interesting Despatch from 'California.
II
Among the documents received bv the • Secretary
4.f War, and Communicated with the . Presi ent's tnes
vage, is the following letter from Cul. MAI" the
military commandant of California, who presents
the fullest description we have seenof the gold "pta-'
cers" of that distant region:
[NO. 37.]
liseDque j muts LOTH MtuTART
Monterey, California, Aug. 17, 18:18.
Sts:—l helve the honor to inform you that, ac
companied by Lieut. W. T. Sherman, 3d artillery,
A. A. A. General, I started on the 12th of June last;
to make a tour through the northern part ofealifor.
nia. My principal purpose, - however, was to visit
the-newly discovered gold "placer" in the valley of
the Sacren4nto. I had proceeded about forty unites,
when I was ;overtaken by an express, bringing me
intelligence Of the errival at Monterey of the United
States ship Southampton, with important letters
from Commtdore Shubrick and Lt. Col. Burton. I
returned at once to Monterey, and despatched what
business was most important, and on the 17th re
sumed my journey. We reached San Francisco
. on
the 20th. arid found that all, or nearly all, its mule
inhabitants I had gone to the mines. l'he town,
which a few months ago was so busy and thriving,
was then alinest dese-•ed. On the evening of the
:14th, the hems of the escort wore crossed to Souse
tete in r and on the following day we re
sumed the journey, by way of Bedega and Sonotim,
to Sutter's fort, where we arrived on the morning
of the 2J of July. Along the whole route mills
were lyingfidle, fields of wheat were lying open to
tattle and horses, houses vacant, and farms going
to wefts,. lAt Sutter's there was more life awl bus
iness. Launches were discharging their cargoes
at the river, and carts wake ImOng goods to the
fort, eihord Already were establislxid several stores,
hotet, Rtd.' Captain Sutter had only two mechan
ics in his empley (a wagon maker and a blacksmith,)
whom he was then paying ten dollars a day. Mer
chants paYium a monthly rent $lOO per room; and
whilst I was there a two-story house in the fort - W
- as
rented as a hotel for $5OO a month. •
At the urgent solicitation of many gentlemen;
delayed tliere to participate in the first public cele
bration ',f l our mittensi anniversary at that fort, but
on the sth resumed the journey, and proceeded 25
•miles up the American fork to a point on it now
known as to the Lower Mines,, or Mormon Dig
gings. The hill-sides were thickly strewn with can
vass tents and bush arbors; a store was erected dud
several bo l ardir g• shanties in operation. The day
was intensely hot, yet about two hundred-men Apre
at work in the full glare of the sun, washing 'lor
gold—some with tin pans, some with - close woven
Indian baikets, but the greater part had a rude ma
chine, knOwn as the cradle. 'Tie is on rockers,
six or eight feet long, open at the foot, and at its
head has a coarse grate, or sieve; the bottom is
rounded, With small sleets nailed across. Pour men
are required 'to work this machine: one digs 'the
ground in the bank close by the stream, another
carries it to the cradle and empties it on the' grate,
a third gives a violent rocking motion to the ma
chine, whilst a fourth dashes on water from the
stream itself. The sieve keeps the coarse stones
. from entering the cradle, the current of waterAvash
es-off the earthy matter, and the gravel is gradually
carried out at the foot of the machine, leaving the
Told 'mixed with a heavy fine black sand above the
firetteleets. The sand and gold mixed together are
then - drawn through auger holes into a pan be-.
. low, dire dried in the sun, and afterwards separated
by blowing Off the sand. A party of four men ihns
employed at the lower mines averaged utloo a day.
'rte Indians, and those who have nothing but pans
or willow baskets, gradually wash out the earth and
separate', the gravel by hand, leaving nothing but the
• gold mixed with sand, which 'is separated in the
manner before described. The gold in the lower
mines is in fine bright scales, of which I send sev
_
eral specimens.
As we ascended the south branch of the American
fork, the country became more broken and moun
tainous; and at the saw 23 miles above, the
lower washing, or 50 miles from Sutter's, the hills
rise to about a thousand feet above the level uf th
SacA:amento plain. ; Here a species uf pine mews,
ter feeling the great want of lumber. ccuitFtrdtetV"ln
September last with a Mr. Marshall to build a saw
mill at that place. It was elected in the comee of
the past - winter and spring—a mint and race con
structed; but when the water was let on the wheel
the titit-race was found to be too narrow to permit
the water tb escape with sufficient rapidity. Mr.
Marshall, to save labor, let the water directly into
the race with a strong currenr,.so as to wash it wider,
and deeper. He effected his; purpose, and a large
bed of mud and gravel was curried to the foot of the
race. ;One day Mr. Marshall, as he was stalking
down the race to this deposite of mud, observed
-some glittering particles at its upper edge; he gath
ered it few, examined them, 'and became snosbed o f
their t;alue. He then went to the fort. told Captifin
Sutter of his discovery, and ;thet . a . greed to keep it
secret; until a certain grist-Mill utSutter's was tia
ished. It, howeter, got out; and st4ead like magic.
Remarkable success to tendeil :he hdfors of the first
explorers, and in a few weeks hundreds of men were
drawit thither. At the tinuf of toy visit, but little,
more than three months after its first* discovery, it
was estimated that upwards ( of 4,000 people were
empktyed. At the mill theretis a tine deposite, or
bank of gravel, which the pdople respect as tile prop
erty c 4; Capt. Sutter, although he pretends to no
"sight ;to it, and would be perfectly satisfied %% hit the
simple promise of a pre-emptiun, nu account of the
mill which he has built there ut considerable cost.
Mr. Marshall .was living ,tear the mill, and inforin
ed me that many•persons were employed above and
tbelow him: that they•used,the•same machines as at
_Atte lower washings, and that •their success Wits
about the same—ranging front one to three ounces
of gold per man daily. This gold, toil, is in skates
a little ;coarser than those of the lower mines.—
From the mill Mr. Marshall guided me up the moun
taiga on the opposite or north bank of its sent fork,
where, in the bed'uf small streams ; or ravine 7; now
dry, l a great deal of coarse •gold has been found. 1
there saw several parties at work, all of whom were
doing very well; a great many specimens here
shown me, some as heavy as four or live ounces iu
weight and I send three pieces labelled NM 5, pre
sented by a Mr. Spence. You (will perceite that
some of the specimens -accompanying this, hold
mechanically pieces of quartz; that the surface is
rough t end evidentlym 'Wiled in the crevice of a
rock. This gold cannot have been . carried far by
water, but must have remained near where it was
first deposited from the rock that once bound it., I
inptired of many people if they had encountered the
metal in its matrix, but in every instance they said
they had not; but thatthe gold was inyttrial4 mixed
with washed gravel, or lodged in the crevices of
•other reeks. All bore testimony that they had found
gold in greater or less quantities in the numerous
small gullies or ravines that occur infthat mountain-
.region. On the .7th uf_July 1 left therniN, and
,crossed to•a stnall,stream emptying into the Amer
ican 'fork, three or four miles.below the saw mill.
I struck this stream (now know as Weber's creek)
at the washings of Supol Et Co. They had about
thirty Indians employed, whom they pay iirtnerchan
dise. They were getting gold of a character simi
lar to that found in the main fork, and doubtless in
sufficient quantities to satisfy them. I send yon a
.ainall -specimen, presented by this.couipany, of their
,gold. From this point, We proceeded up the stream
, abbot eight miles, where we found st-,great
people and Indians—some engi ged in the bed of the
stream, and others in the small side valleys that put
into it. These latter are exceedingly' rich, and two
ounces were considered an ordinary yield fora day's
work.
.A small glitter, not,more Allan a .hundred yards
'long by •! feet wide and. 2 or 3.feet deep, was point
•ad onttto me ns.the.one where two toes—William
Daly and 'Petry M'Coon—had, a short time before,
obtained $17,000 worth of. guild. Captain 'Weber
informedane that he knew that these•two men had
employed four•white men and about a hundred In
dians, and that, at the end of one week's week, they'
paid off their party, and had left $lO,OOO -worth of
this gold. Another small ravine was -shown me,'
-frem which had been taken upwards of :812,000
• worth of gold: Hundreds - of similar ravines, to all
appearances, are as yet untouched. I could not
have credited these reports had I not seen, in the
abundance of the,precious metal, evidence of their
truth. Mr. Netligh, an agent of Commodore Stock:
• Lin, had been at work about three weeks in the
neighborhood, and showed ,ne in bags and bottles
over $2,000 worth of gold, and Mr. Lyman, a gen
tleman of ee ICl:4lbn and worthy-of every credit,-said
•
he had been engaged with four pthers,,with s ma.:
chine, on the American fork, just below gutter's mill
—that they worked eightdays, and they his share
was at-the rate of $5O a day; but hearing that oth
ers Were doing better at W,eber's place,' they had
removed there, end were then on the point of resum
ing operations. It might tell'of hundreds of similar
instances, but to illustrate how plentiful the gold
was in the pockets of common laborers, I will men
tion 11 , simple occurrence .which took place , in my_
presence when I ivaS at Weber's store. This store
was nothing but an arbor of bushes,'under which tie
had eaposed for sale goods and groceries pcited to
his customers. A man came in, picked (p a box
of Seidlitz powders, 'and asked its price. Capt. -
Weber told him it was not for sale. The man offer
ed an ounce of old, but (.31tptain;Wel•er told him it
only,cost 50 cents, and he did not wish to sell it.—
The man then offered an ounce and a half, when
Capt. Webers had to take - it. The prices of all
things are higit, and yet Indians; who before hardly
knew what a broallKchith was, can now afford to
buy the Indsmialgy dresses.
The counrW'on Oither 'side of Webers creek is
much brnhen up by hills, and is intersected in every
direction by small streams ravines, which contain
mere or less gold. Those that have beets; worked
awybarelyt scratched, and although thousands of
ounce's have been carried sway, f- do not consider
that a serious impression has been made upon the
whole, Every day was developing new and richeif
deposites, and the only impressioa seemed to be;
that the metal would belound in such abundance as
seriously to depreciate in value.
On the Bth of July lr• turned to th 3 lower mines
and on the following day to Sutter's, where on life
10th I was making preparations for a visit to the
Feather, Yubah, and Bear rivers. when I received a
letter_ rem Commander A. It. Long, U., States
NavyrAvho hrol just arrived at San Francisco from
'Mazatlan, with a crew for the sloop-of-war Warren,
with'ordersao take that vessel to the squadron at
La Paz. Capt. Long wrote to me that the'Mexican
Congress had adjourned without ratifying thetreaty
of peace—that he had letters for me from Cotmilo
dore Jones, and that his orders were to sail with the
Warren on or before the 20th day of July. Incon
sequence of these I determined to return to Monter
ey, and accordingly cirri% cd here on the 17th of July.
Before leaving Setter's, I satisfied myself that gold
existed int he bed uf the Feather river, in the Yuba!)
and Bear, and in ninny of the small streams that lie
between the latter and the American torkkalso, that
it had twen found in the Cosumme.,) to the south of
the American fork. In each of these streams the
gold is found in small scales, whereas, in the init.).-
vening mountains it occurs in Coarser lumps,
Mr. Sinclair, whose rancho is three miles above
Sutter's on the north side of the American, employs
about 50 Indians on the north fork, not far from its
junction with the main stream. Ile had, been' en
gaged about five weeks when I saw him, and
up to that time his Indians bad need simply closely
woven willoW baskets. His nett proceeds (which I
saw) were 111)1)111 e'fl 0.000 v 4 vorth of gold. lie =Mewed
me t Ilea - e-weeds of his Ins week's work—,l4 potted,
avoirdup4se of clean-wa hed gold.
The priudipal store at -.otter's fort, that of Bran
nan & Co., i had reuit ed n payment for goods $30.-
000 (worth of this go! d) rum the Ist of May to the
10th of July. Other Me chants had also made ex
tensivesales. Large qn mitts% of goods were daily
sent forward to the mine , as the Indians, heretoforo
,so poor and degraded, ha re stiddettly become con
sumers of the luxuries of life. I before mentioned
that the greatel part of the- farmers and rancheros
ha'd abandimed; their fields to go to the mines. This
is not the case with Cuiltain Sutter, who Was care
fully gathering his wheat o estimated tit 40.000 bush
els. Fltnar is already worth at Sutter's $36 a bar
rel, and soon will be $5O. Unless large qoantities
of breadstuff reach the country, much suffering will
occur: but as each man is now able to pay a large
price, it is believed the merchants will bring from
Chili and Oregon,a. plentiful supply for the coming
IA inter.
The most moderate estimate I could obtain, front
men acquainted with the- subject, was, that upwairds
lif 4,000 men were working, in the, gold district,', of
%%born more than one-half were Indians; and that
1 fr tm $30,000 to $50,000 worth of gold, if not more,
was daily obtained. The entire gold distiict, with
twft, fr Iti «Irea'll'filifnilf IPM: I 4 Mgt ,f9n2,..):flrt.e, V.
ille United States. It was a matter of serious re.
tli ction with me, how I could teCtlre to 'the govern
in ;It certain rents or fees, for the privilege of procu
ring
this gold; but upon considering the large ex-,
tent of country, the character of the people engaged,
tuill the small scattered force at my command, I re
solved not to interfere, but to permit all to work
freely, unless broils and crime s hould call for inter
ference. I was surprised to learn that crime of any
hind was very uMrequent, bud that no thefts or rob
berries had been committed in ihezold district. All
live in tents, in bush arbors, oridahe open air; and
men have frequently about their persons thousands
of dollars worth of this gold, and it was to me a
matter of surprise that so peaceful and quiet a state
ofthitms should contimie to exist.
Conflicting claims to particular spots of ground
may cause collisions, but they will be rare, as the
extent of country is so great, and die gold so abun
dant, that for thej „ pre:ent there is room and enough
fur all. Still the government is emitted to rents
fur this land and immediate steps shim( I be devised
to collect them, for the longer it is delayed the inure
difficult it will become. One plan I would suggest
is, to send nut from the [Jotted States surveyorS
with high snlaritii, bound, to serve specified periods.
A Sllpecintemlent to be appointed at Sutter's Fort,
with powe'r to want licenses to work a spot of - ground
—say 100 yard= square—for one year, at a rent of
100 to 1,000 dollars at the Iliicretion; the surveyors
to measure the ground, and place the miter in pos
session.
• A better plan. however, will-he to have the die-
Viet surveyed antrsold at public auction to the high=
en hidde'r, ht small parcela, say from 20 to 40 acres.
In either case, there will be many intruders, whom
fur years it will be almost impossible to exclude).
The dieco.vcrie,3 'of these vast deposites of gold
has entirely charered the character of Upper Cali
fornia. Its people, before engaged in cultivating
their small patches of ground, and guarding their
herds of cattle and_ horses, have all gone to the
mines, or on their way thither. Laborers of every
trade have left their work benches, and tradesmen
their shops. Sailors desert their ships as fast its
!hey arrive,on the coast, mid -- several' vessels have
z one to sea with hardly enough satlors to sPread a
,sail. Two or three are now at anchor in San"Pran
disco with no crew on board.
lanv desertions, too, have talon place fr o m th e
garrisons within the iufinenceof these mines: twen
ty-six soldiers have deserted from the post of So•
now, twenty-fourfrom that of San Francisco, and
twenty-four from Mouterey. For a few days the
evil appeared so threatening, that great danger ex
isted that the garrisons wotrid leave in a body; and
k refer you to sty orders of the loth of July, to
.straw the stepmalopted to meet this contingency.
1 shall spare tin exertions to apprehend and punish
deserters, but I believe nu time iii the history of our
country has presented such temptation.to desert as
now exists in California. The dangerof apprehen
sions
is small, and the prospect of high wages cer
tain; pay and buinities are trifles, as laboring men
at the mines Can now earn in one day inure than
double o soldier pay rind aliowane.e for a month, and
even the pay of a lieutenant or captain c•••tinnt hire
a servant. A carpenter or mechanic o,ould not lis
ten to an offer of 'less than fifteen or twenty dollars
a day. Could any combination of affairs try a man's
fidelity more than this? midi really think some ex
traordinary Twit of favor should be •given -to those
soldiers who remain faithful to their flag througljuut
this tempting,crisis. No officer can Howlive in
Californimon his pay, money has so little value; the
prices of uneceseary•artieles of clothing and subsist
ence are eo exorbitant ittablabor so high, that to hire
a conk or servant has become an impoisibility, save
to those who are earning , from•thirty to fifty dollars
a Any. This•state of - things cannot last forever.
Yet from the geographical position of California,
and the,newieltaracter it has assumed as a mining
country, prices of labor - will always be high, and
will hold out temptations to desert. I therefore
have ,o seport , if the government wish 46 .prevent
desertions here on•the. pan of men, and iteeecure
real on the part of officers, their . pay Janet be in . -
creased very materially.
Soldiers; both of the vohtnteere and reigu ser
vice, diicharged,itt this Country; sheuld be permit-,
tad at once to locate Their land' warrants on the gold
district; 'Many private letters have gone •to the
:trnited State*, diving-accounts of the vest quantity
f>fr , gold recently discovered, and it may-be a matter
of surprise why I have made no report on this sub.
ject at an earlier date. V* reason.le, that Lentil/
not bring myself tit))elieve the reports that I heard
of the wealth of the gold districts until I visited it
myself. I have do hesitation now in saying ) that
there is more gold in the.::Country, drained by the
Sacrametitti and :den Joaquin rivers than will pay',
the cost of The Wai,`with Mexico a hundred timea
over. No capital is required to obtain this gold, de
the laboring -matt wants nothing but his pick acid
&mei, and tin pan, with ,which to,digand wash-the
gravel: and many frequently pick gold out.oi the
crevices of rocks with their butcher knives,
ces from one to six ounces.
Mr. Dyeia - ge l mleman residing in Monterey, end
worth of °Very credit, has just returned Nun Feath
er river, lie tells me that the company to which
be belonged Worked Seven weeks and two days, with
an average of fifty Indians, (washers,) and that
their gross product - was two hundred and seventy
three pounds of gold. His share, (one-seventh,) af.
ter paying all exPenses, is about thirty-seven pounds,
which he brought with him and exhibited in Mnn
terey. I see no laborigg men from the mines who
does not show his two, three or fonr pounds of Old.
A soldier of the 'artillery company returned here a
few. days ago (ruin the mines, having been absent on
furlough twenty days. He made by trading ° and
working durin,g that time '11.1,500. :During these
twenty days lie was travelincr ten 'or eleven days,
leaving but a week, in whirl lie made a sum of
money greater than he receives in pay, clothes and
rations during a whole enlistinent'of five years
These statements appear incredible,, but they are
true.
Gold is believed to exist on the easten slope of
the Sierra Nevada; and_ when at the mines, I was
informed by an intelligent Mininnn that it had been
found near the Great Salt Lake by some of his fra
ternity. Nearly all the Mormons are leaving Cali
fornia, to go to the Salt Lake; nOd this theV Surely•
no(do, unless they we're sore of finding gold
there in the'sathe abundance. as they do on the Sac
ramento.
The gold Pplacer" near the miSsio , O ;of San Fer
nando, has lung bi!en kuown, but has been but lit
tle wrought, for Want of water' Tlua is in a spur
that puts of frorn'the Sierra Nevada: (see Fremont's
mop,) the same in which the present mines occur.
There js, Therefore; every reason to believe, that in
the intervening spaces of live hundred unites (en- I
tire!) , unexplored) there must be many hidden and I
rich deposites. 4'be iiplacer" gold is now snbstitu-1
ted as the iturrency of this country: in trade in pass.
es freely at $lB per mnce; risen 'article of commerce
its value is not yet fixed: The only purchnsel made
was' of the specimen No. 7. tvhicn 1 got of Mr.l
Neligh at $l2 the ounce. That is about the pre
sent _cash vable in the con nt ry. 'although it )111.4 been
sold for less. The great demand fir goods and pro
vision made by the sudden deveHiement a wealth,
has increased the amount of commerce of San Fran
cisco very much, and it wilt continue to increase.
1 would recommend t hat a Mint be established at
some eligibleimint of the bay of San Francisco;
and that machienery, nod all the necessary appara
tus rind workmen, be sent out by sea. These work
men, must he hound by high wages. and even bonds,
to secure their faithful./ services; else the whole plan
may be frustrated by their going In the mines as
soon as they arrive in California. If this conrse be
not adopted, guild to the amount of many millions
of &Mars will pass yearly to other countries, to en
rich their merchats and capitatistS. Before leaving
the subject of mines, f will 'Mention, that on my ,
return from the' Sarramentol: touched at'New Al- 1
moiler, the quicksilver mine of Mr. Alex. ittrhes,
consul of her Britannic Majesty at Tcoic. This!
mine is in ei spur of mueuttaiu'S 1,000 feet above the
level of the bay, of San Francisco, and is distant, in
a southern' direction from thei!liebla de San Jose,
about 12' miles. The ore (cinnabar) ()cc ins iu a
large vein dipping at a silting to the horizon.
Mexican - miners are employed in working it, by
driving shafts and galleries-'about 6 feet by 7, fol:
lowing the vein.
The fragmente of rock arid ore are removed on
the back of Indians in raw-hide sacks. The ore is
then hauled in on an ox-wagon, from the mouth of
the mine down to - a valley well supplied with wood
and water, in which.the furnaces are situted. The
rursincefi are of the sithplest censtrliction.;--einctly
tac o a common bakeloven, in.the crown of Which is
kettle forms the lid. num a hole in the lid a small
brick channel lead* to an apartment, orcitammir,ln
the bottom of which is inserted a small iron kettle.
This chamber hus a chimney.
In the morning of each day the kettles are filled
with the mineral (broken in small pieces) mixed
with lime; tire is then applied and kept, tip all day,
The mercury is volatilized, passes into the chamber
is condensed bn the sides and bottom of the cham
ber, and flows into the pot ffrepared for it. No wa
ter is used. to condense the:inercury.
' During a visit I mad._ last'Springi flow such ovens
were in operation, and yielded in the two days I was
there 656 pounds of quicksilver, worth at Mazatlan
611,80 per lb. Mr. Walkinshaw, the gentleman
now in charge of this mine, ,tells me that the vein
is improving, and that he can ulThrd to keep his pen
pie employe d even in these extraordinary times.—
This mine is very valuable of it.ell, nndbecomesthe
more so, a. mercury is extensively use I in obtain
ing gold. It is not at present used in California for
that 7 perrpose, but will be at smite future time.—
When 'I was at this mine last spring, other parties
were engaged in searching for vein; but none have
been discovered that are worth following up, al
though the earth in that Whole rangii of hills is high
ly discolored, indicatilng the presence of this ore. I
send several beautiful specimens, properly labelled.
The amount of quicksilver in Mr. Forbeis vats on
the Isth or July was about 2,500 pounds.
I enclose you herewith s ketches of the country
through which I passel, indicating, the position of
the mines and the topography of the country in the
vicinity of thope.l visited.
I hove the honor to be yonr most obedient ser
vant, , It. 11. MASON.
• C,,tonet Ist Di-nouns, Commanding.
Brig. Gen. R. Jones,
Adjutant General U. S. A., Washington, D.C.
AN AWFUL TRAGEDY-A CITIZEN OF
CLEVELAND MURDERED.
It is our painful duty to announce the murder of
one of our most estimable citizens. His name was
David Johnson. Ile was in the employ of Hilliard
F. Smith buying cattle, and was at the time iu Mer- '
cer county in this state. He had put 'up at a tav
ern in Marion, where - he intended to make. it head
quarters fora time—had explained to the landlorl
his business, and as usual the next day had gene
into the country - around to look for cattle. The
landlord knowilig that he had considerable money
upon his person, sought him when about twelve
miles from his tavern and alone in a by Flue, shot
him, robbed hint, dragged his body some distance
and deposited it between two logs and covered the
same with brush. Johnson Teigned death 'until the
landlord left, when soon niter a.teamster was pass
ing by a Id made himself heard to say, "put me in
your wagon and drive to the tavorn ns fast as poss
ible." The teamster did so, taking him to the same
tavero where he put up. On arriving, the landlord
came nut to - take the horses, when Johnson raised
his head and exclaimed, "That is the man who shot
me! He has two thousand dollars of my money!"
anti in ten minutes after, - khnson was dead. •
The landlord, overwhelmed at the evidences of his
guilt gave himself up, confessed the murder, and is
now in jail.
Truth is ;ndeed straniger than fiction. That John-
Bonin his dying extrentity should iasist upon - being
carried twelve miles in klumber wagon to convict
i
his murderer, snot considered at all remarkable by•
those who knew him. was 'd
man Of great prdb
, Hy of charaerer,-undaunted courage—had been a'
cattle buyer for many years'and handled an immense
amount of money. He understood.well the dangers
of his calling, wont aimed.and 44,4 nm experience
do.the stratagems of rubbers, me ) st. have been
shrevidyillian who found him ()This guard, and not
to be eircUmVeuted, be yielded up his list breath tol
bring his murderer to juthite. •
Johnson leaves a deviitiltd wife and an 'ilitlefteling
(sillily in this city to mourn his untimely; death.—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.. , „
Esowv Conustrnows.--Guonbo: ,pteoode 4„diyulgo.yy
a hemlock Swamp is like a ropster:r
I 'can't vindikate datprobability, one; jir gib uS fix
fair on tho sabgits: • l'• -2
Kees tie crow cams frost:AlL ;,,.,
,0 „
NOW let tie tut yetklt Tkuuittletint.:l7V,i,
"Oland& like
'
geed broken. '
war; diiriatefeyanr ii lll4 -Veetiii -- yoUrixwittheiii. .
Rase you coon hay it wi bout the litenin.
THE WEEKLY OBSERVER.
EItIE. PA.
SATURDAY MORNING. DECEMBER Q 9.1848
THE PAST AND THE FUTURE:
1
During the campaign which has just closed by th e
election of - Gen. Taytors, to:ib'S Presidency._ we hear a,
great s deal from his s upporter* especially the whig por
tion of them in regard to the ranchor of party, and its
baneful influence upon the country, together with the
great OtTeet - . the election
,OI" such a matt' ea.: Gen. Tay/or
would haie in suppressing thiie'reeliiigs'of party hatred I
which so long--a contest have engendered. We were
promised an era of good feelings, and told that in the dee- !
ti e ri of Gen Taylor their) would not fie - rt partytrinniph,
but a triumph of the people over parti. :
,With thesr4io
fessions fresh in the minds of the peopki, one would net- I
urallyauppose, the:, their authors would be it little chary,
to say the least, in their denunciation of those who dill'eri
with them in regard to measures, and endeavor to treat
them with candor, if they could not apprbve. Not so, i
however. That era of good fooling is put offto some more
convenient season, and from the small wits of
,whigery i
m t
up to .grave newspaper'reviowers, all whigdom is jupt i
now engaged in maligning President Polk. His annual
message—a document, by the by. every way worthy a i
chief-magistrate of a great notion like this—is !felted up
an as the pretext. and mudo to furnish the material. for. l
all sorts of obulutions of party s-anchor. That President I
Polk has successfully administered the government au-
ring a period the most trying of any almost since the '
foundation of the gevernmont, is a sufficient crime in'
tho-eyes of men, who, but a few short weeks ago, were 1
the most loud in condemning party rancho'', to
,bring 1
ddwn upon his head language that would disgrace the t
vcrest pot-house brawler. 'fho object of this course is
plainly seen. however. The stubbiirn facts, figures and i
arguments of the message, must be !net in some _way, 1
and as they cannot bo in the mariner they are put forth. '
calmly, dispassionately and truthfully, the only resonre/i
left is resorted, to. But the whip mistake their poli2)z— 1
they miscalculate; tho intelligence of tho people and
they will find that vulgar witticisms, low abise, nd flat 1
denials, will not destroy the effect of the Presid itt'a facts,
or answer tialisfactorily-his powerful and 'll answerable
7
arguments. Thu day for such a policy has / 'asset!. The 1
masses keep up with the times, and had (gene° borne up- 1
on the wings of the lightning is finale its way into every
hamlet and neighborhood; and 111 i e the people of the
( 7
old world are rising in their might rid throwing from their
shoulders the political - chains / a id heresies which bound
them to the favored few fur . to many centuries/ the free
and giant masses of the new weilfi - will be far from sub
mitting their necks to the same yokes, although it may
be gilded with the bait of ..home protection." It will
not do, either, for the whig party to wrap itself in the
mantle of Geit..Taylor'ei success, and claim by his elec
tion that those questions of policy embraced under the
head-of the "American ystein," received on endorse
ment from the people, and that the policy of the present ad
ministration was condelimed by the same. tribunal, for it
is well known that, elected though ho be, hi is in a mi
nority larger thqn any President ever before elected by
the people. Besides, those questions did nut enter at all
linto the canvass, for in fact the whigs took especial care,
I to deny that Gen. Taylor's election would bo claimed ail
condemnation of any particular be l t of measures. ,When,
therefore, the whigs stoop to abuse tho President'S argu
-1 mains in favor of a liberal system of commercial inter
course, and proclaim that they intend to subslittite that
bundle of abominations, the tariff of '-12, fur that of '46,
they should recollect, that the -Democracy have the Sen
ate. and thus possess the power to prevent any such con
summatiOn until the people again have u chance of Nieak
ing on Ili; question through the ballot-boi. We advise
the whigs; then, to drop abuse. 41141 prepare their argu
tnents for the people—the facts, deductions and tiger c a of
the President's message and
. Secretary %Volker's report
will have to ho met hertiefter.uponThe stump and thiough
the, Feint. The tariff' question is jiki: as fresh now as, it
•: • -..., .....-. -- A :c .1... ...1.;.... .fereimt to disturb
tho bill of 18-16, they will find that LiliA, like;all other rev
olutions, will not ge4 backwards, and instead of dut i es be
ing:increased, he will be cut down. Webster Mid
Greet. mid Clay. then. like. Napoleon on the morning
of the battle of Waterloo, have all their battles to fight
over again, and the enemy is more advantageously posted
and better marshalled than in any formei campaign.—
The question of national prosperity muse' be analysed,
and its elements must be examined. Just as national in
dependence and personal liberty are dlfrerent things, so
national manufacturing prosperity - does riot ,necessarily
imply the well-being of both laborer and capitalist. There
is no nation more absolutely free ou earth than Great
Britain, and there is none so. eminent ;for success in
trade, but her people aro proverbs of individual bondage
"and pauperism. In future, therefore, the Whigs will have
to defend measures instead of preaching iloleful sermons
'on the ranchor of party—will have to resort to arguments
and faets,lnstead of Gen. Taylor's no-party, popularity
—when they go before the people. In future tho Democ
racy will go before the country united as a.band of broth.
ers. The question which shivered them into fragments
in the last canvass will be settled, and the first onset of
the enemy upon their financial and foreign policy, will
be the signal for a general rally of the whole party—barn
burners; hunkers and all, from Maine to the Rio-Grande,
and from New York bay to San Francisco. When we
and to this array the thousands of independent politicians,
who fought for "old Zack" through a mistaken idea that
he wonld not be a party President, or "yield himself to
party schemes," the whigs proper will have work enough
for the next four years, without burthening thetnselves
with the infamy of undeserved abuse of an administra
tion which, in spite of all they can say, will occupy a
proud niche in the history of the country.
"THE Union Mioaturc."—Our favbrito "Union Mag
azine" has paned into the hands of Mess;s. J. Sartain
&Co. of Philadelphia,!by whom the January number has
been issued, and is note on our table. It is certainty it
splendid number, containing eighty pages of letter press
printing, and is embellished With three splendid Mezzo
tinto and eight other beautiful illustrations. In a Me
chanical poin of view it is equal to any of cotempora- ,
ries. The number before us is entirely original, and in
commendation - of the matter it contains it is sufficient to
say that, the following gifted and eminent writers nre
among the contrib•ttors:—Ray. G. W. Bethune,' Mrs,
Sigournoy, Rev. Albert Barnes, *Mrs. Eliot, Mrs. Osgood,
Joseph R. Chandler, Mrs. C. M. Kirtland, Rev. Jno.
Todd, D. ll„and others. The editors are Mrs. C. M. Kirt
land, and Prof. G. S. Hart. As an additional advantage
to their subscribers, the proprietors have procured twb el
agent engravings—one full length of Gen. Taylor•nnd
the other comprising a group of the Washington family,
ono of which will bo furnished to oach patron. Terms—
s3, per single copy: $5 for two copies." Address, '•John
Sartain, & Co., Third Street, opposite Merchant's Est
changti, Philadelphia, Penn."
STATa bi CALIFORNIA.—Mr. Douglass, of Illinois, has
introduced into the Senato a bill 'which contemple reel the
admisidon into the Union at once. as a state, of tho en
tireotorritory acquired by the treaty' with Mexico, to be
represented in congress by two representatives, until the
next consul and apportionmenein 1850—reserving lo the
United Staterthe right to' create other stater, out of that
portion of the territory tying 'east' of the summit of the
Sierra D . 7evittla and California mountains, and oil rights
of property in tlieptililic domain._ the power of disposing
of the same, &c. &C. It also dividesihe territory into
two judicial 'districts, by a meddler's] line. and provides
for the appointment of judges, the istablishierg of courts,
district attorneys, marshals &c.
11:r• "Ms Protest!! •is.tv, small sheet, published at Lo
roll by tho (witless. Here is its list, of , death, and
, rostifsgesa.,-. , ;,. • ~• - - I,`
•
412Mertjed,„4 0
,1304013,, ManutthMetkils 29th; iget by
Rev. Abbott Tariff, Mr. Pauper Labor offr'nrope o dies
industry of Massachusetts. ,
'Died-:-i6' Maisai.hutottei;:' shout' the 20th
of a lingerintvorporation latonsttntpliort; , Ainorican
ilYa
ge*, 't "..wqr • •.•
Tito Pro t est don't, appear to have "ay- rest, respect 10r
the promised 'blessings of Gen. Taylor'. Administration.
s GOLD!: COLLO
.. • ,
As the.most interesting matter at the piesant nt
we give in another, column the official report .f tin
ether of California. relative to the gold rites
oeuntry. t Til l s report together with others oftut:u
eltaructei.whiehltave reached the'couniry, and tl
that a largo amount of the precioei metal from
mines has alri•ady reached Philadelphia, and bee
nonneed•pnre, i appears to have set the whole coin
a blaze of adventure. and in almost every caste;
southern city, I wo hear of companies forming, ant
fitting out, for the gold region. In New 'Yolk it
even tohaikotrer;rode the excitement cotisegityn
the breaking out of the cholera. We noticed lasi
the fosmticin of an association at Bade, and, sin,
thatwe ts: a cotnpa Cl:triiiiers,l?ound for. Cab
via lcto res aini nam have left New York .
I I
bargite: recently cleared
.67/.
with ) au assorted ' cargo va ued at s3fi,ol)o ant i
. ontellt:Th;
more than the usual complement of men. Three other
vessels are fitting out in that peat for the same destuta
tiou, and associations are being formed for these expedi
tion:llo..ole gold region. At PI) month Roctk, au asso
ciation is .being formed, having tl7ts ' ame destination. In
Now York, it is said that to sdiei a degree is . the exc:te::
went prevailing_atuong the sedrrien. that they arc now
- shipping fur Cilitornia,at a/dollar a month. Some idea
of the state of things may pit formed front the fact that no
less than eight ve.ssels aji advertised to sail for San Fran
cisco from the port of
,No'w York alone. They are
Ships' Albany, St6rinaii; Sutton, 'Massa
chusetts, Samsom/Walpule, Cutter; (3 phe us, Freeman.
Flor Ace. Br:gbi; Christoval Colon, Collin, and brig
Levorett,
In 11(1(11de/to these, which do not probably embrace,
all the vey(cls fitting out, the Isthmus sails for Clingros,
2dt i ction with the Pacific steamers, about the ;15th
nas the Isthmus route is the ino 6 t direct, she will
Unitedly go fully freighted with gold diggers.
MIME
iiv3t.,
undj
f rn ho
New York Express states that several' ships are
it filling up at that port, for Cultforniii. at the rate of
$5,50 height per barrel; ,and that Hamden & Co., has
ing recently advertised a ship for San Prancisco, had had
500 applications for rissages, mostly ',Ming Men.
Theo can ho no doubt that the caovWtion which has
now become as fixed as the fact it•telf„ that gold may be;
picked up in California, and that its riches can scarcely
be exhausted, for years to come, will soon till the territu
ry with a valuable and a permanent population, and lend
to residts which in tpeir reaction Upol o u r glorious and
expanding confederacy, it ix impossible Hit to etaim.itc.
Call it rt "mania," or a 'delusion." or whatever erie i'n-
Creduhly or a desire to depimats the value of the uctpc
sitio» of California, may find it convenient to apply to it,
tho result can scarcely fail to, prove a national advantage,
of no slight magnitude, to whatever to mporary evil or in
convenieney it may subject individuals who have entered
or w.II enter upon the gold se mill.
was'itt the •••e.tiari: ot a itom Cons,tl,"
bill it it neve] theless a very tine one, that - this woild is
dre (golly given to litintbug . tig. All classes and pro
fessioners resort to it to att tin their end , , and why iii l teul I
not grave and dignified in-milt-Ns of congress! Of coarse
they should—licnce we find that in the I louse, a resolu
tion otY,r( d be Mr. E -hart, of Pen.is fvania. insult( t
the Committee of Vats and Xlcan• to ri put Cat a hi!.
based upon tho Tari:l art of 181'2. iv 91;,
nays'93. This move me n', we talc, it, s smell t d-rfor
respectable shuflle.'• Ther, trill hi• ❑ great pub: shing of
ye Is and tuts upon the quest on for ell:et-11'0th
Mr. E•leatt. e,rt oly s tat to' hi; a .dti t.
know that a bill of tho eL ractor Ito prof e+ wilt it et'
with ee:taio dokaj in the Senate, ha ll oo.. N V') infer thp
is engaged ill a very shall gitao of linat'aig.
FIKAT) would 91 — ein :1113i
Mluor botts.( we love to give hw fall n lute) ha., 'a
flea in shoe his I,,td..reflow-,,h;p w i th Cap
-1‘1t.,,r in 18 10. In. a imernt spece:i at li.chnkid,
Va., lie said that while in New. Votlt cte, ja,t brture the.
elee!ion. ho received kwr alter utter, hill( that
ho."lteld tho Statoof New Yink•ln hIS band:" anU 'ad
ded:•
the supporters - of Tayba -my ruhrs: t knily
gizre ,hini New fuck. unit secured hie election. I e,,nt
nothing, but if l'avlor tyts a man of Eratitinte he would
make me somebody for my szrrices to him.
.1 mac h:ot
write tho sticond Shion letter, wddout whath ho certala
ly would nit /13,,r6 b.:ea eleetei."
NV,hei: old Zack him sww2body," roan we be
thole to MtnesmAcititracto
Nth. Iho.—We heard a
.i.t9ry stye OW New
Orlesns'aolta, of a distingn"shed L), inner It, who ov r
heard his son. also a warm Dewoerot, and r,
ajiressing a rather unfavorable opinion of Gen. To or.
4 •6 hut up, boy," exclaim,' the sapeions old gontre wan,
"shot up; don't you know t!yt Clay is gotag, to tho
Sen
nto, and we may have to defend old Torlor.l''
rf The following. 13 the Louisville Joriit's do
fiwtion of "the ino,t worthless part of Coillinunity." In rite
giving it, we by no moans endorse it, ns we know seine trade
first rate fcllows who would'nt refuse office from " o ld fit)
Zack." 'They are not liis ehrentA ho.a. swot ters,how-'
ever: .
he in
a - D - We do most sincerely w:sh that there werc no rd . - 2roi „ d
lice-seekers in the Whiz pally. and We hope and believe
that a course will be adopted calculated to refeim them. \''e'
As a class, they ore the nt9st u) ,, rthl:ss pare of com a c=
nity, and they should understand that the mere at of
their applying for u:lica will be taken tie petit fade evi,
denco of their entire fli.vorthities.-I,alstscill3 Joarnal.
HOLIDAY PILE3E:irs: II -A t;ne 101. of unnu.il;=, and other
olegantly illustrated Book , z, for lioliatty presents, cane
found at ilem,on's and Spall'ord'z.
IMPORTANT. TO TILL I •' ASHION.\L'LE.—The, New Yolk
Tritranc, says: •• The fashionable colors for the
this winter, are bluo and green. Scarlet, eriulson and
cherry still maintain a lechlo reign with a feu; high col
ored beauties; but the more general time of IJroadu•ay is
promenade weather is subdued and coal. tic,allicrs are
flaunting and vulgar; and furs have nut yet made .their
appearanco.7
IEI An Ohl Man named Alien, residinz nt Pnlmyrn, N.
Y., set two harni on tire, and then hung himself up in
one of them. The firs( was burnt to the ground, but the
tire went out in the one in which he hung hitnaelf, and he
was found next morning suspended to a beam.
TUC BROINNING.—The Xenia (a) Torchlight. a rabid
"ultra whir paper, of thu Corwin species, (kr - larva:—
"were tho President to veto the 'Prosti.o, mosbl
not he, worth 4 , six wiles pureinse." This is only thu
beginning ()flint end! We apprehend that the old Gen.
eralWill scion discover that fig!lting, the Mexicans was
but childish amusement, compared to meeting the "tiltrs
Whigs," who gather around him at Wash; itg,ton.
RAIL ROAD ACROSS VILE ISTIImus.-et-The gold fever he,
revived - this project of connecting the waters of the At
lantic and Pacific by rail road across the fsthmus of Pa
nama, Thu Neer York papers assort that the road is to
be pushed forwaro.to an early completion, by OM most
energetic merchtino and citizens of that city. Tliikom
puny is now ready. according to their advertisement, for
subscriptions, and have 10:lured for trustees „the names of
gentlemen whose repo/Adair is n sufficient guarantee fur
tho faithful expenditure of all monies other,eitizen's may
choose to spb.scrilm for this 'great enterprise. A memo
rial,of ikln.Aspinwall, and .others,.to Congress, explains
much of Mc; project; but it may be farther stated, thnt the
grant from Now Granada, alluded to, gives tho following
advantages; ,
Jot. An. eicolueiye right of way across the hal - tries,
with the right in
,usit gratuitously all the public lands ly
ing'on the Tomei of the rend. t '
' flt •An absolute 06 of 300,0'00 acres of public lands to
be selected by the' company.
3d. ; AR the materiels 'mil on the road, ea, well a ot ef
fects of parsons employed therein , pre de'clared free of du
ty.
'filth - Two ports vizt one on the Atlantic and ono on
the,Pacific Oceans ' which abaltbe made termini of the
road,
arc declared lilac porta. - „
The company h Ire arranged with an eminent engi
'neer. Mr. Norris. ho is to inalte furthor surveys nt once,
audit in - :thought th road can be in operation bY.Jimua-,
.rYi , lB5l. ope Ind of•the road will,chenga the av•
elide of trade maw , done, with the - Pacific And China. li
-
the United State■ s well as by,the European nations.
'ennsy.
n light
era' end
life, and in the pas.
1 .
. I estate in the city of Phila delphia valati
ellars. . Alai.!—what chamics doth Taxa
aturiay last this foolish man was seen be e .
1 1 our puldic streets. no• looked wret c h e d ,
Ile, vial miserably dad. ~ •
Ri vion of mi.
8:),0,0
make! On
ging altni ii
was gabt}y IJI
11.7 This
soinvtiffies
truly a t fast" ago, and cur
qipen Vert un2xpectediy.
o other day went to the do
'lO intention of getting his uti
.r Eoll.ll.ldelayn'to let him in,
fotti.d
f- umbrella. Ahern!
IMMIE
louru wi h t!
ing t ic
in pi •
Mr.
framoi
Kca-1
died o. St.
regale-.
11,±ittou imblishes a card in NV
Itt li,vPr sent an , : note- or o
ItiPlung a reconciliation with
But Fremont sent B
113., as Kearney was dying'or
IMIE
=II
ME
More agail
funny corrusponde
v Gaze:to fills (int his letter b
1 HE, PA
ern 'Li tera
the follow
EN:I
give you a copy of an exqui
,tole from n newspaper:—
viral% dear bibt-.a.short far
rout father and mother;
haveigone with rilifie'la to di:
"1 et in
l e I cut
•Fa!
'hen there you will see your
TILE %VI:IeiPON 'T WANT orricz—O
Deltas in orals us that office-exprictalit
reek l es , :of all the proprieties of hf
Tailor e ceaseless flood of unfortun
theit se-vices is his helyilf—of th e ir ti
ti -e<:, their poverty, and their peculiar ti
s
A nesi-4paper tcportcr id Boston found
it to .tli- owner, and a coon,
rq,irnedlin t' e ri-rn ;S5O whic'i h
w at they ought to have d4ne, and rt
durto,hy, ` and are no( t•athre4 to and-
1 1 - 7 . 1 'Lillipirriatt 11t.e.12 iv qe:cr bit!
loans P:emyttne :p; h,vilß rvr.•ntl t
iit .t rit -It W 7 1 ,4 'Mall! , in ear:l , l , ll,
ack a half dime, only srtmewhaiihtelier
rtttlr tit e. Its valtte iv $1590: A•d.
cr - r Tte futicm,ill-* e3pitat hit WAS
.nrstlo , cr!of the
"SN'hiifh ii Generd Ta)lor's latest
.
ttraell' G,ve 11110 March the 4th
=LE
Tttt:l)lrrrlt} , a gentle
r
a rich. his frit:tot. sly,
p:rf ct tl'r I of l'arad:s ." If thri,,
poor.hciwcver, they etc, "a perfec t
with tha eNceot'on o' foath ,, rs "
INIIf h from indianapob
I
Gay. J•imeg Whitcomb, democrat, has be
i
Indiana lezishttire a Senator in OM!
lerm of six years, from the 4th or MarChl
place Hon. Edward A. Ilanacg,an. 7 1 ;hiti IV
voted for Air. Earle.
1 - 7" CafW.J , IIINFTON hits got his guillotine i
cutting (AT Demoe.ralle heads without
the beauty that opposed Proseriptioni befoi
(LT A 'curious fact , he New T.
Ile r'41,1 in !elation to-thycholvia, that it trole
baard tha packet ship New York thTyeawhen sbins
in en net I, the saute lett tide that ch r pa( - et ship He 7
_CI x 2,4 was in, in the year 1833 , wheu she was read'`
ehe'cho,eia ou t' former ertreer
tri-- A lad of 17: ears, named Hu
te.l in till Now York custom house,l
on Friday evening . . Ile had
tin his possi - ssion, with which it is
to stupify the watchman mid theW
PistolS, matches, sperm candies,
hlsk, r era and inm.faches, the Life
:alcndar. &v., were part of' i
fie hit his father's home
a gold
An Old rusidt!nt. of New Yei
al Ition of a ntiontoinizeet, s
eVe, to he the orOn of Ch
ti 41, slys its discoviFor. bY_
;urn and waving jt in thep
. end the imeCts tvr t 11 adhere
pet , ' .n
preen
ed.l
rha t i
aid
Eleven ves:ds arill non• ac
elp4ia for California. Sons
hors for San Fratisco an.
nthor for C,haTre4 ii the
ID, A g +ld eunipan:k jai orgatni
they l ist:irt about the 1d of Februa
vis.tble to travel tip that valley of
Paso, and front that poiitL to purst
that it is pract:ctil)lo to" San .11ieg
front thence north along the shore
rt:atteise6 Bay, the place'of desti
EtTThe area of thernited States is wry Werir 4,a" 4
square rages, equal to the support of il110 6 ,t0).1 00 it I4 -
lation. the con titiLy then lefi s settled t)s.ri
of Massachusetts. The Continent, when
ear's
the arms of the Union.lWill he equal to the g , ;‘ 4'rl
9. 1 0.000,0n0. The ehihlittinv now be barn
all this ; we are note on the eve Icif infer?' W'
Isitruns
"AO" —The if:ls.sodes stre_4l:•"
isthmus is sittv htilr. , (641‘ o f wh i61, 27 . ttso
on the ('hares river, rern- 1 2.
mules. Thu United Stati', ulna ,00r.fet
a monthly iinn froM New'York to SsnlErdaelsce.
way of Clingres and NO - 4mm The jeyrlles trm a "
sea will be made in a few hours, eke noon as seine of
enterprising steamboat proprietors get to raviettql /
Chagres over.
A Pooh ENDOIIS£II.--"A wort
writes a friend from the country
since tho loan of fifty dollars fr
batik; aPtin the note requestingl
it the cashier world oblize hip,
ten data, on the Nth Of Abrah
turned word thni by the rules o
of the note must reside M the '
1 - 7'111 . r. BunsErr's N'audevill
entertaining. our citizens during t
Theatrical performances. and wi
the hest'bill of the week. All n~
perfortnances -speak well of then]
had better drop iu this ovenin
plTue.!' to last them for a month
the principal part is rarely
Vic understand the company
Waterl'ord, 31emlville, &c. W
hiimses wherover they stop.
have recei+ed from rihilasklphia a sh''°
e E , IZO of tt cradle qtnit. called "Scott's Wceklyr:
ph!eh the editor tell 9 us-ho-sent in return for
vors.extended to bin'." Sono of these city P 4 -"
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