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American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-08-02
And then upon this.

! have been placed
upon u platform Of
whiChlMosT HEARTILY
APPROVE, & THAT CAN
SPEAK FOR ME. Being
the representative of
the great Democratic
party, and not simply
James Buchanan, /
must square myconduct
according 10 The plat
form of that party,and
insert no nctc plank nor
take one from, it.-Mr.
Buchdndn's JVhcGtiand
speech.
In accepting t h e
nomination, | II e e d
scarcely say that | ac-
cept in the same spirit
the resolutions consti.
luling the platform of
principles erected by
the Convention. To
THIS PLATFORM I IN.
TEND TO COMBINE MY
SELF THROUGHOUT THE
CANVASS, BELIEVING |
HAVE NO RIGHT, as the
candidate Of the Dem.
ocratIc party, by an
Sw,erIng interrogato-
RES, TO present nciO s.
different issues before
The people. Buchanan'S
Letter of acceptance.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-08-02
a sTRIfrINa CONTRAST.

Who that has read the noble, patri-
otto and eloquent speeches of Millard
Fillmore at New York and BROOKLYN
and Albany and Rochester, will not be
struck with the striking contrast be-
tween his candid and manly ayowal of
his sentiments and opinions, and the
narrow, contracted and partizan utter
ances OF james Buchanan in his Wheat
land speech and his letter of accept
ancc! 1t seems to us that no impar-
tial reader can fail to perceive in the
one, the spontaneous uncomfortable
outburst of a patriotic heart, and in the
other the carefully studied, cautiously
worded language Of a mere politician.
For the purpose of presenting the two
men in the strongest possible contrast,
we place their language in parallel
columns, and ask every candid man to
say which indicates the highest degree
of pure, unselish, lofty patriotism:
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-08-02

Destruction Of tie Cotton and Corn
CroPs.-We hear sad news from all
this section of the ravages OF The worm
IN the cotton and corn. In mauy cases
helds Of hundreds of acres Of cotton and
corn have been laid waste. We have
met with many planters, within few
days past, who are sufferers-their
prospects utterly blighted. Some con-
slder 1t the great cotton cate piller Of
1916, while others say it is only spe
cles or grass worm. in great numbers
not heretofore known to depredate on
inc cotton or corn to any considerable
STANDARDIZATION Miss Union.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-08-02

THE Lost and SaUed.-So far as can
be ascertalned, the number of persons
lost by the burning Of the Northern In
diana, or known to BIO missing, is twenty
six. The number saved is l47-lOI
passengers and 43 ofthe crew. Aide.
'rolt most commendable generosity
was exhibited by the citizens, and with
IN short time $4,000 was raised for
the benefit of the sufferers. Little or
none. OF the passengers baggage was sa-
we'd, inasmuch as it was so ocated as To
be beyond saving Most of the officers
remained at their posts, and threw over
board everything that could be most
available for saving life. In everv
state room were from two to three life
preservers, but they do not appear to
have been generally used probably
through the influence of the panic.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-08-02

nsB' Mr.. Kingman, Of Washington
city, the well known Ion, Of tho Bal
tlmorc Sun, thus writes to the New
York Commercial Advertiser:
"Fillm6re stock is rising here, in
consequence Of favorable reports from
various Southern States"
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-08-02
withstan1inp Mr. William, M

Notwithstanding Mr.. William NJ.
Burwell of Bedford, has formally an.
nounced his purpose 10 support Buch-
anan, the sun still rises and sets as usu-
al. We had fondly counted upon three
hundred majority in Bedford for Fill
more he will now only get q majority
of two hundred and ninety.nine.-RicA.
Wig.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-08-02

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad This
magnificent thoroughinrc continues To
do tremendous business, aud i, con.
stantiy becoming more popular. Its
rolling stock is enormous, being great.
eli in amount than that of any other
road in America. Tho company has
lately added to it tho largest locomotive
III tho world. Ii is called the "Cenri-
Peae' ana has twelve wheels forty four
ihcnes IN diameter, twenty-five inch
stroke, eleven feet fire box, and weigh.
thir'y'three tons. This engine has been
built as an experimental one, to test the
practicablity Of drawing a train of ak
passenger cars up the heavy grades up.
on this road, [of which some arc liz
feet to the mile at the rate Of twenty
hive miles per hour. 1t is said that this
monster is capable Of accomplishing il
with apparent ease.-Cin. Times 22d
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-08-02

Il Strong Vote.--A vote was taken
on board the steamboat Troy, on We'd
nesday, on the occasion oflhe NowYork
Shirt Sewers excursion, Aid. Briggs.
Mossrs. Cooper, Harvey Everett, Reeve
and Councilman Merit, being The in
spectors. The result was as follows
Fillmore 1,127, Buchanan 1913, Fremont
SO.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-08-02

Observation-Disclosures A. Lawrence,
Esq, OF Boston, nominated on the Free
mont electoral ticket of Massachusetts
has declined and will support Fillmore.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-08-02

C31 The foundation Of my preference is
that Mr.. FILLMORE has administered the Ex.
eCutivc Government with signal success and
ability. He has been TRIED and found TRUE,
1aitAfnl, honest and conscientious" ...H. CLAY.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-08-02

A wheel unlike a horse ,uns the bet.
ter for being tired.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-08-02

Last Words Of Billy MuNigau.-
The last words of Billy MulIegan, when
about to bid alden to California forever
being banished by the Vigilanc e Com
mltiee-wcre as follows:
9 know that my punishment is lust
and merited deserve it and more too.
lave no fault to find with the Commit
tee; they are all respectable gentleman
and are acting right and they ought not
to stop with what they have done
Ihere are hundred others lust as bad
as am. and deserve the same treatment.
There is not on officer in The city or
county of San Francisco who is legally
elected. They are all thieves Fl ON tho
Mayor down, and should be driven
from their Offices. l shall hope to hear
that they have all been made TO resign"
1t is great pity that the Vigilance Com
mittee placed it in the power of such
precious scoundrels to return to theEas
tern States. They should have been
sent to hor Britannia Majesty's domin-
ions in Australia, in acknowledgements
OF tho eqnivocal compliment paid Cali
iiornia by her officers in her pioneer days.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-08-02

The "solid men Of Boston, and of the
Bay State, are moving for Fillmore
A meeting is proposed to be held soon
at Faneuil Hall to start tho ball. A
new Fillmore daily paper is to be start.
ed Immediately, the State is to be car
iied for Fillmore, sure.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-08-02

But one German paper out ortho six
in Cincinnati support Buchanan, and
but one out Of three in Baltimore
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-08-02

South Carolina's Representatives. -
The Governor of South Carolina has
accepted the designations Of Messrs.
Brooks and Keitt, and ordered new
elections for the Goth inst. 1t is un-
dcrstood that the two gentlemen will
DO reelected without opposition.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-08-02

The Richmond Wing says:-A gen
eral alarm, from the mountains to tho
seaboard, is felt for the corn CROP
The rains have been partial and limited
IN quantity, the chinch bug universal,
and like the sand of the sea shore for
numbers. Many cornfelds are entirely
destroyed by them already, and others
can on y be saved by timely and copi-
Gus rains.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-08-02

The blue fish, says tho Nowburyport
Herald, have appeared around Nantuck-
ct, and along tho south shore on to
New York, in which latter place they
are served up at the hotels as regularly
as green peas are in Boston,
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-08-02

The Philadelphia Ledger is provi-
ded with facilities for the most rapid
printing in the world, being able, by tho
aid oftwo eight cylinder Hoe presses, to
turn out 10000 sheets por hour, print
ed on both sides.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-08-02

n Sign.---We learn from the Georgia
papers that at the Fillmore ratification
meeting held in Atlanta, Georgia on
the LIST inst, Colo l.. Harris, prom
inent Democrat, made stirring and
able speech in support Of Fillmore and
Donelson ....
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-08-02

The little steamer Jesse Lazear, says
the Louisville Courier, on her late trip
to Arkansas, encountered a storm in
tho Mississippi, which nearly capsizcd
tho boat. The cbambermaid and a
barrel Of whiskey rolled overheard,
when she rightod, and the passengers
by great exer,ions, fshed up tho split
cargo,
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-08-02

A Swedish weekly newspaper has
been started at Galva, ILL.,, devoted to
the cause of Fremont & Dayton. There
is about 100000 Swedes in that and 9th.
er Western States and this is their onIy
organ.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-08-02

The Worcester Spy says that letter
has been received in that city from a
gentleman in California, which states
that Herberttho Congressman, has been
notified by the Vigilance Committee Of
San francisco, never to show his head
in California again, under tho severest
penalties,
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-08-02

FILLMORE & DoNEIsoN AT BUFFALO.
"A Fillmore and Donelson Club was
formed at Buffalo on Monday, and by
the next day over fifteen hundred Of
the sterling young men of the city had
enrolled their names on its books.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-08-02

Green Corn Om1et.-The FOLLOWING
receipt for this seasonably delicacy is
said to be excellent :-Grate the corn
from IL ears of corn boiled, beat UP
eggs, stir them with the corn, season
with pepper and salt, aud fry the mix
ture brown, browning the top with
hot shovel. If fried in small cakes,
with a little flour and milk stirred in to
form batter, this is very nice.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-08-02

Fillmore and tie Mechanics. The
mechanics. all over the country are en-
thusiastic Fillmore men. A vote taken
on Friday last in the Franklin Foundry
and Machine Shop, at Reading Pa, re
suited as follows: Fillmore, &c; Buch.
anan 20; Fremont o; no choice, 8.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-08-02

The Eoenyal 1sM.--The 18th inst
was truly an eventful day. We have
the horrible scene at Fort Washington
the burning of the Northern Indiana,
the burning ofthe Tinto, and largo
fire at Newark. More than one humid
drod lives were lost during the day, and
one hundred individuals, in addition
were wounded, II may well DO known
in history as the "eventful Sth."-Htlas,
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-04-18
THE BANNER.
IA1GG WIEI q
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL Is, 1856.

seA- Some of the leading Sag Nicht organs
# the South seem trying to see how infamous they
can make themselves and their party. The Rich
mond Enquirer, the leading Sag Nicht organ of
Virginia if not of the whole South, says that the
Democratic party of the South would prefer the
election of a Black Republican President to the
election Of Millard Fillmore" Very possibly the
Democratic party of the South i0ouid; but the
Democratic party ofthe South would show there
by that its opposition or pretended opposition to
Black Republicanism, Freesoilism, and Abolition
ism its base and contemplate hypocrisy.
The whole conservative portion ef the country
has pronounced Mllard Fillmore sound upon the
slavery issues aud cordially aPplauded his sound
uess. And yet the Southern Democratic organs
while cont ending that slavery is to be the para
mount question in the next Presidential election
confess that their party in the Souta would pre-
fer an Abolitionist's election to Mr.. Fimore's
Out upon the abominable hypocrites!-l Louis
vile Journal.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-04-18
VOL. 1--N0. 46.

bridge according to tho plan and specifications
andto keep the same in good repair Tor FIVE yeass
the SHIN to be approp lated for which not to ex-
ceed one thousand dollars out the revenue from
the collections for the year 1855, said comms-
sioners have general supervision over same in
advertising, letting, experimenting and geceiy-
ing the same and that thep make report thereof
to this Board.
Ordered, that tho Sheriff have the fence in
the alley in rear of the Court House repaired
ond white washed and steps made to pass over
the fence in the alley and to have tine Privies
attached to the Court House thoroughly cleans
ed an locks placed upon them and that thew
be kept locked except during the tetms of the
Courts. That he procure suitable trees for
shade and have them set out in. and around the
Court House yard. Have locks placed on the
iron gates and that they be- locked at night as
also the door and windows of the Court House.
That he keep an account of the expense atten-
ding the same and report to this Board for al
lowance.
Ordered, That the following allowances be
made to-wit;
NJ Nye. one day present term as Member of
tnis board, So 90
M Greer, one day present term as Member of
thls board, So 90
John w Jones, one day present term as Member
OF lhls Board, So 90
] Voolfolk, one day present term as Member
of this Board, IA 90
NJ Hollingsworth, one day present term as
Clerk of this Board, IA 90
NJ Jenkins, one day present term as Sheriff
Of this Board, 50 0n
! Ordered that the Court adjourn till Court in
course.
True Copy from the Minutes,
J. M. HOLLINGSWORTH, Clerk.
| BY JOHN BRUMFIELD, D. C..
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A PLEA FOR THE ANCIENT LAM
GUAGES.

That miscalled spirit of utility, which would
Danish the classics from our schools, ifpursued to
its consequences, would tear every sentiment from
the heart Of youth-crush every aspiration of ge-
MUS, and destroy that love of our kind which is
founded on personal admiration of all that is
beautiful Immature or lovely in conduct. Its dog
mas would teach US that our cleyating though Is
glory, surrounded by the monuments of the arts
which even her turbulent people respected and
preserved-that our fondest veneration for that
land of poetry of eloquence and Of science, of all
that excellent in statuary, insculpture, in mu
sic and in paintng-for tina land which, notwith
standing the humiliation of the slave and the op.
preston of the despot, is fresh and green in the
education ofevery scholar-that all these must be
forgotten and sacrificed to the selfish philosophy
of practical utility. The objects of education are
of higher, nobler and more generous character
1t should be their legitimate aim to raise us indi
vidually and as nation, not only in the scale of
wealth and power, but as cultivated and intel
lectual people, and claiming this, the study of the
ancient classics is necessary part of that edoca-
on which seeks for its objects to elevate the NOR
al feelings, to excite generous .and honorable
ambition, and to raise the aspirations of the stu.
dent to objects worthy Of his immortal faculties.
The history of other times-the thoas. and ac-
tions ofthe great of other ages are stamped on
the memery of the classical student by the very
labor Of acquisition; and when all that in after
life he may have received without labor, without
consciousness has been effaced, the principles OF
action as exempifed in the great Of Greece and
Rome, their lessons of experience, their models ol
eloquence and taste viii remain unforgotten and
indelible. The virtuous youth of Cyrus, the in
genuous and lovely character of his mind the
wise precepts and affectionate councils of the dis
lciple of Socrates, the "bee of Greece" will ther
sink deep in his mind and unconsciously pervadt
his own thoughts and character. But it is in th'
later period of his studies when the mind ha
; been expanded by the knowledge it has acquired
that he finds it fertilized and enriched by the at
! mosphere of genius in which he has breathed ant
:l-..a.'aa He then hegins to arm himself with tn.
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other against Cataline. Verres, or Clodlus,
aud not bow before the majesty Of their genius,
and find his own powers exalted by the very hom-
age he is paying? Where can more beautiful trea-
tses Or all that can assuage the evils of life or
purer rules of conduct, apart from revelation, be
found, than those which composed in hours stolen
from the cares and tumults of life were devoted
ia Friendship" and sold age" The glowing,
sougs.of Pindar, who "harnessed for the conquer
or the shariot of Musesn-the gaiety, the grace
of polished Horace--the "pictured page" of Livy
the annals of Tacitus-the majestic dignity of
Virgil, yet painting with inimitable tenderness,
the pure, devoted, lifesacri6cing friendship Of
Nisus and 'Euryalus.
Me, me adsum qui feci-in me
Convertite ferrum.
We care not, that in after life these early stud
les may be forgotten. We care not, though even
the characters in which they were written become
dead letter TO US and their matchless diction as
sealed book-the deep and noble feelings which
their fervent study once excited have purified the
heart that was even their temporary habitation,
and left an impress upon our thoughts which no
forgetfulness can efface. Whatever labor, what
ever care may be thrown into Alpheus, although
they may vanish from sight, will in after life and
in after times reappear in Arathusa with all their
fulness and with all their freshness Our first stu
dies, like the first vegetation of our own forests
may have been suffered to decay, and sink again
into the soil whence they sprung, but their rich
L
ness and their power. when goodly seed shall af.
terwards be sown, will be attested by the fruit q
hundred and thousand fold, which that soil will
yield.
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He then begins to

!. ( "Anatomize -.,ss--l
THE purposes and thoughts Of mar, whose eyes, |
Were closed in distant years"
The studies ofyouth are the mere training Of
the mind for the contests in which it safterwards
to mingle. They are not the race, but the prep
aration for it-and where can living waters that
may refresh and invigorate be drawn from richer
fountains than the mountain springso of classic
literature? Where can poetry, at once the cause
and the Indication Of nations feelings, gaze with
more inspired admiration than at that wonderful
monument of human genius the poems of Homer!
That monument, which, erected ID an age almost
unknown, has withstood the assaults of time and
skill, and towers above all modern efforts the first
and most exalted of its kind? Who can dwell up
on his glowing pages and not catch some portion
| of that light, which dispersed in thousands and
tens ofthousands of channels, have filed the world
with bright images and illustrious thoughts!
Who can read and study him, and not find bis own
soul enlarged by every splendid achievement, by
every lofty sentiment, by the wisdom of the old,
and the "daring of the young"-the flial piety
and devoted friendship that breathe, live and
move in this matchless work! Who can stand in
the presence of Plato, and not find his mind eeva-
ted by the teachings with all their errors, of this
wonderful man? Plato-of whom his admIring
countrymen said "The father of the Gods, had he
spoken in Greek, would have read no other Ian
guage than PIato's. Plato, of whose unrivalled
works it has been beautifully said, eve stand as
Il e.L-
Of thought, opening on every high thoughts,
that raise the mind to Heaven,-pillars and arches
ranged in seeming confusion; and veil of tracery
and foliage thrown over all, but all rich with a
light streaming through dim religious forms, all
leading up to God all blessed with an effluence
from Him; though an ef1uence dimned and Lall
lost 10 the contaminated reason of Man." Who
can in imagination become one of the audience ol
that mighty tragic triumvirate; whose productions
are still dear to every scholar, and not find his
mind enlarged, and strength given tothe wings o
his own thoughts by the energy Of Kschylus,-
the grace of Sophocles,-the tenderness and pa
thos of the brilliant though udequal Eurpdes
Wherecan the patriot find purer principles. free
dopauthan those which journey through the page
: Of ancient literature asits companions and it
, guiidess When did the accents # liberty rollup
ON the tongue with q more commanding and per
yading influence than 10 the vehement, yet chas
II tened phiippics Of Demostheries the aowery, th
polished, yet terrible, denunciations of Cicero
who can behold the one, in that fierce democrac
Lthens, and yet not more fierce in their passion
81 a n
loquence from capitulating fears, and wit
ring sneer, led against the imam Of Mace
TSS@ or dwell upon the terrible inyectiyes ofth
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U The Washington Union announ-
ces the withdrawal of Mr.. Forney from
that concern so the firm Of Nicholsor. &
Forney no longer exists. This is right.
It is said to be against nature that two
diseases should exist in the body at the
same etime;and the Washington Union
ought not to be excluded from the oper-
alton Of that benign law.