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TO r. P. WARING, Editor and Proprietor. ) A FAMILY PAPER DEVOTED TO POLITICS, LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, MINING, AND NEWS. PRICE $2 PER YEAR -In Advance. iljt Ifatrs---Distinct as the 3JiIloai, bu one 115 tie ni." i fU VOL. 3. CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 13, 1855. NO. 51. From the Augusta (Georgia) Constitutionalist. An Old-Unc IVIiig'a Opinion of Hie kuow otliiii Platform. Mr. Editor : Our Southern Know Nothings are trying to make a great deal of fuss about a certain datform on the slavery question, which their own souUtern delegates, with the assistance of the dele gates from New York. parsed at their late con tention in Philadelphia. Now, while this know nothing platform is not as good as the Georgia platform, it i hardly as good, and certainly no letter, than the late national w hi and national democratic platforms. The know-nothing rcso lutions certainly lack the boldness of expression of both the whig and democratic resolutions in relation to a sore sulj-ct to the North the fugi- tive-slave iaw tor while the lormcr makes no allusion lo the fugitive-slave law by name, both of the latter expressly named this law, so much hated -by northern anatics. But let the several platforms peak for :hemselves. Here they are, viz : KNOW-NOTHING NATIONAL PLATFORM. XII. The American party, having arisen upon the ruinSand,nspK ofh.topposiUonof thehighadtl Lcen d jn or olher 1. r . 1 nmi'ru r n-i r a (t-ninur rn.i. i .1 n r 1 ' r . ' manner response .or me obnoxious acts or vio- feted pledges ol eilhrr. And the systematic agl- T . V ' 3 1 i - -""J - r t . i . i" ,. I. ...... I . ...... . .i i. .i.. . .. i in an in oi ioiiiicii jiocr, nnu uroug.u our iiimi- lutioUS into pen!, it has threforc b come the tin peraiive duty of the American pirty to interpose, Sir the purpoe of giving peace to the country and perpetuity to the Union. And as experience has hown it impossible to reconcile opinions so ex irnne as those which separate the disputants, and as shore cm be no dishonor in submitting to the laws, the national council ha deemed it the best gu .rum. e oi c.iimo..., JU..LB a.-o .u...,.- ,.. ..:., . . .- :.. ..: l ..... bide by and ma. ..lain the existing laws upon the wstHrn States thai seceded from the Philadelphia suljel oi ..lav. ry, as a final and conclusive -settle- j convention. But they may say New York i m. m of ibat su! j ct. in s; int and in substance. mound, and thai she will stand by the platform. " Ai.e regarding ifc highest duty to avow ihe-ir fjul jj true? The election a few mouths opinions u,.n a uj el mj important in disiincl since in Nw York denies the truth of this asser and un. jMi.v..c I leroi. i! is h re' y d dared, as j timim j lie !a(f. eec,j.,n jn ,Ba S ate lor mem the -miisi of this national council, tha: Congress j ira ,.r ,Vip nxi dmurp ih-m p .Uh .h.piv tins evd s ill. i s I ite upon 1 1 om admim r the r u- oVr tlie constitution !n I:-r- Miii cl of slavery ill the S'ate u iinli ih- Union Im-c use its c.uisti t'ltmn does or does no? recognise d:e ioatitu!itu of nlhVi-ry ns a p ir! ol hs-soc-al st m ; and espe i i illy preteriiu ting any epresioii of opinion upon the power ol C n Tr-'ss to establish or pro Mittil ltterv in any Ti r.'itor.v, it is the aenao of Ihe national conned thai t5njrnms ou.At not t't lgi!r upon the so'j ci ol tdaverv wiiiin the I : ii or v o ile United Slate- ; and that any inter I ee hv Coiir'-ss with alaVerv as it eii.ta in the Ulslric' ol C duinhta would be a viol illoa of ! p rit and ini-n'in il I he compact b, u bich Itir S ite ol M.n and ( 1 d the Ii. strict of the Unit'd Stales, ai-J a Lr ach ol t.ation i! faith. DKMet'HTIC NaTIoNaL TLaFoKM. 'J. That IVligl" s" has no poWef unoer the run- ii ui. n t int- r ere St Sill or contiol the doaneslic i -ttu i n.t of the st v ral States, and that such S an s are the sol- ami proper judges of t v c thttlg attpei aining m t!i ir own affairs not prohibiied by me constitution ; ih.n allelTria ol the abo'iii'Miisis or tth rs made l-i induce Cngreb to interfere tl h nuesnn!" ol sliveii". or to lake incipient airpaju reli.iioi. ihento. art- raiuuialed to lead to the mo' alnrm-ug nd d-tngenass const q-n nces j and that nil. such efKrla have an ineiable ten deuev to diuiini'h the happiness of the people, and rmlanger he JH bui!y and permanency of the Union, and nughl n! hi be cottulcuauct il by any Iriend ol our po iuc l institutions. Ktolceti, That the foregoing proposition cv rs, ad was in'.i n led to einlwace, the whole suhjerl I ol slavi ry agitation in C-fn-sis ; and therefore the democratic party ol the Union, atanoing apna aatnmal platform, will abide by ami adhere to the faithful ex cuiion ol the acts kaoafl as the c.m- ' promise measures, settled by the last Congress j the act or irejaiming uffilgi ives frmn s rvice or Lb r mclod d ; oluvh act, being design -d In c ir ty out an express piov.sioii ol ihe constitution, cannot with fiJelity thereto be repealed, or so changed as to destroy or impair its efficiency. llisulnd. Tint ihe democratic party will reisl H attemp's at renewing, in Congo s- or out of it, the tioitatii n of the alaeerv uu s ion, under what- i tur abape or ddor the attempt may be made. ma NATIONAL I'LATKOKM. 8. The series of acts of the 31st Congress, .commonly know n as the Compromise or Adjust ,men ('ho act ol ihe recovery ol fugitives from .l.V or included.) are rec ived and acquiesced in by , -;he w higs ol the United b:at. s as a final settle- ceie ur not j regard to their .respective platforms, nent, in principle and substance, of I bo su' jects xl iS certain that thev are thoroughly united in np :o vbicJb iVy relate; and, so far as these acts are; position to President fierce and his administra oneerued, we will maintain them, and insist on ' tjon But while their hatred is directed to the sheir strict enforcement, until tune and experience overthrow of ihe general administration, il is a hall demonstrate the necessity of further legisla- j musing to see what characteristic and contradic tion lo guard against the evasion of ihe laws on j torv reasons they give for their animosities to the the one hand, sid the abuse ol their powers on the President. The Know Nothings of the North an other not impairing their present efficiency to I PXCeedingly indignant, because, as they allege, carry out the r qujrementi ol ;he constitution ; and j ,h,,jr President is in llie hands of the slaveholders, we deprecate all further agitation of the questions ail(j shapes his policy only to suit the lavehold thus se tled as dangerous to our pe;uce, and will j jg Siatea. On the other hand, the Know Nothings discountenance all eTor"s to continue or renew ! o(- 1De South are quite as posiiive thai the Presi- such agitation, whenever, when ver, or however maue, anu we w in maintain tuis seiuemeni as j essential la tbe nationally ol the wlar party and j he integrity of the Union. I Here are three platforms the fir-et adopted by ! the southern delegates, with the astaoce of New York, at the late know-nothing national conven- the fact that it is just such injustice as this that tion at Philadelphia ; the. second adopted uu uii- drives off the best intellects ol the Whig party i" ntously at the last Democratic National Conven- iheSoulh, and leaves the whole burden of thecan lon ; and the third adopud bv the late National vass in the hands of cast off demngogues and aeJ Whig Convention 66 delegates yoling for it. fish office-hunters. Nothing more convincingly And I would ask the unprejudiced leader it the establishes th? iuuste fahsehood and corruption ol know-nothing resolutions are any belter than either ' the leaders of the new party than their violent Mid of the old parties? N iy, more; are th'-y even contradictory assault upon President Pierce. And as bold and emphatic as the other two, even ; if we did not see daily evidence of this rank and though bui one northern State in committee voted , shameless practice, we should scorn to believe that or them at the late know-nothing national eon- mention? But our southern know-nothing friends s .y t j 'Oh, but our platform was so good for the South, that the abolition delegates from the 12 northern und western States seceded from lis after we pjss eu it." They did, hey did ? Then, so much I the worse lor your association with I bean : for, if! heir withdrawing from your convention proves ! anything, (even without a otlicr evidence.) u 1 proves conc!umlv whit'Vt an: t-know-not bines I have .all along said about your northern know, nothing brethren, viz: th.it they ate tvose aboli tionist than have ever before had position or power in any of the northern and uestcm Stales. And how does it prove it ? Because, heretofore, while there have do doubt been free-soilers in both the whig and democratic National Conventions, still tJ.ey were not so rabid as to withdraw from their party associates and from their convention merely because a majority passed the above resolutions ; but these northern know-nothings, it seems, are such rampant abolitionists, and hate the South and il6 institutions so intensely, that they will not even remain in a party convention that pleases them in every other particular, whose majority dare agree j lo by d maintain certain laws, passed in mxnwvmueu wim me constitution lor llie protection was angry. Under long eyelashes sparkled blond of the rights of the South. Upon whut ground, j shot black e)es through wide slight syeiids. His then, can our southern know-nothing friends con- I nose was larjrp, prominent, sliyhily hooked, and gratulate themselves or the South upon the pas- sage of their platform, when they had to pass it by tltemseves, extrjit with the assistance of JSi iv lihl! i lie resolutions are no better by being iiasst-rl in Ph i ladol nb in id in tkoC w.nlrl Imvo kdn southern Stule. Surely the souths - Snrr'Iv I M fifkiirhrn bntkit.nitn did ol , t bru del Ies to ,,eC()rne fr,e. Mjler. and abe'itionist. and to abandon the rights oi the South al Philadelphia, and now congratulate the South that they did not do it j If there be any other cause lor congratulation connected with ihe late Philadelphia convention, really I cannot see it. IJut is there no other evidence that this know nothing platform is all a cheat or a humbug; or, at best, that il ami tints to nothing 1 L- l us tec. I presume thai surely none of the southern know, nothings will now have ihe hardihood lo say that the Souih can expect any lavor or justice from the Z bnow-nothin e par ty in the twelve i.onhcrn and know nothings and lugs sleeted to Congress ; and so iar from New York being sound, and her know. nothings lo.ind standing by this platform, out of the lare oumber of know-nothing members to Congress, the New York papers tell u there is not even one know-nothing meinbef who will vote agaiasl the repeal of llie fugitive-slave law, or against :he rjjeed of the Kansas and Nebraska c?. And this is. indeed, a pretty national organ is ition lor the South to look to lur ju'lice or a protretiou of iis rights ! For my own part, I pray that the South may ever be delivered Iroin a?uj such a 11 national organization," be it called ultra democratic, whig, know-nothing, or any apiher n:ui e. Tin n, what is the use of southern men keeping up such an organization longer I Nave they ;oi nothing better to do than be trying to run down and persecute a few foreigners and Catholics in southern S ates? There are but five or six thous and Catholics uud foreigners in Georgia, with a population ol a boat one million; and there are but a' nil three hundred thousand foreigners and Catholics together in the hole South, with a pop ulation ol 6 000,000 or ,U0l),e,til?. The are ail true am) loyal to the South and Iit institution!. Then, why make ar upon them? la ii b-cause they are fiic and harmless 1 If so, this perse "Ution of this weak class among us is surely notmagnan- . imous, or charac'.eristic of southern ch irCer. j And since il has now been proven in the late I 1 h hub Iphia convention that the native-American or know -no lung party, in at hast twelve of the northern and western Stat s, is now composed of, ; and is controlled by, the most violent abolitionists and free soilers, so far from we of the South join ing them in their crusade against the Catholics and fori igm-rs th re, sound policy would seem to dic tate that we of the South should extend our sym pa'hy and "aid aoo comfort" in the highest degree to the Catholics and foreigners at the North who are against tlitm ; and we shou'd use them, it we can, to put down these native-born traitors at ?he North, who are now plotting day and night to j destroy ihe constitution and the Union, and who are now plo'tingday and night aguusi our proper ty and our lives. Don't you think I am right, Mr. Editor ? Com mon sense tells mo that I am. But J will conclude now, and let you hear from me again. AN OLD LINK WHIG. Presidknt Pikrce. Whether the Know No-h jnirs ()! ,hG North and those of l lie South are sin (j0t is untrustworthy in r-gard to tbeshive S ates, ; afl(j ma Ue is la the hands ol the Ireesmlers. 'fhis is an appropriate work lor such politicil I gamesters as Garret Davis and George D. Pren- lice, of Kentucky, B.rd tbeir echoes; but how j much self degradation ft must require is proved hy j any portion of our Coun'ryni-n could be guilty such monstrous .self stultification. Washington Union of . Sam' seems to be furnishing the ci untry with , any number of candidates for oflice. In Philadel- phia the Know Nothing organ announces a list of j only seventeen candidates for the t-Ace of Sheriff, j and sixteen for tho office of Register of W ills. II , Americans do not govern America, it will no oe I for want bf men uiJIing to accept ihe office for waul of men Ulinc to accept ihe offices. - Mohammed Ills Personal Appearance- and Habits. From a life of this great Prophet and Reformer recently published in London, we extras the fol lowing description of his personal appearance and habits : .Mohammed was middling size, had broad shoulders, a wide chest, and large bones ; and he was fleshy, but not stout. The immoderate size of his head was partly disguised by the long locks of hair, which in slight curls came nearly down to the lobe of his ears. His oval face, though tawny was rather fair for an Arab, hut neither pile nor high colored. The forehead was broad, and his fine and Ions; bu! narrow eyebrows were s oarnt : ed by a vein which you could see throbbing if he the tip ol it seemed lo be turned up, but was not j so in reality. The mouth mm wide , he had a j good set ol teeth, and the foreteeth were asunder. His beard rose from the cheek bones, and came down to the collar bone; he clipp-d his mousta chios, but did not shave them. He stooped, and was slightly humpbacked. His gait was careless, and he walked last heavily, as it he were ascend ing a nil; ard tl he looked back, ho turned round his whole body. The mildness of his countenance gained him the confidence of every one ; but he cou'd not look straight into a man's face; he turn ed his eges usually outwards. On his back he had a round fl shy tumour of the size of a pigeons egg ; its furrowed suriace was covered with hair, and its base was sourrounde d by black moles. This was considered as the seal of his prophe tic mission, at least during the latter pari of his career, by his followers, who were so devout that they found a cure for l heir arlinga in drinking the wnter in which he had bathed ; and it must bve been very refreshing, for he perspired profusely, and Ins skin exhaled a s'rong smell He 'OSlpw-i-d considerable care upon his person, and more particularly on his teefh, which h rubbed so fre qtiently with a piece of wood, that a Shiah author was induced to consider it ns one of the signs of his prophetic mission. lie bathed frequently, washed st vera I limes a day, and oiled his head profusely alter washing it. At times he dyed his hair and beard red with henna, in imitation of his grirdra:her, who imported this habit from Yar m hi. Though he did comb himself regularly, he did it now and then. At first he wore his hair Itke the J- ws and Christians ; for he said, "In all instances in which God has not given me an or der.to the contrary,! like to follow ibeir example;' but subsequent v ho? divided it, like most of his countrymen, livery evening he applied antimony to his eyes and (hough he had not many grey hairs even w hen he died, he concealed them by dyeing or oiling them, in order to please his wivps muny of whom svere young and inclined In be gid dy ; HP'i whose numbers he increased in propor ti n as lie. became more decrepit. The prophet was usually dressed in a white cotton shirt, or blouse ( quamye,) with pockets, and sleevs which reached to his wrists. He had a skull can and a turban on his head, the extremities hanging down (he b ek; and sandals, with two leather straps over the instep, on his feet. In the house he wore mere ly a piece of el'ith ('icabah ) tied round his tem ples, leaving the crown of llie head uncovered. Sometimes hn wore instead of the shirt a " suit of clothes " hollow ), which consisted ol an a pron ( izar ). that is to say, a piece of cloth tied round ?be w iist and hanging in folds down lo the leg-., like a woman's petticoat; and a sheet ( rie'a ) 01 square shawl, which was thrown over tbe left shoulder, and wrapped round the body under the right arm. Sometimes he wrapped himself in a blanket ( mirt ). An EXonest Heart to love Yon. BEKMINE. NolliMtgl and what more would you have young giil, whi-n that is all, indeed, and the rest but little less than nothing ? Smile on now, in quiet happiness, for with that blest assurance you may look with hope upon the fu'ure ; there will he ills and griefs, and heart achi s, but still will throb an honest man's heart In love you. Nothing ! Are ihe pure devoted Joe of an honest heart, the generous impulses of a oniric soul the virtu, s which insure your future happiness to be counted nothing ? Ah ! rather let prayer a rise on high to Him who h is given you so much of happiness. IIov many as young, as good, as lovely, bend the knee to ask Almighty God the precious boon of an hon st hear In love them. A time must come when youth, and grace and loveliness will fade away, when hopes and dreams and yerniiig change to quiet nil trust in Provi dence, when earth's surface will seem void of diz z'ing roses, and lile's sky unlit by glorious sun beams, when friends, and relatives, and loveliness will pass before you lo the grave ; hut stili will bloom sweet flowers of happiness along life' w iy, and softened holier sunlight flood tbe sky ; if on the desert land there throbs an honest heart to love you. Ncthing! There will be nn hour in which earth with its pomp and showy wealth with lis pleasures i and delight, and beauty, with its charms and pow- ; r r,, will seem to you like nothing : while the in nwjry of a love that blest your maidenhood and cheered you and the storms ot life, thai went be- ore v on and gave your spirit strength to follow, that crushed the thorns of affliction placed upon vour brow and culled each flower that blossomed oll jfe'g way will rise in pleasantness before you and while your spirit quiet and serene, awaits death's summons from this world, r member that the pecce, the crown, ihe happiness is yours, he cause ol the virtue, truth and bright example of the honest heart that loved you. Landmarks of the Dem'Cratic Party. The U'aslrng'on Union of Thursday publishes the proceed ng or the recent Democratic State Convention cl Louisiana, held hi B'on Rogue, on the 18th instant, which among oilier resolution adopted ihe Georgia Platform, and accompanies them with die following rerark : 4 The resolutions adopted at those meetings show an unfaltering adherence to the recognised principles and lamdaaarfcs of tho demoerati party, a culm, cheerful, and an abiding confidence iu the future, and at ihe same lime the occasion is ap- propnately emuraeed to pay a piling innate to tne vikdoBi, patriotism, una nueii.y oi President j Pi tee's admintatrntioo. From tbe Mississippi Journal. A Frlsutfal Snake Story. The following incident was n dated 10 us the other day by one whose veracity is unquestioned, and who was an eye witness of the lact. It is more appaling than any we recollect to have ever read in the hisiory ol those reptile. Some time last summer the inhabitants of Man chester, Mississippi, gave a barbacue, which was attended by most of the fashion and beauty of the town and surrounding country. It happened that among the guests there was a young lady, Miss N., recently from one of th j eastern cities, who on a visit to lur relations in the neighborhood of ihe town. Miss M. was n gay and extremely fashionable young lady, and withal possessed an uncommon share of spirit and courage, xcpt in a matter ol snakes, and of those she had so great a dread that she scarcely dared to walk anywhere, except in the most frequented places, for fear of encounter ing th' m. Every effort was used, but without avail, to rid her of her childish fears. They haunted her continually, until at last it became the settled conviction of her mind that she was destin ed to '.all a victim lo the fanes of a rattlesnake. The sequel will show how soot) her terrible pre sentment was fu'filled. Towards the close of ihe day, while scores of the fairy ket w re keeping "me in the dance to the music, and the whole company were in the lull tide of enjoyment, a scxeam was heard from i inquisition; and by his code Nnpoleen produced re Miss M., followed by the most agonizing cries for j forms as admirable as they will be lasting. For help. The crowd gathered round her instantly, and beheld her standing the perfect image of des pair, with her hands grasping a portion of her dress with ail the tenacity of a vice. It wa.r some time before she could be rendered sufficiently calm to tell the cause of her alarm ; and then they gath- ered from her broken exclamation thai she wa (' grasping the head of a snake among the folds ofj her dress, and feared to let go her hold for fear of receiving the fatal blow. This intelligence caused many to shrink from her; but most of the ladies, ) 'or their honor b it told, determined nol to leave her in her direful extremity They besought her not to relax her hold, as afety depended upon it, until some one could be found with courage enough to seize and remove the terrible animal. There were none of the la d'es, however, to perform the act, and the situa tien of Miss M. was becoming more and more critical every moment. It was evident that her s'rengih was failing fast, and ihat she could not maintain her hold many minutes longer. A hasty consultation among the calmest of the Indies was held. In n it wis Hp.prmlnpH fbnl Mr i Tison, who was present, should be called lo their assistance. He was quickly on the spot, and be ing a nvn of uncommon courage, he was not many minutes within the circle of weeping and hall fainting femafos, until he caught the tail of the sdake and wound it round his hand to make sure ol Ills hold. Ae then told Miss M. that she must let goat the moment he jerked it away ; and to make the act as instantaneous as possible, he would pronounce the words one, two, three, and at the moment lie pronounced the last word, she must let go her hold, and he doubted nol he could withdraw the snake before it would have time to strike. Ail stood in breathless horror, awaiting the act of life or death ; and at the moment the word ihree was pronounced, the doctor jerked out the largest and most diabolical looking bustle that was ever seen in Mississippi. The whole affair ws then ex plained. The fastenings of the machine had be come loose during dancing, and it had shifted its position in such a way that it dangled about the lady's limbs, and induced (he belief that it was a snake with an enormous head. The doctor fell right down in his tracks, and fainted he did. No -lit Carolina Rail Road. The annual meeting of the stockholders of this Road will be held in the town of Greensboro' on the. 2nd Thursdiy, the 12th day of July next. We understand that there will be a meeting of the Directory on ihe 9;h of July. We learn that the work on this great enterprise is progressing with all possible despatch. On the eastern end, the cars are running daily to Mebanes ville, 32 miles east of Greensboro', and 100 miles west of Goidsboro.' On the westerp end ihe cars if not now, will in a few days be running to Lnx ington, 35 miles west of Greenshoio.' and 62 miles east ol Ch-irloKe ; m iking 162 miles of the road now in use, leaving some 60 miles yet to finish ; and a portion of that but little to do except to lay down ihe iron. We further learn that a sufficiency of iron In complete the whole road has been purchased, and that there will be no delay in its recepiion. Evsry thing, so far as we can learn gives assurance of a speedy completion of the work and the realization of the fondest anticipations ol its friends and the glory of the Old North State. Greeusboro1 Patriot. The cut of a man's coat "has become fho index to his rank. Waist low, tail short, plebeian ; waist pretty well up," tail a compromise, wearer evi dently a doughface, belonging to both parties wasn'i the pluck lo be a pure shanghai ; waist furiously up, tail tremendously down, perfect brick goes the w hole porker, fast man ; waist exactly six inches from collar, tail precisely one inch and three quarters Irom ground, kids, moustache, per fumery, aristocrat, so far in upper teudno that he cannot be discovered wi'hout the aid of glasses. The cooprny of short tails must be cut merely nod to compromise man do very well to borrow money from occasionally, but must not associate with him. Real shanghai, good company bor rows occasionally, however, but ihen, he .s in fashion. Shanghai has unlimited credit ; land lady ulwajs gives him the best room, sweetest smiles and titbits, and never asks him for money, w bile doughface must pay punctually when due, and bob-tail invariably in advance. Of mustard, forty-two samples analyzed by Dr. Hnssall, all were more or less adulterated with Hour iorimlk and tumeric for color. Vinegar is adulterated with watt-r and sulphuric acid. Pep per is mixed up with ground mustard seeds and linseed meal. But Cayenne pepper 1 bear and tremble, ye lovers of high seasoning sout of twen- ty-eight samples, red-lead, and often in poisouous quantities, was present in thirteen. Capote on. On our first side will be found s notice of Ab bott's Life of Napoleon. This Work we have not read, if ti places this yeat man high among the benefactors of the age, we shall not quarrel with it; and if it induces Americans to admire the bold i ess with which his mighty arm attacked and de molished the hoary old battlements of feudalism, we shall not deplore this either. The case of Na poleon is one ol those cases where intelligent Am erican judgement will refuse to ratiy the decisions of ihe British courts ; but will decree that, like Cromwell, he was one ol those rare instruments that Providence raises up to do great and needed works. We can write this without justify Ing Napoleons usurpation, his despotism, or his mod passion for aggrandizement ; or without being in love with some of ihe trails of his character. The oligarchy and crowned heads nf Europe hated him with an undying hatred, and have done all they could to blacken his fame, and erase his memory from ihe hearts of (he m isses. Il has been, and will ever be, all in vain. This mighty msn won their con fidence and their gratitude by carrying out many of the sound principles of the early French revo lution ; that grand d mocratic movement which every aristocrat and unfledged theological gladia tor loves heartily to kick. Ile abolished the laws of primogeniture and entail ; he abridged priesily influence ; he overthrew that thing of infamy, the i such things, all France, which he love-d so well, idulized him when living, and now pays homage to his shade. We may deplore his errors and regret that he did not belter use, in the end, the immense power he attained. Not only, however, in France, but j in Italy, in Holland, in Prussia, in all Germany, he sowed the seeds of future progress. His errors, those of an insane ambition, caused his downfall, To the eternal disgrace of England, he was tor lured to death as by a slow fire. The evil he did died with him. The germinating seed ol good he sowed will in time spring up and confer blessings ou the nations. Boston Post. 44 1 Never Kept My Husband Waiting. How much of moment is conveyed in these words, 'I never kept my husband waiting.' How much of life is lost by '.he lost minutes ; how much ol happiness, by not being ready lo enjoy it ; bow much of prosperity, by being 4 five minutes too late.' We heard these words uttered by a lady whose decision of character, whose readiness for duty, and whose prompt performance of it, gave us an assurance that whatever there might be of adverse fortune in her husband's future life, he could al ways rely upon the helpmate God had given himl There was an energy in her tone of voice, a fire in her look, that told she knew a wife's duty and would perform it. We shall not soon forget that event ; we shall bear in mind the future of thai couple, and we venture to say that dardkness nor despair can never drive happiness from that home, so long as that God-spirit reigns there; for it was the voice of true woman's heart that spoke, and that was a God-spirit. If every wife could but thus speak and act, how rapidly would the world advance. How many husbands have been ruined by waiting, pre cious moments ol time, too iu the lite of a business man ; and the never-ready wife has, slep by step, broken down the characteristic promptitude ol many a husband, and with it his business ener gies, until ruin comes upon his business, and wretchedness enters his home. Would wives wish peace of mind, and blessings at home, flow ing from the prosperity of the husband, let her constant aim ha, lo be able to say, 'I never kept my husband waiting..' Ohio Parmer. A Very Tough Story. Sixty yoke of red bulls, according to the Frontier News, were seen last week, by an old lady in Kansas, hitched to an empiy wagon, which was mired in ihe streets ol this city. The team reached entirely from hill to hill, across one of our valhys, vulgarly called gu'.s. The wngon, being very tight in the mud, refused to move ; ihe consequence was, when that portion of the team in the lead, over on the other hill, spread themselves in a strong pull, and straigh tened the chains, that twenty. seven yoke of the bulls in the centre were suspended in mid air, by their necks, something less than fifty feet above ground. We did not sec it, but understand that a profile view was taken on the spot for the News uffice. Kansas City Elite rp i ise. Warning to Young Mks Willis Kelly pro mised lo take N mcy C. Servoss ta his home and( heart, but as he failed to lulfil the coulract, the fair lady instituted a suit against him and recover ed $3, 500 damages fMT Jose of time in courting, and ihe wear and tear of affection. The case was tried in Lyons, Wayne county. K-Hy wrfl be less attentive to 44 Miss Nancys" in future, and devote himself to some less expensive 4- Sirvoss." Ves, and if he dunt, he will be very apt to be served in precisely the same fashion again. This promiscuous flying around dimily without fixed intentions of following out the classic maxim, go in lemons if you are sequeezed, is nol to be endur ed. Il is a violation of an inalienable right of a fotesaik dimity, and should be discourages' by aii means Sam Sivgino. The New York Express gets up an ode lo the Know Nothings, beginning thus: As an army of locusts, the Know Nothings (iy And, " onward,yet onward!" ibeir shrill batllc-cry, Tliy're a pillar ol clou ! as they march on their way! And a pillar ot fire makes their night as the day. Now thts locust is not only a 44 foreigner," but a destructive one. He however resembles the Know Nothing in one respect. He appears but once in 17 years, and is then unanimously voted a nuisance and run in the ground. A Proud Revolution arv Socbikr. Lewis Sanders Noble, a soldier of tho Revolution, and a trooper in Marion's legion, died on the 19th of April, in Clinch county, Georgia, at the advanced age of 104 years. He preserved to the last a hat worn by him in battle, and pierced by nineteen bullets. He never would apply fur nor uccr pt any pension. Mr., when Know-Notbingism first made its appearance in his neighborhoood, determined to become a member; so wheu the night of ihe lodgs meeting came, locking his front door, and taking the key, informed his wife that as he should be out lata, aoi to be uneasy. This was so unusual thing with her, as he had never, (or the last fifteen years kept late hours. He did not return until about 12 o'clock, when his diflieultie commenced. His dog met him at the frontdoor, and would not let him' approach ; he scolded and he coaxed, but it would not do, tho door was too well guarded by the faithful sentinel. He then took a wide circuit around the house to the backdoor, and knocked, awaking his wih, who raised the window and inquired Who's there?" 44 Me." 44 Who's me ?" " Why, don't you know me ?' No ; my husband don't stay out so late at night." Failing to get in by the back door, he commenced pulling up the weeds which had over run his back yard, to while away the balance of the night, and by mornmg had quite a clean yord. He says he wishes to meet the brethren one more night, but thai if ihe same difficulties occur again he is done with Know-Nolhingism. Truly, the way ol the transgressor is hard, very. Louisville Democrat. Misapprehension. We recollect once being much ii mused at the relation of ihe following an ecdoie, from the lips of a very amiable, and wilhal a modest widow lady of New Jersey: Soon niter her husband paid '.lie debt of nature, leaving her solo legatee, a claim was brought against the es tate by his brother, nnd n process was served up' n her by tbe sheriff of the county, who happened to bu a widower of middle ngr. Being unused, ut that time, to the forms of law, though in the pro tracted lawsuit which follow ed, she had ample op portunity of acquiring experience, she was much alarmed ; anil meeting, just alter the departure of the sheriff, with a female friend, she exclaimed, with much agitation, " W hat do you think ! Sher iff Purine has been after me!'" 4Well,' said the considerate lady, with perfect coolnes, 4be is n very fine man.' -But he says he has aw arflnrh ment for me,' replied the widow. Well, I haf long suspected he was attached to you, my dsvar. 48ut you don't understand he says 1 muat go. ta court.' Oh, that's quite another affair, my child; don't you go so far as thai it is his placrto coma and court ydu.' . - Filibustero prospects are looking up in Mexico.. Colonel Wheat, of Cuban memory, had passed through Aspinwall, en route to Acnpulco, to assume' a General's commission already signed lor him by Alvarez. His staff hus been du'y appointed, omi only awaiting the arrival of their commander. A. printing press from the houne of Messr. Hue and Co. of New York, had arrived iu Acapulco. Ii is destined for the propagation of liberal principles,, and was received with all the honors and then duly baptized. - -- To Ignite Damp Matches. A damp match will'ligh rapidly by first holding it lo ihe arm or other "warm part of ihe body lor s lew seconds until it attracts a small amount of heat, then rub bing it gently on a woolen clo'h of close texluri', such doeskin, r what is commonly used for pantaloons. It will ignite if llie composition bo almost as soft as puuy ; woolen cloth is llie best to use in thai case, as il causes little friction, and is a good non conductor of heat. Tsisrtr Wak.vixg. A man was sent to the Penitentiary in Arkansas for counterfeiting, ho confessed iha'. his firsT step in ciiine was cheating s publisher out of a year's subscrption. It is a dreadful things lo defraud the printer of his houeal earning, and persons who transgress in this res necl seldom prosper in this world, and heap red hot coils upon iheir heads in thai which lies be yond. Delinquents about to emigrate will ukc note ! ! ! Exchange. No Place Like Home. A nogro boy belong ing to Jm'ge Summers, f Kanawha, (Va..)rc ceoily absconded from hw home and went to Ca nada, but was so disgusted with (ha opp-arance of things there thai he turned about and came back again, lie says lie has f-een the 'elephunt, anu is satisfied. Richmond Whig. - - - Wrinkle. 4 It is aaid to have been salitfar torily demonstrated, thai every time u wife scoldi her husband, she adds a wrinkle lo her lace ! It is thought ihe announcement of this fact will have a most salutary effect especially as it is under stood that every time a wife smiles on her husband il will remove one ol the old wrinkles!' Extraordinary Suicide. The Ilrussels journals stales that an ex' raofdinacy suicide has j'jst taken place at Mom. Madame B , a res pectable inhabitant of that (own, threw herself into the river Tmuilie, aller having firmly lied to her wsist a little girl aged five, belonging to the found ling hospital, and whom she had most carefully dressed and covered with roses. si ' ftjr The Native Sentinel published in Wilson, N. has gone lo that bourne whence no news paper returns, and its publisher has given leg bail for his non appearance before the grim visages ol his K. N. brethren. Goidsboro Teltgraph. 44 Your stairs are verv dark, Mr. Oudson. Do you think I can find the bottom ?" 44 Nothing e isier, my dear madam, all you have to do is to let go ihe bannisle.s, and make a stumble." Fine Fellows. The man who advertises in our paper, the man who never refused to lend you motley, and the fellow who is courting your sister. Gem eel Psjoplb. The young lady who lets her mother do the ironing, for fear of spreading her hands; the Miss who weara thin shoes uu a rainy day, and the young gentleman who is ashamed to be seen walking with his lather. Dr. A. J. Johnson, of Washington, and a gra duate of the Maryland University, has gor.o to Russia, to take a turgcocs commission.