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Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1856-10-29

7 HENR Y GRIFFIN Commission Merchant and
General Agent, Dealerin Salt, Flour, Dry and
Green Fruits, Provisions, Family Groceries,
Drugs Medicines, Perfumery, &C., &C.. at his old
stand opposite the Washington House. Grand
Haven. Michigan
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1856-10-29

o. WASHINGTON HOUSE, BY Henry Penney
cr. The proprietor has the past spring newly
fitted and partly re-furnshed this House and
feels confident visitors will find the House to
compare favorably with the best in the State
Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1856-10-29

ID. b. COMSTO OK, Architect and Civil Engn-
Ger. Residence at Lamonte (Steel's Landing),
Ottawa county, Mich.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-20
o NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE SATURDAY. DECEMBER 90 1856

pouod. saA bed when taken up Dab ki.ts ceS
woxsed psss cloth cap, and 70 bind IN his night
The Of ssid negro hereby reSaire4 70 eS% s
prove property, psy ell charges incurred 90
negro within three MONTE, otherwise be viii sc
sATunpAv the 7th day Of March, 1851 81 The Court
Jseaon Cape Girardesu Comfy. State Of Ms:0S ios
euh- JOHN =: Dull;
We should like to be informed how this negro
man "taken up in Union County IN the State OF
illinois, came into possession Of John +. Burns
Sheriff of Cape Gradeau County, Missouri. or BY
what authority The said John F. Burns proposes to
sell him At auction on the 9TH day Of March next,
for ready cash. Do the Missouri sherifs Of the
border counties of that State consider the adjacent
coupt;e. of the bordering Free-states as falling
within their respective bailiwicks, so far IS the
cOlored population are concerned Or is there a
sort of private partnership between sherh Burns
and certain residents Of Union County, Illinois, by
virtue of which they are to hdnap and convey to Mis-
souri, all the stray negroes on which they can lay
their hands, while the said Sheriff is to sell them
for the Joint benefit of the parties
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-20
XXXIVTH CON G RESS.
SECOND SESSION.
SENATE. WASHINGTON. Dec. 10,

SENATE. .WAsHISGTos. Dec. l9. 1856.
Mr.. WILSON proceeded to speak on the leading
questions of the day. He commenced by quoting the
remarks of Daniel Webster in euloey of the ordinance
Of 1887 to the effect that those who passed that mes
were deserving of more honor than Scion or Ly
curgus and the Legislators Of Antiquity. That tribute
of justice to the great work of the old Congress Of the
Conedt brought upon him and his section of the
Union the charge OF making an onset upon the South
end interfering with her domestic Institutions 90 as to
endaDger the relations which exist between the master
and ilave. Gen. Hsyre, bis distinguished opponent,
who then fought the first great battle Of nullt cation,
under the eye Of Mr. Calhoun, who presided over the
Senate brought thes accusations into the Senate and
hurled them against Mr. Webster and the people of the
North. Mr. Webster met these accusations and unjust
reproeches toward his section of the Union with a
prt mpt and emphatic denial. In his reply TO Hayne
the great pcunder of the Constitution said il had
been the policy Of the South for many years to repre-
sent the people Of the North disposed to interfere
with their internal and exclusively domestic concerns
and went on to deny the truth of the charge. So
be Wiison standing now as the representative Of Mas
sschusetts the hcor Of the Senate Webster stood
then could say, a. he said that all theee charges
utterly groundess Ne attempt has ever been made
from the time when Washington frst took the oath
Of ce to interfere with the constitutional rights Of
the people Of the Southern States.
MI. WilsOntconmented upon the language of the
Presidents Message, a. applied to the Republican
party and said that tie charge that they were engaged
in Revolutionary movement which could only FAD to
civil war, was full Of paItiEsn msliguity. There was
~ truth CT justice In il Mr.. Piesce came rso powe!
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-20

A meeting in aid of Walker and his flibusters in
Nicaragua takes place the Tabernacle this evening
Messrs. John Van Buren,, Hiram Walbridse, James
T. Brady, Thomas Francis Meagher and Isaiah Ryn.
ders are announced among the distinguished speak.
ers who ae to plead for this attempt to subjugate
a country to foreign invaders, and to alien and obi
GUS Institutions. The people Of Nicaragua are
endeayoriDg, with singular unanimity, to drive out
foreign despot, who seizes and confscates their
estates, sets aside their laws and usages denies
them all right Of selfgOvemment, and crowns his
career of folly and crime by attempting to impose
upon them the curse of Slavery, from which they
long ago freed themselves. 1t lis for this enterprise
to force Slavery upon free people, who hate and
repudiate it, that John Van Buren, is announced to
address the citizens of New along with Isaiah
Rynders. We are curious to see if he will really
venture to be heard in such behalf. Nor is this
al. Gen. Walker has avowed thatone great feature
Of bis policy is to break up the North-American
Union and combine the Slaveholding States, along
with Central America and Cuba, in new Con.
federacy. Wehope that they will treat this subject
Ike practical men, and befog it as little as possible
with the glittering generalities in which some Of
them delight. twill be charming to hear Capt.
Rynders and Mr.. Van Buren, expatiating with all
their well-known eloquence upon the prospective
glories of the United States of the South" and
the consequent downfall and insigni6cance of the
"psalm-siDging Yankees"
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-20

whose rjehts under the Constitution Of the
United States have thus been set at defiance, to
look for redress to tie laws and still less to the
tribunals of Missouri. What justice can be e1-
pected when the parties concerned in such out
rsees are to be tried, il tried at ALL BY jury sum-
moned from the same county in which the culprits
themselves reside, and pretty certain to be
thoroughly imbued with the very feelings and
preiudices under which the acts complained OF were
committed Were the trial to take place before
the United States Courts, the Jury would be
drafted no. exclusively from the neighborhood in
which the outrases were committed, but from the
whole State, and, being thus less exposed to local
bias, would be more likely to give verdict accord
ing to the facts and the law.
Unless Congress interfere BY the enactment OF
suitable laws framed to prevent or at least to pun
ish the occurrence of such Outrages as those by
which Missouri was disgraced last Summer, what
security is there that, with the renewed flow next
Summer of Northern emigration into Kansas, we
ehall not see the came outrages renewed Ii the
Democratic party really intend, as we see Is as
,erted by most Of their organs and supporters 10 the
Free States, to carry out fairly and squarely the
doctrine of Squatter Sovereignty, and to leave the
future of Kansas as Free or Slaveholding State to
be determined by the vote of the actual setlers-in
that case it will be an essential part of fair play to
Prostate settlers, or those wishing to become
such, to secure to them by express penal enact
ments the right of transit for themselves and their
property through the State Of Missouri, to which
they are slready entitled under the Constitution Of
the United States.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-20

The Misssuriars, not content with managing the
affairs of Kansas, seem also to have undertaken a
similar good Office for the State Of Illinois. We
find in The s.. Louis Republicans the following
rather singular notice:
RUNAWAY NOTICE.-Was taken up in Union
County in the State Of Hisois Slave the 18th
Of October 1855 NEGao MAN who calls hinssf Nc
ard says White Umprey In Onsow County
f,et Eve sehes heh, ssed skpu 70 years, weighs abeu 80
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-20

For California, Oregon and the Sandpich Iaands
win be ready THIS MORNING at 10 o'clock. will
contain all the --latest Foreign and Domestic News
Inee the sailing Of the last steamer Money snd Market
Reports Marriages Deaths, &c. The George Law, for
Aspinwal, VIII leave This Afternoon at O'Clock.
The Mails for California and other parts Of the Paoase
wilclese at O'Clock p. Single copies in wrappers
ready for mailing can be had at the counter. Price
6 ofpts.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-20
FROM WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Friday Dec. Is, 1856
Mr.. Kelsey member Of the House Mileage Com
ittee, is preparing bill to equalize mileage which
now ranges from 81, Bowie of Maryland3, to 81, $780,
delegates from Washington and Oregon, q session
He proposes that the present rates be continued 10
$50 or 500 miles, ard all above this to be reduced to
10 inftead of so cents mile; also deduction Of $25
or $50 per diem for voluntary absence from Congress.
1t is said the Committee Territories in the House
viii report against the memorial Of the inhabitants of
Arizona, askipg the establishment Of Territorial
Government.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-20

The Counsel for Huntington, the forger, made a
statement of the case for the defense yesterday
morning, in which it foreshadOwed that insanity
was TO be the theory Of the Defense 1t was stated
by bis counsel that Huntingtons operations made
on forged paper during the year. amounted to near
COO OOO OOO
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-20
UNITED STATES SUPREME COuRI:;
WARRINGTON. Friday, Dec. ~ ~

The arguments In the bred Scott case W. srsAss
Guided yesterday The Court takes time ior o. 80
tien, and the decision will not be made tor s''''
weekf-probably not until the end of the tenn ~
Gaze No. 2l2. The Washington Aie1sn:SG -
Georgetown Steam Packet Companies, plAnaAts ~
Frederick Z. Sickles, ct al. Writ OF error "
and dismissed with costs. e. ,.,k y
Exparte. David A. Lecombe Motion tor ~" ~
Judges Supreme Court Minnesota TO shsw css'
argued by Mr.. Badgere in support thereof ,.,sab
Case No. %. James, Mesgan, plaintin ss'S 60 b
T. Bayle. Argument commenced by mr 1870
plaintiff. Continued By Mr.. Williams iof "
Adjourned till Monday. r4
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-20
Apr,rrCJ.r IECs-PNMER's PATENT.
New9lork Dailn Gribmate
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 90 1855.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

No be taken Of CommunicAons What
for insertion must be authenticated BY the
name and address he writer-not necessarily for pubsa
ton, but - guaranty Of his good faith.
We cannot undertake return rejected Communications
eubse bers sending retancs frequently omit 70 msu1
ton the name of the Post-Oce and very frequently the
Of the State to which their 10 TO be sent Al
WAYS en.ion the name Of the Post Office and State
j. r. HrRRIMAS, Wsterford-what State
A. T. MARSH Waterord-whst State
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-20
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

Three DAYS, commencing on The third Tuse1a!
January, were Get spart for the consideration Of Ten
torial business. The bill which passed the Senate 4
the first session, authorizing the people Of Kansas
form Constitution and state Government, pepss
tory to their admission into the Union, on On eqta
footing with the original States was referred 70 ~
COMMITTEES on Territories. The other Senate bnk yas
over from the first session. were referred 70 the spio
pirate Committees, including many relative to Hs'so
and River Improvements.
After some time spent in the consideration Of W
Privste Calendar, the House adjourned.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-20
MINNESOTA TO BE A STATE: :,

WAsHiSGros, Ihuisoay, ..sc,rss % .
The Committee on Territories, II resP ~ Itsssen
,n<,ou,lv stoned petition from the people o. n -
TO-DAY greed 10 report bill authorizing s~s ~
q Ccr .titu,ion for State Government NO
was taken ~ relation 10 the proposed AN ts'"~'
AIisscia,
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-20

In the SENATE yesterday Mr.. WILSON (Mass.
made vigorous and excellent speech, skeleton OF
which we give in our telegraphic column.
The House was engaged on private bills.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-20

There we've no signs of the America at Halifax
at latest advices last night.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-20
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS Gmrs.-h regard

CHRISTMAS AND NEwYRAR's Oh rs. In REGARD
the selection Of HOLIDAY PsEsEsTs we should me 70
suggest readers the idea Of examining oe. =,
Lsoies and Ch8rcus Funs Beaver BonneA and Mhr sna
Boy fancy Fur Hats and Cloth and Velvet oe.ie
their fingers anywhere esc For COMFORT f beauty ioI
ssnce for chespueu and durability nete nosins sqa. 70
them and while II is pleasure 10 make seeeton IRON ns
large you feel confident OF your
BASrA for the last fifteen yea a.
No. los Canal st., corner OF Woos'erTs'.
GREAT SALE OF ELEGANT OIL PAINTINGS IN
BsoorLyx-A large and splendid collection OF EvRoh OIL
PAINTINGS will be sold on - v-
TuyspaY and "WEDNESDAY Evenings
n. and % At No 555 Fulton st. Brookyn toppoate the
City HALL
csrv will be open Day and Evening Free the pub
lie until time Of sale
ROGERs's SEASON CIRCULAR-FALL AND WIN
rrp s5eThe ready made stock Of CLOTHING at ROGERS
Warehouse OF Fulton and Nsa9s embraces every
s,,Ie for outdoor suitable 10 the present aud
seasons and the prices a1et iron which there
ca be epsure lower than have been known
in this market.
ARTIFICIAL LEGs-PALMERs PATENT.
AtNo s7s BROADWAY, New-York No. SIG Chestnut-st,
Phiadepbs; Sprnsfeld MsssTHE BEsT AND ONLY kELiA-
lLE LIME rvgn and In in America aud Europe
n6iudeed Scientific Jurors at the Worlds fsrs At
London and New also BY oil the Scientific Institutes
and nrst Surgeons in America PampAIsh srahs
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-20

CuTIERy in SETS Rose Satnwood and Mahogany Cases.
and single dozens Plate Warmers Vegetable and Meat
Dishes Buckwhea Cake and Steak Dishes Steel Fire Hons
Standards Tenders Brass Copper and Iron Coal Scuttles Par
Tor Goa and Scues, Hearth Rugs, Bedsdes Fnged
and Plain Mats Table Mats Bells Knife Shapes Sardne and
Chsmpssne Openers Rszors Scissors Pocket Knives &c at
the loves prices BERRIANs No. 6)l Broadway, N. Y
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-20


moved TO his recently purchased house and lot No II
Auyst Broadway, thereby freeing himself from the
exacons unepvisbe tsmmes of Broadway landlord at
saving in the rate Of to 600
per The general particularly the Cutting
and Sewing departments admit ed by those who have al
ready his establishment TO be decidedly superior
TO his stores Nos 32l Ss3 81 Broadway
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-07-29

Of his recent services as our Minister to
England it is unnecessary to speak. His
official correspondence with Lord Claren-
don upon the Central American and Enlist
ment questions, shows how carefully and
watchfully he guarded our rational honor
and rights
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-07-29

+, variably characterised his history as pol
| itician, he denounced the heresies of the A
merican party when that party was local in
its influence and yet in its infancy. Know
Nothingism without its secret signs, oaths.
pledges. passwords, grips and mdmmeries,
existed in Pennsylvania in 1874. It then
bore the name of Native American party.
1t signalized its decency and respect for the
Bible and the Constitution by burning
churches and butchering foreigners. Then,
as more recently, it delighted in bloodshed
and mobs. In the name of the Constitution
and the Holy Bible, it practised the accom-
plishments of murder and arson. 1t also
warred to the knife upon the Democratic
party. James Buchanan took the lead in
deneuncing the Native American party as
early as 1874.
We gather the foregoing facts from q
long review of his life and public services
drawn up by the able editors of the Rich
mond VA Examiner. We regret that we
have not space for the whole sketch. We
have omitted many things showing addi-
tonal claims of Mr. b. to the support of
the people, and particularly of a Southern
people, for the office which his countrymen
have called him to fill. The Examiner, in
closing its lengthy sketch. says:
"Not addicted to fulsome and unmerited
eulogy, we have not colored too highly this
sketch of the public life of James Buchan-
an. Had he been a timc-serving dema-
gogue through life, rising by intrigue, trick
cry and duplicity, he would not have re-
ceived our support. But those admirable
qualities as a statesman and gentleman
which secured him our early support, and
has won for him the love of his native State,
will elevate him to the Presidency by the
largest electoral vote given to any candi-
date for the Presidency since the days Of
James Monroe. Conservative, Union low
ing men of all parties, friends of the Con-
stitution, and patriots in every State of the
Union, will hail his nomination with delight.
And even those who have already despaired
of the republic, who are desponding and
believe that we are to be shipwrecked by
the storms and tempests of fanaticism, will
cling to the Democratic platform and to
james Buchanan, as the shipwrecked mar
iner grasps the last plank of his foundered
vessel, when night and the tempest have
closed around him.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-07-29
From Harper's Magazine.
JAMES BUCHANAN IN YOUTH
HOW HE CAME TO BE A BACHELOR.

HOW HE CAME TO BE A BACHELOR.
Some years ago a member of the United
| States Senate, distinguished not only for
his talents, but for his fine personal appear
ance, was seated in a richly furnished par
lor in the city of Washington, engaged in a
| lively conversation with one of the most
amiablo and accomplished married ladies
| that ever honored our national capital with
| their presence. The subject was the COM
mon and most agreeable one of marriage
and the lady, with bountiful enthusiasm
natural to her character, was pressing upon
| the notice of her distinguished bachelor
friend the claims of a young female friend.
whose position in society, amiable disposi-
| ton, and liberal education, eminently rem
| dered her fit to be the wife of distinguish
ed statesman, who had seemingly already
spent too many years without a proper
companion to divide his honors and bear
with him the ills of life.
The gentleman, who had for a long time
entered with hearty goodwill into the half
serious and half playful conversation. sud
denly became excited, and remarked that
he could on such a subject bear all that was
said in jest, but when serious arguments
were brought to urge him to change his
condition, then his reply must be that such
thing could never be-that to love he
could not, for his affections aCere in The
Craze.
The lady was struck with the Senator's
manner, and surprised that throughout her
long acquaintance with him she had never
suspected that he had found time, amidst
the struggles of laborious profession and
a high political position, to 'fall in love-"
With the Establishments only known to the
sex, and with a curiosity prompted by the
kindest of hearts she asked for an explana-
ton of this seeming mystery, and the gen.
tleman, for the moment overcome by the
eloqucnce of his interlocutor, explained as
follows:
1t was my good fortune, soon after en-
tered upon the active duties of my profess
sion, to engage the affections of lovely
girl, alike graced with beauty of person
and high social position. Her mother, her
only living parent, was ambitious; and, in
the thoughtloss desire to make an alliance
of fashion, opposed the union of her child
with one who had only his talents and the
future to give in return for so much beauty
and wealth. The young lady. however,
was more disinterested; mutual vows of
attachment were exchanged, correspon-
dence and frequent personal interviews sue
ceeded, and the future seemed to promise q
most happy consummation of all our wishes.
At that time had just commenced under
favorable circumstances. my profession in
my native town; and, making some charac-
ter. was finally engaged as counsel in suit
of importance before one Of the courts hol-
den in the city of Philadelphia. The op-
portunity was favorable to make an impress
Ion if possessed tho ability to do so; and
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Charlotte, Jan. /, 1656.-tf
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-07-29
MIR. BUCHANAN'S PUBLIC SERvI-
CEG

We give q brief outline of the public SER
vices of the next President of the United
States.
JAMES BUCHANAN was born in 1871, in
the county of Franklin, State of Pennsyl
vania. Franklin was at that time one of
the frontier counties of that State. His fa-
ther was an honest and industrious farmer,
whose vigorous arm cleared the fields from
which he derived support for his family.
A FARMERS BOY.
The early days of the son were spent on
his fathers farm, in what was then about
the widest portion of the keystone State.
The future statesman, aided his father in
the labors of his farm, and under the roof of
the farm house, received from a pious mo-
ther his first lessons of instruction. For
years he struggled against those terrible
and disheartening obstacles which beset
the pathway of the ambitious scholar, who
presses forward, unaided by family, fortune,
or influential friends, and whose success
rests upon his own merits. He adopted the
law as his profession, and selected Lancas-
ter county for his place of residence. Ac-
curate in his profession, eloquent as an ad-
vocate, energetic, Industrious, faithful and
scrupUlous, he at once attained high po-
sition at the bar, and was regarded as one
Of the ablest lawyers of his State.
A SOLDIER IN THE WAR OF 1912.
His simple and unpretending manners,
endeared him early in life to the masses of
the people. His first public service was as
a soldier. Although the war of 1912 found
him poor, and dependent entirely upon his
practice for support, he threw his books
aside and took up arms for his country's
cause. He sought no place of honor, but
enlisted as a common soldier when the
British threatened the destruction of Bal
timOre.
SUPPORTS MONROE AND JACKSON
His career as a politician commenced in
1915, when he was elected to the Legisla-
ture of Pennsylvania, by the people of Lam
caster. In that body he exhibited the abil-
ity as debater which has since so eminent
ly distinguished him in the broader field of
national politics. He was always forcibe,
clear and eloquent, and highly cautious and
conservative. He was a warm and active
supporter of the republican administration
of James Monroe, and a bitter and uncom-
promising opponent of the federal admins
tration of John Quincy Adams.