Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 85, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 March 1849 — Page 2

3nMana State Sentinel.

KTEB3AL VIGILANCE It THE PRICE OF LIBERTY. Weekly paper. " vear JvnuAVrrkly, Stl a vear. II)IAMIM)LIS, M4KCII :t. IHl'.K i) i:.u oc 1 t ti c o.hi .vrio a s. ' . FOR GOVERNOR. JOSEPH A. WRIGHT, - tip PMihi: cor.vrv. FOR LIKrJTKXANT GOVERNOR. JAMES H. LANE, of ii:m:iioii rnr.vrw Democratic. Stale a. r.. roiiTKR, . DAVID RKYNOLDS. I'R.. L. DUN LAI", WM. II. MOIIUISON, GEO. A. CIIAr.MAN, Central Committee. DR. A. CALL, C. (',. VVKIiHH, N. liOLTON. FRANCIS KIN'fi, r.KN. J. I. I'KAKK. 1 lUftVion County Convention. A C Mint "Convent ion of the Democrats of .Marion County will held at tho Court Houp in Indianapolis on SATURIUV. '" APRIL next, at 10 o'clock. A. M.. for tl.o purple ot appointing dcie n-ate to renresenT said county i the Congressional District Ctmrmtitm : and if dt-cnW. expedient to wmi .nnte candidate for the several otliccs tobe filled by the people, of J.ir'i nwiy at the next August election, to-wit: a Senator, two Representative.', a Clerk of the Circuit Court, two .Associate Judges, ami a County Commissioner for the 'M district, composed of Pike, Wayne, Decatur and IWry township. Several members of tho County Committee think. that while it would be well to appoint delegates to the District Convention at the timo above specified, it would be tcst to defer the nomination for Stat und countv ot.icers, to a later period, say the .M'th of June. The Democrats of the several townships of the countv are respectfully requested to meet at such time as; may suit th-ir convenience and appoint deiejiates to represent them in the county convention an above. Ily order of the County Committee, tf. Congressional Convention4. The folio-. vinu lime and places have been agreed upon in the district j named : W. District -Tho r.-day, April at Pctrrsuuroh, Pike county. Jd. District Saturday, April 21, at Charlestown, Clark county. 5:h. District Thursday, April PJ, at Indianapolis. Gth District Wednesday, April 'S), ut lil.'ouiiieid, Greene county. lOtii District Wedns,-.y, Mav'J., at Fort Wayne. Centre Township-Marion Coiinlv. Tl.e Democrats of Centre Townviin. are requested , to meet at the Court IIoue o:i S AT FRDAV iff: III st . cf M'irch, at 1 o'cioch, A. M. for the purpose of np-! pointing Delegates to renre-ent said township in the , county Coiiveutio;i to be h-ii on April the 7th, and to Wanact any otürr neri-ary ami proper business. It , is hoped that there will b" a general turn out. tf. ; Imokmaiio.v W.;Nrt.r). If Mr. S. Moj-fs,'; recently cf tins city, wiP inform us of his present ; whereabouts-, he will hear of something interesting. f7-SlTEHtTENL'KM C I 1 1 Cr.NTUAI. C AN Af.. We have neglected heretofore to mv, for the inionnation of tiiose concerned, that the (iovernor has appointed Mr. Hf.ni.v 11. Nklson of this city to the above o:V;ce, which was made vacant by the death of our esteemed follow citizen Mr. Razil Drown. The appointment is a good one, and the only tiling we regret about it is, thit several other worthy applicants were necessarily disappointed. The t hole. a at Madison! The following i.s from the Mauion Banner of Wednesday, the Xl-th : We regret to state that since Friday last four deaths from cholera have occurred in our city so pronounced by several of our physicians. It cannot, however, be ; eai'l by any means that cholera prevails here as un epidemic. We should have spoken on this subject . a day or t'vo ago, had it not beet? that we were awaiting an official anouncement from the Roard of Health; but, as that body his not reported, we have thought it our duty to state, for the informa- ; lion of the public, tiiat up to this time there have j been, so tar as we know, but foor deaths. Last night, after the preceding was in type, we j received the fallowing proceedings of the Board of Health: " j At a meeting cf the Board of Health in this city, on j the J9th in5t., it w as j Resoh'd, That, in consideration of the present er- j element in the public mind regarding the existence j ot epidemic cholera in Madison, the Board ot Health j will publish daily bulletins tor the corning week ot anv cases that may occur, and that the same be published in the Daily Banner. Resolved, That the physicians of the city bo recommended to report daily to the president of tfiis board any cases of cholera taking place in their practice. The board have informed the public that on Satur day, the V Ith inst., three cases of cholera occurred,! all of whicli died the same day. On the 20th and 1'Gth no case ww observed. Un tlie XT7l h one case 1 occurred, which also terminated fatall-. H. WATTS, AI. D., President. W.m. Daviwjn. M. D.,Sec'y pro Um. rVe refer cur readers to an article in another column, on the subject of the treatment of cholera. That Secret Circular Another Maru's .Vest ! We were a little surprised a few weeks ago to no tice in the BrrokvilIe American what purported t b t fT-r r-'r rnvA : toi1 poit- r ri t & PL'v.uuu.iil'j VlU'vb IAli, con taining an explanation of a protended dirTWence betweca the ground taken va the slavery questiun in IS IS and 1S49, by tho democratic party, and itddresatd to " a few of iIk leading democrats of every county." The 44 circular " is cautiously worded, and though it does not appear on the face of it to come from the Democratic State Central Committee of In diana, yet that is the impression intended to be con-! veyed to the public mind. It is needle-? for us to pronounce the thing a humbug. T;ie paper was simply.sdgned 44 The Committee." A moment's reliction of what kind of a queer genius Ciarkson is, convinced us tiiat he only intended it as a bit of waggery the design of which was to 44 draw " the greenhorn editors of his own party put them on a fale scent, and then laugh at them fr their rreduiity ! We concluded not to interfere with his sport ju-t then ; and confess we watched the pretended 44 circular" as it went the rounds of the whig pipers in the State vvitii some interest. Ciarkson has no very exalted opinion of his whig coternporaries in this State, and he evidently intended to see how big a lie they could swallow ! We were not surprised to see the small fry of the whig press greedily devour the bait so clumsily set for them, but that the State Journal should have been caught with such a hook is more than we expected. The Journal folks think themselves great bujs ; and they are with a hum ! A Missing Msiil. We have no means of knowing any thing about the mail mentioned in the following letter from Terro Haute. All we do know is, that the writer of the letter is a man of integrity : Tr.RRE Haute, Feb. 25, 1S43. Deae Ciiafmans There ii considerable excitement in this community in regard to a ceitain miisin mail, which the pajen ia town have iid nothing about, nor do they leem inclir.el to io so, fir some cause or other Dot known lo the public hie. Theie wa considerable money, ome 300 dollars, rrnilcd here about tbe 24th January far Cincinnati and other places, which tutnot been heard fiom since. The mail bag cf that date, it seem, did not arrive at IuJiaQapj In ; po spotted heir. Whether the mail lag left this office or not. whether it was lost or not, or whether it was stolen pi rot, it stems is not fr the public to know here, as no explanation have yet teen given, nor the subject mentioned by our papers. As there seems to be na information to be rot here on the subject, I think perhaps you hive sufficient iMiepenätoc to iMjuir into it an 1 give the mult of your iftq'juieitoth PUBLIC.

coKunspoxnrcxcr. Washington- Citv. Feb. 23, DeaiiN. Without the sky is dark, the air chill, and the ground covered with now ; within all ia bright b nsliine, for tin cloud is ever sutTercd to lower over the hearth-stone of this happy-hearted family. I suppose y() Would like to know, by this time, what estimate I have made of this city of Washington. Well, I think it is one of the most delightful

rv :!! v t iu-ii i.. ii,.- H-np .1. ntid would he a desirable

residence for those on whom providence has bestowed necessary for the preservation of henhh, Feldum live 1 .i J- i-l I i ,i . i t;.... ti, 1Jn fTnld tirt nr tnlpnt rnniifrh td pnnhlp them to BWItn b)lig, and are invalids whoe tliey do live. 1 tiose gold, tact or talent enougn, to enable mem lOBwim ;, ...i,,,,. tuv

with the magnates of the land. Hut for the poor, the 1 pale, phiverinir, starving poor, heaven help them every where; but particularly here, where they come in contact, at every turn, with the pampered children of wealth and pride. Un Tuesday evening last, we attended ÄIrs. Polk's reception. Owing to the inclement state of the weather the rooms were not filled, and those present were mostly strangers. For want of more intellectml employment 1 took notice of the dresses, worn by the ladies on that occasion. .Many of them were magnificent; but with all their laces, feathers, flowers and jewels, the ladies here would lose sadly by a comparison with the bright-eyed daughters of the far west. I wa in the Senate chamber yesterday, and heard Mr. Calhoun speak for the first time. He has been sick for Home weeks, nnd looks thin and feeble still. The moment he rose, every whisper wan hushed, and every eye ti.xed, as if by magic. As 1 leaned forward gazing on his pale fiee, and listening to his deep, earnest voice, 1 felt that I was in the presence of one of the mightiest spirits i.f the nge. I was in the Houe when the bill pasted, extending the revenue lawr of the United States over the waters and territory of California ; there was kh;ic feeling und a great deal of noise, on that occasion. W the way, I would like to know, if there is no p'.'s-ubility of keeping that august body, in a little belter order. Whentl.ev have convened, the chapIain make a erv impressive prajer during which thi re is the im st profound silence; but the moment tin amen id tittered, commences a soence that may lee ijoyed, but can never he described. Such a knocking for pages, slamming of doors, shuttling of feet mhI talking I never saw before. Here is a member folding a document to send to his constituents; there is another writing away for very life; yonder is one promenauiug the ai-de; now a deep bis voice, close to the Sptaker's chair, calls out 44Mr. Speaker!' i.uiek as thought, Air. Speaker," ishrieks a shrill treble from the furthest part of the House. 4Mr. Speaker !" u-ars the tuss again. He is heard now, and the treble sits down to watch for another opportunity to Kay the words tiiat , but a moment since, were trembling on his tongue. .Mrs. Taylor arrived here last night, escorted by Col. Diiss, and the President elect is expected here this evening. Tho city n on tip-toe to see him ; the ctn:io:i is hadrd to welcome liirn, and such preparations as nr- going on for the inauguration ball will, I doubt not, put to shame ell that has gone before, iinee our country had a name. Ah there was no houe suitable for the purpose, they are building a temporary one. largo enough to contain tour thousand people. The house, though a shell, will cost some tour thousand dollars. The inside is to be lined with cloth, and decorated with evergreens and flowers. The lloor is to be chalked in brilliant colors. The price of tickets is ten dollars It supposed that ' the b.io win cost leu thousand dollars, ( icre : flight not this money be laid out for a better purlose S. T. U. a a u. i .Haiti jui...ii.i v.iji iivj;ou'ji linn iiscuiir j . . 'ii , , ,l1T'TTr' ....'.' I III r wil . I. I.. . .Mr. . I . A A v. tinned his daily, and has t.iIIe'M hack to a tri-weekly of the same size of the late daily; more matter of cours-e is given in a number of the tri-weekly than in a number cf the daily. The editor's reason fur the discontinuance is, that the daily did'nt ty some retort?d tiiat it did'nt deserve to pay ; whereupon the editor discoursed eloquently of the folly and wickedness of discontinuing subscriptions. We have our ow n opinions about this matter, and as the editor of the Journal has frequently had the benefit of them we wilinot trouble him with any further expression of them here. One thing is certain, such frequent cijigfs will not set the Journal forward much. frt7"Wc learn from William H. .vIohuiov, Ksq. who has tlie books in charge at this place, that about ' five thousand dollars have been subscribed to tho Central Plank Road stock. We do not know what has been subscribed at the other places where books are open. Twenty-five thouatid dollars must be sn;'crioed before operations can be commenced. We do not tee why it has not been taken up immediately, ns it certainly will be first rate stock. This whole community has the deepest interest in the eucces of this enterprise. Wo nre aware that som - objections are urged against the charter, but we do not think thev . . are sucii as should prevent the immediate subscription of the requisite amount of slock, and the speedy completion of tlie road. We most earnestly commend the snbiect to thus,, in nnssos.ion f.f ..,1.,mend the subject to those in possession of surplus capital. It cannot fail to be a good investment. ----- ----->The Rev. Isaac Owen and his party of emigrants for California took their departure from Bloomington, Indiana, on the 20th ultimo. The scene was impressive, about two thousand person being assembled to say farewell to their departing friends. The company, with wagons all laden and ready for starting, assembled at ten o'clock in the morning at the Methodist church, and spent an hour in religious exercises. Each emigrant was then presented with a Bible by the Monroe County Bible Society, and the Company took up the line of march for the Land of Promise. May their anticipations be realized! ----- CO"" 7V.: W'vOJy Ttm"s is tin; title ot' a new paper published at Delphi, It.d., by Messrs. Ai'I'LEi.a fk fiKAHAM. It is democratic in politics, ably edited, and makes rather a neat mechanical appearance. Its publishers are determined to deserve success, and we fcincerely hope the democrats of Cirroll county will give tiiern that cmbstantial encouragement whica will make the Times an ellicient advocate of the cause. CO" A fatal affray occurred at leli'ersonville, Ind., on the XM inst., in which a man named McViee killed another named Anderson, by a ingle blow of the fist. They had not been on good terms for some time. This is another awful warning to persons of hasty and malicious temper. Let all such beware ! Qr-The Seminary of Crawford county, Indiana was burned on the night of the 13th inst. The buildin was insured in the Indiana .Mutual Insurance Company to the amount of $3.30, which will probably cover the loss of the building. The library, tho globes, and other apparatus were also destroyed. fj-Gen. Cass has buen quite unwell with influenza, a diseise which has been very prevalent in Michigan during the present winter, but has atarted for Washington to take his seat in the Senate on the 5th of March. Or-A species of malignant spotted fever wan prevailing tu a considerablo extent in the vicinity of Covington, Indiana, as we learn by the last People's Friend. The Scarlet Fever prevails to a considerable extent, at prr tent, among the children of Connernville, and hi4, in several instance, been fatal.

rriic Cliolcr.i. As pors ns arc cgain beecomihg s-carid about tho cholera, perhaps tho following very t-ieoMbb1 article from the Pa. Ledger may be ot some interest. While this disease ij approaching, the press can render some, service to the public, by diffusing some rwral ideas concerning it, which may serve as landmarks, in time or med. Knowledge of principles, hint murks, gen i al ideas, curving ns guidea when particular cases demand attention to details, is quite

too rare an.onr communities, for security innnything. ! ti . i, r..i.r .... ..i.i-;if. n t'. ,r .rvr '- -- . vice fmm a hiuver. :i re m 4 merer ot soon liavil)? l mm iii' i . .n.... pwill w .ni. i uwBk ' f J vice upon every ease ot coiiPCtence, will probably . i di .i.i i . ..A o wrong whenever that clergyman m absent. And , l l l , . jj tiw? woman whose moral education has not exceeded a catalogue tf conventional rtcrmisions and p i in 1 prohibi- ; tions, will probably run aground in every new ease where she forgets the precise rule, or has not learned any. Rut those well instructed in fundamental principles, general rule?, are seldom at fin It in managing details. Self-reliance is the best of securities, and comprehension of general principles is the bent foundation for MMf-relinnce. I.,.-;..; cvrtlt, v..ri. i..,!.!;.!...,! ; tb T,,r. ! , V- i t . .i . ! rial of Loiniiieree, ene brn-f suggestions upon the Cholera, which are more rational thru, anything else ! upMi the subject which we have found in newspapers; and they are the more acceptable to us, for their con sistency with the leading suggestions which have ap peared in the Ledger. 1 hey are certainly more use M Jll u III llll lj Ul I 1 llt I' v IIUIIHT w,vi.' I ful to "the unlearned render." than tue debiles of the New Voik Academy of Medicine, of which some journals have pubii.-hed very amusing reports. In one of these debute, one of the most enlightened speakers, in reply to the suggestions of other orators about the ro;if' ion ot 'cholera, quoted th! Ledger's answer to that question as the Lest which he had Keen, and then oiVered an argument which proved his assertion. Our ti I is w er to this question is Vt .V" ," and we mean thai the cholera is contagious among the sick m a llllll llll- 1.111111.1a J.T 1. 'O .Iii (lliwi'il ... . ii i . . . t.t : .i.Mni,nnJiUr.. bad, nnd not among tue nealthy in a pure atmosphere. The physician who appears in the Journal cd' Com merce. kiv that, bavin? attended many cases of chol- . - - r- ' ..... I... ........ . - ....... ...... 4.. ........ m i. . ii.i r ..m L'lit, ir: iirei rvir. .v imu io uilui in vuioi i"jim, "i l : . . ...... l. i . -...1 ,i liU Mimi m a warn, neU , r room , no night, lie add that, in health, breathing is (iinun-j.-ned one halt' during the night ; nnd from all this he infers tfi.it, tlie coldness of night favorable to chol era. He pays that sUund sleep is essential to health, J ' because only during sl ep is the brain restored or renewed ; and that the KUinde.-t sleep is the earliest, because s.)tind s'eep depends on good Idood, and the blood is beat after the lust meal is digested: tout, a healthy condition of the ,;;m is e.-sentil to good ciidilation in the largest part of the body, nnd that. , ,, 1 i ,i,i . . , , i:otie breathe well with an unhealthy Kin ; that, good I , i , i.i,-,'.,.';,, i blood depetuis .-o food h. oil, tiiat, any toon i- go.,d i l v ., i ' . , ,i i" .I,.., ... 1 vvbsch is easily tligeftibie ni'o tdood, nnd that good i . , . i . . digestion icq aires regularity in meals und evacuations; i- . , , . , ... u.. 1 ...i . m , . ... 5..,.. ! attacked wtnout contagion weie dirtv. ! . . . . . 'i , ' t t Jieru is lite very pniios.v.uv v hieii u.e Leng-r ha ,. , , , - , . ' ., r , , : ; I it" variably taugut . tJioe ra Jiüe all He r epjte:n;,-s, mo-t leadiiv attacks the debilitated iutemperanee and : , .in- ii tn. cleanness are iielnlMalifig cau.-es, and cold is i, t all. causes, the tuost debilitating.. And trom thi, v.e m- i fer that, in ail attacks, siiniuiation. bd!i e.ytern .l and j internal, warmth to ti.-e sk.u and stmml mis to toe stomach and bowch, are the only n'ith:c remedies . lut rvhat are proper stimulants ? Calou:el nnd nil ' other eathartes are Simulant,, lut, according to our doe.rino. ro mi ,:d. ievoos in cholera. I., nil eases i I they Itfin by exciting un'tea l'ii action, though

I healthy action may ui-uo when their operation ceases; j "y 1 , T c:iru' S' xec.ueu Ifor thJy are Vn, which vital energy is taxed lo ' I pioomiccd by ! expel, ikit in cholera, the h-M, action of ,,(C tl.e best judges of h. urt 4 a m o, the hrM water; ! . t i i . k , , H1ii "i ,i , .. .r, w heiher considered tor the telicity and beauty ot its ! fdomach and bowels is t-uspended, and their ua'iei,i'ii t . , .... , 3 - action is exceive; for their natural action is r;. ! ncral design ; the ,.ut en ot its ornamental I ,W, and they x,mt instead of waii.nrinz or ah-; w?rk vil-iicUo, arnbes.jue-uork columns and emblem- ! n...i.;. ll... ... ,n, .1,1- d;,,.w..tiatc niguii. or lor the exquisite artistic skill ol its

.-..S..r :.; i n... i,,t.,.? Mi .ri III 11 111 lllIllIII1"tIllllL.lF.t.lll.llllll1&ltllW(llll'llt'l j swallowing or absorbing

; and this is bo-t d -ne by those j l,) fc,fl,e' as U l11 "?.urably depend upon a conliatclv excite and dillue A--.il, "'W 1,1 f,,u,rt J' ';cc U' !hc ajiticipatiotis lly.excitethcorginofra'or- ,,t.,!1 ''1 he reahzed, the talented artist

J stimulants which immcdi ! or to f-peak phrenologicaliy .. i . i . . . . . .:, l ..... cdicn, and vet do not summon vital energy to their im - ' .. ' . .. .. .. med iat e ex puis loll. mediate expulsion. Alcohol is gooii ior tios purpose, camphor better, and red pepper best rf nil. lied pep - pe, klwavs excites the digcUve pnver of tl.n Momich. and action of tl.e skn, ; but does not immediate - iV. .'mo d Silomat all, produce any cathartic rlVect, .wer such effect violently. And with red pep - and tu per to excite the absorbing action, w astringent is h..i.i.c;iiru tri n.lP'l II t! I" t iitnltltl'T lO'tlllll (it tllf. . .. ..... v. . . .. .. . . . v. t(.mach atul bowels, ice is sometimes fee is Munel.m.. evhiliited" in chdera ; and according to our doctrine, the prefcnption 44 exhibits ' the praciiii ner s ignorance.! ; When all the vital currents are running in the w rung i 44 exhibits the "practitioner ignorance, i ,!iree!ioo through deh.litv. arid life denrndsi.n rousirn ! the ! prop ; an . death to all vital action, io us it neeins like stoti ping tlie action of the heart to arrest a bleeding at i tlii nkkik ', . .1 t 1 1 .1 j According to this physician, cold is the promotion, j .rnt tl.o Tirol entiv e of "eholer.i. Cold is tho absonee of heat, ra'orir, eh ctt icilu, the vital nnnrinle. I)efiI ciency of good blood induces deficiency of heat. Plood j is the instrument of di.Vming heat through the tysj tern, bv oxygen derived from breathing, and oxygen j and electricity are near neighbors, if not identical. ' Hence the less the quantity or lower the condition, of ; the blood, the les is the breathing, and consequently j the les the quantity of oxygen diffused. So the less be i the quantity of oxygen in the atmosphere, the less I .fill l.sk tl.i iifianfliiiiir ntol it 1 wni 1 1 1 1 t t 1 tl.i- l.i'if 1 ri 1 . 1.. 1 ., 1 .1 r .1 , the healthy ; and the less the. quantity or digest ibility j of food, or the less its dige-tioii, the lower w ill be j the quantity and condition of the blood. All this ; shows tho necessity of pure air. plenty of w holesome loon. Qua uvo uanco 01 every inmg (iisiuruing UIH (ll"Motive ornns. Aim it snows w nai ino pnysician (assert?, that the intemperate nnd destitute, mother ' words, the debilitated, and consequently those jcsm j able to resist coid, the great debilitator, arc most lij able to cholera. And it proves his assertion concernj ing night nnd cold rooms, and the diminution of ', breathing in sleet). At night, temperature is dimin1 isiijd, and the atmosphere contains less oxygen ; and 1 hence the system is then most exposed to cold, and i least able to resist it. In no climate is sleep in the I open air safe, and in s me climates fatal. And it ali ho proves his assertion concerning the skin. If it be not clean, its action is diminished ; and hence the perspiration which ought to escape through it is turnIII IJ1MMI HIV llllllHIIUlll ..uuii. II'. II llU'irill III V 1 . . . .I.s v. I '. . . . r. , n tl I .r I.-.,. lw.lsi .-n ..... I ..,1, ..!.;.. nl, .... ,i t ir . m i vails, an 11 clean skin alone would be buthcient to . 1 .1 .1 . 1 . .' .4 I... I ,!... .... ....... tl... ....I.4. ... ;iri'(Ill(C ll. illiu oils jn, .-- iiir nui.ij .ii n vtuiiii i bath in cholera ; for the water cleanses and the heat ' excites the km, und restores its function of dis charging by perspiration. frf-Whi't is all the decency coming to TitK Vii:; Tr.ir.Mi ii is IY.nnsiLVania. Gov. JohnMon has appointed as one of hi Aids, with the title of Lieutenant Colonel, Andrew McCiain, well known ns a 'lirst class" man of Philadelphia. In March, l&.'W, he had a prize tight al the Hell tavern, nnd "llaxed out" Sanford io fifty-four rounds, lasting an hour and seven minutes. In June, l.Jt McCiain went to Ualtimore to decide a match with Harrington, for js.r)00 ; Mac's friends made a riot and broke up the ring. In ls'U .McCiain fought with Jim Reed, at Klizabethto'v n, in N. J., and was accused of having betrayed his backers by knocking under to an inferior man. Wc never heard of any requisitions from the Governors of Maryhnd and New Jersey upon the Governor of Pennsylvania for McCiain. Perhaps (iovernor Johnston would grant a warrant now. Hosttui Rost. A friend asks whether any of these prize fights came off on Sunday ! IMn. Raknum, of the New York Museum, is a genius in ihe way of humbugging the mighty public, and he .succeeds hugely of course. His latest, is his bet attempt. He has an English giant, a man of imm( use size. He has negotiated the marriage of this giant to the celebrated Scotch giantess. To create an excitement he purposes that this wedding Fhill take place in the New York Tabernacle, and the public admitted to witness it at twenty-five cents per head! Titania, the dwnrf, is to be the bridesmaid,

digestive organs to driving them back to their ! 1 . 1 7 Lt,"'1-," ' " u'n mu-. ua neu. .or

er courses, we cannot comprehend the utility ot . . , -

application whose beginning, middle and end is C'C " -us ... 0..Vuw

and Major Littlefinger the groomsman ! Of course from the agency of the liver and lungs before it reachall the world will rush to sec such a novelty. Rarnumj es the heart, nourished by food from a t han stomach, will make something handsome, and the happy pair 'courses freely through the veins and returns to every will be wedded with eclat. It i a most extraordinary I part of the system, and triumphantly mounts the ..... m a ... .'.. I . a a . . .

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ul ' .tl - Tlie following is a discriptic-n of the grand Taylor whig ball, as yiven in a letter from a whig member of Congress to his wife in Iloston. It is rich in every way : From the Posten Atlis. The C.r.iucl Inauguration Hall. Extract from a private MLt, dated

W'Aiiiiv.n.N, Feb. J, lrit'J. .M. ' mind still clinna to a verv oldMv Df.auC. .1 ...... ..1 . . I .-. f. !... . i .......... ,l ........ - - " - " -. ". j ! , .. . i . ii ? P umh.s, ,vc, are suujeeis oi ve.y m erPfit to ladies nil nnd singulnr, fundry nnd particular, i in . . . , . , short and tall, and middle stature ; blonds, brunettes, mingled rose and Jill v ; old and young, and of ' . J r no particular o;c. Wo I, my dear . urocceut rv iitw il t Ii t J lilrtn I I iiiipm l.ln t.ki il ntftin.t.tt it in it . K . 1 ' J'lf lis ii uiii, i i uiu um: ii iiivf yiu worn- nc:Miiifc i . . . .i c it' arrniieinuiii in iirojiis ior nie Prauu IuaU'TUra- .... 7 , ' , .,, lion nan in nonor oi lavior ana v nimore. i ine ar . . . ... . ..- , ..... ... , e ranemenis nave inus oir im-i-ji mane upon a scale oi expenditure that fully justifies the declaration, that it will be (if tiod will r permits it) the most magnificent entertainment ever gotten up in tlietie United States. We commenced by contrro ting for the erec. lion of n pavillion fT flt'iped) containing a dancing hall 100 feet long, &l feet wide, und JJ f vt high, ami protnennd-i saloon at t!e- west end. II XI bv ;")!), and ot t!ie iuiue height as the hall. I he interior ot these . - ,..n. i ;i.. x .....i v.1 1 ' 41 w ,Vmi,,y V ,u u w,,u wiiiTi iiouirsnt inuaiin, nno ii.-i:or;iitMi wiiu lesui n-). rosettes, tdars, &c, of blue, pink, and yellow colored paper cambric; ihe lloor tobe covered with linen, chalked in litrht green and pink and oninge. The i III lOlfciWI A 3,,;a ot l,,t0 ro" W,.M lw l'W sximQ h'el7s Huiiieieut, we think, to accomodate, commo diously , 1,'J.)I persons, ror the erection, decoration ami warming of this building, we pay the contractor 1."U. The total c(st of the building will be about ;l,f00, but to the contractor belongs, after the ball, all the material used in and upon it. This building, already framed, hheathed, and shingled, stands '-id feet from our City Hall, with which it is connected by a eovered stairway leading to a spacinu d.or in the . ... .t .1 I i !t''oiid story, and thence through a broad coi ndor to - ' , 7 .... .. . ... t In Council Chamber, DO feet long by til) wide, and 'JS teet higii. Ot this splendid apartment 44 n beaulet is to b made, in which supper will be served from the opening to liie close of the ball. An adjoining room, 1." by . 0 feet, is to be fitted tip as a refectory for gentlemen, aud ti suite of four otiice room upon the same tl-or is appropriated for dressing room for the ladies. l or this 4 beaulet supper wo have contracted to piy ."Ii ,f I I. ri i ll .. I.i turn I ni ifil.i i',.i S rinn ,.r'. 1 '111 IIIU I'lll '1 IUIV 1. .Ill l-v. J ll.'I'l u.einorv, a lew items: imprimis . pyramiu ii ciiryst.iliy.ed fruits, ti feet high; D jyramidsf:i feet) of cream ; " gallons of -ream ; T)U gallons of Ko.nun puneli ; gullonn of h-uionade; ")! m ulds of jeiiy ; ,) ti"iilds ot blancmange; I.()tK ismall (tea) cakes; PJ'J pounds of pound cake ; (H) pounds of fruit cake ; JO b(.ii-i turkii-s ; 'JU illy hains ; 111 C.harh! e , i. . i ,- i i l.u.-se; 1 - rounds ot aiauixle; li'J chicken salads; . k. r . , . ! 1 terrapins, trieassce, incaudise, ar.diupoup; and ' . , , , i ii, iiui iv Minium niu, law iiii'j hi i;n n xuii i v hi iiii:,,- . . ' 1 mg. I ins contract for ttie Slip: r is exclusive d mi wines und liouors, except l;e Kotuati punch. ,.. . , . ' .,, .. , . 1 i.e v.'ire-s and mixed l;iiu(rs will, it i estimated, I . .'.it.!- i i . cn-t n1)Ui on.: item ot the list being o) baskets ot t , ",.',',n'"" , ., , . . . . ou nave nrouah v n reauy t-ecn it announced that , ,,, . , . - ,, , , , , , lU,,-f,1 UlA ",,:,r' 't11'- Mihntv. . mih hV'M '-v f,,. uu'r .y been engaged tor ' io lnuuce tueni to come on Ir.u.i Vrl .Wrt ' ";' t,,,"ir .,rxPrnso aml uhi'!i h"tl' :uu lv,s v ll,t;tn 1 ,0 lV-v,l.V.V" !':r Momenude ceicert r n " r"'? 'Uld 1 U"nY '"::- e-Mafer the 1 "',r and while here WO estimate S;.Mt) to sljOO. The next considerable item is the in . . ..I. . . i i . i , , i : i 1. . l 'xccution. J he precise cost of the plate I am unable - i win no s'jo?iauii;uiy com iiunenieu ; 11 u ey s neu u ne j . . ' , : d ls.-i iidmi nted. lie. wil as ll hera Iv ri.ino iment t n ninii- . ; j : . : . : , ' l VitU?r tVfn m"M gMy-pnml reward, i I'"' pl'dds ,d ? :;;"nir pnblic. is srrure. W e ' ,:vo rJcrcd tixlü inches i rench extra enamel- , 1 u l. ' JII,r '"Y" w,,: Innung, u, envelops, ' 1 10 l,1I'n-r "P (' b ai,d V'. rectmg, will cost ""? ' ' "".irs. .. io me mregoing ems , I .1. ... 1 1 I .1 1 I.. . I 4 ... 4- . . . - , .. 1 '''g lmfii ilire, t)ojuelS, vV t' we shall have a Mim total ot s-,iloW. 1 u meet this expenditure, we conlidontlv rnlenhitp nnoii li e th nf 1 (11.(1 tioLnti nt llfl . ' .. ,. - i . ,?adl- . PrrtV calculation to be ,:,,rriLl' u,tM -iie nooiest icaiurc oi uns grano meeting of the? managers, it w as unanimously resolved that ' whatever surplus may remain, it shall be equally divided betv. 'een the two orphan asylums and the out door poor of our city." There, my dear ,if you have felt any curiosity about the inauguration ball, the foregoing w ill be read with inlerst. If not 'twill be as cruelau infliction as President I'olk'd last message. I must not omit to tell you that an attempt has been mide, and, it may be, is still persevered in, by a few 44 officials," w higs and locufocos, (the latter being the more prominent,) to get up a ball in ('position to 44 ours" I mean tht wing inauguration bail. Hut this attempt t'nm no favor with either of the political parties of the day. Indeed, evpr since John Tyler's day, political amalgamation has become an 44 obsolete idea ;" and no hum, 7" Juan, however irreproachable and exemplary his life may have been, can attempt it without incurring suspicion ; and if it should happen that he be an incumbent of office, a feeling near akin to disgust will mingie largeiy with that distrust; and from this no protestations or asseverations with whatever unction they may be made, of disinterestedness and "consci entiousness, can save him. This is decidedly a miss-mow upon the part of these gentlemen. They OCCUpy a false position. They will 44 oVrleap themselves and fall on the other side." What private griefs or private ends they had, alas ! I know not that made them do if. Uut let them pass. If their ctlort docs not prove a perfect failure, 'twill be at best, compared with ours, but as a 44 rush light to the suu." Vide John Tyler's messages to Congress. I T . . .41 ''I I I 1 c .m v 4. 1'.w a i. .'hi-1- iwO.t-.. -.1 01 as passen 11a ho , , . .. ,, ( , , .r1 r . coiid reading, 111 the .North Carolina lioue cd Lorn r ' mons, by a vote of 7") to providing for such an alteration in the Xtntrj Constitution, as will secure to every citizen the right of suffrage. At present, the principle of universal ulirae prevails in voting for members of the Lower House, but a pioocrty qualification is necessary in voting for those of the iSenate. Mexican National. Hank. With the desire or reducing tho financial operations .f the Government to something like a regular nystctn, the President has recommended to Congress the chartering of a Nutional l.ank, whicli bhall, under certain advantages granted to it, receive and disburse the revenue of the j Kepublic. A committee of the Chamber of Deputies iiuö rcporieu lavoruuiy on me project, ailU 11 was 10 have been discussed on the 3d ultimo. Lrik in a Ra'.i:. The borough of Erie is in a great passion with all the rest of the State of Pennsylvania, and more particularly Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, for causing the repeal of the New York nnd Erie Railroad Rill. They have petitioned to be annexed to New York, have passed resolutions, in public meetings assembled, pledged themselves to discredit, ns far as their influence extends, Pittsburgh and Allegheny scrip. We understand that tsome of the Clergy of Cincinnati Bent General Taylor a communication remonstrating against the desecration uf the Sabbath, such as occurred in Louisville, and hoping that he would not allow it to be repeated. We do not know that the General made any reply; although his Reverend friends assured him that they had voted for hini. Blood. "The blood of one in health," eays a modi cal writer and the style in which he writes is beau tiful " the blood which takes its redness of color Ha nnitr Al hAt Ih in Ihn h AAmin rm hnftb " uauuoi vi uoitu in in i.uwi.Jiug iocn.

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SPIXCU or I?IK. BKNTOX, On the Xatiomd Central Highway fmm Ihs Mississippi River to Hi Pacific Ocean. In Sk.n'ats. Feb. 7, ISiO. Mr. President Tho hill whicli I propose lo introduce provides for the location and coutruciion of a n tional cenir.il highway from the Mississippi river to tho Pacific

oct'H n. The idea of a communication across our part of North Amern:.! i no ie-w iilen. It has belonged to very power that has ever ben dominant over this part of tho continent. In ilm year lo0, I, Salle look leave of his friendi at .Montreal to go upon his disruveric.H west. When tin; Spaniards wer nfirrwardii masters of Louisiana, the Ifaroii de Caroiehdet, (iovernor ( neral of that province, with the approbation and smcl,.... of f a nr.irlieal.1.. ro.ite aero. lb r,..,i......i h tl.M ivav of i practi the .Missouri river. When we acquired Louisiana, Mr. Jefferson revived tin idea of esintdishinz an inland communication between the Iwo sides of the continent, and for that purpose the well-known expedition of Lewis and Clark wan sent out by him. That expedition was puccessf it in finding a communication ; .Mr. Jetlerson did not remain in power t carry out the practical design; and no President inco hi day has taken it up. In Ihe year 1842. Mr. Fremont solicited nnd obtained leave to extend hin exploration! to ihe Souih P.es of the j Koeky .Mountain. ;t that time it was not known wrieIher time pas was within our territory or in Mexican territory. Mr. Fremont, therclore, wished to extend his exploratinuH to that pass for the purpose of ascertaining its locality nnd character with a view to n road to Oregon, and the increase of geographical knowledge Mr. Irein . nt solicited and obtained fmm Colonel Abert lh privilcge of going to the South Pass, and be made his examinations tin re in a wny to satisly every inquiry. Iii description of it wra Katisfactwry to nil iiiumIs; and the reading o that description now will show the eai Willi winch the mountain can be pa-ted at that pl.ice : "August 7, ltil'J. We led our encampment w ith the rising sun. As wo, rost from tho bed of the creek, ihe snow line of the mountain stretched grandly before us, the white peak glittering in the tun. They had tu en bidden in the dark wwather of the lat fv du , and it had been snowing on them w hile it rained on us. We crossed h ri. Ig, and nuin struck the Sweet Water leie a beautiltil, t lit stream, with a inoie open valley, tim bered with beech and cotton wooj. It now begun to Iomi itsidf in the many una!! fork w hich makn il head ; and we continued up the in un stream until near uo ,n, when we left it a few inile, to make our noon halt on a ptnall cnv;k among thu fulls, from which ihu stream isues by a smuiropcning. Within was tt beautiful grassy frpot, covered w itii an open grove ef lnr.e beech trees, nniong wlucli l found several plants lh.it I Irwl not previously seen. The afternoon was cloudy, with pouall of rain ; hut the weather became fine al sunset, when we Hl' n in encamped on the Sweet Water, within a lew mile of the South Pas. The country over which we have passed to-day consists principally of the compact mica late, which i tops out on a. I the ridges making the up lands very rnrky and slaty. In the escarpments v hit h border the creeks, it is seen alternating wi;h a light-col ored granite, at nn inclination id 45 dej. Aboul MX miles from tire cnrampmi-iit brought us to the summit Th.i asco.t had been s grodual, that with the iiitiuiatt: know led"5 po-scssed by Carson, who had made this rouu trv his home l r seventeen years, we were ohhgc.1 lo watch verv chxely t.j liud ihe place, at which wc had reached tbe culminating point, l'romlhe impression n my mind, at this tune (and subsequently on our return) I !i"u!d compare the elevation which we had fuimount d at the Pass to the ascent fnun the avenue to the capi tol hill at Washington. Tl.e width of ihe Pass, or naher the width of the depression in the mountains which m.ikei this gap in its chain, is about twenty miles, ai d in that wi'.itii are many crossing place. Latitude, (where cr.s.td) de-c. .! mi;i.:5J sec; longitudo 1C" deg. Jo . . v . . min. Llevalioii above the sea, 7,4!0 feet. Pist incc from the mouth of tin: Kansas, bv the common travel ling route, L'liti iiiih- .; distance from the mouth of thu Great Platte, f s'J miles.'4 Ti .vi,..! . I. ...t.;i. m r 1,, ncd no iioio ij.-uuii n I'Vll VI irioll KM . 1 l( lliviiv ihijlv.u is laid down nnou his tonoL'rat.hical man of t I.e road and 1 a prahle map of the travelling route illustrates this description and shows that the elevation to be. surmounted is distributed oer so long a distance that the ascent is in reality felt in no part. Having returned from that expedition, Mr. Fremont was pmmptcd to engage in a larger one. Ho sought and obtained permission to go from the South Pus to the tide-water region of the Columbia river for the purpose of surveying the country and ascertaining the practicability of opening a communication to what wns then our Tiruir I fi:i 1 riom! nl iiri.-ifni nr. llif P.irifir. roaiir.

.;- " - " . . ..- . panions in all his expe.lilions. Approaching tho Kockv mountains from the west as he returned from that second expedition and corning through a pass in north latitude 41 deg. t0 min., about 1 deg. south of the Soulh Pass, fie says : "June 13. There was snow near our mountain camp, but the morning was beatit'ully clear. Leaving St. V rain's fork (a water of ihe Upper Colorado) we took our way directly toward the sumviit of tho dividing ridge. The bottoms of I tie streams nnd level plains weie wooded with aspens, and ns wc neared the crest of the mountain we entered again lhe piney region. We had u delightlut morning's ride, the ground atl'ording us an excellent bridle-path, and reached the summit toward midday, at an elevation of eight thousand led above the level of tlie sen. With joy and exultation we fuund ourselves once more on the top of the Rocky mountains and neuem u little stream taking its course towards the rising Min. it was an nfllueut of the North Fork of the Great 1 bitte called Pullam's Fork from the name of a trader iiicu euere some years ago oy tue uroi v enire Indians a pretty stream and we descended to noon upon it." That pass, I said, is about one degree south of the South Pass ; and, although at an elevation of eight thousand feet, yet that elevation, as in the cu- of all the passes, is d istributed over a long line, and presents no character of abruptness The abundance of came was an index to the character of ihe country. They only frequent countries rich in pasturage; and where there is pasturage there is fertile s-oil, and a home, for man, and domestic; cattle and horses, as well as for wild animals. From this pasH he went 1) the river Platte, w hich is there a handsome stieam. That river was found always to present jarge and broad bottoms, about seven thousand feet above the level of the sea, and good for cultivation. His descrip'ion of this river will show what kind of country was fuund in these mountains at so great an elevation : "Our route this morning (June 14) lay along the foot of the mountains, over the long lo.v spurs which sloped gradually down to the river, forming the broad valley of the Platte (Hhoiit seven llious and feet above tho level of the sea.) Ti.H country is beautifully watered. In almost every hollow ran a clear cool mountain Btrectn; and .1 . i ' 1(1 Hi e COUrso! oi tlie morning we crossed seventeen eral of them being largo creeks, forty or fifty feet wide. HV-

Kcturmug Irom that expedition, he went to LalilormaJ "r,c " "b"4 11,1 "," a moui.iaiii pseeking a new route bv which to return home, unwilling ! Pr-ned ahead. (June We had a deh-htlul r.de to to.se anv time by goin-r over ground over which he had j n-onK n g00" r81 nu.ug ihe fragrant pines, and the apever travt'lled before. Ibdievn.g in the practicability of; Piranre of buffalo ia great numbers indicated that there a route further south lhan the South Pass, he undertook ; "ere Indians in the N.uth Park, by whom they were to explore a new route, w hich threw him upon Califor- j driven out. We halted to noon under the sha.U of sou a nia and lor the first time made known to ihe country, P-nes, and the w-ather was most debghtful. The connwith any accuracy, the rcat f -attires of ihe Pacific slope j ,rJr wa ''ternlly ahv with butialo, and the continued rf our continent. I pass by all the great discoveries in ; :c,m f lhe unters' rifles on ihe other eide of the river California during that romantic expedition to come to the ior a '"'',"t nwd- me ut,e-v. fhmkif.g perlnps they immediate oh.ect of my irrnuirvnew passes in the d w,tl' Ind.nns. 't he tr.,,1 wa go...l .nd the lt-cky Moui.nnns and show no less lhan three of them, ; c,,,,ntr.v fiteresting. and at mght-lill we encamped in an all south of the South Pass, then traversed and described t j;P, r Vce mioii5 the pines, wliero we built a stror.g fort, by him. 1 sav traversed and described, for ihey were! 1 be mountains exhibit ihe, r usual varied growth of flow-. known before known to the children of tho mountains a,,- at P'ar 1 ndtred, among others, thtrmopthe thirty brave and faithful men who were bis com- SIS Montana, whose bright yellow color make it a showy J . . . .... ..In.. Tl., . I I. ........ ....... . -. . 4-

vvitn a swiu current, and tolerably deep. These were J nvuiing riig. which would thus have an estimated Variously wooded wrth groves of a-peu and eottoiiwood, ' height of 11,'JlHJ feet. Hei; linj river spra-;Is it.seif into wiih wallow, cherry, and other shrubby trees. IJuilalo, J "Müll brar.cm s mid springs, heading luariy in the s j?nantelope, and elk were frequent during 'the day ; and, i.i J'-e ridge, which is here very narrow, lmmediahurniaiice., the latter someiinies reminded us sligluiy of the tely below us was a green valley, through which ran a Saciamenio valley. The next day we ecu tin tied our pro- j stream ; an I at a short distance opposite? rose many mourigress up the valley, the country presenting much the same J tains w hose summits were formed into peak of naked appearance, except that the glass was more scanty on the j rock. We soon aller satisfied ourselves that imirir-diately ridges, over which was spread a shrubby grow th of sage; j beyond ihose mountains was the main branch of tlie Arbut still lhe bottoms of the creeks were broad, and af- ' kansas river most probably beading directly with tlie lit4 1 B -m I . t II ft' "a t

forded good pasture grounds. Our couise in lhe alter rioon brought us to iho main Platto river (ncrtli fork), here a handsome. Mtreaui, with a uniform breadth of seventy yards, except where widened by frequent islands. It was apparently deep, with a moderate current, and wooded with groves of largo willow." Such is the character ol the mirth fork of the Great Platte, in the bosom of the mountains a handsome Btream a broad valley an attrnctive borne to many that will love the wild mountain life. I read it to show that thero is n good country in the mountains; but I have more beautiful jet to show tho Three Parks unsurEassed by anything in Switzerland replete with all the eauty of tho most picturesque parts ot Switzerland and without glaciers. 4Mr. Fremont did not discover these parks; they were discovered long before by the hunters and trad ers. There is nothing to be discovered in the whole chain of the Rocky mountains within iho broad expanse of our domain nothing from the Hritiah line in 41 deg. to the .Mexican in 3"J deg. All is known to the hunters and traders; description alono was wanting, and that Mr. Fremont upphed. In ibis way be makes us acquainted with these beautiful narks, and the passes from th em through tho mountains. Instead of coming down tl.e Platte home, after Iiis long absence, with tbe ardor of a true lover of science, he turned back to traverse the mountain backwards and forwards and along its crest, to examine all tho country south to the head of the Arkansas. He eays; 44 We were now about two degrees south of tbe South Pass, and our courso home would have been eastwardly; but that would have taken us oyer ground already examined, and therefore without the utility and interest which the nature ol the expedition required. Southwardly ther 9 were objects worthy to be explored, to-wit: the approximation of the head waters of three different rivers I the Platte, the Arkansai, and the Grand River fork of ' the Rio Colondo of the Gulf of California; ths passes a

the head o! theae rivers ; an) th ihr remarkable mountain cows railed paiks, in winch ihry tk tfinr rie. One ol these park wn,if course, on th western sid of the dividing ride, ami a i-it to it would repine uh once morn to cross he Mimrnit of thcKotU .Mountains to the w et, and tin tl to reem to ihn east ; making in II, with tlie transit o bd just ncc"inplihed, three crostuii" of that mountain, in this to ctioti of I's courm. But, Ho matter. Th covi.k, the li;d 4' th rivers, llo approximation d tie n water, the practicability uf the mountain pasm k, and the locality of the three parks, were all objec tu of inter -ft, sn1 nlihoii;h well known to hunter and trapper, weie unknown to si iciu e and to history. We therelort ehftneed ur rotirM, and turned up thu valley S the Platt, intend f goiig flown it." I now read the derriptiou w In h h give of theüo . I. la . . I . --

.......,, M u s,g.iitMrth Vr.-Ihe valley (of tl,., platt ) l.armwed we ascended, and presi-nll) degenerated into a gorge, through which the river p:.-l as tlir.iugh h gM. V entered it and found otirselvm in ihe North Park a beautiful circular Hey ot thirty miles diameter, widled in all round by snowy rno'jrit.tms, nrh in tms and water, fringed with pine on ihe mountain side ftlow thj snow-1 1 re, and a pradi.c to all grazing Miiimals. Wo halted lor tie night just within the gate, and expected, as usual, to se herds of buffalo; hut an Arapahoe villag had been before, us, mid not one was to tie seen. Latitude of the encampment Id deg. Tri min. 41 sec. ; eleva tion hy the tx ilinjj point , 'JO feet. II is Irom t Ins elevated cove, nnd from ihe inside; gorges of the mount in w hich form lis run, nnd um. Uke i it their liosonm, that the great Platte river co'.h-clH it first waters nnd asuiun it first form ; and certainly no river could uk a inura beautiful origin. "June 1C -We pursued our way in ihe rnnrning through the park, fallowing a principal Linnch of tin Platte; and ( rossnig, among many smaller one, a bold Stream, scarcely loril tble, w Inch issues from n lake in the mountains on the right leu mile long. Lnrnnipcd in the evening near the upper end id ihe park, ta'.ituda 40 deg. X min i sc . on a small tiHim.'' ".Vorli Park und Pass June. 17. We continued our way among llio waters f the pmk, over the !oi foils of the bordering mountains, where w f und good px-tur-8g?, find surprised nnd killed sme buffalo. We fell into abroad und exiel'-mt trail, minle by butialo, where a wagon won! I pass with eise; mid in ihe course ot the ... . -.. i. I..... . morion we cros-.'U nie summit or iiif iockv .i ounoiii.i through a pass which whs one of th most beautiful that Wis had ever seen 1 he trail led nniong ii-retis, through open grounds, richly covi n ! with grass, and r-mrnd ua o i r an elevation of nho .t nolo tl oui l let t iito e tha level of the sea. The cuntry iiptxarcd to great advan tage in the delightful summer weather cd" tlo mountain, which we still continued lo enjov. iV scetidiug from the pass, we found ourselves eg.uu on tl.e western watei, and halted to noon on the edge of another mountain val ley, or cove, called Ihe Midd!e Park, in which is lorru d Grand river, oto of the pmnipal brunches of the Colorado of California." How contrary to ail our ideas this h iuitdul !eM-rtptin of the .North Park und its pa 1'iom load-waters cd the Grest Pl.ilte to the h-ad waters i.f the GranJ river fork of tlu; Colorado cd" tbe West. A cbdightful habitatioti that cove, instead cd the d. serf, snvhg.?, and dreary desolation whicli we had been taught to look for in the Rocky toouritii'. s. p.ut let us follow the explorer in the Middle Park, lie sas. ".Middle Parti. The appearanc e cd ihe country in the Middle Park is iutcrertmg, though cd a ditleii nt character from the ISorth Park ; nistend of fe ing a comn-trativu plain, it is mur' or less hioken into lulls, soid surroncd i by high niourdains, timbered on thu lower pirt with epiaking esp.'iis eon piticu. Tin; next moriniig iJunn we clescended the liver aboul eight miles, und halte d h sfmrt distance above ihe ranim fgap or gate in tf. rnounInm,) through w hich Gr.ai d r;v r is-ues from theP.uk. He r it wi.s smooth and tlec-p, oio hundred mid linv I yards in breiidth, und M au !ea'iou of six thousand . i. .. i . j .-. . .i . i. i r.i - .. ei. . r' " 1 o-n mi, ,, , , ,..r . , principal streams, draining ihe wind cireurnfere lire of the Park which is more than double the si..- of (he North Park come tcgrtln-r here ; a stream from the ! north, whicli we had travetb-d down, and found t grow iido a volume of on'j hundred yards wide ; one frc m Ihe 1 uU ,-,rP"r; a third f.oin ihe &outh. t early n. j birg-: us the n rlhern stream, and up w hie h our route lay to the South Park, seeking a puss from trie Pacific to tho Missi-sippi waters in lha part e f ihe mountain ; for in tho South Park (called ty the hunters JJavvu Saladr) it was known that the. waters w nt lo the inong sou, nnd collected either into the Arkansas or the pouth fork of the dreat Platte. On the 'jOth we travelled up the left bank (of ihe M'iiith stream, eighty or ninety yards wide) with the prospect of a bad rid, tho trail here taking the op. posite side; but the IrcHiu was op nnd nowhere fordable. A ninev ride ef inountnins, with bare roe kv oeiiks i ..ii .i. .i... i :. :.. ... -. w . . . - I "a,l- """w""-' '""s "i ! x10 country since reaching lhe I -U tah waters. Willi fields of iris were aquiligia crrruh'ii, iolets, fspairctte and strawberries lly thu temperature f the boiling water the elevation here was 10.430 feet, und ftill the pine forest continued and grass wus good. (Diameter of lhe .Middle Park 0 miles.") And thence into lhe "South Parti. On the next dy we descended the stream by an excedhnt butialo tiail, alung the open grassy bottom of the river. On our right the layou (as c alled by the early French bunter) was bordered bv a mountainous range, crested with rocky and naked peaks, and be low, it had a Leautilul park-like cliac.ac.ter of pretty level prairies, interspersed among low spurs, wooded, openly, with pine and quaking asp, contrasling well with tho denser pines whicli swept rounJ on tlie mountain : During the alternoon. Pike's peak bad been rdain. v in view before, us ; and, from o.,r encampment, b'.re north b'7 deg. east bv compas. The next dav we left tho river, which continued its course Inward Pike'. peak ; and taking a southeasterly direction, in about ten miles we crossed a geritlu ridge, and issuing from the South Park, found ourselves iuvolvi d among the broken spur of the mountain-, winch bor!cr tiie great plains. Although broken and extremely rugged, the country was Very interesting, being watered by numerous ntHu.-nis .f the . i knus'ui river, and covered with grass and a variety of frees. In tlie deep elusion of these little streams we found always an altuieiatit pasrurtgr, an. I a wild luiuiiance ot plants and frees. (Diameter of the Suuth Park, like jhat oi the N'ortti Park thi rly miles.") Another pass remains lo be described in this section of the rnuttfitain one at the bead of the south fork of tha (ireat I'latte, and which, like the other, though at a great elevation, was practic.ablo and easy, and abounding with grass that sure index to a country of fertility. It is thus described : "Pass ut the head of South Fori: cf riatte Fn tha afternoon (June tiJ we continued our r.l occasionally through open pines, with a very gradual ascent. Wo slirpri! t'd .a herd of butialo, enjoying I lie bade at a small distane among the pines ; and thev made the e?ry branches crack a they broke through the woods. In a rid of about thre quart, rs of mi hour, and having as cended perhaps but) feet, we reached the summit of the tie stream below u., which gathered Us waters in tlie snowy mountains near by. In about a quait r of an hour we descended into the creek below, our load having been very much controlled and int iruptfd bv lhe pines and springs on the mountain side ; and, turning up the stream, encamped in a bottom of good grass near its head under tho dividing crest of the Rocky .Mountains. liy the observations of the "veiiing, the latitude of our encarnnment was W deg. 'JO min. 21 sec, and south of which, therefore, is the fie.td of the Arkansas river. (The next year's expedition found the head or the Arkansas exactly w here supposed, in 3! deg. 4J0 o.in. 33 sec, longitude 100 deg. iT7 min. 10 sec, and at an elevation of 9,4) feel.") Thus there are no less lhan three different passes in about Iwo degrees and a half, from about 41 deg. 20 min. down to 31) degrees, traversed and described by Mr. Fremont in his return from his second expedition ; and these not only easily arcessible, but run through a Country suitable for tbe habitations of civilized man. A third expedition took place, flill pursuing the idea or finding a route further south, .Mr. Fremont went out upon the line of tlie Arkansas river, and found a remarkably straight course quite lo the bay of sar, Francisco. In his map that route is laid down, and the barometer elevations given. In Iiis1 memoir there is, at page 5G, a table of latitudes and longitudes, without more than a Variation ol i degree or so on each side thiough seveneen degrees of longitude. At all tbe great points from St. Louis to the head of lhe Arkansas, thence, to the pass in the Sierra .Nevada, and to the bay of fc-an Francisco, 3f degrees is nearly the line throughout ; and, in point of directness, nothing better could be skf d ; but it will require a comparative view of all the routes to be able to judge between them. Tlie head of tbe Arkansas was found at an elevation of 9,c40 feet; but it was the head of the river, and nut a pass, which was then the object.