Democratic watchman., December 24, 1856, Image 2

s . f.tB . Blp, and at this &seam the - balimis liave
'll44Amor:
11 1 011Patis'Asisrfieffeirliallkig"fArtiala;
hundreds of eatilgrants died with eholare4r , .
lvel7 le* milek, tents were to be mien
their• attehdombt. ;at
the meeting of. the North - Fork of the Path. I •
River, the piety encountered: great - di
tire itaffeetings crossing. They were com
pelled 'to cut down dry cotton wood trees,
and with the Op made a raft upon which
rreutesd !ha titer. They had to unload
theft Wagons and take them apart, the
Mlles that only a part could
,with safety ho
—„AtketionLthe_ raft•it -time. At one time ! "
. i .Osa ',basket the wagon were taken the
. neactite gearing the next the bed of the
- ' Wagon and Lt Ihtefitit ; next, the family.—
t . = sand i three nights-were consumed
' Governors party were all ended
, 01;the west hink - 6111te North Fork' of the
. rule, During the three days and nights,
*ix meet vierelest, killed and drowned, with.
is Rye nines or the month of Deer Creek
the point vat which the Governor and hie
Party amused the North Matte. The next
duly after leaving Deer Creek crossing, the
t dead: onlY of • murdered *Migrant was found
. is the' Platte Rime, and an. eraminstion
peak d that the' unfortunate,- men had been
tighluw.
The pretreat the Fourth of July were en
. Alie....hustfteuthef-81gatedy41mete, iihe
thcy erminecl during the - day, and there
wounneassrated ladePendinte ' Day" evei •
'fig U aithei could, as dietavg fr. p eirilms•
The iißenalonwf the sth' they corn.
edeneed Stittkieing Ut silessert,_ between the Big
•1 40181 441" 4 / 01 tivar, * - dbittutee, exceed.
4g Anlisst: ' At a piing about midway
' shove named, they die , '
gram amens -the thick Ow
:die dMlit6tspeaasitteei tlieir cattle to feed
_Abe mike thinsue hear. Wire'n Itbeet--reedy
tan iswerwArtheli journeY. • wagon, hashed
:.:110e. WM with one o f the party s endifte.
Aislooool. Wakkalfee out of'-'lh• tregm, •
,:,,Ligketielhdtatboat tier/417404e5, had
•seether-earftr
atone was exceedingly solemn, it
we wif time sit the party were buried is deep
- 11tdgig and rendered atutoat .nnfit thr the
'iveriless journey before the*. They t
-died dowdy throughout the entire night, and
.roachedthe east bank of 01 , 0012 River about
. 9 °Meek r hi - the morning of July 6. They
• ensisedilreees River on the afternoon of the
7th, and on the morning of the 18th, renew
eat their-parnep. , -
At Didepeadence Reek they encountered a
v.latertia, tab, which continued until they
reached Orrin' (kit, where they remained
- 01 night. Devil's Gate is a piss
them* whisk lbws the Sweet Water River.
Alstnieliarturor thhermate to the mikes - of, ,
the Weer ii owe two hundred and eighty
„ - -Interentleripot
- o *** ll llk*Vbi lady and several others as
• infelleil to =the lop al the umentain, and
leethatiksene WEB* stream below. The
• colhoggeliael sisie than twenty feet-wkle,
which A. whole volume of the
Ahead. Stater rushes twilit greet velocity
ihnneentlide pat wad the Routh rats the
, asiaitty Intrarnsting sad beautiful.
ellhe yid tails in' view en the 'north were
sneered With avow; and in feet, within half
, "estaileaf the trail, maw wan abundant in
Ike At one-point above the Sweet
reinslne4 a any in
.44; lesalisHe Abidr cattle and washing, t •
- -1111011 - VueX - hantiretir, and in their
.Imighbwillenl Absiitilld towers of ntriatte
• *den. At aselher point, beneath, . ,
remit* a swam , the found S • • •
as taro wea. tee had evidently Inch
domed yam before, sod after formed. been
• severed by s slide of earth from the hill
A /sir days later they roused Omni/Übe
. >tuallttPau of the Becky Mountains. and
**yid 'Aril* of refreshing waiter from the
fawns Pacific Sprine."a called from the
bet that it is getevally believed that its
And their way 4, the Pacific !Clasp,
— tea:llk WI sr Isere ellinatest spot on the
,Asessaltains thadnny other pet discovered: -
labiressi the /with ease anel'the valley of
lbw Weer Oa tittle party ha 4 many
amities wills the Indians, bet being all the
1 - dhow sigilltit mend their own %yes and pro-
. wltitb Plied the steamboat and soda sprifti,
lisoloarty heft the old Fort Hall Wail and
atm* Iti a ijtoat Oivitree for Raft River, •
tributes." the Columbia. At the point
witeretiory left the old Fort 11•11 road, the
woloaniasnowatala *lion of by-Gil. Fre
: rout, is is fall view- —liar—,Riglor sad oth
ers-wt. his putt-visited the mountain and
looked down late the crater. Many years
...have &Allen elapsed sioce it o.4iitained
.ttreo but that It at wine period tau in full
Mast, shaking the• country far manyualles
awslabd;WeVitlime upon the face of the coca-
In (musing the valley of Bur risar,in
~- coviskill the volcsnlc mountain in situated, the
mike whlob were/ flat on the surface were
eneked several lichee in width, so wide in
Ace Chit they bad to be covered before the
oaltlteauld.passuras la aafaty,- -
The nest day after leaving the valley of
Boor Oirer, OS party maimed anothelr val
ley, at the bead of which was a 'enplaning
of delightful water, and near its amerce a
beater dam, on which the anima ( were
lay After leaving Beaver
' 4 lhisin Springs, the party traveled for some
dusts among • tar of Indians who called .
• tbeinselorae treasoks, but who are evidchtly
. af-the illnaluesee of Indiana. - The - 7oardh
day after catering the country of the Pan
ocitso the 010 chief of the tribe approached
with him - • number of
utiles Anti ponies, which he •purposed giving
to..tbe Gursuior in euhauge for his dough.
ter Yirgibia—Virginis to be the wife of' his
eon
, -
111 proposition mussed the Governor's
tuutok but in order not to
.40esstk the Wisps, was declined in s respect
ftul that they hed no use
Fir the uvula and punks. in this srsy they
,Jiapt the did chief in good temper l itutil they
ovcrtot**liillea4aPW UpdjYr Der Mods
poth,of htineatal, and tt* they milenned
tip 10 . 044 fro returned to his people with
Wft. further aptiOVlSiee to dam..
01.
Theiibird night alter .rearitifes thick
doldt River, intlianti
io le! dimt *red bison%
ing around.the bill hismillitely !bore,
.them. The Govetwog,Weas toiniCtaigheene of
the 'outer its'd aml iiki tmeeldipin to camp
'Mill - near' d' light. • Afterireaching ("Mop
and when in the act of 'treading down his
blankets for repose, be held the cracking of
brush on the' other side of the river. He
looted out of the front of the tent in the di
rection of the noise, but saw nothing. Ile
then laid down, but in a few moments was
aroused again by the same noise he looked
out of the tent, first examining as well as
he could flio opposite banker the river, and
then tholsill aide. The day was just dawn?
log when he turned to take a last look over
the rirer•bofore retying, and was in the act
of closing the twat, when an Indian's head '
became vi r akilia Over 'the bank of the river,
which iris very steep at that point. The
outrage had a, bow and' arrow in one hand,
and with the other wee making his w sy,up
the bank. • The whole appearance of this sav
age indicated hostile intentions, and tho
Governor was left no time for thought r his
gun witich was in tho wagon, could not be '
reached in time, and he moreover feared
that if he Tamed hia,back to get it the In-
dials would shoot him before he could reach
it. It was a moment of great peril, but the
Chtveniqr ,wita equal to the position.
.110
rag Taff» tiger; aild be
forel* eould,prepate himsey n for,the 'chock
,
'hu'rled him over the the river, ri
clistaficcOt Moro than thirtyl'kt:
" The Governor's parik followed the old Fort
traituntil withinierentf milCs of what
is known ne the sink of the Homboldt, or
St. litary's hewer, at ,which t the whole
volume of water dissegears in the sand. At
a - point:within twenty miles of the -brink of
the River they found a new trail leading
semis ?Waal* fain Cislibrtun,and
after conorsltaticm - they determined to take
it, hophor to save distance had avoid in part
vat thioest - : the Itumboldt ril
er and Careen Valley. Refers loath% the
• Wilma was anprdia ;rat a
i kxf
ratcr,',444l;aa much mass as could be
*side of the wagon bed. Thns , prepared
for the desert, the little party commenced
thelijouroey on the neir route.
They had proceeded tint about twelve
miles when the Governor's 'daughter, Vir
ginia, then in the seventh year of beilge;
was thrown Out of the fivei part of the wag
on while going down a steep hill, the hind
heel passing over her left leg atipire the
knee. breaking it. Elio was immediately
picked up by one of the party and her moth
er, wto exelainied. " Thank God she is not
dead—l hear her my." It was ii-usestient,
of great trial, and for some thne even the
itoutest hearted" of the men stoodparalynedr
not so with the mother, aho was Wsnd mood
ere 1110 neCitiartity of the case, and promptly
adopted the measures necessary to have the
Molten linib attended to.
Fortunately the first man behind the Gov
senOrli wagon proved to be a physician who
promptly offered his son*, and in u short
time as possibLe, ender the circumstances,
the Utah was set and mentally bound up.—
After a ldoy at abut two hoar, the And
was earetlally lifted late the wager and
phased upon a bed. After the pain result
fag from 4itting her into t h e haitaht
tea, the G9Verner said i" 4 • ; • '
certrin a great desert—we have but little.
t sad feed far_ tberasttle z _ud w k• •
d e layr-1 0 nm At this place, aad it is better to
ge forward thane book. 'We hive desert for
hart tidal milts •io gran
tilie diner her tittle eras around her lath
er's melt sad with gnat energy said :
" father, lan careless. Lan to bleats.—
Drive on, and I will bear the pain like a sol
dier."
The Gorersor'eparly pressed forward uss
til after midnight, when they stopped for
about three hours, -fed their cattle,..and en
joyed sweet Tepees in the lap of mother
earth, which, at that place. wal a bed of
deep sand. About an hour before 4441'7
loolcuplhelinsfel march, and aloyj 10 o'.
clock. A. X, reached a point known as Rab
bit Hole, where they Rosined until after
3 o'clock, P. 't., when the? commenced
j
their journey across a terrible desert twenty
•
- After 'therelling about twelve miles, ffpding
their cattle madly failing, they concluded
to leave two of their wagons and use all
their cattle in taking the other two through
the desert. After passing the desert • they
siriettire spring which they named Black
Rock Spritile, the -water of which was so hot
that they boiled their coffee and test by set- i
eruatekettles on it.
Within—semen raihm. of this hot spring,
there was not less than twenty ahem, the
wider in.oll.of them being about the , same'
temperature. it this ramie, the Governor
torl-his perty- renorineri two - ritys — beferill
the wagons, hilt behind on the desert, could
be brought forward. Before leering, Dr. I
John Darcy, of New Jersey, and his comps.
ny arrived. Dr. Dater here_examMetand,
re - -touts( tfie broken Trocid the Uopernor'e
' daughter. Two -men iu the doctor's train,
who had been ill for several days, with fe
ver,
died. and were buried at this place, the
doctor performing the -funeral services.—
While at this place, en ox belonging to one
of the New Jersey Wagons, - rvii into one of
the hot springs. Several men who saw the
of fall into the spring, ran as fast as they
could, the distance being. more than three
hundred yards, but the pobr creature was
dead before extricated, which occupied not
Fiorgtltultlen Minutenktun the timalie-tint
touched the boiling water. When dragged
out, the hair and skip came off the greater
part of ,his body.
Three days after, the party reached a beau-
Ohl valley, near what is called thigh Rock
Cannon, or -P Canyon," where they met a
body of troops on their meek from Oregon,
to meet and. escort soother cotirmand under,
Maj. Sanderson. Oa the morning that the
Governor's party arrived in the 'alley, the
Indians killed the guide to the militarrlrain
and he Was Ivied in the evening after their
arriyelr 'Phis valley had away spews in it
and was covered with a great grolirtb of grai
all of •vaiiOtts In thbt valley, OP
firoad
' u olut m S e ivaryl!ld .:: alrola
Eto Watter-N1 knorinn : istove
t no hundr, o 4:Ynkda
apart..:, ',ear intrtijisdft:-
We'd markeltilinein#ol4 the poisesiilWM
of one Indian chiefdom inlet/ter. The IiMD .
in some places was marked by dried brush
laid lengthwise ; at others, by stones, laid
side by side, forming connected row.
The first night after leaving the valley
above referred to,' the party encamped in
High Rock Cannon, About the middle of
the night, a stranger, a Gorman called qt
the Governor's wagon,sind said to Uri: Big
ler that her services were required at his
tent, which was about a quarter of a
oft: )Sirs. Bigler after learning the cor.di
lion of affairs, left, in company with the I
stranger, 401 ♦ little after pubic in
,the
morning, the stranger's wife gave laltlk to
to ins. After the return of the 914:14 pr's
lady, the party with all duo ceremenrained
their Camping ground " TwlikValley." 14
the afternoon of the next day, the party
again commenced their journey, bid the lit,
tle ones lived only a few days.
After sevendays travel in an abriostnOrth
orly direction, they reached the crouing of
the Sierra Nevada Mountaine. : They dou- I
bleiLleams and crossed the mountain in a
single day, and the day' following, late iu
the, evening, reached Goosa.lake, whore they
onosumed. From Goose
. 14ko the party.
moved
_in_st,_semtherlrdirsetkin_o4' a lreild
known as Lauson's Route, over a terribly
hilly and rocky country: The third, night
after leaving the lake, the-Governor and the
men belonging:to one of the teams, in con. I
seironeCior k ari ox getting fait between two
legs lying ins stream of zosten,,,fell heltine
the otlttt ° trhl3S7, iitorthat*night failed to
reach camp. The Governor, wife, daughter,
and two men, wersphaknight left to take
care of themselves, and although atMaterrup
led by 'lndians, fie - re' threatened by' a horde
of hungry those
during the night, tigpreaohedto within fifty
With tumble [towlines. The thasstening of
the It - elven kept the Governor and his tittte
party on the watch the entire night, to
prevent the destruction of their cattle and
themselves. Early the next morning they
left their_nucomfortittile
.quarters, and over
took their friends about ton o'clock in the
day.
The day following they reached the bead
avatars pf Pitt River,. down which stream
they travelled several days, surrounded by
the most fierce and warlike tribes of Indians
on the Pacific corm*, but by 'great vigilance
escaped in safety. The day after they left
the valley of the Pitt !tiler fthey met Gild:
Warner with a e'ompauy of men on his way
to Goose Lake, to exiilore* pass through
the Bien-.Y=4 4rsutahn• - "l t hey - warned
the Captain against the indium', telling him
that lie must keep a *harp look out fur ti — m.
The Captain, ao doubt, heeded the caution
but notwitlmtatiding the care taken by him
and his men, he was 'killed by an Indian be
fore he reached the summit of the sierra Ne
-11116 Mountains, and his party were
gel
led to Mum. On thi third day,after leas-
ing Pitt Ritter Vaney, one of thilismWdied I
of scurvy, and wattittried without Coffin or:
clothing, save thoissiarn by him if the time
da death.. The laxly was let into Ilia-
as to keep the earth olf_itsur ch as
aittlib - ere — gonii woes driv
en over the spot, so as to dece the Ittdi
ens, who fremsently dug up t ieirlkir 'the
1 mike of flee clothing. After perfurrat
r"n and painfq dr'
_ astir, die little part?
iiv;hr =nen forwarlit and on The night of the
third day after, reseihni the head water. of
the Rio Plimas, or Feather River.
In the valley of the river, the party en
camped eir a day, and eat grasitto supply
the nude with food while passing over the
terribly rough country- betwesan the river and
I the Sacramento valley. The second evening
I lifter leaving the river, they nemsbed me of
steepest hills ou the route, in order to de
mend whichrit-wastrecessary to chain large
pine logs to the hind axles of the wagons, so
is - to prevent -them from running over and
killing their cattle. This hilt-was-so steep
that Virginia, the Governbr's daughter—her
lirelsen limb ban, still tedidirt-pold, not
t‘iiwaficia, and was
carried down theta!, more than hat-smile,
by her tether, upon Milbank. Alter the lint
of the hilt was reached, another difficulty
had to be encountered, there being no water
nearer than two miles. The oxen were un-
yoked, and the Governor and three of the
seen enllertook the perilous task of driving
them through an India, country., in the
night, to Antelope creek.
On the way to the creek one qf the oxen
fell over A precipice of rocks, Iliad WAS AD
much injured that •he had to be left behind.
_'.reA of ilut cattle reached - stream
an returned to camp in Safety. On their
return Ilrom the errek, the Governor and his
companions descended the precipice .and en
deavored to get the crippled ex.int,o cams,
-fialedr i - nide a
mistake as to the ravine and direction of the
camp—got fairly lost hi Mil mountains, aad
did not reach their friends until 'near morn.
ing, and then in, a depierably t exhausted
state.
Thet'it - diy, they Totible:Leamed and
reached the summit of the ridge between
Antelope and Deer Creeks, where, they re
mained until the next afternoon. The cattle
ifterrtoArttelope Creek for drink and
pastured on the hill sides. While guarding
the cattle the Gorereer discovered I rliwpwalt
'Ailed with ripe grapes, which were indeed a
luxury. Ile made his way to the top of e.
rock on the bank of the creek near a',,tree
which was covered with vines. Afier he lied
been on the rock a short time ho got hold of
a large vino a view of / Pulling within his
reach.stime fins bunches of grapes which ho
intended for his wife and daughter. lie
pulled vigorously for a time, but soon die•
dowered that there .Was a great 'resistance
and he slackened his grip when the vine
was taken from hie hand with great violence.
Greatly surprised, he- called for Nil couspan
ions, but receiving no answer, he carefully
,separated the vines, which were very dense,
so that he Could have•* view of the s,treim
And opiaii4g*k. t 'he' first object that
met bliatti .pa{ a griolly bear of immense
size, tepig upon•the:srapea.
43 °V°Milgico knife Itigt
biro, •'; et he 40,44,,,kar -wophl
separate4oiltee, end he genogly
down of.lvck-, Ad'nu de. his way as
rapidly as to to camp, bruin' in
quiet potomeaion of the-grapes, and for4hitn
self conoludhis that they were too sour for
hie use in Or neighborhood of eo formigable
a couipetito •
Three !lei inter,apsiiiir3lo inpiratiOkOr
nearly eve " the from the date . of their
departuro 'the Miasouri River, the Otrv
ern2r and bt I tlfe party arrived in the Val.
ley_ of. the onto, near Xawson'i FOrt,
encl about r etie hundred and eighty miles
above the City of Sacramento. Tho sight
of a hutnial habitation created great joy, and
the whole parly_gave areaeliee're fur the gar
den fence, it'd three niore'for the house. It
anti indeed, to them a pleasant view, and
looked morn beautiful at that ritomont than
ever after. ' -
After resting.* new days the 01.,.......
proceeded to Sacramento City, and* portion
of hie party to what was then 'kaolin as
Reading's Digglnn, now aellpiiita City.. ;;
The Governor arrived it Sacramento early
in September, 1849. ' He arrived "almost
without-Wesson-Auld for tviime supported his
family by'daily labor. Ile first was id the
atnploy ofanaeletleneer named Stevens, pow
residing in'the City of New York; -after
wards be Was employed' in unloadlng Sr
steamer Seitator at two dollars air hour; at
a later period in cutting and hauling wood
to the city for sale. Thin hard litho, soon
broke him down, and tor weeks he suffered
severely with inflamatory rheumatism, but
his family hail to be provided tor, and .. he
could not beadle. As noon ae aide-to-W*llr
he visited several of his friends, ono of whom
employed him in making km! opreads, fur
each of wld ii paid
_lituktiep.,titrm .
iPdr M O M ori melltMY, , his pr- 1
i 1141401.4a11Y
herded it) ''• . tent. The tent wan lined
end cove common Ruillw7henting:
which, dtiri4the heavy raii* - proved too
this to- . p at the water- from leaking'
? op
through. Ida nights, the Governoi, wife
and danhalt t with- theiitiade tinder
an umbrella; bleb wan opened and hung
over them to Veep the rain out of their faces.
Every morndni, the floor of the tent', which
w*a die ground, wag covered. wi
water . whicilid to bi ejected from their
habitation refi . re lbw, "rcioul d comfortably
more arotuni it.' IV! trialsspd espositirea
during the nibiat.of 1110etuber anil,Decem
, 'Wirer° trlily great, but Were all endured
with a chess which Indicated a belief
that the fizithilhedt staide reward in store for
About the Middle of October, be was nom.
Mated kit the - Legislature, and on the 14th
day of November was elected. On the 16th
day of Deeemberi 1849, ho,,took his seat as
a member, and within the first Nee -weeks of
the session, was, by an whnoit unanimous
lout, elected Speaker of the Assemb:y. 11e
wattre-elioted to the Assembly in the fall of
113150, and in - Jamul, 1831 wee.again
.e4eieired' Streaker. In June, 185k s krt was
nominated by the Deinomaty for 06—vernor
•
h e wait wan torGeemoser, std in
Septter erawsigain elected. In July, 1855, 1
in opptiott to hie own *jibes om the sub
jeot, bowie nominated a
though he received nearly ten thousand more
veto' than ever belbce, was dtlated:l4....tba:
. w-Nothingi candidate, J. 14. Johnson.
It will thin be begin that John Bigler was en
or-driver, dilly laborer, twice member of
the Legislature. trice Speaker of the Assem
bly, Wes Governor, andlitinticiated a third
time by his peaky, in the short iiitecetseven
years.
Hossuns Arriga---Wsleini from &gen
tlemse of this village, the following particu
larg of the moat heart-sickening incident wa
have heard of in a long time :
It appear* got on Wednesday afternoon
last the fluidly of David Bailey of - Osalan had
••one away front borne, and had speken to a
I j a ughicr of Mr. Samuel Mitchell, a young
lady of 16 or liricars. to Levi her milk the
cows, and do some other little chop* lir.
Bailey kept a kt: dog, that he au poise
to be ftadhar wi dMiss Mitchell. ate had
lad Mai, and wing to use the pin be
had ate from, approat+ed Mtn and took hold
of it The dog •irnmetioad growling end
she told him to slop his mist, when lat-in
/tautly sprang her throiit. She put out
her hand to eve 4 him off, when- he-poised
her arm, taking out a piece of neat and tear
g off her sleeve. Ho then seised her other
am, all the mkt* tryingto getather throat,
and mantiged - to . get her down. Bat she suc
ceeded in regaining her feet, and had the.
presence of mind to work her way towards
the house, the dog all the time shaking and'
waggling her in a horrid manner.
As she neared the door the savage bride
succeeded in getting hold of -her, jaw, dri
ving Ma teeth in the bone. 2 Film - at length
got in, and - with h'-r feet succeeded in partly
elating the-door, the brute still hanging to
her face with devilish ferocity, only loosing
his hold when the door was strut upon him
nod the flesh gave way ! Theßoorglrl sunk
• the. Hoer — dkilitUitilicia, covered with
blood, and with nearly all her clothes cornett'
Her lade sod handy; were completely man
gled, having. received, it is said, near one
hundridand thirty wounds on her person?
Mrs. Bailey being a half a mile or more dis
tant had her attention,called by lair childrgn
to the ausrlinr-of- rbT•floir':iaid - raitTane t i
hem* to find loth covered with blood, tying
at the door, upon the remnants of Miss M-:'s
clothes. Oa attempting to tie hilt up, Mrs.
B. received one or two severe wounds, but
floally.suecceded.-and the brutal animal was
shot. The young lady is still living, but is
in a dangerous condition.—DanvslisiN. Y.)
Herald. _ _
EtialON Gatitioarill —TheSacramento
Daily Uniou hat the following reference to
the eleeticon for State.officers in. California :
" The following are the officers elect on
the State ticket. - They are all Democrats.
Pick plurality is not so large as that O'De
a/than, but, it wilt probably reach ten
ihouonnil.
Coatgaszt--0., t. Scott and Joseph C
McKibben.
Clerk or the Supreme Court—Cliarlesl3
Fairfax.
Superintendent of Public Instruction—A,
J. Moulder.
- One of the Ootgresilonal ea ndidatos alto.
desijo,lßs. O. McKibben, is a son of Chem.
bent McKibben, proprietor of the Metohaftts'
Phattchtipbta• - • ° -
gif t - att ;n.
roc
7121.4601174;
1v *Mr/ DAY OW It 111 nitu 74t isms,
Er
Q 7- In order to give our hands au oppor
tunity to enjoy the holidays, we haye
bou
chtded not to linitio a likkr next. *obit::
- I r- 7 :WC- gilther--Witdata as le-inform our
patrons,reaitling- in BoDekko; that tri will
w et upon them on New Yaat'a itty,wlth
his ANllM.:AlYcntrsS:
hoiw TraiMING TON.
'eery little has been done in Congress tine
far, excelit the Quixotic dtituonatratien of
Mr. Etherige, relation to OW revival of
the e►avo trade. Who }louse pae4ati A Very
proper bill, to prohibit the importation of
indecent and obsce lints, transparencies,
Matuctted, &a.; by' nee an leriedttes; and
the destruction-of the prohibitedartteles.-:-
The first. Tuesday of lanuaryless Ltxod upon
forthe cOnsiderstionof the bill to sinend the
existing Tarill:, .witioh war reported near the
close pf the last swollen: The committee of
Ways and likens • base already reported the
useful Approlniathm • bills. They deserve
credit tor tbeir promptitude.
The' President sent a message to the
House on Monday, covering dlipatchea from 1
Colt. Detietraative to Hansisallairs. ~ The t - INIA.TWOP Dn. Pitler.—The iettelligiUteet
Governor reports that he has kept an hourly i by the City of Dal timore Dna:int:foes thalleath
record of histextiou tied action since he en- of the °eta:sated Doctor hussy, the most
tered upon bia4utlet. Peace ta permanent- ; famous theological writer of the presenkeen-
ly estabbehed in the Territory. _A band-9( , s3le,y, -I.le•was the migiTiliteireit - littriknif'
robbers still remains in, the south part of the' can or Puseyito party in the Church of Zng-
Territory, not exceedi ng 5e..1 , 0114 .for whhee ; lead, and. though: his early:associate,-Dr._
arrest towards *reoffered. 4tio Niggler mit- iNewman and a rot number of his disciples,
tiers have agreed to leave all **tatted clues- i hue "'IT° rier_tc; Papady, Ur. Ptfriey ra
tions to be determined. at' the ballot-box.—.z,inainell9n4W Retell& Cinueth.': IL is alias
Ile alludes to 'the collision Het* , (eerilinitielf l igiorit thin twenty years'anashe lira emit.
and Judge Leman*
,and exProsied a desi l ed an emoiteuient in the theological world by
-that &gide( Justi e will ' I frukdiceition -af. ihs. ecief....i T...4 12 ,..4 e ,
1 is impartial, and- not qromplieated with the rerbjeth tie great leeway/gaud ambito Powers
late diateithaiscis. ' .He allidtiel to fi, speech' of reasoning, were; employed to sustain a
4-iieri:it Levee worth on the occasion of theory of Church worship basedimion_the
the lied sales, by invitation of the author: Apostolical anceresietre and sttribnting an
ties. His remarks were well received. Ho !alkeley to thorium' of the Chtrecb"of Ent
thinks the sale of 'public: lands to well-die-': land remit 1.0 that elabried'hy the Church of
posed settlers the. soma method of"man- , Rome. On account oft the publication of the
tapind the peace of . the Territory. f Procti; ha-was enspended froth' the - dalt , s of
a preadver fOr four yeti's*. He • was a man
PAT Or AMIIT OPrICILMS.—The Co mmittee of great learning and unquestioned piety,
qti,Millitary Affairs in the House of
crapes-' PAW filled 7.h0 Mice of Heights Prillitasoe. of
sentitites haie reported a bill wilicialk is
etebrew at Oxford, end was Osiiion of Christ
stated, Welcome' ? the iiiy of iiirjomniff- Il t oh u r c h;
s u e always prote s ted against his
armed offleeri, at the rate of Mpg' month,
name being cuedto deeignate the pafty of
with the addition
,cif UM amt. in the
CQPI.I 'Which he taut MO 'acknowledged head.
mutation of rations. The equity of dal_ A
~,, -I,
re
measu. it is further stated, consists i
.. the Dt • cwwr ,. A • v " l ...---1:=--- 4 " 1 - 4 " 01111 $ 13144
towar d = of In d ia / WU - i v to t h e rim* . eiedull — trthTlialthvitt House iu Monmouth,
odlecre, whose limited if:mecca mike thou. Illinois, on the 12th Inst.,. the particulars of
th„hjecta of en ma n y iiiirdailip, Th e ' trhien.aregiven by a prleate correspondent I
Lteutenent gets his $2O a month, equa ll y :..of the Itochester-Anieriemp I , It ;wears that
w i the ih o c c i ctiei.er con ' eral,
.4tn officer - about two o'clocie in the itfternofin Pie tali.
Me cry of murder was heard, and we all
.whose ply iell4o genial° under the pronsious '
started to discover the cause. Distaht,only
of thikileh-biling - an increase of fifty per I
eent---7 ' -f l
officer who now receives 1 stew Fordo, there — weltrrinif 'To thoitlitiod
s2oo:' s22J—an i ncrease o f ta i i per ! -.L-lay the victims of one of the most linguin
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single-handed (Conflicts ever witdesaed.
am". Viten Cents additional on the ration 4 17
•;?roserve the equality of compensation, under ' The ei ' mumst " ces 11 ' as fellows '
the longevity ration principle. . r A Mr. Fleming. an !Mate -
‘.._„ lmo sons snout tfb tht-yellaw of age, 'had
Tar Case or nitwit SOcir, povy salted
. Attnat.Ny...t:runieri_okliia sage
-
gued before' th - eSupeitce Cram at Mating
-cfie-Thadwin Blase, frincil,, each With a log
dad pistol, to eoeree the latter gait - titan
tou, involves- the . ffinstitudooslikf or we-Tinto a ceincession Ind retraction of a seism-
Comprokniso-and the power of Con. ny affecling their daughter and sister, with
gross to prohibit slavery FA a Territory, in which they charged Mr. C. Mr. C., after
the thileivie r lmen ...._...— Der See" le the " 1 9f T.rpan.. a l r e al it t rg srir I sil ic e l t d raction in pres ence .
wiwus4 belOnglng *MY OCT, Me of a friend, whom the Messrs. Flemin had
who moved with his finaily . ,,aid his "slaves brought with them.
into the Territ o ry where, by the ifh teour i Immediately after delivering the paper In-
Compromise, ahisety was prohibited. There F. or p o os ne reir g io ti n ie of i i r t o h t e l i l r e lie u ntth t e o I , x l i t r sso u rs.
Scott was born, but was afterward carried " km going to cow.hide you ; " and'ono of
beak to Missouri, and is noir held therein as *the 'boys, holding cocked pistol to his
Ea .shiro. He sues f o r his freed o m, on the : bead ; di rected the ether to inflict the three,.
pound that he was born free, by virtue of - le t" P u r n i r t l ia l i ht t t h er 4 h tte/ Y
the Missouri Prohibit/am' The ease he" , tio m ws, ° When C. pulled a ri l titNe or four
f m our a
I Wm* the B •Prewio Court a year or more, side pocket, and passing, at the same time,
land was embed, hat not decielest, 111,11 i WM• file s leit arm around the neck of the one who
I tar. itiii4uppood that sujodt , or t he plieCthe Its% stshbeti him in the, left breast;
Court will decide, amt.
Jamtress bas wir And, : n s d u e ll ten iCk ek 45 - thought, withdrew . the
the ono who held the pistol
poter to prohibit slavery in a Territory', a back-handed blow, which reached, as did
that the Missouri prohrbltlon was anon* first, the heart aids victint.
rational, and that Scott is lartfully held as
Both brothers received their death wounds
in leas thing two secends, and were both
slave. bloody corpses in lealiiiin-three minutes
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Case/to/ma 'foaeoon.--4 plant I,f-titlitiilt ,
nit grown - To bacco has been exhibited in
San. Yraneisco, which is :pionounced to by
judges to be a, very superior article, it is
byrn said that, Iv-imitable cultUrf init . it;
tention, as good. tobsemo can be raised in
California as in Virginia or Cuba.. lb leer
of this plant is large,-and of a flue soft tex.
tore, the only. defect about it arising from
- the imperfect mode of oultiratini and curing
it, This sample was relied at the new town
of Peralta,a place which is rxEidly growing
into lia. with the public, The
,proprie-
Corir 4Fere tiring lota•to-INSh — i — s would ifn.
prove them, and large atunEters have availed
themselvre of their liberality„ind the place
promised soon to be densely settled. It is
SaLl OF SISOZT Lexington
Observer has au account of wales of Durham
cattle belonging to the catlike. of the late:
"Benjamin Wartkid. of Fayette, Ky. The
herd was among the finest in the State, and
the sale largely nttentl;d. -
Fourtven cows brought $3,265 —tiver'nge.
price 6.233 21. The highest price, paid iVfie
PottioNtero iyoLvas Br srarcumez.-,-On $407, by Dr. R. J. Breekinridge , for Lady
the night of the /2th ult.;the w9lv e a killed Fairy, iol iO,•
afrself-orrthettrip - oraina4i ll 'ir t aii iii i:C/:"Kentucky Importing Company, an sold by
nada. Some strychnine WOILS put on what t o I Z S Z s.,lo,'it,°ra°R.lngTe;lp72Pig.eor4. broughti
remained of the ctireaas, and ik was allowed p r i ce pa i d Sao, for Lady Fairy 2d. 18 months
to remain in the sauellfrot, in hopes that Sevca_bulls lirOught $1,518'--average
hrutes would-return and apish theiriepast, price $209. 'The 4gheat price was $O5O,
which they d i d, and an , pkiaant recruit was for, imported Chilton. He coat In 1853,
$3,005.
that three of them were Ibund dead in the l - ,
-Rea on - the ftrilowing in ing. ire - e - Wiliem Nomura 'Aommorr.—A shocking accident
has membered, and proved to be nearly six occurred on Beneath& 111, about six -o'clock,
Arnie length front apouth to tail, and nearly at the hone° of Mi. Kimmer, In Pdttiville.
three feet high when in a standing position. A fluid limp exploded, and the flames com
municating to the dress of Miss Kimmer,
she was Mirned to death irrabout tits min
utes, tier father and mother, in endeavor
ing to extinguish the flames, had their hands
badly burned. , „
one of the moatattractlye apoi,tin.CalitorMa,
lieine - e'aiilrreached from every quarter,
with a genial Ornate, and a rich soil covered
with beautiful old oaks
SUDDZIf DEArt.—The Hang lsburg Tele
graph notices the sudden death of Jacob M.
Hakkeman, Esq., one of the oldest and
wealthiest citizens of that borough, The
mid event oenarred'on Mondik evening last.
Mr. H. was seated at the time in,hin office,
'conyersing with minor .his ;tens, and bUt a
moment before remarked that he never felt,
better in his life.' The discaSe wag ilia
plexy. Mr. Haldeman ants the Pregident of
the Harrisburg Bank, was an intensive
labdtuilder, and was well known in financial
..,
A
* .ILunt.—Tho Mil .46111,
PebietiOnof the Lail t Bea,
lottily ad a oMa4 at a t ang ot
...... ,
_4B6W - til )5111 iitift Lan :t
emit; r 41 A capital' oftlit AO t i t:, tit
smib l edein shares of. $5O Wich,itt) Ipin . : I
on the let of April; 1257, tn. the Bholt,']
chtchs of depositors at iitr; - nr, oittelaree et
1 the rate of 25 each. The old 'took not,
I given in payment for new, to got its propor.
-tiorialeharrof the old - meets after payment
of debts under an accounkkept by_the Ilauk.
Depositors to accept certificates at three
years, with interest payable annually. The
pretent holders of, circhlattion,ato.,dnoired to
take .certjsfa toe of dePoiiilL/eitle.4ll eq
instalments of 1,2, and Span, with interest
—the circulation held by theta to badepos-
Red with a trustee as collateral. :, Tha,flank
to bo opened tie soon as its liabilities are al>.
1 monied, or, postponed 'under this arrange.
i ntont." • ,
Iteit
Over three , thousand "dowel; of the Ifni ,
stook were 'subsdribed on the day of the
meeting, ear the Lancaster papore are Too
fident that the whole amount will be speed
ily taken—probably before the next meet
ing, which will he next Saturday. Within
the'llet three weeks the- assets of the'Sank
have absorbed 1 9 )3 3 ,000 or its circulation,
'Caring. liner, del2neting433,ooo,jocked up
in the County Bank on goixl collateral, Doles
destroyed, fitei., byiNtlv oVir $4O9,Mr ac
tual
reinartain great Marin in
-which-there rinnori of fusubOr:
dination. The county courts are said to
have been culled together, when they met at
their usual time, and in pursuance:Alive...to.,
Ltratfsact tine ordinary county business. the
Nashville (Tennessee) Union of the 11th
inst., furnishes the most reliable view otth•
[ Whole matter as follows :
" l Nona I btsunneertort. —Qui to a panitfbas
existed in parts of the Stele, fur the last two
leeks, growing out of.some dimoveinetplots
for . Insurrection among the slaves. These
discoveries have been made prhitelpelltat
the iron worksand rolling mills in the coun
ties of Montgomery and Stewart, where there
are verplarge bodies of slavis...employed.—
Therf have bee n . some discoveries Mad* pf
the same 'Character in several counties to
the western district and in the 114014
countrof Sumner. Various And contletiog
reports have reached us !no simple purport
of which is, that a number of the slaves at
those different points had agreed among
themselves to rise in a body, about Christ
mas, overpower the whites, and make their
evey to a free State. In hiutgotsggs and •
Stewart, several huAdred nngroes bus been
arrested and confined, with a view of inves
tigating the extent of their guilt. lirletallee
committees, composed of the moat- broth
' gent and prudentoitirena, organized by the
respective comtnunities, have been wsiod .
in taking proof and trying the acciuW mtr
ties. By their order several have been hang,
who were proven to have been the inatigam
tors and leaders of the plot. Two, we learn,
were hung Thy the populace. Several taus
picious white men, unknown to the commoi
ty, and believed to have been tamperingLvith
the slaves, wore .lynchid and 'driven 01C—
Among-ply numerouarumorsivw-htveriitEit
unanthenticated, was one that a .miast a
proven to have been implicated, had
arrested : arid another, that one of thp.perty
hung st [hirer as a negro proved to be' a
win &man nn disguise, So ..muck of_itlit_
we have heard is unrcliab/ec tiOnsa
refrained from miTiltehltur lei hoping to :he
furnished with More authentic aentimarttm
" hat there was cause fur serious ;dorm'
in these cumin uniiles is unquestionable. as.
the owners themselves, in most itteitiftes
arrested their slaves and suspended. deed;
iron °PurtIOLOI-10'7,YY-jea,e,-..-Aktmarripst—
lte the great:betty of thollmq )44..
plioated in this matter ever did more than to: ,
give a tacit assent to the plans of Vitt*...Teti ,
vicious negroes who were taking tinthettdit
and the majority of them, petelieiredlitS,
had Joined in an outbreak, wo uldheetitoteo
nothing more'thio Made lut,eireSt .3 4 ?.**PfP•
frome an
heirsaters. The =IV MOO- No'
We - believer,lirnTiiii6c - r=iiiiiiht hart,' Edda kb ;
the greater extremes of murder and deiStnic-,
Lion.
"The alarm produced will serve the pm*,
pose of putting etery community • os IPSO;
and preserving rigid discipline during the'
approaching holidays, The great" dangers
rem panic of this character it the estrottsis
in summary punishment they are likely tp' •
produce, endangering the lives of the inn& •
cent with the guilty... The best' of °meat.
niites are 'likely to overleap the bound (or
prudence at such times. We trust it oniff
Thor; is not a fusionist elected to the not be so in this instance.
Nobsiteka LegPilature : nor is - there a voter i " The slave communities in the fieh4t: are
in the ,Tereitory in.favor of making it a alaVa not only the happiest but thb
State: hip%tinnch for The Nebraska dill, i
tOd serf population n the world,la . =
' about which the Black Republioans aw ' we are not surprieetiattimmatlessoiMe •
howling, and the effitota of which will be insubordination that is betpe istheAfaalid.
doubly blessed , if It 'nomads in keeping out among them. It is the legitimate eons.-
Of ,the country negneekanckillack Bapublb...quwaco of earhain pettiest lin& hasikteakses
an} and lenakiiiits;And all the mongrel to which we have, had trqquenp' Oogaidog,to
clasalk t t, live by sgltatioW and Wheal thud. I revert.'! .
after ;ver• struck.) Tho old man had
One' out into the hill arid looked the door,
sad otood.oplo the outside, with& pistol, to
keep out, sasietemen.
attag!,klismitaLark-inotnenae eseitt
tietiche-re. arming man Crozier is under
arrest, haring iruirender.d himself into cus
tody, and is to undergo an examination.—
The sympathies 14.10,...,pe0p1e art mostly
with Crozier. ac and looks the picture
of despair. He is a young man, some 27 to
30 yearn old, and uunkarried. He is said to
hsre been engaged to the lady in question,
who is at present
_out of the State. The
other parties were respeetnblo farmers, and
tWO or them,/.4ltilarstand, wire members
Of the church , in good standing.
R.— .
.1441011LLANBOIll :IWO.- -
tle r etVati in Albany recently advertised "an
*method , to- -dsteot is- counterfeit bank ` ?'
•-1 s
. 'tAtbich lie proposed to impart, to all
; s ctiiso to learn it for ;2 ,eacb. A good
anent, green Ones" paid thy 'Amount, in re
turn for which they received the Allowirs_
instructions, which, though good finouglin
their way, were hardly vr e money.—
yir,benever you tyke
entertain the slightest dint* let Wei
to the banker ill whoin you, jaim , ;Most
eoundencio, offer liimmthe bill-with *equal
that be will chart it , and if he 4sainies
to do, Disko nr mind the
Ti1kiP0rt04 , 14441.441
Utst . patrol oompti
reo are urning tnigiliket
ant sectiena tif••thielitgqictial is • the in
tention ;titre c:iptains of these patrols to see
that every negro who is caught trim Whys
at • night, without a Writted paM frogs
owner, le dealt with rigidly, , P t, •
Pr6videoes Jntrreal gfdeis li Minify fif
the lotteries in Rhode Wand, Mien
a'ppesrs that there is scarcely s' 4164 4 4 or
religions soeict) in Ohs Stain whisk did not,
at aotne•peried of its existence, dkiite ad
vantage from them, however sklmitilitinay
now appear.
A Germatiwillz who Bayard Taylor seed
*friendship has conveyed to Mph rell Alms
gift, an estate near gm, Tizatingimi naffed ;
it cnitheins a beautiful residencebulit 10700
by ono of the Ministers of Benefit 11. 'flaky
trendier !
— An espalition for ed of
eoo Irishmen, is being fitted guilt:o4w
[ 'fork city. They will reneeil Its Omoa,
Ilondursm. _• . • „ •
.
The connty jail , At Quincy, •Tiffnois,ltut
'ed by fire en - ___ .l .Leiu.rheTilniaLitannf
. setan pri,by one the prisoners, a (Nitwit)
.14 0 perished in the names—
reportafUlifillltla eireleft
lotion that Mr. likimieneene, of thePtiolitii . t
News, will reply to tbi sittackiibitio4
Italeigh„and some rich potitical di
are anticipated. . • ......
A man in Franklin• county has jeer been
convicted of theft. for taking his own issiess.
front the possession of a Inheriff, who • Iteld
the animal under an eatachnonit. - -the court
I decidel that such an *zillion. was stealing.
A recent letter from Australia states that ,
wo cols siemtries and their Wives bid' been
niudered and eaten by the Omar of
New llolfridea, i'olyncaia, a a'btfri Ifterfte
.
fore.
an indebted. to the PostmeStir tAn
cral thr a pamphlet eOry of Ithi 'annual re
pert..
---The--114aornifincresmthr h k U,l:or
hinchcp & Co., New' York, oij YoUrihllet
was dettroyeld by tiro on Deotrob tit
Thl• loos k $70,00d, ou which ihcrifs
000 inuuxunce. '
SLAVE Mat"lt it MI
Thin Altinhaa.
•
-The matt,' exonerated maturity . 4slave
inaumaitittos in few analllolllll,ol---
tintto to tlatnilb torfrn of nen:ipnicr , -
eine. The intent of: these laroinittif represents
hrTennCalico Which h
=EI
8 no, csbitonce.—