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EBENSBURG, PA.
THURSDAY, MAY 2. 1850.
.FOR CONGRESS,
GEN. JOSEPH M'DONALD,
OF CAMBRIA COUNTY,
Subject to the decision of the Democratic Con.
gressional Conference.
0Tii Sentinel, hat much the largest cir
eulation of any paper published in this county
-and at an advertising sheet off-rs superior
inducements to mercha ntt and. bumiitena mm
generally. Those desirous of making tits of
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ihi meutumjor extending their business can.
do to by either sending their notices direct, or
through the fallowing agents:
John Crouse, Eq., Johnstown.
E. XV. Carr, Evans' Buildings, Third st
TkHmd,lphia.
V. tt. Palm-r, Etq., NcvoYork Pkiladtlphia
end Baltimore.
ETTlic Hon. Lvkw Boyd, of Kentucky, and
the lion. Job Mann, of Bedford, will accept
our tliaois for several public document.
Our thanks are also due Messrs. Drum, Smith
CufiVy. M'CIintock and Bra w ley of the Perm.
ylvauia Legislature fur simiUr favors.
jyThere appears to be no end to tbo -number
of officers to be elected by the people at
the next full election. A Bill has passed both
lIoues of the Legivlature, and is now in the
hands of the Governor. proviJmg for the elec.
tion of rrotccutin? Attorneys. This bill pained
the House on the 23d ult., by a vote of ninety
yeas to four nays, and will doubtless receive
the sanction of the Governor. In addition to
to the usual number, the peoplo will now elect
the Auditor General, Surveyor General, Coun.
ty Surveyors, and in all probability the Prose,
cutinj Attorneys.
0Dy refercuco totLe proceedings of the
County Convention which ursemblcd here on
.Monday Ust.it will be seen that Hubert P
Linton and Augustine Durbin have leo i elect
ed Sanatoria! and Representative Dtlc mies m
c I
tho Williuuispori Convention. Tlio Convention
of Monday has not a parallel in the history ofj
Cambria county. The must tremendous exer
tion were made, and the mot unscrupulous
means resorted to, in order to bring about this
result. The who! transaction i, wc think,
too well known to requite us to give a detail,
rd account of it at this timo. Future evn-.u
however may render it incumbent on u to do
so. We will merely rem irk tint wc yield to
the decision of that Convention without a iuur.
inur.
Hon. Job 3Iann.
In the Philadelphia Pennsylvanian, wo find
following in relation to our wot thy Rcpresenta.
tivb in Congress from this District:
"U'c notice that Hon. Job Mann in a Idler
to Mr Given, the editor of Ebemburg Sentinel
declncs being a candidate for reelection, in the
congtctsicnal district composed of Wrstmore
hi'd, Bedford and Cambria counties. No mem.
bcr of the national lji;islature is moro esteemed
thsu this excellent exemplary, and steadfast
representative. No man is truer to his panv
or constituents. The Westmoreland Republi
can paid bim a high and deserved compliment
for his generous promptitude in attending to
the business of the returned or deceased volun
te r n the Xtx en war, which hud teen com
mit .' t- hi curc; Lu! such has been hit uniform
C&Lr.e during a long experience in public life.
The drgus of the 25th ult., and the
Republican of the 26th, both democratic
papers published in Greensburg, West
moreland county, come down on the
democracy of Cambria and Bedford like
a thousand of brick. The "indignity"
offered to old Westmoreland arises from
this circumstance, in part, that the demo
cratic party of Cambria county held a
meeting on the second of April, and
among other resolution?, passed the fol
lowing: Resolved, That the democracy of Cambria
do most respectfully solicit the consideration,
on part of thoir brethren of the other cnuntie
composing this Congressional Dutrict. of the
claims of our county to the next candidate for
Congress, and that for the purpose of present
ing this subject to the counties of Westmore
land and Bedford, the chair appoint a commit
tee or five to take charge of it. and use such
means as to them may coin ednsablo for ac
cotnpluhing tho object in view.
There is nothing in this resolution, un
der ordinary circumstances, that would be
calculated to arouse the ire of old West
moreland, unless it be considered that the
democrats here should await the "signal"
from that county before they dare open
their mouths to speak. Canxbrii. count v
has been FORTY SEVEN YEARS in
a Congressional District without having
a member of Congress, and when, she
offers a resolution presenting the claims
ot one oi her democrats for that -office,
Westmoreland takes it in high dudgeon
and becomes indignant." We, suppose
that under a reasonable ratio, that would
not be an "indignity" tj Westmoreland
county, Cambria might by special grace
be permitted to have two members of
Congress in one hundred years. We
don't know whether this arrangement
would be satisfactory to the "few demo
crats in Cambria, but if it be, she would
ouly have to postpone her pretentions for
three years, when the half century will
have been completed.
We can see nothing wrong in the reso
lution passed at the Cambria county meet
ing, presenting our claims to the next
candidate for Congress. But if it is
wrong, we have merely followed the ex
ample set us by Westmoreland on seve
ral occasions. Our resolution was in.
tended to call the intention of the people
of the district to the fact that we were
disposed to ask at their hands that which
we thought a decent regard to justice
would unhesitatingly grant us, without
any intention whatever of wounding the
pride of Westmoreland or any other coun
ty. Cambria count has always yielded
a cheerful and cordial support to the can
didates taken from the other counties of
the district, and she thought the time had
now arrived when justice would warrant
her in asking the nomination of one of
her own citizens. If a membership of a
Congressional District for forty seven
years, without ever having a candidate
does not entitle her to this privilege, we
would like to know what does.
It is asserted by the Westmoreland pa
pers, that a pledge was given by the Bed
ford Congressional Conferees at their last
meeting, that they would support a Cam
bria county man as the next candidate.
We do not believe that any such pledge
was ever given, nor do we recognize the
right of any set of Conferees to make
them. Such pledges amount to nothing,
and are never considered binding on a
party, because they are always without
authority. But our pretensions are not
founded on any thing of that nature. All
we ask at the hands of our sister counties
is common justice, and our confidence in
the democracy of the District is such as
to lead us to hope that we will get it. We
may refer to this subject again.
May Parly.
The juveniles of our borough got up a
fine May party yesterday. A large num
ber of the b;ys and girls, "dressed from
top to toe," repaired to a grove belonging
to 15. Shoemaker, Esq., a short distance
from town, where the) haJ an excellent
collation prepared, and where they amu
sed themselves in innocent sports until
near sundown. 'They then returned to
town, presenting a very beautiful appear
ance, and after promenading through the
principal streets, they repaired to M -Dermit's
Hotel. Here they had a dance
and an excellent supp-r prepared for
them, and here they enioyed themselves
"right merrily" until the hour of ad
j urnment. We were pleased to St'P the
affair so well managed, and terminate so
pleasantly to all concerned.
DEMOCRATIC
COUNTY CONVENTION.
A convention of delegates from the sev
eral election districts of Cambria county,
met at the court house, in Ebensburg, on
Monday, the 29th day of April 1850, pur
suant to the call of the County Committee,
to appoint Senatorial and Representative
delegates to represent Cambria county and
the Senatorial district in the Williamsport
Convention.
On motion. JACOB LUTHER ESQ.,
of Carroll township was appointed Chair
man, and Thomas Ji. Maguire, of Johns
town and James Myers of Ebensburg
were appointed Secretaries of the Con
vention. The delegates were then called upon
for their credentials, when it appeared that
the districts had made the following se
lections viz:
Allegheny tp. Patrick Braniff& Henry
Scanlan.
Cambria tp. John Wherry & M. S.
Harr.
Clearfield tp. John M'Mullin fc Peter
M'Gough.
Conemaugh tp. James St. Glair &
Smith Sergeant.
Carroll tp. Jacob Luther & Win. J.
Williams.
Ebensburg bor. James Carroll & Jas.
Myers.
Johnstown bor. Thomas A. Maguire
&G. N. Smith.
Jackson tp. Thomas Jones fc James
Murray.
Richland tp. John Wissinger & John
F. Siull.
Susquehanna tp. John Kinports fc H.
Lloyd.
Summerhill tp. Thomas M'Conneli fc
Wm. Palmer.
Washington tp. John M'Ginley &
John M'Gough.
White tp David Mills & Wm Bur.
goon.
On motion, the Convention proceeded
1 3 ballot for delegates to the Williamsport
Convention, and, on counting the votes, it
appeared that the following selection had
been made viz:
Senatorial Delegate. Robert P. Linton
Representative " Acotjstin Durbin.
The following preamble and resolutions
were snbmitted to the Convention by T.
A. Maguire of Johnstown, and, on mo
tion, they were adopted and ordered to be
published as a por tion ol" the proceedings
of the Convention,
Whereas, exception has been taken by
the two "organs" of the demcratic party
of Westmoreland county, to the manner
in which the democracy of Cambria coun
ty have presented their claims to tire honor
of a Congressional nomination; and
Whereas, erroneous impressions, as to
the intent of the democracy ol our county
may be created, by a false construction of
our position and our expresed views, by
the publications referred to, were not this
Convention to place the proper construc
tion upon the resolution passed at our late
county meeting; Therefore
Resolved, That, without yielding the
right of Cambria county to the next can
didate for Congress, we, hereby disclaim
any intention on the part of our constitu
ents, to offer indignity to their brethren of
Westmoreland, but that in presenting our
claims and our candidate, we but followed
the precedent established by our sister
counties of the district.
Resolved, That, in making the nomi
nations for Congress eight and six ears
ago, the democracy of Cambria, willingly
acceding the candidate to Westmoreland,
did not entertain a desire nor intimate an
intention of saying who that man should
be, but very properly, in acceding the
nomination to Westmorelaud, also ac
knowledged the propriety of permitting
her to select her candidate.
Resolved. That we have made no bar
gain and sale with any county of the dis
trict in order to secure the nomination of
a democrat of our county, but that hav
ing yielded to and cordially supported the
candidate of the other counties, we enter
tain a reasonable hope, that the 10 years'
of our connection would not expire before
in rotation our county would be tendered
a candidate.
Resolved, That we again disclaim any
intention of insulting the democracy of
Westmoreland, but that, our claims being
reasonable, our action in the premises
having been in accordance with establish
ed precedents, and our candidate being
unexceptionable, we feel assured that a
generous acquiesenee will be manifested
on the part of the other counties of the
district, and that our nomination of our
favorite will be endorsed by them.
On motion, the proceedings were or
dered to be published in the democratic
papers ot the Senatorial district, and
Union and Keystone at Harrisburg.
On motion, the Convention adjourned!
sine die.
JACOB LUTHER, Chairman.
Thomas A. Maguire,
James Myers,
Secretaries.
Correspondence of the Mountain Sentinel.
STATE CAPITOL.
Harrisburg, April 29, 1850.
Dear Given:
At the date of my last let
ter I had hoped that by this time, I could
announce the passage of the two import
ant bills of the session, namelv : the Ap
portionment bill and the Appropriation
bill, but such is unhappily not the fact.
The House of Representatives did pass
an apportionment bill, which was sent to
the- Senate, and lost in that body by
the refusal of T.Jr. Speaker lies? to vote
when the time came for the passage ot
the bill. This result has all been brought
about by Mr. Best and a few democratic
members of the House, who have agreed
to vote lor Mr. Best's darling measure,
the county of Montour. It is a lament
able fact that, scarcely any measure can
be brought up in the Legislature, which
can be passed on its own merits, owing
to the abominable system of log-rolling
which is practiced by the members. The
appropriation bill has been under consid
eration in the H. R. for a week past, and
it, too, has been delayed in consequence
of the failure on part of the Senate to pass
the apportionment bill. 1 cannot see for
the life of me, why so much feeling sho'd
be manifested by members on the subject
of Montour county, inasmuch as it is en
tirely a local question.
But there are many queer things done
here. In Senate the other day, whilst
the bank question was before that body,
Mr. Sankey, the whig member from Mer
cer, made a most violent flatfooted speech
against all banks, which took every oue
by surprise. Mr. S. did not only speak
against re-chartering those institutions, but
against creating any new ones and de
fined his position to be this, that he was
opposed to the Banking system as it has
been carried on in Pennsylvania, and in
favor of the free banking system. This I
consider shrewd on part of Mr. Sankey,
because he sees that the free banking
quJ.sliH s forcing its way into public fa
vor, anJ eventually must become popular;
and Mr. Ssi.nkey is determined that the
democrats shau' not have the credit of this
reform, so loudly Called for by the dic
tates ol sound reason nd public policy.
Mr. Darsie the whig mem her from Alle
gheny, is also in favor of the free banking
law, who also deserves credit for his ad
vocacy of the measure, in the State' of
Ohio, among the democracy of that ster
ling State, if a democrat votes in the Le
gislature for the charter or re-charter of a
Bank, it is considered sufficient cause for
his expulsion from the ranks of the party;
but in Pennsylvania we find democrats
voting for those institutions with a gusto
and recklessness, that the most rabid
whig, with the strongest stomach and
most elastic conscience, would recoil at.
What think you, my dear sir, of a
democratic member of the Senate voting
for the charter and re-charter of no less
than fifteen rag corporations in one single
day. Yet such is the fact. The man
who did this is Gen. Wm. F. Packer, a
Senator from Lycoming county. Where
he will be found next nobody knows, out
if it be true that "coining events cast their
shadows before," it does not require the
gift of prophecy to foretell. There are
other men calling themselves democrats
in the Legislature besides Gen. Packer,
like the latter, have gone the whole fig
ure for tluwp rnttpii rornnrntions. All I
have to say is thai, I hope these gentle-j should waive her claims this time in favor
men "may have a ffood time of it," amonsr:of the Cambria county nominee. That
their wronged and outraged constituents.
But it is disgusting to the mind of any
honest man to contrast the
practices nl
some men in our Legislature, with their
professions of democracy before the people.-
But there is a terrible day of reck
ning coming, for ihose who desert the in
terests of the community in the hour of
danger. Your member Dr. William A.
Smith deserves well of the people, not
only of Cambria county, but of the Com
monwealth, for his bold, manly and suc
cessful advocacy of the appropriations, of,
$8,000 for the purchase of additional
Trucks for the Portage Rail Road, and
for $100,000 for the purpose of avoiding
the Inclined Planes west of the moun a n
on the Allegheny Portage Railroad. Both: at which time the period of its legal exist
ihese propositions came lrom Dr. Smith ance will expire by the fiat of the sover
of Cambria county; and both of them 1 eign people and :he artillery of the ballot-
were advocated by him with a degree of
ability which has won for the Dr. no
small amount of commendation. I see
by the letter of the favorite correspon
dent of the Pittsburg Mercury of the 25,
inst., that that worthy gentleman in his
zeal to award to Dr. Jonas R. M'CIin
tock, the accomplished and talented dem
ocratic member from Allegheny county,
the full meed of praise for his efforts in
beha f of the appropriation of $100,000
for the avoidance of the Incline Planes
on the Western side of the mountains, on
the Portage Rail Road, has unintentional
ly, overshot the mark a little; because, in
his letter above alluded to, he makes Dr.
Smith the second in command, which is
not assigning to Dr. Smith the post of
honor to which he is entitled. 1 assert a
?gain most emphatically, that Dr. vVm.
A. Smith is the man who originated the
proposition to appropriate SI 00,000 to
avoid the Planes; and not until that gen
tleman had made his masterly and con
vincing speech in favor of the appropria
tion, lid any member exhibit the cour
age to say one word in its behalf.
But so soon as the effects of Dr. Smith's
remarks were felt, and seen by the mem
bers, then and not till then, did Dr. M'
CIintock come nobly to the rescue, and
made his admirable speech in favor of the
appropriations which Dr. Smith had pro
posed as an amendment to the bill then
under consideration. Col. Cornyn of
Huntingdon county, also made one of his
usually good and manly speeches in favor
of the amendment of Dr. Smith, and it
was carried triumphantly by the joint ex
ertions of the se gentlemen. There is no
man in the Legislature whom I esteem
individually, more highly than I do Dr.
Jonas R. M'CIintock. He is a gentle
man in every sense of the term, and with
al a man of ability, and of the most pure
and generous impulses. I do not accuse
the Dr. with having any desire to take to
himself the sole credit of carrving the
measure above alluded to, but on the con
trary, acquit him of any knowledge or
participation in the matter and I do
know, that the Mercury's Correspond?!!!?
"Justice," who is a gentleman "of the
first water," did not intend when hejwrote
the letter of the 22d inst., to detract from
the merit of Dr. Smith, or to make him
play second-fiddle to Dr. M'CIintock or
any one else, in the matter of the appro
priation ol $100,000 to avoid the Planes.
I will leave this matter with the above
explanation, which I felt bound to make
after reading the letter of the Mercury's
Correspondent with the simple remark,
Let justice be done though the Heavens
should fall."
I see by the Greensburg Argus, that that
paper, is endeavoring to create a feeling lnjdecree, divorcing the said pirtse from
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the minds of the democracy of Westmore
land county adverse to the interests of
Cambria county, in the matter of the next
candidate for Congress in that district, an
attempt, which is at orce dishonorable and
unkind; by charging Cambria county with
the desire of forestalling public opinion,
because forsooth, Cambria county, with a
unanimity that cannot be mistaken, has at
a pvblic meeting of the democracy of the
latter county expressed her preference for
a Cambria county citizen for the next nom
ination. With what degree of grace does!
it come lrom Westmoreland county to sav
that Cambria county ought not to have the
nominee this time, because her conferees,
voted for Hon. Job Mann the last time in
preference to a Westmoreland county man?
when it is remembered, that Cambria
county was the first county in the district
to name the Hon. Henry D. Foster, a e,
and to nominate him too, under the pro
test of the Westmoreland county conferees
at the first meeting cf the Congressional
conference in the district? W hen it is also
remembered, that Cambria county came
up at the second term and voted with
Westmoreland county for Mr. Fosters
nomination a second time, and at both
elections, little Cambria gave the West
moreland county candidate the largest vote
&l the largest democratic majority that any
man ever received in that county. Cam
bria county has stood back with a modes
ty and forebea ranee that ought to be coin
mended by Westmoreland county rather
than condemned; and now that Cambria
asks for the member but for a single term.
Westmoreland, with that magnanimity,
which should characterize a powerful, and
well rewarded rival, should without a
murmur, award to her gallant little sister,
the portion of the family estate which she
so richly deserves.
This is the course that should be pur
sued by the politicians ol" Westmoreland
county, a course I am convinced, from my
i knowledge of the bone and sinew of West
moreland s democracy, would meet the
approbation of a large majority of the de
mocracy of Westmoreland county. Cam
bria county can poinl to her former course
towards Westmoreland with nrids and ex-
' nl t:i I inn. ninl ask with confidence that she
lieuloru county wi l do so l have no doubt
as she too is entitled to do, in that spirit of
as I
generous kindness winch should always
i characterize the intercourse ot one county
in a district toward another. I will just
say one word more on this subject. The
man whose name Cambria presents in
'connection with the nomination, is one on
whom the party should unite harmonious-
si. m
iy. and elect, uen. MUonaiu is a man
of fine promise and splendid abilities.
His election would be an honor to the dis
trict of which the democracy should be
proud.
Can't tell when the Legislature will ad-
journ. Probably some time between this
and the second I uesday of October next,
box
I am happy to say, that "The Model
Bank Bill,'' as it is called, passed finally,
with the salutary provision that all the
country Banks eastof the Allegheny moun-
tains are required to keep their notes at
par in the city of Philadelphia and those
west of the mountains in the city of Pitts
burg. This provision was stricken out of
the bill in the Senate; but non-concured
in by the House, so that it went back to
the Senate with a message', thatth6 House
would not adopt the Senate's amendment;
when the latter body finding that further
parley would be useless, backed out, and
the bill passed as it came from the House,
which is right. By the way, the above is
one of the best provisions in the model
Bank bill.
The weather is delightfully warm and
pleasant here, at present, and every one
sighing to get home at least those who
have homes to go to. Speaker Best has
got them in a tight place, and as he is the
most impervious man alive, or whoever
did live, he will not have pity on them,
but keep ihem here till they pass Mon
tour count-. Best is the queerest genius
alive. He appears like a statue of brass
endowed with mobility; he can neither be
insulted nor moved. He is an inomaly in
human nature, and would furnish a fine
subject fotjstudy, for a naturalist. If Buffin
or Goldsmith were living yet, and here, I
doubtverv much whether either or both of
ihenreould tell, with all their knowledge,
what genus ihis animal. Speaker Best,
properly belongs to. He hns one idea
however, and that idea is Montour!
Montour! Montour.
In my next I'll give you what passes.
Till then believe me
Yours in the faith,
CONEMAUGH.
Doings t Harrisburg.
The correspondent of the Bulletin
states: Mr. Drum's supplement to the
eeneral act. reia'.ive to d voices, passed
finally in the House, y sterday morning.
It provides that, here after, the jursdic
tiou of the seven I C urts of Common Plens
of this C mm nwenhh, shaM extend to all
cases of divorce from th bonds of niatri
mnny, for the cause of wilful, continued
and malicious desertion, without reason
ble cause, by either of the parties, from
the hab'talion of the other; and it shall be
lawful for either party to make atphca
tin, in such case, by petition or libel, to
the proper cou-t, in accordance with the
provisions of the several Acts of Assem
b' y now in force, at any time, not less
than six months after such cause of di
vorce shall have taken place; but the said
court sha 1 not nniceed to male n final
the bonds of matrimony aforesaid, until
after the expirat on of two years fio n the
ttme at which such desertion took place.
That it shall b; lawful for the siid sev
eral courts to entertain jurisdiction of all
cases of divorce the bonds of matrimony,
for the causes of desertion as aforesaid,
or adultery, notwithstanding the parties
were, at the time of the orcurrence of said
causes, domiciled in any other State: -pro-
..." .7- J ri . . r .
uiueu, i nat no such divorce shall be
pranted, unless the appl'cant therefor
shall have been a citizen of this Cmmon
wealth, or s'lall have resided therein for
the term of one year, as provided for by
existing laws. This bill having become a
1 iw. saving the signature of the Govern r.
w II allow the case of Mr. Forrest to bei
brought before the Courts. I esteem its
provisions just and equitable.
Slcamer AMIiodt Wayne Blown Up
Clkvkl.d. April 29.
The "True De n crat" of this c
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ty
pives uie iiii.owing parti- uiars oi the ?t
I- A f linnlf 7 r . . r- . ...I. Mt i
a n
. mi".. y u hi-, v ii.cii icviirreu mi.
pos te Vermillion abjut one o'clock on
Sunday morninrj:
The first mate says the Anthony
Wayne came to Sandusky with ten steer
age passengers, and twenty in the cabin, j
irom ueiroit &he to. k from the train
24 passengers, and her crew numbered
20 total 84. About 19 of the crew and
in . i , ,
: .P!!enrrS..Wuh.Wt,rSaVrd a;?,,kt,,v.
miss ng is from 'So to40. I he - nassen -
gers known to be killed are
c -
as tol.mvx:
Mathew Falkner. .Sheffield, Mass: Wi Jev
Robinson, Henry McDonouh. John
'Williams, and Hervey Kelly.
Trie explosion occurred about 10 o'
clock on Sunday morning. The schoon
er E'mi r i was hailed and brought tho
k lied, wounded and recovering to &
dusky. The Anthony
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old !oat, not in the regular line with tha
Huffiio and Sandusky steamers. Sho
wns mvned by Charles" Howard, of Dc
troit; insurance S10.00J. he account
vary as to the number on board.
yv was an
nayli.
It is reported that two national vessels
are on their way to I Jay ti to seek redrew
for the outmges committed by the Em.
peror on our ntizens, and especially oa
: the Consul of the United States, who is
d'liu i uc iiiiju iaiit--u uy ins order. I tin
however is doubtful. The usurper with
his negro suite finds thai the natives of
these states are not to be awed by his ri'r.
orousatid unjust measures; but clamor
loudiy tor then rights, and will have
them. They are not to be bullied nor
kept down, when their rights and his in.
fraction of the laws are in question. They
state their giievances boldly, and demand
redress like men, who are in earnest.
They never were and never ivill be the
slaves of any man. This firmness and
insubordination is a dangerous example
to his native subjects, whom it is his po!
icy to break into his arbitrary and despotic
rul.e Hence he hates our citizens, and
would I. ke to drive them from the island
that glorious spot of earth, where na
ture has ceen so munificent, and man is
so worthless and debased. But that, he
dares not. cann t do; and if he has wronr.
ed a hair of the head of one of our cit
lzns. he will awaken the indignation
of a great peo, le fro.n ne end of this con
tinent to the other, and his towns will be
battered down about his ears; while not
even a fishing smack will be allowed to
enter his imperial ports. So much fur
the effect on his commerce and his
revenues, on which he and his pitiful
nobibty feed and fatten. Let bim look
out! The Two Worlds.
Terrible Sirambo it Disastr r and Loss of Life.
The following despaches were received
last night:
Cincinnati, April 28. The steamer
Belle of the West, Captain James, was
burned one mile below Warsaw, Ken.
tueky, at one o'clock this morning. She
was bound from thts city to St. Louis,
with California emigrants. It is confi
dentially stated that one hundred passen
gers lost their lives. Some were burned
to death, others were drowned bv .jump
ing overboard. The officers of "the boat
saved their lives by jumping overboard
and swimming to the shore. The Belle
of the West was owned in this city, and
was insured for $8,000. The scene was
the most awful ever witnessed on the
western waters.
Madison, (Ind.) April 23. P. M. By
the officers of the steamer Wisconsin, and
from an eve witness to the horrible scene,
we are able to gather the following facts
in connexion with the burning of the s:ea
mer Belle of the West.
At about half past twelve o'clock last
night, the steamer was discovered to be
o i fira in the hold. She was immediately
run ashore near Warsaw, made fast, and
the stage planks run out. Up to this
moment the flames had not burst forth.
The after hatch was then raised for the
purpose of letting water into the hold, but
such was the pressure of the flames, that
all efforts to quell them were entirely
fruitless, and in a few moments the whole
boat was wrapped in flames.
The total number of passengers on
board is estimated at 400 amoatf whom
were two companies of California emi
grants, and about twenty families remo
ving west. From the register, it is as
certained that over sixty have perished,
and the probability is that manv have
been lost whose names were not enrolled.
Such was the progress of the fire that be
fore the passengers could get out of their
state rooms, after the first alarm of fire,
communication between the after cabin
and forward patt of the boat was cut off,
and either all were compelled to jump
overboard or perish in the flames. The
scene is described as most heart rendinj.
At the time of the deck falling in, a lady
and gentleman, with a child in his arms,
who were standing between the chimneys,
were precipitated into the flames. A large
number of horses on board were either
burnt to death, or so badly injured, that
they had to be killed to "put them out of
their misery.
Prrpario? for War.
The Cuba correspondent of the N. Y.
Herald, writing from Matanzas under date
of March 21, says:
Before this island can be annexed to
the Union, war, with horrors hardly ever
dreamed of, will leave it a waste. The
(number of troops now on the island
amounts to over 25,000, and this number
is daily increased by new levies front
Spain. They are well clothed and fed,
and in the highest state of discipline.
During the last three months, they have
been, and are still, practising "Guerrilla
warfare." .The marine has been increased
by additions from Spain. The fort-S
castles and defences have been put in or
der, the troops of the interior have been
ordered to the coast, and paixan shell
guns have been, to a large number, added
to the already- well prepared defences.
There is a large number of natives of old
Spain scattered throughout the island;
it,cl; town, village
its quota, and they
.every town, village and hamlet contains
are mostly men ae-
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tensity beyond belief. This deep hatred
pervades both parlies, throughout
grades and all ranks. These old Sp3a
iards have declared that, should an expe