The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume], November 05, 1857, Image 2

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% l*«»rtia.
Mf fSOHKRT
We have seldom seen a more •! »r t' t''ri»ilc
p**m of the author of Horilello than the
following. One of tli<- French Kin?* in the
miijill'! of muniner, whil< huutinp. .4 mn/.csl
with a moral kirkiww*. If' i* tuke:i to In*
palace, when hi* doctor or<lcr« » fir** t« l«*
Hastily kimllul to warm w who i- already
stricken with the chill of death. The usidea
are very itigjpslive. Me kindle* the fir-' at
And with Htati' |ra|*T»ami letter* tie* cachet
thu* saving many, hy destroy mp the evi.
deuce, who Wotihi othe|wi«- lieeti put to
death, Kilter they reflected ||||"|| the kin'*
*o ii and wicowir. The tii*t vet.e- ia the
picture, tliC second the doet u ■ rtion*.
a* he *t*ieh< lookitip, at tin lyh - k mp, now
insensible front the < Ifrct* ol imio* admin
inter* vl by the doctor at the iitstigution of
the Prime. The entrance ol tie- heir H
most artiste ally dotie. while the hoe, with
ju*t *uc)i a non to murder yon. reveal* lit*
complicity in the plot. N. I Vw.
TDK him; isCOl.lt
ft,ike the cnibci*, blow Ih* ' osl",
Kindle at otic* * non up tire .
Here * mm* paper ’tl* nothinp «ir
I.ipht it (Ibey’va sav«*l a th<Mi*a**l »oi|U)
Kim fir Ukiil*. yn'i *' nirvy knave*
'I here aie pienly mil in lie* puiilii a<|naie .
oil know they fry tier leocto a flier*.
(Hut ton! iniiaiiihrr* tliaif name ■« itiav, '>
Fly. tty. nr Hi* klip may dl* !
f.'gll! In* myal leet afe like »llow.
And lliecnld I* mnnnlln* up to h * l.e ni
(Hut that »»< lrnr.*n bmp upo ')
llaacslt, wiiiel*, do a* yon are 10l l
The kin* I* i old.
Hi. bed of •>ole i* a pratel all nr
With *lieel* of *atln and pillow* of down,
And rlinut ti**ide II ntand* (tie crown
Hal lliat won t keep Inn; M .itii_d> Oj ■ tfuje '
III* iiand* are wiiuilid. In< n.iir i* pi i.v,
And )e* ancient blood i* *loft*i*b ami linn,
When li« wa* ynunp It wa» led with on,
Hnt that I* over tin* many a day ’
Under tle‘*e sheets nf »at»n and lace
He dept 111 lb* arm* nf III* concubine*
Sow they 'ro«*e wall prime irietead,
lirlnkni# the nikddeat, merrte*t « on •
It * nl*a-*nt to bear aiieli catelic* trolled.
Slow the kin* I* cold 1
Wliat *llllll I do with In* Ma|**ty now *
Pm thank* t • my potion, lb* in in i* dead ,
Sippo»e I bol«ler linn ap In bed
And lit 'ln . non attain all Id* loon ’
That would he merry ' but limn the prince
Weald tumid* d down, I know m a tie "
I would | o/.le the dent to name a nee
I leu wool 1 1 lake lit* himclient Ibglih*** w ince;
II uk ' lo • minim!, I know In- *lep .
lie'* **lr»llMp to *ee If Id* wi*lif* at* true ,
dire, mar >om fatlier'a end ti* yoara !
(With |u*l *u Ii a *an la murder you !)
|'e*, eto the dead ! l,et tlia hell* lie tolled.
The knot i* cold '
lIM MttHaIMIIM
H.iyurd Taylor in hi* last lellor Irian the
Hurt Ii id Kuriij*', tlm* <ks< ribua thin marvvl
uf |<eogrophic*
On approaching the islund* we liiol n Imr
view of the lust outpost, of ihr ((roup the
aoliil Intrrier* against which the utuinnl fury
nf thu Atlantic dashes hi vmu. This side of
\ in me lay the large island uf Muski**, I*
1 ween which ami u laiife aolitarv rock in the
niiihllc nf the *trnit tliviililitr them i* tin* li>
eality ol the rennwnetl Maelstrom—now,
ala*! almost a* mythical aa the krnakon or
IT raw t *ea <uake of the Norwegian tirnila.—
It ia a pity that the pent*raphe ul illusion*
of our boyiali day* eunnot remuin You
learn that the noine of Nlajfarw can I** heard
I Jll mile* off, ami that “some Indians, ill
their ranoc*. have ventured down It with
safety." Well,ot** eouht gtv* up the Intliau*
without muidi uiflieulty, but it ia rattier ilia
roitraping to step out of the Kali* depot for
the tlr»! time ami hournoaoimd e*. ept Fab
sir?" “Hotel, air?" Ho of the Maslstmm,
tletKtled tm my oehool boy map by a great
apirai twi.it which *ugi(*’*tr<l to me a tre
mem I* m* wt irl of the mvnn eurretit*. aidml
by the iafnrninti«n “vessel* eunnot npproai Ii
nettier than seven mile*. ' In Olney. more
over. Iliere a picture of a liickle** hark, hull
way down tl** vortev. I had l**en warming
tltv’imagination, as wa emit* op the roast,
with t'a’nplieir* sonorous lines—
" Mound <hu *horo* where mine Odin
llawl* Ina war sens la the gale
Uoaud tin* i*h'* **her# lead laifudcn
Whir!* to death the mar n* whale
and •* we looked over the *tm*ith water
Inward M«sk**\ felt a rone wad dc*itv to
makn an cxeuraiou thither on our return
from the north. Hut, according to Captain
Kit*. ami other tttmlern authoritie* which I
consulted. tin* Maektrvm tin* lost all it* let
ror* and attraction*. I'nder certain eondi
tion* of wind ami tide, an eddy i* formetl in
the atrait. it la true, which may lie (lunger
oil* to *mall b*mt*. but the pla**' i« by imuu*
*o much dreaded a* tin* Sullen Fiord, when'
the lid*, riiilnnp in. i* cauplit in *o :h a man
ncr a* to to rut a a* in the Hay ol Fun
t|v. ami freipu utiy prove* dealruetive to the
ti*hiup cratl. Ii i* tlie general opiniou that
amne I tin* r>* ka will* Ii forirnT y mod ' the
MaeUtrom an terribhi hate lw* ti worn away
or tia»t I'Hin* *ulim ir lie ctrnvnkion h i< tak
eti plan*, wliiclt lia* rhn> pul the action ol
tin* WHtnw: it i* im|**-*i , >i*' to nctamnt for
tlx* reputation it omv |*n,*i't*nl
I l»r U hum ii It rll • ««« hlt»n
111 millimiy there i* ootlmw whatever
doinp. From Hrmidway t«> Hlwker sort* t,
from Howtry to Fipkth Avutmt* it * the
•runic . from the tir*l cia.** e*iaini«but* nt that
numla'retl it* worker* by •cun-* to the on
prrtemliup store that i**unti*l tin in by unit*,
it » the one *torv. no bmom>*, nothmp *l*mig
It ut not that plain hat.* have now taken tin*
pla** of costly oir* lor neither the dear nor
the i h*»p art'vh' i* sold, last ■*•».•**ai » hut*
are domp double duty, ami ***me ladies are
tuakinp up tln’ir own material . ami th'L* th*
enfort**! imUntry of the lady prolonp* tl*
*ad ami involuntary idlcm-m* of the work
girl. When mercl *uU are selling oIT llmir
carriape* their wins hspiirr no carriage
hat*, and w I*ll taahionabl* h«ms>w an as
solitary a* a liemul * erll, tlunr unn.it*** may
»ie with as**-ti*** in their contempt for dre*#
ami worldly vomtieo.
Huch i* th* rooditen of affair* in the
generality of tl* 1 up town *«takb*hmrnts.
hctmooiy i* tlie otvkT of tlw .lay No r*-
ceptina*' no <linner (mrtiea, no invitations,
no preparation* h*r ball*, so pay *up|ar
parties, ami *(rasper than »il a*> wchhne*
We have tw«en tohl by a alv ill t*u*im »* h i
veara in the eity. that *t tl * *• wn "is him
lieen invariably run down with order* f**r
bridal boun* t* ' that it was almost iaj|*«*»ib!t
to urn t Ili»- rdpiiremcata of hiT castomera
•m Mu* point; lint thui rear ahe haa not
rd*i»dl oik* order. In (In'** makiiiK the
1,1 m' Htagnation preruila. laidim that pay
no vinito anil receive no company do not
rwpiire n< " dr<K»«B,mna*<|uently dr»mm»k<Ta
severely M tin- prr**iirn of the tim<*, Tho
i-flk-t oj*>n dry ip«*la storm ia apparent to
awry in**. *• He that run* may read."
Reductions from twenty to forty, and eren
fifty per rent, are adverliacd day after day
Hut prrliH|* the strongest pronl of the uni
versal depnvuion ia to he found in tin; fir-t
that inor*- than one wholesale house haa com
irieni-.-d W'ililn; hy r**ti*i| for a limited periral
_l|i, i* netually heading off their own en*
toiwr* A V lb raid.
U ill I mh Mllllimii m liolllr
Wi- had alrnont that thi
hud arm- x--d i few straggling in the j
ul.ow- li_Mir«-x. h it »n periwing tin; entire »r
tide which 1*« find in a Into roiluNr ol the
I'lmn't ile, F'.ltif ! fun, iukl.t the uNive
- apti-m, wi' find it is' a fixed fact’ ihat there
i* micb a riwlly N-veragn in the world an
wini at $2,000000 a Nittle. ami. what is
belter, that there i« ' more ol the mime **rt
Jilt. The said article rliseourseth some
what iii tin* wee. Among the rare luxuries
ol ra il li* I many which graced Mai table of
t*i Km’ of \V-irb-iubtirg on the occasion of
the I nvling of hi* two |||||H rml guests, one
might sc- -raring ronepu untidy the ccle
brno-l wiiM'of Uoaenwein, of winch the Ini'
i ily "I llremen i» no justly pfoinl. The
burg-un i-icii alwik ol tin* city are privileg
n| i i appropriate u lew Ihiltlm for private
ih ,or to present a <*>veraigii or reigning
niiici. 'll*' hirtory of thi« wine. which i*
worth today II • (Mill franca—there is lio _
Tvpogi fin *hi n. slake here |N*«nwn> all
lie tiuirvrllouanee* ol a legend, ami i* hrielly I
It* l-llloWS
Die cellar of lln-tocn i« the moat ancient
ol all tie* cellar* in herinaiijr It i* situated j
amlcr tie Hotel ile Vida. One of it.<*(iart j
lm lit*, i allot the roue, from a baa-relief in
him representing row*. ami *< rrmg lie
iloiihh pm |*me of an ornament ami puitle, ,
conl'iin* tie- lunnrti* wine of Itow nwem, de- f
|KMiti*l there nearly two ceutiirie* ami a
ha!, In Ih'J l (hen- were plaeetl in thiteel- 1
lur six larife ru*--* ef Kb-nisli wine, eal'ed
.lohiimi*N-rg*r. (Schlos* .lohuniii*N-rg, the
am-i tit ulile y now Iwlouging to the family
ol Melteriiieii.i mid tla- *ame number ol i
i-ihci naiii'ii 11.-ehcipivr The niljnining
part of the i-ellar, alno. »tnn- wine* of the •
<ame ileaeriptloll, now lea* enally. although
not *o ulil by a low year*. They wen- con
lulnml in twelve large ram-* ruch one of
wlm h Imre the name of oik- of the twelve
A |H*tle*. ami the wine of dudo*. d-wpitc the
reprnhalion alto-lied to it* name, la to tin*
day n ora highly eateemeil than all other*.
In other part* wf th<- cellar art- to I*- found
diflertut w me* of later year*. Whenever u
Ihil tie of the ItoiM-nwein I* taken out. It I*
n placed hr tin- wine of the twelve A|*wtle*
th<> latter by a younger wine, ami *o on
w illi the oilier* . *o that, unlike tha vessel !
of the- Hannahs. the an - red co*>-* are never
empty
Now lor the price: One large caw- of
the wine, containing’> lixhnft ol '.’til hot-;
tie* coat -DO rix dollar* in I «>2-4. Iml lid 1
ilig the expense* id keeping up lie' '-cllur, :
ami of the eonirihiitlmia, intereat of the 1
niiioiiuU, and mtercKta ii|hiii intcirat*, an o*
holt eo*l* at Ihi- pivacnt time, 0u,7,1i I*l
rix dollar*, ami eom*-<|iiently a bottle i* ,
worth 7’, i-.11*17’ rix dollar* , n gla**,'>r Ihe
htli part of a bottle i* worth 310,17 h rix
dollar* —( itoiiil l,:thl,!mt franca, or 92V.!.- j
.'NO ; m a' the rate of .'dll rix dollar*, or
I ,:W2 franc*, or 5*272 |*-r drop.) A burgo
master of llremen i* privileged to have one
bottle whenever Ik- entertain* a di*tiiigin*h
ed -ucal who enjoy* a Hvntian or Korop-.m
reputation
I luring the French oceupution some ol
the genera'* of the limpin' were allow'd a
eonank-rahle ipmutity of tin* preciou* ln|Uor
II- nee the Hremcntwe believu dial tin ir city
paiil a larger eontribution to France than
all the other eiiie* of tiermany united
ii 0./., r»„.o.
X i.tl-l i luullnr *lu« eni- i.l
A letter front Pari* lay* that tie- n ver
em| reformer Father Jaiwremv, of tla- din
it«c ol I'art*-*, lot* aaued a circular aimounc
iug the foundation of a m-w onler. The
imttiN-rs are ta la-long exohmively to the
gentler half of cr-at ion. ami on admi-rion arc
to maka oath that they will dutenrd any
dress -«r fashion in any way dashing with
nn*h-*ty or the piety ol a rnristian woman
*tioh. Idr ißalance, us low dres-en, iKinm-t*
that only rover the back of tla- In-ad, rtotme-s
crinoline*. A-e." The incmNr* an- to re
strict their wurdmlic* to eight or ten dr>'***-
at moat. They mu*t I*' attireil in black
while atti tiding the service of the llolv
Mother Church. ami ntnat a!*o make the en
gagement not to give any cast ot tlm-rv to
their maid*, no a* to give them a toale f-r
drvaami; uUue their mean*, a pract -v which
lead* to vn> * of tla- nuait varied deaerip
tion Abaoliite *i-«lu*ion i» not. liowi vi r.
ilr i igtieoi ; the fair a.«ociale* may occa
aionatly goto a liail. hut dad in tla- Minpiw-t
ofdrr*M-» The im-niU'ra of the awuviation
aiv to wear it* imugm*. con*i*tmg«*l a naxlal.
Itearing the won! -*inii>iieity ami m-»k«-
tv,' and »u*(* mii*l round the mvk by a
piece ol cotton ribl*>n. The men nd gen
tleman proimw* further detail* at an early
day. in which h- mten-l* giving regulation*
touching the -I nn-T. servant*, cnrr-.ogv* fur
mtuir. Ac.
Ar*-x im> I’ort't.xrtojt.—The ann» of tlie
State of Texan alone i« large i-nough. if it
were *ctU«*l a* tlockly a* MaawxebuiaU*. to
hokl nearly tiltv million* of jwiwon*. oraboul
.halide thx* present population ->f the l t»itr*f
State*. Ami if tlie time ever conic* when
tie- population of the prvax-ut area of th
l nitvd State* and rcrritonea.*ay* the X- w
\->rk «hall av-rwge a* much to the
nnle a* that of hlawioohnaett*, we shall hair
a popnlatn-a of tnb iHVt i-7’o. npial to rnwr-
Iv enohalf of tla- powmt population of the
chd»- t*r, if we .*uit thaw Hole territory ot
New Mexico and a |Mrt of l'*ah ** mull
iial-itabh-. we bait *tiil I popcla'ion left of
40*>.<H»«i.nOii
THE WEEKLY PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT
, Haw tha Prlti *f Bn«il •* Nai.agxl •'*
Faria.
livery bag of wheat flour, ar meal, that
commi to the eitr, tmuit la- brought to the
Hull au Hie, or (drain Hall. I’hi* i* an im
menae area, enchmed with a circular wall,
aialoovereii with a huge dome; no that it
prue-nt* a vast, unbroken hall, of gran-1 and
oeantiful proportion*, lighted from th-- top.
Various stall*, with dealt*, form the office*
of the clerk* ami emiiloyee*. f)n the Moor
of thi* Imll am piled up, cob house fashion,
ili- bag* of grain. preM-nting to th- risitar*
n striking pamiraina of solid plenty-
Tfce city of Pari* is surrounded by a wall,
not for defence, a* it is c-unparatively slight
but simply for police, revenue, and other mu
nicipal purposes, one of wliich is the regulo
tion of the bread market. Harriers, that is
gate*, with police attendant* and revenue
officer*, form the only entrance to the city
except the river Heiunc, which also has its
guard*. Kvery bushel of wheat or grain
brought to the city for sale, must be regis
tered ami stored at th-' f train Hall uh-I-t
heavy |*-rjaltie*. This regulation i* rigidly
enforced, which it is ea*y to do at tie- bar
rier*. with so bulky un article ; twpeeiaily. .i*
the bag* must Is of uniform si/s-.
From thi* reginti r of the supply, the gov
i rriment ol the city k'-ow-t, at any hour.just
how many |smnd» or pi ck* of grain of any
kind there ure in Fun*. From a-ruruie
statistics reijiiireil to In- fiirni*he-l they
know how much H-'Uror meal is l«ik"d daily
at each bakery and lmw inueli hn ad of all
kind* is consumed They ure tber<-fore able
to fix the weight and price of h-ave*. each
sh ip* mn-1 si/-- of which has its appropriate
names, according to the ratio between the
«xpplv.atal •.'.-.n.dansah-!, x.) 1 s-vit! :• irfair-otid
just profit to the reducer*, trailers, an-1
linkers, no more, no less. The price thus
fairly gradimtid at short intervals, is fully
proclaimed to the public, tliu dealers, the
l-akersaud |*ilieA.
'I he police arc authori/sd hi dmp in at
anytime into any bakery or bread shop,
wherever bread is exposed for sale, aod
weigh th-' loaves. There in also a s|*viul
in*|s -'ting officer up|»>iuh‘d for this expr-ii*
pur|ss*» Hi* visit* art! not stated Unit Is
may nat have tiling* got ready lor exhibi
tion instead ul inspeetion, according to the
F.nglish and American fushion of doing such
thing*. If the ins|setor lind* the w- ight
delleient, or the pri<-« of a kind of |«rticulnr
h-nf too high for tla* gra-lc, all the bread ib
the shop is swept olf ut oner,and distributed
to the h-wpitttls and other eleemosynary prm
tretell against private cupi-lity s|**’iilatiug
in the menus of existence.
Award-lie of Trlra*'a|ililiiK.
The lidlowiug is told hi a r-'-ent Ism-ion
let ter:
" I think that the most curitsi* fact that
I have ever heard of tlie electric telegraph,
was told me by the cashier of the Itauk of
Knglaud. - • tru e ii|s-n a time,' than, on a
certain Saturday night, the tolk* at the l-nnk
could not make t|*- balance conic out correct
byjimt A'limi. This is u very serious matter
in llml little estublisliim nt. Ido not nieun
tliu cash, hut tin- mistake in urithmetie, for
it re-(iiire* u world of serutinv. An error
in tmlaneing bus Iww-ii known. I am told, to
keep a delegation of clerk* lr--m each office
at work sometimes the whole night. A hue
ursl cry was of course made after this I'lilit,
a* if the old 10-ly in Tlirt-n-lm**lle stns-t
wunlil lm in the liutrltr lor want of it.
I .in kily on Sun-lay moriiiiig, a clerk (in the
middle of a sermon, I dura sav. if the truth
were known) felt a suspicion of the truth
Hash through his mind (jiiieker than any
Hash ol tie- telegraph itself lie told tin
chief eash-er that |*-ihups the mistake might
have occurred in |ui- Kiug son*- Nixes of
*|s-eie for the West Indi-x). which had Iwvii
sent to Hoiithumpton for ilnpnient. The
suggestion was immediately aete-l uj*>n.
Here was a race, lightning uguinxt Strain I
steam with eight ami forty hour* the start.
Instantly the wire* asked. ' Whether mi-h
a veasi l had left the harlwir?' '.lil«t wcigh-sl
anehor.' was the reply. • Stop her " franti
cally sliouttsl the telegraph. It was so
done. • 11-live up on deck certain Ikixcs
marked so and so ; weigh them carefully.'
They were weigh-d ; and one the -Kflm
-(iieiit wu* found h- .ivier by just one paeket
of a hun-lr'tl sovereign* than it ought tube.
• 1s t her go sui-l the mysterious telegraph.
The \\ esl India was debtied with just £1 (Ml
more, uml the error was corrected without
- vi r hs-king into the Nixes or delaying the
voyugi- .-it hour Now that is wlmt ire call
doing Imsino**
*liMl>li.a lliimai* Xslwo
lh< Muffido HrjuiU r lolls a story which
we don t N-lieve, but it is so good ihut it is
worth n (s ating simply u- a j--k-'
Key llenry \\ anl H-veher. dr--ss«*l in
\,r\ eiumn-m clothe*, was study mg human
nature as exhibited in th-- l-'ghwaysan-l by
wav* of N- w York In tie c--ni»- •-f lu<
philos-'phtc perigrmatioes h went into a
mink auction shop II si,ani awhile on en
ti-ruig. sad r<-Ilivt-*l. doubt e*s. how any on
could N’ so het to all <rn« "t tt'tth and hon
esty as the 4U«'ti-**vr in ipnstion. emh-avor
mg' to palm oft his worthless trash to tie* m
exi*-rieiKvd in city ways as good ai*i *a!u
able, and tinallv tie- auctioneer calks I out
Mr Heei Nr. whv don't you bal'" lie was
greatlv a*tonisN*l as we ,mi well imagit*-.
at ?it*inig himsi ll known in teis place, ami
as he hod supposed, tn Ins (i irjus Iv i-aodi-ss
dI*SS.
He itntneil otely left, atsl stortisl lor the
res idet**- of one of the na-nitwrs of the churx-h
in tN- ncighNwlwasl. and reipnstui him as
an act of aiwlisw*. t» go O wn ami impure
of that (s-rsin who had soul hinwlf to watan
tor tin* k've ot gam. how it was that he
ki»-w hai in this disguise. The tw-ighNir
kindly i-ooss-ntml. ami on catering tN
U-r Funk shop, tie osklr'-saii the wuetmooer:
•• How i* tltat vim kisiw llenry U'aril
lUxvher *o well as to he aide to rxv«ieiuxr
him m his dwgu:-*
-* How d-> I know him ' V\ hy. I vin
f-eew -i »»e*MiMC»,t -o iVi -7 i-« o-mg-vg-g*’-*
t»! ft .!g (Ire vnif«. e—i -i vi Nr Hft\ pc'*
frx'tn tic f oof
IV I’hiladelphia I' o- < aim* ‘hat Fi* *
lm. tie Ib-ra-wnit ca sb-la’i f<r itoeenmr
will have I (ti*i plurality
Tiwa Washington.
ll,«p»ich Ufk* S. T. TUB**.
Wasiii.ximw, 0«t. 1». le-IT.
A* forealiadowe-1 by your correspondewt
several day* ago, Han tel 11. Martin was yea
ter.lay removed from the poaition of engi
ncer-tn-ehief of the navy, ami .Samuel Arch
liokl of Maryland, appointed to the va- ancy.
ft The court martial ordered in the corn of
Colonel Sumner ha* no connection what
ever with tlie Cbtycna* expedition, nor -lid
the order* for it- mauate from the depart
ment. 'IV charge qpon which tlie Colonel
i* to l-e tried partake* of the character of in
•ubordination, and ar-sut out ot circnmstan
c*a transpiring at Fort l>-avcnworth, prior
to hi* leaving that [srst. It seem*that there
was som<- conflict between Col. Sumner ami
another olliecr who wax ehargcil by Central
Smith with ti* lultiilineut of certain orders,
and the Colonel * diffi-ailty gn-w out of thi*
allair. It is a matter entirely within Hen.
.Smith s control, and h<- has soen lit to order
an investigation. Id - not tliinktlie matter
i* looked u|s>n as urn- of grave importance
here.
A gentleman residing lien- who i* largely
interwUsl in th« expedition lor raising tlie
Kusaian reuse!* sunk iw-fore Seb»stojKii,suy«
the statement that the enterpriae is likely to
be a failure is erroneous, and expresses the
opinion that the individual connected with it.
who recently - ame througii I’uri*. and told
the dismal story, desired to depreciate tlie
stock with a wee. of buying it up - hcaply.
Oi*! of tiie statement* certainly is false, for
instead of the valuation of proja-rty raw-d
de|ten<ling entirely upon the caprice of th<-
HuiMtian gore:nmeut, it ia to be estimated
by the chief engineer of th-- American com
p.irr,-, tlie Hassi-n Ailrrih al, an-1 un umpire
to N- chosen tiy these, it his oervice* ar--
nccdetl. Ace .unis as late as the lftth of
August give, as the iesult of the first f--rt
nights ojsratious. over Slo.tHtO worth if
anchor*, chain*. Ac. rais-sl. At this time
the heavy machinery for raising the vessels
hail not arrived.
I.*tn I'niiii Hud l*«k*.
The following rumor has reuched the Sac
ramento / umn from I'artu-n \ alk-y on the
10th of September. It is evidently un
true, un-i the suggestion at the clot*- is prob
ably correct :
Within the lust w.vk or t-'n days there
ho* Ns-n u great stir among the Mormons in
this vicinity. Humor lias it that orders from
Salt lake ut the instance of Krighum Young,
have been received, for aid in the approach
i ing troiihle* of Salt lake. True it is tlmt
I the laitter Hay P-aints an- almost unani
mously disposing of ile-ir property at a *ae
' riliec and will N- n-a-ly to move in two wet k
it is sup|s*->sl that about four hundred men
, with thc-ir fam-lis* will utnwi-r the call.—
Hun* pistol* and ammunition un* selling at
a premium.
It is also rejsirtesl here that t»en. Har
ney, with tris-ps, was met und driven
back by tlie Morui-in* with u l-sis ol (it If I
men. The news is said to have reached h- re
; by sjieciul express tiireet from Salt Nike
within a day or two past.
lulling' a'ion Is - orning thicker and fast--r:
train* ure in sight from morning till night.
Mormon randies are readily disposed ol to
. immigrants, ami it is to be lio[ie<l that we
will rapidly increase in population by the
exchange.
Hy the last new* from California, we hc-l
a report that Hrigliam Young hail been ta
ken prisoner on a charge of treason, and that
Col. Harney was an hi* way to Washing
ton with the Uovernor in charge, mid we
pr- suuw that the object ul the above rumor
i* to ufl- c> th.it report. Col. Harney was
Dot e\[i«cb-d to arrive at Salt Isike Is-11-r--
\ the fir-t of NoveniN-r.
That the M-inn-ai* iotendmlto show light
l* p etty clearly evinced by tin- toneol tli--ir
leaders, in aihiitiiui t»» tli*' violent ami in-
H-unitory spm-cNs of Hrigham himself, of
whi- h we have N fore given upceimet.*, the
Hisliop* tiavi cal- ulatiii the Mormon mili
tary strength. ami give the re*ult to the
i Kaial-for the r ed.lieati in. In the "How
j rv." at £utt Nik- t ity. on the 7bith 01-lalv.
I'lishop Sm-sit. who had l ist. r< turmsl from
a visit to the Iront'er. >|s>k-' «« follow* :
Several impiirvd of in--li>-» many men w>-
e.inld rail*', able t-i go into the Held ar.-l d->
gi>o<l service. I tokl them that we wer-- a
weak ami -i.niii (s-ople. uml that I -'otild not
reaiiv giv a .onvet guess. "Weil, could
von rain* -o many J" es. "S-i many
\ - Wi 11. how many do you aiip|N-w-at
u rough guess tha' you could ruis-' gmsl. - I
fi, ient warriors ? I told them that I
tllllllght t-Y ri>|i ' 1 lllnr ftjt 1/ (>r »l I(1/ fA-.H1i1.-f.
more or less, but w iih me it wu* only a kind
of roiitb gu*>s. However, I spoke candidly,
ami N lisvisl all I said, mid they abo N--
!i*vo if.
Tlie Hid.op .id.hsl :
Tin- tr-s-(s- huv- - in 7'tt* h avy fr--iylit
wagons. -I *■ r t»ri';it Salt Isxko. with
two ton* ami ahlt n each wngeit. 1 lico-'
teams move her- v i r and ifth- v r"adi
h-w Nfori' sn- w : - I -hall N- u lift'- -I *
appointed, aod I ink very pr- balilc th.-t
they will need - tie tn-*h cattle .in-l -m-
Y ankee drivi - ' go out au<i help 'h-m
Fi*»N-*sor Mtssorai.—lt appear* by
statistic* publisNsl in the St. Isvni* K'p
In,in. that tin 1 whole amount of State boisls
issued t- tins -late for railroad [Hirj)«*i* i*
$15,730,000 IV State n-venne f-r the
vear embng the Ist ins’, amount* to Stai.-.-
sjj 7;t. m addition to sj*. ial fund* amount
ing to s!"**-.ftl —total. SToil.llo If—-
which will leave ausit 15 to Ist a|*
plied to the payment of interewf on State
boml*
N-w Fro k -a Whut tx lowa —TN'
L-wa City Ru’Hhlxnn Mate* that torment
are - tK-rng wheat in that city for forty .-cot*
a bushel, and cannot find purchaser*. Th*
ffreuNouo *dd> ; ihe -»me f ta't ol io» ts
is rvp«-r'.»xl -I'the Muscatine.oad othar rivr
markets, and. udeed. we may *»j of tlw
aiarki'ts gvtyraily ->f the State
■'ran k«im»
A protert, signed by aev>-ral prominent
citizens of K»n*a.*. wu filed "0 the 15th
int., against fraudulent returns of the < >x-
Iford precinct, Johnson county, in reply to
(which, after personal investigation, Gover
nor Wai.kkk and .Secretary Stanto.v pub
lished a proclamation io the HcrM of f'rrr
ilt/n of 20th, expressing the determination
to rcjiTt the entire rote of Oxford, and give ,
certificates to the free state candidate*.
The proclamation produced intense excite
ment among tlie extreme pro-slavery men.
Threats of vengeance were made against the
Uorernor am I Secretary. On the 1 '.lt h a
protest was made against the assembling of
tlie Constitutional Convention ut l/*eomp
tcn. Of course this action ol Gov. \\ ai.k
xu will Ist the signal lor reie wed attacks
upon him by the abolition press. No mat
ter how fairly he acts, his motives, opinions
and actions are misrepresented. It is appa
rent thut the hatred existing ugaiost Wai.k
■a is baaed ujion the fact that he is quieting
the difficulties in Kansas. and securing the
' triumph of the Free State men. This.com
j ing from u Democrat, and an appointee of
the Administration, is the severest blow the
howliag shriekers hare ever received.
liATKk.—We are enabled to presunt the
proclamation of Got. Wa:.kkh uud Secre
tary Stanton, entire. We received it lust
niKht. hy.ttui Northern Light-
I.KiUUI’TOS, Oct. ID. I ss7
1 . ills 1V,,(,V Ks.os-
lly the J2d Section of the Organic Act
establishing this territorial governnirut, it is
provided in retervnee to the election ol a
delegate to Congress, that ‘the (icrson hav
ing the greatest number ol votes shall ls‘ de
clared by the Governor to H duly elected,
and a certificate thereof sltall be gi veil ac
cordingly."
lly the lath Section of tiie act ol the
Territorial Ijegislaturc of Kausas, entitled
un act to regulate elections," it is mude the
duty of the Secretary to examine the returns
in the presence ol the Governor,and to‘ give
to tlie |>ersoii having the highest nuiiilicr ot
votes in then respective districts, certificates
ut their ehx-tion to tlie Legislative Assem
bly."
I'nder these two provisions of the laws
prevailing in this territory, the recent gen
eral election lias presented for the joint cun
sideralioii of the Governor and .Secretary, a
question of the gravest importance. not only
to our nw. js-ople, but also to those of the
a hole Union. This question arises u|kiii
the extraordinary returns laudefrom the pre*-
cinet of Oxford, ill the county of Jobnio i.
What purport to lie tins returns of the elec
tion held ut that precinct on the sth uud
litli inst., have beeu received by the Secre
tary. coutaming sixteen hundred and twen
ty-eight names of pretended voters, or near
ly onc-bulf tlie number given in the whole
Itrpri senlutivt* District. The disposition to
las made ol this supposed vote is rendered
all important by the tact, that the political
cliarai ter ol the legislative Assembly will
Is* controlled by the addition of three I ’oun
cilineu and eight Representatives to the
strength of oue party or the other, accord
ing to tlm adoption or rejection of the re
turns in question.
In [siint of fact, it is well known, thut
even tlie whole comity of Johnson, conipris
ing as it does, |iart of the Indian reserve,
which. ii|HU! exaniinatioti ol the law. we liud
is not yet subject to the settlement or prr
emption. can give no such vote as that which
is represented to have Hen polled at this in
considerable precinct of Oxford. Hut while
this imotVe ihl knowledge.well established uud
universal as it may H*. c-slid not liecotnu the
ground of decision utid action upon eleetion
return*, in themselves regular and autlicntie.
the legitimate effect of an uppureTt enormity,
such ii- that in question, would necessarily
Is' to induce a close i xaininatiun of the pa
■ K>r presented, and t«> require for its accept
ance ii iswfeet compliance with all the es
sential rerovision* ol the law Su- li an ex
amination el this document, consciously and
impartially made, has hmughl us to 111- e.ui
clusiou that the re turns from Oxford pre
cinct in Johnson county must Is wIu«ll\ re
jeeted l"r the following re asons :
Ut. It d <s not appear on the lac# ot the
ilocmneut pre***nted to u*. or in any other
manner, that the .1 udgesof Kit etioa t»sik t>
oath imperatively required by the* statute.to
secure the impartial discharge of their du
ties at eorelmg to law.'
2d. It does not ap|»ar ti nt the pafs r pre
sented to us w as one of tie original poll-book*
kept at the election. as ivqmrtsl by law. but
• •n the contrary, it d-» * appear, from unmis
takable inti rnal eri«k n< t*. that tlie pap* r is
either a copv of some other document, or
has ben made up lor tie - rs-eason. arid :s n it
the genuine record ol the v**tes taken at tlif
i.evluti. i'be law requires one ol tfe poi!
H>ok* to be returned to the S iT-tarv. tin
other to Is* ilepositcd with the t’.erk ol the
Hoard ol t'onuinsaioßers to the proper
county.
ltd As tlie vote of •••eh elector was to Is*
resxwded tor e.o'li one of twenty-two candi
ilates. ami in more than a hundred ca-e* tor
twenty five, and that by a uni >«rr vote, it
was a physical inapnasibilitv that the nnm
berof voters pre'tcmletl to have been taken
on the second <lay, being more than fifteen
hundred. with the name of the voter writ
ten and r-.vch of twenty-two caaddabv
preqs rly .lesignatcd, could hav> Ism taken
an*l ret ..nh*d within the t.me prescribed by
law.
4th. It is an • xtraorebnary fart, tending
to throw distrust ujam the whole proetetl
reigs. that of the «ivtivn hundred and twen
ty-eight v..tes, only one if given to the dele
gate rivet to t 'ongT*-*s and only one hun
dred and twenty-four are recorded as having
been ear' for tjwr local candidates of tlie
township
Inthionoad Hy there coossierati.ioa. aisl
impressed with tls grave mqxwibilitv rest
ng upon us io reranl to the fairness ot th*
ejection, are I it* trwdvwn from ail 'rand «o*-
ceptibb of .h-tectioei and prevention w.thin
the acope of our dutias, we deemed it eseen
tial to troth and justice that h* should
ic-crtain every fact calculated to re fute or
confirm the cooclasions derived from the
face of the papers. Accordingly, we went
to the precinct of Oxford, (which is a vil
lage with aix bouse*, including store*, and
without a tavern.j ansi ascertained from the
citiitewi of that vicinity, ami wnecially
tli.sse of the handsome adjacent village of
New Santa Fs*. Missouri, (reparatid only
hy a itreet and containing about twenty
bouses.) that altogether not more than one
tenth th** number of (s-rson.* represented
to have votisl. were* present on tin* two
days of the election, much the smaller num
Hr, not excelling thirty or forty, being
present on the last day, when more than fit
t. en hundred votes were* representeil as hav
ing been given. Tls* js-ople of Oxford, a*
well a* thow - of tin- neighboring village ol
Santa Fe were uKtonnd'd at the magnitude
of the returns and ail (arsons of all parties
in Isith places treabd the whole alfair
with derision or it dignut;-n. not having
heard the ulleged result until several days
after it hud oecurred.
la the course of our journey to and Irom
Oxford w passed over niueli the larg. r part
of the nunity "f Johnson, and w became
thoroughly satisfied that there is no popula
tion in the whole county from which more
than one-third the vote of that single pr<*
cinct could have Urn given. W e learned
thut some very few |s*nwiis, having cubin'
on the Reserve, in Johnson county, and
claiming a residence tlaT in, though gene
rally aliiM-rit, had voted ut some of the pre
cincts in that county ; but we are* con
vinced that but a very inconsiderable num
H r not reaching, are tatinve -mAv • bww’rerl
of Missouriims or other persons having no
admitted right to vote, did claim or attempt
to exercise that right, anywhere w ithin that
county. The |«ople of Missouri cannot U*
justly chrrged with any interference in the
late’election, nor are they in any degree
complicated with the evidently fraudulent
returns made from the precinct of Oxford.
These re turns, Is yoad all doubt, ire simu
lated and fictitious.
Fmler these circumstanc s, wc do not
feel einbarraswd by any teclmi' al difficulty,
at to our right to go U'hind the returns.
We hold the returns themselves to be defee;
live in form and in substance, and therefore
inadmissible. We go behind them and in
quire into the fuels, only for the purpose of
ascertaining whether by these valid objec
tions to tlie returns, our i jeetion of them
will have the effect ( f defeating the will of
the people, sought to be fairly expressed at
the (sills. In flu* event of such conse
quences, we might lu*situte to rejee' a vote
a(kui any defixt of lorm, however essential
in law. Hut in the (ire-sent ease, we fts-|
ourselves bound to adhere* to tlie very letter
of the law, in order to defeat a gross and
palpable fraud.
The consideration thut our own party, by
this decision, will lose the majority in tie
Legislative Assembly, doe* not make our
duty ill tlie premisis less solemn and imp* r
ative. The elective franchise would be ut
terly v dueless. and free government itself
would less ive a deadly blow, if so gre at an
outrage as this could la* shielded under ti,.
cover of more forms aud technicalities. U «
cannot consent, iu any manwr. to give ti.e
sanction of our respective ollicial ftositi* ns
to such a transaction. Xor can we feeljus
t f’nsl to relieve ourselves of the |uo|* r re
s|H»nsiliility of our nfiiees. in a ease vv li- re*
there is n>* valid return, by submitting t l.e
question to tie - L gislative Assembly, and n
that vry act, giving the parties that in,g it
claim to tie chosen hy this spurious vov
the power to divide upon their own elect •<
In view ot tla - condition of affair* m Ku:,-
-as for several yours past, ol tin* efforts - i
long made to pul in operation la-re are
lutiomiry government, and el Ilie lack 1 1. it
this ellb. t was sus|*>ndeil under tta* ■ -I
that the political difficulties of tin* territory
might at length be fairly adjusted at t
(sills ; if that adjustment should now lie <;•
tented and the (icopledeprivrd of their r,. - *.-
fill (lower under the laws of Gongress. v
fictitious returns of votis never givcn.it •
our solemn convii tion, that tla - pacitieat
of Kaunas through the excreisc ot the
tivi francliise would Us ome impiwcti a ■.
and that civil war would immediately h
eonuntuisd in tl.is teiritory. ' \t< od ng »c
leur. to adjacent Slat*-* and Mibj*vting * ■*
government of the Union to immiiMTii |e*
Isecau.su. there lore*. tls [i»|M*r now in r
exuiuiniitivn i* not one of tin* original |,
Usiks. by law required to be returned, and
from the uUmths* of the oath |>rescrilMsi In*
the territorial statutes for tie* judg*** of C • I -
tion. tlie re turns H*ing thus clearly iu»a. J.
ami as w< believe, fictitious and dm iia' *!.
»e have under thecirtumstanre* no alt, . ~i-tive
tive but to reject the whole re turn Irom ti
t txford ('re emet. and to give the certitii u'**s
to those who apfiear to have been e; s t -i
bv v.rtue of tin- other re guiar re turns.
K. ,1. Wat.ai-.k
tiovernor of K »u«a- Territ
I'riii P. SrAxroN. .Secretary.
XXlil'kr) Hoar
Some time ago I wrote yon that t, re
was such u thing i* tii'* eonntry i- »
** wb.skey root : y< u dialielievwl : 1 t,..w
take my r* venge by setulin; you the *;►
men. It is what the Inducts call •• Pi<*-<» .*
It grows in i<outH*rn Texa* on th rj'.g.
of sand hiils ttcrek-ring on the Rio Grand
ami in gravelly, windy »oi,. The Indian*
eat it tor :t» exhilirating etfn-t on ;bc ■;*-
tem. producing pen isely the sam* a* . a
holic drink*. It i< s|ice<l a* you won . »
cacnmtsT, and tins** small pie*x> che d.
the j'jii*e swallowrel. and in about tlie s .niix
tun* a.* comfortably tight co k-tails », .|
•* *tir tin* divinity witlcn ion, tfn* indi
cate* itaelf: only it* <fl** t* are what I in ght
term a little more* i-o-t-re -r-i-ieg. giving
rath* r a wu«k*r »<s>pe to the imagination and
actions It cun **• tliissi anil driref. at»i in
thia way tin - Indian* preserve t. tla-n (wren
an*! serve it up a* cuff** or tea. It i* ei •
•ieutly ot cactal spe.Tr* :in<| it reurf- >**
that more than any other plant. 1 l ave
never seen this particular re*it tr**nuor,e.f .n
.my wovk.and heiieve the*, —aid *penm*na i
rent to the \ w."irm Cultivator —to U the
only sprrim. ni *nt from ’ie* Slat.. 1 w ish
you wisdd have thr*** anal yard aisf ( .!.'•»
the rewnir J era* ( ,* ’ N 11 }