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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.' , ,'
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that the Cabinet Counoil will consider lha
expediency of sending a vessel
Aspinwsll to protect American
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