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freedom for Free Territory.
E. 0. GOODRICH, EDITOR
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Maul. nod Ela-rl , law` race*.
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to be offended that a printer should want his pay
like other people, they are at liberty to stop their
paper, if they choose. If a newspaper-is worth tak
'ing, it shonl.l be paid for. We have an idea that
ours is worth all we ask for it, nial we want n o
rtinn'ntronage uillez:s t c plys for what he re
ceives.
The Presidency.
• Tor'. Scurgcr Covrisrtorm—SATtrtivit,
v. toss—GENERAL Nit/Ilk I. !NO SPi
f rixrioNs—Tll.l. CANDIDATL , A--We Car,cititiod our
:wide last week, sOMEMilarattrllp.l, though not
without furnishing'matter tot tho.ur'ot and rellection.
This °IIIIIXI of the Presi,lertei, , is eliciting much
comment, and producing a gjetit amount of spe
ctilwion, wherein wise in 11 anti- tbols are eliwida
ling to the event of their several capacities, the
chances t f the rivaleandidates, and talking as sage
ly profoundly of the probability of certain per
sons becoming candidates, as if the matter was not
a complete lottery, wherein is generally esempli
fie,l the saying that 4 ' the race is'not always to the
spit, nor the battle to the string." •
Among all these commentaries, there is no rea
sari wily we may not say our Ray ; and in doing so,
we propose to,write what we think, without re
spect to persons. We'speak for no one—we com
promise or commit nn one--4md if we have a blunt
way of speaking the truth, there is no one responsi-
ble for ri, except our humble Fen ;--and As.f, are
merely endeatoring to sketch those "coming
events" which " cast their Shadows before," with
out intending to indicate any course 'which we may
deem it our duty, regarding our com-istency and the
exercise of our moss sacred rights, to pursue here'.
after Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.'
If We have our misgivings and our fears in re-
gard to the action of the Democratic National Con
vention, we have abundant reason from the history
of the past, and all the indications of the future—
There is indeed little to cheer in a retrospect of the.
past, or in the,prognostications of the future. ‘Vhat
the South was able to effect by trickery and 'rand in
184 f—what was perpetrated in 1848, with some
little respect to appearances—will be opmfy, boldly
and unblushingly enacted in 1852; amidst fits thun
ders of denunciation, and the fulmination of decrees
of ostracism and ['inscription. In the first instance,
:N/ARTIN VAN !,'cans fell, because he would not be
came a panderer to thelust of the Slaveocracy for
new possessions—at the next Convention the South
Mkt tow - n in ad , 011040 Itse prencipbs• whioll must
govern the candidates, and made them subscribe to,
those doctrines. What was the attitude of the 1 4 :puth
in regard to the nominations, months before the
,Convention a. , sembled—and what their conduct and
Janguage. in that Conventiuti—but gross Maul s to
Ihe,North, and an outrage upon the feelings of the
Yreeme % who compose the body of the great de
mocratipnrty ? Was it not openly proclaimed,
~through the Press of the South, by the mouths of
her &mittent men, and upon the Iloor of the Con..
vejnion,.that a candidate must be nominated pled2-
.ed to the demande of the South, or they would not
support him. They said virtually to Northern men,
" We meet with you to nominate a candidate, who
you are expected to support, but he must be pledg
,ed to veto the Wilmot Noviso v or we will not sup-
port'him." And after nominatiiiidtandidate pledg
:ed to their satisfaction, they deserted him far Garr
Taylor, because they r
would sooner trust a Slasehoi
.der:
How stands the Soutlr wow, in regard to a Nation
al Convention! Are they prepared, in good faith,
so meet the North upon the ancient platform of the
Atmoerary, as laid down by Su:As WRIGHT, even
when expounded to their liking Let us suppose
a case, which will make the question more pointed
and' forcible: - Suppose some Northern man should
receive the riom . nation, who in 1819, wilt in Mr-
Buchanan's position, and opposed the Extension of
flavery—who in 1846, entertained the same views
and approied of the , actioh of thirteen states, as
expressed through their Legislatures, in 'endorsing
the Wilmot Proriso--whet had• stood firm amidst
the general redreancy, •
tnnared iathtence, and unbrtbed by gam ;4,
np.ight and consistent in his advocacy of views ho
believed to be correct— supposi we sty (though it
is hardly supposable) such a man should be nomi
nated by the National Cotiventiod; could he receive
a decpt support in the South—even though he was
wilWto`See the Compromise measures carried
out and respected ! Ile could not receive an elect.
oral vote south el Mason and Dixon's line. The
S mdi are not secret in this. All concert of action—
fraternizatiotewith such political heresy is now
repudiated It is political heterodoxy,lo believe that
slavery should not be extended, and political lep.
rq:y to hare ever east a vote lor - the Wilmot Pin.
• .v6o. We Would lake to see the waters stirred,
nn it they became efficacious to healing ail such
diselo•CA.
We venture to say that the Sunlit will not act in
a Crinvontion with any bat:the staunchest friends of
slay try-ernragandi.in ir.uch venlom to resent
•theinsrives at the Cottrention the; mil be told,
- 'there's nonse knoelittiitr• the' door: 0- ~Alt& - we
venture also the assertion that the action.ol that Con
vention will not.weigh as a-leather in the balance
against the interestsof the South. They will see
that a candidate is not; nominaterf unaceeptable:to
them.; and they will be iestly Ici.east their suffra
ges for the eindirlate. in wtk l ki they place the melt
confidence. „That some 01 tfut Southern States will
not be represented in the National Convention, ie
clearly determined, but will hold .themselves,
readiness to accept the man most h iendly to their in-
terests There will undoubtedly, be an excellent
opportunity for quite a number of General Com
manders in the next Demoeratie Convention.
• The question:then ,pre-sents itself, Itior fat will
Freernett in the North be battik! by the action of
that roticelition ?' Are wt to be pioscribetl—to be
told that wet.ere not worthy to associate with out
z‘ ,
unttierii lite:His—not fit to sit in Convention with
therni—and then to he expected to come up to the
suppnrt of the candela e they present ? Is there any
binding to ce :n a compact when one party is de
nounced and shut out Irom all:participation, and de
barred trona ell the rights and p:ivileges which
shoal(' appertain to him ? In onr view, the obliga
tion is mutual : when a party is excluded, he should
not-be asked to re ity anti sanction the action of the
other. II these are not consideration* which v ill
influence the Freemen of the North, in the nest
canvass, our estimate of their intelligence and in
dependence is too high.
In the nomination of a candidate to be supported
by the Democracy of the Union, vie take high and
broad grounds. We ask the Se,oth to m a ke no eon.
cessions ; we expect to mate none. Let our ban
net float in the breeze, Nearing inscribed upon it,
the principles of Deltrocracy, elucidated by the apos
tle Of eer faith, Tts JEFFERSON. We care not
whether the 81 ".ndard-bearer, be from the North or
the South, ica. we have no personal preferences, but
inspired',ythe ancient spirit, and cheered by the
ancient bat le-cry, we are ready to do battle for the
Fu' .cess of our cherished principles. Any narrow or
sectional course, on the contrary, is sure to be
fraught with defeat and disaster. For a sale issue
out of all our difficulties, let us watch and pray !
—The Democracy are not troubled with a lack
of candidates. ft is astonishing how marl men
there aie now-a days, fit to occupythe White House,
and look alter Uncle Sam's allair'. Almost every
man 'who has been-to the Legislature, or had his
breeches mended at the expense of the State, be.
comes goalified to fill the eleva•eil position onee
adorned by Washington. Perhaps it is a feature of
our free institutions—and a signal mark of the in
telligence arid capacity.of our people—and perhaps,
an evidence of the modesty of our politicians !
Fist on the list, by virtue of having , once been
beaten, is Gen Cass. Amidst the " noiseand con
fusion" raised by the other candidates, the Gen. has
been lost sight of. He has lost the confidence of
the South, in attempting to " dodge" himself into
favor in the North. He will 4 probabty receive a
few votes in the West to let him down easily, and
then be deserted for DOUGLAS*, who isn't the worst
man in the world, even if he did marry a wife with
three hundred niggers. We are not sure bet the
"little giant,", is to be the man—and as a self-made
and abut man he illustrates the crowning glory of
our free institutions most completely—having risen
by the force of his own industry and talents to his
present proud position. It is not to be expected that
a man with-such an interest in the It peculiar insti•
'lotion" would be anything but bound upon " the
question," but it such a man must be President,
Judge Doueuss-has our best wishes.
- Again the " State pride" of Pennsylvania is ap
pealed to in the proposed elevatiion of her " favor
ite son." We have an old and ur.settled account
with Mr. BUCHANAN, wherein we are greatly his
delver, to any thing but kindness and good-will
I Still, there are reasons why we ought to prefer him
to almost any of the candidates named. We re
member, with admiration, the noble position he as
sumed, in 1819-20, against the extension of Sla
very, when Missciuri presented herself for admission
into the Union. If ue understand his views now,
he admi's the right of Congress to legislate upon the
- subjec'. He is in fact free-soil north of 36 6 30' North
latitude. If he would not let degrees of latitude
circumscribe his principles, and give them full
scope, we don't know but we would overlook the
past, and give in our adhesion. Mr. BUCHANAN'S
friends are urling his nomination with great zeal ;
ant) we believe he is favorably considered at the
South. We have no doubt, could he cornmaud the
united and enthusiastic support of Pennsylvania, he
would be nominated. While we believe he will
receive , the delegates from Pennsylvania, they will
carry with them no moral strength, hom the fact
that it is improbable that he would receive its elec
toral vote, and consequently the :Monet Conven
tion, however favorably they may be inclined, will
be unwilling to nominate him. qe say be cannot
carry Pennsylvania nt the polls, because Mr. Bu
chanan has never been a strong man with the people,
and there is such a bitter and fierce opposition to
him in 'his State, that its etlects must inevitably be
li.lt at an election, no matter how strenuous exer
tions may be made to counteract it. This fact is
capahli of Illustration ) but we have no time to pur
sue it.
The list• is by no means complete :--there is Sam
Houston, Gov. Marcy, Gen. Lane, Henry Dodge,
Robert J. Walker, (lately nominated by Kossuth, in
London ; ) Gen. Wool, and a hest of smaller fry, for
whose mines even we have not space; and last,
though not least, some one proposes the following
excellent ticket:
Foa Fasamarr—Oes. W. 0. BUTLER. of tratacky.
Foa Vita Pampa:fa—WU. BUM ER, a Promo 'vitas-,
Nci ticket could be placed in nomination more to
oar liking than this. It would carry Pennsylvania
with a rush, andencure for us New York and Ohio.
The only draw-back is, that we cannot spare 'BILL
%cum from the Executive chair of Pennsylvania.
But for the sake of elevating BUTLER the statesman
and the poet, the soldier and the patriot, to the Pre
sideney—and to give the Susquehanna Raftrinan a
hoist higher, which he so well deserves, we would
spare (tun. Huzza ! then, tor BUTLER Ez BIGLER!
Supreme Judges.
The Judges of the Supreme Court met at Harris.
burg, on the 14th inet. , and drew lots, according to
law t to decide their respective terms of service,
The result was as inlknva :
Judge Black,
" Lewitt,
."Gibson,
.Lowrie,
" Coulter,
Judge BUM, to whom fell the shortest term, is
by the profilions of the law Chiel Justice, and here
after each Judges whose commission will first ex
pire( is to be Chief Justice. The nest ) will of course
be Jutze Ltwis.
drew 3 years,
44 8 6
44 " 9 rg
" 12 a
'di 15 41
of A. R. Bowman, near 801 l BkßroWnson's mill; in
Monroe teitvitship, was consumed by fire on &tar
tlay evening last. -Mr. Bowman and' family barely
escaped with theiilives, without saving art article
from the flames. in the house was stored a quan
!in; ofgtain, Which *as lust. This calamity, occur.
ring atthe commencement of winter, and -destrciy
lag in au hour the labor of the summer, is peculiar
ly unfortunate.
.We. are happy , to say, that out
zens, w thcommentlable liberality have contributed
to aid Mr. 8., in procuring the.tiecessatiea for him
self and family.
NeW lone ELcurnet.—The off:v.:lid canvass is
not yet foltio•onitou, but the Argtts says:
. 1, 01 the election of four of The . Candidates on the
democratic state ticket, Johnson for Court of
timeals, Randal for Secretary ol State, McAlpine
for State Engineer ) and Storms for State Prison in-
Apector r no douN, we believe, is entertained."
This concedes the success of Cook over Welch
we are eo•. ry to say, and of Fitzhugh over Wheator.
Rut ful%ire countings may change even this state of
ho zuse.
The Senate, is a tie and the House will probably
stand 65 whips to 63 democrats.
Tenßrume —James C. Jones, formerly, and for
two successive terms, whig Governor of this Slate
was elected United States senator, on Friday last
by an almost unanimous vote. Jones received 55
votes; Fonsdale (dem.) 1, and Nicholson, do., 1
He takes the place of Hopkins W. Tumey. Mr.
Jones was a hrm Clay delegate•to the Whig Nation
al Convention of 18:18.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
ORNATE.,
1. Philadelphia city—Benjamin Matthias, Wm.
A. Crabb.*
2. Philadelphia countx—Thomas S. Fernon, T.
H Forsyth, SAMUEL G. Hstatioron.*
3. Montgomery—J. Y. Jones.
4. Chester and Delaware—Henry &E l ms.*
5. Becks--Herby A. Muhlenberg.
6. Backs—BeryaminV.l./ahnie.
7. Lvicaster and Lobanou—E. C. Darlington,*
E. Kii•zer.*
8. Northumberland and Deuphin--John C. -Kun
kel.*
9. Northampton and Lehigh—Conrad Shimer.
10. Carbon, Monroe, Prke and Wayne—E. W.
Hamlin*
1. Adams and Franklin—Thomas Corson.
12. York—Henry Fulton.
13. Cumberland and Perry—Joseph Bally.
11. Centre, Lycoming, Sullivan and Clinton—
Wm. F. Packer.
15. Blair, Cambria and Huntingdon—R. A. Af
,,r
Murfrie
16. Luzeme, Montour and Columbia—C. R.
IruPkalew.
IT. Bradford, Susquehanna and Wyoming—Geo.
Sanderson
18 Tioga, Potter, M'Kean, Elk, Clearfield and
Jefferson—John W. Guernsey.
19. Mercer, Venango and Warren—John Hoge.
20. Erie and Crawford—John H. Walker.
21. Butler. Beaver and Lawrence—Billions Ras
kit, d. Robertson
22. Allegheny—Jarnes Carothers
23. Washington and Greene—Maxwell M'Cas.
lin*
24. Bedford, Fulton and Somerset—Hayti/Oa B
Banes.
-25. Armstrong, Indiana and Clarion—Christian
Meyers.
26. Juniata, Mifflin and Union—Eli Slifer.*
27. Westmoreland and Fayette—John M'Far.
land.*
28. Schuylkill—Charles Frailey.
MUSE or IMPRZLIZATATIFEA,
Adams--Darid Mellinger. •
Allegheny—John M'Cluskey, James Fits, G. E.
Appkton, 7. Penney, J. Miller.
Armstrong, Clarion and Jeffelsen—.l. S. Rhey,
Reynolds Laughlin, W. W. Wise.
Beaver. Butler arid Lawrence—Thomas Dungan,
Samuel Hamilton, J. R. Harris.
Bedford, Fulton and: Cambria•—Wm. P. Schell,
John Kean.
Barka—George Dangler, Isaac Yost, J. C. Evans,
Jacob Reitsnyder.
Blair and kluntingdon—Seth R. 111: Cune, Wm. B.
Bra' W d —Henry Gibbs, Addison M'Kean.
Bucks—Noah Shull, Johnathan Ely, Edward
Thomas.
Carbon and Lehigh—David Lamy, William Lil
ly., Jr.
Conire—W. H. Blair.
Chester—John 'Acker, Wm. Chaluller, , Jesse James.
Clearfield, M'Keats and Elk—James L Gillis.
Clinton, Lycoming and Potter—J. B. Torben, I
M Kilborn.
Columbia and Montonr—M. E. Jackson.
Crawford—G. Merriman, Ransom Kiruz4ley.
Cumberland—J. Ellis Bonham, — Henderson-
Dauphin—James Freeland, Jacob Landis.
Delaware—John M Broomall.
Erie—C. W. Kelso, A W. Blaine.
Fayette and Westmoreland—Joseph Gulley, L.
L Bigelow, P W Hook, A. M. Hill.
Franklin —David Maday, G. A. Madeira,
Greene—Fletcher Brock.
Indiana—Alexander At Connell
Lancaster—Moses Axonal', L ilansecher, J. C.
Walton, BF. Martin ' B. A. Shaeffer. ,
Lebanon—John C. Seltzer.
Luzerne—S. S. Benedict, J. W. Rhoads.
Mercer, Venango and Warren John W. Shugart,
L. N. M'Granahan. J. Y. James.
Mifflin—John Ross.
,Allnroe and Pike—Henry S. Mott.
blonigomery—C. W. Gabe, 0. P. Fret; Henry
Boyg.
Notthamp'on—llichael Meyer., A. Miller. •
Northumberland—William Folmer,
Perry—i:7o Steward-
Philadelphia city-C. i,"24111 JL. Gassier, G.
H Hart, J. R. Flanigan
Philadelphia county—Solomon Dezieres, fl. Ru
bicam, Isaac Leech, Jr, Wm Goodwin, Wm. It
Sootier, Henry Huplel, Tuns. L Carrara)" ISRAEL
R SPRINGER '
FREDERICK REEL, JOSEPH WAGNER,
BENJAMIN R. filitten.
Schuylkill—Stephen Ringer, Bernard Reiley.
Somerset—George Mowry,
Susquehanna, Sullivan and Wyomirig—lsaac
Reekhow, Michael Mylert.
Tioga—Jeremiali Black.
Union and Juniata—Wm. Sharon.
Washington—Hugh Craig; John Meloy.
Wayne—Thomas J. Hubbell.
York—George Kraft, James:ll. Anderson, Ezeki
el R. Herbert. -
Democrats in Roman—Whigs in Italic—Natives
in !MALL CAPS—new members marked thus (*)
RECAPITULATION
Dem. Whig. Native
Serrate, 16 , 36 1
House, 56 39 5
Dem. maj. on joint ballot. .11
Hopis, the American who picket' all the locks
which were submitted to him in. England, has come
nil victorious. He placed his lock in the hands of
the expett John Hulls, and after A trial of two weeks
they restored it to him mimed. It is remarked,
that in the late World's Fair, all the inventions of
practical utility came from America. Five first
class, council medals, have been 'warded to the
tutted States.
AIIt an Mmacre lii 0 e o•
The following evinmonication is from D . A.
Dan, Btrp,erintendant of Indian, Atihirs, for r s on
Territory:
I proceeded to this place - On board the sic met
Sea Gun, leaving Portland SAugustAbth, and u tbe
.24th August, With a company-of eighteen pe ."us,
took up my line of march fur the purpose oft plot%
in'g and ascertaining the practicability of loge inga
road yr roads from Port Oxford to the upper ' .gee
river county. Fur the first three days' trave our
route watrdown the goastlit= atotithernAl 'ion;
When near the mouth of Rogue river. while iding
some distance in advance of the company, there
were some manifestations of hostility—two f dians
drawing their bows and piesenting their arrows at
me. However, upon raising my gun to present,
they immediately ran,
From this place our course bore about nor,l
until the 81st of August. Here nine of the c
ny started on their return ta Port Oxford, al
remaining nine continuing with me up the 1
river, in a northern dorection, until the 7th 8t
her, our provisions having given out, we lay
dsylor the purpose of curing elk meat.
On Saturday morning, 13 h, being entirely
provisions, and not having had one-quarter'a
ance for the last several days, it was thought
An M/unix:tau wrru A BEAtt.—The Wilkesbarre
Advocate of the 12th inst., says :
• A citizen of Pittston, who was in the woods, a
few days since, with gun in hand, unexpectedly
found himseil etween a bear and her cubs. She,
regarding him as an Intruder, made towards him.
He-snapped his gun. It missed fire., The bear
coming too near, he used his gun as a club, until
too much broken to be available. By this time the
bear had him by the clothes, and exhibited as de
termined a spirit, as would a Patent Democrat in
a hard election comest—a little ferocious. The
clothes yielding, the animal lost its hold, and die
co:",tiag that hr cubs had fled, left the man and:
went in searrl of them. Thus he providentially es:
coped.
ICOSFUTH ►ND TILE U. S. GOVERNMENT. -4 letter
has been received at the State Department, from
Kossuth, of the same tenor with that which he ad
dressed to the Mayor of New - York, the contents of
which have been noticed in the newspapers. h
does not appear from the letter, that Kossuth has
hail any difficulty or mistinderaianddig with the of
ficers of the Miwissippi, of all of whom, and es
pecially of Capt. Long, he speaks in terms of the
warmest commendation and gratitude.
He deeply regrets that he could not come to the
United States in the same vessel which was sent for
him, and in which
.he lad embarked. But he
wished to visit England, and therefore left the ship.
He sends his comrades to this country and com
mends them to its hospitality. He will himself
come to the United Stales very, soon,' and remain
here for two or three months.
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61
O' The death of Mr. litaxtrst ?sour, Esq., 'is
announced under the obituary notice, in the last
Reading Gazette, which , speaks of him as follows:
"He died at his residence inHreen wich township
on the the 4th inst., from the effects of a disease
with which he had been long afflicted. Mr. Fegely
was a member of the state I.egislat from this
coutry, for one term as Senator, and Tor several
years as Representative; and throughout his p .b
-lie career was a uniform and conscientious suppor
ter of Democratic principles and measures, and a
faithful adherent to the will of his constituents in
tackings.
sable to abandon our animals We thereto
rained Indian canoes and Indians to trausporl
the mouth of the Coquille river.
When within a few mites of the mouth of the ri
ver one.of the party, a Mr. Heddon, recognized the
river, to be the Coquille, which he had railed in
going from - Port Oxford to Oregon, in Kirkpatrick's
company, and that the Indians, who had become ve
ry numerous, were then hostile, and it would be ne
cessary for us to be on our guard. We were now
in sight of the place where we intended to leave * the
canoes,- at the same time passaing several Indian
lodges on the bank, where vast numbers of the na
ked Indians were promenading the banks. One of
our party insisted most strenuously on our landing
on the nor hem bank, at the largest Indian lodge we
had seen, and there get our breakfast. To this, Mr.
Brush and myself remonstm'ed. We ,however,
drew ro near the bank that the Indians could reach
the side of the canoe with their hands, while in their
canoes tying along the shore, They immediately.
grabbed our canoe, mid refused to let us posh oft—
On tine occasion we succeeded in pushing off some
six or eight feet, b , gt they jumped in tad pulled our
canoe to the shore, and commenced boarding us,
and seized hold of our arms. We made one in
stantaneous rush for the shore. I think Mr. Brush
fired a pistol. the only one r recollect of hearing.
In less than fifteen seconds we were completely
disarmed; as there were ten Indians to one white
man standing around. In drawing my six-shooter
I was knocked down. The first thing I remember,
I was some fifteen yards in the river, in swimming
water. I looked around and saw -upon the shore
the most awful state of confusion—it appeared to
be the screams of thousands—the sound of blows,
the groans and shrieks of the dying—at the same
time I noticed my friend Brush, not far distant from
me, in the water, and an Indian standing in a canoe
striking him on the head with a paddle, causing
the water to b. come bloody around him. My atten
tion was then directed to a small canoe, with an
Indian lad in it, but a short distance from me, I
swam to it ; he helped me in it, and put a paddle in
my hand, pointed to the Southern bank, and imme
diately ran to the other end of the canoe. On took
mg around, I saw him helping Brush to get into the
canoe, and immediately jumped ore, board. We
then paddled for the Southern bank of the river.—
Upon landing we succeeded in getting to shore,
then stripped ourselves of our clothing, and crawl
ing on our bellies up the bank succeeded in escap
ing
to the thicket. We then continued in our nak
ed condition travelling south, through the worst of
himnsocks and briary chappareLs during the day ;
at night we approached the beach, travened all
night, 'and abobt day light on Monday morning
reached Cape Blanco. Ott Monday we weretaken
by the Indians living near Cape Blanco, treated
with a great deal of kindness, kept all night on
Monday night with every accomodation they were
able to afford, and on Tuesday brought into Port
Oxford, in the situation that you saw us in. Mr.
Brush and' myself are all of a parry of ten that re
mein to tell the melancholy fate of our companions
—W. Brush being severely wounded by having
several inches of the scalp of the top of his head
cut off.
The names of our companions who were murder
ed are :—A. S. Doherty. aged 30, Texas ; Patrick
Murphy, aged 22, New York ; Thos. J. Davenport,
aged 26, Mass., John P. Holland, aged 21, N. H.,
Je. midi Ryan, aged 25, Maryland; J. P. Pepper,
aged 28, Albany, N. Y.
• Tits Istiressroares Gcoacis.—Mr. Toombs,
late whig hlt. C. from Georgia, bas bees elected a
member of the U. 8. Senate. It will be remembered
that Mr. Toombs was one of the most ferocious fire
eaters during the session of 1819-50., In UM, he
formed a coalition with Cobb, then Speaker of the
house, and recently erected Governor of Georgia,
which contemplated the arrangement which' has
just been consummated. On the evening of his
election as Senator, he made a speech, in which he
announced that the " constitutional Union party"
will adhere to its present isolated, independent or
ganization and name ; that it will not send delegates
to, or be represented in, either the national, whig or
democratic edinventions next year; that it would
wait until those conventions have assembled and
set forth their principles and candidates before the
country, prior to detetmining on either side ; that,
as an indispeosible condition for their support, the
national convention, whether)svhig or democratic,
which it coalesces with, must adept the compromise
platform; and that—this condition complied with
—the "constitutional Union party" will be free to
unite with either the national whig, or national de
mocratic party.
This looks evidently to the nomination of a south
ern independent candidate, in view of which it may
be well for the ronhern states to be looking around
for a candidate, who will be sore to carry the whole
north. That done, we will be content with the can
didate which has the most votes.—Berning Post.
1r6i6'404i "Cabers'. •
Extract fron! a Journal kept by aSeaman who
Artie Expedition VlB5O-51.
Breese, June 30, 1850.—Moored to an iceberg;
weather calm # sky cloudless and " beautifully blue "
surrounded by vast number of stupendous bergs,
glittering andiglistening beneath the' refulgent MI
of a mid:day ann.
:A great purtiotkof the crew had gone oe *hare to
gather the eggs of the wild sea-birds the! frequent
the lonely icebound precipices in iiamn's Bay.
while those on hoard had retired to rest,. wearied
with the harritssiog &dig of the preceding day.
To me, walking the -deck and alone, all Nature
seemed hushed in unisiersal repose. While thus
contemplating the stillbess of the monotonous scene
around me, I observed in the tang a large iceberg,
completely Terfoiated, exhibiting in the distance an
arch, tir iannel, apparently so uniform in its corn for
mation that I was indncedto call two of the seamen
tolook at it, At the same time telling them that I
had never read or heard of any of our attic voyagers
passing through one of those arches so frequently
seen through large bergs, and that there would be
a novelty in doipg so, and if they chose to accom
pany me I would get permission to take the dingy
(a small boat) and endeavored to accomplish the
unprecedented feat. They readily agraed, and away
we went.
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On entering the arch, and ascertaining that there
was a sufficiency of water- for . the boat to pass
through, we rowed slowly and silently under, when
there burst upon our - view one of the most magnift,
cent specimens of nature's hand work ever exhibit
ed .to atonal eyes; the sublimity and grandeur of
which no language can describe, no imagination
conceive.
Fancy an immense arch of eighty feet span, fifty
feet high, and upwards of one hundred feet in
breadth, as coma in its conformation as if it had
been constructed by the most scientific artist, form
ed of solid ice. of a beautiful emerald green, its
whole expanse of surface smoother than the most
polished alabaster, and you may form some slight
conception of the architectural beauties of this icy,
temple, the wonderful workmanship of time and the
elements.
When we had got about half way through the
mighty structure, on looking upward I observed
that the berg was rent the whole breadth of the
arch, and in a perpendicular direction to its summit
showing two vertical sections of irregular surfaces
darkly, deeply beautifully blue," here and there
illuminated by an arctic sun, which darted its golden
rays between, presenting to the eye a picture of
ethereal grandeur which no poet could describe, no
paintei portray. I was so gnraptured with the
sight that for a moment I fancied the " blue vault
of heaven" had (Tenet'. and that I actually gazed on
the celestial splendor of a world beyond this.
But, alas ! in an instant the scene changed, and I
awoke as it were from a delightful dream to experi
ence all the horrors of a terrible reality. I observ?
eil the fracture rapidly , cl..se. then again slowly,
open. This stupendous mass of ice, millions of tons
in weight, was afloat, consequently in motion, and
apparently about to lose its equilibrium, capiise, or
burst into fragments. Ourisinn was truly awful
my feelings at the moment may' be conceived ; can
not be described. I looked downwards and wound
me; the sight was equally appalling; the very sea
seemed agitated. lAt last shut my eyes from a
scene so terrible ; the men at the oars, as if by in
stinct, 4 gave way," and our little craft swiftly glided
from beneath the gigantic mass..
We then rowed round the berg, keeping at a re
spectful distance front it, to order to judge of its
magnitude, I supposed it to be about a mile in cir
cumference, and its highest pinnacle 250 feet.
Thus ended an excursion,the bare recollection of
which at this moment awakes in me a shudder;
nevertheless, I would not have lost the opportunity
of beholainn , a scene so awfully sublime, so Tragi
cally grand , '' for any money, but I would not again
run such a risk for the world.
We passed through the berg about two, P. M.,
and at ten o'clock the some night it bunt, agitating
the sea for miles around.
I may also observe that the two men who were
with me in the boat did not observe that the berg:
was rent until I told them, after We were out of dan
ger ; we having agreed, previously to entering the
arch, - not to speak a word to each other, lest echo
itself should - disturb the fragile mass.
N. B.—Arctic voyagers differ as to what portion
of an iceberg Is under water. Bonie say et:se-fifth ;
some one-seventh; some more. ,f refer the reader
to the works of Roes and Parry as the best satbori
ties.
THE UTAH DIFFICULTIES. -One of the judicial
officers who recently left the Great Salt Lake City
gives me some account of the occurrences which
caused the government officers to leave that cows
try. He says the officers sent there were not only
created with coldness and disrespect, bat that the
government ofihe United States on all occasions,
festive or religious, was denounced in lhemost dis
respectful terms. .Of Gen. Taylor he said--
'•Zachary Taylor is dead and gone to hell, and I
am glad of it r' and his sentiments were echoed by
a I.md amen from all parts of the assembly. Then,
rising, in theexcess of bisipassion Ito bis tip-toes - ,he
vociferated,"l prophesy in the name ofJesusChruit.
by the power of the priesthood that is upon me, thst
any other President of the United States who shah
lift his Sager against this people will divan un.
timely denth and go to hell!" This kind of feeling
I found pervading the whole community—in some
individuals more marked than in others."
The writer adds, that being deputed to get a block
of marble from the people of Utah for the Wnehing- ,
ton Monument, he addressed a meeting.
"Att he close of my speech, the governor arose,
and denounced me and the government in the most
brutal and unmeasured terms,
'The ferment created by his remarks was truly
fearful, It seemed as if the people (I mean a large
portion of them) were ready to spring upon me like
hyenas, and destroy me. The governor, while
speaking, said that some persona might iget their
hair pulled or their throats cut on that occasion.
His manner was boisterous, passionate, infuriat. 4
in the extreme ; and if it had not been afraid •of fi
nal vengeance he would have pointed his finger at
me and I should in an instant, have been a dead
man. Ever since then the community has N e
in a state of excitement and murmurs of personal
violence and assassination towards rue have been
freely altered by the lower orders of the populace.
How it will end I don't know. I have just learned
that i have denounced wgethertwith the govern
ment and otßsera in the_ Bowery again to-day by
Governor Young. I hope I shall get off sat', ly—
God only knows. lam in the power of desperate
and muiderns set. I, however feel no great fear.
So much for defending my country."
New tourreatrerr.—Bicknelrs Reporter gives the
following description of a new and dangerous coun
terfeit, which has just made its appearance in Phi
ladelphia ;
Lancaster Bank, Lancaster, Pa. t's re-tiotte relief
The general appearance of these notes is capitalty
calculated to deceive the unwary, though the paper
is somewhat different from that on which the gene.
ine are printed—the platter being white_and clear,
and the former tinged with pink . The engraving
as a whole, is quite defective. The figure in the
vig,nettp has but three fingers on the left hand. So
also the female at the left part of-the note, who has
an arm around an anchor—her right hand is minus
a finger. Above this figure is a female whose right
arm rests upon the top of the anchor; in the gene.
ine her neck is bare. whilst in the bail note the r e
seems to be two or three strings of beaibi around it,
her right arm is very badly engraved and is indis
tinct ; in the genuine it isperlectly formed and quite
as distinct as any other part of the engraving. The
names of, the engravers, Toppan, Carpenter, Qui.
Lear & Co., poorly done.
ESCAPE OP WITNESSES IN THE CHRISTIANA CARE.
—Joseph Washington and John Cook, two of the
pincipal witnesses in the Christiana 'Leeson cases,
escaped about 4 o'clock on Sunday morning from
the Debtors apartment of the Mnyamensing Pt ison,
where they were confined. They doubtless had
amistance• from without The United States Mar.
shal was notinfonned of the escape until Monday
noon, although he had several times visited the
Prison after the occurrence. The fhgitivos have
not yet been retaken, and nothing, has been heard
of them.
News Ibom all Nations.
—Lamartine'a History of the Restoration, i,
viewed at length in the Journal des Debates (?
slap Journal.) and denounced a. tragi coke
style, full of grimaces, puerile hesitations, ant
in systematic perversion of %et;
imam ! ! eieggerations. Lamartine koalsoehat
ei wi pe tit c li i n a d ll a y i ttard! liar oleo:). He is
mor y
charged with' writing bad Trench. Illeveraw
the work has a large sale ill France.
*sighly respected firmer, , Mr. J o h n
living near Hall's Cross Roads, in • Harlon', is'
land,, while tending his threshing•machine, on
day, week, bad his right nrm caught therein, d r
fully lacerating rand crashing it 'from the h ad
Wards (thfrards the shoulder. Declining to so ,
to the necessary amputation, the forfeit of les
was the consequence on Tuesda) night ;an.
—Officer Cootedge, from Clinton, informs e s
two Irish paupers, named Dunbar and X I ,
with a number of aliases, stoat, able fellows,
have been in the pour-house at Clinton for
time past, were on Monday brought before j o ,
Dane, who sentenced them to be sent to Irel ,
Mr. Cooledge placed them on board "ship
We'mter" i 1.13 morning, for Liverpool.
—Miss Mary F. Bartel, a young lady of 17,
only daughter of John Bartel, fr., of at th
Rouge, La., wa■ brutally murdered on the 176,
Her body, horribly mutilated, with several y
gashes in the back part of her head and face,
found in a creek. , A negro man and Woman
longing to G. F. Spencer, who were arrested oil 1
picion, have since confessed the crime.
—A very singular Meteor was observed pa st
over the west part of the city of Schenectady,
Sunday evening. It appeared to emit itself pe e
dicularly from a dal* cloud, expand and com a ,
size,-and withdraw again in the cloud. - The ey,l
was an intense blueish white A young gentle
directly beneath it, received a sharp electric 5i..„,;
No report of an explosion was heard.
.—Tw old men, upwards of 70 years of aze
amused a crowd of spectators in Pruvidence,
other day, by a grand rough-and-tumble fight, t .
finally ended by rolling one another in the
until separated. And all this, not in conap iene ,,-
liquor, but from that " green•eyed monster,"
lousy !
—By the steamship Europa, which arrived at XI.
York on Wednesday evening Lar, let ars
ceived from Canton of the date of August 21,
'
from Bombay of September 17, being ret,pe e p,l
less than 69 and 43 days. '
—ling Lear in the Btorm, is On exhibition ;IR.
land, Maine. It was painted in the year 1781,
Boydell's Bbakspeare Gallery, and is the Uri] r
meal of that collection ever brought to Astern
—A Jury, at East Cambridge, Mus., bare pr
Edward Taylor $l5B damages against a 440
company, for being' ejected from ths Hob
branch train.on the 4th of July, 1850,'beeatme
having purchased a ticket at the depot, he tee
to fay the difference established by the bylan
the company.
Judge Thornton, of Alabama, whose hard
amputated in consequence of a wound reernel
striking Chancellor Clerk in the mouth. hal I
had to submit to amputation of the arm, in Dide
save his life.
—As the widow of Dr. Judson was embalm ;
for the United States at Calcutta, a number of s
hearted and disinterested friends. made her a
ent of 3000 rupees, or nearly 81500, a. a i
mony•ot the reverence in which they held be
mented husband. and the respect and interest
fell for his bereaved family.
—Dogs are not property in the District of Ce,
bia ; at least so the courts there have decided
constable in Washington, arguing that if a 41
not property, he cannot be seized for debt, ads
ed for debt, advertised that, under a ant a
facias he would sell a Centre Market," a dog',
lar, with a New fonadland dog attached to the
of it'
—The old Irish cry of" frefand for the
will soon be lulled, and heard no mere ; for
emigration keeps up its present enormous
there will soon be not a single Irishman left is
land, and the cry must be ct awns d to •• Irelanl
the English,"' sit any one who chooses is) hn
it.
—The emperor of Austria.has been 4ompeltr.
return to, Vienna, having found his fialiao
below freezing point. Two or three dist In..
generals came back with frost-bitten noses, so •
was the breath of you'll Italy.
-- Begley's Cheese Factory, al Gustavo', T
bull county, Ohio, antes daily, 300 cheese, nil
weight of about 5,000 lbs. The number of
now on hand is 25,000, or 250 tons, and Ibis
manufacture will mourn to 750,1367 tbs.
. —The Aristocracy °Carr cannot die ; its I
immortal'; born of the marriage between
sinned nature and intellectual civilization, the
will grow stronger and stronger with the progit
lime.
—Mr. Br am, s tarevniterynrr at George
Mercer county, has taken a sow to the Stite F.
Harrisburg which is three years oh! and .^
one thousand and reventpfive pounds.
—Dr. R. M. Hall, a member of the tau
Legislature, fro a Henriro Co., and thr Wbt,' •
Mate at the late election, committed s.atcshtte
days ago, in New Kent county, by shoons; tad
with a pistol..
—Au indvidnal having been concieted ~
rather slight evidence, the Judge proceeded to , •
judgment as follow,: --,
" Prisoner at the bar r Toe have beet i , 1
guilty by a Jury of your countryman nit ;
which subjects you to the penalty of death. !
say you are not guilty; the truth of that asset'.
is-only known to yourself and God. It ism •
to leave you for execution. If guilty, you ,' I
deserve the fate which awaits you—if moat
will be a gratification to feel that you were • I
without such a crime on your conscience. b.
er case you will be delivered from a world ri • e
—A letter from Obey's river, in 0 111 100 "1
informs us that a very large wild brain waser.
ed in that neighborhood on the-tat ins: ,aftrrt ,l
long. hard fight, with men, dogs and guns. rk ,
the first bear captured in Tennessee fee rre
The company composed of five hunters, shat'
ven times before they killed it. It n•elched or
pounds, and was yet fat ; its fore-leg; just abor
knee, measured fourteen inches.
—On Thursday last. twelve divorces were '
ed by the court in Cincinatti Three were cs
titions of the husbands, (cause adultery.) and • .
on petition of the wives, (cause abandonment
adultery.) In most of the latter, alimony am:
custody of the children were granted.
—Jo New York, there are some seven the
grog-shops, or which 1500 are known 1 0 beual
tied. We learn from a recent report of I.tard
Mirey to the Bustle, common' Count'', thns
whole number of places where liquor is wit' 3/ ,'
City of Notions 1.1500. •
—Gen. Lino. having arrived from Grecome r ,'',
dianapolis, was to be splendidly received by
low-citizens of Indianna, on the 12th tot. hr.
expected there would be an immense asse
of the people to do honor to the " gallant soldi
sound statesman, and upright mark."
—Two Editors of a French paperhave
to appear before one of the Baolen COWIN a'
suer to an indictment for an article against I
ministration of the Duke. They have en
that he may expect them, next year, with ac
at their back.
—On Saturday afternoon, a tram of Ce
needing along. Dock street. near the EV !
run into one of Menses Third street line of
buses, and knocked a hole co npletely elms.
side. No persons were injured•
—On Saturday, an Ohio merchant.
Ham It 11. whilst on the way from New Yon'
cit.lq had a book extracted t rom his pocket. °
ing $l2BO in money, and a draft for $7
—The HOD; Andrew Jackson n'efe , ar t
said, is likely to mcire the appointment of
to Denmark.
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