The people's advocate. (Montrose, Pa.) 1846-1848, July 08, 1847, Image 2
FROM T 'Late and Inv 4111 . ranee of G. Sc, Pillow from •Vera ments— The:Sick Santa Anna . : still i withdrawn-4Conf, Mission of Mr. Despatches nublis Troops at the cei, • False Alarnts at iEtten l .The steamship P New Orleans, bringir the 18th, Tampico fo to the 21st. An express,•receis Cordova inns) had commenced his the Capital on Nothing is said in of peace. A thousand troops the 17th, under Gen. Scott. Nothing further ha. Cadwallader. All the sick startes lapa for Perotel, Ge the number. 'The dates frbni the to the 9th. Santa A power. His reSignat ascertaining that the ,was anxious fdr its ministration, iticottss, changed, its policy, a. to his arms. The p greatly divided. A cannot be colleked ; archy never before ey 4)f Mexico. 'An important firm ciai measure Of Ana: va's administration rid been surnintirily ab rogated by Santa Ann►, in deference,lie says, to public opinion. This has !edit() the resignation of Poassan toa and the nomination of Lapaqua at the head of the State d artment„ causing dis satisfoiction to ;the urns, but the result is not yet known.; Alm 'nte was still in prison. Tile State of Cliihuo hua had voted tinani- Windy in favor of S• nta Anna for Presi dent. The impressiin that Congress will elect,and Herrera be chosen. No mention in ma defence of the Capit deem Gen. Scott's i the city a mere boast of his men. - The Vrovern men t i • Puebla to fill upon They say be has reall he pretends td hay. that he shOuld be joi The propositions 1 r. Trist is authorized ' to make are said to be as follows by the Mexicans :=Each r•public to name three Commissionerli to di cuss the claims of - the' United States, and i Mexico does not con sent, the war is to be prosecuted. E 1 Republic: mu, o the 7th, publishes the intercepted despatch of Secretary Marcy to Gen. Scott, dated the 30th April, in which he says that thl Pre ident supposes that by the end of. Tube, Gen Scott will have twenty thousand and dener. 1 Taylor ten thousand men. Gen. Sdott's iews are asked in vari ous questions s'aggesked, and gives instruc tions how to operate with:the disaffected Mexican States. - Several other intercepted letters are (riven. Santa Anna reviewed the troops under Alvarez on the 6th. They have not all arrived,] but were expected to reach 5000 in m few days. The Vice GOvern and fal;e alaims co; party of dragoons h.: the interior without taus, and the people There was nothin. Late tro The Guerillast—Pa tack'vn Cot Mac! By the steamship! on the 22d, letters f received, which, as -link with' the series transpired in that q interest. Vera Cruz. tliculars of the late At- Icintash. From the .! Letters 'tverEi rect . from the city 'of Me.; 24 inst., mentioninmi xtrithdrawn his4ate l; der the appreittnsion ed. This only goes which sincerity formi ter of this ,rederubtedl boasting of hivantor readiness to-lar do himself as a viOtiin The Capitaltis re state of complete co and as the letters do steps have been tali against the approach sumo that Greni Scot the Montezioits an We comment than pondent's lettet relal ne'Froad throlgh 0, rile'*iteittion o our •-_ r;: II his life and immolate I. r his country's welfare. resented as being in a fusion and anarchy ; not mention that any en to fortify the city 6 of our troops, we pre- I will find-the Halls of leasy conquest., portion of our torres lling_to the o ening - of a ozaba and rdova, to eiders: i f f the Commeteila Times. , .trz, June 11th, 1847. el Banks came in yes party' from the train, d was hOurlrexpecting i , ck from the ,Mexicans, 1 the road and chap ,,force. , . :PMe4 l l 3 9l4 , ence : l ' i+L CA , v, Greatlenteuotel ' tqrdi k v etjth .i:isseaii 1 which, hodb god, a a ganewal of ihelatta who_ were gathered. PlirA.alteatt*larr , Zia Attack i.e. i eekill- ,:parxy,,,itijooel ailigolotik). twill' ] towinnittem ofibe 4 aload 4. tke t:w sufmtVe4 awl 414. bapirt,:upp, the main i or o fsfge4 Morteater 0441044iNtiog the hoptgoey, be * 4 ,egl b)(plactrilli,; - -thu deuce, took advantag ;de suddenly aid by a Si -advanced party of ZokAliackimosh, the art, were, half a mile Thia ,-, patty; well retteedwi s or Telt boiri.befonsawinfori supeastreatii tbe first lwar, -, sad t-ileowely E ARE ! From the Hedger, ant from *exit.. !tt—D4arture of Gen. Cruz with It inform. ransferred to erote- r - Power-Res nation Ision and An rehk— .st—The int rceptid ed—Eight T ousand ;ital—ifore r#iected— ' ample°. RICKSBURG, Joky 2. Imetto has rived at a Vera Cruz 4ates to • the 20th, and Brazos led at Puebla 1 by the ncs that GM). Scott oral from thence to . th. egard to the overtures hbd left Vera Cruz on Pillow to join General been heard 4m Gen on the 15th from Ja . Shields wa among - city of Mexico were nna was then still in on was withdijiwn, on majority of' ongress acceptance. he ad 4:pence this,lentirely d has thrown itself in blic opinion there is quorum of illongress such confusion. and an isted even in ithe city e of melsures foi• the 1 in the poper4. They tention' to march on to keep up the spirits urged by letters "from - con and crush him.— l• but :,>OOO men, .though 7000. It is dreaded ed by Gen. Taylor. r, Bajaca r has resigned, tinue at Tampico. A d gone forty miles into g nding any armed Ilex appeared to be friendly. new at the Brazos. 'Edith, at New Orleans m Vera Cruz have been hey form a connecting f events that have lately arter, are not without martial Timis , 233 ult.. •ed in town yesterday ieo, 'under date of the that Santa Anna had • tter of resignation, uit that it would be accept. •to show the extent to a pirtion of the charge hero, who is continually de la patria, and of his inspiret 001111-• of the costusi vrigt on pro-. ME duc • . ,' so aveltinra k e, troops: 4i _in ueb as possible, fen upon tbe IW.lgoi,li ind mules, whiCh were stretched alaea dikance of some teat Miles, and garded' iiktng their whole lipi by a number of troops not ei ceeding - four hitndied—many of these, of comae clashed forward for their share of the fight, icsaving large sections of the train en tirely unprotected. The consequence was, that twenty-eight wagons, and between one hundred and two hundred pa* mules, be came theifiroPerty of tke guerillas. The train left Sinta ',Pe wiith one hun dred and ;tbittk-two waus; 'and from - five to six hundred pack m ule s—so you will see that the loss forms a v large percentage. e I am glad to learn by "getter which I have seen from Maj. Bennett, the paymaster who had charge of the mon, which went up in the train, that not one l ot' the wagons con- ' , taining the govemmentfunds was taken; al- I though a considerable aim belonging to of ficers was T aken in tie R different baggage Wagons. , e The mOstlimportant Of our losses was the ordnance i steres, with which some of the cap tared tvagotis were loaded. About six or eight of our 'pen had been killed, and some fifteen oritwOnty wounded, during the en gagement, and the- Meiican loss was sup-. posed to be much greater. What has hap pened. since Col. Banks left, and before Gen. Cadwallader readied the ground, is a matter of deep intenest—pot to say—appre hension. ;Te confidence naturally spring ing from thediscovery that the Americans are not invincible, hhs doubtless induced an early renewal of the attack, in which case I am not without hope that the reputation of the Americas arms Iwill,be fully sustained. - A great• fault hag been committed with reference to), these ;trams. It left the city with an insdfficient escort, while two hun dred eavalrit were lying here, ready, ,or nearly read Ato move on the same road. If not exactly iCady, their; preparations could have been IChastened at least twenty-four hours, and he train could have been ;de tained an equal length of time. That this was not donii, will, I fancy, become a matter of fount accountability. Unpleasant sto ries, too, ant current, touching the habits and conditioh at a particialar juucture, of an important p e rsonagee attached to the escort. This,.with other matters, will,- I presume, form a subject for the investigation of a cant martial, nnit,a more direct reference to it in my letter would •be improper. The attack was made at El Paso 'de las Ovejas, this side of the National Bridge, not beyond it. . . , - It said thit the road !is now to be forti fied in all iti more .difficult passes, by the Mexican troops. Don Thomas Marin, an intrepid officer of the old Mexican stamp, well known for his gallant .deTence of Alva rado, is reported to have eight hundred men under him, with whom he intends to-occupy Cerro Gordo again; assisted, as he expects to be, by guerillas, who 'can be gathered around him at a few hour's notice, in cases of emergency. But even if these reports prove true, that road Cannot be closed by Mexican troops. General Scott can detach a division at any hour, which would sweep all such obstacles ;away fur the moment ; and, if he had fhe troops which figure so satisfactorily in the Adjutant General's re port, he could guard the road effectively, by occupying with his own men the passes re ferred to. This, it is true; would require a good many soldiers, hut it is a matter of ve ry great importance, at4l the service suffers from inability to do it_: ; I am inclined to begive that the General intends to open the rotid to Puebla, leading through Orozaba and Cpodova, as it seems to offer some advantag4l over that via. Jalapa. By taking possession Of ; these two cities be would strike at the rixit . of the guerilla evil, by controlling, to a great extent, the moun tain hordes from which ;this class of soldiers is principally taken- - )<t is believed that the: best results would follow the occupation a this road, and the General has received assurances that the feeling of the farmers and wealthy citizens is strongly favoralde to the Americans, hav ing been tendered so by, the depredations of the native bands of guerillas. The country along this road is extremely rich, and its products, most varied arid cheap. The cli mate is healthy and delightful, after leaving San Juan and Palmillas; and the roads are good at all seasons of the year. It is also a shorter route to Puebla than that through 1 Jalapa. ' ), • A great quantity of Tobacco is produced in the neighborhood of•Cordova and Oroza ba, the Manufacture of which, into cigars, is a government monopoly, the - leaf being, purchased of the growers at a fixed price. This l season, the quantity taken by the gov ernment officers at Cdrdova, amounted to eight thousand' bales, but, as government property, it is liable to• seizure by the Amer icani, while private property is held altered. The tobacco has been returned to the pro ducers, to hold until ito manufacture can be safely commenced. These eight thousand bales are worth nearly half a million of dol lars, and. ould find .a I ready • sale. They are bona fide Government property, and as such would belt legal prize to our arms.— In Orazaba, too, is an immense quantity of paper, very valuable, and like the tobacco, the property of the government. Thus you will observe that 'Oen-Scott might pick up a million of dollars,: or so, incidentally, by changing slightly his line of communica tions, while such, a change i would, secure permanent advantages over that at present . There is alreport juit in &Om the mule pens that -a party of inerillai have made 'a descent upoO them, sei and hanged the keepers;: , 'MO. made o .I with l one hundred I Wales. • ;I , h a v e - mit ti . to• go out and as tl certain the trinh!of thOlniatter, as the Edith is nearlyready tomovei.ind Imust get my letter otilboarld Is scion is posiible. , The' pens areialf . Wriiiie from the city walk . • Yours, leery' spectfullY, l, . ' INDICATOR. From the Clulashus AillOSsion, - Muth 0 4, JI I C/490, 1 0 1 . AMONG i 1 1.1 ..*:, , ANB.--., IWhO, loronlci have. thought . ibaC "Jackson. sem i ' had made itS, way to ..chilliainka 1.. Ent iszoAii. toy* * . 10, thOiiille,.. of Sacra. me' icii' ti ic 4 1!ni4 1 4,4ce,**14.t . .40 1 i R this city P. Frne P4lo4l:4oo*wioirke..,pra)c -ti, . Al s# l to, Stlield ! I #.f ll . l 4l4o9 l oiers ca l et***A4Maricigk :*illielli.- )fit _:was, - p e•P.01 1 04. - ..reirSeti#44:2ool).4aoo9o4 : be . 210 u4etured , ic' b11.P.44 1 .*#4 , 09. 1 wh4144 6 . joidigi . 4.1 1 44, 11 .10% ,PoAleir s - . ii:l44 -7 44riut tbe4, l 4, 4 rii: i• tli: A50p.4( •,, e*15 . 4 - -ibe imidir. 3_ -.. • .... - 4*,*,.40,:1iii ***a, 'aiti*i*.i l 44ofii.gl• Ill'id* OntiVlCA'!; • days since a Mexi .. ~ -officer dischised:touf:, thell'inysteriouriob* I. . :' ..='!=, :.: ..' -_, ' ' I.llairs Lids' 'CIO otalrelleiis pars, &c., sent to us In a package'of ', i pa by Mr. Kendall fro , Puebla, we find fuller 1 details of affair,ing :on in the city of l Mexico, though Sti ll nothing later ?than the 29th of May. I 1 Le Courier Francis translates a powerful articterfrom the R onador. The greater a l part of it is written u show that the guerilla system will be a thousand times more disas trous to the good citizens of Mexico than to, the armies of the United States ;-: that the inevitable tendency of the system - will be to leave the honest, well disposed and thriving inhabitants at the mercy of lawle*s, needy desperadoes; and that such worthy indivird= uahr, will inevitably apply to the Americana for protection, who are too sagacious not to grant itin full. To prolong the war by a guerilla system the writer deems, therefore, suicidal for Merc ier,. The only other practicable triode, he says, is the levee en masse of the inhabitants, attacking the Yankees in front; in rear, and upon their flanks. Such a !rising, if executed with spirit, vigor and courage, he thinks would be successful, although the Americans might ,gain advantages in the outset. Such a rising the editor :fully ap- proves of and still advocates, but i 0 will nev er take place, he says ; not because it is impossible in itself, but because the Mexi cans do snotheartily , desire it and have 'an intention of making it. Such being the case, he calls upon his countrymen not] to solicit a.peace, but to listen to theovertures which may be made to them. He writes with great clearness arid forte, and had we room we would re-produce the article. Sirch appeals must tell powerfully in Mexico for peace. The people are unused to them. One of the last acts of Gen. Bravo while he remained in command was to .4anction a plan for the preservation of order in the city, which was adopted by the municipal coun cil. We should give the plan at length had it not been ultimately rejected by the gov ernment, but the design was to enroll the citizens, foreigners as well as natives, for the single pupose of watching oven the'secu rity of private persons and property, and maintaining public order. Of theie citizens companies of thirty or forty were to be formed, who were to elect their own offi cers; &c., &e. The project was approved by Senor Annya, by the Governer of the city, and finally by General Bravo. When it was submitted to Senor Baranda. the Minister of the Interior, it was rejected by ,him summarily as beingscandaloos, impru ' dent and detestable in every respect. The council, nevertheless, promulgated the plan, when the government arbitrarily interfered and 'suspended the operation of it. It re ceives no praise for this act from the Moni tor ; quite the reverse. The resignation which Gen. Riiicon ten dered of his office, as second in corriniand to Gent Bravo, had not been accepted by the government on the 29ih ult. In the Courier Francais we find an ex tract from the Boletin de la,Demotratia, the organ of Farias. It is a witty, caustic re view of the defence of Santa Anna at Cer ro Gordo,- made by Senor Jiminez. We can nuderstand that Santa Anew finds his position uncomfortable with a few:papers of this kind, as witty, as remorseless, pouring hot Shot into him all the while, and he una able to defend himself by pointing to a sin. gle net of successful gallantry ih this war by which to deprecate the contempt excited against him.—N. 0. Picayune. The letters which the Picayune has re ceived do not confirm the late reports that peace proposals had been offered General Scott. That paper filinka Gen. S cott was not ! vet at Rio Frio. A correspondent of the Nevi' Orleans Times, , says that Jarauto, the priest who headed - the latefuerilla attack, be returned to Vera Ciuz. The Governor wa l informed 'of his arrival, and immediately thok meas urel for his arrest, but se far without sue cesti. His horse and accoutrements, and some other small articles, have been found, and hopes are entertained of discovering his place of concealment. He is supposed to be in some one of the vaults Or,,recesses of the Cathedral, which is surrounded with soldiers to preventerircommunication with, or egress from its interior. t 4 large sum of money has heed, found in some secluded vault in the castle of San Juan de Ulua. It is uncertain Whether it beltings to the Mexican Government or to some individuals. Major Gen. Gideon Pillow arrived in this city on Monday hist, and proceeds immedi ately to the'proper organization or his com mand, a large portion of which has already arrived. From the St. Louis Revilloi, 23d oh. Sad News from the Plain*. Capture of a wagon Train—Murder of Teamsters—Stampede of Cattle. • A gentleman arrived in town last eve ning from Westport, who informs us that just before his departure a Delaware Indian had- arrived from. the Plains, giving an ac count of a wholesale warder of teamsters, by a combined force of Arrapahoes, Coman ches and Pawnees. The Indian is a son of Naomi), the principal, chief 'of , the Dela wares, and is generally considered a man of veracity. He was found a prisoner at Taos ' when-Vol. Price took that place,s and was liberated. His story is, that having started homeward, he fell in with a 'large 'body of Indians,. of the tribes mentioned, on the Arkansas. They made him prisoner,, and only spared his Life on condition -that he would join them j against the wfriites. He set their , number down at two hundred files, which would make the total number of the force about Imo thousand men. Near Widnut Creek, he states, this formi dable party met land attacked ai train of t hi rty wagons, drawn by mulls teittns, and accompanied only . by the drivers 'and eight or ten.horaemen. The Indians surrounded them, and charging suddenly, drove the teamsters from their saddles, and Massacred every Asian -of diem The wagons were loaded.withgovet i ntnent storm,: which, with the mules, the Indians appropriated to their own um, • . The day succeodifig this maseaere v , you ng Naeomo was permitted , to depart, baying bete preipeated,with a fioe,large, •4xneritan to - 4._..,:Thie oda*, boom the tea* “lil„ oodt,:box-booeiAecogaized .es- one of thew. elepgiug gotornolent irain rbar. left Yon-Learenwortb. stew weelo glace. - When our jaforment left Westpart i Maj. &fiat Dougherty, w o iteetttly started" front Santa Fe, with head of cattle,'wlis there' ibr the pur tlfemploying mote men.. Near Council diove, his ;herd wadi a. stampede, and one hundred and fifty es caped. -It was to go in search off' these that the additional aid would be required.,!Coun cil,Grove is a hundred and forty miles, dig tent from Westport. We furtherlearn that the Delawares are preparing to send a war party against , the Osages. The latter•tribe has recently taken three Delaware sc a lps. The Indian who gave the information respecting the. team sters; says there were a few Osages among the murderers. • Important from CouncillßlOlfa We had the pleasure last evening of a half Hour's conversation with Maj. J. Miller, In dian Agent at Council Bluffs; who arrived from Weston on the Tobacco Plant.. Maj. Miller inforMs us that a good deal of apprehension was felt by the Otoes and Mahas; and not a little by the whites, from a threatened' visit from the Yancton Sioux. Early in the spring a party 'of , the above named band of Indians came down into the Mahe village and murdered two squaws. The Mahas and Owes arei neigh bors, and though aticientenemies, htive lat terly united for the purpose of mutual de fence. On this occasion a party, composed of the two tribes, went in pursuit 'of the Sioux, and killed eighe; losing on their own side one Malta and one Otoe. They return ed to their villages with the scalps of:the en emy, and subsequently some of the traders among them were so impolitic as to expose these scalps to view as trophies of the brave ry of their friends. This latter act led to a threat of vengeance from the Sioux, and hence the apprehension that the ivhitesmay be included in any hostile ,demonstration. To guard against the threatened descent ; the two tribes near Council Bluffs will remain at home and unite as much as possible.— Their villages are but some five mileri distant. About one hundred of the Yanctons, it is said, have taken up the hatchet, and they were in expectation of being joined by some two hundred more from other bands,: and.be able to make their demonstration : by the 15th inst. Major Miller informs . tis, also, that the Grand Pawnees, living on the south.side of the Platte, about one hundred miles west of the Missouri river, were very hostile to the whites. These are the Indians who :robbed the United States wagon train last kill ing one man and driving off one hundred and sixty head of mules. Recently, in a talk with Major McElroy, the overseer of the Pawnee farm, Siracherish, the principal chief, informed that gentleman that if his great tather, the President, desired' to get his mules again, he should send a great many rum, and a great mnuy guns; else the red men would kill those sent to get th'e mules and take their guns away from therri. These bravadoes, in connection with the fact that the Pawnees have in their posses sion a large number of American horses, saddles, &c., have an injurious effett upon other frontier tribes, who are learning to de spise the authority of the United States„ We learn further from our inforn4t;that a few days before - he ,left Council 11141111., Pawnee, belonging on the north side of the Platte, and a member of a friendly band, re turned from an expedition he had made with the Grand Pawnees, the ostensible Object of which, at starting out, was warfare affainst their enemies, the latans. He reports, however, that instead of going against the latans, they followed the trail of the Oregon emigrants, who recentlyi left the 'Western frontier, overtook them on the head waters of Kanzas river, and :demanded a parley. They told the whites; they wanted presents, which they must have, or they would attack them. The emigrants gave them some presents, with which the Indians were dissatifted, and demanded more. • The emigrants then prepared to defend themselves, but could not succeed in i gather ing in their stock. The Indians thereupon fell upon the cattle and killed more than fif ty head, besides taking, a number of: horses. Major Mctlroy reports to Major Miller, that seven of the horses had been brought in.— The friendly Indians state that numerous small parties of eight or ten warriors are hanging on the rear of these emigrants, to strik when opportunity offers. ' In view of the foregoing facts, it seems very evident that unless a strong Military force be speedily sent into the hostile, region, serious difficulties may tie anticipated.—St. Louis Reveille, 20th inst. COL. DONIPIIAN AND COL XEONIIIO.N.- The New York Post compares Co, Doni phan's expedition from Missouri through New Mexicoto the mouth of the RiotGrande with the famous expedition of the five hundred Greeks under the renowned leader of nearly similar name, Col. Xenophon.— The last has become classic because it was told in so charming anianner by Xenophon, and all Doniphan has to do is to write as perfect a , history of his expedition to Make it be read with admiration two thousand.years hence. The Greeks were led near Bablyon through Amenia to the Black Sea, thence to Chrysopolis, three thousand four hundred and sixty-five English miles. It wasaccom plished in fifteen months, and a !erg pea of it through an unknown mountain4ani and hostile coiintry, and in an inclementlseason, the Greeks losing every thing exc*pt their lives and arms. Doniphan and the Nisson rens travelled over six thousand rhiles in twelve months, neither receiving 4upplies nor money, but living exclusively ;on the country through which they pas4ed, l and supplying themselves with powder and balls by capturing them from the They fought three battles, in each of which they were victorious, over greatly superior numbers. These are the two tupst re markable expeditious that have ever; ' occui.- red. TAYLOR MEETING AT MAERIEEIIIO.--A large and respectable Meeting Was , held At Harrisburg, n few days since, in favOr 4f Gen. Taylor es our next candidate! for the Presidency. Judge . Dock, of 'Hairtisliurg, presided at the meeting., ;The Hori.!Elimoti Cameron introduced to the audience JohO M. Read, Esq,, of Philadelpha, late Atto ney General of Penis* ia ' , 41r0 addres• a d the, meeting in an . 3 . uent' mailner.÷ The•meeting wag , it hi mm e, eitch . s u r e ly of dernotrata; and morns' klf , thesit the most distinguished democratsllof thir, state. • / 414e', pelvic's "Absoctite. Boni, . • .•. " Here tihisH the Pieta , the Peofiltes rights maintain, Unwed If3r infhiettce, aniiunbrihed by gain." mONtrtiosz. JuLT !EMOCRATIC NONINATIONB VOR GOVERNIYX, *"1.141.1 , 1C1S R. SaIUNK.! ' of Allegheny co. CANAL COMMISSIONER, I MORRIS LONGSTRETh. of Montgomery.:co. WHIG NORINITIONS. For Governor, JAMES IRVIN, of Centre co. Canal Comthissioner, 40SEPIP W. PATTON, ; of Cumberiand,co. THE FALL -ELECTION. = It is vdry desirable that the People of this county should be awake to the important interests ;which they have at stake in the approaching election. Believing as we do that every well informed readet (and we have but t few who are riot 'so,) has made up his mind! whether he will vote fOr Shunk or Irvin in October next, we conclude to leave the question whether Gen.' Irvin voted for a tax on tea and- coffee', or not, to our-neigh bors of :the " Register" and " Democrat," who hate incessantly debated the subject through ;their columns for the last !two or three months Past, and allude to subjects of a more local nature. j In respect to what offices to be supplied this next fall, then, are we most ; immediately and' especially inter ested ? SENATOR. The counties of Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming, together are. to elect a Sen ator to ',represent them tor three years.— This is tin office, which, in view of its long. tenure and the important interests to , be pro moted competent incumbent, is of first importance to the electois of those three counties.; Especially is it so with the Peo ple of Susquehanna county, which lies be tween the North Branch canal and Ni Y. R. Erie :Railroad Improvements, with tile prospect; of both being completed ' three ye(trs, and a connection being present ly formed by a Railroad from Tunkhan nock to great Bend—a connection which is now eliciting no little attention among capi talists both of this and adjoining States.-,- Sound policy we think will readily suggest the kind,: of man needed tinder such eircum F stances tor that office, and; if in the field, we prophecy he will be elected triumphant ly by the People. REPRESENTATIVE; Though this is an Office of comparatively minor, yet.it is of considerable imphrtance: It is too t frequently used for rewarding party .hacks, tore at the expense than to the piTi fit or convenience of the People. .To ob serve th.iit this has been too frequently the case, and that it is the policy of the •Fire proof Clique to have a usable man nomina ted, needs but little reflection. Capability Well as honesty is an importazit qualifica tion, hoWever obzioxinus when coupled with independence it may be to the wire:pullers in office] whO yearn so eagerly to exercise politicaCpower and influence over the Peo ple for their own private advantage.' COMMISSIOOL The People are resolved to elect, a man Avho is in favor of •reduciis the expenses of the CoMmissioners' Office by severa) red dollars per year, and they will have other. AUDITOR, The - ,F l eople have concluded to ;elect a man who is able and willinkfaithfullyip aud it the accounts of the CoMmissioners next year, awd not leave it with them co audit their own accounts, in their own way. 'OE NORTH AND TOE 80111 1 11 Senatnr Benton, in a recent splech in Missouri, had the magnanimity toiexpose the designs ot southern politicians for the extension of slavery, and. zrges his southern political friends to yield to the just et:aims of the North in the selection iofti candidate for the next Presidency. Mr. Benton appears very anxious for concessidn and -coinprom ise betwCen the North an d South, end he prophecies, ifsuch a coneiatory spiiit does riot prevail, a dissolution of the Union. The North have already compinmised.toli much —they have yielded whertiit was thtiir right and duti to stand firm--but if we c4o read the sigrui of the times, the People }of the North are now settling baCk,upon a firm ba-• sis—a Plymouth basis--With a stert4 deter minatiopi not to coropromiio or toler4t e any thing tlait will serve to • sivead widar and broader: the. blighting cubikof.elavert. . We tire told that among politicicias front the slava Statesi - two pa 'es exist- in ion= gretis ; One in favor of ad ering to. tie Mis souri cO43promise, and of,, xtendingiheline of N. Lat. 36, 30, to t e Pacifiq as , the Northern boundary of sh4ery ; the Oh!! in, - I favor of, l'estraining this' issouri fxbipretn7 ise within the Rocky Mou tains, tote ter-, •, • ritory aoually in possess' nof the Ppited i States 0 the date of th . cornproznise in, li ii /818, a ; leaving the wh e region be ; raid, them, u 1 to Lat. 42; oriel* to'slavery.:- The'. reader ill perceive shit : eh, a thetl:forl ties seeh t i the extension . ;slavery . mer, ill toniteriAguth :, of ,Lat:3o Mk as 4. in the; mspeciire lionexatiOn ofl irsieocovw th at .. greater - liortion of the - Un . . vvilf aboverceive that in - seeking tj t ice, er against " Northern encroUchment," the Smith asks nothing More, 0, no! nothing more; than an -overwhelming preponderance, that will enable it to. control forever the na tional legishtion. Each of these parties is quite modesi in its demands, 'though the last is rather the most so! We know of but two Compromises in slavery ; one in the Federal Constitution, the,other in the act sif Cong i reu for admit. ting Missouri. The first merely provided for leaving slavery es a Stine institution, where it then existed, but did not contem plate" its extension, or anything else than its ultimate extinction. The,,,itecond, which thoroughly violated the spirit of the first, provided merely for the extension of slavery South of Lat. 36, 30, over tirritory then in actual possession of , the ttnion. Neither contemplated the extension or slavery over an inch of Territory that might be Subse quently acquired. Then if the spirit [9f the Constitutional coinforomise Were ,violeted by the Missouri compromise, how enormously would the latter be violated hy the extension of slavery over any territoryl acquired from Mexico. - ' • Well, the 71st Anniversa*of American Independence has phased or, it'd the record of accidents by gun-pOwder exidosions, &c. re mains to be made, with an Occasional copy ing of sentirnenth" spiced with wit, and perlhance - seasoned with ardent patriotism. As the 4th came on Sunday, the Ist", 2nd, 3d ind sth days have each in different pla ces been observed as fit occasions for cele brating our nation's birth-day. Indeed the wish of a zealous patriot of sable hue, as ez preised by him at an " Abolition Celebm don" of the 4th in Ithaca not long since seems this year to have been most admira bly answered. It was this: "'De fort of jqy—might it come four times a year." - It so happened here, by the bye, that neith er day referred to was appropriately obserV ed,,except by the colored population of our town, who resorted to their usualretreatior such occasions in Forest , Lake; where they discoursed of liberty, fin— which, it was agreed, if they had not fought, most of them had run most stoutly. As to the toasts read after the cloth Was, removed, we have beard but one repeated—it was thil: De brack faiesek—May dey neber be more 'noyed by de impotent ''dresses ob de white folk." • By the way, tve have rather unintelligent and enterprising black population in this community. - They have in Montrose two churches, "Zion'!;" and "Bethel," with Seminaries of learning, &c.. With all, for the improvement of their' argumentative powers, to enable them to arrive at logical and correct conclusions upon given premi ses, and that they mhy render efficient ser vices to the abolition society of this place when called upon to take part in their dis cussions, they have a debating society. The following among other questions'have been seriously debated by them we are told : " Which - is most useful to man, the hog or the sheep ?" "Which is lawful Motheeof the chicken, the hen that laid the egg, or. the hen that hatched it 2" " Which is the strongest; fire or water" The last question Aye understand was de cided in favor of fire, as it. could "run up hill." The boys in and about town, in the ab sence of all Sabbnth School Holiday obser vances, celebrated the , evening of the 3d by firing crackers, throwing fire-balls, &c., to the amusement of some and the alarm of others. On the night of the sth their dis position for fun - and frolic being again arous ed, and to heal all mistakes 4 any had been committed in selecting the proper day, tbeir fire operations were resumed. Theirgrand entree was a torch-light procession. This was performed with much 1 regularity and appeared very well. IThen followed the throwing of fire-halls which I were: furnished to them quite liberally. This exhibition would be interesting and comparatively without danger, would the buys content themselves only 'to 'throw them up into the ' air within the Public Avenue. But as there are usually fo'ur or five bkick sheep in a flock, so we generally find in a large assem bly of boys.four or l five ill-brd, lawless; di& agreeable and vicious creatures, Wheisbould never be permitted to leave home save un der the eye of their parentS . Ar masters. So= 1, was here and these reckle ss boobies could' not be fully satisfied without _now and-then , throwingi a ball of" fire - upon the dwellings and otheri i ibuildings of our citizens, and thus , . as the . roofs were! „extremnlY dri, intlipon ,them to destruction by fire. s j Some of those' boys should have been apprehended by the , High Constable, aken ,direetly before the. Burgess and fined for it viol ionof the Bor ongh Ordinance it'l ;??11:et4g' i th 71ie public orn aments. ikruayiyet hed one. , A qUestion for solntiOu bab bee n raised like this--,6 Should theimented itrepertY ef 'Per' -, sons furniiihini*ititeir spir t d ofteirpoustine for se datigernus'isebe consum ed its maw qnence of such owe, would n • the Sompany insuring lie refeased *ow libbility r - Me will not undertake to ' answer !this query,bnt baring: heard IC ' sties 4 by the emu' of 'ett' ilio ... ~ ' 1 !I . , ... ~ eeeelfeet,rompanr which h many imam- WS -iisika,jn,ibis. eifinin: , we ,l l l l# it ProPr or to repeat it thus pulgiely.f theaonsider4 ail - 4444e ieecriled - rip6lile, ' atmosphere; forkitilsot WO* three dity bas. Neil; like it , heated . °stew the mercury ranging about . 10,io tbeAkide. -TikieadO FOURTH OF JULY.