The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-10-19

ton OF the case, he concuned with the jury in
recommending him to the Executive clemency
for pardon"
We have been indebted to the politeness of
General JEsuP for the opportunity of laying be-
fore our readers a most interesting report, by
Major w. w. CHAPMAN, of Captain LOVE S ex-
plorations of the Rio Grande. These explora
tinns were made for distance of 967 miles In
a keel boat, drawing eighteen inches of water,
and AZ miles further in skff. which was car
red round falls impossible to the larger craft.
From this paper we learn that the Rio
Grande flows through a very fertile country
much Of it under cultivation, with abundant
game, and supporting immense focks Of sheep
and herds of goats. Two inexhaustible mines
of bituminous coal have been opened on the
Texas side of the river and mention is made
of several rich silver mines the Mexican
side, some forty or fifty miles back from Pre-
sidio Rio Grande, which were formerly worked
to advantage by the Spaniards, but have been
of late neglected. from the want of energy or
capital.
Captain Love describes the entire valley of
the Rio Grande as peculiarly adapted for rails
ing sheep; as from the mildness Of the climate
they require no sheds during the winter months,
and can Craze during the whole year. The eli
mate, the small expense of taking care of the
iocks, and the cheapness of them, induce Captain
Love TO believe that sheep-raising will prove
a very extensive and lucrative business through
the whole valley of the Rio Grande. Captain
Love saw no Indians during his expedition,
but met with frequent signs Of them, and in
ferred their vicinage from numerous small fires
at night in the mountains.
We commend the whole report of Major
CHAPMAN to the attention of our readers. with
the assurance that they will find it memoir of
an exploration of more than ordinary interest.
Northern History for Southern Instruction.
The Union seems tired of sustaining the ma
tlonal and patriotic character worn during the
latter part of the late session of Congress. The
habtudes of half century are too strong for
the reformation Of an hour, and it returns to
the more congenial system of denying all merit
TO its opponents, and affirming the impeccabi-
ity Of its friends. Although for many years the
organ of the Democratic party, It's editor had
never, from the accession Of JACKSON to the
hegira Of Polk, condemned single removal
from Office by Democratic administration. ID
had always voice Of applause for its friends,
and q term Of contempt for the victims of their
intolerance. Ii now cries prescription" 'pro-
scripuon," with the same pertinacious perse-
verancc with which the itinerant vender of fish
sounds his lugubrious trumpet in our ear 1t
was betrayed by an affected magnanimity into
commencing few Wings for having aided in
the Compromise. 1t qualities by direct denial
OF innuendo almost all those admissions, and re-
stores those readings Of the character of FILL
MORE, WEBSTER, CRITTENDEN, and CLAY,
which, as the perfected calumnes Of an earlier
day, cannot be improved, even by the ma
lignant ingenuity Of the present. Alarmed
nj first by the storm which ragged during
the session Of Congress, it besought help at
every hand; it vowed all sorts Of wax candles
to every saint in the political calendar. Es-
capped from immediate danger, it manfests the
skill Of an experienced political wrecker. It
follows with agility the returning wave; grabs
with eagerness the valuables which have been
washed ashore; and absolutely betters its po-
litical fortunes by the wreck from which it has
escaped.
Since the adjournment, the task Of the Union
has been comparatively easy. No longer ex-
posed 10 the daily comparison Of ITS columns by
its Northern and Southern friends-no longer
apprehensive Of losing vote upon "the great
measures Of pacifcation which involved the ex-
istence Of the Union"-its system Of manage
meni is admirable. II walks the wire between
the Northern and Southern sections Of the
Democratic party with a skill, in comparison
with which the late achievement Of Herr Ryn-
niger, who was suspended cone hundred and
nine ieet' above the paving-stones and the up
turned countenances Of the admiring crowd.
was mere stroll down the avenue The Union
undertakes 10 maintain "the nationality Of the
Democratic party" To do this, it has to
show at the South that the Wings are the api-
iators Of the North. This is done by desig-
mating Free-soilsm as "the Seward PLATFORM
by parading Mr. ADAMS as the leader Of the
fugitive slave excitement; by representing Mr.
QurNcY in the same paragraph under the some
and "Federalist;" by commencing the Penn
sylranian for "the liberal, the catholic, the
American spirit" which animates its columns,
and by abstaining from mentioning the name Of
the Locofocos in any obnoxious connexion, ex-
cept az in the case Of JoHN VAN buren,, when
it apprehends they are about TO organize an
other party and set up for themselves
From the perusal Of these views, the South
err reader rises with an impression that there
IS powerful Wing banditti in the North, only
restrained from destroying the Union and raw
aging the South by the stalwart ann Of Colonel
FoRNEY, and the hysterical outcries Of the
Union. Let ms add few Democratic mate
rails 10 the current history thus manufactured
for the Southern market. Does any Southern
reader Of the Union know that the EceHing Post
il \ orpf.ro to,,roaI ~ Influenza and ahilitV2