• • 4 A 1 k Is •Ei 4.1 • .„.., „.H. • • p': , • • " ' •••••• 3 oi w; " '"' 1 • • *:ltiu •••13 rx••. .• ••• • . ••• •i 4 9•• T O'rr .• • •• •.• • • • ' ••' . • •" ,:,..14b! *ltk• rs-. • ftsi 0:4116 ehl lox ‘14,1614 1(4 41 . Vta-M1014011.111,111.41:. " ' 1 A tsa:' avi., . t i ).' EZ=l Voahlable ' , Chestnut and .Locust ,t 'UMW :LAND, ai ,AT, • • IP4P2l9lbir4l' aiil2•34 01'77tdritttiVihe inir of Max in'ttune, 41. 10 o'Ciocic k i1,,F4// f poi c rindue, on tht, praniuu.• ~~ ~~' OF ..47CAS'LLENT irttutid MARkA PURNAOE, In Adaitis Otitity,; Pi., tit 'he tocilpf the Sothth Mou covered whit smallest, young Chestnut 2:lasber.inter. mind with • -doer proportion of •Locust.— Most of it was 'cut off about 22 ,tiiers ago dttditf now fnote*riltiable than before such Mailing, A part,ol it ha"' Rock Oak and other Timber on it. It will be sold in loss of froingfi to 80 , AORES each. ALB©, attvie 91101t , litnit and piece, will • be told ' several Houses and , LOts, In thirvillage,at the Furnace. Also, th e OKlLltikajlare FAIR Li LI attached to It, with the Water Onfer. Also, about 05 ACRES OF LAND ) with the 'lmprotrentents, adjoining lairds of Martin Ebert and others. Any desired informatiop relative to.the property can be had from Cul. J. D. Paxton or Win. Ham- Melt. Esq. TERMS.—One half the purchase mo hey on the Ist of. April, 1850 ; the other half on - thit lst bf April, 11E151, with ihter est and sufficient security. Immediate possession will be,given. TIIADDEUS STEVENS. May 4, 1849,--ta CHOICE SPRING GOODS AND RARE BARGAINS! D. MI DDLECOFF HAS justopened a large sod general assortment of SE ASO NABLE rA tigr i _ o23 COMPRISING EVERY THING DESIRABLE TOR Ladies' & Gentlemen's Wear, which: will be sold CHEAP, beyond all precedent. ge has Prints al 2 cents, Muslin 2. Gingham', Lawns, Checks and 'Pickings. at a fip. Also Silks, Lin. Lus tros, Berages, organdis,&c., together with a fine lot of Black Goods. Also, Bonnets, Hale, Boots, Shoes, Par- moots. &c., &c. lgOmPerscms wishing cheap C'ronds, of a tirst-rate quality. are respectfully invited to rail and jedge for themselves. May 4. 1e49.--tf SEW ®st n T PRICES TIMAIT 0.41.3 0 'T BE as GEORGE ARNOLD, A T the old and well 'known stand, his It just received and is now opening, as venal, as large sad well selected a stock .of goods, u lies been offered to the public at any time.—coasisting of 'Dry Goods Sr, Groceries, 5L4120.11P41472319 VIEENEWARE & HOLLOWARE, LEOHoRN, DTRAW, AND GIMP &Tv tof, which have been purchased on the -very best terms, and will be sold at prices to snit ibe times. He wilt not misrepre. -sem neridemeive, you by saying that we cam milkoods, "TWO' par cent. cheaper" this 'KW 4 *her ,establishment. But we will marine. ourulves to the plain facts, ;.and tlyit*.that we will sell any and every *Flicless,4thaap, if note little cheaper, than „ dirk cube had elsewhere..' bur -prices are unlearnt. And we Warrnt all Goods sold to boas Limy • 017M1se LWOW attestion* Particularly, iv/0141111mile* Urge sad any, handsome Fancy 15190ds „-sentuadly. ;Venn giri us a call, examine • and judge for ryourvelves. GEORGE ARNOLD. —1 'Morn 5. 1845..-Ltt ' ' ' ".. .\ , . ~,A TIMitifeELTOCKS!, STORE. , ', ",v.-0 , c cau.,, ,, 1 ~ . • , , VitilUtenedir. "As = +SONS pie sent '"itt litits to ttheir ' trienni a 'line the vim , Irg 'w ould inform them thittliiiitrineetiPshig their nivel' Imp and , ...;-. 1 :: ,0 0 40o0 4) * ,epitiN4);4Asij,summEit cc ~,..,,,, „Airepl:Cisi ! ft .esatern. cities. consisting. ;lift vc: F,,, lAti 4 ) .4,1. RT, 0 F 1, 011 GOWIS ) Groceries, ' ;IWNVP,A,R„6', QUEL' N SWUM, ..i4PXSO 14 A e .12LAI 11.4 T CAP'S, and abibiesertment of every thing in their .41imeostbleh they oiler to the public much ,i;loiririthee they can be purchased else : iirlhdrein the enmity. PALI. AND EXAMINE. "inbutotry produce taken , in exchange • he Oxide. "111t:rA Inrge let of Locust Posts on itod. which will be disposed Of on ren fumble terms. 4prjl 8, IBlB.—tf =MEE glr f o POLCgdg,NT4 P I 49ICeIWIFIX. And it come to pass whentieloaten. lh! son of David, had finialiedehe.:Terepla Jehnialent, thathe called unto him the chief atchltects, thelleadertificers, arid sunning Worltera lh eilVerOthil Mild. and in wood and in korY, antt In' stone—yea, all who had aided:in rearine, Aes. tem* of the Lord, and tut said unto themr--" alit ye down at my. tablet 1.11. mm prepared *least for all my chief Workers and cunning ar tideers. 'illtreteh forth your hands:there fore, and eit and drink and •be,usetriy, not the laborer worthy: Of his hire Is not die 'lltilfut itfiliper deseiving urbanite *kale not the 'oit that treadeth out' the And when Solomon and thtli chief 1, 6441 men were seated...sad thefatness of the land end the bit therietif were set upon the teble,"there eaine WhO' - hocked loud ly et, the , dour, and iiirCed hinwelf even into the festal chamber. Thew Soloinon the King was• wroth, and said, " What manner of min Art thou t" And the Min answered end 'said— " When men wish ,to honor me, they call me Son of the , Forge ; but when they de mos to mock me, they call me blacksmith; and seeing that the tail of working in fire covers me with sweatend smut, the latter name, 0 Ring, is, not inapt, and, in truth, thy servant desires no better." " But," said Solomon," why cams you dins rudely and unbidden to the feast, where none save the chief workmen of the THE BIBLE. Temple are invited ? " How comes it that this little volume, "Please ye, my Lord, I came rudely," re composed by humble men in a rude age, piled the man, "because thy servant obliged when art and science were but in their me to force my way; hut I came notunbid childhood, has exerted more influence on den. Was it not procliimed that the chief the human mind and on the social sys wflekmen of the Temple were invited to tem than all the other books put together? dine with the ICing of Teriel 1," Whence comes it that this book has achiev- Then he who carved the cherubim said ed such marvellous changes in the opinions —" This fellow is no sculptor," and he of mankind—has banished idol worship— who inlaid the roof with pure gold said, has abolished infanticide—has put down „ Neither is he a workman in fine metal.." polygamy and divorce--exhalted the con- And he who raised the walls said, " He dition of women—raised the standard of is not a cutler of stone." public morality—created for families that And he who made the roof cried out, blessed thing, a Christian home—mid ..He is not cunning in cedar-wood ;neither caused its other mumps by causing bens- knoweth he the mystery of uniting pieces volent institutions. open and expansive, to of strange timber together." spring tip as with the wand of enchant ment 1 What sort of a b of human s- book is this, that filen said Solomon, What Fast thou even the wind and waves to fay, Son IJf the Forge, why I should siun obey it t What other engine f so• lot order thee to be plucked by the beard, scourged with a scourge, and stoned to c al improvement has operated so lon death with stones 1" yet lost none of its virtue 1 Since it ap- And when the San of the Forge heard peered, ninny busted plans of amelioration I this, he was in no sort dismayed, but, ad have been tried and failed—many codes of vancing to the table, snatched up and jurisprudence have arisen, and run their I swallowed a cup of wine, and said, " 0 course, and expired. Empire after Em King, live forever! The chief men of the pies has been launched on the tide of time, workers in wood and gold and stone have and gone down, leaving no trace on the said that I am not one of them, and have waters. But this book is still going about said truly. lam their superior; before doing good, leavening society with its ho they lived was I created. lam their min ty principles—cheering the sorrowful with ter and they are all my eervitins." And he its consolation--strengthening the tempt turned him round, and said to the chief of ed--encouraging the penitent—calming the the carvers in stone, " Who made the tools troubled spirit—and smoothing the pillow with which you carve 1" of death. Can such a book be the off- And he said, "The hlacksmith." spring of human genius ? Does not the vastness of its effects demonstrate the es. Aid he Said , to the chief 9f the masons, " Who made the chisels with which the cadency of the pollee to be of God ? stones of the Temple were squared 1" 'And he said, "The blackanith." *U r i? he said to the chief of the Workers in w00d,," Who made the tools with which you hewed the item on Lebanon. and formed them into the pillars and roof of the , Temple " 1 . And he said, "The blacksreith." Then said he to the artificer in gold and in ivory, " Who makes your instromeots, by which you work beautiful things for my lord the'king 1" And he said, " The blacksmith." , " Enough, enough. good fellow." said Solomon," thou hut proiel that I invited thee,end 'thou art ell men's father in art. wealiiheettnit of 'Me' forge from thy face, and Ramis and., si tet my, right, , band. 1 The chick. of.tny workmen are but men— shoe artmere:" So Whippened at the feast of Solomon, and 'nblauksmitins ' have been hertoreil ntl . 9# Alakanne • . ,AI,4•AN ?NRCY., • ST IMlS'lSoS'telf. It was a beauteous lady riehly dreasede • . Around , her rweltil are chitin! PCOPflillei Mee A,volret mantle abroad*, he! aneW.V,lllaalf. Innnd a young child' is Willy itiniabenng there,' er Own arms, beneath *at' gletrilig sun, She ban hlrn onward'th N y e greenieded urda Is tie dun benth,,!thehiltir indltrilughtlese one.. • •Tbiv plane whennot soashooki cradled be. • Lane! I• • ; Thm ,aa i a proud ear) int. father fo Yet up,m sw,nni un,y, binwowi obeli ; Let the, 1411 hint with their intinnurs wild, And twitter green bob& ap*ard hi the eky Well known. that tart Mort' lam ney spirit phied'r I loved a Iffiressir, 'lid, bold and free t • And had I wedded u tar y bean toelinedi . My child woo mulled 'math the greelowead ! , Slumber thou rejil, toy innotwot--mine own, , While I call hook the dreams of other daye ; In the deep farrier' AVil leis alone, Thin 16011 . 114orpiliellpleirdots Medi my Fear zwt, Orry arms shall bear thee eafell belch I need no squire, no page with beruled , kneir, To bear my baby through the wild wood track, Where Allan Percy used to roam with me. Here I eta sit, and while the fresh wind blows, Wowing the ringlets of thy shining' hair; Giving thy cheek a deeper tinge of rose, I can dream dreams that comfort my despair I I can mike 'keens ofa different home, Such La we hoped in other days might be; There no proud earl unwelcome footstepa,come, There. Allan Percy, 1 am safe with thee Lullaby Thou art mine own—lll bear thee where I het, Far from tbaidull proud tower and donjon keep; From my long heir the pearl chains I'll twist, And with s pommel' heart sit down ,nd weep. Thy glittering breidered robe, toy precious one, Changed fdr simpler covering shall be ; And I will dream thee Allan Percy's son, And think pour Allan guards thy sleep with me. Lullaby ! A Nowt Elov. 7 A boy was once tempt ed by some of his companions to pluck ripe cherries from a -tree which his father had forbidden him to touch. "You need not be afraid," said one of his companions, "for if your father should find out that you had taken them, ,he is so, kind he would not hurt you." "That if the very reason," replied the boy, "tahy I Would not, leech ihent.'! It is true., my father would not hurt me ; yet my disobedience I knew would hurt my father, and that would be worse to me than stir thing elan." A boy who,grows up with such principles would be a man in the best mime of the word. It betrays ®ard for rec titude that would render him trustworthy ender every trial. Tits Tworrosattet.ourr AND rim Dsw- DROP.—We tremble when the thander cloud burets in fury above our heedi ;'the popteeikeieti the terrors ofthe iturtn i io add to the, interne' •of hie wow.. paintara etormAino, and tthwkenine of sro• mindeoelotheit hie ih lighttar, at ereheriildeilhy thunder*. These wild Misainings have been the!, 49lieu r pf minklad- , thereie-A subioni firrwonder in. them. , • 'hair there any thing less Won; derful in the well•authentieatedfecri, that the detr.droit-whiohtlistente kint 'the' NO tr. er.-Itthat the tear which troltibble t one the eye 11.-holds Inched. hi ha thittiparekt Celle, :an eating of 'etectrlci, 4 e e q ual to that w)11911 to 4 1 . 1 ° l t inglt thorn from tintn4er:44(l l 4-oFaf, a Platr3l of Science.. , Siosßluarreipos.The - swear of -Jodi• , vidarle in life it greatly °Wine to 'their , learning to depend upon their otin re. sources. Money, or the eipeotation of it by inherritakee, hes ruined more men than the want of it ever did. Teach young men to rely upon their own efforui, to be frugal and Industrious, and you have fur. nished them with a productive capital which no man can ever wrest from them. We cen pull doWn tho pillow+, and with it thatieltheorne theological •idee on which it rests tlhe idea of a vindictive God.— Tkericitter Perk*. 6114 , 44f/1RJ?y"i• • , !' 's in sea j T,t0'41.:.55.41 ,10 GiVika Mit ithuiAtregt; , --Whed we at it#trortiffiglite y4ar, ItY4B;*e 't n iM.o` l l ll : ik • pigletPf / 4 9u? 8, OPißP! , ' ,tip."4o,o9 flight of Ferdinand. and the sight of hie, iron master , Metternich the flight of:the peer' Pepe, led' the Irtite of teinhttere, 'ciiiiefee; liiipt , orgitrizete pi . tithiiig bee' are is sue cessw~i.of,A'yghis. `Most deeitiediy4cni tvity when she Pula on her.smotelett,to relate the• history, of our. present ego, will write down the Aunt) Domini, 18S8, as the ,fligAdeet yeer on record, „ • A NoUt Aeaet, a tkar coarcience, and never riciyarir in Vheiri 'Vera the latt werdiaever written PJohn iluihey Adams to hie son,. Oharlas Adams. They are worthy to 'be isn• parted by such a father to such a son. . Eation.—A man should never be asham ed to own that ho has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other word*. that he is wiser to.day than he watt yesterday. —Pope. ' Cateaubriatul says celonies the Spani4sde bailie by bhiltlitiga.ehuieht the French a ball-room I and the English a worts." 0 - ;tllT...sl.ilf4R;jt. ..)llD;it'l7.E,,XlP.lG9:*#:,t.'''.':ol:.,j.,-;,4.4','„:'' 04111ARLitill.AND PRifiL" A -11113141‘' ikliAltltilt: DUD , SlCia.". 0 1 1 lid!' 0 6 ,0 01 ' M r '. *O n i Nf ', 114tid. 'Pipe of itepp,•% o ,:isigi 4e,biiralinlii M "pies,theiight . Wpott *nigher% I' pitch , ed my ten; sail `14 1 0 . 4 nii,iPey land ; 1141 ' Witehingthet eludes of evettingdraer round the motietaiga cillteib, ihdVeilt i &oat 0: , ver the like that seemed . pore congenial ihan the briglitiio 'Of fliqVf i f.' nets donins, of mY,Mit , Wit,iiatiin .toticOO s at my expense, seemed ,Iletirmin 'to Mike, the f t most of it, and sat up sm4king tilt it Was almost morning. I heard sound of their quiet . m irth, in 4. stillrim 'di the night, and looked:out of. ibLitic,-0t,04,1004-7-, There they were, sitting rapids handful of tot aihes, with a ereck+offee cup and an old bettered pipe WV* len!of thenti and Yet, itittir fillenvellbleir eti p.' of eitjor. meat seemed as if it would hold no more. A half-penny-Worth of tobanothend a half penny-worth °f eat*, 'Ara cheap receipt for ten men's happineseVE-It was now I found what a great mis take it is toosuppoee that the Dead Bei produce'ectio liviug -thing. Fur the mosquitos , Whicheare hitched on all still waters. make no exception of tide, and they gave me no poses the whole night. 'No fit," goys the author of .F.O. then, in his brief but powirful description' of the Dead See, "no fly` bummed in the forbidden air." Dow' , l'itislieil I could say the same, as the , detieted hum of the mosquito sounded ceaselessly on my dis tracted ear. I had been flattering myself with the delusive idea that as Achilles, ha ving been dipped in the Styx, was thereby invulnerable, so I, : fromfieving bathed hi the Dead Sea, might have a t equired in some degree, a similar property; or, in,other words, that 1 might have received a coat ing of titumen, salt, and' what mit, thai would liiie resisted, or dif gusted the Ines quitos and the fleas. Din I made it great mistake, for. on the contrary, they seemed to look upon it only in the light of an a greeable pickle to give piquancy to their repast ; and with one ° r ankle, and the oth er inside, I felt all argils on the shore of the Dead Sea. Aliout two hours before sunrise, a strong wind arose, and tugged at the pins of my tilt till it began to chow symptoms of being turned inside out ; and being by this tipe rendered th '- roughly uneornfoesable ic Igot up and walk ed to the lake. Now the scene wns truly solemn and sublime. 'the lake, which in daylight I have seen outland silent as the grave, was now heaving and swelling, as if it would gi;e up its dead. And as, by the faint light of the stars, the sea writhed and howled within its rocky prison, and spat the bitter foam date anguish into my face, I could well fancy, how a fervid im agination like Chateaubriand's might have conceived that the spirits of the nien Of the damned cities were struggling again with the doom that overwhelmed them." DLIKNIVILRIVI IN NINIIVAII.—.4- letter from the well-known Dr. Robinson ap pears in tne Literary World of bat Sun day, giving an account of the labors and discoveries of Mr. Layard in the plain of 'Nineveh. We have more then since allu ded to the astonishing results of these re searches. In a period ofeighteen months be ginning with November, 1846, and ending with April, 1847, Mr. Layard disentnmb. I ed various palaces and other_edifice" of the -Assyrians, and proved beyond peril from paintings found on the walls, that not only was that people highly civilized. but that the 'arch, believed to be a comparatively mixlern discovary; was in use among them. ' Beautiful glass was also discovered; Be traced out the eight, by menu* of its ruins of the. famous city of Nineveh, 'When •we remember that the espitalzflhe As syrians was destroyed cis hundred years before the - Christian era,:and only one one hundred end • fifty aft* Ramie is sup . ' ' poked •to have been - foundeit ,'' we' begin to iform some cenception of the ittliitif‘ thee 'of • these.ruists for the latest tot .lkauffoura at least twenty-five hundred—yea* Old.* Even when Zenophon ntarehed over this 'plain, during his celebrated retreat`of the kin thousand Greeks, in the year B. C. 4 0 P. every,g,tl4.. , Af,l.Ninev,4_ll.,,oo' . ...i44- .peami.,kki asukciuld Alei 4 -W'Phtlial -41 >gl e any neighborboal a hare it hadoacellons ishedi The greet -capital •or.fictheate dere: ifiunkey " bad berme a rainearthe prople. itlttebtolet ihe'vralitald klaintWand there *attioneits'bedinsie liii. '"' %4 ." , • ..• -i • ~, a ., d.,:1... N• • h . :l9r I , - ,1 . i ' 4 'h6. ate ''bf 114 rettoio Cho'rels; st a ted in a oermo o that of :one tho o sand olemt;eir" io Oat parish ; thirty `r o ars,a l o. only. throe heuis of familio k r o majned I— TN, whole number of ourvitilot istkirty. .-athi. /Wagner. , • The Boston Port has theilidlowlng sten sa on Hen. John Wetittiorth, the tallest man in Congress. We rich, decidedly : WENTWORTH. A Menthe whn rattles his siguments down Like I &hoopoe at shells in a populous town ; And no wonder they fall with aucu fearful MO. • naantwn, When you think of the distance tha fellow has sent 'em. Blessed are they who are afraid of thun der—for they shall heehaw about getting Married. and keep away from political =wings. , . . .; • . 'l4, :rt• Olt 1, J . • QI'P I AVF"I" 3, ' W e „extriet *op, Lardner, l i, Oablie t t HielorYlvito. klitivv,l4;• t inter ling account of this celebrated nel/111aii v. utt clisaffected•Partuguese , who had see. red 'Manuel with a disdnetion bath in thlititin andTiidm, ina . who was disgusn4 with . the refital 4,14 infiPre:ign,tiire ward his services. with het/Mini 111 4 6 041:f4.0. into Castile,i , and. told the anew:king. Charles V. of Antatis. that'the-ftlettieca , /elands, in "lithe °tibia liiie, rightfully bed lonia IP, 8 1 1 4 A l , l O 1 41 1 nando :de filegelltanee , (PerdinatatMeget.; lan) whose name ilf-iterenortalised : lo the annals of 'lngrid* dieentritri.- Hene , 4l?6iktr collie to tire Molucea the PelleelP hi ti OAP, of grteod at'Pe . 777. the touts bpi Erailft,:he kora. the .Amer. lean 'coittinetaltinist , terminals somewhere and his hittion ofiltx earth's rotundity Wei sufficiently just to 'coniineti hitn,Atti western•voyage would , bring him, to,the same point as the one discovered by Dias and. Vasco de Qame. , This piopopti was ed 01411 submitt to f, Mune o ye, which approved it,through Chariot him? self. on the ternortetretwerofthiPoringueso arebestadint. Waited, or elf'ected &Of inditreierico. embarked at !seine with fiv*Volloolll. ever the crews of which , he was invested with the power of llfe and 'death. Dituttite hlr course by the Carae hp ituntiled` Cape de Vert!, Reseed the Islands uf,that name, and plunged into the vast Western Ocean. On reaching the. Ithweilisticoset; he - cautiously proceeded ,einaltiiiok, in the expectation . that; every league would bring him within *igloo! . theifiaelpremnal tory. •tiothing bin the most ardent seats with' the mnst unbinding teetiltaittriedOtild have hint PVreli,tve't‘. l * OPP944en alike to the elements and the wlihen.taf his crew. The tall stature of the inhabit tents of Patagonia, struck him with ser ialise, and perhaps magnified the fears of his companions; but he eventually pas sed-this Land of Giants, and in Septem ber, 1320, arriving at a cape which he cal led after after the Eleven Thousand Vir gins, he passed into the dreaded- straits which bear his name. The severity of the weather—weather severer than a north ' ern latitude twenty , degrees highee—killed many of his crew. Having cleared the straits, he, steered totiarcis the eintaior, where he knew there was e milder air, end where he• hoped to meet with provisions. As the squadron proceeded thtnitgli' the boundless Pacific, and no sign of land ap peared, his crew not only murmured, bta conspired to destroy hint and return to Spain. A few of themore desperatering leaders he punished ; but his soothing it hortations and the chances he held for th. that their fatigues would soon benver.se. cured the obedience-Of the rest. Though the American eosin ieemed uWi barren to 'yield any hopeof provisions, lie diepairh ed One of his vessels, in Angst of them; in stead of obeying the order the.captalitein full conviction that Hagellin 'lea leading the crew to inevitable destruction, returned to Europe. •Atlength t eonsiderirng thenb. , sent ts forever loin, the sdventur- Otte'nPyigetor, continued hie - course to the , weal t and slier *panne of ons thousand five hundred' leagues—unexampled for Its boldneseN=he reached the 'Philippine Is- Linda. Horn closed iris extraordinary. etv reer. Landing , on the isle'oi,ttil?it'he Wes persuaded by the, king to join a warlike et podium *pinta another petty , raler in the same'elusterbe fell with man dl' his' companions. 1 . ).y hands .. of the'l;eilia ciao". , Of the,ke :vessel, er Welt left 'Spain awn only 'reached the &feluccas; end of these two, only ions returned to Bet trthis object of 'the e . eipedjiiiiti':falled through .trt ifoillimAit 6l l4 .trill fi. cpniddeged, by posterity art,by fer tht most.undsantedamd in meny respects the thost:ittrionlitisir t y „ thettol,l l #f t evsetri- I viimisi,i ' ll - 'o4ii°* 4 ti., „r TOP. 4 SEP N crriPs old 04,1 1 5014.7; - wmeatfing tiwreportpqopirote,edbli jor,.l4moryo the , histogrepher of •Generel Kearney'. °its Ixpeclitiothselveirin, tweeted To — socorrespoodenciel—itcluded in the eppendit-4 , betwedri thevenetible Al bert Oallitlit ant .. thi'efficeis or engineers lejtit ,reierd toOertain tribes and cities sup posed to .exist ,the unexplored re- unsmorth'orithe (Ms, and west of the MakiCatilibili !Cratennitaina, and whkh 4itt:objeCta or intpnau interest and vain eff'orta ,ot discovery during the huedred years following the era of Cortez. The oidlpsilisrds sought in this region the 641eiren Cides of Cibola," celebrated in In diaistrattlitiiins tia being of great consequence and wealth ; the land abounding in gold, hid the mist costly jewels which were so much worn and prized by the Aztec race. Major Emory states in reply to the inqui ries of Mr. Gallatin, that on his passage doWn the Gila valley, he learned enough to corroborate the opinion, that interesting tribes and cities—or the remains of theitt —did exist in the terra incognita spoken of, and that all attempts at.expluration had been defeated by the Navajo warriors, and probably would continue to dose, unless undertaken with proper means, and alter prom. preparations... .;Col. Froment's disaster is more to be regretted, as his proposed, route, hitherto etitravelled, led through the very region a bout which so much curiosity exists. It is not to be supposed that a man of the Colonel's experience and intelligence, was Without a special and sufficient object in attempting, at such an unusual season, so tis:4ng and perilous a journey—his hopes and expectations doublets to settle before soother season of travel should elapse a question of curious and deep interest. tire see that an expedition is spoken of in ZiftW York, under a Mr. Webber, the objest which is to explore this region of country en route to California. The mis fortune of Col. Fremont may retard, but win vutroe)y defeat him. He will yet ef feet`hie purpose in advance of all others, and add, it may be, materially to our list of California revelations. . in his note to Major Em ory.aums up his fasts with regard to the raglan invitation ; and they argue— : 'lst'Thet there are still populous cities iinicapiored country, possessing at least superior to any of the native tribes oft North America. • , #..Tiiiiv.ftvai or six expeditions, begin tliet projected by Cortex, but fi nitikr citrOinl . put' pactinlly by Mian de Quiptaa end the most importan t of which was that of Cureado in 1540 and 4/;. 'limed Ito cvadh this marvellous leld'otedlsd4troi : tWe . of them ever reach ed this region,,etrett conjeciturstlly, and that, theigh , s*ther Quad asuoltlold and'silver 'mould *seer learn frOm the people iiii4oihelpiikutlidtheee r rtieciouti metals. ,„4.:.1 4 14 1 , 1 tnee4E clit;4[4en of kaPtioi this Aeentaidnia bees 4itiphatieally a seal • 51ii. v 'Thstillstheroffitiol`.reports of late exploring taped itions;ti:hich have'touched t he extraneous northern and southern !intim of this region, concur in accounts of ruins correapo.tiling with those described . by these early adventurers, and every one of them mention either audierdie reports of gold mines, or absolute discoveries, such is were to be expected.—p. ueille. STR JOHN FRAPHCLIN'i UPEOPIION: : : A England grid in,this country,regardingthe I unknown state , of the Elpetition: which sailed from England in 1194iti•under the coin in awl` of, sir JohnFritklin, to explore a northwest passage Slosg,tale ooith.ern toasts of Arteries. :tie Expedition has not sines beta heard front; end'se the , two shipt.were ricEulille4 fair only three year", I it is Algol thsiNiiiiiliS'oighlistii4ll . have been abut :itchy itherekwend Jinvetperie lied. The Erigliili Groserstmotj itas',•offereil a rityrarti"l/420;000 to 10) 4 '00 or ships whiih Shall reittlei sOtOltiit ierViee to tit e Missing orsiis,' or to any portion Arlholivi end we find in yeller. daY's National , Imelligencer s. copy of cOrrespiniltneli, bettisen Lady Franklin 'relation to this Mteresting subject:. Lady:Franklin in, her letter speaks at 'length' and with much feeling of the Ex :c4dition, iothity felt by herself and Other, tohSar nett!, concerning it, and the proaportilOehichaaistof aid being furnish es! to The reward offered by the Board of Atlntiralty was announced too late (or ENTieh . whalers to take advantage of lts,2;ll4.Sths.Yj; r:ro theAreerinan whalors,.both in the Adentiovind,taaifie. 1 look with more Itepe b es eshipetitors for the prize, being well aware of their numbers and strength, their thorough equipment, and the bold sipirit. Of enterprise which animates their .Bet tvenuire to look even beyond ileum . ain.not without hope that you iwillaleennAt not unworthy of a great and 4slndredesticitt, to take up the cause of hu. ittuintrytwhich 1 plead in a national spirit, etokthbagdnerously make it your own." b After Whiting the fact Oat the Russian tOe'eritetette his declared its intention to mod out ,exploring parties this summer froin the Asiatic side of Behring'a Straits, worthward, in search of the lust vesecis, 'she 'adds : "it would be a noble spectacle to the World; if three great nations possessed of the' widest empires on the fii * ce of the globe, Were thus to unite in their efforts in the truly Christian work of saving their per ishing fellow men from destruction. It is not for me to suggest the mode in which such benevolent efforts Might best he made. .1 will only say, however, that if the conceptions of my own mind, to which 1(10 not venture to give utterance, were realized, and in 'the noble competi tion which followed, American seamen had the good fortune to wrest from us the glory, as might be the ease, of solving the great problem of the unfound passage, or the still greater glory of saving our edven tennis navigators from a lingering fate, which the mind sickens to dwell on, though I should in either case regret, that it wis not my own brave countrymen in thole seas, whose devotion was thus rewarded, yet should I rejoice that it was to .dmerica we owed our restored happiness. should be forever bound to her by ties.Pl affectionate gratitude." To this letter is appended a statement of facts concerning the instructions given to Sir John Franklin, and this is followed by the following reply to the letter e( Lady Franklin bjltibwilleoneter•of titas►~ ;: • ;:r% i4kAl ~. ~#. . itt,tpt kr to* two i•Ott:Aap " 3 NEW SERIES--410, 84. DAPAMTmtxt sv illi‘syst; Washington, April 25,184.. - MADAM:—Your letter to the President of the United States, dated April 4th, I.B4fiki has been received by him, and .he has :in structed me to make to you the fullo.wint reply: The appeal made, in the letter with which you have honored him, is such. se would strongly enlist the syinpathy of that rulers and the people of any portion of tho civilized world. To the citizens of the United States who share so largely in the emotions, which agitate the public mind of your own coon: try, the name of Sir John Franklin has been endeared by his heroic virtues and the sufferings and sacrifices which he has encountered for the benefit of mankind..--s. The appeal of his wife and daughter. in their distress, has been borne across the waters, asking the assistance of a kindied people to save the bravo mew who embarked in his unfortunate expedition ; and the peo; ple of the United States, who have watch. ed with the deepest interest that !tient* ous enterprise, will now respond to that appeal, by the expression of their united wishes that every proper effort may bi made by this Government for the rescue of your husband and his companions. To accomplish the objects you have in view, the attention of American navigators, and especially of our whalers, will be mediately invoked. All the information in the possession of this Government, to enable them to aid ill discovering the min sing ships, relieving their crews, and re storint them to their families, shall be spread fat and wide among our people. and all that the Executive Government of the United States, in the cx ercise of its constitutional powers, can effect to inert this requisitibit on American enterprise, skill, and bravery, will be promptly undertaken. The hearts of the American people will be deeply touched by your eloOent ad dress to their Chief Magistrdterand they will join with you in at earnest prayer to Him whose spirit is on the waters, that your husband and his companions may yet be restored to their country and friends. "' tiOtt the hotterto be your Ladyship'is friend and obedient servant. JOHN M. CLAYTON. '43i.ace Tox."—A correspondent of the Cincinnati Chronicle, writing froiu Washington, tells the following story about Ohio's dirk-Skinned Senator : • i• The proverbially conceded fact that tile,dafk and swarthy hue which oversha• dciws thei'features of Senator Corwin, O- W 4 proud Representative in the execu eive<branch of Congress, entitles him to the soubriquet of cillack nm." was stei• kingly illustrated a few days iiince in Abb. He hail, it appears, Deeasion to call at the Navy Department to transact some .Misiness with which he was entrusted...-. -Whilethere, waiting the return ofthe Seer,. tary's messenger, by whom he had sent in his name, a gentleman, whose modest and excited appearance betokened an office. hunter, stepped up to Mr. Corwin, whom he supposed from his dark complexion was the- veritable messenger, and handed his papers,' with with the request that he 'would take them the Secretary. Mr. C. playfully remarked : • that he was other. wise engaged just at that time; hut,' ron. tined he, directing the attention of the gee. tieman to a negro boy in the corner of the kouni, • if you will give your papers to ony cousin there, lie will take them to the See retary of the Navy. Just at this momeht a gentleman acquainted with Senator Cor. win entered the room, and addreised him by name. The confusion of the t a t e., seeker can better be imagined than deserih. ed. He looked as if he had cutninitted an unpardonable sin which utterly destroy. ed all hope of his abtainingan office. lie approached the Senator—large theme of perspiration having collected on his brow —took him to one side, and, in a tremn lees voice, begged his pardon. Mr. C.. who enjoyed the joke, told him to give himself no uneasiness, that such mistakes were of frequent occurrence, and his only astonishment was that he had not been ap prehended before this as a fugitive slays." A Ftsn Sronv.— Dining at Colerntee on the 6th of March, we eat opposit9, a very verdant specimen of the gent(' knv who had come ..alt the war fromyar mont to see Gineral Taylor auguratc4." After gaping about some ten minutes or so. he inquired of the waiter the kind of. fish on the table. •• Hallibut, sir," was the reply. 4.ff/ell, bring me a couple, , and iz are good I'll try some more:" 0.4 The waiter rushed frantically from she room. An Irishman riding to inarket 'with; sack of potatoes before him. ; d%scoi•sted that his horse Wtiagattingti{ed, whereupon he dismounted. put the potatoes iipon'llis shoulder, and again mounted, saYii# o, ttiat it was better he should carry the prai♦gr. as he was fresher than the poor rotate'. I:3PRING STYLE OF PANTALOONE.--T' is described by a Philadelphia paper ,ss fyl lows ; "TIM hue is a cross betwasm,that of pea•soup and dirty water, with stray touch of the green scum of a frog . N'tttl. and the proud wearers go up and delta hesuut street like so many inditivAkui on an pleaaure excursion.? ; 7 till A tlrr.—.." My dear sir," said alloAor to his patient, "lain truly erstitis 1011#1 you alive. At my last visit yestertitty, you know I told you that you hod basis hours to live." " Yes, dosior ,, lts" bull did not take the dole YOU WI idefill*" " If the the devil should loss iris 411;0410 would he get another ?" ..10 a tirstp• shop, to be sure, where shay se•lall bud tpirilt." The moist fooltsb thing is semi tube;o bow to the tieh tilt you're vita eroot in the presence of an honeWertitreintirl. et!ani zrsi
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