger- another proof that Use Gulf stream, after runumans have purchased a track of laud from Col. ing along the American coast, seU across tha Grisham, in Pickens county, S. C. intending to' Atlantic.
settle thereon, for the sum of $27,000
A frcnt Truth.
No man has a right to do as he pleases, ex
when he please., tj Jo riht.
;ir. jonn uiue Drought us half a dozen To
n-ps the other day weighing about 5 lb. cePl They are beautiful specimen of lb. v,
,but not quite eq ial ia size to the Pipe Creek product! 1
r-
a piece.
vereUb a