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Outrage at Niagara Falls.

A most disgraceful scene was enact
cd at Niagara Falls on Saturday after
noon, accompanied by violence and
bloodshed. A Mr.. Stephens, Of Ala
bama, had been stopping at the Eagle
Hotel, accompanied by his vile and a
female slave. After they had got seat
ed in the cars about leaving for Lock-
port, about twenty or thirty colored
persons, as was previously arranged
among themselves, rushed to the cars
and attempted to take by force the OBJ
iect of their sympathies-some throw
ing distractions on the track while
others mounted the cars. They we're
resisted by the conductor, engineer and
others. A general melee ensusd--
stones and brickbats were freely used,
by which a number were seriously in
iured, when the train finally got under
way. In the evening a demonstration
was made, by some Of the baser sort,
upon a building occupied by a number
of blacks, who discharged two pistols
at the assailants without material inju-
ry, and then made their escape. After
this, the attack upon The building was
renewed with redoubled fuzzy, and i'm
mediatsly RACED to tho ground.-Buf.
falo Com. Adu, July IL.
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For the Spirit Of Democracy
To the People Of Ohio.
FELLOW CITIZENS:

The foregoing numbers con-
tain all the observations which it is deemed proper
to submit to you at present, concerning our Courts
of Common Pleas. The Supreme Court demands
further consideration. The vices and defects Of its
organization, have produced the late struggles for
a Convention. No part of our old Constitution is
altogether intolerable and uncomfortable, exceptthat
which relates to the Supreme Court. 1t hoops
the growing limbs Of the young giant with an iron
band. incapable Of the least expansion. If the re-
lativs increase of population in the State at large,
since the last census, is as great as in this county,
Ohio now contains two millions and o quarter of
people. Yet the Judiciary force is the same as
that provided for a State containing fifty or sixty
thousand inhabitants. and entitled to one Repre-
sentative in Congress; and it cannot be increased.
For four Judges must hold IN annual Court in
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Latest from Santa Fe.


The St. Louis papers of the 9TH, have
advices from Santa Fe, brought by a
MI. Murphy, who left that place on the
9th of May. He came in with Maj.
w. H. Russel, bearer Of dispatches
from Col. Fremont, in California, to our
government. All was quiet in Cal
ifornIa, and the health Of the forces
good.
The health Of the troops at Santa Fe
had much improved, though there was
still some scurvy. A Mr.. Shepherd,
Of St. Louis, died on the 9th.
On the 9th May, Major Edmund
son, having a force Of some $50 men,
being detached portions of the different
companies Of Col. Prices regiment, was
attacked on Red river, some 1913 miles
south of Santa Fe, by a party Of from
800 to 400 Mexicans and Indians,
principally the l%atter,) and after an OBJ
stinate battle was forced to retreat
with the loss Of two men killed, one
wounded and left on the field. and the
entire capture of his horses, the cloth
ing and ammunition of his men, &c.
Tho engagement was brought on by
the enemy just as our forces were cross
ing a deep %ravine, and when they were
least prepared to repel an attack
Lieut.. Elliot was in this engagement,
and is said to have distinguished him
self by the taking of an eminence which
commanded the enemy's position, and
which alone saved the lives of many of
our e
On the receipt of this news at head
quarters, Lieut.. Col. Wilcox was des-
patched with a body of lis men in
pursuit Of the enemy.
The only Americans left at Taos
were about twenty men, who were on
the sick list.
The condition of affairs on the Plains
is represented as being desperate in the
extreme. Scarcely a train crosses
without being attacked by the Indians.
The party to which Mr.. Murphy be-
lenged was attacked three times, and
their cattle driven away before their
eyes. Capt. Bells government train
lost about $50 head of cattle; which
were stolen by the Camanches.
Mr.. Murphy met Mr.. Wethered,
some other traders, and two Govern
ment trainso of wagons, at the crossings
of the Pa Fork.
Capt. Shephard's company of Imam
try were met near Council Grove
The companies of mounted men, under
Captains McNair and Korpony. were
met fifteen miles from lol, going on
well.
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| every county in the State, and two must be to-
consequences. The sultors are deprived of their
natural and constitutional right 10 be heard by
themselves or their counsel. Injustice is done by
wholesale; and crude, hasty, ill-adyised and i'll
considered decisions not only shock our sense Of
natural justice, but disgrace our jurisprudence
The apology, for this state of things, is that the
Judges are over-labored-that they have not time
that it is physically impossible for them to bestow
more attention upon individual cases, than they Go.
We are willing to admit the validity OF this excuse
the irritation, which is unfortunately inseparable
from an attendance on their Court, has subsid ed
we are willing to throw the mantle of Charity over
all that is past. But, though these considerations
may shield the Judges from c%ensure, do they afford
any apology for the federation of such abuses by
the sovereign power Of the State! Will the People
much longer submit to the evils of such a state of
things, unless convinced OF their own incapacity
to afford a remedy? Does not a tame submission to
the pressure of admitted evils, amount to a tacit
acknowledgment of our own incapacity for self
government? Does it not amount to an admission
that the experiment of popular government is a
failure in the Buckeye State at least.
Fellow Citizens, in the language of the Apostle,
al tell the truth, I lie not when I tell you, that
this very position, of the popular incapacity for
self-government, was the ground occupied by the
anti-conveutionits in the General Assembly, du.
ring the timei in which the subscriber had the honor
to represent Monroe county in that body. The de-
fects of the old constitution none denied. But the
ghosts of party spirit, and cabal, and intrigue, and
management, and fraud, and deception, and agra.
rianism, and turbulence, and anarchy, and confu-
sion, and popular commotion, were c~onjured up
and made to pass on the stage before our eyes like
Raw-head and Bloody-bones, and we were entreat-
ed not to suffer the State to be invaded by such a
host of fends. Those that choose to recur to the
debates OF that period, by turning over the files of
their old papers, will find that it was in combat
with these %spectres, that the strength of the PEO-
PIES FRIENDS was wasted. 1t was by their
gibbering, that a relentless majority, distrustful of
the People, and unfIiendly to their advancement,
pretended to be so frightened as to refuse us the
poor privilege of asking our sovereigns a question:!
Fellow Citizens are you frightened by these COB
Inns? If not, and if advancement and improvement
are laws of human nature, instituted by Heaven, we
Respectfully, &C.,
EDWARD ARCHBOLD.
Woodsfeld, July 10, ls47. No. X.
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The Taking Of Tobasco.

Extract from a correspondent Of the
the New Orleans Times:
"The work Of terrifying approaches
to the city is proceeding vigorously;
but n of the letters state that great
want Of judgment is shown in the seIec-
ton Of positions for defence. The
writer says, that the strongest fortifica-
tons are places exactly where the Yam
kses are sure not to pass, while the
most important points are left entirely
open. The letters are all very cauti-
ously written, except the one which
gives $ this intelligence; and these are
about all the remarks whichit contains
on the subject Of general interest. The
dates are up TO the 18th only. The
British Courier will bring news as late
as the 2ah, and ! hops will be in this
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From the New York True Sun.
From Oregon.

BY the same vessel by which we re-
ceived the file Of the Star, a file of the
Oregon City Spectator to the 10th De-
cember was received by the CONNER
ciaI Advertiser.
A letter from j. Quinn Thornton is
published in the Spectator Of December
10, dated, "SettIement of the Rickreall,
November 80" and giving a sad ac-
count of the "emigrants by the southern
route." whom Mr.. Thornton had left in
the Umpqua Notwithstanding be-
yond anything known" They must
perish Of hunger, he says, unless sup
plies were taken to them Immediately.
The editor had learned that a sufficient
number of horses had been despatched
from Champoeg county TO bring them
in.
The Spectator does battle in behalf
Of the Columbia river and its good
name for safety Of navigation, insisting
that its channel is amply wide and
deep, and that only ignorance or bad
management can account for disasters
to vessels coming in or going out.
The Legislature convened on the list
of December, and organized by the
election of A. L. Lovejoy as Speaker.
The Governors message was received.
A bill creating the Office Of "Terri,orial
Recorder" was passed, and MI. Theo-
polls McGruder was elected to perform
the duties Of that office.
The Spectator calls upon the Legis-
lature to make haste and adjouI n, OBJ
serving that its cost is $50 a day to the
territory, and that the public debt is al
ready $4,000, and increasing.
The project for a railroad to the Pa
cifc seems TO excite some interest in
Oregon. The Spectator urges the Le-
gislature to take some action upon the
premises, by memorial to Congress, or
approving resolutions. 1t suggests also
that Congress be asked for a steam tug
to operate at the mouth Of the Colum-
bia.
A Mr.. Lippincott, from the city Of
New York, one of those 'semIgrants by
the southern %route,' had been badly
wounded in the knee, in a skirmish with
the kIamet Indians. Two othsrs-one
from Iowa and the other from Missis-
sippi-were killed in The same affair.
The Spectator calls loudly for the es-
Enlistment of public schools. The d.
rectors Of the "Printing Association"
had resolved to print 1000 copies of
Webster's Spelling-book.
The following marriages are record.
ed in the Spectators William Dough-
erty and Mary Jane Chambers; John.
P. Brooks and Mary Ann Thomas;
Henry Buxton, jr., and Rosanna Wool
Fl. H. Hyde and Henrietta Holman.
We are sorry TO add that four applica-
lions for divorce are advertised-two
by the wives, and two by the husbands.
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Arrival Of the Britannia.
Is DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
FURTHER DECLINE IN FLoUR


The steamer Britannia was telegraph
ed at Boston on Saturday morning.
She brings dates from Liverpool to the
4th instant.
Considerable decline in the -four
market has taken place since the depar-
ture Of the Caledonia. Large sales Of
Western flour have been made at 81
shilIings per barrel; but that price a
not now be obtained.
Richmond and Alexandria brands are
selling at 33s per barrel; Philadelphia
and Baltimore at 32s per barrel; New
Orleans and Ohio Bis per barrel.
Indian meal is selling at COS a 21s
per barrel; Indian corn at AS Cd ass
per quarter.
Cotton has advanced I'd per pound.
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IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.
LATER FROM GEN. SCOTS ARMY.

BY the arrival of the Alabama, the
Picayune has direct advices from the
city of Mexico 10 the Goth of June, and
from Puebla 10 the 3Oth.
General Scott had not been able to
leave Puebla. He was awaiting the
reinforcements under Gen. CadwaIlad-
er and Gen. Pillow, who had not then
arrived. [Some OF the papers mention
that Gen. Cadwallader arrived at Pue-
bla on the 30th. Letters from Mr.. Ken
dali of that date make no mention of it,
though he was constantly expected
He was at Perote about the Goth await
ing Gen. Pillow.
The news from the city of Mexico
is very indefinite. Gen. Scott is said
to have communicated TO the govern
ment that Mr.. Trist was with him and
authorized to negotiate for peace
Santa Anna had been in vain endeav.
oring to procure a quorum of Congress
to lay Gen. SCOTS communication be-
fore it. Mr.. Kendall's letters rather
encourage the prospects Of an early
peace; but we have had access to let
tiers from a very responsible source in
the city of Mexico, which take a very
different view of the subject. The
writer thinks Gen. Scott will have TO
march into Mexico to secure a peace.
The censorship of the press existing
in Mexico prevents us from knowing
what measures will be taken to defend
the city. Santa Anna was to leave the
capital on the 3Oth uIt., intending TO
pass three days in the country for the
benefit Of his health. 1t is said that
every avenue of entrance into the city
is fortified; but the writer in Mexico,
upon whom we very much rely, thinks
the American army will easily over
come all such obstacles that the de.
fence of their Notifications will only
embarrass the Mexicans.
W. are unable to throw much light
upon the movements of Gen. Cadwal.
lader and Gen. Pillow. The latter is
said to have been compelled to contest
the road with the guerilla parties, till he
was beyond Cerro Gordo. Guerrilleros
took advantage Of every defls to resist
his progress. His loss is said to have
been severe.
We have by this arrival a file of the
"American STAR" No. 2, published
twice a week a Pusbla, by Messrs.
Peoples, Barnard & Callahan. The
file extends from the 18th to the 9th
June, and we CLEAN from its columns
several items Of intelligence.
The government Of the city of Pue.
bla has been entrusted to Lieut.. Col.
Bolton, of the Sd artillery.
Gen. Alvarez was at Alike on the
I4th Of June with SOC Mexican cavalry.
The aStar" thinks bis forces have been
greatly overrated.
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evening. His letters will probably all
be unseaIed, and l am afraid destitute
of political interest; and it is impossible
to learn anything from him personally.
"Commodore Perry and his squadron
arrived at Anton Lizardo last evening,
from his expedition against Tobasco.
Upon his arrival at the entrance Of the
river, he found that a short distance up,
cheveaur de fisSe had been sunk SO as
to render the passage Of his vessels i'm
practicable. He consequently landed
his men and his lighter guns, and COM
menced his march to the town. This
was a most tedious business, but he
managed to get along at the rate Of one
knot per hour, until he reached the
neighborhood of the town, where he
found the enemy ready to receive him.
Drawing up his army Of tars into a We
ry respectable column, he advanced
within musket range, when he received
the enemy's fire, and instantly opened
upon them his artillery, charged with
grape and canister. The Mexicans
did not fire again Perry's single volley
scattered them to the winds. Horses
with the stampede could not get over
the ground as they did. Some three
or four of our men were wounded, but.
| believe none were killed. Lieut.. May
lost an arm, and | believe n other Of
fcer only was badly wounded.
"None OF the officers of the squadron
have yet been in town, and | have
these particulars at secondhand, al
though from good and intelligent au-
thority. fIreceive further details be-
fore the steamer leaves | will send
them"
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A couple Of anti-war, anti Taylor,
nti-Amsrican whig-abolitionists have
been elected to fill two vacant Con-
gressional districts in New H~ampshier,
and our neighbor Of the Journal feels
as though he could not say enough a.
bout it himself, and desires, therefore,
that we should help him sound the glad
tidings'o of coondom.
Well nsighbor, suppose you have e
lecied a brace Of that ilk of politicians
to Congress, to add to others like them
already there, what will you do with
them after catching them. They will
60 TO Congress and oppose every meas.
ure to carry on the war .with more
vigor;' and, worse, they will vote a.
gainst every appropriation to pay the
gallant soldier, TO feed him, or to cloth
him, while Sighting our battles. This
will be their course. Will you sustain
them in such votes, neighbor? Come
tell US what you will do. Ifyou really
rejoice at their election, will you de-
nounce their acts after election2 Tell
US, and tell US new, which horn of this
dire dilemma you intend to take? Don't
back out--don't make an excuse as to
time. &c., but out with it. We haye
noticed this election at sufficient length,
now, we hope, to satisfy you-now
answer us.--Statesmdn.
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A correspondent of the FL Monitor
Republican,, writing from Puebla, says:
"General Scott, with all his engineer
corps and a number Of other officers,
proceeded to Cholula the other day,
and, fterascending the pyramid, agreed
at once to fortify the place." He thinks
it is only throwing salt to the fishes to
fortify SO out Of the way a place. The
truth of the business is, says. the Star,
that. Gen. Scott never went there at
all, but that Generals Quitman, Twiggs,
Col. Harvey, and a party oil officers,
hearing Of the pyramid, and wishing to
SEQ the spot rendered so notorious by
the massacre of the Cholulans by Cor
tez, did go; but the idea of terrifying
was farthest from the thought.
A Mexican named Heredia has been
detected by his countrymen on his way
from tho Capital to Puebla with draw
ingsof the different Notifications around
the Capital. He was tried and con
demned as a spy and a traitor, and was
sentenced TO be shot on the 21st ult.
The fellow made his escape on the
morning Of the 2lst.
The Mexicans are using every in
ducement to make our men desert, and
with some success; but those who have
deserted find little comfort from their
new friends. The Star tells Of two
dragons who ran off from US, but had
not gone three leagues before some
Mexicans came across them, took their
horses, and stripped them of everything
but their shirts.
A German and a Mexican have been
tried by a court-martial for tampering
with our soldiers and persuading them
to desert. The Mexican was acquitted
the German found guilty and con-
dcmned to be shot. Being recommen-
ded to mercy, his sentence vas re-
mitted.
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Editorial Correspondence of the Picayune.l
PuERLA. (Mexico.l June 80. 1927.

| tAhO tS N"Si
PUEBLA, (Mexico,) June 80, 1897.
All the talk now is Of peace, imme.
date peace, with the great Mexican ma
ton; and those who talked but a short
week since of revealing in the halls Of
the Montezumas, now appear to think
they are just about as lear the afore.
said halls as they ever will be. | hard
ly know what to think Of the matter.
The arrival Of the heavy reinforce
menis known to be on the way for Gen.
Scott, combined with the loss Of conf
dence the Mexican leaders have in
themselves and their followers, have
turned their feeling to a degree; and
the most belligerant among them may
now really be in favor of coming to
terms. Santa Anna himself, although
he will be very far from starting the
ball, will doubtless help to keep it in
motion when it is once under way
His very salvation depends upon it,
He knows that he will be defeated and
lose all, if he makes another stand.-
BY making cats paws Of some Of the
members Of Congress, and getting them
to look with an eye of favor upon pro-
positions for peace, he thinks that he
may be able to second their move
ments if everything looks favorable, and
finally himself reap all the benefits that
may grow out of it. What the propo-
sitions are hat have boon made to the
Mexican government, few here know;
but, with what British interference and
the timidity of the Mexican leaders,
they have evidently been listened to.
Three days since, and hardly a man
in Gen. Scott's army thought there was
a hope of coming TO terms with the en-
envy; now the tune has changed, and
many Of the officers are even talking of
the chances of avoiding and escaping
the vomih on their way home. With
all their cry OF peace, | am one of those
who think that our affairs with Mexico
are not yet settled. A great deal de-
ponds upon circumstances. Should the
upper train, containing, as is supposed,
a large sum of money, meet with a re-
verse, the Mexicans would be embold-
ened to offer fresh resistance; should
Santa Anna find, on counting noses,
that a majority are against him in any
committee appointed by Congress, he
will be found among the first t Q scotia
any idea of terms with the perfdi-
Gus Yankees; should, in fact, anything
turn up out of which the dictator may
make capital for himself, no matter
whether for or against the best inter-
ests of his dearly beloved ~ country,
he will embrace it for his own aggran-
dizement. He wants time, he wants 10
procrastinate, he wants to delay The
approach Of General Scott upon the
Captain short, he wants to do any
thing which may aid and further his
own ambitious schemes.
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" 'h1ul edUc tion, And a large portion OF
the ciliZens are poor, and can never attain
That incStinInbIe blessing, without the aid Of
government to hcstow il freely upon them.
Aud ;hc more perfect the governments The
greater the duty to make II well known. Sci
fish aud oppressive governments indeed, MS
Christ observes, must "hale the light, and
fear to come TO it,bCcnusc their deeds are O.
Yil.n But fair and cheap government, like
Our Republic, "lougs for the light, and rejoic-
Cs 10 come to the light, that il may be mnnirs-
ted to be from Cod" aud well worth all the
vigilance and vnlor thnt nm enlightened nation
can rally for It's defence. And God knows
II good government can hardly ever lie half
ANXIOUS enough to give its citizens thor
ough knowledge gifts own cNceIIencics. For
ms some olthe most valuable truths for lack
ofcareliIl PRONUNCIATION, have been lost, so
the best governments on earth, IL not duly
known and priced, mny be subvertcd. Am
bilious dcmugogucs will rise, and the people
through ignorance and love of change, VIII
follow them. Vast armies will be formed,
an bloody battles fought. And after desc
lnling their country with all die horrors Of
civil war, the guilty survivors will have to
bend their nccks to the iron yoke of some
stern usurper; and like beasts Of burden, 10
drag unpitied, those calling chains which
they have rivetted upon themselves for ever
hi a nearly MS can rccolloct was the
substance ofrhe last dialogue ! ever had with
Marion. II was spoken with an emphasis
which shall never forget Indeed he de-
srribcd tie glorious action at Bunkers
Hill, MS though he had been one of the
conbanuts. His agitation was great, his
voice became altered and broken; and his
face >indlod over with that living fire with
which it was wont 20 burn, when lie entered
the battles Of his country. | rose from my
seat rs he spoke; and on recovering from the
magic Of his tongue, found myself bending
forward to the voice Of my friend, and my
right hand stretched to my side; it was
stretched to my side for the sword that was
wont to burn in the presence ofMarion when
battle rose, and the crowding foe was dark
cning around us. But thanks TO God, twas
sweet dcIusion all. No sword hung burning
Ivy my side;no crowding foe darkened n
round us. In dust or in chains they had ali
vanished away, and bright in his scabbard
rested tbs sword ofpeOcc in my own pleas
amt halls on Winyow hay.