The native American., 1838-06-23

From HE Northern T,onier.-- Much alarm, it
appears, existed at Toronto June 6. The town
was strongly guarded, and an attack momentari-
lily expected. II is stated that about seventy
Patriots had crossed over to Queenstown unarmed,
got the guards drunk and stole 10, of their arms.
MAJOR General Macomb, Commander-in-chief,
has passed through this city to take command Of
the Northern frontier.
Four laborers on the Raleigh and CASTOR Rail-
road, have been arrested on charge of medita-
ting the life of one Of their employers.
Scat offhe Trriaa Government Mobile
Advertiser of the 9th instant, says: sThe two
Houses of Congress in joint session have decided
upon permanent location Of the Seat of Co
vernment. The spot chosen for the purpose is
Eblin's League, on the Colorado river, near LIZ
grange, in the county of Fayctlc."
INDIcTMENTs.-Wc learn from the Albany Jour-
nal, that the United States District Court Grand
Jury brought in bills Of indictment Yesterday
against William T.. Mackenzie, Thomas ]. Sutll-
lerland, William Johnson and one other individual
whose name has not yet transpircd. Witnesses
are in attendance from almost all the border coun-
tics.
The incendiarics arc determined to bum down
Charleston. The Charleston Courier Of Saturday
last, says:
"1hrce more attempts to set fire, were made
yesterday, but were discovered in time TO prevent
damage-indecd the vigilance Of our citizers
is such as to render any further attempts perfectly
futile, and if they should be made, The chances
Of detection arc almost certain.
ExEcuTIoN.--Lus Lliso, aSpaniard, convicted,
al the Court of Sessions, in Charleston, S. c.. in
May, 1897, Of the murder of David Johnson, a
seaman, executed, Friday, in the Jail yard Of
that city.
About one hundred thousand dollars in all is
the amount of contributions from various por-
tons Of the Union to the sufferers bv the Charles
ton fire; the moicty, if not more, from the North,
New York alone having contributed fifteen thou
sand dollars.
Slapers Capiuyed.-The British brig OF war
Snake, is reported to have captured in the West
Indies the slave ships Matilda and Arrogant, for
Havana. The British frigatc Pearl arrived at
Bermuda May Is, having two slayers as prizes,
captured in April; the brig Diligcnt with 4sO, and
the Opposition with large number. Her B. NJ.
schr. Sappho has taken into New Providence the
brig Canovcrs with $50 slaves.
Nev RoHefor IObdccO.-A considerable guam
IGty ofrol,acco has been brought to Baltimore by
the inland water route from Mississippi up that
river and the Ohio, and thence through The Penn
Isylvania canals and down the Susquehannah. Cot
IL hoEn
Tennessee by the same channels to Philadelphia
... baltimore paper
Hydrophobia among Catfle.-'The Patterson,
IN. J.) Intelligencer gives melancholy account
Of the spread Of this disease among the cattle Of
that neighb0rhood. Itappears that dog, or dogs,
afflicted with hydrOphobia, have bitten a large
number Of cattle, which are in consequence dying
Encampnaent on The 4th Of .7,4ly al the Battle
Ground, Trenton, ~. 1.-The Baltimore Tran
script mentions that the Maryland Cadets and
Baltimore City Guards, two fine corps of that city,
under Captains Newman and Thompson, propose
to visit the encampment at Trenton 10 be formed
Of the volunteer companies Of New Jersey, July
4. The volunteer companies of other States are
invited, and it is expected many will be present.
If SO, it will be military spectacle worth seeing.
The laborers on the railroad near Wilkcsbarre
were engaged in riot last week, but tile disturb
ance was readily quelled by the appearance Of the
military y.-Balfimore Patriot.
The citizens Of IIavre de Grace, Nd, have
organized an efficient military corps to project
themselves from the rioous laborers on the canal
in that vicinity.
The Supreme Judicial Court have decided that
the law Of the Commonwealth Of Massachusetts,
prohibiting any person from selling wine, brandy,
rum, or other spirtuous liquours by retail, is Con-
stitutOnal.
FoRTs ON THE FRoNTIER.-Sir G.. Arthur, the
British Governor Of Upper Canada, has been Sc
ccting sites for chain Of forts all along the from
tier, at Niagara, Queenstown, and the Falls. 1t
is supposed that the original project Of continued
series of Notifications along from Ontario to Erie,
is about to be put into force, which is much to be
regretted inasmuch as il may entail on us the nc
ccssity Of similar precautions. Thus it is that
few discontinued and xyorth1ess mon IN hotb