The mountain sentinel. (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, June 30, 1853, Image 2
II 4L n r'- f ' - f 1 - . J : , t - . i 3 - 1' , 4 "I . 4 ill: .i i i i - HBISTAI! SENTINEL- Andrew J. Eliey, Editor. EBENSBUEG, PA. Tit nydyv June 3Q S53.' Tor Canal CommlssioJier, THOMAS II. JPORSTTII, of Philadelphia County. For AudixorGeireral, .. . EPBRAIM BANKS, of HLSBin County. p0r Surveyor tneral,- J. PORTER BKAWLEV, of Crawford County. DELEGATE ES-ECTIOXS. AS the County Committee of Cambria county is without a Chairman, we, members of said Committee for the years 1852 and 1853, request the Democrats of the several districts and towu .t,; in eaid counrv to meet at their respective -iQ rMrni? on Saturday, the 2nd day of Uliivvs " o . July. 1853, and elect two delegates from each district, to meet in County Convention at the Court House, in the borough of Ebeusburg, on T-uesdav, toe 5th of July, 1853, to nominate a fall and entire ticket for the Democracy to sup port at the approaching election, and also to do any other things that they may deem necessary for the true interests of the party. The Delegate elections in each district to be kept open from 2 until G o'clock P. M. Michael M'Gaire, John M'Coy, John Dougherty, James uarron, James Murray, Jehu Angus, Henry lUger, John M' Bride, John GIIlen. Charles Murray, Elisba M. Lucket, Jacob Fronheiser, Jordan Marbourg, June 16; 1853. A. 11. Longenecker. William O Keefe, Francis Dearer, Jacob Luther, John H. Douglass, P. Draniff, Teter M'Gough, . Ceorge Delnn'cy, Sebastian Fry. t- Tho wt5gs boU their Delegate Election on Saturday, Oth cf July. jf-The Cambria Guards, Capt. M'DiniMiTrj will parade on Monday, the 4th of July, in Eb .ensburg. ".."" sJA dinner will be given at the Summit, on the Fourth, by Mr. Wm. B. Thompson, at his hotel, which promises to be one of the most ncherche affairs cf the Ecason. The public are invited. Eg,.The real, live, straight-haired Indians will give an exhibition in this town on Monday, July 11th, end portray the manners and cus toms of their race. There will be, no doubt, an inteYestlSg performance,-worth witnessing, - Maj. Thompson's familiar horse, "San- fish," expired last night, having fallen over a bank in the pasture field, some fifteen feet. His departure for the land of spirits is- lamented by all who ever backed or drove him,, for he has done his master and the public some eeif .vice. ' CJa9. W. Rhey, of Cambria county, has been appointed Mail gent on the cars from the "Mountain Hcase" to Pittsburgh. He succeeds , Col. Slextz, who "was uiuversably popular with raen cf both parties, and who so faithfully at tended to Lis duties -as to merit the - wannest -commendation of cur citizens." ''- 2?" The Post Master General has established a new Post Office at Callitzin, Western end of the Allegheny Tunnel, this county, and John M'. Hiei, Esq., has been appointed Postmaster. The selection is a good one, Mr. M'Meel being a thorough democrat and competent man. E2?On the 4th cf July a public dinner will bejserved up at the Hotel of Mrs. Lifzinger, in this place, to which the ladies and gentlemen of - the vicinity are invited. Every arrangement will be made to render the entertainment ngrce ably pleasant, 'and in all respects one worthy of tho day we celebrate.. 'rTVe are 'sorry to learn that Jas."D. IIam iltox, Proprietor of the Jefferson House, was thrown from his wagon, about 1 J miles west of Ebcnsburg, on Monday last, and had his left leg fractured below the knee. The horses were running off at the time. His leg wa3 set by . Drs. Suiith and Geo Lemrnon, after which he was conveyed in a carriage to his residence in Jefferson. lie is recovering from the effects of the accident. CSi-The Fourth will bo celebrated at Jeffer son by a dinner at the Hotel of Mr. Hamilton, on which occasion the "Quitman Guards," Capt. Alexander, will parade. A dance will come off in the evening, where those desirous can enjoy "a trip upon the light fantastic toe." Nothing will be left undone by the host and hostess to make the party desirable and gratifying. ESL.Th.e Delegate Elections of the Democrat ic Party .will be held on Saturday, 2d day of July, to the importance of which we request the attention of every member of the party, b cause we desire to sec the elections well attend ed &nda desire manifested to place in nomina tion none but reliable and competent men who will discharge the duties ' of their office with promptness and fidelity. , The County Conven tion will meet next Tuesday. Sy The Strike upon the Portage Road has net yet been dully arranged. The Superintend ent has paid to the hands within ten days from thirty to forty thousand dollars, which will go for to relieve their " wants anil . necessities. Messrs. Hopkins and Clover of the Canal Board have been over the road, and express the .deter mination to make a thorough investigation o the matter, and mete out sufficient punishment to any person or persons in tho employ of the State who may have been engaged in any pecu lation or fraudulent profiting upon the wages of the bands. In another column will be found the card of Commissioner Hopkiu's in relation to tie difficulties. We hope that the disagreement tnay be speedily settled and all arranged satis factorily ; and also, we do think, that those who did strike for that which was justly due them, should not be proscribed for claiming their right to be paid, and asserting the truth that the laborer ia worthy of his hire. Against the official conduct ef Gca. Ikss we have not r ? yet heard- a murmur . I A meeting of divers citizens of the borough of Hbensburg, was held at the bouse of Airs. .Uary Atin Litzinger, in" said borough on ThOrsday evening, June 30th 1853, for the purpose of ma king arrangements for celebrating, iu au appro priate manner, the coming unniversary of Amer ican Independence. On motion, JAMES M'DERMITT, Esq., was called to the chair, and A. C. Mcixen appointed Secretary. The President haviug brieny stated the object of the meeting, the following named gentlemen were constituted a committee of ar rangements, viz: E. Hutchinson, Jr., Robert Car mon, James Kane, Geo. M. Reed, A. J. Rney, C. D. Steele, Chas. Albright, Evan Crum. Af ter which it was unanimously agreed that we celebrate the d.y by an appropriate dinner, to be iven at the house of Mxa. JIary Ana Lit-, zinger, at 1 o'clocK of said day, at which time and place the public generally, and the ladies particularly, are invited to attend and partici pate with us on the occasion. On motion, ad journed. JAMEd M'DERMITT, trts. A. C. Mcilen, (bee. THE LATE STRIKE. We present below the statement of CoL Hop kins, one ot tne lioaru or Canal uommiasioners, in. relation to the recent proceedings on the Al legheny Portage Railroad. PiTTSBt'itGn, June 21, 185,3. . Messes. Keesax & Hastings : Gentlemen Allow me a small space in your paper to correct au error into which several ot your cotemporuries have fallen, in relereuce to the "Strike on the Allegheny Portage liauroad. j That the public mind should be excited, and : that the press should speak out at such au be- i currence is quite natural, for it one-half of what is set forth iu the manifesto of the parties ag grieved be true, the wonder is that they should have endured such oppression so long. But be fore editors should . permit themselves to de nounce particular individuals as the authors of the evils complaiued of, they ought to know that they deserve to be denounced. 1 fully concur with those who have gone the farthest in condemning the causes which have led to this unfortunate affair, but I submit whe ther it is right .to denounce indiscriminately all officers who may happen to be iu the public ser vice. With these preliminary remarks I will briefly state the facts, so far as I have been able to ascertain them, and then leave an impartial public. to decide how much censure ought to be laid at.the door of the Canal Board, of which I am now a member. Before the undersigned be oe-1 camea member of the Board, a report had bej-n made setting forth the entire indebtedness of the Portage .road, as well as the Philadelphia and' ColumUia road, and various lines of Canal, nal tttlo an estimate of the amount reouired to Lav i all the officers and hands in the employ of . the - niploy Commonwealth the present year. i This was all. the Board could do at th& time. ! I have not that report, . iior the annrot ria.i j-l bill before me, but I believe the amounts asked for to pay old debts, due laborers, etc., t.n we as tne amount reamrea to duv tuein tno :ictu year, were allowed. . - . . ; The question then arises. Why have thejj laon not been paid? I very frankly confess my in ability to give a satisfactory answer, and not being willing to follow the example of some oth ers and denounce innocent parties, ! have institu ted inquiries into the causes of the nonpayment of this sufferiug'and meritorious class of ourfel- low citzens. In this connectiou I leein it out just to myself to state that I -had supposed that these claims had all beeu paid. I kuew that the money had been appropriated for the purpose, antT:as I Lfad 'passed over tho road at least a half doaoii -of Uuiw BrLthi W 4w uoutlu. and not a man mentioned to me that he had not received his dues, I took it for granted that they bad all-been paid. Had I not a right so to conclude? Some of the Pittsburgh editors discuss this question as thougU the Canal Com missioners were disbursing officers, thus exhib iting culpable ignorance of what they are writing about. These' men .who are so ready to de nounce the Canal .Board ought to know that the Commissioners do not, and cannot, disburse a single dollar, for any person whatever, and yet, by dastardly innuendo, they are charged with ''speculating on the earnings of poor men.'' To show the light in which I regarded this matter, 1 subjoin the resolutions which I pre pared immediately on seeing the statement of the aggrieved parties. -Those.resolutions I submit ted to one of my colleagues, .Gen'l Clover,, who was in the city rt the time- At his suggestion, action upou those resolutions waspostponed un til we would return from Freeport, whither we were obHged to- go, to examine the - Aqueduct, which was so damaged as to require the suspen sion of navigation for the time being. I very much regret to state, that that gentleman wag unable to return with me, owing to a sudden attack of illness. No further action, therefore, can be had on the resolutions for the present. Until lean have all the facts before me, I will express no opinion as to where the fault lies. " If Gen'l Ross, who is the disbursing officer on that portion of tho public improvements, has made the necessary etTorts to obtain the raouey, and could not do so, the fault is not his. If, on the other hand, the money is hot in the treas ury, no blame ought to attach to the head of that department ; and no sane man will attempt to throw the responsibility on the Executive. I repeat, then, that for the present, 1 can express no opinion as to where the censure ought to be thrown. . As to the allegation that "some of the agents under the Canal Board are speculating on the public funds," and on the "earnings of the la borers, "we will only notice it so far as to say, that ' it would have beeu much more manly to have named the individuals implicated, than to make the allegation in such general term a3 to mean no bodv, and every body. Let them name the man or men, and adduce the evidence to sustain the charge, and I pledge myself that be, or they, shall not remain in the service of the State longer than his or their dismissal can be prepared. If there bo any one act in a public officer, which more deserves the execration of all hon est men than any other, it is that of using the public funds in "speculating on the earnings of men." - But while I say this, justice' to all the dis bursing agonts of the State, compels me to state that I have not the remotest knowledge of any one of them having been engaged in such disre putable practice. Wherever, therefore the rea son may be'found to exist for the wrongs whieh have been so justly complained of on the part of those suffering creditors, I trust that no agent of the State will be found who has beeu so lost to every honorable impulse as to have been guil ty o f such infamous conduct. I regret that I have felt called upon to notice this unpleasant subject at all, but more especially do I regret that I have been compelled to do so on my own res ponsibility, without the aid of my esteemed col leagues, Messrs. Mon bison and Clove a ; but the one being confined to his room by sickness, and not knowing, at this moment, the where abouts of the other, I have not the benefit of their counsel. . . Very truly your friend, &c, Win. Hopkins. Resolved, That the Superintendents of the Philadelphia and Columbia, and Allegheny Por tage Railroads, and the supervisors of the several divisions of the Pennsylvania Canal, be directed in the disbursement of money for the payment of debts, in all cases to pay first those creditors! the employ of the Commonwealth, and that here after said parties be paid monthly, bo long as the I appropriation for that purpose may last. ; who have- pertorineu the tabor, ana in no cast to pay any check roll or other evidence of debt in the hands of second parties, until all the debts in first hands shall have been fully paid. Resolved,' That said Superintendents and Su pervisors be also directed to draw from the Trea sury, "tit the earliest practicable moment, as much money as may be necessary to pay nil back debts due to laborers, engineers, and other hands in The Negro Plot in New Orleans. Further developements in relation to the New Orleans negro pdot have reached us New Or leans dates being received to the 18th inst. The papers have full reports of the examination of the arrested parties. . The following from tTR Delta contains all that is important : An affidavit was made yesterday by the free negro, George Wright, who first gave informa tion of the matter, in which he detailed at length the plan of .attack, fastening the whole leader ship and responsibility on the Englishman, 'Dy son. ' This Dyson came from Jamaica in 1840, and ever since has been implicated in many fanati cal movements. He taught a negro school here awhile, in which any thing but their A Uabs oc cupied the attention of the pupils. He was-coil-1 cerned in the case of Shaw's negro for robbery anu, we ueueve, perjujy. . ne is a man oi Su. talent, and decidedly dangerous. f Tne free negro stated in his affidavit the nan ner in which he was introduced to Dyson bylAl- lert, Dr. Kustitou s slave, who was urre-'te oy the Chief oi' Police on Monday night lasl. Dy son asked hitn ws he tree or asi.tve; ho sttted thaC he was free, but his family was slave, j Dyson then asked him, would he not lik to have his family free, and he answered in th af firmative whereupon a plan of attack a nap, very ably drawn up, was exhibited to him.! The negro's testimony proceeds : - r I went to the school huse on Franklin stjeet, I thiuk iu the Sccoud District, below Canal street, and was there introduced to a white man, vAioni he called Dyson, who kept the schooL Iiere were no others present but us three. Ask6n as Albert introduced us he left. When hfleft 1 went into the school house wi th this Mri Dy syon, which room wns filled with forma and uesks, like other school rooms. Mr. Dyson-tsk-ed me to sit down, which I did, and then.fe.fter iut-a-rog-itirig mi us to whtre 1 was fronind iiovv Iwii a iau been la tue country, then aikect rie wuere was my l.imiiy, nud wuether ori not ! t!e:'. v, t,'tf suves. 1 told. Liin that my faiiiiy w3 about thirty -miles above litre, ot Mrs.Ux- l.'i's c'.nit,.ti3J. tliat it consisted of a eight children and that they were all slave ! 1,e t"ei nktd me if I utd not want to Tree t-i-jji : a rcp.i'ja mat 1 aid A 1 had the means . At once then, and without suggestion fromknc, l.e ! oau fcuow you a p..i:i we caa .'.Supt without your payiug a uiiue.. I have got; the r'a:i liil l! for everything how we shail f'.kc jj.ckcv. ; iiu tuu weal u a chuir which wus (Uidon a be icij, and lifting it up, took a Pji,r it; i came ua i sit J.-wa by iae,i-nJ : h'lac mere, read from it the names of all the streets were the armories, arsenals and uiugaziaes wre. "Now," said he, "you shaii see all the plaui. .1 am to go in front," and all the people he had below, to wit: 100 white men, and all the color ed people, were to go with him. j i sa.d te wLiij liicn were all assembled to U5etuer in a room below, and the colored petple all down the coast. The agents were there and had fixed everything.' First, they were to take the magazine where all the powder is. I do not knOW Whether ho xtumutu. fao otber eKle or 0U this side. . When he got the powder he sai4 he would be safe. Then he would put one hun dred men at the lint, one hundred at the Par ish Prison, to open it and let the prisoners out, and forty or fifty men at each corner of the city to hre the city. hile the fire was raging, they were to break open the armories, arsenals and gun store, and . get all the arms they could. They were also to break open and rob the baiks. lie said they had crowbars and everything tliey wauted. The prison? were to be opened und the Mint attacked first- The people on the plan tations, who were armed with cane-knives, ax es, old hatehetp, &c, were to rise and com to the city. He did not tell me the signal to rise, for they wer to come into the city cautiously ; but when the fires took place they were geer ally to move and attack the people and destroy all before, them opposing them. This was about all he told me. 1 answered, "Very well, I'll be in the party," and then left him. He seemed to be satisfied. I was identified , with the wove and one of the party. ... . There is more corroborative testimony, a An Irishman named McGiil also makes affidavitfliat he rowed Dyson to Morgan's plantation, -this side the English Turn, and that he carried a pile of ammuntion and arms with him. When they got to the plantation, a number of well- jdressed blacks supposed to be fireinen.ior "offi cers," as the deponent calls them came out of the cane-brakes and took the gnns and ammu nition, and disappeared. Dyson then returned to the city, arriving between 4 and 5 o'clock the nex,t morning the morning after the arrest of liis confederate Albert. This is the purport of the sffidavits made yes terday. Coupled with the .fact that a large number of negroes have fled from their masters and are now missing, it leaves little margin for ridicule. -There is certainly .something in it and the determination of the Chief of Police to be in readiness for any emergency is, according to our estimation, laudable in the extreme. - Logic. "Mind, John, if you go out in the yard, you will wish you had staid in the liAI.QP " "Well, if I stay in the bouse, I will wish f "?i, in the yard ; so, where is the' great difference, dad ?" That Wasn't ' a Bad . Ioea of Sam Slick's, when suffering from intense beat, he said he felt a desire to take off his flesh and sit in his bones awhile, to cool himself. . nigger fell iuto the dock the other day. He was fished out," and after having been smart ly rubbed for a couple of hours, he came to, pettishly exclaiming ' . "Dar, dar, dat'll do ! Gor a mity, don't rub am skin so damned hard !" A Young Ladt, who had just finished reading a late novel, which spoke of Spanish belles as using cigarettes, called at a tobacconist's store, recently, and inquired, "Have you any female cigars?" . Speed. A fast train on the Pennsylvania Railroad, when near Greensburg, lately, . it is said, ran ten miles in seven and a half minutes, which is at the rate of eighty miles an hour. BB A monument 'has been erected to the memory of Col. Wm. SEAnianT, at Grace Church, 6ix miles north-west of Uniontown. The Genius says that it Is carved from a solid block of fine white marble, upon which great skill and work manship is displayed, and is about twelve feet in height. ' 7gyr Mrs. Stowe had for a fellow passenger on her outward trip, Mr. Justice Haliburton, of "Sam Slick," notority, who played off all man ner of tricks on her, the Judge actually harrow ing her feelings by prod ncing, as a proof of southern cruelty, a razor strap, which he -vowed was made of nigger skin f From the Washington Union of June 2o. An Important Official ArticleOur Foreign Pol- icy Cuba Great Britain. We have had occasion frequently to refer with gratification to the nuiversal response of appro val with which the Inaugural Address of Presi dent Pierce was received. But, to our mind, this response was peculiarly cordial aud signifi cant iu rcgasd to the noble sentiments and the truly American spirit iu which he sketched his foreign policy. To partisan sensibility his lan guage might have been offensive, as conveying an vuphed censure upon the negative policy ol mediate aumimstration ; but his sentiments foutd so warm and prompt and unversal a re sponse from the American, heart, that partisan criticism scarcely ventured a whispering dissent. The true secret of this instantaneous and uni versal national approval is to be found in the deep jonvictiou which now rests upon the pub lic infyd tnat it is high time that our foreign policy should be imbued with more distinctive ness o American feeling than has lately char acterized it. President Pierce saw and felt that our foreign elatius were destined to engage a leading iiare of the attention of his administration, 4id, following his own high impulses, he struck 4 chord which vibrated throughout the Ameri Oiu heart, and cave assurance th.it the nafif.nn! iLuor was intrusted to able aud patriotic hands. -Mie popular heart had tolerated, with some de gree of impatience, the negative not to sav the teeble or timid policy of our late foreigu in tercourse, aud was, therefore, prepared to re spond with something of significant exultation at the announcement of Bentiincnts bj worthy the heaj of a gr-.jat repub;i-j. It is, iadeed, time that our foreign policy should be characterized by a distinctive Ameri can, or more properly republican, tone and sen timent. We are greatly deceived if we have not discovered m tne conduct of the Executive thus far, the evidences tliat our hopes on this point will be fully realized. Wheu we see the Presi dent selecting such tried statesmen as Marcy, Buchahau, Soule, Walker, Gadsden, not to men tion others, for the management of our inter course with the most important foreign powers, we are strongly impressed, with the conviction that he i3 deteruiided to elevate our foreign pol icy by looking to high qualifications iu those whom he selects to represent our national inter ests and honor. Our confidence is greatly in creased wheu we see the head of the Stat De partment infusing into our foreign missions the true ot .uoucan simpticuy, tuereby re- quiring our representatives to be American re- publicans abroad, as well as ut lime. We regard it to be the duty of a foreign rep- yeseutaUve Wr3-'ct m his mission the true character of his government; and when this gulden rule is departed from, the br.euch merits' ti. rebuke from the head of the government. I. . .1. ........... . . ? . . . . I ucuiucui oi our ministers auro.i.j, wue ther regard is had tj their habits of attention to business, to their devotion to the iueere--t3 of their couiitiy, to t'icir moral associations, or even to thei dvsa, should be strictly republican, that every representative may exhibit the real e.cetiv-uce of iue iusUtutious t iUaiitutious he reuresents ami . rePr.eiei"s .uuaJ by mat means exert an influence in behalf of republicanism. liut to maintain the hich irround which the rresiueiu nas ta-ia iu n;s inaugural, it is not o luai ue iv;cs, aoie muisters ana se UJ them abroad impressed with the true character istics ot re: uo;io:iiia. Throush the nnhn.nlJ cnH-flh.l . OV v...v;iWv V. VUl JJCVLMC, U 111 illtCl ests are interwoven with those of all other n.-x tions, aud our prosperity depends in no small degree upon our success in extending and secu- Jriug new.iheutra- tiwir exertions. The con- ciitian of the .world at this time imposes unusual rcsposibilities upon the administration. Ques tions of international policy are now presented, which call for the utmost wisdom, caution, and abii ty iu their management. The national hon or must be niaintaiucd under all circumstances, the national prosperity must be secured at any hazard, and our national independence must be preserved at any sacrifice short of our national honor. v e have alluded lately to one of these questions, growing out of the rumored policy of Great iiu tain in regard to Cuba, which stand3 out at this lime with imposing prominence. If the public rumor3 which attribute to Great Britain a design, in connexion with Spain, to convert Cuba into a Government of free blacks, shall prove to be well-founded, the high posi tion taken by the Executive will be put to a se vere trial. The proximity of this island to our southern coast the facility of the intercourse j ths character of the population the position of I the island in regard to the mouth of the Missis sippi; these and other considerations of no less moment at once suggest themselves as constitu ting elements upon which our policy must be solved. If there was nothing in the past history of Great Britain to excite our watchfulness, we should be reluctant to give the slighte; cre dence to the rumors alluded to. We are not now iprepared to helieve that she has deliberately deter- alety determined to provoke an issue tcnci may be fraught tcith the most disastrous consequences. But there is at least enough in her past policy towards us, in the distinguished houors she ia;to paiug to one of our citizens wuo owes an neri"13 np-.u unenu. ana 10 wais or lounge, prominence to her assaults upon the integrity of j The doctors who are attending on him have re our Union, as well as in her known policy iu re- commanded his Majesty to go to the water-cure gard to some of her own islands, to induce us establishments of Vichy or Contrexvillc both not to disregard and dismiss these rumors too j excellent places for the disease of the 6pine. inconsiderately. It may not be the policy of j lut how could the Emperor leave Paris, an I go, our government to take the initiative in .regard j as any French citizen, to take care of his health ? to Cuba, although the considerations looking to its acquisition involve almost necessarily the question of our self-preservation ; but it is un questionably our duty, and we certainly hope our policy, to be prepared with one voice and with all our strength to prevent any interfe rence in that quarter which threatens the hap piness or permanence of our own government. The administration cannot be, and we are sure it is not, too vigilant in guarding this point of attack upon our institutions. With our know ledge of British diplomacy, and the spirit of ag gression which has marked the - career of that government, we may be excused for listening to rumors which are in consonance with her past conduct. If we listen to thm too readily, Great Britain should Temember that her own nolicy has been such as to make us readily sua picious. But, at all events, the administration has staked its character upon the maintenance of a purely American policy; and we ore confi dent that the whole American people are prepa red to see that policy maintained with the same energy, fidelity, and boldness with which they hailed its announcement on the 4th of March. fJ James McGcike, tried at Syracuse, on Tuesday, has been found guilty of the murder of James W. Holland, at Onondaga, in December last. It appears from the evidence that the prisoner was found, on 3d of December last, ly ing by the road side, apparently sick. In that condition he was taken to tho house of Mr. Lang worthy, in the vicinity, where Mr. Holland was staying, aud fed, lodged and Medical attendance provided by Mr. L's family. On the following morning the prisoner, without the least provoca tion made an attack on his friends, to whom he was an entire stranger, and succeeded iu stab bing Mr. Holland, so as to cause his death some weeks sabsequently. Mr. Langworthy narrowly escaped the same fate. TlIe that preaches gTatitude pleads the cause both of God and men ; for without, it wa can neither be sociable nor religious. Disastrous Conflagration in Pittsburgh. Several Warehouse Burned Lots N.'arlj 100, 000 Firemon Murdered Fatal AcciJcn' Fail ing f a Bridge Thrilling Ed.ne. PlTX ixcif. Juneli. Last night. i;:o,-,t ttijasU'oiij u. e broke out, ?Vi ;u the ii.flaiiiution iiinteri-J i-ir the vh'-.'. :?t , thre.it Cf lliitt c.ntii!, .t one tii-lf encd t'io .'iiruaii oi a iurge f oi t:;u i.irt vi Hie ciiy. Abuut half past nine o'clock the nVirLi c was sounded, and found to proceed from the burning of the c.iual boat Charles Donn. Wing in tho i is.n Ta3 fn-er-ij-i-i'y .'.pre..- ,:n c-iajr..u t".u-i t tne :i. .t .'jeut v:!r. h-.us 's. Vyiaiii u- i: w s war.--tKi:itO was 'r.i envc. op ed in the I! iints. which b j tho oI7.,rt3 of the firemen. They h r.l o:; storage, "for shipment, a neavy amoim ot dry goods, bacon, flour, lard, whtskey, glass, and other merchandize. It was impossible to save anything. The provisions and dry goods were insursed yrincipally in eas tern ornces. l,larK i; 1 haw are insured in this city, in the Western, Delaware, Mutnal and Citizen's offices, ror -o,UUo, wliich will cover their loos. They nave fortunately other houses, and their busi ness will not be interrupted. Mul vany & Ledlie, lost two thousand boxes of giass, for which they are insured for !5',500 in ine ueiaware .Mutual. The fire spread on both sides, and all the aJjoining property was more or less injured. The firemen, by their Iaudible exertions, final ly succeeded in keeping the fire within certain bouads. Mr. W. Bingham sustained some loss, but is fully insured. Atkins & Iveeni!e"s warehousa was entirely de stroyed, together with a large prtioa of themer chniid ze o'i fttor.iTe. which .;v.i!,l r.r,t k in Time. Tha firm is fullv inmirnH McCu'ly's flour warehouse was saved with the greatest difficulty. During the fiire a difficulty too place between some of the fireman. A few minutes after, a man by the name of G. Gracey, cut Thomas Mc Ciustey with a knife. The unfortunate m in liv ed but a short time after receiving the st ab. In the confusion the murderer escaped, nnd has thus far eluded the pursuit of the officers About half-past teu o'clock a most thrillin-and ,inuiiui scene occurred. About two hundred .persons were standing on the bridge which crosses the basins when it suddenly gave way, precipitating the whole of them into the canal.' .luj ui urrorarose. and linndr.i t once ! rushed to were serir.uslv in;,.r,l 5r?v:- "i 1," Vl. iuni i a r;r -c I-VwnV'o-t "cuv,k"' lyul a'1 Michael Irwin 'a'toiln i i o , fiie! Smilh- n. i ,.,!- ,'L, u 1 Vu.S. B.n- . . - $75,000 to iJlGO.OUO by iiisuraa.-. The fire wlir which is partly covered not causa any dlay in the ship as the different forwarding mr. meat of go rls. ciiants h cs. ao already got tcinporary warehous- Love and Eoinanca. We riuWih?.? n T.-w rl.n.o nr. -. xt r r -Vo "o,J o-js i'.ie j Crescent, a short sketch with th hnva j it gave the details of a romantic elopement and jrnarrhge, the parties being a lady and gentleman !frsm Texns. A il i'f nr f -.- nfio (1k l,n. t.i tied ll.it L-nnr krmon;,! .1.-1 .1 .. , u.uui. j iutu.ai, uromer oi ins i ldiJV flrriVfi 1 in this fittr fyry. T , jr .. J . v..,..uul aaj JO. -sn:uie ueara i iae event, ateiy went to the 6t. Charles Hotel, where the young lady was stopping in company with Mrs. H and her daughter, both from ths same f-tate, in whose ctiarjre the bride hid ks r.l.r.t i. j . - . m-ruq.itnare iroin iiome. Meetings Mrs 11 n tue pinor ct tae Hotel, he upbraided her with having lent her countenance to the sc- marnage of uis sister, applying to her some very harsh epithets not set down in the code of eti quette. Thi.s aroused the ire of Miss H , a young and blooming virgin of seventeen sum mers, who immediately approached the irrate brother, and shaking against hi3 fece her white and tiny fist, "wished she was a man or e?in j had ix weapon, that she might kill him for his impertinence. Nothing daunted by her threatening attitude, the irritated brother of the bride drew frotu his bosomji bowie knife, and handing it to the Xantippe said, "take this, Miss, and let me see if you are a lady of your word." With aU the fire of a demon, the yorng Indy grnppoi the shining blade, and drawing it back withamove ment as if to plunge it into his breast, was about to deal the fatal bhw, when she was prevented by a gentleman visiter, who grasped her arm. v,e mention tins merely as an instance of "trae grit a both siues, and as a taie of real ity, setting offtv very pretty specimen of the ro mantic. tw" From the entertaining letters of the Paris correspondent we extract the subjoined: The Chief of the Empire, Lmila Nanoleon. is .siui uiucu m i.spose i ly tue au-umtnena : some time3 during the day time, and other times in :the night, he suffers so much, that he is obliged ler.vc his business and his bed to - retire into i his oucu a in ing id impossible : ana ne must aie or live with the "Imperial harness" on his shoul ders. Another impediment, which is also wor thy to be mentioned, is the delicato health of the Empress, who is still obliged to remain quiet ia her apartments, owinir to her late raishav. Dr. Conveau, and his assistant not to forget Dr. Pu-I bois, the accoucheur of tha o-;irt h m nr.l.-r.-..! ! her to pay, as she used to do every year, a visit to the watesing place of Eaux Bonnes, in tho Pyrenees. Orders already been sent from the Tuileries to prepare a splendid chateau for the use of the Imperial couple and their suite ; and though the epoch of the departure of Louis Napo leon and his wife Eugene is not yet decided it 13 supposed that it will take place at the end of tu's month or early in June nex. The Duchess of Alba, sister to the Empress, is daily expected iu l aris Fat Foes. The testimony in the Gardiner case developes the following fat fees received by the lawyers who managed it for the claimaint : May Hi Thomas Corwin, 107,1S3 My lb' Thomas Corwin, 13,000 May 1G Edw. Curtis, counsel fee, 24,tK)0 May 16 Waddy Thompson " 42,000 May 16 Robert Corwin " 5,000 May 1G Com.' relations, " 8,21 2 5201,707 May 1C W. W Corcoran, for Dr. G. A.Gar diner, . $225,9S0 1851. Sept. 10 -Deduct amount attached by order of President Fill more, is his hands and others this date, $203,580 23,480 Lost by the U. S. Treasury at the case stands, $225,218 Correspondence of the f.-r r, fc PubUcSenUmeuilcabrJ Havana, June S l0(- iou cannot conceice the distrust aui which the mysterious policy of Europe iiS'7 iug on this enslaved pespli. We know rt to da what to expect on whom to denB Our condition of suspense is insidl'uaVt this dread of the projects of Spain acl j.?f and our trust in the magnanimous policy tf -- mmtitaj H . J w "aioatad ing, evta to those emiuren oi luxury k. , meriy said, -We are desire do change," have been forced to oi- t!.a inc.i-.r.i Wir ,.r ..!! rl.ta ,,.,...'.1. , . . trv I'l . . .... "-,Ui"tL he most loyal aud Cistmguishei a(i!i'-rfe . . Spaiu have had their Sons aud iiepliews tLr into dungeons, and sent into miserable cxilef the mere suspicion of eutetuinin" liLcmi m;it; an l v.. ,...:. . 5e"J- " w .uwwvui hi v .... iuia ncaiLU an i in " - "v..4 wvnouie una uaugnicrs nave been drag ISed to fihn . and cast into those abominable houcs of cor tion, among brutal and dissolute Crimea's 'fn,' no offence, or suspicion of offence, buttheutt ance of republuan ideas. The spirit of persecution Lasbcea So regariles, of justice and deceucy that r.n r.. b . h-. ,.r, it, r-.;;D .. j ,v. OCi-' orciaei fore are now united iu plana of reliance Ke o.uciouismeyuabie. Xhafe U not aa kte.W se3, tere- v- inau iu tue is.j, not cautious th ft terrible criiis is at h ind. Uemut v..;.i able ignorance of ignorance of the true state of cm. -x. denies this sombre fact The 1aii2ut ftn.l M. UllCt OI ttlC i.illlSU OE3Cia!3 OUdrtern i a.,.. ... add new anxieties to our critical nosr'; ru. determination of Great Britain to orgWue aal take under her orders all the African v,;k (contrary to her bonds of slave-trade suppress. onj sue is aiways pfanung nere, 13 liaubtiif declared at the British Consulate. WLen point out the danger to our rural villages Vuica W8 Produce. the British othcials make answer that this is no: their business ; their duty stops with puttie those Africans in civio equality with ua. Many families are Ee;ling their property at enormous sacrifices, and leaving theislanl l';a estates are being offered for half their vulue, acl there is no saying whers this depreciation cf r.-ij ejtat'3 nx2j stop, probably at no point einrtgf revolution. Two years ago yes, one year ago yea won'.l find many native Cubans, and nearly ail the set tlers from Old Spain, declaring ag-iiust the pos sibility of au insurrection. Now, I aiTirm tint no Cuban, and few Spaniards, believe the preset state of things can exist another entire ycir. For my pirt, I believe that all thsse cruelties Are not practised by the Spanish cEcials in tha hope of preventing the loss of the islaal. Tt:y ara inflicted in brutal vindictiveaess, Yecause poor, enslaved Cuba is escaping from tu-ir hands. There is a supposition aflojt I know not on what grounds, though rumor attributes it to the ofiic.-rs cf the Dritisu squadron that slirahf.m.' ous with the "proclamation cf free an J equil citizenship of all the Africans in Cuba," the Ln g'.iah licet now collecting in these seas his order! to seize Porto Rico. It would tally exactly with what LiiglanJ already avows cf Ltr policy. Its possession would cunipicta her cbiin. cf ii'.aiii colonies from the Bahamas, oa tho c?"t cf Florida, to the out'.tt of the majestic Ric Oi:: co, and cousiituta hcrthe abssiutc capt.Ju oftLs American isthmus, r.c well as of the .ifiaa ru: ia America. It will be a fine heal to Ler king dom of Caribbean ii! in Is. but it will not be very proiiaol to American tiaJc and produc tion. The republic cf Do.-r.inica will gain something by our troubles. The planters cf Porto Rico will fly there with their property and faiuilies ti escape the domination of England audberncprc colonists: and if Spain or England encroaches on its ri-ghts or independence, the brare aud lib eral President of Dominica, tho illustrious Saa tana, who has led it forward iu Its most honora ble victories, vill demand the intcrposUion cf the United State?, for the just protection of ta Atnericau natiou from the arrogance of Europe an dictation. The li';ral assignment of land in free donation to sattlcrs by the republic of Doc-inica, will b another cause of Emigration from Porto llico, as it is but a few hours' sail disUr.t from that doomed island, and us healthy os it is beautiful. Some Americans in Cuba tre also turning their eyes to Dominica as the most convenient rcfugo from the intolerable annoyances cud restrictions of the Spanish rule, and where, the same as Cu ba, they may enjoy the delights of a tropicJ paradise. CCBAKO. Ths ho ctiiig Affair at Vashirtoa. The V.'ashingtcu llepublic, iu its account of the shooting cf W. II. Hester and Mrs. Morri son, by the husbsud of the letter, give the cx aniiiiiitioii before the magistrate.' "About four o'ciock, P.M., to-day, (June ICth,) having been informed that Wm. H. Hester had beca shot by a man named Andrew J. Mor rison, and having been informed by Dr. J. C. Hall that he was dangerously, and probably fa tally wounded, wc proceeded to tae his (Hes ter's) statement in cur presence. The doctor informed him of l.is critical situation, and being warned that probably he might not live more than twenty niiaui3, he stated that he, A. J. Morrison, and M"s. Fanny A. Morrison, his wifo were on very iatimata terms, and that, as a dy ing man, he would tell the truth. He tad fre queutly been at their boarding house, to see thcai was to him as a brother, uud Mr. Morrla-jn was, to him ai a sister ; aye, mjre than a sister. Ua had slept in the parlor all night, while Mr. and Mrs. Morrison occupied the a Jjoiuiug bedroom. Bc'iVre this occurrence (yesterday) he went to the house to see Mr. and Mrs. Morrison, and found Mrs. Morrison in the parlor. They took a seat on the sofa together, and the weather be ing very warm, he remarked : 'Fanny, it's warm," aud took off his coat, and resumed his seat, about the ordinary distance for conversation. "She staled that she expected Mr. Morrison ia a fow miuutes. During the conversation ho heard the discharge of a pistoL He did not see who fired the first shot, but he saw Mr. Morri son come up and fire the second. He was at the lima of the first Cre, sitting with his back to the door. After hearing the second, ho screamed, feeling the hurt. Mr. .Morris m then closed oa him, and snapped at his breast, when he arrest ed the pistol. He then pointed at his wife's breast, fired, and shot her. He (Hester) had not placed his Land oa Mrs. Morrison, and never had any intention towards her, having always thought too much of her. He had no recollec tion how his pantaloons came off." Wheu the officers weut into Mr. Berkelef's for the purpose of arresting Mr. Morrison, they fouud him at ths bedside of his wife, engaged iu affectionate attentions, and, as we were i of arm ed by a gentleman who was present, expressing his belief iu her conjugal fidelity, but denoun cing Mr. Hester as actuated by a design to fares Mr. Morrison was committed to jail for fur ther examination by Justice Goddard and Donn, charged with attempting to take tho life of 3-f. Hester and Fanny A. Morrison. We learned that at six o'clock, the which entered on the right side of the oprj portion of Mr. Hester's back, was extracted iro just bdow the etomaeh, and that at i ofclock he was in n extremely critiicaicoadUon- the sudden license of tbirty or perhaps fifty tLuu sand iiic, uncivilized and feroc:ou3 negroes, from tne savage snores or Africa, wouli 6 -