Of MIUR PER ANNUM, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
TO WAX DA :
p -vcNm fllomitin, August 7. ISSU.
portrn.
[Frnm the X. V. Tribune.]
OUR FLAG IS THERE.
. c i- - there!— the .starry flag
i> r.t forefathers gave,
1 r Fnv : home. Free Soil, Free Men.
: ■ uiuiuph Ion? to ware !
V : i> bright suol shining folds
s'a\ 1 r? seek* to -tain,
.ill's host is called to fijrht
it,: battle o'er aptin !
V: 1 fight tve will, from rale and hill
T'uo lutttecry is heard,
I . :H FBC-HOM'S and DAYTON'A names
.'he nation's heart is stirred!
c —•>! i 'reedoiu I peerless lioon !
\\ i the world beside ;
F: : .ha niany liero snuk
llaxs _laI":y U.iianJ Uietl!
: ':' fortfne. dear Liberty,
lb .'.her in this tight,
SJH. • _• t'rv in stain and shame,
\ ' s ,v -\ 's awful mi? lit!
h. Free and Free S,dl
Fin men, Frr—**i*t mnM,
id there for Freedom's host,
i . every shining fold!
1 ■_ there ! OU. bright and fair
-tl in.iiions 011,
- - ifj.' . waves be stayed,
\ . d iii's battle won!
I- 1 .rmaiid lhauly '- -mile
s . it ; r wave,
i a ; shl of Freedom's soil
-s i y eh.in or slave!
Fr e Kansas—far and wide
-' , -. Kittle , ry.
: -
~ - ted 1 1 \ etory !
political.
SiirttAry Marcy's Opinion of Colonel
Fremont.
r f the .Vr<. {/ n*jr, /Vf. . I*'l**.]
W ai; PETAKTMKNT, Pec. 5. Iv"*;.
[ FATS ACT.]
V. Y. 1 >45, John C. FREMONT, then a
in the ctT|>s of Topographical
rs, s/.ice appointed a lieutenant
f: ! re under orders from this de
• pursue !)'> explorations iu the re
. - ■ . II ky Mountains. The ob
t< of t - mhlw m, as those of li's j.re
- \ on had been, of a seieutiiie ciiar
ut any vit-w * hatevcr •> military
No. .k\ ror soi;:er of tae
! > :Tr'liV :•< o . . . : v.
font co sisted of stxtjptwo : u i!.r!u
--1 . kiaseif for security aganat laditiw,
'. vks.-r! country through w;.h h i.c ua
of the objects he hod in view WW lo
r a m> and shorter route froai the wes
- of the Rorkr Xontafan to the month
Colombia river This search, for .port
■ m list. o, would carry hiui through the
! ttfTcfw:ml ?hr uigh a co-- of
: j arte of California- He appnmeh
• t se settlements in the winter : 1845
! . S- .. . , Alex .••>. ue
gi ■en >cause of offense to the an-!
r pro- with corameudab'?
tlted Ms eaaaaaad a the Awo
lred auks from Monterey, aa 1
. i. ' ti.a: city to explain lite > t
- • uto the commaadaat gtauil,
1 -•' (atapermiaßOßtogO totiM vol
'1 • t 5.5- Juaqafaa, w here there was game
- .1 gross u r ids horses, and no
by his presence.— j
.s _-' <-d ; but scarcely had he
, ' • - " . spij for refreshment and
... receivedinformation from the
'. and by expresses from
-"<• - 1a: \{ terer. that (ienerai Castrv
' . ;;a n him with a com; *ra
miilay, cavalry, and io- '
T " pretext that, nuder the eover
- - : i.lo;;, !:e was exciting the .
teaxtx - ' rs to revolt. In view of this :
< ■t -ma vxvi lltion to repel art
1 - - to k a piwHwi> oo * amapteia
\ - M • ry.at o distance of about
ad it, raiscxl the iiag ofJ
v s. a: i witii l:U owa mea. s x
. . ...:,u approach of the
:• lrt*h of March, Co!
s L: e tuad malnUiued thss
' i -il Castro dkt not appoxaeh
• r -:-vi: e. and Colonel Fremont
- " .s J lan of av:,]iii j *1; collisions.
• - to eomaattnut his (Ivt-
A . " at settlers, ready to
' xritN if he had been nttock
- ro<i{k>n. artd eotarneoced
: ug bv tlixt roote
1:1
i" r ' M thmus to be }<vs-v hhe
sh - of some of his men, who
.'vcr.try, and rvf-tsv .1
- ;a their stead, so coattoos
r anything which wi*:ki
A : ?.r. settlers cr gire ever,
t v M \k-.n an'. h?:!: es
- ■ - -'. w'r and hfHtiv, M
- ucu and Iwcses required, onul
• Mtr. aad had reached the Nor
? r T ts-ub lake, w.t V
t T'.Trstory, when he
' '—gross in that d rrrlioo ol>-
>s. ? jk..y owvi
- * • bad Iveti exciei aeui-.s;
' Cx-tro. h u'. kl'ksl aad woon-
j- s> men, atwi left Llci no repose
r o-j h.s march. At
i re a. hed hia that Gwni
'. *. his Irwiian aides, was
ga St i liu. with artillery
t •; .f mr iir bn> hsu
•-V \ .NS : l._ ,1-v-ewf e j
THE BRADFORD REPORTER.
head of the I'av of San Francisco to a rendez
vous 0:1 tlie North side of it, ami that the
American settlers in the valley of the Sacra
mento were comprehended in the scheme of de
struction meditated against his own partv.
I nder these circumstances, he determined
to turn upon his Mexican pursuers, and seek
safety both for his own party and the Ameri
can settlers, not merely in the defeat of Castro,
but in the total overthrow of the Mexican au
thority in California, and the establishment of
an independent government in that extensive
dejiartment. It was on the sixth of June, and
before the commencement of the war between
the United States and Mexico could have
there been known, that this resolution was ta
ken ; and. by the sth of July it was carried
into effect by a series of rapid attacks, by a
small body of adventurous men, under the con
duct of an intrepid leader, quick to perceive,
and able to direct the proper measures for ac
complishing such a daring enterprise.
Ou the 11th of June a convoy of 200 hor
ses for Castro's camp with an officer and 14
men, were suprised ami captured by 12 of Fre
mont's party. On the 15th, at daybreak, the
milit ry post of Sanoma was also surprised and
taken, with nine brass cannon, 250 stand of
mu.-kets, and several officers, and some men
and munitions of war.
j Leaving a small garrison at Sanoma, Col.
i Fremont went to the Sacreraento to rouse the
American settlers ; but scarcely had lie arriv
ed there, when an express reached him from
the garrison at Sanoma, with information that
Cairo's whole force was crossing the bay to
| attack that place. This intelligence was re
ceived in the afternoon of the 2Jd of June,
! while he was on the American fork of the
Sacramento, SO miles from the little garrison
at Sanoma : and, at 2 o'clock on the morning
of the 25th, he arrived at that place with 9t)
riiiemcu from the American settlers iu that
vi.Ucy. T'.c cr: my had not yet appeared.—
Scouts w.-re -out out to rcvonmutre. and a par
ty of 20 fell in with a squadron, of TO dragoons,
(all of Castro's force which had crossed tiß
bay.) attacked and defeated it, kiJcd aub
wounding five, without harm to thenisehes :
the Mi xicau conmiaudcr, Do la Torre, barely
escaping with the loss of his transport hall
and nine pieces of brass anil! ry. spiked.
The country north of the Bay of Sau Fran
cis*, o being chared of the enemy, Colonel Fre
mont returned to Sanoma on the evening of
tbe 4th of July. and. on '!:•? morning of tlie s:h.
called th-? people together, explained to th ni
the condition of things in the province, and
recommended an immediate dee ia ration of in
dependence. The declaration was made, and
he was selected to take the chief directions of
affair s.
The attack or. Castro was the next object.
He WOS a: Santa Clara, an entrenched ]ost ou
the upper or .-oui'a ail of the Bay of Sau
FranC-co. with 4'Mt men and two pieces of
fi. ld artillery. A Ire uit of more thna a hun
dred mile- must he traversed to reach him.—
O th- fth of July the pursuit was c*amnn nc
ol. hv ai> iy of lo" RIOUUUXI rillemen, *. m
r.i .t. u I Ly Col. Frernoi t in j>ers*>a. iu tl.r.e
dav -. arrived at the Araeficau settkmeots on
the Ri > los Americanos. Here ! leu !
at Castro had riwndontd Snta Clara awl
was retreating * -nth towards Ciu-iad de ios
\ g -. the city o, t ? Aujels. ti.e seal o;
the Governor Geo rol of the Calif 'nuas. and
listant 460 miles. It was iostutly resofved
t purs ;f hifcs t 1 ? that place. A* the nivnent
of dl sr* :rc the gratifyl : - iut lkgonee was ra
ce: ted that war u.t i Mexico ha i eomuxmced ;
that MouUrey had bee a ink*, a by our naval
: ~ . ;... i the :*ug of it.e United States there
railed m the Ttk of July ; aad that the fleet
v. ' t "xrale ir the of Ca-tro and
his faraaa. The lag of in.i- p udeacc was haaf
e-i c- a". ni: t ii...: : :l.v I i..:.d S:au-
Joy of the American settlers and the forces
under th. wntiaand of C i Frcta ut.
The combined p:r-r.ii was rap :'y continn
eil : and t 13th of August, Commodore
Stockton and CoL Frcatout, with a detach
arat ?t marines fnxu the squadron acd some i
rifloaea, eunrvd the city of the Angels, with- j
oat resistance or object a : tic Owmatj
Genera:. Pho. C tMaadsat fka r . . t 'as
tro. ord a., tise Mcxiraa auL; -r.:.- s. hav.ug
fi - *• t * rc M a&u ;i
u. * '< uOr U\\c£ :rv %-> :i
the United Stat aad appointed Col. Fre
mont Governor, under the law of na!"n*. to
assume the !u:>:i '>us of that office when he
. ;\i t- ti.e sijaadroMi.
i i.u tne .-..v.*l sj ...c o'. >:xiy dais :
i the first dorisive BOOKfit, th * conquest wos|
aMv \. l-r a sr.: d! ' -Iv of n:-n. to ui extent
Ivv ■> ; * t. eir ■'"*!! e.xne tat ->u : for Cue Mexi
can *cthorn: s pn> imoi it a eoti]oest> not
acre iy ut toe nortg.ra pari, bui *. trie whok
pr* e *e "f the Ca : rn.as.
The C :ui: ir !a:: Gcocrol. Castro, ou the
Oth of A.u --i. from la camp at the Mc-a.
z- \ r xt dav "on the rvxd to S>- ma." aa-'
uoaoced this result to the poM'if, : %r> tiser
with the actual tUght unj ot the t.r
uier authorities ; and at the same t- he oft-1
daily o.araacatcd the fact it the ovr.qaest
to the Fr.-Rca. Er.g'i-h. a:i.i Span sh Co -ds
in Ca'ifbnria : and to crown the whole, the
official ipef3 of the Mexican Goveranwit. oc
the Ifth of iK tolwr, in laying these official
i cocuaiunicaUOKS 'vfere the patbttc, intrieiNNil
them with tlx? emphatic dwltntioa. " Ihe
I K>ss of the Califormas is ctmsaiamatcd.'* The ;
w 'h-"e proviswe n o- rie'ded up to the I sitiil j
States, and is now in oar mihtary occupancy |
A su'iad !4ts of the troops sent out to *t.; jtvt
this MMiwt will constitute, it prasam-rei, a
<: v --uhs fwi"e to re ta a our jxos-es.-ioa, arvJ
the rrmainiK r w ill be iLsposahie for other ob
jerts of the ar.
\Y L MAP.CY
Te lit NWrtJ :fthe I'mtUm Stzie*.
Kncrx. do vcu know that every column
>?" a ne*-j*;,'<cr co: tai'is toxn ten to twe iy
tb-.-aod fieees of metal, the iLSL-i>*ar
| ring of aay ooe of which wowkl rase a l*iua-.
der oc typographical orre v r ? W tt.. tu - ctsri
' ous fa*t"•. f're*y-N5. tKVt you *e>Kr a r the
j g.-H r.d i "f '
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'MEARA GOODRICH.
Mancsuvres of Buchanan's Friends.
Certain of the friends of Buchanan in this
quarter arc attempting to procure support for
him by means which are not allowed to come
to the knowledge of his southern supporters.
They give the strongest assurances that Mr.
Buchanan, if fortunate enough to be elected,
will so administer the laws as to give the real
inhabitants of the territories an opjiortnnity
of excluding slavery while yet in the territorial
coudition. It is eveu said that Mr. Buchanan
iias written a letter to this effect—a letter
strongly intimating that he is with the North
and against the South on this question—a let
ter which is shown in confidence to people
whose }>oiitical course is undecided, and with
the express stipulation that nothing respecting
it is to get into the newspapers. "We shall
cheat the South yet," say these managers of
Buchanan's ean-e for the free states. " Wait
till Buchanan is elected, and see how he will
disap)toiut the Yirgiuia and South Carolina
politicians."
But when we talk of cheating, the chance
unfortunately, is. that it is the North, and not
the South* that will IK? cheated. Has the
Sooth ever been disappointed yet in auy can
didate whom it presented ami supported ? The
South >upport no man whom they do not know;
j they put forward no man who is not either ful
ly on their side, or of whom they are not per
fectly sure that they can mould iiim to their
pur;oses They knew Fierce far better than
I we democrats of the North knew him ; they
: secured our aid in electing him, ami then made
him, as they were confident from the first of
being able to do, their passive instrument. Bu
chanan is altogether a* week a man as Piece,
submitting as obediently to the stronger wills
ami more imperious tempers of other men. The
| Bichmon 1 K:uj irtr said truly of him, when it
! declared the other day, in an article quoted
with high approbation by the Washington I'n-
U'H. that
J "He r.e\ or rave av :o ara:i<t the intents nf Slaverr.
aud Dtver utnrvil a vi J. vtinch would palu liic maet sea
; sitive -mtfiern heart."
Ami what is more, lie never wifl—the south
ern politicians are as sure ol him ss they would
lie of tioveruor Wise, if he was in the Presi
dential chair, and even more so. He would
Ix: theirs by the same infiueuce which traas
forms id! men of feeble purposes, almost as soon
as they get to Washington, into the servants
of the southern oligarchy. Even if' Mr. Bu
chanan sheuid fancy, at the present moment
that he would execute the Nebraska aet in a
i different manner from that adopted by Mr.
' Pierce, what chance has he of remaining of the
same mind when the whole influence of the
South shall impel him on a different direction ?
How easily he was drawn into the folly of the
Ostend Manifesto we have already seen, and
: the power which then wastered htm was not
by h.ilf so absolute as that which will take pos
session of hitn when he attains, if that should
ever happen, the Chief Magistracy of the fed-,
j era! republic.
Moreover, it should be cor-i-d.ri '. that Mr.
Buchauuu'- T".. W on this -ame qn <tson of tho
' ext' "-Ton of slavery arc • f the -t varifJ k?
char ct' r. In f*4> he • rdiigirej the M>- mri
Compro. so as tb- great setticraent of tae
slavery question I vtweeu the North ami St-uih:
a sett, 'uc.ut to which he " clung*" with ail his j
sin; ~*h. In 1856 he approve* of the rer?sl j
of *it -or.:; rom'*e, and d clares that this re- j
jx v 1 is the only way of civing pea -e to the 1
c.-'r. :ry. In he declared tuat tae j*eo]xe
of the territories had BO right to exclude -in v '-
ry wLi' yiu the territorial cooditloo. In
18S6 B writ* s a letter, to be shown to those
who will r.e>t other* ise support him. intimating'
that the |'s~oj !e t f the territory have the right
w hica he theu CXpuriuY denied thm* \t here
will this man, wi.o changes his ground so easi
ly, find himself when he is made President by ;
- votes? Jnst where tb# southern po
!ii ciar.s ; .-*e to jxit him. It is to him no in
cotiruiutucv to - i ll his principles, a- he Las
shown by accou;::., d..ti:.g to the times in
half a dorc n iustaccvs. There is one respect,
and one only, iu which we amy expect his fo- j
tufe conduct to be consistent with what the !
BidHaoad £' rutrtr claims to have l-een his;
t..,.t he w.ii never take a si p adverse to
ii.terestN ...f slav-.ry, • r ?ay a word which
will g:T. off. nee to the m-.-st intolerant bigot
of the South.
Bnt th re is W diffimlty in the war of ae
eet i : g -e clandestine cromises of a:n::id
meut, w - r-.d La cvruers aad carvfalij kept
v.it : t..c n„'" -i .qxr>. i e ... .a: -.. .
I u- a proof • :* ! *-' rity n: 1 r-. f -:s
to do :t. 1. i - S nate • ? the fniti ? States
Bockuuk iriaadi haves large aijarift : in
toe House th y sluow a powerful array ; li. y
swarm ia the federal offi.ts ; they ojutrol nu
merous pnaaea. Let tbcm Wgia ihe work e-f
r.form wish at delay. Let t'engress interpose
by an sot restoring their rights to the settlers
e>f Ka • ens. annnL.ng ti.e Saws |.ss xi by the
mexk legislature aod nehaslu-g those who have ,
been imj-*i>c>ueu for refusj gio • y iL> tyr..::-
nical ed.cts ; let OoagThes jass such an act aad
see whether Mr. Pierce w -r.!i put Ids veto trp
oa it. It is said, we know, that to ar.ual the
or.linar :es of live qarioQi iegisfature v hk-h
ASC-. ... ICD at the S OTWNE-E M n.OU W.D I
give over the territory to otter anarchy. Those
who make this ol.jection uAnr.ot be ser.ous. — j
l iter a., .rv y prevaii* in tie territory now.
and wiU jr.vail til! one parry or the other is
driveu en::, or oatil Uoturrcss iu;eqoc-es ;Us ,
hkjc aijai.iig aseasare of ;a?t .ce.
In the LxanLme lucre is cot a Bachanan
oetqaier, wrbiie qnker, politiciaa. mraler !
of CKgnsK cN - any other adbemxt of his par
te. who stacd* f fih before the pr-xde and
(Wilewas the detestable policy which Mr
IV.TT and hi- aclv.-ers are LOW {usiig in
r gard to tie territories aal the extetn-ron of
-'avery. T y approve of it ; thej kn-i it
! their counteoanre ; they eivoprrate :n b : they
■ form the porty on which Mr. lVrev rriies for
w-rict iii what he is at this taoawst ik-ag.
a ,1; ti,oy g n jiim t;;a: su; joct ia tl:e fui -.>
; aKasure Tbe elect OS of Mr Bod.xr.aa fl
4 be a ratificatioKt of the plary which has Wtk
| orto V. n pur-nod by th> gvxvcrrnieot. ami will
I cwsurv it? n**>nai>Y flat &•- futiipr TSe as
" RE6ARDLFSS OF DFINUNCIATTON FROM ANY QUARTER."
surances which are clandestinely and stealthily
given, of an intention to order things different
ly after the fourth of March next, are as llVJKJ
critical and unworthy of confidence, as the
maimer in which they are made is unmanly,
cowardly and dishonest.
Twenty Reasons for Leaving the Demo
cratic Party.
I'.Y AX OLD DEMOCRAT.
First. Because it has approved, for the past
four years, the appointment of an avowed dis
uuionist as Secretary of War.
Scc<->i<{. Because it is supported by the on
ly political party and jolitical organization
that have ever threatened to secede from the
Unioa.
Third. Because its leaders deny therightof
the majority to rule, aud encourage the spirit
of anarchy, by publicly asserting that if their
opponents should succeed the South would dis
solve the Union.
Fourth. Because it sustains the right of a
bogus Legislature, elected by invaders from
Missouri, to enact laws for Kansas.
Fifth. Because it has stirred up sectional
strife, by wantonly vioiatiug a compromise of
thirty years standing.
Sulk. Because the admission of Missouri
as a State was part of the same legislation
which forever prohibited Slavery in Kansas,
and the repeal of a part of that legislation
virtually implies the right to repeal the whole.
Srcenlh. Because it refuses to admit Kansas,
with a Constitution which is approved by a
large majority of her actual citizens.
Eighth. Because the whole course of its
policy for the last four years, and of the policy
to which it is committed by its Cincinaati plat
form, " tends to sectiooalize the country, or
make civil war, or dissolve the Union."
-V i'tth. Because it repudiates the doctrines
of Jvfft-rcon, and Jackson, and Wright, and
lends its aid to the advocates of Slavery ex
tension.
T ttk. Because it openly or tacitly acqui
esces iu outrages on freedom of speech and
freedom of the press, in Kansas and in Wash
ington.
El'rrnth. Beunn*" its candidate for the Pre
sidency signed the Ostend Manifesto.
'i'tcfi/lk. Because it has prostituted Execu
tive patronage to force measures through Con
gress iu violation of the will of the majority of
the people of the United States.
Thirteenth. Because it has denied the right
of the majority of the people of the Union,
through their ilepresentatives, to enact laws
for the government of their own Territories.
F- urteenth. Because it allows, without re
buke. the desecration of the National domain
by open and unblushing polygamy and incest.
Fifteenth. Because it has endeavored, by ar
bitrary judicial decisions, to establish Slavery
irrevocably in all ihe Free States.
Si !;e-iih. Because it is willing to give ad
ditional stremrth to the only element that lias
ever : rear red the stability of our tiovern
uuut. iy a -wing its unlimited extension.
■ v Becaav it favors tetilMßnliiiiM
•1 I ? ari-i er yof wealth, by courting the
favor • ." 350 oD>slaveholders, with their ca?
tal of ' r t 'us * icd millions of dtJlars, rather
l:.an the iuttrests of ten m..u/s ol free labor
ing men.
E.g iter nth. Because it has not only riola
toi! pli_*hted faith, 1 ut it has also broken all
the pledges scninst the disturbance of previous
legislation, with which it came into power.
JLJecaase it has been tried and
found wauling, and no peace or security can
r ;-• sahiy tv anticipated if it is continued
longer in power.
'J • '4. Because the elect' in of Mr. Bc
•A . ' c regarded a 1 an nr: v . , f ti.e
policy of Jeff rson lh*vis, Caleb Cashing, a-.i
Franklin Pierce.
The Democratic Candidates and tha
Kansas-Nebraska Act
[Fr aiht £kiat:ac<l (VA.) Ea^Birer.
The Dominatiou of Buchanan and Breckin
ridge sat;-ffis the -crupiesof those p^rs>•:.* who
cxiteuded that the Convention cedd in no way
evade the issues raised by the rr - ca! of the
Mi-souri r-strietion. Ere *<*n *~iii
th.it tkr l>mixr,stv ottuit'imit* arc Ut.tr
• < ~ tx*4 the i 'lnaftes if ' v
A. u <-. V - . } Ad. In accepting the coa
i • .1 r.o-.inatio-: of •" Dn->*racvof IV an
sy!vaiia. Mr ituchanan was very careful to
avi w his hearty of toe princip -
of ti .r pi it form, aaiotor whieu was distinct
4 t of the rrjx il < f ike
J restr. ti. s. In ptiViic speech,as will
as in priv te ov:vTssties, he did not h>-*itate
to tkrhw himself to :he same effect. In ad
vh: ce of the Circ'- rati Couventioa, the IK
iuoerwey were pCrfe*iiy satlsne-i of Mr. Bmb
sna-.'s sou: d sr.-! MlkosJ p>it.oa ou ail the
issues of the day.
If. h~werr. anrt: : rg wss wanting to iden
tify " M- iiaduitt with the princip4eof the
Kansas-Nebraska art, it was supjdied ia th.
proi i_-.'..u of the platform a aid. eudor-e the
measure in such UDe*jnii>xral and emphatic laa
g*:..ge. S ■ f.ir 'ret ! trayii.g any nldeiarc
t> m xt to r: >-t tbe burs presented in the
platform, he at ooce phnted u->on it.
in the gallant ami straight forward mis
utr. He KM aos eve* aw&it the official Bosa
--cutloc of iis mxa uil xi. but in a prompt aad
spoc r .au-:-'a* saxx-tiou of the priacspies of she
jarty. ib-rymstr.it d the skxxrity and bearti
c.esss ..\f h -• eouvwiions.
It was r t Mr. Bachr.nar's fault that he iki
iot i.v-si iu tiir Kjuil •; ii.Y M;v i*ri rcsorw
jlvxl If it "sad lx. aia his fiower to partici
pate iu the stn:gg'-\ fnyboiy k: is thai he
wouh.l have espxisAl tW mteresis f the S<o:h
at the r. -rvrt in the srrw of tlve
in>vc:at. fie k--t oo usne after his mum
to c ew.-iiry, in cooimttiog the settiesr- :
effected by tise repeal ui' the rearie
tiou. with all the authority of Lis wise scatea
maiv-h p ai*i illustrious character Instead of
Jficadi g *• - r ; -'wtti ie. we sL-xaM applaud the
real wis~i wh.K r- the omissk.-a* if ir
ridnsi
If there is any person so puuctillious as to
cavil at the |>osition of Mr. Buchanan, he will
be estopped from condemning the ticket by the
antecedents of Mr. Breckinridge. This gen
tleman, at least, bore a prominent part in the
Kansas-Nebraska struggle. lie was iu the
fight from the beginning, through ail its vary
ing vicissitudes, and to the last moment of ex
ultant victory. No other mau contributed
more to the repeal of the Missouri restriction.
If he cannot claim an exclusive merit, he can
at least boast au equality with the foremost
champions of the South.
And so, by the effective exertions of one
candidate, and the subsequent hearty sanction
of another, the Democratic ticket is thorough
ly identified with the principles of the Kansas-
Nebraska act.
Wrrr SATAN NEVER DISTURBS A WOMAN.—
Mahommedans relate the following story as
an authentic and veritable piece of tradition,
illustrative of the fact that the Devil himself
has duties to jierform in the world, and all
things would go wroog if he were idle, and ne
gleetd them :
Iu the days of Mahommed, there was an
Arab who had a pretty wife. The devil form
ed himself into so exact and accurate a like
ness of her husband, that she could not for the
life of her tell which of the two was her hus
band. Beth claimed her, that is the real hus
band and the devil in his likeness. The case
excited much iuterest in the neighborhood, bnt
no solution of the dfScultv could be obtained.
At length the case wa brougUl before his
Majesty the Prophet. Mahommed, after a lit
tle reduction, hc-iil up a certain earthen j-ot in his
hand, with a;|out like a teapot,and said to ihcm
both:
'• Now, whichever is the real husband w ill
outer this vessel by the spout, and thus estab
lish his claim to tiie woman.*'
The Devil, as having mure capacity in that
way than the A rap of real flesh and bone.-: en
tered at once in the j- ?as suggested. The mo
ment he entered. Mahommed closed the top of
the spout and kept him shut in. By the time
Mahuinuted had kept iiim shut up for a few
days, it was ascertained that the world was
getting wrong in ali Its machinery. Mahommed
wa* therefore constrained to let the Devil out
of his confinement.to take his necessary manage
ment of the affairs uf the world. But before
restoring him to liberty again, Mahommed ex
torted a solemn promise from him, that he
would never trouble the ' fair sex" any more,
but confine himself to what he could do among
the "male sex."
MR. "WurtTiELD.—The power and peculiari
ty of this preacher's eloquence has frequently
Ix-en cited : the following is an iusiance.—
When he preached before the seamen at New-
York, he used the following bold apostrophe in
his sermon :
Weil, my l*>y. wc Lave a clear iky, and arc
making fine headway over a smooth sea, be
fore a light breeze, and we shall soon lose -izht
of I ir.-i E:t what mean* this *adden lowerintr
of toe Heavens, and that dark cloud arising
frota beueatii tne Western horizon ? Hark !
uuo t yoa '.car distant thuuder .' lion t you
see thiac fluohe- of lightning ? There is a
storm gathering ! Every man to hi- duty !
How the waves rise, and dash eirainst the ship !
The air is dark ! Tae Urnpest rages ! Our
masts are gone I lYe sa.p is on ucr bcoua CL <l- I
What next ?
It is said, that the unsuspecting tars, re
minded of f -rui'T perils on the deep, as if
struck by the power of magic, arose with uni
ted voices and ntimia and exclciinad—-TaJ.s te>
the lung Us.: .' ®
I V N'T DAN^E. —A plain unlettered man
cat'-, from the back country io the ?tae of
A!a' a ma. to Tu*ah>-w(i. and on tie Sabbath
went early to church. He had been accus
tomed to attend meeting in seixxa houses and
private dwel!::igs, where each one appropria
ted to himself the first seat he found unoccu
pied. He selected there a convenient slip,
and awaited patiently the assembling of the
cougrecation. Tae services comEienced.—
Prex t.:".y the music of a full toned organ hurst
upon IL< astonished car ; he had never heard
one before.
At the same time the gentleman who owned
: - • the ..i-ie with a bdy iiaLc ng
apou his ana. As he approached the dc- r
of the -lip, he ntvLoued to the com-trymaa to
cut in or her to ;it?v to the ia-iy—
Tr.i* movement the o untryiran did not c>om
prv:ierd : and from the stnatioa of the ir n
tlemau and lady, associated as it was in Lis
mind with the music, he iuuued'ateiv conclud
ed that a cotiQloo, or French coctn ffi-r.-re
wa int- Risir.g partly from his seat, he
*A"i t the g*rtien;an. wh > was sti-l beck-es
ig to him—" Excuse me sir—excuse me if
yoa please— l dc* t tiii r
A T-I •:r.— l retneri.' -:r that Aha Sr 'tb
ar-! 0:' bon Lair ii us that there *--c'.d ne
ver again be a destraetioo of by
barbarian#. The flood, they said, would no
aiore rt;am io tie carta ; and they
seemed to reason jaadr, for Aqr compered toe
iaansc strength of the ririlimi part of the
wor d w;;.ii the weak >-<s -f that part whicbre
maiueti <avxge ar>} a-k—i fnvn wheaoe w, re
to oxuc those vaiais who were to oe-
SUDJ dviiiiittka. Aia i it did not occur to
to the a that, in th-* very heart of great rjpi
h's. in the very r. .-h 7 - rl. -id of -;-Wt d j '-
aces, and chmrrh'-s. and theatres, ami lilm
ries. and ants, vice, an! icreJraacr. an>i
ahoy akrlkl puMaa a rwe of Hi t- tkreer
liijai ; sc w„o mar.-.-d ac-icr At Ida, a.I
Yjs; . -. hsi on <>.>trocti-sa th*a t! -e
who fifkmcd Genseric. —
Ft 4—t >TV—v-VT.—-*' Wbc "or .;
the a>*id3slied and fashtonabi* flffeia g?W
;ioiie exqnistety ioreiy Mtss iL? Lc > k *r
rowcrass, " what mould you ?e. *Varv-t. J I
-ici',d prvs.s the *tamp OF Ljve |.H, iLNNSC ?*:a'-
i ! mg w-x\ Fje. U
"I ~ra->i*v>ded f-rr wra ? 'm ir '
W - r
VOL. XVII. —XO. u.
Jonathan and his Bride.
At one of our fa-dtionablc botch the other
day, among the arrivals was one of the genus
verdant—iv regular no mistake Jonathan—
with eyes wide open at the novelties he met at
every turn. lie had brought along with hrn
I his better half-—a strapping flaxen haired lus>,
j bedeeked with a profusion of ribbons and do up
■ jewelry : they had evidently " come down to
i Jos ton '' to spend the honey moon, and nw
doubt "darned the expense." The first morn
ing after their arrival, the servants were thrown
into hysterics by a verdant mistake : Jona
than's bell rung furiously and he demanded to
see the landlord. That functionary having
made his appearance, he was hailed with " How
arc ye, how do yon do old feller ? Mc and
Patience finds all right here—room fixed up
first rate—gives a feller a lughfashiou feelin":
bnt I say old lioss, we want a wash bowl ami
towel to take off the dust outside, then we'd
come down and take a little New England
with ye." " Here are all the conveniences for
washing, sir," said the landlord, stepping to a
mahogany wash-sink and raising the lid.—
"(Josh all Potomac !" exclaimed oar Yankee,
" who ever thought of 'ere table's open on top
that way." Nothing farther occurred until
t!,-- hour for breakfast, when the verdant cou
ple were seated at the table ; and Jonathan
having burned his throat bv drinking his cof
fee too hot. and attempting to h-lp himself to an
omelette with his fingers, finally had his atten
tion attracted to some fidt balls, which are m
everybody know?, fish and potatoes minced to
gether, rolled into bulls as large as an ordinary
apple, and cooked brown. Having procured
the dish that contained them by means of a
servant, he helped himself and partner to one,
each grasping the fatal mor.-el in Land Jona
than opening his capacious jaws, took a bite
from his, w hen suddenly he disgorged the uiur
sel with an expression of mneh disappointment,
arid turning to his bride, exclaimed : " I
swuw, Patience, tAcse dvughnuis art not kt i?
bn! eulJitA and 'taters
A CHILD'S ANSWER.—A father once said
piayfttliy to las little daughter, a child alou:
five years old, " Mary, your are not good fur
, anything."
" Yes I am, dear father," replied she, looking
thoughtfully and tenderly iuto jils face,
j " Why what are you good for, pray tell roc
my dear V
"I am ?6c*i to icrt vr-u. father." replied she
at the same time throwing Ler troy arm aromd
his neck, and giving Liin a kiao of unutterable
affeetioa-
Bicssed child ! may your life ever be an ex
pression of that early felt instinct of love
The highest good you or any other mortal can
possible confer, is to live in the full exercise u:
j affection.— Ladies Chris. Annual.
IvriiENCE OF W >MAS. —Front the lips ot
, woman, every infant hears the fir*t accent of
affection, and receives the first lessons of tea
dercess and love.
For the approbation of woman, the grown
op youth Will undertake the boldest enterprise,
and brave ev. ry difficulty of study, danger
and even death itself. To the happiness of
women, the man of mature years will devote
the best energies of isis mind ami body ; and
from the -oothiug and affectionate regard of
woman, the man who is become venerable in
years, derives Lis chief consolation in life's de
cline.
LSAV r rrr—A Methodist minister at the
IWest, wiio lived on a very small salary. c
greatly troubled at one time to get his quar
terly installment. He at last told the paving
trustee that be mast have his money, a- hi*
family were suffering for the necessaries of life.
!'* Money !"" rej i i the steward.—" Yam prta i
| f r nr-n/y ' I thought yoa preached for the
good ofsouls !" "Souls f replied the minister ;
" I can't - i S'*ils, and if I coakL it would take
a thoc-and such as yours to make a decent
meal I"
t&~T .ekery,on his first vj*it to thi* coun
try. was Lntrodu cd in Charleston, S. C, to
Mrs C. , oaeof the leaders of society there.
T... k \.z to be witty, he -aid. " I am verybap
jpy to meet yoa, Mrs C : I've heard, mv
dame. that yoa were a fast woraac ~ *' Oh.
Mr. TLs, kery," sue replied, with one of her
■est fawfwatiwf; sro 'e*. we most wot believe
■ al! we h ar. Iked ke.' r i. rir t :i,?t rm were a
gaewam 01 T:.e great Krsgisb wit admiUcu,
afterward, that he had the w -erst of it.
_
M sx.—" TL-.-re is," says Carlyie, " a pcrer
nal Bobieoeas. and even s&eredoess in work '
N ; _• - va eievate icanix->i. say what
y i will. la business, |vliUx literature, re
i gion. we mc-t work .f we would be anything
of tio any
p?g- Al editar out Wroi Mfi :—" If w
'cave off—jdfd any n:*i in the rhort but bnh
Izuii oarse of oar care r, let aim send us a
new hat, aad ssy ::Y,-rs a .cat it."
-
; fru r ' T. Chinese Lave a thooghtfi! pv-v
verb. - Tie prison is shut Bight ami day—
yes .: is ..-'way- f.'_ j j|>- temples are always
0j:a —and y>. t v a f..*i no owe in them."
PJ£*TTV Sttorgwrm—•< Very sorry. ir. hot
we skirts th-t will £t yoa. I will iweas
ure y u for a dozen "
if*. ~ r Swell— * tiood gwaciows f sdal. 1
Lave to ~im p !"
—
*£r I nsalts. <ays a >ieni pittweopb-. -
. air like counterfeit sinewy, we caa't hird--'*
t? terror off r>d. bet we are coarpeifed
to take (beta
*'M.ke, why *owt TOO fire atskar thr-icsi* -
i -loot y see t<w has- g : she *bk. 1 • i • .
foce per pit *" I know I have Hot when I
| a CM at rt-j- •*.> e three wSr. * '
I c-*. - _ - 'tii " *el it "