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ONEIDA TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, *1852. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 , 1852. TOWN MEETINGS! jgr In our last week's paper W «i a tele- graphio Item from the Tribune, saving that- Judge Baker, one of the New Mexico.Judges, was making purchase*of slaves to work in the mines of New Mexico. Jodge Baker writes to the Tribune denying the statement, and in- We hope that OUT friends will kimating that \the character, soil and climate remember that we are ready to print tickets for Town Meetings as promptly and cheaply as they can get them done elsewhere. Our fa cilities for doing job-work will ena ble us to meet any demand that may be made npon them. Pottage. \ The following article from the N. Y. Times meeft our hearty approval,\!© far as its recom mendations are concerned. It coincides, main ly, with the suggestions wo offered last week on this subject. #But is not the Tim** mistak en in saying that postage is freo within thirty miles of the*offioe of publication \ Wo have understood that they go free only in the county where published. We undertook to show, last week, that this provision operated unequally '—<hat since many papers aro published near county lines, it tends to give an undue advan tage to those which are located in the center of a county. We therefore urged that in any new arrangement which might be made, the privilege\ of free transmission should be extend ed, so as to permit papers to ho carried free, in any direction, twenty or twonty-five miles from the office of publication. This is all the ex tension of the privilege we ask. As the Times is rather taller, and has a somewhat louder voice than we, will it not bring this suggestion before the public i n such a manner that it will be likely to have influence with the \ powe/s that be?\ The Auburn Dally Advertiser, in quot ing our synopsis of tbo amendments pro posed to the existing postage law, thinks it evident that a majority of the city papers de- tire such changes as would give them a decided advantage over country journals. So far as we are concerned, the Advertiser is mistaken. Whatever other changes are made—and some we think very desirable—we hope that pro vision of the existing law, which allows news papers to go through the mails free of postage within thirty miles from their place of publi cation, will remain untouched; and it is from this provision of the preeentlaw only, that the country press derives any benefit whatever.— The city papers have comparatively np interest in it. The Times is not sent by mail to any considerable number of persons within that limit. It is either served by carriers, sold by agents, or sent by express. But this section is rery important to country journals, and gives il il •! ' - • them no more than the degree of advantage to which they are justly entitled, over their city co temporaries. Influential as the city press may be.and wide as its influence may reaeh,-the true power of the press over the great mass of the jieople, is exerted by the local journals. The circulation of a city paper, however great it may be in the aggregate, is always widely scattered, out of the immediate locality in which it is pub lished. In any one county of any single State, for example, no paper from any one of the principal cities of the .Union, has a circulation to be compared with that of the local county papers. This must always be so. And the real influence of the press, therefore, for every locality, depends upon the local press. The postage law ought, therefore, to givo all possible encouragements and advantages to the local press. And the provision which al lows each paper to circulate free of postage in ks o%n immediate locality, is just the thing which the case requires, we trust, therefore that it will not be changed. But the existing provisions of the law which vary the postage on newspapers according to the distance which they are sent, and which re quire prepayment under penalty of double price, are as unjust and as onerous for the coun try as for the City Press. For example, some one in Auburn removes to Iowa, or farther West, and his friends desire now and then to sand him a paper, or he may desire to receive it regularly. He ought not to be charged more for it than if he lived in Ohio, and it is especially unjust that he should be made to pay double postage, because his friends may not pay it in advance. An unwise and unne cessary restriction is imposed upon this casual sending of newspapers to distant friends, and it falls upon precisely those persons who ought to be aided rather than hindered, in obtaining intelligence from their old localities. An amendment of the law in this respect, would be quite as beneficial to the Country Press as to that of the City. of the country\ will forbid the introduction of slavery. We hope so. For we arc afraid the Judge won't. jt3T The Pittsficld Advertiser, a little \seven by nine,\ has the following elegant \Ode to Winter,\ written expressly for that enterprising journal, by \Joshua.\ Judging from its condensation, tho snow must have drifted quite hard : Whew! Sec it snew Last night it blew, And it flew, Tew! Well, this 15 one of the winters. At least, we thought so last Wednesday in riding nine miles feeing a driving Nor' wester, with snow drifts playing demoniac pranks about our head, and tho wind dancing an accompana- ment to its own music. This winter fairly nonplusses that ubiquitous personage, \ the oldest inhabitant.\ \ » DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—Wo learn from the Northern (Pulaski) Democrat, that Caleb D. Crandall, of Richland, met with a fatal ac cident on Wednesday last. Ho went with his son mto the woods for tho purpose of chop- ging. In felling a tree the top bra-died against anothor tree, and a limb broke off, which fell upon Mr. Crandall, hitting him first in the face, and tearing the flesh from one cheek and his chin, and passing down, btruck him on his breast and side, mangling his body in a horrid manner. £W The Syracuseans, Binghamptonians and Oswegoes are agitating the construction of the Syracuse and Binghampton Railroad. What- a pity that tho road could not follow the most direct and natural route, up the Che nango and down tho Oneida Valleys, intersect ing tho Central Railroad in this village. SUICIDE.—Mr. E. J. Qrosvenor, of Lebanon, in this county, committed suicide by hanging himself in his barn on Wednesday of last week. He wa s 7 1 years of ago and highly respected. Apprehension of comjng to want, consequent on ill health, was supposed to be the motive to the act. made a contract with certain branches in Bos- j Correspondence of the Oneid* Teltgraph. ton, NewtYoH^ eVc, to take this money here,, Volunteer Letters fr<M* the Toliui- and'pay rt over in Mexico; they allowing tbi=' teer State.--IT©. V. government three and n-liall percent premium JANIABV 20, 1832. This was doDe while ut that moment the | DEAK FRO9T —Who would have thought Mexican government was, desirous of taking i lhat r s | 10 uld e had to eomo \away down the money at four and a half per ceiU premi- , g t j um, giving us some $35,000 more than the 1 bankers to whom The same oflbr made by the Rothehilds of London It was j markable snow-fall I ever witnessed. When stated by Judge Allen, on Saturda), that just, u first b T fancieJ thc clmmbcr . about the time this arrangement was made, a 1 . . . . . M \-,„u ....l mauls were emptying tho beds of the gods, subscription was going on in New lorkaud, 1 1 » ,^>- « > Boston, giving to Mr. Webster a gratuity of j - l \ J involuntarily exJanned^What moii- BwKiA^c flakes continued increase in size, I changed my mind and that Hercules was shearing the Ham , and that the wool, falling clip by clip, v * to sec larger snow-flakes than I ever -«wv,v w mvi v VUllll bills I O^ , nMr Webster gave the money. | saw 11 1 Nx;w Yorfctp Ye^such is'tlie fact.— of four and a-half per eemv was fW-e had fare/a few days \mro the most re- t . 1 I I 1 <• T 1 T. I JO* to $50,000 to induce him to continue the office 'sfrotis feathers of Secretary of State. That the neighbors 1 and friends of these Bankers subscribed to this fund of $50,000. Both negotiations were go ing on at the same time, and we are led to the hjt understood* as instituting any comparison betvveen-tho two, as to merit, -Each was per fect in its way ; and both, if widely circulated could not fail to do much towards counteract ing tho insane prejndico against labor, which prevails to so lamentable an extent throughout our country. It is probable that both these addresses will be printed ; should they bo so I will send you copies. Truly Yours, TENS ESS u. P S.—What do you think of tho defence of Xiola Montes, written by herself? For me, though I would not bo ungollant far the world, vet I must be allowed to sav that I think she made 0113 slight omission It is .this: Sho forgot to manufacture a plausible conclusion that they were reciprocally beneti- «a«, as I saw, filling all tho air. The flakes, ^ for tbe houor wluch the ., j M cial Under these evidences of corruption, 1 howe\er, grew larger and larger, until, at last, f „, , , 1 • .1 c . . Webster nor his friends d««l make exclaim- • 1 , Jtd to ide that having sheared j k,n « Up ° n ^ ^ ,nSta \ C0 ' t.on, or a denial of the facts stated by Judge I thc whole flwk a , l( , roK , rvc j ,, l0 „ ool for a Allen. But Mr. Da-ws, the successor of Mr., Ashmua, assailed Ins colleague for making ! UI11VC deluge, thc old hero was now tu.n- these disclosures m 110 measured terms. He j Wmg it down upon this nether world, whole charged tho Democrats and Free Soilers of fleeces at a time ! You need not laugh at Massachusetts, being a large majority ot the l] t )ls ;ls atl exaggerated account of the matter, electors of that State, with corruption1, and all for T as>uru UlU un I11V hollor ril at I have that sort of tinner; and asserted that thev were | • \ 1,1 , . ,, F, ' 1 ,1 never seen such snow-flakes since the day 1 opposed to the (Jomproimso men.-ures, while J he claimed that himself and the Whig parly j »«s born \—and I have serious doubts wheth- were as servile as any Southern man could j er even on that day any fell as large 1 I t desire. There was one redeeming quality 111 j snowed m this maimer some fifteen or twenty tho speech : it was delivered in good temper mmuU . s . a „j ttlwl , .^.^.j the ground was I he ucxt morning thc speech ot Mr. 1) iv is I , TS appeared in the Globe, and some friends „f,mrd to the depih of an inch or two. But freedom looked up tbe history of Dav 1=' po-,the snow, instead of lying even, as is usual htical life, which Mr. Ran to id gave to the when there is 110 wind, lay in heaps as it fell, House with great ehYa. D.isis appear, to '.^i, tiak( . ],. ulllg „ lailo . x ~ [n \ ( . have first made hi.» appearance 111 public as ; a . c , . . „ , , . , 11 ,, , i \> e are suturing one ot thc coldest wmt< rs President of a uarrisoiiiau Abolition oocict\ , 1 to have taken the most ultra *ouud against j tu ' r kno \ n '» this latitude, lh .s morning slavery; going for its abolitiotrin the btates , the mercury stood 4 ° btlow zero; and, from by action of Congress ; that tho Whig con- J present indications, it will be considerably by inviting her to a private interview. Perhaps, however, it was simply from his .desire to patronuo thc fine arts. T Feb. 1$. In the SiiNATC, sundry petitions were pre sented. Various private bills were reported ftivotablv upon , considerable discussion took place upon the subject of bills for canal dam ages, bcveral local bills were passed in com mittee of the whole. The bill for the relief of the New Yoik Volunteers was discussed in samo committee A communication from the Governor, accompanied by a report, was re ceived in relation to a scientific survey. In tho HoisE, a large number of petitions was piv.-ented for, and remonstrances against the Maine law , also, for new counties, and di vers other thmgi Various bills wero report ed upon favorably. A communication was re ceived -from the Comptroller in relation to postage, books, A-c, which caused considerable discussion, and was finally laid upon tho table —ayes O-^^wocs^ 10. A bill to change the name of the town of Ellicott, Erie county, and I several private bills were passed. ! ARRIVAL, OF THE EL DORADO. FOUR DA YS LATER FROM CALIFORNIA. One Tliliiou More of Gold. /^\The Small Pox is raging at Waterville, Onejda Co. Meetings are discontinued and it is not considered safe to visit the village.^ JtW An investigation into the practices of certain professional beggars at Charleston, S. G., recently revealed the fact that they wero possessed of considerable wealth i n Italy, ac quired by this species of imposition. They had. certificates of their poverty and destitu tion, both printed and written, which were of course shear fabrications. Tbe country is full of aoeh impostors, and some caution is neces sary to distinguish between them and the really mecesHtous. When a beggar has a printed eartificate or letter of recommendation, that alone should be sufficient evidence of imposi- tfon. An Indian stoppechat a hou .60 in this Tillage the other day, with a begging paper ctrt&ed to by John Buswell of Oneida Cas tle. The Buswell was commenced with a •mall b. As tbe persons to whom it was were of die impression that Mr. Bus- we&jfeelt kit name with a capital B, they de ferred the consideration of the application for more authentic advioes,pending which the fel low left. \ THB OPAL,\ is the name of a monthly Magazine published at Uticai and edited by tho patients a t tho State Luuatic Asylum.— This fact, however, would not often bo suspect ed from the character of tho contents. We look upon this enterprise of the patients with much favor, as one means of bringing about a return of sanity, and commend the support of it to all interested in this unfortunato class ot our fellows. THE OPAL IS afforded at $1,00 per annum. GRAHAM'S MAOAZisE,for March, i3 the first in the field, still with its 112 pages of reading matter. This matter is not all fictitious, as some may suppose. That on \ Spectral Illu sions,\ in thc No. before us, is a valuable sci entific article, beautifully illustrated by suita ble engravings. But, speaking of engravings, we don't know when wo have seen one more beautiful than \ ThoDacotah Indian Courting,\ in this No . of Graham. It is beautiful be yond the ordinary run of magazine embellish ments, and GRAHAM IS never slow In that de partment. However, there is no use in our de scribing it. If you want to enjoy such things you must subscribe for the Magazine. GODKY'8 LADY'B BOOK, for March, is on hand with its usual variety of attractive em bellishments and reading matter. We should esteem the department of \ Model Cottages,'' and that devoted to ladies work as adding very materially to the substantial value of this magaziue. Wo frankly confess, however, that what takes our eyo most in this No. is that en. graving of \The Soldier's Dream of Home\ If any one can study that picturo without feel ing his heart rise higher and his eyes grow moist, he is made of sterner stuff than we.— That engraving alone is worth more than the price of tho magazine. vcntion which nominated hira, passed strong resolutions against tho Fugitive^ Law and Compromise measures; that Davis responded to these resolutions by letter, pledging him self to maintain them. In short, I have ne ver seen a member of that body so perfectly extinguished as this gentleman was by Mr RanlouiP\ Corvvin's*castigatiou of Craiy, aud tho extinguishment of Kyme by the \old man eloquent,\ exhibited as much ability on the part of the Speakers, but the facts did npt bear upon the objects of those exhibi tions with a hundredth part the force that they did on Davis. The vote was taken on the passage of thc bill yesterday, and the corruption sustained by the Union men of both parties. Web ster puts.tho money into the hands of his friers, at a great loss to the United States, aud a.much greater loss to Mexico; but it gives those Bankers ati oppoitumty of mnk- sjttbndid fortunes'* aDd Webster holds his sand dollars, having, in good faith, GaEAT iNDUCEXKirTB TO SUBSCRIBERS. We will furnish tho \ Telegraph \ one year, iftlfc- either Graham 's oriSarUin 's Magaziue or Ooiey^ Lady 's Book, for $3,00; or with the M IaeanataoBai,\ a large magazine of 144 paftref Mbataatial reading matter, at $8,50. If tMJatt cheap eBOCgfc, we ftar folk* are ^e* emted. on *Ms *part, paid tho stipulated consideration, at least 111 part. To Califoruiam. The undersigned begs leave, for the benefit of those desiring to go to C iliforma, to make the following statement—thereby answering the many inquiries from tune to tune made : On personal inquiry at the offices 111 New York wliero tn kets are sold for California, I am satisfied lhat it is now perfectly tinjHi^sible to obtained throuyh tickets for San Francisco, earlier than for the steamer of the 9th of April Not less than 6000 people aro now 111 Sew York, waiting for passage. Tin re are plenty of vessels up for Chagres and San Juan del Norte, but they can only carry passengers to those places, and allow them to trust to hu 1; tor means of transit upon the Pacific Individii als may be detained upon the transit places from one to two months, and they may get away within a week. Each one should make up his mind as t o these chances, and decide to wait at home until April, or press on as far as the Isthmus. The prices of passage to Cha gres ami S .m Juan di.1 Norte, are JIS follows Ladies Saloon, $65 Second Cabin, 55 Steerage, 35 The present rates of passage to Sin Fran Cisco, are as follows First Class, $3 15 Second, \ '1~0 Steerage, 2''0 Bv V anderbilt's Nic.ir-igiri hni, the arc about five per cent. le>s than tb 1 I'I s i My own opinion is that tlie-c pr ,ci - will I.. ' somi what diminished about lln l :i 1 of M i\ or June, but certain It not b< fue :i, it time —1 By immediate application, I think p is-. s , might be secii'rcti as* e£T'ft ,s th, yJi ,,t\ \pi J. but not sooner As for my self, 1 sh ill proballv sail from New York on the ] 3 th of Man h, 111 tho steamer Sierra Nevada, connectmg at Pan I ama with the steamer New Orleans. I JNO A . HADDOCK { Publishers of pap< rs throughout the county j will confer a favor by inserting the above.— j Watrrtoicn Rrforitur. lower to-morrow. The sun has been shining brightly all day ; yet—what is very uncom mon here—the ground has scarcely thaw ed, even wliero most exposed Wo have more snow, at present, than fell during the whole of last winter, yet hardly more than enough to cover the surface of the ground There have been several freezings anil tlnwings, snowinffs and meltings, since I lust wrote, and very likely, within two days, we may ex perience some genuine April weather 'What is Jupiter sending you about these times ? I can imagine that with a clear sky- over head, and a pure frosty air all around— with two or three feet of snow and a well- trodden road—with a lier^' horse and a cutter well furnished with blankets and buffalo robes, I see you and your \ better\half \ all envel oped in mulls and furs, setting out on a visit to \ Koukapot Manor\ Smack goes the whip jingle go the \ merry sleigh-bells.\ Clat ter go the horse's hoofs over the hard beaten track : while the icy balls, in a harmless show er, are hurled against the all protecting \dash board.\ Away you fly, now silently enjoying the exhilarating motion, now chatting about \ old tunes \ and the many \ happv rides \ which you had 111 your \ younger days,\ when the picture was all radiant with hope and life wis undimnicd by a care Now you both laugh merrily at the jolting winch you receive, 1 as the cutter plunges into a \ thank y' ma'am\ 'between two snow-drifts, and now K screams with half feigned apprehension of a \ turn-over,' when, on meeting a team, vyii are obliged to rein your horse into llie un trodden snow Bless me' What an excite meiit you would cause should you pass thro' our town 111 siuh a conveyance some of these days, when there is snow enough to warrant the undutaking The buffalo heifer which was driven through here a few months since, was, nothing in comparison THIRTY-SECOND COXORESS. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. SENATE.—Mr. Fish presented a memorial from the N Y. State Assembly in favor of es tablishing a Mint in thc City of New York.— Also a memorial for a line of Steamers be tween New York and Genoa. Also, a me morial from a number of ship owners, against the establishing any more lines of Steamers. Mr. Gwm presented a memorial from the Cahformans now in Washington, asking that a mint be substituted in place of assay offices. Mr. Cass presented a memorial for the es tablishment of an Orphan Asylum in Wash ington. Mr. Fish introduced a bill*amendatory of the act of 1847, repealing tho carriage of pas sengers on board merchant vessels. A message from the President was received, stating that the census retiJrns from California had not been received, and asking some legis lation in relation to the number of members of Congress to which California is entitled.— Message referred. HOISE.—Mr Bnggs presented a memorial from 91 members of tho N . Y. Legislature 111 favor of tho establishment of a Mint in the city of New York: Mr. Hendnck reported a bill repealing the act lunitiug mileage to Oregon delegation to $2,500. A short discussion ensued Mr. Evans moved an amendment, that the total mileage now allowed be divided by the number of members, and that each member be paid his share, as soon as tho amount could lie ascertained. Mr. Allison moved to amend the amend ment by computing the mileage by the short est traveled route. Mr. Stevens, of Georgia, moved to lay the bill on the table. Lost, 81 to 100. Mr. Sweetzer moved to commit it. Lost, 77 to 97. Mr. Stevens again moved to lay it on tho table. Lost, 79 to 94. Each of the votes were takeu by ayes and noes. Adjourned. Feb. 17. SENATE.—Tho Chair presented a communi cation from the Secretary of the Treasury,rel ative to stockholders in the Louisville and Portland canal. Also, two letters from Kos suth, thanking the Senate for the reception given him by Congress. Mr. Badger moved that tbo documents be laid on the table. Carried. QL ICKEST PASSAGE ON RECORD. NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—The steamship El Dorado arrived at five P. M., with California dates as late as January 21st. Through from San Francisco to New York in 2 5 days and 18 hours. She brings one million ancU nine ty-two thousand dollars in specie. The propeller Pioneer had arrived at Cha gres, and many of the passengers were cross ing with the expectation of meeting the Mon umental City, but she had left, a month be fore. They would be obliged to wait a month for her, or go in sailing vessels. The rams on the Isthmus have ceased, and the Gorgon a road was in good order. Fare up the river 111 small boats $5. A California lion six feet and two inches in length, was killed near Marysville. The legislative business was proceeding qui etly in its new quarters. Salt provisions at the Isthmus wero selling at high rates. Beef has been sold at $100. The Miner's Convention, as well as the Leg islature, is m session at Sacramento, and tho town is crowded with visiters; among the lat ter are all the U. S Senatorial candidates who were to address the Convention during its ses sion. The dry diggings are again destitute of water, and the miners were flocking to the cities MINING—Accounts from every section of the State represent that heavy rains have fal len, deluging many places and doing great damage to the canals and flumes constructed by mining companies. The ram had ceased, however, and 111 some districts the miners were complaining again of scarcity of water. The roads 111 the mining'districts were near ly or quite impassable in consequence of the heavy rains. The mining news is very encouraging. In the Southern mines, especially, groat rejoicing is heard over the bright prospects creafed by the abundant supply of water. Tllfe winter's harvest there had fairly commenced, with great success. The Dragoon Gulch Mining Company, consisting of ten men, have sunk a w%ll thirty feet square, at tho head of Dragoon Gulch, from which they throw up water by horse power to supply their toms. In the first after noon after water was furnished, five men ob- i tamed $58, by simply washing the tailings ' vv Inch had been left by pifvious miners. They obtained one piece worth $38. 1U- TT„,J„ J .1 . . I A party of four, wtro had dirt which they \^Underwood presented a petition ,n fa- had ^ out ^ of the h , £ vor of recognizing the Republic of Libena Stockton mflj Xl from one day's wash- also, praying for the establishment of a hoe of \ mg fifU omu .; s . ThorQ are a grQal ,/ any pi)e8 The bill granting land to Iowa for construct- '^1 r'!, , d,rt alon g the J»nks of ! mg railroads bein/next in order, a discussion ' U '^ U ( .' ,,K1 '' H ^ h . are paying the miners steamers to lhat port. I, hilean Gul< h, which _ _ ^ well for the patience they have had in waiting for the rains A Mr. Conn exhibits a pretty specimen of gold, which he had picked out of hie claim in I Rich Gulch, weighing $90. This*gentleman HOUSE.—The House immediately resumed , a i so took,.out of the samefcclaim ^ffcetiously, the consideration of the mileage bill, which ' a j )K . ce uoj,|,j U g thirteen ounces.. He has was pending on the adjournment yesterday | S111(V so | ( | | 1|5 c | ;i j m f o r $4 0 0. Mr. Evans withdrew his instructions offered , The Gold Hill Quartz Company at Grass of it was resumed. Mr Hunter defended himself against the at tacks made on his former speech, and spoke at length in opposition to the bill. A few nights ago I hid the pleasure of!reference to the bin. v ... , , . , easing an address delnered bv Rev J II ™° »J<* and noes on recommitting the bill | J,' w ^ h ^^1 ,^'n stmn^ t T :„«tw „=-.tisaar^^r 1 r rP z v- r ^ n,„ „„„,, • , , ,, , 1 nine dollars to the ounce. Thero wero orob 1 he question on engrossing the bill was als.. 11 .... . r.. u negatived—ayes 85, noes 90 iiiversity, w Inch is located at Mi .-freesltofo', m this State 1 prices 1 President E, as probably you are aware. is a brother of thc distinguishes P n lino, 111 Madison Univirs-itv. Tli of th it Mr Fitch moved a reconsideration of tho 10 S,O ,|.M of '' -xt u,t< '' n,m ar g UT -'J 11 1 favor of the bill ' ^ Feb 1 8 ins address was ' The Dutv and Die-mtv \f ,. , r . . , 1 „ - I • 1 NATE.— 1 lie Chair presented a communi I .aoor , and he treated it in .1 very able and | l ,. lloI1 f rom the p resll l enti through the Secrr- , interesting maiiin r His sry le ami hisdchvc-j tary of State, relative to the connexion between . ry are > 1 arach 1 ./(d l>y a peculiar, I 111.1v ?u\ Diazil and this Government. M nnrthrr.i, vigor, wiiuh was tome ..into m it ted fresh 111 a was to nm quite re As he spoke from somewhat mea- ..... , 1 , n 1 , , ' John r ranklm get notes, occasional inaccuracies escapee him, \rr ('u,„„.,» CAII 111 ,, , , 1 ' * Mr t lemons, of Alabama, presented a rew- whieh his pen would have pruned »H,„i l„t,cm passed by th* Legislature of that Suite, .inds fur a ably about fifty ounces more in the tables. I 1 be company crushed, to obtain this result, about twenty-five tons of quartz. The aver- 1 age for the previous week's work had been about the same amount as for the day men tioned. In the vicunty of Auburn tho greatest ac tivity prevails 111 the mining operations, the r. fish &ub 1 i ale r;llus having been tho means of affording m 1 ./Tn n ew \exnedn^ ^ U ',° c fi l \ ' e ' ni I ,l \> Inpnt ^ hundreds who have been ini nt v f . a 11 new ^edition in search of Sir • pfltiem , v RWilIlin|J r;lin for the Iast three £3T Those who have looked over tho Con grcssional proceedings, havo observed that charges'have been mado by Mr. ALIEM of Massachusetts, of corruption on tho part of Mr. Webster, in providing for tho pay inent of the Mexican indemnity, and in receiving a bonus from tho Boston and N. Y Capitalists to induce him to serve the public in tlio capac ity of Secretary of State. The following ex tract from the Washington correspondence of the Ashtabula (O.) Sentinel, presents tho na ture of the charge in a clearer light than we have seen it elsewhere. The writer is evident ly a wicked Free Soiler. Of the truth of the charges against Mr. W. we know nothing. \MR. FA8SKTT:—The appropriation to pay the last installment of tho Mexican indemnity, came up for consideration last Friday. The question arising on this bill was of some inter est The developments by Judge Allen last Session, may not be fully recollected by all your readers. We were bound to pay this monev by the treaty m the city of Mexico. But the money is worth some twelve per cent more in New York than it is in Mexico.— That is if we would permit Mexico to receive the money either here or in New York, she would sell her drafts to the amount, for twelve per cent advance. Mr. Webster came mto tbe State Depart-, ment in fvij of ta*t year, and immediately | TUK RICHMOND MURDER.—The names of the two men arretted in Philadelphia on Wed nesday 011 suspicion of the murder of Lehman ; aro Matthias Skupinski and Blase Skupmski They are the men who moved from the house in Richmond 111 which were found indication- I of the former presence of deceased, and from • whence his departure could not be traci 11s pen would have pruned away; but these,few and far bctween,wt re more than .iton- providing for the grant\of certain ed for by the bold and manly eloquence w ith cemetery in that Stnt , winch Ins views were presented I cannot i but take it as a sign of \good things to come,\' 'that his address eleciteda deeper interest than I any public lecture we have had in our town ! for a long tunc previous. By a somen nVt singular coincidence, Rev. J B Ferguson, of Nashville, who lectured The finding of'the blood stains about the house \ tuu fu)lo \i n 2: night, had chosen a subject al- ' in Richmond, the Wood on tho things sold by \ most identical with that of President Ea- 1 I' 1 months. '1 he y leld by the long toms average *7 per day Mr Street, from Sonora, exhibits lumps of gold picked up near Sonora since the rains, of which one weighed 81,100, another $900, and one of pure gold worth between $80 aod $90. A lump if gold weighing 91 ounces, and valued nt ¥500, another worth $800, and another worth $200, were found recently on thc lull which overhangs Holden's Garden in Sonora Native quicksilver has been discovered them to the second-hand dealer, in Kensington, the finding of Lehman's bloody shirt on the premises, tho brass mountings of his jewelrv ton, viz ' The Dignity of Labor as con nected with Human Progress.\ But this sub- box, and his suspender buckle, together with J<?Ct 18 °\ e on wul 8 b our People can well af- tilionSj it was discovered that'*there was Hoi SE —Mr. Pre-ston King asked leave to report back the act of the House, aniciidah rv of the act for the holding of Courts during the sickness or thc disability of the Disti.ct Judges. Mr. Jones, of Tenti., objected ami called for the regular order of tho day, being the bill to regulate the mileage of members from Oregon. The bill was then taken np, and Mr Hendnck j about a quarter of a mile from Sonora. It is took the floor in a speech in its favor 'found oo/mg through the red clay,and already L.E<3IS1(AXIVJE 'several pounds have, been dipped up. Of A f t 1 o 1 course there is a mine not far off, and the dis- ALDAKY, Feb. 16 : . , '. . . 0 a . u r 1 cove re rs are taking measures to trace up the In tho SENATE, after the presentation of pe- 1 ( , p- ,11. • the fact of the men acknowledging hav mg lived in that blood-stained housgcin Richmond, present a chain of circumstane'es strongly |,against thc prisoners. After the arrest of thc prisoners, thc prem ises in Front-street were searched by officers Glassmire and Albright. In thesink, aspecta- cle-case, battered up, was foand, and identified by Mr. Lehman. A number of rings and oth er articles, were also discovered in the cellar, ] marked attention underground, and two pair of ear-rings andjstvle; in brdl one plain gold ring were found possession of a colored woman, to whom these articles had been given by the prisoners for some work performed. All of these articles have been identified by the father of tJie murdered lad, as xeell as the person who made them We learn that tho officers, in addition to the above items, look from the place a new razor with tbe liandle broken off, containing spots of blood, and hair, evidently human.— Phila delphia Sun « ford to hear, \ line upon line, precept upon p*rccept, here a little and there ' a great deal,' \ Besides, the latter lecture was so different, piorum present, and an adjournment ensued In the HOUSE, about petitions were presented^ Several matters were ret \ usual number of anous subjects, favorably upon. both in style Ihd matter, from the for„,er,that The 8h&r ^Htio^T^to^d^ it was impossible for those who heard both to I posed of by reference, feel any thing like satiety. I ^ Feb. 17 -r cad. Frequently, during the past two years, gold has been found m this immediate vicinity, and below it, completely amalgamated with quicksilver, which led the knowing ones to conjecture thc existence of what has now been discovered. The Nevada Journal slates that an aurifer- ous^ein, lately discovered by Dr. Weaver, in The address of Mr. Ferguson, though very 1 IN TIIE SENATE, the usual number of peti- ! l j iat wcimt . v . 3'clds, in some parts, $200 to ig, was listened to thoughout, with the most I U ° nS ,T° Panted. Divers bills were re-! thc of earth. . , 0 ' \ Ported favnra 1 V nnnn Af- n....l . I A lle h Vcllkof murlT hn a l.ann A l^nvar^ 8 \' lU « ,uosi. porte j favor -ably upon. Mr. Beekman intro In classic eloquence of Muced a bill to abolish licenses, andI to r^, ,Te uuicy of imagination, in rae.ness the sale of spirituous liquors ; leaves tl,o°povv- of humor, and in. thrilling eloquence of! or over the matter with the Board of Super- thought and diction, I have heard nothing r'T 8, , equal to it for many a day. It was not so thoroughly praetieal as President Eaton's, nor was it distinguished, to so great an extent, by that peculiar power, which is so well calcula ted to affect the heart and control the conduct, long after the first impression hag passed away. Jn saying flm, however, I jrish not to 1 In the HorsE, quite a number of petitions were presented for the Maine Law, and sever al remonstrances against it. Several private bills were reported favorably upon. The Ju diciary committee reported against the peti tions for extending the jurisdiction of Justices of the peace, which was agreed to. A large number of bills was considered and passed in committee of the wholo. A neh vein.of quartz has been discovered by G« 11. A Gierson, al Itamshorn Creek, about time miles from Goodyear's Bar. It is said to y leld twenty-five cents to the pound. Thc Stockton Journal says that able-bodied men can obtain employment anywhere in the Sonthen^unnes nt one huudred dollars per month and Imard. A young Eagle, weighing about 12 pounds, was shot at Quincy, Mass., last week. His pinions, from tip to tip, measured 1 feet and 1 mcb. Ho is snpposed to be 18 months old, and was a noble specimen of the American Bald Eagle. Ho was taken to Boston,
