LEW
ISBURG
CHRONICLE
BY O. N. AVORDEN & J. JL CORNELIUS.
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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