BURG CHR ICLE LEWIS Oft BY O. N. WORDEN & AH INDEPENDENT FAMILY THE RESULT. The Electoral Colleges of the sev eral States of the Union, convened ,. .1 - i: , S t down and IUU-n while I HI jroa waat I Bare learnea this month according to law, and, ,,,. CipreSSed the Choice Of those they I Iamhvkln011Conoeetlrat,thUndorldTWT; . , , ; And if I waB tdiffl.li-Bt,iiii dUn t hmtowlf-praUe, represented, by casting their Totes,. , h,ttll. te v. for President and Vice President, follows : For Fremont. MAINE NEW HAMPSHIRE VERMONT Massachusetts kiiode island connecticut NEW YORK OHIO MICHIGAN WISCONSIN IOWA For Fillmore. MARYLAND For Buchanan. NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA INDIANA ILLINOIS CALIFORNIA DELAWARE VIRGINIA NORTH CAROLINA GEORGIA ALABAMA MISSISSIPPI LOUISIANA TENNESSEE KENTUCKY FLORIDA SOUTH CAROLINA MISSOURI ARKANSAS TEXAS TOTAL 8 5 5 13 4 6 35 23 6 5 4...1U 8...122 7 27 13 11 4 3 15 10 10 9 7 c 12 12 3 8 9 4 4 174 "The following were tho majori ties of the Electoral Colleges for the several Presidents, with the whole No. of Electoral Votes : Tear I'TveiJent elect. Whole vote Majority Whole vote 09 132 139 137 176 li7 210 217 219 1788 Washington 09 CO 1792 do 1796 John Adams 1800 Jefferson 1S04 do 1808 Madison 1812 do 1816 Monroe 120 do 1824 J. Quincy Adams 1828 Jatkrou 132 2; i : 201 280 294 294 275 290 290 290 1832 do 1S36 Van Buren 1840 Harrison 1844 Polk 1848 Taylor 1852 Pierce 185G Buchanan 142 46 174 254 52 " In oldon time?, Adams and Jeffer son and Madison once and iu mod ern days Van Burcn and Taylor had a less Electoral majority than Bucha nan ; but in the Popular vote Mr. B. appears to be more in the minority than any other successful candidate giving him all in South Carolina, he seems at least 300,000 in the rear. The scurLCS Fremont plurality in either New York or Massachusetts, if distributed in Pennsylvania, Indiana and Illinois, would have elected Col. Fremont. , Counting all the votes for Smith (Abolition) and the other Scattering votes, it is supposed Buchanan has no absolute majority in any Free State ! while the "Empire State" gives 200 000 maj. against him or his Platform. rs ac ta Ho 1 9 t o 2. 3 SS ? c-3 j 2 J2 p 2 X 3 OB cr3 C o 2 C- c- K o p s- S-k -s a. C3 f w-. 3-M S3 C at5'J tn Til 53 e-. H 2 o u cr o 5 a P a S p - S 3 C ou o a 3 eg c p a n 3 P r- 3 5 p Q 3 O 52! Q r H I I QD o a a." e I - o o -i P c S ee- g S -.2 o lira's. P v Me. 2. 3 5'ae, 5 n . 0 Bit . s eT3 o w t) w 'A JL 3 -s c" ST p o a n P tt " 3 B 2 o a 73 3 t CP 3 m - n o 5 St3 o B S3 a a- p a a O-C- 5 p S ? 3 a o-c a n a S a 3 O .e H3 J. R. CORNELIUS. AND NeVTS JOURNAL. Went and East. A Tmkn trl. who had be-a en-ndln mm Ume out WeL -ttiar tirnl returned KvL and rare her oplnioo of tor Ti.it, to in. st. Louu K.pubi.rn. thao:) ! Northr,ioth.r,stiii-y.j(rii,Mttr,iini as : now smart .nj ia. e . are io.ii in twuti and tfllTU. Bat, fiever niind I I went, j oa a-., to a, the world myself; And la lb. earner of ar brala 1 kept a ttttlv ebel To stow away the facta I gained, and pull Umkb Oowa at will, and had a sharp lonk-out the while this little .helf to All. Well flirt I learned, ere halfway then, to rail my nig gers "plunder," And "reckon" too instead of gaesa, aod "toet' wtthoat a blonder : Never to tall behind the time, but always be oa hand;" for Western people aee er like fur lazy one to itand. And Buttling there Ilea lone at real, the ery ia go a head; They do Bot itnp to talk a thine is don a. aoon a. Raid. a fanwos piaoe it i for cash to make or lo. or lend The aiea know how to Hll the pura the woaien, bow to .odit. ..... . . . J went way nptlieeaantiT.and there I learned "aheap." Tliey hare the -muhty atrong," Bad it atakea them TK . !T":rf;' ""ML v . - ... Their eoro ui of the tallest kind, heenn thele etaWnf lift. Corn-bread and hoajiny "the go," and Iwe-casea worth etrife. TheyMl keep you aa long a yoa will atay, and make yoa weleonie too. v Kor ever count the cost nf b"apl a. other people do ; They'll find a plaee to stitw yoa in, hoaeeer thick before. And if another chance present could pack a dosen more. Here I wa. Introduced to ffnat. and almoet eaacht a flea, 4r-w elueely intimate wiih ti,-k.tliat loti'lly clung tome. I learned to climb a fire rail feuee, aod trotting horw could r:d But (rat, a the o'd lalies say. a m:-ry" in my aide. At lau and U.is. 1 mii't nf.na. didn't emrtl take So apt a leerner I liecame, 1 raiirl.t the Vd-etern shake " But aft'T prcti-iig a while, on every other day. Concluded 1 had learned enough and so I nut away. It couldn't have been "Egypt" or ' "Nnliia" where our poetess foun d the 'filkV so "smart." The Pedlar's Prize. A C'dd winter's night, found stsge load of us gathered about the warm fire of a tavern bar-ronm of a New England vill age. Shortly after we arrived, a pedlar drove up, and ordered his horse stabled for me nignr. Alter we na.l eaten supper, we repaired to the bar room, and as soou as I '-' was broken the conversation flowed 3 ; freely, bev. rjl anecdotes bad been rela- ( kaT(J ,b8 cart wh(.n bg BUpp0!lell hlj I "Well, old feller," says I, as I got down 9 j ted, and finally the pedlar was asked to relcbej , eafe piace) loJ tben ,i,her creep1 -"t round to the back of the wagon, 1-8 give us a story, as many of his profession j 0Tcr trjd ,bl(ot uie or knock me down j you have bad a good ride, haven't ye?" 38 i f"" f anrc,,"e" aveB- AU thi pa ilke ylllltumit u,, m, "Who are jou I" he cried, and awore a 149''Ure1' 'l0 w" ,nol" thx-'k-set man, mind, by the time 1 had got a rod from ' l'",,!. oo, as he asked the question. somewhere about forty years of age, and tn6 t0e j "I'm the man you tried to shoot," was "a s ! e,ve evidence of great physical sirengih. ; .0W) T 0e7eT .te it a point to brag mi' "ply 95 ' n Bave his name as Lemuel Viuey, and : , myserf, but I bave seen a ereat deal of! "Where am I ? Let me out I" he , hi home was iu Dover, New Hampshire ! headed nuder diffieuliy. In a very few "Look here, we've come to a safe stop "Well, gentlemen," be commenced, ,., m ...i,,.:. f..j m nine Dlace. and mind ve. mv revolver is finb .1.. r. j , 6 .u ... .. p..u- ' . . . . . rr 1 1 1 1 1 ii iu uid irt 'v. &c i . "buuiiuw a Leu in l euuui luc lass iuiu!: ui but cousetiueuce 0 j 1 vc hat happened to me. You see I am now right from the West, and on my way for wiuter quarters. It was about two mouths ago, one pleasant evening, that I pulled up at the door of a small village tavern io Hancock county, Indiana. I said it was pleasant I meant it was warm, but it was cloudy, and very likely to be dark I went in and called for supper, and had my horse takeu care of, and after I bad eaten sat down in the bar room It began to ram about eight o clock, and for a while it poured down good, and it was awful dark out doors. "Now, I wanted to be io Jackson early toe next morning, tor 1 expected a load of ' r goods there for me, which I intended to dispose of on my way borne. Tbe moon would riso about niiduight, aod I knew, if it did not rain, I could get along very com fortably through the mud after that. So I asked tbe landlord if be could not see that my horse was fed about midnight, as I wished to be off before two. Ue ex pressed some surprise at this, and asked me why I did not stop for breakfast. I told bim I had sold my last load about all out, aod tbat a new lot of goods was wait ing for me at Jackson, and I wanted to be there before tbe express agent left in the morning. 1 bere was a number of people - ""'""" r"f"D sitting around wbeo I told this, but I took - , , . 1 V attention. 1 had in my pniseiOa a small package of placards,whicb I was to deliver to the Sheriff of Jackson, and they were notices for tbe detection of a notorious robber, named Dick Hardhead. The bills f gave a descripiioo of bis person, aod the man before me answered very well to it. Io fact, it was perfect. Ue was a tall,ell formed man, rather alight in frame, and had the appearance of gentleman, save that bit face bore tboae hard, cruel marks, which ao observing m n cau not mistake for au'ytbing but the index of a villainous disposition "When I went to my chamber, I asked the landlord who tbat man was.describiog the suspicious indiv dual. He said tbat be did not know bim. Ue came tbat af ternoon aod iutended to leave (be next day. The host askrd why I wished to kuow,and I simply told him that tbe man's eoontenauce was familiar, nod I merely wished to koow if I was ever acquainted with bim. I resolved not to let the land lord into the secret, bnt to Lurry on to Jacksoo, aod there give information to the Sheriff, aod perbapa be night reach tbe ion before tbe villian left; for I bad no doubt in regard to bis identity. 1 bad no alarm watch, and having set! LEWISBURG, UNION CO., PA., FRIDAY, j it to give the alarm at oue o'clock, I w-ut to lccp. I Was (rOUScd at the proper time j . . .. . , . , na immediately got op ana arewru my self. When I reached the yard, I fouud the clouds all passed away, and (lie nioon wai (hiuing brightly. The ostler won easily aroused, and by two o'clock I was oo the road. The mud was deep, and my horse could not travel very fast yet it s'ruek me forcibly that the beast made mor.- work of it thiio there was any Deed of, fur the cart was nearly emoty. "However, on we wunt,and in the course of half an hour I was clear of ihe village. At a short distance ahead by a large tract of forest, niw.lv of great pines. The road led directly through this wood,and,as near as I could remember, the distance was twelve miles. Yet as the moon was in the it; : east, and the road ran directly west, I . ,, , ft. i t i i . J should have light enough. I had entered the woods and had gone half a mile when o ' my WagOD wheels Settled, with bump and a jerk, into a deep hole. I uttered f a I an exclamation of astonishment, but this was not all. I heard another exclamation from another source ! 'What could it be? I looked quickly ' arouud, but could see nothiug. Yet 1 knew that the sound I had beard waa very close to me. As the hind wheelscame up I felt something beside the jerk of the wheels. I heard something tumble from tme tiJe to the other of my temjon, aud I Cuuld also feel the jar oucasioucd by lb"! ruuven.cot. It was simply a man iu my cart ! I knew this, on the iustant. Of ' course' P"IZ'1'1- At first, I iniagi- neu some poor leuuw nau tuKeu mis metn od to obtain a ride. My next idea was, Ibat somebody had got in to sleep; but this passed away as quickly aa it came ; for no man would have broken into my j carl for that purpose. Aud (but thought, I gentlemen, quickly opened my eyes. Who , ever was iu there, bad brnkeo io. I "My next thought, were of Dick Hard- ! oeaj He had beard me say that my load . was Mj .j ani of curse be , ,, ej j b,j sll)P mou wuh for i baJ , 0Tcr g-joOO. I also thought ae meaut to' .na world, and am rrettv cool and clear , borM wiu kuge.d in tbe ,D(1 j . . . i. . . . i anew l couia slip on witbout noise, do 1 4 j , .! drew mv revolver I never travel in that country, without one I drew this, aud having twined the lines about my whip stock carefully slipped down in tbe mud, sud as tbe cart passed oo I weut behind it and examiued the hasp. The door of h. i cart lets down, and is faateued by a hasp, j wbiCD fc , ' , over tbe staple, aud is tbeu padlock. The padlock was ens., and the hasr. waa secured IU ila nlaeei , by a bit of pine so that a slight force ; from Q)M Ueik Jl j w Ae w ia bj 4 bu of fiueM tbat , ,,,1 force frum wjlbin could break h u ! wre()(;b . jn , ,eillber bucket on ; , . . 7 . , . , . .. th sud nf rlii narr. una I nuicklv tiink it the aide of the cart, and I ouicklv took it , g . out and aliped it into the swpel, the iron handle just slipping down. "Now I had him. My cart was almost new, made in a stout frame of white oak, nd made on purpose for hard usage. I did not believe any ordinary man could break out. I got on to my cart at noise lessly as I got off, aod tben urged my horse on, still keepiug my pistol bandy. I knew that, at a distance of half a mile further, I should come to a good hard rord, aod so I allowed my horse te pick bis own through the mud. About ten minutes af ter this, I heard a motion inside, followed I . l .k I I I ' 6 . ,. , . . . .(III;? WUG Wllijt "1 f .mm w,vw.. a said nothiug, but the idea struck me tbat the viiiaiu might judge where I aat aud shoot up through lue top of the cart at me, so I sat dowu uu tbe fool-board. "Of course, I knew now that my unex pected passenger was a villain, for be must have been awake ever since I started, aud nothing io the worfd but absolute villaiuy would bave caused bim to remain quiet ao long, aod then start up io thia particular place. Tbe ihuuipiug aud pouudiug grew louder and loader, and pretty soon 1 Heard a human voice : "Let me out of this!" be cried, and he yelled pretty loud. "1 lilted up my head so as to make him tbiuk 1 waa aitnug in my usual place, aud tLeu askid bim what be was doing there? "Let uio out, aud 1 will tell you," be replied. "Tell me what you are there for,"said 1. 1 got io here te aleep on your rags," be answered. "Let me out, or I'll shout you through tbe bead," be yelled. "Just at that moment, my horse's feet struck tbe bard road, aud 1 kutw thai tbe rest of tbe route to Jackson would be good going. Tbe distance waa twelve mitea 1 slipped back on tbe toot board, and look the whip. I bad tbe utae horn then Pve got now a tall, Moui. powerful bay mare and yoa may believe there ia some go in her. At any rate, aha struck a gait that even sstoniabed me. She had recei ved a good mess of oats, I be air was cool and she felt like going. In fifteen min utes, we cleared the woods, and away we went, on a keen jump, the chap inside yelling to be let out. Finally he stopped.and in a few minutes cams the -report of a pistol one faro three four, one right after the other, and I beard the halls wbiz over my head. If I had been on my seat, one of these balls if uot two of them, would have gone thrn' me. I popped op my bead again and gave a yell, aud then a deep groan, and then said,"Oh God,aave ma I I'm a dead man!" Then I made a shuffling noise, aa though I was falling off, and finally settled down oo the foot-board again. I now nrged up the old mure by giving ber an occasional poke with the butt of my whip-stock, and abe peeled it faster than ever. "The man called out to me twiee more, pretty soou after this, aud as be got no re ply, be made some tremendous efforts to break the door open, and as this failed him, he made several attempts upon the top. Bui I bad no fear of his doing any H"fg there, fortne top of t be cart is Iraui- ed iu with dovetails.and each sleepi r boiled 'he posts with iron bulls. I had made t so I could carry heavy loads there. By- and-by, after all else bad failed, (be scaup cuuitu. iiced to holler whoa to the boise, and kept it up uutil he became quite hoarse. Alt this time I kept perfectly quiet, holding the raius firmly, and kept poking the bea.it with the slock. "We were not an hour in going that dfi.-o miles not a bit of it. -I hadn't much fear perhaps I might tell the truth and say that I had none, for I had a good pistol ; aud more thao that my passenger was safe; yet I was glad wheu I Came to the old Sour barrel factory, that stauds at the edge of Jackson village; and io ten minutes mi. re I hauled up in front of the , tavern, aud found a couple of ostlers iu 'he barn cleauiug down some stage bor.es. ' jelled. ... . ready for ye tbe moment you ebow your- self. Now lay quiet." "By this time the (wo ostlers had come up to see what was the- matter, aud I tl plained it all to them." "After this, I got oue of them to run and rout out the Sheriff, aod tell what I i believod I d got for bin. 1 be Urst streaks 01 dJ-l'gt were just coming up, ana in I " n bour it would be broad daylight, ! 1 le ,ljn th,t lime tte Sheriff came, nd brought two men Wllb bim. I told nim tbe mhoe ffir in few word. ex- hil)iled ,Le handbill. I bad for him, and tuen he mndt for ,L, ct. Ue told ,he chap inside who he was, and if he made ,he least resistance, he'd be a dead man. Then I slipped the iron wrench out, and I ne door down tbe fellow made a ' enrimt T Aaiitvla.- tisn h Iia on It I a W E"IUbl ajeiwau J WUVe BUBIV atlU UC caaie down on bis face, and in a moment more tbe officers had bim. It was now daylight, and tbe moment I saw tbe cbap I recognized. He was marched off to the lock-up, aod I told the Sheriff I ahould remain iu town all day. "After breakfast, tbe Sheriff came down to tbe tavern and told me that I bad caught the very bird, and tbat if I would remain until tbe next morning, I should certainly bave the reward of two hundred dollars wbich bad been offered. "I found my goods all safe, paid the ex press ageot for briogiug them from India napolis, aod then weut to work to stow them away in my cart. The bullet boles were found io the top of my vehicle just as I expected. They were iu a line about five iuchea apart; aud had I been where I usually sit, two of them would bave hit me somewhere near tbe small of the back, and passed upwards, for they were sent with a heavy charge of powder, and his pistol was a heavy oue. "On the next morning, the Sheriff call ed upon me, and paid me 1 .00 io gold,for he bad made himself sure be'd got ibe villain. I afterwards fannd a letter io tbe post office at Portsmouth for me, fruin tbe Sheriff of Hancock county, aud he inform ed me tbat Mr. Diek Uardbead bad beeu imprisoned for life." So ended ibe pedler's story. Iu tbe morning, I bad tbe curiosity to look at the cart, aud fouud lbs bullet boles just aa be told as, though they were now plugged up with phial corks. The unfinished portion of the Northern Ceutral Kailroad, from Trcvortoo Bridge to Sunbury, a distance of ten miles, will be hi at Harriaburg on the 27th of De cember, iost. Tbe postponement of tbe letting waa for the purpose of making tbe Eeoeasary surveys. DECEMBER 19, 1856. Cometh a Blessing Down. BY MART fRANCLS TYLER. Not to the man of dollars, Not to the man of deeds. Not to the man of cunning, Not to the man of creeds, Not to the one whose passion Is for world's renown, Not to the form of fashion, Cometh a blessing down. Not onto land's expansion, Not to tha miser's chest, Not to the princely mansion, Not to the blaxoned crest, Not lo lbs sordid worlding, Not to the knavi.h clown, Not to the hanghty tyrant, Cometh blessing down. Not to the folly blinded, Not to the steeped iu shame, Not to the carnal minded, Not to unholy fame, Not iu neglect of duty. Not in the monarch's crown, Not at the smile nf beauty, Cometh a blessing down. But to the one whose spirit Yearns for the great and good, Unto ibe one whose store bout) Yieldelb the hungry food, Unto the oue who labors Fearless of foe or frown, Unto the kindly hearted, Cometh a blessing down. Pulpit Peculiarities. A clergyman was once traveling on board of a Western ateamer, wheo among tbe patw ugers was a man who took great pains to make known that be was opposed ,. . , , . . to reliiMou, dennancins Christ as an impos- O ' o tor, aud all forms of religion as delusions. great wit, and bis remaika seemed to bave quite an influence on bis hearers. The clergyman refrained from saying anything for a time, but finally decided to ailcuce bim. Asking the sceptic if he ever be lieved io tbe immortality of the soul, be received as so answer : "No, I bave not." "Do you believe io lb existonce of God r No." "Then, sir," replied the clergyman, "I have beard of you before." "Heard of me? Where?" "Yea I have read of jou." , -- Kead about me ! I was not aware that I was published. Pray,-wh re ?" "In the Psalms of David, sir, where it reads, 'The fool has said io bis heart,tbere is oo God.' " At Ibis unlooked-for turn in tbe argu ment,) here was one general burst of laugh ter aud hurrah at the expense of the athe ist, who, confounded, and being unable to rally al being thus unexpectedly called a fool, moved away to another part of the boat. During the remainder of the voyage ibe wiseacre was silent oo religious sub jects ; but occasionally some of the pas sengers would tease bim by slyly observ ing, "1 bave beard of you before." Take a Paper for your Wife. A friend, says an exchange, not long since, told os a story in relation to one of our subscribers which contains a good moral for husbands, and also furnishes an example for wives wbich is not unworthy of imitation under similar circumstances: The subscriber referred to, said our ftiend, in the presence of his wife, said thai il bad been hi intention to call at tbe ffi'-e, pay up his arrears, and discontinue his paper. His wife very properly asked : " Why do yuu intend to discontinue the psper?" " Because," said the bosband, "lam so much away from home on business, and bave bo little time to read, there seems to be little use in my taking a paper." " Yea," replied abc, " it may be of little use to YOU, but it is of great use to ME. I remain at home while you are gone. I wiah to know what is going on io the world. If you discontinue tbe psper, i will go straight to town and subscribe myself." As the paper has not been discontinued e suppoae ihe wife's reasoning was conclu sive. Tbe moral of tbis incident must not be overlooked. How to Look You.no. How is it that some men thought to be so old, still look young, while others thought so young still look so old ? Tbe cause lies very fre quently iu themselves. Mr. Bant once, oo being asked tbe reason, said : "I never ride wheo I can walk ; I never eat bnt one dish at dinner; I never get drunk. My walking keeps my blood in circulation ; my simple diet prevents iodi-g-aiiuo ; aud never touching ardent spirits my liver never fears being eaten up alive " Hut be forgot to add one of tbe greatest causes of lasting youth, "a kind and nn- envious heart." Euvy cao dig as deep into the human face as time itself. t'oa cores' freemen. There is a mortality not a "distress ing mortality" among Fillmore papers. Dailye and weeklysof the "late American" at ripe having accomplished tbeir real ob ject, by electing Buihauau are- going to tbe "vOe stbt. tnm wbeae they rprcaf, tlawaat, waaoalwaaa4aaaaBS.w YEAR XIII.... At $1,50 Per Rats and Grain. To protect grain from rats, you have to thresh early, say in November, and then you must have a building that is rat tight, to ssve it io good cooditmn. If ras have a free access to grain, it is impossible to have it free from tbe htter of rats. This makes it look bad, for it damages the sale of graio very much. You will observe the necessity of early threshing and careful storing. Perhaps a few bints on the coo - structioo of a graio storehouse may be of some importance to some asr-less farm-r. The first principal object to look out for is the foundation ; if this is all right, the important obstacle is overcome-. This foundation -sonsists of round post, only, for a corn-crib they should be 5 feet loog, I 3 feet io tbe ground, and 2 ont; for a atorehotise. thpv want to bsi 7 feet Ione. 4 ! , j n , feet in tbe ground, and 3 out this will bring-the bottom of the building level with a eonimon wagon box. These pot-ts may be made of white oak, chestnut or rock oak. They should be shaved perfectly smooth on the outside, and set with tbe butt end op. The upper or butt end should be rquared off with a saw, then put a common milkpan on tbe upper end of these posts with tbe bottom op. This pan will prevent all rats and mice ascend ing to tbe building, for it is a bar, job for rats and mice to elimb a smooth post that is set with tbe little end down, and then to make around the pan is ao impossible titttrr Pitfi annt.fik 4 Mali n n . .1.1a ..a - . , . , , . , . sufficient; for grain storehouse, 14 by 20 ... - , , . ! rw,t if citi,e A nw m awla c en. nnH.e ' ' ' .rare near ft F lha f,ii,l,line I.nt lAnriilla rest on the bottom of the pan, and then I proceed with your building in any desira ble way. I think tbe roof of a grain building should project at least 2 feet faum the main body of tbe building all round. Hemlock lumber is superior to any other far granaries, for it is bard, corky, and full of slivers, which is hard to gnaw. When : a rniiMina ia inf.trl ntitti rnt anrl miee , . . .... . I would recommend portable bins made to bold not more than 100 bushels with cast wheels under them, say six inches in diam eter. If bins are portable you msy arrange them as vou please, so aa to travel around them on everv side. This will five vou and your dog and eat a good chance to kill these depredators. When I see a farmer feeding from 40 to 100 rata all winter oo graio, when it is wonb from 4 to 20 shil lings per bushel, I calculate be is climbing tbe ladder of science feet foremost, and is liable to fall before he arrivea at tbe top, yet many are doing business io this same way. Were they compelled to give the amount of grain to the poor that these long tailed devils destroy yearly for them, they would feel very much affronted. Open your eyes, friends, and look iuto tbis matter. Oaejo Timet. Threatened Violence. The Chicago Tribune says that they hear from good authority that an attack is con templated at this session of Congress upon Senator Wilson sod Mr. Bur'ingamc. It predicts that tbe first month of the ses sion will not pass by, before the telegraph will send us an account of an outrage, or an attempted outrage, upon them. The malice of Brooks and Keitt, nursed and applauded by their constituents, will make itself felt. It was only by tbe earnest ' entreaties and a fear of the consequences j to Mr. Buchanan, thev were restrained from tbe commission of murder before tbe last session closed. But now Mr. Buch anan is elected and Border Ruffianism may run riot. Our readers will remember our .l .- e lie .. I predictions. Wistir Foktbt. We do not know whether Mr. Sbillaber wrote bis "Sighs of Fall" for this year or not, but the follow ing verse baa a searching,and we miy say, thrilling, interest to the housekeepers of 185C : The biting airs, the shrinking flesh appal By sharp incisions. And everything proclaims the approach of Pall Except provisions. Tbe Lancaster Bank, since its suspen sion, has redeemed 865,000 of her notes in payment of debts due tbe institution. It is confidently supposed by some that the Bank will be put upon its feet again. Tbe brokers of Lancaster are now paying 80 cents on the dollar for ita bills. Hoaxcs, or Rial ? Bishop Hughes' Proclamation to the Catholics to sustain the Democratic party tbe revival of the Inquisition and the Mormon Pope's or ders for Buchanan ! are these jokes, or re alities ? Boston, Dee. 15. Win. Walker, the Deputy Warden of the Massachusetts State Prison, was stabbed this morning, wbile leaving the chapel, by a prisoner named McGee. He died almost immedi ately. The remains of Capt Francis L. Bow man, who died at Fort Dallas, Oregon Territory, arrived at Wilkesbarre aod were interred with Millitary Honors on the 3d instant It is said by those who koow, that Mr. Buchanan has not yet determined upon his Cabinet, and tbat be has not made any offers of Cabinet offices. WHOLE NUMBER, 662. Year, always ik AdyancsV The Southern Press. , 9 T i y r i ! ' .qrer, .n .u , m during th- U(t M , During ,u ,aU annL often spoke ! ;B TefJ ttrmg of be UBerakmnr. y, ,D(J Mligi0M .k.p,;ei.. f j ,be BUck fopMiema. We asserted h to be a mere congeries of isms We ; were,iocere in our ,Mertions. Wearenov . t,telW We the Americans , mueh Xorth ,nJ goalh ta flf , nnmeut ,Di,t m pwty M larg9 ,0,t j which ,oted f)r Mf Fremolll U ma?ottll wboyj of cb of fcMier infi Je. or Bfc je- w, bate . look w fuf CMW8 fif tbi, ro0T,meot W. , fio1 , t!ue ,bem ;a ,he ,rt;ole on wbich we are commenting. Tbe North believe , ,he gmth lrrngnt, 0.erbetriD? locl ,g. gressive. I lie iNortn is mistaken, but sin cere. "New York.Pbiladelphia and Baltimrrw never were more busily engaged ia the slave trade, for slaves are worth a thou sand dollars around, and interest and hu manity prompt to its prosecution. "Homer did not know a letter io the book, and Plato held that the invention cf letters had diminished human intellectual ity. Reading and writing are tbe means, prvbiVif the wont meant of acquiring ' knowledge ana wisdom. The tims em- plJfd jn tbeir rf.qni.iti(,n ig f it.eif ,;,.. lost, for it prevents enlargement of tha mind from observation and experience. -As means of acquiring knowledge, tbe: Kuopean laborer does not find time t cut- ploy them. He is very generally tbe worse for knowing them, at first, because tbe time be is shut up in school, is so much precious time lost, io the most impressible period of life from observation and expert- eoce ; and secondly, if he does read, it U for low stimulation and excitement, and is confined to Murrell's murders, Greeley's paper and Dickens' novels." Practical AnialsamaUosa. - Tbe Aeie lrit Tribune, in some re mark" upon tbe false charges made against the Kepublican pirty as advocating a fu sion of ihe white and black races,instanees tbe following case, wbich puts the boot on i tDe o;l"r foot : i ,iTk la,e Col Rich'd M. Johnson took envvrm trsru waves m wire we Co not " koow whether with or without benefit of clergy. We bave always understood, how ever, that he treated ber through life with uniform kindness and regard,aodit is well known tbat be educated bis and her daugh ters adeqiately, and in due time married them to two white Kentucky Democrats, giving a good farm with each. So far as we know, they still lire, and are rearing up another generation of Kentucky Dem ocrats, giving a good farm with each. So far as we know, they still live, and are rearing op another generations of Kentuc ky Democrats. In the full knowledge of these facts, the Jackssn Democratic party choose Col. Johnsoo as their eoodidate for . Vice Prcsidcut, and elected bim in 1336, ; giving him tbe votes of most of tbe Siave , States, He ran in 1340, and fell with bis party ; but thai was not his fault, and be was a stronger candidate than bis colleague Martin Van Buren. Had he possessed a . little more sense, or kept himself at home instead of speaking all oer the country,' tbe brave kind-hearted Colonel would bave Decn nominated for President and elected; fr be " popular till death, and we da not know that his family relations ever cost him a vota " him a vote.' A Western correspondent of the St. Louis Republican gives a statement pur porting to show tbe vote cast for Whitfield for delegate to Congress at tbe recent far cical election held by the Missourians. It foots up a total of 4276, no leas tbaa 1 159 of these purporting to be east ia Leaven worth, wbich never contained more than 1200 inhabitants, men, women and child ren, of whom two thirds are opposed to Whitfield aod all his crew. At tbe same time, 2592 votes were east for a Conven tion to frame a State Constitution, aod 454 against. Judgi M'Lcax. A paragraph is going tbe rounds of the Democratic press, to the effect ibat Judge M'Lean had derlared himself favorable to tbe election of Bu chanan. Tbe same declaration is now re produced in the recent letter of John Van Bueex to tbe Boston Committee of invitation. The Newark Mercury is au thorized to give this assertion an explicit denial, aod to sty tbat tbe Judge voted aa open ticket, for Fmmont and Daytoh. The South appears to be already desi rous of escaping from tha odium of having threatened net to submit to a legal elec tion of President. Io the Soate,on Tues day, when Mr. Trumbull, of Illinois, justly ! denounced such a dangerous policy, Sir. Rnsk, of Texas, corrected bim, and desired to throw tbe responsibility of the threat! entirely upon the shoulders of Mr. Fill more. ' Gix. WAiassa is Tbocblx. The news from Nicaragua seems ominous of evil for the cause of "manifest destiny"ia Central America. Walker has retreated to Rivai, which ia only a few miles from the Pacific', aod, therefore, a nice e'aee for a last stand, and a good starting p. ace for a final run. 1
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