The New York Herald Newspaper, April 19, 1849, Page 1

NO. 5481. MORNING EDITION---THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1849. THE EMIGRATION 0 CALIFORNIA. rer NUMBER OF VESSELS SAILED FOR EL DORADO. THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Vessels Sailed Direct for California. Name of Date of No. of Officers Ver sailing, Pangrs. @Crew .Sbip Flo Dee. 1 10 ‘» ‘Ship Sutton a ri} » Bark Expr an. 2 % rf Fy 10 4 ‘ ® a 6 » » 9 Pi 2» 7 4 rr 9 x» “ 10 2 i 0 10 ” 13 % » B 3 0 1 B yu oS m 4 5 u % 8 iM vt » 10 6 2 i 6 66 w 6 Ey 8 6 6 Mu Schr. 6 7 3 Brig Jolin Enders... 0 10 Brig Georgiana 6 1s 3 Bark 3 Py 0 Shi 23 6 (KO 16 Bark Mersil Pry ¢ 2 Ship South pre} 18 Ship Tahma: 3 lw 18 Brig A. Emory Po @ 0 Schr. Roe... Fs ss a Bark Philip tions 3 & 3 Bark Azim). 3g 6 Py Bark Klixa Dies E4 8 Brig Victory... 7 19 8 Brig Mary Stuart 4 a 8 Schr. LavraVirginia 27 25 6 Sehr. Decatur... 23 27 6 Ship Orpheus 2 oL 6 rig Cord 0 ® 0 Et 32 10 Tackstat 30 ia 6 Bimpire...-s.Feb. t 5 6 Selir. Sea Witeh . i 9 6 Brig Bonne Adele’, 2 3 ai) Sehr. JR. Whi 3 16 6 BhipPanainn...., 0&0 16 ShipDaniel Webster 33 3 Bar! 5 42 12 shi 6 10 16 Bark Strafford 6 10 re) Bark Aun Walsh 7 7 a BpClarissaPerking = 7 aT 16 ipGeoWashington 8 % B Ship Morrison 9 Wo 6 9 43 13 9 10 10 w — a it = B M4 rm 16 18 bo 6 1 a1 » (1B 16 mw 18 16 EN 7 18 2 7 ry 2 & i Bark Brig B 2 % 10 Sche.Gen. Morgan,. 22 a ‘ Ship J. G. Coster... 24 93 18 Barkd,A.Jessuran, 24 Pi re Bark Elisa Ann. En 4 ir} Sebr.J.W. Ryerson. 24 2 3 Ship Helvidere.... Mar. 1 % 2B Ship Courier, 3 P 3 25 é & 1% 16 8 72 RB 8 8 rr} 8 rit 2B 8 ra B I ci eee ae Bark Inca. ce Bark D.G. Godfrey. = es 16 Bark Horatio. @ 0 12 Ship Helena. 1 ©6100 16 Steamship Senator, 11 0 2 Ship Salem..-... 13165 16 Bark Susan, “ais 25 i Steamship Spitfire, 7 rm 20 Bark Clarissa... s. IZ 3 2 2 168 18 Et 9 16 % 3 2B Fy Fc] “4 nten. 20 52 2B Ship Balance 1 76 rr Bark Phenix 2 B 1a Bark Galindo. 7 76 1a Ship Memnon. nt it 16 n ot 10 n 81 = 5 13 12 ‘4 4 u 25 12 10 31 u ry an. 3 12 16 10 a b u rr B 1 (10 3 2 6 i 1B a Mu Brig Pauling....:. 13 1g W Brig North Bena... 15 ET 10 Schooner Anonyima, 17 3 6 Brig Josephines... 4 2 0 sh mM 15 18 2% 39 3 % 8 16 2 (10 16 6 2 8 by ry 8 1 48 B 4 16 ‘ rd BR 5 16 7 7 iy 16 8 33 8 9 116 a Bark Velarco. 10 88 B Brig Col. Taylor. 13 5 10 Ship Sweden... ss. Mar. 1176 16 rk Orb 1 21 12 Ship Regulus’. 5 1M 16 Ship Charlotte 6 12 16 Bark Edw. Flet 5 » 2 Brig Sea Bagle. 5 Fal 10 BarkEwms Isadora. Mar. 31 Py 2 Ship York. wri! 39 16 Brig Canoni . o7 nv Brig Taranto...) 2 60 3 Brig Plane che) 3t 8 Ship Areatus....-. 5ST 6 Ship Frances Aan. | ay 2 6 Providence... J Mar. ve Bark Flos 5 fo 2 tol R. 1... Bar one _ yg Bark Wintl #3 71 12 3 & 1 7 12 Bring Sterling: » 10 Bark Lagrange, 65 RB = % 10 6 38 8 BB 16 18 6 ees a Newburyport—B re 8 Newport, Ral. Shi Dp Sagharhs mo ok Holmes Ik 16 6 Frankfort, a 8 Glouce 6 2 orfolk. ait 16 iu Ww eT b Baliimore.... Su Ship 6B Selit. Eelip 5 7 Sehr. Se wo a Ship Jane sO 16 Bark Hebe 8 R Ship Xylon. rr a (4 Bark John i : Sie Brig R. W, Brown. . Ww 8 0 Bark Kirkland. Pay 62 I Seur. Ferdinand... 35 25 8 Tinie’ Arabian. Mar 16 zw niladelphin., .Bark Louisiana... Dee 2 Fe ae Ontots Jan I i610 i ol i 6 10 Ss 8 rie ae Oa Piymonth “4 8 Dew Orleati ot | 3 Ae Bark TO... . Pel 3 iP Steamship Mekim, ; & 2 Sehr ship... Mar 9 2% 6 4 r 19 6 2 2 Pr oq = 5 8 6 6 59 rH py 13 6 6 4 B 21 Is Schr. Tremont. ‘ 2 6 Kehr. John Allyne,, 12 6 Behr, Gazelle 13 = 13 p Wit'm 16 B iM ne. Beli 6 Fi 8 Park Rus 8 3 0 Schr. Horace 0 2 6 Mayflower: 3L w u Mitchell 31 bt 3 RI American i #8 Warren, R. 5 ty 35 6 Belfast... ... Bar ry 12 Richmon Ship Merton 8 hip Glenmore...: 78 Wow Hayen,. aq Ragartown .. Brig Vewsn i s on... Ship Othello. | 2"! Jan. 3 D a Ship Thos. Bennet. Mar. 23 6 11,527 Total in 226 versels Veasnits iled. Name vk... + Bark J 8 Istheaus Baxthe apleton Tag Marietta Brig Wasthrop Steamer Fateon,, ent Ciiy. 2s BION. sees . Ls Cro wall sez ~utins, York... New Yor! pen essase Boston. ..+.. Bi preNeee Scho Baltimore... Gheraahon o@rezerneze.2's™! Via Whence sailed. Name of V. New York... . Bark Neum) Plymot Now Orleans., .Schr. Nancy Brig Jennett Mobile... .... Total in 11 vessels Via Whence noted Name of ve New York... .Sehr. John ( 38 Ow Norke ++ «Sehr. C. Gy Seull 19 Sehr. Col. Fannii 7 Ship Wm. B, Travi 53 Sehr. Florida . 3 Schr. Peerles: 9 Wew Orleans. Steamer Telegraph 5 Steamer Fanny. te 4 2i4 teamahip Globe < 50 Steamship Globe 188 Mobile... ... Schr. Princeton, 50 ‘Total in 11 vessels te Via Cor bss -Bark Noramberg.. . jar. 8 8 ‘Schr. J. W. Herbe 33 Steamship Fanny Ey Total in Svenels... oe. ee eae 106 Via San Jvaw Rivua, New York... Brig Frances oe: 2 Brig Mary 116 Total in 2 veoscls... 3 18 Via Tanvico, Philadelphia. .Brig Thomas Walton 7 Sehr. Newton. 37 ‘Total in 2 vessels... . or Via Garvie Wow York... .ShipB. R- Milam. «Apr. 3 86 H Now Orloans. Steamship 9 isa in 226 RECAP! Total § re ‘Vonsels, via . pe eG “« "698 Ce ee 765 aR ee tos eager ke ns weg aS Sa 87 * ba “ Galveston 86 « a “ Lavaca .. 122 Total in 809 vessels, .........e eee eee eee e 10,717 In addition to the above, the ship Alhambra, cleared, and the schooner Sacramento has sailed, from New Orleans; the brig Wasson, at Charles- ton, isready to sail; and the bark Clyde cleared at this port on the 17th, for San Francisco, none of which are included in the above list, as we have been unable, as yet, to obtain a list of their pas- sengers. The Western Overland Route. [Correspondence of the St. Louis Republican. Sr, Joseru, Mo., April 2, 1849. The immense emigration to California by this route, has given an impetus to business in the towns of Independence, Westport, Weston and St. Joseph, unprecedented by that of any past sea- son. The taverns and boarding houses are crowd- ed to their utmost capacity, and it is with the greatest difficulty that the new comer is enabled to obtain quarters—many, for the want of other lodg- ings, being obliged to accommodate themselves in uncovered wagons and unoccupied out-houses. As near as can be ascertained, 2,500 persons are al- ready at these points—by far the greater number being at Independence and St. Joseph—while every boat that arrives from below, adds largely to this number. | In addition to those who have arrived via St. Louis, several companies from Northern Illi- nois, Ohio and Missouri, and from Michigan and tie, have made their journey to thege points over- land. Several of these companies, among whom is one of 271 gentlemen from Pittsburgh, come complete- ly fitted out for the expedition, while others con- template making their outfits at their places of ren- dezvous. Which of these points afford the greatest advantages for this purpose, is a bone of much con- tention between the good people and business men of these several pluces, and especially between those of Independence and St. Joseph. It is not my intention, in corresponding with you from this portion of our State, to express any. partiality in regard to this matter, but simply to give a true and accurate report, from time to time, of sales of the most important articles necessary for an outfit, and also the facilities for procuring them—Ieaving the emigrant himself to judge, before departing from your city, whether they can be procured on more Teasonable terms than ‘in St. Louis, or to select nf point as he may deem proper after leaving that ace. : The principal and most important item of consi- deration is that of stock, in regard to the prices of which I have sought every thie ination in my route to this place, the amount of which I will inform you in this communication. At St. Joseph, common to good American mules are selling at from $55 to $70, and choice from $75 to $100 per head, according to size and age. The supgly, as also the demand, is limited, most of the emigrants providing themselves with stock before reaching this point. Oxen are selling at from $45, to $60 per pone, according to condition and quality, very few being in the market or offered for sale. ‘The facilities for manufactur- ing wagons are very limited, the market being bare of any that are completed or ready for sale. In other articles there is a slight advance upon St. Louis prices, the quantities and qualities from which to make a selection, of course, being far be- low that afforded in your city. At Independence, the su ae of stock is large, and at this time exceeds the demand, yet holders are firm. Saturday last, a lot of young American mules sold at prices ranging from $55 to $65, as in quality. Four or five years old, of large ‘size, will range above the highest figure, while good Span- ish mules, whichare scarce, will readily command from $90 io $110—very. seldom to be obtained at the lowest figure. It is generally believed that a large number of mules are on their way to this mar- ket; but, even with an additional supply, it is ght the demand will increase in a greater pro- portion, and the present quotations be considerably advanced. The supply of oxen is not large, neither is the demand great—the large number of emigrants preferring, or at least purchasing, mules. Satur- day last, ten yoke sold at, prices ranging from $55 to $65, according to condition and quality. With regard to the facili v3 for obtaining wagons, harness, &e., at Independence, I shall inform you in my next letter from that place. The prices of stock at Tadependésice, as also the remarks, will hold good and apply to Westport and Kanzas, the contiguity of these places, being but a few hours’ ride from each other, rendering the quo- tations about the same. At Weston, Sunday last, I heard of sales of good American mules at $70 per head, and common at $55. Choice cattle, at the same time, were sold at $58 the pe common at $51 50. Very little stock at this point, and the demand limited At points along the river—other than the places aforementioned—stock ranges much higher than I have quoted. At Parkesville, a village a short dis- tance below Weston, sixteen Ame: mules were offered for sale, but held &rmly at prices ranging from $85 to $100, and at a point a few miles below St. Joseph, a lot of the same quality of mules were held at from $90 to $125 each. These two lots were regarded by their owners as of pyeae quality, being larger in size than are ordinarily found. | In this section of our State are a number of per- sons, the greater portion of whose lives have been spent in mountain service and upon the plains. From them I shall inform myself of such matters as will prove of service to the emigrant in making his outfit, and in my subsequent communicatione give the benefit of their experience. They remark, with- out any conflicting opinion, that two and three year old American tule are unable to stand the service ot an expedition to California, and most especially when put into harness. A ‘number of emigrants are supplying themselves with such animals, under en impression that they will be more servicable. ‘This is a mistake; they have not the bone, nor are they sufficiently developed in their limbs to enable them to stand the trip. Mules from four to eight years old are greatly preferable. Another remark ie, that young men, arriving at these points of rendezvour, instead of immediately forming a camp, aad envring themselves to the hardships of a duty with which they are unac- quainted, go into boarding houses, determining to lead an easy life until the time for their departure arrives. By perferming camp duty in a vicinity where the necessary accoutrements for such duty can readily be obtained, they ascertain more cor- rectly what the Tay lesire, and are enabled to obtain it before bein yond the bounds of civili- zation or the facility for procuring such necessaries as may be deemed important; and further, they gradually become accustomed to the hardships of a camp hie, while in the vicinity of a comfortable respite from the duty, should it be found too irk- some. It is advisable for companies, as soon as possible after their arrivul at these points, to go into camp. i Some weeks will yet elapse before any company will be enabled to leave the settlements. At pre- sent, und for several weeks to come, the grass will be toa young and insufficient to justify them in starting. To attempt to carry food sufficient for their stock to last them up to a time when there will be range and pasture enough, would not only be an unnecessary expense, but in the end not in the least facilitate or expedite them in their joumey, {It is conceded therefore, that the first of May is as soon as any com, pany should leave the settlements. ‘That St. Louis atfor \s superior facilities for the ac- commodation and stay of such emigrants as have started on their journey, in anticipation of proceed- ing forthwith, either in expense to the emigrant or his comfort, cannot be questioned by any who have to accommodate themselves te the inconveniences of their several places of rendezvous, which, al- though sufficient to supply the usual demand made upon them, are wholly inadequate for the accom- modation of the great body of individuals daily flocking to this quarter from all portions of the country. In no disparagement to the obliging landlords is this said, for they do their best ; but the room and other advantages are not to be obtained. To such, however, as design camping out, the soon- er they do it the better. A young man from Lancaster, Pa., named oe rus Jacobs, attached to a company from Pittsburgh, fell overboard from the steamer Kansas, on her trip up, and was drowned. Last evening, at the Presbyterian church, in this town, an eloquent and appropriate funeral sermon was delivered by the pastor of the church, to his memory. His late associates, the members of other companies, and citizens generally, attended the service, and much feeling was manifested on the occasion. | A young man by the name of John B, Deitz, for- merly of Washington City, suddenly died at Wes- ton, a few days since, under circumstances painful in the extreme. A wager was. laid with a friend, that he could drink the most liquor, to test which he filled a pint glass with brandy and drank it down; scarcely had the last mouthful been swal- lowed before he fell senseless, and in a few mi- nutes was a corpse. The deceased is of highly respectable connexion, to whom his untimely end will cause much sorrowing. ‘ It is now raining, with a prospect of its con- tinuance for several days. ‘The river is low and falling. Movements for California, ._ , NEW YoRK. ‘The bark Galindo, Captain Macy, sailed on the 7th instant, for San Francisco. She has been fur- niehed in a superior manner, by Mesars. Brett & Vose, which the passengers acknowledged in a letter ly complimentary to the gentlemen of the firm. Annexed is a list of her passengers :— James T. Gardner, Exq., of Troy, New York, Prosi- dent; J. M. Purves, August Crosse, 8. L. Derrickson, J. FE. Baker, A. Van Waler, jun., George Knight, H. Lorri- mer, J, Smith, J. Dobbs, R. F. Williams, M. Menges, R. Hamilton, B. Burdge, jun., T. Kindall, D. 8. Mapes, R. 8. Jenkins, J. E. Hooper, J.A. Van Taseell, A.H. Jayne, Elliot Higgins, J. Darling, C. R. Wilder, J..L. Van Nort- wick, A. J. Van Tassel, James Gallon, T. W. Skirven, 8. H. Haskins, Constantine Morse, Thomas Nelson, T. Meyneris, J. N. Barker, B,C. Coleman, H. W. Moore, C. H, Knapp, A. Bukman, J. D. Banker, 3. M, Rollins, W. Shepurd, J. Young, M. Smith, T. B. Savage, 8. R. Derrick, A. McDonald, C.F. Jayne, J. Miller, PB. Ro- gers, C. Hamilton, J. Arlington, Francis Pasman, Jo- seph Smith, M. W. Holley, James White, William HinesyM. Homan, A. Wood, W. C. Bunting, J, Sacket, A. Coleman, H. N. Adams, A. J. Putnam, E.G. Terry, R. Donaldeon, J. L. Coutant, J. HLH. McClure, C. W: Leroy, A. Stubbe, W. H. Force, J. W. Tyler, T.B.John- ron, 8. G. Dunbar, 8. A. Snow, P, 8. Lawson, W. H. Short, B. F. Coleman. Passenger—W. H. Dougall, of Washington. Total, 7 MASSACHUSETTS, The ship Frances Ann, Capt. Proctor, cleared at Boston, on the 17th inst., for San Francisco, with the following passengers :— Howlett H. Hagen, Joshua Bates, Theodore Harris, John K. Wellington, of Boston; John Harkins, Peter Haskins, of Waltham; E. 8. Pepper, of Salem; Stephen Putnam, Mrs. Stephen Putnam, and two children, of Danvers; Thomas Snow, 3d, Lot Peach, Thos, Meek, of Marblehead; Jos. L. Hesley, John Haggerty, of Ply- mouth; Wm. Collamore, of Barre, Ms.; Win. Hall, of Halifax, Ms.; Parish Badger, of Norwich, Vt.; Francis O'Donogh, of Ireland—Total, 20. The Boston and Newton Joint Stock Association started yesterday Se for California, overland, by way of St. Louis and Fort Independence. The otivere of the company are—Bracket Lord, Presi- dent; Walton C. Felch, Vice President; 8. D. Oeborn, Secretary; Jesse Winslow, Treasurer ; D, J. Staples, J. A. Hough, A. C. Sweetser, H. W. Dickineon, Benj. C. Evans, Thomas H. Meprath, Directors. Several of the company are machinists, find one ina teacher —snostonleve: Zpae,, NALLY, NEW HAMPSHIRE. ‘ The Granite State Company, comprising thirty young men from the State of New Hampshire. eleven of them from the town of Pelham, arrived in this city yesterday, and will depart at ten o’clock this morning for California, taking the overland route, via St. Louis and Independence. The Soath Boston Company, also numbering about thirty men, will depart at the same time and take the same route. The two companies will travel together. Success to them.—Boston paper, April 16. MISSOURI. Hundreds of adventurers, on their route to C fornia overland, arrive here every day. Our hotels, boarding houses, and steamboats «are filled with them, and camps are formed in the neighbourhood. The rush is tremendous. In our exchanges, not only in this State, but throughout Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa, we are advised of the formation of com: panies in every town and county, and their ¢ ture for the land of promise, The early arri many of the compenies on the frontier is a source of serious inconvenience to them, as the back ward- ness of the season prevents them from moving ward. ‘The grass has scarcely comn d spring- ng up, and it will be the last of April, unless th is a very great change in the weather, before they ought to take up the line of travel, When they do commence going forward, the train will exhibit.a most extraordinary appearance, and at no time will the emigrants be beyond the reach of succor from each other. _ If fairly set upon the route, the caval- cade might be made to extend the whole distance from our western frontier to the gold region. It is not an extravagant calculation to say, that thirty thousand persons will leave for California, by this route, in the next three months. fhe regiment of U.S. Mounted Riflemen will leave Fort Leavenworth, for Oregon, about the 15th of May it. Louis Republican, Apri 9. Ovn Fist —The fishing vessels belonging to this port are most of them, we believe, now either nearly or quite ready to sail. All the yessels that were put into the business last year, will con- tinue in it this, and two or three new ones will be added to the fleet. ‘The owners of the fishing vessels belonging to Nantucket were peculiarly unfortunate in happen- ing to start in the business last year. They could not have selected a worse one, if they had their choice, with a full knowledg all the facts in the case. Fish were lower than they had been be- fore for something, we believe, like halt a century. To the exceedingly unsatisfactory prices which ruled during the whole year, add the disadva under which our fishermen labored from their im- perfect acquaintance with the business, and it is not wondered at that the results of the experiment were not altogether so fayorable in the way of dol- lars and cents, as some of the most sanguine fhad allowed themselves to anticipate. Still, notwith- standing all these drawbacks, the majority of the essels paid a fair per centage on the capital in- sted; und we are sure that the failure of any to more than hold their own, was owing solely to in- experience on the part of those directing them, Not a doubtis entertained by those best acquainted with the subject, that this year will demonstrate, even though fish should be as low as they were last year, that the business is well worth purs' and that the people of Nantucket can follow it as erably and successfully as those of any other lace. : ‘The fleet would have been, we are inclined to | think, very considerably increased this season but for the large emigration from Nantucket to Cali- fornia—some two hundred strong—which has taken away many of the active, able-bodied men, who were last year on board our fishing vessels, and more who, but for the stronger attraction of the | gold region, would have engaged in the business. | We think, however, that the enterprise may now be set down as no longer an experiment; that it | may be considered as eettled that fishing will here- after form a regular, and for years to come an in- creasing, branch of the business of Naatucket.— Voutuchel Jaguier , Binat The Clay Whigs—The Wrath of Hiram. The supper of the Clay whigs, and the wrath of Hiram, compel us to invoke the muses in ex. position of this business. What, with the misfor- tunes of Fitz Greene Halleck, and Hoffman—what with the occupation of Bryant in expounding the position of the barnburners, and the secrets of Go- vernor Seward—what with the engagements of Willis in the regulation of aristocratic society, and of the Brigadier General Merria in love songs for young ladies, and considering that Father Ritchie has enough to do in the lamentations of Jeremiah over the executions by Fitz Henry Warren, of the little locofoco deputy postmasters from Dan to Beer- sheba—we feel it to be a duty to call upon Apollo and all the goddesses of Parnassus to aid us in the exposition of the wrath of Mr. Fuller, against the Clay whigs, and in vindication of his expectations of the Marshalship for the Southern District of the State of New York. In the Mirror of Saturday last, Mr. Fuller, the editor, gives the bastinado to the Clay whig Apollo dinner di:organizers, roundly and soundly, from which we make a few extracts, and reduce them to poetry, to be set to music by the Ethiopian sere- naders, and to be sung at a mass meeting of the original Taylor men in the Park, as soon as Hiram is appointed Marshal of this district. Mr. Fuller thus speaks of the Clay dinner, or supper, at the Apollo Saloon :— “Tue Cray Inproxtaton Mextino at THe Apotto.—If we may judge from the published reports of the speeches and rentiments flung out “in honor of Henry Clay,” at the Apollo Saloon on Thursday evening, there still exinte among “the cliques” a deop-rooted and deadly hostility towards the administration of Gen, Taylor, not- withstanding the undeserved fayor which hus thus far been shown to this very faction in the dispensation of government jatronage, It cannot be denied that here in New York, none but the original enemies of General Tuylor have ue yet received office at his hands, | Mat- thew L. Davis belonged to this very clique of Jo Whites, Nick Currolls, and Willis Halls, who have constantly denounced the friends of General Taylor as traitors and assassins!” From all the reports and the speeches Of the dinner at the Apollo Saloon, ‘The Clay whigs, those horrible leecher, Have been howling again to the moon ; And their hate of Old Zack is aa bitter As their foolish devotion of Old Harry Cla; And yet these poor wretches, ungrateful, Are feeding on goverment hash; While with a malignity hateful, ‘They spatter Old Zack with their trash; And Davis, Jo White, and Nick Carroll, aad Hall, Denonce as assassins the Taylor men ail. But again. Hiram regrets te find the xpress in such bad company : « And to invite the President of the United States to participate ina feast of hatred, whero all his friends, and himeelf indirectly, were to be deliberately and tee: totally damned, is one of the most outrageous insults that ever malice devised, or impudence executed. ‘The Expreas says, (and we are sorry to find its editors in such company.) that ‘the language of invective was oxhausted against the original Taylor men.” And tothink of inviting Old Zack to A feast with his enemies cramm’d, In which all is friends were set back, too, Asanong the tee-totally damn’d, ‘Was an outrage und insult #0 coolly devised ‘That its malice and impudence must be dea) ised; And to find the Express in such company mixed, We declare Col. Webb, we are wholly transfixed! Hiram further expostulates on the eternal ven- geance of the rabid politicians: “Not content with persecuting us througheut the eanyasss,thene rabid politicians seem to have sworn eter- nal vengeance against all those who, claiming the right to exercise an independent opinion, preferred victory with Taylor, to defeat with Clay. Even the ‘old boy in specs,’ who said he would wade through « very hot place, with the cinders up to hia knees, in order to de- feat Taylor, while the pap is just beginning to moisten his hoary clay, is found endorsing, with his palsied ap. plause, the bitterest abuse of the very men through whore efforts he is now receiving the bounties of a whig administration,” Not content with perseeuting us Through all the late campaign, ‘These rabid Fou bets come Down on old Zack again. And even “the old Lea ey specs,” Who said he'd wade hell-fire, In red hot cinders to his knees, ‘To swamp us in the mire; Even he, this old bald-pated ehap, Though palaied, joina the play, ‘And while the most delicious pap Moistens his hoary clay, He heaps abuse upon each head Of those by whom his stomach’s fed. Hiram is compelled to arrest his pen, from spon- taneous combustion. “There are come veteransinners who are so far gone in iniquity, that it is no use to heap ceals of fire on their heads, according to the suggestion of Scripture— the only fire they will ever feel is that, which “ without consuming burns’—the hell-fire of a guilty conscience. But the subjeet grows warm as we get into it, and our old “spontancous combustion? pen will be writing rome burning words if we do not cheek it here.’” ‘There are old sinners so far gone In vileness and abuse, That coals of fire upon their heads ‘Are of no earthly use; ‘To teach them what they are about, We hope old Zack will kick them out, But here the subject grows too warm, And when it this way tends, We fear our * old combustion’? pen Biay burn our fingers’ ends But while his finger’s in the pi Let Matty Davis wind his ey Hiram has something to add “We will only add, that besides uncorking all their curses against the original friends of the President, the Ciayites, at their carnival of hate, neminated Henr nd Horace Greeley toasted Nick Carroll, instead of roasting him, as he deserved to be, for his malignant hostility to the present Chief Magistrate, ot whom he is now begging favors at Washington, Any attempt to “conciliate”? these men, on the part of the administration, will lead to its utter destruction. General Taylor was elected without their aid; and he can be supported without their aid. [tis not worth while to throw bones to a barking dog, unless one feels entirely in his power. ‘There are some animals so rabid that they will bite the hand that feeds them,” Uncorking all their curses on Our friends would hardly do; So they nominates Henry Clay For vightecen fifty-two, And G ; mounted on a barrel, Was fool enough to toast Nick Carroll All prospects, all attempts, are vain Towards conciliation Of this foul clique of privateers On this administration, Why throw the marrow bor ‘To dogs that snarl and fig’ While friends sincere Are waiting her In hopes to get a bite. And thus endeth the anathema of Hiram. While Colonel Webb the Cabinet In praives high proclaims, King Hiram drubs the old Clay whigs And by their proper names, ‘The one expeets the berth to Spain From blarney mort profuse, ts a marshalship out abuse. away The Poctry of Politice—The Lamentations of Father Ritchie, “ois strange there should euch difference be, *Twixt tweedledum and tweedledee.”—Porr. “And they rhall be cast into outer darkness, where here shall be weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth.—Hoty Warr ‘The transportation of the Israelites to Babylon, gave immortality to the Lamentations of Jeremiah; and the expuleion of the locofocos from the high places among the Seribes and Pharisees of the New Jerusalem, is softened by the tears of Father Ritchie. Like a hired mourner, at ten dollars a head, for the decapitated, he hangs around the scaflold, and groans at every execution. Only hear him:— “Since there extracts were penned, many names have been added to the list of the proreribed vietima, Sora. pidly has the work gone on, more especially in the Post Office Department, that unless it be speedily arrested, we have fallen upon times of proseription—yea, ef party proseription—carried on by the authority of a no-party President, the like to which has never been permitted by any party chief, except during the days of Mr. Granger.’ — Union Sve how the senffold bleeds, Look ! sympathizing stranger, For democratic heads roll down, Asin the days of Granger, “Mr. Crittenden, before leaving Washington, pro- claimed, in front of the court-house, and as if by an thorily, that there would be no proscription practised, | and, of course, no remoyal perpetrated on political grounds. ‘The whige aud democrats who heard him, were both #truc positiveness of the declaration. It was preeixe, none better known th ev citinen te Y duced by his jou of Geneval ‘Lay lor aud the de well known to possess his unlimited eon3- dence.— Us mn. wed When Crittenden declared, Before the open sky, The locofocos should be spared, He must have told a lie. “And now that, by the assistance of certain demo- erats, he has reached the elevated station which he confessed he was incompetent to fill, what have been the counsels of his friends and the course of bis ad- ministration? Conscious of the pledges he had made, he even refused at first to remove office-holders on ac- count of any political offences. His cabinet in vain im- portuned him hungry expectants in vain surrounded and besieged him, the whig press and their veracious correspondents in vain harrassed and finessed with false statements of his moveme He appeared to be firm, and even to be inexorable.” Union, Conscious of pledges made, He stood to what he awore, While hungry office beggars brayed Around the White House door. Father Ritchie cites the case of Dr. Douglass :— “ What is raid to have passed a short time sineet A special attack was made by a public meeting of certain citizens ot Washington, against the Commissioner of Public Buildings. In consequence of their resolution, « committee waited upon the President, and requested, in their name, the removal of the officer in question, Did not General Taylor explicitly inform them that ho would not remoye an officer without cause? Were thoy not directed to prepare specifications and «ubmit them to the Minister of the Interior, for a specific investiga- tion? Was it not understood that, if proved to be guilty, he should then be removed? Did he not thus recognise fully the principle that he had announced to the public as his guide?"—Union, In the case of Dr. Douglas, ‘A trial was decreed, In which, unless if guilty proved, Old Zack would not recede ; _ And the Doctor suid, “Agreed.” But it appears that— “Then came a change over the spirit of his dreams, The Connecticut election bursts upon the ear of the cabinet. The disappointed office-hunters, too, had become more clamorous and importunate. It was then that his advisers had the game in their hands.— ‘The President was no doubt appealed to again, and pro- bably warned that he would be abandoned by the whigs if he should determine to regard his pledges any longer. In it going too far to suppose that what was sald out of doors had penetrated the consultations of the council chamber,--that he was told the whigs had supported his election for the rake of the spoils of office—that to the victors belong the epoile—and that, if disappointed in the great reward.which they desired, they might desert his administration? He hesitated, and like all similar cases, he fell,’’—Union, But the Conneeticut election Came on him like a spell; And the whigs, loud clamoring for the spoils, Got Zachary Taylor in their tofls, He paused, he reeled, and fell, ‘And then the starving wolves joined in ‘A most infernal yell. Old Zack turns out to be like the old Roman consul :— “ Inatead of imitating the Father of his Country, ho wasrather advised to pursue the maxim of “that old Roman consul, who made promises before his election, which he neglected to perform afterwards.’"— Union, He's the Roman consul, or ‘tis plain, ‘That Monsieur Tonson's come again.” Father Ritche is seized with the nightmare : “Now, removals are becoming as plenty as blackber- ries, ‘Theaze is falling every day, and expecially in the post office, His eabinet, and especially whig senators and members, and their friends, are urging more and more the spirit of proscription upon him. The Virgini elections may haye cunsed them to forbear alittle whi longer; but when her polls are closed, and Mr. Fits Henry Warren's hand is becoming more and more in, we shall probably hear of the guillotine taking a wider sweep of proscription, We suall have our eolumns streaming more and more with the blood of the victims,” —Union. The axe is falling every day, And bleeding heads around us lay. ‘And, as Fite Henry's hand is in, In managing the guillotine, We may expect that he will sweop The locos, like a flock of sheep ; And from their trunks, ’tis clear as mud, Our columns soon will stream with blood ; But tis consoling still to think Twill save ug in the price of ink. Father Ritchie gives in his opinion :— By-the-by, we are informed that some removals are expected, which will cause developments of a character to tickle the ears of the scandal-mongers ; yet wo will not anticipate. We fear the course of the administra. tion cannot now be urrested, and that it is determined to make more sacrifices of the office-holders, to appoase the appetites of the office-seekers. Oh! krickey b Our Pottsville Correspondenee. Porrsviue, Pa., April 16, 1849, ‘The Anthracite Coal Trade. The colliers held their regular weekly meeting at Pottsville last Saturday (14th inst). There was a very large assembly of earnest-looking men, seemingly struggling for the first rights of human- ity—bread; not the bread of unearned beggary, but the reward of honest, willing, and hard-earned toil. The firmness and enthusiasm displayed, and the addresses delivered, give proof that the miners are men of talent, with souls as lofty as their en- terprise is unbounded. We have already advised the readers of the Herald that the wharves in Philadelphia being so crowded with coal that there was no room to store any more, and there being no demand, even at cost, that would induce immediate sliipment of new supplies, the miners were compelled to stop their works. The suspension haslasted four weeks, and the committee announced to the meeting that there was still thirty thousand tons of coal on the wharves at Philadelphia, and no demand; where- upon, a continuation of the suspension being una- voidable, it was resolved upon unanimously. Complaints were made at the meeting that cer- tain epeculators, encouraged by the Reading Rail- road—who care only to keep their cars in motion— and calculating upon the dull stock on hand to keep the market permanently depressed, have made heavy centracts to supply dealers here and in the Eastern States, at prices still lower than the ruinous rates then ruling. ‘This trick of selling * short,” and driving miners to ruin, they tried last year, und were successful. This time, as usual they played the game once too often; the miners, to save their own lives, have closed the trap op them. It appears to be understood by the colliers that there speculators, finding themselves trapped, hi tried to misrepresent the real causes the stoppage, and to get dealers here, and ¢ necially in. Boston, to help them out, by aiding their conspiracy against the colliers. si We can ece very clearly through the whole diffi- culty; and, strange to say obstruction to the coal trade was not once alluded to nor hinted at by the meeting of the colliers. ‘The miners do not atk any advance of price over the pinching opening rates of last year, viz: $2 for white ash, and $225 for red ash coal, at the hed of the railway and canal. Where, th is the rouree of the increased price on board vessels at Philadelphia, which is the matter in dispute t How can this simple question pu: izle a one for a mo- ment? Howisit that miners will permit them. | selves to be saddled with the odiuin, when itis so easy to chow say are innocent t , The real offenders (and such they certainly are) are the Reading Railroad und, Schuylkill Canal | companies. By all manner of mismanagement, they have made their works eort respectively 1 | ang 10 millions, of dollars—making in all 25 mil- | their united capacity being only equal, by | their own showing, to the carriage of 1,800,000 tons of coal per annum. “Now the railroad t itis being made to connect shuylkill coal field via Kas ton, Somerville, and Elizabethtown, will not cost over one fourth of this eum, furnished and equipped for double the tonnage expressed, and at the close of this year less than fifty miles will be wanting to complete the connection. In the face of this comparison, can the pubhe be expected to submit to a tax on coal to pay interest on the extravagance of these corporation ‘They have all the madness which precedes de struction, determined that they have only to name their imposition, and the public must submit. By their last report, the Reading Railroad in- fornis us that at the charges of last year it realized six per cent on the full fifieen millions of dollars, and yet it has ventured to form a combination with the canal to raise its tolls 28percent, Here is the true strike, and this is the only question for con- fumers to determine. Our task is done when rcreen the honest miners—who ask nothing but not to be equeezed to death—and to expose the tricks, by which the speculators seck to cast the odium of r iniquities upon the innccent victims of their no doubt that the mines must remain coal commands something over cost to the miner; and this iteannotd», as Lehigh prices pot a limit to Sebnylkill coal, until the Reading | the deceased; saw Donal the true cause of the | ——SSE TWO CENTS. Court of Oyer and Terminer. Before Justice Edmonds, and Aldermen Adams and Downing TRIAL FOR MURDER. ‘Wiliam Donaldson, indicted for the murder of An drew Mechan was put to the bar ; after which the fol- lowing jurors were sworn to try, and true deliverence make, between the prisoner and the people :—Oliver Bryan, jr., Lewis B. Bacon, Seth Dean, Thomas ©. Lit- tle, Richard M. Pell, Jonathan Smith, Norris E. Phelps, Nathaniel Bassett, Charles Fletcher, Wm. H. Weed, James H. Perkins, and James Crombie. The Associate District Attorney then stated the case briefly, from which it appeared that on the Ist of November, 1847, the deceased was at a partyin Anthony street. got up for the benefit of a widow and hor orphan children.— He left the party in company with @ man named Brat- to, and in coming through Leonard street they met four men, It seems the deceased and the prisoner were in liquor, and they ran against each other. They them squared off, and the prisoner was heard to say; * damn you, why did you run against me They continued to square off at each other, until they got under lamp post, when the prisoner was seen to strike the deceased, after which he fell on the side walk, One of the prisoner's party afterwards said to him, “ William, you have hit the man pretty hard.’ Upon which th prisoner replied, “Yes, 1 think he will never speak again.” The deceased was, in some time afterwards, icked up by @ police officer, and brought to the station joure; and, upon being examined, it was found he was stabbed in the neck, and the earotid artery separated. He dled from the effusion of blood soon after he was rought in. Bratto was taken up on suspicion of the nuarder, but was afterwards liberated, after hearing his ecount of the transaction. It appeared that next 1 orning the prisoner left the oity, and went to New Crleans; and, in some months afterwards, it was found ‘hat he (the prisoner) was the person who caused the veath of Mecham. A requisition was then procured to he Governor of Louisiana, and the prisoner was a1 ested in New Orleans. He was afterwards discharged rom custody under a writ of habeas corpus, and he sub- equently came to this city, and surrendered himself to take his trial. Rocer McGuom called and sworn for the proseou- tion,—Knew the deceased, Andrew Meehan; knew him in the fall of 1847; worked with him at that time at the steam boiler works owned by Hogg & Delamater; knew John Dunlevy; he lived at that time in Anthony street, between Allen and Centre streets; | went to his house about that time; after being there about two Hours, Meehan and Brattocame in; @ party was giveh there that night, for the benefit of a widow woman; Meehan danced and seemed to enjoy himself; he also seemed to be a little under the influence of liquor be- fore he left; he left about half-past one o'clock, in com- pany with Bratto; witness did not see him afterwards, until he saw him in the station house dead; witness knew him for over two years; he was, as far as he knew, a quiet, peaceable man, except when under the influ. ence of liquor; he was then a little quarrelsome Otiver Buatto examined for the prosecution. — Knew the deceased and worked with him; he helped witnees in the manufactory; was with him at Dunlevy’s the night of the dance; cannot tell what time-they left; it was after 12 o'clock; we came through Leonard street together; he came tosee me homes picco of the way; ag we came up, we were walking on the sidewalk, witness next the curb stone, and Meehan inside; we met three or four fellows coming against us; they were making a good deal of noise; they were coming in front of us; as they passed, deceased turned round and made a mo- tion with his fist, as if to fight; witness thought he was joking, and thought he called the others or some of them aron of ab—h, and atthe same time turned round and went towards them; witness then felt some- thing on his arm; he turned and saw them all running down street, and the deceased with them; witness then went home; he thought that Meehan ‘went back to the party, asit was pretty lively when they left; thought he met some of his friends, and was going back with them; witness got up next morning, and was gi work, when he was arrested and brought to the p: office; upon examining his eoat red spots were found on it, but witnoss cannot say whether it was blood or the marks of red lead; knew Meehan for about a year before; he appeared to be a man of quick temper, but never knew him to be in @ quarrel; he was very good- natured that night; the prisoner and his party passed inside of Meehan and witness. Croas-examined—W itness saw Meehan that night; was on the stoop of Dunlevy’s house; met him there ac dentally; it was wbout eight o'clock, as well as witn recollects; he asked witness to come in; witness cannot ray whether he was drinking or not; he appeared to be pretty lively; witness does not recollect to have auid to McGloin that he did not like Meehan’s disposition, and would get away from him as soon as he could; uor did he tell him that he (the witness) would go back to the party; nor did he tell him that Meehan was bothering and annoying him; witness is @ married man, and he was ashamed to be out so late, aud he wished to get home; witness heard & little noise before he saw the prisoner and his party; did not them until they came upon us; they passed between Meehan and the house; they appeared to be pretty near together; the first thing I eaw was deceased squaring off, and calling one of them a son of x ——; if! understood him right, that was the expression used; they all paseed before raw him make the motion; I cannot say that I saw any- thing eaid or done by any of those persons until I saw deceased square off; they all then started, deceased with them, and ran down the street. Direct resumed—Cannot tell whether it was 100 or 150 feet from Broadway, where we met the prisoner and his party. Joun Gosson examined for the prosecution.—Knows the prisoner some five or fix years; witnes and pri- roner were both attached to the circus; prisoner was an Ethiopian singer when witness first knew him; was in company with him on the night of Nov. Int, 1847, after the performance was over at the Bow. ery amphitheatre; witnoss met two persons, one named Charles Lockwood, and the other named Bussing, an tern eaptain, at the Branch Hotel, inthe Bowery; ppaldson was with witness at the time, and one of them asked witnces and Donaldson to go with them and show them New York; we seeordingly went with them; we stopped first at two drinking houses, and drank there; we then went to houses of ill fame, and drank there also; } cannot say particularly how inany houses of the last description we went to, but | know wa. were at one in particular, in Leonard street, whi ot. we were laughing and joking; Donal abit of laughing’and talking loud; remember ed they got on the right hand side of the «treet coming towards kim st; Denaldson and the captain were ahead of us about twenty fest; at this time we discovered two men coming up street; cannot say they run against my party thet was ahead, but there was some move- ment that | did not understand; one of the men ran against Mr, Lockwood very violently, so as to push me up against the iron railing, and was meant. as | sup- pored, ae a direct insult; witness turned round and said to him in a ‘peaceable manner, that he was taking more than his share of the walk ; ed round, and put himself in boxing at- d at (ho ame time used some very insuiting Witness remarked to him to go away, that e was drunk, and did not wish to have any diileuity with him; this all happened in a very short time; prisoner then said he was a scoundrel for pushing pe ple off the walk; he then turaed round and pat him- relf in the same attitude to Donaldson that he did to and followed him down the pavement about twenty eps as bucking down the pav ; they both squarcd off ch other aid at the time to Lonalds Bill, dont strike the man, he is n. drunk ;° they backed down until they got under the luinp port; witness then «aw Danaldson strike him with his lett hand, ‘the deceased then turned round and | came back where the srecas commenced; he held | of the man that was in company with him juror | — Does not think that Meehan struck the prisouer any blow; he etruck at him, however. Direct examsnation continued.—The man he took hold pushed him away; he then went head forero was vomiting ; kaw him fall on his face; he n turned over on his back; Donaldson ' and other two ran off; witness remained watching and Lockwood again that night at the corner of Walker and Centre stroets; wit- ness remarked that. prisoner had hit him a good lick, that he had knocked the ram out of him; he said he was sorry for what he did, or something to that eif he had a dirk kuife in his hand at the time; witness remarked to him, “did you use that!” meaning the knife; he eaid “ yes; he was a big feliow, and he did m know but he (the deceased) would go into him for feur he would, prisoner was determined to get the best of him;” he, the prisoner, also said that he thought he never would speak again Here the court adjourned, | | of | and thi | More Carivorsta Gorp.—The steward of th ehip Colehis, which picked up by the Noan< smacks and towed into that port, eame on board o the thip at Valparaiso, with about two thousand dollars in gold, having been absent fromthe United States about seven years. f a man of considera- bie intelligence, aid we are informed through a gentioman who conversed with him oa board the thip, that he collected between three and four thousand dollars worth of gold dust in the mines at the Ameri Forke, in Cabfor: during the tour months preceding last September, but so extrava- gant were the prices which le had to pay for every article of living, ge down the coast, that when he got to Valparaiso he had_ but little more than two thousand collars worth left. He had that melted into a bar at Valparaiso, where he took pas in the ship Colchis for the United States, end when he left the ship in distress, together with the cfhicers and crew, off Nantucket Shoals, he took his bar of gold with him and sueceeded in de- positing itsafely in the State Bank, Boston. He represents the country as exceedingly healthy—but that the work is hard if a person does anything towards getting gold dust in the mines, aid be- sides being arduous, is productive of much sick- ness and consequent suffering. However, any per= son who is steady and attends to his work, ean dig out w thousand dollars worth of gold dust, besides supporting himself, in a month—this he says is no exaggeration. Up to last September, whe: left, everything in the way of necessaries of living, were very high—but when he_ arrived at Valpa- raiso, large quantities of provisions were being hipped from thence for Sun Francisco and the gol diggings.— Newport News, April 17. p of the alder. oO; ax. —Mr Outgate, ality, New A Lvexy Atorn eans, Lat Railrond and i's co-partner recede froin their pos tien and unwarranted advance. i awn ef the Third Muniel; rew @ prige in the lavar \y ) lott ry eff