The Northern Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 15, Ed. 1, Saturday, September 1, 1849 Page: 1 of 4
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EDITOR Sl PROPRIETOR..
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VOL. 7.
CLARKSVILLK RED RIVER COUNTY TEXAS SATURDAY SEPTEMBER I IrilU.
NO.
15.
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LAST HOURS OF MR. POLK.
The foilivuint: letter desci iliiuj; Use last
hours of the hiti- Ex-President of ihejUnitcd
States is fiom t'.e New Voik Herald:
Ynsirire June lSi. ISH).
Yesterday -t twenty minutes hcfoie o o'-
clock p. in. .'niivs K. Polk expired at his res
idence in this . ity. nr. roll; hail fullered
from dianr.uvi mi his way up the Mississippi
river from X.-v. -Orleans in March: hut the
attack ia.-H. if. and he reached this city in
ffood health A few days after his arrival
he moved into his new mansion a stately cd-
jiicc which had just been completed and fur-
tiisbed iiia si'bof combined elegance and
tsie. i lis estate lies in the very heart of
ihe citv o" an eminence known as (irundy'.s
Hill. )!a:"2 hepr. the home of the Hon. Fe-
;ix Grundy from whose heirs Mr. Polk pur-
chase .1 the property.
'Maun tat:-.: " hU abodc hcrc' c cx"
YVcsiden? gaic hi'mscl: u." -0 !he provc-
' c.i
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rnfni m iitn rrm iiik mill v.i M;rt. -
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iav nhniit nt T-i.ninfT mi hit niiti iiiri'ri :::-
hc woiTunT. b-.' had employed; now over-
looking a .
i:Jr now giving nisirucunns
'-n attended b' Mrs. Polk
iste constituted the element
-. ncnt. It is not a foitnight
i! o his lawn dirccllnjr s'c
rr-nnvintr decavinU cvditrs.
to u gardetii.:-.
whose cxi!!; :
of evf ry it i ;
V'lBCC If. li
mr:i who . 1 c
"was st-iTi: "itii his erect and healthful
Ltnrinji an i the active energy of his man-
ner which ; i -.e promise of Ions life. His
llou.'ng i;i.. l.vits iulone made'liim appear
nevoid r-e niii!. age of life lie seemed
inVuil he: M The next day being rainy
he icmai.'.U uitinn nnd began to arrange
hislaige I .ui.jand the labor of reaching
books fr 'i the itoor and placing them on the
.ic!ws. :mh.;i! on fatigue and slight fever
which til'- 1 dv assumed the character of
disease ii. u.e !nn of chronic -ctarrhrea
vindi is '!!! him a complaint of many
cars' s.i d.n. and icadily induced ujion
ins system !. .mi overexertion.
For the : '..eiirst day his friends felt no
ilarm.
But the di.-c.-.e bafillng their skill (and
Pr skillful .!"-; .11s Nashville will compare
vith the )i.-' -.;' in the Union) Dr. Hay
Lis broth i l.i-.v and family physician fur
yearj -. .ts s. ::: for iom Columbia. But
the skii' :i.-i.l ex;- rience of this gentleman.
aided bv tiie high-st medical talent proved
of no avail. Mr. Polk continued gradually
to sink from dv 1 1 day. This disease was
-hecked ujmjb hie. four days before his death
iiiii h const.tiitiou was so weakened that
there did not leinain recuperative energy e-
roapb in Ihe .-i-tfin :r koaUlir reaction.
'.." nak &'. j'n-jiW and insensible that it was
e.jht iiurs b. f.-io he died after the henvy
'-.:ath respiraM :s commenced. He- died
without a strujb-.simpry ceasing to bicnthc
ns h-.-n deep ai:.I quiet sleep lah's upon a
weary man.
Ab.'Ut lisilf an 'ur preeedios his dt-ath.
!ii-! vpuer-iblc tii"!icr oiitfr-'d l;o room asi'l
krice'mj ' hU '..dide ofli-j-d up n beauli-
tul prayr to the "King "f liltig-: and Luro
. I rds" comtiii-liny the s-ul of her s-m t.
H;s holy k'p.--2- The scene was sti-ikini;-lv
unoressivc. Aiaj Polk the President's
i. -other was ais-' by his bedside with other
members cf the f-.i:ii!y.
I Tpon the colli :
i!.. these -.vji-js.:
:t plum silver pi
? K. P3LTC:
1'orn . ov::j!i:lii. 17Gu.
;.. June 15 i-ii).
. ! body hes .:. State to-day. Tt.e noble
- j - shrouded in black and
t .1 y windosv in w.'Uining with black scarfs
if --rape. The taii white columns of the ma-
jestic pjrtic fjcirj the south are cnmplete-iv.shraudsd-iu
bi.tt-K giving a solemnly inajes-
. tic and funeid .uject to the presidential
mansion.
The mnora! t '; place at four o'clock this
afteruooti roa.'-oniu ceremonies being f;rl
performed in ih- .i..-swir.groom over she body.
I saw the body .fore it was encotlined.
TUe ftsatares are in noble compos-ute.
Dovth has unptess- d upon them the seal of
jiiajeiy. In his h:e his features never wore
tiiatj iinpr- ' of .- -mmand and intellectual
strength that -1 1 med now chiselled upon
their mat hie onMn.o. He was habited m a
plain suit '.1" biic'-. and a copy of the consti-
tution ul" :le Vu.ifj. States was placed .-a his
feet. 'J'-Oiv tn-iiij taken to the cemetery
i.. tod; was iKTi' .etically soldcied within a
copper colli!'.
Frosn the '1 .:; . the funeral cortege which
was very iait'- uii places of business being
closed by j.der li" our good whig mayor
proceeded . toe Methodist Episcopal
Church were ...t.- services performed Iiy
the Rev Ii- "" i'orren it was conveyed to
tho ceuifte- v ." 1. wed by a vast concourse
of ciiiz. . -. J 1 ody was deposited in the
Grundy vault temporarily; but it will soon
be removed .0 a 1 tu!t on the lawn of the cx-
prcsideatnl mansion where a willow now
stands and ovc ;t will be erected a stately
marble cenotaph nus the body of the Pres-
ident from T'. . e- see will lie entombed in
Ihe heart o! its :a;iitaP Mr. Polk by will
(he vvon;:: tiefore bis death gave the lawn
to the Sutc in perpetuity for this purpose.
M:-. Polk sent fr tiie Rev. Dr. Edgar of
the PitisLyteria-.i church seven days before
desiring to be baptized by him. He said to
him im.tirt s-.vt !-.'
"'S:r a i.)iu suspected twenty years ago
that T should come to my death bed miiir
varcd it would hate made me a wretched j
man; vet 1 am aooui 10 uiu uuu iuvu uui t
inane preparation. 1 nave 1101 ever
been
bipiiscd. Tell me sir can there be any
ground for a man thus situated to hope?''
The Rev. Doctor made known to him tho
assurances and promises of the gospel that
mercifully run parallel with man's life.
Sir ro'.k then remarked that he had uccn
itii in'u 1111111 nnn ki'Ari iiiir nn 11111 (liii'ii hit. .Liui ill 11. 1 . mni nj n iiiinn friw... ....... - 1 f 1 s .
preienfed irom baptism in nfancy by some he P" nt or to adm mwlcr the n be procured mthoul tabor and thai of 8luckill: cvnl which occurred near he Dry V o&henJa.ied Slates. The salary thai SUch wi be t;o C!ls: forthe sunhc
Accidental occurrcnce-.that he had been scv- rites of tho church o thc apparently dying severest fond the are I assure von ralj)oc;; Tn th. t Snurdnv nr.-lT ol llle Pstdiafecr at san Francisco is less ! whs ihcie in midwinter was cx'c"cWo -"
feral times strongly inclined to be baptized woman. Shi also wished to make her will miw& Miir.. Why laying water or gas- ftou. " W 2if li.vl"'"" IC '8' oH exact for washing hv ' (1 le towSw
-r--jns. tfadminUiralion but that the cares for sue had property and mopey n the bank .. . i the streets of Now York i.s not half -t ' t v' 1 ' li"cli- V S'1 rpcntcr B a higher Innf f? hi w 'r'cf."e0d'.and 1
and perple.ied of fMJjilr gave The bequests were attended to. and the will as toilsome work. No man should come U.'jiff'S Sl'S compensation ffi? hi labor than The co. imau- ""r Hv be Uwi rn-iho S blS
him ttmeCrtje WKMBt rc- ahout t0 be draJV" un" whcn hts "ncrt ad this country with the expectation of making I ' f! ''; rThaTrS' r 1 .d- n-cl.tof of Ihe undrnn. & u u ' :" . nr reiW?L if J
h hfnKEZ CivtiJ I" Uf a "8 US CaS fM ? 0 0 d'Ff j'o"ilcr femaler Ho phinl in saved her. places on.lho cor " the most disagreeable' lion. The only prevent to-theso results
S;v nvMrgt ZllfXtS trn rved i . nj"alradtnHS ? takf3 "f 'd returned .0 rc.ciij iho.hor It is sup- 'kat I know of. Cold v.ituU prcvaU during Un my judgement will He a total abstinence
&F lu1KmSy "MT: SftlfZnih.r I"? ""r mmutcs. dun..gh.s posed thatllhe drowning woman ehtng to bun nil sea.o.is. and fhe lemperature varies from liquor pr.idcnce in living and great
SfreaduSSiiiiiiiiiKiii3 '3' ' TIWv -oil .SnltXpfl.l V"'-.! ?i' norspirat.on L a3 lQ prvcnl him from esel.ag himself omdnWs forty degrees in a da v. The' care in protecting the bodyom suddeit
kdHF. . t 1
- - .-- . .' -- -j 1 I'." mill rrai 1 aw I. I lnliloiT.lt nunj t.. ............ r .iiin v" ii ja. ..n.. p..... ....i. iiicf'tiiiini liiJ7rpn.im am mv .-ixr .-. nTrf; .
much for him to be then baptized it was
postponed to take place the next evening; '
but in the interval the ex-President rccol-j
lectcd that when he was governor and lived'
iieie. ba useil 1 1 holil many arguments with ed but apparently in a great distress. .She
the Rev. Mr. McFerren the talented ai.il told litem that the men in the room up tnirs
popular Methodist minister of the place his ' had been in a terrible way thiimgh the night
warm personal and political friend and tlialiThcv went up into the i-oom and found one
he had promised him that when he did ein -
brace Christianity he the Rev. Mr. Mc -
Perron should baptize him. lie therefoto
sent for the Rev. Dr. Edgar made known
His obligation anil expressed Ins intention Jo.
he baptized by his friend the .1ethodist mill -
istcr. The same day the venerable Mrs-.
I'olk mother ot the ex-Prasident a very pi-
ous Presbyterian lady arrived from her rcsi-
dence foitv milos distant .'iccointiauicd bv
her own pastor.hoping that her distinguished
son would consent to be baptized by him.
'Mother" said the dying e.v-Presidcnt
taking her affectionately by the hand "1
have never in mv life disobeyed you but von
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;:i!St vielU to your son now -jiul gratuv mv
. . -.. . .. . -..
w 'es. 1 musi uc uaituzcu ov ttie iev. ur.
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McFerro:'.. ... I
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His mother. IVisc a; she is pious did tint !
II
e.-itatc to "iv.. !ierco.isonl;andin the pros-' "'' - " V'" i'."" V V i
neof tlieltcv. Dr. Ed-ar and il.e Kcv.lfIIIllI.an1 "J1"" Ils '"!''""'".''; & . '''
. m.i. .f r- .... .i. ...7i :.... 'this Iialtimoro Convcutun he felt and de-
out-
Mr. Mack
of Cidmnhia ihc
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settled upon ins amiable Jady; who is to he
. . .'. . 1 .1 . 1 1 j 1
hoped will long make this city her abode an
1 . . --..! :
oriiameui n us society; ior an up:
piariC her.''
F0RE1CN ITEMS.
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. -.I -ir . ' tul lestilt: and oven Mr. (.lav bis competitor
the Lev. ilr. Mcrcrrcn. -. . . . . . . ...
. . .11 1 with his keen sasacity received the tntcl 1-
Mr. Polk has died wot th about one bun-! .. K- '.. ... ..
. 1 1 n .1 1 it 1 1 gence ol James Iv. 1 oik s nomination with
tired thousand dollars the hulk of which is f. . . .... .
51. Lamartine has been nominated for the jlis p.-litiCMI career. He had unde prepara-
Frcncb Assembly in several districts. inn or alui peaCIriil and comfoitnble
The Lucrpool Albion s'.ateslhat a ship is rctjrelnc!lt. c jiaii bought and fitted up for
forthwith to be despatched to Calitoniia wiih a I(..iti.icc a large and comfortable mansion
a cargo of the :atr sex. under the ass-ired iJc VM arrantred to visit Europe next fall
prospect that lhoe who espouse them will ; conipallV witj; Vrs 1o!k- u was at
pay their passage 111 their weight of gold. - ! c ; ; j)Cctmiarv condition nnd amply
The cargo has been anticipated by some en- 1 nl!c to jmiu!.0 !imelf in icli.ement with a
terpnsing.citizeu ot ;. ork but the Kn-jjio !;;;. am jc;3UrCi after the anxic-
ghsh speculator relics on his cargo of maid- :es at$ell'dat 0! all official career of rematk-
ens turning out a superior sample in winch; ab!c excitement and severe labor."
asc he will command the market.
I ler most faithfii Majesty Donna Maiia
tie Gloria Queen ol Portugal ha'? been cited
in a Lisbon court to pay her banker.
1 here is onlv one diamond cutter in Lon
don. The Dutch hsve for ages almost molt-1
ot:ui;d the diamond cutting trade of Lut one. I
and so expert are thcv.that on showing them
n r.iCfjh diamond they will tell to the greit-
est nicety what will be its exact shapti when
cut and almost to the hundxeth pait of a
grain what the polished gem will weigh.
Ir. the bankruptcy coiut in London recent-
ly. :t dividend was made on an estate under
a fiat issued
17!-'0 fifty years ago. The
I I. I I- .O ll?f..
oani;rupis were .ucssrs. i'lcscnt .x noincKcr. 1
who had failed in upwards of halt a million. I
: lu-re is scarcely a single creditor surviving.
'iaa:ar:: I'alls June 2:2. Last evening at
a. tjttarter before S o'clock wliilo a patty f
ladies and gentlemen were visiting the Luna
Island among whom were the lady and little
daughter of Air. De Forest am! young Clias.
C. Addington and several others and while
the little girl was standing on the very brink
of the river and only sonic twenty feet rom
the Falls ami holding by the hand of a
young gentleman whose name I have not
lent ned young Addington came up and said
playfully "Fin going to throw you in"
touching her lightly on ihe shoulder when
she sprang f.irwurd with a sufficient force to
.-lip lrom the hand of the young gentleman
wh held her.
She was instantly followed by Addington
who caught her and in the effort was pros-
trated by the force of the water throwing
the little girl at the same time so near the
shore that tiie young gentleman who had her
by the hand nearly caught her but lost his
balance only .-aving himself by catching hold
of some brush on shore. In an instant young-
Addington and the little girl weie swept over
the Falls.
No human efloit could avail them. A sin-
gle moment threw them beyond the leach ol
all moital aid. ioitng Adiimgton was a
110 event has ever cast sucn gloom over
our village. The body of the little girl lias
just been recovered and will be sent to Buf-.
falo by this afternoon's train. '
Miss Annette De Forest was a very inter-
esting child about nine years of age. .rr.
Addington twenty-one he was the son of S.
H. Addington Esq. for many years a resi-
dent of Bulfulo.
Jlwful Retribution Six Cholera Dtalhs ia
one House. About a week sinSe a German
residing iu a small frame hon.-o situated in
the rear of Urasimeyer's on "Water street or
on Gray's nlley.as it is called the alley run-
ning behind the row of stores on Peail street
was attacked with cholera. At the same
time bis little child was also taken and they
both died. In the meantime his wife the sole
survivor ot the family Was taken dowil and
about to die. A German woman who came
to the family in the canucitv of nurse "was
attacked with the cholera and also died.
Then another was sent for who took her
p-iuw u me ucu-siuu 01 iiicsich. woman iu
ine next day she was taken fiomc with the
cholera and died in a few hours. The wo- j
ihnn slillpl..I..I ... I...... i:i". ..l.i.....t. .-
attended" by sonvs of her neighbours among j
whom came two relatives of tho deceased'
husband two brothers Henry and Gerard 1
...... 0..11 auuggn-u mi uuieeii 1110 aiiu ueaui 1
....... .r ........11..... !......... ..(- I :i ...... - .1 1.. t -.1 .1.. ...!.;:. . :
"" " Vi v"-'r T """".U" "' ' .'" " " ". """"' .subscriptions to the amount of 49:8000 have
ri.iil iffiiinrnuc I'miiili'S 111 u'.u til lntlil" ... ...!. .i. i..j imini. lint r. !- in :ti.r nin InnniN nt . .. -
5. " ' "". . - ' . .. ...' ' . '.."..-' I been secured is to consist o! a Irtitmnhal arch
son 01 ma ucrcavcu ianiiiy residing in isuiia- two do tars a day or etery man who wouitii . . . . ;
. ' - . . . J .... surmounted bv a collossal statue ol the tle-
!o. t hg. 1 his tiettig the amount that tne i.tmel 1 - . 1 . 1 ... .
Pi ....... - iii? 1 .1 1 ceased to be erected at Ihe head ot State
"M .m; ion inlt: .ii--ii ui.i 13 iiui;ii?i; KL'U tic V. Ul ut'U to. inr liK';.'lll 111 IIIL SI.-.1IU- .
the house and dwelt there night and day
and the neighbours called in but seldom.
Yesterday morning some of her friends
went to sec her and found her up and dress-
j deatl and Ihe other dying they had been
' stricken with cholera during the night and
died alone unaided and unaucalcd. Collins
' were procured into which they were thrust
ami called oil to the grave with no one to at
1 tend or mourn over their death. Mrs. Eavers
' .-fr.tes that these two men staid in the house
for no other purpose than to take possession
of her effects in case she died;. Their cupid-
ity cost (hem their livesfbrthe scoursc over
took them in a single n'ght and they were
hurried to lite grave tmlumcntcd uuauealcd
and unattended.
Louhrille Com: July "J.
Jin. Pi.k. The Yashiugton corrcspond-
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-il v nil- iiuiiiuiuii; .-iiii 111 tuiusiuu iu .til.
.
1 oh; says:
"Tt. i-i;.i..i t.; ... .ir.-tv. i il
I residenei IiiMiire Ihe npci'mii nr Air :in
imoro ConvcutiJii he felt and de-
entirc confidence in the success-
"'i; I. .11 HUIIIU .11111 111
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"beat again!
. T n 1
"ir. I '.!; also pr
predicted the ultimate ac-
ccssiuii of Mr. Benton to the Presidency for
one teim; and the course of events appeal s
bow to encourage the opinion. He did not
however nvnnet to close bis own motl.-il with
A Divor.nous Ride. The New York Sun
of the l!5'h gives the following account of a
pciilous ride 011 the Niagaia liver:
'One of our subscribers.' writing to us
Irom A lagai a I-alls under date Kith inst.
savs: 'The little steamer Maid of the mist
which plies from ihe Suspension Bridge up
to the rails and thence to the Canada shore
while coining down this afternoon about u o
clock broke pome of her machinery so that
tiie engine could not be woiked. Left to the
mercy of the i:iirit.ntv.c riiitlr-d down stream
with the greatest velocity. The consterna-
lion was very great and many bars were
felt for the lives of those on board bt.t just
before we got down to tin- bridge the boat
dinted i-.tiu nil cM;- aid Ihe crew got ropes
out ant! woi-Keil her on shore r-acn and
every one on board were glad I can assttie
you to fmd themselves once moie on (riv
Jirmtt.
Young men arc in general but little a-
ware how much their reputation is affected
in the view of the public by the c.onipany
they keep. The character of the'r asso-
ciates is soon regarded as their own If
j they seek the socieiy of the worthy it ele
vates them 1:1 the public estimation as it is
an evidence they respect others un the
contrary intimacy with persons ot" bad char-
acter always sinks a voiing; man in the eve
of the public. '.
GOLD DIGGING IN CALIFORNIA.
A S?n Fiancisco correspondent of the N.
Y Cornier ventures the following-advice to
such persons as heing still at home have
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"To such as contrinplatetl coming out here
111 companies ant: e.iiploying persons to dig
for them 1 will relate a short anecdote.
Ten men belonging to a company established
for this purpose at rived one day upon the
hank of Feather river in the very midst of
the gold region where ihoy met ten Indians
who'were killing listlessli about under the
shade of a large free. 'These are the very
mcitt was at the time thought a sufficient
inducement certainly; but the Indians shook
their heads. Five dollars were then offered;
again the Indians shook their heads. Ten
dollars was the next offi'i- when one of the
Indians rose and said 'Here are ten of you
and ten of us; we make you the same oiler.
You white men dig for us and we will give
each one of you tcndollais a day!" So you
will observe that ii'itio but hale hearty stout
well-knit and licaiiby men need come out
here for gold. And two-thirds of these (let
me warm thorn in time) will lay their bones
where they go with the hope of accumulating
fortunes. My reason for thinking thus must
be obvious enough to persons at all acquain-
ted with tho country. When the unhealthy
Lseason sets iu at the placer the temptation
lor augmenting one's heap is too strong to be
resisted. As each individual ima"incs that
he will escape or at any rale that the
cuanccs tire somewnat in his Invor 110111
leave until a ragm
w....Uh ) 11- i.nwi ii.mm-
t . 1
flnrun liu
J7.iaillIIU LAUJJIIUiLIUll Ul
igiovor nas taueii n s'.r. or
stc3sesitist...lite.odt:-!"t'ot
hold when in mosl
part . But this is useless. No warning from
ine or any body else wilt turn alido: and 1
fancy that every person coming to California
.l-..-f.. .! ... .. I j ..
tident that it mu-l 'lead on to fortune." Hut
I know from actual observation that the tide
runs both ways out here. There is an ebb
inietins 10 tune nits ai me Hood lecitti"- con
j omikis it 1. Escirr. ruov Dr. un. On i
the I"th inst.. near .Macon (.J a the wife of
Mnj. Henry Wood made a 1110:.; providential j
escape from death. She was standing in thci
garucn near mo house having on her per -
sou at the time a gold watch with a gold
.it . .
guaru chain winch parsed round the necu.
The electric (Itiid sti tick the chain ir.eltin;' it
cntirclv. From the chain it nassed through
the watch partially destroying it. Thence! I ho emporium of the U o.storn Coast prc-
it escaped down her clothing doing no fur- j scuts a busy scene. There are about sixty
titer damage until it re.tcbed the shoes which ' vessels in the harbor of all clashes all de-
were literallv ion: to nieces jik. Wood eerted by their crews a fate -that awaits
vas.of course knocked .-cnelcss at the time
1 but under the usual remedies soon after par-
tiallv recovered and is doincr well. She;
was severely scorched around the neck ini-j
mediately where the chain tested and was
also injured in one of her loct; but iu other
icspects escaped unhurt.
Xr.w Cotton Rr.(.i:ivi:r. Tito first bale
of the new crop arrived vestci da vpcr steam-
ship Portlandfrom Texas. It was received
iu Lavaca on the 15th inst. and is consigned
to Mpsm. Me!)f.wi.l StPei-.k. of t 1 etv'M"'- -". r"'". "' '""'.' "-I'"-"-"
The staple is pronounced by iudires to be
vor-V 00"- i" t;1!ilLr "Z s":u
weeks we believe than in any previous
1 - ilnt new enllon has Iii-eo teceived
very good. Ihis is earlier bv some two-
son that new cotton has been teceivcil heie
Pie Jv'i) -25!h.
Livn Stock
I.NsuniNcr. Co.miunv. A
company has been organized in Connecticut
i having their office in New liav-n lor the
insurance of live stock. This i.s the first ef-
fort to protect iu this country a class of .sub-
jects heretofore altogether overlooked.
A model 11 poet thus unbtirthens
hi
S 111111(1
in a vein of peculiar sentiment:
The falkn L-j.if and Wlmilin Wind
I'm Duces 111 my ser.s.iliie Mind
Ktl'hcks eye Kant in Words X prv--.
But iniclv strong Nov Mr The l.-s-!
Restraint on Makihagc. The . Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania has decided that a
testator cffii devise a real estate to his widow
upon condition that she slinll not marry again.
Iu the Common Pleas of Lancaster county
such condition iras held to be void upon tiie
principle that contracts iu restraint ot mar-
riage are not favored by the law. But the
Supreme Court has settled the oicstion an-
other way. Chief Justice Gibson delivered
the opinion. I'ic.
Chemical. Dr. El!: well known as an
eminent chemist has tillered to analyze ihe
atmosphere where tiie Cholera prevails and
'4 the Board of Health of New Voik have ac
cepted his offer. The philanthropic Doctor
makes the analyzation at his own cxpciiic
declining to receive any compensation.
Tiii: Fiilm 11 Niv. A recent official
J publication .-hows the steam marine of
: France to consist of sixty-mo vessels with
' an aggregate- of : 3. '!!! d hors" power. France
; has bi-sides completely ariuoiLSJ ahhs of the
lmo S frigates 17 coivcttes 21 biigs ami
27 schooners cutters Sic. She has also 10
large troops ships. Her entire nav.il aim a-
ment is said to be in a high state of efficien
cy.
Chime iv Loxnoy. Overfi:J7iO robbe-
ries were committed iif London hist ear.and
the amount of pioportv stolen exceeded a
million of dollars. The number of persons
arrested wits G14S!). of whom Ol(iSJ were
discharged and 27271 convicted or held to
bail.
Choi.eui Incidents. The N.:w York
Expiess 1 elates the following melancholy in-
cident: "Two young ladies beautiful and
accomplished Mahv Louis v and Vinnixiv
Si ah one nineteen the other twenty-one
1 ycats ol age were both engaged to be mar-
L ..:.i .. m ..1.... t. r.. .1... .-. 1 1 .
"t-" "" """ ''i. '" i"" oitiiiroay nigju
previous both went to lloboken and there
impiudenth partook of tee creams strawber-
lics and other fruits. The hour appointed
for the wedding found both of them cold iu
death with their bridal garments for a wind-
ing sheet."
."rfiimtMfii to De Jf'itl Clinton. Tho pro-
posed monument by the citizens of New York
to the memory ot He lit C imto.t.lor whicl
street Albany within the grounds and in
front of the Capital it wit! be richly orna-
mented with a curved cornice frieze Sec
and the general effect in grandeur and sim-
plcity. cannot fail to strike all eyes . Alba-
ny Buffalo Utica and Syracuse"'cach offer-
ed sites but the preference was justly given
to tho scat of government the point where
the canal may be said to touch tiie sea.
XEVfilt GET ANG11Y.
It does no good. Some sins have a seem-
ing compensation or apelogv.a present grati-
fication of some sort but anger has none. A
man lcels no better for it. It is really a tor-
ment ami when the storm of passion Ins clear
cd away it leave one to see that he has been
a foot.
Thcie arc between siv nnd seven hun-
dred American and only sixteen English ves-
sels engaged in whaling. . l
Columbus in Georgia lias soni'! twelve
' -c?--- -.
i.i...iitl..fa. ...... rti .1.1.. .I......i .1. :. 1 1
--..; ...u.M.nit-us .inn .1 cnpuai
$-WU.0.W am! a flour mill is about
fcoing up with a c-irutal of SKM.uOU. 1 here
arc several cotton mill .t- i.-oii i"..tn:dry a ; ous ate likely to haie the most of the "dust"
cotton gin mcitiry inanfHt tilling rb-..t eigh- here and as this c.-mimauds respect they
teen gms u week u wool company kc. and aare tlio aristocracy of California. A cook
natural coiis.'.m.-ncc ofall this the town is I or a house sle.i aril commands in this coun-
one ol Ihe best off in Ine btate or country.
onocMns nieuicui 111 I'ensiicth
M E N A N D 1!US IN E S S
IX CALIFORNIA.
From a. idler nuhlished in the Journal of
1 Commerce and which that paper avouches
to be from an intelligent source we extract
dc follou-in" pirivrsphs:
-
Sv k.o mat I ls!9.
oory vessel here as sooii as her anchor i.s
; down. .Men have to be hired in unloading
them at 10 per day.
Goods of all descriptions are becoming
very plenty and pi ices are moderate except
at retailand in places distant from San Fran-
CISCO.
The .-.mount of iinpoitatious at this port is
" 1 1. i.i. 1 ... -...11.1.1 L i.. r.
;l "" -l -"o. or mis .a .uu
'tI.H 0USh ' Iavc "ot 'J1 ablc a3T
""P."1 rT"'" PCI1" (r T m
and secured subject to the decision of the
Government at Washington amount .to about
:nieOO for the same period.
The number of passengers w!ic have ar-
rived here by sea during the period alluded
to is very great. The actual population of
the country at this tunc cannot accurately be
estimated but may be thirty thousand. It
consists ol Americans English French
Mexicans Chilcnus Peruvians and indeed
of alhnost all nations and languages; but
those named are the numerous classes. The
Americans at this time comprise less than
one-half.
Lodgings in San Francisco arc very diffi-
cult to be obtained. The greater part of the
floating population live in tents. There arc
perhups.four hundred houses hcre.of the poor
sand and is now held at about JIUI tie
tiiotistud; but is difficult to be obtained at
that price
There arc iu California men of all traJ es
and professions out the physicians arc t he
most numerous. One may sit down in any
place in San Francisco and he shall see a
doctor pass by onou a minute all day long
-. ... -
lucre are ccrattnlv twenty doctors to ono
patient. Mechanics art. also numerous but
there are scarcely any engaged in their
traues except a tev. carpenters 110 get v-n
a day for their labor. Agriculture is entire-
ly abandoned.
The ordinary occupations here arc gold
digging regular trading speculating and
gamming ! arm lots 111 san r rauciseo are
held at from :.()0'J to $0500). Several
other towns have been laid o it as Bcnicia.
Stockton Sacramen'o City.kc and the lots
sold at very high prices titles are but lit-
ie impnrci! tuio; mere is no uouui mat mey
are generally bad
Here a man will do almost any tiling to
make money because there is no power to
call him to account.
Even official and pro-
fessiminl employments are assumed bv those
not having the Ieat rightful pretensions to
litem who 111 tin- wav e-stort thuusa-idi of
dollars per month from the ni'ihitti'bs of
strangers who come here. Every man is
devoted to one pursuit the acquisition of
gold and is not sciupulous as to the means
employed.
Theic is no society no such thing ss
friendship no pleasure of any kind; there is
no religion iccognizetl in practice and no
Divinity worshipped but gold anil to its
shrine mi'ltitudcs of pilgrims arc daily llock-
South American Republics. Every
ocs well armed and as great insulin and in-
iuries arc pretty sure to be followed hv in-
ry in due form. At the mines as they have j
no prisons hanging is the only modo of pun- .
ishmer.t. Upon the whole life is cousidered .
est description gf-iierallv but as manv Dion- .) ;. j . "
'. . :-. (.cm man can. in my judgment realize at
sands would scarcely be sufficient even now i. . ... '.'. p . . . . .
... 1. ' t t 1 oasl aa 0mce psr day besides his board:
to allord all a s.ielter. Lumber is very much ni 1 : r .' ... :..- .
1 1 -. 1 1 . 11 . -nr .1 1 anu mis 1 assure you will not mors than pay-
in demand it has been sold at i;C0 per thou- .n -r t. -i .'.... -. r
..... - !.. turn lor the toil and privation he is forced to
ing. .Although the country is without gov- ' ....- v !';"' -""-
crnment it i.s not absolutely without order- "?" -v s!::-v al t!! rilros. Provisions on tlte
... i.n.m. ii... ...;...! -. nr... .;... i.-.... Macallmiv were cheaper t:ia:i at anv other
it was annexed to the United States.and bet- i'01;5'' . !:u ihwo jerked or bee dried ...
I.- n.n. ..;.f. t- ; -vr.i.- r .. strips in the sun as hard as v.ocd was one
tk-a ittitu v . ...-. 1 .-. .-i..iv Ul tltl jl Htj I V 11
Miim iciuiii'L-. . liiiULii nii L:ii;iiir-iT til t'rriinf;
.. -. -.. ....!... ....... I I'
he "Ihe law's c'e!:iv " tbnV nrn not v-rv !'. . "ICSC appear.thcy ale not
quciuly commitcd." Murders latcenies and i .'arl atrai cr shouW rcc to pay him
robberies if the offender is caught are pun- hs "V a:ul c:Pcns- rrcights and tra
ished with great severity after a trial bv iu- Por-" arc enorn-.ously high.
tolerably secure and property too when tke mines tiie whole charge for transportation
property watched and iTi'.arded by the owiiu'r. ' '9 nt'aib" equal to one dollar per pound.
Hut the effects of absentees though they j 'kus a barrel of H-Hircn-ting here fourteen
might not be feloniously stolen "contrary to .dollars freight to Sutter's twelve dollars.and
the form of tho statute" would be plundered ' '"""eight to the nearest initio from that" point
and lost to the owner to all intents and pur- j cno hundred and twenty-five dollars would
poses. make the flour accuntiy cost the vender a:
The "diggers" are generally very sue- hc mn "tw iJMtfre and fifty two dollars per
cessful; thai is strong healthy 'men "accus- LT'rre'" II s!c sa"c '' eT other arti-
tomed to hard labor. They get about two c '' nBsty; and rct aHer paying these
ounces a day and some much more some : .cn?.U3 ncf fr K" " he be
less It is a hazardous business however. ""f!'. sober and free lrom the vices of
Some are robbed some lose ll.nlr l.onlfh .! ! ?alnullS n" lI''k'S 0 CXCCSS can realize
somn llinir Hvm It U .-.I.M.ln.n.l .l.t !
quantity of gtdd wbteh has gone out of Ihe
country since the mines were discovered is in
value about seven millions of dollars.
In California there is an utter subversion
of the order of society as it exists in the old
States and a confusion of all ranks and dis-
tinctions But in the stat o of affairs 'there is
. :. :-...: .1 1.1 1
1. itj ..-' ..iuii u inut oic.iai-s tin- .Liiiuoris.
. 1 . . . ' . . .
. .. .. . .... 1AM... Il.....t.... ... . Tl ?
u!i:i.'-:tlpu and unooprcssed; it receivca its
Mull recompense. I"he roughest Inking I
mutnn.rJ" .-.r..' (i. . !k. ..: !...;
trv .1 higher snlarv than the Governor ofl
.-Thel';vrolk'J"?.rtri-n'itr'OU3'irrV?a''viti'":ss and "suffe.iii are anticipated in Iho
able I think it may be considered generally
healthy excepting in the Sacramento valley.
Tho following Ictler from Col. Stevenson
to a friend in Kqw Yotk contains a verv in-
teresting statement of the condition of" af-
fairs iu California:
San r'ltiA.cisco Amu. 1319.
The first mail by steamer from New York
brought mc so many inquiries about the gold
icgion the prospects for business and the
chances for getting rich by gold digging &c
that I find myself unable to answer c.ich sep-
arate inquiry and have therefore determin-
ed to write your fully upon all the points of
inquiry.
At the time the official letters of Colonel
Mason were written and forwarded to the
United States 1 v.-.is still in service and sta-
t ioncd at Los Angelos some seven hundred
miles from the gold region and was as igno-
rant of the truth of the reports that renched
us on the subject as you were in the United
State 3 and iimamtd so until mv command
was disbanded in September. 'My official
duty called me to Motitcicy.wlicrc I lemain-
cd until November uhen I started for the
gold region with a paity of the volunteers
from Los Angelos. We reached the "gob'
diggings" on the Mocallorhy very late in
November. I remained in the gold region
some six- weeks before I returned here and
Ttilly satisfied myself frcm peisonal observa-
tion that none of the statements made by
Col. Mason came up to the real factsas to the
extent and richness of the gold region. New
discoveries of gold are daily made by the
miners and at ihis lime the region' from
which the gold is daily taken extends noith
and south to the distance of five hundrsd
miles; aloug this whole distance there is not
a river stream valley or region in which
gold is not found and that. too. in jrren! r.
. ... .
endure tbr if he labors upon the rivers and
streams no must stand with his feel in wa-
ter every moment he is laboring; if he works
at the dry diggings picking and sifting he
is constantly in a cloud ot dust and dirt and
! no man can distinguish his best frin bv tin
1. . o - ...v
color of his skin
This labor would be more endurable if at
ie cMe of d he conId enjov the comfc
of d ftod aod b(t t . f
' qttcsion. hc mus. coc. hi3 0TO food 01
forts
tho
or fro
without it. It 13 true that in some places
boarding tents are establishedbut they have
more than they can accommodate and tho
food is rarely such as will satisfy the appetite
; of a fatigued and hungry man. Most of these
ooarumg icius arc Kept by highly respecta-
ble people who do all they can to make their
hoarders comfortable; but it is out of their
' power; the means are not within their reach.
1 have seen men living for days without any
. inner toou man Hour mixed with water farm
ed into a kind of dough and bak-d in tho
ashes. Tim kind of living forces them to
the tavern and drinking shop (and the dig-
gings abound with them.') where they nav
Kroln nl'r to twelve shillings for a glass of
'"llor- A half box of sai dines or food of
1 lniu Kuu s r'Jfciiaseti at lrom eight to ten
doliars per box iihirh many will eat for
supper. The;icsiilt is.tlmt living m this way
produces sickness and disease and many
who came into the town with heavy purses of
the precious metal are broken in'hcalth and
constitution. I am advised that 3curvy has
broken out in some part-; of Ihe region and
i? making fearful ravages. This it is great-
ly to bj feared will be the ca-c in nearly all
the diggings as neither vegetables nor other
"U"J1 i' I'"; gar tus; Hour ts.; pota-
I " " C lV '.'""' "al" ""
'T ' " otn!::saus aml m!ln
. w...w. i nu.iivJi. r tl0 It LI U UUliUItTI! ri'I
more
for
ns-
From this to Sacramento
point a here goods are landed
or any other
for the mines
fricght is 5' per It'O pounds and thence to
'""" "'B '"'" u iiuuuicu ooiiars to
three thousand five hundred dollars- per year
uy itis moor o.vcran.i above his expenses.
At first parties would unite purchase oxen
and carts and take un their ntvn r.--: :
mit now that is out nfitm n..o;. a .-.'
. -- -1 --. hium
of oxen such as I- jiurcKased in September
1.191 ui lounecii uonars per yoke are now
worth'two hundrcd'and fifli'dollars. Henco
all persona goir.r 1 1 tho unties go as far as
hcv cin bv witPr nn? t-i-.. .uv n t
Ij "k ? "" 1' mJ!. .hSLLnkel
!... .. - . -. -""""o "- "c
pack it on their backhand start for the moun-
tains. Ally other mode ot conveyance is
out of tho question as sII fcmds of animals
have risen lrom 500 to 5.C00 per cent. I
nave tuts rtav sold a mule
ivnirh f iitifflinc-
ed las! .Title I'm S.? rn sfitin ttl .;.i.
uiindancc: and anv sober. mlrtirinitt nr...
i iirrYpn!.'i!irf5 rn lo h..l fit ..- ...n T..
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