The New York Herald Newspaper, August 2, 1856, Page 3

NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1856, : 3 VIRGINIA POLITIOS. PORTANT POLITICAL DISCUSSION. (CH OF EX-LIEUT. GOVERNOR LEAKE. ‘Appearance of Alex. H. H. Stuart. FEELING IN VIRGINIA, &e., &e., &o. tial Report for the New York Herald. OraNGe Court Hovss, Ninety miles N. W. of Richmond, July 28, 1856. ft Richmond yesterday morning by the Central ad, now the great thoroughfare of this common- 1, and arrived at Gordonsville, the great converging er the down and up Richmond and Staunton train, orth aud South Orange and Alexandria train, at half-past 10 o'clock. Here an immense crowd was bled from all quarters, awaiting the train to this for the purpose of hearing the discussion so long need. ty utter disappointment, I ascertained from a gen- | who travelled that morning on the down train taunton, that Mr. Stuart was sick and unable to . Contradictory statements were made upon this t, some assertiog that he passed that way by yes- "8 train, others asserting that he was positively Believing that whatever of interest would trans- re would be lost by the absence of this gen- Tresolved to return to Richmond by the down hen a gentleman, who became aware of the ob- my journey, and this intention to return, informed it this statement was made merely as a decoy to ¢ off. He expressed the opinion that should I ub my purpose to return, Stuart would turn up as as daylight. I then resolyed to pursue my jour- jd See the matter out. ved here at half-past llo’clock A.M. It was y—an oscasion for the assembling of large crowds ; but the number present in this instance tenfold the usual collection. Great indeed to be the disappointment when it was ascertained orator of the day had not come, and many were jectures as tothe cause which led to his absence. erted that he remained away because of the cement that ex-Lieutenant Governor Leake would ; Others tbat he dreaded the Heratp and his ly’ reporter, The democratr seemed truly jubi- the “miskap,’? while the Know Nothings mani- ir chagrin by curses, “oud and deep,” upon the their orator. 4 sour, bitter look your reporter had the honor 1g bestowed on him while he steod amid the cool as a cucumber. now 1 o'clock, and there was no prospect of a ' Inevery corner of the little town squads lected about rabid partisans in the Bucha- Fillmore interest, discussing earnestly the ve merits of their standard bearers, each assert rond all question, that the other was an abolition records of both were analyzed in every in- ito @ degree surpassing the most minute research ost rabid of the party organs. astray into the Court House, but not a soul did re, save a few justices on the bench and If a dozen lawers, not one of whom had a case in @ attraction was up town, amid the politicians. ye, I might have stated that this district contains the most distinguished lawyers of the State, a3, nce, Shelton F. Leake, ex-Licutenant Governor; Kemper, of Madison, and Thomas Walsh, of talk of politics and politicians in New it cannot compare with Virginia. She 2 always political, and she will continue is so, however, from no mercenary mo fe you all, bat, pursuing the old habit and old ideas, she seeks to exercise by her example infivence throughout the Cnion. I should like to n or the State who would dare encroach upon Talk about South Carolina; why, she would her up im an instant if she dared to compete She is the mother; these small folks ar and disobedient ones, too, by the way. And rves still her beautiful ancient eimplicity, Go country regions, wuere I am now, and you will Old Dominion’* in her primitive simplicity and edz ess, negtecting, m fact, her own concern of the Union, She fancies she possesses—an he does—a moral dictafive axthority over the ion, and she still seeks to exercise i', scrupnloas to the example she sets to the little cluster . Sooner than permit a wrong sentiment to go ason of Virginia (I mean the farmers, not for they are selfish everywhere) would quit pending the most important suit in order to slander. They are truly a fine peopie—the he world, I believe. THE HERALD AND ITS REPORTER. arrival at the little tavern several hard sayings red with reference to the Hxn«ip and the object _ me here. Some argued for and some q mauy expressed a desire to have always unity of reading the Hrrarn. Had | a commis. eilect seores of subscribers would be added ent volumnious list. THE SPEAKING. o'clock M_ a call was tavern, as they call it here, fur ‘Leake,’ aud this seemed to the signal for a ovement towards the Court House square, a tront of the wrh the crowd, and on getting there immense avsemblage gazing anxious but no speaker, Soon, however, ex Leake made bis appearance, and in ito loud and enthusiastic calls, asceuded a tempo m prepared for the occasion, Through the the clerk of the court, I succeeded in getting iting chair, which I placed at a convenieut dis- e platform. ¢ state that uever in the course of my repor jence dit I witness more confusion, and less paid to a public speaker than on this occasion. , Was confined to one individual, a Mr. New ecu’ whose voice and the speaker's. I had con- diMieulty to diecern. Mr. Newman uttered al- for word with Mr. Leake in contradiction of }, of course: and ia some instances, the lan- such as the patience of few could ‘tolerate t the Tixxatp cirenlates largely in that region, per to offer this rebuke for the future benefit ‘ho were concerned in these acts of discourtesy. this all. Already oppressed by the burning nuded by a crowd who k a8 too as the appl the plattorm liad subsi 1 hile expect hel gentle- a neighboring count} to represent je of the question gentleman, it ts hard ry for me to inform you, is Mr. Alex I. H. ngasta. At th of many frienc a, I to engage with him in a discussion of the topics the present canvass iax—Hle was not afraid to meet you. wever, that leman ined by sickness; but at the request of many indertake to address a few remarks to sucha the people of Orange as honor with their My feilow-citizons, I can but express my there is Do one here to represent tue opposite question. I prefor always a full, fair and jon On both sides, because it is only by com- sides that the people are enable! to arrive at iston in reere to the points involved. The advocate |# so strong in its own that it can well afford to rest its defence as humble an advocate as | am. least this election would Pad oy inary egcitement. | believed that the peo- South—of the whole South—were prepared ly under the only flag which promised them ‘security inthe coming contest I had sup fellow citizens, that there would be found no in the limits of this ancieat Po:minion, who their voice for any other than James Ba favor of any other party tool true to the South, and dopend. Thi is no ordinary It is_a contest involving the ‘of this | mon, because ‘olves the rights of nd the faithful administration of the constitu. federal ge ‘nment. It isa contest which in ything dear to ue—at least I regard it so—for to our bosoms the issue whether we of the tamety to submit to the aggressions of the , a surrender those constitationsl ‘by our fathers—rights which we shall de- if blood should, it be necessary. (Cheers.) iseue, truly distinetly presented? Some soos help them !—there are no persons now roa large majority of the people «f Anti-Americans according to the test which J they present is the ; gentlemen, we present to ‘m and a candidate upon which all partios ot a ai pd whose record guaran’ ity to every princi held dear—of a striet adherence to those = ‘ights which, above all others, are dear to us. as—He is no such thing—he was never right We — another Mery nominated say—he was engaged in discharging t ‘ot kissing the Pope's toe, and we are told that be is to save us. Mr. Fillmore is to save us—a maa whose party refused t@ nomiwate him in 1892, after thoy had tried bim tor four y@rs—(choers)—he whom his owa party repudiated and to be unworthy of public cor fidence. He is the man whom his friends set up asthe model statesman of the country, and as a man competent to heal all the evils ef the body politic—the man, in fact, who is to be the saviour of this grat country of ours, Mr, Newsay—He ia a great man, and Iam with him. Mr. Leake—Yes, my friend, you are with hi I have known you for many years, and I nev knew you to be right yet. (laughter.) This is the man who is to save us—aided, of course, by his brethren of the Culvert. (Laughter. What is the course of those men who, alone, may fay. are making war upon James Buchanan’ It is now fully ascertained that in Pennsylvania the Fillmore men have united with the Fremont men upon the same ticket, with the understanding that they are to transpose the tickets in such @ manuer as to concentra'e upon whomsoever of the two shall get the largest number of votes. It is @ matter of absoiute indifference who may be elected; but it behooves us to look to our own interests in this scrambie. The de- mocratic party present to you a man whom even John C. Calhoun himself, with ali bis ultra Southern felings, bad always declared to be conservative and true on the sub ject of slavery, @ man whose lit illuminates every of our history from 1927 to this day—shows him always, and under all circumstances, with scarcely a single exception, voting with every ultra southern man uyon this question. A man who has firmly planted him- self upon Cincinnati platferm, resolving neither to add @ plank to it, or take one from it. Aman who fought with us in the annexation of Texas, the conditions upon which it was annexed, and who is with us to this day upon every question which is most dear to us. (Loud cheers.) Now with regard to Fillmore, I would ask who i+ he, and what has he done’ If he was this great and good man that his friends represent him to be, why, I ask, did they not nominate him in 1852 In their des pera- tion they are driven to impute to the Governor of your State the remark ‘that hi: administration was Wa-hing- ton like,’’ and yet while they affect now 80 to dit, they deemed him at its close unworthy of a renewal of their confidence. (Cheers.) Let us seo now who and what Mr. Fillmore is. I am aware I am addressing many Kuow Nothings. | (Laughter.) Some, however, are old line whigs, and I say here, with all sincerity, that I regard their position as very humble—indeed, they are in a pre- dicament the most humiliating I have ever known men to occupy. They cailed a convention and met—twenty or thirty of them—recently in Richmond, and there volemply resolved that the couatry could be saved by the old ne whigs. (Laughter) They could not stand Know Nothingism; the Know Nothing candidate they would have nothing to do with, and yet they went to Richmond, solemnly endorsed the Know Nothing candidate, and recommended him to the people of Virginia as the man above all others the most capable of accomplishing all the country needed. This reminds me of an incident which took place in the county of Buck- ingham. A man, named Jones, who was a little hard up for money, thought proper to raise the wind, and, in order to do so, advertised that he had for exhibition a peculiar wagran, the charge of admission to be a quarter of a dollar to each. e time for the exhibition having ar- rived, hundreds assembled to see the curiosity. Jones made bis appearance with a bag on his back, well tied with strings. He untied one string, and out jumped a pig, the woret looking pig that ever anybody did see. Well, gentlemen, said he, did anybody ever see a worse looking pig than that? Everybody said certainly it was a bad looking pig. He untied ‘another string, and out came another pig, much worse looking than the other, Jones remarking that there was a still greater curiosity. (Laughter.) Now, gentlemen, the wnigs said that the Know Nothings were the worst looking vigs they ever saw, but when they went to Richmond, out came a wagran of far worse appearance than the animals first presented to their view. (Loud laughter.) They would not accept a Know Nothing, but they very cheerfully agreed to take Fillmore! This is truly a strange incon sistency. Who, then, is Fillmore? this wagran whom they have succeeded 1m shaking out of the bag’ I know that there are honest men among you who be- lieve Fillmore to be all he is represented. Those of you who believe so must be Know Nothings indeed. But can you believe that a man who has solemnly declared that Congress had power to abolish slavery in the District. of Columbia, and the abolition of the slave trade among the Southern States jis asafe man for the South’ Do you believe that the man who declared that Texas ought never to be admitted into this Union upon the conditions on which she has been admitted, is a safe man for the South’ If there is a man here who believes it, let him speak; and if he doubts what] here state in reference to him, I have his record here to prove it. All that I have imputed to him he has stated in his Erie letter, which 1 will read for you; and ‘ou will remember that every man here who votes for Fitmore gives a practical endorsement to all his views. Mr. Leake here read copious extracts from the rated Erie letter of Mr. Fillmore.| Now, my fellow zens, I have read to you Filimore’s own words in which he declared that he was opposed to the admission of Texas, except on the concitions related in this docu nent, and in tavor of the immediate abolition of slavery in the MMstrict of Columbia. Task, then, can you vote fora msn holding sveh opinion-? It is bardly necessary to repeat that in so doing you endorse those opinioas. ‘If any man here can show me where Fillmore repudiated that letter, 1 will not only vote for bim, but even stump it for him. am told that Mr. Fillmore signed the Fugitive Slave law. True, he did, but with what feelings may easily be ascer tained from his Louisville speech, made when President, ering tour. In that he declared tion in signing that bill, being onality, ipasmuch as it did not embody the right of trial by jury. Remember, also, that to the Presi¢eniil chair pledged against the while he con emplated its exercise ta regard which was of so much beneit to the South. ie Mr. Fillmore, But that is not sll. What think padence of a party that would come here wud ask te vote for a man for Presideat who does not believe that it is Wrong to steal negroes’ What would you think of a “Know Nothing’ —that distinguish ed gentleman, Mr. Stuart, for instance—if he wore to ap- pear bere to-day and ray that it was no crime to steal a negro? And yet Fillmore is represented on the record as having said in fact, it was no off-nce to steal seventy negroes. He pardoned men for an oilence of this charac- ter; and what must be the conclusion from such an act, tibat be regarded itasnocrime? Two men named r#, I believe, in 1848, or after Fillmore became Presi- dent, stole from Washington and Alexandria seventy ne- (Remember that the facta which I stste to you hown by the records to be trus.) These men, as I aid, stole seventy negroes. They got them as far ‘ag the mouth of the Potomac, when they were compelled from stress of wea her to run into a little harbor fo: y. e people of Washington, gettiag wind of the mat- ter, ned and armed @ schooner, pursued this vessel and overbauied her nrar the mouth of the Potomas. They went op board, and the Urst thing they did was to shut down the ba “oe Having secured the partics, they brought them back to Washington with their ill-gotten ize, and then tried and convicted them in ali cases. Governor “mith, who was then Governor of Virgiuia, made & requisition upon the authorities at Washiagton to deliver up these men, when tried ia Washinton, that they might be tried according to our laws; but Lye was disrevarded, They remaised ja jai! wat 1552, the scptence being that they should spoud a cortain term ia confinement tor each negro stolen, besides the payment of a certain One, half of which way to go to the owners of the negroes, The Hou. Charies Sumuer, that ventloman who wus recently caued by Mr, Brooks the senate Chamber, acdreased an appeal to the lresident for thetr release, but without effect at that time. In Avyust, 1862, ana vominate Such, ther you of the i Ondin, Presidency, Fillc he had nothing more to expect from tie Synth, pardone there negro stealer#, every one of them, refusing even to deliver them jo Virginia upom the requtsitien of our Governor to be tried for the oflence committe! within our borders, ‘There is not a Know Nothing here—not a whig here—who di not denounce Gov. Joseph Jobason pardoving the negro Jordan Hatcher, and yet here is ore who has pardoned these two ten convicted of ing eeventy negroes, for which thoy should have fered an eternity of pusishment—and thus dected thnd it was no harm to steal negro, not only excused by opporters for this act, but actusily extolled as the conservative and safe man for the country! And mol you, he never extended this pardon vntil after the Convention of 1862, which nominated Scott, and then ever at the instance of Charles Sumner. But that is not the worst. These advocates of Fillmore have provoked ug to this fort of diecussion; they have been cha the democratic party and its candidate with precisel offences of which they were thmseives guiity. Ihave vouched records for many charges which | bring against Fillmore: and if they show me that those records are wrong, or that they have been contradicted at auy time, I wilt vote for bim. But as I bave said, that is not the worst thing be bas ever done, though you will all say that wos bad enovgh. Some few years ago a gentleman in Richmond, haying © number of slaves to send to New Orleans, despatched them by a brig as the mort conve: niewt mode of sending them The brig, I remember, wer called the Creole. When she got out upon the ocean the slaves rose up Against the crew, mur- derd part of them, and compelled the balance to bring them to Nassau, one of the West india islands. This gave rive to lations between the United States government and the British government, the former cemanding of the latter she value of the slaves or their surrender, which never has been done. ‘This led to certain proceedings im Congress, where Millard Filimore was a leading member at the time, Joshua R. , the intimate friend of Fillmore at the time, of. fered a serivs of resolutions. I will meet any man here question, and if he shows me exe instance in Giddings, Fillmore, and John Quincy Adams did ru the same question, I will say 8 as pure and as good as even that of us the that his record Jamee Bocha: Bat I was going on to say that Gid dings offered jes of resolutions in which he justified the murder of these white men by the ne and de clared that it was no crime, John Minor oltere: resolution censuring Giddings for the totroduction of such rerolutions, I will read them for you. [He here read these resolutions, and went on to shew, that upou the revolution of cenaure upon Giddings, introduced by John Minor Botts, which required @ two-third vote, Mr. Fill more voted “No,” and endorsed the resolutions intro duced by Giddings.) Mr. Leake, continuing—Mr. Fillmore, erclence the great friend of the South, voted agai this cens ire up on Giddings fer the introduction of these resolutions. declaring that a negro bad a right to kill a white man. Are you to vote for such a man? James Buchanan would bave cut bis arm off before he would cast such a vote. I defy the world to shew me any instance in which be has not voted to maintain Sonthern rights, and where he avowed any other a {in regard to the gxtension of slavery into Territories than that Congress had no power to interfere, while on the contrary, as the records kept by lair & Rives will show, Fillmore never, in any instance, voted with the South any of these questions. Se sag He was a mighty Presideat; he did no rm. (Laugbter.) Will an; tell me what good be did while President? Yes, a the Fugitive Slave law, and did #0 rel believing the Dill was unconstitutional as not embodying the mght of trial by jury for fugitive sieves. I would ask whether he executed that law faithfully, when on the oc. casion of the arrest of a fugitive slave at Boston, Batche! der was murdered? Tid he not refuse to dismiss the Marebal for failing—nay, refusing to do his duty’ [| need hot refor to his course with reference to altar ia Pennsylvania, when Gorsuch was murdered. The history ‘of that trangaction is known to all of you, | presume, ‘What was the course of Genoral Piorce in r to the Aettong, Burns affair? When information of his rescue if him, he telegraphed back stating in the most peremptory manner “the law must be executed at oll hazards."’ So said Mr. Pieree, and so did po: say Mr. Filmore, Well, my friends, I ave some resolutions here, offered dg g Henry A, Wise, when in the Jongress of United States, the fifth of which I will read for you as being the most important, Mr. Fillmore was then a member of that body, and voted in the neg: tive upon that resolution, It runs thus: —“That Congr bas no power to gre upon any State the abolitioe of slavery within its its as a condition of its admission into this Union.”” Fillmore, a3 I have raid, voted against that resolution, and thereby asserted tbat Congress had the power to ‘neee this condition of admission; and yet he is mirably safe for the South! Bu- chanan nor the democratic om are not trust worthy—the: are all abolitionists. (Laughter. Fillmore, by his vote upon this resolution, necessarily ad- vocates the converse of the proposition that Congress had the power to do what was contemplated to be denied them by that resolution. He deciared that it ougat to ex- ercise its power to extend slavery into the Territories, and now he is found declaring that 83 Ought to have the power of imposing the abolition of slavery as a cou- dition of the admission of a State intothe Union. Suc! is the candidate for whom Southern peopie are called upon to vote, I have heard of a bet made to-day ia Madison. Some democrat bet that Fillmore would not get one single electoral vote in the Union. A Voice—I will take up that bet; down with the money. Mr. Leaks—I believe that person is truly a Know No- thing. Gauapiee.) If pot, be would not go on ia that wi 2 ore might get eome fifty thousand votes in ‘irginia. A Voiwwe—There were seventy thousand polled for Flour- noy at the last election, and we will exceed that number by ten thousand next time, We have rallied considera- bly eince Wise’s election. ir. LRAKE—You have rallied, I believe, to the extent that about two-thirds of you have come out of the cul- verts and gone the right way. You have broken up, and by abolishing your secret oaths admitted that you wer wrong. A Voice—What do the democrats do? Mir. Leakk—They bebave themselves when a@ gentle- man is speaking. (Lavghter.) Now, my friends, I do net intend to make a long speech here to-day. I expected a discussion; but as the gentleman who announced his intention to be here has failed to at- tend, I deem it unnecessary to go at apy length into the issuea involved in the present canvass. Permit me to make a solitary appeal to you. I have intimated to you that, in my judgment, this contest ia one of the greatest magnitude to the South. You are Oghting the final battle for the preservation of this Union, which haa been ce. mented by the biood of our ancestors, and which nothing but the madness of the present generation can break up What is the nature of this contest’ How are you to meet the issue? Who is your adverrary’ Fillmore is out of the question. Who ig there in this State olaniy enone 10 claim Virgivia for Fillmore? Who is there that does not see that this contest is between the democratic y avd the abolitionists, represented respectively by James Buchanan and this man Fremont, whose claims | wili not insult you by undertaking to discuss’ Why, at the pre- sent time they have not a Filimore ticket in one half the Northern States. In Penns} !vania they hive a joint elec toral ticket, with the understanding, as 1 have already said, that caniidate having the majority is to com- mand the whole vote. In other words, tue minority are to go with the majority, The contest 1? between the South and the North. Not a contest of our own seeking, but a contest which inexorable necessity has forced upon us; and therefore it behooves us to meet it square up, resolved to do er to dies Ido not undertake to say that the democrats are better than others. I say to our enemies as our fathers said to the British, who were sad in defeat, “I hold you as I hold the rest of mankind— enemies in war, in peace friends.’’ (Cheers.) I will not surrender the Union tamely. Ido not believe that the Seuth is going to be injured by a dissolution. All that it would lose would be somewhat of national power io the estimation of the other great Powers of the world. [a all the elements of national greatness I believe the South would be the gainer. Yet I am dead against a dis solution; but sincerely believe you caunot preserve the Union if these abolitionists get tae upper and of you. What national party, Task, have you io the field but the democratic party ¢ Is the Fillmore party 4 national party ? God help us, gentlemen, tf we are com pelled to rely upon them to eave us, this country must surely be ina bad way. (Laughter.) Way, the Kiow Nothipgs are now split into ten thousaod fragments, not only here, but all over the country. In the North they are, ag a general thing, utterly abolitionized. They adopt- eda plattorm at Ptiladelphia which embodied the ceie- brated twelfth section; but finding it had no general ap- plication, they at once rejected it, and the geatlemaa who orew up that twelfth section, ‘Wm. M. Burwell, of Bedford, is now for Buchanan, allegitg as bis reason for so doing that the democratic party was the only true national pers inthe country. (Caoeers) I was going to sey that! would net insult you by dacussing the merits ot Fremont betore the people of Virginia; but God knows since they have taken Filimore, I don't know where they will stop. Lallude, of course, to the whigs aud Kuow Notbings. For my part, I would as soon vote for one as the other. There is uot much di‘lerence betweea them in the color of their hair, whilst che heart which beats in the bosoms of both send the tame sort of blood to the breasts of both. We have a national organization, an or- ganization extending from Maine to Texas, from California to the Atlantic court. Everywhere, in fact, throughout this great country the democratic flag waves over every battie Geld, and {3 destined to be tiumphant. We are one and indivisible. We bave not one set of principles for the North and one for the South. Standieg on the consti- toon we bave the same princ: everywhere. (loud cheers.) The more men thelr Ucket for the South, and they sey they have a chance, to elect bim They bave achance, and what tsi There is a0: fn iotelligent Know Nothing in Virginia who does no’ know—TI will not say that—who ought not to know that when he votes for Filmore ne gives half a yore for ire mont. A Vour—Herrah for Filimore. Mr. Leaxe—You will get a belly full of him before long (Lavehter.) ‘A Voir—=¥ou have sour belly full of ice. (Laughter, Mr. Lxaxe—You have 't full of something hotter (Loud laughter. ) The Whig eays—by the way, I wi) state here that the position of that paper at this time \¢ truly anomalous and unenviable—some short time since it made tlerce war upon Botts and nis for advocating a repudiation of the twelfth section, whil> {tis now itself in the same, if mot a worse position. ‘It advocates the piat- fo: m recently adopted by the whigs, which denounces the democrats for their agency in repeafing the Missouri ccm) . It says that Buchanan |s distanced alreaty, au! that the coutest is Bow between Fremout and Fil more; in fact the democratic party have given up the South already. (Laughter,) They have pot give up Vir ginia though: That party ought ‘to know that Fillmore bes no more chance to get even dive States than I have to ‘omp the stars, and jemp from stir to star, I will bet $400 Le doos not get that number of States Mr. Gronce Newmay—! will take you upc I't be damaed if I don’t. Mr. Leaxs—Put down the mone; Mr, Newmax—I be damued if I don't; T have it sow; down with your five hundred. Mr. Leake—I will do so in a fow minutes AFni To Mr, Leake—Go on; dou't mind that maa, he 1s continually (nterr upting, Mr. Leaner, continuing-[ it to know what the eifect ofay for Fillmore is under the ¢ireumete it is to throw the election into the Hou: of Ropresentatives what will be the result’ The very House that elect ed Banks, the abclitionist, and Know Nothing as be bad not long before, Speaker, will elect the President the United States, the only difference hat when they cams to vote for President ‘wey vote by States and pot br heads, giving one vote for h State, which is to be cast by the majority. Tuis is ly chance for electing Fillmore y hopes that be will be elected by the votes of the oral colleg would not hesitate to suy that tha: man was a fit ® commission de lunatico inquirando should b him. (Loud lavghter.) I beg leave, tm concia y tincere thanke—at least the ‘you—tfor the kind attention you hare gi 4 to express the hope that you will reco: the man bore election ts best calculated this glorious Caion That man I peel ba: ee Bechanan. (Tovd and long c sntinged The Revonren Ceems it just to Mr. Leake t» state that, owing to the repeated interruptions, errors may have possibly crept into this report. He teels sssured that, with the knowledge which Mr. L. has of the disadvantages presented while hiv speech was being reported, be will tully appreciate tho difficulties of his position, and ex use ony errors which may have been committed. One ind viival, ia fact, kept chattering all the time, ant the great @:henlty with the reporter was to pick out the language of the epeaker, There was @ marked difference, ,it is tree, but the words were, in some instances, so perfectiy ) -oured by the ual buzzing kept up, as to render te unoat Imperato hear them. By way of contrast it wovld be well®to give the remarks of Mr. Newman, rerlo’, that it may be seen how far he was justidable op the score of intelligence or ability to interrupt in the manner he had ¢one.) Mr. Gore Newman voluntari'y atcended the platform, ra tew cries of ‘Come down,’ “Come dows.” ded as follows—{ want to say to ali men of good jee, good senre, a few words f to b—t! come down Mr. Newvar—I am about to a whetber you bear me or not. don't care whether yoa are whigs, or democrats, or Kaow Nothings. I don’t care wh) you are—Baptists, Methodists, Presby terians, Episcopalians, or any thing else—I don't care ether you are whigs, democrats or Know Notujngs— {con't care, I shall respect you as geutiemen. (dries of “Come down, come down, you d—n fool.’’) It is this: { do Ceare what profession they belong to—rich or poor high or iow. I know no man. | know the manners and wma of men, (Cries of ‘ Your manners and your customs are bad enongh.’’) I know the manners and the honor ¢f men.- 1 know one thing, ant tha; is the morn! certainty of Fiilmore’s election (The remainaer of this eloquent address, which wae suddenly cut short by cries of “Come down, come down,” Was entirely inaudible to the reporter. ] r. Trxneri, of Oravge, next ascended the platform. He paid t having accustomed myself much to pubic epeaking, at thie advanced age I should not now speea before you but for the cause that Iam about to a tyocate lam strengthened, and, in fact, more confident of myse! om advocating that cause. I want to bring to your reco! lection, at the outset, one single fact in this canvaw, as ¥ell ad every other canvass elnce 1840, | There never has been a candidate in the State, in opposition to the demo cratic party, who bas not been declared by that party to be a free soiler or abolitionist. Gen. Harrison, who was run sgainst Martin Van Buren, was an abolitionist; Clay wae an abolitionist, Taylor, though a large elaveholder, *a- also an abolitionist. The same chargr, in short, was mace against every candidate fa forward in opposition to the democratic party, since 1840. Since that time, too, the same brag game sought to be played by them has been persevered in. I remember that at the Coavention held in Char‘ottesville in the fall of that year, the late Mr. Ritchie made his ay there, and congratulated the Convention on the cheering accounts he had received from all quarters of the Union. And you know what was the result, and bow true these accounts proved to be, Tae same is now attempted to Played. nh is raid ft Fillmore has no chanee. What grounds 1 doa’t care are there forsuch « conclusion? | should suppose that after the teetimony of Mr. Wiso, that his ‘‘ad- mintetration an Waal like,” aod tho éxpe- rieuoe Which the country of his etalesman- like qualities, little hesitation should those who voted for him in 1848 to cast their 1 in this instance. Itis likely that the vote for Fillmore will bring the election into the House; and what is the complexion of the House’ I believe that if Fulmore were om See o_o would not get @ solita = plate Union. is proved by the Pierce had when he went into the ediainatranion. Tost this majority is reduced considerably there is no doubt, aad that it will so éurn out seriously to the disadvantage of Buchanan I feel perfectly confident. (<3 Voice—‘‘Shut up.”’) There are now three candidates in the fleld—one the democratic republican, the other the black regi. can—I believe Fremont, not long since, was the yo- cratic Senator from the State of Calitornia—and we find Fillmore, who was pronounced at the close of his admin- istration “the model President,’ the nominee of the American pary ¢nd endorsed by the old line whigs. Ag to Fillmore, his prospects are not the worst, so far, at least, as the South is concerned. Here, at least, the con- test is between him and Buchanan. And what is the his- tory of Buchanan’ What are his claims to the Presi- dency? We find him, as early as 1814, when he came into public life, as the representative of the county of Lancaster in the Legislature of Pennsylvania, a decided federalist, opposing the war of 1812. ‘He went into the Congress of the United States as the candidate of the fede- ralists, and there continued a federalist. But as far back as 1819-20 how does he stand: We find him ina Cen- vention at Lancaster, of which he was a member, voting in favor of regolutions restricting the slavery line to Missouri. He turns round now and says that he was ot a member of the committee that reported those re- eolutions. If not, he was @ member of the Convention, and therefore endorsed them. I say that he was as much oupd by those Lancaster resolutions as} am bound by the resolutions of the Whig Convention, although not member of the commtttee that reported them. We ind him in the canvass of 1524, when the election of Pre- sident was brought into the House, called upon as the most reliable wituess to make good the c! of bargain and sale made by Jackson nat Clay. Jackson pro claimed that the charge came from a responsible source and Clay called upon him to ascertain with reference to that source. Jackson informed bim that it came from a source entitled to implicit reliauce, and that therefore he felt bound to crecit the statement. Mr. Buchanan was called upon to give a statement exculpating Mr. Clay. ‘What turns out to be the fact in regard to this bargain and cale, 60 far as Buehanan was concerned? It appears that in the month of January, 1825, Mr. Robert B. Letcher came to Henry Clay's room to visit him. Mr. Bi charag was there, He remarked that if Jackson was elected President he would have one of the best cabinets that ever could be selected. How could that be, said Mr. L, Oh,” said the other, “he would have so and so mem: bers of it’’—mentioning the names of two or three distin guished men. During the canvass of 1844 betweon Clay and Polk, Mr. Buchanan was called upon by Mr. Letcher for permigsion to publigh that conversation. Mr. Bucha- nan refused, on the ground that it was a private conver- sation. His letter of refusal is now in existence. He took the stump in Pennsylvania with the platform of Polk inscribed on his banner, and even said on that occasion that Polk was a@ better tariff man than Heary ony. 1 have referred to this to show that there is a want of ho- nesty and candor in the man whom the democratic party now present as their candidate. Nor is this confined to him. There other members of that party as much devoid of these characteristics as he is, After the death of Henry Clay we find him extolled by men who, during bis Kfe, abused him unvparingly- We fod that at a ro. cent celebration of his birthday, at Slash Cot- tage, Hanover, the place of his nativity, men who, when he lived, represented him as everything bad, lauded hin as the great commoner, apd the greatest statesman of this ee ‘That was the man whom Mr, Buchanan sought so unkindly to injure; and now forsooth, the old line whigs are called upon to aid in putting into the Presi- densy the man who treated him thus when living, but bow eulogtzea him when dead. What did Mr. Buchavan say in the Senate in regard to the annexation of Texas ; He said he considered slavery a great political evil; but there was one consideration that mduced him to vote in favor of the annexation, which was, that it would be the means of exterminating slavery by running the line to Mexico, We find him in the Senate voting in favor of an amendment offered by Mr. Morris toa resolution on the subject of slavery, offered by Mr. Clay, the eflect of such an amendment being to counteract ‘or defeat the object of the resolution. We fini him recognizing the doctrine of squatter sovereignty in bis Lancaster speech; but wheu questioned since upon that subject, he avows a totally opposite principle. He went, in fact, into an argu- ment to show why he did not recoguize that Congress had power over the subject, repudiating the very prinzi- pies which seemed to govern his views in fayor of tho doctrine formerly. hat was his conduct when sent abroad as Minister to the Court of St. James’ Do we flad him regularly at his post, attenuing carefully to his busi- Bees? No, we find him going otf to Ostend to attend a conference, composed of Soulé, Mason and himself, and there planning, in conjunction with his compeers, a sys- of piracy upon States with which we are at peace, What, Lask, are the claims of this party to a renewal of their ‘esent power {or four more years’ They come forward, aud with all the crimes of maladministration, both of the State and federal government, on their heats, claim that they are the only party capable of administer- ing the affairs of this country. How haye they mauaged our State alfairs ? kuew not, in ‘act what was our condition, wuatil we are made to feel it in the shape of heavy taces and over- whelming State debt. It has been hitherto their policy to keep concealed from the people the rea! condition of the ‘State, lest they may adopt some means to stop the infa. mous system of logroliing which has 0 long character four State legisiation. It may be asked what has the ¢ administration to do with the federal polities’ I same party that coptrols both, and the same 8 govern them everywhere. It will be asked if © for the internal improvement policy? I say do, for { would not be 80 fuollsh as to stand 1 see the money squantered without getting a mu Teould, Weuld [et like the democrat! : aT) 16 boast that they ar constractioui+ts, an! reise to accey bie land fund, and th: H voung away millions upoa miliions of ac t States? I shoul! ce Bot what fe most inconsistent in this part; not cori uly by n wl adbere to this strict eoustruction doctrine, they are more lavish of that which they profess to with hott than any party could possibly be They de indi roct'y what they would got undertake to do directly Tn regard to the distribution fund, when it was distributed, we find that Virginia received and accepted the two first instalments. The system soon became popular; Clay supported it; but the democratic ey, seeing that the votes of the new States would be forfeited by such 4 po- ley, changed their position and went against the distribu. tion. Virginia, in pursugace of the first policy, took the two first instalments, but refused the third, which amounted to some $40,000, This has been abut twenty years ago, aud that ‘amount, if placed out at interest, d make not leas than $10,000 since that time. And yet they claim to be the strict construction party. 1 am myself to some extent a strict constructionist. 1 huow that there are great constitutional barriers which surround the powers of this govermment. But the demo- cratic party are straggely {nconsistent in their professions and practices with reterence to this doctrine. a heterogeneous band, kept together, as John C has said, “by the cohesive power of the public der,” He here referred to the recent vet ipou the iand bills, and the subsequent pasaage of those ills over the vetoes, By this course, said he, both of Congress spat upon the Cincinnati platform. re Leay that this party is a heterogensous party, ‘als, but still the leaders are held nee of that cohesive power so aptly n. The leaders have so fattened up- plum toes of the Presitent on the publi at they would now soover let slip the Union than ith their spoils. So strong doos this feeling of plunder prevail among that class, that thou, h the fell spirit of party now sunk in fotiow the tame example—the of party feeling that was exhibited after tb democrats atter the nomi us with a want of proper vices of Mr. Fillmore, iu having ri he was a conservative man; in esident; and now, that he ism r that is the only dill. rence between how—he Is denounced as an avolitioutst Administration shonid be, were Ava what does he say on his retarn from Fug! ? He ) 8, in the very midst of the abolitioniets, if you expect to do the dirty work of abolitionism, do not vote for id he was no sectional man; bet, on the con would give the people of every section of the heir just rights. Dr. T. conclided with a few Let ret arks laudatory of Mr. Fillmore. There were one © two other speeches ou both sides, after which te as tome ‘ew howrs after the close of the speaking gn af ook place between two young men, named James all and Join Hoffman, tn the course of which the for rrecetved several stabs in the neck and one on the ’ The ciffleulty grew out ot a political diseasaion The recovery of the wounded man is comsidered very bet Toree Timzs Maneiep ano vet Not Gurity or Broamy.—There was quite an interesting exam- ination at the Police Office, before Justice Parsons, this morning in which George Garrison was the de- fendaut, and Lucy Potts was complainant. It was upon yee oh bigamy. A warrant was issued some da} on her complaint, and placed in the hands of officer Teelin, who found Gurrboon ia Jersey City driving a span of horses, and brought him to ‘ia city. The entire morning was consumed in th amination, during which it appears that eigh vears ago he Elizabeth Smith; that while his ‘wife was living in April. 1860, he married Lucy Potts, ‘om he lived autil April, y 1856, when he marri- ed Margaret Smith, His firt wife, _ Elizabeth Smith, jied (wo years ago, before his marriage his th 1d wife. “after a full investigation of the charge, his counsel, Mr. Mink, mo for his dis on the ground that in accordance ¥ lmitatin (three years) d iaint Ld made. Second. | Letween the marriage the first wife died before the date of the third mar- secon second wife was void because it was consummated while his first wife was still living. In connection with this we would state that the some Lucy ree ee ae a eats te nt to State prison my, in marry’ hen he bad another wife living. She was also ar- rested for, mai him when che knew he or other the case was There is many 4 alip between the end so dowbtless thinks Lucy Journal, July 31. Howe —A letter if the Mobile Tyitune trom Kaneasmarn:--0F the 850 Southern emigrants who went wit! - Buford into that Territory only about fifty remyAlDs the of meter en yer st Letter from Professor Mahan on English . [From the London Star.} Thave just read in Galignani an article from an Kng- eb journal, dated July 8, from which I have made this | extraet : Now it must be owned that English travellers who have gone over to the United States, for the purpose | of book-making, have not always been fair.’ *¢ # * | ‘But we are not aware that the political press in this country has offended in this way. Speaking for our- selves, we have always endeavored to do justice to Ame- rican claims.'" ¢ * * ‘The American people will get _ older in time, and know better than to take every light word that is said on this side of the Atlantic in such dead- ly earnest.” Well, Mr. Star, after this I give up, and agree with all the world that the journal in question is a truly wonderful paper—that it infinitely transcends all | other creative minds, from the great Twamley, the in- ventor of the flood-gate iron of Johnsonian celebrity, to the great American humbug, Barnum. As our French friends say, Quel farceur! Then, after writing leader upon leader, to persuade the people of England that they had been grievously insulted by Ameri- ca, and to procure the dismissal of Mr. Dallas, as a pre- lude to non-intercourse and war; after every taunting and insulting remark that language can frame having been applied tothe American people and government; after culling every dirty incident it could find in the American press, and parading them in its columns as specimens of American morals and manners, this great, this overshadowing journal, which assumes to dictate to the world, and is thought to be but a reflex of the English mind, tel's us it was a!! a joke; nothing more: it intended no mischief, Thus, then, the Thunderer, after all, was only “roaring as gently as a sucking dove.’’ Well, let the public of Engiand be thankful. The “leading jour- nal’? was only joking. It did not strive to have Mr. Bag las dismissed. It did not intend to lash the English lion into a rage against the American eagle. It was far from wishing toteach the American manners. Its stomach was only a little disordered ; its sight a little obscure and jaundiced, when it saw that ‘frock coat and yellow vest’? at the Queen’s levée. Siuce then it has taken a good dinner, with generous wine, with Americans, on the 4th July, and its stomach’s tone is restored to health. Let tbe world receive the explana- ‘ion with thankfulness. At least, @ little adversity has brought even it ‘‘to,consider ite ways.’ One libel paid for, one gross misrepresentation most ungraciously cor- rected by it,and a darling project, that mizht baye plonged two great nations into war, defeated, the great public instructor says:—“Why, I only intended a, joke.” Let me cite for the benefit of that journal for the future the opening of a Yankee schoo! teacher's address on some memorable oceasiou:—‘‘It is pretty considerably difficult for us to commnnicate unto others that whereof we our- selves are not p os-sed of’? And when the Times wishes to instruct England on American morals, maa- ners, statistics or politics, it is to be hoped it will profit by it. In continuation of what I proposed to you, Mr. Star, and myself, in commencing these letters, I would now approach, in my last, that most delicate of all subjects—a comparison of the social con. dition of England and the United States, so far as a few weeks’ residence only in the former have given me opportunities to make it. I am aware how talacioua, how wrong may be first impressions; but it is ouly whilst they are fresh that they seize hold of the ima- agipation. A few months wears them out. We begin to “‘feel as if to the manner born,” and pass by, as not note- worthy, what at first may even have struck us with hor- ror. Donot think that I ivtend to charge upon the Fug. lish people whst a few facts, if alone considered, might iead a person to infer. On the contrary, 1 wish to lead this people, at least so many as may peruse my letters to you, to reflect how grievous a wrong may be cone to a ni by such isolated facts, presented as a representa- tiou of awhole. I wish to guard the Euglish people, whom I know to be generous, brave, loyal and, above all, tretiful and just, against adopting as correct representa tions of the United States such articles as the Times, the Pest, the Press and the Leader phink fit to put forth, to cater to the taste of what class of Engli: society | know not. All Europe of late has rung with the occurrence at the Queen's levée, with reepect to which the Times ani its followers, aud those of their readers who swailow ed as true @story so absurd that the application of one grain of common sense would have dispelled {t, are now a the ridiculous party; and tannts have been made in more thaa one journal ef standing against Americans who pretend such reapect and devotion to woman as woman. I bave nothing to say for the United States on this polat; this I leave to your ows travellers, who, cert, have not been sparing of abuse and misrepresentations on most others, But Low is it in England? I have seen ata pub ceoncert (the price of tickets being 7s. 6d.) ia your Crystal Palace, a lady, baring two young persons, appa. rently ber daughters, at her site, receive such treatment, and have language addressed to her, by a man with gray locks, wearing a large brilliant on his finger, and other wise mise comme tl fout—one that, from his externas, would have been pronounced a gentleman—and in the hearing of three or four Englishmen, who took no notice of it—for which conduct he would under like circumstances, have at once been thrust out of apy assembly in the United States. Here the woman was outraged—the mother bun iliated in the sight of her chil- dren; the dignity of the lady trampled on; yet no Eaglish voice was raised, no English hand put forth in her de- tence. I have stood im the diningroom of those much to- ve deplored outcasts from a home, the girls at your Founding Hospital, whilst a grace was said, aad they subsequently were at moat; yet, in that entire room, which was crowded, I counted but six bate taken of, and two of these I knew to be American, I know not, Mr, ”, what mark of rexpect may stand for in Kngland this I do know, that for one, I should as soon bave thought of entering the diniagroom of that most gracious ‘aly, whore exaiple to her sex {s not the least of Fag .na’s glory, with my hat on my bead, as to have stoot nthe presence of those poor, friendiess giris with my head covered, to bave humbled them by euch a nt of ordinary courtesy, On that d a Sun I may add, some duke, whose name [ did not learm, was expected to visit the institution; amd the alley, between the tables in the centre, was kept clear fr himto pass. May! ask, had he appeared, where would bave been all the hats, for I suppose him too well red to have kept bis hat oa? I have stood im the aiste of one of your fashionable churches, and women, e apparently feeble women, were standing pear me, while men kept their seats either u the aisie or the pews, and but one offered hia to a wo. wen, aod him I knew to be an American. I have stool ‘n the alley of the pit of your Opera House in the Haymar ket, and there I saw one iady allowed to stand at least ten minutes in tbe back of the pit, while another, witha «cmewhat mortified a:r, came slowly up the alley from he front, looking for some resting place, yet no man moved, although places might have been made for her, & woman at last beckoned to her, and made room for her at her side. But, Mr. Star, these are but light mattere—hardly inconreniences to the eX compared with others Look at the provision vate im your second class railroad carriages ~ look at your confined omnibuses, with their bard seate—look at the narrow, dangerous stairway that leads to the gallery of the theatre in the Strand, where it was my misfortune one night to take what was cailed a stall, for which half a guinea was paid, to hear Ristori. Look at your pit seats in the Princess’ theatre, in Oxfor strect, Are these accommidations in civilized Eogland for wo- meu, perhaps for pregnant women, obliged to leave home? For shame; abolish this flunkeyism of your railroad, om- albus and theatre proprietors, who think they are honor. rg the higher clasves by these debasing distinctions, Go to France, Go to the United States, and take a lesson upon the dignity of the masses—upon the respect duo to virtue and intelligence when forced into @ secon class railroad carriage. Preach, Mr, Star, preach civilization to England on this point. Let her learn from you that it consists in something more than cocked hats and swords worn at levées All thia is bad; but the worst—the worst of all, is the moral degradation of woman as seen in your London streets. It meets yot at all hours, at every step. Words that pollute the ear, that may make the cheek tingle with the blush of sbame, how often are they hissed into the ear in your most thronged and respectable thoroughtares | Words which the modest old Roman could got, for shame, have written, much less have spoken, break upon you from the lips of women. I have passed, more than once, from the foot of Portiand place, through Regent street, down the Haymarket, through Pall mall, up St. James’, along Piccadilly, and I do not exaggerate in saying, that on each side of the way of these great thoroughfares women whose reputation could not be mistaken were echeloved at least at every fifty paces: and how often, talking with gach, are found aged men with silvered locks! To go into your Queen's presence in a biack stock has boon made @ rock of offence; yet is that poor woman, aud beg | stainless daughters obliged to pass through an atmospher€ teeming with polluted breaths whenever they wish (@ Visit any of their own theatres. Mr. Star, such « specta- cle is to be found in no place else that I have been in Eugland takes no small eredit to herself * that she is not as other nations are,”’ and partiovlarly as she imagines Franceto be. But let any unbiassed third party pase through the streets of London and Paris, and he would conclude—I will not say what, but beg you to examiee | for yourself. But I have done, Mr. Star, { have said, perhaps, toe much. But I shall say this only through your columns, and in the heart of England, daring refutation. Never would I have said a word of this had not a certain portion of your press assailed, eo unjustifiably as it has done, the United States. Recrjmination, I know, is not argument, and is seldom good policy, either private or public, But when our brother is forever plucking motes out of our eye, it is not forbidden to us to ask him to examine the beams in his own, Every petty street braw!, the tirades of am ultra-temperance paper against dram shops, the killing of @ servant by a man maddened with the orgies perhaps of a night, and rage, are industriously spread cut in these journals, to the exclusion of much that it would be the ia- terest of the English people to know of that vast empire with which she is so closely connected by almost every tie. May T ask how long since such scenes have bees unknown in England? Have there been 00 mom of standing assassinated in your streets by even noble hands’ No servants deliberately murdered by even noble hande? No orgies that would disgrace the lowest classes by men of high families? Are thore no 4\n palaces? Have those journals, who parade these things about the United States ever read, Mr. Star, the memoirs of their owa land? Why, a Dublin paper tells us, from the Cork Es- aminer, that, only a day or two back, “a clergyman of fe Established Church, at a ball, pitched into a Crimeam officer; that the man of war, after the first blow, retired to wash the blood from his face, and returming in the course of a few minutes, retaliated, after the same fashion, with such effect as to damage considerably the personal appearance of his ececlesiastical adversary.’’ But enou, I repeat, Mr. Star, I write in no bad spirit. I respect the English people, for they haye all the qualities of a great nation. But let me say, that the power and insolence of wealth—your crowning faulis, the causes ot your flunkeyism, and, I fear, of the degra- dation of too many of your women—may lead you where Venice bas goue from like eauses. A nation that has te depend on foreign mercenaries to carry out ite extrava- gant ware must uot forget the doom of Rome and Coa- stantivople. A CITIZEN Or Tum Nort Axxnican Convepeaanion, Highly Interesting News from Oregon In- dians. {From the Washington Union of July 21.} Mr. Joel Palmer, Superintendent of Indian affairs for Oregon Territory, in a letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, dated Dayton, July 23, gives highly interesting intelligence Be nee | the closing up of the Indian war in Southern Oregon. We copy as follows: The departure of the mail steamer early to-mor- row (and it now being nearly midnight) leaves me no time to make a detailed report of my proceedings in the Port Orford district. I ee my however, that I reached here to-day at 11 A. M, with six hun- dred Indians from that gee on their way to the coast reservation At 3 P.M. they were put en route for Oregon city, and will leave there to-morrow morning for Dayton. I start from here to-morrow om horse in time to reach Dayton on their arrival. 1 now regard the war in Southern 01 as clored. Al! the hostile bands, with the exce) of John’s, who has about thirty warriors, and the Chet- co and Pistol river Indians, now numbering perhaps fifty warriors, have come in and unconditionally sur- rendered themselves prisoners of war. The two bands last named have sent word that thoy will sur- render and come in when word is sent them where to go. Theold chief John has sent in two of his sons, asl the retention of other bands at Port Orford until he ean get there with his le; that he is tired of war, has resolved to seek for peace, and will submit to go on the reservation. We have now at Port Orford about six hundred, and atthe mouth of Rogue river about two hun- dred and fifty Indians, all of whom have uncon- ditionally surrendered. They will be escorted to the southern part of the coast reservation by United States troops, together with any of the other bands that may come in. I deemed it best, under all the circumstances, to transport by steam- er from Port Orford here the six hundred just ar- rive The latest ve ont pen from the Yackima country indicates a favorable prospect for peace. It was de- termined by Col. Buchanan, the military officer in command of the district, to retuin and hold all the Indians now at Port Orford as prisoners of war until they reached the reservation, when they would be turncd over to the proper officers of the Indian De- partment. The six hundred Indians just arrived, being most- ly of the friendly bands, will be located on th northern portion of the reservation, near Selot river. The company of troops, ander Capt. Augur, who came up with them, ‘(numbering seventy-two men,) will be posted at the Grand Ronde asa per manent post. Mr. Priscott’s Method of Writing. (rom the Newark Advertiser, Jaly 81.) The following letter, received a few days since, Dr J. Henry Clark, of this city, author of “ and Hearing—How Preserved and How Lost, scribes a method by which the blind ma: communicates an interesting fact in infirmity against which the led in the attainment of partment: — Lynn, Mass., July 20, J. Henry Crarg, M.D:—My Dean Sir—I am much obliged to you for your work, which have been so kind as to send me, on “ and ” As far as I can judge—and I have had some rience in to troubles connected with the for- mer—it seems to me extremely well suited to the objects for which it was intended. I sincerely ho; that the young and inexperienced may profit lutary counsels it conveys. MY ou ask me to give you some account of the ap- paratus which | use in writing. It is of a very sim- ple kind, consisting of a frame of the aize of a com- mon sheet of letter paper, with brass wires inserted in it to correspond with the number of lines mark: 1 # Le : BER? *aeeee ed. On one side of this frame is pasted a leaf of thin carbonated paper, such as is used to obtain du- plicates. Instead of a pen, the writer makes ase of a stylus of ivory or agate; the last better, as harder. A tin leaf should be put into the sheet which is to be written on, as the paper would otherwise yield to the pressure of the ‘the great difficulty in the way of a blind man's > the usual way arises from his not knowing when the ink is exhausted in his pen, and moreover his lines ron into one another. Both difficulties are obviated by this simple writing case, which enables one to do his work aa well in the dark as in the light. Though my trouble is not blindness, but a disorder of the nerve of the eye, the effect, as far as this is concerned, is the same,and | am wholly incapaci- tated for writing in the ordinary way. I shoul it it would be more convenient to have this frame with attached to a portfolio. This A model, however, is better and I have frequently bad the my writing case, which was made in years ago, as a model made here for those who were laboring under an in- firmity of the eye. With great rd, I our al goer obliged and ledleut servant, = W. A. Passcorr. Tur Lianitrey or Teceorarm Compayins —The liability ot tel h companies for count of errors in The complaint purchase of a Tage young a yells ne ind reached its with the 40 change? 45, and as this wool was purchased at this figure, on the strength of wr tpot aoe Saga on was € at . Judge held that’ the rule of damages was the ence between the patch and the place of purchase, laintift $750, jzette, and juagment without interest.—. 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