Jfcffcrsonicm Republican.
TliurU;iv, September 25, 185 1.
WHIG STATE TICKET.
FOIt GOVERNOR :
WILLIAM F. JOHNSTON.
I'OR CANAL COMMISSIONER :
JOHN STROHM.
(of Lancaster.)
FOR THE SUPREME BENCH,
liicharrtt Coulter of Westmoreland.
Jf!slin;i W. Comly of Montour,
licot jfc Chambers of Franklin.
Wtu. ill. Meredith of Philadelphia.
IVilliaui Je.sMip "f Susquehanna.
0C? On the first page of to-day's Republi
can will be found the official proclamation of
Governor Johnston, issued in accordance with
the act of 10th April, 1849, entitled "An Act
to create a Sinking Fund, and to provide for
thesndual and certain extinguishment of the
debt of the Commonwealth." It proclaims
xhe cheering news to the tax-payers of the
Commonwealth, of the payment, extinguish
ment and final discharge of
8050,123 OS of the State Debt!
and that he has directed the certificates rep
resenting that amount to be cancelled. The
annual interest on this sum at 6 per cent.
amounts to S39.54G 37 ! which is, of course, t
annually saved to the tax-payers of the Com
monwealth by this operation. These are the
glorious fruits of the Sinking Fund recom
mended by Governor Johnston, and passed by
his influence!
Tj.v-pnyers of Monroe
Can you hesitate
to support a man who was the first to under-
take the gigantic task of devising a system
for the payment of the State debt, without
any increase of the burdens of the people !
Go lo the polls, then, and vote for WM. F.
JOHNSTON, and the debt will continue to
be reduced more and more while he continues
in oSce.
Gov. Johnston's EroeIar;iution
The Locofocos call Governor Johnston's
Prnrlnmntion in rolntinn to tlio rpdnrtion nf
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thc State Debt, a Wins document, rot up for
effect. This is not true. By the 4th section
of the Sinking Fund Act of the 10th of April,
1S49, it is made the duty of the Governor to
issu? this proclamation stating the fact of the
extinguishment and final discharge of so
much of the principal of said debt as has
been paid off. It is purely an official paper,
and as such certified to by the present Audi
tor General and State Treasurer of thc Com
monwealth, who are both Locofocos !
This says the Reading Journal, is a kind
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of a Whig document the people like to sec.
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It is a litue strange that we have never had .
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anything like it under a Locofoco adinmistra- .
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"firm IVnon thnir Tvnrn in rrvirr tnotr nnhr
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proclamations were announcements that the
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btate was every vear being plunged deeper
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and deeperm debt, and that it would be impossi-1
ble to oav the interest.
Voters Itt-'Uienibcr.
That Col. Biglcr, thc Locofoco candidate ;
for Governor, is in favor of continuing the
present larm, wnicn is uauy tiirowmg your .
uromcrs ana sons out oi employment to mane ,
way for British goods. j
Voters, remember that Col. Bigler is the '
bitter opponent of Governor Johnston's Sink
ing Fund, and is therefore in favor of increas
ing your taxes, by keeping thc State in
debt.
Voters, remember that Col. Bigler is the
pledged supporter of the old Federalist Bu
chanan, who says that a working man should
not 3l more than ten cents for v day's work.
How it Works.
When the Locofocos passed the Tariff of
1846, they said it would benefit the Farmer
by increasing the price of grain, and giving
him a new market in England. The tariff
of 1846 was passed. The Farmer has his
boacted market, and what are the prices of
grain J The Ledger of the 27th ulL, gives
the following as the prices in New York :
" Flour. There was less doing in Flour
to-day, but the market for Ohio and Mich
igan is firm. Sales of good barrels at S3 81
to S4, for 3Iichigan--S3 87 to S4, for Ohio,
and 64 12 for prime Gennessee."
Wheat is quoted :
" Sales of 2500 bushels red Ohio, about 80
cents, and 800 bushels Chicago GO cents."
Wheat froci 60 to 80 cents a bushel ! Ex
cellent markets! Admirable Free-trade!
How rich our Farmers will become I How
prosperous in all their ways! Thus it always
is with Locofoco promises. Broken almost
as soon as made.
2fsi($2C if I he Supreme Court.
President Fillmore has appointed Benjamin
Rand Curtis, Esq. x)f Boston, to fill the vacan
cy pecasioned by the death of Judge Wood
Jiury. The English newspapers publish authentic
accounts of the discovery of gold, in great
profusion, iu the neighborhood of Bathurst,
JSew South Wales. The whole colony, at
tb.3 JajLest advices, was in a state of great ex
citanent, and people were thronging to the
pcnlily ia immense numbers,
f nnk Out'
A new iRsni, nf onnntorffi t two's on tiie
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Lancaster jfank (relief) has made iwapp
ance. Bickncll's Reporter says it is an .m-
provementof the former counterfeits and that
the block of white, which touciics tne rigut
hnn,i on,l nftoril.n rIvn." fin the line of
"two's" in the margin) is omitted. The pa
per is whiter than any now in circulation,
and the impression is rather blurred.
The effect of Gov. Johnston's
Speeches.
The following extract from a letter from a ,
gentleman in o u, uy -
our readers oi wnat tne vnigs oi tne
niav expect iruui ujui. v.uuiiuy, unu mmi.
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pression Gov. Johnston made upon its citizens
in his recent visit there:
Wellersiiurg, Somerset Co., Pa. )
September 5th, 18ol. S
Gov. Johnston was in our county last wceiv,
he spoke in Berlin and Somerset; he made a
deep and lasting impression on both Whigs
and Democrats. Perhaps his visit to the
county will make him 500 votes or more over
and above the old Whiff vote. The people
lank ..nnn him as be lis something more than
an ordinary man
W. and myself are both with the Whig
party of which you was perhaps not aware.
The Whig doctrine of protection has placed
us in that party, and wc will remain there so
long as the party advocates that great Amer
ican principle, Protection to American In
dustry. The country can never prosper and
advance in greatness under any other princi
ples, except those advocated by the Whig
party. Yours, &c. J. R. B.
Equally cheering news reach us from eve
ry quarter.
A Recoil.
The Bucks County Intelligencer says the
attempt of the bakers dozen of unprincipled
Locofoco politicians to make party capital out
of the affair at Christiana, has resulted in a
manner entirely different from what they an
ticipated. The Governor's masterly and dig-
nified reply to their impudent note sent to
J h;m on Sunday week, has produced a remar-
kable change in the Governor's favor. Hun
dreds of voters in Philadelphia, looking upon
the attempt as a piece of persecution towards
the Governor, have come out and- declared
their determination now to vote for him. And
the political friends of the plotters openly de-
, ncunce their act as a silly blunder, the only
effect of which will be to injure the party.
Gov. Johnston's Prospects.
We can assure the friends of Gov. John-
ston, that from all parts of the State his pros-
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pects of re-election are most fialterinsr. In
the West and wherever he has travelled, the J
voice of the People in his favor is not to be I
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arc given of a largely increased vote in his'
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favor. The course ot his Administration
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meets with the universal and cordial appro-
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nnllnn tT tnn I'nnnie n nil thn rimnnop limine
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' even his political opponents who live upon j
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mpasnrn of Gov. Johnston wnrMiv nf pnriflom-
nation.
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ve "Jive reason to Know uiat tne same
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feeling which is manifested in the West, per-!
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vades the East and Aorth. From every point
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lne news ,s tIla: "e labors of Gov. Johnston
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for the welfare of the Commonwealth are ap-
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, iivvmivu, uiu ui. cucwuicu, IIUl UI1IJ uy ;
; W'higs, but by thousands of honest tax-payers, ;
j who, not knowing him, voted against him in '
! 1S48. We are assured that the feeling in ,
favor of Govcrnor johnstonf . even amongst '
the rank and fie of the oppos;tion ;s much ,
crcaUer than is generally supposed, as will !
be seen on the day 0r trial.
We are not disapoointed in this intelligence
It ghows that the reat massof the non,n arn
honest, and not likely again to put their faith
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in political demagogues and wire-workers, ,
and be deceived again as they were by false '
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professions, in 1644
The North American, in an article on this
subject, says:
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Wm. r. Johnston received the popular vote
of the State before his high Executive ouali- '
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fixations were tested and known, he certainly
ought to be entitled, beyond all competition,
to that vote now, when his administration,
thc most substantially successful and benefi-
ciai one ui-t evur uiraaea uie fciate, may ,
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uu appua";u tu hi piuui ui ma pre-eminent
competency lor tne important office in which
it is proposed to continue him. His whole j
career in the Gubernatorial chair testifies in
favor of his re-election; and whether we re
view his course in reference to questions of j
local or national pontics, we are led irresista
bly to the conclusion that it must recommend
him so strongly to the wise and independent
voters of all parties, that his elevation for a
second term to that high place in the public
confidence which he has filled with so much
honor to himself and advantage to the com
munity, is put beyond all rational doubt."
From California.
The steamer Illinois arrived at Norfolk on
the 19th inst., with a mail from Chagres, and
California news to the 15lh of August. She
had on board 1,388,000 of gold. The ac
counts of a discovery of gold in Australia had
caused a number of ships to sail for that quar
ter. Trade was improving at San Francisco.
The mining business continued good.
Some of the articles under the names
of chocolate, cocoa flakes, &c. consists of
coarse dirty sugar, ground with potato
starch, rough bran flour, tallow or grease
and ground musty biscuits, with some
times an introduction of red brick dust.
Ja77ics Fc7inimorc Cooper, Esq., the
celebrated novelist, died at his residence
in Coopcrstowu, on the 14th-iutt., in the
62
year of his ago.
i 's'lau isargniu ojiisiMi.n--'n
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w c were miormcu at iui uj u. ,
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, the bargain by which David Wilmot a-.eed
, t B,g er ftr Gcvenu, r was to secure
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Bradford district. This arrangement between
seccasionistand Mr. Wilmot, the father and
i . pat Ifhom Vron Soil Abolitionism fis
leader of Northern Free Soil Abolitionism (as
it has been called by the Locofocos), we
AT- T. tt, tr-.ntn nf tho Nniifhnrn
thnttrrht mfluT too nrcnostcrous an idea for
bnlmf. But the sudden silence of the Locofo-
co press in regard to " the fanatic Wilmot,"
cncouraed thc belief that the coalition was
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' , anna in lif linn 111111.1, .f? nomination OI VVll'
( president Jude of Bradford, Sullivan,
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co nomination is an election. Not only is this
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j ermine is to be soiled by being cast into the
scale as the price of the corrupt bargain.
While all this fraternising and bargaining
betWGen unprincipled Abolitionists and the
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roo.,..; th nf T?;,r1nr for ttn.-nrn-
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or, and Buchanan lor the 1'residcnt, we have
the leaders of one of the parties to the cor-
runt contract, raising their hands in holyhor-
ror, and denouncing the friends of Gov. John-
ston as enemies of the Union, and traitors to
tne oonsiiiuuon. vna wings wno
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the "Compromise" as the salvation of thc
Union are implored by them to abandon their utes they were again attacked, when Cntten
old parly associations, and join this new coa- , den led a charge upon them, and the Span
lition. Verily, impudence personified is stalk- ( iards were beaten into the chapparal, from
in abroad in open day, in thc shape of Loco- which they opened a heavy fire upon them.
co?b leaders. Bucks County Intel. ; Upon this Crittenden ordered a second charge,
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Who arc "Union" Men ? ; leaving our baggage and stores. That night
T l . , , wo effecLed a junction with Lopez, who had
Let thc people remember, whenever a b entra,redJin a fi(rht with Gen. Enna.
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Locoioco boasts that their party through-
out the country are sustaining the bom-
promise, that EYERY SECESSIONIST
who has been elected to Congress in Ala-
bama, Tennessee, .North Carolina, or
throughout the South, is a Loco Foco
and that ALL THE SECESSION CAN
DIDATES IN MISSISSIPPI and
GEORGIA "BELONG TO THE SAME
PARTY ! ?
Fiosn thc remisylvunia Telegraph.
Jo!jitf.ton ami SJsohin Soia.
BY Hit. W. J. MULLI.V.
Tum:. " Dearest Mac."
Once more, again, upon the turf
Our candidates we bring,
And now of their exalted worths,
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For better men, the Keystone State,
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For batter sure, could ne er be found
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Tnan Johnston and John Strohm.
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Cnouus. Then hail! brothers, hail !
Oh lot nc IftiiMlv 5ino-
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Thcuskiesare bright, our heartsare ligh
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We'll make the welkin ring !
We never had more happy signs
Than those which now present,
For naught but praise, for those we sing,
From every heart is sent.
O ! glorious is the smiling star
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Which on our sky doth loam :
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It breathes success says "never faii.
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1 illl JUIIUtlUH UHU JUHH OiriJHHJ.
Then hail ! brothers, hail ! &c.
0ur Part3?'s of harmony,
Nor strife' nor see ;
Our cause is just, our tenents pure,
Uur watchword Unity."
! Of spouting froth and foam,
O, no ! we all united are
For Johnston and John Strohm.
1 hen "al1 1 ""ethers, hail ! ccc.
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Old Bill has nobly toed the mark,
And now with hearts elate,
We'll keep him in the place he holds
To wield the " helm of state ;
With h5m lhe Locos wc will rout,
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As ;vc havc djnc whllom
They can't a single effort " count"
'Gainst Johnston and John Strohm.
Then hail ! brothers, hail ! &c.
Then brothers, let us thunder out,
In tones both loud and strong,
ur sonSs ant shouts, while earth and air
Their echoes deep prolong,
We'll give thq Ixicofocos Gas
W'll send them slinking home,
While wc are pledging the success
Of Johnston and John Strohm
Then hail ! brothers, hail ! &c.
Claxburgh, Pa.
IDMr. Hobbs the Yankee lock inven- i
. , , i . . i .i i , ( ? . . """ L wm- goiu sent to j&urope irom two or our sea
tor, has at last triumphantly opened that not but speak in praise, without a single ex- p0rts in a single week to nav for TWtiX
of thc English lock-maker, Bramah, who option. . They treated thc prisoners with the ' I c loth cil?co cutlcrv i?on ,Z VJh
had offered 200 to any one who would utmcf klnJess' them wine, ilSs
open it, within thirty day.. A committee fread,', l?bacco' aiY B freely, and ; Ss
1 ' j l ..til, from their own small means. I lmnrrine no one' "mie our domestic industry is languish-
was agreed upon :t0 prepare the lock pla- will tlmt we had any rightccct(ing, and agricultural produce is "down
cing it between two planks firmly hxed such treatment. Our conduct forced and de- to thc lowest figure. A beautiful exhi
together, with nothing but the keyhole manded their respect, but certainly we had Mtion of the. operations of thc Locofoco
visible. Mr. Hoobs commenced opera-: no claim cither on their sympathy or gener- Tariff of 1840, which is draining our
tions upon the lock in thc presence of os.ty . Icountrv ofmnir: fill? : uu J
the committee, and on the second trial
the Bramah lock
was opens! and the 200
f England and Govern-
I ill iff worn in l- l
lost. The bank of
ment Offices, and all safes, were locked
with cither Uhubb s or Bramah's. Mr.
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01 tno uauii 01 jngunu, anu very prona-
bly will receive orders for the entire cs-
tablishment. After Hobbs had opened
Bramah's lock, thc committee sent for !
Bramah and his friends, and when they 1
ho room nrf sn4fl,rit .thu
ly suardecl look had boon ononod tliov filK0,,n ,e,,t- aiuraiiyUiy would increase. marici at uomo; ma onr own clous I
of dncrm;- ui.cn me more certain , and if this expedition make home prospnroua and happy. York-
oi acspa... t succeeded, as they pretended to think it would, JlrpuVican,
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Ltt..ii. a tniiiiif PnriinMiavs.inateu uiu tjriaiiiij "
i AuuLUAitu wi-iul.
The steamer Winfield Scott arrived at N.
New-Orlcans
, When off Key West
UUIUO LKJ (J til Alto.. ii w.
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she toou on ooaru n imp van v,,, wu
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was a lieutenant in uio ouuuu eAcujiiuii.uiiu
( was released from prison, and pardoned by j
the Captain General through the intercession
F Albany
''P1' iatt 01 u' . o.,L..J
He was one oi iiie'iou wno luanuw-wnuuia -
. tlie steamer Pampero
lie communicates
to the Herald a history of the fatal Cuba ex-
i nndition. which lic.savs he docs irom a sense
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of duty to the friends of his unfortunate com
rades and the public.
After reIalinS tllG preparations in this coun-; tIl0 13llf gonc on and joined Lopez at Los
try and their sailing and arrival near Bahiajposas, instead of retreating to the sea, all
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a coral reef, he says the party was landed in
boats, which were shot at as soon as they
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, rcaced the bUore. -"ey were deceueu m
the piace of landing by the variation of the
! compass caused by fire-arms being stacked
too near it.
i-opez immeuiaieiy DUU1ISI1UU a yiUIUUllu-
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menlo threatenmir to fnvc no ouarter to any
tmt wou,( nQt join thQm Havinff no means
to transport baggage and ammunition, Col.
Crittenden was left to guard them with 130
men. un arriving at a store anu grogsnop,
about four miles from Los Posas, the party
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' they supposed to be only a foraging party ot
the enemy which they repulsed. Intenmin
Van yecj,ten gocs on to relate the battle of;
Lopez with Gen. Enna, and the manner in
' which he inspired his men in the action,
J which was by going about thc field and flog-
gmg them " with a red raio tide.
1 IjOpCi; anu ma J)arty jtiuuutuu iu uiu muuu-
tains, where he repulsed another attack from
a large force, and at the same time ordered a
retreat of 18 miles in 5 hours over a moun
tain road. Here they were overtaken by a
' severe storm, their powder spoiled, and guns
I rendered useless. At length they were at
' tacked again at breakfast, and Lopez had bare
1 ly time to escape on his horse. That night
: they encamped on one of thc highest moun
j tains in the Island, where their sufferings
j were extreme. They wandered about, and
; were 4S hours without eating. On the cven-
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' ning of the 21st Aug. they killed a horse,
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WHICH Was UIVUIUU UIIIUU" 1; uiuu, an mui.
now remained of the force of Lopez.
Uontinueing to wanuer among me cims,
from which they were unable to extricate
themselves, subsisting on leaves and roots till
; the 24th of August, they found a road run
J ning to San Cristobal. Having but 80 mus
kets, about twenty of them servicable, and
t about 40 dry cartridges, they therefore con
i eluded to retreat, and a pursuit was commen
j ced hv tho enemv, consisting of 900 men.
The whole force of Lopez became separated
into small bodies, and dispersed through the
mountains and throwing away their guns
seven only remained with the General. A
large number were killed immediately, and
Mr. V. determined, with a parly of eight, to
leave Lopez, and on the 26th, having had but
one meal in six days, they determinea to go
into the plains, as it was better to be Killed
outright than to die of starvation. They were
shortly after surrounded by some 200 armed
' countrvmcn, who bound them and took them
to San Cristobal, where they were mtormed
of the proclamation sparing all prisoners
taken within four days, except Lopez.
On the 30th they were at Mariel, where
they found Lopez in custody, and he was ta
ken to thc frigate Pizarro which conveyed
him to Havana.
The remainder were confined in the City
Prison, where their hair was shaved off and
dressed in prison uniform. There were 160 of
them who were treated with kindness.and were
sentenced to 10 years labor in Spain. The
Spaniards account for 271 Americans whom
they had killed and wounded, which with
the 160 taken prisoners makes 431 men ac
counted for, leaving 22 whose fate is un
known. Lopez was caught with bloodhounds, in the
mountains, on the morning of Friday, the
20th inst. Thc dogs being some distance in
advance of the men, bit him badly in the left
leg. There were seventeen countrymen in
the party who captured him, each of whom
was publicly presented with 1,000 and a
cross of honor, immediately after his execu
tion. Mr. V. then reviews the causes and results
of the expedition, stating that he was told by
Mr. Sigur of the N. O Delta that thc landing
of Lopez would be the signal for a general
rising, which would swell their numbers to
; i",uu men, aim mat two wnuio regimcius
oi opamsu troops would alsojom them, Mr.
V. asks :
" Was it so 1 Our first salutation was a
volley of musketry. Instead of finding thc
Creoles our friends, we found them our most!
bitter enemies, far more so than the troops
keeping the troops constantly informed of our
movements, and hanging on our skirts, put-
; "! L " , 7 wuno , mXrrcy,' n" U,0S0T wh0
The execution of Crittenden and hi
considered justifiable by the prisoners
now ,n IIi,vana; d tho story oftliD mutiia-
tion of tI,c bot,i(3S is not verified.
s men
Lieut. Van Vechtcn openly asrerts " that
nil lJinRf Inffnrc mirnnrtinrr t,x Un f
?,,,ich TrG ?U!'H?hcd dunrin" th0 nth of
July, and copied throughout thfi Tin
babe forgeric for the express purnose of d7
coivingtho citizens of the TJ. Stale? aS l it
vanchfg the sale of Cuban bonds. and ad-(
"Cnh 1101,1,3 were worth or were sellinrr
at from 10 to 2 nts on a dollar, when ibis
'Cuba, when liberated from what they denom-
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K.,r,ionPrl with a debt ot from iitty to onehun
i nf ,ini ar9. at least Mtv Percent.
i of yj,ich would have been in the pockets of
-l 1, IS nhilanthropists, who, active
as icy wished to be thought in Jhe holy
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' nf libertv. took the best of good care to
jf hVe nor their own precious lib-
- in its behalf. At the expiration oi
rfv
?e , d after shoW I have bowmj
free then it was to be united to the United
States, and as a matter of course, the payment
of these Cuban bonds was to be assumed by
th.it Government
He further believes that Crittenden was
not deserted by Lopez, and says :
" Lonez did not desert him, but in leaving
him, in dividing his command, committed one
of those errors which eventually cost him hi3
'life; but had Critenden, on the morning of
! lost on v the stores as it was he lost all.
Why he did so is inexplicable, and muit ever
remain involved in mystery. Had Lopez car
ried out his original intention of landing near
Puerto Principe, the result might, perhaps,
have found friends, and raised a force sufli
cient to sustain itself until re-inforcements
were sent out from the States, n landing
where he did, Lopez, without doubt, acted as
he thought for the best; bnt there, as in many
other instances, he erred. Of his personal
eon mere there is no doubt: but when we speak
! of his military knowledge, of judgment, of a-
bilities to lead an expedition, 1 say at once nc
had neither. Lopez was probably as much
or more deceived than any man 111 tne e.pe-
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jdition. His ambition led him to ue tne 1001
and victim of heartless speculators. Avarice,
not philanthrophy, was the main spring of this
expedition.
OrBy an arrival at Savannah on Monday,
we have Cuba news to the 7th inst. The
prisoners comprising the remnant of the Lo
pez Expedition, 160 in number had heen
put on board a government transport, and left
Havana for Spain on the 6th inst. Four were
previously pardoned and set at liberty, at the
solicitation ofCapt. Piatt of thc U. S. ship.
Albany. Their names are Col. Hinks,
Capt. Kelly, Lieut. Van Vechtcn and Mr.
Chapman." Capt. P. earnestly interceded for
the liberation of all prisoners, but he ivas told
that his pleadings were of no avail, and that
thc remainder would be transported to Spain.
The Captain General said he would have
pardoned the whole but for the riots at N. Or
leans on the 21st ult. He now left them to
be disposed of by the Spanish government,
assuring Capt. Piatt, however, that, whatev
er else might befall them their lives would
be spared, in accordance with the promise
contained in his proclamation, under which
prisoners threw away their arms and surren
dered. Thc Txaia Public cbl.
Thc following official decision in the
matter of the Public Debt of Texas will
be of deep interest to a large class of rea
ders, whether interested or not in its ef
fect: Tfcasury Department )
Scjrtcmlcr 15, 1851
Sir The President has decided in the
matter of the Toxan Public Debt: First,
that only five millions of stock can be
delivered to Texas until releases, as pro
vided in the act of Congress of the 9th
of September, 1850, are filed in the
T T)rnarf:menfc for nil t.lmf
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of said debt which issued prior to the
14th of January, 1840 ; as in his judg
ment the act of the Republic of Texas of
the 1 4th January, 1840, specially pledges
the duties on imports for all the public
debt of Texas created priorto the passage
of that act.
Second. That all the issues of Texas
bonds, certificates of stock, or notes made
receivable for "all public dues," are
claims for which the duties on imports
are pledged within the meaning of thc
act of Congress of the 9th of September,
1850; and releases of all such must be
Tiled in the Treasury department as pro
vided in the last named act, before he can
be justified in delivering thc remaining
five millions of stock to the authorities of
Texas.
The President has instructed me to
communicate this decision to rou, in com
pliance with your request made in be
half of the creditors of Texas.
Very truly, your obedient servant,
Tuo. Corwix,
Secretary of the Treasur,
Gen. Ja:ue3 Hamilton,
Chairman Com. of Creditors of Texas.
Specie for Europe-
-A New-York
letter of Wednesday says :
" The quantity of specie shipped by
the Asia to-day, is enormously lanre, and
as such, justifies the reports vesterdav.
rpj
tnac near a million would bo sent
exact amount was 992,395.
" Thc Atlantic, which leaves here on
Saturday, it is believed, will carry out
JVr a nulhon at l?ast ancl tho Clty of
Glasgow, from Philapelphia, it is said,
w have about S225,000 on board."
So it goes! A million and three quar-
, rorfl 01 uollars m 1,arcl specie California
running us rapidly indent
1 and leaving our gram and
Uour almost a dead weight upon the far-
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J J J it IT lull AKJ I llll
meir hands, because England will not
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self d market is destroyed
Zf L I w . T vu l
1 ? the people look to
tbeso tlimpa at the next election? Giyo
"s a eood V Tariff; and wo will
kecP "r sPccie at home, give tho farmeTg
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FacJs for lite Cnriom.
The ancient cooks carried tbeir art to
the most whimsical perfection. They
were able to serve up a who'e pig(
boild on one side and roasted on the oth-
or,
I
1 l
In the reign of Henry 1 . about the
J year 1130, a sheep could be bought in
jiai
gland for four pence, and wheat enough
for feeding one hundred men a whole
day cost but a single shilling.
Snails were a great luxury among the
ancient Romans. Pliny tells us of a
man who had invented a mode of faten
ing snails, by which a single shell was
made to contain more than a quart.
Smoothing irons seem to be rather a
late invention. About the time ofEliza
both and James 1., large stone3, inscri
bed with texts of Scripture, were used
for the purpose of.ironing.
It has been calculate that.if those who
have gone before us to death were all
living, and distributed equally over the
surface of the earth, the United States
J would contain a population of three thou
sand million.
Milk, so nutritious when taken as food,
if injected in tho veins acts as a deadly
poison.
In Iliudostan unmarried females, more
than sixteen year3 of age, are regarded
as infamous.
Ci viiizalioti.
WhatisiC-It is somewhere related that
two shipwrecked sailors, clinglnig to thy
same plank, were thrown upon th'i
shore together. Cold and wearied and
half lifeless, they slowly and painfully
took their way across the desolate coun
try, which exhibited no sigu3 of vegeta
ble life. For awhile the poor fellows
feared that they had escaped death on
the water only to meet it in a more tor
ribl form one the land. At length thev
espied, at a distatci, something which Lor
the appcurance of an artificial structure.
One of them went ahead and ascended a
hill, where he could gain a better view
of thc hopeful object. Calling back joyously-
to his companion, he said, "Thank
Heaven, Jack! we are in a civilized land;
here is agallmcs !"
A Sew Jersey Trends.
The Trenton American states that a
lad only 18 years of age, named Edmund
Holt, made his escape from the New Jer
sey State Prison at Trenton, on Sunday
night or Monday morning, in following
manner:
The floor of his cell had been taken
up, from appearances, for some time be
fore he escaped, and after performing
some excavations, was carefully replaced
The stones which are laid next to the
floor were removed and put on his bunk,
and neatly covered over with the bedding.
A box, used as a depository for shavings,
under his work-bench, was filled up witu
earth, closely packed away, and covered
over with shavings. The dirt was also
j packed away under the floor as far as ho
could reach. All these operations were
performed from time to time prior to the
grand attack on Sunday night. A rope
ladder was ingeniously made of slats from
his bedstead, and with nails driven in a
stick across one end, so as to catch in tho
roof of thc wall. Being engaged in the
chair making department, it is easy to be
seen how well his operations could be
concealed with shavings, cane, &c., he
found no trouble to have every suspicion
put out of the way before morning.
Thc main bulk of the labor was per
formed from six o'clock on Sunday even
ing until he made his escape, which mu?t
have been near daylight. He dug down
a perpendicular depth of seven feet below
the foundation of the outside wing wall
then under thc foundation, and then up
to thc surface a regular seventeen year
locust operation. This brought him into tfco
yard, and by means of his ladder he was
soon on the outside.
It was almost incredible that a man
could havc performed so great an amount
of labor in so short a space of time. Tho
only tools he had were a bed Ecrew, a
pail and some thin pieces of board, with
which he took out tho dirt. When at a
depth so that he could not step out con
veniently, he made a ladder with a ropo
and chair seats, and tied a ropo to tho
bucket. After filling tli3 bucket, he prob
ably carried up the stones and then pul
led up tho pail. There was at least two
! cart-loads of dirt and stone lying on the cell
noor.
When wo consider that all tlm labor
was performed without light, and with
the greatest caution, lest the noise should
attract the attentcntion of thc watchmen,
who travers the building every hour of
the night, it seems almost impossiblo that
one man co&d havc performod it. Tho
number of feet through which ho had to
cut his way was about eleven.
Holt came from Essex county, wa.i
born in Newark, jind had been previous
ly pardned out. Ho had been sentenced
at tho June term of thc Essex court for
1S51, for six years, for misdemeanor and
larceny. After serving about six months
of the timo he made a similar attempt to
escape, but his operations in loosening
tho floor wero discovered.
Young man, do you know what relations
you sustain in this world said a minister of
our acquaintance to a young member of tho
church.
4 Yes, sir,' said thc hopeful convert, 4 two
cousins and a grandmother; but I don't intend
to gustain them much longer.'
On tho 16th inst. by M. M. Burnet,
Esqr,-. James Ray and lidiasCarter, both
oi Stroudsburg.