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T r o y p a i i y T im e s.
V O L. L
T llO Y , S A T U R D A Y , JU L Y
19,
1856.
W
they were.
Tho enemies of General Jackson, by
P o lit ic a l.
are treated as felons, on charges of disobeying tho
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NO. 1.
N ew s S u m m ary.
the well known contractor, and the father-in-law
of Mr. McElratb, for $130,000, paying down 25
per cent, of the purchase money out of their
semi-annual earnings. They also donated $1000
to the Kansas Aid Committee, and $1000 to the
Fremont Vigilance Committee, leaving about 40
per cent, of the earnings to be divided among the
—Ann Hopkins, died in Pittsburg, Pa., on the
provide “ material aid ” for suffering, persecuted
stockholders.
freemen, tho Administration journals pronounco 7tb, from the effects of intoxication.
—The Halifax Journal says: “ From reliable
—There were 114 deaths in Buffalo during the information, wo learn that there aro about 25,000
it treasonable, and denounce the friends of Kansas
as plotting treason! They would have freemen, month of June.
children destitute of education in this Province.
— A German tailor named Conrad Elper, was This is a deplorable state of affairs, and needs to
for the sake of party and the spoils, tamely bow
their necks to a worse than Austrian despotism 1 foully murdered near Adrian, Mich., last week.— bo regretted. I t is by no means creditable to the
The Angelica, Alleghany county, N. Y., R eport No clue as yet to the murderers.
rulers of Nova Scotia nor flattering to the wisdom
er, a paper which has stood by the democratic I —Eleven thousand dollars have been subscribed of her legislators.”
party for the last twenty years, and worked with by the Now York merchants for the relief of the
—The St. Louis Democrat contains a list of
zeal nnd ability for democratic candidates, comes sufferers by the inundations in France.
the disasters in the western rivers during the six
—John Statler, a revolutionary soldier, aged months ending on the SOth ult. The number of
to us with tho Buchanan flag lowered, -and the
name of Fremont floating a t the m asthead. The J f'7, died at his residence in Loudon County (Ya.) steamers lost is forty-six, as follows: By fire 10;
Reporter put up the Cincinnati ticket, but, after on tho SOth ult.
by collision, ice, snags, &c., 36 ; total 46. The
—Miss Eleanor and Jane Comstock were upspt number of lives lost was 43. During the same
a careful examination of the platform, has come
in a skiff near Chippewa Bay, in the St. Lawrence, period there wero two explosions. The total
to the conclusion to support Fremont.
The Boston Chronicle is informed by a gentle­ and drowned. They were 18 and 22 years of age. amount of property destroyed was $1,200,000.
—The Literary Anniversary of Union College,
man of high respectability and intelligence, who
—Wm. Birge, a lad, was killed at TVoIeotville,
has resided for several year.-* in Missouri, that when will bo held in the Presbyterian Church on the Ct., by the bursting of a small cannon, while firing
Thompson delivered to the Border Ruffians 30n 20th, 21st, 22d and 23d days of July, 1856.
a salute at sundown on the 4th. W hen the can­
—A colored woman named Sarah Long, died iu non was discharged, he ran behind a board fence
muskets and two brass cannon, from tho U. S.
Ars nal at Liberty, our informant asked him if he Toronto on the 16th ult., aged 120 years. She for security; a small fragment of the piece went
was not afraid he would get into difficulty with the was bora in New Jersey, and had resided in Cana­ through a fissure in the fence, struck him on the
government a t 'Washington. He replied, n o; he da for tlie last 20 years.
side of the head and broke liis skull.
— A man named Cornliill was recently convict­
had telegraphed to Bierce, and it teas all right.
—The Schenectady Locomotive Works have
Marlin Y an Buren, in liis recent letter, says he ( ed in Clarke county, Kentucky, of stealing_ two
f completed a coal burning Locomotive for a Westlooks upon the Kansas-Nebraska A ct with more j P!uffs of tobacco, and sentenced to two years’ con- j era Road. She has been run several days on the
favor than he did when it was first adopted. I t ' finement in tlie Penitentiary.
New York Central R jad, between Albany and
is a little curious that after seeing the practical | —The tolls collected on all the Canals of the | Schenectady, with freight and pa-senger trains,
results in the pillage of towns, innumerable rob-1 State for the month of June, 1856, amounted to j and works admirably, making the timo of express
beries, nnd the murder of peaceable citizens in j $8811,765.71; for June, 1855, they were $375,- passenger trains with ease,
Kansas, Mr. Yan Buren should fall in love with 045.75.
) —Dr. M. P. Moore, of New York, was arrested
the cause of the mischief. B ut the truth is, the
—The colored people of this State will celebrate j yesterday on the complaint ot A. S. Livingston,
old gentleman wants to get his son John from theaniiiversary of the emancipation of the W est who charged the Dr. with conspiracy to murder
under the free soil hay this time—hence his ‘ foxy’ India slaves, on the 1st of August, at Clifton him,and hiring two negroes to perpetrate the deed.
letter.
Springs.
An enmity is said to have existed between the
The Boston A tla s states that sixteen of the
—The newspapers in Baltimore and Philadel­ two parties for several years in regard to some
most deservedly distinguished clergymen ol that phia, notice a large increase of mortality in those property.
city, representing seven denominations, have ad- j cities during the past week. I t is attributed to
—A-colored man named W m. Ellis, made a
dressed a circular letter to the clergy of the State, the use of UDripo fruits, and prevails among murderous attack on Gideon Martin, at the Rail­
in behalf of thoso who havo gone to Kansas from ' children.
road depot, Tivoli,Dutchess county, on the Fourth,
the Free States. They recommend a general con­
—The Buffalo Commercial says the Smith when the latter iu self defence took up a piece
tribution in all the churches, the funds thu 3 col­ family in that city numbers two hundred and of iron and struck the negro on the head—from
lected to be transmitted to Dr. Samuol G. Howe, thirty, having increased fifteen since last y ea r; the effects of which he instantly died. The black
to bo placed a t the service of the Committee, of and the Jones family numbers sixty-five, h a v in g man was intoxicated and furious.
increased twenty-four.
—Two wealthy ladies, Misses Ann ■and Eliza­
which Geo. R. Russell, Esq., is Chairman.
—J . Milton W right, a prominent citizen of Os­ beth Sherwood, of Sheffield, England—have just
Tho National Intelligencer, which has been
very reserved when Bpeaking of the Brooks as­ wego, was knocked down near his own house, the been liberated by the intervention of their friends,
sault on Mr. Sumner, speaks as follows of Judge other night, by a slung shot, and his pockets rifled after fourteen years imprisonment for contempt
of what money they contained and $5000 in checks. by the Court of Chancery. They continued in
Crawford’s judgment x
“ Touching the judgment cf the Court, wo are No clue to tho perpetrator has beeu obtained.
prison fourteen years, rather than produce an un­
bound to say that it has certainly fallen short of
—Mr. Bonner, editor of tho A". Y. Ledger, has important document in their possession.
the public auticipation—not the anticipation, still sued the proprietors of the Tribune for libel, with
—Mr. Minnie, inventor of the “ Minnie Rifle,”
less tbe wish, of partisans or zealots, but of the
calm and judicious—men who are capable of re­ $10,000 damages, ior calling his paper trashy, or has recently obtained a patent embracing two
specting the wounded sensibilities of a high spir­ something of that sort, after having taken §1500 claims for breech-loading rifles. The first is for a
ited gentleman, not leBS than public decorum aud from him for a single advertisement.
swiveling piece, to which is attached a device that
immunity of the Senator and the Senate bouse.
— Col. E. J . Young, who laid a wager of $500 holds the breeeh and barrel firmly and solidly.
James Buchanan ought to be abovo the conthat he could row a boat from Philadelphia to The second is for placing the cartridge in a re­
temptiblo cant contained in the following extract Cape May and back, within four days, accomplish­
cess without the necessity of inserting it in the
from his letter declining the invitation to attend
ed the distance (2o0 miles,) in 1 hour 46 minutes barrel to load the rifle.
the celebration of tho 4th, extended to him by less than the required time.
— A state of terrible excitement exists at Patter­
tho “ Tammany Society, or Columbian Order,” of
—W e notieo that at a late Circuit Court held son, N .J ., as many as '.Kiec-u persons having
NvW T oil. ;
in Poughkeepsie, Peter Pitcher recovered $625 been bitten on Tuesday by mad dogs, and one of
A t a period when the National Democratic par­
damages
against the Hudson River Railroad, for the sufferers, a young man of 27, having died the
ty of the country nre everywhere rallying to de­
fe n d the constitution and the Union against the injuries sustained by his daughter in May 1855, same day. The most painful anxiety is felt for
'sectional p arty who would outlaw fifteen o f uur through the negligence of the company.
the other fifteen whose death Is considered nearly
sister stales fr o m the confederacy,' it must'cheer
— Not less than four hundred houses and barns, certain. A general extermination of dogs of all
the heart of every patriot to know th at the Dem­
ocracy of the Empire State, irt solid and united it is estimated, were demolished by the late hurri­ sorts and sizes has ensued.
cane in th e town of Chateaugay, and great dam­
—The ordinance appropriating $100,000 for
column, are rushing to the rescue.”
The “ rushing” will turn out to be a " fizzle.” age was done through that whole section of coun­ laying out and uhproving the Central Park, under
try.
tho direction of the Commissioners, was passed
Col. F rem o n t’s F itn e ss fo r H ig h C iv il
—The Committee on Patents have another bill by the New York Board of Councilman last eve­
S tation .
The enemies of Free Kansas have sneered at wllich theJ intend to report, called the Reciproci- ning. The Board of Supervisors also passed a
Col. Fremont as a mere explorer, without qualifi­ ty bill. The bill, as it is understood, is one that resolution appropriating $200,000 for the same
cations for or experience in civil affairs. To show will apply to foreign patents or rather to the Can­ object. New York will hjve a Park worthy the
Empire City.
how groundless these sneers are, it is only neces­ adas.
—The
Paris
correspondent
of
the
London
Il­
—A horrid murder was perpetrated in McKcan,
sary to examine the character and career of Col.
Fremont. Ho is much older and has had much lustrated News, writes that a whisper is beginning Erie Co., Pa., on Monday last. W alter Hoyt de­
more experienco than Washington when ho was to be circulated that, before many months have liberately shot a girl named Calista C. Allen, whom
called to the head of the American Forces. His [ cxPired» there ma-v be a prospect of a second Im- he wished to marry—she refusing to become his
wife. Hoyt is 40 years o ld ; she was only 15.—
career in California shows him possessed of tbe Pcr‘a' christening.
prudence, energy and discreesion requisite for high I —The gallery of a church near Ft. Johns, fell Tho murderer acknowledges that the deed was
executive station, and his published works exhibit ^as*1Sunday week. A hundred persons were un- premeditated. H e shot her twice through the
intelleet and learning of the very highest order, j der kt> but tbe‘r bves were saved bv the falling head, killing the girl instantly. The murderer at­
In all the3e particulars, ho is far above either of i beams beinS sustained by the massive open doors, tempted to escape, but was captured aud taken to
jail.
his competitors. They are only his superior in ^^ bo 0SCaPe 8cemed miraculous,
—The Boston correspondent of the New York
years and’infthg amount of money they have drawn j —The Bath Advocate eavs a large number of
Evening
Dost, says:
from the public treasury in the shape of fat sala-! counterb;’,t two’s on the Commercial Bank of
Not
a
few
of Mr. Sumner’s friends here share in
ries. H e has accomplished more for his country i RocbeBtcr> w ire Passed in that TillaSe on tbe
the gloomy views that have lately been expressed
and endured and suffered more in her service, than
du^ - The Advocate remarks that the bill as to the prospects of his ultimate recovery from
Fillmore and Buchanan could achieve if they look3 weU excePt that tbo word Koch'S:ter Is in* tho effects of thetow ardly assault made upon him.
I am told that Mr. George Sumner, who is not a
should li4o a thousand years. Col. Fremont’s fit- d'3tiae{— A man employed on the Genesee river new man of despooling character, last week expressed
ness for high civil position is by no means a fresh
doubts whether his brother would ever recover;
discovery, but was recognized when he was many Suspension Bridge, near Rochester, slipped,caught and gentlemen from Washington, whom I have
hold
of
a
fellow
workman’s
leg,
and
he
being
years younger than now, as the following extract
seen, and who a month since were sanguine that
from a speech made in the
Senate in 1848, pulled off the scaffold, hung by the wire until both he would soon be restored to usefulness, are now
were rescued. They were hanging 240 feet above of opinion that his condition is extremely critical.
by Hon. John A. Dix, veryri’ully shows :
I n eonneotion with the Weekly, la published Tna Tkot
Every Northern Stato but New York, iu State “ black laws,” which Gen. Cass says aro disgrace­
—The weevil is said to havo appeared in the
DJt t t r T im e. I t has the largest circulation ol any daily this mean," miserable and dastardly course of op­
joarnal put of the, great cities.
position, did more to make him President than Council, has repudiated Fillmore.
wheat fields of Canada.
ful
to
tho
age,
and
which
tho
Budget
says
are
*
ra m s:
I f the same Northern States which voted for “ infamous nnd unconstitutional.” All this is
tho battle of New Orleans; becauso such wretched
T o mail subscribers, per-annum
$4 50
—Some half dozen mad dogs have been killed
The postage within this State is only 70 cents a year. and unmanly hostility the honest masses of the Harrison in 1810 give Republican majorities this
dono “ by authority.” And now that tho Kansas in Rochester within a few days past.
Oiabs of 10 suhacribors will receive Tk DaihT T imes at
the Yet* low term s of #4 per annum, elaay s payable in American people repel with scorn and disgust.— fall, Fremont will bo the next President.
— Fanny Fern denies publicly that she is in the
Convention recently held a t Buffalo, proposes to
advance.
J . M. FK a NCIS,
The Middletown A rgus, Democrat, is out in fa­
The same coarse action towards Fremont, if per­
Pabliaher and Prcprletor.
take measures to resist this bloody crusade, to “ Cook Book” business.
sisted in, will do more in his behalf than the fame vor of admitting Utah as a State, with n constitu­
R e llffio n a n d tlio P r esid cn cy ''J n ‘,<)" of all hi3 wonderful achievements for his country, tion tolerating polygamy.
cen o y , B ig o tr y a n d F « u e n o o a .
The Remoat Romanists are in *h5ffT^di^fte*is conny establishing the Romaniam of “>eIr «*“«< »» » conoluaive.—A lb a n y Statesman* "What pitiful e l e c t i o n e e r i n g ! Is it not disgrace­
fu l? More than that, does it not show that other­
wise honorable men, under the influence of parhate and passion, will say things they would
ecorn to u tter in th e private or business relations
of life ? , Col. Fremont, while he supports the doc­
trine of civil and religious liberty, is not a Catho­
lic and never was a Catholic. W e have it from
his own lips— I was bred in the Protestant Epis­
copal church, wherC I still belong. My children
have been baptised there, and there my wife goes
w ith me, as a good wife should.” All the evidence
adduced to prove that he was ever a Catholic, is
th e fact that he was married by a Roman Catholic
p riest—and the circumstances of that marriage
are well understood. _ But while the Albany
Statesman, N, Y . Express, Troy Whir;, &c., per­
sist in charging Col. F. with being a Catholic, the
Albany A tla s, Troy Budget and other Administra­
tion prints, with equal partizan unfairness and
falsehood, persist in charging him with KuowNothingism, because he accepts the support of
the North Americans, who have bolted Fillmore,
and who step from a proscriptive to a liberal
Democratic platform. These partisans, in thus
attempting to lie down the gallant conqueror of
California, stultify themselves and expose their
own falsehoods.
To show into what depths of falsehood, desper­
ate partisans will plunge themselves, we copy the
following from a hand-bill that lias been recently
circulated:
FREMONT A ROMAN CATH0EI0 I
F u ilad b lp u u , June 2G, 1856.
M r. J . D. Lawis—Sir : I am Informed by Bro. Gaines
th a t yon dispute my statem ent in regard to Col. Fremont
being a m em ber o f the R om ish Church. Now, sir, I
will wager $ 1 , 0 0 0 with any man, or set of men, that
he is a member of said Church; also, that bo was m a rr ie d b y a R om ish -Priest, and he REFUSED the privi­
lege to h is bride to have the ceremony performed by a
P rotestant M inister, upon the pies that the vow could
not be performed, except in the R om ish Church.
Yours,
To J . D, Lewis, New York Oity.
R. T. OAINES.
B ut even beyond this, th e Albany Statesman
quotes the falsehood—and it knows it to be such
—from a pretended correspondent of the Penn
Y an JDemocrat, that Col. Fremont is not only a
Catholic but a slaveholder; that h e is a regular
communicant of the Catholic Church in St. Louis ;
and, moreover, that he is a slaveholder, and owns
several slaves who are employed by Col. Brant in
that city!
Is there any limit to partizan falsehood ? Col.
Fremont, whose word and honor have never been
impeached— whose integrity lias never before
been assailed—who has rendered valuable service
to his country, and been awarded the highest
praise both in the old and new world forhis daring
achievments and splendid discoveries—who,rather
than own a slave, (though a Southern man,) de­
clared on going to .California tt»® th ird tluoo. mith_
limited means, and smarting under the conscious­
ness of wrong done him a t W fc in g to n , that both
himself and wife should work and drudge with
their own hands, rather than own and work a
slave—for labor was honorable, while slavery
he beljeved to be w rong; who exerted more in­
fluence than any other man (and perhaps all oth­
ers) to secure thg prohibition’of slavery from the
new State of California by constitutional restric­
tion—notwithstanding these facts of history, Gol.
Fremont is maligned, and even his family affairs
and religion are ruthlessly assailed and misrepre­
sented, because he is in the way of politicians as
the people’s candidate for the Presidency! Is it
not Wicked?
B ut we quote further from the Albany States­
m an :
I t turns out that Col. Frem ont, instead of “ planting
the American flag on the highest peak of the Rocky
Mountains,” actually erected a cross there, according to
the forms of the Romish Ohurcb, and took possession of
the country in M*e name of the Pope of Rome ! Unite a
difference, and one that the American people will make
a note of.
for science and mankind.
The Fremont party are pursuing a more hon­
orable course towards Mr. Buchanan. He is an
old bachelor, pretty well on the way to three
score years and ten, and has been in his day a
man that need not have gone begging for a wife.
But why was lie never married? He must have
loved some fair damsel or another at some period
of his life. W e d aresay that a tale fully as ro­
mantic as the marriage of Fremont by a Catholic
priest could be told of the lonely old bachelor can­
didate of the Democratic party. B ut his oppo­
nents have rightly decided th at that has nothing
to do with his qualifications for the Presidency.
I t was declared in the Cincinnati Convention that
Mr. Buchanan was wedded to the Constitution,
and that as the laws of Pennsylvania iuterdiet
bigamy he has never thought of marrying anybody
else. W e think, however, that Fremont’s excuse
of marriage, even by a Catholic priest, is as good
as this of Mr. Buchanan, with every sensible Whig,
Democrat or K now -N oting.
In reg ard jo the N. Y. Express, we have a
significant expression of one of the editors of
that paper. A t a meeting of the Brooklyn Young
Men’s Republican Association, Thursday evening,
one of the members stated that he stood in rela­
tions of intimacy to two individuals who had never
yet come together, and who, probably, never
would: Col. Fremont and one of the editors of
the New Y ork Express. [Laughter.] He asked
the latter gentlemau why he had circulated m his
paper, the foolish story of Fremont being a Catho­
lic, to which he replied that other newspapers had
also circulated it. The question was then asked:
“ Do the Editors of that journal belin'e that Fre­
mont is a Catholic?” and the answer was, that
they are not exactly certain that hc.is, but the
newspapers would lose their life if it were not for
such things!
The President, Theodore Tilton, Esq., said that
all the Broolses, including the Hon. Proston, flow
in the same channel. {Laughter.] Fremont is
an Episcopalian; and if any one n*ks, “ Does he
not attend m ass?” it may be answered, “ No,
the mass attend him I ” Good!
C o l. F r e m o n t.
Wo saw Colonel John C. Fremont for the
first time on Wednesday, and had an interview
with him, a t his residence in New York city.—
He is a man of medium height, of sinewy frame,
dark complexion, black hair and eyes, a well-de­
veloped forehead, and an expression denoting
firmness of character, a man of thought, coolness
and courage. He is modest and unassuming in
demeanor, though frank, cordial and agreeable in
conversation. No one could fail to observe that
he is a man of mark—as he has left his mark in
timgeographx. o f ih n r»reat_ W estjaA hm acum ai-.
'tion of California, and in t{ie pathway to the Pa­
cific. H e converses readily, talks good sense
only, and expresses himself iu clear, simple, good
English. There is nothing of arrogauce or ‘ stuckup’ pride in his manner, nor of the stiff dignity
or rather haughtiness, that is sometimes practiced
with a mistaken view of impressing others with
the idea of greatness. He makes his visitor feel
at home, that he possesses a strong, well cultiva­
ted mind, united with unconquerable will and
fearless resolution. One foels.-j?erfectly easy and
at home in his presence. H e looks and acts the
Democrat and the gentleman. Those who, know­
ing little o f'th e history of Col. Fremont, have ob­
tained the impression from partizan sources that
he is not fitted for the high office ho has been
nominated to fill, do not know tlie man and have
failed to inform themselves in regard to his won­
derful achievments. The N. Y. M irror—an able
conservative paper, that has heretofore given en-couragcment to the Fillmoro movement, and
whose proclivities bayo been Silver Grey and pro­
slavery, sa^-s:
Will any reader, unbiased by partizan feeling,
"lifter a candid perusal of the volume under notice,
(Upham’s Life of Fremont,) charge us with ex­
travagance, if we venture to assert the opinion
that there is no man living in the United States
this day, who has done more forthe glory, honor,
riches and power of his country than John Charles
Fremont?
W c acknowledge th at our impressions of Col.
Fremont, after seeing and conversing with him,
more thsn realized our estimate of the man, high
as it was.
Is it by such deliberate falsehood, addressed to
the sectarian sentiments of a religious class, that
votes are expected to be obtained for Mr. Fillmore ?
W e protest against this base electioneering,
w hether directed against Fremont, Buciianan or
Fillmore. The public pres3 have no right to dis­
cuss, much less falsify, the religion of the candi­
dates. That is a m atter between themselves and
their God. Much less have they,the right to per­
sist in such falsification when the truth is exposed
clearly before the public. W e can conceive of
nothing more wicked than this dragging a man’s
A S o u tlier u C eleb ra tio n .
religion and family associations, that none but
The Fourth was celebrated with considerable
vandal hands would nsaail, into public election­ spirit in Charleston, South Carolina. W e have
eering performances.
just been reading some of tho sentiments putforth
Mr. Fillmore, it is understood, is a Unitarian.— on the occasion, and th at our readers may enjoy
Shall we therefore say that because he does not a similar treat, we subjoin a few of the most no­
believe in the Trinity, all who subscribe to the lat­ table.
te r creed, ought on that account to vote against
And first let us seo w hat tho Southern firehim t
eaters and nullifiers have to say about th at “ dead
Mr. Buchanan i3 not known ever to have made cock in the pit,” Franklin Pierce :
The P resident o f the Ve tted S ta te s: Tlie Impersona­
any profession of religion, although he has altvayB
tion of that high manliness, th a t unswerving integrity,
8U8tained a good moral character. Shall we, on that generous catholicity of sentiment, which adorned
the glorious annals of ’TO. The name of Franklin X’ieree
account o f his non-religion, refuse to support him shall
go down to a grateful posterity as tlie man who
for the Presidency ?
knew his duty, and dared to do it. Received with three
cheers.
W e have stated the case of Messrs. Fillmore
Next in order comes Mr. Buchanan. Read
and Buchanan, to illustrate the injustice of the
what the nullifier9 say of him :
electioneering against Bol. Fremont.
By Co!. T. O. Elliott—The election of Jam es Buchanan
The N. Y . Express is daily appealing to tlie will be a ® Utical triumph, by which the rights of the
South
will be maintained, and the Constitution preserved.
P rotestant sentiment of the country against Gol.
B
ut
what are those “ rights of tho South” ?
Fremont with- such stulT as th is: “ Fremont was
Let
the
nullifiers answ er:
m arried by a Catholic priest”— “ nobody com­
By T. E. H erts, M. D.—K an sas: Clouds anil darkness
pelled him”— “ marriage with thoRoman Catholics attend her dawn. May they not preflgure a brilliant
is a sacrament”— therefore, Fremont, when mar­ meridian, when, as a bright, particular star, she enters
the Southern constellation.
By Jam es Salvo—K ansas: It Juts risen like the ghost
ried, “ m ust have been, or pretended to be, a
of Banquo, to soar tho eyeballs «f ram pant fanaticism;
Catholic;” and “ if, in view of the Presidency, he but ere they clutch it, they must cross many Brooks
has recently changed his religion, so much the whose coney growth will resist them.
By T. O. T rott—South Carolina: She Breaks no Insult,
worse.” T heN . Y. Herald takes off this ridiculous and when one Is offored, she resents It In a Suranery
and discreditable electioneering. I t is in like manner.
W o thus see what are “ the rights of the South,”
spirit with tho godly twang of old Cotton Mather’s
which the nullifiers tell us “ will be maintained”
witchcraft argument and preaching. The Herald
by “ the election of Jam es Buchanan.”
exclaims—W hat insufferable trash! W hy not
Atchison, tho head of border ruffianism in Kan­
inquire who baptized Fremont’s children— who
sas, receives a “ sugar-coated pill” in the same coir
nursed them,, and whether Mrs. Premont has or
nection—of course:
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not been accustomed to tho services o f a wet
By the Chslr-Hon. David R. Atchison: Faithful to
nurse, and if a wet nurse, whether Protestant or the South, anil fearless in dcrence of her institutions; he
has earned oar admiration by his courage and patriot­
Catholic; and whether Fremont’s butcher, baker ism,
and o ar gratitude by hi* kindness to Carolinians*
and grocery man are Catholics or Protestant?—
To “ leaven the whole lump,” It is proper that
TbM#- iflqtflrf« will probably next be sifted by the nullifiers should givo us another Pierce injec­
our Fillmore drgfa, for the enemies of Fremont tion, and hero we have i t :
have n o t stopped with hi* marriage, or even with
By T. Y. Blraona, J r.—Young1America and their Prim
The Constitution and the Republic, as Washing'
his birth, Jto firth e rn n i mother, dead and buried olplss:
ton left It, and as Franklin l ’ierce has restored it,
long ago, are dragged from their graves, and' ex­
TheSouth nevermistako theiflmeu. The North
amined as before a mixed commission of Demo­ only ore cheated. I t remains to be seen whether
crats and Know-Nothings as to who and w hat they will again bo cajoled.
The Yonkers (N. Y.) Examiner, heretofore an
independent journal, has announced its intention
to support Col. Fremont for the Presidency.
Tho Daily News, Newport, Ky., carries at its
head the names of the People’s candidates, Fre­
mont and Dayton.
The Pulaski (Oswego co.) Democrat, hitherto a
strong Democratic paper, edited by Mr. Hatch,
last year the Democratic candidate for Senator,
raises tlie banner of Fremont and Dayton.
The Ithaca Journal, the only Democratic paper
in Tompkins county, has taken down tlie Buchan­
an and Breekenfidge flag, and raised the banner
of Fremont and Dayton.
A correspondent of the Evening Post writes
that the Fremont majority in Illinois will exceed
20,QUO. Tho great W est is all on one eido like
tho handle of a jug.
Henry Clay said, in the Senate, “ I repeat that
I never can and never will vote, and no earthly
power will ever make me vote, to spread slavery
over territory where it docs not exist.”
Charles Rceraelin has hit upon the best and
briefest description we have yet seen of tho pro­
slavery candidate for President. Ho says “ Old
Buck” is “ the emasculate fossil of Democracy.”
There is but one Fillmore paper left in the State
of Massachusetts. So says the Boston A tla s.—
There is notoue in Vermont, and only one or two
Buchanan papers in tiio State.
A correspondent of the N. Y . Express says
that Millanl Fillmore “ is dearer to many people'
than their own blood relations.” Is not that a
little “ highfalutin’ ?”
I t is a notable fact that Mr. Fillmore, in no one
of tlie score of speeches which he made after his
return from Europe, uttered one word in rebuke
of the Border Ruffians, or in favor of Freedom
upon Free Soil!
I t is a curious fact that Fremont’s admirable
letter is treated by the opposition press with si­
lence. They do not publish it, and cannot attack
it. It is tho most statesmanlike and truly Demo­
cratic letter of the campaign.
The N. Y . Herald says, tho greatest charge
brought agajpst Col. Fremont by the nigger dri­
ving Democracy is, that he is no politician. Good.
That alone ought to elect him over either of the
other candidates.
Senator Jones, of Tennessee, calls himself “ a
Heaven descended Whig.” The St. Louis Journal
says: “ The devil was Heaven descended. He
was kicked out of that place, and his descent was
a tremendous’one.”
k
If it costs $CoO to cudgel and half kill a Sena­
tor on the Senate floor, what would it cost to treat
the President to tho same siftce in tho W hite
House ? L et us'have a regular tariff. W h at is
the relative value of a cabinet minister?
xrp io trie prtseiit time, not a caso o f Asiatic
cholera or yellow fever has been reported in any
of the papers in the United States. Tho- only
complaint that seems prevalent now is the Fre­
mont fever, which is raging in tho North and
W est with frightful virulence.
W hile Sheriff Jones acts as Vice President of
a Buchanan ratification meeting at Lecompton,
Hon. P . S. Brooks writes an enthusiastic letter to
a Buchanan ratification meeting a t Charleston,
South Carolina. W hen such men support Bu­
chanan, it will be very safe to oppose him.
The latest specimen of “ coolness” is exhibited
by the Journal o f Commerce, which, in noticing
a seriesi of engravings of tho Presidential candi­
dates, remarks that “ Mr. Fremont is a good-look­
ing young man.” But^according to the old song,
th at is the only kind th at can “ come in.”
John Van Buren, in his recent speech in New
York, ’‘ goes in’ for Squatter Sovereignty, the
“ principles of the Kansas Nebraska act,” and ad­
vocates the very policy that has led to the strife,
outrage and bloodshed in K ansas; and then cool­
ly denounces agitation.
The New York Express insists—and will have
it— that Col. Fremont is a Catholic. Tho next
we shall hear probably that Col. F. i3 selected by
the Pope to overthrow the liberties of tho coun­
try. Sensible people will be very apt to heed
these “ cock-and-bull stories” any farther than to
laugh over the nonsense.
Herbert, the murderer of Keating, gave the one
vote by which tho Free State Kansas Bill was
killed in the House of Representatives on the first
trial. Before the second vote was taken, ho was
sent to jail. I f all the Ruffianly Men Slayers on
the Missouri borders were similarly disposed of,
Freedom would easily triumph in Kansas.
The Washington S ta r says that if Fremont is
elected President by the people of the Northern
States, he will not bo allowed to take possession
of the W hite House. The S ta r is encouraged by
a similar remark made in Albany by Mr. Fillmoro.
Wo guess if tlie people elect Fremont they will be
strong enough to place him in their own house.
Tho assault on Sumner by Brooks is generally
approved aud applauded by tho citizens of Kan­
sas. W e think it one of the best nets ever done
io tho Senate Chamber.—Kansas S p la tter Sove­
reign.
Tho “ Ruffians” are highly flattered to find
their exaraplo in Kansas so closely followed in the
Senate Chamber.
The Georgia Union says: “ W e believe we
approximate very near tho truth when we give it
as our eandid opinion that fully 20,000 old line
Whigs in Georgia will vote for tho nominees of
tho National Democratic party.” The South
does n’t intend to scatter its vote. Convinced that
Fillmoro stands no chance, every electoral vote
will be given to Buchanan.
Whilo Colonel Benton was speaking tho other
day, in one of the Missouri towns, the platform
gave way, but the old war-horso was unhurt, arid
declared that it was his prerogative to break
through platforms; that ho was bred to the Con­
stitution, and did not suffer apostate renegades
and mercenaries, with tho pen feathers hardly
covered by tho livery of office, to defino or origi­
nate his political principles.
A peaceable assemblage of Free Stato citizens,
who were elected as a Legislature under the Topoka Constitution, were dispersed at tho point of
tho bayonet by the U. S. troops, acting under
authority, at Topeka on the 4 th of July. Frea
Stato emigrants going to Kansas, aro stopped on
tho way, robbed, outraged and sent away by
force. Free State men arekeptim prisoned, under
falso charges of treason, “ by authority.” Men
“ In the execution of these objects, tho youn" the water.
—A crowd assembled at Columbus, Ohio, the
and accomplished officer at the he*d of our troops’
Col. Fremont, exhibited a combination of energy other day, to see a fool-hardy fellow jump from
promptness, sagacity and prudence, which in d i­ the national bridge, thirty-three feet, into tbeScioto
cated the highest capacity fo r civil and m ilitary
command; and, in connection with what he has river. Ho swam ashore uninjured, but a drunken
done for tho cause of scicnco, it has given him a fellow named Thomas, who followed him, fell back
reputation at homo and abroad, of which men down on the water and was instantly killed.
much older and more exprrienced than himself
— A fire at No. 2S Stato at., Albany, early yes­
might well bo proud. That the country will do
terday
morning, catoe near destroying tho lives
justice to his valucableand distinguished services,
I eutertnin not tho slightest doubt. Tho objects of tho family of Mrs. Jones. They were rescued
accomplished by Col. Fremont, as subsequent de­ by tho heroism of officer McBride and the fire­
velopment^ have showy, were far more important
than those I havo referred to. There is no doubt men. They are poor, and lost every thing—only
that his rapid and decisive movements kept Cali­ saving the night clothes they had on.
fornia out of the hands of British subjects, and
—W e have been informed, says the Water*
perhaps out of tho hands of the British Govern­ bury Democrat, by one of the “ natives,” that a
ment, and it is in this point of view that I desire
to present tho subject to tbeSenato. * * c * It black snake was killed on the Cheshire mountains,
is in this point of view that the transactions pos­ a few days ago, of the enormous longitudinal di­
sess the greatest interest and importance, and that mensions of sixteen feet! A thirteen footer was
theBogacity, promptitude and decision of our killed there some time ago.
youthful commandor in California, at the time the
—In New York, yesterday, Judge. Betts, in
disturbances broke out, have given him the strong­
est claims on his countrymen. Any faltering on charging
_ _ tho Grand Jury i|*^the l \ S. District
his part, any hesitation iu acting, and in ac tin g ! Court, urged the jurors to be’* # careiul in their
promptly, might have cost us-millions of dollars investigation With regard to the‘slave trade, as he
and thousands of lives; and it might also have ’
i c
. tx~
erst s a contest of whieh tho end is not readilv con e5 lC work of great difficulty » convict
» person accused of being engaged in it.
iorcseeu.”
—A suit has ju st been tried at Cleveland, iu
J e s s ie .— T h e follow ing effusion, w hich a p p e a r­ w h ich Ahe Michigan & Erie Telegraph Co. was
ed in th o B oston Transcript, Is a p re tty trib u te to sued by R. Cook & Co., for the incorrect trans­
JESSIE YKEMONT.
mission of a despatch. They directed their Agents
Xm~"desde, the Flower o f Dumllxine."
Tlie nun-burst has dawned ovor all tbs glad mountaint, to pay 40 cents fof wool, but the despatch read
TVbUo Freedom and Glory rlee up band in hand
45 ceuts. Verdict for the plaintiffs, §7oU.
To meet onr young chieftain from U berty’a fountain),
With Jeieie, eweet Jeaiie, tbo flower o’ the land 1
How blithe Is the snmmons o’er all the wide nation,
llow swells the >o!d muslo that marshals our baad!
He comes like a hero to flit the proud station—
With Jessie, sweet Jessie, the flower o’ tbe land 1
She’s wise and she's prudent; she’s good as she'sbonnte;
For Virtue and Valor she takes a brave stand j
For the Ohieftaln's White Mansion she’s better than onie,
So give her “ Godspeed I’Vtbe flower »f the land.
Let honest hsarts greet her, and victory meet her,
You’ll never repent it—so join hand In hand,
TUI Arm with «ur leader in rapture we seat her—
Our noble yotlng Jessie, the flower o' the land.
—By the explosion of the boiler in the W ash­
ington Iron Wiirk*, Newburgh, on Tuesday last,
that establishment was nearly ruined. The loss
is from $5000 to $7000. Several workmen were
severely injured, but almost miracuously none
wero killed.
—I t is stated by the N. Y. M irror that the
semi-annual' dividend of tho Tribune establish­
ment amounts to about 125 per cent, per annum
V t T Saratoga*—The Saratoga News says, that on the capital stock, or over $60,000 for tho past
the present prospects are that this season will be six m onths ‘ The proprietors have just purchased
one of the best we have ever had.
the Tribune buildings from Mr. Thompson Price,
J u s tic e lit 'W ash in gton .
T lieo . P a r k e r o n th e S u m n er A ffa ir.
The oration delivered by Rev. Theodore Parker
before the authorities of the city of Boston aud a
large audience, in the Tremoht Temple, on the
Fourth, contained the following passages:
On this our eightieth birth day, fellow-eitizens,
I cannot shut my eyes to the fact that we are fall­
en on times which try men’s devotion to their
principles, their country and their age. The Re­
public is shaking in the shocks-of a moral earth­
quake. Events have transpired within a twelve­
month, which, if they could be blotted out, our
golden State itself would be a cheap payment to
obliterate. Upon the borders of the Republic
ruin bangs imminent; a virgin Territory broad
enough aud bright enough to tem pt another Cor­
tez, has been despoiled of thepurity of its elective
franchise. In tbe capitol of the republican awful
blow has been struck—a blow upon the forehead
of a sovereign State—that blow was not loud, but
it resounded through sixteen free States; and if
the spirits of dead patriots do indeed sympathize
even yet with their uuforgotten couutiy, I know
that from one sacred spot in a State not free there
was an echo of that deep reverberation—for there
must have been as that sad blow came down not
merely upon the brow of a Senator, but upon, the
young heart of a Republic—there must have been
groan from the tomb of Washington. W ell
may we ask, as we watch the blood from that blow
trickling down the steps of tbe Senate H ouse:
Will all great Neptune’s ocean tver wash out that
scarlet legend of our capitol ?
And now, while the garments of the Genius of
the Republic are trailing along, draggling and be­
spattered, and her eyes are so full of tears that
she can hardly see that road of empire upon
which for now eighty years she has been traveling
with such stately impetuosity; good men are
everywhere asking, “ W hat shail we do ? ” Thi*
question, I think, the thoughts of to day m ay well
be called upon to answer. Sun-ly every good
citizen may well seek inspiration to-day from the
fountain head of the nation’s life, her first, her
hero age.
B a llo o n . A sc en sio n .
A novel balloon ascension was made at Man­
chester, N. H., on the Fourth. The D aily M ir­
ror of that city gives the following aceount of theaffair:
The crowd present was variously estimated, all
the way from 20,000 to 50,000. I t may be safe­
ly said that 3o,on0 people witnessed the balloon
ascension. They covered over acres and acres of
land, curious to see the largest balloon in the
world ascend, with a live horse attached. The
wind blew fresh, and Mens. Godard did not dare
to commeuce filling the balloon till the wind went
down, about half-pa-«t six, as the rocking of the
balloon on the ground might wear a hole in it.-—
He went up like a kite, standing on the back of a
horse, amid immense cheering, Madame Godard
being in the car of the balloon, alone. They went
up at twenty minutes past eight o’clock, the horse
hanging his head low down, with eyes intently
fixed upon the earth, without struggling a parti­
cle. They were soon high in the heavens—about
9500 feet, according to Mons. Godard’s estimate,
sailing in a southerly direction. They made a
circuit of about twelve miles, and, at five minutes
before nine o’clock, landed in a field belonging to
William Plumer, in Londonderry.
They threw out anchor and canght the bplloon
on the tops of trees, where they remained some
ten minutes before they could get free, in the
meantime the horse eating the leaves of the trees,
as if nothing strange had happened. The folks
where he landed thought the end of the world
was coming, and the devil was riding through the
air. The women ran into the house and shut the
door, and for some minutes the man was afraid
to come and unfasten the horse. The horse went
to feeding the moment he landed. Mons. Godard
says the peop’e were very kind to him in Lon­
donderry, and i endered him every assistance.
When be was at the highest point ho says the
earth all looked level, the mountains seeming no
higher than the valleys. The only objection we
have heard to the ascension is, that the horse did
not carry as good head and tail as was shown on
the bills.
Col. F rem on t In S o u th C a ro lin a i n
1847.
W e regret to learn that Col. Fremont, whose
departure for Aiken we noticed a few days since,
did not reach that place to see his mother alive.
She died but a few hours before his arrival. He
accompanied h a ’ remains the next day to this
city, ana after -witnessing th*e~last sad rites, left
heio tho oteuiug following (Wednesday) on his
return to Washington. In this affliction, render­
ed doubly poignant by his deep disappointment
in not receiving her parting look of recognition
after his long and eventful absence, he has the
sympathy of our entire community.
The marked and brilliant career of Gol. Fre­
mont has arrested general attention and admira­
tion, and has been watched with a lively interest
by his fellow citizens of South Carolina. Charles­
ton, particularly, is proud of h im ; and the repu­
tation which he has at so early an age achieved
for himself, she claims as something in which she
too has a share. B ut for the melancholy circum­
stances attending his visit, our city would have
manifested, by suitable demonstration, their re­
spect for him, and their continued confidence in
his honor and integrity. I t will require some­
thing more than mere accusation to sully them in
the minds of the people of Charleston.
Some months since a sword was voted to him
by our citizens, the individual subscriptions to
which were limited to one dollar. I t now awaits
his acceptance at a suitable opportunity. W e are
happy to learn that the ladies of Charleston pro­
pose, by a similar subscription, to furnish an ap­
propriate belt to accompany the sword, an evi­
dence that they too can appreciate the gallantry
and heroism which have so signally marked his
career, and have thrown an air of romance over
the usually dry detail of scientific pursuits.
T h e P a n a m a C h a in . —An historian, giving a
description of the city of Mexico as it was found
by Cortes, states that “ there were rows of silver­
smiths, who sold jewels and chains of extraordina­
ry fashions.” Concerning this passage, Ewbank,
in his celebrated work on the Mechanic Arts, as
known to the ancients, has the following curious
piece of information: “ These chains, which were
worn round the neck, were doubtless similar to
those known as Panam a chains, which certainly
are rare specimens of workmanship. They may
sometimes be met with at our jewelers, who buy
them fcfo the purity of the gold. I t is said that
the mode of making them has never been discov­
ered, and that the secret is still preserved among
the Indians of Panama. W e have examined one
which came from Carthagena, the length of which,
had it been cut, was eight feet two inches; its
section, which was hexagonal, did not exceed
one-twentieth of an inch in diameter. I t was
formed of one or more fine wires, which seemed
to have been woven or interlaced like the plaiting
of a whip-handle. W hen a single thread was ex­
amined by a microscope, it was found to be com­
posed of several smaller wires, which, separate,
were scarcely perceptible to our unaided vision.
The weight of the chain was eleven peuny-weights,
and it appeared to be as flexible as a piece o f
twine, certainly far more so than any chain form­
ed of links. No end of a wire couhi he detected,
and not a particle of solder was used.”
“ F re m o n t a S l a v e h o l d e r ! ”—This is the
latest falsehood of the doughface press. Sena­
tor Hamlin, in a speech at Worcester, referred to
it th u s:
-John C. Fremont is an anti-slavery man, and
has always been one from his boyhood. Although
a native of Georgia, and brought up iu South
Carolina, in spite ot his early associations he was
ever for freedom. W hen embarking on his
western tour, he was asked if it was not his in­
tention to purchase, a slave, as a domestic for his
wife. Hia reply was, “■Inevtr ozerud one dollar
n hutflan fiesh, and while reason holds its sway
in my brain, I n e v e r w i l l ! I love mv wife with
the most ardent affection, but that wife must toil
with her own hands, rather than own the first
dollar in human flesh!” From a man thus edu­
cated, and thus true to our principles, we4 have
tbe highest assurance that with him a t the hc-hu
of the Government, if he can preveut it, not oue
inch shall Slavery be extended over the National
Territory. __________________
There is no more conservative journal publish­
ed in the Union—and, we may add, none con­
ducted with better taste and judgment—than the
New York M irror. Remarking upon the Sum­
ner affair, it says “ the acquittal—for it amounts
to that—of Preston S. Brooks, for his murderous
assault upon Senator Sumner, is an offence against
justice and common decency, almost as henious
as the original outrage. He was tried by Judge
Crawford, and discharged from custody .witty the
infliction of a trivial fine of three hundred dollars,
after justifying the act-, in an address to the Court
which concluded with a threat,' t h a t ' v,while he had
a heart to feel, or a hand to strike, he would rodfess’tbe wrongs of his poTttical mother.’ Judge
Crawford considerately said, he * would forbear to
comment on the testimony,’ and that he ‘ did not
with to weary tlie members of the House of Re­
presentatives,’ and so after the mild sentence had
bet-n'pi'onounced, the pleasant little party broke
up, to tho entire satisfaction of all concerned.”
Such a mockery of justice iu the Capital of the
United States (adds the M irror) will not tend to
calm the just and deep seated indignation of the
citizens of tho North. Justified substantially in
the Senate, endorsed by the vote of nearly every
Southern Representative, gloried over by many
of tbe leading journals of South Carolina and Vir­
ginia, and finally winked at by tho Criminal Courts
of Washington, Mr. Brooks’ offence emerges from
the obscurity of a simple personal affair and be­
comes an event of national importance—destined
to exercise upon the action of the people an in­
B a rn c m a n d h i s C o n n e c tic u t C r e d it o r s —
fluence which will not be fully estimated until af­ C u r io u s S t a t e o f A f f a i r s . — A y e a r or two Ego
ter the closing of the polls a t tho November elec­ the Connecticut Legislature pa-svd a Bankrupt
tion.
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Law, which provided, we understand, that when­
ever a debtor should procure the consent ot twoS t a t e F lection s*
thirds in amount of his creditors to Liis discharge
The following States Will hold their elections from debt, the other third should he obliged to
previous to thts-greal'cOntest For the Presidency: concur, The nxvnt Legislature repealed it—the
K entucky..................Aug. 4 California............ ..S tp t. 4 repeal to taka effect on the 4 th inst.
Alabama....................Aug. 4 Maine.................A.8ept. 8
I t is said that on or before the 3d inst., BarT exas,.....................A u g . 4 Georgia..................O c t. 6
Missouri.....................Aug. 4 Florida.,
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Oct- -6 num and his attorneys succeeded in procuring
Oct. 14 the consent of two-thirds of the Connecticut cre­
Arkansas.................. Aug. 4 Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Aug. 7 Ohio.......................... Oct. 14 ditors to his discharge, leaving tbe other third to
Tonnesseo.
Aug, 7 In d ia n a ..................O ot.14
Vermont................... Sept. 2 South C arolina......O ct. 14 meditate upon the glorious uncertainty of the law.