f from" the Baltimore Clipper.
FOREIGN INFLUENCE OVER THE ADMIN
ISTKAiiUi. ,!
After showing ths oootrol exercised by Cor
signers over ths last Congress, it becomes bat
doty to ihow how it baa operated upon and ana-
telligent man knows, (whether he will eonfess
the tact or not,) that when Konath and other
European exiles armed in thie country in
k. of 1841. thev contrived to set a large
portion Of tne irjerce ImooraoT oomraittodV in
tator "of their one grand Idea of revolutionizing
F.nroM.and manv sneeches in the Senate ana
(Ions is favor of active intervention by the U
.jilted States. In the quarrels between oertain Ea
opean tovreirn and their robjecto; !were;oW
-after delivered.- It ie a moat fortonate tning
f, tor tur country thattheeroiw,adwtarere
cansed revulsion in the popular feeling,
and that, a salutary eoeek was thereby imposed,;
ttpontnoee,iniervauoDwa.wuv.dBa4i icrgutwu
"the wernlngsif the Tather of his Country or
' "thers is' no tellin on what shoals and breakers
the. Pierce politicians woold bare steered the
ehip efJStttevTXida "s afo
Public opinion having set too strongly against
. - onr-nndertakingto'drite theAustriane out of
" Hnnsrarv and the-French out of Rome, the Ad
ministration werr content to make- a hero of
Martin Kostal-arid to try all sorts of tricks and
devices to lick up; a war with Spain about Cuba,
For soma four or -five fears past, some diffioal
- ties existed between the United States and Spain
. about-that Island, end several times we seem
ltd to be en the brink of war. Let the people
direct their minds to an inquiry into the origin
- of those difficnltits;-and they cannot fail to trace
-them to foreign adventurer, and the influence
- '-ther exercised upon that portion of the old Dem-
"ooraua parxj woo continue iu nave laita m tueir
modern leaders. . .;-' k
"General Lopex and other Cuban rebels came
to tbis country, and from thie point sought the
Cvertaro w of Spanish authority in that Island.'
t vsrooa time jtbej contrived to enlist many
. young Americans in their expeditions, and, on
. one particular occasion, caused many of them
, to be led to slaughter like wolvee.
The Administretiea profeesedto take ttp the
quarrel oC these .pubaa exilee, and promised to
captor Cifba from Spain for their gratification.
Not' a solitary American oitisen badiany agen
v ey iir stirring, up ill-feeling between 'ibtu United
x States andpajn. Jixeept such as were beeuil-
ed by these foreigners!- Until they flocked here
- to involve our oountry in difficulties,! the kind
est relational existed between our fJovernment
and that of Spain, and were the votes of Amer
can oitixenS only now taken on the question at
- issue, nine ten the of them would vote to let Cuba
and Spain alone, Theparry however, neither
. ceneujts nor respects American sentiment on
this Question. - It is aapole instrument in the
hands f Joreignersy-tnd they nee it as they
please. To such usee: hae Democracy come
under its-preeant control and management.
To gratify foreigners who havs no claim upon
us, the Pierce Administration tried to save them
the trouble of fighting for and winning their
liberties as oar ancestors did, by buyxng Uoba
from, Spain with one hundred and fifty millions
.of the public treasure. Tbia immense turn
. would build a railroad to California, or pay for
on nundred first claea steamers that could
guard ear eoast aeainetall foreign attacks, and
enable us to defy the threats of the foes we have
' in Europe. But the party in power hae no
money to appropriate tozoeefu! purposes like
these purposes that would make bueinesa ao
tive from one end of the. Union to the ether
.. but it was very anxious to squander an hundred
and fifty milliopk for Cuba. Yes, it was eager
.to send that vast amount of our gold out of the
e4ntry at a period when, the cry of distress
was heard throughout our land, and thus to
increase commercial embarrassments, and add
to the destitution and suffering of the working
' claesear " :
And for what benefit, pray ? In the event of
a war it would be the very first of our posses
sions taken from.ua by a .strong naval power,
and taken easily. We do not want Cuba to
give "more room" to our people, because the
cry of the Pierce Democracy is, "we have a vast
unsettled territory to occupy, and want Europe
to send all her paupers aaoV convicts hers to
take possession of it."
The true policy of our country ia to let Cuba
and Spain alone. If the people there are on-
pressed by' the Catholic authorities that hold
that Island, let tbem imitate the example of
.our -Hevoiuttenary-heroes, end strike off the
Spanish yoke by hard blows. - We have tnouzb
on our bands in attending to the interest of our
own countrymen, and cannot afford to espouse
- the quarrels of foreigners andfight their battles.
;" Though' American interests are now lost sight
' " of and American ; wrongs suffered to go una
venged, (such' for instance as the Spanish mur
"' der bt Ciittendom and his gallant band) the
a i i . i .... .
, j is urawing nign .wnen inerrwui ug acnange
in this rezard.
Besides raioiag a commotion, in Europe over
Martin Kostv a foreigner that held no substan
tial claims to our protection.land aeeking to
squander a hundred aodJifiy millions - in the
, purchase of Uura--aU throogh the influence of
foreign. adventorenwwmnd the Adminis
tration proscribing alfttjHJnion Democrats of
tbe-iMorth who bad defended the Sooth and
her institutions of slavery, through foreign in
fluence, or politieiane at home who sednloualv
coart all foreigners on account of their coming
- nere ieua ana rroisy champions of Abohtion
ism. " The platforms published in various cities
of oar Union by the Oermans who had emigra
ted since 1850, and the attacks of Archbishop
1 1 i . t . r t . ... .
uugnn id new xora ana wo. amitn U Bnen
from Australia upon John Mitchell, for bis pro
slavery views, most carry conviction to South
ern minds, (ba't the great body of modern emi
grants from Europe, are Abolitionists of the most
. Jiangerous class. - v
It necessarily follows, therefore, that they had
a great antipathy towards such men aa Dickin
son, Fillmore, Branson, Brady, and others of
the fearless South-sustaining men at the North,
and exacted their sacrifice as the price of their
support to the Pierce Democracy. vThis army
of foreign Abolitionists is now spread through
out the non-slavobolding States. . The greater
part of tbem uphold the Pierce Administration,
. whilst a very respectable number are said to be
friends of William II. Seward. Being a friend
of Seward ia about the eame thing aa a friend
cf Pierce, because the signs of the times indi-
, oatethat the Pierce Democracy of the non-slave-holding
States will go over in a body to the
support of Seward in the canvass of 1856.
After prosoribi ng all the Union Democrats and
Whigs to please theom Abolitionists who
are daily swelling the ranks of the Vat Buren
ftreesouere and be ward Abolitionists, we find
the Administration removing every American
and Protestant from office, at the demand of
Foreigners and Papists, or the demand of faith
lesa Natlvea, voAo make themselves worst than
Foreigners, by their constant abuseof theirown
- - countrymen.
With such things occurring around us every
day, we may appropriately ask, is there one single-
particle of American spirit left among the
Pierce Democracy f If so, every man in whose
breast that spirit exists must come out from
among them. Star Spangled Banner.
-
Whatever may have been the facts in the
: Louisville ease, uo explanation can alter the
opinion of thoughtful and unprejudiced men;
and this will be, that associations to put down
foreigners and Catholics can only result in tu
mult and bloodshed. Boston Alios.
' If men cannot associate peaceably together and
agree not to support foreigners and Roman
Catholics for office without being attacked by
foreigners and Catholics with deadly weapons,
the fact affords the strongest possible evidence
that the association was not formed soon enough.
If American citizens, because they use the right
of suffrage a they please, are to be shot down
by foreigners and Catholics, it is high time that
i foreigners, and Catholics should be taught their
plaeee and their duties. If foreigners and Cath
olios, wilf shoot ana murder because they are
'-tt miserable reason why they
should be voted or. loutmfe Jbsraaj,
.POHCY OF THEQtNOHINOS. .
' W L-..'m- than AnMflfflmBai tBS WIS
don of the. tfrtwUohjr th N ,T?rfc Mir-rr-
ri ' x..:-- tt, American nar-
We copy from tbtfgpsr of
Partr. rank and file, to remember the purpose
for which it was originated ; to stand fast by
that purpose, and on no account oe iea imu
aide issues. Opposition to foreignism, in what
evef offensive shape, was the originating pur
pose of the new party. Americans was iue
watchword it runs out. and the masses of the
people, tired of foreign insolence and domina
treniirrmidsi,lUedplMrele America in the hands of Americans... lue oo
caifcn.waei.ripe.fot.an American party, for
there was s pe&ai, imperativs work for such, a
party to do.- .And if the party had nevetper
mitted itself .toJt Iwtfrom its first purpose,
viotorv -would have crowned1 its banners in eve
ry State election sinee it entered the field.
. XiTsrj Mgaoioua nouueun vi we
ties saw the power of the new party, and felt
that it must triamnn unless n oouia oe aiverteu
from its mighty American purpose, and split
and shivered on some sectional, aide issue. ; in
sueh.case thev knew that even an American
party mast co to wreck.: Therefore we warned
the American party to beware of the rocks that
bad wrecked toe ola parties, aaa to set its iaoe
as a flint against discussing, as a party, or in
its local councils. Slavery. Temperance, or any
other question than the expulsion of foreign
ism from office end undue political powef."
. People of this country are Republicans in
noliilos and Protestant in religion, and when
thev see. as the insolence of foreigners and the
burotry of rapists wui toroe toem to see, xnat
t&e great principles, which Ifo at the base of
. i . ... ?
tbere will be bat one party among them. The
vtuiwuisugni. swe uirenienau wiu invrsniuu.
ehamptona, of these principles the American
party have onlv to plant their standard, ' and
determine to stand by it through eood and
through eviL Make concessions to nobody.
Joa'l weaken their cans by modifications to
suit their squeamish stomachs. They awe op
posed to this free country. being governed by For
eigner and Papists. That 's their platform. It
is plain and intelligible. Let them stand square
ly up to it sustaining tbose, and those only,
who co operate with tbem in the national deliv
erance. Avoid defeats, bat don't be discour
aged by them. Don't be in too great a hurry
to-tnumpu; but take their measures deliber
ately so that they may be sure when they do
triumph, it shall be a triumph that will enure
to the lasting welfare of the Republic.
- It is one of the hard conditions of this world,
that no cause whatever may be its professed
ends,' can expect to win the confidence of man
kind, exoept through the ordeal of adversity.
Reverses and afflictions are the best tests of the
1urity of its votaries. They endured, manful
y and unflinching; command the eympathy and
respect of the world, while they make those,
who suffer love still more devotedly the cause
for which they suffer. Let not this scrap of
practical wisdom be lost upon the American
party. Their cause has suffered it baa been
traduced andvlllified and persecuted more than
ever a cause was since the treachery of Judas
Iacftriot and the crucifixion of Christ. But its
merit. are unimpaired ite justness, its patri
otism and its exalted aims will be all the more
manifest to the whole world, if those who u
hold it prove themselves worthy of it. Ria
Whig
itjt?We perceive that the democratic prints
are striving with uncommon seal to make up an
issue of veracity between the lion. D.M. Bae
xingbr and the Hon. Kennxth Ratnxr, rela
tive to the fact that the appointment of Camp
bell, as Postmaster General, was known to the
Pope's Nuncio at Madrid before the news of hi
appointment had reached the public mind of
that city. It is all a miserable quibble about
wotds and nothing more ; and we entertain the
most profound contempt for so wretched an at
tempt to make political capital and produce en-
mity Detween irienas. no sane man can tail
to discover that the only material fact announ
ced by Mr. Barringer touching this matter, tJ
wit : "that before be had any certain news of
the formation of the Cabinet, and while its con
stitution teas still in doubt,' and the subject of
conjecture tn the public tntnd at Madrid, be (the
Pope's Nuncio) told Mr. Barringer that Mr.
Campbell was appointed, and that he was a
Catholic; which was the first intimation Mr.
B. had of either fact," is undenied and undenia
ble. That the language of Mr. Rayner, in rela
ting this fact, differed from that of Mr. Barrin
ger, is a matter of no importance, only so far
aa it may anect tne tact itself. The only ma
terial fact, is, did the Pope's Nuncio knots of
Mr. Campbell's appointment to the Cabinet,
before any one else in Spaia obtained the news ?
If so, how came be in possession of that fact at
a time when all others in Madrid were without
information on the aubjeot, and were conjectu
ring, merely ? Will it be pretended that the
newspapers at Washington failed to .rive toe !
!nfn,mi .wii. i
mmmrn w w W W V 11 I f BUI LiUllBaUUU'
dent ! If that were so, were there none - who
received letters but the Pope's Nuncio T And
if that were eo, still it remains to be answered,
were there no passengers on board the vessel,
whieh conveyed this remarkable intelligence who
also knew of tbe Cabinet appointments, and
who were prepared to give the information if
it had been known in the United Slates at tbe
time the vessel sailed ? But what man, not
blinded by party seal, will for a moment credit
the assertion, that aU the public and private
sources of intelligence utterly failed in commu
nicating to Spain an account of the Cabinet ap
pointments except in tbe particular case ofthe
Nuncio ! The vessel crossed the Atlantic, car
rying over from 100 to 500 persons, and hun
dreds of thousands of letters and newspapers,
but out of all of them, except one, there was no
news of the Cabinet appointments I Does any
one believe this to be so? If not, you are ob
lige to conclude that the Pope's Nuncio had
Erivate and previous information. He may have
ad it for a month : be mast have had it for a
fortnight, we think, at least, in advance of the
publication of the Cabinet appointments
in Madrid. Now, it is said, that this is a sig
nificant fact, and gives groond for inspecting
corruption in the administration party.
It is charged, and so far as we have seen, it
has not been disproved, tbat there was a bar
gain between the Catholics and the leading I
spirits 01 lue uemucrauc party ior tne foreign
Catholic vote ; and tbat the appointment of
i'ampDeii was one ot tne rewards of that bar
fain. And it is asserted that a delegation from
'eansylvania, sent to remonstrate against this
appointment, were told, by the President, they
were too late ; that the appointment of Camp
bell had been arranged before he (Pierce) was
elected President If these things be so, it is
no longer a matter of wonder how the Pope's
Nuncio knew of 11 r. Campbell's appointment
before theoewsofhis actual appointment reach
ed Madrid. These things shed light on each
other ; and taken in connection as they sbeuld
be, rise far above, in point of importance, the mis
erable quibble about words, by which the dem
ocratic press is seeking to break the force of
this remarkable affair. That the high officials
of the Catholio church- in Europe, is secretly
concerned in and managing affaire of State for
us, is an inference so strongly sustained by the
above facts, that it is time Americans should
pe wiae awaxe. Salisbury Watchman.
A Broken Anchor. Some paper having cal
led the Democratic party the sheet anchor of the
country, the Hartford Courant says:, " A pretty
anchor it makes, with both flukes, North and
South, broken off ; every strand of the cable par
ted but the Irish one; and dragging along the
bottom ; without teeth to hold on I A glorious
"sheet anchor" it prove divided anH disjoined.
Tbe "anchor" has not been able to save the ship
of state from drifting on towards the rocks of
dissension, or keep its head riding to the wind.
The-only resemblance there is between the
present Jemooratie party and an anchor, ia ite
alacrity at sinking.
POWTICAL REMINISCENCES.
We have been 6uite interested j4 perusing
th nn Wibd renort of a SDeeob reeenUy de
livered by he Don. H. S. Footer of California,
late a Democratic member ot tne, v. o. Donate.
TheHottorable Senator indulges in political
reminiscenoes of one of the most critical periods
in the conntry'e history we allude to the try
ing scenes ofl850 and in giving a clear state
ment of the existing incidents of that era (in
wntcn ne do re a aisungmsneu pari, i uo u
magnanimity to render justice to his then po
litical foes. We pass over what is not material
to our present purpose, and come down to the
close of the Tavlor administration, at which
a. . Jf . -I 1 . 1
time Mr. Foote states, that Senator Seward had
inTtnitedrfdic
depce of tnat patriotic old man, as to De aiiowea
to wield the federal patronage in the free States
of the North, in furtherance of his own political
purposes. This encouragement from Wash
ington city," was adding strength to the abolition
faction of the nation, while the patriotic portion
ofthe the old Whig party which adhered to
Clay, Webster and Fillmore, was day by day
diminishing, both in numbers and in courage,
and were openly complaining of being made
the victims'of a most relentless persecution on
account of their national affinities. It being
deemed necessary to put an end to this great
and growipg evil, on conference with other
Senators, Mr. Foote rose in his place one day,
and declared for himself and the other Senators
with whom he had consulted, that tbey had re
solved to tear up the evil alluded to by the
roots, by refusing in all cases to confirm nomi
nations to office, which could b? traced to the
agency ol Seward. "I had not long taken my
seat." we now quote Mr. Foote's language,
before Mr. Badger, of North Carolina, one of
the purest and most patriotic, men that has
ever occupied a place in the National Councils,
m - to me and stated that Vice President
Fillmore, then presiding officer in the Senate,
bad requested him to make known to me, that
he perfectly concurred in the views which I
bad just expressed, and tbat be would be pleased
to have an interview with me on the subject,
in his official room in the capitol, at the hour of
nine o clock next morning. 1 promised to at
tend upon him at the time and place specified.
I did eo. Without going fully into particulars
at present, it is sufficient for me to say, that 1
obtained, by the direction of Mr. Fillmore, from
the hands of an accredited friend of his, a list
of nominees, subject to the objection of being
violent agitators of tbe question of slavery.
This whole catalogue of worthies was disposed
of in the Senate; in other words, they were
saenfioed to the peace of the country, save one
or two, whose nominations remained to be act
ed upon on the last nieht of that session of
Congress. These were disposed of by Mr- Fill
more himself, on that same night ; for, just be
fore the clock of tbe Senate struck twelve, this
gentleman, being then President, sent in a spe
oial message, withdrawing all the offensive
nominations, and substituting others in their
stead. And now 1 have aninioortant assertion
to make, which I challenge any man, iihe
here or elsewhere, to deny : President Fill
more, after coming into the Presidential office.
never, up to the close of his offiicial term,
appointed one opponent to the compromise of
1850 to office, whether he was a free toiler of
the North or a secessionist of tbe South. Ilunce
the happy security which marked his three
years adminis:ration ; hence tbe suppression of
all slavery agitation. In an evil hour for the
repose of tbe nation, this pure minded and pa
triotic chief magistrate was succeeded in office
by the unfortunate individual whose blundering
imbecility has brought the republic to the verge of
ruin, and well nigh embroiled us already in
the horrors of civil war."
The fidelity of this extract is confirmed by
other evidence than the honorable Ex-Senator.
The animosity with which the abolitionists hivp,
ever since these events, pursued Mr. Fillmore, is
corroborative proof, and it would have been
well for the peace and quiet ofthe country, had
this patriot been retained in the exalted post he
is so well qualified to fill. Wil. Herald.
WHAT NEXT ?
It was but a few days since, says the New
York Express, that we were called upon to
record tbe fact, that a Romish Priest in Jer
sey City had fulminated there a threat of ex
communication against a military company, for
the heinous offence of going upon a certain ex
cursion. contrary to tbe recommendation of the
reverend father that tbey should patronize one
of another description. The arrogance and
presumption of the thing occasioned no little
feeling among both Catholics and Protestants,
and hardly has this begun to subside, when our
attention is called to another outrage, of a still
more aggravated description, on the part of a
Popish Priest, at Hartford, Connecticut. With
out further preface we submit the following
well-authenticated statement of facts :
Saturday evening, August 11, 1855, David
Dalton and Mrs. Mary King, of this city, went
beiore tne town register, declared their mten-
i i - , , , .
"on.8 CI m"S?. na were py mm, as justice
ot tbe peace, duly and legally married, bun
I A 1 .1 n v -
day, August 12th, the very Rev. Uoghee, pastor
of the Catholic church, informed Mr. and Mrs.
Dalton tbat tbey were not married were no
better than the beasts of the field were living
a life of prostitution, but tbat he would marry
tbem all right for ten dollars, and they must
pay that or he would banish them from Hart
ford, and that wherever they went ha would
have tbem banished, unless they paid him the
$10. Th e man Dalton, being a poor laboring
man, bad not $10 to spare, but told Father
Hughes he would (rather than have any trou
ble) pay him five, or even six dollars, but that
he could pay no more. The Rev Hughes said
"No, not a cent less than $10," and he then
took from Dalton the marriage certificate he
I bad; and, although urged and requested to
return iv, reiuseu, ana turned Mrs. Dalton out
ofthe house, and said they should not be. al
lowed to live in Hartford.
Tbe above can be substantiated by the oath
ofthe parties. Mrs. Dalton told Hughes that
she would publish him if he did not return her
marriage certificate. Hughes said, "I will
publish and banish you in church next Sun
day."
Here is a beautiful revelation now ! Well
may the Hartford Courant, from which the
statement is copied, ask :
What are we coming to? Is this a country
where a priest and a clergyman are no better
and worse than other people? or, are we living
in Spain or Italy, where the priest has legal
powers and the !aity are mere beasts of burden
for their greasy reverences to straddie ? Let
any American, with the feelings of a man, read
the above statement ef facts, and if his blood
does not boil we pity him. Has it come to
this, that the laws of our State are to be tra
duced and despised by the Irish priest, fresh
from a Popish seminary that our women are
to do insulted, and their most i)pli,.Bfo and
shrinking sensibilities are to be rulhlesslyplay-
ed unon l.v tlna mM...
poer? Is it to be endued that .hi. fl.liS-
nedflinjr
priest, but little more than a boy in years, aud i
with such a head that he may live to the age of !
aietnuseian and never acquire the judgment of
a man, shall undertake to coerce uieji and wo
men of Connecticut to hold at his pleasure
legal documents belonging to other people
that this boy is to fancy he can banish citizens
of eur State ?
We apprehend he is more likely to get ban
ished himself we apprehend he will have to
be cautions bow he uses language applicable
to three-fourths of our citizens, if applicable at
all, when he intimates that persons of different
sex, cohabiting but not married by the Catho
lio Church, are not married, are no better than
the beasts of the field, are living a life of prosti
tution. To say so, is to bastardize more than
three quarters of our population is to heap the
most degrading epithet oar language contains
on the beloved mothers who bore us and the
fathers who sired us. This a free country, yet
awhile no thanks to Priest Hughes and he
will find it altogether too free a countryfor
him to live in, if he persists in such talk. The
statement comes to us from a responsible source
--if Priest Hughes wants a hearing be shall
Lav i, it, piuvTdLd be keepd reasonably close to
the point.
DEATH OF EX-OOV. METCALFE.
s
Having more than filled the full space of
life allotted to man by the DivinePsalmist, that
ga.lla.nt gentleman, tbat able statesman, that
eloquent orator, that self made man the type
ofthe true Kentuckian, ex Governor Thomas
Metcalfe, died at his seat, Forest Retreat, in
Nicholas. County, on Saturday evening, Aug.
18. He bad suffered for near two weeks from
fever, which evcutuated in cholera, producing
his death.
Gov.. Metcalfe was a native of Farquier Coun
ty, Virginia, where he was born on the 20th of
March, 1780. When he was quite young, his
parents emigrated to this btate anaxsettled in
Fayette, where he had the restricted advanta
ges of a few months attendance ou a country
school. At tne age or sixteen ne was appren
ticed to his elder brother a stone mason, but
his father dying in three years after, the inden
tures were cancelled, and he set about making
a livelihood for his mother and sister. These
he continued to support as long as necessity re
quired, it being the proudest satisfaction of his
life, that to the mother who bore him and the
sister who were the companions of his infancy,
he had always been kind, even at times beyond
his meaus.
F. nd of study, the young mason made use of
ill his leisure hours, and were soon developed
those strong attributes of intellect, always his
characteristics. In 1809 he first appeared as a
public speaker, the country then being agita
ted at a prospect of war with England. But
his passion for the tented field had to be re
strained until 1813, when he commanded acom-
pany at the battle of Fort Meigs, distinguishing
himself by bis prowess in tne preseuce oi an
Indian force double the size of his. Whilst ab
sent on his campaign he was re-elected to the
Legislature, receiving every vote in the county
but thirteen. He served in this body for sev
eral years, and was first elected to Congress in
1818. defeating the Hon. Joseph Desha, alter
ward Governor. He continued a leading
member of the national Legislature until 1827,
when he was chosen the National Republican
candidate t ir Governor. In this contest the
lion. Wni. T. Barry, a man of great genius and
fine address, was bis opponent, representing
the Jadkson imprest. The canvass was oneof
intense excitement, the entire State-being vis
ited fur tbe first time by rival candidates. At
the election Gov. Metcalfe came out victorious
by a majority of only 709 votes. It establish
yd, however, the Whigascendancy in Kentucky,
interiupted ir only one instance until tbe elec
tion-of Gov. Powell.
In Congress and the Executive chair, Gover
nor Metcalfe greatly distinguished himaelt by
his ability and firmness. He was equal to all
occasions and shrank from no responsibilities
The Hon. George McDuflie of South Carolina
having challenged him to fight a duel, be ao
eepted, chose Kentucky ritles andntteen paces
The fire-eating Carolinian backed out.
In 1834 Gov. Metcalfe was chosen tothe State
Senate,, and in 1840 made President of tbe Beard
of Internal Improvement. In 1848 be was ap
pointed to fill Mr. Crittenden's unexpired term
in the Senate. Since then he has chiefly con
fined himself to his farm, beautifully situated
half way between Maysville and Lexington
His old age has been crowned with honors,
happy in view of the prosperity of the nation
he had so well served. During the last politi
cal canvass he frequently addressed public as
semblages, with all the vigor and eloquence of
his youth. His intellectual streugth had not
uoaced one jot or tittle. He was always armed
at all points for any controversy. Of a fiery
and impetuous nature, he sympathized with
the proud spirit of Clay, and was always a tof
lower of that statesman s fortunes- A stone
mason by trade, be always boasted of bis ser
vice in that honorable line of the mechanic arts
and delighted in being called the "Old Stone
Hammer." Louisville (Ky.) Courier.
A TALE OF A TEA-KETTLE.
Oa a winter's evening, nearly one hundred
years ago, the tea board was laid out, and the
window-curtains closely drawn, in the humble
parlor ot a small bouse in tbe town ot Ureenock
in the west of Scotland. A tidy, active matron
was bustling about, slicing the bread and but
ter : a blazing tire gleamed and roared in th
grate, and curled round the black sides of the
kettle which reposed in the midst of it ; and the
fire orackled, and tbe water boiled with a faint
ly popling sound, and a stream of white vapor
came whizzing out of the. spout of the kettle
with a shrill, cheery hiss. JNow the matron
aforesaid saw nothing extraordinary in all this
kettles had boiled, and fires had burned, from
the beginning, and probably would do so to th
end of the chapter.
As the matron stooped to pour the boiling
liquid in tho tea pot, her son James, a boy of
twelve summers, sat on a low bench in front of
the fire, his elbows resting on his knees, whilst
l is hands, placed under his chin, supported his
head. The boy was intently gazing at the fire,
the kettle, and the steam ; swallowing them with
his eyes, absorbed in deep thoughts, and lost in
joutemplation. The boy looked at the fire, and
the mother at the boy : "Was there ever sic' an
idle ne'erd'-weel in this warl', as our Jamie?"
was the question which, almost unconsciously,
she proposed to herself.
A Mrs. B stepped in at -this moment,
when, turning to her visitor, Jamie's mother
naid, "Mrs. B , did you ever see the likes o'
our Jamie ? L ok at him : he'll sit there for
hoius, 'staring at the kettle and the steam, till
! you wad think his een wad come o't o' his
heed 1"
And, truth to tell, there was something pecu
liar in the glance of the boy's eye; there was
mind active, speaking mind looking through
it. lie. seemed as one who gazed on a wondrous
vision, and whose every sense was bound up in
th displav of gorgeous pageantry floating be
fore him. He had sat watching the escaping
steam until the thin vaporous column had ap
peared to cast itself upward in fantastic, chang
ing shapes ; sometimes the subtle fluid, gather
ing in force and quantity, would gently raise
one side of the lid of the kettle, emit a white
puff, and then let the metal fall with a low clank
ing sound. There was power and strength in
that watery cloud ; and as the dreaming boy
saw this, an unbidden thought came into his
mind, and he knew that the fierce struggle was
symbolical of intellect warriug with the ele
ments of Providence.
And still ho guzod, and' saw in his day-dreams
bhips. sailing without wind or Bails, wagons pro
pelled o'er deserts wild by some power unseen
to inoital eye. "Jamie, Jamie," exclaimed his
mother, " sit by to your tea. If 1 find ye star
ing at the fire again, ye'll feel the wicht o' my
hutid."
The boy rose meekly, and did as he was told.
His name was James Watt, afterwards Sir
Jawes. He was
He was honored by the title of knight
I hood, being the first who applied the powers of
steam to any useful purpose
The above anecdote is literally true. Watt
was born in 17a6. This incident occurred
when he was in his twelth year. He was the
son of the poor tradesman in Greenock, and
probably had never read a book the spelling
book and the Bible excepted.
Now, Messrs. Editors, it is an historical fact,
aud beyond all controversy, that all tbe im
provements of the age steam, telegraphs,
printing presses, nautical, mechanical and ag
ricultural implememeuts and instruments
were introduced by men who lived, moved, and
had their being where the Bible was read in
churches, schools and families. Whoever heard
of a Russian serf, a German boor, or an Irish vas
sal produciug anything beyond a measure of
wheat or a peck of potatoes ? When the god
dess of liberty was a "babe in her cradle, she
was rocked to maturity in the Bible-shops of
Massachusetts and Connecticut. A Burns at
the plough, and a shepherd on the heather hills
of Scotland, with no books save the Bible, have
eclipsed Byron with all his bombast and jingle.
LAURIE TODD.
THE? RALEIGH RUMlp
" RALE Hi H, iN.f- C.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUG. 29. 1855.
THE PESTILENCE IN NORFOLK AND
PORTSMOUTH.
All the latest accounts from tbe ill-fated Sea
board cities agree tbat the Fever is fearfully on
the insrease. It is surmised teat there are at i
east ftoe hundred cases in Norfolk and four ,
hundred in Portsmouth. The deaths in each :
place average from fifteen to twenty five each
day.
We take from the "Argus" the following mel
ancholy items :
Ex-Mayor Stcbbs. Profound sympathy is
felt in our community for this amiable and high-
y respected gentleman, and his estimable fami
y. Himself, lady, two daughters, eldest son,
and two servants are all sick ot the fever a sad
affliction indeed. Although he, Mr. S., and an
nteresting daughter about 11 years of age, are
very ill, hopes are still entertained of their re
covery. The rest, we Relieve, are considered
nearly out of danger.
Dr. Hiogiks. We regret to learn that this
esteemed and eminent physician has been at
tacked with the fever. His labors has been ex
ceedingly arduous. From an early hour in the
morning till latent night be has been going in
to almost every part of tbe city, in tbe faithful
and skilful discbarge of his duties. Sixty or
seventy patients are on his list ; and depending,
perhaps, too confidently upon a naturally strong
and vigorous constitution, be has not spared
himself by night or day.
Ihe prayers of hundreds who know and ap
preciate his valuable services and kind heart,
will ascend for his epeedy restoration to health
and to his important duties."
"Improper Burial. We are pained to state,
and on the most reliable authority, that the
graves in tbe cemeteries are eo hastily and im
perfectly dug.that when tbe coma is placed in,
the top is sometimes within a foot of the sur
face of the ground. Very recently, several high
ly respected citizens were interred in this care
less and imperfect manner, and it is earnestly
hoped that the proper authorities may take the
matter in hand at once, for obvious reasons,
which we need not name, such conduct should
not be tolerated another day.
Since the above was in type, we have been
informed by Mr. Davis, a member of the Aims
House Committee, tbat while the above facts
are correctly stated, no blame can be attached
to the worthy keeper Mr. Hawkins, who has
charge of tbe Cemeteries. The evil is owing to
the unusual number of deaths, tbe short time
allowed for digging graves, and the scant force
employed for tbe purpose.
t Urave diggers are wanted, aud high wages
will be paid for their services."
The "Herald" thus speaks of tbe flight of the
citizens and the present appearance of Norfolk :
"The Syrians fled and here the parallel
ceases. Tbey left their camp ground before
Samaria covered with their spoils and their pro
visions, so that the famine wasted inhabitants
of the city were relieved, and "a measure of fine
flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures
of barley for a shekel." But alas 1 Oru panic
stricken citizens have fled and left nought be
hind them but pestilence and famine ! They
have carried off their spoils their money but
they have left their city overwhelmed in present
dismay and distress, with a long vista of ad
versity in prospective. Its present appearance
is gloomy beyond conception. Take a position
on Main, at the intersection of Bank street and
in ordinary times you command a view of the
great business mart of the city, such as might
convey by no means a faint idea ofthe New York
" Broadway, on a small scale. But now bow
changed ! All the stores, with not more than
half a dozen exceptions, closed on Main street
and Market square some score or two of persons
passing, and these either members or emplovees
of the Howard Association, on some errand of
mercy. The rattling of wheels is heard as usual;
but alas ! they are wheels of physicians' car
riages or ot backs used tor dispatch in convey
ing messengers. Go to any other part of the
city and the same prevailing gloom is seen.
ine wnarves are Dare oi snipping ana aesoiu
tion reigns throughout their borders. All is
cheerless and heart-sickening."
A correspondent of the Petersburg "Express
says :
From all I have been enabled to see, which
have been a good deal, I assure yon for the
time, 1 gather several (to me) important facts
1. The disease has diffused its poison through
these entire communities, and must run its
course.
2. No blame should attach to the vast num
ber who have left, for had they remained a vas
ter amount of material would have been here
to afford a still longer life to tbe fearful malady
- 3. It would have been better bad more who
could consistently, left in time. Much valua
ble life would have been spared. It is not here
as in more Southern cities, well for a person to
run tbe risk of contracting tbe fever, because
it is not an acclimating disease. The fever may
not appear in these cities again during tbe pres
ent generation, and what avail will it be to
those who have remained and taken the disease
and imperilled their lives?
4. The worst, I apprehend, is still to come, in
this way : After the present material (to use
a familiar term) shall have been exhausted, it
will be thought the disease has subsided, which
will induce tbe return of many just in time to
inhale the asmosphere, and fall and die. No
sann man who has not had the fever, ought to
think of returning till two or-three heavy frosts
have fallen.
5. Those who have remained grappling with
the Destroyer and nursing the sick, are worthy
of all praise. There is a moral heroism dis
played in tbia which is not shown even on tbe
field of battle. There is here. no momentary
excitement to nerve the man no marshal array
to stimulate the drooping spirits. None of
these exciting circumstances here surround
them. For the last three weeks there has been
nothing but a calm and sternly looking on at
the great enemy, aa he has marched steadily on
ward towards the citadel of life, and made sure
bis aim, among the most shining marks that
appeared before him. And then there is to be
no cessation of hostilities for several weeks to
come. Men are deserving tbe sympathies and
praise of all good citizens who are found ready
to put forth their might to relieve the sufferer.
And such there are in Norfolk and Portsmouth.
I shall always look back with interest to the
few days spent here under these painful cir
cumstances, and the acquaintance formed with
numbers, whom I met while in Norfolk. God
bless those brave and generous physicians, who
having sent their families away, are themselves
contending with the destroyer 1 Men of intel
ligence, and sympathy, and soul, they deserve
to be known. After the smoke of battle has
disappeared, and they shall fully review the
desolation, they will be astonished at themselves.
But delightful will be consciousness of having
under God brought their science and skill so
to bear, as to bring under their control, the pes-
uieiiiim cieuiem. Again i gay, ail praise to
such men.
It is remarkable that, after years of
abuse and denunciation, the Democratic precses ! tempting to do, could prove misrepresentation
have suddenly discovered, that they have been ' on Mr- Ryner should that screen the Pierce
entirely mistaken, and that the Whig party was, ; d Forney dynasty from tbe odium of having
and is, one of the most honest, honorable, con- ' hoaoi of tbir cmntT to the Pope of
scientioos, and patriotic parties, that ever exist- ' Rome ? It is enough to make an American
ed in this country. The Whig party; whilst it ' patriot weep, to reflect upon the present dis
was a national party, deserved, and does still honored condition of our country dishonored
deserve, all the euaoaioms now lavished upon by t108 whom the people had entrusted with
it, by ite former enemies. But it laments that protection of its interests, and the guardian
its merits could never be nrooerlv annrei.itet ship of its pride and character among the na-
bj the Democracy until the year 1855.
POPE'S NUNCIO-t:MR vBARRIN
GER'S Sf AXEMEN f 1
Therfinoals of partis' Wgotry and decep
tion exhibit nothing tcrexceed, and lhardly to
equal, tbe attemptmadibybe Anti-American
press,-to eva ie 5bV foreaof Mr. Barringer's
! stateYrient, in regard to she consirucnon of .Mr.
I Pieice's Cabinet. Mr. B. in bis letter to Mr.
! Ellis and to Mr. Rayiit-r, coufimis the state
j ment publicly ade by those gentlemen, that,
j the firi-t news ht received if the complexion of
tn i.aoinet, was irom tne nuncio oi iu roue,
nd this too btfore che authentic new -l tbe
formation of the jHinet hd renclied Madrid,
aud while the same was in doubt wid conjec
ture. And yet the Arti American journals
and orators can se nothing in this to excite
the fars or eruse the pri le of the pe.r.le of
this country, in regard to Papal interference in
our political affairs. Humiliating indeed should
the rt-fleciion be, to every high-minded and
wl o'.e-souled Americah Patriot tbat bi fore the
Minister representing our country there had
received ihe news who should hale been the
first to get it the Nuncio of the Pope of Rome
is in puisejMOD, and is Lis firt informant, of the
same-, and that too iu connexion with the etatt-
men', that Mr Camubell u a-i a Roman Catholi.
Partiz-ms, who love foreigners better than their
own country men, and who are willing to subor
dinate the Prjtestaut religion of their fathers
to tl.e lordiy pretensions of the Romish Hie
rarchy, may ntfect to believe that this commu
nication was not made to the Romish Church
n Europe, before the formation of the Cabinet
but yet every reasoning mind that reaches
conclusions by the duly weighing of facts, must
believe it, although he may pretend to disbe
lieve it.
It is well known that the charge was made
and went the rounds of the press, shortly after
the Cabinet was announced in tbis country
that the Roman Catholic vote was given to Mr.
Pierce, in pursuance of a bargain to that tffvet.
It was also stated, thatin reply to the remonstran
ces of a committee from Pennsylvania, p gainst
the appointment of Mr. Campbell, Mr. Pierce
replied, that it was too late to argue that ques
tion, inasmuch as the appointment of Mr. C.
was a matter arranged and decided before his
election. Those charges were made in connex
ion with the tatenient, that tbey could be pio-
ven if denied, and they were not by any
of the responsible organs of the Pierce d
nasty'. The prior knowledge of tbe Nuncio at
Madrid, taken in conntiion with these undenied
cnargea, must uriug every uuprrjuuieeu tuiuu
, , :....! :J
to tue conclusion, that the R.imiah Church has
become a great political element in our country ;
that it has become strong enough aud insolent
enough to dictate terms in tbe formation of
Cabiuete ; and yet the blind worshippers and
bigotted partizans of power and place can see
nothing iu this to mortify American pride.
They attempt to evade the force of this testimc
ny by n mean quibble. They say Mr. Barrin
ger has uot said this communication was made
to him before the formation of the Cabinet was
known in this country. Suppose he has not
said so, what of that? He says it was before
the news leached Madrid ; and inasmuch as he
(Mr. B.) must and would have received the
news by the very finst steamer that left the coun
try after the enunciation of the Cabinet here, it
follows, as a matter of couroe, that tbe infjrma
tion must have been communicated to tbe Nun
cio by a steamer that left before the 4th of
March. 1803. Mr. Barringer says, in his letter
to Mr. Ellis, that he did not suppose, at the time
the Nuncio gave him tbe information, that it
was the result of any bargain to that effect.
We suppose he hid not. That is very natura
that be should not. No one representing tbe
majesty and honor of his country in a distant
land, who had been three years abroad
would be likely to suppose his country bad
been so disgraced. Mr Barringer says he sup
posed, at the time he heard it from the Nuncio
that soma especial pains had been taken to
communicate this information to the Catholic
Priesthood. That is just what we suppose now
and that is just the point made by the Amer
ican party, and the very thing they complain
of us going to establish, the consummation of
the bargain. Mr. Barringer does not say, in
his letter to Mr. Ellis, that he now believes there
was no such bargain. And yet, the Anti
American party are trying to pervert his lan
guage to mislead the publio mind, and to evade
the force of his testimony, by the most bare
faced deception and misrepresentation. They
are representing Mr. B. as saying tbat iie did
not suppose, at the time he wrote the letter to Mr.
Ellis, tbat there was any such bargain. But
even if he were to say that now, still there is the
fact., which the advocates of Foreignism and
Romanism can not get rid of, that the Nuncio
had the news before be (Mr. B.) received it.
Buthey seem to suppose, that if they can
establish some inconsistency between the news
paper report of Mr. Rayner's speech in Wash
ington, when he alluded to this matter, and Mr
Barringer's letter, that like the ostrich when it
has hidden its head, they thus avoid the odium
of this exposure. And low and mean indeed,
are the attempts thus made. No matter what
tbe newspapers reported Mr. Rayner as having
said no matter what Mr. Rayner may have
said that is not the question : Mr. Barringer
stil! sayshe Pope's Nuncio had the news be
fore him, or before the news was made publio
in Madrid. But the emissaries of tbe Foreign
and Romish party show the cloven foot in their
still more unprincipled attempt to get up an
issue of veracity between Mr. Barringer and
Mr. Rayner. And yet it is impossible for any
man of truth or honesty, to find any thing like
an issue of veracity. Mr. Rayner says in his
published letter to Mr. Ellis, that be spoke of
the matter just as Mr. Barringer reiterates it in
his letter to him (Mr. R.) But suppose there
was an issue of veracity and suppose Mr. R.
had said it was before the 4th of Martb, and Mr.
B said it was after the 4th of March still all
that has nothing to do with what Mr. B. re-affirms,
viz : tbat the Pope's Nuncio had the news
of Campbell, a Roman Catholic, being one of
the Cabinet, before be or Ihe publio in Madrid
had received tbe news. Suppose tbe Foreign
, and Bonmh party, as they are slanderously at-
tions of the earth. Suppose tbe spirits of our
revolutionary fathers wr rrrni'd r. vicit
the scenes ot tlwir early furugiries Washing
ton, who taught the battles o' the revolution
Jefferson, whoikbored for the establishment of
our Independence Madison, who toiled for the
Constitution; and their glorious compeers in the
Cabioet and in the field it it were possible for
disembodied spirits to weep for the degeoerciy
of their posterity, they would weep tears of
blood at beholding the disgrace which venal
ity an"d corruption have so soon brcught upon
tbe work of their bauds. They would see the
high place of powerfiHed by political hucksters
who had converted the temple of freedom into
a den of partisan thieves- They would se a
Jesuit emissary of the Pcpe of Rome sitting at
the Council-board, where matters involving the
destinies of tbe nation were passed upon daily.
They would see tbe character, the patriotixtn
and intellect of the country proscribed, to make
way for, and to gratify the eejfish ambition of,
men small" in mind, and stil' smaller in lunesty
and character. -Can it be, that the honeet, un
suspecting, and cheated masses of our people,
will tamely submit to such dishonor of their
country ? We kuow that party association is
strong, and party bigotry difficult to dispel
but still there surely must be enough of latent
patriotism, enough of pride of native land, a
mong our people, to rebel against this traffick
ing with our dearest rights and liberties in tl s
market, at the Vatican of Rome. If the honor
and independence'of bur coubtry are to be sold
to the Pope of Rome if he, through his min
ions here, is to dictate our laws, and to fill our
posts of high official station, with his tools and
parasites why, ' then,' ia God's name, let the
bargain openly made and publicly proclaim
ed by Concordat, that every , one may see and
know our downward condition, and make up his
mind to the consequences. If we are to be
slaves, let us be so by our own consent, and
not be cheated by these secret bargains with
foreign potentates and ecclesiastic. England
was riot more disgrapeid by Charles II, when he
became the pensioner -of the King of France,
than is our country- now.-by a seat in the Ame
rican Cabinetbeing" filled at'the dictation of
Pope Pius IX. The. proof of this is in tbe
charge of a bargain to that effect being unde
nied, followed up by the statement of Mr. Bar
ringer in his' letter to Mr. Rayner. By way of
refreshing the memories of the Foreign and
Romish mercenaries, we again publish the state
ment in Mr. B's. letter to Mr. R.
"Before I had any authentic and certain news
of the formation of the Cabinet, and while it
was still a subject of conjecture' at the Court
at Madrid, he (the Pope's Nuncio) told me that
Judge Campbell, of Pennsylvania,' was appoint
ed, which was the tirst information I had, either
of his appointment or of bis religion."
There it is. That is enough for our purpo
ses. That establishes the truth of the charge
that the bargain had bepn made. We are not
done with this matter. It shall be sifted to the
bottom. . No attempt to get up collateral issues
shall divert us from our purpose.
MR. FILLMORE.
Tbe brilliant reception which ex President
Fillmore has met with in Great Britain, is grat
ifying, says the " Richmond, Dispatch," in a
high degree, to his countrymen., . We could not
wish a better representative abroad of an Amer
ican statesman and gentleman. The presence
and deportment of such a man," must convince
even cockneys that Americans are not all wild
savages, whilst tbe aristooraey will recognise
him as one -of Nature's noblemen, worthy in
mind and manners to be the peer of the proud
est of their order.
We are happy to see the kindly and flattering
demonstrations with which Mr. Fillmore has
been everywhere greeted in Great Britain. In
the most elevated circles of the English nobili
ty, and amid tbe warm-hearted people of Ire
land, be has been made to feel himself among
friends and brethren. We trust that these de
monstrations may be received as evidences of a
sentiment. of good will and respect to our coun
try. As such, tbey will be properly apprecia
ted and reciprocated.
ALABAMA
ELECTION.
The " Mobile Advertiser" publishes a table
showing the complexion of tbe next Legislature
all the counties but Walker having been
heard from ; classifying the members political
ly according to our best means of information,
and we believe in the main' correctly. A refer
ence to this table will show that the Democrats
have won a Pyrrhus victory, if indeed the result
ofthe secent election can be called a victory at
all. In the Senate they have a bare chance for
a majority, and in tbe House tbey will lack
two or three of a majority over the Whigs and
Americans,., giving them tbe member' from
Walker, which ia more likely to be American,
and all the doubtful members. With these
ligbts'before us, we imagine Senator Fitzpatrick
will find it a "hard row to hoe" to get back to
Washington.
Another thing worth noticing is the fact that
the returns already show that Judge Short
ridge has received about three thousand votes
more than Winston's entire vote in the canvass
0I1S53!
Thx Hards and tbi Softs. The New York
Hards or Natural Democrats, who have been
holding a State Convention at Syracuse, show
no signs of coalescing with the Softs. The res
olutions adopted are to tbe effect that the Na
tional Democratic party of New York re-asserts
its adherence and devotion to the principles of
the National Democratic party and the consti
tution, and will stand by the platform of 1848
and 1852; that frugality and economy is an
enduring article in their faith ; that they insist
upon the doctrine -of Slate rights and nou inter
vention, and leave to the people of the territo
ries tbe framing of all laws ; that they are
opposed to all secret political societies, or the
curtailment of any of the privileges now enjoyed
by aliens; that they regard the -Prohibitory
Liquor Law as a violation of the Constitution,
and demand its repeal. They want all who
agree with tbem in principle to unite with them,
regardless of minor differences, but desire no
coalition with those holding hostile sentiments.
A supplementary resolution was offered, invi
ting the SoffSbells to unite with them on this
platform, and "take half tbe State offices. An
other resolution strongly denunciatory of ihe
National administration sis offered. Both
these were voted down. The Convention ap
pointed delegate to represent the State in the
National Democratic Convention to be held at
Cincinnati nxt Spring, aud as the Softs, who
meet on the 2Vtb instant, will no doubt do the
same, the exoitiug question of determining
which are entitled to represent the State will
devolve upon that body.