‘ ' 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
<rrimages. His oflicial courso has been
mnrke'd by a devotion to the public inter
ests unsurpassed by any of his predecess
ors. His active mind has constantly been
employed in devising new measures to pro
mote the welfare of our good old State,
and to protect her from the evil of special
legislation in all its potenn shapes. He is
bold and manly in his course upon all
questions of State policy, while it may
have offended the interested' few, cannot
fail to meet the hearty approbation of the
masses. His able messages abound with
correct doctrines, and evince at once great
ability aud unswerving dovotion to the in
terests of the peoplo.
Frank and cordial in his manners, hon
est in his purposes, devoted to his duties,
the administration of Gov. Bigler, it con
tinued in the spirit in which it has been
begun, will prove highly beneficial to our
State, and will form a bright page upon
, the future history of Pennsylvania.
The Coal Fields of Western Pennsylvania.
Professor Mall, the State geologist of
New York, who has been engaged for
some time past in making thorough exam
ination ofthe ■ bituminous coal field in the
town of Lafayette, McKean county Pa.,
is about to make out a report in detail of
his labors and the results. Mr. Hall had
an interview nt Buffalo, lately, with the
directors of the Buffalo and Pittsburgh
Railroad Company, when ho informed
them that the field which he examined con
tains about six thousand acres,ull of which
contains coal; that at least three-fourths of
the tract has an average of eight feet in
thickness, which is more easily approach
ed by railroad than almost any other field
within his knowledge. The quality of the
coal is equal to that of any bituminous
coal found either in Ohio or Pennsylvania,
a good portion being superior Cannel coal,
and in quantity sufficient for all the wants
|of this section of country for the next one
hundred years at least. In addition to
this the country immediately beyond the
Kenzue, and but a few miles south of this
field, and directly on the lino of the Alle
glmuy Valley railroad, is full of coal of a ,
similar quality, together with large beds of
ron ote.—Ncit. Argus.
Another New Territory—Alhae
ha.—Tho Washington Union contains a
communication from Henry R.Schoolcraft,
Esq., in which ho describes n section of
country which is known by. the name of
Alharru. He says it is an attractive, well
timbered and fertile nrea of country, lying
immediately west of the Rocky Mountains,
in mild, temperate latitudes, to which, for,
tho purposes of distinct allusion, ho applies,
the above aboriginal term. The area isj
about filly miles broad, and lies parallel to
the Rocky Mountains lor a distanco ol
several hundred miles. It gives riso to
both of the main and numerous sub nfilu
ents, of the Columbia River. It is a high
plain, which is cut through by these aftllu
ent's, of a most fertile character, bearing
trees, and in some places high grass;
and while the streams create abundant
wntoi power for lumber and grain mills
and machinery, they are free, or nearly
free, from inundation of their banks. The
district probably comprehends twenty-five
thousand square miles, and if its capaci
ties of production have been correctly es
timated, would sustain a population great
er than some of tho Eastern and Atlantic
States. . '
Arthur Spring. —-The followingpar
agraph is from un Irish paper, the Kerry
Evening Post, of April 16th :
“Since jhe publication of our last we
have heard on good authority, that the
wretched culprit whose trial we copied
from the Philadelphia papers, though call
ing himself Spring in America, was never
known by thqt name in this country —
having always been called Arthur Crosbie,
after his mother, Peg Crosbie, n woman of
such notoriously bad character that her
sons claim was never admitted by tho
gentleman after whom she chose to call
him; and, consequently, as before stated,
he always went by her name. Besides
him, the miserable wotpan- had several
other illegitimate children, all named after
different fathers. Lefttothe soulguidanca
of such a mother, it; is no wonder that
the unfortunate wretch should have , been
\ no better, than ,hc was.— Tarke Chron.
A Good Story.— Tho following capital
story is told in connection with Mr. Mar
cy, the able Secretary of State, under the j
Administration of General Pierce; ~ ]
•‘Among the host of besiegers in the ,
pursuit, of place, was a woman who was
[extremely anxious thather husband should
Ibe mude Postmaster in some country vil-
I Inge. Sho was most, persevering in her
I solicitations, in-season and out ol season,
i She stood at the Secretary’s door, when he
cnme out of his room in the morning; she
intercepted him on his way to his meals j
she followed him to his lodgings at night.
On'one occasion sho remained there unu
sually late ; the Governor listened to her
as long ns he could, .when he requested her
to excuse him, but she lingered. At length,
every gentleman but one had gone, and
tire Sectreary took off his shoes. Still she
stood her ground, quite unmoved. Grow
ing desperate, the Secretary finally rose
from his seat and stripped off his coat;—
then turning to the woman, heoxclaimed :
' “Madam,, 1 am going to bed, and if you
1 don’t withdraw, l shall write to Mrs. Mar
i C y about you.” Tha lady immediately
I retired—from tho room.” •
OCrTho professional man who dares
wear a threadbare coat until he is out of
debt was in town yesterday. A very, good
looking but melancholy sort of a man ho
was, and no wonder. At the bookstore
the salesman,suggested the advantage of
cash payment, and taking the package
home one’s self, over trusting it to. bung
ling porters who don’t know how to make
chuugo properly on delivery.. The sexton
of the church he attended gave him a back,
scat, and spoke of the poor ventilation ol
the upper partof the room. His landlady
wns very much crowded with boarders, j
and could scarcely find a seat for him at
the table. His lady acquaintances found;
him so thin und reduced that with difficul
ty they recognised him, and after his in
troduction could not feel as familiar as of
old. It was surprising how many of his
old companions, who formerly had leisure
enough, had become men ofbusiness, and
suddenly remembered pressing engage
ments us he met with them. A clerical
friend, who knows him thoroughly, says
that ho fancies singularity, loves to be
noticed, and is evidently proud of his shin
ing raiment. He left town this morning
by thecarlv boat. — iVi Y. Times , 14th.
Safety to Railroad Traiks. —In a
letter in tho Cincinnati Gazette, Josiah
Kirby, who says he has given several years
attention to tho subject, suggests tho fol
lowing as a means of stopping locomotives
to prevent railroad accidents:
The arrangement is simply to. place a
steam cylinder under tho locomotive, and
connect the break rods with the piston, in
Such a mnnnsr as to operate upon tho sev
eral breaks of the train, at the same time.
TlJis plan gives the engineer tho entire
control of the breakes, and enables him to |
stop" the wheels of thejears at pleasure- I j
have satisfied myselfby drawingsundmod- ]
els, that it is fully practicable, and I am
willing to test it at my own expense, if
any company will compensate me for my
lime, should it prove successful.
Professor Anderson, the great magi
cian, challenges the whole “spirit rnpping
fraternity,” its votaries, victims and teach
ers, in the sum 0f§5,000 or 10,000, that
they cannot produce a single knock on his
table, which he cannot account for bv nat
ural causes and natural laws.
0O”A man calling himself James Colt,
passed upon James Williams of Wursaw
tp.,Jcff.co.,a quantity of counterfeit money
in payment for a horse. He was follow
ed to Elk county, captured, taken to Jef
ferson county und lodged in jail.
| (K!7”An Ox. weighing 3,000 pounds and
perfectly while, raised in llinois, and a
five legged cow, were passengers on the
David White, at Wheeling, on Tuesday.
They uro on route for the World’s Fuir at
New York.
is said, that in consequence of the
great destruction, by the fly, of tho tobac
co plant, many of the Md. planters will!
mako no tobacco at all this season, but will
plant their land in corn.
(KrTobacco is selling high at St. Louis;
lugs at $5 per hundred lbs., and manu
factured, of good quality, at lOulO 35.
i OCrA syphon for dairymen is now in j
use in Scotland, by means of which the
milk is drawn away from tho cream in
stead of skimming the cream off tho milk.
(Ks“ The new banking law of Louisiana
requires banks to keep on hand .one dol
lar in coin to every three dollars of liabli
ties, exclusive of circulation.
03” The receipts of the American Colo
nization Society last month amounted to
$5,117 97 of which $3,972,42 were froth
legacies. ;
03” Nebraska Territory contains $340,-
000 square miles, with a population ofless
than 600.
Anna’s address commences
with these words; “On placing my foot
on the shores of my native country.!’ He
has lost one leg.
command one’s spirit is the first
step towards commanding one’s destiny.
03” Help the industrious and they will
help you.
■ {ttrA charter was granted, by oitr Leg
islature at its late session, for thoestablish
ment of a Female College at Harrisburg.
o£rA new Masonic Halt is about to be
erected in Philadelphia at 1 an expense of
$lOO,OOO. The front is to be of brown
stone, and to cost $20,000. ,
says a man will .pardon any
thing in U friend except prosperity." Pupch
is right. If y<?u Wish ,to be called , fl a
braipless ass,” go to California apd come
back a millionaire. ■, ■ , i;
(KTA man’s business will not Stick to
him if ho will not stick toil. • :
(KrAmericti was discovered on the 11th
of May, 1402.- '
' MINISTER TG MEXICO. I
The Journal of Commerce has beefc*!
favored with the XollowlDg extract of a B
the city of New York from Colonel Jartei '®
Gadsden, of Charleston, newly appointed’ ■
Minister to Mexico: .
"You will probably be os much aurpri|.Vß
ed ns myself at my Mexican appointment.' B
It took me by surprise ; but as a voluntary ■
offering from the President, it is the higher' ■
appreciated. I have long felt a desire to ■
visit tho domains of Montezuma, and to I
do so under existing circumstances and op*’,l
portunittes is the more gratifyicg. l
only anxiety is that I may justify the Pre,.'
identin the high trust reposed, and .fulfil -
tho promises of a faithful representative.
"Will you be kind enough to collect fof
me, among those.engaged in the Mexican
trade, all the statistics which may bo val
uable and important. I desire to underijfl
stand thoroughly our commercial relattotiiuj
with that country, nnd to see to, what
i tent they may be encouraged and 1 extend,:,.
■ ed advantageously to us under the broad v
' banner of free and unrestricted trade. ,
“Free and unrestricted intercourse, ccw>, 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. :
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make a: A \ t
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Haven roatf^