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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1830.
T Cllfurala V.lreltea.
W't hsv converted wiilt to intelligent
gentleman from the Southern pert of Cali
fornia, who confirm our former impres
ion made by reading t!i political paper
ia rufcranco to tlia spct of politic iu that
State. The recent publicaiion of Bucb
anan'a letter, got up exclu.ively fur Cali
fornia coiKUitipiion, committing himself
sjnequivocally to tLo aupport of Pacific
It ail road meaiure, at I interpreting to hit
California frlcnJt what it a thought pol
icy in tbe Cincinnati convention it leav,
enigmatical, and, like the orach,- of Apo.
1o, "double longued,' and, like every lin
eament of blackdemncrat-y, "doublc-foced,"
induced a few watering men to vote for
liim win were hitherto vacillating between
a Joiro for the Railroad and a ttrong
yearning after an advance in ilia price oi
''nigger. " Tlia Catifurnian (we mean
men of busineaa there) have act their heart
upon having a Pacific Railroad, and aome
of them reluctantly slick to the sham dem
ocratic party, after the Cincinnati con
vention "resolved" a plunk into Buchanan's
platform that might just at reasonably bo
conttrurd into favoring a I In i I mad to the
Pacific by the Isthmus or Cape Horn, at by
any of the routes already aurveycil.
Those men of eourao felt considerably re
lieved by Buchmsu't potiiive declarutiou
in favor of an improvement, tho favoring
of which .iu tho inme unmistakable man.
ner by bit friend in the Cincinnati conven
tion, wonld have gone like an ivy dagger
to the hearts of hit Southern atrict con.
atruction admirers.
The "foreigners" in California, we
learn, went alinott en masse for Buchanan.
Notwithstanding an Irishman had been
ahot down like a dog in Washington by
Herbert, and tho "democrat." to a man in
Congress (oxcept Kelly,) volcd to uVal
gently with the murderer, and notwith
standing a Uuchanan organ excused the
homicide on the ground that he being a
waiter waa "no gentleman," and had no
butineta lo be impudent to a "gentleman,"
the Ii iolt and other loreign luborert seemed
to excuse llcibert on the ground tlmt ho
must have been drunk, and justified tho
: members of Congress upon the supposition
that they loo mul have been drinking j
and at all blows, kicks, and cuff nre for
given after a drunken melee, the old cry
had only to be raised in California thut
"JlookhanuH it a rait dimmijchrat,iur,"
and up lo tho polls rolled tho excited
. masses, reeking with tho fumes of whiky,
waving high over head a "clane dimmy
crulthie ticket," aud shouting "Jfuoraw for
Old Ummnijaha.lt, Jttms llookhunan, and
our coontliry foriver!" About two thou
sand foreigners ere said to havo been nalu.
ralizcd in Sun Francisco county a few da)
before the election, who nil stood ready on
the 4th of November to do tho bidding of
tbe shoulder-strikers, ballot-box stutters,
and oflioe.ace kurs in Sun Francisco j be.
aides, tho maiiicd, bull, aud withered in
body and mind, were brought from vessels
at anchor, from hospitals, and other by.
places, where no man but a sham democrat
would ever have have thought of hunting
for a voter. The grogshops were not neg.
lectod, but those natural allies of black -democracy
were visited by "democratic
colportours," and tho poor victim of Due
chus was aroused from hia slumber rs he
lay snoring tn his filth, and reminded thnt
a wheelbarrow or a cart stood ready nt llio
door to "tolo" biin to the polls, where, as
a "patriotic, virtuous cilizm," he must
help save- his country from ruin. Not
withstanding nil this, the great issues
which really diviilu the people of the whole
Union into but two great parlies, consisting
of the Union compromise conservatives on
tho one hand, ami the nigger-driving lilli
bustering secessionist on the other, were
clearly set before ihe people of S in Fran
cisco county by tho press, which reached
pretty much all classes and battled man
fully for the Union and the Constitution.
The result here was precisely what i:
enght to havo been nil over llio Stale, and
what it would havo been hud ihoro been
equal facilities for laving before the minds
of the thinking voters the real substantive
principles which lay at the bollom of this
campaign, the result of which may have
decided whether the Union shall be per
palliated1; whether the principles which
were triumphant in the Kevoluliou, at the
expense of oceans of blood, are still to be
had in respect ; whether tho Declaration
of Independence ia to be recognized as the
starting point for American orators on ihe
anniversaries of our national independence,
or whether, in the language of bU.k dem-
ocratio Ucltil of Indiana, it is to be scorned
and spit upon as a "stlfecidtnt lie J"
If these principles had been Understood
throughout ihe mining districts, and iu the
interior of the StataILore wo"uld have
been but one candidate voted for besides
Uuchanan, aiul'fhat candidate would have
been Fremont. The great mass of those
who threw their votes away on Fillmore
wr conservative, Uoioolovin" meu, and
,-tueir volea were given to Fillmore under a
wrong impression as to his dunces of an
election, a wrong impression a to the prin
ciples of the Republican party, and, as w
believe, a wrong impreMion as lo Fillmore's
fi'.nu. ( fu as any pledges be Las given)
to meet ihe exigencies of the times, and
guide the ship of State through the storm
of nullifying torylsm that threatens to
swallow the Union, after having sharpened
its appetite by swallowing the compromises,
digjing up and eating the bones of Jack
son, and trampling ou (be Constitution by
denying the "squatter sovereigns" of Kan
sas the privilege of "meeting peaceably"
logo! her.
Foote, who was noted it one of the
champions of the nigger-driving democracy
of Mississippi, and who now openly avows
himself an euemy to the restoration of tbe
Missouri Compromise, stumped the State
of California for Fillmorr, with the inlen
lion, as Is thought by many, of making a
division in tbe ranks of northern conserva
tives, with the view of working to Bueh
auan's baud. The Southoru fire-talera in
California votod almost to a man for Duch
ausn, lisle Fools and his coadjutors pre
vented thousands from voting for Fremont,
by inducing them to go for Fillmore, under
Ihe idea that bis chances of an election
wore belter tbau those of Fremont, and
that lie was really a more conservative.
Union man than eill.or of the other can-
diJatct.
The campaign in California was not bo
gun early enough to get up a sufficiently
thorough organization, and lo get the
people clearly lo understand that there are
hereafter to be but two great political par
lies iu ihe Union. To this it Las been
drifting for mere than twenty years. Clay,
Welster, and Jacksen died thanking Cod
that they bud seen what ihey thought to
h an effectual barrier raised to that sec
tional agitation, which they knew must
sooner or later shake the Uuioo to its center
without ii. The', barrier Las been tern
down by the Tierce administration; tbe
result already Las been civil war with its
untold horrors and worse than ludian bar-
bsrhics. Along with this modern sham
democratic policy has been coupled that of
the "0tend manifesto," which sanctions
the doctrine thut "might makes right," and
which proposes to convert our nation into
a band of pirates, by robbing Spain of Cu
bs, and by tho annexation of whatever oth
er foreign dependencies we may fancy we
waut, if we are strong cuough to steal
them.
These today, henceforth, and forever,
are the great issue that tower above and
overshadow oil others. Thoy are issues
that have all been hatched out of the great
"nigger" question, which is uppermost
with thoso who rule this Government.
The black-democratic party have raised ihe
issues, and evoked the storm ; and just as
sure as there is that virtue and intelligence
in iho working mosses necessary to support
free institutions, as sure as the blood of our
Revolutionary sires flows in llio veius of
their posterity, black-democracy will reap
the whirlwind. Until these issues are set
lied, thero are but two great parties in the
field. Let tho friends of the Union and
the Coustitutieu rully upon the Republican
platform, and let all "old line Whigs,"
"Know Nothings," and "abolitionists,"
that nre not such, sneak over to the camp
of llio black-democracy.
Clear the ship for action 1 Every mnn
to his post 1 We nail the Stars and Stripes
to our mast-head, and, obeying the dying
.a wrench, tee nevir trill yiet vp the ship!
RoUs's Mpeeeu.
Let no one fail to read tho speech of the
Hon. John M. Bolts, of Virginia, to bo
found upon the first page of this week's
paper. Tho Richmond Enquirer, a seces
sion Buchanan organ, denounced the
speech iu unmeasured terms, and iutitnated
that if llm laws of Virginia were put in
force Holts would be tent lo tho peniten
tiary. Upon this, 1J. B. Bolts, a son of the
orator, addressed through the Richmond
Whig a card to linger II. Pryor, editor of
thu Enquirer, which closed as follows :
My father no doubt receirniies liis own re
s ruiiliility lo those whom he couM regard as wor.
thy of his notice, ami would hold then reaponxible
Iu him for ony impropriety of lunjuugn or conduct j
lull you do not belong lo Ihiit claw ; and moreover,
he would have to indulge fifty or prrlitipr a hundred
ol hers, who like youraell', would leel honored by
tho aocialion ; but he will tee thai his reputstioii
don't sutler.
Nothing but physical incapacity, occasioned by
lonif-eoiitiiiufd and frequent attacks of a rheumat
ic character, has prevented me, as his son, from
iutlicling iiHn you that personal chastisement you
have to eminently deserved. Disabled from per
forming that duty by disease, I have no alternative
left me no such disparity iu ago or pneition exist
ing between iu-thau that of proclaiming your
whole courae towanla niv father as brutal. r,,flin,i.
ly, dishonorable, and cowardly to the lant degree,
aud to all'ord you the opportunity you hare to long
I""" oi nun, oy a retort lo tliat mode
which you think gentlemen ouly adept
It shall be seen whether vou are ohmi'i !,
part of an intoh ot and cowardly brai"art with
your enpenort, or whether you really desire an op.'
y U. B.BOTTS.
CSr We have been furuished by Sir.
Reese with four days' later news from Ihe
California 'election, brought up by the brig
San Francisco. Tho Legislature thus far
stands Senate : black dem., 19, Am. 11,
Rep. 3; House: black dem. 50, Am. 11,
Rep. 11; giving tli nigger-democrats 3
majority on joint ballot. There are tw
United Ststes Si
Senators to be elected by tbel
is winter I
Legislature th
"Orooers and Bakers at Ore-'enCnv--Charmaa
4 Warner." MtUormitk'tAl.
mumic.
Charman 1- Warner are doing a pretty
heavy mercaHtilt businesa in addition to
the bakery establishment. Their slock of
dry goods is fair anJ iucreasing.
XW No mail from Salem this week
consequently we are without "music" from
Ciaj'ksy's han l org.to.
Taatalla laterevtaieau
Mr. Trutob, who Las beta engaged In
surveying the 'Tualatin river fnm the
mouili to Moore's mill, informs us that
there is a fall in this distance of forty-eight
fuel, and that it would probably cost not
far from one hundred thousand tlollars to
connect the river above the mill with the
Willamette by means of locks. The
ground for a plank rend to Linn City Is
uch that the road can be made fur a trilling
cost. Such a read can be made lo answer
every purpose, and the difliculiy lo con
necting with the Willamette is no real ob
jection to completing the works. The
dam being finished at Moore's mill, there
will be a saw-mill running at each end of
the rood, and the lumber can be sawn and
put down in a few days. The prospect it
flattering : let us have the improvement.
The full from Sucker Lake lo ihe Wit.
lamette is about sovetily feet, and the cott
of locking down the descent would proba
bly not be less than a hundred thousand
dollars.
Laltr Xtwt frost Iks Caltrerala fcteclloa.
"We are indebted to the Indefatigable
proprietor of the Oregoninn for several
days later news from California than we
got by ihe last steamer. Up lo the day
ihe steamer sailed from San Francisco, the
result of the election, so far as heard from,
ouly mode it certain thut the Republicans
Lad elected tWi' members of ihe Legisla.
lure, viz, : two Senators and seven Assem
blymen in San Francisco county, and nu
ether Senator and two Assemblymen In
AlnieJa and Santa Clara.
But il seems that that "ludian express
rider Las brought in later news, which
pule anew feature upon the whole face of
California politics. It seems now that (he
"Republicans have carried both branches
of tho Legislature by a large msjo.ity." If
any body doubts it, here is our authority :
"Tho strong probabilities are that Call
fornia has casi her vote for Buchanan by a
small majority. Tbe Republicans have,
however, carried both uranchu of the Lei;
islulure by a largo majority, and thereby
secured two United Stales Senators. This
was considered of fur greater importance
than tho electoral vote, as Ihut would only
count lour, and could not, by any possiwlt
ty, elect a President." Ornjoniun.
ActiullUd.
The trial of Fox for shooting Crawford,
which came oS a short timo since in Al
1. t,ll .. wa
oany, fios resulted in ins acquittal, ihe
most intense excitement prevailed among
the vast concourse of people who witness
ed tho investigation, and when ihe jury
returned their verdict of "not guilty' the
audience made the court house ring with
their shouts of approval. The prosecuting
attorney, we learn, as the law required
him, did his best for the Territory, besides
being assisted by a " chunk of a lawyer
from Linn," but the jury were men who
were not to be swerved from what their
judgment lold them was duty. The idea
ol getting a roxmto a slippcruooac, is
all a miserable Dilution.
New Paper. '
We heard in Portland ihe other day that
somebody was "going lo start a new pa.
per" at Astoria. Il is certainly an inviting
"opening" for ambitious literary merit, and
tho only wonder is thnt some "prosrweter''
hndn t discovered the "hole" beforo now
Wo hear the editor lms had "several
months' schooling," and will not imposo
upon the world with any of your "cheap
literature." We haven't yet learned its
religion or politics, but presume it will be
devoted to "nows items," and tho "salmon
interest" of that section.
"Salem also contains ono democratic nnd
one religious newspaper." McCormick'n
Almanac.
This is news to us. If there is n demo.
cratic newspaper in Salem, we should like
lo have friend MeCormiek indicate it. It
is a strange way people have nowadays of
making quackery go down by labelling it
with some high sounding name. We shall
expect to see Czapkay's Medical Almanac
retailed back in the brush soon, as a "stan
dard democratic work."
(fcj" The members of the City Council
have our hearty thanks for their late im
provements in the side walks in our part
of tho city. If they will extend the walk
up tho hill toonr residence, ihey will re
ceive, the blessings of a few that frequent
ly slip up in the mud, in coming down
hill. We wouiiMilie to have Vie tnagi of
Oregnfi City consider this matter,
-
" Adams, of the Argus, thinks the heat;
of the Times has been improved by new
type, but recommends another improve
ment in the head. Dors our neighbor at
the head of navigation understand that
where there is a head there ought to be a
tail, or else the animal looks awfully wk.
I 1 fcT . . . .
wara i ;ow suppose mere is neither
head or tail, what sort of ail animal would
1
it be ! Orcgotuan.
Wc should say, that in " making up the
form" of such an "animal" " wucA impor
tant matter had been crouded out.y
W belieV" ll"U Cr Jusl
Groi tmj way it now ifMg furniture on
if.
better. 4gr ins tjiansfliybody else in the
Territory.
CZr Rev. Mr. Tenney and lady from
Maine arrived on the last steamer. Mr.
T. is sent out as a Congregational mission
ary, to be located at Eugene City.
t-W A part of our edition this week is
worked off" on indifferent paper. It is the
best we can do till the steamer arrives from
San Francisco.
UUwaUa.
The Norfolk (Va.) Argut, Buchanan
organ, and tho Charleston (3. C.) Mr.
cury, another secession, (re emlng, nulli
fication Buchanan organ, are urging Ihe
immediate dissolution of ihe Union. The
Argut wanis a convention to come efT al
Richmond, Va., in lecmber, " io mature
tin best means for an amicable dissolution
of Ibe Union."
The Charleston (S. C.) Standard pro.
ceedt to show ihe difficult!'; the secession
ists labored under in 1131 and 18S'J. It
says that those alio opposed secession then
were an overwhelming majority, and thinks
without their aid now the black dmo-
cruls would havo bard work to get out of
the Uuion.
la tks tYroaf few.
A correspondent from Jacksonville, Nov.
1st, writes as follows :
"Rov. Mr. Merchant, of Sacramento City,
Cul., a Methodist minister, paid our place
a visit this week, soliciting subscribers Tor
Ibo 1'acifie Christian Advocate, aud gave
out that ho would preach at Ihe MuthodU
church here at caudle light. The news
was circulated, and Ihe preacher, not aware
that tho District Court was iu session there,
went early to the church, aud was surpri
sed to find already from thirty lo forty men
in attendance. Supposing that Lo was
rather behind, without further ceremony
ho called out, "Let us join in prayer," and
kneeling down, accordingly prayed ; afW
which tho jury came iu and delivered their
verdict, when the Judge aroo and ad.
joitrtied tho Court. Tho minister left next
morning before day."
7 The weuiher for thu past week Las
been rainy, with some thunder nnd light.
uing, and those who got up ou yesterday
morning before 7 o'clock saw snow fulling
os briskly as it will be teen ngain this tea
son perhaps.
03" Large quantities of potatoes are
now being bought in this market at 40 els.
per bushel for shipment to California.
From the Louisville Journal.
Mr. Janes II. Clay.
This man, who unfortunately is able to
speak of tho immortal Henry Cloy aa his
father, has had his weak and vain head
turned by tho flatteries and cajoleries of
tho iNi'-.iNiclil leU'Jcrs nnd uotie regularly
into tho canvass as a travelling advocate
of Janien Uuchanan, whom at least niue
ty-nino hundredths of the old friends and
defenders of Henry Clay regard as the
undoubted and solo author of llio horrible
calumny which blasted all tho highest and
noblest hopes of that glorious patriot and
statesman throughout his eventful lite.
Mr. J. II. C.'s speeches are of no con
sequence in themselves; they derive, oven
m tho estimation of his new friends, all
their importance from tho simplo fact of
Ins being a son ol the great man whom a
largo majority of them hunted like hell
hoiiuds to his grave. And this employee
of theirs, seeming to know, in spite of his
vanity, what is wanted of him, makes his
illustrious father the burden of all his
speeches, lie is not contemplated or roc
ognised as a man of himself, but simply
as a son of onu. lie ia not esteemed on
his own account, but only on account of
his relationship to his betters. It is suid,
that, by a spasmodic effort of nature, the
noblest of horses may bo produced by
scrubs, and so, by a spusm of the same
power in an opposite direction, the scrub
biest of men may bo ihe progeny of the
greatest aud ino.t illustrious ol the race,
The Democracy, to make the most of
J. 15. U, are alw ays talking ol liim n " the
favorite son of Henry Clay.' This, we
think, imposes on us the duty of speaking
of mailers that wo would most gladly
avoid. Jumes D. Clay never performed,
in beuult ol Ins Inllier, tho otlices which a
dutiful son would have performed from
hhul atlcetioii it irom no other motive
Years ngo wo heard one of Mr. Clay's
highly rcspeeiublo relatives,, who is how
olive lo testify to tho truth or fukity of
what we state, sav that even when Mr.
Clay, then in feeble health, and wearied
by the constant calls of visitors, wished
to seek repose in his bed-chamber or in a
brief absence from home, ho could never
induce his son, Jnmes Li. Clay, living at
that time tinder his roof, to extend the
hospitalities of his mnusion to his guests,
that tho young man treated with rudeness
aud discourtesy all who called lo pay the
tribute of their admiration and gratitude
to ms great lather.
Mr. Clay, upon his death-bed at Wash
ingtoii city, sent for his son, Thomas H.
Clay, to come and remain with liim till the
close of his life, but he did not send for
James IS. Clay, who is now called "the
favorite son ;" and the latter did not go.
Although the end of the old patriot was
known by the whole country to be at hand,
neither by invitation, nor yet of his own
accord, did " the favorite son" repair to his
dying bed to soothe his lust days and
hours with filial attentions and to hear his
last words of wisdom and affection. Whilst
hundreds of friends and strangers were
thronging around the house where the dy
i ... i ... . :.,! .,t ...:i n..
enquiring, with hushed breath, as to every
ehange in bis condition, " the favorite son '
was pursuing his daily avocations at home,
apparently regardless of the swift approach
of the fearful event that was to rill the
whole laud with mouroine. Ilenrv Clav
&ed io the arms of his eldest son, and,
alter a few days his mortal remains were
brought home to be buried in the soil of
bis own Kentucky.
When Henry Clay was buried out of
sight, James K. Clay left his farm and pur.
chased Ashland, the residence of Lis de
parted father. His subsequent conduct
was what, from bis previous conduct, was
lo be expected of bim. The old mansion,
which was hallowed in so many millions of
hearts aa the home of Henry Clay, and to
w hich, through all the cominj years, mil
lions of the devotees of liberty and genius
from all parts of the world would have
delighted to make their holy pilgrimages
of love and reverence, had nothing sacred
in tbe eyes of "the favorite son." Xot
having gone near his father upon his death
bed, and having stood aloof from the mourn
ful and almost interminable Drocesaion .
that, gathering from all ihe States, went
I weeping to bis tvhcr'a funeral, be could j
not be supposed to Lava any regard fr
the venerable edifice conecraUd by thai
lather's memory. To kit soul It was but
so much brick and wood and mortar j yet,
knowing tbe deep reverence ef myriads
of others for everything connected with
bis fuller, Lie eye, ever quick lo the
chaiicriof profit, saw that he could lurn
that ruidnito to pecuniary account i and
so ha coldly speculated upou niauklud'i
love for his dead sire.
I lo tore down the bouse made Loly to
the world's great, throbbing heart from
having seen the Lome of Lis father, and
advertised in ibe newspapers le tell the
lumber at rnateiWt for canes and work.
boxes and snuffboxes lo those by whom
Lie father' memory was idolized. Il was
a deed unequalled In LearileMties and
barbarism by that of any Vandal or Goth
or Vilgtli, whose name is on record.
When hi was publicly called to aocouiil
by us for this scandalous transaction, be
pleaded ihst, at ihe old house nt Ashland
was Lis private property, he had a right
lo do what he pleated with it. We Lave
no doubt that Lis legal title lo the house
was without a flaw, at also i Lis title to
the ground where his mighty father sleeps;
and ihe world need not be surprised if, In
the exercise of Lis legal rights, he shall
drive the plough and the harrow through
the small aud sacred enclosure that shuts
in tbo tomb from the surrounding fivldt
and pasture. Ilo can sternly poiut to
hia title as a perfect security ognmit the
iufliction of punisbineot by courts or ju
rors. War la Mrart-Wstker Trtanukail.
We have dates from Nicaragua to Oct.
llth.
A we informed our reader lost week,
says the Nicaragurasc, tho allied force
having advanced from Managua, Gen.
Walker ordered tbo garrison at that place,
amounting to three hundred and filly men,
to fall back immediately en Crnnodo, in
order to allow the enemy lo occupy that
place. This they did; and il was the
unanimous wili of every American in
Granada that their apparent success would
inspire them with sufficient eourajo to at
tack this city. Such an attack could be
followed only with ono result a most dis
astrous defeat. The citizens thnt is, the
persons not belonging to the army, but
engaged in trade and attending lo llio civil
business of the State formed themselves
into a company to asftst in the defence of
this city, and participate in tho glory of a
victory. Rut as the enemy would not
come, Gen. Walker, having received a
reinforcement from llio United Slates, as
as well as two mountain howitzers, and
shells, grnpeshot, etc., advauced on to
Masaya lo give' thorn battle.
On tho llih Oct., at 11 x. .v., Gen.
Walker marched from Granada and en
camped before Musnya at 10 P. it. that
night.
, Thero was some skirmishing during tbe
night. At daylight the battle commenced,
and ihe enemy were dispersed by a furi
ous charge of the rifles, under cover of
the bombs from the howitzers, and the
Pluza of Masaya captured. Tho light was
then eunicd on from house to Louse, but
the enemy wero finally driven from the
place. The enemy numbered 2'00, aud
Walker's force 800 or 000. Wulker lost
only two men. Immense numbers of the
enemy were killed.
Ou the morning of the 13lh of October,
Gen. Walker received information that a
largo body of the enemy had marched
f i oin the vicinity of Masaya to Granada.
He immediately started in pursuit. Be
fore the arrival of Walker the enemy
made an attack on Granada, but wero re
pulsed by the garrison, numbering 130
Americans under Gen. Fry, with consid
erable loss. They then got into tho houses
and attempted to cut their way into the
center of ihe cily. Gen. Walker arrived
early in the morning and routed the enemy
with considerable slaughter, Only ten
Americans were killed.
The gallant defense of Granada by Gen.
Fry, with his one hundred and fifty Ameri.
cans, has been briefly narrated above, but
when llio enemy found they could not
enter the Plaza, they went aronnd to the
honses of seven peisons and murdered
them in a shocking manner.
Among those who lost their lives were
a Mr. Wheeler who had been sent here to
distribute bibles by the Bible Society of
ew York, the Rev. Mr. Ferguson, and a
Mr. Lawless, who had been a merchant
hero for some years.
The numbers of the enemy killed in
Granada is truly astonishing. In many
of the houses they lie piled in dozens ;
they are lying on the streets, on the door,
steps and in the out-houses. They were
killed in largo numbers in tbe bushes;
whole bungo loads were killed while they
were endeavoring to escape by the lake,
and intelligence is every hour arriving of
where tens and twenties of bodies have
been discovered in the yards.
KrThe unbounded admiration, says the
Indianapolis Journal, which locofocos pro
fess for Mr. Clay, is not as old as some of
them would fain make us believe. At a glo
rification supper given in Cincinnati, in
1S44, on the defeat of Mr. Clay, the fol.
lowing toast proposed by the editor of the
Enquirer, was received with unbounded
applause, and published throughout the
country as a choice and telling piece of lo
cofoco wit:
"Henry Clay The Kestcckt Blackleg
he has played his last card ; and oow
in terror awaits the last trump."
CIt has been decided by a western
court that a clergyman may marry him.
self. This i a fee saving process at all
events.
aUcl ef tutu's Nfttcfc
The Richmond Knor.. ,u.JVK
contequence of Rolu' great sbZ.l ?
commence the eperalioa f a..ti '
Iher for the trs.nt h .Tiet. 1 tu N
.. . . "CJUln .1..
iiuni-r, wi iuus fall nnvr .
scheme ofambltl..!, wi.k . I'1 "ir
and activity." II th, uil i. ,
what will the Enquirer ..y wL. l?tT
bodv beirin to move I 1 """I,
I he I'etnrsburg South Sid. Tw.
of the 27th actually ., "'I
because Mr. llott.' w. vTJll
people of I'etersburg, and call fcr B,r
dom of speech being no longer ijll?:
at the Roulh to Northnrn m.. nu7n? "W
will not probably go. And a U ST
ho I. warned of hi. fat. by th, 6,J
nOUIIIirill aVIinmawnlMPat t! aw. . '"C
sfceoh : You will nmUi.t.. ,
susntnded from om neighbor!,,,
wiib your neck in a crap, lMv'
can be caught." W. wUh to in.
wLeiLer (Le friend of Mr. Buehan.. il
dorse the grape vine, and rely oa that Z
answer their opponenit I
The Southern press, th eecessioo.
lion of il ai least is dow0 , p,,, yJT'
thunder gutl. The Maninsburg (Va,
Republican, the Lynchburg RepbW
Ihe Staunton Vindioalor, the AlessatW
Seiitiuil, Soulh Side Democrat, Cliarltttst
Now, iio., are all let loose on him. (C
calls him a Samson pulling dowa Kstt
Notbiiigism ; another complains that ii.
speech has been peddled round th Stta?
repeated in various place, and lhatuiben'
is more than one wolf in Virginia"
other says Lo line indulged In " a fntk t
mini intoxiealion," ana M total abitiaesV
ia Ihe only "remedy" for bit maddtw,
cui." another denounces him . i..:.
another as a Cat i lino of the darkest sua
who woeld (ell his country or betrtvlit
God." All this rantipole ilutf betrsri tk,
force and power with which Holts has kit
the mark. Hut we respectfully ask, if sm
man it a match for all tho arcetsioaitu
of Virginia, how i that projest tn be car
ried out against a good many millions J
Dotltx l-.Vt York lltrald.
Fobkv. Hon. Benjamin Lan, member
of the Know Nothing Executive Commit,
tee of Alabama, is anxious lo ffbttom,
body who belong to the Democratic partjj
he it not particular who it is, if he does tot
rank lower than a Democrat 'residential
elector ; he will take any owe, frem antd.
itor of a paper with twelve h mid red cirri.
Ini ion, down toa member of ihe Democrtu
ic Executive Committee. Read hit card -.
i Now as this is a political manmnvrr, I
; will mke a proposition lo- then if they
are so anxious l have me killed, and will
put up any man ol their parly, who holds
i the same otl'vciid rank in their party that I
i hold in mise, 1 will fight him a any con
venient time oexl plato, attonling to ihe
code of honor. I am oae of the lueeutie'
Committee of the American party. 1 will'
fight any one of the Executive Comasittrs
of the Domocratio party ; and to be stilt'
more accommodating, I will fight any oae
of their electors, or any editor of a Demo
cratic paper thai bus twelve hundred circs
lotion. That is my proposition, and "let
him laujjli that wins."
Desperate Cases require Desperate lta
edict.
The Jacobin democracy, says the N
York Herald, having been struck by tn
earthquake, the rumbling and warning
sounds of which wero first heard in Maine,
Vermont and Iowa, they are now endeavor,
ing to collect their scattered fragments,
and to patch up something, which as yet
has not assumed any tangible shape. But
enough has been discovered lo warn us that
ere long it will show itself upon the surface
of the turbulent waters of tho domocratio
sea, more hideous in form than iheXahaat
sea serpent, and calculated to astonish the
people of this country more than any po
litical event which has transpired for lli
last quarter of a century. Read what tbo
Philadelphia Times has to say :
That there is a schemo on foot tn consol
idate the American and Democratic tickets
for the Presidency w-e no longer doubt.
It originated iii New York, and is being
actively pushed to n consummation.
There are certain wire-workers belonging lo
the American party, in Philadelphia, n
this precious game of rascality, along with
Forney. Mr. Buchanan has become satis,
fied that he cannot beat Fremont, a ad hat
consented to withdraw in favor of FiH
moro. A commute has beea despatched
lo procure the withdrawal of Donelsoa.-
That committee are already far ea thei
way to Nashville. If Mr. Donelson co-
sents, the agreement is complete so far a
the principals lo the party can complete it
As in most of the other Northern Stales
the Jacobiu Democracy in Rhode Island,
are appalled, and are making arrange,
meats for desperate work. The Provu
dence Journal of the 29th says :
In this State arrangements are in prog'
ress for a Democratic and Know Nothing
fusion, but upon what terms, or what pros
pect of success, we are not able lo say.
The only thing certain about it is, that such
a bargain would be for the interest or
Buchanan, and that the leaders of the Fill
more party would receive their reward
from his administration in case of his elso
tion. But there are many honest men in
the Fillmore ranks who will not be made
the loose change of such political trading,
and who say that if such a bargain
mad they will not be parties to it, nor be
transferred in accordance with it condi
tions to the support of principles that they
have opposed all their lives.
KTlt is slated that when a Northern
representative took leave of Hon. Thorn
f . Bowie, a representative ol Marys-",
at the national Capitol, he said to
"Well, Mr. Bowie, I auppose we fca
met for the last time V " IIow so !" said
Bowie. Why," replied the other, " be
fore we meet again Col. Fremont will k
elected, and the South will not submit U
that." "I think it will," ssid Bowie ;
for my part, I have made up my tninJ, if
he is ejected, to -rye him a trial."