CM
ARRIVAL OP THE STEAMSHIPS CHERO
KEE ANE GEORGIA.
Two Weeks Later from California. Over Two
Millions in Gold Dust.
The Cherokee left Chagres July 27th, and Kings-
ton July 31st. She brings 13k) passengers and over
two millions in gold dust. Tho steamship Georgia
Capt.. Porter, sailed from Chagres July 2Gth, fur New
York, with the mails. The steamship Philadelphia
arrived at Chegres on the evening of July 2Gth, hav
ing experienced a heavy gale of wind on the IGth of
July,• in which one man was washed overboardind
lost, one died from injuries received, and one had
both legs ; broken. She shipped two heavy seas,
which•cabsamuch damage to hell upper works, but
she would repair while lying at Chagres. The
Cherokee brings the gold received at Panama per
Columbus, Sarah Sands, and:California. ,She brings
advices" from San Francisco to' die t Ist ult., thirteen
days later than our previoustaccounts. The Cher ;
olt . eo brings over 432,000,000 in gold dust, over four
hundred thousand dMtirs of which is in the hands
of the passengers.
Every thing scorns quiet and prOsperous in Cali
fornia. Business, which was paralysed by the great
fire, is be g inning to revive. The loss by this lire is
estimttedat 55,000,000.
No dissatisfaction appears to be I mahifetted by Clio
delay of the admission of California into the Union.
Tho Californians seem elated kith the prospect of
the arrival Of a largo efr,',gration.
• A groat excite tont has been raised from reports
of rich depositalV gold at Gold take. The reports
prove to have been fabricated. 1-
A valuable vein of coal had been discovered in
Oregon, on the Columbia river. It is found there
in largo quantities and is readily gift out. It has the
appearance of cannel coal.
A nnmber of nen , pavers, in different parts of Cal
ifornia, are announced as soon to appear. Complete
examinations and surveys of San Francisco Bay
and Sacramento - River have been made by naval of
- i
ficers.
The discovery of gold
,in Oregon is .confirmed.
" timmixo OYTIfR SHIP UTICA.—The ship Utica, of
New York, - formally one the Havre packets, took fire
in the hold on Sunday morning.
,She wgs lying in
the thickest part of;the:shipping, and in order to save
further damage to other ships, her Ctille was let slip,
when she drifted the direction of Yeflrt Buena, where
in five homs water she was smiftled. The-Utica
was a good ship and was in readiness to leave on a
voyage. 'She was sold awake lien full of water, un
der the inspection of the Port Wardens, fur $l,-
950.
FOUR MURDERS WITHIN TWHNTir- FOUR HOORS.-
By a: gentleman who arrived yesterday from the
Southern mines, we learn of several murders and
other atrocities committed there, which develops a
very bad state of society. On Filiday night' last,
two Americans were murdered in their tent at James
town, by some persons unknown. One of them was
a Mr. Chase, of New Bedford, arid the other a Mr.
Hathaway, of Dighton, Mass. The first 'had Isis
throat cut Irons ear to ear, besides a stub in Isis breast.
Mr Hathaway was,stabtsed in the breast and neck
in several places. The tent was- robbed of about
one thousand dUllars that was known to be in pus
cession of the murdered MEM
•
On Wednesday evening, lOth in t., a Frenchman
named Jean Periants, was shot by Some person un
known, near thp Oregon Tent, about - twelve miles
above Stockton.
Ou,Saturdaylsight last, on Wood's about one mild
below Sonorc, a Frenchman was ;hut in the head, and
died the next day. • •
On Sat urday night last, at Colunshus, in the New
Diggings, a Chilian was shot by a Mr. John Bran
non, In self-defence. The Chilian called upon Bran
nan for some ammunition; he told the applicant ho
had none to give him, but that if he mould' call the
next day, he would let him have seine. The Chil
ian became enraged at the-refusal, And as ho reach
ed
the door, turned about and tired his gun at Bran-,
Flan, and a mass names! Jackson —Rtiark, who were
standing 'together. They dodged under a table; but
Roark's hand being up, one of his fingers received
_the ball. Brannan then ran tq the door, and there
being several around. he was fit first unable to dis
tinguish who fired, and while standing a moment,
ho received three stabs of a serious but not fatal char
acter. He then drew a pistol and hot the fellow
down. An examination' was had, and Brannan was
justified in the act.
A few dayshge, a Frenchman sl
ss,,tho streets of Sonora.
. It is said that almost every one u
goes armed to the teeth; and, from
we do not wonder at it .—Pacilic
Tun GOLD LAN.r..—The Gold Loll e excitement, so
much talked of, and acted upon of late, has almost
entirely subsided. A crazy man comes in for a share
of the responsibility. Report is ithat they have
found one lif the pretended discoverers, and aro about
ilynching him, at Marysyille. Indeed. we aro told
that a demonstration against the town is feared by
many. People who have returned, after traveling a
pdistance of one hundred miles, soy that they left a
vast number of parties roaming abt between ' the
sources of the Yuba and Feather , deers . It is as
serted, also, that fair diggings o to be found
in that region, and that if they choose to be content
under their disappointment, they culd do tolerably
—well, as provisions are abundant. ' he party which
(k .
first started out from Marysville we e positively as
sured of the Lets relative to the pdsition and rich
ness, of Gold Lake, Tl.eir'guide conducted them
as far as Grass Valley, a dista.se u; :00 miles, when
they were fulloweil and watched by 130 mar;'. that
they would not proceed. The Yu a River, three
i
miles above the new town of binila and eight or
more from Alarysville, 'bug been turned from' its
course by a company, and made t run through' , a
faternal slough. Prospecting of th bed has proved
.very satisfactory. A capital stock f 100 shares has
been formed,*and many of them die used Of at $2OO
each , 0
ROBBERY OF GOLD ON TUB 16T113[19. -A robbery
of $32,006 in gold,'consigned to 13,:bee, Ludlow
Co., of this city, was perpetrated in the Isthmus
while the mule train was passing om Panama to
Chagres. ' The robbers made their appearance and
took possesion of the mute which as laden whit
three boxes, containing the above amount. The
force with the train was not sufficient to repeal them
,and they carried off their booty. No trace of them
could be found afterwards.
Tllll GILA EMMIORATIOr.—Capt. John Chapman
and wife arrived on Tue.:clay from Santa Fe, New
Mexico, via the Gila and Colorado ivers, and San
Diego. They left Santa Fe on the 17th of March
last,.with.ti party of fifty, among ivhom were sever
al families. CapN.l. and wife arrived in San Diego
in 59 days. They tlttred great hardships, and were
several times in jeoardy from the Apache Indians,
and afterwards from the Yumas, at the Colorado.
%Tim Et.ucTioN is SAN FRANCISCO.—The election
yesterday to fill Op vacancie. •n the Board of Alder
men, created by the resignation • Aldermen Macon
droY and Duegoyne, resulted in the oice of Messrs.
Moses G. Leonard and John Middloto Mtn Cal
ifornia. July 1.
Tile MAIL.—The last mail, says the -Ma
fornian, of July 1, received front the States, Wa:
largest ono over taken in anyno vessel, amounun
to 16 well.filled bags. t
CALIFORNIA AND OREGON 0.tL..:4 large mine
of Coal has been discovered in Cupfornia, and also
along the Columbia River in Oregon. It is found to
be a superior article, and will eventully obviate the
difficulty of qending it around there, front the Atlan
tic, for the use of the steamers.
MIIXICAN PROSPERITY .—Sferry times in Mexico,
according to the last accounts! Murderers, high
way robberies in every direction, Indian razzids,
5,000 deaths from cholera in six reeks, political dis
quiet, and last, not least, nn empty treasury without
any hope:of filling it. may, her surnals a re
print the stereotyped phrase, "the (inure of /Lexie')
seeing enwrapt in clouds." That republic,' is like a
shiftless follow, who sees his • neighbor prospering
in the world by his own industry and prudence, while
he finds himself going to the dogs, and, instead of
taking example by his neighbors drones on in poverty
and discr,ntent. Some nations, like some men, will
never learn, and our grandiloquent "sister republic",
is one of them. It seems an absolute sits that such a
magnlcent territory should remain is hands worth
less and incompetent. Among civilized nations,
Mexico is like a lazy, wrangling and dishonest man
in an industrious community, gating in debt to. all,
living in misery, and producing nothing. Mexico,
however, does produce something; her vastmnd fer
rite regions and their resources supply an t amount of
bigotry, ignorance, - ekt.vory, debauchery -and filth,
suilic;eut to oversiocic the world if they could be dis-
Izzainatcd.—.7."wai's
Gold Discovered in the.C.Opper-Region.
From the Detroit Tribune of Monday.
The London came down from the
,Sault yesterday.
She had over 100,000 lbs. of copper freight from
the Cliirmines, mostly in mass and also a block of
copper weighing - 250U for the ‘Vashingion Monu
ment, as a tribute from Michigan.
The editor Atha Lake Buioeyior itiurnal says:
We were ediown yesterday, by 'Captain. John
Halloran, of this place, a piece of quartz rock, from
Lake Superior, contained several dollars worth of
pure, native gold. - The gold shows itself in parti
cles, disseminated through the quartz, the largest of
which, •as we could judge from the appearance,
weighs more than a dollar.=-He states that a friend
in the milling country has discovered rocks of - this
description, of which this is a surface specimen, as
its appearance clearly shows it to be; that s !`sore
was no reason, object or chance for decopt.;.on in re
gard to it. Ha brought it down in freliet to have it
examined, end, we saw it thoroug:ily tested in sev
eral ways yesterday, and tb.;:re is no question as 44.
its being genuine get!.
It is not, howePtlethe arst disc Ivory of gold on
the lake; gP•Jlegista have deteced it in several in
stanco, and Ow lamented Dr. Houghton was con
tklent that gold could be found in considerable quan
tities; and it has been supposed, from minutes
made by him and from remarks on the subject, that
he knew more about its, location than any ono else,
and even much more than he had over made known.
DEATH IN A FAMILY.—The Dayton Journal relatoa
the sad case of the death 'of nearly an entire family
some days ago in Wayne Township, Montgomery
county, about six miles from Dayton. Mr. Sheets,
the father, was first seized with what was-regarded
as cholera morbus. llew as relieved, and soon after
rode into Dayton andtack to his home on a very hot
day, taking a hearty supper on his return. That
night he - had another and
,Moro severe attack of his
former complain!, and his father was sent for to as
sist in nursing him. The elder Mr. Sheets was at
tacked whith cholera soon after he reached his son's
house, and died. The son did not, long survive the
i father. A German, who had been sent to asti it in
taking care of the sick, was attacted with cholera
after the death of the younger Sheets, and refusing
to take medicine, he was soon numbered with the
dead. The wife of the youngiir Sheets, and one of
the children, were next seized. Two citizens of
Dayton, Capt. Reed and f. liumes, passing that way
on Friday, went into the house, and found the moth
er delirious, one child dying, another, a boy about
eight years old, sitting by his mother, fanning her,
and a little girl, younger than-tlie boy, endeavored
to render some service. Both died on .Saturday—
the mother and the sick child.
A CALIFORNIA FUNRRAL.—"Let their dead bury
their dead."—The following account of a funeral in
California would holimoging, if it was not so shock
ing. We find it iirthe ° Pacific Xeive:
"I'Ve were told. the other day, of a burial which
took place last fall; at a diggings on the North Pork,
which, as *e knew 'one of the'parties who officiated
on the occasion, (the parson,) we cannot help recor
ding. A miner took sick and died at a bar that was
turning out very rich washings l and it was not easy
te - call men to attend to many duties that did not
As the one who died happened to be a favor
ite. among his companions, it was concluded to have
a general turnout at his burial. An old Missouri
local preaclier was engaged to officiate—a grave was
dug, and everythiny promised to conclude in a solemn
manner; 'but as the parson had never taken the pledge
(or had laid it aside in California, if he had,) he
thought it hitt proper to in a his clay a little be-'
fore his solemn duties. The parson being a favor
ite, and the grocery near by, ho partook with one
another, before the services commenced, until his
underpinning became quite- unsteady. Presently it
was announced that the last sad rites were about to
be concluded, and our clerical friend advanced (rath
er unsteadily) ti perform the ftinctions due to his
office. After an exordium worthy of his best days
the crowd knelt around the grave; but as ho was
praying with due fervency, one of the party discov
ered some of the shining metal in the dirt thrown
from the grave, and up he jumps and starts for his
pan, followed by the crowd. The good man opened
his eyes in wonder and seeing the game, cried out
for 'shares.' His tlaim:was'recognized, and reserved
for him till be should got sober. In the meantime,
another hole-was dug fur the dead man that did not
furnish the like teMptation . to disturb his 'claim,' and
he was hutridly deposited without further ceremo
ny ft
ot a Chilian.in
r in that country
he array above,
ewe, July 1.
have convt Island, nt the
head of IA ... 1)01, _.. the Mormon
Colony is located, headed by the prophet, James
Strang. , , They number about six hundred, and have
a farm on the Island, which is cultivated by them. They ha ve also engaged to a limited extent in taking
white fish and trout, which constitute their chief
means nI subsistence.
The 'I emple l loo by_6o feet, is in progress at their
settleme t, one sixth of the labor the Colony
being required upon it weekly. At present this la
bor is divertiS4 to the building of a printing Mke,
the press and materials for a weekly paper being
on the ground. Semi-occasionally,the portion of
the Temple which is finished is use as a Thcrirt!
Mr. G. J. Adams, oPe of the lenders, acting as man
ager, and we are informed the. "Lady of Lyons"
has had a worse "Claude," and an inferior "Pauline"
upon Boston boards. This room is also used for• a
ball room, where the faithful chase the giddy hours,
and also also a place of worship on Sundays.
Strang, is at present deeply engaged in decypher
' the ••!Ates found by him as indicated by a vision,
back at Xenoslia, son:? time since.. They are of cop
per and are engrave.] with cabalistic !actors, sup
posed to relate to the interest of the "church of Inc
later day." by his followeri. Ho Is describe] as a
hard working, industrious man, but most of those
upon the Island are indolent and averse to labor.
Chico go Journal.
Sistoor,An AtotuAr, MALAnr.—Alstrange malady
has made its appearance, says the' Greene County
Messenger, in this region for some years past.—
Whether it be epidemic or contagious, we are not
fully able to determine. It seizes upon one certain
class every year, with a tenacity of recollection
which is somewhat surprising; no diirerett how
great the change in surrounding circumstances, the
victim of last year is again - the victim of tho present
and becomes the subject not so much of comtnisser
,ation and dread;-as of surprise and ridicule. The
symptoms generally make their appearance with the
warm weather in June, or July, an the patient is
suddenly restored by the frosts of October. The
victim, during all,this tiMe, is quite delirious, and
evinces a want of rationality, strangely contras
ting- with those around him, and which can be
readily detected by his friends, though seldom, admit
ted by their own family circles' This singular and
senseless distemper might be termed the "Tariff
Illusion" or "Protective Illimbug," and takes hold
alone of whig editors and politicians, who, all at once
become impressed with the painful idea that our be
loved country is madly rushing into the vortex of in
evitable bankruptcy and ruin. They raise the warn
ing cry, and slon the hoarse croaking sounds of" R
uined manufacterersi" "Destruction of a home market"
"British manufacturers," etc.; aro echoed and re
collect) throughout the land. Thus is manifested the
strange hallucination incident upon this malady.
Cali
he
A SPIRITED GlRL.—Yesterday morning, among a
group of emigrants sitting upon a stoop on Quay
street, sat a sgaare built, hearty looking Dutch
girl, who was eating her brealtfat of tough cheese
and hard sea biscuit wi?li apparent relish. Several
!oafish looking fellows passed by and cads gently
chucked her under the chin. The girl bore it very
contentedly until the last of the train of loafers
stooped as if he Wen led to kiss her ruby lips, when
she jumped up, and with a blow of her brawny fist,
that had doubtless often guided a plow in her "fa
derlandmshe knockedthe rash insulter into the street
as prostrate as an ox felled by a butcher. lie pick
ed himself up and "left," amid the sholits and laugh
ter that went forth from the spectators. The girl
smiled, and sitting, down concluded her unfinished
breakfast as if nothing had happened.—Albany
lf.,iekeroteker. •
LONORV/Tr.—There is a Man living in Jefferson
county, Tonessee, named John Vanhooser , who is
one hundred and twenty-two years of age; and who
voted for Gen. Washington for the Presidency.
The Knoxville Reporter states that until lately ho
could walk to and - fiem town, a distance of six miles,
without fatigue His daughter, aged eighty, lately
paid him a visit, and found the old gentlenan in fine
health awl spirits. •
The Slave Abdneation Cale.
Much excitement existed in,this city yesterday,
caused by the arrest of a white man named CHAPLIN
from Pennsylvania, while in the act of carrying off
two negro menservants, belonging to lion. Messrs.
STRPUIitIS and T 00311191 of Georgia. '
We understand that the facts: are about these;
These two servants left the residence of their m as .
tors several days'r ince, and circtfinatancon leading
to the belief that some agent was employed to effect
their escape, a watch-was kept up until Thursday,
night when, about twelv o'clock, the whole party
were arrested in a just beyond the district line.
As soon as 11 .1.3 horses were seized, the driver (Chap
lin) tired. ut the person who took hold of the horses,
an'! repeated it: but ho was instantly dragged from
his, scat when a ti.spo.rateencountr. r ensued. The two
negroes in the vehicle fired through the hack win
dows upon those engaged in the arrest, who in turn
tired iii upon them. Some ten rounds were fired by
Chaplin and the negroes, with no other. effect than
a slight flesh wound in the arm of one of theollicers.
Both the negroes were wounded—one slightly; but
as the other effected his escape, it is not known what
the extent of his injury is., His coat' was found,
with blood upon it. The party were brought to,the
city aboq one o'clock on Thursday morning, and
yesterday the white man was committed to await his
Wo further understand that a black man, residing
in tho First %Yard, has also been arrested, charged
with being euncerne4 in the businese.—lVasking
ton Glam.
DISCOV7IIIII39 Of GOLD it Texas.—ThLgotiston
Telegraph says that preparations are In progr ss in
all parts of tho State, fur a grand expedition to the
gold region that has been discovered in Northern
Texas, not far from the ruins of the celebrated city
of Grand Quivira. - Gold mines have been found all
along,the great chain of the mountains extending
from tile source of the Arkansas and Platte rivers
by Santa re, to the Puerco. Immense excavations
are showed along the feet of these mountains, and
the ruins of vast cities indicate that these mines
were once worked by millions of people. •,The geo
grathical formation of this region are so similar to
those of the gold regions of California, that they
appear indentical, and contain similar deposits of
the precious metals. These facts have, been made
known throughout Texas, and the Telegraph would
not be supprised to tind,that the emigration to the
gold region of Texas, in the ensuing autumn, should
exceed the emigration to California. All along the
Indian frontier, and throughout the interior of the
State, the notes of preparation are sounding, and
thousands may bo found wending their way to-North
ern Texra in the course of two or three months.
The excitement in regard to this expedition has
perhaps have never been erpia'ed.
Gov. LAtires Nits. aGE.—The following is a brief
abstract of the g topics of Mr. Lane's message
to the Legislature of Oregon. The past winter in
Oregon has been an unugually rainy one by which
milling operations were seriously impeded. Gov.
Lane refers to his successful pursuit and capture of
the Cayuso Indians who were implicated in the mur
der of Dr. Whitman and his family; also the capture
of sixty or seventy of the deserters from Col. Loring's
Rifle Regiment, which have been nearly broken up
by desertions. The Cayuse and other
_lndians
charged with murder, aro to be tried by the Courts
of the country. The relations of the Territory gen
erally, with the Indians, are quite amicable.
p w.
Lane refers to the neccessity of revising and sim
plifying the laws of the Territory, and states the
strange fact that they have not, been printed. He
announces that the Collector of Astoria has received
the sum of $20,000 to defray the expenses of the
Legislature.—ln June (ultimo) tho steamers were
to commence running to Asturia.—Phit. Times.
A Smour MtsrAxn.—At the South End, the
other evening, a little girl, who had been out play
ing, suddenly ran into the room where her mother
was sitting, and, crying very piteously, exclaimed
—"Oh! mother, mother, what shall I do? What
shall I do!" The mother, fearing that some acci
dent had befallen her little darling, endeavored to
discover the cause of the child's grief. "Oh! moth
er," said the latter, ado go to the door and see our
Saviour—he's coming up the street!" The mother
went to the door, and saw a gentlemanly looking
Turk—who is at present sojourning in our city—
walking in company'with a friend. The child was
told of its mistake, and, after having been assured
that-it was not our Savior whom she had seen, be
came pacified. When questioned as to how she
could mistake a Turk for the Messiah she innocently
replied—o Well, I thought he was our Saviour, be
cause he had such big whiskers! lie looked exact
ly like the picture in the Bible!"—.Boston Post.
ImponTANT SEIZURE.—The Chicago Journal of
the Ist inst., says:
The Government for the past few days, have done
a ''Land Office business" in this'region. Forty six
vessels engaged in the lumber trade between Mil
wankee,,Chicagn and other points upon this, and the
dtdler side of the Lake, have been seized by the U.
Suites Officers. most of which have been bonded.—
The Officers are now here awaiting the arrival of
the balance of the fleet. It is supposed the vessels
engaged simply in the carrying trade will be releas
ed, but such as are owned by the proprietors of mills
located on or supplied from land belonging to the
Government, will be forfeited to it. 20,000 of the
logs seized a short time since at Grand River, were
sold at auction, bringing on an average ono
shilling each. ' This sum netts the. Government an
amount equal to the price for which the land can be
entered. The most efficient steps have been taken
to protect the public lands front tjegedations of this
nature, and we think with a very fair prospect of
-.sees.
A L. MARY ,7 0 ,; ;;;: n. a Che rokeeil an a'
ary, addressed the Monthly Meeting of the Children's
Missionary Society, connected with Rev. Mr. Bur
chard's church, New York, on Sunday. Miss Pow
ell was accompanied by Miss Now-ne-she-ke-joke,
or the "sun in the centre of the sky," niece to the
reknowned Chippoway Clicf, Black Ihwk. This
lady - had been converted to Christianity but about
eighteen months when she first began to learn the
English language. She made a brief ,address in
very good English, closing with two Indian airs in
her native tongue. They are about to visit the
Chippeways on a missionary tour.
(1' A horse in the neighborhood of New York
dragging a load of coal (1200 weight) in a cart on a
slow walk, came up to child on his hind quarters in
tho middle of the road, gathering up the dust with
his hands, and making "mountains out of mole hills."
The horse stopped—he smelt of the child—there was
no room to turn off. - With his thick lips he gather
ed the frock between his teeth, lifted the child up
and laid him gent ly'on the outside of the wheel track
and "went on his way rejoicing;" and well he mi g ht
rejoice—he had done a noble deed.
Nr.w Yost: Sun•TnnAsuar.--Tho New York
Journal of Commerce of Thursday evening says:
The balance in the Suh-treasury this morning was
e 5,167,894 47, being the largest amount ever held
here in the government vaults. The nearets ap
proximate balance was on the 27th of May, when it
amounted_ to $6,164,693 36. Unlesti Congress
should pass some of the'appropriation bills soon, the
'accumulation will create apprehension and annoy
ance.* -
1)::?' A gentlenien in this city, says an Albany pa
-1 er, wont to his well the other evening, and drew a
pitcher of water in the dark. He drank hastily,
and swallowed a snake seven or eight feet long,which
stuck in his throat. Every thing that could be
thought of was done to get it out, and the poor suf
ferer would have perished, had not this little son
passed a fish hall; and line down his throat, which
the snake eagerly swallowed, and was drawn out
and dispatched by a servant girl with the crowbar.
Again wo say, leek before you drink.-411bany pa
per.
CemnAte. Lieutenant Elliott, of the 99th Re
giment, has discovered in the interior of Western
Australia a race of cannibals, who devour the bod
ies of friend and foes. Lieutenant Elliott says 'The
natives iu these districts eat their dead; old men,
women and children. The heart is given to the
Mother, as they say it assuages her grief!"
Thar Lrui or AN Exqutsrrn.—He gets up leis
urely.; breakfast comfortably; reads the paper regu
larly; dresses fashionably; talks insipidly; dines
,considerably; drinks superfluously; smokes
.elegunt
ly; lives uselessly; dies reluctantly; is hurried lug
ubriously; and is missed-by nulludy.
(grit l'Utplittl (04mott.
ERIE. PA
SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17. 185 a
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
CANAL COMSIISSIONEIL
WM. T. MORISON, of Montgomery.
AUDITOR GENERAL,
EPHRAIM BANKS, of Main.
SURVEYOR GENERAL.
J. P. BRAWLEY; of Crawford
•
Er We aro indebted to Mr. James Thompson for
valuable Congressional favors.
Tho Bakers are Coming.
Thoso who hoard the "Bakers" when they wore hero
last winter. as well as thoso who did not, will be pleased
to learn that they Will "lift up their voieos" among us
again on the 27th. The simple announcement. wo aro
confident, is ouongh to give them a fall house.
The Democratic Victory in North Carolina.
Tho foretaste of the election returns from tlio'old
North State, given by telegraph in our last, has undoubt
edly prepared our readers for a glorious victory of the
Democracy, }gut we doubt whether one as brilliant and
docisivo as we - have to record was oven expected!--
Reid, our candidate for Governor has swept, the - stet°
by an unprecedented majority, and that too In the face
of a full veto! -The Whigs cannot offer the'usual ex
cuse of non-attendance at the pollS, fur their whqlo Avail
able force was out and fully marshaled. Tho Nuw
York Tribune upon this point, says--" Tho Whigs of the
"Old North Stato" aro badly flogged—worse 'than wo
suspected, for the vote, instead of boing light, is a re
markably full one. True, Gov. Reid made his run on
the Constitutional Reform and other local issues, but
that don't console us for having a Locofuco in place of
Senator Mangum, nor duos it prove that it will be easy
to win the State kick again after such an upset." But
the best part of this victory is the majority the Demo
crats will have in the Legislature,thussocuring - a Uni
ted States Senator in placo of Mr. Mingtsm! A Gov
ernor, a Legislature and a United. States Senator, in a
State that gives usually from five'to ten thousand ma
jority against uti, is a victory not achieved every dt,Y,
and we do not wondor at the shouts \ t of our friends all
over tho Union!
In announcing this victory some of tho whig press—
factious fellows, that they ate—perpetrate ono of tho
coolest jokes of the season. It is nothing less than that
it is a whig victory after all. Ono of them goes so far as to
say that Mr. Reid is "more of n whig than a locofoco"
—and another that he is a known and avowed opponent
of the comprotmso—as if that were tho test and touch
steno of whigory..The idea that there is any whigcry
about Mr. Riod, is of course all gammon. He has been
put forivard by the democrats twice against Gov. Manly,
the whig candidate. Two years ago, ho was beaten by
about 800 majority. This Onto Mr. Mod will lead hint
in tho state about 4,000.
Missouri' Election.
Tho Stato election of Missouri took place on Monday
of lasi week, and ,was ono of the most exciting contests
that over came off' in that Commonwealth. The Dom
ocratic party was divided into Benton and auti•Benton
factions, and as was_ foreseen before tho eloction, white.
they have been quarreling the whigs have stepped in and
curried off' tho spoils. The returns aro incomplete, but
enough is known to render it pretty certain that tho Whigs
have carried a majority of members of Congress, and
largo majorities in both branches of tlto State Legisla
ture, thereby securing a United States Senator in the
room of Benton. On the wholo we do not know as wo
shall shed a groat many tears—a whig Senator from
Missouri will nut hurt us half as much as Mr. Benton.,
Wo shall know were to find him, besides a Domoceat
from the "Old North State" will make the column foot'
up Oven.
Kentucky Election.
Kentucky has, of course, gono whig, though it is not
probablo by, as largo a majority in tho Legislature as
usual. Among tho Democratic representatives elected
wo aro pleased to sec Col. Richard M:Johnson, who
was fur a great number of years a member of Congress,
and Vico President of the United States.
How Extrenle3 Meet
Folly and faction in politics sometimes make strange .
hod-fellows. That,even John Tyler. since ho slept with
Botts, won't deny! But we are not about to discuss the
strange bed-room, meetings that happen in tho world;
we only wish to point our readers to the singular meet
ing end fraternization against the peace and well-being
of the Union of certain northern and southern agitators
and factionists in the Senate—in short to show how, by
a voto in the Senate the other day, folly and faction made
bed-fellows of the extreme north and the extreniif , soutlr
—tho ranting freo-sailer, who looks upon tho todeli of a
slave-holder as pollution, and the firey and funticrii
Southerner, who equally abhors the free-noilor. Tho
other day the Senate took up and passed the bill intro
duced by Senator Pearce of Maryland, defining the
boundaries of Now Mexico and paying Texas $10,000,-
000, in full satisfaction of her claim.' This is virtually
the passage ;if Mr. Clay's Compromise Bill, and wo re
joice that this quec::: , n is at -lenii;!: virtually set at rest,
as wo have no doubt the bill will pr.M l acceptable to ft
large majority lu the House of Roproscutatives. But
tho vote is an anomaly, especially tho nays, and it Is to
this wo wish to call particular attention. Tho yens,
were—
Messrs. Badger,Boll, Berrien, Bratlubry, Bright, Cass,
Clark, Clomons, Cooper, Davis of Muss., Dawson, Dick
inson, Dodge of lowa, Douglass, Feld), Green, lions.
ton,King. Norris, Pearce, Phelps, Rusk, Shields, Smith,
Spruanco, Sturgeon, "%Vales, NVltitcomb, Winthrop.
Among these will bo found tho moderate men of all
parties—men who know nonorth, no south, but look to
the union of the States as the greatest blessing willed to
mankind: But look at the other side f tho picture—at
the nays: hero they aro— :
Atchison of Mo., Baldwin, of C ~ Barnwell, of S.C.
B en t on , of Mo. Butler, S. C. Chase, 1 o.,Davis,of Miss.,
\
Dodge. of Wis., Hunter, of Va., Kw' tz. of Ohio, Ma
son, of Va., Halo,of N. IL, Alorton,o ''a., Soward,of N.
y., Soule, of La., Upham, of Vt. To irney, of Tone.,
Walker, Of Wis., Underwood, of Ky. and Yulee, of Fa.
Hero we find Men professing to aim at results as an
tagonistic as the poles, coalescing and uniting to defeat a
measure eminently calculated to allay excitement, if not
to actually prevent open rebellion and bloodshed. Can
such men havo tho well being of the country at heart?
Can they bo actuated by true patriotism, and above all,
as some of them profess, by heaven-born and virtuous
philanthrophy? Far from it! Tho destruction of the
Union is their highest aim—their mily ambition:
menthors of Congress fiorn this Sotto votod
against tho application of Now Maxim) for admission in
to the Union, viz;-11. M. Dimmick, Job Moun. John
R o bbins, Thomas floss, William Strong and James
Thompson—all Domocrats.—Gazato.
No such thingl—the vote for the admission of New
Mexico, either as a 'State or a Territory, has not been
taken; and if it had, and these gentlemen voted against
her "admission into tho Union," they unquestionably
voted right. At least so says Mir.t..tito Fimmonn iu
his message to Congress, to be found in the saute num
ber of the Gazette from which wo cut tho above. Bays
the President, "No gorernment can be established fur
New Mexico, either Slate or Territory, until it' ;ball lie
first ascertained what flew Mexico is, and what are her
limits and boundaries. These cannot be fixed or known
till the lino of division between her and Texas shall bo
ascertained and established." -
TX "Call oil' the dogs." The Taylor. Seward whip
post master at Ann Arbor.has been removed. and Syl
vester! Abel. a My-Fit/more whig, appointed in his
place. T.iu Detroit Free Press says Abel lea very cleav
er follow, but thinks Fillmore is "crowding tho mourn
ors" in making changes in there small offices.
The Plot •;of 'Disunion. -
"Ilenrico ? " the Wasl:ington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Ilreltetia. u olds the following details of tho
"Oot of disunion," cone ted by the southern opponents '
of tho compromiso bill. Wo givo tho "revelations" for
what they aro worth, premising that we havo found this
writer's statements generally reliable. and that, in this
particular instance, if his story dues not contain facts, it
will bo easy for those agrioved to call upon Gen. Houston
to clear thorn from the charge . of contemplated treason!
I f they aro facts,in what an unenviable fight does it plueo
tho Bunions, Seward*, Chases and Hales, of the north,
in their prctoruizstion With southern traitors:
"And now a word further, which I have purposely
withheld until this late hour. General Houstori—l give
my authority—wilt not deny that he bad placed in his
hands a scheme, early lust winter, in which tho forms of
a dissolution of the Union were set down; that 'Poxes,
after Mexico had boon overrun and conquered,is she did
not join the Southern Confederacy as n Member, was to
be the central scat of government, and that, in consider
ation of the position of the honorable Senator, he was to
bo President, or better still, Dictator - of the Rdpublic. In
a letter of mine, published in the Bulletin two or three
months ago, I alluded to' this plot, and reinarked.that
General Houston would, in duo limo, expose the whole
affair, and should the Propaganda drivo matters to ex
tremities, and the government not impel Texas to join
in resisting the encroachments of Nov Mexico, I doubt
not the bravo old General will not only exposo the con
spracy, but actually publish tho names of the offiniders.
Hence tho anxiety of the ultraists to secure the co-opora
tion of Texas—henco their hostility to the compromise
bill, because, oatensibly, it did injustice to Texas. Thu
Buffalo Hunt and tho Cuba expedition, were but fea
tures of this infamoui schomo. That their efforts havo
thus far boon paralyzed, is no fault of thoirs. The same
ogoncy know that the lino of 36 deg. 30 min. could nev
er succeed in Congress, and for this very reason omen
ating from a convention of their own convocation, they
pledged themselves to stand by it. Meanwhile, I should
add, the inhabitants of a number of the frontier depart
ments of Mexico were secretly tempted to show signs of
revolt, and these demonstrations, added to tho fact that
'Mexico was sought to believe her capital would bo the
roigning centre of the magnificent Republic, were to be
the real inducements for the compact. Ilappily, :Mexico
refused; for sho tv4s wise enough to be aware of two
facts—first, that in defiance of her wishes; slavery would
bo extended over her whole domain; and secondly, that
when the compact was fully completed, the cannon of
the North, and tho bayonets of her millions of freemen,
would soap remove, by absorption. a rival so dangerous
to our still triumphant institutions. I have appended
this statement in connection with the foregoing, because
I deem it proper that an etposition at•this conjuncture is
essentially called for. Tho Southern Press, thus ar
raigned,' if disposed to doily the plots of its owners, can
havo the benefit of irrefragible -proof to convict it.
How the Country is Ruined
Tho following statement shows how the
,financial af
fairs of this country foot up at the Present thus. It also
demonstrates how tho country is ruined by OW Demo
cratic policy. In the "Commercial Chronicle and Re
view," contained in the August number of Hunt's Mer
chant's Magazine, it is stated that the arrivals of goll f at
the Philadelphia Mint from California and cliewharo
during the past 18 months is $16,9:4,303. This, with
the amount coined at New Orleans, and other branches,
makes over $ . 21,000.000; and probably with the amounts
brought by the Philadelphia, Georgia, and Cherokee, not
less than $27,000,000,hav0 reached us, withilLt 18 months:
In the same time, $1P..500,000 were imported from
abroad, on custom house books, and if we add the usual
estimate for emigrants, the amount is f- 0 ,'.1 . 2,001,1100; an
incredible sum when we consider how little its pros
clic° has boon appreciated.
Clear as Mud.
Our cotemporary of the Chronicle is:of the opinion
that the defeat of. the compromise is a northern victory,
and rice rcsa, a southern defeat. By what kind of rmi
cionation lie arrives fit such conclusion is beyond our
comprehension. The compromise was supported by such
national men as Clay, Cass and Webster, and by such
northern men as Dickinson, Cooper, Douglass; Sturgeon,
Dodge, Bright and Whitcombe; and it was opposed by
such Southern sectional extretnests ns Yulee, Soule,
Davis, Clemens, Mim], Hunter and Tourney, and the
factionists of that ilk in the Senate. The compromise
was emphatically a national measure, and as such was
struck down by those who would glory in seeing this
UlllOll shivered to atoms to-morrow:
A Wrong Dodge. ,
Tito Editor of the Lyent lug Gazette says that white
)1
ho was sitting in his easy cl air, ono charming morning
a day or two ego, sweet, herry-cheeked, rustic dres
sed girl 'approached him si modestly and with such a
soft, insinuating look withal, that his heart fluttered an
approval to what sho' seemed inclined to ark. In her
hand she held a wicker-basket which sho artlessly un
covered, developing a snowy covering insidei slou . ly
she lifted the whiteness away. and putting her dimpled
hand into the basket and her pretty phiz still moro ac
commodatingly near his own, she cried. "11. 0 .6- 0 .k. u .1-p•a•a-r-r-o-o-o!"-
p•a•a-r-r-o-o-o!"-- Ile says ho "dodged behind a
North American," That was a wrong dodge, decidedly.
Now wo would have "dodged" our arm round her slen
der waist, and our "phiz" beneath her honnett, and
then, in a whisper soft as a zephyr and as musical as a
birds, exclaimed, Yaw, mine dear! But than every ono to
his taste!
A Pretty Good One
Tho telegraph sometimes makes sad work with names.
An instance of this, is beforu us. By the time the names
of Fillmoro's Cabinet reached Galena, 111., the name 'of
Judge• Hall had boon transformed into N all, and this
creature of the telegraphic operator wasSorthwiih endowed
by-the Galena Whig paper, with the prerequisites of a
superior man and public officer, and the faithful were
assured that, under the sutiorior management of Mr.
Nyall, thp Department would bo conducted in a very
„:;:: and judicious manner. Thilkis a fair specimen of
Whig man-worship. Without w,thilig to know who the
new Post Master General war, this Lim); setule , L t!!"
bugle of praise in honor of somebody that did not exist.
Judge Thompson in Clarion.
ft will bo soon from the following resolution adopted
by tho Democracy of Clarion, at their county conven
tion on tho 29th ultimo, that Judge Thompson, although
no longer in tho field for popular sulTrago, is still romem
berod by his old supportors, and political friends. They
regret that they have not another opportunity to "ratify
their oft repeated attachment for himt?
Resolved, That in 'Judge Thomposon, our present
member of Congress. wo retain all confidence—he has
proved himself capable. honest. and deserving of our
support in futurethat wo thank him for his faithfulness,
constancy and untiring zoid in advocating our best inter
ests, and regret that ho will not allow us another oppor
tunity to ratify our oft repeated expressions of attachment
for him.
try uraco Mann is picking flaws in tho composition
of II s. Cass and Webster. Dignified work for a
mom of Congress—just equal to tho capacity of a
Sonia guo and low.souled pedagoguo!
riPho Perry County Democrat nominates Gen. SAst
llousTost as the democratic candidate , for President in
1852.—Easton Argue.
-
We would liko to fight a Presidential campaign with
"old Jacinto" for a loader. Ile would distanco the world
before tho people in a fair race. Perhaps wo may have
the chance?
ig'llarpor's New Nlouthly Magazine for August is a
most interesting publication. It contains tho choicest
selections from 'the English' Reviews, and is in itself a
complete rade mecum of current literature. It Is also the
cheapest Magazine in this country, containing 144 clear
ly printed double column pages to tho number, ats3 per
annum. The work has already a circulation of 33,000
copies. For sale et 0. D. Spatlbrd'a an State street.
Tho editor of ,tho Philadelphia - Sun says that "Ito
slept under o shoot on last Thursday night, without feel
ing uncomfortablo." We really dislike to mako suckan
insinuation against ono of tho Editorial fraternity, but
truth compolls us 'to doela're our firm belief that ho
must havo been drunk!
13:7The Chicago Journal states that John lilentWprth,
of the De,hocrat, now 111. C. from that Congressional
District, dcclines.a re-nomination. Tho Journal inti
mates that tho grapes were sour. AVo should'hopo so,
for the honor of the district!
A Literary Coincidence
A marked similarity of style and manner of different
authors, when writing upon the eamo subject, is now.
si-dayis not utifteqUent, when brain and steam combine
to see how fast and how much "reading fur the million'•
can ho thrown otr in a single year. Thus Lonsfellow is
sometimes accused of being an imitator, what same
"gallant steed" of James, upon which a "ca slier migh t
have been seen coming down a hill In the milli of Eng.
land,"' is said to figure extensively in every succeedius
volume from that distinguished Englislirnau's pen. The
claims of Byron, even, to originality do not escape thin
prying curiosity of the "universal Yankee nation," for i t
is not lung since we saw it gravely charged that one of
his most beautiful lyrics was stolen bodily from a German
author with an unpronounceable name. Thee there are
hundreds of village poets with Byronic shirt-sollars,
whose verses, by sympathetic feeling perhaps, are
equally as Byronic as their collars. Now it is not with.
iu the bounds of reason to suppose that all these writers
aro guilty of literary larceny—far from it; they merely
happen to think and fuel like somebody else who has
written upon the same subject, and hence they write in
thd same manner,—use the same I anguage to express
the same ideas. At best they only perpetrate a "literary
coincidence," which, as we have hinted, can easily be
explained upon physiological principles. Instead, there
fore, of being charged with purloining the product of
other peoples &rains, such "coincidences" ought to be
brought to the notice and attention of ware professors-of
Physiology. It is from entertaining such ideas as therm
that we aro compelled to differ with a Lady correspon
dent as to the extent of the "literary larceny" which
she thinks she has discovered in two extracts, ono front
the outside and the other from the inside of the Ga:etts
of last week. Ono is from an Editorial, headed "4 Bide
on the Lake," in which the writer gives a high
wranght and glodiug description of a beautiful Lady ho
saw in his travels, and the other is from a tafe by "M r .
Chas. Summerfield," entitled. "John Thylor, the Timor
of the Backtcoods Bur and Pulpit," in which the author
describes the heroine of his tale. It is true the two ex s
tracts to which sho calls our attention aro exactly alike,
word for word, and comma for c omma,
s but then our
fair correspondent should not judge tile susceptible Ed
itor liareltly—it is evidently but ono of those remarkable
"liiiriary coincidences" we have alluded to, the result of
a mental similarity between two distinct individuals, Mr.
Surnmerfisla" and our cotomporary are, mon
tane, "Siamese-twins," hence when they write about
their beau-ideal of female loveliness, they unconsciouly
use the same language to express themselves. That,
wo beg to assure our correspondent, "Miss Lucy." is
all—there is no "literary larcouy" about it. .
The Circus is Coming.
Next Saturday our city is to be visiied by another
Circus. NVo had hoped wo would ei.cape this in
fliction again this season, but it appears it is not to Le.
In the langua g e of the Vonango Spcciator, we ask
How many men who have "no limit to - read"—how
many persons who aro too poor to support their county
newspaper, will attend the "show?" How many miles
of passable road would the money, which this Circus
will carry ont of thB county, build? flow many ragged
children would it clothe? How many school Teachers
would it employ? Wouldn't it build a church for some
congregation in need of a place of worship'•, Might it
not, in a thousand ways, be the moans of doing some
permanent good?
As it will be, what will a circus do? It wili•facilitats"
the sale of 'bald faced' whiskey. It will abstract from
our circulating medium some hundreds of dollars and
give us In exchange a momentary gratification which'
will neither "mend the manners or refine the heart" of
any observer. In short it will do no gobd.
Who will bo there? The church member will go,
and perhaps the preacher—the moral man and the
morel—the good citizen and the loafer—all sorts, sizes,
color and conditions, will meet mound "the ?intr."—
Without great care over our footsteps, we are afr.dd wo
shall go ourself?"
,Very Likely,
The Philadelphia 80/Lain says it now appears as if all
thoyarious divisions of the uompromiso Bill aro In bo
passed. Tho Utah bill. with slavery in it. of which se
have already spoken, and the Texas boundary bill, hate
both passed separately, although both failed when uni
ted. The secret of the opposition to the Compromiser
is now coming oat. On the part ofsorna it-was jealousy
and hatred of Mr. Clay. who had throWn his whole soul
into it; on the part of Banton and some others, it was
jealousy and hatred of Mr. Cars, who was also most
zealous in its support. The opposition to hese two 111011
defeated 01'04 favorite measure, while its various pro
visions all seem likely at last to be adopted in uthei
•
shapes..
tl' The "tariff fact" of tho DAllti%lllC ILrnld, upon
which we-commented last; week, has drawu,fortlithe fol
lowing letter from a gentleman in that cotinty, who, as
ho himself observes, has resided there all his days, and
consequently 'weeks by the card."
M. Eturort:-1 saw in your last paper sonic remarks
in reply to an article from a paper published in Dansville.
N. Y., in which the' Diuiyillo Editor asserts that there
were "thirty-five furnaces" in blast in this county "pre
vious to the repeal of the tariff of '42," and,thet there
nro now but "ten.or twelve." You are aware that I have
resided in Clarion county all my life, and I assert, with
,
out fear of contradiction, that there never were over 31
furnaces in that county, and that all but three arc now
in successful operation; and more, full one-third Of the
whole number have boon put in blast since the enact
ment of the, bill of '46. So keep cool Mr. Herald, wo ate
not se badly ruined as you thiuk. Thetaritr'46 has nev
er injured a single furnecomen in Clarioncounty. If
any have been injured it has been done by an excess of
111 ,4,1! over demand, and a villainous combination of the
proprietors pf the Pittsburgh rolling-mills, totvhout all
Clarion county iron is sold. This is :well understood
among our ircn-men. They kno.7 that there has not
boon a pound of foreign pig metal, or hai•iron, brought
to Pittsburgh in twenty years. Yours, C. G. L.
ID - Will the Danivillo Herald put that in its tariir
pipe and smoke it?
An. Unfortunate "King."
Kings aro proverbially unfortunate "about those ddys."
Thos. Butler King is a noatablo instance of this. Twico
under this administration. and once under Harrison. has
King boon overslaughed and ostracised, by ungrateful
Georgia .rivals. No man out of Georgia ilea so may
friends to urgo him for the NavyA3partmont as Mr.
King, butsoino how ha "alai good lOoking and can't
come iu." ,
English has resigned his sitnaticrn as
Superintoi tho Columbia and Philadelphia Rail. ,
road, to tr t on the Ist of Soptomber,—and Gon.
A. L. Rin if Philadelphia, has boon unanimously
elected in 1, by tho Board of Canal Commission
ers. Gon fort possesses great energy of charac
ter, and n an ablo and indefatigable officer.—
His appointment gives general satisfaction to tho Dom•
ocratio party. ,
Graham's Magazine.
The Septombor number of this valuable periodical is
again in advance of all the m .. uthlies. Tho engravings
which embellish it are of the most superb kind, and tho
contributions aro exceedingly interesting, greatly sur
passing, in our opinion, in beauty of execution, and
richness of articles, any of the former numbers. The
price $3 for a single number per annum, or two copies,
fur $5.
Q 5 ~Vo liko to rccord a generous action, and Lore
Otto of the latest. The Cincinnati Gazette mates that a
banker of that city lost on Monday a pocket-book contain
ing between '2.000 and 3,0013 dollars. A lad fownd and
returned it to the owner, who presented the boy forth
with, the generous sum of fifty cents! Generous man:
"fifty cents" is a g-r-e'-a-t deal of money: •
113 The population of the borough of Franklin, as as
certained by ill° Deputy Marshal, is 933; in 16'10 it was
515. Tho borough of iVarron has non• n populatiou of
1009; in 1810 it was 737.
Clarion, August 15, 1&50