LITER FROM SANTA FE.
THE RECENT INDIAN BATTLES.
The St. Louis Republican of-the ll >
contains full accounts of.the 'icc°nt battles
between the U. S. i~opa n,,(1 ,nd, » n9 > nt
a from Independence, it ap
pears that there were hilled of Lieut. Da- j
vidson’s command, twonty-two men, an ,
twenty-seven wounded; I’or this, as well
nS other deeds of theirs, Gen. Garland,
aided by the civil authorities, is determi
ned to destroy, or in tho htnguugo of Kill
Orson* teipe/oul this band ol Jicarilla
Apaches. Acting Gov. Mescrvy has lssu
cd proclamation, threatening those who
aid or .assist these Indians with all the pun
ishment he is authorized to inllict. i
The fight at Cionegutlla, between tho
United States Dragoons and. Apaches\wns
n most desjiernte one. \
After tho fight between Lieut. Bell and j
'Lobo’s party, the Indianscrossod tho moun- (
tains, and showed themselves on tho road
between-Taos nnd.Santa Fo. On tho eve
ning of the £9lh ult., Major Blake, com
matading at Cantonment Burgwino, order
ed Liout. John W. Davidson, with sixty'
men of companies “F” and “I,” first rcgi-j
merit of United States Dragoons, to make,
a scout in search of tho enemy. Ho loft j
tho,cantonment thesamo evening, and was
accompanied by Ast. Surgeon- D. L. Ma-|
gruder. ■ The next morning, Lieut. D. with j
bis command, enmo upon n parly of Apa
ches, supposed to number near two hun
dred warriors, at the foot of the north slopcl
of: tho mountains, and not far from tho,
small Mexican village of Gicncguilla.— j
When the troops appeared in sight, the In- j
dians immediately raised their war-whoop
and manifested a disposition to make an
' attack *
The camp of the Apaches was situated
upon a mountain tidga, and in a position
naturally strong and difficult of nccess.
Lieut. Davidson saw that an action could
not bef avoided, and therefore made iho ne
cessary preparations for battle. Ho dis
mounted his men, nhd with a Small guard
to protect and hold them; placed his hor-,
ses a little ways in the rear. With tho bal-1
ance of his command, not more than fifty
strong, ho made an attack upon tho camp
of the Indians. Theso soldiers charged
bravely up tho ridge, and carried the posi
tion oftho Apaches, who were forced to re
treat.' They rallied, however, almost im
mediately, and attacked tho troops at close
quarters, with great desperation; they
were several times repulsed, and upon j
each occasion, seven-in nil, rallied again j
to the charge, in every instance exhibiting
tho utmost .determination nnd bravery.—
The troops maintained this unequal con
test for nearly threo hours when '.hey were
(breed: to givo way and retreat, which they
succeeded in doing, nnd reached Taos the
same afiernpon, with their wounded.
This is one of tho most severe battles
that over took place between American
troops and the Indians, nnd our loss much
greater in proportion to tho'numbers en
gaged. The Apaches fought with a bra
very almost unprecedented, nnd wc are
convinced that nothing but the stubborn
valor of Lieut. Davidson and his men, sa
ved tho commnnd from entire destruction.
The troops had greatly the disadvantage.
Tho Indians selected their own* position,
on a rugged mountain' ridge,.and tho dra
goons had to charge up a steep slopo to
reach them. Tho latter were encumber
ed: with their horses, which it required
nearly a fourth part of tho command fo
toko care of, nnd the valley in which tho!
troops were nt the timo they commenced
the attack, is so filled with largo boulders
as. to render the movement or horses al
most impossible. Wo are sorry to learn
that Lieut, Davidson nnd Dr. Magruder
were both slightly wounded.
Recapitulation-— Total killed in ac
tion, 22 ; total wounded, 23; total woun
ded,4s.
. A private letter from Taos states that it
appears that eight or nine dead Indians
were left on. the field ; nnd on passing a
certain point on tho Ojo Caliento they ad
mitted a loss of. twenty-three, and were in
gj[qat tribulation. Tho Indians are said,
by the Mexicans, to bo tired of war, and
are ready to surrender all the plunder they
have taken, and make peace, Li eut - Da
yidson was wounded in the hand and heel;
Rip'wounds are not considered dangerous.
The Indians did not scalp any of the dead
who were left on tho field.
Anotheb Fiqht with the Apaches.
Liout. CoL Cooke, with nearly two hun
3red men, had been following the trail
pf the Apaches for gome days on the west
gide of the Rio Del Norte, now and tbgo
obtaining information of them. Front. Ojo
'Caliente, whore last heard from, he mar
ched,.in a northwest direction, until the af
jorrioon of tho Bth inst„ when liocanio ip
pighl pr thc enemy’s camp. It was almost
q surprise, ns ha got very near them be
fore nowas discovered. They liadqnjy
time.to send off their woman and children
riqd;,par( oftlieir baggage before the troops
,tvero,ilown upon them.-
‘They Immediately took post in a very
strong and almost inaccessible - mountain
position; but tho troops bravely charged
them,'drove them from it, nnd pursued
them lor about a milo nnd n half, fprding
• a, difficult stream, passing over a broken
i country and keoping up a running fight,
Ah thelodgosand enmp equipages,a Inigo
: quantity of provisions, and many of tho
horses oftho enemy fell into the hands of
the troops; and they also left behind a
number of tho arms und equipments, late
■ ly-occupied at Cieneguilln, which worbro
covered bv Col. Cooke. Six dead Indians
were found upon the field, but it is not
known whethor they sustained any:u»rU)CF
loss. Of the troops one man wps: killed
- -—private Casey, company G, FirltUra
coons, and ono man of tho Second Artil
; Jery, severely wounded. The day of the
fight, tho troops marched through. ; snow
(; twq feqtj .aqd it was also.snowing somo ol
express
-n,.: from tbe seat pf .Writ 4rF‘ a t .head-qiiar'
•*'s' ii E-
tors Thursday evening, wilh' news to tho j
12lh inst. Sinco tho action of the Bth mat.,
Col. Cooito and his command have been
in active’pursuit of ihc enemy, whom they •
pressed so hnrd they wcro obliged to scp-j
urate into small parties to save themselves.
They led the troops over the most inac-|
cessible country in New Mexico, with snow
at some places three feet deep j nnd lutt
Karson, who is their guide, says it is the
roughest country he has ever seon. The
Indians havesulfereJ very much, and their
bare foot-prints were seen in tho snow.
ARRIVAL OF.THE ASIA.
One week later from Europe.
New Yobk, Juno T. —The Asia brings
intelligence that tho Arctic got ashore on
tho Toskor, in the Irish Channel. She
wnsgotW, but was obliged to put back to
k jJj&iverpool cotton had declined dur
ing the week Ad. Tho daily sales were
obout 0900 bales. 1
Flour had advanced a2s fld during
the week. It then fell off, closing at an
advance of lsi’to Is Cd.
PVZVtc City of Glasgow.—A report was
I current at Liverpool, on Saturday, that tho
steamer city, of Glasgow had foundered at
sea. Her passengers and crew aro re
ported to lrnvo been carried to Africa.
Tho roport is said to have been receiv
ed by a gentleman in Londonderry from
one of tho passengers.
The Waii. —It was rumored at Paris
that a telegraphic despatch hud been re
ceived, announcing tho and
enpturo of Revel, in the Baltic by combin
ed fleets.
No particulars are given, and tho story
is doubted. . .
Russia has assumed a threatening atti
tude towars Prussia.
Tho Anglo-French armies contemplate
an invasion of tho Russian territory.
It was reported that tho Russians had
met with a severe check at Sillistria.
| The Russians wero defeated at Nicopoli
l with the loss of 1500 men.
Colonel Sulliman Bey has also defeat
led the Russians at Rahova. s
| Vienna, Tuesday night. —The Gazette
states that in consequcnco of the great con
centration of troops on tho North-eastern
frontiers of Austria,£s,ooo recruits will be
raised. ’ .
This measure is considered on open dec
laration that Austria wilt not bo bullied by
Russia.
Tho Vienna conferences nre to be re
newed on tho bases of the new Anglo-
French and Austro-Prussian treaties of al
liance. .
Tho general depot of the Russian Artil
lery end stores at Fnlchany has been burnt
by tho inhabitants from a feeling of re
venue. Tho loss was immenso.
Four hundred houses were destroyed by
a fire at Constantinople on tho 4th day of
May. Prince Napoleon and his officers
worked to extinguish the flames.
Twenty Russian merchant.ships have
been captured by the allied fleets since the
bombardment of Odessa,
j Groat surprise hns been expressed that
| Odessa has not been blockaded. Ships
arc constantly loadingand unloading there.
A large .fleet was taking in produce at
Archangel.
One American and two Russian ships
had arrived at Cronstadt, and negotiations
were considered open. Tho American
vessel had a cargo waiting for her.
King Otho, of Greece, has sent three
generals to defend tho Northern frontiers.
Lon non, Saturday, May 20. -News
from Galatz states that the Sebastapol had
been bombarded by tho allies for 4 days.
The combined Swedish nnd Norwegian
fleets arrived at Elfsnaben on the 15th of
May.
The King of Sweden was on board, nnd
witnessed a great manifestation of the hos
tile feeling on the part of the crew towards
the Russians.
The English fleet had encountered some
terrible storms in the Baltic, but weathered
them all.’ • «*’.>
Tho London Times strongly urges the
nppointmdftt.of n Minister of War.
A great qtihntity of French artillery nnd
•four squadrons of Sappears had reached
Gallipoli.
The ratifications of tho treaty of the,
triple alliance have' been exchanged at
Constantinople. I
A manifesto has been published in St.
Petersburg, ordering new levies for tho!
fleet anil armies. !
A general rising was expected in Mont-i
enegro in'favor ol Russia.
Six hundred Montenegrins had made a
fpfay into the Turkish territory, and kill
ed a number of the inhabitants.
The government of Greece will be re
quired by tho allied powers to give in its
adhesion to tho protocol of Vienna.
The rebellion at Artra is almost totally
quolled, 15,000 Turkish troops had arri
ved there. ; ■ _
It is said that a new Anglo French note
had arrived at Athena.
Eight thousand Belgian muskets, des
tined for Greece, have been.confiscated at
Malta, Somo transports of the expendi
tioii»fy army have been attacked by Greek
pirates.
Tho Fft-ch troop 9 at Gallipoli were
preparing to nriu-gj, to Adrianople. A di
vision of tho Freni?, armv had left Galli
poli for Bloseur. '
Wabuinoton, June 10. —Mnnyo»«j. e
Northern members, and several from the
slaveholding' Suites (including Mr. Clay
ton of Dolowaro); ore convinced that there
is .a plan on foot to get Cuba— peaceably
or otherwise., •
s Tho Admirtl'stration, it is believed, will
fayor the scheme.
A man with email intellect and large
I self*esteem, is a bore to society; while he
with tyrgo intellect and no self-esteem, is
[fearful of being one.
Arrival of the Antic.
ONE DAY LATEB FBOH EUROPE.
Elribarlcalion of Troops-Circaisian Vic
tory—Fifteen Hundred Russian Fns
■ oners —•Persia remains Neutral.
New Yobk, June 7.—The American
steamship Arctic, having repaired her
damages, sailed again from Liverpool on
Sunday, the 28th, and fired her gun offthe
battery at two o’clock ibis afternoon.
The news by the Arctic is therefore
eight days Inter than the advices per Asia,
mid one day later than by the Niagara at
Halifax.
The Arctic has made the passage in ten
days, fairly outstripping the Niogara, which
sailed one day before her.
The Russians have suspended cannon
ading Silestriu.
The Russians are endeavoring to cut
off all communication between Varna and
Silcstrin. -
The combined fleets are still cruising
before Sebastopol.
The English division of the army was
to embark at Constantinople for Varna,
while the French force was to march on
Balkcns.
A Greek bishop was arrested at resin
as a Russian emissary and imprisoned. -
Some very important papers were found
upon him. . *
The rebellion is gaining ground in
Thessaly.
It is rumored that the Russians,- being
unable to defend the seaboard of Circas
sia, bavo evacuated all the positions from
Baloun to Anapo, burning all their own
forts. After which they retired to Kcntis.
The Circassians came down upon them
and look fifteen hundred prisoners.
A treaty between Austria and Prussiu
will soon bo laid before the British Parlia
ment. _
Seizure of Cuba.
E ARFXEI4D REPU BLI CAN.
The ministers of Austria and Prussia
on the 25th presented to the Diet the joint
declaration of Austria and Prussia announ
cing the continued cordiality of the Four
Powers and declaring that *hc prolongation
of the struggle between Russia and Tur
key contributed to the danger of Germany
and that the integrity of Turkey must be
maintained. The allies do not at present
intend to blockade tho Russian coasts at
the White Sea.
Spain.—Advices from Spain stato that
the Black Warrior aflair was stil l unset
tled.
London, May 27th, P. M.— Consols
advanced 90?a90t.
Mr. Galiano, a special messenger to
Washington, is to endeavor to settle the
matter without Mr. Soule’s intervention.
BIOT AT BROOKLYN.
New Yobk, June 4. —Great excitement
was occasioned in the city this evening,
by reports of a terrible riot, accompanied
with the los3 of life, having occurred at
Brooklyn, growing out of the street preach
ing that occurs there every Sabbath.
The first report stated that seven or]
eight persons had been killed and from fifty
to sixty wounded, several Philadelphians
being among the number.
in consequence of the excitement, a
gathcringcf citizens took place in the Park,
at 8 o’clock, which was addressed by sev
eral persons who had escaped from tfie
scene of riot in Brooklyn. They concur
red in the statement, that while a proces
sion were walking arm in arm down Main
street, from Smith street, where they had
been listening to the street preaching, they
were suddenly fired upon from the win
dows of the houses on both sides ol the
street.
The number shot was variously stated.
One speaker said he saw two dead bodies
carried out Another speaker saw seven
dead bodies. The number of wounded
are said tA be) from forty to eighty,and
another report makes the killed from forty
to eighty. .
The procession retreated to Catherine
ferry, and many succeeded in getting on
the boat, but others numbering, it is said,
over one hundred, were left behind in tho
ferry-house, and the boats having stopped
running, they remained imprisoned there,
with their pursuers blocking up all escape
except by tho river.
At the meeting in the Park, it was voted
that those present arm themselves and pro
coed to Brooklyn by the other ferries, to
enforce the release of their comrades. The
vpte was carried by a unanimous shout,
and tho mob proceeded to Grand street
ferry.
A. gentleman who passed along Main
street about 7 o’clock, before the proces
sion came along, says tho street was then
full of excited ,/ncn, with stones, clubs,
vitriol bottles and other missiles, awaiting
the approach of the procession.
[The above is the story as received so
far from various sources, but it is undoubt
edly greatly exagerated.]
[second despatch]
The first reports of tho disturbance at
Brooklyn prove to bo, as was expected,
greatly* exagerated. -As far os known on •
ly two were killed—one a policeman and
the other a boy, who was shot in tho fore-!
head, and died instantly. J
1 Many aro terribly injured, especially
the nssailnnts,/who resisted the police.—
A largo number of assailants are under
arrest. ’ '
A regiment of tjoop3 have been order
ed put. Four companies of Americans
Oregon tho ground, and tho rest are in the
armory.
Five of the Irish companies took their
®-ois from the armory, and marched out
w,tu nt orders, going over to South Brook
lyn, aw.., from the scene of the not. •
A collisioi.;, p earC( ] | as the remaining
companies say t jj e jjjgjj troops shall
not re-enter the .
The Americans that wv , Bhut in l t, e
, ferry-house, all got over. • lt> . *-v city in
1 safety*
-At the present time (U o’clock) m»
quiet, ond, it is hoped, -will coptlnue so.
Terrible Calamity at Wilmington.
BXPLOBIONOPTDBBEWAGONSOFGUNPOWPEB.
1 WitMinoTON, Dei., May 31 .—Three
wagons from Dupont’s Powder Mills, la
den with gunpowder, blow up, with a tof
riblo report, ot about a quarter beforo 11
o’clock, to-day, inside of the city limits.
Several drivers and all the horses were
"TiSon. hou* wa. dcnoILM
and the people inside of it are supposed to
1 have been killed# - Tf .■
The ’ residence of Bishop Lee, of the
Episcopal Church, was badly injured.
P Tho barns of James Canby and John
H. Price were sot on fire, find are still
burning at the time of sendplg this des-
Pa \Vil3HNoton, Moy 31, P. M.—The ex
plosion this morning was more toniblo
than first reported, and the calamity is ono
ofihe worst that has ever bofa.len thiscity.
Three wagons,loaded with powder from
Dupont’s Mills, exploded ot the corner of
Fourteenth and Orange streets, opposite
to tho Residence of Bishop Leo.
The report, pr series of reports was tre
mendous, and the effects wore frightful.
The wagons were of courso demolished ,
fifteen horses were destroyed ; but the loss
of lifo was the most lamentable feature
of the calamity. The list of killed and
wounded as far as ascertained is about fif-
Several persons wero injured, and it is
feared that other lives havo been lost, but
in tho .consternation that prevails, it is
impossible to tell to a certainty. t
The damage to property has been Iri gnt-
fU Seven dwelling houses and six stables
were blown down and some of themburned.
At least filly other houses were more or
less damaged by the explosion. The
walls of James E. Prices residence were
so shattered that they were expected to
trail momentarily. The residence of Bish
op Leo was much injured.
The report of the explosion was heard
to a great distance, and alarmed overy
one, but the extent of the destruction to
life and property, could not be imagined.
The utmost confusion and distress prevail
but everylhiug is being done to relievo the
injured. _ „ „
Wilmington, May 31 —2 P. M.
There were 175 to 200 kegs or powder in
the wagons, all of which exploded. There
were two distinct oxplosions, ono immedi
ately after the other.
From tho crown of the hill down to the
Brandywine, there is no a window or front
door 101 l unbroken.
Tho windows all over the city are more
or less broken, and in many houses the
plaster was blown down from the walls
and coiling. .
At the depot, the plaster, owing to the
concussion, fell from the ceiling on to the
clerks* 1
The shock was fearful, many persons
thought it was an earthquako.
Persons in tho street were driven along
by the concussion, before Ihoy had any
idea what had happened.
Immediately alter tho fearful report war
heard, windows, limbers, door, &c., wore
seen flying in every direction.
Tho panic, when the nature ol tho ca
lamity was made known, was frightful.
PROCLAMATION BY TDE PRESIDENT.
Whertas, information has been recciv
cd that sundry persons citizens, of the U.
States and others residing therein nro en
gaged in organizing and fitting out a mili
tary expedition for the invasion of Cuba.
And whereas the said undertaking is con
trary to ihe spirit and express stipulations
of treaties between the United States and
Spain, derogatory to the character of this,
nation, and in violation of the obvious du
lies and obligations of failhful and patriotic
citizens. And whereas it is the duty of
the constituted authorities of the U. States
to hold and maintain the control of the
great question of peace or war, and not to
suffer the same to bo lawlessly complica
ted under any pretense whatover. ,And
whereas to that end all private enterprises
of a hostile character within the U. States
against any power with which the United
States are nt peace, tiro forbidden, and de
clared to bo a high misdemeanor by an
express act of Congress. Now, therefore,
in virtue of the authority vested by tho
Constitution in the President of the United
States, I do issue this proclamation to warn
all persons that tho General Government
claims it as a right and duty to interpose
for the honor of its flag, the rights of its
citizens, tho national security and the pres
ervation of the public tranquility from
whatever quarter menaced ; and it will not
fail to prosecute, with duo energy, all those
who, unmindful of their own and their
country’s fame, presume thus to disregard
tho laws of the land and our treaty ob
ligations. ■ 1 earnestly exhort nil good cit
izens to discountenance and prevent any
movement in conflict with law and national
charging the several Dis
trict Attorneys, Collectors, and othor offi
cers of the United States, civil and milita
ry, having lawful power in the premises,
to exert the same for tho purpose of main
taining tho authority and preserving tho
peace of the United States.
Given under my hand and tho seal of
the United States, nt Washington thethir
ty-first day of May, in the year of our
Lord, one thousand 'eight hundred and fif
ty-four, and the seventy-eights of the In
dependence of the ;Urtited States.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
W. L. Mahcy, Sec’y of State.
The Trouble with Spain.
Washington! Juno 9.— The Unions
this morning, says that the ,difficulties with
Spain have not yet been adjusted, and that
the policy of the Administration, regarding
them is unchanged. ■
(KrHenry..Ward Beecher says,‘‘Dress
doesn’t makathe man, but when a roan is
made»-he loqksa. great deal better dress-
] w up,”
LATE FROM CALIFORNIA.
Nuw Ohleanb, Juno 3. steam
ship Daniel Webster has arrived at the
Bafize from San Juande Nicaragua. She
brings news from San Francisco to the
15th of May, two weeks later than our
previous California advices. ■
The steamship Star of the West also
sailed from San Jnan, with a million and
a half dollars in gold dust, and two hun
dred and filly passengers.
The revolution in Nicaragua, led by
Sepor Castellon, and supported by other
influential men from Honduras, which was
reported by the last steamer, has resulted
in tho triumph of tho insurgents;.
The California nows is not vory impor
lnTho El Dorado, from Aspinwall, is al
so below with the same California dates as
the Daniel Webster. She brings the mails
and passengers brought down from San
Francisco to Panama by tho jsteamship
Golden Gate.' ~ I
The steamship Georgo Law, with the
California mails, snUcdfrom Aspmwal
on the 31st of May for New York. Sho
has on board a largo number of passengers
and a million of dollars in specie. Ihis
added to thd specio on tho. North Star,
will make tho semi-monthly receipts at
New York by two steamers about two
millions and a half.
FARTHER FROM CALIFORNIA.
Surrender of the Inllibustcrs—Their At-
rival in San Francisco.
New Orleans, Juno 7.—1 send you
tho following additional items by the Dan
iel Webster and El Dorado.
Walker’s Fillibuster force had been dis
banded, and the parties comprising it had
surrendered themselves prisoners, and nr
rived at San Francisco in charge of tho
U. S. authorities. They wero released
on parole.
The mines are yielding abundantly.
The California Legislature lias adjourn
ed sine die.
Mr Dillon, the French Consul, who was
arrested on the Oth of May, charged with
tho violation of tho neutrality laws of the
United States, was admitted to bail in the
sum ofslo,ooo.
A'destructive fire-took place at xerKa
on the 15th ult.
Tho screw steamship West Wind, has
been destroyed by fire.
Tho San Francisco markets wero quiet
and pricos were tolerably well sustained.
Gallego and Haxnll Flour was §ll a 12
per bbl.
More Dreadful Indian Ontrages.
Bai.timoke, Juno 9.—Tho N. O. Pica
yune has dates from Texas to tho SJstult.
The Indian outrages and massacres con
tinued with unabated fury.
A band of about five hundred Indians,
under Wild Cat, when about thirty miles
west of Victoria, attacked a detachment ot
U. S. Troops, and lulled all but two of
them. They then attacked the mustangs,
trnvellc rs and citizens, and killed thirty I
Mexicans and six Americans. |
They were still fighting when tho Im
press left.
The Indians were heard to say that they
would desolate tho country to tho Bio
Grande.
The express rider had his horse shot un
der him, when he seized an Indian pony
' and made his escape.
TUE'BROORLYN riots.
Eagle Office, Brooklyn, Juno 7ih.
IVftyor Lumbert has issued a proclamation
concerning tho Sunday street_ preaching .
riof. Ho cautions persons against- inter-1
fering with public worship in buildings or
private ground. The proclamation also
cautions them ogainst forming and mo
ving in procession to disturb public wor
ship, commands citizens to abstain from
countenancing' unlawful and disorderly
assemblages in tho streets, and gives no
tice that hereafter they will be dispersed
or their abettors arrested.
Items from the South
Baltimore, Juno' 9. —The mail this
morning brorght papora through from New j
Oi leans. ■
The ship Thomas Wright, ashore be
low Savannah, has been abondoned with
the remaining portion of her cargo.
A hail storm ruined much of the cotton
crop in Edgefield, Sh_£., on Saturday. .
The Boston Fugitive Slave Biot.
Boston, June 10.—Tho Rev. T. VV. |
Iligginson, oj Worcester, was arrested in
that city last night by a Boston officer,
charged with being engaged in the riot in
the court house when Bachelder was kil
led. He was arraigned in the police court
this morning, but examination was waived,
and he was held to bail in $3,000 for trial,
Cholera in Cincinnati. —The Cin
cinnati times of tho 2d inst., says:
We heard of several cases of cholera
in the city, nearly all of which proved
fatal. In tho neighborhood of St. Paul s
Church in the Ninth Ward, four persons
have died of it in ono house; and deaths
have Cccurred in othor parts of the city.
AH the casos, so far ns we havo heard,
have been among; foreigners, who .were
very careless as to their, habits of living;
and they are not by any means any cause
for alarm;
Judge Pollock and Nedraska.—Our
Whig cotemporaries throughout tho State
are working themselves into a_ great fury
over the principles contained in the Ne
braska bill; yet, at the same time, they
support Judge Pollock, who, while a mem
ber of Congress a few years since; express
ed the following opinion:
“Ho held that Congress hnd tio power
to legislate about slavery, and thotthe mo
ment slaves entered free territory they be
came ifVee, Slavery could not be prohibit
ed; and* therefore, until the territory was
admitted as a Slate, slavery could have no
existence th§re.”
THE ABOLITION PLOT. . H|
The following notice of the late abolition
riot of Boston, wq extract from tho Philn- fll
delphia Argus of tho 3d instant.
Our renders are fully aware of the fact HI
that a fugitivo slave by tho name of An- HI
thony Burns, has been arrested in Boston, ■
that on organized conspiracy against tho . ■
United Stateß laws wns sot on foot by an . ■
Abolition gang, by means of which the ■
prisoner was to be rescued from the offi- ■
cors of justice, and that in the attempt one . ■
of the officers was shot dead m the Court B
House while endeavoring to support tho I
law, and bent b'pektho rioters. There 1
I was no question as to tho prisoner being a 1
slave.' That fact was undoubtedly and , W:
clearly provon by a letter written from An- ||
thony Burns, tho fugitive, to his brother in I
Alexandria, stating whero he could bo j]
found in Boston, upon which information j
tho claim was founded. After the arrest
' of tho fugitivo under the act of 1850, a ! :|
i meeting was held in Faneuil Hall for the i
I purpose of considering the mrtttor of the 1
arrest, and also to concoct a plan for his -
rescue. The meeting was most disorder- !
dorly and tumultuous in its character, and 1
open resistance to the law counselled by
Wendell Philips, Rev. Theodore Parker,
and others. In addressing tho meeting
Rev. Theodore Parker said— .
Another law than Slavery is also a fi
nalitv That law lies in our heads and
arms and feet. You can put it in eXecu- '
lion when you.seofit. • I am a clergyman .
and am a man of peace. But there is a .
means and nn end. Liberty is the end;
and peace is not sometimes the means to- J
""wendell Philips also commended the .
use of force in rescuing tho prisoner from v
the officors, and in the course or his rc- g
marks said— i B
“Lot us remember where we are ana jj
whut wo arc going to do. You have said M
to-night you will vindicate the fair fame of f
Boston- Let me tell you, you won’t do ,t
by groaning at the slave-catchers at lie |
Revere Housc~[we’ll tar and feather
iheml —in attempting the impossible (eat ,
of insulting a slave-catcher. If there is a j
man here who has an arm and a heart
ready to sacrifice anything tor the free- .
dom of an oppressed man, let him doit
to-morrow. [Cries of ‘To-n.gh .] If
thought it could be done to-night 1 would
go first. 1 don’t profess courage, but 1 .
do profess this : when there is a possibili- i
ty of saving a slnvo from the hands o
those who are called officers of the law, 1 j
am ready to tramplo any statute or any j
man under my feet to do it, and I am ,
ready to help any one hundred men to
do it ”
i ilerc, theft, wns a regularly organized
plot by the Abolitionists to overthrow the
law by force, and in the attempted execu
tion of their plan, tfti officer was shot down
amid tho shouts and huzzas of the mfuria
ted mob, who had been influenced by
the preaching or such men as Philips and
tho Rev. Theodore Parker to this bloody
'deed This act Strips tho mask off the
designs of this band of traitors, and shows
them to the country in their true character.
It is no longer a question whether the fu
gitive Slave Law shall bo obeyed or not
but it is whether tho laws of the United•
States shall beVespected, or trampled upon
whenever this gang of traitors see fit to
issue their mandate. There was no pre
tence that the prisoner would bo tnkonout
of the State without a full and impartial
hearing. That was not alleged. The fact
of his being tho property or Mr. Suttle was
not questioned—for his own acknowledg
ment of that fact was in the possession of
Mr Suttle, and produced on tho examina
tion. Tho whole.affair was a plot to re
sist ihc law, even if murder ensued, and
this resolve was carried into execution un
til the United States troops appeared on
the ground, and put a slop to further pro
ceedings on the part of the Abolitionists
and their abettors. .
Tho law however has been sustained,
tho prisoner receiving a fair and impartial
hearing, and given over to the chargo o.
his master. During the whole or the trial
the -Court House wps surrounded by mo
rioters, and it was found necessary to
keep, tho military on duty throughout tho
ANOTHER CUBAN OUTRAGE.
It would appear that the grave nature of
the issue now ponding between this govern
ment and Spain has had no effect in nwa
kening the Cuban officials to the necessity
of observing something like decent beha
viour in their intercourse with American
citizens. The following'facts have been
communicated by a gentlemah w.io has
just received the information.
Cpt. Dickey, of the brig Stirling, which
was lately lost on the Florida reefs, stoles
that on the 18th of April, whilst his vessel
was lying in the harbor of Matanzas, an
before he had commenced to load, a fire
accidentally broke out in the ship’s galley,
but was extinguished in less than five min
utes. A largd number of vessels were near
and as soon ns the fire was perceived, a
number of boats put off to his assistance.-
The Captain of the Port soon after camo
on board, and put a number of questions
respecting the origin and extent of the tire.
He appeared greatly enraged, and swag
gering up and down the deck talked loud
ly and abusively, and whirling his cane
about in a threatening manner. Ho sought
tho steward, and questioned him closely on
these paints ; arid, although tho latter an
swered him in the most respectful manner,
through the interpreter, ho gave way to *
violent burst of temper,“and struck tho mam
Flesh and blood could not stand this,
the steward observing a hatcliet lymg
little distance from him on the decs,
more by w eff of a threat than any S
else, T called out to a bailor in -
hand it to him. The latter ndt uhder-.
standing a word of the language,
did not comply! Tho c*.**g”
’enraged, repeated the outrage jr
] the man again with his fist.
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