Arkansas intelligencer., 1848-10-28

Eihe Lnrn-THe Nor" FL Dorado--The SajRied
B. +. BaHer--Danger or a Sirike in tie Cqbi-
nci--ProceedjogS Of lis llensIo.. :. Cvunoer-
Father RUctie and The Deit4.
WAsHIN GroN. Sept. 81, 1913.
Eds. Delfa--l have half a mind 10 quarrel with
you FOR attaching another persons signature to my
lelters What does your sober-sidei. mattor-of-
fact correspondent ''.i} " know of either Van Bu-
Butler And, besides, you committed
two capital bunders in Mr.. Van Buren'S letter, il
making him the word "use" instead OF ''vow,"
and, IN another place. the word blow instead
Of "Vow." Oh, DalVo! if you had bad the scrip
fure iicEe3 into you in early life, yoa would meyer
have made those erro,s Young people are not
properly brought up in these days-ihey are not
made to "promise and three things IN my
name," viz to rcnouuce the pomp and vanity OF
the world. the sinful lusls Of the esh and the de-
vii and all his works" do not mind the mat
ter on nv own account; but know !; will make
little Matly mad enough TO have his confidential
letter intercepted; and then 10 have II mutIluted,
will make him desperately savage.
Do you know that Padre Richie has set the
whole Atlantic world ogoI with his dorid accounts
of the gold '.placer' OF California, and that the
people Of this city have taken the SigmPs or SiGm-
pede--I am ignorant OF the etymon of the word.
Brokers talk of great stock sompanies; clerks.
holding Office by precarous tenure, begin 10 think
of pushing directly for this new FL Do
in gold that has such strange attraction for our
race! The slave that tolls IN coal mine is mise
rabIe, while the one that iahors in god-fnding is
all the Time in eXtacieS. Your buffalo Hunt
is q mere circumstance to the California Gold
Hunt. Tho ''Santed" Butler writes to Horace
Mann in the following style: = and my friend
Mat Zero ct rer meus) have determined. in the
event Of defeat, to embark for the placer. My
kingdom is not of this world but still. how re-
T. cCllnn pf California
before death Is
Madness has seiz7d all ranLs;--Poik's whole
CaLsnct seemed bent on n strike, aud it by
dint of great persuasion that he obtained their con
sent TO remain with him until the 4Ih ot March.
NAV tell YOU what occurred in Cabinet Council,
it is impossible tc keep anything secret here
from those pmps and spies tha! have peculiar
aptitude for ferreting out all that takes place IN
Cabinet meetings, and in Executive sessions OF the
Senate. According to rumor. Mr.. Polk being
alarmed, called his Cabinet together yesterday.
and implored them to remain by him until the 4lh
of March Notwithstanding them, at the same time,
! lhat gold was worse poison TO mems souls than
even politics. and that these stories OF gold mines
and gold hunting regular humouS and
| bamboozle.
| Little Bobby Walker desired 10 inquire wheth-
! er his cxceency meant any reflection on the sub
! treasury system. which he considered The very
| foundation of his fame and salvation of the Trea-
surv He did not know wha! might be the views
| # his brother ministers, but was clearly of op'n-
ion that he had better 90 and take a hand in tn
ro|d hunt in order that the cub treas v might be
pcrpetuated
John Y. Mayson had Just risen from the dinner
table, and full of bland smiles, assures MIR, Poll
that his honor Vrginian would DO compro
missed by leaving home at this time to seek afte
patry gold. |, subsequently appeared, however