‘ ' snmO)e ftutiajutlJhgus, MEXICO AND HER CHIEF. Iffyntu Arina Minting been formally in giklljeiji dS Chief ofthe Mexican nation, am in the history of that people Within the; Inst lew ypapti .ctyiqgo has .followed change, and trod on ihe.heels of revolution rapid succession, ns to puzzle .t jt&mind in their con tetapln lion, aml leave tlie judgmcnt totally nt fault ns'toany rea sonable conclusion with reference to the deration of the present form ol (lovern inent. The picture of the condition ot the country drawn, by isonta Anna in his ad-, rtyjss to the, public, on taking the oath ot office, is a most deplorable one, and shows that a man to grapple successfully withlho revolutions, must be no common porson either.in mental qualifications P/'yfl 0 . 1 ' courage.' Discord has copvor.tcd the hith efftivtriendlv'States of ihnt-Uepubhc into riVafs and Cnemies on a multitude of. ques-, lions', and that evil instead of abating, is daily bn the increase. The Natjonal irons uFy bankrupt from the fact that the States refuse to pay their quota for the support of the government, because they had no con fidence in the ability, patriotism or hon esty of those'ivho'm'cliunce, not the popu tarWill Had placed at tho'hcad of the Na-I «snv ' ‘ " . ! want of money for the ordi-. flury expenses of the government, was be-' i(ig deplored by all those who wished the faith and credit of the' Nation to he res- ■ pitted both at home and a broad,.the taxes] Wefe being increased in nil the Stales, and ► the tabor and industry of the people ground, ri'diyn by military and civil' exactions of] the most momentous and unmitigated char-, acicr. The money thus collected howev-, cK did not reach*the National treasury,] f»(ii was consumed bv those who made a| of the miseries of tho people, und, frafficed upon the honor of the Nation. Inj addition to this tho spirit of lawlessnessj and insubordination was wide-spread and universal, and while in some ol the States affixed system of government was recog nized and obeyed, in others no authority acknowledged in uny public mapner, tnid* the election of members of theNation af House of Deputies was a mere race without the respect or confidence ol the well informed and respectable portion ol tho people. f Thoso are the evils to the remedy of which Santa Anna has now addrcssed.ull his energies. That he secs them clearly, and .feels the necessity of tiieir reform for cibly, ho one will dispute; but that ho is thd man to institute the measures commen surate with the evils to be eradicated is] qmte ri different affair. His first step, that j of Allowing the National Chamber of Dep- j lilies a'fcccAS, may be taken us an intima-. tron as the bent of his mind on tho proper course to be pursued at the present crisis tftlthe affairs of Mxico. If ho is determ foed on having a strong central govern; merit; around which the different States Will I 'revolve as mere satellites without power or consequence, no belter plan could have been adopted than that ofsend hjg the.'delegates from the various States home, with the intimation that in future, .their services would not bo needed, save as attaches to the supreme head of the na ti&ih.; This will bring up the question of authority at once; and if ho can succeed itV'this stepat the outset of his career, his pritH'in the future will be a plain one, at least until it is arrested by another revolu tion.' Santa Anna evidently looks to aj rtfong central government as tire best irfeahs of building up his own fortunes, as Wpil rescuing the nation from* that pre cipice on tho verge of which it now totters. 'Hd lias no confidence in the virtue or in telligence of tho people, and therefore alt hip hopos nro centred in physical force which he aims to concentrate at the capi tal by his lust coup dcctat. ' But will even this movement of Santa A nna even if successful, be a sufficient an tidote to the poison which for years lias Lecn .working in all purls of tho Nation ? Tilts irf point of the problem. Is there fenQUgh vitality remaining in the old na tional carcass to be recussitated by any jnovement, no matter how decided? We tfiipk that fucts will give a negative to this question. The whole Mexican nationali iv is u mere shell, feuble, unsubstantial and rickety. The people have no confi dence in their rulers, and in return those in official position look upon the musses only ns a source from whence is to bo drawn tho rponey necessary fortheir sup port in ease and affluence. There is no ptandard of public faith and national pntri ftfistn throughput the whole of Mexico.— Some are for federation, some are for con solidation, while others are openly advoca ting annexation to the United States us the tmly^meuns,of preventing their either be ing overrun by the Indians who live upon their borders, or being hypothecated to the rptiign money lenders to pay the debts contracted by some of their tyrants. Wo lhmk it certain that no intelligent Mexican dan hope for a better stale of affairs in tbat cpunlry, so long ns military despotism rated the people, and grinds them to the tlustwlih its heel of iron. What then is this new move of Santa Aiinai but a step nearer tho final dissolution pT the Me.yjcnn natjon? Nothing—and in, . yieiv of tiie. fact that Aristp, a man"of con- j Imfoutant to Postjjasteks.— The Sa piderable influence in that country ; now vnnnnh Courier of the 19th ult, says : plainly irjtirnates his conviction that an- A case was tried, during tho recent ses ' . .“npxutiofi to tiie Uqitcd Stoles'.is. the only s i o n ofthe U. S. Circuit Court in this city, *feiuge left for the.people of tjiat,disturbed which ought to' be generally understood, pation--if, becotpes us to give thought to both by the people and the officials who ||l« matter, so that when thp pear slmll have charge of. the various Post pffices 'fall'pur basket shall beieady. The Mon- throughout *he country. The Postmaster ‘roe doctriqe is now, the settled policy,,of alSylvania in Scrivencounty; wasnrraign jhis country, ami that.will prevept any l e d and.fined fifty dollars, fqr delaying a '■■'i>tirt t 6f ( iliekjf?)iic.an natioq^.frpiT)py/srpass- letterin hisoflice. . » : ihg into tlte possession of pitljer , Spajp,! The law makes it the imperative duty prance or.,England, under any..;p.rp,tejuj 0 f every Postmaster, to forward all mail whate.vpr. ,: jPorpigu bond, hplders piay. rg- matter deposited onehulflioure before tho fnon9trate, but ifien our national preserve- j departure of the mnil, unless a. longer time tioti.is .;patpmount,;t,o.the)r jcent per^cent. - be grunted by. the PpstmastorGcn - transaction.; ; und though S.hyjwk r niay .erpl>®n accmlntvof .tltp jiusiness! ii>: t|te ljis pound of flesh, thepe must be ikiL-pfljr,.,' • v 1 draining of a drop of blood, fcnch drvjl' brings this question nearer to us, and the MccTlla controversy and its kindred ques tions, are but tho skirmishing preparatory ; to the grand action. Santa Anting may, for a poriod succeed in amusing tho people, with his new devices, but the chain willj soon gall again, tjpd then the m.irtqurs j>l, discontent will more be.tqud and poy-; ten to us," In a lew years annexation W|II j be a- necessity with the Mexican people,! from which there will be no escape. An-, noxation or annihilation will be tho ultima-, tutu. And when that comes, what will bo I tho courso ptiraued by the United States ?, Texas can alope uflord an answer to this, question. Her soil received tho first bap tism of republican principles, ns they flow-| ed down from the north; but now thesamo j erv of annexation that was heard on. the banks of the Rio Grand, has reached the home of the Montezumas, and the inhabi tants of that country nro talking of the samo project, which onco was troason to whisper on tho soil of Texas. So proceeds tho acts of this wonderful drama, and the last scene Ims just been opened by Santa , Anna at the national capital. When this closes more actors will be introduced, and the curtain may full upon a still wider ex tension of the era of human freedom and progress, we shall labor and wait. France nntl the Sandwich Wands. The French demands or* the govern ment of the Sandwich Islands are— 1. That the duties on French brandies shall be reduced from S 5 to SI 50. per gallon. 2. That the prohibition of the introduc tion of spirituous liquors by whaleships shall not be enforced -against French whalers. 0. That a board of superintendence bo appointed for each religion; that Catholic sjchools bo under the sole control of Catho lic inspectors; and that the fund arising from tho school tax be proportionally di vided between Catholics and Protestants. These claims are based upon the treaty of 1846, of which the second article guar anties to French residents in tho islands the same rights and privileges which arc now, or which hereafter may bo, granted to the subjects of the most favorable nation. Article six declares that French productions shall not be prohibited or sub jected to a duty greater than five percent. ad valorem —except in tho case of wines, brnndics, and spirituous liquors, which may be subjected to any equitable duty which the government of tho islands may I see fit to impose—on condition that this | duty shall never be sufficiently highTo be- I come an absolute prohibition to tho im i portation of said articles. —Evening Post. A Femai.k Gamiu.ku. —ThcSncramento i Union says that on the evening of the 20th | December, a prostitute named Fanny Scv moure, alias Smith, on a very slight pro vocation, deliberately shot a stage driver named Albert Putnam, through the side, inflicting a dangerous wound. The wound ed man is still dying in a precarious situ-! ntion. i As a gambler ; Fanny was notoriously j reckless —sitting tho whole night at a faro table, imbibing copious draughts of strong liquor, and betting hundreds of dollars on the game. This she was abundantly able to do, as her fortune is pronounced by those who have some knowledge of the matter, to have been little if any less than one hundred thousand dollars previous to i the fire. At the present time it cannot be less than half that amount. On such oc casions, in the earlier history of the State, her belt was garnished with a revolver and bowie knife, whose threatening aspect was believed to bo of no idle or merely bragadoeio import; and the result has pro ven that she knew how to use us well as (display the weapons. | She is the mother, of several children for whom she has always manifested tho liveliest solicitude, and on tho night of the 1 tragedy Tor which she was arrested, en -1 quired eagerly, while in the hands of the 1 officer, fpr their safety St. Louis hejioved to the countuv.- Much apprehension has long been felt in St. Louis that tho action ot the waters ol the Missouri, where they enter tho Missis sippi above that city, will eventually wear awuv tho Illinois shore to such an extent ns to force a new chunnel for the grent Father of Waters, and thus leave St. Louis some live or six miles out in the country. The present flood, as usual* is tearing away the bank, having washed oir a mile and a hall' of the telegraph- line near Alton, with all the land on which the poles was placed. The editor of the Al ton Courier says; “As much abrasion of the Illinoisshoro for the next ten years, or even five years,] ns has been occuring for a lew years past, and the lakes and lowlands above spoken of will be reached. The Giliham farm is now nearly all swept away, and the old dwelling-house, which has already been moved once or twice, will soon have to be 'removed further back or torn dowft. — j Where we rode along in our conveyance, on the public road near, this place, some - three, yoars ago, is now 150 feet out in the i' stream of the sweeping Mississippi.” THE REPUBLICAN. CLEARFIELD Pa .7 May 28, 1853. MIOCttATIC NOMINATIONS, !.■; CiNAL.COMMISSipNER, THOMAS 11. FORSYTH, . , ; 0/ PJtitoddphiu CotiUty, Auditor General, E P il l A I M B A N KS, Of Mifflin County. Surveyor General? J. PORTER BRAWLEY, Of Cranford County. 03”Tbo abpenco of D. W. Mooitk, Esq., senior editor, is tho only excuse wo have to oiler for the scarcity of editorial, or any other deficiencies which may appear in the present number. was the case with us last week, we are sevoral days behind without pres ent number, onil from tho samo cause want of paper. . We have now a supply on hand, and*Bhall make every exertion to be out in duo time with our next. 03~We have a long, and no doubt in teresting communication on file, from our correspondent, ‘Rambler, ’ but it is so mis erably written that it will require at least tsvo to read it, and the senior editor' being absent, it caonot consequently appear un til next week. John Hastings, junior editor of tho Pittsburg Union, has been appointed Col lector at Pittsburgh. Wo look upon tho appointment ns a good one. Mr. H. is a practical pilnter, a clever follow and a sound democrat, and eminently qualified to discharge the duties of tho ofiicc con signed to his trust. OUR NEXT REPRESENTATIVE. Already we hear much inquiry concern ing the next representative from this dis trict. The people of this county, without distinction of party, talk as if they felt that our county is entitled to the member, and seem determined to use nil fair means to secure that object. They expect the other counties to yield to their claims, which we think they will do. Some are disposed to waive the usual formalities of purty organ ization, and make our nomination wit|gut sending conferees, &c. To such a course we desire now timely, though respectfully, to enter our protest. Notwithstanding the apparent indifference and disregard paid to our county’s preponderating population last fall, by nominating the Senator and Assemblyman from M’Kean, wp would j yet treat them with proper respect and consideration. We must not resent a wrong by doing wrong.' Let us rather do ns we always huvo done, und send dele gates as usual, and give our friends of Elk and M’lvcan every opportunity to do us justice, and repair the wrong then inflict ed. Should they again disregard our claims, and use tho advantage which an er roneous practice of delegated power gives them, to deprive us of the member, it will then bo time to talk of exercising the strength which Our superior population gives us. (KrTho timo is fast approaching when 1 tho members of tho Democratic party of this, and nil the different counties of the stale, will set about selecting candidates for-the different offices to he voted for in October next. Of all the different candi dates to bo presented for the suffrages of the people, there is none of more impor lance than that of Assemblymen. Our county nbounds with persons eminently qualified to represent us in this dnpartment, men who would pay some attention to the the interests and wishes of tho people whom they represent, and at the same time bo ever, watchful.of the interests and ' welfare of our good old Commonwealth; and we trust that the Democracy of our county will present and urge the claim of some such person at the Representative Conven tion, and our rights cannot fail to he res- peeled The history of the last two sessions ol our State Legislature, teach us most clear ly the necessity of electing men to thai body who nre qualified for the station men who will not spend a hundred days or more, and at tho end of that time have not one solitary act of theirs to which they can refer which is likely to prove beneficial to the mass of the people. Let us, hereafter, «ndeavor to send men who will legislate more for the interests of the people of the State at large, and less for the interists of monopolists. In short, let us if we can, be represented in that de partment by men who know their duty, and knowing it, will do it. Had it notbeon for the \Vatchfulness of our worthy Exec utive, and the glorious privilege of excr-j cising the veto po>yer, our.JSlate.would at j the present time be infested with monopo.- .! lies, and in a deplorable condition indeed; and all for want of Bcrutinizing in the manner in which the interest of the case depnands, the qgsl jficqiiqos; of, those ; who 'liavd ftspired lo'represent us. those of our formers who havej any amount of gratu on hand, which they | wish to dispose of to advantage, we would j inform them ihot a vory favorable oppor- j tunity is offered for doing so in this place, at the present tjme. There is? a great de-1 hiand here for grain of every description, j and very liberal prices are being paid.—, Wheat, we understand, has been selling! ot $1 25 per bushel, and other grain in proportion. Those who have any on hand, would do well to embrace the present fa vorable opportunity for disposing of it, as it is hardly probable that prices will further advance—but the flattering accounts of the growing crops, from all parts of the coun try, tell most distinctly that the'linie is riot far distant when groin must come down considerably below the present rates. would direct the attention of the reader to the advertisement oflsanc Smith, of Curwensvillc, by which it will be seen that he has just received a largo and splendid assortment of new goods of every description, which ho proposes to sell at prices so low as to ‘astonish the natives.’ OiT'Tho Pennsylvanian fn speaking of the administration of Gov. Bigler, pays our worthy Executive the following de- served compliment “Gov. Bigler is always to be found at ( his post, giving unweariedand unremitting u'lqntion to , his duties, and squandering none of the people’s time in political pil- j , j mentally nod socially, with Mexico will ncomplish more in harmonizing the dia.';; turbing disagreements between the two . j countries than nil. the treaties and negoti- V ations which diplomacy can accomplish,;. They aro the great banncoa of peace on.;, earth and good will towards mankind—the ‘ foreshadowing ol the Christian millenium*: Too free Use of the Knife. — tho sentences passed in tho Sessions, on, Saturday, was that of Richard Suttle, whoi was convicted of an assault and battery on j William Taylor, by inflicting three stabs j upon liirin with a knife. The nfiair occur-, cd in a public house in the northern por- . lion of tho county, on a Sunday afternoon. ; Judge Kelly, in sentencing him, said —“It. was my duty, a few days since, tosenlenco a man to twelvo years imprisonment for using a knife just as you did. His case grew out of meeting with u number of qc-.. quaintunces at a drinking shop, on Sunday. The place was full, and the fight was with an acquaintance. Just your case precise. . |y < Yours occured near the same place., But there was this difference in your case.' The man you stabbed was able to be in Court to testify against you—not because; you did not try to kill hjm, Isut because, you happened to strike the fleshy part of, his body. The other man sent hjs victim' to another world. By the merest cftaqce you were saved twelve years imprison l ment. You have proved a good when you are sober. When you get out., of prison, and are about to drink again just think you see a gallows at the bottom of the glass. The use of the knife has be-;! come 100 common, and we intend to make an effort to stop it. I therefore shall give vou a sentence proportioned to our rul,e, and fixed the period at seventeen months in the Eastern Penitentiary. This is tha penalty of your getting drunk.” Daily News. A Presentiment —The New York I Courier states that Dr. Josiah Bartlett, of New Hampshire, one of the vict?ms of tha recent accident on the New. Haven, Rail road, was visited a few weeks ago at hii residence by a friend from New York,, who invited him to spend a few days itT that city, at the then approaching Medical' Convention. Dr. B. replied that it would ! afford him much pleasure to spend time in that city, but that he had great, apprehension of danger in travelling to. and fro, augmented by the fact that when he Inst visited New York he had engaged his passage in the steamer Lexington, for the fatal trip on which she wab burned, when almost every passenger .perished,— ' but did not reach the whurl in season to get Jon board. He subsequently overcame his reluctance to travel, attended the Con-,; j vention. and met with the fute he dreaded, I iinthe New Haven cars. , Vr.nv .Singular. —Wo are informed J that on Wednesday Inst, a heavy showtifl took place a short distance south of BecH ford, and on several persons going out ofj their houses, the ground was observed to J be covered with a species of lizard, about j three inches long, of.a purple and green 1 color, with four natural feet, and one jit I the middle of its body, with nailstfb'iKhJ those of a human being—it also* as ,but 1 one eye, of a dull, heavy lead color, in ] the middle of its head, between the earagy and from which it sees sharply .in,ever™ direction. Several living specimens have ) been preserved, by a gentleman, in the neighborhood of the shower. It feeds on bark, roots, and grass. This gentleman intends sending a pair of them-to a die*,, tinguished naturalist in Philadelphia. 'l' Central Routeto the Pacific.—Mr* I Elisha Riggs, of the firm of Corcoran & I Riggs, and his young brother» Vyilliatnl Henry, and H. Rogers, Esq,, member of| the bar at Washington City, left St. on the 10th inst., for Kansas,.to join Sup: erintendent Beale in his new route to Chi;, ifornia; As the Superintendent Will have left Kansas when these gentleman arrive, there, they will take a ligh); carriage, drawn by six Mexican mules, und run fifty miles a day until they overtakc'him. These . gentlemen are not employed, by govern- j ment, but go as amateur travellers to see the country and to form their own, ions of the practicability of tho rout. Cflj Benton accompained Mr. Beale to V : .‘ Bailyl&ws. - The ILnarsLATivE Treat;—“Pop went/ the contents of a bottle wer? bidden aw|jPih the twinkling of an eye!" This wasfim!" Robnd comes the tax»coHectorj and thft« contents of a poor man ? s very saddently. : Oir . \'<>V I make a: A \ t , thef drawbh ' Haven roatf^