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bodies of troops had been forced down up
on him. He determined to retreat to the
table land of Tittel, and to act on the de
fensive, but first to attempt a surprise at
Begyea. This intention was kept so
cret that the Ban's troops had not the
slightest idea of what was to take place.
At six in the evening of the 15th they be:.
gan their,mareh, but two Of the enemy's
officers, who were , captured on the 14th
inst., confessed that the Ban's intention
- was already known in the Hungarian
- camp. On reaching llegyes, where thp
Ban expected to meet his enemies, all was
found to be quiet, and it was supposed the
Hungarians had fled, when on a sudden
some signal rockets were observed to as
cend. The very next moment the Ban's
front flanks were assailed by a tremen
dous discharge of grape and canister from
the hidden batteries of the Hungarians.--
A charge was attempted, but all in vain,
and the Ban's army was compelled to re- .
treat to Verbasz, and thence to Kis-Ker.
Here the exhausted troops, believing that
the pursuit would not , be continued, at
tempted to obtain food and rest; but the
Hungarian forces appeared again & drove
them across the Roman entrenchments to
Kaez, where the Ban's rearguaid arrived
at 10 o'clock, a, m., having been thirty
one hours on their legs, ten of which had
been passed in hard fighting.
The Vienna papers of the 15th speak
of private accounts from the south to the
effect that the Ban, or the, generals Offing
er and Knicjanin, had defeated the Mag
yars between Peterwardein and Villiyo.
or near Titl, and had captured two Mag
yar battalions and thirteen guns. The
Hungarians are said to have been led by
Bern or Guyon. It is most probable, how
ever, that these accounts are either wholly
unfounded, or are only exaggerations of
affairs of little importance.
Reports of the Russian General Luders,
which have been published at Warsaw,
claim advantages in various actions which
occurred in the Szeklerland, and between
Cronstadt and Hennannstadt, between the
second and . the fifth of July. On the lat
ter day the Magyars are alleged to have
lost 550 killed, four guns, and two colors,
while from the second to the filth the Rus
sian loss is said not to have exceeded 5
• killed and 40 wounded. General Clam's
Austrian corps arrived in Cronstadt from
Wallachia on the 13th, and General Lu
ders then caused his vanguard, under Gen.
Frkglhard,- to advance in the direction of
Hermannstadt. General Englhard, on ar
riving at the village of Fagaras, found the
place occupied by an inconsiderable body
of Magyars, attacked it in front and rear,
carried it, and captured 400 prisoners and
4 guns, while the Hungarians are said to
have lost 200 killed. While these are the
Russian accounts of what has been pass
ing around Cronstadt, it appears that des
patches from General Grotenhielm, dated
on the eighteenth, at Bistritz, speak otai
action apparently of little importance, in
which he claims to have abtained advan
'tages.
The Wanderer, Vienna, pretends that
Grosswardein had been taken by the im
perial troops, but this is considered im
probable. Gen. Bem has sent part of his
forces to protect Hermannsfadt. Klausen
berg is again stated to have fallen into the
hands of the Russians. The town of Gross-
Kanischa has been taken by the Austrian
: 4 3ren. Nugent, after an engagement which
'asted several hours. Seventy-two hou
s were destroyed by fire by the Austri-
The Bmancz:pation of Brussels says
•3 nothing to confirm the reported
the Russians by Dembinski, at
• is there any confirmation of
defeat of anotherititssian divis-
MISCELLANEOUS.
;ling of the populatiOn of Buda is
43 favorable to the imperialists, but
Pesth to be against thorn. Large
Russian 'troops are being con
dong the frontier of Gallicia, to
Hungarians from invading Po
m event of being defeated by the
allied armies.
It is stated that the Hungarians arc in
great force on the left. bank of the Dan
ube, near. Kalotsha, where it is expected
the next battle will take place. There is
also a Hungarian garrison of 4,000 men
at Baja, and the province oßßacz, to the
south of Theresiopel, swarms with Hus
tars and Honveds.
All the male population, from 16 to 60,
have risen in arms in favor of the Mag
yars. All sorts of arms tire resorted to,
even scythes and ploughshares, and car
riages, hoises, and corn, and other provis
ions, aro taken into the fortress of Peter
wardein by, their owners. The Magyars
are masters of the whole of the Bannat.—
, Nothing was known of the fate ofTemes
, war since the Bth. ' .
The enthusiasm of the Magyars increas
es daily. The exclesiastes cause to be
carried before them a colossal red sword,
a red cross, and a large flag, with this in
scription, "Death to the Russians & Aus
trians!" on it in black letters. These pro
ceedings greatly excite the people. The
seat of the Magyar government is at Sze
kez.tad, and Baja, in a steamboat, which
ascends or descends the river as circum
stances may require, and which is provi
ded with cannon for its defence. Kossuth
lias• said that on his fete. day he will dis
embark in this boat at Pesth. He former
ly made, such a promise, and he kept his
word. , •
Vienna dates to the 28th ult., state that
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the' Velma public were occupied exten
sively in studying the translations which
.• -appeared of Lord Palmerston's speech, in
.the British Parliament July 21. ThiS, it
ii.said has been a clap of thunder to the
numsters; The news of Georgey's hay
ing beateft the Russians at Jaszo, entered
•Kaschau, and crossed 'the Theiss, came at
paho same time, and alreadY there were ru
theof intentions to negotiate for race.
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safe ii , carOspondent informs us °Oho
all ' rtth
N orit,, that Baron Metzberg, who
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-The - IbQ toVienna for the purpose of ob .
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tailing the ratification of the treaty of
peace between Austria and Sardinia, had
failed in accomplishing the object of his
mission, and that the Vienna cabinet per
emptorily declined accepting the terms of
the said treaty.
An addreSs has been presented to the
Austrian'Emperor by the Bohdrnitins, so
liciting his Majesty to remain true to the
constitution of March. The :Emperor, in
reply, has'assured the petitigners that it is
his intention to adhere to the pririciples of d
that constitution. -
From California.
SAN Fnmicisco, June 30, 1949,
.Editdrs Picayune: Since my letter of,
the Bth, 1 have made a visit to the. South-
ern mines—including those of Stanislaus,
Tawlamia,•Mercedes, and Marieposas ri
vers and heir tributaries. After all you
have heard of the . richness of the placers,
you would be astonished to look over the
country containing in its bosom so vast an
amount of precious treasure—for miles
and miles, betweert,the Stanislaus and the
Mercedes, the bowels ofthe earth had been
upturned and ferreted, to the depth of six
or eight feet, and still the gold appears es
inexhaustible as when the miner first
struck a spade into it. It would really ap
pear as if the main body of the glittering
metal had not been approached. Up to
the present time the only search has been
made in the dry diggins; every one is an
ticipating a rich harvest as soon as the ri
vers fall sufficienly to enable them to
work the beds ; But independent of the
gold in the • rivers and the present "dry
diggings," the deposit would seem inex
haustible.• From the Stanislaus to the
Mauriaposis, a distance of 80 or 90 miles
the gold - region is ofpurely volcanic forma
tion, and looks as ifvolcano after volcano
had burst out from the earth, pouring forth
over the face of the country layer after,
layer of pure gold. Many of the craters
still exist, as nature originally formal
them; although little gold is found - in the
immediate vicinity of the 'eruptions; but
in .the drains and• little' creeks, leading
fror?i them into the rivers, it has been
found in the greatest abundance. Howev
er, the deposit is not confined to any one
place or locality. Wherever a hole is
made in the ground, gold is to be found,
but in some places greater quantities than
others. There is a vein of quartz rock,
from ten to fifty feet wide, extending from
the Stanislausas far south as a small creek
between the Mariaposas and King's. river.
I tried it at a great many places, and
found it richly impregnated with gold at
nll points—the gold being locked up in the
matrix, so as to require machinery to ex
tract it.
There are now about 20,000, people at
work in the south,including alleges, sexes,
conditions and colors: It may be safely
estimated that they are taking out a thou
sand pounds of gold per day—whenever
one of the miners gets less than an ounce
a day, he thinks he is not paid for his la
bor, and seeks some better place. 'This
insatiable thirst for gold keeps one-fourth
of the population continually going from
one place to another, seeking more profit
able "diggings."
Four-fitihs of the people arriving in the
country shape their course for the Sacra
mento river and its tributaries. I made
my trip up San Joaquin. From here to
its mouth or its junction with the Sacra
mento, at the head of Suison Bay, the
navigation is as difficult and affords as
many obstacles as that of the gulf of
Mexico; and lam fully convinced that
the boats which navigate the rivers will,
not be able to come to this point, so that a
depot must be made in that vicinity for the
interior trade.
The Joaquin river, for four or five miles
above its mouth, for 200 miles or more
into the interior, is bordered by an im
mense swamp, about twenty miles wide,
which is at present covered by a verdent
growth of rushes. The river is naviga
ble for good - sized vessels at all seasons of
the year as high as Stockton, for eight
months of the year as high as the mouth
of the Mercedes, and the three feet water
mark as high as the mouth of the Tawla
mia. At the present time large sea going
vessels are literally taken out into the
country, and tied up in tho woo.is.
On my arrival at Stopitton, I found a
population of several hundred living in
tents, there being but one frame building.
For some time this must inevitably be a
place .of immense importance. It is and
will continue for some time to be the depot
for all the mines from the Macalemia nv.
ler south. There is on an average $lO,
000 of goods disembarked there per day.
The merchants have, and are continueing
to make a good deal of money. What
has been of great advantage to the place is
the proprietors has refused to sell to spec
letors, and retained the best positions for
real settlers. From Stockton to the mines,
seventy-five miles South, there is a tri
weekly stage line running: the trip is
made in a day, and the fare charged is
two ounces of gold (832.) The first of
the mining region is in Wood's Creek,
south of the 'Stanislaus---at present there
are few working . them, on account of
the water flowing in on, them from under
ground. The people from the State of
sonoro, Mexico, and those from South
America, settled . at this point; but owing
to some diffictilties likely to occur between
them and the Americans, they moved out
and establishhd a camp about four miles
distant. The Mexicans and South Arne
'ricotta' nuinber about eight thousand; they
kept) up all the customs and habits of their
country--bull fights, chicken fights, dan
cing, gambling, dr.c., on Sundayand Feast
days. Innll the other "Diggings" Sun
days are respected,though I havenot heard
of any preaching , any of them.
Notwithstanding the variety' of popula
tion so suddenly thrown t4ther, and
coming ':from all parts of the habitable
thereis the most perfect respect
paid to our:la7g and:justice—,-no man high
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or low, escapes a merited punishment.—
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As the people at present have no written
code of laws, or system of government to
enforce, they by common consent and
mutual understanding, adopt the following
course of action ; VVhenever a compa
ny is formed at' which tenor more persons
locate themselves , they meet and elect from
among them by popular suffrage, one
person to act as arcade, (civil rnagistrate,)
before Whom are .brought all cases of a
civil character, _which are tried and-deci
ded according to sworn evidence—them
is no appeal from 'his decision, and every
, person must conform to this system of
government, or ho is liable to be araigned
as a criminal, and then two to one ho gets
a flogging, or is driveti out of camp in dis
grace. In every camp, a sound, sensible,
practical man has been elected, and ' the
gnity, form, and ceremony observed at
the alcade's office, might be imitated to
advantage in sonic of the inferior courts
in the States. A fee is allowed the alai&
in all cases, so that ho can without loss
devote his exclusive time to the buisness of
the public. Criminal cases are decided
differently. Whenevever a man commits
any act against the peace and order of the
camp, ho is at once arrested and brought
before the "Meade with a specification
l and the evidence on both sides of the
offence; the alcnde without delay summons
la jury of twelve men to try the criminal,
I who selects whom he pleases to defend
him, and the judge selects a'prosecutor.—
After all the proceedings are- terminated,
the alcade charges the jury to. bring a
true verdict according to the evidence.—
Some of the verdicts are a little singular
in their character, and they may be laugh
ed at, but no one can criticise their straight
forward justice. I will give you a speci
men, and then you can judge for yourself.
A man was charged with killing anoth
er—the jury brought_ in a verdict "that
the' person committed the act was justifia
ble, as he had been attacked, but that ho
was always ready to quarrel' and fight,
and dangerous to the peace and good or.:
der of the camp, and therefore he must
leave the country in thirty days; failing to
do which, he should be shot down by the
first person laying eyes upon him.". An
other case was that of a merchant who
caught a Spaniard stealing from him : lie
fell 'on the offender and commenced stri
king him with his fist, but after a few
blows the fellow fell dead at the feet of the
merchant. The jury brought in a verdict
that the merchant was justifiable in whip
ping the Spaniard when he caught him
stealing, and that the killing was acciden
tal ; therefore they acquittedhim. A per
son charged with maltreating an aged man
and destroying some of his property, the
jury found him guilty and sentenced him
to receive thirty-nine lashes on the bare
back, to labor in the mines until he should
reimburse theman for thedestroyed prop
erty, and afterwards quit the country.—
Every - part of this rigerous sentence was
faithfully executed. A fellow had stolen
some:property, and was convicted—it was
in a musquito region—he wad sentenced
to be stripped naked and tied so that the
musquitoes could peg him for an hour, un
lesS he should sooner tell where all the
property was _secreted. After he had
been exposed to the attack ofthe musquitoes
for fifteen minutes, he returned all the,
property.
Generally nearly all articles .command
good* prices in cash. There are few 'in
stances wherein credit is given..,
The voyage of the sailing vessels from
Panama is almost as long ad that frorif
New York' being about one hundred days
—some of them have been 135 days.—
The shortest voyages to this port have been
made by the Baltimore built vessels—the
Grey Eagle, the Grey Hound, the Archi
tect and the Col. Fremont—all of them in'
between one hundred and thirteen and
one hundred and thirty-five days. The
Architect has had very bad - luck, having
encountered heavy 'weather and head
winds, with two thirds of her crew down
with the cholera. Although she has been
a long time on her voyage, she has made
a most extraordinary trip, considering all
the circumstances.
Com'r Ringgold, of the U. S. Navy,
has been engaged by the citizens of Cali
fornia to survey and sound the bays and
harbors of San Francisco, San Pablo and
Suison, and the rivers Sacramento and San
Joaquin. Mr. Ringgold was attached to
the exploring expedition under Lieut.
Wilkes. His known reputation and abilj
y will give great character to the survey.
FBI:AXEL
Succcessfid attempt to sustain the supre
macy of the Laws—Encounter between
the Regukaors and Flatheads—Deadlii
Conflicts.
PADUCAH, August,i.
A band of lawless, thieving desperadoes,
with the• undiviable appellation of Flat
heads, have, for some time past, committ
ed some of the most outrageous depreda
tions upon the honest portion of the popu
lation of the Southern end of
This band of thievei numbers about three
hundred.
For the safety of life and personal prop
erty, about five hundred of the most re
spectable inhabitants of the State formed
themselves into an association called the
Regulators.
The aggressions perpetrated by the
Flatheads becoming so insapportal?le, the
Regulators determiiied to use ::t*most
vigorous measures to bring the culprits to
justiee. They accordingly procured writs
for the arrest of ten . or twelve of the lea
ders
. of the Flathead gang, and summonedthe, officers aid' them in the execution o
the taw.
: The Flatheads, hearing of Allis mave
ment, the most determined of, them, to the
number of about seventy-five assembled in
a log house, where, armed to the teeth,
and making a fort of the log house, they
determined .to stand their ground, and
give battle, , _ ,
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BEI
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Affairs in Illinois.
The Regulators having discolored the
retreat, came and summoned theFlatheads
to surrender, which request they refused.
The Regulators threatened to charge the
log house, and invited every honest man
wh'o MS misled into it to leave.
About twentpsik geeing that the side of
justice was the strongest, left their com
panions in the log house.
: The Regulators filen charged upon the
remainder of the Flatheads, and soon put
the'm to precipitate flight. ;
During the charge two of the Flatheads
were killed . „ and three wounded. Three
of the Regulators are said to have been
mortally wounded.
The . , whole neighborhood is in the
greatest excitement. The Regulators as
sisted by the authorities, determined to
run this lawless band out of the county,
are persuing them in every directioa.
A number of the Flatheads hale fled
over to Kentucky, 'and others have hid
themselves in the swamps.
Society Upset in California,
There appears to be what tha French
call a bouleversenzent—a complete oxor
turn—of the usual arrangements'ofweie.
ty, at the gold region; for aspecime"n o
which the following extract - from ,ii- San
Francisco letter in the Boston. Courier :7-
"Since my arrival I have seen a Lieuten
ant of the navy, and a New York merch
ant dragging a hand cart, at an ounce per
load; a few days since I - met a professor
in one of your first colleges, driving his
ox team hauling emigrant "traps to the
diggings," at $2O for one hundred pounds.
A Georgia planter cooks my salt pork,
and does the flap jacks brown; a printer
from the Pkayane office keeps my books,
and two young men from jobbing houses
in Pearl street take care of the mules, haul
lumber and act as porter in the store;
each from $lO to 18 per day, with board.
In California all labor, and ono is daily
furnished with innumerable sources of a
, musement by meeting old friends in such
comical employment. Imagine -. our
friend----, the artist, with buckskin
trousers red flannel shirt, and California
hat, Peddling.newapapers : "Sun, Herald
and Tribune, air! latest dates from New
York, only Um dollars each."
The artist spoken of is - doubtless J. S.
Osgood, Wliose excelleni letter to the New
York iTribithe confirifi this ita,a part of
his ocupation' at a California renumem.
ling rate, of course.
A Robbei Captured.
Neal's Gazette of the 26th inst., relates
the following: A desperate attempt at rob
bery and murder was made on the night
of the 15th, about halfway between Little
Falls and Paterson, N. J. Mr. Wright, a
school teacher, was returning from Pater-
So
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, when he was attacked by a young
m• n who sprang out of the cedar bushes,
a d demanded his money. Being answer
ed that he had none with him, the fellow
made a personal attack, when Mr. Wright
caught him by the throat, and a desperate
struggle ensued, in which they both fell,
Mr. W. under the desperado, who drew a
large knife, and in attempting to stab him,
inflicted a severe wound across his thigh,
about six inches in length. Mr. \V., by a
desperate effort for his life, finally, extri
cated himself and got possession of tho
knife. After long continued exertions,
Mr. W., who was the stronger of the two,
took the ruffian to Little Falls, and he is
pow safely lodged in the jail at Paterson.
He was apparently dressed on purpose for
this business,, wearing a white shirt over
his - clothes, trimmed fantastically with
large epaulettes on each shoulder, and a
steeple crowned hat, trimmed • to corres
pond with the shirt. He had a loaded pis-.
tol, a knife six inches long, and a daguer,
rcotype likeness of himself, with 828 in
money. .- - . . .
Invasion of Cuba.
The President has issued his proclaina
in which he says "there is reason to be
lieve that an armed expedition is about to
be fitted out in the United ,States with an
intention to invade Ale Island. of Cuba, or
some of the provinces of Mexico." He,
therefore, warns all citizens-of the United
States, whol shall connect themselves with
nn enterprise so grossly in violation of our
treaty obligations, that they will thereby
subject themselves to the heavy penalty
denounced against them by our acts of
Congress, and will forfeit their claim to
the protection of their country.
The National bitelligencer says that
"at one point (on an island on the coast of
the Gulf) there arc said to be embodied
from three to five hundred men : and agents
are believed to be engaged in Northern as
well as Southern cities, in enlisting men
for the expedition. In the South, it is giv
en out that the enterprise is armed against
Tampico and the Mexican territory of the
Sierra Nevada."—Nears Gazete:
Lieut. Mayne Reid.
A New York paper states that ,Lieut.
Mayne Reid was in London, at last dates,
on the eve of starting for the Hungarian
camp, to take a part in the struggle going
)6n between Hungary, and Russia and Aus.
'tria. He had had tin interview with the
Hungarian minister Yesident in London,
from whom ho carries out letters to Kos.
suth, Bern, and Gcorgey. Accompanying
him, and unaer` his command, are a band
of Hungarians, and others, who for the
most part, left this country with him, to
share in the dangers and, it may be, the
glories of the contest now raging.
Eleven dollars and sixty cents postage,
says the Boston Transcript, was paid on a
letter to the care - of Mr. G. 'M. Simmons,
of Boston, received by ,the last mail from
California; from a young man formerly
foreman in the boys cutting departniont
at Oak Hall. It was his remittance of six
teen ounces of gold ' dust collected by him-,
self at the mines, and remitted home to
his mother
.
11011
A TRAGICAL AFFAIR.—Wo learn from-just cando-no'- injury eaoh
-
the Lebanon (Ohio) Star, that a most tm-;other. With regard to these conflicting
gical and shocking occurrence took place sentiments and opinions, growing out of
in the village of VVaynesville, in that coun- local causes And-InstitutionS,,ii yin:be - the
ty, about five o'clock on Tuesday morning! object 'of the undersigned not - 10-interforei '
of last week. Mrs. Matilda Gordon, incl.. except to inculcate
_concession and-forbear
ted by unfounded jealousy, and probably . once on all sides, and to Secure to each the
laboring under moncnnanut:on this subject, * just protection W1)10411° constitution pro
killed her little child, nine months .old, by •mises • , • -
cutting his throat, and then attempted the Our endeavors will be - to unite
all the
destruction of both her husband and her- i elenients of the :democratic party in sup.
self. She inflicted a severe wound upon • port of its common principles, and in an .
the neck of her husband while he was a-' effort to regainits' ascendancy, Which has
sleep, and then made a fruitless attempt to:been : lost by the mistaken trust.and eonfi;
sever her windpipe , inflicting a severe in- denco which some of its members'hrve're:.
jur • •
y. It is said that she meditated the deposed in a man, now occupying 'the presi
struction of all her children, and for thi!dency, who had gained high. military hon.
purpose called the elder ones into the house ors in tt noble and patriotic cause,_ and
on the morning of the murder, but they ' who, in order to attain the highest . ;civic- •
refused to enter. honors, made promises one pledges Which
- • • •he has, from meapacity . to fulfil his duties,
or from intentional desigh, grossly viola
ted, thus betniying to the, enemy those
who confided in him, and bringingdisgrace
upon - the Presidential 'office. • --
In carrying out these purposes and in
tentions, the undersigned feel that they,
shall stand in need of the active and ener
"gefic co-operation find support of the undi
vided democracy of the country.' The
party in power has secured its ascendancy
by a fraud upon the people,, and has most
shamefully violated all the pledges which
it made to attain power. It will endeavor
to maintain its ascendency. by the same
unscrupulous means. - It is the party rep
resenting the foreign sentiments and prin.
ciples now too openly'. prevalent in this
country, and ,which are at war with the
principles of our government and with pop.
ular liberty. It is the party which always
allies itself-with every foreign enemy with
which our country may happen to be atva
fiance. It is the • party that espoused the
cause of Great Britain in tm war 011812,
and leagued with Mexico in the war of
1845. Sound political morality, fidelity
to republican principles, and that spirit of
true patriotism which ever frowns upon
treachery to ones one's country, require
that this party shall be expelled from the
power which it has gained by such repre
hensible means, and is now exercising for
such unjustifiable ends. And in this great
work we invoke the energetic and unti
ring aid of every patriot and every friend
to popular liberty and free government,
assuring them that we shall endeavor not
to be wanting in honest efforts to accom
plish• that part of the work of reform which
may devolve on us.
But, while the "UNION" will be mainly
devoted to politics,
it will not overlook the
demands of the domestic circle. It will
contain all the important news of the day,
and devote a reasonable portion of its col
umns to matters of : interest relating to sci
ence, - the arts, and general literature.
Monks RITCHIE,
EDMUND BURKE.
CHOLERA IN BIRMINGHAM—TiIe Pitts
burg papers of Friday last state that the
cholera was greatly on the increase in
Bigningham, 25 cases and 15 deaths hav
ing occurred on the previous day. 'The
town had become almost depopulated, the
factories all closed and the inhabitants
scattered in every , direction. The mor
tality is the more frightful from the small
number of the inhabitants remaining. The
cholera has also made its appearance in
South Pittsburg, where, out, of a popula
tion of about 40, ten had died during the
week ending the 23d ; the living had fled,
and jhe place was utterly deserted, on the
Daily Times.
A MAN MinPlelißD BY lIES
The'Muscogce
,(Oa.) Democrat says: "On
Sunday last, in
,the Eastern part of this
county, a man by the name of Isham
Hicks, was shot
,by his' wife and killed !
Weimderstand thatthe family fiadn drun
ken carousal on Saturday : night, in which
the mutt and his wife and children,purtici
pated, and .that Hicks,
while still drunk on
Sunday, commenced beating his 'wife,
when the latter seized a loaded rifle and
discharged its contents into his•abdomen,
of which wound he died on Monday. about
noon. Verdict of the Coronor's jury was
in accordance with these facts. The mur
deress had fled to the woods."
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A Daily, Semi-Weekly, k
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Published at Washington, D. C., and de
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General Intelligence.
On and after the first day of June 1849,
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joint editorial management and control o
the subscribers. .
As both of the undersigned have been
before the public in different stations—one
of us for nearly half a century, and the
other for several years—we believe it will
not be deemed arrogant in us to suppose
that nothing more than a general declara
tion of our principles and the course which
we intend to pursue, will be necessary at
this time.
The political character of the "UxioN"
will remain unchanged. As it has hith
erto done from the date of its publication
to the present time, it will continue to ad
vocate the great principles of the demo.
cratic party as expounded by its illustri
ous founder, THOMAS JEFFERSON, and car
ried into successful_practice_in_ the admin
istration of the government by subsequent
democratic Presidents; principles which
hay s e secured for our beloved country an
expansion, progress, and glory unexam
pled in the history of ancient` or cotempo
rarympires, and elevated it to the first
rank, among the nations of the earth.—
Those principles have been more fully de
veloped in the original Prospectus which
was published at the commencement of the
publication of the "Uxirox," and re-pub
lished in its columns a few days ago.—
They demand a system of taxation and
revenue which shall be equal and just up
on all classes and individuals, oppressing
none and favoring none; economy in the
expenditure of the public moneys; the sep
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goverriffient from all connexion with State
institution or corporations created by itself;
a strict construction of the constitution,
confining the several branches of the gen
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of action, and requiring of all a faithful per
formance of duty:; and especially demand
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United States shall not abdicate his high
powers and his responsibilities to an irres
ponsible cabal, under the name of a cabi
net, who are not chosen by the people,&
are not accountable to them at the balot
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,repreSents • the
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