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The correspondent Of the Cambridge
Coronicle tells the following story of the
Buchanan flag in Hallowell:
A few days ago, good old farmer
was riding leisurely into town in light
wagon, attached to which behind was an
old gig. The sober-minded horse logged
quietly along, while the farmer, with his
head bent, meditated abstractly, unno-
ticing the passers by, or aught on either
side. Suddenly the horse came to a
stand still. "Get up" said the old man.
No motion on the part of the horse
$50 along said he again jerking the
rein. The horse remained immovable,
except turning his eyes toward his mas
ter. Looking up then, the old man
spicd the flag hanging over him slow.
ly he read aloud, Buchanan and Breck-
enridge, Samuel Wells. Drawing up
the reins, he said to the horse, 80 old
fellow, you won't 60 under that flag will
your You won't so under it : Well, l
don't blame you. won't go under it
myself; )" and quietly backing, he turned
up by the Factory, and coming round by
the Hallowell House, went through Win
throp down into Water street again.
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The following extracts are from the
record Of opinion expressed by
men, all Of whom are now prominent
of Buchanan or Fillmore -
by SENATOR YULEE OF FLORIDA.
"For my part, am ready to proceed
to extreme measures, even to the dlssolu-
ton OF the Union"
BY SENATOR BROWN, OF MISSISSIPPI.
''If the Wilmot Proviso is adopted,
it will raise a storm that will sweep
away this Union, and pray God devout-
ly it will do so.''
by MR.. MORSE OF LOUISIANA.
"The Southern man who will stand
up and say that he is for the Union, NOW
and forever is more dangerous to the
people he represents than those who are
in open hostility. If California be tram
meled with preamble declaring the ter
ritory now free, | am willing to dissolve
the Union
BY MR.. STANTON OF TENNESSEE.
"When the Wilmot Provso is adopted,
l and the South are ready to walk out
of the Union.'
BY SENATOR BUTLER OF SOUTH CARO-
Il do not make the salvation of the
Union the paramount question:
III SENATOR MASON OF VIRGINIA.
at is time the yoke was thrown off
and the question settled
BY MR.%coLCocK OF GEORGIA.
"Ifthc W'ilmot proyiso should pass in
any form l will introduce bill for the
dissolution of the Union.''
BY MIR. MEAD OF VIRGINIA.
'sIf you exclude us, am not willing
to submit. 4 i i; We intend to
have the land peaccably if we can, for
ciIiy if we must"
BY MR. NEVILLE OF MISSISSIPPI.
The people of the South know then
rights, and will maintain them at all
hazards, even should disunion result
f. i - The South must defend then
rights at the expense OF Blood
The following resolution was adopted
at Congressional caueos of Southern
Democrats held in Washington in Janu-
airy. 1s49:-
Resolved, That the dissolution of the
Union is preferable to the submission ot
the South to the Wllmot Proviso. -
The following toasts were drank at q
Democratic 4th of July celebration al
Atchison City, in Kansas -
"Disunion-By secession Or otherwise
"a beacon of hope to an oppressed peo-
pie and the surest remedy for Southern
wrongs Enthusiastic cheers.
"7he City of Atchiso,i--May she, be-
fore the close of the year '5s, be the capi-
tai of Southern Republic" Cheers.
What can excel the impudence of the
Buchanier editors, who are continually
charging the Republicans with being dis
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5flrrt forttq.
rom the Home Journal. |
MUSIC.

BY GEORGE =. NORRIS.
The wind-harp has music it moans to the tree,
And so has the she'll that complains to the sea-
The lark that sings merrily over the lea,
The reed of the rude shepherd boy
We revel in music when day has begun,
When rock fountains gush into glee as they
run,
And stars of the morn sing their hymns to the
sun,
Who brightens the hill-tops with joy
The spirit of melody floats in the air.
Her Instruments tuning to harmony there,
Our senses beguihng from sorrow and care,
In blessings sent down from above
But nature has music far more to my choice
And all in her exquisite changes rejoice
No tones thrill my heart like the dear human
voice
When breathed by the being love
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Ni1rrIIaneou1 1>ru0inQ.
PRIVATE LIFE OF WASHINGTON.

We copy the following sketch OF Gen.
Washington private life from Washing
ton lrviag's biography of that illustr-
Gus man.
From letter to his correspondent in
England, it would appear that Washing
ton long entertained desire to visit that
country. Had he done 50, his acknowl
edged merit and military service would
\ have insured him distinguished reecp-
ton; and it had been intimated that the
signal favor of government might have
changed the current OF his career. We
believe him however to have been too
pure patriot, and too clearly possessed
of the true interests of his country to be
diverted from the course he ultimately
adopted. His marriage, at any rate, had
put an end to any travelling inclinations.
In his letter from Mt Vernon, he writes:
l am now, believe, fixed in this seat
with an agreeable partner for life, and
hope to find more happiness in retire
ment than ever experienced in the wide
and bustling world.
This was no Utopian dream transient
ly INDUCED amid the charms of novelty.
1t was deliberate purpose with him, the
result of innate and enduring inclina-
tions. Throughout the whole course Of
his career agricultural life appears to
have been his beau ideal of existence,
which haunted his thoughts even amid
the stern duties of the field, and to
which he required with unfagging inter
est, whenever enabled to indulge his
natural bias.
His marriage was singularly happy
one. He had no children, but devoted
himself to the care of the two which his
wife had by her first marriage. Mt Yer
non, to which he had succeeded, was his
residence, and there ne lived for several
years as wealthy country gentleman,
liberal in hospitality, fond OF hunting and
the field sports, following agricultural
life from choice, and occasionally devot-
ing himself to the business of local legis-
lation.
Washington, by his marriage, had ad-
ded above 100000 to his already con-
siderable fortune, and was enabled to
live in ample and disnifed style. His
intimacy with the Fairfaxes, and his in
tercourse with officers of rank, had per-
haps had their influence on his mode OF
living. He had his chariot and four
with black postillions in livery, for the
use of Mrs. Washington and her visi-
tors. AS to himself, he always appeared
on horseback His stables were well fill.
ed and admirably regulated. His house
hold books contain registers of the names
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CAMPAIGN SONG.

WRITTEN FOR YOUNG MEMS REPUBLICAN CLUBS.
TuSE--" Ejiliko, and his DfaaA.s
AS Buchanan was walking by the White House
one day
Ills eyes did roll upward and thus lie did say,
Il am looking fer lodgings, and this is the
thing,
So guess will take il quite carly next spring.
CHoRUs-Singng to la lal la raj Ia to raj In.
Then bowling quite low to the people around,
He called them the hrayest he ever had found;
The South was his darling, the North was his
pride;
And in speaking of Kansas he ,endcrly sighed
CuoRus-Singing to Ia, &c.
81 am yours. my dear people" he feryen,ly
said.
!" And lis for that reason never shall we'd
I'll be youi protector, yours truly. alone,
Your joys and your sorrows shall all be my
own.'
CuoRus-Slnging to Ia, &c.
Twas thus he was talking sweet things to the
crowd.
When the voice Of the people rose up very
loud:
Here CONE, John aud Jessie. 50 clear ou, 0!
the way,
- tNb 4htI ita t4IN NtiiS+il N1i
cHuKJs-SinEihE u IL, SC.
{" We 90 for Free X aIsas, Free Press and Free
Speech,
And many great things that Freedom do,i.
teach
We want NO old fasies 80 crush US with wrong,
sn clear ou' of the way tor Jessie and john -
CnoEus-Siagng u la, &c.
Then Buchanan with weeping looked rouud
OF the crowd,
Bat alas for lbs +" fseltaks." they cried very
loud,
Make wa, for brave FREMONT, our hero
make ~af.
Yoa can ride up SAT- River flr;en cents day.
tH0svs-Siuxng 10 Ia, &c.
MORAL
Now all wire pui.er> take warning by his,
Ere dreaming Of sa!aing political hiss
Don't knock at the White House or Uncle
Sans farm,
Unless Freedom and Jessie do hang on your
arm.
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Intentional fraud
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NORTHERN LABORERs CLASsED
WITH SLAVES.

The democratic party like very well to
receive the franchises Of our foreign pop
ulatlon, but the despotic power which
rules that party, and which is determin-
ed to rule or ruin the country, has the
following language for the .menials'
who serve in hotels :
.'IF WHITE MEN ACCEPT THE OFFICES
OF MENIALs, 1T SHOULD BE EXrECTED
THAT THEY WILL DO 50 WITH AN AP-
PREIENSIoN OF THEIR RELATION TO So
CIETY, AND THE DISPOSITION QUIETLY
TO ENCOUNTER BOTH THE RESPONSE
BILITIEs AND LIABILITIES WHICH TIE
RELATION IMPOSES. ."-Charieston s. &.
&andvd.
ut is getting time that hotel walters
at the North were convinced that they
are servants, and not gentlemen in dis
guise. ehope that this Herbert affair
will teach them prudence
The ''menials'' will rccollcet this. or
the gentlemen who are not in disguise, .
may under the necessity of shooting them
in self-defence
The Missouri Democrat remarks upon
this as follows:
"Thus WHITE sLvvEs. as those who
labor in household duties are called,
have no right to resist any outrage, no
matter how gross. This is fully equal
to the language of Mr., Goode, the Atchi-
son Know Nothing preventative, who
denounced laboring men as 'ayhite slayes'
and worthy of Mr.. Reynolds, who seems
to have had his cue from the Charleston
print when he spoke of german and
Irish as ,ceH as n(grocs. y
Such is the manner in which the
Pierce office holders and the Know Moth
ing representatives. treat the millions Of
working men who have done 50 much to
make this country great and glorious. -
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REV. DIR. HUNTINGToN UPON FRE-
MoNr.-The August number of reli-
gious monthly magazine, conducted by
Professor Huntington, contains the fol-
lowing notice, from his own pen, of Up
ham S Life of Fremont -
"It is not often that more agreeable
task falls to any writer, than the compo-
sition Of the subject, the symmetry and
force Of the character portrayed, the ex-
citing fortunes described, the close and
vital sympathy of the whole story with
the best hopes Of civilization and the as
pirations of liberty, the positive certain
ty Of an immense circle of Interested rea-
ders, the reasonable prospect of helping
on result which is the only deliveranee
ola great Republic from pressing destruc-
tion,-these are the elements Of rare
pleasure in authorship. The great dam
ger was that it would be orer-done. Mr..
Upham has escaped that danger. The
best judgment, taste, self-restraint, and
strict adherence to fact, lend grace
and dignity to the whole narrative. And
why should the simple facts not be ad-
hered to: They are surely enough to ex-
cite the dullest imagination, and kindle
enthusiasm in the blankest indifference.
Everything in the way of qualities, incl
dents, adventures, achievements, is unit
ed here to rouse admiration. Col. FIRE.
mont is pre-eminently the American man
the child Of American Republicanism,
the peaceful conqueror of American ter
ritory, the embodiment Of American ideas
Nc candidate for the Presidency since
Washington has been so truly type or
representative of the national character
and tendencies. His life is studded all
over with salient, brilliant points. As
surely as science, courage, generosity,
experience, integrity, self-reliance, per-
sistency, success, victory, win from
Americans honor and affection, so truly
does this hero-the planter of our flag
on the top of the Rocky Mountains-ap-
pear Presidential leader in the cause
offreedom, order and peace,'
In recent letter., Ethan Spike, Esq,
gives an account Of 4 caucus, holden III
the town Of Hornby, for purpose Of nom-
mating a candidate for Selectman. The
following extract from the speech of the
nominee Will show how man feels when
he is turning into a platform. We COM
mend it to the friends of the late James
Buchanan.
'Fellcr Citizcns-I not ony maount the
platform but III ride it TO the divil Of
the safety of the CONSTRUCTION an the
Union shall seem to AK it. | shall so
kinder mix myself with this platform
that twill be hard to tell tother from
which. Yes--feller citizens. yer lookin
yer last on the Onspeakable Libby: |
feel the planks CROWN into my ribs, my
NERDS are hardnin, my legs are feelin
awfully timberish an my toes is turnin
into twenty pcnnys and spikes. l shall
soon be a platform an my wife will be a
widder-onless it ar constitutional for
such kind of furniter as I'm becomin to
keep wives
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CoNrRIyANcE.-As DIR. Darwin was

CoNrRivANcE.-AsD DIR. Darwin was
walking one day in his garden, he per
coivcd a wasp upon the gravel walk with
a large fly, nearly as big as itself, which
it had caught. Knccling down, he dis
tinctlv saw it cut off the head and abdo-
men, and then taking up with his feet
the trunk or middle portion of the body,
to which the wings remained attached,
fly away; but breeze of wind acting
on the wings of the fly. turned round the
wasp with its burden, and impcded its
progress. Upon this it alighted again
on the gravel walk, deliberately sawed
off first one wing, and then the o'her,and
having thus removed the cause of its en-
barrassment, flew off with its booty.
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a CANINE N0DLEMAN. We take
the following from the Trinity, (Califor-
MIA Times. 1t records one of the most
remarkable instances of canine sagacity {:
William Dredge lives about five miles
from town, at the base of the mountain
which towers north of US. A short time
after midnight, on the morning of
Wednesday last, he was aroused from
his slumbers by the howl of a dog. No
menace on his part could rid him of the
strange intruder. The dog continued to
walk around the cabin, still repeating his
dismal bowling and moaning, occasional
ly making efforts to effect an entrance
through the closed doorway. Surprised
and much alarmed at this singular dem
onstration, Mr. Drcdge at last hastily
dressed himself and unbolted the door
when a large mastitf rushed in. The
dog at once caught hold Of his trousers,
and employed every gentle means to in
ducc the man to accompany hlm outside.
Dycdses first impression was, that the
animal was nal and yet SO peculiar
and earnest his dumb entreaties, that he
finally yielded, and proceeded without
the cabin. y joyful yell was the result,
and the delighted brute, now capcring
and wagsins his tail before him, and
now returning and scizing him by the
hand and trousers, indeed Dred sc to
follow him.
Their course vas up the precipitous
side of thn rnountain and soon they
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unionists, while their own leaders are
uttering such sentiments as the above !:
The people are beginni ng to unG er-
stand, that the "diSuuiom'' which the
Arugs is continually prating about, has
existence only in the disordered brains of
the leaders of that niggcr driving democ-
racy.
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Thepcasants of Huntingdonshire are prov
erbiai for their bo9rishness. One day II
lady riding through the grounds of Il friend
to whom she was on visit. found the gate
closed which was the outlet from the fields
to the high road peasant boy stepped for
wlrd, and bowing, opened the gate that she
might pass.
"W hat is your name, ;" asked the lady.
.Fammas, said the boy, with another
bow.
"Ah,' replied the lady, giving him a
shilling, - | SEQ You are not u Huntingdon
Shire boy-you are 50 civil" to which the
urehin quickly rej5ined,
:, Thee TT a liar, be.
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1t Is sad that at the 18th of July celchra
ton in Bnghampton, the Hon. Daniel 5.
Dickinson, the President of the day, intro
duced the following toast -" The women
of the Observation-Disclosures of men and pat
riots. The women Of to-day-lloop! hoop
hoop Hrrdh,
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THE MEANEsT Act OF ALIVE
learn, that a gentleman in this city has
been prosecuted and fined the sum of $40
and costs, by the Municipal Straight
Whig Judge in this city, on a charge Of
vending in the streets the biography of
JOHN G. FREMONT! If this is not
meanness, tell us ye Buchanan men who
approve of it, what act of party politi-
clans will you call mea.-Pmtland Er-
positor.
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RATHER AMBIGuous.--An Indiana paper
the death of II gentleman out
West, says that "the deceased, Mough a
bank dircctor, is generally believed to have
died Il christian, and was much respected
while living"
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IN Eastern editor says that man in New
York got himself into trouble by marrying
two wives. 4 Western editor replies by
assuring hi, cotemporary that good many
men in thar section have done the same thing
by marryingone. \ Northern editor retorts
that quite a number of his acquaintance
found trouble enough by barely promising to
marry. without going any further. ASouth-
ern editor says that IA friend of his was both
cred enough by simply being found in compa-
nv with another man wife.
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A clergyman at an afternoon service, was
isked to read a notice for woman s rights
lecture, which he did in this wise -" At
half-past six O'Clock, at the school-house in
the first district hen will attempt to cr0tc,"
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can is Flagherty yer name = said
Paddy to his new made acquaintance
Sure, / knew two ould maids in Tip
perary NV that name-but they weren't
yer mother at ALL they -
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A TAILOR had received strict orders not
to keep any prisoners in solitary confine-
ment. Once when he had but two in
charge, one escaped, and he was obliged,
in consequence to kick the other out Of
doors, to comply with regulations.
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How wisely Nature, ordering all below,
Forbade, on woman ) chin, beard to grow,
For how should she be shaved, whateer the skill,
Whose tongue would never let her chin be still
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The Spaniards say, eat eighteen marry
your daughter to her superior, at twenty to
her equal, at thirty to anybody who will
have her.
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A young gentleman out west committed
suicide in very novel manner last week
lie ate pint Of dried apples and then
drank water until he bursted The rash
act was caused by his father forbidding him
to grease his moustache with the butter
knife
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In Pennsylvania it is pretty certain
hat but one electoral ticket will be run
BY the opponents of Buchanan.
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Sometime ago there lived in Vermont Il
que + Old mln named Miller. He had lost
part of his palate. and was a rare specimen.
lie owned mill, the water of which was
brought for soma distance through II wooden
tuma. One morning an apprentice informed
him that the dume was fall of sucllers.-
Mill.r posted himself at its mouth, placing a
lar,e basket to catch the suckers in. while
tie boy Went to the other end to hoist
There wA,a rush of many waters carry
ing Miller, basket and all, over the ovcrshot
wheel, and for thirty feet below. Al drip
ping be scrambled out, sputtrring, .'fpa
may think I'm an IDIOT, bat ain such Il
d--5l fool that | can't see through the
joke"
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10 Why are twice eleven like twice ten
Ans,-Because twice eleven are twenty
two, and twice ten are twenty too.
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JOB PRINTING

Executed at this Office with neatncss and dispatch.
Posters, Shop-bils, Blanks, Circulars, Bill-Leads,
Programmes, Receipts, Bylaws, Court Dockcts,
Envelopes, Labels, Cards, &c. &c.
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Washington delighted in the chase.


In the hunting season, when he rode out
early In the morning to visit distant
part OF the estate, where work was 60
ing on, he often took some of his dogs
with him for the chance Of starting fox,
which he often did, though he was not
always successful in killing him. He
was bold rider, and an admirable
horseman, though he never claimed the
merit of being an accomplished fox hunt
er. In the height of the season, howev-
er, he would be out with fox hounds two
or three times a week, accompanied by
his guests at Mount Vernon and the
gentlemen in the ncighborhood, especial
y the Fairtaxes of Belbois, of which es-
tate his friend, William Fairfax, was now
the proprietor. On such occasions there
would be hunting dinner at one or 9TH
er Of those establishments, at which con-
vivial repast, Washington is said to have
enjoyed himself with unwontcd hilarity.
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ENDORSING BRooKs.-The N. Y. Journal
of Commerce, a paper which has labored hard
to show that the South would not endorse
the conduct Of Brooks, has the following
from its own South Carolina correspon.
dent
'' Col. Brooks election came off yesterday
and today, He has no opponent, neither has
Col. Keitt, as it would be considered dishon-
orahle for any gentleman TO oppose them
and even, perhaps. dangerous. J"
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An orphan girl of 20, with $1,000 year,
advertises herself in New York PAPER o.
wanting handsome and respectable man in
marriage. She prints her picture, and il ID
pretty, and halls FROM Springfield, Mass.
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WHO ARE THE DISUNIONIsTS.

The following extracts are from the
record Of opinion expressed by
men, all of whom are now prominent
Of Buchanan or Fillmore -
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-11-27
$Z6 HBwARD:

ID ANYWAY from the Subscribers. on the
~ 18th day of August last, a NEGRO BOY
by the game of Charles, about % years old,
q feet J inches high, weighs about $50 lbs,
dark complexion, full round face, has a small
scar on his right arm near the elbow, and
was purchased from man by the name of
Dupree, who resides seven miles from Keves.
VILE, Virginia. Also, on the LIST day Of Sep.
TENDER last, BOY Alfred. 81 or 90 Years old,
feet inches high, weighs about / 80 pounds,
copper complexion, thick lips. and mouth
pr"jects-and is the property of Owen J.
willis, OF Monroe county, Georgia--has lived
in East Tennessee, where he probably has re-
laiious
We will pay $50 for the apprehension and
delivery of the boy Charles at our camp at
the Tunnel of the Cleveland and Chattnnoo.
ga Rail Road, os$2j if lodged in any iail so
we get him, and $50 for the by Alfred, or
$40 if lodged in Jail.
JOHN D. GRAY 4 co.
Oct 10, lS5G-tf-i2l