MOUNTAI SENTINEL
EBENSBURG, PA.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1850.
Dciiiocrnlic Nominations.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
WIJLLIAM T. MORISON,
Of Montgomery County ,
FOR A UDITOR GENERAL,
EPI1RAIM BANKS,
Of Mifflin Connty.
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
J. PORTER DRAW LEV,
Of Crawford County.
CONGRESS,
JOHN SNODGRASS,
Of Westmoreland County.
SENA T E.
THOMAS C. M'DOWELL,
Of Blair County.
FOR ASSEMBLY,
WAI. A. SMITH, of Cambria County.
JOHN CESSNA, of Bedford County.
COMMISSIONER.
JAMES SKELLY,
Of Summerhill Township.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
MICHAEL IIASSON,
Of EbensLurg.
COUNTY SURVEYOR.
THOMAS M'CONNELL,
Of Summerhill Township.
AUDITOR.
JOHN BEARER,
Of Susquehanna Township.
New Advertisements. Several new
advertisements in to-days paper. Both
Johnston Moore and Edward Roberts,
have received their new goods. Call and
sec them.
Smith and Cessna.
The following paragraph from the
Pennsylvanian shows the estimation in
which our candidates for the Legislature
is held by the democracy of Philadelphia.
Every man who desires the triumph of
democracy cannot fail to support such a
ticket:
Good Nominations. Cessna and
Smith were two of the best and most use
ful members of the last Legislature, and
hey will go back, if elected, as we believe
they will be, with the good wishes of eve
ry honest Democrat in the State.
Melancholy Accidents.
Mr. Edward Daley, one of the hitchers
at Plane No. 2, was killed on Wednesday
the 18th inst. in the following manner:
He was sitting on the hind end of a car as
it was descending the plane, when the fas
tenings or slops gave way, and it went to
the foot with tremendous rapidity, where
it struck another car with such velocity
that it knocked him off, killing him in
stantly. He leaves a family of five small
children to mourn his untimely end.
Another. A man named Jamison fiom
Frecport, was killed at Plane No. 6, on
the same day. He was on a section boat
when the rope broke. He jumped off
the boat, but the rope caught him round
the body and dragged him some distance
down the plane, killing him almost instant
ly and mangling him in a most horrible
manner.
Organize! Organize!
As the approaching contest is near at
hand, and as it is of the utmost importance
to the welfare of the great Democratic
party, it should be borne in mind that
whatever is to be done, must be done
quickly. The people must be aroused to
the importance of supporting regular nom
inations, and to the necessity of effecting
a complete organization in our ranks in
order that a full vote may be polled.-
Meetings should be held in every district
aud men appointed whose duty it should
be (o see that every democrat has voted.
Care should be taken that no deception is
practiced relative to the tickets, as every
scheme will be resorted to by our oppo
nents in order to defeat the party. See
that tickets for Morison, Banks, Braw-
ley, Snodgrass, McDowell, Smith and
Cessna, Hassan, Skelly, McConnell, and
Bearer, are on the ground.
Let all private differences and difficul
ties be thrown aside iu a contest so im.
porUnt to the party and the Union as the
one that is now approaching. Oui pros
pects throughout the State are of the most
cheering character, and let "Little Cam
bjria" hovt by hen conduct ou this occa-
sion, that, notwithstanding her local diffi
culties, her attachment to the great princi
pies of the democratic party remains un
shaken. , -
Gen. M'Donald and Dr. Smith.
In our last we alluded to the ungenerous
and uncalled for attack made by Gen. M'
Donald on Dr. Smith, our democratic caudi
date for the Legislature, andremaiked that
it was ill-timed and injudicious. The
Gen. and his friends appear to think that
all who do not support him for Congress,
have been opposed to the interests "of
Cambria county, and to having the candi
date at this time. They also effect to
find fault with the friends of Dr. Smith
for presenting his name to the considera
tion of the other counties of the District
as a Cambria county candidate but say
not a word about the availability of the
General.
The difficulties attendant upon making
the nomination for Congress at this time
are well known, and if after the failure to
nominate Gen. M'Donald at the Johns
town conference, the people should think
fit to recommend another person as likely
to be more acceptable to the district, and
by this means give Cambria "two chan
ces" for the Congressional candidate,
ought Gen. M'Donald and his friends to
find fault with it? The friends of Dr.
Smith were equally as sincere and desi
rous as those of Gen. M'Donald, that
Cambria county should get the candidate
and if all failed, it should lather be regar
ded as a misfortune, than that censure
should attach to any one. The confer
ees from this county were not permitted
to have a voice in either of the conferences
at Johnstown or at Legonier, and "Little
Cambria" has to submit to a result brought
about by the voice of her more powerful
neighbors. The friends of M'Donald from
Bedford and Westmoreland voted in the
conference to nominate Mr. Snodgrass,
and we think it rather strange that the
Gen. should now want to find fault with
Dr. Smith, or any other person in the
county, because Cambria was deprived of
having the nominee.
It is true that the county convention had
recommended Dr. Smith forre-nomination
to the Legislature, but if events subse
quently occurred to induce his friends to
suggest his name as likely to be more
available to secure the nominee to Cam
bria, and without any agency on his part,
we cannot see that anything improper has
been done. The attempt to connect the
nomination of Mr. Snodgrass with the
movements of the friends of Dr. Smitti in
this county, and to charge them with op
posing the claims of Cambria wc know
not to be true.
The address of the Gen. informing the
people of his determination to still be a
candidate for Congress we published last
week, and then alluded to the disinge
niousness of his lugging Dr. Smith into
his card. The conversation to which he
alludes as having occurred in the presence
of Judge Noon, took place, as we under
stand, previous to the election of delegates
to the county convention, and when it was
well known the Doctor was only a can
didate for rcnomination to the Legislature.
The attempt now made to make it appear
as having taken place after a nomina lion
had been "asked, received, and accepted ,"
cannot be regarded in an)- other light than
a perversion of the facts, and "how hon
orable and how sincere' the Gen. was in
so stating it, we- leave him to determine.
The position of Dr. Smith during the
whole canvass has been as well known to
Gen. M'Donald as to any other member
of the party, and however much chagrined
he may feel at the result of the Congres
sional nomination, he should take care to
so pursue his way as not to do injustice
to others, to injure the Assembly ticket of
the District, or to defeat the party of
which he professes to be a member.
Hawkers and Pedlars.
The following is the law relative to
hawkers and pedlars passed at the last
session of the Legislature. It is only ap
plicable to the counties of Armstrong,
Indiana and Cambria, but is so severe in
its exactions as to amount to almost a
positive prohibition.
Sec. 2. That no person shall be enga
ged or be concerned in the business of
hawking or peddling from town to town,
iu the counties of Armstrong. Indiana and
Cambria, any foreign or domestic goods,
made up clothing, dry goods, or drugs
and medicines, without first obtaining a
license so to do, and paying therefor to
the treasurers of said counties respectively,
lor tne use ot the Uommonwear.h, the
sum of thirty dollars; which license the
treasurers of said counties are hereby au
thorized to grant within their respective
counties, upon payment of the said sum.
Sec. 3. That if any person shall so en
gage, or be concerned in hawking and
peddling, as aforesaid, within ."aid coun
ties, without having first obtained a license
as aforesaid, he shall forfeit and pay .the
sum of fifty dollars, the one half for the
use of the Commonwealth, and the other
half for the use of the person who shall
prosecute for the same; the said penalty
to be recovered by action of debt, before
any justice of the peace, as debts of like
amount are by law recoverable; and every
repetition of said offence shall be consid
ercd and punished as a new offence; and
every person so employed, who, upon
demand, shall refuse to exhibit his license,
shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty
dollars, to be recovered m the same man
ner and for the same uses as aforesaid.
Correspondence.
The following correspondence between
Messrs. M'Kinney and Snodgrass, which
we clip from the Greensburg Republican
will be read with interest. The sentiments
expressed by Mr. Snodgrass will be re
sponded to by every sincere (democrat.
Mr. M'Kinney, states in his letter that he
is not responsible for the difficulties which
now exist in the ranks of the party, & yet
at a meeting of the three candidates a few
days since, he made the proposition that
all three should decline; thus showing that
his only object in being a Candidate, is to
defeat Snodgrass, and not because he
thinks he has any claims to a nomination.
But this is the calculation of both M'Don
ald and M'Kinnny. No candid man for
a moment supposes that either of these
volunteer candidates has the least chance
for an election, nor do they think so them
selves? Then why do they ran? Is it to
benefit the party at whose hands they so
licited a nomination, or is it to bring abou1
he defeat of that party? WIen a man
runs as a volunteer candidate for an office
without a single chance of beiig elected,
does he not do it for purposes cf revenge,
and to beat his own party? Wecanview
the conduct of Messrs. M'Kinney and M'
Donald in no other light, & it would be a
source of deep regret to the democracy of
the entire State that the "Big Disirict"
should be represented by a whig. There
is but one way of preventing it, and that
is by suporting Snodgrass as the regularly
nominated democratic candidate.
John Snodgrass, Esq.
Dear Sib: I desire
to be placed in my true position, before
the Democracy of this Congressional
District.
I have from the first felt the absolute
necessity of harmony in our ranks, in or
der to secure the triunph of the great
principles so dear to us all, and I trust
have always evinced a disposition to
sacrifice my own personal feelings on the
altar of my party.
In this spirit 1 now propose as a matter
of compromise that you and 1 bo'.h with
draw from the Canvass and that the
Confereess shall meet again, at once
that without any further meetings, the
papers in the District shall run up, and
support as the only Democratic Candidate
the name of some gentleman unobjection
able to the party to be agreed upon by the
candidates whose claims are now conflict
ing or that any course be adopted,
which can secure union and good feel
ing.
From my knowcldge of the character
of General Joseph McDonald of Cambria,
I am persuaded his views will harmonize
with mine, and that he will at once con
sent to a Compromise.
Lest this proposal may be'misconstrued,
as one of my papers has already been I
wish to say distinctly and explicitly that
in making this offer I do not admit that
your nomination is any better, if as good
as mine that I have not the slightest
idea of withdrawing while you remain in
in the field nor have I any fear of the
final result, it the matter must remain as
it is.
If you accede to this proposal, and
Gen- McDonald evinces the disposition
which I feel convinced he will all will
yet be well. If you refuse I will have
the gratification of feeling that I am not
responsible for the consequences.
And vou will allow me to say m con
clusion that if you decline the offer of
compromise, 1 will be glad to meet you
before the people of the District to dis
cuss the merits of our respective claims.
Under the circumstances it is hardly re
qusite that I should request an immediate
reply.
Respectfully your obedient servant,
ALEXANDER M'KINNEY.
Grcensburgh, Sept. 16th, 1850.
Gbeeksburgh, Sept. 18, 1850.
Alex. M'Kisney, Esq:
Dear Sir:- I have
received your favor of the 16th instant.
No one can regret more sincerely
than I do, the absence of entire harmony
among ourDemocrtic friends in reference
to the Congressional nomination. If the
settlement of this question affected my
selfalone, I koow no sacrifice that I would
not willingly make to secure the harmony
and welfare of the Democratic party.
But the question is not one for me to de
termine. The Conference to whom the
decision of this question was committed
by the counties in the 19th Congresional
district have, unsolicited by me, tendered
a nomination. Proud of that high honor
for which I shall ever feel the deepest
gratitude, I accepted it by the accept
ance of that nomination my future action
was pU ced entirely under the control and
subject to the direction of the Democracy
of the 19th Congressional District- If I
were capable of arbitrarily withdrawing
from the field on the very eve of the elec
tion, without coQsulting tke will of the
Democracy oFthe District, I should prove
myself utterlly unworthy of the honor
that has been done me. The Democracy
cf Bedford county having already by an
almost unparalelled unamimity confirmed
rny nomination, and the recognised or
gan of the party in Cambria county hav
ing assumed the same position. It is hard
ly probable that cither Bedferd or Cam
bria would now retrace their steps; and
yet I wish it to be distinctly understood
that my action in the premises will be gov
erned entirely by the will of the Uemoc
racv of this district. I cannot close this
very hasty reply without saying that one
of your propositons has struck me with
very great surprise. You have entirely
mistaken mv views of Republicanism, if
you for a moment entertain the idea that
I would suffer mvself to be one of a self
constituted triumvirate, to impose and fix
a candidate for a District composed of one
hundred thousand people. The peopl
are justly tenaceous of their rights, and
by no act of mine shall they ever be inva
ded. I have no ambition but to cooperate
with them in sustaining the measures
that will best promote the interests of our
common counlry, and to secure to those
who shall come after us the blessings ot
a free, great and happy nation.
Whatever may be the result of the
election now pending I shall alwa)'s be
found by the side of my Democratic
frienns, strugglingto maintain the princi
ples of the party with whom I have al
ways acted.
Respectfully your ob t. serv t,
JNO. SNODGRASS.
To onr Democratic Friends of the Slate.
Governer Johnston, with characteristic
desperation, has embarked in the present
canvass, and will endeavor to deleat the
democratic candidates for Congress "and
the Legislature, no matter at what cost.
It is known that he has mixed himself up
with the contest in the XIHth Congress j
District, and now we learn that he is at
work to defeat Drum, Democrat, for Sen
ator, in the Clarion District, and Gillmore
Democrat, for Congress, in the Butler,
Clearfield, Armstrong and Indiana district.
No doubt his intrigues and his instruments!
are doing their work in other quarters. !
We admonish our friends in the different
counties to be on the alert; to be ready
for every expedient of the political enemy;
and to organize for the contest. Let
them remember, that the State is overrun
with whig emissaries in the shape of As-;
sistant Marshals, Deputy Postmasters, and
other officials; and there is not the slight
est reason for doubting that a secret move
ment is organized and ready to take the
Democrats by surprise. Be wide awake,
therefore, Democrats. The Whigs know
the importance of the present election, and
are full of anxiety to control it to their
own advantage. They rejoice in the be-;
lief that Cameron is dividing our ranks
and destroying our discipline, for they are
eager to secure another U. S. Senator, a
Whig Congressional delegation, and a
Whig Canal Comissioner. How they
exult at the difficulty in the Westmoreland
Congress District! How they chuckle at
the hope of beating certain democrats for
the Legislature! Nothing has disappoint
ed them more than the harmonious set
tlement of the difficulty in the Cum
berland and Perry Senate district, and
nothing will cause them to give up the
fight but the united, vigorous and enthusi
astic rally of the Democracy. Before it
is to late, we again admonish our friends
to awake to the duty they are called upon
to discharge. Pennsylvanian.
Ignorance of England.
The following is from Dickens' House
hold words:
"Taking the whole northern Europe
including Scotland and France and Belgi
um (where education is at low ebb) we
find that to every two and a quarter of the
population, there is one child acquiring
the rudiments of knowledge; while in
England there is only one such pupil to
every fourteen inhabitants. It has been
calculated that there are at the present day
in England and Wales nearly 6,000,000
of persons who can neither read nor write
that is to say, nearly one quarter of the
population. Also, that of all the children
between five and fourteen, more than one
half attend no place of instruction. These
statements would be hard to believe, if we
had not to encounter in our every day life
degrees of illiteracy which would be start
ling if we were not thoroughly used to it.
Wherever we turn ignorance, not always
allied to poverty, stares us in the face.
"If we look in the Gazette, at the list
of partnerships dissolved, not a month
passes but some unhappy man, rolling per
haps, in wealth, but wallowing in igno
ranee, is but the cxperimentum crucis of
"his mark." The number of petty jurors
in rural districts especially who can
only sign with a cross is enormous. It is
not unusual to see parish documents of
great local importance defaced with the
same humiliating symbol, by persons
whose office shows them to be not only
"men of mark," but men of substance.
A housewife in humble life need only to
turn to the file of her tradesmen's bills to
discover hieroglyphics which render them
so many arithmetical puzzles. In short
the practical evidences of the low ebb to
which the plainest rudiments of education
in this country nave lallen, are too com
mon to bear repetition. We cannot pass
through the streets, we cannot enter
place of public assembly, or ramble in the
fields without the gloomy shadow of igno
rancc sweeping over us,"
From California.
Philadelphia, Sept. 21
The "Philadelphia'' gives the following
additional particulars
A terrible excitement pervades the city
of Sacramento. The issue is one between
the squatters and settlers, and a bloody
issue it promises to be. Several persons
are already killed and wounded on both
sides. The history and result of the af
fair, so far, is briefly this
Large tracts of ground covering the city
and vicinity of Sacramento are held by
? rants from Capt. Sutter. The settlers
hold that Capt. Sutter's grant does not
cover this territory that it belongs to the
government. They have moved on and
erected buildings. A suit for forcible en
try and detainer is brought against them
and decided in plaintiff's favor; a writ of
restitution issued the officer who at
tempted to execute it is met by a body of
armed squatters. I his occurred on Sat
urday the 10th. Prior to this date an ap
peal to the county court has been made
by the Attorney for the settlers, Judge
Wills presiding, and the right of appeal
denied. Exasperation, of course, was the
effect upon the party seeking redress.
Meetings were held and resolutions passed
to resist the law. Nothing more was
done by legal process from Saturday till
yesterday, (Tuesday,) when some six or
eight persons were arrested for rebellion
or resisting the officers; and two in default
of bail were incarcerated in prison. To
day a body of settlers repaired to the pris
on to release them, when thev were met
by Sheriff, Mayor and a posse, who drove
them from the ground; but no force was
used till the settlers had retreated as far
east as street, when they were taken
and turned at bay with pistols and guns.
Forty or fifty shots were fired between
the parties in the period of five minutes.
Mayor Bigrelow was shot from his horse
through the arm and in the face; he is not
expected to live. The leaders of the set
tlers was also shot dead. Mr. Woodland,
an auctioneer, was also killed, while sup
porting the officers. Shots flew in all di
rections, and the blood of the wounded
flowed upon the side walks. The greatest
excitement still prevailed in the city when
the boat left. From 600 to 900 settlers
had assembled at a street corner and re
solved to fire upon any who approached
them. I he city is declared under mar
tial law, and every citizen is required to
enrol his name.
P. S. In addition to the order for citi
zens to enrol their names, Lieut, uov.
McDougal directed an order to be pub
lished that all non-combattants keep clear
of the streets; and a cannon supplied with
24 round shot be placed at the foot of
street. He is resolved to arrest all the
violators of law and order, and bring them
to a speedy trial.
The stoppage of the house of Barton &
Lee, for the heavy sum of $1,100,000,
has produced no little excitement both in
that city and our own.
New Orleans, Sept. 21.
The report sent yesterday, brought by
the Philadelphia, of a dreadful riot grow
ing out of the land claims, is lully con
firmed.
Sacramento Cmr, August 14. Great
excitement here. At 1 o clock 45 minutes
an armed force of squatters marched up
to the foot of Jay street, led by a mounted
leader with sword in hand. On Jay street
they had a fracas, in which Mayor Bige
low was shot and killed; six men were
killed. The leader of the squatters is also
killed. Citizens are called upon to defend
the laws, and assemble in front of the
City Hotel' armed.
Half past twelve o clock. Four are
positively killed; several wounded; shoot
ing going on; discharge of fire arms heard
in every direction.
VERY LATEST CITY IN ASHES.
Just as the steamer Canada was getting
under way, at about 4 P. M., a despatch
was received on board from the "Pacific
News" office, stating that an express Had
just arrived, bringing intelligence that
Sacramento city had been reduced to ash
es, ana that the squatters were receiving
reinforcements of men from the mines.
At the time the Canada left, fifty United
States soldiers had left Benica for the
scene ot the battle, and two volunteer
companies in San Francisco had also vol
unteered their services to maintain order.
The Philadelphia did not bring the
mails.
Steamships between Philadelpha and Antwerp.
Philadelphia seems to be thoroughly
aroused to the important assistance which
her commerce is to receive from steam,
and which, with the proper kind of enter
prise may be the means of re-establishing
her former supremacy, or at least greatly
promoting the prosperity which she is
m
destined from her position and resources
always to enjoy. A lew cas ago, we
noticed the project for connecting her
more immediately with Liverpool, by a
line of steamships between the two points.
We now see by a memorial to Congress,
from Ambrose W. Thompson, of this
city, that a project is urged of establishing
a line of steamships between Philadelphia
and Antwerp, touching at Portsmouth, in
England, and Havre, in France, in which
it is proposed to carry the U. S. Mail.
The ships to be not less than 2000 tons
burthen, to be perfectly adapted to war
purposes, and so arranged as to be contro
verible to that service without alteration.
Mr. T. proposes that he will construct
and put on the said ships, at his own ex
npnsp. nmviipA th onvfirnment will ad
vance two-thirds of the cost of each ship,
in United States five per cent, stock hav
ing twentv vears to run; the interest on
which to be paid by the undersigned to
the United States Treasurer, annually,
and the principal also to be paid by him
on or before the maturity of the said'
slock. The government to hold a liu
upon the said ships until the said stock is
paid off by the undersigned. The ships
to be commanded by officers of1 the Navy.
When ready for mail service, Mr. T. to
receive mail pay, at the rate of seventy
five thousand dollars per annum, from the
United States Government for each ship
in the said line. The same gentleman
proposes to construct, put oln, and estab
lish, at his own expense, a line of steam
ships of not less than 3,000 tons register
each, of great speed and sea qualities, u,
carry the U. States mail between Shang
hai and Hong Kong, in China, and San
Francisco in California, touching at the
Sandwich Islands.
New York is indebted to Congress for
nearly all her mail steamships. Congress
authorized the contracts, and advanced a
certain proportion of the money to aid
their construction, and we do not see n hy
the merchants of Philadelphia, a city fully
equal to it in size, population and import
ance should not be entitled to the same
kind of assistance to aid her in her public
enterprises. Philadelphia Ledger.
Great Haul of Thieves The Dorchester Bank
Robbers Canght.
From the Buffalo Courier.
Police officers Best, Burton, and Tyler
have been doing a big business during the
past week, and their exertions have been
crowned with success. The perseverance
and address with which they have tracked,
discovered, and finally arrested the rob
bers of the Dorchester Bank, is in the
highest degree creditable to them and cred
itable to the efficiency and energy of our
city police.
The particulars of this arrest, so far as
we have been able to ascertain, are as fol
lows: Some ten days since a couple of
gentlemen from New York city happened
to be taking a walk up Main street, when
one of them recognized a notorious New
York burglar, who was suspected of being
concerned in the robbery of the Dorchest
er Bank. This circumstance was com
municated to officer R. II. Best, who at
once set to work to ferret him out. hue
thus engaged, one of the man's accompli
ces went on board the steamer nueen
City and paid for a passage, handing out
a $50 Dorchester bill. The change was
given, and that bill, together with, other
money taken by the "Queen prior to her
departure, was handed to Mr. Harrison,
agent of Reed's line, who took it to the
Patchin bank to deposit.
The President of the Bank had his at
tention called to the bill and suspected it
to be some of the stolen money, and for
the puTpo?e of ascertaining whether such
was the fact or not, sent the bill to the
Cashier of the Bank, who promptly re
turned it, stating it was one of the stolen
notes. Mr. Patchin communicated these
facts to ex-officer Waldon and officer Ty
ler, who soon ascertained that other $50
and SI 00 had been passed to different
boats, and furthermore that those who
passed them did not take passage, but re
mained in Buffalo. To "catch 'em at it"
was now the principal business. Messrs.
Waldron and Tyler accordingly went on
board the Saratoga, in the evening, for the
purpose of watching, and had been there
scarcely a moment before a person offered
the Clerk a $100 bill on the Dorchester
Bank, in payment of passage to Sandusky.
He was of course promptly arrested and
committed to jail. This summary mode
of procedure got to the ears of his confed
erates, who deemed it expedient to leave.
They accordingly went to Rochester,
pursued by officer Best, who tracked them
about three miles west of the city to the
residence of a person occupying a respect
able position in society. Best went boldly
up to the occupant of the house and said:
"Sir, I want Dempsey."
"Don't know any such person," was
the reply.
"Sir, I want Dempsey. He was here
yesterday aud you know where he is."
"I don't know anything of any such
man."
"Look here, Mr. B ," said Best,
looking his man full in the face "I must
either have Dempsey now or else these
hand-cuffs go on to you.'
This rather "set back" the gentleman.
who lowered his tone, and quietly replied
that a man calling himself Dempsey had
been there, but had left for the landing.
Upon ascertaining, to his satisfaction, that
this was the fact, Best started off for the
lrnding, and there ascertained that ts
two"coveys" had just left on the boat for
Lewistown. He there retraced his steps
to Rochester, and telegraphed Burton to
proceed at once to Lewistown and inter
cept them. Burton took in officer Tyler,
and on Monday at 10 A. M., off they
started. At Lewistown they found that
the light-fingered gentlemen had coma
up to the Falls. To the Falls therefore
they returned. On reaching the Falls
they soon discovered the baggage belong
ing to the party, which was taken posses
ion of, butthe birds themselves probably
"smelling a rat," had again retraced their
steps to Lewistown.
Burton remained with the trunks, and
Tyler aain returned to Lewiston. .Ha
reachedthe dock just after the steamer
(the Cataract) bad put off, but the Captain
managed to take him ou board. Soon
after getting under weigh, one of the
robbers gave the Clerk a $50 bill in pay
ment for two fares; this was made known
to Tyler, and the Clerk soon after quiet
ly pointed out the man. Tyler waited
until he ascertained the confederate, and
then arrested both. The next thing vas
to get them back to Lewiston. This wis
done by the Captain of the Cataract, tvho
hailed tho steamer Ontario on hr ps-