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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 7, 1855.
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THE AMERICAN PARTY OF OHIO .
At the Annual Sossion of the Slate Council,
lield in Cleveland, June 5:h, 1S35, the follow
ing Platform of Principles as expressive of the
sentiment of the Order in this State, was adopt
ed and ordered to be published to the world
over the signatures of its officers :
We proclaim to the world the following
PRINCIPLES OF THE AMERICAN
PARTY OF OHIO.
I. The unlimited freedom of Religion dis
connected with politics hostility to ecclesias
tical influences upon the affairs of government
equality of rights o all uaturalized Emi
grants who are thoroughly Americanized, and
owe no temporal allegiance, by reason nf their
roligion higher than that to the Constitution.
II. No interference with the rights of citi
senship aleady acquired by Foreigners, and
the protection of law to ail who honestly c:ni
grate from love of liberty ; butthe exclusion nfj
foreign paupers and felon-, and a refusal to ;
extend the riupht of suffrage all who come
hereafter until tliey shall have resided 01 vents
in the United Slates and complied with the
naturalization Laws.
III. Opposition to ail political organizations I
composed "exclusively of Foreigners, and to;
Foreign Military Companies, ami to a!! attempts
to exclude the fiible from Schools supported by J
the government." I
IV. Slavery is local not national : we op
pose its extension in any of our territories, and
the increase of its political power by I lie ad
mission into the Union of any Slave Slate or
otherwise: and vedemand of the (ieneral (Joy. ;
crutnent an immediate redress ol the great '
wrongs which have been inflicted upon the ,
cause of Freedom and the American character
by the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and
the introduction of Slavery into Kansas in vi,-.
lation of law, by the force of arms, and the de- i
traction of the elective franchise
V. In humble imitation of the wisdom of
Washington, we oppose all intervention in the ;
affairs of Foreign Slates ; yet on all proper oc- !
rasion, we will nt withhold oar sympathy '
from any people aspiring to bo free. j
VI. We support American inuuiry ami ge
nius against the adverse policy of Foreign na
tions and facilities to internal and external
commerce by the improvement of rivers and
harbors and the construction of national roads
uniting the various sections of the Union.
VII. The Union of these States should be
made perpetual by a faithful allegiance to the
Constitution.
VIII. In State policy we zealously advocate
Retrenchment and Reform a modification of
the present opressive system of Taxation and
liberal system ol Public Schools.
THOS. SPOOSER, President,
Jons E. Rees, Secretary.
PRESIDENTIAL.
We notice in several of our exchanges
the agitation of the question, 'who are the
most likely to be the successful aspirants
of the respective political parties in the
contest for nomination for the Presidency
in 18561' Such speculations may not be
entirely out of place, hut to us it is all a
matter of more conjecture. In the present
i
unsettled state of every political party in
the nation, it is beyond tho wisdom of the j
wisest politician to speal; with any degree i
of certainty on tho subp- t.
The Democratic party claims to bo a j
unit, while the fact is notorious that it is i
divided into almost aa many different fuc
tions as there are States in the Union
Will these factions be able to couleec in a j
national convention 1 If 60, it must be up-1
on a platform similar in all of its odious
features to the platform of '52. tihould J
this be the case, is there a State north of
Mason and Dixon's line which will endorse
a candidate standing uprn such a platform 1 1
Every man of intelligence must atiBwer, j
No. !
Should the Garrisonian disorganizes lead j
off, and the Republican party follow, their j
candidate will bo repudiated by every north- j
em, as well as southern State in the Union.
There are two dangerous extremes connect- j
ed with this question. That which is call-!
ed National Democracy" on the one side, I
with all the elements of political despotism, ;
and on tho other, Garrisonian disorganisa
tion', anarchy, and destruction. With the
light which tho discussion of the Slavery
question lias reflected into the minds of the
American people within tho last few years,
no man can bo elected President of this na
tion' who stands committed to either of
these extremes. Where then shall we find
.the dominant party in '56 ! We answer in
that organization which restricts Slavery
to its present limits, but which concedes to
the South its constitutional rights. The
American organization, as it stands in all
-the northern States, possesses every ele
ment essential to n free government, alike
removed from the Garrisonism of the Korth,
and the fire-eaters of the South. That this
party has the favorable consideration f a
large majority of the American people there
can be no doubt. It is not claimed to be
perfect in every respect. Some wise chang
es havt been made in the ritual of the Or
der.and some judicious modifications in its
ipolicy, but the great principlo that this
.country shall be governed by men who hold
.no secret Allegiance to an ecclesiastical
dospot, who are strictly anti-slavery in
principle, and who are thoroughly ' Amer
icanized," aro cardinal principles of tho
,Oider, and no man can receive the suffrages
of tho American people fur the highett
offico in their gift, in whom these principles
do not centre. Let a Pro-Slavery, Anti-
American candidate try it, and tho sequel
will prove our prediction true to the letter.
So soon as we decide upon our preference
;we will forthwith announce the name of
' i:.!.,. Tiiom ! one noint which
.tiur lilliuiuuic. - .
we have already settled in our mind, viz:
That there arc at least twenty men in Jeff
erson County, either of whom would make
T
a much more efficient President than the
present incumbent of the, White House.
Concord, New Hampshire, has no better
right to furnish a President for the. nation
than has Steubenville, Ohio, especially
when the latter can present much better
material.
FROM A3SV ABOUT KANSAS.
The following is taken from the Christian
Chronicle, one of our most valuablo exchan
ges, published in Philadelphia:
"The Massachusetts Emigrant Aid So
ciety has issued an address to the citizens
of Missouri, in reply to the address of the
Lexington pro-slavery convention. It is a
concise statement of the objects and opera
tions of that society, and must go fur to
disabuse the intelligent portion of the Mis
sourians of the prejudices so industriously
fomented against the emigrant movement.
The St. Louis democrat publishes the ad
dress in full and introduces it with a liberal
notice. Tho Lawrence Herald of Freedom,
September 29th, states that emigrants were
beginning to arrive from the cast in large
numbers, many coining overland through
Iowa. Every new arrival Bwells the host
of freemen. The Squatter Sovereign, Pierce
and Atchison organ, states that there have
been largo accessions lately to the slave
population of the territory but the free
state papers on the contrary insist that
slaveholders arc leaving the territory with
their slaves, being satisfied from the state
of public opinion that it cannot become a
slave State. With both parties "the wish
is father to tho thought," but the struggle
is onlv iust commencing. A considerable
number of emigrants have just started from
Staunton, Va., for Kansas, many of them
men of large capital. j
The Kansas Freeman a new and spirit- j
cd free state paper, at Topcke mentions a
rich deposit of lead ore a short distance'
from that place, and 6ays that gold is also ;
known to exist in considerable quantities in ,
some parts cf the territory. A settlement
of Pennsylvanians, called Washington, is J
growing up rapidly, having tho advantage j
of several men of capital. In a recent let-,
ter from Lawrence, Dr. Webb writes: ;
'The Rev. .Mr. Nuto is actively and ear
nestly engaged here both in his clerical ca-'
pacity and as a private citizen. He holds i
religious services every Sabbath, towards '
evening, in the open air, on Mount Oread,
to an audience of Irom 100 to 200 individ- j
nata. He is an energetic, interesting speak-1
er, and his discourses, which are extempo-j
raucous, meet with much favor. Move-,
nicnts arc now making to organize a society '.
and to raise funds for the erection of a
church building fur him." !
Samuel J. Snyder, from Dover, Ohio, j
was recently tarred and feathered and rode j
on a rail, in Kansas for speaking against
slavery. The Topeka Freeman speaks of
the visit of Rev. C. Clark to that place and
of his return to the East for his family.
This we suppose to be tho same clergyman
who was murderously assaulted while going
down the Missouri river, and of wboeo fato
the most painful apprehensions are felt.
Alluding to tho lawless violence and blood
shed fomented in Kansas by tho agents of
the Administration, the New Orleans Bul
letin boldly ancftruly says:
"Tho enormous outrages that have been
perpetrated in Kansas, during the last six
or eight months, aro a disgrace to the coun
try and tho ago in which wo live. Fur
thermore, the excesses which have been
committed there, in violation of law, order
and decency, with the passive sanction of;
federal government, will mott assuredly be
the means of defeating the object which j
tho authors of the bill had exclusively in j
view the organization of Kansas as a slave ,
State. Messrs. Atchison, fHringfdlow j
and the Missouri borderers generally, have j
gone a little too far in their foray, and a !
time of retribution is soon to follow;-" j
Gov. Shannon's denial of his pro-slavery
speech, at Wcstport, Mo., was evidently1
gut up f.r effect upon the Ohio election. !
The reporter of tho Missouri Democrat. I
who gave tho fullest sketch of Shannon's !
speech, persists that his report was correct; i
he read it in manuscript to several of the i
most ultra pro-slavery .citizens of Wostport,
who all pronounced it correct, and lie has I
now started on his return to Westport,
with tho determination to sustain his first
account with documentary proof. The mat
ter is only of consequence as affecting
Shannon's veracity. That ho has commit
ted himself fully to tho pro-slavery party
by speaking on the stump in behalf of
Whitfield, pro-slavery candidate for Con
gress, voting for him, and in every way
openly fraternizing with the pro-slavery
Missouri leaders, there is no dispute.
At the Missouri election of delegates to
Congress on the 2d, the Missourians did
their voting at Wyandott, Atchison and
Doniphan, places easily accessible from
Missouri and near each other. They made
up for deficiency in numbers by voting as
many times as they chose, and several par
ties visited half a dozen voting places and
exercised squatter sovereignty at each.
The froo state men had made arrangements
to ascertain the number of illegal votes
cast, with the intention of laying a certi
fied statement of tho facts before Congress.
Governor Iteeder was speaking through
the territory with good effect. At Leven
worth, formerly tlio most pro-slavery local
ity in the territory, ho spoke several times
by invitation of the people, and many prom
inent men, previously hostile to him.pledg
ed him their votes.
C7The oldest hotel in Connecticut,
and perhaps in the United Slates, is the
Eale Hotel at New Haven. It was
built Ion;; before the Revolution, and, till
tho rupture of lite mother country ; had
been kept by .one George Brown.
ICTlt is said of the Mayor of Lowell,
that when asked how he stood in regard
to political mailers, he slopped, hesitated,
took out his watch, and looking at it re
marked I '-'fifteen minutes ago I fused 5
now I don't J"
VOTE OF OHIO IN 1855.
Governor. Lt. Gov.
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W ? H
Counties.
n
Adams 1139 1422 207 1340 1424
Allen 1235 907 22 1237 928
Ashland 15S0 1623 37 1577 1637
Ashtabula 3772 845 841 4134 631
Athens 1634 974 98 1727 988
Auglaize 643 1291 81 715 1311
Belmont 1750 1853 1008 2704 1879
Brown 1571 1843 2?6 1885 I860
Butler 1960 2895 340 2306 2920
Carroll 1502 1000 82 1545 1023
Champaign 1353 928 5H5 1915 921
Clark 1866 1154 250 2121 1148
Clermont 2336 2423 450 2903 2434
Clinton 1640 '802 162 1798 817
Columbiana3118 2139 31 3093 2168
Coshocton 2064 1997 17 2009 2002
Crawford 1449 1710 43 1484 1717
Cuyahoga 3965 3072 473 4371 3106
Darko 1635 1601 228 1925 1611
Defiance 592 609 17 590 631
Delaware 1602 1245-259 1837 1273
Erie 1564 1123 63 1588 1154
Fairfield 2474 2674 5"J 2557 2669
Fayette 909 518 239 1183 496
Franklin 2187 3192 841 3336 3224
Fulton 715 442 II 683 4S0
Gallia 344 873 1099 14i3 693
Geauga 1816 396 90 1891 395
Green 1953 95 372 2502 966
Guernsey 1S93 1361 130 1936 1413
Hamilton 4516 2226 653810,20113,218
Hancock 12:16 1329 30 1271 1340
Hardin 903 665 6ft 947 673
Harrison 1712 1191 63 1133 1220
Henry 440 511 435 518
Highland 1209 1343 1256 2390 1410
Hocking 923 1114 85 1016 1115
Holmes 1194 1072 3 1191 1684
Huron 2295 1277 134 2411 1290
Jackson 714 739 167 885 756
Jefferson 2150 1523 131 2297 1543
Knox 2I6(i 1916 219 2384 1914
Lake 1610 493 23 I6fi9 493
Lawrence 1092 747 320 J384 775
Licking 2021 51530 722 2804 2544
Logan 1124 792 320 1614 600
Lorain 3693 895 24 2653 921
Lucas J0IS 1409 47 1537 1526
.Madison 502 435 577 1144 430
Mahoning 1692 1192 00 1626 1503
Marion J220 1163 10 1242 1171
Medina 2032 151 1 15 2010 1507
Meigs 1515 1023 ItiO IU7I 1056
Mercer 492 829 139 631 846
Miami 1787 1353 619 2420 1370
Monroo 1451 1S70 25 146!) 1883
Montgomery 2746 3423 407 3246 3406
.Morgan 1775 JI30 105 1863 1242
.Morrow 1031 1316 55 1053 1340
Muskingum 2551 2208 9'. 0 3495 2287
Noble 1301 954 76 1376 999
Ottawa 379 4(5 I 359 413
Paulding 352 113 2 362 115
Perry 1772 1174 66 1857 1465
Pickaway 1521 1604 253 1804 1633
Piko 64 1 937 219 831 935
Portage 2642 1S61 10 2642 1S70
Prcblo 15()7 1039 2S7 J-60 1053
Putnam 523 145 13 519 858
Richland 2220 2211 118 2330 2209
Ross 2160 1026 329 2498 1952
Sandusky 1382 1-199 10 1382 1504
Sciota 1042 1050 417 1184 1008
Seneca, 2332 1961 15 2310 1901
Shelby, 955 1077 209 1171 1084
Stark, 3343 3021 23 3351 3023
Summit, 2242 1215 -158 2389 1224
Trumbull, 3109 1174 31 3140 1475
Tuscn, 2552 2144 35 2577 2150
Union 1222 698 131 1350 725
Van Wert 602 131 O 000 493
Vinton 722 861 40 761 306
Warren 2300 1401 300 2678 1481
Wash. 2212 1662 112 2326 1683
Wayne 2421 2561 21 2439 2581
Williams 890 861 17 874 878
Wood 1099 591 45 1125 598
Wyandot 1143 1045 61 1204 1044
Totals MG.Ctl 131.00124,310169,43013,485
Temperance lecture.
Mr. John B. Gongh delivered a lecture
on Saturday evening, the 20ili inst., at
the Academy of Music, corner of Irving
place and Fourteenth street. In spite of
the weather rain Palling in torrents ilie
house was most respectfully filled, about
one thousand live hiihdud persons being
present. On the stage we noticed the
Rev. Dr. Burehard, the Rev. Dr. Marsh,
Mr. Warren, Secretary of the Tcmper
ence alliance. Tho Rev. Dr. Tyng pre
sided. Mr. J. B. Gough has jti3t re
turned from a lour through Europe ; lie
looks uncommonly well, and delivered an
excellent lecture, illustrating in his usual
effective style the various scenes of in.
temperance he' has met with ; the recital
of many of which drew tears from the
male as well tie female portion of his list
eners. He said he waged war with soci
al drinking that it was . the root of the
evil do away -with liquor in your house
and you strike at the root. He so waged
a war against custom, that kept up the
system. lie had met with many men
who would take the pledge, if they could
be allowed to take drinks when they tho t
they needed it. This would not do; one
would need it to keep the cold outanoth
er for the headache a third to give an
appetite. Total abstinence and nothing
else must be the order of tho day. Some
of the clergy had told liim it ought to be
left to the grace of God and not human
agency to reform drunkards grace of
God the man. Why, he said, Scotland
the most religious country in the world,
the birth place of religious martyrs, is
full of drunkards. The lecturer spoke
of m reception in England, with which
he was well pleased. They told liim in
Exeter hull that he was thin on water
drinking. He answered it, not from his
water drinking, but from his arduous du
ties in the Temperance cause; for twelve
years he has made three hundred speeches
annually, besides" attending committees,
visiting- drunkards, and answering his
correspondence, which amounted List
year to nearly four thousand letters. He
has avoided all stimulants, almost abol
ishing tea and coffee, drank nothing but
pure water, yet he would walk ten miles
with any one on Monday morning, and
then go through a day's work. The lec
ture lasted about two hours, and was
loudly cheered throughout. Tribune.
C7An oak is not felled with one blew.
'Thou Crownest the Year'witfi thy
GoodneM."
The different seasons have again per
formed their appropriate course, while
nature, in unison, has combined to fulfill
the appointed commands of the Creator.
The farmer has been exceedingly blessed
with the abundance of the earth during
the past year, and with a grateful heart
for the exuberance of his crops he may
now exclaim, "Thou crownest the year
with thy goodness."- How beautiful it is
to observe the varieil seasons as they pass
before us, and how strikingly apparent to
the mind of the Christian husbandman is
the wisdom and goodness of God as is
manifested in all sis wondrous works.
Time and again, perhaps until the autumn
of his life, he has been permitted to no
tice the changes incident to the operations
of nature, that he may be impressed with
the perishable condition of every thing
connected with this transitory world.
Bleak Winter embraces the earth with
cold and relentless grasp, and maintains
his supremacy for a length of lime with
a rigidity sufficient to absorb the vitality
of nature, and hush into stillness the
breathings of her genial spirit. The trees
make bare their branches in token of sub
mission to his irrevocable will, the chrys
lal brooks become paralysed at his touch,
and the joyful melody; of their gentle
murmurings is silenced when he passes
by, while nature ceases to put forth its
wonted energies, witheri and dies. And
yet, with a kindness worthy of a more
merciful Ruler, he spreads over all a soft
white mantle, elaborately wrought by his
own command, that he may hide from
view the effects of his ruthless hand, and,
in a measure, moderate the rigor of his
visitation. But, nevertheless, with tem
pestuous winds, and howling blasts, he
continues to expend his fury upon the un
conscious and death-stricken earth, and
thus vainly endeavors to resuscitate the
sad work of his inexorable hands. For
a great and strong wind may he abroad,
but the Lord is not in the wind ; an earth
quake may shake the nations, but the
Lord is not in the earthquake ; after the
earthquake, may come the fire, but the
Lord is not in the fire. He is in the still
small voice. Hence it is, Divine wisdom
has ordained that wild and genial Spring
shall breathe into the bosom of nature
her awakening influence in due season,
and with carols of song from the feather
ed warblers, shall usher in her beneficent
Creator's inscrutible will. The trees
clothe themselves in living green at the
sound of her voice, and the earth bedecks
herself in her most gorgeous apparel at
her bidding, while the husbandman is
beguiled once more to perform his accus
tomed duties by t'te blandness of hr-r
her smiles. Oh, hippy is the man who
can appreciate the goodness of tho Al
mighty in all these tiings, and can per
ceive with an unsceitical eye, the bene
fits designed for the welfare of mankind.
Surely none can fail to acknowledge the
existence of a Suprmie Being, if they
will attentively mark the harmony con
nected with the almost imperceptible in
troduction of one season to another. Let
us notice, for a mament, the gradual
transit from Spring to Summer, from the
soothing balmy air tc the sultry encrva.
ling heal, from the jrowing wheat and
sprouting corn, to the golden harvest and
maturing grain, that ve may feel how in
significant and unworthy we are to be the
recipients of the houtdless favors so lav
ishly bestowed upon ts. And, moreover,
with what merciful kindness have we
been preserved from tho overpowering
heat of the solar sun during Summer's
ardent reign, and how has the protecting
arm of the Almighty leen extended over
us, while "the voice of thy thunder was
in the heavens," and " ihe lightnings
lighted the earth." Consider the forbear
ance which he has exercised towards us,
and we shall feel the force of the obliga
tions incumbent upon us to prepare the
way of the EorJ, for the time haslenelh
when we shall be unable to warn the un
believer of his inevitable end.
And now the sober season of Autumn,
in contemplative mood, unfolds his rich
treasures, and pours them into the lap of
the husbandman, at the samo lime "the
pastures are clothed wilh flocks ; the val
lies are covered over with corn; and
"the little hills rejoice on every side."
This is the terminating period to which
the farmer has been looking with an anx
ious eye, fearing that Providence might
so order, in his inonite wisdom, to short
en the abundance of his hand, and there
by bring distress upon the nations of the
earth, But his goodness has been mani
fest throughout ttif length and breadth of
this favored land, and thankful hearts
should join to sound his priise forever
more. How diligent then should we be
in works of grace; that we may witness
the ingathering of many souls in the au
tumn of our lives; that we may work in
ihe Lord's vineyard with ihe energy of
spirit which shall lend to the salvation ol
ihe unconverted. Whit a duty is before
the Christian firmer in tiew of his knowl
edge of the rnycterious workings of na
ture, in connection with his' avocation !
Silently he is taught lessons of eternity
by the finger of God moving in the bo
som of nmure, and hence he is impera
tively .called upon to be diligent in the
wiirk of the Lord unlo the redemption of
many souls. "For ihe labon of ihe
righteous tend to life." "The soul of
the sluggard desireth and hath nothing ;
bul the soul of the diligent shall bo made
lat.
Effect of the European War on Evan
gelical Christianity.
We are glad to find so powerful a sup
porter of what we conceive to be the just
view of ihu present European Wur as the
Hon. Geo. P. Marsh, late American Min
ister al Constantinople, who has just pub
lished the following letter :
Burlington, Vt., Sept. 8, 1855. ,
Dear Sib : I had hoped to be able to
attend the Anniversary of the American
Board, at Utica, this year, but business
engagements put it out of my power lobe
present on thai occasion.
Although I could have added nothing
to the facts, of which ihe Board, and the
religious public are already possessed,
yet I should have taken especial pleasure
in bearing testimony, as an eye witness,
to the value and importance of the Mis
sionary efforts in the East, and ihe emi
nent piety, zeal, learning and ability of
the immediate agents of the Board in that
great enterprise.
The success of these efforts, to carry
back to their original source the light of
Christianity and civilization, is not to he
measured by the results apparent to dis
tant observers; and however familiar A
merican Christians may be with the sta
tistical data of missionary movements in
the Turkish Empire, the, vast significance
of these facts can only be appreciated by
a personal acquaintance with the field of
operations.
The action of the Missionaries has, I
believe thus far. not been impeded by the
events of the war. If that aetion were
now lo be suspended, as it infalliably
would be by a Muscovite triumph in the
present great struggle, still the 6ecd al
ready sown, could not fail to yield a har
vest that would amply repay the sacrifi
ces it has cosl to American liberality and
American devotion. If on the other hand
ihe Turkish Government shall be left free
to protect these efforts against the open
rancor and the secret intiigues of Greco
Sljivic bigotry, there can he no doubt that
ihcy will prove the most efficient means
of that regeneration of lite East, which
the barbarous element in the European
political system is now exerting its utmost
eucrgies to nmother. I have not the
slightest doubt that the keen-sighted Lay
ard is right in assigning to this manifes
tation of the tendencies of American insti
tutions in the East a prominent place a
monjif ihe occasions of ihe political and
military movements which have shaken
Asia and Europe since 1853.
The iron heel ihat crushed tho rising
hopes of Continental liberty in 1819, is
again armed to tread out the glimmering
spark of civil and religious freedom in the
Oriental world. The friends of human
progress in Asia, meet their most formi
dable obstacle in ihe relentless hostility
of 'the great conservative power of Eu
rope. We have no right lo doubt that these
counsels will be overruled for good, and
we may well hope that the second gener
ation of our America n heralds of Chris
tian truth and Anglo-Saxton civilization,
who are now under such favorable auspi
ces, going forth as ihe helpers and succes
sors of their fathers, will achieve results
more valuable than have as yet been ac
complished by any of the organized char
ities of modem limes.
I am sir, truly yours,
GEO. P. MARSH.
Rev. Dr. Pomroy.
. Miss Nightingale.
The following is an extract from a pri
vate letter dated, English Hospital, Scu
tari, Sept. 17 :
'Altogether this is unquestionably ihe
largest hospital in the world, and in some
respects an excellent school for a young
physician, yet I am on the whole some
what disappointed. Every one in au
thority ha3, it is true, been kind and at
tentive, but there are more patipnls suff
ering from fever, cholera and dysentery,
than from wounds, so that there is not
the opportunity for surgical practice ihat
I had expected.
The most interesting person here,
without doubl, is Miss Nightingale, with
whom I have had ihe good fortune to
have several interviews. My first visil
was lor ihe purpose of presenting to her
a gift from a lady in Philadelphia. She
was in a great store-room of this mam
moth establishment, dispensing good and
useful things to numerous applicants. I
found her a tail, slender woman, looking
younger lhan her real age, which is aboul
thirty-three,' with light hair, blue eyes,
and a very pretty mouth. Ordinarily her
expression of countenance is almost mel
ancholy, but when she speaks her face
lights up, and she becomes very anima
ted and attractive.. She is tho theme of
every one's admiration and praise, both
in the hospital and in camp, and every
soldier has given most cheerfully his con
tribution toward the Nightingale Hospi
tal, which is to be erected near London,
to commetnotate the noble heroism' of
this self-sacrificing woman.
C7The Rutland, Va., Herald, states
that there have been confined in the jail
at that place, the last four or five mouths,
two boys aged about thirteen years. Lasl
week there was put into jail a boy, seven
years of age, changed wilh tho crime of
stealing butter-nuts. This must have
been the place where the deacon killed
hie cat for .catching a mouse on Sunday.
ttcgritjijiic.
FROM CAXIF0MIA. ...
New York, Nov. 5. The Star of the
West, from San Juan, reached her wharf
on Saturday, evening. She , brings 300
passengers, $27,265 in gold, and dates
from San Francisco lo the 5ih ult., recei
ved, before by the George Law.
The Star of the West connected with
The Uncle Sam. Her passengers were
detained nine days on the Isthmus, in
consequence of the existing political trou
bles.
Don Finta Majore, late Secretary of
State, who had been detected in his cor
respondence with the enemy out-side of
ihe city, was shot at Grenada, on ihe
twenty-second.
Col. Walker, with a small parly of
California reinforcements, embarked Oc
tober 12th, at Virgin Bay, and before day
light the next morning, landed within four
miles of Grenada. After a rapid advance,
the little party reached the city, and man
ned the Plaza, without encountering any
serious resistance. A sharp conflict then
ensued, resulting in a loss to the enemy
of 15 killed and several wounded; and
General Walker took possession of the
capital of Nicaragua.
The Fort was captured on the 19th, by
a detachment of Americans.
Col. Fry and Parker II . French, with
60 men embarked on board Ihe steamer,
with ihe intention of capturing San Car
los, The occupanls of the Poit, howev
er, fired upon them, and the expedition
was abandoned.
Order having been restored, tho citi
zens of Grenada held a public meeting,
and tendered to Gov. Walker, the Presi
dency of the Republic, which honor he
declined in favor of General Carral.
Col. Wheeler, United States Minister
lo Central America, proceeded lo Rivas,
with a proposition of peace. He then
then learned, that Gen. Carral wasabsent,
hut was prevented by the Governor fioni
returning, and was detained two days.
He was not released, until the town was
threatened with an attack,
This breach nf faith, on ihe part of
Carral's forces, led lo a spicy correspon
dence, which ended in the surrender of
Carral, on the 22d. A treaty of peace
was formed, and thus Walker's victory
became complete.
On the 23d, the steamer conveying the
outward bound passengers, brought by
the Star of the West, was fired npon from
the Fort. A 32 pound shot struck the
boat, killing ith'dy and child, and serious
ly injuring the machinery.
Twenty-five passengers fled into the
woods, when ihe attack was made, and
had not been heard of when the steamer
started.
Previous lo this, an attack 'was made
upon the reluming government forces,
when four persons were killed, ami eight
wounded. The following were'killed :
Jnn. Boyd, Wayne county, Indiana j Wm.
Dubois, Susquehanna ; II. S. Bonaparls
of lowa ; Wm: Howard of Lexington,
Mo. and Henry B. Davis of Union.
The bodies were plundered of several
thousand dollars.
Among the wounded, were Michael
Foncniiiin, Tiffin, Ohio; C. Cornelius
Cross, Boonville Mo. ; and G. Kendriek,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Items fr' m New York.
New York, Oct. 31. The steamer
Atlantic sailed at noon to-day, with over
200 passengers and $620,000 in specie.
A procession of young Americans who
had been holding a political mass meeting
in the Bowery last evening while on its
way home, was attacked by a party of
Irishmen and broken up. The assailants
were armed with pistols, knives, stones,
clubs, etc., and several were injured.
The American banners were seized, and
destroyed.
The Sidney, Australia, papers, contain
an account of a piracy and murder said to
have been committed on board of the
whaling ship John of New Bedford, in
which the captain two males and several
seamen were murdered by some native,
sailors and the ship taken possession of.
The news from California is unimportant-
All the election returns had been
received, but not officially counted. The
whole Know Nothing Stale Ticket is
elected. Johnson's major'ny for Gover
nor is over 5,000. The whole number
of votes polled was 00,000. The Legis
lature is composed of 72 Know Nothings,
39 Democrats, and 2 whigs. The Pro
hibitory Liquor Law was defeated by 0,
000 majority. Ex-Gov. Foote, and ex
Congressman Marshall and Peyton, pre
the prominent K. N. candidates for U.
S. Senator, to succeed Mr. Gwin.
Pittsburgh, Nov. 3 A fire broke oui
ihis evening, in the eel ler of J. Schoonma
ker & Co.j where a largn quantity ofspir
ts ofturpentine was stored. The buil
ding, wi'.h its conlents, was destroyed.
The loss was $30,000. Insured partly in
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia offices.
Piiiladrlphu, Nov, 3 In (he Unit
ed Slates District Court to day, Passmore
Williamson took an affidavit purging him
self of contempt of Court, and was dis
charged. Boston, Nov. 6. The K. N, vote for
Governor was 200 ahead of ihat of jhe
Democratic nominee,
Texas Hangers Bloody Battlo In Kexioo Viotory
of the Tezani Details.
II may be remembered that some time
ago, a body of mounted Texan Rangersj
under the command of Capt. Callahan,
were, with the approbation of the Execu
tive, mustered in the western part of the
Slate. The object contemplated by ihem
was to deed oy the encampmeut of Lipan
Indians on the Mexicsn side of the Rio
Grande, and to exterminate the warriors
of that tribe which had long infested their
frontier murdering their wives and chil
dren, and depredating upon our property
and such Mexicans and negroes as would
he found allied with them.
Capt. Callahan," in an address to the
people of Texas, dated Eagle Pass, the
4th inst., gives a narrative of ihe campaign.
The Indian camp, he had learned, was
situated about 35 milts west of the river,
near the ciiy of San Fernando, in the
State of Tamaulipas. Towards the 2d
inst., about 3 o'clock in the afternoon,
and when within about ten miles of San
Fernando the Indian camp lying the
other sido of the town they descried
three horsemen approaching ihem from
a mound of timber oboul a mile to the
northward.
At first,' snys Capt, Callahan (for we
now quote his own language,) 'these men
were now noticed, we supposing them to
be herdsmen but on their approaching
within two hundred yards of us we dis
covered ihem to be Indian chieftians,
ready dressed and painted for battle, and
they were evidently striving to decoy us
from our position.
Forming my men into a line along the
road, I waited for them to begin the bat
tle, for by this time large numbers of
them had emerged from the limber, seem
ingly with the intention of attacking us;
they soon spread out in front of us, and
to our right and left, to ihe amount of sev
eral hundred horsemen, and commenced
to fire on ua,' Aboul this time one nf my
men fired on a chief about iwo hundred
yards distant, and broke a leg of his horse.
Peiceiving that the enemy, composed of
both Indians and Mexicans; were Irvine
lo outflank us, I ordered mv men to
charge, which was executed in fine style,
and thirty of the enemy were slain.
'While making our charge, the left
flank of iheenemv. which extended fur
nearly half a mile, came in on our ro.,r
and opened on us a very severe fire, dur
ing wnicn lour 01 our gallant men were
killed. The front and right flank on
which we chargul, sifter a gallant fire,
(led before us. leaving us in nossessinn of
the position which it was our object and
determination 10 gain.
'Then we discovered that our ennmv
numbered some 6 or 700, and their fool-
men were concea'ed 111 the limber, and
had not advanced in view on the prairie.
My men formed in a strong position be
neath the bank of a small creek, on which
the enemy had been encamped, and their
whole force coining up against us, we
continued the bailie for about three honrs,
when they fled in ihe direciion of Sari
Fernando, leaving, as we heard this eve
ning, some 85 killed, and wilh ihe loss
of one hundred wounded.
'This we learn from some Mexicans
who were cniraged in the battle, and from
other sources since my report to his Ex
cellency, the Hon. E'. M. Pease. The
same Mexicans have also informed me
ihat the annul number of our enemy was
seven hundred and fifty men.
'Afer the retreat of ihe enemy, which
was aboul d:uk, we, supposing that they
would come on us again before day, with
large reinforcements, fell back to ihe Rio
Crande, where we would be safe from
any number nf men and any quantity of
ai t'llery they uiiht bring against us.
'Approaching the town of Piedras Ne
gras about sunrise, we took possession of
it, and now occupy a position opposite
Ealo Pass, on ihe wesibank of ihe Rio
Grande.
Hog and Cattle Market.
The Columbus Fact says : "The de
mind for hogs of good quality for ship
ping still continues good, a large number
have been purchased within the past week
for immediate delivery al $5,00 per 100
lbs. gross.
In the Cincinnati Market, we notice an
apvance in prices from the previous weeks
quotations. For lots lo be delivered du
ring the next month $0,857,00 has been
paid, but few were willing to come up to
the latter price.
Beef packing has commenced in Cin
cinnati, one or Iwo houses aro now in op
eration. Ordinary to fair, sell at $0,00
to 0,75 per ewi. net, gnod and choice,
$7,00a7,50. Tho supply is good, and
ihe market firm at these rates.
The New. York Market is reported to
be well supplied with stock; 4,000
Beeves on hand, sale raised from $7,50a
10,00, according lo quality, wilh prices
lending downward. Sheep were lower ;
16,000 head were offered. Hogs firm,
sales nt $9,25 per 100 lbs. net. ,
The capability of happiness is like that
of taste, every one has his own'; hut hap
piness springs from what we outselve
love, not from what outers may think
lovely.
A Paris correspondent of ilia National
Intelligencer puts down the cost oi the
war of Fianco annually, at three millions
of dollars, and to England a like sum.
Paper From Bark. Mr. Charles H
Hall, of Portland Me., has discovered that
very good wrapping paper can be made
from hemlock bark, and being backed by
a company of capitalists, is preparing to
manufactuieit. " 4
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