Burnig of the Griinth. ' ' 7' s - ' Iscinterrs....The•Voledo /Rads' of We y 4neeth lar.4 furnishes the following sketch= of Capt. Rosin With all the later history of the itallet—send espe cially with its seasons of adversity, In which he was en actor and participant. Capt. Roby 's name was prominent,'-,Jlis early life: wee spent here. For many yeireb"he was a clerk in the employ of Gen. Hunt. Penni 1636 to '3B, he was in the merchan tile busineas.;at Perrysburg. Failing, in cense quece, of two successive fires, he afterwards became steward on the Perry, and this was the commence ' meat of hie career in emamboating. Prom this sta tion he was advanced to that of commander' of the steamer Indiana, which he run'during two seasons, very acceptably to the traveling public. He retired from the Indiana-.opened a store at Perryebing, and for the four years previous to the present spring. was engagedin, the mercantile business . Last sea son, he bought a controlling littoral in the steamer J. D. Morton which was under his, command until the close of navigation. During winter, in company with Mr. etuddiford , of Monroe, he built the stea /MieWave, which for a couple of Menthe run under his coniimand i between this city and Sandesky. In the meantime, they purchased the controlling inter eat in thaliteamer Griffith, of which Capt. Roby took cormiiio on her last trip down from this city. Pleased Itrith`theides of again being commander of one of the beitritetiniers on the Lake, ho took with him on this trip his 'wife, mother, and child. Mrs. Roby with characteristic kindness had invited sever al of her friencht44l Perrysburg to accornpdhy them which invitation - 10r tunately wds declined. Alas! who among her numerous friends (for no lady had more) supposed that her departure on, this trip, was' to be their final earthly separation. Capt. Roby seems to have been'pecullarlythe suf ferer of disasters by fire. In his firsthusiness oper -1 ations he lost two steam mills by fire at Perrysburg— the.lndians, a boat which had been under his com mand, was destroyed by fire. Lastlyear the Defiance, a schooner owned by hill), was nearly destroyed by fire, and lastly the Griffith, was thus destroyed. We capnot realize that he, that his wife, that his beauti- ' ful child are no more. But alas! the painful reality is forced upon us. Earth is no longer their abiding place. Their voices are stifled in death. and their spirits have fled as we hopelo a brighter world. The same paler fureisha l the following incident: The fire was first discovered emanating from the chests enclosing the ch'imne'ys, or the boat. These, from some reason, had not been used as water jackets . during the present season, but were filled with clay. . The boat,was three miles from shore, when the fire was discovered. The crew strove vainly to extin ' guieb it before awkening the passengers. When they were all finally aroused, all hope of saving the boat was gone, she was headed for shore, and from a knowledge of the coast the Captain and crew felt the most perfect assurance of being able to save all on board. This is the reason why the boats were not manned. he Captain hand gathered his family consisting of his wife, child, and mother, around him, and assigned the care of his daughter to Dono• ,an, &ileitis mother to her son Henry Wilkinson, intended to rave his wife himself. They stood ready to jump into the Lake whenever the boat bed suffici ciently neared the shore, to render their escape pro bable. Unfortunately, at the distance of hall 'a mile from shore, alio struck a small sand bar, which fifteen feet in either direction would have been avoided.= Swinging upon - thia; she was presented lengthwise to the wind, winch spread the flames along her whole length. The chief Engineer foci id it impossible to stop the engine, and pursed by the flames,. the ,passengeralumped by twenties into the lake, thus in fact, drowning each other. The paddles being in motion, afforded no aid, and unprepared entirely for being stranded at this distance, no effort was made to throw over any flouting articles, The cap tain kept his position until the choice to die by fire, or risk the chance of safety in the water was all that was left him. Then each leaped into the lake.— Young Wilkinson with his mother, Donovan with the Captain's ilaughter Abby, and' lastly, the Captain ' . and his wife. Henry Wilkinson says that his mother tainted in his arms, end sunk. Finding he could nut save her, he swam ashore, which ho reached with mach exer tion. Donovan swam some distance with Abby, until it is supposed she died in his arms. Leaving her then, ho was enabled to catch hold of a person ahead of him, who turning, beheld,who it was, and thus addressed him,—Donovan if you hold on to me, we'cannot either of us be saved. lam nearly exhaus ted.' The noble fellow Iposened ©sin old,, fised en earnest and dying gluucot upon tu ivnanat wno addressed him, and sank beneath the surface. Capt. Roby and his wife were seen to sink into the lake, in each other's embrace, though their bodies were found asunder. The Captain, it is said is not a good swimmer.. From all accounts, during the whole scene, the Captain was perfectly collected, though lie was prevented from affording assistance to' any rave hid family, by tho frantic dries of his wife, who ' clung Co him, and was distressed beyond measure for the safety of her child. ,, Mr'. PALMER it is supposed swam ashore and died upon the beach, of exhaustation. His body was found there. Moan lacienerre.—The following interesting in cidents connected with the late disaster we find in theiliotroit Trib?ne of Saturdayl: Mr. Sressitie.—We learn from some of the pas sengers, that Mr. Stebbins, of Maumee, the first en gineer. 'was perhaps the most ablel man in the ter rible times on the Griffith. lie I stood by his post till the last moment possible.; When she struck, ho immeditely swam to the shore,heing a man of great physi al vigor, he was the first on land, and acciden tly fe I in with a small skiff on the beach, which ho c g instan ly launched, and put off in, to the burning wreck. Ho picked up and brought to shore three loads, which constitute a large portion of the saved. • CAUSE or tea FlRll.—The only explanation we • have beard of the origin of the fire, is the statement _ that the tanks for water ;around the pipes where they pass through the decks, were dry, the water having I been drawn of some ten 'digs since, for some cause not stated. RESSAISKAULS Iricibmer.—Among the saved was a • German child; a child of acme Odle emigrants only about three years old. His cloths was entirely dry; and our informant supposes thelskiff picked it upon some float. The infant has no lather, mother, broth er. sister, friend or acquaintance, or any other per- , son that knows who he is or front whence he came. IttiIIAREABLE.D. 11. Reed, pf Belefountaine, tookloff his coat end boots, dropped/himself from the bow of the Griffith, just as she struck the sand bar sad swain to the shore, near Italia mile. He never before having swam ten feet in his life, not knowing that he was capable of sminimin one rod. He thought to himself if others could swim, there , was no reason why he could not. Ile made the effort, and succeeded beyond all his expectations. The in cident above shows wkat coolness and decision will do for a man at such a f time. Mr. Reed lost $ll2 from his vest pocket, and had the good fortune to have it picked up floating near the shore. ~ COOLNESS.—A man by the name of S. Cooper, who from his appearance, we should call a Scotch man, just from Scotia, had intik care a yOung wo man named Mary Murry, and a girl about 12 years old. When be awoke and got dressed, after the alarm, the girl was missing and by dilligent search '' he was unable to find her. After the boat struck, • and all hope of remaining longer en board was over he ttook off his thick coat and put on a linen one, • threw Miss Mary overboard, andjumped in after her • and swam with her to a float sufficient to support her at a distance from the fire, and then started for shore himself, confident the young lady would be safe till a small boat could come et. Reflecting that lie was liable to the headache if ho remained in the sun without it, he deliberately swam back to the burning boat, found his hat, (a white:round crowned wool bat,) and then swam - ashore. Very soon after* he reached the shore, Mr. Stebbins arrived with his first skiff load containing--Miss 'Murry. 4WeeLy.loAb,tit,,x rhaiwsee.—Yesterday a broths er lied sister aged 11l and 18, were recovered from the wreck. They proved to be two, of a family of nine, who left the province of Lorainno and *eel dela On the Moselle fora, some among strapgers, an dfound instead a grave. - Upon one of the bodie was found the Mayors 'certificate that they were good citizens, leaving for America. Not one was saved. ' I BAD CASE.—itn. insane man was taken charge ef ' bf the_ atithorities yesterday, early naked, and in a most pitiable condition. In a luaid-moment he gave his name as Berijamin)3otsford, of Michigan.. stated that he was on board the Griffith, end had lost ' his . wife and six Childreri: Ho gave the names of his wife and three children, and became raving again: He has been as kindly provided tor as the poor pub lie pro% ision fot such'unfortnnetes will permit. ThSo- - days later from Europc—littival of ttie ,Canada. • The stearnship Oar's& arrived at Oalliax at half past "9 o'cleek on Tuesday morning, bruit a passage or nine dam twenty-one hours and thirty minutes. Neuiaen.—The new Rouse •'or parliament was oscupied by the Commons of Wedneaday. Since then Lord John Russell has obtained leave to rein troduce the bill which was rejected by the Lords at the last session, to enable Riron Rothschild to take his seat for the city of Lori An address to Her Majesty by,Lord Ashley..bas been carried, asking that measures may be taken to stop all post-office labor on the Sabbath throughout the Kingdom. The address met with unavailing opposition from the Cabinet. r 1 Profound silence is observed by 'Ministers_ on all , foreign •sfrairs. Busy negociations are going on between the French Cabinet rd Drowning st., and the dead pause in the quarrel is only briiken by the rumor that GetolLtillitte wil return to-morrow. The Russian Ambassador ea been recalled from St. James. In the meantime public opinion, b o th in England and France, seems to have summed up the controversy, deciding that there is a secret cause behind the alleged Entree of dispute—a cypher used by the diplomatists illegible to ordinary eyes—and , that while it may be insisted upon the loillitte was too. hasty Lord Palmerston, it is believed, in the end will be placed in a position to !trove beyond doubt that his offensive demonstrations, after all arose in self-defence. crhis part of the despatch was rather incoherent and we havebeen obliged to straighten it at hazard,) The decision in the Gorham case has been post poned till tho 10th of June. Inararte.—A shucking murder took place in Cul , lovill, Armagh county.. on Thursday week. The victim was Robert Muleover, the l agent of the Rev. Mr. Hamilton. Ho was attacked by some of the' tenants, who beat his head to pieces with atones. Emigration is perceptibly falling off. " The crops generally aro looking extremely well. Fasxcit.—Since the advices by the Atlantic the speakers in the continued debate on the Electoral Law bill have been Lamartine, Theirs, Jules Fevers Grevy and Leon Faucher. All the amendments moved have been defeated, and the 2d Article was carried by an immense majmity—the Funds going up as the Mountain wont down. There have been several sensations in the course of the debates, occa sioned by the quarrels botweenthe individual mem bers. Tun COWUIDING.—The New York Har ald of the 18th, states that there was quite an ex citement in Washington Parade Ground last even ing. About six o'clock, Mr. Elwin Forrest, the Tragedian, mot Mr. N. P. Willis; the writer, and immediately attacked him with'a gulls percha whip. The attention of Messrs. John W. Stinmat arid James.Geran, theofficers of the Ninth Ward'Police, on duty on that station, were attracted by the calls fur help. They immediately rushed to the spot, and discovered Mr. Forrest laying the blows on Mr. Willis with great severity. • After a struggle, the officers twit both before Jtotice McGrath, and as Mr. Willis refused to enter a complaint ) against Mr. Forrest, they were severeally held to bail in the sum of $3OO, to keep the peace for six months. Mr. M. Cox, of Jefferson Illarket, was the bail for Mr. For rest, and Mr. Dayton, of John street; for Mr. %Vilna. While before the magistrate. there Was much ex citement, and many words passed between the as. sailed and the assailant. Mr. Forrest stated that he made the assault, and Mr. Willie having' remar ked that Mr; Forrest was an athletic man, and had taken him by surprise, Mr. F. observed that Mr. Willi= litid seduced his, wife, and that wee his justi fication for the punishment. The pujiceman stated that Mr. Willis was un th.f. ground, did that he bad much difficulty in taking Mr. Forrest away from him. Munmut AND StmoDn.—lt is rarely wo have been called upon to reoord a more terrible transaction than that which occurred in this city on Saturday night Inst. A man named Samuel Carlisle, living about three mile from town to his home on' Saturday even ing about 9 o'clock, in an intoxicated condition.— He made his wife arse, and a young man sleeping in an adjoining room, and commenced, a quarrel.— Finally, after ordering the young man to bed again, be took down'his rifle and fired at his wife, the bul let grazing her sholder. .He then struck her sev eral blows on the howl „, nun wee (most instantly. The young man enterd the apartment, but fearing for his life, fled to a neighbors for assistance. On his return with others, Carlisle was seated on the edge of a bed. He had pulled of one boot, placed the muzzle of the gun to his mouth and with his tee disgorged it—the ballet breaking out several of his teeth, and entering his torgin. Liquor was the solo cause of this horrible affair, as Carlisle was in good circumstances.—Evansville (lid.) Juurnale, Tay NAuvoo TEMPLO AGAIN DRSTROYD.-A fa tality Cseems to attend the temple at Native°. It was finished by the' Mormons in 1845, was nearly deetroyd by fire in 1848, and on the 27th of May. a tremendous hurricane demolished the walls. The Icarian community of Socialists, under Cabet, had purchased it and ware engaged in repairing it, with a view of fitting it 'up for schools, studying and meeting hallo, end a great 4rtfectory for a thousand persons. The wvricmen were engaged on it, when the storm burst forth with each violence that Me walls came tumbling down, and the workmen had to fly for their lives. Those walls that remained stand ing had to be pulled down. The surrounding build ings 'were also demoliiheti, and in the wash house, where six Icarian women were washing, there was so sudden an inundation from the rising creek, that the women had to escape through the windows. The community are going to undertake the erection of another large and fine building. . STRAY Cntt.D.—quite an, excitement was got np on one of the steamboats bist week, on her way to Buffalo,ln consequence of the discovery of a child, being ound in one of the state rooms, without a claimant. It became quite noisy and its screams awakened the sympathies of allon board.. Inquiries for its parents became general, and the Stews rd of 'the boat wio at length called in requisiton, Who af ter a thorough search found it man whaowned the child. lie had. avoided making • himself known promptly under a feeling of embarrassment. The ,child had no mother, at least it had a mother, but not on board. They had been living in one of the western cities, where its mother had deserted him, taking with her this child. The husband had searched•her out, got possession of the child, and put it on board of this boat to bring it to Buffalo, in the hope that the mother would follow and return to her family. Such are the scenes that occasiodally occur on board of our steamboats and it is such unhappy in cidents in domestic life that induce sturdy old bach elors to bless the star of their celibacy.—Buffalo Re üblic. OUTRAUWAT SAULT STa. MARIE.—We learn from passengers from the Sault that an armed band of British soldiers, companded 'by Capt. Cooper and Lieut. Ba'fur, stationed opposite the Sault Ste, Marie, on the Canada side, crossed over to the Amer ican s 1 1 1.7„ on the night of the 14th inst., to arrest de serters. This band tz.ntered the boarding house of a axes and clubs, cutting down the doors andlcnocked down . Mr. The soldiers enter ed the room of Mrs. P.,'and knocked her down and gagged her. They also threatened the lives of sev eral of the boarders. ' We also learn that Lieut. Russell, of .the U. S. Army, was present at the time and witnessed the outrage, and, to all appearance, encouraged the Bri tish soldiers to do what was done. Ile threatened the citivns, if they interfered to prevent the arrest of the deserters, or ,stop their lawless ,proceedings. [(this is so, Lieut. Russell should be cashi ere d, and we are glad to know that the proceedings hatie been' reported to the United States government.- Mtroia Free Free& A blear Fakt.o.w,Mr.Truniin Sliter e journey man carpenter and joiner who has been ewployd for some time in this city and west Troy, and although a hard working, Industrious fellow, has barely suc ceeded in obtaining a comfortable living from day to day. recieved, intelligence from N. York, a few days since, that he had become the heir tdproperty to the amount of forty thousand dollars, through the death of a friend.. ii,lthough, not *relative, Mr. S's friend in New York, was a bachelor. „without ,heirs. and before hie death he willed him thls'handeome little onm, which kindness 'is undoubtedly appreciated.-..- Troy Daily Post. SpiA knottN2o36ii Seem The Rochester "Ghost-se‘ra" are now in New York, and are making "quite a„stieamong the edi, tors, poets, hliterinus, novelists, clergyman, litc.— On Thursday week the learned Dr, Griswold, the American Anthologist, entertainSd'At his house i a distinguished company, at which Abe famous Roch ester Ghost-seers were the lions. 'Among the guests were Cooper, the novelists; Bancroft, the historian; Bryant, Tuckerman andiWillir, die poets; the Rev. Drs. Hawks and Francis ' and others. • After some impatient delay the knockings com menced under the fluor and in different parts of the room. Then the spirits Converted with - Dr. Marcy, next with Mr. Tuckerman, who -mentally thought. of the late Dr. Channing, and asked 28 questions, to which the spirits correctly responded,;vlz: - that he was a chrtstian, sixty yearaold, left a family, two children, died in Bennington, Vt., of old age wore in-I dicated by . Japs. When asked if he were a Preaby teflon, or an Epiacopaliein, or a Methodist, or a Uni tarian, ac., the sprit mode no response, but when asked if he was a christinn, the affirmative rap was given. Dr. Chsoning, it will be recollected, before his death repudiated all sectarian distinctions, and claimed simply to be a "Cunisusrt." j ' Mr. Fennimore Cooper was equally successful in his spiritual communicatiou.l He called up Mental ly a deceased relittive, who was killed many years since by falling from a horse and lie was correctly answered, the time and cause of his ;'oath—the age, condition and sex of the relative. It is reported in the papers the distinguished guests were unable to discover any possible way or device by which these "mysterious knockings" were produced—that these female Glidsts-seers are obviously above any impu tation of deception: nor do they pretend to know or be able to imagine why they are followed by these "knockings," and made the interpreters of so singu lar a mystery. Such is the substance of the account in the New York papers. R013D1D1,12 PETER TO PAT Satturdsy last at Norfolk a ydung man of scholastic appearance, and evidently unpracticed in crime, named James M. Conner, plea.' guilty of obtaining $l6O from Peter F. Schilecher, on a simulated letter of credit purporting to be from Messrs. B. D. Peters , f,r, Co., of Boston. The jury sentenced him to ten month's imprisonment in the city j4il and to pay a fine of one cent. A remarkable circumstance attending this case is, that the pistiner appropriated a 'largo por tion'of this sum thus fraudulently obtained to the payment of his honest debts about town; repaid a' loan of $5O, (thus literally "robbing' Peter to pay Petti t ") and actually loaned Mr. Scleicher (who beginning "to smell a rat,") urged his want of the money) $5O, which was nerly all that remained.— Balt. Sur. MORE DRVIIL /PEMSNTi Armin . Tun GRIFFIT II.—A man win; lives on the bank near the lake says, he saw the boat as she was approaching shuree, and so enveloped in smoke and flames that her pipes were invisible. He saw her strike the bar, when the emi grants seemed to rush overboard in a,body. He says she did not stick a minute after losing her deck load but swung round and canto up stern foremost, so near shore that by wading iu up to his arms, he reached her rudder and took etre little child that, was,hang ing in it, dead. He said that forward her decks were on fire, but her after cabin was not; that he looked into the windows, saw no flame and but little smoke. This was some sixty rude above where the wreck now lies. Tho wind soon blew her put from shore and she was limiting towards Buffalo when the propeller hitched on to her. CANADA AND TIM STATES.—The Rev. A. Chin iquay, the "Canadian apostle of temperance," has just completed a tour through the United States. In a letter to a religous order in Canada, ho says:— "I do not exaggerate', when 1 say that there are no less than 200.000 Canadians in - the United States, and tintesis efficacious means are taken to stop this frigtful emigration, before ten years, two hundred thousand more of our . compatriots' will have carried to tlielAmerican Union their arms, their intelligence, and their hearts ." The philanthropic priest has been summoned to Toronto to give his testimony before the Parliamentory excise Committee, on the subject of the state of the Province as regards intemperance. Moral and political reform seems lobe the orderof the day in Canada. A floosies, IN-Dtia Illinois man in stopping in Boston. Ater dinner he bought a cigar and sauntered out for a walk. Soon a policeman tapped him on the shoulder and notified Mm that he had incurred a fine of $2 for smoking in the street. The stranger broke a V and paid the penalty. I Shortly after, child who wanted "a penny to buy a loaf bread, anti ,bad't had no break fast or dinner, moved his western generosity, and lw bestowed a remnant of gingerbread upon the hungrj nhe. Thereupon a second officer approached an informed him that he had violated another ordinance of the city with $2 fine. The Hoosier handed on{ the gp bill. The officer presented him the changek He shook his head, "keep the whole—l shall wants whistle presently." Very Unjust: . The Gazette, in very justly condetniug the resent as sault upon N. P. Willie, the Poet, by Edwin Forrest, the Honntarm MURDER.—Thero was a great excite Actor, in Now York, in Which the former was severely meat on Columbia , street, yesterday, caused by th beaten, does, we are confident. Mr. F. gross injustice in death of a man by the name of Jacob Wondington representing him as "a coarse, brutal man." If our co who it is supposed was killed by his own sister an temporary will reflect a moment ho will agree with nephew. -us , at the tame wo t hink,_ that the bosom friend and associate of inch It appears they - got to quarrelling, Conrad, and Forney. can be neither about family affairs—the old man got into a vioion taco a. BiTimt. rage, and was in the act or going out the door, "coarse" nor "brutal" iu his tastes or habits. One when his sister struck him with a small har of iromight as well m tell us that these men aro "coarse and bru e(' as a poker, and his nephew at the same timel tal" themselves , as to say that their friends and compel). struck him in the forehead, with a brick, which free ions are! We have never seen Forrest. and have probe. toted his skull. This affair happened last week nai l _ r y as little sympathy with his attempt to procure adi the man died night before last. The Coroner heldvorce from his wife from our Legislat ure man y, bu we . an Inquest on the body yesterday, anti returned, al e . _ . ciecinnat po. rtave ever before heard his character in. rivals life t as. verdict in accordance with the tas te. sailed. Indeed since the Gazette's uncalled for aspersion per. - id Mr. F...we have' been called upon Lor • gentler- (U 4 The Legislature of Connecticut, on Saturday Inst. decided in favor of an _application for divorce, made by a woman,;who represents that, some time ago, while in a state of mental aberration t 'she was legally married to a negro; who afterwards toolt her to New York, and placed her with disreputable per sons; and then went, himself, to California. She says that her reason is now restored., Such an act could scarcely be done by a sane white person at any rate. Botts on Taylor. Whe has not heard of head-hint-or.die Botts—Hon. BRRAKINO Gaoutln ON rim DUNKIRK AND ' STATllihrl M. Botts, of Richmond, Va.—especially what whig LIND Moen.—Yesterday morning the 11111111 l ceremo-is not! While a member of Congress the whigs need vies were observed in bre.abin7 ground at this placei"swear by him;"--Indeed. since the memorable nigh t on the line of this road. The President of the Com- on ho slept, or rather lay awake with Captain Tyler, gentleman the Engineer-in-chief, with his corps, several . leg him "candle lectures" from the "blowing out of gentlemen front abroad, and many of the citizens of A 'ca ndle to the rising of the Sun," as to him duties as the county, were preset on the Tension. Messrs. surviving . partner of the firm of . "Tippecanoe and Tracy, Courtright St Co. are the contractors to con- 1 ve r, too." in name has been "household words", in struct the whole line.—Dunkirklotirnal. I.ogreat Whig " family. Ho swallowed Taylor, as es lbody rethembers, after much hesitation and, as ho ironed it himself, as a than would a dose of very nun.. 's medicine. But it appears that the longer the dose fiemained upon his stomach the more unpalitable it : - liecome. and ho has at last thrown up the "Golphin," withstanding the "faculty" have boon unremitting in ityrescriptions.• The Boston Post says: "At Pow. an court house. Va , on the 15th, a grand h a l ft i me i,givon to Hon: John M. Botts. who made a speech hours long, which le reported to have been ono of his Olin's. He came out decidedly for the Senate coat i:deo bill, and came down upon tho President and his 4±' in a way that was greatly applauded. Tho Gen * said, had grossly violated his pledge in the Alli rata no t t o to , ft .ftre with the wishes of the people *roamed through their represoniai!Yre. lle hod I 10 electioneered on the public squares against Mo . itemise. had ridiculed the "omuibuts bill." and ra t* his friend Bullitt from the Republic for support iisßullitt, the reputed author of the Allison knees-- 48." continued Mr, Botts. "two public presses god to oppose it. He denounces its authors, and lige what no other President ever did. is writing a liti, a portion of Mr. Duer's constituents, thanking _. approving the plan known as the President's." ~ read the President's letter to Mr .' Coolidge du ' / ts l e tt.i& charge. lie then blew up the cabinet for t hin swindle. and blamed the President, who had satedly - urged by*distinguished whir to get rid ' Its fine, Botts rays Taylorism has used up the ty. . . .. - . moug the curiosities oh exhibition at the Trey is a pack of potatoes all,of them cross eyed. .. ":', , . • FATAL TrutiTatcAL PAssiosr.—An accomplished and beautiful lady, aged only 17, who had shone at a private theatrical in her circle of friends at- St. Louis, lately _committed suicide by taking arsenic. under depression from the refusal of her father to permit her to adopt the stage - as a profession.' She ttaid that Welted no longer charms for her. Ono of her requests was characteristic of her devotion. It was, that a copy of Shakespeare might be placed upon her bosom in her coffin! 07' The Ithaca Chronicle says.that one of the railroad contractors has, within a few months, gra ded nine and a hair miles of road, built a'plank road, knocked downs hundred laborers, suCcreded in twen ! ty law suite, and successfully •experimented in ani mal magnetism. - When Judge Peters of Pennsylvania was Speaker of the House of Assembly, one of the mem bers, in crossing the room, tripe(' on the carpet and fell down. The House burst into laughter, while the Judge, with the utmost gartivity, cried; "Order, gentlemen-..a member is en She floor." DRATRUCTIvB Ping AT CotAlitni A.—A very de structive fire occuretiin Columbia, Lancaster county, early on Monday morning, which has involved a loss of sso,ooo.—Amontthe buihlings Darned are the 'Spy Printing Office, andthe Railroad Depot. Full thirty families are rendered house's's. by this calam ity. - QUICK Wonts.- r ,Tuesday night the bridge of the Mansfield and Sandusky City, Railroad over the Hu ron river near Monroeville, was burned for a distance of 180 feet. In 30 hours the bridge was rebuilt, and ready for the cars to pass.r Cleo. Herald. Erie. itttitiq Orarutt: SATURDAY MORNING. JUNE 29. 1850. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. - - CANAL COMMISSIONER. WM. T. MORISON, of Montgomery. • AUDITOR. GENERAL, EPIIRAIM BANKS, of Mifflin. SURVEYOR GENERAL. J. P. 'BRA.WLEY, of Cr wford. We aro indebted to Mr. Luse Montturso. °tibia city. "Honorary Becrotary"of this institution. for rnagnifi. colt engraving of the second piece of Cule's celebrated obries of allegorical pictures; entitled ..The Voyage of Life." It is truly a masterpiece; and, judging from this one, wo 'should Fay the series would be an invaluable treasure to the lovers of the bi;antiful in art. (Ito has also laid upon our tshle •• The Legend of Sleepy Ham" by WAMINGTON Invun, with illustrations by Dailey, and published ,by tho Art-Union for its subscribers. From the number of subscribers for 1849. and receipts. we should say the institution was. s it undoubtedly deseries. in a flourishing condition. A full set of the engravings heretofore issued to sub- scribers can be seen by calling upon Mr. Moorhead. Harper's New Monthly Magazine. The first uomber of this new magazine has been re ceived. It contains 194 pages of closely printed matter of the beet and most useful kind; the cream, in fact, of the periodicals of Europe, selected and arranged with mach Care, and designed to please all tastos—the grave and the gay, the man of pleasure, as well as the close and studious seeker after knowledge. The price, too, is within the reach of all—only $3 per year, or 25 cents a number, which, for the quality and quantity of its pa ges. makes it the cheapest periodical published. For sale at 0. 1). Spifford's, State street. It will be soon by the advertisement in another col 7 umn, that this company, which for some years has boon rendered almost inoperative by the competition of foreign companies, has, now that the agents of such companies are excluded from taking policies in ffiis State, except up on the payment of a heavy Hume°, !hushed up their af fairs and intend to go into the business on a more exten ded-and efficient scale. The first step of the Directors to this end is a good one. Wo refer to the appointment of our friend, E. W. Dr:lutists, Esq. of Edonboro. as' Gen oral Agent and Surveyor of the company. lie is one of the most efficient and persevering Agents iu all of onr ac quaintance, and is admirably calculated to make the coo• pony as flourishing as any in the State. We cheerfully re commend any of our readers - who wish insurance to him. The "President's Plan" and the Territories. The "President's plan" is the favorite theme of the Gazette, and thej papers of that ilk: Like a well-trained parrot, they chatter about it incessantly, yet in none of them have we seen an attempt to answer the objections of Mr. Clay, in the portion of his speech published by us some time since. W l O ask oar readers to consider, fair ly and impartially, the remarks of Mr. Clay, and then say if ho does not clearly prove the inadequacy of this "plan" to meet the present crisis. But what is a curious feature in this controversy is the fact that the "Presi dent's ern" is sustained by papers which are foaming at tho mouth in their apprehension of tho spread of la very timer New Mexico, %%hit°, under this "plan," Telxas le extending her slavery constitution and laws over this very territory; she has already organized a county gov ernment at El Passe, and her conamissioners went to Santa Fe, under the escort of U. S. troops, to effect till nfehltt S t iltdit •e'yii sustained by certain Whig jouri oats in Pennsylvania which &volume the senatorial comi promise bill as an abandonniont of freedom, while the Washington Republic, tho confidential organ of the Pres idase, edited by a man taken from the treasury depart ment, warns the south against this "compromise bill" because"lTS PRACTICAL EFFECT 15 THE SAME AS TEM WILMOT PROVISO." Is all this contra diction the result of fraud:—.4 deep laid scheme to keep the country convulsed fur political purposes, that certain ambitious and mercenary demagogues may realize their "planar Or is it war upon freedom in masquerade? y apt. ty a gentleman tell acquainted with him, having first received no intro— uctiou at the hands of the lamented, Legett. who as nes us that Mr. F.'s private characteris above reproach. ire mention these facts. not so muchito vindicate For am as to'enable our cotemporary to vindicate himself ow, what we doubt not,•is unintentionafinjusties. I , A. E R I American Art-Union. Erie Mutual Insurance Company. . ~. ... ~...,... . . ~. ~ _, . , The "Alden and. Comforten"—AinstAstribtpek. ' lithe n Mulct; Weeded our territory: murdered our cit.. , flans, and disregarded her treaties of peace and amity. whereby war. the hut resort of a nation, became:jibe. Voidable, there were found a few members of Congress so blinded by party. so deed to all the calla of I patriotiem and honor, as lb vote against appropriations to carry on hostilities thus provoked. Instead of lending a, helping band to their own countrymen in the hour or peril=-in stead of throwing tho influence of their names and votes upon the side of their friends and brothers who were gel-' tautly upholding the Stars and Stripes from tho valley of the Rio Glenda to the_ city of Mexico, and thus give them "aid Ind comfort" amid their perils and dangers— they basely chose a counter course, and when approprin- thine were asked to feed and clothe the volunteers and regulars, denounced them as "robbers" and "murder ers." the war was "God abhorred," and "unholy." In stead of wishing the brave men under Scott and Taylor, under Worth and Wool. to return unscathed, their pray er was that the Mexicans might "welcome them with bloody bands to hospitable graves." Throughout the whole War, from the time the first blot was struck on the Rio Grande. to the capitulation of tho city of klexico, they "gave aid and comfort" to the enemy And, strange as it may appear, a large majority of a great party—a party that arrogates to itself all tho patriotism, all the vir tue and all the learning in the land—the tchig party, its I presses and its orators, applauded their course. and coi ad ' dod in their denunciations and votes! What n spectacle was that! Yet a more disgusting one soon followed.— This party. thus placed in opposition to the war—thus willingly the "eiders and comforters" of the enemy— soon found that politfeal capital was to be made out of one of its "blood stained" heroes—Zachary Taylor,— They seized upon this war-Nvern veteran. who. in the simplicity alas heart, owned that lie had never cast a vote in, his life, so little had he cared for the civil affairs of the nation; and. although , his knowledge had never boon exercised beyond the details of tho camp, the bat tle-field, end the accumulation of properly, they forced him, miens Valens, into the Presidential chair. They then became the war-party, after die war teas orer, and 1_ to carry out their now ch rector , a kind of "Tom flyer" attitude was assumed by- vory member of the Cabint. This, by the by, wal klylimitated by the lesser lights of the party every wlte4. An instance of this transpired in the wing State Convention, in Philadelphia, last week. and as it serves to show the fate of the "alders and comforters" of the enemy, as well as demonstrates the truth of the prediction of the Democrats, that all those who voted against supplies would henceforth carry a brand front which they never. no never. could recover, we cannot forbear calling attention to it. It will be rec ollected that Jous STROHM, a member of Congress from Lancaster, was Onelof those who voted as we have indi cated. He Was bitter, unscrupulous. and vindictive, in his•denuuciations of the war, its alders, and supporters. Not a dollar would he vote to prosecute it—note cent to cloth the naked volunteers - . or administer medicine to the wounded! For this conduct the entire Whig press, with one accord, cried out "well done John Strohm, thou art indeed a worthy representative of the *old Guard.' " This was all very gratifying, no doubt—though it, by no means, removed the "mark of the beast" from the fore head of John Strohm? 'That ho was destined to carry to his dying day, blistering and festering where his votes and acts had placed it; and, (would you believe it, rea der?) ere four years rolled round, made more galling by the official condemnation of the very men who wore first to applaud? Yet such is the tact, as you shall presently 600. , At this State Convention of the Whig party, already referred to, which assembled at Philadelphia on tho 19th, for the purpose of nominating a State Ticket, we find the name of Jons STRUMS submitted for the office of Canal Commissioner by Mr. Dickey. a delegate from Lancaster. Before a vote was 'taken. however, Mr. Gibbons; from Philadelphia. arose and stated "that if &rooms were nominated. ho would be—in consequence of voting in Congress against supplies fur the American troops during the Mexican tear—a most unpoput4r can didate." We brought Mr. Dickey to his feet, and lie in. ••••••• P• • - • • - • iiispototit defence. Mr. Cornyn then took the floor anti took the same grounds as' Mr. Gibbons, in'reference to Mr..Strohm's "unfortunate vote"' about supplies for the war with Maxice. Cornyn and Gibbons have become patriotic in these latter days of Taylerisin and Galphiu -ism. A vote was then had for Canal Commissioner, and John Strohm received the whole number pf fifteen— his votes and speeches against the war having done the business -for him with anti-war whigery! Mr. Dickoy, then, on behalf of the delegates from - Leneaster., with drew his name. But the matter did not end here. The next day, Mr. Htestand, of Lancaster, presented a paper, signed by the entire delegation, giving the-reasons for their withdrawal of the name of John Strohm. The pa per asserted, in substance. that the delegation from Lan caster believed there was adispoiition in the convention to treat the claims of the "Ord Guard" with ingratitude; and that they, therefore, withdrew his name. Mr. Cor nyn moved that the communication ba laid t the table. Mr. Richards. of Berks. denounced the ‘sfrocument in strong terms. The objection made to Mr. Strohm, he said. "tette a valid one. No one would deny that. A man who would vote against supplying the American troops dun ng war, would meet with a defeat unprecedented in' Pennsylvania." Mr. Xing. of Bedford, coaxed the Lan caster delegation.to withdraw the document. "No injus tice was intended to them or to Mr. Strohm; hie he i would not think Utah) to go before the people after such a vote. You could not make the peoplebelievo it right." "Mr. J. W. Stokes, of the county. thought that tho Lancaiter delegation insulted the Convention, by offer , jug such a paper." Gen. Wilson, of Venungo, took strong ;grounds against the paper. "It was all nonsense to nem 'nate Mr. Strohm. You could not make the people be lieve that be voted right. in voting against supplies -for the American army. It was no insult to Lancaster.-- Mr.-Strohm was not nominated because his nomination would not be expedient. They did not want to nomi nate a man who could be assailed. They wanted to give blows, and not take them." The Lancaster delegation having found, by this time, that they would soon bo used as their candidate had been. kicked out of the Convdn lion, if they refined longer to withdraw - their offensive paper, consented to pocket- the affront, and allow Mr. Jena Svnotne to wear the brand ha had so richly earned. Well, whigery is a strange compound any how! What it applauds most one year, it deems sufficient cause the next to deprive one of its confidence! Whig State Nominations. Tho Whig State Convention, which met in Philadel phia last week, has. nominated Joshua Dungan, of Bucks county, for Canal Commissioner; Joseph lienderson, of Washington county. for Survoyor General; and Henry W. Snyclor, of Union county. for Auditor General. Gody's Lady's Book The July number of "Gody" is, in truth, a specimen number. Five beautiful engravings—two of them col ored—aro tho chief attractions. It also contains a num ber of other engravingi. and tho usual largo amount Of entertaining and instructive reading. Wo notice the death, in Washington. of GeorgeWash logien Jefferson Jackson Polk Richards, aged 11 months. Paper: What an oversight In tho welds of that Child! If they had added Zachary Taylor Cinfrhin. it woulil have lived forever.- = at lintel, if there la any etilcacy ink prece dent. Graham's Magazine. Grahsm sends as • perfect gem for ioly, in which the artistic and the intelleatual vie for rtemiuence; and both combined make on* of the most &Wends. Mega-. :Ines of the day. • _ Some cross aid bachelor whose days have been passed in the ••blues," and his nights in fighting mosqui toes. says courtship is often nutdteet the fact, that the girl calls her beau '4 noble youth, a hero, a genius. while ho calls her a paragon of beauty and gentleness, and so they keep tickling each other. until they get married and then' come to scolding: LIFE ON THE RIO GRANDE. Correspondent of the Ezle Observer Rw GRANDX CITY. JVXE 2. lea.. bear Frankr—The revolution in the good state ellt a , inaulipas, which I wrote yea In my last was upon the lapis, terminated somewhat after my predictions. plotters under Vital Fernandez failed; Cardenas was re stored to power, and the would-be-governor, nolens lens, fled for his life. The story goes that he was over taken soar San Luis Potosi—that, his friends rallied am made a deaporato etfert one night to rescue him from the guald, and that in time melee he was shot, and the coun try saved, etc. etc. Among the knowing ones, hewer. or. this version of the affair is considered rather a g o o joke. It is understood that the attempt to nacos we, rather imaginary than real—that having the prisoner safe in hand; the next step was to provide for his ezecuticra; to effect this the farce of the rescue was introduced one night—a great deal of &wog done—the battle for a tires raged with torriblo fury; but : ,atitingo::to relate, when the sun rose upon this blood-stlifiticd '4lO, not a solitary mar_ ter to "God and Liberty" wasfoind. save the unfortu nato Vital Fernandez, Who, as Sit Pairick would expressit. "was kilt intirely." 4 .1111 mt privar gee& they . had, alas,nol k w not, That made them 'du Since my last the Indian difficUltiee have increased to an alarming extent on our side of the Rio Grande. Eve ry express brings the news of some barbarous murder; the mails :are intercepted, and the tonnes are even bold enough to enter our garrison grounds under cover of the niett, and shoot both I men and horses,,the silent arrsw performing its errand of death with as much certainty lb the rifle. The depredators belong to the Cantanche and Apache tribes. They swarm down upon us from their mountain haunts, separate into small parties of ten or fif teen, and commence the work of rapine and murder-- their ( main object being to obtain mules and harem. In this way the border elates of Mexico have, from time im. memorial, been traversed and pillaged by these bold vag ahead warriors; and within recent years the evil has in creased until we behold the Departments of New Leon, New Mexico, Sonora, Coshula, and Durango, fast depop ulating. They stampede their caravans of Pack-Moles, break up their stock farms, and carry into crtivity their women and children. Under ell these evils the Alexiean finds himself per• fectly impotent—to him there is• no terror like that in spired by the cry of ”for fnclians;" the boldest shake like an aspeh; and when the story of the last foray is being related, even in their half fortress dwellings, they in. stinctivoly close , the circle, and like children under the Marone° of a ghost story, start as their own shadow flits upon tho wall. What a terrible retribution for the injus tice of their Spanish progenitors? If Uncle Sam fulfills hill] agreement of keeping thin rnetiCiless foe within the bonAdarlea of our territory. Mea ico will be greatly the gainer by the cecession of New Mexico and California, oven had We not paid one cep in return The gold-sleeking Meiican has long sine* pondered over the .unexplored, but legendary nines of the Gila, and regions beiond it—but with his ardent thurst came the thought of the terrible Appache, Arapaho, and their kiiidred tribes, from whose vigilant eye none can escape, and whose swoop is certain death. .11is spirit was not equal to the task, and now the vit. gin earth gives> up its secrets to another and a bolder race. But the days of myraclea are not upon us, sod even the "everlasting yankee nation" must stoop to the necessary means to obtain the desired end. The emer. gency (as all who are acquainted with the facts admit.) requires a large and active force of mounted troops thrown into the field and thererconstantly kept. lam convinced that the troops garrisoning this line have done, and are doing, all that their limited number and moans wilt ad mit. Witlkhe 'exception of two companies of artillery and one company.of Texas volunteers, the entire valley of the Rio Grande is garrisoned by infantry. Ono regi ment of lose, perhap4, thea five hundred efficient men, stretching from the ••El Passel' to this point. Aboat one half of these infantry-men, to meet the emergencies of the moment,. aro' mounted; thus forming a small and rather unwieldy cavalry force, who. make rzianthly stouts their prescribod Lt, ea fend the Pioneer against an unnumbered herd of the most expert horsemen in the world—warriors born to tho saddle, deeply skilled in all the strategy of barbarian War, terribly fierce in battle, flying with the facility of a bi d over great prairies, every path and water-hole of which they are as familiar as is the school-boy spot to the civil iced man. - They have no villages, no wigwams or core fields, but aro at home, wherever night or necessity over takes them. Their tactics is suited, to small parties, their arms are mostly the arrow :and lance, but lately they arngetting.among them the most recent improve ments and bast species of fire-arms. Our troops have met these follows several limes, and although they gave very satisfactory evidence of discipline and courage, have as yet gained no advantages. Quite recently a fight occur red near the town of Lando, in which Lieut. Hudson of the Ist U. S. Infantry. and three or four more, after an exhibition of daring with few parallels iu history, was ed. In my poor opinion this war of races has scarce be gun. We have driven them fai from the Atlantic, and now our people swarm, tipon the Paeific-, and we cannot suppose that seventy e thousand warriors, accustomed only to the few restraints of their military chiefs, are to be honed in and tamed into submission in a fend months or even years. In detailing to you the light', and'ahmies of life up , on the NO Grande, I am forced to record one of the most Iffoody street rencounters that I have ever seen or read of. The affair took place at this point five days since h etween two men who had quarreled at the card table. ' This quarrel ended by an engagement of the par ties, each to arm, and be ready for the fight when next they met. On the following day, after the practice of some strategy by the parties. they came together in the evening at the steamboat landing, of course armed to the teeth. Ons of the men carried a double barreled shot gun, two five shooting revolvers, a "deringer" and bow ie-knife. Eight shots .were fired between them, when they clinched with the knife, and now the fierce straggle' for revenge and life commenced. Every muscle and fi bre gave forth its utmost strength as they tasseled for the vantage ground. The sheriff made a vain attempt to stop the fray, but the acono had gone too far. A hundred spectators gazed upon the combattants with that in tense interest which may be imagined but not described • At length the cooler courage and superior physical pow er of one overcame the other; thick, fast and heavy fell the blows of his great cleaver-like knife, until with his last fainting struggle ho sent it deep into rho bowels of his expiring adversary. Ono man was killed outright. and the other borno from the spot; all gashes end 4 43 .:. smeared with blood, and, as was believed, in a dyini state. but he is now . recoveriug fast. Such excesses are horrible, and I suppose, after's perusal of the above,'your• renders will not form a very high opinion of the state of morals in this community: I must be allowed, however. to say in extenuation that such scenes are quiletoo com mon all frontier regions—in this no more than ethers. In all new countries it is plain that the law has not that moral force that 'surrounds it, and makes it omnipotent in elder communities Speaking of Law reminds me of a scene which occur red in ono of our "Temples of Justice not long einem— , Scum twenty rascals had been detected in a wholesale expedition at cow and horso stealing. A follow, by the name of Weeks—George %whin gton Weeks—xchunkr red-headed, sleepy looking rascal.'was the principal wit nose on the part of the prosecution. Capt. F., a much better navigator among - the snags. shoals. and sand-bars of the Alississippi. than a mong the or !gist ob scurities of tho common law, was introduced by the de fence to invalidate tho evidence of Weeks. By the Court, "Capt. F., please state to the jury what you know of the credibility of the witness?" Capt. F. "Credibility—cred-i-bil.i-ty; why. sird don't know any thing about that." . Att'y. "Are you not acquainted with Week?" Capt. F. "Yes. I should think I did know him; the most disorderly man on the Rio Grande." Court. ”Then state whether you- would. bolioie him under oath or not." • - Copt. F. "No, sir•ed would'ot that'. he's too dillOf• dear." Kos. Ater. "What do you moan by 'ilisordeuif'?— how •tlisOitl;r1:'?" Copt. F., ntittlo excited. "Why. he wont obe) orders:" liJ
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