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he deed OF despollsm Is accomp'lshed'--
Under the sanction and by The orders Of the
president OF tie unlied states, The drunken rah-
BILE from Missouri have been gathered and let
loose upon the town oil L1wreuee. It's citizens
submitting quietly to The laws, have been shot
uoNn ana hung, and iheir houses pillaeed and
hnrnea-and all Tor the crime oi loving free
non Oeuer ihan slavery. Horror and indigna-
uon' 700 deeR Tor ul'eranee, 'hrill every bosom
AZ surrey as ihere Is Goa IN Heaven, relr-
nu''on' speedy, ample and complete, must over
'ake 'he perpetrators OF these horld crimes
The CHICAGO Tribune publishes an Extra
based on Intelligence brought by three men d.
rect from Lawrence, Kansas, stating that a COM
pany OF Tour hundred mounted M'ssourians made
their appearance near Lawrence on Wednes-
Day having banners Of various devices, but not
inc STARS ana STRIPES. during inc morning inc
Lawrence committee ol pubic safely sent note
10 'he u .. marshal, Donaldson' who headed
THIS l"rce, assuring him that they would make
no fesls auce 10 any process nc might wish TO
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,.,t,ind ,b.m ar vi,hnn, ,ooles,a,ion
| Sho,;g Iooos s,,hse,nen,ly mai. HE ,,oe,r.
once with cioh,.en men IIc a,,,mn,eJ 40 nal
oo arrests bn, de,,,,J.d al ,5e ,,'slc and mel.
rate arm, ,ivin, ,,e nsonI,, Goo r,iOn,,.s - a..
code 10 the demand and ,b,ea,eping IN ease of
,erns,i "a s,o,,0 ,ho ,o,ro on, sa1d - =, =.
to surrender their private arms.
! In half an hour. Jones returned with two
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cd, were under the desk, so far that he could
only rise by wrenching il from the floor. The
stunning, sudden force of the blow knocked his
head forward. His assailant then, seizing him
by the shoulder, held him with the en hand,
while with the other he kept laying the blows
upon his head When Mr. Murray, therefore,
pulled away Brooks, Mr. Morgan took Sumner
now unconscious, in his aims.
II you could see the distinguished senator
who is the victim of this attack, senseless, with
the blood gushing from wounds bestowed While
he was sitting down, unPrepared 10 delend NM
self you would be as little disposed to mere
comment as are bis friends in Congress There
is not one of them who does not feel that the
same blow was inflicted upon himself, and If
this occurrence, coupled With the recent out
RACES upon the people Of Kansas, Of whom sum
nor has proved himself the pte-emuent champ
ion, do not rouse the North 10 action, we may
well despair.
Mr. Brooks is large framed man, who gen
orally appears very pacific in his manner and
temperament. lie is the one you may rcmem-
Der, who has been so prominent in encouraging
South Carolina emigration to Kansas. A few
more such scenes as that Of to-day, Rust's as
sault on Greeley, aud Herberts waiIerkilling
achievement, will render Washington nu-
sance to all peaceable men.
Important Proceedings in both Houses in
Mr.. Summers Case.
WAsHINoToS, Friday, May %.
Mr.. Wilson of Mass briefly dctiiled the
circumstances attending the assault on Mr..
Sumner by Mr.. Brooks Of South Carolina,
representing it ''as not only against the rights
Of man, bu, against the constitutional privileges
of the members Of The Senate
Mr. Wilson rose and said The seat Of my
colleague is vacant to-day for the first time al
Ter FIVE years of public service. Yesterday
afternoon as a tribute of respect 10 the memo
ny of Mr.. Miller of Mo-, deceased member
of the House of Representatives. the Senate
adjourned. My colleague remained in his seat
engaged in public duties. While thus engaged,
with his pen in hand and in position which
rendered him utterly incapable Of protection or
defending himself, Mr.. Preston s. Brooks,
member of the House from S. c., approached
him unobseryed and abruptly addressed him.
Looking up and before he had time to utter
single word in reply TO him, he received a stun
ming blow upon the the head from the cane in
the hands Of Mr.. Brooks, which made him al
most senseless and unconscious. EndeayOring
however to protect himself in rising from his
chair, his desk was overthrown. and while in
tina, powerless condition he was beaten upon
the head and shoulders by repeated blows from
Mr.. Brooks, until he sank upon the floor Of
the Senate, exhausted unconscious and covered
with his own blood. He was raised from the
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LATER TRoN EuRoPE.--The Baltic arrived at
New York on the 9th with four, and the africa
on the 2sh with three days later intelligence from
Europe. The news is not of much importance to
the general reader.
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any kind, direct or Indirect Of this assault.
10 answer to cross-quesiion, Mr. Sumner
replied that what he had said Of Mr. Butler was
strictly responsive TO MIR Buffers speeches, and
according to the osages of parliamentary debate.
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LOCAL INrELLIcENcE.


LOCAL INTELLIGENCE
Lisiressing deeideaiia Hardstoro.--0n Mon
day the 2Gth inst, little son Of Emerson Barrett
of wardsboro, had his RICH, arm taken Of Just be-
low the elbow by planning machine Mr. d. had
retired to shut the gate leaving his son in company
with two men who we're at work in the shop One
Of these soon discovered the boy the floor beside
the machine crying for help. The acci'lent occur
red SO suddenly that they did not sec how II was
done The arm up to near the elbow was cut into
very minute fragments. DR.. 4. p Burton Of that
place dressed the wounded limb, and the boy we
understand is doing well.
-fsironomieai and Regulator Cloek.-Messrs
Chase & Trip, watehmakerz aud Jewellers in this
village, have recently procured one Of these eele-
brated clocks for the purpose Of regulating the
clocks aud watches they put in motion. This clock
Is one Of the best constructed and most perfect
time-keepers In the world. II having mercury
pendulum which will adjust il to all kinds Of wealth
err. Messrs Chase & Trip devote most Of their at
ten,ion to repairing and regulating watches, and
they are bound to do rs god work the best city
Establishments. Such excrtions are sure to COM
mand success
Messrs l. d. Richards Sons Of Boston, adver-
tise in columns large quantity and sariety Of
choice Unmarried l;auors. To tbose in want Of such
merchandise they offer pccularlv favorable induee-
ments. The firm is one Of the Oldest and best es-
tablished in Boston. and Is A sure guaranty for
honorable dealing.
Correspondence Of the Vermont Phoenix
N"uA.L " Nh"soHs'
On i,''iV" - "''e "A"eu sO",e u'ne WIN
" '"'Pa"s"'e 10 near some OF your CORES
P'''1'' 'PeiN ou' =" '"e su'9ee' oi uhe proposed
1'.11a'''s 70 '"s constitution, rs recommended
y '"' "ui'o' .en'o's' ohuouoteu'y 'he Tree
''s sA,'"'' A"u nave 'ormei opinions Tor or
"sA'us' 'he'e PROPOSITIONS, lhese opinions are d.
'0' y nor 20 "e presumed that una
"',A VI se"''"ien' WI pre'aii on inns important
su'g'0' AS no'h'hg mas as ye' appeared IN your
" 'e''''''" 10 '"e merits OF ue'ners Of the
A''''1''Ons' VIII assume 'ne privilege oi
e''"s NY ''s"s "h's" you are welcome 70 tAke Tor
nv v, 'as' ~, ~or'a
"n's' ! rei'Ain rom any particular Objection 10
. an '"e eiee-
non o. s'a'e ana county oiheers for the same
penod' nave very grave objections to that portion
o. inc propositions relating to the basis Of repre-
sehta'ion Id our legislature Tho strength, safety,
ana perTetn''Y Of the institutions Of state de-
penl more upon tue rural portions thereof than
uPOd the cities and villages and cannot feel
reconeied TO ha'e'ur incorporated towns. although
some Of them are small virtually disfranehised.
The Council contends that representation should
be based upon population, and deny the correctness
Of the principle which makes all the towns equal
IN representation. Now If we admit the truth Of
this theory its praeica details, as suggested in the
recommendations ! am considering. are very
anaDoous, for the Council has committed the same
error In relation to the Senatorial representation
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1856-11-27
Elected by Negroes.

1t is said that MIR. Lewis ID. Camp
bell, of Ohio, is elected to Congress bv
the vote of negroes! The Cincinnati
Enquirer says:
There is no doubt that Mr.. Vallan-
digham is elected by the votes of the
legal electors. Mr.. Campbell's appa-
rent majority of nineteen is made up
by negroes who have no right to vote
under the State Constitution, its pro
vision being "whte male citizens of
the United States" Some forty ne
grOes are known to have voted for
Campbell, in plain defiance of the
Constitution. in this connection we
heard a good story of Campbell, from
Mr.. Carnitz, of this city, who was yes
terday in barber shop at Hamilton,
when Campbell came in, and con
versation was held between him and
the negro occupants, both of whom
admitted that they voted for Camp
bell. One of the negroes remarked
that the result showed what few ne
grOes could do. Campbell thanked
them for their support, and said that
he did not desire any better votes
We had this from Mr.. Carnitz's own
lips
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A Now:Party3M Movement.

The common defeat of the Repub-
lican and Know-Nothing parties is
having the effect to make them "feel
wondrous kind" at the North at least
The Inauguration of a new party, to
be called the "Amerioan Republicans"
is already talked of, to be composed OF
the elements designated by the CON-
pound name. The Republican jour
mails of New York abound indenuncia-
ton of the Irish and German popula-
ton, as propitiation to Know Moth
ing favor, and ofcourse the latter will
be compelled to adopt something OF
the principles Of the Republicans to
make the union complete and cordial.
This result was clearly foreshadowe
by the various fusions which took place
before the late election, and COM
mon overthrow has rendered the union
more inevitable. To this complexion
it must come at last, if the enemies Of
the Democracy are ever to indulge
the slightest hope of triumph. Black
spirits and red must commingle in or
der to make the shell broth boil and
bubble" Otherwise there is no pros
pect OF even a contest in the future
with the great and conservative prin-
ciples which have recently ttiumPhed
in the election ofJames Buchanan.
The Democracy are ready for
whatever battle wager is rendered
them. They have crushed cut all the
dangerous isms that ever afflicted the
country, and with the assistance Of
that overriding Providence whlch has
heretofore smiled upon them they
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The Senate.

The terms OF the following Senators
expire on the 4th of March next. John
B. Weller, California; Isaac Toucey,
Connecticut; James A. Bayard, Della
ware; Stephen R. Mallory, Florida:
Jesse d Bright, Indiana; Hannibal
Hamlin, Maine; Charles Sumner, Mas
sachusetts; Thomas G. Pratt, Mary
land; Lewis Cass, Michigan; Stephen
Adams, Mississippi; Henry S. Geyer,
Missouri; Hamilton Fish, New Jersey
Benjamin F. Wade. Ohio; Richard
Brodhead, Pennsylvania; Charles 7.
James, Rhode Island; Jas. C. Jones,
Tennessee; Thomas J. Rusk, Texas;
Solomon Foot, Vermont. OF these,
but one is an American in politics,
thirteen are Democrats, and five are
Frecsoilers. Pratt, of Maryland, will
be succeeded by Anthony Kennedy,
American, Toucey, of Connecticut, by
James Dixon, Freesoiler; Adams, OF
Mississippi, by jeff Davis; Foot, of
Vermont. has been reelected. The
remaining vacancies are to be filled
by the various Legislatures this win
ter. There are five vacancies in the
present Senate-one from Missouri,
Indiana, California, and two other
States. The next Senate will be,
like the present, largely Democratic
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stand ready to bruise the remaining
heads Of the dragon. We refer to an
article from the Washington Union in
this mornings paper for full devel-
opment Of the contemplated union. In
this connection, we would direct the
attention of Southern Know-Nothings
to the declaration Of the New York
Times, a Fremont organ, that "the
whole foreign vole-Irish and Ger
man-has been cast for Buchanan
The statement i, apregnant one, and
coming from an organ Of the Black
Republicans, which would scarcely
be so ungrateful, not to speak ofpoli-
cy, as to cast off its friends-if they
had been fricnds-it cannot be doubt
ed. 1t is fashionable with Know
Nothings hereabouts to attribute the
strength of Fremont and the increase
Of abolition sentiments to the foreign
voters. But the Fremont Times
knows differently, and SO proclaims
in the first impulse of modification
and defeat. We trust we shall no
more hear, after this, that it is neces-
sary to disfranchiss foreigners for the
purpose of striking down the Aboli-
tioniuts. The Fremonters know very
well that it is the native Yankee who
supports them, and hence they kick
and cuff the Irish and Germans with
out remorse.-Mtmphis Appeal, 18th
Instant.
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The Southern'Vo Vote.

Ii seems settled that the State o.
Maryland has thrown away her vote
on Fillmore. She has separated from
her sister Southern States in the I'm
ion, and given her electoral suffrage
in such a manner a. to directly aid
the party that is waging violent war
upon her constitutional rights. Moth
ing has occasioned more surprise to
the National Democrats of the North
than the attitude Of the Southern Fill
more men in the late crisis through
which the country has passed. The
nature of the issue involved, it was
reasonable to suppose, would bring to
their aid all Southern men, without
distinction of party; yet, nearly one
half of them have practically been al
lied with the Abolition sectionaiists of
the North.
From the outset it was evident that
Mr.. Fillmore had no chance, that eve
ry vote given him would brighten the
prospects of Fremont, and yet South
ern editors and Southern politicians
have been mad enough to persevere
in his hopeless support. This either
argues a deplorable ignorance on
their part of the state of politics, or
else they are Black Republicans at
heart. The probability is that both
of these suppositions are, in a meas
urc, correct. The masses were hon
est, but were misled by the Rayners,
Botses and Marshals of the South,
who are, in fact, Black Republicans;
but, to whatever cause their actions
may be owing, the Democracy Of the
North have much reason to complain
of the ingratitude Of "a large portion of
the people for whose constitutional
rights they have made such gallant
fight. Cincinnati Enquirer
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A Good Man.

The scenes that take place during
the process of naturalization are some
tunes of rather amusing character.
Some time ago the following occur
renee took place in one of our courts,
Among the crowd of applicants was
an lrIshman named O'Brien, who. in
his own expressive words, was "want-
ing his papers" lie was a short,
thck-set man, end looked as il he
could handle Shin, lagh in tree H.
bernian style. Ills WITH. =, W., .
tall raw boncd son oG Erin wln.,y
being placed before the judge, was
interroSated, AMI answered as tot.ov
Judge--Whlt is your name, sir
Witness Pa:rict q Dennis, yo..
Honor
Judge Do .ou Larw . Bnen:o
Witncss--le rs, sir.
Judge--IIow hong has he been in
this country?
Wltness-A Illt!e owe, i've years.
Judge-ls he man Of good moral
character
Witness (qnite bewildcred) Sure,
your Honor, don't know what moral
character names.
Judge-Wcll, sir, will talk more
plainly to you. Does O'Brien stand
fair before the community?
Witness completely non -plussed)--
BY my sowl, | don't apprehend your
your Honor,
Judge rather irritated) i mean to
ask you, sir, if O'Brien, the person
who wants to be "A citizen, and for
whom You are a witness, is good
man or not2
Witness--Ohl why didn't you ax
me that way before, TO be sure, he
is good man. Sure, and Eve seen
him in ten fights during the last two
years, and every time he licked his
man.
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bo ABROAD
Upon the paths of nature, and, when all
IL, voices whisper, and It's silent things
Are breathing the deep beauty of the world NJ
kneel at its simple altar, aud the God
Who hath the living waters shall be there.
y 7. WILLS
Oft when ploughing the might,
deep, Eve beheld His grandeur in thu
placid ruiiling of the waves-in tn.
gentle breeze of Heaven that waited
me to a far-oH cline in the fury O
the tempest--in loud sounding burst,
of thunGcr-amid vivid flashes o.
lighlning--ay! at time when fancy
pictured to my Imagination the jewel
ry of the ocean as my tomb, and my
dirge the eternal music of its roar
Then again I've viewed it in the a
batemcnt ofthe storn-in the ceasing
Of his anger--in the renovated splen-
dor Of the sky--in the returning bril-
liancy Of the stars--in the unparallel
ed beauty of the ldminary of night
and in the tranquility of the winds,
Reader! Dost think that man can
adequately portray the grandeur OF
his Maker' Dost thou suppose that
he can dilate on that:which is beyond
the ken ofmortality? TIE student, in
the solitude OF his little chamber, may
trim and replenish his midnight lamp
and outwatch the slow-paced eve; the
poet may call in requisition his
breathing thoughts, and array them in
the all powerful garb burning elo-
quence; the orator may summon to
his aid the force of that mighty mind
with which He endowed him; the
learned divine, in the hallowed tenn
pie may extend his hands, uplift his
eyes, and bend his knees in the solemn
attitude Of prayer, and in accents of
thanksgiving and Of praise. But It's
all in vain to correctly discuss theme
which is ad infnitum, sublime and
magnificent.
Grandeur of God! Ye can witness
it ir the glorious gift of intellect to
man--read it in the purer language of
his BROWN the splendor of thought
in that victory of mind which eau
ses the mighty Of earth to recognize
the magnificent brightness of his name,
and the beautiful to hail the brillan-
cy of his talents as a talisman of love
Contemplate it in the mechanism OF
the human heart--in the construction n
Of the casket by which it is inclosed
in that Immortality therein which
will flourish in eternal youth; long,
long after the encircling dust hath
crumbled to that from which it emana-
ted.
Behold it in the pleasing melody ol
the birds as they tune to Heaven their
songs--in the placid harmony of the
air--in the lovely flowers as they
throw around their richest perfume
in the rivulets as they leap on their
course--in the glowing loveIiness and
unmasked beauty of nature:
"In every STREAM his bounty flows
Difusing joy and wealth.
In every BREEZE his spirit blows
The breath Of lile and health"
N. Y. Journal of Commerce.
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Southern Abolitionists.

There are two noisy politicians at
the South whose sentiments on the
subject of negro slavery, have long
been considered unsound. We refer
to the Hon. John NJ. Bolts, of ofVirginia,
and Hon. Kenneth Rayner, Of North
Carolina. Suspicion now ripens into
reality upon this point. Their letters
endorsing the Abolitionist fusion tick.
ct in Pennsylvania, the speeches oi
the last named gentleman in behalf
of tho Fremont Electoral ticket, set
ties this question beyond further doubt
or controversy. While we are able
to take care Of our own bcdlamities,
nc respectfully ask the South 70 take can
Of the abolitionists pifhin her o,Os bas''
dcrs.--Penxsylrssiah sas'
This, it mhst 10 conceded, il a very
reasonable request of the Pssssyls ylsasi.
an. And we taks il that q regard,
Virginia and North Carolina the TWEEN
ty thousand democratic majority ia
each will take care Of their abolition.
lists. .as klts.t, s tt
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An intelligent writer in the North
American Review supposes that no
class Of immigrants has increased
more rapidlyin this country than the
Hebrew. In 1850 man might count
upon his fingers all the synagogues in
the land--now there are at least a
quarter Of a million Of Jews, from
eighty to ninety synagogues, and a
multitude Of smaller communities
whore a nucleus exists which will soon
grow into asynagogue. The city Of
New York alone has twenty syna-
gogues and thirty thousand Jews
about one-twentieth part ofthe popu-
lation being such. There are syna-
gogues in all the chief cities ofthc sea
board; two in Boston, five in Phila-
dclphia, five in Baltimore, three in
New Orleans, two in Charleston, and
four IN CincinuaN
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2,4Ol,SOS
Sl0,Sl9

Majority of the North on the popu-
lar vote, l,50O,939.
Pierce had only a majority of 203,-
396 on the popular vote over Scott, yot
the former led the latter in every
State in the Union, except Vermont,
Massachusetts,, Kentucky and Ten
nessee.
The popular majority Of the sue
cessful candidate has never been ex-
cesslve. There have been two mi
nority Presidents s-Polk and Taylor.
In 1874 the vote stood for Polk, $780,
l96; for Clay, l,2a7,2l2. The cleo
toral college stood, however, ITO for
Polk, to los for Clay. In ls4s Tay-
lor received 1853 electoral votes and
Cass 1877. The vote of Van Buren,
and Cass, nevertheless, exceeded Tay-
lor, and the latter, was therefore a
minority President. In 1886, Van
Buren,, though elected President, beat
Harrison in the popular vote only a
bout $4,000, though he had ITO cleo
toral votes out of294: Four years af-
terwards Harrison obtained 234 elec-
toral votes, while his antagonist had
but so; yet he only beat the latter in
the poplar vote about 100000. out Of
q poll Of nearly 100000. Another
curious feature Of the election Of lS40
was, that the popular vote exceeded
by nearly two-thirds that cast in
1895. Van Buren,, for instance, dis
tanced a. he was, received $4,000
votes in 1910 more than he did four
years before.
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UA few weeks since the Know
Nothing papers announced with gre at
eclat that Mr.. Buchanan's own coun-
ty had voted against him. At the re-
cent election, Mr.. Buchanan carried
Lancaster city BY a majority of 1875
being a Democratic gain ofabout 700
since the October election. So il
seems where Mr.. Buchanan is bcs,
known he gains the largest.
For the benefit Of these gentlemen,
who rcjoiced that Mr. Buchanan was
unable to carry his own county, ~
will publish the vote at Mr.. Fillmore 1
home. In Buffalo, the vote stood
Buchanan 4,4l7, Fremont, 2S07, Fill
more. 2665.--Saany South.