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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-11-20
COST OF THE CONTEST,

Few people ever think of the expense in
cash of Presidential contest. Yet 10 is
really something enormous. The vast ma
chinery necessary to carry on such canvass
the number of organizations which it re-
quires-the amount of printing, of writing,
of postage, and of labor of every kind. .which
is brought into service, is far; beyond any
estimate usually formed. Let us state, q
few facts, which may aid in forming an opin-
ion /: - s,4
There are about 500 counties, and net
far from 5000 towns, in the thirty-one
States composing the Union. Every town
has one political club of each party-and
many towns have many more. There were
undoubtedly during the last canvass over
$4,000 organized clubs, belonging 10, each
Of the political parties. within the United
States-the number of Fremont clubs may
may have been 5000 less, since therepubli-
can organization did not extend into the
Slave States. Each of these clubs was in
active operation for at least three months.
Each of them required rooms, printing, post
age, more or less travelling of their officers
and committees; and these, with other Incl
dental expenses, could not have amounted,
on the average, to less than SlO0 month
-or $500 for the canvass The labors per.
formed by their secretaries, president and
committees would certainly amount to the
steady services of at least three men each,
worth not less than 500 each for the whole
three months. Not less than 1000 persons
have been actively engaged, for nearly the
whole of the canvass, in making speeches
and public addresses-traveling from place
to place, and always at an expense which
must be met by somebody-and entitled, Of
course, to have their own services estimated
at fair price-probably $500 for each, IN
cluding their expenses, would not be low
estimate.
Then on election day there are opened in
the United States not less than SO, 600 polls,
at which each party stations not less than
FIVE men, besides the inspectors, policemen
and other legal officers, who average, perhaps,
FIVE more, making ten in all, whose services
are worth at least two dollars each,
Let us sum up the aggregate OF all these
items:< ~
$500 each. 100000
months at Sloo........' .' 100000
One thousand speakersfor three months ~
ut SDUU lOUU,UUO
Officers, challengers, &c., at the polls 100000
.....SZ6 ,OUU
Here is total of more than twenty-five
millions of dollarsexpended in the canvass
Nev York Times. ~
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-11-20
MR.. BUCHANAN AT HOME.

A letter from Lancaster, Pa, to the New
York Herald, dated Nov. l, says:
"On approaching Wheatland the visitor
is struck by the air of comfort and trimness
that prevades the place. The mansion is q
plain brick one, without any pretension to
architectural beauty, but the site on which
it is built commands some picturesque views,
and is shaded by fine old trees. 1t is sim,
pie, substantial, republican looking dwelling
without any of the composite decorations
with which our city millionaires are in the
habit Of ornamenting their suburban villas.
1t has warm, genial, homestead aspect,
promising hospitable welcome and substan.
tial cheer to those who may enter its walls.
Previous to its purchase by Mr. Buchanan it
belonged to Mr.. VIM. NJ. Meredith, late Sc.
cretary of the Treasury under Gen. Taylor,
and was built, we believe; by brother-in.
law of Robert Emmet
On entering the house I was shown into
the library, where I found Mr.. Buchanan
with about ten or dozen gentlemen, who
were all unknown to me, but who, I believe
were for the most part leading politicians Of
the neighborhood. The conversation appear.
ed to be animated, and turned, of course, on
the subject of the election. Mr.. Buchanan
listened attentively to the remarks made, but
took very little part in them. From his calm,
impassive manner, enc would suppose him to
be the party least interested of all the per.
sons present on the subject under discussion.
1t was many years since I had seen him, and
l was forcibly struck by the little alteration
which time and the cares of Office had effec.
ted in his appearance. He looked even
younger, fresher and stouter than when we
last met.
Nothing could be more kind or more cor
dial than the manner in which he received
me, although the motive of my visit was more
Of a personal than political one. He is ex-
ceediugly fortunate in possessing so much
bon honame of manner, for I can assure you
it is severely put to the test. He is beset by
hosts of visiters of all conditions, some of
them queer samples of humanity. Only
think of an enthusiastic female phrenologist
making long journey to take cast of his
head. Mr.. Buchanan received his lady visi-
ter with the greatest politeness, invited her
to dinner, and told her she was welcome to
examine anything she pleased about the
premises, with the exception of his bumps.
You can imagine the modification of this ar
dent votary of science at being compelled to
leave without accomplishing the object Of
her journey.
Mr.. Buchanan's family circle consists for
the present, of Mr.. and Miss Lane (his ne
phew and niece,) Mrs George Pitt, of Phil
adelphia, and Mr.. Appleton, his late secre-
tary of legation in London. Col. Ramsey is
also on visit with him. Miss Lane, beau.
tiful and highly accomplished young lady,
does the honors of the mansion with the
same grace and afability which gained her
so much popularity at the head Of her un-
cle's establishment in London"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-11-20
TO YOUNG MEN.

Young man save that penny-pick up
that pin-let that account be correct to. a
farthing-fnd out what that bit of ribbon
costs, before You say you will take it-pay
that half dime your friend handed you to
make change Within word, be economical,
be accurate, know what you are doing-be
honest, and then be generous, for all you
have or acquire thus, belongs to you byevery
rule of right, and you may putt toany good
use you please. 1T is not parsimony to be
economical. It is not miserly to save a pin
from loss. 1t is not selfish to be correct in
your dealings. 1t is not small to know the
price of articles you are about to purchase,
or to remember the little debt you owe.--
What if you do meet Bill Pride decked out
in much better suit than yours, the price
of which he has not yet learned from his
tailor, and he laughs at your faded dress,
and old.fashioned notions of honesty and
right, your day will come. Franklin, who
from penny-saviug boy: walking the streets
with loaf of bread under his arm, became
companion of kings. y
"Take care Of the pence, and the pounds
will take care of themselves" La Fitte, the
celebrated French banker, leaving the house
to which he had applied for clerkahip, was
not too proud or careless to pick upa PIN
The simple pin laid the foundation of his
immense wealth: The wise banker to whom
he applied saw the act, called him back, and,
gave him employment, being convinced by
this simple act that he would be valuable
clerk and a useful man.
Be just then generous. Benevolence.i is
great duty, by which you not only benefit
the object, but feels sensation of Joy in your
own soul, worth more than gain. But gen.
erosity can never be measured by the amount
you lavish on fine dress, or that you spend
to crafty vanity and folly. Let the girls
say you are small, rather than spend adol-
lar for useless book Purchase good books,
and they will tell you that no girl worth
having ever selected man for husband on
account Of his long tailor's bill, any more
than on account of his long ears. .., -.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-11-20
Selett 4eaomg.
REFLECTIONS.

Why should one man harm another?
Is not man to man brother:
Strength was given to the strong
Not for purposes Of wrong,
But to helm the weak along.
Why should Envy move the breast
When ne:ghbor seemcth blest?
Gifts that from high Heaven are shed,
Though they fall not on our head,
Bedeck the ground on which We tread.
Why should Pride our thoughts engage?
"All the world is but a stage
Brief the most aprlauling call
And up,H The great and small
Drops the curtain, like pail.
Why should Hate our breasts excite?
Doing wrong ne'er serves the right;
Hearts that on brooding malice feed
Opc their own pores and bill them bleed
Die by their own mistaken deed.
Why should Scandal move the tongue?
FalsehooI's old, but Truth is young!
Mischicf-witch Of darker time
Trails along in filth and slime,
But angel Love is all sublime.
Why should Bigotry defy
The opening OF the mentaley
He serves the wrong who fears the right;
God hath sail-"Let there be light"
The SUI doth ever chase the night.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-11-20

p9- A gentleman in the American Agri-
culturist states that he thoroughly cured
6De young mare afflicted with the heases, BY
feeding her on cornstalks, and that the dis.
ease never returned. The writer quotes
Judge Buels opinion as to cornssalks being
remedy; that distinguished agriculturist
having had horse afflicted with that disor-
der, which disappeared after being SO fed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-11-20

are obtained from one pound of metal. The
largest letter regularly supplied by type
founders is called twelve line plea; these are
two inches on the perpendicular face, vary
ing in width with the letter. The larger
sizes that we see on showbills, &C., are cut
in wood.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-11-20

~ We have the authority of the Cleve.
land Plain Dealer for stating that ssKausas
has quit bleeding" Can the same be said
Of Gerrit Smith and Moses II. Griaasll? ?
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-11-20

B9"No poet has written sweeter lines on
such a delightful theme than has Montgome-
ry on
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-12-04

Democratic leaders, that they acted with the
sanction and full concurrence of the South,
who plainly discovered that without resort
being had to such course, their de feat was
certain. 1t is further said, that now Mr..
Buchanan has been elected, the Southern
Democracy deny that they sanctioned this
departure from the Cincinnati Platform; but
both Buchanan and his friends, insist that
his election could not have been secured
bt by this abandonment Of the s''avery ex-
tension plank of his platform; and that
thereby, be is fully compromised ,rtt The
tacit assent Of the Soulh, TO the admission Of
kqnSas as Free State
We do not vouch for the truth rrof these
statements; but they come to US in shape
which commands our belief in their accur-
acy. If true, Mr.. Buchanan will enter up
on the discharge of his duties as President,
untrammelled by the most odious and dis
graceful features of the Cincinnati Platform
and at full liberty to act as free agent
except that he is pledged TO the admission oi
Kansas as Free State-that being the only
cOndt ton upon which he received the votes
of NeIc Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana and
Illinois which eiecled INN to the Presidency
How far the South will be able to persuade
or bully him into the adoption of their pr L.
ciples, remains to be seen; but once releas-
ed from his unfortunate pledge TO the Gin
cinnati Convention, the moral effect Of lhe
great uprising of the people in the Free
States, will not be without its influence in
supporting an honest Executive in the dis
charge OF all his duties 10 the great prin.
ciples of our Government.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-12-04
California.

Partial news from the California election
NAV be found in another column. 1t was
hardly to be supposed that the Republican
party, being organized in that State So shor'
a time before the election, could have mus
tered any very formidable force. The State
generally is thinly populated, and by non
reading people, who had no time' nor even
opportunity TO become acquainted with the
Republican principles. The returns, now
ever, indicate that the popular vote is IN
opposition to the only party which favor'
the Pacific Railroad, public improvement
which will advance the commercial lmpor'
tance of California above that OF any othel
State in the Union. OF course this Is at
tributable to the ignorance of the masses In
Califor mia in relation to this PLANK in the
Republican Platform. and not to their hos
tility to the enterprise, for the general sup
position is that they are unanimously friend
ly to it.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-12-04

ciple of her craftsmanship while she is con-
tent to remain in the Union. In the North
there is party well affected to her interests
The President elect is pledged to protect
her rights. For ourselves we find, inde-
pendent!y of the obligation, of party, abun'
ssnt reason to solicit the alliance OF the
Northern Democracy, and the influence O.
the Federal Executive Such being the
case We would strengthen rather than de-
stroy the integrity of the Democratic or
Canization; so that when the final conflict
comes Gf come it musO, the South may moi
find herself utterly friendIess and alone -
Such being the case, we mean to support
Mr.. Buchanan's administration, in the con-
fident belief that the South will never re-
gret her agency in his election. VIII not
our friends of the Delta and Mercury an
nounce the same resolution!
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-12-04
Arrival of the Persia.

SANDY Hook, Nov. 25-The Steamer
Persia from Liverpool with dates to the 18th
inst, has Just passed here for New York.
LIVERPOOL, l4.-Cotton market has been
inactive during the week, but middling
quantities have improved l-6. The sales
of the week are Al 900 bales, including 500
on speculation and 400 for export. Sales
of Friday 5000 bales, of which 500 were for
speculation and export, market closed steady
The Stock of Cotton at Liverpool is 397.-
600 bales, of which 700 bales are
American.
Breadstuffs generally inactive and slightly
cheaper. Weather favorable.
Consols for money are quoted at 924S
924,
LONDON, l5.-Money market decidedly
more stringent, and the Bank of England
has increased its rates of discount to pei
cent. The bullion of the bank Of England
has decreased f66, 900, and the returns ol
the Bank of France show decrease of 300,.
900 francs.
! The quotations of Cotton are as follows
Fair Orleans e, mddling 7, fair Uplan!s u
middling 81.
Richardson Spence & Co. quote bread
stufis as follows: Wheat has declined Sd
but there is an improved demand. Rec
wheat 6S@9S, white 6s 3dS9S l0d.-
Flour generally has declined Is, Westerr
caHal 30@33s, Bait. and Phila, 32@ 34s
Ohio 35s@ 36s Cd. Corn in improved de
| 8 Y,,ivo1
S3s@ Sd, yellow 34s.
Provisions dall and prices generally un
changed.
Manchester aGvices are unfavOrable.
| LONDON, Nov. l5.-Messrs. Barring anC
Bros. report that Iron market quiet, with
out little speculative inquiry; Welsh bar:
and rails E7@7 5s. Scotch Pig 70s.
The Persia reached her berth at l0I
O'Clock, and her mails will be despatched by
the afternoon train.
The steamer Erricson sailed for New
York on the 18th inst The Arabia and
City OF Baltimore had not reached Liverpool
when the Persia sailed.
A severe gale occurred at Liverpool on
the 18th, doing much damage to the ships
5 lis Wright and Samuel Fox. They were
drived ashore on the middle bank. No lives
lost; the steamers were busy in saving
their cargoes
ENGLAND.--The English NJ nisterial pa
pers publish cons nspicuous that the alliance OF
France and England was as close and cor
d iaI as ever, and that it has never beer
shaken or impaired.
Leopold Redpoth, the Register of the
Great Northern Railway Of England, has ab
seconded, being defaulter to the amount .
100000.
FRANcE.-Napoleon remains at Paris
Gen. Ripley, the Russian Ambassador, hat
delivered his credentials AMI was favorak!y
received.
The condition Of the Bank of France wal
not improving, and the continued diminutiol
OF specie has given rise TO the report tina
The reluctance of tie Emperor TO consent t.
the suspension of specie payments has beel
overcome in " hich case the bank woult
probably resume .he practice OF discountin!
40 daV bill
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-12-04

The Hoe Misunderstanding to the Lou
isville Courier of the goth, the market had
assumed irner tone, with liberal Isceipts,
and few sales at 1915 net. PEN pretty
well filled and packers actively at,wofk.
The Cincinnati Gazette OF Friday, says:
The speculative movement in the. provi-
sion market was somewhat prominent to-day,
the particulars Of which were not made
public-at advance prices. Lard sold at
over IOc, for PRIME barrel. Mess Fork
brought Sl4, and green shoulders were also
higher. The advance in hogs over yester-
day was 1Oal5c per 100 lbs, closing with .
very strong tendency towards S6. The
cause of this upward movement we nesiced
in our last issue. It is based entirely on an
nticieated deficiency, as indicated by the
receipts at this port 80 far this season.
There is no consumptive demand for pre-.
ducts, excepting lard.-Couatry dealers are
the most free purchasers for both hogs an1
provisions.
The Ch icago Democrsf has the follcwiH9z
In this State, from all she facts xhish ve
have been able to gather, Ne indlr ~
are that there will be as many Pounds &
pork, but not SO many hogs this, ear 40 lsst|
The shipments ofhogs on foot wil be tre5
bic the number this year that these was last.
consequently the quantity Of pork packed
promises 10 be much. less.
In Iowa we learn thet the number and
weight of hogs have Increased this season,
while in this State and Missouri there are
not 50 many hogs. but as we have stated,
fully as much pork. the quality being better.
Packers in this 81 IS paying s. s75a5, Is
net, and Sazaa<, g gross, but fargt shfPs.
ments on foof sad - carcass are being
made to ths zsss> @ita tbe prospect of more
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-12-04
LAWRENCE. K T., Nov. 10, 1856.

LAWRENCE, L NOs lOs iSOo.
Last Saturday twenty OF the prisoners
taken at Hickory Point. under Col. Harvey,
were, found guilty Of mansaughter and SEN
iencel by Judge LecomPte, for five years
Imprisonment az hard labor. The five years
Imprisonment at hard labor in Kansas, is 10
work on public works, with ball and chain.
The Court adjourned 10 meet to-day at Te-
cunseh a sma ! pro-slare!y town, between
Lecomptnu and Topeka, for reasons which
have not learned. l.: Gov. Geary does
not inter ere ia this mailer, the Free State
men will. They never will submi, to such
tyranny from base Judge, packed juries,
and psriured witnesses UNION.
LAWRENCE, Nov. Il, 1856.
As soon as Greary leaEned that Hayes had
gone. he had Judge Lecompte ard Marshal
Donelson both suspended; sent Titus ate
HAYES, and called for new venue where the
court could hold forth without molestation.
Tscunlseh was ag-eet u Iisn- and Judge Cato
TO reside Preparatory 10 this new order o.
Lecompton Jurisprudence, one Captain D2n-
aidson, whom the Governor appointed over
company of MissouIians, to protect Le-
compton, tIied his hand at the judgeship.-
In order to assist his friend Hayes 10 make
his escape, he took part Of his command ID
to the court room, I'd was crier judge, and
Jury, at the same time. The court that had
been accustomed 10 decide after a due re-
flpction, and decided in favo- of the side
that had the window up. In short khey
scattered before the approaching soldiery
and Donaldson al iourned the court SINE de.
But the Lecomptou officers, at the sugges-
tion of Gov. Geary, fna lly arrested him and
put him under guard, where he will proba-
bly, remain tor trial unless some ofhis friends
should think best 10 take him out.
The L2comptoniies are disposed to dis
regard Geary about as much as they did
Shannon. notwithstanding he wishes it en-
phatica!ly understood that he occupies a
more respons BILE position, than the President
of the United States. Does not last weeks
work prove 10 mathematical demonstration
that it's of no use for Free State men to
complain before pro-slavery officers2
Geary's cry has been-"Enter complaints
and have them arrested" But as soon as
one OF their party is arrested who is known
to have murdered without any pretext what
ever, "a border rutfian steps in and disperses
the court; the Gull prit is released on bail
and will never be brought to justice, any
more than the murderes ofDow Barber, Phil
lips. and others, who are well known, and
boast of the "honor" of killing an abolition
ist. The twenty prisoners sentenced to five
years Imprisonment at hard labor have moi
been set al work yet.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-12-04
South Carolina Repudiates North
ern Democracy.


The following is from the Lawrenccburg
Is. c. Herald, and shows that the South
look upon the Northern Democracy with
evident distrust, even after they have mani
Tested such abject sefviliiy TO the South al
they have during the past campaign. DowT
lower, gentlemen, your masters are not ye
satisfied of your fidelity:
The returns of the election, which We
give below, and which may be relied on
certainly develop nothing 10 cause great re
ioicing at the South. 1t is true, the Dem
ocra.ic candidate is elected, but by mucl
smaller majority than was Mr. Pierce il
1859. while the vote for The abolition can
didate has increased to al a!uiming extent
Where, we ask, is the evidence that tht
Democratic party at the North can be re
lied on! Where is the falling off to b.
found, The Southern States. with one ex
ception, have unitedly gone for him, and
with the aid of only fire Nort@ern States
have elected him, whilst thc popular vot'
of the country is in favor OF Fremont b,
$4,000 votes, as will be seen by N annexed
table.
Many in the South, four years a~o, would
huve secuted the idea that, in 1876, Blacl
Republican candidate would receive on
hundred and ten uotes in the electoral Col
lege of the United States; but such is nov
n fixed fact; although Fremont was Pu
forth with no other qualification to recon-
mend him 10 the people, but opposition L
the South and her institution OF slavery
What, then, might we not reasonably sup
pose, would have been the result, II IN
abolition candidate had had the nddl;lona
ane potent weight of pure moral charac
ter and past political services to recommen
him! Iu Pennsylvania, no doubt, Stat
pride had much influence in securing a ma
iority for Buchanan, and we have no conf
dence in the party of that State when a dI
rect issue is made without such infiuenc
to bias them.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-12-04

Tar Gazstte is mistaken in srying ina'
BucHAsAs would have been elected even II
F,1tuoys had not been candidate. lhf
is clearly mistake, and Capt HEATos VIII
ofe,s his error on mere mature cUnsidera-
tioH As the ma .:er at present STANDS ne
MONT has one hundred and fourteen elec'o-
raj votes; in Illinois the combined opposi-
,;on 70 the Democracy elected their Cover
nor; if they had acted thus On the Pre'ioeh'
Fremont would have received the electoral
vote of Illinois, which would have increasec
n. vo,e 70 one hundred and twenty-five
T,be.e remark. are also true OF New Jersey
where an opposition Governor was elected;
this would have given Fremont Ne" JtF-
sew. making one hundred and thirty-t"0
electoral votes. In Ihdiana combination
of the opposition would have lost that state
to BUCHANAN, increasing the vote oil IRE
MONT 10 one hundred and forty-five. This
only leaves California, where it is not al
all probable that BUCHANAN will have a
majority of all the votes cast. Ii he has
not such majority, then is our position suo
sssntiated, for the vote Of California wouie
increase FRKMosr's electoral vote to on'
hundred and forty y-nine which elects without
Pennsy lvcnia, where BUcEAKAS had a clea
majority of few bundled.
The talk about Ohio going for BUoHASA'
if FILLMORE had not been on the track, i
all moonshine, and is very effectuai!y dis
proved BY aroiher part Of the Gdsctte'S arti
Gle, which admits that the desire OF FILL
MORE and his friends was 10 cast the Uots o
this State for Fremont.
As for New York going for the C'ncln
natl Platform in any contingency, the Ide;
is purely ridiculous, and the lngubrious vi
of the suggestion is all that relieves il from
utter contempt.