I'HE SPY COLT: \IBIAN. SA.TURDA. MeeNING, SEPT. 18, 1847. AGENCIES V. B. PALatra, North West corner of Thlrd and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, Tribune Buildings, (opposite City Hall,) N. York. South East corner of Baltimore and Culvert streets, Baltimore, and 1\0.12 State street, Bo.ston. JACOB WLSTHAEFFE:R., Lancaster city WILLIAM A. PIFSCE, Travelling. Ap,.ent. liOnVe understand that the line of telegraph be tureen York and Baltimore is already under con tract, and will be completed at an early day. EZZIE2 CO'nLats LADY'S Boox.—We have received the October number of this sterling mnrame. The embelishments ore fine as usual. It contairs twelve extra psges of letter prc ss, with the com mencement of a new novel by Miss Leslie, entitled "Amelia, or a Young Lady's Vicissitudes." This novel will be given extra, and not in , ,2rfcr.. with the usual variety of the book. DEDIC.\TIO\.—Ti • r nett• 17resbyterian C?.nrell in IVrightsville, will be ci . edi.m.ed to ti.e scn icc of nod, on Sunday, the lid of October nee:. Tl.e citizens of Cu:amnia and surrourulmg country am invited to pl..ticipute in the f.cnice.......0n that day. A number of the clergy icon) Marent denontina• lions will be present to assi,t in the exercises. Tile LATE BATri.e..—Ali accounts agree in the statement that the city of Mexico is at the mercy of Gem Scott. it IN stated that tho armistice did not incct the general approval of the arix,y; but Gen. Scott no doubt had good reasons for acting as he did. Tic number of killed and v.ounded is said to be about 3,000 'Mexicans and 1111.) Nco.aris 1),66- Adv,rti •I r of 13t11 the fulk,Aing news in :1,1v1;;ee ;-,r; and pony express('s by Clai, ounce.—.& fricurl of ours be. rntr; put in the elLurvoyant state I niglito-cerDun rd that the armistice was viebttcd on the part or 06 , Mexican,, and that Gen. Scott was constrained to tike the chi) by assault, enrich blued being stmt.— N'Ve st the nor ',tit'. in chit voyance upon the It uth of this %is ion. 11 it twris out to be a mere 4tt,ion of tire night; ttt..n tt.t c'..rtrvoyance be v.f.ttrrn ernea Luntbug. TAYLOR MASS MRrTING.—We SC(' by the rope:v that a mass meeting of the friendv of (l n. Taylor iv to be held at 11.,rrUurg, on nett Friday, the lost., and wc hale been requested to state tint the fare on the railroad and can it will be zr.dared caw half the usual price, that all disposed to attend may do so at a small mtpeme. There ss ill he a fine turn-nut from tide !dace, n e understand. l`r.strx DLSIIDSJ.—This g• has fur. rdshed us n tIL n set ..f arithmetical ruler, V. inch we have examined to some extent. The examplLs given la Addition eon he readily performed s‘;th great rapidity by the rule, but on%rtun itely the solution drpandi up in certain cdntingenci_s which abstract from its value. In thr nr,t exatrylc. if the last figure of the first row had Leon Iff,te,d , d 4. the first figure in the amtr'•r •could base bc..n ; instead of 3, so that the mud•. or getting the first figure is not rellible, alth mgh it in ty be deduced subsequently. Nor will I'm rule snsiser ibr smal, numbers, or 5. , ^ 1 1, any pair of wi.,sh fmm a sum less than 9. It we add LT>, 1 . ..!3, the• amount should be 14 .1, hut tiny nev. rill, to ,tars it 13S 1, as etarly tt rn lie foil., • .1, for tio dues. lion is givi a nor ca.,, m is haul 0: the pairs is less that. 9. ;c too: II Thu rule :1r quires more att`•,tion C.:An most car, to b•skiv 'rho moor ititer:2,t 1, gcniou., short, a. I cart el. L. correct theory. , v(01:,1 !,c more r, rr:n• II . bcred ii tho thcory a Cle 1.7 iris had n•_tn rtvh, Tlll9, lta:^cv.•, CH- 1 , , Iroor ly i be u,uler.stan , l: ;110.11.11 , AL - , p; and ye: vary it alum rates of lotcto,ts arc to 1,, calcul3t. \V' ob , cr”c a courrc rlcrrccr negkct to mc: - .11,T1 V../1 lt i. t.) he done a 6 , :I C. r arc co days accounted for, but the acute le,rner perceive that tai, aa,mnl pl Ice (~s it in hi fie! munt ha flied v.,th (1, to betag o•tt t to rust(: as t exarr :e At a St,l, (1 of Suqrinc . o.inna Connci'. No. 31, 0. U.. 1 )1 , , 1 ..I , ir 11.01, on ‘Vednr. , giuy..t. , :cpt. Idl7. Ti.• G.lLnvrofi preamble rc rcs6l.3 lions wrrc tin initn , m , iy udu,r•_d:— NVittat:As, .1 . 1:0`.11, V. P. 1,11, an Ann:l.:can and n Alechanic, caller o; wles Pri,or,s tho 1 . 0 , 11;•C of this ord,r, rot:,;:.:Ld fr o m , „ has sealed it:: d:wo:ion to his ccuntry, and as now a ret , :lco'. Thercforr, Resolurd, That S Council, Ne. 31, (4 - the Order of United American Alee!ian,cc, fully appreciate the vairintic sera:ecs of Al.r. NVCI:3:1; and whilJ the:: pin acuh the whole people in arelcomav, lihn to :he home of his b0,M00,1, t:lev %mull expres-i C..• hope Ihst he in ty be spceddy restored to health and enabled io resume file former MEE fleas/seri, 'Eat a cc,- , y rf [hc , r resolntion, signed by the C. and R. S., he pre,nterl In Mr. Welsh, and that they be pull.slictl rn ti.c Columbia Spy, and in the newspapers of Lanraslos C,ty. JEREMIAH M. S k.MPLE, C. E. F. lIuNT, R. S. Columbia, Sem. L... 01,1" OLDEST CUE ft'7ll,—ln 11 , 1,;haln,M-14q., they hare the oldest inhahitabic r.,u rcii in Ncrta Arncrica. There aro the ruins of one in. Jamestown, (Va.) (which it older than this, but this is the 01d.,, non occupied in the countr:. It was built one hurnlrtO arid sixty years ago, and in at is sonic of the timber of the church built by the first settlers in G 33 or G. .7t as perfectly sound, and almost as hard as iron. A DARK CLU:SE.—The Constitutional Convert of 'lllinois have adopted, by a large majority, the following amendment to the Constitution of that State:—"The Legislature shall pass laws with ad. equate penalties, preventing the intermarriage of wilites and blacks, and no colored person shall over, under any pretest, hold any office of profit or honor In chi. State." THE CITY OF MEXICO. The following graphic description of the city of Mexico is from Brantz Meyer's book on "Mexico is it was and as it ie." It will be found peculiarly I interesting at the present time: It was the middle of November, but there was al May mildness in the atmosphere. The shy was of ' that deep ultra-marine blue peculiar to elevntcd regions.. As I ranged my eye down the street from , ' my balcony, the town was alive with a teeming population; the windows of the hoe.scs stood open; fair woman strolled homewetd from mess; old monks shuffled along i.a =ivied robes; the i Moller urged along his ass with its peripatetic stall , hung around wills eoriaus meats; freshly-leaved flowers and tro , :, in the court-yards, of which I ' caught glinues through the open portals; and in I the, bales' iies lounged the early risers, enjoying, a urger aflcr tl it cup of chocolate. It was alitcly a'::a beautiful scene, worthy of the pencil of that tna: ter.painter of cities, CL..nnaletti, who would have delight' i 1 in the remarkable transparency- and purity of the atmosphere, through witinh the dis i tam hills, some is miles off, seemed but a bar. I rier at the end of the street. The plan of the city of Mexicois procisrly that of a chcel:er-hoard, with a great v.irlety of sip ires. Straight ,tracts cross each otbrr at rte lit angles, and at regular inturval>. The house, are painted \Nan guy colors - I.glit blue, fawn and green, it ape reed v ith a pure white, that remains long tins stained in the dry atmosphele. The slew of all these from the elevated tower of the cathedral (to which I soon lepaired after my null, al in the capital) presents a mass of domes, steeple 6, and flat.rouled dwellings, frequently coy cred,lihe hanging-garden with flowers and foliage. Beyond the gates (s , laid! you would scaled:: d u el: bounded a po,tebition of 200,1100) tie sat,t plain stretcliLs r llt nn c‘cry , ide to tlic mount.tinF, tra 2rt,Cii in ...time phiccq by long lines of aqueducts syc i-Ing to tho city rro:n t!, anti ill of ices it'i lakcq, ru'tivatit e, Red tLauti:4l grate', until lute ec-ttitit t - is r , f fr' OIL ~ cg, ni g ht in b, hold these tiny vessels shlin like float. rests against the I.lus shy, uncovered at this ing gardens In the TI tyn in the morning, laden to ..,.sun by a single cloud. the water's edtte ith the emits fl ower, and vef,ee. Below is the great square of the Pi rza—a large tattles, that Ithiethe shier that bears liens. panic] area—fronted on the north by the cathedral, WI the cast by the Na the south of which, a tional Palac (the residence old houses in this neighborhood, rising out cf the of the President) to e gain, is cans:, the nluggis'i waters, and the dark multitude of the better classes iii fanciful dresses, remind one the museum), and a stone edifice recently built in ot 1 cnice. tantahul sti le for a market. The corner-storm of t .outing the cars.', and leading to the plain this alter I anise,' in Iresico, and before S I lift, the budding, vas nearly completed. Until so Lich adjoins the Chen:imp:is, or former floating that n ow, t h e and vcaot ,td e , , and gardens, is the Pasco do la Vega, a public drive most of the cocoon Aries of the table, had been. sold fro quented by the bcou monde, both in coach and ot horscliaclt, during the season nir.ent. Scarcely ; no that spot in shambles and booths built of bans. boos and reeds, sheltered trorn the rain and sun by an a Itern ,,,, n passes, • at that period of the year, that the observer will not find the canal covered thatched roofs. In the south-western corner of the ith gay host - loads of Indians, passing homeward square, the Pariah, an unsightly building (crested, I since the resolution) greatly tears the front marlet. dancing, singing ond laughing, strum elrect of the PI ,7./. I: is a tutanlislonent, a n d e'r""'"'" %nlii % ,, r ,11 .' ~11 . ,-,P -imonesvr, imonesvr, as it affords a large revenue t o the iinfu i r i. press Ido not know the origin or the CI: 10:11 of p dity, and as th e gr e a t h fzaar where , very urtiele wearing the forgetful flower. tint it in both a heal requisite for the dress of Me xicann, rude or h nfale, trice and more pan-lie oblisimt than that resorted may be purchasr.d at reasonable prices. On the to by many folks in other lands, rifler a day of toil. pavement which runs round, sit nitrithers of coach- Taming: once more westward, oe again reach the an d great square. The departure of the Pmsithant men, 0 hese stands are in the mighoorlinod, crowds ot n teneri with lc:Wpm:L(lC .hiss. ; from the palace has attracted a crowd. The ad- Not the least cnriou , , howe'r , the Joining marhet, ever filled with people, pours forth thodc ss,tb %slue') the side-wa!'is are gear ra lly its trut l iltudes in the First, there is the torong , il are a b of ,; (fiesang , lad'," or let. 'quador, or water carrier, with his twn cat then ter-witters, whits.. post in always on the c•-rhstene • lat.--saiet suspended by a leather Is It I.lllolla of tar :nu tern -efi.t of the I'd rim]. liogo mg ni imind :IT, head and resting on 1 , 1 , back, and ink is p 1 feed beside m, a board r, •ts ef-., ti f f a tar nth, sii , dcrula 1 from the ii of his head in knees, a pile of dud relit colored itapir fliost o f rwint of I in., presersir.g the equilibrium. Nett Lich is thoer rut V dmilme d there is tl-e Indian with a huge reap of ch'visa). o‘cr and adorned a ICit pen and nut ernoin , )to-) i s and torl.eyn, nr a crate of earthenware, or a pan placed on it, and no'll stool before him sits some vier of oranges, borne on his bark like the .qua. 4 a „„d or t.ni!„, rt - 3 .' S 1717. ft a woman, V. isb p. as, nr ducl. , t, or pen: mo nil a pen-w., Cie rerf., 'huts in be.: fl li fi o.n the lakes; another with pfitstsrn; ann. emmeg p' eulogy. lit,.n [avert lot tr-ite, and f titer dri.es :float; a poor nt noted ass, I oleo v. ith rat ore la M.AICa us It.t rlr rv.y n) I rz • di ` i.c ' "d onion': and all the members of this lose Dna ^ drips crov, d arc crynrg tliC ir N% arc , and mercium a "diet tratimf" for a onc n II; n neoi ang leper tI r at the tap of tau ir yothes. It is it ilable. a rot dio : and an full of daggers Amid the throng treads on 55 and, with step ins. lerdousy, love. and :mi , :cfr , `-`• th= , jcol i c, th e gum niy tc;arifsli woman; b; her side nCr crt i,i state of nuad, a friar, and hurl by a maple of priests in their done f f sfai ;inn , with heads and gtacclul bihek do:Liss end shovel hits. In the cc nth., c , ids! (loves, fsr the ridicels 1 , shailw of a pillar of the portals sneal.s thisera- Lie Irislsillg wretch, wrapped in his tattered Llano West se I pri le Peri , n, on I 'ill arre,nd the southern Plaza, or those etinn: t— lepero, porter, beggar, thief, an the occasion r It word] are nio thieetly onnu f , t:-Ii by the c o:lcdrai and he takes ads antage of tie latter ens ployinf Tit, in this moment of excite:nerd, to case an d N i l: en - el ! r a t ,ee, 11 arch , portals, surd. n unstypielous stringer ot handkerchief. A Ifr In the areadei These :ire filed n c. .y shops, iiedlsr-. emus., old clr,lhrs, toys, tinkle of a hell nt the door of the cathedral and a roll of drums calling; nut the guard of curios), oonor at the palace gate, gist %yarning or a change arid the and quianuw.s. vr - r n er aria daubs. so of seine. slowly issues a gayly-painted coach ith glans windows on all sides, drawn by spotted 11 , re the I int revolution, or loom limitability of it mules; a Iffiest in his vestment. sots within—a W one, continftal di-rmnion lie lii;ots or b.oid of boys walking on each std", cha tinting a idlers. Alfee - c stairs, in same of the arc 11)4111; and in a moment, a Beath-hhs stillness pea gambliag•lmane., an ‘nriimrls: in the P flits Royal, sa-les the whole square. Prom the tradesman, sell- Wil'o wrier tha terse bare preseutccl does no' ' of ing ills tapes under tl.e portales to the thief in has course, %is, in in taste or splendor. 1 dirty blanket, the whole eroa.it is uncovered and O . fp , ~ ate to the seuthern end or the fat's) is fro kneeling ; the host is planing to the house of some Cfsa Muni( ipal, or town Ilan, in the louer story is tut Lm js, . E.,,hiiinge of the flier - . dying Catholic! The carriage is turning a coiner, nC )liar and the square is alive again—the tradesman to sell, the lepero to steal, and the lesson of death is forgotten forever. anti v.e,torn ~I 1 111113=11111 'nte cathedral occupies a space of 500 feet by 421 fr,ot. 'lnc main altar is not erected azainst the wall, hut near the centre of tire edifice, beneath the dome. From extending around the choir probably two hundred feet, there is a rail between four and flee feet legh, and of proportionate thick ness, composed of gold, silver and small alloy of, brass. This is surmounted with silver statuts for candles. In front of the altar is the choir, itself a church, built of dark woods of the rarest antique carving. The altar (placed upon a marble plat form, elevating it from the floor of the building, and covered with gold and silver ornaments, candle. dlcsticks and crusses,) is of wrought and polished silver; and the whole is surmounted by a small temple, in which rests the figure, of the Virgin of Remedios, who enjoys the exclusive right of three petticoats—one embroidered with pearls, another with emeralds, and a third with diamonds—the I Cu , of which, I am credibly informed, is not less than thiec millions of dollars: This, you will re. collect, is only one part of one church in Mexico, and that one said not to be the richest! Fuming from thc cathedral door to the south. eastern portion of the city, you reach the outskirts, crossing in your way the canals from the lake. I hare rarely seen such miserable suburbs; they are filled with hovels built with sun-dried bricks, often wurr. with the weather to the shape of holes in the mud, while on their earthen floors crawl, cook, live and multiply, the wretched looking population of leperos. Tbis word, I believe, is not pure Spanish, but is derit•ed originally, it is said, from the Castil ian lepra, or leper; and although they do not suffer from that loathsome malady, they are quite as dis. gusting. Blacken a man in the sun; let his hair grow long and tangled, or become filled with vermin; let him plod about the streets in all kinds of dirt for years, and never know the use of brush or towel or water even, except in storms; let him put on a pair ofleath• er breeches at twenty, and wear them until forty without change or ablution; and, over all, place a torn and blackened hat, and tattered blanket be. grimed with abominations; let him have wild eyes and shining teeth, and features pinched by famine into sharpness; breasts bared ar.cl browned, and (it females) with two or three miniatures of the same species tottering after her, and another certainly strapped to her back; combine all these in your imagination, and ycu have a receipt for a Mexican lepern. There on the canal=, around the markets and pulquc shop, Cie Indians aml thece mii-erable out. casts hang all day long ; feeding on the frag,:nents, quarrelling, drinking, ste ding, and lying drunk about the piorment , , with their children crying with hunger around them. At night they slink off to those subtirl,i, and 'nil themselves up on the damp floors of their lairs, to sleep oil' the effects of liquor, and In awake to another day of misery and crime. Is It wonderfid, in a city with an immense proportion of its inhabitants oisuch a class,—hope less in the prcLeht and future,—that there arc mur derers and robber,? In the Indian popul.tion N‘hiel: pours into the capital from the laLes, I mast say that there is ap. 1)11-n10s-1r:ore m.orth and character. You see them a',ott. in tt it boats on tl:c canah+,and pass. I• g end repas.,hlg is their canoes, plying bete:nen It e v ai.d and Tczcoco. It is a beatitiinl Turning westward from the square, we reached the Alameda, a very short walk through the Calle Plateros, a street filled with the shops of gold smiths, watchmakers, French hair-dressers, French cooks, French millincis, French carers and gild ere, and French print-sellers; and we pass on our way the rich convent of the Professa, or ex-Jesuits, and the more splendid one of the blue-robcd monks of St. Francis. The Alameda is a beautHul grove of forest trees, planted on about ten acres of soft ,and lunurant soil. The wood, which is trailed end pro , rtteci by gates closed every evening as the bells toll for oration, Is intersected with walks and surrounded by a carriage road. Fountains fling ,up their waters where the paths cross each other, !and the ground benesth the full-grown t ree i s filled with flowers and shubbery. The great centre fountain is surmounted by a gilded figure of Liberty, and gilded lions spout forth the water at its feet. This, and the other smaller jet., in plea santer and more secluded nooks, are circled with atone seats. It is the fashion to come here in car. riages and on horseback every evening, (except during Lent.) and to drive round and round the enclosure. on the soft roads in the dense shade, until the vesper bell—or. to draw up in a line on the side of one of the highways while the cava. - - hers pass up and down in review, or prattle away I half an hour at the coach-window of some renown ed belle. But there can be nothing more delightful than a walk here during the early morning. There is a freshness then in the air, a quiet ;.ad peacefulness, that are found at no other time of the day. The student comes with his book; the priest from his early mass; the nurse with her baby; the senti mental miss, to sigh for her lover, (and perhaps to see him); the dyspeptic, to earn an appetite for his breakfast; the monk, the lounger, and even the laborer, stop for a moment beneath the refresh ing shades, to take breath for the coming day. It is almost Druidcal in the solemn stillness of its groves, placed in the midst of a population of two hundred thousand. Even the birds seem to have been assured—scared from the plains, they arc here in a sanctuary, and no p ofane hand dares touch them. They have consequently planted, as if by consent of each other, distinct colonies in digcrcnt parts of the wood; the owl, sitting on her branch, in one place; the doves, making lure the business of their lives, in another; the mocking. birds makin a third spat a perfect choir ; and in numerable sparrows and wrens, like so many Puul Prrs, chattering and pane: ing about with an intim vivc pertness through the dominions of all the rest. Directly West of the Alameda, and on the same street is the Pasco Nuevo, another delightful drive of a mile in length, bordered with paths and trees, and divided by fountains adorned with statuary and sculpture. Passing out of the western gate of the Alameda, the fashionables every evening take a turn or two along this Mire. On festivals it is crowded. All the equipages of tire city must be there, and It is the node for every person of con. sidcration, or who desires consideration, to possess an equipage. It is not thought " exactly proper" fm a lady ever to walk, except to mass—or, some. times, when she gees , hopping. The coach, there fore, on ell gala days, is sure to appear on the Pasco v.ith itd fa': e, ily.ssed in the French style as for a dinner parry or a ball. When I first , arrived in Me.rico, it was rare to see a bonnet on such occasions; hut that or, k ward appendage of fashionable costume was becoming gradually in vogue before I left. Fur an hour or more it is the ca-tom to pass up and down the sides of the Pasco, nodding and smiling at the cavaliers, who shore a; their horsemanship along the centre of the road. here the utmost Inviry and style arc exhibited in the equipiTient of c irriage and aniinals. Gold con ' tmidery, silver plating, and every ornament that can add splendor to harness and livery are brooght forth. To such an extent is the taste for these ex : hildtions carried, that one of dm millionaries of .lesico appears occasionally at the Pasco on a saddle which (without counting the value of the rest, of his capai isun) co , t the sum of live thou s and dollars. It vais the chefd4ct:rre of an hell. t` , l Gereel addl , r who made it, and retired from trade to his tickled father Ind:' On approaching this charming drive, the whole plans of the valley of Mexico is at once revealed to you, without passing, a dirty suburb. On your right, is the cypress covered and castle crowned hill of Chapu'tepee, formerly the site, it is alleged, of nun of Montezuma's palaces; before you and behind stretch two immense aqueducts—the one cooling from the bills, time other from a grc - Iler dis tanet‘, near Taenba3 a, and screening that village an it leans against the first slopes of the wee tern mountains. On your left arc the volcanoes, on whose summits the last rosy rays of sunset arc lei-Lag. The gay throng disperse, as the moon rises from behind the mount sins, pouring a flood of clear light, bright as the day in other lands, over the tranquil landscape. The moonlight of Mexico is marvelou.l) beautiful. That city, you TCIIICITI hem, is 7,500 feet above the sea, and nearly tisat number of tier closer to tisc stars than we are; the annosphcre, tollsequLlitly, is more rardied, and the light comes, an it were, pure and pellucid from heaven ;•3 au seem able to touch the stars, so bril. liantly near do they stand out relieved against the back ground of an intensely blue shy. Strolling isn such nights in Mexico, when I saw the sharp lines of tower and ti :n pie come boldly out with lape l and even color, almost. as bright, yet softer than noonday, I has a often been temptcd to say that the moriolight you gct at home (much as it is the theme of ports and losers) is but secoud•h•mnd ' stuff compared with that of Mexico. And so with I the• climates. Between time seashore at Vera Cruz and the volcanoes, whose eternal snows hang over ' Mexico, you have every climate in the world. In time valley there is a pc7pr that spring. For six month-, in the year (the winter months an they arc ' called ) rain never falls; during the other six months show ems occur almost daily. It is novel hot— never cry cool—and you may wear your cloak or y our summer dress the whole year, according to :cum of your nersm3: s 2. stern. One irle of the street is always too warm at noon. Cold and sleeting as it is here in January, the roses are alre idy blooming fee. lily in tl.e gradens of Mexico. Nor is there perceptible change of foliage on the forest trees; the new leaves push oil' the old ones with a " gentle force," and the regeneration of the seasons is effected without the process of fading . . wilting. withering and dying, which makes with us the melancholy days of autumn," the saddest of the I= Itt!2ECE!!!!MI SINGULAR FACT IS NATURAL HlSTORT.—Botween four and five months ago, Mr. Robert Ricd, baron officer of the Honorable M. Stewart, Curable, Scot. land, having two hivesof been, the one pretty strong, and the other weak, took it in his head to make an • experiment with the as cakes!, as it wan not worth hilltng. He shut up the mouth of the " skep,' covering it with sir .w, and afterwards covering the entire hive with earth, in the same manner as n int of potatoes. The strong hive, during the winter, took for their sustenance upwards of ten pounds of sugar. On the 13th current the covered hive was dug up, in presence of Messrs. John Stewart, wri ter, John Mitchell, gardener, and others, when, wonderful to behold, the formerly weak hive was found in a strong and healthy state. The skep" was lifted of the board, and there was not above a dozen dead bees in the lot; and it was truly pleas ing to see them, when aroused from their dormant state, flapping their wings and buzzing about, after being shut up from light and air for four months and thrteen days. About two hours after being opened. they were out in swarms busily gathering war. From the Bt. LOlll5 Rove THRILLING JOURNAL. • Copy of a Journal kept by a Suffering Emigrant, on the California Mountains, from October 31st, 1846, to March Ist, 1847. TRUCKEY'S LAKE, l'4oc. 20, 1846 Came to this place on the 31st of last month; went into the Pass, the snow so deep we were un able to find the road, and when within three miles from the summit, timed back to this shanty, on Truckcy's Lake Stanton came up the day after we arrived here; we again took our teams and wagons and made another unsuccessful attempt to cross, in company v. ith Stanton; we returned to the shanty, it continued to snow all the time. We now have killed most part of our cattle, having to remain here till next spring, and live on lean beef, without bread or salt. It snowed during the space of eight days, with little interini , sion, after our arrival, though now clear and pleai ant, freezing at nights; the snow nearly gone from the valleys. Nov. 21—Fine morning, wind N. W.; twenty two of our company about starting to cross the mountains this day, including Stanton and his Indians Nov.2:2— Frozc hard laqt night; fine and clear today; no account from tho , c on the mountains Nov. 23—Same weather, wind west ; the expedi tian across the mountains rcturned,after an unsuc. cessfiil attempt Nov. 23—Cloudy; looks like the eve of a snow storm; our mountaineers are to make another trial to morrow, if fair; froze hard last night. Nov. 26—Began to snow last evening; now rains or sects; the party do not start to-day. Nov. 29—Still snowing; now about three feet deep; wind west; Lined my last oxen to-day; gave another yoke to Foster; wood hard to be got. Nov. 39—Snowin,T fast ; looks as likely to con tinue as when it commenced; no living thing, with- out wings, can get - about. Dec. I—Still snowing ; wind west ; snow about sip or sic and a half feet deep ; very difficult to get wood, and we are comple.tely housed up; our cattle all lulled but two or three, and there, with the horses and Stanton's ,nuke, all supposed to be lost in the snow; uo sores of finding them alive. lice.3—Ceases snowing; cloudy all day; warm enough to thaw. Pao s—Beautiful sunshine, thawing a little; looks delightful after the lung storm; snow seven or eight feet deep. Dec. 6—The morning fine and clear; Stanton and Graves manufacturing snow.shoes for another mountain scrabble; no account of mules. Dee. S—fine weather; f•oze hard last night; wind southwest; hard work to find wood sullicient to keep us worm, or cook our beef. Dee. 9—Commenced snow ing about 11 o'clock; wind northwest ; took in Spitzer yesterday, so w. all that he cannot rise without help, caused by stai ration. Sumo have a scant supply of beer; St nit on trying to get some for Itimselfand Indians; not likely to get much. Dec. 10—Snowed fast all night, with heavy squalls of Lund; continues to snow; now about sewn feet in depth. Dec. 11—Snows faster than any previous dry; Stanton and Graves, with several others, making preparations to cro.s the mountains on snow.shoeb; snowci f it Ceet.ou the level. Der. 16—Fair and pleasant; froze hard last nuzltt; the company started on snow•shoes to crone the mountains; wind santhenst. Dee. 17--Pleasant ;IVin. Murphy returned from the mountain party last evening; 13t is Vi lliams died night berttre la,t; MzItOTI and Noah started for Donner,' eight days ago; not returned yet; thin!: they arc in the sni..tv. DLL. 19.--Snowed la>t night, thawing. today ; wind northwe,l, a hide singular for a thaw•. Dec.i2O—Clear and pleasant; Mrs. Reed here; no account from Milton yet; Charlcs rturger Oct out for Donners' ; turned Inch, unable to proceed; tough time ,. , but not discouraged ; our htvei arc in God; Amen. Dee. 2,l—Milton got hack last night from Don. nern camp; cad neon; Jacob Danner,Samuel Shoe maker, Rinehart and Smith are dead ; the rent of them in a low situation; snowed all night, with a strong south-we>t wind. Doe.'23—Clear today; Milton took some of his meat array; all well at their camp Began this day In recd the "Thirty Days' Prayer:" Almighty God grant the request of tutwoyhy sinners Dec. ‘23—Beg in to snow yesterd ty; snowed all night, and shown yrd, rapidly; extremely difficult to rind wood; offered our prayers to God this, Chrutmas, morning; the prospect is appalling, but we trust in Dim. Dze. 3)—rmc, clear morning, ; froze hard last night; Charles Berger died last evening, about 10 o'clock. Der. 31—Last of the scar; may we, with the help of God, spend the coming year better than we have the p -b we propose to do, if tt i= the will of the Almighty to dtdr,:r us from our present dreadful sttuatton; Amen. orninz fair, but clouds; wind east-by-south ; looks like another snort• storm ; snow storms arc dreadful to us; the snow at pr es. cat is. cry deep. Jan. 1, I,l7—We pray the God of mercy to de liver us from our present ealainity, if it be Ilis holy will. Commenced snowing loot night, and snows a little yet; provisions getting very scant ; dug up a hide from under the snow-yesterday ; have not commenced on it vet. Jan. 3—Fair during the day; freezing at tA;gl.t.; Mrs. Reed talks of crossing the mountain with her children. JPII. 3—Fine morning, looks like spring: Mrs, Reed and Virginia, Milton, Elliott and Eliza. Wil. hams ,carted a short time ago, with the hope of crossing the mountains; left the children hero; it was difficult for Mrs. Reed to part with thorn. Jan. G—Eliza came back from the mountains yesterday evening, not being able to proceed; the others kept ahead. Jan. S—Very cold this morning; Mrs. Recd and the others came back, could not find the way on the other side of the mountains, they have nothing but hides to live on. Jan. 10-13egan to Enna- last night; still contin yes; wind *.vest-north-west. Jan. 13—Sacivring fast; Fnow higher than the shanty; it must be thirteen feet deep; cannot get wood this morning; it is a dreadful sight for us to look upon. Jan. 14—Cleared off yesterday; the sun !think), brilliantly renovates our spirits; praise be to the God of'Heaven. Jan. 15—Clear day again; wind northwest; Mrs. Murphy blind; Lanthron not able to get wood ; has but one axe between him and Kiesburg; it looks like another storm; t.specting some account from Sutter's soon. Jan. 17—Eliza Williams came here this morn. ing; Lanthron crazy last night; provisions scarce; hides our main subsiatence ; may the Almighty scud us help. Jan. 21—Fine morning; John Battise and Mr. Denton came this morning, with Eliza ; she will not cat hides; Mrs. sent her back to lire or dic o❑ them Jan. 2:2.—Bcgan to snow after sunrise; likely to continue; wind north Jan. 23-13Iew hard and snowed all night; the most severe storm we have experienced this winter; wind west Jan. 26—Cleared op yesterday; to-day fine end pleasant ; wind south; in hopes we arc done with snow storms; those who went to Sutter's not yet returned, provisions getting scant; people growing weak ; living on small allowance of hides. Jun. 27—Commenced snowing yesterday; still continues to-day. Lewis, ;Sutter's Indian) died three days ago; food growing scarcer; don't have fire enough to cook our hides. Jan. 30—Fair and pleasant; wind west; thawing in the sun; John and Edward Breen went to Graves' this morning ; the seized on Mrs. —'s goods until they would be paid ; they also took the hides which herself and family subsisted upon. She regained two pieces only, the balance they have taken. You may judge from this what our fare is in camp; there is nothing to be had by hunting, yet perhaps there soon will be. Feb. 3—Snowed hard until 13 o'clock last night; many uneasy for fear we shall all perish with hun ger; we have but little meat left, and only three hide ; Mrs. Reed has nothing but one hide, nod that is on Graves' house; Milton lives there, and likely will keep that ; Eddy's child died last night. Feb.s—lt snowed faster last night and today than it has dune this winter before; still continues without intermission; wind southwest ; Murphy's folk.; and Kicsburt say they cannot cat hides; I wish we had enough of them ; Mrs. Eddy is very weak. Feb. 7—Celse3 to snow ut List; to-day it in quite pleasant; McCutcheon's child died on the 2d of this month. Feb. S—Fine, clear morning; Spitzer died last night; we tall bury him in the snow. Mrs Eddy died on the night of the 7th. Feb. 9—Mr. Pike's child ell but dead. Milton is at .Murphy's, not able to get out of bed: Kiesburg never gets up; says he is not able ; Mrs. Eddy and child were buried to-day; wind southeast. Feb. 10—Beautiful morning; thawing in the sun, Milton Elliott died last night at Murphy's shanty ; Mrs. Reed went there this morning to.sec after his accts. .1. Denton trying to borrow meatfor Graves; had none to give; they had nothing but hides; all are entirely out of meat but a little we have-, our hides are nearly all eaten up, but with God's help, Spring will soon smile upon us. Feb. 13 Morning cloudy until 9 o'clock, them cleared off' warm. Mrs. relused to give Mrs. any hides. Put Sutter's pack hides on her shanty and would not let her have them. Feb. 16 Commenced to rain last evening, and turned to snow during tic night, and continued until morning; weather change,ible, sunshine, then light shower, of bail, and wind at times. We all feel very unwell; the snow is not getting much less at present. Feb. 19 Froze hard 1.14 night. Seven men ar rived from California ye9terday evening with provi. hlollq, hot left the greater part on the way. Today it is clear and warm for this region ; some of the men have gone to Donners` camp; they will start back on Monday. Feb. 22. Tate Californians started this morning, twenty•four in number, some in a very weak state Mrs. Kiesburg started with them, and left Kiesburg hers; unable to go. Buried Pike's child this morn• ing in the snow ; it cited tw•o days ago. Feb. 23 Frozo hard la,t. night; today pleasant rind thawy ; has the appearance of spring, all but the deep snow ; wind south southeast. Shot a dog today, and dressed his flesh. Feb.2s To-day Mrs. Murphy says the wolves arc about to dig up the dead bodies around her shanty, and the nights are ton cold to watch them, but we hear them how 1. Feb 2G—Hungry times in camp; plenty of hides, but the folks Mill not cat them ; we eat them with tolerably good appetite, thanks be to the Almighty God. Mrs. Murphy said here, yesterday, that she thought she would continence on Milton and cat him ; I do not think she has done so yet; it is die tres,ing,. Thn t)onners told the California folks, fmr days ago, that they would commence on the dead people, if they did ni.t r , ueteed that day or the nest is, fihdiog thLir cattle, then ten or twelve feet under the snow, and did not know the spot, or near it; they have done it ere this. Feb. 23 One solitary Indian passed by yester day; came fi om the Like; had a heavy pack on his back ; gave me live or tic roots resembling onions in shape; tasted some, like a sweet potato, full of tough little fibres. March 1 Ten men arrived this morning from Bear Valley, with provisions. We arc to start in two or three days, and cache our goods hero They say the snow will remain until June. The above mentioned ten men started for the valley with seventeen of the sufferers ; they travel_ led fifteen miles, and a severe snow storm came on - they left fourteen of the emigrants, the writer of the above journal and his family, and succeeded in getting in but three children. Lieut. 'Woodworth immediately wont to their assistance, but before he reached them they had eaten three of their number, who had died from hunger and fatigue; the remain- der Lieutenant Woodworth's party brought in. On the 27th of April, 1847, the last member of that party was brought to Capt. Suiter's Fort. It is utterly impossible to give any descriptions of the sufTerings of the compa:ty. Your readers can form some idea of them by perusing the above diary. Yours, &c., • Gr.oricr. McKtrsrav, JR Fort Sacramento, April 28th, 1847, a
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