The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-12-03

this sandy land full of brar and aloes grow
Cabo Rojo, or Brown Cape affords good shelter for
small vessels and it was the place where smugglers
landed their cagoes for Mexico There is mule road
but very difficult fer travellers
On the north side of Point Sharp there Is small town
and creek by the name Of Santa Anas where we were
supplied with provisions Il is at the foot oil Sierra MA
The only two best roads the city of Mexico, &C
bridge and only because provisions and
these two roads have been travelled constantly
and ms; BE- - oSs wch
attempted from must Hiding the mountains,
which AZ more sdious account Of broken frasment
True, the bridge is stronger than Gibratarbut then
each army can with equal advantage, fortify itself and
advance upon its adversary inch BY inch.
In this however, the advantage given to the party
occupying the west side is that be provided with
every kind Of necessaries OF life from the fertile lands
From lula to Santa Barbsra there h in the very centre
Of the mountains spot called the G1 har r or s
God placed Adam and Eve In this place the traveller
rests for some days In both routes. when the noun s
from every kind of miasmaa and disease as any in the
pest OF Europe - ~
9osror, Nov. %, 1916.
The Politics of Massachusens-.An Independent piew
7hings-Ihe Condition of the Wings, &c. &c.
When wrote you the 10th, that the fires of sboli
ionwhiggery were smothered not quenched, and that
he Coincidence of young whiggery veto be heard
not as "stl small voice." but rather in political tenn
pest little thought that the first attempt to revive those
fres and to excite that conscience" were to proceed
from the very men who have the deepest interest in
keeping the wing party in quiet state, and who, on the
suppos,ion of their being honestly attached 70 WING
principles should sacrifice "all but honor 70 nvs the
ascendency those principles in the nation, ut De next
Presidential election. Yet Is precisely the very men
who bound to pursue cautious course and to labor
to the end of consolidating the wing party here, be-
cause of its Importance, branch of the great con-
servativs family of the republic, that are laborng
to give head and determination to the ills under
which Massachusetts whiggeryis suffering The Atlas,
the organ of the pure and unaduerated old hunkes OF
whggism in this region has acies
men, and admirably calculated to keep the quarrel COM
menced at the Faneu Hall Convention in that thriving
and vigorous condition which will meet with the decided
and aectonae approval of all democrats whose interest
in the welfare Of whiggery well known to be Of the
school, Of more discreet nature than the Atlas, have
also reflected upon their brethren who have the misor
tune to be troubled with that remarkably uncommon
complaint in the political world, conscientious scrupes.
Even the Daily .9dperfiser. II mistake not mad some
thing the other day calculated rather 20 ta,e 20
taken the welfare Of young whggery and the progress
the colored under their especial care and super
vision say, "if mistake not because the respeota-
BILE Daily" sometimes altogether ncomprehensbie to
plain people like myself more foolish proceeding
organs never was known. They had an excellent op-
rortunty after the election over, to so order mat
ers as to at least postpone an IN nsi RANKS u
thing in their favsr; and the practice oil Little mag
nanimity would have effected wonders IN Their s be
had induced people to vote here for them. who had
contemplated very different course OF action
nd hand to their errnS brothers, think Il would
have been received, and for a tame, bye-gones"
would have been regarded as "byegones." But they
did nothing Of the kind and commenced haunting
the men whom they should have spared no efforts to
eoncate That they have been differently adv ,ssd
Of common among its leading members, not to
that this course is to the last degree ruinous But
those who have the main control Of the machinery Of the
party not gifted with those qualties which lead
hsaren to the counses Of the wise and the exPe
deaf adder they will listen to the voice Of the charm
or, charm he never so wisely.
that would excite surprise were to lead to the
complete defeat of that party in the 4th Congressional
District Mr. ss the Tns Of eon .ea w9
gerry and in his desire to serve his section OF the party
CRIME in collision with the well-known Mr. Nathan APP
said things which sit as i'll on the stomachs OF
that gentIeman's friends mouldy bread and
ditch water would the stomach OF an alderman in
full standing. Mr. Appleton Is set up by Boston whig
gerry for all good and true disciples ofthat ravng iaith
10 bow down before and worship, outward type of
fuse to bend the knee or curve the neck before MIN are
sent "untoe the tyre" which political nteleraace mas
recusants. Report says that the Appleton wings IN
oher words the old hunkes, are already in the field,
operating against Mr. Parey, whose defeat would graft
~ them quite as much II would the democrats. If
Mr. has pluck and his friends the requisite degree Of
moral courage they will be rather melted to greater
erons by these new demonstrations Of hostility, than in
undated thereby. induced to think the better Of
indulge in any Of those ridiculous boasts common with
hotheaded enthusiasts, and with which results on en-
form pitifu contrast for when gentlemen talk so
very oudof contendug 10 the end and Of dying In the
last ditch generally proves to be "a death In meta
phor, ditch in song.p
Most people suppose that there but two factions in
our whig party. They Mistaken and any calculs
based upon supposition erroneous, would lead
to a very absurd conclusion To say nothing Of petty
tons in this harmonious body Of conservative politicians
Each Of these factions represented in the last state
Convention and was through the union of two Of them
in that cody that the third the conscience band was
csvaerly sent TO the wall place which the weak
est invariably 70 in this highminded world OF hst
ofhese factions composed ofhe friends OF GOV psgs
and contained many Of the old and most said
the party gentlemen who make point Of 70
believe what their fathers did, and who are no, Iuo
clear that railroads much superior 70 ,ae ou ,
pixies, people of skittish imagnaons ana sn unse,
tied turn OF mind the habit OF asserting Inc seconu
faction consisted of the abolition wings, wnose
candidate for Goyernor Mr. stephen o. fniinps OF
Salem ioraerly member Of Congress, gentiemm OF
wealth, responsibility, and far talents wing OF ,ne
buest art but having tasked to his whgism BLACK
border Of border 30 deep that IN tne esu
uurported TO adorn. The Atlas party, or Lswrenes
whirs formed the third person In this political tin
w. They were the least numerous OK tina mrse ous