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siai defeat cf The Whigs. 81 ,he coalition Of The
Barnharners viii he Locofoeos prepsr, aided 81
he maehinalious Or the Castle Garden COMMITTEES,
Iii organized ana precopeeEsed esfau was com-
m4ncrd here BIZ The knights Or ST Tammany, 10
conyeT The idaa throughout The Union, in a quiet
easy sort 81 way that he election N WAig PFesi
dent in 50 Is impossible Il has been 50 dexeFons
u managed By tie Locos shat the Wings themselves
have been the chief trumpeeTs Of this idea; aud
am sorry 70 see thar many Whig country editors
have unwitingly converted theirpapeTS into psre
vehicles for the transmission 10 their raiders Of
Tamnany HaIltricksrr, BY dissep s-.ating Ibis aS-
srrd prediction. ~ By neglectg Is throw ine heir
artislesihe spirit hoPeiaess znd sound reasoning,
,hai hare hitherto characterized lie whig Press %
the ere Of a Presidential nomination
, ncec E1t say thar there are a dozen men ID the
/ Wig Party. ether q whom large maiorityef
Isl. people would prefer 10 any candidate thar the
o,er party can Bring into he field hut. if,he Wing
Pscss Of The Union allow the deato go abroad an-
co..radicted tia, its no use foT US TORY to elect
or man. Why then. Of course. TIC <resalt will Be
that we via asf elect bin.
Tie fact 'of lie matter is. th9titis mere dodge
o. the Locofocos, Thus qaieiYto assume inyinri5s.
i.y Their party is just as cut PIP now as il ever
was as FAT as regards national peliies although
partially united ID some States on local matters
John Van Buren, iy<at chs moment well known 10
b. the stFongess Democrat in This State. Do net
mean tia, could poll more votes for himself but
that he could cause msEe votes 70 be poled for an
other Sow. as John goes, 50 GO The BarnbuIHers,
as body; and you may BET high, that II Cass gets
the nomination John viii be down upon him Ike
thousand of b9ieks-nol openly, perhaps, but meme
1.-The less eectually There are fyr Locotoco cliqaes
in this city which 60 respectively for Cas- Doug
lass Houston. Marcy, and Butter. Housson's
chances looked she brightest some months ago; but
tie .. Donaldson and Greer Correspondence killed
aim. Douglas then took the frQatEanki but he be-
gan 10 spend bis money too soon, and as soon as he
and his friends discontinued shelling out the dimes
To The boys many Of the lailer returned to their
allegiance and now go Cas- and Butler. Marcy
has but few friends buFlhey are firm. ButleFis the
farorite Of the BarnburneFs, with whom be is said
10 have secret understanding. You may infer the
chances Of success at the South, from the char
, acler OF his Northern connection. MOI only will
Slavery, but also Kossuthian Intervention, be a
greater bar tothe harmony between the Northern
and Southern portions Of The I.ocofoco party, than
between the same portions off the Wing party. Ia
king a bus ness view Of the question, think that
the success of The Wings is cer,anunder judicious
management Or, tc take gamblers viewpf il,
the bets are FIVE to three in our favor. We have
the cards If We only know how to play them, and
% play them.
II You have heard, no doubt of the aztec pigmies
now on exhibition in this city Comparatively lit
lie appeared about them in The papers. for some
time after they arrived here, and none of the
Of the professional Snowman were fesorted toby
u
they are men 81 taste, and dislike the ordinary style
OF citypufiag preferring to coEfine themselves to
advertisements in the papers and invitations TO the
members of the press 10 call and see for themselves
and then say what they see fit few days ago, /
called in TO see the le Central American auriosi-
ties, and can assure youthat was never moe as
i tonished or gratiied in my life. Tom Thumb can
N not be compared TO them, either as object Of in
terest to the mere sight-seen or as subject fol-
i physiological and chronological investigation.
! The boy, 81 rather the little man, appears to b.
about 90 yeats Of age, and weighs about 81 pounds
and The girl who weighs about l6 pounds, is pro
nounced by Psychologists TO be about Il years old
Their complexion is copper -colored, their eye:
black, sparkling and lively, and their hair of th'
finest texture black as ravens wing, glossy, ant
hanging in beautiful ringlets. Their heads are
A much smaller Than those of lhf aEssas44 4ee, ant
playful kittens and the litt!e girl is in her way
| one Of fhe yeriestcoGaettes have ever seen.
There is romantic and somewhat improbable
story connected with iheir.apPearance among US
but we are obliged TO receive il authentic, a:
none of oar ethnologists have attempted TO give ans
other solution Of The problem of their existence and
many Of them have ende lvored to corroborae BY
their antiquarian researches the story Of which the
following is a brief sketch.
4 A Mr.. Huerris an American gentleman Of for
tune, and Mr. Hammond Of Canada civil en-
gineef By profession having read in Stevens work
on Z" ual3America, that an old padre in Santa
Cruz del Quiehe informed Mr., Stevens than he had
seen in his youth from the top Of the Cordillerasi
large city in the distance with turrets white and
gliuering in the sun" that had never yet been xisi-
ted by whie man who had returned alive, were
infamed with an unconquerabe desire TO explore
| that region and il possible discover the city.
cannot detail to you the narrative, which equals in
interest the best tale in the Arabian Nights but
will merely state that In the FAN OF 4S, these gem
tlemen left Baltimore for New Orleans, whence
1hey sailed for Balze. From that port, they trar-
eed by land, along. the of the<Gu lf OF ANA
tique, 10 Coban, where they fell in with Senior Pc
dro Velasquez, native Of San Salvador, who a.
greed to accompany them on their periloas adgen-
tnre. The three at length reached Santa Cruz del
Qniehe, where, being re-assured by the old padre
referred 10 by Mr.. Stevens. they procured guides
arms, and ammunition. and after many privations
assembled the Cordiileras, whenc they saw a large
city in the distaece. Descending the mountains
they advanced across the plain on the other side and
when withintwo leagues OF the city, thFy were at
tackled by party Of armed Indians on horseback
identical in costume and geneTaIsappearanc with
those whom Cortez encountered in Mexico. Afer
having routed the enemy, they advanced into the
city, and were we'll treated. They remained there
| some months. during whieh Hammond died Of his
wounds received in the conflict. and Haeriis was
sacri6cedon the high altar 81 The sun, for trying
/ toescape.
velasquez after this, prevailed upon young
priest to whom was eonided the care Of The twoAz-
tees now in his city escape with him; and after
several adventures, during whirh the priest died.
he arrived at San Salvador. where the children
| were baptized with great ceremony in the Roman
Catholic Cathedral. The newly discovered city il
called Iximaya and the children now in New
York constitute, with few others now III IximaYa.
The surviving remnant Of an ancient and singular
order Of priesthood, called KaGaas, which ii Is dis
tinctly asserted in their annals and traditions. ac
compaaied the first migration of this people from
the Assyrian plains Forbidden BY sacred lave
from marrying with any persons but those Of their
own caste, they have dwindIed down. il the course