=I Platform of the Oalphin Party. -From the Wastungton &Mien. - In an article published some days ago, we gave the following:as the platform of the new Galphin party, viz: I . A juitification of the Galphin swindle in all its feattereit and aspects. 2. Opposition to the compromise and the settle •ment af the slavery (pestle'. That these two principles are to constitute the platfOrm of the Galphin part ~ and the present Gal " phin administration, the recent -cabinet articles, promulgated by authorit7 through the two, admin etratlon organs in this city, ' l eave no reason to doubt, Both the National Intelligdncer and the Repliblic have formally 'announced t i ll the public, that lite President and cabinet are o posed to the comprom ise reported by We Committee of Thirteen, and .in favor of leaving the territorial question unsettled; and yesterday the Republic signalized .itself by an eittborate defence of the Galphin swindle, which we. .suppose-is also by authority. Thus the Galphin platform is now complete, ond embraces 'the Ciao principles above stated. SV'b are rejtficed that the administratioh have at lengt h shown their hands, - and announced to the world Ithe system of policy 'upon which they intend to stand. ileepforth, to -condense sill more the ninthrm of the Galphin party and administ ation. its futtir policy is to he plunder and agigatil . The people will know what to ex pect fronr-the, present cabins . Perhaps it will not be far out of the way to call the present the , freebant- ing cabinet., Instead of settling the present sec tional controversy, they act tyisely for their pnrposes "in keeping the cOutit.o in a state of agitation ani turmoil.. They can, in such a state of things, bet ter carry on their depredations upon the public tress- ury. i Perhaps they take - the hint from the vermin that infest society, who rejoice in tires, riots and other public disturbances, as furnishing the best op portunitiei for carrying on their forays against the property of others. Shrewd fellows—these Galphins! ' General Lopez. Gnsaftaz Nsnciso Lornz,ithe leader in the ex pedition against the Spanish', ascendency to Cuba, is a nativeoi Venezuela. He is about fifty-two years old. His father was a large' land °wrier, and- like the patriarchs of*old, was rieh in flocks, and beards. The general early became a Soldier in the war of independence, and first here 'tams in defence of Va lencia, and escaped from beitig involved in the mas sacre of the garrison on accisnnt of his extreme youth. lie afterwards entered the royalist amy. in which he rose to the rank Of colonel when but twenty-three years old. He left the country when the Spanish authority was overthrows), though the ,patriot party were anxious tosecure his services on. almost any terms, and too k up his residence in Cuba. His political opinitmS being liberal, his for tunes did not advance any further until after the death of Ferdinad VII, when the Spanish govern - -', meat, in order to prevent the sucees of Don Carlos, and to maintain the abrogation of the salique law, was compelled to throw itself into the arms of the liberal party. Happening to be in Spain at that time, on private business. Cnl , Lopez entered into the contest on the side of Queen Isabel, and served in several posts with great distinction and usefulness. He was senior aid-de-cump to General Valdez, and was subsequently made a General. He was present,' ed in many of the ruthless actions that took place between the Christinos and the Ctalists, and won the esteem of the greatest of the latter's comman ller, the famous Zumalacurregui, whose early death' was fattil to the cause of the absolutists. At one time he was commander•in-chief of the national guard of‘eill the Spains.'..! The city of Seville elect ed him a Member of the. Spanish Senate: end it was while serving as Senator, and nn becoming ac quainted with the selfish policy of the government to wards Cuba, that he ruolc'ed to effect her indepen dence. He resigned his office, and returned to llu venna. His friend Valdez nas at that *time Captain General of Cuba, and he conferred scveral high of fices on'Gen. Lolpez was recalled,prid bent all his energip to the people, mingling wifli them . on all occasions, actually studying theiscienco of medicine in order to minister to their wants. lie would have ,made an attempt to liberate the island in 1818, but was induced to postpone it et the instance of others • This postponement led to the discovery of the pint, and he was obliged to fly. His plan embraces as Well the annexation of Cuba to the i , nited States as - its independence of Spain. A short time will show how well he has calculated his resources. A WILD WOMAN IN CONNIT.CTICUIP:—An Irish girl, appearently 20 years of age, and frantically in sane, was taken in the woods, about three mile.; west of this city, on Sunday ,firlernonn. — , She ap pearedl in the road, nearly naked, and waved an old shawl before the horse of n gentleman that was pas sing: she then folloved the wagon for sonic distance occasionally drinking water from the gutter. which she scooped up with her hand, The gentleman pro• cured assistance at the first house. at,d went after her. She ran into woods, and made light of leap ing an ordinary fence. When taken she F !lowed fight, and it required three men to master her. She is represented as very beautiful in person and features and converses in a foreign language, as well as in good English. She was taken to the Town House, but will not tell where sho belongs. She says her name is Margaret Curter—Hartford O} The Evansville, (1a.,) Journal says, that there is a man awaiting his trial at Rockport, in that State, who possesses the remarkable faculty of heinot able to throw a stone. with ahnost the precision a man can send a bullet from a good title. lie can io into the woods and kill as many squirrels with dornicks, as an experienced hunter can u gun. A drunken man W. a pursuing his brother -with a knife in his hand; when he threw and struck ,the fellow upon the back of the head, killing hits instantly. Ile says he-intended to strike the arm of the drunken man, to' knock the kw r‘. fr om him blind, but his own arm was caught, and the ttitjtsot frustrated. He can prove this, we understand. A CLAY LETTER....-A correspondent At WA,lllllg ton informs HA that Mr. Clay ha; written a letter to a Committee of Whigs at New York, in winch, as rumor says, ho speaks in no very complimentary terms of Taylor and his Go Iphin Cabinet. It is un derstood that the letter is very severe npon the Pres• Ident's plan of t•ettliri the slavery gne•tion, and is equally indignant at the intermudillitig of the White House clique with the subject as now pre:eated to the Senate.—Pennsylvanian. FREAKS or NATURE.—The f , lk &aeon de scribes a most singularly deformed !Han, non in that city, soliciting charity. The deformity is confined to the portion of his body beloW the knee , , from each of which, instead of legs, there has grown a flesh colored stump shoot six inches long-- not unlike in shape and appearance to the cypress root, as it is semi rising from the water in too swamps—and Q crooked, or rather coiled shoot of flesh ending in one case in one.toe, and in the other in two toes. T:,ese extremities br,theh oil from each other like the roots of a tree. The rest of the body, with the exception of one of his, hands indi cate a hale and hearty man. The motlrr of the men, it is said, has nine children, of which three were deformed, one of them, a girl, more so even than the subject of this notice. IkIPOILTANT mom PORTUGAL .—An extract ofa let ter from a merchant at Lizbon,to merchant in New York has the fallowing: "You may look for very stringent communications from yOur P,reilent to (.7oligroFF, in relation to claims made by the United States on Portugal em bracing the ease of General Armairong." has leaked out oat your minister here will be instantly withdrawn, unless all these claims lw forthwith satisfied and paid." "It is also well known here that your government and: the Portugese government hove offered to lea ve the question of these claims to be decided by a frie n dl y power, or,. so far as regard" their mercantile charac ter, to competent highntiteled men. Your govern ment ,oan rely on what I say." Things at this moment - air made mnst FPrinui anti warlike by America, and a first arrival will most probably withdratti your young Minister. MADER OP A BISEIOP.—Bishop 1111160 Th of the Sweedes Colony; Henrycounty, Illinois, was shot dead on the 13th by a men nerved Root, who had a previous quarrel with the Bkhon in relation to the wife of Root. Janson wassitantling in the court room during the adjourntnent of the Court, when Root entered, drew a pistol and fired wit h 'fatal pre cision. The murderer was arrested and committed for trial THE CUBA INVASION. •P 1 sit Yorm, MiwY 21,-7 P. M. Gen. Lopez landed et Cardenas about 00 miles from Havana on the 17th inst.; with about 500 men and took possession of the town. The garrison con sisted of sue company of aboutaixty men, who made but a slight resistance. They, were • driven into a church and after losing three men killed. snrrended. Gen. Loon landed front theateatuer Creole whic.h left New Orleans on the 13th inst. Several other vessels, contenting. in all 1500 men, left New Or-, leantbefore "the Creole, but had. not arrived. - The greatest_ excitement existed at Havana. The city is under martial _law and several thohsand militia had been enrolled and arms were distributed among them. The resident foreigners were all called upon to enroll. There were 1500 troops at Matanzas -1800 were despatched from,.Havana, on . the 10th instant, to reinforce thern,and mech. against Lo pez. - It was rumored that the tures natter Lopez has in • creased to 3000. He was already half wav to Man tanzas. On the 16th news was received that a large force was collected on Woman's Island near Catospe, l'oca,tan. The General of Marines, wit!' several vessel. and 3000 men,•started for the point. ° The Ohio arrived in New York to-day. lust be fore the Ohio sailed, the Spanish steamer Pizarro came in with 103 prisoners, • mostly Germans and Irish. The report was that they were to be shut at o'clo'cic that day, or at least every tenth =non& the balance to be cufined in the dungeons .of Morn Castle. ' It is known that some 10 or 12 vessels, had left New ()deans and different Ports of the (kill proba bly to laud simultaneously at different points. It was reported that Gen. Lopez, had broken up' the Railroad to Cardenas at several places. The mer chants and bankers at Havana were removing their money to the-Port for safety. .. - The Ohio, Georgia and Falcon were compelled to anchor at the entranee of the harbor. Capt. Schenck protested through the American Consul to the Cap tain General, and demanded a safe anchorage and was refused, and told he might go to sea as soon as he pleased. None of the passengers except those who had passports were allowed to go ashose. No communication %las allowed between the passengers, not even between the otEcerS until a permit was obtained from the Ca pt ai n General. The Ohio was obliged to wait more than°ls hours for a permit to transfer her passengers after she was ready. ,She brings no later news from California ' there having been no arrivals at Nonni° since the a dvises brought by the Georgia. ' \The Ohio brings 147 passengers, 15 of whom are from Chugres, 71 from New Orleans, and 61 'from Havana. She also brings $410,000 in gold dust and specie. She has also $ll.OOO in Spanish doub loons from New Orleans to Havana, which she could not land, as all business was suspended. I:3.svANN:sti, May,-10 o'clock, A.. M: The steamer IsaOel has touched oft' here. She left Havana ou thed2.l.l. Gan. Lopez, accompanied by one of his sids'named J. Sachez Es Enega, took lodging at the City Hotel. From them we have got the following: The expedition left Conjoy, Yucatan, on the 16th instant, and landed at Cardenas on the 19th. They lost some time in landing, which gal.e. the Spanish authorities time to.send an Express into the post office of Collueol, ten miles diStant. The'Expedition entered the wow, attacted the gate supposing it to be arricaded. The gate Gourd, 15 men,'stood lire well.. At this moment troops were seen 'crossing the square and were hailed and answered by tiring upon the troops, after which some soldiers went to the Governor's houee. The house was well prepar ed for the but was tinnily burned and the troops sur rendered themselves. The town remained in peaca ble pos-ession of the invaders. The troops being disiati,fle.l withthe warm reception, and having lost lime in getting the wo u nded and fuel on stea mer Creole, became discontented and insisted upon going to Key West. They were closely pursued by the Spanish War Steamer Pizarro, hut happily escaped. The Isabel had not armed he , e at Char ton nt 10 o'clock, A. M. The Southern papers per Isabel gives an account of further successes and victories. They say a force of 600 men, (another brunch of the invaders.) had landed at Sig Na La Fraude and were expected to Join Gen. Lopez. It 4tirther says that the troops .at Cardenas have gone over voluntarily to the stan dard of Gen. Lopez. In the Puri of that place the patriots found a few common cannon and some am munition. Gen. Lopez captured the Custom flonse Treasury at Cardenas containing between 40 50,000 dollars in specie. The money Was itnrnediately put on board the Creole to be sent to the Untied States for the purchas of munitions of War. Gun. L pez fu-ce is reported to have been greatly increased by native Cubans. Titey were rusliing to his support from every quarter as fast us the news of his arrival, spreads. Big Na La Grande is distant 150 miles from havana and 70 mile, iron:Cardenas where Lo pez landed. • In the apartment ot4ulta Bajii, the in risg in favor of Lopez is univer - . The Cronica, Spanish paper has the following: The merchants of Havana uttered tqslie Government on the 20th an immense sum of money and their own sery ices. Over 18,300 men voluntarily presen ted themselves to take.up arms on the evening of the. 19'.h. There were already over 6075 military arm ed and quartered. The whole squadron which is eruizing, on the south side of Cubs, hate been order ed to the north side. raw; d LI7ORNIA.--1110 Steamship Cresent City is up, and we have received files of Sin Pram:ken papers to April .26th inclusive. She brings 175 pay simgers—also the U. S. mail from , California and $20,0,000. in gold dust in the Minds of the, passen gers. The N. Y. corespondents of the Philadelphia In- (wirer slates that Lopez after lie landed at Savannah telegraphed immediately to this city for men and ammunition. The herald has the following from Washington: The Spanish Minister Calderon de la llama has re ceived a telegraphic dispatch from the Sdanish Con sul at Savannah, stating that Lopez with 500 men after taking one town in Cuba and titian i n s rein; fort:meets, hut a strong Spanish force march ing against them. re-enthatked in t 6 Creole and proceeded to Key %Vest, from which dace Lopez and a few others proceeded in the regular Steamer to Sat annah where they arrived yeAerday. The evening Express has the following from NVashinton to -day:' The steamer Creole arrived at Key %Vest on the 21st, having 600 men. She was chased by the Spahish steamer Pizaro. The Creole left N. 0. On the 7th with a bark and brig, the three hat lug GOO' men and arms with ammunition. After getting to sea the men were shipped on the Creole Off Yucatan and steered to Cardenas which the reach ed on the 10th. They took possession of the Goter nors Palace and took nine prisoners after a battle in which 50 Spanish troops and 40 inliabitanta were killed. After this the creole put off and came to Key West, - On her errivel the Collector sent an Officer on board and seized her violating the laws of the United States. The men are now at Key west, and a na val force is asked to prevent further outrage from them. Gen. Lopez way there at date of the despat ch; The Captain of Ow Pizarro states that he captur ed the Barque und Brig accompanying the 4Creole, and took from them letters and communications con taining full plans of the expelition. MURDEII-A well dressed foreigner, (white) left Du::glassville, Berko county, on the 131.1 i instant, in the company of a colored into. 01) the next after. noon, the foreigner was 'found lying on the road about` four miles above Douglassville. He was picked tip with life enough left to tell that lie had been cruelly beaten by the negro, who robbed him of all he possessed, and et ript aim of coat, vest, and shoes—then testing hint with only, , ,pantaloons and shirt, slung the public highway whe° he was found. Ile shortly afterwards died from the effects of. the Wi , lries received, and was buried at the .expense of the county. ADSIiNCR or NI nice, old gentiman in, I/ar risburg 11, went to the physician for prescriptiurs fur a young lady at his house, and also for his wife who was sick. The doctor ordered a blister for the young lady and some drops for his wife-. 'Ehe• old gentleman, with profound gravity, gave the drops to the young lady, and the blister to his wife—but as the latter did not. seem to work fir a long time, ap piehensiona arose which ware dispelled only upon examination by the physician, who had been sent for, width disclosed the fait that the blister bad been laid on with the wrong side down! trir 13tettlii Olynruisr. R 1E; P A. SATURDAY, MORNING, JUNE 1 , Returned. Hon. James Thompson left hie residence, in this city. on Monday morning last, on his return to Washington. Ho returned by Buffalo and Williamsport for the purpose of attending the State Convention. which met on Wed nesday last, ho being a delegate. Dedined. _G. j. Ball. Esq. publishes et card In the last Gazette. declining to be considered a candidate before the Whig Mato Convention, for Auditor GeneraL The Theatre. We.uriderstand that Mr. Powelllnteuds to close the season the first of next week—so our theatre-goers will have to do up the 4 fun in a hurry. Before he does so, however, we trust ho will take a benefit fur himself and his most estimable and accomplished lady. Wo are sure their numerous friends and admirers will take pleasure in giving thorn a full house.- - -one which will, in reality, Ga a benefit. Tho bill this evening is au unusual attrac tive ono—embracing, among ether spectacles, Shakes penes celebrated piece, "Tho Merchant of Venice." the character of Shylock by Mr. Owen. arl eminent English actor, who appears for this night only. It is for the ben efit of Alid'lle Theadore, one of the most graceful and accomplished Danceuse we have ever,soon. %Vo trust she will have a bumper.. Mr. Scoville. art all.over Yan kee, appears also in some of his favorite characters, which of itself is enough to draw a good house. Harris' Queen City Saloon. Harris openes his •'Queen City Saloon," between the Reed Ilouso and Brown'a Hotel, to.day. This este). hsb maul is intended principally fora Lady's Ice Creew refectory, and we have no doubt it will be kept in a man ner to insure an extensive patronage. Evert• thing about It is being fitted up in most admirable taste, and with the well-known capacity of the proprietor to catero for the palate of the public, wo have no doubt it will bo just such en establishment as we have long wanted. Give him u call. Anothei Concert. Erie appears to be blessed with amusements this sea son. Surely on one should not have the "blues" under such a state of things, unless It be for want of the one thing needful to "pay the fiddler." But to our object in writing this notice. We aro happy to inform our music loving readers that Mr. S. M. A. Woloski's farewell conceit, previous to his departure for Europe, will be given next week. Tho time and place will be announ ced by bills. He %till be assisted by Md'llo Valentini, Prima Duna of Venice, Turin, Milan, and late of the Astor Place Opera House, New York. While we cannot but regret the departure of Mr. W. from among us, we hope he May be greeted with a full and overflowing house. Very Severe in a "Galphin" Paper. The Gazetie, with its accustomed fool-hardiness, has two several articles this week reflecting upon the Dorn• ocratic members of the Legislature for voting themselves, as it alledgee, "extra pay." It also attempts to bo witty at the expense of Gen. Criss un tho .traugth of the "extra pay" falsehoods of federalism in 1848. This is certainly very severe in a paper that defends the present "Gal. phin" Administration at Washington, and calls it "hon e:ht." If we recollect aright Gen. Cass' claim for "extra pay" WJA of a date prior to his becoming a member of Gen. Jackson's cabinet. and .hat he absolutely refused to have his claim adjusted while a member; and when it was adjusted and paid, he did not receive interest upon it to the Mite of onalixadred and forty tbousand dollars, like ono Geo. W. Crawford. ono of the Gazette's pet Secretaries! A whig paper before us now. the New York Express, says ' •the Galphin claim was wrong and the author of that disgrace ought to leave the Cabinet and the wing party forever."and the New York Tribune. says: "As to the excessive honesty of this payment of interact, in view of the whole cane, we beg our correspondent not to mention it again. The public visage is already dis torted in a grin that stretches from ear to ear—further extension would be dangerous. Be merciful, and allow some chance for a resumption of composure if not grav ity." And yet the Gazeirs,lans the face to defend this Galphin business, and talk about the malfeasance of oth ers! We do not kngw, however, as we ought . to be surprised, as it is not the first time wo have heard of Satan rebuking sin! But to this Legislative "extra pay." WO do not know enough about the circurnstatices'of the case to either condemn or - approve tho transaction, but presume, front the well known fairness (1) with which the Gazette is in the habit of stating facts bearing against the Democracy, that it is a most infamous piece of Le gislative plunder. In view of this state of the ease, we wish to ask our cotemporary one or two questions, and trust he will give us a categorical answer. Did, or did not, some of the whip vote for this "extra pay?" Did, or did not, some of the whips take said "extra pay?" Did, or did not, the whig members from Erie county take the "extra pay?" We fool a little interested in the an swer to these queries', because, one at least, of the mem bers from Erie couifty we have always looked.upon as an estimable eitiien; but if the transaction is as infamous as the Gazette represents it, and ho did take the"extra pay," why. upon the divine hypothesis that "the partaker is as had as the thief," we do not know but we will have to change our views. The Gazette will, therefore, be kind enough to give"us a categorical answer, yea or nay! The California Nowa. The accounts from California are of rho most cheering character. The letters in to-day's paper from our very able and attentive correspondent, though they do not particularize the success of individuals, spook in general terms of the'prosperous condition of the gold-hunting ad venturers. Other accounts, and indeed all accounts, biought by this arrival concur in representing the suc cess of the miners as unparalleled. Now and rich de posits, or placers, aro being discovered daily, while the old "diggings" continuo to yield ample returns to all who are willing to labor. We learn that a young gentleman who left hero in company with our correspondent, and is still with him in tho mines, writeiliomo that ho has already more money than when ho loft home, and ho has _only been in the mines but a few weeks. lie also writes that he has not yet seen the "elephant," that his health was never better. and as for the labor, it is not more severe than the common out-door work in this region. (D — What has become of tho Erio Observer? A copy has not reached this city for two weeks past.—Reading Gazette. ' "What has become of The Erie Observer," indeed! Why, hero we are, good cousin, alive and kicking, and if our pockets aro riot exactly "full of rocks," it's not our fault, that's certain. nut as to the two numbers spoken of, we certrinly can't tell, unless some of the dolphin Posttnnsters have taken them for interest. Our Reading packages were duly nailed —that we know! However, we have sent the missing numbers spin, and they will most likely arrive this time safe, unless they tie should "fall among thieves." What is Said of Him at Home. 'One of the moat determined of the Santhern co-labor ers of Seward Hale, Gindings &Co., against the "com promise" is - Taylor-Democratic Senator from Ala home, Hon. Jere. Clemons. One would suppose, from the tone of this redoubtable southern fire-eater. that the whole of Alabama, and a portion of the "rest of man- Mad". to boot, approved of his factious course. But not so. Here is what the Wetumpka Gazette. d r eli a bl e Democratic paper. says of the compatriot of Seward &Co. "The more we witness of the action/ of this imbecile and disreputable individual, the more contempt we en tertain for him. and greeter do we think the disgrace on the fair fame and credit of Alabama. All onr readers are aware of the treachery sad falsehoodshaed; by him in his election at Montgomery. and by the Whigs of -this State, combined with a taw Democrats, who had not the firmness to resist the influence of their drunice!n associa tions." LETTERS PROM EUROPE. Corriskmdenes qj the Erie Obsereer. rants, May 1, 1850 DEAR FRANIC.—fa my letter of last week I spoke of the approaching election of a member of the National Assembly, and laid something of the Interest which was manifested by all parties In the result. The link has , parsed, and that too in perfect quiet, and the result is that Eugene Sue is elected by ten or twelve thousand majority. In view of this "L 4 Prins," ono of the most influential of the Democratic journals, says this morning, "The people, we do not doubt, at this election as at that of the 10th of March, will continuo to preserve the sur name which they have merited, that of the 'Party of Or der.' On the 2d Of May, as on the 15th of March, they will abstain from going to the Hotel de Ville so as to fur nish no collision, no pretext, no occasion. It is by the maintenance of order that yen will acquire the plentituda of Liberty." Much more is added in the amino strain.— ..La Adria" a journal in t h e interest of government, hasn long article in which it tries to prove that the late victory is a victory of Cs:mountain rat i ter than Republi- C 1111111: and gees on to say—..then we mud combat to the teat, and every day every minute, by all means, le gal and illegal" (mark that) "Communism. If it is the strongest, our attukt will beptiaisliJil with death, that is true; but if we - di nut attack it, if we allow it to tri umph peaceably, Coininanisin will be the ruin of society and we will perish with it." In another article upon the election, the same paper says: "Ii is a fact that ever government, if it was tested by vote, has naturally a ma jority of the governed against it. It is a fact that the number of discontented in society is always superior to the number of contented." Another paper of the same ilk says, "Heti° we, about to commit suicide it is our duty to prevent the self. murder. Now universal suffrage is the suicidal arm of France, and it is the duty of the government to do away with this." These extracts from tho papers' form only a tithe of what they say of this election. Ido not know as you will be interested in them, but thinking you might like to hear the opinions of ,our brothers of the quill in this country, I send them. Ono thing perhaps needs an ex planation, and that is the remarks of ••La Presse," about the Hotel de Villa. It is here that the President pro claims the result of ihe elections, and as it is always en easy matter in such a city as Paris to collect a crocid . The papers are wive in advising the people to stay. away because it is strongly sumected that the government would be only too happy could it provoke the people to an insurrection. As for the opinion of the journals I have quoted, I uoed say nothing for they have spoken (althorn melees. Tho great question to be solved is this—are these peo ple capable of governing themselves? If they aro no power on earth can over again seat a King on the Tuil logics. On the other hand, if the nation is to be a con tinned prey to:domestic feuds and dissentious as long es the principle of self-government is being tested, then some strong arm will seize the reins and Franco will own ens mono sovereign. But does not the conduct of the people give us the right to hope? Do they not bear the potty tyranny of these men whom they themselves have elected to administer the laws more patiently than one might expect? Above all, have they not made a greet progress towards the acquirement of real liberty? They hold in their hunds now it Weapon more potent in pro• clueing a revolution than the sword or bayonet, and this weapon is universal suffrage! if they have only the pa tience to wait, the lawful action of this will produce as glorious a revolution as the world oversaw—for it will be a bloodless one—yet mare . a revolution. In America you cannot judge of events here as they should be estimated. You do not see the people ground down and debased by a bondage ef centuries, themselves rendered miserable merely to gratify a privileged few.— You do not see these gorgeous - palaces upon which mil lions have been expended for no other object than to gratify the caprice of the MAU whose fool was upon the necks of his people. You do not see these potty acts of tyranny which have been handed down front generation to generation as the prerogative of tho rules which the Officers of n republic do not scruple to employ. You do not see the oubvereion of the liberty of the press. These and a thousand other things of a like nature you cannot see on your shores; and yet, to form a correct judgment of this people and of their actions. these things must be ,'aeon. There is a brighter day in store for Faaneo than she has yet seen, and it will come when the people can comprehend the word liberty in tho fullest extent of its signification. Then thee will grasp it, and long may they live to enjoy it. Adieu. DOCTUELL. Mr. Clay and the President's "Plan." Some of the whig papers have made a grand discovery, whidlt in the political world. throws that of Paine, iu the scientific, completely in the glade. Wa recollect when, In the eyes of a whig, Henry Clay was a political Saint, sage, patriot, antenatal', of such transcendent pu rity that the characters of all other political men paled before the brightness of his sun. Now,. however.• they have made the grand diScovery that this annul Henry Clay has "(twits." actual, tangible. glaring "faults." One of these "discoverers" says that, "in common with the majority of Northern whigs wo have ever regarded Mr. Clay with foaling. of the highest respect, and have bzett disposed to palliate and forget his faults whenever it has boon apparent as at present that his ardent impulses have overborne his judgment. But this attempt to brow be ct the administration into a support of a compromise which is inimical to the interests of freedom and repug nant to the majority of the people of the Union, we can not regard es statesman-like or becoming." Hero then is the key to unlock the secret of this grand "discovery" of "conscience - whigery." ; Mr. Clay won't yield his judgment to the dictation of the Cabinet—" Mr. Clay, in his eager and over-reaching desire to see this question settled," comes in contact with the political schemes of Gen. Taylor's keepers—tho "seven wise mon in bnck ram"—whoso public life depends upoti the whole subject being kept open *to stir up sectional strife and fraternal feeds—and hence the whole kennel of whig newspoper dom."Tray, Blanche, and Sweetheart."are set upon him. Not one of Gen. Taylor's three hundred pledges to Free SOB. obeys the dictates of his mister with more alacrity than a majority of the w:tig press of the North do the behests of the Cabinet in abusing Clay. But what is Clay's offence—where is the sin committed?—where is the fault? The quotation we have made answers the question fully and fairly. Mr. Clay disagrees with _the Administration, and that in construed into an attempt to "brow-beat." To "brow-beat" indeed! How long is it since "conscience whigery" was loud and bitter in de nouncing the President for interfering with legislation— for employing hie power and patronage to carry out his views! But now 'a "wonderful change has been going on in the public mind," we suppose, for wo these same gentlemen who denounced Gon. Jacketed, Mr. Van Buren and Mr. Polk, so unmercifully for their Executive interference, condemning Mr. Clay because ho will 'not yield to the influence of the tabul that surrounded the White House! A most consistent and appropriate conclu sion to a most shameful piece of demagogueism. we must confess. - We era no defender of Mr. Clay's politi cal sins, for such sins ho has committed, and grievous ones too—we only wish to hold the intonsistencies of the whig party up as they are, and they were never more glaring than in this caused° against him. So far from Mr. Clay. or those in the Senate who believe with him upon this question. attempting to "browbeat" the Press idea, the friends of the President are attempting to"brow beat" him. Mr. Clay saw this. and indignant that the professions of hie party in regard to "Executive interfe • rence" s:lould so soon be forgotten, and the whole weight of the Administration thrown Into the scale to defeat a settlement of the questions which are distracting the country. he dared the friends of the President's plan to the issue. The sympathies ,of the great mass of the whlgs will be with Mr. Clay—af that there is ne ques tion. ll7The Fredonia Censor expresses some doubt wheth er the New York and Erie Railroad will be extended to this place: We have heard of people who doubted their own existence; but always supposed them more fit for a med-house. than the Editorial chair. It appears, though. that this Supposition is mot received is New York. LETTERS. FROM CALIFORNIA Correspondence of the Erie °beery*? Smr b'iterct'sco, March 30, 1850 DEAR FRANK.—here we aro at last in the metropolis of the great State of California, where everything you See and hoar is so utterly astonishing and confounding, that you hardly know what to think or believe. The world has never witaessad anything to egosl or even compare with it. Gold and gambling, mud and marchandize, politics and religion, speculation and bankruptcy. murder and suicide, aro tha order of the day. It is fast becoming a groat and important city. Lumber and all kinds of build ing materials aro cheap, and the rapidity with which houses are constructed almost surpasses belief. Vessels of every class and of the largest size, steamers, ships, brigs, and barques, with thousands of small craft swarm in the bay and rivers, and present an uppoarance almost equal to the metropolis of the United totes. Money is plenty, labor high, and trade flourishing. ho gold mines are saidio be as productive as over; new diggings are continually being discovered, equally as prolific as any that have been foulid and wrought, but to average. "aim ounce" a day requires the strong arm, and hardy con stitution of man immured to labor. This city is situated six miles from the ocean, on tho bay formed by the wa ters of the Sacramento and San Joegnin. The cite is handmtne and commanding, being on an inclined plane, about ono milo in extent from the waters edge to the hills in the rear. The ebbing and flowing of the tides here aro very singular and peculiar. They ore sufficient to bring a vessel to anchorage in front of the the town, and curry it out again, without the assistance of wind, and even against an uulavorable one. But tho most curious and amusing thing is. the various styles of architecture. itlansions of considerable pretension to taste and elegance. Maud side by side with an adobe hut of Nlexicau fashion; shanties of rough ,boards, houses of canvass, arbors of bushes, and huts of bark are all mingled together, con tuinings once specimens of the human race, either from the States, from South America, Irons Asia and Africa, or from the islands of the Pacific; for every part and portion of the earth have their representatives here, and hero too the worst passions of the whole mass appear to have con centrated, and been lot loose. 'rho climate, about which so much has boon said and written, is undoubtedly the vorst and most disagreeable under heaven. The mornings open with a cold, heavy fog and frost, which gnaws you to the very bones, and so continues until about 10 A. M., when the sun appears. and you' feel comfortable for a couple of hours, then snc ceeds the eastern and north-eastern gales. with clouds of dust,'which are exceedingly chilly and cold; evening and night ensue with fogs and cold again. The variation in the atmosphere, however, is not so, great—;-the thermom eter ranging from 55 to 75 Fah'. it is the values of the ' rivers that aro the most delightful, and fruitful portions of California. These produce nearly all the cereal grains, Indian corn and many of the tropical fruits, but even here the tong continued droughts of summer, operate as a continual drawback on their productiveness and pros peiity, and not unfrequontly produce great suffering and destruction among the immense herds of cattle which are every where to be found. 'fito legislature is still in session at San Jose, and its members are busily -engaged in making laws for the government of the people, ore dividing tho State into districts' and counties, and 'providing for the election of county and state officers; The great seal of the state adopted the other day. is, all in all, rather good. Around the edge of the ring aro represented thirty-one stars, be— ing the number of states composing the Union, upon the admission of California. The figure in the foreground represents the Goddess MinCrva, having sprung full grown from the brain of Jupiter; she, is introduced as a type of the political birth of ( California without basing gonirthrough the probation of a territory.. A grizl bear crouches at her feet, foedink on clusters of grapes n with the elieuf of wheat, aro emblematic of the produc tiveness of the country. A miner, with his rocker and pan at his side. illustrates thus golden wreath, ,while on the bay and rivers .(:ro seen shipping, typical of comMer cial 'greatness, and the snow-clad sainni its of the Sierra Nevada fill up the back ground. Tho motto is ~"Eurek is" (1 have found it). If California bo not speedily admitted into the Union, a strong effort will be made to erect an independent re public, consisting of Oregon. Upper and Lower Colifor nia, which will in a short time become a groat ruling power on the Pacific. I shall take a cruise through the mines soon, and favor you with my impressions. YOur's truly. = MEVICO. MOVELMNES RIVER, -MIDDLE BAR, Alta Cahforuiu, April 12. 1850. DEAR Friasa.--Leaving San Francisco, wo engaged passage on board' the little steamer, Capt. Sutter, which propelled us up the river San Joaquin, at the rate of five miles poi hour, for the distance of 150 miles, which Lind ed us at the city Of SMcitton the liea l d of stearrilio at nav• igation during the i lair, Beeson. In' tho dry season this riven is rver is navigablo but or a few leagues, and then' only for small craft. It is deep, narrow, very tortuous iti its course, wills no banks or hint!), with nothing to re lieve the eye. or vary the monotony of the acbno, but im mense swamps of reeds and cane, and marshes of tall grass. As you ascend, it turns to the south, and receives many- important tributaries. The Moquelinnes,The Cal everus,-the Stanislaus, the Tuolumne, the Mariposa, the Mercedes, and several smaller branches. The climate of the valleys of these rivers is more equable and salu brious than any portion of California. The cold north erly winds retain their freshness and purity, tint, have become warm, pleasant and less violent; yet being con fined between two ranges of mountains, the coast range. and the Sierra Nevada, renders it exceedingly hot and uncomfortable during the summer months. The ther mometer ranging higher than in the torrid zone. Stock• I t a n is t h e principal depot for tho southern mines, and from it roads or trails branch out to the various camps and digging, which are distant from 40 to 70 miles. On the Moquelmnes aro three camps, Upper, Middle and Lower bars, distant from . Stockton 50 miles; on the Cale yarns, are four, on the Stanislads and tributaries are eight, on the Tuolumne and branches are ten, en the Mariposa four or five, on the Mercedes and King's rive r several others not distinctly known or named. These camps are composed from every tribe, kingdom and na tion under the sun, and vary in number from a hundred to a thousand persona. Though these aro not all, yet they constitute the principle part of what is known as the south ern mines. The great difficulty in mining successfully consists, in the duration of the rainy season, the lung continuance of high waters front the molting of the snow on the mountains, the intense heat of the summer, the severity of the labor, and the uncertainty attending your location. You can daily see mon Staking ofFtlieir claims within few a yards !of each other, and after sinking their pits many feet deep, one may Ulu; out malty ounces and oven pounds of gold, iu a few days, while the other will scarcely make his expenses. Yet there is uo country in tho world where money can be made so easily, so,abun dandy, and so surely, no matter in what business a per son may engage. TIM very spirit engendered by, the' luck 'connected with gold digging, seems to infuse into every ono a disposition for drinking and gambling; and every arbor, tent and eating-house. daily and nightly pre sent scenes which aro witnessed no whore else, and are impossible to describe. In the mining region gold is found in three distinct deposits, in beds of sand and gra. vel; among decomposed granite; and intermixed with talcose slate. The largest pieces and lumps, are found io the ravines and gulches of the mountains, among the tik es. slate rocks; the scales and smaller pieces aro mixed with the sand and gravel ori the surface, and to the depth of several feet on the bars and beds of the'rive re. All large specimens exhibit a fused appearance, and some have small particles of quarts imbedded in them. while others are amalgamated; every thing denoting groat vol canic action. In fact gold can be' found in the bed of any mountain stream whore the bills on either side, are of a reddish gravelly clay, and the slate formation creeps oot in the bed of the gully; and the geological features of the whole country are nearly the same for several degrees' of latitude, and from the river to the Main range of the snowy mountains. But In truth the precious metal is distribu ted so singularly, it knocks, all science. all inference. all calculation, all geological and minerological know:ter, to Jerico; because it has been fotind on the tops, on aides, and at the foot of tho mountains; at the rnct ,n the mu2e, and the sources of the rivers; itte,,,d, where in greater or lees abundance. All reports, 4 4 precouceiVed opinions, however, in regard to Califon,,, are nothing, When compared with the acutalreallty. have yet only arrived at the surface; when Ameriqt energy, science and skill are brought fully to bear oa t! , . 1 rescources and capabilities of this country, the derelope, snouts will astonish and surpass more than the wad tst and moat sanguine imagination ever conceived, t At no distant day wealthy and scientific capint r , will cause the numerous mountain, gorges, and deep ravines, where now is heard the faint stroke of the p t i ()fame lonely miner, to resound with the roar and ps4 of the steam engine, and the retort and the fardsce displace the tinpan and the cradle, and not till then ass any adequate idea be formed of the immense riches et; mineral wealth of California. Your's A:c. MEDICO. Able, Dignified and Honest These aro the cant phrases by which the Tayhoe pre, hereabouts, and, indeed, everywhere for that matter..., weekly applying to the Galphia Administration et Ingle). "Ills Administration." nay they, "has been tilt dignified and honest, and while much may be said see: dicating the original popular estimate of his qualities f i head and heart, no testimony can be adduced imp ett i,.. ing his good sense and stern integrity." Do such vr.. Lora believe the people fools? Do they imagine the.: own partymen blind to the facts daily developing-them. selves at Washington going to show that a more corrupt, imbecile, and profligate dynasty never dishonored th e country, or brought shame upon its supporters! G m Taslor's administration "able, dignified and honest!”— Pahaw: Ten such stuff to those that can't read, but dos': print it and expect it to find believers among a'readwi community! Why,`zthe very first act of Gen. Teqlor, after assuming the functions of Chief Magistrate, pror t i beyond a cavil or doubt that he possessed- neither "ability" nor the "dignity" for an Eiecutivo of the het. led States. We all recollect that immediately after L, installation in office, it was proclaimed that he would re. ccivo no papers, nor petitions, nor applications relating ti business of any kind connected With his office; and thu all business must be referred, in the first installed, to ti t head of the department having it in charge; thus sin:. ally acknowledging his incbmpetency to discharge :1., duties assigned him by the constitution he had sworn :1 support, and the people who placed confidence in hi, tegrity. The people found that, instead of a PreaLlen. responsible to them for the faithful performance . o! Sa duty, they were turned over to an irrisponsible politaS cabal, whose chief aim has been to Thunder the Tress. ury, and fill the pockets of relatives and favorite frierule But this is not all. This cabal, under the name of h, Cabinet—his constitutional advisers—have made Gen Taylor believe that, in all cabinet councils, he possessed no more power and dignity as President of the Unite: States than any one of its other mlnibers= that all were, in the cabinet conclave, on terms of equality, each hat , ing an equal voice lit - its deliberations, and the Presideat no more voice than the others. And such was the se- Mill practice of the cabinet, until the fact came to di/ public ear, and the practice received public condemn. lion and rebuke. Indeed; the fact was well-hnera ac not deniid, that Gcn. Taylor, in the simpllty and meal. ness of his character, admitted that he voted upon eqszi terms with his cabinet ministers in the cabinet mat , . and gave as a reason to his political friends why thtyii 'not get the appointments which they desired. gut &CIS roted dawn by the majority of the cabinet. tie, she, ES well understood, iii the verdancy of his nature, liker.e: his eabin - et to a court martial, in which every rntcibc• had an equal voice-. Long ago, therefore, he li induced to abdicate, sad had actually At/ 1 11111P, TEE 111011 I/CI - IFS OF MS OFFICE TO HIS C.II3IIIET Titus Iles a virtual and substantiol revolution beep erect.. ed in this government, by which en irrisponsible cabins: conclave is substituted fora responsible Executive. a necessary result front the incapacity and hie:fieriest. of Gen. ,Tay for, a ho is, in consequence of such i le! p uc and experience, compelled to depend upon 0'1(7'1E: the eieention of hiS own high official function!. .tr. thus Me cabinet. in fact, is s ibc Prcsidcnt, in violation .1 both the letter and the spirit of the constitution. "Au able, dignified and honest Administration," thie--with vengeance, is it not render? But thin IS rot vii. W. : find one ado membc . rs of this "honest" Adminisnat:::it —the Secretary of War--plundering the Treasury to it, tune; of one hundred and forty-two thousand dollars ty menus of an opinion given by another member, the A torney General, against law, precedent nod the Jere .i of the proper accounting officers of this and the previous Administration!' So notorious . is this fact that mast 01 the t 1 poro shrewd and knowing of the wing papers sal J . oolittclang, are loud in denouncing the whole transaetico I indeed the whole Cabinet. •'Able, dignified et.l I honest," forso . ath!—that song won't do: Messrs. Whig., you- must get up some other programme! ' ' • A Growl from the Fillmore Organ. The Daily State Register, a new whig paper printed at Albany, the organ of the Fillmore branch of whtgery, speaks of the letters of Vilushington correspoddents at whig papers, that attack Messrs. Webster and Clay, es "wicked and unprincipled communications, and their eu• duns as little better than hired assassins, or pensioned :a condiaries;" it views their "letters as poisoned arrows and fire-brands thrown into the whig camp by the tools of men who aro plotting its destruction." Thera is a good time coming, wait a little longer. The Little Dears At Memphis, Tennessee, the race courses are fined up with a ladies' stand, attached to which is a patbr with female attendants, delicate juleps, smashers, &c. Ladies there likewise attend the cock-fights, tad crow leudly when their bird is victorious. A very Sensible Conclusion. , A recorder in New Orleans has decided that when 3 man lives with a woman, her furniture may be seized for his debts—"otherwise," quoth his Honor, •the at omols will be presented of a party enjoying the sweets A a married life without incurrying its responsibilitiesA The Compromise. The Washigton Union publishes letters from R. J. 'Walker, late Secretary of the Treasury; David Stewart. of Maryland; and Gen. Waddy Thompson, of South Carolina. all warmly, in favor of the compromise bill now before the Senate. A similar letter has also been re ceived from Cave Johnson, of Tennessee. Mr. Walk er says that he has retired wholly from political life, smi indends to devote himself to his profession for the remain• der of his days. lie says such a compromise would here received the support of President Polk, of whom he says. there was uo snore devoted supporter of the Union. Rather Fast. The Evening Journal says it has "followed Mr. (IC! more then thirty years," and shall follow him no longer. To which tho Rochester American replies: "Mr. \ Clay •has been followed' by many who wished office at his hands, and by some who aimed to betray him. The , best'counse is to do whit is right, and 'follow' ao man." New York and Erie Railroad. The summer arrangement of the Erie Railroad com- menced ou Monday the 27th inst. The Morning Er press train leaves Geneva ti.V steamer Ben. Loder at 53 A. M:, arriving in New York, 9.45 P. M. The night Express train leaves Geneva at i past 3in the afternoon. arriving at New York at 9 the next morning. The com pany have also on an Express Freight train, by which merchandize will be delivered at Geneva in two days from Now York. IT We see that our friend, the. ",Mejor.'laf"Broal , ' s Hotel." hes "come out" with n, new carriage for h-i House. On each panne!. may be seen his portrait Which, if not as large as life, is "twico as Astor/al." It is so good a likeness. indeed, that IVO actually (turned round and said "no thank you." thinking we heard it ask us up to "take something." • El" The Democratic State Convention of Blaryland. held at Baltimore. on Saturday last. nominated Enoch L. LoOo as the candidate for Governor.
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