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Translated from Lc rrogtess of June 15.
Ton Years of War.
The rapid passage of ihe Tchernaya. threap-
lure ol iveriacn w.mout siriKiriv a mow, nu m
Iriomphul procession of ihe alii-s into the se. of
Azof, have produced a magienl efTVci on public
opinion, and except by n few publicists, who nl
was contrive an escape Irom the caprices of fr
tun, the posi'in of the Russian is regarded ge-Mr-rally
a a very critical one. Several facts
nrriire t' corro'nr ad lips r.pininn. Thus, it is
remarked that the Russians, ei'her because they
are discouraged or b-catise they have lost the
(lower of their troops in so many combats, ire
ni'i-h leas resolute in their attacks at this tinif
than in ih- ao operated in the month of April.
"Ai ilnt period," says a correspondent, "a few
hundred soldiers were seen to throw ihemselves
intt tbe trenches and bravely encounter death
without ii-ldinr a fool; but now thev no Innscr
think of attacking, and even their defence is less
energetic. It may be said that the crisis h is ar
rived f)T l hem."
So. innumerable plans have already been budt
on this material exhaustion ard this moral dejec
tion of the Russians ; and, according to the cor
repondence aire idv cited, "great effirls are going
to be made to capture S.-Sastopol. or nt least to
detroy th RttjI! fl"et in the port, and not to
letv" stone upon n'on n 'he city. Then one
tart of the arrpy is to re-embark, retaining Jvam
ieteh as n place ol arms with a garrison of twen
ty thousand m--n, who will continually be re-supplied
wj:h provisions hy the allied hVets. It ap
pears that the position o( Kami"ech is so formwiable j
that with a few works 01 art in can be matle a
sort of Gibraltar. At ihe same lime Constanti
nople will be occupied indefinitcl y ; its garrison
to consist ol5 forty thousand men. Varna, Adrian
ople, and Gnllipoli will likewise be preserved.
Masters thus of excellent positions, and odsiruct
ing the entire commerce of Russia, the allies can
wait tranquilly, and without new sacrifice, until
Rtmia shall be willing to consent to peace."
What there is astonishing in tins plan is thai it
is identical as to the result wiih that which is as
cribed to Russia, who, tired of exhausting her
men and munitions for the preservation of S.-has-topol,
is to abandon, nl last, this place, and even
the Crimea, to defend herself at Odessa, in Bess
arabia, and to bear dou u again upon the Principali
ties. The belligerents would thus be cut off, ac
cording to tln se ideas which assuredly are not
ours each to himself, and would await circum
stances. Itnf theses nre gratuitous hypotheses,
nir the logic and tendency of tne lacls' are such
a it would hedangTous to disregard or resist. It
is in war especially, that it is hard to prescribe
what the fire shall do. However, let us return to
two capital ImcIj of the late news from Europe,
and examine summarily wjiat they signify.
In the idea we form for ourselves of things at
that distance, we have always considered ihe po
sition of Kertseh as a very important one, and
thought the first care of ihe Russians Nad been to
fortify themselves well there. The event has
prored that such is not the case, for the Russians
have not even made what in military parlance is
calUd an honorable resistance; and vet, in de
fending this point they were still defending Sehas
lop'ij ; since the greater part of the provisions
wjii' h ,-ed the latter plaee, proceed l;om that part
of ihe Crimean Penit su'a which is washed .by the
Sea of Azof. Is this abandonment ihe reailt of
a plan, of cowardice, or of impotence 1 The
firm of these suppositions is. perhaps, the most j
probable; at all events, it is conformable to Rus
sian tradition, which is to yield at the extremities
and to fall back on the centre. However, their
fears might have amounted to something, for they
had to deal wiih a strong party. In fact, tbe ex
pedition directed again! hlertsch was formidable,
nnJ only a place of (he first order eouid resist it.
Twenty thousand men of the best troops in the
world, and a navy which has not a rival, might at
the first shock have reduced to dust fortifications
paid to be insufficient, and rendered useless the
ft s:tat;ce of a feeble g'arrison.
The march of the allies on Tchernaya, and the
facili'ics with which the Russians have permitted
to be captured a position which seriously hazards
the c r.imunicalions of Sebastopoi with ihe ulterior
would prove also a movement of concentration, in
dicating that for the Russians the war was not to
end with the fall of this fortress. On this subject
a very curious letter has been published in ihe
Independence Beige. Authentic or fabricated, tht
opinions w hich it put? forth are none the less con
formable to the historical facts ; and, at all events,
it is very curious to read. t is gait? lo emanate
from a very celebrated Russian statesman, who is
reported to speak for the peace parly. Jt wi'.l be
seen how he understands the matter. We quote :
" I find in tbe French newspapers articles which
'vince the as'onishment that is experienced in
France on wi'nessing the immense preparations
jlor defence which Russia is making. The aslon
jsmcnt will cease w hen it is understood that in
fivstia (.here is a conviction thai a war of ten
years is in.vo'ved. Perhaps we shall be beaten ;
how do I k,uow ' Perhaps we shall lose the Cri
mea But, for ah that, the lion will not be struck
de wn; by strength of being conquered we shall
uarn to conquer. Qur grst campaigns, in all the
wars whth we have had to sustain, have not. in
genera), been fortunate. .We have never reck
oned on brilliant and staMing successes, but we
Jiave made a campaign which hajs served to make
is acquainted with (he s'reng'h of our enemies.
We accept t,he war and the challenge which
Ivigland has fjung to us. Take notice, ihe name
of Franco is net yttered.J Our confidence tn
events and in the f,utu-e is greater lhan you sup
pose ; gad if. after the taking of Sebastopoi, they
come to make us pjpositions of peace which are
not worthy of Russia, we will answer what Gen
eral Koutousofjsaid to M. de Laurislon after the
taking of Moscow, when the French general wished
to confer on negotiations ; but you are joking.
General; the war has now for us jjst com
rnenced.'" Ten years of war-? And yet they say that
since the beginning of the struggle the Russians
have lost two hundred and fifty thousand men,
the Turks one hundred and thirty thousand, the
English tiftty thousand, and the French eighty
thousand in all half a million of men. Ten
ears of war still ! What a prospect)
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FOR PRESIDENT,
HON. HENRY A. WISE,
OF VIRGINIA.
FOR CONGRESS,
HON. BURTON CRAIGE,
OF ROWAN.
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Charlotte, June 29, 1855.
Cotton Coming in slowly ; old crop nearly
exhausted extremes range at 9? a lie.
Flour Supply limited. We quote at 8 a $8.
Corn $100. M.al 1.00.
Bacon Hog round 9 a 10c.
Beef Great decline ; it is now freely offered
at 7 a 6c.
Chickens 12 a 15c.
Butter 15c. Eggs 10c.
APPOINTMENTS.
Hon. Burton Craige will address his fellow
citizens of the 7ih Congressional District, at the
following times and places, to wit :
At Nolands, Cleavelaiid County, June 30th.
M Monroe, Union M July 3d.
" Dallas, Gaston
Newton, Catawba
Wadesboro', Anson
M
M
tt
4th.
7th.
10th.
12th.
13th.
14ih.
- t. Pleasant, Cabarrus "
Aiwell's, Rowan M
Litoker's, " "
i
tc
J. A. C aldwi II. Esq.
This gentleman by his letter seems to have
drawn down upon his devoted head the whole
vinls of the Know-Nothing' indignant wrath.
That letter has been given lo the public. We
lre.-ume most ol the voters in this District will
read it they can understand it as well as we
?n. Iience we will not fill our paper with a long
commentary upon it. We purpose very briefly
to notice two points in the Whip's critique, simply
as an act of justice to Mr. Caldwell. The Whig
says " he took Mr. Craige severely lo task as a
recreant to the interests of North Carolina, and to
those of his District for opposing the distribution
of the proceeds of ihe public lands." This is
quoted to show Mr. Caldwell's inconsistency in
supporting Mr. Craige after having accused him
of recreancy to his constituents. Why does not
ihe Whig tell its readers that when Mr. Craige
came to reply to that charge that he completely re
fu'ed it, and prayed that he had carried out every
pledge that he had made in his previous campaign
that he in conjunction with one or two other
distinguished Democrats by a bold move bad saved
some 800,000 thousand acres of the public lands,
the proceeds of which are duly being distributed
according to the Democratic doctrine in defraying
the burden of the Government and that Mr.
Caldwell afierwards, from the stand, expressed
himself perfectly satisfied with his course in Con
gress. Mr. Cnldwell is an old-fashioned Clay-Whig,
and as there is no condidate of his party running,
he chooses the lesser evil and will vote for an
open, bold, and chivalrous enemy of his princi
ples in preference to a Know Nothing, who dodges
about the country w ith his principles in his pocket.
Mr. Caldwell has seen " Sam " in all his hideous
deformity, and wiih the gifted Mayo and hundreds
of others has left the den of iniquity and now
stands ranged on the side of his country, fighting
manfully for liberty of speech and freedom of
conscience The Know Nothings fear the influ
ence of his example, hence their denunciation
and unbounded abuse. Go on, gentlemen
"curses are like young -thickens, and still come
home to roost." Do your worst he only smiles at
your impotent rage.
If the lXth Article of the Platform is carried
out in goud faiih, eten the Know Nothings them
selves are bound to vote for Mr. Craige, in pre
ference to Col. Stowe. They ihere pledge them
selves to ele vate " to dignified and responsible
positions men of higher qualifications, purer mor
als and more unselfish patriotism." While this
h'ls Col. Stowe a whapper, Mr. Craige just fits it
exactly for between the two gentlemen there
can be no comparison.
The Whig thinks that the National Platform
(which we publish to day) will fully refute and
put to shame every position taken by Mr. Cald
well against Know Nothingism.
This Pla'form, such as it is, thirteen of the free
States repudiated, and another free State and one
ol the slave Stales diviJed on the question of ad
hesion to it. W hat this document says about
slavery is well enough but that was to be ex
pected of Southern delegates. True, it supplicates
Congress to make no law abridging the right of
the slave-bolder u? take his property into the ter
ritories hut you may look in vain throughout it
to find ihe doctrine maintained by the National
Democracy of the country, that no warrant for
ihe exercise of any such power by thai body ex
ists in the Constitution. On the contrary, the
grtat question of the Constitutional right. of Con-
gress to exclude the slave Slates from tfttL equal
participation in the common property of the coun
try iaspeeiaiiy "pretermitted" in the platform.
Here, then, is one marked point which taken
in connexion with Mr. Rayner's Compromise
Resolutions, and subsequent speech in Baltimore,
sustains and gives great face tu Mr. Caldwell's
charge that the Know Nothiugs were M identified
with the Abolitionists." He Mr. Rayner ;,allu
ded lo the Convention of Philadelphia, and assured
the meeting that there had been noserious divi
sion of the Representatives upon the cardinal
principles which brought them together, for they
met and parted like brothers." This precious
moceau is from the speech as reported for the
Baltimore Sun and copied into the Wilmington
Herald.
In conclusion we ak leave to iniroduce the fol
low in" e.xt ract from the N. Y. Herald :
"The Council has pointed a long document,
J called a platform, and signed E B. Barilett of
Kentucky. It is much longer thm such docu
ments usually are, and about fifty times as long
as a political plaif..rm be. At least one h M of it
is balderdash and mre Words. It is high lime
that such stuff as Art. I. about the Supreme Being,
Art. If. about patno ism, Art. V. about immigra
tion". An. VIII. about the Catholics, Art. IX. about
elevating the character of Congress, htid a I irge
portion of the others, should be omitted from se
rious political papers. . If it is necessary lo ns
such twaddle to work on the feelings of the p- ople
el ihe country, a double s of documents should
be adopted, one for intelligent reafWs, the other
for those who are not, and care should b t-iken
to k'ep the latter out of the city papers. Neither
are lh other points of the platform worth much.
Abstractions do not tell wi'h the masses, and are
seldom worth contending for.
Kafrw-Hotfains Demons ration.
The Know-Not hi tigs propose to hold a ratifica
tion mee'ing in this town on next Thursday, the
5:h ol July. We urge it upon all Democrats to
come in, as this is the first, and will be the last
chance to see a full length portrait of the
urchin " Sam." It will be worth wbi'-e to
notice who they are who are going to endorse
the consolidated platform promulgated by the Feds
in their new suit at Philadelphia. Upon inspec
tion it will be found that I hey are lite ' Same old
Coons" with a ftrtr ring upon their tails. There
will be a great flourish of trumpets, and a good
deal of gas will be evolved. Come on Democrats
and see ihe movements of your old foes there
will be sport, sure.
Diabolical Oulrase.
An attempt was made on Tupday last, between
Concord and Charlotte, to throw ihe passenger
cars on the Central Railroad off the track, as they
were coming down. Some villain hd placed a
cross-tie and a fence rail on the ttack at a point
where the Road curves, as the Engineer could
not see them in time to stop.
It was at a very dangerous position, and great
damage would have ensued had the rascal suc
ceeded in throwing the Train off. Fortunately the
Cow-catcher removed the obstruction, and the
Train passed over. As the freight Train bad just
passed down, it was evident that it had juat been
done.
The Conductor and several gentlemen made
pursuit, and tracked a negro (for !he track was
that of a negro,) to the woods, w here the foot
prints were no longer visible. In an adjoining
field they saw two negroes, who, as soon as they
saw the party, ran away. Two men were sent
with instructions to arrest them, but whether they
i djd or. not we have not yet heard.
M 4rta punishment for an offence so heinous and
cold blooded should be cnpital felony. Until some
terrible punishment is meted out as an example,
these things will continue to occur until our com
munity will be shocked by some dreadful catas
trophe. Western Rail Road.
A meeting was hehl in Lincoln ton, on the 20th
inst., at which it was determined to take all the
slock necessary lo secure ihe Charter from here
to Rtuherfordton and another meeting was called
at Shelby, on the 14th of July, to organize the
Company, employ a competent Engineer to make
the survey and do whatever may be necessary in
the procnises. The faie of this enterprise is deci
ded; and the Road will be built. A great deal of
energy and liberality hns been manifested all along
the line. This we regard as the incipient steps
towards the construction of the Charlotte & Jones
6oro' Road a scheme that will enrich every town
and village nlong the line, by opening one of the
most fertile and productive regions under the sun.
Wilmington has a great part to play in this dra
ma. Now is the time for her to speak out, or for
ever hold her peace. Build this Road and what
a destiny opens to her. No city on the Southern
soa-bonrd between Norfolk and New Orleans will
rival her in commercial importance, for she w ill
he the receptacle of the trade of four of the most
opulent States in the Union. We awail with
great anxiety her action in this matter. And our
citizens too should show their hand likewise. No
point except Wilmington will be half as much ben
efitted hy its construction. Build it and no rival
can spring up across our path. Build it and our
commercial position as tht market town for the
west is a fixed fact for all time to come,
What has become of the spirit that displayed
itself in so many good Resolutions and fine
speeches in the Convention '.hat was held hare on
the 4th of last July ?
Charloite to be true to herself, commercially,
and to sustain her reputation as an enterprising
and liberal people should by all means meet the
expectation ber previous course caused to be
raised.
Cotton Bloom.
We received yesterday a Cotton Bloom from the
plantation of Mr. L. Wallace, necr Ptneville. It
is the first we have heard of in this County. Mr.
W. writes that his crops ol Cotion and Corn are
better than they have been fur ten years. We
have been blessed wiih most refreshing showers,
and ihe prospects throughout this section are very
bright.
QZr It is necessary, to carry on the Govern
ment, that some policy should be adopted. We
have carefully scanned the Know-Nothing Plat
form, and not a word is there said about a Na
tional Bank, Tariff, Internal Improvements by
the general government, or the distribution of the
public lands or the proceeds thereof. These
questions must arise what are the views of the
party upon tbem ? Will any intelligent Demo
crat w ho has spent" the best portion of his life in
warrin" against this doctrine of consolidmion be
led into their support, now, by the cry against
foreigners and catholics? By reading over the
names of ihe delegates to the Philadelphia Coun
cil, every one at all acquainted with the public
men of the country will perceive that nearly every
prominent man was a Whig. We here ask
Col. Stowe, as was asked Mr. Reid, if Mr.
Fillmore, or John Bell is the Know-Nothir.g Can
didate for the Presidency, in opposition to an old
line Democrat, which will he vote for? Will the
freemen of this District cast their suffrages for a
man who purposely tacea's his opinions on
questions of such importance from them? The
principles in the platform, alone, will not be suf
ficient to administer the government something
else must be added ; already are the North clam
orous for an increase of the Tariff, and the West
for appropriations of the Public Lands for the
purposes of Internal Improvemants. What would
be the policy of the Know-Nulbing Administration,
if Providence should so signally curse the country
hy permitting one to be elected ? The people
have a right to know.
03- E. C. Grier, Eq., Sheriff of Mecklen
burg County, has his Tax Lists readv for inspec
tion and earnestly requests all persons to meet
him at their respective Muster Grounds ready to
settle.
His responsibilities are really very great, which
cannot be discharged without a punctual payment
of all Taxes due. The Sheriffalty at best is re
sponsible and laborious, and when we have so
faithful and efficient an officer as Mr. Gt ier we
do think all persons ought to lighten his labors
and show their appreciation of him by promptly
paying up.
07" We call attention to the address of the
Washington National Monument Committee to be
found on the outside of this paper.
Horace Greely Imprisoned at Paris.
New York, June !2(.
Letters received here by the steamer St. Louis I
mention thai Horace Greely Ind been arrested i
and detained in prison two days at Paris on the
complaint of a sculptor who sent a work of art to
the New York Crystal Palace. The iriounal dis
missed the complaint.
Our Flour and Grain Market.
We extract the following from the circular of
Messrs. Neuff & Heodrix of Charleston :
The present information from Tennessee, Geor
gia, South and North Carolina, lead us to believe
there will be an extraordinary heavy crop of wheat
secured. We had hoped that a market for all the
wheal raised could have been found with the mil
lers in the up-country and that instead of receiving
shipments, would have received the flour.
This, however, it appears, will not be the case,
as from present appearances there will be Urge
shipments of wheat directed to this market ; and
it is on this account we anticipate our annual cir
cular. Heavy orders are here for wheat at limit
ed prices ; a sale of 2,000 bushels red wheat has
been made at $1.75 per bushel of 60 lbs., !o be
delivered by 20ih July, which we censideir a high
figure, and one that present indications will not
warrant. Wheat must decline materially as the
season advances. For present delivery here it
miuht not be dangerous, but we doubt whether
Georgia and Tennessee can ijet their wheat before
Maryland and Virginia have theirs ready for a
market, as the harvest has already commenced in
those States; in which case the price we have
named, $1,75, would not be safe. South ami
North Carolina may get considerable to market
before any material decline occurs, as they are
nearer a market, but from Georgia and Tennessee
we know by experience that even after it is de
livered at the depots on the rnadjt lakes from 12
to 30 days to arrive here, and from Tennessee
particularly. The Northern markets are declin
ing daily, buyers only supplying themselves for
their immediate wants. Wo think the decline
will continue until the wheat crop is fully ready
for market, when the price will settle down lo a
figure that can be depended upon with more cer
tainty. Our advice to our friends is to operate cautious
ly, feel ihe market step by step as the season ad
vances, and not base any heavy speculations.
for future delivery on present quotations. Corn
has also experienced a considern ble decline in our
market from $1.30 to $1.15 per bushel within the
last 10 days; in this, however, you are not ma
terially interested at present, as you will ha ve none
to spare before the present crop has matured.
Our present market quotations are : Flour su
perfine, $9 to $10. tn sacks, and $0 to S10
in barrels. The stock is ample arid demand light.
Some 40,000 bushels of corn have been receiv
ed the past week, opening at $1.24 and closing at
$1.15 hulk.
Large receipts of oats have put down prices to
70 a 65.
No wheat in market ; orders here limited at
$1.60, to be delivered by the 20tb July.
From Texas.
The United States mail steamship Louisiana,
Captain Talbot, arrived on Fridry at New Or
leans, from Galveston and Indianola.
In our last, says the Galveston News of the
16th, we stated that despatches had been received
from tbe Trinily, representing a rise of six feel at
Magnolia, and the river still rising. We learn
that the rivers are again down, or that the tele
grapb has been otherwise interrupted, so that no
further dispatches had been received.
The Austin papers are urging the necessity for
an asylum fortjje insane. Five years ago ihere
were, according to the census, one hundred and
ihiriy insane and idiotic persons in the Sfate ; and
it is estimated that in 1860 the number will be over
five hundred.
There was a report at Loredo that the filibus
ters have possession of the cityf Monterey, and
have the two Governors and all of their adherents
in jail.
Carvaj.tl crossed the river Rio Grande, with
about 1,000 Americans.
Fino ram have lately fallen throughout the ;
C?.... r t
One ought to have dates at one's fingers ends,
seems; they grow upon the palm. ' I
From the Greenville (S. fr) Patriot.
The Know-Nothings.
The new
political party in the Untied ata.es
nave oeen sunny m - f , .
city of Philadelphia, and we believe most of the
. . M..i,,,,,n I nnveniion m "
States were represented m this Oonventun. ouw.
Carolina was there, in lull force, some letter wri
:er remarks, and sitting check by jowl with V ilson
and the other abotifionjsts of the North ! Strange
thintrs will haoDen in the revolutions oi pu.m.
and the
lmt th
e
hmth Carolina secessionists have often
misfortune lo have strange bed-fellows
The first toast given at the grand banquet of the
Know-Nothings, was "the union-
We sun
no Southern disunionisls drank this in silence.
The Know-Nothings are a sagacious, shrewd
set of fellows. Their sole obj-ct is power, and
hence thev have shaped their principles for suc
cess. Nine-tenths of the people of the? United
States.are in favor of the Union, and hence that
is one of their watchwords. Nineteen twentieths
of them are native born Americans, and hence
their war against foreigners. The Protestants
out number the Catholics thirty to one, and hence
the Know Nothing religious persecution of Roman
Catholics, gotten up by this new party organiza
tion. It would seem that the object of the Know
Nothings was to make war against minorities, and
expanse every political, moral and religious creed
which has a majority of the people of the United
Statas. This is pretty smart in the old Whig
party, which has been broken down and trampled
on for the last eight or ten years. Wo once knew
a most dexterous litigant in Court to whisper in
ihe ear of hie counsel, who was examining a wit
ness dead against him as to certain facts, " Christ
Jasus, change your ground." So with the old
coon skin, cider barrel and log cabin party ; they
have discovered 'ffiat the people of the United
States are dead against them on the tariff, internal
improvements (ay Congress, national bank, and
all the old federal Whig doctrines. Hence the
order has gone forth, "preslo, veto," 'change your
around," abandon your log cabins, and coon
skins, and cider barrels, and huzzas for the A
merican Union, the Protestant religion, nnd native
born Americans ! In order to preserve the Union,
defend our religion and govern our own country,
in our own way, we must form secret societies,
and have hidden associations, as they did in
France, when the Jacobin Clubs governed that
country in Moid ! In order to defend the Pro
testant religion against a handful of Roman Cath
olics, scattered over the country, we must jnake
vv. 1! known infidels and scoffers at all religion,
our standard bearers and the leaders of our Pro
testant hosts ! In order to protect the native born
Americans, numbering some twenty-five millions,
from being governed by a few Irish and German
foreigners, we must raise funds and purchase up
the Irish and foreign vote at our elections ! This
has been done in Southern cities ! In order to
preserve the Union. Northern abolitionists and
Southern secessionists are made to sit down at the
same table, in Philadelphia, and drink to the per
petuity of this glorious Union ! Well done for
that toast ! It was a good one, and wo hope our
Southern disunionist smacked their lipse and for
got the company they were in whilst drinking so
good a sentiment.
We have said that the Know Noti;:.ig party was
the most odious and despicable that ever attempted
to raise its head in the United States ! We do
not mean to say that the individual members of
ihe party are odious nnd despicable. Far be it
from us to say anv such thing. We know hon
orable and worthy men of that party. Rut ue
do say, and repeat, that the principles of tlie
Know Nothing party are the most odious and des
picahle that we hsve ever known in the United
S'ales. It is revolting to our sense of justice to
see a majority of twenty to one making a political
war against the minority ! It is odious to the
feelings of our heart, and in violation of all princi
ples of Christianity, as well as the fundamental
guarantees of tbe Constitution, to see a class of
professing christians uniting to persecute, and
trample on, and exclude, from all political rights,
anmher class of christians who are in a minority !
It is at war with the spirit of our republican insti
tutions, and controverses the history of the settle
ment of these United States, which was an asylum
for the oppressed and persecuted of all counties,
to disfracchise the wise and virtuous of foreign
lands wh have come here to seek a home and
enjoy freedom and political equality. We detest
everything secret in a republic which has any
reference to Government and political rights. It
is demoralizing fo deny the truth in politics. It is
dishonorable to stand by and hea r one's pa rty and
principles abused and not defend them. This the
Know Nothings have to do, as they are secret in
everything.
The hypocrisy of the Know Nothings consists
in professing to feel an apprehension of danger,
'o ihe Protestant religion, in these United Stales
from the Roman Catholics. No man of sense can
entertain any such apprehension. Men of sense
may hate the Catholics, and bad men, professing
to be Christians, may feel willing to persecute
them. There is, loo, the same hypocrisy in pre
tending lo fear the influence of foreigners in Amer
ica. No man of sense can honestly believe that
there is any danger to be apprehended from any
such source. This country has been settled en
tirely by foreigners. We are all the descendants
of foreign ancestors, who came to America as the
lovers of freedom und a free republican Govern
ment. M;iny, very many, of the most distmgu.
ished patriots and heroes of the American Revo
lution were foreigners. Some of the brightest
intellects and purest hearts of the last half century,
in the United Slates, were from Europe. No one
yet has seen the occurrence of danger or evil
from ibis foreign emigration. They come here
and emalgamate with us, and are as' strongly at
tached to our institutions as we are ourselves. In
all that crusade against African slavery, which
has been going on at the North for years past, our
foreign citizens have had nothing to do. On the
contrary, they take sides wiih us, and have assist
ed in putting down theabolition mobs and riots in
Northern States. Not one Roman Catholic
priest's name was to be found on that list of thous
ands of clergymen who petitioned Congress for
the repeal of the Nebraska bill ! And yet slave
holders and Southern men are uniting with these
abolition, Pro'estant, native American preachers
of the gospel, to put down tbe foreign Catholic
influence which sides with ihe South and opposes
the North, in their infamous interference with our
domestic institutions !
But the truth is, that neither Catholicism, nor
foretgn influence, nor love of Protestantism, nor
regard for the American Union, has anything to
do with this Know Nothing movement ; it is a
Whig movement; an effort on the part of a fcro
ken down party to steal into power, and rule the
country with high tariffs, national banks, and in-'
ternal improvements. It is a cunningly devised
scheme, on the part of leading politicians, to get
into office by an appeal to the basest passions of
the human heart. Honest men anJ ,
have been delached from the Democratic ranks by
tins secret organization. 3
Col. Braxton Bragg, of Buena Vista memo
rlli'" 5K5 V.rgina, stopping at'
... v-. ms uroiner-in-law, Jas. E. Cuth-
bert, Ivsq.
The weather is intensely hot.
Sam's Epitaph!
That able exponent and defender of tlertioc i
priuciplen, the Pennsylvahian, afler noticing C
length the proceedings of the know-notiii- J
meeting held in Philadelphia on Saturday eve
last, closes with the following epitaph : D8
Departed this life, after nine day of jntP
suffering, Sam Know-Nothing a rascal 0r"?
most acuate type. He was born of Haired' 8
Ignorance, and nourished by Peculation, Fr8n.
and Envy were his sponsors, and Bigotry Joj
Proscription his preceptors. Lies and Miii
were his meat and drink, and Treason to theCoj
stitute the object of his existence. Detected j
his design, he established the third degree, wj,;
was to deceive the South into the idea that unde,
his protection their peculiar institutions were
from interference. He explained the operation of
ihe third degree to the East and West, beca(lle
hia chief strength lay in those quartersand np
them he would have lo rely for success! He tola
the abolitionists that the Uurd degree was harm,
less to their interest, because not more than on,
in five members would take that degree, as in W
case of Masons,becoming Royal Arch Masons.
The business of the secret order would still he
transacted by members of the second degree, for
fifths of whom were in favor of admitting nommt
slave Slates into the Union- The third dern
was intended to operate upon the elections to be
held- at the South, in order that success might
accrue to the secret order by giving it a son of
national character. Without a party in the Souih
the organization could be only sectional and fac.
lions. Sam, therefore, born a liar and cheat, vrith
nothing but evil in his nature, lived a short and
infamous life, and died with a Me upon his lips, ja
the hope that his fraud might be successful.
deeds wero matured in darkness, and sought lobe
achieved by means the most infamous. No place
was too sacred for his corrupting influence no
ties of kindred too holy to be severed. Friend
ships were .to be conducted by fraud, and false,
hood everywhere substituted for truth, until hu.
man society should become so debased and religion
so perverted that liberty would no longer exist
and the living God cease to be worshipped. U
the midst of his wicked career, Providence stretch. !
ed out is arm, ard Sam fell l victim to his own i
viliany ."
President P-lcrcc.
An English traveller, Mr Weld, in a new work
on this country, relates the following on the dutiet
of the President :
4 Although Gen. Pierce is remarkable for hi
affability in private life, he is not popular. He
is an excellent man of business. More than nnce
he complained of the tremendous labor of his office,
which is so great as lo scarcely leave him a nun.
ute's leisure. Some change in the duties,' he
said, ' must be made, as no man can stand ih
work, even for four years. You can form no idea,'
he added, of the number o voluminous manu
script documents connected with public Inning
which I have to read.' Suggesting that in many
cases this might be done by a secretary, he tr
plied : No, 'lis better to read and mas'er ev.
the most lengthy document, for them I am in a
position toeut a man short il he is talking nan
sene.' This admision is significant of active
participation in the business of the Government.'
- -
Ion,' the Washington correspondent ol tin
Baltimore Sun, sins :
' 1 have information from a very authentic
source, that show of triumph on the prl of the al
lies is theatrical and d lusive. The supplies of
Sebastopoi are by no means stopped by the recent
conquests in the sea of Azoff. Sebaslooo) .vet
stands, and may long stand a reproach lo thqchi
valry of Western Europe.'
0C7 The Washington Slar s ivs lhat Dr. Burl
led, the President ot ihe Know Nothing NnMstai
Council, ts a full blooded abolitionist, nnd ilmlPar
son C-iff, ihcir newly elected Grind Chuplaiasf
the order, is report' d to be a notorious M ssachu
setts preacher of abolitionism a leading ne 4
the three thousand clerical signers of the a tilt Nebraska-Kansas
bill excommunication against Sena
tor Douglas, the supporters ol the bill in ConffWi,
the President and the South.
mmm m -
When Dr. Roth was a young man he was in
vited to dine in Company with Robert Morris, Ivq.,
a man celebrated lor the pri he took in the Ame
rican Revolution. It so happened that ihe com
pany had waited some time for Mr. Morris, who,
on his appearance, apologized for detaining them,
by saying that he had been engaged in reading i
sermon of a clergyman win had jusl gone to Eng
land to receive orders, 4 Well, Mr. Morris,' si!
tho doctor, ' how did you like it V ' It's loe j
smooth and tame lor rue.' Mr. Morris,' repli d
ihe doctor, 'what sort of a sermon do you like!'
' I like, sir,' replied Mr. Morris, 1 that kind of
preaching which drives a man into the corner nl
his pew, and makes him think the devil it after
him.'
Complimentary. In the brilliant debate whiefc
took, place in the recent General Assembly, be
tween the intellectual giants of the Church, miin
subject of extra Church organizations, Dr. Thorn
well, of South Carolina, being taunted by D'.
Plumberinffferer.ee to the political hielory of
South Carol ina, replied :
1 He could not conclude these remarks wiiheu;
and allusion to what he considered ihe higM
compliment ever paid him, when his brother H
he occupied the same position in the Church tin'
was occuupied by a distinguished politician of h"
Stale, (South Carolina.) He believed if there evf
was a man upon whom every god had set hiil
to give the world assurance of a man was John I.
Calhoun.'
An Affecting Incident. A seamen of
fleet before Sebastopoi, whose family lives at P1
perro, in this county, whs ordered on shore If
the purpose of assisting in burying the slain'
fell in a late attack of tho Russians on the BriwJ
batteries ; and most the first person he met
on landing was one of his brothers, of wn0
presence in ffiflrfleet he was not before infbrnw
and who had been severely wounded in the ',le
engagement. From him he learned that his t
other brothers were all serving in the naval
gade on shore ; and with him he remained uo'
he saw Inm expire. He them proceed on ihe du
for which he had landed, and soon discovered'1
bodies of his two olher brothers, who had bs
killed in tho battle. His feelings may be im?'
ined, as he assisted in laying these three broth'1
of his own, side by side in'one grave.
Cornwall Gazette Boy"1-
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11 AKR I AGES-
Married, in ihis county, on the 20th instant,
the Rev. H. B. Cunningham. D. D., Mr. JASJJ
W. McGINN and MissX:HRISTlAN . llb
DERSCN.
PEAT IIS.
Died, in this place, on Friday, 22d insMj
WILLIAM M. WHEALEN, aged 3 years and?
da vs. lFft
Died, in this place on the 19th instant,
LIAM A. BERRYHILL, in the second yesr U
his nge.