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Sad Affair at HOllidaysburg, Pa .

An esteemed correspondent at Holli
/ Zdaysburg, July 5, 1850, writes as follows
A most distressing casualty, attended
with loss of life, occurred yesterday. /
has shrouded our generally quiet towr
completely in gloom. Bannyan and Kel
.iy's Menagerie, exhibited here yesterday
during the performance in the ring of the
Elephant Ann, and while the audience
were collected on the seats, sudden gus
Iof wind and rain, accompanied by hai
[sprung up. 1t struck the pavilion-l@z zlng
the entire structure to the ground. The
/ pole unfortunately fell upon that part oc-
Lcupled by the audience, killing one per-
/ son, a stranger of the name of Moore, and
severely injuring many others. by the fall
fling of the seats-one or two small chill
/ ldren so much so, that very little hopes
aare entertained of their recovery. At the
fsame time terrible bowling was set up
soy the different animals, which, together
with the screams of the women and chill
] gdren, produced scene of indescribable
confusion. 1t was heart rendins and
Eappalling scene.
Thus the day began in mirth and iolIitv
closed in mourning and sorrow. / have
] just learned that the Young man killed
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Negro Insurreslion at Petre, GaudalOups.

We are informed by Capt. Currirr, ot
sthe brig w. ]. Watson, arrived on Tues.
sday from Ponce, P. R that letter, da.
Eted My 23. had been received at Ponce,
I from Point Petre, detailing the following
particulars of an attempt by the negroes
10 destroy the latter city: -
On the ght Of May 18th, the city OF
Point Pelre, Gaudaloupe. was fred by the
Enegroes. it bring signal for insurrection,
before agreed on by them. However, they
] did not succeed in entering the city, haT.
ling been deferred by the prompt mea'
ssures taken by the citizens; but the over
/ Eseers houses were burnt To the ground.
/ and the smoking ruins and ddestituie tam
giles presented a scene fficult to describe.
The city has been fired four difiereu'
ftImes since and eighteen houses burnt.
sThe Governor has put the city in saIs
gof siege, and we trust for the present out
scty is safe. No citizen is allowed TO bs
out after 9 o'cIok. Many persons have
been arrested and vii. be tried to-day,
3and Probably shot. The report This morn
ling is, that the city will be fred to night.
1.-The Governor-GeneraI is expected 10
4 day, with troops from Martinique. We
have, at present., abou; 500 troops and
militia (the latter all colored) under or
ders. God alone knows what the end
may be; but TO Judge of the future By the
! past, it yet may prove second edition 0'
the St. Domingo tragedy.
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was an officer in the Mexican war, and
was highly esteemed for his many virtues
las an officer and as man. His remains
will be taken 10. Bedford to-day, where
his relatives reside.
- The above we cut from the Phila.
,delphia Pennsyfuanian, and the editor
will no doubt be astonished to find thai
his "esteemed correspondent" has paye
off cruel hoax upon himself and his
READERS. Bannyan & Kelly's Menagerie
did not appear in Hollidaysburg at all, al
though we have no doubt great number
had glimpse of the elephant There
was no "show, no Storm, no accident
and nobody killed or injured, if we ex-
'cept those who looked too frequently al
the pictures" The whole affair from,
first TO last, is complete hoax.
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Late and Important from Havana.
MoRIyE JuIy


A British steamer arrived here yester
day, bringing dates from Havana to the
I27!h- ult.
The Contoy prisoners are still closely
confined, and the Consul is not allow ed
TO communicate with them.
Gen. Campbell's correspondence with
with Mr.. Clayton has embitlered the
,Spaniards against him, and they hav,
threatened to assassinate him, as befor,
Germantown is at anchor in the harbo
ready to receive him in the event Of hi:
leaving the city.
Havana is still under martial law.
The Cholera has almost entirely dis
appeared.
MIR. Edmund Doyle, an American mer-
'chant at CardenaS, has been imprisoned
ION some frivolous charge.
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GREAT FIRE IN PHILADELPHIA,
TERRIFIC Loss OF LIFE!
PHILADELPHIA, July

PHILADELPHIA, July 9.
The most severe and alarming fire tina
ever occurred in this city, is at this mo
ment raging.
l, is thought thirty persons were blllec
by one explosion. Several explosions
have since occurred.
From Vine to Race street, including
Wharf, Water and Front, are all in flames
n o none can tell where it will stop.
The panic caused BY the explosion oc
casioned great rush, and crowd OF per
sons were pushed over the dock into the
river.
Besides, the wall of building wa
thrown on crowd on Water street.
The iremen are frightened and are run
ming from the fire.
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G,Umbpr in Califoruia.

Carpentering at San FToncisco.-A
letter from Baltimore carpenter at San
Francisco. gives the following as the ave.
& Erage price of lumber on the 18th Of Nav,
with other matters pertaining 10 the lun.
Der and carpeutering business
Iongued and grooved yellow pine floor.
/ ing 10 and 500; rough inch pine boards
$50; rough half inch pine boards, s55
scantling aud joists, $4,000. Sash and
door selling very low, 8 and So; sxlo.
s25. glazed. Crrpenters' wages ha. ad.
vancsd from So $40 to 10 and sl2.-
sThere is, however. scarcity of hands.
The Herman Temeno, Gold Hunter
9and Carolina, arrived within the ps,,
MONTH bringing up swarms of ali trades.
Select two inch stuff is scarce; this d,y
we purchased lot for which we had TO
pay $50 per NJ.
Shingles are selling at $50 per M. II
/ will not be long before they are more in
request, as the substitute heretofore used
!. of tarred roofs, is now disp ensed with, on
account of their more readily taking FIRE.
The several saw mills around San
Francisco have stopped. BY the time
they got fairly under way lumber sold for
less than they could get it out obligins
1 them to cease operations, and in many in.
|stances before one cent had been realized
on the outlay. Our Baltimore friend
James Brown, located his mill near SAINT,
Cruz, at which place he commenced ope.
'rations in November last. He saved him.
self, in one respect, contracting with the
.city of San Francisco TO deliver at stip-
ulated sum per thousand feet. He arrived
here with vessel load about ten day.
since, but cannot realize from his contrac.
sufficient to pay expenses, as the city
treasury at present is in no condition to
meet demands, nor is likely to be for some
Itime.
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Discovery of a Mountain of Gold.

A party of emigrants by way OF th'
Salt Lake arriving at Los Angeles. gar'
an account Of the existence of gold on lha!
route, east ofthe principal mountain range
when company then fitting out fora
spot abou: sixty miles from the Pueblo
cha nged its determination and proceeded
lin the search of this other. The route
LAY in no thern direction from the pIae
'of departure. and full of difficulties
Striking he Mahahve river, they folloNe
ITS course some distance, crossing dndr
crossing as necessitys compe led, son
days as often as fifteeh times, leaving
where it makes bend to the south cas-
towards the Colorado. into which iteHlr
ties. Obstacles were encountered
various points Of the journey almost 10
|surmouutable. in the shape of mountain
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@We are indebted to our old friend,
Gen. John w. Geary, Mayor Of the city
of San Francisco, for California papers
by the steamers Isthmus and Oregon, and
also for copy of his Message to the
Common Council Of the city. The most
important news has already been received
by telegraph. There appears to be con-
siderable trouble among the foreign mi
ners, in consequence of miners tax
which has been assessed, and several eff
forts had been made to resist by force the
operation of the law. The following in
relation 10 this matter we clip from the
Pacific News of June lst. We may
make further extracts from the papers re-
ceived in our next.
Since the sailing Of the steamer 18th
mus on the 18th inst, the operation of
the foreign miners tax has elected con-
siderable public attention. In the South
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Two Weeks Later from California.
ARRIVAL OF THE PHILADELPHIA.
S2,5O0,GOO IN GOLD.
Loss ofthe Barque Lucy Ellen, &c.
New YORK, July TO M.

NEW DIRK, July 7-lO +. NJ.
The splendid steamship Philadelph
arrived here at 81 o'clock this evening
with two weeks later news from Califor
/ mia.
The Philadel phia brings dates from Sal
Francisco TO the lst of June, and tL0o mil
ZION and q half dollars an gold-two mil
lion being on the freight, and five hundred
Thousand in the hands of passengers.
The Georgia left Chagres on the 26th
|of June. thiriy-four hours ahead of tn,
Philadelphia.
The Sarque Lucy Ellen, of Boston from
IChagres, capsized on the night of the 25.I
ult., and was lost.
The general news from California pos
|sesses but little interest.
The miners continue to obtain larg
quantities OF gold.
No further disturbances have taken pac
between the whites and the Indians
The late destructive fire at San Fran
cisco was the work of incendiarles.
There had been no arrivals of vessels a
ESan Francisco from the Southern States
SAN FRANCISCO, June l.-There is nc
particular change TO notice in the markets
Lumber, by the cargo, assorted, $40
American planed, S5Oa6O.
Bricks command high prices. but tn
supply is good.
Candles are declining.
Coal'is in good demand.
Coffee is scarce.
Clothing, dry goods and drugs dull, ant
stocks large.
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LATER.

About 81 o'clock fire broke out in
BROCK, Kent & Co.'S wholesale grocery on
/ the wharf, below Vine street. In a few
moments the flames spread with frightful
. .rapidity.
In Brock S warehouse were stored about
1000 bags of saltpetre, which caused a
tremendous explosion. A number of per-
sons were killed. Some say 80, some of
kwhom were blown into the river.
A scene ensued which battles descrip-
| Etion. The shrieks of the wounded and
fdying, the raging of the flames as they
spread from house to house with the ra-
spidity OF lightning, formed one of the most
terrible sights ever witnessed in this city.
The fire now encompasses four large
squares arouud, extending from Race 10
ICallowhill, and from Wharf TO Second
street.
1t is impossible, in the confusion, to tell
who are the sufferers. Ridgway q Budd
fextensive Flour merchants, and Wright q
Nephew, Salt merchants are among them.
Along Front and Water streets, the
dwellings are mostly occupied by poor
|C,miiiss--in some of the houses 20 or 80
families. Their sufferings are most
(acute.
1t is reported that one woman was
found dead with child along side of her
alive; and another report is that woman
and five children were found dead in one
house.
1t is hard to get real facts, but think
these are true.
Almost constantly some person is being
[carried off killed or wounded oy the fall
ling of walls. The loss is now roughly
ESTIMATED at 81 100000.
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/ Florida.-A meeting has been held IN
fHillsborough county, near Tampa, Florida
lot which resolution was passed recon-
smendi ng the State Government to remove
the Indians 10 the west of the Mississippi,
! sand, in order TO facilitate the removal, rec
Commenting the General Government to
smake war upon the Indians. The editor
Eof the Republican learns that some of the
twenty-five warriors about to move from
! Florida, will be accompanied by their fam
eilies. The same papers furnishes the sub
sstance of the remarks of Bowlegs 10 Capt.
Casey, of the Army. The chief said thai
Ethey were willing to be restricted within
narrower limits, but that his young men
swould rather fight than ieaUe the country
,entirely. He also stated that the .'pale
faces could gain nothing but evil if they
sshould send their red brethern away by
force, tor their Prophet had told them al
evil spirit would take possession of the
country as soon as they should leave it,
(which would destroy every "pale face
/ that trespassed upon their hunting grounds.
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,ern mines the greatest body of foreigners
are 10 be found; and in the vicinity of the
.Sonorlan camp they number many thou
sands alone, the proportion TO Americans
|belng more than five 10 one. On Sunday
the 18th inst, they held la.rge meeting
'at Sonora, and passed resolutions TO resis
1.-THE payment of the tax. They posted in.
!fammatory placards in deris,on of the
American population, and seemed TO
'court what came in the SEQUEL.
The Americans assembled in force, and
announced themselves ready to sustain
the authofitles of the State. Two Amer
leans We're previously killed, while in the
discharge of official duty among the for
eign population. About five hundred men
sassembled at the the town of Sonora from
that neighborhood; while the people at
ESullivan's diggings, and at Woods, also
prepared for the emergency. The turbu-
lence of the foreigners soon received a
Icheck in manner that will have a lasting
| Feffect upon them. Among the first dem
Eonstrations, while the sheriff was in the
/ act of arresting disturber of the peace.
he received slight stab in the back: this
was seen by an American preser:. who
Ecleft the perpeirator on the spc.,
The foreigners will have to he subser-
Evient to the law of me State concerning
mining regulations. Public sentiment and
public jus;lce demand it-and their alter
maize is, to pay or go. They are leaving
GIN large droves at present, and those OF
-Four Atlantic friends who are now en- route
! for this golden region, will probably have
a few roods left for them, which now
hordes of foreigners would wish to mo-
! knopolize.
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TTHE SENTINEL, has much the Iargest ci,
eulGtion Of any paper published in this connty
and os an ADVERTISING sheet ofsrs saperio,
inducements 10 merchants and business nei
generally. Those desiroUs Of making use o.
ihis ha'diVm for extending their business cqi
DO SO By ,ither sending their notices direct, o.
:hrongh the folLo1sng agents:
John Crease, Esq, Johnstol1n
E. ": Gssr. Erans' Buildings, Third 81
Philad,ipAid.
Y. B. Palmer. Esq, Ns:O YORK Philadelphia
and Bahimore
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] gave quick alarm which was answere
/ by number of New York fire companies
! Ewho did effective service, and who are
/ still directing their energy to suppress the
. flames.
] The building was also used as store
house, ard there were large quantities of
saltpetre, sugar, &C., in the premises,
great portion of which are destroyed.
Several smaller buildings adjoining are
Salso in ruins.
J The loss is variously estimated from
100000 TO S50O,O00.
4 1t is stated that some lives were lost, but
Il cannot ascertain the fact.
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1.-THE Bounty Land Bill ha

The Bounty Land Bill has passed
Ithe lower House of Congress, and it is
generally supposed that it will also pas:
the Senate. This bill gives to every sur
viving officer of the Revolutionary war
the war of 1912, the Indian wars, and the
late Mexican war, one hundred and sixty
acres of public land. This will be graft
| flying intelligence to some persons we
know.
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s The Congressional Conferees will,
we believe, assemble at the Summit on
next Tuesday, TO put in nomination a
candidate to be supported by the Democ-
Tracy of this District at the coming cleo
ton. We sincerely trust the democracy
'of little Cambria will be sustained, that
the regularly appointed Conferees will be
admitted 10 their seats and that one of her
,citizens will be selected as the candidate.
We cannot see how under the circum-
stances we shall be disappointed in this
our expectation, M'Kiernan, Zahm and
NJ Ginley have been selected by County
Convention, in accordance with the regu-
|ularlY established usages of the party, and
we DO not see why they should not be
admitted to their seats. The principal
objection we have heard urged agains
! them is that the selection of Conferees
was not mentioned in the call Cor the
zConvention. This was not at all neces
ssary, nor has it been customary. In 1916
when Charles Litzinger, Joseph M'Don,
/ aid and Patrick M'Coy were selected by
j the County Convention as the Congress
sional Conferees, the following is the call
2under which that Convention assembled
Democratic Delegate Elections.
4 The democratic Citizens OF Cambria
kcounty are requested 10 meet at THEN
usual places of holding township elec
slions. on.
Saturday the Goth dag Of Juae ,aert
] Tor the purpose OF electing two delegates
from each township. and from the bor,
Tough of johnstown, to meet IN County
sConvention a, the Court House, in the
borough OF Ebensburg, on T5.esday til.
l23d day Of June nert, at O'Clock, p. NJ.
and to form a County Ticket 10 be sup.
Iported by the democracy at the ensuing
detection.
The delegate elections are to open al
'3 o'clock in the afternoon, and to be- kept
|open until O'Clock. IN order that every
|man can have an opportunity OF voting.
BY order of the Standing Committee,
VIM. A. SMITH, Chairman.
May 20. IS46.
From the above it will be seen that no
mention whatever is made of the appoint
|ment of Congressional Conferees, so that
the objection before alluded to falls harm
less TO the ground. If the usages and
customs of party are recognized as the
standard by which to regulate its conduct,
then surely the Conferees of Bedford and
w estmoreland can have no hesitation in
deciding who are entitled to seats. and
will at once give admission to vi Herman,
!Zahm and M'Ginley.
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NOTICE.

The citizens of Ebensburg and vicinity
are requested TO meet at the Court House
at II O'Clock this evening to take such
preparatory steps as may be deemed
requisite to express their sentiments Of
regret at the sudden death of the Chief
Executive of the United States.
MANY.
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A NICE SENSE OF HoNoR.-The '

NICE SENSE OF HoNoR.-The Wit
.nesses in the Lopez examination at New
Orleans not only excused themselves from
telling what they knew, because of self
but also in preservation oil
their honor, as they deemed. The fol-
lowing is specimen:
Mr.. SIGUR, being asked to state the
Substance of certain conversations. had
between General LOPEZ and himself, re-
plied:
"That Gen. Lopez was his guest and
his cllent-a stranger in strange land
confding to mis- sense of honor; and that
under these circumstances, he 1.-THE wit
ness) would bear all the Court could in
flict, rather than disclose one word that
had been stated TO him. If il were 10 90
TO the gallows. he would not hesitate upon
this point. He submitted with all due
deference 10 any action of the Court, but
he could not give the evidence called for.
He did not consider a compliance with
law always the highest morality. There
was a law among the ancient Romans
the citizens to worship certain
statues, but the christians dld not consider
II their duty, or as moral obligation. 10
obey this law. So he would not violate
the most sacred duty of friendship and
hospitality, to satisfy the demand of a
hard and unjust law"
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Tremendous Fire in Brooklyn.

BROOKLYN, July About o'clock,
this morning. the Turpintne and Rosin
Factory of Mr.. Thorn, between Fulton
street and South Ferry, was discovered to
|be on fire, and soon after several explo-
Isions in succession followed. The bell
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MANY

vChancellor Walworth, to whom the
Wheeling Bridge case was referred by the
Supreme Court, has submitted TO the
Court his opinion tha; the Bridge is a
nuisance.
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COUNTY COMMITTEES

James Murray, Chairman. John C O'Neill,
John A. Blair. George Delany, Patrick Shiels.
Stephen Lloyd. Jrr Matthias 5. Harr, James
Kennedy. John Flick. Andrew Burgoon. Geo
kutIedge. Edward Irwin, John Egan, Jonu
Murray, Smith Sergeant, james Potts, Thorn
ss A. Mcguire. w. w. Harris, Peter Singer
Lewis Dnnmire. John Hornor. james Burk
Jacob PrIrgle. Henry Lloyd. Francis Bearer
John M'Gough. James II. Rifle, John Bur
COON, David Younkin.
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sraging with great violence. Il viii not bt
2got under tonight.
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CHOLERAIN CINCINNATI.
CINcINNATI. Julv 9.

The Board of Health reports 81 death
n 24 hours-4S from Cholera.
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Santa Anna has not gone 10 Mexico.
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From Washington.

correspondents VI tue
WASHINGTON, March 81
We are to have another report on the condition
and resources of California, from VIM c. Jones,
Esq, the son-in-law Of Mr.. Benton. Mr.. Jones
went to California, lasr August, on business con.
neeted with private speculation and the affairs OF
Col Fremont, but, at the same time, with some
government agency, which devoIves on him the du-
~ OF making report. Ii appears that the views
Of Mr. Jones, on the subject of land titles in Cali
lorna, are very different from those of Mr. T. B
King. Mr. Jones considers large tracts Of land as
private property, and covered by Spanish grants,
which Mr.. King claims as belonging to the govern
ment of the United States. 1t is very certain that
wide field of speculation and litigation is opened
IN California on To subject Of land titles. The
authorities of San Francisco and of numerous
other towns and cities that have been founded in
California, selling lots of land and giving titles
20 them, which undoubtedly belong to the United
States; and the people of the country will never al
low such titles to be disturbed. After while, the
local authorities will sell the gold region, por-
tons OF 1t. There is now going on a process OF
squaiting on the gold lands, which the people Of
California respect and guaranty as comforting a fee
simple in the property. Some of these places
which are thus reduced to private ownership by
usage OF the Inhabitants, are vastly valuable.
Persons, here, who recently left California say
Col Fremont's' is the richest mine in the world,
His gold mine he holds under some old Spanish
grant They say that the people of Calfornia-or.
rather, those who will, after a few years, consti.
TUE tne population OF Calornla-Will never respect
any such system for the regulation Of the uubIic
land as MIR. King has recommended They NAV
respect 1t as long as it may suit their convenience,
but they will regulate the subject with sole regard
10 their own interests.
A negotiation i now going On between Sir Hen.
ry Bulwer and Mr. Clayton in regard to the British
Jurisdiction in Central America, so far as il may in.
terfere with the views of the United States in re-
gard to the Oceanic Canal, Mr. Souires' treaties
with Nicaragua Guatemala, and other States Of
central America are before the Senate for then
ratification. '0A
morrow. ~
r Inc Shaker of the House is entirely e1onerated
rom a,y blame in regard his correction Of the
te i OF Mr.. Preston Kings motion. The Com.
dee of the Whole will not be formed to report the
California bill, but it can be superseded by various
other propositions. A proposition of mpromise
embracing a. number of distinct features, will be
offered in the Committee, and be voted upon
Every thing is uncertain, except the fact that Cali
ioma will be brought into the Union.