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BY S. B. EOW.
CLEARFIELD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2i, 1850,
VOL. 3-m G.
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. THE WOBLD WOULD BE THE BETTER
If men cared less for wealth and fame,
' rt ,SS for batt,e-ficlds and glory ;
ift writ in human hearts, a name
- Seemed better than in song and story;
?en' insteai f nursing pride.
Would learn to hate and abhor it;
If more relied
On lore to guide.
" The world would be the better for it.
If men dealt less in stocks and lands.
YAn more n DOnds and deeds fraternal ;
' Jove " WOfk "ad more williug handj
To link this world to the supernal ;
If men stored up Lore's oil and wine.
And on braised human hearts would pour it;
If '-yours" and '-mino''
Would once combine, - ' '
Th world would bo the better for it. .
A FUR TRADE ADVENTURE.
BY WASHINGTON IRVING.
Colter, with the hardihood of a regular tra
iler, had cast himself loose from the party of
Lewis and Clark, in the very heart of the wil
derness,and had remained to trap beaver alone,
on the head waters of the Missouri. Here he
fell in with another lonely trapper, like him
self, named Potts, and they agreed to keep to
gether. They were in the very region of the
terrible Blackfeet, at that lime thirsting to re
venge the death of their companions, and
knew they had to expect no mercy at their
hands. Thty were obliged to keep concealed
all day in the woody margins of the rivers,
setting their traps at nightfall, and taking them
up before daybreak. It was a tearful risk for
the sake of a few beaver s&ias, but such is the
life of a trapper.
- They were on a branch of the Missouri call-
cu jenerson's r ork, and had set their traps at
night, about six miles from a small river that
emptied itself into the forks. Early in the
morning they ascended the river in a canoe,
U examine the traps. The banks on each
side were high and perpendicular, and cast a
shade over the stream. As they were softly
paddltug along, they heard the tramping of
many feet upon the banks. Colter immedi
ately gave the alarm of "Indians !" and was
for instant retreat. Potts scoffed at him for
being frightened at the trampling of a herd of
buffaloes. Colter checked his uneasiness and
paddled forward. They had tot gone much
farther when frightful whoops and yelis burst
forth from each side of the river, and several
hundred Indians appeared on cither bank.
Signs were made to the unfortunate trarpcr3
to come on shore. They were oMiged to com
ply. Before they could get out of their c.i
noe, a savage seized the rifie of Potts. Colter
Kprang on shore, wrested the weapon from the
hand of the Indian, and restored it f o his com
panion, who was still in the eruioe and imme
diately pushed into the stream. There was a
8harp twang of a bow, and Potts cried out that
"lie was wounded. Colter urged him to ccme
on shcre and submit, as his only chance of
life. But the other knew that theic was no
prospect of merer, and determined to die
game. Levelling his rifle, he shot one of the
Bivagcs dead on the spot. The naxt moment
he fell himself, pierced with numerous arrows.
The vengeance of the savages was now turn
ed upon Colter. He was stripped naked, and
having somo knowledge of the Blackfeet lan-
guage, overheard a consultation as to the mode
cf dispatching him, so as to derive the great
est amusement from his death. Some were
for setting him up as a mark, and having a
trial of skill at his expense. The chief, how
ever was for nobler sport. lie seized Colter
by the collar, and demanded if he could run
fast. The unfortunate trapper was too well
acquainted with the Indian customs not to
comprehend the drift cf the question. lie
was to run for life, to furnish a kind of human
hunt for his persecutors. Though in reality
he was noted by his brother huuters for swift
ness on foot, he assured the chief he was a
very had runner. His stratagem gained some
vantage ground. IIo was led by the chief in
to the prairie, about four hundred yards from
the main body of savages, and turned loose,
to save himself if he could.
A tremendous yell let him know that the
whole pack of bloodhounds were in full cry.
Colter flew rather than run ; he was astonished
at his own speed ; but ho ha I six miles to tra
vel before he could reach Jefferson Fork of the
Missouri ; how could he hope to hold out such
a distance with tho odds of seven hundred to
one against him 1 The plain, too, abounded
rvj.th prickly pear, which wounded his naked
feet. Still he fled on, dreading each moment
J.'o hear the twang of a how, and feel an arrow
quivering at his heart. He did not even dare
'to look round, lest he thould lose an inch of
that distance on which his life depended, lie
had run nearly across the plain,when the sound
of pursuit grew fainter, and he ventured to
turn his head. The main body of his pnrsucrs
wero a considerable distance behim him ; sev
eral of tho fasteit runners were scattered in
the distance, while a swift-footed warrior,
armed with a spear, was not more than a hun
dred yards behind him.
Inspired with new hope, Colter redoubled
his exertions, but strained himself to sucli a
degree that the blood gushed from hia mouth
and nostrils, and streamed down bis breast.
He arrived within a mile of the river. Tho
Bound .r footsteps gathered upon him. A
glance behind him showed his pursuer within
twenty yards, and preparing to launch his
apear. Stopping short, he turucd round and
pread ont his arms. The savojre, confounded
y the sodden action, attempted to stop and
nun ms spear, but fell in the very act. His
spear stuck in the ground, and the shaft broke
in his hand. Colter picked up the pointed
part, pinned the savage to the earth, and con
tinued his flight. The Indians, as they arrived
at their slaughtered companion, stopped to
howl over him. Colter made the most of (his
precious delay, gained the skirts of the Cot
tonwood bordering the river, dashed through
it, and plunged into the stream. He swam to
the neighboring island, against the end of
Which the drift-wood had lodged in such quan
tities as to form a natural raft ; under this he
dived, and swam below water until he succeed-
ed in getting a breathing place between the
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floating trunks of trees, whose bushes and WI3e and good who intimately knew him ; and
branches formed a covert several feet above this win preclude all necessity for paying at
the level of the water. The Indians as they tention t0 the Ptty-larceny slanders with
came up, plunged into the river and swam to
the raft, passing and re-passing him in all di
rections. They at length gave np the search.
and he then swam silently down the river, and
made his escape.
Cibiocs Historical Fact. The wife of the
celebrated Lord Clarendon, the author of the
History of the Rebellion, was a Welsh pot-girl
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who being extremely poor in her own conn
try, journeyed to London to better her fortune.
and became a servant to a brewer. While she
was in this humble capacity, the w ife of her
master died, and he happening to fix his aflec-
tions on her she became his wife. Himself
dyig soon after, left her heir to his property,
w.ncn is said to have amounted to between
X20T000 and 30,000. Amongst those who
frequented the tap at the brewery was a Mr.
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ii ne, men a poor barrister, who conceived
the pn-ject of forming a matrimonial alliance
with her. He succeeded, and soon led the
brewer's widow to the altar. Mr. Hyde being
endowed with great talent, and now at thu
command of a large fortune, quickly rose in
his profession, becoming head of the Chance-
ry bench, and was afterwards tho celebrated
ilyue, .arl of Clarendon. The eldest daugh
ter, the offspring of this union, won the heart
of James, Duke or York, and was married to
him. Charles II. sent immediately for his
brother, and having first plied him with some
very sharp raillery on the subject, finished bv
saying "James as you have brewn, so you must
drink, and forthwith commanded that tin
marriage should bo legally ratified and pro
mulgated. tJpon the death of Charles, James
the II. mounted the throne, but a premature
death frustrated this enviable consummation
in I . J. 1 1 , , ,
me person 01 ins amiaoic uucness. ller
daughters, however, were Queen Mary, the
wife of Willian III. and Queen Anne, both
grandchildren of the cidtvant pot-girl from
Wales, and wearing in succession the crowu
of England.
Disriptio.v cf niE Uxiox. The outrages
.n jvaiisasimemore s15n1Ucar.ce than would
at first attract the attention. They are brutal
"-,,uu" Knows, out mere is a master
cloud behind all which may not have been con
sidered. The St. Louis Democrat alluding to
the course ot the border ruffians, says the mir-
pose 01 trie leaders in the movement is to brine
uoouia uissoiuiion ot the Union, and the crea-
uonoi a confederacy of sjave States. We
irom me journal reierrcd to :
-iiie majority 01 tnose citizens in Missouri
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who have become enlisted in the present con-
test, which is now waging to secure the occti-
pat ion or Kansas to the South are sincere and
earnest tn tlieir partisanship, we fully believe;
out mat t.icrc are otucrs, and those high in
command tho Atchisons, the Stringfellows
rnd their disciples who have been imported
m companies from the southern States, who
are inflicted with no such hallucinations who
care nothing or very little for the minor ques
tion ot slavery or freedom in the territories-
and who havo their eyes fixed upon graver is-
sues and more revolutionary results. With
tuem 111? present forays are but skirmishes
preparatory to the great battle, in which they
nope 10 see tins Union dissolved at a blow,
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and upon its ruins to emerge the chiefs of a
southern empire."
&ale op Kansas Lands. The President of
the United States has issued a proclamation
ordering a sale of public lands in Kansas Ter
titory, the salo to take place at Fort Leaven
worth, commencing on Monday, the 20th of
October. Thcso lands havo been classified
and appraised, and will not bo sold for less
than the appraised value. The towns and cit
ies laid out on these lands will be sold in lots
and blocks. Tho number of acres to be offer
ed for sale is about two hundred and eight
thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, and
the quality of land unsurpassed, perhaps, by
any other equal body of . land in the L'nitcd
States; and the location of the tract, lying
and being around Fort Leavenworth, is very
eligible, and most desirable for a residence.
Hos. Jons MoonE, of Warren county, New
Jersey, has written a letter announcing his in
tention to support and vote for Col. Fremont.
Judge Moore has always been identified with
tho Hunker Democratic party in his State, en
joying an influence in local and county poli
tics amounting almost to a dictatorship. The
present announcement of his purpose will pro
duce important results in that part of New
Jersey, where the Administration party has I
.1 ... ,.;t.in.d a Urtrn numerical scindn.
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. THE CATTLE STORY. .
Another Vile Slander Hefuted !
COL. FEEMONT VINDICATED ! ;
When honest, well-meaning persons write
us that such and such absurd libels on Colonel
Fremont are circulating in their locality, and
that they want documents wherewith to refute
them, we cannot help answering that they take
hold of the business at the wrong end. What
they have really to do is to make their neigh
bors acquainted with the true character of Col
Fremont, his career, his services, and the es-
t-n,at,on Jn which he has ever been held by the
. ser adv"ea'es seek to blacken his
reputation, unly let the People see and know
him as he is, and tho vipers will find them
selves biting a little the sharpest files that cv-
erjiws were worn upon.
Let us illustrate the character of these li
bels by a few ready illustrations :
Tho conquest of California from Mexico was
eflected bY rel7 moderate forces, yet with ve
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ry little bloodshed. Col. Fremont bore a most
distinguished part in that conquest at least,
all tho cotemporary accounts cave him the
credit of so doing Secretary Marcy's among
the rest. We believe "Mr. Buchanan did tint
conmit himself in any public document ; but
wo assured that, when Col. Fremont's Beef
contract was under investigation before the-
Indian Committee of the House, Mr. Buchan
an appeared as. a Witness for Col. Fremont he
fore that Committee, and testified strongly in
his favor. If they were not now rival candi
dates, we believe Mr. Buchanan would now
gladly appear as a conclusive witness against
Colonel Fremont's slanderers.
Of course, so large a country as California
was not conquered, and could not have been
helJ' hy a force so innense!y inferior in nuro-
bers as were its American conquerors to the
hostile Mexican authorities, soldiers and peo
ple, but by the manifestation cf extraordinary
activity as well as courage. Our little force
there in 1815-7 had to be multiplied many-fold
by rapid movements from point to point, and
by suddenly appearing when and where it was
least expected. Thus Colonel Frcmont.whom
Cora. Stockton, after the conquest, appointed
its Governor, wa3 at one time obliged to ride,
at the bea t of one hundred mounted men.over
..uuunu nines IIIU113, 1IOIU lOS -XllgCIOS
to Monterey in four days, to meet an appre
hended attack, and hack again in tho same
time a feat which old Californians pronounc
ed uneqalled in that country, where horseman
snip lias been carried to Its perfection. But
this march could never have been made with
out repeatedly changing horses, which was cf-
fected by driving into a ranche or cattle estate,
unsaddling and turning loose the tired and
panting beasts, putting their equipments in.
star.tlv on
as many fresh animals, and spurring
headlong forward. Of course, the owners of
the horses in due time presented claims against
the Government, which a Military Commis.
sion scrutinized and either allowed, rnt. fWn
,
or rejected ; and some of these Gen. Valle-
jo's for one have since been paid by Con
cress, while others have not. But thev all fi-
gure not merely the amounts aid or nllnw.
od, but the amounts merely claimed in the
newspaper demonstrations of Col. Fremont's
prodigality or dishonesty as Governor of Cal
ifornia !
Take for instance : Col. Tremont deemed it
necessary to head a party of his force and cross
the bay of San Francisco to canturc a Movi-
can fort and spike the heavy cannon mounted
thereon ; for, though the fort proved at tho
time to be scircely occupied, it would have
become exceedingly formidable and annoyin;
if a hundred or more Mexicans, who had not
then been dispossessed of the country, had
seen fit to throw themselves into it. But Col.
F. had no boats in which to make the nassa-p
'
and was obliged to borrow those of an Ameri-
can merchant ship then lying in the bay. The
captain lent and manned his boat or boat,.
himself steering and bis men rowing; andCol
F., who had no money wherewith to pay, cer
tiGed that tho service was rendered, and that
it was valuable, but set no price on it. The
captain claimed ten thoumind dollars ; theCom
mission allowed him fifty dollars ; mid even
this, we are confident, has never been paid.
No matter tho $10,000 figure, largo as life,
in various statements afloat intended to con
vict Colonel Fremont of prodigality or dishon
esty in California !
1 rohahly most of our readers havo seen or
heard something about the "six hundred cows"
which Col. F. is said to have purchased on
Government account in California, but to have
turned over to a ranchcro to breed on shares
for his own profit." We have met this libel in
some dozen or more Tro-slavery journals, not
one of which gives the least hint of the fact
that the Federal Government nerer paid, and is
not required to pay, one (ent for trust coics.
The facts in the case are briefly these
Col. Fremont, while Governor of California,
did contract with a stock-grower for six hun
dred cows at $10 per head, lor the public ser
vice. As thoy were not immediately needed,
they were left with a ranchcro or herdsman till
they should bo wanted on the usual terms
halt the increase to the owner and tha balance
o the herdsman. Col. F. gave an order or
obligation as Governor for the price C,000
But ho was soon superceded hy a personal en
emy who repudiated tho contract, and the sel
ler took his cows hack again and was doubt
less glad enough to do so, as the discovery of
the mines about this time sent up the price of
cattle in California at least two hundred per
cent. Had Col. Fremont's contract been rati-
neu oy jus successor, aud the cows left to
breed on the shares and only taken for the pub
lic service as required, we have no doubt the
Treasury would have been $15,000 better for
it this day.
. The Hon. Willis A. Gorman, M. C. from In
diana, now Democratic Governor of Minneso
ta Territory, was in Congress in 1833, and, as
Chairman or the House Committee on Milita
ry Aflairs, reported (Feb. 14) in favor of pay
ing the claim of Col. Fremont for S 19,500,
borrowed and spent by him in the public ser
vice while Governor of California. In this
debate Mr. Gorman says :
"The vouchers which hr.ve been
and copies of which I have here, are clear and
satisfactory. It is satisfactorily shown that
the sum of $808 88, for which there are 110
vouchers at hand, has been paid. The Com
mittee on Military Aflairs called before them
an oiliccr of the army who was with Col. Fre
mont, and testifies to the facts which niin-l.t tn
satisfy the House that every dollar has been
accounted lor."
'It is said that Colonel Fremont had got
this Siy.5t)0 and honjrht the Marinosa. land
with it; and a distinsuished eentleman of this
House told me he had heard that he had pur
chased a lar.se amount of cattle with it. 1:1,1m
which he h id made larse iirofits. Now tli
Mariposa land cost only S5.000. thoinrh it turn
ed out to be exceedinzlr valuable, and worth
forty or fifty times what he paid for it. . But
the date of that purchase was anterior to the
transaction. . . . .
"As. to the alleged purchase of a lanro a-
mount of cattle and the grand speculation out
of the operation! how did we act as to that
charge ? Did we believo it blindlv J No, sir.
we went into an investigation of it, and what
was the result ? We found that he had pur
chased a certain amount of cattle for the use
of the army, but because he had not the fueano
of paying for them, he . left the cattle in the
possession of the vender, who had finallv to
take them back for non-payment; so that trans
action ended in smoke, as does the charge."
Mr. Gorman then proceeded to vidicate Co
lonel Fremont thus :
"I will say for Col. Fremont, that when I
went into the investigation of this transaction
I had some prejudices which I thought per
haps might be unfounded, and which 1 am now
satisfied were unfounded. The prejudices
which had been impressed upon my mind have
oeen uispeueu lythe investigation of all h
conduct in California, and I am nrcnared to
bear testimony upon this occasion to the cor
rectness of his whole line of conduct as an of
ficer aud as a disbursing asent. Not one dol
lar cau be traced to his hands ; no property
can be traced to his hands for which he cannot
give to the Government satisfactory vouchers
that it has been appropriately and properly op-
pneu. ioee cong. uiooe, vol. p. o'JO.
Feb. 12, 1853, Mr. Campbell of 111., asked
"Were claims for articles fraudulently char
god several times, presented by Col. Fremont.
or were they presented bv other persons ire-
tunning 10 noju mem against tueuovernuient V
Ir. liorman those claims were not presen
ted by Col. Fremont, bnt by other individuals.
Mr. Price (Democrat) of New Jersey He
certifies that certain property belonging to
tnose individuals was taken by the military of
ficers of the United States, for the purpose of
carrying on me war. lie does not state the
valuation, but he states ns his belief that those
articles were taken. There is no reference
whatever to valuation.
Mr. Disney I understand that all these mat
ters which have been discussed here to day
are not matters of claim upon the part of Col.
Fremont, but upon the part of various individ
uals now in the State of California, for mate
rials and property furnished to him, tho evi
deuce of which is his acknowledgment, in the
lorm ot certincates, ueioro vou."
Mr. McLanahan, of Pennsylvania, in some
remarks on the subject,, said :
"Upwards of $200,000 of claims were pre-
" scnted 10 the commissioners, lhcv allow-
" cd and passed favorably on some $31,000 ;
" the balance, about 5170,000, were not pus
" tained by evidence, and were consequently
" rejected. Of the $31,000 allowed, the claim
" ot $19.-300, on which Col. Fremont was im
' prisoned in London, was unanimously allow-
ed, and placed first on the list submitted to
" us by the Commissioners. This is the only
" demand against tho Government in which
Colonel Fremont appears to have the slight-
" est personal Interest."
This debate shows that Col. Fremont had no
interest In any other claim than that for $19,
500, w hich the Board of Commissioners unan
imously allowed. As Mr. Gorman remarked :
"The claims which are there stated origina
ted in this wise ! Col. Fremont, when there.
w hen necessary, sent a guard of men to take
tho property of the citizens mules, horses
nnd cattle lor the public use. The owners
came and made claim to Col. Fremont, as civil
and military Governor of California, for com
pensation for their property. Col. Fremont
laid all the claims presented to him before the
Board. The case was precisely similar to that
of the army of tfiV United States in Mexico.
I have done the same thing myself on a march.
I have forced men to give me mules when
those on w hich the soldiers rode gave out. I
have seen tho same thing often done by the o
ther officers of the army. The owners of the
property taken would follow to the next town,
aud there would receive a certificate that such
and such properly had been taken for the pub
lic service, which they presented to the Quarter-master,
who sometimes paid for it. If
these charges were made by Mexicans I would
not bo amazed if the same articles had been
charged for one hundred times."
The reader who wishes to pursue this inves
tigation farther can doubtless find a Gongrei
sional Globe, VoL XXVI, and trace the debate
throughout. The claims were very properly
scrutinized, hut no ono questioned the" Integ
rity snd good conduct of Col. Fremont,
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Hon. David K. Cnrtter, of Ohio, (then as now
a prominent Democrat, bat then n' Pierce Dem
ocrat, now for Fremont.) said : "':
'Personally, I know Col. Fremont but very
slightly. I have had the honor of an introduc
tion to him. He is a small man, but he is as
gallant as any mass of stuiT of the same size
that ever was wrapped in a coat that would fit
him. And, Sir, he met a combination of ene
mies such as very few of the public servants of
this Bepublic have ever met. Both enemies
that man presents and enemies that God pre
sents mountain enemies, ravine enemies, en
emies of frost and of heat and of fasting.
Now I do not think that a man who has mar
ched for a week feeding on green hides and
on the skeletons of Worn-out and diseased
mules, would cheat his Government out of
twenty or forty thousand dollars. - My own o
piniou is, that when a man has garnered up a
reputation by deeds of almost unparalleled
peril, he would want to transmit it undefined
to his posterity, and that twenty thousand dol
lars would have no more influence unon him
than twenty c-;nts. That is my appreciation
of such serv ice as Fremont s. It is not like
sitting cross-Ie?ged up hero in one of those
bureaus. It was enough for him to know that
that part of this continent belonged to the U
nited States; that they put upon him the per
il of exploring it ; that 1e-was desired by his
Government to make the way open to the Thou
sands who were to follow it to fortune, and to
define a State that in magic time would be
come an empire. Sir, vow mteht as well un
dertake to separate Fremont's soul from his
body by your action here he heincr three
thousand miles distant as to seperate Fre
mont s lame iroin the fame of the Pacific side
of the Republic.- '
The hill passed Yeas, SSj Nays, 49 the
latter being about the usual number who vote
against every private claim, uo matter how
obviously just. Nobody then questioned Col.
Fremont's honesty even Mr.Toombs express
ly disclaimed any , such intention. ' Congress
found a sum justly due to Col. F., and ordered
it to be paid, as it did a larger sum on a differ
ent account two years later. And now. if the
Pro-Slavery advocates think fhey can make
anything out of ripping up these scrutinized
and settled accounts, they are welcome to go
ahead.
St. Paul, Minnesota, is now-said to have a
population of ten-thousand souls. In the year
1849 it did not contain five hundred. During
the present season twenty-eight thousand per
sons stopped at three of the principal hotels.
Thus this town is rapidly becoming the lead
ing city north and w est of Chicago, while oth
er points, mere centres of speculation, figure
ten times more conspicuously' in "the "newspa
pers. It occupies an admirable position, at
the head of steamboat navigation on the Mis
sissippi, and in the course of ten years hence
bids fair to become one of the second class
cities of the Union.
- On the 3d inst., a large meeting of Ameri
cans of the 13th ward, Philadelphia, was held,
at which resolutions wero adopted declaring
that, as the contest was narrowed down to Fre
mont and Buchanan, "the election of Mr. Fill
more being entirely out of the question," they
would support Fremont and Dayton, and invi
ted the Americans of the other wards to co
operate with them, holding that fidelity to A
merican principles did not require them to
vote for Fillmore and Donclson, nor did they
place themselves in conflict with true Ameri
canism by supporting Fremont and Dayton.
The Wheat Crop, of the present year, is es
timated by the Cincinnati Price Current at ten
per cent, increase upon any former years, and
it makes an estimate of the quantity raised in
the several States, omitting those not worth
counting. With a crop like this, and wc see
no reason to doubt tho calculation, and with
a largo surplus of last year's crop on hand, we
may, we should think, defy famine for this
year.
Grasshoppers in immense swarms are mak
ing fearful havoc among the grain on the Up
per Mississippi. At Little Falls, Minnesota,
they destroyed all tho crnps. At Elk river
they appeared in a swarm that seemed like a
cloud, and lighting upon a twenty acre corn
field, destroyed the w hole crop in a short time.
At Crow Wing they alighted upon a farm and
destroyed 5000 bushels of oats.
Bccuaxax's SoiTiitns SrrronTcas. The
Charleston Mcrcvry, the chief organ of the
Democracy in South Carolina, lately said :
"We hope our sentinels in Washington will
keep bright watch in the coming night, and
with a spirit kindling to the contest. Let the
Government perish, but let tho South be pre
served." "
Df.mocratic Taolbles in New Yoek. The
Mayoralty Convention at Tammany Hall, on
Monday evening, the' 15th inst. was split, ono
section re-nominated Major Wood, and tho
other James S. Libby, both denouncing each
other in the most approved style of modem
locofocoisnii ,
A Bloodt Year There were seventy three
battles during the year 1855, with an average
los? of a thousand men in each, more than 300,
000 soldiers aro estimated to have perisdicd by
disease and battle. The battles average more
.than one a week. It is ono of the bloodiest
years in modern history.
Marcus Morton, upon whom the Democratic
party of Massachusetts havo been conferring
honors for the Ust twenty years, has joined
tiic Fremont ranks, and is now doinz cood
aervie in tht cus of FrstdoM,'
KXCITING MEETING.
-Jff m; to create a diversion in favor of the Lo-'
cofoco State ticket Racy Proceeding's the U
Vion State ticket endorsed, and Ike traitor de
nounced '.
Lewis C. Levin, of Philadelphia, called
meeting of Americans to assemble at National
Hall, in that city, on Tuesday evening the 16th
inst., "to take up a pare, unadulterated Amer
ican Fillmore State ticket, for the coming e
lecfion, and to call on the friends ia the inte
rior to support it.". A large number of per
sons were in attendance, and the proceedings
were decidedly "rich, rare and spicy." After
the band in attendance had played ''Columbia,
the Gem of the Ocean," Mr. Levin, tho
"bright, particular star" of the occasion, was
about opening out, when some one iu the body
of the meeting proposed three cheers for tho
Union State ticket. This call was loudly re
sponded to. We copy the sul joined account
of w hat followed from the Daily JVctr :
Three groans were then proposed for Levin
and as vigorously givtm. -
Again three groans wero given for every
friend of Levin.
At this period, L. C. L. arose, walked to tho
front of the platform, and said in the blandest
manner possible, one word oue word only
one word.
Three groans for Levin wcrn now called, and
the groaning was more general than before.
By this time mot of the audience had got up
on the benches and the coufusion was becom
ing delightfully exciting. -
One individual, with a short
ami a Kossuth hat, mounted the tdatfonn and
proposed three cheers for Fillmore and Don
vlson. The assemblage caneht in t! p rrv nn.l
the Hall rang again with enthusiastic cheering.
Levin Gentlemen, I ask but to sav ono
word to vou. . . . .
: A i oice Three groans. They were given.
Levin now walked over to the Reporter's ta
ble and whispered, The room is packed with,
black Republicans. -
Aain Lcviu proceeded to the front of ""the
p.atl'oiiu and tried to calm the laging tempest,
but in vain. -
Finding Col. John S. Warner among the au
dience, he begged him to come on the stand,
which the Colonel was loth to do. Levin and
his friend fin illy got hold of the Colonel's
hand and pulled him on the platform.
Throe cheers were now given for Col. War
ner and three groans for Levin.
Levin, in great irritation begged Col. War
ner to take the chair, saying that he wished to
he heard.
Col. Warner They will not hear von.-
Levin-r-Yes they will if j-ou say so.
Col. Warner (To the audience)My coun
trymen, 1 came here as an American. An A
mcrican inside, outside and all around. I hav
battled for yonr cause for years, and I have
never deserted it. Now. mv friends. horA wa
h ive an American Union ticket in the field.
A oice Three cheers lor the Urnion tick
et. (They were given.)
Col. Warner I approve of that ticket. -(Cheers.)
Mr. Levin desires me to take th
chair.
Veiccs No! no!! Yes! yes!!
Col. Warner Mr. Levin desires 'me " to say
to you that he wishes to be heard.
A voice Three groans for Levin.
Col. Warner I am not in this movement to
nightI am of the Old Guard. ' "
A voice Three cheers for the Old Guard.
At this time there was indesc ribable confusion.
Col Warner I wish to say c-ne wordi
A Voice Three ehe:-rs for tho Union Tick
et. (They were given.)
At this time. Levin was moving from placo
to plice, on the platform, and exclaiming,
"Are you afraid of the truth 1 If von Art nnt
afriid of being converted, let me say a few
words to yon. (Grortns.) Let me say ono
word. (Hisses, groans.) Will you hear me,
one word" rCries of No ! no J J)
A Voice Three cheers for the Union tick
et. (They wore given.)
Mr. ii. W. Reed was now observed anions
the audience and was loudly called for.
At this period there was a rush made for tho
stage, and Levin made a retrograde movement,
first seizing his hat and cane. He was groan
ed oft" the stage, and fried to escape out tho
back door, hut it was fastened, and he was
compelled to face tho enemy, which he did
with fear and trembling. As he left the Hall
the groans were deafening, and he was follow
ed to the street hy the excited crowd.
An effort was made to organize the meeting
but there was a disposition to go in a body to.
tho Spring Garden meeting.
The following resolutions were offered and
adopted, with great enthusiasm :
Resolved, That we as the friends and sup
porters of Millard Fillmore and Andrew J.
Donclson, do heartily endorse the Union Stati
1 icket, and will gire it our earnest and undi
vided support at the coming election.
Resolved, That wo denounce Lewis C. La.
vin as a traitor to our cause.
Tho crowd then adjourned to Spring Gar
den, where the friends of Fillmore were hold
ing a meeting, which also denounced Levia,
repudiated his movement as "a Locofoco
trick," and cordially pledged their united sup
port to the Union State Ticket.
. Calvix Edsox, and all the fat women, dwarfs
and giants are eclipsed by a man now on exhi
bition at Havana, who was born without either
legs or arms, but who having tenaciously set
himself to work to conquer the inconveniences
naturally consequent upon such deprivation,
has made himself a wonder by - the variety 0f
his feats. Among other things, he announces
that he is able to spin a top with such perfec
tion that it will hit any tpot- named, to spin a
dollar over a table, to throw a sling, to take
a sixpence from a table and put it in his left
ear and take it out again, to make a knot with
a halter, to thread a needle, to ascend and de
scend a ladder ; to uncork a bottle with a cork
screw, to load a fowling piece and kill anylhlg
designated, or put out a candle with simpls
wad quite wonders enough for a man with
out either legs or arms. .
Judge Rupp, of Cumberland county .decllSM
tho Democratic nomination for 'Associate
Jodg, stating tkt k gs ft f MHMt.
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