' 1 . k.") . - ' 7 : , < s N ; l, : : g ' , 0 ' r . t --- -*, -.--- * ;,:-,:.- •.4 . - ...t.6.7..... -.-- .- _,.--.. ... , - .• , . . . • : ?,,~ Wrabfarb Rttiviltt., free Soil, Tree Speech, Fees . 11le~L Freedom• for Pres Teririlimr.. E. 0. GOODRICH, EDITOR Towanda, Wednesday, August 1, 1849. bemocratic Nomination. FOR C% &L COMAtISSIOXER, 1011N,,A. GAMBLE, of Lycoming County. et!' Advertisements, •e., intended for publication in • the Reporter, should be handed in by Monday night, to ensure their insertion. COMMITTEES OF VIGIL ANCE.—Tbe Democratic Standing Committee of Brad fdrd county, hereby call a Conventio\to be com posed of two Delegates from each election district in said County, to be holden at Towanda, on Tues. erSy-.evenjog, September 4th, 1849, fur the purpose of placing in aominatitin candidates to be -support ed the Democratic party of the county, at tile approkating election, and have appointed the fol. jawing Committees. of Vigilance for the several districts of said county. The Committees will call meeting. on Saturday, September Ist., between the hours of 9 and 8, P. M. for the-election of Delegates. 'We would enjoin upon ate Committee the respon sibility which 'rests upon them, and the necessity of discharging their duty faithfully and fully. The primary meeting should be called on the day nam ed, at the usual place for holding said meetings—or at some place most convenient to the democrats of district. Great care should be taken that every democrat has maize of the Delegate meeting, that all may have a chance of attending. E. O'MEAR GOODRICH, VEO. W. ELLIOTT, E. W. JONES, A. D. SPALDING; 'THOMAS SMEAD, C. G. GRIDLEY. C. IL HERRICK, WM. BLAKE, - NATHAN MAYNARD, Standing Cummilk. lily 29, MIR Albany—Daniel Hall, Amns Randall ; Armenia—Robert Mason; Israel Moore, Asplam—Edmund Horton, T. J. Ingham; Athens boro'—L. H. Sherman. T. T. Huston . :Ji,thens tp—W. S. Park, David Gardner; r- Burlington—Addison M'Kean, E. Vosburg ; Canton—Thomas Williams, W. H. Vandyke; Bolumbia—Charles Ballard, Cornelius Furman, .Durell—Francis Hornet, Robert ; Franklin—Chesley Myer, William W. Craton; Granville—Harrison Ross, Sylvester Taylor; Herrick—Lucius Reed, E. N. Keeler; Leroy.=-Eilward Kelly, John Cole ; Litchfield—D. B. Cotton, Cyrus Merrill; Monroe—Hiram Sweet, George Irvine ; f)rwell—E: M. Farrar, S. H. Wilson; Pike—Eugene Keeler, P. H. Buck; Rome—A. M. Wattles, John Vaught; Ridgbory—J. H. Webb, WIZ. R. Buck; Sheshequin—James Smith, Wm. Tuttle; Smithfield—Truman M. Beach, Ammo Jones; Springfield—H. S. Grover, IL W. R tot; Springhill—Wm. Thompson jr., Alfred Acla ; -South Creek—J. L. Phillips, Charles Lewis; Standir ' r Stone—George Stevens, Manson Taylor; Towanda born'—C. S. Russell, L. W. Tiffany ; Towanda tp--li. L. Scott. R. IL Mason ; Troy boro'—Wm .11. Peck, J. A P.Ballard; Troy Ap— , Wilber Baker, John Porter; Ulster—stloinsas Mather, M. S. "Wagner; Warren—Satnuer Chaffee, Rufus Buffington ; Wells—John Brownell, David Pretsman; Windham—AbrainDunharn jr., Wm. Sibley f Wyalusing—Benj. Aela jr., Jonathan Hornet; W.ysox—John B. Hines, Get.rge Swope. Job's A. Gamble The nomination of this gentleman as * the Demo- eratic candidate for Canal Commissioner, is rell re- ceived by the Democracy of this state. Tbientire press has endorsed, his nomination by merit"' trib utes to his capacity r int%nity and worth. Theinalli festatiotui are, that in the coming contest, t De mocracy will rally to his support with a l a which cannot but redeem the State. His cap • ity for the duties of the office are untmestioned, ind tax payers in his election, Will have a ;,,,maraffiee thai the important branch . o f the State Revenue, the public so capai,le of mismanagemeint, will be carefully guarded from the abuses so liable to creep in. We predict for him an ofd fashioned Democratic majarity Serious A:ffrar. The Owego Gazette of the 27th ult., gives the rarticulazs of an affray which happened in that. place on the 22i1, in front of the Franklin House. George gully with another youhg man, was,stand• in front of the house, when Jarnes Black, an Irishman came along with his wife and a brother, going in the direction of Canawana where they live, they having, been to a dance at a house above' the Depot. Some *prds passed between the young men and fhe other parties, and blows were ex. changed by Black and Macly, when the former drew his knife and struck the latter over the left shoulder, making a wound nearly three inches deep, which it was for a time feared would prove mortal. Our county,,in being the first to pay into the State Treasury her quota of State Tax, has gain; rd herself great credit. The Montrose Democrat jhis notices the fact :—H Bradford county was the first to pay her full quota of State Taxes again this year as usual, by which means some $5OO abate ment was made at the State Treasury, which re verts to the tax-payers. This result reflects great credit on both the Treasnrer of the county, Col lectors and tat-payers, whe hare mutually contrib uted to effect it)' We give out readers an instalment of " pa& tit: ()pinion," taken from the mini of the State, re garaing Free Territory, which will show that it is List taking the right direction. We also commend to oar readers. the article I.from the Philadelphia Spirit nf .the Times, concerning the "let alone pol icy." Tite PICNNSTLVANIA HiILROAn.—A locomotive alit] cars were despatched over thirty-two mites of this great work on Nfontlay last, from Harrisburg to Millerstown. to anothgr month the Road wilt be ryened to Lewistown, and the, trains will move regularly: Fisc.—The dwelling house of ThoinawFarring ton, at Owego, took fire on. Monday week, end was considerably damaged, but by the active exer- , hotts of the fire department 'w.o saved from des t ruc lion, Dg►ru BY CUOLEILL,-Mr. P. S. Holmes, a reel dant of Owego, died of Cholera 013 Sunday week at Stooklyn, N. Y. while on his way to Connecticut _.~:~, _ A_ al A NARRATIVE ..o, N 11E OF APT. MEM awn • mi. Pooliiimil:--11Merni Asians of ibigiMiy, ~toa prominent PIFt . -';"(akett by Mr. Elliott in 60 eventful ana:ihyilinitacemen* the _Wyoming 41: ley, dmingtbe Revolutionary War, have been ,Pub fished; lime eitich, it woukl very naturally be in ferred, that his services in the aid of his comitry .at that most perilous period, began and ended there. It is not very generally known, even among those with whom he, spent the most of Wink that he armed himself in the cause-of Liberty, 'when the tocsin sounded its first notes of alarm. At different times for two years previous to his migra tion to the Wyoming valley, he had stood the shock of battle, ever resolved if be must fall, he should be found with hie back to the field and his feet to the foe." The peril and fatigue already encountered, prepared .him to meet with courage and firmness the events which followed in his new abode. Mr. Elliott-was born in Chester, Orange county, state of New York, and living there when the war broke out. He had with his usual energy and ar dor, espoused 'because of freedom, at the first indi cation of a purpose, on the part of his countrymen, to dissolve the political bands that bound them to - the mother country," and resist the oppression'of British tyranny; he was among the first, in his country's cause, . To raw Lis word on high And *near by bet to Inn, by ber to die." Before the forlorn hope on the plains of Lexing ton, and the heights of Concord, had offered them selves a willing sacrifice for their country, at a time when it was scarcely believed that a British armed force was alre.wly o•t American soil, Mr. Elliott and his brave associates had given io the British good proof of the reception they would meet with at the hands of the Americans. - The frontiers of New York anti Vermont, were mach exposed and annoyed by their chosen allies, the Indians, some time before any definite action had been adopted to marshal), and concentrate au American force. Constant applications were made to the Providential Congress of New York by the border settlements, for relief from depredations made and threatened them. At this time, it was erideut that war would be inevitable; the British were already in the field ; it was no time for the friends of liberty to be idle : they began to see and feel that every hour's delay only rivetted stronger the chaitns of oppression. Among the first at this critical time, to answer the appeal for help from the north, was one Daniel Denton, a neighbor of Mr. Elliott. Willing to be among the first to open the great drama of the American revolutions, and by his example to prove to the British, what they might expect before the closing scene should be enacted, he address ed the Provincial Congress of Now York, as ear ly as February 1775, offering to mise a volunteer company for the northern service; the offer *as accepted, and in a few days Capt Denton had his company organized. Among the most active par ticipants in this enterprise, was Joieph Elliott.— About the first of April, this company mustered at Goshen, and immediately matched to Albany, on their way to the frontier. While in Albany, Capt. Denton addressed a letter to the Provincial Con gress, then in session, setting forth the character of his men as being the very flower of the young men of Orange county, burning with zeal and de votion to their country. Capt. Denton joined the northern expedition, which proceeded to Crown Point on Lake. Champlain, then down the east side of the'lake opposite St. John's where the ar my crossed, and shortly after laid siege to that place. During the siege the army was under Gen. Montgomery, where great bravery and skill on that occasion, was the subject of frequent remark by Mr. Elliot. He often said that no event in the commencement of the war, east a deeper gloom over his mind than the fall of Montgomery at Que bec Af:cr the surrender of St. John, Mr. Elliot and most of his associates felt as though a perilous crisis was hastening in his own country, and that the services of all itscitizens would be needed. Capt. Denton therefore concluded to return, and as the period of the enlistment of his company would expire in December, he had but little time left.— His company quit St John in October, and re-cross ed the lake, Shortly after their departure, Gen. Montgomery marched with his little expedition to ward's Montreal. . Capt. Denton with his little band, arrived in Al bany on the 22d of December 1775 ; they were there. discharged, and Mr. Elliott arrived home about Christmas. During the following winter the British had accumulated their forces in the vicinity of New York. But little system had as yet been adopted to combine the strength of the American forces. Regulations were however made for drafl ing soldiers for the spring campaign. Capt. Den ton was again in the field. Mr. Elliott was not more disappointed than he, when it was ascertain ed that the former was not drafted. Mr. Elliott, however seized on a favorable opportunity, and once more joined his old Captain. John Elliott, a brother of Joseph bad been drafted ; but was taken sick a few days before the company was to Muster. Joseph begged to be substituted in his place, and was readily accepted. Early in the spring,the company left Goshen, and joined a regi. meat under the command of Col. Ritzmire, and hastened on to New York. The British had fixti; fled themselves on, Long Island, and subsequently, after one of the most sanguinary battles of that war, compelled the Americans to evacuate the city.- In the meantime Mr. Elliott was hurried oft to Kings bridge to assist in the erection of a fort, to inter cept• the British, should hey attempt to mesa at Harlem, and pass up the North River. The British flushed with their recent success crowded on their columns toward* Harlem. Here they were again met at Kings Bridge. The American fames were under the intrepid Gen. Putnam in this engage ment. The British receivea a severe shock : their ardor cooled, and their progress for a while check ' ed. By this-an advantage was gained by the Amer icans which enabled them without the danger or be ing intercepted, to hurry on to White Paine, wheat Washington had resolved to give trfe British ants& er battle. The Bowes and strength of the' Ameri ' tans assembled to therspol. A clear field was open ter the contending armies. Col. Ritzaiire selected Mr. Elliot, among others for a dangerous position. He was required to' tale a wand behind the stone wall, along the road, and as the British . panted tip to annoy them with Was rifles ; and on arririeg.oppo. site to a hid where dm artillery were stationed, to • Make the beat of his chance to loin them. Mr. Jr. was :fitiget'Aidm, and acquitted himself with great credit; constant- I ly in - danger ollelog expostiti to the raking fire of the "eel kftrege.Wol shot et delFts._yetAie tbOi d: i oriel. Afiffi.: the WhitellaieohAlliett was at Ludt Orden, twine`, bet lei s feellep were co s t Irk deep* intim dotaliimigeseeit. his country; iiilspirifi t)* of casken with this sentiment of liberty dedeath,be etieelved once mots lostiferlis humble services to Cal. Riteraire,Who was castling Memel( to 'raise a regiment, to aceompanY Gen. Lee into New Jar: sey. Winter was aPproiching the army supplies for a campaign thnl inclement, were...Weeding ly limited.. There was no tune for preparation; not one hoar was to be lost; the British had con centrated their force at Princeton and Trenton, and unless dislodged before winter act in, the attempt could not be made until spring. The army collected at White Plains, under the command of General Lee; crewel the Hodson riv er in fine spirits; cheered by their recent success, they felt equal to say emergency. The capture of Gen. Lee, which took place soon alter, turned to gloom the minds of three so recently full of ani mation and hope. Mr. Elliott insisted, that the capture of Gen. Lee, was the result of his own im prudence and indiscretion. That whsle he earned the military fame accorded him in history; yet he had weaknesses which he ought to have overcome; had he done so, he would not have loitered m his camp till long alter the army had moved on, and as he, did make himself , the captive of a few Brit ish officers, to the diScouragement of the whole American Army. As soon as the circumstances of this capture were known to the soldiers, they seemed resolved, that by their exertions they would make good the loss. They made folvedtmaiches through Jersey. The snow had fallen quite deep, and the weather very cold. Many of the soldiers had scarcely shoes to their feet, and were wholly without any additional clothing. Many were se verely frozen, and several died by exposure Part of nights were occupied in marching ; in this way, exposed to the severest hardships. Mr. Elli ott was marched through to the Delaware. On the way, the Orderly Sergeant of his company being disabled, hi was required to take that post. He exchanged the gun for the sword, and continued to act as orderly until discharged from the army.— The morning of the twenty-fourth of December 1776, found the army so far from Trenton, that they almost despaired reaching the place on that day, as bad been determined on by Washington, who with another branch of the. army bad moved on to Princeton, and intended to attack the British quar tered there on the 25th. Each man urged and en couraged the other; the day was long consumed, by eflorts almost superhuman; they had pro gressed so far, that by midnight they could reach their destination. They cheered on. until the lights in the dwellings at Trenton were distinctly seen; forgetting all"fatigue, exposure, or danger, every man was at his post, and eager for the attack. It was soon ascertained that the Hessians were chief ly congregated at a large Hotel and adjoining house celebrating Christmas eve. It was determined to .surround the dwellings at once. No alarm was to be given until the army was so arranged, that there should be no escape for the Hessians. Mr Elliott was ordered to take his stand at the main entrance to the Hotel, as soon as the signal was given. The approach of the Americans was suspected by no one in Trenton: It hastened on noiselessly. The hotel was brilliantly illuminated ; the Hessians were distinctly seen, as they swung in the dance. The order was given; Mr. Elliott with his com mand rushed on to his post; and as he said, no one can describe the panic and consternation that 'ollowed in the hotel ; almost instantly every light was put out in the confusion ; many of the Hes sian jumped from the windows, and in various ways tried to make their escape. Such as attempt ed this were shot; they made an effort to dislodge Mr. Elliott, but without success; it was with great difficulty he could prevent Lis men from slaughter ing those who attempted to park him. On one oc casion as he saw a Hessian about to be struck down with a bayonet, he interposed his sword, warded off the blow; but in doing so, bis sword blade was broken oft at the hilt. He bad not then so much as a pistol to protect himself with i still he kept his ground, until it was announced that a gen eral surrender' was made by the Hessians. Col. Ritzn3ire immediately ordered Mr. Elliott in search of an officer, whom it was believed was concealed in the Hotel. Mr. Elliott mentioned that he was without any weapon; but as none could be spared to him, he set out unarmed. At the hotel he dis covered a negro boy, and at once charged him with being the servant of the officer, and alarmed with with the consequences that would follow, it he re fused to show him the place of his concealment; the negro .boy, on the promise of being set at liber ty, conducted Mr. Elliott through several apart ments with candle in hand, until they came to retired one, which bad a secluded closet in it ; the boy pointed to it and left. Mr. Elliott opened the closet door with the utmost composure, intruded his head in, and told the gentleman to surrender or be would fire; he came from his lurking place, attired in a glittering uniform, surrendered his sword to Mt. Elliott, who . then conducted him to his Col. who permitted him to retain the sword, as he had none. At dawn of day the booming ol guns was heard from the direction of Princeton; this gave new Courage to the exhausted soldiers at Trenton, from that time they waited 'with intense anxiety to hear the kritmtes.of the day with Washington. During the day Washington made his appearance, and an nounced the success of the army at Trepton. He immediately crossed the Delaware, which was then literally filled with floating ice. The next day Mr. Elliott and the soldiers in charge of Hes sians crossed over, and the whole army encamped opposite Trenton. Shortly alter an order was issued by Gen.- Washington directing that all property ta ken from Hessians to be given up. Mr. Elliott concluded be would submit his case personally to Washington; he was admitted to an audience with him, and stated the manner of losing hie sword and how be came possessed of the one he then had. Washinton immediately ordered a sword to be brought, and presented it to Mr. Elliott, which as he very feelingly said, was the happiest, proudest moment of hislife. The period of service for which he enlisted had already expired. The army was taking up winter quartets ( and bk. Elliott returned to his home in Orange county. In dire spring loth: Wing, hw with a few pioneers, took up their' match throegh a wil derness, marked by no path but the Indian trail, for the Wyoming Valley. This place pre s ented a new theatre of action for hi skill and bravery; red struts Weill damp& for nth - skiniv Ow; sword' and musket, to the tomahawk" and scalping knife. Mr. glum loot Kook* thfi fame sodearly aimed iathe campaigns of 2 74 - 1117 C lissom awned thacharacter bf the l neW anemia had Ito con tend gg4nat: This su*quilist It to thrithoes of thaiviar, mid &; two kliffa nikei t Ai driest eon stably devoted to the andret4_al . f . A• then fron tit-el, from the encroachments of dieludiens, The station be occupied was a hutribli cue ; but we doubt Whether many were'signalised with grader AlitedtiOn, endured more hardship, encountered greater danger than he. Sorb ai he; fought the battles of the Revolution, and by their sacrifices, &scared for oi the Methane* enjoyed by us. Wcunderstand it is in contemplation to erect a humble mondment over his remain; provided the small sum can be raised by contribution. We hope the means will not be withheld ; and that suitable spire will; yet .1'66 above the spot where lies the ashes of the brave defender of the early settlers of the Susquebannab and the last surviver of the sanguinary battles of Wyoming. 0;:r Gen. CA3B and bus C. CALnous are both out with letters. W e . had intended to extract from both, but fi nd•oarselves unable this week. " Roman" contributes to our columns, an excel ent poetical smote. We shell expect to welcome boss other matters " spoken of" shortly. Regime et the DEIMICIratie Tres et Penal. TO TOL RESOLUTION OF DE STATE CONVENTION, CONCERNING SLAVERY IN THE TERRITORIES (From the Carlisle DemOerat.) -The above resolution was adopted unanimously by the late Democratic State Convention which as. sembled in Pittsburg on the 4th inst. The doctrine which it contains is the same we have for some time advocated, and for which Col. • Banton is now battling in Missouri . . We are opposed to the es: tension of slavery as the columns of this paper will demonstrate and we have on all occasions advoca ted the , largest liberty for all mankind. We cordi ally unite with the Philadelphia limes in saying that I , Liberty cannot be enjoyed Without the aid of a government, and in a government without checks liberty soon degenerates into licentiousness. Con stitutional liberty consists, and is guaranteed by a government founded u {9 n public will -as reflected by the representatives the people and other offi- cers chosen to administer the same. "Some of our friends confound State rights with the right of the people of the several States through their representatives in Congress to limit and res trict the introduction of slavery in the territories be longing to the United States. Within the States Congress has no power over slavery, and this is the dectrine of the resolution and of the democra cy of the State. We know that our political friends in the State sympathize with us in our views upon this subject. The hour of fulfilment was nearer at hand than we anticipated. (Front the Easton Argus.) Farzoom trt Face ,Trtaarroay...-We published on our first page theoiolutions of the democratic State Convention. odmong them is one, upon the exciting subject of slavery, which after much dis cussion was unanimowly adopted. It isan impor tant resolution and places the democratic party of the Commonwealth for once in its true position.— The Democracy of Pennsylvania, in common with all their brethem of the Northern States, have al ways been ? and are now opposed to the extension of slavery into new territory. There is no doubt about this. Freedom in free territory is esseniially a democratic measure and the democrats in the States of New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut Massachusetts, Maine , Vermont and Rhode Island, and all the Western States from Ohio to Wisconsin, have adopted it a. a fundamental pan of their par ty creed. Nearly all the demos atic newspapers or these States have followed in the same strain—in deed it has become as firmly imbeded there in the affections of the democracy, as opposition to a National Bank or a high swindling tariff. The de. ‘ mocrats of Pennsylvania have been too much mis represented upon this question. Or rather the press and people of the interior have too long neglected to express their real opinions, and been too willing to follow in the wake of a few leading preset., and publiz men. We feel firmly convinced that if the democratic party of the State, bad taken the posi tion fast fall that the Pittsburg Convention has now taken and that if the then democratic candidate for governor had come out manfully in Support of that position %V illiam F. Johnston would never have been Governor of Pennsylvania and Gen. Taylor would not now be presi lent of the -United States. (Prom the Keystone.) lxrnarsxr RICSOLITROM .—The resolution of the democratic convention, at Pittsburg, against the ex. ten ion of slavery, must be regarded, in every as pect, as very important. ft has placed the democ racy of Pennsylvania in its true position. That this resolution is in accordance with the feelings and judgment of the people of the state. no one the least acquainted with them can doubt. its adoption was appmpriute and opportune, and discloses to our democratic brethren, in every portion of the Union, the . position of the democracy of this state, on this exciting question. The democracy of Pennsylvania never has sought and never will seek, to invade the constitutional rights ol the states, where the institution exists by state authority ; but when out people are asked to abandon ,their own sense of right and wrong; and their judgment of the true principles and meaning of the constitution, and consent, or tacitly acqui esce, in the extension of an institution, which, in their consciences, they believe to be a moral and !Weal evil, into territories where it never had exist• once, a new question is presented for their decis ion, and we are pleased that the convention has in dicated what that decision will be, when it comes to be announced, It is due to our democratic friends of the south, and of every portion of the Union, that the democ-. racy of Pennsylvania should take their position on this question, in order that no false hopes may be excited, to be dikappointed in the end. The de mocracy of nearly all the free states, have already taken the same posiuon, and the two divisions of the party in New York are now rapidly consolida-; ting on the same platform, and will soon present a united and victorious phalanx, opposed - to the lode_ ral party. The only basis -on which the agitation of the subject can ever be silenced, is for the peck pie of the non-slaveholding states to let it alone, en tirely, in the states where it exists, and for the peo ple of the south, nor to seek to force it into territo ries where it never bad existence. (From the Montrose DOITIOCTII I.) !lic i tly at Lasr.—The resolution on the slavery question, to be found in the Procillidings of the Pitts. berg Convention, in another column, will at once attract attention. It is important in every aspect, and especially so es it places the Democracy of Pennsylvania in its true position before the canntry. That it is in perfect accordance with the feelings and sentiments of our people, and the people of the whole North, need not at the late day be asserted, for there are none to question it. hs adoption, which is but another evidence of the popular will, to which politicians have been *lmpelled at last ro succumb, is most oppartune and what adds to it great moral force, is the fact that it passed by the unanimous voice of the convention. True there were one or tato gentlemen possessing seats-initial body who manifested a sort of squeamish opposi tion to it (one of whom, SchOon6ver,.signalized his Democracy by being one of the " immortal six" who voted with the Whigs on Bank cnistions, du. ring the last session of the Legislature) but the voice of reason and right, aided by the eloquent almealof the gallant Col. Black, cm the subject, sooty "used up" their hostility, and allayed every whimper of opposition.. Thirtyitwo Days tattrficatuireiti t Alum, cnisENT ,n• . • • , 1 7 7 :The er Cretieent ChagreOnly;l7, it.fr2l)T. M;; at on, JOHOSLAIT to, *C O. M.; le ft Kingston lily 21 ;Eli P.A. ReptiedA Nei York at a little past l i to'clOk list liiiiing;'Making the FiretssBe lB 11 days and. few hours. The Falcon had not reached Chagres when she left. She brings 8231,000 in gold as freight, topsides what belongs to the passengem an board, of whom there are 71. The Crescent City left New Ygrk June 30, at 3i P. M. anived at Chagres July fiy at 10 A. DI.; sopped the-engine two boors on account ,of thick weather. making her passage in 8 days,' 16 hours and 30 minutes; steamer Oros took off the passer: gem on the 10th July and landed,them at Chagres ; the majority of them left the same day in canoes for Cruces—all well. The steamship-Panama left San Francisco the 20th June : with about 100 passengers and about 8500,000 in gold dust and specie. She arrived at Panama on the night of the 1 tth July, and *timid leave again the Ist August. The American bake Tasso and Ellen Francis were waiting at Panama ter passengers to go up to San Francisco. Several other small vessels were also there, bound up with passengers. There is but one opinion among the passengers with regard to the gold in California ; it is still found its g reat quantities, but it is only the hard working caps who can stand the fatigue of dig ging it. There was no sickness at the mines, and every thing was going on quietly. • The number of per sons at the mines is estimated at between twenty and thirty thousand—about one half fordttners.— • Bosine-s at San Francisco is very dull, and dry goods and provisions selling below their original. east. Lumber is still in great demand, selling for 5350 per M. Rents are enormously high and mth er or. the rise. The. Steamer Oregon would leave San Francisco on the 'is July and expect to be at Panama on the 20th. Our Consul at Panama would not assume the responsibility of sending the California's mail by the Crescent City. There were about 100 Americans at San Blas waiting a passage up. Among them was the R • - nig Company of Pennsylvania—all well. The Crescent City passed the Empire City July 23, at 4 30 P. M. fat 22 55, lon.. 72 42. Let Alone Polley. "The fact is that no local law authorises slaver) n New Mexico or in Calitornia."—Boelon Past "The disciples of Free Soil insist upon driving the Democritic party of the North upon the Van Buren platform, but we cannot accompany them in their experiment. We think that Free Soil is at tainable by a much more honorable process, than this."—Pcnirsyfranian,..fu/y 20. The above extracts are from leading Democratic journals. The first was addressed to L.e Democra cy of New York, and was urged upon our friends there as the basis of a compromise or union which is expected to grow out of the Convention which will meet at Rome on' the 15th of August next. The reader will observe that the Post de clares that slavery does not exist in anfof the terri tories recently acquired from Mexico, nor cannot, it adds, until Congress passes.= act authorizing it, which "is ridiculous." The second extract from our Democratic neighbor endorses this view of the subject, if we understand its import correctly, for it is commended to our brethem of the Empire State. The fling at the Van Buren platform we pass by no feeling in common with that super structure, save so much of it as relates to slavery in the territories. What the "more honorable pro cess" is, of preventing the withering influence of slavery from resting upon the soil of tree territories, we are at a loss to conjecture,- unless it be foreshad owed in the extract from the Post, which of course is equal to the • ' non-intervention" policy of our neighbor--a sentiment harmonizing most wonder. fully with the " masterly inactivity" of Mr. Cal houn. But what are the real points at issue be tween the Free Soil men and those who advocate slavery? Let us inquire. • Col. Benton,-in his Jefferson city speech, takes the ground that the Wilmot Proviso is unnecessa ry, because the territories lately acquired from Mexico, and all others, are now free. He supports this view of the subject with a great variety of illus trations, arguments and authorities, which are the same as were recommended to the Democracy of New Yprk by the Boston Post, and endorsed by the Pennsylvanian. •In all this there is nothing new. Judge McLean of the Supreme Court of the U. States declared this doctrine before the late Presi dential election, and it was reiterated by several. distinguished prints in New York about the same time. Upon every page of the laws of nations this doctrine is broadly avowed, while the instinctive teachings of every - man's heart, not led away by in terest or prejudice, responds to the noble sentiment. We would be willing to rest the whole question here were we met in a proper spirit, but this is not the case. Mr. Calhoun the champion of slavery, the advocate of Southern Convention, the man who declared that slavery was the just balance of pow er between the North and South, has written a let. ter in which he deities that the territories acquired from Mexico are tree. IVtiat now becomes of the 1 doctrine of the Boston Post and the endorsement of the Pennsylvanian 1 A' new issue is raised—a new doctrine promulgated which strikes a direct blow at the past action of the government, and claims for slavery a supremacy -heretofore an know n. The is sue must be met. • The freemen of the North Must stand by their principles. We are citizens of'a common country, but we claim to be equal to our Southern friends. Nothing mote! Nothing less! The effort to construe the slavery resolution of the Baltimore Convention into an acquiesence that Congress had the power to -legislate upon the sub ject, is worthy of the most eminent transcendental ist. That resolution condemned the elior dof the abolitionists and others, made to induce Congress' to interfere with the question of slavery. "'or to take incipient steps in relation thereto." What "in cipient steps :" To abolish slavery in the territo ries ! Did the Baltimore Convention really pro- claim this doctrine 1 We haie never heard of it before. This was the main point upon which the whole platform rested. it is not necessary to in quire what may be the views of the Pittsburg Post upon this sobject. The resolotiorr adopted by the a ut late Sate Convention speaks for itself. In i II Democratic party declares its views plainly id' - telligibly. It is our pleasure to carry out this m ien to the fullest' extent. The signs of the times are propitious. The peo ple are in arms wherever the question is agitated. The Missouri Compromise and other Southern doc rines are The by the people of the free States. The nineteenth century is not the time to talk til in ut human slaver . the blood bourses swiftly rough our veins—the heart palpitates as the ear d the eye beers and reads of human suf ferings !, Those who are not-on the side of freedom, are in favor of slavery! No excuse, cavil or pro crastination, can justify the continuance of slavery in territories belonging alike to the free states; and to States where human flesh, bones and sinews are owned by a master.—Phila. Spirit of the Times. Tea Cum.t.tts.—The number of cases reported in New York, on Friday last was 205, with 66 deaths, being an increase. At St. Louis and Cincinnati the epidemic is aba ting. Over fifty deaths have occurred from cholera in tie Bucks county alms house. The country, gen erally seems to beamed from the visit of this dread e learn from the Richmond Chronicle, that C. M. Clay, at the last advice! ? was doing quite well, though for some days previews, his symptoms had been quite alarming -4o mush so as to create the most painful apprehensions. . ~:~ ~."Irelandn—inifflue,gfoin cad Arisal--the frisk wets conkiiii most detraining accounts of the i e . mese 'dieting and misery that prevails in wa n , parts of ihat ill-feed coonfor--partienlady. in t h' s Iskstali-weitern districts. The workhouses ate fill e d iiiiiiplatice, and. thousands of persons appear l e . Wally without the means to keep life and soul to. gather, until the crops are available, which forte. nately will, from present appearances, be very ear ly. The distress . , in the meantime, will belerers, almost beyond example. Id=of the State Prisoner; to - Peedicre er e r Misuday Meese- O'Brien, Meaghe r , McManus, and O'Llonahue, were embarked oe board , the war schooner Swift, v hich immediately sailed for Vandieman's land. Previous to the de. parture of the prisoners, thsy prepared, and plac e d In the hands • of a mutual friend, an address to their countrymen, of which the London Tunes says: It must be admitted that its tone la unobjectionable__ nay even more moderato than could be expect e d from men, the whole tenor al whose preisionser e . dem favored the supposition that they were acting, 1 not as free agents, but as the victims; of some tun. known species ofdownright lunacy. Daly—Constitution of the Repablic.—The Awe. bly, in its last sitting unanimdusly voted the Con. - emotion of the Repulle, end ordered it to be de. poeitel in • the Capi of, as the expression of the II unanimous wish of e Roman people. The Constitution is by a vote of the Assembly, to be engraven on marble, and placed in the Capi. tol. They also ordered funeral service to be. eelebra. ted in St. Stephen* for those who have fallen in defense of the Republic.' The entrance of the French into Rome. —The en. trance of the French troops en masse into Rome, did not take place till? o'clock of the evening of tits 3d. A proclamation from the National - Assembly an, pounced the arrival of the French, and recommen ded abstinence from till vengeance as useless, and unworthy the dignity of Roman citizens. Gen. Oudinot and his stall were so disguised as not to be recognizedgb y the National Guard as h e pasted the torps &Genie, they did tot rise and give him the salute due his rank. The barricades had to be pulled down by the rench soldier's themselves in the absolute dealt Roman laborers. At dark the troops were con. veyed to their varionX (Planers. . Escape of Garibildi . •wilts 10,000 treops.--Garibal. di succeeded in escaping from Rome with 10.000 men. He .was loudly applauded as he passed through the city. He had been in the direction of Jerzsima. It is probable he would tall in with some detached, force of the Neapolitans or Spaniards to .whom tte,might give trouble. His intention, it is said, is to invade the Kingdoms of Naples. he *first division of the French expeditionary army set out in pursuit of hini.on the 4th. The Government at &exc.—The Corriere Mena i tile. of Genoa, of the 7th, states that the . government is composed of three individuals—one Roman and two Frenchmen, and has been establivbed at Rome. By the latest accounts the Roman mnnicipility had proclaimed that no convention had been made with the French. The Pontlfican arms had been put up„ but the tricolor remained. The regular Roman troops will -be stationed at Lentil and Termini). At present they are in the barracks, at Rome. In speaking of the arrangements for the settle.' ment for the future of the Roman States, the Peri correspondent of the Times. says : " I have reason to believe, though . ! have it from no official source, that the government are satisfied with the last lc. Counts that gave been received from Gaeta. It I may trust my authority, these accounts would show that the Freuch Minister there has concluded an arrangement, not only with the Pope, but with the Austrian representative, to the effect that His Holi ness is to return to Rome—that the French Bre to evactnate the city—leaving only a garrison of fire hundred men, and that the Austrian representative has agreed on tne part of the government—that-the Austrian troops shall evacuate Bologna and Anco na, leaving a comparatively small number in the forts. It is further said that it, was in consequence of this 'arrangement; that the army of the Ales was dissolved. Such is the substance of the account stated to haie been received from Gaeta, and which, if correct,. will no doubt strn be confirm. ea.!, Venice still Unconquered.—Venice still holds out against the Austrians, and continues to makeart eroos. resistance. lie - city carrie,a on its I rineipal defence from two-small forts at about one thousand yards from the first houses of Venice—one seamed on the small island of San Lecoudo—and the other on the Railroad Bridge. The Austrian 'shells do not reach turther than four hundred yards.- Within Venice. Provisions are veer scance..Noes Noth ing but black bread half baked is to be . got. Meat arid a hie have become luxuries. Still the calm determination to resist reigns among the Venetians. Rumored 'Victories by the, Russiarts.—The Rassiaa corps having entered Transy Ivan ia, has sureeeed ed after an obstinate resistance, in taking Tornases Pass, which was strongly fortified . The Russians breed their way through with the bayonet and en tered Cronstadt on the same day, the 20th of Sane. Eleven cannon and standards were the atrophies of this day. The Cossacks succeeded in _capturing General Wys, who was wounded and had been handed over to the Austnans.i. Other accounts from Transylvania state that the other Russians corps has entered Bistrie, after a sharp' action With the Hungarians. The Austrian gat'rison' at Rabb, had beerreoinpel led to surrender that fortress. Openia of rite Diet.—A letter from Vienna. in the lndepeudence, of Brussels states that the Eungan ans have retaken Syigetin, 'and thet the Diet was to be opened on . the rat. The Tiiingarians rietorious--p great Battle.—Lo- elligence had been received by the Natisen, a Bel ginn journal to the folloWing effect. Oh the Ist and 2d, of July, Pernbrinski, with his own corps , dne mee, and. all the reserve of the veterarri reaps-drawn from the army of operation lIONV acting in different parts of Hungary, amounting altogether to 80.000 men attacked the Russian artily, consisting of. I 10.• 000 men, cotnnearidaly Prince Pasowitch, in the defiles between' Miskotey and Oilaii. The auaet took place in. flank -so al to drive the corps coin mended' by Prince in person, into the marshes of the Theism,: We have not received any details. of this-imr fant battle; but the subeess.seems to have been complete hat the same Hungarian reserve or Ye temps .to the number of 4.1t000 men marched the next day by Waaten for Comoro, to reinforce the army-of Geoigey, who from the 4th of July liar been able to resume the offensive against the Aus trian armies. Dembrinski, with' 55,000 med was in pursuit 'Of the remains or the army of Paskewitch, • and it is probable that immediately the news of Denribrin skiier victory becomes known the warlike prepare lions in, the details of which the Rosiians Prince has imprudently engaged himself, will rise pi nes se to cut off his retreat through the posses.. Ex - acute:llN or MA:maw WOOD.-111atiew Wood, convinced of the mufder of his wife 'was executed in New York on Fridhy last. Strenuous efforts were made to procure a commutation of his sentence, but his guilt was so (dearly established . and his crime so aggmvatedthat the governor declined to interim in his ,behalk. He died protesting his innocence, believirctup to the , eery last moment that a repriefo was in hands-of the Sheriff. The, venni is playingthe mischief with the Spring Wheat, in this quarter. Among others who com plain, Mr. Charles Cvatui t. one of the occupants M the Big Island,intornas us that he has a field of 9 acres which is scarcely worth harvesting. (idle" hart plowed rlP'entire fields and sowed them to Buckwheat.—theesc Gazette. . •
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