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. form' dies Odd I i X din it mee the J Thii intei 1 Wo Pre Tlx Boo Cm 1 .Sep peri Cin( first Sini ofi a rt me) 1 is t cbs WQi dea ing nab get us, it'll ft, mai pei ted pei fist tbc HO rot Qi' c! i ilr i Ah .of .da . th. ao Di -fa art .thi )e h ll it t M I?" Ah &ti$Mo, f elesrapl). "Maiittii. I 15 pqmkroy; ohio. m TJfiJD.VY HOUNINO. MAY U. 185G. County Convcutlou. The voters of Meigs County, without re garded past political,' differences or divis ions, who are opposed to the repeal of the Missouri ujrapromise; to uie policy oi, me present Administration; to tne extension oi slavery into the territories; in favor of the admission of Kansas as a free State; and of restoring tho action of the Federal Govern ment' to tho principles of Washington and Jefferson, are invite'! ip meet in Mass Con vention, at the COURT HOUSE IN POM EROY, on THURSDAY, the 22d instant, at' ll' o'clock A. M.., for the purpose of elociina three delegates to the State Conven tioa to Le holden in Columbus on the 29th instant, and for such other business as may be presented. By order of the 1 ' 1 Republican Ces. Com. Slate Convention. Tho time has again arrived for action. Important Elections, State and National are at hand; and it is deemed expedient that the vpeojilc of Ohio take counsel together for which curnoso a State Convention, com posed of delegates from the several counties is appointed to be held in Columbus on Thursday the 29A day of May next, when will bo nominated candidates for tho Judge of the Supreme Court; Member of the Board of Public Works; Commissioner of Com mon Schools: six Delugates at largo for tl0 State of Ohio to the National Convention to assemble at Philadelphia on the 17th of June, to nominate President and Vice Pres ident of tho United States, and Electoral Ticket for Ohio. The people Ohio, with-' out regard to past political differences or divisions, who are oppoaed to the repeal of the Missouri compromise opposed to the policy of the present Federal Administra tion opposed to the extention of Slavery in the Tenitories in favor of the admis sion of Kansas as a free State and in fa vor of restoring the action of the govern ment to the principles of Washington and Jefferson, are cordially invited to co-operate in choosing dclega'2s to the State Conven tion, and othenvis . furthering the objects in view. , ., It is expected of the people in the respec tive counties Chat they take prompt notion for the choice of Delegates; and fortius pur pose it is recommended that they assemble at their several county scats, on the 22d day of May next, and designate tho number of Delegates to which their county may be en titled, viz: one Delegate for each 500 votes cast for the Republican ticket at the last Oc tober election and one additional Delegate for each fractional excess of 250 such votes no county having less than one Delegate. 'And for tho purpose of choosing three .Delegates from each Congressional District to the. National Convention, it is recommen ded that a convention be held in each Con grcssional District at the same place where the last-Conmcssional District Convention was holden. ( unless otherwise agreed by the local committees,) on or before tho 31st day of May. A. P. STUJSrJ, L. G. VAN SLYKE, WM. DENNISON, Jr., 0. FOLLETT, J. II. COULTER, State Central Committee. Colcmdus, April 22, 1056. Douglas and Lase. Stephen A. Dong' las is a shrewd little fellow. It takes him to get out of a scrape. A short time since when Gen. Cass offered the memorial of the Fiee State settlers of Kansas, enclosing a conv of their Constitution. . little Dug objected to its reception, because, he al leged1, Gen". Lane, who brought it to Wash jngton had ' altered the lancuoiro of the tCpMtitution. This was a grave charge no less than forgery. Gen. Lane wrote a . reply, but, as he could not be heard in the . Senate, he published it in the papers. Now, Gen. Lane is known to be a fighting man, and the "little giant" is not slow in boast ing of what he can do in that line. Every body expected a duel. Weil, Gen. Lane sent a copy of his document, and a challenge. For once in lus life, Douglas was puzzled Ho did not know what to do. He asked until 9 o'clock to reply. Tho time arrived, and he then asked until 4 o'clock. At 4 o'clock, he asked -until Monday morning On Monday, he lent anoto to Lane, repeat ing the charges, .but refusing to fight. He does not refuse because he is opposod to duelling.' If be did, the world might give hinioredit for moral courage, whatever they might think of his physical cowardice. On the contrary, he rests upon his privilege as a Senatoi. His reasons may thus be sum med up: , ; ' '. Firtt Other Senators used language equally objectionable. Second The Senate rejected tho memo rial bv a large wajoritv. Third Gen. Cass wuld hot vouch for its genuineness. fourth Rumors of the purpose of a hostile , mooting promulgud through the press, of. which my request for an cxplana lion was the forerunner. .fifth As. Chairman of the Committee on Territories, it was his duty to compare Jua. memorials; and for what he lias said, stands behind his privilege and constitution al protections ., . , . ; ..' The truth is Douglas is a coward, as most knaves are. Ho'belieVes in others fighting duels he esteems it honorable', but he dare not fight himself., ' lle.would be extremely obliged, if some gentleman would shoot Gen Lane; but hols afraid if he should shoot at Lane, -liis hand might tremble so that he might miss him, and then. Lane -might shoot tho ''littlo ginnt(" and then Douglass could not be the next .President of the 'United .Slates,. as lie expects to be. Transfer Agent. Last winter, the new Sinking Kuqd Commissioners ofDhio, ap pointed lUMv.prwino.of Cincinnati, Tcans? for-A gent i Iho city of (New York, for the paymen'o" Alio principal end interest the' Stale, 0r it ,bccomes '.due, . in place of ' The &nite, howevtrJ; ,")ro- fused, to confim tho appointment; and the 1 Fund Commissioners refused to make any J other communication to the Senate. Since the adjournment tho Commissioners ratified the appointment of Mr. C," and informed him of the fact. But Mr. Corwine replied that, under tho circumstances, he will not accept tho office. This agency is one Of the most lucrative offices in the State, and Mr. Cor wine's declination shows one thing, at least, viz: that lie thinks more of personal bonor th(m ft lucrative officC IIon. A p E(i,rerton havill2 red his office, and Mr. Corw;ne decliuing, the Ohio Life Insurance Company has been appoint ed to take charge of the Agency. We publish this week a poem from a new contributor. There is evidently some music in "Minnie." . We trust this may not be the last time we shall bear from her. It is not often we reoeive original rhymes which we considei worthy of publication, and many an effusion intended for the Telegraph, has found its way into an old flour barrel instead. The Right Spihit. A subscriber en closes $1,00 to be placed to his credit, say ing: "I do not know whether I am indebt ed or not; but from your recent invitation, to pny up, I conclude that just now you imp have more than an ordinary demand for' money." We have soF.e "old sogcra" on our list who seem to think printers never have any demand for money at all at least they act as f they thought so. Now, we wish it un derstood that we uevei intimate our need of money, when we can do without it conve niently, and our friend was right in suppos ing that we have more than an ordinary de mand; though he is mistaken in the sup posed cause. The Laws. Next week Ave shall publish the Bank Law, which must be voted upon by the people at tho next general election; and if a majority of the people vote in favor of it, it will become a law, if not, not. This aw, with what have already been published, will complete the list selected by the Auditor, Probate Judge, and Prosecuting Attorney of this county for publication, though not more than one-sixth of the entire number enacted have been selected. All the laws published in the Telegraph are of especial interest to the people of this county, and should . be carefully read and preserved. We have no room for comments on any of them. Each law speaks for it self. Attcr next wcck, we snail nave more room tor general news ana political ana miscellaneous reading matter, and shall de vote considerable time, and use great care in its selection. If we had space, we should like to exti act largely from the Kansas City Enterprise of last week. As we cannot do this, we con tent ourselves with inserting the following card, which appears among the advertise ments in that paper: J. W. JOHNSON. R. T. VAN HORN, JOHNSTON & VAN HORN, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, Kansas, Mo. WILL attend promptly to all business placed in their charge. Particular attention given to the collection of Claims, and transactions in Real Estate. Refers to Fife & Michael, Commission Merchants, St. Louis; H. II. Robinson, U. S Marshat, Southern District of Ohio; Maj. Royal Baldwin, Kickanoo Acent, K. T.: Hon. Win. A. Strong, Judge of Common Pleas Court, Kansas Ult), Alo. Offici Cornel of Main street and Levee up stairs. Railroad Meeting in Athens. A large meeting was held at the Court-House Athens on Thursday evening last. Mr, Borland, President of the Hocking Valley Road was present, and presented the claims of his enterprise". Hon. John Welch also made some remarks' upon the subject of the late law passed by the Legislature, giving Washinrton countv the veto power. We quote a short paragraph from his speech, which expresses our own vipws precisely: "As to the law of the last session, be con sidered it unconstitutional, both because it was not a ceneral law. and also because its taking effect was contingent upon a vote of the puopie ot a county, llie principle oi tho law, moreover, was auti-democratie and unjust. It gives one community a road, and then allows that community to vote whether any body else shall have a road. It taxes oil to build a road for a few, and then alio its that few to say whether the balance of community shall have a road to be built with their own money and without tax. It makes me build you a road, and then refuses to let me build my own road. Such an unjust law could not stand longer than till the meeting of the Legislature. He had no idea the object of the law would be effected by it. He thought if it injured either road, it would be the .one which procured unwittingly procured its passage Mr. W. thought if ny evidence was want ing, to show that the route for a railroad from this point to Baltimore, was down the val ley of the Hocking, it eould bo found in the fact, tli at such laws were needed to prevent hs construction. Anouier very strong evi dence of the same fact was, that while this community had hundreds of thousands of money invested in our road, and while eve rv nronertv holder in tho town and eountv had something invested in it, yet we were almost unanimous in our verdict in favor of allowing the other to be untramolled and un obstructed. . . i . , The general impression on all hands is tbAt the road will be built, and that speedily. We understand that no attention will be paid to the law above referred to. , , . Kansas ifsws. We mlgln fill every col umn of the Ttlegraph week, with mel ting news fom Kansas, if w felt disposed to give the details from our exchanges. But we have other matters to attend to, and the best we nan do is to givo a brief -summary of tho most important ilwn. i ; - Sheriff Jones, who wa shet in the tent, after making tho arrests, is dead.' An.ao- count 'of the circumstances attending liis niwdcrwnj Id found in another column. The opinion is gaining ground that He was murdered by some desperado belonging to the BordcrRuffiansforthe purpose of cre atine an excitement against the Free State men, and precipitating a conflict between them and the U. S. troops, while the Con gress committee are engaged in their inves tigations. If so, it is likely to fail of produ cing the desired effect. The Free State mon all disapprove of the act, and condemn the assassin, and will use their best efforts to bring him to justice A large number of arrestshavebeenmade by the U. S. troops for alleged disobedience to tho laws of tho bogus legislature. The U. S. authorities are determined to enforce these laws at all hazards, and the Free State men have determined not to resist the gene ral government, but will not obey the local authorities constituted by the legislature. No effort has been made to arrest any body for murdering Dow or Brown, or any iVher Free State man; but the moment ny of the myrmidons of the Glave Pcwerth6 Border Ruffians is cut dowr,, heaven and earth must be. t.'arnedj nee(1 be to arrest the guilty party . The General Government has becorr.ii the snecial natron saint of Slavery d Ruffianism; but even simple justice is j r j denied to any man who dares to raise his voice in favor of Freedom. How long shall iiese . things be? Thank God, the ballot box is not yet outlawed in the Free States! Then let every man who has the least spark of manhood, and the least love of liberty, prepare to hurl those who now disgrace our general government in the eyes of the civil ized world, from their exalted positions, and place men there who have not yet blotted from their minds the deeds of our Revolu tionary sires men who will still allow FREEDOM a voice in this boasted land of iberty. Walker the Filllbustcr. This scoundrel, at hst accounts, was still unhung. The account sent to this country of his recent battle at Rivas, turns out to be an exaggeration of the grossest kind. Re- iablo information has reached this county, that Walker's loss was about equal to that of the Costa Ricians 150 each nnd that Walker was forced to retreat in the night. The jank and file of his fillibutering army are much dissatisfied, and are anxious tore turn to the States; but Walker has placed such impediments in their way that it is im possible. They are paid off in scrip, which is utterly worthless. Not one in fifty has money enough to pay his passage home. If he had, there appears to be an under standing with the steamers to prevent it, by throwing obstacles in the way. There seems to be little prospect now of bis suc cess. He has succeeded in one thing, how ever, and that is in embittering the natives of that country against our government and people. Walker is now makinir an effort to manu facture sympathy and procure aid from this country. He has written a letter to Senator Weller, to effect this obiect, and it us even as serted that it is seriously in contemplation to force President Piorce into a recognition ot this land pirate s pretended government. Douglas has already declared himself in favor of it, Weller is it3 strong advocate Cushing and Davis are urging it strongly The only question with Pierce is, What ef fect will it have upon his prospects for a nomination by the Cincinnati Convention? He cares not if the whole civilized race wil! regard the act with scorn and contempt, he cares not if it does give the lie direct to al his pretended efforts to prevent filibusters from leaving our shores; he cares not if it will send his name to posterity as that of monster, totally devoid of common honesty his only question is, Will it aid Ins re nomination? If it will, Walker shall be recognized. The delicate relations existin between this country and Great Britain have been rendered much more delicate, and dif ficult of settlement by this same fillibuster mg Walker, and had it not been for the ap parent sincerity of President Pierce's efforts to prevent the scoundrels from leaving this countiy, our country might nave betn ere this involved in war with Great Britain. Suppose now, after all these protestations of good faith with England, this government recognizes Walkerl What will be thought of us as a nation? Why, that we ate de ceitful, treacherous, and base, What else can be thought? Look at it one moment. A pirate attacking a weak and defenceless nation, without any dcclartion of war, or previous cause of war, a nation which bad always been at peace with this government. Our government denounce the act prevent men from engaging in it; and then, at th Kiost critical moment, when the pirate and his' .army are nearly conquered, our govern ment steps in, recognizes his government as legitimate, anfl senas mm uiu ana succor. But. it is said, the Slave Power wills it, They wish to annex it to. this country, as they did Texas, and a portion of Mexico. They persuaded Walker to go there and promised him aid; imd the Slave power must be obeyed. Well, we predict that Pierce will yield, and that the lecognition or this scoundrel's fillibusterism will be made part of the Democratic Platform in Cincinnati Convention. O Yes! 0 Yeb! The next term of the Court of Common Pleas for Meigs County will commence on Thursday May 27th. Remember the County ' Convention on Saturday May 22d. Jewelrt. See advertisement of Francis Dammcrt. He may be found in ,the build ing next above this office. ' His stock is worth looking at. Call, and see., , . , Tailoring. Those in want of tailoring are respoetfully invited to read the adver tisement of Messrs Howe & Jenkins, in an other column. ; They may be found under this office. ' ' ! ' I. 0. 0. F. In another column may be found the iprogramme for the Odd Fellows' celebration at Gallipolis next Saturday. We regret that it was received Olate for publication last week.jWgJvor to oe on nana, ana Vil' ah persona naviyi tics r .n. wiuseuio ineaai . i :n i.i Ul .uu'iruii M V ' tnr ...11 ' Fellows in Gallipolis will le open on that day for the reception of their bir thren. We shall endeavor to give some account of the affair in our next paper. Fatal Aifrat w Washington. Mr. Herbert, a member of Congress from Califor nia, had a difficulty with the waiters at Wil- lard's Hotel in Washington on the 8th inst. It seems that he came in to breakfast about 1 1 o'clock, and the head gaiter remonstra ting against preparing his meal at that hour, a fight ensued, in which several of the wai ters and others engaged. Mr. Willard drew a pistol and shot Keating the head waiter through the heart, killing hm' instantly. An investigation -was had befdre Justices Birch and Smith, who bound Herbert over to the criminal c-ourt, and refused to admit him to bii'l, placing him in charge of the U. Marshal. Application has been made to the criminal court for his release by a writ of habeas corpus. Knowing the character of hotel waiters and Congressmen for inso lence, we forbear expressing any opinion, until we have all the facts before us. Pkterson's Magazine. We have receiv ed but one number tills year that for April. his is undoubtedly owing to the neglect of those in charge tqjnotice the work properly, during our . long absence from home. eterson is one of our favorites. If the publishers will forward us the back num bers for this year, and the November num ber of last year, we promise to make amends for the past. 'Salad roa the Social," is the title of a new work, by the author of "Salad for the Solitary," just issued from the press of De- witt & Davenport, N. Y., and for sale by Remington & Halliday. Price $1.25. It is a queer book, by a queer author. Full of fun, wit, and anecdote, culled from the writings and sayings of eminent men, on various subjects, and carefully arranged t or a steamboat ride or a lonely hour, one can hardly find better companion, certain ly none more full of playful jokes and witti cisms. Get it, and read it. We spent a few hours over its pages yesterday, and found so many good things, want of space alone prevents us from giving some of them to our readers. A Defence or the Amreican Policy. Here is something for K. N.'s particularly, and voters generally. It would hurt no body to read it, and might do great good. There are some things in it which we like, and some which we cannot endorse. Had we time and spaec it would afford us pleas ure to review the entire work, and present our views of this delicate yet important question in full. The present work is writ ten by Hon. Thomas R. Whitney, member of Congress from JNew lork. it is published by Dewitt & Davenport, and for sale by Remington .JHalliday. All we have time to say at present is that it is the most inter esting work we have yet read on that sub ject, and it contains very many important facts, not found elsewhere. iar&gairr1, we'Bre compelled to leave out a large quantity of news, and interest ing reading matter selected for this num ber. Have patience, friends. We shall make it all right soon. The Assassination or Sheriff Jones. Lawrence K. T., Thursday. April 24. To the Editor of the Missouri Democrat: Knowing that vour regular eorresoondent J 1 J t 'L' 1 f M is ueoarreu irom writing you oy mis man, 1 volunteer a few lines that will be of pub lic interest. Jones, the Sheriff of Douglas county, was shot last night about 10 o clock, and it is expected that his wound will prove fatal. The attending circumstances were these: Un baturday and bunday last, he made two unsuccessful attempts to arrest S. N. Wood and others, for old offences, for which he has held warrants for several months, and never sought to enforce. Our people were unwilling to recognize him or his authority. He had a small posse with bira from Lecompton each time, but he took away none of our men under such circum stances. He seemed greatly exasperated and swore he would have them at any cost ot lite or money. He made Lecompton his head-quarters where Shannon, Oliver, String fellow, Whit field, and others were in Council; directing all his movements, and intending to get up some foray just on the verce of the exam ination by the Washington Committee, to prejudice them against the squatters of the Territory. Shannon sent to Leavenworth for troops to assist Jones in making his arrests, and about 4 o'olock in the afternoon yesterday, he rode into town at the head of ten or twelve , dragoons, fully armed. Wood, and those he came more particularly to arrest, were not in town, and were ad vised to leave, to prevent and avoid difficul ty at that time. But they soon found twelve others whom they arrested and marched through the streets under guard of U. S. dragoons, like culpritb. Many of our people were very indignant at this; still they were all arrested and taken to the room prepared for them without the least resistance, and even one TJ. S. officer with such instructions as they have, could have accomplished the same, for we will never resist the authority and arms of the U. a. As nigiu canie on, however, I feared there would be further disturbance, still we ex pected nothing more serious than abusing Jones, or something of the Kind, cut, un fortunately for us, some desperado whose impulses were bejond control, shot Jones as he. was sitting in a tent occupied by the dragoons; but no trace can be found or any evidence to fix the guilt upon any particular person. Our citizens will deprecate the act very much, and will use every means to bring the assassin to justice. The lieuten ant in command has sent to Leavenworth for a larger foroe, but we apprehend no further demonstration. Jones is alive this morning, but ib considered vory dangerous ly wounded. .The ball entered between the shoulder blades near his heck, and probably injured the spine. It is hoped the public will withhold judgment jintil further inves tigations are made public. . RANDOLPH. , i Irviko's Live or Washington. This loqg looked for work has at last made its appear ance.' It would bo vain in us to speak of its merits. The biography of America's rcatest patriot and statesman, written by mcrica s greatest author, must be some thing worth preserving. As it is published by subscription, it can ortlv be procured of agents, xtemington e Halliday are agents for this place. . , J . - Thanks To F. H. Sidebottom for late California papers. Mr. 6., we believe, is now residing at Nevada City, doing well. From a hasty glance thrcughthe papers we are inclined to think there has been but little improvement in the morals of the people of the land of gold. The papers are failed with accounts of tights, murdersi masquerades, rows, riots, fires, horse-races, gambling:, dec, iic' the Sacramento Union is a large and beautiful sheet equal to our best eas tern or western newspapers. The daily is ? 1 6,09 per annum the- weekly 5,op, Tub Law op Newspapers. For the benefit of all concerned, we again publish a synopsis of the laws governing newspa per editors, publishers and subscribers. Cut it out, and paste h in your hat, oil ye who are in an ears for three or four years. 1. Subscribers who do not give express notice to the contrary, are considered as wishing (o continue their subscriptions. , 2. If subscribers 'order the discontin uance of their papers, the publishers can continue lo send ihem until all arrearages are paid. , . S. If subscribers ns'gleci or refuse to take their papers from the office to which they are directed, they are held responsible till they settle their bill, and order the papers discontinued. 4. If any subscribers remove to another place without Informing the publisher, and iheir paper is sent to the former direction, they are held responsible. 5. The cour8 have decided that refus ing to take a newspaper from the offico, or removing and leaving it uncalled for, Is prima facie evidence ol intentional fraud. Important from Europe. Quebec, May 8. Steamer North Amer ica arrived at seven o'clock last evening with Liverpool dates. Latest from Europe. -The military are disbanded. The ndmtrallty have ordered all light houses to be lighted and nil buoys to be laid down in the Gulfs of Bothnia, rind land and Baltic and White Seas. Breadstuff's drooping. Weather very fa vorable for asiicultural purposes. London. Flour has declined Is. Other articles generally unchanged. Mokin s circular lava trade exhibited lit tie variation since Friday. Wheat and flour sieady. Indian corn in better request and sixpence higher; eood Qualities of brand flour advanced 6d to It. At Man Chester higher prices are demanded but sales limited. At Glasgow market fur pig iron was excited. Large speculative demand. Consols closed on Tuesday at 93 18 for money. The French army la being placed on peace footing. The Naval Review at Splifittld io dsv is composed ot 240 Rtrsmers carrying 3,000 guns, managed by 30.000 marines. Lord Claiendon has declined a Marqui saie otlerod by the Queen. Paris Trade is improving. The accounts from the manufacturing dis iricis are favorable. In corn there is downward tendency. Wheat tending uo ward. Vienna, 18ih. The King of Prussia rat ified peace on Friday last, The Turkish ratification took place at Constantinople on the 14ih. Letters from the Crimea state that prepa rations continued for the departure of the army. Arrival of the America. Halifax, May 8. Tho steamship Amor lea, for Boston, arrived here this morning with Liverpool dates to the 26th ult., being three days later news than that brought by the JNorth America at Quebec. It is reported that Great Britain has given way in the negotiation with the United States on the Central American questions but that Mr. Lrampton will not ba recalled The London papers have obtained a copy of the treaty of peace, and its contents are such as was anticipated. Russia hss made slight concessions of th frontier of Bessarabia. Kars and the Cri mea are mutually returned; the service re mains as at present. Moldavia and Walla chia are to have a constitution, for which there is to be a commission prepared at once, The London Star states that the Cabinet decided on the 22d ult , on the American question, nnd will make concessions in the matter of Central American affuirs, but have determined not to recall Mr. Crampion. ihe papers relating to Central American af fairs have been laid before Parliament; but no action has yet been taken upon them The enlistment document would be leady In a lew days, The London papers have succeeded in obtaining an advanced copy of tne l reaty ol Peace. Ihe Massacre al Panama. The passengers from California, who with the passengers from the Atlantic side, were at Panama during the attack of the natives on the Americans, have most of them ar rived at New York, and are furnishing the papers of that city with the sickening de tails. There is now no doubt the attack was premeditated on the pari of the natives The opening of the Railroad has put an end to the hiring of mules lor crossing the Isih mus, and has otherwise injured the petty trade of the Ignorant population, inspiring all classes with an idea that the commerce of the place was being destroyed because it could no longer be transacted by muleteers and petty shop keepers. The attack wai to punish those who had brought these injuries upon them, and to renuraerate themselves by robbery for their lossess in being displaced from the business thai the transit across the Isthmus had built up. This is the progress ol the South. , Tho officers of the ' Railroad Company in concert with the Government 'officials have taken measures to prevent a recur rence of the outrage. And our own Gov ernmem is stirring in ihe matter, armed ves sels having been ordered to both Aspinwal and Paoama. The protest of Col, Totten chief Engineer of the Road, ic ihe Governor of the State of Panama, arraigns pointedly the conduct of that official on ihe night of the riot, notifying him that ihe State will be held retponiible for the loss of life and property. From amongst the ' accounts, we teloct the following from 4M.'Rswion, which gives ihe mairr facts in lets space than oth en: : . . One of the most frightful butcheries and robbetles of .Americans took place ti Pan ama on the night of tho,! Sib of April. ' On the afternoon of thai day the passengers per steamer Illinois arrived at the railroad depot at Panama on their way to the steamer J.1 L. Stephens, but owing to the Ww tide tliey were detained on shore. A pprtion of the passengers by the Cortez from San Fran cisco, were also stopping at the several ho tels In the vicinity or tne depot, mere could not have been less than 1.000 or 2,- 000 Americans congregated about ' the rail road terminus. About sunsets dtfliculiy occurred between One of the Illinois pat sengers'and one of the negroes, which was freely joined by friends on both sides, and a general row now commenced. Pistols, boffie knives, swords, muskets, clubs and rocks were freely used, and with deadly ef fect. The Americans ware generally un armed, haVir.g only a few small revolvers, and consequently after a thori struggle had to Yield tbB ground. The natives were re- 'C.oiccd bv large numbers, lhey now made an attack upon the different hotels and drove all the inmates out, many of whom sought safety, as they supposed, in the depot building. . About this time the police (bod save me term!) was called in tequisition; but instead of attempting to restore order, tt Is positively known that a portion or them joined the ne groes and made the assault upon the depot, I ho police and negroes tired upon tne crowd, and drove every man, woman and child from the luilding, who in their frigh ran in every direction some to the boats and others to the thick brush and woods, where they remained during the night, and with the expectation ol bet ng murdered when daylight appeared.- A largo number were fortunate enough to get on board of the small steamet, and were conveyed to the J. jj. atepnens. , After tne natives had accomplished toeir work of death, and dispersed all from the ground, they commenced plundering the bag gage, and destroying every thing that could be found in the hotels. The passengers, in their sudden flight, left and lost every thing. After plundering all to be found in the ho tels, the black mob attacked the depot build ing, which contained a large amount of lug gage and treasure, all of which the rascals obtained. They then commencea.to tear un the railroad track, and to pull down the telegraph poles, and destroyed both railroad and telegraphic offices. They were aware that the express goods would be brought over from Atpinwall that night, and had laid their plans to seize theirs l hey tore up tho track in the vicinity of the depot, in or der that the engine might run off; but throbgh the exertions of Mr. Williams, (a conductor on the road) the Express troin was stopped by his signals before reaching ihe Taial point, and the ).ves or those on board, and the Boeds. were saved', and the train put back to Aspinwsll , where it re mained at the time the Philadelphia sailed I havj no msans of knowing the number killed and wounded. There were twenty five Americans found dead immediately around the depot in the morning, most o whom wore passengers on the C'onez, bui this number is nrobablv not half that were murdered. Of the number of natives killed bui littlo could be ascertained; but lew.com paratively, 1 think, were slain. During the night some scattering Amen cans were picked up from lime lo time by ihe police, and escorted to the gates of the city, but with the requisition of from o to $20 each for so doing, and In seter.M in stances they were robbed of all money, watches, and other effects found upon their persons, and their lives threatened in cue of resismnco. Soon alter the commencement of hostili ties, the Governor of Panama and the Amer ¬ ican Consul were on the ground, but tbeir exertions to quiet the riot proved Inetloctual. hit reported by some or our passengers that the Governor in the first instance tried to restore order, butaftetwards encouraged 1'ie murder and plunder. My slight acquain tance with Gov. Deas forbids me from giv ing any credence to the latter report. The Spanish portion of the inhabitants of Panama were much frightened. Every house and place or business was instantly closed and barred, and but few ventured out upon the balconies during the night. The hotels in the city were closed and gua-ded until morning. Of the amount of money and other effects lost by the passengers 1 can give but an im perfect idea. It is supposed by many that not less than $100,000 would cover the amount. True it u that a large sum is lost, and much more probably than ever will be asceitained. The Columbus Fact says that R. S. McEwen, late Clerk of the Ohio Peniten tiary, is engaged in writing a history, to be entitled "The Mysteries of the Ohio Peni tentiary," embellished with cuts, to com mence on the 8th ol May, 1852. at the time A. G. Dimmock took charge of ihe Insti tutionand closing ai ibe end of ihe ad ministration of J. B. Buttles, Mao hos the material for making a good book. Look out for some rich developments. Recently a family of emigrants from near Coldwater, started for Kansas. At Si. Louis, the futhor went, in company with some friends, io visit a place of amusement, and left litem io return to his hotel, which he never reached. His wife remained with thn family several days, but was unable to learn any trace of him, and started to re turn home. IS ear bturgis, the constant thought of her calamity bereft her of rea son, and throwing what money she had into the lap or her youngest child, she precipi tated hertelf under the cars, and was in siantly killed. The Washington correspondent of the North American under date of April 30, says: The recent telegraphic statement, that forgeries ot land warrants to ihe extent of a million of acres had been discovered here, is wholly unfounded. . It is true i gang of forgers in these operations were de tected at New Orleans some time ago, who had their plans prepared for large Issue, perhaps sen lo the extent represented, but the certificates and apparatus were seized by tbe authorities and consequently the whole scheme failed. . . The British Government had definitely declined the proposal made by Denmark for ihe capitalization of. the Sound dues, ex pressing, however, a willingness to receive new propositions. : J. G. Percival, the Poet, State Geologist of Michigan, died on Friday at Chicago, Mr. L. E. Roseburgh, a jeweler in Chi cago, had $2,000 worth of goods recently stolen from his store. The thief has not been found, , ' . ; ' ' A man named Blackmnn was robbed of 86,000, In checks and cash, on the cars be tween Buffalo and Rochester, on Friday. ' . The large Car Factory , of Ridgeway tt Co., al Columbus, Ohio, was ' entirely de stroyed by fire on Saturday, The lost ts laid to beheavjv ; , .i . From Kansas we learn that the citizens of Lawrence denounce tho shoe-ting of iheir persecutor, Jones, and have passed a reso lution "that ibe attempt made in our town upon the life of J. Jones. Esq., whilst claim ing to act as the sheriff of ihe county, was ihe isolated act of some malicious and evil disposed individual, unexpected and, un- looked for by our community, and unsus mined by any portion of them." The Her ald says he will recover Irum his injuries. Companies B, L, u, and II, of cavalry, com manded by Col. Sumner, are in Laurence. Five mere negroes escaped from their owners in Covington, Ky., on Suaday night last.'. ; ' - Harrington, who shot Lieut.' Parker oi the ' Cincinnati Police, has been held for mur der, without bail. The Worthy Grand Encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Ohio, held its annual session on Tuesday last, at Akron. Rev. James Ellis, Sr.. of Lorain county, Ohio, was recently killed at Grafion, by an engine, while standing on theC.C. & C. ' Railroad uack. He was tome what deaf, ' and did not hear the train coming, Prince Yturbide, Secretary to the Mexi-' can Legation at Washington, son of a for mer bmperor ol Mexlcey alterwards Aid de-Camp to Santa Anna, was at Cleveland, - Ohio, on Sabbath last. ix "boilers" resumed work at one ol the Wheeling rolling mills on Monday. The La Belle, Virginia, Missouri and Belmont mills are now in opeiailon. The Commissioner for re-locating the capital of the Sdute ol lofra have selected a site about two miles east of Fort Demoine, in the two mile radius of the junction of the ' Raccoon and Oemofae rivers: A Nicaraguan meeting was held at New . Orleans on the 28ih, which was addressed by Pierre Soule, late Minister to Spain. ' He claims great advantages to Lousiana and the South in the success of Walker, and denounces the cabinet, but not the presi dent, for not recognizing his government. He had plenty of men, bui lacked money to purchase munition! of war two or three hundred thousand dollars would terminate the war In a few weeks. Nicaragua" owed less than four millions, could well repay a loan, and all thai wat needed was the rec ognition of that government by ours, to in spire, confidence, and insure raising the money. He opened a subscription on Hie spot, and a number put down their names but the amount subscribed is not given in lhi report. Parker H. trench followed, an J was loudly cheered, and the meeting ap pointed a committee to raise the money needed. The Spring Elections. Every Stato election this spring has resulted in the total overthow ol the Slave Democracy and the triumph of the Republican and American sentiment. The first election in New Uampshiie, the borne of Franklin Pierce, and the most hardened, persitient und uni form Locofoco State in ihe Union, was a perfect Waterloo defeat of the administra tion. Next followed Rhode Island, where oui triumph was still more signal an 1 em phatic. Then followed Connecticui, with tlie same result. Both branches of the Legislature are strongly opposition. This secures all the State officers and what is of more importance, a U. S. Senator In thn place of a Nebraska doughface. Thus opens the campaign for 1856. It will close by a total prostration of the Slave power in the Union, Slate- Journal. The expenses of the General Government are enormously increasing. Under the present administration they have been al most doubled, and tbe estimate for ihe pres ent year is from $70,000 ODQ to 80,000,000. Dr. J. W. Hamilton, of Columbus, has been elected by the- Board- of Directors, Physician of the Ohio PeniieiuiAry., It affords us great pleasure to announce the unanimous re-election . of Rev, Mr. Warner as Chaplain of the Ohio Peniteu. Appowtmbwt. The Directors of ihe Southern Ohio Lunatic Asjlurri, at Dayton, have appointed Dr. 1. Kv Mcllhianny Super,, iniendent of that institution, in place of Dr. Clements, whose term expires under ihe new law. Contested Seat. The committee on Elections in the House reported on the 18th against ihe right of Bird- U. Chapman io oc- cupy the seat of Delegate from Nebraska.. Hiram P. Bennett is the coruestam. Mr.C. was tho candidate of ihe administration at the election. Run on Indiana Bank. The Indianap olis Seniinel of the 10th inst., states that 81,830,000 have been drawn from the In diana Banks by tbe Cincinnati brokeis snd meichants, through Dunlevy, Haire Xi Co., within the' past four weeks. - - Major Dulafield, Major Mordecai, .and ' Copt. MeLellan, the military officers-deputed by ihe .United States Government io visit the seat ol war in the Crimea, were among the passengers by the Persia. - The American Organ publishes the follow -Ing rumor which hat nothing to commend li to notice, we ihink, but its improbability. The Organ gives It however as a rumor only . as will be perceived: . ' Anticipated Bolt. A rumor prevails thai there will be bolting at the Cincinnati Convention. If the South should succeed -in their purpose of establishing aa ultra pro-slavery platform, and the seceders will, nominate J. C. Fremont as tho representa tive of the Silas Wright, Van Buret), Ben-1 ton Democracy. -: . ,. . v. . The Louisville firemen are in a state of insubordination, and constitute a mob which. Is determined ihat such fires as break out, shall not be quenched, until the City Coun cil accedes to their demands. ' An attempt. has been made io organize a new fire de partment, but the old one re lists, and ratka attacks with stones, &c., upon any company turning out to a are. . I he steamship Erricsson wat on ojonasy towed Into the balance dook, at New Y6rk, to have some of her coppering renewed It is said that new alteration re to ba made in the machinery of this remarkable ycssel, with a1 view to increase her speed. n . t The ladies of Portland have pretotiic Neal Dow with a beautiful silver salver an four goblets, bearing the Intoripiion r"Pre? sented by the Maine Law Ladles of Fotu land." ; Ai the . request of the President or the! Pacific Steamship Company, ll zptoiea II is epteie consider th L set of war t n citizens.' , ,' ' 'r ) that the Cabinet Counoil will consider lha expediency of sending a vessel Aspinwsll to protect American i it 1) f in i 1 1 1 , , . p i '.- j M9j-vf imr " e!5 ii