Foreign News by the Europa.
SEVEN•DAYS LATER FROM MOPE!
ST. Rums, N. 8.. July 25. •
The steamship Europa, with 123 passengers, ar
rived at Halifax, at 8 o'clock last evening.
IRELAND..—The Irish' papers contain most dis
tresaine accounts of the intense suffering and mis
ery that prevails in many parts of that ill-fated
country—particularly in the South-western districts.
• • - filled to repletion, and thous
'ally without the means
.her, until the crops are
ly will, from present ap
'he distress, in the mean
beyond example.
Arlen, Meagher, McMan
trriba-ked on board the war
iediately sailed for Van
`to the. departure of the
id placed in the hands of
`to their countrymen, of
says: It must be admitted
that its tones is unobjectionable—nay even more
moderate than could be expected from men, the whole
tenor of whose previous conduct favored the suppo
sition that they were acting, nbt as free agents, but
as the victims of some unknown species of down
right lunacy.
FRANCE.—The elections to fill 35 vacancies are
going forward quietly, and the results as fares as
certained are in favor "of the moderate candidates.
In Paris the Ministerial candidates wore all return•
ed. The Provinces, Lamartine and a few Socialists
have secured their elections.
On Thursday there was a rumor in Paris of a dif
ference in the Cabinet on the affairs of 'Rome, and
it•is now said that Odillon Barrot, Minister of Jus
tice, and M. Dufaure, Minister, of the Interior, will
retire.
A doubt was expressed whether England had pro•
viuusly remonstrated with France on the subject of
Rome.
In regard to this subject, the London Sun of
Tuesday says: The Marquis of Normandy has pre
sented a nuts to the Fret,Ch Government front Lord
Palmerston demanding and explicit explanation as
to the intentions of France with regard to Rome.
How long it is intended that the French army shall
occupy the Roman Territory, and whether it is re
solved t) support the Pope.
The Legitimatist and Jeautt journal ore setting
up a cry fur the absolute and Uhconditional restora
tion of the Pope. but the correspondent of the Times
says, upon reliable information, that no such fully is
intended by the French government.
The movements of Lecke Rollin have at length
been traced out. He has, until recently, been se 7
creted in Paris, and on Wednesday reached London
in the Ostend steamer from Belgium, in company
with Martin Bernard, Etienne Arago, and Sergeant
Boichat.
The present accounts of the, cholera are favora
ble. The deaths have fallen to fewer than 30 per
day, and are daily decreasing., The total number
of deaths in Paris and suburbs since the breaking
out of the cholera in January last, is said to be more
than 20,000.
Roma.—The Assembly, in its last et tine, unan
imously voted the Constitution di the R iibtfc, and
order it to be deposited in the Capitol, as the ex
pressioned of the unanimous wish of the Rom n peo
ple.
The Constitution is by a vote of the Assembly,
to be engraven on marble, and placed in the Capitol.
They also ordered.tuneral service to be celebrated
in St. Stephen's, fur those who had fallen in defence
of the Republic.
The entrance of French troops en ma s se into
Rome, did not take place till 7 o'clock of the even
ing of the 3d.
A proclamation from the Notional Assembly an
nounced the arrival of the French, and repoinmended
abstinence from all vengeance as useless, and un
worthy of dignity of Roman citizens.
The barricades had to be pulled down by the
French soldiers themselves in the absolute death of
Roman laborers. At dark the troops wero convey
ed to their various quarters.
Garibaldi succeeded in escaping from Rome with
10,000 men. lie was loudly applauded as he passed
through tho city. Ho has gone in the direction of
Jerzstina. It is probable he would fall in with some
detached force of the Neapolitans or Spaniards to
whom he might give trouble. His intention, it is
_said, is to invade the Kingdom of Naples. The first
division of the French expeditionary army set out
in pursuit of him on the 4th.
The Couriere Merraufile, of Gonna, of the 7th,
• states that the government is composed of three indi
viduals—one Roman and two Frenchmen, •and has
been established at Rome.
By the latest accounts the Roman municipality
had proclaimed that no convention had been made
proclaimed th 4 nu convention had been made with
the French. 1
In speaking' of the arrangements for the settle
ment for the future of the Roman States, the Paris
correspondent'of.the Times sags: “I have reason
to believe, though I have it front no official source,
that the government are satisfied with the last tic
acounts that have been received from Gaeta. If
may trust my authority, these accounts would show
that the Fiend] Minister there has concluded an ar
rangement, not only with the Pope, but with the
Austrian representative, to the effect that lilt Holi
ness is to return to Rome—that the French are to'
evacuate the city—leaving only a garrison of five
hundred men, and that the Austrian representative
has agreed on the part of his government—that the
Austrian troops shall evacuate Bologna and Ancona,
leaving a 'compiratively small number in the forts.
It is further said it wee in consequence of this arran
gement, that the army of the Alps was dissolved.—
Such is the substance of the account stated to have
been received from Gaeta, and which, if correct, will
no doubt soon be confirmed." •
Venice still holds out against the Austrians, and
continues to make a vigerous resistance. The city
carries on its principal defence from twosmsll forts
at about one thousand yards from the first house of
Venice—'.one situitted on the small island of San
Lecondo....and the other on the Railroad Bridge.—
The Austrian shells do not reach further than four
hundred yards.
Within Venice Provisions are very ecearce.—
Nothing but black bread half baked is to 'be , got.---
Meet and wine have become luxurious. Still the
calm determination to resist reigns among the Ve
netians.
DeeetanK.--A signal victory has been gainod by
the Danes over the Holsteins, in North Tntlands,
which is announced to the Minister of Copenhagen
in the following telegraphic dispatch, from the com
mandant at Fredonia has commanded transport yes
eels for upwards of 800 prisoners, 30 of whom were
officers. I expect they will arrive at Copenha-en
'to-morrow morning, q'he enemy is totally defeated
and our victorious army is pursuing them. - All the
enemi'a battering gime are taken, and several pieces
of field, artillery. It is said that the Danes have re
- taken Kolorng. -
/
Humisnv AND AUSTRIA.—The Hungarians con
tinue to carry on the unequal struggle with indom
itable energy and courage.
• Advices from Vienna of the 7th have been recei
ved. The statements of the victory won by Ban
Jellachich proves to be altogether unfounded. The
Ban is still in the back countries and though he has
had an,ctigsgement with the liagyara, the affair
seems,to have been of little importance .. The impe
rial troops on the right bank of the Danube, after
- leaving Raab, following the retreating Hungarians,
and appear to have obtained some advantage at Ace,
where it is said GOO Hungarians were made prison
ers.
The Austrians headquarters were then removed
to Babylona, where the Emperior was.
..")The Hungarians appear to have retired to an
entrenchment, camp, and works at the head of a
bridge, thrown front the right bank of the Danube
to Comoro, from which point the mancevered • with
,t,toequadrons of horse, amLkept up a fire with 50
guns for eight hours; but their infantry remained in
their entrenchments l One field battery ventured be
yond the protectionrof the guns in the entrenchment
and a regiment of Austrian light hove attacted and
captured the battery, aftericuttingdOwn the greater
part of the men and theft guns, The battery -con
sisted of six pounds a and two twelves.
' The Russian corps having entered Transylvania,
has, succeed after , an obstinate resistance, in
taking TornasatiPa s s, which was Strongly fortified,
The Russians forced their way thrdugb with their
baydriet, and entered Cronstadt on the same day, the
50th day of Jure. Ekren cannon and stitnarad 3
were the trophies of this slay. ' '
The Cossacks succeeded in capturing General
Wys, who was wounded, and bas been handed over
to the Austrians.
A letter from Vitinne, in the Impudence, of Brea's
eels, states that the Hungarians have retaken Sy
igetin and that the Diet was to be opened on the Ist.
Tan HurdAttune VicTortions.—lntelligetice had
been,receiied by the Nation, aDelgian Journal, to
the following effect. On the Ist and 2d of July,
Dembrinski, with: his own corps d'armee, and all the
reserve of the veteran troops drawn from the army
of operation now acting in different parte of Hunga
ry, amounting altogether to 80,000 men, mulcted
the Russian army, consisting of 110,000 men, com-.
mended by Prince Paskowitch, in the defiles between
!Ulrikeley and Oilan. The attack took place on the
flank so as to drive the corps commanded by the
Prince in'person, into the marshes of the Theiss.
We have not received any details of this important
battle; but the success seems to have been so com
plete, that the same Hungarian reserve of veterans,
to the number of 40,000 men, marched the next -day
by %Venter! ter Comore,
to reinforce the army of
Georgey, who from the 4th of July has been able to
resume theoffensive against the Austrian armies.
Dembrinski, with b 5,000 man was in pursuit of
the remains of the army of Paskowitch, and it is pro
bable that immediately the news of Dembriuski's
victory becomes known, the warlike preparations in
the detaileaof 'which the Russian Prince has impru
dently engaged himself, will rise en masse to cut off
hie retreat through the passes.
Kossuthissued, on the 27th tilt., at Buds, Pesth
a proclamtAion, calling upon the people, in the most
emphatic language, to rise in arms against the inva
der. The campaign against the Austro-Russian
army is called a cureade, as it is manifestly intended
to work on the religions feelings of the people; and
its style is said to be most eloquent and impassion
ed.
Baden 'addsldt was fearfully bombarded on the
7th, but according to the last accounts it held out
and the garriion had hoisted the black flag, in to
ken that they would rather die than surrender.
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
New York Courier & Enquirer
The steamship Crarcent City, Capt. Stoddard,
with 68 passengers, reached her berth last* eveniug
at a few minutes past 9 o'clock, after an unusually
pleasant passage of two days fifteen and a half hours
from Chagres to Kingston (Jamaica,) and six days
four hours from the latter port to her wharf in this
city.
The whole amount of specie brought on freight
by this vessel is $231,994.
The above of course does not include the amount
of specie brought by the passengers, of which • we
have no Statement.
The Crescent City brings no moils and but few
papers, as the American Consul at Panama' would
not take the responsibility of sending the mails by
her. For the papers we have received, and a copy
of the following report, made to Messrs. Howards,
the agents of the steamer, 'oor acknowledgments are
due to our friend Capt. Stoddard.
The steamship Panama'-left San Francisco the
90th of June, with about 100 passengers and ti400,-
000 in gold' dust and specie. She arrived at Pana
ma on the night of the llth July, and would leave
again on the Ist of August. The American barks
Tasso and Ellen Frances were waiting at P,anains
for passengers to go up to San Francisco. Several
other small vessels were also bound up with passen
gers.
There is but one opinion among the passengers
with regard to the gold in California. It is still
found in great quantities; but it is only the hard
working chaps that can stand the fatigue of digging
-it.
There was no sickness at the mines, and every
thing was gOing on quietly. The number of per
sons there is estimated at between twenty and thirty
thousand; about one-half foreigners.
Business at San Francisco is very dull, and dry
goods and provisions are selling below the original
costs.
Lumber is Millie good demand, selling for three
hundred and tiftyidollars per M. Rents enormously
high and on the rise.
The Oregon steamer would leave San Francisco
on the Ist of July, and•expects to be in Panama the
20th.
Our Consul at Panama, would no! assume the
responsibility of sending. the California alailby the
Crescent City.
There were about one hundred Americans at San
alas, waiting a passage up. Among them was the
Reading Company, of Pennsylvania—all well.
The Aka California, of the 11th June, contains a
proclamation by General R 11.1314 warning the set
tlers not to countenance "The Legislative Assem
bly of the District of San Francisco," either "by
paving taxes or by supporting or abetting the offi
cers" of that "illegal and'unatithorized body," and
calls upon all citizens to assist in "restoring to their
lawful keeper," the Publicßeeords of the District
of San Francisco, which were "forcibly taken" from
the custody of the First Alcade of said district.
The same paper contains a proclamation by Gen.
Riley, in which he states that lie, "in accordance
with instructions from the Secretary of War, has
assumed the administration of the Civil tams in
California, not as a Military Governor, but as the
Executive of the existing Civil 'Government." lie
then proceeds to call attention to the means which
he deems beat calculated to avoid the ernbarrassmets
of the present position of California—Congress hav
ing failed to legislate fur it—and suggests the mode
of electing such officers as are recognized by the
laws now governing "the , Territory, among which
are a Territorial Legislature; a Superior Court, con
sisting of four Judges and a Fiscal, a Prefect and
Sub-Prefect in each district, Alcades, &c.; and ap
points the 7th day of August next fur the special
election of Delegates to a General Convention, and
of Officers of the Peace.
The Alta California condemns the terms of Gen.
Riley's proclamation, and defends the action of the
Legislative A:.seinbly alluded to.
The letter body have published an address, in
which they,com.plain bitterly of the failure by Con
gress to give them a form of government,—of its
course in "taxing them without giving them a gov
ernment at all." • After a recital of their grievan
ces, and a clear, explicit and intelligent statement
of the necessities for immediate, united and deter
mined action on the part of the people, the Assem
bly "earnestly recommended to their fellow citizens
the propriety of electing at least twelve delegates
from each district to attend a general Convention to
be held at the Pueblo San Jose, on the 3d Monday
in August next, for the purpose of organizing a Gov
ernment for the whole Territory of California."
It is suggested that these iielegatee have discre-•
!lottery powers to form a State Constitution, -or to
adopt such other rorm of governMent—stibject to
ratification by the people—as they may deem ad
visable.
An enthusiastic meting was held in Sin Fran
cisco, on the 12th June, to consider the propriety of
sending delegates to a:Convention, kc., at which the
lion. Thos. Butler King was prevent, and addressed
the people.
Resolutions to carry the object of the meeting,into
abet, were, presented, when an amendment fi'xi'ng
the elections upon the days appointed byGen. Riley,
i
was opposed y Col. .1. D.. Stevenson, and fi nally
rejected. M stirs. Peter 11. Burnett, W. D. M.
Howard, E. mild, BufFum, and Edward Gilbert
were appointed a committee to make arrangement
for a Convention and the election of Delegates.
The ilta California,of the 20th June contains a
Circular, issued by the above named committee, in
which, for the saki of securing unanimity of action'
—but "without recognizing the least power, as a
matter of right, in Brev. Brig. Gen Riley to appoint a
time and place for the election of delegates and the
assembli ng,of the convent ion ."—they recommended
the time for the elections appointed by that officer.
The committee condemn the appointment of dele
gates made by Gen. Riley,land virtually, a disregard
of his declaration on that point.
A meeting In reference to the same subject was
held by the pe)ple of the Pueblo and San Jose, on
the 3d June, at which Geo. Riley's proclamation was
approved. • -
A dinner Was given to the Hon. T. B. King, on
the 14th, at the Parker House, by the citizens of San
Francisco.
A subscription was on foot to survey and buoy the
Suisan Bay and the Sacramento River between Sab
Francisco and Sacramento city. Capt. Ringold, U.
S. N., has been employed to make the survey.
A Merchants' Exchange and reading Room are
also about to be Astabliehed at the former oily.
A letter from the Mockelumne Diggings, 'dated
May 23d, speaks eneourpgingly of the success ofthe
"diggers." Another. from the Stanislaus diggings,
complain of-poor success in conacqunce of the high
waters. All, however, agree upon one point—the
plentitude of the precious metal upon the spot, and
the laborious exertion necessary to secure it. Three
Americans, howiver, are said to have taken out one
piece of gold worth ti 827,2001 Another party of
three Mexicans aro said to have obtained $2,200 in
one day!
PHILAViiiPHIA, July 30.
' The New York Herald publishes a batch of let
ters from California, which are well calculated to
dampen the utterer gold hunters. One correspon
dent says! - -
"When the last steamer arrived at San Francico
with 250 passengers, 120 of them returned immedia
tely on seeing the truo state of things there. The
write met on his return from California, on the
road from Mazatlan to Mexicd, large numbers 01
Americans who were in the greatest misery before
getting to Mazatlan, as their money exhausted be
fore they got half way, Several Americans have
joined the Mexican robbers, and have committed
many outrages. The greatest piece of gold he had
been shown weighed twelve ounce, although
he had been shown lumps weighing twenty pounds,
but they were joined together.
The average profits ofdigging is five day's expen
ses for four days. Most of the emigrants are com
pelled to sell their things on their arrival at San
Francisco, as their means become exhausted when
they arrive.
The Gaviota, a paper in Schee, is paid from mer
chants sixty dollars, to give glowing - accountk The
accounts published in papers of the Mexican ports,
are exaggerated, being in the pay of speculators.--
Ile warns every body, who can earn two dollars a
day, not to go to California. Several vessels have
been lost on the coast of California,
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY !=FAMILY POISON
.ED BY A BON!
The following particulars of the horrible tragedy
which took place in Cincinnati on Friday last, we
copy from the Commercial. The miaerable young
man, Summons, is now under arrest and will be tried
for the murder of those of the family who have since
died.
Our city was startled on Saturday morning by a
rumor that the whole family of Capt. Juan BLAIR
SUMMONS, eight in number, including himself, had
been poisoned, aqd that the damnable deed had been
perpetrated by hls son, James B. Summons, better
known as Capt. Jim Surnmona, a fellow who for the
last three years lies been distinguished only for his
puppyism, and sbutilied'by all respectable , people as
a disgusting incubus upon society. The rumor
proved terribly true, and early in the day a largo and
indignant crowd had collected around the house, and
there remained until night, anxious id hear the fate
of the family, and, crowded around the physicians
aslhey passed in and out.
The circumstances connected with this damnable
affairs, are, in brief, 08 follows:
It so happened, and opportunely for the hellish
designs of the murderer, that Capt. SUMMONS stop
ped off the trip on Friday, end it also happened that
the whole family were assembled together under the
some roof, at the residence on Sixth at., west of
Sycamore, and it equally as opportunely /a/primed
that the murderer, in the event of the death of that
whole family, would full lidr to the entire estate,
which amounts to considerable. He has been as
well knou 11 for a foul heretofore, as now a 'villain,.
and for the three years has been' an - object of both
ridicule and pity—the latter on his excellent father's
account. the former on his own. lie was ti misera
ble combination of conceit and whisky, and in the
commingulation of the two, with his puppyish airs,
managed to make it most disgusting animal of hitn
self,—a subject of mi,cry to his parents and of dis
gust to those who were attlicted misfortune
of his acquaintanCe• lie hue him the ingiedients
of a man, and might, by the advano. 2e4 w hi c h h e , I
more than most others, possessed, have %-sen an or
lumen, to society, but his vanity and selt -,, nceit,
hi s i n o r di n ate passion for personal display, and
cemented the hairier between himself and respect 7
ability. The name of his d'ather alone wits his siipT
port, but sorely has his protligacv and low vice
caused that !Janie to sufll.r. A hundred times 1184
he betrayed his parental benefactor. Thousands
upon thousands of hard earned &Ours has he buried
in the sinks of vice a . nd moral pollution, and 'gloated
%%ill% the filth thereof, has had the effrontery to call
tlfr more to•call not in vain. Ilis parents felt
a fond lope of reform, and gave too full a scope to
his desires. All know the reckless use of the prop
erty which was entrusted to his hands, and all know
the deep and afflictions which he has heap
ed upon I s excellent parents. But, breaking, by
his own olligacy, the marriage ties which existed
between kimself and the worthy daughter of one of
our ortbirt citizens, and casting himself still
deeper into', lie slough of 'ice, his parents began to
h o p e , out to draw still tighter the rein upon
his profligate desires. They gave hint u good hope
—abundance in'all that honesty could wish—cher
ished him without chidihg—watched him and wept
—paid his debts—rind' yet hoped he might be a man.
Hut the lurking devil of the heart never died in his
bosom, though it slept,sand duarice awoke it to the
action of the fearful tragedy which is known to all.
We have said that be was a fool; circumstances
orove it—and that he was a coward is also well es
tablished. •
It appears that the it hole family ha' assembled
at the supper table on Friday evening, a d after par
takimr retired to their several apartme its. Some
15 minutes after, Capt. , Robert Arntstro g, son in
law to Capt. Summons, !felt an oppres. ion in his
stomach, and a disposition to vomit, a d thinking
that to do so would relieve him, he took a mild eme
tec, which operated almost immediately. Soon af
ter this the whole family were seized in the same
way, and thinking that Cholera had broken out
among them, physicians were sent for, and in the
course of a half hour or so, Drs. Shotwell.and Force
arrived. Meanwhile, it is said that some of the
family had taken the simple remedies used as pre
ventatives of cholera. The physicians, upon arri
val, pronounced the malady to proceed from poison,
and after ministering the usual remedies, proceeded
to analize the articles used at the tea table. The
evidence of arsenic ap,mared in the tea-cups, and it
'was traced•to the teakettle. the proof being,. positive
and beyond doubt or speculation. There it was!
One after another, the family were taken to their
beds,' and in a short time eight were writhing under
the effects of poison—as follows:
- Capt. J. Blair Summons, the father.
M rs . J. B; Summons, his wife.
Capt. R. Armstrong; his son-in-law.
Mrs. Mary Jane Armstrong, daughter of Capt.
S., and wife of Capt. A.
Wm. Summons, Engineer.
Paul Huston, do.
Mrs. ItEuvEs, seamstress, and inmate of the fam
ily. This lady died on Saturday morning.
The child of Capt. Armstrong.
Suspicioh of this horrible transaction at first fell
open the servant girl, and she was arrested, but her
statement, and evident surprise and alarm; t-: reed
- suspicion to the son, James B. Suminons, and he was
arrested under the following circumstances.
Persons were 'sent out to ascertain where arsenic
had been purchased, and by whom, and after enquir
ing at several drug stores, it was found that a small
man, the afternoon before, had purchased an ounce
package of it at the store of Dr. BACKIIAUS i asked
for "rats-bane to kill rats with"—for which he paid
ten cents. The clerk was taken down to the house,
and he immediately, from amidst a crowd, pointing
out James B. Summons as the person who purchas
ed the poison, and, before Esq. SNALLBAKISR, swore
to his identity! Summons was immediately arrest- 1
ed, and the servant girl brought in as a witness.—
Her testimony still more strongly strengthened the
suspicion of the guilt of 'the accused eon. She sta
ted that she went into the kitchen limping,. having
stepped on a nail. Jim pummons was there and told
her to get a piece of
,fat bacon 'and put - it on the
wound and it would get; ell. She went and-got a
piece of bacon and returned to the kitchen with it,
when Summons told her that it was not big enough;
she must go and get a larger piece. She went out
for a larger piece, and oh her return, saw-Jim Sum
mons shaking the tea ket le, which he had .iukin oil
the stove ' The accuse , under these strong con
victing circumstances a
W as reminded to jail for fur
-1
therexaminatihn. e I aye since learned that there
is other evidence which will be-brought forward -at
the examination to-mor ow, going still further to
fasten the guilt of the murder upon him. The evi
dence is altogether cite mstantil, but his as strong
as that which has hang-d many a man. We win
not anticipate that' wbic ' has not been already eIF-
I cited.
We visited the house of the stricken family dur
ing Saturday and Saturday night, and the scene was
a sorrowful ono. In the lower room lay the - corpse
of Mrs. Itavirs, surrounded by weeping friends, and
wearing that solemn gloom which always attends
upon death. Wo ascended the stairs, saw the nu
merous kindly friends of the family walking noise
lessly about, some with medicines, some to perform
the other little duties of sickness, and some to ad
monish to silence those whose feelings could not be
restrained. The rooms above had the appearance of
a hospital. Upon the floor in the front chamber lay
the veteran J. Bairn SUMMONS, as honest and as good
a man as ever lived, in a sort of stupor. His look
was natural, though sorrowful, and it seemed to us
that he was as much afflicted in mind as in body and
well he might be! He was then iu a critical state,
end no ono was allowed to speak to hint. We are
pleased to hear now that there is a prospect of his
recovery.
In-the same room with the old Captain, lay the
child of Capt. Armstrong, a beautiful boy, supposed
to be in a dying state, but it was living up to last
evening; and in a room cdjuining, Capt. A. and his
wife upon the some bed, the former apparently out
o f danger, the latter not so well. Mrs. SUDIBIONS
like her husband, lay in a sort of stupor, surrounded
by female friends.—she occupied a room alone. In
another department was Wm. 11. SUMMONS. his life
barely hanging upon the slender thread of hope, and
like his parents, he was also under the influence of
a stupor. - Up to eleven, on Saturday night, that
which he cast up from his stomach was found yetto
contain arsenic!
In a room adjoining, lay our old friend Nut. Hus-
TON, and though in eminent danger, seemed unter
rified at the prospect of death. said he NO
done nobody intentional harm, and was ns well pre
pared to die as any one. He reqnested us not to
make a lung obituary in case he did go! Poor Paul!
lie will have his joke, even in the face of death.—
God speed him and all the family to recovery.
in conclusion, it may not be improper to add that
an inquest was held by Coroner Lowry upon the bo
dy of Mrs. REErns, and that the jury returned a
verdict that she came to her death by poison AD
MINISTERED BY JAMES B. SUMMONS!
We deny the wildest and most fiendish realities
or romances of the past, to furnish a deed so daik
and damnable as the one detailed above.
,Docroalli,Actovnt.t..—Extrac from a Paris let
ter in the Journal of Conunerr •
l'he, medical community of 'aria has been set.a
talking, by the arrival in this city of the celebrated
Amerrcen doctor, Miss Blackwell. The lady has
quite bewildered the learned facnity, by her diploma
all iu due form, authorizing her to dose and bleed
and amputate with the best of them. Some of them
tire certain that Miss Blackwell is a Socialist of the
most furious class, and that her undertaking is the
entering' wedge to a systematic attack in society,by
the fair sex. 'Others, who have seen her, say that
there isMothing 'very alarming; in her manner; that,
on the cMitrary, she appears modest .and unassum
ing, and talks reasonable on other subjects. The
ladies atruck her in their turn, One of them said
to me, the other du v, ‘t..Th it is to horrid. I'm sure
I never could touch her band. Only to think that
those lotig fingers of hers have been cutting up peo
ple!" Ilhave seen the doctor
in (pest ion, and must
say, in fairness, that her appearance is quite pre
posse•sit:tg. tike is young, anti rni.hi9. good looking:
bet manner indicates great energy of character; and
she seems to have entered on tier bingit'ar career
from of ditty, awl encouraged by respecta
ble lad's'' at Cii , cinnati, Alter about ten day's hes
itation on the part .if the directors oif the llospital
of Maternity, she at last received the permis
sion to enter that MIMI /IS a pupil.
. I --
THE I . lnbr Wini.—Cist's Advertiser says:—As
tor t : as nor ‘vi cult are ed,,terly, we can expect no cilia-.
tement o!,Cholera. Thin th cad 1,11 Oence, like the
phigite every other infectious disorder, ha, mm
-1151141 Irnin the E 4 ,1.
TllOrel ii 1111,11111111e:Ily t some noxious peculiarity
in the east %%mil. It was 411 east wind that Waked
the seve'n cars of corn, in l'haroah'sdreaui. it was
a " -ant 'kind that brought the plague of locusts to
IAgYP'• I lt Was un rust wind vvi s o s o touch caused
the vlll' 2 l l l. Pil.eliou'b 51..11111 utterly to ivither; end
It was east .;
•u ! I
.. tau! ..riet. up the fruit
of - the tine, Iwo. by Ezekiel, and lasci v . w „,
a v e h ewl'ut 6'l'4 hind mrrocco—that
the b.Totird of the prophliet
The frost of Atoll :251h, 1848, ritrhourzli very se
vere, only prtrlnced a pailtal rrint—the
wind being from the west. The frost in May 18th,
last, was not more severe, was mine fatal in its de
struction—the wind at the period being east. As •
trrinomic . al calculation.; cannot be Etude to advan
tage whr the wind is from the east. individuals
(Afflicted with rheumatic nervous stile coons, butler
greatly Miring the prevalence of -thi - I
should like to know whether this is an electrical 111.
licence. I 'Phi Telegraphic operators cau :probably
shed light on this curious subject.
' SINGULAR PRRSHNTIMENT.-A correspondent of
the Nutiono/ Iniclligencer, speaking of the narra
tive of the Dead Sea \expeditibn, and in connection,
of the death of Lieut. Dale, relates a singular \pre
sentiment of Mrs. I) le,' and gives the language
she used the time. The correspondent says:—
"One of the gentlemen told us that she had said to
him on the 24th Jtily,l6l wish you t' note this day;
my spirits arc so °pm ,sed, my feelings are so un
accountably strange,. hat I sin sure some great ca
lamity 'awaits me—u to it, that this is the 24th
July.'" l lt was the d y her husband died.
Ditowtran.—A yo ng man: about twenty-four
years of age, whose name was supposed to be Kos-
WK LL WI CUs, was drowned at Jamestown Chatau
roe co., on the 13th inst. lie rode a horse into the
creek fur the purpose of washing, and when in deep
water was thrown 011; and sunk. The deceased had
arrived in Jamestown in the Warren stage, and in
conversation with he'driver said that ho was on his
way to visit his parents and friends in Pike Hollow,
Wyoming co., o horn he had not seen for lire years.
INDIAN AND YANKDD.—The water in Mackinaw
is very clear and very cold, so cold as to be almost
unendurable. A gentleman lately amused himself
by throwing a small gold coin in twenty feet of wa
ter and giving it to any Indian who would bring it
up. Down they plunged, but after descending ten
or twelve feet, they came up so chilled that after
several attempt they gave it up. A Yankee stand
ing by observed that "if he would give it to him for
getting it, he'd swing it quicker than lightning," to
which he consented; when Jonathan, instead of
plunging in as was expected, quietly took up a set
ting pole, and dipping the eud in a tar barrel, reach
ed it down to the coin and hronght it un,, and slip
ping it into his pocket, walked off, to' the amaze
ment of 'the Indian divers, and the no small chagrin
of the donor.
THE )now Fousuw.ss.—We learn froth a Taylor
Whig paper, the Blue Iletes Chicken, that Messrs.
Whitaker tr.. Co., are building a tremendous Must
Furnace; at Durham, Dicks County, capahle Of mak
ing two hundred tons of iron per week. Last year
they built one that makes 135 tons per week:
I'ow,l Whitaker, in the iron business, is a high
tariff name, that gnes in for "protection;" and yet,
strange as it may appear we find the name invest
ing largely of its capital, io the iron business, un
der the tariff of '46, which, according to NVhig pre
dictiotis, was to prostrate not only the iron, but all
other manufacturing operations!
%Ve thus have the sujielency of the Tariff of '46,
as to the iron interest, indirectly admitted by Whig
capitalists: the equity of it in its leading principles,
as to all, the great interests of the country, is beyond
all question.—West Chester Democrat.
BAD Srorrums.—A . lady — in Pittsburgh fancied,
she en attach of cholera and sent post haste fur a
Physician. lie asked what she had been eating
during the day. She told him ten saucers of ice
cream. six dishes of raspberries, nine glasses of pop
and mineral water, two cherry pies, one gousberry
tart, and any quantity of sweet-meats. The Dr.
told her if she had only drank a gla.4 of buttermilk,
sho would have saved hint the tioublo of culling on
her.
LUINIBBR iN iNiamm—A correspondent of the
Maine People's Press, writing from Moosehead
Lake, June 18, talk of having just token across said
Lake, a distance of I'7 miles, the largest raft of pine
logs ever seen there-abouts--containing, by. tactual
survey, twenty-one and three fourths acres. These
logs are taken at diflbrent landings upon the eastern
'shore of the Luke, and towed by steamboats across
to the outlet or head of the Kennebec waters, by
which they are borne to market.
6,rie `ll3 . ttitlti 01)5truer.
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ERIE, 4 , A
SATURDAY MORNING, AUGTST 4, 18 19
DMTIIOOItATIO NOM INUIT lON.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
JOHN A. GAMBLE,
OF LICONIING COUNTY
A PATRIOTIC LETTER
Letters to Fourth of July celebrations are scarcely
over of a character to bear publication away from the
scone of festivity—they are generally so common place, so
much like the thousands that Wave preceded them, that a
republication of a last years almanac would be about as
interesting. The following manly and patriotic letter,
however, from the Hon. J. S. BLACK, of Somerset, to a
Fourth of July celebration in Philadelphia, does not come
under this category. It isshort, pertinent and to the
point—breathing througliont every line and eentJnce the
soul of a true Democrat, and the genius of a superior
mind. Surely the Democracy of the Keystone , have
higher honors in store for Judgo 13. than any they have
yet tendered him. An intellect like his would grace
any station. - But to the letter:
SOMERSET, June 30, 1849.
Dean Sant—l have just received your obliging letter,
conveying to me the invitation of the Western Democra
cy to join them in their celebration of the 4tb of July, at
Brown's. I thank you for this token of your remem
brance, but for many reasons, not necessary to enume
rate, I cannot by any possibility be with you.
Since the last anniversary of our independence, the
Democratic party of the Union has been defeated by a
combination of causes which need not now be mention
ed, but the administratt which closed last March will
soon receive ample just' e. The premature desth of its
lamented chief, and the retirement to private life, of those
who were associated with hint in the executive depart
ment, will consecrate its measures to impartial history
much earlier than could have been expected under other
circumstances. The Oregon question, settled by corn
polling England to accept, with gratitude, a compromise
which she rejected before with expressions of scorn—a
foreign war, planned and conducted with such wisdom
and energy, that in forty-two battles. always against su
perior numbers, there was not ono defeat—the limits of
the Republic extended by the addition of new territory,
many thousands of miles in circumference, teeming with
fertility,-end filled with inexhaustible treasures—a coin
merce profitable beyond all former example, and furnish
ing a revenue sulliciontlfor all proper purposes, by a
system of taxation so light that it COlnplinned of by sumo
for its very liglitness—a currency guarded by every
means which the General Goveniment could adopt to
save it from fluctuation—the national honor so sneers
fully vindicated, that tho American name is a familiar
object of admiration in every part of the world—these are
soma of the trinunp4 of the late adininistratifm, on which
it bases its claim to public respect and gratitude. When
it is recollected that each ono of these itchiellellientS was
wrought out in the face of au opposition, the isiost able,
uncharitable, and persev cling that ever beset any govern
ment tvitli its clamors, no Republierin can permit him
self to fear that the “sober serial iliollght" of the people
will withhold their approbation from so rare a union of
talents and fitmuesn. itmice is seen already in the re
ming ebb el that net idental popularity n hich floated the
wings into power. Mr. l'ol!i, and the great statesinen
who composed his cabinet, will not need to await the
tardy judgment of another age to vindicate them; their
li.tterest eneillies WO even now int.ino uneon•cious hntn
o,4o to the virtue and ability that guided the council. of
the nation from IRIS to 1e49. The events of that pericol
have ministered sinnething to their pride ins well as to
ours, and they feel that the cuhd added to the stature of
American citizens has made Mein taller too.
Plea... to present the annexed sentiment to the com
pany at 'Steven's.
1 sin Very rexrefelly, }ours, &c.,
J. S. LILAC K.
The American D,rnocracy—Aloderato m victory, it
can eirdid to be calm in defeat—a ruck built on
misfortune cannot sh,,lse its deep foundulions.
QT 'file Gazetted article on our rein trks of last week
on the Tudor idatfuno of "good roads, good harbors, and
good law :4," reitnisid. us very !noel' of a celebrated fuller-
al sermon we have (flea heard of; there tea; nobody dead,
and consequently the set won did'nt apply. When the
Gazette controverts any of the positions taken in that article
, rshusys that its quotation front the General is worthy of
th , "‘:ltief M.igistr.tto or such a nation as this, it «ill be
e" -, eh thud to inclulzu in sitesrs at' out "learned
dis q uisition. '" or in commendation of such "sound obser;
vat ' eus " of. ths , e,con , l
As to the woad t,ts Uftr.i:lle says Glin. 'l'ay kw has
adopted It rs tt wonder nut C:illinad Its its author)
of " Peace wi t h all "' ti e"' entangling alliances with
none," it is oltl.tr a good ti it flt Gan. Tit% lur's fame
as a Siatosulart, and has been pract....,d , as ar as possi
tile, ever since the republic had an existu. o , I t is cor .
ininly nothing new, and if the General's at-uirers can
find nothing but a desire to continuo to precut ° it to
entitle hint to fame immortal, or make his admints,c o .
lion a marked era in the history of the republic, then wilt
they be most grieviously mistaken. One would think,
moreover, had ho no other source of information but the
Gazette, that this nation had been embroiled in war over
since it took IN place among that great family of which it
is so conspicuous u member—that, instead of having pro
claimed at the outset of its existance, and. adhered to it to
this day, a strict neutrality iu the quarrels of other pow
ers, we had, befoie the advent of the shining light that
now illuminates the White House at Washington, been
mixed up in all the quarrels and wars of Christendom!
Certain!y our neighbor must bo a little cracked if he ex
pects the people to swallow such stuff, or take his pie.
.tures, drawn from imagination, as true and faithful do
liniations of the past.
Cnswvonn Cousrv.-1n no county iu the whole state
have we seen any indications of division among the
Democracy, save in Crawford. Throughout our entire
borders, from the Delaware to the Lakes, union andhar
mony seems to be the watchword in making nomina
tions for representatives and other county offcCrs, and
everywhere the desire to redeem the state from the hands'
of whigery seems to be paramount to all other conside
rations, whether personal or priratc, save in this one
spot. Tin re, a few disaffected men who have been hon
ored beyond their merits, and some of them elevated to
posts which have given them a prominence they could
otherwise never have attained, have taken upon them
solve° the task of dictating who shall, and who shall not,
bo the candidates of the Democracy for representatives;
and threatening, in effect, if their dictation is not heeded,
that the count' shall be betrayed into the bands of fader
ahem. With the local divisions of the party in any
other county than our own, wo claim to have nothing, to '
do, but when men, under the guise of Democracy, take
npon themselves, in order to giatify personal spite, or
fancied wrongs, to endanger our success in driving the
enemies of our principles from the state capital, wo deem
it tho duty of every Editor to cry aloud and spare not.
Such men nro'not Democrats, no matter what they call
themselves, or what their fancied provocations, and we
trust the good sense of the masses in our neighboring
county will triumph over all their disorganizing efforts,
and teach thorn that demagogues can no longer control
them. Crawford county ought to ,send two Democrats
to the legislature, but if our Monde' are not careful, and
put down all disaffection by showing a bold and united
'front, we shall have tho tnortificatian of seeing her re
ipresented, or rather misrepresented, by two Whigs! Such
a result would not speak well fur Crawford! It would
not be very complimentary either to the, patriotism or
intelligence of her voters! We trust a better state of
feeling will prevail, and that demagogues' and disor
ganizers will be consigned to merited onlivion.
SIONS OF -1111: TINIF.S.—Amoug the political signs of
the times, is tho probability of a "blow up" in the cabi
net of the "Second Washington." The August elec
tions will, undoubtedly, decide it. Should they result
unfavorably to the Administration, the cabinet will dis
solve—they dare not face a Democratic majority in the
House. They know that the inforniation iMint the vari
ous subjects of public policy which a Democratic House
will most aSsuredly call for, cannot ho furnished without
compromising tliemselves; and hence , their wil ( I slide out
of the backdoor and leave tho imitator of th 6 nelarlierTho Gazettes "few words personal" vets wf
Presidents' aloijo in his glpry. A great ;administration deavor to -attend to intim next. Vie have neither resale
is Con. Taylors. ' ' time. nor inclination to delve into the past, this week.
As EXCIILLICiT SUGGbSTION. —The Louisville Cisstrisr
in reinarking upon the foolish fear which drives no many
people into swallowing the thousand-and-one remedies.
and preventatives which cupidity and averice in th e
brortsts of quacks have spread broad cast over the land,
very pertinently says such lessons show indubitably how
necessary it is to make the study of Physiology • part if
the course in all schools. There is nothing of bight,
value, for it is the science of life, and consequently unl
earns every human being. Yet there is no one thing of
which mon aro more generally ignorant. A knowledge
of the science is almost entirely confined to phyeiciene.
and this fact accounts fur a phenomena that often bewil
ders tho unthinking and unreflecting—the immunity of
physicians !from epidemic' disease. They know the
laws of life, and conform themselves to them, and thew.
laws are just as open to the possession °revery man who
can read, as to physicians. Whitheo are such things
neglected? Why is it that men will prefer every penis
blo absurdity and fay, rather than wisdom? Many pa.
rents spend hundreds in teaching their sons Latin and
Greek, or their daughters French and Italian, which, in
a majority of cases, is of about as much practical utility
to them as Chocktow or bherokee. Far better would it
be for their sons and daughters to understand the ana
tomidal and physilogical construction of their bodies. and
thus be fitted to become parents, than to pane and con
jugate all the Greek, Latin, French and Italian, over
taught in our fashionable seminaries. Better, by far. to
know themselves living, than to know an arbitrary lan
guage dead. Bettor to know the why and wherefore
they came into the world, than to know the why mod
wherefore of a Latin verb or a Greek noun. If thaws
who have the charge of such things would introduee
some good text-books upon physiology into our Amide
mice, they would concur a favor upon the rising genera.
tion that will be fruitful in the happiest results. If this
good work can be commenced and carried forward, and
u goad work on firdicsr. can be prepared and used in the
schools, nothing further in this Department can be desir
ed. There is but one evil that would attend this comae.
The children would learn to laugh at "the turnip huis
terns"that frightened their parents out of all propriety.
and sent them shivering into the arms of all kinds of
quackery
Years ago, when blazing meteors went flying through
the air, and a fiery comet shook its tail over the inhabi
tants of the earth, whet potentous thoughts filled the va
cant minds of the children of men! Won, famine,. and
pestilenees were among the certain results that looked to
the heavenly phenomena as the causes, and nations
stood trembling with hair on end. But astronomical
knowledge has spread among the people, and the present
generation ceo look upon a meteor or a comet without
any great thumping of the heart. And if physiological
and gienie knowledge were in the minds of the peo
ple, the happiest results would follow. When there is
110 kind of difficulty in the way of this valuable improve.-
meat ()Idle seliv, we can see no reason why It should
not be made.
I LYN ttl CLA li.—lfenr3 Clay, the man the whip kill
.ed at the ”National Slanghter House" at Philadelphia
last, ear, I,Assed down the lake on Saturday evening eu
hoard the Saratoga. After she Came in a large number
of his late friends, heath d by a committee with Gen.
'Taylor's post master for Chairman, went down to see
hint, tint "old HO' w,. up to their pranks,' and, reeol
lectine• that it was in Pentiqylvaitia where he was stabbed
in the House of his friends, snugly ensconced himself in
and snored away like a young sfeatubost all
the tittle they were on hoard. Ho even did not send era
his son—no, nor 1113 darkie'waiter, so-"fat and sleek "
to thank them for their visit. May be there ,was not a
I.tileswzaring aniong the faithful the next day. although
it was Sunday. For our part we think he served them
ri jht
IT TA rz.—lt,is said that whenever a batch of
Post-of :lye removals and appointments are determined
upon, the commissions for the appointees requiring the
President's signature, Warren walks int.. the White
House very graeefully, with a lot of blanks in his band.
remarking,: .•General, I am sorry to trouble you, but
here are a few more laud-warrants for your 'signature."'
Ile stated toga visitor, a few days since, that the amount
of sales of public lands must be very large by the time
the report of sales will be made to Congress, for -there
had scarcely been a day since the 4th of March but be
h a d sinned a tame number of 'land warukata.7
Ftse r the, Conneaut Reporter.
we learn that the large Store and Warehouse of Charles
(fall of that place, was destroyed by fire on Monday
night, the '2.3d inst. The upper story of the store room
was occupied by the Odd Fellows and Sono of Temper
ance. Mr. Hall had an insurance on his goods and
property to the amount of $5,200. Most of his geode
were saveda damaged stato. There was also an is
surance of 8100
,oit the furniture and regalia of the Odd'
'ePowe, which covers nearly their loss. The Sons salad
then entire furniture, regalia. and records.
Om RAIL ROAD.—;•Tbe contracts were all promptly
taken, to construct our railroad to the New York line, 011
the day of letting. The following is the allotment:
Section 1. beginning at Erie. to John A. Tracy.
" 2, to 10 inclusive. Charles M. R00d...,
" 11, 12, and 13. IrVilson King tic. Co.
" 14, Alexender W. Brewster.
" 6 15, Smith Jackson.
" 16. M. Courtright.
" 17. Crawford & Caughey.
" IE6. Samuel Truesdail & CO.
" 19 and 20, Kelly, Truesdail, Cook &Boyd.-
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Gen. Reed obtained the contract for all the iron. We
learn that the work will be commenced immediately. and
prosecuted with energy sufficient to have it ready for the
cars by the time New York is ready to receive, them at
the line.
FALTUIR MATHLW.—Father Mathew. the celebrated
Irish temperance reformer, now in this country. is des.
cribed as belt g a young looking, sprightly elderly gentle
man. dressed in old fashioned breeches,, with silken hose.
and a straight, long single breasted surtont. and having
a countenance of unusual benevolence, exhibiting tbe
form and face delineated upon the medals and pictures
of the philanthropist.
A HOSPITAL.—We are glad to learn that our city act.
horitiee have taken prompt and energetic immures to
provide a hospital for such sick and destitute as may
be left among us. The site selected is an eligible one.
in the neighborhood of the old Block House on the bank
of the Lake. and the work is progressing finely. It will
be ready for use in a short time.
(LTOur friend Flutter, of the - Easton Argus. promisee
to pay us a visit if he Call raise the "tin" out of his sub
scribers, notwithstanding his "gal,'' to whom ha says he
is "half engaged," "might haul him over the coals."
Raise the "California," pay the priest, and bring her
along. nutter. Julius Ctesar, wont our betterebalf show
her two of the tallest specimens of the "young Democra
cy" this side of sun-down Shoultent wonder.
Fuerry GOOD —Our town council is disposed tro b•
Las 'w eek we brushed up the Board or Health
a little, and ca led their attention to the condition •f
French Street, •hereupon on Monday we were waited
epos by the proper officer with an appointment ai a mem
ber of the Board,' and at a meeting of ealdr Board that
evening, placed upon the visiting committee for thitt
street. Unlike John Tyler, we think we were headed.
ID" An exchange says there are over a thousand prin
ces in Germany,: great and small, who receive annually
from the peoplo over two hundred millions of dollars;
while a labororeyvorks eighteen hours in twenty-four
for seventy-two cents per week. No wonder, the Ger
mans come to this country rather than support so many
idle and extravagant men.
Tux Emer OF WIIISKT.—The other clay, at St.
Louis, one John Vegar, after quarrelling with his wife,
threw a brick-bat et her, which missed her, but struck
his little child ou the head, laying it open to the skull.
for several inches, and endangering the littlo creature's
life. All this was the result of-too much whisky.