Democrat & Sentinel.
C. D. 1HRRAT, Kdltor ud Pnbllihtr.
EBENSBURG.
WEDNESDAY MORNING::::
:JUNE 30.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
" JC8TICR OP SCPBEMK COURT.
WILLIAM A. PORTER.
Of Philadelphia.
CAXAL COMMISSIONER.
WESTLEY FROST
Of Fayette County.
DELEGATE ELECTIONS.
Tho Democratic voters of .the several election
diatricts of the countr of Cambria are requested
o meet, on SATURDAY, the 10th day of JULY
next, at tho places designated by law for holding
the general elections, and then and there elect by
ballot, two persons to represent them hi County
Convention.
The dalegatea thus chosen w ill meet at the
Court-House, in the borough of Ebeusbu-g, on
TUESDAY, the 13th day of JULY next, at 2
o'clock, I'. M., to nominate candidates for the
soreral office to be filled at the ensuing general
lection, and to transact such other business as
the usages and interest of the party re quire.
The election for delegates to be opened at 3
o'clock, T. M.,and to be kept open till 7 o'ciock.
AUGUSTIN DURBIN,
Chairman County Committoe.
Jnne 19, 1858.
HON. WILLIAM BIGLER.
We Lave often been surprised at the fiend
like malignity, with which the enemies of the
illustrious statesman whose name heads this
article, have been endeavoring to hunt Liui
down since bo took bis scat as a member of
the United States Senate. He has been
ulandered, misrepresented, and every means
that malice ceuld invent resorted to, in the
vain hopo of placing hini in an unfavorable or
ridiculous position before his constituents and
the country. ' Speeches delivered by him in
the United States Senate which would do
bonor to the first statesmen of the age, have
been pronounced weak and trashy little bet
ter than mere twaddle. For faithfully sus
taining the National Administratihu, be has
been denounced as a Northern doughface,
and Hale, of New Hampshire, a short time
since replied to few brief and pertinent re
marks which ho recently delivered on a ques
tion of but little importance, in a piece of
low billingsgate, unworthy of the dignity of
the United States Senate. It is not at all
surprising to find the opposition making mer
ry over the idaug of the Abolition Dema
gogue, and bogus Democrat joining in the
laugh. If Senator Bigler had betrayed the
eonfidenco reposed in bim by the Democracy
of Pennsylvania, if he bad joined th criuade
against the National Administration, be
would have been recognized by Greely, Hale,
Seward, & Co., as a joung statesman of much
promise -an honest man and pure patriot..
It id not in the power of Senator Bigler's
enemies to drag bim down from the exalted
position he now occupies. His record as a
publio man is spotless. He has been the ar
chitect of his own fortune, and is a remarka
ble instance of what honesty, energy and tal
ent can accomplish, under the most discoura
ging circumstances. Commencing his career
iu life as a poor printer boj, be has, by his
own unaided exertions, placed himself in the
front rank of Amcricau statesmeu, and cora
mndn the unlimited confidence of. the true
Democracy of his native State.
It is not for us to conjecturo what the fu
ture has in store for Mr. Bigler ; but of one
thing we are certain as long as he perse
veres in the couse ho is now pursuing, ho
will continue to 'occupy ap exalted place in
tho csUem of the Democracy of his native
State, and the poisoned shafts of his enemies
will fall harmless at his feet.
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH-
We perceive by our exchanges that next
Saturday will be observed in almost every
section of the country, as the anniversary of
our National Independence. As we have al
ready informed our readers, a celebration will
be beld at the grounds of the Cambria County
Agricultural Society, in the vicinity of this
place, on that day. From the extensive prep
arations now in progress for the celebration,
we feel well assured that it will be an honor
to our town, and fully r;alize the brightest
expectations of those who attend. Dinner
will be served at one o'clock. When we state
that tbis Department is under the exclusive
supervision of tho Lad it t, we feel confident
that those of our readers who are disciples of
Ejncurui will attend without fail. An abun
dant supply of all the luxuries and substan
tial.1 of the season will be provided, so that
none will be "sent hungry away." .The
services of two brass bands have already
been secured for the occasion. An oration
will be delivered bj Hon. John S. Rfiey, of
this place, ' His well established reputation
as a cloir.logical and eloquent speaker, will of
Itself, be sufficient to attract a large audience.
Amusements of various kinds will be introdu
ced during the afternoon, including a Trotting
Match, Fox Hunt, Cotillion Party, &c. A
plendid now Saddle and Bridle are offered
as a prise for the fasteet trotting nag. A
tplcndid display of Fireworks will take place
iu the evening. Messrs. John A, Blah &
Co have generously reduced the Hack fare
from Jefferson to Ebensuurg, and return trip,
to half price- We have also been informed
that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will issue Fourth of July excursion tickets
from all. the stations on their road. Come
one, come" all
Oar Relations with Great Britain.
.For some time past, serious. apprehensions
were entertained, that the .difficulties growing
out of the boarding, searching and detention of
American vessels by British cruisers in the
Gulf of Mexico, would result in a- war be
tween the two countries. The result, how
ever, shows that these fears were groundless.
The Uritish Government has promptly dis
avowed the acts of its Naval Officers, The
views of the Government of the Uuited States
with regard to the right of visit and search,
are briefly and pointedly set forth in the fol
lowing extract, from a letter recently addres
sed by General Cass, to Lord Napier. Ave
clip from the Pittsburg 'Union' of yesterday:
"The President of the United States, m
his annual message to Congress, in December,
1841, denounced this pretension to detain
and examine American vessels as an interpo
lation into the maritime code of the world to
which the United States would not ' submit.
The years which have passed since this au
thorative declaration, marked as they have
been by repeated remonstrances against these
aggressions, while they have added notbiog
to tho strength of tbe claim, have served but
to confirm the government m their detcrniin
tion to oppose it. No change of name can
change the illegal character of the assump
tion. Search or visit, it is equally an assault
upon tho independence of nations."
The correctness of the principle laid down
by General Cass, as embodied in the above
extract, is recognized and acknowledged by
the British Governments, so that in all pro
bability, we will never again hear of the
"right of search question." Johnny Hull ev
idently does not at present, cntertaiu the
slightest desire to lock horns with brother
Johnathan.
for What are they contending?
The efforts which are now being made to
unite every faction iu the State in opposition
to the Democratic Party, at the approaching
general election, ore not calculated to excite
the surprise of any ODe who is familiar with
the history of political parties in this country.
For more than half a century, the Democratic
Party has been contending and battling with
an opposition composed of factious frequently
upholding views apparently as far asuuder
as heaven is from earth, and held to
gether only by the adhesive power of plun
der. In 1S56, Millard Fillmore, tho Know
Nothing candidate for President, declared in
a speech which he delivered at Albany, New
York, that the Black Republican party was
sectional in its principles and objects, and
that its principles, if carrici out in tho ad
ministration of the government, would, in a
short time, accomplish tbe dissolution of tbe
Union. But notwithstanding all this, wo
now find Know Nothings and Black Re
publicans the followers of Fillmore and
Fremont rallying around a common stand
ard, for the purpose of defeating the Demo
cratic Party. What is their object in pursu
ing this course, - and for what are they con
tending ? The past history of the opposition
to the Democratic Party affords a perfectly
conclusive and satisfactory answer. They
wish to obtain tbe helm of State, not for the
purpose of administering the government on
equitable, national and patriotic principles,
but for the purpose of tasting tho sweets of
power an J securing the spoils of office. We
! clip from ono of cur exchanges the following
sensible observations ou this subject :
"These continual chauges this being on
ly the fourth programme for the fall cam
paign sufficiently show what are the real
motives of this hybrid opposition, and to what
shifts they are prepared to resort to in order
to secure success. It is manifest that these
constant unions that are being patched ip,
aro not based upon principle, but upon the
sjyoils t What hope can the country, or our
noble old Commonwealth, have of a success
ful and honorable administration of its af
fairs, in the incumbency of a set of men who
have no system of State or National policy to
propose,. but who seek simply to obtain office
at any sacrifice of principle ? The success of
such men, whose sole aim is not the benefit
of the people, but private iutercst, must nec
essarily result- in the Introduction into our
State adrainistaation of the same terrible cor
ruption which has disgraced those of other
States' Are the good people of the Common
wealth prepared to introduce here the Wis
consin system, as developed under Republi
can misrule? We think they will natui ally
prefer the honest, 6traight-forward Demo
cratic mode they bavo been long accustomed
to, and which has so honored and dignified
the Commonwealth abroad.
Dispatches for Lord Napier
New York, June 2G. Lieut. Davis of
the British flag ship India, who arjjjcd in
this city yesterday, with dispatches from ad
miral Stuart, for Lord Napier, proceeded im
mediately to Washington. He reports that
the steadier Devastation, which bad been dis
patched with peremptory orders to the Styx
and Buzzard, not to overhaul any more Amer
ican vessels, had returned to Bermuda, and
reports having fallen in with those vessels,
and delivered the Orders to their commanders
Execution of James Powers.
Wasiungtox, June 26. Notwithstanding
the efforts made to induce the President to
commute tbe sentence of James, be was, to
day, hanged for the murder of which be was
convicted. The execution was conducted
prtvatcly in the jail yard, but multitudes oc
cupied the highest accessible surrounding
points to witness the scene.
They have the whooping couq;h in itolli
dayburg and the measle in Huntingdon, both
in their most malignant forms.
Army Hews.
St. Louis, June 26 The Republican has
just received intelligence taat the Salt Lake
Mail, with Camp bcott dates to June otn,
have been received, and St. Joseph, to the
22d Mr. II, F. Mayer, who-accdmpanied
the mail partv, furnishes the following mem
oranda of the trip: He encountered "a heavy
snowstorm lasting three days, trom Indepen
dence Rock to. Platte .bridge rra$HV Hoff
man twenty miles, and Cap. Mafffj jifry miles
frcm Camp Scott. - Gen. Jobnop "intended
to proceed to Salt. Lake .City as soon as they
arrived. Governor Cuuiniing,' the Peace Com
missioners and the Postmaster had gone into
tho city. The supplies which Col. Hoffman 1
bad dispatched in advance ot the train had
reached Camp Scott, and provisions were plen
ty. On June 12th, left M'CartyV train un
loading at Fort Laramie; -met Perry's train
fifteen miles below the Fort; on the 13th met
another of Perry's trains forty-five miles be
low the Fort ; passed two two trains of Majors
and RusscI'b, at Scott's Bluffe, returning to
the states; met M'Kca's train Sen miles below
Chemney Rock ; passed two trains," Chateau
and Avery's, arid Major's, and RusscTs in
Camp at Lavant's Fork ; on the I4th, met the
Quartermaster for Laramie at Rush Creek,
and Price's train at Smith's Fork ; on the 15th
left two trains of Majors and Russel's, wait
ing to cross South Fork, which was high but
falling; met Major Sedgwick's command of
Cavalry sixteen miles below South torn ; on
the lutb met Mai Grahams Dragoons ten
miles, and Ward's teani3 fifteen mile3 below
Fallon's Bluff ; passed several trains off the
road in. Camp, the names of which are un
known ; met Capt. Robert's command six
miles above Cottonwood Springs ; on tbe 17th
met Hay s train about thirty nnles below Cot
tonwood ; met Col. Monroe ten miles above
Plum Creek; also three of the trains of Jones';
on the 18th met Irwin's and Young's train
eight miles above Fort Kearney ; left three
Companies of 1st Cavalry under Col Sumner
at Kearney ; saw three trains on the upper
road above Kearney, and two trains on the
upper road below Kearney, whose names arc
unknown. On the 19th met a traiu ou eight
miles stretch on Little Blue, name unknown ;
on the 20th met Rush's train four miles from
Big Sandy ; met Col. May and COO head of
beef cattle for Salt Lake , also 900 cattle of
llussel, Waddell, aud Douglas; fifteen miles
cast of Big Blue met Lehon's train and Gen.
Harney, at head-quarters, at Cottonwood, ten
miles xveit of Big Blue ; Harney was travel
ing rapidly, and only that day learned his ap
pointment to the vacant Brigadier General
ship ; on the 21st, met the Salt Lake mail fif
teen miles east of Big Blue asson a
Dyer's train in camp at Vermillion ; on 1
22d, met three trains at Grasshoppers, names
unknown.
The grass was never better as far as Sweet
Water ; from there to Camp Scott very poor
Ail the trains with the troops were getting
along well ; the tattle were looking in fine
order. Uockaday, Jones & Co., mail contrac
tors, were pushing their arrangements with
great energy and perseverance. When they
get stations arranged as contemplated, the
time will be reduced to sixteen days with ease
and certainty.
Mr. Mayer brings no general news from
Camp Scott or Salt Lake.
The Spider and the Fiy-:
A correspondent of the Trenton True Am
erican, in commenting upon the well known
line, "will you walk into my parlor, said the
spider to the fly," sends that paper the fol
lowing. It contains hints which will apply
to other States as well as New Jersey :
"Although the secret circular recently is
sued by the Black Republican State Execu
tive Committee of New Jersey is in itself an
exceedingly silly concoction, aud proves a
total lack of sagacity in the leaders who as
sume to direct that organization; still, it dis
closes some features that can be profitably
studied by Auti-Lecompton Democrats. In
the first place it may be observed that while
the Republicans talk about 'Opposition par
ty,' and 'People's party,' as a convenient
trap into which certain Djniocrats are invited
to walk, they still secretly keep up their dis
tinct anti-slavery organization, with tho in
tention of making it tho controlling cleiueut
in the 'Union' movement, and the Que into
which all the others must finally be absorbed.
The names which figure in that circular as
officers and directors of this underhand move
ment, belong to well-known life-long enemies
of the men and measures of the Democratic
party. This fact is of itself of sufficient sig
nificance to warn every man of Democratic
iastincts, and of Democratic convictions,
against takiug a step which can only lead
him into tbe camp of his enemies, and com
pel him practically to repudiate his long cher
lsued principles. Aumittmg that the Kan
sas policy or the Administration is wrong on
a single point of principle, does that afford to
any honest Democrat justifiable grounds for
traternizing with a political organization
which is in radical antagonism to every prin
ciple of the great Democratic party ? Cau
sucu ayeel-in-tue-wool nunker teueransts as
Samuel G. Gummere, John J. Chetwood,
Philip J. Gray, James T. Sherman, and
Thomas II. Dudley, lead into the Black Re
publican fold a single honest adherent to the
inflexible principles of a Jefferson or a Jack-
son :
"One of the queries of this secret circular
is : ' ill the Americans and Anti-Lecomp
ton Democrats of your county unite with the
Republicans in their next nominations :
Here we see that - the Republicans are still
held up as the absorbing element of the 'op
position,' and Anti-Lecompton Democrats are
invited to come in, as inferior associates, to
the entertainment prepared for them by Know
Nothings and Abolitionists Every honest
and intelligent Anti-Lecompton Democrat in
the State will at once repel so infamous and
degrading a proposition. The short-sighted
'Republican State Executive Cojimittee' have
made an unaccountable blunder at the outset
of the campaign, and have protruded the
cloven foot so palpably that none can mistake
"the beast to which it belongs. Vainly ' , tho
fowler sets his snare in sight of the' bird "
Jt3r"Amoo the resolutions rejected by
the Connecticut Legislature last week, was
one for the release from "State Prison of one
Swayne, who had been sentenced for ten
years. By mistake the resolution was sent
to the Governor with those which had been
passed, and the man was released before the
mistake was discovered.. It has not yet been
determined whether the man can be sent back J English-speaking empire, and Us accompany -to
prison. 1 ing civilization and Christianity.
The Tariff and Bank Paper.
The late Legislature of Massachusetts,
says the Ledger, in its proceedings, gave
evidence of having grown juoro rational in
its notions than-was her wont in years past,
and even more radical than some making
louder pretensions to tariff and bank reform.
One of the committees in that body recently
came out in favor of abolishing all laws for
the .collection of debts, and advanced much
sound reasoning in favor of the project.
Another committee, in the bam e body, about
the same time, brought forward aa argument
of much force growing out of the connection
of the currency with the tariff. The General
"Government has established a eastern of pro
tection more or less stringent and effective;
but the States have undone all the benefits of
such legislation by the extravagance of their
inflations of currency, The web of protec
tion that has been woven by the law inakera
at Washington in the day, has been unravel
led in the night by the law makers in the
States. On this point the report says:
"The national government has established
the system or policy of a low tariff of for
eign import?, with a currency consisting
wholly of the precious metals. The different
State Governments have no control over the
tariff of duties, but they have generally ex
ercised the power of creating a currency of
paper money, by chartering nearly fifteen
hundred banks, with authority to issue notes
to circulate as money, practically to an un
limited extent. The tariff and currency are
kindred subjects, which act and re-act upon
each other; and no financial system, in any
country, can be successful, which does not
combine them and cause them to work in
harmony "
"A fow tariff, with an expanded currency
of paper money, increases the cost of manu
facturing and exposes the manufacturers to
an unequal competition with the products of
foreign labor under a more restricted and
sounder currencv. An excessive paper cur
rency is at all times unsound and unsafe; in
connection with a low tariff of duties, it is
exceedingly detrimental to tho success of
manufacturing and producing classes. It is
at war with our various industrial pursuits
and vocations; it opposes their prosperity by
generating fictitious values of property; aud
in spite of the skill and application so credit
able to our manufacturers, it secures the ad
vantage, even in our own markets, to much
of the competing labor and product of Eu
rope." "In time of peace and uninterrupted com
merce, the benefits of the high prices arising
from an expanded paper currency cannot be
.secured to the industry of our own commu
nity without the protection of a high tariff of
duties: and. as such a tariff cannot now be
had, it is obviously for the interest of New
England with so large a proportion of her
population dependent on industrial and man
ufacturing pursuits, that the currency should
be regulated by restricting it, so as to bring
it nearer in value to the currencies af those
countries tehich are now our great competitors
for the supply of what is consumed by our
own pcple.
'What do wo gain by tbe additions to the
currency in tue iorm oi nans: notes, wuen
California is furnishing an ample supply oi
the precious metals for currency, it the coun
try will not make use of it? Why should the
people of New Euglaod encourage the use of
bank notes for currency and lorce the precious
metal to be sent abroad, to be exchanged for
foreign merchandize, at the very time when
they need protection for their free labor en
gaged in manufacturing employments, against
the immense import ot the products oi lor-
eigu labor received iu exchange for the ex
ports of cotton, tobacco and breadstuff's pro
duced by the servile labor of more genial cli
mates aud more fertile sous
There is much truth in these views of the
Massachusetts Committee, and we are pleased
to see that in that manufacturing Slate, the
people are becoming awake to the disastrous
iuflueucc of the Paper Banking System upon
the labor and industry of our couutiy. I'ol
iticians may talk about Tariffs for the protec
tion ot American interests, but all iariii
Legislation is vain, so long as Banks are per
mitted to fill to overflowing all the channels
of trade, with paper promises to pay, and
thus drive out of circulation and out of the
country, the only true and reliable currency,
that of th Constitution, for which Jackson
contended, and which the interests of cv.r
people and the prosperity of our country re
quire Ehould be greatly enlarged gold and
silver. Jjancaster intelligencer.
British Exploration of the Niger.
The Nipcr, flowing for more than three
thouvand miles, first through the heart of the
'old region, -and then through one of the
finest agricultural regions in the world, must
become the highway for a vast trade. Acting
upon this conviction, a prospectus was re
cently issued by the Central Africa Company
at London, an unndertaking formed to carry
out, under a subsidy trom tho lntiau gov
ernment, a contract for the exploration of the
Niger and its tributaries in steamers of light
draught, the fstabliihmeut of factories, and
the development of trade with the interior of
that continent, J he capital is JLIUU.UUU,
in JCIO shares Trading operations have al-
ready commenced at three factories between
tue moutu oi me iitrer anu lis uuion wiiu
and its
the Chadda.
It will be remembered that the pioneer
vessel of this enterprise, the Day spring, was
lost last year in the Niger near Rabba, a
point about seven hundred miles trom the sea
by the meanderiegs of the river. The party
were still encamped uDder that place as late
as the 31st of March last, all iu the enjoy
ment of good health. The steamer Sunbeam,
which was sent to the rescue, and to enable
them to continue the exploration, was at the
Quorra entrance of the Niger on 'the 221 of
April, waiting for water to ascend.
Another interesting feature in this under
taking, is tho successful launch at Liverpool
on the 26th ult., of a new paddle steamer
named the Iiainboro. She is stated to be 127
feet long, with a beam of 16 feet is 160
tons burthen, and draws 4 feet of water.
Her encine is 50 horse pewer. She is built
of steel plates, being the first vessel of so
I large a size constructed of this newly applied
material, and is divided into twelve compart
ments, placed so as to add to her strength
and safety in case of accident.
Science, commerce, and christian zeal are
doing much for Africa. These and coloniza
tion are founding on that continent, a great
From the I3!oomingtcn (111.) Pantograph.
A True Heroine.
Mrs. Caroline C. Strauburg, wife of P. P.
Stranburg, of this city, ,waS a passenger on
the Pennsylvania, which was burned to the
water's edge in the Mississippi, sixty miles
below Memphis, on Sunday morning, 12th
instant. Mrs. S left her berth just before
the explosion look place ; and when she heard
.the report, which shook every piece of timber
in the boat, she caught hold of her. little child,
which was only - two months' old, and rushed
into the ladies' cabin !at the very moiutnt that
a large piece of machinery came rushing
through the floor. She ran to tho captain's
room and told bim that the boat was on fire,
but be said she was mistaken, and advised
her to be calm. She said she was not mista
ken, and her manner was so earnest that the
oaptain thinking she might be correct, went
down to tbe boiler deck. He returned in a
short time, and remarked to Mrs S., "There
is no danger now the fire has been subdued."
Mrs. S., however, would not be convinced,
bhe insisted that the boat was in flames, and
told the captain to make preparations for
sa-
ak I
vmg he passengers. As she finished sneak
ing, the flames broke through the cabiu floor
aud m less than a minute the cabin was filled
with f-moke. She saw that the time for ac
tion bad arrived, and she knew that her life
and that of her child depended upon her own
exertions; so sho went down the private stair
case, and was fortunate enough to reach the
boiler deck iu safety Knowing that bhc
would perish by fire, if she staid on the boat,
she determined to leave it, and run the risk
of meeting her death by another method.
She accordingly seized a board about seven
feet long and eight or ten inches wide, and
grasping her child with one arm and the board
with the other, plunged into the river.
The current, owing to the high stage of
water, was very rapid, and Mrs. S, had as
much as the could do to keep herself and
child above the surface; but she proved equal
to the dangerous situation in which she was
placed, and her perilous journey down tbe
river would not have been attended with half
the danger that it was, if her unselfish heait
had not prompted her to save a man who was
unable to save himself. A fhort time afier
leaving the boat, she saw a man struggling
in the water, aud she knew froui his move
ments that be was too much exhausted to save
himself from going to the bottom; 60 she gen
erously and nobly jeopardized her life to save
his; she grasped his arm, at the risk of being
pulled from her frail -support, and assisted
him in getting upon a little j Lcs of plank
that was hardly sufficient to keep herself and
child cbove the surface of the Father of
Waters.
After floating for an bcur and a half, the
three were rescued by some men. who, hav
ing heard the explosion, launched a small
boat, and started up stream to render assis
tance to the unfortunate sufferers. When
the man who was rescued by Mrs. Stranberg
placed his feet in the boat.be tried to express
the gratitude which he felt for his preserver ;
but his heart wrs so full of thankfulness that
his tongue refused to give utterance to his
grateful feeling. Mrs. Stranburg left this
city abont three months ago, and went to
Clinton, Miss., her birth-place, where her
parents reside. She took passage on the Penn
syhania, at Vicksburg, and wan fortunate
enough to arrive at her own -hou.e in hc
city on Monday evening. Her conduct enti
tles her to the admiration cf all who can ap
preciate a noble act,
Latest from California.
New Yokk, June 27. The bteamer Moses
Taylor arrived from Aspinwail, with 1,S00
000 in specie, aud the California mails of the
5th inst The Moses Taylor left at Aspin
wail the United States steamer Colorado,
which arrived ou the 17th, from St. Domiu-go-
The U. S. sloop-of-war, Jamestown,
from Grcytcwn, touched the same day, and
sailed for Havana.
The Colorado brought intelligence that
President Bafz, of the Dominican republic,
had capitulated to Santauna, and was to
leave St. Domingo on the 13th for Coaacoa.
Most of his adherents had left rhe day pre
vious. General Santana had given Commo
dore Mcintosh the strongest assurance of the
protection of American citizens, and desired
him to express to his government his wish to
maintain t'uo most amicable relations. It is
said that the Commodore succeeded in ob
taining from President Baex all the docu
mants for whicn be was pent. The Colorado
was to sail on the 21st for Havana.
The United States steamer Saranac, and
the Vaudaba, were lying at
Decatur sailed on the 13th,
I1
anama.
The
and tbe Merri-
nac on the 12th.
The excitement in California, relative
to
tbe Frazer river gold mines, continues.
Three thousand persons bare already left
San Francisco for that region.
The California mines are yielding largely;
and the accounts from every section are high
ly favorable. The - agricultural prospects
were never brighter; a full harvest is confi
dently anticipated
A fire oocurred at Nevada on tho 22d of
May, which destroycerearly all the business
portion of the city. The loss is estimated at
$13,000.
The towu of San Andrea, Calaveras coun
ty, was entirely destroyed by fire on the 21
of June.
Ten buildings were burned at San Fran-
ciseo, May 31st. Less 40,000.
The United States Sumerging steamer,
Shubrick, from Philadelphia via Panama, ar
rived at San Francisco, May 27th.
The California papers contain more than
the usual amount of murders, assassinations,
casualties, &c.
Oregon'. The advices from Oregon arc
to May 24th They announce a general In
dian outbreak there. Col. Stephen's com
mand on Smoke river, was attacked on
May
16th. and forced to retreat, with the loss
fifty privates, three officers, and two bowitz
ers, the baggage wagons and nearly all the
auimals. librae companies, of dragoons and
one of infantry weoe engaged with 1500 In
dians; two of the officers killed wore Gapt.
Winder, of Maryland, and Lieut Gassen.
ihe name of the third was not giren
XAn interesting breach of promise case
was lately tried at Louisville. Miss Maria
Cummings sued Mr. Allen Sutton for court
ing her for three years, and then marrying
another sweetheart. The Jury gave Miss
Maria damages to the amount of 2,000
The Hollidayiburg Bank of Central haR al
yeady gone into operation. '
The "Protective" Party.
The stale trick is to be tried aa
cf
in a.
!nS P'7(WIW5 a euuiuiute ior princi J
ihe old rederal party, having disgrac,j ,i
the names, titles aJJ 1 designations vThitj)
have adopted at different times, are now sb- J
to repudiate their late party designation Ea,
putting on a new disguise. Thev havA,,!!
tedearal Republicans. National Republican"
Democratic Whigs, and now. thoy havs t'
cured a fresh mask wbk;hr they are to r call
"American Republican " The name is Cc
the party is as old as the Hartford Conrrt
tion, or tbe Cow Bojs of the America K0t
olution
This party is about to "protect" what'
Its past political history will answer that
question. Protect tho manufacturing Car,i
talit in his insolent demands upon th op;r.
atives; protect Capital at the expettsA of J4!
bor, and droues at the o xpense of honest in
dustry v This is the protection that part j La
ever sought, the only protection if has ctc
afforded. Will that party which is now hvpoc-riticil.
0 .. uave r,rt.r.
lj cautiug about iudustry (the only industry
its leaders ever practice is industry incojJ-
ing mat wnicn omers nave earnou) will tfca
party afford the toiling operativo "protection"
again?t the overwhelming rrrin nd distrcf
which are periodically produced by tLe swind
ling shaving-shops, the paper niouey hanky.
Will they give us a guaranty that the Me
chanics an 1 Workingmen, whom they love so
devotedly just previous to an election, tlia'j
be ' protected" from being d'hehargej fr0DI
employment whenever it suits the " interest
the whim, or tho caprice of the lordly uMM1'
facturcr to suspend business? Wc paute r3r
a reply.
The 'Creole" British Practices
,W e seo it s.ated that the American vessel
"Creole," seized by a BntUh cruiser, hsi
been condemned as a tlaver, and that the
captain declined to claim an American protee
tion. This brings in question a practice ly
British cruisers which deair-nds the promrt
and serious attention of our Govercaitnt
This same "Creole" is the vessel which
Commodore Rogers, remarks in his letter to
the Secretary of the Navy, that Lieut pr.-j
"said that the Cie-o'o was a slaver, aziils,
soon after the capture, colors and papers V,i
disappeared, the captain declaring timl
was not eutitled to Ameiican papers or colors
The meaning of this is, that wLea liriti'b
cruisers take an American vessel engae-1 in
the slave trade, if tbe captain eliinjs protec
tion in his American character. thrvw.nM
bo obliged to give the vessel up, a::d therelv
lose the bounty of five pounds ('Jo; a lead
on the captured skves. Now , the Uritish ofn
ccrs understand this very well ; thev kn w
t'lat our Government has refused to allow ;Le
seizure of American vciSt Is under pny cir
cumstances ; but they also know tLat t'le tlr.
trade, when carried on by hn American vessel,
is declared pi acy by our laws; thoy, there
fore, manage to frighten the ciptain Lv rep
resenting to Lim that if he insists upa the
American character of Lis vessel, and it ;j
maintained, he will be bun; for a pL-alu,
whe;e-a?, by reueuncing that character, 1 o
only loses his vessel and carcro. This dod-t
gcucrally succeeds, as, in tie case of lis
Creole ; and beace, in the xiire language cf
Lt. l ym, the American colors and papctsiii
appear, and the English oSeers get an unr-
sisting prize, and their Government getsr.'u
of all responsibility.
We do not make this charge unalviJIv.
tae practice can ue proven tv tie nieces:
authority, and the motive is evident; &-id if
our Government shall undertake to investigate
the matter, we pledge ourselves to furnisli tAs
testimony.
The Late Murder in Kansas.
The editor of the Paterson Dady Dm
crot speaks, of the late atrocity in Kaaa- n
follows :
uenerai dames n. ljane, wlio his
33 much as any other man living to crea.
ferment and perpctuato thj troubles wi:
which the territory of Kansas has been a:
tatcd for the past few years, has aided to b
notoriety' by shooting down, ia coll blox
and instantly killing one of his free soil c
adjutors, named Jenkins, a gentleraaa
bad alwavs sustained a verv reputable a::
creditable character. Lane, :t is we-likn:'.
is the Republican candidate for the Us
States Senate, an office that be has
to ever since be Erst entered the terrilo: cf
Kansas; to entitle bimseif to which te t15
not failed to commit any excess in fcispoff
to the prejudice and mjurv of Lis politicsi ex
ponents . lie has mauaged, contrary to l
and in opposition to good order, to keep-;
a military organization in the territory, c:--l
rosed cliienv of reckless and dannz aive-
rers. who, under various subordinate leafc
were formed into predatory. band, wbi;
roamed about the country, committing our.
ges that rendered them a terror to a'A go:
citizens,
"Lane's grst reason assigned for Jcsir:::
a seat in the National Senate was, that -
might advance the cause of freedom ; but i
has more receutly declared that his
tion was to obtain an equality with Stc;-:
A. Douglas, that be might thus be lw,f
theprivilcgc of shooting that gentleman. -Stephen
bad refused to accept his cLa.Vsi
on tho ground of bis superiority of p':''ot
Now this is unkind and cruel in the tjeser
al Tbe Little Giant is claimed by la
Tan. as ueinir me mosi &uie p-
crful champion of their rigtus, and thereto:
tuey suouin noi ieei gieawy umifc -
cral Jim should he carry out his resolute
put the Illinois Senator out of the wsj
a piece cf hot or cold lead.
"The General, however, seems dew.
ned to keep bis hand in at the kilbcg ,t
ness, so that if be should succeed ia rcac
the Senate, there will be but a sorry ft. -
r AT- i-v- 1 A .U.) imn Sine?,
of
Jenkins, a peaceable freo-state man, w-J 1
living on the same claim witn .uaiie,
right to which be contested with bin, ."
water, a well which the General bw ; 1
in and forbidden to use, when Lane
ately Eliot ana Ktuea uis neiu.,
nn tvral of Jenkins' friends who
th6 transaction, fired upon the bene- i
wounded him in tno leg. inn ne:l
pleasant little love-teasta :nai i .
ot the democracy, wno are piauua n
of union, are constantly uaviug
selves."
y Don't forget to
tion next Saturday.
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