cac!v-wcrrT-iHiifTrcaa
ifcffctsoniaii Republican.
Thursday, October 30, 1851.
PENNSYLVANIA, SS.
In the name and by the authority of the Com
monweallh of Pennsylvania.
By William F. joliiiston.
Governor of the said Commonwealth.
A PROCl,A3IATOar.
1111. promise that "seed time
. and harvest shall not cease" has
'again been fulfilled: A God of in
finite goodness has watched over
and cared for us, as a. reople, du
ring another year ; Plenty has poured her
I reasures into our garners ; Peace has presi
ded over our councils, and Health and Happi
ness have been universally enjoyed : Civil
and religious liberty has been more widely
spread and the foundations 01 those Institu
tions which our Fathers laid, have been deep
ened and strengthened by the Providences
thus vouchsafed to us.
To that gracious Giver, to whom belong
"the Eurth and the fullness thereof for these
manifold evidences of his beneficence, the
Citizens of this Commonwealth owe public
demonstration of their humble dependence
and adoration, and of their heartfelt gratitude
and thanksgiving.
Deeply impressed with the propriety of the
duly, and in accordance with venerated cus
torn, I, William F. Johnston, Governor of the
said Commonwealth, do hereby appoint and
designate
Thttrsday, the 27th day of November, next,
as a day of general THANKSGIVING through
out the State, and I hereby recommend and
earnestly invite all the good People of this
Commonwealth to a sincere and prayerful ob
servance of the same.
GIVEN under my hand and the Great Seal
of the Suite, at Jlarrisburg, this twenty
first day of October, in the year of our Lord,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty one,
sindof the Commonwealth the seventy-sixth.
By the Governor. A. L. RUSSELL.
Secretary of the Commnwealth.
OTAlbcrt Philips is the first Whig Sheriff
elected in Bucks county, in more than twen
ty years, and has received the largest major
ity (87) of any Sheriff within that period,
with a single exception. This is a little re
markable, to say the least.
Gen. Wiuficld .Soot I.
There is but one opinion entertained among
the Whigs of this quarter, says the Hollidays
hurg Register, in regard to the next Presi
dency, and that is, that with no other man
than Gen. Scott, can they have any expecta
tion of- carrying the State; whilst with him
iis their leader they are as certain of victory
as if the battle were already won. And in
deed so strong does the feeling run in favor
of the Old Hero that many avow their deter
inination to support liim regardless of party
conventions, or any thing of the kind. For
our own part, we are for Scott and Victory
and fur just such a course as will secure his
election. We have been for him "from the
start;" and from the hour that Polk, Marcy
Pillow & Co. villainously robbed him of his
command, and disgraced him on the field 0
his glory and in the face of his gallant army
xmr heart and our hand have been set for his
promotion to the Presidency. Scott and
Victory is now our watchword.
City. mortality.
The deaths in the four great Atlantic cities
"for the week ending October lSlh, may be
computed as follows:
Deaths. Population. Ratio of Deaths
Philadelphia, 144 409,000
New York 324 515,000
Baltimore 75 170,000
Boston 54 138,000
1 to 2840
1 to 15S9
1 to22GG
1 to 1555
Taylor Murphy was executed at Camp
bellsville, Ky. on the 8lh inst. He was con
victed of the murder of his wife some time
since of having knocked her down and af
terwards burned her remains upon the hearth
ot ins own house, for which he paid the
death penalty, lie wrote out a full confes
sion before his death, in which he confessed
the murder of his wife; also to have murder
ed seven of his own infant children.
A House Destroyed by a Meteor. The
English papers received by the steamer
America, state that a house in Westminster
street, London, belonging to a carver and
guilder, was set on fire and nearly destroyed
by a meteor, which descended upon the roof
in tne stupe of a ball ol fire.
A Valeoittory. The Daily American
having been discontinued, Mr. Edward Mc
Pherson, the Editor, published the following
pungent valedictory :
The Editor of the American during the
recent canvess retires from his post this day.
He has endeavored to do his full duty. He
returns his thanks to the Whig press for the
kind manner in which they have received
the American, and to the Locofoco press for
the foul manner in which they have abused
it edward Mcpherson.
The paper has been conducted with distin
gakned ability during the campaign. The
Editor preved himself able to grapple with
any of his opponents.
The Weekly American is to be contined by
Mr. McCurdv.
The drought is so severe on the road
between Pittsburg and Washington, that
travelers have not been able 0 procure
water for their horses at one dollar per
bucket.
A man in Meuson, Mass., whoisupward?
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President Judges.
The Whigs have carried their entire .lu
dicial ticket in Philadelphia city and county.
George Sharswood, George M. Stroud, and
J I. Clark Hare, are elected Judges of the
District Court. Oswald Thompson is elected
President Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas, Wm. D. Kellcy, Joseph Allison, Asso
ciates. In the Bucks and Montgomery district,
Daniel M. Smyscr, Esq., Whig of Gettys
burg, is elected. In Bucks county, Henry
Chapman was supported by the Locos and in
Montgomery Joseph Fornance, while nearly
the entire Whig vote of the district was giv
en to Mr. Smyscr. Wc congratulate the peo
ple of the district on the choice. Mr Smyscr is
an able lawyer, and possesses extensive liter
ary acquirements and is a gentleman.
In Cumberland, Perry, and Juniata, Judge
Watts is defeated by about 500 votes it is
said, and James A. Graham elected. Mr.
Watts was one of the very best Judges iu the
State, and Mr. Graham is an able lawyer.
In York and Adams, Robert t J. Fisher, Lo
co, beats Judge Durkee ; Lancaster, Henry
G. Long, Whig, had no opposition ; in Ches
ter and Delaware, Townsend Haines, Whig,
beats Judge Bell ; John J. Pearson, Whig, in
Dauphin and Lebanon ; no opposition ; Fran
cis M. Kimmel. Whig, in Franklin, Fulton,
Bedford, and Somerset ; Samuel A. Gilmore,
Loco, in Washington, Fayette and Greene;
Wm. B. McClure, Whig, in Allegheny; David
Agnew, Whig, in Beaver, Butler, Mercer
and Lawrence ; Jeremiah M. Burrcll, Loco,
in Westmoreland, Indiana and Armstrong;
R, G. White, Loco, in Tioga, Potter, M'Kean,
Elk and Clearfield; Washington M'Cartney,
Loco, in Northampton and Lehigh; Alexan
der Jordan, Loco, in Northumberland, In
coming, Centre and Clinton; JohnN. Conyng
ham, Loco, in Luzerne, Wyoming, Montour
and Columbia, (no opposition); David Wilmot,
Loco, in Bradford, Susquehanna and Sullivan;
Charles W. Ilegins, Loco, Schuylkill ; N. B.
Eldred, Loco, in Wayne, Monroe, Pike and
Carbon; J. Glancy Jones, Loco, in Berks; and
George Taylor, Whig, in Huntingdon, Blair,
and Cambria.
Erie, Warren and Crawford, Galbraith, Lo-
co, is elected. In Mifilin and Union district,
A. S. Wilson Loco, elected,
Another European Convulsion at
Hand !
Mr. Walsh, long a resident of Paris, writes
rom that city under date of September 16th,
to the Journal of Commerce, as follows :
" That great events are just before us, is
certain. That crisis of which I have often
spoken to you is drawing very near. Between
the 16th day of September and the middle or
end of next May, the destinies of Europe for
probably half a century which in these days
is a very Jong time will be decided. A
fierce struggle it may be a most desperate
and bloody struggle between liberty, civil
and religious, on the one hand, and hoary des
potism in politics and the religion on the
other. What will be the issue, God alone
knows !
"I find that there is a wonderful activity
here in the political world. The foreign am
bassadors, espicially those of Austria, Prussia,
and Russia, have frequent conferences, and
are constantly sending and receiving des
patches. Nor the Ministers resident of the
smaller Powers, such as Sardina, Naples,
Spain, the States of the Church, Belgium and
iionanti, luie. nose of England and the U
nited States are wide awake, and the former
has not a little to do to look after these Con
tinental Stales, and the movements of their
rulers.
Latest from Caiifonia.
By the steamer Illinois, which arrived at
New York, on Saturday, we have San Fran
cisco dates to the 15th of September.
The Illinois brings nearly $2,000,000 in
Gold Dust
The election returns for Governor are still
uncertain, though the probability is still in
favor of the Whig candidate. The Legisla
ture will have a majority of the Opposition,
insuring the election of the Opposition candi
date to the United States Senate, in place of
rt..i 1
The City of Marysville has been visited
with another serious fire, and Soanishtown.
on the Calaveras River, has suffered from an
extensive conflagration, which consumed 150
dwellings, the whole loss amounting to 250,
000. Our accounts from the mining disticts con
tinue to be of the most encouraging charac
ter. Pleasures are on foot for the construc
tion of a railroad between San Francisco ami
San Jose, with a capital of 81,500.000. of
wnicu tne amount of SluU.OUO has been sub
scribed.
The news from the whaling expedition in
the Northern Pacific is most distressing.
The whole fleet is all but a complete wreck.
and the enterprise, as fur as it has gone, is
an utter failure. In consequence of this in
telligence the holders of oil and bone in New
York refused to name any price for those ar
ticles.
It appears that the whole whaling fleet
lau winierea in tne uult of Aanadir in the
northern part of the sea of Kamschatka, in
in ivussia, in Asia, anu, on coming on ot spring
had set sail for Bherings Straits ; but in at
tempting to pass through the Arctic Ocean,
the fleet was environed by ice, and a large
number of vessels were wrecked.
1 he crews of the destroyed vessels are re
ported to have reached the main land in safe
ty ; but it is said that in some disturbances af
terwards with the natives, eleven of the whale
men lost their lives.
A disease has broken out anions thp Chi
nese of California, resembling chnlnm. Tim
dysentery is also very pevalent.
ine ureat specie train of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company, was robbed after 1m v.
ing Panama seven miles on the wav. but tlm
robbers were overtaken and the booty recovered-
An Irishman dropped a letter into the nosl-
uulKe lv omer auy, wiui me ioiiowing wnt-
a ii.. t. 1 -.1 ... . 1
tcn n corner: Please hasten the delay
r.i? 1 .. . J
mis leuer.'
A
Pennsylvania FesiiIaiEirc. ses-
SENATE
1. Philadelphia city Benjamin Matthias,
Wm. A. Crabb
Thomas H. Forsyth, Samuki. G. Hamilton.
3. Montgomery J. Y. Jones.
4. Chester and Delaware II. S. Evans
5. Berks-
Henry A. Muhlenberg.
G.
7.
Bucks Benjamin Malone.
Lancaster and Lebanon E. C. Dar
lington E. Kintzer
8. Northumberland and Dauphin
-.John C.
Knnkel.
9. Northampton and Lehigh Conrad Shi
nier. 10. Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayne E.
W. Hamlin
11. Adams and Franklin Thos. Carson.
12.
13.
14.
York Henry Fulton.
Cumberland and Perry Jos. Baily.
Centre, Lycoming, Sullivan and Clin
ton: Wm. F. Packer.
15. Blair, Cambria and Huntingdon R. A.
jWMurlric.
16. Luzerne, Montour and Columbia C.
R. Buckalcw.
17. Bradford, Susquehanna and Wyoming
Gen. Sanderson.
18. Tioga, Potter, M'Kean, Elk, Clearfield
and Jefferson John W. Guernsey.
19. Mercer, Venango and Warren John
Hoge.
20. Erie and Crawford Tohn II. Walker.
21. Butler, Beaver and Lawrence Wm.
llazlitt, A. Robertson.
22. Allegheny James Carolhcrs.
23. Washington and Greene Maxwell
M'Caslin.
24. Bedford, Fulton and Somerset Ham
ilton B. Barnes. i
25. Armstrong, Indiana and Clarion Chr.
Meyers. ?
26. Juniata, Mifilin and Union Eli Sli
fer
27. Westmoreland and Favette John
M'Farland
28. Schuylkill Charles Frailey
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Adams- David Mellingcr.
Allegheny John M'Cluskcy, James Fif
fc, G. F. Applelon, T. Penney, J. Miller.
Armstrong, Clarion and Jefferson J. S.
Rhey, Reynolds Laughlin, W. W. Wise.
Beaver, Butler and Lawrence Thomas
Dungan, Samuel Hamilton, J. R. Harris.
Bedford, Fulton and Cambria William P.
Schell, John Kean.
Berks George Dengler, Isaac Yost, J. C.
Evans, Jacob Reifsnyder.
Blair and Huntingdon Scth R. M'Cune,
Wm. B. Smith.
Bradford Addison M'Kean, Henry Gibbs.
Bucks Noah Shull, Jonathan Ely, Ed
ward Thomas.
Carbon and Lehigh David Laury, Wm.
Lilly, Jr.
Centre W. II. Blair.
Chester John Acker, William Chandler,
Jesse James.
Clearfield, M'Kean and Elk Jas. L. Gillis
Clinton, Lycoming and Potter J. B. Tor
bitt, J. M. Kilborn.
Columbia and Montour M. E. Jackson.
Crawford G. Merriman, Ransom Kings
ley. Cumberland J. Ellis Bonham, T M Hen
derson. 4
Dauphin James Frceland, Jacob Landis.
Delaware John M. Broomall.
Eric C. W. Kelso, A. W. Blaine.
Fayette and Westmoreland Joseph Guf
fcy, L L Bigelow, P W Hook, A M Hill
Franklin David Maclay, G A Madeira.
Greene Fletcher Brook
Indiana Alexander M Council
Lancaster Mosrs Poionall, CL Himscck
er, J C Walton, B F Martin, B A Shavffcr.
Lebanon John C Seltzer
Luzerne S S Benedict, J W Rhoads
Mercer, Venango and Warren J W Shu
gart, L N M'Granahan, J Y James
Mifflin John Ross
Monroe and Pike Henry S Mott
Montgomery C. W. Gabe, O. P. Frctz,
Henry Beyer
Northampton Michael Meyers, A. Miller
Northumderland Wm Fohner
Perry David Steward
Philadelphia cityC O'Neil, JL Gosslcr,
G II Hart, J R Flanigan
Philadelphia county Solomon Demeres.
D Rubicam, Isaac Leech, Jr, Wm II Souder,
Henry riuplet, Wm. Goodwin, Thos. L Gif-
ford, Israel R. Springer, Frederick Reel,
Joseph Waq-ner, Benj. R Miller
SchuylkillStephen Ringer, Bernard Rei
ley
Somerset George Mowry
Susquehanna, Sullivan and Wyoming
Isaac Reckhow, Michael Mylert
Tioga Jeremiah Black
Union and Juniata Wm. Sharon
Washington Hugh Craig, John Mcloy
Wayne Thomas J Hubbell
York George Kraft, James M. Anderson.
Tl I 1 T T 1
izei.iei it. neruert
Democrats in Roman--IVhigs in Italic
Natives in small cArs-new members marked
thus ()
RECAPITULATION.
Dom. Whig.
10 1G
56 30
Native.
1
Senate,
House,
50
G
Democratic majority on joint ballot 11.
New Bank. The Morris Banner stntPR
that a number of enternrisiii!? mechanir-s rf
Morrietown, are about takinff the initativo
steps to get up a new banking institution to
oe located there, under the State Free Bank
ing Law.
Pennsylvania Election Rctncias.
OFFICIAL.
Counties '" Johnston Bigler.
Adams ' 217-2 1U45
j Allegliany '. 8797 5983
! Armstrong .: , " - 2181 2472
I Beaver ' 19G8 I99R
j Bradford 3G50 3088
Berks 4721 9480
Bedford 2239 2202
I Bucks , ' '? .' 5258 5488
Hutler 2782 2530
I Blair 2295 1704
Cambria' TO' 1230 . 1705
Carbon " 787 1374
Ceii l re --'- "yw" - 1883 2974
Clu-sh-r .. . .0350 5350
Clarion " 1351 205S
Clearfield " 902 1098
Clinton - , 0S1 1200
Columbia 1021 2011
Crawford 2933 3192
Cumberland - 1 2959 3141
Dauphin .?', r ; 3099 2090
Delaware - . 2147 1595
Elk v- f 151 405
Erie - 3oio 2100
Fayette"'3' 2020 3179
Franklin .-. 3782 3230
Fulton - . 700 810
Greene ... . 1272 2250
HuntingJon 2435 2024
Indiana -. 2540 1752
JefTerson 1002 1210
Juniata m 1143 1337
Lancaster - 1 1000 0220
Lawrence ,2187 1079'
Lebanon 2925 1949 '
Lehigh " 3015 3392 ;
Lycoming ' '", - 2027 2075
Luzerne 3471 4909 I
McKean 409 408
Mercer 2G73 2700
Mifilin 1413 1073 :
Monroe 423 2107 j
Montgomery.-; 494 1 5742
Montour 870 1394 j
Northampton 2027 4150;
Northumberland 1038 2519
Perry 1930 2237 ,
Phil'a City & . County 247QQ 20001,
Pike 1G0 830 j
Potter 031 574
Schuylkill - ' 4009 4743
Somerset ' - 2739 1009
Susquehanna . 2134 2815 j
Sullivan . .,. , 227 458 j
Tioga ? " " ' 1403 2030 :
Union ' 2S87 1949 j
Venango 1142 1098
Warren 1137 1242
Washington 4042 3915
Wayne ' 1042 2182
Westmoreland 3105 5140
Wyoming- . ,. : 931 1130
York . 4727 5738 .
178,070 130,507 j
574
1130
j38
Letter
The New
from General Scott.
York Times states that some
few months since, a gentleman of Pennsylva-
nia, at the request of eight members of the
State Senate, wrote a letter to Gen. Winfield
Scott, addressing him as the undoubted Whig
candidate for the next Presidency, and re
questing his opinions upon the various politi
cal questions which have agitated the coun
try. To that letter Gen. Scott wrote the fol
lowing reply, in which,- it will be seen, he re-
fers to his past life and his character for his
opinions
w... iru or: ior,i
c T , , . i i -
' '
oik : i navu receiveu yuur isaur, uiaiu
f conndentmi, in which, alter commuting tne
I error of supposing me fully before the coun
t try as the Whig candidate for the Presiden
cy,' you proceed to interrogate me on many
points of grave public interrcsL
Permit me to say that, considering we shall
probably only have a Whig candidate for the
Presidency through a national Convention,
and that I cannot be its nominee except by
the force of the unsolicited partiality of large
masses of my countryman :
Considering, also, that if my character or
principles be not already known, it would
now be idle to attempt to supply the deficient
information by mere paper professians of wis-
dom and virtue, made for the occasion :
And considering that if T nnswnr vnr
. T . , ... i
queries, A must go on anu answer others at-
ready before me, as well as the long series j
mat wuuiu uiuviiuui juuuw, iu uiu uisgum '
of the public
I will beg permission to close this acknowl
edgement of your letter, by subscribing my
self, With great respect,
Your obedient servant
WINFIELD SCOTT.
, Esq., Harrisburg Pa.
P. S. I must add, that I write and
nothing on public subjects, which I am
say
un-
willing to see published.
W. S.
Odd Fellows Statistics.
At the late meeting of the Grand Lodge oT l
e U. States, reports from all the State Grand ',
the
Lodges were received, except Delaware, N.
Hampshire, Vermont, Texas, North Carolina,
and Florida. As compared withmst year this
table shows the following results :
1850 1851
Lodges, 2,355 2,G33
Members, 174,037 180,379
Initiations, 81,232 30,923
Revenue, 1,217,417 81,209,070
Relief, 483,401 491,890
The proposition to confer an honorary de-
gree upon the wives of members of the Scar- I
mi uugrue, was adopted hv a vote o 47 tn '
1. 1-k ... i . . . .
ite of 47 to
n-. mi i . " .
ine oadgc is to be green and scarlet,
anu uiose receiving it are to be styled "Daugh-
tui& ui ivuuuccu. i ne ladies (says a con tern-!
porary; win oe eager lor initiation no doubt, I
as the mysteries of Odd Fellowshin Imvo lnn !
tantalized female curiosity.
The Fredcricksburgh (Md.) Herald has an
article in which it eulogizes a new kind of
goose from all accounts a very great goose.
This new kind of goose, says the Herald,
was originally imported rom Hong Kong
which place is celebrated for its fecsc. Th
goose m question has a "bag" along the neck
a topknot just above the bill, with n '
strongly resembling the ordinary goose -
Ihe CfOOSe on thn fnrm nP AT- ir n'.
- a ...u-.j uuuau,- I
ie goose on the farm of Mr. Henry pjtz. I
gh, is represented to wein-h i,;... i i
hush, is represented tn wa.nU t.:...
,,,! r ii . o mil iv UOUI1US
wnen full crrown. nml o.ipIi r.n ....m ... . , 1
pounds
fnnr n;-k;.. i 7i ouuij; win yieiu
IOUr piCKllirrs dtmnrr flm n-ir J - f
pounds of feathe s ?er annum '0Ur i
i w annum.
From the N. O. Picayune.
The Plague in the Canary Isl
ands. Our Havana Correspondent, under date of
the 2d inst., says: "I send you a statement of
n tnrrific rinidemic. the plague, at the Canary
Islands. They got it fishing on the coast of
the sea." It is feared that the negro traders
will bring it to Havana. The following is
our translation of the statement referred to:
The year 1801 opened under the.most fa
vorable auspices for the Canary Islands, their
increase in commerce and population being
well known. The fine arts also flourished.
But the destiny which for a moment seemed
to rest from the persecution of these islands,
which had dated from the time when they
took the name of " the Unfortunate," again
fell upon them with more fury than ever.
Before its terrible anathema, commerce was
paralized, the theatres were closed, conster
nation seized every mind, the inhabitants hid
themselves or retired to the country, and soon
stupor, sadness, and almost despair, replaced
the hours of felicity of those once happy peo
ple. On the Gth June, 1851, the official journal
of the province contained the following:
"The Board of Health of the District of Las
Paimas, in the Canaries, has informed the
Superior of the Province, under date of the
5th inst, that in the barrio of San Jose, in
the city of the same name, some cases of ep
idemic cholera morbus have appeared." In
consequence of this, precautionary measures
were ordered to be taken.
For some months this infirmity has been
prevailing in the city of Las Paimas, display
ing itself in isolated cases. The faculty,
through ignorance or malice, classed it as
malignant quincy. But the authorities, as-
ribly disfigured, ordered the Board of Health
cf the Island, under the strictest responsibili
ty, to declare the nature of the epidemic.
Then, with general terror, the announcement
j we have alluded to was received.
History does not record anything so sad
as the spectacle which the Island of Grand
late such misfortunes and horrors, and words
would not be sufficient to depict their inten
sity. The epidemic now raged with such fury
that the inhabitants, in consternation, aban
doned the town, without caring for anything
but their nersnns. tn Rimb nn pvtfint that thav
I cven forgot the ties of blood. Death surprised
; tjjein jn tj,c nridstof their flight, so that roads
were covered with corpses, over which not a
tear of friendship, or of filial or fraternal love
was shed, because terror had smothered eve
ry sentiment except that of self-preservation
As was to be expected, the fugitives, carrv
ing with them the fatal germ, infected the
country, which became the theater of the
I most horrible scenes.
i Tllf? bn.1Rt3 nUanAnnnA in lin r.U
J for want of food, and the decomposition of;
, their bodies, together with that of the hu-
man corpses which remained unbuned in the
streets, vitiated the atmosphere to such an ex-
tent mat any unfortunate person who mifht
return to the city fell dead almost as soon as
lie entered a house.
However, this new con
trctempts was stopped as soon as possible by j
the energetic measures taken bv the worthy
Military Governor, and by the humanity of
tlir ennrmri nInln)A I- fi " 1 1
"v.wwiu uiuiaut- ui urn ourrujnuor, anu va-
nous younff m of wh f u yictj
to their heroism.
i. uiuuv ui wiiuin mil vicums
At last the supposition was confirmed that '
the epidemic was not the cholera, but the !
terriDie piague of the Moors, it havirnr been
ascertained that it was introduced into the Is
land of Grand Canary by the fishing vessels
wnicu irequent tne western coasts of Africa.
The persons in the Island devoted to this traf
fic, numbering about 1,800, have almost all
perished, as there remain only enough to man
a single vessel. According to the declaration
nt T h n mnctm-c Kn T .1 1 1 1 a 1
ivoetnn 1 r Ar- .i V ,
western shores of Africa there reigns a death-
ly pest which carries off the inhabitants, the
S 3 S E grG,a- 1 mt ,COrpseS arC
strewed upon the earth m incredible numbers,
anu uieir decomposition augments the mllu-
once of the corrupted atmosphere
3 soon as tnc Commandant General of the
fv,n58 Ie?cd the abandonment of the
uity ot l.as 1 iilmas, he sent a portion of the 1
garrison of the ennitl m W th
the greater portion of the soldiers were at-
- j w. tjjiuciuiu mm UIUU. Ill SUOrt,
in uiuui iu give an iaea ot ttie ravages of the
post, it is only necessary to state that in two ,
niOntilS U.Ul ( nfirsnns rtin.l in tl, HiMr 1 oc I
ii.. ' . V An 7 . v r
x annuo, anu XU,UUU ill U1C WhOlC lSlailU. U) ;
Up
to the last dates the plague had
snared tho
uic towns ot Agatee and Fejeda.
The Bishop is one of the persons in Grand
Canary who have contributed most to the al
leviation of suffering humanity. This holy
prelate and worthy pastor with a resignation
truly evangelical, displayed the utmost chari
ty, zeal and interest in behalf of the unhappy
people. He was, and still is, untirincr in tra
. . . i
versing the streets, opening his purse, ffivinir
spiritual consolation, establishing a hospital
in ,,is own palace, and in ministering to the
unnappy victims with his own hands. The
, . . . . . . . o
JJrotliers ot Charity and the youths or tho hos
picw, imitating this hero, who 1ip nr.cmnm,.
eternal glory, and who appears a messenger
ui me most nign, lent all their efforts to as
sist the afllcted.
At the last dales, August 12, the epidemic
i.uiioiui.iauiy m uic cny, though it still
luguu in tne country
A Little Girl on Trial for Mimnr.n.
On the 21st inst., in the Criminal Court at
J r.ovldonce, R. I., Almira Bearzelv
""fined UP" an iudictment for the n
yr. ;,..... .... J "
wn n r
u nn an luilictment hrt inmnnlrr f
,1,uru.roi"cr'Jo,,ndwin, by poison. Thedefen-
1 1 . 1 -r . . w
UB,ui8 out 14 years of age, of a mild and com
, . '""""er, and listened to the reading of
l".B """cunent without emotion. The principal
witness is her sten-mnthnr it ?c i, La
the trouble consequent upon the care of tho
child, was the cause of the deed. The case
excites great interest.
Iff Upwards of twenty thousand of
the best citizens of the kingdom of Naples
arc now iu chains and dungeons, suffer
ing the most atrocious punishment for the
crime of thinking, or of being suspected
of thinking differently from their rules
on political suhiccts. If anv Itenubliean
i " j r
TOncnt or Democratic rabble should
ha
f- j uum uuuuiiiM nu oiiuum nuv-
v .nnv 4. ,i ii.i.i- -
mm 01 mo uiessings 01 order
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tl , nn ! instltut,ons. om
the tory press of Europe.
Proclamation of the President
in regard to the Expeditious
against Mexico.
Washington, Thursday, Oct. 23, 1851.
The following has been issued by the Pres
ident: A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, there is reason to believe that
a military expedition is about to be fitted out
in the United States, for the purpose of inva
ding the Mexican Republic, with which this
country is at peace, and whereas, there is
reason to apprehend that a portion of the peo
ple of this country regardless of their duties
as good citizens are concerned in, or may be
seduced to take part in the same.
And Wiiekeas, such enterprises lend to
degrade the character of the United States
in the opinion of the civilized world, and are
expressly prohibited by law, now, therefore,
I have issued this, my Proclamation, warning
all persons who shall connect themselves with
any such enterprise, in violation of the laws
and national obligation of the United States,
that they will thereby subject themselves to
the heavy penalties denounced against such
offenders ; that if they should be captured
within the jurisdiction of the Mexican au
thorities, they must expect to bo tried ami
punished according to the laws of Mexico;
and will have no right to claim the interpo
sition of this Government iu their bc-lialf.
I therefore expect all well-diaposed citizens
who have at heart the reputation of the coun
try, and are animated with a just regard for
its laws, its peace and its welfare, to discoun
tenance, and by all lawful means prevent and
any such enterprise ; and I call upon every
officer of this Government, civil or military,
to be vigilant in arresting, for trial and pun
isnnieht, every such otTendcr.
Millard Fillmore.
The Proclamution is issued on information
received that some Texans had organized and
crossed the frontier.
OlThcrc is now a gathering in our city
of the leading Members of President Polk's
Cabinet. One of the ' Young Democracy
informs us that its object is the heading oft'
of the Donglas movement and the securing
of the Baltimore Presidential nomination to
' Old Buck,' or some other of the antidiluvians.
No go Douglas is bound to be the nominee.
Tribune, 24 inst.
The State debt in California now cxoppJ
2,000,000.
Minesota Vegi:tables. At Willow Riv
er, Minesota, Col. Hughes had a souash
which weighed 170 pounds, and its average
growth was thirteen pounds a day by Hu
steelyards. Indian corn jrrows near St. Paul
fron, thirteen to fifteen
feet
hiffh. Planted
on the 25th of May, it was ripe on the 25th
of September.
i ' Do you retail all things here -, asked a
green looking specimen of humanity as he
poked his head into a store on Main Sreet,
. . .
the other day.
4 Yes,' was the laconic reply
4 Well, I wish you would re-tail my dog-
he had it bit off about a month ajjo.'
The frivolities of a life of celibacy were
forsworn on Saturday, by a happy couple,
whose united ages numbered one hundred and
sixty-six years. The bride, M iss Nancy Mwl-
iadv being 77 years, ai
Jamcs Non 3 J
. 7 -
and the bridegroom, Mr.
. -M T1t
1 lorniedtne interesting ceremony, which, with-
out roceivui tIie usuQaI tendef of calj'e amJ
' wine, in recognition of the printer's rights, we
lavethoughtofsufiicientimportance to notice,
1 cin. Cour.
There is a man so thin in Indiana that
when the sheriff is after him he crawls into
the barrel of his rifle and watches his adver
sary through the touch-hole.
Xcw Counterfeits. Amonff the counterfeit
bank bills recently put into circulation are 5's
town ioinf. Nnw .Wot. A m.nA
.... "J' " o""
ot tne genuine ones.
Much interest is manifested iri the Diplo
matic circles at Washington with regard to
the expected arrival of a Special Minister
from Spain to demand satisfaction for the Cu
ba outrage.
The Lai'scst Pile of Specie in Ihc
World
According to a recent return of the Bank
France, the specie on hand amounted to six
hundred and seven millions of francs, or about
one hundred and fifteen millions of dollars.
This we bejieve is the largest amount of spe
cie ever collected together. The Bank of
England has not had- at any time, over one
hundred millions.
In France, the legal currency is silver and
not gold, hence it is probable that nearly all'
this specie is silver, hence the recent diminu
tion of silver in this country. The enormous
accumulation of silver in the Bank of France
is regarded as an unfavorable symptom of her
trade for the discounts and circulation of
the bank have diminished. Hence trade is
stagnant. It is probable that the fear of po
litical convulsion at the next Presidential e
lection operates powerfully on the bank and on
merchants to restrain them from an expan
sion of credit.
Cnvc for Gravel.
Having much sympathy for all those
troubled with tho gravel, you may relieve
many sufferers by inserting in vour uaper
tho following valuable receipt, which sel
dom fails to relieve and entirely cure that
dreadful disease:
Make a strong tea of wild carrot, of
thp flower and seeds, into a pint of which
put a piece of saltpeter, about the size of
two large peas; let tho patient drink it as
warm as possible and m bed, and it will
produce a copiuos perspiration; it may be
taken at other times during the day, ana
will act as a diuretic-