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