MOUNTAIN SENTINEL,
V EBENSBURG, PA.
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THURSDAYTNOVEMBER 28, 1850
CP The Democratic State Central
Committee have determined on a separate
Convention to nominate candidates for
Judges of the Supreme Court; said Con
vention to be held at Harrisburg on the
2d Wednesday of June, 1851.
COURT. ; I
This is the first week of our Specia1
Court, and we ,never saw so few men in
attendance on an occasion of the kind.
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Atmougn mere is a great aeai oi Business
uciutc ' . luu"i 'c wuk ii-ii j-n-iouno i
present except those who are compelled
to be in attendance. The absence of all
criminal prosecutions is, however, one of
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tUS .cUii '"cuu"u F'' ut,uB
so Slim. ,z
I3T We regret to learn that'M i. Patrick
Regan was seriously injured on Wednes-
ilav of last week. Hp. was na;nr dnwn
rsi ,n , . .
Plane 10 on an emigrantcar, when one
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of the . axles broke, pitching the body of
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the car down the bank. Mr. Regan had
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one of his thighs broken and a shoulder
dislocated, and otherwise severely bruised,
We understand that he is now doing well,
anu mai ne win in ail prooaoimy, recover
from the injuries he has sustained.
Fatal Accident
Mr. James O'Neill, a carman on the
Pnrt9ffP Railroad. mPl with an arhmf n
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Saturday last, of a character so fatal that
'it occasioned his death in the course of
few hours. .The circumstances of the
case, as we have been able to gather them
are as follows. . He was passing down the
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"omudJsuurS a irau m coau
cars in charge, and when near the junction
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he discovered another train of cars sta- and the citizens on the ground, remain
tioned on the going down track. It beinr ing evening, a meeting was organ-
nearly dark, he did not discover thr ows
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until within a short distance of them, and
knowing it to be impossible to check the
motion of his own cars, he made an effort
to iumn off in order tn save himspir. h..t
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ue ten on ine vracK anu me cars passeo.
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over one his legs near the ancle, shattering
it in a horrible manner. Medical aid was
, immediately procured and his leg amputa-
fori Kit! hie fittcltm n w r a a - l-.n miM
ajvu. F1.Wlo W, u3
tamedsuch serious injury that he died in
a few hours, lie was about fortv-five
years of age, was a steady and industrious
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nan, anu icsucticu uy nil Micw mill, uei
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leates a wne ana aix cnuuren to mourn
his untimely fnd. ,
Hon. Henry D. Foster.
A report for some time obtained circula-
linn in tKo o.i in. ih (Vat ik; on.
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wv.a.. uu4lu ""
Mates Senator. The Westmoreland Re-
puoucan aenies empuaucaiiy me irum oi
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the report, and states that it is not the in-
.t-uuouo. esunurei iiHi.ormeinenusoi
Mr. FosxKRinthe west, that he will de-
dine, and he will submit his claims for
mai omce, io oemocrauc memuers oi me
draw them until decided upon by the dem-
erratic caucus. In our opinion, there is
not one, among all the distinguished men
who have been brought forward as candi
dates for that office, who is more deserving
or whose chances oi success are ueuer
than those of Mr. Foster. His conduct
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through lite, as a man anaa democrat, nas
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oeen aoove suspicion, anu ne i i-iccufu
by none in thc qualifications of an emiuen
statesman.
EECol. Richard xM. Johnston
at Frankfort, Ky., on thc l'Jth inst.
was about seventy years of age. "
died
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Speaker of Ike House.
The following is a list of the gentlemen
who have been announced as candidates
for Speaker of the next House of Repre
sentatives. ' . ..
John S. Rhey, Armstrong.
John Cessna, Bedford.
J. D. Leet, .Washington.
3. II. Facker, Northumberland.
J. S. Haldenian. York. '.-..
W. J. Jackson; Philadelphia. . f
Jos. K. Griffin, Fayette. ; V
A. S. Fcalher, Berks.
A. W. Olwine,' Philadelphia 1'
'Win. Dunn, Clinton. , - ' .
Trouble on the "Central."
The workmen employed on the Centra
Railroad have been for some time con.
ducting themselves in a most shameful
manner, and have been guilty cf the most
outrageous violations of the laws of the
State. The "Far Downs" and "Lcinster
Men" are continually at war with each
other, and this fued 'is carried to such an
extent among the workmen that they have
been for several months constantly seeking
opportunities to take each others lives,
destroying their shantces, &e. We are
of the opinion that the strong arm of the
law should be employed in order to restore
tranquility along the lines, for this state
of things has been permitted to exist too
long already. Last week the two factions
had a regular pitched battle of which the
following are the particulars. We copy
from the G reensburg Republican
In the early part of last week, a disord
or v orancr oi me armeu uesuerauues. ue-
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lonjnrw, to the faction of the "Far Downs,"
numbering it was supposed 250, marched
to within a mile of this place, fired their
Peces " "? a,r anu lurneu. yn
Thursday, aoout noon, we ooserveu a
, - ,amaede araon2 the laborers,
along me line in mis ueiguuuriioou, anu
Quite a large number of them left the
shantees below this office armed with
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Road, and rumor said that a pitched battle
iras to take n ace between the factions, in
this neighborhood but it did not come
off. The faction called the "Leinster
Men," marched along the line, about 16
miles east of this place, and on Friday
morning they met the opposite taction, the
"l'ar Jjowns, on me arm oi iiiexanuer
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Craig, Esq., in Derry township, where
lhey had a re,rular pitched battle the
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combatants, numbering about eisrht hun-
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dred men, armed with muskets, fowling
pieces, pistols, pitchforks, clubs, &c, met
m " .muic ay
contest iaste( about 10 minutes, wheu
both parties separated leaving their dead
upon the field, each we learn claiming: the
victory. The names of the persons killed
were Bartley Smith and Ncal Callahan,
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0Ui U3UVCS OI ireianU. Omilll Was Kllieil
by two bails entering the back part of his
' . nd Callahan bv . load of buck.
akhnt in ih hark of hia head from thP
fact of both of these men being burned by
the powder, it was evident, they met their
Uea.m Iro.m,ine anus OI lQe,r menus Dy
awkward hring.
a iU5tice of the Peace xvas sent fur to
hold an inquest, but neglecting to attend,
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,zeu D-V callm? Aiexanaer v.raig, lusq..
to preside, who appointed a commitee of
nf ,tlrts m;n,.H
the bodies of the dead, and reported, the
causes of their death, substantially in ac-
cordance with the above, the bodies
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were ourrieu in uit meauuw wuerc luey
lh(J Uvo persons killed, belong to the fac
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tion, called the "Far Downs.
' ISothing has yet been done by the civ-
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aumoriues io arrest me perpciramrs oi
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Were made, at least some of those en
hrajred in it could be identified.
Why il is not doe we are al a ,oss t0
Know ine iaci inai ii.uruer nas oeen
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commuted, is notorious, and why, at leas
for ,he salfC of appearance, is not some
effort made to ferret out those engaged in
it. Is not the arm of the law strong
enough to do it if not, must the peace
able people resolve themselves into the
w Oi naiure iihu tut; iaw ui seii-u
fence and by their own inherent power.
check and subdue the turbulent at'al
hazards
- 1 ATore or itWc learn from th
Piluburg Postt that on Monday last.
riot was ragig '0n Charticrs - creek, be
.. the hands cmnloved on the Ra.
RoadUie Corkonians and' Connaugh
,nnilli .u.,, ii. , nmrnvt,
on Cant, llerron's contract were shot
down. Thc Sheriffs was informed of-the
difficulties, and immediately sent out
posse of soldiers to quell the disturbances
Hou. James Buchanan, .f
At the great Union-Meeting in Phila
delnhia last week, a letter was read from
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lhU genteinaf which we think one of th
brst that we have ever seen published.-. It
reviews, in a masterly manner, the whole
history of the difficulty which now threa
ens the permanency of our glorious Union
The - following are -Its concluding para
graphs: t t r . v
The Union cannot long endure,! if it b
bound together only by paper bonds... It
can be firmly, cemented alone by the affec
tions of the people of the different Stales
for each other. Would -to Heaven that
the the spirit of mutual forbearance and
brotherly Iover which presided at its birth,
could once more be restored to bless the
laud ! '- Upon opening "a volume, a few
days since, my eyes caught a resolution
of a convention of the counties of Mary
land, assembled "at Annapolis, in June,
1774, in consequence of - the S passage by
the British Parliament, of the Boston Port
Bill, which provided for "opening a sub
scription "in the several comities of the
province, for an immediate collection for
thc relief of - the distressed inhabitants of
Boston, now 'cruelly deprived of the nicans
of procuring subsistence for themselves
and families, by the operation of the said
act for blocking up their harbor." Would
that the spirit of-traternal affection which
dictated this noble resolution, and which
actuated all the "conduct of our revolution
ary fathers, might return to bless and to
re-animate the bosoms of their descend
ants? This would render our Union
ndissoluble. It would be the living soul
r.fusing itself inio the Constitution, and
inspiring it with irresislable energy.
I am not one of those who can ever con
sent to calculate the value of.the Union. Its
les sings and its benefits are inestimable.
God forbid that fanaticism should ever
pply a torch to this the grandest and
most glorious temple which has ever been
rected to political freedom on the face ot
he earth. Whilst the friends of human
iberty throughout the world wrou!d.de
plore the irreparable loss of our example
to the nations, this catastrophe would .he
the source of evil to alt the States North,
South, East and West from the enu
meration of whici the mind recoils with
horror.
Would any or all of the injuries which
he South have suffered, or which they
uppose they have suffered from the
gitation at the North, and from the com-
piomise, justify a resort to the last 'dread
extremity of dissolving the Union? I
believe not and after the sober second
thought, the patriotic people of the South
vil(, I have no doubt by a large majority,
arrive at the same conclusion. For such
causes, they will never forfeit all the in
numerable olesings of the Union; and sub-
ect the country and the lovers of rational
reedom throughout the wortd. to the most
astounding political calamity which has
ever befallen the human race.
It is not every wrong nay, it is not
every grievous wrong which can justify,
or even palliate, such a fearful alternative.
n this age, and in this country, there is
an incessant flux and reflux of public
opinion. Subjects which but a few years
ago excited the p-ublic mind to madness,
have passed away and are almost forgot
ten. Io employ the eloquent language
of .Mr. Burke, they are "volcanoes burnt
out and on the , lava and ashes and
squalid scorite of old eruptions, grow the
peaceful o.ive, the cheering vine, and the
sustaining corn.
The Session of Congress.
On Monday next," Dec. 2d, thc Thirt
first Congress of the United Stales will
re-assemble. It has high, solemn and
essential duties t to perform duties more
important than any which have devolved
upon any Congress since the first duties
upon thc honest, self-sacrificing discharge
of which depends, perhaps, the future of
our country. I he eyes of the people,
uot only of our own nation and the Amer
ican continent, but of the civilized old
world, will be directed upon this Congress
and its members:" Upon every Senator
and Representative a weighty and mo
mentous responsibility rests. If any one
of them shall advocate a departure from
the rules ot the plainly expressed Consti
tution and the Laws; if any one shall give
up to passion, prejudice, pride, or person
al political, ambition and trickery, what,
by thc genius of'nur institutions, was in
tended lor Hi c beneht ot our common
country, and an example to mankind;
any one shall refuse to lift up Ins hand
and voice against lanaticism;-it anyone
shall forget his character as an individua
member of a great republican and self-
governing government, and persist in smal
and local ideas, so as to endanger the
union of the mass, and thus, at the crisis
of the greatest experiment for the sake o
human happiness which the history of the
world - has ever exhibited, ' attempt to
thwart its success; .if any. member of this
Congress, shall do these things, or inv o
them, or anything having such a tendency
be he whom he may; to whatever party
whether Democrat, Whig, Free Soil, or
any party in which he may class himself;
whatever may have been, or is his repu
tation, personally, socially, or politically
he . will leave : the thirty-urst Congress
with the mark of treason to his country
on his brow, as indellible as the mark of
Caix of old, and in after life, he will fee
the tortures which the conscience inflicts
upon "the 'traitor doomed," despised by
the people 'and destined to siud into the
obscurity" of contempt, or to raise to the
unenviable prominence ot indignation and
scorching ridicule. Assured as we are
that in" this respect, we represent the
voices, the hopes and the wishes of goo
old Pennsylvania from her local" and po
litical position, aptly styled the Keystone
of the ' National Arch the mother
States thc model 'of future' republics-
desirous under the influence of reason
justice, safety, and the common good, to
prove herself the. barrier,-to roll back the
waves of fanaticism, whether they " ap
proach from the North or the South, and
to be the umpire between"' the zealots o
her. contending .neighbors let us invok
every member of Congress to resume his
post in a spirit oi moueranon ana iraiern
ity. Let us invoke him to read and reflect
upon', the compromises which from the
very foundation of our government, and
without a rigid adherence to which, in th
letter and spirit, the great human experi
meht must fall to pieces like a rope of
sand. Let us invoke the shades ot ou
great revolutionary sires to look dow
upon him and smile upon his d&eds. . Let
us invoke him, to cast behind him, as he
willingly would a pestilence, all prepo
sessions and local agitation. Letusmvok
him to remember the name and fame of
his 'ancestors, his own. and that which he
ought to transmit to his descendants; and
with forbearance and magnanimity, pledged
in heart to the cause of his country,
mined not to be one, who
,' -Would, traitor like, degrade her."
Let him remember that lie has the choice
of meriting either the blessings or the
curses of posterity. Ptnnsylvanian.
ARRIVAL OF THE
Steamer Niagara,
One IVeek Later from Europe.
New York, Nov. 22, 1U-A. M.
The steamer Niagara, from Liverpool
le 9th inst., with advices from London
to the 8th, and from Paris to the 7th,
rrived at her pier shortly after 10 this
morning. .
ENGLAND.
The late Papal Bull, appointing a Ro
man Catholic Hierarchy in England, lias
produced great agitation and excitement
Meetings of the Clergy are being held
tmultaneously m every diocese, and
everywhere the sentiment of indignation
is expressed. , . '
FRANCE.
By an order the army is bound to ab
tain from every demonstration, and to
utter no cries when under arms. Chan
gamier, the General-in-chief, reminds the
troops placed under his command of these
orders. -
The party of Order has obtained a com
plete victory at Redort, near Carcasone,
where the authorities have been obliged
to dismiss the Mayor and his Deputy,
and to dissolve the Municipal Council. A
new. election took place, and all the So
cialist candidates were defeated.
The Moniteur publishes a decree of the
'resident of the Republic, making 17
new appointments, and discharging the
National Guard of Salaves and V alien.
Owing to the energy and courage of the
refect, the disarming took place without
any attempted resistance, notwithstanding
some threats to that effect.
The Cholera is disappearing in Algiers
almost as rapidly as it is returning to
fans.
La Patrie announces that the message
of the President of France to the Ministry
n Council contains no allusion to the pro
ongatiou of the Presidential term. Car
dinal Wiseman is at present at Leiges,
where he will remain some days.
SPAIN.
Letters from Madrid to the 31st, an
nounce the opening of the Cortez by the
Queen. She was accompanied by the
King, consoit. In a speech from the
throne, her Majesty began by alluding to
the hopes she had entertained of present
ing herself with a Prince or Princess on
the occasion, but expressed her resignation
to the will of Providence. She expressed
her satisfaction at being able to announce
the happy re-establishment of her diplo
matic relations with Great Britain, and
that her friendly relations continue with
other powers.
It was reported that ihe Portuguese
Government had invited Spain to interpose
her good offices in adjusting its difficulties
with Great JJritain, and that several con
ferences on that subject had already taken
place between the Duke of Valencia and
Lord Houdon.
A 1, letter from Seville announces that
Princess Clementine was shortly expected
in the city on a visit to the Duke and
Duchess Montpenseer.
It is said that the King of Naples is at
tacked with dropsy.
Lola Montes is said to have become
devout, and has gone to Madrid with a
view to enter a Nunnery.
The Spanish expedition to Rome had
beem eminently successful. In the inte
rior of Spain, public order was maintained,
and ipast depressions forgotten. Tran
quility, was for a moment disturbed in
Cuba by foreign pirates, who fled before
the Loyalist people; and the bravery of
the troops sustained their reputation for
discipline. 1 he Navy was increasing in
importance. 1 he public revenues con
tinued to increase, and a plan for the defi
nite settlement of the public debt, would
be presented; also, that for the Bank Fue
ros. In a word, the state of the country,
relatively, her majesty pronounced, to be
favorable and prosperous.
GERMANY.
On the 18th ult. the Bavarian troops
entered Hesse Cassel. The dissolution of
the Hessian army, partly by the resigna
tion of many, officers, and partly by the
act of the Elector, had left the country
entirely without military protection, while
a refusal of. supplies by the Chambers,
had stopped the machinery of civil gov
eminent. - -
The Proclamations of . the Electo and
of thc Diet at Frankfort, were torn down
by the people, but there has been no other
demonstration made
According to advises from Cassel, of
the 2d inst., the 18th regiment of Prussian
troops was accompanied by the Squadron
The Hussars and Battery artillery entered
the town in the morning of the day after
a forced night's march. These troops
were sent off by Gen. Grochen from
Warburs, as soon as he read the intefli
gence of the entry of the Bavarians and
Austnans on opposite sides. Ihe military
posts in Cassel were occupied by the
Burgher Guard.
L The reception of the Prussian troops
by the inhabitants was quiet but friendly.
DENMARK AND THE DOCHIES.'
No further hostile movements have ta
ken place in either army. The Danish
forces, it is reported, have received a
considerable increasesome say to the
amount of 42,000 men. The typhus
fever, however, disables a largo portion of
these. r roni 500 to 600 nieces are said
tojto have been placed in position on the
Danish defences. A rumor was in circu
lation on 'change, that the Prussian garri-;
son, at Hamburg, had received orders to
hold itself in readiness to march at a mo
ment's notice the Duchy of Holstein
being designated as their destination. It
is added that a corps of 20,000 men are
to enter that Duchy, if the Stadtholderate
do not speedily arrange terms for the
withdrawal of their troops. What degree
of credibility is attached to these rumors,
does not appear; they are said to be the
result of the resignation of Von Badowitz.
AUSTRIA.
From Vienna, we learn by accounts
from the 2d inst., that Gen. Radetsky and
other miliary chiefs have been summoned
to attend the grand council of War at the
capital. . .
The Austrian army against Prussia is
to be increased till it amounts to 150,000
men, and among them 130 squadrons of
horse, of 140 each. This may appear
extraordinary, as certain conciliatory pro
posals have of late been sent on by the
Prussian Court, but it is stated that these,
probably, cannot be accepted by Prince
Schwarzenburgrf- since Prussia insists on
the Hessian question to protect the Elec
torate against the intervention of the Fed
eral Diet.
TURKEY.
The "Capitan Pasha," a Turkish ship
of the line, was blown up at Constantino
ple, and one thousand persons killed.
Ten Days ff.aler
FROM CALIIOKMA.
The reception in Sai Francisco of the
news of the admission of California
into the Union First effects of the
news.
We have never seen so general and
joyous an excitement, or anything compa
rable with it, as that which has resulted
in this city from the news received here
yesterday. It had been half anticipated,
yet so many disappointments and delays
had been our fate, that everything has
been perfectly quiet up to the time when
the first gun from the Oregon, gave no
tice of her approach. Then the excite
ment commenced and increased, and up to
the present writing has uot diminished.
It at once took down everybody. The
beautiful steamer came gallantly into the
harbor, gracefully decorated, and telling the
importance of the news she brought by
continued cannonading.
At once the American flag went up from
every possible place in the city. One
gallant fellow; worked his way up the
slippery flag staff on the square, and rove
the pennant halyards, amid the cheers of
the crowd. 1 he the stars and stripes
went floating aloft, and every hat swung
around, and every voice was brought into
requisition, to welcome the first public flag
ever raised there in honor of the thirty
first State in the Union. Three times
three," were given in token of pride and
pleasure; as many more for Harry Clay,
for having "assisted in putting in there;"
the same for Mr Benton, for the same
reasons, and many cheers for others.
Then the people contributed between two
and three hundred dollars for the benefit of
the fine fellow who "shinned" up the flag
stall. . Ctoon two splendid pieces of ord
nance were on the ground beneath the flag
anu a granu salute ot we do not know
how many guns fired in honor of the
great occasion. These cannon were from
the the revenue cutter, and, under the di
rection of Captain Frazer, were skilfully
managed. -
Universal joy seems to prevail among
all classes. I he young renubheans are
glorious, and so are the old. Several
thousand dollars were subscribed within
two hours for a grand ball, in honor of the
occasion. The El Dorado and other buil
dings were illuminated, and crackers and
fire arms, and happy voices, all told un-
mistakeably of the love of the Union which
is one of the strongest feelings in the hearts
ot our citicens. .
We only wish that those who have so
long prevented this act of justice to the
wishes of California, could have witnessed
the scene. Where are all the speculations
ot those who have said that the people
wished a territorial government? Vanished
like the smoke of the crackers which the
boys have burnt on the occasion, and with
just as much regret. We nre in the Union,
thank God! We are in the United States
of America once more, and .our hearts are
too full of joy and rejoicing to say much
just yet. Ihe Union God bless and
prosper it! is not a rope of sand. The
justice of the country, though it may be
delayed, is sure at last, we are admitted.
And we will show the " noble men who
have struggled so long for us, that we are
not unworthy of their toils and anxieties.
We will show those who. have opposed
our rights, that they were wrong by- what
we. will prove to the, world that our State
shall yet be.
We are gratified in announcing an in
stance of good feeling that occurred in our
harbor yesterday. On the arrival of the
steamer Oregon, from Panama, with the
intelligence of tne admission of California
into the Union, the first guns fired on the
occasion were from the British bark
Novelty, of Liverpool, Capt. Harrison.
Mayor's Message.
Mayor's Office,
San Francisco Oct 18, 1S50.
To the Honorable the Aldermen and As
sistant Aldermen of the City of San
rrancisco. .
Gentlemen: It is appropriate to com
municatc to you in an official manner, the
highly interesting and important intelli
gence this day received, of the finaf action
of the Congress of the United States by
which California has been received into
oar great confederacy of free and indepen
dent fstatcs.
This act of justice to our rights of the '
greatest promise to our future prosperity
approved by the President on the 9th "of
September last.,. It is with unmingled sat
isfaction that we can congratulate each
other on an event that must now and here
after, forever be regarded as equally aus.
picious to our State, and the sovereignties
with which we are now, I trust indissoluble
united.. .;.
We have now a full and unequivocal
ratification, by the highest power on earth
of the organization, arts and measuiesof
the government, which the citizens of CJ.
ifornia have found it necessary to form fa
themselves. But together with the priril
eges and immunities conferred upon usby
the will of thirty States, represented ia
Congress, there are devolved also respon
sibilities of the most serious and weighty
character. We are not only to maintain
in our own community as a State, the
great American principles of self-government,
which we have been the medium of
transmitting to these "western shores of the
continent, but we are to spread their light
and influence to the right hand and to the
left, and onward across the Pacific, which
is already made animate with our busy
commerce to the Islands of the South and
the shores of Asia. .
In the appreciation of the advantage
and in the discharge . of the obligations
which our present relations to our common
country confer and impose, the citizens of
San Francisco who now, and who may
hereafter occupy this great commercial
emporium, will do full honor to them,
selves and meet just expectations of all
whose eyes will be turned upon their po
litical, civil and social career.
The unbounded enthusiasm with which
the news of our admission as a State into
the Union, was received by our citizens,
demonstrates alike the vast importance
they attach to the event, and the patriotism
with which they are animated.
Never did the bright sunshine of heaven
fall upon a people with lighter, prouder,
or more joyful hearts. The loud huzzas
of the citizens, the heavy booming of can
non, and the "stars and stripes," our na
tion's pride, floating from a thousand masU
and staffs, told that there had transpired an
event sufficiently glorious to arouse the
warmest glow of patriotism, and to inspire
happiness throughout our entire communi
ty. 1 his indeed has been a glorious day
for California a proud day for the friends
of their country, and for the supporters of
law and order. -
In view of this important event, I would
recommend that you adopt suitable meas
ures to enable our citizens to unite at an
early day, in a proper expression of their
sentiments and feelings by a public dem
onstration. JOHN W. GEARY, Mavor.
California Hems.
A San Francisco correspondent of the
New York Tribune, sends the following
items:
The town is quite full, and is filling up
fast. Business men begin to talk of Cali
fornia as a resting place, and are providing
themselves with handsome residences, and
installing goddesses over the households.
Lucky fellows! Ed. Trib. But I am
sorry to say that women of another diss
are increasing quite as fast, if not faster.
They, occupy the finest houses in town,
wear the richest dresses, drink "the best
wines, and gam the most eagles of any
class in town. The bankers are as polite
to them as they would be to a rich widow
who was at loss with whom, she should
trust her money." ' But this state of things
cannot last long.' As ;the community
grows older, gamblers will skulk into al
leys and back chambers, and fdles de joie
will chain their doors to keep out the po
lice. -I see it mentioned in a French pa
per that a shipping agent in France has
gathered together 700 women for the Cal
ifornia shambles and the Eitor remarks
that as they are all young, "there is some
reason to believe they will become wor
thy members of society." I hope they
will but California is rather a poor school
for Moral Reform.
The number of passengers arriving at
present is smaller than the number turning
their -beads homeward. But when
take into consideration that 50,000 have
come over the plains this summer, and
half as many across the Isthmus and from
the Mexican an Sou th" American Statei,
you will perceive that we have a large
margin for homesick ones.
' - Battle with Indians. -A
"party of whites, under Captain Btt
of the brig Orbit, now lying at our levee,
and an old California adventurer, Mr. Vai
Duzen, had a severe engagement with
party of Indians at the mouth of Salmon
river, on the Kiamath, about the middle
of'August. The Indians, it apears, had
taken nine white man whom they were
holding as quasi prisoners, hanng rowJ
them of their clothes, provisions, horses.
Sec, some time before this par:y olwhM
arrived at Salmon river. Best and mi
company, of course, demanded the instant
restorationof the goods to the roooeu par
ty, but the demand was not complied
with. The whites collected their torce.
and measures were concerted for a gen
eral fight. All told, some fifty wnw
men appeared, with some three hundred
Indians arrayed against them. The fig"
was kept up for some hours, the Sal mo0
river dividing the combatants. Durinj
the battle twenty-four of the Indians.
cuprn lfillpd. mid sfrpral whitfl men SC"
erely though not mortally woanded. The
huts of the Indians, with their wives an
children, were on that side of the ner
where the whites that stationed them
selves, and ps the Indians, contrary 3
their expectations, had failed to
Capt. Best's party, they sent in a propo
sition for peace. As the whites had