THE GOLD MINES OF THE GILA—SEMI i'IVILIZATIO'NI OF THE NABIJOS AND MAQUIS: iltc Nest York Commercial There is every appearance that the spirit of ad stenture which has been awakened by the discovery the auriferous region of the Sncramento will soon (if it has not dune SO already) extend to other parts of California, A week or two since, in noticing Mr. Gallatin a memoir on California and particular ly that portion of it which alluded to the ancient semi-civilization near the Lanka of the river Gila, we spoke °Ca large district of country lying North of that river, which had not been visited since the tamout extraditions of Coronado and other Spaniards In the year 1530-40. A short account way given of it by two Catholic priests, who crossed it in 1768; hut the route thew took is not accurately known. With the exception of the latter, nu account basap peare,l to show that any white man had traversed thisunknown region, and we h .!nr no more of it midi oily military exaeditiona tinder Getterat Kearny and Major Emory, in passikr, down the valley of the Cola, obtained alight notices of it, obtained ( from trappers and Indian traders. Major Emory in his published report says just enough to excite curiosity Frregard to the district in question. The attempt of Col. rremont,to reach it during the late ectere winter, leaving the public in the dark as to his motive for so doing, has greatly increased this curiosity—and we now have before us a work by Mr. Webber, expressly qevoted to the subject, entitled, "Tho Gold Mines of the Gals,"_ which will no doubt tend still more to open the eyes - of ihose n hose attention has been directed to the country in question. Since the publication of our remarks above refer red to, a friend has put in oar possession some ac counts of the Nabijo (sometimes written Navijo, and the Moqui or Ma is key; tribes of loth:Ans. These people occupy a district of country we to of Santa Ise, and all accounts Dhow them to be much more advanced in civilization and the arts than any In dians North of Mexico. It is'within their country that the El Dorado of the Spaniards is supposed to lie- It was to this region that the ellorta of the Spaniards were directed, though without success. The following accounts attracted much attention when they were published, but there were no means to verify the statements, and few now remember that they ever appeared. As they go to corrobor ate the old Spanish accounts of a semi-civilized peo ple, and as they also agree n ith the relations given to Major Emory, we think they may possess BO in terest for such of our readers as are' turning to the gold region's of California. We give them precise ly as they appeared, without comment. The following appeared in the London Evangel; iced .11agazine for July; 1823 . ; "About a year ago a gentleman returned who had Leen pith the companions of Hugh Glenn, Cincinnati, on a trading and hunting expedition.— Aniong tautly intereating accomos of remote Indian nations, 1 had the n,liowing-re,pectin z the Nahilmee (tiabijos,) which I am glad to cui‘ey to you in compliance with your requy. Those I.ingulF people lice in the midst of the highest ridges of mountains about six days" journey from Santa Fe, in a North-Western course. Their country is ‘ery estensivo and productive, near the sources of sever al rivers, s hich empty themsc Ices into the Pacific Ocean: "Their fields are in the vales, watered by frequent showers of rain, whir) are very scarce in the nei!rh burhood of Santa Fe. These inhabitant ` / are such thorough husbandmen that they 6ultivaTe all kinds of vegetables, natural to the situation of their coun try, in the greatest ablindant - e and perfertion 'They make blankets, flannels, cloths, knit'eaps, stockinoc. and prepare leather, and all those things so exten sively that they are able to sell a large quantity to their Spanish and Indian neighbors. It is said that their blankets represent Turkey carpets, in daterial and manufacture. Their dress is different from that of all other Indians, and from that of_ heir neighbors also'. Their shirts, coats and wniatcdats are made of wool, and their swell clothes atidgaiters arc made of tanned deerskin. They make a hole in the_middie of their blankets., through n hick they put their heady. They wears,knittcd caps on their tio,nls, and have their hair in its full lenglh hanging down their backs. The men cultit ate the 'planta tions and attend to their ,cattle; ihe females make the dresses and are enonged in domestic affairs. — Their churches are Ulnialoog,‘ , their priests of their own nation, and they wi't nut admit the Spanish priests among them. Their im plements of war are spears from 16 to tlq inches long, placed in a club of a foot long.; they have also b:nvs and arrows, which in their length,. are imini,ilar to those of the ancient Britons, being twice as lung as those of the other Indians.— The foregoing, ‘vac exten.iivel2, 4 ropied by the Ertiglish journals at the time, and niai,v were fed to believe that the descend‘ants• of the •Wel,,li Prince Nadoc and OWen Gwynned and his.colony had been dinovered. ^4 The folio vipg account appeared in the Auburn Banner, 1537: ''THY. WHIT?. INDIANS." 411 isa f ac t , perhaps tiol. generally Icnown, l that there do exist in the far West at least In,/ Ismitil bands or tribes of nhi t c people. Oncorthc•ehands is ca ll e d t h e Ma' keys, [Moqui of the Spaniards.) T he y M ex i c o, on the South nest side of the Rocky Moinnains. and between three- and five hundred miles from Santa Fe, toward California, in A valley which makes n deep notch- in the' moors. surrounded by high and impassable ridges, and which can oily be entered by n narrow pass trom the South west. They are represented by trappers and hunters of the far We-t. (known to •I he writer of this to be men of veracity,) to he an innoepiv. in offensive people -living by agriculture, and ra,-ing grectiounibers tit hotses and motes, wl“cti are used by them fur food. They col:liar," maize, pumpkins and beans in considerable quantities. "These people are frequently de:trelafed Alton b.y their more warlike red neighbo's; to which they submit, without resorting to deadly weapons to re pel the aggressors. "Not far distant from the Mate 'ye, IVA in the sonic range of country, is another hand of the same desdipfinn, called Naboches.. A description of either of these tribes n ill serve for: both. They have been described to the - writer by tno men, in n hose verncity•the fullest confidence may be placed. They say the men tire - of the common stow.. nitb light flaxen hair, light bine eyes. and their skin is of the most delicate whiteness. One of my informants, ho saw several allies° people•at Santa I'e. 10 1831, in de.'cribing the Mawkeys, says, . 4 t bey u re as much whiter than I as I am whiter than the darkest 'ln dian in the Creek nation;" and my informant was of as good a complexion as white men generally are. "A trapper, on one occasion, in a %tendering ex cursion, arrived at a village of Mawkeys. He was armed with a rifle and a "pair of belt pi, -tots, knife end tomahawk, all of which were [lithium II to them, and appeared to exctte their wonder and surprise. After conlversing some time b i y . signs, he fired one or the pistols; instantly the whole group around him fell to the earth, in the utmost coosterualion; they entreated him nut to hurt them, and showed in va rious ways that they thought him a supernatural bving. lie saw vast numbers of horses and mules about the tillage." The editor asks, "May not them people be a remnant of those who inhabited this country prior to the present race of Indians; the traces of whose pities, fortifications and cultivated fields and gardens nre stitl to be seen throughout whole Western coun try?" The following account of the Nribijog India qs np• peered in the Franklin (Mo.) Intelligencer, and was afterward published in the Veto York °Wryer, June 26, 1834:-- I • "Between the Spanish sottlemettt3 Of New Nex i-mxd the Pacific Ocean reside a nation of Indians ca r 4 the Nabijos, whose ingenuity and improve mentsr/ rcl et honor on the udcivilized state. Their ••4trill in snufacturing, and their excellence in some orth i-eful.and ornamental arts, show a decided MEoppriority of genius over all thivother tribea of the' Western continent. ThCir power'and bravery are proverbial among the Spaniards, who have expe rienced more molestation and injury from them than limn all the other Indions in 'their vicinity. They once a eilt to Santa Fe a large quantity of silver bul lion, to be moulded into dollars, which the Spaniards perfidiously converted to their own use. Other op pressions of the Spaniards have, for many ,years, occasioned mutual hostilities, in which the Inciters usually triumphed, and made a large proportion of their sheep and mules the spoils of war, iidk young man, now in this town, during the last summer accompanied a strong military expedition em, and obliged thenitd sue - for peace,.,—.' 41 a chief who 'wore shoes, stockings and hes, connected at the sides by silver but lad of a seam; a hunting, shirt; and a scar aPv the folds of which were also ,secured pottons. These people do not ' adopt the rityr of !Mpg in Villages, but are a nation ;dent farmers. Their hokum; are built of 'hey have fine flocks of sheep, abundance against thk small slug tons, instii lei cloth it by silver usual math of iodepeoi moon. ,r, of mnles,lana herds n,' cattle'tof a suPeriorkind.—' Their cOltate Ctiirn, tobacco and cotton; which they * mannfnethire into cloth, They have gardens, in witichlthey raise several kinds of esculent vege tables as well as fruits. They manufacture some ' articles of wool. We have seen a coverlet made by them , which our townsman, Mr. Hued, has taken 1 to Philadelphia, for the purpose of _sending. to En; rope. They Make baskets and small dishes of osiers, Si) compsictly worked - as to hold wateir without the leapt leakage. The twige,befure being wrought, a re variously colored and so skilfully put together f that the finished vessel presents different figures.— Their btitilesare made of tanned leather, and often embellished with silver ornaments. They dress almost Wholly in their own fabrics. The men dress in small iclothes, sometimes of deer skins, .tanned and handsomely colored. The women wear,a loose black rn e, ornamented round the bottom with a red border, illicit is sometimes figured: and when not engaged they use a large shawl of the same color and material.", Mr. Webber's book, "The Gold Mines of the Gila," has led t s to look farther into this antipct, and we are more and inure satisfied that ' i hero is a large and interesting conntey whtbly unknown to mmi erns, ilitekwas the true El Dorado of the old Span fads. MEXICO:-MURDEROF AN ANIERI CAN CII17.:•:N. MEI Extract of-a letter received by a reApectu". b!e nthish in this city, dated Guaduljira, March 14, We a rived in this city on Monday. 12;10, rnuking the trip font Mexico in 14 day's. Mr. Cidwe ll and 'myself titj iy excellent health,' and although this triode of travelling i s: - Ow and fatiguing, yet we ''have become accustomed' to it. taut enjoy it lunch. expect to he on our way to 'epic tomorrow, expecting, to reach thatplace -in four days, and San Bins in one mote, if we decide to embark at that polnt. If we , b cm on board to Mytatlati it will require three or four more. We are informed that snips are waiting at both places for passenger 4. If so we :Mall soup be at our journey's end. A fair wind will enable sto make the voyage in eightor ten days. -Our draft l was paid at eight, half in gold and silver. `When at this office, we Were shown a piece of gold from Giliforuitt tvorth $l6O, and informed by the gentleni an that ue need entertain no fears of linflitio all we want; also that mad has tecently been (wind to exist in great abundance at the head of the Gulf of California.. An unfortunate oecurence took place with its a few dada since, tesuhin,„o- in the death of Mr. Cha rles Dui Matti, nt Ware House Point, near HaWord, Ct. A's the affair will be brought to the notice of the .Government, I will relate the circumstances at tending it somewhat in detail. On the morning of the 7th imft,t;;; our party entered the city , ot lcamiatu one`of the finest in Mexico, situated in a eventiful valley, midway between this city and Mexico, and containing 7000 inhabitants. As our custom is, we seated into small parties, and entered several eating houses to obtain our breakfast--the deceased, with some others. Imiking one party. After eating, a dis• pine arose between him and the person keeping the house—the latter alleging !Ia o i l e, m sWing wa s chi c him, while Dunham avered that Mile cents of it wa s paid. The Alcalde was then called by the M exican - t o prevent Dunham leaving. Upon ithis Mr. Charles Carrell (one of our party) was called toaict as interpreter, who otaleil the Case to the Alealde, the Mexican all the ti ne deity trig that anything was paid. Mr. D. directed Carrell t, oiler the-remaining three cents, wlitch was re losed. At the same time Carrell was ordered to di-m o ult. This, he refused. The guard which was called by the Alenlde, then pointed Cueir. guns at him, our own men urg,inj him at the same Umc to niter. Carrell then b tg,tn to dismount, and at the same time took hold of his pistol,. The guard observing this, instantly struck him with their guns and felled him to the ground. noel h;(.V:,;(ll.:cic4-d'h w,re ftth thietiO soldier; shot him through the heart with two balls, making one opening , in his back where they entered, and two in his brew-t where they escaped: lie ex claimed they have killed me, and, fell a lifeless corpse to the. groLintl. The soldiers theh fell upon our men indiscriminately, Eremite! an I firmg at them. The result was That they were badly injured by blows only, the guns either smyping or rais=ing. Mr. myself and some twenty others, were nt some distance from this scene, ilia! C 4 c , iped onnaide-; tea. through the kindness of two priests, who open ed the gate of the Cathedral yaid, and thus enabled us to escape from the mob. After sneral interviews w:th the Alc.tlde outside the city, in wilichbo expres•ed Much sorrow and re gret t ht,t he utrair had tak e n til d e" dechtrin. it im possible fir him to have .prevented it, he breeght out the minded men; hating tist dressed all their wounds, lie also promisera Christian burial fir The deceased. We parted with them; and resumed our march. tr: Ti,e deceased--was.rin inter;eAti and worthy young. man, who teat e._a futhcr it cut nvtlier to mourn Ms fm.s. • The wounded have mostly. , I rec.tverel. II 'ring On! allray, one of our men being hotly pursued by a flex c.ui, tamed suddenly upon Int% and With a Wow from the br .ccli of hii" gun frlled him to the ground, sinking the luck in his head joist • under the ear. Syr.ciA L. QUA LWICATION.—TIn're are vat ions ways of ser%ing one's country. Some-achieve greatness by feats of arms and pro , Aess of strategy on the bat. l e _fi e t.l, others by councils wise and voices potent i n the councils of the nation. Bnt the following, front the B 'stun Post, gives a new direction to the aspirations of ambition. Ileac what that delecta ble print says:—ln the common council, when the question of raising the salary rif the harbor master o a- under consideration, Mr. Monroe said— " Mr. President—l am in (36r dl giving this effi cient and worthy officer $9OO 'more. I have ssepr, hint in the discharge - dins Ills firm, cool, and collected Intookr would luive done honor to old 'Zachary Taylor himself. Wham five hundred ves sels arrived in one morning, it was with admiration that I gazed upon hint as he arrang'ed them all in t heirainpointed positions with Alt confusion or delay. Mr. President, he has 113 t. bet an idle man in his day. l r has had nine children. One of them is nri‘v at the breast, and there is ,' more a corning; and if a man •wlfo has thine so r anch for his country ought nut to:have twelve hundred dollars a year, I don% know who s-hould hate 4." speech did the business. Without another word on the suhkjet the salary , was raised.—[ Yankee Blade. SPAAKING our, tx Cliuica.—Un.tar this heal the Tribune gives the folloWing rery'gnoil incident:— atA young lady of this City, who is engaged and will shortelv he united tt "a gtillant SDI) of Neptune, ‘isited the - Nlarinees • Cli rebV,m*unday last. Dar• in.r the sermon, the paSt.qe discoursed eloquently andwith intteh earnests s,cif manner oil the trials danger and temptations.' rthe'prlfes l ion of a sailor; he concluded by asking tto following question: mss there any one - wito th i, tks anything of him who wares a 'tarpaulin hat; blue jacket, or a pair of truwsers made of thick In short is there any one who cures aught _for t e poor sailor?" t little girl, a sister of this yours lady, who was sitting 'by her; immtadiately jump( tip, end looking archly at her sister, said, iti a ton loud enough fur every one to hear- 4, Yes, sir, "Brak" dues!" The audience convulsed were with laughter, minister the bit his lips, and concluded, the service by requesting Khe congregation to unite with him in prayer." CALWORNIANS AT Si. Loura.—The St. Lonia Union, of the 10th ultimo, says, '• he steamer Nia gara, Capt. Cox, arrived on SatuFday evitiing from Pittsburgh. literally crowded with passengers, most of whom were bound for the 4 'diggings." She came into port with flying - colors; mid the deafning hurrahs of the sanguine adventures, and the firings of guns. Her cabin - passengers numbered two hiindred and forty-aix, of whom two hundred and fourteen were bound for California, consisting of four separate re gularly organized companies—as follo - ws; a company of eighty, from Charleston, Va.,; one of eleven from Beaver, Pa,; one of sixty-one Germor.i . from New Yord; and one of sixty-two from blrietta and Cin cinnatti, Ohio." AN ELECTIVE JUDICIARY. We are indebted to the flarrisbureKeysfone for the resolution the ticm pipoo . ot r . , the e Legisdatorer proxiding for a vote nmendment of the Consti- • tution of this State making the Judges elective by the people. The Constitution makes:provision, f or the amendment, of that, instrument in a very - plain manner." The resohttieti in favor of such amend ment, which follows, having adopted by a majority of our Legislature, it must now pass by a Majority Legislature which shall mutat. Harrisburg in January of 1800—" and," hi the language of -the Constitution, 'such proposed amendsient ur amend ments shall be submitted to the people in such man- • ner, and at snch'time, at least "three months after: being so agreed to by the two Houses, ats,the lature shall prescribe; ,and if the people shall op prove and ratify soch amendment or amendments by a majority of the gauntlet voters i,f this stat e , vottnethereon, such amendment or amrniiment, shall become a part of the constitution, but. amendment or amendments shall be submitted - tq the people oftener than once rive years; Provided; That if more than one amendment be submitteN they shall be submitted in s u ch paimer and form,: that the people arty vile for or quinst each amend 4 ment separately and distinctly." The following is the resolution adopted by th 4 Legislature: lte,olved ke., That the constitution of this com: monwealth be amended in the second section of till tifth article so that it shalt read as follows: Ths jirges in the supwe conri, of the several c h it is ut common pleas, afittAuch other courts of rec o rd, el , are or shall be established by law, shall be elected by the qualified electors of the commonwealth ia the manner following, to wit; the ;lodge .of the sti• preme court by the qualified electors of the c.m4 monwenith at large, the president judge: of the set eral courts o f c Anfnen Plenq aid of 8110 h Milli courts of record as are, or ::11,111 be established bti, law, and all other jolges• required to be learned it the law, by the qualified elector's of the r es ,p ect i4 districts over which they are to - preside or per ai judges, and the associate :lodges of the courts rtl common pleatby the qualilln electors of the cout: ties respectively. The judges of the supreme moirt shall hold thei offices for the term of fifteen years, if they shall so long behave themselves %%ell, subject to,the Went ment hereinafter provided for, subsequent to the first the election.) The President judges of several courts of common pleas and .ot such oilier courts of record as are or shall be establishe d ) by law, and all other judges required to be learned in the I law, shell held their offices for the terni of ton rears, if they shall So long behave themselves well. The 'associate josdges of the courts of mono's picas shall hold their offices for the term of lite years, if they shall so long behave themselveS well, all of whom shall be cimmissioned by the governor.; but for any reasonable cause which shall not be suf ficient gramuls of imp-achtnent, the governor shall remove any of thorn on the oJareSe of two-thirds of I each branch of the legislature. - The first election shall take place at the general election of thiscommoinvealth, next after the ;idol,- turn of this amendment, and commissions of all the judges who may he then in office shall expire on the first Monday of December following, when the terms of the new judges shall commence. The persons who shall then be elected judges of the prense court shall hold their offices as follows; one of them fur three years, one for six years, Duel for ninewyears, one for twelve years, and one tor fif teen years; the tern; of each to be 'decided by lot by the said judges as SOJII after the ele ction as con venient, and the result certili rd by them to the gov eraur that the commissions may be issued in accor dance thereto. The judge whose commisSion wilt first expire shalt he clief justice during his term. rind thereafter inch judge whose commission shall first expire shall in turn be the chief justice: aril if two or more commissions shall expire on the Same day, the jodges holding them shall decide by lot which shall be chief Justice. Any vacancies, happening by death, p-signation or °them ise,, in - ally of the slid courts, sh ill he fille-1_ by appointnout by the governor., to continue till the first Monday of De• ember succeeliug the next, eral election. The jinig-es {{,f the supreme - court s% the president.; of the sekeral courts of comirion pleas shall at stated times receive for the:-ir services an adequate coin pee.tation to be food by law, which shall hot be dr t heir cum i114111.11C0 in office, btu ;bey hold any other of profit under this cmstinon wealth, or under the goveromf* of the United States, for any other state of -this union. Tire judges of the supreme cmtrt during their...commit :ince m office shall reside within this commenweltli, and the otli f er - judges during their continuance in of flee shall reside within the district or county for %% hied, they were respectively elected. GENERAL TAYLOR AND FREE SOIL roN, March 10, 1818. You reci i i illect how confident in Illy Whigs of the North were. last fall, that Gen. Trylor %vas finite friendly todhe Wilmont Proyisd, no I that no act of his would ever tend to preYent its adoption, as a part of thelCalifornia Territorial Dill. The Demo crats declared this to be all in iOnshine, and so it has proved tioic i e Gott. Taylor's arrival in Washington.. As noon as he arrived in Washing:lm, he urged the Whig meihbers to past; the hill, without the proviso. He was officious in this matter, and pushed matters "roughly " j antr"readity."' in his liver zeal to knock Mr. Wilmont's binding upon the head, he ore day "got. into the wring pew." Mr Thurston, of .Rode Island, a t no Diflimerut,tc.dled upon the President elect. Gen. Tayior. that he was a member of Congress from Rhole Islan t, supposed of c mrse he wris a Whig, and opened his , •grape" upon him-;-"Our friends mdst pass the hill for California," said he, "leaving slavery goestion tie it we-must not med dle with tliat. All of our friends most take hold" tore the General was jigged by a Whir, and infornted that*Mr. Thur.:ton was a Democrat! The new president wits c.itifttied, and st.ammered oat Cie belt excuse the OCelt.loll would admit of. -- Ila rd iTi mes 1V03113: , AT A PfUDIJUM.--A lady writes from San Francisco to her friend in Mai3aehn4etts: •‘‘The denmudfor marriageable women seems to be a s gre a t as fur goods. 'This is the only country in the world where woman are properly appreciated. The pro mates l a dhe country five portion of; tr is to one fe male, and khe labor of females is as much needed , for cooking, etc., at the gold region, as that of the males. There have been more marriages in the last few months than in the ten years previous ill this country. The Stplaws before they will go to the gold region, make efforts to get white husdands which they soon obtain in the present state of affairs. Father Alanagne, the Cathilic priest, has informed me that lie married 'last month Itp white men to • The con4emiences that the poor Indians will soon ;be left without any class of females t'rem which they can choose, as, certainly, no whitto wa gtail, of whatever condition in society, will marry an wheashe can readily. marry a white man of some wealth rind prominence; Some of the moat ugly and slovently servants here marry traders who have acemnulated fortunes in a week." DIPLOMATIC SASUCifiuNa,— , l3y the (Minn ing state ment in the London Morning Chronicle, it . appears that !other diplomatic persons in Europe, besides the American charge traffaires at Stockholm, have been known try abuse Their official previleges: We ,hear from Brussels that. the Belgian govern • moot ihtends to place restrictions upon.the luggage, parcels, and packages carried by foreign cabinet messengers. It is almost • neftliii, to, nbserve-that according to the international usage and courtesy, courierii! luggage, especially that purtinit having an officio) address or seal, has been permitted to pads without •search. Abuses have doubtless arisen; but, unless we are greatly mistaken, no diplomatic agents,•ne mittistries,bace ptofitted so largely by the /atittide accorded as those of Belgium. Re striationis- •come, Aherefore, I with a somewhat bad grace from the, Brussels government.—Boates Fourier. listr.-Thu editor of-the Baltimore Sun says be don't,!-now what , !Itoosier bait" is. Ho must be green. Hoosier bait is gingerbaead, -done upsitt cords, lots and quaiteesections, end is used by the merchants in Lotrievil4e-verome4-4us....llo u si e r gars who come over from ,indiana to. trt,te. Tito:ah3Y they bite at.it is cautionary! • • • 1 3 : 7 0 Why is banging a poor anvil litre it lawyer• going to heavan? D'ye give it tip? Because It is tight iqueeze7. THE WEEDS OBSERVER. ERIE. PA SATURDAY MORNING, fAPRIL 28, 1849 NEIVIER AOC NOR.. SECT _ Neither ago nor sect escapes the guillotine of Gon. -Taylor's "uo party" Administration. Every paper we take up „ : Fontaiao lists -of reinovale in their co sfective neig ..ds—every telegraphic' dispatch an dunces tlw.. `'s • -of new, viothts _who have foil beneath the nice "sf.'t administration that.' declared pre vious to the el . it had "no enemies to punish," and the natites of newattitivni who have bi . ll rewarded by the man, who in vi co re of political epistles, profesed to have no '.friends to reward." Does a l lady hold the office of Postmaster in some petty villogi3 in lowa, the gallant Fitz Henry Warren, the man that absconded from New England, cheating his orcditons out of ppflie e 60,000; and taw the fatina.Vssistnnt Postmaster Goiter al of this honest no-party Administration, issues his man date..aiwi her head is numbered anwg i thO martyrs to the cause clf.D4sc u rac i y. flow do annoltncentonts like thli read under therAdmilistration of Ale "Second ' Wash- • • ingtou." • N. L. Stout, Stootnifigton,' Aluseatent, lowa, vice Mrs S. Dull. Gallant, chivalrous Fiz Henry, what sin against Fe deralism had poor Mrs. L'arll committed that her head mast so soon be brought to the block? I Had oho a son nat i ons the lowa volunteers in Malcico, and thus commit ted the unpallkonablo sin; or, did he only "interfere In elections" by voting against Gen. Ta for and Meal Or had she, unlucky'woman, disregarded that only article of Mb upon which Gen. Taylor delinately. in the can vass last NI, ospresael himself—early mumps. But joking aside, is not thispretty work for ,an ndministra tion that came into power professing to have no "friends to reward," and yet decends to the removal of adies to'reward partizanship. "No friends to reward nor enemies to rut," and yet the aged father of ono of the most gallant oflicera who fought under Gen. 'Taylor at Buena Vista.'and after wards fell at the head of his men under the walls of Mex ico. is ono of the first victims of this administration! Professing to imitate the example of the "earlier Presi 7 dents," one of the first removals in Pennsylvania is that of the venerable Simon Dram; for more than forty years Postmaster at Greensburgh, having been liplMinted by Thomas Jeflorson. Mr. Drain, says the Pennsylvanian, is tho fatherl of the celebrated Captain Drum who fought so heroically fießuena Vista under the flag of his coun 7 tev, and afterwards fell in-the valley of Mexico, after hav ing recaptured the gnus ho had lost in the,, former en , gagements, Gen. Taylor was appealed to to save the sire of.this gallant hero. Hu was appealed to tobe true to ' his pledges nt least in this case, but all to no purpose. t The enemies of the war in Which tho chivalric Drum 'breathed his last, succeeded in forcing General Tailor i mallow the memory of the illustrious dead to be violat . ed in the perion of the venerated living! ~, We urn !no mourner over the removals of the present Administration. So far as our party feelings are con ! corned, ve l e aro gratified that they are so plentiful; and we alluded to them only as evidence of Gen. Tay lor's faithless observance of the pledges by which he succeeded to the station hetow occupies. , What those pledger Were every body' knows, but least 'chigger!, aihould deny them, we liave thou !lit host to append the following us evidence, and ns a most withering commea tory upon whiz Opplicity. Rend them. In no' tame can I permit mysei to be n candidate of any party, or yield myself to party schemes.—(Lattrr to James lir. Taylor, . I will not be it candid ate of anyb party or clique; and , should tho nation at largo seek to place mu in the chair of the chief magistracy, the good of all parties and the national good would he my groat and absorbing tn.— (1.-leer pi 0 citizen of Lansingitr,) Should I ever ocenpy the V't line flame, it Must lie by' the spontantlious move of the people, nod by 'au act of mine, so that Tshuuld go into <dice untrammelled, and be the Chief Magistrate of the people and pot of a party. ( Letter to Edward Delaney.) - If over I fill that high office, iltrinst ha untrammelled ,eith nar:r oblitriitions or interestq'of any kind, and under eats of the nation at largo most serionsty and istheal my iiemand.---( Letter to, Peter Skcn Smith.) ~. I am net willing fp be the eandidato of :tar party, to pledge myse:f to mix political creed save 'that which springs directly froithhe constitution and the best and paramount inte - roats of the country, and whirl, they so lemnly demand. If elected to the Presidential office, it inwd be without any agemey of my own, (it will bu at vane ice, with my 5n0.,4 oherb.hed ,aspirations;) and to those I must go untrammell.l by par pledges of every character.—(Letter to J. A. Rirkey.) Shnultl I ever occupy the White House, it most he by the spontaneous move of tint people, laq by no act of mine, sq that Itcould enter upon the duties appertaining to the Chief Magi. , itrato of the country untrammelled and pledged beyond what I hayo previondy stated as revrtis lie'constittition, so that I should be the Fresid,•nt of Ow itsttintt and not of a party.—( Lena to C.- Waco" an./ uteri.) 1 need hardly 'odd, that I cannot, itt any case,' , permit m‘ self to be bron - dit before the people exclusively by any of the pelitical parties that now so mnfortunatelv divide the country, as their candidate for this office.—(retter to F. S. Bronson.) 1 shall etlCr n o active opposition to-the use of my name in cone lAiOll with this responsible Office, nv 10ut . ..! as they •continul to use it thus inderwtylont of partY" distinctions. ( Later to IF,n. 111. 31orptry and others.) i In ben thus nominated, I must insist on the condi tion—and my position on this point is immutable—that I shall not be brought forward brthem as the candidate of their Ipqrtv, or considered as the exponent of th'eir patty doctrines.—(Letter to Peter Skin South.) I have no private purposes to accompliih—no party projects to build up—no enei mies to pnnivh—nothiny, to serve bt t my conntrv. * * * If elected, I should not ho q mere President of n party. I . would endeavor to act independent of party denomination. I ahould feel hound t administer the novertune tit untrammelled by party schemes.—( First Allison Letter.) The appointiti power vested in the President impos es delicate (introits duties. So far as it iv possible to be 'infortnt . d• I shall make honesty, capacity. and fidelity indispensable prerequisites foFthe bestow a l of office; and the.absOwe of either of these r)ualitiev 'atoll be deemed sufficient cause for removal.—Gen.Taylor's Inaugural. NOT A PUFF, nu r A FACT.—WO are ',Mt requested to call attention tolhe clothing advertisement of our friend Jour:E in another column, but located as his establish mentis'Arectly opposite our office. we could not help noticing the undsual large number of shabily dressed people going in;overy day, and welt thicsni ones coat l inktint l t For a while this fact was a mystery to us.—; We knew ha kept clothing, and made to order every thing appertainig to a gentleman's wardrobe, but in these hard 'Muller (ttot/Tailtir) times, we could not ima gine heiw every body 'could 411.4 to ba trausforimid trom gini m tYemen with shocking bad coats, pants and vests, to gout eelt with stmarfine coats, pants, and _vests. To satisfy arself, tlvirefore, we called in the other day, and the tny ib tery was elsplaincti.' By small profits, he mana ges'to sell to overt body, and by titurierons transactions succeeds in making more profit in Wye:lr, than he other wise would by cluirging higher, and selling less. This is the true secret Of business—it is the Nidas wand which turns every thing into gold. Our friend Juspcs under stands this, and acts accordingly; ho never lots a custom er, with the dimes, leave the shop until he sends him forth looking like a gentlernan, and dressed like a prince. (17 The Boston Pest sa c s the Rev, Mr. Hudson, whom Gov. Taylor has appointed naval officer at Boston, intro duced a resolve into congress for the withdrawal of the troops from Mexico during the wrir, and repudiating in demnity. The people of i‘lassactiusetts being too'patri tine to melee. the author of such a resolve, the hero of the War rewards him with'a lucrative office. At the end of four years the reverend gentleman will find the wages Of sin is political death. WAtusa:—The New Orleans Beilletin. one of the most rabid 'whig papers in the south. sets tip it dismal howl over the resulfef the late election in Connecticut. It consigns to old Nick the whole democracy of the north, rind affirms that tho northern whigs aro exclueively en titled character of '.northern men with smithen . Pti.O.P l Ples:l:ditriying. that northern democrats ore or ever *At - 440.14 ,dha . 44thin or/remit OT h • stattl to_ which they.haye been generally replica : ter.ba - .....,9, G 1i0w Seep.: southernpropagandieta have fallen la love with north ern whiggety! MR. • POWELL'S THEATRICAL TROUP ,This company, under the management of the above I .Post Ovrtcr. sort CitaronstrA.—A portable named gentleman, have been performing in our city for Tice, of wood, the Washington Whig tuft,h rm the past week to well filled 'musts, and we are sure that constructed containing pingeon holes for l et t " 144 is not probably moil than ten feet in length tad we 'speak the sentiments of all who have ein!traced the op- p l ace , f or k oo k,. s m .. to b e conveytitt to Ctairoz, portunity of seeing them, when wo say that they are the best Theatrical corps that that hag ever visited us. Mr. height . This offs is to be set tip wherever it ee l and Mrs. Powell, who take the leading parts are rarely if convenient, end shifted as circumstance s may its. lr : l 74 over excelled in our opinion. in tragedy. and whatever - thoy undertake are sure to bring peals of applause from the audience. Mr. McKibbin, the old gentleman of the company, has many admirers both on and off the stage. Mr. and Mrs. Miller also are worthy of notice, and tiro quite at home in their parts. In fact the whole compa ny do justice to the reputation which they have already attained on their way here. Wu learn that they aro to remain here a few ovoid+ more, and we advise all those who have not already dune so. to call upon them before they close, assuring them ? that nothing will occur in which they will not be t,,volflpleased. For this evening's (Saturday.) entertainment see advertisement. NhTTEII9 PERSO7I to editor •of the Cinyn7reint evidently - le worried because our frier 1 ‘Vnlitatt is still Collector, and our former partner, Mr. - Durlin. still *con tinues to receive the $2 per day as Deputy. tOur neigh bor should not make himself so unhappy about a matter I which certainly does not concern him, for he can rest assured that whoever (hes succeed 'aids° gentlemen, he will nee be one of them. Gen. TOor stands pledged to appoint honest and eapold : men bonier. Under such a rule, to' use a simile of Ills own manufaeture, he stands, I about as much chaneo as a "stump tilled qua lru ped int fly Mtie." "Apropos," us our cotemporary would say, it is scarcely necessary for us to say that the professed reve lations in the Commerciat, in regard to a certain business' arrangement between Mr. Durlin and • ourself last does not contain a part:cle ortrutli. It is true that Mr. IVhalion is a Damocrat and voted for Cass and Butler. but it is not true that ho "contributed libeitally to the col umns of the Observer." Mr. Mallon has never wrote a solitary line for this paper since our name has been ,tioiociatod with it as Editor. .Unlike the Editor of the Commercial, we du not employ blows to do our writ ing. Mr. Durlin did not withdraw front the paper for theM . P - ose stated by the Conirnercial, but because we P had a large amount of outstanding debts, accumulated upon our liboks during a business connection of five soars and a half, and because, from curtain pecuniaiy -reasons it became absolutely necessary that they should be col lected. If we had been the lick spittle of the Commer cial, and had sought to keep Mr. Durlin in office, does any one suppose we would have denounced the admin istration of Gen. Tudor as we have. No paper m the state has spAo more freely mad severely of the "swin dle" by which Gon. Taylor became President, than 'the Observer, and while our name reartimi at is head, it shall continuo to so speak, if it co=ts the decapitation of every Democratic office-holder in the state. We contend for principles first—the spoils at &but a secondary consid eration: In regard to Mr. Wh.dlon circulating a peti tion to be retained, we know nothing and care less. We certainty, never saw or heard of- it until the CoMmr cial mentioned it. tEr The removal of the Opposition Post-master at Erie,n very proper one we believe, is tosomewhat productive of regret. It of coursr somiti adrift front the office of AssiSt3lli P. M., our bitter political a ntagonist but generous personal friend Sto,ta of. the Erie 06$cr ter. That he will submit to this piece of misfortune with due grace, we cannot doubt. If he has not hithei to endured worse unctions Mon thik w.ll be, without whining, hn has wanted the opputunity to. learn a branch of editorial philosophy very indispensable *to the profession; but we think his experience has remb•retl a lesson un tecessary, and that calm resignation oil! char acteiiio his back-door walk.—Crcionia Crnsor. We are certainly grateful fur the sympathy of onr ft iend of the Censor, know as we do, that it is real— that whilt, party prejudices snit party drill compel him to r snit tin the course of this "nu pity" atitnrnistratien, Ito d vises ut his inmost soul die •.ew:ndle" hr which his friends late tempor,rile oluainiiit the spo of (drive, and looks with contempttu . pon their disgraceful squab bles for the lov nd fishes. We 7 are happy to say, however, that relgrets" are thrown away—ire have a` rho chin ihr lace we woreseaP;s% •We' and obtained for a certain purpose—that purpose, has been accomplished. and we well resign it into tier-hands of another with pleat err; ?specially, as it will enablii i us , to at ain devote moo ore time to the oyfotion of the false ; hood, liypeeracy and deceit Gen. Tit lor and Ids nds practised on the people last (.:11, and which lie is now exhibiting so glaringly to the public gaze: Gov. Joussox's NEW JUDICI our last 9otice of this subject, we learn that Yenange county has been detached from this district, and tunic d over to the Clarion district, furpc purpose making of tha t lino mete respectable in business. Now we should like to know, and we call upon the three whig organs here to in form 114, whaasked for any chempin this distrir t? ‘Vho , were this petitioners?. Judge Church was able to do all the business without being i t the Lust opore,sed 11 - • did not coniyhin P•tyle ltd not complain— Ind the business, was well done anl in duo time. Thou vt here was the necess;ty fur the alteration? It existed alone in the necessity. Gov. Johnson felt of rewarding his favorites by nuking new district,l ma the groxtest on ti age of all is the fuct that Sclionviiiiil county is alone made a th.suict! In 18 If its pspul vtion di,l no: equal Erie county, and we preen rite 'Si this moment is not su perior—yet it is note a e.warate. efisirica Judge Hank's District, of which Schouylkill formed a part, in which he did all the business pp until' IS hi, we believe, is cat up now into four ro , zr judges arc requir. od to do the busines's perfrnmed by par tt ithout com p;aint part, or that of the people! Verily, Gov. Johnson and his gag Lieutenant, J. 11. Johnson, are great scone mists. Tile T.isLon 0[1.0.05,—Th0 Editor of the Pcnmch•a uian thus playfully hints ()litho thrcz organs of the Ad ministration of NVashington: There will be three Whig. or TAviJut organs in ‘Ves ington—the haellig,orcr—die atonal Whig—and the Republic just being erected by these experienced musici ans, Bei.urr and SARGANY. This is quite on array of official harmonies. We presume thc r e instruments will play their respective parts with great Thu Republic will he a mellifluous and Oily concern—lts airs liquid with praises—its notes gentle and inon-cominittal 7 its °voltam frequent and originat—and its pleadings in fa vor of "a covenant broken" quite na4ural. Tho Krug, being more tomporlary io its structure, and less identified with the ikersomil tontines of tho , ncimininistration, wilt grind away under the window of the White House, until General TAYLOR sends out Colonel Buss to buy it off with some of the new gold dollars. Tho baslligencsr, is of the antique school of music—grand and solemn—full of darkness and dust. It will come do en with an awful crash upon ZACIIAItf t willisome old requirn cavernous with throats, and terrible with reproaches,unless ho should come hi terms in the handsomest and speediest manner. The music of this aged instrument is occasiouly stiirod to its deepest depths by the most fearful GALES. • 1 .Thero can be no hartrMny between these Organs. You might as well oxpect thel organs of the street, the parlor. and the church, to accord. They aro got up by different artists—on different pliins—and with different designs. I LIEUT. SIMPSON.—We learn from the Little Rock Ar kansas Democrat Of the 6th, tha t Lieut. J . R. Situp son, of the corps of Topographical Engineers,_ and for a , long time stationed in this city, hue been designated and ordered by the War Department to conduct tho explora tion of the nearest lino of approach from Fort Smith, on tho Arkansas river, to the Bay of San Francisco. Lieut. Simpson arrived thero on the 30th of Meech, on his way to Fort Smith, to report to Gen. - Arltucl4, to whom ho is to apply for an 'assistant. Ho informs thaw that' by a change of instructions from the :War Department,' be is to explore the route entirely through to theiFacific, and not, as was first intended, to, return after he shall have arrived at Santa Fe. further informs thorn that he by high - autharite - from Wallington that . an .osccist will be praviied for theexpedltiOn thiiingh tot San Francisco, and that Dr Peyton of ArkiiMias will accompany the party as Surgden. paragraphs for the Milli* 0:1' Miss Newton, of Bennington. vt., ezed,2o,lta her bed on thii night of the 9th inst., and w andered c, r ,L. with only her night clothes on. She was found the sqt afternoon in the river, drowned, and is supp osed (4 hers arisen in'hor sleep, and in erosiiug the sutarn ea lank of timber, awoke and fell in. CoN.—lf tho goltiontan" was to lose bis whero would he obtain another? W. T o w ," hi 3 . its are re•taihd. FP' GOLD Ix TENNESSEE.—The Louisville Couri er v ie 7th inst., sacs: "Gold and silver mines, said ',trite from 75 to 80 per cent,,. havo been cli.tcartred iu 112231 CO., Totip." -Q — J' Emigration to tho United States is depop u 4, l New Brunswick. This in practical homenge to repetiL. can institutions. The people with cerulean Loss rare them up at the annual an nouncement in the 'latta's speech of ,the prosperity a n d happi_ _nens of the colas:ft ____ ______ ILF A correspondent of the Journal of C om ' „, ert , mokes thut Gensial Tayler is not to be aos b et 4, than Ganotal Jackson as to removals and According to the whigs, Gen. Jacks en . t , „ hr.; "reward his friends and punish Ins tioenitt4." T4'4 they denounco as monstrous. Yet they want.ies.TlT lur, who has solemnly declared that he has 4 "1: . ;Ifri au l lo reward nor cn:mics e,nnisli , .," to do just u Gra. Jackson diJ In' In Philadelphia, John Frew!ley, a facturer, has been arrested on sulpieiim of liatint c„, coned his *ire. In now_ Orleani 110ert LmdegE t been arrested for murder of his wife, but 1: 1 ; 1 ,,,,„1 .!.;1 whom he was jealous, IT The Siamese twins, who had brea livin g year, wi th Vol{ cs and children on thrir otra in North Carolina, are said to ho on their w•at: to ettlazt for Europe. with a view to consult the moot lin;ttat surgeons on the practicability of an operation to a:rd., the ligament that binds thein together. It is fortherti?. that one of their sisters had been arlopted i into the hu'ly of the emperor of Siam. tiTliobl the entire Mug- press now sebtitnent that “TO Tut: VICTOR 1111.0:‘G Thee use various nughods, and an abun hit that is be coni-insion their arguini 6[7' The Boston Atlas's Washingtu says—••Tii e new administration is daily We are glad of bss been so we femed it mould never come to 'natio-IR-1 A•qiin Jour..—Tiro rabid pohticia• who ‘yere striving for the anpointmri received each a letter on the first of Ap of their 4l c ipoitititient Thos both sal i over each 'other, to the great 'ainusein understood the game. One of toasrs at tho “Clay York quoted gyron. in a hit at out pr magihtrate, viz:—"The memory of I blush thero was but One." If the p supper indicate Mr. Clay's feeliug ho me a relentless fieozirge to the powers largo three story'Phouse, at C nesulti,oa Llna stre( t, IA in with a tretnondorts eras t on Friea The family heard the %waifs eraeking, and had only tizs to reach the Et., before the whole. u th the (lunar! , cent lined. was a heap of ruins. Tit: wall hatibreats derni:netl by the digailig of the four dation for a tr7i: adjoining. It inlonged to and eas oiwed b) 'UT The CllO lora prevails so extonsn•ety In Irehtlitt etritgrants i.vho intend leaving this summer furAmtrr, have postpcined their departure until outwit!). Nats that tho epidemic will rage viVenOyxta during the summer months. ",‘ ppotio td.rikes,the liar," ;19 the 61 - key 6 , ett: when be bruke the hank, over the head or a ptttikr fEr A elergvinan' in Glasgow, Mo.Trecently s!,; , tfo ditys at a single nap. On waking' he stated wlittr ions friends, who feared that his .shoep would be eieri, th tt ho had taken two or three hundred drops of prlr. ie. On inspecting, tho contents of tiebot tie It ISM 11. certained that ho had tabon laud-num. (Er' Fitz Clrceue lialieelt, the, poet, has retacetsdfrz hiit late sovero illness. The reports that he way 10$11 andsonfitteti in a mad-house,T were h.10104k an roma ion whatever. ri" The colony o r Swedes, in Henry coma:411)ml. are manufacturing a floe article el hoe(' cbth, maice water-rotted flax, suitable for suintorr near. It if itt cribed as a beautiful article. Er When SANTA ANNA and minir Melina kaziO seo the appointmont to place of tech teen ae Coliza!lt flinkon. Collier; M'Gatigher. and et'ien., ttal thetett: cal of the Dintus and Cheathams, they will be Contity ed in their opinion that the war - against their ccust was indeed, as Mr. Greeley called it, "a A ar God:." • Er The Rochester Democrat says the differeat yards in the vicinity of that city have, during there year, manufactured between seven and etzh bricks. Thirty cords of wood are burned for ever'::' Bred thousand. OF Port:t.A. I loS.—Mrs. tl i11r.4 residin;J : olinebtiel.'s brit It llarrit,burg, on Alone.sy ing laSt gave birth to fire boys, all of which ere 1 1 . 01 doing well.. What makes this eas t , Finplat L 7 .13 her first ev . iinetnent she gave birth td tiro, a n 41. ?,, second to lfoe, and at this, her third, to fire, iro1:4 1 all ten children in four years, and all living. Hann TO SWALLOW.—When the lets StlasiVrii , ! o# a candidate for Governor of t 1 e State a New ivo shut - de -minded Whig elector vats heard to deebre 11)0 ti.ould !vote for him. "What," ex . clahned his son, ) 3 voto fo u r Wright?" "Sethi)." was the patriarch's eta illation, "you know your poor sister who Was 2 . 0 and kiVell up by the doctors, was cured by . - a fev b of Wrigh's Indian Vegetable Pilh. Theta gb bssb ing doing, heaps of good all around the neighbob: . • and Pam goin' I. vote-for the Doctor, sure." OFFICE trzoot:•s.—Whon 31r, leans„ he was w ited upon by a pe, I hands of the ex-President a large I addressed to the “Prosident oldie Risting of reecommentlatiotts and I half, for the office of Inspector or Jonm M. ClATTOL—Taylor's eaid to be the anther of that fame nl Intelligeneer, Comely deuenne . The whigs aro much mortified th have thus broken down their par Irrtbere is 41 man under sente l Carolina. too sick to undergo the^ The doctors are at work omhim, he may be executed. What api A KCNTOILY mein in Lou3Ulle,P other day. rather unused to morke)ting, purchttls6!r looking sweet-smelling relt-of buiiter, weighingloslll pounds, took it home, cut it in two, and food', surprise, that he had been dealing in the vegetab* well as the butter - line. To the depth of eheutai / ;' . all around was good butter—ail the rest was rft 4s . 4°. ittgoel. If potatoes ore as dear in Louisv il le as the h4re,ithe voider of tho butter did'ut make much bJJ °petition. 0:7 We have frosts and snow stoetris:ieje in the so in this middle minas of lbeeping. We ihtield think 6' Taylor would !'frOutti indignantly" nrotr dre of such daring nnrelintrrs. • a viud:catia~ I Tit r SPOIJ Ems cornspondect lain sm. nztli." k that ave hat: n Cintinn I I of Po',mut.% notifpngthret led forth to cr:r nt of 'thoie In 4 'estival" in N.' I%ent worths ch..' aslitnvaii—Ntt i l oceedinga at Via ill b in ilia Rt. I. bat be. A/ as in .Nen , son 60 placed in uudlc of manuccri;~ (i mtcd SSalej," n' oiicitntione in'bii k ive Oar: I:ocrotary of Stiv.' istg articl e i t Premier' oe tFOO t h 5 1 011 P in Counecticat. too of death 1 71;:: entanco of the o "cure him ur ,r were he to dl
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