Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-07-16

irlShtiul abyss, through which their waters
How unapproachablc by thirstinc man or
beast. The banks are 50 near a perpendicular
line, that the Inhabitants draw water from the
streams by rigging a windlass on the edge and
oiioPpiiiS u bucket over the sides of the rreci-
pitous banks. Such rivers can be %oflittle value
to internal commerce.: and the advantages of
the markets, so promised to emigrants. cam be
ENJOYED only by those who settle near the ac-
cessibie harbors. The most common mode of
transportation To market, with the Mexicans
IN California, Is to secure whatever the farmer
has Tor sale on to dry bullock's hide, to which
he attaches one end OF the rope, and fasteninp
the other To the pommel of the saddle, the
cavalier mounts, and putting spurs to his horse
orags me burthen lumberingly along on the
ground after him. The economy and ingenuity
OF the contrivance is a matter of as,onishmen,
To u Yankee emigrant.
In 1913, the whole Mexican population of
thc proviance was estimated at one thousand
ohly;the Foreigners being principally em%iyrants
nom the United States, were about equal i'm
number. The rest OF the population is COM
posed oil the native Indians, who are the
slaves and laborers of the country. The for
elgn populations since lS43 must have rapid-
~ increased, and by the accessions il will re-
cerNe 'nis year, Will probably more than
quadruple the number of Mexican inhabitants
- N'NttilNitNltItt IN "A nov
ernor, delegated from the Central Government
oi Mexico, IN whose hands all executive. iudi-
ciai' ana military power is entrusted, which. il
Is SAID, ne exercises without much scruple oC
right or regard TO established law. Our CHI
Gems complain that the entire administration
0' 'he government Is a sort of petty Turkish
oesPousin. The Governor performs the chief
luhctiohs oi government in person, and he is
charged with b~artering justice and selling GOV
eminent iaNprs and exa,nrt;D,. a.. - ~
bidder. His authority is supported by a band
oil ABOUT one hundred ragamufin soldiers and
dcsperadoes collected from the convict prisons
oi the city OF Mexico. They are without dis.
cipiinc, arms, ammunition, or military orpani-
zation. They serve the Governor as satellites
and minions, and all government orders and
civil process are verbal mandates communica-
tea and executed by these agents; for il is not
always that q Governor can read and write.
Formerly, the people of the province stood
III great awe of the representative and agent
OF the national governments: but with the in.
crease OF foreign population this respect has
rapidly diminished and now the provincial
government Is often c~ontemptuously set at de-
nance. There are pregnant symptoms of re-
oTiiioh or revolution prevalent among the peo-
pie. "A short time since, the Governor
alarmed at the rapid increase of foreign emf.
grafton, and jealous of their designs. had n
nuiio,r Oh loreiSn citizens (all natives of the
United States suddenly and secretly arrested
Dy his agents, on suspicion of treason. They
Were detained some time i'm durancc. and wcr.
rather uncourteously and harshly treated
wuiie IN the power of the Governor, who. mn
aoie TO elicit any proof to sustain the charge.
was Obliged finally to discharge them. There
Is now, II Is said, an organization existing to
curD TINS tyrannical insolence, as il is termed
anu TO resist a repetition of the oppression.
An emigrant from the United States has ac-
quired, by purchase, a territory of 100 600
acres IN one of the fertile and encbantipq val
leys, on which he has erected a fort. esta blish-
ed a trading post, and surrounded himself with
a considerable force of native soldiers. whom
he has drilled to the use of arms and subjected
To regular military discipline. The govern
inent, Jealous OF his increasing power, ordered
MN To demolish his fort and disband his men
and quit the country. He replied to the Gov
ernor II he wished the fort DESTROYED TO come
ana take II; an enterprise which the govern
meht mas not yet mustered force and yalor
enough to undertake and this redoubtab bile
trader and hunter still maintains his little
g imperium in impcrio."
Another significant sign, that the emiprauts
manage affairs IN some measure agreeably tn
their own wishes. is the fact that the Cover
nor who has for several years made himself
odious by his jealousy and oppression of for
eiigneTs' has been deposed by the people, and
pace h'ied by a new magistrate. These
laGtS nave received from an intelligent trav-
eller who has spent more than a wear i'm the
province +. Y. G.