awiiii v.ihj t v. B.iyw it w www
ivC io God, io eoUi),' io jjoqir SqJj."
CHARLOTTE, UXT. CijAPRIIi 24, 1855.
NUMBER XO.
V..
If
.111
THOMAS J. HOLTON,
Editor & Profbixtcb.
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will nut "Mended to. , . - '
f f I'.yiotnt can be made to either.
IJT fuattnaatcr arc autuarixed to act aa agent,
There ire 10 Tean in llravtd.
r tons t. watx.
met a, child ; hia feet were bar :
Hi" weak frame ahivercd with the cold ;
youthful brw wai knit by care,
lit niuin eye hia aorruw told.
r?iH I, Tour b"T, why wijet thou V
My parffita both are deati, he aaid J
I l4f mt wher. to lay my heaij ;j
O, I am lone arid frtemllraa now !M
Not frirndlcaa, chilli ; a Kriend on high
For you bia prrcioea blood haa firm ;
Cheer up. and bid earli tea b drj
' Tbtre are no (ear la beaeea."
( itw a man in life 'a ay boob,
$Und wrepirif; o'er hia rrxof bria1 bir;
And enuet we pact," be cn4, " mm awati !"
A down k.ia cheek there rulled a tenr.
" ifi-art.aricke ," txtti I, " awt
HW, r.ml V in irivnli wild fe r
,
yi. " Hat cy any luted one ditd.
And ah.ll tnt be an atnw forgot ?"
t arfotleii ! No ! (till ire hrr loee
huaUin thy heart, with aogfjmh riven ;
tnve thou to meet thy bride above, '
And dry your ter,ta beaten.
hit I fertile wkxIkt weep,
A to her throbbing heart aba preat
Aa muni, eeemingljr aalrep.
On ita kind ni.iluar'a hell'nrif; brraat.
' I-'air one," aaid I, pray, erf no more,
tiibbed ahe, "The idol of my hope
I now ana called to renoer up ;
3! f b.b ba raaeiuMt tfutb'e r l"nr ehora.'
Ymne mother yield no mure lu grief,
S'if be by paaion'a teiorat driven,
' Bat rind in thoae wt:t wmda relief,
" There ar ao tear in beaaea."
Tonr trav'tet o'er life' troubled wave
j Cat down by grief, 'erwhe4aod by car
I TWre n an arm above cia aave,
j Then yield not theu to HI deepiir.
f ltnk upward, loournere, look above!
. What thowk the thunder echo luud ;
i The aua atioe bright beyond the cloud.
1 Then Iruat in thy K'dernww'. I.
j WbrreVr tliy l"t in life be caat,
I WHal'er of toil or woe be given
fW tircn renrnher to the Uat,
. " t aive ar ao Inn hi heavcik."
BViscfllanfouSa
FrM ike Amrricnn I'nion,
FOW Eft OF KINDNESS.
RT KELLY KETTLE.
" Coin Nelly, what made y 3n cry se
"hen you beard that lady and gentleman
ny ' Good bye little girl,' to Callie Wren !"
"Well lUrtic, d you wih to know very
laueh !"
" Ye, and I'll get a little chair, aad sit
PMiue jou, whiic you tell me." And my
little fl txen baired blue-eyed six year-old
eoutin, le'rtlu Morly, drew her chair close
to mine, and looked me io the face, aa much
u to ay begin.
" First let me ak ycu a question, do you
know what pet panics are licrlie !
" I guess I do, when you call me 'fairy,'
that's a pet name, and when you call Cm
lie "gipsy that' another pet name; but
bat a long one Henry Hill kas, "the arc
nd eruboiiimeii', of pspa."
" Well, Bertha, I e you know what I
ai'ao, so now I'll tell you Once a good
l..l. I i:i. ..... I I ' 1-
.ji -.ng 121 a VII (line ii&a Jou, ul1 Juu
I ilertie, I bad a iwoet inainirni, a pmut yap,
ia httl e aiatcrs, and t!i"o brother and 1
t"! a borne too, such a pretty octtage boiuei
fruit, and forct trees, almost bid the cot
ta g from view; lowers beautiful flowers,
twill wild, and cultivated, bloomed around
it; the blue river, and the tiny birds, made
aiasin U the day long. When I werl to
'"aool, or went to aea my playmates, my
iir mother used to put the hair back from
y forehead with her gmtle hand, and she
"'ild ki) mo. and say ' Gaod bve little cirl'
And when I wetit to bed at night, aim
j " would kiss me, aod take my little bands
i a b rw, arid then she would teach me to
PrJ, and after I had repeated the Iord'
P"yer aft r her, she would ask God to bless
-"T littU girl.
" S j paed tho time away ; merrily run
' river on, gaily ntill the birds sunif, eweet
J Hill tie flower bloemtd, till 1 was four-
years old and I wai hppy, io happy,
Mre, no atrif.
One day, consumption came ! ihc threw
Jitcr my darling, ber mantle; we never
f ' tnew I .i t . ., .t.t.l
- . ni:u aue came, DUl we anew sno nan
j''n, for my mother began to look more
more beautiful.
I "I never saw my mother so beautiful. But
iu Inn l;,,l. j:j : .1 :i. .1... .1 :i... 1
, .hue uiu 1 nun, iuii inu aiivoi, auu
'een hand of that siren consumption, was
"M paintlmi ber foe th alies. vet ilaile red.
"!'' rdilcr still, grew tba rose on her check,
fuiher.
l. Ollll wnilje urn ar
the brow of iny
,
If I Arcr flattering my mother, with hopes,
t - ,P' '1!,' discouraging her nth fears, until
t ' Waa ei;.C.,l .1.. .u .........
P"nltft ber with death, who bore her away
f om us silently.
j " Then they dressed my dead mothtr iu
white, ind laid Ler away to wait for 0 abriel.
" After that, everything seemed all dark
and dreary to me 'tis true, the flowers still
bloomed, the birds still sung, the river still
continued to pans on,' but my mother was
not mere to see nor hear them.
' M Cil... t .... t. .t
but ira D.: aa
much for us; .he never smiled onus lik
viio uiu Uvt irnia
, , .. .
our nan nnflir alio ....... ..11. J
;
Pcl
' H
..... ..w.i...., diiu UL I II vaiicu UB
names, as she used to. By decrees my
?h .V . r iT ' ' u- Cr, lltIeJL',,
ffint. flaw fl II 1 1 1 II 1 llATtlaw la" I r n a t el l.irila at v ri Hma
ere, and runn.ng nvcr, paa-ed away frem
m. eren as mj sweet mother had done.
Then came toll, and want and pnretion;
lZr.?7?T V btMe ' ,t0,, t011, 101 ;
notlitnr but toil, from Monday morn, till
... , ,
Saturday eve. No lovintr awiles now. no
fond caresses, no gentle hstxt now' to put
rtnnlr lK bail frtm n.r . 1. .
- . - . " .' "-"'"
vn ra nt anpcrinn nnv t.i aav 1 l .n.l h L...
,. , : , . v" "
mw IiIIIa . i r I ' taltn 1 H-...it ,n ... ..
from care, and toil
" Dark and darker it prcw until my life
seemed one continued night, until oue day
an anl vine." '
"An anjrel, real angel!" atid Bertie's
eyes ojiened wide.
Ves Bertie, a real angel, yon can be
an angel, so can 1, so every one, for to hejjegr-. travel.
a real angel, is only to do as mur-b good to 1 v,u;n more ... tlii .u., pm. :
others as we can, and being ourselves as'fr01it 0f ,1. Wood", Museum, when the S conccaleJ htratageui. You must Lave suf
goed as we know how to be.. Well, as I corduroy man once, more addressed the 1 furc'1 yourselves entrapped by publishing
said, an angel rame, he talked to me j cheer- j nian 0f tie mtrt an(j ratle, I the thiug without examining it by thj key
fully he pointed me to another path, he told ii0 t ,., , .r i...Pt i.i, t?..h. ' siven in tho commencement of it. And
mft of the dangers of tU path I was in, of
in. Iie OI lll'iee wu' uuu lunywca lue aiu
I wa. fast treading, be told me of the beau
ties of tbe path be wished me to follow
the road of contentment, of goodnea, of pu
rity, and of truth ; kindly he talked to m,
smilinc sweetly all the vthilo. Then again
was light, l inoutniui in-: "v poire nnurs
....v.i . i . ,.r .1... u i
when I was a little i nilu. I raniblcl nirain
over hill and d-11, I li-tei ed to sweet mui
made by tiny bird.. I gat .Wed a-aiti the
sweet flower", by v" mar-in of thv rirer
all. all thee career mini, nhi.'e be wns
talking, and I r -olvt-d t follow the better
path, to be contented with what the f. ivrr
of all thinf should do for me, and from
that time forth, never to give up in de'pair.
" One time, he c une to see me, and w hen
be wcit away, be put Lis hand upon my
bead, smoothed back my bair, kiscd my
forbead. and sii l
' good bye little girl,'
just as thr u'd to fay it ; and then, Bertie.
it was all light again ; 'little girl,' oh what, " I can't exactly say ;" replied tbe watch
tnafie there wa, to me i.i thoe tw.j' little man a little flattered by tho Bacchariue
words, I was called, ' little girl' ajain, and . con.parion.
I ws" happy." - Weil, it a because I'd like to lick you,
" OH wss'nt lie good, don't you love him if 1 bad a chance," said th pri-otinr at th
e!'yT 1 no. nm yo teii me where he is 7
when I get big; I'll write him a long letter,1
nu i ii ran nun - anpri, in u, tiais m goou
pet nam". W ben did you see htm I
" Ob, I have eot seen him for a great
while, be is now across the broad blue At
lantie. And is it dark now, Nelly?"
"Na, far once in a great while, I hear
frowi turn, by a fnenJ of Ins, and l know,
tbat there is one who tbitiks kindly of me,
pd although I cannot see him, although I
may nerer we hirn, still I know that wher-
ever be is, there is one who has in his heart
a prayer for mc; and as long as I keep in
the path it, which his kind band placed me,
it will not be dark, as it was then, but when
yeu get older, you will understand better,
why.
" So Bertie, it was the thoughts of voices
lenc siace bushed, that I used to hear sav-
log tbe same word to me, that were said
o swsetly to Callie Wren.
" And Berti. threw ber arms around nn
and givinj a good kiss, bade mc give it to
my 'angel' when next I saw him, and in
five minutes more she was fast asleep on tbe
sofa."
"And now, Bertie, you may learn from
this, what it would be well for ol ier ones
to think upon oflener than they do that
it costs nothing to give a kind word, or a
sypathixing look, that ni9ny a broken heart
may b b'alcd, many a bitter life made
happy by a few words, rightly spoken, oh,
if they only knew,
' Un aoftly on the bruir' heart,
A word of kindtieas IhIU.
And from the dry and parched n!i!,
The moi.li long lear.drup rail.;
Oh. if thev knew who walk the mirth,
'.M'd orr, w, r:cf and pain
The pimrr, a ward nf kindneia hath,
'1 were paradise again.
As atnra upon the trannnit e,
In tninvc p'.ry Sine,
Ro orila of kindneia in the heart,
Rrlli ct their aiiiirce divine j
lh tlnn. ( tinJ wlio e'er thnii art,
Th-it hrenthe.l niortnl hre.lti.
And il h!l hirhirn "II hrr life,
Anu awm len even death, V
Painfi'l A ipknt Wc lc?rn that on '
, . -,. . .
Tuesday last, at ew Mver in ttuslow coun-
J. . geimeman auacuen loiue n. . o
.survey, v. A. Liucuer. i.sq , was severely
injured by the accidental discharge of a
gun. A ne.rro was handling it, probably with
i viewnf .Ir.winrv the eharee. when it went
I ....I - ."i .n.... .
, ' , . , i .... i
liaun Vf .1IIR lieiu, ail'i nuuiiain' i.ui--
ber iu the face and on the hcud. One bail
penctratod beneath Ihc eye, another ranged
along the crown of I, lu l l. Mr. I'uval,
living In tbe neigb hood, promptly furninh
cd a cart, and tl j party arrived last even
ii.0', when medicul attetidanee wus at once
procured. Wtlmingloii Hrr aid.
NnitTiT llrvtR OivtMi Out The Alba
ny Argus says: "JThc experience of the last
few days devibq ed an alarming (tato ot ,
facts, that the Hudson river i.ha.udy navi-1
cable for the larger classes of vessels, and i
even vessels of ordinary draught on ,1'
bars below Albany. The evil has been in
creasing for years, and has this year arriv
ed at a state which promises the most lis
ahtrous consequences io an interruption of
travel, involving severe pecuniary los."
Am El" tic IUri.K. A iieccssful inven
tor lias, offered the British War Olhes. an
ulectrio rifle, wbieh greatly surpasses any
weapon in use, flinging a ball from KH'O to
2000 feet, at the rate of sixty shots per
minute.
A CONUNDRUMICAL LOAFER.
A fellow in a complete suit f faded cor
duroy and rery dirty witbal, stumbled off
!.. ...... t cj, i . . . .
' "h-jib ui ot. jiuurew. cuurcn, just as
1 1 :?:h :be
..... . .1 1. ... .1
"r V'" r"0,u"f" n P"-
lueut. Bionpeu iaco
' rv
mcnt, stopped faco upwards before the effi.
oer, and propounded the following query I
" 1 say, watchy, are you pretty sharp at
,couundrUi.) ! Why am I like a lackalidin-
.... O
'chrihtianl Ibat prettv toutrh ona. thinlr
you , Wc don'l puixle. Ifa tci.u.o I
, fcll from the Pcuurcb and ,m
to be picked up by the devil at last.
1 Tl,eatch,uau, without thanking him for
it ;.,. i i;.. :..t..j .. -i
,i.,u. a.J,:.,..., J.
addried the cantor acain '
" D
" Watch, 111 try you with another. Whrl'1' ,ur "garu n, . u .iU,pu. pru
. ... ... . ...
am i like the Emperor or Ilayti I
.... 1 J
" Ilfcausp you are a sassy scoundrel. "
" No, because I am attended by a black
guard." " No, becauae you are as big a black
guard yourself as could be picked up ia a
year a travel,
Anil tiitealiVA vaii ar a. A a V.1 . .T
-u,rj yourself as could be nicked no in a
uck ntXt tin,e Why are the Quaker Giant
and myself like the god of marriage !"
lcau.ie you are humbugs.
" Uab ! do. Because we are high men
(Hymen.)
Da vou cail voursiill a hi-th man V
Yes. I da. I'm nrr-itv l.ir, I think if
' '.. . r j '
tr ruai;trsof w hiskcy can make me so.
l,ecnue I' 111 ft t Pil nm on ar ii T I rn inn. n
! y0U know that's aUays hih. "
j Ay; in the game of All Fours. "
! "That's the game I was playing when
vou came acros me. "
, Vou vtle ,, laying law, I think : for you
j were Gut on your back. Hut 1 II play the
! ,Uuce with you, and that will be low enough
if you dou t get along without any more
talk. "
" You are not as bright", old fellow, as I
thouzbt you were ; but here's one I cucss
that you rn rAau: Why are you like u-
' g8r candy !''
ery moment he wasthruu miotl.e cape
Tbi moriiiii? when the conuodrum-mak-
er answered to the name of f-wnoti l earcc,
the watchman's evidence was heard and
a eomniitmeut for vaerancy was speedily
made out.
" Can I say a word or two ? " akcd Si-
won.
" Ccrtainlv." answered thu inenrrim'hU
offender, " why is a small bob tail brown
horse, with a blazo face, like iov. Bijjler !".
' U'ake biui awav " f aid his honor and
the last conundrum remains without solu-
tion to exercise the guessin faculties of
our readers."
, T,
1F.LI.E AND THE ..TCDEST. At a
splendid evening party, a haughty beauty
turned to a student who stood near her,
.i .
.. t i v i . i
(-;. r;..,i t
.. .. 1 . . ' j---
. im 1 1 iv uu u ii lino , i iiiid a Kirui
is here ; I hate a great
curiosity to see him. Dj bring him here, ; '. .
, . , .. ' n lug vote in
r.'io iiuiuiiutr mill lu lilt;.
The student went in search of bis friend ;
and U length found him lounging on a so
fa. .
" Come ," said be, " my beautiful
cousin Catherine wishes to be introduced to
you. "
" Well, trot ber out, John," drawled
, with an affected yawn.
John returned to bis cousin and advised
her to diTer the introduction till a more
l
vornnle time, representing tho answer i
bad received. The beauty bit her lip ; but
, . I i, 11' 11 r ,
the next moment said, W tll, new fmr.
I shs insist on beinir introduced.
I shall insist on being introduced.
I After some delay, L was led
"I
l . i r . r
corrjimiailing appearance of Catherine, L
made a profound bow ; but instead
' of returning it, she stepped backward, and
j raising her eye glass surveyed him delihe- 1
rsieiy iron, lies . .o ,oot, .neu wavine me
back of her band towards him, drawled out, '
" Trot him off, John ! trot him off, that is i
euough !" ,
An nl.t i.mnno.i'ii nt,t. 1.. .1 ....
nu vi ninii ia., i. man p., iiuiv juiit-, (
muit discriminate after tho manner of the
I)utch Justice, before whom three inebriates
were broueht up
ight up :
" What you gets drunk on " said be, ad-
.1 : . .. r . l . 1
rraa'"g u.r norr e epecimeu O! mo uiree.
I " Hlaekstr.p. "
" You be one big rascal to drink
such
poor stuff. I fines you five dollars, "
Hum was the next fellow's weakness and
be was fined two dollar", ruin being a more
respectable tipple in the estimation of the
justice.
" And what made you drunk, my friend? "
said he to the third culprit.
" Punch. "
" (Jo long with you ; I fines vou just
noting t all. Wby. I gets drunk with punch j
myself sometime
. . , ,. .... . . a ,
4JU- lulu il",'ol'":r ""fJ" " '
"lHng gentleman that every lady who had
n on. .in uiioiiii 1'iuiiuiu nnu uuu.-uuini
i ny goierniiienr.
Jin it pothinui . snid the lady, makiug.
her mouth as little as she could.
The gentleman added, " that if a Inly
had a large mouth, she was provided with
two husbands. "
"My gracious ?"exelaimed the l.idy, at
the snnie timo throwing ber mouth open to
its full extent.
Tho gentleman became alarmed, made
his escape immediately, and haa aot ln
t heard of siuce.
.nu w.e cere aooy o, nurouuruou prriorm- . .hclKr forrf Catholics or Amcrieau
led. Agreeably surprised by the beauty and , :,:.... .iV.ii -,.i. ......:.. r ...
FOR Tliffff. C. WHIO.
Mr. Edxttir : Permit j -Meclleribur;
Democrat to commend tojmr attention,
and to that of jour readers, an article from
the Faem, (Y.f) RegitU:hj an "Old
Line Democrat." Tbfl views expressed there
... . .. ,
"7 writer, Mr. xlodge, b a
Demi-
mt, fuUy endorse, and c.-t ... ,
' n i
ninD' WL6 r D.moc; who M
what
influenced bj interest.or dtiMSP8uwni. can
o in tfinni oKrtlonahlfl ?
KN0W-XOTHIN0 h VT, OSU.
Gentlemen t In yont i l f 'he 8th
March, is a publicatio'tf urports to
be an "expose of thf or retail f k00
XotbiacUm." I nad pcf-d n'0jnre-yrjciu!,
Ter, but did not think wort jslciile to read
I. . T i .. T J , f
fesscd expose of Free Masonry, a vile and
contemptible forgery; or, if true, I regard
ed it as the betrayal of a trust by some in
famous scoundrel, that rendered it ur
worthy the countenance of gentlemen. I
was, therefore, surprised to fee such a thiug
in the dignified columns of the Richmond
Enquirer. And this surprise at seeing it iu
that paper, and then in yours, is greatly in
creased by examining it, to find how easily
you bare both been entrai.p4 by this ill
thoae who set tho trap, no doubt, expected
its publication without a critical examina
tion of it; and then some editor was to fly
'he trigger after all the Democratic editors
bad been carelessly drawn nndcr the trap.
J hey reasoned correctly when tuey sup
.posed the Democrats in their eagerness to
., i.i i..t- ,i.
expose uie lecrcts woum ovenuoa. me
" weightier matters of the law," or the prin
ciples as laid down. They were correct
when they expected our editors, in their
search in the chafl and flummery of signs,
grips, passwords, and initiatory ordinance
for something to object to, would overlook
the great principles therein enunciated, and
which are alone worthy of attention. Let
us examine it a little by the aid of the key
given at the commencement of it.
the principle of the obligation, in the
Crst de-trce, is as follows
"You furthermore promise and declare
that you will not vote, nor give your influ -
encc foriny man for any office in the gift
of the people, unless he be an American-
born citizen, in favor of Americans born
ruling America, nor if ho u a Roman Cath -
olio." Are the Democracy opposed to these
tilings and will they sulkr the Iiicbmoud
i Enquirer to b'ad them into a blind opposi-
tl,oa 10 tnos. pr pruicyies, vtAunu rvm
inquiring their import or whence tuev came ?
For mark, there i. no proscription of foreign -
icrs here; but a simple resolve as to how
'hey will vote between lative and foreign
iborn. iust as the v resolve how thev will
: vote between Wilis and Democrat. And if
this rjaolve is a proscription of foreigners,
,'1CT1 every Democrat proscribes every Whig
in the land, when be resolves to vote for
1 none hut Democrats. And are the Hemo-
' cracy opposed to cur peoj.le voting for
'American - born citiaens in preference to
foreign ('atholics, Hindoos, Hottentots, and
iltritains? Is the Democratic party oppos-!
Americans born ruling this " land of
j the free and this borne of the brave," and
' do they want our own native land brought
I under the dominion of the Pone of Home,
' and ke rnled by foreign Catholics ? If so,
r longer a Demoemt. T nui now
e i .(..- ., nM and mrnr mm a
. , f
in mv lifo. But if the eood old
party I have loved and cb.'rUhed frem my
mrtihood, and whose pnncil of religious
freedom were iustilled into me by a father's
teaching- and a mother's prayers, is to be
laid at the feet of the Roman Pontiff, and ' right, Ll.ai, I will never surrender; never, dicker with the Queen's spokesman for a
its members made to bow down and kiss no, never! And if this is a true cxpo.-j of tarL-aio, somethin in this way :
the Tope's big tee. I must cea9 to bo a Know-Nothingism, I say proudly I approve Sor.V ;, Ob, now I think of it, there's
Democrat. I havo always been a Demo- its principles ; and let tho man who dares 1 that littlA Island of Cuba over there near
crst, but I cannot and will not go with the question my Democracy, present a better our coast; we'd like to bare that little is
Demoeratic party, or anv other party, record than I do, who, at forty-four, never land, if it's all the same to you. I 'spnso
i agaiust American-born citizen ruling their
own country. It ia their natural birth-
iuiii, uii'i i .in nu. ,uii.ivu, iv mi- i, iiuui
I(h;u ((, give it iuto the hands of foreii-n
I n i.i..i-. . .. :
right, and I will not consent to take it from
twecn the Democrats and Know-Nothings
bound to take aides with tho Kaow-Noth
mgs in tavor ot American-born eitizens,
.nil .nnin.l 1 1, A r.AI.ml 1 1... nn . , I n nm-tp
. . .-
jn loir MI ot tof forci Roman Catholics, i
.... ,..,....,. for th. 0bi:,.,tion in tho first
degree.
Then, after some triors. Ki.vnicry, they
icametothe final charge io the initiated,
which, by the aid of the key given, I read
as follows! "It has. no doubt been Ion ir 1
- , , ' -
apparent to yeu, brothers, that foreign in-
rl'icnce and Koman Catholicism has been ;
j making steady and alarming progress in '
our country, lou cannot nave failed to
observe the significant transition of the
foreign-bom and Homanists from a chara;
ter quiet, retiring, and even abject, to one
bold, threatening, turbulent, and even '.
pott c in its appearance and assumptions.
You must have become alarmed at the sys-
tctnatio and rapidly augmenting power of
these dangerous an 1 unnatural elements of
our national condition, foil is. brothers,
with others besides yourselves, in evcrv
f tnte of tho Union. A sense of dano-cr hn--
struck the great heart of the nation. In !
c,,y town nU """'t. "e danger
1 in--. i't 11 v v x nuw mv ami ui o J uu V
And hence truo men have devised this or
der as a means of disseminating patriotic
principles, ot keeping alivo the lire ot nt-
tjon.il virluc, of fostei in; the national intcl-1
..encp. sun oi auvaiieui' America ami t ne
American interest on the one side ; and on j
thei other, of checking the stride of the
foreigner or alien ; nf thwarting the niacin- j
nations and subverting the deadly plans of j
the Jesuit and Papist." And is the Demo
cratic party opposed to these principles?
Are they opposed to "keeping alive the
tiro of national virtue," of " fostering the
national intelligence," and of " advancing
America and American interests?" Are
they opposed to " checking tbe strides of
a!kn.s," and of " thwarting the rnachina-
tions and deadly plans of the Jesuits and
l'upists?" No, gentlemen, aueh a cliHrjrn is
a slander upon our good old party. What
ever designing dcinagoptie.'i, political api-
rants, new convcrtt, parti.ian wire-worker H .j ,i . v , , 7 .,. ,r
tiny think ami do, the niase', the hono-t t'n"',li. in th- W.V," nnt ihe ,Mt, oi"
people of the party, nver will consent to M ircli, I lorj-et the day of tin-inouth, ly.i.'i. ;
bring down thit great and mighty nation Dkak iIs-kiiat.: U'o nro skuddin mr.nd
beneath a foreign bondage, to wear tlic here nnd bo'dinr: on to the slack, tvnitin for
yoke of a Koman rontitf; and thiy will mori; ludp to conic up, nnd you may do
5pew out of their mouths those unnaturaliz- j j. end on't Oii'm's eot to take it. Wt' d.in't
ed and unworthy members of the pirty, j r-vcr -ive up t 'us ship. A fast lit lie clip-
woe are trying t tuing us in sulijectiou to
foreign Catholic influence, Vy courting their
support. The true position for tho Demo
cratic party at this time would have been
to stand firmly on ber ancient i'laform.
But no. that was too. oid-fashioned ifor our
fcew-Jicb.tr Democrat f of the ttrc?,; d.i-.
and the good old ship wns torn from her
ancient moorings and thrown upon tho wild j he come, fur ho was very arnest to Lc in nt
billows of foreign Catholicism, to be tent-, the death.
pest-tossed and lashed in pieces in an un-1 That Cuba's a fine country. We've been
known sea. : bavin? a glitnp-c at it onee in awhile wish
But to proceed with the " expoic."' The our plasms, through the " hole in tho wall "
obligation in the second degree is tho same I and round the corners, and it's raly a fine
it principle with that in the firt. So 1 1 country ; 'twould do your heart good to
pass that and the subsequent flummery, and look at it. And ynu shall have. a ehanee
come to the final charge in this degree. By before Ion?, for it's got to eonie clown ; it's
the aid of the key it rpads as follows :' got to knuckle, and no niutnke. I've pot
" Brothers, you are now duly initiated into my commission to go ahead from Mr. Bit
this, the second decree of tho order. He-! channn, Mr. Mason, and Mr. Souley. And
newing the congratulations which we ex- the nub of the w hole thing is. we've jot to
tended to you, upon your admission to the : take Cuba " if we have the power ;" and I
first degree, we admonish you by every tie ' know e have, as fally Giies Baid to hr
that may. move patriots to aid uh in our f- sweetheart. Says Sally, says she, " you
forts to restore the political institutions of shant kiss mc unless you are stronger than
our country to their original purity. Begin . I am, and I know you be."
with the youth of eur land refresh their: Jest before ve'eome nut I rc by the
minds with the history of our country, the papers that Louis Napoleon was a notion of
glorious battles nnd the brilliant nets of goiu to the Crimea to sec Sebastopol fall ;
patriotism, which is our common ii.heri- an 1 so I thouplit may bo you niih t like to
tance; point them to tho wise sages and come out hero .and fcp us take Cuba. Not
profound statesman who founded our gov- if you do, je-t say the word, and tell mc
eminent; instil into their bosoms an ardent in your letter what day you will be down
love for tho Union; above all else, keep on the pint of Flori'lay, and I'll bear up
alive in their hearts the memory, the max- i vith the Two Tollies and take you off.
ims, and the deathless example of our il-1 You mustn't feel hurt because I did pot
lustrious Washington." And are the Do- come to Washington to sec you before atart
mocracy to take a stand ajainst these lofty in? on this cruise ; but the fact was I
sentiments of whole-souled patriotism ? Is! hadn't time. Our country was in so much
the Democratic party opposed to any " cf- danger it wouldn't do to wait. Our Con
forts to restore the political institutions of press in O-tend went over the. whole ground
cur coun'ry to their original purity 1" Arc Rn 1 examined it carefully, nn l como to the
they unwilling to "refresh the minds" of conclusion that it was neck or nothing with
our youth "with the history- of our coun-
try," its " glorious battles and brilliant acts
' of patriotism?" Arc they unwilling to
point them to the " wise sagos and profound
statesmen who founded our government,"
' and to " instil into their bosoms an anient
1 love for lbe I'nion V Arc the Democracy
' unwilling to ' keep alive in tho hearts of
our youth the memory, tho maxims, ami
jthe datlilos
cxampie
Such i
of our illustrious
j unsmiim
i our pasitiun if
; this so-called exposition of Ivnow-Notliinq;-
; ism is a true one, and wo plant ourselves
; nznmst it. If this is a t;ue exposition of
i Know-Nothingism, can e dare, we go
: with our present leaders of the Democratic
party against it ?
I have al ways been considered an ortho-
dox, even an iron-sided Democrat, and yet
I havo always held the principles laid down
in this expose. I have always considered
them the very essence of Democracy, find I
cannot pow consent to throw them away nt
the dictation of the present newiijlit Demo-
crats. Freedom of thought, li! erty of eon-
science, the right to worship Cod according
to the dictates of conscience, without the
interposition of a Driest betweui my eon-
science and my God, and without rcspon.-i-
bility to a rathir confessor of the rone's
apuointniciit. A desire, to promote tin; in-
tellii'enee of the peonlo. an ardent love of
the I'nion, a reverence for the maxims of
thu illustrious Washington, nnd un ardent
desire to perpetuate our institutions m tuuir
original purity these are parts not only of
mv Democracy, but of iny national birth-
gavo a Whig vote. If it i? not a true cx-
poso but a trap, then you and the Enquirer,
in your new-fangled war a war against
i j ... ..in -v
Know-Nothiug have been entrappod into
i r , .c .1... ' . . r.
an abuse of sentiments of the purc.-t D- I
moeraey and the loftiest patriotism. And
you cannot get the old-fashioned Democracy
to join vou in this obiection to their own
cherishe 1 principles. They aro not carried
, i. .i. ...
ny a mere cry oi party, out arc actuaten
Vl IT fl fli.Tl rooted I.1VA nf Vlri II O nl n find
they will cherish and maintain those "prill-
cinles whenever and wherever thev find
Ithem. Wo care nothin r about the secret
signs ami pass words, and initiatory ordi-
nances, fie. Tbi'"0 aro inere fluniiiiery,
such as pcrtaiu to all secret societies. If
1 he nritic i nles are correct, we must nnd will
f 1
approve them, w In thor it i a genuine cx-
pose ot Kt-.ow-N itl.injjtsm, or a trap
iu
which to catch unwary Doinocr
editors.
An Ot.n Link Di;m,i
'.AT.
Ct Riots (V'MUINATION Mr. Campbell,
otlColiiiiihus, Ohio, lias luaue application at
Washington for a patent, making a bond of
'union between cast iron at a very hi-h ton. -
purature, and pla-s in a state ot fusion, ami
designed for boxes i:i which the axles of
wheels revolve. 'I he glass is (or the inte-
rior ot" 'ho box, and, causing
ttl- fl
tior,, H requires put 11:10 iu ri.-:i:;on, ami 1
uid
therefore, eeonoiuical, co-ting
'ss tliau 1
to"-
lie liiteih-cncer says
Tlw tests t-i which tl:
spocii
..1. -It II
have seen, has been subject.'
vinccd ns that gla.-- thus embedded in
could sustain extraordinary pre-sv,- nn.t
the most powerful blows but a doubt a. os,
in re at un to t in ineoii.i irv in t ie reiifr.-ie-
tion and expansion ot the two materials.
I v
sudden changes in their temperature. It
however, expands and contracts by heat far ,
more than glass, and tho ca.-tiron being cx- '
panuccl to its utmost wiien the glass con
geals, all its after tendency by this means
must necessarily be to embrace tho gl.iis
within it ; and thick glass being in the form
of an arch, with its bases and apex both
embraced by the iron, it can yield to no
power that is not cai abl" of literally cash
ing it t powder."
. . j - - - t -
1'iom thr y,iHinial Jutrl'i rm-rr.
y.cwt from ."Iitjor .(jn-k Doirnin;'.
TRIVATR III sc IT' -II IS TO lirvfR l. riKUff;.
Aur fll hf trirrn un In C fiu-trrn if t'irtt ' fn- it. '
, per jf t come alor;. oomjr to liultiinori-, nnd
the skipper Paid ha'd taki; my duspatohcH
to you in throe days. And you can send
to mo by the skipper your notions nbout
tliinjrf, 1 jr lie's only "oin to stnp Inns
enoii!Vi to wood
np, anil then lie s coming
r.in srrnlt 'ml- ih: tJ ' i
promise to hold on and not take Cuba till
ns. We must have Culm or our whole
country would go to rar,k rnd ru.n,
" the 1'iiion can never enjov reroe
an I
nor
possess reliable security as loi!2 as tuba i.s
not embraced within its boundaries."
I sent you a depateh lnt fall about tho
uuin'of our ( o'vgrcss ;il Ostond. where wc
took up the affairs cf Errand and Franeo
nnd ispain ; but finally concluded
couldn't lnulo anything out of
ness vet ; and should have to tra
onrrcr. Well, then, them tur
' Poulcy, Sickles, ami Sandcrs-
s
was one thin? wc cW du ; we eo
hold of that Cuba business nnd lini
brown. And. for fear that Louis N
pol
niiht have spi
mi;ht have spies round in thevo at Osreni
we concluded it was best to bitch a littli"
further oil. So wc went 1 3 Axlc-SImppl
and finished u; the business.
c
The upshot was, we concluded wc would
have Cut. a by hook or by crook ; and that,
Mr. Sonley should go right back to Old
Spain nnd tell the Queen so. If she'd a
niin l to giro it up quietly and make no
f iss about it, he niilit promise to give ber
soui 'thin pretty handsome in tho way of
money; wc didn't care nothin about that,
as we've got plenty cf money to home. It"
she refused an 1 told Mr. Sonley to mm 1
his own luisiness. ami we snouliln t have
Cuba no how. thn we told him he mustn't
be mealy-mouthed, nor mince matters, but
pieij a quarrel the
ciear o'it.
best way he emild ami
Well, Mr. Sonley went back to Madrid
with a stitf upper lip and begun ta try to
you've no objection.-- ; it isn't the least u-e
in the world to you, and it might be sonic
little account to us. ,o if you say so, we 11
.... .v. ............. -. ...... , ... ... ,
ins' mailc Cuba down on the map of the
!..: ..i c...
irli'H states.
?pXrst)uin. Not by a j-ii full, Mr.
So-.iley. Cuba is the most valuable pitch
of "round we've rot. Cant spare it nohow.
SooAy. Ob. non-er,se ; it's no income at
all to you, and nothin but a bill of rTpense
It's so near to us we miht look alter and
maybe make somctbin cut of it; ut it's
no more u-e to you than the fifth wheel of
a coach. I gu s. we'll consider it ours.
Sjo!;i fntiti. I guess you wont. I tell
you we can't spare Cuba, no how. It is
the pride of the f-'paiiish kingdom and tho
gem nf the Queen's crown. I
SWc?. Well, but, my dear sir, wn
wouldn't mini pacing vou quite a hand
some sum for it ; a hundred millions, if you
say so. Wc wont scrimp about the price.
yp-..'.-rs;iitni. There is lo price to it.
Carry yo-ir hundred m!'iio:is to some other
market if you want 1 1 buy honor with if.
I ti ll yon the honor of old Spain bus no
price.
S i".Vy. But, mv dear sir, you don't
consider what .1 wonderful deal of he'p a
hundred millions would 1 e to y-'it. o i
lun-t re
behind
member v;i are gittina co-M ibvil
ban
ou've no ineouie hardly,
n'.;i yo i are a go
look at It ; a bund
you 1 1 piy off o::
pal improvement,
id deal in debt. I r 1 1 y
cd nii'.lbnj will ciril le
- debts, and ni'.l.e ii.tr.
and build railroads and
telegraphs :n, our Mir country, so th it
vou can spruce tin nnd live comfortable an 1
s;. t ah "id in the w-r!d. S ay the w ord and
t ,e
irit.
)..
!r vl n.:.:. n is y.'urs.
sit-in OlTir i -mr l:ondrd m;'-
li ws to
so'ne be.'gar wo wa"ts it. The
and pr-oi'l king him of Spain i- im
sir I'll thank yon, sir, 11 t tj iu-
ancient
beggar
suit me.
Situ'ri. I don t intend aiy iimi.t, ;r : ,
but I'll be frank nnd plain with yon. The j
fact is we must have that island. It is ab. .
solutelv necessary for the safety and wi l-:
fare of the l.'ui'ed States. (ur country
can't fret along without it. j
$pokisirv That's your leek out, not i
ITiiliC. '
fion f--i. Well now, Mr. Spokesman, you
know you people out there iu Cuba have
for it long time been insulting our folks,
searching their vessels, and Pring into their
steamers, and sometimes ketehiog our peo
ple and shooting 'cm or putting 'em ia dun
geons. There's a long account of these
thing you must settle right up, pint blank,
or sulfur the consequences. There's thrca
hundred thousand dollars you've got to pay
for stopping tho steamer Black Warrior,
a n 1 a great many other things as bsd as
that. These matters have j;ot to be settled t
right up, or Cuba's j;ot to "and in the gap.
tpukfiinui.- Can't help that. If you'va
got any account to settle we'll leave it out
to a third party to say hew we shall settle.
We don't owe you a cent for tho Black
WnJ-ior. Fhe broke our laws and wy untd
her six thousand dollars ; and then " fiva
back the tine after all, when we misfit a
kept ihe ve.su-) And you arc so ungrate
ful as not to thank us for it.
$r,urij. 1 wont stand this foolery po
longer. Leave it out! No, we know how
to settle our own business best. Now, sir,
you've got to settle nil our accounts right
up, and fix things about Cuba so we shunt
never have any more trouble, or else give
us up tho island to manage in our own way.
Now, I'm agoing to give you jest two weeks
to think of this busiuess anl give me your
ntiswer ; and if it isn't settled by that time,
I shall clear out and go home, nnd then
you'll hear thunder. (Jood by, sir.
That Soulcy is a smart teller, Gincral.
lie talked right up to 'em, and wasn't
afeared. Well, be waited till the two weeks
was out, and no answer didn't come ; and
then he slut round and picked up bis
clothes, and locked up bis trunks, and clear
ed out. Then he come over where we had
been waiting for him and told us how the
business st'iod. He taid old Spain refused
to give up Cuba, and refused to settle, nnd
bo had got the quarrel in such a shape now
that wc could carry it on any way to suit
our-elves. And now, raid Mr. Souley,
what's to be done next?
Wal, says I, Mr. Souley, you've only jet
got fo look nt the instructions drawn up by
our Congress at Ax le-Shapple, and signed
by you and Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Mason,
and you'll sec the course i.s marked out as
plain as a b o. Just open the docymeut
and rend :
"Cuba is as necessary to the North Ame
rican Republic as any of its present mem
bers." "The Tnion can never enjoy repose cor
security as long as Cuba is
n its boundaries.
to the voice of her
I by stubborn
onor, should re-
nilcd iftutcs,"
first law of na-
with indi-
being thus nnd so,
w, human and divine, we
shall be justified in wresting Cuba fiont
Spain, if we poess the power."
There, says I, there's your chart, ns plain
as the nose on a man's face ; and all we've
got to do is to iro ahead. So we all put
our heads together to draw up a plan of
the campaign, and we wasn't long about it.
It was finally concluded that Sanders
should go and stir up the Southern divis
ion, headquarters New, Orleans ; Sickles
should take charge of centre the wing,
headquarters at Washington, and a branch
at New York; and I should go as fast ss
po-sihie, "down Eat," headquarters Dow,u
ingviiie, and lit out a naval force that would
put Cuba through. And here I am, Giue
ral. and you may depend on't the work's
got to bo done.
But now I must ask you, Gineral, whet
in thunder Mr. Man y means by backiu'
nnd fillin' so. I have jest got some of tho
latest New York papers by an outer bound
vc-sel. and one of the first things I see is
Mr. Marcy's letter to Mr. Souley, dated
1 Jtth of November, and it is so full of milk
nnd water it makes me fairly sick. I was
always a lii'le afraid Marey was an old
fogy, but I did think he had a little more
back-bone than be shows in this letter,
lie's no christian, and he's violated tin
Seriptir, for he has put his hand to tbe
plough and 1 loked back. lie seems now
to be for smoothing over matters ; thinks
maybe our country could manage some
bow or other to get along without Cuba ;
don't know but what old Spain means to
do ths thing that's about right after all ;
better clicker a little lontrrr with her in a
frieudiy kind of a way; better not do any
thin; to a fl'i out her ; keep things quiet Sill
Spain gets in the right mood, and tScn if
she wont sell Us Cuba, perhaps bbt'U aettlo
and pay up.
Now, I'll tell you what 'tis, Gjaceal, our
F.urup Cabinet oou't swallow no avh milk
and water stufT like th.'t. V list's, got into
Mr. Marey ? Last year be told Mr. Souley
to demand three hundred thousand dollar
for the lilnck Warrior, right tijwn on the
nail, nnd n t --top to parly about it. But
now he quivers and shakes oue way and
'totiier like a leaf in tun wind. I'm nlraid
Mr. Marey is gitting old. And there's
poor old liiele Jochuai, postmaster of
I'owuingvole, 1 rind he's petting old and
tiiiiersuiu. too. When I got home to Down
itigw le. an ! told tbe family I was going to
tit out the Tive Pollie, and be off the next
(lav to t.ikc f"uba, Uncle J ishua was struck
ail of .1 heap.
Says he, " Major. I leg of you not to go
into any of th:it hiiil ustei in bu-inr.s ; it's
it. xt an i ii t piracy; and there's the neu
trality laws dead again you, too."
" Oh, no," says 1, " l.'nele Joshua, I flint
f iiiu' to undertake any of your low (Kit.
b-ist tin ; I'm only jest going out to tak
Cuba man-i'.L-hi jn, b. cause our country
ciu't g"t along without it, and sv't'-prenea-vation
you know is the tir.-t law '-i niter4
ami because odd Spain keep- U-iliiii of us
and won't pay up. '
" But don't on sec, )sj.i," ssys I'ne'o
Joshua, " if V -u o take Cuba, you v
making vr n;mn Sjiiu ; and you can't d.v
thai according to the Con -tituiion. Nobody
in this country has any power to make war
but Congress."
' But v a'; take-j there 1'rclo
possess w y
not envop" Vjtlr
WO ... Litr
J m
on 1 t.-