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The only portion rule when their will is constitutionally expressed. ol the proceedings published is the resolu'ions a- ! dopted, which we publish below, copied from the Raleigh Star. It is said that Gen. Alfred Docke rm ol Richmond county, was President of the Con vention. Who the other officers were, and who ihe prominent spirits in the meeting, has not yet transpired. Here is the Platform adopted : Rtsolvcil, That, as the causes which rendered the secrecv of the American organization neces sary tn us infancy , no longer exists all the secret ceremonials m me uiu wmnni n- . i itions, sign, constitutions, rituals, or pass word, be abolished, that we do constitute ourselves j into a publicly-organized party that we do chal- j Jenge our opponents to the publie discuss. on of our I principles and we do hereby invite and invoke the aid and co-operation of all the citizens of ihe ,late without regard In their former political a(- j filiations, in maintaining and carrying out the j great aims, principles and objects of the American j i'artv L,,K-iL Thnt. wo do hereby ratify and en ,t,.r.. ti.M nrioeiolej. smneiald in the Dlatform ol ihe American parly, bv the National Council of (he viine, begun and held at Philadelphia, on the r, !, ,i i i,? iKr, i roh.i-.m tn ihe n, .1 u ,r-;. I 7 if U ' 1 'II -f II I , , A v-v. - - - -" " j' policy ol the Government whilst at the sain tune, we cnider the three great primary prioci nle of the organization, which constitute the basis of our party, as paramount in importance lo any issues of mere governm Dial policy. Resolved That these ihiee great primary prin ciples w, first, the confinement of the honor, of fices and responsibilities of political station, under our government, lo native-horn Americans with h due n gurd at the sunn lime, to ihe protect ion of the lorcigo-horn in all th- civil right- and privile ges guarntoeed t frermen by the constitution, , whether Federal or State. ScoMiUtfi Resistance to religious intolerance, and a rigid maintenance of the great principle ol religious fireedotts' by excluding In m office and power, those who would persecute for opinion's sake; ho would control the politics of the C"Uil- ' try ihrough Church influences or priestly inter-ft-rence: and who sekmiwledgw an allegiance to ny power on earth whether civil or ecclesias ical ,iwi I till mull u lit - an. --. J - - , i I ,i .. ... . ,u rv ; ramount to that which they owe to the Con- i.? pa stituMnn ,, . ,, , .t ft., .liiii, intnnji ion of these States, and resistance to all factions ; and sectional attempts to weaken its bonds. Resolved, That in all nominations for political .station hereafter to be made by the Amenc ui P-r- : tv. it :s recommended : h i the same be done in j open public meeting and that all those who agree , with us in principle, and who concur in our aims ; nt.rt ,! iia w ! , 1 1 K - r. . : Tl .i r he r-c c 1 17 ii I - e a as inero. . i v. j incupri I r iivn i Li r t , 1 ..,. J I,'., .IIUII ... ' - . ' V - bers o! I ha Ainricni Party. Resolved, That it be n commended to the A m r mii Parly in this Siate to hold a Conven ion ;.I delegates, tp be appomod in primary meetings , - .L- - : : r j .... :n tne respeciiu ehosuti, in vrrer-ii-.mii , mi riiursday th" LCtli diy of April next, f'-r the pur- i pose ol 'nominating a candidate io run by the A menenn 'arty for Governor at the next election that each count appoint as many Delegates as j it chooses, and that ihe mode of voting in said .convention ho regelated by the convention itself. Resolvod, That wo consider the 22 1 day ol t-Vbrgary next the tirr.p hereafter selected by ihe Nitionnl (.Council of the American order, for the nomination for President and Vice Procidentias! too early a day for thai purpose and we do i Hereby recommeno io our - ican party through -tit ihe Union, ine propn-.y m . 1 ' i . .... t ......1 ...,.,.. f i , r t r vinmn . postponing the holding of said convention to some uiine m the months of June or July. Resotvttl, However, lest such postponemen' may not take place, it is deemed advisable to np puint two delegates to represent the State at large in such nominating Convention, and it is recom mended lo Ihe American party in each Congres sional District to hold primiry meetings in the -esyeciive counties, and appoint d lega'es to a District Conveut.on, for the selection ol a delegate Mecklenburg county, were the first to sever th." from each respective District to said nominating conii,.x,on wltr, Great Britain, and institute a gov- (Conven:ion. eminent lor themselves. Jlc oUr,!, That an Executive Central Commit- tee of five be appointed by this body, whose duty Pras for Stock. It is the opinion of the it shall be to attend to the general concern ol the editors of ihe Soil of the South that pas are American party in this State, to carry on iho ne- dangerous for stock in lime land, but harmless cessary correspondence, and Like such inceptive on s.,nfjy snjs -php experience of other intelli ateps as may be deemed necessary for the umre gent larmers, who have tried the experiment, is thorough organization of the s nd party and that confirmatory of this opinion. As this is th baid executive committee be authorized and re- teuton f,,r pasturing stock on peafields, and as quested to appoint a County Executive .Commi'tee hogs in particular are rather a scarce erop.it for each County in 'he State; and that sua Coun migf,t be well for citizens who cultivate ihe lime ty Ex-cutive Commi'tee do further appoint a sub- Hnj io look a ti tle to ih- fact suirsresied. One committee for each election precinct in the county, thin!; is known to every obserin man. and thai wiih a view to a more thorough and complete or- i, ihnt p. ;,s kill some, men's hogs, w hilst they ganization of the American party in North Caro- fatten others. There must be some e inse lor I'.ua. this, and if "ip-Ti-nc his shown thai it is owing . o the qunlity of 'he soil on which the article oi OCT John Van Bu ren is in Washington ; also j,od is produced, the remedy is in every man's Cum. Paulding, of the Home Squadron. t hands, The Democratic Creed. We find ike following m exchange. W do not km to whom we are to atinbuie its author ship, lis writer has surce. d- d in Cnmpreaeing into a small Compose the pnnciph 8 of 'he Demo craiiccrcd, principles which we verily believe will bo immutable, so long ai least as the govern mem shall last. If ihe doctrines taught by thi creed be carried out to iheir fullest extent, there need be no fear of dissolu'ion. r of mng our people will go on, as they have begun, increasing in power, wealth, respectability, intelligence and happines", and we shall continue In he, as we are now, the pride and boast of republicanism the wi'le world over. The writer well says, these are the doctrines of our revolutionary fathers.' Would that a prop-r reverence for the memory ol those men mhy serve o imprint ihe mote deeply ni.d abidingly upon iheir children the lessons which they laugh'. Here is 'he creed : No. 1. Equal and exact jus'ice to all men "I whatever Mate or persuasion, religious or poli- lical. No. 2. Peace commerce and hopest friend , . - , . ,- c M and a sacred preservation ol public faith, No. 6. Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, and general diffusion of information. No. 7. Opposition lo all secret political or gnmza:ions, and, to all corrution in polutcs. No. 8. A s cred prest-rvat ion of 'iie Federal Constitution, and norehgous tess for office. No. 9. No bigotry or pride of c is'e or dis tinction .f birth uni"ni American citizens. No. 10. Respect und protection lor the righis of nil. No. 11. The preservation of ihe naturalization laws, and the right of all ihe public domain and ihe prioecion of i he American Government. No. 12. Opposition to all chartered monopo lies. No. 13. Common brotherhood and good will to all especially to those of the household of faith. A Striking Contract ft is impossible to imagine a more striking con trast than is now pres tiled in the Agricultural Fairs which are b-inn held fron one end of this j the innpa ivdieli c - un ry In the other. and w '"'w '"g place in Europe. Whilst the Pr,ni ,P Pwera Bump are plunged inm a in structive v;,r, whiUt thev are loaded down with debt, and even the earth refuses to yield her increase, p. -ace and plenty hi- ss our happy land, and hold high festival in every portion of our wide domain. Place by the ide of such scenes as that at Se bastopol, uch a victory of Peace ns one of our great Agricultural Fairs, and we can appreciate to some extent, the superior blessings with which IJea.ven has crowned our lot Shall we ever sacrifice it hv wars for territorial aggrandix-meui or by internal broils 1 Newspapers. Jud;e LVmustre!, whose views on anv suhfect are sensible, practical, and worth treasuring, thus sets forth ihe value of a newspaper : Small is ihe sum thnt is required to patronize n newspaper, and most amply reinunerat-d is the n.itrnn I i:iro niit liiiLL- Ii'iihIiIm null ririii h ndirii the rr.-..ne he takes, it i nel to I n. nossi hi I i I v lo I ro fill, sheet fifty two times a vear without . . ,. . put 1 1 no- m it someihin" that is worth the siibscnp r . a , 1 ...... I - , r ' i . , w . i , it - hi iLu Con i o . M -.., lion pne Fvery parnt whose son is off Irom 1 i l i.j I i: i. . i ... ii nome, siiouiu suiujiv mm wan n utpr-r. i wen I remember what a difference there was be ween those "f mv schoolmates who had, and ihose who had not access to newspapers. Other thing fcAinn imiii! I hi. first ur,r nliv-it-s n -irt-illv u i. - a.u..,.. ", ! NHuri nil i i i it- iii.si III i" 11,1 n. .lull v.i'111 'i ."-lil-'ll n i t least Tie- reason is plain ; they had command of more facts. YouiS will peruse a newspaper wi'h delight wh n ihey w ill read nothing else." A MaaiTKD Compliment. On Thursday ev- enma I..,, we ha I nres- ti-ed for our inspection a ! very handsome silver goblet, prepared at ihe pb- C" I i . - R..U.I.IR. Ar n,. ;,h ,k. - v. -., , incnption as annexeu : PRESENTED TO J. STOW B, IV TUP COLl'MBIA AHTILLERV, IN TOKEN OF THEIR APPRECIATION OF II I 3 NOBLE CONDUCT IN ASSIS I I NO THEIR L'NFOKTI NATE BROTHER SOLDIER, A. SVDVEY CLIFTON. oct. 4, 185o. The above was neatly engraved upon a shield. nn(, lhf. Wiis nchlv c,,;,se(, wj;h vjr)e a()d , i4t.r- ( lhfi whe i0,ended as a token W I ol the regard of the Columbia Anilerv for Mr. j Stowe, of York District, who so kindly volun- teered the use of his wnvon and team for ihe use i Ol Mr. Clifton, who was accident I y injured by the 1 premature disch irje of a cannon at the King's ! Mountain Celebration. Ouo'ina Times. .. . Mr. Bmcroft, the Historian, in his speech at King's M un'ain, said that Scotch Covenanters in Home nud Frond.. Oh, there's power tu moke each hour As sweet as heaven designed it; Nor need we roam to bring it home. Though lew there be that find it. We seek too high for things close by; And lose what nature found us; For life has hero no charms so deir As home and friends around us. We oft destroy the present joy For future hopes, and praise them, While flowers as swett bloom at our feet, If we'd but stoop to r.ise them ; For things afar still sweeter are. When youth's bright spell has bound us ; But rtton we're taught that earth has naught Like home and Iriends around us. The friends that speed in time of need. When hope's last reed is shaken. To show y.u still that come what will, You are not quite forsaken ; Though all A-ere night, if but the light From friendship's altar crowned us, "Twould prove the bliss of earth were this Our home and friends around us. An Electioneering Speech, One of the greatest electioneerers of the age is Mr. Daniel R. Russel, a candidate for Auditor in Mississippi. (lis mode of electioneering is to deal with the 'sovereigns' with the most blunt frank ness. The following sketch of a late speech tie. j ivered by him, must have puzzled his opponent o reply to. It is exceedingly appropriate io the j times : j Ladies and Gentlemen : I rise but there's j no us- telling you thai ; you know I am up as I well as I do. I am a mod' st man very but I have never lost a picay une by it in my life. Being a scarce commodity ;im"ng candidates, I thought t would mention it, for fear it I didn't y.u would never hear of it. Candidates are generally consul- red as nitis- dticesy but they are not ; they are the politest men in the world, shake you by the hand, ask you! how's your family, wnai's the prospect lor crops, j (tc , and I am the politest man 'here in the i Slate. Davy Crockett s;iys the politest man he ever saw w is when he asked a mati to drink, ! turned his hack so that he might driok as much ns he pleased. I beat thai all hollow ; I give a n,i'n " c,1:'"rH 10 um,K twice, it he wishes, lor 1 j Ilot "n'' ,u,!) "round, but shut bo'h eijes. 1 am I .1-1 -Jt .. , B I not only the politest man, hut the best election- J eerer. 1 u oughl to see me shaking hands with the variations the pump-handle and pendulum, the cross cut and the wiggle wngil. under stand ihe science perfectly, and if any of ihe ' county candidates wish instiuctit ns t hey mils' call on me. Fellow. citizens, I was born if I hadn't been I woultPnt have been a candidate ; bin I am going i to tell you where ; 'twas not in Mississippi, bu' j 'twas on the right side of the negro line ; yei that's 1 no compliment, as the negroes are mosijy born on the sain" side. 1 s'arted in the woiid as poor ' as a church mouse, yet I came honestly hy my poverty, for I inherit, d it, and if I did stari poor, no mun can say hut that 1 hold my own rsmarka, hly wtdjl. Candidates generally tell you. -If you think I Bin qualifi' d.' 6lc. Now I don't ask your though's ; I ask your votes. Why, there's nothing to think of, except to watch and see that Swan's n-me is i not on your tieket. If so. think to scratch it off a".l put mine on. I am Certain that I am.couipe lenl- fo" "ho ought to know better than I do f xNobody. 1 win allow tr.ai owin I the b st Auditor in the State that is, till I am elected ; I lien perh ps it is not proper for to say anything more. Yet, as an honest man, lam bound to say, th. t I believe it's a grievous sin to hide anything from my fellow-cinzens. therefore, I s ay that ii's my firivate opinion, publicly expr -ss. d, that I'd make the besi Auditor in the United States 'Tis not for honor I wish to he Auditor, for in my own country I was rtfered an flsce that was j all honor Coroner which I respect full v de. dined. The Auditor's office is worth some $5,000 a year, and i am in for ii like a thousand ol brick, T" how m' fi'-odness of heart, I'll make this offer to my competitor-: lam sure of being elected, and he will lose something hy the canvass: i therefore, I am willing to divide equally wi'b him j - . and make these two offers I II lake the salary und lie may have the honor ; or he may have ihe honor, ami I'll take the salary. In the way ol honors, I have received enough i : to satisfy me for life. I went out to Mexico, eat j pork and beans, slept in the rain and mud, and I swallowed every'hmg except live Mexicans. If! J ordered to 'go.' I went ; 'chargo,' I charged ; j 'break lor the chappirel, you had better believe I beat a quarter nag in doing my duty. My competitor, Swan, is a bird of golden plu mage, who has been swimming for the last four ' I years in th Audi'or s pond at So. 000 a year. I . I j . r . . . . I m rotation l want in rotate nun out. anil to, rot,,,p myself in. There's plenty nf room for him to swim outside ol that pond ; th. refore. pop in .v"ur vo,es fur ,ne ! ri1 PP hi,n ouf and PP m.v' Kt" in' 1 :,m for division of labor. Swan says he has to work all the time, wiih his nose down to the public grindstone. Four yeirs must have ground it to a pint. I orr fellow, ihe public ough' not lo nisisi on having his muj ground clean ofT. I have a larg. full grown and well blown nose red as a beet, ar.d tough as Bo!elenlbr : I rush to the post of duty. I offer it up as a sacrifice, clap it on the grindstone. Fellow-cilijeiis, grind away grind till I holler enough, and that will tie some time first, for I d bang like grim death to a dead African. Time's most out. Well I like to have forgot to tell you my name. It's Daniel for short, Dm, Not a handsome name, for my parents were poor people, who liv -d where th- quality apjiropri .ted all th nice mm-s, ih ret..re, ihev hid to tike what was left, ami divH- round among us ; but it's as handsome as I m D Russell. Remember, eveiy one of you, that it's not Swan . I am sure to h e'ect d ; so on and all, 2rf nnd small, short and tall, when you come down to Jickson if er th el-'ctton, stop at 'he Auditor's office r 'he la'ch-tring always hang? out ; enter without knocking, take off your things and make yourself at home. Din crawfi-hed out of the stand, bobbing his hed like up up, amid the cheers for "Dm Dun. Russell," and young "'Davy Crockett." P. S. Dan was elected, and the Union is safe. A llioiie. If we were to tell numbers of our friends that they don i know what a "home is, they would grow somewhat indignant perhaps, use hard words. And yet it may be rem .rked that the number ul persons who know what a genuine home is. by experience, is surprisingly lew. One man in jjood circumstances will tell us thai he has a fine bouse of his own, where every comton and convenience are provided. He has a wife and children there also, and ihey give life to the piace. Ve.ry ti ue. But does he prefer that home, thus furnished and enlivened io every other place in the world 7 Des he s'gh when ihe hour for leaving comes, nd smiles when he is permitted to return 7 Does he love to sit by the cheerful fire and fondle the children, entering into all their ii; tle disputes with a curious interest 7 Does he take particlar notice oi the birds in the cage, and the cat near the fire 7 If not, he has no home, in the dearest sense of the word. If his mind is al together absorbed in the dusty ways of business -if he hurries from the house in the morning, and is loih to return at night if, while he is at home, he continues to think of the journal and ledger and repulse the advance of the prattling children, he has no home ; he only has a place where he lodges and takes his meals. Ah! happy is he who knows and appreciates the full bliss of home; whose heart is warmed and hamonized by Us cheerful influence, and who feels how superior in purity of pleasure are all its enjoym- nis to the turmoil delight of out door life. Tin ice happy is such a man. He has discovered the only paradise ibis world can aflbrd. It is on ly such a man who can have a deep and sincere pity for tin- unfortunate creatures, who arc home less. He regards them as being cut off from the best influence of the earth, and exposed tc the ac tion of all the darker waves ol life. He feels keenly for him who has no fireside no dear on' s to welcome !,im with smiles, and prattle over the history of ihe day no tongup to soothe him when hevy cares have troubled tin; mind and rendered his heart sore; and the sympathy of such a man is not slow to ovtiflow in hcis of benevolence. A god home is the source of the fountain of char ity in the heart. Our advice m those who have no homes, such as we have described above is, io gel them as soon as possible. They can never be contented and sub-tantial ci'izens. nor thoroughly happy men. until ihey follow this counsel. Get homes. Fill i hem wi'h the oijects of love and endearment, and se k there for the pure delights which the world besides cannot iifTord. Tin ) Shall nut DImsIi for llielr Father Three men had entered into an engagement to rob one of iheir neighbors. Everything was plan ned. They were to enter his house at midnight, break open his chsts and drawers, and carry off all the silver and gold they could find. 'He is rich and .ve are poor, sid they to each other, by way of encouragement in the evil they were a'"Ut to perform. He will never miss a ht'le gold, while its possession will make us hap py. Besides, what right has one man to all this world's goods ?' Thus ihey talked together. One of these men had a wife and children, but the other h id nne in tie world to care for but himself. The man who had children went heme and joined his fami ly, after agreeing upon a place of meeting with the otn-r at ihe darkest hour of the coming night 'Dear father,' said one of the children, climb ieg upo his kuee, 'I nm so glad you have come hume. The presence of the child troubled the man, and he tried to puh him away ; hut his arms clung tightly about his neck, and he laid his face a gainst his cheek, and said, in a sweet voice '1 love you, father !' InvoUmtairly the man drew ihe innocent and loving one to his bosom and kissed him. There were two elder children in ihe man's dwelling, a boy and a girl. They were p-mr, and these children worked daily to kep up the supply of bread, made deficient more through in idleness in the father than from lack of employ ment. These children came home soon alter their father's return, and brought him their earnings for the day. 'Oh, father,' said the boy, 'such a dreadful fhinir h i fianneiied 1 Ftenrv f.e fiilber wn nr. l....Uv lor r..hKw..r- Hu.trt.uib ki mil our shop when Henry was there, and carried him off to prison. 1 was so aad when I saw Henry j utJ"' ,nai me ro!"- auer rooming, ooes noi pro weeping. And he hung his hend for ahame of his ! duce rrul, and ,hus rnturn a ,h,ck Mim& m bUm own lather Onlv think of that.' mer' 'or tno ,wvdy of spring life. Now.it 'Ashamed of his father, thought he. 'And will 18 cn,led lhe flower of innocence and joy ; then it my children hang their heads, also, in shame? would alsa ,ho emblem of gratitude." No. no. that shall never be?' j Tne fa,,u'r wred, "Does it not offer all its At the hour of midnight, ihe man who had no '""flmess lo beautify the spring; and for the dew children to throw around him a sphere of better in- nd ''Snl wmch 11 etves from above, does it not fluenee, was setting at the place of rerdervous for fin ,he a,r M",h delicate fragrance 7 Thus like him whose children had aaved him. But he wait- ; gr'uJ. bestowing a charm unseen, which rn ed long, in vain. Then he said : hance', ev,'ry i,h"r Kond- Created tor the spring. 'I will do the deed myself, and take the entire ! lt d"s w,,h 'he spring; but Ms withered leaves reward i r,a,n a pnfll'n of its sweet fragrance so, m And Ve did according to his word. When the j th hp"rt of nocence. does gratitude abide, afrer oth-r man went forth to his labor on the next dy. tn k,nd d", h,ch Cn!1, d 11 f'r:r' Ia fo'gotteB." he learned that his accomplice had been taken in I '" the act of robbery, and w .s already in prison. Choose ever 'he plainest road; it always an- Tn .nk Heaven for virtuous children !' said he i swers best. For the same n-amn. c'.o..s,; ever to wi'h fervor, they have saved me. Never will I do an act that will cause them to blush for their fa ther.' Thy Will be Dojik. The late Mr. Ktlpin. of; Evter, wr:tes, "I knew a case in which the mm ister. praviog over a child apparently dying, said If it be tiiy will, spare .' The mother's soul yearning for her beloved, exclaimed. 'It must be 'lis vil ! I cannot heir t's.' The minister stop ped. To the surprisn of many ihe child recover ed ; and -be mo'her, af'er almost suffering mar tyrdom by him while a stripling, lived o ee him I a L. I I A I n I iiailMr"'! n lore or? w is iwo .UJ mrii'i ; j . m u good to say, " Not my will, hut thine be done.'' - Douglas Jerrold says ihat old bachelors are like !ry wood ; when ihey do take flame they do buro prodigiously, From the Philadelphia Ledger. .41 wiiy do Vf si a l is Itlfflit. The truly great are ihose who always d what is right. To be withheld Irom acting wisely and conscentiously . by mo ives ol temporary policy or fear, is to behave like a traitor io !.he principles of justice. A man should think less of wlut nay be said of h'S conduct at the time, ihun of the v.fdic, ,ha, ma prinm)ncod f,.w yearB uy auvanc,. , : hv n, olpt.ltn this, hv sarrificm? ; principle to exned.enr.v. that character is lost: and character lost is with difficulty regained j - Besides, the first decline from right leads to othera. I' is like the start in sliding down hill. But there is a worse feature than even in suc cumbing to baseness, meanness, or wrong. Hatiit soon drills the morn) perception, so that in time men come to perpetrate, with a remorseless pmg. acts at which originally ihey would have been astounded. '-Is thy servant a dwg that he should do this thing?'' is ihe indignant exclamation of many a person, who, eventually, commits the very deed he abhorred. Arnold's treason grew up in his mind by slow degrees, nurtured by x travagrance. and supposed neglect. Washington, always being rigidly correct, left behind a name, that will never cease to be reverenced. To say merely that "honesty is the best policy, and thus appeal lo the selfish part of nature, is a poor way to educate man to do right conscientiously. Better tne nobler and higher ground that right should be done for right's sake. A wife's Power. A woman, in many instances, has her husband's fortune in her power, because she may or she mav not conform to his circumtances. This is her first duty and it onght to be her pride. No pas. sion for luxury or displty ought to tempt hr for a moment lo deviate in the least degree from this line of conduct. She will find her respectability in it. Any other course is wretchedness itself, and inevitably leads to ruin. No'hing can he more miserable than to struggle to keep up appearances. If it could succeed, it would cost more than i' was worth; as it never can. its failure involves the deepest mortification. Some of the sublimes! exhibitions of human virtue have been made hy women, who have been pre cipitated suddenly from weilth and splendor to ab solute want. Then a man's fortunes nr in a manner in the hands of his wife, inasmuch as bis own power of exertion depends on her. His moral s'rength is inconceivable increased by her sympathy, her counsel, her aid. She can aid him immensely by relieving him of every cire which she is capable of takiug upon herself. His own employments are usually such as to require his whole time and his whole mind. A good wife will never suffer her husband's at tention to be distracted hy details to which her own 'im" and talents am adequate. If she be prompted by true affection snd good sense, she will perceire when his spirits are borne down and overwhelmed ; she, of all human beings, can best minister to his needs. For ihe sick soul her nurs. ing is quite as sovereign as it is for corporeal ills. If it he weary, in her assiduity it finds repose and refreshment. If it be harassed and worn to a morbid irritability, her gentle tones steal over it with a soothing more potent than the most exquis. ite music. Ifeverv enterprise he dead, her pa tience nd fortitud" hive the power to re kindle them in the heart, and he again goes forth to re new the encounter with the toils and troubles of life. A Wlfc'ft Prayer. If there is anything comes nearer to the implo ration of Ruth to Naomi, than the subjoined, we have not seen it : "Lord ! bless and preserve that dear person whom Thou hast chosen to be my husband ; let his life be long and blessed, comfortabiu and holy; and let me also become a great blesssiug and a comfort unto him. a sharer in all his sorrows, a meet helper in all the accidents and changes in the world ; make me amiable forever in his eyes, and forever oear to him. Unite his heart to me in ihe dearest love and holiness, and mine to him in all sweetness, charity and compliance. Keep me fiorn all ungentleiiess, all discontentedness, and unreasonableness of passion and humor ; and make me humble and obedient, useful -and obser vant that we may delight in each other according to Thy blessed word, and tioih of us may rejoice in Thee, having our portion in the love aud service ol God forever." MoBAL FRAGRA.NCC "What a pity, SEldal ! bny to ,,is ,,,,fu'r' as ,nev wlked ihrough the gar- do and ry what is the most just nd the mo.t di net. This conduct will save a thousand blushes and a thousand struggles, and will deliver you from the aecrt torments which are the never fail- jng attendant of dissimulation. A Goon Toast. Woman : The morning star of our you'h ; the day star of our manhood ; the evening - ar of our old ge. God bless our stars ! A negro preacher was holding forth to his con gregation upon the subjeet of obeying the com mand of God. Savs he, "Bredren, whatever G id ' ,, . , - , , ! J l H , i . , , ,, , . , ..... , ' i dat I m gwme to do. I' I see in it dat 1 mun ; jump iron a st n wall. I'm gwine to jump at if. j Going iroo it 'longs to God, jutnpin t it 'Irmgn to me.' Pontine Hp. The Washington Union posts up the Democratic books as fullows, showing a very handsome balance sheet : Electoral votes maj a. 10,000 9,000 30,000 2.000 11,000 8,000 Virginia North Carohna Illinois Tennessee Alabama Texas Maine, legislature 2 to 1 Georgia Indiana 15 10 11 14 ti 4 d 10 is 10,000 15,000 12,000 76.000 carried mj'. 4,00tf lO.OOO JO, IKK 4,000 Pennsylvania, 27 110 The know-nothings and fusioniatr httv the following Stites : F.'eetofsl voter. Kentucky Vermont .... & i Ohio .... 23 California 4t ;h oou The Union adds : "How prodigious the reaction aincs lt.it I Wo did not then carry a single State: but in lOo, thus far, we have carried ten Slafra, with one hundred and nineteen electoral votes, to cur opponents' four States, with fourty-four elector 1 votes. It is now apparent to every intelligent man that the democrats will elect the President in 185d. As the only national party in the field, th-jy will sweep the entire country. The opposition, sec tional in its nature, divided and broken, d'spirited bv defeat, can make no headway against our triumphant columns. Whoever the National Democratic Convention designates will be ths m xt President of the United States. Must truly can we cay, "Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer:" The Elections still to comb in 1055 Louisiana vo:es on Monday, November 5, Ur State officers and five representatives to Cuiigrcs-. Mississippi. Monday, Novcnber 5, Ststo officers and five representatives to Congress. New York, Tuesday, November 6, State officers, but no Governor or Lieut. Governor. Wisconsin, Tues day, November 0, State officers. Masaach.isstts, November 6, Governor, State officora ard legis lature. Maryland, Wednesday, November 7. ix representatives to Congress, two 8iate officora. legislature, kc. In Tenneiiee, Alabama, Cali fornia, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, tho legis latures of each Stale elect one United States Senator. Indiana. The returns from Indiana indicate a democratic majority of from 15,000 to 20,000. They have carried every county heard from with three exceptions. Tennessee. The vote Tor Governor, as de clared by ihe Legislature, makes Johnson 'a ma jority 2,157. Pennsylvania. The Harrisburg Union cou tains the official vote for Plnmer, dern., and Nicholson, fusion, but not the vote for the other candidates for Canal Commissioner. The totals stand as follows : Plumer, (dem.) 104,581 Nicholson, (fusion) 149.715 Plumcr'a majority. 14 S30 The clear Democratic gain since last yoar is forty-eight thousand votes ! This is indeed a great victory. Ohio. The majority for Chaae (free soiler) upwards of 20,000 over Medill (democrat) for Gov r nor. The majority in Ohio last year, fur the same party, was about 70,000. 1 .i 1 BBS Umbrellas declared to be Properi v. A man has been arrested in Newark, N. J., for stealing an umbrella. The case was so extraor dinary, if not unprecedented, that we feel called upon to record it. Last week Ihe criminal Was convicted and ent to j til for a month ! The pie of de minimit non curat lex was overruled, and umbrellas were decided to be property. An Economical Girl. A aervant girl in fh troit, who has remained four years in one fa mit;. has given an example of aelf denial snd economy of rare occurrence. She has been paid fourteen shillings per week, or $.101 for the whole time. Of this money, she has sent $225 to enable l.r mother, two brothers, and three sisters, In come to America, and only expended $139, or 93.).; & per annum, for her own comfort. One op tiik Penalties or Politeness. gentleman recently handed a lady out of the rait, road cars at Buffilo. lie wat a total s',rsngr tn her, and simply offered her his hand as an act of politeness. It turned out that she was runt. ing away from her husband at the time, and had a large quantity of good and chattels wi'h hcr. TheunfortunHtesirangerbeing taken for her friend, was arrested at the cars and sent to jail with her. He had some difficulty in establishing that his p litenem ahould not be taxed to a mucbigreator ex tent. ' March op Improvement. Six yean ago nx a steambua' plied on the nvert in Oregon. Now there are eleven. Two run on the Co'urrbi 1 from Astoria, one from Fort Vancouver, and on from the Cascade! to Portland, two to Orton Ci'y. Three ply on the Upper Willamette la Carretlen, (head of steamboat navigation,) and two between Cisrade City and the Dalles. A sailor was called upon the stand as a wis. ness. 'Wei! sir. said the lawyer, 'do yoo know -be plaintiff and defendant !' 'I dou't know the drift of them words,' answer ed the sailor. What, not know the meaning of plaintiff a4 defendant !' enn'inued the lawyer, a pretty fc!Ui you to come here for a witneaa. Can you te'A ma where on board the ship it waa that thie man :rvc the other one.' Abaft the binnacle,' aaid rha eaifor. Abafi the Binnacle!' aaid the lawyer, 'what du you mean by that ?' A pretty fallow you, respooded the Bailor, 'o come here at a lawyer, aud deoS know whi abaft the hinnaefs means.'