CANADIAN POLITICS. That the idea of annexation to the United States is coming to be a pervading sentiment Canada, without regard to the political division that exists in the provinces, there can be no doubt. This sen timent, though originating with, and for a time con fined to, the inhabitants of French origin, appears to have made great progress among those of English stock-rand to have survived even • the excitement among that class, growing out of what is -denomi natedthe;"rebel relief bill." The Toronto Examiner of the 14th inst, has a long and able article on this subject. It treats the flurry on the subject of the indeinhity bill as a mere temporary ebnllition of overheated passion, which must pass oil with the occasion that produced it.— But the older and more considerate feeling! on the subject of annexation, it regards as one that is nut likely to-subside, but as destined to gather firce and to lead to important results. We quote' a portion of its remarks on this point: - • "Not irf this spirit, howeve`il.:is the question of annexation approached. It is the earnest topic of the social circle. It is a thing of which men speak as of a family arrangement to one another. ‘Vith a great many; it begins to be considered the ques tion. Men think soberly upon it, and speculate upon its advantages, which they weigh against the disad vantages. The last year has witnessed a complete revolution in the sentiments of at least one political party. The question is every where mooted by the tories. One of their presses, as would be seen by the extracts we published last week, has given par tial expression to the growing sentiment tn favor 3f annexation. There was no mouthing, beating about the bush; but plain speaking,." We now give another statement from an organ of that party, which unreservedly admits the "an nexation leanings" cherished by them, - and which they do not attempt to dissemble or keep secret. It is from the Montreal correspondent of the Toronto Patriut:— - 'The only on die of the day worthy of credit--; you must not give any to those mentioned in the newspapers—refers to the "under current" leaning •of the Anglo Saxons here towards an annexation with their brethren of the United States. unjustly and untruly attributed to them by Lord Durham in his time, but true as the gospel now." The Patriot, whose correspondent is here quoted, is one of the most high•toned of tho tory presses of the province. The Examiner proceeds:— "We have endeavored to ascertain the causes that have led to so sudden and apparently complete a revolution in the sentiments of the party who used previously to speak so disparagingly of the Ameri can people and their institutions. The result of our inquiries has been to convince us bayou(' a doubt that the idea of annexing Canada to the United States has been embraced_by this party after fully examining its own position, if not that of the coun t The Examiner concludes a review of the consid erations which operate to produce this state of things, as follows: • "Such is a resume of the principal arguments in favor of annexation, now so much in vogue in the , social circles of one of the two political parties.— These arguments are regarded by many persons, who, though not of this political party, have no in nate prejudices ag ainst American institutions, as quite-visionary. Some of these apply other, and wholly different aremments in ,favor of the same measure. The public mind, as excited by this ques• tiun, appears to be in that state of indecision when a very slight circumstance turns the scale and de cides the most momentous questions. Many, look ing at our position, geographical and political, as sure themselves that destiny has in tact rendered inevitable a consummation which the speeches of orators, the arguments of writers, or even the voli lion of the public, mind, cannot prevent or long de lay. Yor our part, we pretend not to the' gift of prophesy, and can only a vait the fulfilment of our political destiny, without dogmatically predicting to what goal it will !cid." CANADA AND ANNEXATION The party for annexation in Canada appoint. to be. increas;ng, if an opinion can be formed from the tone of the press. To show its progress, we make the following selections from the latest papers: ''The United States,' far from extinguishing in our hearts the sacred fire of n fawns/ire, would puff it into "a blaze; for they know all that. in confiding the safety of the St. Lawrence to the French of Ca nada, it would he as well unaided as the New Or leans by the French of 'Louisiana. The enemy might get in, but he never could get out."— dee ni (French) As the annexation of Canada to the United States has been long talked of by many persons, nut only as a possible but aprobable event in our *future history, and especialy as'recent event - s have cause I it to be alluded to even in our lagislature, "we think it may be well, without giving any opinion respecting it, to place the m ist obvious _probable results of such a measure before the public, as topics•for reflection. We would, however, premise, that event the annexa tion could be effected by the joint consent of Cana; da, Great Britain and the United States, there are still some consetpfences connected tith it which we would ;strongly tieprecate.—Mentre l Ji Witness. The train of events for the cons mercial,ami political annexation is that whatever ignorance certain pa' respecting it, none can he really bli dilly, issue.— Toronto Colanist . 1 11EnELL1oN LOSSES.—Let pptitim every part of the Province, and for tn'd to the foot of the throne, pravin disallow the enactment. Should tuin her provincial advisers, it wool, to consider what shall be our next llceald. W. Lyon Mackeinzfe, Eq., arri! by the stage front Montreal.-- Mr. N my welcomed by a large circle of I Toronto Examine) FliltTliElani THE CAN At NEWS. The proceedings of the French have een.ed to be of ally interest—they have been ch"city occupiei in pushing the electrocal laws. It is supposed to he the intentiotjt of Government, should any of the State prisoners ,be sentenced to transportation, to send them to the Marquesas Is imids. The trial commenced on the 7th inst.. when the court was constituted; and such was the interest excited, that reporters from the U. States attended to take notes. The celebrated Vidocq is one of the witnesses, as also Lamertine, Arago, Marras anc about 200 oth ers. It is asserted that the French Government has re solved to withdraw the troops front the Island of Otaheite. The marriage of Gen. Cavnignac with Mad. Batt dirr widow of the former receiver General and bank er of that name, is talked of in the qahionable circles of Paris. Mad. Baudin possesses private fortune, which is estimated at three million francs. . The continential news will he read with. more than ordinary interescand is, in fact of the highest importance. Perhaps the most st iking feature is the march of the Imperial Guard of Russia, from St. Petersburg. These men, •nt mbering 52,000 strong have nut quitted the Capital since 1831. They have proceeded through %Vilna to the frontier and will no doubt take such a posron as to be able, to keep in check the disaffected Po lk a on the Prus sian frontier, support'the Imperial'is in the Hun garian struggle. and assume such an attitude as shall plainly indicate the intention] of the Czar to control, as much as possible any disposition to revive the scenes which so unhaplly occelirred during the last veer. A Rusian note has ap :eared in which the Czar declares his resolution of adhering firmly to the treaty of 1813 and any attempt toinfringe upon l ' them he shall deem a eausibelli. lie entrance of 10,000 Russians into Austrian Tr nsylvania, only evidences the disposition of the Cz r, who assurdly will not consent to any change in 1 e territorial (liar tricts (Alley, unless to the entire consent Austria. The armistice of Malmo will afterltheNth of AlnreVand the King of Prussia 4eclares that he will no longer be bound by it. The Uanes and ready • to resume are cncentrating. large forces at. %cry doubtful however whither the nniu conno,lo,blows.. We cannel - - the Danish right to thq Duchies tv inviolate. lt,t.ia has refused toadmitt the stein v flag. The 1 26th ult ' cular fe l The with re The Ge, rying di! Russian etadt. in the m consider' have hac lated tha shot off; sylvania to 140,0( difficult ,t the tern mote. fiungar! She 116 1 seized u zens of ; Pope. The revolutions of Tuscany k complete. The Repoßel has been proclaimed at Leohorn, Florence, and a central Italian. Republic has been formed in union with the Romans. Tho Grand Duke has pro tested *limit this revolution, and has entreated all the pour rs, of Europe to refuse to recognize the new authorit, constitut milted The dent of The IMIM A lat. Liverpool paper, says the Washington Union, i an article upon British anti American commerce, has the following remarks. The wri ter ritterripti to show that the recent change in the Etudish iiavigation laws has been detrimental to the British ii, l iterest in'that quarter, but that it has been highly fa!vorable to American shipping and Ameri 'tan niatufactures. We copy this statement to s how th / ,eourse of relatlon to American and Bri ' fish manufactures in India, where it would seem, I from thig.authority, that our fabrics have nearly a fair chat ce as compared with their British rivals, and limb supercede them in the market. ,"One f the earliest measures of L•rrd Dalhousie, the present Governor-general of India, was, in wild anticipation oldie repeal fifthe navigation laws here, ti? sweep away all the', counterparts of those laws riere. 'Phis has, of coqrse, comluced to the benefit of America i shipping. It seems to "the powers that be," not lenough that ' a special net of Parliament, (or reas us wt: could never disckiver, empowered the shill ing of the United States Ito supersede our own shit ping in our own English lorte, and to car ry cargo sof British manufacture to British Leslie on t h eyo if-Rama tprrn4 na 1t.;.; ~ ...t.. l ,lfing. "The uthorities of India havehnstened the adop tion . of i; navigation policy which , peculiarly plays the gam of the American shipping. English ves sels cannot carry one sixpence worth of freight coastwise from port to port in America, yet Ameri can vessels can now.carry freight; coastwise from port to port in our Indian empire! : This with facil ities for ( carry ingcotton to China, and the favora ble tenni§ on which they can import American man ufactured cotton in India, arc already yielding their natural and bitter fruits. "In an unfortunate conjunction ,with this relaxa tion of the navigation laws—a relSßation which al ready cri l iwds our Indion ports with a remarkable in crease o' Americas vessels—there was the incon sidered assimilation, as nearly as 'possible, between British cud American cotton goods. The import du y, into India, on Briti h, was raised front three to live per Bent, and was simultaneously lowerered on American fabrics from twenty to ten per cent. "It needs no seer to predict the fatal iconse quencesJ Only the other day, the Peel organ talks glibly oil the American manufacturers grinding up their strengt to enter on the race of criMpetition with our own manufacturers,.in our own markets of the East. ith all difference. we assert that the polit- yination of corn- P' so• palpable ies may affect in.l to the impen- ical pro lions ha cantile s be got tip from hwith transmit g her majesty to her majeety sus. I I be time enough top.—. Hoff neat Erin, we learn that in certain descriptions of cotton goods Americans have already, beateri•our ufacture t s all hollow. We alludeespecially to le hea vier kin, called "domestic" and "drills." It is well known that in tropical climates, gOitllll/3 are the chief clt thing. We hasten to inform the free-trad- ed in this city, ing colt it spinners orthis country, that they are superseied in thm staple oracles, and that 'it is a great fa t that American cotton manufactures are already ;othing our own Indian army. .1111. , been heap= isold frieilds.— WARLIKE I Gen. nna Sen For gra• world, cattle, sl expense w heat, grown i to ditch venient, and a pl i t Within Frenchn of fine This Cr cd enti dont. States. Two our Cou world. in tiles= cause o to be he ance. The first is the establishinent of a line of settleinrite from the Council Grove, to be under the care of the Government for the first year or two, at morea dietsce or not than a hundred miles apart, to ester dto the settlements of NeW Mexico. With i t such an arrangement,permanent improvements would soon be made, and an abundance of everything ne cessary for subsistence would soon bo produced.— Then the traveler could find a resting place and good fare, and accommodations would soon be plenty and cheap;rid, furthermore, with suchen arrangement, the wht le road would soon be settled.' The next is /I the establishment of a Territorial and their From the enactment of good.laws, their faithful adminiotration, security and protection would b 6 i necesssry consequence. The country around and adjacent to Santa Fe, hi mountainous, and the val. -leys are adapted to .cultivation. , The mountains, howevelr, are covered with a tolerable growth of timber, and the creeks of the intervening ravine afford abundance of' good water. ' stone el State d { intent ti who ehs We woi moot of hostilities, and Bolding. _lt is biltigerents will doubt but that II be maintained Schleswig Ho! !inlets into her I,orte unlese,'ltniier:the Ditnieh log of Prussia opened the Chambers on the mo. The Royal speech possesses nolarticu , tore. • , Austrian war in Hungary has proceeded lable success in. the South of Hungary.- - 'man population, finding-the insurgents car struction, in every quarter, called on the ip who now occupy Cronstadt rind Herman- Several serious battles have taken place, one 4EO -‘rhood Oil, -71 i; .wo dav- igh#orhood of Oilan;lasting two days, wiu. *ble , slaughter, and the Imperalist seemed at the advantage. Reports, have been circu t intone engagement' Bern, had both his legs but the last reports is that he had left Tran for hungary; as the insurgent wimps amount ipo men, split up into many divisions, it is to ascertain the actual progress of the war, Oination of which seems still to be very re- Whilst Austria is pushing - on on the war in ... . ... T . she is not unmindful of killer' . affairs.— marched a body of troops into Ferrara, and ipon the city, and levied a fine upon the citi poo,ooo scudi, which she handed over to the .y, which he declares to be a violation of. he lion agreeed to by all parties last year,com iy a factious minority.' " rielected• nce of Caninolnts been Vice Pres'''. Repblic of Rd*. 'ore-, after hitting' between abdication and I! French intervention, has now, it is said, apdeal to Austria, end it is confidently at Spainis about -.to send division of 10,000 r id in restoring hi; H•rliners, 'test intelligence from' !tally states that the ifinistryliad communicated - to the Assembly ut intervention of Austria, Spain, and Na unotinceC" France had not decided what • eke. out was resolved to interfere in Tuscany to ivil war and oppose the Austrian interven seems probable that Naples, on the south, ra on the side_ef the Pope, will overcome I States; but still the (petition of const itu vertunent at Rome and FlOren'ce can scarce eled at the point of the iniyoi et. lations of Sardinia and Austia had further •s to the , general confusion, which prevails foot of the Alps to the Mediterranean. Turin all is in a distracted state, whilst ems ripe for some republican movement., .ether the elements of disorder( were scarce -1 ore rife in Italy than at this Mument. intelligence from Vienna' is to the 4th inst. he capitol agree in thilikiag that many such ns the Austrians won at Oilau, would ere g the Magyars to the gates of Vintia. RICAN ENTERPRISE AGAINST. THE WORLD. het is 'Lou late' in the field. His predic already become history. On high met.- ,uthority, intimntely connected with the IN ESV MEXICO. .one, in n letter from Santa Fe to the Indi inel, speaks of the country as follows: ing purposes, the country is the finest in the it nt least that I have seen: Any number of ;heap and goats, can be reared, and at less that in any section of our country. Corn, ate, fruits sind vegetables,generally, can be n,great abundance, it being only necessary in Ls many acres as may be proper or con- Break up the ground and plant or sow, lientiful harvest is certain to be realized.i— sixteen mile's of this place I met with a nan, who presented me with half a bushel t.isli potatoes, large and. well flavored.— p was his first experiment, and it has pro trrly successful; the yield • has been shun- Wheat succeeds better here than in the hings only are wanting to develop) ,the this beautiful and interesting portion of try; for it is the most healthy region in the You will seldom bearof any one being sick extensive plains,•and as . there'is no local disease, the country must alwav continue ,althy: these done, the people will do the bal. correspondent in.the- Harrieburgh Key., ;'uggests a novel way for the payment of the I ebt. Ile proposes thatthe State send a reg u California, properly equipped and provided, nil dig the .required amount in gold dust,--1 Id suggest that our Governer send his tegi- Aids—Andy Mclain, Captain , THE WEEKLY OgSERVER, ERIE, PA SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1849 AFFAIRS IN EUROPE! We gave last week but is brief telegraphic synopsis of the important news from Europe brought by the Canada. We give thii week. without going too much into Irma lent details, all we have room for.- The .reader . will at Once see that a ff airs in Europe are drawing to a crisis— that the too antagonistic principles, republicanism and monarchy, are about coming into armed' collision, its which die or the other must triumph, and'the people be either p i roclaimed free, or become . more. abject slaves than efor. We confess we fear the result—we fear that the irius i despotism of - Russia, combined with other conti nental despots, will prove too much for lice republican spirit which is abroad. Tho battle. however, is 'not al ways to thestrong, and while wo?#erAbt. we hope. This hope too, is strengthenedley the Ilk that the foreign jour nalists are more embarrassed than ever not only in spec ulating upon the future; but even in presenting an in: tolligent view of passing events. In regard to these events, we adopt the birds-eye view of them of tho Bos ton Post. That paper says the news that stands out the most pt‘tnieout is that from India. Hero the British haves received, in plain words, a defeat. The British conlmander. a bravo, but choleric old veteran, rushed upon the bayouets'of the Sikhs with a rashness that meets with the universal condemnation Of the British gall par. ties. Lord Gough did not intend to fight en the day ho did. He moved towards Isis enemy, took a mound that had been occupied by them, and about one o'clock a few shot fell near him. He felt insulted, and i el i cliglis Irish oblood could'stand it no longer," and in da to the re monstrances of some of his officere, withoura reconnoi tre, ho ordered an assault. Some regiments behaved well and were half cut down—onr; of 800 lest 460—others fought and j ran away. A - ensualti list of about an hun dred officers and of some twentyfive hundred. men is already reported. Tho intelligenee is received in Eng land with dismay. It is not disguised that affairs in In dia look dark. Tho prompt appointment of Sir' Charles Napier, the hero of the Scinde„ is hailed with great sat isfaction. The reduction of the army, orders for which hati , been issued, had beets stopped. The press contain notices of the gallant regiments ordered to India, 111;w many Fronds colons they have taken, hoW many Indian battles they have fought. Sir Charles will carry no small army with him. Thus annexation goes on in India! The bravo Sikhs are contending for countrY„ for independence, fur liberty, and they have proired the toughest natives that British veterans ever met. It re mains to be seen whether they will allow themselves to. be congured. Though Lord Gough 'is made the scape goat in dill affair, yet British pride has been most terri bly galled; iota the British nation aro not a little alarmed for India. l lt is a long lane that has no turn, and it may be that - the ravagers of ledia are now to receive a partial retribistion.l The next thing olimportance is i the entrance of the Russians into Transylvania. This is one of the Austrian provinces, and is infected with a spirit of independence: To quell the rebellion, Austria he t asked assistance of Russia, and it is in compliance with this request that the' Russians have violated the territ i ry of Turkey, gone through ‘ Moldavia and Wallaehia, and are now in Tran slvania Turkey has protested against this; so has the British ambassador; but the autocrat still keeps Po his way. Ile has his eye on Constantinople, and this is the path to it. 1 Italy is 110 w, also, the theatre or great events. Rome has ca out the pope—Tuscany has cast °Wits grad duke, and It have declared a reptiblic,land the liberal party arc endeavoring to unite Italy into ono nation. The pope has asked aid of other powers to restore him to his pos sessions; se has the grand duke, mid there, are not wan-' ting indications that even France is disposed to grant the request of the pope! And Atistii. fresh front the com- Moto _ , _ which was 'guaranteed its independence by the treaty of 1815—coin asks that this treaty shall be kept as it re gards Italy; So Austria, Spain and Naples . have united to put down republicanism in Italy. l The republic, it is said, has 2-1,000 troops and stands,. ready to repel the in vaders. The next news from this r eady will be of in tense interest. rho latest rumors Weto that fighting had commenced between the Austrian troops and the Italian republicans. Lord Palmerston made in the British par liament the significant declaration that the famous treaty of Vienna, on which Austria relies; ..eontnined no guar antee for any thing." This was undoubtedly well illus- Witted' byjAustria and Russia in the absorption of Cracow. Lt England politics aro getting warm. GovernMent is persisting in its measure of altering the navigation laws. 'Phe debate in the house of commons on the bill was prolonged until midnight of the 9th of March, but it is not reported. The Ministry, it is predicted, would prevail. The journals are flooded With matter in relation to this subject, and "America" is often mentioned. John Bull has no faith in his capacity to ( compete with Jona than in an unrestricted carrying trade. Mr Disraeli on the, Bth made his motion to relieve the agricultural dis tress—the conservative members having in caucus resol ved to support him. His object is to relieve agriculture by taking off some portion of the taxes put upon it, but he recommends his friends not to press the repeal of the malt tax at 'present. . . . Lord BasseWs official promulgation of a sixpenny rate to be put on everY•nnion in Ireland for (ho benefit of n few of tho counties, was received with treldendous indigna tion in Ireland, but this has been pushed through by the' triumphant majority of 73. Tho measure is violeittly denounced also in England. Ireland under English rule is indeed a wretched country. The London Herald, March Bth, says:— "Her provision trade has been destroyed—her butter trade has been destroyed—her paper (rado has been de stroyed—her distilleries have been destroyed—lher linen trade has been destroyed—her w oollen trade was long ago destroyed; and now the last remnant of hope is cut away from her by the predominancy of the Manchester spirit in British legislation." France continues tranquil. Louis Napoleon is grow ing in popularity, and is said to be indefatigable in busi ness, and 'to develop uncommon decision of character.— The red r i spublicans aro lotting otl* their steam in ban quets; they ministry aro looking sharp into the proceed ings of these festivals and prosecuting the journals for sedition. I THE Atztssy Anous.—The reading column's of tho Albany Argus appear in a new and tasteful typographi cal dress, from the formdry of Mr. C. Van Benthuysen, The proprietors announce that other improvements will soon be made, in the various departments of the paper.— As a political and misceltanerms journal the Argus stands second to Uo other in the Union, and its many friends will learn , with pleasure that its subscription list was 'icier larger nor its business more successful than it is at present. Oa' Hon Jesse Miller, late Secretary of the Common wealth'ilnder Gov. Shunk, has become one of the Edi tors of the Harrisburgh Keystone. He has the talent to give the "elhigs "Jesse" and we have no doubt he will. fly the by, his address is to long too insure it, as it ought to receive. a general perusal. Newspaper articles should not be longer, than Gen. Taylor's inaugural—they are oftener road, and consequently more effectual. Ex►LAJNED.—A deinocrat in Washington inquired of A whig what ho was to understand : by ,Gan: Taylor's promises to folloW the exempt° of the earlier Presidents? The whig replied, with a knowing wink: Ho means a second term—a second thrum—don't yon understand, that?" , LIT The editor ef the 'Petinsykanims saw a young gentleman, a few days- since. in one of the fashionable hotels, reclining upon a sofa; smoking a "mild Havana." with a tiller's bill font feet long in his ,pocket!. , BAD Wonia"—Mr. Jetties Smitimr. residing near In dianapolis, Indiana, died from poiion a fon* diya ago, and his wife has been arrested on charge of admiaisieringli to him. A Mrl'id?lAtilioUS Decidedly the richispiece of 'humbugs :we, have seen lately—and that Ii saying a good deal hen. that article commandsauch .4reminua lithe capi of—hr the correspondence; published by authority; be ween Mr. Truman Smith ; 'and Gen. Taylor. commonly •alled "old Zack," President of the United States, whereiu the said 'Gen. Tarter offers the said Smith a seat in 14 ,cabirtet as Secretary of the Home Department, bat which the saidSinith before named magnanimously and patriotically declines. We have seen &few Smiths is ourday„'and heard of kgroat many more. but this Truman is. tare him all in all.•the greatest - Wog in that, numerous family. So sober, and yet so laughable a joke has never before been perpetrated upon the poor patient public. The moon hoax was'ut a circumstance :— Father Millers , last day," had it surprised that old chap himself by p ring the veritable "last day." instead of an imaginary o o. would not have been so laughable, although it might avo been more serious. as this paraded offer to confer the dignity of a cabinet office upon an ineligible gentian= said ineligiblo gentleman's reply, in which he ly thanks the President for it, just as though, earnest, or if not in earnest, not an insult. T pondonee, wo say, is the richest joke of the a is published just in the nick of time—not far first of April. It cotninonces with a ,totter o f of Goa. Taylor. placing the Home Departni disposal of Mr. Snii!h. This is all well (mon here is the point of tho joke on the part of efoneral—lho said member• of .tho faruily of not-becit debarod from holding the said office b stilution itself. Gen. Taylor must have know for he had previously tendered the same dop lion. John Davis, who could not accept or I the same reason—hence the joke is more ox It is whispered around iVashingtOn, and ha way into the public journals, that•' twon nrrivi► city General Taylor slighted the gentleman nenticut—foiled to send for him to counsel tit indeed, to give any evidence that he was awn existence of any such person.' Mr. Smith be much enraged, and hesitated nut to express h s dismt isfaction openly with the manner in which lb' ;Cabinet had boon selected, and the influences UndtSrl which it was plain to all the General rested. In the house and out of the House Mr. Smith spoke his mind freely, until all the Washington world was cognizant of the bitterness 1 of his dissatisfaction. News of this fact reac 'od Gen. Taytor, and doubtless caused him to• write tis letter tendering an appointment, which both Ohmic] in mak ing the offer and Mr. Smith in inditing the ref ly) know could not be accepted. Now, was there' any t hig ever. half so funny as this ruse on the part of the onquerer of Santa Ana, to put to flight and silence ti battery if this General of the family of Smith! It is on y equall ed by tho returner/ joke of SmithThitnself. 1 o writes back to the President and profoundly thanks hi n-for the tender of an, office ho was constitutionally int He did'm get mad and tell the General to go —not he:--he tolls him he duly appreciates his k that ho, Gen. Taylor, is decidedly a great that it would ofrord him, Smith, the tallest ki sure to servo' uuder him as a cabinet officer, I 1 , the people would say his former support'of th I - General 'was not through patriotic motives be, Smith, re pectfully declines an.offiee he could'ne bo th ! 0, imac late Mr. Smith! 0, funny, quizzical, joking Smith, t cap lho jokes of joke.; by I perpetratin,r a taller joke stil by pub lishing this "important correspondence" to t o world, and thui setting that same world upon a broad ini! You have out Millered Joe Miller, and shall be du tiered Tunowtsu ovr M tSK.—Gen. Taylor is —he is firmly seated in the chair occupied by tier" occupants of the W,hite House. Ile h. more favors to ask of th0 , ,0 Whigs. who voted believing in his pledges not to exercise his agahr-t, or use the veto to prevent California Mexico from becoming, free Stales—be, and minister, Johlt M. Clo. ton, have used the but goa - 01 their atimmon; ant/ now when, decepti longer necessary, when falsehood will no lon up their designs. wheh the question. must be California and Now Mexico either become fre states, they aro gradually removing the mask biting the political swindle through which they tained power. Giddings, of 011ie, has proclait the stump that Geo. Tudor, previous to the i ton, used his personal intliteneo with the whi , bars of Congress to de oat the California bill ,1 1 proviso attached. And ‘ Giddings is not the on!' of this fact. He tried his powers of permute , 1 the Hartford Timm, ujion Mr. Thurston, a from Rhode Island, supposing, hint to be a wit to this the recent deelaratioa "by authority,' National- tho recognized organ of tl, istration, that "shout/ Ma free snit pail!'" all those. who aro opposed to the extensio very and in favor of prohibiting the introd that institution into the now territories—' be detected in any an taking lo prolongsl on this sahjea"- . ---meaning a determination upon tho incorporation of the proviso to organizing territorial governments for New AI, California—"THE PRESIDENT WILL . 111'0N THEM." That is, he won't give the the "loaves and fishes," in the pursuit of which swallowed him, unpalitablo and stained as he gore from the fields of a "God' abhored," "tut holy war." Gen. Taylor knows the Whig par better than ' they know hint—and ho underAt appetite for office to a charm. Ile knows fore would foreswear all their former opinions, and every measure they have heretofore advocatesl ho will starve them into a decant respect for thl lire institutions" of tho - south—ho "will fro! t hem!" . Ho, ye otfico-seekers—you, who si.l ago, looked n e on an office-holder as a hind I r t ni.ance—you who are down en' your knees pr a few crusts from filo , public crib—lake notice Tailor *frowns upon" all who aro opposed.; t tension of slavery over the territories of Not and California! The policy of the Administration in relation vals is this: No man will he removed except f ' , or, in other words, upon satisfactory proof the cumbent actively opposed the election of Gene lot.. All such will certainly be dismissed, tin commissions should expire within two or three! We know not any whose peculiarities of con' character entitle Ahern to rank 'so properly in t Category as our distinguished Democratic friend sent Collector of Customs at Eric. Go is too Democrat to desire a renewal of his ramie, ten a Whig administration! is he not?—Gazette. We have somo faint recollection , of being to same Gazelle, provious to-the election, that eh i !Foyler bo elected ho would have no enemies to lie would introduco a now era of good re 1 proscribe proscription—that lie would not remov l o portents becalms they exercised,the rights of fret, opposed him, but that ho would imitate the earli dents in such mutters. I t now' appears,, how 1 f the Gazette was then engaged in the digni fi ed! merit of propagating falsehood—that Gen Tr friends to reward and enemies to punish, and th' i l satisfactory proof" that an offico=holder "active!: the election of Gen, Taylor" ho "will certaini missed." We suppose this wont be revenge. Nor proscription, notabit of it! It will only be for—"satisfactory cameo." It wont be carryin whig denotinced doctrine, "to the victors b spoils." Oh, no! But enough of this—the b effrontery of such a position on tho part of the when Compared with Whutit said last fail„ is ap oll—wo need not compare them, though perbap do flO hereafter. In reply to the litter part of the above,extre,t. tve are authorised to say that the Collector of this port does not "desire a renewal of his official tenure under a big ad ministration." He Is, in truth, too much of a emocrat to ask it. If the present ',!no_ proscriptive" Adininistra• s i lion sees fit to let hiin remain until his commis ' on shall expire. as Mr. PoUe allow e d his predecessor e lt is all he eanexpect. , If not, he is ready for the ass' n w.lor at any, time hereafter. , Ho asks no favors and shri kslfrom no responsibilities. What - he did iu.the,cauv last fall. he would do again. ' . ANNEXATION OF, CANADA. - Improbable : as such an event *mild have been consi dered six month, since to a superficial :observer. it is none the leas true that the annexation of the Canadian to She Union : is a result now among the probabilities. Canadian presses and Canadian politicians discuss it, and speak fovorably of it. Canadian; Royalists and Ca nadian Republicans are looking to it as the ultimate re sult of the progressivci spirit of the age; and while the one is exulting that the event 11 being hastened by the op. presided of the mother government, the other is schooling his mind to think snore fovorably of "a government and a people whose enterprise ho caul sot hut admire, and the honefits, of which like the dews of Heaven, ho cannot but acknowledge are felt by all. That such an event -will soon take place we-cannot for a moment doubt, We' have breakfasted on Texas-,—dined upon New Mexico, and California, and will in a short time bo ready, the Can a diens being willing, to make a tolerable hearty supper upon them. Some. we have no doubt, will think this visionary Speculation. and. as the y did in the case of Texas, denounce and oppose it; but events in Canada are hastening to ft crisis which will make it not only necessary on theft part, bin absolutely imperative on ours to annex theni. and tho rofound- it was ill us corms• neon. end from the i s the part It at the i; if—and o funny milk had tho con this. too. . tment to .1(1 it for rutiating. found its in thut Din Con t him, or I o of tho We, are load to these remarks by the tone of the Ca nadian journals, both liberal and tory, and in another column have made some extracts from them on the sub ject. Tho conservatives, who have heretofore cherished the most bitter prejudices against this country, aro now leading off in and earnest advocacy of annexation. The Toronto Patriot, a strong,:yeonservative or tory paper, from which we have copied heretofore, gives utterance to the following:, 'Alas! -Britannia has ceased to caro for her offspring! She has ruined the West Indies by a most flagrant breach of faith.'' - She`bade them emancipate their slaves—she promised, in Tpompencei to protect them against com petition. 'Unwillingly they consented.' She broke her word, and gave a perference to their rivals, the slave holders. It was an accursed deed, and bitterly will she re- pent' it. Canada suffers in like manner with the West In lies. Thousands have been induced' to come here, under a direct and oft-repeated pledge of assistance and support. That support is suddenly withdrawn: Theta mberer is ru.• ined—the farmer disheartened. English mann factures— the most selfish of mankined—having over laupplied their Own market, aro covetous of engrossing the markets of the world! They advocate free trade—because they hope to profit by it— heedless of the curses drawn dawn upon Englund from myriads of ruined foreign artificers, whom she would fain uhdersell. 1=11133 In England. evil councils are in the ascendant—Can ada is left to depend upon herself—Canada loyalists have to contend as they may with republicanism and disaftec tion.—unaided by the mother country—nay, chill.-d' by her indifference. What marvel then. that those upon whom the grievance presses most sorely—those who :ire a second time threatened i with ,the toryism of should cast ahout for aid against the impending inflietien —should look southwards to ;nen of kindred blood, who, however differing on questions of public police—ago at least English—English in name, in language,' in lii4tory, in feeling—aye, even mere' so than it will own. igible to. o—grass What hope for the British of Lower Canada. who find that we of the Upper rrnvince, in . tead of 'aiding. them against the foreigner—are only, by our representatives in parliaiaent.—aiding to rivet tighter and firmer the shaekles that we once so nenrly forced upon them? There are other quarters from whence this word "an nexation" has been heard. In newspapers—at public meetings—in the street—the same sou•td is echoed day by day in Canada Vest, and the social mecting-has been invaded by the unusual topic." d iiess— an. and of plea for fear A ZACH AMITE CAVE IN!!!-OLD Winn' For particulars of the great Zacharito defeat in old Connecticut, tho land of ,wooden nutmegs,'• and tightl skinned whip, see telegraphielhead. norevity.is . the soul of wit—the Zacharias had het n defeated, horse. (old whin•) foot and dragoons. The "no party" humbug has exploded and knocked its inventor over! Enough said! =I resident 6 "Cdr. 8110 W 110 for Win 'idluenco ad New ON DIT.-If is traid by ono ofour exchanges that the only serious objection to the appOintment to a foreign misqion of Gov. :Moorehead, of Nokh Carolina, (who it will be recollected, was president of the Philadelphia conven tion,) is, that he did notpaythe postage on the lettet to 016_Zack, advising him of his nomination! 14 prune bug Cry - is HO Tut: NEw Cuts tot:.—The doable eagles, or twenty dollar pieces, and the gold &oilers, or units, are to re*conple the other gold Coinage, except that on the reverse of he dollar the eagle is to ha witited. They arc made a legal tender, and Blew penalties nre,anne.ed to counterfeiting these and otter Cniteiltitats vain t. er cover Itnit, and Or esavo have, at led upon iaugura- CD"Crcsident Jackson took the oath to '!preserve. pro• teet and defend the constitution" as ho understood it.— Journal. _ lllelll - (110 1 Prosidont Taylor soeing to have taken it without niubh of any Undorstanding.—Bo'sion Poet. MEM :on, eays Er Mr. Godey has not sent us his ^pool:'' fur April, although his snb.icribers and ono of our eotemporaries have received that number Will he see to this. We can't afford to be April fooled nu of that number, no how. emocr.,t g. Add of the e acintin :meaning of sla ction of heregfter i tgitation co insist Er Soo acivertisoment in 1 salo of three A Nr.o; STTLE or COUKING the.Presquo Isle Foundry in just brought to completion a they name the "Key Stone k Having tried one of these' recommending them to pore ry best article,ms possessin perfection than any other S ble olForts of the proprietors most unsvere II necessity I t an extensile silo of a Stor, any &et !xico and [ZOWN any of lei• even le with ust, un !y '%ell— de their lice they abandon —hence TRIBUTE 01 At a mooting of tho Saturday ev,cning, March announcod the death of M. JAMES SPIRM, formerly me motion it tray resolved that •'pccn au upart months .f moral -lying for hat Gen. o the ex- I Mexico pointed to draft resolutions ,xpressive of the sense of the association—The President appointed D. J. APCasir, LUCIAii RUST. and G. C. Bs NET said committee, who reported the following resolutions: Resolved, That this association hoe received with deep sensibility, the announcement of the death of r. A. 11., BlikCE. and imam Semis, who by their kindness of h high mental endowniente endeared themselves to• all them in life which this bore Resolved, That we einem lotions of tho deceased. wh t i ponsation of Divine Provi loved companion and an a Resetroit, That as a toke our deceased friends, the institute will wear the usu space of 30 days.. Resolved, That copies of milted to the relatives of the and that they bo published i -0 rOlllO %r cause, t• the in• •l Tay let.a their months. inct and his fated the pro itch of a ro under id by this Fuld Gon. unish— ng, and I lo h ie op ,. men and liar presi- A l vor‘ that II employ- I ylor•has iat "upon iy l opposed t'y be die -oh, no! removals Lroout that long the -faced oretto, ',aro n g ; to we ay RELInIOUS NOTICE.—A will be held at the Rondolp county on the 4th Wednes 26th . A general atte TUE BKNIWIT OFIIKING ItLITED.....A. Malta corres= pondent of the London Times tells the following story of the Pope:—"When in his youth and in the Guareia Noble at Rome, he fell deeply in lore with a beautiful English girl. Sho refused his suit, al !Waugh handsome young and noble—on account of the difference of religion. lie took the matter so .much to heart that he retired to a convent, became an edclesiastie r and eventually he .was elected Pope. naivrk AWAY RATS.-Mr. Charles Pierce, of Milton, says the Boston Cultivator, pounded up pot ash and strewed it aroond their holes, and rubbed some on the aides of the boards and under parts where they came through.. The next night he heard squealing, among them, w ich he supposed was from the caustic nature of the p.tash that got among their hair or on their bare feet. They dissappeared, and lie has not".been troubled t'ith them since that time which was nearly a year a go. FOUNDERED!!!! an alijoining column for the For th Obsarver .rovEs,—Tho Mechanics of his.city have invented - and now Cooking Stove which • love." !taw stoves I trko pleasure in us wishing to obtain the re ! Moro of convenience and ovo I know of. The lduda to improve an article of al oubt not will be rewarded by r rponor. WILSON KING IF -RESPECT Literary .Inetitute, held on 31st 1849. the , President sera. P. A. B. BR cm and I nheta of the institute. On committee of three ho ap- , two of its carlo-st members, team, integrity of character, and literary at tainments, -- had l'of us and excited hopes for etCvement blasts and destroys. roly syinpathizo with tho ro la: have by this afflicting , dis tance, been dcpiivod of p bo joctionato and dutiful bon. of respect for the memdry of I fricers and members of the badge of mourning for the Itheso resolutions bo trans . deceased by the Secretary. the Erie papers.. Signed by the Committee. onforanco of Universelists Meeting liottso, Crawford ay and 'Thursday (25th and ndanco is invited. Ne s of the Wet By Telegs -ph to the Obsereer and the Buffalo and p burgh papers. • Nparotx, Va,, I ooner Harriet, of Norfolk. hal heel: lace, all hands supposed to have pe r i i h e. ner Palestine -of Philadelphia, u mdenc, ieury—total The ec near that Also, ach. or Cape I • wAsumno,,, Apra Alexon • evil:unsay. elected member of Coupes, fn Fennel Iva tie, to bo Governor of ..Sfinetiote in p 4,4 Ponningto r declined. I Rev. Robert Allen of Ky.. to be Post Office to n/ California, vice W. B. Voorhies. Gen. Willson of Pliasottn. Navy agent for San Fri Erin yne of Toni, Military Store Keeper it ' Capt. P veaton. Wm. S vice Elija roe to be Charge de Affairs to Guileful, Hiss of Kentucky. . . New Yens. April 2-3 P. 31.1 ' Despot 'hes from Now Orleans, Friday, Xlireh 3th s says: ..11 o steamer Globe has arrived from B ra + bringing , later dates from the Rio Grande. co: Webb's Californi a expedition has been disbanded atijle Despot of their nmber have been swept off by thscholera, 40f ) whom we from New York. The Globe brought 1,31 s( i v the compa ty to NeWOrloans. The cholera is iners. ing in Ne' Orleans. Business generally is brisk, l 4 tho :Alton) g. flood iv again subsiding. ' 1 The 11 raid has 43 days later advice s from San Fria. cisco, brought by Mr. Sneppercrop, Danish CcSisulattbi Sandwich Islands. He left San Bias on the Ist of }lath, 'and reached Vera Cruz on the 16th—traveled a dataate of 990 miles in 16 days, being robbed on route, lle left Vera Cruz on the steamer Great Western, on the u and Mobile on the 24th. He met in Maxine aboutak) American's. Ile left Sun Francisco 'on the 30th January 'for Sn' Blas. Touched at Santa Barbara and S;ra Jose. IVO,s at San Bias, many diggers startod for the mines tol'. cumin's:dice operations. Sales of goods inereasinz.L.: Gold $l4 59 por ounce, but raising, as there has heed an arrival of specie from San Blas and Valparaiso.-- - About 700 airived at San - Francisco from Valparaiso, and 400 from the Sandwich Islands. Hutise , room very scarce many diggers occupy their tents. The fare round the hay_ from San Francisco to Panama was $200. Flour Was held at $lO per single EMI. Pori: dull at $3l). Salt beef very dull M $l.l. Large amounts of good, dark arriving. Four cargoes from China. No arrivals from the Lui.ed Stales. The storeship Lexington, sailed from San Francisca for the united States on the 25th January, SAWA° oh board. The largest lump that has been been weighs IA oz. A pieco with the dust weighing 60 ounces has hen sold for 30 ounces, it containing about that much of putt gold. Npne of the Oregon gold has been seen in CaWarta. The British ship of war Calypso Was at Mazatlan to Mr, for England with over $1,000.000 specie. Gold at Mazatlan• was $l5 per ounce. NEW Yortx, April 2-7 P.M.'; A letter from Wilksbarre, Pa. stating that the family the floc. B. A. Bidlack, charge de atnirs at Bogota, Nee Clt enadd, were greatly di•tressed at the news of hn deatlt on the Gth of January, which they received by the Noir York papers on Monday last, but the same day they re ceived a letter froM Mr. B. himself, dated January 19,4, in Which he speaks of his health an being excellent. The Louisville Journal of the 128th sap., the repute which wet . : received yesterday,' leave little doubt that the cholefa will soon wake its appearance Thn% Yorktown which passed up esterday, had nine ,deaths on her passage up, and the Alahatros lire or en. The ii use has made , its appearance is neiirly, ever town of the lower Mississippi. At St.. Louis it is very pevalcut, and at Quincy, 111., five eases occurred on tit 19th, which proved fatal. A case occurred at Franithrt. The Philathlphia North American has a letter to aie . respectable mercantile house in that city dated San lot. else°, January t.ith, which save.. "There is at present a reaction of business, owing to the severity of the IMO, which has been thus far, consideried unusual, and I ant .. a y it has been in aiLconscience bad enough. There hat been no working in the mines, no transportation .and goods lay quiet tp store. Since the Ist lleet;inber, sorra twenty , three vessels have arrived with assorted cargoti, trout ,Valparei So, (daily°, Guayaquil, l's' tor, Sandra, itlan and the a Sandwich islands. Tho majority el them have come Tram Valparaio. Some 5000 persona from all parts of the globe, have 'arrived during the put month. Provisions, which for a time were surprisingly high, and scarce, are now a drug—every vessel has brought more or less, at d the market stands just reverse." A letter forwarded by tho British - Consul here, 34).. we see day--the poorist of the Poor running around with their bags of gold twits lit was so much del, and during the time I was there, about 19days, I made about $7OO. I I @can•buy dust fur cash at Prices ranging according to circumstances-4'w rates varying from $9 to $l4 per ounce Tho extravagant prices of board; rent, .Cc. lie fully con firms. It is erVmated that about $3,000,000 have been dug up. There aro a few speculatonihere bu)ing gold at $l4 per ounce, which is the most then will give. By arrival from Valparaiso we iearn'there aro some 16 • vessels on the way, with goods. T. 0. Lantkin. Esq. our former Consul here has been busing land at Bruaaia. and has contracted to build. WO houses to bo erected at that place. Brnsaia city is situated about 30 miles from this place, on the Sacr i amento, and is one of our tato tnterpribes. This day I have been otlitred a salary of $5OOO to tab charge of a mercantile establishment at this place-. 11. fused Gen. Lane is now here, having arrived iyesterhyia the San Pedro. Our country is full of strangers frint Xfl Parts of the world making preparations for cistart forth' Mines. Another lotte'atikthe NnikArndrican, dated San Frae else°, jots 26th, says' _ I findpropertylha's risen nearly 1000 per cent, since !left there five ment'is ego—.dot• a lot which I sold for $lO OO last July, the present holder ask $lO,OOO. Other males have been made in which property has increased is equal proportion. The influx of population is so great that them aro nearly 300 people, although it is a raintseason sleeping out in tents and under whale boats. The cost of a room 50 feel square is $5O per creek Board with space on floor sufficient to spread a m ites "' is $l5 per week. Carpenters' wages $lO per day, lum ber $l2O per thousand. ' Such a state of affairs as hers now exists never before existed. " Mexican coin and gold dust aro abundant. Tho Not therneris expected here daily. The St. Louis Organ of March 21 says, they hare sd• vices from near Council Bluff; the winter in that Teem was very severe, nearly four feet of snow had fallen is Fob. 18. There had been 31 days in which the mewl had fallen to 2 degroos below zero. On tho 11th it felt to 20 below zero, and was repeatedly down from 8 101 5 . Good sleighing lai4rid three months. Late last moos snow was two feet on level. Many Indians were al state of starvation, the deep snow preventing them frol° getting out to hunt. Vague deports from the moconio say that snow has fallen beyond calculation, and' *el have lost a part if not all their horses. They are in rot privation and suffering•' They ivero sibliged to kill theft dogs fur food Ilsnrroni, Apo. rt Returns from some 20 towns indicate the election. of Col. Seymour, the dcomocratic candidate for Governor. by the people. In this town, which generally gins 350 Whig majority, Seymour has reduced it to 4. 110 other towns he has done as well and runs far ahead of his ticket. Tho democratic gala representatives in ticilth Windsor 1, Manchester do, Weathersfield 2, SimsbarY 1. In Bridgeport the whips aro reported to haje a nis jorlti of 104, Fairfield 226, Stratford 252. and that th• wh'g candidate for Senate iu that district, certaitsh elec. El 11
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