151 GEO. W. 801 l TIA V. NEW SERIES. 6clc c t jJ oe t r ij. i— •• THE REi>. WHITE AM) BLUE." for Rue ha nan—pride of the nation. ■fhe choice of the f-arless and free— We join in a h**rtfelt ovation. And he -hall our President be! Our bosoms jn throbbing communion, Remember the >t.tesirian so true. Who sheltered our glorious Union, And stands by the red, white and blue! Frnm lands where the millions are yearning for freedom from tyranny's chain, Buchanan, in gladness returning, Beholds dear Columbia again. (!i- heart beats with freedom's devotion— His sou! i- yet steadfast ami-true: uHe swears to the Union devotion," And stands by the red, white and blue! A'o factious di-sension shall sever The bands that our Washington wrought; •-The Union," unchanging forever. Is shrined in each patriot's thought. Our love and our i'aith are not hollow : In strength they were nourished and grew, The chief we have chosen we'll follow, And stand by the red, white and blue ! Our voices are joined in communion Ttie stars of our tlag are above; Ii zza tor Buchanan and Union ! Huzza for the man that we love! The old Union ship which he rides in Is staunch in her timbers and true. A; ! row through the States she is gliding, Her flag is the red, white and blue! ll<!\. JOSIAII RAM)ALL'S SPEECH Before Use Pet Hoi s-alif Slate ((invention, i'ltainbersbiirg:, 'ingest 6, i SoG. In obedience to the request of the Democrat i, < ate C invention of Pennsylvania, I claim l> attention of my feilnw-citicens for a short time. I am aware that J have received this . >sv because I have heretofore been a niriii- L-r of' th D old-line Whig party. la IS2-J—s, the Democratic and Whig par tl.s u>re separated bv RO question of princi ' , kit were divided upon the question, U helh •T Urn. JrcK'sox was entitled to be elected i -if iitof the United States. In the prog r - of time, during the thirty years of the ex i-t- ace of the Whig party, several important jri iji't s were presetited, and the two parties UT, tine distinct and independent of each other ;qn -'unsof public police. These were: 1. The renewal of the charter oj the Bunk •.! the United Stales. -. ihe Sub-Treasury. 3. The Distribution of the proceeds of the Fu'u'ic Lands. +. The Tariff. A '-Nationa'i Hank" was abandoned by the !)-: icralie party, under the vetooi Gen. JACK - ■; in IS 32, and tiy the Whig party in IS++. '•li-' Su!)-Treasure," the measure of Mr. >A. Bt r.i:x, was opjiosed by the W tiig party, ••■u i night itself into public favor, and no one ti)'-v w istics to disturb it. "The Distribution of the Proceeds of the i'.'hc Lands" lias been superceded by the debt V' ; f,v the Mexican war. 'Th" Tariff" no longer remains either a po od t.r g> graphical question: the In-t Coii '"•■- ited the spectacle of 'he "State k ;Ms" nwn of the South arid the Republican A iti-i[)i>ts of the North, united against Penn '■ v.t i.i, without distinction of party, to reduce ' * tariff below i!s present standard. Ii tlwre remain any practical disputable rnncij.le, which constituted an is-ue between -Ik itiocratic and the old Wfiig parties, I do : t know it. ! :v U'l.j r partv has performed its duty, and -' ■' its f,v. ft has been prostrated by the z.ation of the American patty, or the 1 '• ing Order. They and oot the olti— s have been the Executioner*. They o • ••'liHvi! their old cognomen, laid aside t : principles, and substituted in their J a new name and a new creed n- v. r hert " r cognized :v Clay, Webster, Sergeant, T'ir noble con,peers. ■ krow there are many intelligent and pa ke m.-n w lio chen=h the hope that the \\ ifig "v un again he resuscitated, but the hope is -ove, and it is pernicious because it deprives (T ititry ola large portion of intellect and !r . which ought to be brought into public , :v,c ''- la th" History of our Republic, no Mdy broken down has ever yet been ro-organ ' • Hie fate of the Federal and Anti-Ma !i-' [artiej; establishes this fact. There is not ibis time a Whig member of the popular , _ anc'n <t Congress elected hv a Whig vote. ■ Tinsylvania elected bv a Whig vote. There •J t a member of the Councils of the City of ■inadelphia elected by a Whig vote. For the '■■two years, with hut two exception?, wher 'rr the scattered members of the Whig party kvetnet in council, they have felt their posi '.and have,therefore, wisely abstained from .' v-a? a Ticket to be voted for at the polls. "*w Hampshire and Massachusetts they ral a! 'be [Kills, and the result was paucity of '"sand total defeat. But, I ask, what ~ ■ would be derived from the re-organization j" iumphof the old Whig party?— They do ant a National Bank. They do ot de 'h'* repeal of the Sub-Treasury. The most '"lit friends of the Tariff do not ask for the "'ablishmentof the High Tariff of 1828,0r of 18+2 ; but all they sk is that the Tar " '-I stand where it was placed in 18+6 by vote of the Vice President, Mr. Dal- Ad the ol I issues have been settled, ant! I as a natural consequence, new parlios have ' sprung up, and new issues Itave been formed. Ihe Order of Know Nothings have violated the letter and spit it ot the VI Article of the Constitution of the tinted States, uhich de clares that "JVb religious lest shall ever be re quired as a v - notification to any Office or Pub lic Trust under tile. United States they have established secret societies, secret oaths and ob ligations. With these principles the Whig par ty in its days of power and numerical strength had no sympathy or atliliation, and there is riu pact of the Onion where the Whigs w ere more inflexible in opposing these political heresies than in the State of Pennsylvania. In 18+5, when the Whig party met in the City of Philadelphia, after the defeat of Mr. j Clay, the duty of opening the meeting and set ting forth their principles was committed to me. J held in my hand at that meeting, the charter of Rhode Island, granted to Roger VVIL ! liams, which contains the broadest and most I comprehensive declaration of religious LIBERTY AMI EQUALITY ever vet penned. I read its el j oqut-nt and energetic platform and said, "This is the doctrine of the Whig party," and point ing to the ruins of the Roman Catholic Church of St. Augustine burnt during the disgraceful riots of 18+4, and which lay within a few yards of the place of meeting, I added, "there is its j desecration." There is not a nook nor corner ! iri the vast region of our country which does not contain old-line Whigs who are willing to stand by the Constitution and the Union. But their numerical strength is far exceeded bv their patriotism, talents, and public spirit. This is tile body to which I have been attached, and f feel the deepest inteiest ill the course they shall pursue. The Republican paUv is sectional , and its success must, in my judgment, lead to a sever ance of the Union. Ido not believe that tlie great mass of that party anticipate this result: but if it should be consummated, their regret will be no equivalent for the damning injury thereby inflicted upon the <rreat Republic. I appeal to every Old Line Whig in the Union to avert this calamity. The South cannot and will not remain in the Union, unless their rights are guaranteed to them. If we were in the same situation, we would demand our rights in tones as imperative and mandatory as those which are now used bv our Southern brethren. How is this great evil to fie avoided? I an swer, by the election of Mr. Buchanan. Eve ry vote given to him is a check to the progress of the Republican party. 1 know there are many Whigs who approve of the administra tion of Millard Fillmore, and are willing to 11list him again. Every vote given to Mr. Fillmore increases the danger of the success ol Mr- Fremont. Every vote given to Mr. Ru cbsnati potentially Seals the fate of Mr. Fre mont. But Millard Fillmore in 18+8,'50, and '52, is not the Millard Fillmore of 1856. When lie was elected Vice President 111 181-B.—when he became the acting President in 1850, —and when he was a candidate for re-nomination by the Whig Convention in Baltimore, in 1852, he professed to be a Whig—nothing mure, noth ing le/s. The Native American party at that time was in exi.-tence and proclaimed princi ples in terms tar less exceptionable than those now avowed by the Know Nothing party. But Mr. Fillmore then had neither part nor I t with thetr., he stood upon the ground occupied by Clay, Webster and Sergeant. What is he now? He lias been initialed into the Know Nothing Order, taken upon himself its secret onths and obligations, and this at a time when his friends were presenting his claims to be elected Presi dent of the United States. He has sir.ee be come the candidate and accepted the nomina tion of the American or Know Nothing Na tional Convention". In a oriespondence be tween the Order of the United Americans ol the Slate of New York and him, under date oi July 25th, 1856. they say "Both from your ['as! official acts, and from the assurances and views expressed by vou on many occasions, as having similar sentiments in reference to these subjects, to them of so much seeming importance, the successful estab lish mont of the.?** principles, as (he fundamen tal Rules of our Government, they believe es sential fir its tranquility, and a continued progress in the dev-elopement of all its great ness." Mr. Fillmore in his answer, dat'-d 2Pth of Julv, 1856, acquiesces in this statement and replies "My position before the country is well known, admitting neither of disguise or equiv ocation. -I am the candidate ot the American pa rt v." Mr. Fillmore here proclaims himself the A merican candidate, and adopts the creed, and oaths ami obligations of that party without "disguise or equivocation." In the Secret Lodge of the Order of Know Nothings he has sworn that he will neither vote for nor appoint a Roman Catholic to office. If elected and in augurated President of the United States, he would be compelled to swear that he would re quire "no religious test as a a qualification to anv Office or Public Trust under tiie United States." I ask, under such circumstances, which oath would he violate? Are the Old Line Whigs prepared to endorse Mr. Fillmore, thus presented for their suflrag*s by himself? I know no difference between an individual join ing the Order and giving his vote to swsiam its candidate except that the latter is more effec tive in carrying out the tenets of his parly. The friends of Mr. Fillmore have assailed Mr. Buchanan for his Ostend communication, Without admitting or denying the soundness of the doctrine therein contained, I would remark that the corresjxindence of Mr. Everett, as Sec retary of State under Mr. Fillmore, alter the death of Mr. Webster, relative toCuba, is more offensive, and ought to be more obnoxious to the criticism of conservative men than the Ostend Letter; and it should be remembered that the diplomatic manifesto of Mr. Everett was issued under tiie immediate supervision of Mr. Fill FRIDAY MORNING, BEDFORD, PA. AUG. 22, 1856. more and his Cabinet. Mr. Everett is probably the best educated Statesman now living. He is an erudite schol ar and a sound Patriot. When in Congress, he took higher ground in favor of the South on the subject of slavery, than any Northern Statesman had ever done before, or has ever done since. One thing is certain, any opinion upon International Law promulgated by him, is entitled to respect. Mr. Buchanan has been in public life upwards of forty years, he ! ' filled the highest offices which It is own S''" . V th could confer upon him. He has occupied r highest seat in the Cabinet during a most t-v; ( fnl epoch : and he has twice represented country at the Courts of the two first Nat" in Europe. His private character stands w out blot or blemish and beyond rebuke or ' prnach ; and it is a high eulogium upor. public life, that the "Osteinl Letter" is tliet act which i< designated by his opponents as ground of attack. ; n an There are many 01-J Line Whigs wli ( attached to their cognomen, and dislike " a ing it—this is an over scrupulous nict They must change their name—they must., f'out ognize the title of an American, Know-^ >sjHn . ing, Republican, or a Democrat. If they reir o to elect either of these names, they must r< pj, ( from all participation in public alfairs; Gov. B; ( \, - arc! is reported to have said during the pres ent session of Congress, in caucus, that he cared nothing for names, but that he looked to princi ples alone. The remark showed ti.at he had a clear head and a sound judgment, and was wor thy of a better cause. Time will not permit me to discuss at large, the question of the Territories. I hold that the Territory ceded to us by Mexico was purchased bv common treasure. The fifteen Slave States contributed their portion of the fund as well as the then fifteen Free States. Territory should stand on the same footing as admitted Slates, and the right of the people to hold Slaves or not, as thv please, in the Territory ought to be commensurate with the rights of the people as they exist in the thirty-one States-. There can be no just ground for any discrimination between the two cases. New Territory is sure ly not more sacred than the .• Iri thirteen States, or the present thirty-one States. The w ill of a majority prevails in tlie casefc'last enumerated, and the same orthodox principle should prevail in the nevlv acquired Territory. What is the doctrine of the Wilmot proviso? Tt is the sixteen free States declaring to the fif teen slave Slates vou ate part on ners of this Territory : you have shed your blood and ex pended your treasure in acquiring it, hut yon shall have no share in its enjoyment or profits. Strip it of its trappings, and it amounts to this ; there are thirty-one, stockholders in a ceoy unc tion, and sixteen sav to fifteen, it is true vou are pmt owners and have contributed to the purchase of our common property, hut you --hall have no share in the enjoy menthol its privile ges firth" receipts of its profits. Such a doc trine is subversive of every principle of jus tice and equality, and cannot he sustained. I am not the advocate of opinions that are new to the Whig party of Pennsylvania. At a W T hig meeting held in September, 1850, at the Chinese Museum, in Philadelphia, 1 oil"red a resolution congratulating the Nation upon the restoration of peace and quietude to the coun try bv the passage of the Compromise Acts ol that -oar. It was unanimously adopted, and 1 then laid down the same principles which I am now endeavoring to inculcate. Tn November, 181)0, the great T'nion Meet ing was held at the saw." place, andover which John Sergeant presided. Among others. la gain enforced the same principles. At a later period, duiing the session of the Legislature of ttii State in 1851, a pure Whig meeting was called to request th" repeal of the Act of the Legislature of 18+7, which closed the public jails of this Commonwealth against the custody 'if Fugitive Slaves. At that meeting San/i Breck, second to no man in th" country telligence and patriotism, presided. Ifb-s-.-o --promulgated the sa no docti in<-, and again endorsed bv the Whig party assenr" oil that occasion. ers of 1; These are some of the reasons why '" ls every Old Lin" Whig in Pen nay I van to '") pert Mr. Buchanan. The triumph of ";* t * \ erratic p>artv in Pennsylvania in OctC '' lf ' ( '\ would place bis election beyond <" in ''j K | would remove the last glimmering hi' " opposition, restore peace and quieltJ.l country, arid for one generation at" at rest the present agitation on the P' -1 ''"lrs slavery. The Old Line Whigs of P< rul - t,:i " possess the power to accomplish t IIV u, ' s "' i+te suit: the responsibility rests upon a ' ti! s ' have no doubt but that the draft w J us '* upon their patriotism w ill be prortq > -"ito ed, and that the great Keystone Stat 5 ' s " 1 more come to the rescue, and do as s*'l"' v '"'' ->i heretofore, put down all sectional fl l HoClir at the ballot-box give a vote which ■* , ' s "/ terror to the enemies of the Cons? s,clm "W our glorious Union, which haves. . en tTie pride and admiration of every 1 \ 1,1 S 'J of civil and religious liberty throughout (lie world. A RAPACIOUS RAT. —On Tuesday night last, Mis. Johnston, wife of Alexander Johnston, of the Fourth Ward, Allegheny, made a bed up on the floor for herself, husband and babe. In the night she was bitten upon the temple by a rat, and when the light w as obtained, she found the child also bleeding profusely, having been bitten upon the head. The marks of the cut ting teeth were plainly visible. The wounds soon became highly inflamed, and that upon the mother swelled to the size of a walnut. Ihe bite of a rat is very poisonous, and persons should not make beds upon the floor in rooms frequented by rats. Parents not unfrequentiy lay their children on the floor in warm weath er, not knowing fhe danger to which they are exposed. Freedom of Thought and Opinion. NOTES ON THE LAMP URN. JJisunionism. The Disunion flag, with sixteen stars only, still continues to float across the public high way in this village—an emblem of sectionalism and a disgrace to the party which placed it there— J\'orKuy (.Maine) Jldvcrtiser. Highly Sign ificant. i. In the town of Fremont, near Toledo, Ohio, a a republican procession had two cual-black ne groes as its standard-bearers. One ol thein vcarried a flag in front of the procession upon tit which was emblazoned thirteen States, with V motto " Free Kansas and Fremont The ft, iher negro carried a black eagle upon a stand d.—Keening Jlrgus. -Yew Jersey. The Camden Democrat says: "N iggerism is a .bad egg' in New Jersey. It can't be crammed "(.own the throats of patriotic Jersey men. We -'predict that Fillmore will beat Fiemont in eve ry county in the State, and that old Buck w ill '• beat the combined vote of the two. Fillmore, in Ohio. The Herald and Leader will have it that there is no Whig or Fillmore party in Ohio; that their pretended meetings are got up by Democrats, and chiefly attended by Fremont men. The Leader heads a column of abuse on this party and their candidates thus : "FILLMORE, THE TRAITOR." The Herald coincides in this sentiment, and gives its reasons therefor. There i.s no doubt now of a black republican conspiracy to write .Mr. Fillmore down, since it has been ascertain ed he will not withdraw.— Cleveland Plain Dealer. Bogus Flag of the Bogus party. On Jnly 29 the black republicans of Paris (Me.) raised a Fremont and Dayton flag of large fools-cap size, with thirty-two stars. The thir ty-second star is intended to represent the To peka constitution, which the Kansas investiga ting committee reported invalid. It is a forgery. Nothing, then, tan he more natural than tor bogus republicans to raise such a flag. The South Paris flag has only fifteen stars , this thirty-two. Thus one extreme fallows anoth er. It Beats all! The New York Tribune says that F. J. Bliss says that Judge Lecornpton, of Kansas, says that he has leu-is from some of Mr. Buchanan's friends which say that "Buchanan will pursue the policy of Gen. Pierre." Then, after quoting the above, Mr. Gree ley said : "How any man in favor of the free dom of the Territories can support Buchanan after reading tile above is beyond our compre hension. Mr. Greeley is not a Solomon, it is true, but he is a monstrous wise man—he is. But his head sometimes gets rusted. For Free Kansas. The Geness-e Democrat states that a repub lican leader, named George N. Propper, held forth in Batuvia a few davs since in behalf of "bleeding Kansas," and, after running a bill of sls at the American Hotel, left lor Free Kan sas without paying the landlord. .7 Fremont Failure. The College Venture, a Fremont paper in Hudson, Ohio, has collapsed. In its last num ber, the editor savs that, "hv dint ol persever ance, he had procured fifty-seven subscribers and two advertisements." Show Your Passports. /About ten davs ago the passengers on the 'ist line to Baltimore were aroused from their half-sleeping condition by a practical joker call ing out suddenly in the cars, "Show your pass posts." The joke had si telling effect. The , train had just passed by the C'.aymont Station, which is near the dividing line between Penn sylvania and Delaware—between the North / and the South. Every one who knew this fact \commenced a commentary with his neighbor . upon the free am! unrestricted intercourse and "commerce enjoyed by the citizens ot this coun ky over tire broad and populous States guarded " our common constitution. Every one was "toquent upon the advantages of our system e .-er that which prevails in Europe, where a "ilitary guard confront the traveller at the Untier of every petty kingdom and principali- But the solemn fact which prompted Ibis "galelie expression— v iz: that the first step Sf wards a separation of the States of the repub c—has already been taken by an organized j'artv in the North, gave serious interest and boint to the discussion : and there was not one in that company who did not have a more real izing sense of the impending danger when he contemplated that at no very distant day he might in reality be confronted at Naaman's creek by the stern salute, "Show your pass ports." —Pennsylvanian. Can Jlnybody Tell I s Whether Millard Fillmore, if elected, would favor the repeal of the repealing clause ot tile Kansas-Nebraska act, or the restoration of the Missouri restriction? We pause fur a reply. The F's in a Fix. Fillmore, Fremont, fanaticism, and fusion are in a terrible stew just now. Fillmore has no hope of carrying a single State in the Union, yet his strength is increasing so fast in the North that Fremont and his abolition support ers are shaking in their shoes at the idea of be ing beaten by him. Fanaticism has complete ly run mad. and old fusion has been looking blue, as well as black, ever since the Lovejoy ites stole a march on the faithful at Ottawa, Il linois, some time ago. The democrats intend to flay the whole family of factioriists finely, in due season, and we are anxious that thev shall put themselves in good condition to receive it. Chicago Times. Fremont and disunion. The editor of the Golumbus (Ohio) Statesman, a few days ago, inquired of a zealous supporter of Fremont the reasons for his preference for that candidate ? His reply was : "I am not an admirer of Fremont, but I am in favor of disun ion, which will he the inevitable result ol his election to the presidency." Buchanan at Home. The enthusiasm for Buchanan in Lancaster county is sieadly increasing. From every sec tion of the cotmtv our information is of the most gratifying character. He will not only poll the entire democratic vote, but hundreds of old-line whig? and scores of Americans will vote for him. They cherish him as an esteem ed neighbor and friend—as a man with whom they have been long and intimately acquainted a statesman whose only aspiration is the good of his country and the union and perpetuity of the republic.— Lancaster Intelligencer. T'te Freezers. The supporters of Fremont are so exceed ingly in love with every word of which the first syllable happens to be "free," that they are about holding a convention for the purpose of dropping the stolen name of "republican," and taking the appellation of "Freezers."— The change would tie singularly appropriate. TIIE PROSPECT BRIGHTENS EVERY DAY IX Onto.—A correspondent of the Statesman, at Perryton, Ohio, writes on the I2lh instant: "The Democracy are all in I he* line, eager for the contest ; even those who departed from the faith, and went worshipping strange gods in the camp of know-nothingism, have, prodigal-like, returned 'to the house of their lathers,' 'renewed their covenant,' and are ready to do their first work over : whereas the black republicans seem rather lukewarm, and, like the editor of the Cincinnati Commercial, speak of the Philadel phia platform as 'a thing over which the shal loxv may laugh, the judicious grieve, and the unfriendly exult; consisting of an unsafe col lection of truisms, platitudes, and fallacies.'— No sooner did this article appear in the Com mercial (speaking so disparagingly of the plat form) than quite an effort was made here to raise a club in its support, rather than the New York Tribune, whose club at this place is about expired and no effort is being made for its con tinuance. You may be assured that fusion has seen its best days, and is rapidly passing into the grave of forgetfulm ss, and none will be left to tell its fate.' ANOTHER PROMINENT "OLIJ LINE WHIG" TOR BECHANAN ANT) BP.ECXENRHK.E. "77/ c cry is still they come \ " —At a meeting of the "Wheat land Club," recently held in the city ot Lancas ter, over ONE IRWDRED new members enrolled their names. Many of them have hitherto eith er taken no part in politics at all, or have open ly espoused the cause oftlie opposition. Among those who, on the above occasion, openly avow ed themselves in favor of the election of Bu chanan and Breckenridge. was Mr. Christian KieTer, for many years a highly prominent and influential citizen of Lancaster. Mr. Kielfer was elected several years in succession, a mem ber of the State Legislature, on the regular Whig Ticket of Lancaster county, and general ly ran ahead oi his ticket. In the Legislature, he wielded a powerful influence, and was high ly esteemed for talent and integrity. Subse quently he wa- elected tor several successive years as the people's candidate, to the Mayoral ty of Lancaster ciiv, and always by command ing majorities. No man in the city or County of Lancaster wields a more powerful influence than Christian Kiefler. He is Mr. Buchanan's neighbor, and knows him. ll<*nce bis support of one, who, to know well, is to know favora bly, and to love. We Barn that hundreds of tiie "Old Line Whigs" of Lancaster refuse to be marshalled under the black banner of Fremont and Disunion. Thev love the Constitution and the Union too well, to be identified with any such sectional and heretical faction. If Sew ard, G id.lings, Hale and Company, would make capital for the Disunion Schemes, they must not go to the patriotic regions ol Lancaster coun ty. STARTLING INCIDENT AND MIRACULOUS ES CAPE. — The Kanawha Republican relates the following : On the 16th inst., two gentlemen were en deavoring to cross the Kenawha river in a skiff, about one mile above the Kenaw ha Fails. Be ing strangers, and not knowing tiie character of the liver, they did not have oars, ami were on ly provided with an ordinary pole. They soon reached deep water, where bottom could not be obtained, and rapidly drifted towards the Falls,and apparently towards eternity, astro human being or animal has ever been known to go over the Falls and escape with life. The men despairing, sat down in the skill, and as they approached the brink of the cataract, the bout took fortunately a course with her how down stream, and descended the first fall in safe ty .the second pitch she plunged under the wa ter in the boiling whirlpool, uhich is at the foot. One of the gentlemen, named J. R. F. Mose ly, of Amherst county, together with his favor ite dog, "Taylor," (also in the skiff with their.) came to the surface about fifty yards below, and saved themselves by clinging to the:.kiff, which had turned bottom upwards, from which tiny were taken some distance below. , The other, James T. Christian, of \ppoma tox county, did not make his appearance above the water for the distance of a hundred yards, IKK.US, S3 S a r:ii YEAR. VOL XXIV, NO. 51. I where hi- was rescued :n tlie last struggles of life by two young men, Hiram Johnson and Franklin Simms, who went to his relief in a skiff which Mr. Henry Riirg had hurriedly got ready for the purpose at the time of their de scent ovr the Falls. This is a feature hither to unknown in the navigation of the Jiena ! wha. .!n Interesting Letter of Hon. David S. Rcid. .Mr. Buchanan and .Mr. Jill nut re an lite. Bankrupt Lav. In answer to numerous inquiries as to the truth of a charge by know-nothing politicians that Mr. Buchanan supported the Bankrupt law in IST I, Senator R> i I has addressed the J-Iter below to the t (liters of the Raleigh Standard.— The letter is valuable not only in setting forth the true positions of Messrs. Buchanan and Fill more on the bankrupt law, but Gov. Re id takes occasion to present to the people of North Car olina the real issue before the country, and the dangers involved in the pending presidential contest. No well-informed man of, candor can I dispute the positions of Gov. Rt id. The fol lowing is part of the letter: WASHINGTON CITY, July IS, 1 Sod. Messis. HOLDKN WILSON :—I have recent ly received letters from vaiioiis points in our State, informing me that the Hon. James Bu chanan is charged bv the political friends of Mr. Fillntore with having voted fiir llie bank rupt law ol ISTI. To save the trouble of a*** swering these inquiries seoerateiv, I have writ i' - / ten this letter for publication, giving a state ment of the facts as 1 find then). At the time this act was passed Mr. Buchan an was in the United States Senate, and < n Ju |ly 2T, JBTI, he is recorded as voting against i the passage of the bankrupt hill. See Senate Journal lor that session, page 11"). Or. the ' same day Mr. Buchanan made a speech against the bill. See Appendix to Congressional Globe for that session, page 20-M On February 2">, ISJ3, Mr. Buchanan is re corded as voting for the repeal of the bankrupt law. See Senate Journal tur that Session, page 1 320. When the act passed Mr. Fillmore was a i member of the House of Representatives, and •on August IS, ISTI, he is recorded as voting fir the bankrupt bill. (See House Journal flr that session, page 378.) Mr. Fillmore made a speech in favor ofThe passage of the bill Au gust 16, IST!. (See Appendix toCongression j al Globe for that session, page TSO. On January 17, 1843, Millard Fillmore is recorded as voting against the repeal of the bankrupt act. (See House Journal for that ses ! sion, page 215.) It will, therefore, he seen that Mr. Buchanan din not vote for the bankrupt law, but that Mr. ; Fillmore did : and moreover that Mr. Bucha an voted for the repeal of the law, while Mr. Fillmore voted against the repeat. A Heroic Wife— AD Excitin? Incident. A passenger on board the ill-fated steamer Northern Indiana, gives the Syracuse (N. Y.) •'Journal'" an account of the narrow escape of , Cicero Fowler and wife, of that county, who were also on board when she took fire: There was but one lite preserver for Mrs. F. and her husband : lie insisted imperatively that die should put it on : she peremptorily refused, saving she "was in poor health, and his life was worth far more than hers." The preserver having no strap, Mrs. F. tore the hem from her dress and fastened it to her husband, whom she continued to encourage, saying she could bold : on to him, and, if the preserver could not sus tain them both, she would be the one to let go : and leave him to save himself. The tire was getting hotter and hotter. The water was thick with human forms struggling ; fur life ; she tore her bonnet, already on fire, from her head, and, hand in hand with one she loved better than herself, took the dangerous leap. As they arose from the water, Mr. Fow ler assisted his wife m procuring a good hold of him mor about the shoulders. She wiped the ! water from his mouth and eyes, and encourag ed liirn to retain his hope of being saved. He continued to struggle with the waves. Hall an hour elapsed and there were no signs of assist ance. His strength was rapidly failing; his , wife observing it, tried anew to cheer him.— He said he could not stand it any longer: it seemed as though he must give up. At that moment she heard a steamer coming rapidly : through the water. She says : "My dear hus j band a few moments more and ue are safe.— ! Don't you hear a boat coming !" He said he did, and immediately revived, made all the ef fort in his power, and struggled for himself and I his heroic wife, until the Mississippi came up and took them with scores of others, on her ■ commodious deck. NOKTII CAROLINA ELECTIONS.—OLD-LINE WHIGS. Nothing shows more strikingly the change of sentiment the country has undergone than the iale result ip Mr. Ctingtnan's or the Buncombe district of >orth Carolina. This re gion used to be the stronghold oi the whig par ty, and was exultir.giy teferred to as the "great western reserve," whose vote decided every contest in the Old North Slate. But now, in | stead of a whig majority of six or seven thou sand, every one of its counties heard from has ! given democratic majorities in the recent elec tion. Will not the masses of patriotic whig* leverywheie stand by such men as Pearce and • I'ratt, and James C. Jones and Benjamin, and i G-yer, and a host of the brightest lights oi the 1 old whig party ? SALTING HAY. —This practice we have rea- Fson to think, is greatly overdone. Two quarts of tine salt to each ton of hay, scatterd through ;it is sufficient. It is a wasteful thing to get hay in half made, and then attempt to save it with salt. Too much salt is as injurious to cattle as ; for them to go without any.—. Yen' England 1 Farmer.
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