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Washington telegraph., 1856-10-01
Synodical Meeting.

The Synod of Arkansas met at the
Presbyterian Church in this place OF
Thursday evening, the 25th ult. Rev
A. r. Banks was chosen Moderator, and
Rev. G. c. Copeland temporary clerk
Ten clergymen, among them the Rev
Allen Dwight, native Choctaw, were
present, together with eight elders.
Four Presbyteries s-Arkansas, Ouachi
ia, Indian and Creek, were represented
A very satisfactory state of feeling wa:
manifested throughout the services, pro
longed as they were through several days,
There were five accessions to the Church
at this place, and two baptisms- On Sat
urday night the Rev. Allen Dwight preach
ed to large and attentive audience. Or
Sunday morning We had the pleasure O
listening to very powerful and eloquent
sermon from the Rev. Thos Frazer of Lit
tie Rock and ON Sunday night the ven
cradle Rev. Mr. Kingsbury for many year<
a laborer among the Choctaws, preached
Missionary sermon, which was respond
ed to by liberal collection.
The Synod adjourned on Sunday night,
to meetat Tulip, Dallas county, on Thurs
day the 24th day of September, 1857.
BY no means the least interesting por-
tlon of the exercises of this very interest
ing occasion was the part taken in them,
by the 'red BRETHREN" as we heard a
good old father in Israel call the represen
fatIves from the Indian nation. On Sun
day night they sang several hymns in their
own language
The Synod adopted the following reso-
luton:
Resofred, That the thanks of this BODY
De rendered to the citizens of Wasb;noto1
Tor their kind hospitality to Its members
during their sessions at this place.
Washington telegraph., 1856-10-01
A New and Useful Invention.

We were shown some time since, by
Mr. JESSE JOHNSON, of Carouse Town
ship, in this county, the model of very
ingenious, and what we think promises to
be very useful invention. Not being at
all skillful in the art of description, and
having no mechanical skill to exc out our
lack in that respect, We can do no more
than attempt to convey an idea of
the n,Odus operdRdi by which it ac-
tually accomplishes what its inventor
claims it is adapted to perform The
cleaning apparatus consists of two wheels,
one of which has single set of spokes
or thrashers set In wooden drum and
covered with box with lateral opening,
into which the cotton is thrown. Front
ing this box is plate of brass or iron
with several apertures, which permits the
cotton, after having been threshed by
wheel No. l, to pass into a cylinder or
drum, in which there are large number
of spikes. Between the two cylinders
there is brush such as is used in ordina-
ry cotton gins. A complete set of run
ning-gear is attached to the machine.
The design of the machine is to clean
cotton from trash, whether accumulated
BY too hasty gathering or by being beat
out on the ground by rain or wind, or
however else cotton on the boil may be-
come injured. Sunken cotton is also
cleansed by this machine.
The cotton in the boil or bulk is placed
in the first aperture, and being roughly
handled therein, passes through to the
brush, and whatever impurities remain
are swept off, the trash and refuse falling
beneath through apertures provided there.
1t then passes through to Box No. 2, and
Wheel No. 2, with its sharp and close
spikes, comb, so to speak, the wool on
''each particular" seed until it stands out
straight and clean ready for the gin to
make ''ine" cotton of.
We understand Mr.. JOHNSON has al
ready applied for patent We think it
will prove great acquisition to cotton
growers, and hope to have it in our power
tn chronicle the success of the invention
and the due reward of the inventor.
Washington telegraph., 1856-10-01
Revival.

The revival services which have been
protracted through the past two weeks at
the Methodist Church in this place, were
brought to close ON Sunday last. A
gracious time has been experienced among
the friends of religion at this place, and
very many have professed saving faith
in the Lord of Life. There are several
protracted meetings going ON at present in
the country round about, and we do not
take up an exchange without finding men,
tion made of the progress of the work of
the Divine Spirit. May the good work go
on until "all the ends of the earth shall
see the glory of God" f-
Washington telegraph., 1856-10-01

Governor WRIGHT, of Indiana, one Of
the great shining lights of Democracy,
recently made a speech at Democratic
meeting in that State. In that speech he
said:
IF the policy Of the Democratic party
IN reference to starery is adopted and
carried out, NOT ANOTHER FOOT OF
SLAVE TERRITORY WILL BE AD-
DED TO THE UNITED STATES"
And yet We are told by Southern Sag
Nicht orators and newspapers that the
Democratic party is the only party to
which the South can look for the protec-
platform is the only sound one upon the
subject of slavery Bah,
Washington telegraph., 1856-10-01

Elections yet to be held before the Pres
idential election on the 4th of November
are as follows: Georgia and Florida, 1st
Monday of October; Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana and South Carolina, I'd uesday
of October; and Louisiana, 1st Monday Of
November (the day before the Presiden-
tial election). The following States vote
for State officers, &C., on the same day as
for Presidential electors: Massachusetts,.
New York, New jersey, Illinois, Michi-
gan and Wisconsin Mississippi votes on
two days-the day of the Presidential
election and the day preceding it. The
Maryland election is upon the 1st Wednes-
day of November, which this year falls
the day after the Presidential election
and the Delaware election is upon the I'd
one week after it,
Washington telegraph., 1856-10-01
MRS. PARTINGTON ON FREMONT.
NeU York Sept. ).
E ditors New York Express

l. dltors New \ ork Express
l had an interview lately with that cele-
brated lady, Mrs Partington, who gave me
her views fully regarding the Presidential
question. | cannot pretend to do full JUS
tice in reporting the language of the ven-
erable dame, but it run somewhat thus
''Goodness Gracious. there is a party
called the Black Republicans. Now they
are in favor of having negro President,
but the funniest part of it is, they are all
wOmen-for here in the Tribune | find
they are all Aunties. Here is Anti Ma
sonry, Anti Marriage, Anti Rent, Anti
Slavery, and long letter from Anti Geo.
Law, to prove they are the ones to rule
the country, and like all the rest of the
Blacks, they want everything free To
secure gambling, they 90 for Free Monte,
and so they can have white girls they 90
for Free Love-and then there is another
party who 90 for Bucaneer-they want
to steal one of the ornaments belonging to
the Black Republicans, for the head buch-
aneer says he wants the ''jewel of the An
TILES" and Law Suz they are altering the
Geography, too. When l was school
marin, they used to have Tropic of Kan
Ger, but now they have altered it to the
Tropic Of Ka nsGs, because they say it di-
vides the North from the South, and then
the W(h)ig party is now composed of such
old fashioned folks like me who prefer a
good hair covering to their heads, and don t
like wOOLLY HEADS at ALL Well, well,
the times are out of jint, as my poor hus-
band, the deacon, said when he dislocated
his thigh. Yours, truly,
IKE
Washington telegraph., 1856-10-01
Fillmore and the Union!

Let it be the battle cry The signs of
the times are cheering, and we trust we
are not mistaken when we say that the in
dications that the American ticket will be
elected are more cheering than they have
been at any time since the nomination OF
FILLMORE and DONELsoN. Let the little
band of Americans in Arkansas stand fast
to their colors, for although in minority
in the State we believe they are acting
with majority in the Union
Washington telegraph., 1856-10-01
WHY he Does it.

Senator Pearce, of Maryland, in eiv;D.
in his formal adh erence to Mr.. Buc6anass
says:
The contest 1T seems to me, lies betwea,
Mr. Buchanan and Mr.. Fremont. NJ
Fillmore's friends indeed claim great -
action in his favor; but 1 have tsle-
much pains to ascertain what his stranr..I
is In the Free States, and so far 7 h.
not been able to satisfy myself that he c,n
carry single one of them. His wise snI
patriotic conduct while President. Will
recommended him so strongly to ,ba
Wings of the South, is regarded bv tLe
majority at the North as fatal obiect;nee ae
to him. 1t is not mode Grafton and eono;i
iation they desire they think as one at
their leaders said, that the time for Con-
promis' has passed. They want, in tbo
President, an instrument to punish tbo
South for what they fancy or pretend 70 h.
the aggressions of the ''slave power upoD
the North. Mr.. Fillmore is too national e.
the purpose, and he must indeed be cred
ulous or sanguine in the extleme wb,
supposes that the politicians who b.ro
misguided and enfamed the Northern m,
jority will abandon their designs, and 70
nounce the spoils for which they hunge,
and thirst, just at the moment when. for
the first time, theyar confident of the snc
cess of the one and enjoyment of the other
And so the Maryland Senator, more loo.
ical than loyal to the South, unhesitatino-
ly deeioreS for Nr. BuchGnoa. III
Northern majority have no such objections
I IN 10 hoc 4
and patriotic conduct which will be ..rc
garded by the majority at the North as ,
fatal objection to him. He will not ds
I gust them with moderation and conc;Iia-
ton, or insult them with Compromises
after ''the time for Compromises has pass
ed. - In him they may not despair of
finding ''an instrument to punish the
South for what they fancy or pretend to
be the aggressions of the ''slave power
upon the North" If "Mr Fillmore IS
too national for this purpose" Mr.. Bu-
ci,onda is not. He will prove acceptable
Some portion at least of that Northern
ma Jorlty which shrlnks rebuked from the
lofty and pure nationality OF Millard Fill
more will cling trustingly to the congenial
sectiOnalism of james Buchanaa. And
therefore, the elegant Senator from Mary
Hand, in the height of his devotion to the
South, piU cling aeith them. If there is
any other Senator or any other body in the
South that wishes to cut the same ridden.
lous figure in the eye of his intelligent
countrymen we hope he will do it by all
means. 1t is a luxury which can never
be enjoyed but once in a lifetime. A
public man may make an ass of himself if
he chooses, but he does so at the emmi-
nent peril of remaining one in the publ
timation.-LouiSUiWe .JonrnaI.
Washington telegraph., 1856-10-01
The Letter of Acceptance and the Sand
ford Letter.


ford Letter.
BUCHANAN's craftsmanship is theme
upon which our friends of the opposition
are intensely fond of expatiating whenev-
er they can find any one with sufficient
patience to listen to their prosaic draw[
ings. If craftsmanship consists in an
unwonted facility in boxing the political
compass; if it consists in possessing the
faculty, to an extraordinary degree, of
surprising Proteus in assuming such form
as, from time to time the exigencies of
the occasion, the interest of party, or the
ambition of an individual may require,
Mr. BUCHANAN may unquestionably lay
claim to the title of statesman. But we
opine that the possession of such qualif-
cations as we have enumerated 90 but a
little way tow ards emitting the individual
who can claim this distinction, to that I'll
tie.
1t is to us altogether unaccountable that
party of which an Arkansas editor has
recently said, "that the fact is, the DEM
ocratic party now possesses about all the
talent in the country''-should have COM
mitted the egregious blunder of nomina-
ting Mr.. BUCHANAN. 1t is besides this,
we think, very strange, that upon such a
fictitious basis as Mr.. BUCHANAN's record
r-oson+, bo ,bo,,ld have toan ob1o 10
build up reputation co-extensive with
the Union, and actually impress, not only
his friends but his political enemies, with
the idea that he was man of ability and
statesman But the rigid scrutiny to
which his record has been submitted since
his nomination by the Cincinnati Conven-
ton, has revealed him and his attributes
to the world, and he stands forth now, con-
fessedly the very picture of time-serv-
ing, vascillating politician, shifting with
every wind of opinion, veering his sails
to catch the breath of every popular Ca
price, and holding ON to no doctrine lon
ger than it suited his convenience or hap
pened to be his interest so to do.
On the outside of this week issue will
be found, in parallel columns, the view:
of Mr.. BUCHANAN on the subject of sla
very extension and the power of Congress;
over the Territories, as expressed by hin
in 1S4S in his celebrated SANDFORD let
ter, and his views upon the subject as Civ
en- to the world in his letter accepting tn,
Cincinnati Convention. 1t does seem al
together beyond comprehension how al
intelligent people, into whose keeping i.
given the inestimable privilege of choos
ing their own ruler, should think of con
ferring the right in their disposal, upor
the author of these contradictory views
We believe, the Southern BUCHANAN
press to the contrary notwithstanding, tha
the people of the United States, being lee
to know the manner of man they ar,
called on to support, will repudiate Mr.
BUCHANAN, IL view of the above referred
to documents, if for no other reason
Let every man read them and ponder up
on the claim they give Mr. BUCHANA,
to the title of statesman-tO fitness for tn,
office of President of this Union.
Washington telegraph., 1856-10-01
The Weather.

We have had several frosts within the
past ten days, and in some portions of the
county we learn they have been sufficient
ly heavy to injure the pea vines, which
were, in consequence of early drought,
planted later than usual. The days,
however, are pleasant and balmy, but we
are inclined to think, from certain indica
tions, that winter will be upon us much
sooner than expected, and that We will
have hard one- Ill signs, however, fail
in dry weather, and we may be, as we of
ten have been before, altogether, entirely
mistaken.
Washington telegraph., 1856-10-01
NATIONAL WIG CONVENTION.

HAI1O0AL Wd16 CUN EN- 11U0.
Our readers will find in our columns
a telegraphic account of the proceedings
had at the recent National Whig Conven-
ton which assembled at Baltimore on the
18th ult. The result as announced can
not fail to be gratifying to the friends of
FILLMORE and DoNELsoN and the UNION
Nor can it fail to exercise very potent
influence for good upon the public mind.
1t is not to be presumed that its action is
in any respect obligatory upon any mem
Der of the Old Wing Party but the
scattered remnant of that once powerful
host cling with grateful remembrance to
the memory of the honor which our illus
trious chief shed upon its annals, and
doubtless many who have long time
been wavering as to the course which
they should pursue, will at once buckle
of the fight to do yeoman service for the
cause of the Union and the Constitution,
led on as they will be by men whose in
tegrity is tried and spotless, whose patri-
otism is above suspicion and reproach, and
who are pledged to the maintenance of
the Union in its purity and under the
Constitution.
In our issue of August 9th, under the
caption of ''Fair and Softly" we intima-
ted that the soft sawder which cur RU-
CHANIER friends had been for some time
spreading so very thick upon our Whig
friends was all CANNON, and that the mo-
ment the appearances which, at that time,
indicated that the entire body of remain.
ing Wings would 90 for BUCHANAN,
changed front, the interested and pretend
ed affection which was SO lavishly mani
tested for them, would appear what it tt u
ly was.
Every man who is at all conversant
with the current history of the times
knows perfectly well that among the most
determined opponents of the American
movement, the Old-Line Whigs-they
who retained their distinctive appellatiou
aud political faith-have been conspicu
ous 1t is also known that in various
portions of the country, Conventions have
been held, representing fully and com
pletely the sentiment of the Wing party
and the Whig party only Acting il
concert, these delegates assembled at Bal
. timore on the 18th ult, The approach
of the day for the assembling of the Con
vention was the signal for much trepida
) ton among the BUCCANEERS. They de
cried it before it met as s'Know- Nothing
trick" Now that it has met and declar
| ed in favor of the greatest and pures
man of the times, they cry out, "Know
Nothing trick ~ Let no man be deceiv
ed That Convention was an assemblag
of men who had the good of their countr,
, at heart Their controlling sentiment
their desire, was to see her prosperity
and they, counscllins together as patriot
and lovers of that country, expresses
their preference for FILLMORE and DoN
ELsoN Let the ball roll on-the triumph
will be ours.
Washington telegraph., 1856-10-01
The River.

Red river was rising at Fulton at latest
accounts. 1t had risen five feet and plen-
ty more water was coming. This rise will
make lower Red river in as good naviga-
BILE condition as could be desired. We
suppose we will have plenty of boats in
our part of the drink soon-
We learn from the ''Caddo Gazette
that the river at Shreveport, up to Friday
evening last, had risen seventeen feet, and
was still rising slowly.
Washington telegraph., 1856-10-01
Is IT THE VOICE OF AN ABoLIT1oSIsr

Is IT THE VOICE OF AN ABoLITIoSIsT
WE HEAR?-" Lftherc be those North or
South, aoho desire an administration for
the NORTH as against the South, or for the
South rs against the North, Mcy are not
those ,cho should giire their syfiroges to me-
For my part, 1 hao,o my country, mar
achole country and nothing Jut my coun-
try"
Does that sound like the voice of IN aIy
olitionist? Who is spcaking? Is it Gid
dings, Seward, Greely, or any other traitor
to the Union? Is it the voice of man
who has a ''record thousand fold more
Objectionable than Fremont's % What
do you think, reader, of the voice? Does
it not make your blood leap to hear it
Oh tell us who thus speaks like an angel
Fillmore is speaking!
'During its troubles and anxieties, in
wardly resolved to cast far from me any
prejudice that | might have entertained
against any section or party in the confed-
eracy, and to be guided only by the con-
stitution of my country. That | had en-
tertained preudices against the South, |
do not deny; but my new position as guar
dian of the rights of the whole Union, i'm
mediately followinga period, during ,rhjch
sat as presiding o6icer Of the Senate, ami
heard the question Of slooery fully discus
sed by the oJlcst deliJeratice body of the
'corid, formed q proper occasion to re-
rte'o and correct my education, and Ibid
s0.'
There. Who speaks now? Is it
man with a ''record thousand fold more
Objectionable than Fremont's?"
Would you take that voice to come from
breast in which beat an Abolition heart
Would you think such a voice ought to be
stified by the wall of the heroes of the flesh
pots and by the hungry official "bcef cry
OF the Sag-Nicht hosts
Fillmore is speaking:
IL hGd been drogght up at the Noril,
ai;d hncc thot stecessarity he had imJi5cd
thereby Northern $ynpathieS, 6ut he de-
'ermined to disregard at once and toreper
eeeJy thing like sectional teaning,to stand
ty and support IN all ats integrity, the
Co1estftut'on Of tie country cad ,rhaterer
rights and l2ri0ileges each and eyery por-
tion Of that country had undcr the Con-
stituttoa, to maintain them IN all their
force, and to their utmost ertent, eren i
1t cost him his life:
There it is again Will that voice ne
yer cease? No-no-it never will The
lips that utter it may become ashy and
shriveled and cold, the heart from which
those noble sentiments come may be set
tied, but the blood of the Constitution,
that now throbs through it, will live on,
ditfused into million of other hearts.
Traitors may say what they please, do,
what they please, but Millard Fillmore is
the friend of the American Union, and
would die for the American Union. Does
he speak like a traitor? act like traitor! :!
Does any man but a Black Republican say
so !-Nemphis Eay. d Enquirer.
Washington telegraph., 1856-10-01

FREMoNTIsM is DYING OUT IN New
YORK.-The Rochester Free Press, a Ere
mont organ that came into existence when
the Fremont fire was at its highest, has
been abandoned. This is the third Ere
mont paper in the State of New York that
has gone down within the last ten days,
besides one that has turned to Fillmore.
These are signs that truly indicate the
popular drift in that State.
Washington telegraph., 1856-10-01
~ See advertisement of W. w. WEI
DON, Cabinet Manufacturer.

@The attention of Planters and Mer-
chants is respectfully directed to the Ware
house notice of p M'CoLLUM & Co., OF
Camden. Messrs. M'COLLUM q Co., have
had several years experience in the bust
ness, and any consignments to them will
meet with prompt attention
Washington telegraph., 1856-10-01
INDIANA.
ELECTORS AT LARGE.
George G. Dunn,
Andrew l.. Osborn.

Charity might induce us to acquit MIR.
Can't of wilful misrepresentation, but we
would suggest that he post himself up a
little better for the future
Washington telegraph., 1856-10-01

Bg The Hon. John NJ. Bolts, in a
recent letter, gives it as his candid opin-
ion, that the perfect union of the Wings
and Americans of Virginia, will secure
that State to Fillmore.
Washington telegraph., 1856-10-01

1t Is mortifying (says the Natchez Cou-
rler) to see how the Republicans gloat over
the election to Congress of Mr. Blair, a
Free-soiler, elected from a slave-holding
State, and how they herald his success as
the entering wedge.
Mortiiying as is the result, it is we'll to
notice that the Buchanan Democracy did
it. Yes; the very Democracy that are all
the while appealing to Mr.. Fillmore's
friends to rally upon their nominee in or
der to beat Fremont; who are all the while
saying, "Fillmore has no chance, therefore.
support Buchanan" That very Democra-
cy threw away over couple of thousand
OF votes upon Mr.. Reynolds, who had no
possible chance of success, rather than
vote for Mr.. Kennett, an able and intelli-
gent American, when five hundred votes
more would have elected him. They were
warned in time, and entreated; but thew
preferred the success of Republican, sup
ported upon Free-soil and foreign grounds
to the election of any American and friend
OF Mr.. Fillmore and in this way Missouri
has the honor of Free-son Representa-
tive.
Let the Democracy, in very shame, cease
from asking Fillmore man to vote for
their nominee.-Aaericrn Organ.
Washington telegraph., 1856-10-01
90 4 little nonsense nOlc and then,
Is relislied bY the ,cisest men"

Said somebody Below will be found a
really funny squib, which We clip from
the New York Express of the 10th inst
1t rather taxes down the Woolly-H orse
party:
Washington telegraph., 1856-10-01

The last stump-speech we have heard OF
Breckenridge making, was at Pittsburg,
Pa, on the 10th inst,
Washington telegraph., 1856-10-01

BALTIMORE, Sept. 49,
A Fillmore Mass Meeting here to day,
was addressed by several eminent Wings
About twenty thousand persons present.
Washington telegraph., 1856-10-01

If Major Donelson is as unimportant a
parsonage as the Sag-Nicht organs repre-
sent him, why were the Democratic lead
ers, few years ago, so anxious to get
him to act as editor of central organ at
Washington that they actually seized,
grabbed, stole fifty thousand dollars of the
public money to give him to take charge
of such an organ ! And, if he is the un-
principled and corrupt man that they now
represent him, why did he scorn to touch
the stolen funds or defile his hands with
the vile and dirty crew?
If any one wishes to know all the facts
of the case, he will find an authentic state
ment of them in Benton's Thirty Years
in the U S. Senate. Benton is Bu
chanan man. Louisville Journal.
Washington telegraph., 1856-10-01

The Albany Evening Journal, one of
the chief Fremont organs in New York.
says that Luther Caldwell has been expell.
ed from an American Council merely for
proposing anti-slavery extension resolu-
tions at Syracuse. And yet the Southern
Buchanan organs are daily charging that
the Americans at the North are Aboli-
tlonlsts How do such things look side
BY side?