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LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
ARRIVAL OF THE CHEROKEE!
$2,342,000 in Gold Dust, and grit Coining.
The U. S. M. Steamship Cherolipe,.- p aptain U.
Windle, from Chegres, March .16, , .._1(pEP Kingston
29th, arrived on Friday morning at 81 o'clock..—•
She brings more than a million ;and a half in gold
dust, as follows:191,158,818 38 en freight; $5OO.-
000 in passenger 's
s hands; total, $1,658,818 38.
The Cherokee brings 81` , passengera and also the
U. S. Mails from San Francisco of March 1. They
have been only 34 days from San Francisco to New
York, and contain nearly 30,000 letters.
Correspondence of the New York Commercial Advcrthicr.
• SAN FaaNcisco, March 1, 18b0.
I had last this pleasure by the steamer of the Ist
ultimo. Business is reviving for spring trade, and
miners are coming down for sun', jet', and others
leaving for the mines. The yield of gold is quite
as large as In the Summer of '4B, and as large as at
any time last year; the rains of the winter have done
all for the miners, discovering new bars and devel
oping gold on the exhausted diggings.
Health of the mines generally good. There is
the usual amount of sickness on the banks of the
Sacramento and San Joaquin, End in San Francis.
co there is much sickness from exposure and insuffi
cient lodgings. Still San FranciFco is and will be
generally healthy. No place is healthier for those who
have means for comfortable living and have good
habits.
The export trade of San } i talicise° 'has wonder
fully increased within six or eight months. Street
after street is rising, with any amount of shingle
palaces and many substantial brick buildings. The
moral and religious interests of the place are begin
ning to be developed. A Strangers' k riend Society
•and a, Tract Society have been organized, and the
churches, now eight in number—eight societies and
five buildings—are well attended.
Immigration, even at this early season, begins to
, pour into our midst in a strongly increasing current.
The arrivals for the last month—Jan. 29 to Feb.
26—were, American, 1,170, of whom 21 were fe
males: foreign 1,013, of whom 129 were females. The
number of vessels arrived I do not recollect, but the
aggregate tonnage is 28,712, foreign and American.
The Sacramento 'flood has entirely subsided, and
no further danger is apprehended. 'Town lots at
Sacrateento - City, are daily rising in value.
Levees are to be built arSacramento City to pre-,
vent future inundations. The work will cost a mil
lion Of dollars. The authorities have ordered the
lands cleared for the purpose. -
Correspondence or the Tribune,
SAN FRANCISCO, March 1, 185,
I X
have just been shown a lump of lava, taken
'from the base of a mountain near the Mariposa,
Which was full of scales of gold visible to the eye
_and of considerable size. 5 here are trace of volcan
‘eic matter in a large region of the country, atel those
specimens arc said to be very abundant. I shall visit
' :that region this Sin - rimer, and examine into
the startling accounts 1 have heard fio/n them.—
The specimen exhibited in our office to day was about
the sizeof an egg, of sing ular formation, and brought
down by a miner, who had wintered in the region
where found. I mean to procure some of these gold
rocks, and send to you, at the earliest moment.
Mr. F. A. Bonnard, formerly aloof the publishers
' of the Sunday Times, in your city, and who is en
gaged in this oflice,,made a visit two Weeks ago to
the Georgetown Mines, het weep the South and Mid
dle Forks of the American River. While• there he
saw four men take out in one day,•eight pounds of
pure Gold, in lumps from g' aius to ounces; and others
in the same vicinity were doing nearly as well.—
These men,
the week previously took out 13 pounds
in single day. On all the rivers, we hale reliable
accounts of increased productivenss, as well as the
opening of nets places. Yet, as I have said before
all arc not,—and will not be—equally successful: fur
ell are not equally constituted to endure the hareshps
to be encountered in gold digging. I tried it for
five months, and have some experience in that mat
ter. lam confident, however, that double the gold
will be secured this season that was obtained last.
We have now rapid communications by excellent
steamboats with the towns up the rivers, tho' the
fare is rather sally to the new incommers. To pay
e 26, besides extras, for a trip-to Sacramento 'City,
a less distance than front New Y ork to Albany,
knocks the m into speechless astonishment.• /n this
way the noviciate begins to learn something about
California prices. Board is up to $25 a wick, but
falling.
In rents there will be a large reluction this year,
several hundred having no occupants. They are
mostly those sent from the States, and both small
and inconvenient.
The Pacific Vacs of March lit, says:
"The influx of rvels; ion still continues. Wealth
Rtitl transpires from °w r iting. -San Franciscogrows
with the same rapidity, and towns are springhlg up
all over the land. It has become really a matter
of some difficulty to keep the run of all the new
settlements that dot the valleys of Joaquin and
Sacramento. Our friends in the States have heard
of Benicia, of New York of the Pacific, of Sacra
mento and of Stockton. What would they, say if
they knew of the rapidity with which lots arc sold
and houses erected at Vernon and Fremont; at the
junction of the Feather with the Sacramento—at
El Dorado, higher up on the left bang of the Feath
er—at Plumes, between El Dorado and that celebra
ted rancho, called Hock Farm, which is the present
residence of Capt. Sutter—at Nicholaus upon the,
the right bank of the same stream still higher up.—
at Yuba city on the left bank of the Feather, oppo
site the mouth of Yuba; at Marysville, on Yuba at
its junction with the Feather. Then' again there
are the two towns on Bear Creek, which flows par
allel with the Yuba, emptying into the Feather, viz:
Oro and Yeurney. The settlements upon the Amer
ican river and its.forke are not to be forgotten; Co
lemo, Hangtown, Weaversville, Auburn, Morris
ille, ke. And then what shall we say to the host
of towns in the. San Joaquin valley.
Another indication of the rapidity and energy of
movement whichnarks as a distinguishing charac
teristic California, is 'the number of steamboats now
plying daily upon 'our magnificent rivers. The
Sacramento and the Fire Fly ply between. Alviso
and San Francisco. Several run up the San Joa
quin. The Senator, Eldorado, the McKim, and
the Hartford run between this city nod Sacramento.
The El Dorado also runs up as high as Yuba city.
She is not sufficient to transport front Sacramento
of and San Francisco the loads of merchandise that
are - daily waiting at those two places, but is assisted
by the Lawrence, Linda, find the Phmnix, that ply
between Sacramento and Maryst ille."
non TUX GOLD REGIONS.—With the übsidence
of the rains considerable activity was beginning to
manifest itself in the mining districts, bathe actual
amount of intelligence from that quarter is rather
meagre. The Pacific Newssays;—
"From it large number of miners with whom we
have recently conversed, direct from the various
,frkliggings, we aro well satisfied that, generally, et
profitable business has been done by those who win T
tered in the mines, and that there it no diminution
in the yield of dust. If some ft/nces are apparently
,worked out; others of equal richness are being dia.
covered almost daily, so that it betztnies more evi
dent that the business of mining is ;Ls yet only in
its infancy in this country.
There will be a vast amuunt of mining done 7 the
coming season with quicksilver, as on many of the
tivers the particles of gold are extremely fine. The
Virginia, , Burke Rocker, is going extensively into
use, either by:purchase or manufacture here, the
price being S I T 50 each. By the use of steam or
water powe j r gang of fi ve pr ten , rockers may be
put in motion and fed n ith water, reducing the
number of hands necessary to supply them with
dirt at least one half, and morn than doubling the
quantity that can be daily washed. In 'banks' that
contain no more than fifteen cents to the bucket or
; panful, the quicksilver rockers thus worked produce
from ten to twenty ounces per day each. Dirt that
pays less than twenty-five Cents to the panful is
_ rarely considered profitable to wash with a common
rocker.
A friend of onts,,tt resident of this city, recently
paid a visit le the Georgetown diggings, situated
souse teri or twelve miles from fititter's Mill, (the
point of the first .disco Vary of Gild,) between the
Smith and Middle Forks of the American river,.
The allow at that time was several feet deep on
the bills, and comparatively few were then at work.
Those who were operating had first to remove 'the
snow, then the top dirt and stones frequently to- the
depth of several feel, befote'coming to the strata of
girth on the bed in which goldis alwayc found
most adundant. At Genrgettnin the richest ravine
in the northern mines is located. ~lt is an immense
gulf, running through volcanic hills,' and about a
mile and a half in length, • known by the name of
'Oregon canon.
Only a portion, of half to three leaders of a
mile, heabeen found very rich; but in this portion,
those who occupy the grouud have for months been
literally, shovelling out the gold in coarse grains.
and pieces varying from a dollar to several pounds.
Our friend spent a day or two in the camp, on one .of
Which he saw four men take out eight pounds, work
ing but four hours; another of four pounds each.—
This was.of daily occurence, in that locality and
the miners were averaging more than half a pound
per day each man who worked. But it was only in
this particular canon that such results were obtained.
Elsewhere in the neighborhood one or two ounces
was cosidered a fair day's work. It is known that
several hundred thousand dollars have been taken
out of 'Oregon canon' since the first of October last.
At Mormon Island,. where the ground was dug
over last Summer 'from Dan to - Beersheba,' till hard
ly half on ounce per day could be realised, the recent
great freshets have so changed the 'deposites,' that
miners have since teen able to do better, in the same
localities, than at-any time last Summer, often ob
taining two et : three ounces per day. Thiei seems
to have been the effects of the floods on all the riv
et; to a greater or less extent."
The fofilowing is art extract from a letter in the
Alta California,
Srocturorr, Fob. 15, 1850.—The information
from the southern mines, generally is quite encoura
ging. Those who worked faithfully during the win
ter in the gulches around the Alukelumne and be
tween the Stanislaus and the Tuolumne, have done
well; better perhaps than those en the aiip.ssa and
farther South. The impression which se generally
prevails among now corners, that nothing is to bo
learned from experience in gold digging, is quite er
roneous.
Those who remain a length - of time in the mines,
(a few months say) exercising judgment in selectine
places to work, and who choose at the same time to
be industrious and economical, can undoubtedly
make money. Most of those who leave the mines
discouraged, are men_of no nerve, perseverance or
energy. If they do not succeed in striking a rich
place, on the first attempt at digging, they abandon
the business in disgust, and retire to the towns or
cities to loaf or starve.
• For my own part, I was well pleased with the re
sult of my labor in the mines. I never expected to
pick up gold on the surface of the ground, without
labor, and was not disappointed. I left the mines
with reluctance, and determined on returning, io
case I failed in a line business less laborons; satisfi
ed that fur fifty years to come the valley of San Joa-
quin could not be exhasted of gal&
As to new diggings, I can Elvn no certain infor
mation. There are several reports in circulation
concerning new discoveries, but I cannot vouch for
the accurrency of any of them. It is certain that
new places have been found the upper part of the
Stanislaus and about the Merced and Mariposa.
'For several days past we have had a twenty-Wee
pound lump of gold exhibited in Stockton. It was
found at or near Wood's dry diggius, between the
Stanislaus and Tuolumne. A number of pieces,
weighing fifteen and tiventy mimes, were found this
Winter in the same neighborhood. it is now said
that a flinty-three ,sound lump has been found near
the Stanislaus. The report is that it is expected
daily at the store of Mr. bone, of this place. •
- CALIFORNIA ITE3O:—The Legislature ofiCalifor
nia is in session, but proceeds slowly with the busi
ness liefure it. fimmral of its•members have resign
ed, finding Legislation more honorable than ptc....t
or profitable.
At the election do Sacramento District to fill the
vacancy occasioned in the Assembly, by the resig
nation P. 13. Cornwall, Esq., formerly of Buffalo,
N. Y., Mr. Grove Deal was elected by a large ma
jority over the five opposing candidates. The whole
number of voles polled
_nes 1,953, of which Mr.
Deal received 1,044.
One of the acts of the new California Legislature
is shameful in the extreme. The reporter of the Alta
Californian has been ejected from his seat at the/fe
porters' table in the Senate 'of this State because/that
'paper did not choose to publish the lade proceedings
of that august body, to the exclusion of other mat
ters of interest as well as several columns bf adver
tisements.
An active exertion is being made to ecure the re
moval of the capitol from San Jose. Many propo
sition are before the Legislature, deSignating le:nta
on the bays of SUSiOII and San ['utile, ancfappropiia
ling large tracts' of land for the /Purpose. This has
induced landholders of San Jos to come with a prom
ke of three or four square mires of the best land in
that city, conditional upon the present seat of Gov
ernment being retained.
A most horrible affray took place on the morn
ing of the-16th inst., Which will in rill probability,
result in the death of one t the Parties engaged.—
They were standing in front of tne Orleans Saloon,
when a dispute apse, which soon grew to.blows.—
, They fought some four or five rounds,' when one, W.
Torrence, of Texas, I believe, stepped back from
antagoniti for en instant,drew a pistol, and say
ing "This is the way I settle my disputes;" fired on
the other / one James Parker, from New Orleans,) .
and the/ball entered the breast, and traversed a por
tion of the right lung. Torrence was instantly ar
rested by the Americans, and conveyed to prison.—
' The Wounded man, strangeTh say, still breathes,
"though no hopes are entertained of his recovery.
/The trial of a criminal in this country is very)ong;
"the many forms cannot be got thtough in less than
35 days.
Tim LATFIST "CA L ! ,IFININIA " Doors.—Two young
men got on board of the Brilliant, at Wheeling, on
her last trip, from Pittsburgh, accompanied by a
lady, ws route, for Cali l fornia. The gentlemen en
tered their names on the clerk's book as John and
Wm. Brown, and the lady as Miss Paddock. Just
as the boat was backing out from Marietta, an of.
ricer demanded to come on board, alleging that he
had received a telegraphic dispatch to arrest these
persons (the Browns,) who had stolen away an "old
man's daughter." Copt. Grace was about to order
the plank run out again, when the eldestof the gen
tleman expostulated. The young lady also stated
she left home with her fullest concern, that no
blame would attack.to,either of the gem lemon, one
of whom she inteteled to marry as soon as they got
toCincinuati. Capt. C. ordered the boat to go
ahead, stopped the boat at Aberdeen, where the "old
Jutice" tied the knot, as the officers might be 'wait
ing for them in Cincinnati. They returned' upon
the Brilliant on Sunday morning, concluded nut to
go to California—Mat proposition being only a ruse
to blind the lady's father, who had not only forbid
den the match, but his daughter to see her swain.
A DARING FLIAT....WO learn that one of the con
ducters on theßaltimoro and Ohio Railroad enacted
q daring feat on the W. ult. Attached to the train
he had in charge, was an iron magazine car con•.
r s i s i n g a large quantity of powder in kegs and Some
safety fu:'s. When the train had gone a short dis
tance beyond Hedgesville, ho discovered that the
dpor of the car was open, giving vent to clouds of
smoke. On examination he found that some ma•
licious person had horsed several holes in the ton "of
the car, and that a spark from the incomotive had
entered one of these and ignited the fuses, and that
it was probable the concussina had forced the door
open. Without a moment's hesi!ation ho entered
the car. and happily succeeded in throwing nut the
fuses and saving his train.—Aforlinsburgh Gazette.
An IscinasT OF Da. PARKMAN.—An incident
was stated to us yesterday told by and acquaintance
of the late Dr. Parkman, illustrative in some degree
of his character. Among his tenants was a poor
woman who owed him fur rent.' Ile ~several times
called upon her for the amount, and urged its imme
diate payment, telling her, that unless she paid it
within a certain time, she - should leave the premises
She was enabled to get the money, and when the
Doctor called again shehanded it to him. lie took
it from her hand, added $lO to it, and handed it back
to her, remarking that it Was not the money he w.u
ted, but she must be punctual.—.4l&. •
THE. OVERLAND limuntsTron.--Great preparat!ons
have been made at Independence, Mo.,
fur the over
land California emigration this year. There will he
from 9,000 to 5,000 head of mules for sale at • Inde
pendence by the first of May, and the same number
if not more of work steers. The railroad trove the
landing to Independence, a distance of three anti a
half miles, will bo in readinesi to carry passengers
and freight by the midd'e of March. This is the
only railroad in the State, and shows the energy of
the business mon of ludeperdenee.
News by Telegraph to Buffalo.
From Dispatches to the Dunk) Papers
NEW YORK, April 7-2 P. M
The Hermann arrived here yesterday with 70 passen
gers, and a valuable cargo of French, German and Swiss,
goods. .
A letter received here by the British Consul, dated
Fort Snelling. !Minnesota, March 16, says that the north
ern coast of America, has this season been explored by
Commodore Moore, of the Brig Plover, form Bheriug's
Straits to Wainwright's - Inlet, thence to the mouth of
McKeusio River. by Dr. Ray—considerably east of the
copper mines, yet neither of those have seen or heard
anything of Sir John Franklin and party. •
Comsat's, April. 6.
The Convention for revising the State Constitution,
will be Democratic by a considerable majority.
WASHUNGTON. April 7. I
The rumors of the Cabinet's re-organization are assum
ing a more tangible forest, and Messrs. 'Webster. Butler
King, Letcher and Ewing, aro mentioned as the proba
ble successors.
WASHINGTON, April B.
Its'SratATE::, Mr. BENTON pMsented petitions from num
erous inhabitants of San Diego. asking for separate col
!action districts, for the southern portion of California.—
Mr. BENTON strongly reccommended the petition. Mr.
Salem presented a petition from the Colonization Soci
ety, praying that the Republic of Liberia be recognized.
Mr. Cass presented a petition from the officers in tho
Army, in Oregon, for relief. Mr. Dicstrases moved to
take up the deficiency bill, which was carried.
Mr. Benton then proceeded to address the Senate. It
,was proposed to make the admission of California part of
a system of moasareafer the settlement ofthe whole ques
tion of Magary. He was opposed to mixing up of sub
jeots having no affinities, and in favor of giving Califor
nia admission a separate consideration and decision, on
its own merits. She was a Slate, and should not be mix
ed up with anything below the dignity of a State. She
washed her hands of slavery at home and should not be
mixed up with it abroad. lie was opposed to mixing
the question of admitting California with all the questions
of slavery. The subjects are—Firat; The creatioa of a
territorial government in New Mexico and the remaining
part of California. Second, Tho creation of a new State
in Texas and the settlement of her dispute with New
Mexico, and the cession of her surplus territories to the
U. States. Third, The recapture of fugitive slaves.—
Fourth, The suppression of the slave trade in the Dis
trict of Columbia. Fifth, The abolition of the slave trade
in the States. Sixth, The abolition of slavery within
the United States; and the non-enumerated catalogue of
oppression, digression and encroachment uptin the South.
This was the last of subjects, and he 7ds against the
mixture, for reasons applied to the who / le in a lump and
to slept eoperate ingredient. Califoreia had t right to be
treated as other States have been,ien asking for admis
sion into the Union. None of which has been subjected
tolho indignity of having (hit supplications coupled
with inferior and foreign (mations. Tho question of
Territorial Government bronght up the Wilmot Proviio.
The priuciple involved ie/which, had already boon sit.'
tied by California, fortself, for the purpose of remo
ving all impediment to her admission. How unjust
then to connect It / with the question of admission, to
make her admix dependent on precedent of settle
ment. With r spect to two neighboring territories, the
controvertedtonsumisouas.r, tt...refore. should not
be mixed 13 with a subject clearly and beyond doubt
constituoOnal. Ile was ready to vote for i governments
to the ,dolouies, nud believed slavery extinct in New
blex*and all California, and cannot be revived in any
pa either, without positive enactments. He was
r ady to vote them governments without any provision
on the subject of slavery. But he would not Mix the
questions. Ho was ready to veto upon the Texas ques
tion for the recapture of fugitive slaves; but not to tie
them to a proposition of a new State of California. The
questisn of slavery in the District of Columbia and WW-
I
cry in the States has remained untouched. Therefore
there are no reasons for the agitation and the fears pro
fessed in the slave States. He desired to do with all
these qnestions as Congress had done for sixty years— ,
let them alone! Tho fact that the slave market' is better
now than sixty years ago,eras evidence that there is no
danger to the rights of the slave States. Not only was
there no danger, but ho argued that wo had, by the act
of Northern men, added slave territory, and thus shOwn
its disposition to build up, instead of defeating, the slave
holding interest. Mr. Benton commented upon the an
omalous condition of California, and the strong necessity
for immediate measures for l immediate relief lie con•
eluded with an elisquent allusion to the destiny of the
country on the Pacific. _
Mr, Clay submitted a few remarko in 'elation to his
position on the California question. The oniy difforence
between him and Col. 13.4nt0n was that ho believed that
California would bo most speedily admitted by comhina
lion with other measures. Mr. C. disapproved of tho
combination. Ito was in favor of meeting argument
with reason, and when ho found himself in a minority,
to submit. He denied that California was a State. She
never would bo such until sho received, tho seal and sanc
lion of Congress, who might to-morrow enact her into a
territory. The proposition now pending was to sottlo
the questions in controversy by compromise. Ho was tu
favor of aft honorable adjustment, especially among
brethren, where, if we concede anything, it is to our own
coo urn men.
Mr. Benton rejoined, contending that the.admission of
Missouri was provided fur in the joint resolution.
(louse.—The Committee on Judiciary reported. The
Cotisurt bill was made the order of the day fur Thursday
neat. Mr. VINTON offered a joint resolution, seconding
Mr. Guts:est.'s proposition to supply his vessel with Navy
Officers, to go in search of Sir 101111 FIUNKLITI. The
[louse refused to suspend the rules, and petitions being
is orde'r, woro called for, but on motion of Mr. BAILEY,
was decided by a vote of 85 to 97 7 that the House resolved
itself into a Committee on the state of the Union.
Nr.w YORK. April 9-2 P. M.
The
Georgia has 133 passengers. $300.000 hr gold
dust.
A Santa Fe paper states that Senator Footo has writtou
to Mr. Skinner. of that Territory. advising the,pooplo to
ask for a territorial government—being siloit with refer,
once to slavery.
Commeus April 8.
Returns 'from 41 districts, which show tho election of
dornocrsts, 23 whigs, and 9 frco soilors. There is
but little doubt that the convention will be strictly demo-
Math).
New9aLcsas. April 4.
News has jest been received from CoMpeachy, stating
that a great conflagration. had occurred at,Laguira Yen
ezucla. The fire broke out•on the 18th March, and be
fore the devouring clement could be Subdued, the entire
city, with the exception of only two helms, was reduced
to ashes. The greatest distress prevailed.
• ' WASHINGTON, April 9.
Ssaitrx.—Mr. Corwin spoke an hour advocating the
itnntediato admission of Coldurnia, and in favor of the
restrictive policy. The South had land enough Ettld made
unreasonable demands. The Western orator was full of
drollery and boisterous merriment. The senate was engag
ed in discussing die Census bill for three hours and passed
several.atnendments without arriving at a conclusion.
noun met at 13 M. and after the usual business, Mr.
Thot.lisoit asked leave to present the memorial of Mis
sissippi, asking land (or officers and soldiers of 1812._
Mr. Russ oktained the floor. The speaker communica
ted a message from tho President covering a communica
tion from the Governor of Indiana regarding troubles with
the Treasury Department relative to Marine Hospital—
Also Post Office estimates for the fiscal rear. Mr. Sweet
xer asked leave to introduce a resolution of inquiry teepee
tiug tho Galphin claim which was refused. The Noose
then went into Committee of the whole and passed an
amendment to Mr. McClernands bill relative to the teri
twist claim of Texas. Mr. Harris of Tennessee spoke
an hour against the admission of California as an indepen
dent measure—He advocated non intervention. 1 hey
had the right to carry slavery into the teritory and claim
the arm of the government to sustain them.
Leave was granted to the Committee of investigation
of the charges made against the Secretary , of War in re
ference to the Galphiu claim to set during the meeting
of the House.
A treaty between Great Britain and the V. S. relative
to tho Nicaragua diepntes is believed to have been signed
hero ou Tuesday. Terme a mutual compromise.
Crie Weeltl4 Olyarner.
ERIE, PA.
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 1850
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONywiTION.
The Democratic Electors
of this county are requested
to meet at the place of hold
ing Elections in their several Election Dis
tricsi'
On Saturday, the 4th day of May; 1850.
at 4 o'clock, P. M., and select the usual
number of Delegates to attend a County
Convention to be held at the Court Hods°
'in the Borough of Erie on the following
, Monday,`at 1 o'clock, P. M., for the pur
pose of selecting delegates to represent the
count y, in the State and Congressional Con
ventions at Williamsport and Warren.
DAVID OLIN,
N. A. GALBRAITH,
E. W. GERRISII,
WAL W. WYATT, .
HENRY GINGRICH,
WM. G. ARBUCKLE,
MURRAY WHALLON,
Erie, April 13, 1850.
Johnson's Book Store.
No ono can fail to notice the very tasty manner our
friend .lozinsox has filled up his Book Store, now located
between the Eagle and Reed House. Ho has also re
ceived an entire new stock, and as he is Connected with
one of tho most extensive Publishing Houses in the West,
Messrs. Phinneys, of Buffalo, as Agent, ho will be con
stantly receiving all the new and standard publications of
the day. Any of our friends desiring articles in his line,
will do well to give him a call.
A Poor Excuse.
A poor excuse is said to be bettor than none, and our
quiet old cotempurary of the Chronicle appears to think
so. In accounting for the overwhelming defeat of his
party in Connecticut, he holds out the idea to his readeriii
that the whig strength was not out, whereas tho Demo
ocrats polled their entire vote. Unfortunately for our
neighbor's excuse, the figures do not indicate any such
state of things. On the contrary the returns show that
the aggregate veto of the State has been seldom exceed
ed. It will be cibout 60,000.
More Gold—Democratic Policy.
We think our readers wilt begin to concur with us that
Daniel Webster used his arithmetic to a very poor pur
pose it regard to California, when he pronounced her,
"not worth a dollar." Scarcely one steamer arrives
freighted with the precious metals, before another is an
nounced. Thus the Cherokee's news had hardly reach
ed us, announcing the gratifying fact that she had added
something like two millions three !hundred thousand dol
lars to our circulating medium, before the telegraph pro
claimed the arrival of the Empire City, with over a mil
lion more! Then, close upon the heels of . the Empire
City, comes the Georgia, with three hundred thoitsand
more!. Truly, this land that "was'nt worth a dollar,"
.prordian to good whidauthority, has a very strange, yet
effectual way of confounding such arithmeticians. Over
three millions a month, and her resources not a tithe de
veloped! Dow stubborn fact puts to flight speculation!
(low gelded results, contradi is the profound wisdom of
leirned statesmen! But yeserday California was a (le
i
sert—a barren waste, inhabit d hy a few, hunters, on in
dolent and scattered mixture, of Spanish half-breeds, and
thousands of roving Indians. took at her now! Demo
cratic policy a policy of pr4ress—touched her, and
the golden st um broke forth, and: has , run glittering
I .
sands over sine . Democratic policy has formed her
constitution, giv ii her a government, and wilt bring her
late the Union! Democratic policy is building up her
cities—peopleinl her vallies—doveloping her resources,
and in limo wil make her the great commercial and
financial ompo um of the Pacific! All this, and much
more, has been and will be 'the effect of Democratic pol
icy on a countr • that the great apostle of whigery denoun
ced as worthies-. Let the people bear this in mind, and
when they hear whi g politician eulogising I'. Butler
King's report, .nd felicitating himself on the wealth of
California, rem ind him of tho facts we have noticed. •
The Webster Trial:
The rest It of this hint still continues to attract public_
attentiond discussion. The newspaper press, asusu
al, is, prolific in wise sayings, and profound conclusions
pro and con, in regard to tho justice or injustice `of the
verdict. Many think it unjust, and MA at-all warranta
ble from the evidonce—another, and much the larger
portion, claim that it is the only one which an impartial
jury could render with the evidence before thorn. In
making up their verdict we have no doet thp jury did
so with more facts at hand—more of the minutia of
the web of circumstances which encompassed, and poin
ted to the prison or es the guilty person,--than the die
tent press can obtain from the printed evidence. This is
evident front Ate fact that, while many papers that can
have no other moans of forming an opinion in regard to
- the strength of the evidence adduced for and against the
accused but the imperfect reports we have alluded to,
denounce tho verdict as unwarrantable, the entire Bos
ton press, with but ono exception, concur lu the fairness
of the trial. and the justice of the sentence. This fact
alone ought at least to cause our brethren of tho quit
who look upon the verdicti its unjust, to pause before they
denounce.
,Are the opinions of the gentlemen of tho
Boston prese—as intelligent and as able a body of men as
tho country contains—unworthy of consideration. They
were there—attendod the trial—hoard the ovidence—lis
toned to the arguments of tho' council—were conversant
with all the facts.of the case—and their verdict is, with
but ono exceptioh, in accordance with that of the jury.—
We don't say that Dr. Webster is guilty, though an im
partial jury have pronounced him so, and their verdict
has boon concurred in by almost every ono who heard
the trial, but we do sly that tbo published evidence,
and the worse than weak defence. would convict twenty
men with less pretensions than the accused. Wo think
that the prisoner's previous standing has boon too much
relied upon to clear him, and that were ho a man of or
dinary chaitcter there would b 3 but few. very few, who,
taking the trouble to road the testimony, but what
would declaio their entire belief in - the guilt of the ac
cused.
WHEN Col. Baker, of Illinois, was in the army in
Mexico, Gen. Wilson, of Now Hampshire, c pressed a
wish that nil who took part in the war woul - le vo their
bones in the enemy's country. Baker and n have
been stumping Connecticut together. Wkigt, r ekes
strange beefellows. —Exchange.
Very true, and in this instance some very strange, as
well as gratifying results. For instance, "Baker and
Wason's stumping" has resulted in a Democratic plural;
ity in the Slate; a Democratic Senate-15 to 6; a Dem
ocratic House, by at least 25 majority. And of course,
a Democratio Governor; a Democratic Lieut. Gover
nor; a Democratic Deasurer; a Democratic Secretary;'
'a Democratic Comptroller; and a Domocrati l e United.
States Senator.
Not 9orreot.
Steam explosions on the Lakes have been much lees
frequent and less destructive than ork the i western rivers.
The disaster on the Troy. having boon stated to be the
first accident of the kind on the bakes, the Cleveland
Herald makes a contradiction, and states that on the 17th
Sept.. 1830. the steamboat William Peacock left Buffalo,
and when about throe miles out, the flange of her con
necting pipe, which canto in close contact with her steer
age cabin, gave way, and the whole volume of steam
from her boilers entered that cabin, killing fifteen persons.
The bolters of the Commodore Perry exploded twice in
1835, killing six persons. The boiler of the Erie burst in
August, 1840, and six persons were killed." This is an
error; the boilers or the Erie never exploded. The pis
ton-bead once blew off s bat no person was injured. •
The Apportionment
The following Is an abstract of the Apportionment Bill
as it passed. both Houses of our Legislature. It Islam
before the Governor, and se that functionary came into
tho Executive office with many pledges against the use
of the veto, of course, it will speedily become a law.—
We see the whlgs are very inuch incensed at the pas
sage of the bill in Its present shape, but certainly when
they aro so conciattiously opposed to the exercise of the
"Kingly prerogatire of, the veto," they cannot expect
their Governor to break his pledges, and run counter to
all their own -professions, by setting up his authority
against the "law making power," tho Legislature.
Philadelphia City. 2
•• County, 3
Montgomery. 1
Chester and Delaware, I
Barks and Schuylkill, 2
Ducks, I
Lancaster, 1
Lebanon and Dauphin, I
Northampton and Lehigh, 1
Carbon. Monroe, Pike and
Wayne,
Adams and Franklin, I
York, . 1
Cumberland, Perry, and
Juniata,
Huntington, Union, and
1
Lycoming, Clinton, North
umberland & Sullivan, I
Luzerno and Columbia, I
1
110125 E OF REP
Adams, • 1,
Allegheny, 51
Bedtord and Cambria, , 2
Barks, ‘1
Bucks, 3'
Butler and Lawrence, 2'
Blair and Huntingdon, 2
Bradford, 2,
Beaver, 1'
Chester, 3
Cumberland, Perry and - 1
Juniata. .3
Center, 1
Clearfield, Elk and Mc-
Kean, 1
Clarion ; Armstrong and '
JefFerson. 3
Columbia and Sullivan, 2
Crawford, 2
Dauphin, 1
Delaware, 1
Erie. 1
Fayette, , 2
Franklin, 2
Indiana, 1
The following is the vote
passago of the bill:
Yeas—rilessro. Brawley
Fralley, Fulton, Guernsey,
Packer,
Mulilenberg,
Best. Speaker-17
Nays-11Iossrs. Brooke, q
Frick, Haslett. King. Konigt
Nlatthias, Sadler, Sankey,
—l6.
This vote shows that all the Democrats, with Best,
the speaker, voted fur, and tit/ tho whigs voted against
the bill. Now, will sonic good Whig arithmetician figure
up and tell us how muck his t Partyl made by their election
of Iliniy, the Speaker of tho Bonato. It was well under
stoodwhen the ‘V . higs cast their votes fort that the
quill pro quo for such service, was to be the aid Best'S
votes to secure them att Apportionment bill to their sat
isfaction. But having t provCd traitor to the principles of
his constituents it was an easy matter to disregard his
pledges to the Whigs, and,he did so! Everybody will
acknowledge he served then] right. Indeed they begin
to think so themselves, for the Pittsburgh Corn - meted
Journal, in noticing the fact; pendently remarks:
"And Mr. Speaker Best, elected by the aid of Whig
votes, goes out and out for the fraud. That serves the
Whigs right, perhaps, for giying countenance to a rene
gade." I
Of the general merits or demerits df the bill, wo are
scarcely able to form au opinion.. One evidence that it
is, in the main, just and equitable, however, may be
gathered from the disappointed time of th,t minority. By
them it is denounced in unmeasured tertus. It does tat
concede enough to a factiousaninority to suit their,poli'-
tical calculations, and hence }heir anti-veto Governor is
called upon to veto it. But, as the, Frenchman sagely
remarked, "you szhall zee va}you szhall zee;" and 'until.
then, reader, be patient. j
The Moral of the Connecticut Election.
Tlio glorious victory of the Democracy of Connecticut
announced in our last, and since more than confirmed,
afferda a moral for the Democracy of Pennsylvania, will
in fact everywhere, so plain, so striking, an wallah so
appropriate to the times, that We are confident it: cannot
be lost or neglected. Connecticut is a Whig State, em
phatically so; and tinder the lead of her fugleman of
"TaYlorisen." flr. Truman Smith, cast her vote for Gen.
Taylor and free-soil in 1848. Ono-year of Taylorism
has, however, been sufficient ft! convince her yeomanry
that "free-soilism," in the hai l i'ds of a Louisiana slave
hoider is a most,arrant humblig. Thus, when the De
mocracy in their convention heldly come out and pro
nounce it so, and declared their determination to stand
by the compromises of the constitution, and threw aloft
the banner of rho Union and the whole Union, in oppo
sition to all sectional issues, the people rallied around
them and gave -their confidence and votes to the good
cause. On the Other hand, the Whig convention assem
bled, nominated their candidates, declared their continu
ed adhesion to Taylorism, incorporated again their sec
tional "Wilmot" dogmas, and have met a most over
whelming and bitter defeat. Such a result as this speaks
to us in Pennsylvania in language so plain that ho who
runs may road.' It tells[us that our only safety as a par
ty is in a steady adherence to national principles,, and a
firm and decided repudiation of all sectional issues. Con
necticut repudiated the proviso—refused to have anything
to do with such an uncalled for "non-essential,"—and
the result is before you. The whigs greedily seized up
on this hobby, and aideo by rho patronage and influence
of the State and National governments, struggled manful
ly to maintain their position, but in vain. Let the Demo
cracy of Pennsylvania follow the noble eiample of their
brethren in Connecticut. Let them refuse to have any
thing to do with an issue which is only calculated to ex
asperate ono section of the country against the other,
without any corresponding advantage resulting to any
one, and they too will come out of the conflict in Octo
ber next with victory perched upon their banner.
An Interesting Report.
Wo havo received and road with much interest the
Milo report of W. Mu.son Rommrs, Esq., Chief Engineer
of Om Bollfontnino and Indiana Railroad Company. Mr.
R. is well known to our citizens as an able Engineer of
much practiclo experience, and a gentleman of transcon
dent social and moral worth. By the map accompanying
this report, it will be soon that the road upon which he
is now engaged is but a confirmation of that great chain
of railroads passing through our city, and connecting New
York and Boston with the Mississippi valley, at Bt. Louis.
Upon this point Mr. Roberts remarks:
"But your lino is not merely a link in a single groat
route leading from the West to the cities of Philadelphia
and Baltimoro. through Pittsburgh; it is also a constitu
ent part of that magnificent chain of rail ways stretching
out froM Boston-and New York to tho glorious Mississip
pi valley. Let no direct your attention must pointedly
td this fact, as it will bo found hereafter, one of the stron
gest claims of your company upon the liberal encourage
ment of capitalists in Boston and New York. as well as
upon those in Philadelphia. Yon are aware that Boston
has a railroad running to Albany, 200 miles; and that
from Albany to Buffalo, 321 miles. the railroad has long
boon in operation; and that Now York is now construct
ing a railroad frOm Piermont, 23 miles above the city,
through her lowell tier of counties. to Dunkirk, on Lako
Erie, 451 miles; and still another, along the Hudson ri
vet to Albany! Companies are elsoongaged in construct
ing a lake ehoro railroad from Buffulo iQ Dunkirk. and
from Dunkirk to Erie, in the state of Pennsylvania, and
from the Pennsylvania state lino to Cleveland. The on
-ly remaining link from Cleveland eastward. 'is from the
Ohio stale line to prix. about 30 miles: and two compa
nies are now claiming the right to build it. Within three
years from this time. we may confidently look for tho
completion of all these lines to Cleveland, and of course
to the eastern ter sinus of your route, affording, upon the
opening of your t. ad. continuous railroads to lloston,apd
New York." -
Bradford. Susquehanna
I and Wyoming, 1
Tioga, Potter, McKean
and Elk, • 1
Von'go, Mercer, Crawford,
Warren, and Jefferson, 2
Erie, _ 1
Butler, Beaver, and Law
rence,
Allegheny, 2
Washington and Greene, 1
Westmoreland, Somerset,
Bedford, and Fayette, 2
Armstrong, Indiana, and.
Clarion,
Centre, Clearfield, Cam
bria, and Blair,
F.SVC TATI V F.
Lycotning, Clinton & Pot
ter, 2
Lebanon, .1
Lancaster„ 5
Luzerne,2
,
L.obigh and Carbon, 2
(Monroe, Pike & Wovne, 2
Mercer, Ycuango & War.
• ren, 3
1
Montgomery, 3
Northampton, 2
Northumberland. 1
Philadelphia city, 4
DO. county, 11
Somerset. • 1
Schuylkill, 2
Susquehanna and IN'yo
-
ming,
Tioga, 1
Washington & Greene. = 3
Westmoreland. 3
Union.
York, 3
100
u tho Senate upon the final
Drum, Fernou, Forsyth,
lugus, Ives, Joues, M'Cas-
Shituer, Sterrett, Streeter,
rah, Cunningham, Darsie,
Poacher, Law4enee,
sarery, Stine and Walker
Ault es we Expected.
Just as wa expected from the well know chintetrerielie
of the Gazette. of defending and supporting erril i thi xt
whig, right Or wrong, that paper has taken up theleudgel
in defence of Mr. Secretary Crawford's $190,000
claim speculation, noticed in our lest. Its ()pe l ting is
also characteristic. Listen
"The Observer, weyerceiSe, has joined in this nabob
crusade, and like other
the
in the same intere st , e :
pears to be shocked at the alledged mismanagAe'et sad
profligacy of the now reigning dynasty,"
crusade," indeed: 'Weil, that is cool ,l tolay
the least. Exposing the profligacy of the Admintration
is "unholy," is' it? 'Exhibiting to the peepte the w ay
their money goes in paying bastest on old claims ti
ty-eight years standing, owned by a member Or th e
Cabinet, and which had been rejected, 6nit try 5/4
Walker and'his Comptroller of the Treasury, and than
by Whittlesoy, tho present milt Comptroller, is li k en ,.
(Jade." is it? Well, wo are afraid the adrninisiration
will find a "few more loft" of just such "crusaders.l , B et
the Gazette says this "unholy crusade" of the Ohar a .
like that of 'other prints in the same interest." To a h oy
that in this particular that paper is also at fault, and also
t hat our readers may see the full iniquity of this Wais t ,
tion, as exhibited by good whip, authority, we subjoia the
following extract from a letter writem by a correspondent
of the New York Trit.ine, which appeared in thatlpsp et
of the 2J instant. Referring to the Crslphin claim, th e
Writer sacs:
"I am glad, very glad, to see that Secretary Ewing's.
skirts aro cleared of that discreditable affair. it i> lotto•
nate for tho country, in more ways than one, that Mr.
Whittleaey has the comptrollership. Gon. TaIIM as.
serves credit for his skill in that nelectico. The Ewing*
and the' Whittlesoys of the Buckeye State, didn't idjatt•
that job.
You ►+car urr d h bow 50'
.ou mos. —.go Congress to appoint 4ard
Tho host of greedy creatures, with their hired affoineys,
who try their luck here, is almost as great an
moot to business as the slave-dealers themselves.
legal investigation, at the cost of the applicant if onfo
rorable, of the nation if favorable, and always subject to
the filial action of Congress, (as bills in classes.) would
be a great improvement; but was it:not highly reprehensi
ble in Mr. Meredith to interfere with and change the de
cision of his predecessor, the legal officer chosen by Con
gress in its statute of August,, 1848, in the 77 year old,
worm-eaten Gulphin claim?
Mr. Crawford acting, as ho said, for Ga/phin's repre
sentatives, (if there aro any who justly clOim to be,sueh,)
submitten to Secretary 'Welker (under a special statute)
this ancient claim. I , Valker finally adjusted it; Ordered
49.691 15s. ;id— the principal., to'be paid, and rejected
the interest. • F.Yen.that adjustment on an oightiryear
old affair, in a country where private debts six years old
are barred, was surely bad enough. Why did he not re
port to Congress the evidence? Why do none Of but
Congressmen move for a return'of the whole prece dingo,
on this and the old Virginia claims?
Walker promptly rejected the claim for iateres„ after
submitting the whole facts to the judgment of the Comp
troller, Mr. 11IcCullot2, who refused to sanction it. Craw
ford, the Gedrgian agent, soon become War Secetaryi
I
ordered Judge Bryan to take his place in the G' !pinta
affair. Meredith, who bad no business to revive an al
ready decided case; was pressed to aid in taking n i atly a
quarter of a millon of riollars out of fhe national treasury
on this stale pretext; Walker had said no! Whiinesey
said no! McCulloh said no! Mr. Reverdy Jollities,
however. said irks! If every old settled claim may be
thus Gulphined, the sooner Gen. Taylor looks aftel•whig
supremacy the better.
Like Van Huron's safety-fund banking. whichidrore
the country to barkruptcy-and helped to destroy Min and
his speckled tribe, and like some other kinds of banking
that shall be nameless, this treasury -work is not going to
help the whigs. •
The Republic of Thursday manfully vindicates Ewing
and defends Meredith. He is an able lawyer, rind of -
course, no more bound by Rovendy Johnson's opinion
than I am. If every new judge may revise and rejudge
every old case in Which' a party applying for redress did
not get all lie wanted from a previous judicial decision, .
where will we be fifty years hence? The country press
is spreading all manner of stories about this Galphin
fair. and emit() others said to be still worse. H I M an*
mead of theOdministratio n move for a return of the facts?
This is Mai ...unholy crusade," reader. in which the
..06serrer joins like other prints in the same it'd:quit."
,Well, it is the
,first time we were ever placed in th i e same
category with the New York Tribune, and we mutt say.
that, in this instance; we don't dislike the company. ,
The other Side.
Mr. IVilliam Carey Jones. who was sent to California
about the same time with Mr. King, has prepared a re
port on .the results of his mission; but, as the report nil
not soon be printed, he takes occasion, in a letter to the
NVashington papers, to correct some of the serious errors
of Mr. King. Mr. Jones concludes that "Mr. King's ex
amination'of the whole subject must have been very
slight, or-leis information very erroneous." So we limy
expect to hear the other side of the California story soon.
Not Abandoned.
We have seen it stated several times in our exchang
es, and we do not know but we have given the rumor
currency in our columns, that the great Panama railroaa;
connecting the Atlantic with the Pac'ifie, had been aban
doned for smite cause or other L—possibly on account of
the difficulty of obtaining laborers. This is incorrect.—
The New York Courier says the work is in-no sense sue•
pended or discontinued. On the contrary, Mr. Totten,
one of the principal centimeters, who lost New York on
the 17th January lost, in pursuance of bls Original plan
left Chagres for Carthagenn on the 29th of January, for
the purpose of bringing to the Isthmus the native labor
with which ho constructed the Carthagena Canal. At.
the latest advices, Mr. Totten was in perfect health, and
his partner, Mr. Troutwine , was actively engaged,' in the
preliminary arrangements necessary for commencing the
work. Owing, however, to' the immense concorse of
passengers on the Cliagretativer, and the expense and
difficulty of transporting materials and provisions rp that
stream, and the present high prices paid for navigating
it in canoes, the directors have modified their 'original
plan of operations by commencing the work at Navy Bay.
ou the Atlantic. where provisions may, at all times be
cheaply procured, tnstead of Gorgon'. which is porno 30
miles up the river. and this circumstance may ve
ably have given rise to the rumor. coming from t
er, that the work was suspended.
Has he Tried It.
- One orour exchanges asserts that a "celebrated C
has expressed himself in the most decid;d manner)
impossibility•of'dissolcing the Union. He says that, •as
yet, no preparation, either foreign or domestic, htts been
dircocered powerful enough to act upon so tale and
wonderful a substance. Has he tried the combined ex
tract of tho "Baal° Platform," and the "Nashvilli Con
vention?" If ho has; then he probably speaks a silted
ly
An Entire Mistake.
Our cotemporary of the Fredonia Censor was e
mistaken in the purport of our article last week.
"A Jaunt to the Country." The advice ,it offer
seek the country:and enjoy its "freezes, and breeze
leovres," was not intended for the denizens dell
important country/our-corners as trie. but for thee
are pent up, year after year, in the close atrriospt
such thickly populated cities as Fredonia and New /
Dunkirk and Boston, Philadelphia and the great
Pomfret, or any other great city where ail ihs ri
terminate, and where—
..Garden sass and uedt
Uo grow—tn the snow.
On the hills—in the vales.
Andpumpkins. great and !mall.
Are the stock in trade or all—
Fat and lean—high and low.
Young and old—maid and w Wear?'
Erie and EdenboroPlank Read.
At a meeting of the Stockholders of this Co? held at the Rood House on Saturday afternoon 1,711!
following named gentlemen were elected a Board I
core for tho ensuing year, President—John Galbr i t
Managers. —Sm ith Jackson, Wm. S. Lane, J. H. i l
bell. Wm. Proud, T. D. Challis. Secretary 4. Th
P. Arbuckle. This is an eicelleut Board of Mai
possessing of much energy end business talent ; gi l l
undoubtedly push the work, furward.vritlt
ble.
ax Our Imic/irlor coteniporory of the Gazette
article on,Spriug 4onnoln. Ope would ir..uppose
ti
the elequent manner he discourage upon the auk;
impudent fellow had been.poking.hisfaxa under
'ent.
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