democrat & BaittncL
C. Si. MIHKAY, Kditor and Publisher.
EBENSBURG.
WEDNESDAY MORKIXG:::::
.AUGUST 4.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT.
WILLIAM A. PORTER.
Of Philadelphia.
canal coMjnssroxiRv
WESTLEY FROST
Of Fayette County.
FOR CONGRESS,
CYRUS L. PERSHING,
Subject to the desdsion of the District Conference,
Constable Flattery started in pursuit. M'
Culloch finding that he was perked, rede xAo
the woods, drew out a pistol, and shot the
horse twice in the hea l. The horse, stracgJ
to say, was still living yesterday rsorniDg.
M'Culloch then fled, and .after an exciting
chase, was arrested about five miles below
Johnstown, on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
He is now safely lodged in durance vile.
Stabbixgi Affrat. We learn that an af
fray occurred in Cherrytree Borough, Indi
ana count',, last Sunday eveuinj,. betwcea
two brothers named Benjamin and Joshua
Davis, which will probably result in. the death
of the former. Joshua it appears was intox
icated, and beating his- wife in the SWercst
possible manner. Benjamin interfered to
prevent thie. and a fight immediately ensued
betvreen them, wheD Joshua immediatly drew
a knife from hi-: pocket, and stabbed Benja
min in th.o neighborhood of the heart. Ben
jam.Va wc.d living at last accounts; bat slight
j hopes were entertained of his recovery. Josh-
1 . . t T 1 j 1 T IT
ua lias Deen arrestee ana toagea in iuo auui-
ana county jail.
COUKTY TICKET
FOR
THOMAS
ASSEMBLY,
H. PORTER
IOR SHERIFF,
JAMES MYERS
BSZ'A man named John Walker, was ar
rested in the neighborhood of Johnstown, last
Saturday, and committed to jail by Justice
Cohick, on the charge of attempting to com
mit an outrage on the person of a little girl
named Pickwortb, the daughter of a Mr. John
Pickworth, who resides within about two
miles of Johnstown. The parents of the child
were absent at the time. Walker was accom
panied by a man named James Wallaek, who
succeeded tn making bis escape and in ttili at
arse.
FOR COMMISSIONER,
ABEL LLOYD
FOR ACDITOR,
HENRY HAWK
FOR POOR IIOUSE
MICHAEL M
DIRECTOR,
'GUIRE
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY COMMITTEE.
THOMAS McCONXELL, Esi.. of Sumnierhill,
Chairman.
Allegheny, James McGongh,
Jtfacklick, Joseph Mardis,
Cambria, Thomas O'Coimtll,
Carroll, John Buck,
Carrolltowu, Henry Scanlan,
Chest, Washington Douglass,
Chest Springs, Montgomery Douglass,
. Clearfield, Edward 11. Donigan,
Conemaugh, David Williams,
Cuiiemaugh Borough, John Brawley,
Croyle, Win. Murray,
EhensLurg, T 1 lYnlon,
Callitzin, Jol.n Trainer,
Johnstown
First Ward, J. F, Barnes,
Second " (. Nelson Smith,
Third T. L. Hover,
Fourth " Nathan W. llorton,
lioretto, James O'Donnell,
Minister, John Thomas,
Richland, CJeorgo Orris,
Summit ville, James W. Condon.
Susquehanuah, Charles WeaklauJ,
Washington, Joseph Burgoon,
Taylor, George Kurtz,
White, George Walters,
Yodcr, D. B. Ciamer.
JC?" The absence of the Editor from home
to-day, will we trust, bo a sufficient apolo
for any typographical or other errors in the
present number.
OPPOSITION COUNTY CONVENTION.
jC5T"We had the pleasure last Friday of
taking by the hand, Morchcadoi the Indiana
Independent, and Camjtbtll of the Blairsville
Record. They are both gentlemanly whole
souled fellows, and wo sincerely hope that
the Newspapers they conduct may prove to be
paying institutions.
jT2We have been prevented by business,
rom paying much attention to our editorial
duties this week.
is
Wo find in the columns of tho last Johns
town Tribune, a call for an opposition County
Convention, at the Court House, in this Bor
ough, on the 10th inst The delegate elec
tions will be held on the 7th inst. The Con.
veution is to be composed of delegates from
every faction in tho county, now arrayed in
opposition to the National Democracy. "The
object of said Convention, (we quote from the
call,) will be to select Congressional Confer
cee to meet like Conferees from the counties
of Blair, Somerset and Huntingdon, and also
if it be deemed advisable by said Convention
to nominate a county ticJcet." Tho call
feigned by A C Mullin, "Chairman of op
position County Committee."
Tho part of the above extract from the ca
which we have italicized, contains an import
ant hint with regard to the tactics of tho op- '
position. They will nominate a ticket provi
dtl always they think it can be elected.
Gentlemen, release yourselves from all anx
iety on that point; it can't bo elected. The
Mountain Democracy are not disposed at
present, to abandon their old landmarks, and
their candidates, for the purpose of allowing
you to boast that you have triumphed on the
t?oil of Cambria. The entire Democratic
County ticket, can aud will bo elected in spite
of all your puny efforts.
Tho contest among tho ojiposition in this
county for Congress- is at present exciting.
Abraham Kopelin, Esq., and George S.
King, Esq., are the candidates, and their
claims to tho nomination are urged by their
respective friends with an earnestness and
zeal unusual among the opposition in this
county. We do not know which of tho rivals
will triumph, nor do we care. If Pershing
is tho Democratic Standard bearer in this dis
trict, our triumph is certain.
jT2?See the adverisemcnt of Dr. Sanford's
'Liver Invigorator" in another column.
Two Men Suffocated in a "Well.
A most melancholy accident occurred on
Thursday, on the property formerly owned
by Felix Bobe, but now by Mr. John Albeitz,
near the grounds of the Agricultural Society,
in the rsintu tv ard. lue premises are be:ur
put in repair, and anions other improve
ments a well had been dug in the yard, which
was intended to receive the contents of an old
vault attached to a water closet. When it was
completed, the workmen engaged upon it,
proceeded to tap the old receiver. To effect
this purpose, a platform had been constructed,
abont eight feet from the bottom, and the
well being in depth only twenty-two feet
fourteen feet from the top. This platform
was made of cross pieces, and the two men
placed themselves in a sitting posture, while
they worked ignorant or unthoughtful of the
frightful risk which they were incurring. An
orifice was scarcely effected, before the well
was filled with foul air, and the two men fain
ted away from its effects. A tLird person,
David Hay, who" beheld the disaster from
above, called others to his assistance, and was
lowered to their relief; but he had not descen
ded far until, overcome by the noxious gas,
he reeled and fell upon the platform. Those
who had collected at the mouth of the well.
now procured a hook, and made an effort to
grapple the unfortunate victims, but were
unable to eret hold of any but Havs. upon
whose arm tho hook fastened above the elbow,
and he was drawn forth. After laboring with
him an hour or more, he was resuscitated. In
the meanwhile, the well filled with water, and
all hope of saving the others was obliterated.
The accident occurred at half-past eleven
tfclock, and they were not removed from their
position until forty-fiva minutes after twelve.
Their names were Francis Granger and Wil
liam Whyer. Tho former was about forty
five years of age, and was employed in lumber
yards, and and at well digging. He lived in
the Eighth Ward not far from the Round
House, upon the Central Railroad, and leaves
a wife and one child Whyer lived in Alle
gheny city, and a wife and six children re
main to lament his loss. He was about fifty
years of age, and engaged generally iu the
same employment as U ranger, lhey were
1 ., . J 1 i.ll.
DOtu nonesi, inaasirioua auu re-eciauie men,
True J'rcss.
From the London Times, July 6.
The Leviathan and the Atlantic. Cable.
The cause of the failure thus far we cannot
even conjecture. The American ship brings
the news home, and if its people bad simply !
stated that the breakage was- not on their side,,
and that all they knew about it was the ces
sation of the signals from the Agamemnon,
we should naturally ha70 concluded that it :
was at the latter ship When, however,
they add to this that the electricians on board
had experimented on tho broken cable, and
had thereby arrived at tho conclusion that the
breakage must have been at or iiear the Ag
lnemnon, they take the niat.ter altogether out
of the depth of the uiearned public, and
leave us to ima'.Le or suspect anything we
please. If it is possible to measure over so
approximately the length of a wire by elec
trical experiments at one end, then we have
nothing to do but wonder at the progress of
science and ark. But we wait for further in
formation, particularly from tho people oa
board the Agmemnon.
The electrical conditions of the problem be
ing known, this is only a mechanical question,
with no other chances of uncertainty than
those of an ordinary mar'atmie character,
winds, waves, currents, and 'what may be
called the deep-sea anchorage on which the
cable had to rest. With regard, then, to the
mechanical difficulties, and to the provisions
made against them, it cannot be said that this
trial was a very hopeful one. ''Two ships
gave a doublo c banco of failure. Each was
evidently unequal to its moiety of the work,
having neither proper stowage room for the
cable nor for the proper quantity of coils.
The Niagara left our chores so deep in the
water as to excite misgivings in all who saw
her; and then we were told, though the Ag
memnon looked better, she was, in fact, a
ship of less tonnage,
The paying out tho tackle and the brake
had been proved with a success which the
scientific alone could appreciate. The spec
ulation was, that just now we should proba
bly have the Atlantic at its calmest, which,
as it turns out, has not been the case. To
judge from the picture of the expedition as it
sailed from our chores, Agamemnon and Ni
agara so filled with their huge freight that
the gigantic coils spread from the hold into
every cunrooni, ranrway, and cabin, we
were reiving too much on the favor of the el
ements, and laying ourselves at the mercy of
T. - ' I 1
tueir caprice. it is premature, liiucuu,
to say that we have been beaten by the ele
ments; but the next attempt ought to combine
every precaution su-rgested by the past.
A euirirestion has been made several times
to these columns, and feems to us worth con
sidering. The Leviathcn is as yet only a
shell- Except that it has not even her en
gines on board, it is exactly in that state, to
which, at great difficulty and cost, the Aga
memnon and Niagara have been reduced for
this service. In the Leviathan, any length
of cable that could possibly be required could
be held and stowed in tho manner most con
venient for paving out. The pitch of that
huge vessel will be quite inconsiderable in the
From the Leavenworth (.Kansas) Times, July 17.
The Storm and Flood in Kansas Houses
Floating Off.
We had another deluging storm of rain on
the night of the 15th. The day had been sul
try. Yet a breeze had softened the heat, and
our citizens stood it bravely. But towards
nigbt dark murky clouds gathered in the
north, and about 9 o clock, P. M., the roar of
thunder and tho vivid flashes of lightning
gave unmisakeablo signs of a stormy night
Soon after y o clock the rain began to Ian,.
and it fell as if the heavens- were made of wa
ter. The effect upon Three Mile Creek was
instaatneoufi. It oTerSowed its banks, and
by mooalight was higher than ever known to
be by the oldest inhabitant. The Villa House,
Wing's grocery and all the buildings in the
neighborhood at the crossing of the Govern
ment road were under water some four,
some three, and some one foot.
But at or near midnight the neighbors in
that section of the city, (who had &o- ress that
night,) heaid the cry of distress. The wild
shout of " help !" " help 1" sounded strange
ly as borne on the wings of the wild storm
then raging. It wa3 ascertained that some
wagons were in the creek.
Brave fellows volunteered, and very soon
the water-bound were relieved. The wagons
had to- be abandoned. Enough that life was
made secure. Goods, beds, and what not,
had " to go " The men, women and chil
dren threatened with death by the madden
ing freshet, were relieved. Then came ano
ther cry of danger.
Houses from Cincinnati (three were borne
away on the bosom of the waters) came float
ing down the creek. One evidently had a
family in it. Near Wing's grocery their cry
for help was heard. Some few men breasted
the storm, took out from the floating build
ing a mother, who had been confined to a
sick bed for some four weeks, and four chil
dren, and cared for them.
In South Leavenworth, where we happen
ed to be, we supposed that the people in the
wagons and in the house had been lost
Some of us got down almost to the bridge,
but the land slide had been swept away, and
there was no possibility of crossing, or of
lending aid to sufferers on the other side.
The people in the neighborhood of Wing's
at the crossing on the government road, be
haved nobly. Young and oil were out, ready-
to do what they could, to breast the darkness,
lit up only by the lightning, and the fearful
storm, and the angry waters, to gave life, and
even to rescue property.
All the bridges are swept awav, or t?o brok
en as to be impassable by teams. Lumber,
parts of houses, large planks. c., are scat
tered along the creek, telling too plainly of
tho fierceness of the storm and the fury of
the waters. We rejoice, however, that no
lives were sacrificed, and hope it may be long
ere such another blast of wind and rain may
visit us.
Conemaugh
Constable Flattery of
Borough, furnished a young man named
Samuel M'Culloch with lodgings in the Jail
in this place, yesterday evening. It appears
that M'Culloch had obtained a horse from a
Mr. Patrick Nevin of Johnstown, under the
pretenco of borrowing him for the purposo of
taking a short trip into the country. Nevin
shortly afterwards ascertaining that M'Cul
loch was a hardened scoundrel, and that ho
intended appropriating the horso to his own
use, procured a warrant for hii arrest, and
roughest seas, and the strains on the cable
will be therefore uniform. Sufficient length
may be taken on board for the most lavish
use of the cable, to even twico tho distance
from one shore to the other.
It is plain we must not bo stingy of mate
rial if we are to succeed. J he ingenious
writers who enlightened the public on the
wonders of the deep, tell us that currents car
ry the cable miles out of the ships course be
fore it touches the bottom; that, ever so freely
paid out. the cable probably hangs in festoons
from one submarine mountain top to another;
and that, even if the cable is eo fortunate as
to escape the sharp edge of a precipice, mere
suspension between two distant points may
stretch it beyond its strength. If this be so,
the more cable wc have, within reason, the
better.
No ship afloat but the Leviathan could car
ry ample supply for the whole distance. It
alone could carry coals sumcienc ior paying
out the whole cable at the rate of five, four,
and three miles an hour, if necessary, and
could afford, even in the midst of the process,
to make any delay that might be thought ad
visable. Whatever mao be thought of this
suggestion, we feel assured that nobody really
expects much from a fleet of four ships sailing
cut to rendezvous in tho middle of the Atlan
tic to lay down one cable all tho ships con
fessedly overtasked, and all of them reckoning
upon good weather and other favorable cir
cumstances. There is a unity and simplicity
about tho undertaking that ill accord with so
complex and hazardous a process.
Kore of the New El Dorado
We yesterday entered at some length into
the chances of making sudden fortunes in the
new El Dorado of the North, and are now
glad to perceive that the San Francisco Her
ald an exccllcat journal by the way dis
cusses freely and impartially both sides of
the question, giving the shadows as well as
lights. The editor is decidedly of opinion,
that for workmen the rato of wages iu Cali
fornia arc as high as could be wished, and
that employment is far nioro certain in Sau
Francisco and other large towns, than at or
near Frazer Diver. The following table of
rato is given, as paid at the Navy Yard and
Mare Islaad :
Salaries and Wages of about S00 persons now
employed at tho United States Navy Yard,
Mare I:-land :
Master masons,
Foreman of masons,
Journeymen masons,
rorcman of stone cutter9
Journeymen stone cutters,
do. plasterers,
do. slaters,
Foreman of ship carpenters,
Journeymen ship carpenters,
do. . ship calkers,
Master carpenter of buildings,
I oreman do. do.
Journevmea do. do.
$8,00 per day,
7.50 "
$5a
coo
7.50
6.00
6.00
6.00
8.00
7.00
7.00
8.00
6.25
5.50
8 00
7.50
6.00
4.00
3.60
3.00
it
From the Boston Evening Journal. Julv 2G.
Death of a Little Girl from Hydrophobia.
The littlo daughter of Wm. G. Lewis,
Esq , of Franiineham, who was bitten some
four weeks siuce by a mad dog, exhibited, on
Thursday evening last, the first symptoms of
disease. She complained of her throat, and
soon after began to dread the sight of water,
shuddering whenever it was put before her,
or even spoken of. During the progress of
the disease, she would frequently complain of
hunger and thirst, but when offered food or
drink, it would distress her greatly, and she
would turn away shivering, and hide her face.
Convulsions became very frequent and severe,
and the child seemed to suffer intense agony,
complaining of her throat ear and head, and
losing her consciousness while they lasted.
During the absence of the paroxysms, Bhe
possessed the use of all her faculties in a re
markable degree, her sense of hearing partic
ularly being very ucute. An attempt was
made to administer ether, but it affected her
so violently that it had to be discontinued
Dr. Whitney, her physician, succeeded on
Saturday in giving the child some morphine,
repeating the doses frequently and keeping
uer unuer us innucnce, as it appeared to mit
igate the severity of the spasms, which grad
ually lessened until death relieved her from
misery on Sunday afternoon.
The child's face had been much lacerated
by the dog. having been bitten in four or five
places, tearing down the sides of her mouth.
and all the wounds but this had entirely heal
ed bdlorc any eigns of sickness appeared .
JtST Col. Robert Evans, of Blairsville.
has purchased the " Marker House," in tha
village, for 1D,575.
From the Genius of Liberty.
Broke Jail Ground and Lofty Tumbling.
On Monday night of last week two prison
ers came near making their escape from the
County Jail. They were Mills, who entered
M'Clelland's hotel in June last, and Ilibbon
who committed a burglary in Conncllsville
Mills Pot the hobbies off his feet by rubbing
the rivot with a small stone procured in his
cell. His feet being freed he soon got luto
open hall of the jail by breakiug the lock of delphia.
his cell door. l'rompT.cu, no aouuc, uy a.
fellow feeling." the same that makes folks
"wondrous kind," he lent his assistance to re
lease Ilibbon. Hibbon's hoboles, however,
were too strong, and could not be cot off.
About three o'clock in the morning Mills con
cluded to take his departure leaving Ilibbon
behind, who would not venture with bis teet
chained together. Just as Mills was going
over the wall the noise aroused Sheriff Boyd,
who sprang out of bed, and with no clothing
but his shirt, commenced pursuit. A few
steps back of the jail is a high bank, covered
witu a strong growm oi inisues. l'liua too
down this bank and the Sheriff close after him
in his naked condition. Both running and
rolling together soon reached the bottom, the
Sheriff, like the dog and the wolf, a little
ahead. Mills sprang to his feet and started
at full speed up the next hill and the Sheriff
after him. Mills, exhausted no dou"3t trom
his efforts in breaking out, soon gave up the
chase and sat down The Sheriff then took
hold of him and returned him to jail. Be
twecn the scratching of the thistles and run
ning over stones, tho Sheriff on his return
found his shins and feet very badly skinned,
Master blacksmith,
Foreman. do.
Journeymen do.
Helperrs oi do.
Masons' laborers,
Excavators, &c,
Regular employment at tho abovo rates
may be considered an inducement ior goou
workmen, although journeymen masons who
are engaged on buildings at present progress
ing in this city, receive from G to 7 per
day, and other mechanics in proportion.
The intelligence thus far from Frazer River,
is regarded by the Herald as mere hearsay.
Those who desire to emigrate hither, should,
therefore, be particular for their own sakes,
in obtaining reliablo information. By way
of showing the necessity of caution, we sub-
join the ioiiowing extract oi a letter received
per the Jloscs laylor, by a citizen ot l'hila-
The Physical Geography of the Sea.
The above is the title of a new work by
Lieut Maury of the National Observatory at
Washington.
This book is the most elaborate of the
woiks published in this country; piobabfy
the ablest heretofore published in the world,,
designed especially ti observe, record, and
classify all the phenomena upon the science of
meteorology and navigation, iuis h preem
inently a practical aga of ours, all scientific
truths are mainly sough out, because oi tueir
bearing in promoting-the comfort, welfare and
happiness of tbe human race, iiencc inauc
tive scene, in opening up the two grand fields
of modern discovery, the ocean and atmos
phere, is mainly engaged in exploring them
because ot their tendency to lasiutate com-
mercial intercourse between the old and new
continents.
Lieut. Maury, if not the projector, has at
least been the most successful collector of
facts respecting the winds, tides, currents,
and temperature of the ocean; the results" of
whish, entitled V mds and Currents Charts,
he" published a few years since.
The use of these charts have already re
duced fully 25 per cent, the time required to
make voy ages in sailing vessels across the
great oceans of our globe. The most of the
maratimc nations of the world bent delegates
to a conference at Brussels in 1853, aud
agreed upon a system of meteological obser
vations throughout the world on land and
ocean, that before long must be collected and
published, will be of incalculable value ti
physical science and the commerce of the
world.
The English Admiralty have organized a
department to superintend these observations,
and the N?.tional Observatory at Washington,
under Lieut Maury'a superintendence, has
now the benefit of nearly all our army and
naval officers, and thousands of accurate ob
servers connected with cur commercial ma
rine, are engaged in observing and noting
facts, which, when they have been arranged
and classified by fcueh a mind as Maury's,
must be of great value to advance science,
and promote the welfare of man.
That mighty river of warm water in the
Atlantic ocean, the Gulf Stream, moving on
ward with a current one thousand times great
er in volume, and more rapid in its velocity
than the Mississipppi river, has become, in
stead of a bug-bear, a boon to navigation.
In regard to the causes of this remarkable
phenomenon we cannot in the present state
of science satisfactorily answer; though we
do know that tho theory of Dr. Fraklin here
tofore generally adhered to is not in accor
dance with the facts and observations since
made. Whatever be the cause which propels
this mighty current of heated water from the
torrid zone into tha North Atlantic Ocean, it
there produces very marked effects upon the
climate ef that otherwise inhospitable region,
and causes most of the food necessary to feed
the starving whale and other sea monsters
that inhabit rls gelid waters.
Another remarkable fact established by
these observations is that nearly double the
quantity of rain falls north of the equator to
what falls south of it. The mean annual fall
of rain, evaporated principally from the tor
rid zone, and by the winds and currents of
the atmosphere, carried, abroad and deposited
in the foria tf moisture, is estimated as equal
to an ocean 24,000 miles long. 3,000 miles
broad and 10 feet deep. "Thij immense
amount of water is annually raised up into
the sky and brought down again by the ex
quisite, though somewhat complex, medium
of atmosphere, which never wears out, breaks
down nor fails to do its work at the right
time and in the right way."
In regard to the depth of the ocean, former
experiments were reported to have been made
of soundings to the depth of 30 40 anJ
even 50,000 feet without reaching the bottom.
But more recent and more reliable experi
ments have shown that tho greatest depth of
the ocean docs not exceed 25,000 feet, et
four and. three quarter miles. They have
also found a ridge on telegrapic plateau, ex
tending from (Jape Clear in Ireland, to Cape
llaco in Newfoundland, a distance of 1,640
miles, at no point exceeding 10,000 feet
deep. On this riJge the effort is being made
to deposit the Atlantic Telcgr?pic Carlo
Indian Massacre on the Piayy
persons .Killed.
Goloma Republican er,
Tl. e n. - lLli
u tuutsuiy last by a Mr 1
frcttrt .Tnrtann pnnnf.. Xi
The
lowing
as
"-unvu toumy, iMlSSOUri
iaius r,r
. , .u "uiib aim EiramLt'
ner
He says ho left Independent v
bis wife and two children on t'l"
June, 1857, in Colonel Gilr;',. i
1 r :;
sistingot X'l persons, bound f,rV
Y hen they arrived at Salt Late ,
were stopped by order of Brigham V
were forced to remain there urn '
Cummiug entered the city, j, ,a'
allowed to pursue their in,, t
with no trouble until they rc-i'lj 1
Stony Point, where tUy
night.
About ten o'clock at E1ht thev -tacked
by a large band of pab L"t' :
or, as our informant thinks, wbJr-
guiseu as Auaians this belief yBr
tned by s&irxs remarks whK .
ham Young address to ColoptftVv7
icey leit can j.aKe, to tbe effect t -r
1 1 1 ctl l
ui me viuyuy buoui i ever rach f
and in fact, that no emigrants"
through until the United inncs lb
restitutioa to them for what tbe v u7'
J 1) A .V. i- . V"..--
uu ttiiuncu lucui IU live m Tt' o
time the attack was rLale tUv
asleep, (it appears they kept xn'rl
the hrfct intimation of das?-? !!
was a volley from their foes,
among them.
Our informant states that wbqi V;
he could discover none of Lis c-e-v
and thinking his only chance f t -
get away, no lmmediattlv
ceeded in gaining a lcd-v
were at no great d.Uanoe ho
which he crept and thus escaped r'ij
Jle remained in his Li-Jmg place f.r.
nights, when be concluded tin In
take the chance of getting awivt;r J
tuere and dying ot huer nl ;
started and succeeded in getting :.
At that time he discovered Ii
coming along the road, aud tLli..:
be Indians, he thought Lis t:.ie L
lint n iTioxr rai-ir rvfar.r 1 .-.
they were white men uiea trLs xr:
Lake with the army, aul vr.r;
through to California. Hec.
to the party his condition, ktii;;
by theiu went to the seen; of tLe :
There they fouud the bodies of sir.
his wife who had boen scalped, i::
children, who had their ka'.Ls
They buried the bodies, a pjrtL:
had been devoured Ly wild auiaui
engaged in that nielancLoly- du; y, J.
another man who Lai e.-caped ;.;
came to them. It a7-a-. s tharir
gained the shelter of the rocks
lain concealed. When he cau.e :.
was the firt time he knew tliat ar,v.
exception of hinelf, Lai escape:
came the balance of tbe way tiCa.s
with the packers who Lai eoopportuL
to their rescue. Mr. Jylcn l-.-ft X
with the packers in Carson Valley,
tions the names of Robert anl J-La
John West, Wm. and 1'e'crN l':
of Col. Gilpin's
were killed.
a - i
ua:r. am aiiiu-
San Francisco, July 4, 1858.
You will see by the papers that more than
twenty thousand people have left for Irazr
River. 1 here is a great deal of deception
and humbug practised by the steamboat men,
who are making immenso fortunes out of thj
excitement. Many of the small mining towns
are entirely deserted. Miners leave good
paying claims for tho chance of better thing3
at fcrazers. lhe miners are waiting until the
river runs down, and by the time it is down,
the tall rains begin, and tucu the river corn-
But as tho river is now
receding a little we may expect to hear the
truth. Every thing is very stagnant. Rents
have ereatly declined since the Irazer river
fever broke out. l'roperty is forced into the
market at prodigious sacrifices, to raise money
to go to the new mines. One-fourth of the
men of Sacramento have gone, and many are
still going, borne by land and others by wa
ter.
The country will be well "proved," and if
there is gold, it will be found.
The bars in Frazer river, as far as now as
1 sv i
certamed, are nos sulhciently largo to give
employment to two thousand, instead of forty
thousand that will De there in a few weeks.
sickness, privation and the Indians will it is
2r. Dallas on our Diplomacy and Diploma
tists.
Our Minister to England. Mr. Dallas, at a
dinner civen at the London Tavern, on the
5th inst., in honor of our national anniversa
ry, made certain remarks about American di
plomacy, which, though uttered in a tone cf
pleasautry, were expressive of a very serious
and significant fact.
"In Englaud and on tho Continent." he
said, "diplomacy is a life-long career. With
us it is nothing of the kind. American di
plomacy, compared with European diplomacy,
may be said to resemble the militia as com
pared With the regular forces. (Laughter.)
lo be sure, in the outset, in the United States,
we have always hud a partiality for the milttia.
(Cheers.) Our first military achievments
were obtianed by men who were enrolled from
among tho rawest possible ef recruits.
(Uueers.) And so it has happened that our
militia has over and over again proved equal
to tho best regulars of Europe. (Cheers.)
It is in that way, perhaps, that tho diploma
cy of the United btatrs has been able to do
something towards giving expansion and pop
ularity to the principles of the American rev
olution, ineers.) upon vcrv manv occa-
sions, although our ministers have boen drawn
from the ranks of private life, yet at the most
distinguished Courts of Europe and through
out the' world, when in conflict rather than in
argument with the most refined of the diplo
matists ot any country, it has bo happened
that these militia men of diplomacy have 6till
achieved remarkable success. (Cheers )
From tle Cincinnati G.i:e'rc'.
A Fixe at Ncr.1 Eerd.
(General JIirrifvn,s old .t'1
Mirrow escajc of Col. Tav-n
Th "old Log Cabin." so fra-a
cal history, has gone at last. It
i?tr-'h rf nnr.l Hamlin Z.i "
about fifteen miles below tLe c::y,
was nominated for President, 1
famous by a thousand fonss ist-4
of 1840. Miniature hvunhr.! vi
rrpf-.l in ererv cornet CI tiid J
praises of
'T1? Rns;h Iv-p Cabin,
That tells ns of ellen tin:
were upon every tongnc, and p:
qaite as mnch influenco in tho eler.
other subject that was eanvsci
"latch-string" has disap peared it '.
We have no minute details cf :
gration, but learn from the pi---arrived
by the Ohio and Missisf:;-'
yesleiday morning, between c:
o'clock, that as the train arr:r:i
Bend, the old Log Cabin ws rs
flames, and the destruction
was occupied by Col. Wm. H. Ij
(who married a daughter of G-.a--aud
family, and wc learn thii si.-
rapid progress of the nrc, am
covcrv. that tho members cf t-e
. . I
barely escaped in their c.. -
Of course nothing was n-a l-
furuiture or documents, ani tLe. ;
is that many valuable paper? leu
t . .i :.L ,i;..; C.
larrison, togetuer uu mw"
relics of tho Old Hero, and ott
tory of tho West, havo been u
the building, lhe oniy p-----
Ilarrison in existence ipaia.",
with two or three of the Gcner.
different periods of his Ufr. ri
i i i
uestrovcu. .. t
urs. Harrison,
cut and bruised, so much so that for several
days he was unable to leave his room. The
Sheriff acted with great courage too much
bo, it was probably rashness to pursue un- I feared, cause great mortality among the gold
armed so despcrato a character as HiUa
Beckers.
J&" Catharine Ceho, aged seventy-sir
years, died of palsy, last week, m the Wash
ington county poor house. She died a fow
I hours after being etrieken with the disease-.
3J Ralph Bogle, once a citizen of Johns
town, and a contractor on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, died at Harrbburg on the 221 ul
tlUJQ,
Ex-President Pierce. A letter from Ex-
President Pierce, states that he left Punchal
in a sailing vessel on the 12th of June and
anchored in tho Tagus on the 20th. During
the voyage Mrs, Pierce suffered severely from
sea-sickness, but recuperated rapidly after
being installed in comfortable quarters. Dur
ing tueir Bojourn ai Madeira, 31r3. i-ierce,
i mt i .
tuougu ieeuie, was enabled to ride out and
enjoy the invigorating influence of the bulmy
air almost eyery day. lie was to leave Lis
bon for Cadiz about the 2d of July, thence in
ten days lor Marseilles, thenoe for evay in
Switzerland, to emov the last summer and
early autumn upon the shores of Luke Lemau
Democratic Nomination. -Cincinnati
July 30. The Democratic Convention of the
bixth Congressional District of Indiana, has
nominated Martin M. Ray.
IT : r its DC1'
uarn.sou, luriuuiun - . -j
. a .... . w.'ml 1.. .
the venerable uay f"-.,
residence of Hon. J. ie1' ... c
,v:ai
Gen. II
stead.
a few miles
pub
North Bend is not only - , -
pretending residence ot j.
but occupies no mean i ; .
Tf .a tlli firt i1"-."
John Clevcs Symmes, theoiv j
all the laud between
was at one time regaracJ & ..
cinnati. or "Fort Washington.
a i. x- v i,n,1 .Tudiza -y"
the grert "Miama City.
tn man out streets. laWD:
all the arrangements for
magnitude; but a totuu-w i'
the tide in favor of the Ts
flourishing metropolis, and .
ever since remaiued a te
from the dust, impurities, an
the city. -. -T"
hour l1
lv:e?iJi
t
reri At a late
throusrh Mr. Phillips.
Police and Fire Alarm
r . me
by beiug thrown from ,,t,t
in an insensible condition.
ful gash over his eye, ,
his skull ia fractured
taiaed of his recovery,
mi
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