THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL,
JNO. S. MANN,
AI)DISON AVERY, EDITOR!
posimortivainaciami . 4ooloAlM
COUDERSPORT, - PC:
THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 26, 1854
ar The defeat of John B. Beck in
this Assembly district, is a great tri
umph of principle.
renVe have changed the publica
tion day of- the journal to Thursday,
in order to supply our subscribers on
the Wellsboro route in better time.
This change became the more neces
sary, by the change of time in carrying
the Ceres mail.
No paper was issued from this
office last week, on account of the
failure of our paper man to supply us
with the article in time. We trust
our patrons will excuse our non-ap
pearance, and will try to avoid a like
occurrence in future.
Mr. Brown is turning out the
%yolk at his new Foundry in admirable
6tyle. He is prepared to cast any
piece of machinery, or anything in his
ling, on reasonable term, and at short
notice. Give him a call.
Mr Our friend S. H. Martin of Pike
Township, sent us over 4 beet the
other day, which he raised the present
season, that measures nineteen inches
in circumference, and weighs eleven
pounds. We don't believe the M'-
Kean County Fair brought out a
larger beet than this.
- divine services at
the old Court House on Sabbath morn
ing next. Preaching by Rev. S. C.
Smith. We hope there will be a full
attendance.
Services at the Presbyterian church,
by Rev. John B. Pradt.
rgr The Binghampton Standard,
an excellent Temperance and reform
atory paper, has been reduced in size.
These are hard times , for newspapers
that are not well established, and
have not a large fund at hand to draw
on for support. It is estimated by
good financiers that one-fourth of all
the newspapers now published will
have to he discontinued.
re The vote on the Maine law in
this county shows some singular re,
sults. For instance, Wharton gii'es
but three majority against the law
when a large majority was expected
by all. On the other hand Bingham
gave twenty-four against it, when it
was expectett there would be a ma
jority for it. We think the temper
ance men of Bingham ought to be
ashamed of this vote, and we hope
they will organize a Lodge of Good
Templars, and go to work to show the
evils of Intemperance. Our friends
there must have been asleep for some
time hack. We hope they will show
by their efforts in the good cause,
that they intend to sleep no longer. .
rEP We had a grand Temperance
meeting on Monday evening last, at
the old Court House. Rev. Mr. Peo
bles. of Elmira was the chief speaker,.
and those of our people who failed to
hear him, lost a rich treat which we
do not see how any one could afibrd
to lose. Mr. Peobles sp9ke with pow
or and eloquence, using choice lan-.
gunge, but rousing the assembly by
his burning words and fiery invectives
against drunkard making. We liked
his telling lecture most of all for its
faith in the triumph of truth, and for
its bold and fearless declaration of
manhood. Give us' a speaker who
dares utter any truth which God has
revealed to him, regardless of supposed
popularity. Give us a speaker who
stands up erect, an independent free- .
man, quailing before no timid conser
vatism, and advising no half-way reme
dies. Such a man is Mr. Peobles, and'
we feel stronger and better for listen
ing to him. After Mr. P. took his
seat, Rev. Mr. Smith of the Methodist
church, was called out, and "mosthap
pily kept tip the spirit of the meeting.
Mr, S. made a strong, strait forward,
and manly appeal in favor of Tempe
rance and Liberty, and we feel confi
dent that his ministerial labors in this
community will be more successful in
consequence of his fearless utterance
of truth,
tgr Of the five hundred Methodist
ministers in the State of Indiana, only
three support the Kansas and Nebras
ka platform,
THE. HON. JOHN J. MIME.
After the election efJudgePolloCk
we Consider the election-of Mr. Pearce
to Congress from this district the
greatest triumph of the campaign.
The - district was thought to be so
overwhelmingly old hunker, that a
nomination was thought equal to an
election; and it was so formed on pur
pose to accommodate the aspirations
of a certain politician in this county,
when pro-slavery affinities made his
standing at home a little doubtful.
Potter county has no more natural
connexion with Mifflin' and Center
counties than it has with Washington
county, N. Y.; and the only reason
that we were thrown into such a dis
trict, was to swamp our Free Sail
voters. It is therefore with peculiar
pleasure that we announce the election
of the independent Anti-Nebraska can
didate by a sweeping majority. We
rejoice at this result for another rev,
son. Mr. White was supported by
the whole army of officials on the pub
lie works, He used his ill-gotten
wealth to circurate the basest slanders
against the private and personal char-.
acter of Mr. Pearce. But the people
of Clinton county, knowing both the
men, have spurned these slanders with
indignation, and have vindicated their
character for intelligence and integrity;
'We trust the time will come when the
people of this county will spurn with
like indignity the . slanderer who goes
round a few days before election re
tailing private scandal against the can
. didates sought -to. be defeated. No
' matter though the man engaged in
this dirty work iS rich, talks politely,
and makes great pretensions to friend
ship for the people. ,
It is safe to say that any tale told
the. day before the election, when
there is no opportunity to .reply, is
firlse; and we rejoice that the people
in Clinton and •Lycoming counties
could neither. be fooled by falsehoods
or party appeals, but went to the bal
lot-box and voted their principles like
independent men, striking down the
allies of Slavery after this fashion :
- Pearce. White
Lvcoming , .. 2717 225:3
Clint6b; 142:1 9:17
316 292
Center. 2+ , 53 1979
31i111.11; -•-
Potter, ...
1.1364 l:118
616 647
Pearce's majority, 2012
TEMPERANCE AND LIBERTY
New that the election is o'er, we
think there can be no difficulty in con
vincing any candid • man that the
liquor influence, - and the pro-slavery
influence, have been united, and will
[GEMMED
Tim Boston Evening Telegraph,
commenting on the rest It of the recent
elections, has the following paragraph,
which we commend to the attention
of Temperance men who are inclined
to vote the old line democratic ticket:
It is an excellent sign in these elections to
see temperance and liberty going hand in
hand, and uniting to gain a common victory.
The slaveholder and the liquor-dealer are in
deed natural allies; and' so are the temper
ance and anti-slavery men. The s.ime senti
ments of humanity ..and justice, the same
regard to the material interests of the coin-•
nmnity which inspire opposition to liquor-sell
ing, must occasion hostility to slave-holding:
I❑ fact, the only difference between slave
holding and liquor-selling is precisely the
difference between robbing and' swindling.
The one is an open, high-handed offense,
committed with violence : the other is a pan
dering to depraved appetites, which in order
to rob its victims, first brutalizes them. ' Both
are selfish contrivances to enrich a few at the
expense of ale great mass of the community;
for the evils whether of Aaveholding or liquor
selling fall not by any means exclusively on
the enslaved or on the drinkers, but so spread
as to reach and damnify the entire mass of
the community.
We have not the ability to add any
thing to the power of the above. but
we desire to corroborate it by Pref
erence to the election in this county.
In Pike and Jackson the vote for
Bigler and the vote against the Maine
law are the same to a vote, in Sweden
there is but one vote difference, .and
in Genesee the same: In •Eulalia
Bigler had 31, against the Maine law
32; Hector Bigler 43, against the
Maine law 40; Roulet Bigler
against the Maine law 39. Now we admit
that these figures taken by themselves
would not prove that the Bigler men
and the Anti-Maine law men, are die
same. But it is notorious, that in
Genesee, Pike and Sweden, intoxi
cating drinks were freely used for the
purpose of making votes for Bigler,
and against the 'Maine law, which we
think makes the proof conclusive.
We admit that a few men who voted
for Pollock, voted against the Maine
law, and a few voted for Bigler and
for the Maine law; but the great mass
Of those who voted for Bigler, voted
for the free sale of intoxicating drinks,
hence we say with the BoSton Tele
graph. that Temperance and Liberty
go hand in hand.
Will the M'Kean Citizen please
make a note of this, and explain how
it came 'to get off that old fogy, wishi
washy, Backus article, that appeared
in the number after the. election?
EENNSYLVAIiIIi FOR FREEDOM!
The Allies of Slavery Struck Down !—The Faith
_Breakers Repudiated!—Over Thirty Thousand
for Pollock and Liberty! •
That sounds well, and will cheer
the heart of every- friend of Freedom.
Only fire Administration members of
Congress elected in the old Keystone
State! That is glorious.
A-largo majority of the Legislature.
is against the Administration and for
the Maine Law. This Will secure an
Anti-Nebraska Senator, and we 'hope
the suppression of the• liquor traffic.
The following, from the Pittsburg,
Di .spoteh, is the fullest vote we have
seen. We shall give the full vote next
week. From the papers before us,
we think there is about 3,000 majority
against the Maine Law in the State.
Pollock. Bigler. For. Ag'st.
Allegany, 10467 5118 108.37 4027
LawrCnce, 2576 994 2359. 737
Westmoreland, 3773 - 3803 3346 3236
Philadelphia,....2BBl7 24936 25330 20570
Cumberland, ... 3157 2581 2:326 3210
111ain, 1630 1287 1398' 982
Huntingdon, 2614 1500 2169 1294
Chester 6554 .4412 551.8 3830
Fayette, . 3488 2443 3.197 1407
Armstrong, .... 2689 1949 2323. 1691
Dauphin, 4(•61 2224 2476 3448
Greene, 1746 2006 1186 1780
Berks, ... 5143 8493 2611 76599
De:aware 2292 1576 1722 1593
Lebanon, 2736 1751 1091 2784
Schur Ikill, 4252 5388 2652 5658
Franklin, 3579 .2.799 2539 3241
Blair, .. 2706 1513 2253 1143
Crawford, 3696 2807 2984 2135
Indiana, 1161 1261 2368 1333
Clarion, 2073 2149 2148 1507
Laneamer, 10962 4699 5536 '8 , 969
N ori humberland ;2121 2182 1529. :27280
BuCks, . . 5408 5069 . 3778 56791
Montour, 757 076 773 7351
ITthon,. . 2e21 1913 1.140 2614
Monroe, 446 1664 574 1716
Mompnnery,... 5695 5529 3619 5769
Beaver, . _. 2233 .1458 1935 me;
Catubm, 1627 1739 1292 1325
!chins, • .. 2124 2066 1236 t25e4
Veuango, 1679 1466 1636 622
Mercer, 3034 2550 2965 1646
Fulton, .. 705 676 426 632
Perry, 2121. 1412 1207 1930
York, 4777 4707 2336 5904
Susgnehanna r .. (10110 0000 2640 1525
Bedford 2157 2019 1252 2361
Elk, 401 3111 262 307
Warren, 1400 1118 1273 975
Nordunnptmt,.. 3415 3090 0000 1(01)
Butler, .. 2955. 2331 2301 2295
These 41 counties ,give Pollock
161;063, Bigler 121,671, Bradford
1,168, Potts 7 ; Pollock's majority,
29,382. Forty-one counties give for
prohibition 121,549, against 128,010.
9538 75'26
The papers which arrived by Satur
day'sl mail, brought further co firma
tion of the report that our Temp ranee
and-ointi-Nebraska Governor an Con
gressman were elected. The long
rain bad made everything so wet that
we could not light the proposed bon
fires ; but just as the sun was setting,
the rain ceased for a short time, the
storm-cloud parted, and a sunbeam
darted through the opening, illumining
the valley with a brighter blaze than
twenty bonfires could nave made.
About eight o'clock the clouds
cleared away, and the stars shone out
in all thC;ir glory. Then the cannon
—made,to order at
.the new Foundry,
two weeks before, ekpressly for the
occasion, was brought out ; and if it
did not shake the fbundaticins of the
everlasting hills with its Anti-Nebras
ka thunder, it. at least made houses
tremble and•windoWs rattle.
At the sound of the cannon there
arose from all parts of the village
hearty, enthusiastic cheers fiat Pollock
and Prohibition. Old men and young
men, and little boys, joined in the
shout. • Even women and ministers so
far overstepped the boundary of their
peculiar sphere, as to meet their hus
bands and their brethren with words
of congratulation. •
DR. GRAHAM.—The verdict in the case of
Dr. Graham, is generally regarded as a very
lenient one: but it is said that the Dr. ex
pected an acquittal, and is greatly disappoint
ed. We understand from private sources, that
the Dr. is a man of standing at home, and that
his associations are among the best class of
southern society. De has, however, had a bad
penchant for an occasional spice, and when
under the influence of his indulgence, is vio
lent, unreasonable, quarrelsome, and revenge-
IR!. His crime took place on one of these
occasions, and it is fortunate for hint that he
had so lenient a jury.—Ercning Chronicle.
At•a late discussion between Galloway and
Olds of Ohio, the latter attempted
.to defend
his Nebraska vote by showing that emigration
would keep slavery out of Nebraska. Sam
replied that Judas Iscariot sold his Lord and
Master for thirty pieces of silver, and the Lord
overruled the act of treachery to the good of
Mankind; but no thanks to Judas for that—no
thanks to Olds, Pierce, & Co., if the people
overrule the betrayer of Freedom.
1:=1
EMT=
THE JOLLIFICATION
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
EVery free State in which an elec
tion has been held since the•introduc
tion of the Douglas bill into Congress;
has declared against the Administra
tionand in favor of Freedom. . - These:
elections show .that the Rckublican
Party is about to take the control of.
the National Government, and that,
the people are tired ofthe'rule of the
Slavery Propaganda.
,As there are,
in nearly every county, 'allies and
apologists of Slavery; who . exert all ,
their influence to deceive the masses
as to the real object of the Republican
*vement, we shall endeavor to make
this object plain to - all who will read
for themselves. The National Era of
Oct. 19th, has an able article •on this'
subject from which we extract the ,
following.
Is there a single man in thiS county,'
other than hunker office-seekers, and
those few who fight simply to gratify
personal feelings, that will not endorse
the following calm siateinent._ of the
1 epublican, Anti-Slavery party
Says the Era :-
The advocates of Slavery may as well save•
their breath. They will find themselves as,
much mistaken concerning the effect of:melt
appealii,, as they were in relation to the reid
sults of the repeal of the•Missouri-Compro-,
mise. The masses of the people do not care •
a straw for their threats. They do not intend
to dissolve the Cnion,•nor will they pertait it
to be dissolved; .but they do intend to make
themse.ves felt in the Federal. Government
in proportion to their constittitional weight:
The white population of the- frf:e - States is
'twice as great as that of the slave States—
:seven. or eight limes larger than the slave
holding Caste which rules not only the slave
States, but wields the power of the Federal -
Government. Nearly all the Retires-cm:likes
'and Senators in Congress from the South, are
:members of the slaveholding caste. It is no,
lotions that it .determined the nomination as'
it now directs the action oldie present incunt
bent of the Presidential chair—that it has
sent a Ministar to Spain, to further its designS
upon Cuba—that it has f Niro! • represents',
Lives and advocates at the principal Courts in •
•Europe—that it has a special . ' agent in St..
Dttoing°, to advance its peptiluir interests in
,that quarter—that it holds in sub . ieetion the
public Press in this District—that it has Pi
-stalled at Slavery Propagandist in the chair of
the Senate, a Ski% eholding Speaker in the
'house, and secured the ascendancy on ail
'the important committees' of hel l H o es e ,....H
that it has proscribed aud still proscribes from
• equal political fellowship, members of either,
House
,knowit to he adverse to its views
I policy—and that it makes fidelity to its pecul
iar interests and pi-limn-dons a test of fitneils
for any office in the gift of the Executive.
And et this caste unmbers, according to the
Census, about ;350,000 slaveholders, or, in
cluding their families and (Jtipendauts, grit
more than I,SCO Mt persons; while the
population which 4 claims an indefeasible
right to rule, is only about twenty milliousitf
souls!
f -
The free People of the State; have come
to the conclusion that . government by tic,
People is better, more constithional, more
republican, than governmentWy a class—that
the voice of •twerny nilillions shniid have
more weight than that, of-less than two mil
lions—that twenty millions have a deeper,
interest in the destinies:of their country than
three -hundred and filly thousand'slayelteldk - s
with their dependants 'can have—that they
are quite as capable of governiiig as the latter,
I and quite as much diss . o,ed .to do ptstiee,
maintain the Constitution, and legislate for
the best interests of all. And their purpose
is—we hope they will stick to it—to actupan
I this conclusion. If true to themselves and
their country, they will not rest till they have
filled Congress with faithful rePresentatives
of their interests, and obtained the control of
the Adminiiaration.
Of course. this
_will be very o ff ensive. io
the caste which has so long monopolized the
power and patronage of the Goveinment.
4 is quite likely that our policy would cease
to be sectional, and become national -in the
true .sense of the -word—quite likely that no
cotuttenance•wihuld be given to Shivery pro
pagandism or propag odists—quite likely that
there would be a repeal of all. extra-constitm
tional legislation in behalf of t! , lavery—quite
likely that a devotion to the Cause of Freedom
would not be made a disqualification for °tribe
—quite likely that Slavery wOubl be remanded
to the States in which itlexists; to -he limited
to their itui•diction, taken care of and dis
posed of by their own laws. All this would,
we dare say,- he revolting to the Slave inter
est, for when has ever Power surrendered
willingly or gracelidly its usurped dominion
But, the People of the lice States know, Mid
the Slaveltobling caste knows, that all this
might take piace tt pout trespass upon at
siu
g!e constitutional right of the Slaveholding
States. No such trespass is meditated. We
claim no right to abolish Slavery in the
States, or to interfere through the Federal
Government with the domestic allitirs of any
of the States; hut we \do users a right, and
nitr fixed . purpose to exercise 11, to redeem
the Federal Government from bondage to the
Class Interest of Slavery, and make it reflect,
within its constitutionai bounds, the opinion
and will of the American People.
Now, we should like to see •any particular
Caste or dass;in this country, atteMptine to
dissolve the Union, in mhitr words, to destroy
the Government, becaase the'People ht•d sig
nified at the ballot-hot their determination to
take the reins of power into their own hands.
- : Correspondele of the Journal.
k.
SOUTH CREEK, Bradford Co., '
Opt, 17, lt".A. ,
:
DEAR JOURNAL : You have, only been here
' twice in four weeks; once yon came tlirec'ed
Ito Ldsallville, and once to Ulster! Pray get
such a label on your back as 1-lave placed at
the head of this article, and see if you do not
conic right along. 1
I.
. As- soon as election was over I went Ito
York State to spend a few days, returning last
evelliti - g. Parties were never so split up lin
the Empire State before; and I thank God
for it I believe that in the- fusion, refusin,
and confusion, the people will speak out for
the right. 0, these are glorious times!
Righteousness is rolling through the land like
the waves of the sea: Against Tempermice
there will soon be no law. Freedom's bell] is
ringing through the'linited States, proclaim
ing " Liberty to all the inhabitants - thereof.'.'
We are no more strangers and foreigneks;
but it begins to be an honor to say, in Ole
yearoll grace 1854, 'lam an American citize .'
Amen.. Even so let it be. -
I•
- - . Jon. Jr.wra, :
"PARTISAN'S AND PATRIOTS."
The last Templar 4 . Watchman,
an able temperance paper published
at Ithaca. N. Y.; has an article under
this caption which we commend to
the attention of all candid men. Now
that the election is over, we hope men
will look More calmly. at the facts:
Says the Watchman:
The times are calculated to bring out m
bold relief the two classes. Those that de
sire to act and vote for the greatest good of
the whole country, will disregard all party
names and party men end vote directly for
the best, TI ey.will vote so as to rebuke that
class who have favored and do favor the
repeal of the " Missouri Compromise "—that
measure which shut nut slavery from the vast
West and North-west, and left a beautiful
land free from the stains of mean man-owner
ship—against those who favor the Nebraska-
KIIDSZIS Bill, that opens wide the door to
slavery, leaves it to go beyond its limits,
where out FutLers sought to stop it "in the
States where it existed "—that lets it loose to
prey upon the rights of man—slavery violates
the rights of man. .
Pan izans„those that belting to a party, as a
dog belongs to him that sets him on, will go
and vote as the leader directs—they will vote
to sustain Douglas and all who sustain him,
while they say that they are not in favor of
the repeal of the Compromise hurl° slavery.
The partisan will ask for a ticket of his party
regardless of consequences. Candid Demo
crats will not: sustain such men, nor those
they • follow. They know' if the State fidls
into the hands of the Democrats, the partisans
will claim it as ad endoresment of Douglas,
the Nebraska Bill and all.
The mist 1111C:IIITC Douglas will introduce
will be a bill providing that slaveholders may
transport their slaves through Free States,
and Call it regulating Commerce between
the States. Candid Democrats, think of
xvliat:slavery has done—how it wounded the
right, of petition—violated the mails—made
war for Twitory without cause—made tvs
dogs by law, to hunt humanity—broke down
the walls or our Fathers that fencerin for
freedom a great 'country. Then vote for
Freeillein and rice Tefritorv.
LOSS OF THE "ARCTIC."
The terrible series of calamities - Of
this - remarkable year appear to have
culminated now in the total loss of the
13.8. mail-steamer "Arctic," by col
lision at sea, on the 27th of Septem
ber, involving the loss of between
thrt•e and four, hundred lives. .4
The news - is broupla by 11117 George
H. Burns, messenger of Adams &
Co.'s Express, one of thirty-tvio sur
vivors, who are all that are kn'own to
have escaped. The Arctic had 226
pas:4engers, exclusive of children, With
a ship's company of 175, making
above 400 souls; also, a valuable car
go, and a heavy mail. She left Liv
.erpOol on the 20th.of September, a: d
on the 27th. at 12 o'clock M., 40 miles
off Cape Race, while 'going at 'l3
knots, was run into by a hark-rigged,
iron propeller, bound eastward under
full sail, with d. strong, fair wind.
llr I .urns says :
The shock to us appeared slight,
but the damage to the tither vessel
was frightful. Capt. Luce instantly
ordered the quarter-boats cleared
away, and the chief mate, boatswain
and three sailors went to her relief;
liefore : other boats left, tIM order was
countermanded. The •Arctic then de
scribed a circle.twiceround the wreck,
during which time I caught'a glimpse
of - more than two hundred people
clustered on her hurricane deck,
At this juncture it was. first ascer
tained that we had sustained injury,
and the water was pouring in at our
bows. - The - pumps were . vigorously
worked, and an anchor-chain thrown
overboard; but, in spite of all .exer
tions, the engines stopped' and the
wines extinguislia the . fires. Four
of thelfive other life boats, believed to
have been well provisioned, contain
ing the engineers, sailors, a few pas
sengers. and all the officers except
the captain : 41nd third mate, left the
ship at an early :tage. The majority
of the passengers were working at the
pumpssomelfiring signal guns, and
others launching spars„ under the
direction. of Captain Luce and Mr.
Dorian, the third mate toffirrn a raft.
In order to facilitate[ this latter
work the sixth and last boat was low
ered. Dorian, one or two firemen,-
three of the other passengers saved,
and myself, were busily engaged
lashing water-casks and settees to the
main yard, : two topgallant yards; and
several smaller spars—the Captain
with a number of gentlemen, protect
ing the Ns:o.k by keeping back the
crowd—when a panic-seized all on
board, a rush was made, passengers
and firemen precipitated themselves
headlong over the bulwarks on to the
raft, and in a moment our little boat
was full, and in imminent danger of
being sunk. In this emergency, Do
rian ordered the rope which held us
to the steamer to be cut, and with our
hands and axes we paddled fiom the
raft's' side. The mate, who through
out preserved great presence of mind,
and labored with heroic energy, cried
out-: ‘For God's sake, Captain, clear
the raft, so. that we can work. I
won't desert the- ship while there's a
timber above water."
But the sea was now flush with the
dead-lights. In less than three min
utes from the time he spoke, 'the stern
sunk—the fintlin went- boiling over the
tumbling heap of human beings—
many" were dashed against the pipe.
I heard one wild yell, Jstill ringit , to
my ears,) and saw the Arctic and
struggling( mass rapidly engulphed.
NUmbers yet clung to the imperfectly
constructed raft; but, alas! we could
render them no aid. Our own situa
tion was no less precarious; and, cruel
.1'
. ..
as it seemed, we were forced to aba n . .1
don them to fate. Heaven forbid th at ~
I should ever . .witness such anothe r ':'-i •
s cene. We, however, picked up two
more men, and then, with an over. loaded boat, without- oars, tholepin s 1
food or drink; avoiding with difficulty
the fragments,of the wreck, and p as , .
ing many dead females, prepared f or ..
a night upon the - ocean: We secured 1
a floating pumpkin and- cabbage to
guard against immediate starvatioo,
lashed a spar to the bow of our boat ',.)
to keep her head to' the wind and s ea , .4
and thus drifted until daylight ; th e
night was cold and foggy, frith 1 1 4
heavy swell, and, in a cramped, ' 4
drenched, and- half-naked conditio n , '.l
we suffered terribly.
-The next afternoon; about sunset,
they were picked up by the bark Ifu. .; .
ron, Capt. Wall, of St. Andrews, X. - .l'•
'13., bound : for .Quebec, where they ..
were treated ‘vith ad kindness. On th e
29th, the ship Lebanon, Capt. Stbry, '.
of New York, came alongside, a n d
took 18 of the number, who came up
to the city in a pilot-boat about ;t
o'clock on Wednesday morning. .
Y. S.-Mr. ' Balham, 2nd officer of
the Arctic, with two pf the boats, con ,
tiiining, - flirty-five persons, reached
Haliflix on Tuesday. In a published
statement, he says:
The t sight we had of the :lip,
her guard.; were level with the tituter,,
and the sui face of the sea was strewn
with human beings who had jumped
or fallen overboard, to whom, how.
ever, it was impossible to render any .
assistance; and we soon lost sight ()f
-all, as the fog continued to be very
dense. I then asked the boat's crew
whether they were willing to be goy.
erred by me, which was unanimously
assented to, and I was put in corn.
plete comtkand of both boats.
We were about GO miles S. E. ci
Cape Race. Deeming it my duty to
take the nearest course liar the safety
of all, after pulling forty hours, with
nothing to guide, us but the run of the
sea, which I took to be heaving from
the southward, and in a thick fog,
which lasted all the time, we reached
Itro a d Cove, some twelve miles to the
north of Cape Race. \ye thenpro
ceeded by land to Renews, which %ye
reached on iday
1 there obtained and took charge (;f
a small Iscliooner which was hired by
the purser-and myself, and proceeded
in t-carch of the wreck or the boat , .
We crui-ed round in a strong gale of
wind froin the northeast, hut diseuv
cred no trace of the ship or boats.
; It is believed that the propeller Kai
a French. Y.. independent.
BLOODHOIJN.DS AT WASHINGTON.
CorPespondeuee of the N. Y. Tribune
•WASIIINGTON, Oct. 6, 1•'.")-1
A few days since while passing doun
Ten'h-st. from Pcnnsylvania-:n'. to the Smith
sonian Institute, before reaching the canal., I
was overtaken 'and passed by a large deg
(which I afterwards learned Was a bled.
hound) with his nose on the scent clo-e to
the ground.. As .he hastily ran along - he
dragged by means of a rope tied around
neck a two legged creature, apparently iu
min nit ofsoine game, and who, .but for some
af er deve'opinents, might have-passed in thy
world's great eye for a man.
Naturallw feeling a little in:crested in the
object of their pursuit. its toy steps quickened,
my eves followed them about a square, when
the clog taking a sudden turn to the right ran
between two high piles of boards in a itaahrr
yard at the canal's bank, jerking the : jut:lulled
appendage with him. As - I approached a
few-steps more nearly 1. heard the mosthid
enus and heartrending screams of a Child,
and fearing one of the several children is hoot
I saw lilt the le:rik fishing had fallen therein,
I 11.. s mug! to ,he spot for his rescue. hint wr
li•r- had toot roses' for the worst ; for here,
8:111o,: lotarr.llo , stars and stripe- , or ;,,mati , d4
fl.g,n hie!' so boasts efirer freedom, Iva: I an
r!, ne,:a to a scene heart-rending,
appall
tug and terrific in the extreme: For there I
saw a man of the'Smith, as he had made his
appearanc)- thyough the hatchway of a small
vessel, jerking after him in a rude and heart
less manner are game—one of God's children
—a is ell-limited lad with a three-fold lighter
skin than the man-hunter's black soul; uhase
comic:mince, although disfigured nib fright,
terror end tears, bespoke a mind, sympaMies
and affectiiins. Of these, the tyrannical fiend
and man of the ;iamb proved destitute and
void, by his grasping the stronger. specimen
of humanity by the ankles, and with a swing
• a his whole person bringing him over hir
right shoulder, uttering in a loud and earnest
voice aS he placed hint there :
I'll learn you to run away! I'll show yaa
who von run away front V l —and . ti c
thus. the
passed from the we -tsel up the street, falloete'd
by the h o und whose acute scent was for the
present dispensed with. "Great God f"
could but exclaim, as I gazed on the children,
and thought what ti scene for the young nod
tender hears of American free-born children.
That I might lint write my first impressions,
and with a heart wildly palpitating with indig
nation, I have delayed giving the above for
sonic days, during which time I have been
induced, from witnessing this " scene, to read
through Mrs. Stnwe's world-renowned Cork
Tom's Colic. At a former time I had laid it
aside unpernscd, believing that a high servo
and humanity breathed in the hearts of our
• Southern brethren, as well as ofithose with
whom it has been my pleasure to dwell, and
therefore I-was prejudiced against the work
and doubted its truthfulness. I have now
given to you a scene acted in the metrapoli ,
of our nation consonant with those described
in that work. Although I would not have
otherwise than witnessed it, I trust h similar
one may never again be mine to record.
Publish it, then, to prove the truth of the
writer - . just named to our American people.
Scenes like these should be kept before. them,
and when 'occurring.made to them "as fhiail
iar iu their mouths as household words."
Our Dominican acquisition is said
to include the right of establishing
military and naval depots by our god•
eriiment, and to give our citizens the
riget to buy land and work mines,
with all the privileges of notives of
the, republic. .
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