Columbia IDcmocrat.
Levi L Tatk, Fjmtok.
3 X.OOIMCHIlTJIUr.
SITUKDAY MOKN., MAY n, 1849.
tjlj-V. U. PALM Kit, comer of Ttiird and Ches
mt Street, i in uttlifiriit'.'d agent for the Coli m
r. Dr.MocHT.in Philadelphia.
'At noNii,t iiriih. In our paper of la?t
week, by a derangsinent f the types, we were
made U ay"Aii()iviAe," instead of ncnaLi.
Inprnttmtv.i. - Atwa!k round town will gratify
nd tnuch astonish the observer at the unexampled
Vrt'gress of our local improvement. Buildings
re everywhere goinu up. We repeat the opinion
heretofore expressed, that Ulooinsbnrg m im
proving with greater rapidity than any other vil
lage.iu the Norlh.
MovHirn.. The Mnnfy Luminary, of last
week, published by Oko. I.. J. Paihtkr, E-q.,
i clothed in the habiliaments of mourniug, over
the. decease of his excellent and amiable Laly,
late citizen of lilootnsburg, whose death we an
nnune -d a fortnight since.
The Militia 'Law, Asnin.
The public have already learned the feature of
the revised Militia Laws of this Slate, a synopsis
of which appeared in last week's Columbia Dem
ocrat. We still notice., however, a call posted
hore. and a stray order pnWishod there, for tho
did Company meetings, and Battalion Trainings
which is all wrong nd rendered nugatory as
ihs orders for -those nonsensical exhibitions have
Nnen countermanded by orders from the Adjutant
fienoml. Io a wot J there will be no more tram-
jugs ot the im-umfortned .Militia this year, nor
hereafter, forever.
Th Bill ptovides for the enioUTierrt of nfl able
bodied men between the ages of 21 and IS years,
and a tin of SO cents a year is imposed upon all
pr 1 9o'ns subject to perform military duty who do
not alt4i;h themselves to a volunteer company.
Otiiceu and Privates who sewed in the War with
Mexico ate forever exempt from Militia Duty.
To eneouragn Volunteers, each company of not
V' than !t0 men is entitled to draw troin the mili
tary fund $riflf and each Company of not .less than
,M men, $"o, to be employed in defraying armory
and other expenses. Brigade Inspectors f he
elected by companies in uniform and regularly
oranizod before the first Monday of June next,
the commanding Olficer of each Company super
intending the election. The MajorCeneral to be
vrted fr by all the Commissioned Officers of the
Division on the first Monday of July next, and
r!iularly every five years thereafter. Every person
esrvit'g five years in a volunteer company under
this act are exempt trnrn further duty. Each
cnuntv in the State to b a epnte Kiignde, ex.
vept the city and county of Philadelphia, vfhich
ia In form three Brigades. We congratulate the
people npon the aSolition of the militia training,
and trust that a splendid array of Volunteer Com
panic -will shortly be organized in accordance
with t'.ie provisions of the Bill just passed.
Cili7 ''i-nl(lirs of this Brigade, now composed
of Columbia enmity, what say you to the itnmr.
iliale formation of a Voi.r.vrr.rR Comfany?
"In time of peace, prepare for War," was the
nuiiiin of the Father of his Country, whose pre
cejits we love to respect as we desire to emulate
his example, djuty requires that the public
noiiited and patriotic citizen-soldiers of Blooms
bun; nn I vicinity, should at once take the matter
in hand and effect a Company organization.
Volunteer Election.
("apt. F.va.vs R. Ijhady, Editor of the Btiif.k
xille JJfi.inian, is a candidate for the office of
Brigade Inspector, in the Jefforsoni.in Brigade, et
the etuning Peptnnniel Election to he held on the ! get along among such a set of men as he has sur
first Monday of June. Capt. -Brady, is a woithy rounded himielf with, is a mystery to us. Men
man and' a brave, soldier. We heartily wish him who opposed his nomination, and ridiculed his
SBCcens. and doubt not, he will make as gallant an j pretensions are his cnmiamont. Ate they his
Olccr, as. he is an able democratic Editor. .friend.
Coming Dlcctioiifi.
"CuBiiig events cast their Shadows befnre."
Vimpbrll.
The election f.r members of the Stale Lvgiila
t'tieu drawing near. 1 he time for nominating
; s Candidal! s will 6'inn lie at hand. The po-iiuon
in which lha rJeoincr,-.lic Parly were placed lnt
wir.ter, is sufficient to warn 'he Democracy to he
mote upon their guard. All those measure." for
v.hi'-h we had been striving ipn principle, uete
,,-srly sacrificed to tupinoness and log-rolling
legislation. 1 liern are a nuiiiber of eitction,. f,,r
Senators tms tali, ennv.gu t t.aie ttie com-
plexion ofth.it hoimrablo body.
If tha people will only rirenp in their 'rent th,
;hc country will be in no danger. I.emnrrms, rf,,
von forget during the winler, how iremhlinulv
vou watched the proceedings of your servants at
Ihrri'burg, les' they should trample under fnni
the teachings of our laireni'-d i.onl, '. Will .,f,u
n it tow when you have the power and npinr-
(unity o cqc:pnic this body that all your iuter. its
will be aa! ii! then hand
The first p01" r- , . nog attention is the !.
tion of good, tr-je, Ooii'-f and radical Deroorrits
Let them be ri)t;n urinn v. hom we ran ?II unite,
Fir old Columiii County -ve do not fear. I'.'i!!
reir Brethren thronghot the. State, profit by the
Imon of last fall and winter, am: mivcnt by tl eir
vote., the recurn ncs nHurb anmhsr 1 ..lasiiopl,.'
frvThe I.e,isU.ire ol AUsrhuo tt has m..
ed a law allowing mairieil woman divor.ni Iuho
:iijf husbands, t.) 1 v.'Jtu- ihejr rnaoleu nair.-
Ti AVronJ lVuilif fan.
We presume that uo one of our numeroui rea
ders, has lorgotten the oft repnated and never-lo-le-loii(.itten
assertion, that Taylor in a second
Washington. They will some day wish they
"had'ul said that last " For there was new
made, a more rediculuus assertion i nor drawn, a
mote incongruous comparison. Taylor's course
since his inauguration, has not been such as to
redeem this pledge of hi friends, nor to impress
the people in his favor.
There is another point in the character of this
man, our most Escellent pledge lovi.ig Clue!
Magistrate, which striken usss somewhat singular.
They any that Taylor hales war. They asserted
that he was opposed to the war with Mexico, and
that he fought it through, because he was ordered
to do so by President James K. Polk,
Now if this Mexican War was unjust, unholy,
unrighteous and God abhorred; then it was wrong.
If General Taylor thought thus, he should not
have finiiiht it, nay, he should havs cot off his
right hand, belore he drew s sword in this accursed
war !
Would Wellington have toted thus? Would
he have drawn a sword in war to which ha was
opposed? Would he have permitted himself to
become a candidate for ollicei tithe lead of a party
who apposed the war in which he gained his
laurels.
Would he have surrounded himself with Mich
Cabinet advisers .' Men who suppoited him only
upon the question of expediency ? Men who are
not hound to him by any ties but those seven, the
five loaves and two fishe, which hcan apportion
out to I he in. If when they sk for fish he give
them atone, the bubble will burst, and he will
with himself once more in Mexico.
A Lender.
Upon the Second page ol Newspaper, it is
always expected that I hare- should be a quantity
of Editorial. And, in fact, it is usually expected
and intended that it should come up in solid
column But to our notion a close, compact,
solid column of political editorial, is a very for
midable looking thing.
Now we scarcely know upon what subject to
dish you Hp a spicy article. The letters of Gen
Taylur have been dreesed up with the Wilmot
Proviso at one time, and with Abolitionism at
mother, and with Slavery at a third. Hank,
Tariff and Free Soil; Giddings, Hale and Van
Buren, have been fried, tagouted and Barbecued,
until there is no possible way in which to do them
up, o that they may be piquant, spicy and pal
liable. Mister Fot Master General Collamer might
come up for a share of our most special and polite
attention But, if the Post Master General has
the approbation of his Chief in the wholesale de
capitation of Democratic office-holder j then,
the head of the Post Ollice Department is but little
t blame in this matter ; but this anti-ultra-whig-no-party
President, who had no friends to reward,
and no enemies to punish; who had no parly to
build up ; who would be the President of the peo
ple, and not of a party ; mutt lie under the charge
of having deliberately broken a deliberate pledge.
In England the Ministry, (answering to our
idea of Cabinet) is held responsible for all the
measures propagated, and if the measure prove to
be unpopular then the Ministry is dissolved, and
a new Primier appointed. There, they act upon
the motto, "The King can do no wrong " Here
the case ia very difh-rsMt. The President, is, very
properly, held responsible for all the arts of his
administration. If then General Taylor were
sincere in his professions, which we very much
doubt, he should turn out thoso, any, or all of his
Cabinet, whom he cannot otherwise control.
Speaking on the subject of proscription, we as
Democrats hold this opinion. If General Taylor
had said "I am a whig and as such am willing
to stand my chance for Election," then let his
friends have the benefit of his triumph. The
Ptesident has certainly obtained votes under false
pretences. Why it in even on dil that General
Peter Sken Smt h, an original Native American
Taylorit", stand no dunce for the Collectorship !
There w.ll ho trouble in camp presently ntuml
from under.
The course of the President is inch as to alien
ate from him entirely, the affections of both the
Great Pa-tics of lha nation, Native Americans in
cluded. We had thought the General old enough
to get along without leading string. How he can
TIIK DANVILLE BANK.
The twenty. six Commissioners appointed to
carry into effect the establishment if a Bank at
Danville, to be railed "The Bank of Danville,"
have notified the public, that Rooks for the sub
scription of Stork in said Bank, will benpencd at
the Montour House, in Danville, on Monday, the
Ihlh day of June, ensuing, and continue open
three days if necessary. The capital stuck of said
Rank, we believe, is two hundred thousand dol-
,r,, and Shares one hundred dollars each
A
fieasurer of said institution is to beelsrtcd at that
I time and place
Morgan llinchnau, an a fJ'itnrtt.
The Spntl nf ilie Timtf, of last Thursday
s ijs, Morgan liinchman was called, in the Di
trici O'irM as a wiinrcs lo testily in relation to
a certain pro r'y in which he had acted as Ihe
scrivener. He gjve his teitimnnv u ith clearness
"d precusien, though, as is his usual mannr,
! with rapid articulation. We opine the jury, on
j '"' account.did not think hiaiinaie. He was
! dre.sed somewhat after the fashion of th gay
j Quaker
'
J' The York and Cumberland Valley
Railroad, to run from York to Harrisbur",
', i m be put under contract immediately and
' thfi W0lk v i" Ue Push to completion
a11 l"f energy and despatch jn the
po er of the company .
"Thlngt ice dont like to Stf."
We dunt like to see a set of meo calling them
selves tariff man, stopping their furnaces and roll
ing mills their coal mines and their improve
ments, and bawling "ruin," "ruin," until an im
portant election was over ; and then, under the
same law, putting them again in prosperous
action.
We dont like to see a parly promising to elect
a no-party President; and then, when hie own
pledges are hardly dry yet, becoming through his
Cabinet a most violent and uncompromising Par
tizan, Wa dont like to see a set of men preaching "re.
form," and then creating an extra set of Judicial
Districts in order that a little mors money may
be divided among a few more men.
We dont like to sea a party arrogating to itself
all the decency, learning and honesty ; after having
promised to restore the defunct Tariff of 1942, and
then, when they hae lha power to force the re
jection of it on lha Democracy, back out most
beautifully, and continue, so far as Ihsy are able,
the country under the blighting influence of the
tariff of l4t.
We dont like to see General Taylor suubbing
the Native Americans, we dont! Thay were his
earliest friends, and old Zack ehould'nt forget 'em
rhilosophiftiiig.
Some things can be done a well as others.
Robin Hood, the celebrated English Robber used
to divide among the poor, what be Hole from the
rich. Rob Roy used to aay
"Let those get who have the power,
And let those keep who can !"
There are a great many thing happen in thi
world, entirely contrary to our most sanguine ex
pectatien. Now in uch a state of things, there
is but one thing that can afelj be done, and that
i "keep cool 1"
If you ahould happen to experience a certain
(indefinable feeling or aensation in favor of any
young lady, and he should decide not to have any
thing to do with you, dont gel into a paasion and
swear at a supposed rival ; but just put your hands
in your pocket and "keep cool !" There i no
use blusiering about it. If you do, everbody will
find out that yeu got "the mitten" and they will
laugh at you. If it should happen to creep out
any other way, dont make a fuss about the Lady
having told it, may be she dont consider herself
very highly honored.
Now there are a great many places where a
maticaa get uncomfortably warm, for instance a
fire in August, but even there, we would advise
you to "keep cool !' People do a great many
things they had'nt oughter, but you must make
allowance for the frailty of human nature and
' keep cool !"
St. Paul say, if it aint St. Paul it is somebody
else just as good, "Let not the Sun go down on
thy wrath." Now, after "closely thinking upon
it," we opine that this it the meaning of the pas
sageto wit:
'You may gat as mad as blaze during the day,
but dont forget to let it boil over before sundown,
so that during the "dark watches of the night"
you can "keep cool !" If you want to stay mad a
little longer, why we think you had better get up
your dander just after "the sun has sunk behind
the hill;" and then, you can remain mad all
night and also the next day If then you fear you
cant "keep cool" go out, if it happens to be in
December, and sit down on the wood pile. If it
should happen to be aumme-r time, climb a tree
and Ret out of this troublesome world "keep
cool !"
If what we have said upon this subject should
not pleaie you, why, we cannot help it. Dont
get mad dear Reader, we were just trying to please
you a little. We are not exactly the laughing
Philosopher, but amid all the trying vicissitudes
of life, we keep the right side up, and alway en
deavor to "keep cool !"
4fi of July llonvcnUon.
York Coutvty Henry Latimer, David F.
Williams, Stephen M'Kinley, and James M. An
derson, have been elected delegates, to nomin-
l a An.ll.t'.a f..V C,n,l PflTT m 1 U I nlll' t . With.
mc aviiiuiuatc m t-i.u, u... ........ , ......
out instructions.
Apams CeuxTT. Henry J. Stahle, Esq., ed-
iter fljf the Republican Compiler, has beHn elcc
led the representative delegate, without inttruc
lions,
Pfsry County. A Democratic delegete con.
vention was held at New Bloomfield, on the 23d
ultimo, at which Jusr.i M acyarlanf., was e-
lected representative delegate to the Pittsburg
Convention, and recommended to support John
A. Gamble, of Lycoming fn; Canal Commis
sioner The Senatorial dilcgate was conceded
toCuraberland county.
fey The following beautiful lines were
written by Lord Littleton, in 1 74 R, asanj
inscription on a monument erected by him
in memorv of his wife. The monument
sunds in the church of Haglcy :
Mads to engage all hearts, and charm all eyna ;
Thu' meek, magnanimous; tho' witty, wine;
Polite, as all her life in couits bad been;
Yet good as she the world had never seen:
The noble fire of an exalted mind,
Wilh gentlest female tenderness combin'd
Her speech was the niolmlious voice ol love
Her song the warblniK of the vernal grovt;
Her eloquence was sweeter than her sung,
Suit as her heart, and as her reason strong.
Her form each beauty of her mind cxpresu'd,
Her mind was virtue by Ihe graces drers d.
The $300 r.xciiiption Law.
Among the most important Acts passed j
1 .1 1 . .l. ..c .1 (J,. .!. 11
,,y me ncg.uurc u. 1,11s nunc, ...t , ons-
ville Emporium says, is that exempting
from levy and sale on execution property
to the amount of Thre H.mdred Dollars.
II i huinanr, just 111 lis object, nn cannot
' ut avr - sbitar! ( fl"rr!-
" And this is in the night! most gloriuus night !
Thou wert not made for sluiubur I"
Bvroi.
The exemtric Joi n Randolph, of Roanoke,
once upon a time, climbed a high hill in order to
see the sun rising from tne Eastern liurriww.
He watched the bright Luminary as it slowly
seemed to emerge from the bosom of the ocean,
in breathless silonce. At last turning to his fa
vourite servant, who accompauicd him, he said
"Jack, if any body ever say to you there is no
God, tell him he lies!"
If there is any time more than another, when
the Heavens proclaim that there is a God and
the glory of him, it is tho night. In the early
evening, one after the other of the Planetary bo
dies belonging to our system, appear in their or
bits. Slowly, apparently, steadily and solemnly,
they wheel their slated courses, and show forth
the power of their creator.
Fartherstill in the distance appear millions up
on million of twinkling poinis.reaching far into
the immensity of spaca. The courses of the itars
have been marked by the finger of their God, and
until they fall from the sky.they will continue in
their respective courses upheld and ballanced by
the power of their creator.
"The moon arose the mists arc curled
Bu-k from the solitary world !"
The moon has a most oothing effect upon
most people, To see its calm and silver light
casting its mellow influence upon surrounding
objects and giving room for greater flights, to an
imaginative mind. Day dreams are pleasant, but
is not a castle built in the air upon a summer e
vening the must pleasant and least harmless em.
ploymeut of an otherwise unoccupied mind.
When all is still and far off we hear the deep
mouthed bay of the watch dog, it is sweet ! Sajt
Byron.
"'Tis sweet to hear the watch dog's honest voire
Bay deep mouthed welcome as we draw near
home."
The creation in every part of it is full of the
most conclusive proof ol the existence of a great
Prt cau-e. Day and night summer and winter
show forth the power and goodness of that being,
who "looketh upon the earth and it trembleth,"
who"toucheth the hills and they smoke."
Chief Executioner.
A man be the name of Fitz IIenut
Wabrfn, who run away from his r.reitors
in one of the Yankee States, and settled
down in a dark ipot among the Indians of a
Western State, is said to be the Chief Ex
ecutioner at Washington. He is reported
tobe an expert hand in severing democratic
heads, and has conscience as long and re
lentless as Dan ton's or Robespierre's of
French notoriety. Their day of joy will
be of but short duration. Justice will soon
overiake such chaps.
Specie is flowing into New York
from the West in considerable amounts,
"
The receipts are not less than half a mil
lion per week. A large proportion of this
specie is foreign coin, including considera
ble silver.
7 The Siamese Twins, who have
been living some years with their wives
and children in North Carolina, are about
to emback for Europe, with a view to con.
suit the most eminent surgeons on the prac
ticability of an operation to divide the
ligament that binds them together.
Female Testimony The sister-in-law
of the senior Editor of the West Chester
Republican, sends home in a letter two
ounces of the genuine gold dust, and fully
confirms the reports heretofore publis
hed in relation lo the riches of the mines.
In writm" to tier sister sue says nt-r iiii-
band lind bern at tlif mines, and acquired
a considerable quantity of the dust. She,
besides attending to her household duties,
was earning $20 a week by sewing
Knowledge under Difltniities. In the
far West printing paper is so scarce, that
newspapers are printed on pocket kantl
kerchiefs. When subscribers get through
reading otic number of a publication, they
wash the rag and send it to the printpr to
be printed on for the next. A cotempory
ays, that he would not like to have his
writing sneezed at in this manner, and
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! Organ. We coincide entirely.
I W nuii.ln null rr.lif
Mrs. John Quincy Jldnms, We regret
to learn from the Washington papers that
the venerable relic of the younger Presid
ent Adams still lies in a critcal state at the
house of Mrs. Frey, in the Syvcn 1'uild
ings, where, two weeks ago, she was pros-
tratcd bv a paralvtic stroke. Thft left side
.
is said to be entirely dead. On Monday
..i. ...... ,,mpu-hnf i;,; ii
nilC nii-.uMi' ii'i, vinii, 1 111 iriiuuiwii iitaiii
previouly, but cannot be removed to hei
own house.
Cabinet Days, the Washington Whig ! years, and living. We move for a dona- , ratable post office of wood, the Washing
savs.have been changed to Mondays. Wed- 1 tion to Mr. and Mrs. Miller and all the lit- ' V hlS sa),s' bo,'M n,!U" "h ron
at)l ytAy.
i ' '' .
j r'sltis thought by farmers in Michigan
' that the epening of Spring ftiid. the wheat !
: in
a poorer condition than il has been for
tnatn
rti
The iews hy Hie Cambria
I brtif tUntrlul
The foiei(li intelligence by the steamer Cum
briaisone week later, with London dates to l he
13th, and Liverpool to the 14lh
Flour had
advanced. Ohio was wiling ' '-J'' rl1' I" 2 '.
Phihulfldhia and Baltimoie Ms. The cotton
market was dull, and a further ill dine fr m Jd
to Jd. per lb. had been expei unci d. Consols
OJf England was quiet, but the pr '''
revival ol Made was not so flattering. '1 hi? ac
counts of poverty and starvation in Itehuid are
moil deplorable. The death of Dr. Croly, by
cholera, is announced. France was busy, prepa
ring for her elections. The troops in Pars were
sulleriiig sully liotn cholei i. Count M oiti iiio
1 1 n , the Spanish Pretender, had been betrayed
by a peasant, and arretted by the authorities.
A body of Si 30 Londoners recently tirnved at Par
is, on a vitit to the National Guard, ('hangar
nier and Cavaignac ate to be complimented with
the grand cordon of the Lee inn ol Honor.
The people have gained a triumph in Genoa,
and Tuscany is preparing to rerist Ihe encroach
ments of Austria, Rome wax o,uie"t, though un-
settle. The pope was still at (la. ia. The town i
of lirescia has been captured by the Auxtrians,
allor a great slaughter by the inhabitants. Genoa
had been bombarded snd set on tire, but at the
last account, an armistice had been daclarrd,
with a view to an arrangement. Palermo and
Venice were under blockade, the former by Ihe
Neapolitans, and the latter by the Austrians. A
sanguinary bull le had taken place in Catalonia,
jn which two generals were killed. A Danish
fleet, in attempting to capture the forties of
F.ckernfonl on the 5th int., were utterly detea
teil ,-iti(l a line of battle ship and a frigate lei! in
to the hands of the former commander. The
line of battle ship grounded, and, taking fire,
exploded with 700 on board. The King of Prussia
has refused the imperial cmwn of Germany.
The report of the defeat of General Bern by the
Russians, is contradict d. These aie nmotig the
prominent items. They seem quite enough for
one week. The Old World, it is clear, is yet
undergoing the throes and spasm of revolu
tion. 1
(O-Letter- from the gold regions, and from
points along the route, continue to appear. Oi.e
from the pen of Dr. Cory, dated at a farm near
the gold diggings, says that at first he charged
eight dollars a vmt to his patients, and a very
high mileage if he had lo travel any great dis
tance. He had seen flour sold in the mountains
as high as two dollars per pound ; tea, four dollars-
sugar, four dollars; and candlis at a dollar
H) jie says
V is the richest gold country on the ! we copy as apropos to tne tunes, when re
face'oi the globe : gold almost looks to me ! movnls from and appoiniments to'nllieD is
like a worthless toy, I have such vast qttan- j the absorbing topic of discussion in all po
lities of it- A man here in the mountains i liiical circles. 'I he t.neeiloie is taken from
who has not ten or twenty pounds of it, j an V nglish publication, and whether true
is looked upon as a poverty stricken man. ' or false, as the Museum remarks, is charac
I think the gold here is puite dure: it must ; teiistic of Washington, who, as President,
be worth at the mint some $18 or $19 per ' no had "110011011118 to punish, 110 friends
ounce ; the lowest value of washed gold to reward :"
here, on account of the scarcily of coin,1 "During his administration as President
and the rifoness of speculation, is selling ' of the U. States, a gentleman, the friend
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at i'" P 'r n"ce- 1 lin" "
UUO, 01 coin, I coum uoii vri 1 11 ui Ciiii,uuii
in two months, l lie first montn I was in
the mines, myself and partner dug but three
thousand dollars a piece, calling each onuce
only $16: the digging then bee.une poor: a
man had to work hard all day for only an
ounce or two, so hundreds of people left
a nd went to exploring, and I anion?; the
rest ; I spent about two months exploring
the mountains, found gold every where
but we did not stop to work, we' wanted
to find places where we could pick up
without much labor two three hundred dol-
ars per day, but we were not fortunate en-
ough lo find such a place: but such places
have been found and are still lo be found.
" Several men got into a ravine, where
they got from 15, 000 to 620, 000 in two or
three weeks: most beautiful gold, in round
and Hal masses weighing 1 to 2 each
piece: 1 have seen several pieces weighing
. .. 1 r. . 1 1 t. - 1 1 1 1 . . '
', .1 and 0 pounus. 1 ne goiu 111 tne rivers
is very fine, like small hsh scales. I have
never worked on a river, I like to see the
gold as I dig, and have worked in dry gul
lies or ra ines. The first monih I worked,
mv partner and myself hauled our dirt three
miles to water, where we washed il in a
trough made of boards ; we could wash out , exercise, would render service to the Slate,
five'wagon loads in a day. The dirt of Every one considered the application of
course varies much in richness : we washed this man hopeless ; no glittering testimonial
one load, in which we got .r)i pounds, and 'of merit had he to present to ihe eye of
in other loads we would only get 5 or C ; Washington: he was known to be his politi
ounces, but it was quite common to gpt a '. cal enemy ; he was opposed by a favorite
pound in a wagon load. If we had dug of the general's , and yet, with such fearful
and hauled dirt the month we dug, we would odds, he (hired to stand eandidale. What
have had much mote gold, but we did not 1 was the restih? The enemy of Washing
load our wagon half of the time, on account ! ton was appointed to the ollice, and his
()f our oxen striving, Ac. : as it is, 1 have
only cleared in trie mines anoui 4w oz
of
,
mid. Mv expense have been great : horses
rom m'nj to S00 each, and every thing
t
se up to the ultimatum."
He adds, thai he will not leave the country receive with a cordial welcome , he is wel
with less than $ luO,0'M,w hich he expects fn re- come to my house, and welcome to my
rliz.e before three years. The Doctor has slept heart; but, with all his good qualities, he is
in the open air every night for five months. : not a man of business. His opponent is,
i with all his political hostility to me, a man
CivF. Til km A Fakm. The wife of a f business; rnv piivate feelings have
Mr. Miller residing near llarrisburg, gavo nothing to do in this case. 1 am not (ieo.
M-thnn Moi.davlasttoonlv fine hnvs. all Washington, but President of the United
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i nf t hem"alivc and kicking. What makes
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this case singular is, that at hor fust con
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finement site gave lurtli to two, at tier se-
cond to three, and at this, her third to
;,e makintr in all. ten children in four
tie Miller's, of a slice of the 'public fa
main.
The gold fever has reached Howl-
ur-is, and among tbosr silerj is the so.ji
' the britisli opii,
l ainfne im lit laml.
A coriespii.o. i.t ol tlie N.-v V ik Tiibm.e
wi ites by the (Ijinbria :
"These lust liw weckf tat been mar
ill Imrriir. in the
,... .;,.i,.
i v rnl. I III' Udiail isre iinmsihim rv..-
1 ing. Case billows ra' in rnjiid success
! ion, each rising above t'f "'h'-r in gasMy
j pfe-emifir-nrc. 1 have fcnotvn wore than
j one individual turn shuddering from the pa
i pern, little fiiori now than records of death
' and estrrmifiaiinn, lest they might be liaun
! ted by the description of misery lhry could
' jioither alleviate nor forget. Jtist imagine
;i dreary ('oimought highway, dotted with
the. dead, and here and lliern a moving
j hkeletfjn pawing over it tvith the corpse of
j souk; lo! td rtliitivo ultipg across the back
by a rope ; and il that not rnoMjn, im
agine the body slipping from the exausted
bearer, and the hrad knocking against the
ground. This is no ideatketch, no inven
tion of a Fiesrhi-likc imagination, Lot
plain, unoxapgenited narative of fact, sent
to a metropolitan journal for ptibliration,
bv a dnrgwnan residing near Hie spot.
pin saln j'mi idual describes oilier srenfir
of like nature : hurrying on in the du
charge of his sacred duly, from one nu
cleus of pestilence to another, he passed a
cabin under whose clay floor sleep in
peace, three who formerly moved about
that wretched tenement, clung lo the world
until nearly exhausted, and then let go
their hold of life, and were bui ried whero
they fell, slain by tlie sordid, inhuman
economy of English statesmen, as surely
and cnerringly as if swept away by can
non, which would be the less agonizing;
death."
Tavlor vs. Walii niton.
The promise of the President to follow in the
footsteps of the earlier Presidents, m il the asser
tions of his parly frietiils, that he whs sh like
Washington as could be, are remembered by nil
our leaders. We cannot show up Ihe course of
the present administration in a stronger light
j nor expose the hollow-hearted rascalilv of Tay.
. ,.,t a) ,lis Ca,ilC, vj,.,, thun hy "ti e ins. r-
tion ot I he following anecdote of Gen. Washing
ton, taken from the "Columbus (Mississippi)
Democrat."
ANrxnm-H- of Gf.n. Washinotojt.
Iii lookingoveran odd volume of LitieH's
Philad'a. Museum of Foreign Literature
and Science for 182.1, our attention was
struck with the following anecdote, which
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aim
lu-d lor a lucrative and very responsible
ollice. 1 be gentleman was at all times
welcome to Washington table, he had
bean, to a certain degree, neci ssaay to ihn
domestic repose of a man, who had for
seven years fought the battles of his eoun-
1 try, and who bad now undertaken the task
' of wielding her political enemies. At all
' times, and in all places, Washington regar-
j ded his revolutionary t ssoriate wilh an eye
' of evident parlhlity and kindness. He was
a jovial, pleasant, and unobtrusive eonipan-
j ion. In apply intr for the office, it was ac-
. conlingly in ihe full confidence of success ;
' and his friends already clieen d him on ihe
j prospect of his arrival at competency and
i ease. The opponent of this gentleman,
j was known to be decidedly hostile lo the
; Politics of Washirgton ; he had even made
himself conspicuous amongst the ranks of
1 lr., I,.w1 li,.n,. tliUt,n,.,.;i..
oppoMuon. nrn.1.1, N.o.yo,uii, nmuiij
to stand its a camncnie lor ine oince to
which the fiiend and the favorite of Wash
ington aspired. He had nothing to urge
in favor of bis pretensions, hut strong in
tegritv. promptitude, and fidelity in busi
ness, and every quality which, if called into
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labh-eompaiiion was lelt ill stitute and de
jected. A mutual liiend who interested
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himself 111 the atlair, enttiied lo ri mon-
sirate with ihe President on the injustice of
his appointment. 'Mvfric ml,' said he, I
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, States ; as (leorge Washington, I would do
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; this man any kindness in my power ; but
iTesiuetitoi tne . . owu-s, 1 can uo.
( nothing.'"
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t" W Office for Calijornur-X
1'ohls for letters, an.! places for books, Ac,
, to be conveyed to l aiiioinia. it is not pro
' hablv mote t'lau l. n feet in length and four
j in In ioht. This olT.cc is to set i;p where.
ofjrveril rnav be convenirnl, and shifted
sihrrt nrriims aii'.' s mav diicct'