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BY SAM. P. IVINS.
ATHENS, TEM., FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1856.;
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THE POST.
ATHENS llllnAV, Jt t.Y 11, I SO.
'J''1 pri-ent tjoiijjruB, lliun fr, hnn
not cnthvri-d nmny Inurtls. It hm reneml.li d
a primnry naneuilily, hhe there in hurd
' cranililii.(r for petty office, rather (linn a
dignified li'inlnliiri' limtiinjT to the hnnnr and
welliire or Un uonstituunuiva. We re not
awnro of any real gaA to the country which
hit lietn derived fn.m the prcucnt aeiiaiciii,
' but much Unit Is evil. The conduct of the
ini'inbera pf the tlouae and of the Senate,
with aome hnnnralile exceptions, linn been ao
bointernua, rvvkleaa and rudu, that the peo
ple nt large, aeuing ihere la no aliiune left in
the minds of their repreaenlntivea, are nctn
: nlly hejiinninjf to inquire whether we could
. not do without any Congress whatever, or, nt
leimt, whether if they assemble but once in
seven yonra and were to be culled together
'. only on Imminent occasions, the country
' would not be better off. When the people
al( themselves these questions it is time to
take iitnrni. The truth ia, there is a deep
seated evil In this part of our national rcpre.
. tentative system, and It Is timo it was ex
posed to the public eye.
We do noi hesitate to state our belief that
; corruption moat foul and infamous exists at
. Washington, and that one hair the clamor
- and noise which occur at the Capitol are
raised on purpoae to divert the public atten
: tion from the actual frauds that are perpe-
- trated there.
Puring the present session of Congress
- about ten million six hundred thousand
acres of the public . lands have been voted
away to about a dozen railway companies
. and the publio ia hardly awaie of the fact;
and other similar laud scheme are before
.' Congress which will absorb ns much more.
. And this is brnusht about in a manner which
1 prevents Ihe'poaaibility of timely opposition
- and detection.
frff" The "Black Republicans" had o'lnrge
meeting in Cincinnati to ratify the nomina
tion of Fremont. Charles Kemclin,. long
Known as the German leader of the Cincin
nati Democrats, was the first and chief speak-
- r, and one of the features of the evening
was a procession of Germans, a thousand
strong, bearing banners and transparencies,
vi(li such mottoes natho following:
"Hamilton county redeemed Free Speech,
Free Soil and Fremont Freedom Forever."
"Tenth Ward all Right The Old Buck'
Funeral, 600 Majority Eleventh Ward."
Will tho people of Tennessee please tike
notice which way the foreign vote of the
North is now going!
Jew York, June 30. Fremont .In his let
ter of acceptance to the North Amoricnn
nomination intimate that in a few days, he
will communicate a paper designed for all
parties, giving his views of the lending ques
tions agitating the country.
It is stated in letters Jrom California that
the vigilance committee have sent a notice to
fix-Gov. Higler not to return to Hint Stale,
Washington, July 1. During the Fill-
more demonstration last night Mayor Macru.
der, while endeavoring to suppress a distur
bance, was surrounded and attacked. He
was struck with n brick and slung shot, but
was not serionaly hurt, The riot was eonfin.
ed to boys, most of whoot were under the
influence of liquor.
"As Goes New York so Goes the
Ckiok." If there be any truth in the old
saying that "as goes New York City o
goes the State," 'the Baltimore American
think Pennsylvania's favorite son's chances
are very small. The Journal of Commerce
and the Sun are the only two papers of re
apectnbility in the city of New York that
will support Mr. Buchanan's nomination.
With such auguries it would seem that the
Cincinnati .nominee may ns well give up all
hope of the F.mpire State; whatever he may
be able to do In the Keystone where to say
Hie least, a hard fight awaits him.
Chioaoo, July 1. A mob of border nro
lavery men entered the Methodist Church,
at Rochester, Mo., during the sitting of the
. annual Conference, took the President, tarred
and feathered him, and shot an old man who
was attempting to prevent the outrage. They
. bad ordered the Conference to leave the
Stat whch had been disregarded.
St. Louis, July J A letter to the Demo,
erat, from Lawrence, dated June 28th, stntes
- that five men had arrived tfiero from Tecum-
' sen where they had been confined a prison
ers. They were captured on the 27th of
. Jlny by dragoon under Lieut. Iverson. TwV
of them were released the other three, vis:
John Brown, Putridge and J. WillUms were
detaiued. Brown wa indicted for treason,
conspiracy in kidnapping slaves and hone
- stealing, Williams for treason and Putridge
for conspiracy. .
Washington July 3. The Senate passed
( this jnorulng Mr. Ponglna' Kansas bill, by a
- vote of 83 to IX'' In the House today, the
bill for the Immediate admission of atantos
' vs passed by a vote of 99 to 97.
The Hon.P,T. Herbert, of California, who
' shot Mr. Keating, th waiter st Willard's Ho
' tel.is in jail, Indicted for murder. Hi trial
' is Axed for Wednesday next. -
New York, June 30. The North Amer
lean arrived nt Quebec, with four days' later
news from Europe.
Cotton Advanced id., which was after
wards lost.
Lord Clarendon has announced thnt it was
not the intention of the Brjiith Govern
ment to suspend relation with America, and
that Mr. Dallas would not be dismissed.
Lord Clarendon's announcement was loud
ly cheered. Iord Derby expressed himself
satisfied, but considered the course of the
Government humilinting and acknowledg
ing that it h id been in error. Lord Claren
don appealed to the House not to join Lord
Derby. Pressing the motion, the subject,
wus dropped.
. Washington, June 36, 1856.
There is no mistake about the effect of
Fremont's Domination on the politicians.
Th democrat are taken all ah.k by it
All sorts of stories are t rum pled up against
him. They indicate the feeling in regard to
his availability and strength. I learn from
Richmond that the democratic lender in
Virginia are made desperate by the Philadel
phia nomination. It is reported here on the
best Authority that a great effort will short
ly be made to crush Fremont and bl.ist his
prospects forever. If not prevented by wis
er counsels, statement, backed by iifli.ln.
vits prepared for the purpose, is to be made
public, affecting Fremont's early career, in
which the most serious charges are to lie
made. My opinion 'ia, that it will not injure
him in the lenst; indeed, it w ill improve his
position. The masses will look upon the
affairs a a persecution, and will not believe
a word of what is said. But look nut fur
the charges when they come, and be -pre pur
ed for statement that will throw into the
shade all those made against General Jack
son in that heat of the canvass in his time.
New Orleans, July I. The Into Post
master Kendal), committed nn assault on
McKay, district Attorney, for something
concerning Kendall's triai fur mail robbery.
The assault wa particularly brutal. McKay
was aeverly injured. Kendall has been ar
rested. The Americans hold-a mass meeting here
last nighi. Great enthusiasm prevailed. It
was the largest meeting of the kind ever
held here. The Hun. Garret Davis was
the principal speaker.
Senatorial Portraits. The Washing'
ton correspondent of the Cincinnati Com-
mciical contribute to the column of that
sheet the following pen and ink sketch of
some of the more pruruiuent of our present
iedrul Senators:
"I looked oa Hie Sennte to-day. General
Cnss is a ponderous old fellow, witli a mass
ive head which he covers with a runty, old
brown wig, and keeps opening and shutting
his mouth and Bucking his breath between
his teeth, as if he constantly tasted some
thing disagreeable. John " M. Clayton is
more enormous thnn Gen. Cass, and his face,
though fat, is maiiuitieent. Ho is the best
looking man in the Sennte, and laughs heart
ily nt intervals froui t in to live minutes
His hair is an white us snow, and his bigeves
glisten nil the time with intelligence and hu
mor. Seward is a stalwart in appearance
as n pair of tonys. He does not weigh more
thnn a hundred pounds. His hair is short
and looks dead; iiis eyes are hidden behind a
pair of gold spectacles. His face is thin, pale
and wrinkled, but its lines are firm, and he
appears to be what he is man of restless
intellect. Senator Butler, of South Cnroli
no, is the thickest at the waistband, though
not uncomfortably heavy. His face is fcriuht,
nnd his hair, which he wears long and in a
singular confusion, is white ns newly wash,
ed lamb's wool. Hide's iippeiirunce indicates
that he has been fed liberally on tat pork
nnd buttermilk. I'ugh looks younger
when among the old, hald or white headed
and big-bellied Kenatois than I ever before
saw him. A majority of the Senators have
naked patches nn the trrp of their heads, and
quite half of them are the opposite of slen
der. They chew tobacco very much as nth
er folks, so far as I could discover, arid tin
mediately after adjournment several of them
lit cigars, and leaning back appeared to feel
comfortable."
The Dry Rot. Tho Mohawk Courier,
which the Albany Statesman says "has been
for twenty-three years the leading, and for
fie most of that time, the only Demwrntic
paper ill ihe county of Herkimer the stand
ard bearer of tho Tenth Legion, the mouth,
piece of Craine, Spinner, Mann, Beckwith
nnd Loom!, among the living, nnd of llolf
mun audother, who have gone to their Inst
"accounts" now wheels into the ranks of
Republicanism.
HTlie BloominL'ton Newsletter, a De
mocratic paper, has been sold to Mr. t'ox,
formerly of Ue Salem Flag, and will short
ly be published n a Republican paper.
fiff John Brnngh, formerly a leading De
mocrat of Hamilton county, and editor of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, tit a political meeting in
Indianapolis Inst week, made, the following
significant rem irks:
"I shall not attempt to make a speech nt
this time, even a Democratic speech, for the
reason that if I should now begin where I
left off twelve year ago, my speech might be
too mnsh of a free soil speech, or it might
not be at present an orthordox democratic
speech."
Judge Hoadly, one of the speaker at the
Fremont ratification meeting Cincinnati,
i a recent deserter from the democratic
rank. s
These signs with others tell where Ihe
Black Republicans are drawing recruits from,
and indicate plainly that the racs in the flee
States is to be between Fillmore and Fre
mont. Hurrah for Fill morel
' S If Anvtliiiiff tn th miipu nt P.il. R.ll.
ton aould exeit surprise, it would be bis
present apparent position in refereno to Mr.
11 11 nil - . - n II J J - 7 1 C'.. I J.. J f
"""i - a ii-itoie rufft otr I M a ywi
una, n.iiy, aita iem ortatt, but no txult, air
vwyju io nuru oaou: Hir I Van es ArouuAi
to kit milk, Btrf' ' The sr only peeimens
oi tn tempest of scorn nd derision whloh
Col. Bsnton b. poured down upon Mr. Bu
chanan during th last six months,
BUCHANAN'S CONDUCT TOWARDS
CLAY.
Locftfocnism I making targe calculations
upon Whig support. It is a vain hope.
These Old Line Whig are and were the de
voted friend of Henry Clay, and they will
never give their political support to one, who
mare than any one else, was instrumental In
fastening upon Mr. Clay the charge of "Bribe
ry and Corruption," and which followed him,
in every political canvass In which he was en
gaged. It was a pretended conversation be
tween Mr. Buchanan and Gen. Jackson, and
the open churgw of Mr. Krvmer, colleague
of Mr. Buchanan', that ripened the flood
gate of calumny upon Mr. Clay, nnd that
closed to him the avenue of political prefer
ment. No man who choriahe with affi c,
tionnte regard tho memory and reputation of
tile Statesman of Ashland, can think one mo
ment of endorsing such a man n Mr. Buch
anan. With cold and (elfish purpose he
saw the shafts of calumny fly fast and thick,
at the noble hearted, and yet never dared
to stand up nnd right the wrong created by
his own act. The New York Express gives
the following, taken principally from Col
ton' Life of Clay, which will pay any per
son desirous of information concerning Mr.
Buchanan, to peruse it, to "the bitter end."
About two year after Mr. Buchanan's
Federal Circular to the citizuns of Pennsyl
vania, we find him engaged verv assiduously
io Hie great "Bargain mid Sale" plot. Mr.
Buchanan figured nrotniiienlly throughout in
that transaction nn arena so admirably
adapted to the inclination of his disposition.
Being nt that time a member of the House
of Representatives, the excitement and zeal
I ih better judgment allowed him to b -ar no
enviable positon from bctriuiiing to end.
This matter has occupied a large apace in
the political history of the country, and an
cry discussion on both side have taken
place. If hnwevr, any candid person, dm
lUised tn view the proceedings impartially,
will take tho trouble to do ao, he will ilia
cover the political trickery of Mr. Ruclianan,
and ingenuity tn nvoid any responsibility in
the part he performed. With regard to the
bearer of overtures from Henry Cln's
friends to Gen. Jackson's friends, Il ls singti
hir that he has never been found, unless, a
it has been pertinently remorked, "it he in the
person of Mr. Buchanan, aalled!.'ed by Gen.
Jackson!" Taking nil the circuiiistanc-
which transpired during the plot, the follow,
ing significant iiiorcean is worthy of note,
and which to this dayhaa never been gain
said. Here' it is, free from denial:
"Some time in Janunry, 1825, and not long
before the election ot President of the Uni
ted Stales by the House of Representatives,
the Hon James Buchanan, then a member of
the House, and afterwards manryeor a Sen
ator of the United Stutes from Pennsylva
nia, who had been a zealous and ftifluenti.nl
supporter ot Gen. Jackson in the prcced
ing canvass, and was supposed to enjoy his
unbounded confidence, called at the lodg
ings of Mr. Clay, in the city of Washington.
Mr. Clay nt Ihe time in the room of bis ouly
messmate iu the house, his intimate and con
fidential friend, the Hon R. P. I .etcher, since.
Governor of Kentucky, then also n member
of the House. Shortly niter Mr. Buchanan's
entry into the room, lie introduced the sub
ject of the approaching Presidential electiun
of his favorite, adding that he would form
the most splendid cahiuut tlntt the country
hud ever had. Mr. Letcher asked, "How
could he have one more distinguished than
thafof Mr. Jefferson, in which were both
Madison nnd Gullaiiti? Where would he be
able to find equally eminent men?" .Mr. Biieh.
in mi replied, that 'he would not go oi t of
tli :s room for a .Secretary of State,' looking
at Mr. Cloy. This gentleman (Mr. Clnv)
playfully remarked that "he thought there
was no timber there fit for a cabinet nflice,
unless it were Mr. Buchanan himself."
"Mr. Clay while he was ao hotly assailed
with the charge of b-irgain, nnd corruption,
during the nijoiinistriitinn of Mr. Adams, no.
lifted Mr. Buniunan of his intention to pub
lish the above occurrence; but, by the earn
est entreaties of that gentleman, he was iu
duced to forbear doing so."'
Several times since the administration of
Mr. Adams, it has been intimated to Mr.
Buchanan, ns we have been informed, that it
mhfhl he Mr. play's imperative duty to pub
lish these facts, hut that he was dissuaded
from it hy Mr. Buchanan.
Tn mid additional testimony, wo stale
st d let it be dpnied, if it can that Mr. Clay
has now ill 1847 in his possession a letter
which, if published to 'the world, would
place Mr. Bucnannn in nn embarrassing po
sition. The letter comes from Mr. Buchan
an; and no call on Mr. Clay will induce him
lo give it up, Hive one from his country
id est the (Senate of Ihe United States.
I he "bargain and sale" conspiracy, with this
expose uould place Mr. Buchanan without tl e
pale nt Democracy, as totally unworthy tin
confidence of Ihe place he now holds, and the
suffrages of the people. Why smother up
these political blots? Why 'surround Mr.
Buchanan with eulogies which do not belong
to him? Let the truth be known, nnd let
him stand or fall by it.
Skctional Parties. In a lately published
letter of Mr. Madison, occurs the following
warning voice:
"Parties, under some denomination or oth
er, must always be expected in government
ns free as ours. When thu individuals be.
longing to thnn are intermingled in every
part of the whole country, they strengthen
the uniou of the whole while they divide ev
rry part. Should a state of parties srriso
foundiled nn geographical bnundariesnnd oth
er physical and permanent distinctions w hich
happen lo coincide with them, what is to
control those groat repulsive masses from sw-
tul shocks against each other?''
That is the state of things, remarks the
Richmond Despatch, which the' Black Re.
publicans have j ust endeavored to inaugurate
at Philadelphia.
State Comptroller. We were pleased
to encounter on our streets, yesterday, our
State Comptroller, slid lormer townsman.
Col. J. C. Lutirell. ,
Col. LuTtrell desire us Iu state that he
will be iu Knoxville on the 1st of July, and
fur tilleen day thereafter, in discharge of his
official duties. He desires the county collec
tors to meet him promptly ut this place, dur
ing that time, for settlement. Kegiitrr.
Cost or the War in Eukops.t-TIio New
York Journal of Commerce comment upon
the cost of the war, to th allies, 400,000,
000 to England, and a much more to France,
to any nothing of Turkey and Sardina. In.
eluding the Russian expenditure, th cost is
supposed to be lico thmuand million dollart.
FROM AN OLD I-INE DEMOCRAT.
from lh rrsBklkrt Kv., Commonmitth.
We commend the following address tn the
perusal of nil onr readers, and most especially
and earnestly to all those renders who claim,
to be Democrat. It is from the pen of one
who ha a good right to sneak to the Demo,
erncy from in Intelligent and venerable
Democrat of th school f Jefferson and
Madison who lived in Intfinnte association
and intercourse with those patriots while
they remained on earth, snd learned Demo
cracy from their lip as well from their
publio acts and written productions. Such an
appeal a this from such a source, must strike
lo the heart of every true Democrat, however
thickly his breast my be covered with the
harness of party discipline.
to the real dewucratsoftiie united i
' TATF.
And ha It come t i this! J.mss Buchanan,
bluck cockade, b'n light Federalist, nomi
nated for Ptesblrst t.y the biI d m ,ss of
office-seeker, notitieal intriguants, and for
eigners impudently usurping the name of
DemiwratH, and prostituting their principles.
I denounce th act as s gross insult to you.
and n shameless Indignity to the honored
dead. It can only be consummated by men
dacity, fraud and corruption, horn of unprln
ciplcd ambition nt home and nurtured by for
eiljn nurses, baptised in sin and confirmed bv
Iniquity. What 1 The bitter ren'frr of James
Madison, the weak but venomous opposer yf
hisnduiiiiistratii.il? Yes! James Buchanan
nominated by men calling themselves Demo
crats I
Do the authors of this iinblushinrr Impost
tion take you for madmen nnd I'oolst They
D-miHiMts? Whnt then were Jefferson nnd
Madison ? They Were not Democrats if these
men are. Will you trust men who in ihe
same breath nominate this man, nnd then lo
deceive you mid all America, it rporate into
their platform Madison's n solutions of '98?
Unparalleled impudence friiiidu'ent incon.
sislencv. Recoiumi.nd to vou Ihe federalht,
nnd approve these resolutions, tin, md anti
federal document in American historvl Pleil'e
themselves to the support of the Union and
the constitution, and cherish and court Ihe
e.ement of foreign power inimicnl and de
structive to both! when this sime man, loo,
James Buchanan, vhen oppnting the Demo,
erals, said that "foreign influence has been in
every ago the curse of rcpuh'h-" a senti
ment worth all he ever uttered besides, but
now repudiated by htm and them.
. The nominators of James lluclmnnn iirnfenf
nn equal love for the North and South, and
unite with the enemies of the South lo make
their nomination profess to do equal justice
to each, nnd ask your votes for a Wilmot
proviso man who would exclude the whole
South from ali the territorial land belonging
tn the collective people of these United Suites.
Shameless and cruel mockery I Ah ! Ibis w ill
ensure to them the North while Ihe platform
will bamboozle, blindfold and cheat the South
wd West. Democrat indeed I They are
unprincipled tricksters, who have united to
possess themselves of power and the spoils.
That is the whole length, bread ill and depth
of the Democracy of their leaders. The rank
nnd file ot the conglomerated lued faction
are deceived In t'yse men, nod IwlieVo them
io be honest and patriotic as themselves.
Will you let these men, professing one tiling
and doing another, cause you to stultify your
selves by running into palpable inconsisten
cies? Is Democracy n double-faced deceiver?
Never. 1 know what the true Democracy is,
and 1 spurn and spit upon this shameless
harlot assuming the mime and .desecrating
thu sanctity of the pure Democracy, while'she
courts the lewd eyes and willingly yields to
the embrace of e'very political libertine.
These men fall down And worship him who
they think can carrv them up to n high place,
and show them nil the kincdomsol' the world.
The Blue Book is their Bible, nnd in that
they readthe names of so im.ny foreigners
and freesoilers that they believe they will
possess the hind, and they have determined to
make friends of the mammon of unrioliteoiis
ness Hint they may he received into their
houses. That is their Democracy. Well may
it be called "ie progressive," b'Ciuae it has
advanced beyond all the principles and all the
practices of the Jell'ersoiiian Democracy, and
left them far behind, out of mind and out of
sight.
Are you, fcllow.ciMzens, too young to o.
member or o old ns to have forgotten who
James Buchanan is ? 1 will tell yon.
He is the man that said "Ihe Democrats
were the enemies of social order." He is the
man that uttered the opinion that the posses
sion of power i the object of Democrats r
gardle.as of the means. That'was his opiuion
men, ne siiesKs trom experience now. lie
denounced Mr. Madison's administration as
weak and uu'eard." He apoke of .'James
.tiaoison as -tiutl man who prefers hit private
interest to the publio good' slandering the
purest man and the most disinterested Demo
crat in America. He is the man who prated
about ihr'feehle nunuY'of James Madison
hands that constructed I lie massy and u jes
llc frame-work of the Constitution of the
United Stales. This is the man who de
nounced the administration of Madison us
'tolaliy destitute of wisdom and foresiglit."
This is the man who said we "should drive
foreign iullueiice Irom our shores." This he
said w hen accusing the Democratic pari v, and
falsely dcnouiif. d Idem for what he nnd'lhose
who nominated him are now doing making
foreign influence a lad lerto power uourting
whnt he called a curse. And this swinging
loose From all the uioorings of principle, and
drifting upon the changing tide of political
abominations, ho and those who brought
about, by the most shameless nnd corrupt
combinations, hia nomination, call Democracy
presenting tn your eyes the fair form of lib
trty, while holding fo your litis the noisoned
ciipord. spoti.m! . Will you drink it snd die
w rithing in agony over the lived corpse of her
you loved ?
You will be told that J imes Buchnnnn I
nn longer the same man he once was that
he is converted sinner, w ho has turned from
the error of his ways. But I tell vou henevur
left the error of his ways till it ceased to be
profitable. He never abandoned Federalism,
in iriotta, tin it was, in it last agony, in fatul
collapse; and then he turned traitor, and de
serted it in its dying hour. This was kit
conversion, signalized by cold ingratitude and
inefliible meaiini a.
But it will be said he ha been trusted and
employed by true Democrats. u LmvlnufJ."
ye "nuied," never. Eveiy party employs
men of business capacity to perform labor
continually watched nnd never trusted. Such
boa been the standing and character of this
man, with the great muss of the Ameiican
people. He has been talked of before a a
candidate for the Presidency, by those who
never were able to procure hi noinimttinii by
(he true Deumerauy. But he suits th pur
pose of the Progressives exactly. Will you
trust him. who was a traitor to hie awn nsriv
and never aould gala th confidence of that
to which he fled 1 Beware.' He ennld offer
np hunlnn sacrifices nn th altar of ambition.
Will ye too ha't between two ODinions? Il
Ihe Lord he God, fallow him; hnt if Baal,
then follow him." Will von follow this po
litical Bnnlt Ahl there Is danirer. For"Bnl's
prophet are four hundred and fifty men."
And with tliem are united the nroriftcli of the
grovet, four hundred more which eat at Jest-
bevt talile and are Commanded by an Arch
bishop. While the true Democracy of Ameri
ca, inelndintrnll who love human llberty.'niay
exclaim, wilh Elijah, "I, even I only remain
prophet of ihe Lnrdf Ah! there ie danger.
The rosed mass of foreign Ii fluenco, Fie,
oilism, official rnrsuptioti, deadly enmity m
I'rolestnnt-born liberty, snd republican Ins b
tuttons. is prop, lied with terrifio and mighty
momentum against the temple or liberty, by
tiie parricidal hand of reckless ambition, dis.
guised In the garmonls and nisumlng the
hallowed name of Democracy. God grant
that it may withstand the shock I For if It
las) We shall be overw helmed in its rains, with
the expiring, shrieks of American liberty
sounding in our ears. There is danger I All
thmw who have been thrown off by the true
Democracy ere attracted to this mass and
cohere wlih lit nil the scum nnd filth of the
aocial Acheron flout to it and Increase ft
putridity. All Ihe vultures in Ihe sky are
hovering over it scenting their prev. . .
The bragnsrl pretender to Ihe defence of
Southern riirht himself, like Buchanan a de.
serler from his p irty, the eho shinned, gizzard
looted, hall tiullv and hair black guard, will
ling this candidate of foreigners, Freesoilers,
nnd federalists, to his hoaom, traveling on the
Russian road Hint leads to the Cuntlantinojile
of his aspirations. Home of the men who
assisted to nominate Buchanan weie evidently
afflicted with doubts and fear. They heaved
at the dose they had to swallow, and held
their noses. Apprehending his return, if
elected, In his vomit of federal filth, they tried
to chain him by platform fetters which should
shine in your eyes like tho golden bands of
the pure Demoeracv, Huee thev dug nn the
phosphor, scent corpse of the United States
Bank, nnd paraded Ihe proceeds of the public
lands hut did not tell you that they have
been lavishing them on unnnvnmliz. d for
ei!ners,oingiillegiance to n foreign govern
ment before you, and gabbled about internal
improvements, economy (faugh!) confidence
in vou, &a. &c. And "then a hook baited
wilh n progressive minnow for the "B'hoye,"
Ihe Gulf of Mexico (meaning Cuba) nnd the
Isthmus, (auhauditiir Nicaragua.) and as much
more as the progression ceouielric.il should
lust for.
There is danger! Their profession! are one
lllinir for the people, their practice another
for themselves. It is true they have a dirli
cult "lime lo play, but they are adroit and
practiced. No art will be neglected to gain
nn advantage and win the prize; for it is an
Empire. No slander w ill be too- gross, no
I'lilhchood too revolting, no fraud too vile, no
cozening too moan, no bullying too brutal, no
truckling too nlject, if it will insure success.
Will any true D rnjicrat, knowing these
thincs, offer indignity to the memory of
Madison by voting for his reviler and tra
ducer? Is there one who will aid In placing
a federalist in the chair so ably filled by thai
true Democrat, nnd true patriot, J.nncs Madi
son ? God forbid I My soul it subdued by
sorrow when I see among the nominator ill
Horlisnnn men trno f knoine their ctintry
mid its rci'ublienn insiitntfo, sud whom I
love very dearly, blinded and led astray by
the delusion of a mime believinir th:it to lie
Democracy w hich is not, and acting under
inn. aeiusion in support of those who disre
gard the principles of the illustrious men w ho
founded the true Demiwracy, and promoting
measures destructive to the equal right ot
American citizen.
AN OLD DEMOCRAT.
June 10, 18S6.
Buffalo, June 28, 1856.
Mr. Fillmore' reception was (he greatest
demonstration that ever transpired in Ihisciiy.
Early in the morning the store and public
building were lavishly decorated with flags
and banners and devices iu the best tuste im
aginable. 'Maine street was perfectly cover
ed with ornaments in the shape of flags.
Nenrly every building for seven or eight
squares was decorated. The shipping in the
harbor had bunting flying at their mast
heads. ' '
Mr. Fillmore arrived at 4 o'clock in the after
noon, via the Falls road. The prooess'mn
formed at the depot, it was composed of mill
tary, the city firemen, the Board of Trade,
and private citizens. It was half sn hour in
psssing a given point. It paraded through the
principal streets tn Niagara square, where a
stand was erected. Alter reaching the plat-
lorm thirteen young Indies, dressed in white,
came forwurd and each presented Mr. Fill
more with a bouquet. H. W. Rogers then
delivered an address on behalf of the citi
zens, welcoming Mr. Fillmore home. Mr.
Fillmore replied, thanking them for the com.
oliinent bestowed by his fellow citizens, with
out party relerence, and reverting to his tour
in Europe, contrasting the condition of thai
continent with this, adding he received con
grntulutiona, not ns a party affair, but ns
trnmold friends, whom he hud known for
thirty years. He closed by thanking his
fib nds for the cordial manner with which
they hud welcomed him home.
He then retired to his residence, escorted
by the military, and cheered by the large
crowd present. The streets were perfectly
crowded, but everything went off in perfect
order. ' '
Shooting or the Mornox Leaokr, James
J. Strang. Detroit, June 19. J.ime J.
Strang, the Mormon leader, wa shot al Be,
ver Island, on the 18 h, by two ot hi former
follower He received I luce ball in the
body, and a Revere blow from a pistol on the
head. String was alive' np to noon of the
11th, but he laid in f-ry critical condition.
The assassin hadheen arrested..
frS'srsh, dear, said a wairglsh husband
to his wife. "If I wers in your ile. 1 would
not keep th hsb so full of butter, as you
do" "Multer, ray desil 1 never giv it any
butter." "No but you poured about a quart
of milk down it this afternoon, snd iheu not
ed it on your knes for nearly two hour. If
it. doesu t contain a quantity of butter it
isn't for want of churning," '
A Collisjot. How do yoa do, Mr. Smith'"
. iio wnair '
"How do you find yoiirselfT'
"I never lose myself."
"How do you feel" ' ' '
"Pretty smooth, I guess feel of me, and
see, , . . t
"Good morning, Mr. Smith.' '. " ,.
. "It's rather a bad one wet and nasty,
TUB SHADOWS 15 TUB VALLEY.
Tber' mossy shady valley ; i
Where the water wind and flow
And the daiti sleep in winter, ' .
'Nelh a coverlid of snow; ' .
And violets, bins-eyed violets,
Honm in, besuty ia th spring,
' And the snnhesms kix th wsvelsta,
Tl they stem to Utigb snd sing.
But In autumn, when th sun light
Crowns the eedsneorered hilt
Shadows darken in the valley,
Shsdow oininon ad still;
And the yellow leave, like banners
Of sn Elfin host that' fled,
Tins'd wilh fold nd rnvl purpl.
Flutter sadly overhead.
And thos shallow, gloomy shadows,
I.Ike dim phantoms en the ground,
Stretch their dreamy Ungth forever
On a daisy covered mound, -
And I loved her, yes, I loved hr,
But the angels loved her. toe,
So she's sleeping ia th' valley,
'Keith the sky so bright and blue. ..
And no ilsb f fiaJi msi-M. '
Rear it white and fmurty td, , '
Telling wanderers in"' he valley ,
Of the virtue of the ded.
But lil Iv is her tombstone.
And dew-drop, purs and bright, '
Is th epitnph an ingel wrote.
In th stillness of lbs right. :' ' ''
And I'm mournful, very monrnful, -
For my soul doth ever erav
For the fading of the h slows
From that little wood land, grsv
For the memory of the loved on,
From my soul will never prt;
And tnose shadow in ihe valley.
Dim the aunshincof my heart.
Significaut Act or A SpiritA betlev.
er in spiritualism, who dnhitate between
Hue nnnnn and t illmore, thought yesterday
he.wou'd communicate with hi immaterial
friends of the world "beyanl," with a view
lo get fftrt'r"best judgment." He arranged
hi "circle" mid all the rest of his t.chni.l.
ami then desired to know if the ehnde of J-f
terson wa present. The "Sage of Monlic-I-lo"
intimated that hv. wn "nbout" There
upon he wns naked if it was proper lo sup
irt Jamos Buchanan, for the Presidency?
"By what party is he run!" asked the
ibnde. ;
"The Democratic," was the response.
Here there w as a pause of n minute or more
when the shade queried further;
"What besides Dcmucrntie doe the nsrto
call Itsell?" .. , r f
Jeffersonian Democratic nnd antl-Know
Nothing parte," was the reply.
Immediately n prolonged whistle vft heard
under the table, and tho next moment one
of the chuirs fl.-w by the head of the opera,
tor whereat he was so terrified that he de.
sistedfrora further enquiries. Montgomery
Mail.
Sas Frascisco, June 3.J856.
Gbrtlkmem: The until is iust in from Or..
gon and Washington, and brings the gratil'y.
mg intelligence of a prospect of peace with the
inaians norm. Uolonel Uasey writes that
he thinks the war at nnd end in Puget sound.
In oouthrrn Orean th ludiuns Were snrren.
derir.g to Lieut. Onl. Buchanan at discretion;
mey are willingto go on the coast reservation.
Colonel Wright reports that he will "soon
make peace wilh the tribea .east of the Ca.
cade Mountains, with or without fighting."
I he Indian troubles on the Tulam rivr. I'nl.
fornin, we ore informed, are settled. I trust
liy the next mail we shall be able to an
nnuco to you peace throughout the depart
ment of the Pacific.
The Buchanan Ratification M RRTThT1 tn
CHAItLKSTOM. 'J'llin ufT,
day night at South Carolina Hall. The Stan
durd an Ihe excessive heat kept many awav.
but to judaic from the accounsit wn cool
enough. Nelson Mitchell, Esq., presided.
U tters of apology were read from Judgo
Bought, Col. .Orr snd Col. Brooks, and
speeches were made by Hon. Jaraea Sim
nous, hod. v. u. forter.nnd Charles Mac
belli, Esq. Resolution were missed endors.
ing the nomination of Messrs. Buchanan nnd
Breckiinridge, and apprnveing of the Cincin
nati Platform. The ineeeting then quickly
uisperseu.
11? We lake the responsibility (says the
Huntsville Independent) of publishing the
following extract from n private letter by
Ilon.J. re Clemens, from Washington city, ton
gentleman in this city:
"Mr. Fillmore's letter of acceptance is in
the Intelligencer, and will reach you by the
same mail witli this. I enclose also un ex
tract from the e'lnr of yesterday, from which
you will sou tltat the Northern Democrats are
already begiuing to full iff Irom Buchanan.
I have never seen s nomination so coldl y re
ceived, in spile of the sp ismodlc efforts of
Ihe Union to get up n little enthusiasm. In
my oppinion Mr. Buchanan will not gel a
Northern Stale except Peeiisylvania.
'I'll Washington Union of yesterday dis
tinctlyniid explicitly reads the ilenVui Demo.
crats out ot the party, and thai secures Mis
auun lor r nimore. '
Transfer rncs or Vitality. Let par.
enis read and ponder upon the following if
they would save the lives of their liltl one.
Parent and aged persons although these
latter exhibit a remarkable fondness for
sleeping wilh children should beciretul nut
to permit younoer persons In repose in the
same bed nor in ihe same nppartment with
me emaciated or Ihe aged lor the transfer,
ence ( vitality from Ihe old, is not nnrsey
tale, but a a .nous, and too often a fatal fact.
Children who are habitually placed in con
tact with Ihe aged, however vigorous before
such a disposition was made of them, be
come wpn, sickly, contract diesie which
properly belong to persons in advanced life,
and if the contact is combined die from pure
vital exhaustion. Their fresh end positive
magnetism is thus ubsorbed by negative or
non magnetic person, to the. benefit of Ihe
latter, and Ihe injury of the former. The life
of Ihe aged may be prolonged by this mean
at the extene of Ihe .exiatence ot the young.
Many ol the children who die in (hi city are
thu prematurely cut off., Parents should
know this important fact, and at once correct
the evil, if uuhnplly it exist in their familie.
Tit MosK"Whia Trice." Nobody henr
any thing of "Whig Triok," now. The anti
American are trying to negotiate with the
mall Whig leader every where, and a good
many have taken service. The Whig- Ainrri
can people , however, reJ'us lo be "delivered,"
as pal contract, ,
LAWXF.sTTosnncT and Loss or Un.
The Galveston Civilian of the 21st ult, re
grets tn have accounts of serious disturban
ces in Orantr county, on 'the Texas and Lou
human border. ' imuiI.i
The free negroes, tnulnttoes and whit
men, to the anmber of forty, with the her
iff at their head, who'hsd been ordered to
leave the'eountry. hsve refused to do so, snd
have fortified themselves some four, miles
shove Madison. They sr reported to hsve
hundred fftm,1aide pistol and bowie knivc,
and to bid defiance to their opponent. ' Par
ties in Ihe country r aboat equally divid
ed. Almost every man I aimed, and nil sr
in continual apprehension from enemies.
The high gra ip the prairie affords liidinsL
places every whore, nnd no man can leave hir
home with infety
Last Saturday Dr. Meer and Burwell Al
exandre, two men who had been warned by
tne Kvguiatora to leave this country and re
fused, wt re hnt by a party of twenty or
thirty men nt Green Bluff. Th execution
i reported to' us lo have been deliberated.
The proscribed class is said to Dearly
equal the remainder of the citizen in nnm-Ix-r.
A bloody battle in expected;, and the
result ie doubtful, unles th whites are res
inforced from other counties. They have
had promises of assistance from Liberty and
elsewhere.
In the meantime there i no security for
life or property of any kind. Sooth and
Merriman keep their mill guarded night and
day, and other persons are in continual np.
prenension.
Nothing has been neen of the mulatto
Ashworth, who murdered Deputy; bhe is
believed to be lurking fn the neighborhood;
if not with the party in the fort.
It is impossible for us to nive a detailed
and correct history of the event which have
ended in the present state or affairs. There
mny have been fault on both sides. But
there seem no doubt that the insolence and
crimes of the free person of mixed blood
have been such ns to be unendurable by the
whiles. It is evident thnt both parties can.
not longer lire iu the same community. We
shall expect tn hear of bloody work by ev.
ery mail, until the Governor am order euch
force to the spot, from other counties, a wilt
restore order and sustain the law s.
Singular K scape. A Dutch Journal eon,
taint the following eingular account of tho
escape of a woman of Zevenhuixen from be.
ing poisoned by her husband, and the nromut
- - - . -
chastisement of the latter: .
"A man whoa name is not trtvon
himself of the oonorlnnitv ntluB uir.
ting the dinner table for some domestic pur.
pose, nnu rnpiu'y mixea poison tn the plate
of soup which she had commenced eating.
At the moment the wife returned and re
seated herself the hushunit srn ami nulal
Ihe apartment, under pretext of having for
gotten something necessary. The wife up
on this was about to recommence eating, but
on o doinp he discovered iiidA
plate, and having great repugnance to theae
-i.. ..i i i i. f . ...
insruM son uimiigeu ner piaie lor uini oi ner
husband, who returned immediately nfler,
sal himself down and seeing that hi wife
had nearly finished her portion, ate from the
I .... . L. .! .1
I nine ueiore nun, in me couree ol a tew
lours he began to feel the effects of the pois,
on, and, although medical aid was instantly
culled In.tlied confessing thnt hewn justly
punished for bis own intended erime."
W The New Orleans Cnmtnerlcle But.
letin, a rabid Old-line Whig and" Anti-Know.
Nothing" journal, pays the following onqual.
ified compliments to Mr. Fillmore and his let
ter of acceptance. How Old whigs,ornDy
other parsons entertaining such sentiments,
can vote against Mr Fillmore in the coming
election, passes our comprehension:
"This letter breathes n spirit of fervent pa.
triotism and nn enlnroed nntionalitv which
are characteristic of it distinguished author,
nnd have won for him the reputation nraonrr
all right-thinking men of being a reliable and
sagacious statesman, and pure nnd incorrup.
tib'le politician. The record of Mr. Fillmore'a
acts while occupying the Presidential "Chair
furnishes a platform upon which all the eon.
sei valive. Union-loving men of the country
can aal'ely stand, with the well-grounded as.
sursnce liiai should lie be elected, lie will us
all his ability and put forth all hi energies
tn quiet the si clioiml agitation which is now
distracting the country, threatening it with
an mo mirrors ot civil war. Ive truly 4.
fiete thai Mr. Fillmore, at President, could,
and would do more towards restoring the
country to peace and quietude than any other
man living -
What is a Tourer. In the recent trial
of the Gtrman Turners for riot in Cincinnati.
sunie discussions arose ns to the character of
the German Turner's Society, when Judge
Stall, one of th counsel, said:
"The name means ayninast. It wn estab
Hulled in Germany in connection with th
Universities, to promote and develops tho
physical man, and also for the improvement
of Ihe mind. In Cincinnati it was a social
organization, which assembled together, for
g) miiastic exercises, and for the study of the'
sciences. Th Turner of that city bad a
library of over seven thousand volumes, com
prising many scientific and vuluable work,
lecture were delivered to Iheui both by the
German and American born citizens. The
society wa also a chnritiblo and benevoleut
one, the sick member being cared for and
the familie of the deceased members allow,
ed an umouut per week. Their meetings
were not secret; and niembor were at all
times willing to listen to the suggestion or
opinion of those not belonging lo thrm. ,
Persons of all religious belief are admitted
a meuibera."
W Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts
has procured a rifle with a three feet barrel,
disuuiacd as a walking cane, which he carries
with him constantly, even into tho Souat
Chamber, ready loaded and capped.
Directions for a Short Lin. 1st, Est
hoi bread st every meal. 3d, Eat Inst. Bd,
Lie in bed every morning till the sun is two
hour high, ll Ihe case should prove stub
born 4th. Add the morning dram.
Ttir Jkwish Sabbath. A Synod of Rab.
his will shortly be held in Pari to discuss
the propriety of transferring the" observance
if tiie Jewish Sabbath front Saturday to
Sunday.. .
Two lumps of gold, weighing 4,100 dwi,
hnvebeen received by T. R. Calleoder, of
Philadelphia, from the Columbia Mining
Company of Georgia. They were ofth
value of fonr thousand three hundred dollar.
Th lady to whom Mr. John Vanbu.
ren I to be united, i said to be th daigh.
ter of th late Job C, Cslhoan. ,
FfThe old llne whig Cecil county,
Maryland, hsve declared la favor f Millard
Fillmore for pnwjdeuey, oo eonstrtati)
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