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Beware OF Frauds.

The course of the Democratic party in the
canvass renders a word Of warning just and
expedient. Their readiness to resort to fraud
and Misrepresentation in any shape has been
proved in every successive contest; the present
contest has witnessed it in undlmlnlshed force;
and their antecedents as well as their exlgen-
cies warrant an expectation that the next ten
days will develop the same kind of exertlon In
varied forms.
The last month affords sufficient illustrations
for our purpose. There have been untrue tele-
graphic dispatches, magnifying the Democratic
gains in the State elections; forged statements,
preJudicial to General ScoTT, have been circu-
lated. and the denials of them withheld; forged
letters have been circulated in Pennsy lvania to
deceive Catholic voters; Freesoll documents
have been circulated in the North and contra
dic,ed in the South; and nearly the whole De-
mocratic press is at this moment engaged in
misrepresenilng the position and conduct OF
distinguished Wings, and in pervsrting history
to advance General PIERcE's interests in par
ticular sections.
The past and the present afford the best key
- the future. The perverted ingenuity which
has been employed in connecting false state
men,s, and in discoloring true ones, will have
work to do until the end. Its frauds are too
important as means of effecting Democratic
objects to be discarded just now; and they
will assume boIder shape as the chances of
exposure diminish Specimens of frauds and
tricks now resorted to by Democratic agents in
remote localities have been forwarded to us
sometimes as handbills, and in other instances
in the form Of secret circulars. In every case
the matter purports to have been derived from
distant places; the aim of course being to
evade or to lessen the probability of detection.
BY and bye, handbills and circulars and conf
Dental conversations will be superseded by
false Geographic dispatches.
We say, therefore, BEWARE OF DEMO
CRATIC FRAUDS
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Recfption df baltimore.

BALTIMORE, October 2l.-On the announcement
Of the telegraph this morning Of the departure of
General ScoTr from Philadelphia, active prepare
tons made for giving him a cordial welcome
to Baltimore. At one o'clock a large concourse
had assembled at the President street depot, which
continued to increase until quarter Of two; when
the cars hove sight, several thousand persons
congregated, and as the train passed into the de.
pot the air was rent with their shouts
General SoorT was received by Mayor JEROME
with several members of the City Council and q
committee from the Wing Central Committee, and
conducted amid ed cheering to a barouche in
waiting for him, drawn by four white horses.
As the procession passed up through the Fourth
Ward tho banner Wing ward of the city, he was
cbeered at every point. whilst handkerchiefs and
flags were waved by the ladies from the windows.
On reaching Baltimore street, the whole route to
Calvert street was thronged, and great enthusiasm
was manifested throughout. On reaching Bar
NUNS Hotel, the whole space around the Battle
Monument was thronged with an enthusiastic as
semblage Of many thousands, all anxious to pay
their respects to the gallant guest Of the city
After repeated calls General ScoTr appeared at one
OF the parlor windows of the hotel, having been
previously welcomed to the city most eloquently
by bis honor Mayor Jerome, and as soon as the
cheering bad ceased, addressed the assembage as
follows:
"FELLow. oITizEss OF BALTIMORE: Your worthy
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Work /!

The time for talk is past. The time for
work has come.
The issue Of the contest is in the hands Of the
Wings, and prompt exerton will enable them
To triumph. Energy, activity, watchtulness,
and self-relance are the means at their disposal;
and with these in full play defeat is impossl-
bic. Every man must feel that he has work
to do which cannot be half 50 fifty done by his
neiUhDor. Ii will not do to rely upon neigh
bors to accomplish every thing, or to dream
idlv ON with the impression that some distant
organization will at the eleventh hour step in
and achieve wonders.
Great candidates, representing great princi-
plies, are undeniably bounteous source OF
power, and are felt to be so by our opponents.
But excellence and greatness should stimulate,
no, supersedc, the individual exertions OF the
party.
We can defeat the Democracy, not by indif-
ference or overweening confidence, but by com
bined and thorough action. by complete and
efficient organization, and by labor which shall
know no pause until the struggle be closed
We have sufficient strength, and only need its
entire development. There are votes enough
to elect General Scorr, and to spare. The
duty OF his friends is to see that not vote be
lost.
Let there be no further delay. The contes,
will be speedily upon US, and under any cir
Gums lnces will be obstinate and hard. Let us
prepare for It at once by diligent attention to
every branch of party organization, and the
victory will be ours.
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BosToN, October 20.-The coalition between thu
Democrats and Freeso pliers, in Middescr county
on the Senatorial ticket, was accomplished to day
The Freesoilers adopted resolutions against tho
Baltimore platform whilst coalescing the State
ticket.
General PpERcE's Massachusetts friends are
growing holder. Assembled in State Conven-
ton. they were at first content to pass by the
Baltimore platform as thing which 1t was in,
expedient to touch Now they meet in full
fellowship with those who assai the platform
and repudiate it as unified to Massachusetts
Democracy.
General PIERcE's home organ, meanwhile,
condemns as impolitic the action Of the few
Hunkers who refuse to sanction the terms On
which the coalition has been effected.
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From the Louisville Journal.
Tho PrOspect.

1t is natural enough that the Democrats should
rejoice at the results of the elections in Indians
Ohio, and Pennsylvania, and we have no fault to
find with them for their rejoicngs but if they ex-
pect the Wbigs to despond falter they are very
badly deceived set of fellows. We have not seen a
Wing, and we do not believe there 10 a Wing,
whose courage or confidence is eve shaken. The
three States W ich voted on Tuesday did not do
as we'll rs the Whig party had expected they would
but we never protested to have much knowledge
as to what they likely to do in their local
elections 1t was almost universally conceded that
they would 60 for the Democratic candidates, but
We had little, very little information to what the
majorties were likely to be. All that we professed
to feel sure of in regard to them was, that they
would vote for General ScorT ON the I'D Of No.
vember.
The expectation Of the Wings of Indiana, Ohio,
and Pennsy that their States would vote for
Scott has been based not upon the supposed strength
of the Wing local candidates in those States, but
entirely upon the we'll known enthusiasm felt for
General Scott. 1t has been based upon the know
ledge Of the fact that General Scott has strength
far beyond any strength that the Wing party can
put forth, especially in local elections. The same
ground, the same firm and su bstantial ground Of
expectation and confidence remains Thousands
and thousands that in each OF the three States
which voted on Tuesday went for Democratic can
didates, and thousands and thousands of those who
staid home and did not vote at ALL will vote for
Scott on the first Tuesday of November; vote for
him not particularly because he is a Wing, but
because they love and admire him for his pure and
noble character, and because, as American citi.
sens, they feel grateful to him for the glory which
his deeds have shed upon the American name.
We cannot know that General Scott will be
elected to the Presidency, but we nfdent
that he will be, and sure that our confidence
is shared by all tho true Wings of the nation, not
one of whom will permit his exertions to be par
aiyzed or weakened even in the slightest degree
by any apparently untoward incidents that have
occurred that shall occur before the great day Of
trial. We are sure that the people Of the United
States prefer Winfield Scott to Franklin Pierce;
that they feel infinitely more love. admiration, and
enthusiasm for the former than for the latter that
they have the most unbounded confidence in the
illustrious chieftain who has served his country
faithfully and gloriously from early youth to ven.
cradle age; and we feel scarcely the shadow of a
fear hat they will disa ppo,nt our I'm and glowing
ha nd, which is to decide the national destiny.
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Anti-Fugitive Slave Law Democratic Ora.
tors I'm Kentucky.

tors I'm Kentucky.
II ia announced in the Yeonan of Tuesday last
that Hon. David T. Disney, of Ohio, and Hon.
John L. Robinson of Indiana, will address the De-
mocratc Mass Meeting at Georgetown to. morrow.
We want the people of Kentucky to know the
fact that both these men rottd in Congre" AGAINST
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW! We write this with
the journal before US, and know the absolute truth
of what we say. Ifanybody doubts IT let him look
at House Journal lat session. 3lst Congress, lS49-
50,) at page ], 452.
How came these enemies of Kentucky interests
to be invited here TO address Kentucky audience?
Who is responsible for this insult to the people OF
this glorious old Commonwealth?
frankfort (Ky.) Commonwealth.
General PIERcE's Southern supporters are
represented at the North by Senator SoULE,
the incarnation of Southern Rights views.
What more natural than that his friends should
recprocate the compliment by sending anti
Compromise Democrats to represent him in
the South
To send to the South as its political lnstruc
tors known enemies of its institutions, IS an
insult not greater, however. than that perpe-
trated by Southern Democrats when they per-
nit avowed enemies of the Union TO control
the nomination Of a Presidential candidate.
Messrs. SoULE and JOHN VAN buren, have
already done good, as travelling embodiments OF
the factions TO whom General PIERCE owes his
present prominence. 1t is proper that Messrs
DISNEY and Robinson should afford the South
an opportunity OF Judging of the class from
whom he derives his best Northern and West
ern friends.
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1868
ll7,Sl4
1882
1885
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1871

Woodward's maj, 1879 1917
Stephenson, Freesoil, for the Supreme Bench,
has received far as heard from 1886 votes; and
Wyman, Freesoil, for Canal Commissioner, 2,2l0
votes. Mcdonald, the Native American candi.
date for Canal Commissioner, has received s,057
votes.
The Congressional delegation of the State as first
reported requires amendment, the twenty. third
district (Beaver, Mercer, and Lawrence counties)
having unex pectedly returned Democratic mem
Der. The official return gives majority in the
district Of twenty pine for Michael y. Trout, DEM
ocrat, over John Allison, Wing. This will make
the delegation stand sixteen Democrats and nine
whigs- Philadelphia Bulletin, 20h.
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fLouispiile Courier, IAN.

EDITORIAL CHANoE.-Dr. 8. M. Ballard has re-
tired from the editorial management and proprie-
torship of the Iowa City lIowa) Republican, and
has been succeeded by G. d. Crosthwait, ne editor
and Messrs. G. d. Crosthwait, r. c. Andrews, and
r. p. Ballard, as publishers and proprietors.
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Among the passengers in the mail steamer
Arctic, just arrived at New York from Liver
pool, are the Hon. ROBERT J. Waller and
wife; Mr.. and Mrs. ROBERT McKIM, and
General g. II. STEUART, Of Baltimore.
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"BRINo In THE APrLEs!'-The apple may be
called the 'staple fruit of New England. It
ranks among fruits as the potato does among
Knickobocker says:
"The apple is the companion of the winter even
ing, associated with cheerful room, bright FIRE,
Nights. Perhaps il is nearly bedtime. Your eyes
grow dim. You are fatigued with study, with
chess, with checkers, with books; you sigh. you
yawn, you stretch your arms above your head.
in ne appIsd Il is ike magic. The foot lights 20
up, and tho scene brightens "
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Another Gun from Missis.ippi

At the special election for Representatives in
Mississippi, week before last, we noticed that the
Wings have gained in several counties. in Tai
lahatcbie Edwin E. Armstrong (Whig) has been
elected, by SO majority, to fill the place Of Mr.
Slack, (Democrat,) deceased.
fL>outspiue Courier, IAN.
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Pennsylvania Elcc ton.

We have received returns, official and reported
from all but elk counties in the State, and by tax
ing the vote at the last election in these six, we
may arrive pretty nearly at the actual Democratic
majority in the State, as follows:
Supreme Judge. Canal Commissio,,er.
Burlington, Woodward. Hoffman, Hopkins.
(W.) (D) (W.) co.,
63 CO.'S. ll7,Sl4 1928 lit 1865 100, 842
s" 1851 2,340 2,34O
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iron THE REPUBLIC. I
Courage, wings!

If our CoMMANDER-IN-CH CHEF had paused
after the first skirmshes with the Mexicans
before Contreras, and partaken Of the discour
agement Of some of the lawyer generals under
him, the subsequent history of the war would
have been but page of defeat.
If the heroic TAYLOR had Guailed before the
murderous onset of the Mexican cavalry at
Buena Vista, his career would have ended
there, and his sun would have gone down in
comparative obscurity.
If the Hero of Tippecanoe had never rallied
after the first fire from the Indians on that
sanguinary field, his star would have paled
into darkness and set behind thick cloud.
How many great battles have been fought
and won that were preceded by some disastersl
There is a tide In every contest, and it often
turns while yet it flows. 1t will be SO now.
Thousands of Wings in Pennsylvania and
Ohio who love WINFIELD SCoTT with devo
ton which death only can conquer, unwisely
absented themselves from the polls at the late
elections, and we were beaten. They will
rally by tens of thousands under his banner on
the second of November, and pour their steady
streams of votes into the ballot boxes until vic
tory is more than certain.
"Who lags for dread Of defeat,
And from his weapons would retreat,
Commits folly and a crime:
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SMALL Notes.-The excitement on the subject
of small notes, which commenced with the ex plo-
zion of the Bank Of the Union, and which has
shaken confidence in nearly all other individual
institutions and caused a daily run upon the banks
and the exchange offices, WINS renewed yesterday
by a current report that the potomac Savings
Bank" Of Washington had failed. Large num-
bers of note holders ocked to the exchange offices
with notes of that and similar banks; but the gates
were found closed. The brokers were also alarm
ed, and refused to deal in any notes except those
issued by own citizens, known to be good, and
ready to redeem their obligations Blessings, far
from a pious nature, are now heard at all corners
of our streets against the shinplaster system; and
the reign Of the numerous horde of irresponsible
bank Adventures seems rapidly drawing to
close. Richmond Despatch, Goth
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1t is fact that yesterdays Union revives
the statement that General PIERCE on his re-
turn from Mexico "darted" across street to
shake hands with man who used to live with
his father and dwells upon it as a reason for
elevating him to the Presidency!
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THs BATTLE OF YoRxrovs The anniversary
Of this great and closing battle of the Revolution
ary war was celebrated at Richmond and other
parts Of the State of Virginia, the 18th instant.
With grea, spirit, by the military OF the respective
localities.
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North Carolina Legislature.

The Legislature OF North Carolina met in the
capitol, in extra session, on Monday the 4th inst.
being the day fixed by the direction Of the Council
Of State, and subsequent proclamation of the Gov
ernor.
The House of Commons was organized by elect.
ing John Baxter, esq of tho county OF Henderson,
Speaker over the Hon. ]. c. Dobbin, Of Cumber.
land, by vote of sixty to fifty .one-thcre being
seven members absent.
Stephen D. Pool, of Pasquotank, was appointed
principal clerk; and James R. Dodge, OF Surry.
was appointed reading clerk.
William r. Lowell, Of Surrey, received the ap-
pointment Of principal doorkeeper, and Mr.. Web
ster, the incumbent was chosen for assistant.
The Senate was organized by slecting the Hon
Weldon NJ Edwards, of Warren, Speaker, over
Colonel Andrew Joyncr, Of Halifax, by vote OF
% to 10.
Messrs. John Hill and George E. B. Singlctery
were reappointed clerks Of the Senate James
Page was appointed principal, and Patrick Nc
Gowan assistant doorkeeper.-N c. Wing.
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NAVAL AND MILiTARv-The United States store.
ship Fredonia is at anchor in the East river, at
New York, taking in provisions, &C., for three
companies Of United States troops, which che will
take out to San Francisco-companies | and G Of
the fourth regiment Of infantry, and a company
Of dragons,
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Mr.. LEWIS D. CAMPBELL has convicted
the Union of publishing scandalous forgery,
purporting to be statement of his in relation
to General Scorr. Instead of pleading gully
and entering into bonds for better behavior in
future, the Union disputes the genuineness of
Mr.. CAMPBELL's denial, and tries to prove
that Tennessee journal is better authority
than himself on a question in which his vera
city is at stake. This may he Democratic
method Of getting out Of dilemma, but it is
neither pretty nor ingenious.
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The LARGEST Hoe IN THE WORLD There ia
now on exhibition in this city, at Mr.. James S.
Boiess livery stable, hog. raised by Mr.. Nathaniel
Lamb Of Midtown, which stands seven feet six
inches high, and girts elk feet eight inches, and
weighs twelve hundred pounds. II Is one year and
elk months old. If any one has got greater hog
than this should like to know it. IT this hog
was fat, he would weigh 400 pounds.
Calais Me- } Ado.
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MuLTUM IN PARvo.-The New York Tribune
congresses volumes of argument in political econ
omy into the following:
eff the aggregate etnployments open to woman
were doubled, her average compensation could not
fail to be enhanced. Now we are buying from
abroad some fifty millions worth of silks, laces.
cotton, linen and woolen fabrics artificial flowers,
&c, &C., which are mainly the product of female
staples of agriculture, mainly produced by mems
labor. In other words, we are hiring two millions
of women to work for US in Europe, and paying
them with the produce Of mems labor in this coun-
try.
"F this policy does not restrict the range of en-
Ployment for women in America, thereby seriously
diminishing her average compensation, then we
cannot reason. And we have more doubt than
Of our own existence that protective tariff, which
would transfer to our own shores the production Of
the silks, cottons, linens, laces, &c, which
are now buying in Europe, would increase the an
nual earnings of the women of our country from
twenty five to fifty per cent"
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The Norristown papers announce the death
Of JOHN b. STERIeERE, formerly Representa-
tive in Congress from Pennsylvania.
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Democratic NIaxnanimity.

The central Democratic organ has mag
unanimous disregard for the interests of Its sup.
porters. 1t is pink of chivalry of that Quix-
otto kind which cares more for the glory and
prosperity of our neighbors than for the con-
venience or success of ones own household.
We begin to think, in sober truth, that the
Union foresees the mischiefs that would be
consequent on General PIERCE's election, and
desires covertly to aid the movements of his
opponents.
We might cite, as one reason for this belief,
the marvellous zeal with which it has served
the Wing cause during the last three months.
That it should serve this cause openly could
not be expected, considering all things; but the
tone of its opposition has met exactly the
wishes of the Wings. Its wholesale abuse
has helped them wonderfully.
We have another reason. 1t is that the
Union devotes itself with such evident sim
certify to the laudation Of eminent Wings, and
to the protection of General Scorr's character.
No Wing could have been more anxious for
the nomination of Mr.. FILLMORE than the
Union now appears to be; none could have
been more solicitous for Mr.. WEBsTER's cleo
ton; and none could watch with more careful
eye over the fortunes of General SCorT. Yes
terday's impression presents several examples of
these excellencies. 1t regrets that MIR. FILL
MORE was not nominated, for he "would have
combined upon himself the united Wing party of
the South" while Sin the North he wonld have
been stronger, far stronger, than General
ScorT." 1t mourns over Mr.. WEBsrER's re-
lection for the same reasons. And for Gene
raj Scorr's sake, it is actually mortified" at
his tour. Querulous people will insinuate that
the organs modification springs from its con-
seriousness of General ScoTT's popularity and
the growing evidences Of his power, but We
know otherwise. The Union is magnanimous.
1t has done, and is doing, all it can to help
General ScoTT.
Then, again, the Union is particularly anX
ious for the "renov alton" of the Wing party.
True, week or two ago the same journal
spoke Of the party nearly as rowdy would
speak of dead dog; but the Union knew
well how it could best please and serve the
Wings, and it spoke accordingly. What but
this spirit Of magnanimity could have tempted
it yesterday to dwell with obvious JUNCTION
upon the signs that "augur an suspicious re-
novation Of the Wing partyP
Some of our contemporaries pronounce the
Union funny; others declare that it is abusive:
Gentlemen, it is neither funny nor abusive. 1t
is magnanimous, and nothing else.
l
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Mr.. MrRIwETHER is trying to shield himself from
censure for bis big mileage charge behind the skirts
of Colonel Humphrey Marshall, who he says charg
ed according to the same comp .tation of distance
Colonel Marshall is not now in THE country, and
his affairs ought to be let alone The question for
Mr.. Meriwether to answer is this Is the distance
from Louisville to Washington, one Mou,and and
sirty Jive miles; and if not, was it right for Mr..
Meriwether to charge mileage for that distance,
whether Colonel Marshall did or not? 1t is a ques-
ton of honesty, not of precedent.
frankfort (Ky.) Commonwealth.