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T H E T R O T W E E K L Y T I M E S I»»tr3US.l«D EVERY 8ATORD 1Y AT X ^ o t » B e R s t e l a e r C o u n t y , N . Y . TER M S : 'ib t i f t t * * annum .......................... .............. |1 00 10 iop I m “ to oneaildreJJ..... ----- SCO SO “ ** “ “ - . .............. 15 00 Or. B addm * of each subscriber i» written, 4* (or 10 •oplMt and (10 for 80 copies. fcir* P,OTient always repaired tn advance. C h e a p e st P a p « r In W o State, Taor W jskclt T imks it tho qheautst paper a t the khore terms published' in the State or Union. .Tc) X d v e r t t i e r s . A t this paper has a large circulation in the country, it aSOrds.unsarpaWediadnutages as an adTerliiing medi IB . ------- ■ ' T r o y B a f i y T i m e , . In oanneotloa with the Weekly, is published T h i T koy D atlt Trues. It has the largest circulation of any daily journal ont of tho great cities. txrxs : To mall subscribers, per annum ................. f t 60 The postage within this State is only 10 cents a year. OlubS of 10 subscribers will receive Tua D ailt TiMza a t th e very low terms of | 4 per annum, always payable in advance. J.M . TRAN CIS, Publisher and Proprietor. H o w th e W h ig Corrects i t s f a t s o Mute iuen ts. Tho Whig made false statements relative to Col. Fremont’s religion. We exposed them, and called upon that journal to retract its misrepre sentations. For two days the W hig was dumb under the exposure. Finhlly, imitating tho partizan reck* lessneSs of the N. T . Express and Albany Statu- m a n , itTeturns to the charge, and deliberately re p e a ts i t s falsehoods. I t not only does this, hut it adds to them—it charges “ double dealing” in religion1 upon CoL Fremont, anJ that he has “ nominally changed his religion11 for a political object! Hyenas prowl in grave yards, and prey upon tho carcasses Of the dead. It. is their nature,— God made them so. W e see human beings, (otherwise respectable and good citizens,) edu cated under the auspices of Christian civilization, who with partizan malignity ruthlessly invade the sanctuary o f the domestic circle, canvass the reli gion and other strictly personal and family pecu liarities of a cahdidate, which none but vandal hands would drag before the public, and wilfully coin and circulate falsehoods in regard to them f Which Ts worst—the nature of the hyena or the acts of the political Y audafs ? W e published the record of the baptism of Col. Fremont’s children, certified to by Rev. Sir. French, running back eight years before Col. Fremont was thought of for the Presidency.— Does the Whig publish this ? Not at a ll; it ig nores it altogether. It reiterates the reckless, false assertions of other prints, and with the proof of their slander stariDg it in the face, it wilfully repeats it. What for ? To arouse the sectarian prejudices, on which it relies to sustain its cause, against the popular standard-bearer o f an oppo sing party. Is such a course honorable? We are willing that its own candid readers shall de cide the question. Again: We offered to refer the Editor of the Whig to respectable and highly esteemed gentle men of this- eity, formerly residents of St. Louis, who have known Col. Benton’s family for thirty years, in proof of the falsity of its statements.— Does ho call upon us for the names, and inquire as a truth-loving man should for the facts of the case ? Not a bit of it. He repeats the falsehood, in still mos'e aggravating terms, upon the same reckless, partizan newspaper authority! To m isrepresent a m an's p o litical position is one •thing. It is bad enough, surely. To libel his reputation, to invade the sanctuary of his home, and even assail and m isrepresent hi3 religion— a m a tter betw e e n him self and his God, and having no bearing upon political issues and principles— is infamous.' Honorable, candid m inds will so stamp ft. This, crusade of slander against Col. Fremont, carried on by both the Buchanan and Fillmore press, Will react in his favor. There is a sense of justice in the public mind that will “ crush out” the villifiera. And just, candid men, everywhere, and of alt parties, will say, “ a cause that requires this enginery of slander to advance it must be rotten; we will not support it.” Im p o r t a n t from E n g la n d —S e ttlem e n t o f th e C e n tral A m e r ican Q u e s tion . Thp steamer Fqlton arrived at New Tork yes terday, from Havre, July 2nd, brings intelligence of the substantial settlement of the difficulty be tween Great Britain and the United States, grow ing o u t of the misunderstanding upon the con struction. o f the meaning of the terms of the Clay ton Bulwer convention. A treaty has been ne gotiated between Great Britain and Honduras, by which the Bay Islands are retroceded to the last named Power, upon such conditions as are ac ceptable to our Minister, Mr. Dallas, and in ac cordance with the policy of our government.— Great Britain agrees to cede back to Honduras, Ruatan and the other Bay Islands. Honduras agrees to respect, and not to molest, all the rights and privileges acquired by British subjects resid ing on the Islands. Mr. Dallas has been consult ed, and agrees, on the p art of the United States government, to respect, abide by, and be satisfied with this settlement of the question. There only remains the Protectorate over the Musquito Coast to be arranged, which can be ensily disposed of, as Great Britain has expressed h er willingness to throw it up on any honorable terms. Slioclsinjf A f f a ir—-A W h o le Sch o o l sorted. The \Warsaw (Mo.) Democrat of the 10th inst., relates the particulars of a most shocking affair. It appears that a man named James Ray, a resi dent of Morgan county, had some previous diffi culty with some o fhis neighbors, and that, failing to g e t revenge, he concluded to take it o u t by poisoning th e inoffensive little children o f those with whom he had a difficulty, and who were at tending a school in that county. He consequent ly obtained a quantity of poison—put it in a squir rel’s head,and laiditiu aspringu3fdby the school. The result was the poisoning of nearly the whole of the children of the school—two or three of whom died, and seven or eight others cannot sur vive. The schoolmaster, who was also poisoned, at last accounts, had some parts of him mortified and his death was beyond question. Bay was arrested by the citizens of his neighborhood, and made his escape in tho night, but was again ap prehended near or in Quincy, Hickory county, and carried back- He was subsequently bung bv a mob of 300 or 400 people. C o n g r e s s . The Senate, yesterday, after passing an act to repeal the law authorizing the erection of an ar mory in Washington, proceeded to the consider ation o f private bills. Mr. Yulee reported a Bill providing for the compulsory pre-payment of post age on all traniient printed matter. In the House, (be Illinois contested election case was taken up,imdMr. Archer addressed, the House n h is own behalf. The resolution that Mr, Allen was not entitled to a seat was adopted by 94 to 90, and the resolution that Mr. Archer was, was rejected by 89 to j&l. An effort was made to re consider tbe last vole, hut it was lost by four ma jority. Resolutions were then passed declaring that a vacancy exists in the Seventh Election District of Illinois, referring the election back to the people, and giving Mr. Archer, the contestant, the mileage and per diem to date. —In some parts of Virginia, tho grass will rot whero It stands, for lack o f labor to cut it. PUBLICATION OFFICE, NO. 20S R I V E R ST R E E T , (HE STAIRS,) A FE W b o o r s b e l o w tjbub t r o y H O t SE. A VOL. I. TROY, SA T U R D A Y , JU L Y 26, 1856. NO. 2. | for President and Vice President. Does Mr. Sto* j ver recollect it? And we recollect quite distinct- P o l i t i c a l . The Border Ruffian, a paper printed at West port, Missouri, has hoisted the flag of Buchanan j too, that one Samuel Stover, Esq., at that time and Breckenridge. The first fortnight of the campaign in New Hampshire produced 160 Fremont clubs in as many different town. The Americans of tho Seventh Congressional District, New York city, have nominated John Bullock, for Congress. The Irish citizens of Buffalo, on their own res ponsibility, and without intermedling with any one, are forming a Fremont Club, A great Fremont meeting was held at Easton, Fa., on Friday evening. It was tho largest meet ing that has been held in that place for many years. T h e Skeneateles Democrat , Onondaga county, which has supported Buchanan and Breckenridge, will soon run up tho names of Fremout and Day- toil. The New York Day Booh, the Buchanan organ of that city, calls the vote of the House of Repre sentatives on the expulsion of Brooks, “ an un paralleled outrage.” It thinks the House ought to have taken no notice of tho assault on Sumuer. A gentleman residing in Indiana, now on a visit to this city, and who is well acquainted with Judge McCIean, states that that gentleman in conversa tion with him a few days since, declared himself most heartily in favor of Freemont and Dayton, It will be seen by their Call, that the friends of Freedom, in the Third, Fourth, Seventh and Tenth Wards, will meet at Fulton Market Hall on Wednesday evening (July 23d) to form a Fremont & Dayton Club. The Postmaster at Clark’s Mills, Oneida county, New York, was removed for entertaining political opinions bearing towards the cause of the Rocky Mountain mustang. A Buchanan man could not afterwards befonnd in the whole town to take the post, and the office was accordingly discontinued. The New York Express publishes an appeal to the Democrats of this State, not to nomiuate a Buchanan Electoral Ticket, because, if they do so, it will “ almost insure the State for Fremont.”— The Express wants the Democracy to support Fillmore. There is no more telling evience of the depth and breadth of the Fremont and Freedom move ment in the North than lies in the fact that Prof. 0. C. Felton of Harvard University presided at a Fremont and Dayton ratification meeting in Cam bridge, and that Judge Joel Parker, the head of tbe law school, was among the Bpeakers. Gen. Wilson has received a letter from Gov. Robinson and bis fellow prisoners in Kansas, un der date of July 5, urging upon tho friends of Kansas to save the Territory from tho curse of Toombs’ bill. Mr. Deitzler, one of the prisoners, adds in a postscript the following: “ The plan of Toombs, if adopted, will entomb the cause of freedom in Kansas.” We think our neighbor of the Whig brags a very little. Hear h im : “ Htne-Unths of all our young men are for Fillmor* and Doskelecs” I “ The e fght h u n d red s ignatures attached to this c&Ure- present the American strength about as truly as a list of 100 or 200 would reprettat the Buchanan or Eremont strength in tho c itj” 1 “ Had It been any object, the list might have been ex tended three times its present length” 1 — T h ere— th a t will do for one day, A gentleman who has been traveling West, tells the following story: “ He traveled for some time in company with a man who had formerly been with Col. Fremont. Being asked by Bome man what were his political views, he answered, I am an out-an-out locofoco. I know Col, Fre mont like a book; he’s bound to be elected, be cause it’s just his luck. He 'never undertook to do anything in his life that he did not accomplish, and I shall help him one vote, but he don’t need it—he’d be elected if nobody voted for him,’\ At a recent large and enthusiastic meeting of the Republicans at Seneca Falls, N. Y., to ratify the nominations of Fremont and Dayton, Ool. S. W. Edwards, a soldier of the war of 1812, and a Democrat, was called on to preside. Amos Nichols, a Democrat, who voted for Washington, and every President since, was one of the Tice- Presidents. Hon. Henry B. Stanton, also a Dem ocrat, reported the resolutions, and Addison T. Knox, late Democratic candidate forJudge of the Supreme Court, made a stirring speech. Between the Democratic and Fillmore organs, Col. Fremont is made out tho most extraordinary man in the world. The Herald says, taking them as they come, it appears that he is a Catholic, but he has lately turned Protestant; but is still a Catholic and believes in transubstantiation, and in the bones of St. Quietus—that he is a Slave holder, and an Abolitionist—that he is rich enough to buy up Conventions and newspaper presses, and still so poor that he can’t raise five dollars in Wall street—that he never did anything for the was an “ eloquent” advocate for “ Free Soil, Free Speech,” Ac, with the said Van Buren and Adams as standard-bearers. Does Mr. Stover remember these things ? If he has forgotten them, his mind should be refreshed by all means. We do not caro to bandy words wi h ihe Bud get. That profligate sheet is too well known here to require even a correction of its false statements at our hands. When was it known to do a decent thing politically ? It has been on all sides, served all sorts of politicians; and in. the end abused al most every body that ever did ft a favor. It did nil it could to help the K. N.’s to office and power in this city last Spring, and now it calls lustily upon the Irish and German voters to help it and its candidates. Surely, it is not necessary that we should spend breath in exposing the falsehoods which the Budget coins about us. It may go on vrith its slanders—they are harmless. But it may be well enough to show up one of its false accusa tions. Th o Times published the intelligence com municated by Telegraph, that Brooks and Her bert, tho Congressional bully and murderer, left Washington for Cincinnati, to attend the Demo cratic National Convention. A subsequent dis patch stated that Brooks, although a delegate,— did not go. But it was not denied that Herbert, the murderer, who was also a duly appointed delegate, dlid go, and that he wasa member of the Convention. We so stated. After his return, the Editor of the Budget , and Inspector of the port of Troy, (duties nothing—salary §1,150 a year,) who was a sort of half-and-half delegate to the Convention, stated that Herbert was not a member of that body. Mr. Bowles, one of the Editors of theSpringfieldifrpjt6/ira»t,who occupied a Reporter’s seat in the Convention—a gentleman of undoubted integrity, and a careful, reliable re porter—stated dis iuccly that Herbert was in the Convention S3 a delegate, and busy as the busiest on and off the .platform in ‘ fixing up ’ matters. We saw it nowhere denied except in the Budget that such was the fact. W e therefore preferred to take the testimony of a reliable witness, whoso business as reporter would be mo3t likely to in duce him to inform himself correctly in the matter. If the Budget will bring us satisfactory evidence that Mr. Herbert was not a member of the Cincin nati Convention, we shall promptly say so; but as the proof now stands, we believe he was a member of that body, and helped to erect the Cincinnati platform and to nominate Buchanan, and that the Editor of the Budget was mlstuken— we will not say wilfully, whatever others may think—in saying that he was not a member. The other charges of the Budget that we have slandered Buchanan, &o., are downright falsehoods which wo never shall expect that profligate journal to correct. B2gT“If Know Nothings leave the ranks of their regular order and party, and support him upon that platform—who can object ? It weakens the K. N.'s it isi true.— Times. But they don’t. The Know Nothings are under no necessity Of leaving their proscriptive organi zation in order to support Fremont. They sup port him as their own nominee, on their own plat form, and as a candidate who accepted their nom ination before any othor.— Budget. It makes no difference on what platform they support him; that does not affect the position of the man himself. He occupies the platform of the Philadelphia Convention, and every plank in that is sound, democratic and tolerant. It is re lated that the devil once quoted scripture; but we are* not aware that this made the Bible any worse. The N. Y. Herald ‘ goes in’ for slavery in Kansas, and still supports F remont; yet we do not imagine that this commits Col. Fremont to the Herald's heresy. In fact all sorts of people are joining this E x t r a c t s from I 'rlvate Correspondence —A. l i t t l e friendly- T n lU a S o a t F ill- m o re tend Frem o n t. Dear F.—l thank you sincerely for your kind ne i in sending me a specimen copy of your W e e k ly Tim es, It is ‘ got up ’ with great good taste in all respects, and I hope it will receive such encouragement as will justify the undertaking, and mnke it a permanent thing. * * * * * Of course I object to your politics. I am Fill more to the back-bone, and if I should live £ thousand years, I do not think I could change my opiuion of Millard Fillmore. If he is not now ap preciated by the peoplo of this country, the time will certainly come, (and it will be hastened by the election of John C. Fremont,) when he will be, I only wish I were gifted with a prophetic insight of the future. Then I might foretell tho disas trous consequences that would ensue from Fre mont’s elevation to the Presidency—now all is darkness and uncertainty. But, if we may “ judge of tho (uturo by tho pa3t,”—la thero not danger in making any more experiments with.now men— untried statesmen, (if snch a thing can be found, j —or even with a man who has lived on horse flesh, sealed the Rocky Mountains, assaulted a U. S. Senator, ran away with a young and giddy girl, been cashiered and disgraced in tho eyes of the army and the country ? Is such a man a safe man for the times in which we live ? * * * J. C. n. T eoy , J u ly 21, 1850. 2ft/ Dear 12.—I am sorry you are so strongly, and I have no doubt sincerely, enlisted for Fill- more. I t is true he is a respectable candidate.— But does he possess any strong, positive qualities as a statesman ? Has heoriginated any great, po litical measures any more than Fremont has done? What one ? In my opinion—and I shall speak in terms of respect of Mr. Fillmore always—he pos sesses a far less brilliant mind than Col. Fremont, He has served in office longer, ho has had more political experience, it is true; but does that make the man ? Our poorest Presidents—Tyler, Polk and Pierce—always held office. Gen. Washing ton and old Jackson were without such political experience. Behold the contrast! Mr. Fillmore made a fair President, it i3 true; but you must remember that he had such minds as Webster's aud Crittenden’s for Cabinet advisers. You re collect when they traveled through our State to gether, how the sun of Fillmore was eclipsed by the Cabinet constellation. You may say Mr. Fill- more w»3 firm and conservative—all true. But a firmer man does not live than Col. Fremont.— He looks it. His achievments prove it. Read Bigelow’s Life of him which will appear in a few days, and seo if it is not so. Would such savans in science as Humboldt and the learned managers of the London Scientific Society bestow public praiso and honor upon a mere charlatan ? Depend upon it, my friend, the virulence with which Col. F. is assailed—the attempts to depreciate his char acter, talents and achievments—and most of all, to belie his religion, will react in bis favor. He stands upon a glorious platform ; it is right. Fill- more does not. Did he say one word in nil his recent speeches against the outrages and usurpa tions in Kansas? Not a word. Ho dared not, fearing it would injure him at the South. Is the South ever disappointed in their man ? They never have been. They will not be now. Conservatism is very well. In its place it is excellent. But the conservatism that teaches sub mission to wrong is execrable. Positive measures must be taken to stop the progress of slavery des potism. We must return to old principles and practices in Government, I wish you were right politically. I wish you could see the way clear as I think I do for the en listment of the young, espeoially, under the ban ner of Freedom. Depend upon it, if the move ment succeeds now, there will be an end to sla- popular movement to relieve the country fryui po litical tyranny, lawless ruffianism and slavery des- very agitation, and it will not end until the move- potism : but then Fremont stands upon the same liberal, democratic platform. Suppose the Budget should tender its support to Col. Fremout, and the latter in reply were to say, “ I thank you for it; I appreciate your generosity\: and even though the Budget should declare a thousand times that it adhered to its former principles—would that change the position of Col. Fremont? The can didate is not responsible f o r the opinions and acts o f others , but only f o r his own. Though bolting Americans may resolve ten thousand times that they adhere to their Americanism, while they re pudiate Fillmore and support Fremont,—that does not make him a K. N. any more than the Heralds slavery principles, while supporting the same can didate, renders him a slavery extensionist. He stands upon the platform of Freedom and Equal Rights, and upon it, and no other, he will enter upon the discharge of the duties of Chief Magis trate of tho Republic. The Budget's pettifogging to the contrary, is all gammon, too shallow to de- conquest of California, whatever may be recorded j ceive any but very weak minds. To quote its ment does succeed. And it will make the Union stronger instead of dissolving it. Were you to go to Kansas now, you would return home brim full of earnest enthusiasm for Fremont. You would wonder how it was possible for live men, with pa triotic hearts, to do otherwise than sustain the people’s movement for Free Principles. * * * * J. M. F. in tbe official praises by Mr. fiarcy when Secretary of War—that this same Fremont, who is a Catho lic, is also a Know-Nothing, and has pledged him self to their cause. In a word, he is represented as this thing, that thing, as everything, and as nothing at all. It is evident, however, that it will require hard riding to run him down, for he gath ers wind, speed and strength as he goes. The splendid run of “ old Tippecanoe aud Tyler too” did not open more auspiciously. No use to chaf fer about it. Fremont is ahead, and is only just beginning to let out. When tho popular tide sets in a particular direction, who shall turn it away ? “ I t never rains but it pours.” Sam. Stover, Esq., our gifted City Attorney, made a speech before the Fillmore Club of Alba ny last week. It is reported in the Statesman , and we have had a ‘ good time’ reading it. Mr. Stover frankly tells his hearers that he was for merly a Democrat, and has changed; but, says our eloquent Stover: There is much reason for this change. The time has come when politicians have become so corrupt th a t a new party wa3 n e eded to purify o u r elections, and from its success perpetuate the Union of the States and tho good of tho country. Stover talking about corruption in our politics! Stover joining the K. N.’s to “ purify our politics” ! Stover exercised in mind in regard to tbe Union of tbe States!* Well, in the language of the old Dutch Governor, we cau’t help exclaiming—“ God save the Commonwealth 1” But read iurther.— Stover gives it to tho “ Black Republicans” terri bly: Tlie other parly is arrayed on n sectional Issue, I , , , , , . , ,. - dangerous in the extreme to onr Union; aud al- almost a hfe-lonpupporter of the W/tiy,'addressed low me to say, in the language of our standard os a communication, declaring that he was ashamed bearer, that it i* the first time in the history of lua qr«an on account ol us unmanly treatment our country, that a -party* was ever formed in one section of our cuuntry in opposition to the peo- own favorite expression, it had better ‘ dry up’ on that. And finally we will enquire if modesty is not a little o u t r a g e d b y a p a p e r w h ic h d e l i b e r a t e l y as- serted that the American platform justified the Kansas outrages, and which when called up to prove its assertion, pettifogged and dodged; kick ed up a dust, and thought to hide itself in a cloud of words ? A paper that could do this, verily has need to solemnly print itself “ honest,” six times per week.— Whig. We extract the above from the Whig, as an illustration of the character of that print. Our readers will recollect the discussion alluded to.— It dented onr charge that the Philadelphia (Fill- more) platform embodied doctrine whose practical workings had led to the outrages in Kansas, and it requested us to copy that portion of the Plat form relating to the subject of slavery, so that our readers might see what it did say. W e complied with its request—copied its reply to our article, platform and all. We rejoined in a space as brief as tho matter that had been transferred to our col umns at Us request, vindicating the truth of our assertions. A t least this was onr purpose. Wheth er we succeeded, tho readers o f this paper have judged—they had the Whig's article, tho platform and all before them, so that they were enabled to form an intelligent opiuion. W e requested the Whig to reciprocate the fairness, by giving pub licity to our comments. As usual, it dodged.— It was mum. It flare not let its readers see our side of the discussion, though we had published its side. It refused us n favor like that which it had asked, mid wo hud granted. So palpably un fair was its course that “ An Old Line Whig\— pie of another section. W e have * faint recollection that o o ceoa* time —say in 1848— Van Buren and Adame were run organ of the Times in this matter And now ft says we “ pettifogged aud dodged.” This is the Whig's fairness, a very modest, honorable sheet, that Whig. It invariably skulks when cornered in dis- cusiioo. It ia about time the stanch was taken out of it* dignity. K a n s a s O u trages—M issouri R iv e r (Piracy. The New York Tribune contains several letters from Correspondents in Kansas, detailing a series of outrages that must make every freeman’s face mantle with indignation and shame. Not only do the marauding parties keep up their thefts and murders within tho Territory, but a system of piracy has been organized, on the Missouri River, which would do credit to the Government of Algiers in her most barbarous era. At least a half a dozen companies going up the River, havo recently been searched and robbed, not only of arms, but clothing, furniture, jewelry, monoy and agricultural implements. The boats are bailed and compelled to stop, whether they have any occasion to or not, a t half a dozen points on tho River; at Brunswick, W averly, Lexington, Wayne City, Liberty Landing, Dela ware and Leavenworth. Cinnon are planted and loaded, ready to fire upon any boat that refuses to stop when challenged. When the boat comes too, armed bands go on board and hunt for Free State men, and if any are found, they and their baggage are searched, and their arm s, if they have any, and such other article! as the pirates wish, are taken and appropriated to their u se; while the Freo Stato men, thus stripped, are forcibly sent back down tho River. We havo not space for tho details of those dis graceful outrages. The Missouri River, a national highway, 13 turned into a mustering ground for pirates and robbers. Without molestation or interference from the President, the Federal Au thorities in tho Territory, orthe State Authorities of Missouri, those lawless ruffians pursue their work of plunder and violencoin open day. Parties havo appealed to Gon. Smith for protection, but have been refused, ho declaring that the Federal troops were under the control of Shannon and his ruffian associates. Is not such a stato of things disgraceful to a civilized, and much more to a freo country ?• Will Northern men submit to these outrages with out visiting their vengeance upon tho aggressors and their abettors through the ballot box? A Free State man ia in more danger on the Missouri River to-day, than a Christian was on the coast of Barbary in the 16th century. How long shall this bo so? A correspondent writing from Leavenworth, Kansas, elates that after the ruffians had robbed and drtvon back the emigrants from Ottawa, III., tbe officer in command at the fort came down with a squad of dragoons, inquired oi Capt. Clark son (tho leader of the Southerners,) as to what had occurred, and, upomhearing Clarkson’s ver sion of it, declared that what had been done was all right, and according to the President’s procla mation ; and having taken a drink with the cap tain, he marched his men back. He also says: “ Last week, on Wednesday, sixteen wagons of emigrants, quietly wending their way to Kansas across Missouri, were met two miles east of Piatte City by an armed band, and turned back. They were emigrants who made no warlike demonstra tions, and who came out under no impulse of ex citement ; they came with their teams and uten sils to make their homes in Kansas; but they came from a free state, therefore they must not be allowed to enter Kansas. Tbe free state men of Leavenworth have been for the last six weeks as completely under the subjection of armed ty- ranny as ever a people could be. The same arm- ed band which imprisoned Parrott, Conway and others, and drove them from the territory six weeks ago, have been here constantly, and have kept free state men completely m awe. They dare not hold a public meeting, they dare not ex press their sentiments in any public manner;— scarcely dare they write a letter to a friend lest it should fall into the hands of men who would com mit some outrage upon them. W e have no arms wo have never prepared for this state of things, and the whole force of the slave power is concen trated upon tho border here. Only la3t week there were not less than two hundred of these men here in town armed with United States mus kets. In six hours time they could call five times that number of men from Missouri, and were the free State men to offer resistance to their outrages it would avail nothing, and result in the useless sacrifice of life. This is the true condition of things here,” 1 'Iie N e w Y o r k M i r r o r f o r F r e m o n t . The N. Y. Mirror has announced its purpose to support Fremont. This is a significant move ment in consequence of the past position and principles of the Jfirror. It has always been a uniform supporter of high-toned conservative principles. Its Editor held an important official position under President Fillmore, and gave to his administration a cordial and efficient support.— The paper has vigorously battled for what are called the “ rights of the South ” from the begin ning. To use its own expressive language, it has fought “ the battle of the South for twelve long years.” With these antecedents the 3firror un hesitatingly declares for Fremont. It has adopted a course in which thousands of \men heretofore supporting the pretensions of the South will join. Patriotism and principle unite in pointing out this as the course of duty for every mau who loves free Institutions, and would transmit them unim paired to posterity. We subjoin the following re marks of the Mirror on the occasion of its an nouncing its determination to support Fremont and Freedom: As the representative of Northern feeling, aroused by a series of unwonted outrages on the part of Southern politicians and countenanced by the Pierce administration, John Charles Fremont has been selected as a candidate for the Presiden cy. In the great emergency of the nation the eyes of the Free States turn to b'm, who has waved the flag of his country upon the top of America, as to the rising Star of the Republic.— The Horn and the man have come together, as they always do come, in the right time of a na tion’s need. It is not now our purpose to prophesy; we have not even made an arithmetical calculation of the chances of this complicated campaign.— The question with us is not one of poliey, but of principle; not of politics even, but of patriotism. In the event of Fremont’s election, the very tri umph would suggest a course of magnanimity to wards the South. The Republican Cabinet and Foreign Missions should fairly represent every section of the Uuion. And it is the strong as surance that such a generous and purely national policy would be adopted, more than all other con siderations, that has decided the step we have ta ken. It is due to our readers that the Mirror should define its position on the question of the Presi dency. We have waited, watched, inquired, ob served and deliberated calmly on the subject; and have decided to vote for Fremont. The rea sons that have led to this conclusion, we will briefly s tate: In the first place, we like the Man—his charac ter and his career. We like him for what he is and for what he has done; and are willing to j take the record of the past as a guarantee for the future. With his political principles, as indicated | by his votes and speeches in the United States | Senate, and as set forth in his recent Letter of j Acceptance, we have no fault to find. And we have private Teasons for believing, that, in the event of his election, he will prove as good and prompt a President as Gen. Jackson. But, other aud stronger considerations than these have determined the selection we have made. After fighting the battle of tbe South for twelve long years, defending its political rights, domestic institutions, social character, manners and habits on all occasions, recent occurrences have* convinced us that the time has come for the Nortli, witL its superior numbers, intelligence, wealth and power, to take a stand, firm aud fixed as its granite hills, against the threatening, bully ing, brow-beating, skull-breaking spirit of the South,—a spirit that tramples on Compromises; violates the sacred freedom of parliamentary de bate ; and murders the settlers upon our common soil for simplv opposing, by voice and vote, the fasteuiug ot Slavery upon a free and virgin Terri tory. Without throwing overboard a single conserva tive principle hitherto advooated by the Jfirror, we can go into the fight for Fremont and Dayton ; for the Union of the States aud the constitutional rights of both the North aud the South, as con scientiously as ever crusaders battled for Jerusa lem. In times like these, to be neutral is to be a coward. X h r e e P e r s o n s P o i s o n e d b y a S u r a l c a l O p e r a tion—P a i u f u l Occurrence. [From the Geneva Gazette] It is our duty to record one of the most sad, and at the same time singular occurrences, that has ever come within the sphere of our observa tion, which has already resulted in the death of two of the parties concerned, aud so badly injur ed one other that his life is despaired of. The circumstances are these: Dr. John Potter, resid ing at Prattsburgb, Steuben county, brother of Dr. Hazard Fotter, of this village, well known as one of the most skillful surgeons in the State, was called upon to dres3 a man’s arm, which had been badly mutilated in the cog-wbeels of some machinery. He made every effort to save the arm from amputation, and in this, at the sacrifice of his own life, he has probably succeeded. The arm having maturated, he called on his brother, Hazard Potter, of this village, to assist in opening it. During the operation he by some accident, cut himself slightly, and allowed some of the virus from the arm of his patient to mingle with the blood. This in a few days had so poi soned his entire system that no earthly power could save him. He died on Friday last. While at tending his funeral, his brother Hazard, who had a slight scratch on his hand, at the time of per forming the operation, and who had also become poisoned by the virus, felt an itching about his fingers, which proved to he the workings of the poison, and although attended by all tiie physi cians in Geneva, his life is despaired of. Anoth er mau who assisted in dressing tho arm was poi soned, but we have not been informed of hia sit uation at the time of writing. F. S. Since writing the above, we have been informed that tho man who helped to dress the arm is dead. —Tlio mother of Dr. Stone ot Auburn, was thrown from a wagon last Saturday, at Conquest, and was killed J»y (he breaking of her neck. N e w s Sum m a r y . —The Mrs. L. M. Child, who recently died at Paris, was not the authoress of that name, but the wife o fE. Yernon Child, of Boston. —Chris. Lilly, who pounded McCoy to death, is one of the prominent politicians of San Fran cisco. —Chauncy H. Hayden, editor and proprietor of the Rutland (Yt.) Herald, aged 33 years, died in Randolph, Yt., on Sunday last. Enoch Lewis, editor of the Friends' Review, died in Philadelphia on Monday last, at the age of 80 years. —The Thermometer on the shady Bide of Wail-st., New York, indicated 104 degrees at 10 o’clock a . jr., yesterday. —Nothing of public interest transpired in the House on Saturday. The session was occupied in considering private bills. The Senate was not in session. —Dr. Kinahan, who has just returned from P e ru, thinks he has proved that guano la produced from fetid seals, who die on the islands, and not from droppings of birds. —Jesse C. Tibbits is the married einner who ran away from Poughkeepsie with a Miss Holiday. The parties were nabbed at Buffalo and conduct ed home. —The loss by the recent destructive fire in Corning is stated to be from $100,000 to $120,- 000. The disaster is a. very serious one to that fast-growing town. —A little daughter of Alfred Yan Wyck, of Fishkill, N. Y., aged two and a half years, died on Tuesday from eating tiie ends of about sixty matches, the Sunday previous. —Col. Stone, of the Plattsburgh Republican, celebrated on the 5th inst., the forty-seventh an- niversay of that paper, and the twenty-fourth year of his connection therewith. —A negro, secreted under tho bed of a young lady in Columbia, N. Y., was shot dead by the young lady’s brother, who had been alarmed by his sister’s cries. —Judge Cotton of New Orleans, has rendered a decision in the McDonough will case, confirming the claim of §400,000 under the-wili, in behalf of Destitute O rphan Boys. —A woman named Ann Barney, aged 86 years, was kiiled by being run over with a Hudson River Railroad car, near 19th street, New York, on Wed nesday evening. The driver has been arrested. —Patrick Bourke, a Porter in the Clothing store of Samuel Joyce, on Broadway, New York, was found in the streets yesterday morning,— brutally murdered, by some persons unknown. —The third trial of William H. Arrison, for the blowing up of the Marine Hospital, with an infer nal machine, some two years ago, has just come on in Cincinnati. There is a difficulty iu getting an impartial jury. —Tho Providence Transcript has information that Col. Topliffe, of that city, was mortally woun ded at Blonton’s Bridge, Kansas, on the 30th ult., while defending himself from a guerrilla party of Georgians, — A boy named Wm. Courtney, aged 14 years old, pushed another lad of about bis age, named Benj. Eddington, into the East River, and the lat ter was drowned. Courtney has been arrested. The boys it seems were in swimming. —The Winchester (111.) Chronicle says a Mr. Ooultas and his son were killed by the horses run ning away with one of McCormick’s reapers.— Both were thrown under the machine aDd cut to pieces. —About ninety Mormons, driven out from Beaver Island, arrived at Chicago last Wednes day, in a state of destitution. Others were landed at Milwaukie aud Racine. They were compelled to leave their property behind them. —The total number of deaths iu New York city during the past week, was 531, namely: *72 men, 79 women, 202 boys, 178 girls; showing an in crease of 249 deaths, as compared with the mor tality of the week previous. —Coroner Jos. Born, of Albany, died Friday afternoon. He had been unwell for nearly two years. Coroner B. was a native of Albany,\— and has always eujoyed the respect of bis fellow- citizens. —Mrs. Stowe’s new novel is to be issued in separate editions in England, France and Ger many, so that it will be published simultaneously in Boston, London, Paris and Leipsic. Philips, Sampson & Co., are tbe Boston publishers. — In the Griswold Divorce case, the Court of j Dr. T. C. B. Brooke. Common Pleas, Philadelphia, has decided against the application of the libellant (Rev. Rufus W . Griswold, D. D.,) to complete the record by tbe substitution of alleged copies. —It is stated that the dispatches from our Min isters at the principal European capitals, contain assurances that nearly all the Foreign Legations unite in approving tbe principles and policy em bodied in Mr. Marcy’s last paper dismissing Mr. Craraptoo. —We learn from Washington that the Presi dent vi’-terday sent to the Senate the nomination of John Forsyth as Minister, and \Walker Fearne in Lancaster county, Pa., with agents and accom- pliccs in several other States. About twenty of | them have already been taken into custody. Tuey i include a dentist, a lawyer, a preacher and a quaker. Their operations have embraced horse stealing, barn burning, cattle driving, counterfeit ing, and robbery and murder, two drovers and a pedlar baviug been murdered and'robbed by them. —Punch has a pictorial representation of “ Life at au American Hotel,” suggested by the murder of tbe waiter at Willar.d’s, by Herbert. In the Picture a guest is represented as holding a revol ver to the head of his opposite neighbor, with the imperious demand, “ Pas3 the mustard! ” —The resignations of Messrs. Brooks aud Keitt have reached Gov. Adams of South Carolina, and he has ordered a new election on the 2Sth. The Columbia Times says both these heroes will be sent back without opposition, and with a very large complimentary vote. —The Committee on Elections in the House, will have a meeting on Monday to consider the case of Mr. Whitfield, and will probably report as early as Tuesday or Wednesday. The subject of fixing a time for final adjournment wifi be called up Monday or Tuesday. I t is now thought that Congress will adjourn in about three weeks. —A little girl in Rochester, vomited from her stomach a reptile, some three inches long and nearly an inch round. She had been ill and in a declining state some time. Frobably the reptile had been swallowed when small, in water drank by tbe child. The incident should induce caution. Never drink, or allow a child to drink in the dark, or without first examining the water. —It is not what people eat, but what they digest, that makes them strong. It is not what they gain but what they save, that makes them rich. It is not what they read, but what they re member, that makes them learned. It is not what they profess, but what they practice, that makes them righteous. •The Legislature of Iowa have passed a bill giving the lands recently donated by Congress for railroad purposes to four railroads running across that State, the Mississippi and Missouri, the Dubu que and Big Sioux, the Lyons and Iowa Central,. and the Burlington and Missouri. These roads get about 1,200,000 acres each. —A tremendous freshet has recently prevailed in the Upper Minnesota valley. Yillages were drowned out and considerable property was de stroyed. The country in the vicinity looked like a vast lake. In one night large tracks were over flowed to a sufficient depth to float-the largest steamers of the Mississippi. —We learn from the Worcestor Spy, that a letter has been received in that city from a gen tleman in California, which states that Herbert, the Congressman, has been notified by tbe Vigi lance Committee of San Francisco, never to show his head in California again, under the severest penalties. —G. W. Collamore of Boston, an ultra conser vative whig lawyer, has returned from a trip to Kansas, and confirms all the worst tales of ruffian ism and robbery. He places the free state heroes of Kansas on a par with those of the revolution, . and alleges that his respect for the latter has been increased by witnessing the courage, fortitude and fidelity of the former. —Advices from the Mauritius, dated at Port Louis on 21st of April, say: The cholera has been allowed to come to our shores, and its lavages have spread desolation through the land. True, the havoc has not been equal to that of 1854, but we have suffered seriously, and some of the most es teemed and beloved amongs us have succumbed to ibis cruel devastator. ♦ —It is stated that Secretary Marcy has sent a’ proposition to President Comonfort to purchase another slice of Mexico. Marey’a offer, it is stated, was six millions of dollars for the thirty-first parallel of latitude for the boundary line to the Gulf of California, According to last advices, President Comonfort refused to entertain the proposition. —Judge Crawford, who presides over the court that is trying Herbert, the California waiter-killer, shows marked tenderness and partiality for the prisoner. This is not surprising. The judge, who fixed $300 as the proper price for beating a U. S. Senator, nearly to death, cannot properly regard the shooting of an Irishman as of much ac count. —A fire occurred in Newark, N. J ., on Thurs day, in a stable on South Bridge street, and be fore it could be subdued, sixteen buildings, thir teen of them being frame tenant houses were con sumed. Loss estimated at from §7,000 to §10,- 000, mostly insured. The firemen suffered great ly from the heat. Three were sun struck, and one seriously injured by the falling of a chimney. —The King of the Sandwich Islands, recently sent a special message to his house of nobles,— saying that if they had no objections, he should | immediately take to wife Miss Emma, daugliterof The nobles replied that so far from having any objections, they thanked him for such a manifestation of his concern for the in terests of his crown and people. —They have border ruffians in Texas who oper ate alternately on the Mexican and Texan side of the line. Not long since three Americans and one Mexican, went to Guerrero, in Mexico, and robbed the Catholic Church at that place. Being chased from that side of the river, they came to the Texas side and commenced their depredations. The volunteer rifles got after them, shot two, hung another, and got their plunder. —New York is to have another new theatre. as Secretary of Legation at Mexico, in the place of | I t will be built by John M. Tremble, for Laura Messrs. Gadsden and Cripps, recalled. Both the Keene. It is to be built in sixty days, so that it appointees are Alabamians. ! can be opened for dramatic representations on the —The sheriff of Yazoo county, Cal., executed ' 1st of October ensuing. The site is in Broadway j on the 27th ult., Young C. Bovard, for the mur- j —Nos. 622 and 624—the ground now occupied j der of his wife, and the Prichet negroes, Henry, | by the Grinnel House. The dimensions of the ’ land are 45 feet front on Broadway and 135 feet deep, the lot running back to Crosby street. —Mr. Samuel James, an old and highly re spectable citizen, met with a dreadful accident near Conhocton, in Steuben county, last \Wednes day morning. The particulars are as follows:— Mr. James went hunting on that morning, and be coming tired, seated himself on a log, with his gun beside him, and it is supposed in taking up the guD, the hammer caught and the contents, consisting of a heavy charge of shot, were dis charged, the load entering his head, and literally blowing his brains out. The deceased formeily resided in New York, but latterly in the town of Frattsburgb. His age was seventy-two. —The Commissioners appointed by the Walk- er-Rivas government of Nicaragua to examine and der-storm, was struck by lightniug— m a n a n d horse j report as to the indebtedness of the Accessory instantly killed. It is a fearful thought, thatsuch | Transit Company to that republic, made their re bolts of death lurk in every rain-cloud that breaks ( port at Granada on the 4th of July. The proper- fihnvn mu* heads t ty of the company seized is valued at oue hun- our utaus. dJred and gixty-ono thousaad one hundred and —The Singapore, E. I., Journal o f Commerce, twenty-nine dollars, five cents ($161,129.05), and of April, 29, says:—It is with feelings of deep r e - , the Commissioners report that the company owes gret that we notice the breaking o ut of cholera a t the government of Nicaragua four hundred and . , , „ T „ ,, twelve thousand five hundred and eiahtv-nme dol- Calcutta and other part3 of India, carrying off the native population. Europeans of all ages aro fall- Aleck and Dick, for the murder of their master; there was a great crowd present, as is usual on such occasions. —Thompson, the original confidence man, ap peared in New York on Monday, after three years’ retirement at Sing Sing, but he Was nabbed at hi8 first game, so unskillfully did he perform it, and is again a candidate for another term in the state retreat. —Two young men, named Thomas W right and Wm. G. Dawes, were arrested in Boston on Wed nesday, for forging checks ou the Boylston bank amounting to §1720. Dawes was detected in the act of presenting one of the checks, and his com panion owns up to the forgeries. —Last Thursday a man, while riding on horse back through the streets of Milwaukie in a thun- ing victims to its virulence. —The Elkton, P a , Democrat, give3 an account of the diseovory of an extraordinary gang of thieves, having their head-quarters near the Gap, tw e lve thousand five h u n d red and e ighty-nine dol lars, ninety-six cents (§412,589.90), leaving the com p any still indebted to the governm e n t iu the sum of two hundred and fitty-oue thousand four hundred and sixty dollars, ninety-one cents (§251,- 460.91)- The rep o rt is e laborately prepared, and gives some interesting statistics of tho company’s operations on the Isthm u s.
