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y. ! M tab: THOMAS I. LEJUmC SOJTI BOUn-awerful hi tatdktlBBl, moral aud pfararal moiim, Hit land if ur lifri ni hni af ant tertian." TEillUTwa Bollan Ib Itlvanre. VOL. XLIII. RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25, 1852. NO. 35; TEEMS. If rtriclljf ia droe, $J pr n It HVH iJhia fix BatU; ud $4 t Ua ADVgRIISIN'a. I Iqnn (1 liaca) IralUurtioa 1, m4 JJ eBti for mK mW.jucut iawrtioo. inciuiiiiirr DEATH IN A SCHOOL ROOM. 1 FACT BY W. W. Ling-a-ling-ling-ling .' west the little bell of the teacher' desk of a village school one morning, when the studies of the early part of the day were about fcalf completed. It was well understood &at this wag it command for silence and attention ; andhen these had been ob tained, the master spoke. He waB a low, thick act man, and hit name was Lu gare. Boys." said he, "Ihcve had a com plaint entered, that last night some of you were stealing fruit lrom Air. JMchols garden. I rather think I ' knew the thief. Tim Baker atep up here, sir," The one to whom he spoke came for ward. He was a slight, fair looking boy, of about fourteen ; and his ftce had a laughing, gocd-horanred expression, which even tho charge now preferred against him, and the stern tone and threatening Jook.of.ihe teacher,, Jiad. - not entirely-dissipated. The countenance of the boy was too unearthly fair for health : it hail' notwithstanding its fleshy, cheerful look, a singular east, as if some disease, and tnat-a-fearfirf-one;' were-eated-wTthrn:--Aa the stripling stood before that place of judgment -that .place so often made . the scenes ot nearness ana coarse tru tality, of timid innocence confused, help less childhood outraged and gentle feel ings crushed. Lugare looked on him with a frown which plainly toldhe felt in no very plearant mood. Happily, a worthier and mora philosophical syBtcm is proving to men that schools can be better govered than by lashes, and tears, and sighs. We are waxing toward that consumma tion when one of the old fashioned school masters, with his cowhide, his heavy birch rod, and his many ingenious methods of child torture, will be g"icd upon as a scorned memento of an ignorant, cruel, and exploded doctrine. ''Were you by Mr. Nichols' garden -.-Xence.taLfiigfc.tr ajl Lugare. 'Yes,' ' answered the hoy, f' I was." "Weil, s7r, I'm glad to finiLyou. so rea dy -with -.your conlcmioB.-- And -so you thought you could do a little robbing, and - enjoy yeuraeif in a manner yon ought to - be ashamed to- own,!withoat being punish ed, did you?" "I have not been robbing,'' replied the boy1 quickly.' His face was suffused, whether with resentment or fright was diflictilt to tell. "And I didn't do any thing last Tiiglit that I'm ashamed to own," "No imprudence ! ' exclaimed the long heavy ratan ; "give me none of your sharp speeeches, oa I'll thrash you till you peg like a dog," . The vounestcr s faced paled a little ""'lkls'ltp'o" "And'pray, sir," continued Lugare, as the outward signs of wrath disappeared from his featuaes, '-what were you about the garden for f Rerpaps yon only re- eeived the plunder, and had an accom plice to do the mure dangerous part of the job." "I went that way because it is on my way home. I was there again afterwards to meet an acquaintance ; and and . But I did not go into the garden, nor take away anything from it. I would not steal hardly to save myself from star ring." "Yon had better have stuck to that '-'.. last evening. You were seen, Tim Ba ker. to come from under Mr. Nichols' garden fence a little after 9 o'clock, with a bag full of something or other over your shoulders. The bag had every ap pearance of being ' filled with fruit and , this morning the melon beds are found to have been completely cleared. Now, sir, what waa there in that bag V , - - Like fire itself glowed the face of the detected lad. He spoke not a word. All - the school had their eyea directed at him. - The perspiration ran down his white fore head like t-ain drops. -"Spealff- sir ! ' exclaimed Lugare, with a WudnSlrikfu of his ratan on the desk. " , The boy looked as if he Would faint. But the unmerciful teacher, confident of his having brought to light a criminal, " and exulting in the idea of a severe chas- tisement he should now be justified in in l ! Hiding, kept working h.niself up to a greater degree of passion. In the mean ly; time, the child seemed h.irdly to know what to do with himself. Hia tongue cleared to the roof of his mouth. Either he was very much frightened, or he was aciuauy 111. . -. "- - J "Speak, I say V again thundered Lu I gare, his hand grasping the ratan, tower. ed above his head in a very significant "I haTfly-ari; air,Mid the poof tV iww, iaiuiiT. His voice was husk r and thick, - "I will teHyon aomesome othei time.. Please to let me go to my seat I . ain't well." "JX " ythat's rery likely;" and Lu-X- gar bulged out his nose and cheeks with eoutempt. -Do you think to make me believe your lies! , I'r foon(l T0 oat . r air, plainly enough ; and I .satisfied that you are aa precious a liule villian as there is in the State. But I will postpone Settling with you for an hour yet. I shall then call yost tip again, and if you don't f w "bole truth, I will give you aome thing that will make yon remember Mr. a month to come ; go to your seat. Glad eaough of the ungncious permis sion, and answering not. a sound, the child crept trembling to his bench. ' He felt very strangely, dizzy more as if he was in a dream than in real life ; and laying his arms on his desk, bowed down his face between them. The pupils turned to their accustomed studies, for during the re:gn of Lugaro in the village school, they had been so used to scenes of violence and severe chastisement, that such thines made but little interruption in the tenor ot their way. INow, while the intervening hour is pass ing, we will clear up the mystery of we nag, ana young liuiter being un der the garden fence of. the preceding night. The boy's mother was a widow, and they both had lo live in the very narrow est limits. His father had died when he was six years old, and little Tim was left a sickly emaciated infant, whom no one expected to live many months. To the surprise of all, however, the poor child kept alive, and seemed to recover his health, as he certainly did his size and good looks. This was owing to the kind offices of an eminent physician who had a country scat in the neighborhood, who had beta interested 4n the- widow' little family. Tim, 'he physician said, might possibly outgrow his disease, but every thing is uncertain. It was a mysterious and baffling nialudy, and it would not be -wonderfui-if 4e---MiW-i--mom en ti' of apparent health be suddenly taken a way The poor widow waa flt firjtt in a continual state of uneasiness ; but sever al j cars had now passed, and none of the impending evils hud fallen upon the by's bead. ins mother seemed to feel confi dent that he would live and be a help and an honor to her old age ; and the two struggled together, mutually happy in each other, and enduring much of pover ty and discomfort without repining, each for the other's sake. Tim's pleasant disposition had made him many friends in the village, and a mong the rest a young farmer named Jones, who, with his older brother, work ed a large farm in the neighborhood on shares. Jones very frequently made Tim a present of a bag of potatoes or corn, or some gar len vegetables which he took from his own stock ; but as his par simonious, Inch temperetL Jnanliod had Nichols' melons for many .often. said that-was .an idle-fellow," of his finger touehede-mldsrae1c7 and ought not to be helped because ho ! cach limb quivered like tho tongujofa did not work, Jojies generally made his ! snake, and his strength seemed about to gifts in suoh -a, .manner that ..-.no one knew fail him. -The boy was dead." " He ad anything about them except himself and probably been o-for some -time, fur his the grateful object of his kindness. Itieyp" were turned up, and his body as might be. too, that the widow was loath 1ult0 cold- to have it understood bv her neighbors! The widow was now childless. Death that she received food from any one ; for I thcro is often an excusable pride in peo ple ot her condition, which makes them shrink from being considered objects of charity; - On the hight in question; Tira had been told that Jones would send them - i r . . i .i . i . i t oag o. po, u u.e piace at wn.cn they were to be waiting for him was fixed m t Niflmla rrftifln fnnitn' T 1 - - - k fiirtraTntrarTm-ma'T; ing under, and which caused the unlucky know tll4t uiy Kcdeemer liveth," boy to be accused and convicted .. ah.ef. gli(j g, ; a vJoice , whose, melody That teacher was one little fitted for his ... l;t ' ,l ..,,, .,-. f . . , ... rr ,, I was like the sweetest strains of tho important and responsible oflicb. H.isiy jg,0;an to decide and inflexibly severe, he was the j Yw' ; ine the angwer gtartlcd terror of the little world he ruled so des- 8nd wfth , ,ines ef the jike im pot.cally.i Punishment he seemed to de- l turnC(1 fromheri A ha,f hour light i... Knowing lit tie of these sweet v d ,nd ghe ke in the Mne de fountains which in children s breasts ever j me,odloU8 V0Q. open quickly .t the call o gentleness and; puthcr, I am cold, lie down beside kind words, he was feared by all for 1m. ; nd tho 0,(1 man , down b ; sternness, and loved by none. I would;. ' KnA gha twlnJei w . that he were an isolated instance in his pryfession. The hour of grace had drawn to its close, and the hour approached at which it was usual for Lugaro to give his school a joy fully received dismission. Now and then one of the scholars would direct a furtive glance at Tim, sometimes in pity, some times in indifference and inquiry. They knew he would have no mercy shown him, aim inougu most oi mem loveu nun, janj8 J" whipping was too common there to exact L ..j henr tiicm, father, the rolce of an much lympathy. Every inquiring glance, lg calUn from afar in the itiI1 ,nJ ioj. I AHAiiAii Mmainnrl nnaaiiahnrl - t " u . . . - . i . t u . i . r .1. , , however, remained unsatisfied, for at the end of tho hour Tim continued with hia face completely hidden, and his head bowed on hia arms, precisely, as hehad leaned himself on going to his seat. Lu gare locked at the boy occasionally with a scowl, which seemed to bode vengeance for his sullenneas. At length the last class had been beard, the last lesson re cited, and Lugare seated himself behind his dei-k on the platform, with his longest and stoutest ratan before him. "Now, Baker," he said, "we'll settle that little1 business of ours. Just sten up here." - " ' - - "; - Tim did not move. The school room was still as the grave. Not a sound was to be heard, except occasionally a long drawn breath. . "Mind me, sir, or it will be the worse for you. . Step up here and take off your jacket." i The boy did not atir any more than if he -haul beei--of wood. -; Lugare thank with passion. He sat still a minute as if considering the beat Jray to wreak Jus ven4potrnnd theetars were bright before I geance.. Ihat minute passcu in ueitn like silence ; it was a fearful one to some of the children for their faces whitened with fright. It seemed, aa itelowlydrop ped away, like theminntn which preceeds the climax of an exquisitely performed an f 1 .1 tragedy, .when some mighty tnantcr of the htrwtHe rt W treadinfflfirirtage, and yon and the multitude around yon are waiting with stretched serves and sus pended breath, in expectation of the ter rible catastrophe. ; ' "Tim is asleep, air," at length said one of the boys who sat near him. . Lugare, at this intelligence, allowed his features to relax from their expression I of savage anger into a smile; but that smne looked more malignant, if possible, than his former scowls. It might be that he telt amused at 'he horror depicted on tne laces ot those about him, or gloat ing m pleasure oh the way in which he intended te wake the poor little slura bener. "Asleep, are you, my young gentle man ?' said he. "Let us see if we can't find something to tickle your cars open. There's nothing like making the best of a bad case, boys. .Tim, here, is determined not to bo worried in his mind about a little flogging, for the thought of it can't koep the little scoundrel awake." Lugar smiled again as he made his last observation. He grasped his ratan firmly and descended from his seat. With light and stealthy steps he crossed ihe room and stood by the unlucky sleeper. The boy was as still and unconscious of his impending punishment as ever. He might be dreaming some golden dream of youth and pleasure. Ferbaps he was far in the world of fancy, seeing scenes and feeling delights which cold reality never enn bestow. Lugare lifted his ratan over his head, and with an expert aim, acquired from long praetieev brought it down on- Tim's back with a force and whacking sound that seemed sufficient to awake a freezing man in his last lethargy. Quick and fast blow followed blow. Wrtimtrt-waitingtosra theoftct"oh first cut, the brut-d wretch plied his in strument of torture, first on one side , of the boy's back and then on the other, and only stopped at the end of two or three minutes from very weariness. But still Tim showed no signs of motion, and, as Lug're, provoked at his torpinity, jerked away one of the child s arms on which he had been leaning over tho desk, his head dropped down on the board with a dull heavy sound, and his face lay turned up exposed to view. When Lugare saw it, he stood like one transfixed by a basilisk. His countenance turned to a leaden white ness. The ratan dropped from his grasp, and Lis eyes stretched wide open, glared as at sonic spectacle of horror and death. The sweat started in great glo bules seemingly from every pure in his face ; his skinny lips contracted and showed his teeth ; and when he at length stretcheAforth hisarm.-Tind with'-theend was 'n the school-room ; and Lugare had been flogging a corpse. FOUEST FUNEKAL. .. $lie w4 fair, with treises of long black hair lying over her pillow Her eye was dark and piercing, and as it met mine h h bt ooki tU gmi,C(V- j ft J ,,er fatI a8n(1 'th - . . . . , . , . i i l. i. round bis neck, and murmured, in a dreamy voice, "dear father, dear fath er." "My child," said tho old man, "doth the flood seom deep to thee' '- " J "My father, my soul is stronr." "Scest thou the thither shore I" "I see it, father, and its banks are green with immortal verdure." "nearest thou the voice of its lnhali- emn night time, and ther call mfc. lie voice, father 0, I heard it then." "Does she speak to the V 4 "She speaks in tones most heavenly." "Does sho smile t" "An angel but a cold calm smile ; but am cold, cold ! Father there is mist in the room. You'll be lonely. Is, this death, father t" "It is death, my Mary. "Thank God !" - - - Sabbath evening came, and a alow pro cession .wound through the forest to the little school house. There, with simple rites, the clergyman performed his duty and went to the grave. The procession was short' There were hardy men and rough, in shooting jackets, and aomo with rifles on their shoulders. But their warm hearts gave beauty to their unsha ven faces, and they stood in reverent si lence by the grave. , The river murmur ed, the birds sang, and so we buried ' I saw the aun so down from the same left, for I always had an idea a grave yard was the nearest place to heaven on earth ; and with otd Thomas Brown, I love to see church in a g-sJveard, for even as we pass through the place of God on earth, so we must pass through the tem ple of God above. ' ' . , Problem. -Two women had j together 100 egs : one said to the othsr, ""A hen I count n. V eggs by eights, there is an over plus off. ' The aecoud replied, "If I count mine by tens, I find the same over plus f 7 How ManJ egga had cach X Freaa the National latettigeoeer. DOWNING VI LLK KATIFICATION, AT LAST. Downingville, State f Maine, July 50, 1852. - Mr. Gales & Skatoy, WcuhingtoA, tyat of Cimgrr. Mr Dear Old FkiikbsT We've made out to ratify at last, bat it was about as hard a job as it was' for the Baltimore (invention to nominate. And I'm afraid the worst on't ain't oveyet ; for Uncle Joshua shakes bis hMd atyt says to me, in a low tone, so tae 'resis&aii t near, "ie- tween you and me, My.ar, the lection will be a harder job still." 1 put great faith in Uncle Joshua's feelins. lie's a regu lar political weather-glass, and can al ways tell whether we are going to have it fair or foul a good ways ahead. So when he shakes his head 1 naterally look out for a tuff spell of weather. When I got home fron Baltimore, says I, ''Well, Uncle Joshua, you got my letter in the Intelligencer, didn't yau ?" And says he, res . "Well, did't we do that business np well ?" says I. . "I don't know that," -said Uncle Joshua ; "I have my doubts a- bout it. 'Why, don't you think, savs I, "the nomination of- Gineral Pierce will put t he Democratic party on its legs again, and give it a fine start looked, up to me kind ot quizzical, am; says he, It has gi n the party, a pretty Considerable of a start al- then ne sot as mucn as two minutes drumming his Winger on thtf 4ablc, and didn't say nothin. " And then he looked up again, and says he, "Major, who is Gineral i'ieree? Jt ain't a ficticous name, is it?" "Why, Uncle Joshua," says I, "how you talk ! It is General Franklia Pierce, of New Hampshire." " Gineral Franklin i Pierce of New Hampshire, is it V savs he; "well, now, Major, are you sure there is such a per son, or did somebody play a hoax on the Boltimore Convention 1" "Yes," says I, "Uncle, I'm as sure of it as I am that there is such a person as Uncle Joshua Downing. To make' all sure of it, and no mistake, I come through . New Hampshire, and went to t'oncord, where they said ho lived, and inquired all about it. The neighbors there all" knew him"TlefecTty well, and showed me ' the '"house Tie lives in. wasn't at home or I should a seen him myself, and should get his premise to keep the Downingville post office for you. Rut you needn't be afraid but what you'll have it, for I'aehT'ft triegniphtr b4mTf from Baltimore, aa soon he was nomi nated, to keep it for you." Here I see by the looks of Uncle Josh aa's eyes that the began to got gold of some new ideas. Says he, ''Well, Ma jor, it is a fact then, it, that he was uomi noted in renl -eareeBt,-- and - twaen -' no joke?" "Upon my word and honor," says I, "there isn't a particle of a juke about it; "S.alLuQPfi.mLjeiil rnrnrsti,..,, ,..., "Well, then,4f you've really got a can didate," says Uncle Joshua, "J should like to know something about hiin. Does he belong to the Old Foey class or Young America class?" "I guess about half and half," says I, "and he'll bo all the stronger for that, becsuse he can draw" votes on both sides." 'After all," says ha, '.I'm afraid it's a bad nomination. Them old pillars of the Democratic party, Gineral Cass, and Mr. Buchan'm, and Governor Marcy, and Gineral Hoot ton, aud the rest, will feel so insulted', and, mortified at being flushed aside foretrangers to take the cad. that thcy,ll all be agin the nomi nation, and their friends too, and that'll upset the whole kettle of fish." "Don't you never fear that, Uncle Joshua," says I ; "them old pillars that you speak of are all -very much tickled with the nomination. Ye see, it broke the nose of Young America, and they waa delighed with it. As soon a the nomination was out of the mould, before it hail tone to cool, they all telegraphed right back to Baltimore tnat nothin in the world could have happened to. suit 'em better ; it was a most excellent nomi nation, and they felt under everlasting obligations to the Baltimore Convention. You needn't have no fears that they'll all turn to and work for it like beavers." r "Well, bowls it," said uncle Joshua, "about that boy-candidate for the I resi dency that they call Young Amoricat 1(M aid rnce Jojhua, "and tbatcan'l his nose is knocked out of joint he'll of i10 dinnutud?" . I course oppose the nomination, tooth and nail." . - "There'a where you are niintaken' a- irain. Uncle Joshua." aavs I. "On the ; contrary, be goes for it hotter than any of em; and he telegraphed back to iial. timore as quick as lightning could carry it that the nomination was jest the thing ; it couldn t be no better. 1 e see, he looks pon it in the light that it chokes off all the Uld f ogies and leaves tha field clear for the nomination, and so patriotic about it, they say bej U going to stump it throne lnd! tlio--tate. and m"kc siw-ech-1 s in favor of Gineral Pierce's election. You may depend upon it, Uncle Joshua, we're got a very strong nomination,, one that'll carry all afore it; every body is delighted with it, and every body a going to go for it. I thought you would have things all cut and dried for a aousin rati fication "tnreting'by-the - time I got home."'"- v ,r-. - . -;' -' " '; :- "Well, ton know, Major," said Uncle Joshua, "I always follow CoL Crockett'a rule, and never go ahead till I know 1 m right. ow foolish we should look to call a ratification meeting here in Down- ingvllle, and te voted right plump down. Yen know the Freesoilers arc very strong among us ; they are very in all the North ern States. - And yon know the Baltimore Convention fixed up a platform to stand on that'a all in favor of the compromise and the fugitive law, and is deadset f gin the Kresoilcrs. Now, Major, you must nave more understanding than to- think the Frcesoilers will ever swallow that platform, and if they don't we are dished." "You aro all wrong again, Uncle Josh ua," says I, "for the biggest Freesoil- ler in all America swallowedf H right down, and didn't make a wry fucekbout it." "ho do you mean : says he. " I mean Mr. John Van Buren," says I. "But you don't mean," says Uncle Joshua, "that Mr. John Van Buren ac cepts this platform, and is willing to stand on it i" "Yes, I do exactly so," says I, 4,for he got right up in Tammany Hull and made a speech about it ; and he said he would go the nomination aud he'd stand the platform for this election any how. You needn't be at all ifraid of the Free soilers. Uncle ; they ain't so stiff as you think for, aud 'they are as anxious to get the offices as any body, and will work ns hard for 'em. Now let us co to work and gct-np inrr-ratificntionnndlcwrtCTrtf straight. The Democracy of the coun try expects Downingville to its duty. -iveu, major, says uncie dosnina, I thought you could. I'm willing to take hold and sec what we can do. But I de clare I tah't h-lp laughing -when I think it's General- Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire, that 'we've got to ratify. I wish we knew something about him; something that we could make a little flusteration about and wake up the De mocracy "Good gracious, Uncle Joshua, " says I, "have you been postmaster of Down ingville this twenty years, and always r.ading the papers, and don't know that General Pierce was one of (he heroes of tho Mexican war?" At that, Uncle Joshua hopped up out of his chair like a boy, and says he, "Ma jor, is that a lact I ' " i es, says 1, " tis a fact. You know Mr. Polk sent me out there as private am bassador to look nfter General Scott and Mrlriat-. .AuA jGeueral-rieiteeipda out ""LLthcre; I kticw all about it, and aboit iiis Heirittint wounded. " e o , " Good L" Bays uncle Joshua, snapping his ; fingers J'thafs -lucky -j- then we've got something to go upon 'y something that the boy cm hoorah about. And - wedon' - t hitre- ua we may carry the' day yet. Who do you think the tother partwill put up I" "Well," says I, "it's pretty likely to be Mr. w coster or Mr. JPillinore, and they can't cither of 'cm hold a candlo to General Pierce." , "if he was tho hero of the Mexican war. I 'sposo it was General Scott's part of the war that he was in, because that's w hore rET'i llie'uaUHH aitwrtemcwaB iiut inu ui aTcsi in, biim- uivw uown most ot the Mexicans? Did he help storm tht Gibralter castle at Vera Crua ?' "No," aays I, "thit little matter was all over before Gineral Pirrce got to Mex ico." i - " Well, the great battlo of Ocrro Gor do comes next," said Uncle Joshua, "I dare say Gineral Pierce was foremeat in marching up that bloody Bunker Hill and driving off Santa Anna and his fifteen thousand troops." ; f,;r 'Tin sure he would a been foremost, if hc,d only been there," says. I, "but ho hadn't got into the country yet, and Gen. Scott wouldn't wait for hiin. It seems as f 1 l.- . . when there is any fighting to do. and won't wait for nobody" . " ell, the next great Iiattlo, if I re member the newspapers right, said Uncle Joshua, "was Contreras; and after that Caine iho bloody and hot times of C'huru busco, and tho King's Mill,, and Chepulto- pec, and marching into the City of Mexi co. These was the battles, I 'sposo, where Gineral Pierce fit liko a lion, and became the hero of the Mexican war. But which battle did he shine the bright est in and cut dwn most of the enemy ?" " The truth is, savs I, "he got wound- , . . ' r i. ii 1 i i ed at Contreras, and so wasn t able to tke e poc woufiu-1 part in them bloody affairs of 1'hurabus- ( co, and the King's Mill, and Chcpul to pee " Then he was in the battle of Contre- bo disputud?' "O yes,", says I, "he was certainly in the first part of it, when they wore get ting . the Tartlo " ready, for there's where he got WuundciL" ; ; "tiood," said Uncle Joshua; he was in one battle, and got wounded; that's e iiotigh to make a handle of, any how. Wberoboiita was his wound?'.' !' "Well, he hstt sveral hurts," said I ) - I believe in his foot and ancle,' and other parts. Riflw 1lls?fWde;Ju;erjr' eirnest, ,..-, ,li noj-ioth'mg -of tbt- kind," aye -t.-" What then; sword cuts? Or did the Mexicans stick their bayonets into him?" "O no, nothing of that kind. , fays I. "Then it mnat be grape or boom- shells," said Uncle Joshua, "how was it?" , ,No, no t wasn t Done ot them things, snysl; "the fact ws, when they were skirmishing round end getting ready' -for the battlo his horse fell down with him and lamed hiin very bad." ' , Uncle Jovhua colored a little, and aot and thought At last he put on one of hia knowing looks, and aays he, 'Well, Major, a wound, is a wound, any how, and we can make a handle of it without being such fools as to go into all the pir ticulars of how he came by it. I say let's go ahead and ratify General Pierce, and who knows bat what we can make something out of his Mexican busi ness?" " Well, Mr. Gales k Seaton, the thing waa done. We ratified on the 21st Juno, in the evening, and it was a till piece of business. When I begun, 1 meant (to give you full account efit, with -ome W the speeches and resolution. Bui I've made my preamble ao long that I can't do it in .this lotter. We had a grand torch-light procession. Cousin EphraiuV took his cart and oxen, and went into the woods and got a whole load of birch-bark and pitch pine knots, am) all the boys in Downingville turned out , and carried torches. The school-house was Illumina ted with fifty candles. Uncle Joshua pre sided as usual. Banners were hunz round the room, with large letters, giving the names of all great battles in Mexico; and the enthusiasm '.-was immense. When we'd got about - through, and was just win-ling np with Three ireuicndious cheers for the ''Hero of Mexico, a message came in to Uncle Joshua from the Post Of fice, stating that the telegraph had just K ..ki iL.-wf!.' n.. at ftiltimijre tad nomihaTcdftentral Scott uiuuiit iicivs uim too " ig vonveution for President. It gin the whole meeting ine com snuggers in minute, t'ncle Joshua looked very serious, and says he, t.i,v.ii i r . . . . . takes, I think you better give tliem three lost cheers ver again, and put in the name of Ulnerat Pierce.' So we did, and gin three rousin cheers for Ginentl Frank. Im Pierce, of Ntw Jfamp$hirej th llert of Mexico. Downingville ia wideawake, and will do her duty in Movenber. J- 8o " I rcmaiiTy6ureTJ friend. 7 MAJOIl JACK DOWNING. W nnderatand that Mr. Lawrence, our Minister to Great Britian, has at his own urgent solicitation, been recalled, and that the President has nominated Joseph ft. IngersoH,- of - Pennsylvania -to that mission. This aeema to be a coinplipitnt not only due to the ability- and high char acter ot' Mr. Ingersoll, but also very just ly due to Pennsylvania, aa that State baa at present no- full mission nor member of the uaoinei, iiir. nciveniior nayingjui it will be recollected, resigned hia place as Secretary of thejnteripr ,on jeeount of ill JwsaJihZZiIZ--i " Mr. Lawrence has been a very popular Minister abroad, but we cannot doubt that trtwiyirtenwTiglnl'r11 .u. ft'lfr-wM. by Mr plished : manners, and has had much experience in public affaira. Nat. Jut. Life at Nrw port -Servants Attack- vat. -'SotrtRimtsmriF i NkwPori, R.I., Aug. lOtli. The Ocean Honse was yesterday tlie scene of an outrageous assault upon a tiyuTeXaiid ofTrish waiters employed in the cstnbliHhment. It appears that the gentleman, Mr. Y., of Mississippi, waa helping a ludy .to a dish "t dinner on Sunday, when one of the waiters deaired to take it from him. i J - - - ! " ' It. is extremely difli ult to obtain any-! thing to eat, and the gentleman in ques tion refused to give it up, especially as be had not helped himself. . The waiter persisted, and waa exceedingly insolenj in his manner, wherepon Mr. Y. took a ease knife and cut hiin about the face. The ; waiter was -v carried ; ont, " and the gentleman resumed his dinner. i ncrc nu uuiiu uo;u nofni I here was no disturbance about the -1 . ntter until next morning, Mr. Y. Went down tfl breakfast, and anticipating an aftack armed himself. He called for his breakfast, and, while waiting for it, he preceived a .movement on the part-of the waiters who aipro-iched him banded in a circle. Mr. Y. immediately arose from his . sent, drew two pistols, which he held in either Land, and waited for the attack. ,f!1). i.,;-.;,,,'.,.. About one hundred mon: surrounded him, an would ' havo unhesitatingly crushed lumhad it nt been for his cool ness in retaining his fire, and threaten- . n" . . i . ing to Kill me nrst man w tio came withi MM ,. . . .. . w in . ' , c...l..f..... i we noticed CoL C. of Louisville, L'eut. M. of the Navy, Mr. W. J., Mr. P. of Alabama, aud many others) came to the rescue. U ith grsit difficulty, and after several knock downs, the waiters were expelled from the room.' Mr. Y. was taken to his room by hia friends. He was unhui t, save wound in tho fore finger, .' '-".-" ;' .;, ..'-;.. V Groat alarm prevailed among the lo llies, and for a while "High life below stairs" fc d the away. ' ' Mr. Y wa. urgently requested to leave with his family, aa there was every chance ror another attack, which must have en,, ded Trfgrcaf Eldodalied. He left yester day accompanied by at least fifty friends, and hundreds of JwitVrBer whe-eouW not leave with him, have dotermined to leave to-day. Cor, of jv, J . Tribune. Another account says that E. M. Ver ger, Esq , is tho name of the Southerner who attacked, and that Col.' t'hristy, of ly. Lieut, kelson of the Navy, and Mr. Pollard, of Alabama, are the names of tltree-nf tlmnewheeame'to--the- rescue of Mr. Yerger. One of the waiters, it is said, got possession of Mr, Y.'s pistol, aid ra ade several attemilts to fire At him, but was prevented from the fear" of shooting some of bis companions. It is also said the waiters have thrtatend " the lives of Col. Christy and Lieut Nelson, whe were warm personal friends of Mr. Y., and stood by him in tha midst of tho difr ficulty. ., Another statement of the affair says that the nnwsters engaged in the attack were negroes. :: JPiere im favor of Dnrritm lt was observed that on lato visit of Pierce to Shod Island, tkejirit man he sailed up an teat the not trio ttt Governor Door. She Glexandria Telegraph publishes an ex tract lrom the Providcnao Herald, a pnjte; edited by Deor, in which he refers to hia -interview, and sreokes of the friendship" of Pierce for his cause in Bhode Island I He says: . . ' ; '':-' "We had the pleasure of an interview with him. II is in line health and high spirits, any has an excellent campaign in him. Being a through goinj; practical Democrat, anda mau of and among the peopl ;and knowing what a nnited Dem ocracy can do, he commits himself cheer-- fully tesheir hands. ;' When our convert . atioH mat turned to terns of the affairic , flHii,nd hit well known friemihip :: forth Jthode Inland tame of $oeercij nt y and tuffrag. m took the UMty-piHtk- mg for our jJtmocratte t"Mhwto oa. M"l thL Mftind&tpfor-that4iiui iet'i not forgotten, una that it would urg to rank and Jilt f our party to uuu altxtrtiont, . Doraocrets Wwill you rat- ' ify this promise by our- exertions and - COI BTISO IS RiOBT STTtB Git OUt yoft nasty puppy- let me alone or 411 tell you ma 1 oried out Sallyr-to. her lovodJake , who "sat about ten feet from her, pulling dirt from the chimney jam. 'I arn't techin' on yon, Sal,' respon ded Jake. " I " V ell perhaps you don't mean to nuti erdo yer?" - No 1 don't.' , 'i'auso you're too tainal scary, Yo long-legged, , lantern jawed, sin b sided, pigeon-toed, gangle-need .owl, you yon hain't got a tarnal bit o'sense ; get alonjf "H-wit'a-yoit;''-r'"''--"." - -'Now, Sal, I love you,and you can't help it ; and ef ynu don't let me stay and court yon, my daddy will sue your n for that cow he sold him t'other day. By jin goye said he'd doit.;II7 . 'f til, look Jierej-jake if-yon want to court mo, you'd better do it as a white nimi does that thing not set off there as if yim thuglit-1 was piaan,' '1 low on an th is that Sal? 'Why, sid right up here, and hug and . kisa.JuvAytareailyjJalj)m bone and ainnor of s man about you. Do you spose a woman's only mmle to look at, you fool, you? No; they'or made for practical results,' as Kossuth in liiir mnA triaa tfrr.f, litr. ' A-ln 'iu.a ,ul;n thii, 1 fiiusl, forTdo e you Sal, and so Jake oommeneed suiting up to her, like a maple poker going to battle. Lay ing his arm gently upon Sal' slml.ler we Jteaea-aal. w-.----'-' 'Thm'a the way to do it old boss that is acting liko a white man orter.' '".' 'Oh. Joru?ali-in a-n-d pancakes' ex claimed Jake, 'if this . ain't better than any apple sim ever inarm made, a darned sight ! Crack-e-o t buckwheat cikus, slap-jacks and'lasses ain't no whar 'long aide of yon4 gal! oh, how t lovoyou 1' . Here their lipi came tgether,and t e re port that followed was like pulling horse hoofs out of the mire. . f i ; - i -'- Pierce' QreattLeConiteney. A uomoci auc orator now i mil, then plucks up .courage, grits nis teetli, goes it blind, and attempts seriously to pcr suide tho crowd that Mr. . Pierce . is a great man. . Well, we suppose they ar rive at the conclusion by arguimpwiih themselves, that as ho never exhibited any of hia greatness to the world,' he must , have nn immotisc deal of it on hand, in re servation for some future and momentum occasions-. True, be has had 'ni!e op portunity, both in tho Senate art! 'in the field, to exhibit whatever of greatness ho possessed, and signlly failed t" make Ins exploits in either capacity, any part of the history of tho country while SC'tfc has never failed to leave a landmark for iiistoky in whatever position h- has been called to act either oivil or military; yet they would faifl persuade the people that Pieret is worthy of their'confidence, and that Seott is not. Now, if forty-thres years of faithful and brilliant,, public ser -vice, is not a sulllcient guarantee ot his fidelity to his country's lienor, welfare and prosperity what guarantee will those iocofoco wiseacres have ? Clearly, a : whig candidate Jor i'resnlcnt can give hono that would satisfy them, lie it over remembered that Millard Fillmjre was only a year ego, traduced by them, all over Tennessee, as at abolitUmht uaw.ir- thy of the confidence of the South,' Ixcrkasiso New Kind of Wheat. Scare and Valuable kinds of who it m y be tnore-rapWty;liciTa!cd: by : diviiliiig'ilio " roots or stools, than , by tho ordinm v iroccss of siuij)lyowtg-id 're-sowing I'very susco l'ul expoie7ftTsrivr'.;3. as pci fornai some years ago in England, with the stool from a single grain o. wheat. It was sown early in summer, an i tillerd ao much that it wis divided e.ir! -in August, into eighteen parts. In tl ..i autumn they were again divided infosixty seven epttrt plant..' In the spring th-i tilleragewcnt onrapijly so f!e 5 hmi ht 1 plants were finally obtained, o tit;u iht .' yielded 2 T,10'J ears, or about' forty to. a ; plant. The whole product was a lit . i sh'rt of a bushel. Tbe reiiW. will p dcrstand that the best possible chac . waa giver, both in soil aud culture. ,.lLL.A