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VOLUME III. SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, JULY 23, 1853, NUMBER 7 Sonta jFc tocekln alette TERMS. , i ,, WEEKLY- it 60 a year, payable invariably in advance i single copies 12 1-2 cents. Advertise ments, $1 00 per square of ten lines (or the first insertion, anil Wets, for every subsequent insertion. ' 't EXCHANGE HOTEL, t,U:. .. SANTA TI, K. M. .. J. M. HUNT, eaorniEToa. BO 4ROINO by day, week, or month. In con nection with the above house it a fine stable and corral, also a Bowlirar Alley, and Billiard 'fables. The table Is always well supplied with the best that the markets afford. I Santa Fe, JMay 14, 1853. 3m49 AMERICAN AND FOREIGN AGENCY, I - IN WSSIIINOTON, D. t. mllE undeiMRned oilers nis servioet in in . - .l , I nruner.ution ot claims before ton;rii the sr.vt.al Dfuartiuenls, and for the tr una; tion of any bininen requiring atteniion ot the C iiitnl. Persons having business with the Patent liuli-n, "u meat, of the Government, or in the 8ipine ; tj rtMviwa!k to com-, into the. holhe -Court of the United States, may rely on a prompt ; ' l , 11 and Mth'ul altention lo their interests IJoii t you knw yon huill ín t Ik out ' Enjoying an extensive foreign acqiuinhnco. I thi ini, ni V Siiti? (io lito til.: bul 'itrl will undertake and be wnoi..;b!a for lie. safe ;,. f , mvb'it is Still- transmission of Stocks, or M..y. to any pniimn 1 i "'-f '? " of Europt I and attention will be pii'.l to Ihí fl-; . i ll, yes,. lrl unit it hull IV lertion f i'o.e.gu claims. . . I in (fi) lt,í v-lrj, Ulolb-.-r Corre-pondent will be f.enislieJ with special ... ..... Mareares in wlialovw '. th-.y may reside, tq, A,., ,,, Land, Of Pension unices, or any or nit uepuri- V'mm' JÓÍ.' 6 . 0. KENNFDY OlrW on H ct:eet, beiweniNiiiln ami lenui. Jnly 2, im GENERAL BEFEBENCEÍ. "' ; ' wasiiimotmK. Hon. J'Áii W MniM-v. M:yor ' iRaran Vnn (j-iMlt. Piimian Monster. Hew i K i)ái .-iie,H'í, Belgium Minister. . G"n. W...lvid Scott. v , . G..le & -mini. Onrcoi-Jii k Bi?!fs. Bankers. ,Chilib, S-Jii'iik, Co., Bankers, Seid.'ih Witiers, 4 Co., ilanker. Joseph Henry, IX. D '' LOSUOK. Jiweph 'h.'liipsrsoll, American.Minister. The Prussian Minuter. ' I.imil Col Sykes, East India Co. Joseph Hume. M. P. , . Alb. Fonbunqiie, Board of Trade. Elwin Chadwick, H-ard of Health. Georj? Peahody, Banker. PAIUS. Wiiliam C. Ilives. ' Theod. &y. M. De Jonnes. A. M. Guerry. Edm. Lafayette. Livingston, Wells, fc Co. lf.imio, sax. Dr. Klusel. eaun. Baion HumbeMt. M. U'ilerici. Prof. Von Raumer. UAVBC. Lor.jDraper, rpHE undersipied begs leave to inform his friends 1 and the public generally, that he is prepared r, Uiai ne is prepurcu carpenter's work on to do all kinds of cabinet and the most reasonable terms. Shop, two doors ahove the store of Jesus Lova. San fe, May 7, lSÍl.-y JAMES H CLI FT. 2a COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS, Pennsylvania, Connecticut. New Hampshire. Santa F, Jan. 1, 18o2 tf. INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI. , , B.W.TODD. ;1 have removed from the "Noland House," to (he "Nebraska House," In Independence, Missouri. The Nebraska House is a large new building, and has recently been much improved by alterations and additions. Having taken this house for u term of years, I intend to make every effort promote the eonven.ence and comfort of travellers, l ie patronage of my friends and the travelling public r,resp.c.fully.olicited. j. W. TODD. :, January 1st 1853 lv. THE Ü. Mail from anta Fe lo Hie States "eaves reguUly on the first day ot each "píaiaga during the summer m.mtlw - " u u winter mom lis ji.tu u" 401b of baggage allowed to e ch passenger. WALDO, HALL, 4. CU Propnelorl. , -; 8anta Fé, iept 18, 1852-U . . ..- :( - ' HANDSOME REWARD, ONE blanket, tws strings of pepper, one almo of beans, one pint of whiskey, and one roll of tobacco,-this will' be given to any person that will present a more partial alcalde than we have in Las Vegas, or in other words a bigger fool. , 6 ' j- C. W. KITCHEN. Las Vegas, June 25, 1853. iw4 rr' ' FOR SALE. ' - ' fa' SMALL cooking-stove. Enqirof A. ' wS , W. A. MILLER. ;;'! "A CALIFORNIA WIDOW: ,' ;V Capt. Saltwater says his firét Oort U effect a matrimonial character resulted in a' manner so (lisconraging that he don't believe he'll ever be induced to try jt oyer again. .. The captain being out of goryico for somo months, conceived a pus eiop for a rather mysterious young lady fording at the same hotel. , r , (Say the captain, I conveyed her tonpa shop, shows,' balls, theatres, chnrchoB, and wry other' place of am- usomcnt and information,, and at last, when I thought things had gone 'bout fai enough, I squares my yarda and gays I, just as cool as a powder monkey Ma'am I'm thinkin' I'd like to get spli ced' ' 'Spliced!' says she as artless as a tur tle dove. : 'Spliced,' eaid I, 'and if you've a no tionwhy I'm ready to share my luck and dunnage with yon, ma'am!' Sho looked a sort of taken aback at first, but sho goes about and, says sho 'Captain, I've been thinkin' if my hus band don't write soon, and send me some money and a gold watch from Californy, I'd just as have marry somebody else as not, and if yon wait a few days I'll give yon the preferivnce!' Her husband had been cone to tho Pa cific just four nion'hs, and here was a 'n..l:il '. . I I T . . 1-11 , . .! . , uui.ioniy wmowi 1 sioou on, Ulcer Ilml, cowl in fniifuin On Sunday hist, a lady called to her ittlw hov who wns tiwsini tnnrhlea on ni'ii"tj iin,r!f to Mr Cirwui Air cli'i lol.ip. Tlirice wus li': I'll'us.'d, and .'till lie made i funrtli eifiirt. His )ier scvfriiiicf and spiiit of d.-leniiin it ion awiikniml a lYienillj iiiin. üt in Ins wrl lure, and the Srcreurv a.liispil Idm, iu tlitr slronest ngibli Irruís, 'o aban d.ul hit ini'i"e, t.nd fro lo llic West, if lie could do no betler outside ttie Dp partment '.My j niing fiiend.' said I.e. 'go to the Nnrtliweiit buy 160 acres of govrrimieiit land ; nr, if you have not the money to iiucliae, nquat on it; yo.i an axe and a mitt'ick; put up a lug cabin Air a habitation; raise a little com and poUt.if; keep your conscience clear, mid live like a freein.iii youi own iiiastrr, till n. i one in give you or ders, and w'tliout dependence on any body. Do tiltil, ami y on will become honored, respected, an' rich Lut nc cept a cltiLsíiip liere, and you sink at once all iiiilependi nc" ; your en ryies are rrlaxed. and you are unfit 'td in h few yenrs for anj other nd more inde pendent posilion. I may give you a placo to-day, unci I Cdti kirk you out again to-morrow ; and there's another man over there at llie White House who can kick meotit.and the people bynd by can kick him out, and a.i we go But if you own acrr of laud, it is your kingdom, and your cabin is out ensile; you are indepeiii enl, and y mi will teel it; and I am nr that you will in t few years acknowledge that the advice I now give yon i gnod.' ONE OF THK WATt'HMEN. A 'feller' cnn ing home fnun Califor nia had a monster rutile snake in a wic ker cage, which he deposited with his other plunder under his bed at Chagres The room contained lift) beds hall full of drunk alio sick 'tellers.' During a temporary absence of the owner, the in, i lie g .t loose, ami the nuner Cuming in, and finding his crillei gone, yells mil, 'hveMHstin misery I who s seen my watchman?' v un v beads pupped up from the llea iufi cted, dirt) beds, hut no body had seen the iiosdng article. 'Wiiat was lie, old fe'ler, you're in iiiirin' fni?' says a b.dd headed man Wlij.ni) watcliiniiii; all inybed here, and 1 left guard with it and he's gone.' 'Guard! Was lie a nigger or a white feller.?' ; ' 'Nut but he was a California rattle snakenine feet long, and fifty-two rat- tles in bis tail Have anyof you fellers seen the eternal critter ciawlm' round here.' They hadn'tbut all able to get out of their beds and mizzle, did so in a bunch. SKNSiBLB TO I UK LAST. It has I0114 been observed by medical writers, 1 11 mi deatti is frequently prece ded by insanity a fact winch has occa sioned 'he 1. mark that H whs nut as tonishing, for everybody knew that when folks got madder they were about toaV This reminds us of a ase hi It occur red many years ago iu the Philadelphia Court, where a pretty young widow was in danger of loMiig two 'thirds 'of lier husbands estate his relatives groñiid ing their claims on the alleged insanity of the defiiurt' 1 may 'be as well o premise that the pn liaing judge was not only convivial but also very gallant. 'What were your husband's last words?' inquired the jttorney. The pretty yrtung widow blushed, and looking down, replied, 'I'd rather not tell.' ;' i- 'But Indeed you must ma'am. Your claim inny be decided by it.' ; '' Still blushing, the widow declined to tell' At last a direct appeal fróm the bench elicited the iiifonnatioii. ' ' 'Ha said, Kiss me, Polly, and open that other bottle of chnmpaigtie!' We know not whether it was admira tion for the deceased husbi nd or the liv ing wife that inspiird the judge at this instant, but he at once cried, with nil the enthusiasm of convicli n, 'Sensible to the last by Blackstoue!' From the Missouri Democrat. NEW MEXICAN APPOINTMENTS. There is something in these appoint ments which, it' properly understood by the people, would rouse them to a more vigilant observance of those to whom they delegate their powers, and who se slmnieli ssly betray their high trusts. It may not b generally known that upon tbu advent ol'G.ineral Kearney to that re unite,' yet fair province, he created for its inhabitant u 'senii-tnilifary, semi-civil system of laws for their government, that afMiat answered their present necessi ties as well as a better code the chief complaint lying, not against thu code, but against its administration through omiiit. intriguing ollice-noLIcr. who were, in almost every instance, Whig. Indeed, it may be said that, of all our long line of illustrious Presdients, Mr. Poi.k was the only one who created a local government, and then tilled every office with political appointees. In view of this fact, the unusual corruption in judicial and executive functions, and the barefaced and shameless attempts of of fice holders to turn the flexible and easi ly moulded populace of that province, iu- to materials for erecting a Whig Stnte, the ITcmocrats of Santa PC sent Capt. W. Z Angncv, a worthy and distinguiscd Democrat, to Wahingtor, to lay before the administration the grievances that pressed heaviest on tho people, and to solicit it to aid them in lilting tile nanner of d. nun-racy in that strange yet interes ting country. It was at the close of tho war. and on the eve of tho Wihnot pro viso agitation, and hence the agent, who had traversed a thousand miles of desert at an expense of some hundreds, actua ted solely by patriotism and party love, was dismissed with large promises, des. tined never to bo fulfilled. But ho was no common man ; he returned to fight tho good fight, and bravely bo fought it. This gentleman, who had gallantly led two hundred of his countrymen to the plains ot Mexico, where he won tor them and himseit imperisiuuiio lanreis, as gai lantly led us ngnist the official hosts of misgoverned iNew Mexico. It may be said, without fear of contra diction, that to him, to Don Manuel Ai.VABiiz, (a naturalized Spaniard, who served as Consul under President Jack son.) to Dr. Jos. Nanoi.k a gentleman of first rate ability and a sterling Democrat, and to one other who shall be nameless, was the organization of tho New Mexi can party to be attributed. Month after month, year after year, money, timo and labor were patiently yet cheerfully spent to accomplish tho obiect of their wish .1 ,. . 1' ' T rue lormaiion 01 u ueuiucruuu puny. And when their works had ripened, and its Iruit the btatu convention and con stitntion were before them, they mod cstly, though perhaps not discreetly, left others to completo what was so uouiy commenced. Treason in the camp, the absenco of Angney, coldness at Wash ington, soon scattered the little band who had sown ttio seed, out tnoir worn is to be seen in tho principios ot tho educated natives ot New Mexico. Without saying anything respecting those appointed from the btates, ot whom know nothing, and of whom the inhab itants of New Mexico, I presumo, arc equally ignorant, let me say a tew words ahout those 1 do Know, and whoso politi cal tergiversations are as well known to the people ot JNew JUexico as to myeolt. Win. 8. Musscrvoy, Secretary of Stato: This gentleman, whose private character is irreproachable, was many years ago well known as a leading Whig agitator in St Lotus; so ardent 111 taith that it led to a hostile mooting uetwe-n himseit and Mr. Skinner. Prom that time until the snmtner of , '50, ha was not seen or heard from' itl tlie political arena, until wo run him for Congress iu New Mexico. Tha orthodoxy of his Democratic tenets may bo 'inferred from tho fact that ho atrainod every nerve to elect two Whig Senators (Caihoun and Weightman) un der our State constitution. The cloven foot was shown too late forjas to remedy tho evil ; and in virtue of the endorse ment we then gave him, I suppose he claimed, mid has certainly received, the Secrefaryship'of New Mexico. The At torney General for tho Territory I have not the honor ot knowing personally. lie is a mere lad, educated in St. Louis, of Whig parentage and instincts. I do not see how ho can escape their lnlluence. A friend at my elbow, whom I have met at many a well-fought hustings in bantu be, indignantly denies that there isnnvthiiiL' Democratic about him, Tho MurshaC Mr. liumley: Were 1 to judge him by his actions. I would pronounce him an undoubted Whig, ho having voted in ev ery canvass from 181!) to 1S53 with the party led by Hugh Smith. It is possible that, theoretical) y, Mr. Rimiley may bo a Democrat, but voting for tho Whig-can-didate is a doubtful way of demonstra ting faith in the principles of democracy, lie will, however, niiiko a vigilant and taithlul omcor, and in luture, it 1 know the man. will not bo seduced by private feeling to give coutitenanco to the idols of Whiggery. Had complaint been urged solely on tho ground of tho abovo pal pablo disre gard of party ties, it might well have fallen to thu ground, for we cannot bo supposed to know, and havo certainly no right to impugn tho motives that in fluence our worthy President in selecting appointees from the opposite ranks ; but when these mis appointments are follow ed up by others, showing a complete want of sympathy with, and utter disro gnrd for, the interests of sixty thousand citizens, xa may well bo astonished 1 Why send them a Governor who, how ever well disposed, is necessarily igno rant of their wants and wishes, when you have on tho spot Don Manuel Alva rez, a man well versed in all that they need, who is capable of discharging the function, who is a Democrat from prin ciple, thoroughly imbued with tho "amor palrim ;" and who moreover, could, as tho poll hooks already show, obtain almost the unanimous vote of tho people Why send them third-rate lawyers to adjudi cate cases on principles of law, wrapt up iu a language they do not understand, and which, were it their mother tongue, would leave them as ignorant of the law that governs New Mexico, as they were of any law, before they had opened a page of Plackstonc ? There wero men in the country highly educated, who had spent years of patient toil to master the Spanish, and to obtain for themselves their well-earned repntntion as Spanish' jurists. I mean Major P. J. Pillan, whom tho people, under their Stato or ganization, unanimously elected to tho Chief Justiceship, and Ills worthy asso ciate, Mr. Wheaton, of Taos. Why, I say, send men to fill stations like these, for which they are now. and must for some time, from the very na ture of the case, remain incompetent? It is hardly to be supposed that they have an alchemy at Washington of suf ficient potency to transíalo third late into first rale, or to convert an English common lawyer into a Spanish civil law yer on the instant, and tlierelore my rjnestioii remains unanswered. It seems however, that the people of the United States, through their agents, decide that these sixty thousand Souls, whose rights are solenly declared by treaty to be the same or equal to their own, shall not form a government jor themselves, and shall submit to the government of o Hi cers, not only alien in kindred, languagi and religion, bin who, irom tlie very nature of thu case, must be incompetent for the functions they are sent to per form. I do not mean to lay aught of blame at the door of the Executive Mansion for these misappointments, 89 I have oncu before termed them. Indeed, it is almost impossible that our worthy Pres ident could receive anything like relia ble information from that quarter, hem med in as ho is by official and military influence, that seeks nothing so much as oblivion for the past, and conceal ment for the future. I simply wish to show how completely unpretending me rit can be overshadowed and trampled under foot by those who will sing pae ans to their own glory; and to long as they sing loudly and for a sufficient time, it duel not saein to matter at Washing ton whether the key be false or not. I did not take up the pen cheerfully. I did it simply to do an act of justice lo men who, perhaps, will never see tins article, and to rebuke others, who, from their pride of. place, will care nothing about, it. You will not be surprised thcxefore. if I throw it down with delight. j.d;rj , ABOUT KEWSPAPEKS.., .. THU TUBS OF EL'KOrKAKD AMUUICA. . There is no such thing as indepeudenco in the newspapers of France. Spain, ami other countries of Europe. Every editor in Franco has to deposit $40.000 ns se curity money, and if be should publish anything that could bo construed as an "attack on tho President, and coiideuiu principles of the Government and at tempt to excite hatred among the citizens, or an a! tack of religion, family or proper ty," he forfeits this Sinn, and mav bo punished by miprisoiimeutlor livoymrs, by transportation for twenty vutrs', ora fine from 5.000 to lO.OuO francs. Nei. thor is he allowed tho right of a trial by jury: hut all ollences ot the kind tiro submitted to a special tribunal, which is probably, .only an instrument in tho hands of tho President. In this respect Spain is in no better condition than that of Franco, and pretences can be easily obtained for abolishing such papers as aro obnoxious to tho governing powers. Tho Spanish editor must be twenty, fivo years old, pay taxes of 2,000 mils in the province of Madrid, or in any other portion of thu kingdom, from 500 to l.utiu reals. Offences of tho press are of various kinds against the royal family, tho state, public peace, society, religious or moral authority, foreign powers und per sons. Tho Government may forbid tho introduction ot foreign publications. , As a general thing, no capital is less profitable tluiu that invested in a news paper, owing probably, to the neglect of subscribers to pay. The National In telligencer alone has over 25,000 owing to it by bad subscribers. Many of tho papers, however, after they aro well es tablished, and have obtained a good cir culation, make money very rapidly. Tho totarcirciilation of the New York Trib une is 77,000 copies ; and the annual ex penses are about 70,000, its advertí- sing alono is worth about 75,000 ; nnd the annual profits, clear of all expense of every kind, are upwards of SSil.OOO. The annual profjt of several other papers are ns follows: ' ! , The New York Sun, 8(10,000 ; Join-, nal of Commerce, $45,000: Conner and Enquirer. 40.000 ; Philadelphia Ledg er, $50.000 ; Baltimore Sun, $'30,000. Tho New York Herald is supposed to be worth $400,000; tho aggregate num ber of copie issued in a your is nearly 15,000,000; $130,000 are paid out an nually for paper ; the income of the office is $400,000; the advertisements alono are worth $150,000. It has fifteen edi tora and reporters, and eighteen or twen-. ty foreign correspondents making in all including printers, pressmen, clerks, &c, two hnn3red persons employed in the es tablishment. The United States Gazette, says an exchange, sold, a few days since, for $45,000; and the Missouri Republican was sold iu 1833 for $28,000; and it ii valued now at $100,000, and would, probably, be a good investment at that. The New York Sun has a circulation of 53,000, and pays out for paper alone, per annum, $150,000, and for editors, reporters, oc, exclusive of composition, $80,000. It is printed upon a press which ttiikes oft' 20,000 per hour, and its daily is laigei, piobubly, than that of any other paper in the world. It u a penny paper, and conducted upon Ihu cash system The Philadelphia Ledger has a daily circulation of 65,000, and has made iú proprietors wealthy. The Baltimore sun not long since er ected an iron building for' its publica tion house, at a cost of .$75,000. . The London Times, the brag journal of Europe, is said to have a circulation of 38,000 and its income upwards of $ 2, 000,000 per annum; ils profits ate about $500,000. This press is said to wield an asiiisliing Influei ce in Europe 'Stocks fall with rapidity on the ttroku of its editorial pen, and a leading arti cle from its gifted conductors will shake a throne and may drag down principali ties and poweis.' It is a joint slock concern, and its principal editor recei. ved i salary some years since, of i-G,-000, or abon $30,000 per annum. Its adveitising is enormous and paid for be fore it goes into tho puper. The new advertisements in a single day Ioih been known to reach as high as 1,038. Probably the income Irom this source for a single day would ha $2,000. or 626,0( 0 per annum, Uwing to. the tyrannical laws m Franco the circulation of the press is limited. ' The lollowiug is the circuí, tion of the principal papers in Fails: Constitutional, 28,000 ; Siccle, 53,000