H4 Ait h,- BY S. B. EO W. CLEARFIELD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1850. VOL. 3 NO. 2. J 1 11 11 111 It II w THE DACOTAH'S CAPTIVE. A Tale of the Lead Mine of Iowa. While the Spanish colonists ravaged the southern portion of North America In quest of gold, and tho English planted the germs of Belf-govcrnracnt on the eastern coast, tho French wero but the agents of home-merchants who enjoyed a monopoly of the various traf fics, and were sustained in the enjoyment of it by the strong arm of milirary power. To the trading association in particular, wo owe the discovery of tho Mississippi, by the son of ono of tho members tho intrepid La Salle. In his day lead was first discovered within the present limits of the State of Iowa, but tho noted Julien Dubuque was the first who taught tho Indians to collect the ore, and make an ar ticlo of trade of it. llo was not only a brave, but a crafty man, and after his death the sava ges, in compliance with his dying wish, depos ited his remains upon tho summit of a bluff overlooking the "Father of Waters," securing the mouth of tho mausoleum with a massive leaden door of a ton weight. They then burn . cd his dwellings and erased every trace of civ ilized life around his settlements, except the orchards planted by his own hands. Vandal whites afterwards cut up the door to sell, but tho name of Dubuque will ever be remembered in Iowa. Years rasscd away. Tho white flag of France no longer waved over the Mississippi Valley, and the bold frontier's roan, advancing on tho foremost wave of civilization, crossod the riv er in quest ol the lead ore, game and fertile soil. One of the first settlements thus estab lished was formed by a party from Kentucky, led by tho grandsirc of tho younger genera tionold Jio Bates, a noblo specimen of a frontier's man. Seventy winters had whitened Lis long locks, but ho was still halo and hear ty, able to wield an axe with any of his sons, or to draw bead on a rifle with that fatal accu racy of aim which had enabled him to render good service at the battle of New Orleans. Selecting a good locality on the very shore of the Mississippi,old Joe and his sons built a log cabin, surrounded by a stockade to keep off tho Dacotahs. They then surrouuded a 'clear ing' with a worm fence, deadened the standing trees by tho fatal axe circle, and planted corn. When their corn was well above ground and IVced from weeds, they began to "prospect" for lead ore. Thus far they had seen no Indians, and be gan to flatter themselves that the "red skins" had left the country to their peaceful posses sion, but the wily savages had kept a constant watch upon their movements. Perhaps, had thejr confined themselves to agricultural la bors, the intruders might have gone unmolest ed, especially as the Dacotahs wished to con ciliate the United States Government into a profitable treaty, but when pick axes were wielded in search of lead ore, the destruction of the pale faces was resolved upon in council. Tho first object of savage vengeance was the oldest son, Frank Bates, who had built him a cabin about five hundred yards from "head quarters," despite Ihe warnings of old Joe. Frank, however, had no fear of Indians, and lived with his wife and their babe in great hap piness, until ono summer's night, when he was awakened by the loud barking of dogs. Springing from his bed, he looked through an opening in tho logs, and saw to his horror, at least fifty Dacotahs, in lull war costume, evi dently seeking the easiest way to force an en trance into the cabin. Arousing his wife, he raised a cellar trap door, and was about to send her down, when tho child she had left iu the bed. began to cry. "I cannot leave my babe," said she. "Nay," he exclaimed, "I will take care of tho boy," and almost forcing her down into the small cellar, he closed tho unhinged door, over which he drew a largo chest. Then seiz ing bis rifle and hatchet, he took the infant and ascended to the loft of the cabin, pulling up the ladder after him. A moment more, tho door was forced from its hinges and the Daco tahs entered, eager (or their prey. But Bates did not remain to watch their movements, for lashing his boy to his shoulder, he cautiously opened a shutter in the gable of the loft, and seeing that no Indians were beneath, jumped to the ground, rifle in hand. Ere he had traversed his little garden, tho air resounded with the blood-chilling tones of the war-whoop, and a volley of arrows rained around the fugitive. Happily only one struck him, and that in tho fleshy part of tho arm, so that he kept on, straining every nerve to reach the stockade around his father's cabin . But ere he had gone many paces a gigantic Indian overtook him. Turning like a stag at bay, he faced' his antagonist, knocked him down with the butt of his rifle and then sped on his way. But now, to his horror, he saw a large body of the Dacotahs around his father's dwelling, as ho approached, firing over on to tfie roofs of the cabins with arrows to which . burnieff tow was attached. lie paused but the cries of his boy aroused him to a senso of his own danger and m life's perilous situation. Directing his step towards the river, where he found his "dug out" safely moored, he soon was paddling a cross the river to a settlement where there were a larger number of whites. Day had scarcely dawned on the succeeding morning, before twenty miners, good men and true, were ready to accompary him across the river. Ihoy cared no more for Dacotahs than for prairie dogs, and acted upon the spur of tho moment, regardless of consequences. Crossing above his residence youne Bates led them towards his clearing, but on arriving there, nothing remained of his house but a mouldering pile of ashes. His beloved wifo tad evidently perished in the flames, for a- mong the ashes and charred beams in tho cel lar they found somo blackened bones. Just then they were joined by old Joo Bates and two of his younger sons, armed to tho teeth. They were delighted to see Frank alive, for hey feared that tho column of smoke that had risen from his cabin was his monument, but now they did their best to condole with him in their rough way. llo said but little, but se cretly vowed to avenge his wife's death, and well did lie keep his word. To have seen him, no ono would have supposed that tho inffd looking, slender-built Frank Bates was an in carnate demon in a light with tho Dacotahs, yet within a year after his cabin was bun.;, ho had twenty scalps hanging at his girdle. "Ven geance" seemed his only thought his life's desire. For somo time after this outrage, the Daco tahs kept away from tho mines, but at last a arty of them came prowling about, and tho miners determined to have a brush with them who was so competent to head tho party as that sworn enemy of tho "red-skins," Frank Bates 7 Tho party encased two Winncbatroes as guides, and then struck into tho forest, fol lowing a recent trail. The third nieht of their ourney tho weary leader insisted on standing sentry, and about midnight the clear crack of lis riflo awakened every sleeper. In an in stant every man was on his fect, rifle in hand, ready to repel any lurking foe, but a low whis tle from Frank announced there wa3 no dan- cr. Morning came, and as the party crowd ed around the sentinel to learn tho cause of the alarm, he merely pointed to what appeared to bo a huge bear ; a nearer approach to the object discovered fo their astonishment tho grim visage of a dead Dacotah, enveloped in the skin of a gigantic bruin, who, thus dis guised, had attempted to reconnoitre the po sition of tho frontiers-men. Frank now felt assured they were near their cjicmy, and followed the trail in silence, on the alert for their foe. On reaching tho sum mit of a knoll, they saw tho villazo before them a collection of high, conical tents, made of dressed buffalo skins sewed together, and ornamented with rude representations of the battle or tho chase. On the out skirts wero the squaws, engaged in the laborious oc cupations which fall to their lot. Their in fants, tightly bound to straight strips f bark, were tied to small, bent-over birches, which gently danced them to sleep, and the boys of the village, with bow and arrow, were firing at the representation of a Kansas hunter. In the centre of the village, beforo the towering tent of tho chief sat the braves, smoking their tomahawk pipes with stoical gravity. The white men looked at tho priming of their rifles, put their sharp hunting-knives be tween their teeth, and with a deafening yell rushed down through tho frightened squaws, ere the Dacotahs could comprehend what caus ed the alarm. Dashing into the startled group of warriors with fierce war-whoops, they dealt destruction around them. The chief was the first slain, bravely defending himself and en couraging Lis warriors, who nobly strugglod to avenge his death, but all iu vain. Frank Bates fought like a demon, but at one time was nearly a victim to a stalwart warrior. But on glancing at his opponent, Frank recog nized, in a gay red handkerchief around his head, his marriage gift to his lost wife. This added renewed strength to his body and in creased activity to his fury, as he seized his assailant with his left arm, lifted him from the ground, and at the same time with nervous force thrust his knife into his heart. This de cided the battle, for the surviving Decotahs, panic-struck at tho sudden attack, rushed to tho spot whero their horses were tethered and escaped into the forest. Upwards of fifty dead warriors remained on the bloody field and oth ers grievously wounded, but not a single white man was seriously injuied. ' The women and children fled to tho woods and the whites found an abundance of plunder, comprising blankets, rich furs, horses, dried meat and tents. But Frank Bates felt sad at heart, for the sight of his memento of his wife made liini fear sho had been tortured beforo perishing in tho flames. Night came on, and feeling positive that ho could not sleep, he volunteered to keep watch. It was a bright moonlight night, and as he was pacing his sol itary round, planning now schemes of ven geancc, he heard a light step approach from tho thicket. Frank, at first, raised his rifle to shoot down the intruder, but a secret influenco led him to call out : "Who comes 7" "Arc you a white man 7" - was the reply, in tones that produced an indescribable cflcct up on the stout hearted pioneer. "Yes, and you 1" "I am Frank Bate's wife, who was taken prisoner over on the Mississippi," and as she spoke she advanced. The riflo fell to the ground, and Frank stood as if under the influence of a magic spell. His hands were convulsively clenched, his stood erect on Us Lead, a stiver ran through his frame, and ho tottered bock several paces. But not bo with tho female, who had recogniz ed her husband as sho drew near, and exclaim ed as sho threw herself into his arms : "Frank I my own Frank ! Do you not know your wifo 7" Yes, it was his long mourned bride, her fea tures stamped with sorrow, but still retaining her early beauty. Mutual explanations follow ed, and when the delighted wife learned tho safety of her boy, all her hardships vanished. It now appeared that when tho Indians had en tered Bate's house, they found a keg of whis key which they drank freely, and then plun dered everything removing tho chest in their researches. Soon two of them quarrcllod for the handkerchief Bates haiscen tho day pre vious, and drawing their "scalp-knives, ono speedily received a mortal stab, and fell di rectly upon the trap door, through which his blood ran upon the hidden wifo. She, believ ing it came from tho veins of her husband, shrieked aloud, thus betraying her placo of concealment. Dragging her forth, her captors bound her, then rifling the cabin, applied tho torch. The body of tho slain Dacotah was consumed, and over his bones Bates had mourned as for those of his wifo. That day they "packed" tho plunder upon what horses tho Dacotahs bad left, and starr ed for their homes, which they regained in safety. Tho proceeds of Frank Bates' share of the spoils enabled him to rebuild his house, but this time closo to that of his father and en closed with a high stockade. Tho Dacotahs, however, never returned, and in tho courso of ituc wero driven to tho Far West. Frank Bates is now one of tho wealthiest land-holders in Iowa, a member of tho Stato Senate, Judge of tho County Courts and Major Gener al of the militia. Time has dealt leniently with Lira and his wifo, but neither forgets her captivity. Their son never passes the scene of his father's fight on that mcmorablo night, without feeling a renewed sense of his filial obligation, and a deeper love for his boyhood's home. EXTEA SESSION OF CONGRESS Tho Phil'a Daily Sun says : Tho President issued his Froclamation for an Extra Session of Congress which was to convene on the 21st under circumstances which have nev er previously occurred in tho history of our government, on account of tho disagreement of tho two Houses on the Army Appropriation bill. The Constitution has vested exclusively in the Houso of Representatives, tho origina tion of all bills for raising revenue, and follow ing up tho spirit of this, tho nouso has always originated appropriation bills. Our Congres sional history under the Confederation devcl opes the fact that tho failuro of the States to carry out tho general system of revenue, as recommended by Congress in 1783, was the cause of proceedings which led to tho adop tion of the Constitution, and therefore by that instrument the popular branch wa3 made the custodian of tho public purse. The Commit teo of Ways and Means of the House of Rep resentatives reported all tho necessary appro priation bills, as usual, and in tho one for the army a clause was inserted that no money should be used for the pay or support of tho illegally elected Legislature of Kansas, or the enforcement of its laws. In this the Senate refused to concur, and as the IIouso insisted upon tho provision, Congress adjourned with out passing tho bill. The case, then, assumes a grcator magnitude, as tho first struggle for the constitutional right of the people to con trol tho use of the public money, and in this view its importance rises far above any collat eral issues on the affairs of Kansas. Tho Parliamentary records of Great Britain show many similar efforts of the aristocracy to encroach upon the rights and liberties of the people, by the extinction or curbing of the people's voice in the IIouso of Commons. In the same manncr,as no law can be passed with out tho assent of both our Houses of Congress, and as the lower branch has the origination of Revenue bills, tho persistent refusal of the Senate to accede to a question of more expe diency, becomes factious, intollcrant and des potic, and amounts to tho usurpation of a Ve to power by tho aristocratic branch. ThcPfnn sylvanian of course lays all the blame of the failure of tho Array Appropriation bill on the House, and says it opens "another chapter of revolutionary treason." In the opinion of our cotemporary any revolt against democratic as cendancy is revolution, and any stand taken against Southern encroachment on constitu tional rights is treason ! Now wo maintain that tho Houso in its recent action has done its duty, and will bo derilict if ever it recedes from the position it has taken. Hallam, in his Middle Ages, when speaking of Magna Charta, calls it tho Keystone of Liberty all that has since been obtained is little more than as confirmation or commentary, and if every subsequent law were to be swept away thero would still remain the bold features that dis tinguish a free from a despotic government. An enual distribution of civil rights to all clas ses of freemen forms tho peculiar beauty of the charter, but its essential clauses are thoso whichjprotect the personal liberty and proper ty of all freemen by giving security from ar bitrary imprisonment and arbitrary spoliation, tho two main rights ot civil society. JN ow ap ply these principles to the actioii of tho IIouso in its endeavors to protect the pcoplo of Kan sas from ruffian rule, aided by the bayonets aud sabros of the United States troops. Would tho Representatives of tho Pcoplo hirvo done their duty had they granted appropriations for tho support of the army, without providing a gainst the (spoliations, amercements, seizures, arson, murder, robbery and brigandage rcceht lyjpract iced upon peaceful settlers in Kansas from tho Free States 7 Should tho IIouso of Representatives give money to pay theso ruffi ans 1 Does not tho necessity which demand ed this action rather stamp with infamy the administration under which it became neces sary 7 Is it wondciful then that tho struggle for freedom has excited a degree of energetic public spirit never beforo known in tho histo ry of tho country, or of that the people "tho strong man," in tho sublime language of Mil ton, "was aroused from sleep, and bhook his invincible locks 7" The IIouso must bo firm in tho maintenance of its rights. Senator Mason says ho is ready to "meet tho enemy on tho threshold," and Senator Toomds exclaims, "Let the army bo disbanded, but keep the Constitution for tho protection of tho people." This same spirit should animate tho IIouso, for tho firBt timo, tho Senate has dared to encroach on the popu lar prerogative it has passed the threshold of the House as an enemy, and must bo firmly met. Tho Constitution must be prcscrvod for tho protection of tho pcoplo of Kansa3, even should it be necessary to disband tho arniy to effect it. If the South, actuated by tho ag gressive spirit of the slave domination, desires to test the strength of the Union, let the North stand firmly to tho Constitution, and then 'God protect tho right!" That our readers may clearly understand tho points of difficulty, wo give the proviso rejec ted by tho Senate, in lull. It will be seen that it does not refuse tho President tho employ ment of an adequate military force to prevent tho interference of non-residents,and to protect persons and property ; but simply declares that the laws of Kansas shall not bo enforced by federal troops until they are approved by Congress. Tho proviso is as follows : "Provided, however, and it is hereby de clared, that no part of tho military force of the United States for the support of which appro priations aro made by this act shall bo employ. ed in aid of tho enforcement of any enactment or the body claiming to be the Territorial Le gislature of Kansas, until such enactments shrill havo been affirmed and approved by Con- giess: out this proviso shall not bo so con strned as to Drcvcnt tho President from em ploying an adequate military force to prevent the invasion of said Territory by armed bands oi non-residents, acting or claiming to act as a posse comiialus of any officer in said Territo ry in tho enforcement of any such enactment, and to protect the persons and property there in, ana upon the national highways loading to saia territory, from all unlawful searches and seizures; audit shall bo his further duty to take efficient measures to compel tho return of and withhold all arms of tho L nited States distributed in or to said Teraitory in pursu ance of any law of tho Uuitcd States author izing tho distribution of arms to the States and Territories." Terrible Storm. A terrible storm occur red in tho neighborhood of New Orleans, on Sunday the 10th inst-, which lasted all the following day. Its effects, however, wero most disastrous at Last Island, a great sum mer resort, aud which our accounts represent to havo been entirely inundated. Every building on the island is said to havo been swept away, and no less than ono hundred and ninety lives aro known to havo been lost ! the sight of which was terrible. In Sweden, tho floors of the stable arc planked, and tho planks aro perforated with holes, so that wet will not lodgo on thera, tho bare boards being tho only bedding allowed. To this lodging tho Swedes attribute tho soundness of their horses feet, as it is quite uncommon to meet with a larno or foundered horso in Sweden which has been so stabled. A large meeting was held at Kansas city on the 15th at which it was resolved to send 2, 000 men immediately into the Territory. A meeting was held at Lexington on the ICth, and a resolution was passed, that they would send their quota of men to help settle their diflicultics, by the first boat. Wuo Bids 7 An orphan girl of twenty ,with 55,000 a year, advertises herself in a N. York paper as wanting a handsome, respectable man in marriage. She paints her picture, and it is pretty, and hails from Springfield. Mclntac kcr, after reading the above, shed tears. The poor fellow's married. MiS30i'Bi. The withdrawal of the Bentonian electoral ticket in Missouri, after the lato tcr riblo overthrow of its friends, will of courso be followed by the promulgation of a Fremont electoral ticket in that Stato A man named Johnson has performed tho perilous feat of swimming across tho Niagara river between theFalls and Suspension Bridge. This was the first time tho feat had ever been attempted. Willi ax F. Millee, Postmaster of Allen town, Lehigh county, has been detected in a series of forgeries, and is said to bo a defaul ter also to tho government. Losing a cow for the sake of a cat. This is tho Chinese interpretation of going to law. Wo see it ttatcd that a Fremont electoral ticket is to be formed in Tennessee. MODEL CAILFORMA OFFICIALS. . A correspondent of thoNcwYoik Times, writing from San Francisco, draws tho follow ing picture of tho characters who held high official stations thero, previous to tho action of tho Vigilance Committee. This will give our readers somo idea of tho necessity of the Vigilanco Association : Who are our Supreme Judges 7 Hugh C. '''tlrno l- H-liA filnt rt.l rnn. fef .irfll of six years, had a mnjority of a few hundred votes, falling somo four thousand below bis ticket. Ned McGowan, under indictment as accessory to tho murder of Mr. King, pulled the wires for him in this city. Judge Murray is known in every part of tho State as a fre quenter of brothels and gambling houses. He has been known to win $ 18,000 in a single night at a gambling table, and then to looso tho whole of it at faro tho next day. Tho pa pers, sinco they hvo dared to speak, charge that ho is often seen drunk in tho public streets, and sometimes on tho bench. A few weeks sinco ho mado a murderous assault upon a merchant in Sacramento, who had merely expressed on opinion of tho Judge's unfitness for his high and responsible station, was con victed of the crimo in the Court of Sessions, and fined only ?50. Judgo Terry, bis associate on the Supreme Bench, not long sinco attacked a witness in open Court, at Stockton with a bowie knife ; and, but for prompt interference on the part of tho spectators, would have bece a murder er in fact as he was in intent. I believe ho was fined one dollar for the oflenco ! Our present Mayor, Van Nccs, is openly charged with having negotiated a bribo of $0,- 000 for Judgo Murray, to induce him to dc- cido the caso of Peter Smith vs. Tho City of San Francisco, in favor of tho plaintiff, and then with pocketing tho cash instead of pay ing it over to the Judge. David Scanncl was promoted from the keep er of tho Osceola gambling-house, owned by Casey, to tho responsible trust of High Sher iff. Ono day a enpper inveigled a miner from tho mountains into Scanncll's den, where lie was solicited to stake his bag of gold dust upon three card monto, or some other swind ling game. A gentleman, who had watched tho motions of the fraternity, was assaulted by one of tho Sheriffs undcrtings, because he quietly warned tho young man against the theft sought to be practised upon him. The United States Marshal for tho Northern District, whom President Pierce appointed to office, was a professional gambler and when he heard of Mr. King's assassination, a respec table gentleman says that ho heard him ox claim "d m my heart! I'll give Casoy a thousand dollars !" J. M. Baglcy, who has been ordered out of the Stato by the Vigilance Committee, for his many crimes, was an influential member of the Legislature ; and is besides, noted for his murderous affray with Casey eighteen months sinco on a dispute about ballot-stuffing between them. Tho Vigilanco Committee in their investi gation into the case of Thomas B. Cunning ham, havo elicited satisfactory evidence that ho was in the habit, while connected with the office of Coroner of tho county, of disinter ring tho bodies of persons who had been bur ied, for the purpose of dropping them in tho docks, and thus receiving the fees attending an inquest. In this way, it is said, one body has been mado to do service three or four times, or as long as it would hold together. Sam. White, who shot the polico officer last week in Sacramento, was a genteel kid glovo gambler, and came near being elected, two years eincc, to tho Legislature, by the Rose water wing of tho democratic party. Sam was the financial cgent of Bcllo Cora in the lato Cora trial and a principle witness for the de fence. The question was asked him by the Court : "What is your business 7" He ans wered: "lam Copy writer Clerk in the Hall cf Records." "When did you get your ap pointment 7" "In October last." "Do you spend your wholo timo there 7" "I don't know." "Havo you spent two months 7" "Don't think I have.' "Havo you spent twenty days 7" "Don't think I have." "Have you copied twenty pages thero?" "Don't think I have." "Havo you copied two pages thero 7" "Don't think I have." "Did you ever writo your Dame thero 7" "Yes, I receipted for my pay." "Do you draw your pay regularly." "Yes I do." During tho last seven years, fourteen hun drcd murders, it is said havo been perpctra ted in and about San Francisco, and the city itself has been burned down seven times. Now, suppose ono of this class does get in to the Stato Prison. Let us sco how he is punished there. Somo seven or eight mouths Dodman N. Backus, a gambler and a rowdy, without the least provocation, at the command of a French woman, his mistress, shot a poor German apothecary dead. Backus, by somo hocus-pocus, was only tried for manslaughter. He was convicted, bnt laughed at tho idea of being sent to tho State Prison, ia accordance with the law. His counsel, on somo pre-arranged flaw ia the indictment, had mado a motion to set a sido tho verdict. Ho was awaiting the deci sion in tho county jail at the timo it was be sieged by the Vigilance Committee, but was 50 fearful he wonH meet the fate he ? riefclv desctved at tho hands of tho people, that ho beggod his connsol-to withdraw tho motion from tho Supremo Court, and get an order for his immediate transfer to tho State Prison. Would you bclicvo it 7 through tho influenco of his gambling friends, Backus has been mado Chief Clerk of the prison, a situation hun dreds of honest men might covet, and Instead of workfng in a clay-pit, in a parti-colorod suit, sits at the officer's dinner table in a black coat and fine linen, hob-nobs glasses with Gen. Estcli, chief of tho establishment, and, no doubt, plays draw-poker with him after tho shades of night hare closed about tho State's hotel at San Qucntin. Tho fact is, tho administration of the law, was almost, Itself, in the hands of theso mis creants, and they wero backod up by an organ ized despotism, which could not bo success fully assailed in any other way than that tho Vigilanco Committco havo lcen driven to adopt. They know no party. They wero whigs, democrats, and know nothings just as cither party might happen to bo in the ascen dant. IxroHTAXT to Farmers. Many barns havo recently been burned, supposed by incendia ries, but a little acientific knowlodgo would throw light on this point. Theso fires gener ally occur at harvest timo, and tho causo is at tributed to tho harvest being hurried in too quickly the process of curing is ofton imper fectly performed. A cotemporary says: "Take, if you will, a fow armsful of clover, just cut, and carefully t hrow it into a heap; in a few hours, thrust in your hand, and you will jerk it out as if scalded. Indeed this heat of fer mentation is often intenso, and, without doubt, many a timo it may be found in stacks of new hay or even grain. Thus it is that sponjanc ous combustions ensues and bursts into sud den flames, aud this, let it bo remembered, so frequently in tho harvest season, resulting from tho fact that tho hay or grain was but im perfectly cured. It Is worthy of remark, that when the half-cured hay escapes this combus tion, it is apt to becomo soured from this fcr mcntivc process." Farmers 6hould bo caro f ul that their harvest is well done, and not too hastily, else they may lose it all. The Panama Massacre. Tho special Com missioner, A. B. Corwinc, Esq., appointed to investigate tho Panama massacre, has mado his report, which inevitably fixes tho respon sibility of that act upon tho New Granada au thorities ; allows damages amounting to about half a million of dollars ; recommends tho ex action of immcdiato indemnity thcrcfT and tho punishment of tho rioters ; aud in tho c vent of a failuro to recover, that tho United States take 6uch steps as may bo nocessary to protect, on its own behalf, the transit across tho Isthmus. The whites aro anxious that tho Unitad States should acquiro jurisdiction over tho Isthmus, and it is thought that New Gra-" nada is not averse to ceding to us the entire Stato of Panama. A CoMiiON Sextimext. Tho Reading Jcur nal wo regard as tho ablest and most influen tial supporter of Fillmoro in this State. In speaking of tho projected union of tho Anti Buchanan forces in this State, it forcibly says : American State Convention. It will bo noticed as a significant feature of tho proceed ings, that a resolution, offered by a delegate from Philadelphia, to the cfiect that no com mittco shall havo power to change, alter, or amend the Electoral ticket, except to supply vacancies, was laid on thz table, from which it would appear that the project of a Union Elec toral ticket, was favorably regarded by a ma jority of tho delegates. Let this bo dono at tho proper time, and in a proper manner fair and honorable to both divisions and tho result can scarcely fail to ensure a glorious triumph of the Opposition forces in the Key stone Stato. The President's FaocLAMATiox for an ex tra session gives for tho reason, "that whilst hostilities exist with various Indian tribes cn tho remote frontiers of tho United States, and whilst In other respects tho public xcaco js so rioucly threatened, Congress has adjourned without granting the necessary supplies for tho army, depriving tho Executive of tho pow er to perform his duty in rclationto tho com mon defence and security." Fosd or Cuickex. A sangninous political paper, of Democratic tendencies, on tho Wes tern border, has hoisted a chicken of rcr.poc tablo dimensions, at tho head of its news col umns to crow for tho victory in Iowa. Uis faith runs counter to tho facts, as wo havo them, but wo suppose his chicken "is the ev idence of things hoped for, not seen." When Gcorgo III. was told that Wolfo was quite unfit to command, and was, in fact, a madman, the monarch replied, "Mad mad mad ! Wolfo mad ! Wish he'd bito some if the other generals !" A Kixa made of Blood ! It is stated that tho wife of ono of the most distinguished phy sicions of Paris, wears a ring mado cf iron that was extracted from tho blood taken from her husband during scmo disease with which he was afflicted. This is a new nso for Mood . An exchango says, restless and crying In fants may frequently bo relieved and quieted by a draught of cold water. Who knows but this sitrplo agent might profitably superset' bih sppTikinrr and prejrorieT
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