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Towauda, Wednesday, July l 9 :9 1845
Nexan 4.--This week's paper, through mistake, is
nu_abered'orrong on the outside. It should be No:4.
Tait Footers or JULY, with its festivities, celebrations
and rejoicings, to occupy time, and distract attention. 13
our apology for the want of orignalitY in our eittorial
columns. Happily, it comes but once a year!
GOVerriCtF DORT'S Liberation.
The friends of Freedom and equal rights have tri
omitted and the patriot Dow, is again free. A bill for
his unconditional liberation passed tte Legislature of
Rhode Island on the 28th ult. He is restored to his
freedom but not to his civil rights, until be shall sub
scribe to an oath of allegiance to the Algarine, govern
meet—prescribed by the bill which restores him to liber
ty.. We venture to predict that he will never take that
oath. We would think less of him if he would.'" He
comes forth, not restored to his civil rights, but to receive i
s joyful welcome and a warm reception from a people
who appreciate his noble exertions in. their behalf.
The Providence Gazette gives the following graphic
sketch of the demonstration of the feelings of the people
on the re Appearance of the hero among them.
"In the second and third editions of yesterday's paper,
we tardy attempted to describe the effects produced up
on the friends of Thomas Wilson Dorr, on the announce
ment of the passage of the liberation act, as well as the
demonstration which awaited him on re-entering the
world. The accents had hardly fallen from the lips of
kir. Purges, who brought the news from Newport, pro
claiming freedom to the noble captive, before a chrird
was touched, which vibrated, through every part of the
city. Flags went up to the tops of the hickory poles and
flag-staves, and cannons were fired, while every store,
and workshop, and mill sent forth hundreds of citizens,
all of whom rushed with the greatest•alarrity to the es-
planade, fronting that "tomb of the living," the Rhc.4l6"
Island State prison; every heart swelling with the most
joyful emotions. After some half hour's delay, the door
of the prison was thrown open, end Govern , .1 Dorr stood
again free; then, such a burst of estitc joy 118 went up
from every mouth—words are inadericree to describe that
scene ;we shall never, nev, r Iget it.
" Governor Dorr was escorted. by the multitude, from
the prison to his paternal mansion, where he was left to
the enioyment of the heart-felt congratulations of a de
voted father and mother. At half-past seven o'clock in the
evening, it was announced that he would proceed from
his father's house to that of the Hon. Hezekiah Willard,
in Cranston ; and his friends were' desirous to meet him
on the bridge and proceed with him there. Ail hour be
fore the appointed time, Market square began to be filled
with people; and when the time of Governor DOTI ' S co
ming arrived, it contained us dense mass of human beings.
" Governor Dorr came down Main street in a carriage,
accompanied by two or three of his nearest friends and
'and admirers, preceded by Col. Samuel H. Wales as
thief marshal. and his assistants, and followed - by a long
line of carriages. When he reached the corner of Mar
ket square, a shout of joyfulness went up from the mul
titude, which continued at intervals until the procession
reached Mr. Willard's gate, upwards of a mile. After
the arrival there of Mr. Dorr and his numerous escort,
which took place during the heavy discharges of artillery
in the neighborhood, Mr. Nathan Porter, in behalf of
the assembled multitude, gave him a welcome to the
world and to his friends in a most eloquent speech?'
..ETERT OFX TO THEIR FAFCT."—Me find the fol
lowing singular advertisement,in the New Yojk Tri
bune,—
Matrimony.—A while genlkmart wishes to marry
a colored lady of education, of rtgious principles, and
who is willing to reside in a country where the accident
of complexion will not debar her from the worship of
God in any cathedral with the fairest of her sex, and
where character, cot color, is the passport to society.—
The advertiser is unacquainted with the colored ladies
of this city ;- be therefore requests that any lady Answe
ring this .advertisement will be candid and explicit in
; stating age, pecuniary circumstances, &c. The greatest
honor may be relied on. Address Q. Z. Any white
lady who detests slavery and is free from prejudice
against color, who may please to answer, will be atten
ded to.",
A LIBRARIAN BURIED BENEATH Boosei.--A very
singular paragraph from a Paris paper is republished by
the Courier des Etats Lillis. It seems that not long
since the coroner of the Rue Richelie was sent for to the
Royal Library to hold an inquest. In the garrets of that
great establishment are some three hundred thousand
volumes of old or mutilated books, in utter confusion
and given up to the rats. Some curious person having
occasion to make an examination into this literary cata
comb, found under huge piles of books, the skeleton of
a man, z which, on examination, was found clothed with
the laical dress worn in 1793 by the persons connected
with the library. But all the rest, except the mere skele
ton, of which the bones were polished like ivory, had
been devoured by the rata. It was found impossible to
identify the remains—which were duly buried at Mont
mertio—or to ascertain how the death was occasioned.
AXERICIN GOODS ow ENOLAND.—A London letter
nys the Americans, not content with supplying John
Bull with beef, pork, cotton, tobacco, ice, wooden clocks,
and numerous other articles, are actually sending over
sheeting and shirtings--or both'," as they are there
termed. The following paragraph appeared recently in
a London journal:
The American brown clothe are really substantial,
and to the homelier part of a community, tarot valuable
fabrics. Manchester cloths. of the same descriptiona are
not to be compared to them, ai:d although the import du..
ty be ten per cent., we could wish that our sgricullurius
would try them, and 'show thcrtLy that a market may
be found in England for Areericin cotton goods as well
'as for American grain and American provisions. •
NORTH %taxon Ca:vit.—The company, from pre.
sent indications, seem determined to push the work to
$ speedy completion.
The charter of the Company has been signed, by the
Governor, and is now in the hands of Garrick Mallory,
Msg. From the Luzerne Democrat, we learn that this
enterprising company are about organizing. A meeting
of the stockholders is advertised to be held at the United
States Hotel, in the city of Philadelphia, on the 22dinst.
in order to organize the Company, and to chose thirteen
managers, and such other officers as shall be deemed ne
cessary.
EULOCIT CT HOC. DAVLD WILIWT.-.-WO horn by a
aomaspondence in the last New Star, between a commit
tee of the citizens of Troyeand the Hon. David Wilmot,
that the latter gentleman has consented to deliver a eulo
gy on the life anti.character of Gen. Andrew'Jackson.
The committee have final 'vita Satunlay;the 19th
as the day; the place, we primates, will be Troy. '
Daum:TAT/mt.—We arc requested to' state that. Mr.
TunaAs 'Nowt, declines being a candidate. tor
any oncein which he may be nowivated by tlat Libcr
tYgrty
North Branch Canal.
We incorporate in oureßearial'collituns, tbr
lowing remarks of a correspendentiof the Elmira
zette, in answer to the Unbend rind selfrah edurre of the
editor of the Elmira Republican:— -.
It has been s matter of an Utile surprise to many of
our citizens, that any one can be' found at this day, to
advocate the narrow minded policy exhibited iu.the iron
Republican under 'the bud or "North Branch Canal..?
It would seem iti be an editorial effort, but springs with
out doubt from some overgrown capitalist who desires to
monopolize the trade and business of Elmira and the
surrounding country. The auditor whoever he may t be
seems to adn.it that the Extension of the canal to Athens,
would benefit that village, and place it at the head of na
vigation, and gees further and avows the opinion that
the completion of the New York 4: Erie Rail road as a
connecting link between the Chetnung and N. Branch
Canal* might not be "'seriously detrimental to Elmira."
Now, could not this far seeing liberalist discover, that
the same reasoning which he applies to the extension of
the Chcmane Canal. would with equal force apply, to
the continuaticin of the rail road ? 'Would not Elmira
be as Much a pass by far the cars, as it would fix hosts
on the extended canal This . name narrow Minded
author, no dUubt denounced with the test of us the il
liberal policy of the people of Goshen, in opposing the
continuation of Iberia road beyond that point, and would
equally denounce a similar policy on the part of the citi
zens of Owegivshould they ever advocate the stopping of
the Ene rail road at that place. He doubtless equally
denounced the policy of a few at Havana in.opposing the
construction of the Canal, because Havana was then the
head of navigation. But look at the result. The Cho
ming canal is completed, Havana no longer occupies
the " enviable T r ition " of being at the " head of naviga
tion "—and wh,t is the present situation 1 The village
is probably five times as large as it was before the con
struction of the canal. It is now a litisy thriving place
and evinces a continued and healthy improvement.—
What is the condition of Utica, Rochester, and many
other places on the Erie canal now. as compaied with
what they were before the construction of that mighty
work? then, trifling vilkges, now populous cities.,
aloes the coal of Wilkesbarre now reach us at alit
Would not even the occasional visit of 'a coal scow to
refit and victual" be more benefit to Elmira, than the
appearance of one wagon load of coal per annum? Ex
tend the North Branch canal and we have the Pittston
roel brought to our doors, for two dollars per ton, which
whould be cheaper than Wood at one dollar per cord.—
The coal and iron which would be brought to Elmira to
supply the wants of our community, and the salt, plaster
and other productions which would be exchavmd fur it,
would itself atone for the loss of our .enviable position
at the head of navigation." The increased value of land
in our neighborhood and the natural influx of inhabitants
consequent upon every new improvement and increased
facility of communication, would soon make Elmira one
of the cities of western New York. It is well known
that the growth of villages anpcities depends upon the
sprosperity of the surroundine . country. We shall next
expect to see this sapient author opposing the rail road
to Seneca Lake, should the Elmira and Williamsport
rail road be completed, lest Elmira should lose its "envia
ble position at the head of navigation." The same nar
row policy induced a coldness towards the construction
of the Chemung canal, lest new comers should interfere
with old established firms then monopolizing the trade
of Elmira. There are many of our citizens who well re
collect the cold water which was thrown upon our canal
application by the selfish capitalists of that day; and
some of the old leaven has no doubt prompted this attack
upon the North
,Branch Canal, and the dreaded exten
sion to the Chemung canal. Such policy on the part of
any village on the line of the Erie canal whose citizens
might desire to be at the head of navigation, would, hail
the power accompanied the_wish, have prevented the
continuation of that great work to Buffalo. Do not let
any of us appea'r so mean and contemptible as to oppose
the connection of two important canal!, designed to open
the immense resources of New York and Pennsylvania
and insure an exchange of these hidden treivoires. if
we have the low spirit within us,'let us at least have the
pride to conceal it, and not try spreading it in the news
papers, make ourselves appear contemptible and ridicu
lous before the world. such an improvement would
soon treble our population, and business; and the in
crewed facility of banking capital among us now in con
templation and soon to be realized, would enable the en
terprizing and industrious merchant to,compete with the
narrow-minded monopolists who would keep the noses
of a whole community upon the grindstone, and make
them hewers of wood and drawers of water, for the pri
vileged few. CANAWEWA.
AnTITICIAL Aar.—Mr. - Phelps, of N. York city
known as an ingenious constructor of tru-see, abdominal
supporters, and other useful apparatus, completed an ar
tificial arm, recently for a lady in Maine, which is an
admirable substitue for the lost member. He took a cast
in plaster, of the limb on the left side, and then matched
it in wood., The elbow works delightfully; the wrist
has both flexion and rotation, and all the fingers, and
even the thumb, 'which has the true hall and socket
joint, are so skilfully made, that, when gloved. no gentle
man who was permitted to take her arm under his own,
would mistrust that it was a wooden one. Nearly half
the arm, from the shoulder down, was preserved for a
stump, which slips into a socket, and the whole is made
fast and kept in place by attachments to a theoracic belt,
analogous to common stays, By the stump, any direc
tion the lady chooses can be given to the extremity.; but
the fiexien and extension ii adroitly brought about by
the other-band.
Fscroar 'Grout sr Saco.—The Saco Union, in no
tiring the success of the female operatives in Lowell and
Newburt port, adds some farts which have receittly come
to the knowledge of the editor respecting some female
operatiies in that village. The Union says:—Tbere is
'grow in the employ ot the York manufacturing comrany,
a girl, who, during the five months preeeeding June,has
worked 123 days, for which labor she has received with
in that time, $l2l 52, averaging $5 93 per week—de
ducting her board at $1 20 per week, she has earned
$4 73 per week; st the end of tba year, at this rate, she
would have . s2 , ls 90 clear of board. In a single room
in one of the factories of the York company, there are
fifty young women—each of these the fait four weeks
past have earned over twenty dollars, and one has sew.
ally earned end received thirty dollars, or one dollar per
.day.
MOST LA:iSSTABIOL.—We team from the Pittsburg
Post, that two little . girls, children of Mr. Albertson, of
Allegheny. were drowned in crossing the riser in the
ferryboat. They were sitting in a buggy, on the boat,
when the horse scared at a steamboat that was pining,
and backed the vehicle off into the river. The poor tittle
gbh MI into the water. . end perished in sight of their
hail distracted 'parents, who .wene present, but unable to
rescue them. The eldest of the children was five years
old, the youngest four.
Ttuncrs Cuonene—Nhis large and imposing edifica
at Noy York. has berm .at. length . completea; The cap,
stone Was 124 With rejoining . wr the Lop o f t h e e t ce p eo ' n
Friday last, and won after it white eagle ligtited upon it
sal there brooded in perfect repoe for an how. _
How IT OesnaTzs.--Tbe confident . rtions of the
friends of th e new poet office law, that th diminiehed
rates of POstaceatittlagie en impetus to earraplnditura
andlnennee the mail matter eo that in a short time the
Department ooiald he . profitable, seemed to hate been
been foMtd upoticomxt calculations. -The Philadelphia
tedgeilaw follmihig account of the Wainer, of that
•
Pest Office, On 'Melina of July: -
"The operation of the new post office law, yesterday,
seemed to have an:astonishing effect upon all classes of
the community. Everi s indiVidual seemed to have tim
ed scribe, and the pest office accommodations literally ,
overflowed with the literary contributions of the public.
We noticed one individual with as many letters as he
could conveniently, lurid in both hands, hurrying to the
window as though he apprehended that the' mails would
be too crowded to awry his contributions. unless he got
them there at an early hour in the day. We are inform
ed that the Postmaster was compelled to employ six per
sona to do the work which one person has been in the
habit of doing heretofore. This looks as if the public
appreciated the benefits of cheap postage, and were de
termined to enjoy the advantages. It also goes to prove
that the increase of business consequent upon the reduc
tion of the high rates of postage lately charged, will be
realized to a" reater extent than was predicted. The ex
pense is now so trifling that any individual who can
write will feel himself called upon to open a more frt.-
ce
i
quent'Corresponden with his Mends; and as 'here is
scarcely. in this migrating country, a person wti has not
some friend or relative iu ether and distant town and ei•
ties, the post offices of the land oil! he deluged with cid'.
ties, and the business of the Drparrinent become greatly
enlarged.
Kittitro.—Our readers will recollect some ago that a
young lady, a Miss' Oaks, was carelessly shot by a young
min named Brown. He was tried lately at Watertown
N. Y. The prisoner was a young man of about In
years of age, and the shot which killed the young lady
was fired front his rifle, according, to has own account,
merely for the purpose of frightening her. The jury
returned a verdict of manslaughter in the third degree,
and the prisoner was sentenced to the-State Prison in
Clinton County for four years—that being the longest
period for which the offence is punishable.
BOOK Of Tn•Yars 11.1 AMERICA ST • CKINT.S%.—••
The New York Tribune says. that among other speci
mens of the natural and artificial productions of the ce
lestial empire which Mr. Peters brought with him on his
return to the United States, are two intelligent and edu
cated sutjects of the "Brother of the Moon." One of
these Chinese gentlemen is a man of letters, and the oth
er a musician. The scholar is said to be preparing a
journal of his travels in this country, the publication of
which will be looked for with interest. It will certainly
will one of the most remarkable curiosities of literature
which these latter times have produced.
Tim Ssne►rn.—Mayor Haveineyer, of New York,
has issued his proclamation, forbidding all traffic on Sun
days, except in meats, milk and fish, Which may be wild
before nine o'clock in the morning; prohibiting oltogeth
er the sale of intoxicating liquors on that day, except to
lodgers in hotels and taverns, and persons actually tray
sling, in the cases allowed by law. An old statute to
this effect, wkich has long been a dead letter, has been
revived.
Ex-Passinewr Tna.a—The Washington Journal
learns that Mr. Tyler has been invited to deliver a eulo.
gy, at Portsmouth, Va., on the life and character of Gen.
Andrew Jackson.
CRIME; COgYESSION AND UNJUST SUSPICION.
—Fifteen year, ago, says the Cleveland Min
Dealer. a man committed perjury in Sheldon.
Genesee county, N. Y.. by which he not only
by the aid of circum-tantial evidence, defraud.
ed his neighbor of four or five hundred dollars,
but also threw ihe.suspicion of crime upon the
head of that neighbor.
Stung by remorse, the perjurer left tha
country and became a waylarer in the West.
After man% years, justice laid her heavy iron
grasp upon him. and sent him retribution in the
shape of poverty, sickness and misery. He
became an inmate of our township hospital. the
poor house. Death was very nigh to
MOVPIi by the prickings of that conscience
which cloth make cowards of us all." he be
gan to fear the monster. and to call for every
present help in time of trouble. A neighbor
mg clergyman hastened to the dying perjurer's
bedside. The man uttered a confessicin of the
crime. ald as a feeble token of repentance. re
quested the whole to he noted down, and sent
bark to the defrauded and despoiled indvidual.
The P sin Dealer adds The confession
was sent, but so incredible did the story ap
ear, and so fixed were the impressions of the
citizens of the guilt of their neighbor. that
nought but the highest written testimony could
sati•fv them. Certificates of the verity of the
confession were yesterday sent, and after a
lapse of fifteen years. the stain upon the fair
fame of the inuividual has been Somewhat re
moved."
CIEATII D' FOUL AIR IN WELLS.—The Dan
ville Deanne's' states that on Tuesday last. Mt.
Web Barton. of Blootnsburg, who had descend
ed into his Well li r the purpose of digging it
deeper, was suddenly attacked by the effects of
the gas; but before he had become senseless,
an outcry attracted the atteption of several per
sons, who rushed to the spot and descended to
rescue him from his perilous situation. The
gas. however, soon drove them hack, with the
exception of Mt. Daniel Fullmer, who died
from its elects in a self-sacrificing and praise
worthy attempt4n rescue the life of a fellow be
ing. Mr. Barton was taken out entirely sense
less, hut on application of the proper remedies
soon recovered.
Three men lately ru 6.'1(1 in a "well, in Ad.
tons. Ohio, suffocated by the gas at the bottom.
Wrllri and pits frequently Contain nitroffi n or
car b on i c acid, especially the laiter,,which being
heavier than the atmosphere, sinks to the bot
tom. Both are poisonous, and hence such pla
ces should never be entered without a very sim
ple precaution. A bundle of straw set on fire
end lowered to the bottom will remove the diffi
culty. But a better expedient is discharging a
gun three or four times into the well, loaded
with powder. The oxygen from the gunpow
der suppplies the deficiency in the well.
Gossaa.--4. Arlington Bennet, of Long Is
land, gives the result of someexperiments with
this manure, It is a most powerful vermifuge
in destroying worms. He applied it to some
peach trees that were nearly dead., and that
were full of the red-hydra white grub that kills
them. After three days took up one and found
every worm dead. A piece of Wheat to which
he applied only 150 lbs. per acre, as a top dress
,sing,.and which was winter killed, as well as
the worst in the county, is 'now in point of col
or and height, theyery best,
. 2 , cabbage put opt in open air with Guano has
exceeded those *Mont pump under glass, be
ing,twice ai.large, arid both
,prit , out the sortie
time:. „The .:Gitaurt Potatoes tiaie exceeticd
those pui out a mOnth earlier . with liitt Nit of
•
ether oiontwc, ' .
Tie Fourth of July at Canton.
isd sl eptn s d ßs en E ee P ' lT a ti a liii if r h a e t e a d li n a l t v . °g C i n a ' ir t
t Y o ocif.:coourr
nen, on the , ittrinst., with a
the 4apyoriomtiostem.tia:dn
zeal a tila every usa d
of shade of political , opinien and relig
wpelptile I °l ( ll7 o 'o a f ges and both sexes ;
tons sentiment, who united with the - greatest
harmony and enthusiasm to honor the memo
ry and celebrate the achievements of their fa
then. Some-days previous, a general semi.
meet aiming the citizens' seemed to defnand
that something should be done to distinguish
the day, and a committee of arrangements was
appointed to rally the good people and make
the necessary preparations. It was resolved
that the celebrattim should be conducted in a
strictly national spirit, and that every cause of
party bitterness should be carefully avoided.
The coalmine performed their various duties
so well that on the morni s pg of the 4th every
thing-was ready. Between 9 and 10
the citizens began, to assemble in large num
bers, and about 11, a procession was formed
under tle• direction of Col. IRAD WILSON. mar.
shal of the It moved up Elmira street, a
sufficient distance to display its ranks. and
then returning. proceeded to the grisimils of
Mr. Rockwell, where a stage hail been erected
for the °Myers and speakers,, and seats fur the
' aerommtulation of an altdreace. Col, AAA
PRATT. who had been selected to preside on
the occasion. ' eitig prevent. il by tetopor .r‘
illness, Capt. ELIAS ROCKWELL performed the
duty in his stead. The exercises were
meneed by the Rev. Mr. CoLinix, who address
ed she throne of grace in language appropriate,
to the occasion, and with a peculiar() impres
sive manner- To this succeeded the reading
of the Declaration of bidepemlefiee by Dr..ELI•
ENEZER PRATT. Then f.dowed a n address by
J. M. SHEPA RD. of Troy, anti after that an. ora
non from HENRY Rtiont. a member of the bar
from Towanda; who were invited Inc the occa
sion. At the intervals between the regular
exercises, " Had Columbia," and other soul
stirring pieces were performed by 'the choir,
with beautiful effeig. The good order that pre
vailed and the attention manifested 'by the au
dience indicated their gratification and the in
terest which was felt iu the sentiments whirls
fe I front the lip, of the speakers. At die 'lose
of the exercises, the anotence tattled with their
committee in a request for a copy of the ma
tion which they had heard, in order that it
might be printed
'fhe citizens then proceeded in regular order
to the arbor which had been erected, where a
sumptuous entertainment had been prepared
by the common liberality, and the tables groan
ed under the weight of delicacies and luxuries,
as well as substantial viands. Though this
entertainment was of the nature of a pie nic,
prepared by the citizens of Canton specially,
yet there were also guests from the adjoining
townships, who were received, as the writer
can testify from experience, with a hearty hos
pitality. Mitch credit is due to the activity as
well as taste of the ladies, to whom the citizens
are indebted for the enjoyments of the table,
and generally, their enthusiasm and smiles
gave a principal interest to the exercises of the
day. After dinner, the young people set out
for a drive, each lad with his own lass ; and a
finer appearance has been seldom seen, as they
started off, with looks all buoy ant with happi
ness and glowing with the excitement of a day
of pleasure. The rest of the citizens separat
ed at an early hour. During the whole day,
OW a single event oeeurred. so far as the writer
knows, to interrupt the pleasure n mar the
harmony that universally prevailed, and the
conduct of those present. with scarcely an ex
ception, was eharacterized by the strictest ad
herenee to the rules of sobriety.
It would seem that any one after having wit
nessed the celebration of the day •in this. the
true and proper manner. would ever after be
come thoroughly iltsgusted will' those 'narrow
and contemptible exhibitions of party spirit by
who'll the anniversary is ioireqiienile
profits
ed. It is a lamentable fact. that the day, which
of all others might to he savred to national f.e
timent and national, consideratinns, often wit
nesses the most th-graeelul thspla s of party
animositt ; and the events whieh no parte call
justly appropriate. are seized upon by dema
gogues amid fanatics, and shut-std for the purpose
of pri dicing the worst effects of part% rancor
and sectarian zeal. The citizens of Canton
will he the better for a twelvemonth for having
mei in the true spirit of patriotism and merged,
for one day at least, all party distinctions : for
having net i.lll rnnoneat ground to pay that tri
hole which is felt in Pyre patriotic• hosom Gin
the mentor) and virtues ill our fathers.
EXTF:NIVE ROIIDERV. , -- A carpet bag. con•
tainiiig 810.000 itt gold, in two hags,
was sent by the American Earhang.•
Bank, of New york City. to the Meriden
Bank, at Meriden„ l .Conn.. and deposited in the
mate's state room, on hoard the steamboat New
Champion, on Saturday morning last. During
the passage through the Sound to New Haven,
some one effected an entrance to the room,
forced open the carpet hag, and stole one of
the bags. containing' 85.000. with which he
managed to, escape. leaving the t •g of do , bag
behind him, with the amount marked up.
on it. From the fact that it left the
other hag. as also a - package of 82.350 in big.,
for the Plimnix Bank, Hartford, undisturbed,
it is supposed that the robbery was effected by
some green hand at the business- 7 prohably by
some employed on the boat. A. special mes
senger front Hartford met the boat at Now Ila
vSn. and received the carpet bag, but did not
discover his in.,.,, till in the cars ; some• latent%
miles from New Haven. Information was im
mediately conveyed to New York, and two of
the hands on board the Champion were arrest
ed, but as yet no clue has been discovered to
the burglary.
WHITE CHILDREN AMONG THE °SAGES.--
The St. Louis Republican learns from a gen
tleman who' resides on the State line, near the
Osage Indians, and whose word may be relied.
upon,: that the . Osrges have now in their tribe
about twenty white children. Those children,
the Osages puichased from the Camanches, by
whom they were stolen from their parents in
Texas and New Mexico. Our informant states
that such of them' as have been seen by the
whites are said to be sprightly and intelligent
children, of both sexes, but generally have been
taken when so,young as to have lost all recol
lection of their parents, 'homes, or the place
from which they were taken. The Osages
_will only sell them for horses or goods. oe
easiinially they bring them into the settlement
'to 'barter off. A few' days since a gentleman
'of Newton county, purchased, fur a,horse, a
pretty "girl; about elev n years old.' A lear
days before their informant left, another Osage
brought' ink boy.'about eight or !line Years old.
*Web* hi,hoisever. did' not 'succeed in selling.
Iva Tens—lmportant.,
The steamship New York - arrived at New
Orleans on the llth ult. from Galveston, whit+
place she [thou the 15th ult.
.Presideatithars
has witted aliothee Proclamation, itinithering
the milk oldie negotiations that have heea
a o hd mie d by Capt. Elliott with the Illexivas
GoVernment. - The Picayune says:
Captain Elliott came passenger in the New
York, perfectly content, it may be presumed.
with himself for having produced confusion in
Texas as he did in China. The . Captain has
exhausted all the opium he brought with him
front China---it will trouble him to put the Ar
gus eyes of the press asleep again. We dozed
once over his representations—it was a short
siesta, and the last we will indulge in front the
same soporific.
We proceed at once to lay before the public
this third proclamation of the President.—
H ow lit any more are to (Wow we cannot trust
ourselves to guess. His Exyellency has got
in the vein. and they may succeed one molt. r
to the •• crack of doom." like the epertres nt
Banquo's issue to the vision of Macbeth. un
less they are cut short by the voz del—which
in this regard signifies the voice of the people
The Proclamation of President Jones begins
thus i
• The executive is now enabled to declare
to the people of Texas the actual state of their
affairs with respect to Mexig.o: . lll the, end that
they mac direct and dispose of them as then
shall judge he-t for the honor and permanent
Interest of the Republic."
He then goes int to say that last summer he
learned from creditable snorers that the Go
vernment of Mt awn was disposed 111 Siekll.l4l
- the Indepentletwe of Texas, upon the
understanding that Texas would maintain her
separate existence; that in March last the rr•
presentatives of Great Britain and Franceptint
iy renewed the offer of-their intermediation
with Mexico for this purpose.; that as they
were unaccompanied by any entangling con
ditions, he 'mold not consent to reject them.
therefore placed in the hands ol their represen
tatives statement of conditions_ preliminary to
a treaty of race. These 'conditions having
been accepted by the Goueniiwent of Mexico.
through the friendly interposition of England
and France. he deems it his duty to issue the
following proclamation :
WHEREAS, A oiltentie prim( has recently hcen
laid before me. to the effect that the Congress
of Mexico has authorized the Government to
open negotiations and conclude a Treaty with
Texas, subject to . the examination and appro
bation 01 that body, and further, that the Go
vernment of Mexico has accepted the conditions
'prescribed on the part of Texas as preliminary
to a final and definite peace.
Therefore, I, ANSON JONES, President
of the Republic of Texas, and Commander•in-
Chief of the Army and Navy and Militia there
of, do hereby make known these circumstances
to the citizens of this Republic, till the same
can be more fully communicated to the Hun
orahle Congress and Convenriqn of the Peo
ple, for their lawful action, •at the period ol
their assembling on the 12th of June and 4th
July, and pending the said action by virtue of
the authority in me vested. I do hereby declare
and proclaim a cessation of hostilities by land
and by sea, agairst the Republic of Mexico.—
' In testimony whereof. &c.
EL. S.]—Dune at Washington. this fourth
day of June, in the year of our I.oed, one
thousand, eight 'hundred and forty-five, and
of the . Independence ul the Republic the trnth.
ANSON JONES.
By the President :
E. ALLEN, Attorney General and Acti••g
Serriery of State.
• Most of the papers are excessively indignant
at these developments, and even the most mo
derate, such as the Houston Telegraph, express
an emphatic belief that the proposals of Mexi
co will he promptly rejected by Congress.
The proclamation contains sentences that
intlii-ate dearly einniali the oppositinn of the
President to Annexation—Such as the presen
tation of a choice between •• Itidepe 'knee anti
peace, or Annexation :Intl its rnnsequotir•'s "
The people of Texas, however. nutter:4am! the.
Pr.•sident's position truly
Among the names of the delegates elected io
the Convention we notice those of Col. Love.
Judge Hemphill. Col. Mat field. Judge Lips
comh. Ex• President Houston. Gen. Heod,•r.
sot], &e.. &r., all warmly in favor of Annexa
tion, if we except Gen. flonstem. who I. too
(mid of en/fuelling to be placed in.a erieis 'of
thna description, until it 1- ° known how the
matter is to terminate. There will be ito show
If tutposition in the Cony.-anion.
By the arrival at Galveston from Car. us
Christi of the Texan revenue schooner Alen •
repent intelli.ence has been rereivr,l from the
\l••xir:m frontier. Th regular (urge along the
Rio Grande had nut been !palmtally augmen
ted. hut the frontier hail been strengthened bt
armi .g and drilling the militia.
Gen. Ari-sta is said to he deeply afflicted
with the troubles and confusion in Mexico.and,
it is reported, endeavored a short time since to
destroy .his life by poison.
The Galveston Civilian of t I th sale:
The United States sloop-of-war St. Mary's
returned to her Ware in the squadritA off thi s
port yesierilat , from Vera Cruz, with des
patehes for Commodore Siorktiin—we pre
sume from Commodore Conner. in command
of the fleet at Vera Cruz. •
FIRE AND Loss oF LIFE IN BUCKS COUNTS'
--Wr learn from the Newton (Bucks county)
Journal, that a fire occurred in Noleshury ip..
which was most melancholy in its effects.—
Amos -Pearson. a farmer, was gathering in his
crop of hay, and had just driven into the barn
with a load, when the building was discovered
to be on fire, and before the horses could be
backed out, the hay on the wagon took fire.
which so frightened them, that they, became
Ungovernable, and were consumed with the
building. Two or three of Mr. Pearson's sons
were inihe mow, putiing away the hay, and
so. rapidly did the flames spread. that one of
them was burned to death, and another one
very badly injured, The barn stood close to
the house, and the Wind blowing directly from
it, soon fired the latter, which, together with
the wagon, house, was consumed with all its
contents. This is a succession of calamities
seldom befalling one family.
Coors.—Harvesting Wheat is now in pro
green in Virginia OW Maryland, and the yield
is generally good— r more than average. We
have advice's from Western Illinois that the
Wheat looks ver . well'in thht region also—
the stalks not ver % luxuriant, but the heads
long and full
rti is looking better every
vales. and•lhe average pm
where since the la
I one. Ohio may have a
t, but we hope no serious
ductrviiii tie a goo
abortlyield of nib:.
deficiency,
/
Etiquette of the Court of B rasil;
i(
, ---
The Brooklyn Stair has received a letier
from Rio, which give" the' following sketch of
the etiquette of the Court of Brag&
!! . *-- • . " Mr. Wins h e been pre
sented to the'lmperial Court of B zili-and is
l a
new duly installed as Minister PI mpotentierir
of the. United States: One of chi party gem
us a few diys since a description ief-flitrrecep••
don by. the Emperor and his Cou I t. fib Wow
accompanied by Mr. Walsh, the ' ecretarY of
legation, and one of our nava officers, 111, 1 .
dressed in full uniform-Lswordet, iockedtatik.
&c. They were driven to the Pitlare in s.
splendid barouche and four; on airrivinget the
p..lace, they were bowed into anlanti-room—
soon after which they weee.conolucted to the
door of the reception room, wher'the Emper
or and some of his principal officers were in
waiting to receive them. On i entering the
floor they stopped and maile'a la i ty how; then
walked forward to about the ! ' l leeotte of tha
llium ; they then proceeded to neer the foot of
ilte throne, where they stopped:iind made an,-
rthur low bow, Mr. Wise then lade isPeech
to the Emperor, a ropy of whit itsti "been
pre‘nitiel, given to the Emperoin prime :trail
ister. in order that his Majel—heing MD
toad, 48 heathen to underetaid.English...
ii
watt
- night he (hay informed of whorlabout to
lir ',mid to him by the governmpt of Unit e d'
States through its new representrve.
At the close of the speech, Ir. Wise as..
cetoleil the steps on the platformdon which the
throne was , erected. and preset tad to his Im-•
perial majeet‘ los credentials. St, l . The Em-.
pi cur then said "eta hum," (vrr' good) and a
Ira other %%onto . xpressii g the !, rein satisfac
tion. &c., won+ these- friendly cssuratices on
the part of the United Siiites hadl:affordeti him.
Our Minim, r, said his two anenifents, after an
i'ilier low how, at the front of tqthrone.rom
'mowed their retreat. The ro a m was from
eighty to one hundred feet in legth. and this
distance was to he (ravers d ha 4, ward as it '
wholly contrary to court etiquette to turn one's
hack to the Emperor. Fixing ilieir eyes there
lore upon the Emperor and judging the line of
direction by the lines of the carpet. they affec
ted their retreat in very good onier, to the cen
tre rf the room ; here they step ed and -made
:mother low how to the Ilium . They then
reeommeneed their retreat. M Walsh. hav
mr often traveled that way befo ~, was so-for
innate as to hit the right door— i hnt the Minis
ter was lipts fortunate., Either there was a di
vergency in the line of the , (inlet, or a distor
tion of the visual rays, which, l ke the rays of
light on entering our atmospher , became gent
downward toward the centre oqattractioo. So
. Mr. Wise, retreating upon a calwal, instead .of
the right line, came near malting his exit at
the wrong) door, whether inqi the apartment .
of the maids of honor. or into lie kitchen, this
deponent saith not.—After ses4ral beckonings
from the Si cretary. by a skilful tackle regain
ed his proper position. After
arriving at the
door, all three again stopped and made another
low how, then backed themsAves oat of the ,
room." II
. ,
i l
A QUAKER MARRIAGE : A ' ' R I ?respondent of
the Zion's Herald gives the to lowing desert?.
Lion of a wedding at the 4riends Meeting
house in New Bedford. The parties were
Dr. Denjanito F. Hardy and !rise Sarah Cog
glvsliall. -.
il
The hour appointed was el!ven in the fore
noon. At that hour a large assembly convened
within the walls of a plain, b i ht somewhat an
etent edifice. After the lapse of a few minutes,
the bride and bridegroom, itended by their
friends and the elders of the el oral, made their
appearance, and seated ahem elves, according
to the usages of the society. 11 The bride and
bridegroom, with the elders o the church, eat
on a plattirin facing the an d enee, while the
friends of ihe parties sat imMediately before
them. il
.1,1 -li
/le dress of the young couple, though rich.
was plain ; and their deportrqnt and manner
grave. 89 reattre the ni Peau anti
Fox. I was never so struck with the marriage
cert.:now in my Mr before I F J nor did 1 see a
smile of le, it m the whole
Afire 5 fifielen or twenty mi
oirs. ;tit .1 maul—probahly the leader of
the meeting—arose and made a few sensible
remarks mi the general ittipn) i l lance of covenant
keetniig ; aft , r wlimh the hridii• and bridegroom
imneil hands. anti each tit au audible voice pro
tilts •d to he I uthlnl to eaeill other till death
hould ser.r.ve them. .I . liS; then severally
.1, 0 m,1 a prom.ti rt.ve ant. iirparehment, I he
teve ; atter which lite covenant Was read in
the h , aring of the meeting- It was read by
the venerable tlr. Sherman, I thexciltlest, printer
of a newspaper in New trtl.
Time :itittwitvr %%ere now invited to repair to
3 eemral part of the house, IWhere, a table be
ing 'dared. the covenant wls laid on it, and
those who were willing ti! do so, appended
;heir names it as oltnesse. The ceremony
wino sPlite the vovettant3l9 tong and come
what teilin
os. nevertheless interesting.--
The company began to leave the house in ai
-1 lence, 'before half the namesilwere inserted;
PAINFUL SCENE AT AN E:
itiense multitude, some 12:
-Pries. assembled at St. I
' , owe, to w Ili,esS ilie execto l,
er. fur the murder of Crall
%wird and r what the jtoll
eiretonsialitial evidence. hill
I. st to the last that .. a man
ed as my friend is the moll'
however to name him.
ring the hour oh ipreparationl
upon W limb he was held by
adjusting the rope. At thel
turnkey was so affected that
the steps of the platform an
ed. Such painful spectacll
terious in their influence, ar,
of the States by the hu
private execution,
MELANCHOLY A - COIDEN
ton, on Saturday, while a
neeted with the House of
ing, one of their number:
Purloy, was seen to be ap
another, named John Fe l
save him, when both been.
eel grass, it is supposed, w
effort to same them rove
A boy about 12 gars o
Clerk, fell from Cambridg
afternoon and was drown •
On Friday an Irishata
Nare was t h rown frorn
street. South 'Boston. and
over his body, was so sev
died on Saturday
A little girl namedilar
run over by an omnibus
was so much injured tbtti
;EcuTion.—An im
-000 people of both
iouis, a few days
' i on of T. H. Hoek
line. He was con
considered anon
continued to pro
:iv linm I have treat
irderer." declining.
twice (i
-nd af the gallows.
the executiorier in
final moment the
he staggered down
immediately faint.
6, every way We
n
re avoided in many
ane provisions for,
.—At South Boa ,
k umber of boys coo
nduetry were. bath
named Charles N.
l arently drosruingtr.
well; attempted 'to
e entangled in the
!re drowned. Every
ineffectual:
I I age. named Ctiaries
• bridge on the tame
d:
,; named James Me-
s eart in Turnpike
the wheels passing
rely injured that-,he
iet Matilda Very wail
few days iiince t and
he died.