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Foreign News by the America.
SEVEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
merles, Captain Harrison, bring
the 71h, London of the Bth, end
th inst., arrived at Halifax about
afternoon. The America brings
The steamship '
ing Paris dates of
Liverpool of the 9
3 o'clock yesterday
60 passengers.
In Palls - moot,
the 14th instant, ti
r. Gladstone gave notice that on
e would bring forward a motion
to events in Canada: Lord John
iron a pledge that, in the mean
uld be done to prejudice the pros
: rebellion losses.
respecting the la
Russel having gi
time, nothing sh•
,eot position of th:
The conduct of
ference to the ex
'the American government in• re
•dition to be sent in sesch of Sir
been alluded to in Parliament in
John Franklin, ha
very flattering ter
ntinent have undergone no im.
(ing the week preceding the de
:rice, though the eiente had been
fling.
g ala of Thursday furnish intent.
.tant, up to which date hostilities
d, though Gen. Oudinot denoun-
Atraira on the c;
portant change du:
parture of the Am
neither few nor tr
The Paris jour I
•
once to the 2d in.
ad not commence
ced the armistice.
i .verlaud mail froni India bad ar
e dates to the 10th of April, and
The mail brings later intelli•
which is anxiously looked for.—
India markets continue to be sat
quiet in the Puojauh; and steps
organize British local authority
On the tat, the
rived, with Calcut,
Bombay to May II
Bence from China,'
The reports of the
isfactory. All is
have been taken to
there.-
Bir Charlea Nap
flounced.
er's arrival • at Calcutta le an-
All accounts received from the French depart
ments represent the appearance of the growing
cropa in the most favorable light, and the same may
also be said of the crops in England;
In Ireland, however, although there are yet no
just grounds for positive alarm, yet there is unmis
takable evidence of the fatal disease in the grow
ing potato. and especially in the vicinity of Dublin.
Lord Clarendon - has offielallyttnnounced that the
'sentence of death passed on the State prisoners in
Ireland has been commuted to transportation for
life.
The whole of the western , prov . inces in Ireland
are represented as in the most deplorable condition.
Society , is utterly disorganized.
The. English press, in their review of the-mes
sage of Louis Napoleon, speak of it as exhibiting an
unlooked for degree of ability in its author, and as
being a vigorous and eloquent .exposition of public
affairs. ;The condensed and energetic style which
characterized the proclamation and itddreases of the
Emperor Napoleon is apparent throughout the whole
message, the subjects of which, following the Am
erican model, trre appropriatety divided and consid
ered under the several heads of finance, military
establishments, including the native agriculture,
industry and commerce, public works and foreign
affairs.
The President commences with a recital of his
original engagements to the country, all of which
lie claims to have faithfully observed; and to these
he promises to . adhere.
Any detailed semary of the message would con
sume too large a por tion of our telegraphic despatch,
and we must contend ourselves with a few extracts
in reference to the f eign policy of the government,
and especially to t th I , intervention in favor of the
Pope; which, cons idering the vast influence of
French politics upon the peace of Europe, are per
haps the most impqtant portions of the message.
The President says it is the destiny of France to
shake the world when she shall be agitated, and to
tranquillise it whenlshe shall be in a state of peace.
"As soon as I stmil have power, some important
questions must be di scussed respecting various Eu
ropean matters. p yond the Rhine and the Alps,
from Denmark to 9 cily, there is an iuterest for us
to preserve, an infl enco for us to exercise.
After reviewing t e important events which have
taken place in Eur pe tho past year, the message
goes on to say:
At Rome a revol tion was e ff ected, which crea
ted great emotion i the Catholic and liberal world.
1 1
In fact, for two yea e we were accustomed to behold
in the Holy "Seea l ) 'ontiff who took the initiative in
useful reforms, and whose name was repeated in
hymns of gratitud from one end of Italy to the
e
other—was the sythbol of liberty and the guardeon
of all hopes, when 1611 of a sudden we learn with
astonishment that the sovereign who was lately the
idol of his people had been compelled to fly his
capital.
Thus the acts of aggression which obliged Pius
9th to quit Rome, appeared . to the eyes of Europe
as the work of a conspiracy, rather than the move
ment of the people, who could not have passed in
an instant from the most lively enthusiasm to the
most afflicting, ingratitude.
The Catholic countries sent Ambassadors to Gae
ta to occupy themselves with the grave interests of
papacy. Franco ought to represented there; hilt
she listented without committing herself to a course
of action; but after the defeat Navarra matters took
a more decided turn.
Auitria, in concert with Naples, answering to the
appeal of the,lloly Father, was notified by the
French governMent that it should take its part, be
-cause their powers had decided upon marching on
Rome to re-establish there the authority of the
Pope, pure and simple.
Placed under the necessity of explaning ourselves,
we had but three modes to adopt; either to oppose
ourselves in arms in every species of intervention,
in which case we would break with all Catholic Eu
rope, for the sole advantage of the Roman republic,
which we had not recognized or to leave the combined
powers to re-establish at their will the Papal au
thority, or to exercise our own notion to direct our
independent action. The republic of the govern
ment adopted the last mode—the rest remains to be
told, arid the difficulty is still unsolved.
In Prance the new cabinet has been formed by
the coalition of Oilillon Barrot and Dufaure. The
new ministry is the same as the old, except that
Dufaure takes the department of Minister of the
Interior, ML De Toequeville of Foreign Affairs, and
M. Laquirdas of Cramerce. Both Bedeau and
Bemuse' have refuedd to accept the Department of
Foreign Affairs in consequence of the difficulties of
the Italian question. Much surprise was excited
by the exclusion of Marshal Bugeaud from the list.
The Paris papers generally express their disap
proval of the compromis6, and predict its failure.—
The red 'republicans are especially violent in de
nouncing the new ministry. •
M. Lessees' idea of anquering the Romans into
an affection for France has not yet been realized,.
and he has returned to Paris for further instruc
tions.
Some accounts say that he was recalled, and that
the same messenger carried positive instructions to
General Oudinot to reduce the llolY City to subjec
tion, at all hazard, and that having moved his army
close to the city, he would commence the attack
with 25,000 men on the 30th of May.
The Romans have announced their firm resolution
to defend to the death the expected assault of the
French, and it is stated that they have an efficient
force of 80,000 men.
The Pope still persists in demanding the unveil
ftd renewal of his power as a temporal ruler. This
the Tribunivirates, backed by the poeple, declare
they will never concede.
There is at the bottom of every heart, says Maz
zini, a determination the most profound to accom
plish tho destruction of the temporal power of the
Pope. All bear the same hatred to the government
of priestcraft, and under whatever f rm it may be
presented, we shall fight to the lastgainst all pro
jects of a restoration.
AUSTRIA AND HUNOART.--.AC Riding to news
from Vienna; dated May 31, Genera Welden had
been removed from his command. ft was reported
that he bad met with the fate of Count Stadion, and
was become deranged. Field-Marshal Lieutenant
llanau assumes the command.
A report was, in circulatton at Vienna that the
Russians met with a terrible reception at Kaschau,
in retalliation far which they destroyed the city.—
The facts are given as follows: Theßfissians hav
ing entered and taken up their position in the square,
a murderous fire was opened upon them from every
wittdow: Upon this they immediately retired, sur
rounded the city with cannon, set fire to it at the
four corners, and cut doWn all who attempted to es
cape, Tho Aostr ign Correspondence inserts those
reports without denying them.. . •
The Pesth papers have at last some news from
Temoshvar. It appears that that fortress is In a
sad condition. The Hungarians have cut off the
supply of water, and the garrison is suffering from
airot and t e camp fever.
The Hunger tins took about 60,000 florins in silv
er at the fall o Buda. 'rho garrison of 22,00 men,
and 80 officers was conveyed to Debrecsin; 83
pieces of artillery, 7,400 cwt. of gunpowder, 2,000
cwt. of saftpetr ) , and 14,000 muskets fell into the
hands of the H ungarians after the capture of Buda.
The fiungari6ns have, at Weisskirchen, beaten
I n
the remainder f Gen. Puchner's corps; they con
tinued the rout at Orshova, and at length drove
them into Wel achia and Turkish Servia. ' They
are preparing t receive the Russians at Orshova.
Accounts fro Southern Hungary state, that the
Hungarians oc upy, on the frontiers of the Danu
bian Principali lee, positions so strong that it is al
most impossibl for the Russians to enter in that
quarter. Concerning the march of the Russians in
tot Gallicia, ace unts from Flocznow, of the 29th
ult., report tha the last column of the Russians
came in on the day. The whole corps consisted
Of 52,000 men, with 15,000 horses, and advanced
towards the Ca pathians, on the road to Krosno.
From the seat of war in the west the rumor which
prevailed on th 31st ult., of a battle at Trentechin
has been again confirmed. The Austrian troops
:d of the corps of Vogel end the
dek; while tho Hungarian toren
tol• guard under Gen. Dannenberg.
vere put to flight, and were pursued
that by the Hungarian hussars, who
oc among the , fugitives. A battle
to have taken lace at Raab. The
again is the hands of the Hauge-
engaged consis
brigade of Ben.
were the advanj
The Austrians
down the Was ,
made fearful ha
is also reported
city of Neitra
Hans.
Accounts fro
Hungarian pre
counties which
, Debrezin, are that M. Szemere, the
ler, has sent commissioners to all
/ re threateneil by -the approach of
1• nd Russian armies, investing them
powers, and 'giving them Immo
: verity. The countries which are at
the scene of war are placed under
of the usual civic authorities. The
I. (says the correspondent of the
dering about the country in their
s, and preaching a crusade against
adore.
the lin het
with unlimited
Lions of greatis
a distance iron
the jurisdiction
clergy of all se ,
Times) are wa
clerical coatum
the foreign inv
The Austria
of the Than, ha
s, in the county of Kanissa, south
. withdrawn to Letenye, a station
f Crotia, so that at this moment the
he southwest stand close to Steir
king - anirruption in to the Mur Val
threaten even Gratz.
on the borders
Hungariani in
mark, and by m
ley, could easil
The Austria
the fall of Ofen
movement. T
army, probably in consequence of
has made at Pres6urg, a retrogade
ey evacuated Bos on the island of
• as immediately occupied by the
Schutt, which'
Hungarians.
The Prague Zeitung says that all the disposable
provisions and prage in the fortresses Josephstadt,
as well ae, the military stores, have been sent to Par
ii
diwitz, from wh nce they have been sent to Hun
gary. The. military stores sent are so g reat ' that
all the luggage trains have latterly been employed
solely for milit ry transports.
GERMANT.—"tie last sitting of the German Par
liament 'at Frankfort took place on the 30th ult.,
i.l
when none of t e ministers were present. A mo
tion of the com aittee of safety was then read, ad
mitted to the debate, discussed, divided upon, ind
carried With a tajority pf 71 votes against 64.
The motion wa d,
that the House should withdraw
from Prankfort,j 3 and continue its sitting at Stutt
gart, in Wurte berg. When the resolution was
passed, the speaker, addressing the House, protegted
that the resolution was quite unnecessary, and re
signed his offic and seat. Herr Lowe (of Calbo)
then took the c air, and the House
.adjourned to
meet at Stuttga t. A proclamation has been issued
by the speaker • rid the clerks )f the Parliament, in-
era to meet at Stuttgart on the 4th
expected at Frankfort that from '7O
' would obey the summons. The
publishes an official correspondence
Woke regent, in reply to communi-
Prussian Government, declares that
Suit the interest of Germany in fix
len he may resign, and will permit
th to force him from the poet en-
riling the mem
instant. h wa.
to 80 member ,
Kohler Zeitun
in which the arl
cations from thi
he will only co
ing the time w
no power on ea
trusted to him.
The inswrrec
and the Peleliu
troops at Llepp:
ion maintains its ground in Baden
In a battle with the Hessian
i nbeim, the Republicans drove their
the field in disorder. In Wurtem-
antagonists In
berg a revolu'tiu,
insurgents hava
n is imminent. In the Palatine the
retaken Worms.
The Grand Duke of Baden, by a proclartiation,
dated Frankfort the 2d inst., declares null all the
Measures of the Provisional Government, announces
that imperial troops are about to enter the Duchy,
and he promise. an amnesty to all, except the chiefs
who may have aken part in the insurrection, pro-
vided they mak: a voluntary submission before any
combat with the troops shall take place. •
The Cologne Gazette announces that the troops
of Electoral He se have refused to march against
the insurgents .f the Grand Duchy of Baden.
rD HoLiTankz.—We have received
Ato the 4th instant inclusively, but
le news of importance from the seat
German troops still pushed their
iederica, but hod not bombarded the
days. The Danish troops in Jut
ed Aarhuns, but the German out
in a very short distance of that place.
rtent news is, that the Danish Min
as issued an order, directing all
n to be shown to the officers and
iron of the Russian fleet, which is to
' h o Great Belt and neighboring wet
s to render such assistance to the
4onant with the instructions received
usreth (Lazareg?): its Commander.
Imirality Courts have already coa-
German vessels, and they have like
several • neutral vessels, among
which are one r two English, fur breaking the
DENMARK a
Hamburg paper:
they contain lit I
of war. The
works before t"
place for severs
land still occouis
posts were withi
The most import
later of Marii.o
possible attentiJ l
crews of a divisi
be stationed in tl
ere, and which
Danes as is con 4
by Admiral' Las/
The Danish Ad
demned several
wise condemner
Danish blocked
The Danish blockade is now enforced most strict
ly. Smell coaster* are prevented from entering or
leaving the Elbe, and it is stated from Cuxhaven
that six or eigh. Danish gunboats are expected off
the Elbe immediately to assist the blockading squad
ron.
Copenhagen afters of the 2i instant states that
General Pritzwilz was slowly advancing his troops
over the whole b readth of the Jutland Peninsula,
which now andhen caused some skirmishing.
AT THE FALLS.—We havejtist re
wing telegraphic despatch from a
Falls, of the particulars of the ec
evening.
THE ACCIDHN
ceived the foil
gentleman at th i
cident there las
Ntsosas FALLa, June 22.
at a quarter before 8 o'clock, while
aria t gentleman were visiting the
i ong vhr'm were the lady and litte
Deforest, and young Chas. C. Ad
veral others, and while the little
'ng on the very brink of the river,
20 feet from the Falls, and
i 'and of a young gentleman whose
learned
Last evening
a party of ledie
Luna Island, a
daughter of Mr
dington, and
girl was stand
and only s9m
holding by the I
name I have-no
1 0 1011 came up and said play fully.—
hrow you in," touching her lightly
when she sprang, forward with a
n slip from the had of the young, gen
her.
Young Addin g
"I am going to
on her shoulder
sufficient force tp
teman who hell
.ntly followed by Addington, who
in the °lnn, was prostrated by the
`r, throwing the little girl at the same
p shore that the youn,gigentleman
thd nearly caughl her, but saving
hing hold of some brush on shore.—
ung Addington and the little girl
the Falls.
She was lustt
caught her, al
force of the wat i
time so near thf
who had her bal
himself by catch
In an instant pit
Were sweptover
Oa could avail them. A single mo
beYond the reach of all mortal aid.
n was a young man of excelent
gh end generous impulses. Ho was
the bereaved family residing in Buf-
'No human e
men. threw the'
Young Addingt
character, of hi.
the•only eon of
falo. '• .
now—their grief is intense—no
ast such gloom over our village.
little girl has just been recovered
to Bunk by this afternoon train.
to the house of Squire 'Hewlett,
out and prepared for sending by the
onamercittl.
They are her
event has ever
The body of the
and will be Ben
It wa• carried
where it was lai
cars.—Buffulo
Note.—The Chicago Tribune has
as found on the bank of the Des
GOLD trt ILL;
seen geld that
Plaines, s few
form of minu
quartz. It wa
to be abundant.
ed to the teat o
perfectly.
Iles from that city. It is i n the
e scales mixed with comminuted
I found running in veins, anti seemed
The yellow dust has been subject
acids, and so far it stands the test
Orleans has had a parrot taught to
!or hates nay loathes proscription."
A wng in RC%
Cry—" Gen. Ta
ME GOLD NEWS BY THE CRESCENT
CITY.
The New Orleans papers of the 11 th instant,
state that the steamer Crescent City arrived there
on the 10th from Chagres, which place she left on
ibe 4th.
The Crescent City, (by special order) brings three
mails, consisting , of fifteen mail begs, some as far
hick as March last.
Capt. Forbes, of the steamship California, came
passenger on the Crescent City, having loft San
Francisco on the Ist of May. He brings news to
the date of hie departure.
Capt. Forbes represents the Pacific as a moat
delightful sea. • The weather is always free from
storms, and the water calm and smooth as a - mirror.
Slight fogs occasionally impede navigation; but
they are seldom Of a long duration.
,Among the vessels which had sailed from Panama
was an old ship called the Humboldt. She had
gone around originally as a coal,vettsel, and lay at
Panama 5 months without employment. At last a
speculative individual purchased her for $60,000.
and fitted her up for passengers, of whom she took
320 at $2OO each. The lucky owner arrived in the
Crescent City, with his $60,000.
. The Crescent City brings 126 passengers. She
also brings a most substantial evidence of the rich
ness of the gold regions ; the shape of nearly $l.-
000.000 in ii 600,000 of this are as freight, and
the ttlance is brought by the passengers:'
We learn front Capt. Forbes that the marvellous
stories respecting the abundance of gold, tire not at
all exaggerated, but on the contrary, fall far short
of the reality. The limits of the region in which
the precious metal abounds are becoming more ex
tended every day by new discoveries. As low down
the coast as Santa Barbara, near, the line of Lower
California, gold has been found in large tplantities.
Pieces of gold weighing 80 ounces are not unfre
' quently seen in San Francisco, while specimens
weighing from two to four ounces are common.—
The abundance of gold and the facility with which
it is accumulated, have very naturally produced the
effect of raising the price of labor immensely. So
strong is the attraction towards the mines, that there
are at San Francisco upwards of fifty vessels, of dif
ferent nations, deserted by their crews. Although
$lOO per month - is freely offered fur seamen, none
can be engaged even at that high rate. The U. S.
sloop of war %Verret] arrived on the 30th of April,
and within 24 hours fifteen men deserted, and took
their way to the mines. It is almost impossible to
retain men on board the Government ships.
San Francisco is crowded with the immigrants,
such vast numbers of whom are continually pouring
into the place.. Accommodations of any kind are
scarcely to Eh] obtained. The meanest hut or shed,
such as here would be considered uninhabitable,
commands enormous rent. Good provisions are
almost equally scarce. The coarsest kind of food
meet be used, as no other can be procured. No
person stays any longer in Sun Francisco than he
can help: but all who are luckly enough to procure
transportation, immediately take their departure for
the mining districts. %Vhen they arrive there, they
find no difficulty in accumulating, almost any amount
of the precious metal. Three to four ounces of
gold is considered .a cow mon day's work. Less
than that induces the digger to move to a richer
spot. Much more is occasionally gained in a few
hours, as the. possessors of the large lumps may at
test.
,
There was a great 'deal of conversation' in Cali
fornia respecting the establishment of a Provisional
Government, but as yet nothing hail been done.—
The people are anxiously awaiting news of the ac
tion of Congress upon the subject, not hating heard
of the failure of that body to act upon the subiom
In the event of nothing being done by Congress, it
wasgenerally understood that when miners should
return in the fall, a State Government would be es
tablished.
From the Alta Califon'lan,Mareh 29.
Our town has been convulsed within the last
week, with the intelligence that the military had
arrayed itself against the people, and thut the com
manding officer of the Pacific Division, had in effect
pronounced the action of the legislative , ' aseembly
for this district null end void. So far asi the Go
vernment was in operation in this territory, previous
to the arrival of General Smith, it was not even a
de Jacto_Government. True, it had assum6d the au
thority to tax us, by levying a duty on imports, but
it has nut given, nor attempted to give, tis one of
'the blessing which wo have a right to expect from
the power that raises a revenue for its support from
us. It has not only taxed us without law and with
out representation, but it has taxed us wit even
a Government.
FIRE AT SAN Jose.—The house and store of Dr.
Stokes, at the Pueblo de San Jose, was entirely de
stroyed by fire on the morning of the oth inst. The
loss is estimated at about el 0,000.,
AnJncrossT.--We have received from a `friend
in Troy, N. Y., six dollars . ib bank notes; fo- a years'
subscription to our paper. We shall send the pa
per, but what use we are to make of three two dol
lar bills on the Merchants' and Mechanice Bank of
Troy, is more than we can imagine.
The Rev. 3. W. Douglass, a graduate of Yale
College, and recently from New York, as Passenger
in the steamer California. has received and accepted
an invitation from the people of the Puebla de San
Jose, to take up his residence there as a preacher of
the gospel, and the sum of two thousand five hun
dred dollarri has been promptly raised for I his. sup
port the.ensuing year.
lana WARRHOUSRS.—SeveraI • iron warehouses
and dwellings are soon expected. Amonithe num
is one 120 feet long, for the enterprising firm of
Starkey, Janion
Among the passangers by the Crescent ] City, it
will be seen, are Col. Hughes, of Me ToPographi
oat, engineers, and his party, who have been explo
ring and surveying different routes for a ,rattroad
across the Isthmus. We learn from ,Col.liliughes
That he has been successful beyond his nfost san
guine expectations, having ascertained, and fully
explored and surveyed a splendid route, from Limon
or Navy Bay to Panama, the whole diStance of
which, from ocean to ocean, is but forty-six miles,
and the summit elevation only 275 feet' above the
Pacific—the greatest grades on the Atlantic slope
being only twenty feet per mile, and on the Pacific
side forty feet, with abundance of the fineat timber
and other material along the route.
Limon Bay is not only free from any bar, but has
one of the finest harbors in the world, with abun
dance of water for the largest ships of tsar,close
up to the shore, where the road will bo locatd.
The works nn the road will be commenced imme
diately,•and completed and in operation within two
years.
Col. Hughes confirms the information thnt the
Isthmus is entirely clear of passengers, all i of whom
have found means of conveyance to' their respective
destinations.
-We further lenrn from Col. Hughes tha besides
the gold in the Crescent City r two million mre had
crossed the Isthmus during the Month of May, a
portion of it only (rum California, and the i balance
from the South, though a part of the lattei' bad no
doubt originally come from California also.
THE TRADR OF TOE UPPED. LABn9.--The Buffalo
Commercial, of Monday, the 4th Lost., gibes an ac
count of the lake commerce, which will i surprise
those of our citizens who have never traveled upon
what Mr. Ewing called the "desert weals of wa
ters." That paper reported pa having a[ n ßuiralo,
font various ports on the upper lakes, fro Sstur
day noon to Monday noon, 13 steamers 5 propellers,
1 bark, 8 brigs and 70 schooners; freighted with
200,000 bushels of wheat, 180,000 bushels of corn,
and 24,000 barrels of flour—equal to an aggregate
of half a million bushels of, grain, besides the usu
al quantity of provisions and lumber which accom
panies a fleet from the west.
Of the mode in which these lamp
. the me , e in which these large receipts are to
be disposed of, the Cemmercial remarks:
!The elevators are nearly all full, and as near as
we can get at it, there is not storage room enough
for over 130,000 bushels. Some 100,00 bushels
have been said to arrive, and this quantity will . go
hit? boats.. The balance will have to be provided
for in some way or another; and as the brektk in the
canal will detain boats some three or four days, for
,warders who are fortunate enough ,to have bnate
here, , will obtain a alight advance in canal freights."
-Ltion.—We would caution persons against the
use of slacked lime as a disinfecting agent. It hos
no Morer virtue than so much sand. Un-alackid
lime,_according to the testimony of all who have
tried it, possesses great virtue. Where the former
his been used, it should be immediately substituted
by the tatters-4kt. Gazette.
MIME
Oljarutr.
brie
ERIE, P A
SATURDIY MORNING, JUNE 30. 1839
TIC COUNTY CONVENTION.
DEMOCR
In pursuance of previous notice given, delegates fro
the several waifs, boroughs and Townships, of Eri
county, met ha convention at the Rood House in Erie
on Thursday. the 28th inst., and organized by coffin:
Hon. M. HUTGHINSON, of Girard, to - the chair, an
appointing B. F Sloan, of Erie, Secretary.
The object of the convention having been stated, an
the credentials of delegatas examined, the following gen
timer' were, on motion, appointed a Central Commune
for the ensuing year, vitt
David Olin, Esq.. of Girard; William W. Wyatt, o
Harbproreek; E. W. Gerrie', Esq.. of Washington;
Murray Whallon: William G. Arbuelle end William A.
Galbraith. Esqns.. of Erio; and Henry Gingrich, of
Mill Creek. I
The convention then proceeded to ballot for delegates
tothe State convention at Pittsburgh, which reaulted in
the choice of Murray Whallon. Esq.. of Erie. as Sena
torial; and William A. Galbraith, Esq.. of Erie, and It.
S. Brewley, Esq.,, of North EMI, as Representative Del
egates.
The convention then, on motion, adjourned.
M. HUTCHINSON, President
B. F. &.o►N, Secre tary.
“DEMOCRATIC ABUSE.”
The wbigs, or 'rather those who profess to speak for
them, have become all at once exceedingly sensitive in
regard to "abuse," and in their new found zoal for the
amenities of political warfare, denominate almost every
stricture of the Democratic press with this name. Time
has been, however, when they were not as sensitive as
this—when they wore not as careful of the public morals
and the etiquette of Editorial courtesy. Wo have some
slight recollections that abuse of Democratic officials,
end Democratic Editors, constituted the entire stock in,
trade of these same trien,.who are now so !dud in their
condemnation of whht they please to style, 4 •Hemocratic
Abuse." ,Then, the more abuso they could heap upon
the head of the President the better. But that was when
Gen. Jackson, Mr. Van Buren. or Mr. Polk, occupied
the white House. Then the President, his conduct and
his acts, were fair subjects for criticism—a criticism, too,
which partook more of the fierceness of personal hate,
that an honest difference of opinion in regard to certain
measures. We recollect very well, too, that some of
these presses;-which are now whining over what they call
"Democratic Abbse," were the most abusive of the '
three Democratic Administrations we have named. We
know, too, that one of these papers, the Gazette, during
the whole sixteen years embraced in the-Administrations
of Jackson. Van Buren and Polk, was never known to
utter a sentence concerning them. except to find fault—
was never known to speak of them. except with a sneer,
or utter a generous sentiment concerning them political
ly or personally. Yet such papers presume to talk abou t
the "abuse" Democrats are heaping upon Gen. Taylor.
Wero the charge true, which it is not, they should be
the last to complain. They have pursued two of the
patriots we have named with their abuse. even to the
Grave, but when the chalice they have pressed to the
lips of others is retured to their own in the shape of true
and fair criticism of the: acts and conduct of the man
who procured his election , by promises and i pledges he
never intondad to fulfil, they turn and attempt to' seek
sympathy from the people by the cry of '-Democratic
Abtise." "Democratic Abuse," forsooth! Did Demo
crats ever descend to the slander of the lady of the chief
Magistrate, as the whigs did in the case of the Lady of
Gen. Jackson! Did Democrats over turn out a gray
headed and competent officer, who served- faithfully and
bravely iu our, war with Great Britain under the galliant
Perry, to make room for the slanderer of Gen. Jackson's
wife! Did Democrats ever charge upon the President
the crime of arson, in conniving at the burning of the
Treasury buildings! No! yet these same whig papers
that now tohine over the strictures of the Democratic
press, and this administration over which they are vo
sensitive; did all this, and more! True, the DemocratiC
press have said that although Gen. Taylor won im
perishable laurels on the field of battle, lie is not capable
of performing the duties of Chief Magistrate with either
credit to himself or benefit to the country, and every
day's experience proves the assersion correct. lie. has
delegated the powers cauferred upon him lay the people
to his cabinet. ,composed of mon irresponsible to the
people, and in whose selection they have no voice. The
constitution makes him the President, but he has null',
fied that sacred instrument, and formed a Presidential
co-partnershipOit which Ewing.. Clayton, Collamar, &
Co. exercise more power than himself. Now, were these
men responsible to -the people, the Democracy would
not have a word to say—they would not even indulge
in. "abuse"—but they are not; Tho people know'
them only as his cabinet—his constitutional advisers—
while in reality they are the President. That the De
mocracy are indignant at this, is not to be wondered at—
that they should appak of it in severe terms is natural—
but that such strictures are abusive, we dewy/ Gen'.
Taylor stands before the world as the falsifyer of the
Most sacred and oft repeated voluntary pledges—pledges
made. as it now appears, only to catch votes of every
feather—and because the Dernoeriusyl have repeated
these pledges, and held them up as broken, they are
accused of abusing him. If this is "abuse," whigs will
get used to it before they aro four years older. for they
can rest assured that the Democracy will do their duty to
the country. and expose the imbecility and hypocracy of
the man Who now non inafty occupies ' the/ white house.
They will not shrink pt whig misrepresentation, for they
ire used to that by an experience of twenty years. They
will call things by their right names in spito of whining
sycophants, or canting hypocrite.
1
LIDERAL DONATION.--WlO learn fr 'in the Lancaster
I ntelligencer. that the lion..issits En : IIANAN, has pre
sented to the City Councils of Lance ter, in trust, the
handsome sum of $OOO, par bonds, to remain as a per
petual fund, the interest whereof is to be annually ex
pended in the purchase of fuel fur the use of poor and
indigent females, during inclement winter seasons. The.
interest adds sum has been applied to this object, du
ring the last and previous winters, but the principal is
now established, in the name of the,City Councils, as a
permanent fund. This is a munificent charity, granted
by a generous and noble heart for the relief of a class of
sufferers. who are peculiar objects .of sympathy. May
the distinguished donor realize, that it is oven "more
ble seed to giro, than to receive."
brutorteTtos.—To andw how, year after year, increas
es the crowd of foreigners who seek a refuge from ware
and famine, and a want of employment at homd, go as
far hr4k, save the N. Y. Express, as five yearenonly—to
1844. In the year from January to May, inclusive, there
were 10.756 immigrants arrived at New York; since
which the increase has gone on until the present year,
when, in the corresponding months, the number of im
migrants who arrived at New York was 84, 046; or 21,-
311 more than there wore during the corresponding
months of 1848, and 63.290 more than arrived during
the same time in 1844. Of the immigrants in 1840;
50,820 were from Ireland: 18,369 from Germany;, 9,248
from England; and 2.869 from Scotland.
arThe Gazette says its charge of last week against the
Lancaster flag'lige-neer was . made on the authority of a
whig paper in Lancaster.l The Gazette will probably
learn by and by that it is not the only Whig paper in the
State that is in the habit of "bearing false witness
against its neighbors." To use its own language.
"there is one not a hundred miles from Erie" that is iu
the habit of doing so weekly.
Tnr..Eats RAILWAY Co. has made a contract for S.-
000 tons iron to be delivered at N. Y. $42.40 payable in
sound mortgage bonds at par. and are new negotiating
for 5,000 tons more. which will be sufficient to
the road to j,hinlarit.
A TRIBUTE TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
FROM AN OPPONENT. '
The following article, complaining of tho want of Borne
settled polihy on tho part of the present octave Adminis
tration, from the New York Mirror, a -paper which con
tributed more to the election of "old Zack," than any
other one journal in the Union, is ono of the most
complete tributes to the policy of the Democratic party we
recollect to have seen., Ilis invo/aulary, but uoro the
leas true:
Tam wills Pain AND 'Wino PRINCIPLZ3.—There nev
er was a time when the whig party wanted a fuglenian
More than the present. It is the universal complaint
among editors, that they don - it know what to write about
or fight about. "Appointments," "removals," "pro
scription," have bben the leading topics of discussion
ever since the inauguration of Gen. Taylor, until we aro
sick at the sight of the words:
There seems to be no settled policy on the part of the
administration, no definite course marked out, no prin
ciples at issue, no "platform" of party to support or defend.
But of the great measures that aro to be carried out
under the whig administration, we hear little or nothing
beyond a vague conservatism, which is safely considered
as an anti.democratic doctrine. The old issues, as we
earnestly contended during the canvass, are "obsolete
ideas." The project of a National Bank is dead, buried,
and damned forever. The tarif, the whigs dare not
meddle with, except to change it from the ad valorem to
the specific scale. It never can be raised essentially;
and to modify its operations, is all the protectionists can
ever hope to effect. The doctrine of free-soil is the per
vading sentiment of the North, and belongs by right to
the creed of the whig party; yet, as the administration
has not shown its hand on the subject, the press seem
afraid to touch it, and the democrats are stealing "the
thunder." The now organ of the government, the Re
public, is likely to play Rouge et Noir on the slavery
question—its editors representing both the northern and
southern sections of the Union. We shall expect the
complexion of its leaders to resemble the keys of a piano
forte in this particular. -
The-National Intdligencer has as yet given us no on- -
der of exercises; no programme of performances. It is
very venerable in tone; exceedingly respbctful in senti
ment; and always reminds us of the white-headed gen
tlemen of the old school, with a ruffled shirt, silk stock
ings. and gold headed cane, carefully feeling its way
along the well-trodden path, and excessively careful of
soiling its shoe buckles.
The Courier and Enquirer lies swinging in the offing,
like a big Fillip whose destination fur the nextfour years is
a matter of uncertainty to the outsiders. The course of
the Express is likely to depend more upon the winds
and currents, than upon the influences of the compas.s,
chart, or rudder. Tho Commercial Advertiser maintains
its usual conference-meeting tone, and like a veneroble
archdeacon in gold spectacles and white cravet, is a very
pattern of propriety. Tho Philadelphia North American
deals in elaborate essays, which are brobably highly in
t strnctive to the proof-reader, but powers no interest for
the general mind. The Albany Ercning Journal is
e a t en up with Sewardism, 111111 looking only to the "all
hail hereafter." Tho Boston Atlas and Procidence Jour
nal still stand by the New England Spindles, and seems
to regard the entire nation as 0110 vast manufacturing
village, for whose especial interest the cry of "protection"
is faintly kept up.
The great champions of the whiz party are just now
in a state of "masterly inactivity." The ••Expouwq er"
of the constitution has nothing to expound: and the au
thor of the "American systiam" seams to hays finished
his work. The generals have unbuckled their swords,
the privates have stacked their arms, and the sergoalits
and corporals are taking a nap. Who will boat the
rerei/le?
The whig party, according to this whig, is without a I
head—a leader—a superior mind, capable of tearing
their patched up ship into a safe harbor The knen-.> on
their guide board are obliterated, and the meas l iires to ,
which they point, "obsolete ideas." Giving to the wis
dom of the Democratic party—the truth of its theories, 1
and thii success of its measures, "the (whig-Editors)
I don't know what to write about, or fight about." A pre
cious confession this. The measures they have been
contending for, for years—the theories they have advo
cated of banks, protection, arid corporate arid monied
privileges, where aro the)? "Obsolete ideas" say this
supporter of the President. and !wilco there 'a "no policy
on the part of the Administration, no definite course
marked out, no principles nt issue. no-'pl ttforin' of. party
to support or defend." What is this l•pt 4 • confession
that the factions, mad and i 1191,111, (1:1 ) IN.t on tvii.ih at
times has marked the course of the whig party for the
last twenty years. was but the resith of aii overweening
desire for the spoils of office? What 13 this but an ac.
knowledgment that they dare not disturb the measures
which the Democracy have so long and so faithfully la
bored to establish? It is certainly nothing else, and
therefore must be considered as an inroluntary tribute
to the political honesty and sagacity of the men they have
so deeply libeled and abused—the immortal JACKSON
and Por.x! For twenty years the whigs have contend
ed for spoils alone, says this confession in effect, and
hence, "Appointments, removals, pros Option, have
been the loading topics of discussion ever since the in
auguration of Gan. Taylor, untill" he, (the Editor of the
Mirror.) "is sick at the sight of the words." And why
should ho not be,' if lie possesses the least spark of poli
tical honesty? Gen. Taylor promised to "proscribe pro
s scription," to make honesty and capacity the only quali -
fications for office, and the want of thorn, the only grounds
for removal—instead of which, however, it has only been
necessary to prove a man a Democrat to bring his head
to the block. and instead of instituting a rigid search into
the character and qualifications of applicants. the favors
of the President appear to have been bestowed by lottery.
No wonder then the Editor of the Mirror is "sick at the
sight of the words" Gen. Taylor pledged himself in
more than thirty letters to expunge from the political
vocabulary, and which pledges, boar in mind, secured
him his election. His election secured by such means,
and the pledges broken. it is, now !discovered by one of
his supporters, and no insignificant one either, that the
..'whigs dare not meddle with the tariff, except to Oen
it fronithe ad valorem to the specific scale,"—that "it nov
er can be raised essentially,"—and that a "modification .
its operations, is all the protectionists can hope to-effect.'
Could a higher tribute be paid to the past efforts of the
Democratic party, in regard to' protection, than . this?
They have contended for years with freaful.odds against
this principle of "protection"—thpy have boldly claimed
that : the greatest prosperity of all classes could be secur
-led by a tariff for revenue—and now, when they ore de
feated, unfairly we are bound to belieVo by falselpledges,
their opponents aro forced to acknowledge that they dare
not disturb that policy. It was more than poetic fire—
lit was prophetic—that inspired the poet when ho wrote:
"Truth crushed to earth will rise again,
The eternal years of God arc here."
(D -. MELANCITOLY OCCURRENM—On Sabbath Inst.
while returning from Church at Gravel Run, and cross
(Mg at the mouth of Conneautee Creek which was very
high in consepienco of the heavy' rain that morning.
overthm tag, es wag supposed, the bridge, a buggy con l
taining Mr.Aril, Miss Asir, and Miss Lectsus PIIELPS,
daughter, of Mr. Tnaonona PUELFS, of Washington
township, and Miss STROSG, daughter of Mr. C. B.
STRONG. of Waterford township, was precipitated into
the water, either by reason of the bridge being gone or
by driving off it, and. sad to relate, all the ladies were
drowned. Miss STRONG hod been engaged teaching
School in the neighborhood of Mr. PHELPS and Mr. Ash.
Young Mr. Astr, who drove the buggy, was saved by
being washed against a boat tied below the bridge. Up
till Tuesday evening none olthe bodies except that of
Miss STRONG had been found. The accident has caused
a deep sensation in the neighborhood of its occurrence.
—Gazette.
I In' Cm,. Wm. Btot.rn, oiClearlield, visited our Sactum
J on Thursday. the Colonel, in company with his lady,
had been to the Falls, and was on his way home. We
found him, as far as we Could judge from the short time
he remained among us, 'all ho had t been represented by
his personal friends—gentlemanly, affable, talented, and
a thorough Democrat. Had he been our cantliihdo fur
Governor last fall, we firmly believe success would have
perched upon the Democratic standard in the State and
nation. We aro disposed, however, to let the past be
fingotten so fur as its diaaeters are concerned, firmly be
hoving that there is a "good time coining" when the
Colonel, orsome other good man, tv dl le , ,d us to victory.
MARHIAGZ....arfiVOiLIeUt. Col. Braxton Bragg was
united In the holy bonds of matrimony to Miea Eliza 13.,
daughter of th• late Richard G. Ellie, iu the Parish of
T_errebonne. Lon the 7t6 ivat. "A little more grape.
Captain Bragg." •
OREGON TER
While all eyes naturally turn
California, and the mind exults ii
policy which secured us such a
should not forget that the same gi
given to our country another Ten
coast equally rils valuable, if not as.
torritory of Oregon. For this re r
to the following extracts from the ,
from authentic sources by that pa
willgive our readers some idea
minerals, fruit &c. of that Territory,
are true, and all accounts corrobo
one of the moat delightful couutrie
residence. The climate is as mil
and its soil contains and produces
excepting a pretty bountiful yield
redie mbcrcd that we ows the net 1
fine territory to the patriotism of J
Democratic friends in Congress,
plains of its neighbor. California.
bored that the whig party denoun
and opposed their acquisition.
be treasured up by the politicians
no doubt strike the philosophic
providence that the Atlantic coast
civilized, for if the Pacific coast I
and hard surface of the, former t
subdued by the people of the latto
AIINE9, AIETAL9, &e.---Iron or. is known to exist h i
the country. It is said that there is an extensive bed or
good pipe ore ten miles below thi city, and one mils
trout the Willamette river. Ot: er beds of iron ore,
more onsless extensive, are said thave been discovered
It is-believed that iron ore in ab ndance, and of go o d
ls
quality, exists in Oregon. Ext ol:le% beds of rich teat i
.1
ore have bean discovered in different parts of the tern.
tory. Black lead of a superior qu ality is known to exist
in abundance in the Middle ports n of Oregon, between
the Columbia and the British posseesions. Copper of a
very pure quality is said to exist iSi the western portion of
the TerriturN, between the British possessions and th e
Columbia, Eastern and northeastern Oregon abounds' in
granite and marble. Sandstone is found in ditferent•
portions of the country, some beds of which are set&
cceutly hard for building purposes. while others are soft.
Limestone is also found in the different portions of th e
. country. Stone coal
.has been dis Covered in seve ra l
places at the foot of the Cascade mountains in the neigh
borhood of the Columbia, on the Cowlitz river, on the
i Columbia in Catnlamet bay, and in the vicinity of th e
i coast, about 70 miles below the mouth of the Columbia.
I The coal front these localities ha -ts been but imperfectly
I tested. A good article of coal acme vein corps out - on
the- coast south of the 49th pant) el.
IPlatinum is said •to exist in vast quantities in th e
Flathead county, in the neighborhood of .Fort Okanaga n
Gold has been discovered in everal different placers
, in Olegon. but nowhere as yet in great abundance.—
, Within the last three weeks golhas been discovered on
the Santiain river, a tributary of the Willamette, taking
its rise in the neighborhood of I'l aunt Je ff erson. Some
p,r , ous engaged in gold diggin on the Santiarn are
in i y
king $ I per da, and think thi prospect goOd for find
tug, the gold consi - derably abund nt when, from the die
oppearance of the snow. they shall be able to 'penetrate
into the mountains. We have c nversed with several w
have returned from the Californ a gold mines, all agree
in ascribing striking similarity in the geographical char.
actor of several portions of-East rn and Southern Ore
gon and the gold regions of Cali ornia, and they all unite
- in the coatideut opouion that will be found in great abon•
dance in Oregon.
TIMID u.—The-timber of Oreg,
tr, oak, spruce, hemlock, c.
maple. •Probdbly there is no con
timber gret,is so silthingly s - traigh
gigantic aultude and dimension,
hundred feet is but a moderitte h I
lirq, cedars and spruce, an'li th!
much. greater altitude. We hav'
Oregon three inches in circuinf
in circumference and of the
alder and a species of laurel gr,
termed, in most countries, large t
been obtained thirty-h•-two inch
laurel four feet in diameter.
Lt Westertern Oregon grove!
skirting and separating prairies,
districts are manic confined to t
co.i.,t of the Pac fie, to the Co.
ranges of mountains and the in'
river. There are shout thirty s.
lumber is worth $3O per Mouse,
themaind at San Francisco. Th' i
pied mill-sitrs in the country, II
stocked With lore for a year wit
ground than would be required fo,
the mill.
A ruo.runtr, CLIMATE AND 1.1
cos.—The same clear atmosph
between Oregon and the Misso
muttly over .11 the country. Oh
the unaided eye at the thsionce o
still reaches oir beyond in scare
ject upon which to rest. Person:
ilea of the charming transparen
Oregon front- tho tact that, at th
01in.,) drtlight and twilight, in t i
met% consume 21 out of the 24
From location upon the Pacific
erscd from north to south by mott
mate of Oregon is necessarily dit
between the Rocky mid Blue mot
markably salubrious climate, su
lightfully agreeable in summer,
snow-mantled in winter. That
Blue and Cascade mountains. I
one of the most mildly-temperate
climates on the face on the earth
dam fall except in the spring or ft
cativo crops of wheat, corn, oats,'
den vegetables have been raised,tl
and annost the entire surface of t
Iv overspread with the richest of
between the Cascade-mountains
a climate.eminently pure and het
degreess of north 'latitude as '
comihent does at 40.
Rains fall occasionally in June, July and September.
more frequently in October, Febr ary, March, April an
May; and frequently, although fa from incessantly. i
oy• ~.er i comber and Jan ary. The procaine
winds o inter are from the soul and southwest, an
of summer from the north and ri thwest. South wind's
here are slightly leas warm thanl i most parts of the UM
edStates, and they are less, cer inly,, and much loss
copiously attended witl rains. . .
Oregon is now, at lame, knot n to be, and, ere long.
abroad must become troverbial for its healthfulness..-
GDADA AND Facts.—Winter w e t may be sown from
July to March. Red rt heat take t e character of sprag
wheat and ripens the same seas. , if sown in April.—
By sowing wheat after oats, nea I as much oats is ob
tained as wheat. There are m 1 y fields from which
two, three, and perhaps more sue 1 ssive good crops of
outs have bean taken from on -owing. Peas sown
broadcast, with or without oats, rug a product about
equal to wheat. Apple and peat trees perfect abun- .'
dant fruit annually. There tire aw bearing pear trees -,
in the country Apple trees of le s than two inches in
-
diameter, are loaded with fruit. el j
'Wild white plums, grapes, ale'
and yellow currants are indigenot
Oregon, but Fire rarely found in
white pl um grows in the Umpqua
rather shrub, so small that their
fruit bends them to the ground. ;
the immigration of 1.837 brought t'
of growing fruit trees.
Oregon may he l met down as we
and perfection of fruits. NVild b
dant, some of whiCh aro peculiarl . )
ries are strawberries. dewberries,
berries, black and yellow raspberri
berries and cranberries.
The cranberries are good, but fond in abundance only
in the vicinity of the ocean. The prairies may be truly
said to be Microns- red with straw .erries. and the tim
bered, openings blue w h whorl berries, in their sea
son.
The whortleberry 1 h, xcept n the mountains, like
the 'Umpqua plumb sh üb. i bore prostrate upon the
earth's grassy coverin from to 'eight of its delicious_
fruit, 'rho wild strawberry of regon is larger and bet
ter than any we have .ver seen, except the largest of the
I.trge garden cultivatiet , English s awbory. The whor
tleberry has more accichty than thos of unshaded growth,'
Crclts ing east of the mountains. English goosberies and
currants are cultivated) hero ;with success.
V 4, ',LET BETWEEN THE COAT RANGE ANT THE PACIFIC.
recently, the coast range of Mountains has been
supposed to form the itninediato shore of the Pacific; such
is the appearance from, the sea, but the fact is otherwise.
The coast of the Pacific has been explored about 100
miles south of the month of the Columbia, and for this
distance tho bold rocky reef forming the shore of the
Pacific is found to be distant from the coast raogi , of
mountains, and separated from it by a very considerable
valley. This yeller isTrom about two to twelve miles
in width, mostly covered with timber, yet containing
many prairies, some of which are several miles in extent.
Tito soil of the valley is deep, black and rich.
Some of the prairies are covered with clover, and other
greases; bat they are more usually covered with fern,
which grows to the height of eight, and some say ten
feet, Forn lands have been usually avoided in this coon
try;' yet a tall, heavy growth of fern indicates a rich deep
soil,
TORY
the golden serie s o r
'the nia‘t..r etrake
brilliant treasure, i t ,
nius and policy 1 4 ,
Rion upon the Pacific
rdliant—are mean the
on we m:) ;
vite ettentioa
aftintore Sun, derived
, ei. These extracts -
of the soil, climate,'
If their, statement s
Jade them, Oregon i s
in the world for e
as that of Maryland,
verything, - loot oriels
of coral. Let it be
onal ownership of this
ars IC. Pots and b a
well as the golde e
Let it also be rearm.
d both as worthies t ,
r i bile these fads 'horde
and thepeople, it mill
mind as a wonderful
t l eves first peopled and
ad been, the brunt
never would have boss
or:
pn consists of pine, fin
:tton wood, cherry, and
itry in the world where
,t and beautiful, and such
I's as in Oregon. Two
,ighth for the growth of
, y frequently attain a
seen elder growing in
rence,`lmd, hazle thaw
ht of forty feet. Black
to what would he
ens—logs of alder have
lee in diameter, of the
. of timber are found
tit the immense timber
!o neighborhood of the
Cuscrele and Blue
mediate vicinity of the
or-mills in Oregon, vet
n 4 bern. end $l2O
•ro-ara many unborn•
'hero a mill, could be
out cleating off more
the convenient use of
ETHIIIf.NESS OF Oar.
re which is describsd
ri river, smiles benig•
ects may be seen villa
200 miles, and the vs
of a more distant ob.'
abroad may form sons
y of the atmosphere cf
city, (lat. 45 deg. SU
lie longest days of sum.
'ours of the day.
And from being trar•
main ranges, tho cli•
ersilied. That portion
witains possesies a re
ciently warm and de.
tut cold and frequently
portion between the
is believed, possesses
even and invigorating
snow, rain or hail lel-
; n; vet excellent temp
'peas, potatoes end gar
'ere without irrigation.
a country is bountiful
. tosses. That portion
end the Pacific l enjove
i lthy, and as mild 6148
e opposite side of the
ries, and black, red.
,s to some portions OLI
valley. A chorea
valley upon a tree, or
g owing and ripened
veral gentlemen of
. ugh good welections
11
. oited to tho growth
'ir es aro vTh7 aborts
delicious. 'The bar:
whortleberrics, lma_
es, gooseberries. illus.-