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THE VISftMOXT 1MKKS1X v l' n m o n t n i : i' n J r, i c a n , 19 rlTI.HIII.il PVIIIY slTrtllUY MllllMNU, AT IJKATTLKIJ0110, VT. OffloO No. 9 Granite, Row, Dwinell's Block. TKRMSt SJ.OO per year S1.50 in advance. No rioiliictlnu fmiii thcnljuvo prices will liere.iltor bo iimilo except to I'lilllll existing contracts. CIIAS. CUMMI.VHS, I'ulilMirr. VniB. 8. l'noi'ir, Printer. TWKNTV-J'IITII VOLC.MK. FOUITH OF NLW fBUIKS "i j 1 5r""o1i a c7j3n"t s To whim hII p ivinenlj liuy bo made fur TIIK VERMONT PllcLNlX.for U.)3. urwkinK, c. w. Ti:imt.vs. liner, l.l.S HI UK. Hover Melt, 11. JJlXfc. IMinm rsci Ii A KMIIIir. " . West,. S W. VMLlMN. oMit.m. vv. m:an. OuC: . . I..M.MHI MASON. 1 li. IVutiv,. .. ?.L.S1I!LI!Y. in. Win Rlv,r,ll a. Cl'ITINO. iiuiru ?i'i:i'iit:x silks. it.,, nest, w.j. liiruiiuuuK. J.nn.ih'n, A. .1. IH.KASON. South Lindondirry,.!. I.. Pll.llt'i:. .Mullmrn, II. K. Mill III1TON. r'nyellevllle, .1. Ill Mil.ix, .IK. VVilllamlvllle, SVMl 1.1, IIROlVN. l'ul.iiy, VVM HorilllTllN. Helluva Fall-" A. N. SWAIN. Buxton's lllver,....t'. W. F VlltnilOTHUR. Ra-alnnhani, S. I.. IIII.I.1MI-S. CiuntricljoporL....A. A. VVYMAN. Pom. rset, 0. K. MoltS'-.. btratton DBA. A. flKIM'V. Townshend, U. iTlTrKKFIKLD. Do. Wist, F. II SAW Yl It. Vernon, AHD1SHN WII1TIIEH. WardsWn IHH.MN i PLIMPTON. Ilu. VVe.t, . .I.II1KIITY W1I.PI.U, Ho. Mouth, . . IVestmln.ter, .. Ho. West,... Wliitlnghsiu,... .11. VV. itinniat. ,.ll. V. LANK. , iua uoomirt:. .11. O. nil.l.CTT. Jacksunvtll",. WIlMinjtton, . IV Judhnm, . . Ho. Smth... Chesterfield, N. II., lllns-lal'. .. " ... .. i:. I. inrciicocii.. ...Ii. (I. HKM I.lt. .. WM. HARM?, Jit, ...17.IIA 1'IF.ltCt:. ...ii. (i. coohpiie. ...C.J. AMIPON. ...i:. m. Fimiiia. Winchester, North i!irn.irl'ton,Ms.,N. 1" CltlPIN. rrr In anv of th- ah-ni. or In other t..vrns. varments may be made, when nvire convenient, to the Postmasitrs thereof; or the nmiunt may ue sent niri-cuy to inn ooice. JJUSINIISS CARDS. s. i. rii AGO, ATTORNEY AT I, VW', nflce No. 13 West Main Street, Wilmington, A' I. HOUSE. iiiiattm:iii)1:i), vt. By STEVENS SON. Late l-toprUtors of the IipIo Hotel, Woodstock. a A 31 U CL VI Ii V. . O HI FIX M.VK Kit & OTN SMITH, V1I1 make to order and keep on hand RIFLES &RIFLE PISTOLS. SllOt Gr UXLS Or IIIS OW S MAKK WIIK.lt UK WILL 1VAIUIAST Uf StrEKIOn QI-AI ITT. n k p a n i n o honk to o u h k k . Shop on Uirtjf-St., ' floors H'et of CoriiiAo. lliti-TTLKnono, l'-aS E. CROSBY & CO., MlLLLtBS ASD WIlOt-KSft-E PKALVRS IS Flour. f r ti 1 ii ii u il I' r o ! n r c No. 3 lllake' llUek IiKATTI.hllOllO, Vt. . rnostiv. i. u. niANiiLi.it. w. oai.sks. I. N. THORN, DrtigxiNt autl Apullieenry, offubitK Tin: tost ntuci:, llltATTLEHOltO, YT. J. II. & W. U. nSTERBROOK, Manuf.icturi'ra aiul Healers In Umpire Slnlr, VirKir. Strnnrl'a mul Ornrnrc Vnlll'y CoaU Slulr. Pnrl.ir mul llox Sloir-iniiil Ilol Air Funnier.. Also ! Plows, Cntth-ators, Iloa.l Scr.ilMT", Churn", Iron Sinks, JlussU ami KnKhh Move liie,nnl all Inlsof Stove Furulture, Japan and Common Tinw.ire. Ko 1 Exchamje Mock IlltATILLHORO, YT. E. 1YI. Fonsss ATTORNEY A N H C 01 N 3 KLLO It AT LAW, WinrlK .Icr. . II. Practicing In the Courts of New Hampshire and Vermont. IIED3TIS & SttRNAP, Ilnrur-M. Triuili. Vnl!r& "ollnr .'Miiiiuriir lurrri uul Cnrriti; Trlitiuirr. Repairini Articles tuthe alve business punctuaur atwnde J to-Miim-St., Orro-iiiR awfrk an Ilotsr, miATTLKIWUO, T 3. Y. llcrsnj. J- W. r.rHNA? BILLIARD HALL, CUTLER'S BLOCK 01'1'OSITK RKVKRC HOUSE, BHATTLt lOK.;, VT. Win ".NT's CtLEDRATKb SLATt ami Woon Urn Tables, "alth the Nrw !nu l isuios Cy-C'loscd at 10 V M. DANIEL KELLOGG, Attorney " Cuiiatllr nt I.n-iv, f Remoi ed Iroui Saitou's Itl er to LtrattlelK.ro, t. 1 a OUico over the Savings Hank, KATUAPI &. ERIG-GS, Healers lu nil kinds of iMnrblr, I'rnniir, niiiir, .-m .".-, " First door South of Joseph Stem & Son's Uouk-ttore, Malu-it., UUAlll.(.UUUO, , BUTLER fit UNO WLTOrjj OUJce two doors West of the Hank. JAMAICA, YT. J. g. BlIltR. . L. LSOWLTOM. BEMID & WARE. ... n tv n ff ,' J 1,1 tVIVH Ml fill TN l'.S. of superior style"ndwork'nanhlpof various Ujs and prices ny tue moat iiuioo-.. .ijiv.. riunarMUIiTuiiin"rvGrio,rllncliel. . 1 L0 ' V00UTCRN1N0 I.ATI1KS ANUSAAV ARBOHS. tCT All orders promptly attended to Tltrea iloors South the IJrldge, . . Main-St , . . Brattltboro, Y t J.M.UEMIS. 130) N. II. WARE. ALEXANDER II . PIKE. Manufacturer of IMillllu'a I'lilcni Ln Fnrm mul City Gnlo null Clolli HonriU iiml lln' fur I'lioJiliiS, And Healer In Lumber, liills of Tlmbir, Clap ..jrds, glibinka, . .........I i ri.ml.l.n.1 ti ..r.lHP. 100,001) Fi a' I or Cln)ilionril on liiiiitl. DO" Address W IAT WAIIDSIIORD, VI. C. W. IIORTON, M. V., rilYBIClAN ANU SUUGUON, No. a lllnlie' llnllilliiK. UllAlTLEUOUO' VT. music ....music. , Tim -Ulr.iltli'l.itco f 'nriil'l Ilnilll1 tre prepared to rurnUli ML'blC on til. occilou8f of the latest A.l.lreit AXWA S. lllUUlNS. Clerk. llrnlilftoro, Vl JAMES W. CARPEWTEn, Attorney Sc C'uiiii llor nt Imvt mul Solicitor ii ivimiirrrji Siixton's Hirer Vgt 11 wWlnnhom, Vt. CIIAS. N. DAVENPORT. Attorury & Counarllor ill l.mv &: Solicitor lu iiinui'i'i'T. WILMINflTOS, tT, RADLBY & KELLOGG, Altorui')M Coiui.rllortiiil Lu.r & Sollcltoria lu ajlinnrrry. Offlco opposite the Urattleboro House, HRATTLEBORO, VT. i. D. BRABLLT. Ubo, B. KELLUOO. II. N. IIIX, Altornry Si Coiiiihvllor nt I.nas-iiuil Sollrilor lu C'tiitiit't.r). YYIIITINUHAM CLNTltl', YT, WOODCOCK & VINTON, I'tiprr Alitiiiiliirtiirrrrf. D' All kinds of Printing Puir made to order. Cash paid for l hlU! und llrown RafS. HitA'H I.K1I0RU, T, JOSEPH STBEN fie HON IfooliHrlla-i'i", I'ubli.Iii'ri uuil StAiIoncr., Corner of Main and High btruls, IlltATt'LLUOItLi, T. josint ettnt. . MUMt BtEt).. S. A. MOItSG & CO.'S Lltf.lt ei'AHLK, In the rraruf Ilu llrutlli-boro llouae, Mil.-. htlitl.T, IIIIATCU'.UOHU, YT. W1YJ. S. HOUGHTON, Ilnrui-s., 1 1 unit t na Vuli.i' .Xluuilfiirtura'r, ANU CAllltlAUK TKIMMUl PLTNKY, VT. tlanufucturi-r andli' ul?r hWjSlilFiiujIlsacli, ClilldfciiJ and Hoy's Hoot.. Shoe., Ciilii-ri. uii.l II ..l.1...rj. Opposite the Post UUIi'e, Main blrut-t,,.., HllATn.Kl'.DRO. l , a . riEAD, ATTORNEY A.NH IJOUNSKLI.Ou Al' LAW,prac(tcloglu lu. Courts of Yermout and New Hampshire. O-Auest or rill .ErXt "ir, niara!c-('im.oo1and VTnttUitm Vvunty lilutunt do, ALSO, AsiJUt to proenre Pensions, and Itounty laind, Comiulsi oner for the Slates of New Yak and Kti r Hanin. Ihlre. California and Notary I'ulilic. ij t "S, R. ifOY, lloiuroimlliic i li rliiiii y SiirKi on, tll attend to ail cases of Hisvaiiis uf Horses. House on walnut street, Vrattltboro, Dee. 31, loiT. 4 II) C VOL. XXY. POETRY. TUP, DBACOX'H MASTKRPinCUl oiptiu: voM)h:ul "(txiMiuiiftiL-eiLVr. J I.otfitnl $tory (Tmm ll.e Aulncrat U tlto Alhntlc Monttjly.) Hnvo you tieflH of the oii1i?rfii! iie-It-ihny, 1 hiit wi built in Mich n lopvnl way It run n lminlrc-1 ycun tn u tiny, Ami then of i fuiltleu, it nli, but et:iv, Til tell you wlmt Imp pent?.! nilliotit delay t Scnriiij; Ihe pur-joti Into rriftlitcning iicople out -f (lioir witJ, JIao you ccr henrd of tint, 1 nay? Seventeen lmiHl"ed mul flrtyfle, (itvt'fuis ittuii'lu$ wm then n!hc, Hiiutly o'l drono fnnn the Uenn.n hive! This vu the yenr ticn IJlhou-tnwu tS,iw tlto eiuth nrifn anJ pulp her down, And IlnuMnck' nnny wumIoiip ?o hrown Left without n wt to It Crowti. It wmthe terrihlo eiutluiu ikc-ility. Tlmt the Deacon fiui-hed the onc-nois-liny. Xmv in building of clmUc, I tell vmi what, 'Ihirc f -dw t'jmtwhevw weakest put In huh, tiie, .'i-lVe, hi rinR or thill In paimel, or crowbar, or floor, or Mil, Iti ieruw, bolt, thoiou nl'Mrc lurMng ntlll Kind it somewhere you inu-t and will Above or below, or within or wlJinut And that's the rea-M.n, Vejund a doubt, A eh.d-i! breiki down, hut docit "tr vut. liu tlif Deacon swore (an Dejeou do, With an 'I dnv Mini'" or an fcI tell yeon," He wnuld build one rha to he-it Ihe taown n' the keouiity 'n all tfie kenny rar.un' It Oiould hf o built that it unhfn break taowu: "Kur' mUI the Deacon, "IN inlnhty plain Thet Ihr weakeV pi .ice mus' .tan' tho strain; 'n the whs V tlx it uz I mainUiii, U only jot To make the place strong uxtho nst S the Deacon Imiuired of tie villaRa folk Whfi-e he coul.l lln-1 thn Etrrtif;et oak, Th.it eouldn't be i-plit, nor Irut nor broke 'I hat wh for spoke, ami llor and f.11 Mn n-nt for lanccuood to tmkc tlw thill; 'I luM-ro-ir were ah, fron ttn tni1plitet tref The panel of white wood, 'tail cuts like chcce, Hut hit like iion f'-r tldnp like thec; The huh of lo from tho ''Settler's cllutn'' I.at of Its timber thev cotliln't pell cni Xevcr an ax had ecn Oieir ihii , And tho wedges Ih'w from b 'tween their llp, Their blunt end rrlzzlmHlk' relcry tip; Mep and prop-iron, bilt andcrew, Spring, tire, axle, and liiiclipu too, Steel of the finct, bright aufl blue; 'Ihoruuphbrace biotikhi, lliek and wliio; lUiot, top, daher, fnun toupl old hide round in the pit when the limner died, 1 hat wn the way lie "put hr throiwh" " Ilierc!" ?aid the Deacon, "meow fih'll dowl'1 Do! I tell you, I rather gm? She wa a'woiiiler, and tioihltj? le! L'!ti grew hor-c, beard tnmctl imiyt Deaenti and deacoue dropped away, CtiiMren ami prund-children where were they? lint there Htood the stout oldone-ho-Jhay As frch a on Libou-earthqiake-hiy. " I.mitri:i:N lluiitf n it cane and found 'I he De.icon's ilater-p'ece iron and sound. Kightccn hundreil increafd 1 ten uivhutn kerridso" they cilled it then, rizhtfeu hundred and twent. came; lluitnin it unul, much thixaine, Thirtv and forty at lnt arrival, And then came fifty, and nm-nvi:. Little of all we value here Wake on the morn of it hundredth year, Without both feeling and looking rjueer. In fact, tlfre'H nothing that leep it jouth, So f.ir a I know, but n tree aid truth, ( Thi i a moral that run at lirge; Tuke it, You're welcome. n txtra charge.) l'liitT or Xovkmiiku tho Karthquake day, '1 here are trace f ape hi theone-hos-shay, A general flavor of mild decay, Hut nothing local, a one nmv tay. There couldn't be for the lieAcuu' art H.id made it like in every p..rt That tltere wan't a rlru.c f,w or.ti (q tart. rot itsv hIkvh j Mruiip, .-..t . And tho floor wa ju-t n tron a the Mils, And the panel jut rt- t-trotifi a the tloor, 'And ihe whlnpk-tioe neither les nor more, And the back c-o-bar a strong as the fore Ami prinf; and axle and huh rntvre. And vet, a a WioiV, It i it a d-mbt In another hoar it will be worn mt , rirt of Xovember, 'fitty-five! This morning the parson take a drive, Kow, soi.dl boy, pet nut of the way! Mere come the wondeiful one-ho. -hay, Drawn by u rat-tailed, cwe-necked bay. "lluddap" aid tho par-oiu OlT went they. The paron was working hi Sunday's text Had pot to fijVihjy and stopped perplexed Ai w hat the 51 ooi wii coming next. All at once the horse ftoml still, Cloe bv the mcet'iidiouse on tho hill. Tim u iduver and tluvi a thrill, I hen souictlihi;Mecidedly like a pld And the pardon was ittmg upon a loi-k At hall-pat nine bv the mect'ndinu clock .lut at the hour of' the eartlupiake Miorkl " hat n think the pardon rmiud, When he got uj.'aml t-turetl around? The pfor old chaUo In a heap or mound, As it it had been to the mill und ground ! Yon ce. of course, If you're not n dunce, How it went to pieces all at once All at once and nothit g tirst . Jiut a bubbles do, when they burst, lid of the womleiful on"-hos shay. Logic U logic 1 'I h it's all I Kay. 0. IP. Ilutmti m the "Atlantic Monthly," MISCELLANY. TIIE VICTQBIA BRIDGE. The following description of the Victoria Uridgc the greatest work of the kind in the world is taken from an excellent article on bridge building and "Iron Hridges" in the Lon don Quarterly Review for July. Tho Victoria Hiidgu is a work in.wliich Americans arc cs. pccially interested as it will supply the most im portant link in the best railroad connecting the Atlantic and tho great Lakes : Tho next treat sten in advance was the an plication of iron under its most perfect form 1 til 11 n'uiii iruu piaies, in uiJiinuiu, ihi.hi.ij and box-girders, capublo of bearing tho heat iest railway tiains at tho highest speeds. The fust, and, up to tins lime, the most complete, pjicci men of the simple tubular bridge is the Ilritau nia llridge, constructed by Mr Robert Stephen son ucross the Mcnai Straits, which wo Irate al ready so fully described, that it is not neces sary for us to enter upon any further description of that masterly work tho result of laborious calculation, founded on painstaking experiment, combined witli eminent constructs e genius and high moral and intellectual courage. Although the llritannia llridge represented tho most scien tific distribution of material which could be de vised at tho date of its construction, it has since been improved upon by the samo engineer in tho Victoria llridge, now in course of construc tion across the river St. Lawrence near Mon treal. Tho Victtiiia Iliidgo i, without exception tho greatest work of tho kind in the world, l'or gigantic prormi tions and v ast length and strength there is nothing to compare with it in ancient or modem times. Tho entire bridge, with its approaches, is only about bixly yaids sliort of iiei) miles. It is fit o times longer than thelirit iiunla across tho Menai Straits, seven and a half times longer than Waterloo llridge, and more than ten times longer than tho new Chelsea Iliidgo across tho Thames ! Tim Victoria has not less than twenty-four spans of 'J-L! feet each, and ono great central span itseii an immense iiruige ot aw leet. 'llio road is carried within iron tubes 00 feet nbnv o the level of tho St. Lawrence, which runs beneath at ft snccd of about ten miles an hour, and in winter brings down the ice of wnno two thousand miles of lake and ujipcr rivers, with flifdV iitimprniis tributaries. '1 he w-ciiiht of iron in the tubes will bo upwards of ten thousand ! tons, supported on massive stone piers which I contain somo six, some eight thousand tons each , of solid masonry. So gigantic ft work, involving so heavy an ti ' penditure, has not been projected without s'uf- tier in out BKATTLEBOUO, VT.: SEPT. liricnt catisp. Tlic Orantl Trunk Itailway tif pi-jidently of the top anil bottom, li which tlicy Canada onuof tlicfrifatcst national Littcnni'es adil vury miuh to the stiflui'is of the hunin I nnil L-ur rntrri'il on it uiwaiiU of 1100 milt's in the fuct of lluir tonlainint; more material than length, openinj? tip it nat extent of fertile ter- U iie-svnry to connect the top anil bottom webi, litorvfor the jmrpou-of future immigration, haih minitann been fttirH otirt)lihc(l. Anoth ttml fit eonnectinij the settletl nrovincea of Wet-' ,.r inniurtnnl ailinntnitc of the Tulml.ir biiilue tern ('nnl:i with the seaboard Htntci of tho out the Trellis or Lattice structure, as pointid Aineiican t'niou, calculated to nflortl full scope j out bv Mr. Ilriinel and Mr. lMuin Chrke, con fur the dctclopiilent of the industrial rcMiuues siats ui its greater sufetv in etcnUif a train run of tliat inn;;nilicent colony. Without the Vic- j nin; off the line, a eon'linceiic) which has more luri.t iiiiuge uie ajMeuiin ciiiomuiucHiiou wouiii i hate been 1n.111ife1.lly incomplete. '1 ho exten- site series of C'anjilian rnilway.s on the north 1 side of the St. Lawrence, terminntinuj onposiiu I .Montreal, would, for all purposes of tlnouuh ' trallic, be iitually scaled tiji (ltiriii" the si montus ot tho Year that tin' rt. l.awrencn is closed atrainst natiation bv the ice i and the Grand Trunk system must necessarily hae le-1 nijinett to a great extent nugatory, m coinc- nij; to .Mr. Stephenson s original design, tp.enceofthe pnnince being cut oil' front the 1 l'rom the llrst projection of the Victoria Hridge, coast, to which the commeice of Canada natti-' the ditlicultie.s of e.reeuti ig such a work ucrns rally tcuiK jawideritcr, down whitman iinlnnche of iro 'Ihe iinrticul.tr kind ef structure to he adopt- rushes to the sea eery srring, were pronounc ed formed the subject of considerable prelimi- ed nlmot insiiriniiunlalile h llmse bet ae nary discussion. Kteu after the design of n 1 epiainted with the locality. 'I he ice of two thou tubular bridge had been adopted, and tho piers sand miles of inland lal.'es olatl tipper ritcm.be were commenced, the plan was made tho sub-1 sides iheir tributaries man', i,f which exceed text of secro criticism, on the ground of its al- the '1 hames in length, depth, and u.lumc of va leged c.cessic cost. It therefore became nee- ter is then lioured down striam, and. in the essar) for Mr. Stephenson to indicate the pro- neighborhood of Montreal entcially, it Is often liricty of his design in n report to the directors oi ine railway, in wmcu ne s..tislaciotiiy proted . placing the surrounding country under water, that as respects strength, rllicicncv, and econo- and doing setcie damage to the mas5ie stone my, with a ictv to permanency, the plan of the , buildings along the noble liter front of the citv. Aictoria llridge is unimpeachable. Various To nit so prodigious a presure, it was nrc modes were proposed for sianning Ihe St. Law- esnrv thfl the piers nf the iiroposed biilgo rence. The suspension bridge, such as that uv- I shoul'd be of the most solid and mnssixedeserin er the Xiagra, w as found inapplioable for v v er- j thm. '1 l.eir foundations are placed in the solid nl reasons, but thiellv becaue of 'ts deftctito rock i for none of the artificial tin thuds of oh ligidity.uhichgrcaflt limilsthesiieed andweiuht t iiniiir? fiiiiiidntini.s. kiiiri-esieil hv some rritinil of tr.iiiiH, and consequently the amount of traf-. i iv ii iiicii a-au ur niss. u (,,,T stien a oriug.'. Iicsiiie in this ( i-e. here the lou-c eeicie(l llius, t tking the length of the Victoria 111 idgc against the pieiswas likely tobes.igre.it, it into account, it was found rtiat not more than was fell that timlur ife-bn-.tl.crs, timber or cast ) tr:,ins could pass within the 21 hours, a mini- iron piling, or een rubblc-wurk, would bate her insullicient for the accommodation of the prou-d but temporary expedients. The two nnti.ipated trallic. To introduce such an amount ccntie-pieis aie eightien ftet wide, and the lo of material into the suspension bridge as would 1 maining ttuntv-two piers fitteen feet. To ur fupply increased rigidity, would only be approx- ( ret and break' the ice, an inclined plane, com muting to the original beam, and neutralizing , posed nf great blocks of stone, was added to any adtautages in point of cheapness which , the iip-riscr side of each pier each block might be derivable fiom this form of structure, , weighing from set en to ten tim, and tho whole without securing the essential stiffness and , firmly clamped together with iron rittts. strength. Iron arches were also considered in-! To' contev some iden of the immense force applicable, because of the large. headway rcquir-1 which these'piers areieipiind tmesis!, we quote ed for the passage of the ice in winter, and tho a brief account received from Mr. Alexander necessity which existed for keeping the spring- ltox, the principal engineer fupetintending the ing ot the arches dear of the water line. This works, of the scene which occurred at the bicuk wouldlme imolted the raising of the entire iug up of tiie ice in March last, when the press road, and alargel) increased expenditure on the ure of the park was unusu.illt setcre. It mint tipper works. Tho question was therefore re- be premised that fourteen out'of the twentv -four ducctl to the consideration of the kind of Wi-, piers were then finished, together with tiie for iimlnl b- nmi or yinUr to be employed. midable abutments and approachesto the bridge. Horizontal girders are of thrio kind. The!' Ihe ice in the riter began to show signs of Tubular is constructed of meted rectangular weakness on the mtth of March, but It was not boiler plates. Where the span is large", the road I ""til the .'list that a general motement became passes within the tube ; where the span is com-1 obsertable, which tontinued for an hour, whin jiaratiuly small, the roadway is supported by suddenly slodped, and the wat-r rose rapidly, two or more icctangular beams. Next there is "n the following day, at noon, a grand mme the I.nltkf girder, borrow ed from the laiose mvrA eommenced ; the waters Aise about four rough timber bridges oftho American engineers, f"'1 1:1 tno minutes, up to a Icu-I with manv of consisting uf a top and bottom Hange connected . t,lc '"iitrcal streets. The fields of ire at "the by a number of tlat iron bars, ritited across sjmi time tw'rc suddenly eletatul to an ini red each other at a certain angle, the roadway rest- '!,'e '"K1'1 i '"' o our'w helming were thev in ing on the top, or being suspended at the hot- appearance, that crowds of the tow nspcoplo, "who torn between the lattice on either side. One of had assembled on the quays to watch the pro the best known specimens of this In idge is the press of the Hood, ran lor their lives. This fine work erected by Sir John Macneil on the movement lasted about twenty minutes, during line of the Doulilin and Drogheilu Itailway, o. j which the jammed ice destrovc'il several portions cr tho river llojne near tho townof Drogheda of the qu.iy-wall, grinding the hardest Mocks to its centre span being of 'Mi feet, llridges on atoms. 'Hie embanked approaches to the Vic u,iU17e.nu''t'fuVcoGV1trV' IHKM'TiVrW 'Hi i tmh llril1"" trcracn.U-,,,,, the ice in its India, and are specially designed with a view to their easy transport and erection. The Tttllis or AVarren girder is a modification of the samu plan, consisting of atop and bottom tlange, with n connecting web of diagonal Hat bars, forming a complete systim of tii.iugulatiou hence the name of 'Triangular girder,' by which it is gen erally known. The merit of this form consists in its comparative rigidity, strength, lightness, and economy of material. These bridges are , also extensit ely cmplov ed in spanning the broad rivers of India. One "of the best specimens in this country is the Crumlin viaduct, "JOO feet '"-' masses ol homage ice which were strewn high nt one point, which spans the riverand val- j along the shores nf the- stream. On camtr.a lev of the Elibw near tho v illi.ige of Crumlin in lion of the pters of the bridge it w as lotind that South Wales. The viaduct is about a third ol a mile long, divided into two part, bv a ridge of hills which runs through the centre of the i .. ii i. . i !... . .. .!..!.. vtdlev each nart forming a separate viaduct, the one of seven equal spans of lot) feet, tho other ot three spans ot the samo diameter. This bridge has been veryskilfully designed and constructed by Mr. T. W. Ivcnnard, anil, by reason of its great dimensions and novel ar rangements, is entitled to bo regnrded ns one of the most remarkable engineering works of the day. In calculating the strength oi these uincrcnt classes of gilders,' Mr. Stephenson observes, j ono ruling principle appertains, and is common to all of them. Primarily and essenlialh, tho ultimate strength is considered to exist in the top and bottom the former being exposed to a compression force by the action of the load, and the latter to aloiceol tension j mcrciorc, what ever be the class or denomination of girders, they must all bo alike in amount of ctrcctitu material in these members, if their spans ami depths are the same, and they have to sustain tho same amount of load. Hence, the question of comparative merit amongst the inffc'icnt classes of construction of beams or gilders, is really nnrrowedto the method of connecting tho top and bottom ire is, so called.' In the tubu lar system the connexion is effected by continu ous boiler phtes rivited together! and in tho lattice and trellis bridges by llat iron bars, more or less numerous, forming a series of struts und ties. These engineers who advocate tho cm nlovinent of the latter foim of construction, set forth as its principal advantage the saving of material which is effected by employing bars in - stead cif iron plate; whereas Mr. htcjihciison and his follow eis urge, that in point ot econo my tho boiler plate side is equal to tho bars, whilst in point of effective strength and rigidity it is decidedly superior. To show tho compara tive economy of material, he contrasts the lat tice girder bridge over the river Trent, on the Great Northern Itailway near Newark, with the tubes oftho Victoria I fridge which are now in course of construction. In tho former case, where the span is '2W 1-2 feet, and the bridge lit leet wide, tho weight, including beauiig, is !!!)2 tons j in tho latter, where tho span is 212 feet, the width of the tube 10 feet, tho weight, including bearings, is 273 tons, showing a bal ance in favor of the Victuria Tube ot 17 tons. Tho comparison between tho Newark )ke Itridgo and the Tubular Ilridgo over the liver Aire is equally favorable to the latter i und no ono can havo travelled over the Great Northern lino to Yoik without noting as respects rigidity under the passing- train, the Tubular llridge is decidedly stijicuur. It is ascertained that the deflection caused by a passing load is considera bly gi eater in tho former case; and Mr. Steph enson is also of opinion that the sides of all trel lis or lattice girders arc useless, except for tho purpose of connecting tho top and bottom, and keeping them in their position. They depend upon their connexion with tho top and bottom webs for their own support! and sinco Jhey could not sustain their shape, but would collapse immediately on their being disconnected from' their top una hottom memuers, it is cvuicnt mat tliey add to the strain upon them, and conse quently to that extent rcduco the ultimate strength of the beams, 'I admit,' he adds, 'that there is no formula for valuing tho solid sides for strains, and that at present wo only ascribo to them tho value or use of connecting tho top and bottom" i yet we are aware that, from their continuity and solidity, they aro of valuo to re sist horizontal and many other strains, indo- man once occuirid on a tuotiiar niiuo, Wi detriment, whertaa in etent of such an nt occuirinjr onit Trellis or Tatlico bridge, it I ithout cident bridtre. it must. r. ('.ir!xe sajs, 'infallibly bo destrojed.' Wliere the lnoiiosul biide is of the unusual lenuth of a mile and n iiu.irter, it is ob ious that tbisconsidciation must hatehad no small weight with the Directors, who mutually deemed up on proceediii"; with tht 'fibular Ifridge accord- piled up to the height of from forty to fifty fei t, engineers for cht.ipuess' sake, wen' found prne- I passage netvyecn ine piers was nroKtuup nytnc force of the blow immediately on its coming in contact with the cutwaters. Sometimes thick sheets of ice were seen to rise up and rear on end against the piers, but by force of the cur lent they were speedily made to roll over into the stream, ami in n moment after were out of sight, l'or the two next days the river was still high, until on the Hit of April thewaters setm- I'd suddenly to give way, und by the tollowmg " the I n er was now infj clear anil sinootn as a millpond, nothing of winter remaining except "icy nan aiuniraoiy resisecci tue irt nieiiuyiis pressure and though the timber 'rubwoi.i erected to facilitate the placing of floating poll- ti iii In I mill I no iloiiw u os r.tiiMil r-niisirlerolii i- disturbed and in some places seriously damag ed, the piers, with the exception of .one or two heavy stone blocks which were Milt unfinished, escaped uninjured. One heavy bleck of many tons' weight was carried to a considerable dis tance, anil must have been torn out of its place by sheer force, as set cral of the broken frag ments were left in the pier. We may add that already two ol the tunes hae been placed in upon the piers, and that tins magr.iiicent work is expected to be completed and opened for trallic by tho beginning of lbGO. Quarterly Rericv, ol. Uir. Ciir.linontii, whose fuitifiraiions Napoleon has been exhibiting to Queen Victoria, is de clared bv military engineers tn be impregnable, 1a cry rock in the roadstead is a fortress, and the breakwater bristles with batteries. A great semicircular fortress fates the sea. The works are guarded by twenty fous and redoubts, and nil amount of camum never beforo united for the defense of one plate. No lCnglish ileet could get into the harbor, but an Englishman w ho w as at the fetes, savs the English could keep any l'rcnch licet from coming out of it, which might be quite as important. The break water is 12,001) feet lung between the arms which enclose Cherbourg roads. At the bot tom of the water, (av eraging about .'!) feet.) its l,nc t iilw.nt Mill ri.f In l,i,. will, iililb, 1, 1-lsPH 1 , tic H:ilt uf.w fect nK)vc iow wjtt.r lnarii j ;ti, a toj, ;,ith of 103 fect. The great basin uill havo capacity for containing twenty ships- of-the-line. There are two other basins, with room each for ten slups-of-the-hne. v ast mag azines line tho banks, and workshops of every character for constructing and fitting out ships ot war, AonicTLTi'R.u, Shorter Catixhism.- What arc tiles ? A Yankee invention for drain iug pockets j so called from resemblance to the liievaiunir btvio oi gentlemen a nats. What is buckwheat ? Masculine wheat. Tho female is called tlouuh. What is breaking? A western phrase sigm fvintr a recular smash-tin of tirairiedom. The tireseut pressure has been so heav y as to hnng things generally out west. hat aie wild oats f A Kind ol urain usual lv sow n broadcast by farm boy s good food for last horses. What is cabbago ? A plant popular anion tailors with largo families. How aro vegetables best preserved? Place them in sellers' hands, or bury them in peach pits, What is garden sass? Cultivated imperti nence. What fruit pleases gairotersP Choko pears, nicy aru also laminar iiiiu ine iirti-ciioKe. Vi'hv aro people with corns like certain vege tables r llccauso they aro to-martjrs. Is thcru a vcgetab'lo lien P Yes, tho egg nlant. How can young ladies secure n farm? Take a "country gentleman." ISoston l'ost. WHAT NOT? A duel was fought in Missis sippi last mouth by S. Knott and A. W. Shott, The result was, Knott was shot, and Shott was not. In those circumstances wo should rattier havo been Shott thaji Knott, 3 lj QTKX 11, 1S58. HISTORY OF BUCHANAN DEMOCRACY. At a aieeting of the friends of 1 Ion. John 11. Ilaskins, in the Oth Congressional District of New York, Col. John W. l-'orncy, of Pennsyl vania, made a speech. As Mr. l'oiney de servedly has the cieditof electing James Ilu thanan to tho Presidency, and was deeper in the secrets of the canvass of 1830 than any oth er man in tho country, u history of thatcanvass from hint must bo authoritative. The follow ing is his speech on the itbotc occasion, and it is desert ing a careful reading b) all men wheth er they ate Republicans ar democrats: f,i'i:i:cii or mil i orniiy. Mr I'oitNI'.Y said i l'ri.r.ovv-CniZKN.t: 1 feel gratified in being able to appear before you as ono to participate in the ceremony which has been announced the nomination, ns tho people's candidate, of , H. nil, w !,,nl lis.,,;,, ,.r one oi tiie inuuncs wno stood up during tho whole exciting scssiofi of Congress for an limit -ill); principle. And 1 am gratified, further, in beiiiL' able to bear, hern in Tvnnr i,r....iiee. ,.. personal tribute to the courage, the indenen- I denco and consistent of the gentleman whom , vou have thus form fly ,.l.,ee,l before the people ...1 .. 'i...'i. for lc-electior. Hav .t-niiuui-, .IH1IHU llltll-u S1UIIU Kill 111 111U . , . , . " . 1 . . . controversy wiuc-n is not vet closed, nnd having 1 1 . . . , . .n . been present when various demands were made at the seat of the Federal Government, I saw Mr. Ilaskin tried, not only by frowns and the threats ot power, but by its blandishments too. And there never was a 'moment, from the begin ning to the end of that struggle, in which that man quailed or faltered. Cheers. It required oil Ids part, gentlemen, uncommon courage, sus taining a peculiar personal relation, as he did, to the Executive, to resist these c ituhincd influ ences. It required gieat independence und great self-denial to tear himself loose from those ! "p'V'.i5 V "C . 11S:UI-'.T:5";'11 J'1'0!'10 with whom he had been tl.Uscloselv associated j , "f,,-" i ,1 " l,prm,ttt''1 ,tu ' "(IT of th,'ir mv" and, more than all, it required that he should fe."L 'T!-?'?' ? Mla 1 votc "l10" keep constant watch over himself, lest in that 1 ,7 , C, '""r T'' nl VP', f" great political center, whete public virtue is I 1 ' " nJl , he "j,,'.lu.l'on': ,,n"10 '.'V tll,l! constantly sapped, where the public nianiscon- I T I C A'Im''tra''oli0" tbc one hand, stnntly in' dangeof being betrayed, he should I '. "L1'1" . ! 'ts lum1' foreign marau fall into tho hands of his enemies. It required , ' f'"' '"T-'xl' 'T" '" on his part that he should so bear him.cll as to ?l"7;!'IVN'l,,,M "l?" ihd V" "T1 be able to stand without suspicion, lie came "lal ' alkc'1 re freely about it. In Ins from a District which had not only given him ''er of acceptance oft he noininajiouand m the a large plurality, but whicj, had given to Mr. . I ,T ,0 h-' C'nl'V" ul'0 lluclianan a decisive vote, and to no man more, ' "f ', T,;' (at which I happened I v enturc to say, is Mr. lluchanan indebted than ! ,T,l" il'C '!! "'' .th to Mr. Ilaskin for the manner in which the I ! I ' 'i sm i0 . ,, ,lie "V'J""'?' ,,.,0,,ld n,.mM,:n ;n n.i. ,:.;;... ,n..,i i. I prevail. hy, ho said to mcntliousaud times, vote thev gave to the Democratic cvndidate in I I sou iti. nrtiv,. ,..r.in I,;. ,.,l ,i,!,o. tion to the character of the President ; we feel that th it candidate reciprocated (or pretendetl to ret iproctfc) all the devotion which Mr. Ilas kin himself manifested, rendered him of all men the man upon whom the President might rely in conducting the affairs of the Government at the seat of tho I Vderal Capital. 1 le did not go to Wt shington to betray a principle, or to de sert the candidate of his choice. He saw this Administration which ho had thus toiled to elect with four ve.irs of power, with unbounded pat ronage. Ilesidc, ns I have said, he was his friend. The Cabinet was filled with men toward whom he sustained the most intimate relations. hat reason, then, had he to do anything but the right ? What inducement was there on the i.irt of Mr. Ilaskin to take any other than an lonest course' 1 say. then. mv fellow-.ritlens. ... ... Wltll-1 li.tlll till that you do Well in placing him' before his con-1 mucin inr another tual. Wheers and nn. plause. Yes, vou not only do well, but vou VayliLiirValiv "W.i',si'Vlwl iHMt.uV .. jlLnt.l men in the North arc not sustained who have done what Mr.- Ilaskin has done when that I time conies that the people of this Congress ion.il District, or any Congressional District, re fuse to do hunor to such a mm, then we become in this region a race of cowaids and slaves. rCheers and nlinlause.1 Mv fellow -citizens. I must be a little personal, because, annealing be ! r..,.. .., i ,t' t ;.iu.i :i-,,' -...ii I ed. to refer to a'portiou of the political historv ! in which I have Une a pio.ni!,-..t part. Mv relations to the present executive of the Vnited ! States begun with early boyhood, from the time , long before 1 becume a v ot'er, w hen I was his ' intin.ite confident and friend. Prom t.aIlv youth down to the present hour, or ratuer to a . ... .1 ...... T .-1 1 .. i sr.. Iierioil one year ago, i sustained tow aru .ur. luchanan relations not only of intimacy, but of more than intimacy. Had he been in;, father, if his blond ran in'mv veins, 1 could not havo been iilausi lection good in l-ie-cc illi.s i:i-iiii-ii!.!ii lu inu A le-Muenii. it r,.11 m l,,tl.nrn in the iimntrv in l,!el. I... reu In manhood, ill l ie countrv where he read 1 law, in the country where ho still has his resi-' deuce, in that country where ho savs he expects to tlic and knowing him thus well, it fell to mv lot to do a good ileal of the hard w ork inci- dent to the fulfillment of the aspirations of him self and the wishes of his fiientls. In IS 1-1 we went to the City of llaltimorc instructed to vote fen- n distinguished citien of your State, Mr. Van Huron; but owing to the publication of his celebrated Texas letter, the delegation from Peunsvlvauia, as is well known, concluded that more devotedly attached to him. An- i X1 I" m"'w 1" I""ar soyeic giuy. L;M . l-0 1 belies ed that that sentiment and af- l"a "SC'J ' na, ,.was l"u n " "','- iaV""a' n was rccipi netted. We had tried in our "l ,1'u "' Ulat as ho shibboleth-thatwas old Stato of Pcnnsvlvani.1, for many v ears, '.- ,;" i.nKc r.rie to tno aware . .!. i,....M ". i. jiiver irom i iiisourgn to 1'uu.uiei ouia nicv- Mr. Van Huron had forleite.l tho confidence of - ? "-peat o, ...e .uissoun Lompromiso line! the Democratie paitv, and that it became ns to I the Democratic party of your district have nom iirese.it our own 'favored citizen for that high '!lat;J) 011 1 tho Republicans like j oil i they be- nlace. We did so, and we failed. ltHo we reappearea upon me scene wuu our fellow-citizens, and there the friends of Mr. Van Huron in this State repaid us in kind for the good turn we had served them four years be fore. Applause. Undaunted we continued to organise end in 1Ko2 we reappeared in tho samo scene with our iitrmcr lrienti, aim wo were again elefeated. That seemed to bo the last chance the last shot in the locker il I tnay use the cxmcssion. Hut ho was appointed by President Pierce in 1852 to fill the high and im portant mission of Minister to England. While there lie was removed from tho scenes of do niestic politics, and quietly and observnntly watched tho movements at homo pending and succeeding the repeal oftho Missouri line. Mr. lluchanan had been known for his attachment to that line. Though in 1810, while a student- of-law with Mr. Hopkins, at Lancaster, Pa., ho niieuiieu u uiet'tiug in which no ui-iiuuuc-l-u. ii subsequently, in 1KI7, ho came out in his cele- brated Herks County letter, and stated there that the only way to settlo tho Slavery question was to run the lino to tho Pacific so as to se cure to tho North anil to tho South their respec tive benefits on each bidc.of it as proposed hy its original friends. Therefore, it was, that whilo at u foreign court, absent from his own country, his name became peculiarly tho name of the American people, as tho ono'that would lead tho Democratic party to victory again. His old friends in Pennsylvania moved forward, and again w e organized. We saw tho time had come when our champion could be presented to our people. We repaired to Cincinnati. Ri valries homo rivalries had been extinguish ed! bitterness growing out tho Missouri lino nnd the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill liael temporarily remov ed other candidates from tho field (or so we thought)! and Cass men, Dallas men, and lluchanan men in Pennsylva nia made common cause, nnd repaired to Cin cinnati for tho purpose of putting this gentle man in nomination. When wo reached there, tho' first indication that appeared was, that the extreme South had resolved upon Mr. Huchan. nil's annihilation. They saw in him the light of, n motlerato uonservativo scntimeut. 1 lie y saw in him, for the first time, publio a man who hav ing been absent from tho country, thercforo dis connected from tho exciting rovolries of the day would ho compelled from Ills position, do jus- to Northern feelings, and extinguish sec tionolism. They did not trust to him on the is tice to No. 37. :siio of tho dav. He was not a good enough 1 Kn',l n'"l Nebraska man for them j and they '"I'ght us, as the history ol that Contention will show, lor live long clny.s with a bitterness und animosity such as political conventions can scarcely rival. Hut he was the only man to res- 1 cue tho Democratic party from defeat. lie was the only man to prevdit the election of a Re nublican, and tho only man who could carry! Pennsylvania) for Ukiii the contest nf that State did the entire tide of battle turn. I'rom vour own State u similar disposition was manifested 1 in certain quarters. In this quarter, now, where this disease of Lecomptonism rages tho i mo-t violently, and where the affection for the1 Administration is indulgcr the most ardently, ' Mr. lluchanan. received nothing hut coldness i and contempt. Hut vo nominated him nnd re-1 turned to l'enusjltanu, for the first time jot ous , in having achieved our loiy-chcrished w it'll. And when wo returned there, we came with full ' and confident hope that there would be an end I to the difficulty in electing a nun whose nature was believed to bo so conservative, whose char-! acter was believed to be so prudent, und whoso ' "mre record liatl been national and conrtitu- !'mal' , At "i"' t.me ,K"C" tllc Republicans "C,"' , ,rl u,,'.amlu"?' V" mmiBh. 'Ihcy !" T'i " '""."."''"'V"?' tbeir d.-dh-blow. Jhey looked o'otind m vain lor a candidate i but . , .1 . . ' . ' events fntll! then is nil nrrnssiti fni. o,,!nn!nr , ,., , -1 , . . . " , ""n out tins (li'tin to n irrrottor InnMM l,rn,...l,t .... out this detail to a greater length) brought oil i u series oi excitements ucn as we have never witnessed in our country, and by the middle of August, ISOO, tho campaign was more ti.au doubtful. Why did it become doubtful ? Ho. cause tho public opinion of the North had been stirred to its deepest depths by the cxces"s of the Pro-Slaver) minority, backed by 1'cileial power, in theterritory of Kansas. 'That was the only question. It'was not the Ostcnd Con ference, it was not tho Pacific Raihoad ; it was " ',,C1!10Ulh VDe for me. and the North "ist be secured i and the only way to secure "the North is to convince those gentlemen that "when I get in the Presidential chair I will do ' "right with the people in Kansas. I am now' "(JO y ears of age. 1 have reached that time of "life vvheti I cannot have any ambition for a re-' "election, and if 1 have, the 'only way to secure ' "it is to be strong with my own'peopleathome. 1 "I watched this struggle frotn my retirement in ! "London! I have seen what 1 1 conceive to be "the mistakes of others. I am not responsible , "for the administration of President Pierce ; "therefore, I will inaugurate n new system ; I ' "will show to these gentlemen that a Pennsvl- i 'vania President will stand firm to the pledges "of a Pennsylvania jjentleman nndaPennsvlva-, "nia Democrat." Now, fellow citizens, in 'that letter ol acceptance, ll you will refer to it it is -- . , necessary Ior nlt. , iro(m(.c lt here vou h."(' "'V1 ''.c stated distinctly that the poo. j ted in the sacred ri2ht of suffrage, unaweel by ..v ... ...iiiun ui ivousas SUUUIU lie Jirottc any influence whatever, and that the will of the I e wen, u,',!. "rev ail. '. to be at the head of me mate Ait.iidi...v s.i.. mittee of Pennsylvania. All my affections were in that State ; all the emotions of my nature, ' physical and mental, were enlisted on" tho side , of the candidate sho had presented. His w hole i career, bis character, my personal attachment and the sincere devotion I felt for him, hi' fam- ?, .. i'v. his en and all about him made me so a"ious fur 1.'im l suecd, that I indulge in no a"' c'xlre"1011 M''f'i "ben I say to vou ' ai , " ' . " i .,u,"i'" u T 'T - 5!,,,I"V,'" im. tk"l'.1' . h.m,ntK 1 a'. 'l''"' "'S1'1 nn' da-v 1 ,0,U,1'1 ,n ,',at eampaign. -"d there are thoso here to-dav from my ow n Stale who will bear witness to the fact when 1 1 say thr.t all my own resources, all ray fortune,' my every exertion, every aid Niat could be en listed was enlisted tfl produce the final result. ' And aluve all otliTs in that campaign was the ' ... ,A .1 i. . 1 " lllaSC and town in the State cvcrywheie 1 luul" '""" 1" 'o write, or a imiguu 10 lek, that was the thcnio upon which those l'ens wrote and those tongues spoke. A by, pi"e-"i. jh. "w i i u rui.iiut or ' u "I"" ,m """J1 "B 15 . l,uu"e: ho was open, ho was unreserved in his declarations to everybody, llo sent to the traduced John Hickman, in an adjoining county. Ho told him, through his friends and agents : "You, Mr. Hickman, occupy a peculiar relation! you vot ed for the Topclea Constitution j v ou denounced .!...- S.I., l. 1.11 ine ivausas-.eoras;ia oiu j you w ere opposcu Hut stillinl,u-,ul"-,iu- .i" 1 ,,nlu ",u lu l"a stuiiiji unit iii-iuiu inur iieiiiie, ituu ijiuuge me, James lluchanan,' that I intend standing bv, and if necessary dying by this principle of Pop-1 ular Sovereignty.'' l'or" myself, if I could dc-1 scend to the baseness of republishing private j letters, I might fill a volume with similar pled ges from similar authority. Why, gentlemen, when tho distinguished Secretary ot state, -Mr. Cobb, who from hav ing been a superfine Union man, has been converted into a fire-eater, equal to Mr. Chaubert himself when Mr. Cobb came into Pennsylvania, and traversed our State from end to end, and irom county to county, talking to tlclighted audiences all tfio time, what was tho burden of his theme? Why Popular Sovereignty. I would take tho 'Army and the Navy, 1 w ould use cv cry power of the Fed eral Government, I would surround tho Terri tory but what the pconle of Kansas should vote, ami by their voto the destinies of tho future Stato should ho decided. Whenever a Southern orator came into Pennsylvania aiul called upon me, I said to him: "Now, Sir, I havo but one thing to say to v ou : vv o hav o but a singlo thing before tho people every day is making tlto campaign more and more doubtful cv cry day is milking the popular feeling more and more intense i Mr. lluchanan himself feels that every thing depends upon the prudence, tho sagacity, and the spirit ot conciliation by which this cam paign is conducted, and for God's sake take caro what you say about Kansas; leave your violent Southern leelings at nomc you must not como to threaten s you Governor Johnston, and you Ml. Scott, of'Richmond and you Mr Extra Hil ly Smith, and you Mr. Secretary Eloyd, all of vou, must remember that if you lose this battle here, j ou lose it altogether it w 111 bo your loss, and therefore you must allow us to manage it in our own way. And they did acccdo to that policy, without any protection, nnd gladly. There w as no deception in that fight, nt least so far as I w as concerned. I Sowed tho State with private, letters und private pledges upon this question. There is not a county in Pennsylva nia in which my letters niay-not be found, al most by hundreds, pledging Mr. lluchanan, in his name, and bv his authority, to tho full, com- plctc and practical recognition of. the rights of me peopio in jvausas to ucucio upon ineir own affairs. Applause. Gentlemen, he was elected. Ho formed his Cabinet. He issued his inaugural Address i and - ' here, at this point, let me say, that the public FV one san ire oft J lines or less nonpareil tj,,-, (i ,mA. l-lt alie used,) thnsi Insertions $ 1 1 for each ul,s,u. nt In eertlon SOcenla. Tin- numlwr nf Inaertlom mu.t In. marked on all advertisements orthoy will hocontlnu'-d nntll.vdrml ouL Contracts will In mie mMl ,i,., r,.r. ,y u ,. umn or fractional parti thereof, at liberal rates. Transient adurtlslna; to I iwld In adtancc. For all probate dn rtlsnnents, escepllnu notices of applica tions to sell real estate, JI.W) each for three insertion!, rosraci!, Tnt Ytnx.ixr Pit-ssu Is i-nt into all n,0 town! of Windham County Tree of Postage, Tonny part of this tuto out of this County, for 13 cents K-r year I Iscwlii re is km, per year payment In all case, to be m-ide cjuartel lu advance. confidence Inspired by his nomination bv tho Democratic party, and tho apprehension cif his election inspired in the Republican ranks, that public confidence in the man was renewed and revived by the publication of his Inaugural Ad dress. Ihe Republicans', manv of them who had voted for John C. Fremont said i "Wo be lieve in Mr. lluchanan, if ho stnuds bv the doc trines of this Inaugural Address we "will stand by him." Now, had ho done so, tno Republi can and the American parties, in my opinion, would bocn extinguished j w would have been one great, happy, national family. After all, what tho great mass oftho people in this coun try desire is a good Government. Every man in this country is not an office-seeker. Nine out of ten are disinterested in their relations to this government, and tlwv are ready to vote for John II. Ilaskin, or for Jolin Smith, if thev hav e confidenco in the man: and Mr. lluchanan would havo suited the tountrv ns well as nny other man, if ho had but fulfilled his pledges and thercforo it vras that when his inaugural address was published, the) said one to the oth er We believe in Mr. Huchanau we arc sor ry that we have not voted for him t but wo aro willing to trust him and stand by him to the end. Mr. lluchanan had beforo a futuie which Wash ington, ir ho had been living, might have e.i tied a future which, if he hadwalkidicsolute ly in the path ho had maiked nut the path il luminated by his resolutions and pledges would have allowed him to go down to the grave with the acclamation of the people. Posterity would have pointed to his administration a a model and example to all generations j Pennsylvania would havo had uo cause to have been nslumed of her onco favorite son. No, my fellow -countrv men) but ho did not stop here. As if for the purpose of accumulating pledgeuponplcdso, ns if for tho purpose tyf piling up a pyrami.1 of piomises upon this question, what 'did ho do next ? He looked around to seevvhoirt he shoul'd get to go to Kansas for the'purposo of settling tho vexed question which had rendered Kansas, what it has been graphically termed, "the grave yard of Governors." He sought no inferior man ; ho would not bo tempted to take an or dinary man. Ho selected a gentleman, a nates man, who had been presented by n large por tion of the leading and prominent men of tho South for n seat in his Cabinet, who had for years represented his State in the councils of tho nation. He selected Robert J. AVulkcr. And when ho called upon Mr. Walker, and ask ed him to pro"eed to the Territory, Mr Walker said to him, "Why, Mr. lluchanan, that would finish mo forever j it has ruined every man who has gone there j it will ruin me. I have reach ed that timo of life when 1 cannot afford to'risk all mv prospects, and probably the peace and happiness of my family." And he said further, ns it gifted with a knowledge of the future, "I cannot run the risk of being most probably betrayed and deserted by tho Administration that appoints me." Mr. lluchanan said to him, "Mr. Walker if you will go there, you will settlo this question in a few weeks, Everything is ready ; here are your instructions. I pledge you my word that everything vou de sire, you shall Hav e. Mr. Walker, as if inspir ed by a sublime suspicion, said, "Mr. lluchan an, I will not go to Kansas until you allow me to meet your Cabinet face to face," and ascertain from that Cabinet in person whether they will agree that I shall go there and carry otit the pledges of the campaign of 1S50." According, ly a meeting of the Cabinet of Mr. Buchanan was called. At the meeting every member of the Cabinet w as present. Mr. Hucu.inan and Mr. Walker were present Mr Hucliananin the chair. Gov. Walker said, "I have desired this meeting because 1 have determined not to go ; - T-J-r :--r - T - if there is any opposing voice, I will not go; I do not want to go ; it is by no means an enviable position j but if I hav e tho permis sion and consent of ) ou, gentlemen, lur this 1 have asked, will go'." The Cabinet was poll ed i but one member of tho Cabinet objected to the programme laid down by Gov. ulker. 1 need not mention his name' 5oy. Walker said, "That settles the question, gentlemen i I du not wish to go: a single negative is suffi cient, and 1 will retire from the field." Hut tliCj took that member of the Cabinet into an adjoining room, and there they convinced him that Gov. Walker was right. They returned and gave Walker his instructions." Ho went to Kansas with his instruction in his pocket, and accompanied by a man w ell known to tho country, Mr. Stanton, who went out with sim ilar pledges.. Now, after this, plain statement of the facts, I will come down to uy own part of this camp:ugn. My ambition to as.-isc and build up my good old State, to push forward her great interests, and assist in the development of her industry to do that which we must nil do, at least if wo desire success for tho older you grow you should be stronger at your own lio'me to build yourselves up in your own counties r..id own States, and when you do that you will be respected and strong at the seat of Federal power. Therefore it was that in the year 1S37 1 started tlic new spaper which now bears my name at its mast-head. I did this for the pur pose of advocating Mr. Buchanan's policy throughout. I had abundant pledges ns to his course, but beforo publishing that paper I took careto write to Mr Buchanan's Cabinet, and to himself, and told them ouwhatgrouudlintendcd to stand on this question of Kansas. They wero to good as to send me sufficient written te'stimo nystreugthcniugmoiiithepositionl had assum ed. I went on with Walker and Stanton, until the Oxford and McGco fiauds took place, when there was a burst of execration throughout the country. The whole democratic press had nr gucd constantly the policy of tho Administra tion up to that time! but when Gov. Walker rejected these frauds, there was silence. A pall fell over the columns of The W'tuhiitytun Union. Nothing was said upon the subject of the Ox ford and McGeo frauds. No voice was heard in Washington ageinst it j but I supposed somo malignant influence for tho moment, had sur rounded that journal! that it had had an at tack of some peculiar insanity, which has lately become chronic with it nnd I nllowed it to pass by. Hut when tho dark, damning deed of Lc compton was perpetiatcd, then 1 saw for tho first time that those gallant men in tho territo ry, Walker and Stanton, and those vv hd acted with them, had been deserted. 1 saw that democratic principles had been carried out by them, and we were now called upon to turn our backs upon our pledges .and betray our manhood. Applause. Gentlemen, there was something too much of this i and when tho cup was presented to my lips I refused it. Cheers. Administrations may change, Picsidents may change, but I had been too fully committed on this subject to go back to Pennsylvania and turn my back upon pledges which I had both spoken and written to thousands of men. I did not for a moment believe that tho adminis tration had concluded to abandon the principles which had put them into power; that they wero resolved to mako their policy a test j so when I went to Washington anil calleed upon my old friend, I said to him, "Mr. Buchanan, for tho first time in our lives wo tiro utvariancc ; I find myself standing by one principle having fol lowed vour l-'ad, and vou havo deserted it." "Well,'" said lie, "can't vou change too? -Laughter. If I can nlford to change, tshy can't you afford to change? Renewed laugh ter. If you and DouglaS and Wdker will unite in support of my policy, there will not bo a whimper of tins thing I it will pass by hko a Summer breczV' I told him that it was very well with an Administration surrounded by office-holders and and living all the timo in the atmosphere of flattery, that was frlluwcd by thousands of gentlemen who expected placo thrt they could come t him and say, "You are right, Mr. Buchanan j wo aro down on our bel lies! pleaso to walk over us pleaso trample