Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-10-20

,,..ih ,ar rom uisagreeable. 1t requires but
u'as n naol. 70 the eye, and the bonnet win be
nets will pass into the state of CO.. "a 4 !,
the human mind Is so changing in these fast days
IN wnicn we i've, that what was the fashion OF YES
terrday will b the carnival Of tomorrow.
mr. Robert N. ColIief, ,-Sf Pete,sh.,
h We give below extract from a letter of his
which appears in tbsflSasI Petersburg Express
Mr. Collier avows hibssiF y Democrat and that he
has voted with ths Dsnaocratic party heretofore.
That he prefers Mr.. buchanan, but believing he
cannot be elected, has made up his mind. that n
he is alive on the 4th Of November he win cast
his vote for M Fillmore, i'm whom he has entire
confidence Mr.. Collier thinks 1t not improbable
that Mr. Fillmore will obtain tho vote Of Virginia
and as far as his vote and example1will go, he is
determined to lend him helping hands without
stopping to shout oyer Mr. Golfers letter, as our
Democratic friends do over their Old line Whigo
auxiiaries, we shall only hid him a hearty web
come, with an assurance that bis vote win be
worthily cast for one who is enlphatieay the can
didate Of the American people, having no taint OF
setionalism about him
enjoy the right of suffrage. Asalways hither-
to, 30 now study the probable good of my coun.
try, and am loyal TO my party-no, not MY party
but the party which processes my creed ofpolYtics
the Democratic-only when think that party
right and likely by It's success toSio most good. /
have opposed them only when thought they were
wrong.btbA raatf4sE atf aa sssaSfaUA ses sI.a
haveyoted for the Democratic candidates for
the Presidency of the United States, ever since
1924, except in one instance--and4 then L voted,
Tor Harrison, as good Democratic Republican as
any OF his predecessors Now, as heretofore II
shall be guided by the dictates OF my own iudg-
ment, how shall best cast my vote. Mycbief
object Is to do what may to defeat the election
OF Fremont judge that the best interests Of the
Republic will be most aided by that event. no mat
ter which of the other candidates sscceeds / have
the highest confidence in the experienced capacity
and craftsmanship of Mr.. Buchanan, and as be-
tween him and Mr. Fillmore, would give nv vote
for the former, If they were tho only candidates.
There is another In the field and this other most
desire to defeat What can best do to bring about
this result? 7tssFs9 t,aa ,Y,,Y.ag9 asss
have but oae vote to give, and desire to inau-
uence no other, II could, in any other way than
by whatever of good reason there may be in my
course emitting it to influence with others. H''
lt is quite certain that neither of the candidates
will be elected by the people. 1t is not certain
that Mr.. Fillmore will get the vote of any particu
lar State, though he may get the votes of several
Of them. If / could show that he would eet INTO
the House Of Representatives without the vote of
Virginia ! would not give up my preference and
Vole Ior nm put have no assurance from the
signs Of the political zodiac that it Is more proba
BILE thatshe will get the vote of any other given
state, than that he will get the vote Of Virginia.
Then, what can and must do best to accomplish
my object, which is to get Mr.. Fillmore into the
House OF Representatives, is TO do what / can to
give him the vote of Virginia. and all can doto
= this end, is to give my yote-which win do fl
am acting in concert with no one. Ibaye con.
suited no one. have told no one what intend
to DO. am the monarch of my own actions. as
every man should be in giving his vote in any po-
litical election. shall take no part in the can
vass, only, as the good Quaker, when " the spirit
moves" i have, already expressed publicly my
views OF the only issue involved and discussed in
the canvass. / consider no mans interest, not
even my own, except only as the interests of all
OF US are bound up in the peace of the country
and the success of the Federal Union,y think
and am sure that these ends which every patriot
pants after, will be most apt in this election to be
subserved by having two chances ESQ to speak, in
the House of Representatives, to defeat the elec.
ton Of Fremont; and repeat that my best iudg-
ment tells me that what can best do to achieve
that object ID to do what I can to carry Virginia
for Fillmore, which is to vote for him. ID r1e fr
2a1 Horrible Affair. tta
The Staunton Spectator says that +. w. Sheii-
dan, who was murdered by a negro in Highland
county, in August last, highly educated Irish
man, about twenty.one years Of age, who arrived
in Highland county, from New York about d year
ago. In short time he married a widow Wiley.
who was living with her children, FIVE or six in
number, on farm near Wilsonyie. After his
marriage, Sheridan became Incorporate in his
habits and lived unhappily with his wife and her
children. One evening party of children return.
ing from school found his dead body lying within
a few hundred yards Of his house A Jury or In
quest was summoned, and an examination of his
person proved that his neck was broken. Snspi-
cion fell upon a.young negro man, who had wife
residing at Sheridan's, and he was arrested con.
demned, and executed, after making full con-
fession of bis guilt. According to the Negroes
statement, Mrs. Sheridan sent him to look for her
husband and bring him home, he being absent. on
a spree. He went to several places, but at last
found him, and easily persuaded him to return
home. assa sgiaY IE053ssa taF eyp g4-fft ~,
Mrs. Sheridan and all the family immediately
LETT the house, as she alleges to avoid seeing her
husbsnd. The negro furnished Sheridan with
more liquor, and, when, he was completely drunk,
proceeded to murder him. This he accomplished
by twisting rope round his reck with stick un-
TIL his neck was broken. The murderer then left
the house, and after attending to various Jobs of
work in the neighborhood, returned three or four
hours later and carried the body to the place
where it was found by the children, presuming
that the community would suppose that the unfor-
tunate man had fallen and died there His confes-
sion implicates Mrs. Sheridan and her daughter as
instgators Of the deed, and contains some things
too shocking for publication. The mother and
daughter, however, were arrested on Monday
week, and committed for trial. & Mrs s. is about
thirty-ive years Of age, and the daughter sixteen
They are quite independent in their circumstan-
ces, very respectable connected, and have hereto
|ore sustained irreproachable characters adf I'll