BY MOORE 8L lIEMPHILL. 98113333133 The " DEMOCRATIC BANNER" I» publmhml weekly. 11182 per nnnum—or $1 50 ll puul Iu nd‘ \‘flIICO N 0 pmpor run he dismnlinnod (unlosmt Ihoop~ (lan nflhn vdilurs) until all nrrenrngm: nre pnld. {rr-Nvorlmomonla. &c.. at xhn usual rules. IP®IBEPmWa PlE'l‘Y [Though “weeping lemponln wildly howl. And buraling cloud: “uh lhundor mur; 'l‘hough Henv'n'e fair lace wilh nngcncuwl. And liquid fire In lorrenla flour; 0 Yo: 'midll the scene. so awful «Iran r. The [noun man may walk, nnr four. For “ell he knows lhe lumpen‘s wing In under Gnd‘n all just command; And e'en _lha drop lhul drowns Iho am. In guided by hi- mving hand— The lhumler's mur brings not despair, Nor hghlning'a fire, for God is there. Bnl ho whme mind in no": wilh sin. Doih quickly fly lu cuw'r In droud. Whilst Iho puraumg vuico wnhm Cnen. "wrelch cunceul Ihy gunlly head.” And every clap buds him despair. And ev'ry flush—lor God is Ihoru And “hen lhe ills of Me apprnach, H“ hopeleu uinka boncnlh Iho loud; But Il'lha pinua man'- nppronrh'd. I “a fluea fur nuluco Iu hm God; Fnlher uf nll. [ask rm more. 'l‘hnn nlill In four Ihee and adore. From Iho Cmcmnuu Noupuren The Fale ofthe “ Foreign LEGION.” ' BY 11. c. cmmux. ‘ The tiiorning of the Htli ol Septenibet hruke clear and calm over the dark and ttooning hattléinents oi the (ustle ol Cha' puttrpec. The flag ol the Multan: atten tnetl ptnudly out liotn the ramparts. and “turd In all it.- gotgeouweae tn the gen tle lJH‘t‘Zt' uliich auept along the plain.— b‘hintna bayoneta aI-d gllalt‘lillig sabrr- te llrcteu hail; the aun’a bright rays, and dQQII'UIL‘UIhI'd cannon boomed out upon the surrounding (utilitty, llirrutenlng death and deatiuctiun to the advaming toe. Oh they came, tiling out. column alter col umn; l-otn the suburbs ol the little Village ul'l'arubayo. and nun-ping like a den ltucltte tornado upon the. drVult'd rain pails. Suddenly. ln-tn the bulletin ol the castle. ii put-ant ul flame and amoke phlll lorth. and all along that lengthened line, the lllleallra ol terror and death went hand to hand, cutting down the noble and than. the guild and generous. and alrew In: all 111 one mingled heap ol gore and blood. “at, him all its blasting & dear ulaung elicits. “he carrying griel and Hit: cry tnto tinny a heretolore happy lauiily. and alflltllig down the lather and husband, the son and brother. in terttble and blUO' dy home. and tonolgliltlg them to one com mon arfd aotruiving grave. While the la ces ol the wile and alblcf at home were. perhaps. \vreathetl In allllit'S, that ol the nuaband and brother was writhing iii the agony ul death upon a lnteign hull, and btt‘lillllng out ltle’a last ugh amid the roar ol cannon and the rattle ol lnuaKela. The NC"?! at that lrailul and halal mom will never be lotgotten. But uhile lltla was transacting around Chapultepec, another. and a allll mote tet rible scene. was panning tn the little town nl Miicoux. some hall a mile dlsltlnl Irom Tacubaya. At the battle ol Chetubusco. the deaeilers under Riley had been cap luted. and alter an llnpalllal trial. senten- Cfll ll! be hung. They were known by the title of the "Foreign Legion." & were made up at men who had deserted lrom the tanks ol the American» and joined the lame ol the enemy. The day act lur ttieit execution waa the l4lh ol September—Bl. it alto happened that the attack upon Cha pultepec took place the same day. The sun had just risen. and tinged the «dial with his purple ray. as they were led _tlorth to the. Thirty in number, and aur wooded by a strong body of men, they ;advanced with slow steps toward the gal lows, the muffled drum sending forth its auleinn death-notes. & givmg to the whole lhe nl’llt'llrtiiice ofa military luneral rath -er than a' public execution. They were arranged tinder the gallon. which was time erected lor the purpose-being noth ing more than two large poets set firmly In "‘9 around. across the top of which was WWI] a pole 0! sufficient length to admit ;lhf bodies 0! thirty men. Beneath it the P'llUt-Pra were arranged. with the name Fround their necks-Alto other end at the {opc being thrown over the pole. WEB £99990 by three or {our stout men. lell" .in at a" moment's warning; to llauncli‘ them into eternity. A gloomy silence ‘Penatletl the anal, and as they gazed up °n3|he group collected there, they found “'ympathiaing glance in the acowling late: and glaring eyes which were fixed “P 9" lhem. They had destroyed the last "film: at respect lelt lor them, whenthey took up aunt; against their own country -‘"§"- The usually daik brow of Colanel :“TI-Who superintended the execution. 3’“ contracted by a deep lrown. and his “ff: R'ey Pyes twinkted savagely in their ' . m". tilt he gnlioped up to the spot. 85 Wlfllin his unoktng charger beside them. ml]. all-‘lready, Lieutenant i" he asked ol ..‘Olficer who commanded the guard. = ‘l"«j§'2ryihingt’, replied the officer. Wt llwn let them tiwmu,‘ Wasthe savage 's‘.“in V a I ' “'th '. ‘ ¥ ‘ _ 9 L't'u'rmint turned and advanced 'cmactatic fianuer toward lhe prisoners. when suddenly ‘he rye 0| (he Colonel fell upon the Candle. & the deadly roar ol lhe mlillely reached hi! ear. ' ' Lieutenant,‘ he suddenly exclaimed, with startling energy in his vulce. ‘ A)e sir.’ Icplietl the officer returning. ' Have everything ready. but don’t draw lhem up unttl the American flag waves nut hum the flagella“ ul Chapultepec Cattle. 'Aye, t-ir. it shall be (lone.’ and the Lieutenanl relurnul lo lhe gallows. ‘ N we aim hung until lhe tulle in la ken by the Amencann. we shall Inc a good Ion; lile yel.’ sullenly exclaimed one ol lhe prisonen under lhe beam. "l‘lnen hve you nhull, lor lill \he Slur Spangled Banner waves in vuclovy over your caslle. you shall not die.’ replied Cu looel H—y. alernly. 'llurrnh! bu”; we'll live a long lile yet. Old Bravo’n lhe man In ulick lo the caalle an long'as Ihere’a 9 sho' in lhe lotk or. or a man In stand by him.‘ replied lhe lellnw‘ Will) a ghoul. All eyes were now fixed with a deep inlemity upon the height—and grilling was lhe agony ul suspense which they endured bezweeu the moment: which elapsed du ling lhe tertlble contest whtch was gonna on around the castled lull. Suddenly the flag of the Mextcnnn went down amid the slide. and the Culuuel shouted. ' "There goen the enemy’s banner; the castle is uun.‘ ‘ And ”me goes Ihe flag back again; go 11, old Bravu.’ shouted anulher ol lhe Le gmn. Is lhe Mulcap flag rum.- lo the top at me ulafl, and waved lo the breeze. A mum-red ejaculation escaped the lips nl the Colonel, and each one again fixed his eyes upon the scene. The Content ra ged on wiih unabated vigor. and in a lew moments the bro» 0! the hill “in hidden Irom night, by lhe dark cloud ol smoke which hung thick around it. A hall hour passed. and as a atrong wind awept down the plain and lifieil lliehmuke lrom ofl the height. the enemy’s flag had again disap peared Irom the stall. A moment ol deep anxu-ty lollow-il. and then the Amariran banner run up ihe stafl'nnd floated proud ly over ihe battlementu. 'Up with ilirm,’ thundered the deep voice ol the Colonel"; and the next mo ment lhirly human beings were swinging in the last agnniea ol dealh Irom lhe gal lows; and la they quivered in the rising sunbeams which glanced alnng lhe plain. no look of sympathy lell upon their detes. ted leaiures. for all considered that they richly .leaeived their late. Surh, reader. was the Fate ofthe For eign Legion—men n ho scorned all the at iiibuiea ol nobleneaa and love at country uhich generally exist in an American bu som. lelt the standard of lreedom,and a handlul ol comrades. in the heart of an enemy’s country, aurrounded by an over whelming force. to lend a helping hand in destroying the brave little army which was toiling onward to death or "Civil.— Diahouored they lived—booted and drapi -sed. they met the traitor’a d m. HET’I'Y JONES. CONCERNING NEWSPAPERS \Vell. Jones. you me a pretty fellow—- here you’ve come again be drunk as a bilde owl, and you don’t know _vourse” from four dollars and a half. The chil dren is crying for bread—lheir clolhea worn out. and here I have lo slave. slave. slave—lhe whole blessed day, till I have no! a rag to by back, and what there is slick! as light to me as the skin (loss to the Model Arlisla. 'old Mrs. Smith tells about. We must retrench! Retrench indeed- I’d like to see what you'd relrenrh about this house, except vittals and clothes, and lfm sure we’ve none to spare in them rea pects. You wouldn’t Want your own flesh and blood to go naked and hungry Would you? You’re too much ola man it you be an old brute, Jones, lor that. It you'd keep to work. and mind your business, be steady and stop your drinking all day and spreelng all night. times would be It heap better tor us—you ain’t the man, Jones, you was when I gave you my vugtn aflec~ tions. you don’t come into the house mod estly and lilt of? your hat. and say good evening, Miss Hetty, and draw your chair close up to mine and then take hold at my hand anti kinder blush. and then hitch up a little closer and— : Don’t make a tool of yoursell! I ain’t a going to, Jones, but It sort 111/do" my old heart good to call up these remissoesses. and wish it had always u been so. But you’re as tender-hearted as a turtle-dove -—and just as sensible when you have any sense. as any body—set down, Jones, and eat your supper-Land tell me all the new a flying— ... You’ve stopped the paper! You lie. Jones. you know you lie—you’d stopped your wind first—you’d stopped the chil dren's bread—you’d & You eouldn’t afiord it! Ain’t you got a l conscience. Jones, to let on so? The pa per costs you three cents a week. and the printer takes all kinds of truck for pay—- and here its Saturday night and I’d like toknow how much money you‘ve thrown may this week—l’ll count it op—l’ll give you ablesaing store I get through. It ain’t often I katch you at hum,‘ and when Evening Lectures ol CLEARFIELD, PA.,DEC. 28,1848 I do you’ll take it [or better or for. worse as theaaying in, 'l‘here’o a gallon of whiskey on Monday mowing cost 375 cents—there’s hall n gallon ol beer on Tuesday eonia eighteen pence—there’s n shilling to treat that old flommix with that come along and said he knowcd you when he was a boy—and the Lord only knows how much you have spent today—— It must have look a heap of change. lor you ain’t an old sponge Jones—you don’t get lllunk on any body’s money but your own—andl recon it must look at. least a quarter to make a man dtunk enough to go and stop his papal—well. now 1’“ count it all up—thlee shillings—and eight pence—and one shilling 8!. a quarter makes just filty‘cenls. in my opinion. as good as that Very sum thrown in the fire. and bet ter too, and that \vould’uv paid for a good nevgspaper lour months-~3od I expect the pllnler needs the money as bad as moot lolks. Thete’u u puwel of conomy in such dotngs. why what would a body know if it wurn't lor the paper—especially, whon there’s a great election coming. and a body wants to know how to vote? Wimmin don't vote. Well, [know it, and it’s a great pity they don't, they’d revolutionize the world and have a pro visionary government every where as they call it. and they’d—they—woultl’nt kttl of! all the men, not quite. uuse they're useful In their places, mind ltell you. Jones. But as l was haying about the printerl we must have tletve—vibey Verhay we most have printent. and il they can live without nothing to eat, they’te the critters that’s In advance of the age. lor the people of this generation make a god 0! their bellles. accordingly to the best ol their knowledge nml beliel—a nother ‘thing. I shouldn’t wonder il you’d stopped the paper and never paid lor it—nnd then you’d be published on the black list, and your nile‘u reputation be ruined—Bt your children go to the plempotenttary—it won’t do. Jonei. it won't tIU--Ifld here she broke ofl lor Jones was usleepl—Go sllen Democrat. Olsll the noble works of God. that of the human mind has ever been considered the grandesl. his. however, like all else cresled, capable of cultivation; and just-in that degree as the mindfis improved and rendered pure. is man titled for rational en ‘joymeni and pore happiness. That per son who spends a whole existence without a realization of the great end lor which he was designed; wiihoul feeling a soaring of the soul above mere mercenary motives and desires; not knowing that he is a per ‘iion, as it were. of one vest machine. in which each piece has s pan to perform. having no heart, beating in common with those ofhis fellow rnen, no feeling in which selfis not the beginning and the end. may well be said not iolive. His mind is shut in by moral darkness, and he merely ex ists. a blank in the wurld. and goes to the tomb with scarcely aregrel. Such beings we have seen and wondered zit—wondered thsts mortal, endowed with so many no ble qualities, and capable of the highest at tsinment of intellectuality. should slumber on through a world like ours. in which is every thing beautiful and sublime. to call forth his energies and excite his admire» lion—a world which aflords subjects for exercising every lively atiribtitelwiih which we are gifted, and opens a scene of the richest variety to the eye. the mind. and the heart, and of such a diversified charac ter. thstwe may never grow weary. 11. then. you wish to LIVE. in the lrue sense ofthe term, cultivate the mind. give vent to pure aflections and noble feelings. and pen not every thought and desire in self. Live more for the good ofyour fellow men, and in seeking their happiness will promote your own. N 2. . 1,. an FATHER Rncura.—'l'he habits aull per eonal, appearance of Father Ritchie, [Edi tor of the Washington UnionJ are thus described by a Washington scribe. Mr. Ritchie is seventy years of age, more orlese. He admits he is 'agreesble,’ but does not fancy being questioned close ly on this point. He goes into his sanc tum and seats himself on his funuyltttle chair at 11 A. M.. punctually. and very Irarely leaves it when Congress is in sea lsion, before three the next morning. but for an hour to dine. Indeed he more He quently continues his labors until 4 A. M. brings the grey of dawn around him, and then quite ten minutes before three. This is his life from one year’s end to another. and {or six days in the week. He appears to carry no more flesh on his bones than just to prevent them lrom falling apart, yet though he has led this life ofiHerculean la bor for lorty years. be re more rarely sick than the hale man of 35. He still pre serves his passions for the classics, obtain ed when whacking Virgil and Homer into unruly boys,end he can yet devour a new poem ot‘merit with as much enthusiasm as one might look lor to be displayed by 9‘ young lady just learning to be ablue. Execution-—on Friday, the 1% :46 as we loam from the Bradford, yr of“ ter. James P. Langfmd wop', 138609? m lbal place, (0: lhe amrd' ‘ H "19’ by shooting he; with .upmo._ Bmm _luo death Wilkfiruflllsl. and that? protesting his innocapoq. 1 THE MIND. The Gold Mines in California. COL. MASON’S REPORT. We malts the following extracts from the deb patch of Col. Mason, Military Governor of Califon run, to the Secretary of War. datod Montorey, Au gust 17. 1848. giving an account of his visit to tho gold mines of the Sacramento. in the beginning of July—leaving the garrison at Montoroy on the 117th of June. He says: “'c reaclied San Francisco on the 20th. and lound that all, or nearly all, its male inhabitants had gone to the mines. The town, which a lew months before was so busy and thriving. “as then almost deser ted. 0n lllt‘ evening ol the 24th, the hnr sea of the escort were crossed to Sousole to in a launch. and on the following dav we resutnetl'lhe journey by way of Bride-- gs and Sonatina to Sutter's lort. where we arrived on the morning ot the 2d of July. Along the whole route mills were lying idle, fields ol wheat were lying opeti to cattle and horses. houses vacant, anti larms going to waste. At Sutter’s there was more tile and business. Launches were discharging their cargoes at the riv er,and carts were hauling goods In the lort. where already were established sev eral stores,a hotel, &c. Captain Sutter had only two mechariics_in his employ. (a wagon-maker and a blacksmith.) whom he was then paying ten dollars a day.— Merchsnts pay him a monthly rent nl 8100 per room; and whilst I was there, a two story house in the lort was rented as a ho tel at $5OO per month. At the urgent solicnation 0! many gen tlemen, I delayed there to participate in the rat public celebration ol our national anniversary at that tort, but on the sth re named the journey. and proceeded twen ty-five miles up the American lurk toa point on it now known ;as the Lower Mines, or Mormon Diggings. The hill sides were thickly strewn with canvass tents and bush arbors; a store was erec ted. and sereral boarding shanties in ope ration. The day was intensely hot, yet about two hundred men were at work in the lull glare of the sun washing lor gold -—some with tin pans. some Wllll cloae woven Indian baskets. but the greater part had a rude machine known as the cradle. This was on rockers. 6or 8 last long, 0- pen at the loot. and at its head has a coarse grate or sieve; the bottom is roun ded, wrth small cleets nailed across. Four men are required to work this machine; one digs the ground in the bank close by the stream ; another carries it to the cra r die and empties it on the grate; a third gives a Violent rocking motion to the ma: chine; whilst a lourth dashes on water lrom the stream itself. The sieve keeps the coarse stones lrom entering the cradle, the current 0! water washes oil the earthy matter, and the gra vel is gradually carried out at the loot ol the machine. leaving the gold mixed with sheavy fine black sand above the first cleets. The sand and gold mixed togeth er are then drawn oil through auger holes into pans below. are dried in the sun. and alterwards separated by blowtng oil the sand. A party of tour men thus employ ‘ ed at the lowa mines averaged $lOO a day. The Indians. and those who have nothing but pans or willow baskets. grad ,_ually wash out the earth. and separate the : gravel by hand. lesvrng nothing but the gold mind with sand. which is separated ‘ in the manner before described. The gold ' iu the lower mines is in fine bright seales, l ol which I send several specimens. ' A: we ascended the South branch of the ‘ American fork. the country became more ' broken and fllUUtllaanUs‘, and at the saw ' mill. 25 miles above the lower washings, l or 50 miles lrom Sutler’ii, the hills rise to about a thousand leet above the level of the ' Sacramento plain. Here a specie of pine occurs, which led to the discovery ol the gold. Capt. Sulter feeling the great want of lumber, contracted in September last. With a Mr. Marshall to built a sawomill‘at that place. It was erectotl in the course ’ of the past winter and spring—a dam and race constructed a but when the water was ‘ let on the wheel, the tail-race wa~ found to betoo narrow to permit the water to escape with sulficrent rapidity. Mr. Mar“ shall. to save labor, let the water dirvfl)’ ‘ into the race with a strong current/‘9o 3' to wash it wider and deeper. ngll’ected his purpose. and a large bed urmud “d l gravel was carried to the 100/itfl lhe race. ' One day Mr. Marshall. 20° was “"k‘ ing down the race to this Poll?“ “’“dv l observed some glittery [13:31? ii‘inlelti | f' “ihe a e I ll I . 3:3: :25 égziutfne/fisfied of their value. . He then went to a fort, told Capt. Sut \ tor of his ding/43" and they agreed to L keep it “cry out a certain grist-millet Suuer9s w finished. it. however. got ‘ out. and find like magic. Remarkable . success‘l'emle“ the labors of the first ex plore" and in a few Weeks hundreds of , (“e/were drawn thithera " " ‘ . ' gold is in scales a little coarser than . use of the lower mines. From the mill , Kr. Mirfiliall guided me up the mountain the opposite or north bank at the south ark. where. in the bed of small streams or ravines, auw drv. .a great deal of goldl has been found. I there saw several psr-‘ ties at work. all of whom were doing very well ; a great mono specimens were shown lme, some as heavy as tour or live ounces in weight. ' ‘ You will per «ceivo that some of the specimens accom. NEW SERIES—VOL. 1, NO. 47.--~WHOLE 310.1122. gagcd about five weeks when I saw him. ~nd up lo lhn! lime his Indiana hnd uled ’simply closely woven willow baskets.— Hla net proceeds (which law) were about $16,000 worlh of gold. He showed me lhe proceeds of his last week’s work lourleeo pounds avatdupois ol clean-wash ed gold. The principal More at Sutter’s [on.- that of Brannon & Co.. hnd receiud inpu ment for goods $36,000 (worth of this: aoldflrum the lot of May lo the mm of July. Other‘merchanls had also made extensive sales. Large quantitici ofgoodo were daily sent lou-ward lo the mines. u the Indiana, heretofore so poor and degra— ded. have suddenly become conlnmertof the luxutiea ofllife. The most moderate estimate 1 could ob tain lrorn men acquainted With the lub ject,,‘wns, that upwards ol~4ootl men were warlttngin the gold diatrict. of What!) more than one half were Indians ; and that from $BO.OOO to $50,000 worth of gold, if not more. was daily obtained. The entiro gold district, with tier) few exceptions of" grantemade some years ago by the Mimi-‘- can nuthurittea, is. on land belonging'to the United States. ’.v ' .' 2. ~ ~ The diacovary of (hese vast deposit“ of old has entirely changed .Ihe chlflcllf‘flf filpper Calilornia. 113 people; before but" gage-d in cultivating lhewsmlll pitcha’p'f 101 panying lhig. hold mechanically pieces of quartz; that the aurtace'ie rougb.and ev idently moulded in the crevice of a rock. This gold cannot have been carried fat by Water. but must have remained near where it was first deposlted from‘ the rock that once bound it. * ' ' 0n the 7th at July I left the mill, and crossed to a small stream emptying into the Ameri can lorlr. three or (our miles below the saw mill. [struck this stream (now known as Weber’s creek) at the washings‘ol Su nol & Co. They had about thirty Indians croployednshom they pay in merchandise. They were getting gold of acharacter sim ilar to that lountl in the main lurk. ' ’ From this polnt we proceeded up the stream about eight miles. where we lound a great many people and Indians—some engaged in the béd of the stream, and oth ers in the small \alleya that put into it.— 'l‘hese latter are eiceedingly rich. and two ounces were considered an ordinary yield tor a day’s work. A small gutter, not more than a hundred yards long by tour leet wide. and two or three leet deep. was pointed out to me as the one where two men—William Daly and Perry Mc- Coon. bad, a short time belore, obtained $17,000 worth at gold. Captain Weber informed me that he knew that these two men had employed tour white men and a bout a hundred lndians. and that, at the end of one week’s work they paid off their party, and had left $lO,OOO worth of this gold. Another small ravine was shown me, lrom which had been taken upwards ol $12,000 worth ol gold. Hundreds of similar ravmes, to all appearances, are as yet untouched. ' " ' ‘ Mr. Neligh. an agent of ‘Commodore Stockton, had been at work about three weeks, and showed me in bags and bottles over $2,000 worth of gold ; and Mr. Ly man. a gentleman ol education and worthy ol every credit. said he had been engaged with tour others, with a machine. on the American lurk, just below Sutter’a mill; that they worked eight days. and that his share was at the rate at 850 a day. The country on either aide of Weber’s creek is much broken up by hills. and is intersected in every direction by small streams or ravines. which contain more or less gold. Those that have been worked are barely scratched; and although thou:- ands of ounces have been carried away, I do not consider that a serious impression has been made upon the whole. Every day was developing new afid‘iicber depo sits,- and the only itnptesaion seemed to be. that the metal would be lound in such abundance as seriously to depreciate to value. On the Bth ol July I returned to the lower mines, and on the following day to Sutter’s. where on the 10th I was making preparations for a visit to the Feather. Yu bsh. and Bear rivers. when I received a ‘ letter lrom Commander A. R. Long. Uni ; led States navy. who had just arrived at ‘San Francisco from Mazatlan. with a crew for the sloop-of-wsr Warren. with orders to take that vessel to the squadron at La Paz. Capt. Long wrote to me that the Mexicsn Congress had adjourned Without ratifying the treaty of peace; thnt he had letters for me lrom Commodore Jones. and that his orders were to sail with the Warren on or before the 20th of July. in consequence of these, 1 determined to return to Monterey. and accordingly lr rived here on the 17th of July. Before leaving Sutler’v, l .Intiefied myself that gold existed in the bed of the Father river. in the Yubah and Bear. and In many of the small stream-t that lie between the lat ter and the American fork; also. thnt it had been found in the Cosummes to the south of the Arnencsn lurk. In each of these streams the gold in lound in smell scales, whereas in the intervening moun tstns it occurre in coarser lumps. Mr. Sinclair. whose rancho is three miles show: Seller’s on the north side of the American. employs about 50 Indians on the north fork. not lar from injunction with the main stream. He had been en- CM
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