Raftsman's fmmtal.
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S. B. ROW, Editor asd Proprietor.
CLEARFIELD, PA., NOV. 26, 1856.
WHAT THE SOUTH EXPECTS.
Immediately after it was known that James
Buchanan bad received sufficient electoral
rotes to make him the next President, the
leading papers of his party at the South threw
out intimations of what their section of the
Union exDected of him. At first, their sug
gestions were made cautiously and guardedly;
but soon they were expressed more boldly and
unequivocally. The Richmond Enquirer seem
ed to take the lead in this matter, and a mere
hint from it that a revival of the slave trade
,..would be acceptable to the South, was follow
ed by an open avowal on the part of the Char
leston, South Carolina, Standard, New Orleans
Delia, and other prominent journals, that this
obnoxious trade must be resuscitated. Simul
taneous with this unequivocal announcement,
the first named paper gave Mr. Buchanan his
orders relative to his appointments that as
N. York had done nothing for him, he must do
nothing for her and, ('unkindest cut of all,')
tells the politicians of the "Empire State"
that they can do without their assistance in e
lecting a President of the United States.
All this bold dictation was manifestly intended
to persuade Mr. Buchanan to pursue such a line
of policy as would eventually enable the South
to succeed in all her ambitious designs. Syco
phancy was also liberally resorted to, and
seemingly his Southern friends had the most
unlimited confidence in him. But judging
from the recent tone of some of the Southern
journals, serious misgivings are entertained of
Mr. Buchanan's integrity to their interests.
They begin to think that "the favorite son"
will not be able to resist the tide ot sentiment
at the North, as evinced in the enormous vote
cast against him that the fear of sinking his
party at the North, may induce him to oppose
their views and objects. As an offset to the
influences named, they are now proposing to
try the virtue of their usual tactics they say
they will "make the South so strong in her
material progress, in her domestic reforms, in
her political attitude, as to keep the North in
check by the only &rgnmants xvhiaH ramain to
be used against Free Soil fear and interest."
This is their own language, and there is no
misunderstanding it.' But lest Mr. Buchanan,
might not fully comprehend their meaning,
they declare that if he "rely upon old explo
ded expedients for success, if he devote him
self to a laborious do-nothing policy, he will
signally fail ; but if he turn his back on those
expedients, and direct the energies of the Gov
ernment where the Ostend letter points, to wit,
to the tropics, towards Cuba, Nicaragua and
Mexico, they will succeed." They further
declare that, as Mr. Buchanan owes his elec
tion to the South, he will be a traitor, and in
sensible to every feeling of gratitude, if he
forget and disregard the obligations it implies ;
if he does not look to our interests in Cuba,
if he does not fortify Walker In Nicaragua,
and forestal Spanish and French designs upon
Mexico. "What grand acquisitions these would
be ! Mexico, with her eight millions of Roman
Catholics, will doubtless be a strong tempta
tion for the head of a Democratic Administra
tion ! And Cuba and Nicaragua must certain
ly awaken the liveliest sensations in Southern
slave dealers ! The South seems determined
upon these acquisitions, and expects Mr.
Buchanan to favor them. She desires a new
order of things introduced. The New Orleans
Delta, of the 11th inst., a Buchanan paper,
thus speaks on this point :
"The people from Maino to California are
sick and tired of old issues. They want some
thing new, bcld and expansive. They want a
policy in keeping with steam, railroads and
telegraphs. They want new leaders, new
homes and new ideas. The new policy must
come from the South must be sustained by
the independent press, and the leaders in Con
gress must be men so seated and fixed in the
heart of hearts of the Southern people as to
command our approval, even if leading us a
' gainst estallished prejudices and party gods.
We have the men for the emergency. We
will have John A. Quitman, of Mississippi, in
the House, and Jetlerson Davis, of the same
gallant State, in the Senate. They are both
men of principle, regarding fidelity to noble
- ends infinitely more honorable and glorious
than ignoble success. They are inured to the
battle harness, both civic and military, and in
peace or war,the South will always know where
to find them. They have no mean past at
. their backs, but they are men of the future,
too, and in settling the great question which
must be met, soouer or later, tliey will have
conspicuous parts to enact. That question is
this, to wit: Whether this Union shall be
.Northern and Sectional, (to use a seeming
contradiction in terms,) or Southern and Na
tional V
There, we have given' the programme as
made out by the Southern slavery-extension-'
its. We wonder how their Northern Demo
cratic brethren will relish it. As we remarked
last week, there is trouble ahead, and we think
Mr. Buchanan must be satisfied that he will
have some difficulty in satisfying the South,
and at the same time meet the expectations of
a large majority of his party at the North.
Harrisbcrgh Telegraph We invite at
. tentiou to the advertisement of the Harris
burgh Daily, Semi-Woekly and Weekly Tele
graph in our columns. The Telegraph is an
excellent paper, and those desirous of procur-
ing a journal from the State capital would do
vniQ to subscribe fbr it.
FEESIDE5TIAL ELECTIONS SINCE 1820
Since 1820, when Monroe was chosen for a
second term, with but one opposition electoral
vote, the Preidential elections have been
less decisive than is generally supposed. That
is to say, the popular majority for the success
ful candidate has never been excessive': and
often he has -actually wanted a majority, and
had only a plurality. This was the case, for
example, in 1841, when the votes castforClay,
and those thrown away on Birney, exceeded,
in the aggregate, those polled for Polk, ma
king the last actually a minority President.
To go back to 1821, in that year four candi'
dates were in the field, Jackson, Adams, Craw
ford and Clay. The first received 99 Electoral
votes, the second 84, the third 41, and the
f6urth37. The election, under these circum
stances, devolving upon the House, Adams re
ceived the votes of 13 States, Jackson of 7,
and Crawford of 4. In lszs, ' JacKson was
chosen by the plurality voice, obtaining 178
Electoral votes of 261, which then constituted
tne .electoral conege. in loo:: Jackson was
again chosen by the popular voice, and this
time by an even greyer majority, receiving
170 Electoral votes more than his opponent,
Henry Clay.
This brings ns up to 1836, or twenty years
ago. In that year an Buren, though elected
President, beat Harrison in the populaf vote
only 14,000, though he had 170 Electoral votes
out of 294. Four years afterwards Harrison
seemed at first sight, to have had three times
as many supporters as Van Buren, for he ob
tained 234 Electoral votes, while his antago
nist had but 60 ; yet he only beat the latter, in
popular vote, about one hundred and sixty-
thousand, out of a poll of nearly two millions
four hundred thousand.
Anotuer curious feature in the election of
1840 was that the popular vote exceeded by
nearly two-thirds that cast in 183G. Van Bu
ren, for instance, distanced as he was, receiv
ed 304,000 in 1840 more than he did four-years
before. In 1844, as we have said already,
Polk was actually a minority President ; and
yet he beat Clay by a larger popnlar majority
than Harrison had beaten Van Buren ; the
vote being, for Polk, 1,5SG;19G; for Clay,
1,297,212. The Electoral College stood, how
ever, 170 for Polk to 103 for Clay.
In 1848 Taylor received 1G3 Electoral votes,
and Cass 127. The great State of New York
in this election decided the contest, by going
for Taylor, in cousequence of the Democracy
being divided; and Taylor was also a minori
ty President. When we compare these elec
tions to those prior to 1820, we see how much
more closely contested they have been. In
1804, for instance, Jefferson had 102 Electoral
votes, and Pickney, his opponent, 14 only.
In 1803, Madison had 122, and Pickney 47
In 1812, Madison had 128, and Clinton 89. In
1816, Monroe had 138, and King 34. In 1820,
as we have already mentioned, Monroe had 231
a single Llectoral vote being cast in
tion. - - -
opposi-
The Next Trick. A correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune, writing lrom Kansas, reveals
the next probable plot of the Buchaneers to
wit : the admission of Kansas as a Slave State
during the next session of Congress, while
Pierce is yet President, so as to relieve Bu
chanan from the odium of it. He says :
"At the late Border Kufiian election, held
on the Gth of October for delegato to Congress
and members of the Bogus Legislature, a tick
et was voted thus "Constitutional Conven
tion." A large majority of the Ruffians la
vorcd a Convention, which will doubtle s be
held about the second week in December.
The reason why I presume it will be held then,
is, that many of the leaders of the Ruffians, if
not all, will desire to be delegates at such a
Convention. The Bogus Legislature meets in
the beginning of January, so that should the
Convention be deferred, these worthies could
not attend it. The Convention of December
will draft a Constitution, and submit it to the
people in January. The Free State men will
have nothing to do with it will not vote on it
so that, of course, the ruffians will have a
large vote of approval. It can be sent to Con
cress in February, and enough weak-kneed
doughfaces with some few South Americans
can do the job. This of course would take the
odium of the act from the incoming adminis
tration of Buchanan, and doubtlessPierce would
be glad to finish the dirty work he began."
The annexation of Texas, which formed the
staple of the issue in the Presidential election
in 1844, was accomplished precisely in the
same way. It was put through at the short
session succeeding the election of 1844, and
received the approval of Tyler just before he
went out of office.. "The only obstacle in the
way of doing the same thing over, is the diffi
culty of getting a majority in the present
House. But we shall see.
Bank Brokex. In the beginning of last
week, the public was thrown into a state of
excitement by the announcement that the Lan
caster Bank had failed. Speculation on the
part of irresponsible persons is alleged as the
cause of its failure. The liabilities of the in
stitution, according to the Lancaster Examiner,
consist of about $700,000 of circulation, and
$250,000 of deposits. The notes in circulation
will, we think, all be redeemed, ultimately, at
their full value, and they will be first paid out
of the assets. The stockholders are individu
ally liable to the note-holders, to the par value
of stock held by each One that is, for every
share of stock held by any person, he is liable
to the amount of fifty dollars to make good
the redemption of all the notes in circulation,
in case the assets of the bank shall not be suf
ficient for that purpose. Under the worst pos
sible aspect of the case, therefore, there is no
room to doubt that the note-holders will all be
paid to the last cent. The only inconvenience
they can suffer will be a delay of some months,
unless matters are infinitely worse than they
are supposed to be.
The Cosmopolitan Art Association will make
their next distribution of statues and paintings
on the 28th January. This association offers
rare inducements for becoming subscribers,
furnishing magazines, &c. to the full amount
of subscription and a chance for becoming
owner of a fine statue or painting. See adver
tisement in to-days Joarnal.
IS BOJtANISK TO BE FEARED AS A
POLITICAL FOWEEt
As the American party is accused of a de
sire to make political capital out of the Protes
tant spirit of the country, it is well to see
whether those who do not sympathize with the
Americans have not deemed it necessary to
take ground against the political intrigues of
Rome on this -continent, and to warn the Amer
ican people against her ultimate designs. We,
therefore, deem it not untimely, or out of place
to direct the attention of our readers to the
following remarks, which appeared in theDem
ocratic Review, the organ of the Democrats of
the Union, in 1853. The language is as poin
ted and forcible as auy that ever appeared in
an American paper :
"We feel," says the reviewer, "As all the
world feels, that the present Roman Catholic
Church organization is entirely and wholly a
political complot. It may be that the form of
belief thatChurch once possessed is wholly un
changed and unchangeable ; but if so, its mod
ern "divines are its most abominable profes
sion."
"Fora temporal existence it prostrated itself
to the use of Kings ; it loaded the Armada of
Spain with bulls and excommunications, and
joined its thunders to the canon law of Louis
XIV. It blessed Louis, the well beloved, in
hi3 amours, and played at give and take with
Ilarley and Bolinbroke, with the Stuarts, with
Frtderick, with Suwarrow, and witliCatharine.
It presscd an ultramontane despotic Jesuitism
upon France in obedience to the interests of
its supporting despots till the invincitleFrench
people arose iu their agony and chopped its
head oil at the guillotine. It broke the Cave
of the winds and let out on the world Mirabcau,
Dumouriez, Camilla Desmoulins, St. Just and
Marat. It opposed, truckled to, excommuni
cated, and crowned with its oils and the iron
tossure of Italian sovereignty, Napoleon. It
compelled the abandonment of Josephine, seat
ed an Austrian girl on the neck of the Empire,
sold itself to the Holy Alliance, raised up the
younger Pitt, Castlereagh, to the rule of Eug
land, leagued in the third partition of Poland,
gave Lonibardy to Vienna, and gave Sicily
once more to Naples, fulminated its thunders
against the Irish rebels of '98, petitioned,
through its servants, for the "Union" of their
country with theEnglish monarchs, and endor
sed the hideous desolation of that land. Doubt
less for the benefit of the faith was all this
done; but then it follows that the faitli is a
political object, and the Cuurch a political
machine. That is the issue presented to us in
these days. We have not sought it, it is pres
sed upon us ; and not being cowards we meet
it. We are called on to yield our intellect to
a dictum which arrives at the absurd and vain
conclusion of demanding our bodies for the
uses of depots. We have seen this Church in
our own day purchasing the Papal tiara one
time from a French prisoner, by administer
ins: the sacrament of bi?amv to a Bonamrfp
nnrt agnm trom tne rap ot a rnMy-xiiianee5 u
majority of whose members, Talleyrand, Cas
tlereagh, George III., Prince Regent and Al
exander, were by its own decress, schismatics
or infidels. We have all read the secret treaty
of Verona, and protocols attached, and know
how grateful tyrants were for the service of
the Papacy against the people, and how earn
estly they guaranteed the States of the Church J
to the Vatican, if the Vatican would continue
to act in their service. Again, we have seen
it, in 1848, restore itself to the Eternal City.by
the bayonets of a usurper. We have seen it
belie oil its promises of years, accept the hos
pitalities of a Neapolitan Lazzarone, shed its
vestments over Lord Russell, over Queen Vic
toria and her babies, over Francis Joseph,
Radctzky, Swartzenberg, and hail with un
mitigated delight the triumph of rascality.
We have seen a bishop of Frejus make prayers
for the success of the vile and mean murderers
of innocence and unarmed people, and praise
God, with highest masses and processions of
the Eucharist for the same. We have seen it
everywhere protecting infamy and opposing
rights; and with brazen impudence it presses
on us even in this land, and in its character as
a political scheme of men abhorred from end to
end of this continent, demands that we swal
low it, cross our paws reverently, aud whisper
in solemu accents, We believe !' "
Love and Mcrder. At the late November
Sessions for Erie ccunty, Pa., a man named
nayt was found guilty of murder In the second
degree, for killing Miss Calista C. Allen. It
appeared that Ilayt, who is about 42 years of
age, became enamored with the young lady,
who, however, did not reciprocate his attach
ment. Nothing daunted, he continued his at
tentions, and aided at the same time the girl's
father in many ways. On the day on which
he killed the unfortunate girl, he called at her
bouse. Her mother told her in his presence
that if she did not want him, she ought to tell
him so. She said she had, again told him so,
and suddenly left the room, nayt followed
her, and placing a revolver at her forehead,
fired. The mother ran, nayt fired at her, but
she fortunately falling, he missed her. As
she ran out of the gate, ho again fired at her.
lie then returned to the house, picked np the
girl, laid her on a sofa, placed the pistol to her
car, and shot her again. He immediately gave
himself up to the officers, and owned that he
had killed her. He seems to have been labor
ing under some violent mental excitement
Early in life he had been disappointed.
Machine for Cutting Down Trees. The
Scientific American, publishes an illustration of
a portable machine for felling trees, which, if
it answers the purpose as represented, is cer
tainly a valuable invention. The cutting is
done with a horizontal saw, so arranged as to
be readily fed up to the tree to be felled. As
soon as the saw has penetrated far enough, a
wedge is driven into the cut, which prevents
the tree from leaning over and binding on the
saw. . The weight of the machine is about 150
lbs., and the expense of manufacturing small
b. Ingersoll of Ureen Point, ruewiork, is
th inventor. . . s-
FOREIGN HEWS. .
Halifax, Nov. 20. The steamship Niagara
arrived here at midnight with Liverpool dates
to the 8th iust. ;
There are additional symptoms of a close
union between France, Russia and Prussia.
It would appear that France supports the un
conditional admission of Russia and Prussia to
the second meeting of the European Confer
ence, while England is said to oppose the ad
mission of the former and Austria of the latter.
Treaties of commerce between Russia and
France, and railway treaties between Russia
andTrussia were in preparation.
Neapolitan affairs are without change.
Lord Palmerston has delivered an address
on education before a large assembly in the
Free Trade Hall at Manchester. He also made
two speeches in defense of his foreign policy.
In Lord Palmerston's speech at Manchester he
used the following expression, which had been
the subject of much comment i1! hope the
peace will be lasting, but its endurance will
depend on the fidelity with which the condi
tions ore fulfilled. If the power which provo
ked hostilities faithfully carries out the treaty,
there can be no doubt that peace will long be
preserved."
On the 7th iust., the Directors of the Bank
of England held a protracted sitting, during
which they considered the expediency of mak
ing a further change in the rate of discount,
with a view of arresting the continued outflow
of gold. A resolution not to make any change
for the presort, was arrived at by a majority
of only one.
The condition of the Bank of Franco shows
no improvement.
France. Rumors continue of a probable
modification of the ministry.
An official editorial in Le Const Hvlionml on
the questions at issue between the French and
English government says : The presence of a
naval squadron of England in the Black Sea,
and the Austrians in the Principalities, are
henceforth only violent means of preventing a
solution of the differences which Russia has
been the first to propose, in offering to submit
to its natural judges. Is it desired rather to
have recourse to arms 1 Is war again desired?
Does the English ministry wish to enter again
upon hostilities without France Not certain
ly to assure to the execution of the treaty of
Paris, but imprudently to rend it to pieces in
the face of the world, with the object of satis
fying an ambition that had been for the mo
ment disguised. We repeat that it now de
pends upon the cabinet of London and Vien
na to put an end to the pending disputes, aud
terminate the anxieties to which the present
situation gives rise.
It is rumored in Paris that the French fleet
is about to proceed to the Black Sea. It is
not certain.
Naples. The Paris Petri says the manifes
to from the Neapolitan government is daily
probably demand their passports.
Russia. It is said t'aat a new treaty of com
merce has been settled between Russia and
Prussia, with the view of an international rail
way communication. The concession of the
Russian railway to The Credit Mobillier was
signed October 23d.
Recent Movements indicate that the Ameri
cans and Republicans in Pennsylvania will soon
adjust points of difference and organize upon
a common platform, embracing opposition to
foreign catholic influence in our governmental
affairs and the importation of foreign convicts
and paupers, protection of pnro American in
terests, and opposition to the extension of sla
very into free territory under the name of
American Republican party. As both parties
agree upon these vital points, the movement
meets with much favor. There will doubtless
be some efforts made in different sections to
prevent it ; but those who oppose it, will be
regarded as disorganizes, who are actuated
by wrong motives. We trust that all will be
cautious of any seeds of discord, let them
come from whatsoever source they may. The
signs of the times' plainly point out the chin
nel into which the current is running, and we
must look for elTbrts on the part of enemies to
thwart it. Let each one be on his guard, and
form no hasty conclusions anfl, above all,
beware of misrepresentations. Gaz.
A Moderx Sodom. The New York Express
is our authority for saying that the suburbs
and streets of the city present, of late, more
desecration than ever, of the Sabbath day.
The upper part of the city, on Sunday a-week,
looked not a little like a race course. AH
sorts of vehicles were out from the aristo
cratic coach to the dog cart. In firing at tar
gets and gunning, a very large business was
done. , The open lots are used freely for tar
get firing, to the peril of passers-by. Tne
grog-shops were never so free and open as they
are now all day Sunday. There is no disguise
about them. There is nt even the decent res
pect paid of closing the outside shutters.
Sunday night presents, therefore, a very large
amount of drunkenness in the streets. The
numerous German dance houses, the lager bier
shops, and "the free concerts" were lively,
very lively and noisy till a late hour.
Pretidential Election. The following is
the official result in the States given
Fremont. Fillmore.
Euclrn.
1077
34,995
Vermont,
Connecticut,
Rhode Island,
New York,
New Jersey,
Pennsylvania,
Delaware,
Maryland,
S9,9G8
42,715
11,407
54G
2,615
1,675
124,650
24,115
82.200
C,175
4G,4G1
6,680
194,908
47,943
23,351
147,548
30G
281
230,500
8,003
39,615
Inclined to Temperance. The St. Louis
Democrat says that Ike Cook, Postmaster at
Chicago, has a five-gallon jug of brandy in his
bedchamber, around the neck of which is a
string, to which string is attached a card, on
which card is written, in large letters : "To be
drunk when Douglas is elected President."
. FBOM KANSAS.
- The Convictions at Leeompton Gov. Geary
Getting his Eyes Opened.
Correspondent of Lite St. Louis Democrat.
Lawrence, Kaxsas, Nov. 9, 1S5G.
To the Editor of the Missouri Democrat. The
twenty young men convicted of manslaughter
the other day, are sentenced to five years im
prisonment, two of which to hard .labor, by
Judge Lecomptoc, are to be put to work npon
the capitol building in a few days, and at night
.to wear a chain and ball Attached to their feet.
While in Leeompton, .yesterday, I called upon
the Governor at his office ; he has but recently
returned from Southern Kansas, and reports
that the invading marauders have left the set
tlements where they have been committing
many depredations for several weeks past, and
have gone into Missouri. Only one settlement
is now troubled with them, and that is in the
vicinity of Fort Scoit, where a party of rob
bers from Arkansas have been stealing all they
could lay their bands on. The Governor had
ordered a company of troops to be stationed
there to drive them out.
He expresses himself delighted with the ter
ritory. SoveraL persons were in the office
when I went in. The Governor entered into
conversation with me, denouncing some of the
Lawrence people for showing no disposition to
do him justice; to give him credit for all he
had done. A citizen of Lawrence was pres
ent, and ho defended the residents and free
State men from the charges made against them
by his Excellency, and stated his belief, that
they were disposed to give him credit for all
his acts that were just ; and proceeded to state
that they would denounce him for allowing the
five hundred murderers of David Baltim to
escape arrest, when he had them in his power.
The Governor said, the five hundred men re
ferred to were organized as the territorial mi
litia, and were called into service by the ac
ting Governor at the time, and that he had no
right to interfere with them.
He also remarked, that the murderer of Er.f
fum had been arrested, and was now -in prison
awaiting trial on a charge of murder ; that it
had cost him several hundred dollars to do it,
but it had been done, and nothing would be
said about it by the Lavvence people. The
man from Lawrence again spoke np, and repu
diated the insinuation of the Governor, and
stated that the news of the murderer's arrest
had not reached this city when he left, and
that this was the first information received of
the affair, and that it should be made public as
soon as possible. The Governor seemed dis
posed to charge upon the people of this city a
disposition to disregard his acts in their favor,
and to take no notice of them.
At this time, Wm. Stephens, Esq., of Mans
field, Ohio, now engaged ss counsel for the
prisoners, informed the Governor that Hayes,
the murderer of Buflum, had been admitted
to bail by Judge Lecompte.
Sfl S.ta? man rriwtitrem.ae-l.m."T',r!
accustomed to have here in Kansas."
The Governor, exceedingly perplexed and
astonished that this cowardly murderer had
been released on bail, expressed himself in an
emphatic and eloquent manner against it. He
was justly indignant- at the outrage, and in a
loud tone of voice, he proceeded to state the
following "How in the devil could that man
be released on bail ? He was committed for
murder. He has had no trial. It is an out
rage. The Grand Jury have lound a true bill
against him. No free State man would have
been released on bail, and yon know it, gentle
men. I will investigate the matter within
twenty-four hours; and I will report it to the
world with my name attached, and it will have
an effect. I don't say this in a braggadocia
manner, but I am Governor; I am determined
to wash my hands clear from all connection
with the outrage ; and the President can re
move me if he choses. The world will sustain
me my conscience will sustain nie and rnv
God will sustain me. It was the foulest mur
der ever committed. The murdered man was
a poor cripple. All he said was, 'Don't take
my horses;' and he was shot right under my
eyes, as charged by the free State men. And
still the assassin has been admitted to bail. It
is an outrage. He shall again be arrested and
tried. I say it onenlv to all concerned, i
care not what lawyers or judges are present. 1
would say K if Lecomte was here, himself."
Col. II. J. Titus then remarked, that per
haps the man. was innocent of the charge al
leged against him. !
"Then he should have been discharged,"
thundered the Governor. "How can a mur
derer be admitted to bail ? He has had no
trial, the graud jury found a true bill against 1
him ; and he has had no trial. It is an out
rage. It is enough to make one's hair stand
on end. I will publish it to the world. I will
make the Senate tingle ; it is an outrage. No
free State man could have been admitted to
bail; he would be now in prison. I am Gov
ernor, and this Hayes shall be arrested and
have his trial."
Sheriff Samuel J. Jones at this time entered
the room. The Governor asked, "How is it
Jones, about this man Hayes V
'Oh," said Jones, "he has been adntted to
bail. I am one of his bondsmen."
"What is the amount?" again asked the
Governor.
"Ten thousand dollars," replied Jones. "I
would give that for him at any time. He is a
good fellow."
"There it is, gentlemen," said the Govern
or; "it is a great outrage. Iam determined
to investigate the matter."
A free State man then ventured to remark,
that this was the course pursued towards the
free State men since the organization of the
Territory; that partiality had marked every
movement made by Governmental officials, for
the last two years.
The Governor replied with gTcat warmth, "I
care not who it is I am neither free State nor
pro-slavery, but Governor of Kansas Territo
ry, and as such I will see that even here jus
tice shall be done. They may murder me if
they caoos, hut I am determined to merit the
itepaph, "Died in the faithful discharge Cf
his duty.' "
The Governor sent word to Marshal Dot',
son to come at once to his office.
The Marshall soon reported him, and hit ,
cellcncy, turning towards him, said, "Mr. Mai
slia!, I shall expect you to re-arrest this mla
Hayes, withous a moment's delay proceej
immediately, and I shall hold you strictly re,
possible for the faithful discharge of yonrdtj.
ty. By G d, sir, this man shall ba brocght
here and tried, if it shall require the who)
military arm of the government. Free Stat
men now ia that guard-house might have uk.
ed in vain, sir, to have be?n bailed, upon ehir.
ges infinitely less criminal, while this my,
Hayes.who has been guilty of a most atrocity
and diabolical marder, right tinder my eyes,
must be admitted to bail. I will tolerate to
such injustice." -'
The Marshall was astonished and hard;-.-knew
what to s.iy ; at last Le sat down and en",
tered into a private conversation with Titui
J ones and Woodson a w orthy trio and ihey
counselled together. TheGovernor was "tiu
der out of sorts," and they must pacify him if
possible; the judge had made a mistake, an J
it must be set right.
All the time the Governor paced Lis ofEca
floor vith hurried steps, exclaiming every now
and theu, in sentences denouncing the act of
the officials iu releasing amurdeier on bail,
and telling what he was resolved to do about
it, I, soon after this interesting conversation,
left for this city. Yours, Essex.
Tue African Slave Trade. The Washing
ton City Star, a sami-olEcial organ of the Na
tional Administration, takes ground in favor
of re-opeaing the African Slave Trade. The
advocacy of this project just proposed ia S.
Carolina, is gradually working its way north
ward, and Lj 1S00 we may expect to see the
Northern Democracy incorporating it as a ne
plank in their platform. They will have to
so, if they expect to retain Southern support.
The Star s.iys :
"We are glad to perceive public attention
awakening to tha subject, because it is one of
vast importance to the future of an immense
portion of the American continent that cannot
do its legitimate share ia the commerce of lha
world by and through any other than Africaa
slarc 'abcr. Thngh the Holy alliance in '15
took measures to stop the trade, and though
this Government, France and England subse-
quently, by treaty, agreed to do the same thing
at an enormous cost, annually, to all of their
treasuries, it l.as actually doubled at least in
all its victims immolated on the passage, while
it has not lessened so far as the number actual
ly shipped is concerned. Thus the result of
all that his been done to put a stop to it has
only been an increase of all its bad features.
No man of common sense imagines that the
African negro is cot iu a better condition iu
land, lluruaiiity superinduced the abolish
ment of the legality of the traffic ; and matters
now look as though, with the increasing horri
ble coolie slave trade (which already equals
the African slave trade in exteut when that
was the greatest) humanity will ere long cry
aloud for the removal of all existing restric
tions on the old trade between Africa and A
mcrica." Distressing Accident. On Saturday, Nov.
1st, Mr. Solomon Smail, of Penn township,
Westmoreland county, was engaged in killing
a beef, at the barn, a short distance from the
house. His wife went out to clean the entrails,
leaving an infant ten months old in the cradle,
and a daughter five years of age In the house,
and closed the door.. In half an hour or mere
she returned to the house te look after her
children. On opening the door, she beheld
her eldest child lying on the floor, quite dead,
literally burnt a crisp, its hair ami every par
ticle of clothing burnt ofF it excepting its
shoes. Its nose was burnt even with its face,
and the youngest one ia the cradle, so horri
bly burnt, that it too died in a short time.
Mrs. Smail was badly burnt in attempting to
save the infant in the cradle. ' In a few min-
j ut03 longer the house could not have bes-.
t saved. There was a round coal stove ial'. c
middle of the room, somewhat cracked. It is
supposed that the little girl lit a paper or
something else, and the flames' communicated
to its clothes, an I that it threw itself 'on the
cradle. The eldest child was dressed in heavy
cotton clothes, and wore a heavy quilted skirt,
which readily accounts for the extensive burn
ing of the unfortunate sufferer.
A Hint fkom Mr. Fillmore. The Buffalo
Commercial -JJrcrtiscr, published at the home
of Mr. Fillmore, and regarded as his confiden
tial organ, throws out the following :
"If Kansas is to ba made a slave State by ex
ecutive interference, if Walker is to be aided
in order to make Nicaragua a basis of opera
tion lor the acquisition of Cuba, and thus car
ry out the doctrines of the Ostend circular,
which Mr. Buchanan was the first to sign if
this programme is to bo followed out, why,
nothing is more certain than the complete con
solidation of the Americans and Republican
parties into a compact position. If Buchanan
proves to be the pliant and facile tool of the
filibusters and fire eaters, we repeat our warn
ing, that the party will not again be saved
from perdition by a divided opposition." ..
This threat of "complete consolidation"
will not be relished by those who refused to
support the Union Electoral Ticket in this
State. If that had been adopted unanimously,
all dangers of the contingencies referred to
would Lave been effectually removed. Phil'a
Sun.
nENRT A. Wise, it is stated,' is at Wheat
land, endeavoring to obtain certain "written
pledges from Mr. Buchanan, favorable to the
South, before the Virginia electors cast the
vote of that State for him. The Pacific Rail
Road letter seems to have somewhat sha
ken the confidence of the Virginia "abstrac
tionists" in the President elect, and ther may
yet show hiru the truth of an old adage, "there
is many a 8lip,V fce. 4
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