El
FROM CALIFORNIA.-NEARLY $3,000,000
IN 0013)-DUST =MA
The steamer Empire City arrived at New York
from Chagres on Fridolk last, bringing dates from
San Franciscoto the ISt of August. The Empire
City brings 617.19,000 in gold, which with that bro't
by tho Cherokee a few days previous amounts to
nearly $3,000,000. The most' important items of
news we find in the N. Y; sun.
MINING Irritit.tonstcn.—The news from the
mines is exceedingly good, the yields of gold are
daily increasing as the water recedes. Extensive
darns and trenches have been made in aeverat parts
fur the purpose of turning the streams. An an
ticipation shared in by most of the 'miners is, that
when the watersubsides there will be found an abun
dance of dust.
Munrufs Dmattras.—it company of seven men
have taken out, in ono spbt, in the above named lo
cation, in less than seven weeks, $1.5,000 in gold.
dust. This is,their nett preeds, clear of expen
ses.
Another 'company of six took out in the same
digging, last week, forty-two pounds of dust. This
company is wording fifty-four feet beneath the sur
face.
The greatest points of concentration are the Mer
cedes, Tuolumne,. and Stanislus. Encouraging ac
counts have reached us from the Calaveras. There
is no lack of provisions and the health of the whole
district is excellent.
In one portion of the mines, a party of Mexicans
working under Americans, have perched themselves
on a piece of table-land; exhisting on the.top of a
mountain, and belle, secreted from the eyes of the
tax collector, they , are making a pile.
The Sacramentonians boast now and then of a
twenty pound rump: At Murphy's a miner has in
his possession a lump weighing ninety-three pounds
pf which it is ascertained at least one-half is purO
g01d.., Two thusand four hundred "holes" are regis
tered at,Murphy's as preemption claims,. Those not
present at the first of August to answer in the mat
ter of preemption, forfeit their claims.
MaactinEs.-.-A lucky hombro on the head waters
of the Mercedes. has extracted, a lump weighing
eighty-three pounds, nearly all pure gold.
.SAN Als - roNto.-=.At this point, Which was desert
ed last winter, file men have been taking out, on an
average, seven ounces each day, fir the past eleven
days.
The report is favorable from all the mining region'
south, and the yield is undoubtedly greater than at
any previous season. If the trouble which: agitate
the district were only at an end, which we feel as
sured they soma will be, the San J6OllOlll district
would rapidly distance any other section of the State.
—.Stockton Journal.
ANARCHY IN 'TIM MINES.—We are in a state of
transition from bad to worse. The miners are up
in arms, irate& beyond endurance, and there is a
_universal sentiment of hatred against foreigners.-
At the Morman Galls!) resolutions have been passed
to drive all Mexicans from the mines, and tl.ey have
rjecieve,tl notice to quit in fifteen days, or they will
\ be expelled by force.
1 SAN Jo Arms DisTntep.---The citizens of Stock
ton recently held a Meeting , at the Owen House, in
that city, and in yieW of "the alarming state of of
fairs in the San Joaquin District, consequent. upon
• t ie recent cruel murders perpetrated by bands of
lhhwless robbers who infest the routes to the mines
4that region," adopted measures to restore tranquil
qy and bring the guilty to justice. They determin
ed to organize a corps of volunteer mounted rangers,
and ordered a subscription to organize and equip
them. They opened a roll at once, an I a number
c f citizens subscribed their names.-./1/ta Cali:Or
r iu, .9ug.lst:
rtColli the Pacific Neu y, August, ht.
L Since the sailing of the last steamer, the condi=
non of the over land emigration has taken the strong
tist hold of public attention: The' immense crowd
Who are coming to California by the route of the
tilains is beyond the capacity of that region to sus
t'Ain their teams, and towards the Tatter end of the
Moir:ley, when w ithin about three hundred miles of
the Pacific side, about the sick of Mary's ricer, the
teams have given out, and there will be an utter in
bility on the part of thousands to pass the Sierra
Pevada, unless assisted from this side; this is alread'
repared to be dune by Irritate enterprise, and there
is no probabilty of futility front destitution, • before
idle end of the journey is reached.
Another great ohjoet'of public interest has been
the great number of murders arid assassination's_
riich have lately taken place in San Joaquip mines,
110 , 4 of w hick have been traced to the foreigners of
'panisli descent, and but one opinion is express.e.l,
iz: that they Aid/ and must quit the country, or
bide perhaps extreme consequences. Meetings
I are been held to that effect, and some of the first
itizens of the country are appointed to see the un
ertuiking carried into effect;
The foreign miners' tax has worked well, either
orupefling aliens to pay fur their intrusion upon our
treasures, or compelling (them to leave the placers
fur our daily arrirings fellow , citizens. ,
The mines are yielding largely ut present, but
there is more associated labor in the forming of
i luny, &.c., than formerly, as isolated enterprize has
of been so successful as heretofore. ' The gold re
gion has scarcely been set-arched yet, but the sur
face of the richest - Miners have been superficially
dug over,. although not a tithe of the mineral depos
it has been extracted.
A settlement has been formed at the Eastern side
rf the Sierra Icaradn, iii , the wiper end of Carson
Valley, by the Mormons, and from its agricultural
capacities, is likely to flourish, although the gold on
that silo has not been found in great abundance.—
.4 permanent pettlernent there, will be of great im
portance to future emigration overland, as they trill
be within a short distance of that desert, there all
!eel danger Is apprehended by the belated or ex
hausted immigrants.
There has been no further news of collision be
tween the American settlers and the Indians on the
Trinity river. The mines there bare not turned
out well so far. .
I,,vrEit prom OftatioN.—The Pacific Mail Steam
ship Carolina, -Contain ft: L. tVliitit g, arrived at
Satarancisco, from Astoria, Oregon, Friday, the
29111iJuly, having left that port on Sunday, the 21st
July.
She brought down fourteen passengers. • We are
indebted to a passenger in the Empire, City, fur a
copy of the Oregon Spectator of the 11th.,
Coin Mixr,s..--The gentlemen who haVeheen
bsen't for some' weeks past, exploring the Yeicama
and Spoken, in,vearch of gold, have all returned.--
They report having heind some gold—a very small
quantity, however. The streams were all's() high
that a satisfactory examination Epull" opt bet made.
It is thought, however, that whJh the waters sub
aide so as to admit of it, a more thorough examine
tiou will•brin to lbjht hidden nines of the preciuus
metal. t
The United States steam' propeller - Massachu-
Onus, Commander Knox, rirrivA at Astoria on the,
oth June with the joint commission of army and
tavy officers appointed to select positions for light-
Mus,es and fortifications The Spectator says it is,
understood they have completed their daties so far
es l'u„,oet's Sound and the adjacent country is con
.terned, and are now Ale examine the mouth ( f the
Columbia. The Massachusetts came through the
south clihnitel, drawing ueventeen feet—finding
abundance of water.
1 • ..
Prcat HeAlta Cl Aug. I,
LATER FRoM THE SANDWICH IsLANDS.-13y arrivals
ran Saturday last we have two days later intelligence
from the Hawaiian port of Honolulu. Our dates
ro to June lllth,
P .
Private letters represent a prosperous state of sr
fairs throughout the kingdom. At Honeluln, bus
iness was more brisk. Over forty vessels of various
\dimensions were lying in the harbor, and arrivalan
rom different ports in the l'ocific werel becoming
ore frequent than at any period 'known to thels
ands since the golden era dawned. Thq;numberof
oreign residents in the Islands has been considera
ly augmented this year by the settlement on those
eautiful and fertile,shores of scores of 'immigrant s
tom the British colonies in Australia and New Ze
and. Nile season has also witnessed the return
from California of many familiar feces to the Islands,
enriched by their labors in the iidiggingt,'' and die
osed toshare the products with the land of th eir
doption. A very impOrfaut clasa'of the Sandwich
Islands opulatiou is the fast accelerating immigra
ii
ion of hinese. Their society is destined to exert,
it, no disient day, a powerful-influence on the for-
unes of the kingdom.
- Government. has devised many important public
;improvements, and has set aside about $lBO,OOO for
;the immediate prosecution of its plans. A new Par
liment House, Court lloure t !tnd other public atruc
tures, to be built of coral stone, are to be commenn
ed immediately. Tho buildintof four whittles is
contemplated; which improvements Certainly Indi
cate the spirit of progress at work. .A correspon
dent informs us that in ono week one hundred house
frames were received from SatiTrancitico, and sold
ht an_avertige of one hundred boa ten dollars each.
The Elizabeth Ascher and Giraffe, hence, surveil on
the 24th ult., both with house frames for the Island's
use. The time is within our recollection when hous
es were manufactured at Honolulu for shipment to
the gold coast.
The farmers, owners of plantations, and others
interested art the culture of the Hawaiian soil,, have
culled agricultural meetings at the several Islands,
to consider various subjects connected with the pros.
perity of their interests.
A Wm= Otrrasos.---A New York correspon
dent of Monday's Inquirer saystr--."A ,most wicked
and diabolical uOtrage upon two young girls, has
been brought to the notice of our police, authorities
within a day or two, and is now made public. The
scoundrel who thus destroyed the earthly happiness- I
and perhaps the future welfare of two innocent and
beautiful girls, is a marled man, and the father )of
sever..l children. Ile represented himself as single,
and after taking his first victim to several places of
amusement, at length inveigled her into a house
of disrepute, where ho said his aunt lived. The
old hag, who acted the part of his ount, ushered
them into a bed room, where, after dosing his vic
tim with spirtuous liquor, he attemped to accom
plish his purpose by persuasion, but failing in that,
/he resorted to force, and succeeded.
The girl's ruin having been accomplished, they
met often afterwards, and on several occasions she
yielded to his wishes oh the promise of marriage.
She became et:ciente by the realm. and to conceal
the evidence of guilt, she consented to his sugges
tions. The usual results followed.' The unfortu-
nate girl lost her health and is now on a bid of '
sickness, from which in all probability she will
never arise. Would it be believed that dosing this
time, he was acting towards the sister of his victim
in precisely the same manner, and that the scoun-,
drel effected her ruin too? Such is the fact. The
ago of the younger victim is only fourteen, and the
other seventeen. Can such a fiend believe that
while n Crud of justice rules the world, 'he will go
unwhipt of jus4e either h - ere or in another exist
ence?
A DisuaiCT; TO WS SPWIES.-A friend has jest
related-to us a curious fact in natural-history, re
specting a dog. In North Attleboro, in this State,
there is keut in a manufacturing establishment, a
large mastiff, who takes as much comfort in a quid
of tobacco as does the most inveterate lover of the
weed. Su luibituated has he become to its use, that
he must have it, and will sit all d4y in the centre
of the shop chewing away with appetite and a good
relish. Ho becametlins like a mam,by playing with
"old snots," as the ends of cigars are professionally
termed. In such play be would occesionally find a
"Boger" in his month, until a; length a taste was
formed for the tobacco, which has since increased,
and now he is what he is. Wo believe this to be
the only instance on record, of any animal but mall,
and one species of worm usibg, the weed from the
mire love of it.—Boston Cabinet.
There is a dog in Roxbury, who has acquired the
same melancholy habit. He has a slinking, sheep
ish look, as if he wore half aware of his degradation.
He is, shunlied by all decent dogs, in the neig,hbo,
hoOd.—Transcript. •
GoLD NEAR 1103 W—A friend residing at New
Peitz, Ulster county, a place but nine miles west of
this, writes us that a neighbor of his, an eccentric
man, has been ,discorering gold in that neighbor
hood, evidently ter the California order. Ile says
the individual. in question has now in his possession
a number of particles or pieces of gold one weigh
ing three and a half ounces, which he has found; a
prrt of them at a place abount a mile above where
the Shawangunit-kill unites with the 'WalllOll,
near a r•por of the mountain, and a part near. Spring
town, just south of a settleinent called Iluntin. The
man who has gathered these gold pieces asserts that
h.) can allow to those who will go, large quantities
of gold particles or lumps at each of these places
named, also at the font of the hills in the vicinity,
and in the sand on the flats adjoining; the streams
•tneutioned.—Poughkeepsie Eagle.
GOLD Corys.—The deterioation in our gold coins
has caused c,Maiderable cauversatioa of late in our
banking institutions. It is ascertained that the
coinage of only a few years date is quito deficient
in weight; su much so, that parcels. of $5OOO or
less, fall short several dollars. According to the
standard, eagles, half eagles,tz.o., are a legal tender,
at a certain specified weight, 'and if they do not
weigh the requisit ainount,,can they be received at
the count? The difference in weight of a single
piece is very trifling, but in the aggregate there is
quite a defiicency. This progress of deterioation is
going (in from day to day, and the coins which at
this timeoire of full weight, will in a few months,
perhapit, according to the wear, be designated as
light coin. We understand the banks in this city
have decided to receive gold only at weight, which
decision, we think is according to law.—Doston
Jour. - '
Tim Ihnmonous Wine P.m - rt.—The New
York Day 13Jok, an indepemlantjournal, but rather
Whiggish, while a sirnpathizing with Its Whig
friends, makes the following trite remarks in refer
eretroe to the Whig party. It saya that which was
a Whig, "has, by the action of se:tish office-seekers,
been broken to fragments aid scattered to the four
winds of heaven. In New York it is a Seward and
weed party; in Massachusetts and Ohio it is an
Abolition party; in New Jersey it is an anti-rail
road party; in Virginia it is a Taylor party; in
Connecticut end Vermont ii is a Free Soil party;
in Pennsylvania it is a Tariff party; and itt all oth
er States is a broken-down party without-strength,
influence or importance. Never was a political
party so, utterly powerless, so insignificant, sa use
less, as the Whig party, who eo foolishly slid them
selves to a contemptable little clique of New York
politicians, and took their pay in the gaudy tinsel
of a.soldier's epaulette."
SINGULAII FFIRA.K. NATURIL—The New York
Tribune says, that a woman, named Muldoon, resi
ding in City Hall Place, wag recently brought to
bed for the first time, and after a • painful and long
protracted labor, gate birth to two twin children,
perfectly formed and of nearly the usuarsize, but
born•together, face to face and found to be united at
the breast and abdomen by-a growing together of
the flesh. The children were exactly alike in ap
pearance, and presented no other Angulo ri ty of form:.
the arm of one was thrown over the shoulder and
back of the other as in the act of embracing We
learn'that . tho children were alive when born, but
died soon after. What renders_ the case peculiarly
painful is the subsequent death of the mother. lk
ery effort was made to save her, but the extraofff
nary effort of the double birth was too much for her
strength. andrshe died. r•
FATAL RRNCANTIM IN AISIt(NIII CMINTY.--.4 Sin
gular. ..vair.—Wo learn that a tragic afriir occur
red at the village of Lucktoe, Mercer co., Ky.,
Wednesday night, rosultilfg. in the death of a Dr.
Fox at the hand of Ds„ Randall, at whose house he
was on a visit. — 11. appears that Dr. Fox was sit
ting in a room of Dr. R.'s house in company with
Dr. IL's step4aughtet., at, a late hour, when the la
dy remarked to Dr. Pox that it was bed time and
sbe would retire. Dr. Fox objected to it, and blow
ing out the candle caught the young lady in - his
arms, This caused her to scream out, and her step
father came to her rcleate. F. threatened him with a
knife If he , interferer) orapproached him, whereupon
i l
Dr. Randill knock. him down ?with a atick he had
in hie hand, and aft rwertle, in a struggle, 'cut his
throat, causing hi & moat instant death.—Louis
villa Courier, 4u . 80.
TUrPOUOIIKIIIIPtitg MVIIDEIto.-Mrs. Secord, who,
after the murder of I young girl •in her family, at
tempted suicide, died on Saturday last, having been
unable to take 'food since inflicting the wound in
her throat. She was a woman of ungovernable tem
per, and after the commission of 'the dreadful act
-which deprived Miss Smith of her life in an instaot,
she expressed her regret that she had not 'killed her
husband also. b.lhe was the second wife of Mr. Se-,
•cord, who was wealthy and childless. She had ell
deavoied to get him to make a wilittequeathing hie
property to herself and berfriinds, but she discov
ered, or fancied she discovered, that the girl-mur
dered was destined to be his heir. This, it seems,
induced - her to take the life of the unfortunate girl.
,RASCALITYo*A venerable, old lady who had 401
aeon as much of the world as some who are young-
er, and thought full as well of It ai it deserves, had I
occasion recently to visit firer relations in Buffalo,
and was so Unfortunate as to be on the steamer
America, On Lake k:rie, when it bfew up, destroying
several lives. -Although our venerable friend was
so fortunate as to escape with only - a alight injury
Of the wrist, a sprain or something of the kind, she
was, of course, thrown into great consternation.—
Having no companion, she immediately addressed
herself to the gentleman nearest tier, describing her
unprotected 'condition, her feelings of alarm for her 1
personal safety, and the anxiety that would exist in
the minds of her friends, particularly ner eon, doing
a large business in New York, when t h y should
hear what had befallen the bunt. The entlemau
remarked that he also belonged toNew ink, mau4'
ifested much sympathi fur her, and by his pleasing
address and well chosen words, gained.her unreser
ved confidence. His kindness excited her warmest
gratitude, Her son's card, which she had with her
would enable him to find his, place of business, and
if he could inform him of what had occurred to his
mother, it would be conferring a great favor indeed.
This he cheerfully agreed to - du, as he should pass
directly by his store, and it wo‘ild not put him' to
the least inconvenience. Thereupon they parted,
land the old lady was soon safe mining her. friends in
Utica. The gentleman, also, true to his; word, pre:
seated hinvielf at the son's store in New York. Tho
intelligencil he brought was of direful Import.' A.
steamer on 'which his mother was I passenger, had,
blown up, He was gratifyed to state that the lady
was still alive, though destitute, from.the loss of all
her personal effects, purse included, and suffering
from injuries received. He had the pleasure of ad-
ministering to her wants, paying her physician's
bill, fare, Sza., and presented a hatidsorae bill f u r
payment! Tha money-drawer was forthwith reliev
ed of the sum demanded, and the gentlethan took
his leave. A short Correspondence by telegraph
with Utica, soon led to a correct understanding of
the case, and exposed a consummate piece of v i Hasty.
The old lady is fund of relating her adventures on
that memorable day. When asked how she escap
ed, “Oh, I trusted 0 the Lord!" , She thinks the
man a very bad one. She has, however, learned a
lesson, and will never go traveling again without a
protector.—)'?. Y. Jour. Coin.
• SLIGHTLY ROMANTIC. — In the 11. packet ship,
tame-out two weeks ago, a beautiful
woman, about 00 years old, having a fine curly
headed boy of 5, with her, and accompanied by -a
young Moustached man of elegant dress and - easy
manners, who appeared to be of some tender rela
tionship to the interesting stranger.—They stooped
at the Astor House; from which they removed to an
exquisite villa in Hoboken. This was luxuriously
furnished, and money seemed no impediment to the
gratification of the tastes of the parties. They
strolled evenings, along the banks of the noble
Hudson, and deeply impassioned dialogues were
the accustomed accompaniments of their recrea
tion.
Oa board the Canada, during her passage might
be seen a tall man, of grave demeanor and no b le
proportions. 'lle was aristocratic in look and bear
ing. He spoke but little.—Something pressed
heavily at his heart, and he could not enjoy the
voyage, or society of any kind. lie stopped at the
Astor; made inquiries after a certain lady;
and gentleman; traclied them to floboken,•and dis
covered his own brother, the seducer of his wife,
and the destroyer of his peace forever. fie return
ed to Europe with his darling boy, leaving, the
guilty pair to pursup their course of sin and shame
as Jest they might. The parties may be met dai
ly in the Elysian Fields seeking to drown remorse
in the etijoymeni[?] of each other's society. The
cries of the lady after her adored child are some
times extremely frantic. She wishes she had nev
er been born.—N. Y. Slur.
Homan; Mumma DIBAR Cu mBRRLANII.--W0 yes
terday received o letter from an attentive corres
pondent, informing us of a brutal murder, which
took place a few days since 011 the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad line, near Section,2.o, about twenty
miles west of Cumberland, 111 d, It appears thataan
Sunday last, near section :ID, a man was attracted
by.the singular conduct of his dog, who perai'sfed
in scratching at a particular spot, and barking fu
riously. In a few moments, time dog succeededf in
e.vliumining , a human hand, delicately formed; and
the man immediately after set to work and disinter
red the body of a young and beautiful looking fe
male, with mall and beaiitifully formed hands and
limbs; her nose was broken, and her breast was
bruised from the blow of a hlitdgeori, Her throat
was dirt from car to car; and from the contusions
and absence of any great quantity of blood, the
throat was supposed to have been cut after death
to make death certain. In her pocket was found a
letter from her . husband, Thomas 111cLauglin, and a
marriage cortilicate,date Brooklyn. 'The letter
was addressed to "leanor Feebly, Prospect Hill,
Brooltlin, N. Y„ to be forwarded to Ellen _Eagan,"
and expressed a desire on his part far her to -, riteet
him at Cumberland.—The marriage certificate was
signn4 by "Hugo Maguire; Pastor, C. Brooklyn,
New York."—Bali. Sun.
A LITTLII 1114,91'sato0s.—The Cannelton (la. ).
Economist publishes the following letter:
On Saturday last, a case was brought before a jus
tice of somewhat anomalous character. One day
last week an individual went into the house of Law
is Taylor in Clark township, in Perry county, in the
absence of the family, took from the house a black
silk tires., and another article of female clothing, all
of the value $9 GO. They were all found iu the
possession of an individual whose only disclosed name
is “ally." Billy, however—en Close femalescrutiny
—turned out to be a female in male attire.' The fe
males of Rome, are preparing suitabh). apparel fur
the - unfortunate Billy.
She is of quite and interesting countenance—blue
eyes—light hair—a beautiful set of teeth, and of
medium size: ha's a flow of chaste language, but fre
quently (as I am fold) breaks over the decorium of
female propriety in the use of language. I think
her between the years of 18 and 30. But all attempts
to get her name, either by threats or flattery are ut
terly useless. She avers that her name and cause
of her present position shall die with her. '
Manumit Occuartusce,—The Bayou Sara Ledg
er (Louisiana) learns front a friend, just from Jack
son, .(East Felec'earia,) that some few days ago, a
portion of the citizens of that place were horrified
at the sight, of the Tangled corpse of en infant,
which was totted in pitaession of several dogs, in a
tenanted Jot. From all that we can learn, it seems
that some dark
,and develish . deed has been done:
suspicion has been fixed upon a widow lady, and
circumstances are clearly against her;, it is suppos
ed that it was her own child, and that she killed It
to hiJe her shame, but In burying it her dogs fol
lowed, dug it up, and brought it back to the house,
where it was found in a mangled condition. Truly
this must have been a horrifying spectacle for a
mother to look upon—the mangled corpse of her
child in the possession of dogs! .serving as a bone of
contention! We forbear to say more, and wait for.
further particulars.
MATH PRO3I TUE STING OP A "YELLOW JACK^
ST.'!--Last week a son of Mr. John Gilphin, of
Centre township, in this county, 12 years of age,
came to his death in the following singular man
nett—While pounding or mashing apples to Maim
cider, a “yellow jacket" , flew into his mouth end
stung him at .the top of the throat, and in twenty
minutes after he was dead! Swelling act in imme.
diately, which completely closed the windpipe, and
death was produced by sufflmation.—.Cambridge,
Ohio, Times.
O" The Louisville Democrat thinits Ger Hut-
Ton should go to the penitentiary, because he did
not follow in the -footstep of his Swartwouting
Whig predecessors.. Marna says:
General Hinton, of Ohio. Isn't he one of 'cut
He is not smart, however. He ought to. have
brought a claim'against the Post-offlee department,
got Johnson to certify some time ago, and then es
caped the law. ' a fool, and ought Ito golo Abe
penitentiary.
MTh Dscencr.--The folloiOng from the Whig
central .committee of Richland county, Ohio, ie
amongst the latest and richest:
"In short, we wish the townships in thattenven
lion represented by honest teen, who believe in their
serried", that the des:endive principles of Loco
rocarsar are feet seated in tho Mawr or Evans
Cuomo SCOUICIIRM"
Where is Greta! Hintoni •
Erit 143 . ttlth1 INprutr.
EItI E. PA.
SATI4DAY MORNIN', SEPTEMBER 14,100.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
FOR CONGRESS.
CARLTON B. CURTIS,
OF WARREN COUNTY
CANAL COMMISSIONER,
WM. { T. MORISON, of Montgomery.
AUDITOR GENERAL.
EPHRAIM BANKS, of Mifflin. -
SURVEYOR GENERAL.
J. P. HICAWLEY„of Crawford.
- . .
County Convention. •
The Democratic Electors Of th e several
Election D l istricts in this County, arc re
quested to - meet at the places of holding
eiction4 in their several Wards and Town
ships, on Saturday the 15th day of Sept. inst.
at 4 o'clock P. M., for the purpoSe of clidos
ing delegates to attend a County Conven
vention, to be held at Erie, on Saturday
the 22d inst., at 1 o'clock P. M., to nomin
ate a County Ticket, and appoint a central s
Committee, &c: - 1 r
DAVID OLIN, - CJ
W. A. GALBRAITH,
E. W. GERRISII,
WM. W..WYATT,
HENRY GINGRICH, 2,
, WM. G. ARBUCKLE,
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MURRAY WHALLON, 8
ENE, Sept. 7, 1850.
kr Want of room and time hal prevented our noticing
several matters Editorially that should have b'een. We
will-endeavor to catch up and keep up with 11)0 times
nest week. -
Q 3 We notice among tho deaths is California, brought
by this arrival, tho name of Jona Gurnntr•., of Spring
field, in this county. Ho died on tho 17th of July of dye
emery at Sacrainonto City. lie went by the way of the
Horn, and had only been In there but three weeks.
Wo aro pleased to !porn that Wm. P. SHATTUCK..
Esq.. of prawford, has been noniinated for Congreas in
the Veaattgo. Mercer, ana Crawford district. Ile is a
democrat of tho right stamp, and deserves and will be
elected. .
Whig Nominations.
The Whigs of this county 'het iu County Convention
on the 10th, and put in nomination the following ticket:
Atisetnhly, Jae. C. Reid, of Erie, and A. W. Blane,'of
North E 181; Commissioner, Thonms Dunn, Jr., of Mc•
Kean; Deputy Attorney General. Matthew Taylor. of
Erie: County Treasurer, Alfred King, of Erie; Auditor,
Floyd Boyd, of Watterfird; CoMity Surveyor, David
Wilson, of Union; Direelorof the Poor, M. M. Kelso, of
Fairview. It will be seen that while our friend Reid is
renominated for tho'Legislature, his collegue, Mr. Hart,
is thrown overboard. What is the reason? Is tt "for
causo?"
The. Dawn is Breaking
After Mao mouths of anxiety and suspense to die peo
ple, Congress has at last brushed away the clouds:from
the sun, and the light of peace shines throughout the
length and breadth of the laud. Tho.Tesas boundary bill,
end the bill for rho admission of California, as also the
bills establishing territorial governments in New Mexi
co end Utah, have all pease(' the House, end received the
signature of the President. So wo are informed by tele
graph; and also,that after their passage the joy and antis
faction of the people in and about Washington was, man
ifested in the most enthusiastic and satisfactory manner.
The report says "a salute of 100 guns was firedt rockets
blazed aloft—bulls rang joyously—the people with a band
of music repaired to the quarters of Mews: Cass. Dick
inson, Douglass, Foote, Houston and Webster, and
shouted' and cheered and 'called forth a response from
each of those statesmen. Mr. Clay had gone out of town.
Mr. Houston's speech was admirable—hin t , Douglass'
was brilliant, neat and stirring—the others were capital:
Mr. Webster was never in such towerinispiritshe was
in his glory."
iVe have no doubt this feeling will bo participated in
everywhere. The people ore sick of agitation, end will
gladly welcome any adjustment that will give them quiet
and rest.
Removal of the Steamer Michigan.
wo were somewhat surprised to learn the other day
that strenuous efforts were making in Buffalo to procure
an order from President Fillmore or his Secretary, for
the removal of the station of the United States Steamer
Michigan from this port to that of Bonilla. Wo say wo
were surprised, because even if the removal were ever so
much desirable or necessary.. Buffalo should be the last
place where Mr. Fillmore'', friends should wish to see
the station removed to. Delicacy should teach them
better. Mr. Fillmore is a citizen* 9f Buffalo—hie Post
Master General is a citizen of the same fortunate locality
—there aro two foreign appointments from the same no
ted city—and if now, ho or his Secretary should set at
naught the precedent of all former Administrations with
out any preceptible cause, it would look very much like
a foregone determination to rake every thing home to the
President's own basket. Especially would this . be ao.
When. in point of '°minarets, advantages, (bid port is
far inferior to once, levelandor Detroit. The Michi
gan has heretofore proved of great service to our mer
chant marine in the rough weather in the spring and fall.
but if the President should conclude to order her to eon
dezevons hereafter in his own doos-yard—and for no
reason but that it is his own—she might as well bo laid
up and dismantled, for any future service she could ren
der at:such times. For more than half the year Buffalo
is blockaded with ice, or rendered inaccessible by winds
and waves. We think that such a port would never be
selecteziby other than one of its own citizens for a naval
Statiou.'
The Wallnidp Line
We have often referred to this tine of boats as being of
groat benefit to the people along the lake. The regular
ity with which they arrive and depart at the day and
hour - advertised, enables all who 'have business up or ,
.down. to time their departure and return, and thus pre
vents much uneasiness and unnecessary delay. We are
pleased to seo that the line is doing a good and profits-
We business. The other night we came up from Dunkirk
ou the DIAMOND. Capt. Miller, and were agreeably sur
prised to see the quantity of freight and passengers she
received end landed at the various ports. The Diamond.'
l ik e the Fashion„is'a great favorite along the Aare. and
well she deserves to be, as a mere gentlemanly and ac
commodating set of officers than Capt. Miller, his Clerk.
Mates and Steward, it has not beeu our fortune to travel
with. The Dar, ,too, should one wish to imbibe.a little
to care or prevent ems-sickness, it is said, furnishes the
"hest of the season," and we know that "John," who
presides. Is "one of tent."
TT Tho New Orleans Picayune. learns that tho .11-
specter cif the Mexican military colonies of the East. has
informed his Government that more than seven hundred
persons, of both sexes. from the Halted State.. have mov
ed tato Me x ico. with the intention of settlintpermanent
ly. .He has appropriated for their residence, a tract of
territory at the confluence of the Sms..4nronia end san
Rodrigo rivers, en the principal pause of the Comanche,.
The l'ribune has dropped the term 49ocef000.".ind
sow speaks of democrats ais•ithe opposition.'! This is a
little more elegatit, but the "locofoce" party Is the party
that beats.
THE RAILROAD lILKETIRTI—THE VOICE OP
THE PEOPLE OP ERIE COVRTY.
Below will be found the proceeding. of the meeting
held In this city, by people, on Saturday last, to take.
WO consideration the various railroad projects of the day
having a bearing upon their interests. We did not have
theyleasure of attending the meeting. being absent front
town, but we learn it was all it professed to be, and which t ,
by the by, its resolutions fully proclaim it to have been,
a meeting of the people—mid a people, too, who knowing
their rights and position, aro determined to maintain both.
The position they have assumed will be adhered to at ail
hazzarde—peaceably if it can be, but forcibly if it must.—
They have right and justice on Weir side, with the whole
state to back them, and as to yielding one hair to foreign
interlopers or domestic traitors the people of Erie county
will not. But the proceedings of the meeting speak for
themselves, and to them we refer those interested.
RAILROAD MEETING.
In pursuance of public notice,' the citizens of Erie Co.
met at the Court !louse in Erie, on Saturday, ihe 7th of
September. 18.10, to eon fei together, and take some adieu
upon the accord matters connected with the projected
improvements by railroads, in which they were interest
ed. The lion. p 0.3. M. STERRETT was called to the
chair. Capt. Iltsam.Donniss, and lion. Joure
were appointed Vico Presidents, and•Jansee C. Marshall,
Esq. and Robert awns, Secretaries.
The object of the meeting being stated by C. W. Kel
so, Esq. it was moved and carried that the Chair appoint
a committee of five to draft and report resolutions depres
sive of the souse of the meeting on the euiject presented
'to it. Whereupon the Chair appointed C. W. Kelso, J.
C. Marshall, Geo. A. Elliot, flou'ry Cadwell and S. Still
man as said committee. The committee, afrer retiring
and consulting, returned and reported the following pro- •
amble and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted.
IVhereas. a charter was granted by the Legislature of
Pennsylvania, authorizing the construction of a railroad
from the New York State Line to the Borough of Erie,
with a view to au ultimate connection with a similar im
provement in the state of New York, giving our people,
and those of the whole western Lake Region a direct
communication with the city of Now York, the great com
mercial and business emporium of ourcounlry; and such
charter was obtained with that view by the energies of our
people, through their representatives; and under it, a
company hes been formed, and the road almost complet
ed in tho midst of unexampled pecuniary embarrassments
and difficulties, without any foreign aid or capital.
And IVhcreas, wo recently heard, With great satisfac
tion that a contreci had been entered into between the
North East and Erio rail road company and ,thct- New
York nod Erie ruilroad company, by w hich the hitter a
greed and bound themselves to, connect their road with
the North East and Erni - inert at the State Line, thereby
securing the very object for which our people laborers in
effecting the paesago of the law chartering the North
East and Erie railroad company; and we have since lear
ned that, by the interference and opposition of other in
terests, such contract is in danger of being abandoned by
the New York and Elie railroad company; regarding
such abandonment as not only dishonorable Mitsell, un
warranted and uncalled fur by any invincible necessity,
totally at variance with the ieterests, not only of this im
mediate region, but of tlif whole western Lake country,
and in entire disregard of our reasonable expectations and
wishes: We, the people of Erie county, believing, that we
should express our views and feelings fully and frankly
on this subject, do hereby lirseltc-.-
. That, in our opittiou, the Erie 'and North East Raul
road company, should exact a strict and prompt compli
ance on the part of the New York and Erio Railroad
company, , with the' said coutract, and that we will, indi
vidually and collectively aid and sustain them in their ef
forts to secure such compliance.
Resulted, That under the diflimslties- svhich arose from
the formation of said contract; we iegaid the propo
sition made by the Nortli East and Erio Railioad com
pany to the Buffilo and State Lino company. which was
assented to by the New York and Erie Railroad compa
ny, to lay a track fur their road parallel with that of the
New York and Erie Railroad Tenipany, ae just and liber
al, and such as should have [Jaen aCeeed to by the said
Buffalo end State Line company.
Iledulred. That its case* the Buffalo and State Lino
company does riot agree to this proiNiuMi, and the ?sew
York-,and Erie does fully carry out their agreement with
the North East and Erie cernpany, wo pledge ourselves. ,
individually and collectively, to oppose with all the means
its our power the obtaining of any charter for, and the
construction of any road, from the New York Line to this
place. •
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Rese/red, That though wo arc a law-abiding and law
raspecting community, and will never eountellaneo or
encourage any man. or body of men, in taking the law
into his or their own liataje, or in attempts at defeating its
operation, yet should the extension of the New York and
Erie Railroad to this place 'be defeated, through l aity
sinister influence, and a track be laid through our
country corresponding l with the Ohio track, so that OUT
place would be but a e'inere watering place." in tho in•
soient language of those who desire to make it so, and
all our Eastern trade subjected to transhipment—in view
of the facts, thationr own road now. nearly complete,
was obtained for the very purpose which would be thus
frustrated—that it would be greatly detrimental to the
in
toreat of the whole western Lake region, and would also
occasion a serious disappointment and loss to our own
immediate citizens. particularly those who have submit
ted to n mere nominal assessment of damages on uccount
of the !deaden of the present road, in the confident ex
pectation of being remunerated by the advantages which
the termination of the New York and Erie Railroad 'at
this place would produce, we fear that there might be
those who would be provoked to a course of action great
ly ombarrasslng the successful operation of such a road.
And while wo hope that there will be that duo regard to'
the feelings, interests and rights of our people, on the
part of those who have the final settlement of this mat
ter, which will allay all discontent, Wo feel it to be duo
to those interested, as well as to truth, to say, that a con -
!tarp course might lead to 'results greatly to be regretted.
On motion, it wee ordered that the proceedings of the
meeting signed by the officers, be published in the sev
eral papers of the Borough.
JOSEPH M. STERRETT, Pres't•
DAvier. VoIMINS,
} Vico Prea't
Jams Bitawt.mr.
James C. Marshal/,
Secretaries.
Robert Erans,
Au Extraordinary Genus.
The new Editor of. the Chronicle. is an extraordinary
genus—a perfect liWas suture in the Editorial galaxy.—
Hear him:— . ',.Tho' essentially democratic in principle,
as every American should ho, yet we never belonged to
the Arty bearing that name." That's bad, and shows
how "evil communications corrupt good manners."—
Butmgain, "our attachment to wing principles has nev
er prevented our spooking or writing ou all political
questionsas wo thought ConsishMt with reason and with
duty to our coalition country." And "our common
country" is un-"commonly" obliged to you, no doubt.
"For tho great democratic party wo entertain the pro
foundest respect. ‘Vo believe them us citizens and as a
party to bo as ardently attached to republican principles,
and as zealous for the promotion of the public welfare. as
any other." %Volt, , that's clever, at any rate; and at
the very first opportunity'; tiro hayo no doubt the "groat
democratic party" will present you with a nice bit of
fruit cake and a duo quantity of candy, with "the pro
foundest respect." "But our lot has been cast with the
fortunes of the whig party. We believe the policy, they
advocate to be the policy of the country; and the earth
shall fly from its base sooner than we shall fly from the
support of those principles, unless couVinced that their
operation would be attended with ruin to the great and
growing interests of the republic." Oh, most fortunate
whig party, that the "earth shall fly from its base," be
fore each a genus will leave it--especially at the earth
Intent any "base." being as round as an apple, according
to the learned and scientific. '
(lam The Address of the Democratic Coutes! Commit
tee of this state is veheMently assailed by the New YOrk
Express and the Washington Republie i The Erie Chum
icis also shows its metal s and abuses it equal to any of
its larger cotgrOporaries: it Is a. - good sign to see the
fools as well the knaves of the Galphios denounce that
production. It proves that they dread thri 'mind truths it
'scatters lik'e so many bomb-shells among them.
MEN AND THINGS IN BOSTON.—No: 4.
Correspondence of the Elle Observer
A stranger in perambulating• this goodly city Would.
after a thousand Intricate winding," end turnings among
its crooked ways, most likely find himself in Court Street.
ark entering it from Washiogton Street, he would net
fail to notice on his right hand a strange old edifice. built
of iron gray atone, blackened by Time and the tempest,
of a hundred years. Its long gloomy front and exposed
- gable nod ate literally coveted with imall gilt letter sign,.
The doorways, which open on the street, and lead to
the chambers and. nooks and corners above, are fitted
with hard-faced, sharp-eyed, men; whose motions le d
looks remind one of a thrifty cunning spider. The n
men are lawyers, and this old building might be called
their den; at least, here they live, and from these da r k
and smoky windows they watch for the coming of their
prey;—the poor fool of a client, who in his eagerbees to
obtain tedress for some fancied wrong, or to take reo
gcance,on soino atubbarn debtor, fills unwittingly into
a trap-r-the trap of the Law—from which plaintiff or de
fendant seldom escape unscathed. In Court Street law.
yers do abound. There is a regiment or two of the pr o .
fessiou in Boston, and in this street they "Most do con.
gregate." The Court House, as it Should be, is near at
baud; for it occupies the larger portion of a wide square
fronting on Court Street. It is a beautiful and commo
dious granite building, well situated and adapted'for the
purpose for which it was erected. Many a poor way.
ward child of tniserraud criuM receives his sentence
withiu its walls. They could tell many a Sad tale of hu
man wretchedness, and paint many a picture of beggard
and depressed humanity.
Ann Street I will 'briefly desiiibe, in order that the
stranger who is mentioned in the beginning of thin-chap
ter, may not venture to walk it after "Night's sable ear.
lain" has been drawn. It is a bad place, where young
men, aye, old men too, folhiltv after "strange WO.
man," and go to their own destruction "like an ox to
the slaughter." I would net give to the whole Street s
bed character, for one part of it is respectable indeed, and
a great clothing mart, but for the most it is a haunt of
harlots and the abode of sin. It is the St. Giles'or Fire
Point 4 of Boston. Robberies, daring outrages, and even
murders are perpetrated hire. Let the flints who has oc
casion to pasa through this street in the Shades of eve
ning beware of the slug shot or the heavY bludgeon; and
lot the silly young spark frontthe country, who is "bound
on a spree" iu one of the many Ann Street dancing cel
lars, beware of his purse and his head too. Stories are
told in the newspapers, and true ones, of men who ha/e
been foolish enough to vesture into these dens of infa
my with large 'aunts ahem their persons, and who have
been relieved of the whole by twine delicate process not
to be described; and the ;woe sorry devils oalVer the los.ps ,
(joie q, rather than make a complaint, which though it
might br the mends of restoring their money, wouid al
-1 so inevitably be the means of destroying the' peace of
their famines, and their reputation nod standing at home.
The appearance of the street is poor in the esteems;
the houses are old and dilapidated, and have as great a
look'of misery:and shiftlessness as their inmates. It la
sad to reflect that there is scarcely a city without its Ann
Street; itisink and refuge of pollution and crime.
Quincy, or P.ineuil hall Market, deserves some no
tice, as diere is nothing•ef the kind to equal it in the Un
ion. It was built chiefly through the exertions
of Josiah Quincy, then ilayor of Doston. The material
used in its erection was a peculiarly while and handsome
granite. It is 53G 'feet long, and 50 feet wide. Froth
end to end, on each side of the ruiditle passage, et inter
vats of about a dozen feet, aro immense pillars of gran
he, tell aud - woll carved, which serve, with the help of a
slight partition, ta divide the stalls. A walk through this
great Provision Temple—this monument to the stomach
—is not by any means devoid of interest to any observ
ing person, not a frequenter of the place. As one enters
ilia either end the largo and spacious archway, sufficient
in size for the plasago of a fads horse Pennsylvania tram,
he at tire small ppe aranco of the opposite
entrance—it seems scarcely large enough to admit one
of the.mammuth cliceces displayed on the tables of the
Marliet. This appehrance, of course, is occasioned by
the distance and the lung rows of tall pillars.
Piled up iu this great alum house, are luxuries end
substantials sufficient to minister to the daily wants of
thousands and thousands of people. To maintain this t
supply, demands aro nindu on the fields of the West fur
cattle and grain—on all the garcons for miles around the
city for vegetables; and the rivers, and the great deep,
are r made to deliver up their finny inhabitants. all to sat
isir
y ! tho cravings of that insatiable sack, the human stem.
ach. •
Surely the stotnarli i, the ma -ter of e, all,
The King, and beggar, 1111124 ()hey it., call,
Its stern demands uo mortal dare refu , e.
Lest lie cave iu , and crumble to tub shoes
The 'Wilms of Gold.
The Empire City and Cherokee brought to New York
last week. remarks the Albany Argus, gold dust on freight
to the amount of $2.267,00; and it is presumed that
there was enough in the hands of the passengers to swell
the amount to about two and a half millions. So accus
tomed have we become to these large imports of precious,
metal—steetriships arriving every two or three weeks
• with gold to the aniount of hundreds of, thousands and
even - millions of dollars—that we have learned to regard
them as nothing to be wondered' at, and even look for
them as matters of course. . Three years age, and the
import or export in a single shitiof so large an amount of
bullion, would have drawn forth colurrinstof remarks from
the press, and have thrown %Yell street into a flurry thet
it would not have recovered from in a month. Now, the
effect in the money market is scarcely perceptible.
Since the discovery of the gold regions in California
by our countrytneu—sfor we regard it as more than prob
able that they were known to others probably more cell•
turies ego—various speculations have been indulged in
by writers of all classes, es to their resources, I the probs•
ble effect which would fellow the introduction of such
large amounts orgold into the 'circulating medium of the
world, dec., dec. One thing we think is now made very
evident, and that is that the mineral wealth of California
is inexhaustable. Titus far the turning operations there,
which haye yielded such vast amounts, have been mostly
conducted by adventurers who have no skill in mining.
who have only skimmed over the surface, and worked
ouch "placers" as promised large returns for the kind af
labor they bestowed upon them, and who wadi from
pla'co to place, working only where the "largo lamps"
aro most easy of access.
The vast population now miring into that'countrje
all eager to acquire sudden wealth, will probably at no
very distant day exhaust these "placers"—nsing the
word exhaue t in the seuse'in which the miners use itr
But those who have been there .longest will by that time
have learned more of •mining as a science, and those
who go there for the purpose of gold digging, will go
prepared to do so on scientific principles, instead of ta.
king simply a tin pan a pick-axe and a bowie knife.—
The result will show that, although men may not crepe
up gold by the pound, and become rich in a week, mi•
ning will a profitable iu California for en Indefinite
length of time, if properly conducted. The amount of
gold which will be received into this country during the
present year front California, will probably reach the slat
of $30,000,000.
CLAIMS, Sept. 6, 18.50.
B. F. Sties—Sir:-In a late number of your paper.
I saw a communication signed C. G. L. which has beep
copied into the Editorial of the Whig Register of this
place, headed "Gen. Clover's Letter," an put out Se the
world ae having been written by myself; Which U it is',
has a tendency to misrepresent me, and places pie in a
false position. Please state iu your paper if lam the as•
the!, as I have no recollection of having written you any
such letter; and by so doing You will confer especial
favor on Icoute very trulv,
SLTH CLOVER.
We de not exchange with the Whig paper in Clarion.
else we wont() have contradicted this ~ Galphin" era this.
The letter Gen. Clover refers to. was not written by biro.
end any imputations to the contrary aro alike unjust to
the anther as well as thq General.
nosTo:e. Sept. 5, IPSO
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