Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-04-08
Rupture at Panama between Americans
AID the authorities.
liourned.

Rupture at Panama between Americans
a!ti the Authorities.
A correspondent OF the Herald gives the
following account oi the disturbance al
Panama:
Some few days since, a young man, said
to be respectfully connected, was charged
by the keeper OF one OF the miserable no.
tells, of robbing the trunk OF one OF the
boarders of q considerable amount oil mon
ey, and was III consequence arrested ana
put in jail near the piaz', in the centre OF
the town, where ne remained two or three
days awaiting his examination before the
proper tribunal. Circumstances lran.plred
in The meantime serving 10 exruIpale, IN a
measure, the young man from any rarticl.
patton ln lho act; and ON a Representation
OF The facts, made by Mr.. Corwin, our
Consul, the Judge under whose jurisdc.
ton the aif:,ir came, did not feel nj liberty
to release him, and SO expressed himself.
I perhaps In no very courteous terms, deny
ing at the s1me time any procedure thai
WIS nol perfectly in accordandance with
the course and usage of his cour'. While
! IL 8 ''ti't''io He'O S'iiiS oil Eel" Gil thS
auihoIilles and Mr.. Corwin, a few OF the
| lawles characters among the AnlerIcans
succeeded, by The worst description Of ms
Representations, TO enlist the symparhies ut
some thirty or forty in favor oi'lner incal-
cerated fellow countryman, aud sailed out
| towards the prison. armed with aii manner
oil weapons. Here they were oppuseu
only by three p'or defenteiess gnards," no,
alter moments resistance; were compel,
led 10 beat retreat with almost .hga'ln,,igs
speed, which alone saved thoir heads from
i being severed from their bodies. ln Il few
| moments the whole iown,inciuding at least
me thousand Americans,' coDgregled Iii
the P P.az, in front Of the jill, VINO witness
ed The de nol.tlpn OF The doors, gratiugs aid
f.s enings of the prison, and finally. tie
,riumphrnl rescue and liberation OF the
| American prisoner Dur.ng the afternoon
| the excitement was intense; The mob, con
sis;ing OF ab,u. fifty fighting characters,
peralnbuated The streets staggering and
brandishing swords, and pistols, shouting
and ho@iing like so many Holtento,s g.
vincing their joy in the triumph by the
widest and most eAtravagant antics aud
| gesticu!alions; while the natives, with
downeast and sullen visages, moved to-
wards their ruses, INDUCING in schemes
ofrevenge and heartfelt auathemas agulnsl
the rude and sacraligcus Atne! leans -
Plans for revenge were made and settled
upon by the inhabitants, which learn was
encouraged by some Of the weaI,be>t and
most respectable people in The place; but
q knowledge OF the fact induced Mr.. Cor
win, for the sake Of peace, to lay befnre
the Government his ideas Of tho result OF
such proceedings
1t was fortunate, indeed, that the United
| States was, on the occasion, as they are
now, represented by an esteemed ana able
man: no other lerson in the province
wolld have dared to take the position Mr.
Corwin did during the eneute, nor could
any other have subdue1 tie lerma CANT
| spirit that prevailed 20 such an alarming
extent. O.: his appearance among them,
! all hostile demonstrations ceased, and his
speech and suggestions we're listened TO
with respect aud attention by majority
| Of The crowd.
llORElD MURDEh IN INDIANA w q
learn from The Cincinnati Commercial
tha, Isaac Pearce, a respectable farmer,
and preacher of the United Brethren de-
nomination, living in V;gn county, iudl
ana, was cruelty murdered in bed, Wills!
sleeping by tie side ef his wife, on the
| light OF tho 18th inst. 1t seems from the
appearances, that diaboical fiend entered
the room, by opening tie door which was
fastened with Il peculiar latch that 4 stra H.
ger to the house could not open, and while
Mr. P. was asleep, inflicted a blow on the
temple with a Ratchet or t,mahawk, the
blade Of which entered the brain aud pro-
duccd death some tweniy-four hours after
wards. The wife OF Mr.. p. was awaken
Ell BY a notso i'll The night, and called 10
her brother, who was sleeping in the same
room, and ask ed hita ii he heard noise
in the house, to which he replied he
| hen,d something. NJ RS p then felt for
her husband and fonnd hi n struggling-a
! light was had-the door TO the room found
open. and MIR. p. found woun,'ed as above
stated, and struggling in the agones Of
death. A MIR. Ferguson was arres ed as
the suspected murderer, but lie proved an
| ali5s, that he was at tho time OF The mur
der,nne miles off. Ferguson was released.
| and rs yet the perpetrator of the attroeious
deed is unknowr. MIR. Pearcc was n very
good and inottensire citizen and a preach
er, and was thought to have no enemies in
the country. The murder has produced
much excitement in the vicinity, and
large number OF persons are engaged in
fcrreting out the guilty wretch