LEW ISBURG CHRONICLE BY O. N. AVORDEN & J. JL CORNELIUS. - As Independent Family and Netts Jocrnal. YEAR XIII.... WHOLE NUMBER, 650. At $1,50 Per Yeak, always iji Advance. LEWISBURG, UNION CO., PA., FRIDAY, SEPT. 2G, 1856. g)c (El)roniclc. FRIUtt, SEPT. 36, 1856. aTbe following from the Pbil.Times (and that entitled "Vermont" in our last) is from the-pen of Jam es Aiken. A com petent correspondent pronounces it to be "worthy of Whittier." MA I X E . Eastern sentinel of freedom ! Gazin; Inwards the rising sun. Thrice ten thousand thanks are due thee, For thy glorious vict'ry won ! Party's curds were drawn arnund thee ; But, like Samsnn in his niisht, Thou didM snap the cords asunder By the power of Truth and Kighl! Ev'ry frightful goblin story By which Slavery's skill deceives. Hunker speeches, lying pamphlets, strewed thy soil like autumn leaves. But thy vision, like the eagle's, (lanced thru' clouds of fear and gloom; And thy voice, like Sinai's thunder Utters Slavery's final doom. . ; ,- Thnll'd by thy davriie example.- ' 1 ' ' Lo! thy sisters wait the hour When, uuited, we will prapple With aggressive Slavery's power. Thanks to Maine! O, thanks and blessings! She has acted well ber part: And her very name, like music. Fires with joy each patriot heart. Historical Lessons, There was, in 1835, a great meeting in Fanueil Hall, in Boston', (the "Cradle of Liberty,") called by "the property and standing" of the city, to put down the Abolitionists and their action. Of the long liue of requisitiouists on that occasion, there are scarcely any who have not since been bankrupts, through the very trade tcith tlie South which they pawned their liberties to preserve. Twenty years more f experience have now shown them that their foreign commerce, and that of the free States of the West, are worth more to them than that of the South impover ished, by her own account ; and impover ished, as they have good reason to know, by Slavery .which allows no wealth to grow beneath it hut and heavy tread. New York city subsequently licked the Just of slavery, and run "Union saving" into the grouud, for the sake of Southern trade ; but repeated failures there, and in tb neighboring city of NEWARK, bought them the lesson that Slavery was the nurse of Bankruptcies. Philadelphia has recently toadied the South, for the sake of custom, and will aoon learn the same lesson. Slavery is extravagant and improvident, and draws its support at last from the Free Labor of the North, as well as from its unpaid "chattels." sA-Tiie Fremont Meeting in Mif II s bi ro, last Saturday, we are assured was the largest ever held there. On the way out, the Lcwisburg delegation aided in raising the 3d Liberty pole for the inde fatigable Fremouters of East Buffaloe their 2d, like their 1st, having been clan destinely destroyed. The new pole is ten feet higher than the others, and when it had been firmly seated and saluted, one of the company gave vent to his indignation in unmistakable Saxon, as follows : "Aye! cut the pole down, in the darkness, Sneaking cowards, tones, fools ! Instead of souls, you've only gizzards, Buchanan's dogs and Slavery's tools ! So, in the time of Revolution, True patriots raised their poles by day. And British spies and sheaking tones At night would carry them away. The same old breed of tory scoundrels Is sneaking here among us yet: The price of hemp would be quadrupled If they their true deserts should get. Ho! honest Democrats, what think je These midnight ruffians do ye claim! No true Democracy means Freedom, Bat these have stole that honored name. Come out, come out from that foul party Whose dastard leaders all conspire To fill the beauteous plains of Kansas With desolation, blood and fire ! Ho ! Democrats, come out for Fremont, And let these midnight prowlers still Support the dough-face "Jimmy Platform," And work for Slavery if they will ! A little further on, we found a juvenile Frcmontcr pole, and a four year old Sim onton swinging his hat to every load that passed, and crying "Hur ray for Fre mont and Day-ton !" with a will ! Our dclcgatien entered the same time with that from New Berlin, which num. bered over 100, including 31 young ladies in white, and 1 in black, emblematic of the States and Kansas. After dinner, a procession of over 250 took a turn around a few squares, when they were joined by several hundred ladies and others, and all repaired to the stand in Dcckard's garden. David Bates, Esq., presided, with Vice Presidents and Secretaries from nine Bor oughs and Townships. lion. Joseph Casey, and Hon. John C. Kuokel, addressed the audience for over two hours, with pertinency and force, and received the best attention. Musie from the MifBinbnrg Band, and Sengs from the Lewisburg Glee Club, were interspersed, and the crowd separated in the best possi ble humor. A large and enthnsiastie meeting at eveuing,in the Franklin school-house, pre sided over by Philip Liplcy. Addresses ly the President and O. N. Worden, and Jme Aiken "said a few remarks" which de the audience uproarious. The Band n hand.and the Miffliuburg Glee Club Btzlz its first sppeaiaace sacess to it ! Politics and Woman. Never since the days of '76 have the women of America taken such an interest in those public affairs denominated "poli tics," as now. And no wonder, when the party arrogating to itself the 'democratic' name, gives to slavery and POLYGAMY, (those relics of barbarism and foes of the female's honor and happiness,) unlimited sway to conquer what it can, and when sacred compacts are violated and the U.S. troops employed to fjree those evils upon an unwilling people just as Kings and Tories forced Slavery upon the Colonics. We are permitted to extract the following from a private letter written by a Lady of Lewisburg to a distant friend, as evidence of the deep hold the present issue has on the minds aud the consciences of that feebler but deeply interested portion of the people. fcvery woman lias titjluence, aud should exert it, by speaking aud writ ing against the party whose fundamental principle is to give Slavery and Polygamy uubridled license. Lewisblbo, Sept 2, 1856. 1 can not see how any man, aud especially how any Christian, can vote for a man who has pledged himself to carry out the Cincinnati platform. How can you, a poor young man, vote for one who if elected is expected to enforce a system of measures which will tend to degrade free labor ? How can you cast your vote for a " sin which is a reproach to any people" Slavery ? How can any free man desire a continuance of Pierce's administration, by the election of one as weak an he is, aud who will be only a tool in the bands of the same set of nullificrs and slave-drivers Atchison,Douglas,Jtff. Davis, Brooks, and Company men that would disgrace any country ? Must we have another four years' 'reign of terror ?' My blood chills when I read of the wrongs of Kansas of the delicate, sensitive wo men, and helpless children, driven from their homes, (because their husbands and fathers refused to fight for Slavery) obli ged to fly for their lives, leaving their all behind them ! numbers inhumanly mur dered their only offence, love of liberty ! How many aching hearts are there,to-day ! while we are surrounded by so many com forts, all because we are a free people. Can you labor for a continuance of those outrages? The contest is not between parties for mere offices not for the aboli tion of Southern Slavery but between Right and Wrong in Kansas. Some peo ple who should know better ask in derision if the Republican cause triumphs what will we do with the slaves ? All we want is that the slaves on the other side of the Missouri Compromise Line, should stay there : it is your party that wants them, not ours. O ! every drop of blood in my heart warms np at the name of the young, brave, slavery-hating, freedom-loving Fre mont ! If you have the heart of a true man if you rejoice in the prosperity of your native land don't vote for a man who advocated lu too Sata the reduction of wages to the European standard. We don't want for onr chief ruler an old aris tocrat like Buchanan, who has outlived all his youthful feelings, and whose only am bition is to attain the Presidential chair before he dies ; but we want a man whose feelings beat in unison with those of the present generation, whose warm heart throbs with love to his country, and whose only ambition will be to quell the strife that now agitates our land, and cause that our "stars and stripes" shall again wave triumphantly over a united and happy nation, llemcmber, it is the principle, not the party, nor the man, that is the question before us it is Liberty or Bond age for all our Territories. The Religious Awakening. The perfidious violation of the Missouri Com prom ise,and the question whether the sin and crime of Slavery shall be permit ted to spread like a pestilent disease wher ever it lists,has touched the moral element in the hearts of free and intelligent Chris tians to an unprecedented degree. Hence we find hundreds and thousands of Christians and Christian ministers, who have never before been known to take a publie stand on ordinary political ques tions, who now take open sides with the Republican party, and advocate the elec tion of Fremont and Dayton. The Independent of New York city cat alogues THIRTY-SIX religious newspa pers on its exchange list which advocate directly or remotely the restoration of the right of Liberty once guaranteed to Kan sas, by the election of Fremont. The Herald gives the names and circu lation of the distinctive denominational papers in New York city, with their posi tion oo the great question of permitting Slavery to go into Kansas. We give the following summary : Denomination CirewlaUoa As to Slaw? 4 Baptist papers 40,000, Anti-extension 1 Congregational 28,000 do 1 Dutch Reformed ,000 do 1 German Luth'n 5,000 do 1 Methodist Epise. 29,000 do 1 N.S. Presbyt'n 15,000 do 1 Unitarian 3,000 do I Universalis! 8,000 do II 135,000 3 Episcopalian 11,500 Neutral 1 U.S. Presbyt'n 22.000 do 4 33,500 1 Mormon 3,000 For extension. 3 Roman Catholio 8,700 do 4 11,700 Thus it will appear, that while Mr. Bu chanan has all the Catholic and Mormon influence in tbe great Metropolis, the best class of religious papers are almost S-11 sgaioft bis party policy. NEW ItAI.LYY-rNq SONG. An': "Spcrk. -e and Bristol." Flashing and brieM fr Its rtarry light We'll flint: out the ft -j- of t':e -.man ; And it. fold shall ware with a pnwer Iw Wide w the bnfia they elrvai on. Then fl.t away till Tj-dni'r day Lit tits up each Kareaa ,!; ; And Mnod stained man 1 fcc L.a .- to &elr den I 1; fn.ffi Mm Fremuct rally. If we wara dumb from tha stones woald CO DM A cry of shame aud sorrow; Anl Hunker's brow raieed proudly now.. Would bluab to meet tha morrow. The brave North West by tba Likes broad breast Shmits for the banner proudly: AimI the voice of the free from the Eastern Sta To the Uold Uilla echoes loudly. The blood of the stain on the fertile plain, A nd the sighs of the bound in prison. Call not in vain at the clank of tba chain The basest soul has risen. The frieude of right have gathered In might. The slumberin g bnt is wakio-. And the vote of its wrath like the storm on its (nth Tbe oppressors' power is breaking. Slavery's fruit, the force of the brute. Shall ne'er smite the lip of reason. Kor lawless power in its hsuehty hour Braud with the mark of treason. . The world from afar is watching tha War, We bear the quick heart heetilia; ; From tha true and the brave beyond the wavn On every gale comes sreetiug. As tha North Star true, wilh tha prise in view. We'll fail or falter never: Oo the flair of tbe free let the motto bt Fax Sraacu, Fast Sou sua nutl selected for the chronicle. An individual is not necessarily elevated by figuring in public affairs, or even by getting into office. He needs previous elevation, to save him from disgrace in his public relations. To govern onesself, is true glory. To serve through love, not to rule, is Christian greatness. Office is not dignity. The lowest men, because most faithless in principle, most servile'to -opinion, are to be found in office. I am sorry to say it, but the truth should be spoken, that,it the present moment,political action in this country docs little to lift up any who are concerned in it. It stands iu opposition to a high morality. Politics, indeed, regarded as the study and pursuit of the true, enduring good of a communi ty, as the application of great unchangea ble principles to public affairs, is a noble sphere of thought and action; but politics, in its common sens', or considered as the invention of temporary shifts, as the play ing of a subtle game, as the tactics of party for gaining power, and the spoils of office, and for elevating one set of men above another, is a paltry and debasing oooearo. All conditions of society should be repre sented in the government, and alike pro tected by it ; nor can anything be expec ted but disgrace to the individual and the country, from tbe success of any class in grasping at a monopoly of political power. I would by no means discourage the atten tion of the people to politics. They ought to study, in earnest, the interests of the country, the principle of our institutions, the tendencies of publio measures. But the unhappiness is, they do not study; and, until they do, they can not rise by political action. A great amount of time, which, if well used, would form an enlight ened population, is now wasted on news papers and conversations, which inflame tbe passions, which unsciupulously distort the truth, which denounce moral indepen dence as treachery to one's party, which agitate the country for no higher end than a triumph over opponents ; and thus, mul titudes arc degraded iuto men-worshipers or men-haters, iuto the dupes of the ambi tious, or the slaves of a faction. To rise, the people must substitute reflection for passion. There is no other way. E.C. Scott and Fremont The Buebauicrs have endeavored to create an impression that the old " Hero Pacificator" was opposed to the election of Col. Fremont. Gen. Scott was always opposed to the extension of Slavery, and must therefore be opposed to both Bucha nan and Fillmore, and especially to Fill more, whose political influence was felt against Scott in '52. Since the shameful rejection of the noble Scott for that trai torous popinjay Pierce a mistake of the American people which has been visited upon them in their present woes and dan gers the N.Y.Eae.ljjtt says the wounded veteran, Gen. Scott, has abstained from all pSiblic discussion of the Presidency, "but in private we understand be speaks of Col. Fremont as he always has spoken of him as a man of superior accomplishments and unblemished honor. The only opinion which the General has ever publicly ex pressed of Col. Fremont, we believe, was embodied in tbe recommendation which he volunteered to make in 1844, just after Fremont's return from his second expedi tion. The first part of his communication was an argument to show that a double brevet, nnder tbe law, might be granted ; and the second set forth the grounds why a double brevet should be granted to Lieut. Fremont for bis ' gallant and high ly meritorious services in the expeditions commanded by him tbe first to tha Rocky Mountains, which terminated Oct. 17, 1842, and tba second beyond those moun tains, which terminated July 31, 1843.' These are the very words he employed, and they were used to eonvey one of the most distinguished compliments ever paid to a young officer in this country. We have reason to believe that Gen. Scott's opinions of CoL Fremont's publie services and distinguished talents have undergone no unfavorable change since that time." Simeon Pfouts, near Lock Haven, was playing with rattlesnake, one day last c:?itb t it tit Lis, ssi be re on died. Sew TTesterai Cavrrcapccdcnce. CorrrfTwadTDea of f'e La--. Jabtr-g Chronicle. J Steamer " Jenny Lind," ) OoDENsauRa, N.Y., July 22,1856. $ We reached tu3 moutu of Niagara river about th.ee o'clock yesterday afternocs, landing at the Canadian wharf ij about the usual time from Toronto. There b iug no edibles cn hcird, C'aner was slight ly in demand, but not to be had short of the drowsy village, half a mile back from the landing. A grey-haired " getnmnn ob color " of fered a seat ia a carriage to the " Ameri can II out j," while a half grown lad, with a rusty cab, was very anxious to take ns to a " very nice hotel,' the best in the place, kept by a widow Wy. Hit impor tunities at last prevailed, and we were only deposited next duor to tha " Ameri can House," and evidently the " worser " of the two. But it was too late to retreat ; and after an hour's delay, we disposed of the so-so meal prepared by our motherly hostess with sad bread, and no butter Our little Jehu promised to take us down again after dinucr, but uot making his ap pearance, our inquiry proved that be lived " away up towu," and had no conuexiou whatever with tbe house ; and in the end we bad to trudge back on foot. I was curious to learn the sesret of bis great anxiety to take customers to that particular house; and discovered that he was a Canadian, and tbe landlady ditto, and be was determined to snub the " Yan kee" who kept tbe "American," and the rival hack. His prompting motives it seems, were pure patriotism and character istic proviucial jealousy. As the young rascal did not come back according to promise, it is to be presumed he thought our detention for a day would work no loss to the landlady. As it was, we regained the wharf just as tbe large lake steamer " Ontario," of the American line to Montreal, bove in sight at the appointed hour of time, on tbe way down from Lcwistown the west ern terminus of its route, where it had shipped a train of passengers from the Fails and were wwptng down the lake, a mile or two frorrr thore; the St. Lawrence having proved more attractive than the Mackinac, and led us eastward instead of westward. This line has been in operation for twenty-three years, without a single seri ous accident, or any casualty that was not the fault of the passenger himself. Lights, during reasonable hours, are not prohibited in the state rooms, as on lake Erie, yet no injury has been suffered from fire. One of the proprietors, whose guests we were, was on board, and informed me that the steamers on lake Erie were as well built and secured against fire in their structure, as the Ontario boats, and their captaius and mates as accomplished seamen ; but the great trouble is with tbe crew and fire men, the latter especially, who will run a few trips and then go off on a druokn frolic hence tbe disastrous burnings that sometimes occur; and from some cause or other, tbe evil seems to be without reme dy. On tbe contrary, tbe employees on the " Ontario" were permanently engaged, noneaof them having been oa board for a less term than four consecutive years thus insuring a methodical care and pru dence in the management of tbe boat, that imparts a very comfortable feeling of confidence and security to travelers. A refreshing thuader shower, and glo rious sunset closed tbe dsy delightfully. Touched, during the night, at tbe wharf np the Gennessee river, to land and re ceive Rochester passengers ; and woke up in the morning moored at Oswego, in the river of the same name, which was filled with craft of all sorts and shes, froa lake steamers down to canr.l boats fioa Syra cuse, thirty miles south, loaded with bar rels of salt. An immense grain trade is centered at this point from Canada, under the recip rocity treaty; and the river, about half the width of the West Branch at your place, is lined with high ware houses, la beled " Grain Elevators," each surmount ed, at the front corners on top, with two short, square towers, of Egyptian style,to accommodate the hoistioj machinery. Tbe city contains, I suppose, six or eight thousand iuhabitants, and is spread loosely np tbe slope of the gentle hills on both sides of the river, aud fronting the lake ; its spires and roofs and shaded streets presenting a pleasant aspect off shore the tasteful and costly residences of many of tbe merchant princes on the heights, evidently indicating tbat they were about "as well off as if they were rich." Between 8 and 9 o'clock, the arrival of tbe Syracuse ears again liberated us, and striniog out from shore, across the wide area of the lake, made a bee line for Sack ett's Harbor. An boor and a half took ns out of sight of land. Fact ! all around tbs borison'e verge no tree or bush or bank not sail or even a cock-boat ; nothing but tbe bright sunshine above,the blue lake beneath, and our gallant stea mer in the midst, ploughing ber way as ateady and serenely as if sole monarch of this watery domain, confidently bearing to secure haven the last remnant of the wci'u'e pcpuikticn. Sacke't's Harbor is a rusty little village in a sheltered nook at the east end of the lake, with a railroad erteaJinj iovu ijto the interior of "York State," somewhere; r.nd '.2 c'jieCy romarkab!e for its unused barra:':s, and a navy yard, with its solitary ship-house, containing the huik cf a sloop of wcr, commenced fcrty years ago, and lying idle on the stool; evar sincj. Absorbing most of the passengers and freight of a train just arrived, our pilot wheeled around to N. N. W. and mad i for the main channel of the St. Lawrence, some twenty miles distant.above Kingston, ! W. C- Passing a bewilderins number of islands and openings, the desired entrance was at last reached, and the prow turned eastward, down the current of this great river; remarkable for tbe unvarying purity of its waters, its terriiio rapids, multitude of islands, and the numerous lakes into which it expands, from time to time, as it rolls along. Touched at Kingston for a few moments a city of 10,000 inhabitants, tbat rises from tbe water's edge up over the high sloping bank, at tbe confluence of some nameless river with tbe St. Lawrence. The houses are mostly built of stone, and some of the publie buildings are of qnite imposing dimensions. The number of propellers and sail vessels in tbe harbor and at the wnarves indicate a considerable trade from this point To the east, on the opposite side of the dividing stream, the high ground is crowned with granite for tifications of formidable stjengtb,eaid to be second only to those at Quebec. In passing out, at tbe bead of the island just below tbe fort, we saw the charred and blackened bnll of tbe propeller "Tinto" destroyed by fire two days since, with the loss of several lives ; a melancholy me mento of the risk and recklessness of steam navigation. Passed, also, in the course of tbe after noon, a number of the immense raftg,some of them several acres in extent, for which the river is famous. The logs are not damaged by auger holes; but stout sap lings are laid across the logs io parallel lines about three feet apart, and the logs securely faataaatfl hy heav c hjckorj avItlkwA, passed around each log and sapling, and twisted into untieable knots. These extra precautions are indispensible, to withstand the shock of the rapids. Some of the rafts had sails hoisted to speed them on their way. From the Ontario to this place, and many miles below, the river is called "The Lake of the Thousand Isles,'' and the scenery is of the most charming de scription. The river is from one to five miles wide ; the banks not very high, with cultivated farms most of the way, and low pine-clad hills occasionally seen in the back ground ; most of the islands are wooded, but a majority of tbe island clearings, as well as many on the main land, are rocky aud sterile. Even tbe best of tbe farm houses and barns are small, and, with the general aspect cf cogitation, indicate a severe northern latitude. Tbe islands are seemingly countless, and of all sizes from tufted rocks three feet long to three miles and more in extent, and of all inter mediate dimensions. Their sides are per pendicular rock, rising above the surface from ten inches to ten and twenty feet ; every where clear and free from sand or mud. I caught a glimpse of one island, a mile or more to the left,of an oval shape, like tbe half of an egg cut in two length wise, whose green pastures and waving harvest fields, with its fringe of bushes and elm treej made it a perfect gem of elysian beauty. Here aad there light houses were stationed to guida the midnight mariner oa his iciricate voyage ; some built above a farm house on shore; others ou half acre islands, a mile from any neighbor, where the keeper and his family could have their solitu'ia to themselves ; and others again, diminutive affair:, perched in mid-chr.nnel, or a little point of rock scarce large enough to stand on, or shelter the keeper as be rows out to it every eve ning, and back sjaiu neit morning. Occasional hamlets and large villages were passed and onsc or tvice tia stepped to "wood np" at new landings. The tor rid rays were tempered by the delicious eootucss of the balmy air; it was refresh ing even to look at the pellucid clearness of the crystal waters t and as we glided swiftly ou hour after hour, now in narrow channel.i, anoa in a lake-like expanse, the wilderness of islands and openings momen tarily presenting ever-changing, ever-new vistas and combinations of picturesque beauty, as enchanting and endless as the shifting scenes of a kaleidoscope the in valid pulse beat stronger and steadier, and it seemed as if we bad suddenly been trans ferred to Arcadian realms where fairies might disport themselves,where tbe health and happiness of Eden might be perpetual an pills and panaceas and unstrung nerves 0i er beard of. The midnight bowlings of a Canadian winter, would doubtless dis pel mush of the illusion. Reached this plaee about Dins o'clock. About one half tbe passengers hers took tbe ears eastward 118 miles to Lake Cham plain, while the rest of ns wars transferred to the river boat on which I write, to con tinue cn to Montreal We shall net start till 4 o'clock in the morning, as the rapids can only be passed in daylight. A hautlbill on board, announced tiat the great American Aloe,or"Cantu.y Plaat," nor: io full bloom, i located here, and on exhibition. A prorsssian vas .t once form ed to go aod take a look at it. Found it on a vacant lot a square fr two bar1-, pen ned np iu a board chanty somo thirty feet square aod forty high, with a large open ing in the roof, winding stairs inside to the top, asd lighted with gas. Tbe base or trunk of the plant, Was about six feet hili aud three feel in disin ter, in a square box with drooping; leave, a foot wide and ten to twelve feet long, projecting on every side, to the number of about one hundred, like a huge bunch of swamp flag. From tbe heart of tbia enor mous mass, sprang the steu, or tree itmlf, a slender aymetrica shaft, as smooth aod green as a cabbage plant, perfeetly rouud and straight, eight inches in diameter at tba base aud tapering to letn than two in ches t tbe top, aud lifting itself away op, like a vegetable giraffe, thirty four feet from the grouud ; slender braavbea like the arms of ah olj faahionod caudelabra, projecting gracefully ou all sides for tbe last tea or twelve fcet,from two lo tern feet in length, curving slightly upwards, aod the extremities covered with a countless number ol small light-yellow blossom -i, an inch aod a half long, and a quarter of an inch io diameter at tbe openiug the oat line cf tbe tree from the lower branches around tbe outer extremities to the top, foruiiug a regular egg-shaped ovaL Viewing it from above or below, it is ono of tbe moot curious and wouderful "animals" tbat could be presented to the eyes of a cititen of our temperate tone,aad is well worth a special trip to see it. The blossomsare very perishablc,and are already beginniug to fall off on tbe lower branches though shooting out with fresh vigor at tbe top. Some of tbe truuk leaves are also wilting, whether from the effects of tbe gas and eoofiueinent, or because the plant is exhausting its vital energies in this lust mighty effort, is uneertaiu,but more likely the latUr. Can't well aeud you one of tbe big leaves; but if you will send lo Browu's saw mill for a limber slab, 12 feet long ; and a foot wide, plane it smooth and paint it dark green, it would make a very fair substitute. Tbe Plant was in the possession of the Patroon, Stephen Vau Rensselaer, at Alba ny, for nearly seveuty years, and has been at Ogdensburgb twenty three years,oo the premises of bis son Henry. The florifer ous stem made its first appesrance about tbe middle of March last,aud has attained its present gigautic dimensions since tbat date. Mr. V. R.'a bouse having been de stroyed by ligbtuiug, he gave tbe plant to tbe Young Men's Association. Tbe num ber of branches is thirty-five, and tbe num ber of blossoms estimated at thirty thou sand. Can't (ell you anything about this place for it is too dark to se it. H. Jat'lisoa, Clay, aaul Bucbaatan! The Whole Truth Out at Last-Hj. Lewis and Gen. Jacksan Testifying. The Buchauanites, io ttieir wrath, vow ed tbat General Jaeksou never spoke of Buchanan as represented by the Opposi tion press. The following letter will show on whoso side truth appears. Maj. WIL LIAM B. Lewis, tbe bosom friend of Gen. Jackson for many years, wrote thus : Wasiii.notox, Feb. 1?, 145. My Dear (Jenrnl l'our two coufileu- J ttal and luterestiug letters of tbe 4th and 5th inst., have beeu received,aud disposed of as requested. I am happy to say tbat I am entirely satisfied, and so is Mr. Blair, with the geutlenien who it is supposed will constitute the new cabiuet. Mr. Blair and myself both think ii doubtful, how ever, whether Mr. Buchanan will accept upon the terms proposed, (he should not be appoiuted unless ha does,) as he is full of the idea as stated to you in my previous letters of being a candidate for the succes sion. If he should uot accept, I suppose tbe State Department will then be offered to Mr. oteveuson. With or without Mr. Bucbauan, however, 1 think the cabinet will be an s.b!e one, aud fully entitled to, and dc bt!e.s will, receive the confidence of the nation. Tbe truth U, General, I hive never had any great rttpect for Mr. Buchanan, and of late 1 bave eveu bad less than formerly. He did not come out upon the subject of that "bargain, intrigue and corruption" charge upon Messrs. Clay and Adams in 1825, as he ought to havo done and as was expected of him.. Besides, I have beard him lay, not more than a month ago, that he ditt not and necer had believed thers was any truth iu the charge. This occur red at Mr. 's diuner table, aud tbe remarks were addressed to Judge Man gum, the President of the Senate. But having taken plaee at the time and place when it did, 1 havo said nothing about it to any one. General Jackson replied as follows : Hermitage, Feb. '23, 1S45. My'or Hm. & Letcii My Dear Major Your interesting letter of the 17tb ins', is received, advising tbat mine of the 4th nd 5th had reached you. Before this reaches you, Col. Polk's Cabinet will be known, aod I am sure there will no one compose it, unless under tbe terms I nam ed to yon. Should there be, then Col. Polk has changed his mind after he left me. Your observations with regard to Mr. Bdbaasa mo cerrec! Ss tcc a want of moral conrage in the affair of tkn intrigue of Adam and Ckiy bid HOT do MS jl'sticb in the expose ha then made, and, I am sur?, about tbat time did beiiet thera was a perfect understanding between) Adams and Clay about tbe Presidency aul the Secretary jt State. This I am sura of. Bat whether he viewed that there was any corruption in the ease or not, I know not, but one thing I do know, that he tcuhed te to combat them with their own iceapon tbat was, to let my friend my if I teat tlected, 1 would make Mr. Clay Sccrdury of State. This appeared to me DEEP CURRI.PTIO.N, aud I repelled it witb thai honest indignation as I thought such corruption deserved. M r. Buchanan is a man of fioe talents, and if be conies into the Department of State, will execute the duties witb ability. 1 was truly astonished at some informa tioa brought by Mr. A. Jackson, Jr., from Nashville, the other day. It was this,that CoL Laugblin bad went on to Washington bad bought an interest io tbe Madito nian, aod expected to make it tbe organ) of tbe administration. This, if true, would be one of tbe moat fatal steps for CoL Polk that could be taken it would be placing him in theaboesof Mr. Tyler, and Laogh lm traveling on with the Colonel to Wash ington, would place CoL Polk nnder tha implication of ukicg bim on there for tbe purpose, which I am sure was not the ease. Common aeauM will at one show tbe evil consequence sj that must ensus to Col. Polk, to put himself in the at titude of favoring Mr. Tyler for the succes sion. It woald split tbe Democracy to pieces, and redound to the great injury of Polk's ad ministration. I bave, from the moment I beard it, put my face against it, and hope I bare checked this inconsider ate movement 1 hope there is no truth io the rumor. If there is, there is less common sense in tbe movers than I cal culated upon. Let me bear from you. Your sister, Mrs. Lester, aod one of ber daughters, spent day before yesterday witb us. They all enjoy good health. All my household join me in the kindest salu tations. Y'r friend, Andrew Jackson. P. S. My shortness of breath iecreasef, I am greatly afflicted. A. J. The undersigned have examined a let ter id tba po&K.s.-ion of Allen A. Hall, Esq , of which tbe above is a truo, correct aod exact copy. They are acquainted with tbe haod-writiug of Geo. Andrew Jackson; and hereby certify tbat every part of said letter is io bis band-writing, to tbe best of their knowledge and belief. tV If. JlOHUAN. Washington Barrow. G. M. Fouo. Edwin H. Ewiso. J.no. S. Bbien. Jno. Trimbi.c. Nashville August 14, 1856. Reader, ber yon bave tbe whole truth out at last, Maj. Lewis and Gen. Jackson testifying. Pray, what do you now think of the alien squatter sovereignty candidate a man who caused a dark cloud to hang over tbe immortal Clay until he closed hU eyes is death? Can yon vote for bim f Never. A Claw on Buchanan. The Loco papers bave been gloating over a report that a weak-headed son cf the gallant Henry Clay was insulting tho memory of his father by supporting Buc hanan. Thomas U. Clat, the favorita son of the great Statesman, has eome oat -iu a letter in which be bandies tbe slan derers of his father without gloves. Thoa II. Clay says : "Mif father thought Buchanan veak and corrupt: wanting, as General Jackson has it, iu mural firmneu. I have secu no rea son to vary uiy opinion from bis. Mix d up, as he is, iu the old ' bargiu and cor ruption' plot, bis card to tin- Titrjrajih Newspaper in Juiv, in wiiicii be sus (I attempt not to give ttiu Wuid.-., but tint substauce,) " Mr. Ajaius has keen elected to the Presidency by Mr. Ciay's agency; Mr. Clay has beeu appointed Secretary of Slate by Mr.AJams; the people will draw tbeir own inferences;" his attempts to prove in public speeches ia 1814, in Pennsylvania, that Mr. Polk was a better Tariff man than Mr. Clay, furnish such a damning record of weaknet and corrup tion, tbat 1 can not conceive how even any Democrat of the Old Line, I mean Jack son Democrats, could give his support. Who could believe, then, that any old linei Whig, any friend oc my fatMr, would be found enlisted in bis cause t " Whether a author or sgcer of tha Osteud Manifesto, he bas shown an utter want of those statesman-like qualities which are requisite in a President of the Uuited States. " Look at Kansas ! what bas produced the state of things, now being enacted, there f Is not the weak and imbecile ad ministration of Frank Pierce J Has not James Buchanan adopted tbe acts of this administration as part of bis platform? And can our abused country submit to another such administration for four years longer T ttaVA gentleman from Milton informs us that in 1344, he saw James Buchanan march under a banner of " THE bxoodt HAND." What friend of Henry Clay will vote for his most dastardly, deadly, and life-long fne Ruelianan i ? A D. NiLia, l'.it master at Georgetown, Madison couu:y, N. Y , writes to Che TVt 6stie that be has beeu Dut;.d, by a s a ear lug g .veruiuiut itik-ul, t'iv i is tj Le reuiuveii fr iu tli i Oiuov .; :,! f,,r jit letter iu the Tribnat i Ja,y- 16, but ap u looking ab 'Ul fur a bugi.au u luao. au uka tbe office, there j none to ha found. There is but olo Bucbaeaa tuau in I lie place, and he a deaf blacksmith, who would also bive been a FreicjLtai L-i be Le-c. able M he: fh r.-. L
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