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E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
Towanda, Saturday, June 23, 1851
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FOR 001rIssolt.
WILLIAM BIGLER, or CLCAaiIIUX COVSTY
VOIL CANAL COXXISSIONSII. '
St= CLOVER, Of CLARION Court
zoo, JUDO*/ or rim ovrazigs COCA?.
XEEEMIAII S. 8LACK,....0r Suszairr COUNTY,
JAMES CAMPBELL, • cm Putz4Du.ram,
ELLIS LEWIS. or LANCASTfit.
JOHN B. GIBSON' at CUMIZILLASD Comm.
WALTER 11. L0WR1E,..07 Azazauzsir Col;wry.
. Datioa, ? =day, October 13, 1851..
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ilLednetion of Postage.=—An Offbr
The new law ietiticing the rates of postage
goes into effect on Tuesday next. By its pro
visions, newspapers published weekly are al
lowed to circulate free or postage within the
County where published. This will bring
the County paper within the reach of every
person, and we shall expect a large addition
tp.our list of subscribers. To 'facilitate this,
we -will send the Reporter after that date up
en the following terms, payment to be made
strictly in advance :
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For the purpose of extending our circula
tiOn through the coming campaign, which
will tie of unusual importance, we will send
the Reporter for six months from the first of
July, for FIFTY CENTS a single copy
One copy, during the campaign,....so cents.
These low terms will induce our friends,
we trifltt, to take some pains to extend the
circulation, and, consequently, the usefulness,
of our paper. The campaign, which is now
fairly commenced, Will be an exciting and im
portant one, involving the election of State
officers, the new experiment of an Elective
Judiciary, together with all the principal offi
ces in the County. No Democrat should be
without his county paper ; and we .are ready
to receive orders. Send on your names
In order to give all hands a chance to prop
el!y celebrate the Anniversary of our National In.
dependence, no paper will be issued from this of
fice nest week. •
Col. 111gler •t Uoms.
The Clearfield Republican', says: We have known
Col Mazza • long and well. And we have known
him intimately and personally. As a citizen no
man is freer from spot or blemish; as a politician,
he is open, frank, and candid, and thoroughly ac•
quaieted with all the great national questions that
eioncem the welfare of the nation—an ardent warm
hearted, patriotic friend of the thdun, and as a pub
lie servant, legislating for the people during one of
the most interesting apt) critical periods in the his•
tory of Pennsylvania, he maintained himself with
signal ability, and won a character for sound judg
ment and discriminating talents, that, no matter
what may be the result of his future efforts, will
alone distinguish him as a clear-beaded, wise, and
prudent statesman.
The approaching contest will be one of transcen
dent importance, and its result will have a very im
portant bearing upon the future political history of
the Stay, not to say the Union. With Bigler as
our candidate, the Deincci*, have nothing to fear.
He possesses unbounded popularity, no man pro.
teasing the principles of the Democratic: patty cart
hesitate to yield him a hearty and ardent support.
Col. 8 is yet a young man, comparatively speak
fez, having only numbered some 37 0v33 summers.
He has winked-his way to hie present distinguish.
ed calling from the humble positiottof a Printer
Bog, unaided ereept by his indomitable spirit of
perseverance. The raildnest and creirteousness of
disposition of col. B. cannot fail to win for trim
friendi wherever he is personally knowit ; never
theists, he adheres to his own judgment with
yielding tenacity.
Such s toast ire delight to honor, ana for the pro.
motion of each $ man the people will heatttly and
cordially mite.
DUD WOW irocse.—The deal body of aman
1110 discovered in the nver on Friday last, near the
mouth of Sugar Creek. The body lay above a tree,
against which it had'apparatly drited,in aboutiwo
bet depth of water, and was coveted with sand,
the lics'only appearing. It had probably lain in
that spot tot some letwit of tints, and waste mach
daisy' ed, as with difficulty to be removed. The
man - was spparently of large site, had on a blown
teat, and one otthe boots was eat open on the in-
step. The tops of the boots in front were also ag
out. •
pwasai 17*S7 Celebration*
A North 01 ley Celebration aitt bite place at
Teritirern,..en the coming anivertary Of oar Nation
al independence. Addresses will be delivered by
Hon. DAVID Wnaror: and Rev. Gco. LArreom, and
dinner'prepared by Dr. Horton. A general invite.
lion is extended to all who may wish to participate.
.otr Ooi ndice 4 11 Mr. Wsan's peevish ravings,
is postponed until onr next issue. Being a matter
of small pOlic iniportanee, we have delayed it for
yire , Otls o tneuers, though we /bail most assuredly
gratify,the author's vanity and love a notorie.ty, by
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some notice,of his
~ article.
TIM CANAL from Albany,
&tea fuit.- states that thalCan4 Eniluigs!
meat Mlll P a ""litalonnatiortia , Yolk, b 7
toll of
. lteariaao4 irlkiludAlllM - 11Planit itsiolW.''' , ' ,
' An ele'ption fotiscers toithe Towanda and Bor.
lingtmt Plank . Company . watthe* ,pn , Satuf-
Outla# l l mod 4!s e 'kalia*ilig .tradeini*, It*
I cleiteti: .•. ' '-.)'. - ...',-: ''-': 1
ficsident4M. C. Mum. ; . .
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Managenz4ons ii" , Lash, AIIinSON . FK,..; - .)
F. noitie, J. I). 3lownerc. .
' . -Wel:understand that aniunonnt-ofatocksuflicien t
to ensure the ultimate completion 'of the toed, her
already, been subscribed, and. that a portion will
be soon commenced.
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%V big Stet• Co:m(1111111os.
The Whig State Convention to nominate candi-
Jatervfor the State and Judicial of f ices met at Lan
caster On Tuesday last. Guy. JoussioN was onani
monsly nomknated.for Governor, and JOll2l STAUlikt,
of Lancaster, tor Canal Commissioner.
The nonainations for Supreme Jodys have not
been received.
INTUIT Nrsrs.--the Trqata--The last num
ber of the Nan contains the foll Owing item of im
portant intelligence
A Ruu AWAT.—Just as we were going to press, a
spirited span of horses,aitached to a carriage, and
standing, in trout of the Ltehange, broke their halt
er and sin down Canton street at the top - of their
spee,d. We have not learned how much damage
the horses or carriage sustained. They belong, we
understand, to a Alr. Beman of Colombia Town
ship
We trust our enterprising friend, will this week,
give the. public a full account of the damage done ;
particularly how much of the halter was broken off,
and how many buckles and straps were injured.
Lost.—On Thursday evening, last, between Dr.
tforrou's and town : a breast-pin, set with jet, and
containing a lock of hair. The letters "S. II."
were engraved upon it. Being more particularly
valuable as a memento of the deceased, the finder
will confer a great favor and be liberally rewarded
by leaving it at Dr. Husbates Drug Store.
Otto- The Canal Letting at this place on Monday
last, was attended by a large number of persons,
and the bids were_uumerous, about 200 being, e
ceived during the day. The allotments will proba•
bly be made known in a few days.
` ll'monk Celebration.
The night before last and yesterday miming,
the trains came in loaded from the north, east and
west, until the town was literally alive and swarm.
ing with. Masons, to celebrate the anniversary of
the birth-day of St. John the Baptist. The weather
was beautiful. and everything passel off in the
beet imaginable order. The possession was form.
ed according to the order published, marshalled by
Maj Charles Dunn, with four bands of music, and
leached from their Lodge Room in Mechanics Had,
through Lake to Church street. An immense
crowd accompanied them, filling up the entire
street. The Masons were in lull regalia, and pre.
sented one of the most imposing spectacles ever
witnessed in Elmira.
The procession passed through the principal
streets, and thence on to the Island, by a float
bridge, where an oration was pronounced by Rev.
H. Goodwin, of Rochester. The Oration was
brilliant, chaste and comprehensive, amt delivered
in a style at once fercible and, eloquent. It was
listened to with marked attention, and received
with rapturous applause. A present of an elegant
gold watch was made to Mr. Goodwin, alter the
Oration, by the fraternity, and delivered by Mr.
Ogden, of the Penn Yan Democrat, in an appro
priate and well appended speech. The Oration
will be issued from thfk office, in a few days, in
pamphlet form.
Alter the ceremonies upon the Island, the pro
cession moved through several of the streets, and
divided between the Brainard House and Haight's
Hotel, where sumptuous dinners were provided,
.the Chapters dining at Haight's, and the Blue
Lodges at Brainard's.
The whole celebration was conancled in a high
ly dignified manner, and was impressive and im
posing in its character. The regalia of the Order
was more gorgeous than we have ever before wit•
nessed. The display was grand, and our citizens
were gratified and well pleased with the entire pro
ceedings.—Elmira Democrat.
ANOTHER FUGITIVE SLAVE CAVE....YEIHOIday at
noon, George H. Roam,'Esq., Assistant United States
Marshal, for the Western District of Pennsylvania,
reached this city in the Reading cars from Wilkes.
bane, baying in custody Jesse WAltman t `a tbgitive
slave, who was arrested at Wilkesbarre on Saturday
last. Marshal Roset was accompanied by Messrs.
W. H Beaumont, Jacob Cooper, and Geo. Fell, who
assisted in Whitman's capture.
Marshal Keyser basing been telegraphed to meet
the parties at the depot, was promptly on the spot
with an efficient police force, and accompanied the
United States officers and their charge to the Balti
more boat, in which they took passage for Mary.
land.
Whitman is a large powerful negro, and fought
desperately before surrendering himself. He struck
Marshal Roset twice upon the bead with a heavy
cart whip and , drew a large sheath_ knife, which he
would doubtless have used had it not been for the
timely and efficient aid of Messrs. Beaumont, Fell,
Cooper, and Seaman. Whitman belongs to John
Canard, Esq., of Loudon county, Va.—Pennsylvani.
an, 2111 s but.
A New &VOCE OP ROTEPOTIC TO Muumuu —The
Western cattle dealers now use the railroads for
the transit to market of link cattle. In a Louis.
villa paper we see that ninety head of beet were
recently sent by the Little Miami and Columbus
roads to Cleveland, and thence by steamer to fief
folo, and from that place by railroad to New York
city. The cost of transportation was $ll 45 per
,head. The owner Wad immediately, on satislacto.
ry terms, and returned home, banng ben absent
eleven days Not this leant accident or rittficulty
occurred, and there was very little shrinkage in the
cattle. To drive a lot of cattle from the same point
to New York %Weedy required seventy-five days,
attended with an eeptmse Of near $2O per head, and
with a heavy loss by shrinkage.
or The ‘Trwem papers abounded in details of
a tremendous tied in thelifiasouri and Mississippi
tires,' by which a immense amount of damage
has been done. Towne, villages oinj farms hare
suffered. At Rerlistston, lowa, many bousessitua•
ted on the bouNts item six and eight leet under wa
ter. A(Kaithsbutg, IR., the water wart up to the 2d
storioaq:ACOquawks, on the 3d irritant, ito all the
Wines potion of the town, the aster was deep
enough to bat a steaniboot. - •
Tun CALITORYITir PAPUA announce the death of
an aged Berman, who is said to have made the
first discovery of gold in that country, while dig.
gintr a Mill race int Captain Sutter. ' Ne had been
in the employ of Capt. S. upwards of fifteen jean.
They should raise a monument to his memory. _
The cornerstone ofa new Roman Catholic church
way laid at Piusbrno on Monday, in the presence
of an immense assemblage The ceremony► -was
performed by Bishop O'Connor, and the otattioa do.
livered by Dr. Moriarty.
Cantu Ix Saone d* • ding
'to a great issteat, at . St4oata v ain even
greater tharr_ serum-, lir)teiglter. Of
"Oh °I it !IX skaPtlrlia! fig, this Y#l,3:2 Died
ei irin:teli
The -Greati.lawirnumltocelnee;?
The Crescent City, with Ban Francisco dates of
May .15tb, wised at New York on Wednesday ;
night ISM- She did; not bring the mails, Simi out
agent havink refused to allow them to cooks on in
her, and they 'Would come by the Oen**e which
had not armed at Cnagres on the Sib, when the
'Crescent Citylt.P.:. She brings 62? passengers and
41770,000 ins - dd./hist.
'the Alta California of the 4th of May thus an.
flounces the great conflagration in that city;
• Ss's - Inhume AGAIN IS - .fismiar!Thts smoke
and flames are ascending from several squares of
onr city. as if the God of Deslrecliol2 had seated him
self in our midst, and wits gorging himself and all
his ministers of devastation' upon the ruins of our
doomed city soil its people. About 11 o'clock last
night.thr cry of "fire r " studied every one, like an
eanhquaxe. The fire hail jiCsi commenced in a
paint shop on the West side of Portsmouth slime,
atljoinining the Bryant House, as formerly called,
but more teeenily the American lintel. It was but
a slight blaze when first seen, but in five minutes
the whole upper story was lull of flames. Before
the engines could get upon the ground and com
mence playing the American House, on one side,
and *Wore, occupied by Messrs. Rhodes as a furn
ishing establishment, were in flames. The build
ings in the vicinity, being all of wood, and extreme.
ly combustible, the fire spread up Clay street, back
towards Sacramento and down Clay towards Kear
ney with frightfol rapidity.
It soon had lull command, and the fire depart
mein could only . work upon the borders and en,
ileavor to check its progress by anticipating it. In
this they succeeded on the north site hair/. it
reached Dupont street, but in every other direction
in which it could spread it took its own course.—
Therewas little chance to save much of the move
ables. To the south it spread to Bush street, and
to the east part of Jackson street, sweeping every.
thing from east of Dupont street to the wharves,—
The blocks between Dupont and Kearney streets,
west of Pourtemouth square, as far as Bush street,
three in number, are in ashes. Between Bush and
Jackson and Kearney and Montgomerrstreets, five
squares in number, all were burned down. Be.
sides these thirteen blocks, almost every building
of which is destroyed, there are Many others.
It is impossible to even guess at the number tof
buildings or the amount of ptoperty destroyed. A
thousand buildings is within the bounds of truth,
we judge, and $10,000,000 could not replace the
ternble destruction. Some place it twice or three
times as high. It is sufficient to say, that more
than three•korths of the business part of the city is
nothing but smouldering cinders.
The principal builttingvdes'toyed are the follow
ing, to wit: The Custom-House, Union Hotel,
Parker House, Jones' Hotel. Ailelphi Theatre, Dra
matic Museum, National Hotel, New World City
Hotel, Delinonien's, Merchants' Exchange, Post
office bpilding, the ships Nantic and General Hard.
son, and every newspaper office except the Alia
California. Wady or quite tel the banks are in the
burnt district Burgoyne &Co , Welts & Co , Jar.
King of Win., Delmonico and American Hotels,
Revere House, Pacific Mail Steamship Company,
are all consumed. Not a house was left on Leith'.
dor( street, and evety- thin" on both sides of Long
"Wharf to blryond Whitehall.
• Scarce a fire-proof building in the whole burnt
district has stood the test. Such as have are the
California Exchange El Dorado, Veinandah, and
the buildings of Captain Howard, in which was
the United States assay ins office of Moffatt & Co.,
on Montgomery street. The officers of the custom
house saved the specie of the office by casting it
into a well. About 51,000,000 were saved in this
way.
A. J. Cost, naval officer, Mr. Brown, appraiset,
Mr. Green, collector, and a nurriber of others in the
naval department, had all of their private effects
destroyed. The books and papers of the depart.
ment were nearly all saved. The large United
States bonded warehouse, containing about 2,000
tons of merchandise, in bond, was saved.
The banking houses will all resume business in
the course of the week. When Burgoyne's sale
was opened, $1,500,000 was taken out not singed
or damaged in the least.
The fire swept every thing down on the easterly
side of Kearney street, Jackson street, all the in.
tervening blocks to Battery street. The shipping
in the harlipr providentially escaped. The only ves
sels burnt were the Mantic, Appolo, and the Gen.
Harrison. - store ships. California. Montgomery,
Pine, Sansome,Commercial and Clay streets were
nearly destroyd.
Trre Law or Linet..—lllessrs. Foster and Flee
nor, of the Pittsburg Despach, were tried in that
city last week for libel, (or commenting upon the
character of a certain individual, who presided at a
public temperance meeting. By the Bill of Riihts,
under the Constitution of the State, the public press
is free to discuss the acts of the Legislature, of those
occupying o ffi cial positions, or who may be in a
public capacity. Cot. Foster, in conducting his owrr
defence, took the ground that the prosecutor was
acting in a " public capacity" as chairman of a
public meeting, the object of which was to instruct
the Legislature, the public and the Court in relation
to its duties; that it was of great advantage to the
public to know what kind of men presided over
and composed this meeting, and that with good
motives and justifiable ends the publication had
been made for information. Judge M'Clure charg
ed the jury favorably to this construction, that not
only Legislators and office seekers and holders un.
der the State and National Government were act
ing in a public capacity, but that others might be
considered to come within the meaning of the law.
The jury acquitted the defendants on this ground,
and fixed the costs on the prosecutor.
Tut Mourvoarcav STATE Ruzm CONTRNTION.-
The Southern Rights Aimociations have been hold.
ing a Convention at Montgomery, Alabama. It
met on the 9th lust , Col. 'Thomas Williams, of
Montgomery, presding. Scan ten counties of Ala.
hair" were represented, and about eighteen wood.
*llona,. The following preamble and resolutions
passed without a dissenting vo'e, to, wit :
" Whereas, in the Opinion of this Convention,
events of recent occurrence indicate that one of the
sovereign States of this Union is .placing herself in
a situation to secede, and will secede from the Un.
ion :
"And whereas, n the opinion of this body, any-
State has a right to secede, ant, front the very na.
tore or the case, is the only judge of the justice and
propriety of inch act :
" And where* it is not improbable that the ex
ercise of such right by the seceding State will be
opposed with arms by the General Government :
at Therefore, beic resolved, That in the event'
thit Sonthent State, in the exerciseot its own judg
merit, should think proper, for causes which now
exist, to secede from the Union, in the !pinion of
this Convention, it would become the duty of this
State, as of all the other State., to oppose „with force
any attempt on the pad of the General Government
to coerce such seceding State."
Mr. Gayle, of Dallas, offered a resolution recent
mending the convention to go into nomination 0 1 4
imitable person as candidate for Governor, aliening
that Gov. Collier . occupied equivocal ground, tke.—
A warm diicussion ensued, in, which its ienpolicy
wee strongly urged,' and the resolution was nega
tived. The Convention adjourned ate die.
.Cnos.zaa ow sus Pastus.—The news in regard
to the cholera among the troops on the Plains, is
confirmed. It appeared when the troops were
abOut ninety trines from Fon Leavettworth. - Amotig
its victims were Dr. Albert It Kennedy, surgeon in
the regiment, and his son. Mr. Kennedy, who
was accompanying the Doctor to New Mexico, ra•
turned to Port Leavenvrortb,' and will soon be with
her relatives in this•city.=—St. Louis Repub.
OXISTwaT Gnu Dotisse.--Quite a number
of counterfeit Gold Dollars are in circulation. They
have a greasy feeling . to the touch, and are rather
thicker than the genuine, of lighter color, and have
a dull leaden ring. The wording " United States
Of,Amerive," slid the word " dollar," are dull and
logiAtot the sharp, clear appaarspce- of those on
thiejentrino.
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Parton& or rag Iterstrost-i-Gerdleetes--In the
Sunday Dispatch ofbler;18, 1001, we have, seen
two l artieles aboskinkof Gen. Ontenion. in Arm of
tholleardilea they my, ::I,9hireeeption of thO,PfltS.
Went on Monday last linus * very moan - obit
throughout. One greal Cause, lindoebtedjy, - was the
inferiority of the militurdlepley iri tonsequence of
the dihedrals' MOWS SIC MalosGeneral -Pretension
in reference to the escott. Another reason ems,
that the city councils ramie it entirely net exclusive.
h figginanit 4,60 810 ttalr'difsa triftsie: ,- The au
thorises of the other monicipil districts were ex
cluded from any participation in the ceremonies.'
From the above attract i is apparent that it
there wee any went of proper display. the fault rest.
ell entirely
.with the lt city councils." Under the,
plea of vindicating the Senor of the City and Conn
ty of Philadelphia, a persotril attack is made on
Gen. Patterson, and *alienations made in regard to
his military conduct during the late war, that are
Use, unfounded and malicioni, as the' - following
facts-4111 show.
Soo* after the war commenced, Gen. Patterson
was appointed by the President a Major General,
and assigned to duty under General Taylor, on the
Rio Crude, and whilst there sprained his a nkle and
remained on duty. instead of applying for and ob.
taining leave of absence, as he might have done,
and as many others did do, for slighter causes.—
When he was suffering from the eflects of that
sprain, he received orders to march his command.
over land, from d e Rio Grande to Tampico, and
faithfully performed that , duty, and that, coo, at a
time when be could not walk without the aid of
mach. Gest, Punerann embarked his command
at Tampico and sailed -(or Vera Cruz, to join and
serve under Gen.Scntt. On the 9th of March, 1847,
we disembarked at Vera Cruz, and on the morning
of the 10th had the pleasure of seeing Major Gener
al Patterson, finely mounted, but still unable to
walk without a crutch, assume the command of hie
diyision, composed of three brigades, and take up
his line of march to force his way through clump,
red and over sand hills, rt gain possession of and
occupy the centre of our line of investment in rear
of the city of Vera Cruz. And gallantly did Jie Eris
charge that duty, always in the thickest of the fight,
and by ten o'clock on the morning of the 11th, he
drove the enemy from the heights and gained hie
ground ; and then, and not till then, Was the divi
sion of Gen Tivi;e4s permitted to pass his line, and
gain their ground on the extreme left, and above
the city. Throughout the siege he evinced the ut
most courage, both moral and physical, and exer..
cised the utmost untiring vigilance; on all occa
sions displaying a sound judgment, and an accurate
knowledge of military science.
After we gained possession of Vera Cruz, °nerd
his Brigades, commanded by Gen. Quitman, was
detailed to accompany the command under Gen.
Worth to Alvorado. The remaining two brigades
of his division, on Friday morning. the 9th of April,
took up their line of march for Jalapa: Gen Pat.
lemon, although effering from an auk of fever,
threw himself into the saddle, and accompanied es di
vision. On Monday noon we joined the division
of Gen. Twiggs at Plan del Rio, fifty miles from
Vera Cruz, and near the stmne. pass of Cerro Gordo,
where, but fir the ability and skill of Maj. Gen. Pat
terson. Perrnsylvanites gallant representatives, the
American army, the conquerors of Vera Cruz, would
have vgfered an inglorious defeat, and the survivors
would have been driven into the sea. Before (General
Scott could join us with the remaining division,
under Worth, and before any accurate knowledge had
been gained of the position or strength of the enemy,
Gm. Twiggs was eager to fight. ,Gen. Patterson,
being the highest in rank, assumed the command,
and took measures to learn the nature of the nos*,
the position and strength of the enemy, and the
best point at which to make the main attack. Gen.
Scott came tip on Thursday evening or Friday
morning, and highly approved of the arrangements
that Gen Patterson had made ; and 'not until Sun
day was Gen. Scott prepared for battle Gen. Pat.
tersoa commanded the force that pursued the re•
treating army, came up with, and entirely dispersed
them at t newt° and enamped at that place on
Sunday night. On Monday morning he took pos
session of Jalapa, where the main body of our army
arrived on Tuesday and Wednesday.
pen. Patterson, being second in rank. demanded
the command of the advance Column from 'Jalapa,
but Gen. Scott very naturally desired than en officer
of the " regular army" should occupy that position,
and so conferred it. lie determined that the twelve
month regiments,. numbering about three tbbtsand
men, whose term of service had not expfrair by
about six weeks, should return frofn Jalapa tcr the
United States, and be mustered out of service at
New Orleans, and ordered Gen. Patterson to take
command of them, discharge that duty, and then
report tit person or by letter to the Secretary of
War. Ile returned to rfu. United SMes much against
his wishes, arid fit obedience toposiiive orders, and -re:
joined the army in the field at the earliest moment
he could obtain a command. Gen. Scott conferred
on him the distinguished honor of selecting him to
command the force that was to march from the
city of Mexico 'to Mazatlin, on the Pacific. On
Sunday morning; December 19, 1847, we formed
in the grand plaza and matched out of the city, to
prepare for that long and hazardous expedition,
which was suspended by'; he armistice. No sensi
ble or honorable man can require any greater evi-'
lance of the confidence reposed in Gen. Patterson
by Gen. Scott, than lire simple fact that be was se
lected to conduct that campaign I Can it be pre
sumed that one of the most distinguished and suc
cessful military men of his age would sacrifice the
lives of four or five thruntand men, most of whom
hail aided him in his triumphs, from Vera Crux to
the City of Mexico, and tarnish his fame by confid.
ing so important an undertaking to one who lacked
the qualities of a soldier, and the abilities of a gen
eral! Most certainly not. The very idea is pre-
posterous, and never entered the mind of any but
one filled with envy, meanness and malice.
Gen. Scott, previous to his departure ,from the
ening in the city of Mexico, expressed a reglst for
having ordered Gen. Patterson to the United States,
and said that he had conductei himself with more
propriety, and more fully and entirely sustained
him than any other officer under his command.,
Gen. Riley, speaking of the Pennsylvania volun
teers, at the flail Road celebration in October, 1,050,
said. "As to their commander, Gen. Patterson, had
not known the fact that he was a volunteer officer,
I should, from the high military skill he displayed,
'from the energy and determination which he amyl•
Tested, and from the exhibition of skill with which
all his movements were executed, have taken him
for a regular. Let me assureyou, that by the exer
cise of these qualities, which he so eminently pm
seared, he upon more than one occasion saved the army,
and iam sorry to say that in the official reports of
war, as in many mbar insane's'', that justice has
not been done to Pennsylvania which the eminent
services of her sons so imperatively demand."--
Gen. R. said further that " nothing would more
gratifying to those who hadieen service with Gen.
Patterson in the Mexican campaign, than to see
him reward for his unacknowledged (81Scauseuxv
parted) services."
ten. Pattersoti's merimilais conduct and distin
guished services during the war hare not been
properly reported, and therefore are unacknowiedg
ed ; he however lives in the hearts and affections
of those whom he had the honor to command, and
whir know , his worth: and it illy becomes tboie
who refined to sacrifice their business interests
and leave the comforts of their families and fire
sides, to bear aloft the flag of the ration, to slander
in the metropolis of our •Mate one who sacrificed
immense business, interests, and the comforts of
home, to defend , the honor of Pennsylvania, and
the honor and interests of our 'nation:
Shall the irnavets arhohave deliberately anti false.
ly asserted, that "It is very welt known that Major
Gen. Pattemon, though fie has been in Mesita, was
aenetally trick when. any battles were- about to .h e
fought fl do so with impunity! the coneractinn of
the sentence bears the stamp of a lawyer, and was
evidentlyconstrumed with a view to insinuate what
no man of veracity or honor would aillen.—and
tint too in the midst of Pennnlvanians.
Why talk *bout honor or state pride so Inn,. Its
such meattruma is tolerated and the high pris t te gs
of the press Se gresily abused ? There was 'no
proriatilieribrugatiedit - Adwilk- ,
city amneiht.isquelted him te tarnish " proper
• escort," lie did aid aCePlaPanied the commit'
tesiiehttivent 16 . 41ferveibli Presidefit •
are told in Ilite•of the artficletabusilie of the
thal.'"Ttisi city councils mitile if "fmtinity
tom *Minim ' 'Bees meant by then to bra idea
tfair.-:-The authorities of the other' niunitipat dip.
'fiats were excluded from any particiPatidit hr the
ceremonks." 'They further say. oThes commit.
tee meant by a proper escort what every sensible
person would have understood them to have 'meant,
gaidt therfeddienr." "MA — entire volunteer force of
the city and county." We are told that "the city
commits meant it to be a aetect aflairr —therefore
pray what right had Gen. Patterson to attempt to
make it otherwise? None, whatever; and it would
have,been "ridiculous" in , him to have attempted
it, and it would have been an insult to the county
troops if he had otdered them to torn out under the
peculiar circumstances of the cafe. -
Were the city councils ever known to give to
that great patriot and statesman Andrew Jackson,
public! reception I one who was worths of a na.
lion's gratitude for his many-virtues, and the moral
and physical,courage with which he met every
question, whther of a civil or military character
1 1 (0, never. 4-
, President Fillmore is a very worthy man, and
had a very handsome reception, quite as much so
as he was emitted to, and WU honored by the pee=
ence of Gen Patterson and one or two other repub
licans.
IMES
The Sunday Dispatch, M its (Memos to slander
and tie down a distinguished ciiizeu and rep n.
tative of " old Pennsylvania," forgot to tell us :that.
a large portion oldie whigs of Philadelphia. treat:
et! the President with contempt, and assembled in
front of his quarters to hold an indignation meeting,
and were finally prevailed on to desist.
In conclusion we shall take the liberty of saying
to those who. are envious of the success of the
General, both as a business and military man,_ that
they may as well quietly smother their eriMity and
thus conceal their meanness and save their time;
for be possesses the entire confidence of the patri.
otic citizens of the" old , .Keystone," who in " good
time" will require and claim his sertices; and any
abuse his enemies may pour out on trim, will only
render themselves contemptible, and &lassie his
rise. He can defy their malice.
By giving the above a place in tour cofamns,
you will oblige many
PENNSYLVANIA "VOLUNTEERS.
Harrisburg, May 27, 1851.
Tni Cases.—The auguries for t a final harvest
this rear in New-York are very auspicious. What
the Rochester Democrat says of ita' region will, we
think, generally apply to other portions of the State:
"There has never been more favorable Weather
for theL advancement of the grain crops than that of
the past few weeks. The wheat is finely headed,
the stalk is sufficiently stout, and presents every art;
pearance of health anti freedoWt UAW blight and in
sects. The cool weather, of which the people in
the city have complained so mech and not without
reason has been kind toward the growing grain,
which now presents so beautiful an appearahee all
over the country. Wheat being ont of blow, a few
weeks of wenn weather, such as we may anticipate,
will; bring it on' safely and rapidly to maturity,
and an early and abundant harvest is promised with
as much certainty as ever heldput at this season of
the year. 'Apples appear healthy, and promise a
fair crop of good quality, where the trees have been
b l
properly attended -to. e peach trees, many of
them, and those that are ring, and heretofore thrif
ty in appearance, have n onblee to some blight,
which causes the leaves to shrivel and &Op. Early
in the season, the prospect of their doing welt was
fair, and we may yet have an average crop."
AN INTERESTING DECISION Mr rue SUPREME
COURT or PA. -.-We learn from the liarristurg Tel.
egropk, that the Supreme Court cf Pennsylvania
has decided that a debtor intending to claim the
8300 exempt from sale by execution out of his real
estate, under the act of April, 1846, must give notice
of his intention, before the inquisition and sale, or
cannot Come in for the money' at the-distribution.
The act contemplates the debtor shall get the / 300
dollars except pthperty at an appraisement, where
practicable : and4he right to demand money out of
the proceeds of sale, is only a last uncut, when the
property does not admit of division. The failure to
give notice of the. claim to the Sheriff, who is the
agent of the judgment creditors, before the sale of
the realty, will bar the claim of the treblej to the
fond. This is a very interesting decision to debt.
ore in this State, and they should bear it in mind.
Nat la BARTON.—On Sunday morning last, at
about half-past three, the family of Mr. Joshua
Spaulding, in Barton, awoke and found their hr.use
so enteloped in flames 'bat they barely escaped in
their night clothes Mrs. Spalding (who is the
daughter of Mrs. Berry in this vitiate.) undertook
to secure s bolt containing some $lBO in gold, but
accidentally dropped it before reaching the door,
and that wail destroyed with their furniture, clothes,
be:ls, and other Contents of .the house. How the
fire originated We Win not learned. Mr. Spalding
is an overseer of a section of the N. Y. and , Erie
Rail Road track.—Owego Oa zeue, 19th.
INDIVIDUAL Lrsan.zry Ciaesa.—We learn from
the York (Pa.) Gazette that a lot of lett shares of
stock in the old 1 4 Yolk Batrk" was sold at patine
sale, by order of the executor•, on Saturday evening
last. It was mid in lots of le shares and brought
an average of $33 274 per shares of 625, being an
advance of 334 per cent. These prices areas high
as any obtained for some time past, and as they are
among the hrst sales since the stockholders accept
ed the new charter containing the ":individual lia
bility" clause, go to show that the introduction of
that feature in to their Banking systems has not im•
paired confidence in stockholders or depressed the
price of Bank stock.
Tut Cason Aluuncatas.—ln Cecilsounty,
on Saturday morning, a verdict of guilty of murder
in the first degree was rendered' against Nicholas
Murphy, one of the lemons irnpkcated iu the Cos.
den murders. - This ill the third corrvicion of mur.
der in the that degree arising ont'of this bloody af.
fair. One more case, that of Roberts, remains to
be tried in Kent county court, and the trial was to
begin yesterday., All the perpetrators of this atro.
cious deed are likely to get the prover reward of
their brutal crime..
SATORNNI Naw Rota —The discovery' at Cam.
buidge (Miuis.)Observetory, in November last, of a
third ring around the planet Saturn, has been yeti.
fiat by an observation in England. The honor of
the discovery belongs to Messrs. Bond, under whose
taithhil and intelligent labors, the great Equatoral
at Cambridge has already made many impatient
contributions to this department of astronomical sci.
ence. The eighth satellite of sworn ' it be
remembered, was discovered by Mr. Bond about
tam years ag o. The - Bost* Traveller; of Monday
pOblished a diagram of the planet as- seen in. No.
vember 111111. •
. ,
Biopirucec.—taist week the wits" of „Dr. Sell,
who kepta small drug wore in Beaver, Va., eloped
With onelra BAMPOM a contractor on the railroad.
The tadrdieguited heisel( in man's apparel; and
slimed oil with thu gay Lethally in the stage from
Rridgewa.er. The hubbanil immediately sold out
his shop. and started . in pursuit, *`'Owing vengeance
against the seducer.
Otr Last week the workman at 'Power's Sant
me, on the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad, found
a petrified snake, the size-of which' trauldseem to
indicate that'in this region, at least, that species of
reptile has greatly degensmted. .Hissnakeship was
imbedded in :thesolid limestone rock, sixty feet be
low the earth's-surface. - Int:size is enormous.—siz.
teen feet in length, and in the middle at hoist four
inches in diameter.
Tne New LIQUOR Law - IN blame, it is supposed
will not allow the churches to buy wine in that
Mate tor the Communion, as 11 can only be sold in
Maine lot medicina l apij nrchalicaiyurrses.
e*. .iil'jj
The-dealb of A. W. C. Tony, late editor.of
Llifebbirg Virginian, bas cal krl finth a
.aoro
reinarkabla expression of Vuginia generosity
left a widoth and four young children. Th e
day after ilk-funeral, it was ariggested that-a
should be' raised for the education of these eAil
eight hours, eight thotisand dollars in OSA'
railed for the purimse among the inhabitant
Lynchburg, and the Lynchburg Virginian of 1
12th says that the hind will amount to ten
On Saturday evening,
.a hail: storm posed,
the northeasterly towns iii Plyttmath toonl;
Sachnsetts, beginning at six °clock in the err
and lasting half an hour. The &MA wascot
with hailstones, which were uncommonly
and it is feared rant have, proved dCsn'tidtivi
vegetation.
•
line of the L owel logirls, ettrployikt in a
mill at Colutnbus, in Georgia, writealiome
lhai
rpill was intolerably dirty, add uhprovided iri
single looking-glass, and. that g , nearly aft the
chew tobacco. They bave a small slick, bead
large reS tl pipe stern, ohe end of which the
until it is something like a brush, tett the;
in snuff, put it in their mouths and suck it ,
babe. They pay twenty-five cents a bottle, for
one of which will last them a week."
A disgraceful riot too* piece at Red Bank, N,
ni
Monday eseng, during which a number et ,
were stabbed and several;women Outrageously ru t
The fitinerd were a rowdy OAT from the city,
went down there On a moonlight meat:Raton.
teen of therrioters were arrested and todt
Woodbury jiiil. It hi !amoreil that a bard
named Diver died this rooming Ilan! injor;
ceiied during the riot. A Citizen of Wood,
reported to have been stabbed in the fight,
he is now lying at the point of death. The
people residing at Red Bank wereftrost out
ly used by the scamps.
The Ohio and Pernityliania Railroad will
completed to Brighton by the 4th of July. '
rails on the rentral road are nobs laid to Tr
Creek, ten milea east of Pittsbalgh.
A man named Henry A. S.entpre has teen
ted in New Orleans; for kiihneJames Grey, in
affray.
Mts. Lanler, of Ludlow cam )
died of chillers at fit. Louis, June t 7. At the
theatte; Mrs. Blanche Oro blatantly killed on
stage by the falling of a wt - 4hl behind the .c
The will of Judge Mbllan„,fthy; of St. Loafs,
been reatl in court. He bequeaths one-third of
estate, (200,000,) in trust to
. the city: for the ye]
of emigrants, the ether $4ltY,OOO gees to his hr
The first train of cars parsed ever the Ht
River Railroad on Mpnday morning, between 1
son and Oakhill, a distance of about fifteen mi
Tina makes 45 miles from Albany now in runt
order, and leaving the company only, thin ,
miles of steamboat navigation betweerr New
en] Albany.
On the etteartler limes M. Ni!** that arrived
St. Louis on the 9th last, from New °lions,
enteen deaths crlcurred from cholera arid ship fel
The boat had upwards of 250 emigrant pUsen:
that were taken from /ship at Nev Orleans...,
deaths, with but one exceptibn, allaccurred ... ?
among the entigranti.
The Right Hun. Richard Later Shiel,Al. P , dii
at Florence on' the 25th ult., from an attack - at ,
in the stomach, aged fitly-nine years. Ile has,
had the reputation of being one of the Most brilli,
speakers of the age, and has odenpled niany pubi
poste of high honor and great responsibility.
Henry Boat Frown, who escaped from slavery
Philadelphia in a box', ie exhibiting' through(
England a panors'lnt of slavery. He has the i
neat box with him, ll was lately packed in
went trom Bradford t teeds. After their '
at Leeds, the box, still containg Brown, was,
in a coach, and, preceded by a band of music
banners representing the stars and stripes of Am
ca, paraded througli the principal streets of the tr
Alter he had been confined in the boi toit;40,1101
and three quarters, he war taken oat in'pratirdner
spectators.
Letters from Eagland inforrit us that'ineatmt
of briek making is threatening to entirety superst
the old methods. Bricks are now made hid{
which secures, the buildings. from dampeess,
besides being much larger and lighter, both mt.
and labor are saved in laying them. We may
stance, alsO, that a certain 'Dr. Samuels, of AU
town, Pa., has invented a machine to work
steam, which will turn off 1200 well made bu
per hour from unwrought clay.
Hon. Henry Clay was to argue a casebefore
Court of Appeals of Kentucky last week. I
health hail continued to krnprove since his rev)
from Coba.
The coinage of the Nen? Orleans mint, during
month of May, amounted to 5t,200,000 in gold, at
5.37 : 000 in silver—total 51,237,000.
Mr. Steyenti a tradesman, has been tined
by the laverpoot magistrate, for manufacturing
article called tea from dieleaves beecb an Jr'
(reel.
On Tuesday, Awe 3, the repaipti at the doors .
the Crystal' Palace were 12,415 25., and the num.
ber of visitors were 53 371.
•
the foreign Jurors the foreign Commission'
the members of the Itqat Cominisiinn, the Ei
tive Committee, and the Staff of the Exhibition.
all to go down to Birmingham on the 16th, to
aspect the manufactures, and dine with the pink!
inhabitants.
The Queen, thw nobility and gentry, and ali
don had been down to the Ascot Races.
Cards hare been issued to the number of
for a conversazione at the Mansion House (the I
dence of the Lord Mayor,) in honor of the GI
Exhibition.
Signora Cruvelli hail •achieved her second
triumph in Norma. Grief was alarmed kx he?
rels, and had sung the same part with all the
splendor which bas made her personation of
world.famous.
The Queen is to visit the oily of Londnn on tl
2(1 of July,''on occasion of a bacquet at Guildhall
honor of 'he Great Exhibition.
A neer° girl, tried in.the First District Corot
New Orleans, by a jury of six alaveholders, for the
murder of her own father, on the 15th of lac hill
has been found guilty and sentence) to dplh•
A fight occurred at Washington on Monday,
the National Hotel, between Edward Fuller, lac
proprietor of the United States Hotel, and Caputo
Schaumberg oflhe U. S. Army.
GREAT rat ArkkiriOßT, VERMONT.— 'I
,„ 1 „;,„
teat at least two thirds of large and flourishing TIP
age of Smith Newbury was reduced to ashes by a
destructive firethie occurred them last &wrap
Caleb Cushing hue been elected Mayor of New
butypart, AA is fish thatcomea to ear net
Ma:or Wm. H. Polk.,is the independent demo. ,
cystic eamhdate for angrese in die Columbia
(Tenn.) District:. He is the blether of the 'law
re:eldest, and in a Apeech oldie 27th all, "he trek
high ground for the Compromise and the Union."
James Wall d Henry Carnal, sernenced to be
hanged on4he 27th lost , have been respited by The
Governor of New York, and the day of their exert!.
tion fixed on the
,10th September next. An appli.
cation has been Made to the 'Governor to Enntit4'
the sentence of Aaron Stukey, from death to NI
States Privon for life; but in hie case no decision
has been rendered.
Paine & Co, have closed the &Swims of 'hi!:
" Delaware" Lottery, in consequence of the recent
roceedings in Chancery.p Maury & Co. have sus•
pended theirs, "Tjte Susses County," until:a de*
vision of the court is had, in obedience to the In
junction. None but Maryland and Virgtntatcke s
are consequently now 'sold in Delaware, ,