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CHARLES DE MORSE.
LONG SHALL OUR B.VXXEB. BRAVU THE UREE7.E THE STAXDAU!) OP THE runt
EDITOR St. PROPRIETOR.
VOL. G.
CLARK S VILLE RED RIVER COUNTY TEXAS SATU RD A Y M A Y 5 IS 19
10.
53
BY A UT H OJR I T Y .
Acts and Resolutions passed at
the Second Session of the Thir-
tieth Congress.
Public No. 13.
AN ACT to establish an additional land office in
the State of Missouri.
Be it enacted bv the S-natc and Ifjuse of R'presen'
tetices of the United States of Am-rica m Congress
Msunhled That so much of the public lands ot the
United States included in the present Fayette
district in the State of Missouri as lies with... the
following boundaries to wit. Banning at the
point on the northern bo jndiry of the State inter-
seeled by the line between raises thirteen ai.d
fourteen: thence south along that line until it niter-
sects the line between townships fifty-five and fifty-
fix; thence west along that line until it intersects
ihe line between ranges twenty-three and twenty-
fonr.thenco north along the last veeatioiied line to
the nonneni uoumiary 01 mu oiait. mu.u "ak
-... .;. iiw W m .)n l.Tmm:i.T. shall b
J 1 1 1 . . . L - W 11...1 il.n
to:metl into a new iana aisinri w uu wm;u mc
"Phnri'nn DiQlrict:" and for the sole of the public
M""" ' - . -
lands nitrnntneeismctnercoy culsluu. .. .
office shall be established at such most co-ivcnieni
place wnhin the said district aa thi President of ihe
United States may designate. '
Sec. 2. And be it furtkn-enacted. That for the
office in the land district hereby creaiea a register
r.rA rocoivor slinll tin siiuoiiiled bv the 1 resilient '
brand with the advice and consent of the Senate '
who shall severally give bond and security accor-
ding to law before enteung on the duties oi weir cers of the United States.
respective offices. They shall receive the sjmei Sec. 1. And b it farther enacted. Tint ihe Prcs-
compensation fees and emoluments and shall per- jJcnt is authorized to cauce the public lands m ihe
form similar duties and possess the same powers said dwnct ivuh the exemption of sections nuin-
with all other registers and receivers of land offices bered sixteen m each township reserved for the
and slnll in all respects be governed by the laws U;t. 0f schools or such otliei lands as may be se-
of the United Slates providing for the sale of the Icctcd by law in lieu thereof and ef such other
public lands j tracts as he may select for nulifiry or oilier pur-
Scc. 3. Andbeit further cnaitid. That the Com- 'poses to be exposed to sile in the sa-ne manner
missioner of the General Land Office shall cause to anj Up jie same tenns ami eoadiuo.ia as the oth-
be transferred to the land office hereby created all er public lands of the United Stale-
sudi boos maps records field notes and plats vjcc. 5. Avdbcit further cnachd. That the Pre-
nr trnnicnrjts thereof relating to the surveys ard . iJcut is I crebv authorized to desicnrte the -ite at
entries of the public lands in this distr.ct. as imy j
be necessarv for the sale of the public lands in
enrmili nine "with the nrovisiors of this act.
1 nrT-f r- wiix-i'inmp
ffpcaLr of the House of Representatives.
G. M DALLAS
Yict Prtsidtnt cfihe United States and
l'rts.dc.i of the Saiate.
ArrsoriD February CO 1S40.
JAMES K. TOLK.
Pl-BLIC No. 1 I
AN ACT to provide for earning into execution in
rart. the twelfth article nf the treaty with Mexi-
IVVLJ 4 . J. - ""
CO conciuueu at uuauaiupe iiiuju.
. . i .. .i- o . r.j.r 7?.-M...- I
lie.t enacieany j; oric..-." ..v.ttU ...r ..
tticcs of the United Stats of America n CunSr.ss
.ss-miUd That the following sums ol money be.
anil tne Eame are iiccoj .ymytt.." ". .
money in the treasury not otherwise ajpropnated
for the purpose of carrvirg mto execution m part '
the twelfth arUcle of the treaty between the
United States and
Mexico made aed concluded at
Gua.
i 1 . Ili.l.lnn .... tio cni-nnit tnv nf 1 IirnnV . I
iU.viia;iioii Ai.u il.w ui i"- "-.- -i
the M-nr of our Lord eiahtecn hundred a-id forty-
in
eight
"For paynciit of the instalment snd interest
w Inch will" fall due under said article on the thir- j
'.'". " f M n The xear of ot.r Lord eighteen -
... ...- . w -
lmndred and fortv-nme the sum ol tiirec minion
seven hundred and twenty thousand dollars;
For payment of tho irstalmeut find interest
wh'.ch will fall due under said article on the thir-i
ticth day of May m the year of our l.or.i eighteen
huniir'.! and f.ftv. the sum of three u-ilhon fivo !
hundred and forty thousand dollar
A aoni-r V.irnnrv Cil. 1S49.
PfELlC No. 1j.
AN ACT to extend the provisions of a:i act ap-
proved the third of March eighteen hundred and
fcrty-eevt..: for carrying into enect the existing
-orapacts v:th the Sates of Alabama and Mtss-s-mppi.
with regard to the five p-r cent lend and
school reservations.
Di a enacted by the Senate cr.d House of Represen-
tatives of the United Sfntts of Ametica in Congrtss
iisianbkd. That the provisions of "A'i act to
urner-d an act entitled An act to cam 111:0 euect
. I M.: .. ...
m tne ataiesoi.T.iaoaiii." .-- ft- - v-v.-i
Mrt uitli t Uf Siaas with recard to the
ine luui vtit w .... i
five per cent fund and tlia fc-.-noOi rcoervauoi.s zr-
."- I . . -
proved March third eighteen liuiiured and
Keven" be and the same are hereby citenued so
es to eaable the Stale ol Al.ibar.ia lo iiavc three
yean from the passage of this act m which lo nuke
ie election of ld anthoraed by the precul.Bg
acts to which this is an amendment
Ajteoveo February 20 1;19
Plblic No. IC
jiX ACT in addition to the act entitled ' An act
to incorporate the Washington Alexandria and
' . C.iv.m Pif.1.111 fumnrnv ' I
ubjcu..... -. -I .
Wives or the United States of Am-rick in tinsress
1.." ThMhea.tPntiiled An act to mcor -
mcor-
uorate the Wushingtor lexandna and George
town Steam Packet Co r.pany" approved the third
March eighteen hundred and twenty-nine be and
the same hereby w extended and continued in full
force and effect for a further period of twenty years
commencing with the first day of January eighteen
hundred and forty-nice: Provided nevertheless
That CongTCS3 may at any time hereafter modify
or repeal the same.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted That no suit
or action depending in any court whatsoever in
which the said corporation is plaintiff or defendant
shall abate or be discontinued by reason of the ex-
p.ratiou of the original charter of the said corpora-
tion but the same shall continue and be prosecuted
in all respects as if the stid charter had not expired;
and the president and directors who were in office
at the time it expired shall continue in office tinder
and by virtue of this act until others shall be duly
chosen in their places.
ArPBOVED February 20 1S19.
Public No. 21.
AN ACT to provide for an increase of the medical
staff and for an additional number of chaplains of
the army of the United States.
Bt it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled That so much of section third of an act i
entiUed"An act to amend an act entitled n act
supplemental to an act entitled An act prov iding
for the prosecution of the existing war between the
United Slates and the republic of Mexico and for
other purposes" approved July nineteen eighteen
hundred and forty-eight as prevents the filling of
vacancies m the medical department of the army
until uirther authorized by law be and the same is
liereby- repealed.
Stc. 2. And be it further enacted That the
medical staff of the army be increased by the addi-
tion of ten assistant surgeons lo be appointed as
provided by existing laws and the regulations made
under them.
Sec. 3. 'And be it further enacted. That the pro--risions
of the act of eighteen hundred and thirty-
eight be and heieby are extended so as to author-
ize the e nployraent of ten additional chaplains for
military posts of the United Slates.
Stc. 4. And be it further enacted. That tho
President be and he is hereby authorized by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate to ap-
point a suitable person as judge advocate for the
army to be taken from the captains in the army
who shall have' the brevet Tank(pay. and emolu-
ments of a major of cavalry and that so much of
the ptoviso to the1 third section of the act approved
July nineteenth eighteen hundred end forty-eight
as relates to officers of the Adjutant Gcuctnl's de-
partment he and the same is hereby repealed.
Arpr.ovco March 2 1610.
Public No. 2j.
i J lf!T far oi.-mrrlnrr flip l.frlfvi nf ill liml rif.
I j-ce te Chippewa land district and cstabhsh-
inc an additional land district in the Statu ol
Wisconsin.
i Je lt enacted b:i the Senate and House of lievreven-
taltves of the United States of America in Congrccs Shall be riven add worthless I '11 love thee no
csscmVed That from and after the ihiitieth Juncl more!
I next Me land office for the sale of the public lands'. ... . .' mlt .. . . . .
ln he Chippewa land district sh ill be remold1 " ttrcst lrom m bns-n "ch thought that was
' from tlle falls ol" St Cnix to Stillwater in the ilnnc
countv of St. Croix in the proposed tcr-iturv of And a star shall arise as thine owa w ill decline
j Minesota ; and the sales of the public lands m said To beacon me onward through darkness and pain.
district shall thereafter be held at Snllwater m the . . . . " v
j C0UIltv aforesiid. j "c-hgliting the spun tint worshipped in vain.
sE0- o jn(i be it further enacted. That for the
'sae of the public lauds in the Territory of Wiscon- ( I 've loved ihce too fondly! t'.ic dream rhall pass
sin an adihtioial land office and hnd district aie j u
uereiiy crcaicu comprising au sue iaus nui uil-ju-
1 .i-l '.i . .ir .. f l.r.i .-n.t ... snln nt
' n . . "" I II. . .. t 1
urecn liay iuiiuaiiKcc or .iincni roim v.ziicu
shall In rjillt'i! tha unslnrn land tlllricl.
- ." - .
CLC. j. w ;; wr rarafa i ra . i
Jcnt be and he is herebv authorc-d to appoint bv
and wnll jic aduce 3nd consent of ihe Senate a
register and a recjivcr of the public mnncvs for the
saui district who shall respectively be repined to
rcs.de at the site ot s-uJ olliee anil w no sn ill nave
the snmn now nrs. nerfonn ibe same duties. l!ld be
entitled to the same compcr.salion as are. or may.1
be prcscnbed bv law in relation to other land iilli
u Ilcj the said office shall be established and to
remove the same to any other phec within said
district whenever in his opinion it nlav te deceiedl
exnedicnt.
ArrnovED March -J IS 10
Pcblic Xo. 20
AN ACT granting a lnlf section ef land far the
use ol schools within fractional to .vnsiup nine
teen south of nr.2c eighteen west countv
Lowndes. Stite of Mississippi.
7ln .t mnrtt'il J!t iJ.t r.r.f. .. -w.il I.... ret. tt 7 .". rtrtrrrt..
r . l(.l.l.M U It.T .Jtt.Ht.tt. U.K iJVMJ' U lir tj I (Ot-
tames oj in- Liitita ciaics oj .i"T7(yi in congress
's ' tJ
ncvptnltlrf I tin llirt cnlmnl niiiiiitiic mini nr iitltoi-
iiiilinritr Inii-i.r ni..sl miminitm ninr l...i
aiiinoruv navia oiuciai coznizaniv ovcr stuooi
lniiils within frnftuiiinl inr.tiliiti Tiiiiitipn siinlli. nf
- - --- ....
rainre i eighteen w es State of Miss.ssippi be and
thev are hereby au.horizeito select by legal sub- j
--- -- --- . - i
said btate m.t otherwise appropnatcd a quantity
of land not exceeding one-half section for the use
arm support ot schools within the said iracuonai
townsip.
srr. V '.ll. .-.7i.- r..r.rttjj I'li.l linn (ho I
.-.. . .i......tiii.M.t iiiuiiin . ii .. ...-ii mi.
lands hereby authorized to be selected shall have
. .....
hcen approved bv tlie Secretary oi the Ireaaury
t!iey shall !d held by the inhabitants of the town-
ship hcrcia designated bv the samo tenure and up-
.n 'hn .n.. Innns. for Ihe a.t of SI-l.ool n lie
said township as it thev hail been selected i.mler
ler.
the provisions of the cciicnl school law of the
twentieth of Mav ne thoi sand eight hundred and
tw cntv-sic- Pror.dcd nTcrthrks' Th it lhe said
commissioners or other authority mentioned in the
first section uf this act shall not be authorized bv
lanvtbing herein contained lo sulc-t lands out of the
'land district in which said fnctional township is
sifialeJ. if there be land wnlen said d.stnct appli-
cable to school purposes under the provisions of the
act of May twentieth eighteen LiaiJrci and twen-ty-siv.
' Arrr.OTED March 0 IS 19.
Pi-biic No. 27.J
AN AC T in rclal.on to the Fox and "Wisconsin
river reservation in the Slate of Wuconsn.
lie I enacted ly th' Senate crd Ifaitzc of Rrpn :in-
taticcs of the Unittd Sictts of Ai'i'rica in Gvigrcss
.""""" - " -" - " "- v.i.1...
csumblcJ 1 hit all land entries made m the Urccn
j. j di . the State of Wisconsin upon
...A.. ..' .i . r j -. '.
: iif ri'iii.iiiii't : ifri ; ;! cin: in iui tux titiii ik ivmin.
.ne ouu-iiumucreu secii'ins oi ine x ox. ana v itcon-
sin nvcr reservation m sud State suls-quent to the
passa-e of a-i act entitled "An att to grant a cer
.dill lilkl llCiil.l.Ull 111 OllU .Mil 1 IjllV-.l. IU L1IV.
I'Ttj-jpa.S3"e of a-i act entitled "An att lo grant a cer
ta:n quantity of hnd to aid in the improvement of
i. i.-... i -ivt.c .. n.i mnnM thn om
b cana ' 1C Tcrttorv. r Wiscorsm' approved I
" l!ie c?Inh a f : eighteen hundred and
iortv-s.x be and the Sitae arc hereby declared to
l.n fn.H -nd vnh.l tl.nnrl. sn.d nrt l.n.l lint li.n
"-' t? " r--- " -
i.r.srxi I'mitcrf- tin-mi.' less. 1 nni ine fi-overnor
i . rr-f...
ofs.hJ State is hereby authorized to select the itne '
. .-
quantny of other lauds in hca thereof; subject j
however tot.'ie r-pprcval of oqi President ot the i
I- .1.1 ... . 1
uuiieu oiaics. . I
ii -
hr cnrICS made upon the cven-n.i...bertd section of
u P 1.?1k.. ArrUml . hn a eood ar.1
valul as though said reservtUon t.ad not been made.
ArrnovED March 2 1619.
jfYin departed one bu one. While
the
steamer Diadem was at New Oi leans a fanu-
ly of Irish emigtants consisting of an old (
lauy ner uaugiuer anu two ciiuurcn vvno
had just arrived fiom It eland in a packet shin
and engaged passage for this place vvheio
10
at i
they contemplated locating. While the boat
was m port mo youngest siciteneu ana ittcu
and when tho steamer wns in lhe vicinity of
Waterloo the daughter while in the act ol
urawing u uuchui oi v.aier it-n ov.-iui.u.u . Ulc nnal convention ol 17S7 wheie the great
and sank to lise no more. Just as the boat Philosopher of the last century was lo havo
was nearing this port the other child also j become'the presiding officer; and lastly to
took sick suddenly and died. The aged moth moc nlcn the great General of tho Rev'olu-
er is left alone. She left the land of her naiiv- (lon iad been prevailed upon after much
ity the homo that was near and dear to ( ana continued peisunsion lo come to the
her to fceek n foreign land. She reached Convention to be its President; and Ihe first
her new home hut those who accompanied Executive officer afterwards lo set the splcn-
her where are they? All dead! did machinery of the Government in mo-
Cincinnati tnquirer.
Com. Moore. A correspondent of the
Jf. Y. Herald sav-s that the President has
nominated Com. Moore of the Texas Navy
to a corresponding place in the U. S. Navy
but that an attempt will be made to defeat
the appointment in the Senate.
An. ..film W.eliiiiiffnii llti...ii..;tn.. a ' c
it has befn concluded" by the Cabinet of Gen-
era! Tav lor in council
.that every 0fflccr 0f
the army ana nrvy ana every man connoc
ted with the civil service ofthe Government
shall be removed fiom office if he engages
in a duel.
Save Your Egg SiiELLS.-Eggsthat are to
he used for piiddingscuslaids.&.c.fshoiild bo
nicely e leaned before ihcy nie broken with
a being emptied of all hut the white that al-
ways remains sticking to lhe inside lhe
shells are sptead out and dried. They serve
as well for clearing coffee ns Isinglass or
any other substance generally used for that
purpose with the additional advantage that
it costs nothing but a little forethought.
.9m. .flgr.
"I'VE LOVED THEE TOO W1LDLV."
BY MRS. It. S. NICHOLS.
I'c loved thee two wildly! this thraldom shall
cease
My heart shall now slumber my soul shall have
peace ;
The chains which enslaved me the bonds which I
wore' " cllcrn 1S "token o annm is dry;
.1 . n ...-...! tl.- Kn .. iUA I 1. -T .1
-'u . uim. u ut u u uuuh. ui mc wac
t Xmv uepns in lh Mirlmht nf hi.oQ nnrK- rt-i.. I
I- l " - - -' - i;''V-
Thv follv mv nndness this heart sh ill for"ct'
.'.""- n
houah visi.-i.s of rapture ate haunling it yd
Tlioaah when the wiads rustle the sleet n the pine
I hear 'mid their music lo.v voicea hl.c thine.
. . .
xc IoC(1 lhce l0 cearh ! too deep wa.- the
spe;
11'
Too crushing the weight of that corrow which fell
On a loom. but blind in devotion to thee
Vet discerning the weakness resolved to be free !
I Know tli it another eiurusses thy thought
How bitter the knowledge how painfully taught ; '
I know-that her smiles are far brighter than mine
May her love prove less wayward less changeful
lhaii thine.
i How to Cojimvnd Success. The editor of the
Rakigh Itegister has strewed the following bouquet
;M the ratli of h's readers
.... f . .
" " "" j-.wu..
l. ..... .. imuv. iiuiu .14110 IttlU Ul XJiailU.1
ll1l.1l tlU f.ttty iV.lll ' 'Vtw.r.1 " (& ui
v is-onti illustrates eionucnllv the succcs attcn-
dant upon rectitude and energy under opposing cir
cuiiisianccs. -oweei truiy siini ine poet are
o the uses of adversuy" for it creates power nut o'
j hstnesslcss and bedecks the pathway of life hither -
J to strewed perhaps with the idle weeds of luxury
lnnn nilli iVtn nn rtf liii.n ti.l oi.li i. mi in mrtiil
' r J -
to gather sircngtii upon ttic pinion ol a Uctcnnincil
n i '
rnsololinn. ami slri.trhlnir finrnrstlv- iiTiwnrd- von
.- j - j--
succccd .. stralghl mA plonousiy."
An oncc from ho u n hlu
oared bravely to the sy. In his giddy track.
Scarfed marked by them who gazed upon the first
carded marked by them who gazed upon the
'ollowed a new-i!edgcd eaglet Dst and well
! Upward they sped- and all evc on their flight
.
tazed "llh '1I'"'"S auc when suddcr.lv
uie parent oird siruc.c oy a inumsctoolt
.Dropped lifeless thro" the air. The eaglet
'
1 A!d hun lP" ll!S wnS ' anJ " !!s S!r0
.1.1 .11. 1 1 .1 ...
paused.
Plashed in the fir-down wave men looked to see
him
F'co to his nest affrighted !
Sphorza (icilh giccl intenst). Did he so1
U.anca. My noble lord ha had a monarch's
heart !
He w healed a moment in m;d air and shook
Proudly his royal wings and then right on.
With crest uplifted and unwavering flight
Sped lo the sun's eye straight and gloruusly.
Isteuview or -run Officers of the Wirt the lir; place as to lhe pieces of g dd th it
or ISI2 with ns Madison. A lew days'l'-'ve been repotted to he found lie says the
since a number of the officers of 1312 wait- largest piece that he has seen is in the pos-
ed on the President and addressed him in a session of Mr.' Melius and weigh but si
compliinentaiv speech through their organ 'ounces Ho had heard numerous stories at
. . - inntni-.v T in P.puwit ro
... "' '. - ' . " - .
tiled .n a brie iiianner.and a ter some furl h-
' . .
-" corcmon.es the paity repaired to the
dwelling of Mis. Madison. After each offi-
i -. . .
dv.i
cer
had been inlrodueed to
this venerable
r tile '...' '"... ci. . .'i".. s fo.u.. s
" 7h;X J sJt "l
oman. Col. Todd addressed her in behalf
. . .
X -""Ul. W IIOSC SCIISC Ot tlie liall011.il UglllS
Tlllf l l TMnlft. .nfiiiiimniwlnrl n tlinfin i. Iin'
- i-..i.iu. twiLiiiii- u-.u ..i nw unn hi. .
... . . . . .
Hau deemed most expedient the dcclnrnlion
of the war of 1312 commenced his con-1
duct ofthat war with embarrassments not as
....... . 1
regards the oilicial avowed pretensions- ol
." - . .. - ...
" Kn!m- ' UUl "i"' "'U """""'" U'"B
Representatives for war who were eail.cr
action nml ihosc who were to he waited for i
to induce them into a cordiality of the sup-.
port ot so very impoitant a mcasuic. The
result became a single-handed war against i
lhe most powerful nation of the eaith and
was ihercforc lhe more glorious to tho nation
nnu yourselves.
His part in bringing about the noble fab-
ric ofa Constitution to bo tied down by com-
promises is becoming more known. He
tirst moved in the LegMnture or his own
smie; attended a first meetiiiT in Alexadria
followed by one in Annopolis precedent lo
tton.
I ain penetrated with profound sensibility
for the kind sentiments so feelingly express-
ed and personal to myself; and hopU our
great country will both recognize and appre-
ciate their benefactors in the Spirtan rem-
nant ofliccrs of 1812.
After the acceptance of refreshments and
'J10 inlcrcliango ofpltasanl social intercourse
uie omce.s uuuc ...u .uno-.au.c auy larevven.
A New Chang Exg. If we may credit
the following account from the Missouri
Statesman a duplicate of the Siamese twins
has-been produced in the Western countiy:
The AhssourKTicins. These wonderful
children are now in St. Louis. They arc the
chidren of Mr. Benjnmin Russ Texas coun-
ty Missouri and were horn on the IGlIi Do-
cember.1847. They are connected from the
breast bone and abdomen measure twenty
inches in height and weigh twenty po mds.
There connection is such that thev stand faco
to face heads coated over with fine black
hair and in all other respects perfect in form
and feature.
LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM
SANTA VE.
Dreadtul Surrcr.ivcs ok Col. Frc-
jio.vi's Pvrtv.
Bv the following which we copy from t'"-
Independence Expositor nf tilt: 17th March
itwillhesecnth.it a lernhle calamiiity has
! befallen Ihe partv ot Col. I-remoiit in those
I -. " -
uwiiii iiiuiiniaius on uiu iinmitTii niniu in
California. The news is very indefinite hut
enough fo given to lead us to fear that the
full account of the sufferings of this party
will prove a talu jf horror.
vVe stop the press to day to nnmiincc the
anival of vlr. Grtr;n Jones of our town di-
rect fiom Santa IV. He bungs with him the
Santa Fe Republican of the 2 I February
ldii) fuiin which we learn tint Col Fremmt
and Ins pally have Mifleu-d severely and
some of them lost. Wo are uiatiliedto l;nw
i..l . . .. .1 -. .1 ...
that C'il. Fremont him-elf mill safe The
lilinlo .vilivtxi . .... 1 !! I'.w.l .. tin .11-
"""i. -wuhi. muai hj icn nmn-
i IIILT IlltlMCit III tllC niirr.llKo UC Illlhllh he-
' C- i
low taken from Ihe SintaFe Republican.
Februaiv2d. It m as follows:
Col. Fremont. We present to our re.-ilers
in this weeks paper a coiiiui'inicaliou from
our correspondent at Taos lelative to Col
Ft emont's unfirtuiiate expedition which will
be found below
tom lac Santa le Republican. ' poiit that would have ruined a literary repu-
Denr Hovcy From the circumstances of tation if left uncorrected foi the reviewers to
those who carry this I am compelled to be
dpni.
There is not much novelty in this piece
unless it is the successful excursion of the
commander of this post and the very unfor-
tunate affair of Col. Fiemont.
This etilsrpiising and experienced officer
had stalled from the United States for Cali-
fornia being- in the winter season and being
overtaken by a very severe and long snow
storm while p
jssmg through this mountnin
JoL lost some IUJ mules in ona
noise. The C
night. Being lelt on loot the party cuiiiu
scarcely i cumin where it was and it was
deemed impossible to proceed.
I-mally the
i- - i i i.i .. i. .. . . . . .
' . v i) . oesiin -iipii iiiree men 10 see. suniu 3ti-
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tloment which after tw-enty days alienee and
' not returning the Col started tor I aos in
company with one or two men. a distance ol
' some JJ30 miles which he made in nine days
' yn llls arrival our commander Major ISealt
issued an outer loru nays provisions iui in ny satishetl with their late when he rellcc-
l detained nartv and mules to carry them. ! tod ili.ii il.nv i.ml first Imnn n.rul l.v iIimiuhhL
I - t - I :.i
rn Kri.ni tln.M.rh inncli ciii.iciatcil.
' .....'. ' . i i . .
an(t in leetile licallli nohtv resoiveu to .m-
! company lhe bUCC0r .nt M bv our humane
..... '
The sufferings of the partv have been tcr-
riblv severe even to the extreme of feeding
upon each other Hoth Col. Fremont and
Ik-all certainly deserve great credit in the
whole affair the one for his perseverance
and hum me gallantry in persisting to r.cturn -r. Atchison which was promptly and sat-
' in person to the succor of his companions in j isfactorily given by Mr. Webster and so
misery and the other lor tlie promptness ami
ihtimnuity with which ho ordered assistance
to be rendered to the unfottunate party
More anon.
DIABOLUS.
A PROBABLE TALE The Boston
Traveller contains the following intelligence
received from Captain D. W. Phelps who
lately returned home fiom California rin
the Isthmus.
dipt. P. worked perso-nlly at the mine s
vvlrch wo believe was. nit the case with Mr.
Atherton his cpeuenee ot the minutncs ot c
l the gold digging there is considerable tn
- tlie mines ot targe pieces oeiug lou-iu. mu
i . . . . ' . ..-.... t
. :.i ;... w ;riW.J
in eeeri instance icierc tttcj tea- mrcfigf.ittt
. . - . . r . .;; --.
they turned loiil lo be false o. "really cxag
gctulcd. One man was reportci. lo liavt
lounu a pices weighing several pounds ne
"cut to see linn and loniul that lis iveigtu
was only icj owicm and tli it it w tne pro-
ceeds of an entiie day'swoik.
As to the stories thai the dinsei-s vvpic mi-
.. 11 n. ... C I .11 nn. l if mi Oltl.'.' J
nv ui uiciu ii.-i."iu" 10 i.;i u n- .nn..
. . --- 1-- " .-
that those that have dune tlie best have not
obtained more than $! 0.1!) during the entire '
di""in' easou. The hours of win I: were . sun's bnght ravs and deep mouthed cannon
CC P . . i-. !.'. 1 .
from live to ten hours per ilav formerly
. : .. .. ' .- .-
tc Indians were w u nig v.. .. k .u ... .
but they have since become better ncq.iain-
tod with the value of their toil. They arc
principally the remnants of their tribes and
not formidable.
n.. ..riK.-Arr nf-rarrcl before
Qant j. eft"
:suitej :l xn
JMt Will bUVvi Muin.uw. ..vv..
It was that of a negio who
rinon woman l no people titrn-
ed ou caught the negro tied him to a tr.e
gave him a good lashing and then turned
him loose with tl
.misbehaved agai
the threat ot c rille ball if lie
When sevcial companies of Col. Mason's
regiment deserted to the mines n file of sol-
diers was sent alter them who in their turn
deserted. Col Meson (hen started with n
file of dragoons called the miners together
and told them that if they expected the coun-
tenance ofthe government they must help
him to arrest deserters. To this they re-
plied that if there were any refugees from
justice among them they were willing to turn
out and help arrest them but their time was
too precious to be occupied in running after
deserters After this. Col. Mason was glad
to get back with a half of his dragoons.
Agriculture has been so totally neglected
that a man who had a field containing 15001)
bushels of wheat could not get it harvested
though ho offered half Mia product; and was
obliged to let his cattle cat it. Women and
children as well as (heir husbands and fa-
thers had become gold diggers.
Capt. Phelps s opinion as to the success
of expeditions daily starling from this coun
try is that it will depend upon the manner of
their organization mere is no uoiiut ne
says of there being considerable quantities
of Gold in California but there is gross ex-
aggeration in the matter.
Letters had appeartd in the papers from
persons icho had no existence inCalifornia and
in respect lo vessels that had never bzci thci c.
" DE CORDOVA'S HERALD " is tho title of
a sm-ill newspaper recently commenced at .Hous-
ton by the indefatigable genius whoso iiama it
bears. It is devoted to tho landed interests of this
Stato.and has for its motto " Texas : Her agri-
cultural wealth must and shall ba developed.
rcr.
PRINTERS AUTHORS AND
NEWSPAPERS.
Willi thinks that all authors should serve
a year in a newspaper ..Hi :e.
There is no such i-lfcctu.il anilysU of style
asihe process of type seti.r.g.As brakes up
letter l.v letter of a Ion- or co.m.Iev !-
the ci)n"i:oitor becomes most critie.illv nw-.-ii..
Orhero the sciitnieH mi.lit liav l.nnn .l.-.n
. ..T ..VIIUIIUI.
1. . . .
enedtosavc his labor. He detect- rcpcti-J
t.ons becomes impatient of redundancies.
iccognizes careless or iiiappionnate use of
expletive nnd soon acntiires a' habit of put-
ing an udiniring value o.i e'earaaa and bm-
tig. We venture to say that it would alter
Ihe wh-.le character of American literature. .
if the authors (of our very fluent nation!)
were compelled before legally receiving copy I
right to have given one year to labor at the
compositor's ca-0. We have said nothing of
the art of nice punctuation which is also ac
quired ma pi iiitutg office am! by which a style
. T t .
is mrcie iiuiiu uioiv ir.ticiui ub cJ:;.!i:nrrnc
iir..rvfjfinir
I .: i n
"T -... .wwn.
instmcted and intelligent men. It is part of
. proof-reader's duty to make a "query" a-
gainst eveiy passage in a new book which he
does not clearly romprchend. Authors who
know what is vnlunble nmfii hv ituxo ;.
cstimalej of their meaning and
--..--. ...-. ... awwu VUI
1 manvavveakl
handle h is been noiselessly put right by ;
proof rcadei's unobstrusivc 'on!" C
a
proot rcailei s unohstrusivc 'qui" CM
most books indeed he would nth cr have
the criticism of the workmen in the office
where it was printed than of the reviewers !
who skim and pronounce upon it.
V?I I lilt It. atm iLtrlir r.1 rt.i.-.r". . n rtt
said books arc the precious metals m masses
-' i" niii ill 1'v.i.i.ltf .t iiiii j:i 1111.13
tien-s-pipTS one I them lor general
ncft
put them into the most convenient foims.and
passed them fiom hand (o hand-New spapers
c sa ure nu usier3 Qr l)0lt;
woud kow.vhe-i a hoo'i wis pib!i'ied hut
for the fnendlv infiirmation of the newspaper?
tjc Pddeii tllnt hu had been sometimes tcmn-
(i n r.nrrnt Mm t n ni.. t..i. irt
..u ii itll II.U1 till. H13. llllll.UI VIUIIIlLlll
t!li.. s llch appearcd m lese ..fiiug ot"
our na-'cs " as thev arc called bv Cowoer"
should not be inscribed on more durable
tablets
instead ol going the next innniingto
wrap parcels to light kitchen Iires;but he was
. i . . .- ...-.-
' -... i ..i. .. .. .... . .. ...
.... .?3 " l-a
led into the "eneral m nd
1LLIL
Mcssas. Weesteu vnd 1 1 vnneg vv.-Thc
correspondent ot tlie t'liilaileipiua inquirer
gives the fol!oing as the result in regard to
Mr. U cbster'a letter on the appointment ofj
a!r. Ilanncgan to Uerlin:
Mr Hanncgan asked an explanation tlirou'
nii.-pi;msiiiciiui; lunuiuns usinci-ii ine
two distinguished gentlemen havo been fully
maintained. .Mr. VA ebster s letlt-r. as pub
hshed attacked the principle and was not
intended to apply personally at all to Mr
Hanncgan.
Vci: Pvrticvlvr Inquiries The Wash-
ington Union of the 29th ult. tays:
We undci stand that the Secretary of Ihe
Treasury has made a new lequisition for irc-
loimation. Eich clerk s directed to state
in his own writing what are his duties whit
hicmrj i!intliTti-iliiti unnl tii.ritsi.lnnfin
Wasiiivj5to M.trth 23. ISIO
.Mr. Haunegan our new Mint-ter to Ber-
lin has at last received his commission
drawn his outfit and is now on his way to
Europe.
THE FATE OF THE "FOREIGN
LEGION.
BV II. G. CHIF3I1V-
The rmrtrug of the 1 till of Soptcm'ier
broke clear and calm over tho dark and
frowning battlements of the castle ol Cha-
pu'.tepec. The flag of the Mexicans stream-
ed proudly out from the ramparts and waved
in all its goigeoiisnoss in the grntle breeze
i . . . .
wntcii sncpl along me plain
Shining bavo-
nets and glistening sabres reflected back the
nooincu oih upon iui: snrrounuing couuiry
i.i . .i- .i. .... i .i --. -i
.... ........ u.... .... .....
vancing foe. On they came tiling out col-
ii'iin after column from the suburbs of the
nttle village of Tacubaya and sweeping like
a destructive tornado upon the devoted ram-
parts. Suddenly from the battciics ofthe
cast'e a stream of tliins and smoke shot forth
and all al.itig tint lengthened line tiic mis-
siles of terror and death went hand in hand
cutting down tho noble and brave the good
and gencroiu and strewing all in one mingled
heap of gore nnd blood. War with all its
blasting and desolating effects was carrying
grief and misery into many a heretofore hap-
py family and striking down the father and
husband the son and brother in terrible and
bloody havoc and consigning them to one
comnnn and sorrowing grave. While the
faces ofthe wife and sister at home were
perhaps wreathed in smiles that ofthe hus
band and brother was writhing in the agony
of death upon a foreign soil nnd breathing
out life's last sigh amid the roar of cannon
and the rattle of muskets. The scenes of
that fearful and fatal morn will never be for-
gotten. But while this was transacting around Cha-
pultcpec another and a still more terrible
scene was passing in the little town of .Mis-
coux some half a mile distant from Tacu-
baya. At the battle of Churubusco the de-
serters under Riley had been captured and
after an impartial trial sentenced to be hung.
They were known by the title of tho "For
eign Legion and were made up ol men
who had deserted from the ranks of the
Americans and joined tho force ofthe enemy.
The dav set for their execution was the 1-Ith
ol September and it also happened that the
attack upon Oliapultcpcc took place the same
day.
The sun had just risen and tinged the east
ivith his purple ray as they were led forth to
ui. xuiriy in numucr auu surrounded oy
a strong body of men they advanced with
slow steps toward the gallovvs the muffled
drum sending forth its solemn death notes
and giving to the whole tho appearance ofa
military funeral rather than a public cxecu-
lion. They were arranged under the gal-
lows which was one erected for the purpoia
being nothing more than two large potta
3Ct nrnI' '" tic ground across tho top of
H.Ilch ?'a P1;"?!1 a P"Ie f sufficient length
' .l(i ;dnt.tnc hodic of "rty nitn. Beneath
" tlle f "!n 1crs wer e nr"gca. with the noose
arol"d .th!lF necka-tho other end of the
r"Pc be!"S thrown ovcr hc PoIt:. was gP-
c(1 " ".lrt:c or Tour itout men ready at a
'""mcni s warning to launch then into eter-
II
-V S100ny f"cnce pervaded the spot
ad a3 ' ged upon; the crowj gathere.'
'cr0' "V? fo"nd no fympathising iglance ii
tllc 3Cwhr.g faces and glaring eves which
"Tf r'T them- Ihe' hrd d"y
tIela3t fue '"g ot rea pectfelt for thcra
when he-v took"P aTm3 aSanst Ihefr own
"untrymen. The usuall y dark brow of Col.
U ' wI.su penntende d the execution waa
conracu dv deep Iromi and h deep
rcy eyes twin kled savagely in their socket
s he galloped up to the "spot and r'inp?'
in his smoking charger beside them.
"is all ready lieutenant" he asked
officer who commanded the eunrd.
I -fc-ver tiling replied the officer.
icn let them swing was tho sarage
rCW'' T.
' iKc lieutenant turned and advanced to-
i "?! "1 Ir30ner3. wIlen suddenly the eyo
of the Colonel fell upon the Castle and the
vl ..It.. V.t .t . ..
."'-: '"al ul " ". rcaoeo r.n oar.
"Lieutenant" he suddenly exclaimed with
startling energy in his voice.
"Aye sir" replied Jhc officer returning
"Have everything ready bat don t draw
them up until the American flag waves out
from the flag-staff of the Chapmtcpcc Cdstl.
-"Aye sir it slnll be done" and the Lieu
tenant returned to the gallows.
"If we aint hung until the castie is taken
. . .
i "i. ue " mans wc snail i.vc b. good long
J -- v.itjanncu uui1 UI UIU Pn3-
utii.13 uuuui nit; ucalll.
"Then live you shall for ti'l to Star
Spangled Banner waves in victory over von
castle you shall not die replied Col H t
sternly.
"Hurrah! hoys; we'll live a Lng life yd.
Old Bravo'a the man to slick t the castle
as long as there's a shot in the locltcr or r.
man to stand by him" replied tn; fellow with
a snout.
All eyes were now- fixed with a deep inten-
sity upon tho height and galling with the
agony of suspense which they .ncurcd be-
tween the moments which elapsed during th
terrible contest which was going on around
the castied hill. Suddenly trie flag of tho
Mexicans went down amid the strife and the
Colonel shouted:
"There goes the enemy's banner thecas-
tlo is won."
"And there goes the flag ha- again; go
it old Bravo" shouted another of the Le
gion as the Mexican flag rose to the top' of
the staff an d waved to the brce- .
A muttered ejaculation escape J the lips of
the Colonel and each one again ftxed hia
eyes upon the scene. The contest rafed on
with unabated vigor and in a lew moments
I1'10 brow of the hill was hidden from Mght bv
uieuarn ciouu oi smrkc vvhica hung thick
around it. A half hour passed and as rl
strong wind swept down the plain and lifted
the smoke frcmofT lhe height ihe enemy's
flag had again disappercd from the staff. A
moment of deep anxiety followed and then
the Amorinan Banner ran up the staff and
uoaieu prouuiy over ine battlements.
"Up with them thundered the deep voico
ofthe Colonel; and the next mo-nent thirty
human beings were swinging in the 'est ago-
nies nf deatn from the gallovvs; anu as thev
quivered iu the rising sunbeams vvrnch glan-
ced along the plain no look of s mpathy fell
upon their detested features f. r HI consid-
ered that they richly deserved 'iei.- fato.
Such reader was the Fate of he Foreign
Legion; men who scorned all tl attributes
of nobleness and love of countrv which gene-
rally crisis in an American's bosom left tho
standard of freedom and a handful of com-
rades in the heart of an enemy's country
surrounded by an overwhelming force to
lend a helping hand in destroying the brvo
little army which was toiling onward to death
or victory. Dishonored thev lived bonfe.l
and despised they met tho traitor's doom.
-
F.-j-n lYdmerSc Smith's Ewpean Tines
The despatches in anticipation f tnc Over-
land .Mail from Bombay reached London i-j.-i.
Marseilles on the 3rd instant Tho con-
tents aro most important. Wo take the
details ofthe news.
From the Bombay J'elegraph ana Courier.
Another of those murderous co .'n.-ts which
have rendered our hostilities m . uie Sikhs
so conspicuous has occurred on the let bsnk
of the river Jhcltim. near or as some sav
on the identical spot which two iionaind
ycirs ago form-id the battle fie'J of Alexan-
der and Porus. That scene r ch in classic
associations has been the arena ofafiercn
and protracted struggle between the army
ofthe Punjiub under Lord Gough and the
Sikh forces under Shere Singh a struggle)
in which the British have had to deplore the
loss of at least 93 officers and '2500 men kill-
ed and wounded four guns csp'ured end
four or fivo regimental colours 'akert bv fha
enemy a struggle which terminated in vic
tory but which was disgraced by 'he flight of
the Bengal cavalry regiment end the retreat
as yet scarcely satisfactorily explained of
two British corps tof dragoons struggle fi-
nally which left both tho cor endtng host
so weak sud shattered that it was doubtful
which had sustained the greater injury frcm"
the conflict and which yielded so few of tho
trophies ol trinmph for the victors that their
opponents took up a new position and fired
a salute in honorof its termination. Though
masters ofthe field our laurelsare drenched
with blood nnd it is the universal opinion
that two more such victories would be virtu-
al ruin.
The Baltimore Patriot says t
One commission at least which had a long1
time to run has been revoked that of Major
James H. Cocke Marshal of Texas. Gen.
Joseph Batcs.3formerly a distinguished Whig
of Mobile and recently Mayor of Galvciton
succeeds Major Locke as Marshal -of Texas.
Fast Workman. A journeyman shoemaker
of Philadelphia informs the Daily New.ithat
he can and does mrkc 8 pairs of boots every
day the year rou nd and ia willing to forfeit
5 - Wtnat ne win mane W pfiirs in a wcrh
ng wceK
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