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1 l m m s m Cayuga Marsh. We have received from Senator W il liams a copy of the Report of the Com missioner (of whom he was one) relative to draining the Cayuga Marshes. The report is a valuable one and contains a history of the efforts heretofore made to accomplish this work, and a statement of the reasons for its further prosecution. It also contains the very valuable report made by George Geddes, Civil Engineer, on tho subject, together with a map showing the extent and nature of the proposed improvement. From the docu ments we learn that over 30,000 acres of land are rendered worthless by these marshes, which if properly drained w*o’d be the most fertile of any in the State. The Commis||oneirs point out the man ner in which this can be done, viz : by excavating the bed of the Seneca River at Jack’s Reef and Mosquito Point, at a cost of about 100,000 dollars, and they conclude their Report by recommending the passage of a law to that effect, pro viding for the reimbusement of the mon ey -expended by the State thereon, by assessment on the lands benefitted by the improvement.— Seneca Co. Couicr, Table of mortality. 1 i n ghe t o w n o f B e n t o n f o r th e y e a r 1 8 5 1 - Furnished for the Yates County Whig by S .G. Cage, E*q. Age. Jan’y. 14. Mary F. Lamport, 1 20. Infant daughter of Elder R. The War in Caucasus. (©tneoa Courier. Wednesday, April 7, 1852. Feb’y. Clapp, under 24. Allen Brace, March May. July.. Aug. Oct. 16. 27. Nov. 14. stop. m A G raphic P etition from I ndians . —There has been nothing more graphic or expressive presented to tho Legisla ture during its present session than the following Iona fide petition from the head man and chiefs of the Onondaga Indians. M emorial of the O nondaga N ation in F avor of the M aine L aw . To the Senate and House o f Representa - 1 Dec. 1. tives, at Albany: D ear F athers and B rothers :— We understand you are all at the groat Council House at Albany, and that the great Council Fire is now burning, and that our White Brothers, all over the State, are sending wood to put on the Council Fire : but we ’fraid the Council Fire will not burn bright and clear with out more help ; so we send this to make it burn. For, Brothers, what we want to say, is this : We hear about our Broth ers in th.e State of Maine—we hear that they find G reat R ogue ; this rogue, he get folks money ; some time he burn houses—some time he kill peole—some time he make family very poor—some time he take way senses—some time he make ’em cross and ragged and dirty, and some time he freeze ’em to death. Now we hear our brothers there— they try stop it—they try talk about it, see if can stop it little—but he won’t W e hear at last our brothers won’t bear it^po longer—so they make law to knock him on head, any where they find him—in barrel, or jug or bot tle,in tavern, grocery or barn, anywhere — knock him on head ! Now we want to tell you, Brothers, that this big Rouge has been here to Onondaga; ho has made us great trouble. Some of our people would be very good if this bad fellow would keep away. We try—our ^people try some, too—but he will not. Now what we ask is to make laws— such as our brothers in the State of Maine have made. We have tried coax him—but he won’t becoax ; we try scare — he won’t scare much; he still make great deat trouble ; we think better made Jaw to knock him on head—then he make us no more trouble. We Chris tian party ask it, and some pagan, too —most all ask it—you make this law. Now, Brothers—our people sold our ^and to white people, and white people *made treaty—he say he be good to Indi an . But be let this Rouge trouble us .most too long. Now, Brothers, we was mice great people, and we have gone to war for our white brothers ; but now we are few, our white brothers are strong. W e want you help us-we want you make siliis law, so when we find this Rouge we «kill him. We see him great many times, but we mean to be good and peaceable, and so he get away, but if you make this law, then we kill him, and then we Uivo happy and friendly—no more cross .—no more ragged—-no more fight, but raise com, wheat, oats, beans, cattle, horses, and some children too ; no more get drunk—no more freeze to death— work and get good things like white men. 3. Infant son of H. Gelder, under 6. Rosetta Moon, 16. Infant daughter of L. Voor- hees, under 1. John C. Jacobus, 4. Fidelia A. Rector, under 20. Sarah Carr, 20. Diilah Feagles, 28. Willityn Smalley, under — Infant son of H. Canfield, under 12. Caroline Spencer, 13. Robert Robinson, 27. John Scott, — Infant son of S. Babcock, (colored) 16. George Chapman, 20. Deborah Roy, 29. Nathaniel C. Kniffin. 10. Anna Sutton, 26. Mary Rentoin, 27. Susan Hazard, 28. Jane McGlocklin, —. Twin infants of C. XVyllys son and daughter, under Alice Carr, William Ardery, Catharine J. Brown, Anson Warren, 3. Philip Roland, 15. James Pembroke, Poynton Groves, infant son of T. Norton, un der 5. John Agan, about Maria Saules, 17. John Mittour about 28. Sylvia Mingo, (colored) about William Belt, 5. James Scott, 29. Benjamin Coddington, Whole number of deaths, Males, Females, United age, Average age, about * There were under one year, Sept. 16. 20. 3. 1 3 1 3 1 7 1 15 35 1 3 33 81 51 1 22 69 67 46 26 53 27 1 1 15 43 77 65 13 13 1 26 57 71 32 81 83 84 The Journal de St. Petersburg!! con tains new bulletins from the army of the Caucasus. It is stated that on the 10th and 18th of Jan’y, different column.which | Town Meeting.— LoCOfOCO Triumph, had been directed upon the valleys of the lesser Tchetchina, encountered bod ies of mountaineers, of whom they slew great numbers, and set fire to their vil lages, The Russian loss in these vari ous combats, was 49 killed and £33 wounded. As seems to have been foredoomed, the W hig party was essentially and bad ly beaten in the Town Meeting which came off yesterday. Though several of Charter Eleotion, among 40 22 18 1262 31 j 9 Between 1 and 10 6 10 n 20 n 3 u 20 u 30 4 u 30 tt 40 \ 3 <« 40 a 50 2 u 50 u 60 3 <1 60 a 70 4 t > 70 u 80 2 u 80 41 90 4 It will be seen that no deaths occurred in the months of April and June1 while March, September and October contributed five each to the number. It is somewhat singular that all three who died in December were over 80, and that the oldest person who died during the year was the last, viz: Benjamin Coddington, Dec. 29 —aged 84. M arch 28, 1852. D a v i d H a l l , * D a v i d S m i t h Chiefs, T he L ake . —Tho Ben Loder is to commence running again on Monday. The amount of travel now going over the Lake, renders this necessary. We came up in the Richard Stevens a few nights since, and she was jammed full. It is very evident the lirrge'Boat is needed, and when she commences her trips will attract still more travel in this direction. We are anxious to have the Ben Loder again make her appearance at this end of the Lake.— Jefferson Eagle. The Albany Register charges the Al bany Journal with 11 ribald abuse” of the P. M. General. We have nuthing to say about tha t ; but we venture that no journal can abuse Mr. Hall so badly as he abuses himself. The mails are so utterly confused and irregular that peo ple in this part of the country do not pre tend to place any farther reliance upon them. To be sure, we don’t suppose Mr, Hall can personally control all these matters; but the argument is that he has a most lazy and inefficient set of men under him, or that he is totally indiffer ent to the accomodation of the public. Yates Co. Whig. . E mbarkation of M issionaries . Rev. Isaac N. Hurd and his wife, em barked on board the ship Loo Choo, this morning, for the mission station of the American Board at Arcot,.in Hindostan —about 70 miles from Madras. Since October last the American Board have sent out over forty missionaries, male [and female. The laborers have gone to some twelve or fifteen different stations which almost encircle the globe. There are two more now real/ to sail for one o f the missions among the Nes- torians. They will leave in the course of a few weeks. The Board have oth- Among the former was Maj. Gen. Kroukowski, who was struck by a musket ball while investing a village at the hend’of his cavalry. A hotter contest took place at Doghes- tan. A column was sent out on the 14th of January, which, aftet; destroying the village of Mischkil on the 17th, on the 18th invested Schellagi, rendered almost impregnable by the fortifications which the mountaineers had raised. After a fierce struggle the place was taken and burnt, but the Russians lost first 130 men killed and 341 wounded; the latter were two Colonels. All the inhabitants perished. Incidents such as these have filled the bulletins of the Rus sian army of the Caucasus for these last six years. Once in twelve months the Russian forces advance some distance into the territory of the indomitable mountaineers, according to a plan prepared in the mil itary chancery of Tiflis, destroying the villages of Tschetschina, Doghestan, and Lesghistan, lighting up the primitive forests by incendiarism, and seizing up on the herds of the natives. These op erations are, however, of brief duration, and may be renewed for many years without procuring the least submission of the people. The failure of provisions and the early- snows compel an early retreat. The Circassians, led by Schamyl or one of his naibs, follow the ictreating Russians, and harrass their ranks, attack the con voy, cut off the weak and falling, and revenges by similar devastations on the Russian territory on the other side of the Sundscha and Terek. In the Western Caucasus the war has never been carried on with so much bitterness and con stancy. By the true Circassian people, who speak three distinct languages, and are divided into a number of small tribes, a pacific attitude will be maintained al most unchanged, for several years. But still hostilities have never entirely ceased in the Circassian mountain land. After The annual election of village officers came off on Monday, and resulted in the success of the Locofoco ticket, with the exception of one Trustee; Thos. Craw ford being elected over J. S. Stevens, by 37 majority. The following is the v o te: Trustees , « vote. W hig. W. G.VerPIank, 256. D. S. Hall, 234. John S. King, 273. Ahm. B. Hall, 272. Thos. Crawford,360. Loco. vote. Joseph Price, 410 W. P. Ha> ward, 379 S. M. Morrison, 372 Henry Frushour, 371 Job S. Slevens, 323 Treasurer , N. B. Kidder, 287. • Alfred A. Holly, 339 Clerk , James Gillespie, 275, J. H. Williams, 379 Assessors, Geo. P. Mowry, 279. Elbridge Dakin, 251. Wm. Orton, 274. J. M. Soverhill,. 416 J. S. Hogarth, James Bcgeit, Constable, 362 370 the Whig candidates are elected, theLo- cofocos have the cream of the result, having acheived all they figured for in the beginning—namely, the election of their Supervisor, and J ohn N. W h it i n g , Esq., to the office of Justice of the . . Peace in this village. Very respectable tickets were nominated by both parlies on Saturday; and if no other tickets had been brought up and no organized cross- firing attempted, the Whig ticket would probably have succeeded in the main, if not entirely. But the extreme Temper ance men, too confident of their strength or too obstinate to be politic, could not be satisfied with the Whig ticket, on which no little sacrifice had been made to their interests. They formed a ticket for themselves, mainly from the other two, accepting none from either who were not supposed to be identified with them in sentiment. This very naturally brought up the Union Rum Ticket, which had been concocted and agreed upon long before, and only waited for a sufficient excuse to take the field and sweep all before it. The Union ticket aimed tp take up the names dropped by theTemperanca Alliance; but in two cases they ran the same men—that of J ames W ilson , Esq., the Whig candidate for W e have observed for a few days past, Justice, who received 1,024 votes ; and that quite a reduction has been nude in HoseaB. Horton,299. Am. Crandall, 349 The Locofocos with help from the Whig camp, are almost omnipotent this spring. W ith a clear majority in the Corporation, we are yet unfortunate e- nough to keep up divisions that defeat us. We hoped sincerely that those dif ficulties were buried, as they might and should have been; and we still think the grievances which aroused them were more imaginary than real. But the blow has been dealt, and we hope rather than expect, that it may pass without retaliation. The Flour Market, W 2 m t n i l o u g h t to U n d e r s t a n d . that of C harles C. C lemons , Whig « ihe price of Flour. Mr. W ride , o f the candidate for Collector, who had 1053 Steam Mill, and we'belitve are others,, votes- selling it for $4,62£ per barrel, and at Those who usually do the most work that rate for smaller quantities. In this for the W hig ticket at the polls, deserted market such a reduction is u n u sual; but it for the Union ticket, or languidly suf- | on Inquiry we learn, that about one-half the Flour sold in this village is retailed Yet, as we scan the canvass, there were I frDrn the Groceries, at a commission of fered things to take their own course. nearly twice as many straight Whig 5 q centg per barrel. It appears, then, votes cast, as straight Locofocos. The very clearly, if the people buy their F lour years of inactivity, attacks upon the I leading Locofocos surrendered their par- direct from the manufacturer, he can af- Russian posts on the Black sea re com- ty organization, and sacrificed several of ford it a quarter of a dollar cheaper than mence, from some unknown cause of | tiie;r own candidates to the salvation of the average price has been for the last the country and the Union ticket! It season, and yet make as much profit, was a fraudulent, unprincipled, \ truck Thus, for instance, he sells 10 barrels and dicker” scheme, and we are not per day, 5 on commission at $4,50, aware that many Whigs who had a large which is $22,50, and 5 at retail at $5,00 share of political character at stake,went which is $25,00 making in all $47,5 q . into the thing at all. But we apprehend *jow$ jf he retails the same quantity at there is not much room for recrimination $4,70 per barrel, it amounts to $47,50. warlike passion, a Bersetkerlike fury suddenly seizes the valiant race, when tho chiefs of all the tribes assemble under the sacred oak, and there devote their swords to Seaseros, the god of battles, who, like many otherdeities of the place, maintains his ancient honors in spite of the introduction of Islamism, and sus tains a more considerable part here than Allah, or the prophet. All the politic attempts of Prince Worouzow to captivate the western mountaineers by offers of material ad vantages, lucrative trade, are scorned, and the French may hope to civilize and e e t t lo KLnbylia lo n g b e f o r e R u s s i a will have gained peaceful possession of Cir cassia. between those who worked for the Liq- As Whigs, w 3 beleive in Home Manu- From New Mexico. And sixty-one more of the Onondagas. £3^° Not long since a marriage look place at Skaneateles, this State, rather out ot the ordinary line, but still per fectly legal. The parties were Mr. Sam- ual Sellers and Miss Sarah Abbot.— The ceremony i» thus described by an eye witness. After giving his views in a brief speech, Mr. Sellers took his bride by the hand and said :— *• In the presence of all .who are pre sent, I take Sarah Abbot to be my wife, making no promises of continued affec tion, and invoking no aid thereto, but hoping, trusting, believing, that onr cha racters are sufficiently well adapted to enable us to be to each other faithful and affectionate husband and wife during our lives.” Miss Abbot then said : “ In the presence of all who are pres* ent I take Samuel Sellers to be my bus. band, making no promises, but hoping, trusting, and believing, that our charac ters are sufficiently well adapted to each to enable us to be faithful husband and wife while we live.” They then signed a paper with .their declaration of being husband and wife, and the company present signed a certi ficate as witnesses to the ceremony and thus they became husband and wife. One million and a quarter of gold from California was melted, on Thursday last, between the hours of seven and three o’clock, in the melting department of the Mint in Philadelphia. This is the largest amount evgr melted in one day since the establishment of the Mint. ers under appointment who will be sent forward as soon as precticable—one or two we believe, are destined for China. — Boston Journal . M arriage E xtraordinary . —Yester day afternoon the Stone Chapel was densely crowded with ladies and gentle men, to wittness a marriage ceremony by the Rev. Dr. Peabody, the happy pair consisting of the beautiful daughter of Robert G. Shaw, and the son of Da vid Sears. The bride was magnificent ly attired. She wore an elegant white figured eilk dress, *of the latest style and richest fabric. Her head was wreath ed with orange flowers, and she was otherwise appropriately costumed. The bridegroom looked as rich and neat as a new gold dollar just from the mint.— The side-walk from the carriage to the church door was well matted. The cere monies were solemn, imposing and brief, Boston Commonwealth. A letter in the St. Louis Republican, dated Independence, March 28, has the following items of news from New M ex ico : u The Southern Apaches, where the weather is never too cold to fight com fortably, are doing their best to exter minate not only the race of sheep and horned cattle, but also the race of M ex icans and Americans. We have just heard, beyond doubt, that they have ut terly exterminated the mail party from San Antonio to E l Paso, not far from the latter place. The particulars are not known, and never will be. Major Richardson was attacked by another party in the neighborhood of the copper mines, and made a narrow escape with his life. Two of his sergeants were killed, but the Major having a good horse was enabled to escape. The mail from El Passo arrived last our interest and some of the Temperance | factures> and the 8inaliest profits, and the least possible distance between the producer and the consumer. New York Market—Apr jl 2. N eoroks —Prlrhe quality $ 700 a$! 000 , Holders are fins You will find on reference to a record drawn upon July 4th, 1776, that one Horace Preston was born free, and - equal with his fellow men, and was endowed at his birth with an inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It seems that he must have had some inkling of this fact him self, for about five years ago he settled in Williamsbtirgh, on Long Island, and com menced pursuing his own happiness, enjoy ing his own liberty, and living his own life. It was a peaceable, honest, Christian life, by all accounts, spent in earning a maintenance for himself and his wife, helping his neigh bors, and dealing fairly with the world at large. They were poor people, and they made no great noise in the world, but notwith standing, we have reason to believe, that they had in their quiet way as strong an ap preciation of happiness, and as keen a sense of misery as the best of us. One fine morning this week, Policemen Martin of Vlth Ward in New York, walked in and informed Preston that he was charg ed with stealing. Stealing? There must he some mistake. What, or from whom ? But upon these points he got no information, and knowing his innocence and not doubting that it would appear on the trial, he submitted to be arrested, and was marched on t> the Po lice Office. Antiquarians relate that a curious old docu ment, which they have discovered, was once held in high repute in these parts, especially by policemen and U. S. Commissioners. In 1789 it went by the name of the U. States. Doubtless, by way of a joke, the policemen and U. S. Commissioner who had charge of this stealing case, pretended that they would be guided by it now. It provides that no person shall be deprived of liberty without due process of law. This they carried out by cheating this person into an unlawful arrrest for an imaginary offence, with no other pro cess than the lie by which they did it. It provides that in all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jur>. This they carried out by hiding him away out of sight, and bringing him privately before a single Judge. It provides that such persons shall have the assistance of counsel for his defence. This was carried out by refusing to let coun. sel see him, and turning them away from the door of his prison. It provides that they shall be entitled to reasonable bail, and this the facetious functionaries were likewise guided by, so far as to refu-se lum any bail at all, - On the trial, it came out that the crime with which Preston was charged was that of being an honest citizen of Williamsburgh, that thtf theft for which he was arrested was that of his own body and soul. The issue was therefore made up, and is now under trial, at the Commissioner’s Office, whether the life, liberty and happiness of,-Horace Preston belong to Horace Preston or to Will iam Rees, of Baltimore. If the suit shall terminate in Rees’ favor, there will doubtless.be another guarnty of the finality of the Fugitive Slave Law, and another piece of merchandise in the Southern market;; there will be a vacant house and a desolate woman in Williamsburgh, and an unhappy wretc-h in the brick-yard at Balti more. But of such is the foundation of our glorious Union! P. S.—Preston has been declared to belong not to himself nor to bis wife, nor to his chil dren ; but to Wm. Rees, of Balimore, and has been ‘ taken off1 accordingly !— Alb. Jour. His wife went in and had her last sad iter- view with him. Her cries and tohs were heard by the multitude outside. We doubt if a more touching exhibition of the workingsof the Fugitive Slave Law has ever been witnessed. - The man's wife stood by her husband for three days, with a devo tion and tenderness unparalleled. Whenev er permitted to sit near him, she had fast hold of his hand in both of hers, wringing herself in the most intense half-suppressed agony.—. Near the time of the final separation, Bus- teed, the lawyer, to console her, he gave her an c range, or pealed one for her ! About 12 o’clock, the procession appeared, from the back-room, Gen. Henry F. Tall-, madge, U. S. Marshal, in front: his sons, one on the right andthe other on the left of the “ Fugitive/’ and two sturdy Deputies of foreign birth behind. Each seemed satisfied with the honorable post he was permitted to take in doing the Slaveholder’s work. The Fugitive was conducted out at the back door into Chambers st., where a covered carriage was in readiness, into which he was put. The crowd, chiefly of colored people, rush ed around to catch their last view of their friend—some miming to the carriage door to1 shake hands, and bid good-bye, some in tears, some in suppressed murmurs, some calling on God to avenge the wrong, and one devotion-. al old woman was heard crying, \God'W punish ’em / u God'll punish ’em /\ The carriage left at the time of writing this article. Horace Preston is back in Slavery for life. A woman lobbedjof hei* husband, and a little girl four years old of her father! So ends the fouith Fugitive Slave case in New York. The Seneca Lake Boats. The B en L oder commenced running again this week, it is well fitted up, and in fine running order,—stops at all the landings; and runs through the Lake in 2 1-2 hours. On the subject of patron-' izing the Lake rout, we heartily endorse the following from the Gazette; While upon this subject, we may properly refer to one kindred to it, to which ouratten-' lion has been called. It is, that the people of Geneva show more interest than they have of late in the prosperity of the boat company. Where interests are so intimately blended as in this case, our citizens should spare no ef fort to build up that of the boat. In former limes, when there was no competition for travel, tfoerer was no necessity for such exer tion ; now, the case is different, A formida ble rival is in the field, and it will reiprire tke co-operation of all our citizens in be half of the Boats, to cope with it. The most effectual way of doing this is, for us all to patronize the boats in preference to any other route when business or pleasure calls us from home, in that direction, and when opportunity offers of speaking in the earsof stranger travel er, a good word for our favorite route. In this way, competition in our very midst1 could soon be put down. politicians, as regards fair dealing. The following table exhibits the vote on all the candidates, except a few on the “ Alliance M t i c k e t : Supervisor. vote. 448. night. 3 9 4 , W h ig. • . v o te . L o c o . vote* H. H. Seelye, 448. Lucius Warner, 723- Justices o f the Peace, James Wilson, 1024. J. N. Whiting, 723. Thos. Crawford, 40. Lewis Mead, 529. Town Clerk, A. B. Hall, 760. C. Wheat,- 414. Superintendent o f Common Schools , S. C. Cleveland, 505. J. S. Stevens, 671. Assessor, A. Whitney, Jr.. 213. Allen Dodge, 687. Commissioner o f Highways , E. O. Garrett, 768. Vincent Reed, Collector , C. C. Clemons, 1053. JohnRippey, Jr,128. Overseers o f the Poor, Thos. Barron, 753. S.M. Morrison, 401. John Simpson, 226. H. L. Suydam, 676. Const a bles , Wm. Butterfield, 640. Joel Stebbins, George Clute, 677. Am. Crandall, James Beattie, 207. C. S. Ackley, Wm. Combs, 459. Wm. H. Lare, Inspectors oj Election, D istrict N o . 1, Eri Densmore, 188. H. Frushour,Jr,700. Elbridge Dakin, 770. H. L. Suydam, 148. D istrict N o . 2, Wm. N. Clark, 770. James Bogert, Rodman Reed, 434. Geo. N- Reed, D istrict N o , 3, James Stokoe, 188. P. B. Taylor, Alex. Turnbull, 770. E. N. Hall, D istrict N o . 4, A. A. Post, Jr.. 770. C. Fisher, Board of Trustees. * The newly elected Board of Trustees organized this morning, by the choice of S amuel M. M orrison as President.— J ohn H. W illiams , Clerk elect, resign ed in favor of S. H . P arker ; but wheth er he will be appointed or not, we are not informed. The appointment of Vil lage Collector and Street Commissioner is not yet made,. The Facts of tha Outrage, stealing; Steamboat Express. 389. 660- 713- 136- We are happy to see that although | the public are denied a mail on the Lake, they are to be accommodated with an E x p r e s s . Our friend N. T a m b l i n g s o n , has undertaken this business and will be a safe, prompt and energetic Agent for the transaction of any business that may he entrusted to his care. W e call par ticular attention to his advertisement. 129. 691. 127 702 705. Charles Darrow, 188. I.W, Runyan, 204. Sealer o f Weights and Me 1 700. A lady in Louisville, Ky , was rob bed, a few nights since, by a fellow who secreted himself in her chamber until she had retired. The box containing her jewelry,and that containing her rouge, wer just alike, andthe thief took the wrong box. She looked pale on discov ering her loss, but her color came again the next day. It is supposed that in the National Conventions of both parties the vote of New York will decide which candidate shall be nominated, and it is probabfl, though not quite as evident^hat her vote will settle the election, N ationat E lectoral V ote , —The number of Electors of President and Vice President to be chosen this year to vote on the next Presidential election is 295, the vote of 148 of them will con sequently be necessary to constitute a choice. New York will have thirty-five votes instead of thirty-six, as previous to the census of 1850. The party, accompanied by some ten or twelve soldiers, were attacked in the Jornada, at the spot where they m ur dered some soldiers a short time since, and where they likewise killed, in De cember last, the lamented Brent.— By the fire of the Indians, one soldier was immediately killed and two other persons wounded—one a soldier, the other a traveler. The escort, which were traveling in a wagon, returned the fire of the Indiana, and killed and wound ed several. The Indians then abandon ed the attack and hastened in pursuit of a man whom they allowed to pass a few moments before, whom they overtook and murdered. A curious event occurred in a jail in the Rio Abajo, not long since. Two prisoners, one an American, the other a Mexican, were chained togthcr by the leg. The Mexican killed the American, cut, the foot from the dead body, loosed the chain, arid made his escape. The Belan murder, and the subsequent hanging ot the two murderers, by Lynch law, you will see an account of in the papers.” Nothing had been heard at Santa Fe I T he successful candidate will make a from the party that had gone to the Gila | good Magistrate, and personally there is in pursuit of gold. A party of 1500 Mexicans had been out upon a buffalo hunt, on the Marone and Canadion forks of the Arkansas riv-1 abundantly worthy, so far as we know, er and had returned with two hundred | The Rum folks have had it about all For ibe Geneva Courier. The Union School. 1 G. VV. Morgan, 449. John Ide, T homas C rawford , one of the Whig candidates for Justice, declined running! W ... thus leaving the straight Whigs hut one candidate. Mr. W ilson had virtually no competitor; so almost the only con test on Justice vvas between W aiting and M ead . The large vote for the U n ion ticket, (which must have been full half the whole number cast,) with some separate aid from Whigs and the regular Locofocos, carried W hiting through by 194 majority; though M ead made a very good run, considering his disadvantages. no man we would sooner see elected. All the men elected to office are As another term will commence next week it is lime for parents to determine whether they will give their children the privileges of this well managed institution. While the usual branches of knowledge are taught with ability, the government of the school is wor thy of the highest commendation. Qrder is the crowning excellence. Perhaps it is be cause our Principal has been initiated into its mysteries, in the Normal School at Alba ny, If my child has, by any means been compelled to fall into a habit of order , T re* gard it as peculiarly fortunate for him When silence reigns in school, something useful will be learned. The question is not so much whether a given, amount of Gram mar and Geography shall be committed to memory, as whether a principle, or rule of order shall be fixed and indispensable.— What Demosthenes said of action in elo quence, may be said of discipline in school. It was my privilege to be present each day of the' late examination, and the whole is to be spoken qf with unqualified commendation. O b s e r v e r . M r . E ditor ;—Will you be kind enough to call the attention of oqr citizens to a sub wagon loads of dried buffalo meat. There had been no winter at Santa Fe, the weather continuing mild and de lightful. The editors of the AT, O. Picayune boast , that they have already been re galed with strawberries and cream, this A n O ld E agle .— -The Canandaigua Repositmy relates that—u Mr. Ezekiel H. Adams of this town, last Thursday, caught in a steel trap an enormous eagle, measuringjrom tip to tip of his tvhiogs, seven feet five inches. It is evidently Perhaps a day will come when men can be elected to office without pandering to the worst vices that scourge society. an old bird, and its bill is said to be 4 worn rA1. m. - -------t t * _ 12 # j u.. for li> an<* the Locos against it. The re- epring very short.® It was but little injured by the trap, and is y et alive in the possess ion of its captor, ject long since discussed by many, but at their own way, and we hope they will j that time, the project was considered imprac- spare us all they possibly can in the way ; ticable, and was therefore abandoned, viz : of drunken ruin for the year to come.-*- 'The widening of Bailey’s Lane, by the con- tinnatiqn of Genesee st., through to .Seneca at. But of late, the work has been rendered compartiavely1 easy, and much less expensive, by the fire on Wednesday night, March 34th. Certainly it would never be safe to repair those buildings with the present walls, and now seems to be the lime for carrying the project through, and it can never be regretted by any one. Please therefore give the sub ject a notice in your paper, of which I am a It will be remembered, and so the evidence on the trial shows, that Preston, the alleged fugitive, was arrested late in the afternoon of Tuesday last, on the pretended charge of that his master in Baltimore was immediately telegraphed that his man was caught*, that on the same evening he ap pointed Mr. Bus teed, of this City, his agent to pursue and claim the fugitive for him; that the claimant's son came on next day. He ar rived here in the evening, went to Busteed’s about II o’clock, and had an interview with him. Busteed, next morning, made an affidavit swearing postirely and unequivocally to the slavery, the title and the escape, making out the whole case. Preston, the 1 Fugitive,’ was taken by Of ficer Martin to the Tombs and locked up in the Sixth Ward cells. He could not, nor could Mr. Culver, his counsel, learn that any complaint had been preferred against him, or any warrant issued,{or any examination had, or any commitment made out. He was kept locked up-in that place, as he says, till 12 or 1 o’clock at night , {mark the hourf) then taken out and conducted to the Second Ward Station-House. There he v.as b;ld till the claimant’s son arrived, when, it appears, he, together with Busteed and Marlin, held a consultation at the Second Ward. Station- House. Preston’s wife, his counsel and sev eral of bis friends bad been untiring in their pursuit of, and in inquiry for him, but could learn nothing*whatever until a man halloed to the wife in the Park that they had just taken her husband into the U, S. Court-room. Preston’s counsel and yvtfe hurried with all speed to the Court-room, but on arriving found a witness sworn and giving evidence. At this stage our reporter has taken up the case and kept oar readers advised on the subject. When the case was adjourned on Friday afternoon to Saturday morning, it was with the avowed understanding on the part of Preston’s counsel, and assented to by the Commissioner, that if the latter should deny the motion made and\ argued by Mr. Jay to quash or dismiss the proceedings, then the counsel should go into their defense on the merits. To that end, several witnesses were in attendance; others had process out for them, to he served as soon as found. Some of these witnesses had known Preston in Bal timore, and wese prepared to prove the de* claratiqns of his former mistress as to bis freedom, and the provisions in her will to that effect. By others it was proposed to show the admission of the claimant, and others, to contradict Busteed’s affidavit and prove a conspiracy. The Commissionr, instead of deciding the preliminary motion of Mr. Jay, and then stop ping, took the counsel, the prisoner, and the audience by surprise* He decided the whole case —-had his certificate in his hand—deliv ered it over in the twinkling of an eye— gathered up his papers, and retreated toward the back door of the room. Busteed hardly W e had not lime nor space las# week to invite attention to the business notice o f M itchell & H ayward , dealers » in Boots, Shoe*, Leather, &c. VVe are surprised to find by an examination of our advertising columns, that they are the only dealers in their line in this p i ace ! Morals at Cattle Shows. During the interesting discussion which took' place at the meeting of the Massachu' setts Board of Agriculture on Wednesday, at the State House, Col. Page, of Bristol, re marked that he passed 3 days during the autumn in attendance upon agricultural ex hibitions, That in those three days he proba bly mingled with 91,009 persons, yet saw no one intoxicated, heard no angry word or in* delisate expression, and at no* uwmnenf doting the time found himself in a situation whew fete would be unwilling for his wife to keay* on hi» arm l Col. Page is an accurate observer of man ner 9 and men, and as his observations accord very nearly with our own duriug several days spent at the Shows, we cannot but believe that the Festivals of the Farmer have been in a measure exempt from the vices which are usually noticed in most large gath erings.* That the tendencies of agricultural pursuits are to virtuous lives is plain, and if anything were wanted, this offers another inducement for more persons to engage ir> them.— New Eegland Farmer , . A N ew W ord . —A friend desires us togfve notice that he will ask leave, at some con venient time, to introduce a new word into- the vocwbolary. The object of this propose ed innovation i» to avoid the necessity, noxv existing, of using two words, for which there is very frequently occasion where one will answer. It is T eleg r a m , instead of Tele graphic Despatch, or Communication. The word is formed according to the strictest law# of the language from which its root comes.— Telegraph means to write from: a distance— Telegram, the writing itself, executed from a distance. Monogram, Logogram, &c., are words formed upon the same analogy and in good acceptation. Our friend, Moreover says that the House Line, if disposed to be precise, should call their communications Teletypes, as they are printed, not written,—' In a generous spirit of toleration, he fto* poses no action upon the last snggeslion; but as to everybody else, except the employ ers and customers of the House Line, he would have them 11 held and firmly bound ” to speak, write, print, and telegraph, T jclc - qka M i instead of any two words signifying the same thing, under penalty of being con-, sidered verbose and tedious, DisqRACEfVfc SpKNS, IN C o urt .— W hile the examination in the case of Horace P„re(h ton, claimed as a slave, was proceeding before the. Commissioner, in New York, Mr. Bus^ teed, counsel for the claimant, was ca/led to stand by Mr. Jay, the Negro’s counsel.— Some question was put to him, respecting ai\ affidavit which he had made, which he refus ed to answer. Mr. Jay expressed his opin ion that there was rank perjury in it;.where* upon Mr. Busteed stepped forward and struck , . . ,. . n .LI . . v Mr-Jay a severe blow in the face, scene had time to kiss the Bible held out to him by of confusion ensued, during which the Com* the Commissioner, 11 13^ The Connecticut election came off on Monday, and turned chiefly on the Maine Law, the Whigs generally going suit is reported very close, but probably adverse to the- Whigs, f patron. Yoyre respectfully. E. J, B. K. It was all in vain that Messrs. Jay, Emmet, and Culver jumped up* on the /floor, asking the Commissioner to hear them—urging their surprise, and the injustice done their client. Their efforts were all fruitless. The Commissioner refused to hear anything further. • Mr. Cqlver was drawing an affidavit for Preston to attach a witness. His client, how ever, was taken suddenly from him and re moved to a back room in the Marshal’s fice. Mr. Culver at once applied to the Mar shal for permission to go to the room and see his client, to have him sign an affidavit for a habeas corpus . His request was steam-* ly denied—nor could he get sight of Pres ton again till he was brought out to be start* ed off South, Preston’s counsel then applied to Judge Judson for a habeas corpus , but he could not hear the application. Meantime the condemned man was got ready* 1 missioner left the room. In Charleston, S, C., there is a natural phenomenon on exhibition—namely : a common house cat., nursing a rat with her kittens, It is stated that the rat was brought into the tamily circle about ten days ago, very young, since which time it has imbibed a portion of nutriment from the cat,and has received the parental attention iq common with it8 legitimate offspring. ____ _ T he C anai , B ill in the S enate .—There will be a p r o t r a c t e d struggle in the Senate aeainst this bill. The Anti-Canal faction* like their illustrious predecessors, will try to push it beyond the day of adjournment^ but they will not resign to prevent its pass* age. That game was not sofficiedtly profits* ble to be repeated,— Albany Journal* I 1 j i Qt ely g!'1 F lo u r and A p p le B a r r e ls. F OR SALE, bv thn subscriber, at the White Spring Mills, 2000 Flour end App.le Barrels, .well seasoned, end of tho best quality. Apply at he Mill*. 3 R. H. MORRfi.'. K n ives, Scissors & R a z o r s. Stocks, HandkerchSs,Collars,Shirts, Bosoms, Gloves, Hose, YViappers, Drawers, &c. CUSTOM WORK promptly attended to by E. KENT, J. £-1. NICHOLS, and the proprie tor. As this is the general Depot of Fashions for this and the surrounding places, the Trade are. informed that tha proprietor keeps con- siantly on hand G emo C. S cott ’ s far-famed F a s h ion R e p o r ts, which they should never be without if they w ish to 44 keep up * m £ a . L 1 a n d ^ & Co., of Rochester, w'ho ITnvd tnfcerT tfie \first Premium at several of the State Fairs, both of , this and other states, for their Scales, which are warranted equal to any 'manufactured, and much cheaper. Sn^ar Mills. Letter Presses,Store and Warehouse Trucks of- all sizes, on hand or fur nished to order. JOHN H*. UfcLMAN. __ • C o n g ress Water^ . . . . 4 l i a d . D ir e c t from the & toga, just received*. TtTT^r,'ifrm’ r tcftir vzrr vmrris \or dh vV^Sirni. f h . h . & g . c ,S eelye . Geneva, Sept. 24, £851. D o c t. M a r c liisi’s C ELEBRATED anti highly approved Catho. licon, for the relief and cure of suffering Females, for sale at tho City Drug Store, bv GEO. V. MOWRY. N. B.—Call and get a pamphlet, gratia. Geneva, April 1, 1851. •1 of paints for sale. All orders promptly attended to. He trusts to the generosity of the pnblio/or aliboral patronage. SAMUEL WILSON-. Geneva July 9. 1851. 53 B URR ALL’S PATENT Shell-wheel' Plows—No.3,$6,00and No.5, $6,50. J. R. 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