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Still Flying from Democracy.

The Skaneateles Democrat, ~ "
hauled down tho Buchanan flag last
week.
The Meriden Conn ] Transcript gives
a list of prominent citizens of that town
who left the Buchanan party and support
Fremont, among whom is Charles Parker
q Democratic elector in 1852.
DR.. Frankfort, the minerAlogist, al
ways Democrat, has abandoned Buch'
anan and his platform, and accepted the
Presidency ofthe Middletown Fremont
Club.
The Hon. E. M. Thurston, formerly
Secretary of the Board of Education,
Maine, and active Democrat, has return.
ed from Kansas, and comes out strongly
for the freedom Of that Territory, and the
election of Fremont.
The Hon. Andrew J. Harlan, a Pierce
member of Congress from the 18th Dig
,rict, in Indiana, two years ago, has de<
clared himself for Fremont.
The Hon. James B. Mex ean Judge
of Saratoga County, who voted for Cass
and Pierce, made speech the other night
at Saratoga Springs in favor of Fremont
and Dayton.
The above items are gathered from a
single number of the New York Tribune.
In the N. Y. Herald of the 18th, we
find the following in letter from Ian,
caster, Pa, near Mr.. Buchanan's resi-
dence.
DR.. C. M. Johnson, we'll known in
this State as the "Drumore boemaker,'
and one of the tbest rough and tumble
stump speakers that fought for democracy
here in 1910 and 1874, when he stump
ed the county against the buckeye
Blacksmith" whose democracy has been
most emphatically and Aatteringly en-
dorsed by Mr., Buchanan himself, who
sometime since exdressed high estimate
of the Doctors services in the ranks and
on the stump-a man who, by the way
wouldn't touch niger worshipper, q
live Know nothing, or cold water fanat
ic with anything less than long pole
in the way of stump spcech--thls same
DrAmore Shoemaker yesterday sent in hi
resignation as member of the Democrat
ic, Tor as hehapply has it,] the "Buch
anan County Committee" and comes gu
in his letter very decidedly against thu
modern drifting sectional democracy o
Cincinnati and its bloodless representa-
at Wheatland, and is decidedly in lavo
Of Fremont.
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The New Orleans Bee, an old. line
Wing journal, holds this encouraging
language: "With regard to the South, any
one whose judgment is not warped by
prejudice must admit that Mr.. Fillmore:
cause is prospecting. There are ffteer
Southern States-of these the friends o
Fillmore count confidently upon Della
ware, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee
and Missouri, and regard his prospects
equal to Buchanan's in Florida, Georgia
North Carolina, and Louisiana. The en-.
dorsement of Fillmore by the old,line
Wings of Virginia renders the vote o.
that State doubtful. 1t is apparent, to o,
that every day increases the confidence
Of the Fillmore men, while the support,
ers of Buchanan evince discouragement
and detection
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The following table exhibits the num-
Der of killed and wounded by railroad
and steamboat accidents during the
month of July, the huber Of lives lost by
fires, and the amount of property destroy.
ed by conaagrations. The fires which
have not destroyed property to The value
of $4,000 are not enumerated, and of
course a very considerable number arc
eXeluded:-
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Col. John w. Geary, the newly cleo

Col. John w. Geary, the newly elect
ed Governor of Kansas, is a citizen oil
Pennsylvania. During the Mexican War
he was Colonel Of the 2d Pennsylvania
Regiment; was appointed by President
Polk, in 1s49, to proceed to California
as Postmaster at San Francisco, and was
subsequently appointed by Gen. Riley,
Judge or Alcalde; he was the first Mayor
ofSan Francisco under the City Charter,
and was appointed by the Legislature a
member the Board Of Commissioners forth
Funded Debt. He is represented as for
ty years Of age, and as being admirably
fitted to the discharge Of the duties of the
Office.
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FoR KANsAs.-A company Of twenty
six emgrants from Beaufort District, S
c., under Captain Aver, passed through
Augusta, Ga, on Thursday week last on
their way 10 Kansas.
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Or Everybody in town, and in the coun'
try, so far as it is known that Gilderslee''
is in town, who has watch or clock that was
ever made to run, whether it is worn out y
spoiled by travelling thinkers, is now having
it made to keep time as well as when new
Every thing of the kind is warranted, and II
it does not perform satisfactorily, it costs you
nothing. So if you want 10 have your wa'cn'
es and clocks made to keep CORRECT Tine
bring them right in. and we assure you, you
will get the worth Of your money. MI
Gidersleeve wishes it understood that he u
not travelling watch.fxer, like many VINO
START OUT from gunsmith shop to pick the
peoples pockets by pretending to repair their
clocks and watches, but regular workman
having done large portion Of the work sent
from here to Nashville lately, although not
gene rally known to the people. =,
Neither would we forget those celebrated
Brazilian Pebble Spectacles for sale by Mr.
Gildersleeve. If you wish to preserve your
eye and read with ease, throw away your
common glasses and procure pair Of the DIT"
rillians.
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This is world Of compensations. Kick
boy for chalkingyour fence, and he will
balance the account by throwing brick
ba, at the first friendless dog he runs a.
'gsins.
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Mr.. Fillmoe, in his Rochester speech
declared that the Repeal Of the Missouri
Compromise, and the Nebraska Kansas
Bill is "boon to The South" Now, it
is plain, if such is his opinion, that he
gives the Southern construction to the bill,
differing with Cass, Douglas, Geo. w.
Jones, Gen. Pierce, &c., and thinks that
the South could reap beneGt from it
and consequently the inference is irresist.
iblo that he opposes Squatter Sovereign
ty-for a recognition of such a principle,
so far fron giving boon to the South by
this bill, is with few exceptions denounc'
ed by the South as an odious measure, and
hated by nearly every Southerner.
This principle cheats the South out Of
not only Northern but also Southern ter
ritory, and permits emigration societies
to colonize every foot Of new territory
hereafter to be organized into a new gov.
eminent. But if we reject the theory,
Southerners can carry their slaves into the
EXTREMIST Northern territory, and if they
choose, create slave States there. Hence,
any other position than opposition to
Squatter Sovereignty is wholly inconsist
ent with the idea that the Nebraska Kan.
sas Bill is a boon to the South. The facts
arc too plain to be overlooked, and Mr.
Fillmote is committed against this mon,
strouS doctrine.
We ask our readers not to be deceived
by false constructions put upon that part
Of Mr.. Fillmorc's speech which finds
fault with the Repeal of the Missouri
Compromise. 1t is argued that because
he is opposed to the act Of repeal, that he
would be in favor restoringit. But such
is not the case. He is opposed to any ag'
itation ofthe slavery question in Congress,
and the same reason makes him opposed
to restoration which made him opposed
to the repeal Of the old Cmompromise-
namely, dislike of slavery agitation.--
How many democrats opposed the Com
promise of'50. How many yet denounce
it. Yet now few are willing to disturb
it! A disturbance Of that compromise
repeating the Fugitive Slave law, would
certainly dissolve this Union. We mus
admit that we find falt with the measures
yet we are far, very far, from favoring 6
repeal of the compromise. Then this
democratic logic won't do.
Let our readers remember that while
Mr.. FILLMORE believes that it was bad
policy that repealed the Missouri Com.
promise because it has generated civil
war and agitation, so would he believe Of
policy restoring it. Just as we all
think of the Compromise Of 1850. While
many condemn it, all say let it stand
Readers, beware Of the deceptive argu
ment. We heard Mr.. Harris make it,
and others are making it. tits cheat
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FOR THE DISTRICTS,

FOR THE DISTRICTS,
tqt Dist.--N. 6. TAYLOR, Of Carter.
Cd. d" MOSES WHITE, Of Knox
Sd. Z" REESE y. BRABSON. of Hamilton.
9TH. W. p. EIICKETEON, Of Coffee.
9th. l." ROBT. HATTON, Of Wilson.
9Th. " w. II. WISENER, Of Bedford,
Tb. d" G. c. GROVE. OF Giles.
9Th. I" JIM, QUARLES, of Montgomery,
9th, " ISAAC R. HAWKINS, OF Carroll.
10th. " JOS. Il. MOsBY, of Fayctte.
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The Hon. Auekner S. Morris, of Chi
cago, has consented TO run as the FIJI
more candidate for Governor Of Illinois
Col. Bissell is the Republican and Col
Richardson the Democratic candidate"
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AMERICAN ELECTORAL TICKET.
FOR THE STATE,

FOR THE STATE,
How. NELL S. BROWN, of Davidson
HORACE MAYNARD, Of Knox.
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SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

ken from the New York Express, will
show how Mr.. Fillmore stands through.
out the various sections Of the coumry.
A vote was taken at the State Dock
Rhincbeck, N. Y, July IL, for President.
as follows:
Fillmore, "a
Buchanan,
Fremont,
A vote taken on board steamboat Isaac
Newton, resulted as follows:
Fillmore, 81
Buchanan, 10
Fremont, 40
The following is the result Of an express.
sion of preference in one of the Wall
street Offices, N. Y. city:
Fillmore,
Buchanan, 0
Fremont, 0
Where is the American that will not
vote for" American principles?"
The following is vote taken in five
retail dry good stores, in Catharine street,
Y.
Fillmore, 20
Fremont,
Buchanan, 8
A Pittsburg, Mass, friend gives us tho
following votes taken in that town as a
specimen Of the public sentiment there.
Fillmore
Buchanan,
Fremont,
The following is the vote taken at the
Western Railroad Depot, yesterday eve.
ming, 9th inst, previous to the arrival Of
| the cars:
Fillmore, 81
Buchanan
Fremont, 4
| In the little village Of Milton N. j.,
one Of the suburbs Of this place, there are
forty voters whose choice is as follows
for president;
Fillmore, 81
Buchanan,
Fremont,
On the passage of the steamer Roam.
oke from New York to Norfolk, on the
10th ult., vote was taken among the
passengers, who were certified to be legal
voters, with this result:
Fillmore, SO
Buchanan, 81
Fremont,
A vote was taken for President, on the
9TH of July, at UnderhilPs box factory,
Greene street, which resulted as follows;
Fillmore, 10
Buchanan,
Fremont, l.
We have, says the Express, for curos'
ty taken the vote Of our house in Dey
street. Out of 25 the house stood as fol-
lows
+ Fillmore, II
Buchanan, 8
Fremont, 5
A vote was taken on the down train,
on the New York Central Railroad, on
Monday the IA, which resulted as fol-
lows:
Fillmore, 80
| Fremont, 20
Buchanan, II
Not voting, IL
On the evening Of the 10th; vote was
taken on the up train about O'clock
out of Albany, which resulted for:
Fillmore, II
! Fremont, 81
| Buchanan, ~
Not voting, is
A vote was taken, says the Brooklyn
Star, upon one Of the largest Lake Erie
steamers, on her trip down to Buffalo,
There were two hundred passengers on
board The result ives as follows:
| Fillmore, 196
Buchanan,
>-~>~Ys-----
The Hon. Auekner S. Morris, OF Chl'
cago, has consented 10 run as the Fill
more candidate for Governor Of Illinois
Col, Bissell is the Republican and COL
Richardson the Democratic candidate"
Or Everybody in town, and in the coun'
try, so far as it is known that Gildersee'e
is in town, who has watch or clock that "''
ever made to run, whether it is worn out y
spoiled by travelling thinkers, is now having
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East 1sIano Sufferers.

Extract from a letter writer by q
lady residing near Last Island, Lousi-
ana. "People are recovering in a
measure from the effects of the storm.
There never was seen in the world a
more awful calamity. You would
hardly credit what could tell you con-
corning it. One of the rescued dined
with us the other day--a Mr.. R., who
had been given up as lost irrecovera-
bly,. A reward was offered for his
body, and friends mourning for him,
when by the strangest chance he
was discovered. He had hoatcd upon
a billiard table and landed upon the
marshes, which, on this coast, are as
uninhabitable as the sea itself. There
for ten days he subsisted on snails and
one dead rat, which came swimming
along too. There, in the blazing Au-
gust srn-not q tree for miles and
miles, not q shrub-nothing but the
impossible and impenetrable cane
brake, he survived every horror, and
lived on lice. .. ..
In the providence of his unsearcha
plO mahols iS was SouSllO otiI ny OuS
solitary fishing boat and rescued by
its humane master, who doubtless, from
the generosity within him, had been
cruising about in the hope of doing
some chance good. The scene which
occurred upou his unexpected arrival
home, was truly affecting. The news
reached home few moments before
his own landing, when every negro
rushed from the plantation, some jump,
ed into the bayou and swami to meet
the boat. They shouted, nay, laugh,
ed, danced, and seized their master by
the feet, legs, arms, and hands, kissed
him wherever they could touch him
he kissing them in return. At las,
the overjoyed creatures, elevating hin
upou their shoulders, carried him of
in triumph to the house. I thought
to myself, could Henry Ward Beecher
his sister and all his relatives, do more
[Joarnat Of Commerce..
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Caught in a Trap. =

IT was lately stated in French period
cal, that q strange event occurred not long
since in the village of Champignoles. One
of the Inhabitants had dug pit for the pur-
pose of catching a, wolf; and after covering
it, put on the top, to attract the animal, a
living goose. Another inhabitant Of the
village saw, from a distance, the goose, flut-
tering and struggling to get loose. The OBJ
scurity Git being twilight) not permitting
him to distinguish the trap, he approached
and fell to the bottom of the pit. The pit
was eight or ten feet deep, aud the sides
were perpendicular Great was the aston
ishment Of the man, and greater vet was his
embarrassment, at finding himself in that
position I; and it was not until after having
for some time called in vain for help, that he
resolved to wait patiently for daylight, and
meanwhile make himself as comfortable as
possible. But hardly had he taken this
resolution, when he felt heavy weight fall
on his shoulders. This was a wolf, which
attracted by the bait, had also been caught
by the trap. You can easily imagine the
fright of the unfortunate man. Indeed, the
terror of the four-legged animal was not less;
for it retreated at once, and laid itself down
in one corner and did not move during the
night. At length day broke, and to the
poor companion of the wolf, it seemed time
for it to break; for the night had appeared
to him terribly long. The owner of the trap
came early to see what he had caught, and
found his neighbor in the pit. He drew out
the unfortunate man more dead than alive
but he was less generous towards the wolf,
which he killed, Notwithstanding his exem-
pIary conduct through the night. r..-.
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Faith' S yentufs.

A FEW years since we witnessed balloon
ascension. All things were ready, but the
sky was overcast with clouds, and all trem-
bled for the safety Of the ;eronaut, and he
trembled himself as he looked out from his
little car upon the clouds, hesitating wheth-
er to cut the cord that bound him TO the
earth. But when summon;ng all his resolu-
ton, he severed the cord and was borne up
through the dark vail, the scene as he after
wards described il, was changed indeed
Those clouds whose darkness had made him
tremble when seen from below-now gazed
upon him from the sunlit, heayenward side
lay outstretched before him like sea of
glory, while everywhere above-emblem of
God--was the clear, broad and deep i'm
meusity of space. So with the first conse-
Grating act Of a sinners faith--it may have
clouds and doubts and fears as it cuts itself
away from all the dependencies Of earth, and
trusts alone in Him whose home is beyond
the sky but still, reader, let the cord be sew.
cred, let the consecrated vow go up freight
ed with all your interests for time and eter-
nifty, and you shall soon find yourself above
the murky clouds--you shall dwell forever
in the serene light of heaven. Whatever
your doubts whatever your fears whatever
your sins, cast yourself as you are on the
promised mercy of Jesus Christ. Ifitseems
venture, then make venture. "IfI per-
ish, / perish" ....-
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which, the phrase would be made to mean.
a ~cable," such rs is.used in anchorinp sbips
in the' roadstead. Then the text would
read, 'it is easier for a cable to 20 through
the eye Of q needle" DC. But the former is
probably the most correct reading, for the
whole figure seems to have been a maxim.
quite prevalent in the East. Among the
Babalonians, in whose country elephants
were not uncommon, the phrase was, .an
elephant passing through needles eye."---
But the elephant was stranger in Judea,
while the camel was well known and there.
fore the latter was used by the Jews, instead
of the former. to give force to the maxim
Obviously the object of this form of speech
was to express thing absolutely impossible.
Blu: Lhave met with another explanation
of the striking figure, which TO say the least,
adds TO its beauty and force Ali the i'm,
portant cities of the East, in ancient times.
were surrounded by high and massive walls:
and so they are, as the modern traveller in.
forms US, at the present day. At certain
points these walls we,e perforated by large
passage,ways, for the exit and entrance of
the Inhabitants. These passase-ways. in
times ofpeace, were open by day, but at
night they were closed by massive gates, ca
pable of resisting any common assault
Now, by the side of these large entrances.
were very much smaller ones, used by foot
passengers, and by those who had occasion
to go forth, or enter the city by night
They were called the needles eve" Lord
Nugent, an, English traveller of modern
times, when at Hebron, was directed TO 90
out by '.the needles eye," that is, by the
small sidegate of the city. The camel can
go through the needles eye, but with diff
Guilty, and hardly with full load nor with
out STOPPING.
I think this expresses the just idea of the
passage, at is easier for camel to 90 thro'
the needles eye than for rich man to en-
ter the gate of heaven" 1t is not impossi-
bic for rich man to enter heaven, for we
may believe there are many already in the
paradise of God, who consecrated their
wealth to the service of their Redeemer, and
trusted in him always for salvation. But
just as the camel must be relieved Of part OF
his load, before he can ass through the
needles eye," so the rich man must divest
himself of large portions of his wealth, in
the walks Of benevolence, in order to enter
the gates Of glory. Our Savior seems to
have reference to the same idea when he
says, "Stroight IS the Gate" And as the
camel was compelled to stoop in order to
euter the low and narrow gate of the CITY,
so must the rich man learn humility, if he
would 1see the Lord" '.in the fullness OF
Joy.-- Christidn Witness.
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Ihs Gamslana the Needles
Eye.

st. Matthew, XIX. 24.-St Mark, K. 25.-
St Luke, xviii. 25. ut is easier for q camel
to 90 through tho eye of needle, than for a
rich man to enter into the kingdom ofheay-
sa.''
I can scarcely remember the time in my
early youth, when this text did not excite my
curiosity and wonder. In the days Of the
Evangelist, ss welt rs our own, needles were
Of various sizes. There are the large nee,
dies, such rs ST. Paul used in making tents,
and such also, las we know. are now employ.
ed in making the broad sails Of some great
admiral. There are ths finest points Of steel,
used IN ancient and modern times, in the
most delicate kinds Of .peedls-work, ft to
deck the person of Queen at her corona
zion. The camel is beast Of burcep, much
psed in Eastern countries. Il is about the
size Of the largest OK, With one or two hunch.
es on its back, with long neck and legs, aud
with feet adapted to the hot and candy .des,
est. Such IL the general understanding Of
the two more prominent terlns Of tha pas
saga Of the Holy Writ, now under consider.
ton,
Some have supposed that . slightly va.
ried reading il ths original word, which is
trsaellasa scsHsei,s might DO adopted, by
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1 oU W oIbss caiois ane CAP
tute W iIo Bofses.

WHEREVER several Of the large wolves
associate together for mischief, there is al.
ways numerous train Of smaller ones to
follow in the rear, and act as auxilliaries in
the work Of destruction. Two large wolves
are sufficient to destroy the most powerful
horse, and seldom more than two ever be-
gin the assault, although there may be a
score IN the gang. 1t is no less curious than
amusing to witness this ingenious mode of
attack. II there is no snow, or but little on
the ground, two wolves approach in the
most playful and caressing manner; lying,
rolling and frisking about, until the too
credulous and unsuspecting victim is com.
pletely put off his guard by curiosity and
familiarity. During this time, the gang,
squatting on their hind quarters, look on at
distance. 5A'@-' =
After some time spent in this way, the
two assailants separate, when one approach.
es the horses head, the other his tail, with
a shyness and cunning peculiar to them
selvaa. AT this stage of the attack, their
frolicsome approaches become very interest,"
ing-it is in right good earnest |; the former
ant and keeping his eyes steadily fixed on the
hamstrings or TANKS Of the horse. The criti-
cal moment is then watched, and the attack
is simultaneous both wolves spring at their
victim at the same instant--one to the
throat, The other to the falkland, il sue.
cessfu', which they generally are, the hind
one never lets 60 his hold till the horse is
completely disabled. Instead of springing
forward or kicking to disengage himself, the
horse turns round and round without at
tempting defence. The wolf before then
springs behind TO assist the other, The
sinews are ont, and In half the time | have
been describing IL, the horse is on his side:
his struggles are fruitless---the victory is
won, At this signal the lookers-on close in
at gallop but the smallsfry of followers
keep at q respectful distance, until their su,
psriors are gorged, and then they take their
tHra aRmolested. e ! \