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Lynohing i#' Testt.
On the 11th ultimo, a Captain Brennan was mol
dered in. cold blood at Brownsville, on the Rio
Grande, by a notorious riailliau and brave, named
Bill Hardy. The people hocame.excited and de
manded possession of Hardyi from the deputy sher
iff who had him in custodyiand was forced to sur
render him. They then Audit him for the purpose
of hanging him, when he ettpreased a wish to be
shot rather than hung.:,
No ono volunteeringle shoot the guilty wretch,
it was decided that he must hang. During all this
time, and even while,the arriingements were making
for launching him into eternity, where he would
meet a more dread trihunalfilitin any one on earth,
lie evinced .the most perfe4t" indifference as to his
fate, not suffering a muscle - of his face or limbs to
betray the leapt emotion, and even took the rope
that was to hang him and tied the hangman's knot,
to show how it was done, withoitt the slightest per
ceptable tremor of the nerves. Those managing
the matter, fearing the knot was not well tied un
tied it for the purpose of retying, in which they
failed, when he remarked to a gentleman standing
near him that ho would have to tie it again. This
kind office the individual addressed promised to per
form for him. The doomed man then got into a
cart, mounted on a plank which rested en the wheels,
without any resistance or assistance, and while the
rope, which was suspended from a beam used for
hoisting beeves, was being adjusted around his neck,
death staring him in the face, calm, cool and col
lected. The cart moved from under hint, and in
this condition he was hurried into eternity. Ho
died after a slight struggle, and thus terminated the
earthly weer of Bill Hardy. He met death with
the eame'reckkma indifference that he had meted it
oat to others.
On the 16th another bloody tragedy took place,
and slain was lynching restored to. A Mexican
went into a house whore a monte bank is kept,
and asked another young Mexicanlfor a bit. This
ifidividuall who was dealing monte at the time, re
marked that ho would give it to him, which he did.
In the meantime he bad drawn his pistol, which,
when banding the money, be fired at tipe Mexican
who had asked him for it. The pistol was loaded
with buckshot, two of which struck the young man
fired at in the breast, near the thruat,a third wound
ing another Mexican in the arm. tie then ran to
the river, and attempted to effect his escape into
Mexico by swimming. lie was pursued by several
persons in a skiff; caught and brought back. Ho
was then taken to see the man whom he had shot,
who Was suffering ,greatly, thence to the place
whireHardy was executed,•and there hung. It yap
not to exceed 20 minutes from the time he discharg
ed hip pistol till he was dangling at the rope's end.
No cause has been assigned for the cold-blooded
act. .The young man who was shot in tho'breast
died shortly sifter his murderer was hung.
Gen. Paez, the Venezuelan Hero.
Gen. Poe; his son and suit, have arrived at Bal
timore. Ile is 63 years °lege. The citi tens gave
him a cordial reception, among whom were a large
number of the belles of the Monumental city. Gen,
P. is a native of Caraccas; ha was born of poor
parents in 1787, and became a shepherd boy of Mar
inas. When the war of liberty arose , he was ,with
the royalists, whose cruelties disgusted, him, and he
joined the New Grenada patriots. 'His surprising
feats of valor against liforillo, raised him to the
highest military honors. His diplomatic character
soon revealed itself, and the world placed him next
to our Washington. He fought. against Spain for
15 years and was the hero of over 100 battles, de
feating her ablest generals 'in everyitind of dght.
On the plains of Caraboa he was made General-in.
Chief of the confederated congress. He then be
came the leader of Venezuela, framed a Republican
Constitution, and was elected President. He was
severely opposed fur placing religion on a free basis,
and the military under that of the civil authority.
He generously pardoned Mouegas, a rebel, the pres
ent tyrant of that country. Under Paez, agricul
ture, arts and sciences flourished, and the people
became wealthy and prosperous. Monegas attempt
ed
a second time to overthroW the Constitution, bit
Paez drove him from the field, andin the kindness
of his heart, pardoned 'the-villain. As the State
was embarrassed in;1839, P. was chosen President,
and everything began to flourish again. He paid,
oil' foreign debts, left a large surplus in the treasury,
and retired from public life in 1840. In 1845, to,
.reconcile all parties be urged the election of Mono
gas, hoping 'that hia - ambition would be appeased,
and ell factions abandoned. But M. was a black
lima@ conspirator. He called en army around
him, put down the Constitution, and was impeached
by congress. He went there and with his train
band murdered the people's representatives in cold
blood. Paez was looked to fur aid, and although
he knew the die was cast, took the !told, but for
want of funds the tyrant prevailed. Paez lost all
his property, and was obliged to surrender, and on
condition that he should be free, he did so. Wine
gas wanted to put I'. to death, but his own parti
zans would not permit it. Poison was tried, long
confinement, and at last banishment was resorted
to. Paez left Venezuela with the blessings of all
ages and both sexes, and now he treads the soil of
freedom. God bless the patriot, and may Ameri
cans give him, a reception worthy of his honsrable
and chivalrous conduct.—Wheeling Argus.
-A SLAvE Losr.—Quite a commotion was caused
on 'Thursday, at the Monongahela House, by"the
-spiriting away, through some mysterious agency,
of a girl described as a mulatto, with part Indian
blood, agedlourteen or fifteen, - in whom Mr.
John Drennan, of Van Buren, Ark, bother of our
'excellent old friend, Aid. D., claimed property as a'
slave. Tho girl had taken with her a trunk be
longing
to Mr. D.,whoofTered a reward of $lOO fur
the girl, and $l5 for the trunk. The trunk it apt:,.
gears had been taken in mistake for one which the
irl - claimed as hers, and officer Hague succeeded
in recovering that article, but owing to a peculiar
visual organization, was,unable to see anything of
the piece of -human property. The trunk was de- ,
livered at the Idononiabela House, after Mr. Dren
nanhadleft the-city, but will be forwarded' to him.
A waiter in the hotel, Who was suspected of having;
decoyed the girl, though since believed ,to be ihno
cent of 'having "gumption" enough to •manage so
delicate.a business, was discharged by Mr. Cros
son. The girl disappeared while the family wero at
dinner. Shols Wei—Pittsburgh Dcfpatch.
IiTtIRDSROI,I9 ASSAULT. —On Thursday afternoon,
the 27th tilt., a man by the name of Solomon Cros
by 'residing in the town of Harmony, made a most!
brutal assault with intent to kill, upon hie wife.-
- Apparently without the slightest provocation, he,
commenced;beating her with a clothes-pounder as'
she 'stood:lh the door-yard, and inflicted three or
four blows upon her forehead and neck. Her cries
were heard by•her eon, Morton Crosby, who was at
work in a field near by, add he came to her rescue.
At a blow with the handle of a hay-fork, he felled
his father to the.ground, and then •with the assist
ance of his-eister canted-the mother-into the house.
Ad artery was ruptured, end-fur mime-her life was ,
despaired ot; but hopes are now entertained that!
She will recover.
Crosby was Shortly afterward arrested,, and on
Satunlay. was duly examined before Nathan'Cham
ben,' Esq.. in Panama, H. L. Sessions, Esq., acting=
as counsel for the prosecution, and lion. John
Pray for tho -prisoner. The facts as above were
produced in court, and , the prisoner -committed to,
jail. , •
Crosby is an old man, prebibly sixty or seventy'
years Of ego, and at the time he committed the crime
.was intoxicated. When sober he is said to be usu-.
ally kind in his family, but when under the info
(once of liquor eitremely abitsive. About eleven
•yeara ago lie was sent to State prison for a term of
ajar years :for lattempting -to shoot Mr. Pierce of
Villennva, - and since his liberation, in some of his
drunken fits he has often chargril'his wife and some
of the-children with having been the means of lie
imprisonment.
The sale of intoxicatingiquors In the town of
.harmony, is unauthorized, and if any man haJ had
the temerity ,to vend the poisonous draught,' io vio
lation of the law, this attempted, and almost suc
-cessfurvuurder, its legitimate fruit, should incite
the public to make a thorough examination of the
facts and hold the guilty to a rigid accountabiiity.
—Jamestown Jour.
o:7k Li
,ike a belle that's rung for fire: like a care
less auctioneer crier; like, °filmes, a graceless lia r,
mischief - making tattlers go; stopping you with
quaking fear, whispering as you feudal) ea r—“ Me
rcy on ue, did you heart Betsey Dean has got a
beau."
Horrible Murder and Attempted !libido.
Correspoodente of the reowylvanian.
• Towaries, July 19, 1850.
Yesterday (Sunday) after/trce, our usually quiet
village was thrown' into great" exciteinent;*by the
report of a murder having been committed in its
neighborhood. I learn from those who repaired
to the scene of the misfortune, that the sight was
appalling. The name of the murderer is. Benjamin
Wilcox, and the victim is his own wife. They are
advanced in life, having'reared a large family, some
of whom are married.- I know the murderer, wild
always appeared:perfectly inefrem ire, /". was remark
able for his strict honesty and integrity. However
he was addicted; to rum-drinking; and when., under
its hellish influence, while at home, he Was exceed
ingly violent in his actions. These intemperate ex
caws compelled his wife to leave him, and, reside
With a, daughter. Wilcox, himself, lived some
quarter of a mile from the residence of his datitle
ter..
Thursday last, hi called on his wife,
On . ..uraday last, he called on his wife, and re
quested her to do some work for him, but she refus
ed. lie called osi several oecasions, making the same
request, and receiving a like denial. In the mean
time he , avowed an intention to kill his wife; and
from the evidence before the Coroner's inquest, he
had prepared himself kir the fatal deed. On Sunday
morning be called again, repeating his redquest,
and receiving a denial. In the afternoon of Sun
day he repeated his visit and his request, wishing
to know from his wife whether she was determined .
not to perform the work ho desired. She - informed
him as before, when ho made the
,attack. The
daughter, observing him rush at her mother, seized
a chair, and struck hip two blows; but they were
of no avail.
,In the struggle, ho stabbed his wife
immediately through the heart. The weapon con
sisted Qf a common jack-knife, with a blade four
inches long. The old lady lived for pfteen min
utes. The assassin,. after he had committed the
fatal deed, left for his own residence, where he ex
claimed, "My Gud, I have killed the old woman!"
He made no effort to escape, and after the Sheriff
had arrested him, talked of the transaction in a jocose'
style, merely remarking that-he had killed his wife,
that they would hang him
t tor the deed, and "the
sooner they done it the het r." :
He was immediately conveyed' to the borough and
lodged in the county prison. Fifteen minutes after
his incarceration, the cry was given that the mur
derer had made an attempt on his own life; and im
mediately n large crowd collected around the prison.
The rumor was correct. He had conceald a knife
on his person, with which he inflicted three wounds
in his left side, in the neighborhood of the heart.
Ile bled very profusely, hue the wounds aro not Con
sidered danuerous. His yhysician says he may die
from their effects, on account of his intemperate,
habits. I I saw the unfortunate man last evening.
and this morning. Ito was in great agony of mind'
and body. This morning ho appeared calm, but
suffered most intense pain from his wounds.
The affair has created immense excitement in the
village, while all deplore the deed, regret the sudden
death of the victim, and pity the murderer. -
Tim OVIIRLAND EMIGRATION.—The St. Louis
Republican has several letters from Fort Laramie,
in regard to the CalifornicComigranti, tho latest of
which is as follows:
Fort Laramie, July, 21st, 1850.
lip to this Morning 35,000 emigrants, and 7,500
wagons have past beyond the plst.. do not believe
that" there are more than 6 or 7000 yet behind, and
the great majority of them this side bf the South
Fork of the Platte. Every stream is rapidly rising,
and the Laramie river has blocked - the game on
some 7 or 800, who are now quietly- waiting for a
fall. There has keen a vast qittentity of snow in the
mountains this yerar, which is the cause of the high
water. There has been much sickness on the
route, particularly below this point.
For fifty days one unbroken line of emigrants
has been moveing along the California trail, and
there is no sign yet that there will be an and to
thetrooming. The leading waggons are now with
in a short distance of the mines, while the hindmost
ones have scarcely left the banks of the Missouri.
nromvit SLAVES.—An - account of the escape of
six slaves, from their masters, on the south side of
'the Ohio river,. opposite Lawrence county, Ohio, is
given by a corespondent of the Ohio Slat eJournal,
who writes from bQueker Bottom," in Lawrence
county, on the 15th of July. As they were passing
through that country, on their way; north, they
were met by eight or ten white men, •tvho, suppos 7
ing them to be runaway slaves, attempted to cap
ture them. The negroes being well armed, the
writer says, fired upon the whites, instantly wound
ed several badly; they then fell upon the remain
'der with cudgels; peat several until they suppos
ed them dead; after which, and the commission
of other excesses, in their fury, they made their es
cape into the wilderness: It is said that several
companieeof men, numbering 70 in all, went in pur
suit of them. This is a bloody story, and we sup
pose is much exaggerated from the facts.—Cin.
Gazette.
IttnIINISCENCE.—A Washington Correspon
dent of the Buffalo Commercial says, that after hav
ing heard of Taylor's death, fie met Cul. Humphrey
Marshall, of Kentucky:
We walked on a few mciments in profound si
lence. At last be said, "This is something terrible.
-A little over a year ago Gen.Teylor, on his way
to Washington, called . at my house in Kentucky,-
which is the same district where his relatives live.
In the course of conversation, he said, "Well Mar
shall, they killed Gen. Harrison at Washington in
one month, and my wife says they'll kill me in a
year; but I think after standing Mexico I can stand
Washington." "Now it seems," said Mr. Mar
shall, "that Mrs. Taylor was right. He has been
here but little over a year."
NECESSITY
,OF SYMMETAICAL EDUCATION,—«JOO
Dobbs, the stable boy of eighteen hundred and thir
ty, becomes the Western horse-dealer of thirty-six,
and very likely the South American Cavalry Colonel
of eighteen hundred and forty, thence branches off
nto running.steamboats on the Paraguay, or work
ing gold minds in the Cordilleras, unless he hap
pens to haven taste fur politics, and so'undertakes a
job of Constitution-making, or accepts the post of
Foreign Secretary of State.' On tiro other hand, a
nabob's son, who does not quite graduate at Yale, -
owing to some trifling irregularities, is perfectly
successful in doing so at wino parties, gaming sa
tootle, and ultimately at Sing Sing. No man's des
tiny, hardly his vocation, can be predicted with
anything like certainty; and the only safe plan is
that which shall,prepare him for usefulness and in
dependence in every imaginalile contingency."
.A lIIMITLESS ViwArr.—This is the heading of
an advertisement, signed by Emma Adams, former.
ly Emma Lawrence, who says that John Adams
wentln,Brooklin, N, Y., where he married her in
May last, took her to Dayton, 0., lived with her a
few weeks, spent front two to three.hundred dollars
of her money, and then deserted her. She supposes
helms a wife and children somewhere, and hopes
he may be brought to justice. He says he has been
in the Mexican war, and is ctmtinually talking about
it; is about 5 feet 8 6 1 1;9 inches high, dark hair, blue
eyes, very red face, wears a goatee, and walks very
erect. The lady requests newapapeas generally to
notice this.
FLAYED ALIVE.-A statement was copied into
the newspapers sometime ago. that a man belong
ing to a party bound for Caliafornia,huving declared
that ho would shoot the first Indian that:he met. de
liberately shot a squaw, and being taken by a party
of Indians was skinned alive! The report was
subsequently contradicted. Notwithstanding this,
the Bangor Mercury says, that a letter has been re
ceived.from one of the patty to .which the man be
longed, which was a company bound to California
overland, giving the details of his crime•and its
puniahment-in the manner above staled. Soon af
ter this cold-blooded murder of the squaw, the party
about twentrin number, was surrounded by three
hundred Indians, and threatened with instant death
'unless they disclosed•the perpetrator - of the' attro-
Mous deed. After consulting together, they deter
mined to point out the,murderer, who was at once
seized by the Indians, beund to a stake annis skin
peeled from him even to his tees. The operation
Jested two hours, and the victim survived two hours
alter it. The . company, among Which wee his,ottlh
brother, were compelled to form a ring around the
stake and witness the terrible torment or the,wretch
ed malt. Four or five of the party, and among them
the one who had Milled down • upon himself such
terrible punishment, went from Tioy, in the State
of Maine.—Partlond 4egvs.
News from Om Par mms- and
_ .
Emigrants.
. We have in our exchange list, the Mormon pa
per published in Kaneville, lowa, called the Frontier
Guarditin,,frOut which we clip Some interesting
items: I
On 1 riday,'the sth inst., the mall arrived at Oils
point om the Valley of the great Salt Lake, in
charge of Elder Robert Campbell who is on his way
as a missionary to his native land Scotland, ACC.3113 , -
partied by,Elder John 0. Angue.• • .
The following named brethern, have also arrived
and destined for England on missions: Isaac C.
Haith, Captain of the Company, Wm. Burton,-Ap
pleton M. Harmon, Jesse W. Crosby, James Works,
Claudius V. _Spencer, and Motes Clawson. Br.
Clavison left the company at the Upper Platte Fer
ry; and °mine In two days ahead 'of the mail. lie
states that elf' the' 16th ult., 10 miles below the
Lower ford, of the South Fork of • Platte• Captain
Daniel C. Davis, woe seized with Cholera at 2o'clock
•. as., and died at 1 o,clock, r. at., same day, after
suffering considerable agony; although the greatest
care andattention was paid him during his sickness.
‘ From letters which we have recieved from our
emigration companies, who loft this spring for the
Valley, and from the news_ brought by mail, the ti
dings from the plaice assume rather-a dreary aspect.
Sixty-two are reported to have died out of one em
igrating camp.
About . soo of those destined for the gold regions,
prior to the 28th ult.;had died of the cholera.—They
met the first sickness at Scutt's Bluffs, about sixty
miles this side of Fort Laramie, and they say that
the graves along the road were too near to serve
for mile posts, besides many who were hurried at
camping places a little off from the road. Most of
those who died, belonging to this section, aro said
to'be children. , I
Notwithstan3ing the fatality of this dreadful dis
ease this season on the plains, we have recieved
very cheering accounts from some of the compa
nies of Saints as to health, unity and good spirits.
The news from California emigrants going the
North side of the Platte, is good; there has scarcely
any sickness or deaths occurad that we can learn.
Those who started from this place had nearly pass
ed those going on the south side of tt.e Platte. The
first teams have 'fared the best. When the mail
passed the junction of the two roads, the trains
from the North and South sides were mixing. •
The first emigrants were met on the 15th day of
May, about twenty miles beyond the South Pass,
and were somewhat short of provisions. It cannot
be expected that our friends in Salt Lake can sup
ply them tith a great amount of provisions; but
they will d the best they can. Nevertheless many
of the emi rants must suffer for want of breadstuffs.
ii
Frioas Tax Pt;stxs.—The following account of
men, women and children, R.r.c., who had passed
Fort Lsrainie . prior to the 3J or lune, wai b lianded
to our friend Elder Moses Clawson,-Who arrived at
this place a few days ago; 11,433 men, 119 women,
99 children, 3 188 wagons, 10,000 horses. 3,588
i ,
mules, 1,428 ox n, and 933 cows. lie further says,
while on his way from the Fort, that he_ passed, fur
eight days, 500 wagons per day, on an average,
and gives, as his unqualified opinion, 40,000 persons
and 1 0,000 wagons must have passed that place be
fore the 7th l ost.
LATEST FROM TEE PLAINS.—By the arrival of
Messrs Johnson and Hall, from the Indian country,
we are informed that Elder Orson Hyde and compa.
ny, of this place, left Platte River - Carty pn the
morning of the Gth inst., on a visit to the great'Salt
Lake. This is the last company of the season, all
others being in advance—all well. We are inform
ed the Cholera followed the California and all other
emigrants fur several hundred miles out, which
proved very fatal. Several hundr43d died with the
epidemic. It has however, nearly or quite subsi
ded and all wore moving forward.
ANOTlinn. LA K - . 11 ACCIDUNT.--.011 Tuesday eve
ning,- at"_ about I lo'clock, Sthe Steamer Lexington
came In collision with the Propeller .41/eghany, just
abreast of this port and about five miles out. The
Lexington was bdund up, with some 250 or 300
emigrants, mostly German. The propeller bad her
deck crowded with fat cattle, and but little other
freight on board.—The particulars °litho collision,
as we gather them from persons on board of the
Lexington, are them! The steamer was heading
for this port, and 1116 propeller was on the larboard
side, making out when first seen: When it was
ascertained that a collision could not be avoided,thd
engine of the Lexington was stopped, and her wheels
were motionless. The propeller struck her just
forward of the wheel-house, stove through the
guards and false sides, and demolishing almost whol
ly the cook house and upper and lower bertha fur
nearly folly feet forward. Fortunately but one
cabin passenger was an board, and he was throWn
with his berth through the partition and across to
the opposite side ofthe upper cabin, without injury.
The propeller was light, otherwise she must have.
cut the steamer in. two and,caused a•faarful loss of
life.—Conneatit Reporter,'
AN INCiDIINT.—Two little girls, one aged six and
the other ten years of age, came up on the America
yesterday, having come all the way from Ireland
alone, rind Were going to Sandusky where their pa
rents reside. They came through on Conaigrimerit,
had takengood care of themselves and were 'in the
pest of spirits at the prospect Of 'seeing "Pit and
Ma." Their parents came Over a year ago, but
at that time had not money enough to pay their pas
sage, and they 'were left to be sent for.—Cleve.
Main Dealer.
. The editor of the Ilaston says;
"Mr. Corwin went into the Cabinet with great 're
luctance. Ile was at length prevailed upon to ac
cept, in order that there should boat least one man
in the Cabinet to represent 'the living acting ago of
Whiggery.'"
This is a compliMent to the new administration,
truly! Only one "living Whig" in the Cabinet.
and that one is Torn Corwin! The others are — all
dead Whigs, of course. A moral traitor like Corwin
seems to be considered the'only >fitand proper repre
sentative of Whiggery—a conclilsion in which the
country will very generally acquiesce.- N,. H. Pa.
SENTEZME ENFORCED.—The sentence of the pris
oners tried at the ,Naval General Court Martial. re
cently held aboard the United States ship Pennsyl
vania at Norfork, were 'carried into execution on
Friday. Gni:common and three marines' received
the .punishment of stripes, and were dismissed the
'United ..States I Naval service in disgrace. The
stripes should be held quite us disgraceful to the
Navy itself, as the individuals. The gihilosphy
which makes it any more necessary to flog a ma
rine on dismissing him, than an officer, we do not
exactly'underatand.-. 7 Batt. Sun. -
TUB PitaitoT.-.--In a small family In tho soutlipart
of this eity,there was a parrot who had found a home
there for years, and had beaotne a pet of the whole,
family. A child was taken sick thie spring, and
was not seen by the parrot for some days. The
bird had been used to repeat her name; and in the
child's absence kept repeating the name so inces
santly as to annoy the family. The child died;
the repetition of the name was kept up, until ono of
the family took the parrot to the room where the
corpse lay. The parrot turned first ono side of its
head and then the other towards the corpse, appa
rently eyeing it, and was than taken back. He
never repeated the name again, and was at once
silent, and the next day died.- r -Portsmouth, N.
Journal.'
StiffiKUM 'nit oar..—A Frenchman, living some
four or five miles below Windsor, in Canada, - set
fl to his house on Saturday morning, by which it
was entirely consumed. Ile is a man of consider
able wealth, but said to be troubled with the fanci
ful presence Of "snakes in his boots." He set fire
to his house under the: following circumstances:
His family did not tot up In the morning as early
as he desired, whereupon 'he sot fire to a bed in
which some of his daughters - slept, then went to the
barn, procured a bundle of straw, placed it in the
house, and declaring that he was "bound to smoke
"em out"—and he did, and laid his house in ashes.
He i s now living in his barn.—Detroit Advertiser.
SPOILING A GOOD-WORKMAN.—Some thirty years
ago, a Mr. Mynders, of Seneca Falls, remarked to
a friend who was residing with him, "Look at this
young man, just passing, he is the beet-workman
in my shop, and lam sorry to say that he is now
going to make a fool of himself,'by, leaving a good
trade to study law." That . young man, Millard
AFilhnore, is now President of -the Vinited States. r.
grit MeMil Omar.
ERIE, PA.
SATURDAY MORNING. AUGUST 10, 1850.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
CANAL COMMISSIONER.
WM. T. MORISON, of Montgomery.
AUDITOR GENERAL
EPHRAIM BANKS, of Mifflin.
• ' SURVEYOR GENERAL,
1 P. BRAWLEY, of Crawford.
; M T "
In about ten days our Congressional Convention m eets
, H
in Warren to nominate a candidate to supercedo the on.
Loris THOMPSON, and it is not at all strange that the po
litick! cauldron should commence boiling and bubbling.
Althongh'our present able member has declined a re-.
nomination. it is not probable. from present appearances.
that tho convention will ahjourn for want of stock to work
upon. Candidates appear to be as plenty as blackber
ries, and if there is not a good selection made it will not
be for tine lack of patriots anxious to serve their country
"for eight dollars a day." Our friends in Clarion have
instructed their delegates for Glen. ISZTH Ccoven, a gen
tleman ev4y ivay worthy of the support of the party;
while M'Kean lies declared for C. li. Coasts,' Esq.. of
Warrou, who, if he should receive a majority of the con
ferees, wall obtain-an enthusiastic Support at the hands
of the Democracy of the District. The Ledger says he
will also receive the votes of the delegates from Warren,
and most probably those from Potter. Elk and Jefferson
have not yet spoken, though each, we understand, hero
a brace of candidates in the field. The position of Erie
county is well known. Her delegates were instructed
for Judge THOMPSON; but as ho has defined, they will go
into tho convention untrammeled.' Wo think wo may be
permitted to speak for them, when wo say that their po
sition will be used to promote the best interests of the
party id tat, District am'? the Nation—that after canvass
ng the merits of the rival candidates and their probable
chance of success in the event of a nomination, their
votes will be thrown for that one who can best unite the,
party and ptlemote the interest of the district. Erie
County is grateful to her sister couuties for their unwa
vering support of her candidate in three successive hard
fought political. contests, and if she could reciprocate
each of them in the same way she would gladly do so.—
As that, however, is out of the question she must needs
endeavor to l d° the best for all.
The Scalded of the i America.
Wo are pleased to learn that tho survivors. of the dis
aster of the America, some eleven in ntmber, most of
whom are in the hospital, are fast recovering from their
wounds, rind that all will recover. This gratifying result
is owing to the; unremitting attention tot - their physicians,
and the generous sympathy and nursing of many of the
!Adios of the town, who, disregarding self and personal'
comfort, have boon in attendance;upou them at tho Hos
pital.
From a gentleman who has aveled quite ostensively
through Pennsylvania the t year. we learn that in a
single county (Clarion) out ot thirty-five furnaces, which.
previous to the ropual of the taritrof '42, were in success
ful operation. but ten or twelve are now in existence.—
This fact furnishes a beautiful illustration of the effect of
that policy which Pennsylvania basso long upheld. And
this same county of Clarion, if we remember rightly, at
the last general election, gave seven or eight hundred
Majority fur Cass and Butler! Doesn't our friend of the
Erie eilisercer think this beautiful?—Dansrille (Y K)
Herald.
If the question of tho Herald refers to the "seven or
eight hundred majority for Cass and Butler" iu Clarion
"at tho last general election," we have no hesitation in
answering in the afFerdiativo. Such a majority on the
side of correct principles is always "beautiful" in our
eyes—in fact there is nothing so "beautiful" as the De
mocracy speaking out in their full strength, though glo
rious little Clarion can and will, whenever fully roused,
do much better than "seven or eight hundred majority."
But that "beauty" alone is not what our cotemporary
designed to call our attention to, probably. Ho unquesh.
tionably wishes to know our opinion of the fact (we take
his word that it is it fact, knowing tiling to the contra
ry) that "previous to the repeal of the ariff of '42" there
were thirty'-five furnaces in opt), alien in that county,
whereas "but ton or twelve aro now in exisionce;" and
this he calls "a beautiful illustration of the eifect of that
policy which Pennsylvania has so long upheld." had
verdantly, or perhaps ignorantly,
_the Herald has stum
"bled upon tho truth 'this time;—it is emphatically "a
beautiful illustration of :that policy." It is won known
that for years Penusylvattia, Irrespective of pitrty. has
uttheldtho protective policy, and the:llo.dd is right iu
proclaiming-such "facts" as the fruit. If the'lleratd is at
all acquainted with Congressional history it mdst bo a
ware that but, one member out of the entire Pennsylva
nia delegation voted for the bill of '46, withal( we'recol
lect correctly, all votedforthat et . '42.' It is true there
'were'thousands of individuals ih tho statewho cbmietnn
ed this policy, nevertheless both the democratic and whig
parties hugged "protection for protection"to their boa
ems with maternal fondness until the practical results of
theinvenue bill of '96 convinced ono of them, at least, of
its errdr. If the other is not convinced it is certainly
silenced and powerless, for although Congress has been
in session-eight months the Whigs have yet to make the
first more towards wrevision of the bill of '46, or the res
toration of that of '42; indeed, tho whig chairman of the
Committee of Ways and Means of the last Congress. Mr.
Hudson, iu his report, declared with emphasis that the
whig party "doss not ask that Ike tariff-of '42 shall Lo re
stored!" Facts aro stubborn things, and we do not won
der Mr. Hudson should arrive at the conclusion he did.
But to these Clarion county furnaces. The-Herald says
some twenty of them have Stopped aince. , the repeal of
the l hill of '42, and thinks the cause may bo found•in the
enactment of that of '46. We think otherwise—indeed
wo hero no hesitation In ascribing it to "that policy
which-Pennsylvania has so long upheld." Under the
intoxicating and unnatural stimulous of "that policy" a
larger number of furnaces wore put in operation than the
demand for pig iron warranted, consequently the supply
soon exceeded the demand, and the price came down.—
Of course those with light purses had to come down too.
This is the whole secret of the stoppage of these (urns
nacos, out of which the herald has manufactured its tar
iff fact, and nothing else! No law heti had any thing to
do with it. except the natural law of supply and demand.
This is proved by thefaet that, while the price of pig-iron
came down, there was no decline in the price of man
factored iron and nails. The mill-stream may become
overflowed by a sudden rain, but the mill can only con-
IMMO the usual quanti t ty demanded to turn its machinery;
and thus it was with the supply of iron. "That pol
icy which Pennsylvania had so long' upheld" sot all
who could run in debt for a few thousand dollars
' worth of goods to manufactiring pig-iron, con
sequently the market aeon became glutted. and the price
of the raw material receded; not so with the manufac
tured article. The bill of '42 created no now market,
neither did the present law deatrAy any actually in exis
tence; and we believe it is not pretended that the "pan
lerlabor pig-Iron" of Europe ever comes in competition
with "thatmanufactured west of the mountains—in fact,
.E n gli s h pig is never quoted in the price-current of PAW
burgh, the great iron emporium of the west. TheHer
aht will sea from this that it is not exactly "posted up" in
Pennsylvania politics or manufactures, although ft heeler
its . menter""a gentleman who has traircied-quite exten
sively through" the state; and until it is so it had better
confine Its efforts to the elucidation of the mysteries of
'Seward end Fillmore whigery. with an occasional disqui
sition on that "higher duthority" under which the Ern
petatoce! Senator acts.
pire StateVrainall-
4 Was Gen. Faylor a Mason! -
Tho Masonic F.4ternity of Troy perforniod Annie
ceiemaniosin honor ofGen. Taylor. whom they claim
ed as a brother.
The Compromise Defeated, Who h to Blame
The loss of the Compromise Bill, after tio many months
Of legislation, la not to be defended unless the par
ties defeating it ; sure :prepared with now measures to
meet the present mists. That they have no such meas
ures toady-is already apparent. In fact the defeat of
this bill is a signal triumph of faction, folly and fermi
clenn. Two hostile and extreme parties, each equally
desirous of agitation, if not of disunion, have combined
their forces,and by cunning legislative trickery defeated
this patriotic measure. The country is now once more
at sea. A wealthy and populous territory, which has
long boon entitled to admission as a State, is thrust from
the halls of Congress in a way to exasperate her people
and lead to the most pernicious results. A quarrel be
tweeuiTextui and Now Mexico, which has more than
once almost broken o into bloodshed, and which this
bill provided tin amicablsettlement for, is left undecided,
with alertainty that a collision must soon take place in
consequence of the non-adjustment of the difficulty. And
to crown all, the agitating question ofalavery. which has
already threateuod, on more than ono occasion, to break
up_the Union, is kept open for another session, in ordur
that the demagogues may got into power on the wave of
excitement, and aspirants for the Presidency stand a
chancinof mounting into that office over the ruins of
their country.
ch as some Southern members have been to blame
fortis defeat, certain Northern Senators have been not
less censurable. Foremost among those latter is Hate of
New Hampshire. This man without having actually
declared himself hostile to tho Union, Is doing all ho can
to destroy otu4r gloriOus confederation and substitute a
set of petty commonwealths, mutually hating each ether,
in place of this great, united, and powerful republic.—
We pay Hale is working for this end, because hips whole
con* tends to disunion. His hostility to the re
covery of fugitive slaves is in defiance to the Constitu
tion, and can only be gratified by destroyingpat precious
bond of Union. But tint is not all. Hie avowed pur
posses are far less hurtful than his secret aims. By do
nouncing slave-holders iu season and out of season, and
by assisting, in other ways, to lemma feelings of suspi•
cion, aversion and hatred its the North, ho is gradually
weakening that bond of fraternal affection which once
held this Union together, and which, when destroyed,
will bring on the speedy dissolution Of the confederacy.
The cement which so long has joined North and South
in one fabric, is fast being dissolved in the wild waves of
agitation; and unless the people—the honest, sincere,
practical people—come to the rescue, the splendid strut..
turo of our name, our glories, and our liberties Will sink
in ruin's beneath the torrent.
If Hale; and his subordinates, wore sincere in their
efforts, their conduct would ho les, reprehensible; but as
the result of their agitation alway l e has been Fe extend
the betide of slaVery, we hate no faith in this sincerity,
unless we consider them fools, which we do not. After
months spent in quibbling in the Senate. House, after
distributing thousands of declamatory speeches in favor
of human freedom, rifler objecting to the omnibus of Mr.
Clay because it admitted California free, in the light of a
compromise instead of as a right, they have passed the
Utah bill, without any prohibition against slavery, though
slaves are known to be in that territory. They hare thus
created a new stare Slate. In a word, the end of all
their "Conscientious scruples against slavery," has been
to extend human bondage over the territory of Utah.—
Must not such men lie the greatest of hypeCilles, or the
most stupid fools': ,
It is not Garrison, or Philips, or men of that stamp
who aro to bo dreaded, for their avowed hostility to the
Union, coupled with their impious attacks an Christiani'-
ty, render them comparatively harmless. It is the men
of decent phrases, of Pharisaical regard for human
rights, of Pecksuitllan veneration for the cause of law
and order, who are tiro dangerous foes of the 4public;
for such men, with, their cant, and wheedling; and white
neckcloth rhetoric; impose on weak but generous hearts,
and so gradually form for themselves a party on which
they ride into place and power. It is not the wolf in all
his savage ferocity, wo have to dread, it is the "waif in
sheep's clothing ."
The language we thus use may be considered severe,
but it is deserved. No !are not what a man professes;
we judge I him by his acts; and where, while profes
sing to he averse to human bondage, he makes slave .
States, wo him a demagogue, if not worse. The
truly reformers and regenerators of humanity have ever
been practical men, not whining sentimentalists. It is
the statesman who repairs the shattered edifice of his
country that we venerate, not the mad-man or idiot who
tears down (ho temple, without capacity to build anew
ono.
Tho Northern agitators who defeated this have
tem yet freed a single bl , avo, with all their jarg u about
the cause of negro freedom; but on tho_con . traroas we
have shown, have increased to an immense e.tent the
slave territory •f this republic. But so Powerful has be
come their hold in Now England, and so much have
they prejudiced and misled the public mind there, that
men of weak natures, are afraid to act rightly. Webster
had the courage to withstand the zealots of Massachu
setts to their face; but Winthrop, his successor, cowers
before them. In this we soo fatal signs for the peace
and prosperity of the Uni l on. A reign of terror has come
in Many of the northern districts, which is driving twe
ak, 'patriotic and fearless men front office, and which
will, •eventatilly, replace them with timid timeservers,
deriaagogues rind fanatics. -
Nover, in our whole life, have wo come so near des
pairing of the republic as now. Never, sinco the fede
ral constitution was first adopted, his tho nation been
in such extreme peril. The ship of the Union rocks in
the tempest as if every now wave would ever whohn her.
We look at tho right and the loft, but no port is in sight;
we look above but no star shiner on high; and if'we did
not trust in Providence; if we did not believe that - this
republic has boon founded under ills especial care to
carry out high purposes, wo should yield to despair.—
But we fruit in Him, and though the night may be dark
and the storm beat furiously, lie will yet conduct us
safely to a haven.—Philadelphia Bulletin.
Who threw that Brickbat 7
The political world of whigdom, in and ationi; Buffalo.
were startled the other day by the announcement that
President FKLISIORE had withdrawn the nomination of
ALLEN. appointed by Taylor Collector of Buffalo, and
substituted that of his personal friend, Mr. Kr.rcttust.,—
It is certainly uouo of our "bread-and-butter," but wo
really think the President has dono perfectly. .right. Al
len was appointed in opposition to his wishes, of the so
licitation of Seward—indeed the late administration re
fused to allow thii Vico President to control ei single ap
pointment in the vicinity of his own residence, and it is
no more than right that now, when he has the power, he
should see his friends righted! We feel somewhat grat
ified, too, at this retributive justice at the hands of the
powers that be. from the fact that this man Allen has been'
red-monthed in his denunciations of the "Lo-co-fo-co
Sdnate," whenever it was hinted to him that ho might
not be confirmed. He would rather be rejected than not
by a "Lo-co-fo-co Senate." he said! Wonder how
he likes to be rejected i by a whig President, his own
neighbor? That brick-bat came from ildifferent source
than tho one he calculated.
How does the Erie Observer like to see its article
against Mr. Brawley. going the rounds of the Galphin
pro& We hats Warren Ledger.
Cin't say that we haye auy likes or dislikes in the
matter. We always speak the truth without "fear. fa
vor or affection." and / if it is not palatable it is the fault
of the spoken o 4 rather than the speaker. Tho fact that
i stihig papers copy what we have said in this matter hail
no terrors for us—we are not so thin skinnetlr'—
Decline! the Honor.
Mr. Bates, of Missouri. who has been tendered the ap
pointment of Secretary of War in President Filmore's
Cabinet. it is asserted. has positively declined; his ran
eons for doing so being strictly of a private nature. lie
is at the head of a family of fifteen children. to support
which. of course requires a very large income. It is skid
that his legal practice is worth from twelve to twenty
thousand dollars per annum.
MEN AND THINGS IN BOSTON.—No. L
correspondence or thcy Elle Observer
• Dosrox, Acorn 3, 185%
I shall not attom t to write the history of Bost oa , t 4
toll what it has bee , from whenco it sprung. and ho w ,
unequal at difleren times has been its growth. That
taiikl shall leave the writers of Statistical Alminars,
and the makers of Children's Geographies. But I shalt
endeavor to describe, as far as I go, the City of Notions
i
as it looks to me at Al o present timi—tO sketch some of
its chief buildings, so no of its institutioas, end some its
most noted I mon; an perhaps, as far rie7l am able, to
paint some few pictures from the two extremes al seqs to
be found in large cities—the pampered rich nod thqiin i .
gry poor—those who aro distiagnished for vinous aid
large powers of mind, and thosti who are steeped in igno.,
ranee and vice. . • .
Boston contains 140,000 miles, Mostly Yankees and
Irish; that it is a city of crooked streets, that it contains
the usual number of imposing public edifices, the usual
number of low, dilapidated, sunken dwellings, the usual
number of large minded public spirited men, and at least
a great number of unmitigated scamps, scoundrels and
villains of high and low degree, is hardly necessary for
mo to assert. Ireland is represented hero by 50,0140 of
her chiilden. We find tient sweeping streets, heaving
coal, piling lumber, unloading ships, working about
Wharves and depots, carrying the hod, and not a few ply.
ing the needle and awl. They live together el Most as
thick as bees. Where one of them enters it street to lire
that street is doomed—the Yankees scatter like frighten
ed) horsemen, and Patrick takes complete possession._
Then and there is Babel established; then and there as‘
cowls to Heaven a confused conglomerated sound, wads
up of the uncouth dialect of the Celt, the brogue of the
genuine Bogtrotter, the barking and snarling of dogs, On
scolding of women, and tho thousand trot-to-be•describ.
ed noises that children can and do make. Any number
of families, from one to a dozen, occupy a single house!
God and themselves only know how they live. Amost
every house has a store in the basi'ment,kept by a jelly,
raged, smoking, drinking, chewing, Irishman.
And from those subterranean shops,
Yc gods! what odors rise
thr rusty bacon—uwatly chops,
And tattey cheese, and old deco) log pies
I have seen pork hanging out before these shops that,
to judge from the looks and smell, must have been made
from those SWICIO thut Were fed and fatted on husks, by
the Prodigal Son.
The young sprigs of Erin that swarm the aide walks,
are a sight to behold; not a sight for a dashing young
belle—not a sight for a white gloved exquisite, but a
sight to draw tears from the eyes, and compassion from
the heart, of every lover of his race, every well wisher of
his country.. The most of them ere, miserably clad,.
scarce enough of filthy tags to hide their nakedness,—
They fight, and howl, and scratch, and bawl, like so
many whelps in a -jungle; and roll in the dirt of tho streets
as if it were fun, and the only thing worth living for.—
Some of them aro blind of au eye, some lame of a leg;
all, rough-haired and dirty, yet, mirabile dibtut they
ore mostly fat. It i 9 painful to think of the end to which
most of them must come. Like Pennons, who fell be
before the majesty of the law last Friday, the 2Gth of
this month, in the jail yard tit Cambridge, some few or
thorn will, without doubt. leap from the gallows into an
unknown world. With less doubt, maby of•thern will
know by sad experience the dampness of prison walls;
and without any doubt, a good portion of them will be
sent by pestilential disease to premature graves.
Had the Irish one half the sense of. the Germans, they
would net stay I here; in stmalor and wretchedness. Be
yond the Mississippi and the Lakes, there is room enough
for them to flourish; room enough and means enough
to make them well conditioned, happy and contented.—
In Boston, compared with Most other cities of the Union,
there are few foreigners except Irish. The latter as soon
as they arrive here, think they have seen "Amiriky,"
and commence burrowing immediately. Having found
the land of "of milk-and honey," they seek no farther.
Of Germans, and French, Italians and Hungttrians,
there are a very few. Of Jews there are some, and they
admirably sustain their reputation. As one of them said
the other day. "they wont lie unlesS it is for their inter
est." Of Degrees there aro enough to fdrm a respects.
blb colony; they are as inoffensive I rad as quiet citizens
as any government could wish; they attend to °ei/ own
business, which is for the Most part boot blacking, bar
bering, and dealing in second hand clothes. There are,
however, among them professional men of good' attain
ments and reputation. Give them a fair chance I say.
Give them the practical benefit, of the true democratic
theory represented by the three wordsL.b/rty—Equal
ity—Fraternity. - Yours, SCIZIDO.
Speaker Cobb's Position.,
A Washington correspondent of the S. 1". Son than
.defines Mr. Cubb's position ontho Compromise:
"Mr. Conn is just now enagfid in a violent controversy
at home. Ho has thrown himself into the breach in de
fence of the compromise bill, and the Union, against the
assailants of either.'who ore fast each beComing the as
sailauts of both. Every anti-compromise paper in Gear
gia is out upon himrdenouncing him as a traitor to Ins
State; wild., the half dozen democrat papers of Georgia
which sustain the bill of tho cothmittae of thirteen. alone
defend him. There are many Whig compromise papers
in that State,
bit fear lest they mayihuild upithe party to
which C. belongs, deters them from defending him from
his virulent assailants, upon points ou which he and they
stand on a common ground. This illustrates one of the
evils of violent political position—making men untrue
to themselves."
It also illustrates the difference between the course of
tho Whig and Domooratic parties of that state. Thu
Whig papers of Georgia, although they agree with Mr.
Cobb, will not stand by him for fear it will make him too
popular! Beautiful, isn't it! especially when the same
Mr. Cobb is lending all his energies and endangering his
local reputation to sustain Mr. Clay, the idOl of Georgia
wlaiggery: Thorn is gratitude for you! Thera is en
larged patriotism with a vengeance! Party above the
common good Is their motto, while the Union, whin
weighed in ihoir scales, is as nothing compared in 'Self /
Such mot: kre entree, not to themselves, but ta
country!
Acquitted,
Niram Phillips, who was upon his trial beforo the Court
this week' for arson, in burning a dwelling house in the
town of North East about a year since, was acquitted ow
Thursday. .We thought tho man could not be guilty, as
ho has always taken tho Obserrer and paid for it.
Erie County Quarter Session&
The several Courts of the county opened, Monday. Au
gust 5, 1850; Present, lion. G. Church, President, and
lion's M. Hutchinson and los. M. Sterrett, associates.
The first case called was— '
Commonwealth vs. Nimm Phillips. Indictment fot
Arson.in burning a house at 20-mile Creek in North East
township in Sept. 1830.. Plea. ••Not Guilty." Verdict
the same. Dept. Attorney General Taylor and Marshall
for prosecution; Walker. Babbitt and Grant for defense.
Commonwealth vs. Benj. W. Vansise. Indictment fotj
misconduct as au officer and assault. Plea "not guilty."
Verdict guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of $3O and
costs. Taylor and Walker for prosecution; Marshall and
Vincent for defense. 4 ,
Commonwealth vs. Wm. H. Bisbee. Indict or Indictment for
assault and battery on his wife Patty. Pea, "not guilty"
—Vordict . guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of $1 and
coats, and gird security in the sum of $2OO for good be.
havior. Taylor for prosicution; Cuttey for defense.
Commonwealth vs. Thomas Porter—indictment foc i
murder. plea not guilty. Trial progressing on Thursday ,
evening. This case is peculiarly painful. The prisoner
is only about Bfi year' old. and is on trial tor the murder
of his brother. between the ages of 6 and I.years. Att'y
Gen. Taylor for prosecution. AV. A. Galbraith for defense.
Wo aro informed by a correspondent that the wife of
a man named John P—. residing near Little Falls. was
on 'Monday. July 224 safely delivered of five children.
at one birth, all hove, and that they. with the mother. aro
doing well. Bost this who crin.—Aibany paver..
Who wonls tot--;Aloston Post.
A good many—at least we know et some that re try
ing.
Er Mr. Simmons. of Rhode. Island. has been
theliost of assistant secretary of the treasury.'