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Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Men!
Freedom for Free Territory.
E. 0. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
Towanda, Wednesday, May 30, 1849.
irr - Advertisements. intended for publication in
the Rei;oder, shindille handed in by .Uonday :fight ;
So ensure their insertion.
• Wide awake in Lit
We take the following paragraph, from that
Pound and consistent Democratic paper, the '"
Ile
-publican Farmer," published at Wilkes-Barre :-
O:7.We would respectfully inform the " Bradford
Argus," that it is wrongly informed in regard to " ar
rangements by the people in Luzerne county, to form
aWnion ticket, and send one Democrat and one
Whig to the Legislature." The Democrats, we hope,
are neither so green, nor so corrupt, as to enter into
any such coalition. A broken fragament, which
has warred against the Democracy, time out of
mind, and by trading with the Whigs. as usual last
fall, enabled that party to elect their members, may
be engaged in their usuakconspiracies, but the Dem
ocrats hold no such purpcis'e in view. The Demo
crats, intend, as usual, to nominate. their ticket, aqd
aid in at holding their time honored principles, and
not engage in Any schemes for the gratification and
advancement of Federal Whiggery, or their leader,
little hill Johnston.
The case in this county, exactly !
The "Argus," we perceive; approaches this
~subject very warily, and hints, rather than expres
ses its wish that such a consummation might be
brought about.' We - would go all lengths by which
anything could be eflected for the Ncrth Branch
. canal But whether in this or Litzeme counties,
ice say that such a proposition has its rise in
other than disinterested friendship for the measure
upon winch we are all united. No good can grow
out of it. Public sentiment throughout the state, is
as souni and favorable in regard to the utility of
lids work, and as unanimous in agreeing that it
should be speedily finished, as in this county. The
only question is as to the means to be employed.
We believe that the Democratic doctrine, that the
canal should not be linked with any tinkering of the
currency, is the best, and the most likely to be ef-
fective, and that its interests will best be promoted
by sending efficient Democrats to the Legislature.
We do not mean to say that the Whigs• of the
northern counties are not as zealous friends of the
North Branch, as any others. We know that they
are. But this will not blind our eyes, hen an at
tempt is-made to make political capit4 The next
Legislature will have measures before it of the
greatest moment to the country. Questions are to
ke settled, and measures enacted of such impor
tance, that Democrats in every section of the state,
have great need of increasing their vigilance, and
preparing for action. By proper efforts it will be
Democratic in both branches. Last winter the
Douse was tied, and by diverting attention from the
necessity of increased exertion to the Democratic
party, and by smuggling in a whig or twothis win-
ter, from improvement counties, the political asrect
• of the House may be changed. Then comes the
apportionment of the stale, w ith the usual . whig gerry
mandering, and a flood of banks, corporations, and
ether special legislation, at which Democracy is at
war. Film such consequences, true Democrats
will struggle to be averted. That such should be
a favorite Whig scheme, we do not wonder, nor do
we blame them for it: but with nothing to begain
ed for the North Branch, and in view of the disas
trous consequences which might flow tram it, we
should be surprised to see any Democrat favoring
a plan which would endanger, and might lose, our
ascendancy in the Legislature.
THE NEW JCDICIAL DISTRICT.—The Erie Otwer
vet., in showing the profligacy of the whig legisla
tion last winter; in regard to the formation of new
Judicial Districts is widely out of the way in regard
to this District. It says :—" the counties of
Bradford, Tioga, Potter and McKean form a new
&strict. Bradford county will require four terms in
a year—four weeks : Tioga three weeks : Potter
three weeks : McKean two weeks—twelve weeks
—making in all three monde,' $1,600 salary, and
$250 mileage !"
We agree with its article 'in the main, but this
certainly is not one `f thedistricts when the Judge
ship is a=sinecure. By a reference of the bill, it
will be seen, that our courts are to continue three
'reeks,, in each term, and the remainder of the Dis
trict will keep the Judge busy the greater part of
the time, allowing no more relaxation than is abso
lutely necessary.
A Paosrecv or Isreaovemexr.—Tt is stated that
- Edmurid Burke, Esq., late Commissioner of Patents,
is about to become associated in the editorial de
partment of the Washington Union. Mr. B. is an
able and forcible writer, and if connexion did
no more than stop grandfathor Itich;e's everlasting
and silly twaddle, it would be an improvement. If
the old man continues to be haunted with the dread
ful spectre of" proscription" he has, conjured up,
until the dog-days, he will certainly go mad. The
columns of the Union now show that every day his
nervousness grows more and more spasmodic, and
that a short time will totally destroy the little sense
he has left. His groanings and - lamentations are
ridiculous and . have brought increased contempt
upon his paper—if there can be any increase to
what is already full. We shall looklo Mr. Burke,
to redeem the character of the paper: he certainly
cannot lower it.
FOR THE FOURTH OF JOLT.—MeESTS. WILSON &
Co., of New York, are already sending by mail
their mammoth 4th of• July Jubilee Brother Jona
than. It is a beautiful pictorial sheet, containing
some of the largest and finestengrayings ever issu
ed in this country. The price is only 12 cents - per
copy or ten for one dollar- Cash orders to be direc
ted to Wascra & Co., 15Sprnue street, New Ycuk.
UsrlvearsusT Convearrton.—The State Conven
tion of Universalism will hold its .annual meeting
at Pottsville, on Wednesday • and Thursday, June
6th and 7th. Lay and Ministerial delegates bave
been summoned to attend.
Serrano:D.—Tom Hand, alias Shuster, the rol:
ber of the liorrernment jewels, laringheen movie
ted, was sentenced oa Friday last to three. years
imprisonment in tho penitentiary at Washington.
Orman; of ths llLantos& to Owns.
The citizens otOwego are making great repot*
lions for celebrating the opeting of the New York
and Erie Railroad to that plate, on the Ist day of
lune: The Advertiser gives ti el:allowing synopsis
of the arrangements:
"The long anticipated event--die opening of the
New York and Erie Rail Road to this village. will
take place on Friday of neat week; the first day of
June. On that day the cars from New York will
reach the Depot at ten o'clock A. M. and their arri
val will be greeted by our citizens with joyful hearts.
• The occasion is one which seems to demand a
public demonstration of the joy which pervades our
community, and the ci izens have therefore deter
mined upon a public celebration en that day. In
addition to the invited guests, embracing the Gov
ernor and Lt. Governor of the State, the President.
Directors and officers of the Company. the Engi
neers dm of the Susquehanna Division, the Editori
al corps of the city and along the line of the road
Az., the adjacent towns and counties will pour in
their thousands ; and Owego will witness a gather
ing on that day, greater than bas ever before been
assembled here on any occasion. •
The dinner tables will be spread in the new buil
dings at the depot, under the superintendence of
that most indefatigable caterer for the public taste,
8. B. Dessis of the Tioga County House, whose
fame is every where known ; (or ought to be,) and
all the public houses will be amply provided for the
calls which may be made upon them. Our citizens
will also open their houses for the accommodation
of visitors.
The Committee of arrangements are busily et>=
gagekl in making preparation, and we doube.notthat
all who attend will return home satisfied."
The "occasion" will call quite a number, of our
citizens, to witness it; and as we have been polite
ly furnished with an invitation, we shall of course,
" be there to see."
" A Sri:max POSIII•STSR. - MT. PAUL, Postmas
ter at Dinghamsson. New York. refuses to surren
der the seals of office to his successor B. T. Cook.
Mr. Cook informed the Postmaster General of the
state of affairs. and Mr. Collamer, issued his man
damus against the refractory P. M., but this •valieot
officer peremptorily refuses to obey the writ. Bing•
hamton is a great place, and its postmwstes must
have taken a lesson from Stevens, Penrose, Ritoer
and Co., in treating elections and appointments as
if they had not occurred."
The'Harrisburg Union, from which we take the
above, is mistaken. Mr PARK is an Old Hunker,
and Hunkeism cl:ngs to office with aNare tenacity.
he element is office—without it, it has no vitality
and gasps and droops and dies.
Daring Robbery.
N. Matron's Jewelry Store in Oivego, was enter
ed on Friday night last by false keys, and jewelry
and valuable silk, etc. taken therefrom, amounting
to between $6OOO and $BOOO. A reward of $3OO is
offered. The silver spoons taken were marked
N. Matson on the back. They were made of pure
am
GODET'B LADY'S BOOT, for June, is received, and
is as attractive as ever. Standing foremost among
American periodicals, its publisherstrives withstic
cess to enhance rather than diminish its high repu
tation. Still greater auractions are promised in the
next volume, and what GODSY promises he always
fulfills.
ALLIGATOR FIGHT-4411 Incident of the Crevasse.
—The quarters of our friend, Col Claiborne, near
Sative's crevasse, are some four feet under water.
Night before last, a veteran•alligator from St. Tam
many concluded to pay the Colonel a visit in a
friendly way, and congratulate him, as a brother
democrat ; on the nomination of Walker and Plauche.
Taking his course quietly through the cornfield and
pastures, he thought it would be polite to call at
the cabin of the "driver," or head marl, and in
quire if the Colonel was at home. finditc• e'
the
door closed, he walked under the house, and bel
lowed halloo! at the top of his voice. Getting no
answer, he commenced a tremendous floundering
and thumping, lifting up thellooring, and scattering
the little "niggers" in every liirection The hubbub
soon roused the sleepers. They jumped out of bed
in a terrible stew, raked up a light, and at the same
moment were sent bouncir , among the rafters,
the visiter underneath lifting up oneplank
and then another, flinging the whole crowd of their
legs as fast as they could straighten them out.—
Such a scene of confusion was never witnessed.
The darkies were completely bewildered, and
their outcries soon drew the whole establishment
together. The planks Were drawn up, and there
was --not old Nick—but a fellow much uglier, a
tremendous alligator, with expanded jaws, shaking
his monstrous tail in defiance, and sweeping it
round in rapid semi-circles. The instant be was
discovered, two huge dogs leaped upon him, but
the contest did not last for a moment. One he
struck dead with his sweeping tail, -the other he
craunched between his bloody jaws. But by this
time the negroes got their, dander up. They rush
ed upon him with axes, mauls and bludgeons.—
The monster stood his ground, and " never said
die," until one of them thrust a burning brand down
his fetid throat. He is of enormous crirth, and mea
-1 sures over .. fifteen feet. Col. Claiborne designs
sending the skeleton to Dr. Bennett Dowier, of this
city, who has written a most ingenious" treatise on
the natural history of the aligator.—N. 0. Delta.
ACQVTITAL Or THE Rev. Ma. Bearrovans.—We
learn by private letters received in this city yes
terday, that the' Rev. Thos. J. Burroughs, tried in
Worcestor County Court, Md., for the murder of
Mr. Bishop, has been &pitted. It is stated that
_twelve of the Grand Jury who found only a bill of
indictment for manslaughter were the same reli
gious denomination as the accused ; but- however
this symapthy may be supposed to have influenc
ed their decision, there is enough. in the testimony
given to show that the accused acted in a measure
in self defence, and at the time he committed the
act he was under fear of personal violence. How
far he had previous reason to tear a personal attack
and how long he carried weapons, instead of resor
ting to the law for his defence the proper course, if
he had time to do so we are Finable to infer from
the testimony. The result, however, is another
wanting against men taking the law into their own
hands.. If Bishop bad resorted to the law for re
dress, intend of threatening violence he would not
have been•shot; if Burroughs had put Bishop under
the restraints of the law for his threats, he would
riot now have the blood of a fellow . creature on
his conscience:--Ledger.
Brunt Jail..—Last night (21st) George Lynch
committed to the County Jail in this village for
Grand Larceny made his , escape. He was about
25 years of years of age about 5 feet 8 inches high,
had black hair, black eyes and very black eye
brows; cloth cap, dark frock coat, and dark pants.
Mr. Cook our vigilant Sheriff, was in the habit
at night of changing him from a light to a dark cell
and carefully secunng it. He saw him last night
about 10 o'clock and missed him early this morning.
The door was found unlocked and from other in
dications the Sheriff is of the opinion that he most
have had some assistance in his escape. A reward
of 825 is offered for his apprehension and retain
to the jail.—Bing. Iris.
RAscautr.—Some unprincipled scoundrels set
fire the Rail road bridge a few miles above this
village, on Thursday night, which' , was providen
tially discovered by the passengers of the Eastern
stage, and extinguished before any considerable
damage was done. Trifling as the loss proved to
be, however, the discovery of
. the incendiary is of
vast Importance; and we rejoice , to perceive that
the superintending Engineer, Mr. Stancliffe, has
prompdy offered a rewind of 8500 for the detection
of the perpetration. We hope that the large -m
-y/era offered will lead to the apprehension of the
offenders..*Ourcsre Ado. 24th.
ARRIVAL OF THE CALRDONL4.
. 81111113 Th DAYS . TER.
OUIFREAK AM ON TIE AT 'PARE
JIM Mail Debated at Raw
REVOLUTION IN SAXONY.
THREE DAYS BATTLE AT DRESDEN.
The steamer Caledonia, Capt. Lerner', arrived
at Halifax, at Ti o'clock Thureday evening, bring
ing one week's-later advice. from all puts of go
rope. -
,Eant.AND—Nanigafion Bill Carriet—The bill for
the modification of the Navigation Laws has been
carried in the House of Lords by a majority of 10 in
favour of the Ministry. These laws may now be
considered as virtually repealed. The result -has
given the Whig Ministry a uew tenure of office.
livrtsn BILL.—In the House the
Parliamentary Oath bill, having for its object the re
moval of the Jewish disabilities, des been read • a
second time by a larger majority than befora
Tea Tann Warn or Eattoa.—The arguments cm
the writ of error brought by W. S. O'Brien and
McManus have been read before the Lords, and
without hearing counsel for the Crown the Law
Lords and Judges nnaniniously decided that the
errors assigned by the plaintiffs could not be main
tained by the arguments and that the judgment of
the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland must stand
affirmed. It is now expected that the sentence of
transportation will be carried into effect before the
tst proximo. It is rumored that the prosecution of
Daffy is abandon sd.
Faaaca•—Family Qmirrds.—From Paris the re
port is still repeated that the rupture between the
President and Mr. Napoleon Bonaparte is complete.
A fierce quarrel it is said rates between them.—
Their quarrels increase the dangers which surround
the bodies of the army, the privates and officers of
.which seem to have been greatly wrought upon by
the Socialists.
14111111081fliATION IN Tilt ARMY.-A serious riot
has taken place in the barracks of the 7th Light In
fantry stationed at the Hold des havalides. A set ,
geant-major Roichat having had his name placed
amon. , the lists of Socialist candidates for the As
sembly was arrested, and a not of serious character
ensued. The officers were defied, and at length
Boishat was .ent ofi to Vincennes, but 'not with
out great difficulty.
The regiment has been sent away from Paris.
The same insubordination prevailed in many regi
ments; but the check which the French troops have
met with in the Papal States has moved all France
to the centre, and touches the people upon their
tenderest point—the glory of France in Italy.
Rote—General State of Things.—in Italy the ad
vance of the French expedition toward Rome has
been checked by the resistance of the Republicans
of the Roman States. It two encounters the French
were driven back with great loss, and Capt. Oudi
net, unprepared fur such a reception, has withdrawn
his troops for leaves horn the city, and there
waits for reinforcements and farther instructions
from his Government. The Freirch had 180 killed
and 400 wounded.
THE FRENCH TROOPS CHEMED DTTne REM:IWe.
The French General marched on the 27th ult.
rum Civita Vecchia. The acconnt of his farther
prorrjess is furnished by telegraphic dispatches.
General Godinot had ma out on his match kw
Rome, but having met more serious resistance
than he expected, he took up a position at some
distance from the city, and was awaiting the arri
val of the rest of ttlt expedition. No dale's riven.
but it is probable that Gen. Oudinot Vras near Rome
on the 30th ult.
Tua ASSEMBLY RE:SOLVES ON RESTSTANCE.—On
the 26th the Roman Constituent Assembly pro
nounced the following decrees :
The Assembly, in consequence of the communi
cations made by the Committee, commit to the
Triumvirate, the office of saving the Republic and
repelling force by force during the siftihgs.
STATEMENT or MANZINI--OUDINOT'S MlgNiropt.
It was stated by Mazzini that the Trumvirs hail
received a deputation of three of Gen. Oudinot's
officers, who, on being required to assign a reason
foram occupation of Clique Vecchia by --
an armed
force, Mated that the first reason was to preserve
the Roman States from Austrian invasion, which
was already meditated and being prepared; that
the second was to ascertain precisely what were
the sentiments of the population with regard to the
form of govemmentThey judged the most conve
nient, and to seek to put in train and promote a
perfect reconciliation bet xelen Pius IX and the Ra
man people.
PREPARATION roa Deressr.--On the 27th, the
Constituent Assembly resolved to adhere to their
resolution of opposing the entrance of the French
into Rome, and continue the preparations for de
fense. Orders have been issued to undermine the
Melvien Bridge and the approaches on the side of
the seaboard. Barricades with cannon are erected
on.the road, and the gates and streets that lead to
Civita Vecchia. The long covered gallery erected
by Pope Borgia, between the Castle of St. Angelo
and the Vatican palace, has been blown up with
powder, and the materials used to block up the
avenues to the. city.
PROTFHT OT THE CENTRAL COIRMITTEE.-A dep
utation of the Central Committee had protested
against the invasion, and informed Gen. Oudinot
that Rome would resist his entrance by force, and
blow up the Quirinal, the Vatican and St. Peter's,
which were already undermined. The General re
plied that his instruction were impeative, and that
he would enter Rome by foss if not quietly re
ceived.
ATTACK ON TUC CITT-••FRENCTI ACCOUNT.-A, let
ter from an eye witness gives the folloWing ac
count of the attack on the city: A company of the
Ist battallion of Tiralleurs sent on to the gates of
Rome,
being received with musket shot,
good returned
order;- and soon r her, part of the division
advanced, and penetrated without difficulty into the
encomie of the Capital, of which the streets were
barricaded.; but_ they were received by a well fed
fire of mu-ketry and a storm of missiles from the
windows and roofs of the houses. The 20th of the
Line, which was in the front was severely treated.
A company of Voltigners was almost totally de
stroyed.
Tua Resairxr.—At last, seeing the impossibility
of continuing a stmv,le, which became fatal, Gen.
Oudinot ordered the retreat, and the expediJonery
corps occupy, at this moment, a strong position
near Rome.
Loss or me Flamm—The French had about
200 men killed, of whom some are officers.—
Among them is M. Harris, aid-decamp of Gen.
Oudinot. Several hundred were wounded.
Aecrresa Accourrr.—The correspondent of the
Daily New, writing from Rome on the 3d inst. mat.
ed that the French did not enter Rome at all and
all the fighting took place outside the walls. The
gales of San Pancrazio, Pertezand Cabaltegri were
the points of attack. A sortie was made by Gari-
baldi as the French advanced and the latter are
said by the correspondent to have lost 600 killed
on the spot. There were 452 Frenchmen taken.
prisoners. many of whom when crossing the streets
were head to declare that they had been tricked
in the expedition by promises of being le4 against
the Austrians.
Gra. Otmeircrr NEARLY Csl►t'vuto.—il is said that
in the attack on. Rome,Gen„ Ondinot was nearly
taken - prisoner. The ttalian 'combatants had caught
hold Of him, and his men had peat difficulty in
rescuing him.
Nusbaum's ammo To HZLP .enc Faturen.—On
Thursday The Paris papers gave no certain inhuma
tion of the entry of the French troops into Rome.
All we learn is that the Neapolitans were march
ing upon that city, and it was said that the French
would occupy it before them.
Ruaroas.—The Coustiiationnst steles that it was
reported that the French annyhad made good their
entry into Rome and had tak.en several prisoners,
among whom were Only five RoMans. This re
port, however, doetknot appear to- rest upon any
sufficient authority.
. Gmusitv —Revolution in Saxony—The quarrel
between the! Parliaments throughout all the various
divisions of Germany, and their respectlie princes
has reached the highest pitch and in *slimy a
frightful conflict has already taken place.
BErn.e. sT Damn:N.—At Dresden the people,
or rather the Republican party, fought with the
troops daring seven boom, on the sth inst. and a
great loss of life occurred. The railways were dis
placed, in order to prevent troops from Berlin ani
ving ; but a suffictent force of Prussians having
come up opportunely, a momentary tranquillity was
secured by sheer military force.
The fight, however, was renewed on the 6th, and
a frightful cannonading lasted all day, until night
separated the combatants.
On the 7th the battle was again renewed, at four
o'clock in the morning, and the most•deadly war
fare was going on iu the streets, by the latest advi
c'ea, up to 6 o'clock of that day.
Intelligence from Dresden to the Bth states that
hostilities still raged between the Royalists and the
Insurgents, to the disadvantage_of the latter, with
out any immediate prospect of their termination.
A Paovistorist. Govr„rognerrr.—The members of
the Provincial Government had been outlawed and
rewards offered for their apprehension.
STRUGGL6 AT LtIP6IC.-41. LeipSiC the distur
bances had broken out, bat after as short struggle
between the military and the populace they were
suppressed. Several of the rioters were killed.
13ISCRRT.CTION AT BRTIALAU tU PlilllSAlA.—Accounts
from Berlin of the Bth state that an insurrection had
broken out at Breslau on the 6th. On the 7th the
hoops and the people were fighting in the city.
ISBOIIIIIIECTION AT COBILENTZ —lt WWI also rumor
ed that an insurrection bad broken out at Coblentz.
Tua DANES AOAIN Dr.rerrzn.—The Danish war
still continuer, but it is conducted on both sides in
a feeble and languishing manner. On the 7th inst.
an engagement took place, in which the Danes
were defeated. The loss on either side is not stated •
Au STRIA AND Hu NOARY.OOII6IIIIe/ TriNINA of
the Thragarinns.—While these convulsions are ta
king plam, the Austrian Empire is in :kiwi! danger
of dissolution, by the continued succ es s of the Hun
garians.
They are in possession of Grog and Raab. Ry
raraw is in their; possession.
RUMANIA I.II[ELT To as Besrse.—ln the mean
time Russia is advancing a large body of troops
against the victorious Hungarians, for all accounts
concur in representing the excitement of the Hun
garians as raised to the highest pitch, and that some
, thing more than the united forces of Russia and
Austria will be required to quell thisnational insur
rection.
THE PoLes kirarr To %eel—Actual ern'eavms
are be made to create a nevolntion in Gallicia,
and in fact from Posen 'n Peeth , the whole country
is involved or on the'brink of actual hostilities.
FRANCE AND ENGLAND AGAINST TBS RUSSIAN IN
TERTENTiorc—The important fact is stated in the
London papers of the 11th that a joint note, the
production of the Courts of Great Britain and France,
bas been addressed to the Cabinet of St. Petersburg,
intimating their disapproval of the intervention of
Russia in the Apstro-Hungarian dispute,. and insis
ting that such itherference be withdrawn.
THE DCATH or Gr.NCiAL WORTH.—The
intelli
gence has reached us, by telegraph, of the death of
the gallant Worth, who commands the southern di
vision of troops that are on their way to our new
possession on the Pacific. It was but a few weeks
ago that Worth was in excellent health in New
Orleans, preparing for his departure. On his return
to San Antonia he was attacked with the cholera,
which is prevalent there, and the hero, who had
escaped death in many sanguinary blade fields,
fell a victim to the more fatal epidemic, in his 55th
year. 1
He was one of the most accomplished officers in
the army, possessing a courage that braved the
worst dangers of the battle-field as its peculiar ele
ment. He entered the army, in the artillery ser
vice, as a private soldier, during the martial fever
tliat raged in the Northern States in' 1812, during
the campaign in Canada. He signalized himself
by his soldierly deportment and gallantry, and was
soon made a sieutenant, in which capacity he again
gave promise of his 'inure laurels, in the military
sk ill and daring' he displayed. At Lundy's Lane he
was badly wounded, and for his services on that
bloody field, as well as at Chippewa, he was bre
vetted, first to Captain and then to Major. He won,
during his military career, no less than four breirets
on the field of battle. On the field Polaklaklaba,
in Florida, where commanded and gained a victory
over the Indians, he was brevetted a Brigadier =
and again, a Major General, in Mexico, in one of
the most brilliant campaigns that ever attended the
march of an army.
His services, as a brave and judicious officer,
were always acknowledged by the commander-in
chief, for in nearly all the battles of Taylor and
Scott, Worth led the advanced assaulting
At Monterey he carried the principal fortresses.—
He assisted to bombard Vera Cruz, and was ap
pointed governor of the town after its capitulation.
At Cerro Gordo he took an active part ; led" the ad
vance to Puebla, distinguished himself highly at
Cherubusco, fought the most sanguinary engsge•
ment of the war at Molina, and carried his point
though he lost nearely half his men, and at the
storming of Chapultepec and San Cosine displayed
the same valoi and contempt of danger that ever
marked his career.
The gallant spirit that has so cflen led to victory
amid ehowers of bullets has at last been quencled
in death, and the . army has lost one of its bravest
and brightest omaments.—Ledger.
GUNPOWDER vs. CHOLERA —When the cholera
visited London in 1832 and '33, 'the city authori
ties had small quantities of gunpowder tied tightly
in strong paper and fi red in the alleys and densely
populate portions of the great metropolis. The
concussion disturbed the air, and the odor from the
powder displaced obnoxious effluvia and purified
the atmosphere. It was used in theatres, churches
and school-rooms, and was found to be a powerful
disinfecting agent, the smell remaining upwards of
24 hours in the building s. It was used in the laza
rettos of Trieste and M alta, and was tried in Paris
in 1833, and also in Montreal. In the latter city
cannon were placed in the narrow streets and fired
with blank cartridges. In some of the Western
towns recently afflicted, the same remedy has been
tried with success.
Bonus Fours.;—The body of James Shrewsbery,
the colored man that was drowned in the Chemung
River on the 10th inst., was found floating in the
river a few rods below the bridge on Sunday morn
ing last.
fhe boJy of a man supposed to be a Frenchnnur,
was found at the bead of Baldwin's Island, two
miles below this village on Friday evening last.
Marks of violence were found upon his head and
face. A bundle of
,clothing was fastened upon his
back, and it is supposed that he bad formerly been
a sailor, atr•various devices, and the words, " L
M. Elizabeth," were stamped upon his arms with
India ink." An inquest was held but the nitnaltof the
verdict we have not learned. He was buried upon
the Ishual.--_,Elmiro Democrat, 24*1.
Sulam —Mr. Asahel Woodford of Candor, com
mitted suicide on Tuesday morning last, by cutting
his throat with a pocket knife. He bad acted
strangely for several days, at one time giving his
knite to his wife and requesting her to take charge
of it. He was undoubtedly deranged. He was a
good citizen, and his untimely death is a deep af
fliction, not only to his estimable family but to The
entire neighborhood in which be lived.—Orrege
Gazette.
MadNO Fade
/CUE, OF, TIM:
Thefollowing amount of Adis. Madison's flight
from Washingtonand, of the saving or Stuart's
Ptinnsitof Gen.-Washington, when
i the:C*lol was
taten by the Engßish during the lass tiar a : s from
Mr. Ivagemas forthcoming history
Part of CoL,Carberry's regiment of regulars was
quartered not far from the President's House,
in the, large hall of which were stored munitions of
war. 'Two cannon: aerie& bk fosianMerista were
planted before the front door. Mrs. Madison gath
ered the most precious cabinet papers, kime cloth
ing, and other important articles, in a carriage,
for what always all anticipated—flight. Dr. Blake
the mayor of Washington, twice called to warn
her of the penll of her situation, and urge her de
parture. The four tutilerists fled leaving her alone
to the house, with no attendants but servants, the
most intelligent and reliable of whom was one cal
led French John. Mr. John Sloes", • native of.
Paris who come to, this country as a native of Par
is who came to this country as a seaman_ on board
the French frigate Didon, accompanied by the Cy
bele, another frigate, in 1804, commissioned to take
bank Jerome Bonaparte whose marriage with a
beautiful American ;site gave umbrage to his ambi
tioes, imperious and soon to be imperial brother,
Talleyrand addressed his master, the Empero:,
when crowned ! -deploring the terrible deg too
"of a whose family of American cousins;"—
and then Mr. Siousa, with several others of the
French crews of the two frigates, &melted from an
imperial navy to establish himself lin this country
and become the father of sixteen republican 'chil
dren. Living first in the service of Mr. Merry when
British Minister to the United State% and afterwards
of Mr. Enskin, from his family MrlSiousa went to
that of Mr. Meison, as his porter and is yet living
messenger of the-Metropolis Bank of Washington.
Not long after the Mayor's second call on Mrs.
Madison pressing her departure, she still lingering
for tidings of her husband, his fiuthful brave young
slave, Jim returned with his master's last note, in
pencil, directing her to fly at once. The hones al
ready harnessed to the carriages, were ordered to
the door, and, with her female servants in one and
only a little black girl in her own, Mrs. Madison
drove oft.
The afternoon before, Mr. Geor.e„, W. P. Coatis,
of Artilington, on the otter side of the Potomac,op
posite to 'Washingto .. r tfirrandsori of Mrs. Curtis Gen.
Washington's wife, ii Whose faMily be was brought
up a gentleman fon t " ainting, and of alLinem...
orials of his grand r'i husband, particularly
every variety of portraits' Of Washington—called at
the Presjdent'n to save a full length picture whit h
•as been among the few ornaments of the Presi
dential mansion during the ten incumbencies, from
that of the' first Maros, on the, emoval of the seat
of government, in 1800 to the District of Columbia.
The picture in 1814, hung on the west wall of the
large dining room, instead of the east wall of the
parlor, where it is now. The President promised
Mr. Coatis that it should' be taken care of, and
Mrs. Madison deemed it her duty not to leave such
a trophy for the captors. It is one of Washington's
liknesses, by Struat, stamped with his superiority
as a portrait painter, the head and face strongly
resembling the orginal. • Negligent as Struat was
of all bit the face of his pictures, the person
of Washington was left for another artist, Mr.
Winstanley, to whom President ,Adam's son
in-law, Wm. Smith, stood for the body, limbs, pos.
tore, and manner of this parody ; so that Washing
-1 ton's tall gaunt person, his shape air, and and atti
tude. are much better given by Trumbull's repres.
entation of him in several historical pictures which
fill panels in the rotunda at the capitol. Mrs. Ma
dison with the earring knife in her hand, stood by
while French John an d others strove to detach the
picture uninjured from its heavy external g uilt frame
and preserve it whole on 'the inner wooden work,
by which it was kept distended and screwed to
the wall. Charles Carroll, of a Bellevue, a gentle.
man intimate in the President's family entered from
the affair of Bladensburg, while the French porter,
John Sionsa, and Irish gardener, Thomas M'Gaw,
were' laboring with a hatchet to take down the pie-
ore and remonstrated against Mrs. Madison risk
ing capture for such. an object, which Mr. Carroll
urged ought not to delay her departure. Her letter
to her sister. Mrs. Washington. states that the pie.
tore was secured before she left the house Mr.
Siousa, who is worthy of credit, thinks she was gone
before it was done; as her letter expresses the ac
complishment This Irish gardener to whose aid
in the midst of the work, Mr. Jacob Baker came in
according tc4Siousa's recollection, while he was
gone to bring an axe, got the picture down from the
wall and placed it in the hands of Mr. Barker,
with whom accoording to Siousa's statement there
was no other person, except a black man whom
Siousa took for Mr. Barker's servant. Carried off.
upheld whole in the, inner wooden frame, beyond
Georgetown, the picture was deposited by Mr. Bar
ker in a place of safety. Thus, the presidee
tial household god, the image of the Father of his
Country— by whom its chief city was fixed near
his home, and by whose name it was called—was
thus snatched from the clutch of the barbarian cap.
totes. Such as near as it can be ascertained, is the
truth of its rescue, which has been embroiled in
newspaper polemics by several claimants to part of
the honor.
Mrs. Madison, driving to Georgetown, went first
to the residence of the Secretary of the Navy, then
to Bellevue, and, joined by the family of Mr. Car
roll, returned to the town, insisting that her terri
fied coachman should take her back towards the
President's House, to look for him; whom she un
expectedly found near the lower bridge, attended
by Mr. Monroe and Mr. Rush, who all reached the
President's House soon after she left it, and stop.
ped there a few minutes for refreshments. Col.
Laval, with some of his dragoons, and regulars r and
a company or two of volunteers, also stripped there
thirsting for drink, which was furnished in buckets
of water and bottles of wine set before the door for a
hurried draught: daring which short stay many things
were taken out of the house by individuals; most;
of them probably, to be secured and restored, as
some were, but not all ; for the Secretary of the
Treasury's fine duelling pistols, which the Presi
dent took from his holsters and laid-ou a table,
were carried off, and never recovered. As soon
as the executive and military fugitives disappeared,
Siousa, rolitary and alone in the house, who had ,
before secured the gold and silver mounted carbine
and pistols of the Algerine minister, which are no*
in the Patent Office, carried the parrot to Col. Tay
lor's residence, and lett it there in charge of the
French Minister's cook ; and the returning, shut all
the doors and windows of the President's House,
and taking away the key with him went for secur
ity, to the residence of Daschkoff, the Russian minis
ter, then at Philadelphia. The British bloke open
the house and burned it, as.before state!, without
discovering, as is believed, anything they seemed
worth preserving,. If they found :feast there, as
one of them relates, like harpyht food it was con
sumed in the orgies of their filthy debauch.
While the ladies of Mr. Jones anti Mr. Carmlrs'
families lingered in Georgetown for Mrs. Madison,
she accompanied her husband to the bank of the
Potomac where one small boat was kepi ready, of
the many others all sunk or removed but that one,
to transport the President Mr. Monroe, Mr Mason,
and Mr. Carroll to the Virgine shore. The boat
*as too small to carry all at once, so that several,
-hips were necessary, as the the sh ades: of night set
in upon them like departing spirits leaving the
world behind, to be ferried over an inevitable Styx.
President, secretary, attorney, and commissary
general seemed condemned to an immortality of
at least contempt end maledicticm in the world.—
About that time it must have been, if.ever, as Mrs.
Madison is clear in her recollection was the case
at some time, that Cockbum's proffer reached them
of an weed for her to a place of safety • for it was
impossible till nightfall, till when he did not enter
the city ; imperfect remembrance of which event
may give color to - General Artnstrong's impression
derived from Dr.Thomton, that Roks and Cockbum
tendered the President a proposal for the ransom of
the public buildings; two distinct proposals, if any
elicit were made, of which the escort for bet was
kd eolined r and the ransom of the city repulsed with
disdain:
Mrs. Madison, after seeing her husband over the
river, drove heck, attended by J.ohaVrnhani and
nine volunteer cavalry, to her female c0m6113°3
o ' v.
theollgr. Jones and Mr. Carroll,
tolin. Tl* IPiesident's orders were to p an
night wherever-she could find• a convenient, 8,4
place in Virginia and join him next day at sea ,
m
em sixteen ':miles from Georgetown, which w h e t
appointeitplace of meeting. • Moving slowly et.
ward, dinned encumbered with baggage wa ves
and other hindrance. their progress was so !edic ts
that the ladles sometimes left their carriage s and
walked as the least irksome and dangerous mods
of proceeding an the midst ofmmult till they reach _
ed after nighbill, the residence & Mr. Love, La s
miles and a half beyond Georgetown, on the Va.
ginia side of the Potomac, where they b egged a
night's rest. Mr. Love was abroad with the troo p,
but soon returned.
*us Wim
LIST WA'.
His lady indisposed, made the best arrangem ents
practicable for so large an irruption of unexpe cte d
inma tes Air whom sofas and other substitutes for
beds arranged .as well. Ws 'zooid be; and they p at ,
ed a frightful, miserable - night an disconsolate, r e ,.
eral in tears, Mr. Madison setting at an open ens .
dow, gazing, on the lurid flames, and listening t o
the hoarse merman of. the smouldering ci ty,
while several disorderly Militia around the house.
aggravated the din and begrimed the gloomy scen e
Before daylight the next morning, the caravan o f
affrighted ladies in sad pro cession took their dep er .
Lure under Mrs. Madison 's lead for the rendezvon t
appointed with the President. -• Consternation s• 1
at its uttermost; the whole region filled. wit,
panie.struck people, terrified scouts roaming, ahoy
and spreading alarm that the enemy were - coming
from Washington and Alexandria, and that the s e
was sa f e ty nowhere. Among the terrible runint t
one predominated that Cockrane's proclamatio n
was executed by Cockburn, inducing the slaves%
revolt, and that thousands of infuriated nv ne ., ,
drunk with liquor and mad with emancipati on,
were committing excesses worse than these et
Hampton the
. year before, subjecting the wh o l e
country to their horrid outrages. About noon th e
air was charged " with the two-fold electricity of
panic and' of a storm, as the ladies pursued I then
weary and disconsolate retrnat. Gen. Young eon.
mending a brigade of Virginia militia, in bis ort
cal report to the Investigating committee of th e
House of Representatives, says that they were d e .
!eyed on their march to loin Gen. Winder„ ‘•
an- alarm of domestic nature, which he was so ere.
dulons as to believe, from ibe respectability of the
country people who came to him for. protection; he
hollest - his brigade and sent out light troops and one
troop' of cavalry to ascertain the fact, which finalist
proved erroneous." The terror • of Cockbuifi
formidable enormities was. more conquering that
arms, General Young next day actually stopp e d
Mrs. Madison, insisting that she should not be sot
ered to go without an escort. •
me Overland Emigration.
The St. Louis Revelliepnblishes . a letter from In
dependence; dated the 14th inst.; which says :
I find a few companies are choosing the soothers
route by way of Santa Fe, or rather the valley of
the Rio Grande, and Cook's route, by the (Maurer.
Their reasons for so doing are very plausible, most
assuredly. This route to the Sacramento, it is live,
is somewhat farther, requiring, probably, one month
longer travel to reach that valley - that,by the South
Pass. Rut that distance will be more than compen.
sated bv the advantages of the lower route in these
respects: A better road generally, avith plenty of
grass, wood and water throughout—l ame in abut).
ro
dance—pvisions, forage and an mars, either mules
or oxen, easily and cheaply obtainable at almost
any. point beyond Santa Fe—no rivers 01
serious magnitude, except the Rio Grande and
Colorado of the West, to impede the.ravel.orcause
delay or trouble; the better condition of Ale . teams.
and their ability to do more work, and 'make lon
ger marches, will_ make this route actually about
the same length, in days, as the South Pass route,
and preferable in every other respect; lastly,, the
prospect of finding gold in New Mexico, Sono , l
and California, before making the Saeremento.
alone a sufficient inducement for a party properly
equipped and provided to make this mote.
A letter kora St. Joseph's, dated the Sib instant'
says
The number of emigrants at st. Joseph far ex
ceeds that at Independence. lam well satisfiel
that at least six thousand persons had crossed the
ferries at that town up to this date, and at the up
per terry probably one thousand more—many hale
estimated the number at one quarter more ! It is
generally thought, extravagantly as it first seemed
to me, that equally as many emigrants have gone
up the river to cross at Fort Keantey and N Council
Bluffs. ' This would make, at the very lowest cairn
lation, some fifteen thousand 'emigrants from this
part of the trail, whilst the st. Joseph Gazette pre
tends to estimate the number who have alreaiiy
gone at about eighteen thousand from these polo.
From Independence, and other points below. I
should think fine thousand would cover the total.
although they pretended to estimate the number
who had already left Independence at eight thou
sand.
There is a great disposition to overrate all these
things yet the number is most extvonlinary.and I
think it impossible for so vast a crowd to cross the
plains safely in one season. They cannot assured•
ly find forage for-their canto, or else our previous
accounts of the travel have been incorrect. .
A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun writs
from Fort Smith, on the 28th of April, that the
California Emigration Company had left that place,
and was 170 miles on its Way.
•At the time this company left, there was a gel
overflow of all the streams : the road, of course, Was
exceedingly bad in many places, disheartening
few, who innumed ; but when once out of the ba•
torn land of the Arkansas and tower Canathan,
ascends and become rolling and dry, and as good
as nature can make it. Through these - bottyrnc.
General Arbuckle, of the army, has made a mite
road by the use of the troops stationed here, and
by next year it no doubt will be in excellent order
From the best calculation made., over 900 wagons
have left here, having along 2000 emigrant
There is not a doubt but this route will supersede
all other land routes to Santa Fe or San Franceso
=being the shortest, best watered, and has the beg
grazing.
Tea 'SUICIDE or Coounne..—The Boston paper'
have the particulars of the suicide of Dr. Coolitict
who was sentenced to the Thomaskin(Melpeinten•
tiary for life for murdering Mr. Mathews.
The circumstances, as reported to us by- a Pao'
enger from the East this morning, were the i.e
e,f
Coolidf , had plotted with a prisoner about to te•
rele i , the murder of Flint, who, it will be rec .
ol , was a student with Coolidge al the tape
of the Matthews murder and was a chief witne s s
for the government in the matter. The plot wu
that the prisoner alter his release should go to BA
where he should compiain of being sick ; that he
should pretend -that his sickness was in the lower
part of the body, and that While Flint was bendut
down he 'should' strike him in the back part P:
the neck with a piece of iron . , in a spot particularly
pointed out by Coolidge, wince such a blow wo u',.l
probably be instantly fatal. He was then to-place
near him a bottle, of poison and a forged lettr
purporting to be a confession that he was the mut
direr of Matthew, instead of Coolidge. _ •
11 this pint was successful, Coolidge tropld as be
supposed be liberated. But, fortunately papert
detailing the whole plot in the hand writingof Cool
idge were found by the warden on tile • prisons:
who was to act 'so prominent a part in the trartiy
and who was to be paid a thousand dollars for the
accomplishment of the murder Coolidge - upon
this discovery seeing that his foul projects were at
foiled he ended his career of crime by taking P°*
on. Upon goitig to his cell 'yesterday morning, b!
was found extended upon the floor in an expiria4
state, and shortly after died.
TREMENDIOITS FIRE IN CHINA —News has reach .
ed Canton '
says the China Mail of Bth February, of
a great fire in. Nwaitlam the - capital of IC w ange2n
hrovince. It is said that upwards of four thousand
ouses and shops have been destroyed, including
the Ya-mum, or officers of the Viceroy. PO'
people have perished.