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THE OBSERVER.
"The World is Gov :nod too Much.,
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Saturday ➢lowning, ,March 4, ISIS.
057n05. 11. ELtisoN ts a duly authoriz
agent to procure subscribers fur this paper.
Oongressionai
Owing to. the ihne=s 'and death of
Adams, nothing was done last—week in Con
gress of interest, we have nut. therefore,
deemed it necessary to attempt our usual sy-
N,.
'Sepsis
Samuel A. Bridges, E:q., democrat,
has been elected to Congress in the Bucks
and Lehigh district, in place of Mr. Horn
beck, whig. deceased. Ills niaiorily is about
lat. The tariff' panic uf 1816 has passed
•
Ow ay.
Denth Ex..Pre...1414,qg J. Q. Artostroo.OlGleeat
I.ight \ hble gum, owe
The illness of Otis venerable statesman,
alluded to in our last, terminated fatally on
the 23d. An event an sudden, though in a
measure, not nnexepected, has thrown the
eination into the deepest gloom. It is nut for
.our pen to write his eulogium--abler and
older hands have attempted it,in the Senate rind
/Jambe, and failed! Ilis'great services to his
country, at home and abroad, his long career
of usefulnese, and his many bright and shin
ing virtues as'a public man and a private cit
izen, are indelibly .engraved on the hetlrts and
J r Memories of his countrymen; and his name,
associated as it is with the past and the 'pres
ent, will be held in grateful remembrance
while the Union lasts. II was. emphatic:llo
ly the fait link between the liertile men of tlte
revolution and the present generation. Bern
in 1767, - he was taught patriotism and love of
country in the event lid btrUggle that wrested
from England a colony and gat to the world
natqm. Though he may have been atOinies
a partizan, his course for. the past- few years
shows that he had lived down all ouch feelinos,
and was only actuated by motives of the oureet
philanthropy and most exalted bite of country.
Peace to his ashes!
The following. condensed sketch of his life
we find in the New York True Sun. It will
be read with interest by LH. It bringe . s
biography tip to the time of his elevation to
the Presidency by the House? of Representa
tives in 1821; brace which event his history is
to well known to need recapitulation;—J
Mr. Mains was born at Braintree, in Mas
sachusetts, on Saturday, July 11, 1767. In
the eieventh year of los age he accompanied
his father to France, wleowas omit by Con
gress, as joint e.untnissiotier, With Beiljattun•
Franklin and Arthur Lee, to the Coda of
Versailles, and returned in August, 17 e.
In November of the sante year hie lather
was again despatched to for the dis
charge of the diplomatic serf ices, flu took
his son nut with him, yid arrived in January,
1790. The son we o immediately put to school.
lit July of that year Mr. A lams removed to
Holland. There its son was liret placed in die
public city school at An - -terdain. and utter
' wards the University ut Leyden. In July, 17- r
• 81, Mr. Francis Dane, who had accompanied
John Adams as secretary oil the embeosy with
which he was charged, received the coo:lois
elm) of Minster Pieniputentiary to the Ern- j
press of !Onside, and took John Quincy f
'ems, then fourteen years old, with hint as his
private secretary. Here the %winger Adams
remained until October, 1782, when he left
Mr. Dane at St, Petersburgh ati.l returned to
Holland, and continued several months, in
' Holland, tine} his father took him to l'ario,
Where he was at the signings of the treaty of
peace, which took place in September of that
Year, and from that time to May, 178.3, he was
'tor , the most part with his father i. England,
liolland and rraiice.
Returning to his native conntry, lie entered
Hart rit titt•eroity, lit an a ivanced standing,
an gra hotted o itt, honor as bacelor of arts
in 1787. Ile then entered the office; of The—
rratthos Pareun-, sit Nowburypert, afterwards
Chief Jost ice of Maosoiehilset le; 'l%lier the
tms,' ter m ot dope years pa-oea to the :Andy
'of the law, he entered the traders:oi l and es
tabjiahed himself at 80-ton,
ill .use, 17 . 94 1 Ise " as a ppoi nteJ by \V"h
irgton, withont any intimal ion ui /410) a de
sign. either to him or to his lather, Minioter
resident to the United Netheilat,d,
From 1791 to 18d1 he was in l e eirope, em
ployed in onlornatie and ao a public
minister, in Holland, 1•111 , 1 and Ifru-sia.—
Just as President Washington wos rediriog
from Ace, he apponitel lion 3laninter PiCet
poomitiary to the Co of Portngalt While
on lob way to loslio n At. .eceit ed a new coni-j
mission clot ligilig his deNinetion to Perlin,—
He resided in Berlin from November, 1797, to i
April, • 101; and tt bile there cimcloded a tree
ty of commerce oith Prussia, thou ttccern
pitolting the object of hi 4 fitnlSi , M. He was
then recalled, jest b ?fore the c!,, , c or his fat
er's administraora, tool arritei in Plii:add
phi.l in September, 1801.
In 1802 he it:is - elected from the Bo
flioiriel, a riorateer Cr the Masoachtioetts Son
tileoand tuns roan alturnapointed by the lo.ig
klatore of f Statp, a S,?miLor in the Ctult
grese of the United States fur six years from.
the etti of Muril, 1803.
In March, 1803, President Malison none
• nsted him Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenionemiary to the Court of ia.
7.3otne time pre%ions to thi., hoverer. ir, 13-
09, be bad been appointed professor of Met.
min in Harvard: University, at Cambridge, in
Measachnsetts.
Mr. A lam+ oiontlized while in Res-
Fla' by the di-charge of th e t ri et cu:nuaitte,l to
him. It ‘tas ti . n,iighi hi:, instrumentality that.
thit RetoOlati court has fAidoem: to take actite
measure to promote a i acifii.ation between
• 'lenolanilatoi the le:lit/el :etateo dosing the last
vqtr.
%VI) -
hen the pro;)er l itne catty , . he oft, n tined
al the head of the lite conititissiont!is slit)
Were ap.s hilted by Preflde.:4 :•LidiA,ia to I!:
gatiate a 11":a • y f peace with Gre.tt Et*. t.utti.
This eel...tasted diplomatic tran•racti.m tt.ob
ti ce at Ghent in Decenther,'lBl-1. I`.lr. A:: :
HMS Olen proceeds I, in conjnitetbm with
liebry Clay and Albert Gallatin, o lin bad becti
associated with him in et - um:tiling - the treaty
of peace, to negotiate n content UM of com
merce situ Great Britain, and he Wl3. forth
'
with appointed by President Madison Minis•
ter Plenipetentiary lit the Court of :it. James.
After hat intr imenpied that post until the clpse
of President Madison's ailintinstration, he was
at length called home, in 1817, t the head of the
Department' of State, lit the formation of the
cabinet of President Monroe.
Mr. Adams' career us a foreign minister
s tem tinated nt this point, It has never been
.paralksied in thir length of time it. covered, or
the itaurOor of courts. at which hi represented
his count, v.
‘3,rirt i ik, Secretary of State—an office 'which
be .bell diiricitf the eight years of President
Monroe's whhitii:Arttlinn—he dis.ctirgeil his
duties in such a MOllllt'fitS to increase t he Con
fi,tence o f hi., ..iiiirryntim iu his ability. Un
der iria4olltiencd the claimg. on Spain were,
adjtistisbr !wide ceded to ilie Utrion.und the re
publics ot South America recognized.
(r7°' The :telebrated Pingere, the Baker
are hol.,ing forth to crowded boost's
in Albany. The ExpreAi Fnys, that they in
tend goin weft. We hope that they may
reri=it this place—we llsould like to hear them
Ono .0
For the erre Obterter.
REPORT ,of Colt J. J Ebert, Chief the Ewan of
Topographical Engineers in reference to the
Commerce of the Lakes and Western •
Strop. submitied to Congress
January 6, 1848.
This report, transmitted to Congress agree
ably to a call therefrom, is now before me. A
more full and complete exposition of the sub-
,tect of which it treats, has probably never be
fore been laid before the American peopie.—
The subject matter of this exposition takes a
wide' range, as will be seen bythe following
sp eiticifttions of tbeiieveral•lleads: "1. The
Ct tumerce of the Lakes, and jig probable in-
12 use. 2. The same of the western ricers
3. The,populition depending. upon the lakes
as - a means of communicating with a market.
4. The amount of tonnageemployedupon the
lake trade; distinguishing, as far as practica
ble, between steamboats, propellers, sailing
craft; and sturnber,of bands employed in the :
trade.: 6. Facilities of -elitinuttication, by
railroad and canals, with the Mississippi and,
the Atlantic. 6. Adaptation of the cutninercial,
means of the lakes to purposes of de'ence, and
of military operations generally. 7. Extent
of lake coast;'athl of the same in the cliff
ferent States and Territories; harbors in
this extent; their condition and usefulness,
and a comparison of,!lteir present conditon
with that before improvemtatts weremade.4-
8. Means of communication in the British
provinces, by 'mils and canals, with their
ports and harbors on the lakes, and the con
dition of the latter. 9. Adaptation of the
British commercial means of the takes to the
purposes of military operations generally."
'l 4 lle enumeration of ttie4ti set oral points of
enq tiry will at,Atnce give the ind object
ter tto report. To become convinced of the
1 -- sciyoilic manner in- which the results arrived
lat re reached nod of the absence of all that
ma , be called merely Speculative, or tun:infer
abl . from the facts collected s .the report' 'must
i i be ' ad as a whole. To enter into an nun).-
1 Eizi.of it to show this, would be, within the
i
cot Emed limit a to which [ am restricted in a
newspaper article, out of place; and therefore
I
1 to all those who take ple,a=ttre in seeing such
1 m. tier.; treated with precision.] would recrri--
m nil the perusal of the report itself.
At the outset of the report, there nro some
je-t considerations and reflection-, which, on
account of their value and the great impor 7 .
tence to which they point, of the estublisi-,
Went of a more thorough system then at pres
ent exits of arriving nt the elements of a
ju-t and precise knowledge of our internal
trade end cmninerce, I cennot withhold from
the reader. - They areas follotts:
absence of an established syste l m of
t.tittistics in reference to our internal 'FiSn- .
mprce, will, until so serious a defect. in our na
tional policy be adequately remedied, tender
iliextremely difficult, to answer questions of
this kind with the precision due to their in
importance, and to their eminent in
tlhence upon the prosperity of the nation.—
The ihternal commerce of all nations vastly
exceed' their external, and is a more
infuiii
hie measure of their strength. It is only .
fi-om a knowledge of this commerce. thich
•I
is a knowledge of the Pruduc's of all kinds of
a couture, awl of the interchange of. these
products, that the capacity of a country can
be properly estimated: its ability, to sustain
itself in seasons of adversity, and to turn a
helping hand to others.. And it is also from
it knowledge of these pro Iticts, that a Sound
judgement car,bo. formed of those national
-interests which may require some adventitious
aid, and of those which may ably sustain
ibeinselvel. Or, in our intercourse with Mil
l-
nations,ithat the statesman can decide up-
Ott poscf which his country can take
. from a correct knowledge of her own resour
.--c-es, anl of her own consequent independence.
A nation may be obliged to endure n wrong,
•or be able to resent it,'according to the,con
dition of her internal resource,i, for on the
strength of these her ability to resist chiefly
dr'•ends. The productive i ry of anntion
may be considered as ralasared by its internal
and exte•nal trade and commerce, and the ex
ternnl trade and commerce may he considered
as the measuto or national profit; as the ex
ternal commerce rf n tintton consists of those
national products which are not wanted nt
home, or which can b. conveniently spared.
Each react upon the ottor, giving life and
strength to both; n corret katiailed,go of
each is therefore of the greatest:it»portdnee
in obtaining, a corieet knowledge of the
Our revenue y6tern gives us an ex
act kaondedge of that j,ortion of our prodne•
live induFtry which forms, our foreio corn
merce• but the.system Ints not !wen extended
:Ai as to obtain a knowledge of our interns.'
trade and c•rmmerce. Tits imMense amount
of natural resotirce, and this vast measure
of I niti.nal strength, hag, as yet, been left,
t'tat is, n correct knowledge of it, to •
Ora s, and accidental investigation: or,
in otherWods, it k yet in want of some es
tablished spitem by which its details can be
collected with the same reliable accuracy as
those of our foreign commerce. Considering
how esr.ential thii knot: ledge is to the form—,
;lib of sound opii'dions of the fiscal or military
power of a pehple, we think it will be readily
admitted, that a System by whichthisltuo«l
-edge shall be obtained, cannot he too careful
l) established or Lou highly,cherished.'•'
These reflee3ions, it strikes the waiter, ore
not more philosophical, than they are concise
and cogent; and they cannot but have a ten
dency to the aceotevlishment el the desidera
tum so ably pr: seated. The report then goes
on to discuss the several pdints of ci4iiry, no
already given ohm e. -
According to the best data available', the
Bureau, in u report of November, 18.13, rep.
resented,ihe floating value of the lake corn•
mcrce, fur the year 1841, to be—
) _Of imports,
Of exports,
a total of - $65.825,982 00
orlting value of the lake commerce
Mild
as t 6. fl
for that
Ei;Eta
From a consonantal reiurn, in the present
report, of the exports and imports of the lake
harbors, for 1846, including those of lakes,
Champlain, Ontario, Erie, and the port Of
Chicago upon 'lake Michigan—those of the
12 other harbors of this lake are not given on
account of there. having.been no 'returns, or
hat imperfect ones rendered—the grand ng.
gregatet value of these exports and imports is
repre.ented to be €1123,820,821 00.
flot, as the report justly remsrks, there
can be no auttbt that the total amount of ex
ports and imports of the lakes, as just given,
is a duplicate commerce; the expOrta of one
glace being the imports of another; end there-
fore the assumption admit lialf the amount
as being the net moneyed value - of. the lake
- commerce,da,but reasonable and proper. The
net value then of this commerce fur the dear
1846, wa51361,814,910; and as, according to
the same rule, the net value of the commerce
for 1841, must be placed ai $32,012,991; it•
shows un increase in five years, of nearly 100,
Percent., or, more precisely, tin average an
anneal increase of 17 62-100 per cent.
The registered, ehroled, and licenied ton
nage of the lakes, according - to the((richt! re
portei of the Treasury Department, mounted,
in 1846, to 106,836 tons. From he sane '
nothprity, this tonnage amounted, it 1841, to
56,2,52t0it5. - The increase ;n five years was
then, nearly 100 per cent., or in
at an
average rate 'of 17 98-100 per cent. ,
The n»mher of clearances and entrances
was in 1846X15;855, and Of goods ;imported
and exported, 3,86t,088 tons. The amount
of ghods imported and exported in 1841 'was 2,-
802 ,tens. The increase then-in five years
was' nearly. c tit , or annually at the
average ra cof 17 27- 0 tier cent.
Col. Abert very pertinently remarks:—
"The striking coincidence in the 'average
rates of increase front 1841, to and including
1646, of these several aspects under which
thel lake commeke has been considered,
namely—its moneyed value, its licensed ton
nage andits tons of merchandize exported
amtimported; witl,l hope, be rece!ved as
sortie evidence of careful investigation, and
will gain confidence for the facts reported."
The number of passengers in nil directions
upon the lakes for the year 1846 was not' ess,
according to Mr. Barton—who has publi'siked
some statistics relative to lake commerce—
than 230.000 4 Assuming then, as Col. Abert
does, that the aterage charges upon each
passengerotniount tos3, the value of this item
Of lake commerce, could not,for that year,have
been less than $1.250,000.
The number of mariners employed in 1846
was, by the Treasury Department returns,
6,972.
' In regard In the p4thable increase or the
commerce oft he lakes, die ireports speaks as
follows: 'it is ditlieut to approach this part
of the inquiry without fear- of Uppeuring to
exaggerate. •Those who knew these lakes
thirty •years ago, and know ebetu now, will
tadinit that existing facts hate' 'baffled human
antioipations,and that the wildest speculations
of the imuginutioo have Item more than real
ized in the vast inert ase of heir comerce.
Then, if we examine into the elements, of this
increase, we can perceive no reason to doubt
a less energetic actioHof these elements, for
muny years to come, tban has been realized
in the past. The reeons whose intercourse
is facilitated by the commerce; the itrodne
tiveness of the soil ofthe adjacent States, ex
tent of that soil, and eixtent of lands yet un
occupied; the populatilm tic:pending upon the
lakes us a means of communicating With a
market already gient, and daily increasing;
the agreeableness of the climate and general
salubrity; the character of the population
and of the fiireign emigrant, to whom the
lake region is so great a favorite; the cheap
ness of the canal—all these eliments of in
crease now exert as great energy as herete
fore, and must continue to exert on equal en
ergy, for many ye trs to cc me. If it be sup
posed that merely for the ensuing ten years,
the increase will b equal to that of the last
five, it will justify he following results. We
have found that inerease, under all the aspe c t s
in which the trade has been viewed, to ex
ceed the annual average of I'7 per. cent . We
'Ail! take 17 percent., and apply it to the net
aniout of the commerce of Its 46:
That corn. has been shown to he*Gl.oll.9lo
To which add the pas'rs trade of 1,250,000
And. wChave n total of ,563,164,910
This amount for 1-.2n years, at 17
per cent. n ill be in 1857
The Ci Ihnel then goes on to rewash, that
he "has no reasondredoubt the correctness of
this estimate, and feels under,no apprehension
of being reprebented for exaggerating, after
ten years shall have passed away ." -
But I fear that I have already extented this
article too far, and 'therefore what I may have
to say in regard to thereat of the report, must
be reserved for 'some future communication,
X. Y. Z.
* The net value is alone involved in this
amount: that is half of the floating, or aggre
gate value Of the exports and impurts.
A melancholy and fatal accident occurred
at the house of Col. 73. P. Norri.. in Greene
township, in this county, on the '2:l'd ult., by
Premature discharge of a cannon.
,r ; A young
man named Edward Chipman, formerly of
N;irth Jat a, Wyomin,g county, N.Y., where
his mother still resides, was in the act of
placing the cartridge in the gun, and to do
had inserted his arm to the shoulder,
when it exploded, shattering. his rani in a
lioirible manner, and causing his death in a
few hours. He was about eighteen .ent - s of
age, and was a young man of good character
and promise.
()C The Livingston S. Welk line of Tel
egraph have their wires 'lli as fhr es Fredo
nia, and are coming this way with all possi
ble dispatch. We shall coon hale two tele
graphic finest& eettnuninatien.
There was a very large TAT Lon demons, in
tion in New Vak on the night of the 221, at
'which Munn MaxwEbt, presided.' It was
held at NibVs'Garden. Among I the .Vice
l'reAdents v.e notice the name 'of James
Harper, late native Americtin mayfir of New
York; while others of that defunct part ,
ap
deat have taken part in the
,proceedings.—
Mr: Henry J. Raymond of the Courier kEn
gnirer, presented the address and resolutions,
and speeches were made by Ogden Hoffman.
Mr. Gentry, of the House of repre i sentatives,
Col. Baker, of Illinois, Col. hlorrison of the
same State, and last, thong
h not least, Gen.
.Peter Sken Smith, of the "church b4ner''s"
Native American organ, Philadelphia.
03,483.4 , 11 00
31,342,511 00
Will the editor of the Fredonia Ex
press give us the- name of "the I gettilethati"
who informed him.that there had been over
150tues of smailiox in' this. city? Thia
community would 'verNeuch like to know
the nameof a "gentleman" that will lie in
that Manner.
fVf" Another Canton Factory is to bo es
tablished at Lanpatiter •city. Gin. James, of
Massachusetts, is at the head of the enter
prise. • It will be for the manufacture of dril
lings and Canon flannels. What "ruin."
$1 '70„! 15,257'
M i clancholy and Fatal Accident.
EMGM
Taylor Meeting in 11117 uilt
Pena with Mexico
Tke rumors of the receipt, at Washington,
of propositions of peace from Mexico, given
in our last, *yea correct. A treaty has
been received fq the President, and, submitted
to the Senate. , What its terms are, is not '
certainly known, hitt 11.11710 r, that prolific
mother, sets down the Rio Grande as the
boundary to the southern line of New Mexi
co, thence'we3t to the waters of the river Min
down that tone Colorado, thence to the Gulf!
of California,- and west to the• Pacific, giving,.
us New Mexico and Upper California entire,'
in consideration of which we are to pay Mex
ico fifteen mplions of dollars, end assume the
elnimslorntui citzens against that c0untry.......1
Whether those terms are correct, and will be
aceeptable to the Senate, vet remains to be
seen. t For our part, we doubt it; and much
as we desirc'Oace, we agree with .the New
York True Suit, that it isnot the part of,wis
dom or patriotism ,to act hastily opnii the
propositions that are, made. We have no
doubt but thailthese propositionscan be Made
the basis of a treaty far snore advantageone
and honorable to our country than that which
would be secured by their acceptance in their
reported shape. The firmness', as well as the
moderation - ; of the Senate will secure this;
and we trust that too great a readiness to ac
cede to any
,terms which an arrogant and
treacherous enemy haii,seen fit to (der, after
compelling Os to conquer, at a vast expense
of blood and treasure, 14e 'territory whichlit
is now cooly proposed to fell us at a good
round price, may ,not be manifested by, the
treaty-making power of our government: If
.the American people, by the events of this
war, have not
,placed themselves in - a position
to demand what is right in any treaty 'that
may now he made, then, in sober verity,
the blood of.nur fellow-citizens has drenched
the soil c.( Mexico in vain, and our glorious
victories have been but showy ankl profitless
pageants. A peace, to be permanent, must be
right. There are few, we believe, who con
sider that the terms generally reported I to be
all ered in the proposed treuiy, are such oa
Mexico has any right to expect uf ' our gov
ermitrut. T Ilk opinion is said to be very
general at Washington, and With` 'the^ nrem
hers of the Senate; and yet ,great
is expressed that the terms will be ueeeded to
as they stand. We are disiMsed io confide
too far, however, in the wisdom of the Steil
ate and its regard for the honor of the c0m1 . .:
try, to believe that any treaty will be conchr
ded on, which would be in any respect derog
atory to our character as a nation, and which
would not secure, beyond a contingency, that
full indemnity which we have a right to de
mand-,
• Postago qn Newspapers
A friend av Ilarisburg writes ps that the
publishers in,our Atlantic cities are urgani
king an circa to indueeCongress to eo amend'
the post office la i ws, as to discriminate in favor
of their -maroon - id) sheets of trash, and against
the country or local press. We have seen in
dications of this movement 'in a number of
quarters, and have,no doubt it is as our cor
respondent states. :Whether they o ill be
able to succeed or not is probletuaticai—they
will not, we are confident, lithe country press
awake to the importance'of the subject, and
take immediate and prompt action in the pre
mises. - •
A more unjust system 01 newspaper postage
than the present, could scarcely have been
conceived. The late law, giving the news
papers the right to be conveyed free , for the
distance of thirty miles, was somewhat better,
but fell far short of, what the interest of the I
people and the 'country publishers demanded.
I'Ve do not wish to be protected by
justice, even and exact justice; is all we
Give u F s, this and,we %% ill' be satisfied,. But
what equity is there in subjecting our paper
to a postage of one cent for being curried in
the mail five mites, and Charging only that
amount on the mammoth weeklies from Phila
delphia to this place, a distanced four hun
dred miles! The least particle of common
sense will teach the reader that there is none.
Again, what justice is there in charging one
.cent for carrying the country papers one mile
oter thirty, and exacting only -that amount
for carrying the city mammoths three hun
dred and se%enty miles over thirty? Npne at
all! 1..,et all newspapers puss ftee within the
count or Congressional district (as the Wis.-
dem of congress may determine) in which
they lire printed, and beyond that - let them
I be charged according to distabee and size or
%%eight„This would be just wall concerned—
we of the eouutry press, as well ns they of
the city, who estimate their profits by the
thousands.
Brethren of the country press, do you wish
to bring about an order of things like the
one indicated above? If you do, you have
but to speak and it is accomplished! The
city press boasts of its influence, but we of
the country require no brtgadocia to sustain
us--the cards arc in our own hands—we have
but to folliiw suit and trump, and the game is
ours! You hear the motion, then, gentlemen;
ali you that ate in favor of it, will say aye!—
those of n contrary opinion will 'hold your
tongues now, and semi you tt in have no
tongues to hold!
ot' We Fee that :W tn. S. Lane, E , q., of
this city, is honored _with the nomination o f
Pre•idential elector for thi., district, .the
TilyJon Contention, shirk met at HU rrie•burg,
un the 22d. Mr. ',due, if tee understand his
position, is no nut and cut ;Scott 4-4 Cl a y
tshig F How, then, ho %%ill like the c o mpany
of each demberuts as the Hon. Charles :At
ler and John P. Bucher, Esq., remains to be
seen.
G)aam's Magazito
The Attach number of this handsome pe
riodical has made its, appearance, adorned
with two finely exe'cuted engravings, entitled
"Expect a tion;" and , Tontem plat ion :"They
are companion pictures and - appear very nat.:
unit. The fashion plate isiby the latest arri
val—OM style is pretty, and if we mistake
net, will •he speedily followed by the ladies.—
The original u=riti6ga are in good taste and
tilled with interest.
The friends of Lieut. AN'DMISON, of
the 3d
i ra,goonp, will 11 pleased to learn of
his promotion to the Quartermaster's depart
ment, with the rank of Captain.
correspondent of the Tribune states
that Richard p; Ho . binson, of Ellen 4witt
notoriety, recently died in West Florida.—
He hae kept a small drug store, and was very
recluse in hie habits, studiously avoiding ,all
mention of his ho e and friends.
Fiona Mexico.
Correspondence of the Erie Obserrer.
_
CAMP NEAR MIMI, Mimeo,
. , January 23, 1848.
MEssas.. Enrreas.--anclosed I send you a
rose; it is faded - now, and by the time it reaches
hit. 42 kill be crystalized by frost, but I pick
ed it, fresh and blooming, on new-years day
from Aristes'garden at Monterey.
But perhaps you and y - our subscribers, as
you set ,cozily by pin. blazing hearths, might
be amused by a perusal of a sketch of my
trip to that place—so "11l do my boyish best."
It wi s Christmas morning when some hun
dred an twenty horsemen, regulars and vol
unteere an escort to a train of wagons, pack
mules .e., were wending their way over the
hills, ui the road that leads from Mier to
Monterey, your modest correspondent in the
craw For the first three days march the
~fasof4 t he country is extremely uninteresting,
being slightly undulating, 'covered with a
scrubby parched chapparel, with scarce the
sign of a habitation.
From the first,.hon ever, the blue and - in
distinct line of the mountains of Ceralvo and
Monterey, give proinie to the traveler o f
greater variety of scenery, and under this an
ticipation we trudged along es merrily as
the nature of the case would admit. As the
advance guard moved along, the - affrighted
ravens rose in flocks from the carcass of
some I,Mrsc onnule; the road being :traveled
FO inTii",o by trains, 'is literally lined" with
skeletons of this 'kind, and sometimes oven
of man. At all, the / usual camping • Places
we found these birdslin herds, and before the
train could leave in he morning, the ground
was literally black with the 'hungry -- ci
tures. - '
On the second day's March ‘ve sat (limn
by a collection of hiuse-wails, that had once
been a flourishing rancho, but the rough hand
of war cante L tlte tmch Was applied, and now
noel nog remains bug the charred and blacken
ed walls, surroundeil by desolate fields. On
the third day we made the villttge of Ceral‘ 0,
but like tno4 Mexi i itan towns yon are not
awareof its proxiMity' until you are
. plump
upon it.-
,The tow') is very pleasantly situa
ted . on a little stream of good water, uthich
run itretty ) _much through its centre, now 4
Hiding along by tle foot ()Nome tall live-oak;
1
very_refreshing tohe sight—now dancing in
a gentle cascade, is brigh t waters sparking
in the sun onttil t I(mgth the merry littl i e.
1
fellow, satisfiedlith its fun, leaves the place
in the quiet posse ?' shot of the Ilith infantry,
a detachment of iwhich is stationed here.—
After a , thoroughlrenovation of our good-look
ing perZ'On from Pio - A.lllst, cleansing our throat
with a "wee (flap," we sat (limn in the
barracks et. the dUicers' mess with as idly a
set of lads as ei,fr came to the wars.
At this place. 9ur escort Aier:.„increased—t he
train eonsiAing ttl near three-hundred wag
-1/11-; :wain uncoiltd, and we vaulted into our
saddles and wer e once Inure upon the road.—
About four mile from thi.;• place rise (as is
country) Lbludily from the
mountains, and tieyopd therm
lefts the mountains that sor
. 4 Our path ran over a broken✓
rocky countryi-inding and torturing itself
into a narrow 4' ss, where we encamped on
the second dar k Here the hills rose in huge,
barren height+ll about us; toward Monte
rey hill upon 11411 are piled up, mail their
towering heigVs are'iost in the blue hoists of
Heaven. WeAvere entranced with the view,
10
hut were stub! l tidy awakened by a remark at
i,
our elbow to tit efibct, that "thern's mighty
like tate'r hill;" whereupon a discussion
arose as to whother "Irisit" or sweet potato
hill, brit the ft' low being a Carolinian, and
fond of the luttl'r, swore by the point of, his
I
blade that thd resembled the latter. - The
next day -- weiptised through the town of Rey-
Inas, a place tlUtt was burnt by the trfitips
last year, .nn:[ of course deserted by 'all
save one or to t il families. It was about two
miles beyond this, that Smith's train was
. _., . . .
common in thi
plain the Ceral
to the front en
round Montero
Inassacred in Feb. 'l6. and as me passed aver
the ground thelbonec t f our murdered CM/ft
trymen were st l ill to be _seen upon the field,
with here and thete burnt portions of wag-.
ens or harnesq, 'The train had an escort of
thirty ittfantri soldiers, and , the Mexican
lancers, thittc4n hundred strong, under the
notorious Catiailes, took them prisoners at a
dasl4- undnm!rdered about sixty unarmed
teamsters._ This was glory for the F - I,g-nnii't
imous,nation. t As we passed through Mario,
rather a hand4ome place, by the way, every
citizen, male; cud female, seemed to have
turned pediar,l the streets being lined - with
in piest cakes, oranges, ke. Passing
out by tie twist end of the town, the valley
(proper) of \ I,ottterey, opened to us in all its
rich expansitAks. The next day we made
the "Camp nitirMonteley," and in doing so
trawled overia region of-very rich soil, par t
Ocularly aftc'T yon\eave Ague-Frio, (cold
river) disttin; eight Miles from Marin..
Fine tieldq of corn and sugar-cane are on
either side, ahrrounding \ com.iderable ranchos.
—the farmsrrigated by artificial streams-' of
good water tinning through\theni, find the
imbiness sears to be cutultict4generally on
. I.
more sctentric principles than any other re
gion that 11 , 1
ave seen on this line.` . \
1
"Camp llar Monterey" is al; piece Marie tt:
, , a ,
civil to Am l erican memory front its ssocia
tions. It Pins been called the "Walnut
springs," bit from what circumstance, this
depoonnt slith not—there act being the sign,
of a walnth about. There were sonic lire
oak, howCver, under whose broad, spread
ing arms t l i l .e pitched our tents, and made our
selves abont as comfortable as soldiers. gen
_
orally g . ,et 1 .0 be.'
A short ride of three miles, brings you now
to the city, which is about t , ,vo miles long,
byrthree-fi l iurt Its ivide, built,of limestone rock,
immense quarries of which are all' about it
in the njountains, in the shadow of which
the. place stands. But to enjoy the view we I
will ascend the famous position known as the
"Bishop's Palace," froth which the whole
panorama of city, plain and mountain, bursts
at once upon the enraptured gae. The city
with its gardens, orange orchards, its squares,
markets, and massive churches whose square
turrets rise above all; surrounding it are those
fortifications over which the fiery volunteers
charged in masses of living steel—there the
Blacle.rurto (a bull I think, for no fort could
be' whiter) with its shining walls, and .black
guns commanding the plain below; immedi
ately about you are the heights over which
the steady columns of Gen. Worth rolled
like's fiery wave; yonder are the house-tops
upon %
which the Texas rangers stoo4 when
g of truce was sent out, and a little
I them the Church and Grand Plaza,
•ond ail these tower the Saddle, mid
runtains, whilst vistas between them
Sithi/o and Wo-hoe-ha. Returning
!h the town we met the biliss bail!,
hind it rive upon v: - ave: came the
l ranks of the 10th,infanirY:Ahey were
f'rto the Black-Fort, where e' grand re
las to end the military c9remonies of
Year day iti Monterey. ,Youra, -
0 MEGO:
1
the fin
beyon
and beJ
other
Mr
MEM
GEM
OM
view
New
Case of Lieut. Col. Freawir.
The ,male of the Fremont Court Mar'tial iR
at last known. The Court found him guilty
o! the following charges, viz: Ist., ".11titi.
ny; 2d. Disobedience of the lawful command
of hi 3 superior officers; 3d. Conduct to the
Prejudice of,good order and military digcil
plitie"—and sentenced him "to be disinised
from the service." Acccompanying • there
s p ec if: ca lio ns m.as a recommendation, signed
by seven of the tneMbers of the Court, thit
the accused receive the "lenient. considera
tion of the President." Although theyre.s,'i
dent disscented from the Court in regard to
the firs.tchar!re of mutiny being sustaincld,
he approved of the balance and of the sf,ii
tence, but, it, consideration of the Dacuillar
arriganees of the case, anti olthe previoits
itoriotts and Valnahte services of Lieta.
Fremont, and of the fore::oicor • reco n-
IHn nf a majority of the members', of
otty, the penalty of dismissal • from the
ic7 he remitted. The ICol l onel • floWe ver
t 111 ) 1. r 1 • 'I
ediowly resigned hia e,tirrmijs s otin' lira
-;rou id that tic Vi'tlS no et i i l' i .A•cionsl i (if !flay
.lori•uny thing to me th!finding I pfftlhl
0,,
court against him, an: could not f., -..ern to titls
admit its justice by accepting executive cli•
Thus haw one of the best, most L.:4
. •
prising and promising officers_ in the ari
-been persecuted and (Irk en from the .ere
by the childish jealousy of hi., cid aid sill
annated. E•vprritas.---AVe verily belieYe 1
Fremont's only crime was that he had di:
gni,hed himself quill!, and by his intro
•ty and taient, sect red a olace in the Iv
his count rymen tin tothere„: hough grown
in the service, hil I neilln.r. the ettergy
t;., • d for
FEE
mer
Col
i)en
the
tory
Inut
the
lug
ME
lit to ;main. - wit, hi, critn, , ,
thus he It been sacrilicod! Let the t..)t
reiliembQr him r. id tli'ii
.A Cow more Lott.'
s43ing bl the "rattur-strwm nu
peculiarly a pplicable,to Gen. Taylor', pr
city to write„litters,. In addition to th e
dready helm , the public, we now have a
tyldithut of two more "never before published;" /
and we doubt not, there are a "Miy t;one eft of
the 'am & eurt." We have only roma forpne
tl ctn. It is adhres,:;ed to Gen. l'otir
Smith, a leading and ardent mend:2r ,f
tint ,
tittite .sktnerican party in Pl,ilat2elpH,
only one mouth wd. The other a a
dressed to .lu,sepli R. Iligt!r, 7 oll, and is dateti
mote thanaix months' ago. In this letr, - tltc
anthenticityul w hick is by no nteans
tabltshed, General Taylor declare, 1 1 .;nn,olf
to be a "moderate Whig," but co:n-1114s ti ;111
the promise, to "be the President of
y, and not of! a party. The other
f nd below, and ice canna avoid call
earnest attention of our readers to 1
production singularly dt.eert 11
tenthly. In this letter Gen. TayM
care, twice, in the str l nifeA manne
IlhBert his "immutable' . determination
be the candidate of any part 2, ! fie i-
to accept the numinalion of N at i.. et :
crag, and " \Vltig's," but he is not
(Rebound by he organi:otionuf the p.l
Ail this is clearly and (-il l !:
ly announced hi, letter to General
dated— , •
BA-ro\ Rocar., La., Jan. - SO,
Sir—Your cominutiicat tun of the 11
has been received, anifithe suggez,tior
in oftbred, duly considered.
In reply to your inriiiries, I have
repeat; that I have neither the power
desire to dictate to the American pc.
exact manner itt_which they shout.]
Ty - milt:ate me fur the
ed. rate:.
10 fl
knit
II thoy desiresuch a result, theyin
the means best suited, in; their (mini ,
consummation of the pinipose; sit
think lit to hring tni'; before them fn,
lice, through their Legislatures, Ma
i ns , or Conventions. objec
designating those bodies as Willi:,
ic, or Native; but being this nom
must ins'st on the condition—and
lion on this pin»t is iminntable—th
not be brought Com and by them as
dictate of their piirty, or con , idet cd
ponent of their party doctrines.
ht a incinsion I have to repeat,
were nominated fur the Presidenci
hotly of my fellow-citizen, desi“nat i
name they might choose to adopt,)
esteem it an honor, and would lie!
nomination, provided it had been int
ly independent of }.arty consideraq
ain sir, your obedient sel
Peter Sketi Sin*, Z:
The ,Lindost Out of all.
The Kentucky Whig Convention have
nominated Mr. Crittenden for Governor, and
John S. Helm for Lieutenant C 4 iovernor.—
The Convention appoint& delegates to the
Whig National Convention, with directions
to support the claims of 6en. Tavlor for the
Presidency. This is the unkinde r st cut of
IL - 1
- =The following si'atten of bo act pas
sed by the legislature, changing the place of
bolding the election in Greene township, we
find in the lust Gaztte, the tirst place iveet - iir
saw it. Did the citizens of Greene wish
this changer We doubt it.
Sec. 13. That hereafter the qualifi l eri elec
tors of the township of Croon°, in the county
f ViiP, idian hold their General and Town
6biAlectintis at the new Sch o ol Ilouse near
\Vllllam %+, mice's on the "Lake Pleasant
road" and at present in Sult•School district
number fifteen in said townbhip.i
The, New York True Sun has} thrown off
iti neutrality, and is now an able and influ
ential exponent of the Democratic Policy
It always has been or, of our mOst valuable
exchanges, and since it has bectime the organ
of tho Democracy of New Yorh, without a
"proviso," its t alue has be / cenei thiubly en
hanced! •
A lecturer on Mqtnetism imPittshur;y,
professes to obliterate the recollectioh of any
circumFtance from the mind, by means of his
art.--E.r. •:
We hope he'll corn* this way, ai we would
like to have him practice "his art" iipon Some
of our creditors, it would be sot very conven
ient to have them wait until we get ready to
Pay•
(rr . T. 'Hart H att,
the New York Mode, has been'
Ful ni Belfast, Ireland.
G I.
mist
i ROW
rcm
enttemen:.The 13oi
pvened in
MEE
nn in ,the
at .12 oolock.
The
i,
ans: . aed to
quilito l oath
an' m f eraer
I,IIOK. Pric,l
was a mem
tun
'pre{sent. I
Cho., an.i
1114. The
hot. labor un ler great
of,the returns fr: - orn t
large proportion of the
eireninstancos, they a
the celerity possible,
thisirous of dispatehie
iljr as possible; ai] i
.1
:,toners . of the scvera
zt ,l us genz , rail 3., t tvi
Glen I
sev,- , be prorw r t
sorer it MI; fite:litit.
The i
portance. 'There
lousre. ua S^..turda
tneadment offered
tv to the bill from
Tarter of the Cent
tcquited hiny, , e!f, I t
l and cre,lit. Ile op'
p nr. - eri of that, - Co
tinan..,,v.eraw
porntion tdrea i
i privilogPs; and he)
ifor er.or
of i'!:i!tide'flllia in
Ithrittl.:_?,ll to i'itt,bu i
, 17, .;uo_ r !•IFtz,:ut1 i':rio.
-,.
Nita-our
I
l'ato„lil IC.
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to-friy. It i
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r's
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N.'2`.‘,
pta:;;YL.;.l-'.
n.
ut 1112
part) ft C.IInLS•
I.,!lower
1i accept the it,
ink the
eir tit
tap
th." voa T. , .. , utoe . .. :No I ES .^II. 1.- sail eb4
tilt' Sverciary e I tie Tee el -hry i.Jz receise4
Wis at peer lor , 11 the T:,,,etr) il,tes re-esse
ille,!. ureiountite : i to ,ex or td , eve,e e".' 1 •0;:s of (Inl
he I
rs. Tite ere -e b 11a% e, el i s-6(1, 1 e:11 ril-ct
te.l. att.! the .`..Feec reiary of the 'Pren,tery- %‘,e!!
ep 1111 pr-babili) t iriv - 00 offers for the arneun
re -i,.... - .,tiab,',e:—i'alt. Sun.
Min
nut to
I)c no)-
, ing• 10
ulival
innll:o,
.
No Lew feat zre in the market yesteria!„
Plinir itch.) at t• 1 87 . 4 pretty freely. No mere
met in whcatland corn. No. 1, mess rr'r.
9 50 a;.. 4 1 o—sruked Hams 'jets. Priale L.::
t. , r .I'2'.et,.
.1 1 \ - 111: - Yuan Feb. .2.9-7 P.M.
otir--:- . .alfili. 4 . 1500 hbls. hpq brant9,3l
:21u1;,:50 per bbl. This is an adiala
vesterdayl's prices and shows an upwir,
lefley in the flour market. - °
l'hei/1--6a es of 22.Q0 bushels Ohio at kr.
pricc s. '...'he market is active, and price
rif S. N.
in-t.
rs there-
again to
nor the
le the
proceed
• of the
E
C
ten
EEM
ti,t adopt
n. Lo L the
it they
s mot. t
t to their
CUnt--S ak'
have thhen pl;.1
adv
drmand
i;
of 6,900 Nils
Jlese I'ork
pork have her
crat -
;Incited, I
rosi
-6I shall
the
can
~thee::-
Oats—Sir:
sactit,as are'
fll ARMEI
\l'illiain T(
Fairview.
in No
.1. 11'. 11! it
A/1\ and MI
place.
that j if, I
by' any
ra by any
I sitoni,l
rcpt such
hdc vntire-
Mill
vnnt
11:,011,
'DIED-0 1
suddenly, DI
vii le, ngA 7
In this
Mr. \Vtt tit.
r : In Lonisy'
1.2;14 of Febt ,
tan), airs. I
y , ar of lier
I inner!) , of
- Qf Erotic! .
zit the rc , id
sA3 aty dan
0'
S
strnkti, in ii:
t;on Party
nlo4' of t 1 1 ,:
:Lev. Mr. Ft,.
A.tleneral
lets hate be
I
co=, la relily to the eneimun.cat.otrof Dr. i ,
lt c-- -4
lion nu .11 fit In aililrens on, upon the nab3 o -.,'
o tickle riot.: s of U. C. Van glin's Lithruntritine .'"
—the Gi rot A en rlc i /In R enierly,wo Lino atuh 1 04 '
ti
ci ore WI, n Ifren iA. appeared in then° irot. e '":
leg le nriinotiy 10 theigriiat curAtino porter of Ow—
ed arireto of itedicilie. t a r cHume one, whirrs.,
"ertliY frieeeuryt thiehr no fiction II tined bre;
tie questions ler 5140 arifq 1.111,, We 5 1 0. 1 . 1 a , 4
' take the tome of any person he Ito, ever forma
i•rii, the phir , of rt altlence. and seed a ram PO
O , ' , 2
hrs, , o, fha does Hut receive a satinfictril e
i l
J heal on rag ribs th, gen eitieuens of the thanes
1 the characte of the tut:Memo alluded to sl-ue ft, W . 4
our frt.:rico :on, trail stood Convicted of pent‹; v ,
this nati.fy the Isoctorl We happen to loss ,
e eri;Ageil in W lie n we p int such stonier. ilo oy
hie Lithout line. lii &nog great good All Cl
;1,1"3 t.C.lnlo ohe 111 , IClllolly for ali ,onlyl3.' 4l ` . j ,
1 Ato,. io I,i, 'err nits , whose, naine• arc Up . n,,,,
I 111,11..11113n in our Pripet, will leforor• the e , .• i
1 pamphlet
1
mild slid pl
in its operl
certain ren
Colds Astl
iu the Side
tutiou, thni
relief of_th
of its won(
till rpurier
I of sulVein
, by it; nor •
ucerue fro
• ai• a
late editor of
appointed con-
om Har
iisiourg.
i.ndence tf C.
. E,ie Olterrer.
10, iFun. 22, 1848. •
rd of Revenue Coen
tho Supreme Court
rilay, the 18th inst.
uzige BANKs in the
bets beingbeing called, all
liut three. Judge
administered the re
tinn to the President
Inew members except
, of Philadelphia, wh o .
st Board, consequent.
.1 great benefit to the
api tol on
A. M.,
ITEM
teir turtle
rif , ent au
MEE
• All are
,:of the eit
er of the
ence is
.on. John Forster Was elected
Mr. G illory, of Mercer, assist.
toard at once proceeded to Work,
isadvantak,es for want
c Commissioners ofa
..uunties.,/ Under theal
op'rogrdssing with all
ts the members aro ell •
tk , business as speed.
the County COmatis
counties, and the ci-ti.
'lfil interrogatories have
in returning their an
their action very much.
dove.; but little of irn
is a discussion in the
and Monday last on an
' Mr. Ball of your noun
re Senate amending the
fa! Rail Road. Mr. Ba!!
hought, with much honor
rased the extension of the
, 'poration, showing' is. IL
e manner, that that cot.
ly ton great power: ad
i
l ,
came down with et ch
the blind policy of the t
pushing that - rail I a d
gh, to the neglect of the
on J. lie drd not let fl i p
itlmut notice, but exhibi.
ling. Cleveland to the nei,
rt' 3 light
cation c:ln‘ nand in
a :dim flair, and attrac3
Vonrs, Jac
ceive:l the March number
r '•gon g s for the people.l—
Rc bin Gray," "Perry',
not fondly thine (mill: ••O
udy "The TroAa-
The interest (a!' the publien
'he third nurntier mita - tits a
- ketch of Jcssi LINe aa
her, tilt" "Stredit-.11
EN
1 rt,:wrs are more falnitorr
pu . .)!icaliun of Gen- Ta•
Tribnue states te at
late Tor the Taylor Nk-i
ettilracel tni;io.~ and
lory i t his letter to Mr.
he will not necloir n“ir•
-,,ilenevow matter
/lOW I'l 0111 , 1 dbe ti t;Arrnbri.
were to takt. k m tip! Cull
no nation of insql %kilo are ct,un•
to Cut
Burt - Aim, Alarch :2, 1815
of 8700 bushels prime yel:
ce at sliub3c to tiOct per tes
nee since last adiices—s.
• ,
hisartrele isdecliniq,
lave ocert red at 22.!,,e, per. g i rl.
Sales of 190 ,bb Is prirre /flees
Iv made at 25 per bbl.
sales at .1.80 per hush.. try
cited . and the market firm.'
—On the 17th tilt., by the '1.1;
1, Air. Tuomns VANcP,.jr.
'l-.711 OLI:VIA both'
tl/ cast on the fst
'Mr. eIIARLF:3 (;RFC!'
-
I S ~....11MA WELCH, both ofk.`ll
n the. night of the 2.5 th ult.or!
rs, 11IABA NEWTON, Of Ire , :q .
rears.
on . ihe '2Blllldt.,
'Au.ciiN - , aged ghoul 401esii.
Kentucky, on the night
last, of sym pa thetic
Jontas Jima:Holm hi the 37 ";
age, consort of Jato..is L. Bap)
Erie.
lia! consumption; °tithe '2:2al
teeOf her father in 'Ware.
hterl of Joseph I'. and Car..
le 20th year of her age.
llgfie, t on the 19th ult.,
r., i nconsequence of a parr-
Soth year.
- -
T :\ nerd
ll goloff on the aßerno n and ,
{tli of March, for the benefit
vbs . , jut his dwelling on Fil,h .
taioon is hereby extended, ot
Fn diOen , id u'ith. Eric Fd
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td `rctl•
LuajiLe vr.c.F.T:tuLL;
w".Ytt '0 compouud S% rut• t3e;;
team); to the taste,
1100 0 , trot yet it one of tho nimt
edies (or Constituvlicet of the 1.010.
Sidtt tug of 11'.u.5.1, Lit er utelift,
and ptityrul bditV (
0 "r 1" 10. loveutcd bytin'kitl 071,."
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aad
(trial cluratty r ower* are (tidy ottd
I•It tt M
idtpdt.-thb• to roirei‘e the ,:
amt n,i.ery al lt,,bcott relieved ot•..
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