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22 .D aUf. X. A. I BATIK. -r-iti-rir- ZJ&ityz r 1 rrV,. - s lltinsOAY, " AuVtJiBtU 1." EDIT WA" .UI.A','rlf'i?T c4 t f wrv AuAuf rr.tr At I iiucm, on iui 4Trm it nor ryvsta. , XJ and aUulonktrtqMiru vM4Tth Jut tictt' Code, for Juilica u) tht rivctrtun tttntly l.ft en kand and for tult it thU Of fee. JCf-.iar EakrcrltitlCB at 'tsilialf frrJ . i iiiucumw, l'..uord Hal- TiHOis, la our suil.onwrtaci nt to rcroive aud rtaipt loi si bat ration sod dveit:ta.uit for :!; LrkKiT. BE OF GOOD CHEER. -Although, at tiie -last election in Ohio, (lie Fusionisis have soceet-ded ia electing their Governor, and a ma. jorrty ia both branches ot the Legis lature, jet we are in this no cause o' despondency, but rather grounds upon which Demccrels c.trt take hope and courage lor the future. Last rar thr F unuoisls carried tue Si tc by a clear majority of isvXTT-x;oir? iiouand. and elected ever) member of Longre ty overwhelming m j-riti8. Tiiij year tht ntaj jrtty lor Governor if only tixtceii thouaatid, being t reduction ii ttuir ruajontv in one jcartf SIXTY TWO THOUSAND, Several c lh Con2rc;:5nil Uirtritta have ken iriurapliautly redmcd. The truth is, that outing the Uu war, tlie tide lia aet againtt Ki.ow Nothing Abolition Fuhoii, a.id ti tiiy in lavor ot the Ltoiotracy. Tnmendoua slaughter . has bten made io tue .Fusion ruilw; tut the deinotitacy had hard I) time to . do ttieir whole work. Had t te elec. liou been tnree montns later, the dii ocraia would have made a clean twnji lit tue state. Alltuatja mg. IVeda uot ewertaiu t l-asi doubt tut Ouio will cast her electoral vote lor tu Democratic candidate lor President in 1656 by a triumphant majority. CTT Below we give the rffieial vote for KepresDtativ ia this Legislative ts H i K o 802 685 785 827 I6&7 1512 Viafoo county, Jackson county, Tota!, Mjority for Bihchak 175, CLINTON HOUSE—CHILLICOTHE. 1 HE, Vtt piid a flying visit tnthe Ancient T.Jrtrctiolis this week, and are glad to te able to announce the lac', that the general health f (he cilv i.u o r good. and business ct' H kinds brisk. We found lr MiKella assor me nt f' v.,... c ,.v .-lm tiotwtthsiar.dtnp hia larr sn'lrR. , O - r. - Friends Dening, Campbell Q Co,.'H. - D. Shu!!, and Allston & Rnodes, arf it receipt ot large stocks, and what is (till more impoitant, are doing a fine business in way of sales. These are gf&tlemen of integrity, and our friends who visit Chillicuthe to purchase will do well by calling on them. Don't tcrget tht Clinton H"iis; Capt. Bar viy ia ooe ol -the best landlords in the Wast, and no pains are spared to make the guests of his house com! ruble and happy, with bills to suit the times. Give him a call. Court House Pavement. V- see that the pavement is being fut down at last; and we suppose the peopla will bave to pay the Piper, wbefl it is dcue, in a manner not here. tofore calculated on. It is one nf those jobs that w'a have ev e y reason to thank Gcd that they do not happen often. . We presume the additional tax to fin ish up this curbing and paving will not b levied in one vear efpecially for tue extra and unnecessary expense at tending it. For the McArthur Democrat. SIaJOb Bbattok: I herewith, en close an Enigma for publication in tlie JMziocTGt it ycu think it wormy ol place, Miscellaneous Enigma. I am composed ol nine letters, Use roy 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, and 1 am the destiny of all earthly things. U my 3. 7, 9, and I am one of the calendar months. Use my 2, 6, 7, and I am a name ap plied to time. . . Use my 3. 2. 6, 8, 9. and I am one the attributes of God. Use niv 4. 6. and I am a conjunction Use ray 1,2.8, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, audi . am something that must stand . -; parallel w ub eternity. X. & Z. For the McArthur Democrat. Charade. My fiiat oslf mans that hicb is, , siirtceond what Is ctsilv vkned: Uy whole ks? t told avjtfi great pleasure, .w ben tfJy reltjon is oui upnersuxsa. X. & Z. A snbecripiioa bockwaa opened io Co tord. Is. wlen fipur U celling at $1) 59 par barrl.ad wbeo iOQ bar tela were subscribed for. iptlman weet out West asal tetpmed witb tbe tmunt, at IWerioj it to the siib'critars auai ae ' ;), [From the Owego Gazette.] Letter from President Pierce. l - 1 !h? J.HU r which , we .publijh be. low wai riueii,s its dale .imports, sumtt'iHig mere Ifean yeir ago. It had relerence, of c ourse, to the slate a . a . . . . uungs HJfn Mtutmg, but it is no l?n applicable to tint of the uresenl time. Though urittPti Ouly lor tlif perusal ol.the individual addressed, it so briefly arid ro r'aii.ly and so well rtrpreMf s4:,e i w's of the Piesidrnt upcm-aqueti-v.,- ct interest to the public, cud Up:, which we have diflerni from a r'.rtmn i.l IIi-isp in ihia Vn n idi - h. n.' we'luve acted uol.ticallv. -dial we drero its ubliiation at tins lime- as cot only proper, but due to ihe cause'in ... 1 wtticli we are engaged -tlie cause, aa wc lelieye ol our comnion country. Washisuton, D.'C, Am?. 25, '64. Mr Una ih: Accept my thanks lor your kind tetter ot tue 22a nut., in the general iews "of which 1 heartilj concur. The members of our party can onl) act toguier tordiully aiiu'tfliciently wiien tnet can uiualiy -reccenizt' a cctiinicu plat.orm. 1 he piinciple ol 'non-intervention, which constitutes the leading ienture ol tlie Nebraska and Kansas bill, re ceived the sauctioM ol l a Democrat of (lie Kepublit lu it was rf- aira.td bv riiore man seven tenths ot tue Jjen.ocrai-y ot the. Houseaud Sen ate upon tee pisage ol tlie bill reter. ted to; and wil ni liiu eighteen months .urnun, ircmi its inherent soundness, ;iie strongest issue we canteuderto our OppO.i nts. But even if it were otherwise, are we to abandon (he right, or maniiest our ;,iui laitli in the intelligence i ana patriotism ol the people by titjnij- leant mltnce. 1. we, ). tue Northern and Middle SmuLci-, aie unable to susuin ourselves upon tue ground oi maintaining lor, unu t curing to, me peopie ot every Mate anu Territory oi mis Union all tneir constitutional rights and immuni ties;, our nominal ascendeucy would cease to be citner Uouurable to our selves ur useiul to tue country. Be iuea, so tar as Hie Ucmoi ratic party ig l ouLeined, all experience proves that by .,' 1 luekstous to enor itnu iMiaiuiMii, ii.tve only ea at uiumate distraction ami weak nets, ludiviuuais who desire to retain uomiually a pOMtnm iu tlie Democrat ic ranks, but who are unwilling to stand injon a national ulatiorm. suould uikJeiihua. Hut whiie tue masies can! veii a fcpenfe with ilieir co-operation, Ihey cauuet, b silence occupy a doubt-!i'iue lul position upon fundamental ques-. tiont a Heeling the cordial and perma nent union of these States, without los ing public confidence, and with it sell respect. 1 am, with high esteem, your friend, FRANKLIN PIERCE. Hen. J. TAYLOR, Owego, N. Y. Later from Lurope. ARRIVAL OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA. 1 j a ol Halifax, Oct, 24. The Africa, iwiiu Liverpool dales tu the 13th, ar- .rttrl lli.fi tnrpiir.nn rita Miao iat - uve on the Danube. Kars still holds'ly out. a 81i,i,t tn-aeeiueut occurred near Kerisch, wuich lerminaied lavor- ably tu the allies. The .allies are jucaieiiiiig Perekop. .J he bombard- menVoi Ouessa bythe aliied ileet, i expected to take place immediately. I ne ailifg have been mrealening Perekop, but the advance is checked t.i I ior me present, ihe irench troops are concentrating on the Danube, the aliied l.ttt is. bf 1 ore the walls of Odes sa. The bombardment which is to be coinnieiiied immediately. Ten thou sand men are employed in making a oaa Irom Jialaklava to the allies c-mp at Sebaslopol. A r ranKiort paper asserts, that the Russian army tug been withdrawn Irom the pl.iteau on the north side ol Sebaslopol, towards the heights ot Bal kee, only a lew tuuusand men are now in garrison. Tue noitheru f crt3 in the neighbor- hood o NicoUiefl' have 45,fJ0u men concentrated. A Bring" ileet of five ships has been sent to ihe coast ot Italy, proceeding nrsl to tne V3y ol 4 a pie, i ne dllia lleets anchored before Oddesa on the 8lU Ol October; it consisted ot 8 ships 01 tiitf Hue and a aiearwers. 1 Ue tiinperur ot Uufcsia arrived at Odessa 011 me ti2d ot eerHliei, -but ielt the next da ior Nlcoleof.to attend a counsel. Detailed accountn show the Russir-n lossek ior three weeks, previous to the (all ot 8ebastopol, 10 nave been over 32,01)0 nien, without counting the deaths by disease, The Austrian Government issued a circular to Us tepre&euialivfg, in whicii 11 says mat, ihougu Prussia is at liber ty to aa a meuitator, tne present is uot the proper tune; that the Western Powers must loll iw up uieir advantage anu noiutiar. witn ussu till sue is expelled irom the t-tuuea, In the Baltic ilia Kus.-jans are re pairing Sweaborg, witu great activity k fancb. 1 he lime correspond eut (ays, ati alliance be! ween Prince Napoleon, and Princess Royal ol Eng laud, is rumored amoi g tue . political ciTIt. , . , peumark announced, that the Dan. -isl GpvcrpmePt has invited all mari time powers, including til' United oiat, tv wicct iu vviigrrva as uopeu- Uagen to settle the question of the Tue Gtc ministry 'b reilgncd And c cue Lartccs timd, . l J ' ' Rocky Thompson in a Balloon iesulti'Wuctiie8, ordinary conversation trom i nm.Auii wiivn It crriii-Lr it c.itfiHal i .:...l.r like rain pattering on a rool nuere We copy the following from the ac count ot Mr. II. Thompson, of his ascensioa in banoou wit'i fifcns. Godard. It is quite i merest i(ig: :' The ballast being arranced, our7r rtstial friends on Kus Hill, by orJer, let go of the ropes, and gMir fully we ascended -to a north. easterly direction, when a panoMma'was snread uu: be fore our vision, which, to be drs ribed perfetlly, woukJ-require the pen ol an angii, -aiieis use pens,) U.'iieatli were fields of standing corn, and fields wliicti give evidence that the harvest er hadgathered his golden grain, towns, villages ur.d hamlets, forests, roads and rivulets, all appeared in a diminutive form, and, as we att uned a hignei al titude, men seemed pigmies, houses tovs, forests shrubbery, road.' and nv ulcts threads, and the noble Ohio, with its gorgeous wateriastles, -teemed al moil as small as Ben Bolt's brook be lore it had. gone dry. Our view, beiore the rising of the moon was glorious; but when night's mantle gatiieiej over the earth, and her queen appeared, illuminating the lace ol nature, the scene waj so grand and oeautuut to my mind as to compare lavorably witn my pre-onceived idea ot H eaven, Looking up from the car into the neck of the balloon, with the moon's rajs tailing directly on tue nui;e glow, it seemed a hall ol bre, while tue rejection Irom the outer sur- lace of the cuiial ship .wag equally as brilliant as the reflection oi a gas light Irom a mirror. Never did a happier party start forth in pursuit ot pleasure than ours. J no, Sharp, tsq , went into tits of ecstaey. 1 clasped uodard a Hands, and the mu tual slukuu; came near costing both tneu ngiii arm, Bellman, whose ex 'perience in ballooning is greater than aii) ot.ier amateur in mis country, de clared pubilively inat it was the grand, est trip hi had made; and our gallant Monsieur and his good lady asserted that tue last, the two hundred and sixty, seventh ascension, was never surpassed in point ot sublimity and grandieur. Several times during our voyage, we conversed with persons on the earth, i whicii conversations 1 proved to niv ajiiwud conclusively, uus lact, that it is a very easy inauer to near with dig- earth, wncn one mile and a quarter irom us suri.K:e. 1 will state two or three facts more, viz: It lie over Mr. KulTner'a larm, near Cartilage, 1 enquired iu a loud voice, "Vho lives heie?'' home man "Is it Ma. replied, "Mr. Kutfner!" Ivurluer?" i taeu i asked. "No ; f raiiK, was me response. A icmale voice men invited us down to supper, which im itation we heard as distinctly aslrieiKS can hear each other in com mon conversation. Mons. Godard du- charged a email quantity ot gas, we descended in a Held near to Mr. Rullner's residence, as easv aa a hird k'uu aitgOt on a tree top Aboiuer experiment bcaiiug on (his poini, v; lieu nail a mile above the eaim, M. uouatd let i!l a small stone winch we nearu very plainly strike tue ground. And still one more fact and we are doue witu this part ot the subject. . . al threw out a lundiul ot sand aud earth, no ceiling obstructs use sound. Alter taking a lunch with Mr. Ruff- nerskind lamil), Mr. Godard dis. cuarged more ba. last, and ag:vin we arose to enjoy tue beauties uf a moon, iigut (eriai ride. Far, lar behind us, 1110 shadow ul the air snip follows I a it 11 iiully as man's shadow at noon-day. 111 . - . 1 I. . . . . .tiiuic uaauuuoi nre Deneatu us. A I.. ... 1 I, 1 visible ten thousand fields their fences looking like a seive. Dense loresis, immediately beneath and over their topmost bougiis we glide gently; lor our daring Captain has in- vitea us to witness tue perlect contro which he hag over his balloon in fair weather. Then we ascend to the dis tance ol 8,000 leel, and alter traveling the Lord only knows where, chan"in" around witu a score of dillereut cm. rents of air. we linallv descen.tPil on Mr. John Coxe's farm in Butler coun t), six miles Irom Glendale, alter hav ing been two hours among the clouds, 111 celestial regions. I" It ii roni mi, loxe s larm we went to Wesiciiesler, tnere remained all night witu our good host Daniel Avery, aud tue next morning repaired to Glendale iu a wagon, took the cars, and are sale amoug our iriunds, ready and willing to taa&c; a second voyaje to Sxvland ai auoui uie same aitituae, .Mons, R—Y. . QovtanuB 6iiii.iON'a Positioh. Got, Shannon thus ezpliina his position n a Utter to Mr. Liudsly, late ftlemder ot Congress from tbe Saudusky district; 'The truth ia, Isiaud 00 the Kansas Bill. 1 balieve the Teuilory should de termlue lor ihemsalve tbe cbaiactrr ot their domestic uistituiions; and 1 do not think It would li hi oner and in accordant with the principles of the ivinns Bill, for the Chief Executive o Hker of ihe Tr.ritoij, grnt out by th' Federal Government to ue any ari'idsn lal influence that olJt:e miht give him. to control tlie public mind on tne que ,11011 ol slavery, either one way or ihe other, but to cave tne people of the I'eirit.iry to 'determine tkal q.irstiou uiiinUue need byaut Ona.lor ill' i trl ve, iui n ate my virus, ant 1 hut ul ro octanuii, mner expres'i or eii on any other, since ni) arrival ia 'i-uuu- ..J.. , Julius, "bow do ;rr feuh lti Uii tuder 1 'flow do I frtch tier latitude why, you bring de pirrplix of dei hoi rum on poaite 10 der pode of df nf misph-ra, and Irom de right angle struck by da. con vtrse propornon. you nna tie ououeot de lunar caustic, luttlud from tbe crbiii toe [From the Cincinnati Sun. a neutral Piper.] [From the Cincinnati Sun. a neutral Piper.] Banks--Bankers--Banking. r pteasa d to set soma g ps tbi t clearly progmiicate an awikeulag o( uWieopimoo'Uion-4S.racit vital tub jfct that in Cinrinnsii that of Banks u users, and Uantms ive hart our hopes strung and sanguine that es penetce, loo biMtr tor lar too rar nr. haa forced iiiuml concluaions, where uolhing but dangerous-assumption got enied '.hat men begin al last to oprn their eyas, and aee it ta jiot a'l 'goM that glitters'.' uoteTety institution ihit hasadszzllng aignbostd Bii frown ing suspicion into confidence safe . :iopla now ask one ano'.her, 'Did ou read what the Sun says Ms it nC' tha tru'h the stem. honet, untottuiu lelv admitted truth; that our Bunk sy ten) like Aaios's rod, lias 'Swallowed up our industry and anlerprw. and fa'. tened upon our deanuciionT' ls not mone.t the bred of cummereial lile o monopolised btr the Shylueks of our city, that they thrtateu to nt pur teM ttart out. so '.hai Uiev nn have their pound ofTIesh V 'la itnot true tbst the veryfinul of trade confiden ce is alto getdcr bani shed from amoneat -Us; and to save ourselves. w are compelled to look on every man as a rogue V 'And whilst such is the stair of thit.aod who tan dany it whilst that which has blas ted our prospects and character still ea ists, is it to be expected our enterprise should expand or our industry ftourisht' 'What nianulscturer, or merchant, or uiethauic, can aay there is encourage, menl for his labor tinaenuity.or scitt'yj' 'What bare Banks done to promote our manufactures to encourage our merch ants or to promote the prosperity of our. citizens V What have they not done by their .unscrupulous failings and rob lries, to destroy our enterprise and to blast our hopes? Theis Millions ot our hard farted dollars, have been plundered lnim our labor and enterprise: and w here has it gout?' 'Had we throwu it into Lake trie some Greenmighi have restored it; but it has been thiownin to a bottomless vortex 'Who can measure the depths of misery caused by the rascalities of banks the woes the desolations the despairs tht broken hopes of the thousands who Wusied only to be betrayed?' 'And w hilat these thou saou irom uonesi suiuence have been reduced to beggary by unscrupulous speculators how can that ntiural love olfjusiite makiud possess abide to be hold the causes of wrong of bitter humiliation and distress of unknown misery; Malk secmely about in rrspec table! indolence and almost commixera ted roguery -id), the enjujers the;r victims, ihe sutler-! ' Speech of John Van Buren. and'.Coineiuion m Osweo.on the Jttib iust., ti.lholdtfg Spates Thei policy, then, .nmng the gratilying igus of the times, we chronicle tbe position of J no. Van Buren, in New York, on th side of the Rational Democracy. Thoei-.pres idem has returned Irom Europe, and we luuk upon the zeal of Prince John, in ueliall of the Consiiuuion and ilia (Jnt oi, as Indicative of the feeling nf hU venerable faihcr. At a Demorratir Mr van uiueii made a nn and able 'speech. Irom the close of which we make the loi Kiwing eslrarts. Nor ia it true that the Southern met, tel all other Questions aside, Slid make the question of slavery predominant. everybody kuows that the labor of for eigner competes with '.hat of the sis v aud dtives it out. It is true, too, that they -pieler the fiee Slates, and build tneni ap. to me prejudice ot tlie auve would ue iq opposition to foreigners. and in lavor ot Know Nulhings and vet, with a single exception Hiey array eil ttieuneMea leariesaii aun loldly in oppuitiuou to ir.e.Kuo.v Nothing poli cy, 'laae iniilier instatue: Mr, VVise, who Dug juni bveu elec.ed Governor cf Virginia, was a m lu;Jrof t Uc last Vir gima Loiuiituiioual tonvfiiiiou, aud arrayed himaelt against the ptoposed mixed basis of representation-- baais l siae property and white .ersous and advocated the white basis lor is 11 true vtia t tlie Southern peo ple desire to extend alavrry to Ir e ter ritory, -Southern politicians may I line ere political umif'"itu8 u lio must tie the cha-tnpiuns ol some iiuer- est. and they cannot be i'he chemplon ol an interest, unless you tirt prove that il has )eeu assailed. They assert liiai slavery is iu danger, and upon that cry become-tts champions. But the peace iut ci lizeus ol the South do not deBire the extension ')! slavery into free tern lory, llicy say all they waut is to be lei alone in Ihe-eujoy went crt tntir just constitutional rights, aud uo more, i'liey do not oesira to be drireu into a crusade lo extend slavery mio Iree territory, tins whole crusade, then, agatusi the South, is basrd upon a misapprehension ul the puiMic seulimrint aa it exiaia in tliui pari ol the country. Tncie has uever been two uptuiuns as tu the dan ger ol these two sectional parties, trom tlie lima ol Washington to the present. II such parlies are tormed this Union is al an end. tins ureal and uluriouc Uuiou, to w hich we owe so much, can not stand under auct) an itsue. it wc are to be denounced as atfomioiiiais be cauao weculctiaiu mess views, and H the South, 011 accuuut ol alavery, are to ue denounced aa rulifte ra and piraies, tue cuiiaeijueuce win be we mual aepala'te. Il wuuid be Uidarui lor a lainily ro lite together butter audi iircumaiaucta, an.i a lamlly ol ataie cannot no 11. 1 aay, a man wbo goes around the uuuutry gci Uug up m sactioual parly, is a trallur to tlie peaca ot In a country, auu shouid be ao leaa'ded. (AppiaUse J LUoris lo create a secltouai parly will invert I Hie people ol Una State more decidedly ibau ant eUori lo lorm a party. wbich na oeeai uad wiiuin- lbe recoliecliou ol tne oideol uiau iu lha room. Caiiuoii. liars ue.er uccaded tu luuiua Ihe popular juumeu'.. aud ihey mutt laii lAppuuee.) And now a wulu in Irler euce lo 'be ippfuaihtug oietllou, We r uuw cxuiiug wheu (Da pnoiic iniud io uutneu,.aud wiien very mai.y ot tU- fOliic ipfu yt iDia country are usiug fcvwf pokitiuus. . s Al- smcd- m uin il. oe comes imponsoi io ioo Daca aua sec ihalaS Ostn W h'istdry ol jbe leuo' cratic party dutitig' soma 'of ! ihe mga imuOriaUi srrioaa ot me nisiory o: tne '6iMaiu Cf n,a XtK'i: " I air sVnia rratic party of this State is'pne of the treat Alastitutftps cf ' the (CoaBirf. (Great applause ') .'YVVloreto honor it lor the good i. baa dona, aud the gotil it can do. In'theetrlv Ti'islory of our 'politic!, wltert the first civil rev6lulion was a.' chieved, Jefferson was elected by the vole of the State of Hew York, in 1812, the most gloomy period of -our State's history, Mew York cpholj ihe honor of 'the plate, and under i amp kins, rimed us through the war. In 1817 the same party abolish slavery in the State of New York. In 1821 the Democratic party altered the Con stitution so as to extend tbe -right ol vrting to mechanics. In 1824 and 1825, and from that time to 1846, one great system o( internal improvements was projected unaer uemocratie aus pices, and has been carried triumph antly through the financial ; policy of the Stale being all thewhile conducted witn signal success, ana its crean up held. In 1844 the Democratic party of the State ot New York elected Mr. Polk President of the United States, who achieved brilliant results during his administration. In 1848 that party took its position in relesence to 'he extension of slavery over free ler ritory, and they have adhered to it front that time to this. It has, too, one peculiarity, and that is it has the courage to protect those who come to them irom other pajties, 1 here nev er was, in this respect, so liberal an as sociation as the Democratic party. (t is curious to look back upon the men who have come over to us from other parlies, and the extent to which they have been honored. I nfcd only mention such names as John Q. Adams, Ambrose opencer.Uhiel Justice Teney, who were p romoled by the Democratic party to the highest stations within its gilt, even abov? older and perhaps bet ter leaders in the Democratic cause. On tbe other band' look at tbe party of our opponents. Take tbe rase of any democrat you can think, and yon will fiind that his course has been one ol uniform ruin, As long as ha is useful he is cast a.ide No man waa more emphatically the idol of the democratic party than Mr. Clav. during the war. ....ik:. .. L. i. - . . ma uu wnoie me previous, in one hour h ihrew away all thst populsritv and strength, and joined the whia or federal party. Attain, in 1813. when ourdivisions made iheirancresi certain he was set aside aesin.and a successful soldier, who never had held a ciii office aud had nver voted a whig tick at, w-aa nrelerted and Mr. Clay, with jusl streBKth enough to drag his feeble torm to vvabUingtoii. died fairly at the door of this old whig party. This is till of instruction lo any democrat who is preparing to join any .party which he supposes to be stronger than the damn eratic party. It is giaiifying at thi;par- icuiar unie io tntuK that thera never was an ocraaion when there :as poorer encouragement for leaving th!,dmortic ranka than Is just now. (iliy'' Georgia, Tennessea.Vereinia.Kojih Cur- oiiua, South Carolina. Miasissippi.and every Southern State, at the teceni elections. in favor of ihe democratic par ty, luenew ri apr-lauae.i The aan U true in tne dst. Ma,tte has declared herself in the ranks, aud Massachusetts will io so at its next election. A', the 'V est, Indiana.aodiu the ceo rer.tlie old Keystocm Slste.t omes to us n i:h the tidings of illd Democratic victory, burying Repablicans, Know Nothinas, and my old friend Wilmut.all under tbe Itean. 'Cheer. The, o.ipa tion now is wbers will New York be in ----- n litis cumpaigu? 1 n ill tell vou. Demo ctatic by a nnjoiity never known before (tireat applause.) In tnr portion of the Mate., tncluJing Kew York aad the ciiunly of Kings, polling a vote of from seventy to eigiity thousaiid, 4 Uo not think the Republican ticket will have one vote in ten. In the center of the Slate the same is trie. I should not be surprised, should the Whigs nominate a in-set, ii ti should pott more votes than the ftipuiilican. My Know Noth ing fiiends feeing gloriously flogged out in every otaie in the Union, in IV mm tenia Maine, Indiana. &c, michl as well take iu ilieir signs and go along with us (Laughte.r ) . Mr. Van Bureli concluded by pjopos ing ihree cheers for ihe Democratic plat form, add three more for ticket, which given most heart! y. Thre cheers were then given' for John Van Bureu, and lha ineeewng adjourned. fact. acid Tn mas D .hct McGee lectured in New York, last week. on tlia prospects of Ireland. Among the pro positions laid down by hitn.we find firrt, that Railroads in bringing both ends ol the Island together, are making the Irish one people has walled up their Intel leoural faculties, dispjlled ibe fairies, and encouraged habils of industry. and punctuality. Secoud, the language ol Ireland i being ruperceded by ihe Eng land language last year mure I ha a a million ol pupils were learning the Eng lish language, and Kugiish cheap pub licatious are in great demand among the Irish people. Tbe ibtrd elements of change in Itr aud is tne new social relation between agricultural classes iba proprietors uu ;ne cultivators ol the land The old farm labor system is gona with the year The lorm laborers that have oeeu tell by the oinigra'ion to America .:au almost oiciate tneir own prices. limy are paid in money wage, and ihet make their purcases al markt: piics.- iMdtan meat baa supplanted ihe potator auu this is also au improvement. The K,enllemau'a gentleman is uoi now the lormideble power that he was. The lamina was a great lotecloser of mor gagea. - It squeezau up the Spongt excrescences cl title. Ibe incumbered Estates bill of Sir Robert feel did a great deal to redeem tue character of the English front' the uirgrsce incurred by their neglect of tbe Irish iu 1&46. No less than lour million oi acres,' or one lourih of the cultivated aurtace f tht island, has been sold by lha incumbered staie Court, and - ifJa1 ie-beit cttfce purchasers are native reiy little interaal at-tivett a dorqettte polities. jTba aaw proprtetitrs art busy'hs manag'.cg their estates, ani the labonnl classes are fsvolably lev ptessed 4kh tbe eivelt; of tbelr sitea tiun. Aired feelirg and a itod of ea dering interest prevails in regard to the war. Ireland looks at . lha contest io much the time spirit as its women win stood ky and saw ,er liege lord, ju a tight with a bear, vvbeo the former was uppermost she cheered Mm, but when the bear wis on top, sba cheered Bruin just as heeMlj. ... ' There Is a ao;i of Sullen, taciturn wanner about railroad men, w hich w can attribute io no ether causa Ibsa thai of their being scj cootlnuaUj bar raised by tbe importunities of the spec ulatlve and 'curious people ly j,oia they are constantly euiree nded, We have long siuce learned out to expect a direct tuswer fro a aa ttUcfce of a fail roid, unless we shape our fuesliona au as to be strictly pertintul to our kusl urss who ibe compicy Cf the road. Yesterdsy, a young men of nenteil appearance, hough,e.ideatl soaewhat reniaut in raiiroad mattes, a pproe ehed so engines on .one. of the roads for Ihe purpoae of having bis curiosity gratified, when the following questions and an. atvers ware pnt and givaa to rapid tat cession: Qucbiit. "How far is it sir, to XeoU railroad 1' tKoiaita. .' Fifty four lallea: Q. 'What is tbe distance by tbe fikel K. 'We don't run oo the fike.' Q 'How long does It take too te ran there! . 'Do you n-lsh to go there y the train?' Q. 'No, 1 merely Influfred for Infer- maiiou.' . , ' E. 'Wtll.it generally occuoles tla whole time that we are on tbe wi., Q. 'Did you ever try boar Oukkiea couid run a milel' . ' E. 'Cfuji.' . , , ; . 4. 'Well, what is the quickest Has you tver mads V . L 'Plenty quick enough fori!', prac tical purposes.' Q 'This Is '.be fl jest enaiua of routs that I've tver lean: what ia It worth 1 'it's not for sale.' Here tbe young man's attention wse diawnioanotlirr uutrter by tht blowics ol a w histie, and the engineer porceedea to abject mattera preparatory to Ofdera lor stsitiog the train, Speech of John Van Buren. NEW VOLUME----1856. GRAHAM'S AMERICAN MONTHLY MAGIZINE Established in 1827. Devoted to Literature, Art and Fashion THKNeiv Volume camir.earing withtte anllary lounb.r. J3S3. Will tontaln suf Tiri t Uundrtd Pvttt of th; choileit read ing reatier, S:evl and vVood ij)grvin;., acd. music. t Kach uumbt r will contain a anlendiJ fi Eiiiiraviug, a Piu? of the faris Faihioni. 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