text: flrfeanaag EntclhgHiccr- GEORGE W. CLARKE, Editor. , ~ VAN BUREN,ARKANSAS. < SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1849. *“ 1 'FOR7GOVERNOR7 JOHN SELDEN ROANE, OF PULASKI. • HALEY S EDINGTON, OF DESHA, WHIG CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR. i (XJ“Positively no new subscriptions lo the Intel ligencer, will be taken, without the cash accom panies the same. All job-work must be paid for when it is taken away, and transient ndverlisments to be paid for when the same are admitted in the paper. Distant patrons can obviate thiscasA regulation ' giving city endorsements. POLITICAL. ANNOUNCEMENTS. JTAII Announcements of Candidates must be paid for ' in advance, $5 per Canvass. ELECTION Ft)R GOVERNOR. Governor Bvrd has issued his proclamation to the Sheriffs, ordering an election to be holden on Wednesday, the 14th of March next, for the pur* i pose of electing a Governor, to fill the unexpired ' term of Ex Governor Drew.—[See Proclamation. NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA EMIGRANTS. 1 All persons intending to join THE TAM BUREN ANO CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION. Are requested to meet at the Court House, in Van Buren, on SATURDAY, the 3d day of March i next, to adopt arrangements preparatory io orga nization. The River has been rising since last Thursday, | and has risen three feet. It is still rising, and once more in a navigable stage. This is opportune for California emigrants, who are desirous to come lo this point by water. (KrSee Gov. Byrd’s "Notice” in to-day’s pa- i per, for proposal*, for keeping the State Peniten- ; tiary and convicts therein, until the Ist day of March, 1851. 0O“We are requested to inform our neighbor at Fori Smith, that a citizen of Crawford county ••is a responsible man” and possesses the means to furnish provisions to the California emigration. He is one of our wealthiest merchants and is now on a visit to Fayetteville. When he returns his name can be had. In the meantime, to prevent any inconvenience at Furl Smith, other merchants of responsibility and possessing the means, have aent two keeiboat loads of corn and one of flour to our neighbors, which it is lo be hoped will do them until “ A citizen of Crawford county ” re turns. jylVe du not believe that our neighbor of the Herald considers us a new inhabitant when we were living in Arkansas, three years at the lime an "old inhabitant” like himself came among us. M sudden rfeotA.—Mrs. Vic a Edwards, wife of Mr. Wm. Edwards, on Frog Bayou, near this place, ou Monday last, fell whilst in her garden, in apparent good health, and instantly expired. Mrs. E. was about fifty years of age, and of a ; healthy, robust constitution. She has been a resi-I dent of this county 10 or 12 years, was well 1 known and respected, and leaves her family and a large circle of friends to lament her decease. ETM e would say to those emigrants, who are about to start lo California with pack mules, next week, that they had better wait until the grass springs up. If they do not stop here, they will ' have to, somewhere on the route. A HINT TO OLR MERCHANTS. The following letter from an intelligent gentle- i man at the mouth of the river, deserves the at-1 tention of our citizens. He informs us that Van ■ Buren will be the starting point of large parties,: of California emigrants, which we do not wonder! at, when it becomes known that a larger amount ; of capital is embarked in trade in this place, than ‘ elsewhere in the Stale, where larger stocks and I greater variety of goods can be procured than in ' anyother place along our whole line. Our fine wheat and stock raising country of the back counties, enables us to furnish any amount of provisions. The hint to our merchants to lay in a number of wagons, is important and should be attended to. aj it is well known that al! the mechanics in this whole region of country cannot supply the demand. Our citizens should also attend to lay ing out u •‘camping ground” convenient to town, where the emigrants can "camp” while they are ] fitting out. We hope this matter will be attended to: Napoleon, Ark., Feb. 16th, 1848. • * * “The C.nolera is now raging upon the Isthmus, and the disposition of the Cali fornia emigrants seems to be to take the Arkan sas route. 1 wish that your merchants would have some wagons brought into the country. lam asked on every hand, if they cannot be bought at a reasonable price nt Van Buren. I think you will find a considerable increase in your popula tion, shortly, from the Californians. A camping ground should be selected for them. All reflecting men are disposed to make Van Buren the rendez vous, knowing the ability your place possesses over all other points on the frontier for fitting out expeditions.' ’ 00“ The possessors of strong beards and tender faces would fino’ it to their advantage lo submit their yhysiogs to t.'iekeen razor, and steady hand, of our 7'iend next a oor to Willhaf’s. Soil resolutions have passed the Senate of Michigan, by a vote of 14 to 7. “ Throwing C : p”—the California Fever.— VVe learn from the Dr. W M. Gwinn, has sent in his resig unbon asCommiss»° n ® r on fi>® Custom House buildii?g< to New Orleans, com pensation of which w 88 per diem, ano has gone to California. English papers, speculating on the in flux of gold into the vein* of commerce, assert t that creditors will suffer, and debtors gain, annul- r tints ar.’ persons of fixed incomes will be ruined, s THE NORTHERN METHODISTS. In another column will be foand a communica tion, from the Rev. Mark Robertson, in defence of the Northern General Conferenco of the Me thodist Church. We are willing to hear what Mr. R. can say in his own defence, believing that the best way to correct error is to give it a fair com- ■ bat. Our duty as a public journalist, requires us Ito give the alarm, when, from any quarter, our civil institutions are menaced with danger. We feel no direct hostility to this sect or its preachers, and nothing but the danger we apprehend from their appearance among us, induces us to notice them at all. A perusal of Mr. H.’s communica . tion has not, in the least, changed our views upon the subject; but it rather impresses upon our 1 mind the consequences likely tc> result front the teachings of such a zealous and blind advocate of ! the doctrine, that “ slavery is a great evil.” Mr. Robertson belongs to a sect who have been ; meddling with the subject of Slavery ever since ■'l7Bo, and whose continual and increasing domi ! neering spirit towards “ slaveholders,” alienated ' the Southern portion of the Church, and finally, , in 1844, drove the Southern Churches from their I General Conference. It is well known that the subject of slavery was [' the bono of contention in the Church, and which , | dissolved it. In the separation, Arkansas adhered ito the Southern Conference. Respect for the in terests, feelings, laws, and civil institutions, influ i enced the Methodists of our State to adopt this 1 course. There is no difference in the doctrines, 1 ; mode of worship, and discipline, between the two 1 branches, except on the question of slavery ; and ■ this difference was deemed so great, that a dividing • line was drawn in the Church. Then, if the ,' Preachers of the Methodist Church South, teach i I the same doctrine and worship, what object can 1 these Northern Preachers have in coming amongst 3 ‘ us, but to inculcate their notions about the great evil of slavery? SuCh being almost the positive j conclusion, can it ba wondered that we regard all such intermeddiers with this subject as Abolition r ’ ists ? Mr. Robertson disclaims being an Aboli- |tionist---probably he means not a practical one. He stands confessed, in his own communication, r' as an Anti-Slavery man, who regards “slavery 7as a great evil;” and thinks that no one connect-, o; cd with it can be “ blameless,” and such an indi -1.1 vidual should not be allowed lo preach and teach ■v i among us. Respect for this community, and for is I himself, should inspire him with a delicacy of >t ' feeling that would forbid him to attempt to foist is j himself himself upon us. He denys that he is an e! Abolitionist, but his preaching and leaching is the r I sowing of seeds that will bring form a fruitful o ' crop of all the evils of that hated and dangerous i-'doctrine. If he teachesthat slavery is “ a great i evil,” and is successful in his labours, how long e . would it be before Anti-Slavery sentiments nnd e ' discussions will be rife among us? And what e would be the influence of such a state of things i. | on the negro population ? I We repeat, that there is no difference in the re f ligious doctrines of the two branches of the Me s ] thodisl Church, and if any of our citizens desire 11 1 to join the Methodist Church, they can attach ; themselves to that which has an organization in 1 j the South, in this State, having respect for our ci " 1 vi! institutions, and eminently enjoving the confi ' dence and esteem of our citizens. Those who j prefer the Northern Conference, furnish strong evidence of their affinity to Abolitionism, and will „ certainly lose cost in this community. t Mr. Robertson says that ‘ Northern Methodists’ s •is a nick-name. VVe are not going to dispute over ; I quibbles, at this time. If he is not ignorant of the | history of bis own Church, he knows that the An ’ nual General Conference, in 1814, adopted a plan : of separation; and in 1845, the Southern Churches, jin convention, ratified the plan, and organized a ; Southern Conference, in contradistinction from the Northern Conference. And it is further known, ’ : that this separation continues to the present day. i It is also known that every slaveholding Stale and lerritory in the Union adhered to the Southern i , Conference. A portion of the Church of one State . only, Missouri, remained with the Northern orga f) - -1 ° t , mzation ; and, we regret too, to say, that in our sister State are found considerable numbers of '• Free-soilers and Abolitionists, all of jw horn. no' doubt, belong to Mr. Robertson’s church. Al-1 ‘ though he denies that ho is a “Northern Metho-' dist,” it is well known that he does not belong to 1 the Southern Conference, and be conceals a part of the truth when he states that he belongs lo the AJiwouri Conference, for it is well known that the • one to which he belongs is under the “ Northern ’ •• Northern Annual Conference.” Mr. Robertson boasts of his southernbirthright. Holding such sentiments as he expresses in his ! communication, on the subject of slavery, we re , gard him as a truant son of the South. 1 As the Methodists of Arkansas withdrew from 1 their connection with their brethren in the North, ! to preserve their civil institutions, we think that a . sense of propriety should have prompted Mr. Ro bertson and his sect, to remain within the limits 1 of their own Conference, where his sentiments on the subject of slavery are more congenial to the people; and not persist in disseminating them here, where they are not appreciated, and where his labors do not meet with the respect he desires. We advise Mr. Robertson to retire from among us, as we conceive his the most dangerous kind of Abolitionism; because, in connection with religion, he can insidiously pour the baneful doctrines into ' the very fountain springs of society, and fan the wildest hopes of the slave population. His inten ■ tions may be of the best, but his labors will have , the worst effect. Those citizens, knowing the hietory and opin ions of “ Northern Methodism,” must have but little respect for themselves, or their fellow-citi ■ zens, who continue to give countenance to this sect. (?ur eoace has compelled us to be brief at this time, bu't w*e intend at another, to show the inju rious influence that this sect has already Inad, upon society in thitf county. - i QirWe see that Horace Greeley, the Prince of demagogues and a fierce abolitionist, has been kicking up a dust in Congress about extra mile age, and now his delectable sheet, the Tribune, is trying to raise a rooker about “ constructive mileage.’' We hope that our members of Congress have too much self respect, and too high a consideration for their constituents to yield to the senseless clap-trap of Greeley, Tuck & Co. This matter of mileage was little bdrikum they resorted to, to get into places, occupied by gentlemen of talent and honesty, who would not stoop to such hum buggey. The outs have overreached the ins, and soon the whole matter will drdp. We see southern members offering to fix the pay and mileage at a certain annual salary. Nothing would be more deleterious to the public interest than the passage of such n law. There would be adjournments before the business of Congress would bo half finished, and the public would boa greater loser, than by any abuse of the law of compensation. Such men as Greeley and Tuck would be at their homes half the time drawing all their salaries. Then we would have members of Congress drawing their pay while they would be practising in the courts of the ad joining States. As to the “constructive mileage” it is a part of the compensation that senators are entitled 10, under the constitution, as much as they are en titled to their per diem; and we hope they will have the independence to resist all stlch demagogu ism, as is thrown out by Greeley and the Tribune, , and receive all the law allows them. We Consi der ail that a member of Congress receives, if he I is worthy of the place he fills, is little compensa | tion, enough, and as soon as the present allort once is cut down. Congress will be filled with a set of shallow pated, brawling demagogues, *ho could nevec reach thoso halls so long as a fair I compensation invited men of honesty utid talents to lake the arena, HALEY S. EDINGTON, ESQ., Os Desha County. The gentleman whose name stands at the hend of this article, has been brought out by the “com- I monally” as the whig candidate for Governor, iu I opposition to the dictation of the leaders at Little Rock. Mr. E. possesses fine talents, popu lar manners, is a gentleman of great private ! worth ; and is supported by the influential whigs in the southern and eastern counties. He is ulso , spoken favorably of, by the wings in the west, | who are determined not to be controlled by Ber -1 trand, Trapnnll A; Co.; and, in all probability, • Wdson will be compelled to withdraw in favor of ; the candidate brought out by the people. If so, the contest will be a harder one, and we will have to look round us before the election. j GO - The Gazette is beginning lo wish that Mr. i Edington and his friends would knock under to j the Little Rock leaders. But, all in vain, Mr. I E. has some warm friends in this part of the I State, who will stick to hitn, while there is a plank Ito stand upon. The Gazette, says that Wilson was nominated by the " wings of the Stale,” but the ' whigs in Crawford deny having any participation | in it, either directly or indirectly, and they are i determined not to be overrun by central dictation. “ Parson Wilson was nominated by the Whigs of tins State, ut the city of Little Rock, dm the 20th day of January, in the year 1819.”—[JrXr. Gazette. Parson Wilson was brought out, at Little Rock, ■ by a few leading whigs of Pulaski and not of the ' State. The Gazette cannot dare to say that the i whigs of Crawford participated in the matter. ! Among the whigs here, it was not desired nor ox | peeled that a whig candidate would be brought I out, and the whigs were frequently heard to ex i press themselves to that effect. Whenlo! against I their wishes, contrary lo their expectations aid irrespective of their feelings, and without consult | mg them, a baker’s dozen of whigs in Little Rock addressed a letter to the Rev. C. W. Wilson and , made him the whig candidate against his will, and their wishes. A feeling of disgust at the arro gance of their “head men” al Little Rock pre vailed wherever their action was known; and such were the sentiments, we are assured, felt and expressed in the different counties in this section of the State. How many whigs in this erd of the State are going to be browbeat into submission, by such preposterous pretension, we cannot conjecture, but we know of some, who are determined to support Edington with all their in fluence. CO - The Devil has many children, and their name is “ Legion.” We found one, the other day, in the Gazette, hailing from “Sulphur Springs, Pope county,’’ and have preserved this promising offspring of the old ’un, to parade along side of the Proclamation of the Vole for Governor, cast on the 14th inst. It will form a beautiful contrast i with Truth sitting enthroned on that document, and will be a precious specimen of the “chip of the old block.” frCyThe Washington Telegraph says the de mocracy will not support Col. Roane because “the people have had no hand in bringing him forward,” and at the same time, it calls upon the whigs to rally al the polls, to support the candidate of the Little Rock “caucus.” We wonder if the people had a hand in bringing out their candidate ? Or are the whigs more submissive to dictation than the democracy? It is well known that the people had no hand in bringing out the Telegraph’s can didate. Will the editor tell the whigs of Hemp stead who brought out Mr. Wilson ? 0O“Mr. Clay has intimated that he would like to resign his seal in the senate, after the coming extra session, and then to be appointed minister to France. A writer in the Memphis Enquirer states that the tract of alluvial land which forms the eastern boundary of Arkansas, being about 300 miles long and 60 miles wide is capable of producing bread for twenty millions of people ! Craham’s Magazine.—The February number of this excellent and highly popular periodical was received last week, and by accident, was overlooked. It vies in beauty, style and talent I with its predecessors. The embellishments are ’ beautiful and are equal to the fine work. They 1 are, the Valentine,” by Tucker, “ Homo Treas-. ures,” by Addison, “The Mirror of Life,” by j Wilmer, and “One of our Contributors.” The enterprizing publishers Imve complimented ' us with a copy of their magnificent engraving, which will appear in the March number; "Christ WEEPING OVER JERUSALEM,” by Tucker. It is a superb specimen of art, and in subject, exhibits the finest taste. “ Graham’s ”is truly a splendid “ Magazine?’ (fcJ”A howitzer along with a small party on the prairies, has been found to serve as a good sub stitute for an interpreter. A fraud upon the Public.— Joseph E. TTare has published an “Emigrant’s Guide to California,” purporting to give a description of the route, and other particulars. The whole work is unreliable and we caution the public ngainst the imposition. 7'he Cold Water Army.— The Sons of Tempe rance of the District of Columbia have issued a “circular,” addressed to the friends of temperance throughout the Union, inviting them to participate in the Inauguration on the 4th inst. The Division at this place could have no object in sending members, delegated, so far, unless it had some whig office seekers, who would like to have their expenses paid, while they went lo see j Old Zack. 6t7“The election is over and "Stovall” is elected Sexion. He says, “ 1 slid through the Board of Aidermen like a horned snake, nothing Could touch me, when I didn’t know 1 hud a friend, even to pronounce rnC before the Board.” He tenders his respects to his fellow-citizens, and says that in a free country mnn has a | right to aspire to office, nnd his, is nothing more than “ laudable ambition.” "Stoveall ” is a cunning politician; he laid low , while the late election was pending, and did not I 1 take sides for Governor, lest “the question” might i ,be run on hitn. Now he coines out boldly for 1 Roane, and says he does not care who knows it. | Ladies for California. — The Philadelphia Times I says : i In New York a very respectable widow and | | her two daughters are going. From this City 1 some gentlemen are about to take their wives ' with them to El Dorado. A fine woman there 1 will be worth a fortune to any man. Cinderella will not be by herself. o^7”lt is stated that a large number of keepers ! of fnro tables and other gamblers have taken the j i California fever, and have left New York for that I promised land. They have thrown up their ■ marked decks and gone to play where spades are - trumps till the time. I ' (K7”Mr. Gallatin has completed a work on Cal- | ifornia. The steamer " Phil’p Pemiywit."— This is the I name of a fine boat, brought out by Capt. Bealtv. She is named in compliment to our worthy fellow townsman, Capt. Penny wit. the oldest navigator of the Arkansas river, the most popular and successful Master that ever run our trade. Cap tain P. has been boating on this river over twenty years, nnd we believe, he was the first, to carry steam above \\ ebber’s Fulls, and up to the Neosho and Virdigres. After having accumulated a handsomo tui tuue, ho has retired from that diffi- i cult and responsible profession, and is now en- j gaged in a safe and prosperous trade on dry land, in our city; and is one of our most enterprising | merchants. The commander of the “Penny wit,” | Capt. Beatty, is an enterprising, accommodating , and a safe boatman. VVe wish him a “prosperous ■ run.” The Louisville Courier gives the following ! notice of this fine craft : “ The Philip Pennywit is the name of a fine ' new steamer that arrived here yesterday. She is i in charge of Captain Robt. Beatty, and is intend- : ed for the Arkansas trade, during the cotton sea- i sons, nnd in the summer will run to Louisville. ; The Philip Penny wit is 181 feet in length, 33 feet beam, and 6 feet 4 inches hold, aud she can carry 650 ton of freight. The hull was built at Cin cinnati. The furnishing and outfit, however, were provided here tn Louisville.” The Slavery excitement in Congress.— A petition was presented in ilia Senate on the 22d ult. pray ing that slavery might bo excluded from our newly acquired territories; asserting that the ter ritory between the Nueces and the Rio Gran tie ' does not belong to Texas, and that slavery should be prohibited therein ; that the existence of slave prisons and slave-markets, at the seat of Govern ment, otigirt lo be abolished ; and that a law should be passed to protect slaves from unjust imprison ment, and to put an end to the slave trade in the District of Columbia. He moved that the reso lutions be Imd u|K>u the table, and ordered to be printed. A long and interesting debate followed the presentation of these resolutions. Mr. Rusk said that Texas would maintain the boundary described in her constitution, at all hazards. Mr. \ ulee insisted that the resolutions were insulting lo fifteen of the States of the Confederacy, and opposed the motion to print them. In this position he was sustained by Messrs. Davis, Downs and Fitzpatrick. The resolutions were finally ordered to be printed—ayes 45, noes 6. The noes were Borland, of Ark., Davis, of Miss., Downs, of Lu., Fitzpatrick,of Ala., Hunuogan, of la., and Yulee, of Fla. The Route to Santa Fe.— The Washington Union says : “We have seen a notice of an expedition from Fort Smith, on the Arkansas, to Santa Fe. It is spoken of by some as a new route. Compar atively it is so. It will however be found report ed upon, with a map of the route, in Senate doc ument No. 438, Ist session 29th Congress, as the report of “ the expedition led by Lieutenant Abert, on the upper Arkansas and through the country of the Camanche Indians, in the fall of 18J5.” Lieut. Abert went out lo Bent’s Fort, on the usual route from the Missouri frontier, but on his return took the southern und hitherto untravelled route, by the Gool-al-pah, or Canadian fork of the Arkansas, to Fort Gibson, a short distance above Fort Smith. The report of this expedition was printed in 1846. Rut few copies of it are now lo be obtained. , CALIFORNIA EMIGRATING COMPANY. RENDEZVOUS AT VAN BUREN, ARK., APRIL \ST. Corresponding Committee: I ALFRED WALLACE, HENRY WILCOX, |JNO. R- OGDEN, CHAS. G. SCOTT | E. B. BISHOP, J. J. GREEN, ! TIIOS. JI- JOHNSON, J. P. MAREAN. Van Buren, Ar!:.. Feb. 10, 1819. For the Intelligencer. To B. Your letter in ai.sw.’r to mine tn Inst week’s Intelligencer, mystified and perplexed me. 1 felt strangely nil over, as t.bo.'igh 1 had been struck by a torpedo, All my hopes’ seemed blasted—my “golden dreams” vanished awa y. leaving me. for awhile, in a most pitiable state utter helpless ness ; but 1 soon rallied and alt.' ,nu gb '"y head throbbed violently, (1 will say noli.'in,? my poor heart,) I concluded 1 would answer it nt once. What affected ine most was the metamorphose your style hnd suddenly undergone. Your first letter was plain nnd business like; cttndo r and honesty breathed in every line, and 1 was ca pti vated and answered it nt one sitting. Your laet, how shall 1 designate the missile? You seemfu while writing it lo be sitting on a bomb shell ready to burst, and writing a despatch to the crater of' a volcano. It had one good effect upon me fori .which 1 am thankful. My feelings gradually] subsided and I became as sober and sedate as a judge. 1 saw mine error: 1 had given you too] glowing a description of myself; had been un- 1 guarded in my expressions, and was carried away | by the bright prospects that so suddenly broke] upon my astonished senses. And then 1 signed I my letter "Cinderella”—you took advantage of: my imprudence, and flow off sky larking in full tilt amongt suns nnd stars, and dished up a very pretty and amusing account of what a certain old lady would du for us after marriage. If you sup pose that I enn be caught with such chaff, you do not know the bird for which you spread your not. I am no ninny, no sentimental Miss, brought up on treacle and honey. lam full of witchery it is true, and have just enough of poetry and romance in my composition to make me agreeable. But to your letter. There is no fairy in our family but myself, and in my way, I excel the good old , lady you eulogize with so much gusto, as though. you were throwing dust in my eyes. My wand i may not rear palaces in the wilderness, and muke j | prancing steeds out of sluggish oxen; change a plain, substantial wagon into a flying chariot; cover I the cold ground all along with a bed of down, and , spread a Brussels carpet over the road to Cali- I fornia; to raise flowers of the richest hue and pour i out the vintage of the sunny skies of the Tropics lat your feet, but it can do more than all this: I I can and will make the man of my choice, the | happiest being on earth. I will sing him to sleep, I i watch over his slumbers, stand by him in danger i and sickness nnd pain, be ns true to him ns the , needle to the pole. In my love he shbll be richer . than Crcesus. in my faith as brave as Caesnr;nnd in my company be shall take more delight and i enjoy more true comfort in one hour than he ever. I took in his whole life before he knew me. Heigho ! well sure enough I am committing the j [ same error I was guilty of in my first epistle., ] How can 1 help it? your letter has bewitched me, I turned my head—Ob this dreadful fever, 1 hope ,it was not last much longer. If there is not a i favorable crisis soon I shall be off in ntiother di ' reclion 1 fear, end disappoint both vou und myself, i To be candid this trifling with a serious matter j lis out of place just now: 1 am in a hurry to be ofl*, and if we camiol come to terms, there are others, plenty of them, that would be glad of a chance, madcap ns I am. romantic and vain. J will not decide either way, ’till 1 know what 1 am about, and see face lo face what sui t of a person is “B.” If—then—you —are —in— earnest, name an early day when we enn compare notes. 1 will not be I trifled with; several gentlemen have attempted it] already, but they wished themselves in Jericho, I long b-fore they got the last of it. I will await! your answer with the most intense interest. CINDERELLA.. P. S. I see the Philistines are out upon us. A I widow cross my path ! Steal my beau ! I’d like . lo see them do that thing. Pshaw ! the boys this I way know what’s What, and are not to be gulled' by taking up with such homespun ware. As for] I the threats and banters of the mule widow who! I wrote that communication, I fling it back in her I I (his) teeth. Widows don’t last. A score of them are not worth one “fascinating nymph.” Honey Creek, Mo., Feb. 19, 1849. ■ To the Editor of the Intelligencer— Sir—Observing ui your naperof the 10th inst., j “ A Chance for a Lady” who might be solicitors i to remove to the “ golden regions,” and share the ' " golden dreams” of a gentleman, 1 am induced to ) reply to it; und have no doubt, if the gentleman i should prove to be as highly favored with good looks as myself, that a•• connecting link” could! be formed that would be satisfactory to both par ties. It would have proved more agreeable to my self, if the gentleman had furnished us with a de scription of his own person and accomplishments; and I am apprehensive from his requirements that his exactions of n lady may be too fastidious ; but j I 1 am sure that I posses* tne accomptishruenls re-1 quisite for that far off country, a few of which 1 ! will enumerate. lam both " industrious and fru gal,” can turn the spindle, handle the plough, nnd | split rails ; can ride a horse, mule, or un ass. winch he would soon perceive, if he kicked up. I can handle my rifle, pis 101, or in y lotnmyhuwk, and indeed I ana quite perfect in the latter accom- | plishnient. I should also be willing lo cook, wash,, and scrub—take a. hand at any thing; but above all things, 1 can “ lull a babe to sleep,” without a cradle or rocking chair, and I nm sure he would be delighted to soe nro in this occupation. 1 am young, that is, if you consider that Methu selah was tin old man ; I am healthy, if you think that in one week, lo miss a chill twice a day, is i healthy. I am even tempered, especially when [ not contradicted, with fortitude sufficient to bear 1 all exposure and trials—my height is about six I feet ten inches in my stockings, and he would stand convinced of my resolution, if he should at any time attempt to thwart my wishes. Lor further particulars as to my fitness for the “Chance for a Lady,” 1 refer him to mv friend, Lieut. Miller, who is well qualified to judge of the accomplishments required of a California ma tron, after which an interview is desirable, and woe lo him if he attempts to deceive me. DOROTHY. oO”Several steamboats are being built at Phila delphia. to navigate the Sacramento and San Joa quim rivers, in California. < How tomakeChildrentake. medicine.— On asking a friend lite other day, how he induced his children lo take modicine he replied. Why, I first cottx, then bribe, then threaten, thou spank, and finally choke; but I think that to begin with tho choking woukl bo the best way. AfeWta Episcopal Church in rinßurr, 0 February 27, 1849. ’ Mr. Clarke—Having seer a piece (editori your paper of the I7th in,-.., headed V Methodist, a ti t| e by which the members of the Ep lscopa g South seem pleased to call Ug , lhc J* y members of the Methodist Episcopal a I the United Slates of America 1 f, ~i n ,cd on respectfully to inform vou. ' please, your readers, that AW// (eni ' i when applied to us, is a nick-n ume f • . we know of no such a church as’ the J, * I Episcopal Church if V o„ do. p| Pnsfi • us when and w here her organization took I he history of the world docs not know organization. We see the devi c< —h.,, ?' the leaders of the New Church 'South wh raiseu the cry of Abolitionism ngainst’t|, o l dist Episcopal Church for political efle ct the fears of the uninformed in nnd oa ’ t ° church ; while they themselves do not bel there is the slightest truth in the imputatid tho real facts of the case being direct ? i | it, for they know well that the Methodis-j 1 pal Church always fought against nbolit , from its rise. In consequence' of this 0 „ c the abolitionists have quarrelled withhe/0,, • and many of our people, in th? North - dl .d , it? tec ted by their spirit, have secsdtd, and i for themselves a new political or liberty c i 1 after J.eir own fancy, which they haven, ls. : True Wesleyan ;” stigmatizing and reproi | us with every evil name, nnd especially I are a corrupt pro-slavery church, becauv., ] mil slave-hoidi'fs to our fellowship. V>.| ’ are thus stigmatised in the North, is it not, : that we are held up by the new church So abolitionists ? But <ve must notice your ™ which is rather strange ; you say—"the N o i Methodists broke tho t' aternal bonds w|| same denomination in the South.” Again their dogmatical dictation to the Southern 1 dists, in tho case of Bishop Andrew, corrie division in the church.” Now, sir, the g conference neither broke the fraternal bond the South, nor compelled a division of tr>e ei But to preserve consistency in their admin tion, they must change the discipline, or r< the Bishop to resign ; a ma jority prefers ’ latter. Our discipline, ns well as that of th I church, speaks of slavery ns a “greatcrij very scriplurally says a Bishop should be i 1 less, Ate. Can a Bishop be blameless and tartly connect himself with a “great evil am of the opinion, if there had been nona ambitious for the office than Bishop Andrei work of secession could not have been effect And now, sir, be assured, that the Met! Episcopal Churuh has not changed her a «c; doctrine, or usage, in relation to the ius’.itut | slavery ; nnd the owners of slaves always the Methodist preacher as a welcome visili the secedets begnn tho cry of maddeg. But will Ire a rc-uction : light is breaking in, d the cries of abolition, which must be used.n like the cant party-phrases in political i ' which is indispensable' to keep tip the party as for instance, whig, lory, federalist, den I locofbcos, Ac., nnd every body knows that! 'politics has no conscience, and consequenf morals or moral code, except the seven prini of the five loaves and two fishes. But we solemnly abjure them, in the r.'ii nil that is sacred and holy in the character d Lord Jesus Christ, our Saviour, to leave rel and the Church of God, to the care of tht 1 Lord and Lawgiver, who purchased it «il own blood. As for tho Methodist E. Churd history is before the world, written in leni light, which all may read and t.riderstondJ eighty years past her acts nnd doings hav nisbed no small part oi lin' best materials j religious history of our beloved country, at | she says with her founder. (Mr. Wesley)] Parish is the World I” As for myself. I I i southern birthright. North Carolina being H ] live Statu, uud as I have not forfeited my ' right, I hope to enjoy the blessing. I huvh i Methodist birthright, having joined tlie ( three days before I was “ born agnin ;’’ i years sho has been my spiritual mother. «i to God. my father, 1 love the Church, mi i nnd while she stands ahvof from these |i broils, 1 cannot find it in tin heart to prove nor be induced to follow this seceding faa Having received my appointment of Bislh nis, nt the Missonri Annual Conference; Methodist Episcopal Church, I hnve come® ing that I need no other letters of com mor* and ns the church is where sho was rightj past upon the mooted question, and is so w' culnted to spread scriptural holiness ovt lands, may 1 not adopt tho language of tl Apostle lo tho Gentiles, and sny to friet foes, “ Receive us, —we have wronged n wo have corrupted no man; wo have de no man ;” •• but having renounced the things of dishonesty, not walking in era nor handling the word of God deceitfully, manifestation of tho Truth commending on to every man’s conscience in the sight of G We have a very respectable class in Van and considerably over a hundred members the planters. Yours, respectfully, MARK ROBERT: Nolaud's last. —We give the following ft Batesville Eagle : ’ The hair of the Dog ain't always good Bite.— Some years since we were sitting v townsman, Dr. Chapman, in his office c away about things in general, when in I Joe \V******, of Izard. California Gold Grease. — A Yankt cast has invented this specific for the use I hunters ; The operator is to grease himi lay down on tho top of a hill, and then n bottom. Tho gold, and “ nothing else, ’ to him. Price, 894 per box. California Geese Grease wo reckon, ing to California, lo meet the demand ui I I that are flocking there. The ship Apollo sailed from Now \oi 16th ult., for Ualifnt-nia, with a large i' l passougors. Sho also had on board t"<’ n presses, types, paper and ink, nnd eve complete tor tho cstab'i'-lmi’n'-_ ’• '' "" ’ I the gold miner.. 