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The steamship Caledonia has arrived here, bring,
ing ono week,later intelligence from Europe.
Tue CHOLERA.—The deaths from &licenses, in the
London districts, for the three weeks of September,
ending 221, were 31604842, and 3584—thus show
ing; the cluilere deaths, decreased' from 2026 and
1682, to 839. In the same - period, .the deaths from
choiers;ivitich were, at thebeginnlnt of the month,
400 daily; f r ell; - on the 19th, to 110, and declined, on
the 26th, to 102; and on the 27th, a further, satis
factory decline appeared, showing the much treater
diminution to 77 for all London; 331 for all England
and 57 for Scotland. The cases of diarrhtea being
174. This is the most satisfactory return that has
appeared since the outbreak of the disorder. Itt Liv
erpool, the disappearence of the disease has been
equally signal. -
AUSTRIA AND ITUNO .—Notiiing has transpired
in retation to the resolution of the Porte, net to yield
the Hungarian refugees to the demands of Austria
and Aussie; except that a Russian officer of high
r.t.itlf has arrived at Constantinople, to de:l . lond their
extradition.
There is'no donbt that the chief leaders are still
at Weiden t itt Wallachia. and the probability is, that
as soon , as the 'requisite facilities can be furnished
to get, them out of the Turkish dominion, they will
be allowed to go wherev . er they please.
•ComoaN ROY SURRENDRREIL—The latest intelli
gence (ruin Vienna extends to the 2:ld inst., inclu
sive, at which and
. time Comurn had not surrendered,
nothing of any importance appears to have occured
around that fortress. It was, however, reported,
that the' Hungarians had made a rally on the 13th,
and had obtained Borne alight advantage over the
Imperialist:troops, and had captured several 'scailing
ladders.
The terms proposed by the two deputies sent by
the garrisun tv Acs are understood to have been re ,
jected:
Nothing tfetinate has yet been arranged with re
gard to Hungary; but with regard to the schemes of
arrangement thrown out, appearenttv as feelers,
there does not appettc any insurmoutable difficulty
in the urn) , of a final pacification upon the basis of
a complete union with Austria, Hungary retaining
her old institutions for her future ruvincial legisla
tion. rr
The Emperor of Russia has returned to St. Peters
burg, end his troops are:gradually:withdrawing with
in the. Prnssian frontiers.
. Faivice..—Franco,now enjoys perfect tranquility,
and,there uo prospect at present of another politi
cril•dgitaiion. Indeed public opinion is a'ppearently
becoming more and inure averse to rei3Olution, in.
proportion us the increase of trade and commerceex-
hibits the advantages of internal tranquility.
- Mr. Rives, who succeeds Mr. Rush as Minister
from the United States lathe French Republic, has
:arrived in Paiis.
- Wehave news by elect
Amporn—t e n leers and men aro in a .esponding
state, and laboring under the conviction than reels
tanceagainst the combined forces of Austria and
useles—Georgy hhs helped to increase
this feeling. The Umdim Daily News condemns
the course pursued by Georgy, and states that Kos
' Kahl Vein, and Dembinski were at Widden, in a
state of-positive , destitution.
"Vinixsr.—Advises from Constantinop'e areup to
ifieo3th orSeptember.—The Emperor of Russian
einploYs no argument to enforce his demand for the
-delivery of the Polish end Hungarian ringees, now
at Widden, "but," says private letters, "he will con
sider the escape of one of them as a calsus belli if the
the Sultan did not give a simple yes, or no; and he
threatons to return to Warsaw.'
The Sultan still persists in his resolution, blit
the great majority of his council is alarmed at the
threatening tone of the Czar's note,!cnnsequently no
official announcement •of the Sultan's decision has
as yet been made. There is reason to believe that
the Ttiidcish government, urged on by' the. English
•and French Envoys, will reject the demands of [twi
sts. It-is supposed, however, that the EMperor of
Rossin"will pot his threats of war into execution,
• - • •e con not reac t a o .en orn
sooner than fifteen or seventeen drys, while the
Russians could be in the Bospherus within twenty
'tour hours. The greatest anxiety prevails amongst,
s/l.classes.: Some British subjects are among thes,
refuges at Hidden. Private letters confirm the re
port of the ISultan'a decision not to deliver up the
Hungarian refuges.
AUSTRIA.--Loiters from Vienna state upon good
authority, that Comorn would surrender, reports pre
that Bem has died of his wounds, in the Wallachia.
The Austrian general Coot, still detains Kossuth'',
mire and children in custody.
• 4 71131141 S 11 : 11 .trittnTs.--Piovistorcs.--In Bacon, good
Western: rates at 30s. per cwt., fair 278.-28 s. are
cwt-.• Pork moves off freely at previous rates; fair
Western and prime Mess, -a little out of condition,
— Sf.A . f - favorito brands 65; Lard of good quality rates
at. 36 to 395. 6d. per cwt. In hams there is nothing
doing, and the market remains nnchanged; fair round
dry salt, rates at 38s. per cwt.
IMPORTANT more CANADA.—An address has been
issued in Montreal signed by three hundred citizens
of Canada, of every sect and class, including, - some
of the officers of the ?resent government; in favor of
the annexation to the United States.
The address is written with great ability, and elo
quently set s forth the evils olcoloniel subjection.—
It occupies over two coldMins of the Montreal Cour
ier, and while it declares that "separation" from the
pareht government is neither practicable nor desir
able without her concent,it declares, in reference to
the, evils of which the people ao justly complain, as
tollowd;, , .
0101 the remedies that hare been suggested for
_
the knowledge and insufferable ills with which our
country is afflicted, there remains but one ta be con
sidered. it propounds a sweeping and important
change in our political and pocial condition involv
ing considerations which demand our most serious
examination. This remedy consists in a V, iendly
and peaceful separation from British connection,
and amnion on equitable fermixitlithe great North
.Iniericats Confederacy of Sovereign States.
Mona REPUBI.IC trilS.M.—Not many years ago
there appeared upon the boards of the National
Theatre of this city, a young girl, whose deport
ment and correct beha, ior, in a shott time attracted
notice. She was the personator of but subordinate
parts, and her promise of dramatic ability was not
high. Some persons, with whom she became ac
quainted, tiboerved that her manners and education
were above the station she occupied, and they spoke
to men of benevolence, who on acquaintance ad
totted her, and employment was obtained more. be
titling her capacity. She "progressed" rapidly, in
a few months left the city, and her benevolent pat
rons did,not hear from her for a number of years.--
A few weeks since one of those gentleben received
through the your Office, a work of fiction, publish
ed by the Harpert., to which his attention wascalled
by•tt pretty note, which informed him that the au
thoress was the young lady whom he had assisted
in her early struggles, for moral and mental culti
ation. Though she has produced but one work,
which may be called a "book," she is acknowledged
to occupy a high position among American writers
.of . &ellen. Her novel is one almost equal in inten
apy to the popular "Jane Eyre," mid it teaches no
doubtful lesson. It is a guarranty that the 'title
actress," if life is spared her, will: one day -have
found rank among the ablest Literatu'res of our
Reputlican country.—Cincinnati Gazette.
• CIIIIIIIAPC111;AUG. 1.-A large party of Texans
were in the 'city on their way to California, dispiri
,ted.apd discontented., They had frequent quarrels
among . thMnselves, and three of their ; number had
° Veen 'ailed, but a day Wr'two . b4fore, by other Mem,
ben; of their party. , They say that if they /lo not
find geld in Chlifornitiohey - will - find it • in some
%Mexican rrincheaMear at - hand. • The cholera was.
• yaging'with fearful violence Within, three hundred
,milea - of Chihuahua, and it;la expected to be there
in k viefiatiort tiine. ',The principal vitt inne were
..the . pnerer and more -degraded elapses., ' The
Oar:nuclei worse:h. - kr now themthey have ever
lieti—;4liek .have killed at least fifty Mexicans in
,tlt.ltisi.tiro:weeks•ifithin twentylnilea of chinos
..66inirVthe head chief - of the Apaches, offers
ttni•hfiriee fqr scary Arneridan.acalp l ittld thirfy.-tor
that of every Mexican officer: ' '• •'
the Caledona.
ric telegrapo•to Liverpool'
GOLD NEWS.
- ,
The followint ,
statement,,inregird to the*ohlen
country, has been compiled from the; moat Puthen.;
tic sources, from men who ere recently from the-dig
ging'', and from - those who' have been engaged
prospecting over the whole of that
; interesting - re
gion: _
The Sacramento still yields , a good dividend of
something like-ten to fifteen dollars a day to all in
dustrious laborers, and a bar near where the gold
was first discovered, which had beet, entirely
,ever -
looked by the eagerness of new adventurers, has
been wrought with great success, something like
an average of two hundred dollars each, to a party
of three, fur some.two weeks past. The new meth
od of tinning the river and of working in its drain
ed channel has not always repaid the effort, vet, in
enough cases, it has succeeded to make it quite pup.
tiler. It requires a union of some twenty to sixty
to build the dam. The ono at Mormon Island has
nut as vet reached the expeptation of its friends,
though the shares of the stock has been sold here
fifty per cent above par. The Feather River, where
the finest gold' li; been found, is yet a favorite
stream among the diggers. It yields the average
of an ounce per man, if he works well. The lazy
and inactive in 'this country do nit fare any better
here than in any other, and the dissipated are often
'the eariiert victims to the diseases of the climate.
But hard labor is well rewarded by the bountifUl
band of Nature. About 3,000 persons are now en
gaged there. '. •
The Ayuba River is said to be the surest place
for making money by those who stick to one spot,
and the Indian trade is brisk. A friend of ours as
sured us that he had sold common scarlet blankets
at from four to ten ounces apiece. At the present
time he has already realized a few thousands by his
mercantile shrewdness.
Of three forks of the Rio de toe Americenos, the
North has now a majority of miners. The gold is
of a light lemon colbr, and when assayed is found to
possess a greater quantity of silver than that of the
neighboring streams. Many have left the middle
Fork, In parties, fur the mountain sources' of the
precious metal, but these, parties have not been as
successful as was expected. The Oregon men
seem to be the luckiest diggers on these branches.
The old fashioned rocker isthe only and the sim
plest way yet, invented to separate the dirt from the
ore. In fututO years quicksilver will doubtless be
used, but gold is yet too plenty and too easily pro
cured to need the aid of amalgams.
The mornings and 'evenings are cool end delight
ful, the middle of the day hot and dry, when the
thermometer ranges from ninety to one hundred and
fifteen Farenheit.
Upon the Sacramento find its tributaries, are at
work about 15,000 men, and with the year ending
next January, they- will doubtless relieve the earth
of little less than 520,000,000, and this we consid
er a moderate estimate.
The San Joaquin divides with the Sacramento
the gold seeking population, where, though wrought
and re-wrought ; the quantity still remains (Inaba
_ ed.
-teCitnettSg-Urryllig-iit;.o••.••* nutareeat
pounds, and thousands are now waiting the low
water to excavate the virgin bars of this 'wealthy
river.
The dry diggings on Wood's Creek have yielded
thousands of ounces; and the Mexicana• located at
the Sonoranian camp have reaped a rich harvest;
these diggings are nearly deserted for •a„ lack of ,
water-to wash the gold. While on the Stanielaus,
the shores are filled with springs, and pumps are
necessary to keep the water out while digging.
The Tuolumne and the Mercedes Rivers have
beep merely shitnmed over, yet with brilliant suc
cess. And many feet are now turned toward the
ravines of the Calaveres, 'where a fortunate miner
earned 920,000 iu two weeks. We had the plea
sure of seeing some of this windfall of gold. The
mountain partieS have not yet returned. Of their
fortune we shall give our readers the earliest iutel.
ligence.
Upon the San Joaquin and its tributaries there
aresorne twenty thousand'men now at work, who
will earn by January next some $20,000,000. Ac
cording to this calculation, this country will yield
not less than 40,000,000 annually—an income un
w iirli j n - etn A eit'Ve atitirrialte most gold:
Boarding tents are plentyllroVer the mineral coun
try, and board varies from $3 to $5 per day. Par
ties of from three to live, are the most successful.—
• All large parties break up from et - want of unity of
'feeling, after reaching here; in fact, they are un
profitable. Machinery is of no use, and does not
sell for the freight it costs. The flourishing
. cities
of Sacramento, Stockton , Benecia, and others, are
the best evidence of ie immense value of this
wealth, in populating ,a land that only needs labor
ers to make it,orie of the finest grazing and agricul.
rural countries in the world.
his reported that new and valuable gold mines
liave'been discovered upon the Turkee River just
the other side of the Sierra Nevada, and several
.parties from the northern forks were on their way
thither. it is stated that from 500 to 1060 dollars
have been dog.per day.. -
,
If this report is true, the real diggings are just
• being discovered.—Pacific News.
A Bostonian, who arrived in 39 days from Ean
Francisco, communicates interesting news to the
Boston Journal, He "left New York as a member
of Col. Stevenson's regiment, three years ago, and
since then has spent his time in Mexico, and .Low
er and Upper California, participating in several
hard fought battles during the Mexican war. After,
the disbanding of the regiment, he proceeded to the .
mines in California:'where he spent nine months,
having left them on the 22d ,of August last.' He
thinks the stories which have been published here
in relation to the quantity of gold in California; are
not in the least exaggerated. A few days before
he left, some miners struck a new vein, on the Mo.
quelemos river, out of which one miner obtained
over six thousand dollars' worth of gold in three
days, among which was a lump of the pure metal
taken from this vein weighing over eight pounds!
Our informant saw Messrs Campbell and Weeks,
formerly connected with the Boston Times, a short
time before he left. The were bound to the mines.
One of the most noted gamblers, he says, is a Span
ish woman, who has been known to put up on a sin
gle stake twentylive pounds of gold dust! They
reckon dust at live pounds to one thousand dollars.
The laws against stealing and other crimes were
enforced in the same. summary manner
.as before
stated. A few days before our infdrmant left he
saw a man hung for stealing about $2OO. There
was some sickness at the mines, chiefly dysentery
—a member ofthe Edward Everett company had
died with it.
Two gentlemen, who were among,the first who
went out after the announcement of the gold dis
covery, were passengers aboard the Panama,,•on
their return home. They had been in California
but about four inontlis, and had obtainedabout $19,-
000 each. One of them belonged to New Hariip
shire and the other to New York. As to slavery,
our informant says that it csmvoT RXIST TEIRRII.
To!use his own words--"lf a man should take slaves
there, and attempt to hold them as such, he would
be shot!" Items are still very high. A room "big
enough
,to torn round in" can be obtained in San
Francisco for frilim $75 to $lOO per month. Cloth
ing that is goodfor any thing commands a high
price, While that which is of a poor class (and the
market is full of such) is sold very cheap. For a
good pair of boots our informant gave an ounce of
gold, ($10) pod fora sack coat such as can be bought
here for $7 or $B, he gave $35. Lower California.
ourinformant thinks, is as good or better milting
country. tha n Upper."
,
UNITED STA+FS AND Er eLstsb.—The Mosquito
business; notwithstanding the official denial, Jain
controversy between the.two governments. The
Washington writer for the Journal of Commerce,
. who, is friendly to Taylurism, Goys, Oct. 9,—"The
statement that the government hadmade some com
munications" to that of Great Britain on this subject,
: and protested against her pretension to the exclu
sive navigation of the Ben Juan, and even against
her acquiring any, new foothoid on oar spit& eat, is
- as true as it must seem to" every -- (noble Sidscu
lons. " The government hie,' nfiderthis addlinistra
net only taken this ground, but is about to en.
force its claims through a cerntspondenee, - with :the
4ritish - pletilpolentiary, wbezkheabalt arrive When
congress Itteelcs *R4 V3) 00 . 1 1.0 Ne shell knplvi pre
cisely „what icistrUctibult . M r. Clayton joy . fo o hy:: ne t .
„dettof.thel l iteeitient, to hir. Bancroft.„
A NEW STATE.
.
Ne v Oates grow u p so ` rapidly, applicatione fc l tr ,
admission into the Unionrere such common occui,-
rences, that theannouncement of another candidate
will n o t_aititnish ouereaderii. - The Mormons who
emigrated from the United States, and settled in
the Valley of the Great Salt Lake, have organized,
a government of their own, and adopted a °mea:
tion which is to' be submitted to Congress. The,
new state is quiaintly styled the "Stale of Desert!
which, it is said, implies, Honey Dee, and is signifi
cant of Industry and the kindred virtues. Thateri ,
ritory embraces that portion of Upper California
lying east of the Sierra Nevada mountains, 'lndex
': tending-to the Pacific. ;A commander of a compa
ny of gold:diggers, writing tu'the New York Tri
bune says:
4 .We descended theriest mountain by a:passage
excessively step and abrupt, end continued our grad
ual descent through narruw a canoe' for tire or six
miles, when, suddenly emerging from the pass, an
extensive and cultivated valley opened before ua ' at
the same instant tlisf we caught a glimpse of the
distant bosom of -the Great Salt Lake, which lay
expanded before us to the westward, at the distance
of some twenty miles.
"Descending the table-land which; bordered the
valley, extensive herds of cattle, horses and sheep
were grazing in every direction, reminding us
of that home and civilization from which we had
so widely deuarted-i-for as yet the fields and houses
were in the distance. Passing over some miles of
pasture-land, we at length found ourselves in a
broad and fenced street, extending west-ward in a
straight line for several miles. lioisies of wood or
sun-dried brick were thickly clustered in the vale
before us, some thousands in number, and occupying
a spot about tie large as the City of New York.—
They were mostly small, one story high, and per
haps not ore than one occUpying an acre of land.
The wl space for miles, excepting the streets
and hou s, was in a high state of cultivation.—
Fields of yellow what stood waiting for the harvest,
and Indian corn, potatoes, oats, flax, an I all kinds
'of garden vegetables, were growing in profusion, and
seemed about in'the same state of forwardoess as
the same latitude in the States.
"At first sight of all these signs of cultivation
in the wilderness, we were transported with won
der and pleasure. Some wept, some gave three
cheers, some laughed, and some ran and fairly dan
ced for joy—while all felt inexpressibly happy to
find themselves once more amid scenes which mark
the progress, of advancing Civilization."
LUOT.
Thursday morning's Ledger ssys: .
With the exception of several discharges of fire
arms in Moyamensing, apparently intended for sig
nals by the rioters, no disturbance occurred last
evening. In visiting the scene of the late distur
bance, we found the streets in the vicinity complete
ly deserted, the rain having had the effect ofdriving
the rioters ae well as the spectators to their homes.
THIRD DERTH..--The same paper says:
McShane died at the hospital last , evening about
arrives twlnts UdtlilLrj "at scfr• - ,tvens - .1.0.1 &it'd
was making preparations to return, intending to
start the last of this week.
He appears to have been-looking out of the win
dow of his sisters house merely at the riot.
ARREST roe Rtormai.—During Tuesday night
and yesterday, thirty men and boys, black and
white, were arrested and committed to the city lock-,
up, on the.charge of having been engaged in the
riots. Five of them were subsequently discharged.
Those in custody' will have a hearing m-day or to
morrow.-11thila. Times.
In, the case of Himmelwright, the fireman shot
while at his engine, Vie.coroner's jury have found
"that Charles Hitninelwright came to his death by
a wound in his breast, infl.cted by a musket ball.
which perforated the heart at the junction of , the
MLitt artery...the weapon being in the hands of
some person unknown to the jury, on ,_the • night of
the 9th of Octoier, while the deceased was in the
discharge of his duties as fireman, during the riot
at Sixth and St. Mary's sts."
Some twenty, in all, were killed and wounded
INTERESTING FROM NICARAGGS.—..We have files
of Mr. Squier, as Minister from the UniteJ States,
seems to have been regarded as an event of remar
kable importance. It is heralded in all the journals
as a new era for Nicaragua, ant he entered the
city amid discharge of cannon, martial music and
the most tumultuous and enthusiastic rejoicings.—
On being presented to the President, Mr. Squier
made a long address, tendering his thanks for the
warmth of his reception, and assuring him that these
sentiments are fully reciprocated, and that it is the
earnest desire of the G3vernment of the United
States to cultivate, in every way, the most cordial
relations with the Republic of Nicaragua. Ile as
sures him, further, that it elm!l be his aim to con--
firm the present harmony between the two Repub
lies,—aml "in this end, end to secure the perma
nent welfare of both, it i-: essential that they should
pursue a system of policy exclusively American."
X. Y. COll ries' Empirer,
A Lot Fotom—On Saturday last Mr.
John Burt,.of Albany, found a con, now 8 years old,
in the Alms House at Syracuse; who had been lost
three years. 11e disappeared on the Bth of Ociober,
1846, at the tender of age of 5 years. from Albany;
since which period, his parents have been unable to
obtain the least trace of him until S turday,lust.--"t
From the occopit given by the recovered child, it la
ascertained that he has lived in this city for the last
three years, or from abut the time he was lost till
three or f o ur weeds since, when he disappeared from
here. How he came to - Oswego, and how ho left,
are matters which remain to be disclosed in con
nection with this strangeand wonderful occurrence.
The painful anxiety and solicitude experienced• fur
the loss of a child during three long years, can
probably be, better imiaginod than described.-00-
tvego Times.
NissanEtt, CUILDRRN.-,-We are informed by one
whoghos joist returned from the White Mountains,
that, while on his j Mrtiey from Portland to Conway,
the - driver stopped the stage to show the travelers a
ire sight. In front of a little cottage near by
were eight rosy' 'children, who; on seeing the'stege
before the door, cried' out to those in the house "to
come out and get some cakes and *riles," when
out rushed eleven other children of the two"pacents,
who soon made Aheir:sppearance in the interesting
group. The oldest child, as our informantwee told
by his father, was only 17 years of age.—Poris•
month Journal.
Artstriarsox or CANADA,—The Montreal Herald,
in an able article on the comparative advantages of
Canada, of 'annexation with the United States on
the' one hand, and on the other of a federal ttiiinn •of
the British province's,' With independence both of
Great Britain and the United States, pronounces the
Water to be the only piobable remedy for the wine
of its present conditipn, The Herald is one of the
ablest and must influential of the Canadajournala.
QUA. W. Babbitt, Esq., elected to represent
the, interests of the Mormons at the Salt Lake, in
Congress, informs the editors of the St. Louis Un
-ion, that the graves, with which, according, to let
ters heretofore puhlihhed, it has been represented
the whole route of the California emigrants was
Strewed, ere, in most cases, °lib) the graves of, the
surplus provisions, which, according to the usual
custom of the 'mountaineers, have' been: burieiL—
Dr. White, of St. Louie, buried his medicines in
thi.t way.
Itlvarmittons STlMitil.—The stream from a,spring
in the neighborhood of Joliet; lil., tnysterionsly dis
speared shout a quarter of a mile from its - source.
A few dayarsince, says the . ;True Demccrat, When
digging away the earth, a bemire was found in the
!heft, two or three inchewin width, and -several' feet
in'tengtho into which the water empties, atids.4`ren
which a line was,sunk aboht forty-five feetteforii - it
Struck the bottom•
- A eon of the Emerald Isle. telling his adventures
Cownry, raid; "The first feetheredbird I
iiver - eaw;iti • Ameriky, was a forkentino. -I treed it
under ta hasstack, and ohot'hlin with a barn *hovel;
the first time I shot him I niftwed him, end the aer.oud
time hilt him where I him before.
-
• kr . ' 'A califoinii" .
putiiiiihed in. Abgiist;
'tea that "the average poastilre the ieseceis whiel
have arrived at San Francisco tram LOVA 011 1 4 1 11:0104
bad been 198 days. 15;:. -
,(e . r,ii.',`BtOtlioDlyartier.
ERIE. PA:
SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20, 1849.
Wnto Dactrrtos.—There is no end to thole:caption
practiced upon their readers by Whig Editors. The fol
lowing from the Gazette, of last week in regard to the de
feat of tho:Algs in Georgia, is a case In point which we
, Cannot buillcitice:
GEORGIA Et.scrtos.—lt is unnecessary to employ
many words in detailing the result ofthis canvass. Gov
ernor Towns, the Democratic candidate is elected by a
majority of upwards of 3,000. and the Democrats have
secured a majority on joint - ballet in the Legislature.—
The Slavery gitostion was made to operate against the
Whig candidates. It was alleged that they, with. Gen.
Tailor and their political associates generally, were in
favor of theprinciples of the Wilmot Proviso, and they
did not deny the charge—probably for the reason that
they could:not. When will the people of the North open
their eyes to a discovery of the true position of tho Whig
party on this subject?
•
In the 'have. it will be seen, that the impression is
endeavored to be convoyed that the whip party of Geor
gia were'defeated because of their opposition'to the furth
er extension of slavery—in a word, that they are provi
so men: Now four grains of common sense ought teach
any man that opposition to the extension of slavery in
the southern states does not exist in any party—that it
is a local question, and that both parties agree in their
opposition to the proviso. The Gazette, however. rely-
log either upon the gullibility or ignorance if is readers,
thinko, by representing that its party in Georgia its de
forded becatioe of its friendship for the extension of free
dom over our Pacific territories, to make a little political
I capiial at home and; duos not hesitate at such a inierepre
sentathin. But listen to facts! The last wbig legislature of
Georgia adopted the following resolutions:—
“Resolved, That it is the duty of every man in every
section of this confederacy. if the Union be dear to him,
to OPPOSE the pass we of any law or resolution by con
gress, by which territory acquired, erste be acquired, may
he subjected to any restriction against slavery.
Resolved, That in the ownership of our Blares, we are
not only exercising a HUMANE, but a constitutional and
MORAL RIGILT;, and that we allow no power under
Heaven to dictate the terms by which we hold them nor
to devise the gleans by which we shall be deprived o f f our
PROPERTY in them.”
Well, that is pretty well, even our cotemporary of the
Gazelle must admit, for a party that, "did not deny the
charge" of being " in favor of the principles of the Wil
mot proviso." it strikes us. however, that a stronger
denial than this could not have been made-.-it was the
denial of a whole party thrmgh a legislative majoqty.—
But net satisfied with such a "denial." their papers did
nut scruple to charge upon r the Democratic party tho very
'thing the Gazelle, in the above extract, claims as a merit
exclusively' Whig. For instance. the Macon Journal,
the leading Whig paper of the state. upon the news of the
union of the Deura"'"7*C t more (4 ma 'lL'in
. !•The only way that the south can be saved is by the
dissolution of the present democratic party, and a union
of all parlir t under the leadership of Gen. Taylor. He
is equal t a crisis, and the honest voters—those . who
love their country—should rally at once under his banner.
and support his friends for public station. What have
we to expect litho the democratic loaders—from ouch
l inen as Towns, and Luinpkiu and Cobb. and their allies?
ITowns, when in' congress. voted for the reception of
abolition petitions, and dodged the vote upon the right of
congress to abolish slavery in the district of Columbia.
'Cobh and Lumpkitt. and Chsppoll, and Haralson, and
Stiles, altd Seahorn Julies, all voted for the Oregon bill—
tor the very hill which President Polk approved, and for
which Alle abolition democradv so highly applauded him,
as having •thas, owter his oath of office, iven his official
'sanction to the constitution/2f power of the federal gov
ipromput to• prohibit by lam the existence of slavery in the
icrram y belonging to the United States.'"
And uzain, in another article, the same paper uses the
olion'i ill: language:
:
"To re-alert Got: Towns, Democrat, then, or to return
majority of Democrats to the next Legislation. will be
i•lainlei I ,is a victory of the Wilmot Proviso party in
Peorgia."
kVil i indt iisthso, l6 tufa'.ireti. Annl!Mniint-'slittieSPr guibP
fv, the , Editor must think his readers fools or igno
iamouses.
Err The condition of thu Whig party in this state at
present moment, is very well described by the following
answer of ti wag to the everlasting inquiry of a friend,
.4low do you do?" ••ftallier slim, thank'ee—l'vo got
tlw rhoumalis in one,leg, and a white4wellin' on ('other
knee, besides Navin' a lactic touch of the dysentery, end
al l nt very well myself, neither!"
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THE DEMOCRATIC DISSOLVTIOS.—Edward Stanley, in
one of the districts of North Carolina, received but 47
Majority for Congress.—General Taylor's majority,_ in
the same district, about one year since, was 1037. "Oh!
what a fall was there, any countrymen!" —Natchez Union.
Psliaw! that's no change in public sentiment at all—
Major George Alfred Caldwell, dem. in the 4th district
in this State, received a majority over his Whig oppo.
nent of near 121)0 votes. General Taylor's majority, in
the same district, less than a year ago. was about twenty
four hundred. ..010 what a fall was there, my country
nion."—Kentuchy Yeoman.
' Clear. Alm track, old Kentuck—you can't commence
with the Keystone. Lost fall Gen. Taylor had some four
teen thousand majority in this state—now John A Gam
ble is elected by a majority so large that the propriety of
footing it up is seriously discussed. You can safely put
it down at from 15,000 to 20,000: ~ 01t: what afail Was
there my countrymen:"
'"lf you provoke w 4 to it, we will again chase you
through all tho highways, byways and sinuosities through
which your new allies have led and driven you einco
your remarkable hegira from the Whig camp to your
present delectable post of honor and ustfulness: So be
on your guard!—Commercial.
The above threat forcibly reminds us of it similar one.
made by a remarkably similar animal, against ono of
these modern innovations, a &air/toile& It may be found
in:the first bciok of that great Irish poet, "Billy Patter
son," and roads as follows:
"There once was n jackass—the breed has not passed,
Nor will it while animals have powers procreative— , .•
, A jackass, whosecars of Om largest surpassed,
Those care that on Walker are so decorative.
•
Ms donkey a whim is bia . head look. to may
A huge locomotive—that ran every day
•
CM a railroad which stretched itself closely his stable to—
Dragging a train—as 'I was certainly able to.
For he said: "If itils thing becomes common, of course,
There's an cad of emploirsent for me and the horse;
And this coal-eating, hot-water, drinking monstrosity.
Leaves us both objects of mere curiosity.
Worihlem and friendless and earning our keep ill.
Dunkine upon, and despised by the people.
UM'S! permit, may 1 turn to a monkey,
Instead of a sober, respectable donkey!"
80, out on the railroad he stood, one fine morning,
/Nth a bray, 'crag and had, as a token of warning;
PrerThimiqz, if any thing deed to coirefurtheri
Theretd be a most liberal allowance of snurtber—
On this they might place the most certain reliance—
Tries Yloarishsd his heels ;is a tire of digince.
The engine came*puiTing, the hot-wa t ter steed, -
And, nearing the donkey, It lessened its speed—
Butreaehing a bridge, and the passengers swearing—.
The men,fialks, the women contented l with staring
They'd as lief be upset, or go back on the track, its
Be stopped in the way by an Xbitix+jackass.
The man at the furnace the fire gave a stir,
The engine itself gave a start and a whirr—
And the begat nit o withstood it with y t ell melancholic.
Describedfross Nis bridge top, a atrosparabolit.
The engine went on—but alas! for the jackass!
ri cry bone was found cracked is Me obstinate careen,
UTOno of our exchanges has the folloWing which we
cannot refrain from scissorizing. We hope those of our
subscribers who owo fora year or more will not think it a
bit tri them. We should be very sorry if they should
dram dtMluon infrance—we should! We had rather se.,
them diem the zotliey out of their pockets and pay up:
-"Thereis a man up the country who always pays for
hie paper in advance. lie has never had a sick: day in
his life—never had any corns. or tootbache--his potatoes
never rot =— the weevil never eats his wheat—the frost
never kills his corn in the night. and his wife never
scolds. Reader. have you paid the: printer in advance?"
NATIVISM! IM Krisrucar.—Grarett Davie is etid to have
introduced in the Kentucky constitutional convention, a
setiet of OMUTA American resolutions. Garrett-is one
of ibo groat guns of Kentucky whiggery. -
Victory! Viet'
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THE SENATE A
rrouiLo to 17.000
We have the - plc+ sure of greeting our
readers this week ith "three tines three"
for the redemption of the glorious old Key
stone from the thraldom of Whigery, Tay
lorism, and Johnstonism combined! Our
victory is decisive! the defeat of our oppo
nents overwhelming. The Senate redeem
ed from the inundat on three years ago!—
The "'Ouse ours by f om 15 to 20! while our
majority for
,Canal Commissioner cannot
fall short of 12,0001 Ind may reach 17,000!!
Even in that strong, hold of United States
Bankism, Philadelph a city, which has with
stood the shocks of he Democracy for 20
years, the Taylor co umn has been broken, -
and the candidate fir Mayor of the office-I
holders and corruptionists, Git.p,m, is de
feated by Judge Jos Ets, one of tlle,moSt rad
ical democrats in the State, the candidate
of the "Independentl." Is not this a glori
ous result!—a victory to be proud of ?
Notwithstanding President Taylor and Gov.
Johnston exhibited themselves to the peo
ple, and melted the hearts of • whigery with
their catquence—notwithstanding the most
dismal tales were to d in relation to the aw
ful "ruin" of the tar ff of '46, and the pas
sions and pockets of he people appealed to,
it would not dol he administration at
Washington was to corrupt and proscrip
tive tb be endorsed 11 the people! But is
useless to speculate the figures speak all
that it is necessary t i say. Let us look how
theiSenate figures u • :
I—Philadelphia City,
2 '• Count
3--Montgomery,
4—Cheater and Delaw
5-Berke,
6—Bucks,
7—Lancaster and Leba!
Monioe.l
9—Northampton and LI
10—Susquehanna, Way:
11—Bradford and 'l'ioga
12—Li coming, Clinton, ;
lizzbawna 71711 Wan
15—Cumberland and Pe t
16—Unien, Mifflin and I
17—York,
18—Adams and Frankli
19—Huntingdon. Blair;
20—Armstrong, Combrt
21—Westmoreland end
22—Fayette and G
,reene
23—Washington,
24—Allegheny and Du 6.1
25—Crawford and Vena ,
26—Deaver and Mercer
27—Erie.
28—Warren, Jefferson.
QT Last year the whi
Democrats have one! Bel
is redeemed, and Gov. Job
HOUSE OF RE
Adams,
Allegheny,
Armstrong,
Beaver,
Betia,;"
Bucks,
•
Bradford,
Crawford,
Clarion, Venango & ieffer
Centre and Clearfield,
Chester,
Cambria,
Cumberland,
Columbia,
Dauphin.
Delaware,
Erie, -
Franklin,
Fayette,
Greene,
Huntingdon,
Indiana,
Luzorne,
Lancaster,
Lebanon.
Lehigh and Carborn.
JLvcouting, Clinton, &c..
Mercer.
Main,
Montgomery.
Northampton and Monroe.
Northumberland,
Perry.
Philadelphia City.
" County.
Beuylkill.
Busquekanna and Wyomin
Botherset,
Tioga,
Union and Juniata,
Washington,
Wayne and Pike.
Westmoreland,
York,
Warren, M'Kean and ! Elk.
Total
VOTE FOR CAN AL.I
Allegheny,
Berke,
Bedford, •
Blair,.
Butler.
Bucks,
Clearfield,
Cumberland.
Carbon,
Crawford.
Clarion,
Cambria.
Centre,
Clinton,
Chester.'
Columbia,
Delaware. '
Dauphin.
Erie.
Franklin.
Fayette,
Greene,
Huntingdon. '
/offenses',
Juniata,
Luzorue,
Lancaster.
Lehigh,
Lebanon. -
',wanting.
Litwrance.
Monroe.
Mercer.
blittlin, •
Montgomery. , •
Northumberland.
Northampton.
'luladelphia City.
h slue
an :ounty.
erry. e.
. !u
! merest,
U ion.
Venango.
Westmoreland.
Warren.
Wayne.
York.
These returns do no,
State r but . "how do yo
you've gop"
ry!! victory!!!
a Redeemed!!
D HOUSE OURSI!
for Gamble:
Dent. Fed
,)
2 1
1
Carbon and Pike, 1
,e and Wyoming, 1
ullivan &Ceatre. 1
inberland
ry,
uuieta,
:n . d Bedforld,
iand Indiana,
soulernet,
lk, &e.,
had 7 majority—.now the
'Mee. Democrats. the Senate
Liston is powerless!
' NSENTATIVES.
Dein. Fed
0 1
1 gain. 3
1 0
0 • 2
-
2 gain
1
2 gain
0
EOM
I gai n
2--1 gam
0
I gam
ME
2-1 gain
1
8 gain
1 gain
. 2
21 gain
1
COMMISSIONER
Gambit.
5103
!2960
54
Fulkr.
6263
727
1267
2108 i
1669
2769
1134
4tlll
700
1000
407
1099
500
2600
ECM
3698
1111
2215
7386
11714
119
927
3478
2141
2431
964
um
511
1700
130
650
4035
3359
69,651
:57,079
embrace the whole
like them as far as
GEN, TAYLOR'S INCOMPETENCY AND
NORANCE ACKNOWLEDGED.
Throughout the entire campaign which resulted in
election of Gen. Taylor. the Deniocratic pram, while
did ailtplo and exact jitstico to thewhigeandfdate's
and worth ac an officer of the army-i -w hile they were
ling to ,:oncodo that, for indomitable brovory on tho'6 l
of battle, ho had few onporiors—did not hositafe
s a y that they doubted his fitnels, him competency, to
ft! the high duties of a Chief Mszielrate of the Repab
Phut• told the people that forty vests service la the CIS
withou, even exercising the simple right of suffroge.ttr
ticipating in tho civil offaireaf the country in any min
whatever. was not calculated to fit.,a men for the reip
B ibte and intricsto duties of au; E:eiver-t
statesman's knowledge was not aceittired it;
month, or even a 'year, but was,tllo rosin of a.tlthoie
tiancyment amid the turmoil of polities, and disclaim
bate of our state and national legislatures! Tho.peo
were deaf to these facts—the glare and eclat of milit
fame, in the hands of men who knew better, were m
to overbalance the calm reasoning and the indisput.
facts of tho Democracy, and Geri. Taylor, a raw sold
fresh from the camp, was elected over the ezuerien •
statesman, the Tips scholar; told the successful tliplon,
list. Gen. Cass! Now, we call upon Democrats, wh
and Free Seders, to look at the result of such a de
sion in favor or tho mere soldier.' Scarce six months
Gen. Te)lor's administration has passed, yet, we
even his friends. those. too who contributed most to
olrctiou. forced to Zeknowledga hie entire unfitness
the II tation he occupies. In marching for the ca
which have brought about the overwhehaiag defea
the whig party in every election sinco tho inaugural
front Connecticut to Pennsylvania. the New York C.
vier and Enquirer. hits upon the true one—Gee. Tayl 'es
incompetency for, and igaoran'et , of, the duties of the ta•
lion to which he lids been electedi. The article to w ich
we refer, sod from which wo extract the following, ay
b.• found in the Courier and Engineer of the dth, o . der
the head of Time Recent Electinni.e." The Editor of that
paper, after attributing these def+tta in part to the di.ap
pointinents of friends in the distribution of patron ge,
says:.
"Such we contend, would me•sorably have been the
natural consequence of an exercise, of the appointing i on•
or bi the administration, even alit had been judicici sly
used, and in every case the proper person had been se
lected to receive the pkces in tIM bestowal of the ad; in •
i istration. Irert such an exhibition of wisdom, never as.
1
and never wilt occur. It never yet happened to any d •
ministration. that tier best men ware always selecte• to
fill the offices of the government. Such a displa of
know ledge 1•4 more 01311 men hay a right to expect em
their fellow-men Errors in judgment and errors in .ol
icY. are inevitable: lest tee freely confess that these e , ors
hare been more n,entero as. or at least hare teen ren erect
morepalpable ender the existing i dministration tha tin
der any of their predo,irsors."
It is said that confess;on is goo for the soul, a d i
such is the fact, the Editor of the l Courier is in a fair
way of being relieved. The res i der will see from the
..,.........i.... oh. jo;tioo or th• complaint mad* ii! !rig
the administration in regard to its appointments is
and freely acknowledged. But Who, next? Liste
the same bosom unburthening itself in regard to the
norance and incompetency of the l President.
"The cnuies for O'Mara nruneciati. Prominent a,
them is the fart that the President is a simple mi
soldier. all unused to mere party affairs. and totally v
pointed with the politicians of the country. His pr
tessera have all been men with Whom politics and
machinery through which ['Orly is managed, wer,
familiar us the duties of the camp are to Gen. , To
and consequently, when they came into power. , they .
acquainted with men of every &Ste and every city,
every town in the country, upon Whom they could
',licitly rely for information as to who were beat ent
to receive the minor offices of the Government; and t
own knowledge of the leading politicians of the rem.
live States, enabled them to determine for thenisel
unaided by their Cabinets, who should receive the p
ciple appointments in :he gift of the Government.
when conflicting claims arose. they knew to who
apply to obtain the necessary information to enable the
decide wisely. They always knew who constitute
actual as well the pre . tenifulleaders in every state i
Union. and their task therefore, in deciding bet
friends was comparatively an easy one. -BUT NOT
GEN. TAYLOR. We shall never forget his re
on
the dm he first took his seat with the Cab:
"" povel event f ,
President to take his , seat with a Cabinet compose
gentlemen, every one 'of whom was a stranger to
:en days previously='whose parsons even, he had n.
seen '
Undtar these circumstances—total)} unacquainted
the local poline.aus throughout the Union, and absolo
unable to make boat personal knowledge, those lea
appointments in eve 6 -State upon which the fitness ol
the subordinate ones depend: without the experience
knowledge nece:,sary to enable. hint to determine betty,
the coutlietmg chums of prominent aspirants—mil
unacquainted with the relative etanding of men in tl
respedve States as to be utterly unable to determine
told him the truth and who here basely misrepreset“
all who did not agree with them in senttinent;—i
strange we usittliat under. these circumstances, lie
compelled in his dehil e to do right, to throw upon the
spective heads of the Departments a large share of
ponsibility, and permit them to exercise a &serenen .
making appointments, which a. President taken from
politicians of the country, would have necessarily in
luitisell, upon knowledge acquired during a party It
ing of which Zachary Taylor cannot boast, and which
not appe:tain to his Secretaries, who were not themsel'
candidates for the Presidency? It is perfectly manif
that Air. Clay, Mr. Webster, Gen. Cass, Mr. Calho'
and others, Is well as every man who has reached
Presidenen?have acquired a precise knowledge of n
in eveil"St'ate of the Union, telneh Gen. Taylor dote
possess, and which does not belong - even to the mewb
of his Cabinet—none of whom have been engaged i
race for the Presidency. It therefore followed, that
cabinet even; was not able to make up his deficiency
part) knowledge and discretion possessed by the lie
of depariMents..
Prominent among the errors in a party view—for it
in its party aspect and its bearing upon the recent el.
tions we are considering this question—was the atte
to go rzr of fierce contentions between different secti
of thrLwhig party by disappointing. both, and giving
office in dispute to a thud/our to a .no-party can:
date, or what is termed a 1110 te politican. ABE
TER KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL POLITICS, wo
have determined the action of the Government in fa
of the applicant who really represented the. wh,
of, his locality: BUT IN IGNCANANCE OF SUC
KNOW/4E1) . M% tt w . as often deemed wiser to take'
third Mannind the political evils and local dissentioi
growin g out of this course, are innumerable. It wasss,,
intended; AND IN IGNORANCE OF THE TRU!
COURSE TO PURSUE, it was far, wiser than to ha I
appointed the lavonte of a mere faction, which would f
quently have been the case when acting in the da
This course has therefore, been very extensively adopt.'
throughout the Union; and the natural result Is. a coo
ness on the part of the most active political frieuchi, alt
same time that the appointment of subordinates deeds' ,
in most cases upon men as ignorant of the claims a
services of political individuals, as the General and h
Secretaries.' Wiser and less scrupulous Presided
would have appointed wiser and less scrupulous agon
to fill up the minor appointments of the Governmen
and thus fin-party purposes and to accomplish party end
would have distributed the patronage of the Gooenrne.l
more discreetly, at the same time that those who did th.
work and bore the brunt of the recent,Preaidential-strhg
gle and he were cut tied to consideration, would bay
received the rewards to which, iu a piny point of view
they were justly entitled.'
' We might extend our extracts much farther. for th
article contains more admissions ...of the same sort." bu
it is unnecessary. Tho above is sufficient, and show
that even the friends of the President aro - forced to ac
knowledge his entire unfitness for the station to whic
he has been called._ Reader, if you are a whig, do'n l
say the above is a "loco-foco lie," for it is pure .whi
gospel, from the pen of tho man that baptized. our park . '
with the name "whig." And more than that, it i.;'frue I
and although attempted to be palliated with the aophistr •
of friendship, the facts it reveals. unpalitable though the
he, must sooner or later be apparent to the whole people
l And in what au unenviable light does it place the whip
(candidate
To secure success they did not scruple to take
icandidate unqualified for the station—unfitted alike b
education and experience—and fresh frorit the battle
fields of a war they' had'denounced and condemned! To
secure success,they abandoned the tried etatesmeriof their
party, men who had .toed by them through good and evil
report, whose whole lives had been spent in the advocacy
of their measures, and in the maintenance of their prin.
ciples, and took up with ; a man who thought so little of
the inestimable privileges of a freeman. as never to have
exercised the right of en elector for a period of newly
forty years. But we waste words—the article speaks for
itstii,f. It fully , ackndwledges all the Democracy have
charged upon the Administration—the surrender of the
duties of the President into the hands of his cabinet. and
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