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aOOORICH, EDITOR.
Towanda, Saturday-, August 30, 1851.
Democratic State Womiastione.
TOIL common,
WILLIAKInaLitk or' Ccsaltritualot6it
TOR covausszosu, •
SITIVaCiVEIL COCNir.
Fos spooor OP WI St MUM COVOTjo
JEREMIAH - S. 8LACK,....0r Sox tam Coy NTT,
JAMES CAMPBELL, or PRITADILLIPIII Ai
MGM LEM*, ' ' or IsCSCASTEIi,
JOHN It. WBSUN or C Alin COVIVf V.
WALTER H. LOWRIE,..or As.t.sanzo r Covlrr.
Election, turscifty, October 11, 1851.
Venom at Tie Reporter.
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be deducted—far cash paid actually in advance 51 00 will Le
deducted. No paper frotperr two years. unless paid for.
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era. Kee ell'eenta kw.feaell snhaequent insertion. •
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Paean. next door to the , Bradfunl 'Hotel. Entrance be,ween
idettsphAdants' and Elwell's law riffled'.
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COL. BIOLKR IN .PHILADELP/I/A A monster meet-
Ilk; of Philadelphia Demomicy was held it the
Chios's. 31oseutu on Thursday evening, 214, which
was addressed by Col Ittof.ca. In the published
sketch of hie rem`arks,,we finil,the following pant.
graph s which will show the favorable impression
male upon the Democratic candidate by his visit
to the Nonh.
"Within the last ten days he had passed through
Northern Pennsylvania. a district of country which
be had never bifore had the
. plea3uro of see
Those who bad'never passed through that region
had but a very inadequate idea of the vast resources
of this glorious Commonwealth. He would take
this occasion of saying that, great as bad been his
erpeetations as to whet he should behold in that
. .
portion of the State, elevated as had been his esti
mate of the vast resources of that portion of the
State, of the intelligence, and energy and enterprise
of the citizens there, his highest espectations had
been more than realized. And when there should he
completed for the use of that section of the Cori..
monwealth an important improveinent now in pro
gress, the wealth of Northern Pennsyvlania would
increase as rapidly as that.of any other section of
the Commenereatth."
Tn . ?: NEXT Coneaess.—The twenty-second Con
gress will be largely Democratic. Of the 62 mem
bers of the Senate, 59 have been elected, and of
tfiese 35 are Democrats, and 24 Whigs. 'Two of
the Democrats and three of the Whigs are what are
called Free soil. The:e are three vacancies, viz :
...one in Connecticut, one in Tennessee, and one
in: California. The Legislature of Tennessee just
elected is said to be Whig in both branches, which
of coarse secures the election of Whig flenator.—
The California Senator will probably be Democratic.
Connecticut doubtful. Of the 233 members of the
House, 191 have been elected, of which 110 are
Democrats and 81 Whigs, a Democratic gain of 51.
Eight States have yet to elect their representatives,
and taking the last Congress as a test of their politi
cal character, the return will be 10 Whigs and 32
Democrats, maki:ig the total strength of the two
parties in the House stand as follows: Whigs 91,
Democrats 142. if by any chance the election of j
President should devolve upon the House, the
Democratic candidate will of course be elected.
ST►T[ AGRICOLTURALL Fun.—The Committee ap
pointed to make arrangements for holding the first
State Agriculti i nal Fair, on the 22d, 23d and 2lth
of October next, have selected the field of DAvin
Holmes, E`q•, one mile above Harrisburg, for the
purpose, and now advertise tor ,proposals tq fence
in fourteen acres. They have also engaged the tents
used at the. New York Agricultural Fair, anti made
all other necessary arrangements to give effect to
the eihibition. The list of premiums to be award
ed, and the rules and regulations to goveni the ex
hibition, have been printed by the Executive Corn-
Mittee, and are now being dielnliesed timingboni.
the State. Wit shall endeavor - to publishthern in a,
week or two.
ft is to'be hoped ,that the farmers of gl'ennsylva•
sia Will oxen thomselves to make this exhibition
wonky a( our rich Ugricultural Slate. It is a new
thing base, and a great ilea! of the emcees of future
displays of the kio4, will depend upon a credita
ble find effort.
Ntw Yost SUPPLIED were Pescsnessits COAL:
—All southern and western New Yost Neill be cup.
plied with Peurrylvania coal by the Leggett's Gap
Railroad. , The railroad takes it from the coal bed.
to Greellieml, foiarteen milesaoutheaat Of Bingham,
too, terminus of the Chenango canal, whence the
Wel* ruaralies trill be supplied. The Gap mad
will, connect with the Erie, upon which the coal
w be taken.hoth to fringhawiton and Owego. The
,
€ a y.og and Supqnehanna road will take coal to
Ithaca', whence-it wilt be carried to all the western
pans of the States Aar:meat wilt be constructed so
that boats may be-leaded: directly ironft the oars qt
hbaeti and the transhipment , at that point will bit
greatly facilitated. The Cegge!'a•Gap road will bi
completed, it is 'paid, in September; sad:opened for
truisms,
Waimea Cirt4es.—This fine company of File's.
trians will pax us a 76 4 0 on the 23d of next month.
Those who appreciate this species of amusement
any expect a rare treat, asthienompany is conceded
to be the most exteneive, and eninbines , the greatest
amount of equestrian taleat i ef any travelling . Cot.
Wtuat always presents an attractive bill of amuse
ments, but with his present Company we are as
awed he far outstrips alibis preflionseifolts.
Perstnerics.—The Democrats of Mein,
Ilfuir'sinplon, and Potontour counties, payed rescdo.
tians.itallavor of Gen. Lewls , Cass,. or the Presiden.
eY•
The Dements or Allegheny;Warren, and Let..
-anon - conaties,lmumdeolired ror Mr. BVCIIMAN,
rite New lark Wald says in .one
nt its Washington Despaithes, wilt not return . Act
Washitigt, on as Secretary of Stall: Wheo.Congress
meets hi will tender his resignation..
-43vaasoa or goirtair. —Powell, Demchmati.
sie t leg Gotwavr vl Kentucky, by a majori'y
volk.
Mood, Work to Cuba.
A Bottfrat Bakia—Lopez Fled to the Itill3-4ifiy
Americans Shot—Atefid Scenes at tlie Executien—
t-.. - Gretvt]Slallhip4Spalli.a Trocsts--kiimengtEV'
"-, citemeilt in Cuba. ' 4.. • '-- ''' I
We alltionne erile 4 stOitay 14 the i 'iii eldgeott,
ilte lanifitt# of the.- - - lietiOt ieditind at %Mallon
40, antlthis, mg:infirm the itiakeeoings 0'5 . .,1 rti-
Tic)pprt Odle re sul t ;; : . : 'Clur one*ertilatfitinvhat Poi
luried alid'ebnffiiiiing.lut - - Avis art!' able to - eittrabi
from them at pretty clearand t•irttirrriterl n'artithrii
pf theevens,;. - -- ..-- - -,:.:-...--..., ' --,-,, -: -•..- ,
Itlr. - W..% 4 1 :Ileyt?,:iiiijitiiiiii - 61 IhiftWafie,
will accept,oni thanks (or the' last Havana papers,
and for the notes of the doings in Havana.
It was on the 13th that Lopez and his men dig
embarked from the Panipern at Culymmi; to the
number of about': five ifendrett.+ accorded' to The
Americans necoettis; 'but a one Mollie:tad - in the
Sp
anieft. _ version. . _ ... _ •
G
- etter:ll PritgaY, - ihrt4iiitiiiimisheil flangarian,
Ailintent General at KlapktiotOCUrnorni, who h as
•beets , itt forty-two battles, And is imostrk4lllul offi.
ger, seent.with.,Lopez ariarecitul.ip command, There .
were also twentyfluntrarian engineer., in the party.
The o)her (raker* were Cal. Crittenden. late o f the
armyle nephew of the Attempt Geireraktshorh as
immediate commando( an artiffery,company ; Cot.
Doffmati, of Georgia, who served through the ?deli-
Elm tear : M a jor J. A Kelly, who served in Flori
da end Mexico ; Capta W:Scott Haynes. A. ) Dai
ley: and others whose names we do not know.
• " gvery man was armed," says the Faro. ~ with
a brace of rialbarrelled pistols, a bowie knife, and
a Musket, the latter not of the best quality. They
only !wide I on ellars rations, some of which were
Rims, and the rest tiro barrels of beef. The expe
dition is compaerd iv/sante Air waives. of the Its.
land, and the test Noi,tlVAteeficene, and of other
nations. On disemlitatklng, Livez sent a threaten.'
ing letter, lorbidtling' k pri pain eif death, the spread.
ing of the news of his arr i val; and ordering that
they should send him di - Wagon, With whieh he re.
_Moved all his munitions and rations.'
The Captain General sent out about 801 Y Men to
meet Lopez, when he heard that he had landed,
but after they hail avanced to ascertain his position,
they would move no timber without reinforce ,-
monis ; lie then sent 700 more.
The next day. the .13th, the report was that Gen
'Lepez bad cut off all cotrammications between the
government forces and Havana, and the fact of the
Captain General having received no despatches
from the General in command, seemetrairong plan(
or it. Nor had his steamer's cruiziug on the coast,
any better success.
Ott that evening, at 8 o'clock, the Governor des
patched the steam (tiny boat 100, down to Bahia-
Honda, to gain intelligence and return the same
night. She however, did not get back until next
morning, 'about seven or eight o'clock, without
news, as it was reported in the official Gacela, but
as some of the passengers by the Cherokee say,
with news that they were afraid to publish.'
. One report in Havana was, that General Lopez's
forces hail swelled to eleven hundred men,
and that
he had fought a battle with the Spanish forces at
Bahia-Honda, in which eight hundred of the latter
were killed and wounded ! Another report rept
ces the number to from lour to six hundred Ser.
enty-eight wounded had been brought in. This,
and the fact that not a single prisoner of the invad
ing forces had been taken, except some taken in
the boats, would go to show that Lopez was victo.
A Havana letter sap. that the encounter between
the expedition and the Spanish trooplook place on
the morning of the 13th, at Las Posas, a small vit.
lege about three milts from the coast, where the
Americans had entrenched themselves during the
night, and received large reinforcements of Creoles
and oilers of the native population The letter
adds:
" In this engagement, the Spaniards were com
manded by General Enna in person, who hail his
horse shot from under him ; Colonel nodal and
seven o ffi cers, and about seventy-eight men were
killed. So unerring and deadly was the fire of the
brae' liberators, that Genet al Enna was three times
repulsed with loss. At this moment the Lieuten
ant Governor of 31ariel, Colonel Gurrea, came up,
with about two hundred men more, when the Cold.
net received a shot, theongh his leg, and his men
such a check, that Gen. Enna. (as he states in his
official communication to the Captain General, 'la
ted half-past three o'clock on the 14th,) saw the
uselessness of attempting anything further against
• the pirates without more artillery, as it Would only
be exposing his men to certain death, without any
result ; consequently he demanded further rein.
forcements. Accordingly two steamers, the Haba
nero and the Almendaras left that day with more
troops. to the number of fourteen hundred, 'so that
according to their own account, with those who
have been concentrating from the other districts,
they have got upwards &BP° men, including ca
valry, and up . till this moment they have only made
three captives, who, as they say in the official belle
tin, they instantly pot to death. Two of theta per
sons were sailors belonging to the steamer Pampe
r°, who, after landing Lopez, had gone into a taw.
ern and got drunk ; the other poor fellow was found
in a hut, tingle to move, Gum a fracture be re.
mired when landing.
4..-443 e the. 15th;' it was known that the liberators,
who•have been joined in large numbersby the pets.
pie oftthe country, made a move in the direction of
Diegiada Nunez and Cubanas, with the intention
of pneseesing.themselvee of the fort at the latter
place, when unfintunately, some fury or fifty of
them, who had, im the most daring manner, en
deavored to get there by sea-in four launches, with
the intention of taking the Spanianls in the tort by
surprise, were themselves, atter a most desperate
resistance, captured by the Spanish Admiral, who
with his steamer, and an immense number of men,
succeeded in taking them ) , after a fight of four hours
It is computed that there . were no less than 329
soldiers and sailors engaged in the capture el these
Americans."
These poor fellows, as we learn from Purser
Boyle, were brought to Havana, by they Habanero
on Saturday morning, the 16th instant, at I A. ix..
placed on board a spanish frigate lying in port, and
executed at 1 t $5 A. at. on the same morning
They were shot on the public road in' Havana, and,
at the least calculationon the presence of twenty
thousand ipectators
After they were shot, they were dragged by the
feet by neeroes, and then left to the mob, who corn.
menced stripping them of their clothes, and carry
ing then, on sticks through the streets—yelling Irks
ea many demons just escaped from the bottomless
pit, sad trying to seek revenge on they knew not
what,
Many of the passengers ,of the Cherokee who.
were on the spot of execution, were pointed at with
a sneer of contempt; and ethers were stopped in the
'street and insulted, the Spaniards telling them they
were Americans, and that one of these days they
'vrould.be served the , satite - ivay, At night it was
dangerous lot an American to be in the streets
alone.
The steamship Falcon, white on her way up the
coast ofCuba from- Chagres, was fired at three
times, by the war steamer Habanero, and was
obliged to heave to, al boarded by the officers of
the Habanero. After the Falcon stopped, the offi
cers cheered as if they had gained a glorious ;Pieta
s
kSk t
ry. This is the third time the Falcon has been
ser th e same trick. The U.S. aloop.of-war Al
-bany as al Havana.
The Itarbarttlis at Havana.
Titeeditors of La Yerdad . published in the New
York papers the following extracts from letters lei
prove tbet tikeietsonnt of the atrociiea commixed:
on the; bodies etthe executed men were correct.—
These letters eta all at the date of the evening of
the 16th orath inst.
J. It The eitO of Havana has witnenett te.day, ,
'..g i e mac ahoelisng spectacle whicheauld have been'
presented to the eyes . ; of 3 'civilized world, and
;which even the Kaffits would have beheld with
horror. The pen shrinks from describing it. The.
Meow people, when it used to delight in its cruel
itefenainment, remained far behind the Fparttanltt I
hire yesiettlity. Aber the cowanlly murder of 52 1
us, . sa i n _ li f fi u mulik,ktici E ; they gave up a cer.itift , l
4.
number of them to an unbridled'rabble, is who, like_
unlattrinale enthiniasts of liberty. who lell, we knew
not how, into the power of !helmet ol the govern.
men,. doTilerimow how it ogernirekbecptiie
there amso meek different statetrus s ilot we do
:not know what . believe. ; -4
-I.i 101teieratrage exeitewient„ . 4lhen they
were releittingtffbm the e4ecutieri,,wi,tythe
'bere'of those unktrtunale ten, It most htifrible
exchunstions.area' heterd i rtiM the '
,add I myself
heard one who Wei to:Alittif dint day on the brains
ol a ranker: Ire nit Odd; continuing these ac.
,cmlllll;fiuT-tatoneWWfffillff voriAltullhevelin
presented a faithful reminder of a bull-lighting are.
na an a air of performam," z; .: •
2. " tile I rejoice in this success of our arms
f.hl4, is from a Spaniard, and refers to the capture
ut. lanpribes,)Acaano,lnkt , lamella ;
apil b h lof !hit OxOetsea *Mb hare' Merl Cothr.l
matted by the rabble upon the carp of those mt.
fornmatermerrichrrpettMar'
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our enemies to contethriie, lhave,seetcyiecef el
the bodies of those( meW / Nasal' their clothes
and their shoes, In ihTtands of sonic of my aim.
try men, and havn *errata dowire front fifth, tug.
ace of the -General, (here ih _situate:l the trairnarra
estaWishrnera) they ,have
,beert showing and tri.
umphina over a piece of a
"I 3 send herewith the endla4ol . Jespiteli, giv
ing,an %count of the late ocemweelf& here. twill'
add, in conclusion, that the 00 priiinwps have been
shot, and that their remains were, prefsirrd
. by the
mnb, who trampled on them, and afterwards divid
ed among themselviit the aluretramf caps, and even
some of the members at thosAnntertonete Men. 11l
Lopez nothing certain is known,. except that "err Ole.
13th he routed, the troops of the Crovernmetut.l!
lejaiteinittitiii Raw (*giant.
More Particulars—Tremerulons Excitement at NM
Orleant t—The Spank& Consul' obliged to seek
rrfiige in (he City Prison 1
The. Charleston papers have published the fol.
lowing ander the date of New Orleans, Ang.,2-Ist.
A piny of Cnban Liberators, much, exasperated by
the time of the Spanish LaPatria. this afternoon at-,
tacked the office of that paper, broke in the *in.
down and doors, and threw the Press, cases, types
and reuniting into the streets, in fact they destroyed
everj thirg belonging to the office. There was
no interference on The pin of the Police. Alter
demolishing the Union office, the rioters proceeded
to the Cigar Store on the corner of St. Charles and
Gni - vier streets, Oro,. ke in the Jeers and windows,
and destroyed alfthe stock and fixtures, which were
very valuable At seven o'clock the rioters went
to the office at the Spatill.ll Consul. and destroyed
thCilesks, furoitureauil ptdperty of all kinds. They
also broke down the sign, Which they carried in
triumph to a meeting held in P,afayette Square.
New Orleani, 18151.
A mob of two thousand men sufrodbiled the city
prison this morning, where the Spanisli Consul had
taken refuge, and threatened to demolish it unless
lie was delivered up to them. There, ar about
filly police on the ground. Nearly all dig' cigar
shops kept by the Spaniards were destroyed. - Yes.
terday, minute guns were fired from surniair till'
night in honor of the murdered Liberators. The
bodies, panicularly Col. Clendenen's, attracted many
vi-hors and produced much feeling. Three or
tour Spaniiib Coffee Houses were also destroyed.
The militia were called out. It is said the Spanish
Consul received several letters from murdered
Americans, but refused to deliver them up to a
committee whocalleil on him. Subsequently how.
ever, he was forced to surrender them.
CHARLESTON, Aug. 22.
The Courier has telegraphic ilevalch from Now
o►leana and Mobile, giving further Havana news,
and confirming the reports brought by the Cherokee
at New York.
The steamship Empire City from Havana, arriv
ed at New Orleans on Friday last. She left Ha
vana at noon on the 18th, and consequently brings
two days later intelligence than the Chemkee.
The advices received by the Empire City state
that Col. Crittenden, of Kentucky, was one of the
party of fify-two patriots executed near Havana.
The accounts state that Lopez had been victori
ous in all his engagements, and proceeded on,
thrcugh his intentit as are not rated-
The U. S. steamer Vixen had arrived at Pensa
cola, with dates from Havana to the evening of the
16th. It is reported that Gen Lopez had made a
stand at Marie, and had two engagements with . the
Government troops, in both of which he was suc
cessful. The Spanish loss is said to have been
eighty officers and three hundred men killed and
wounded, who were carried to Havana and buried
with great pomp.
Gen Lopez is daily receiving accessions to his
force of from twelve to fourteen hundred men.
On the night olihe 14th, over one hundred men
left Havana to join the invaders.
The Spanish steamer Pizarro was ashore on the .
Keystone.
One Spanish General, one Spatlish Admiral, and
one Spanish-General of Marines are reported
among the killed.
Tut Austraurrasrma AND Coss —The telegraph
report condenses the following from yesterday's
WashinEp:pers
The this morning recapitulates the Cuban
news, ant says that there was no reason to doubt
that the Spanish Government wanted to take sum
mary vengeance on those caught invading her soil ;
btu theeditor intimates that such a wholesale slaugh
ter, without a trial of the prisocers, will require a
strict investigation by our Government.
The laidligeicer mates, by authority, that the
steamer Saranac will be dispatched forthwith for
Havana, With Commodore Parker, who has been
instructed to inquire into all the circumstances atten
ding the capture and execution of American citi
zen, and to ascertain under what prool they have
heen s pin to death. A full investigation will also be
had into the circumstances of firing at the steamer
Falcon, by the Spanish cruisers.
At the same time renewed and rigid instructions
will be issued to the civil, military and naval offi
cers of the government, to take all legal steps and
employ the means at their command tocheck and
break np any armed and illegal expeditions, and
arrest all persons concerned therein;
It is the fixed determination of the government
to man;ain the treaty obligations, andlo enforce the
laws of the land, the recent violation of which has
led to such lamentable results.
The U. S. steamer Saranac will leave Norfolk
thi• afternoon or toanorrow.
The larelfigenur says that a despatch has been
received from Mr. Ones, our Consul at Havana,
at the State Department, which states that all the
,prisoners were tried previous to thearitaecation.
The Department will require a satisfactory ex
planation from the Government officers at New
Orleans for their apparent neglect in allowing
the. steamer .Pampero to depart with General
Lopez.-
ft is believed here that the whole of the force of
Gen. Lopez were in the lour launches that were all
run down by.ffie steamer, and that the Wty Omen
who were executed were all that were saved from
drowning.
Cu:terms Reston mom.--Some years ago, there
lived in the interior of Connetnicut 'an old farmer,
whose name has since been made familiar ta the
nation by the disticntion atone of his sons, and who
was famous far and wide, for bis bard drii;king and
his wit. On one occasion, antler the premium of an
unusually large brick ? which accidentally got into
his ha , at the village ma r the old map strayed into
the graveyard near his residence, where he found
the .naysgation somewhat rougher than he was pre.
pared:for. Theeonseqeenee weak that before begot
tar, be stnmbled headlong between to well mended
graves, which were lying in hisTath, where he
found that it was easier for a man in his situation
to lie down than it was to get up. After several
inellemual efforts, and leaning now'rmon one ot ,
the graves, and now upon the other, for the support.
he required, he fell back, and throwing his hands
out over the sock which covered the remains of his
nearest neighbors, he exclaimed, it Well ! never
mind ; l supra we shall all rise kgrater l—Evening
loaf.,
~ T,II, 1 -0 1 1 1 ,01 0 ,14, 1 :490 11 ....1.Me.4
Bliffa,To PriMiseritribe famous in the history of
the thiti:slaveria:mvement, letiliteelears ago,
fbonatTilkth * Fps the
attppoiltion leafavet`*ilt the let riert; tuid "Mai
i t
it fie datcpas4, thWth, lag mwn h ;been the'
*ear of 4ter pfatte di which,
.. fy (O ' ltfif"
riAiM S OF 'belie OP, tnio PO4 ridY c(*.. -
... :tempo 4,lke E arkr cillic s r. 11 ds ' Ahem
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tut:gear-ethernet, erthdricco . '--
To Mr Commissioner Ingraham' of Pialatlelithia,
belongs the umpreationable infamy oltrldt-igA,
litAirfiel(itiltrbentliltiPleProiriarnimer W X.
Smith, of Buffalo, ,with defiant words now comes
forward to tete Ms pleeetby the side of his compeer
of Philadelphia. A colored person, by the name
el.Danieli claimed'as a slave, bat nu the evidence,
a freeman, bas , beery— remmlity ri , tted,by ' this'
subordinate Ciller, thebireling ofk ii ferny lei, to
be reminded to s life of servitude. , ,
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'.--I . firrittitreiffrifibleitiailtitiit'sviiitTitAtee - 4 -,
an atrocity,elmtistivitbrelllntrillal, in the arrestor
the alleged fugitive, who was retying at the time
as steward on beanie steamboat at Buffalo. The
son of the claimant ? Moore, flying at his qr.'
tiro, drove him egainate heated servegtml OW
him to the deck with a blow from a billet of wood,
which laid epen the bark part of his' head and ten.
dined bim'senseless. In this Cimtlitiutt; a freeman
Of the land was'compelletl f 'tinder the leo:tattoos
provisions of the logilive Sleet bill, to answer to
the charge.or beinga slave.
' Mr. ConiMissioner 11. K. Smith was heartless, as
became the office he had undertaken to perform.—
lie did riot. oiler to postpone the proceedings mil
Wlyelint maid gecover the poreessioo of all. his
fiteulties neyded .for the defence of--that freedom
'othiih was as dear to him as to his judge, and as
Vett . he, too, ender the laws of the land. The
premie re , r se were forced oft at once . The report
to a Iffia i paper, thus chronicles the beginning:
"The ommissioner Mr. ft K. Smith. then cal
ed epos the, negro by the name of s',Daniel" to
rfitand tip, bet Mr. Man did not answer to the name.
.31e was maser, IT Ida erirMifil'(beingthratghoot in
It state of half empty, and eleaDy- enable to rem.'
munidate with Iris et•rinsel horn the effect of the'
wound.upoo his skull) am). roreireet his sea"
The only . witneis siarnhied in ihe ease was the
son of the eight:ant,' fresh from the tmeal asaanh 'l
But even, from his testimony it. appeared; that the I
alleged stave, with the mewl of his alleged Owner,'
was originally acook and steward on hoard a steam.
boat on the Ohio river; and that while the boat was
at Cincinnati, in Ohio—a free state, be it observed
—ha lett it, as undoubtedly, by law, he a right (ado:
The report thus proceeds:
" Mr. Wyatt here claimed that by dregelaimemy
of the witness the alleged slave was proven free s
as his escape had not been made from It entucky,
but from Ohio, and that the act taking the elate to
a free state enfranchised him
"The Commissioner—f do not agree with yori,
on that point. A man has a perfect right to bring
his slave into a free state and it does not enfranchise
him (s)—and even it was so, and I had to decide
upon the mere question of fact, I should find against
into
RS the master did not himself carry the .lave
1 into bat hired him to another vrhocarried him
there. Ohio,ut I do not think any how he would be
free. I HOLD THAT A MASTER HAS A reitrecT RIGHT
TO TAKE Ins SLAVE INTO OR THROUGH A FREE STATE,
ARVS* AS CITIZENS OF THE FREE STATES ARE ROUND
TO Aidtiecir vitt MITTS AIM PROPERTY OF PEOPLE
or THE SOUTH. Is this all, or have yam any evi.
dence to 'niter?
" The defence,said that there were witnesses on the
boat from which thenwro was taken who could prove
Mat he had been Gee state far a period antecedent
to the dote of the alleged' escape, and he proposed to
produce those witnesses:
. Efet he shook s now offer
medical testimony to prove_ t h at the injuries iif set.
ed upon the defendant were of so !serious a nature
as to partially deprive him. of bit senses, and to
prevent him from giving any' iNforrnation to his
counsel as was necessary for his protection xndjust
defence Upon this ground, and Win 'ft:kit:font the
defendant an opportunity to procure the attendance
of witnesses, he should more an adjournment of
the examination.
"The-poor fellow was all this time in a stare of
halt stupor, unablo to talk will his counsel, and kat
dozing, with the blood slowly oozing out of his
mouth and nostrils.
" Mr. Foster declared he ;hay) reasons to fear
means would be taken to frustrate the proceedings,
and he objected to the adjournment.
" The Commissioner decided that at, the eland.
nation had commenced he wintld go through with
it, and called upon the defence to produce their
testimony.
'• A messenger was then despatched to the boat
or the witnesses.
" While the the court was Waiting, Mr. Hawley
thought .it was necessary for the protection of the
rights of the defendant that the eramination should
be adjooruedt The man was even now in a half
sleeping state and partially ! insensible from the
blow on his head.
" Mr. Talcon thought that die parties who so bru
tally assaulted the alleged fugitive 'had better for
'their own sakes, not only to adjourn, but put the
man under medical 'treatment immediately. It
might turn out a little more serious than they aetici
pated.
" The Commissioner unoidd not adjourn. The only
question submitted to him Was a question of fact. He
had waited long enough for the witnesses of the 4
fence. It had been fully proven that the slave owed
service to the man described in the record. The
son of the owner indentified the slave as the prop
erty,ol his father, from whom he is alleged to have
escaped. • Nothing remained, therefore but to find,
as he did find, that the man was a fugitive from
service, and as such must be returned to his master
in Kentucky."
In reading this report, we are alternately shock
ed by the inhumanity o/ the Commissioner, and
ams;ed by his ignorance of the law which he on
<terror* to administer. The common reader will
at once confess the inhuman ity—Evening Post.
BUFFALO Jusucc.—The slave catcher, Rest, who
an cruelly beat the alleged lugitise, Daniel, haying
plead guilty to the charge, has been lined by the
Police Court of Buffalo in the sum of filly dollars.—
Tbis decision is of a piece with that of Alt.,Com
snisitioner Smith. "
The circumstances of the assault were thus sworn
to by one of the witnesses:
"Robert-Jones, sworn. Is head cook on Burk.
eye State; was on board when the officers came to
arrest the colored man ; was in the kitchen when
he went np stairs; Marshal Gates told me he had
a warrant for one of my men •, t said t wanted to
get op my dinner; Gates called me a second time
and told me he must have the man ; I turned, round
and told Daniel, the alleged slave, to go up on the
ateps that they might see if he VAS the man ; he
obeyed me and bent up, and then that cowardly
fellow struck him ; hehad got *it/this head justclear
of flu Aatchwa7 so that the sterwitulls* couqteta
good Now at /ahead; there is no way of going,cp
for the cooks e%cept that when , struckj - Daniel fell
down on a hot stove, as if dead.;
POTATO CROP it Nast Y0N1.,411 a ride through
the ,northern part of this, and southern part of 01.
sego county, couple of days ago, we were sue-,
prised 30 see she (*tent us which the potatoes a re
coffering from the vol. Entirelaelds showed' the
effec'a of the blight preceding the -attache!, 01
the tubers. The farmers are' generally digging
their potatoes and carrying them ,to arket. tye
undeestarid from a gentleman Who has been spend
ing some time in Courtland and in the southern
part of this county, that the disease prevails to an
alarming extent there, and the growers are now
generally digging for the purpose of getting the
crop off their hands.—Syrainte fourserl.
SMUCAUNG —A letter from Wester* New 'York
expresses surprise at the boldness withjwhich smug.
gting is carried on across the line froni Canadi. It
saps the whole of the mantles of New York, bor.
deringon the Lakes, am supplied with mingling
articles of every description, which are offered for
sate without the . least disguise as toitheir , having
been• passed duty free. If that' be truyolte United
States must have Canada antlthe-reglrm mikes a
Pert of their. domain- •
, — 7 '
But tare is another 'reason why Col 'Bwspa will
~ ..„„glect4Gcor or of Pennsnyankig astcerews,
arbalmilerma IT. Ile ihas sOn; unto of fifir ? .. l
im
in lihe nivigh 1 mots businetikoflluinflefi emit'
ii ififtrsonillja own to very many4k thei, It
fe.ganfebf thit State, Who, like hirriArtie it: 4111 -
to aittlf cotttgeleney. by:dint of liWtriork fitihont
thO'rlfget.P.At cd ' out ; karst Mitiill'..... grCsapi
theieraral Monsen& :If brother taftsmen who have I
I
become acquaintedAyilh 'the Democratic candi
-01-' -I °TrASTO/Ort4Pallettethrjarr,
ir limber to made, and among the thOusaada
there is hardly one who will not esteem it a pleas.
ore to vote for , him, whatever may hare heretofore ,
been their party. predilections ; "for in honoring him, 1
they hcinor themselves. Hurrah! then, for the
'SpeiwerharntaMallstnith," the fine governor from
theivitte vailiesCcif lite 'ncirthi—.4coaring Gazette.
10,01,,t
Tim PtaAAxstittit.Ara tF,3Pmr.som.rttis-..r.tAd
ems" St. Co. of this, city, received by the last arrival
ante flied ttrosemeibinea for extirigaish
ging-fire. Through the total* Sanford we
I had the privilege of examining them yesterday
are nbont the size qk an ordinary coal scuttle,
'made of sheet lien coinOscif of te number of cylin
dric-al cases within one iijiiither, weighing tibiae
twenty pounds, and easily handled by any per.
*On-: - - -
We copy from the 'London Times as account of
an esperiment on a vessel on Ire, before a Com.,
millet appointed by the 'queen to witness it:
48 An interesting esperitnemt *as tried yesterday
with Philips' Atmihiknov. ^The Wear,. of 150-tons
was freighted with tar barrels,,sogar hogattettda l and
othereontbusaible materials. loon a dense smoke
*as seen issuing lion; evert suffi
cient proof that the fire.stas inceeashr,,v, under deck.
.A.ber fifteen nannies the batches were opened; and
a much greater flame than one would wish to '
witness at sea burst
.lorth. Now came the time to- 1
geie Wird. On - it'arMial! froin Mr 'Philips two ma
chines • were, bitieght fOrwiird; looking like- ion
watering pots, aird the Reset:Ws , content; poured
down liberally epos the flames. , The effect was
soon visible. The,fire, was gradually reduced; and
in ten minutes vies' esillignished."
When we- consider the immense sacrifice of
life and property by fire,- we cannot but consider
this a smut valuable discovery. Hardly a dwelling
or a factory will ,be without them, itniktibt ayessel
will leave her port withpat one of these machines
which will become 'indispensable. Mr. Sanford
intends to make'a trial soon with his 'machines
when we shall be, happy to lay The result before
oar reiders.—P/iiladefohia Peringivania.
amiss Outasor--A-Oop Saturday night fast, as we
learn from the AlbanY State Reaister. the house of
Hiram Shaw, of Bertm f Rennamlaer Co., was in
vaded and broken into by fifty or sixty ruffians dis
guised as Indians. Theelescamps dragged a young
faJy oat of her bed and furnish them with a light
They then proceerfelto the bedroom of Mr. Shaw
and dragged him out!by main force. After allow
ing him to drese he was , taken out of doors, placed
in a wagon , between two Indians, and amid the
yelpilig anti howling of an escort of savages, dri
ving about 6 , if miles to the yellow meeting house
in Stephentoute;, Here they compelled him to
strip, and applied' to their prisoner a plentiful coat
of tar; and then alter threatening him with farther
and greater outrages,, if he should ever do arty more
business for Lansing and Pimp, and denouncing
against him the penalty of death, in case he sold
any more sixty.yeare tease land on which any one
lived, they let him gp. Mr. Shaw, says the Regis.
ter, is a highly respectable citizen of Ileitis, in the
county of Rensselaer a fanner possessed of consid
erable property, ends has been, for eight years, a
magistrate of that torn. He has at times acted as
agent for Mr. Van Rensselaer aml others, and lat
terly for Messrs. Lansing & Pruyn. This is his of
Gateau. istt:Dcwrenv.—On Saturday, the 23rd
inst., seven prisoners 'escaped from the jail o
Chemung Co., at Elmira. Sheriff Reeder otters an
aggregate reward of $450 lot their_ arrest as tol
kos:
.6150 Realm] WM be paid for the arrest of Geri
W. Siekter, 'who is about 6 feel 6 inches high, wore
a linen: coat,, black satin sem i and a small sea
weed hat,, and lightish hair and curly.
650 'reward will be paid for the arrest of Wm.
Sickler, who is about 6 feel high, wore a black
broadcloth frocFeoat, gray' pants ; and a black
rowdy hat. .1
$l5O reward will be pail for the arrest of Geo.
Clackner, who is 5 feet and 6 inches high, wore
gray pants, no vest, his right eye cocked and en•
tire)y blind, and pock marked in ihis fare.
$5O reward will be paid for the sweet of Wm. W
Decker, who is about 6 feet high, wore heavy
black whiskers, black hat, plaid sestaray pants,
and misted ow/moat.
850 reward will be paid (or the arrest of Ft
Whalen, wbo is about 5 feet 4 inches high, vrore
a coarse sack coat, cassimere pants, no lest and
black fiat. •
Somme —An Irishman by the name of Timothy
Coffee, of insane mind, who had just come from
the County Poor House to which he bad been sent
Item the town of Sanford, threw himself on the
Railroad track on the west end of the bridge across
the Chenango river, jUst hefore-tho Express train
was passing East on Saturday afternoon, the 2nd,
and was immediately killed, his body mangled in
shocking manner, Mr, Zepas Pratt, Coroner, im,
mediately called a jury and held an inquest over
the body. It appeared thilt the man was seen .on
the bridge and warned agarnst the train—but debt).
erately threw himself on t e track not more than a
rod or two beforeithe Engi e. A singular cream.
stance conneeed with thecae°, a Wend from Elmira
arrived in this village but; few hours alter the levent
with one bemired dollars n gold, belonging to the
deceased, which were ha dad to Mr. Smith, of the
firm of Smith Ar. Ed' idge; tossed to the parents of
Coffee in Ireland. ' Had this man arrived but a few
minutes boner, the death would probably have
been prevented.—Bingitamfon Repthlican.
TRCATY WITIF Sioux INDIANS ...We learn from
thefpalena Advertiser, that the Treaty lately made
by Commtisciouer La* and Gov. Ripsaw, with the
Lower Bands of the Sioux Indians, provides that
them: bands shall receive. when they have remov•
ed la their final destination, some 6.225,000 to pay
their debts and expense qf rea►oval. and an annuity
in money of about 830,000 for fit y years. The
lands to be ceded by them amount to sixteen mil
lions of acres, lying along as west of the
pi, fromihe lowa-State-tine math to the Falls of St.
Anthony, and above that place. The quantity .of
land ceded by the.,Upper Bands of the Sioux, is
twenty-ane millions of acres.
NOTIOC TO TUC Pourc.—The Investigator, says:
All persons wishing to transact business with gm
Executive of this Commonwealth, am infarmea,
that his Eicelleticy has been absent for the lasi
four weeks, and his brother, who bat charge of the
family organ, gives notice that he is Making stump
speeches in his own behaii in the westemeounties,
He will probably
-,return,. to Harrisburg, about , the
middle ofOctober, leave again for Armstrong
about the middle id January; 1852: -
An explosion look place on the 49th inst., to
James C. Oliver's mines near Pottsville, Pa, caus
ing the instant death of three men and serious inju
ry, perhaps death of nine ot hers . 'Theft names are
•
not given. -
A bloaste.a.—A shark, seven feet long,. was
caught at Red Kook, yesterday morning., On diF
ssunion; Me remains of What appeared to be the
bodies of two.boyervere discoveted in his , stomach.
One or Iwo boys who went bathing off the docks,
are missing. , ,
IT IS CURRICATLT repotted that a new batch of
blexican claims, for properly destroyed, and for
Mexican men, women, and children, murdered or
stolen by the Indiana of the United States, will be
laid betore-the next Congress.
:.- 4 •lttifinelelegrffliraMir-4.11. several
past the farmers in- several of the River and
em counties in this state,_ have been very ,
. . ittifising Wheat, of a quithy that ,
•, in . P* arch that grown in the Valley of On
esse;i -, d in some it halt been impossible i
any o he account of the insect. Bet thi s ,
*
total as taken•place. Datcheas, - at or,
'
Colo .as raised wheat sufficient t o ,
iheivatrAice population for a year to Come.
awl
siderabte amount has also been grown ing ot
and Alban • , but to_what What amount a,
~ -, ... -,• •. - 1%161 Vehilititi,
now boast of growing r _wheat of the beat
and it is c_anfidently asaiirtiit byZepnw eiem
that that the quantity of Wheat raised in IN
ty_ this season, will be more than sufficient
ply the entire population of Washington to t
a year to come. It is a well knownJact '
sections (Idle state a portion of the crop I
desomyett bribeweetiVhoritiereitia t r e a,
make.
o b ene
a d i e se to i i e n ne oytb, por
und li fto , o e f v t i h t e
a
localities; In the state the mop is large
a full average, if net rather•larar s than la'ai
Albany - Evening 'lournul.:
MEM
MEM
A Ns - rtrnat Mount has been disenrered in
ker county, Alabama,-bx professor Toomey,
is about a mile from theCritairs,road, anr l
rival the famous one in Virginia. The spar
17fl feel, and the height about TO feet. h
04114 manhunt*, wane, and is very syr,,
caL ,The surrounding scenery. is very grand ,
lofty ,beech and hemlock trees growing
bridge, 'nearly shade it trom the ra3sot the
suld:to the wild snblimity of the spot: A
and - scientific description* of this bridge, al
sc enes at mountainous grandeur in north Al
may be expected in Professor Tummy's
port. Jy
'ErruanatexanY Experustxtrr;:-.4 Mau
head downwanb on the ceiling---The Pittsbi
patch, of She Oth instant, says: Mr. MeCot,
a private exhibition on Thursday evening, a t
sere Hal!, of quite 'a number of phifinophical
iments, some the invention of ethers, but n
novel as they were extraordinary: But the
extraordinary experiment was that of waiklin
means of shoes of a peculiarconstrection) in
verted position, open the surface era highly
slap of martge, nine feet by three in dims
which Mr. M. successfully preformed a feat
never before achieved by any man ! He afir
explained that a slight defect in the apparat
fly remedied, rendered his task more ardr
usual.
GEORGE Plisnostr.—This unfortionate man,
demned for murder of Miss BJURILEMS, at
Chester, is to be executed on the 291 - inst.
Midge Record says he awaits the arri val: of dit
apparent tranquility. His religions counsel!,
the only visitors who are admitted to Fi
Whether his heart and mind are prepared
great change which awaits him no human ,
tion can discover. His intercourse with his rel
friends is marked by few of the usual evident
contrition and spiritual improvement.
The business on the Erie Railroad for July
an incigase of about 54,000 over June As
pared with Ju:y of last year, the increase is
large :
Passengers and Mails,
Freight,
Jury, 1850,
ocrease,
04r The New York Tribune says that the
on the Erie Railroad is now very large, and
Initially increasing. On Saturday, the reeeifits
12 ; 60. The earnings of the month promise
over MO 000. The number of passengers
mense. Light full oars came through from
kirk, on Wednesday. The company have nya
a freight office in this city.
A Bma„iwenty-three thousand pan, do in try
has been cast in Boston for the iron tower in
York., Fourteen tons olmetal were melted for
casting. The fire cast was completely success
The metal wan poured in on Saturday, the 916
and the mould opened on the Wednesday mai
following, when the bell warikand IStlll hissiw
0- Some idea may be formed of the poput
01 Col. B►ct.eti,among his neighbors, from the
that in 1848 when he was a candidate for
Senator, he received erery ad te but one in Ctea
county, although there was a whig candidate
the field.— Warren , ledger.
NICIMATURE A
Dors of tile
Week.
rj SIINDAT,• 4 31
tMcrsrm6, ~ 1
ylTtrsvar, . . ... ..... , 2
V. IWz6N6atmiu 3
TUVIIStIIy
IFILLI 1 4
D•T,
1 5
Fl SATtrubAr, 6
DELEGATE MEETING.-
qualified Democratic Elector
the Borough of Towanda
hereby notified that an election sill be held in
Grand Jury Room of the Court House in said
ough, on Saturday, the 30th inst., for the purpo.
electing two delegates to represent said borough
the County Convention lobe held Tuesday eerily
September 1.- 1 / 4 1. 1851. The polls will be open fr
4P. U. ntir7 u'clack P. M. R. C. SMALL!
A. J. TROUT.
Committee of Vigilante.
Aug: 20, 1851
girl" WE are requested to announce that U.
P. HINES of Herrick tp. will be
didate for Register* Recorder, subject to till
ion of the Democratic County Con replica.
OrA CARD.—Being disabled by the toil
of many years and consequent sicken
have been induced to offer myself ao the ellize
Bradford County as , a canditlets for the odic
Treasurer of said County ;
.idedging myself to f . c
the:duties of said Office with strict regard to thee
eats of tat-payers, if elected. J. M. BISRO)
Durell,Aug. 4, 1841,
Diarided,
On Wednesday, 27th inst.:by Rcv. fifr. To ,
Pamir Stassict, of this place, to Miss AI '
Hossow, 'or sheshequin. •
- ' Died,
is Toaranda !p„ Tuesday Lath inst. of Bc.ariet
Ralwris,in Loctsa, daughter of H. H.
' aged .1* years.
CAlite.to tbe err-loam of ihe setbseriber, tw
3 dof Auggs4 a large REV COW 10 or II
old—very sitortfins *milk' s :Lys buds. horns
in','§tnatt' white spotapn her back, and a slit in
left ear. - The owner 'is requested to pay chart
and take her away-1 LEROY HAIGRT• -
Burlington, Aug. 29.1951,
• more New Goods.
H& A. CANPBLLL, ire again receiving a
assortment. of goods for the (all sod winter
Towanda, Augest,.2B. 1841.
WHITE Fancy Colored Hickory Shirts for
prictip. it H. A. C.
T'acB,vALL v .,omitiver aws,
at
H & A. G `
.
A NE W supply of flats and Caps ; bat bores, I"'
fant Turbons, Booms, Collars, ellvabh 8111141;;
dens, Handlteratdefft,Gtoses,•Mittens &c. at C._
$ B6B WORTH of Bboap Tao oautol 0 0 '
H. do A. C.
E 131.083
97.366
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