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Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-10-23

DIsUNToN IN LoUIsIANA-Sof far as Louisiana
is concerned, it seems that her disunon advoca
ting Senator has reckoned without his host
The New Orleans Bee says -
The Mobile Tribune states that, with two
or three exceptions it has not found man
that does not think that the calamity of Ere
mont's election would be sufficient reason for
dissOlving the Union, and it adds that this
opinion is not confined to any party.
We should be sorry to believe that the pub
lie sentiment of Mobile is such as the Tribune
represents it, and trust that that journal has
drawn its conclusion from hasty or limited OBJ
servation But whether true or false in rela-
tion to Mobile, We have undoubted evidence
that it is wholly inapplicable to New Orleans.
There are no disuniOn men here, save scurvy
knot of Locofoco agitators-and mark this,
that the masses, whether, Democrats, Wings
or Americans, have no sympathy with the dis
seminators of disunion tenets. Go where you
will accost any crowd whatever talk of a
dissolution of the Union in any event, and the
response is invariably the same :" We will
cling to the Union through veal and woe"-
Senator Slidelrs letter has damaged the Bu-
chanan men seriously in this State, and they
know it. The people of Louisiana are devo-
tedly attached to the Union, and will not toll
crate nor sustain any public man who seeks to
imbue them with disunion proclivities.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-10-23

THE QUAKERs IN KANsAs-ANorHER Pro
SLAVERY OUTRAGE.-We find the following ed-
torial statement IN late number of the Friend
Among the many accounts reaching us from
Kansas, through the public papers, of the out
RACES committed by the proslavery party was
one respecting the breaking up of the Board
ing School and farm establishment in that ter
ritory, not far from Westport, Missouri, con-
Quoted for many years by Friends, and under
the charge of Indiana, Ohio, and Baltimore
Yearly Meetings. 1t had long been contrbu-
ting TO the literary instruction and improve
ment in the arts of civilized life of the Shaw
nee tribe of Indians and we regret to learn
by letter received from Friend in the West,
that the report, the truth Of which we at first
doubted, is correct. The writer says "The
Indian settlement was sacked few days ago,
and the Friends having charge of it thought
it best to return to their homes leaving the es-
tablishment unteuanted."
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-10-23
A Wag in Office.

From a letter of Governor Geary to III. c..
Pate, one of the instruments of the pro-slavery
party at Lecompton, it appears that the Gov
er is resolved that that there shall be no in
reference with the freedom of elections in
Kansas. On this point he is both sensitive
and determined" as he tells Mr. Pate.
Governor Geary is not only polite man,
as was manifested by his behavior to the peo-
pie Of Lawrence, when he soothed them with
fair words and then arrested and threw them
into Jail, but he is also a wag. He knows
very well that there can be no popular election
IN Kansas under the Stringfellow code What
he calls the laws, cut off the possibility of an
election, disfranchising the free-state settlers
by q test which they cannot take: He thtusts
his tongue in his cheek and talks pleasantly of
the right of suffrage" which he is to protect
when the fact is, that the laws which he is sent
out to enforce annul the right of suffrage
The pro-slaVery men will meet no free-state
voters at the polls, and will thus have every
thing in their own way. Governor Geary's
sensitveness and determination are therefore
n mere joke. There will be no occasion for
these Missouri people to- come over; and of
course the Governor will have no trouble in
keeping them away. A single pro-slavery
vote at any one of the polls will be enough to
carry the elections in favor of that party
Meantime the jails at Lecompton are full
of free-state prisoners, arrested by Governor
Gearys order. We hear of no arrests of any
other persons. The pro-slavery journals are
well satisfied with Governor Geary's behavior
The homicidcs and robberies committed by
their party, appear, by the testimony of both
sides, to have been passed over without no
tce.
The accusers Of the free-state prisoners, have
taken care that their charges shall be suffi-
ciently grave to hang them out of the way
The persons arrested are charged with murder
There are one hundred and ten of them, Mr.
Pate says, in his letter to the ST. Louis Re
publican. Their trial will probably be post
poned till after the November election, when,
if the Buchanan party shall have prevailed,
the accused will be tried by a jury of border
ruf1ians, inasmuch as under the Stringfellow
code, no other is allowed, and will be executed
by way of striking terror into the other free
state settlers.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-10-23
A Recent Prophesy:

A contemporary has said we at, the North
are cold blooded and hard to move. Carried
away with the excitements of business and
choked by the cares and anxieties of the
world, our brayer and nobler impulses are apt
to become sluggish and inactive. Were this
not so, how could we forget such stinging
words as Mr. Stephens of Georgia, addressed
two years ago, to the Northern members of
the House Of Representatives, who protested
against the passage of the Kansas Nebraska
Bill Said Mr.. Stephens
"Well, gentlemen, you make a great deal
of clamor on the Nebraska measure but it
don't alarm us at all. We have got used to
fore but you have nerer performed. You have
always cared IN, and you will again. You are
a mouthing achite Hrcred sci. Of course you
will oppose we expect that but we don't
care for your railing. You will hiss, but so do
adders. We expect it Of adders and expect
it of you You are like the devils that were
pitched over the battlements of Heaven into
hell. They set up howl of discontinue, so
will you But their fate was sealed, and so is
yours. You must submit to the coke, but don't
chafe, gentlemen, we have got you in our po-
wer You lied to drive us to the wall in l8-
so, but times are changed. You have went a
wooling and have come home feeced. Don't
be so impudent as to complain. You will on
ly be slapped IN the face Don't resist You
will only be lashed into obedience"
That is the true spirit of the Slave Power
in its aggressions upon the rights of the men
of the North, and we do not envy him who
can read it without feeling himself personally
outraged. Talk about Summers insulting Ian
guage to the South Ifthat deserved rebuke,
this ought to stir every Northern man into de-
termined resistance, and at the ballot-box, our
only legal weapon, deal out to the Oligarchy
the chastisement it so richly merits.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-10-23

WILL THE South SUBMIT THE Richmond
Enquirer, just received, is filled with articles
discussing the question whether the South will
submit to the government of President Ere
mont. His election seems to be regarded by
the Enquirer as a settled thing-a matter about
which there can be no caviI and, speaking on
this assumption, this ultra-Southern journal
now boldly avows itself in favor of secession.
"Shall we acquiesce in Mr.. Fremont's election
because the forms of the Constitution are OBJ
served ?" asks the Enquirer Decidedly not.
The Enquirer is in favor of immediate seces-
sion it does not even propose to wait the re-
suit of the November election. 1t counseIs all
the Southern officers ih the Army and Navy
never to submit to be commanded by JOHN
CHARLES FREMONT.
But the people of the South are probably
too we'll accustomed to this sort of trumpery
to give it any heed. 1t is bluster and nothing
else and the fact that it should be indulged
in by the leading Buchanan journal of the
South proves that the party not only considers
itself beaten, but is so mortified at the result
which it did not anticipate that it flies to the
threats of rebellion as solace. But barking
dogs never bite they seldom, in fact, come
near enough to be punished by being knocked
on the head.-Phtsburg Gazette.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-10-23

RATHER SIGNIFIcANr.-Ex-Gov. Floyd, Of
Virginia, addressed the merchants of New
York on Thursday, Oct. 2, in reply to Mr.
Banks, and at the close of his address made
this significant remark
There is not q man in the South will say
that there is any ground of suspicion as to my
fidelity to the Democratic party, and tell you
here that am an eector in Virginia, am GO
ing to be chosen [cries of "good,"l if you
can show me that the candidate of the Black
Republican party can only be beaten by my
vote for Mr.. Fillmore, why then l will give
my vote for him, if the ground should open and
swallow me. LApplause will tell you
something more: Virginia, Democratic yir-
ginia, that never failed, never faltered, and ne
yer tired, in the most critical times, will come
out and stand at my back in that crisis"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-10-23
WILL THEY ?-The Richmond HHig con-
tains the following letter from Andrew Stewart
q candidate on the Fillmore electoral ticket ::

WILL They THE Richmond Hhig con-
tains the following letter from Andrew Stewart
q candidate on the Fillmore electoral ticket
CNIoNTowN, Pa, Sept 80, 1856.
Dear Sir: hasten to say that there is not
one word of truth in the allegation that the
Fillmore and Fremont parties have united
Two of the electors appointed on the Fillmore
electoral ticket were discovered to be favora-
BILE to Fremont They have therefore been
stricken off, and true men substituted
Buchanan is losing ground daily, and at our
October election it is nor my opinion his par
ty will be beaten so, 900 votes. If so, he will
be abandoned, and his party uW go for
Fillmore, to defeat Fremont. The Buchanan
and Fremont men are bitterly hostile, and
both courting the Americans. Atter the cleo
tion the defeated party tciH unite tctk as to de-
feat the other. You see, then, the Importance
of a decisive result in October. If it should
appear that Buchanan can carry no Northern
State, will not the South give him up and 60
Fillmore, as the only means of defeating Ere
mont What are now our prospects in Fir-
ginia Yours respectfully,
ANDREW STEWART.
We ask attention to the italieised portions
of this letter. Mr. Stewart AYERS that there
is no hope of the success of the Buchanan
men at the election on Tuesday, that the Fill
more and Fremont parties have not united and
that the Buchanan men of this State will
unite with the Fillmore men to defeat Fremont
Will they That is the question. We have
been pointing out diligently the Indications of
such fusion ; but here is proof incontestible
of such a purpose. Will the anti-know-noth-
ing democracy of Pennsylvania vote for Fill
more =? We shall see
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-10-23
Glance at the History of Firearms.

Il not certainly known when gunpowder
H invented. The Chinese, and other nations
tie East, among whom most of the arts
;aatcl, were probably acquainted with its
,rticS long before they were known in Eu-
ne Bartholdus Schwartz is generally thought
lave discovered the secret of its manufac-
n and introduced it throughout Europe in
mt the wear 1920 The honor of the in
s-m is also attributed by some to a monk
med Constantine Anelzen, and by others to
.I Bacon. The explosive forces of this
combustion Of utre, sulphur and char
olce being understood, it was soon ap-
I'll 70 the purposes of war, and we hear of
aa having been used by the Moors as ear
the year l342, at the siege of Algesiras,
'.o by the English in 1916, at the battle
A r>>y.
lie trst experiment in the manufacture of
m naturally resulted in the production of
Tirt and unwieldly instruments. They
na enormous size, often, throwing balls of
1ulred pounds weight, and could only be
e,d before the walls of besieged town
Ter great expense of money and labor
awhile some fertile Imagination conceiv-
faea Of lcSsening the bulk of this wond-
7Gnc, 50 as to apply it as weapon for
4 aud in 1864 five hundred small bar
apan only in length, were manufatur-
Italian town. These were found in-
-cit, however, and soon the barrels were
r4et, and the old fashioned arquebus
10 De used throughout Europe, and sub
4loF the crosSbow, which until then had
4nH an unqucstonable superiority
oRp1uS was at first short, thick, and very
arriving four ounce ball, and fired by
'~ the hand In the fifteenth centu-
Aor dragon was attached to the right
Tue barrel, between the lips of which
-ang match was fixed, and 10y means of
y and spring pressed upon the printing.
"auon Of loading and firing with so
Instrument was necessarily very slow,
sanding each arquebuser attended by
NaFcr, behind whose shield he took
atng battle.
'.N lAe latter part of the fifteenth cen
@'ary were gradually provided with
"' French being among the first to
+''u HldIh>lnell, armed Win pie-
~' half feet long Firearms had
4 ~t come to be regarded as most
,.H"0 and much attention was de-
I subject of improving them. In
'leeFock was invented by a mechan-
WolFs This was simple contri
s>I0s OF small sharply notchcd
wy projecting upwards through the
%Asd 10y means of a strong spring.
..S hded with printing powder, and
G-Nled with piece of brimstone,
"'" Epon the wheel, the pulling of
pgO4 cause the wheel TO revolve
"4 tines, producing sparks from
Il h. aNa exploding the weapon
'phe made use of these wheel
e Infantry Of all the European
d. uyu rgT armed with the match-locks
In " ol the seventeenth century.
uA century the bore of the ar
'I'l'shed from that of four
y I"aI oi two ounce ball, and
=" ~ ,.%@0 INTO uSc the double argue
III .'''' was four feet long and car
,''ge ball. This of course, was
There was also used by sol
+ 81. a,l'.H with a barrel one foot and
ing calibrc of two inches,
Hsst AIRY twelve or fifteen small
sl9oung was generally prac.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-10-23

bSF- The know-nothing organs oppose Col
Fremont very bitterly OIL the ground, as they
allege, that he is a Catholic. And the Catho-
press unanimously oppose him, at the same
time, and help on the absurd stories that the
former invent to prejudice Protestants against
him. In this we can see nothing but blind
partizan zeal, which overlooks incongruities
that are apparent to every one of candid mind
and unbiased judgmcut.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-10-23

Mr. BRECKENRIDGE REBuKEp-Many of our
readers will doubtless remember how great pa
rade was made by the Buchanan papers of the
declaration of Mr.. Breckenridge, Eice-Presi-
dental candidate, that the Democratic party
is not in favor of the extention of Slavery
He undertook to prove that it is not in his
speech here he openly declared it in Indiana
it is the burden of the song Of the Buchanan
men in their Northern speeches it is played
upon as a " harp Of o thousand strings" by
all the newspapers in that interest throughout
the North and by it the effort is constantly
made to hoodwnk the unwary 1t appears
that Gov. Wicklitfe of Louisiana had express
ed himself in somewhat similar terms to those
used by Mr.. Breckenridge, whereupon the New
Orleans Bee, the Democratic Organ thus dis
courses
"Now, we assert that the South does desire
the extension of Slavery. There is not O
Southern man-even among the warmest OPP
ponents of fllibusterism-that does not desire
the annexation of Cuba as Slave STATE, and
would not have it except as Slave State
Gov. Wickliffe indorses Breckenridge, and that
very young man" soothes Free-Soil Democ-
racy by assurances that the Democratic party
does not desire the extension of Slavery
There is no getting around the issue. If the
Democratic Party of Louisiana is prepared to
sanction Mr. Breckenridge and Gov Wicklife,
let it proclaim its faith. Meanwhile we invite
the shareholders of our State, and especially
the Democratic shareholders, to take due no
tce that the Democratic nominee for Vice
President denies that he is attached to any or
ganization that desires the extension of Sla-
very, and that the Executive of Louisiana full
ly endorses the sentiment"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-10-23

pD- If John G. Fremont is Roman Cath
Ollie, he must at some time have abjured his
protestantism---(hi his confirmation in the Epis-
copal church is OH record, and been admitted
formally into some papal church. Why, is not
the record, if any exists, produced? Until it
is shown and published, let Col Fremont, who
openly declares that he is not Romanist, be
regarded as truthful man, and all his oppo-
nents who affirm the contrary, liars.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-10-23

p9~ The Richmond Enquirer is abating
somewhat the tone Of ferceness it was wont to
assume 1t now comedies that there are Sou
them men rho ,ciH take obfce under Fremont
Is this not Il most gracious concession Is il
not wonderful that the first families would do
any such thing?
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-10-23

Bay Gen. Nyc tells good story of Col.
Fremont and some South Carolina SecessioniStS,
The General, with the South Carolina friends
were calling upon Col Fremont, and he con
versation ran upon the election, when one of
the chvalry said Mr.. Fremont, if you are
elected. VIC will secrdc" Col Fremont instant
ly replied :" | hope you will make arrange
ments TO leave the state behind YOU
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-10-23

Bay~ One of the prcttiest items of the pro-
cession at Sandusky, was over one hundred
girls, in an immense carriage drawn by 40
horses The girls were all in white dresses,
with blue sashes, and they carried a banner
with the inscription, "Of the Tribe of Jessie !"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-10-23

R9~ The Newark advertiser learns by its
exchanges, from all parts of New jersey, that
converts are being made there rapidly to the
republican cause, and in some localities FILL
MORE is scarcely heard of. The Buchanan
party is beginning TO shake at the rapid pro-
gress of the cause uf free ,om
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-10-23
Sound Sentiments.

The committee appointed for the purpose by
the late New Jersey republican convention,
have published an address to the voters of
New jersey The address concludes rs fol-
lows -" Consider, men of New Jersey, that
if the present administration shall be sustained,
or what is the same thing if Buchanan shall
be elected, slavery will become predominant in
the country Kansas will first be made but
the movement will not stop there all the new
territory once devoted to freedom, and destin-
ed for the occupation of freemen, will be seiz-
cd upon. For it will matter but little how fa-
vorable soever to free institutions the people
of these territories may be, the same fraud and
the same violence which have been witnessed
in Kansas, will be reSorted to again and again,
until the whole of this great domain will be-
come but one broad field for slavery, and for
the merchandise in slaves. AS a necessary con-
sequence. free labor will be shut out from all
this land, and an incalculable injury be thus
done to the industry of the country, and to the
interests of the toiling multitudes. Besides
this, even if not more than this, is the change
that must follow in our political condition.
Full supremacy will be given to the slave po-
wer in our social councils, and, as a natural re-
suit, the legislation of the country will he shap-
ed in manner to suit the interests and pur-
poses of the slavcholding class"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-10-23

abrrsoap hlurninp, October 90. 1856.
seIttttb 4ortrp.
THEINDIAN SUM MER.

Strange season, eyanescent
A. childhood's sunny thought
How sad and vet how pleasant
Are the feelings thou hast brought
The sky is bright above us,
The air is bland as June,
And the brook to joy would move US
By its happy little tune.
But we miss the merry singing
Of the birds among the trees,
And the flowers that late were tiinging
Their odors on the breeze.
And the cattle that were feeding
Ipou the mountain side,
And the hocks their young ones leading
Where the rivulctS do glide.
Now We only hear the rustic
uf the dry leaves rs We tread.
or the timid squirrel startle
From the branches overhead,
Or the sportsman gun rcsOunding
Among the naked hills.
Or hi greyhound fleet foot bounding
Across the rocks and rills.
We feel the sun of summer,
BIT il ycrdure do not see.
While there comes whispered murmur
From every lcatless tree,
Which checks the voice Of gladness
That else might ring again,
and brings drow<y sadness
To faSten on the brain.
Yes It's the Indian summer,
F.! trcachcrous are its beams;
And a, fading as the glimmer
olhappiness in dreams,
THE very mistS of morning.
Though hcrading fair days,
Arr -hadowy forms Of warming,
Which vanish while we gaze.
Thus summers ghost keeps beckoning
our willing feet to roam,
While We forget the reckoning.
uiwiuter days to come:
ind yrt 80 sadly pleasant
I, aIl We feel or see,
That in the dreamy present
Forever would we be.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-10-23

Bay The Detroit Tribune publishes an adj
dress from one hundred Democrats of Berrien
County, repudiating Buchanan. They have
all voted the democratic ticket until this cleo
tinn
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-10-23
What was said Of Buchanan.

In 1851, the Cleveland Plaindealer, tho
leading administration paper of the western re-
serve, published the following article in regard
to James Buchanan =
THE small and malignant clique who wear
the name of James Buchanan on their collars.
are endeavoring to sell the democracy of Penn
sylyania into the hands of the South Carolina
traitors. James Buchanan never was elected
by the people to any Office, except when he
was federalist. HE HAS NOT A THROB
OF DEMOCRATIC FEELING ABOUT
HIS COLD-BLOODED, BACHELOR
HEART. He could not receive the votes of
0ne,third of the people for any Office. And
yet, by the force of management of the basest
political machinery he has been able for years
past to crush the democratic party Of his state,
Pennsylvania to hang about its neck like
milestone to kill every progressional thought
in its bosom. He and his tools virtually gave
the state to Taylor in l84s, and if Bigler is
is defeated "a good and noble man-you may
charge it to James Buchanan, who, like the
old man in the history of Sinbat the Sailor,
now hangs on Biger's neck
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-10-23

TNsrCCEssFUI. LATTER WRlTERs.-The great
letter-writers of the Straight Wing school ap-
pear to he peculiarly unsuccessful in their
epistolary efforts to make converts to their own
way of thinking. Mr.. Choate's letter to the
Wings of Maine was followed by the first great
Republican victory since the campaign opened
Then Tx Governor Hunt, and Hon. Daniel ID.
Barnard wrote tremendously long letters to
James a Hamilton, Esq, of Westchester
county, urging upon him the necessity and pa
triotc duty of voting for Mr.. Fillmore. Where
upon Mr.. Hamilton comes out with long and
sensible letter stating that a sense of duty to
his country, and a conviction OF the utter hope
lessness of Fimore's election, alike constrain
him to do all in his power to promote the ke-
publican cause We fear that the ill-success
that has attended the efforts of these distingu-
ished Straight Wing letter-writers will deter
the rest of them from writing any. IT Mr.
Hunt would but write n good long letter 10
Hiram ketchum the charces are that he, too,
might be brought over to Fremont.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-10-23

" hate this sham statesman, Games Bu-
chanan) who, like colossal huckster, sits on
the top of the Alleghanies, offering to sell
Pennsylyania-to sell her future and her past
to South Carolina or the Devil, for chance
in the presidential rattle"