most, has had its open' g with three years of despera tion, miserable misrule, nd military despotism." Again: "It Is useless or mo to remind you that you have no other then a military government to you_ the civil laws with, wine you came into the Union, (and under which you and yo r ancestors have Ilved.for two centuries.) What other Executive have Wm bat tbe com- • mender of the troops in'New.Mexico? boos he not Itit solutely control all the civil establishments of your coil a try?, Is there a civil officer hitholde his office by coin mfailon from the military officer during his will and plea aural Has ho not Indeed assumed, to order the courts whom to bring to trial, and in every way to prescribe their jurisdiction? And whenthe.Seciotary of War commands idm not to interfere, orrevent the officers front Texas to exercise their commis ions fn your Territory, can that it be called a neutrality ? I it not a virtual abandonment of the government?" Mr. Clay. Mr. President. with regard to 'Utah there is no government whatever;, unless it is such as necessity has, prompted the Nimmons to institute ; and when you , come to New Mexico whet government have you? A military goveenmeets by i, t lieutenant cejonet of the army! A lieutenant colotielsa ero subordinate of the United States, holds, the 'govolemiental eowor there. in a time - of profound peace. Steed up whig who can—stand up. Democrat who can. andidefond the establishment of a military government in ithis free lied glorious republic in a time of profound peace: Sir, we had doubts /about the authority of the late! President to do this in tune of weir. and it was cast as .st reproach against him. But here, in a time of rofound peace, it is proposed by the higheit authority, that this government, that_ this military governmitnt--and by what anthority, it has continued since peace ensued I know not— should be continued indefinitely, till New Mexico is prepared to come as a State into the Union.r And when wilt that be? Therere now about ten thousand I I peitple • there, compoee of Americans, Spaniards, and Mexicans, and ab ut 80,000 or 90,000 Indians, civilized, uncivilized, half civilized, and barbarous people, and when will they be ready to come in as a State? I, Sir, I say it under a full sense of the' respon sibility of my position, that if to-morrow, with such a population, and such a Iconstitution as such a popu lation might make, they were to come here for ad mission as a state, I for one would not vote for it.— It would be lidiculous,l, it would be farcical, it would bring into contempt the grave matter of forming commonwealths as soverig,n members of this glori ous - Union. She has no population in sufficient numbers morally capable of self-government; nor will she have for many years to come such a popu lation as will make it proper to admit her as a State: And yet the plan of the President is' to leave this military government under this lieutenant colonel in full operation, declaring as he does, in opposition to evidence, that they have a very good government there now. 1 ( But what sort of a government does this lieuten ant colonel placed over them administer, to his subjects? Why, I suppose one of the greatest and first duties ofxovernimeht is to give protection to the people,, to git'e defence to the' Territory which he governs, and to repel invasion from ' the limits of the Cott i ntry., And how does this military commander, pang as l it is said 'tinder the authority of the Secretary of War, behave upon thfirst approech of anm invasion? While comis eic/ nett are sent there as pihneers in the work of bring in all that part of Netv'Mexico on this side of the Rio del Norte under theitithority of Texas as the s territory of Texas, what does this military governor do, or propose to do, to: protect those people and re pel invasion, and to protect the domain? lie says he means to be neutral; and has instructions from headquarters to be neutral in this contest between the people of Santa Fe'or New Mexico and Texas! The governor of this people, who are opposed, to the jurisdiction of Texas, says he means to take no part with those whom he governs, but to lease them to fight it out as well as they can with the power of Texts. What American can say that, under the circumstances, this course is justifiable; ate l what will become of the sacred obligations of t le treaty Hidalgo? Of all the honorable distinctions which characterize man in his social and aggregate, or his individual character, that of good faith, of the lion citable fulfillment of obligations, and the observance of contracts in private life, and of treaties in public • life, is one which commends itself most to the ap probation of enligtened mankind. Hero we have a provision in this treaty staring us in the face, requirs ing us to extend the protection of government to the people Of Utah and New Mexico. ' We are told we may safely—it is not said, ''admit, in terms, but it is in effect—we may withdraw from the fulfillment of our obligations, and leave this people to them selves, to work out their own happiness and salva tion in such way as they can! , In what circumstances Will this country be if Congress adjourns without &settlement of this boun dary question,. and withimt establishing Territorial governments for Utah and New Mexico? In what condition would the people of New Mexico be emit of the Rio del Norte in their conflict with Texas?— Sir, I need not remind you of what every body knows of the settled dislike, the insuperable antipathy exist ing on'the part of the people of New Mexico towards Texas, denouncing and denying ber authority, con travening. the existence of her JaWe, and ready, if they had the power to do it, to resist her claim of jurisdiction to the last extremity. And yet they are to be left to take care of themselves. They have got a government good enough for them! Mr. Presidert; - that itli hot my conception of my duty as-an Arderican leg gy islator. My duty tells me to perform what wo have promised to perform: my duty tells me to extend 6 this people in Utah end Nati? Mexico the benefits of that supreme authority residing in the city of Mexico which - they had when they constituted a part,Of the republic of *Mexico; but which, when they came to us. promised to extend to them from WashingtOn, on our part. That is on our part. That is my conception of duty, amid I will undertake to perforin it, if I can. If I cannot do it on account of t)ie Wilmot proviso, or if, as the result of any obstacle that may be thrown in the way, I cannot accomplish what I deem my duty, I shall stand acquitted• in the sight of God and my own con science; I shall be irreproachable as to any deliber ate neglect, even if I fail in the attempt to perform • my duty. . - I will close this part of what:l have to say by grouping, Comparing, and contrasting the featuree of the respective plans of 'the Executive and theUum mittee, which I shall be glad if_the Reporters will publish in parallel cbluntns: ' The "President's plan\ The Committee's plan proposes an adjustment of i reccommends an amicable only one of the five sub s 'settlement of all five of juctsWhich agitate and di- then'. • r vide the country. i t -The President's plan prosea the admission of California as a State. He proposes non-inter vention as to slavery. But he proposes further non-intervention in the establishment of 'Polito povernments; that Is to, say, that, we shall neglect' to execute the obligation of the'United State in the, treaty of Hidalgo—fail to', govern those Whom we are! bound to govern—leavel them without the proteo of the civil authority of any General government' —leave Utah without anv C government at all, but that which the Mormons may institute—and leave New Mexico under the military government of &lieutenant colonel. His plan fails to estab. fish the - . limits of New Mexico east of the Rio Grande, and would expose the people who inhabit it, to civil war. already threw toned, with Texas. . He proposes no adjust ment oc the fugitive slave subject: Ho proposes no ar rangement of 41,1ie subj9et of slave trade in thy Dis trict of Colunibie. Thum of On' five sub jects of. disturbance and "agitatiurto—to Pia, Territorial ( :overt). That of the committee 'also propmes the admis sion of California as a 'State. They also propse non intervention as to slavery. _ . They propose action and intervention by the estab lishment of civil govern • i inents for the Territories, iin conformity with treaty and constitutional oblige itiona, To give the sup: erintending, and control- Iling power of our Gener al Government, in place of that Mexico which .they have lost; and to substitute a civil instead of that mil itary government:which declares it will assume an attitude of neutrality in the boundary contest be tween New Mexico and Texai. Theirs proposes a set ,tlement of the boundary question, and, being set itled a civil war with Tex as would be averted. They after amendments which wain:alas the recov lery of fugitives - more ef fectual, and at rho 'came time, it is believed. will be generally satisfactory to the.north. They propose to inter. 'District, the slave tradein the 'District, and to leave sla very there undisturbed. !They propose to adjust all five of them on a basis ,which it is confidentally believed, is just,. fait', manta, the boundary ques tion with Texas, the fugi tive bill, and the subject, of slavery in the - District-- flit Plan settles but:one leaving the other Oar un adjusted, to flame and eit &operate the public, mind, feae, more than ever. Under his 'plan, one par ty, flushed with success in he admission of c:Atlifur. nia alone, will contend, with new hopei and fresh rigor, for the apillication of the Wilmot previso to all the remaining territory Whilst the other party, provoked and chagrined by obtaining no concession whatever, may be urged and animated to extrem; and greater lengths tha,i have been yet manifeziteil Whilst the President's Is confined to a single measure, leaving tit) goOritinauts of Utah and New Mexico unsettled, another, and one of the most irri tating questions, is left by him, without any recom mendation or any provision, to harms and exasper ate the country. - Ile fails to reccommend any plan for the settle ment of the important and vexatious subject of fugi tive slaves. lie proposes n plan of settlement of the agitating questions which arise out of this sub - ject. I will repeat, let hint who can, stand up here and tell the country, and satisfy his owls conscience —when the whole' country is calling out for peace, peace, peace; when it is imploring its rulers above and its rulers below to bring once more to this agi tated and distracted people some broad and compre hensive scheme of healing, and settle all these ques tions which agitate this afflicted people—let any man who can, not in the public press, but in the of the United States, stand up and show that the plan which is proposed by Executive authority is such a one as is demanded by,the necessities of the case and the condition of the country. I should be glad to hear that man. Ay, Mr. President, I wish 1 had the mental-power commensurate with my fervent wishes fur the adjustment of these unhappy questions, commensurate to urge updn you and upon the country forbearance, conciliation, the surrender of the' extreme opinions, the avoidance of attempting impossibilities. Sir, I know there is a floating idea in the South ern mind, such as we. have heard before, of the ne cessity of an equilibrium of power between the two sections of the Union—of a balancing authority.— However desirable Stich a state of political arrange ment might be. we all know it is utterly impractica ble. We know that the rapid growth and unparalleled progress of the Northern portion of this country is such that it is impossibld for the South to keep pace with it; and unless the order of all republics shall be reversed, and the majwity shall be governed by the minority, the equilibrium is unattainable. But, sir, because there is not and cannot be, and in the nature of things it is impossible that there should be, this equilibrium of power between the two sections of this country, does it therefore follow that the Southern portion is in any danger with respect to the great in stitution which exists there, ' and is cherished with so much solicitude? I think not. I believe not. All ap prehensions of danger are founded on flagrant abuses of power; and the possibility of such abuses would prevent all invest - ment of power, since no human power is free firm the d. nger of abuse. But vhat are'the securities for the maintenance of Southern rights Connected with that peculiar in- stitution. In the first place, there is that sense of truth that "sense of justice„which appertains to en lightened man, to christian man. In the.next place, there is the constitution of the United States, .with the oath which all take to abide by that constitution. Next, there is a necessity. fur the concurrence of both branches of Congress before any act of legisla tion, inflicting a wrong upon that Southern portion of the country, could take place. Then there is the veto of the President of the United Stites, applica ble to any unconstitutional legislation which might take place in reference to that institution. ' Last of all, with • regard to,peaceful and civil remedies, there is the Supreme Court ol the United States, ready to pronounce the antittlinent of any Unconstitutional law which might unconstitutionally impair such rights; and there is also a sense of responsibility on the part:of Senators and Representatives to their con stituHts. 13110054 though I trust in God the occa sion for its exercise will never arise, there is that right of resort to wino and to make fnreible root." tance when Oppression and tyranny.become insup portable. Nor id this great interest of the Scuth, this insti tution of slavery, the only one to be affected by the fact that it is a minority. Is it peculiar to that in terest? No, air. How is it with the fishing interest? How with the navigating interest? They are both greatly in the minority, How is It with the matt ; uhicturing interest? In the minority. How is it with the commercial interest? In the minority. In short, without continuing the enumeration, every interest in this country is in the minority, except the great sod all-pervading interest of agriculture, which extends tru,.;.• one end of the country to the other. We Must be 'reeonciled to the condition which is inevitable. There is as reasonable secu rity against any abuses which may be in2;eted in the progress of events, which you can no more ar rest than you can seize and hold the beams million are poured from that great luminary of thel system of which we compose a part, or than you can stop on its onward course the flowing of the Mississippi riv er, and compel it to turn back to its sources in the Rocky and Allegheny mountains. It is utterly vain to suppose you con acquire that equilibrium of which we have heard so much, between the slave holding and the non-slaveholding portions of the Union. It is not necessary, I hope; it is nut necessary, I be lieve; but whether it is or not, it is unattainable, by the operation of causes beyond all human or earthly control. And to oppose the immutable and, irrevo cable laws of population and of Nature is equivoient to a demand for the severance of the Union: I conclude by repeating that here are five wounds which by the, committee of compromise are proposed to be closed. Sir, I know whet may be said. I know it will be said'tliat agitators will, even after the passage of all these measures; continue to agi tate; that, the two extremes wilt still cry out for their respective favorite measures; that the Wilmot proviso, althongh Teriitorial Governments' will be established, will be pressed, to be added by a supple mentary act, or to be incorporated in the . constitu tions with these Territories to he estalathed. I know it' ay be/urged—indeed, I have heard it stated on this floor, "Pass all your measures and we will cry nut for repeal." I know something,' I think, of the nature amen. I know something o, the nature of my own countrymen. I speak also, with the - mi= therity and with the aid of history At the time I\ of the memorable Missouri compro ise, as at this —and I have been'onable to determirt 113 my own mind whether More solicitude and a xiety existed then than now—the whole country w s in a ' up roar, on the one side, for the admissiot of Ni s ouri, and the other for her exclusion. } very le isle tire tire body throughout the country—l believe , "'ere were twenty dour then—had denounced or approved the measure of the admission of Missouri., Tint measure was finally carried by a small ma jority; only six in the House of Representatives where the great struggle, where the lung continued exertion was carried on. And what were the 'con sequences, ,the tranquilizing consequeribes which ensued throughout this distracted country? Tho act was every where received with joy and exultation and triumph; and'the man who would have dared to interrupt the universal and deep felt and all-perva ding harmony. which prevailed throughout the coun try in conseq uence of that adjustment, would have stood rebuke and reptidiated and reproached by the voice of hiti . eountrYmen. 'Arid I venture to say if this Meatoire ''of 'compromise 'ltoes to' the - thmittry with all thehigh sanctions which It may carry— sanctions of both .Houses of Congress and bt-the Executive, and of the great body -of the Atner , oan people.. - to a country bleeding at every, pore,, to.a country imploring us to settle their, difftcultiesi.ped give once' more peace' ted and to theme' I yea - ture to -say that the. agitation _wilr he at an End, though a few may croak and haWoo as they please. ,• There are a few miserable Men who live ono» agi tation, Meo : who ate never-satisfied/until they can place themselves:al the head of a little clique of agi tators, and, fastening-them to their ,tails, go to the Democratic party and say, "take me, I am a good Democrat, and I will bring to you this capital which I have, and ensure your Faeces-Iqt' or go to the Anditoßorabie, and will be intilfactory to the people of the United Mutes. They [offer the olive brancnpf peace, harmony, and trenquilty. • . Under their plan, all questions being settled in in a spirit of mutual con cession and compromise ,there will be- general ac quiescence, if not satis faction: and the whole country Wlll enjoy once more he blesing of domes. tic pe ce, concord, and re concil pilots. Vlihig party and say. "take this little balancing pow er.which 1 possess,. and I will enable your party to triumph over their adversaries." I venture, to say_ they will be hushed into silence birthe ,indignation• they will meet every where]-in their vain and .futile attempt to prOloog that agitatliM Which liar threat ehed this country with the most driadful calamity which in alt the dispensations of God could bora iW Or, lam done. ' I would say much more,' but j; cannot longer treapais on your tune. I did not ex pect to have said so much, and my physical powers will not permit me to say more. (grit lUttitlq Olprutt. E.R.I SATURDAY MORNING. JUNE a, 1850. Mr. Clay's Speed'. Mr. Clay's speech, eiposing' the inadequacy of The President's plan respecting the territorial question, makes a dreadful rattling among the ramp followers of. the ad ministration. It is an able, patriotic and cliclusivil monstration of the imbecility', or hypocrisy, of the nixtion al executive and his cabinet. We republish the portion of it which relates to the President's project, and hope our readers will not fill to poke It Into the face of every 000 of their Zxcharito neighbors. The Democratic State Convention. Although it is now over a week since the State Con vention mot, we are still without any authentic account of the proceedings. We. beg leave to suggest that the neat convention be held at Bloodtown: in Forrest county—. we shall then !cover expect to' got the Proceedings or hear the result, and thus will not be subject to disappointment as in the present ease.- But this aside—the convention we behove succeeded in making tlio following nomina tions: Wm. T. Monntsos. Esq., of .Montgomery, for Canal Commissioner; Gas. EPHRiltil BANKS, of Mifflin, for Auditor General; and Col. J. P. Brtswaty, of .Craw ford, for Surveyor General. Messrs. Morrison and Banks are peculiarly unexceptionable nominations, and will receive a warm and zealous support everywhere.— Thu other nominee, Cal. Browley, will meet with much opposition in hitt own ranks at home, as well as !in some _other of the north -western counties, and hence we mud frankly own we look upon it as a most unfortunate se lection. Wo shall, however, support him; though we should have done so much more Fhoerfully had ho boon nominated for Auditor General, the only oflico his name hod been used in' connection with beim° the convention met. We dislike even an sp poarance Of .trickery and management. Tito appears co in this case, however, may ho explained—fie trust, for Mr. B.'ssuccess, it will. That "Extra Pay Again." The Editor of the aTzette has a queer way of answer ing questions—much queerer, indeed, is he at answering than at asking them! Ho acknowledges, however, that some of the whig members of the legislature did vote for the "extra pay" proposition, the passage of which he, last wet, laid exclusively at the door of the Democracy. But the , they aro not to blame!—oh, no! ' Whoever hoard of a whig that won't a political saint, no matter whether he could steal like the Galpltin cabinet, or vote himself "extra pay" like the whig members of the Leg hasten), and then saddle the blamenpon the Democracy! But the Editor of the Gazette, having been caught in a" ve y ugly corner, want's to "tot the matter pass." Veiy. pr belay, but we can'taccommodate him! He com m need the dance, and it is no morn than fair we should ha o a chance at the close! So, as we perceive ho has forgot to answer part of our querys, he will please re spond categorically whether the whig Members front Erie county took their portion of , the "extra pay" or not 7— Hold up your head now, and speak out like a man, for wo won't to tell the - fiddler what tune to play. artly True and Partly not The estfield Messenger in en article on the Worts heretofore made by various localities to secure -the ter mittens, and retain it, of the great system of Railroads connecting the Atlantic cities with the great west, has the following paragraph of triith e eild untruth: ••F rat came` the "Deserted Village"--1-mighty Dun kirk,. vith hor pint-bowl harbor to hold all the great pal aces which float,the Lak e; was to ha tho muttons of an inaportant line. But - ithe was not suffered to rest unmolested in her hallucination. Tho Bantam was peck ing at her heels, and with a loud "cock-a-deo-tile-do-oh el" rra.DONIA raised her voice and declared herself as the natural terminus of ell the railroads. But alas'. the 'iron horse displayed restiveness while hitched to such puny pools, and with n.snort and a neigh showed•his de termination to gallop by and leave these ."torminusses" in the roar. Faun now inflates her lungs end roars forth her determination to place her veto on the further proo. toss of the iron' track, and to lock the terminus in her embraces," It must be confessed that, - eo far as the towns first nam ed aro concerned, there is.undouhtedly more "truth than poetry" in the ran - mks , of the Messenger. The pic ture, however, would be more complete if Buffalo were inclnded in the etching. For years she has been con nected with the East by railroad—for years the central New York road has boon adding dollar to dollar in cap itol—but not until a month or so ago did either find out the necessity for the extension of their road beyond Buffa lo creek. The fact—and that alone—of the 'New'York and Erie reed extending their track ,to thisiploce awoke them to a realization of the true stole of the case—that unless they reached out their iron arm toward the west to the same point, Cloy inust "bid a lon good tight to all their greatness," and their monopoly. So far, then, as the towns east of us are concerned, we say o Mes senger is correct: but when it speaks of us it st akes what is notoriously not true! Erie has never expressed a de sire, much less a"determination to place herireto ou the further progress of ilio iron track" or "to lock the tormi 'tins in her embraces." So far from it, sha is determined to haire a railroad counectidn with the greet west as well as the east. All she ask* is that, as there must be a change of gauge somewhere from the six foot track' of the New York and Erie, and the four-foot-eight of the central road, to that of all the Ohio roads, four.foet-ton, it shall take place with her, fathead of at Cleveliandi— That she will hare at all hazzarrls, and it is time the fact should be understood eleeryieheret Backing one's Friends. The Albany Eyre' whig, says not a single member of the Cabinet has a notional reputation with the "excep tion of Mr. Clayton. and in his case habitual intoxication sorictrants from his usefulness that the exception is hard ly worthy of mention." Cull you this backing your friends, Mr. Express? The ißank Property Sold. The Bank properly, which was advertised to be soM nF pliblic auction on the sth. has been ail disposed of.— The Fleming Block was sold the day previous at private sale, to - C.B. Wright, f0r.510,500. Had it been put en at auction. es advertised, there would -hey° been much, competition, and it would have brouglda mach larger sum—say at least $13.000 or $14,000) Mr. Wright is certainly fortunate, and wo coegrotulate, him. It IS tru• ly a fine property! .The dwelling was avid as advertised. to I. Rosenzweig & t.o. for' $4,025;. the aut-lot to T. Fickinger for $750. . _ 07' , Every spedes of vegetatied Is literally dried *pia this region.—Gazelle. With .the, exception of Cialphin Editors -. they flour ish as usual: LIT We are retreated isietty that the friends of Rev. Mr. Tony belieappointed '-"Pireetlay next.. between the house or« end 8 O'clock.te - poi 'him 'a donation Hie residence la On Bth-it .0. west of Seawall. • kl9vi Tne. The Peansuicaniarr very italltratlY ".What a torrent °f rMW's!. is lumped van, the Cosa!! eipeditiont How I 4 orsz is laughed ail How Isisiroops are under rated and denounced: Such le the sit:mote plantal upon a aiavamont that his failed. Had it' been successful. victory would haverbliuded the eyes of thesee - critics to faults that defeat has only made prominent." Q 1 Outing to some disarrangement st; th e wires our until. telegraphic reports "Come up misolug"- ti lt. week, The Erie Ceniet4yy. The Erie Comeity company. incorporated by act of Assembly on the 29th of ' Jarmaii last. :have elected the following directors for, the balance of year. irlv. ; —C. Reed. G. A. &Mot, - WM W. - Kelley. , A. W. Bremner. J. Galbraith. E. Babbilt._ With a viii r ic to 'the permanent organization of the Ilenrd. G. Ai Elliot was then chosen President. J. C. Speficer TreasuriSf's 'and W. A. Brown SeCretary. Those gentlemen have en tered upon their duties, and aro making every effort in their powei to carry the objects contemplated by the act 'of incorporation Into effect. It Is generally known. we believe, that a lot of ground adjacent to the town has been procured. and the first paymcnt ($1500) advanced and paid in by - the thirty gentlemen untried in the act of incorporation., But it is not generally known, we think, that this - adveace - of money; and the nocesiary responsi bility incnred by the purchase.' has been done by thorn through motives of pure 'public spirit and philanthropy. Note cent, according to the charter, Can they make for their Min pirate benefit. The sth section of the act of incorporation provides that the "corporatots shalt derive no personal pecuniary advantage or profit thereby—they shalt make no dividends of the corporate property among thediselvea, and shall not receive any pay or compensa tion for the performance of any duties that shall devolve upon them as such. The board of managers shall hot be entitled to receive any pay or compensation fur servi ces as such. The whole prOceerls of the sate of lots, and other income, are hereby declared an diricted to bo de voted and appropriated to cemetery imposes alone,, and to such outlays as are incident thereto, unless in case of a surpluss,". then the corporators have power to "appro priate it to charitable purposes." and for no other pur pose. Thus it will be seen that this is purely a public measure. and that no peen niary advantages are sought to he obtained by the gentlemen composing the company. The project, then, might to receive a . helping hand from i every ono interested—and who is not? With our co tenipory of the Gazette we ..think, as there aro other ex) penses to be borne, those of our citizens who have not assumed any responsibility in the mirchase should con sent to incur some now. For instance, in the course of preliminary action, it will bo necessary to procure an Engineer or Artist to lay out the Cemetery. Illoney‘ must be had for this purpose;_and the aro authorized tti state that persons' who may 'make an advance to this, end, will receive crodit for the same on the books of the company, to be fully satisfied when the ground is prop erly arranged for the disposition of tote. 'We hope this proposition will bo generously ' and promptly met ta the ztent desired." It Won't do, Gentle en. Some of the whig papers hero struck upon a bright idea.—in the hopes of drawing off public attention from 'the settlement of the great Auestion now Vetere congress. and which the best energies of the moderato men of all sections bore being bent, they aro attempting to got up A "Tariffmanic." They want to hide "old Zack." and his cabinet, under an iron foundry, but it won't do, gen tlemen! Tho groat Kentuckian has vetoed such a game. Tho other day he took occasion to "speak right out in meeting," and said that the slavery question must besot tied before any attention would be given to "Tariff" or anything else "of the trim° sort." hence we can assure such two-pinkly whistles as the Fredonia Censor and Erie Gazette. that they may pipe away. from now till doomsday on their "Tariff° key. but it won't do, the people hav'nt an ear for such music any more. • Ths National Treasury. MB." the Washington correspondent of the Baltimore' Sun, writes under date of May 31st: "This morning' s Unioneontains the official avowal 'of Mr. Meridoth, of his blunder in regard to the deficit. There are over nine millions of dollars in the Sub7Treasury subject to draft. and the Mexican indemnity is already paid. What will become of the new loan - recommended in the Secratary's report I know not. Since the excitement in regard' to the Golphin claim, the deficit making propensity _ ofall the. Cabinet ministers has donsiderably diminished, though there aro still semi+ largesse' practised in the contrast system, which I shall notice in my next letter. Mark thepifference. Mr. :Union, of Va., the filo-teader of the Southern op r. the compromise._ in his Barents hullo Senate 'the other day. supported the - President's views as to theiri most essential feature, to Wit; the establishment of sla very in Now Mexico. Mr. Mason strongly resisted the Texas proposition, as it would inroks the loss of stare = holding territory, equal in extent to the area of two large states. Mark this: Mr. Mason enlivens the President's views because they yrerent the loss of storeholding terri tory. The Galphin Whig paper hero support the Presi dent's views because they are to secure freedom to this territory—and--because, they wish for exccutice furors! Yes, "Stand loiy Rim." Tho Gazette is calling upon the faithful to "stand by" Gen. Taylor because ' i 4 the Observer is heartily co-opera ting with the Washington Union and Pennsylvanian in their attempts to decry and put him down." Yes, "stand by him," ye faithful! Walk up to the "rack fodder or no fodder;" swallow the Galphin swindle, the Ewing swindle, and the whole batch of cabinet peculations!— Don't stop to think, but like Paddy with the egg, down with it, and out for feathers afterwards! What mat ter it ii , Crawford,.with the help of Johnson and Mori deth, two willing accomplices, did ditch from the Treas ury one hundred and forty thousandilellant! What mat ter it if the other members of the cabinet, or their ire/a lives, have been equally fortunate in "plucking the pub lie goose!" What matter it if Gen. Taylor has surr dared the high fanctions of President into the hands of his cabinet! What matter if he has broke every pledge made to the people before his election, and instead of be ing the President of the "whole people," is in fact Pres ident but iu,name! llyeovlial matter it! Is not "the 01, , seer heartily co-operating with rho IVashington Un ion and Pennsylvanian in" exposing the whole cata logue? Then "stand by him!"—!'it will never do to give it up so," or 'thrift will not follow fawning!'' Rumor upon Rumor.- Tho Washington Union'says that it understands that despoiches have been received by Goirnment from our Conant M Havana. stating that he ha demanded the 105 persons taken by a Spanish ship of war on the island of Conley, a a neutral territory, and the men taken had not ongaged?in open hostilities, and wore considering the propriety of abandoning the enterprize and returning to the United States. The Government has made no reply to our Consul, svilla had transmitted despatches i to Washington elating the facts. Despatches have been sent to such portions of our squadron as could be imme d;ately collected at Fianna, to assist in pressing the de mand. Should the Spanish Government refuse, the Conant is instructed to inform our Government, and meantime, our vessels of war are to obstruct the commu nication of all 'vessels with that port. It is reported that two Vessels, with reinforcement for Gon. Lopez, which wore commissioned to land at difrerent points of the Is land, are still at sea, their fate and destination unknown. It is said that in the event of these vess'els , being captured by the Spanish, our own squadron is instruted to demand them of the Spanish commander. and if not given up to seize them by force. 0".3' The Gazetessays that we, "following in the wake of larger echoes: aro characteristically boisterous in de. uouneitsg the Galphlu business." Listen to that, big Whigs *ad little whip: .The Newlforlr Tribune. and Express. and Messrs. Brooks aad•Conger, witig mem bers from Nevrirok, the •"larger echoes'' of the °hear. vet: "Who'd a (hunk II!" • , .. • • - 113Th° Boiton -Post lays the Galphiti . Whigsitri; eU in tears to think that Hestry Clay shintld lords° it) tillow Gen. Taylor's eAtinsto statesmanahio The Washington correspondent of the N. Y. Courier actually sobs' aloud. QT The Gazette sustains ,the Galphin swindle of the Cabinet. Of courso--!"biris a teather,nferaye flock together." Mobile paper* of I later date -thaw the 25th make no mention of the death of *be Rev. Mr. Mal'. fit. The attrtounceasettl:was, probably a hoax, LETTERS FROM EUROPE. • Corregiesdeace of ths Eris Okosrver. Pants. May 6,1830. Dear Elrank:—Po not be frightened at seeing mymark again, following kin short a time thir fait commuujcation, and that, in its turn, treading close upon the beefs of its "illustrioes predecessor." This thing of letter writing is, with me the effair . of certain periods. I hate an attack of the scribbling mania at intervals, and while the spirit isl upon me, I must gratify it. So much by way of ex- I plenation, and now to the matters In hand. The Fete of the Republic came off on the fourth and was a most brilliant affair. Government appropriated, for this celebration, two hundred thotisand Francs, and the city also gave a largo sum; and from this, you may gather some idea of the display. At ten in the morning there - was a "To Daum" in all the churches--the Presi dent and officers of the Government being present at Norte Dame; which is the.metropolitau church. This part of the ceremony, however, found less favor in the eyes' of the populace than that which followed. I wen t to Norte Dame with a party of Americans, but we wore too late to bear the chaunt. Tho next parformaithe was the ascension of two baleen., front the Place de la Con corde at two o'clock; with scarcely a breath of air they inahoged to rise almost perpendicular, affording much amusement to the tens of thousands assembled. This is the last part of the show until evening, so we may as well I amuse ourselves by looking at the preparations for the il lumination. You already knots , something of the Place de la ConCorde—that the Oblisk from Luxor stands here --that the Champs Elysies, with its avenue, terminating at the Arc of Triumph, is on ono side while the Garden of the Tuillories 'and the Palace, aro on the opposite.— On the Northl the perspective is closed by the Madeleine, and on the Sbuth by the Palace of the National Assem bly, which 'Wands on the opposite bank of the Seine.— Pardon this re-mime:alien, but it is necessary to have them fresh in your mind ere you can Understand a de scriptidi of the Fete. We will take our point of depar ture from the Oblisk. The whole pedestal of this, as well as the railing around it, has been covered with an octagonal frame work, painted in imitation of granite. and having two elevations; upon tho bpper are seated four colossal figures in painted plaster, representing the Pharoalis of black granite which adorn the Egyptian pal aces. Four immense sphinx were stretched on the platform below, likeivise'painted to represent black gran ite. For incriptiona there is,' "Bonaparte, general-in chief of the expedition." together with the names of the most distinguished members of the Egyption expedition. nil, decoration is truly very fine, and could the obe lisk always have these adjuncts its, appearance woald in no way belinjured. The fountains on either side of the obelisk have come in for their Bhato. and we t Bee them hung. with globes of ground glass, (each of which will contain a light) and garlands of evergreens and flowers. At each of the four corners of the "Place" stands an arc of triumph--. 000 dedicated "to Science and Letters," another "to Agriculture." the third "to the Fine Arts" and die fourth "to industry." From the centre of each of these hangs an immense chandelier, .and the whole entrance is wopnd with gas pipes, and hundreds of jets • will give light for the million. The street which extends to the , Illadeliene, is lined on each ' side by large altars, s and beneath tho portico of the church hangs a mammoth !side A long,row of fluted pilasters stands on the west !side of the "Place," each bearing the ,names of illustri ous men, and all to bo illuminated. From nearly every point stretches a slender chain, from which hangs small lamps. Along the avenue of thd Champs Elysies extend four Bones of this chain, one on each tilde of both side walks, giving support to thousands upon thousands of lamps, while each gas Mist is. surmounted by a shade of variegated paper. Directly over the foot walk ore 'sus pended large lustros, each ono sumo two rods from its neighbor. Can you colitiirehend anything of this des cription? I fear not,i for it is difficult to Convey in words nn idea of such things. Ilut.iipe 'thing I think you will allow—that the illuminiationilmust be brilliant where there is so much material to winder it so. And now that we have s)..en the preparations, we will suppose that evening lies come, and with the rest of the world we ivill go to the show. Let us enter tho Garden of the Tullieries by the gate nearest the Palace , and as wo roll along with thd,crowd, we pass every few steps a stand, supporting a -trianguaii frame covered with lights, which, at a little distance, ap pear like ,pyramids of &a. These are placed through out the garden---upon the bridges in the neighborhood— and wherever other means of illumination aro not avail able. As will approach the Place do la Concorde various colored fires burst from the base of the Oblisk--now rod, then blue, and anon white. Tho whole "Place" is ono blaze of light, anit the effect of the various colors Is very fine. The Palace of the National Assemby seems to have a line of fire extending from the eves tothe ridge, while the steps and pillars aro blazing with thousands of buriters. Ott the Palace of the Legion of Honor is a rep resentation of their decoration composed of various color 'ad lights. Tile Hotel of the Miniaterof Marine is.illom- Mated from top to bottom; the Altars towards the Made bone have each a brilliant flame; the church iteelfshinea forth in all its glory; thb fountains aro,in full play, and the water falls over the'glass shades tr(thout touching the lights within; all is in a blaze, and Lightseeins be the presiding deity. And then as you l lciek up the long ave nue of the Chinni:is Elysies what ascetic. meets your eye. Four cords of fire stretch before you for a mile, arid be tween them hangs, at short intervals,, largo lustres. In. deeu the scone is very like enchantment. But let us pass along for the fife-works will soon commence and Te had bettor get a near the Arc of Triumph as possible, here goes the first rocket, followed in quick succession by hundreds of others. the most beautiful ones I ever saw. After these came other works,, and for a close wo have something resembling the Aurora Borealis; except. ing the rays aro red instead of white, but they seam to noel) the very clouds. There! in writing the above I have imagined you were my companion, and that wo actually looked together up on the things there mentioned. It was no difficult mat_ ter for me, because the exhibition was of too recent a data and of too remarkable a character not to be impres sed vividly upon my mind. With you, however, I fear the case will be different; the illumination and the fire. works wi 11 kindle no heat in your imagination. But no l , matter, you have the news and that is the great item with you latter-day editors. • Nature, also, lent her aid to the celebration, and fur nished the first really pleasant day wo have had for six seeks, and consequently the whole world, and a portion of the "rest of monkind,"appeared to he upon the ground. 1 mean the Parisian world, of course; end yet with all tho elements of disturbance , so abundant in Paris, the whole affair passed off In perfect quiet. I have; heard no estimate of the number of spectatore. but it was immense, Every avenue of the extensive garden of the Tolteries was crowded, the Place de la Concorde was a SC% of hu manity, and a denser crowd than that which' choithed up the avenue of the Champs Elyaies for more than a mile it has never been my lot to see. A party of six of us el bowedear_wat toe good position, paying no attention to the•saerits , ,ehtiwered tiptur us, for wo all came from a country whitriiiiifeiy body is bound to gee the "Fourth of July," if he chooses. One thing I noticed which'con treated very favorably with a gals day in America.—l did not see a drunken man! Whence comes the difference between the_iwo countries in this respect? and that there is au immensa.difference is evident to the most superfi. eial observer. Temperance societies are unknown. save by report.. Every man; woman. avid child &nks wise at meals. ',ad yet. drunkard is comparatlielyram. In all die hospital!, when not coalradndicated by disease, sub optienthas his wine. Is the-public Seminaries all the scliolars drink wine, and it is so witizall classes.— the people would be called "habitual drUnkirdia" in our country, yet bow ter/Ably do figures tell against as in this matter. Now. I should like to know the cause. for there must be a Cause.l l Is-it biennia puce wines are cheapr in Franca? Is Rowing to. the character of the people? Is it due iu any measure to the climate? These are some of the conjecturee I have hazarded on the ,subject. and it may be-that sll ber. some inthience,in producing it: Thiele rather a digression from our subject, but the ds. acriptiort of the celebration was almost finished. will gather. the groat feature was the Illuminati% the decoration of the Place de la Concordd; Met tel de Ville and several other peiblin.buildin ge w et , brilliantly illuminated. To prevent dieesterbodies diem were stationed in every convenient place; be ready at a moment's wanting; but hapity their can were not needed. In the political World I know of i but little that terest yO4. Perhaps the most important mo►ern, the last week Is the proposed imodification of Olt I suffrage. The conititution say that every French who has attained the ego of twonty-one shall be to vote., At tho seine time power is given t, Ilona] Assemble to declare under whet eircnms. mitt shall be disfrattehised. The object of the meet is to discover some means by which such re, the election of the "10th of March and the 28th o gave. may in future be prevented. If a law can ech declaring dint no one eon vote unites be posy. certain amount of property. or unless he hae r certain ongth of time (say two years) in the plea( the oleo ion is held—many of the now legal vett be cut off from that privilege, and the governme l recover its lost ground. The •'powora that be"l unless they act immediately their day . willsoon be for the last two elections have_ spoken the sentii the people l In tones too distinct to allow of say mi standing. I In the Assernblrei,''conienission has I sr pointed to enquire into th.echject and report proposed object can be gained This report is most ler . toasty. looked far. as it is pretty certain some impony modifications of the law of suffrage Will be made, -41 this view of the case the queoion arises, will the p 4 submit to such an infringement upon their rights? another be added to the ailtecely numerous revolutio4l and tho streets of Paris egairOce barricaded and ettio the song of the Marseillaise? These are questions of nr trifling import, but the future an alone furnish an tr. ewer. Another question—shoo there be an lucerne• lion, how will the army stand?—witli - the-governm ect the people? The electioni have Aoki a strong Demo erotic. or Socialist feeling in its ranks, while the hive" of the two last Kings gives two examples of the troop ing with the insurgents. Would they do so spiel h the Assembly; the other day, Gen. Lamorciero said matter ofslipping risme into the ballot,bos was (oink. ferent from deserting one's standard, and it was hisopic• ion that the army would be found at all times where a duty called. Hut how was it in '49? Lciuis Phillipe but just finished the usual review iu the Court of the Te . . Jerks when the soldiers distributed their muskets limn; the mob. Will it he so again? that's the question. B, Frecttee seems to have (mind no resting place yet—lllue may be a "good time canting," however. As you are aware, the French are much given to de. clog. Revolutions, Balls andlTheatres;are the great Ns. tional amusements. The people must dance, and tot. commodato them there are rooms in Opens of the c. where dances come off three or four times a week. To; price varies from ton cents to sixty. The most celebra ted of these are the Valentina, the Soloon de Mars, Sara Cecilia,- l and the Presto. The latter is upon the Island, and is the great resort of the Students and 'the Griseus. Tho orehestro is always ;very fine, and the spa. Mous and fitted up with 'much taste. No refreshmestr are included, hut you can always find them in a rooa near by if you wish. This is the winter arran,gement.— In the summer they dance in the open air at the venom gardens arranged for the purlieus. The MatOe is sot of the finest of these. It is laid. out wills rauell'tace and brilliantly illuminated. Beautiful flowers, charm's: Walks, rustic seats its every rook and corner, sorrousi you. Does filo glare of the gas prove uupleaouni, yea can find promenades among ehrubbery sa dense thsttln light scarcely penetrates. and here the music of the or. ehestro falls upon your ear in notes softened Iw dish:et and unless well guarded you cannot receive the &sees of boanty's dark' eyes Without experiencing an wean! flutter beneath year vest. These dark aliys are - sot ways safe, So let no return: but hark: "I would tike to have him in 'old Kentuck' for half an hour; would's; give him particular h—il!" Surely that was a voice front Yankee laud. and sounds strangely familiar and flame like. It has gone however, but we gather that one of ate "sovereigns" has been insulted, and is anxious to 'elus up" the frog-eating" Frenchman. Unforsuaately, keg. ever, far bis gratification, the French law says that who. ever shall strike another shall bd hnpfisened six•mooths, and this is sufficient keep - even a Kentuckian quiet— That is a fine law for the Frenchman, for they are pro verbialy deficient in the science of Fictional hence, were they not protected by the law, their unruly tonging woad get them many a black-eye as a souvenir' of the reirped of their Anglo Saxon friends. But while we hare bees listening u 4 nd chatting by ourselves, the ball has finished and wo aro nt the bottom- of our sheet, so good night. DOCTLUR. Correlpondenee of the Erie OtEerter E,orron.—As you have exhibited a lively feeling in all matters affecthig the interests of the great lies el railway passing through Erie, extending eastward to New Yok and Boston, and westward to Chicago and St. Louis, you will be gratified to leaiu that the directors of the Bellefontaine and Wier/a Railroad have jest let out, to responsible contractors • 55 miles of t heir read , tad expect to place the remainder under contract as soon 85 it can be prepared. This road, ea you. Die aware, is a direct continuation from Cleveland to St. Louis. It is also a direct continuation of the •'bath barn' line" `froze Pittsburgh. The Lake shore and the Pittsburgh roads are rivals for the "business that must pass over the Belie (eatable and Indiana road. We must do double duty rind carry trade and travel enough forbeth. The following is the allotment of work' See. No. I to 8 inclusive. Nichols,. Brothers & Co., Ohio " 9. 10 and 11, John Robertson, Columbus, " 12 to 22, inclusive, Wilson, Smith&Co. Marion. • " 63 to 84. inclusive, Carey &De Groff; Ohio. " 85 and 86, Gen. Wm. Clark & Son, Penn. " 87. 88 and 89, Peter Collins & Sons, Pens. " 90 and 91, Marshall, Conley & CO.. 92, Humphrey & Lattimore, Ohio. " 93 and 94, Wm. Patton & Sons. formerly I's , 'You will recognise some old acqinintances in these names. Yours. truly. R. Lofty. firm and serene, he (Gen. Taylor) has stood high above the waning elemental of narrow soots.—Ga• zette. From the same paper we learn that one HINRY CUT, in the Senate, the other day, "alluded to the policy of the Administration on the Territorial and Slavery ques tions in terms of mingled scorn, contempt, derision, hate and inflexible opposition. He denounced the plan in whole and in detail. Ho dared any Senator to rise in his place and defend it. Ile derided and spit upon the President's scheme." fent that good ; now—Gen. Tay lor "lofty, 'firm and serene," statufing "high above the' warring elements of narrate soulse" like films Clav's! The Gazette can take oar , heitS 0" We forgot to aeknertrledge the receipt, lest week, Iron our friend, T. W. Moore, of the Keystone Groceq, of e fino fresh Mackinaw Trout and White Fish, which we had duly served up in niagnioC4nt style. By the 11, we see that the "Keystone" has come Out with a new stock of goods in the Grocery line, to which we cannot do less than invite tho aUention of oar friends. 137 It there is any ttbeat7 at nit in prayer, we should think it *mad rain soon, for every body is praying for it now -then righteous end the unrighteous, the godly gad the ungodly; saint and sinner, Jew and Gentile. Newt within the memory of the "oldest inhabitant" has there been so dry a time. iVhen Will it end? that's the quer. Gan. Q 3 iYill the New York Globe favor us with au ..Es?'" We have, at present. no exchange from the great me tropolis except literary papers. They are very good—ig heti excellent in their way, but we want something pa 'Weal to seaseirthe dish. Tho Globe will just suit us.— send it shank • 11:7A party of Americans have discovered a bed of wild onions near Doer Crock. in California; and - cousid?r them more precious than fine gold. They are about the size of a cherry. andArs flavor similar twthe best Vieth eratiield prodUct. .5IARtox, 0. June 2, leo.
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