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Indian War Claims.

The Commission on Indian War Claims
in Oregon and Washington Territories lf
ter session of nearly year, closed its DO
ty and made Gnal report on the 10th ult.
The Board has been most dligent and en.
ergetic, and no small labor has been accom-
pliShed. Some thirty thousand claimshas
been passed upon and specially endcrsedOy
thesCommission.
10 We learn from Mr.. Grover that the fol-
lowing are some of the chief results Of ths
report
Number OF volunteer troops in Oregon
enrolled in the late Indian war, ~"
Amount Of volunteers pay reported by
the Commission, 81, l,40S6Va %
Amount of expenses in support Of vol
unteer service in Oregon, S9'OS"
Total war debt in Oregon AAtsSSs
Nqa9Cr ,nrtor oi volunteer troops IN " A'n' 1856
Reported volunteers pay of same, a5iSSs' o
hHSsig0 %as5iogtan ia support Oi 'O'uH' - 1snsS' -
Total war debt in Washington, sl,tsl!@ =
Total war debt in both Territories, SSSi'SH
The Territory of Oregon furnished aOOu.
one-third of the men to the service o.
Washington, and nearly two-thiFda ei lns
supplies used in the war so that oregon
is really interested more than hVe million y
these claims.
On account Of the magnitude and lmPa-
tance of the report, the Commission de+ y
patched Capt. 4. j. Smith, U. s. A. 70
sneriol charge He went out on the aa
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Afraid of the Responsibility.

Not daring to own thai they gave the order TO
the foreign United States Marines, on the let Of
June, to fire on the pesceable citizens of Wash
ingtcn, Mayor Magruder and Captain--we beg
pardon, we must not forget that he has been bre-
vetted Major for that gallant action-Agjor Ty.
Ter got packed Grand Jury to slip their heads
out Of the halter by declaring that neither Of those
distinguished and gallant officers gave the order
10 fire.
For what, then, was Captain Tyler brevetted 7
If neither he nor Magruder gave the order, how
came the foreign troops to fire 80 regularly by
platoons, and why did not Captain T. stop the
firingp That wont do. The blood Of the muir
dered men is upon the headsof the Mayor or Ma
jor, and ''sll great Neptunes ocean win not wash
that blood clean from off their hands; rather will
it, the mutitudinous seas incarnadine, making the
green, one red"
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SUBLIME OR RIDICULOUS.

1t is funny to see the Star and the States run a
daily race Of adulation, each Fastening to go down
on its knees before the President and cry out
Justify, Great is Diana of Ephesusp great is
Mr.. Buchanan, the President Oh, immaculate
mani deign to look down upon thy humble, servile,
willing slaves and laudstors; permit Them to lick
the dust from thy feet, to pick few crumbs from
thy table, and to pocket few pennies which our
dear Uncle Sam will never miss from his overflow
ing Treasury"
Not an appointment Is made, but forthwith both
these honest and disiuterested papers go into ex-
tactics on account of the great wisdom and saga.
city shown in selecting that individual, the only one
10 the world exactly fitted for it, Wonderful Pres
ident But the appointee declines, and another
is appointed and then up go the hands, and rails
ed to Heaven are the eyes of the two editors IN
mute astonishment, that the President should have
discovered the wonderful ftnessand splendid quail
tiles Of the last appotee for the station to which
he had been assigned Wonderful wonderful
wonderful
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"BUCksHOT WAR;"

Who has not heard of the "Buckshot Warp
the designation given to the attempt of Governor
Ritner OF Pennsylvania 10 preserve the peace and
protect the Legislature OF that State against the
fendsh assault Of an Infatuated gang of rowdies,
brought TO Harrisburg from the outskirts of Phil
adelphia, who were a disgrace 10 the human form,
and whose conduct more resembled a horde of de-
mon. turned loose from pandemonum than human
beings
Governor Ritner was compelled TO call out some
companies Of militia TO enforce law and order
and protect the persons OF Legislators The DEM
ocrats at the time raised the hue-and cry against
this proceeding and denominatedit "the Buckshot
War;" that hue-and cry is indeed kept up TO ,he
present day. But though some companies Of vol
unteer militia mot regular q. s. troops) were
called ont at that time, not aware that they
were ordered to fire, even upon the gangs Of row.
dies assembled at Harrisburg who were threaten
ing death and destruction to every Wing in exis.
tcnce.
But we live in an age Of progress; noic govern
thinks it beneath its dignity to call upon the
militia TO enforce order; nothing short Of regular
United States troops--all nearly all, foreigners
TO be sure, the Pretorian Guards" will do; and
when called out there must be no sham work about
tito fictitious {" Buckshot War" but real boz
ma 6de one, and the people must be made to feel
aud tnow that when the Mayor Of Washing.
ton, backed by the Federal Government orders
ont The United States troops il is not for a gala
day parade, nor for nothing. No having loaded
their nuskets with ono hall and fb,ee huck sbot
each, and marched out, they are not to march back
again without making themselves fen, nor are 90
many balls aud buckshot TO be put into their mus
kets merely to be taken out again. No, no, Dei
Their the Mayor, the President, nor the Irish
Brigade is to be thus baked, and therefore
peaccabe at the polls, the muskets must be fired
aud somebody must Gall aud fall they did.
As TO the result Of this {" Bucksbot War;" the
public here arc pretty well advised, notwithstand
ing the super-hnman efforts OF packed Crane
Jury 10 cover everything up but the terribl,
"Plug Ugies, those five hundred linen il
buckram, and to throw dust in the eyes of al
who desired to get at The real facts Of the case
One or two dDiericons we're killed and wounded
all the rest, eight or ten were Democrats.
| We trust true and faithful history OF tn,
Washington Buckshot War" lin which the gal
liant acts of drunken Mayor and redoutabl
| Captain, since btevetted Mgjor for his heroisn
on that trying occasion, shall be duly chronicled
will in due time be given to the world Il will b.
an invaluable acquisition to our historical litera
ture.
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icy (" If there lie any difference between the ma
tve-born american and the naturalized foreigner
in regard to voting, (Which includes the ruling of
the country it must be 10 favor Of the foreigner"
That s TO say until all the foreigners in the coun.
try who claim the right have voted, the native.
born American must stand back, give place, and
wait until every tinerlnt bogtrotter, and every
pickpocket burglar, robber, cut-tbroat scoundrel
who has been kicked ont Of his country into this
Botany Bay of the world, has marched up to the
balot-box and deposited his vote, though not able
to speak word of our language, or read or write
his own, and who has not dollars interest in the
country
So says Judge Crawford. who seems 20 be smbl
tious to play the Spaniel to all the outcsss Of the
prisons aud poor-houses Of Europe.
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LATEST NEWS.
renewal OF the war in Kansas
The beginning ola war in the Democratic part


renewal OF the war in Kansas.
The beginning off war in the Democratic party
at the South
Continued anarchy in New York.
A war, or general g skirmsge" among the har-
monious, untefrifed Democracy of Baltimore.
Two Conventions sitting in st. Paul, 10 form q
Constitution for the State of Minnesota the Dem.
ocratic Convention being led by hot-headed adyi.
sers, have put themselves in the vocative, and
given the Republicans decided advantage.
The Government troops in trying to catch Billy
Bowlegs, or some other Indian chief and bis twenty
or thirty followers, including six squaws, fifteen
psppooses and two runaway negroes, in Florida
have been outwitted foiled, and sent away Bet
ter send them here to shoot down peaceable, I'm
armed citizens at the polls.
The Indians threatening to drive off or massacre
the outer settlements in Minnesota. Government
has been called upon for troops to protect there
settlements but the Mayor Of Washington says no
they are wanted here 10 protect the polls agains
the awful Plug Uglies"
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who Fired the Fir,t Gnn,

In convers' ton with gentleman the other day,
a man who is comparative stranger IN our city,
and who belongs TO that curious race Of bipeds
termed Yankees, he Informed US that, being in
Washington on the Let of June last, and learning
that the United States Marines were marching
with Mayor Magruder at their head TO the polls in
The Fourth Ward, he went thither, totally disin-
terested party, for the especial and sole purpose
Of noting, for bis own satisfaction, Who fired the
first gun, satisfied in his mind that the presence
Of United States troops at such a time and place,
must inevitably lead to such catastrophe. He
was present when aud before the troops arrived,
and watched with eager attention the whole Of the
proceedings, and lie declares that there was no
disturb ance, no noise, 10 confusion until after
THEN appearance. He noticed the cannon in the
market house and syers that those who had il in
charge were bays, and at the utmost did not mum.
Der over twenty-five. He saw the Marines when
they advanced to take possession Of the cannon
he saw the boys fly as they advanced TO the
charge, aud saw them take possession Of the gun
lie called the attention Of gentleman who stood
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CONSISTENCY.

Before the organization Of the American patty
in Virginia, some members OF the Democracy, not
agreeing with the clique who usually nominated
their candidates for Office, thought proper TO nom
mate an Independent candidate for the Legislature
who was elected by a handsome majority over thc
regular nominee This gentleman, because he wa1
not born in the county which he was chosen TO re
present, but in the one adjoining, was tainted with
being foreigner
In the came cou: .ty since the organization OF the
American party, a highly respectable gentleman,
all his life resident of the State, except shori
period spent in the service OF Government ana
who returned to bis native State Immediately upoo
the expiration Of his term Of service under Govern
ment, but not TO the county in which he was born,
was nominated aud elected to the magistracy, oyer
some Of the would be exalted ones. After The
election the hue and cry was raised from one end
o. the county to the other, Who would have
thought it-thatfellow elected toill ahmportant Of
6cehe, one Of our court, perhaps TO try our cases
He has been with us only little over two years
just long enough TO get aresdsnce--and now has
been taken up by the bloody Know Nothings,
and placed on footing with our best citizens"
consistency, thou art jewell" The very
men, 40 abusive of those who voted Tor these gen
tlemen, are now the heterogeneous Of Americans
because they are determined not TO have the scum
Of Europe to reign and rule over them.
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QUERE Has man who certiies that It was his
intention TO have voted for the Democratic candle
date for seat in the Board Of Aldermen from the
school tax Wonder If the constitutional voters
who swore so roundly that they were driven from
the polls, and did not vote on the day Of election,
but whose votes were received by the Board OF AL
dermen, six or eight weeks subsequent 10 the day
OF election, in order to overcome the majority of
political opponent, elected by the people, and so
declared by the proper authority. Wonder If thes
paid the school tar twas their intention 10 have
paid it. OH wen, then, II is all right 0 crikey
A new way to pny old debts " Conscience, sir, Il
Il au supplementary word" True, sir Giles.
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CRIMINAL COURT.

The reports of the city papers, of the examine
lions now going on before this Court in relation 10
the dongs of Bloody Monday" are incorrect
in many respects We have made arrangements
to give in future number verbatim ct Hteroti''
report of the examinations and speeches made dui
ing the trial tbs utterly impossible to furnish a
correct report for this number OF our paper =
In some Of these papers, il is stated that Judge
Ellis one Of the counsel for the accused, was sew
eral times called TO order by the Court his Homo
Judge Crawford saying that politics was out Of
order in judicial Investigation.
The facts are these-Mr Ellis stated that The
prosecuting attorney had said that il naitered no'
whether the Marines werelegally called out or not
Judge Crawford said that he did not so under.
stand Mr. Key
Thia waq the intprruDtiOn
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a5y- We ask all who feel au interest in the suc-
cess ofour enterprise TO bestir themselves in the If
several localities in procuring subscribers and al
yertisements for the American. As it is impos, !.
BILE for us to be everywhere at one and the sane
time, though we shall render ourselves as nearly
ubiquitous is possible for us to do, we look fer
the friends of the American cause, to forward 10
our place of business, which for the present is tie
Office Of the late American Organ, their comma,
nications, lists and whatever else they may deem
important or necessary for us to know or possess.
Information in regard to city events, accidents,
items Of news, and matters of general interes',
may be conveyed to us, thus saving us much
labor, time, and expense. Our success depends
upon the activity, lberality and fidelity, Of Il G
members and friends Of the American party. TIE
time will come, when you now prosecuted and
oppressed if faithful to yourselves, will be triumph
ant over your enemies and prosecutors. You are
now undergoing fiery trial--you are being tried
in the crucible OF persecution-but You shall come
ont like gold from the re6ner's fire. The cloud
that now lour over your political armament, and
discharge their wrathful contents upon your de-
fenceless heads, will brea away, aud you shall re-
joice in the sunshine of uncouded day.
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aE- Americans, our paper is now before yoi;
Its regular publication will be commenced one week
from the date Of the present number, It, within
that interval you yield us the hearty and combine
support which is necessary for our success and
your defence and encouragement aud which we
are persuaded ! is in your power 10 do, and b.
Kepe you will do Throw your apprehensions 70
the winds--buckle on your armor, and let your
oppressors see and feel that you are men, WORTHY
descendants Of revolutionary sres, and that ytu
are determined that the sons ofAmerican fathers
yourchildren and your children's children, and thu z
posterity forever, shall rule the land your fathe
rescued from the grasp of tyranny and oppre7-
sion.
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The Coroncrs Jury investigating the facts con-
nected with the burning Of the Steamer Montreal,
running between Quebec and Montreal, have rem
dered verdict declaring that the boat was not
equipped in the manner required by law that the
owner and master are chargesbe with the crime
Of manslayhter. They also recommend that il
be made imperative upon owners of steMnboats TO
have the encasements Of boilers constructed OF
iron instead Of wood, and that the law regarding
the inspection of boilers be rigidIy enforced,
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aW- This number is not to beconsdered fir
specimen Of what our paper will be- We have, as
vet, no exchanges consequently we are deficient
In news. Our arrangements are very imperfect
too, as ii regards city news. All these things viii
be perfected in time.
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The truest sentiment ever read az public din.
ner was: Hoops and the Equator crinoline
and the Equinoctiel line, God bless emil The
one encircles the earth, the other the heavensi"
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60 All communications relating to the publ
cation Of this paper, must be addressed to 2. W
FENTON, Washington, d. c.
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A case Of bona fde yellow fever occunedin Phil
adelphla on Monday last The victim was John
Davis, mate Of the bark \. X. Kane, from Havana,
Who died in that city, having the black vomit, and
al the other indications Of the discase.
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sB The main line Of the Pennsylvania canal
has become the property ofthe Pennsylvania Gen.
tral Railroad Company
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Cardinal Marin,s.

lst The Federal Union must be maintained .
I'd. The reserved rights of the States must be
respected.
Sd. The decisions Of the Supreme Court must be
enforced
4th. A union OF Church and State must be pre-
vented
9Th. The rights OF conscience must be guar u
teed
9th. American interests must be promoted
7th. An American nationality must DC en- T.
ished- @
9Th. Sectional agitation must be terminated
eth. Foreign paapers and Criminals must be *
cluded
10. The naturalization laws must be amended
llth. "Souatter sovereignty" and alien sufi's &c
must be repudiated
18th. Americans must rnie America
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The cholera has broken out in the interior Of
San Salvador and is raging frigbtflly eighteen
or twenty deaths occurring daily Ia the town Of
sonsonate, out Of population OF four thousand.
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Flour IL quoted at Leavenworth, Kansas, at
$500 to f4,5o per hundred, with downward ten;
dency
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sE- The fish CROP cod and mackerel is likely
to be as abundant as those of wheat and grass
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-07
THE REBELLION IN KANSAS.

The administration papers have been filled
with accounts of formidable rebellion,
which was said to be on hand in Kansas, and
the efforts of Gov. Walker TO quell it. The
South, Democratic paper at Richmond, Va,
thus disposes ofthe affair
"THE GREAT Rebellion. "-Just rs we
predicted, The alarming insurrection against
which Governor Walker directed eight COM
panles OF United States troops, turns out a
contemplate humbug. The whole affair
was perfectly transparent. Ii was gotten up
fabricated from the scantiest materials
Tor the evident purpose of extricating the
Governor Of Kansas from the unenviable pre-
dlcament in which his usurpations have in
Waived him. But the attempt, extremely diff
hcut in any contingency, has proved in this
Instance wretched failure. The game was
played with an audacious effroRtery, showed
a supreme contempt Of public scrutiny
Even the Juggler's seight was wanting to
ensure momrntary deception. Look at it:
The AbolItionist of Lawrence, encouraged
by the "pacihe" policy of Walker, refused to
accept the municipal character conferred BY
the Territorial Legislature and enacted one
To suit themselves, essentially different in its
provisions. They thus placed themselves in
direct collision with the constituted author
tiles, and OF course it became the duty of the
Governor to enforce the laws. Such an in
slgn'ncant outbreak, the necessary conse-
quence OF walkers paltering conduct, was
the easiest matter in the world TO snbdue.-
BUT walker did not choose to regard the
affair so lightly. Here he thought was a
rare chance to reinstate himself in the good
graces OF the Southern Democracy, by
mock-show Of alocrity in REFRESHING the in
surbordinntion of the Abolitionists. lie tel
rgrnphed Mt once to Washington, that civil
war had again broken out in Kansas with I'M.
precedented intensity, pnt forth procama
ZION TO the citizens of Lawrence, in which
their resistance to the law is described rs the
most ubiquitous rebellion which has ever
dlsgraced any age or country" and stopped
Col Harney's expedition against the Nor
mons, in order to suppress The dreadful in
surrection. His npologists were in ecstacies
Mt this unexpected turn in the tide, and the
terrible rebellion in Kansas was wrought
mp in the blacklist colors of Imagination
How short lived the joy! The news has
scarcely reached Washington, before all is
is again quiet in the Territory. The most
ubiquitous rebellion that ever disgraced any
age or country" is queled with magical ra-
pdty, and the valiant Governor has the sat-
istacton to report to the War Department
that he has no further use for the United
States troops destined for Utah! Thus be-
gan and ended the most pitiInl farce ever
witnessed upon the stage of public events
in this country. That APPROXIMATION"
should be embalmed in the archives of the
nation, and serve rs n model for future i'm
'tatlon. Since the days of William the Tes-
ty, Governor ofihe Ancient Colony of Man
haitian, snch another document has not issu-
ed from mortal pen.
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INCONSISTENCIES OF THE WoRLD.-The
Wilmington Herald, in speaking of the i'm
potency Of legislative enactments for the
suppression Of vice, says: II the Legislature
is disposed to turn mora! reformer il will
have its hands full. 1t will have to say
"what we shall eat, and what We shall drink,
and wherewithal we shall be clothed" Ii
will enter on a work more difficult than
cleaning the Augean stables; and will end
! by running counter to the Constitution and
and the rights Of the people. For, once let
it embark on this publication of man process,
and where will it bring up! To be consist
ent it must not con6ne its labors TO the sup
preston of any one vice, but of ALL 1t must
not only put down lotteries, but card play
in, intemperance and excess of every kind
These things may in manner be fettered
and restrained by human legislation, but the
Influences of higher power are necessary to
aid in their suhjugaiion. The Gospel and
not the Legislature is the agent divney ap-
pointed to change the heart of man, and
cause him to lothe those things in which he
formerly delighted.
II there was such thing as preserving
consistency in matters of moral conduct or
religion, we might hope for better things
But, the world is strangely inconsistent
We have seen intemperance men the most
Incorporate Of all in speech-members of the
church VIGOROUSLY coundrels-rcligious ia
natics, who in their zeal for their neighbours
soul, forget their own-persons riding one
hobby of morality TO death and entirely over
looking the others. Even from a sinners
stand point, the view of the world, as il
meets his eye, is strange mixture of prac-
lice against theory, the outer life of the man
against the inner life, the professions of the
tongue against the acts Of the hand and the
dictates of the mind and heart. We find
vast deal of cant, of presumption, of arrogant
ntermeddling, of assumed moral superiority,
of Pharasacal pretence, and but precious
little of that pure and undefled religion
which flows from the word of God. Your
religious hypocrie is the most contempti-
BILE ofall for he steals the livery of Heaven
to serve the devil.