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JE'FFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, Angnst 2, 1849.
Progress of the Cholera.
New York.
Coses.
July 24; 89
26; 150?
" 27, 205
" 28, 154
u 29, 155
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Deaths.
38 '
39
52
66
51
53
81
Phila. Cincinnati.-.
Casc3V
38
34
26
61
30
Deaths.
18
14
9
8
12
20
13
Deaths.
20 "
wis,
.15
17
13
STATE CONVENTION.
Al the la-si meeting of the Whig Stale Cen
tral Committee held at Harrisburg, in pursu
ance. of public call, it was on motion,
Resolved,. That the friends of the National
and-Stato'.admimsirations, in Pennsylvania, be
r'eoncstcd to meet in the several cities and
couriTfes of the State and select jlelegates equal.
in number to their representation in the biato
Legislature, who shaij meet in Convention at
the Court House, in Harrisburg, at 11' o'clock,
A. M.,. on THURSDAY, the 16th day of AU
GUST next, for the purpose of selecting .a can
didate for Canal Commissioner, and to do such
other business as the interest of the country
tuny require.
By order of the Committee
GEORGE ERETY, Chairman pro tern.
f" Will
lG3 The Cholera broke out, a few days since,
in the Bucks County Almshouse. Out of 160
paupers, cigkty-six have died, and many others
were down with the disease. The panic was so
great that nurses could with difficulty be procured
to attend upon the sick and dying. The following
statement, which we clip from the Bucks County
Intelligencer, of Tuesday last, .includes all those
who have diedfrom the breaking out of tlie dis
ease till six o'clock on Sunday evening. last.
From the I9th to 22d of July,. 3 were buried.
" 2-id
On the 25th
44 26th
" '27th
" - 28th
" 29th
25th
it
35 . "
5 deaths.
4
8
CI
Total to 6 o'clock Sunday-eve. 86
, Jonathan Emory, of Doylestown township, was
engaged on the 24th to assist in nursing-and taking
care of the sick, and on Thursday he took the chol
ra and died.
Thomas FolingofGermantown, was hired as a
grave digger, on Wednesday last, and died of
Cholera on Saturday.
In the early part of last week, Mr. Edwards
(the Stewart) and his family, were removed to a
house at Bridge Point he and his-wife being sick
at the time. On Thursday Mr. Edwards' disease
assumed the form of theCholera, and on Sunday
morning he died. One of his children had died of
Cholera before they lefrthe Almshouse. His wife
has recovered. f"
-T. S, Charles Roberts, who has been engaged
constantly in making coffins for the dead, informs
us that up to yesterday at 12 o'clock, only one
more had died, but two more of the paupers were
taken with the disease. There are not more than
six to ten now down, with the disease.
He also informs, us that when the disease first
appeared among them, there were 154 paupers in
the establishment 87 of whom have died, several
had left the premises, and fifty are still remaining.
fl" A number of our exchange papers are urg
ing a reform in the mode and manner of publish
ing the laws of the Commonwealth, by having
"them published in the newspapers, instead of the
present pamphlet form, which, generally appear
about six months after the" session, when a few
get into the hands of the lawyers and Justices,
and many of them are- stored away in the garrets
of the public offices- If the object is to give pub-,
.licity, there can be no doubt, but that the proper
way would be to make them known through the
Press.
The attempt of the Hunkers and Barnburners
in New York to form a coalition seems not likely
to. be successful as was anticipated. The Hunker
General Committee of New York recently passed
a series of resolutions, approving of the Baltimore
platform, refusing to unite with any who will not
'come upon their platform,' and declaring " That
we cannot and will not recognise any organiza
tion of the Democratic party in this State except
that emanating from the Syracuse Convention of
'1847, and none in this county but that having its
v. "'he id quarters at Tammany Hall."
Singular Restoration to Reason. .
- T)etjEaston Argus says that Mr: John Stotz, of
Nazareth, Northampton county, who had been af-
'flicted with ajrind of melancholy sickness, or par
tial derangement of the mind, for the last 8 years
and during which period henad not spoken a word,
''suddenly returned to his usual reason to the great
delight of his friends and acquaintances. ..He at
tehdslo his business as formerly, "and expresses
f great joy 'for his restoration He is entirely un-
conscious of any thing that tobk place during his
mental derangement.
' The Central railroad was opened lojdillerstown,
' a distance of about .30. rniles from Harrisburg, on
jMonday a week, says the Harrisburg Telegraph, a
train going up and back m about 3 hours, includ
ing all stoppages. Amongst the persons present
on the occasion, were Gov, Johnston, Hon. W.
ihM. .Meredith and Hon. Thaddeus Stevens. All
fcungree that the road is one of the best in the coun
tr.y. The bridge over the Susquehanna lis a tnag-
jurable:?as hVeverlastjnhills," and oue.ojhe
v Tinest cimehs ' of JbrTdge a rchitecfifre inuou $
a- country: E m r aH, ,
St. Louis, July 24th, 19 deaths ; 25th, 22 deaths;
26th, 14 deaths ; 27th, 10 deaths.
Buffalo, N. Y. July 23d, 93 cases, 20 deaths ;
28th, 58 cases, 13 . deaths ; 29th, 84 cases, 21
deaths.
Montreal July 24th60 cases 19 deaths'
Albany :-Jiiy 37th; 16 casesj 9 deaths;
Sandusky, 0;:-July 26th, 35 deaths,
Richmond, Va.--Last week, 12 deaths.
Boston Last week,-40 deaths.
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Fraud and Extravagance on the
Public Works.
During Governor Rimer's administration , the
utmost appropriated any one year to keep the pub
lic works in order, was $300,000, and at that time
there were more to keep in repair than there are
now. The Beaver division tnd Franklin line
have been given to the Erie Canal Company. On
these two divisions the annual expenditure was
then upwards of $30,000. But he had a Board of
WhigCanal Commissioners, who looked to the
interests of the State and the tax payers, and not
to those of plundering office-holders, or of the par
ty. The Public works are now in the hands of,Lo
cofocos, and the sum demanded this year to keep
the present line of public works in order, is $1,
200,000 FOUR TIMES as much as was expend
ed in either of the years 1836, 183for 1838, when
labor, provisions and materials of all kinds were
at the highest point some of them TWICE the
prices they are now.
Let these facts be treasured up by every tax
payer ! No other evidence is needed to convince
any man of the truth of the charges of extrava
gance, fraud and downright robBery committed by
the officers on the public works. They defy any
attempt at paliationror explanation on the part' of
these office-hoiders or their presses, and stamp
" corruption and swindling" of the foulest and most
unscrupulous kind upon the heads ofall concerned.
Harrisburg Telegraph.
Mr. Burns made the Ijocof oco Scape
goat. The exposure of the system of fraud and swind
ling practiced by the Locofoco office-holders on
the public works, has aroused the leaders to the
importance of packing all their sins upon the back
of some one to be hunted out of camp. The Key
stone has fastened the bundle upon Mr. Burnes,
the lateLocofoco Canal Commissioner, who is to
be made the scape-goat, to carry from the Loco
foco congregation the sins of the plunderers.
Well, it is notour business to ease Mr. Burns of
his load ; if he is willing to bear it out of camp
we shall let him. But we would like to have it
explained, how it is that when Mr. Burns was in
office it took but 600,000 annually to keep the
public works in repair, while now that Mr. Pain
ter takes his place it requires 81,200,000, or
TWICE WHAT WAS USED while Mr. Burns
was in. If the Locofoco press can'explain how
Mr. Burns' extravagance was so enormous, and
Mr. Painter's is so little, with these facts staring
them in the face, we should like to have them do
it. If Mr. Burns was a plunderer and expended
only $600,000 a year, while Mr. Painter is an
economist and reformer and expends 81,200,000!
we should like to know to what point the mo9t
extensive reform as advocated by the Keystone
and Mr. Painter would Teach 1 It is a most im
portant and interesting subject for the contempla
tion of the tax-payers ! ! ! lb:
What is Democracy?
It is a long time since we have seen " Democ
racy" get a harder knock than the New York
Tribune gives it in the following words :
" Where is the dupe so shallow, so benighted,
so bemuddled, as to fancy there is any real De
mocracy at present predominant in South Caroli
na, where a man must own a number of slaves in
order to be a Legislator 1 Or in Virginia, most
conservative of our States, wherein a man own
ing dirt in six counties, may vote six times in one
election, while he who owns none, is not allowed
(as a general rule) to vote at all The simple
ton who could be gulled into supposing such States
and rulers Democratic, because they voted for
Jackson, Van Buren, Polk and Cass, must be gift
ed with an amazing fund of ignorance and credul
ity." , - , ,
Governor Johnston has been ruralizing for' a
short time by visiting Westmoreland and Arm
strong counties, and has returned' to Harrisburg
and to duty in renewed health arid spirits. The
Telegraph says : ,u
" While at his father's in Westmoreland coun
ty .he. participated in, the laborsof the hay and
harvest fields, even in the warmest weather last
week, without experiencing any injury, although
he labored on Thursday last, the day that drp.ve
many to seek shelter from the vertical rays of thej
sun and took the lives of sorheas we . learn. dll
around. ,us! who did not take .this precaution."
Annexation of Canada.
Gen. Scott has written a letter in favor 'of the
Annexation of.Canada, if it can:, be, "effected with
the consent 'of Great Britain. That'f is putting a
'pretty serious obstacle in the way of the project.
If great Britain shall ever become willing to re
linquish the Canadas, it will be the first time we
imagine, that a proud and powerful empire con
sented, voluntarily, to the dismemberment of her
dominions. Gen. Scott says :
"In my judgmeut, the interests of both sides
would bo much promoted by annexation the sev
eral Provinces coming into the Union on equal
.terms with, our present thirty. States, .The, free
navigation of the St. Lawrence is already .of im
mense importance to perhaps a third of our pres
ent population, and would be of great value to the
remainder. After annexation, two; revenue cut
ters, bel,ow Quebec, would give us a better secur
ity against smuggling than 30,000 custom house
employers strung along the line that separates us
from the British possessions on our continent. I
am well acquainted with that line and know a
great deal of the interests and character of the.
Provincials.
What may be the views of the Executive Gov
ernment on the subject, I know nothing, but I
think 1 cannot err in saying that two thirds of our
people would rejoice at the incorporation and
the other;-.ihird soon preceive its benefits.. ,
" Of course, I am opposed to any underhanded
measure, or any other act.of bad faith toward Great
Britain. Her good will,, in my view of the matter,
is only second to the Provincials themselves, and
that the former woukTsoon follow the latter con
sidering the. present temper and condition of Chris
tendom cannot be. doubted.".
Lord Brougham lately made some remarks on
this subject in the house of Lords ; bu he would
retain the Canadas for one of the very reasons for
which Gen. Scott would annex them namely, the
impossibility of preventing smuggling along the
line which divides them from the United Stales.
His lordship took the ground that the Canada
frontier was indispensible to Great Britain, in or
der to enable her to enjoy the. full advantages of
the smuggling trade. His argument, in a few
words, was no frontier, no smuggling no smug
gling, no protection. An American tariff is an
absurdity as long as we have a Canadian frontier
of fifteen hundred miles. Therefore it was to per
petrate the facilities of smuggling, that his lordship
conjured his brother peers to do all they could to
knit to them the affections of their fellow subjects
in Canada :
What the sentiments of the discontented among
the Canadians, is, on this point, we shall proba
bly soon see. The 4 British League' a convention
of the discontented, will soon assemble, and will
probably discuss at length, their grievances and
remedies.
Latest News from California.
The Steamer Crescent.Ci.ty arrived at New York
on Saturday last. She brings $231,000 in gold
as freight, besides what belongs to the passengers
on board, of whom there are seventy-one.
The steamship Panama loft San Francisco the
20th of June, with about 100 passengers and about
$500,000 in gold dust and specie. She arrived at
Panama on the night of the 11th July, and would
leave again the first of August.
There is but one opinion among the passengers
with regard to the gold in California ; it is still
found in great quantities,, but it is only the hard
working chaps who can stand the fatigue of dig
ging il i
, - Old Age Proscribed.
It is stated that the British Government have
laid down a rute that no person aged above fifty
can be appointed to any vacant Government of-
(ice. , ,
f V.JSqrV.i ;o- inie.cna! improverneni,"aa Mr.
Dobbs said when he swallowed aldose of sabs.
Item. of Mexican News. ,
Baltimore, July 30.-
The New Orleans Bee, received to-night, has
some additional intelligence from Mexico by the
Great Western.
The cholera has appeared in a mild form in the
-State of Zacatecas.
The Mexican Government has made a favora
ble arrangement with its British creditors, where
by its interest on the national debt is reduced to
3 1-2 per cent.
The quarrel between the friends and foes of
Santa Anna runs high.
The savages in Chihuahua and Durango contin
ue to commit depredations. The Governor of Chi-
huahu has offered a reward for the head of every
Indian brought in.
Gen. Bustamente announces the capture of the
town of Rio Verde, which was held by the insur
gents. Cholera Specifics.
The St. Louis Union says that the editors
have ported , around their desk no leas than
fourteen remedies for cholera that have all
come well recommended, and that too by emi
nent medical men. The Union continues :
" Alas ! how woftilly mistaken they were !
Some of these very Doctors have fallen vic
tims themselves to their mistakes, and others
have lost all confidenco in their own specifics.
One of them, Dr. W., we recollect well, a few
-days ago came into our office, and told us to
say, editorially., for him that he had discovered
a specific against cholera upon the efficacy of
which he would stake his existence. He
would, for a just' compensation, impart a knowl
edge of it to the public, and he desired us to
call the attention of the cwy authorities to the
fact. We did so, but' hardly was it done until,
in a few hours' sickness, Dr. W. was himself
numbered with ihexdead-ra victim to cholera
and to his own specific for the disease,". tj.(
liCttcr from Major Jack Downiuff;
. The long .tilence oJfcMopr Downing, might
well have oxciieH fears that he hd beou " car
riect off" by sbme of the many marauders,
whom it has been his-fortuneto encounter and
expose. But we are relieved of all fears by
his " turning up" in a letter in the National In-
tpUigencer,. written fromJSaliRijtflr, to the. bead.
waters of which he had penetrated. The let
ter was intended for the senior editor of the
Union, but, by one of thosB " miraclos" in the
post office, which will -happen sometimes, it
was sent to the: Inteirtgencer, a.i& is by it pub
lished. Here it is, and a good, wise, and in
teresting letter iris, as are all of the letters of
the Major," Which ismore than' can bo' said of
most other letter2 Writers :
Head of Salt ltivE$, July 18, 1949. .
Dear Mr., Richie : I can't keep from writing
io you no longer. I must say we are gelling
most out of patience up hero in .this Salt river
territory ; and are beginning to feol a good
deal disappointed to think General Taylor i
holding on to the Presidency so long. I was
in hopes after you concluded to Btay down
ihere to Washington and'fighl the battle out,
that you would a routed him. out by this lime,
and gin our party a chance to. come back again.
Not that I'va got any thing again Gmwral Tay
lor ; and I don't say but what he's a clever
sort of a man enough, and fout well in Mexico ;
and I do'nl know but he and the folks round
him is carrying on the government all smooth
and regular. But all thai' nothin to the pint.
The whole nub of the argument is, they've
got our places, and we want 'em. This Salt
river country is a tiresome place to Btay in.
And we've been wailing hero now a number
of months, hoping you would upset the whole
apple-catt of the Administration and give us
all a fair chance to pick up the fruit. But
we've been disappointed. I don't see as you
are any nearer getting Ginoral Taylor out of
office than you was three months ago. We've
had a number of meetings up here about it,
and talked the matter'over, and some of our
friends are quite put out with you about it, and
fling out about your being old, and Tost your
spunk, and don't fight with ihe grit you used to.
L took -your part strong, and told 'em 'twa3
no such a thing ; if you was older than you
used to be, you was tuff as a pitch not yet, and
had as much grit in you as ever, and only wan.
ted rousin to make you fight like a tiger. They
finally agreed if I would write to you and stir
you up, so as io make you come down upon
the Administration hot and heavy, as though
you meant to do something, they'd be patient a
little longer. But if not, they'd kick the "Uni
on" over and take up another organ for the
party. I asked 'em how they tho't they could
better themselves by that, and where they tho't
they could find an organ to" be compared to the
Union 1
" Why," says Bill Jones, says he, " we'll
take the Salt River HeraldP
" But," says I, " you know the Salt River
Herald can't hold a candle to the Union lor
respectability."
I don't care for that," says he "the Herald
is a smarter paper , it can tell two lies to the
Union's one, week in and week out, and put a
sling in the tail of every one of 'em."
" Well, 1 aint agoing to brag," says, I "about
the Union's talents for hatchin fibs, but ihere's
one thing you ought to remember, the Herald's
truths are always waverin, whilst the Union's
I fibs' are alwdys well stood to ; and you know,
according to me out sayin, wnicn is consiuerea
worih the most."
I think I raiher got ahead of Bill in the ar
gument here, for he couldn't answer me a
word. And now my dear Mr. Richie, you see
what sort of a pickle we are in, and I hope
you will spunk up and put your best fool for-
ward ; go at the Administration in arnesl : take
hold of 'em like a catamount, and give 'em sich
a clawing that they'll be glad to clear out in a
hurry, and let our party come in and have the
rights again that have belonged to us this twen
ty years. Now, I dont want to find fault nor
complain ; you know it aint rriy nater. But
I must say I think you have been quite loo
lame a long back, and loo mealy-mouthed, as
if you was -afraid to speak out your mind.
The fact is, you must go at Gineral Taylor in
real arnest. He's the head of the Administra:
lion, and you know if we can cut the head off
the criter's dead. But you must give harder
blows lhan any you have used yet. 1 dont
deny but what you have used some considera
ble smart words towards him ; 1 don'i deny
but what you've called him a " dolt," and a
" cheat," and " a tool," and " a mere cypher,"
and " a disgrace to the country," and " an im
becile, ignorant tyrant," and " a whilened se
pulchre," and a man who " is disgracing him
self," and 44 a fraction of a man," and "an eighth
part of the Cabinet," and " ihe fly upon a coach
wheel," and 44 a butcher," and 44 a Nero," and
44 a Moloch," and 44 a Cyclops," and sich like.
But all this dont amount to nothin. It's only
jos.t uudgin a man in the ribs with your elbow,
when you ought to up fi.it and knock him head
over heels. If yon really mean to do any thing,
it wont do to stand mincin words in this soft
kind of way. You must put the blows on with
a sledge-hammer. Instead of calling him a
dolt, you should call him a natural born fool.
Instead of allowing him to be a eighth part of
a man, you snouici swear right tip and down
(that is, if you ever do swear) : that there isn't
a panicle of the hair or hide of a man about
hitn. Talk up in that kind of way, and our
party would begin to.iako courage, and feel? as
if there was some hopes for om y.et.
There's one ,thing that's very .important, and
I nee you feel very anxipus.abputjt ;and lhal
t, thai-we fchoum getlSineral Taylor oulsotne-
i f z.
shame and disgrace, ar?crcrfmo worsen
high treason, that he kee,ps his mouth shct
thai subject, 1 hope ywUbe ablevj n
trim tnmn tumr Aa. ntVmi." inii. .
but I know it is a difficufrffiaUeYj Coim N
bv used lo have a wav of Bil'fWtiJ
nf (nibs orVldh tlTr IB oo .lr.1nn& nk.,... .1 .
ers and so on. I believosfie iiurlWj..
stenhnpr into the room 'slvlv hhua .u. v
o - t - j -j -Ji?jMgj uey ,
asleep, and holding a looking gl3?&-0Tet il,
I .... nnn iv monofinn fj-h m n ,rb ry. u
vmi ntiu d natch Lxinerar PWv
where, or if you could get one oThe ser,'
oi me vvuiie riuusu-iu liJtiitu uun asieen
time, ana now a looKins-ffiws.vover hi. r .
ana wnisner to mm ana a3K. nim whwL. ,
is for or atrin the" -Wilmn'i Proviso, n.-t ..'i
iiiu pciici nuuiu uo uui, airs urn iianv ir.v. I.
u.. ..r T i J 'i
uu aaiu. xt uiu&BS iiui a pill a iiwertJllce vth
aiuc uo i-uuiuo uui uu , o umi .tl til Ijjfjj
unll fine wav as 'tnlhpr Thp nnlv
- -j . ..j ...J0 ..J
get nun oui. vv e are reauy io neaa hjt
bom tracks. If he comeBW for ihe rfifof.3
we can run him down with Ginoral Ca4. . ,
if he comes out agin the provitrO1, .we can
nun uown wim ooi. Demon, uui il he (J0a
co mo out at all, I'm afraid -vcaii't
down with nobody. vlf
Now, do try and do yoiifst jo geihfi,.
on the proviso, for you se&JiowMnjporianm.,
So I remain your patient but r.aher hun
friend, Major Jack Doi.viSb':
Death is busy among us. He cms down I
lancy in us beauty, manhood in ii9 uury
I 1. l
al mortality is not limited 10 any stjctior,
produced by any single disease. Oftedivi.1
near tnai ine lasi .president nas jusi laiJd,,, !
io nis nnai rest ; next it is me oldest it,n.
ing widow of an Ex-President. OurjaM
soldiers who have dared death for for'y ve.
at the mouth of every shoited cannon poiBJ
at our country s nag Irom the bt. Lnwrmce
. l n : r rn:. n.-. ur .l
me racmc, are .aning iasi ueiure me uneicl
shafts of ihe foe who is never defeat. i
woman who was the mother of seven chiUreo
the breaking out of our Revolutionary iruEi;
has just departed ; on every side ihe fewsj.
viving veterans of that struggle are tantj
dropping off; while their grahd-cliildren
mowed down like jjrass by ihe scyihe of w
great dosiroyer. We think there were ner;
nearly so many deaths throughout the Um
Slates in any previous month as in the Ih4
Very few families have entirely escaped:.
morialily of this season, while many haves.
member after member reul away until the r.-J
vivors are indifferent how soon hty, too.cj
be summoned to join the loved departed. I
a season of National afiliction ; let us nnisrtl
to belittle ihe impressive lesson. N. Y Tu
une.
Tlie Epidemic Terrors at St. LonfJ
As before staled, ihe telegraphic acc.
show that the disease is anatinj. ( he il
Louis Union, of the 12ih, however, says:
44 All worldly matters have now given ar
this city to the one absorbing dread of ihecjj
era. This terrible destroyer of ihe human t-A
seems to increase in'violence in this cityoi.;
until we can scarcely look at its ravages .;
out a shudder of terror. Already it hi? ca;
tied off over five thousand of our popu.r.:
and now its blows fall vith more fearfulc
fatal rapidity than ever. To add to ourtr
medical specifics and medical skill be:
each day more inefficient, and useless toara
the disease in iis progress of fatality. IirJeerl
most of our eminent men now declare the
ease an outlaw, to which no known ru!:
treatment can be applied with any certain' :
success. Contrary to the first jsupposruy
seems now io have Jittle or no regard toi.
classes of society it attacks, as ihe rich 61
with the poor ; the temperate and coraiomM
in life, along with the dissolute, the abanjlwl
or the wretched. The past week's billoiEXj
tality proved this, as in it will be found ck
bers of what are called the belter class cHI
ciety a large number of these females,
whom we are bound to believe wereprtf!
and temperate. On the other hand, 3Q0,ii
400 generally impoverished, dirty, anclwrt.-
ed foreigners, quarantined below this eiiy "I
mam comparatively healthy in all iheir ntaM
discomforts. As regards the city itaelC Tj
have heard it remarked often of late thatim
mnul filihv nnrt.i nf ir thfiro is now ihe 11
amount of sickness. What. then, can bj
law that governs this disease? Ifcare,ckij
(inaas -inrl nil I n a i.rm Inrlc n I IMP IUU !
used, form no barrier, what will arrest it
franklv confess we do not possess the
nf anv knnwledoA nn thn matter.
say is to do what we can do to wardoJ'j
uiseaau, anu irusi io rruviueuto. v--may
be cheerful, be contented, be i3la
and we lessen iis lerrors if we cannot ate-altogether."
lntormatinn ha hppn rfr.piveri lfl c'1
- . - .
irom rionaa, slating mat me reroam'.-s
noles have again become hosiilc and comt
numerous depredations, They hare c:
attack on the seiilemenls on Indian n'
commenced plundering me nouses.
on mo sfliiifirs. i ne mumns are .
considerable numbers, so that defence
whites was entirely impossible. A nua-
i Jx 1 anils3
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ny females captured. The settler ow"
river and ihe frontier eenerallr verco
to leave their dwellings and remote '
more populous districts. It is stated iw
patches have been forwarded io Wasfl-s
stating the facts. The Indians are no;
plied with arms and araunition, and sea-
-in small parties throughout ihe frun'itf'
they will be, will oive serious trouble