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3EDFORI3. Pa.
Friday Morning, June 13. ls.W.
"Fearless and Free."
ti.WIT* OYFR, EDITOR AM* PROPRIETOR.
FOB PRESIDENT
MILLARD FILLMORE,
OF NEW YORK.
FOB VICE PRESIDENT:
ANDREW JACKSON VOXELSON
OF TENNESSEE.
INSOx'miiET.
Canal Commissioner
THOMAS E. COCHRAN,
Of York County.
Auditor General
DARWIN PHELPS,
Of .Irrnstronis County.
Surveyor G> rieral ■
BARTHOLOMEW LAPORTK,
Of Bradford County.
iniFOUJ) AC ADEMY :
The Annual Exhibition will he he'd in the
(curt House, < 11 Friday evening the ISrh el June.
The exercises will he oj<ened t 7 o'clock. In
< rd- rto defray the incidental < xpensps of the
t erssi-.n, a sre ill admittance fee will tie collect
it at the door. The musical entertainment of
the evening will be provided by the "Bedford
.dma'rkT Baud."
\V. W. CAMPBELL, Principal.
The Loroioco Nomination*.
BUCHANAN ANI) BR ECK EN RIDGE.
Most of mir readers are aware tin* the
Lncofoco Convention at Cincinnati have,
after four •lavs' fighting and confusion nom
inated JAMES BITHAXAX, of Pennsyl
vania, for President, and J. C. BnKCKK.x
--); tliOF, of Kentucky, for Vice President.—
Better selections for the opponents of Lo
eofoeoism toald not bare been made. They
are the men that could have been
brought into the field.
Jaiues Buchanan is certainly the most
assailable of ail the public men iri the
country, and justly so. He entered public
life the bitter, uncompromising opponent of
Jefferson and Madison lie was elected
for four successive terms, by the FEDERAL
IST*. Ho made speeches by which h char
acterized and pure administration
of Madts.m as viSJOXARY, ami Madison
himself as an imbecile. He was the persis
tent and wilful villiticr of everything Dem
ocratic, and of all the best and truest
friends of their country. He joined Jack
sin, through moti'-es of self-interest, but
still, even then, continued to be a Federal
ist, as is shown by his signature to circu
lars t the Federal leaders of Pennsylvania
in Statu contest-, some years after that
time. lie was the bitter, uncompromising
opponent of the great and good Clay. Ho
slandered him throughout his entire life.—
Buchanan it WHS, who was the author of
tke diarge of BARGAIN AND SALE ON
HEN n Y Ci AY, and he had not the tnanli
nc.-s, whilst the great American Statesman
was living, to do him the justice" to ac~
knowledge the falsity of the charge, and
which he knew to be so, tier even since be
has gone to the Spirit World, does this old
slanderer of the great and good, do HEN
RY ('LAY this simple act of justice. No
friend of the gallant old "Harry of Hit.
f'/iif ," will ever he caught in such a trap
as to voic for the persistent libeller and
slanderer of the immortal CLAY. Buchan
an, in 1840, it! the Senate of tho United
States, made a speech, which since then has
become somewhat notorious, in which he ad
v vated the doctrine of reducing ihc. stand
ord of lot or In f its country to the standard
< r aver.7g of labor throughout Europe, and
we would rov r ourselves with hint fits and
Litssings This would amount to TEN
OKNIS A BAY ! and it is all he is wil
ling to allow the laboring man. Certainly
e ;s r.of the Poor Man's friend, and tliey
Will not l>c so si.ly as to vote fur such a
deadly eiuroy of their true interests. We
tvill publish 'Lose speeches as the campaign
advances. As to Lis claims to be (he •'fa
vorite son" of Pennsylvania, and the duty
of Pennsylvanians towards him, we take
•ail extract froui the Daily News
'•Let us see what his claims are to the
character of a Pennsylvania!, and to our
-upprrt as such, when thus put to the test
'•<! o that does not know, that he, while Mr,
''oik's Secretary of State, disclaimed be
ing a citizen of Pennsylvania, to exonerate
itusidf trom paying a few dollars tax for
-rat;- and Common School purposes, on bis
personal estate in Lancaster county, coq
principally of bonds and mortgage#!
i h'i-o . !;o do not recollect the faot can re
h tLeir memory by reading the foliow
"•'% 1' ' ; er, ft hich shows what sort of a Penn
>■. Kanian b is, in a most unuustakable
j uunor:
'Washington, Feb. IG, 1846.
■ ht.tr r: — I have received yours of the
Idiii instant, informing mo tbat, not kw-w
--uip '.vbother I con idci cU myself a resident
1m , tturns tor cminty, you iuve issessed tae
as such. I Lad supposed that you could
have known, that I had removed from Lan
caster nearly a year ago, and have ever
since bcci* an actual resident of this city,
where aiy official duties require that I should
reside, i trust that at some future period
I may again become a resident of Lnuoacter
—but that is wholly uncertain.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Michael Bundel, Esq.
"■Here we have a looking glass, furnish
ed by Mr. Buchanan's own hand, to bis
real character, in which he may be sccu ag
he is—cold, selfish, penurious, ungrateful,
and nnpatnotic, wholly unmindful of the
; deep debt of gratitude he owes to the State,
and utterly disrcgardful of the patriotic du
ty which he, as a law abiding citizen, owed
to the Commonwealth. Though blessed
with wealth, and having no children of his
owu to educate, he was untrue enough to
the community of which he was a legal vo
ter, and to the State whose laws shielded
and protected his property, to disclaim his
birthright, and to deny being a Pennsylva
nian, that he might thereby evade the laws
of taxation, ami escape the payment of a few
paltry dollars for taxes, to maintain the
honor and credit of the State, and to con
tribute his just share to ibe noble cause of
Common School Education. Is it not an
insult to the State and to her yeomanry, to
proclaim the nomination of such a man a
compliment to Pennsylvania* To call him
a true and loyal son of the State, is an in
sult to our on self-respeet as Pennsylva
nians. A man in high place, as Mr. Bu
chanan then was, in the service of the
country, as the representative of Pennsyl
vania, to act thus, could have neither the
heart nor sou!of a Pennsvlvanian; and be
his character, talents, position and profes
sions otherwise, what they may, i unwor
thy of the natue which he has thus disgraced.
Does any man suppose that Henry Clay
would have ever acted thus towards IKS own
adopted State of Kentucky? Can any one
for a moment, believe, that he could have
ever thus dishonored his name, and brought
his patriotism into question* His proud
-pint, and loyal heart., would have scorned
so mean an act. and he would have esteem
ed it a privilege as well as a duty to have
paid the tax imposed for such purposes, if
it would have taken the last cent be bail,to
do so.
"In view of these things, let us, then,
henceforth, have other reasons urged upon
us to support Mr. Buchanan, than that of
his being a Pennsylvanian-. for the honest
pride of Pennsylvanians must revolt in dis
gust, in having an Esau thrust upon them
as entitled to their support upon the grotiud
of being one of themselves.''
J. P. Brcckenridge is a young man, and
his only claims to the Vice Presidency, are,
that he was the fool of Douglas in piloting
the infamous Nebraska-Kansas bill through
the House of Representatives—tho bill re
pealing the Missouri Compromise, and which
has caused all the ill feeling that now ex
ists between the North and South, tnd will
yet, in all likelihood, cause the dissolution
of this IVton. Certainty no patriot ought
to vote for such a man us thai., llrccken
ridge also gained some notoriety by grossly
insulting the eloquent Cutting, of New
York, and then cowardly backing out, when
this "crcf i" Northern demanded s itisfnc-
tion. Such was his "Southern chivalry."
It is the duty of ail opponents of Locofo
cOisiii, and their dastardly policy, to unite
and crush down the party anil the men, who
sustain its outrageous acts. We feel ccn-
I fident that the American people will put
their seal of disapprobation upon this tick
et, by an unprecedented majority.
J. J. BARCLAY, ESQ.
We call the attention of the people of Bed
-1 ford County, to the Card of this young gentie
!mm in to-day's paprr. Jin. BARCLAY is a
young man of more than ordinary ability, and
iwe predict Air him a brilliant future. lie was
admitted to practice law in the several Courts
of Bedford County at the L.st February Ses
i sious, after one of the most thorough and
i searching examinations, and acquitted bimseif
| with honor. His examiners speak in the high
est terras of his merits, lie lias new com
menced to practice in the office formerly occu
pied by his uncle, MAJ. HAMUFX M. BAUCLA Y.
Any person entrusting business to his care,
, will fiud it promptly attended to.
It is hinted that Bowman of the Gazette
intends to take hack a!! he said against
Buchanan in 1843, when ho deserted him
. and raised Dallas to his mast-head. It is
rumored that the same persons who forced
hiin then to Lockout from his position, in
! tend now to compel him to this course! So
• we go.
Ten Cents!
Since the nomination of Buchanan the
Loeofocoes are buying up all the ten cent
pieces they can ptccure. They want to
; keep them out of view until after the clcc
j tion ! Their sight produces unpleasant re
mimacences!
It is shrewdly suspected that the reason
1 Buchanan disclaimed his citizenship in
Pennsylvania, whilst Polk's Secretary of
| State# was because the Collector iu Lancas
i ter wanted him to pay bis taxes in ten rent
i • ,
, pieces .
PICKWICK PAPERS—We have received
from the publisher, T. B. Peterson, No.
, 102, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, a nuin
. ber of the first pages of this work, now in
1 press. It is printed on good paper, in large
i clear type. It is printed in tew different
jjjles at prices to suit the public.
Tbclate elections wLicb have recently
came off a*o very favorable to the Ameri
can party. Keep the ball a rolling on.
New Orleans Municipal Election.
NKAV ORLEANS, June 3.—The whole A
mericaii ticket has been elected, with the
exception of two Councihuen. The Mayor
i has 2,000 majority.
v Election.
CONCORD N. 11., .June s.—The Legis
lature in join* ballot to-day elected Ralph
Metealf, American, for Governor, by a vore
of 175 to 150. Kcv Weils was the Dcnto
i cratie candidate.
Senatorial fci^clion.
NEW HAVEN, June 4. —Thd Legislature
to-day elected James Disco, an American
i Republican, to the United States St Mate.
> Tho vote stood: Dixon 115, I'i.ucey ?Ql,
' scattering 1. Ciiartes MeCurdy >vas eleA
' ted Judge of lite Supreme Court.
TEN CENTS REWARD—For a sight
| of that "drop" ol Democratic blood!
.-■ C u
BI ACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. —for May has
1 been received. It is an able an*l interes
ting number. Reprinted by Leonard Scott'
| & Co. New York.
| A " DEM OCR-V 1 " MAY KIEL A.N" -IRISH- i
, MAX."—it lias been decided, in the ease of!
j Herbert, the Democratic M. C. from California, ;
who killed one of the Irish waiters at Willard's ■
Hotel, in Washington, a few weeks ago, that a :
"Democrat" may kill an Irishman with perfect •
: impunity and without fear of consequences.—
j The homicide was week before last brought to
the attention of the lower House of Congress,
'of which Mr. Herbert is a member, by Mr.
him.whom of Maine, American, who < acred a
i resolution of inquiry info the circumstances*
with a view to the expulsion of Herbert. The
moment this was done there was a general up
rising of the Southern democracy, by whose
v 'otes the resolution w .m tabled and tho inquiry
quashed by a vote of 73 to 70. Irishmen will
! now !*: able to appreciate the strength of tli ■
, regard manifested for theoj by their Democratic ;
friends. The poor IO.ITI killed was a menial, a '
' laborer, an underling— ait Irishman. To be
sure he h it a wile and two children to mourn
in poverty bis untimely end, but what of th-aft '
It was a so-called "g.-ntletii tn" and "Demo- i
crat" who committed the offence, and he must 1
j he screened from punishment and disgrace,—
j B'eil may the Psd.li •- ex l ai.n, "save us from I
such friends! .
| A SOUTHERN SNEER.—The Richmond j
Whig, in commenting upon the outrage on S i
1 nator Sumner, says:
The Bostonians are quite as furious as their j
, forefathers were wiieu they tiirew the ten over- '
i board, and something quite as desperate may
he [anticipated from their present wrath. We
j hope, however, they will do themselves no per
j sonal injury."
What next? This surer at the Bostoniansas '
being the dependents of the heroes who form
ed the "Too Party," takes us by surprise, we .
roust eoutsas. We shall protml.tr newt hear
: our Southern brethren making fun of Bunker
i Hill or deriding the battle of Lexington.
The New Senator from Connecticut, II m.
; Jatues Dixon, was a meatier of C< tigress
from the Hartford District many years ago,
■ and has since served in lite Legislature of
: his Hfate. lie was nominated by the A
ntcrican party, and has secured his election
mainly from the members of that party. —
Mr. Dixou has It-en always a conservative,
! national, intelligent ayd honorable man.—
Upon the Kansas Bill, and upon the main
tenance of -the clause for free territories
j embodied in the Missouri Act, he unques
j tionably holds opinion* common to thepeo
; p!e who have elected hiin and will vote ac
cordingly, but Mr. Dixon will be found no
factionist, no- section&list, but a man true
i to the Constitution and the Union.
Some are anxious to know the rela
tion sb : p bet ween Senator Butler and Brooks.
It. is contained in a letter to a gentleman in
Boston from Mr. Brooks in February last,
which sayr:
".My grandfather married Senator But
| lers lather's aunt."
An Editor Stabbed.
A dispatch from Cincinnati, dated June 5 ;
i says :
George D. Baell, editor of the Democratic
j Review, published at Washington, D. C\,
i made a speech last night ia front of the
Burnett House, denouncing Abolitionism-
He was interrupted by ail individual in the
; ctowd, and finally came to blows. In the
| melee, Baell was stabbed in the back, the
| knife penetrating his lungs, nua inflicting a
dangerous wound. His condition this morn
ing is critical. He is bleeding internally.
The testimony ir. the case, shows that he
was attaeko-i by Democrats, who had heard
i him call himself an American
I Tin: HOME OF PIERCE.-Iu C.m
jcord.N'. H., 011 Wednesday nioruing last,
| the effigies of FRANKLIN PIERCE and I'RES
i TON S. BROOKS were hanging in front of the
Slate House, eighty feet from the giound, on
the PIERCE and KING liberty pole, erected
iin 1852. An effigy of Col. GEORGE bung
j in another part of the city, bearing an in
scription upon its front, "The glorioiw and
godlike administration of FRANK PIERCE.''
KF'The Hon. JOHN COVODE has been
re-nominated as a candidate for Congress by
the Republican Americans of Indiana
I county, Pa.
WORCESTER. Mas*., Juno 7.—During a
salute fired lest evening in honor of the De
mocratic nominee, Lawrence McClearj was
killed by the prematura discharge of the
cannon. George Williams, a lad, was se
verely wounded in the arms, feet and face,
and Mr. Bartlctt had his thumb shattered
BEDFORD INQUIRER' AND CHRONICLE.
Local Items.
: EXHIBITION—The Students of the Bed
lord Academy wilt give their Annual Exbibi
; timi or uubiic entertainment at the Couit
House to-nigbt.
j NEW GOODS—Capt. A. J. SAXSOM has
• received his new supply of Spring and Sum
! nun- Goods, lie is selliug cheap. Oil and
I see bis stock.
IMPROVEMENT.—The side walk on East
; Pitt Street from the residence of Wv. P.
| Sennit, Esq., to the corner at Mr. LUTEER'S,
I has been much improved by a new pave. It
i was much needed—dad we hops the Council
! will compel similar improvements in some
| other parts of town.
i The DECISIONS of JOHN A. BLODGXT, Esq.,
; have BEEN published, and arc now lor sale at
i Reamer'* Book Store. Call and procure a
• copy, all of you that have not yet subscriyeJ
j for these admirable decisions. It is an able
i and useful document and should be in the
: hands of the entire community.
• MINERAL WATER.- The other day we
i B'-epped into DR. REAMEB'S Drug Store, and
: hau a glass of this delightful beverage. As a
> Summer drink it is incomparable. The Doctor
i had nil sorts ol syrups, and can please tao
: of the' most fastidious. , Try a glass. all
! vou wt ' "re lU"M<I of a cool and refreshing drink
these hot days.
EEC JURE—On Fi.'ty evening last a Lec
ture was delivered in the Lutheran Church by
the Rev. Mr. Ueppef, fate fcNutmary to China.
His description of the pi.ysicai geographic il
I.condition of the "Celestial Emp>.* P .- a '-"
count of its inhabitants, their polit, •"
and moral or religious relations was hig*°'. v en "
terf-iining and instructive. The T.octure Xccu
pied more thru an hour in its delivery and W.' s
listened to throughout, by alargj a.tv'ence,
with profound attention.
BEDFORD SPRINGS.—Pars >m ■ time past
suitable, preparations have lH>en in progress for
the reception and accommodation of visitors
iat this celebrated watering place. The accom
plished and gentlemanly manager, Mr. AM, EN,
of Philadelphia, has for some weeks been
upon the ground, and on Tuesday l ist, tl.e Id .It
ilist., the Hotels were r gnlarly opened! The
Season promises to be favorable, and the natu
ral advantages of the Brnfou® SPKJNGB —the
medicinal properties of the waters, healthful
climate, beautiful scenery, &c., will no douut
insure an e irlv crowd of visitors and strangers.
There is no place where the health seeking
and pleasure loving denizens of our cities
could find more real enjoyment and substantial
benefit; there is no place more favorable than
Bedford tor those who desire to forget for a
■a hue the care® and perplexities of business
and to commune with Natur" in her green re
treats and shady bcuers.
CURIOSITY.—We were shown a few days
since, a', the Bedford Hotel, an Indian Hatchet
or Tom i-hawk, in the possession of Go). JOHN
HAVEE, which was found about scvtity ftt! under
ground by workmen on the 11 uuting.ton and
Broadtop Railroad, near Ilopewell. It wasdug
Up in making a "through cut" or ib-ep excava
tion for the bed of s-i<l Road—and has all the
marks of age, with evidence of a long burial!
The supposition is that it fell from the surface
through some fissure oj; opening to the place
where it was found—or that it was covered up
by a la . J sli.la from tho side of the mountain
near the base of w Inch it was discovered ! 'J he
butt or poll of the hatchet forms a complete
tobacco pipe and the whole appearance of tho
iustiument gives evidence that it was wrought
by the hands of "cunning workmen! '
No doubt it w as the property of some vener
able atpij-.a or fearless bract, and flourished
often in the bright light of their council fires,
and perhaps often drank blood from the scalps
of their enemies!
The Colonel, we believe, set ; a great store
upon tile ab ve relic—and wo would suggest
that he supply itie aloieaaid calumet with a
"iht-b-tk netn, till the bowl with "Ockawack,"
• •■.eb.1,1 ge hb boots t >r moccasins, string bis
waist with xfi.ri/nm. and alter a divine suppli
er.! km to Chioitws, ruler iu the land of
Spirits, lie-fake himself to a diligent perusal of
Hiawatha t
HOG LAW.—At long last, '-be it krowa
unto all persons to whom these present a shall
COUW," we have a hog law! It was prepared in
council, tiller much careful deliberation, and
pronmlg.it d by the Borough Fathers on Mon
day the :!i day cf June iust. The effect was
startling, not only to the numerous droves of
bogs ot ; !] sizes, conditions and sexes, that had
lor week atti r week, ragged with unbridled
freedom n:."l hoggish independence the streets
and alleys of town, but also to their excited
owners. In every crowd the law found adco
c-ites and cntmies; the tatter, or ami hog Jaw
men, declaring that it was an infringement of
tßorpugh piiviliidgoa, that their hogs acted as
scare gen, that ttieir occupation was vnnsdtv
tionr.l, and that to deprive them of it was not
only to endanger public health, but an outrage
Upon constitutional liberty!
Iri this case, however, as in all other great
retorms—when the prejudice and passions of
the hour begin to wear away, the act rose gra
dually into p&blie favor. A sight of the High
Constable, as he paced the streets, with an ear
of com in one pocket and a copy of the afore
said "ordinance" in the other, soon proved el
li.'icut to frighten scores of pigs; and by keep
ing a sharp look out tor a week or two, the tire
less eiforts of the said otlieer, (than whom no
more zealous functionary did ever exist.) has
witnessed a complete triumph of the law! So
mote it be.
ASSESSMENT OF DOGS. - Fallowing the
Hog law refered to (and since the publication
"f which a pig has'nt dared to show its nose!)
the Borough Fathers have proclaimed their or
dinance in relation to dogs
This canine proceeding has occasioned a con
siderable mac I—the owners of said animals de
nouncing it as entirely too dogmatical for this
repoohcan age. Ac. The officer of the law,
however, without fear, l'avor or affection,
whilst we write, is going the round. The law
we believe, lays a tax ot twenty-five cents on
every dog when the owner has' hut one, tilty
cents on the second, and twenty-five cents on
every additional one. This wili U> a source of
considerable revenue—and as the proceeds are
to be app!;ed strictly to Borough purposes, wo
have determined rot t j growl !
Dissolving the Luion.
Byway of the illustrating the supreme
lolly of the cry about the dissolution of tiio
Union. Lieut Gov. Ford of Ohio, related
the other evening, in his own inimitable
manner, the following capital story:
"Dissolve the Union! said Ford; "I should
iiko to see theni attempt to dissolve the
Union. Why, the silly cry reminds me of
an Irishman who went down in a well to
el;au it out. Whcu he was through he
made the signal to be hauled up. His
compauiuns who were determined to have a
joke at his expense, hauled him up about
half way and then stopped. There he
hur.g O ) way to get op —no safe way to
get down, if that were desirable. He beg
ged and entreated, but it was of no ne.—
He storm-, d and raved, but it- did no good.
At las. h-j mug out -'Haul mo oat, yo spai.
peensyor, by the piper that played before
Mosqs, I'll be after cutting the rope."
"Let them cut the rope if they like the
plunge," was Gov. ForJ's application of the
story.
MR. BROOKS GLORIFIED iii r HIS
CONSTITUENTS.
[From the Charleston Mercury.)
Mutiny in Anderson and Laurens dis
tricts—The following preamble and reso
lution was adopted by a public meeting of
the citizens of Anderson, on Tuesday last
Whereas, The intelligence has just
reached us that Senator Sumner has re
ceived a merited chastisement from the
hands of our distinguished representative,
Hon. P. S. Brooks, for his uncalled for an 1
unprovoked attack upon Hon. A. P. But
ler, during his absence from the Senate
Chamber. Therefore be it
Resolved, That we, ths citizens of An
derson, do hereby tender our heartfelt
thanks to Mr. Brooks for the promptness
with which he discharged his duty, a" well
as for the satisfactory manner in which it
was done
Meetings have been held at Martin's De„
pot. and Clinton, S. C.; at the former the
following resolutions wore adopted'
Resolved, That we, a portion of the con
stituents of the Hon. P. S. Brooks, highly
approve of the chastisement inflicted on
Charles Sumner, and would say, well done,
good and faithful servant.
Resolved, That, hi the opinion of this
members have been in
sulted long enough by Northern abolifiou
i'.-ts.
Resolved, If Northern fanatics will per
sist iu iuXtluH'ig with our private in*:itu
lions we dee." ll ! 1 expedient, that Southern
members shoal'] l e p'j tolhem b - v :lio u,c
of guild jitrch'i.
Resolved, That masiCUc'd ns meetings
are being held in MaS3x"liusc'L; slid otiiei
places North, denouncing Bod. !'•
Brooks, and calling L r Lis eTpulsW we
would respectfully suggest that a meeting
be held on Hale Day next, that we nitty
endorse the action of our Representative,
and bid defiance to Northern abolitionists.
The resolutions were submitted to the
meeting and passed by acclamation.
The following are the resolutions which
were adopted by the meeting at Clinton:
Resolved, That wo, ud a ]>c>tioii uf the
constituents of the Hon. Preston S. Brooks
do heartily agree with liim in chastising
coolly and deliberately, the vile and law
less Sumner, of Massachusetts.
Resolved, That in using tuguments
stronger than words, he has convinced our
Northern brethren of the true spirit of
Southern chivalry and patriotism, and lias
expressed the undivided sentiments of his
constituency; and whenever it is necessary,
we feel it to be the tionnden duty oi uli
true to the Constitution to do like Brooks.
Resolved, T!i.tt we fully endorse the
language of Hon. la'i A. Shorter, of Ala
bama, in declaring Massachusetts out of
the Union: that we are not disposed longer
to associate with any people who will nulli
fy the laws of the Government iu reference
to the fugitive slave law.
Resolved, That for the high respect and
full appreciation of Col. Brooks' conduct,
we present hint a cane trom t soil of his
own Congressional district, with this in*
scriptmo: "Use knock down'arguments" —
feeling that none oiln r can be effectual on a
perverted mind and degenerate race.
The Case Well Staled.
"Now as to the alleged provocation for
this outrage, Brooks and his bakers declare
that Mr. Sumner had been abusive and vit
uperative of South Carolina and Senator
Butler, tiiiele to Mr. Brooks. Upon this
j point I may be allowed to volunteer my
I testimony: and I say that the language of
Mr. Sunmor upon Judge Butler was severe
! and exasperating but not undeserved. J
I have frequently heard Judge Butler assail
Mr. Sumner, in uebute, iu words and man
lier so insolent,and with arrogance so over
bearing, that it appeared to lue, an indiffer
; out listener, intolerable to human nature.
} Kor language and demeanor, not comparing
'in offensivencss with his repeated attacks
■ upon Mr. Suuiner, I heard Mr. Benton de
i nounce Judge Butler in the Senate Oharn
\ ber by that epithet which throughout the
, world is accounted a deadly insult. Col.
| Benton never retracted or apologized, and
1 beyond a little froth about honorable snti.s
, tiou nothing followed. Mr. Benton repel
; led the insults of the Senator from South
' Carolina in so decided and vehement a man
ner that the Senate interposed to vindicate
its dignity, but neither the Senator nor
any of his relations nor friends sought to
j avenge themselves upon him.
By weighty and unanswerable argument
by undoubted though unpleasant truths, by
severe but polished and gentlemanly invic
tive, Senator Sumner replied to Mr. Butler's
assaults, repeated during the session and
running through four years. For thus vin
dicating himself Mr. Sumner is assailed in
his place by a uephew of his adversary, and
beaten with a bludgeon to insensibility be
fore he can rise in his defence. The crime
lias uo parrallc! in the history of any civi
lized country except in that instance in
which a Speaker of the Arkansas Assembly
descended from his seat and stabbed to the
heart a member upon the floor addressing
the House. I cannot forbear one or two
other remarks upon the tacts. The assault
upon .senator Simmer is justified bv the as
ftailaut and his confederates hocuu.se he had
uiude an attack in debate upon South b.'ar
ohna. Suppose it be true that he did.—
Has not Massachusetts beeu the theme of
continued and most msoleut abuse iti the
Senate and House during the whole session
from the whole South ? One stream of {(.nil
mouthed abuse and malignant blackguard
ism had been poured out upon both Massa
chusetts and Seuator Sumner from that
source since December, first culminating in
one House in a motion to expel the State
from the Union, and her delegates from the
floor, and in the other in thi* personal of
fence against her most distinguished and
able representative. The moral and the
obvious lesson taught by this is,that slander
aud defamation may be practiced with im
punity against a Free State, but that the
bravocs of the South stand armed with
bludgeons to avenge every word of retalia
tion that may be bespoken in response."
LAW AND ORDER ORATOR V. —The
speeches delivered by the great generals of
ancient and modern times, previous to the
commencement of remarkable battles, have
been recorded by historiaus for the instrue. .
tion of after ages. Leonidas, Alexander
Ctear, Hannibal, and Bonaparte, were all
more or less,familiarly represented to the
reader of history, by bursts of stirring ora
tory. We are happy to be able to add
another gem to those choice stores in the j
speech of the Hon. David Tt. Atchison, of!
Missouri, delivered before the sacking of
Lawrence.
Boys: This day I am a Kiel; a poo Ranger
bv God! This day we have entered Law
rence with "Southern Lights" inscribed
on our banner, and not a damned Aboli
tionist dared to lire a gun. .Now, boys,
this is the happiest day of nry life. We
have entered that damned town, and taught
the Abilitionists a Southern lesson that
they will remember until the day they die
And now, boys, we will go in again with
our highly honorable dune-, and test the
c-trcngih of the damned Free State Hotel;
and Nam the Emigrant Aid Society that
Kansas sbrtU be our?. Boy?, indies should
and, I lr.-d will Jbc respected, by all gen
tlemen. I.ut when a woman takes upon
herself the garb of' a Sharped fifl % then she
is no longer worthy of respect. Tr'ay>jdc her
under your feet as yeu would a snake. —
Come on, hoy.-' Now toy our duty to yotr
selres and your Southern friends. Your
duty 1 know you will do. If one man or
woman dare to stand before you, blow them
to hell with a chunk of cold lead.
STRANGK CASE. WO see, occasionally,
iu the papers accounts of persons swallow
ing living reptile-', and subsequently eject
ing thorn: but all such statements have been
treated as either entirely groundless or else
grca'ly exaggerated, but we have :it>\v a :
case of this description which admits of n<>
cavil or doubt, but may be relied upon as
whollv and strictly true. For a period of
two years or more, a respectable lady (Mrs.
P. residing in Anwsburv, bus experienced
very unusual, and. at ti'ues, distressing feel
ings in her stomach, the cause of which no
one could divine. This state of things con
tinued without interruption, and resulted in
the complete physical prostration of Mrs. P.
with unmistakable symptoms of spoony death.
Her ca.-e had attracted the attention of the
neighborhood, and she had the best medical
attendance at hand, hut all to no purpose
Her physicians gave it up as a hopeless
ease, and acknowledged themselves unable
to discover the cause of her sickness. Hav
ing thus exhausted all apparent Jiutwtn
means for her relief, Mrs. i*. ( who is a
spiritualist, and a powerful medium,) resolv
ed to te<t the power of the spirits in the
matter of her ailment. With this object,
she called on another lady medium, and
stated her case, requesting her to invoke the ,
spirit of Dr. Rush, which she did, and the
answer was, ''that Mrs. P. had within her
stomach a living reptile, which, if not soon
ridden of, would be the means of her death!"
It also prescribed the course to be adopted, '
giving the name and quantity of the medi
cine to be administered. These directions
were immediately followed, and the result
was the ejection from the stomach of Mrs.
P. of a live snake, of the wafer adder spe
cies. which measured over fourteen inches
in length, and one and \ quarter inches in
circumferencel The shake was disgorged
upon the floor and was nut only alive, but
exhibited all the venomous traits of its spe
cies, running out its forked tongue and his
sing at those around. This event occurred
about ten days since, and we are happy to
add that Mrs. P. is fast regaining her health
and strength. She supposes that she swal
lowed the reptile, two years ago, while
drinking at a spring in Maine.— Boston
times.
There ! Whether spiritually or physical
ly considered' isn't that "a lectle" the tal
lest snake story out?
MU. IkcriANAN" AGAINST FORKIWNKRS.
—Mr. Buchanan, i.s well known onee upon
;i time as early as the year of our Lord,
Anno Domini, 181 •", delivered a Fourth of
July Oration, and a good one it was, in
many respects, though we cannot endorse
the wholesale denunciation and abuse of the
administration of President Madison with
which that oration abounds. The Detroit
Tribtiue has rescued that oration from the
niusk-worui hole of time, and gircs from it
Hhe following interesting extracts in rela
tion to foreigners:
"The greater part of those foreigners
who would be affected by it, have long been
the warmest friends ol the Demoerutte par
ty- They had been one of the great moans
of elevating the present ruling (Democratic)
party, and it would have abandoned them.
■To secure this foreign feeling has been the
labor of their leaders for more than twenty
years, and well have they been paid for
their trouble, for it has been one of the
priucipul causes of introducing ami contin
uing them in power. Immediately before
the war this foreign influence had complete
ly embodied itself with the majority, o ir
ticnl.irly in the West, and its voice was
heard so loud at the seat of Gotten.meat
that President .Madison was obliged either
to yield to its dictates, or retire from office.
The choice was easily made by a man who
preferred his private interests to the public
good, and therefore hurried us into war ut
terly unprepared.
PARTICULARS OF THE WAR ui
ON THE PEOPLE.
\frvm the Chwigo D mocr.itk Pre a. I
On Saturday morning we received a - u '
fiom CoL W. S Eld ridge, proprietor ,f
the Free State Hotel, at Lawrence, and 31 r
H. A. A uvox, the gentleman who wss <-hi
ly instrumental in organizing the Xuw li
ven colony. They left Kansas city .
Tuesday, the tiTtl. ult., ana bring the h
test authentic advices from the Territor . -
By the aid of their statements v;-> arc : ,b;,
to correct some previously published >..
counts, and also to add a variety of in' !•-
eating particulars in relation to the late
outrages in Kansas. We begin with
TIIK LLTIMATtJI tF CoV. SUAXNO:.
On the Monday previous to the destruc
tion of Lawrence, Col. Kldridgc, and ins
brother, 1. I>. Eldridge, formerly a prjwi
nent citizen of Wafrwbury, Conn., were d--
pntcd by the citizens to visit Gov. Shannon
at LecoiLpton to learn what terms could I
made with him. I hey were provided with
a pass from Marshal Donaldson, but i •'-
withstanding this they were stopped on tu
n-ay bv seven or eight ruffians who had
straggled from the main body of the jc
and taken back three or four miles to the
caiup. They were brought into the pres
ence ot Dr. tMvingfellow, who questioned
them as to their errand, and finally 1 •
litem pass on to Leeoinpfon.
, They hid a long conversation with Gov.
Shannon, but he was entirely impracticable,
refusing to agiet; to any proposition tliev
could make. Hi-ultimatum was that the
! people of Lawrence should demolish tl.tir
fortifications, give up their arms, and the
leading citizens sign j paper urotnising
thence to all the laws ol the bogus Legi--
lature. Col. Eldridge a-surcd the G er
nor that the peotde ol Lawien • ■ w-m! : is. ■
accept such term?, and that if they were i:
: sistod upon, war would be the result . 'Then*
said Shannon, -war i: by God." andfian
I himself angrily out of the room. Tiia !
was the end of tie conference. Night had
i come, and the brother? returned to Law
j rence.
THE SACK OF LAWRENCE.
The account? giver: by our inform:'!- i f
the doings Ot l|te Marshal aua his posse, in
Lawrence, dt> net differ from those i.'rwi,
puldi-lied, except as to the extent of:;. •
destruction coiuiriUed by the harbai
horde, which they represent as far greater
than was at first stated. Every house but
one, m the place, wis sacked—trunks were
broken open, wardrobe* 1 id. d, money and
Other valuables seized, and even hi lies'
dresses were added to the ininceimnet"is
plunder. We notice that George \V.
llrown, Eso.. editor of the Herald of F:
doin,- in a letter to the Alton Conric'-.
states the total destruction and appronrin
tion of private propeily. at Liwieii i, at.
not loss than The Km State
Hotel had been erected ;tiel furnislietl at an
EXP-Ose of SJO.OOO, and would have been
opened for business lu a uay or two, l,v
Col. Eldtitjge, who i- uiso proprietot of the
Kansas Hotel, at Kansas Oil v.
'I he lie aid of Freedom riHoc was tic-
bo-it appointed esiabii.shnicnt west of ;?!•
Louis, and i's dev. met inn involves a 100- of
at l&sl SHOOU. )>'it this i- oniv a part
the loss of Mr. Jivotiti. The maraud**;-
cntored bis private office, destroyed bis 1L
brury, valued at SIOOO. scattered hi- pri
vate papers, and ended l>v setting tj.e
building 011 fire, though the il stues were x
ting.iishcd. They also destroyed a i.rge
stood of printing paper that had been re
ceived only a day or two before. Alto"
getber L is loss amounts to $12,000 or § lA.-
000. lb - . Robin-en's house, furniture and
library, and all Lis private papers and rec
ords were burned. Mr. Johnston's house
was completely riddled, trunks were broken
open, money and valuables of hoarders
were taken and carried away, some persons
losing several thousand dollars in money
and land warrants. The store- were enter
ed, and everything was taken which avarice
could prompt them to take or malice move
them to destroy.
An amusing story is told of the lion.
David Atchison's participation in the spoils
of the Kansas Hotel, lie having b en seen
moving off with a couple of boxes of r-igars
under his arm. He no doubt likes a good
cigar as well as he does a good glass of
whiskey, and thought it a pity tolmve them
burned except in a legitimate wav. [Mr.
Butler paiu a glowing tribute the other
in the Senate to the noble generosity of his
character, and we hope he will reciprocate
by sending his eulogist a paekago opt lies i
cigars'] On the day of the sack of Law
rence, Judge Fain, who had been create i
• Deputy Marshal pro tern., was seen riding
around upon a valuable horse belonging t •
Col. Eldridge. Mr. K.'s brother claimed
the animal, aud politely requested th-
Judge to give liirn up, but he refused in d>>
so, and the owner docs not know wktf jp
came of liiui.
MB. Ot.lVKit's U'PItEHKNSrnXs FOR Tlta
"OM'SE."
Mr ITinman, formerly of La Salle Coun
ty, in this State, went to Leaven worth
shortly after the sacking of Lawrence %
where the (kmnnittoc of Investigation was
in session, and Mr. Oliver desired to be itv
■ formed of everything that had occurred, bu'
mysteriously whispered to him that there
were assassins about, and took him between
' two buildings, cut of the way of al ui ra
tion. for the conference. Mr. \linunn, uc-%