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All Right in North-western Virgins.

n letter from barbour county says:
The old war horse of the llth Congressional
District is already in the field but with no visible
foe to contend with. The Northwest is all right,
for never has it been my pleasure to witness
such an universal satisfaction with the nomi-
nees of our party, as is now manifested by the
Democracy. Within the last ten days | have
seen and heard from many prominent Demo
Gratis, from various portions of the Northwest,
who all express the same feelings, and with the
same state of things existing. Next fall we
will roll up one. of the largest majorities that
has ever been given in this portion of the State.
Our people are bent on two things: first, to
give to Buchanan and Breckenridge an unpre.
cedented majority next fall and secondly, to
redeem the 18th Congressional District, which
must and will be done. The much boosted
'lone star, which is now but dimly seen, and
spoken Of only with Reproduction by every lover
of his country, will, on the 4th Thursday in
May next, be blotted from existence, without an
honest tear to do it reverence. Although our
country is flooded with that hypocritical, hollow.
hearted, Northern sheet, called the Cincinnati
Dollar Times, (sent, MS it is to many of our
people, free of charge,) we will be able, and
more than able, for the contest. / have Just
been informed that fifty copies Of this paper are
sent to the address of one man in our county
to be distributed. Who pays for all this !?
Wonder if it is not the proceeds of the corrup-
ton fund?-.Richmond Va.) Enquirer.
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Curious Developm snts I'm Congress-CoI.
benton and tho Nebraska Bill.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Times writes, under date of June 29th:
One of the richest and most curious docu-
ments of the season was read in debate yester-
day by the Hon. Lewis d. Campbell, of Ohio,
in his reply to Mr.. Stephens, of Georgia Mr..
Campbell commented at length upon the paper
as he read its contents, line by line, but with
out naming its author. Curiosity was excited
throughout the Hall, and yet no one dared in
quire the origin of the precious morceau until
Mr.. Campbell explained that it was handed to
him on the memorable night preceding the
passage of the Kansas Nebraska act, at about
ten o'clock.
Colonel Benton had been requested by the
opponents of the bill to retire, as they were
sufficiently strong to make the fight without
him, if he would furnish the programme for
the struggle. This he did, and Immediately
prepared and handed to Mr. Campbell the
document. literal copy of which subjoin.
General Plan for all the Speeches of Night
The Grand MoUement.
l. Vehement attack. No argument about Mis-
souri, Compromise. A general charge against
the authors of the bill to propagate slavery
and by every means known to power, and the
end Of all policy at home and abroad.
2. Specifications under the general charges;
and under this head Gadsden's mission to get
a broad side of Mexico; Soule's to get Cuba
or fight. War with France and Spain-alli-
ance with Russia; all Offices at home given
to nulli6ers and slavery propagandists all ap-
pointments abroad the same. Bedinger trying
to convert Admiral Napier and making no
more impression than if he had been singing
cold Dan Tucker" All Judges to be multi.
fers, especially the twelve new Federal Judges
now to be created, and to legislate for slavery
under the pretext of judicial decision. The
six frgates for the Cuba war; army and navy
to be increased for the Cuba war.
Second part Of the Speeches.
Vehement defamation against the conduct
of the administration in suppressing all the
business to push this propaganda policy.
Enumerate the Presidents recommendations
in his message; also the appropriation bills
set aside to make room, for it. Decaim on
this point All speeches should be short-fif-
teen or twenty minutes-not argumentative,
but denunciative. The grand movement indi-
Gated by Sewall should be commented upon
with demands to tell what that movement is
to be.
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alike baseless and untruthful, and no attempt
has ever been made to show it, nor can that be
shown which has never had existence.
The tariff, which has been called southern
aggression, is not so. Upon reference to the
facts, it will be that the majority of north.
ern votes, and from abolition States, in favor
of free trade, was much larger than the ma,
jority of the South in favor of it. In other
words, larger proportion Of the free States
voted for free trade than did those of the
South.
The motto and the action of the South is
Hands Off Laissez mons faire.
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SeA- The Fremont ratification meeting at
Portland was curious conglomeration of old
Abolitionism, Neal Dowism, Meal was there)
Black Republicanism, and renegadism The
argus says:
THE striking feature of all the speeches was
the absence of anything definite and specific,
either In complaints or remedies. There was
an abundance OF hardy assertions and violent
abuse, but what particular difficulty was at this
moment to be met or with what particular
measure 1t was necessary to meet it, the speeches
didn't say. What do these gentlemen want?
The repeal of the Kansas bill? They don't
say that, though they did say it, and did promise
II, before the last Congressional election. The
restoration of the Missouri Compromise policy?
On the contrary, they abhor that policy, and
always did. The repeal of the Fugitive Slave
law !? They don't say so. They deal in vague
denunciation and infammatory appeals, and
worse than useless agitation. Is this wise, or
profitable, or just? Can it do any good to any
human being on the face of the earth We
are living under the best government in the
world. The free States, from having been
small minority are now majority in both
branches of Congress. Of all the Territories
now preparing for admission, not one is likely
| to be slave State. Some of the border slave
States, on the contrary, (if the Abolitionists
will ever permit them,) are likely to become
free. The free States are prosperous and flour
| ishing, while the Freesoilers tell us every day,
| that the slave States are the reverse. And yet,
in the face of all this, the. Northern people are
called on to lash themselves into fury, to disre-
gard the blessings of Providence, and to tear
| down this Government, in order to resist the
| 'aggressions of slaveryv Was ever anything
more profoundly absurd 2"
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The German and Irish Sentiment.

The New York Stats Zeitung the leading
German paper, thus speaks of the nomination
of Mr.. Buchanan:
Buchanan is statesman of talent, expert
ence and liberal sentiments. He knows the
old world and the new, the most liberal coun-
try as well as the most enslaved. He has seen
too much Of the world to be man of low pre-
JUDGES. He knows the migrants to this coun=
try too well not to acknowledge fully their
merits. We repeat, the Democratic National
Convention has done a good days work, and
we rejoice to be able to say that we have per-
formed our part to obtain this result The
Stats Zeitung was one of the first papers, and
among the Germans the first which advocated
the nomination of Buchanan, and his past life
gives US a guarantee that we shall have no
cause, as far as the country is concerned, to
regret this result. Buchanan will be our next
President, and certainly the best of all those
who have conducted the fortunes of this coun-
try since the days when the heroes of Demo-
cracy adorned the Presidential chair"
The Irish Neaes Thomas Francis Meaghers
paper) thus speaks of the Democratic nomiua-
tons:
"The continuous peals of artillery with which
the news of the prompt and unanimous deci-
sion Of the Convention has received in this and
the sister City of the Churches, but echoed, it
seems, the hearty delight with which the nomi-
nation has been received throughout the Union.
Every morning since, the telegraph has notified
Offices of the daily papers of the great cities OF
the West have signalized the event with all
the enthusiasm of national ovation.
"From the Lakes to the Hudson, popular
orators have congratulated America upon the
wisdom of the Convention, and thousands, it
appears, have, with their tumultuous cheers,
ratified the choice which their delegates lost so
little time in determining"
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DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
FOR RES / D ENT,
j A M Els Blu Oh A N A N,
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
FOR VICE PREsIDEN
JOHN c.. BRECKENRIDGE,
OF KENTUCKY.


NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE Rooms,
July 5, 1856.
State executive committees, county and city
clubs and associations, organized to promote
the election Of the Democratic nominees for
the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the
United States, will address their communica-
lions to Hon. CHARLES +. FAULKNER, of Vir-
GINA, Chairman Of the National Democratic
Resident Committed, Washington city, D. G.
Democratic papers throughout the United
States are requested to copy the above notice.
By order Of the Committee
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ticket this unprincipled party has entered
the canvass. Under such auspices who can
doubt not only the success, but the overwhelm-
ing triumph of the great constitutional party
who oppose it2
Having christened the ticket, we shall begin
a more serious discussion of the kangaroo in
our future numbers.
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RESIGNATION OF GOV. SHANNON.

1t appears, by letter purporting to be from
Governor Shannon, dated Lecompton, Kansas
Territory, addressed to Colonel Buford, that he
has resigned his Office. The letter is either
bogus manufacture, or Shannon has changed
his mind since the tenth of June. He is still
in Office
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COMPLIMENT TO THE HoN. JOHN G. BREcKIN-
RIDGE.-The Baltimore Argus has received a
letter from friend which informs US that the
Old Line Wings of Ashland District, Kentucky,
have presented the Hon. &C. Breckenridge with
handsome pair of horses "as an evidence of
their pride in their fellow-citizen, though of
opposite politics. and as a pledge of their con-
fdence in the coming Administration of which
he will be prominent member.
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FOURTH OF JULY.

There was no public celebration of the
Anniversary of American Independence in this
city. Although many adults and children left
Washington to enjoy themselves in the woods
and on the water, not few juveniles kept up a
continual firing of crackers during the day and
at night amused themselves, all over the city,
with rockets and other pyrotechnics.
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mr.. Breckinridge's Letter OF Acceptance
JUNE Is, 1856.
SIR: The National Convention of the demo
cratic party, which recently assembled in Gin.
cinnati unanimously nominated you as a
candidate for the Office Of Vice President of the
United States.
You have already informally accepted the
nomination, but we deem it appropriate, under
instructions of the convention, to communicate
the information officially in their name. We
also solicit your attention to the resolutions
adopted by that assembly as expressive of the
views and policy of the democratic party in
relation to the important public questions in
volved in the approaching presidential election.
The convention have associated your name
with that of on eminent and experienced states-
man, under the conviction that, although your
public career has been brief yet that it has
commanded the confidence not only Of your
party, but the country, and that your talents
and patriotism will essentially aid in illustrating
the principles and in firmly establishing the
wise and generous policy of the Democratic
party.
We tender to you personally our sincere
congratulations upon this distinguished proof OF
the public esteem, and remain, with assurances
of profound respect,
Your fellow-citizens,
JOHN Z. WARD,
w. A. RICHARDSON,
HARRY HIBBARD,
w. b. LAWRENCE,
A. G. BROWN,
JNO. l.. MANNING,
JOHN FORSYTH,
j. RANDOLPH TUCKER,
HORATIO SEYMOUR.
w. PRESTON.
Hon. JNo, G.. BRECKINRIDGE
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Buchanan and Breckenridge.

The Washington correspondent Of the Purii
Fan Recorder writes thus Of the Democratic
candidates:
flames Buchanan seems to be their chosen
man, bachelor Of sixty-6ve, not mixed up
with the modern strifes, long the candidate Of
Pennsylvania, lately pushed forward with de.
termined resolution, and with signal success.
He has good habits, clear head, a steady
frmness Of mind, large experience, and high
and impartial spirit. He is a Presbyterian.
denominationally, and regular church.goer;
kind to ministers, and firm believer in the
necessity Of religion as the conservative element
in the prosperity of the Republic. John C.
Breckenridge is young man, of noted Pres
byterian family Of Kentucky; the grand son of
former Attorney General Of the United States,
and the nephew Of three Presbyterian minis.
ters; member of the last Congress of Mr..
Clay's district, voted for by many Wings. He
has barely obtained the constitutional age
(thirty-6ve) for the Office of Vice President to
which he has been nominated. He is no Office
seeker, but man Of excellent dignity, strong
domestic attachments, steady habits, and sound
abilities He would even adorn the Presiden-
tial chair. 1t is good sign, amid all the
threatening ones Of the times, that n great
excited political convention should so cordially
select two such men for the first Offices in the
nation. Calumny will find little to feed on 10
the characters Of these men,"
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A Close Application.

Mr.. Evans, of South Carolina, made a speech
in the United States Senate few days ago, in
reply to Mr.. Summers attack on his State. In
the course Of it he parried one of Mr.. Summers
points, as follows Boston Post
" In reply to the charge Of Mr. Sumner, that
one OF the features OF slavery was, that it tole-
rated the separation of husband and wife, pa
rent and child Mr.. Evans said that he lived in
district where the number of slaves was
great-even greater than that Of the whites
but no such practice existed, and public senti
ment never had tolerated any such inhumanity.
He went on to detail one incident of the kind,
however, in which northern man acted a con-
splcuous part. That northern man was Mr..
Abner Sumner, brother of the Senator from
Massachusetts,. He had become interested in
large estate of slaves in South Carolina,
which had been ordered to be sold for division
and distribution, the order requiring them to
be sold in families according to the uniform
practice, not only in that State, but we believe
in all the southern States. There was one
family of slaves, consisting of eight-the hus-
band and wife, and six children; the head of
this family had been the favorite body servant
OF his deceased master. To the surprise and
indignation of those present on the day of sale,
"Ao ohN WCiO up anu sou
without the husband and father. 1t was dis
covered, however, that this was done at the in
stance of Mr.. Sumner, who was interested a.
one of the distributors, and it was understood
that he had procured it with the view of buying
the husband, and extending to him special
-favors. He did buy him at reduced price.
But soon after the sale Mr.. Sumner was found
making efforts to sell him at an advanced price,
to any one that would purchase. No one
would allow him to consummate his specula-
ton, and he finally applied to the gentleman
who had bought the wife and children. This
gentleman bought him, but was forced to pay
MIR. Sumner $50 for his bargain. Mr. Evans
gave this incident to illustrate the habits and
sentiments of southern men on subject which
had been grossly misrepresented. The fact
that it was the brother of Senator Sumner, who
had made the charge against the inhumanity
OF southern men, that thought thus to specu-
late on the separation of husband and father
from his wife and children, gave to the incident
a peculiar significance
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Tolnl. ss,7s2, GOO s7,639,

The above does not include fires where the
loss was less than $4,000. The principal
fires during the last month destroyed the prison
and Eve steamers in New Orleans, the Military
Institute in Kentucky, and number of stores
in Portland, Maine.
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The amount Of property destroyed by fire in
the United States during the last six months
appears from the following table:
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FoRETELLrYG THE WEATHER.-In a cloudy
morning IT is q matter Of importance to the
farmer to know whether it will be sunshine or
stormy IN the afternoon. If the ants have
cleared their holes nice, and piled the dirt up
high, 1t seldom fails to bring n good day to
farmers, even if it should be cloudy till ten or
eleven o'clock in the forenoon. Spiderwebs
will be very numerous about the tops of the
grass and grain some cloudy mornings. and
fifty years experience has shown the writer Of
this that those little weather-guessers seldom
fail in their predictions Of fair day.-,Southern
Cultirdtor.
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Resolutions of the Epiphany ve.try.

We understand that the following resolutions
we're unanimously adopted at a special meeting
of the Vestry Of the Charch OF the Epiphany,
held on Monday evening:
Resolred, That the members of the Vestry
have learned with deep and sincere regret that
the Rector of this Church has deemed it his
duty to select the Lords day, and the pulpit of
this Church, as the time and place for the dis
cussion of sectional politics, and while desiring
to entertain and express nothing inconsistent
with the highest respect for gentleman hold.
ing so sacred and important an Office. thew
feel it a solemn obligation to declare their dis
appreciation of the substitution of such schemes
for the simple preaching Of Jesus Christ and
Him crucifed as the hope Of ruined world.
Resotced, That we most respectfully but
FIRMLY protest against any repetition of such
like sermons as that preached on the evening
Of Sunday, the 10Th instant
Resoted, That the Secretary be requested to
communicate to the Rector copy of the fore.
going resolutions.-Pha. Pennsytranian.
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SJ- Mr.. Fillmore thus truthfully describes the
Black Republican party Let all sober and
patriotic men ponder on what be here says:
But we now see party organized in the North,
and for the first time selecting its candidates
for President and Vice President exclusively
from the Northern States, with the avowed
intention Of electing them to govern the South
as well as the North. By what rule is Presi-
dent, thus elected to select his Cabinet Council,
his Foreign Ministers, j Judges and administrative
officers? Are they also TO be selected exclu-
sively from the NORTH or may you take a
Cabinet officer from the South, though you can
not President or Vice President? These in
practice, as / have said on another occasion,
must become embarrassing questions. The
North IS, beyond all question, the most popu-
lous, the most wealthy, and has the most votes,
and therefore has the power TO inflct this in
justice upon the South. But we can best iud pe
of its consequences by reversing the scene
Suppose that the South was the most populous
the most wealthy, and possessed the greatest
number Of electoral votes, and it should declare
that, for some fanced or real injustice done at
the North, il would elect none but President
and Vice President Of shareholders from the
South, to rule over the North, do you think
fellow citizens, you would submit to this in
justice2 ("No, no.") No, truly you ,could
not; bit one universal cry Of" No" tcould rend
the skies. And can you suppose your Southern
brethren less sensitive than yourselves, or less
jealous Of their rights2 If you do, let me tell
you that you are mistaken, and that you, there
fore, must perceive that the success of such a
party, Dih such an object must be the dissolution
Of this glorious Union. ] am unwilling to
believe that those who are engaged in this can
foresee the consequences Of their own acts.
Why should not the golden rule which our
Saviour has prescribed for intercourse with
each other, be applied to the intercourse
between these fraternal States? Let us do
unto them that wew would they should do unto us
in like circumstances. They are our brethren,
they are our friends, and we are all embarked
in the same ship, and if she founders in conse-
quence Of the mismanagement Of the crew, we
must all go down together this Union must be
torn asnnder, this beautiful fabric, reared by
the hands Of our ancestors must be scattered in
pieces, and the people, in the language Of the
eloquent address of your chairman, be converted
into nation Of Ishmaelites
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Major j. z. Heiss has succeeded pro tenn. TO
the office of Nicaraguan Minister to this coun-
try
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n6- The Chinese seem to think dancing
useless fatigue. When Commodore Arson was
At Canton, the officers OF the Centurion had
ball upon some court holiday. While they
we're dancing, Chinese, who surveyed the ope-
ration, said softly to one of the party "Why
don't you let your servants do this for your"
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features of his character, till an occasion offers
of displaying the most determined bravery and
independence of spirit"
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Love, LUSAcY, AND LUcK.--Under this cap
ton the New Orleans Delta gets out very
pretty piece of romance touching one Jarvis
Wright, who became crazed by disappointment
in love with missionary's daughter, "a long
time ago" and whose latest attachment was
for pet young alligator. As the story goes,
the forlorn aligatortamer took it into bis head
to buy ticket in the Havana lottery and to
be guided in his selection of a number by the
wagging of his pets tail. After long search
the tail wagged, and the ticket was bought. IL
turned up prize OF $4,000. The Delta says
the story is true one.
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New York, June 5.-The steamer Black
Warrior arrived here this morning from Ha-
vana, with dates to the lst. Sugar had been
pretty brisk, but firm. Holders we're demand
ing further advance, which somewhat checked
operations. Muscavadoes we're in good demand
at 81 10 rails, being scarce. Molasses had
further advanced, selling at II reals. Lard
SIS so $l7 for barrels and kegs. Rice had
slightly declined. Many vessels we're leaving
in ballast. Exchange had advanced to "a
81 on all descriptions. London premi-
um; New York and Boston s a 6 discounts
New Orleans a per cent. discount.
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EXTREMES MEET.-We DO not KNOW OF ar
Atheist-materialist, in the United States, from
the Rev. Theodore Parker and William LLOYD
Garrison, to William Mendum, the blasphe
nous publisher Of the Boston Investigator, who
is not a rabid Abolitionist and supporter Of
Fremont Nor do we know of Spiritualist
so called but stands in precisely the same cate
CORY How does the orthodox Christian, who
may be inclined TO favor the mad schemes Of
the disunionists, like the society in which he
will find himself placed if he joins the crusade
against the Constitution p cnnsplponian.