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DAILY- NATIONAL WHIG.
UY WOltTIIIMOTON U. smtlllUN,
WASHINGTON, 1). (
KHIOAY MOWN!NO. MAY 18. ift?9.
The assassins of pilblit* and private cha
racter, who appear to havecnti.ippe J intheit
meshes, the kind-hearted editorol the Union,
beyond the power of escape, liavti wlietteil
their knives again, and have, once more,
begun tu pu.snu their lavoiite vocation)
through the coinmns of the common recepta
cle of theii editonal labors. Tlie.ii last des
perate effort, in their war against pers nu|
ieputation, is to be found in the Union of the
15th mutant It is headed " Dityrarrful
Spectacle," an appropriate name for every
word of the. venomous and wicked thoughts,
which the article conveys It embodies jII
the malignity ?f the Father ol Lies, .ill his
brazen-faced impudence, all In rageine-vi
tor the destruction ol every thing that is pood
in human character, and it is even clothed in
theloul language, which none but a fiend t??uld
be capable of using It sets at nought all
the re<|uiiem-nls of decency and propiiety,
and utter* not a single truth, from beginning
t" end The authci ol thin article must have
a heart, not to be envied We give him the
. credit of having produced tin- most diabolical
piece of composition, both in wmds and in
ideas, that we have ever had the misfortune
to lead ., and we are determined, so fir as it
depends Upon out help, (hat he shall re
ceive and eii|oy, to tin- full, the notoriety o|
infamy, which he has so sedulously sought
and so triumphantly earned.
It will be remembered that this same jour
nal, the Union, and the whole Democratic
party in Congress, at the time vociferously
denounced Gen Ta\ lor, for the armistice of
Monteiey ; and yet, at this late day, we arc
lorced to read in its columns a warm eulo
gium of that very armistice, mi older to In
told, that (lie credit of that armistice is due,
not to Gen. TAVi.ow.but solely to Ins associ
ates in arms ' This Union, which condemn
ed, without r.tiiit,Gen Taylor as unworthy
to lead American arms to victory, because ol
his kindly nature in agreeing to a tince,
when he had the enemy in his power and
(ould have crushed Iiiiti without lesistance
such was the aigument of the Uniiti at the
time?this same Union, wlin h said that
General Tailor had too much of the milk of
hun.an kindness in Ins character to lie a
gieat and successful General, now turn,
about, and proclaims, that thii armis
tice was a glorious achievement in the
history of American warfare, was a grace
ful, chivalrous, generous and meritorious act,
and worthy ol all praise, hut that the credit
ul it was not due to the heroic Chief, who
dictated it, as the history of the event de
clares, in opposition to.the advice of many,
if not most of his brother officers, hut that it
is due to those officers, who opposed it! !
Can misrepresentation, purposed, wilful mis
representation go further r> Was ever im
pudence like this ? The utterer ol this base
slander against Gen. Taylor, the coinei
of this outrageous falsehood, must have
known, that he was calumniating the I'resi
dent, must have known, that he was falsify
ing the truth of history, or if he. did not
know it, he has certainly won the right to
wear the cap and bells of the king's fool, for
the remainder of his days None hut a
knave or fool would have ever been (guilty
of denying to General Taylor the cred
it of the armistice of Monterey, and es
pecially of denying him credit I'm the act
through the columns of the same papei that
had denounced, abused and vdilied tlio old
Heiofoi being the author of it
Alter having perpetrated this outiage nj -
on truth and decency, one would suppose, thai
.the author could not say any thin" worse
against Gen. Tavi.or ; but the rdadei will
be astonished to hear, that this assassin of
personal reputation does not stop at this point.
Like his prototype, the parent of sin,having
turned his back on truth and righteousness,
he Continues his descent lower and lower,
deeper and deepei into the abyss of evil
thoughts,and hurls against the head ol (Ik
object of his wrath, the most embittered
weapons of vituperation Koitunatcly, foi
the sake of justice, they strike the pawipoly
of the uprightness in which the merciful old
Chief is clad, and fall inocuous at hi > feel
Let us send them back to the bosom which
engendered them, and perchance tl.ey may
lend the heart ol the author'with remorse,
and, we hope with penitence, for Ins wicked
and malicious conduct. The whole article,
is an utter disgrace to the Union, it indeed
any thing, could disgrace that paper, an 1 ex
hibits its venerable editor, as we have al
ready said, in the moit pitiable condition that
can be imagined But while* his position
excites the commiseration of all good men,
we cannot permit the things, who are using
him for their own base purposes and striving
to destroy the glorious reputation ol Gen
Taylor and Ins cabinet, to escape with im
punity
It is notorious, that nearly nil the incurn
b bents of office, on the 4th of March last,!
had taken a most active pait, in the l ite I
canvass, against the election ol (iknkrai.I
Tavi.or They did not confine themselves
to the exercise of the right ol suffrage, hut
they neglected the public duty to elfictioncei
against the successful candidate They did
so openly and boldly, and braved tin friends
of I avi.oR?whom thry ? tyled the Millions
ol Taylor ism?and defied Okn Taylor,
in advance, to remove them from office, il
he thou Id hi elected, though in the happen
ing ol sin h an event they wete unbe
lievers in their hearts Where now is all
then bravado, all their independence, all
their love of the liberty to do as they please,
even lint., the neglect of the public husincv.
Wheie now is all their unterrified Democra
cy, all their unsaleable consciences, all their
horror of a military chieftain, all their open
defiances of the man who had no principles,
all their love of rotation in office when then
own palty is in power? All, all, absorbed m tho
pitiful, whini?gvnnu?.-.nijr cry ?fprotrriftlim,
because Gen. Taylor in carrying nut liit>
pledge, to purity (lie fedei al official corps, nf
all incompetency, faithlessness, ami dishon
esty, of which it was and still is lull. The
President is now accused by this editorial
assassin of the Union, whose vilifications are
the subject of theso lemarks, of being defi
I lent ill forbearance and mercy to these very
Democratic office-lioldeis, who took such an
active part against his election, and support
ed and sustained by their money the political
press, that heaped upon his bead, during lite
canvass, whole mountains of abuse and In Is? -
hood' and this accusation is made, too, in the
lace of (lie lact to the contrary?a fact,
known to every man, woman, and child in
the countiy?tliat the public judgment, in its
demand for the execution of justice upon the
iviruptions of twenty yeais' standing, has
outrun the wis< and deliberate action of tlie
Executive, in the premises Want of for
bearunc' and mercy indeed! llis whole
course has been and is, one ol tin* most pa
tent foibeaiance with and mercy towards
official short-coinings that has evei been ex
hibited in any government. But to the guil
ty, justice, come when it may, comes too
soon, and hence this apologist's tears and
groans and vituperation.
lint the climax of this impudent and inso
lent wiiter's denunciations ol the President,
la yet to (dine Ue'proclaiiris, that thousands
'>1 Democrats have been driven Irom office
to pecuniary ruin and beggary, that these
removed Democratic office-holders fought
and bled by the side of Gen Tavi.ok, that
the President is a revengeful despot, that he
is an imbecile and has no capacity lor the
discharge of the duties of President, that he
is surrounded by low-minded, unprincipled,
and shameless politicians, that hi.; personal
friends have no regard for his reputation,
that his course of policy in legard toappoint
nients provokes the disgust and aversion of
the people, that his pcr'oiial popularity is
daily diminishing, that his laurels aie fading,
that he has disgraced und dishonored the
oflii e of President by a wanton disregard
and violation of pledges made by him fo at
tain the Presidency, th:it he has no political
veracity, that he has delegated the high
functions ol his office to a ferocious
Kwinu and a toituouu Coi.i.amir, that
the people have been deceived and de
luded in the President, that he has betrayed
them to their enemies, that Ins Administra
tion is doomed to terminate a disgraceful
career !! 1 A thousand notes of wonder and
admiration would not serve, we are sure, to
indicate the astonishment and shock to every
good feeling of human nature, which these
malignant declarations' will have up< n the
mind of the reader. Is there a man, so de
void of all self-respect, ol all love of truth,
as to read these things without indignation
at the conduct of the editor of the [fnioli,
in suffering his paper to become their vehi
cle ? The feeling of every just and candid J
mind towards the writer, may easily be im
agined. The scorn and contempt which he
must excite in every reader's breast, cannot
possibly be expressed in words. They
sicken the heart for pity, that any man
could be found on the surface of this earth,
so degraded, so mean, so utterly destitute of
moral principle, as to be guilty of indit
ing such thoughts as those we have enumera
ted above, about the Chief Magistrate of this
Kepuhhc and his Cabinet. Low as is our
estimate of fallen humanity, this exhibition of
demoniac spleen and spite, has lowered it
a thousand degices I heir is no redeeming
trait in any of the above declarations They
are riol ineic differences of political opinion
They are downiight, absolute, wicked, wil
lul falsehoods, emanating from a heart as
blaik as the falsehoods uttered No Demo
crat has been reduced to beggary, by the act
of his removal fioni ofliee, and even if lie
were, the public interest must be consulted
before, private interests are To, say that
Democratic office-holders fought and bled by
1 avi.or's side, is such an absurdity and so
much at variance with the. tiuth, that it only
needs to say, that they fought, bled and dial,
to complete the climax of lolly Neither
revenge, nor despotism, not imbecility, nor
incapacity, forms any |iuit of Zaciiary
Taylor's nature or inind. Such ignoble
things belong only to the nature and mind
of his envious detractors To call the cabi
net of the old llcio, low-minded, unprinci
pled and shameless, is just as true, as it
would be to call the cabinet of Mi Poi.K
high-minded, principled and modest! The
President's cabinet need no vindication troni
such an attack.( It is like the having of a
dog at the moon. But the President's friends,
in the eyes ol this vitifier, have no care
for his reput it ion ' God help him, if they
had not,lor his enemies have neither care for
his fame nor mercy for his errors, if any
there be. We have seen no provocation of
disgust and aversion to him among the peo
ple I here may be a good deal of these
feelings among the displaced and disappoin
ted, but that is ol no moment. Ilis perso
nal popularity is daily on the advai.ee,be
cause he is a true man and the elements of
truth are in all his, acts. Ilis laurels are
growing greener every day. He has eleva
ted and honored the office to which he has
been elev iteil, by the peitormancn, to the
letter, of Ins pledges Ilis political veraci
ty was not doubted before the election, though
the Iftiiim daily sought to make him out an
utterer of untruths. He has delegated away
none ot tfie functions of his high office, but
he executes the laws vigorously and requires
the strict performance of every legal duty
assijnied to the Heads of Department!* and
all other offices of Government. The just
and mild RwrNri, the. straightforward and
judicious Cot.r.AMFR, the upright and manljT
Crawford, the high-toned and decisive
Johnson, the conciliating and accomplished
Preston, the frank and sagacious Mere
dith and the universally beloved and
wise statesman, Ci.ayton, ar? th.> mem
bers of a cabinet, whom no abuse can
cvet reach, or whose determination to do
their <luty no denunciation can ever turn
asiilc There has been no delusion, no dH
ceptiott, in the election of Oe.n 1 AVUJli
He has not betrayed the Government into
the hands of the people's enemies, from
whose possession they have y.o recently res
cued it,?but this, no doubt, is the iSUM- nl
,,|l 11n* Rrief and aiitfer ot the Union
j?,l il, ,'o-editois A ; to the displace
ltd caieer predicted lor Gen TaVI.oiiV
Administration, the lutuiewdl show who is
the prophet,-we, who |>rophecy a bnliiai.t
and glorious career for it, or tin-. hoaise
throated now who is croaking its sini ter
wislies.
Enough fol the present, but more when
the disgraceful pen, whose production we
have thus noticed, shall make its appearance
m the Union again.
II it iM-iltierwto.", eate.oi .\pedi. i.i, noi sccord
,,,? l? hUII.nl |,rcr.dclll,,IOI ttll adlnliu-l " I"
? ft US. II lo I-.- pi?vol..d, by III.- .ti3?.ovi'rv '
'dual cases ol .1.-. eptioi. and misplaced conhd.n.e.
,nio an exposure ol all Ihe grounds Of lis action,
10 publish its private coirc-poiidence In 111.' i.' ??pu
pr-i.M.? Xcuark (.V.'.) .IJi'trlr^r, t H )
We tvould IiNiiiru ot our . onlumporaiy, win-in. i
IWdocsnol lliilik lllut an ud.iunislrslion is quite a-.
coinpctml, to Judge ..I ill.' wisdom, safety or expe
diency, of arreeling ihu tendency in its own party lo
deception, impoBilioii and abuse ot confidence, >y
. tpoaing ilie facts in a single . use, as is an individ
ual edilor wtio is not cof*ni7..mt ot the premises
Such, lit least, Is our opinion, nnd we hold tint Ihe
publication of Mr. Bacon..1 Idler, in tlie cas*
rod Co. wa* perfectly justifiable. It Ll . ?
friends of the Administration, that Uen Taylor w it
not tolerate unfair dealing in any quarter
rVTIte Richmond ll'/iitf pays, thatii lagenerully
understood Hint Ocncral Tayuw has taken no part
in I lie appointments made by Ins Cabinet ollicera,
and tliat upon ilieso officers alone rests the r?pon
sibilily ol tln.se appointin.-nls." 1 he Whig does the
president unintentional injustice, it it alludes to the
appointments which the Constitution and the laws
?require the Executive, individually, to make.
such appointments are made by Ueneral I Avion,
and lie holds himself alone responsible for theni -
The pan taken by his able Cabinet, in assistinghim
in the exercise of this portion of the duties or the
r.xeculive office, is that which is assigned to tliein
t,y iho Constitution and the laws.
I Ion of the BaltimorTsuiMloes rank injustice lo
Mr I.unt the new District Attorney ol Maesaehn
sctts, when lie charges him with not be,n([ n profi
cientin the luv; toi Mr. Unt is rfgarded by llw
Masaacllllsoltfi people, an one ot the best l.iwy .
I that Stale, It appears to us, that Ion ot lale, does
not wiitc with hia usual discrimination and r-garu
lo racts, but aocntn rather to be insensibly earned
away by the spirit of detraction that animates llie
I opposition. ^ mm?
r/Speakinfi of the ".crying abuses" ot the Ad
ministration, we think those of the whimpering do
I tard of the Union uro the greatest.
AiiTHott or Jcvknai. -Ii remark* the ati
n.incialion by the Nat.o.ial Whig, of the iinn.r ol the
author ..I Mwawl, it w is not, e.-itiihly, our udei. on
to cM>r?ss anything l.ke a doubt that it was not writ
I ten hv J II C.iler, Km, The author's name was
not riven to ns al the time ot publication, a"'1 we
!l,onf Id we di?nvered in the production ?>mewbator
tin train of thought and mode ol ex pre..sum of a gen
tlcnmi who stand, high in this State lor his literary
acquirements and legal knowledge?and we only de
smnrd in whal we s..id, to stole the mistake int..
X,, wc had fallen. With Mr. t alter s talents as
a writer, we i.ad l.ad little opportunity to heeomeac
? * i it win certainly no mean compliment
to'" cld.c a produetioll from los pen lo the p litleniaii
whoin ? have reference. We are satisfied that
we were in error, and therefore willingly rive to Mr.
Carter the high merit of having written tlie Address
?a production which has been received with univer
sal appiobation.? Baltimore Uypti.
" T'n iiaiiklp.ua AeeoiNTMENTS. Mr. I..-wis, the
Polb-ctor enjoys the re| utatiou of being u sound,
liracTleal ond s.-llvc businees man, in wfiose hands
ihe interests of the Government, so far us he Is eon
.-.m.-d will be entirely sule. .
Willi Mr. Ashn.ea.l, the Disiiict Attorney, we line
a personal aci|ualniance. He is n sell made 111.111.
'?I'Xo himae? a?nd'to t^mtn.'sH^on.' '
The sppoSIunienta are all good and tn.e, so far n.
Vallkv 01 Vihoinia, May rt, IP-i'J.
Mors. Editor*.-?There have been some iniima
lions Jjiven in your PaPerj." rxVi. .lolin
S &Tll"luVr^l"or of the Winchester Ilepuhlican,
?n?hkilv t'o be appointed lo uu Aiidllorshii. in one
'vldb' oi' vnvioi". -d wJicmmd indeed^n many
inpiaoi'cH with cnthuniasm and drh^ht. Mr t.aua
ol libel al policy and sound principle UiTI?us
CUifitr.
a.-muntxcntoi' P.KTM<vri.H i on AiB?nV ? la w
, Hi-ncdi.t Ids lx ap|s.int.d J'o tinasler ol tli.s.-lly
rills Rialiljing feet ctt
tbe Adminisust..,. fo. twenlv years he l.?
been intimately identified With the ioitun .
' While l???rty 1 a,,ll during that protracted pr i i
tew Vn nitbe have 1
-atisfaction In the public and en-dit to binuelf ?Ml
lany Journal.
Co 1 Kan.- The York (Pa ) Republican of yes
, I t'\01.ms-'s ii-i SHK ere gralincation at lliu ap
poin'imenl Of the Col. to be Collector of the C ustom.
"'.'?'"i" CneTsVm.n of larpe heart-generons and
kind ill lecllnr an untitled nobleman-ahigh1 mind
<ui rhivaliic and honorable gentlemen- a \>hik
fhi first wall 1 and posseM.-d of every oiialifica on
?3?^?fes?3KaSr5
sl.Th'.T.'.n appreciated and reward.d aa he de
serves to be.
Anthony ft. IIohemm, of Lancaster coun
ty, huu been appointed Marshall of the Eastern Dis
trict of this Nisle. This is sit excellent appointment.
Ainoim&t the numerous applicants, all good men,
the Administration could scarcely have gone amisn
but none of them wan more meritorious or would
have made more competent or popular orticrrs than
Mr. liohteits. As an old and sit-adlast friend his ap
pointment is truly (ratifying. We know him to pos
aess all the requisite quaNUeations of honesty, in
tegrity, capacity and met it.?Harrisburff 7 W.
Takino it (-'ooily OH a Hnioal Nicjiit ?-Tin
greatest case ol .1 biid.il night that we evei heard of,
was that ol Prince (i.iln/.hn, of Kunsia, in the last
century The priucc having turned (?.?tholic, ihe
(Carina Anne, among ollu r ways ol punishing him
I for wftal she considered his apostaey, condemned
! him to marry a woman from umong Ihe lowcsj cl.ths
of the people, took the H happy couple" l?> ihe fa
mous Ice Palace near the Neva, and compelled thent
to pass ihe night in a bod composed wholly of ice.
Mr^Kwrank.?The anprdntment of Prof Kwbaok,
in the place ot Kdiuimd Burke, Commi^.vtoner of Pa
tents, has given llie moM itiibounded satislaeiiou to
Wlu&s In this vieiniiy. Mr. Kwbonk is well known
as? gentleman of the hi^hett scientific attainments,
nnd 4I-.0 as the author of 41 huhank'n Hydraulics,M a
work of great merit.?/Vo7 Alwv.
Mr. fJro*or Vandrniiokp returned to this city on
Sunday, Iroin a professional tour of some months
through the southern and western States, lie was
ungated at the Astor l*laco 0|>era House to play
wait Macresdv, whose engagement has been brought
to such on unhappy termination.
The Supreme Court of Illinois hare recently dec!
ded that an act of the legislature creating a now
county, upon the votes of a majority of the peopla
of the district being case in favor of the measure, is
constitutional.
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OFFICIAL.
AfPolNl MHNTM UYTHKPUK.Klltll.MT
1*06? UFPlCK IHSCARTXENT.
PoahiuisUr*.
I-.AAC H IUkbi.vuhjn, Uiili.il,. N.W
Voik.
Joskpii A Sherman, Utiea, N^w York
Ciiknev Ames, Oawego, New York.
Jamem K. Wiiarton, Wheeling, Vu
Riiiiaiid Mii.ton, Winchester, Vj /
Joseph Burton, Augusta, Maine, /
Business I'.o.p.ei." *u7....... Travel, an<l
MO
'I'll-' spring trade, as such, is .bout over in New
", ri mott 0l, ',U! C""""V al. r? are gone home
JJ'UJ. *ulk' JUN1 "uw, 'bough externally busy
and bus Urn. a, ever, is enjoying ,hat comparative
calm which customarily falls ru ii. fortune every
Z"r,J" which intervenes he
Iu"""i spring und summer.
?i travel Irom the South, alwavs extensive, an,I
evet ., in..i,i.,M,- ?| wealth t? 0,,r ,Uiir..a.i ami
steamboat companies and hotel keepers w.ii
coming seawn, If wo mistake nol, be greater 'than
ever before for aev ral arsons 'I rado generally liaa
been prosperous. during the twelvemonth past; ili.ro
i- less , .in,,,I .inlng ol a scarcity of money than \vs
hsvu liud front that quarter in a lun<> while True
'?><"? have hilk.l oti tl... ?,opa In cei lain
oecfioiia, but whatever Iocs may result irom that
uuf,ii lunate and untimely event we suspect |Ma l((.1
more than made up in other quat lets, and through
oilier than mere y agricultural channels. New Or
lean, for about six months pan, lus been made the
""mi substantial
Erf iv ,V 1from the North
"" yr"'' bJ "V, U"lf across Mexico,
!}?' ""! unreasonable to giant thai im, trade <,|
that our twin city ol the South has ived from
; 'note "'"ii sulb.iem to coun
.Ibalame tile diawl.a, k from 'ihe prtsrin o ol llie
i liolera, or an untimely trosl among tho cotton lice
and augur pi man,.ns u K '
Anon, Ihe whole West will be liaiuuiluntini' itself
ion. the valley of the Mississippi io the border* of
the Atlantic. The gold lever has thrown into its lap
more weallli. in llie way of trade, than it is probable
Ihe thousands who go to Kl Dorado will ever be
fin,1! u. 1 lhis wealth "I" necessarily
PU,. ?? 7 , hta' "'c Wi'bo?rU, ere long
Measure, if not business, will bling it If o
eh?'"/ ''rm<! re or 'hrongh the regular
' ha nels of CO terre it will come via Niagara,
toshion Wp0"' "nd ,ho '"her resorts oi
We intended, in this conncclion, lo venture an
estimate ol ilw probable arrivals at litis port of immi
grants from abroad, dining the ensuing summer
i? r it"' r"i T1'" "1 r?"'"?n convinces us of
Ivir.l hazarding our numerals on that which,
lions at ^Btt^hl! ?nB|',>0n "L'' a" ' ?'< ?'?
What, llien, with travel from ihe South, travel
!tvrronfJ^rC8?rfBnn lh'' il"'vl,al'l'! ",rt,,x ?f 'luman
itv Irom at,mad, all centering and radiating here we
wilh lh. , , r, :'#u"ul,'y felicitate ourselvea
with the reflection iluit a season of unusual . xcii,
larfi" nlmVr ol",.u/awn d'lllens''wlw'al^aCui'm
sswaa*?
in^NnrM.d.#.yr ?'? South dreams of com
wiihoul going through, or tarry
w ?' ""?'ropolis." Ho, loo, at
i li'.i r, it!; ?i every win re. Half of the humanity
?ti lr 1 ' pei haps, never heard of any
oilier America, any other United Stales, than New
torn,- and it is this common an J universal aequi
a!Sml?e i"'r ,Trivo11' '1 excellence ol the facilities ii
anorils lor trade, coiiiuierce, social intercourse
everything in short, which constitutes the basis of
our present prosperity ,md future greatness, as the
commercial metropolis of tho New World.-Mw
tur/c J'ti'jircbS, May 10.
L t ITALY.
I'our of the I'rench war steamers rciurned toTou
on Irom Civita Vecchia on the 28th, when prepara
tions were immediately made lo embark another dc
lachmcnl of 5,100 inlanlry, 2 batieries of artillery
and several squadrons or cavalry, which it was ex
pelled would sail lor Italy on the 2d insl. ? this
Oudlnmel l"'?,'il 10 '"ppnellion tlial'Oeu. I
Ouuinoi ex pec led resistance at Roiii.>.
However dial maybe, ii is slated that f!en,
umn of B nm*!! t'"'{?'"reenienIs to march, a col
3. Ui?.^l,v ll"VlnK btt'n ul,vad>' dir? '"d ">-|
The news of the arrival or the French has created
/amf h'adfirot ''rtlitll " wa" flaM AvcI"
zana had got 20,000 men under arms, to meet them
Ano her report states that ihe Komaris did not wait
for he arrival of the French troop., to rise against
m?, a"i !T M?*ln?, who accoidlng to the stale
ment fled, and ihe population pronounced for Pius
.J!,,'" 'he Pope will be compelled lo i
SimiIs?" "u f an l"" desirable reform!.
o^ndDriiTisc:"pr"bi,b,)'b<'i
??4'''a'i"m :!J it was reported al the Rourse, I
and gene ally credited that Ihe (lovernmenl had re-!
M... ivi .?/ despatch, announcing the entry
...in ''J""1'1 mio Koine and tho flight of the II,'
{;?,1^", i?,Ve"J'''"'"' "A"" I'ueoan troops
nail tiitcrtd Leghorn.?/iy tl,e Canada.
The unniial niorl.iliiy uf London in CO.OOU; nnd
inia nuiiibci of persons is buried in only 'J00 nm? ol
rcl'ii'lon tifflSSl' "'e """"" "'"W" ,'rCV"il in
We get some idea of the commercial character and
Knetond *l"Tltit'r a,"l.l,ol,v"'- M" insurance in |
Kngland, l>) the following repou of a sale recently
ml! lo ?tr.n "'"ion- I'woannoltiesamount
t t ' annum, less the legacy duly, during
till hie ota gentleman aged 07, and u policy of insii
rnnen lor 11,0(10, on whit-h there were Aceumiilution
% [ft annual premium lilng SS
V.'T 'TV f P4Pcr;'l"n8'ng has been invented
Ol mafble W a' beautiful imitation
scr*l,i!HrS?U Lk is making ntoncv by do
a< Idling the character of any person simply liv Ihe
examinaiion oi a lock of his nair.
"'i''"! Britain, every BOlli person is a drunkard,
every 280lh a prisoner, every 700th a lunatic
I ho entire ''onsiminiion of wheat In the British
l.iiipire is about JO,000,000 ol quartets in a vear
On the 20th, Louia Napoleon entered upon his 42d
0 n, '"eot was ceC.bratcd by a grand ball at
i^TVr r,*,"ecn hundred persona being
,r" I resiifent opened Hi.- hall with tlit
1 rtneesB Callimakt, the wlte or the Turkish Ambaa
m!?"m ii W" l""M, Pabular in his attention lo
the Marchioness or Londonderry Tim oiaircuses
presented the appcarance ?r a series ol hanging ?sr'
tis, covered Willi shrubs, and Mowers ot Ihe rarest
I moot exquisite kinds.
Tur South Pscu?Ai kslink Watku -Rovk
ah i\i.w tloi.u Mink.?The Liberty (Mo ) T,i
b?oe says : "Many ot the way streams are ,0 strong
,Vi 'T^rVfl,r' >U".h Hwy dare not let their
tirink". On i|?. ehorea ol innny, the crust is
lMckt VU'Y lr*?k "P ,,li? cniai,
? r ipe ,,n III. dirt on the bottom and and find ii
pure sale, an,s. Strange as this may seem, ,t isnaver
llieless true, and the writer collected in a short lime 7f.
Ills A mountain o| pure rock salt hss been discovered
near llie Mormon setilement. Tbe Mormons have
r'Ln"r160^ihwc (r,)m
11 1. I V on! 4181 cnd ?f 'hi joiirm-y to tho
t1,M . W' *"iy ^ J. ' '* """''I"1 Willi little III
tigue Nearly all the way the loads are us eood as
on tiny prairie In tho West K
St. Lotus, May IS, IWHN
We learn from the Plains that many California
migrsiils lire dying ol cholera on llie way.
Itloses Hums, a lar lamed mountain guide, died at
Independence, a short lime since, of cholera.
rhe tiinuberol deaths in this city durine the week
ending yesierday, was 273, or which I9S were by
cholera. The rdsgue ia increauin^.
,i Mai\?rri herefrom the Plains, we learn that
."r*K?ons have had two or lhr.-e bailies
null the Apache and Eulaw Indians, near Taos
?ew.Mexico. The hrst occurred on Ihe 1st of
March, In which two lor ten] dragoons and eight
Indians we e killed. Alierwaids in another con
flict, there were twenty Indians killed. 'Ilia Indians
ure eta.ed to have lieeu th?> aggressors.
A battle |>em ran the Apaches and Fulaws Is ulso
tiled ,V" "'kl " P ' ?ni1 40 0f lh# Apaches
llrsHAtlN. the celebrated (leriuan jiigp|.r i? about
to visii lb,- United States. ? '
OAILV NATIONAL WHIO,
ri'SLISllKD ?v
I'll A II l?KM W. FKNTON,
}$r' Jttrksvn Hall, Prnnny/vftnia Arrnur
tir: l^?4{f fur itrufipertn#.
.V\( HAN(}R on lt,|i????^, I*lnl iilcl|ihln, N?-w V??rlr, and
j Honioi), at PlRlit, in sums to suit iiiin li irmTH, ronviaiitlv
'SlTvVl,y,f " U I.ATIIAM A *""'
yiKtiii
llt<? INI A IIANK NOTKN, Clirrka <m Kit
May M tf
Trrimury Department, MaicIi 10, IM1I.
PURSUANT Iu i??e |irovlskm rontalnsil Inthr firwl terflon
iilunMlofOiiHflitw rulill?*d 44 All m-i niMkini' Hi?i?ro.
tnalinti* I... ???*? r??il r,.,.l n^L'
From II.r N. ? York Herald.
Veryinlercn(l>i{( Iiiiclltgi uci; from (Itv Uiit
dtngt.ua i:urrt?j*?i.lrnrr.
UoitlQtU, April ?M, l i'J
his fit fit! ion tu MumU **(!*> lUiy - i*lhtwtj of Piimunu? A ncn
ruuta tu ille Pacific? Thr. vrti' railtray l*rminu?-~tnriln
liim to n Itall l-j Hit (lorn hui ? Visit !<? u 11 < titling 'J'fir
(JmfH vf ?:h'hn viiriitf* Shiny f'ubith if. in U .<-?
lnlrrtrutrHf? uml Noni I'm ficutai i ubuut th* Mmi'lingi>
India tii, r , <yr , ?Jv\
II?'re I am, mit** in rxcellrnl rompuny. 1 fell in with Col.
Hughes, engine. r-i?* of Mm- Panama rail mail, it lew
day.- since | ..in, r?y his kitulue; *, to accompany In < party
? mi :tu expediti >11 lu Mandiugo Hay, MIidiiih ol Panama
For <!??: !? < aliiu * I must r< I* r you lo the map, which will
save MI?S III trouble ol ileSCl'lbilM plH. fH
In thecouipany air Win. II. Hslell, Esq., lie lilheftW
engineer of the Panama diviaiou, Win. Nurriii, K*| . wlw
is t hief engineer of the fhagrt * thviuiou; ami l? M H
llalslt-d, uurgt'oti an>l uatuialtaf
I will give you mime accouut of their scientific proceed
l uya.
Col. Hugh* * among lua numeroue investigations as lo
i lie various routes from the Fundi' to I lie Atlantic, obtain
ed uilormaiioii of ih?- existence a route through the Do
mingo country, which was represented Mb having only eight
milf* lainl carriage. Upon obtaining thi.i inforuiatioii, lie
decided lo proceed and examine Hon rouia hi person Ac
coidingly, on llie Pith April, W?* It'll llie barhor of Chagil
in llie ateamcr Orus, C-plain Tucker, whose fkill .ia n na
vigator, and liia alleniive civilities lo llie parly, will Ion*' la*
held ill pleasant remembrance ( V.I Hughes, taking ad
vauiaife of this good opportunity, ordered tiro steamer to
rours* around llie shores ol l.einoii Hae, which ia situated
Rome r>i? milrH Irom Chagrin, in a northeasterly direction.
'I'llis ooble bay ia about four miles wide at its entrance,and
iibonl three mileain length. Oil file eastern m le III* island
ol M.?u/'amil i i? uiluait d, ? ontainuu? about '"^l acres ol high
and dry laud, twelve leM above high tide, affording an ad
mirable position for i large eilv, At its soul hern-eglrem ?
tya passage of about aixiy Ml Heparan m it tr>*ui th * main
land On its eastern >i*l?-? llie alieet ol water wlm b divides
ii trom llie main is about balf a mile in w idth, h um three to
five fathoms deep. Thus surrounded by the irn. and open
to every br ? zr, it cannot be otberv.it"' lliau healthy Col.
llugi.es having pievionsly selected point Coco So|?t in iiu4
bay ua the A Ibiulie l?'rmiuu i ol bin railronil.w >f well ph .??
ed to liud llial the inforiualiou he bail pitheied at li 'ine.i.n
which lie had haaed Ida original iiiMluelionu to h***n/d
men., waf rorreri in every pariicular,
lie louml lie re hi admirable leimiiiun, a aale barlKU, of
aolli> ii lit i spicily to roulaiti .AH) k.i|I, tin b? Hl aiK'horace,
with a depth ol water ln>m five to m \i ii laihoma in tbe
centre, and from two to three laihomiiin Home p;a es with
in ten leu ol ilu t bore Thw apleudid barb ,r rerpiireri no
breakwater It ran be entered with Kitety in any wind
Tim. in the opinion ol f.V.ptain tieuiaiuiu T.irkei, and alvo
td other experienced navigation.
.Alter leaving Point l'??ro Solo, we shaped our rourae to
Porto Uel o, nteeiini; with Home turtle Fichi rmen on the
beach ol Marcantt.i lalaud, their nils expanded, and iiunier
una decoy turf lea (made ol wood lo repreaent tbe lemale,)
floating a few iuchta under water. Green turtles are not
ao abundant aw laxl year, nearly every fisherman having
foinakcii lua calling to become a boatman or carrier upon
the Chagrea river, in conwipience ul tbe trebly advanced
pricea lor labor, induced by the influx ol California emi
grant*.
The coaM, from Lunar llay to Porto Hello, in highly pic
ture sou* ; the lofty mimmils of the Cordillera*?-the bound
ary of the two oceans- proclaim tbe grandeur id the crea
Iii*ii .
"Here, hills on hilla in aolemu grandeur rife,
KiM'kw, rich in geina, and mountaiiiN big with mi ilea,
Whence many a burbling stream aurileroiia play a.
Early in tbe aflerimoii we arrived at the oiil Spauiah c.itY
of Porto Hello. Capt. Tucker had decorated bin eldp with
tlaiiii on every mant, and, upon rounding lo, fired a walule.
All the veaaefa in the harbor iliHidayed their cob rx. among
which were several of the New ilianadian llag The inha
bitant!) crowded the r.imparb* ami IiiIIm, ami we were soon
aatnreil of a hearly welcome.
The (^bjectol Col, liugheti'a viMt lo thiacily waalo exa
mine into the merits of a.ioute to Panama, which had been
p'-culiaily OA tolled by the floveruor ol Porto Hello, and it
repultidin the appointment ol au aphiMant engineer, John
May, Ep<|., to make a reconnoitre of tin: fame.
A boat putolflrnin llie citadel, bearing the Governor arid
mite, who were received on hoard with due hi nor. Aftei
au liotii 'dcouvernation, we were invited on almre, and pro
ceeded lo inspect the once powerful water batteries now,
alas, in decay. The apleiiiiid brafa guns layunln eded on
the ground?a splendid wreck ol Spanish pride. Thecan ,
iioii balln, yet iu nrtiMic piles, resting to their centres, wen
on thin ocraaion, usetl by the gallant captain ol the (Iriin
his equally gallant hrutlu r, and the amiable fiuigeon. as
bowl- upon the promenade of the battlement, which tiius
wis made a epneioiis bow ling saloon.
Au aid .ic ramp of the Governor waited ii|K>n Colonel
Hughes, with an Invitation for him and suite to a hall to be
given that evening, which having been accepted, we pro
ceeded at the appointed lime, in a body, lo the Hoi land
Cafe du Grand Monanpie, to make out toilette. The bar
of thin rnfels giiperinteuded by a Queen of Sheba, in silver
spectacles, who, assisted by her four amiable daughters,
presides wilh great dignify ovei the concoeti. u of punch
and other rclreHhiiig drinks. While discussing the merita
of u cool lenioiiade, wc adjourned by invitation to a wed
ding, jusl then being celebrated iu a neighboring bouse,
where we were received Willi mi eh civility and distinction.
The bride of course, was bin tilling and budding. Thence
we repaired to the Governor's mansion, in the grand plaza,
where the ball was soon graced by all the beauty and wealth
ol the ciiy. We could not help remarking that, although
the city and its ramparlHwerc last mouldering to decay,yet
the sparkliug eyes of the seuoritas, with Cupid's bow fig
ured on each lip, gave no evidenre of decay in its inhabi
tants.
The billowing morning, at daylight, we proceeded lo
Maudingo Hay, arriving about noon at one of the centre
Islands This bay is said to coulaiu MM islauda, which are
held In the sole posttrashm of the Mandingo Indians, who do
not permit the residence therein of any human being, not of
their tribe and liueaee, very Utile is knoxyn of their history,
and as they theuisclvcH are either non-communicative or
i?ii?raitf, aud, as it is believed, keep no record of anything,
their origin may perhaps never be discovered. They llva
among themselves, some occupying the islands - some the
main land-but oil firmly milled as a band, obeying one
chief, or ' oldman," who is believed lo be endowed by f.'od
with ?ll wisdom, might, and power. The gomumeiil ia I
patriarchal. The "old man" ih the spiritual a ivner, a )
well aa chief judge of temporal attain?. He is powerlul In i
mind and body, and all bis faculties are evergreen, find
endows hi iu willi peculiar health, lie is acknow leilgedand
regarded by hi.i people aa the vicegerent of God, and all Inn
orders are obeyed. He is also (he great medicine the
great cure-all. In casts ol aitilliHSN or infnmity, they an
ply to him, ami whether leli.-fis obtained or not, the appli
cants are contented. Col. Hughes propounded ihe ques
tion, *'Up ?li whom doea the olTlce of 'old man' thecendat
the decease ?I the present 'old man 1' " The reply was,
"To the next oldest in;di til t te tribe."
Col. Hughes?SopjMise the successor should not been*
dow d with the same qualities ofintt lligence I
Iteply -That cauutd be ;-f?ir when the maiilli ih'K'tnds,
the Great Spirit imbues that milld Willi all knowledge ""
'?old man" every Ihitq*.
The maiulaiitl has seldom, il ever, been approached by
fon igiiriv, ami uothiiiij is hi.own til it The nl i d., pre
seutiug one ol those g^-ohigical clutigtr by which Ihe Hi!
face of fheeai lh haslieeit modified, are the mult of tin
labors of ilioae attrprising jutMluclionc of nalurc, flic zoo
phifes. Tlicae coral isl uitls are as beautiful as nature can
make llieni. Under the clear blue water, a variety of forms,
of Miigular n in I laulastic shape, are plowing with vivid
lints ol every ohutle, between areen, purple, brown, and
while, rrpialliiig intieanlv, and excelling in grandeur, Ihe
inont favorite |mrtfrre ol the curious florist. The uurfnee ol
there islands (at first emerging from the sea, are slightly
covered with tainla, to which has been added the soil accu
mulated from the feathers and thing of birds ol prey, with
kaveaand branches of trees washed ashore,) is composed
of the lightest mound imagl table. The produce is the cticna
uut tree, which is particularly adapted lo all woilM, whether
niuly, rich, or rocky. The blessings which are conveyed
to man by liiia single production of nature (tiro ciw.oa nut
trie) are iucalcul thle. Ii grows ill a stately column, from
thirty to fifty feet in height, crowned by a verdant capital ol
waving branches, covered Willi long spiral leaves. Under I
this tofiai'e.buncbis ofKlofsoms,cl stern of green fruit,and I
others advanced to maturity, appear in minsh-d beauty
The trunk furnishes beams and i liters tor liouses ; the
Idives nntke mi excellent thatch, us well ..sgnod umbrellas, I
mats lor the rt?> ?r, and brooms while the finest libit s fan I
be woven into line carpi ting. The coveting of the young J
Iruii iu very curious, resembling a pit re ot thick i loth in
conical form, as close and firm aa if it came Irom the h?oni.
The nulr-contain a tlelicious milk, and a kerml, sweet -r
thill the ahnoud, which, wlien third, furnishes an abund
auce of oil, ami after Ihe oil is expressed, lli? iewiains leeil
cable anil poultry, and make u good niauurc. ^ Arratk, I
vinsgar, nnd sugar Are a'somade Irom this tree. The ' "
of the nut turnishes cups, ladles, and other domestic
silS; while the husk isol llie utmost importauct , it is
ulacturtd info ropes slid cordage ol every kind, Irom the
smallest twine to the largeM cables, ami which an sanl f>
be far more durable than I hose ol hemp Then, what i
blessing is (lie cocoa nut tree I
Uelo.e reaching die rnti.mce of the bay, rome twenty
miles from I ami, we th tvru d H.?I ol t ant.t under sail
managed with a skill thai fquale the l,t t Whitehall boat
men, and 'ui bearing down, luuml them to contain Mandin
go Indians, upon tisliiug exeurslons We shipped one ca
noe with ita two Indians, much lo tin chagrin ol the occiu
panic ol the otlu re, who kept up a furious jabbt r in llieir |
unknown tongue We atici vvarda Ic irtied that the Airloi
inikn'' n
lalkei was a chief presumptive, which if known at thel
wc vvoiibl have taken him on board.
No pen can describe the exquisite feelings of serene de
light tlial po,-st ssedtl.e soul upon approaching these islands.
Tiro pictures ol early youth,So elaborated iu our toy booke,
when the young brain fakes the fust and most lasting Im
pression, were here spread before us. The solitary inland, I
embosomed in the blue ocean?Ihe htraiglit, elern and grace
ful wavy branches of the trees, brought back to memory
those by-gone days of'innocent'-e ami tnilh. r"
We cast our anchor near the shore off ampbell'a bland. [
No men w< re visible ; a knot of wouun and t hildreQ Weft]
seen half hiding behind the trees. Four of our party land
, ed, who were received by the womt u and chlltlren in omi
nous silence, which produced Mine anxiety |<.r personal
salety ; all lear, however, was dispelled upon the arrival ol
Campbell, who, speaking a few word* ol English,bade us
welcome lie was very attentive, abd presented one ot iht
party with a epleuthd bow ami quiver of arrows. Under
his guidance, we visited Ihe interior of the houses ; ramp
bell's daughter lay sick of a fever; all the hotiM hold god*
were ranged iu tluc order under ihe heml of h<r hammock,
and upon an altar. In front, the inctiroe of cayenne and bal
sam wood perpetually ascended. Our good rurgeoii pre
scribed for her, much to the gratification of Ihe father.
The women do hot possess on? single captivating charm.
Their stature is not over five leet; heads large ami ,
broad, with a g??ld ling or triangle through the nose, hu-,e
s piare shoulilers, bo waist, all body, their lega exposed
from the knees, are ? otorch d by f inclful bracehis ol beads,
makinn deep Indentations; one above tbe ankle, tine almvr
and In low llie call, and one above the k lire. The protrusion
ol till Itesh lietween these biact I* In, produce." (illy i ? '?
minds of Ihe beholders. Y?.t it was rem.irke?l, that__
this waa a l.?r less prejudicial practice, Ih.iii that which our I
Amerii an ilauu : to rly indulged in viz; tin pratiici of
em irchug their lovely waista in whalebone compn rsuuis- '
a liabit now h tppily abandoned by all the lasluoiiable beau
ties.
The men are short and stumpy, not over five levl six
inches on the average, thick and square built, nud are cairn ;
ble t?f enduring great fatigue. Tin ir heads are remarkably I
large and round, features prominent,-with all the physio**
nomy ??f ihe Jew. They htvc a plurality t>l wives, accord
ing to their means. They permit no communication witti
f.,n igner.'i, and ilie woman ;?<> o)V> u.lm > i. d to d. aih. ]
It is a pari of theii religious .creetl to keep their race pure j
nnd unadulterated. Tin y profean lo have a i-estomlive f.u
the organs of rt piodnftlo.i, the < it', ct of which, upon tp
sdministraiion, wi;l last for elghi years. Our surgeon t
tuilafely obtanieil some t?f the remedy, which Ims Ik hi I
proiiounct d parf ami parcel of the body of the turtle
A question ajrost; as lo whethei ihia pcoph be not desccu j
tlenis of one ot'lhe lost tribes of Im*ai 11
Upon our arrival, Col; Hugh* s distinctly avowed Ihe pur
pose ol liia visit, viz: to make a journey overland to the'
Pacific ; but he was referred to the "old man," who alone '
could give a reply. The "old man" was accordingly rent
for, and on ilu* third dav he mai)? tili appearance loth,
meantime, we bad ample opportunities! ol talking with Ihe
natives, and some of our conversations eventuated lo our
(real imusement
It ia difficult to decide whether they sre supremely igtu
rant or excewively running Tliey are careful mi answer
lug qneaiiona in regar<l tn their country, and arc jeatmis of
all foreigner* They have never submitted to any foreign
government, cud. although they are witiiin the bounds ol
I lie New Oiunmiiaii government, t hfjf wjf m? tribute nor
admit i?I any ?IkKiiwa wlmieMr. Wl formed eunia | Im
Mill MlJ UHtMllIf MBII| Ikl luted men, WHO
speak a few word* Oi Pnghali, Wm up ?r<nn tlie crews ol
vestel* Ironi Jamaica uini <'arUiagi ua, that oeeaywwaily
viail totrade. Mr. John Hail,Mi.Tom Campbell, Mr. lorn
Hut, Mr. Tim Smu. M. T<.by Dot, ue-. Ac.. proved tlww
?' lv?u very touiphuaaut in partaking ol Urn noijMUliIwi ol
the Orus.
In Hie course *f a crow examination made with a vmw lo
g l m>jiii' clue lo thur tally hirtory, the *>llowiug quealiou
wauled Wlin lived here -juoorouoytaraafu I ' the
re^ly wj?, "Tim'a Father." This reply disturbed the
gravity of all who hcaid il. Now, Tim m a downright g??od
Ifll'>w, and ban travelled ; lie lm? U-tu to B dliniore, ami
lift knows much of Ihc WOfM; beside, he ia the eon of the
old mail, tin* wiae one.
On another occasion, a man with the abearance of anly
years w?h axked how old ho wan ; he replied, I'M yeaif
They keep no note of time, ami remark no oth* r object than
the lull moon, ft
On Suuday morn. April 22, the oh I man arrived, and,
with bin grand eouiimllors, appeared in Ifte c-tblu ul the
steamer,which was cleared for a council chamber. 'I he
ol?l man poaseMscH the nio.it amiable, intellectual and plea
aanl physiognomy of any ol hi* tribe, and Ik* presided with
* " ' " * Hughe* and miiIc occupied aeala ill tl ~
fill}' talk wum then held by mean* ol a
Amcricaus ?sends me lo talk lo the old man of Mandiligc
great tribe. My old man lima the old mull of Maiuliugo,
ami aemia him hia regards.
Oi.n Man.-Old man of Muiidnign lovea old man of
America
" lluoo, huoo, huoo," repeated nimiiar to groans by nil
I he council.
Cor.. flouucs -Old man of America has much laud,
alar off1, ou the Pacific, loo mm h days lo catch 'un by
laud; too much days to ralcli 'cinliy WMlrr, round Cape
ilnm, want* to make a road nearer-catch * m quick ;
waula old man to send uome laithlul Indians. in escort hun
?vei the laud, to the Pacific, lo let loin ace il the laud u?
goo?i liira road. s
Oi.n Man ? I .and not /{ood ; can't calch 'cm there, h?*|.
t11 cut h Vin by (.'ape Horn ; no make a t'oad in M.iudiu.","
coimiry?C.'od Ahuighly get veged
' * 11 uoo. huoo, huoo, ' repealed in groans by the lo liaus
Cot. llt'UUK:. Will yOU .lllotV IIH to go jniopu I
Ot.u Mam - No I
" Huoo, huoo, huoo," reipomkd again the Indians, and
the Council broke up.
Previous tolhe interview with the oht man, Col Hughe*
had salisfn d himself ut tint characii r of tin; Imrluiit, oi the
coast, ami of the rivers, and had already pronounced them
until tor hi* purpose?the deep waters presenting no con
venient anchorage, and the rivers having but two lo three
l? et deiith of water. Thuseuded the expedition to I :.e Mali
dingo uay We weighed anchor at Id o'clock, ami, taking
Mr. John Hull as pilot, discharged him, with a certiflcsie,
two liour.i alter. During our ?fay at the ialaud, upon the
earnest eiitiealy of the aeveral cliiefa, the party h? vtowed
their names upon several of the youth : ?
A Hon of alctiief, Thomaa Campbell, wan named ('olour I
George W llughea.
A won of a ehief.Tim Haled, smlgraudaoii of the old tnau,
wua named Wm. Noma
A ion ol a chief, John Bull, waa named William II- Sli
de)!.
A son of a chief, Tun Hat, was named Mr. M B. llal
sted.
A *on ol a chid, Toby Dot. waa named Captain Benja
min W Tucker.
A win of a chief, Choloquanno, wan named Captaiu Far
mini Tucker.
A son ol a chief, Qualoviukla, was named Steamboat i
Orutf.
Ami another promising youth was called Brother Jona
than, being a son ol John Bull.
The above namcxhave been carefully preserved by the
re*pecti\e recipient*, and they will hercatter be known
only by those names.
On Monday,'^Bd April,we arrived at Chagrea,and preceod
o.l up the river to Gorgona, well ph ased with our I'Smark
able voyage to a country eo little known, ami thankful lor |
Arrival op Portuquksk Rrfuukeh.-A coni?ld
crabtn number of 1,OOU prrttons who fled from
iliu Island of Madeira lo Trinidnd, on account of ie
li^ioim persecution, (fifty lour in nil,) arrived at this
port on Saturday) In a small schooner chartered for
the purpose, from the latter island, and placed them
wives under the rare of tho American Protestant
Society. As those who have previously arrived,
huvc been unexpectedly delayed in their eontem-;
plated emigration to the State of Illinois, it is now j
expected thai alter a lew days, the whole party, about
120 in number, will proceed westward together. ~
A'. V. Express, 13//i May.
We learn from the New York ICxpres.s tliat the de
gree of Doctor of I4aws was conferred by the Unl-1
verslly of Ih idi IImtl', on the 17th of April last, upon
Henry Slielton Snniord, Ksq., of Derby,.Conn., for- |
merly attached to the U. S. Legation at St. Petcts
hurg, but ut present to the I). 8. Legation at Frank
fort.?The legal and diplomatic attainments of Mr.
Sanford (pursuits to which he has devoted himself
during a lone absencc from his country) eminently
entitle him to this honor, which he has received upon I
the eve of leaving Germany.
A Ci'Biotirv.?We yesterday were shown the ori
ginal receipt by tho celebrated financier Robert
Morris, of Revolutionary memory, for the lee of one
hundred pounds, paid to indenture him a9 an appren
tice. We here'annex a copy.
1 Received July 8, 1754, of Mr> Robert Greenway,
one hundred pounds, being to pay Mr. Charles Wil
ling, my apprentice's fee." It is signed "Robert
Morris, and the original is in the hands of a gen
tleman of this city.?P/iU. Inquirer.
During a walk the other day near Whetstone
Point, a short distance from the city, I sionped to
take a look Ht the works of the celebrated "Baltimore
and Cuba Copper Smelting Co.," situated ut this
point, and was much gratified to notice that tho
woiks were in a truly flourishing condition. The
company have at present in progress of erection an
immense copper rolling mill, which when completed,
will greatly add to their business facilities,?N. V.
Exp reus.
Dan Marquis, the well-knqwn delineator of Van
kee characters, is said to have died of cholera, at
Louisville, in Kentucky. Tim intelligenee was rc
colved by his hroilicr-iu-Jaw, Mr. W. Warren, of the
lloston Museum, and though the time of liin den ill is
not given, it is supposed to have occurred ut the date i
of the dispatch, the 15th.
Titu Cow plimkntahvCoachman.?-A young lady,
returning home late from a concert, as it was rain
ing, ordered the coachman to drive close to the side- |
walk, but was ntill unable to step across the gutter.
" 1 can lift you over," said eoaclty.
"Oh, no," said she, " 1 am too heavy."
" Lord, marm," replied John, " 1 am used to lifting |
barrels of sugar."
D. CI. P K N TO N,
ATTORNEY A Nit COUNSELLOR AT LA II,
ANn Jt'DOK OP HSOBATU,
Prairc du Chicii, Wisconsin.
fl.- '|,<> * *'?' Voteriofthe Mil W?rtl, \Vi?*l?
liiKton. Fki.i.ow t'lri/.HNi I respectfully I
submit my name to the consideration ut all, for lln-ir " Mil. I
Irsge" at Ihe June eleciioii.aHRii iudi-nriident candidate li?r |
Common Coum-d, lo reprcfu nl the Ward (in pari) !oi the
enduing year I, theret?.re, pledge myself, ij tin ted, to do
nothing but what in rrg/ifaml euhmit to nothing that in
tt rmtg, so luraS Ihe Waul in intrrc$Uil% without fun. favur
" ' JOHN .I MtH.l.oV
!lt Capitol Mill, Siuih H Sirn t
Setoiul Ward NoiiiIiimII?ii?? The I.,I
lowing is ri-Kpeetlully recommemled l? citi/.em> |
Hit Second Ward, and will leceive the Mipport of
MANV VOTERS
fl/r AWr-rwiaw'-RoBUHT Fas.oiam
For Conwwit C'ttoMi/?Wm P. Ham.y.
Fur Vothrtor til '/iom-Jamkm P IIai ioav.
Th (lie Voters of \VnnliliiKtoii.
^ dhkw Itoruwki.i. would respeciliilly an
to tlie i illzetiN t.f W.iphiugtou, thai lie ia :i ? amliilale
?Itice of Collector ol ti??t ?, at ll?e ensuing election, and,
<hould it pkatv his leliow eitiva us to re-elect him, the bind
?t the other will receive Ins prompt Httenli??n as heretofore
? City fallpetor. - Mi John IIankh of the
Second Ward u? a caudidaie lor this olfi-'e, nud i
itH'ommendcd tor the same by
*&r
Tor
Ulr. JiiiMra !?'. Ifnll?tiay in nominated I
a candidate for the ofti. e of Collei tor ol Tax. * '
iisuiiiK term; and bin name and qualifications
? respectfully iiiibmilled to the votern Ol the cily
13 O II <? K NTLkMK N?-Wp have ready ?mad*
' <;OOL?.S'ol the be?! and moht approved style. Oui I
Hlock in lai'^e and well diversdird ut ipiahly ol maleriNi
ami Myleof karuu-ul, to mii! ail taatca. (jentlem*n wifl I
find garment** w ell aii I laMeiully irotleii up.
In tanrv artich s our supply in very |?ood and eleKant.
Also, fine New York made SliiriH not nurpaesed by any, .
with a large assoitmeut of find gauze Under shirt.", linen
and coiton Drawers. A'?\ All of which we offer at fair ami
very low price#. ONE PRICK ONLY.
If A UNII Ati'S SA LMi In virtue of two'wHls of tier |
Jil lacoiH. or sein1 taehis under the lien law, Itsued hoj
the t l> rk'H UAicfl of the District of t 'olumhia for the coul
| t y of Washington, and to me directed, I *hall expose to I
| public sale, lorcanh, on S.ttunlay, the '^1 of June neat,
| the front ol the Coiirt-hoUHe diKU ol paid rounly, at I'Jil
l.? k M .the IoIIowIuk property, viz : P've two-story ami
illle Iraiua dwellinK-housea, with back buildings to each,
?n parts ol l.ols No 1 and f?, ill Square N??. in the cily
ol W.o*hini?loit. cei/.ed and levleil upon sm the property of
Svlvauus llolmea, and sold to satisfy .Iu?Mi*I;iIm No. 34, to
iMarr h term. I.^'A in lavor of Ulysses Ward ; alao, Jiid>chl8
] M uch teiin. 1HI9, in favor oi Waters and/mi
asainst Mid Sylvanus llolmex.
ItOllP.K I WAI.T.ACK.
may IIAdts Marshal of the District of f.olumbia
Notice to tlae publle. naad liawtriaettoaaM to
Poatiuaatera,
{CALIFORNIA A Nit OREGON MAILS, tin flAVA
N t, i 7/ if INKS \ \n PA NA MA.
nil IK. Pniieil SiatiStriiio Packet " Pa I'on " will be ?tis
II |Ktii hid Irom the Port of New York on Sdunlay tin"
H.h ol May Instant. The public, it* brrihy notified thall
!mails may In* sent lo New \ork, Cliarlenton, S. C' ,Savau-l
lieo. and New (ii leans, |.a to be conveyed by said
i Packet which will sail Irom New York on tlie\t?ih ; |)
pP-...!Charh ; ton, S C on the'.J'Jth(morning); fioin
I u.ih. Of o. mi ihe Jlsli May, (evemns); from Havana on!
.d *>f June next; and fnuo New Orleans,the Si eon Packet I
I" I. ihinus " will be deKp^tched with the mail ou theiP.th of I
; May Instant, in time to connect with the " Palcon " at lla
oia on the fid ol June next. , ,
Mail twigs should be tnade up at New York and al other I
isiintH named, lor Cliagre#. Panama, Sin l)icgi?. S.mlap
Itarbara. Monterey, San Prsncioeo ami A>teria Tho en
tire i*?lage for a single teller not exceeding liall hii o iiic>'
in weight will l?e Pil cents t? Havana. *41 cents lo Chagres
:?? rents to Panama, to be prepaid In all cases; ?n'l4PJ
cents to Kan Ihego, Santa llartwrba. Monterey, San Pmn- j
l-clsco or Astoria, to b? prepaid, or sent impaul, at the op
lion ol the t?mler. , ,
NfWhpap.ru and pamphlet#-sea postage three cental
each, and inland postage io be a?bled I
J COM AMEH, Poaiinaolcr Oenermi
I Post Orncs l)ar*ST*knt, May lo 1SIU.
CoriespoudeiM e uf the Naliouai Whig.
Baltimore May 17 1940.
Our markets to-day have been without movement
ill Hour sales of hm 90U ai It 37 1-2, ami torn inaal
t'i. The effect of the foreign news extends no fur
ilier thnn to make breadstuff* duller at prevloua
rates.
Correspondence of the National Whig
New Voiit, May 17?7 k*. M.
TAe Cholera in New Yoi k?Shipwreck und Loss of
Li/e.
Flight cases of Asiatic Cholera, and four deaths
have occuried in this city since yesterday. Three of
the cases and two deaths were in file Sixth Ward.
The Board of Health convened to-day: and appointed
a .Sanitary Committee, with full powers to take
measures for cleaning the streets and purifying tho
dwellings in the infected district.
[ A subsequent dcMputch bays that an investigation
had taken in regard to the cases of Cholera
mentioned above, and the deaths were found to pro
ceed from aonio oilier disease.)
The schooner Fair Dealer,of Boston, from Bristol,
Maine, went ashore on Sulh r'n Inland, in the gale on
Sunday nlglil. All hands perished ?*xi cpt a small
l?oy.
Curr*?ponJene* of the National Whig
New Yobr, May 1/?? V M
I l.ateami Jmpoilaul from the Isthmus, Arrival of
the Falcon.
The mail steamer f?*al?*om arrived this morning
from Chsgrca, with Isthmus date* to the 4th inst ,
the day on which she nailed.
Al that dale, the California had not arrived from
San Pranelsco. All on the 1st hi mi* who had, no
pickets by the steamers, were provided for in the fol
lowing vessels, which were to have nailed between
the Huh and the 15th liist., ships Humboldt, Sophia,
Normund, Circassian, and Iloward, barques Sylph,
and Seymorn and brigs Onssiop* and Sun Francisco.
The rainy season has commenced, and the Cha
grcs river had risen so much as to permit the pa?
sage of the Orua up to Crucca.
Another riot had occurred at a fandango, which
resulted in eight or ten being stabbed, several of them
Americans. In consequence cf this utlair, a mili
tary force will henceforth be stationed at Panama
by the New Grcnadian Government.
The cholera broke out on the New Orleans stea
mer Colonel Stanton on her Inst passage toC'hagrew,
and six of her passengers and crew had died.
Correspondence of I he National Whiff.
New Vork, May 17, 2 P. M
Messrs. James CI. Kin# ?Sc Sons, of this city, yes
terday effected an insurance in three offices, upon
?30U.U0U California gold, to be shipped by the Cali
fornia.
The Canada arrived at li o'clock this morning from
Halifax. She brings $300,000 in specie.
The six cases of cholera repotted yesterday at the
Five Points, were as stated. Five persons attacked
have died.
The foreign news has not been fully digested, but
holders of flour concede a decline. The drain mar
ket has been without movement. Provisions un
changed. U. S. Securities and Pennsylvania stocks
arc firm at the advance, hut the presence of die che
lera depresses fancies.
(Litn Jiitrllijjfiur.
Tine tuiai. ot Daniel Drayton,*hi lite Criminal Court,
charged with stealing two negroes, the. pioperty of Mr.
Hoover, in April, MM, and carrying tliem away in the
schooner IV.trI, wilh seventy odd others, was brought to ?
termination yesterday. Mt-ssrs. Walter Jones und Key lor
the United States, and Messrs. Mhiiii ami Carlisle lor the
prisoner. The jury, alter an absence of ten minutes, re
turned a ver,.let of not guilty. There are a hundred and
thirteen indictments against Drayton remaining.
Fi*E.?On Thursday morning, about two o'clock, the
stable of Mr. Ulysses Ward, situated on the lot at the cor
ner ot 11 and 12th streets, West, wan discovered to be ou
tire. Owing to ihe unseasonable hour, it was a lung time
beiore the euginen readied ihe scene. Lumber to the
amount of five hundred dollars was destroyed, as a bo the
stable and a valuable horse. There seems lo be no doubt
that the fire was the work of an incendiary.
, Tiib Roman CAtHOLic IIknevolrnt Socibtt of Sr. Jo
sEi'ii were presented, yesterday. with a beautiful banner,
at the residence of Me. Miller in Georgetnwu. They then
marched to St. Mary's church in this city, (preceded by a
band of music.) where the blessing of the banner took
place before high mass, al !l o'clocjt. A collection for the
church w.->* lifted, and Ihe Itrv. Mr. Ciiaekflotts,of Georgt ?
town, deliver*^ a sermon on the occasion.
Tub Uislk Cause.--A meeting ol the Hiblo Society ot
Ibis city was held on Wednesday night, iu Ihe Rev, Mr
Brown's church on Tenth street. The lion II. J Walker,
formerly Secretary of the Treasury, presented a series of
resolutions, and, alter having addrebs^d th$ assemblage,
they were adopted. The Itev. Mr Coffey delivered an able
spuec.li iu support ut ihe object of the Society.
A Thief.?A black fellow on Wednesday, approaching a
furniture cart, helped housed to a bucket, and ran off with
it. The alarm was given, and hundreds of hoys and men
gave chase. The thief dodged in and about the Smithso
uiau Institution, still bidding <oi to his booty. At last he
wan captured, and after having been dealt with by a ma
gistrals, sent In jail.
An Inubi.ht wasjiehl yesterday afternoon over the body
ol a new born child, supposed to be white, found in the
I Catholic crave yard, not iar from Gilmau's. The ver
diet of the jury was that the child wan born alive, still
I came to its death by violence.
Improvement.?Mr. C. IV Sengslack, late Wanton of I lie
'euil< uiDtrv, is < rectint! a large warehouse at the corner of
II and Twelfth streets, near tho canal, intending to engage
n the commission and produce Imsine**.
Amono thu Visithrs to the city, we notice ilie Hon. Mr
i*eudhiou, a member of the last Cougress, and Mr. Clarke,
of the Wliccliug Gazette.
Tub AnEi.pntTriBATHB has been rented by Mess:* ITamm
and Owens, ol Italtiuiure, and on Monday week they will
Open it with the Museum company.
AKUIVAhft AT Til~E UOTKhsT
I U i< > ten's Hotel ?Capt ft rook*. Md ; Tims II Kent. Halt ;
A (* Cole, do ; C Grin wold, tJ.i; It E ll? II, Ala ; H C K^nt,
Va ; Win Pierson, Ball; ti?'o U Stephens, Va ; A P Fitch,
do; Juo M-I'liersou, do; J Passed. do; Mr Wimdow. N
C; J W A Newell, N J; Tims F Bowie, Ml, I. R Ssetgc,
I'm: Wlleiirick, do; Koht Bowie, jr, and lady Mil, Mi?s
tihisHin, do
WtHiinl'* H,>let ?Juo UNorth auJ holy, Conn, Mr 11*11,
N V ; Dr Bernard, Troy, N V . lie Fmlier, dn ; C F Brings,
I do; F S Tallmsdge, do; Rev J W Newton, II SN; Thos
| MeNight, N V ; M D Strong. M; It King. Milwaukie-, P
Crabill, Sbl i Bmghii.ilo . c & .1 Chubb. D c, J J .lack
I son. V*. K It Carter, II S N, I) ti B.uuter, Vt, II P
| Smith, Pa; J Itt-ad, do. Mr Myers, Va; Mr S?gsr, dv>;
Mr Gilmer, do ; J F Baker, |'a ; F M Km in null and lady,
Miss Bailv . N II Worfhkiigtnu, Md . ?1 GaliPa ; Win
| lladden. Ga; SW Pearson; Mr and Mil l.ee, Uosloii;
* R II Ives do; Miss Avery, do.
hritii? Hob! W H Itov. N \ : Harrison Wliir--, Miss,
Ambroiiio J tloiiy.ales. H iviua; Mr and Mrs llaker, N V ,
It Kirkwlnl'-. M ?; A It M?miI/., do; Alt v I. Pay ue, Ga; Z
Piatt, N V; II.I Saudfoiil, Mans. Levi Goodwin, Va;
Samuel Goodwin, Va, Win lt?dd, Kv ; II It Dimhum,
N V , II II Babcoek,do ; II K Br do.
(Miiitsl.u's ff.ifrt ?.liio Willi* rs, Va ; Thos I. I.ee, Md , II
Wrickbv, N V; Win N K.ddle and lady. Mo; C G Co*.
Va; J J R FlfnirUey, Ga; A W thbemham, do; S S
Oled. Ape, Austria
Untied Stat'": fhttel ?J S Blakiftone, Md; Col William
Cliesnut, do; (Jrorge I* Kane, do.
I Kntg't thlrt - II I. Chandler, Va; A SI i rain, Md, B
| Colburn, N V; M Allen, N J; S Joluii-tou, Va; L Sim
moiir.'ou, Md.
INCIlM Kf CIBI F. KVttJP.NCi: FROM TIIK CljlKF
CI.F.KK OF TIIK POSTOFFICK, NF.W YORK
Dear Sir Your great remedy, Hum's Liniment, I do nut
like tube deslilule ol, therefore send me a doxen li has
completely rurnt inv elbow, arm and shoulder, which, for
years, very mu? h aiilicted me, and hail battled the skill ui
two of our mot i respectable physicians.
In three months from the time I commenced usin^ the
Liniment I was wholly relieved, and my arm. which I Very
much k-aied would be ui-elenr, w.is as perfectly sound as
ever.
Two branches of my family, one in Maryland, and the
i otfier iu New Jersey, value the Liniment a:, highly as I do,
lor its excellent (pishtiee^ not only for Rheumatism, hut
various other complaints and aeckleiitsto which all arelia
ble Yours, truly, JOSKPH MF.NKDICT.
G. E. Stanton, Ksq. New York, Oct. -^9, !845>.
DO-8old by all the Druggists in this city and throughout
the couutry Price 2G cents is r bo'tle.
may 17 ? 1 w. GEO. L. STANToN A CO.
i>ivcn,
In Prairie do Chien, Wi.M*oiisiu, on tin
V ASIITI M . consort of II..?? II C I
Of Nathaniel Sthlcy, lv?| . ol Suitoii, .liars.
The de< ? aM i| ha- ? offered fioin a painlul sicknenstor Hie
I Ja^t lour mouths, .?inii.-hlh.it lite aa but I l.oid' o , alHl
would only liv for tin ike -.1 In-r husband, she ha-been
or several year-a mt-mbei ..l" tin Prcfl.yterJau Church,
md was all cx> uiplary CbrtstJan, .? devofed wile and pon
lessed of t kind heirlaudall that makts woman dear lo
mm. H i hstwonls to her husband were. "My dear, I
I belli ve my appointed hour has come will von pieei me m
Heaven ' -Do* do' dn'" S0..11 ifter the Pilot Atlgrl whia
p red, "S.'sier Spirit come away," and her soul obeyed the
eternal Heavenly tinier.
Hub IN> Bit Ut ATI ?R .In 1 r.. e.vtd .1 lr? o4
Barry's Trlenplierotis. Guerlains Ku I.uvtrale, ami
I'uli-.tiil's Luslrah . Allolwhsh we ree.>mm-nd for its
1 ipnbties in removing dandruff, giving a softness ami lustre
1 to the hair and a very pleasant aim agreeable wash for the
head.
PARKRR'S Fancy and Pertomery Store,
May I? near National Hotel, l*a avenue.
NF.W FANCY UtKHlS We shall open, this -lav, a ten
very desirahb' French fancy articles,iee? ive<l per steam
er Hiberiila, such as Turk Combe, shell and buffaloo *rry
beautiful palteriis. s
Porte Monies shell, ivory, and leather?a very conveni
ent and safe artiele for the sold dollar
Ten cartons of Bijous Kitl (iMwes, all cloorsand num
bers.
**'?? ihr/.en heavy French silk Cloves dl colors
enty do/eu light *0. inter thread Mlovea
. , ?. , MRS <>f L '
Hue case o| pertuaiems , rre?*n 111.
Rose Soaps, A Int. ants. Soap. Up ,T*n v"
is-y-rtrj-a
?* u Faney and Pertninery . lore
?y 17 P- avuiue near Naiioiial Hotel.