IH; 3XL.W PER A.WJM, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
IX N :
I:-tttsi'tn niontinn, September IS, tSoli.
political Song.
THE FREMONT TRAIN.
Tins -"ONI Ihin Tucker.' f
T e Fro: mt train li.it £"t
.. ;• mp ai••'.n il. vo foes of wrong!
, , t r , - b '.uid f"r Watliingti'ti ;
• r -pp. Fro "F ai's I nivi-t .
i r!;e track. Itttibu-ters !
\ ti • time for threats and Wu-trr*!
i .ir 'if tr.i k : <>r. ore you Urc-.im on't,
\ be 'ncath the train of Fremont!
\ \.,i '\vn in Washington, they say,
, , r..:>Ur U'iftians liave their way ;
\. j , !' r \ talk of " liuek anil Hreek,"
f . r i :>•' - Kaii-ji- all a wreck.
1.1. :r tt.o track. Ac.
I r 'v.. g>t n;> no -nch litr team
: ours, tl; t goo* by steam ;
v ! , unnie it*. we've n u a few.
i in iivi j'i-t such as vou.
CU-.'r the tr.: k. Ac.
T . : it n*. thongii. t'.iat Washington's
V ■ >i'a•• *>r Freed >m's sons,
i -■•■ vla i|. and law- are seat ;e,
r til- ail a :.ir.e
I > . t'.e track. Ac.
t :\ ■ ve for r -tian ni'eht.
mi iti -o'.o of riclii ?
\ we'll let t'ic:n feel the pains.
1 : c -. r. cause as well as canes !
i . _r . . • tr.; k. Ac.
v • 'ty : w,'ve j :-t the tnan
, ;j' • . Ve lie who can
V • Br> .ks n. r Souttieru Mows.
i tr.i-k.Ae.
T i • a'" ml the Frenvmt train,
tae ' ij'itiil We'll jr.liu.
_v. ; :: e o'er one in power,
V r.r w it> -lac cry cower.
i .r:. tr.ok. A--.
FlvOM KAjSTSAS.
1. . a No;Atneri -.tn, of the Pth.J
We 10-hity copiou? account?, received
... t" the ontra_ -in Kansas. Wo might
v. qa >ted particulars to the santo effect be
. .. it!,or - lives, but as iff ;ts have
: i towards u -crediting certain N'or
r:..!? because of their early i
. Kansas, we prefer taking from pa
rs . T tie territory. Wc Iteliove the St.
-I 1 ociat and the Indianapolis Jour
be tboroagbly r.liabie. There is no
'■y what* rin getting authentic details
ot r.rrcnres in Kansas. Kven news-
West is t'di-'d with accounts which
i -.l iii g to enable any man of common
• h-tii-t the truth. All the accounts
s ? telegraph, are copietl nearly v rluitim
KTiptpßs. The St Low Republican
•aea nothing but the statements of the
ier Ruffians themselves. Vet even from
- - i of outrage can be extracted the
, • j estbk evidaaca ugiiinst tbc I": -
irty From that puper we gather
• v : a,-, v'.licit we ii i not care to give
: g..r.- f prvjui 'i* ati'lu.autu iatioa worn
: gcf lira kind it pabfthrs. Gov.
i •* wired at St. I.ouis, ami 1 ft it :-
y for J offer? n City, where lie would
c ,-t ...;ur. ami proceed nt ouco toKnn
— U- ?->.:] to l- very confident of It-i'tg
r i - . trial there, to so*tie ail
a": \ re?' >ro peace. He iutsap
- -tary. Dr. John H. G ho
' ■ Philadelphia. The Rcpobficau
- ■ I i ry wiii iiiHi the liordi r Ru Latis
- to su*'cites.-e in any arrangement 1
wreuii! [Nroieet theui iu their rigitts aud;
g : to time and the voice of
. .ct a.ue win r i.er Kausa? siiall!
" 1 • . - Ave State." The dreadful (
i. svenworth city are fully con
-7 t R • übheaii. That JKIJHT says
a tight there, four men had ■
' fit* <>f each party ; UfatQM hun-
I had *on to the town from West- ;
I expel the Free Suttns ; that l
I r were VMutd to fare, ami
H " n ' ract is worthy of notice : i
I Vaak
I slavery lewdecs tocoQCcnlrefa
H ry amy was still inferior in '
■ • Ni ra-ka, in order to cut iff
I . ie uffa.r at (kstrstou
I - a., tue stati'ments ot outrsgos.
. . r vi of ihur ii>u.t; '
1 *
- - stolon from ti L
i aea of the l-oa.-v do.-a-
H took jdaov ju-t . t:.o
H from the Pro-MT€ ry ac
■ B M.. tiie fftHh. t!ie AdU
m
1 thr
..tiinipteu to surpbsc
t thmking t'jiit our i r
H . w ..ki tted by Rei'ik it. .rch
- \ tnat lie would n treat and
■ but not so; the drum!
I i
Ho were ready to r-
IS
- "..'t t. iij* WOi'O pKICUUiI .
jl ■
posed of the field officers and captains of the
different companies was held and by a large
majority of those in council, it was deeiih-d to
fall back-on Indian creek, until we could get
more provisions and ammunition, and to ena
ble the soldiers cotnpOMiig the army to become
better drilled and disciplined."
Now if these Free Suiters numbered but
250, and the Border Ruffian?, according to
their own account, 400 men, where was the
necessity for this retreat to Indian creek ?
The Free State account gives the most rea
sonable explanation, by saying that the Ruf
fians reheated from the first show of tight of
fered by a large force. On the morning of
the bl.-t, this valiant army of 100 men, .that
fought so bravely against fifty-three men at
Ossawatoiuie, and refused to light 250 at Bull
creek, took up the line of march and went to
Cellar Creek. This account goes on to say,
, that on the 1-t of September "(Jen. Atchi
son resigned his commission, and that Gen.
Reid, who had so successfully plundered and
burnt Ossawatoiuie, was chosen to his -tea 1
The expedition seems to have had a fatal ef
fect on the spirits of the force, as will be seen
by the following extract front the same lctt■ r.
•'Our army which had consisted of 1200,
had now been reduced to half that amount,
are now stationed at Indian Creek—and from
the last information that 1 could get, the pro
slavery party only number about 1000 men
in the Territory, of which number 000 an' on
camped at Indian Creek, and 1000 on the
north side of the Kansas river, near Leconqv
ton.
The Pro-Slavery party have eight pieces
of artillery and plenty of horse? for cav.Jry,
but they LOcd an c!:: lent regiment of infan
i ry.*'
Only a few linos before, this same writer
had spoken of the expedition against O—a
watomie as consisting of 400 men, while here
it s.iius i. at tne iorcc luarcncd On a iroui the
place was 1200. \\ nut it wa? laat paused
I .-ix hundred to desert, wo arc at a lo>.- to con
jecture. The Free SeH aecoanta say that one
v.he company of Bonier Ruff uis deserted
and went home, in co '-cqnet ee of the murder
of five prisoners by the Ru iian army, after
the battle. We rather ,-u-j ect t! at the deser
ters wire ail gorged with plunder and went
Lome to make sure ot it.
[From the ?t. L IVnj>.rat.]
11. . b<::--;cs tj the battle tf Ossatrnt. itu>
tSiniCMcnt ij prisoners who ire re capture! l.j
tin' j'ro-sta very t '' V —Tartu uars i f the
it f fit—iirati-. ity vj the Victors, A'.. Ac.
A party of some five or six I!:inoi<n!2? and
Indianans, who had iroae out to Kansas to
1 settth* ri turned to tins city, yesterday morn
fag, on the summer i'olar Star, hmvfag beta
captured at the battle of 0.-?awafom: \ bv the
forces under Gen. R -i 1. and after being de
tained a day or two in captivity, were conduc
ted to Westj-orf. an 1 there placed on board
the steamer, to be taken out of tlie State of
MissoitVi, atnl neeompanu 1 with the fbreat
that, if tnoy ever ventured back to the Terri
tory of Kansas, and were caught, they should
in-tantly be hung or shot.
Learning of the arrival of this j arty, w-- Lad
an interview with it? meh ou board the .-Lani
er Baltimore, on which titer had taken ; as
sage for Alton, Illinois. Their several accounts
agree so pf-rpcctlv, that we 1 have condcnst d/utQ
b! > narrative of the terrible conflict at Osrev
watonfie.
T 1 c town of O-sawatomie was comtJO-rel of
fro tt! "rtv t>f —y •*:-• •. an i was athrivir g
pl-o-c bef gi. the Ka::.-as -. ; r v "dt'c?. a;. 1 had a j
I pulatlon of alxmt two hottdred. I? i? >itua
t" i immediati !y I etweea the forks of a branch
of th Osage ri\ ran 1 the Pottawatomie rirer, i
The disttlti r <i] state *f the eotttttry had ocea- j
- wed aa a ital (Jnoertioa of the to#n j
by the Pamili - living ia ic and, at the time j
of the fig' t : it was occupied by about fifty arm
i 1 frio-it.-tc men, aud a k.v women tt.d chil
dren.
At six o'clock on last .Saturday morning ju<t
aft. r ? ; i'-ri- \ a pro-slavery party of a ;b a; 4' 0
men. Audi r Gea. Reid, made their feppcMuit
lab re lite town, havi g in their comiuaud a
p. ' of avilhery. ui>a ua-t t ini..i luouutcd.
I Uev ha . m.i ie forc d march ut li. rty or
f"rtv tildes f;"'u t t; .r eatup on Btdi ere k. A-
Mipa a? the Free State am dessried the pro-j
!averv forvc. they pn; thcm.-elvcs ndef (MKI
a:.--. If Captai - B >wn and I' llcgratf. fr
.. p.. f.r (,!.>, tnd sought shelter in a growth
: .r.-h a" ~ :; ■ h:i:s.;rel yards dis
tant from the town. 1..c pro-slavery tovce j
n: tii.t fined their gr-Mitwi at about a ioti a m:ie. :
and COBHMCtd firing wita t.icir citation. io.ut- j
< 1 with . and canister shot ami slugs.— i
Th v !i. ian a ha:.log jajs,tiou, an t u . |
U- lt.o Uii f&BMdu tuC AD|* U*U Oi itAC J
Free Sute '• roe with cfack One oft
oar i ri: at '. -tat. s s .it a saw turec o. ..s j
racks fall : still they ret—J aa j
brisk a fire a? thev couki, and MCMtdld i;t j
w oandhvg several of their enemies. After some {
t >r a d.r- :t di- ror ; fro-n tie art:.. *y. a
.••v of .~:t e'r' ' of the pr > -!:n-ry '
force fran tticir horses and having J
- :rn a:.! ol the pla eof retreat, msdt a charge
I .... . j • entire r nT of the Fre->:
State men several of whom, in attempting to I
crosS the stream, along which the fight vagi d. I
were shot in the wnter.aad were cither m-d.int- j
!v k"i !. > r so badly wounded as not to be
to -ave the revives frota death by drown-1
'"'One -f i'ur ir.r. r.T.r.-.ts state? that he saw j
the IHVIV of (.'apt. Drown ia the water, lie
kw it'vras Lim ' rhis co-at and ' He thinks j
there 1? no doubt of his being kiilcd. Sera j
ftb : Fi; e State :... u wre cr;' nr-d. : a r
which -he town was on fire a...i xUii.-.j
destroyed.
In u.arc 1 Lag ba k to lac camp on I'm;
crvv's, the prhsju rs Acre subject to very erne,
tr a;, .i .1 two Ot thcllt, CHIC Haalu \..i
--> a,; 4 ia' 'il.;r "i' ...'-i t ii.. W i
taken out W l.a' CWBO and sUOi OV v1.c.l .
r.aicd ouc.atcs. F-c latter w.;c a iiat-p i-i.nl
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TO WANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, FA., BY E. O'MEAEA GOODRICH.
j val u> this country, had lived in Kansas, and
taken a very active part with the free State
j party, lie was present at the battle of Black
Jack, and after the capture of the pro-slavery
party, was appointed to guard the prisoners,
I one of whom was a man named Coleman.—
j This man Coleniau was at the battle of Ossa
; watomic, and after the capture of the Free
State men. recognized Dutch Clmrlev. He
demanded that Dutch Charley be delived up
I to him, and taking hint out shot him dead.
Fred. Brown, sou of Capt. Brown, was also
• killed- He was one of the picket guards of
the Free State Camp at Ossawatotnie, and be
ing surprised, he was shot through the heart
by a preacher named Martin White. After
being killed, and while lying on the ground,
; with the month relaxed, and open in death,
| another shot was lired down his throat.
The above is the straightforward tale of this
party of men, and bears upon its face the im
press of truth.
Harder of Phillips at Leavenworth City.
Out 7igv.f of the -V< t, Soldi en under Ctipt in
Emery —Vm State men drive* from ti ir
Jl men—The Citn d'lgrted, S-c.
A gentleman whose name we are not at li
berty to publish, but who has been engaged in
bu.-iuess at Le'avenwortii city for nmre than a
year past, r< Ached this < ity yesterday on the
i'olar Star, and calling at our cilice,- obliged
u? with the following statement of the murder
of Mr. Win. Phillips, at that place, on Wed
nesday morning last. M:* Philh'p-, it will t,n
remembered, was a lawyer at Leavenworth,
and daring the disturbances in Kansas, last
winter, wa? subjected to a coat of tar and fea
thers at the hand- of a mob of pro-slavery men.
He li.? always been a staunch Free State man,
and l aving great courage and del •rtoiuatiou
of character, LoM'y avowed his sentiments on
all occasions, and thus made himself extremely
obnoxious to his pro-slaverv antagonists. He
' was, however, very much like 1 by his Free
State friends, and it seems by his manly course :
had gained considerable favor with many of ;
the more law abiding and conservative men of j
the ophite party. For the rest we give our
informal-'."? language as nearly as we could
write it down •
La?t Monday was election day in Leaven-!
| wortii for municipal ©fik-rs. The Free State i
1210:1 anticipating a d "i ui'v, had resolved not
! to vote at all. ' Phillips himself, said he was |
not going to the election, ami would have no- i
tiling to do with it. One Free State mart who :
did attempt to vote, our informant states, lie
under- tood was lired at four times by the
crowd around the polls.
Towards noon, about fifty men irsb-r Eme
ry, but very few of whom were Missouriau?— j
;h * company being made up of a mixed crowd
j of desp-ratio.'?, who had mostly come from l
i Sooth CaroliM and Georgia,mooched opto tit ■ j
. bofae of a brother of Mr. Fiiihips,o:l Shawnee
street, wh. re he was boarding, and demandedj
! Lis arms and himself as a prisooer. The doon!
■ <>f the house were bolted, and he replied to
| them out of a window, that he wouldn't give
up bis arms, ami that if they attempted t>
j force their way in, it would be at the peril of
' their lives. TV vt. n ru>h J up, and two of
i1 * *
I them were immeuiat Ij snot 01 ad by pistols in j
Ids hands. The house wa? soon broken • j .
AND ia aMM OMI Phi.hp? fell a ••• rpoe, piuwa
by a half a dozen Indict?. Hi- brother, who
1 KM aFo defeodiaf the house, was wounded in :
the arm. Tiic mob tl: rt n removed the body
nd all the t! gs out of the 1 - \ at. Iwre j
about setting fife to the premises, when they j
were .-tay> i by a Ie dt r of the pro-slavery p..r- i
ty, named \Y. 11 Russell.
When night came 011 the mob set fire to;
three offices owned by Mr. Pliil'iji?. which were j
;>][ fi>n£nni' 1. t *vith t\ irro rv
OWHJ 'd by a man Rate 1 Qeorge Wetheriß,!
who aitl.oitgli a very peaceful u:*l quiet man. ■
bad incurred the hauxd of the pro-.-!.; very jar-;
ty by u g: - one of th-.* jtidg. -~t tie Free .
tc i" i.
(i- - ' ; f , - ><' • states t 1 t r- t?:T murder
was committed : I> av in- ortb.on Friday'a :.
A Luicber whose njiiK; lie i uiu uv' Kaon, A io
i.ad a family of six children, aud livcil iu I
com;con, wa? taken last week, while iuiompa
ay with six wagons which were going to Lea
venworth. Although a prisoner, he l;ad been
allowe 1 to walk about th'' city L.S much as he
plea-id. OH Friday, while iu the office of
Pniliip?,Captain Km ry op: r-a 1 arsdask J
it:m to go aioug with b;:u. 1 .;•* cov* ..ik
ed op the street, and OR reaching the Ltstnt
worth Hotel, Kr.iery ]•:?- . ! up t'.e st j s, a.d
the man walked an.ad. He iiid goue about
fift v vard? when he was fired at by tone one
iu the street. He knew not from v. nonce tae
-hot is: ie and began to run, nt'd hnd got
al cut o;.e liuudi'cil yards Hirtncr v. ..on Le was
>h"t ticsil. boar siiots luut been litcd at iii:;t.
A:, r 1..s death, Bbiiip ? ea: up ut.*' a.-
uressiag iiiUh-.il to tau-e Stanii.ng by, wd :
What was tins man killed for ?'* "He was
found in lad company," was the only an
swer.
Gar ii fon .ant - v- t e ct.y ;? nearly ui.-cr
; j U-> UL: .. .-- i- 4, g. V* v- ta-. -tot >
have bee a closet! for weeks,, and tl.o dUma
ai.x all anxious to z> t away.
Later raitieiilais fronLsaveuwaillfi
Tue steamer Kmtca, win h arrived here yes
terday, wild 1. ; r news i'; n that y tne IV
i ' . * --- • li-1.-I" -T C. -"0
ns > f "LcaVdilworth, who had been < nit?
I Hed trt rroc t:their ho:.b < and ffy for their ,
live?. We heard sc\ oral id" the au.-si .i -i
jer.-ous, but io iat Lvci at ... -' ; y ;o ..sa .
Ui-oui. 'ihiere • uo ti ou t l hev4.icr, u£ the
i.if t!;.ir having been driven fr<. :a wfett not.
and wc bepe MBM of the gcatleufew who aro .
now ja the city may To Induced to give the
pabli'* a fall an 1 explicit -tati neit "ft :e et> :-
d.tion i>f liilngsat Lea\eii*orth cit. .over tic ir
i/wu t.aba.it*i.-. so that a t-rc *i no "-a
;-ie I. " assil.Utv cf error.
It i? ;tne that the tn.ta. and the w' ■
truth; Ibe known by Odrcttafas. We
! . r . that : . .e mob under ry Lave tad pw?-
x.-sioa i-f L avt < worth, a. i :.Ac ( it.f j
: ... ! -'••' l V ' ' • 1
" REFIARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER."
arc but moderate pro -Livery men, to the test,
ns follows : " Will you take up arms and fight
the d —d abolitionists, or will you quit the Ter
ritory ?" Tiic alternatives are terrible, and a
majority have adopted the latter, some of whom
are now in this city, having brought away their
fitnilir? and left aft their possessions behind,
without the least security in the world that
they will lie preserved.
We here close our accounts from Kansas.—
What next ? must be the common inquiry.—
We shall wait with fearful apprehensions.
More Border Ruffianism in Missouri.
[From the SL Louis Democrat, Ctli ia&t.]
We had a conversation with a man mimed
1 Daniel Martin, a tavern keeper at West Point
iu Bates county, of this State, who was taken
prisoner at hi- home last week, and being con
veyed to West port, was there, with his wife
put on beard the steamer Polar Star,on which
boat he reached our city yesterday morning.
He statcs-that a party of about one hundred
and fifty men came into the town of West
Point and quartered themselves on the inhab
itants. They wer - under the command ot Col.
Douiphan, of Missouri, and Captains Clark,
Crouch and Grant, of Georgia, anl other
Southern States. After remainga day or two
they had a court or meeting, and after trying
Mr. Martin, without giving him a hearing,
pronounced sent tice a rain-t him, that he should
Lave the place in four hours, anl his wife in
two days, although they ha 1 a very sick daugh
ter lying iu the hou-' a' the time. Aftcrwar 1?
Martin wa? taken prisoner, and then some of
the company went to his stable and took out
one of his best horses, worth $l5O. Some
otii rs of tiie officers took a splendid spy gloss
which was prc-s nted to Mr. Martin sometime
ago by an English traveller, named Benwcll.
and which he valued very highly. Mr. Martin
was then Banked off to We?tp rt, a:.i turn
ed over to ('• 1. Boone, while his wife, with one
or two little children, iu a few day? were con
du Ito Ku::-a\ The family m t agaiu on
the Polar Star.
Mr. Martin say? lie canm front Illinois, and
has been living in Missouri more than two
years, lie owns a good ileal of property at
West Point, and lias but little hope of recov
ering it. He say? they charge him with be
ing an abolition Spy, but that the charge is
false, and he has al ways acted the part of a
good law abiding cill/.en.
NORTHERN FK M\\; IN THE SOUTH. —As an
evidence that there i- a Northern feeling exi.-t
--irg even in the 1 bed of the South, we will
mention a circue -tnnce that occurred some
few weeks s r nce at Columbia, the capital of
South QurelißU. An iufiucutial aud wealthy
citi ECU of the [ih: .e was engaged in erectii ; g a
large i!fi ••, up.m which!(•• hud employ. 1 bo'!,
white and slave iavor. While the work wa?
progressing, fee one day foolishly and unmean
ingly expressed hiaisiif iu favor of the negro
mechanics over ti.e whites. The remarks he
made u-v of ,-oon became known among the
white mechanic? of the town, who are mostly
frorn the Nor:: ■ rn State?, when such a? were
in his employ immediately left him to the en
joyment of his slave labor exclusively. A
m ; i::g of the Northern mechau! - v.*a? called
wh'ch wa- attetid-I by some two or thr eliun
<:re-'l. who ' ■■ca:ue o much excite 1 and incus- '
cd at the expressions whicii the So :*hern g m
ticmau in on -t on had indulged in. that tiiey
uianufa.t:ir> 1 aa intended to re present
bits, an l after parading it through the streets
for toute time, gave it a covering of pitch and
set fire to it. Bome of Hie authorities attempt- j
ed to interfere, teiiiag the mechani -s that suHi
prieiidi.t_ we ro unlawful, but a prudci.t was
cited—that of tlie burniug of the effigy of
Senator Sumaer m tlie same place—which wa?
a!'".ed to ja? ■ reived by the of;'? vr? of the I
i iw, whieli i'regu'nm:t "oveil sufficient to prc
•.•.ni aaj arrest being made.— Ah 11 Herald.
F.ireici ."' s IT" —A writer iu the
Rich uon i Enquirer, iu rcspouaa to the cn-cn
ry wij.-th- r there* will be a call of the Vi.-giuta
Legislature, remarks :
However it might Le under ordinary cireom
stances, I ink. it for granted that in caseFre
iiior.g is dedal, the Lcgubton will be at
ex • convoked, aud treat their very first act
will be "an act mik'reg the retaining or ac
c ptance of omr<l r the General G >vcrn
ment. after t'e 4tii of Man h n- xt. a ml? ie
uti-?i:<)r. pire.c-auiMi by A Uric of not ie-> tu;.n
i.ve nuadr*. . t;or -ra L;ia;t L'4'c tireousau . u : .-
aud by iiaprisoacidut for a term of not
less •' srti ir ■ifm -* "ban eight years.
Thai law wl'l be th- first so t in the course
of r..-I>taucv. and t.,e tnvoi ut" luturc opcra
r3*T.'.' IT !. IT rv MTh.ter P •■'?. of
Mtr via: !. wh sn; - Frr.t vru and I- test - i
SON, in a tfmrrh fa on the 7: i of,
Augi: t ure . . :: Gin. .emeu I a.?,,, i. .Jr.
F... XI I . -hrere 1. iiw wiii Mar ia:*! .re; !
V.h at will M. re do? I do Lot alloir J
; ■; ,t t ' • . h h Si.C k w? 1 .t
doe country and bat one Union. Her r!ry !
i? I It. I; .-r rig .rear R-uail up in it. il r
i. - .., r 11; .re .1 11 *.r LOIIK. .a .4..... *wi il j
tio it agai.re F vend A -.w k rejivs !.'.nvng. —
vantage fa tae Uiioo to tiie north or to the ]
south—l.* do:s r.-t ca 'dilate it? value—nor
ihx - -he ca-i np an ::<c .. a of profit and loss
on tae are->.i ot tur c,...-;'."reU. ia. .s ...y
A Bach upcr it: Tdikmgcc-acty the oils- j
ir d y -ah!, He would i vir vote for a OJHTO
tn:e like Fa™ *vr, who reft a Ivvntiful wife
at hew. a ;v. il ayofi* tiic ilocky M>uii- |
u.iic Kith c.vii <* IT.tier ac ; Carbon.
I g A I '....1 * .OCI iu- iaU *Y ' U invi i- j
t< . ..■ c?• .t, v........ ,i v.arn; ..u. to n , •
?•.*. .\tui I;. ... g, getitaire.au o uvii
... Frirerekat, or no p...
tCy Lfart Gov Kwhoor, of Flinoi? KVmo-1
Col. Freinont'n Cattle Speculations.
TFST/Moyy or rut: Jtucu.ixir.Rs.
[Fr -m the MiJ .a'.ikie Wisconsin, Angnst 21.]
C. C. W:i?!iburno is well known throughout
the state as an upright man, who scorns to do
a base act. Few men stand higher in the stat"
for personal integrity and an honor imimjieacli
'od, even by his political opponents. As ar< [>-
re-onbativo from one of our Congressional dis
tricts, L is naturally applied to by his consti
tuent? for .loonmcnts to prove or di-provc state
ments made in the press of his district. In
answer to the dirty trash which has been float
ing about the Buchanan press, in abuse of Fre
mont'.-. integrity, Mr. Washburne thus replies.
The citation of the testimony of Gov. Gorman
i? one of those clinchers which even a Bierec-
Buchnnan partizan can appreciate :
WASHINGTON, D. C., August T, 7850.
IVar
vor of the 31st tilt. If i can procure a copy
of (' >!or.cl Fremont's correspondence, to which
you allude, 1 will forward it to you. lam not
surpris- d that some of the most unscrupulous
of the slavery cxtensionists should fc 1 inclined
to keep out of sight the true issue row before
the country, by a resort to personal detraetion
of the republican candidate for the Presidency.
But this dodge cannot avail them, i hope
that none of our friends A ill be disturbed by
any of the fa!-e allegations to which you al
lude, or waste th ir time in disproving them,
for as fast as one lie i- - nailed, you tuny be sure
that a bigger one will be invented to take the
place of it.
Let them revel in their dirty work. Ilon
orabF S'.'iitlieni men di-dain to use str h wrap
on- of warfare, but they are fitly seha-1 upon
by the northern doughfaces, and party scaven
gers, who, 1 am sorry to say, infest to a great
er or less degree all parts of the N'orth. The
life and character of Col. Ftvmoul were both
familiar to the American people long before lie
wa? nominated to the Presidency : and it is a
note-worthy fact, that the highest compliments
ever paid to any living man, were those bes
towed upon him by the late Bie-Lknt Polk,
and Gov. Marey, the j resent Secretary of
State. An appeal to the records and h: dory
of the country is the best response that can
be made to his detractors. By that record,
iiis friends are willing that he sball he judged.
Tim par'.: rular charge of dishonesty to which
you Blinded, I suppose grew ont'of certain let
ter- of (.'"1. R B. Mason, written in Califor
nia, I think in 1847, which were pnblished not
long since in the " Union " of this city, a.-
compamed by an anonymous communication
-igned " A Caiiforntan,*' and which has l.c u
rcpul lished in some of the ppodavery papegg
of the North. If yen or your t'ric-i its arc not
-atidi i with the eutire fai.-ity of the charge
coiitaiiieil iu said atcar.ym'i'U? commanle-tti I
beg to refer you -and tneca to the Congression
al C 321 C'vigres?, Vol. 27, page 592 to
•'•O3 inclusive, where yon will see that the whole
matter was discussed aud acted upon by a ('em
< cratic Congress.
A? you y: of have aece?s to the G' he, I
will here state, that in the 32J Congress a bill
wa? introduced to pay Col. Fremont for certain
-ir.us of monty which h? hud disbursed in Cal
ifornia for the government, which money he
Lad raised upon drafts drawn on the Secreta
rv of >• TL"-o dr. ft? ] rot< -t'.d, at. I 'he
bolder called anon Col. Fremont for payment
Col. Proi ont insisted that the money was rais
ed and used for the exclusive bemfit of the
goverumeut, aud brought ti.e matter before
Congress. The principal managiinent of the!
bill, in its pa -age tlirOugh the Hon?", was '
taken by tie Hon. .ITr. l if,en, >nla v,
a leading < fie meitber of the Ih. u v <J~ I
AVj 'i •> ).i Mu<ouri, <■ dJi n. Ii". !
A Gofwutn, a pn-slarerj/ rflßiiiilnfit
' r .iI 'i t and at j resent Governor ;
of Mi:.in ? :ta. a;a'o't i"! by Frank Pi- roe.
Gov. Gonnan was chairman of the Mi.itary
C'-iatniuee. and rejiorted the bill, ia tiie
ve - ■ iu* the ills' i:.-siou u|ou it. when it was
i'ltore the on tiie 12lii bay of Febru
ary, Is-J3, LE lis. 01 this f-jHovv;ug laa- |
j.-....i .
" I have E"*w answered aff the objections
that I know of ; aud allow iae to say Uiat In
ti.e settlement of these accounts, another item
was thrown into it, and i-mbarass-.d iu It wa?
s.. d that Co'. Fremont got uus si'jjOb'},
bora't the M irtj • a ia:. 1 wit!: it : and a dis
ti"*g tl-Led tret tlcman of the IIot:?e toll tne
that he had heard that he bad purchased a
large aniouat of caitie with it. u|ou which fi
u .'i. lugs profite, N"va ::.e .diirij-vsa land
otdy i*ost $2,000, tliough it turned out to Le
x " fit :iy vmlnablc sad worth forty or fifty
tine? what fee paid for it. But th® date of
tur.t purchase was anterior to thattrensa- tion.
As iu t..0 Kei
V.T..0 i! fi .. *-• 4 Hi" -,*• C'UiUt-0i
• it of (lie • m nffi to ! II w did we act as to
thr.t n arge ? Did we believe it! l?nd!y ? N'e
? r. we wen? i: *o nn investigrttioa of it, and
what was the r- suit i We loaad that he bad
j are" .sad a Ccr.a u amouat of cattle for the
•.- • f the amy. lut Ke-aase ;•? bad not t!:v
m at.? of j yiug for them, he left the cattle fa
tire ; ?—?-L'u f the \in.Lr. who had finally
to take x'.eci baik fir t oa-p. yment. So that
stct u ended fa -m xe. as u-*cs the charge.
"I hi! say for Col. Fremont, that wlu-u I
west into the iDvesfaifioa of tb:? transactton
1 [ re; :d! s. vvldch I tk'.vught p.r
iiays m'ri'.t be anfoomled, ami whiih I am mm W
-at; . •; were uafoond ;. Ttic; r- jmiicesw .icii
;... - . . open my mio'i have ln.cn
t _ t:.-_ a., .st guUi .4 ii • -- - --t 'a (....4-
fonifa, tM It-apr-p .a- .! la bear testimony n
this v V; Bto the c .-r-yi,, i.< , f kis le /• :tef
i -i ■: < r. u rtfir. r t: r-. jfifafawv M *.
" .\ j£ ewe rfa ix fafa to its kmads,
>„ r&pertp U r trsrtd i. Us ttkuk
.. i are fa tfe g reri.- ' * •' •
t Ufat It has MCB a[>propriatdy and
pro' rly ;p> lietl."
S<caking .f the achievement- o" Col. Fre
inOJt, Gov. Goriiiitik, liinia-ii a dl-tii.gul.-heu
. aa.'ai.i t'lSccr in the war with Mexico,
t. j mi ;*u< W..1.0 1a- .4. * b-.rucr L- - -
vol.. XVII. —NO. 15.
I ry, than did that battalion under Fremont.—
No bait], were ever fought against such trc
tneticlons odd-. The bottle rf liiwn i 1 is! i,
>'■' tc • a- ' fi'i". '.' ntf-ii.isi such 'this as urrc
v. 7c < f hall - j op?hi hit 'hi< battalion un-lf
l-/vaunt. lint this brave soldier, who set veil
his country faithfully and honorably, is now
ineareeratesj abroad for debts incurred for flu:
benefit of his governm-ntt, tin- payment of whivdi
is nought to be denied by rat-re quibbling."
Mr. I*h<lp* cj Missouri spoke several lituiis
.; during the progress of the discussion, and mi-
C'V ;(••■{ the eh:ir.i and dtfeuded Cel. I'revusnt In
t!ie wartne-t maimer.
Hon. Thompson Campliell, the distinguished
democratic member of the House from the On
lena district, Illinois, made use of the foliovr
j iiig language :
I " Sir, is this government prepared to repod
' iVe wholly and entirely the service of Colonel
i Fremont in California? I apprehend that at
| this day, in the faeo of the history of the ser
vice? of Colonel Fremont in California, this
government is not prepared to repudiate these
j services."
Hon. Ilodraan M. Price, the present demo
cratic Governor of New Jersey, made a leng
thy and eulogistic spc • h in Colonel Fremont's
favor, whom he had known in California, with
many < f whose services lie was personally fam
iliar : and the Hon. David 11. Cartter, demo
cratic ir.cml.fr of Gaio, who advocated the
• laini, said that " Personally he knew* Colonel
Fremont very sVglitiy. I have had the honor
of an introduction to liirn. He is as mall man
but he is as gallant cs any mass of 'tuff of the
• imc tint was ever wrapped up in a coat
t! at would lit him. And s'r. he met a combi
nation of one::;' s, such as very fen* of the ser
vant-: of this republic have ever met—both
enemies that man presents, and enemies that
God presents ,* mountain enemies, ravine ene
-of frost and of heat, and of fasting. *
>: * Sir, you might as well undertake to
separat Fremont 's - ...! from 1.1- body by your
action here, he being three thousand miles dis
tant, as to s- pnralc Fremont*- fame from the
fame of the Pacific ide of this Republic."
But I will not continue these quotations as
I migh- do. I have already quoted enough to
-ui ve the pur osc I had in view.
I observe that in Wisconsin there are men
v. ho are base one ugh to continue the reitera
tion f tie charge, that Col. Fremont is a
m- mbi r of the Kno\v-N". thing order, while in
i tiicr S it -* tire rueu equally base who insist
thm. h i- a Catholic, Xijese charges, which
are mntuaily destructive of each other, as also
the o!:.<:r < hnrge, wlii h I sometimes see and
hear, !.a or has been the owner of
slaves*. I have authority which to my mind is
- itUfa tory ami coodusfo for saying arc iu
famously false. Truly your-,
C. C. WasabcejE.
Eachanaii and Disunion.
The HVlimond 11 purer, the ablest ami
no t influential of the sourthern journal- that
supiiort Mr. B'hanan, discloses the ulterior
plan-cf his j arty, without concealment. It
•■!• es rot hesitate to admit that it advocates
Mr. B ha nan's election, Irraose it
■' p- j. It becomes a que-tion for
M rth rn men to eou.-Ider. whether they will
a' ! tV I • *.v!io deliberately avow sneh treason
aide lic-'-tis. UT will {.refer a candidate who is
! ru. tin Fning the Union.as well as for extend
ing fr ■ d in. The following are extracts from
th<- /. ■■fiu r's article :
i • f Mr. Bucki.-i.-n n.*v, and
n if .••-f ■/. „n L . . j.. v a reaction in public cpn e
w that mill emamrngt the rrfmin of the CM
sere tie ■ Inditvti . / shrtry, and tire ex ton
-ion of the Rriti-h and southern European
ra es, for th vry purpose of stemming and
tnr ing ■ k the torrent of infidelity, mutcri
a' <;n, - isuality. agrai3T>i-''i, and anarchy, that
ti.reaU'US to overwhelm us from the prolific
hive of no:hern Europe.
The ekction of Mr. Buchanan would Ire a
r . *.i' :.ary movement in favor of slavery and
conservatism.
"Forewarned, forearmed." We see the
number-, the charaet- r, the designs of OUT ene
mies. Li us prepare I. resist i/icu and drict
their, bark.
T.et th =.mth prcseflt a compact ard andt
viiJoil front. Let tier show* to the barbarians
taut her sjisr-e population offers little hopes of
I hinder : her n.iliiiry and self-reliant habits,
.i.d her firm unl- n and voted resohition, no
•1 i*iec- of cor jr ;t. Ist her if prssil+e <ie
■ ' /'- ■*.. i; ■*'—i s u *':■:/*h Ohio, imtkm
:>. y. n L ■<, frtm. the w.-rtk
a' lliL ■■ >rthe Ohio and
tke ! ibe* tie Oxidate liar. Ist the south, treat
• ' l' tr. \ r iif pe-r.-<aru oily hersJf
F MM, ri'h Clu : ami Brazil.
A e* . •' . ..* r ir :u without, and a coat*
y - ivert itltin, will be sure to
r> k • t • ?outii a great, a united, a vigilant,
U-. * r. *
II ••• T!" S T- n-rir:: >v<!tr r TET.N P'XT.H
--• - M:\ ' tV. 1 art:-. :ri addressing a
i- : meet:: it Jerscv C'itv, 0:1 Tum-
Uy. -aid :
•• What means I nwcracy la: freedom and
f* " r ? IT . Y -.1 VHAT the Sooth thinks
of our Northern Democracy. Hen. Josiah
n .. v. of Mi- m'.o -tat:!? for John Adams
a. I Jaii.es O;:?. wax'o me only last we**k.
,n! •' i t J U.a i'j. r ;of Virginia,
ki g of measures that the- slave jiower
wished to carrr, said with a withering sneer :
My t <r. iv? -In •' -! h-r- tire as -are of
r :r of the North, l~ weatre
sure of oar n T- at Lome."
r T Charleston Ti gruyit is iMpamttl#
tprl -5 :
•"I. tu-<! - ' ! -h the !*Wtc journals
that the •• •• -ti ■' of - i-.cry is not and shall
■; b- i f-c • ■ 's; that the system is
' ,i r• - ; - a- anl must remain
f r v.r : t V the Terr n. a-.-nt any private ia
\z ! f- r -> ujoa it- evils and
imn •ra*"ty. an ! the no sdty of p\ tiutr raea as
in : rjv.on to -< -ar' a- ti>c<D, in tae
| pM moment iiihMH • '!' tmt mmd