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NEW SERIES.
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•• 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.