EBENSBURG, 1A.
THURSDAY, AUGUST. 15 1S50.
Drmocrulic IVomi nations.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
WILLIAM T. MOIUSON,
Of Montgomery County,
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
EPHUAI3I BANKS,
Of Mifflin Connty.
FOR SURVEYOR C EN ERA L,
J. POKTISU, BilAWLEV,
Of Crawford County.
FOR ASSEMBLY,
in. VM. A. SMITH
Su hjtct to the decision of the Representative
Convention.
COMMISSIONER.
JAMES SKELLV,
Of Summtrhill Townsftip.
I'ROSECUTINC: A TTORNE Y.
MICT1AUL 1JASSUIV.
Of Efcnsburg.
COUNTY SUR VEYOR.
THOMAS arCOAiXULL,
Of Suminci hill Township.
AUDITOR.
JOHN BEAU EM,
Of Susquehanna Township.
COl'.NTY
MASS MULCTING.
n.c Democratic citizens of Cambria county
rc requested lo meet at the Court (louse in
the Borough of Ebeiibb ury on Saturday, the
- U h. day of August, at 1 o'clock 1. M., for
t fie purpose of selecting three Congressional
Conferee to meet hko Conferees from the
counties of Bedford and Westmoreland .
By order of the Couutv ConimilUe ,
JAMES M U 11 K A V , ( h ,i i, m a n .
August 7, 1350.
CFKubert Tans-, Esq., has beta ap
pointed by the ("anal Commissioners,
Engineer to survey the route for a Kail
road over the Allegheny Mountains, to
jvoii the planes of the Portage Railroad,
arid to be Superintendent of the Western
Reservoir.
3?" The most effectually used-up srl of
men we have heard of arc tho?e who have
lean figuring so extensively before the
public in the way of certificates, affidav its,
fcc, relative to the late County Conven
tion, and who in effect acknowledged
t lie i r statements were not true almost as
roon as they were published, by acting as
Delegates under the authority of that
Convention. By such conduct, without
a parallel in pIiti.jl tergiversation, the
people have learned to place the proper
estimate upon theii .statements, ami will
hereafter be disposed to regard any thing
they may say as r.o much gammon. It
was certainly one of the most simple tricks
of which such men could be guilty. To
:ay the least of it, it has placed them in a
position before the public far from being
enviable, and bhows at once how little
regard they have for truth and veracity.
Gliding of Coarcsshinl Conferees.
The undersigned Conferees from West
moreland and Bedford counties, in accord
ance wiih what seems to be the wish ol
the Democracy of the District, have de
termined to reassemble in Ligonier, at the
House of Philip Miller, on Wednesday
the 28tfl of August, 1850. for the nur-
pose of adjusting the difficulty that exists
ai present in relation to the Congressional
nomination. At which time and place the
Democracy of Cambria county are re
quested to send Conferees to meet us
properly constituted to represent that
coi av in said Conference.
JOHN M'FARLANU,
JAMES C. CLARKE,
T. J. CANT WELL,
S. II TATE.
W. 1 SCH ELL.
OLIVER E. SHANNON,
A-.iguit 9. 1S50.
From flic above it will be cn that t!ic
Conferees of Bedford and Westmoreland
hive appointed a ii.no. -dnd place for rc-ar-si-m
Ming, and that tins call is made by"
th old CoiifWecs. This anion on their
p irt may br w II enough, and without
wishing to be c.nisid -red captious, wc
must i.'iy that we doubt it. These Con
ferees have already met in Conference,
aid after transacting the business is they
cvcra'.ly thought right, tiicv adjourned
bin? die, ;jiid hc arc disposed to doubt
whether they can again convene under
their own authority for the purpose of
acting lor the parly. When a Convention
adjourns sinF die, the members surrender
thf power with whi'h they were clothed,'
.iii'l. " r h not flunk i'-y caM .ij iiu con
vene without having their powers renewed.
by the proper authority. If a renewal
of delegated authority is not necessary,
we do not see why they may not convene
as often as suits their own convenience,
and make a new nomination at every ses.
sion, peifectly regardless of the wishes of
their constituents. We know of bnt one
or two instances in which the same body
of men re-assembled after having ad
joumed sine die. This was done we
believe after the death of Muhlenberg,
when Shunk was nominated, but even in
this case the Delegates were again called
together by the State Central Committee,
who claimed and exercised the authority
of renewing the powers 01 the Conven
tion. In order to avoid future discussion and
future difficulties, and to restore harmony
to, and render the action of the Confer.
ence binding on the party, we would rcs-
Ipcctfully suggest to the Conferees of our
sister counties the" propriety of having
their authority renewed. This course
would place the matter beyond cavil or
dispute, and may save us as a part- from
a vast amount of trouble. We trust that
this suggestion will be taken in good part,
and that our sister counties will see that
no neglect can be attached to them that
would contribute to, or result in the defeat
of our party.
12? Since the declination of Evan Rob
erts, Esq., as a candidate for Assembly,
there appears to be quite a diversity of
opinion among the whigs as to the man
who will succeed him. The Johnstown
News, the organ of the whigs in this
county, proposes Maj. John Linton as the
candidate, and the llollidaysburg Whig
says (we do not know upon what author
ity) that John Fenlon, Esq., will be the
man. For our part we do not care much
which runs, as they are both a little too
well known to the people as politicians,
to render either of ihem dangerous to the
success o( the democratic candidate.
T's5 Wc arc really afraid that Israel
Painter, the able and efficient member
the Canal Board from the west, will be'
!
i compelled to resign, because the Ilolli-j
j daysburg Whig, the editor of which has!
such an extensive opinion of himself, is
out against him! We think however tha1
j this awful catastrophe might be avoided,
land this dangesous quarrel hushed up, if
Mr. Painter would present this formidable
j opponent with a few bottles of perfumery J
j a nice cane, a pair ot sheepskin gloves,
jnnd subscribe for his paper. 1 his would .
reconcile the difficulty, and the business
of the State would be permitted to pro
! grcs us usual. If Mr. Painter does not
I sec proper to adopt this result, wc fear
the consequences.
North Carolina.
The democracy achieved a glorious tri
umph in this State on the 1st inst. Tiicy
havi' tle.-tpd their Governor and have a
majority in both branches of the Legisla
ture. This old State may now be set
down as Democratic.
Suuihcrn Caucus-
Washington, August i).
Hon Charles M. Conrad, of La., has
been tendered the War Department, and
is said to have accepted.
Hon. T. M. T. McKennan, of Pa., has
been tendered the Department ol the Inte
rior. The Southern members of the House
met last night in caucus, and appointed a
committee of 1 5, consisting of Toombs,
Burl, Hilliard, Thompson of Miss., Cabal
Howard, Johnston of Ark., Sclden, Morse
Green, Ciingman, Thomas, McLean, and
Houston, to propose measures for action
in the South respecting the slavery and
territorial question.
A committee of nine appointed to pre
'te a report, which will be submitted to
an adjourned meeting of the caucus on
Monday night.
A Voter lor Wushinelou.
John Vamiooser lives in the couut3 of
lenn, and lie voted lor (Jen. Washington
for the Presidency. He is in the l22d
yeai of his age. Until recently, the Kuox
ville (Tenn.) Register tells us, he was in
the habit of walking to and from that
town on calls of business a distance of
live or six miles, without experiencing fa
tigue. He is a German by birth; but emi
grated to thi country about one hundred
years since. He was in several battles of
our Revolution. He voted for General
Washingion, for President of the United
States. Wc understand that recently one
of his daughters, a lass ot eighty years of
age, paid him a visit, and found the old
gentleman in his usual health. We doubi
it another such case of longevity can be
fourm in the United States.
rpA
priest was once called unon to
pray over the barren fields ot his parish
ioners, He passed from one enclosure to
another, and pronounced his benediction,
until he came to a most unpromising rco
tie Mirvevcd its sterile acres in despair,
'Ah!" phki he, "bicthrcii--no use to pray
here thiMiccd:. manurr!"
l - -toia
n extract from the rninu'ce of a Special
Meeting of Highland Division No. 84
Sons of 7'emperance,held in Highland
Hall, on Thursday evening August
. 8lh, 1S50.
On motion, John Lloyd, M. S. Ilarr,
and James S. Claik, were appointed a
committee to draft resolutions, expressive
of the feelings of the members on the de
mise of Hon. IticiiAitD Lewis.
The committee reported the following,
which were unanimously adopted:
Inasmuch as it has pleased Almighty
God in his infinite wisdom and righteous
ness to remove from our midst, our much
beloved, and highly esteemed brother,
Hon. Richard Lewis. Theicfore,
Resolved, That we sincerely lament this
the first loss that Highland Division has
sustained from the hand of death, but,
whilst we regret his loss, we are consoled
by the reflection that our loss is the eter
nal gain of out brother.
llesolccd, That we deeply sympathize
with theafilicted wife of deceased, and the
1poor of the neighborhood the wife hav-
ing lost an aneetionate iiusDanu, and the
poor a faithful friend.
Resolved, That we will attend in a
body, with the usual badges of mourning,
tnu lunerai oi uie ucceascu, to-morrow, at
I. C. I .. 1 .1. - 1 . .
11 o'clock, A. M.
Resolved, That as a token of our es
teem and respect for the many virtues of
the deceased, that the Hall of this Division
be hung, for the space of sixty days, with
emblems of mourning, and that each broth
er shall wear, for that time the usual
mourning bade.
Ilcbolvcd, That these resolutions be
placed on he record of this Division and
that the R. S. furnish the afflicted widow
of the deceased with a copy of them.
On motion, Resolved, That these pro
ceedings be published in the papers of tiie ;
couutv
WM. R. HUGHES, R. S.
Startling .News, if true!
.1 Southern Republic in Alliance with ,
Mexico. The Washington correspon- j
dent, "InJcpcndent," of the Philadelphia j
.orlli American, maues, in ttiat paper oilmen
Tuesday, the following revelation as to!
an attempted act ol treason, by one of
those patriotic gentlemen (as yet unknown)
oi tiie ooutii-uisumon scnool. w no arc
striv ing so hard to ruin themselves and
rendcr the name of freedom ridiculous, j
As the North American savs: "It only!
needs the idea of an alliance with Mexico
to complete the aosurdity and iniquity ol j
tiie whole scheme of a Southern Repub-!
lie. The disimionists are only fit to be
Mexicans." The following is the cor
respondent's narrative:
'What I am about lo relate is capable
of official verification, if the proper means i
are taken. I learn, upon the most direct !
and undoubted authority, that a gentleman, !
. . .
represented to occupy a position ol high J No such public exhibition is necessary
influence and character in the South, visi . to assure me of the sympathy of my coun
ted Mexico in April last, incognito, and Itrvmen, of the American people, and all
submitted a complete nlan for the r.r.-r:;;,"i-
z:ition of a Southern confederacy, of which J
that city was proposed as the capital, as a
inducing the
co-operation
of!
m pmw it
Mexico. The project was submitted to j
tbn Mrvir.ni Cabinet bv Mr. Lacunza
the minister of Foreign Affairs, and was!
urged bv him at a meeting winch nnmc-j
....
diatclv followed, when a discussion ofi
great interest and excitement occurred.
The proposition was declined, and the!
emissary started for California. Mr.
Doyle, the British Minister, was cognizant
of all the proceedings, and was consulted
throughout.
"I am restrained, by proper and prudent
considerations affecting others, from ex
posing the manner and influences by
which the scheme was rejected in the
Mexican cabinet; but if brought to light,
they would reflect the highest honor on
the' parties concerned. The day may
i
come when a full publication may be at
tended with less danger. I have felt it
due to the country that this infamous pur
pose should be understood, in order that
the designs of reckless demagogues, who
are now preaching disunion, should be
properl' appreciated, and visited with that
storm, of execration which such treason
deserves. 1 have sonic reason to believe
that the late President of the United
States was apprized of this movement,
and had exercised his usual sagacity in
counteracting any unfortunate consequen
ces." The Claims ou Porlngal.
The Attack ox the General Arm
strong. The attack onthe General Arm
strong during the last war, out of -which
the present claims against Portugal have
grown, is acquiring a new interest from
the present relations between our govern
ment and that of Portugal. Many difler
ent accounts have been published of this
affair. The following account, with which
we have been favored, is from the Captain
of the General Armstrong, in a letter to
his wife. It is very interesting:
Sr. Mary's, Nov., 1811.
Dear , We arrived in Fayal after
17 days' passage and had not anchored
more than five hours, when the Carnation,
king's brig of twenty guns anchored close
to us, and about 8 o'clock attacked us
with four boats and seventy men, which
wc easily beat off, killing and wounding
upwards of thirty men we had one killed
We then warped in shore, under the guns; with clubs, knives, fcc, uttering the lier
of the fort, they being joiirc-d by the Plan-jcest oaths and threats against all Southcm
ta'Ttmet seventy-four, and Rota Frigate of j ers, and daring them to come out. Finally
thirty-six guns. At 2 o'clock on the 23:h
of October, in the morning, they came
and attacked us under the guns of a neu
tral fort, whieh did not assist us in the
least, (except to rob us) with fourteen j
armod launches and boats, and upwards)
ol -,AO r.rmH. Tl'.ry ilivid'-d into'
owarus
Thrv divided into
divisions, when a well directed fire from
our guns sunk several of their boats, killed
and wounded many of their men; they
succeeded in getting under the bows, but
such was the bravery of the crew, not one
got foothold,- but paid his life the forfeit
for his presumption. We could plainly
hear them cry no quarter foi the Yankee
rascals. Our men, you may be sure, gave
them none. The pivot gun, loaded every
time with 120 pounds of ball, swept them
off like hail. The fight continued with
great bravery about forty-five minutes,
when they went off, having lost five boats
and about 200 men, most of whom were
killed, among the latter the 1st and 3d j Mexico brought by the steamer Tav.
lieutenants of the frigate. The brig com-j They contain most mournful descriptions
ing in the morning, we gave her a dozen j of the ravages of the cholera, depression
broadsides, when, finding further defence; of business, and financial and political dif
useless, we deserted, scuttled, and set fire ! ficulties. The Trait d Union savs:
to our vessel, sooner than let the English '-In the city of Mexico, from the 25th
hare her. They boarded her with great to the 2nd of July, the total number of ca
caution, but finding her of no use to them.jses has been 2,000; deaths 1,231. It will
left her to burn. This was the end of the' hence be perceived that we have had 286
General Armstrong. In one boat 1 took
j possession of, they had at first forty men
when 1 took her there were seventeen
on board, eleven dead, four wounded, and
i two uninjured. By this you may judge
i what havoc we made amon them. It is
without doubt the bloodiest battle that has
becn fought this war at any rate it is an; era until the 2d of July there have been
honor to the nation, for they neither took! 15,000 cases, and 6,100 deaths,
us nor our vessel. We were maintained j Three Deputies elected to Con
by the American Consul, who got a Por-'gress had fallen victims to the cholera.
tuguese brig chartered to bring us to Ame-j Private letters sav it has disappeared from
lia Island, w here we landed yesterday,
thank God. Yours, etc.,
Wm. II. Watson.
Letter Of General Garibaldi.
With the modesty which naturally ac -
companies true merit, General Garibaldi,
the gallant champion of Italian liberty,
during her brief hour of existence, declines
i the honor of a. public reception in this
city. His letter, which we publish below,
i will make a deeper impression on men's
I minds tlran the most pompous ceremonies
of welcome which
ich could be dev ised. It is
beautifully expressed, and reads like an
epistle written by one of Plutarch's great
iV. V. Post.
TO THE ITALIAN C OMMITTEE.
Hastings, 7th August, 1S50.
Gentlemen I regret being obliged to
announce to you that my continued ill
health will "forbid my participating in your
proposed demonstration of Saturday next.
The slowness of mv convalescence, and
;thc uncertainty as to the time when I may
recover, will also put it out of ray pow er
to fix any day when 1 shall be able to
meet you, in compliance with your kind
and very flattering invitation. 1 hope you
will allow me to repeat lo vou more ear
nestly, if possible, than before, the wish j
that I have often expressed, that the pro -
nosed demonstrations mav be altogether
I J -
abandoned.
none in tlfi mnl'iirtr, nr? which
I have suffered, or in the cause out of
which they have flowed
Though a public manifestation cf this
feeling npht yield much gratification to
mo :-,n rvii- fmm mv nitive bt:v.I. severed
from mv children, and mourning the over-
.
qui
of this rrcat republic of freemen; to sail
unuer its fla", to enffne in business which
may enable me to earn my livelihood, and;
ej a
await a more favorable opportunity
able opportunity lor me
redemption of my country from foreign and
domestic oppressors.
Next to the cause to which I have de
voted myself, I value nothing so highly
as the approbation of this great people,
and I am convinced I shall enjoy that
when they become satisfied that I honestly
and faithfully served in the cause of free
dom, in which they have themselves set
so noble an example to the world.
G. Garibaldi.
The Trouble al Cape May.
As this matter has created much excite
ment in our city, we have obtained the
following account of it from a gentlemen
of Baltimore, who was present and wit
nesssed the affair.
On Wednesday evening a difficulty oc
curred between a negro yaiter and a gen
tleman from Maryland, in. the ball, room
of the Atlantic House, in this way: Onthe
gentleman attempting to take a glass of
wine from the tray for a lady, the negro
rudely repulsed him, and at last dared
him to take it, making at the same time
some remarks against d d southerners
and striking at the gentleman.
A person wdio was by, took sides with
the negro, and the matter here rested until
after the ball. Then the gentleman went
up to the negro who had insulted and
struck at him and told the negro he meant
to punish him.
- Upon this the negro drew back to strike
the gentleman but received from him a se
vere blow. Immediately the fight became
general between the southerners and ne
groes. The southerners were nearly all
Baltimoreans.
In the melee, chairs, tumblers, fcc, were
freely used, but 'the negroes were soon dri
ven from the ball room. Immediately how
ever, they rallied in front of the house,
the negroes withdrew.
The next day the negroes, excited by
certain person s on the island, held a
meeting, and resolved to be revenged
upon the Baltimoreans
The night, in order
and at t!' P-oucst of the
in'; mm, m oroer to preserve nuiei.
and at th' request of the ladies of the houc
Itnrow ot my country's ireeuom ov means ; ui i-.ium:s, ut uuu um aumui, ujs.unca . J ' : y ,
of forebrn influence, vet, believe me that I the war. The plague was sent by God, and implements sumciei lira jea.
! would rather avoid it, and be permitted and by him it will be withdrawn in his vice. A variety ol trinkets ana goo-s
ti,. .,.,,1 1,,,!.!,- t.-. l-mnrtmn i ru7pn own irood time: but famine and civil war Have been procured lor aisirioauva
v. uuu u hi t vw -fv.v-v M - r5 ' I
who were, of coarse, terrified at the up
roar of the previous night, many ol the
southerners left the house.
All manner of reports of this matter, of
course greatly exaggerated, are in circula
tion. The above is a plain'statement of the
affair, as wc received it from the lips of
the gentlemen present. Halt, rat., Ai
gnat 5-
SiiJ Condition of Mexico.
Cholera, Bankruptcy, Banditti, $-c.
The Mobile popers have files of the
Trait d' Union, and of the Uco del Com
; mercio. to the 8th inst.. from the citv of
cases of cholera each da v. and" of that
number 170 have died. We had hoped
that the plague was disappearing.' but
within two days past it has recommenced
its work of death, and is more horrible
than ever.
"From the first anDearance of the chol-
! Guanajuato, also from Queretaro. It is
jnow raging upon the Mexican gulf; Jalapa
Orizaba, and Vera Cruz, have just enter
ed the tierce ordeal of suffering and death.
! The authorities of Vera Cruz have opened
,! hospitals, and have forbidden the use of
: vegetable tact, but the papers persuade the
j people not to mind the edict.
j The cholera has had a most depressing
j effect upon the busiuess affairs of Mexico,
and above all on Vera Cruz. Many of the
merchants have fled to the country, and a
, deep gloom rests upon the market. Verv
little business was doin?.
The political horizon of Mexico seems
enwrapt in clouds. Hope of its luture
grandeur is fast deserting the hearts of the
people. The dismissal of Senor Gutierres
j from his post of Minister of Finance meets ', most formidable are the Navajoes, Apa..
with hearty disapprobation. He has beenlches, and the Camancl.es, the necessity
replaced for the present by Senor Lvican-
za, Minister of Foreign Relations. Gu-
J tierrcs made some astounding develove
! ments regarding the state of the treasury
He is said to have been dismissed be -
cause he was too honest to become the tool j may be reasonabl' expected that vlua
of ambjtiors men. The Trail d" Union ble results will flow from his labors, ctiier
remarks:
"The treasury is not only empty, but
there are no available means bv which it
can be filled, (at least legally filled.) The
j state cf tin
which hav
state cf the country arises from the ev ils
e crept ia and become a part
. . -
end portion ot its system ol government.
They must all be changed, ere any perma -
nent good can result to Mexico."
The "Siglo 19th" (19th Century) has a j department. A?r. G bay is the Chief 2.ir
long ariicleentitled "Approaching Calami-; voyor of the boundary commission. 11:
ties," which gives a dark outline of the j will be aided by numerous assistants,
state of affairs. It says: The equipm -nt of sac'.i an exp.-d.t oa
"War and the plague have been ouris necessarily attended vitn greatexpensa
i portion within .the p?st few years, and now
' are approaching two evils even more dread-
j ful famine and civil tear! A multitude
.
! will soon be upon us. They are the re-
j suit of the evils of our system, and the bad
i - . .
management ot the atlairs ot our country.
i ney may oe averted, ana every nooie
heart should be nerved to the contest. Let
the President be a man capable of sustain
ing the coming trials, and our native land
may yet shine a bright jewel among the
nations of the earth."
In Durangothe inhabitants are suffering
greatly from the attacks of the Indians
Phe rancho of San Luis has been entirely
destroyed and nine women carried ofT by j head cfthe hull ot Calitorma, at tr.e eia
the savages. Ten men were left dead on 'bouchurc of the Colorado. This is a.mon
the ground. j a terra incognita. Recent explorations
The Governor of Chihuahua has been j have, however, proved that former rc
disraissed by the Legislature of the State, (ports are essentially ir.correct. Shou.d
Tlio rpisnns (rii pn wprR the impossibility
of any cooperation between the executive
- - t - k . j
and the Legislative powers
A train of wagons was robbed between;
Pueblo and Vera Cruz, Llano Grande,
near Rio Frio. The' were attacked by
30 banditti. The Major Domo was killed
and nearly all the drivers shared his fate.
The robbers then spent eight hours in se
lecting their booty. They destroyed a
number ,of piano-fortes, and, indeed, all
merchandize that they could not carry
away w ith them. The house of Jemison
& Co. had, it is said, sixty packages of
goods in the tram. The diligence had al
so been' robbed going up from Vera Cruz,
and the diligence coming down from the
capital, in which were a company of ac
tors. The banditti searched them and
possessed themselves of all the gold and
silver they had about their persons. They
then selected all their theatrical dresses,
and examined them uttering exclamations
of delight at their brilliant colors and tinsel
ornaments, borne ol the robbers dressed
themselves in
them, and really the gold
and silver seemed forgotten in rapture of
ihose unusual possessions.
Nobility in the Hllds. A correspon
dent of the St. Louis Intelligencer says
that Lord Calthop. Lord Cook and some
other English nobles, are encamped with
a swarm of California emigrants of Coun
cil Bluffs, Nebraska Territory, on thier
way to the land cf gold, all by way of a.
Summer pleasure jaunt. Perhaps they'll
have enough of it befor they getthrough.
CP'PIaugh deep while sluggards sleep.
Am! VHi'i! have corn to sell and keep.
Liter from California.
Arrival of the California-Cold az Jlu
dant us Ever AH Quiet in CalifcrrA
Nii York, Aug. 67 P. M.
The steamship Cherokee, with dat--.
from San Francisco to the 1st of July, hn
just reached her dock.
The Cherokee brings 111 passenerj
but the amount of gold is not stated.
The steamer California arrived at Pa
nama with one milhan serea hundred
thousand dollars in gold on freight. The
Panama Echo says she has thrree million,
in all.
Everything is represented as bs:n
quiet at San Francisco.
Gold dust is as plentiful as ever, if net
more so than formerly.
The markets in California are rather
languid, and no improvement ia prices
has been manifested.
The Cherokee brought the immense
amount of two millions ninetv-four thous
tvvo hundred and ninety-eight dollars tni
sixty cents, in gold oa freight, and four
hundred thousand in gold in the lunJs
of the passengers.
Fiom the Journal of Commerce of Saturday.
Mexican Boundarr Sorrey.
The Commissioners appointed by Gov
ernment to determine the boundary line
of Mex.'co and California, leave us thisaf
ternoon in the steamship Galveston, for
Port Lavacca, in Texas. On account cf
the sickness of the coast, it is their inten
tion to go into the interior, at the earliest
practicablejinoment after their arrival.
The party consists oftibout one hundred
and five men, including officers, engineers
surveyors, artisans, and laborers. They
are accompanied by a military escort of LT.
S. Infantry, numbering between one
hundred and forty and one hundred and
eighty men. The military officers are
Colonel McClellan, of the United S'.ates
Topographical Engineers, and Lieutenant
Strain, of the Navy. Under the treaty
of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the reconnoissance
of two roads, one on each side of the boun
dary line, is provided for. The par.y
wilt in consequence be divided innthre-j
divisions; and iis the country is inhabited
by warlike trices cf Indians, ot whom ih;
of a strong miliary force, as an escort,
apparent-
Air. J. K. 1'artlett, weii known ..1
this city for his scientific and literary ac
; quirements, is the Commissioner, aud i:
than the specific duty assigned him.
The Astronomer is Hrevet Lieutenant
Colonel McClellan, cf the Topographi
cal Engineers, and he will have Capi?.i'i
! Haudcastle nud Lieutenant W aiFPLt,
and others ot tne same corps, lor assisi-
iii . e-
ants. urevet captain sutiikrl v?u, ti
J the United S:ates Marines, also acecaa-
. r. r . c
jpanies the expedition in the comm.tiry
There have been provided galvan:ze-
ton ooais, DUtit in sections i.ria.uua
portation; forty-six capacious tents.
among the Indians, as a conciliatory.rr.e.t
sure. An excellent opportunity is now affor
ded, in connection with the survey, for
the exploration of the River Colorado and
the adjacent counry, alludsd to by Mr.
Thomas Bctler King, in his recent re
port on California, and supposed by sovtri
to be a fertile and promising section.
Of this tract of country very little la
actually known. If lime would ollow.i:
might also be advisable to examine the
i future investigations show tnut uie nv
drographic basin of the Colorado haa
fertile soil and salubrious climate, this.
its only actual outlet, mast ultimately
become cf great importance.
Those of the young men attached to
this commission whom we have seen,
are vigorous, lull of youthful enthusiasm,
and are apparently well capable of en
during the hardship incident to the ser
vice in which they are engaged. They
have our best wishes.
Mr. J. R. Bartlett will delay his de
parture (probably) until the 13th instant,
for the reason that at present there is no
Secretary of the Interior to give him his
final official instructions. In that case hc
will set out with the expectation of
joining the main body at San Antonio.
rF"The other day Mr. M. invited the
doctor to dine. As dinner was being
served, a beautiful little blue-eyed girl
exclaimed, "Oh, I am so glad when you
nnmp fn dinnpr. Doctor " "l ou are very
j fond of me, then, child?" inquired the doc-
tor. "Oh, no; but we always have a pic
when you come."
A Long Nose. A Paisley manufactu
rer having got, by some accident, a severe
cut across the nose, and having no court
plaster at hand stuck on his unfortunate
probocis one of his gum tickets, on which
was the usual intimation "warranted 3M
yards long."
(KrThe death of the President was
announced in the Canada papers with
the usual marks of mourning adopted by
the American press.