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From Merry!'
41i.RXER'13 '80T8.7
'Out In every tempest,
but in every pll., •
Bufretting the readier,
Wind and
In the meadow. Mowing,
In the shady
Lettinkiti the sunlight. •
Whol'the tell oaks stool. , -
Every attinginoment,: • _
' Each nalf - at Imnd
lilese.me l ,'. ,rare then ever ti
Thing fatmersys?
'2 • ,
Though the palm be canon's,
holding fast tho plow,
?rho round cheek is biddy,
And the_opep , krow
'lles no lines and furroirs
Wrought by evil-hears;
For tbat heart keeps wholesome,
Trained in nat9 - te's bowers,
Healthy, hearty "ptia t time,
• The spirit never cloys;
flees - en blesi the niesdy,
lionest fitrmeri' . boy, !
At the merry hnekhlg,
At tha apple bee, 1 •
Mow their helita run nrer,
With ginial lirtnlasa,glee ;
-slow the dount7 taotilelts.
Blush With eonseionslblies, -
At the lore word'Whispered,
With a parting kiaa,;;;
Then 'the winter e4itiiigi,
With their incial jnyn: '
Mesa me l they aretpleaitant,%
Spent with farmers' ,Vnya.
•
From - theßettamore
1 • ROSES Sit ALL. -
OR, is lamt GENERAJ.IX KNOWN,
" 0 8
As mats =in life Proem, so do they
Lchange uriaus',reletionship* in business
'and otherwise This ie Verified with ref
:el:nice to the humble,-though well known
[ lndividual,' whose nameiforms the subject
afiur brief sketch. Ohr deterniinatian to
:establish the Baltimorel-Patriot ,pn 'the cash
system, commencing ' with the coming new
year, rendersit necessary that a new ear
tier shoed - enpereede "Old 3loses;' or
',Moses Small, who, for almost half a etetu- ,
:ry, has been carrying his round of the Pat-
Fria and Gazette faithfully, and, we 'are
leonfident, with satisfaction to all pantie . ,
proprietors and- snhscrihieri. 'Moses has
:the ral.fortune to be: colored, and in the
nature of things, ezi,atig as thei/do, legal
"responsibilities, .in our , conteinplated new
arrangements, - require , that we should have
white, carriers.; otherwise Moses, beyond
' ill doubt, so lung as ,fatiored with health
physical would not have / been,
•-; Supplanted. Tile ehurte is one of thrqe
necessities..- to which tie "yield reluctantly,
'lfeeling - kienly howliard itle to sever busi-,
nese_tics with personiti• - r - however humble,
against whom there is no fault to find, wits
.whom-we have always acted harinoniousfy,
and whOse faitlirilaese in'aervitude,,' like
that of.Mosee - , - defiel 7- even, the breath of
fcamplain't or impeachment
As Moses Small, the humble subject of
lour paragraph, has appeared on the streets
- of Baltimore every • Week-day earryitig his
,iroun , l of papers, :and every' Sunday going
!to church,' far, more tfidn half iveentury,
its fair tb inCetthat - there are, few regularl
'residents of - the rising generation, or '.hose
I matured In years, who have not either seen;
!or heard of him. bilked, to many, the:
r i name of Moses—or "Old Moses," as he !s
1 /often called—is familiar as ":eouseholdj
words." : The boys know him—young men
knew him=those of middle age know-him,'
'• Ind venerable Sires, wrinkled midi whitened
:with the frosts of many winters, look upon'
him as a relic 'of the past—a living menu
t
meat fall of refreshing remitiiecences. The
best, however that can be said in his praise
ig, that of'all who du know Moses ! Dot one
among them know of him any harm. - This !
1 . 'at all events, is our candid belief, and we'd
tlieklitiari be fully:substantiated by any
, desirable amout of.disiutt.reeted,eiddence.
As the Listery of - M oses has never been i
1 fully written, it-may not be amiss to give a
(brief sketch'of his somewhat eventful ca
reer. - He wait born in Anne Arundel coun
_ty, Weitern Shore of Maryland,' May 15,
, 17'90; and is now in his sixty-seventh year. ,
f -He came to Baltbiore at the age of nine
:Tears, comaienciag city life] as a runner of
-errands. 1 ' I
As time progressed, other pursuits were
i occasionally embarked in, acting as waiter,
porter, &o In 1806, if we may, so speak,
. Ite commenced his' public career, by Worm
ing attached - to the press, as carrier of the
Daily Evening Poit;,,published and edited
1 by Messrs. Niles & Frailty. -Ilia \ journal
.
he carried until ISOB when he gave it rap
And took a round up - fin thR Federal Gazette,
d pu:ished - by Mr. if,tobn Hughes. '
• eti the Gazette during_Mr: Hughes' 'admitt ;
istrition, and that else of Wut GWyii Esq.;
-until April 1838, when it wos 'merged into
th e Balttitnore PatriotOlten published by
(Al., Isaac Munrhe: From that period up
'ti the present, Moses, retaining his Gazette
Aultscrinere. has served the-Patnot ' promPt
faithfully.
_Whit seems more rem a
ititable end almost miraculou - s is the fact
t ' l .ity during his, entire ca . reer as a carrier
NEM
or ttowspoPers; , runnieg thltuthsi periot
fifty-one years, benever hpal day,
. even an ,hour,from lbutiness, uor failid to
his regular', rounds—sure as the sun r
and set; =so Sure was' Moses to, be lotto
his foss:ind \ ort -duty* Bering the'pre
lenoe ofryellowlfever; cholein and other
I idendmi with which oats 'city was scourg
;at stated periods j i Ace Moses' : took up
I abode here, Atli whilst tagleg in their m
virslent forms, I he never faltered,' mak;
Ibis &islet ronnds, passing through iaf
tel dist ricts : , inharmeik hidping also t,
nurse th e sick ; itlleviate itiffsiring end be ;
' ; the dead* I - i • 4
.., In'tbe 'stirring times of 1812, wit '
British 'bayonets menaced oaf safety, wh n
red, coats were Maraltalltid in 'hostile a_ y
when bombs were teen " bursting in air '
and when the roee of the battle-tiesoun
from North Point, Moses Was an eVet fait -
ful tkoitinel, vigilant upon the watch. tow
and in the hide of duty serving hie emplo -
ers. Fortunately he .has never been sick ;
singularly: he has not been outside the sit
Int, lialtithore, since itaxama_litan it, WI ..
ieightlears ago, and pndiewortll4, in his
1 whole life, he never tasted a drop of intoxics
tjtigliquur. He joined the Methodist chum
- sit an early age, attends it ; regularly on Su -
Oars is a beneVolent, g ood wad, and w
1 3
ffsubt not,
honesty,
CltristiAn.' , Goodites
I raithful uess, honesty, charity and !polite:les
tare his,ptatuinent characterssties;i No Ma ,
his evert seen him ruffled in ' roper o
i i lisard of his perfoiming a disreplittable no
I ;ion. From the prompting, ofa abed hear I
I) rave l entinated deeds of charity johe in se
!era by. thii old map, , which could they b.l
i tlp c s a v , ti t eld iu c g o h n e i s ma o n v d er a th :o f r ae ld e 'sl o a t d
v in au irn tit t i l l ° l .
I ithilauthropy' Th •
e bard earnings of toil
!some days have been; and millets distrib 1
1 uteri by him, to those in want, with ifie 1
hand. Many a prayer, we doubt not, ha.
I silently nick-tided; in thankfulness' to Mose.
i for Ids hebevolent gifts, though small, yet,
Ilike the widow's mite sincere , and_efffea-1
iciena. l Thus, comparative povertY in old
juges w . li. the riches of a clear conscience
I atid an tnhattsconviction of moral rectitude,
are, we believe, his only remaining legacies
to sinellib I the pillow, et' an eventful, ' toil
sente, declining life..: ' Hii present pecunia
t.Y:conditien is better' told by himself than
we can express it. ' irks asked him the fold
lowing question: ;-, j
I i "Moses are yon - nst guile coutfortable in
. , - 1 1 •
ensunistansea after'
so long aside of pru
dential. application to business?":s s .
"Well 11135 < 3 " said he; "Ns eel-, I once
had a good deal; but I found so many poor
pchple—sonie my relations—and 'thinking
I. it would do them Mote 'g, -1
ood tha it did me
I gave it Xtvay; and 'so it is withne now, I
Wants hut little for myself and
. m , old wife,
I ,
ind what .1 gigs ove4 • dat does me More good
~to give away than t o keep; therefore, Mas- !
! !sa, I alsciiys spects to be poor." , i
1 Politeuess is also .a_ striking feature- in
Moses. This important, qualification is sto I
j marl sly r observed by him that hesnever
um—. Ls- tbs. Pre4ol3eSnf - :whites , - .!
I:without smelting or
lifting his hat, and in
=so frequently repeating this polite act, al-
I ways wears out the Sim, et a point, grasped
tby thumb and finger, long before the crown
1 and body are much more than cleverly s.P7
1 ed. A pleasing s 1 o alway s accompanies
• M*l
,'his salutations, andtbeing entirely bereft of
lni r, sclyie accuse him !of having worn it all
off from , extrax3rdinaty politeness, ' in con
stantly moving his s licad's artificial canopy.,
, It is known by many that Mosessfar a
j long series , of years, acted as a domesfie at
sttendant . upon the late William GwYnri,
Esc'; and ! disco-till every phase of life, in
prosperity and adversity, in vigorous health
j'and imbecile old age; in affluence and in
I.comparative,-- poverty,' Moses was still the !
sane, uudeviatiug,
,faithful servant , watch- 1
! in& him with a care,and. vigilance, knowing .
j neither bounds nor precedence, As Phil'. I
fps the the.lrish barrister, say's of Napoleon I
.1 "he never forsooke friend , nor fOrgbt a fa- I,
i,vor," Moses was first at Mr. Gwynn'e - call 1'
!.when living, and, we belisve, last at his
gravel when dead. .A circumstance occur-
red in our city couit,;some years ago, which I!
!may bo briefly given to show the high es-'
isimation in which; 'he was held by Mr.
Gwyno. , A case was up—Judgs Brice,
Nesbit and Worthington, then presiding—
: cliarging several colored persons *with of- I
feucesaf,"rennings off". slaves belonging to
the Dorsey:estate. % Mr. Gwynn was called 1
j upon to testify in .reference to the cbarac
teetif a colored man implicated an accessory
Ito the crime, , then a waiter for Judge
tHeath. He gave testimony highly favora
ble to The accused, believing him entirely
innocent, and, in reply to a direct question
from Brice, stated emphatically that he:
cansidered the man; as honest and upright
!as his Moses, and that Moses had, no supes
Inor in point of honesty and moral integri-
Ity.
- !The accused was acquitted with favor
able comments' from the Court upon. Mr.
1
Gwynn 's stan d ar d of human perfection.
is
Moses often' designated g'Poor. Old
Noses," a' title of which he is not emulous,
inasmuch as it , belonged' more propetly, to
"Old Moses" the ice cream man; deceased
some years !ago, whose shrill; peculiar whis
tle,may still be remembered by many,—
Whatever - I fame and notoriety "Poor Old
Moses" may:have acquired plaitt'llioses, or
Moses - Small, is not disposed to detract
therefrom. lie lived cotemporaneons with
"Poor Old Moses" of ice cream
. notoriety,,
and would not therefore, deprive him of I
his
_name or , fame. "Old Herr" and
"Cheese Joe," were 4miliere .in Moses'
time ; but !, they are gone, and 1 he stands
peculiarly Melte, bending upon the declivi•
I ty of a long and remarkable life; sail work-.
I Mg out his remaining dtiSs;•liir4hly honest
; ly and praiseirorthy. i .1
1 A abort i calculation in reference to the
exploits of Moses, flows astonishing re
sults regarding the physical4cipaeity and
endurance I"of oilman, nature. I A e before
stated; he has acted as nowspitper carrier
for fifty-onelyeirs, and in thittlime as fmti
mated ' by illmself, arersgedl sixteen miles
wAlkitig piti day, tasking in - ,WI 'journey,
if put I together; of two hundred and fifty-
=I
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four thonsandve hundred:and itiety - 41to„
mile*, enough accomplish a• . it round
li e
the Globe near ten and eighth ;Ake,' re
reqiiiring the performance; of . four mill-'
tam three_hun ;
red and twenty-se do thou
!acid, nlite;hundred and niuetylf i steps'
No wonder then that his old Joints hare
become stiffened. . 1 ,
If we concede, for the sake of
he has carried three hundred pap
kottt the begiening Of his career
rier, belseult by thts.. hum;
through a seri of fifty one yet
distributed,: (earimillions seven 1
and seventy-three thousand six
sheet'', pridneing, is we hope, ii
of general ;go • out-reaching al,.
don.:
. There are many yet living, early Xubser 1-
'hers to the Patriot, who , are still ;, served
with it : by Moses , of whom we 'Y . men
tion, Jonathan 11111ederith, Esq .,Sam uel I.
Bertelsen Esq 4, AlexaMler Lo L'Esit,
James B. Lvtimei g , Blq ! J
... 4 '.14E,./.."
trche, g,g.i: 0,1: it. '' Mil t ~ I in: H.
CoUins;Ta-q , Jl . C - Illackbu ~ E 4 1 , 1 1tev.
Mr. Burnap, aid a number
. f o els, be
sides Barnum's Hotel,' the Itlhanks'
Bank, Sic. NO- complaint has ever been
made to us touching his derelicrio#f duty,
and though now -old and hold `L'almost
worn out—less fleet of of foot;---there are
still these who would rather bear laffme ills
with Moses then fly to those t hey know
not of. ' i
Although our, new arrangemen require
that a white carrier take the roue lie long
served by MoSes, on the first laY of the
comingi new year, yet in consideration of
his menu, protracted connection with the
Patriot; and proverbial faithfulness, we
shall endeavor M. find for him another posi
tion in our concern, less arduous sndlequal
ly desirable, inlwhiels, if agreeahle.te him
self, be niey end his days. His last, or
valtdictory Nen Year's' Addresit, will be
served on Thursday next,-JanuarY -Ist,
185 T, when, if it be not asking to iinuch,
`may wo bespeak for him,. in his old age,
substantial tokens of remembrance
The !Miami, of We - United 6W - tee.
The report, of Mr.. Manypen y, Com.
missioner.of. Indian "%Waifs,- furnishes full
information _ofilthe present condition of
the aboriginal jitribes inhabiting various
parts of the territory of the Union. We
condense from it a brief account of each
tribe.
The Indians i 'lof New York hare almos t !
alt adopted th e manners and customs or
the society inii,which they They
have schools, in which-their children re- 1
celve careful iniitruction• church's , which
theiyregulary attend; libraries, f which
they make frequent and advantageous use;
orphan asiluins l jand infitinarie:; in Tine, all
the institatiOnsiby which the White race is j
usually distinguished from their awn. The
Oneidas, 'Onoudages, Tuscarroras, Toon=
wand.is, :the Ca,ttarat*w Indiancl and--the
"cells of-AileOmny hrrge ? and beau
tiful- forme; au* ti la
tbeinseliei with
much success to the culture —l_
They largely enjoy that comfort whichG l
so much prized by the Anglo-Saxons, and
are not entire strangers to the arts. Sume
of them are musicians of consielerable tar/
(of 31
cots
'l'l
tie I ndiansot ~.tes _ I __
o•
in rapid progrl i ess in civilization, anti, in
stead of decreasing, like the
,wandering
tribes, they are daily increasing, in num
ber. By virtue of an agreement: conclu
ded With the General Geverumenteach
family is entitl'ed to a piece of land, chosen
by its chief, and on which it permanently
settles. •
The Chippers of Dike Superior inhab
iting the reserved lands of thenorthern
peninsula of-Michigan, the north of W
& is•
-
consin, an that partp Minnesota extend
ing.from the St. Louis_ river to the Eng
lish frontier, have'teceived frotri the Gov-
rnment a complete assortment hf farming
'mplements, household utenimils, ;portable 1
1. itchchs ' beds, re'attreeses, chairs, bnreas, ,
._lasses, &c., lany of thin, pleased ;with .1,
- uettl unexpected' riches, knee, built houses,
or the purpoae of, enjoying { the good
hieg's given them by the GovernMent,— i
here are no* many schools amo.
hem. , i , L,7‘ ;
The Oneida., Stockbridges, and; Men 6;
.. oneees,• inhabit 'wisconsin. -; There are
roubles among them, which, hewever, the
.verninent hopes to settle atnicahly.; . It
.'asset apart p, belt of land for 'the Mello
°tees, who are already, building" ; houses
plan it. ; Thie tribe seems dispOsed to be•
ome entirely civilized, but some apeaula
ors are endeavoring to defeat the
,benevo
ent pegs:tees of the Govermient. The
.oly whites among them are the agent, a
artier, a miller, a blacksmith, ,lend a
• aeher. All but-door work is dohe by the
adieus, many of whom have becothe skill
ul.carpeoterel i ;
In the Sono otMinoesota are the Win_
I
obagoae; wh . e vices ' the Goiernment is
boring to co rrect. - • 1 1
•
The Black r Feet,the Flat-Heads, lead
, I
:thee , tribes; Irving ,near the sources of; the
ississippi, have been at peace :for more
1
hana year. The Ohamas are' improving.
Iho Sacs and . Fuzes on-the Missourireject ;
vilization, nd are noted for their idle-'
ess The Tuwas are moat industrioust.= I
be Kickapoos, after 'touch . hesitation,
ave reselvei to remain in their reserve
en,land have there three eultiisted fartne,
f' whieh the productiveness; and otheri
dvantages have fully opened' their eyes
the beneli4 of their new life: They; are
radially relinquishing theii wandering
It
abits. '1 • - , 1 *
The _Delaware, notwithstanding their
arlike habits, have remained ; neutral in
,
asaa,;4 and aro gradually impreving. - ---
. he Wyanditte have promieed l to, dissolve
t air organization as a tribti, and to become
c tiger's of the 'United, Stater, is soon; as
t ey; shall have received the land promis
e, them. they are intelligent mid honest.
i laiShawttees bid;fair to:_ be one day 'the
lebeet inhubitants of Kansas. ; Some l of
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is daily,
ma a eir.
II ranting
re, have
hoaderd
6a red
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tiadeala-
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an are2aval tnaK-
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the 'ok
t ,' to
crops; tic
wanderini
which tic
the whit .
Intim& „.4,
The SOW
think only
rem The;
sear
n e•'"
Ban
New Mule°, are
The elmanolti
emu') of the - A
buffalo during the
tifue tedisturb ' ~
'upon the frontieti,
ter they lire by pil
who live °tithe
us Fiver, fare' i
denr- - eiontint._ tte, near
Fort Kearney, 'ire laic large-
The most profehod among
the Southern [ tribes , imost . lll
conform to" the wishes cment ,
The ,Osager, who"are Asappeari.
ing x nre the only trip ....,in itolyga4
gstoy, and who - will at., The che4
rokees make goof. fa, The Chleka
saws havelidopted'a com...Atton, and erect
.by ballot their Govern4l,und other offi.l
Gera' ..,, i 1 1 1
INDEX TO THETHEE Aid .18:56. 1 .
pourraers *mum..
Various, Moves on r*rolitii•a/ 'Chesi
, 'Besr4l,lfe n iM"4,. V
, .11
Specially Prepared fro*the Files : o f the
I Now Yorkllittald. I
1 , --...1 • ! , ' '
JANUARY.' i ' , 1
, --
L.:l.—The members of thibLegishiture of yovt-
York met at Albstnybut 4 the Nettie of le
pi
resentatives failed to e. , S peaker jt did no i
organise., The following .
.. the result fsrtho
lee 4 ..?,
ii.
'first vote tor. Spealtert-4:,;' { p 1 - , II
Lyman Cklell,lKnow,NolYisg;) ' 1 ~
Henry A. Pendcrgast„ (114subliesm.) ~.
- as,
Benjamin Bailey, (hard I tlemooiats) 27
Scattering. ' i' ; " i 17
' The hard shell Devoe State , Committee
of New' York._ met at Alba*y and endorsili;the l ,
course of the Democratic iiketUbeM in the Unit
ted States Houses of ltepreientittives. 1 1
~,
2.—lion. henry A. lirielitioOlc . the oath of of=
flce as Governor of Vs., forl'onr yesirs. 1 i
3.—The New qrk i berilLithell bemocratiC
Central CommittesrMeta+Usioreed - the tones
of the President's, ifsemel.tan tie t t el 'a rn i
American , gustier - ,-,"1.44- -. c., ..........,....... i
4.—The LegisitOrto ofdlaineelecied SnUmel
Wells, , old line Dessiectstki ;Governor of the,
State.
~ Know Nothing sifitate l !Cottneii of Ohio
adjourned, after adopting It mat that it moll
# l kirs.o o, ,3l l i.ltes4 6 igew, the illlkie44 of
slavery,bOt recommending the delegate from
Ohio to oppose tlte twelfth soCtion. -
B.—The anniversary ; of tho battle of New
i - t - i l m - Az New York. by the
The National, Xmerican Club of fielr tii=
I-cbrated the anniversary of the battle of Newt
Orleans IT atnind festieal in the Academy otl
i Music. - Thiyemocrntic National Committed,
met in Washington City - and elected . /June' 2d
as the Any ori,whi t 6h to hold the National Dem 7
ocratic Convirntion at"Cineinnati, for the nomi
nation of • eapiidates for President and/ Vice
President, The Young Men's National Demo
I cratie Chib, of Now York, ,celebrated the Bth of
January at the Metropolitan theatre. A great
Democratic sitais meeting was held in Washi
ington City, which , was isttended by most of th
members of Congress, and which. was addressed
by Messrs. Richardson, of Illinois, McLane, of
Maryland, Cobb, of C • corgia, and others.
'J.—The New Yorledloard of Education had
, •
twenty-two unsucceisful ballots fat a President /
10. L Live Oak Club,No. 1, of NeW York city
held a meeting, at:, which Mr. George Law dt4'
livered an ' ,
- ttie
Wm./ Bigler, dem., wasieletted by the
Legislature of Penneylviinii a genitor of the
United States for six years, from the 4th of
I ,..March, 18a5'.'
16.—The. New York Rouse of Represents -
I
tires succeeded, in electing a Speaker, after a
number of trials, extending - through'two weeks'
The plurality rule was adopted, and the last
vote was as follows I
Orville Robinson, detn., of Oswego conatY, 60
Lyman Odell, K. N., of Livingston county,,
Erastue W. Olover, of New York; 11
A. Richardson, , ' dem .of Ill's
1* •
neis,, withdrew his name as a candidate for
Speaker of the United States llouse'of 'Repre
sentatives and tke'deinocratio caucus nominal
led James L. Orr,' of Smith Carolina, who re
ceived4ho democratic vote of the 'Rouse.
^O.-Mr.Dunn, of Indiana, intioduced in the
United States House of Representatives three
resolutions; the tirst of which was to the effect
that no man should lbe elected Speaker who
would not exert Limseir for the restoration of
the Missouri Compromise not. , The resolution
was rejected by a yote of ;102 to 103. The sec
ond 'es Antion declared that the' Missouri Com
promise act should. be restored as en act of
justice to all the people 'of the United States.
which was adopted by a;voto of 101 to 100.J 7
'The third stated that the agitation of the sla
-«s usele id tactic' t but
very question was useless and factious
until the Missouri Compromise act - was resto
red, it was the duty of Congrtss, steadily ;aid
firmly. to workto.that end. This Tali rejecied
by a vote of 100 to 108. •
80.—A burl sad enthiniastht meeting; of the •
citilens of Albany, friendly to the nomination
of George:Law for President, ills held.
81. The Sena" of thti United States eleo ted
A. 0. P. Nieholion, of the iTushington
printer to•that botiy 7 t'
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FEBRUARY. , . - • '
2.—The trnited k States House of Represent!'
tires adopted the plorality ruin for the eleetten
of a Speaker andslifter i roting one hundre d
and' thirty,direle and ibeenpying o
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Menthe of ,tho seed ,succaoiledii electing.
s c preildhig <leer , the followlig Irdtikt - -, ; ••- - i - -
tt.r. 7 Beadp, s',,,l. ' Reibilia4cif Mase.; , ;:::'108"
Wyk Aiken, (Des 3 lit' 8. C . : 'r: t l ':,- - :', l ', '•. - 100
Henry M. ruileo,ll4-24);0f, Peimes ;.-, ..- ..6.
.}I..D. Campb e ll (ii blicantotti vis 4i -'. -4-
'Daniel Wells,' Jr., ( to.) of , - ' 'c . I
',la. -4 • Know Nothing jubilee wail held-'in•
. orcester, Masa.; st *Mob speeches were made - ,
by Gov. Gardner, •Ilon. 4:•Dewitkilt, -0,4 - mild]
others. - A:-"-Whig State Convention Sas r heid in
Concord, New Hampshire, find . 4indidates for ,
r i and
fit4telsFteerstuelmated. 1
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~
~. 14...-Aitbony! Kennedy (Know othine was
electeltii the Legislature of Ms ;6l7ni:
,tad Htatee Senaior, for sir - ' .Tres the 4th
4: \ Msileiti, '
28,_ MTh
Cattle, and a,
end bemuse e
Atlas' and AI
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,
19, The, I Blatealmitl
e....a e;
rrlrv , .
~....... / pite
HOvernor of
21.—The wreal , uned.at
PhiladelPhi
days. Agnew platforin g waa adopted, called the
District of Colorable platferm; which abrogated
;the twelfth!Sectiatiof the previous platform In
; , ,
releiop to aleery. • -,' . •
23: 7 -The , National -
'which assembled at F
joorned, afte l r appoint
'and resolving to bold
nominate candidate, l
President, iti l Philadel!
• '2s.—The , 'Kno‘. Not
which assembled in
nominated, .ill the firs
of , New York, for l Pre
son Donelson, of Terni
'The Conven t ion Conven t ionl,refus
edge any ilittfMnt:
vote for President :-.-
Hillard Fidloore, of I
George Law, of New :I
Germ Davis, of 'Ken,
John"M'Lean, of; °hie,
Kenneth Raynor of Northßerollse,
ii
Sam Houston, of Tex a, -.1 , •
li
A majorit7 of
i l theNorthern delegable
before the nominatio 'were made. . •
Itegislat held
u l lard
27.—The I Know °thing member,
New Tort ' n meeting t(
the nomination of 51i ' Fillmore for
dent. , I '' ' I I
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, - i '- - " \ • • ' s)
28.—Hon, B. P. Wade was re-elected by ,the
Ohio Legisliture to tl e i United States Senate,
for si x yearb, fr om the , ith\ofjdarch, 1857,
29.—A linoW , Nothing ratification meeting
l', •
rn I
was held at the Broadwa Tabernacle, New
*- ;
York, at which Andrew' Jac son Donelscnt,- the
candidate fcic Vic een
Pr i sidt delivered a speech
1 '1 1.
i 1 M RCH 1. ,
-4---Tiso-Foo l ney : Democratic Con
vention me 4 at lierris urg. t was largely fcr
Buchanan. i Pi e rce di l i d not sem to bevel been
I
thought of. . Thi Ka 'as free s tate Legislature
convened a • Topeka, and Go, nner. Robinson
trassmitted to..thebo dy his \Message. State
election held inNew Hampshire. The follow
ingii the risnltisf th . note for Gorski ..' 1
Ralph Me 44 (Kno Nalbino___ --- i ]ta--;•cour
MiktFea Ginidsiin; ( N ig) and scat'ring 2,48 J.
• s.—The ticnoW No t hing, State Council, ~ qi
Slassacliu.settd, reputated the nomination of
• !
Ftilmore and Donets° ; '
.'
1 B:—The tree soil Lngialaturs of Kansas elect-.
cd'Andrew IL.,lteeder and:J. li. Lane llnited
States Snators.'
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1 . 12— The',. Republicenrof Rhode
n- Is l and'held
.
a State ; Convention at Providenc, and n nomina
ted a full State ticket; made tip partly, of the
1
Know Nothing 'candidates.. The Republicans
l
of Connecticut also held a State Convention at
Hartford and no m inated a full ticket.. ..
17.—The Know Nothings, Republicans and
Temperance men of Rhode Island fused and
adopted, one ticket for State officers.
21.—William A: Barstow, Governor of Wis
, ,
consin,l e'igned i his office, in consequence of
question having arisen in regard to the fogall
of his election. ' ;
4r *WO,-
adsd fkft
• ibeir
attain a
theirtai=
is
it 'Keil of'
.iemin lksme)
What,' do
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id iactont ,
viik r ter
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• 2.—The election in Rhode Island resulted a
11- [
the choice of the Republican candidate foe Go!r
ernor, by the:following.vote: '
William W. Ileppin, (Know Nothing,) 9,946
Americusy.'Potter, (Deniocrat,) 7,096
7.—State election held Ia Conbectiont.. The
vote fOr Govertioi was .. -as follows: '
Samuel Ingham, (Democrat) [ • 32,473
Minor, l (Know Nothing) ' 25,886
Gideon Weller, [ (Republican) . 6,69'7
John A. Rockwell, (Whig) . 1,177 .
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14. -L-The New York Evening Post transferred
[ •
its support from the Democratic to l the Repubc.
lican Party. The old line Whig of Kentucky
'met l
State' ,Couvention at Lexington, and
I -I
adopted an address and a platfortg,ecomntend:
lug the Whigalthiughout the . Union to main
tam their original ion. • I ' 1 1l
California Legislature adjourned
without'haviog elected a United sintes Senator.
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• 29.—The Republiens of New )ork city held
[ [ t[,[ I
a glorificatioeeting in the Tabernacle. Th •
New York-L ard m shelf Demoer4 delegates t.
the National Convention, held* meeting in
. ;
Sy raeuse; and resolved to appear • begot* the
Convention in Cincinnati and denmnd admission.;
10-
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5..:--The municipal electiotiji ' Philadel.l
phis, resulted in ;dicing , glib, demoeratsl
again in power , aud turnineo t of office
the (Know Nothings. Tl4:,aiemocratie
mdidate for Mayor, Mr. V.Wifi; who wit;
defeated one'yea: previous, .igs elected by
oyer;three thousand majoiit:s7', , ,,
6. 1 r -The New HanipithireXnow Noth;
in& State Convention aiwitibAdtat Plym
outh', and . reppudiated. the 4 . biladelphia
nominationsiof Fillmore an.c.' a.. elscm for
4
President and Vice Preside nt The Know
Nothing State Council of NI 'On met at
Deirat, and! refused to end 'the nomina
tions.of Fillmore and Dona, , •
12. c—lion. James Buoharkl had a pub
,
lic. reception, in Baltimore, *Which occa
sion be delivered a very abr4scidress.
IB.—ThelKnow Nothinitgate Council
of Ctmniotiont raised reiK4 Ons repudia-
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Min
shell &mo t .
4.11, fused
title 'of the
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'; onrention of Republicans
1 r*
zttsburgh on the , 22d
i., &d
-1 •
mg a National Committee
la Nationil Conietttion to
for President and Vice
phis, on the 17thnf June.
'bins' National Cenvention
iPhiladelphia on , the 22d,
ballot, Millard 'Fillmore,
Went, and Andre 4 Jack-,
'
. essee, for Tice President.
-d to adopt oi l neknowl-
The foiling : was thi
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ork, ' i
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tw o —....r.Otlansttotls o 1 mcii . L OLon all
elic*. The Know Nothing StatelCotteen
lion tif i estosiyiratioCileeidett On th.. Phila.
i '
del hie orattiatif.n lel:Fillmore and lion
-et i . and the anti ; FilluiOre delegates with:
4rti :'. :
7 .; .—Tho Liiisimure'or , Massac'husett's
pined ;notations condemnatory o. the as
'sank made by Preston S. Broolui, N. C.
from South Carolina, time SenatorlSatnner
of folascbusetts l anai Jeandingl the et -
palsioti Of Mr. B; m
ollun
' • *S.--The inti. : Fillmore soft shell Kona;
C c ii i
Nothing; State 'I
'vention 1 of New York
met at Albany, ad op ted the iiitighanlat-,
form t ina arpointe 4elegates to the Know
1
Notinei anti-Fillmore New York a
Ceseention.. , • -.- . , I ' ' ' -• i 1
29.—The ultra abolttiontsts lel a Na
tional' Convention at Syracuse, an Rani..
listed Omit Smith, of New YOritt - for .
Preshiet 4 • wints„,Esunnel : bleFilrl.'end„ , of
,!esibiyitilit, — Tur.Mea -- 1 4 retitAelor.1.-:. 4--.
30 —A r . meeting,was hell th gew York
,
to express indignation against ' the 1 attack
which was made by Preaton S. lirooks, of
South Carolina, upon Senator Saniner, of
Massachusetts,
•
3.—The Know-Nothing State Conven
tion of R hode Island Metit . 'pnavideh.M.,
and repudiated the nomination of Fillniere
and Donalson.
4.—rJamea Diziin , Knmir Nothinii, was
elected by the 'Legislature of Conactieat
to the U nited 'Stigma Senate for Fix years
from thol4th of 31arch,18 . 57 • in place" of
- •,
Hon. lac Toueoy. — -
J. —Tkl? Know Nothing Natipnal Chun
oil, after" a. - tkreo :days' session ini New
York, adjourned. The nominati of
Fillmore land Donelson were endors ed, and
the following officers for the year was el
cel
•
ted;—.....President ; E: B. Barnett, of Kati ;
, _
„
tucky; Vice President, Erastus Brooks,l
New York; Treasurer, Henry Crane, Obia;l
Recording Secretary, J. M. Stephens
Maryland; Corresponding Secretory, C. D:
Deshler; Now. Jersey; Captain, William H.
Gokidwin I 'Nei- York. , -
6.-*The Democratic National Cot ven
lion Which .couvened at Cincinnati on the
2d, l adjonrned. This convention, on tflO
first day of its meeting, organifed . and el-
ected :John E. Ward, of Georgia, Presi-1
dent L .' • on l the emend- they adopted a plat-
;
form; on the third, they settled the New
Y ork* diffiCultics by admitting •one half of 1
each of the hac'd and.soft delegations; - o . . I
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the fourth" they commenced balloting for ,
candidate for•Prosident, and on the fifth :
after the seventeenth ballet, James Buchti-1
nan, of pennsylianiu, was nominAted for 1
President; and Juhn C lireckinridge, of
Kentneki, for Vice •President. It was de
oi/i4Siiita-hold-tii.:nest
:convention in 1860
in Charleston, S. C. . ; • ..', 1 t
lt—Greut denoeratic ratification meet
ing was held in the Park ' tin New . "
York. 1 V
17.-4 number of 'delegates of the an:
.ti-Fillino're Knew Nothing Convention;
which: met iii New York on the 12th June
- e,iiiiiiiiiiiiii, Which, - iirte - r - - - rttirew ' •
sion, nominated Robert.; P.. Stock ton, lof i
New Jereay,• for PrOdekt; and Kenneth
Rayner, of Noith Carolins; for 'Vice Pres
dent.,
. 1 i • r.
16.—Tbe republican Convention which I
met is Philadelphia orr the 17th, nornina-1
led Jahn Charles.. Fremont for President s '
sid W. ;.1... Dayton, of New Jere,y, for I
Vice President, and "adjourned aficil sitting
only two days. ; 1 '.; ' -
20.—The hnti-Fillmore Know Nothing
or Bolter''' Convention, which mut in New
York on the 1.2 th,. adjeurned after" namin.
Mind J. C. Frement for President,: and
Wtn. F.lJobnon, of . Pennsylvania, for
Vice Pres
H. ident. ] ; . 1 ,t .
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23.=-Commodore, Stoektdm wrote a' let
ter acceptingithe,uomination - lor the Presi
dency whic,h i was tendered to. hint by the
bolters from the anti-FillmoreKnew 'Noth
ing NatiOnah- COnvention at New York.
24.—Ex-President`.Millard Fillmore,
who'arrived in New Y ork from Europe on"
the 22d, had a . publi c reception and was
honored With a prcleession, 'which marched
through the principal streets.
25: The republican .ratificatior l
was held !in New York. 'Great
asm prevailed among';ithe thousai..
attended: 1 - r
26:v.-The State!Committees of the hard
and soft sections "of the New 'Yo -k demi).
cracY met it:Albany for tbe purpose of en
deavoring ici`unite the'party; but they fail;
ed to accomplish their object, and -both
sections resolvCd to hold seperate State Con
ventionsl' :I
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;28.--Ez-Preside ti :Millard
'after having , been greeted : and
with addresses and : processions;
his route from NewTork; arriv,
179
24
10
13
14
bolted
Of the
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e ratify
Presi-
home inißuffalo.
30.—The bill providing for the admit
sign. of Kansas into - the _Buten, With what
is called' the Topekkor free State,constite
fide; with :the sladery prohibition, .was
loat in the House of .Representitives by a
vote iof 107 against, to 103 in favor.
I, '
~.,.
;1.-.Tbe committee appointed by the
United States House of Representatives to
proceed ' 'to Kansas and take evidence in in
gard to the state of affairs in ,that Territo
ry,,.
made a voluminous repiri, ernimi , ,was
signed by .two of , the members of the coin•
mittee, the thirddisenting The , Kies:
Nothing' State Convention of 1141assachur.
laCturmat at SPringfitild. The Convention
`balloted for the endorielnent of done of the
Icandidates who had been noticed for. Pros
',ideal, with thefollowing fault:—ForlFre4
.'mont, 239, fill mire, 197.. _ 1 . I
1 21—The Senlatt Kansas State bilipas
sad that ;body by votelof 33 t0.12..J.,
The free' State Kansas bill, whi - At was list
30thof
House oclßepresentatiVes on the
30th ot June, was reconsidered end pas Fed
$ a:svole of 101 Ito 99. 1 - 1 I -
' 14 V-rA • vote was token in the United
1 tate, House of Itzp'reseutativel on a rceo-
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JULY.
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lutititt tia caller Hod Freston B.Woo,
representattyc front the,Fpertlt i'ditttrick, o •
,p,9t.iiou
f cana, for ,athraitii, g *,,i aminak
upon ISenattn_ Sumnerg of Makisachtisetter f ,
to , the 'Senate Cham ber, which , resulted
! yea5...121; nays 95; . there not being Lwd
thirds the resolution rrairlest. :Mr;:Brotiki '
then '"toted that hi had sent hisresignatioi
to the‘Govenor 'of South , Carolins;land af=
ter,msking a few remarks tonehitii hts af4
trira with Mr. Summei,i annaurtsied that Ile
. was np banger a number- of' the Thirty.'
faurth Congress.'' . ' 1 . .. '- - ,
• ' Ifk—lion. L! M. KAtt,a mediliei-oi
the House of 11,epresentetiven - **.ole , - - .
`ird district of South Carolina, sprout'
whom a resolution -af censure was ptOod`-:-
foithe part he took in the attack madeltY,
''saes S. Ilftook§ Upon ' Senator : S umner,
res — tied hisfse
, at as ' member of Cr%egtige: l
21—Preston 8-! - Itiooks, of South : C . ro•: '; ,
linioeit a tballeir4e,t , a; Anion`,Burliiioi el
•• cf -- Messichtoeits; - both':itrenttiAti -Cif7di .
, ' z
e irri
gress to .fightia dull. Mr. Thitlingsnie - a&
cepted the elialleigef and tursignataCatia: '
7
da as the . 'plaee •for the duel to—iiki
place. Nt Brooks, refused to, go to Cana
da, and:the:it ir end d i \ '
22.-=Cpinedore Stoekt6n, in a short.let
fer, declined to i 'continue a Candidate ford' .
libe Presidency. ' , lid declared in favor of -
Fillmore.'
[:',-- 2.4...,--„TbctiKnotr. Nothings of Row York
city ,held a large and , quite Cutbusiastict. i
, meeting in t t i llit Academy of 3iits.c buildiog,
1 .` 'rho ridical or Jacksan democrats ofL,_ i
l the State of.7Sow York held. , a convention. . '
, _
lot Sv,AU4e land resolved tosupport ;John
C. Fremont for the Presidouey.L., , t • - , -
! 25. The American State Convention' of
!Massachusetts was 'aeld in Boston; aa4,14
la large majority decided to support' Lot-
i Fremont fovihe Presidency. •.A Iportiort 'of r
I- the -Fillmore delegates bolted anti formed iir'
! sePerate convention. ! '''L li ', ' '.
28.—H0u...-.L. M. Keitt and Preston 8,
Brooks were unanimously elected- to Cqn ,
1 gress from South Carolina, to filllthe sets
lbev had respectively resigned..“l.John
.
W, Geary, of Pennsylvauia, , ,was appointed ...,
Governor of Kansas Territory; in place of
Governor Shannon. who' wai'removed. f ':
po.—The two i4ec i tions of the deuk'ocratiU
party of .14'ew,York met lin square State
Couvantions 4 Syracuse, bu :Au:Faille'
united in.,-one convention an :formed a:
State ticket, and annouticed t h result as a ,
union of Ota democracy:L..
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1 ADJUST.'
4.--State • election in Texas, which. , az
suited in the choke ',et Democratic StatAr
oificers hY the . following vote-:; , j''' .. 1 1l
Democratic vote, : „ 1 ' 31,69 = "
Know Nothing vote, 1 ' . . 10;4 1 74
- :State election held' in lewa,_which,te- ,
• ialted in the choiceof the Fremont cand"-:i '
...„
dates - for'btate Officers And for Congress. il,-.
I T e ' following is thoig,greg•ate yotd
I -
, Tremont party? l' { - ,----" ' - '-10 ? 5,51 I
. I -
Iluehanzin patty, ' 33,072
I - I - 1 ; • , I' -.--1- , r - 7 :-
Fretront majority; I 7 foit - ' '--
, _ .- ,
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flu was no . Knott. ll'othing,tick t rnit., -
tejelention i i tihkaitias, 'resulted - a- fel , -1 -
,
C 129 291 Only v---- ,- _________
...t,,
'7 ,
I bis, (Know Nothing)l , l . -,42iT: '.
1 - - , •
. 1 ': 1
Democratic. ---
major i ty,) i ' 1 9 '723
---' 1 ' ''
i 'Both the Democratic members of Con ,
g l ri:ss were elected, State election in ilia.
sours, resulted, iti foliois on the ,vote fe?
IGevernor : ~'!"1: - I - , -. 1 --
Tijnsten Polk, (anti- Tlenton Dem.) , '46,580
r Robert C. Ewitig, (Itiow Nothing ) , 4 . 070 - 8 --
Thomas 11. Beaton, (Democrat) 27,527
I 2l.—The Germans of ; NCW York held a
large and enthusiaStielFremont , meeting at
the Tahernale. Aftet• the el l oselot the
... I
meeting they marched , in a toreliiigfd pro- I
cession through a number:of
. stteetal. ' The•
il
Democrats •Ihird ,lUrge meeting in and :
outside of Tammany phll,, l io ratify the'
Sit Mite
e tioininations. . i I I ' '
. 1 : , .:::, :‘`., ...:_.• ___ . '
"SEVTEMBER.
l eleetiOn,beld Yermant.—;
The result °Nile ! vote iforpovernor}was a'
follows:— ' LI
Ryland Fletcher (rep) - 34,052
Henry Keyes .(dem.) "11,261 I
Scattering • '270
, 9.—The - democrats of Yorlt, I
ueder the lead of the Empire Club, held la=
grand tOrehlight,proceseioni which in point
of numbers was equal Ito any of their for.. ,
on, effort,: 1' _ •
12.—The know Niithing,a of NOW York.
held a meeting in Union squire, and atlet ,
wards tormed'a torchlight procession which.
were largely attended • I 'A. political-riet.
occurred in. Baltimor e . bet Ween the demo- •
crats and - 11111if Nothings, in , Which
persons we're killed land from , fifteen' t 4
twenty seriously injured, I '
17.—A.k very important
_day to parties
and politicians• generally-=Anniversary of
the adoptiou of the coestitiitiob of the
teil States, and'of the l deliveringl 'of, Washal
ingion's Farewell Ahdrss. -An old line
Whig 'National Conve ntion . was held ie
Baltimore, which endorsed the nominatien
of Millard Fillmore and Andre.wr * J. Bond=
son for Pr esi dent and Vice President-
New York republican ,State 6nventiOO,
and New York , Know IN Ahrogi Ana
erican State uourvi,u.aai, held gi Tactilie
whicli united upon catididates tor
cers and Fremont Presidential,Mectoree-a
Ccinverition , bf,radieni:- abiilitionists held at
Syracuse. largo Fremont meeting held hi (
the Tabernacle in Neir York.- Bepublican,
State Convention of : j New Jereey, held it
Trenton.' Great Fremont moist meeting . ,
held • at 'l' . ittahnrgh.' Grand - Idemocratte
detnonstnition in- Phillsidelphia.'
25.—)10ns 'N - P Banks of,lMitssactin. ,
setts, Speaker :of the IThaite4 Stites Honk
of Represcntatiies, delirated r speech ft#ri
the steps of the -Merchant's (Exchange,
New- York, in favor B . f the Freinent inns •
. , • --r— ,
0CT1481.11. ~..
' 8,7-.-Unoilipel election, Leh iin al
more, irliiell rgsqlteill in tile thi:liVe- of t
Slow Nothing c andidate tor Nayor. r,:i .
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