BURY N A 11 EI I 1 1X0 ., H. B. MASSER, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE, MARKET STREET, OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE. SI ' jFamfljt JlctospapriyiOrtiotrti t0 DoHtfts, JLftcraturc, IHorairtj?, jForrtnn nntt Domestic ilclus, Scfcnte anlr the arts, ajirfcuUurr, Jfcttrutts, amusements, Set. NEW SERIES VOL. , NO. l8. SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA., SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1849. OLD SERIES VOL 9, NO. 38. T1 A 1VI NN.' . a n K7 J 1 jL lorn ; ' : . "' I TERMS OF THE AMERICAN. TUB AMKR1CAN it published every Saturday nt TWe fOLI.AH8 p:r annum to lie pukJ hull yearlv in wlvuiic-e No paper discontinued until all nrrciiriiiri-. tin mini. Ail eoimnunientiiai. or letters oil l.n.nn-i. Milling to th ottice, to uuure aitanlioii, uiu.t be I'OP T I'AiU. Tl CU BS. Three eoniea to one sddrm. Beven . , , lo bo en on IIIIMI Fifteen : lo lVi .jtllKI Five d4itira in advance will pny ror three -rat's snbscriu. Hiou to the American. Oil. 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Itciit. l'.wi., rhaa. '.ilMioli.. I1. J'"'l Cook, I1., I). II. Ilrcwuter, I in), C. Thutiiwot: Jojh K(. . I I NEW YOUK. lon.M.nw'. II. Orhmrfl, II. u. iil-n Hoffman, itmi. ilnine. .MonriM. Iln. Klv.-inl t'mti.. Hon. Aliikitt ltwrenee, IIoston.JoIhi Aiki-i, Kwi, Niwell. June , ALEXANDER G. CATTELL, HfCCEMOtl TO JAM KS M. IIOJ.TON, DDCD. COMMISSION 6- FOIiirjKDIXG MER CHANT, Fir ike sale of Grain, Flunr, Seeds, Iron, Lum ber dr. 1 S. 13 North. Wharves, J'llll.Allt'.l.l'lllA. Oooda CrwrS.iJ with rare, to nil points on the Schuylkill, Lilian, SuKiiuchunna , and Juniuta Cannla. C??'Snlt, Piaster, !rimliitoiic8. ftc, for ealo at the lowest price. Philadelphia, June t, 1849. ly ' ItiO Maukkt Smr.ET, Piiilauki.I'iiia. Iwfortcrt of. Frcuchy English and German Fancy and Stable Stationery. VrAFEKS. S'lins Wax, Ink, Draft and Hack- Binimoir Doanls, Tnc, IrAKtumls, Doini noe,iittKitt' nnd other Steel Pens, Ivorr and Uone Ftflilr-rn, Papeterie, Ciold and Silver Pencil i ( 'awi, ftrii-Utl llounl; Whiitman'i DrAwinff P.v lw., Kuve1oM, Hond'a nnd Amolu'e ivlclirutetl llnke lfw Muktti( Linen, I'orlfolioB.Disnoeli'il Mupi' auil(tiKinM,CWuuunn, Cunln, (iold Pens, Ac. U'litudiljiiiia, June S, 1X VJ 3m MERCHANTS' FeurtU Sir. , lie Ar1' '"" mie v....t,;n nil n'smigement of Ms -I wen known hotel, (which is h.! th Very .centre of fcuaiiWM.) having h.' M iu no the lands of the su.Wril.ers, thi-y hf ff lv V at.it that it istlicir pur, to render it worthy of the liberal rmtrouacc with which it has l.een here nofore sustained, and ho, hy unremithng atteii lion, to deserve the patrnnaoe of their rrierils, who may visit the city on business or pleasure. U. & J. McKIUBlN. ' Formerly of the Exihange Hotel, Pituburjt. ' ' May 5, 1849. 4t REMOVAL. . i ; DK. J. 11. MASSE 11 has rcmoveo m ollice. to tho ollice formerly oc. copied hv H. U. Miwscr.as the printing . i:.-;.f".l, . Smilnirv American, uaik 1. 1 1 1 . ... " - j of H. Mawrs Htore. ou0-, Fdfc 24 l849e- . TJVEV MAN HtS OWN PATENT r ..l.r,licrs of the "SCIENTI lv I . ..'m'.ii-av Laws favoured us with , a Phamphlel containing the Patent Laws of V . T. - . .k..r iv it I. il l t he forms neoe. nS:PuU,nt.i...brm..ionh. regard . m Ration that is to instruct Addre- MliNN A W), March 10, 14 nn ATlMNCr J , n.. -ill ,n,.iinuo to receive and w - - - :i M in Miiittiiirv. ill'."- rmuiaiXe . Tna vVw of the Vuuch KSm the scenery .djut- na,i"w. .... , h. , ,,, , A:nuiintVco,ultrydnm.?tnerm 8unbury moKHIK SELECT POET11Y. tEFTKAIT CAUTKIl SOS. This celebrated pioco of poetry, to which o much attention has been called of Into, we give below. Laugh while you carl. Near Springfield Mountain there did dwrll. A comely youth I knew him well, Letlennnt Unrter'a only aon, Hia father's pride, nigh twenty one. One day thin young man tli-id go, Down to the meailowa for to mow. lie didn't mow half dow n the field, When ft pesky snrpcut hit hia heeld. And when he felt the vnrment hjle, He ruiscd hia arytlie, with nil hiamisht. And fetched such a dendly Wow, Aa quickly Iniil the crcetur low. He took the anrprnt in tils hand, nd atraihtwny went to Molly Brand. Say ina; Molly, Molly, here you see, The pirrn anrient what hit mc. Now Molly had a rosey lip, With which she did the pizon sip. Hut Molly had a rotten tooth And quickly pizeu'd were they holh. They laid them down upon the Im.iI, Where they hoth quickly di-i-ed. Their hudies were all speckled o'er, With the colors which the anriiciit Isire. When this ybung man Rave up the ghost, To Ahrn'ma hosom he went post, A cryiiirr loud aa up he went, till ! cruel, cruel sa-nr-pent. THE THREE DEAF MEN". liefure the deaf squire of the village DcnfplaiiitilVauiiiiiiona deuf defendant, And having charired him with the pillage Of sundry cheeses, makes an end on 'I. Not at all moved with such such grave charges, The other on his part engages In his defence, and much enlarges 1'pon an old account for wages, The justice then with solemn face, Decided : "As I have understood The merits of this knotty ease, I must maintain the marriage good; And iu this view I shall persist, The case is without costs dismissed." historical. THE (TIAItACTER OF AAttON 1111111. BY WILLIAM WALLACE. If Rlennerli asset had been the only per son ruined by Burr, in tho prosecution of his enterprizes, charity would suggest a burial of our remembrance of the exile's desolation. But the victims of Burr are to be numbered by hundreds. The base and the peaks of society, alike show the scatching marks of his fiery visitation. lie cherished no friendship he return ed unhonorcd the drafts of gratitude; he kindled by the fireside of hospitality the flame of lust, and felt little pleasure in bid ding adieu to the Lares of his host, until the dearest that flourished in their shadows were sacrificed. The man's whole being centered on the pivot of selfishness. But for the affection he manifested towards his daughter, his sole moral merits seem to have been courage and coolness ; and yet clustering as were the laurels which they wedded to his brow his baser passions so predominated that he held it more glorious to seduce a womanf than to glitter in the field of letters, to scale the steeps of philo sophy, or to wave a banner victoriously in battle. He courted the man to corrupt his wife the statesman to profit hy his influence the millionaire to obtain his money and the world to gratify his desires. He was the more dangerous from the possession of an intellect, massive, piercing, brilliant, united to frame at once handsome and vig orous. His mind was but the keen and resistless weapon with which his passions hewed a way to conquest. I hat weapon Was I'rotettii. But few could escape its ever chano-i.ig attack. If the victim came fuUv under the sraze of an eye whose sham li"ht rese mbled lightening imprison ed and forever pi'ayjng in a cloud as black as nieht he was lost. Burr's conversation was irresislably fascinating his had swept over every chord of the human heart. He strewed the rosy path oi me nappy witn flowers of a still brighter hue : he arched .... ! .t.L the troubled sky ol tnc aesixinning wun me rainbow ot nope; ne conjurea up ueiure the wrapt visions ot the avaricious, moun tains Ot goiu ; anu 10 me aspiring, j"i' n, nut the shadowy vistas of siory. Thus he 6tood, ormed. unprincipled, ruia less and terrible. Hie want ot lortune alone prevented his presenting in one lurid, dreadful and overwhelming mass, thai evu which he accomplished buttoosuccessiuiiy in many details. Chance contined lo vai- 1 ...... f.hmnar!IVP V lllimilie H irillin:.!. I L - - 1 '7'. -".'--,-,- .. I.. . AX' Wlncn only waueu iur a release iu un- late continents. It may be askea . n not uis v. u.. the battle fields of hia Cunry " yZ memberea!" iutwwni i l; j.;.. trait. Nr. matter 111,11 was a icu. . "8 Sl SSi! 7 IZ ' "2anv nprsnns who will doubt the real patriotism 6f one who was ready ll 1 1 1 r IT aic limn i to forswear tin allegiance, wuo T" on so mucn u at u ------ even bis exploits against tyranny as less glorious than the moral destruction 01 a nu- 1,.,. nf. A. ere is expected to subdue; but With Burr the winter of time brought no snow. lava nf passion. At four score and six, the crater wore a glow as ardent as at twenl v. His faculties mocked at a cen. ill. . m I., ihe soothinz calm A OTP of iVlijion, to fiwblc the barbie which has MIUlli" '"o ' . P . . been tossed by the storms of life, to prepare for a worthy entrance into the sea of an other world. Burr died as he lived prac tically an atheist. Age should bring re spect ; Burr died as he had lived, without, the respect of the good. His hoary hairs went down to the grave floating on the breeze of infamy. In cunning, an Togo; in lust, a Tarqttin; in patience, a Cataline: in pleasure, a Sy barite ; in gratitude, a Malay ; and in am bition, a Napoleon. He affords the world a powerful example of powerful intellect, destitute of virtue. His portrait would fitly appear in a circle of Dante's Inferno. Let no one accuse me of stepping with unsanctified feel through the solemn vaults of the sepulchre. Aaron Burr belongs to History. Such wat the lot he chose. He seduced the wife and dniifihter of the man who ;ave him shelter after the duel with Hamilton. tllis own assertion. Ho wished to claim his rights as a British subject, when in London : Lord Liverpool re jected llio offer with contempt MTRI.MK.M AD DIGERTIOX. Tiie Cinciiinulti Nonpareil has quite) a sensible article, on eating and drinking, in the course of which the editor gives some facts in relutiuu to various articles of food. TIib 1 low in table of the amount of liiilrinus matter iu different grains is well worth pre servation for reference : ' 100 lbs Wheat contain 85 lbs nutriment. Corn Rice Tvye Barley Beans Pens Meat Potatoes Beets Carrots 97 00 80 83 90 93 it ii n ii ii ii i ii it ii nvrrage 35 contain 55 " 14 " 14 Greens and turnips 8 Bread 80 It will bo seen from the above that meat is not tho most nutritious food, as is generally supposed. Tho laboring man often thinks ho cannot perform a day's work without meat ; but the fact is that it is not half as nu tritious as wheat, corn, rye, or beans. Meat is more stimulating than vegetables, and does not maintain so true an equilibrium in the system. Uniformity in our footings and habits is desirable that is, we should be constant ly in good health and spirits. It seems, therefore, that meat is not favorable to this stale, and should be gradually dispensed with. That will bo eoceded to be the best food which supplies tho greatest amount of nutri tion with the least effort of tho digestive or gans, lo uetermino tins, we will give tno resultsof a long course of experiment which Dr. Beaumont conducted with a soldier who had been wounded, and tho wound so healed as lo leave an opening into the sto mach through which the operation of diges tion could be observed. Bread and milk digested in 2 hours. Codfish 2 " Turkey " 21 " Goose, wild, 2i " Hash 24 " Oysters and crackers " 3 " Beef, fresh, roasted, " 3i " " " broiled, 2 ' boiled, " 3i Pork recently salted, " 4 J " Mutton " 4 " Eggs, hard, boiled, " 3J " " soft, boiled, ' " 3 " Sausages, " 3J " Fowls, 4 " Bread, with coffee, " 4 " ltice 1 " Tapioca " 2 " Barley " 2 " Milk ' 2 " Pigs' feel " 1 " Tripe ' 1 ' Trout " 14 " Soup, bean, " 3 " barley, 14 " ' Mutton, 31 " Beans ' 24 " Bread, wheal, 31 " corn, " 31 " Cake, corn, " 3 " Turnips l 34 " Potatoes, boiled, " 34 " roasted, 24 " Cabbage ' 24" Eroin tho above table, it will bo seen that it requires more effort to digest animal than vegetable food ; whilo the latter furnishes Jouble the nutriment of tho former. Com- mon gensP therefore, settles tho question of preference. I.. ... . I A lnrnn nt rml.l urnrth nmirlv ,iltffn mm. . "-r-si -i m v- ijroa dollars was picked up the oilier day at I a mine near Dalton, Georgia, by a poor la- f Xnother lump yet larger, has been found at the same place. . . . TZT ' . . Chamber's I hdlllbursh) Journal says, that AmMica !' ,h? f the ki"ST' No douW 01 tnat but whatmust it then be . .i.ii. i M the leUow. thai don't worn Camphor Cigars-a new contrivance of the Pari. chemits, have been imported in Phihv I . . , . .1 ".- - ---- G rattan one day came to his son, and pushing him until he was awakened, "Come," said he. "get up ; recollect it is the early bird thai catches the worm" Serves the worm righl," said the witty .lumberer, "for I . , I 1 II bein abroad so early." TREATMENT OF THE HOLELA. Snlphnr a Cholera Specific. As any thing relating to tho treatment of cholera is interesting at the present moment, we copy from tho Chicago Journal llio sub joined letter, written by a physician of high standing nt Chicago, who appears to believe that a specific for tho cholera has been dis covered in the use of sulphur. A correspon dent of the Albany Atlas, in referring to the letter of Dr. Herrick, observes, that "sulphur, it is said, has long been employed in cholera by practitioners of the homtrpathic school, in accordance with directions to that elfi'i't in their book," but he justly adds, that this ought not to prejudice llio public against its use. Dr. Blancy, mentioned in Ihe letter, is a man of science and research : Dear Sir: In compliance with Ihe request of my friend, Dr. J. A. Bird, 1 have made tho following brief synopsis of a letter from him, sent to mo for publication in the North Western. Medical and Snrpral Journal which, together with the few additional remarks which 1 have made, yon will please publish; in order that the members of tho medical profession nnd our citizens generally may have tho means of testing, and the benefits to be derived, from what is supposed to be a new discovered remedy for the cholera. Tho facts slated in the letter referred to above are brie'ly ns follows: About six months since, Dr. Bi'd and my self were led into conversation upon the ef fects of atmospheric influences in producing epidemics, from reading nn articlo from a German chemist, in our periodicals, in which it was contended, that influenza, depended upon the presence of Oionc, and that tho se verity nnd number of attacks, as shown by chemical analysis, was always in proportion to the amount of this substance in the atmo sphere. Taking this statement iu connection with the fact, that cholera is generally pre ceded by influenzas, as shown by its history, we were led to the conclusion, that both dis eases might be dependant upon the same in fluence, modified in degree according to the greater or less quantity of this deleterious agent present in the atmosphere nt the lime. The next step in the investigation, was to determine what agent would counteract the influence and destroy the deleterious proper ties of oioiif. The accurato chemical know ledge of Dr. Bird, enable him lo sugcest at onco the well known substance sulphur as possessing the properties of acting upon it in such a manner as to neutralize its influence. In searching for farts to support this conclu sion, it was found that the cholera never had prevailed in tho vicinity of sulphur springs, or in situations where this substance abounds ; hence the conclusion, that sulphur might be, and piobably was the antidote fur cholera. In ono of our Medical Journals, an article appeared describing the method of detecting o:onc in the atmosphere, thus supplying the means of determining whether or not it was present at the very lime when cholera was beginning to make its appearance amongst us. Dr. Bird's experiments, ns well ns Ihoso mado subsequently by himself, nnd by Drs. Bird, Blnney and myself from day to day, since that time, shows that ocone is present in our atmosphere, and that the amount is in proportion to Ihe severity of the disease from time to time. About a week since Dr. Bird determined to try the effects of sulphur tqwin himself nnd others troubled as nearly all have been more or less of late, with uneasy sensations, slight nains. &c. iu the dhicstivu organs. The re suit was entirely satisfactory, so much so that Dr. Bird camo immediately to my of fice, and requested me ns a friend, to test its eflicacy in my practice, but to say nothing to others with regard to the ingredients used until faots should justify its public announce ment as a discovery. Tho beneficial effects resulting from its use in my practice was such as to convince me at once of its utility in the class of cases described nbove. Du ring the last few days Drs. Biid, Blancy nnd myself have continued to uso this apparent simple remedy, to the exclusion of all oWiers n cases of choleric symptoms. Tho result has been wonderful. All premonitory symp toms, such as pain, a sense of fulness, unnatu ral movements, slight diarrhea, &c, have uniformly yielded at once to a dose of three to four grains of sulphur. In cases where either cramps, or diarrhea or vomiting have bo"ii present, and in fact where all these symptoms have existed iu conjunction, tho use of sulphur, in the above named doses, every three or four hours, has had the effect to ameliorate the patient's condition at once, and when used, iu a few hours, to dissipate choleric symptoms. So far as its efficacy has been tested in the worst stages of collapse, most satisfactory results - -v I have been obtained. In two or three cases of the kind the effect of the remedy has been to bring back pulsa to the wrist, restore warmth to tho surface, and stop tho profuse . , ,... ,. .J,,. '"'.....,.B. . ul.,, u.o lc,uu, nbtaiiiBil ao far. havn lieen nurh to eon. Vince all of ., who have administered it, ancj witnessed its effects, that If any remedy deserves the appellation, this is a specific for cholera It having been determined to make this public statement, it is expected in return lhat n0 hagty conclusions will be made, ei ther for or against what appears to be a pro I position to accomplish much by very simple I means. Although the results so far as ob- I tamed, in a short time, and by a lew mdi- viduals, seem to justify our conclusions, it is honed lhat physicians will continue to de- peud on what they consider the most efficient practice in bad cases of cholera, until they shall have tested the matter themselves; and ' formed their own conclusions; and also, that whatever may be the confidence of individ uals in this or any other remedy, they will not depend upon their own judgment in any case, even of slight symptoms, whenever it is possible to consult their physician. ft is suggested by Dr. Bird, that a combi nation cf powdered charcoal, one part to four of sulphur, has seemed lo make the remedy more efficient. W. B. IlEiiaii-K, Ed, N. W. Mid. If Sur. Jour. We publish this professional stntemcnt simply to bring it before members of the Fa culty who might not otherwise seo it ; hold ing it to be at all times unsafe for the unini tiated to confide in any novel suggestions on so important a subject, from any source, how ever respectable, without reference to per sonal medical advice. Tho discovery may be valuable, but we recommend to others what we should practice omsclvcs in case of an attack, to call in the services of a compe tent physician, iu whom confidence is repo sed, and follow his directions implicitly. We doubt not that the suggestions of tho let ter will claim the early nnd impartial atten tion of the medical fraternity iu this city, and if they are indeed of value, will be promptly recommended for general adoption. In the meantime it would in our judgment, bo erring on the other side to withhold any farther information which we may receive on tho subject. Wo therefore subjoin the following extract from the Hnffala Courier of Monday: Facts having reference to this discovery will go farther with an intelligent public than any thing else the press can lay before it, and we give from an informant, whom we know to be a person of character and good judgment, the following statement. Our informant was by chance in Chicago, Fridav. May 25. when Dr. Bird first admin- I.toro.1 hi. rnmoflv m wram ntii.nkpil wiih - ' - ' the cholera. These cases were persons living twelve miles out of the citv. Irish laborers on the Chicago and Galena railroad. In coin- pany with Dr. Bird and Dr. Herrick and three other physicians, he visited them for the pur- pose of seeing the effect of tho experiment, On arriving at the station, it was found that one of the five patients was already dead, Of those livin". ono was a man. two were women, ami llie remaining one a cluid lour or five years of nge. Tho man was pro nounced by tho physicians to be in a collap sed state., Whether the remainder were or not, our informant is not positive. In the language of physicians, the man had "no pulse," that is to say, his pulse was hardly perceptible. 11m women were vomiting nd purging excessively. Dr. Bird immediately administered the pills. In the course of ten minutes he gave ono of tho women three of them. The limi ted time uflbrded to the visiters prevented a fair observation of the effects of the medi cine. Their stay was limited to three quar ters of an hour, the time being the afternoon. Upon the arrival of the cars in Chicago tho next morning, the patients were all reported doing well, with the fairest prospect of re covery. The next day the remedy was tried ttpon two cases in Chicago, and both recovered from the attack. On Sunday or Monday, a telegraphic des patch was transmitted to New Orleans, ad vising of tho nature of the lemedy, and re questing that it should be tried upon some of the cases in that city, which were in the most advanced stages of the disease. A reply was received the next day, to the effect that it had been tried, ns our inform ant understood, upon persons in tho collapsed state, and that the treatment "had the de sired effect." The opinion or recommendation of Dr. Bird is that in any locality where tho disease is prevalent, it is a proper precaution to take one of the pills in the morning, and for those attacked, to take one every two hours until relief is found We annex the material portion of a com municution from a correspondent of tho N. Y. Commercial commenting upon the alleged discovery : I was reminded of some remarks I lately mt with in a work of the celebrated Dr Dewees, touching its eflicacy in tho case of epidemic diseases. It ail epiueinics are ui- tributable to the presence, in excess of o:o in the atmosphere, the facts which I quote below will alford still farther testimony in favor of the theory advanced by the Chicago physicians. Dr. Dewees writes as follows, alludin. more particularly to the uso of sulphur in the case of epidemic measles: "There is a curious circumstance mention ed by Dr.Tourtual, a Dutch physician, which if proved to bo a fact, will be highly micros. Una iu the history and treatment of measels. Ho states that at a period when measles were epidemic, all tho children who were under treatment withsulpher for itch, escaped the disease j and that those who were taking sulphur for the whooping cough enjoyed the same immunity. Also he saya that many children who were taking a mixture of sul phur and camphor, and to whom those medi caments were applied by frictions, were not attacked by measles, while those who were not subjected to this medicine were aftocted." A MoHSTaous Snak a. Messrs Isaao Wol . i t- ,1 rv. i ..f n:. :n..t...n. verlil ana vnnsuy iaic, m luiiiiiiifcuaio, .n this State, while out gunning on the 5th ult., captured a Black Snake, which measured 21 feet S inches in length, and it is supposed be about 3 feet in circumference. H tioKE,i wago Roite from sasta FE TO TIIE PACIFIC. The road he took ho describes as being ex cellent, except five or six miles, though over a true desert. It may bo taken for six months in the year, but impassable in summer. It is a great gold district, rich mines having been discovered in the mountains, but so destitute of water that even a mining population can scarcely occupy it. The distances of the whole rmito from Independence, Missouri, to ine racino are given as totiows : To Santa Fe, Rio Grande left, Tucson, Piuio Villages, Crossing of Colorad First Wells, Second " 776 miles, 77S 248 " ' 1033 363 " 1396 81 1477 205 " 1682 13 11 1695 23 1718 25 1644 28 " 1771 47 " 1818 52 " 1370 Third Cariza, (stream) First settlements, San Diego, Tho report sums up tho description as fol lows : If 1 had continued on the most direct route to San Diego, tho distance would havo been rather under 1100 miles, (about 1800 miles from Independence, Missouri, by Santa Fo ) The constant tenor of your letters of in. st ruction made it almost a point of honor to bring wagons through to the Pacific; and so I was retarded in making and finding a road for them. From this road, any that may follow will have various advantages. The breaking tho track, often through thickets of mezquite nnd other thorny bushes although worked on by pioneers, was so laborious that I habitually relieved tho front wagons about every linur: but a team on a linn, open prai rie, labors much less, if on a beaten track. Much of the difficult ground on thcGila, con sisting of light porous clay, becomes a good beaten road. My lournaland sketch indicate - - I some points whore tho road mnv be shorten. ed ; but, between Ojo dn Vaca and the point of leaving the San Pedro river, it is pro- i . . . bablo that between 60 and 100 miles may bo saved, and somo bad road avoided, It is only necessary for a small experienced party, well provided with water, (with Indian guides, if practicable,) to exploro the prairie and discover the watering places. The direct distance is about 160 miles The worst road is on the Hio Grande, op posite the upper middle part of the Jornada del Muerte. It may probably be uvoided by coining the Jornada road half way down or more, and then crossing to the west side. 1 nave reason to believe that there are gaps in the mountains, and opposite where my road becomes good. This assumes that the great highway will pass as far north as Santa Fe, which may not bo the case. Tho country from the Kio Grande, to Tucson is covered with grama grass, on which ani mals, moderately worked, will fatten in win ter. An emigrant company may leave Indepen' dence, Missouri, from Juno 10, to late in All- trust, or Van Buren, Arkansas, late. It will subsist a short time on buffaloes, and be able to lay up much of the meat, dried or sailed In New Mexico it may rest, make repairs, and obtain supplies particularly of mules, sheep and cattle which, in that grazing country. will be found cheap ; it may pass through set tlemenls for 250 miles; and they will be much extended in the rich river bottoms to the south, when the Indians shall bo subdued. I brought to California both beeves and sheep; ine latter aid pernaps, mo pest re quiring little water: they gave no trouble two or three men can guard and drive n thousand. At Tucson, or at the Pimo vil lages, fresh snnnlies may bo obtained. The Pimos and Maranopas, 28.000 or 20,000 in number, wonderfully honest and friendly to st rangers, raise corn and wheat, which they grind and sell cheaply for bleached domestic summer clothing of all sorts, showy cotton handkerchiefs, and white hoads. They also have a few mules and cattle. 1 gave some breeding sheep. Oxen will not do veil for draught, their feet become tender; and west of the Pimos, their food is not found sullicietit or suitable ; mules require no shoes, I catch. ed a laroje (inautity on the Gila, having used none. Undoubtedly, tho fine bottom land of the ColoW( if not of the Gila, will soon be set- tied; then all difficulty will be removed. The crossing is about 100 miles from the mouth, and about bu above tide, for six months iu the year, the river is raid to be navigable by steamboats for 350 niilcs; its bottoms are wide and rich; and sugar, un doubtedly may be grown. In winter, it is fordable at the crossing ; but 1 think it has at least as much water aa the Missouri at the same season, and may bo navigable by stea mers to the mouth of the Gila at all seasons. Frekoox or Speech.- A colored lecturer, named Douclass. who has been lionized for several years by the New England Anti- Slavery Society, last week made a speech he- fore a large assembly in lioston, in which be denounced the lamented Worth as a "legal- ized murderer." To the credit of the audt. ence, however, snch language w as not gener ally approved, even though ft was uttered iu Boston. This was not the only intemperate language used on that occasion. Burleigh called General Taylor "the chief murderer ot the nation," aud many ol the speakers as I sAiln.1 ihn Church fmrrtHlv j i iiese assaults 1M l. provoked some of the members to defend the Church, and the meeting became quite noisy, to I some oi tne speakers continuing meir reiuurais I amid a slorni of hisses. . From (he Ner YoT Observer. THE HAVAOES OF THE BE&TROVER' A TALC OF Tal'TH During a brief term of missionary service; in which 1 engaged some years since, 1 met with a family whoso history, and especially an incident in it( affords another striking ex ample of the degrading Influence of intoxica ting drinks. Upon entering their wretched abode, I perceived at once that I was in a ,,Pllnt.nr,i) i.nm- The hovels of the intern pcrate have an aspect too well known to need description. Upon engaged in conver sation with the different members of the family, I found that with one exception they were all suffering from the effects of recent indulgence. Tho father, a man quite ad vanced in years, and a son who was just in the prime of life, were too far gone to make a sensible reply to my questions, and when they volunteered a remark it was humiliating to listen to it. A daughter-in-law, who had an infant in her arms, showed by her idiotio stare that she too was besotted with rum. The mother nlono did not give" the evidence of recent indulgence : but even she, as I af- terwards learned, had long been addicted 10 the degrading vice. Finding Very soon that 1 could not benefit them by tarrying, I left it Tlln 0l1b' nnu wlin wag ln a condition to pro. fit by a religions conversation was altogether averse to entering into it. Of two neighbors one of whom was an elder in the Presbyte rian church, I learned the following particu lars : Several years before, the father of the) family was the owner of a large farm situa ted in the vicinty of his present abode, and was prospering in the world. Like multitudo of others, he became addicted to intemper ance, and his farm was no longer able to yield him Rupport, and afford the means of gratifying his unnatural appetite. It was mortgaged, and the money thusobtained was . p e. . , "Pp, llr rum- B00n 11 occame necessary io sell the farm. and the balance, some hundreds f dollars above mortgage, being paid in ready money, was in a short time expended for that which was fast ruining his estate, himself and his family. He had now become a confirmed and degrading drunkard, living1 only for the gratification of his vicious thirst for strong drink. His wife, too, once his bo Bom friend, became his bosom companion in his debauchery. Nor did his influence end here, He not only taught his children by hi example, to court tho vice, but he compelled them to drink. Unlike most parents who are drunkards themselves, he seemed desi rous to render thein as degraded as himself. One only out of a large family, broke through his father's influence, and he became a res pected member of society. The rest, male and female, fell under the influence of the destroyer. Incredible as it may appear one of his children actually died of intemperance a miserable drunkard, at the age of twelve years. While ho was in a dying condition the father sent for a supply of tho poison which was causing his death, and when hJ breathed his last the family Was in a state of beastly intoxication. His body remained Upon the bed, iu the same state In which he died, for a day or two, and nothing was done, nof were they able to do anything to prepare it for burial. A neighbor, accidentally having prepared a coflin, placed tho remains of the child in it, and the family started for tho place ofbnrial which was more than a mile distant, taking with them the jug of rum. Arriving at the grave-yard, they found that no grave was dug. Obtaining tools, they went to work to prepare one, stopping fre quently to make a drain upon the jug. This was soon exhausted, when one of the number was despatched for a fresh supply. Again they commenced digging, and they dug and drank, and drank and dug, until a grave was opened, into which the coffin was placed, and having hurriedly filled it up, they all re turned in state of intoxication to their misera ble home. Such facts show how completely the de mon of inlempernnco not only blights the fairest prospects, and brings ruin and disgrace? upon families, but also roots up and tramples upon all tender sensibilities and affections of the heart. Under its influence fathers, end mothers too, become monsters, and losing all sympathy for their own flesh, and blood, can revel in debauchery around the dying bed and lifeless remains, and on the grave of their offspring. It is worse than brutalizing in its hellish influence. FROM THE FAR WEST We have advices by express from Salt Lake to the 15th of April. New and extraordinary discoveries of gold had been made in the mountains near Salt Luke. There seems to be ho limit to the de posits of the precious metal in our far-west territory. An expedition from Salt Lake had bean fallen in with', whose object it was to hurry forward the Mormon emigrants, in order that they might take advantage of the recent and wonderful discoveries of gold in that region. I Ibis information Induced many of the emi- giants to abandon their wagons and other I cumbersome property, including provisions, - 1 and push ahead with mules. The people settled in Ihe Great Basin are very anxious for the establishment of a terri- I torial Government, and intended to send I Mr. Burnbyson as a dolegate to Washington, - 1 in order that their necessities and wishes - l 1 . . . i may ue presscu upon tne attention ol Uingresa. The settlement of Mormons at Salt Lake I is represented to be very prosperous. i a mormon, named Lyman Wright, hat I been repudiated by the chuich for heiesy.
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