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GEN. TAYLOR IN NoRTHAMPToN.-Gen-
eral Taylor visited the North in $40, and one
of our townsmen, Samuel Wells, Esq, became
well acquainted with him at Saratoga Springs
Mr. Wells was struck with his strong sense
his great amount OF general information, and
his admiration of Northern institutions. Sub
sequently Gen. Taylor visited Northampton
and was at the house ofMr. Wells. While adj
miring the beautiful landscape from Round
Hill, General Taylor made remark to this eff
fect-YOu cannot hare the land under such a
hiqh state of cttltirGtion tohere slavery crisis
The remark was particularly noticed by Mr.
Wells, for he was surprised to hear such a SEN
timent from the lips ola Southern man.
This is trivial circumstance, but it tend:
to show Gen. Taylor's views in regard to the
institution Of slavery and it tends also, tc show
that although Southern man, he is man Of
national Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
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The WAY it was Done.

From the Bu6aio Commercial AdreHissr, Aug. IA.
We are indebted to delegate to the Con-
yention, who was also one of the Confcrces to
whom was delegated all the power Of the Con
vcntion, for the following statement of the
means used, to effect the nomination OF Mar
tin Van Buren,. What think the honest Alb
oli:ionists of the dose the Van Buren, doctors
have proposed for them.
In the Committee of Conferees, the Plat
form WAS read by B. +. Butler as Chairman
On resolutions When the reading was done,
Instantly the Chairman said, it is moved and
seconded, that the resolutions be adopted; all
you in favor, saw ave-carried. At this point
member, who had from the reading tired to
get recognized, rose and said: Mr.. Chairman,
| voted for the resolutions and | now move to
reconsider the vote for the purpose of amend
ment. The Chair declared him out of order.
Another member arose and cndcavOred to he
heard, declaring that the first member was IN
order The Chairman, Mr.. 5. p. Chase, the
great Liberty leader, nephew of John M'Lean,
continued 10 declare everything out OF order,
and Immediately said; you in favor If calling
the roll will say avc-carricd. "The Clerk
will call Me roll for an informal ballot-and it
will be understood that in this vote there Is
nothing binding upon any man." The roll
was called and the States voted, each one ma
ming who tor. In this vote, two Of the sup
posed most reliable friends of John ?. Hale,
viz: s p Chase, and Henry P. Stanton, vot-
ell for Van Buren,, while some old Demo
Gratis, like Bolton of Cleveland, voted for Hale.
If Mr. Hae's supposed confidential friends,
who were left to protect him by their presence
in the Committees, &c, continued true to him,
he would have been nominated,-or had it
been supposed that Chase and Stanton were
trcacherous, they would not have been placed in
the positions they were, where their treachery
could lie powerfully effective in defeating
Hale's nomination. There is no doubt now,
that New York was packed by consent ofHale
traitors, against him, with men who came for
that very purpose. 1t is known that the Van
Buren, men, Butler &C., have for six weeks to-
tally refused to come in and abide the decis-
ION of the Convention-that those packed in
were from the city of New York, members of
Jefferson League, organized within two
weeks. and which League, on or about the
first of August, voted down resolution to
send delegates to the Buffalo Convention in
structed to abide its decision. TWENTY-FIVE
was Mr.. V Bs. majority, and more than that
number can be found packed into Districts
they Go not live in. This is the vote in Com
nittee.
Van Buren Halls. Giddings. Adams. Ellsworth.
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FHorace Everett's recent attempts a

q Horace Everett's recent attempts at
oratory are said to be very mocing, hav>
ing been known in some instances, OF late,
to move the entire audience, with the ex>
ception of a bakers dozen, out Of the
hoase. His new allies should appoint for
him a guardian. The old gentleman, it
is said, appears very ridiculous at times,
SO much SO that his new friends are a.
shamed of him, while he excites the pity
of his old associates who ever stood by
him. until, in his dotage, he deserted
them Woodstock Mercury.
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The free Soil" Plot.

We earnestly caution every Wing to stand
by his party nominations, in the coming State
election, and whatever his views with respect
to the Presidency, by no means to vote for
Free Soil Representative Mark what we
tell you. The Locofocos are playing one of
their old tricks. This whole Free Soil out
cry is got up for their especial benefit. John
Van Buren,, the head and front of the move
ment, declared it to be his 'FIRsT OBJECT
TO defeat the Why's = One of the Locofoco
leaders in Windsor County, says the Wood
stock Mercury, affirms that this is the first
chance their party (the Locofocos) have had
for years to break up the Wing party in Yer
mont and calls upon all his friends to come
info the plot John c. Haswell, editor Of
Free Soil Locofoco paper in Bennington
County, explainsto his hesitating friends that
the object of this movement is to secure deai-
ocratic ascendency for all time to come. An
effort will be made, throughout the otatc' 10
secure as many Free Soil Representatives as
possible. Such Representatives 'rlH tnrdr7a-
bin act with the LOcctocOs. Every professed
Wbip who in any manner favors the plot, IS
dining his utmost, whether Intentionally or not
70 secure the triumph of Locofocoism- Is there
a sinqIe Wing in this State who does not under-
stand the game of our opponents? Is there
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g The "Ttlegraph," published in
Louisville, Mississippi, contains the fol-
lowing announcement:
I'VE have hauled down the names of
CAss and BUTLER, and placed in their
stead those of the Peoples choice, TAY-
LoR and FILLMORE. Of Gen. TAYLOR it
is almost superhuous to speak. His image
is enshrined IN the hearts of the people.
He is emphatically the man for
the people, and there will be such rush
of the masses in November next, from
hill and dale, hamlet, village, and city, to
elevate him to the Presidency, as has new
er before been seen. The fab
rIc reared by Democracy is tottering to
It's base. Its fall is inevitable-the party
know and feel it. The political bull has
been issued from the Presidential Vatican,
and the office>holders and office-seekers
are enthusiastically obeying its mandates /;
and their very existence depends upon
their success but, alas they are des-
tined to an overwhelming defeat"
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TAKING 1T DOWN a PEG.-The Buffalo
Convention, which has been magnified on
paper into multitude of twenty or thirty
thousand. turns out, as might have been
expected, ga small potato" From state
ment in the Buffalo Courier, it appears
that the entire number of persons drawn
together on that occasion, Including the
people of the town and the county ada
cent" who were spectators from mere Gu
riosity, did not exceed eight or ten thou
sand.-BoSt0n Courier.
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1t lisa Curious Fact, that if the bill for
which Martin Van Buren, gave his cast
ing vote in 1886, was law, the proceed
ings Of the convention which nominated
him could not be circulated through the
mails in the Southern States, and the peo-
pie of South Carolina could never legally
hear of his nomination. Suppose that
when he had laid this sacrifice upon the
altar of ''the Moloch of slavery" some
one had whispered to him that in twelve
years he would be the Liberty candidate
for President, what would he have said TO
the prophecy !-Prouidencc Journal.
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81 The Bennington Gazette (Barnburner)
calls upon the locos to support Van Buren, for
this reason:
"By supporting candidate Of their own
political faith, they may anticipate the char
acter of the new party, and by the infatuated
course of the Taylor pledged wings, secure a
dem ocratic aScendency for all time 10 come
So the real object of the attempted coalition
of abolitionists and locofocos is to "SeclTe d
democratic dscendency for all time TO come -
We commend this declaration to the attention
of abolition wings:
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THE BARNBURNERs AND GEN. TAYLOR.
The Barnburners had very high opinion OF
Gen. Taylor before it was generally known
that he was Wing. At their State Conven-
ton in Utica, in February last, the following
resolution was unanimously adopted;
"Resolred, That Gen. Zachary Taylor, by
his mastery correspondence with the War de-
partment, no less than by his heroic conduct
and indomitable GOODNESS and courage on the
field of battle, has shown himself to be not
only a distinguished military chieeain, but a
man of great mental and moral power, and
whose life has given evidence of strong head
and heart, and republican simplicity Of char
acter"
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PA 1873 % IL 8
Whole number of votes

Whole number of votes 400
Mr.. Van Bureu's majority over all, %
A few words in addition TO the above will
complete the history of the nomination OF Mar
tin Van Buren, The fact that the Conferees
had agreed upon his nomination was general
" known when the Convention adjourn
Ell for tea. Thursday afternoon, and ex-
eitad so much dissatisfaction that thousands OF
che delegates from the West, who had no
storna. h for such candidate, and felt that
they had been cheated. left the Convention
for good, and took passage on the boats III
waiting. for their homes. At the evening seS-
sion. when the Conferees came IN 10 announce
the result Of their deliberations, the question
on cencurring with the report was past IN this
wav: " 1t is moved that this report be concur
red in unanimously, by acclamation." 10 this
there was y responsive shout from every part
of the assemblage, making altogether very
respectable hurrah, but not one man in ten. O.
pened his mouth or rose from his seat. We
had position that enabled us to command q
good view OF the whole crowd, and on this
point we cannot be mistaken. The cheering
having subsidized, those on or around the stand,
immediately proposed some other business,
and the question of nOn-concurrence was not
put at ali. Hundreds in our immediate vicin-
ity were anxious to shout no to the nomina-
IONS if chance had been given them, but it
was not Notwithstanding the immense num-
Der of dissentients that had left, the mana
gers were unwilling TO trust those that remain
ed with an opportunity to express their views.
The whole thing was a juggle and cheat.
Tomake this Juggling perfectly transparent,
brief reference only TO the proceedings Of
the Convention is necessary. On the morn
ing of the first day, Mr.. H. b. Stanton, prom
inent Abolition t, who showed himself so rea-
dy to sacrifice John P. Hale at the meeting OF
the Conferees, led Off the Van Buren, game.
lie began by saying that the motto ofthe Con-
vention should he that of the French Repub-
lie, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, and,
after ringing the changes on these words in a
manner very ingeniously calculated TO bring
the stifi-necked Abolitionists and Hale men
into the quiet adoption of the Van Buren, col
lar and declaring that Wings, Democrats
and Abotionists, all parties were broken up,
anu resolved into their original elements" he
wound up with saying he YVES ready to 60
with anybody, tor anybody" To this the
Van Buren, men replied with great cheering,
and then rommanced the setting Of the traps,
carefully baited.
The next day, when all was supposed 10 be
fixed about right, bolder move was made.
and Mr.. Robert Wilson, of Michigan, under
took to get an expression Of opinion in favor
of Van Buren,. He began by saying that he
was one Of the Baltimore Convention in 1874,
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GRAND HAuING SIGN OF DISTRESS
The Washington Union gives token of the ag-
ony and alarm Of the slavery propagandists at
the prospect of the election of Gen. Taylor,
in the following significant statement of facts
and appeal to the cohorts of the slave power.
whom he presumes to designate as friends of
the Union" We do not object to the propri-
ETY. of designating them as the Union also docs
" friends of Compromise" and members Of
the Democratic party" for those designations
in the vocabulary of the Cass organs, mean
what is much better expressed by the one We
have applied to them above
The Mr.. Adams spoken Of by the Union is,
of course, a Wing:
Z" The defeat of the Compromise bill in the
House on Friday was Immediately followed
by speech from Mr. Adams, of Kentucky, in
which,we understand, he declared that he be-
lieyed Gen. Taylor would not, in the event of
his election, veto the Wilmot Proviso; and
that he as representative of sfavehold-
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Joshua Leavitt, editor of the "Eman>
cipator," in speaking of Van Buren's let
ter to the Utica Convention, before the
Convention was held at Buffalo, says -
1T necessarily includes Reimbursement
of all his old pro>slarery sins. Liberty
men cannot support him. 1t ~Ocld be per-
sOnaHy disgracetm for them to do So"
And yet it appears by the proceedings,
that on motion of Joshua LeaUitt, the
nomination was declared to be unanimous
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aud aided in throwing Mr.. Van Buren, over
board. He had now come to atone for the
wrong he had done, and after expatiating for
a while on the necessity Of harmonious action,
he asked, " what man is best calculated to car
nv out the principles of this Convention !"-
To this question, the report says, "there was
pretty general response of, John 7. Hale
Undeterred by an answer so plump and deci-
ded, " the speaker" saws the report, attempt.
ed to put in word in favor ofthe radicals oil
this State, but was interrupted by the cries OF
'no special pleading" and was finally forced
to abandon the effort TO get committal OF the
Convention in favor of Van Buren,. 1t being
thus made apparent that the nomination OF the
" used up man" could not be effected by fair,
open means, the game of intrigue was resorteu
TO. with what success and by what means are
above related. We wish the Abolhonlsts,
and those who came here with honest lnten-
tions to get fitting representation OF their
principles. 10Y in a candidate so thrust upon
them.
THE SPECKLED CONVENTION.
A CoLoRED DELEGATE.-SamuelR K W ard,
who is sent as delegate from Cortland coun-
ty, n. Y, to the Buffalo Convention, is col
ored man of the very darkest kind-as black
as the ace of spades-but is withal, says the
True Sun, a very intelligent ard respectable
person, and one who will not allow his claims
to a seat to be set aside with IMMUNITY.
This S. r. Ward is one of the finest specl-
mems, intellectually aud physically, OF the Al
rican race we have ever seen. Intensely
black, tall, erect and muscular, and moving
with the easy grace of panther, he has the
manners and cultivation of a polished man
of the world, and would command atten-
ton and respect in any assemblage. As the
conferees were about coming into the Conven-
ton to announce their nomination of Van Blu
rem, Ward went out, not being willing, as we
heard him say, to remain and ratify nomina-
ton that he considered an abandonment OF the
Abolition organization and principles, and the
result of improper influences. There are
thousands who think like him, and will refuse
to recognize the bargain by which their lead
ers have attempted to transfer them to the sup
port of the g Northern man with Southern
principles" although he may now affect to
Stand on the platform devised by Mr.. b. f
Butlcr.-Bubdlo Comm. -Adr.
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Charles Howe, Bridport,
w. Moore, Middlebury,
Calvin Hubbard, Whiting,
Jarvis Hoag, Starksboro.:
IRON s. LEATHER MANUFACTURERS
L. Van Ness Hall, Lincoln,
Jacob Smith, Vergennes.
Russell Tabor. Starksboro'.
r. A. Reynolds, Whiting,
Calvin Hill, Middlebury.
HOUSEHOLD MANUFA CTURES.
Mrs. Reuben p. Bingham, Cornwall,
" Asahel Hubbard, Whiting,
Edwin Hammond, Middlebury,
'' Julius Eldridge, New Haven,
Mis-, Sarah North, Shorehan.
FRUITS.
John Pierpoint, Vergennes,
II. Lane, Cornwall,
Scion Burroughs, Ferrsburg,
II. Needham, Bristol,
Isaac Louvet, Mlddlebury-
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NoRru CAROLINA Cherokee county
gives Charles Manly Whig] 365 majority
for Governor of North Carolina. This
increases the total Wing majority to up
wards of 1900 votes, leaving Currituck
to hear from, which will probably reduce
it to something less than thousand.
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He Refuses to Repent.

alt is now a source of consolation TO me
that pursued the course adopted. Same
Letter.
awhile the candidate of my friends for
the Presidency, / distinctly announced my O.
pinion in favor of the power of Congress to a.
bolish Slavery in the District of Columbia, al
though ,ras, for reasons which were then, and
are still satisfactory to my mind, very decided
Iy opposed to It's exercise here."-Sdnae Letter.
sE Every Wing who votes for Van Buren,
votes for Free Trade, the Sub-Treasnry, "a
painst River and Harbor Improvements, and
against the Abolition of Slavery in the District
Of Columbia, directly and indirectly in favor
of the Extension of Slavery. So do the Abo-
luonists. Isn't this rather queer way Of es-
tabIishing the principles Of the Wilmot Provl-
so?
GEN. CAss did not make the whole of his
immense fortune in land speculations or in ex-
ira charges against the Government. The
New Haven Palladium says that he drove an
excellent trade in distilling whiskey, which, it
is said, realized some thirty dollars a gallon
when sold to the poor Indians.
JOSHUA LEAvITT, the Locofoco leader Of
the Abolition party, and editor of the Imam
cipator. who openly boosted in Washington
that he worked the Abolition ropes to defeat
the Wing party, has written letter giving
authority for the withdrawal Of the name OF
John P. Hale from the Presidential canvass,
in favor of Martin Van Buren,.
THE ONO REsERvE.-The Conneaut TO-
hio) Reporter, printed in Mr.. Giddings's coun-
tv. publishes call for Taylor meeting on
the / 9TH instant, signed by two hundred and
fifty-seven persons, A large meeting has also
been held in Akron. near by.
One of the arguments used to prove Gener-
al Taylor was not Wing was that he did not
refuse to accept of nominations made by men
of different political parties. The men who
used this argument now support Van Buren,,
who, in his letter to the Buffalo Convention,
says of that body:
SIT will in great degree, be composed OF
individuals who have, all their lives, been ar
rayed on different sides in politics, State and
National, and who still differ in regard to most
of the questions that have arisen in the admin
istration of the respective Governments.
Consistency, thou art indeed Jewel.
PESSsyIvANIA-SKIEs BRIGHT.-That we
shall carry this State for Taylor and Fillmore
we can permit ourselves no doubt. Every Wing
paper and several neutral papers support the
WING nominees with great zeal and effect The
whole Wing vote of the State will be rallied for
the ticket beyond doubt. Polk had only 5000
majority over Clay in 1874, out of some $4,000
voies. A very small change in favor of Taylor
will give majority. Two or three votes in each
District will do it. At the next election the State
will poll $4,000 votes, and we hope to have at
least 1000 for Rough and Ready '-Pilts. Ga
zette.
g@Among the influential men of Pennsylva-
MIA who have recently abandoned Locofocoism and
declared for Gen. Taylor, the Philadelphia North
American mentions Judge Butcher, of Harrisburg,
formally chairman Of the Locofoco State Com
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THE VINO MEETING IN New YORK, on
Tuesday evening, is estimated in numbers
at $1,000 The Courier & Enquirer has the
following upon it,
The Young Mems Rally. The meeting
of the Wing Young Men OF the city Of New
York, held last evening in response to the
call OF The Young Mems Committee, in the
Washington Parade Ground, was one of The
largest, most harmonious and most enthusi-
astic we have ever witnessed in this city.
None held by any party since the opening
of The present canvass can be compared with
it liz any respect, except the great Canal
street meeting of ratification, which probably
exceeded it in numbers. though it was infe-
rior TO il in every other respect. In point Of
harmony, earnestEess oil feeling, and quiet
though determined zeal in behalf Of the good
Wing cause and candidates, we have moi
seen its equal since the opening Of the can
vass.
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War, the Senator in Congress, and the
Presidential Candidate, shifting from par
ty to party. serving all masters, and avow-
ing and disavowing all possible opinions
and all conceivable principles, steady on
ly to the single determination OF promo,
ting the objects of his own selfish and
guilty ambition Louisville Journal.
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C. The Locofoco papers do Gen.
Taylor an essential service by publishing
extracts from his letters, to the effect that
he will not be party man. Hundreds of
Locofccos declare their intention to go
for him on this ground. As often as the
Cass papers repeat the publication Of these
letters, so often do they offer new induce
ments for their honest men to vote for old
Tack
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BEWARE!

Eg- Paul DiIlingham's justification is well
understood by the wrre-workers. He calcu-
lates on being United States Senator,by means
of the coalition. Whigs-old opponents Of
Texas and friends of Free Soil :; is there one
of YOU who would sacrifice Wing, who has
stood firm from first to last against the savoc-
racy, for Paul the dough-faced ? He doub-
led on Texas, and doubles now. Look out for
him. Watckman.
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MIR. Van Buren, Confessing his
Sins.

"The extent to which / have sustained it
slavery in the various public stations have
occupied, is known to the country. was at
the timo aware that went farther in this re-
speot than many of my best friends could ap-
proye ."-LetteT of June 20, 1S4S.
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sented, and asked what represented the prop,
erty Of the North, its cattle, its horses, and
its asses? A voice from the crowd Immediate
ly responded Daniel S. Dickinson. Mr..
Chase agave receipt for the maize."-Brta-
10 Comm. AdU., dug. Is.
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ing state, hoped he would not Such de-
claration was never before made upon the
floor of Congress by southern man. And
what is still more surprising, it was permitted
to pass by unrebuked by any southern Wing.
Friends of ompromise-friends of the Union
members of the democratic party-what do
YOU saw TO this revelation"
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eYThe editor of the Washington Union asks
whether it is true that national debt is a ma
tional blessing. We suppose he wishes to
know whether his masters administration has
been blessing to the country.-LOuisrille
Jour.