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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
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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.
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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.