North Carolina Newspapers

It. ( f. : v THE IREDELL EXPRESS, ; - r published weekly, 59 :I4 TERMS OF ADVERTISING. ii' Dollar a squareier the first week, and m i Twenty-five Gents or eTerfreelf, tbereafttf U Sixteen" fines' or lessfil a sqtiare 1. B. DRAKE. BY W. P. DRAKE. square. DedactioiM made in favor of standing mat ter as follows: '; , ' :., :..S;Jrot. t-ro. Ixxti One sottaiv, . $3.$0 1 $5.50 VtM two squares,.". . 7.00 X?lM$t4jb6 ? Three squares, 10.00 i&tfjMr90fc When directions, are notfon hewofteq to insert an AdTertiaeraeaVit willbejwbEafa ed oatil ordered out . 1 , . !, ... EUGENE B. DRAKE SDN, Editors and Proprietors. A: Family. !N"ewspaper---I3e voted to Politics, Agriculture, Manufactures, Commerce, and Xiscellaneous Heading. TERMS OF THE PAPER, ;; s ' - $2 a Year, in Advance. Vol. 1 1 1. Statesville, N. p., Friday, August 10, 1860. ISTo. 36. 8. I" i - - i J - - ' 1 ;-:-W ; - : ' ' f 4 ft I v- I I ii:.' , :', I . I: , it S i. Of 'I Mi 2 IJoetrn1. The Sleeping Beauty. BY ISA l CARSLEY. Tlie gilU-CrinK-d cOrtains loojied asido. . Frpm round the $uch wherein nhe lies, Tle charmed mmI of hIuiiiImt n'Hwtl ' I'prm fhp WMXt-n-liddavl -y ; Awhilie tlie ntuonlight fclinnuiT tliroufih ' ; The leaves tlmt i limti tlif onwm-nt t.'i-r. - i . - ' - And fliing their quirerlng xhaduwa f nth " .' 'pon the teswlrtte! Jixir. ' ' Shethvps; the rj'fij light aoftly fiilln AcrM the maidrn'g xrulpturcd tact; And o?er her bofxto'i pmrly t now. Upheaving 'n ath the robe- of lu-fi. And (treamH; wliilf tliroii(li the diinpllng sniilos Th(t keep the uioiHt, r-d lip n apart,' . Tbo wlilteJtc'U( glow a wi-?e of ix-irl Witliln i l-Hhj'ii rriliiKon hmrt. Hope lightly, ou the Hilkcn-rowl:, UncHnpnj the" full, yi-t prrfi fiirrn. The ft brown tre.sex ricBtliig clone j, AlXHit the milk-white, rooilfd arm, that half nupportH tin- droopftig he:td, And gluoiiy wciglit of truant rurln, , Escaping fiuw the pjiniin tiand Of largo, white oriental pearls. 0 5tdl ah IiM,rhl"i0 lftnguldlj . Tli'? Irishes dork, nud soft, and sleek, Vriluijj flic lustrous wli beneath. ' lie-it o?jthc in-- tinted ivory rhi'k, ' Vhili"'ovr lip and ey and J oiv. Tbe waifin. enmiiorml niiMiutMntnn rnrp, Kncirclinjf with ttudr light thf forni . ' Thtls i'lpe.l within the uiniH uf xleep. fertile ' Ired. II ExniTxy.' A I'KAIIIIE, Il.l., .Jtll V 17, lfWO. ilsrs. KiUli'ivi : Since niv last cotnniurii- cation we have had fine rains, au'd the result i- that Mir wheat and oat crop imjrokcd. and the coi n wits neve Ktv theollWt settlers. If is deli has vastly r betler, Htt fin delighttul to see the extensive l'rairi'.s literally covered with the mnpl luxuriant growli f corn. If no disaster l-fxlls it there will certainly - be e- imugh eo bread the iim fat jev n rjHj'cd in Illinois this .year, to United Staffs. The hoys are look- en now, lor t not- prospect that is ahead. I his country witl certainly irroan Under the weight of rVrn and pork this fall, if su l a thing can be. We have had fine, cool weather generally, Until thel last few days ; it is now very warm. The fourth was a very hot day. We had a Sunday Si hod Celebration on that day, at out neighboring village, ; Augusta- Seven teen Sun lay Schools. were represented and it was siipjxjsed from the best calculation, ihat there was at least five thousand persons in attendilijce. Indeed, it was a pleasant sight t,j see sol tnanv children and grown persons (lofresponkntc. niarciinjg under their different banners and - afterwarU Feated in a pleasant grove to hear , the reaiJing of that time honored instrument ,jC:the Declaration of Independence, and the j -. half dozen speeches or addresses delivered on j ' Jthe subject of Sabbath Schools,- and one. ?j men cioseo tne sceiiCt wrt ucuvcreu on me Ssubjecj : jof the j'it"'n'x Birth J'a. Such h he manner in which the citizens of the"wes Jlo up things ; when they undertake a matter they go! ijffiT" it with all; their niigjit and strength. That id one of jthe great charac teristics' of this people, j' The. warm weather ha . brought with it conconiuiitant troubles, here, as in flic good ld North Stateto wit: candidates and (lies. lulUics is now rufTuiiir hii!rh, and no doubt will be much more so, as :we have two can from Illinois. Nd doubt the puliti- 'liilates cat thepinomcter will cange during the sum mer af least IiO degrees, above blood-heat, and wil it be a .wonder if isoine do not ex- plnde li-otn. an over-charge; of their jcditical b iler.s' . '.- f ; While others are raving for Douglas and: fmco'dN the Hell and Kverett men are (juiet-. ly moJing in the even tenor of their way,, and I although ll:ey do nbt( make so -loiul a iwiise as the others, yet th ey are look i ng a head, it-nd nijaking their calculations to make a graiid riillv at the ballot box. Each of the other parties is trying to jmake the Union party believe that 'their cquse is a hopeless one, and that there will b no ticket in this State.! Wc don't' believe f ny tiling they say; the fact is, theyiboth are (earful that, while they are fighting over the bone, Bell and Ev erett will bear it off. I have little doubt hut that Missouri will dfgo foff Bell and' Everett, j. 0 1 lie Iemocrats and Rejitnbhcans are afraid to say any thing against ?the Union candi 't datesj'theyspeak of themi as good menj.that .1 - fit 1 1 1" !1 . . 1 ,.E iney W" uiaKe goou i rettmems ; niecouiurv will e safe in their Ijands &C, &c.. I should 0 hot. lie at all puprised to see either of those partips leHheirown candidates go, and stride for Bell and Kverett. Thspy know their own 1 larties are, sectional.. especially the Republi i can party. Who dare refuse the Union plat i form ? who dare object to tiie" Constitution i ind "t.a ws of this country asLa platform?. ! wlmi other platform had George AVashiiig- fon, Thomas Jefferson ar.d all the earlier ' Presidents? None! And if they -.needed no f other, why should all this ado be made about this platform or that, in this day? For no i j otlief reason, ir my view,; than to collar the part j and make them Jnrcar allegiance to , thciif candidate, right or wrong ! Such men are led as eliecp'to the. slaughter, and are i; i'Tinitted to open their mouths, but are ' boiUjid to swallow every thing in tjie platform, K whether it be good, bad or inditljerent. ' j M and Everett stock is rising, and may j- it be like the ' leaven thai the woman hid in f- the meal ;" may itspread.all over f Iris Union I until the whole country becomes leavened, and Bell and Everett be triumphantly elected J: ovl-r, DisuttionLtm, AMitionltm, and .every oth V er ism" . D. " For the "Iredell, Exprew." Love Street, S. C;, July 23, 18G0. fessrs. IJ(itars: Owing to the recent mis fortunes bi the democracy, it is presumed, that her proud Ppirit is somewhat dejected, and rejoicing turned into lamentation. Such wa the ascendency of the democracy that Mri Pierce took the Presidential chair," by the ' approval of eveiy State in the Confederacv except four. "How unparallcleil the triunjph.. ami fraternal feeling and good will, between thei States', that Mr. Pierce, on - taking hit svat congratulated his fellow citizens upon . thel happy results of Mr. Fillmore's adminis tration. , The peace and tranquility of the u.uunvi moit meir nignt;; soon alter demo cratic ascendency in the elevation of Frank in Pjerce, when the democracy gave birth" to her daughter the Black Republican party; which has grown powerful, . turbulent and destructive. Let us look to the motive that led the democracy to bring her daughter into the world. Did she doit to benefit he South? No ; for she knew that the South would ain nothing by it. Did she do it to form "a . more perfect Union ?" No ; for she knew it -. would create sectional parties. But the true motive was, that she sawvherself on thevercrg of defeat, and knew that something must Se done to continue her in the enjornient of the epoila. So, inasmuch aa she ' is bound to gether by the cohesive power of public plun der," her leaders put their intellects to work for the introduction of sotne.new issue, which would Continue them in office.- Hence all those dangerous innovations, Squatter Sover- eigntv, 15Iack .Republicanism and Jacobinism. The fields of Kansas tell a sad; story about squatter sovereignty and its bloody tenden cies. Tlie Black conflict doctrine is, th'aC fJongress has plenary power to prohibit slav ery in the Territories, but none to establish- and protect. The Jacobinic tloc'rine is that Congress has plenary power to establish and protect slavery in the Territories but none to prohibit. -Thus theesecMonal parties aree, that Congress has full power over the Terri- ! tones, but diverge from each other, in deter ! mining the . object for , which that power j should be used, the one contending - that it ! f-hould be exercised m opposition to, and the other that it should used in the interest of i I slavery, both of which doctrines are uncon-f etitutional according to the interpretation of the Fathers of the Republic, because in the infancy of the Republic the fathers both es tablished and prohibited slavery an the exi gency of the case demanded.' "Now it is piairV j to see that these sectifialistns are portentous with evil, and ha've direction -to collision :uni I disunion, and wifl, urjileiss etieeked, drag f'roini j the political heavensj the only gun that ever , shone with Freedoini misnllipil hrillinncv." i Are -ou, wilHns'mv countrvmen, that' the star of our Republic which was so bright an-ij living light", when Pieme weVit into olfice, shall fly away amid wild confusion into the dark abyss .of ruin, 'and that pur prosperous hind which, if it continue in nn'.irt', will, at no distant day be the mistress of the world, by land and sea, shall be converted into a tyran nical Europe (for after dissolution of the Un ion, when all sections are exhausted by civil war, four Republics wiM belorganized. Viz: the Pacific, Southern. Western arul Northern, not one of which will stand eightf-four years, then in a few centuries the worl will boast of two Enropes in lace pf'one)"for a mere ! abstraction, and to gratify the ambition of a few -Arnolds and . Robespierre?, for we have ! such among us ; men who would go up. to a throne, if the "elevation would sjnk their countrymen to endless ruin., .'But to return to the question, wo must say (.that these sec tional parties have tendencies to disunion, is evident from the fact, that the triumph of.the one only infuriates, the other." There is no difference in the principles of thedieptfblican and Jacobinic parties, t ne is as sectional a: tlifi olher jicconliivr fa niimmnn Uo.uao. an, ! j Mr. Rbett, ex .Senator 6f the V. S., now one j king across the sky from the north i of the leading politicians of the Jacbinic i WestT and going towards the southeast, ! l'rt I'1 appeal to the pasrions and pre- j Hk ciariots 0f fire urging their judices of the people, and have no disposition ' . . fo ' to adjust the controversy, and both arc resolv-1 'ay m vome mysterious race over the i ed to urge on our sectional animosities. The j mighty course of the firmanent. The elfetion of the Jacobinic nominee willcoin- u... .e.i.-T !::".-.- -. ti 1 pejely repnblicanize the U. Senate and use of Rcprcseutativcsand insure the elec- tioof a Black in WH, therefore the casting of votes now for"Mr. Ureckinridge. the Jacob- line nominee is merely casting votes tor the Republican nominee in lft l. So the election of Breckinridge would effect the country just as would that of Old Abe, except, i.everilic-' less that the election of the latter would cause the terrific furies of the howling tempest to burst forth four years sooner than that of the Cornier ; for be it remembered. that Robespier re and a host of Danton shave sworn that the Union shall be dissolve!), on the condition of Old Abe's election, therefore those Who vote for Breckinridge and. Lanerdo it with this understanding, that, JC Abe is elected, they will, on the fourth . of next March, take up arms to resist thje constituted authorities. The jKVution Cdngressional protection gives energy, and life,, ami in all' probability will give success to the Black Republican party. This they know, this they desire, that they may have a pica for a dissolution of the. Union": the eiul to which- the threaten ing Jacobins look with great hope and anx iety. This is therefore a disunion party pot only frmn this fact, but also from the fact that every Hisunionist in jthe country is hug ged iip within its poisonous embrace. Will blackbirds go with ' partridges, or turkeys wiin. cranes; isow permit me 10 say. tiro iis a Herculean wonder.that John C. Breck inridge and Joe Lane, the former with all bis numberless. gifts, .exalted nobleness and iw-epeakahle-gallantry, and the latter with his measureless honestv and patriotism, would accept the nomination fif such party as this. Under such circumstances would Clay and Webster have accepted nominations? No. But would have fled back, eloqueutly ex claiming, snake ! snake 1 1 like the huntsman 'who found himself over a venomous viper. Again, the Breck party say, that secession ami nullification are constitutional rights which any ftate, may. exercise at its option'. Does not this point to disunion ? Is it not the strongest disunion doctrine? Then we have a Jacobinic sectional-disunion parv, a Black Republican, irrepressible, conflict party and a Squart-Douglas -Rump party which are nothing more nor less than National Demo cracy analyzed ;Jhe triumph of either one of which will amount to-sectionalism inaugur ated under its most angry form. Two of these parties have strength in the Nprthern States, and the other can sometimes get Up a noise in the Post-Offices and Custom-llouses there.. Two of them also have. their respec tive advocates in the South, and since one element of democracy analyzed, combats the other, we rationally conclude, that the com bat is and will be'such as to give the only national and conservative candidates the plurality in Kentucky, Tennessee, ..Virginia, North Carolina", Louisiana, Georgia, Missouri. Maryland and others. To the two- gified and patriotic, statesmen who carrv the Flag of the Union, gathering together and leading tbe conservative masses of all parties, we look for safety and the perpetuity of our free dom and liberty. It does seem to me that every man in the U. States Ought to vote tor Bell and Everett, except fire-eaters and the more"superetitious abolitionists. To vote thus will injure Republican leaders, to vote other wise will aid no one else. In the crisis before us. let everv man vote as if -the safety of the whole country depended on his individual action. If we do our duty, Bell wilfgetmore electoral votes than any eandidate,jxcept Abe who will not he elected by the people, then all will be -well. We are perfectly confident of Mr. Bell's success as the issues before the American ipovlpJnre onrCountrv. abolitionism, section- l r - . . - alisin and dis unionism L.A.W.- Said Tom." Since I have been abroad T havp fiiten so much veal that T I am ashamed to look a calf in fthe face I "I s'pose, then," said a wag, who was present, "you shave without a glass ?" Some of the villages out west are so healthy, that they have to shoot a man in order to start a burryirrg ground. There is a man in town ko witty u Ul mr.f,,,a 11 tLo Lnt- or. tYta fnmiiw noA fm rl'io rrpftm off his joke3. rWonderfnl Meteoric Phenomenon. On Friday evening last, about twen- rty.minutesbefore. ten o'clock,, one. of the most remarkable phenomena of the heavens that has occurred during the present century, was witnessed by citizefis of .New York, Philadelphiay Baltimore, Washington, Norfolk and other places near to those cities. All who witnessed it represent it as two balls of fire passing from west to east, occupying nearly a minute in the cir cuit, and connected together by a bril liant red and green-tinted spray of light, similar to that witnessed at the explosion of a skyrocket. The two balls were to the eye about four feet apart,, and moved so slowly and regu larly together as to preclude the pos- sibility of their being meteors. The Washington, New York and Philadel plua papers, all contain notices of its appearance in those localities, from which we make the following extracts: AS SEEN IN 'NEW YORK. The New York Evening Post says : It appeared at about ten o'clock over the upper part of our city. The night was warm and close, and the skies were occasionally illuminated by vivid flashes of sheet lightning. The heat of the weather had brought . the great majority of our population to their doors and windows, when sud denly, in a silence more impressive than any thunder shock, a meteor shot across the sky. .Its brilliancy was so great 'that people at once supposed there was a fire near by ; but, looking "P? tlie SftW fcWO OallS 01 name C&Hr- . . motion was majestic rather than ra pid, - ;il gave niyraids of people an opportunity or witnessing tne signt, while the apparent nearness of the tlarae to the earth caused many to suppose at hrst that it was merely a pyrotechnical display. It presented different aspects at dif ferent times. r-When first seen it .ap peared like a blue star surrounded by a thick mist coming from the west, which, on nearing the zenith, changed to a red ball of flame ; this soon split, the two balls keeping near together until lost in'the distance. Some of those who paw it thought it fell near Broadway ,nd Fifteenth street, while others traced it with the eye as far as the East River, on its way horizon tally over the city. ; Of the size of these balls of fire it is impossible to form any accurate estimate. They appeared to be as large as . a dinner plate, with trails eight' or ten feet in length ; Tet we learn this morning that at very nearly the same time that our observations were made, the me teor 'also passed over Albany, while from various points along the Hudson we have received information showing that its orbit may have been, perhaps of planetary dimensions, and that it was much larger and much higher than it seemed at tlie time to any who saw it. ; ' ' AS" IT APPEARED IN PHILADELPHIA. Last evening, about, half past nine, a very extraordinary meteor made its appearance in the Heavens. The writer was riding in Broad street be low tlie city, and had a fair view of the phenomenon in jts whole course It arose in the North-western part of the Heavens, from a cloud which was not revealed until the light of the me teor made it visible. Then aln object about the size of the full moon, and as bright, suddenly started from the cloud, traversed in a direet Easterly line the whole extent of visible space, .dropping fire, apparently.in its course, like a rocket, till it passed so far East ward5" as to resemble a red ball about. twice the cize. of the planet Mars, vis ible in the South-east. . Sosoon as it disappeared, a flash like sheet light ning revealed a cloud to the Eastward, low down in the horizon, which con tinued to emit flashes of light for half an-hour afterwards, lhe phenomen on atone time seemed to separate like a rocket when it bursts, but the larr ger portion keeping i n a" straight course towards the eastward. It was witnessed by many persons, and caused considerable wonderment for the time, and was certainly the most extraordi nary appearance that we ever saw in the Heavens. Its motion was not so fast, apparently, as that of a rocket, though its heiffht-and the ast extent of space that it traversed, rirlbyed that ! - its velocity must have exceeded that i produced by anv known force' which we are acquainted with. The phe nomenon, from! all appearances, must have been electrical. AS IT APPEARED AT WASHUNGTON, ' A correspondent of the Washington Star says : ' At half past rime last night a me- teor appeared in the Northeast, at an elevation of about ten detrrees abnvii the horizon. It moved through a des- i cending path to the East Northeast, and faded; away in the clouds. It consisted of two bodies, each as bright as Venus i when close to the earth. One followed the other so closely, as to make them appear like an immense chain-shot It lasted about 30 se conds, and was seen by five orsix othrJ ers at the. same time, each one re marking iis being divided into two parts. AS IT APPEARED AT NORFOLK. The Norfolk Day; Book, of Satur day, says ;i . 1 Last night about half-past ten o clock, we witnessed one of the most strange awd beautiful displays of the meteor kirid that has ever come under our observation ; and though it is'difii cult to describe, we attempt it. In shape, the peteor resembled two dumb bells and Were of exceeding brilliancy, and starting from a North-west direc tion, continued at an incomprehensi ble speed jtowards the East, in the course, dropping one by one of t the balls; .of the imaginary bells, until nothing -wjas left but a mere speck, which quickly disappeared from view. We make no pretensions to astronomi cal lore, and therefore hazard no ex planation of this singular phenomena. We noticed also that in the direction from w hich the' meteor started a for midable lopking cloud had bankedup, which immlediately dispersed when tlfe meteor left its vicinity. The Sight hf a Blind Girl Restored by I Marriage. A philosophical wonder occurred a short time since in Louisville, Ky., which will; doubtless prove as interes ting to ouf readers as it has to physi ologists ard oculists. A young and exceedingly interesting girl residing on Eighthj street, whose name we sup press frord motives of delicacy, and whose, afiiable disposition, elegant manners, land placid beauty of soul, had endeared her to all who knew her, was a year or-two ago compelled to discontinue her studies and leave school in consequence of a partial loss of eye-siglH that threatened to become total. ! " She wafe entirely unable to read, and, although she could not see well enough to j enable her to walk about, visit ner irienas ana entertain tnem when theyj called upon her, the threat ened loss f siht gave her much an noyance and aroused the sympathies of all whojbecame acquainted with the acts.. . A nuraher of our most skillful phy sicians were employed by the family, and she was even taken to some of our most noteid oculists. But all their earning, dexterity and management proved unavailing. Her eyes looked healthy, . were beautitully pensive in their expression; -and seemed deep as her soul was pure but they were, nevertheless, to her almost wholly use less: - r ' " ' Notwithstanding this rather melan choly physical defect, a yonng man who had lopg been devoted to her, of fered her his hand in marriage. She demurred, and through an excess ot affection refused to bestow it upon' the man.:who had long sinceWon4ier heart, stating that she never would consent to become a burthen unon the man she loved. For a long time he persis ted in his suit, and at ldngth, through his praises- and sighs, made-her be lieve that life with her, even if she were wholly blind, were better than a Paradise wiiere she was not. A month or two ago her resolution was rescinjded, . and she became his wife ; andj strange as it may seem. from that day her eyesight beganfb improve, and she is now able to read the "finest pjrint by gas -light, without pain and wnthou.atfy apparent optical injury. The Case has caused considerable-sensation among those who are -conversant! with the circumstances. Apart from its significance as a well established; ocular fact, it is a practi cal illustration of what has been-de- verly and ittily said, "That Love is blind, but jlymcn is the oculist w'ho alone can open his eyes. Gen. Lane Electioneering We staled last week that Gen Lane's isit to Norith Carolina was for election eering pui poses -and we have the proof that wc were right in the following ex tract from his speech. at Warrenton, as reported by the News' He spoke in the most glowing terms of the talents, patriotism, and public services of Mr. Breckinridge. He de- cribed bim ias one devoted to the hon or and interests of our common coun try. He besought his Southern fellow citizens to he firm in the assertion ot their Constitutional rights: there could be no c6mrx)rmisc on that point; and, with -the South united, the assaults of fanaticism would be repelled, and the Union preserved for the benefit of their children. He did not underrate the strength ofjLincoln, but he felt certain that with Unanimity the South could and would triumph. He professed tbe deepest attachment to the Union of the States, and should it please the people to eleet,the ticket which boie his name, his best exertions would be devoted to preserve and maintain its inestimable blessings The General concluded by Presidential tickets, and candidly told J' .... ; his auditors that he thought the best and most Available was that which bore the name of Breckinridge and 1 Lane. Raleigh Register. Clear the Ship for Action! We have maturely' considered the case, and we have gone into this con test with a firm determination to win, if that be possible, and m any event, to use every honorable, proper and judicious exertion to that end, if health and strength last. We would willing ly avoid the bitterness of partisanship, if that be possible, and really there is no need for exhibitions of rancor, of hate and of ill temper in conflicts of this kind, but the frailties of poorhu-; man 'nature are' such that these can not well be avoided by all persons at all times. We hare no particular de sire for victory, just for victory's sake; we feel that we are laboring in a cause which promises good, and not evil, to ourselves, our neighbors, our State and our country. We would fain be lieve that our opponents, as earnestly and as iConscientiously as ourselves, are striving for that which, in their judgment, promises the same thing. All that any of us ought to desire, is the greatest good to the greatest num ber of our people. We hope to be spared much of the usual severity and f harshness ot a political campaign, be cause we presume that the twq,,, wings of the Democracy will sufficiently be labor one another. And this will leave to us that pleasant path which we wish to follow a plain, straight forward effort to secure votes for the best man, and the most promising. We are for John Bell against the world, the flesh and the Devil, and we shalrdo all that is in our power to se cure his election to the Presidency of the United States. And why should we not ? John Bell is a man of mature age, of great experience in public affairs, of undoub ted patriotism, of inflexible integrity, a native of Our soil, and devoted to the interests of the South, without sectionalism, and without one stain upon his personal character. He is one of that class which has received the particular and tender regards of our Deraocrtid friends for the last five years, an an Old Line Whig, of the State Rights School. Thoroughly American in sentiment; in principle and in action, he has never had any thing to do with that organization, Upon which the maledictions of Demo cracy have been so lavishly poured, toxvvit : the Know Nothings. What valid reason can be given why Wrhigs, Americans and Democrats, too, may not vote for, such a man ? If nothing moretian he said of the platform on which he was nominated, and which has been so lightly and disparagingly spoken of, at least this much can be said of it truthfullv, that no man, call himself whatsoever name he will, can find in it anything which is inimical to him as a partisan, or to his self-res pect -not one word is there which he cannot support, without renouncing any principle which he has ever sup ported. The life and public acts of tlohn Bell are sumcient platform for him, and sufficient to obtain our earn est support, and ought to be all suffi cient for any man not a Democrat. Every honest Democrat can consis tently support him on the Union "plat form "without surrendering any opin ion he has heretofore held. Not only is John Bell all that we could ask for in a President, but, ac cording to our honest judgment, he is the only candidate now m the field, except Lincoln, who stands any chance of an, election-'It is very true, and it were folly to deny it, that his pros pects -are not so good as we could wish, but he is the only chance now left. Defeat Lincoln in the Colleges, and carry. Bell to the House,' and we are safe. Mr. Bell might be elected before the people it certain improba ble events were to happen. If Breck inridge be withdrawn, then by concen trating the whole bouth upon. Bell, and uniting upon the ticket all the conservative W hig, American and Con stitutional Democratic elements in the States of California, Oregon and Penn sylvania, he would be elected, and Lin coin defeated, and the country would repose jn security, well satisfied that we had a President' devoted to the Constitutional - equality of all t h e States, and to the Union of the States. It is likewise true that if Bell were withdrawn and the same concentra tion made on Breckinridge, A&- would defeat Lincoln. But Whigs and Am ericans can never vote for him on the Cincinnati platform- without stultify ing themselves, and it is useless to ask them to do .S0j-while the platform on which Bell was nominated is not re pugnant to, nor in conflict witb, any Democratic sentiment. However, we cannot hope anything of the kind to be done, and therefore we shall do what we can for our own candidate. ...We are at a loss to under stand how any Whig or American Can abandon Bell on the platform enuncia ted at Baltimore, and on hi3 past life, to vote for .Breckinridge, wno is cer tainly not the equal of Mr.3ell in any respect except personal character and eloquence, who never was a Whig nor an American, and who stands on a platform, adopted at Cincinnati in 18561 which, is a standing insult to . F i TTTI . 3 A K ran nhn mtiifain VV hl atul A mAN. - i can sentiments. Besides, eyervbody ! knows that neither Wing Ot the Llemo- Icracy can elect its candidate, ana .should one go ta the House, it is equ- 5J ally certain he cannot possibly be elecj ted there.-r-Mr. Breckinridge, th fore, js agreeable tOKUS only "on ontjy point, the principle of protection which our party has forced one irifig "of the Democracy to adopt, ? and tp whicK his whole "partv, including hinV self, have heretofore been, hostile, and he is objectionable on every otlker. point. It is unfortunate that we, whH agree upon this great principle, .can not act together, but that is scarcely . . -nr , ,, , - i. to be hoped. We shall therefore sun- uvin uui vouuiuare, " im nuvm nc wjumu U UlS COUOIX V. alia nfl IB nmnricr gree cordially on all points,. and whothe honored and great men of the Lincoln, that stands any cliance. of jb' j. j J . " J - election Uhronicle Sentinel. Demise of a Mummy. An honest countryman, anxious tr explore the wonders of the British Museum, obtained a special holiday short time since. - Accordinglv. taki: ing with him a couple of lady friends,d he presented himself att the door for aamittance. No adrnission to-day. sir said the r ' . Na admission to-dav ' ,Bnt I mnM come in ; ,I've a holiday on purpose t'; JNo matter, this is a close day, and' the Museum is shut' ' .- r-.' ; What,' said John, 'ain't this pub ic property?' . jf xes, but one of-the mummies died a few days ago, and we're going tc- uury luui. 'Oh, in that case we won-t intrude said John, and so he retired- Whole One.' V il Nathan Rowe kept a hotel in thefi northern part, of this State, which be' frequently -boasted was. the. best m1 hem parts ; where, as Ae used 'to s'ayvl you always could get anything th waa ever uiaue tu euu . uuc uav m comes a Yankee, sends his horse;a round to the stable, and walking-u . .1 1 T) T . 1 ' to tne Dar,-asKea oicuwwe . wnai n. could make hirh for' dinner. ' v "Anything, sir.says old Eowe anything from a pickled elephant tii a canary-bird's; tongue.' I ' We el, savs the Yankee, eying ol Rowe, 'I guess I'll Uke a piece of pickled -elephant.' f Out bustled Rowe into the dining room, leaving our Yankee friend nom plused at his gravity. Presently hf comes back again. J 'Well, sir, we ve got em; got ent all ready right here in the house '; buta you'll have to fake a whole one, 'cansiL we never cut 'em !' ' tfja80n to beSin operations the coming The Yankee thought he would haw some cod-fish and potatoes. I : ' - A Douglas Manifesto. ... ;i Hon. Miles Taylor, of Louisiana Senator Pugh, of Ohio, and Mr. Rust of Arkansas, in behalf of the Douglas National Executive Committee, have ssued an Address of explanation and counsel to the Democracy, of. the Uni- ed States. They declare as the uni versal sentiment of the supporters of Douglas and Johnson that no compro mise whatever is admissible; that they have made no proposition for a -joint electoral ticket in any State, and they exhort an indignant rejection of such propositions whenever and wherever madevIf, they say, we have any friends in any State, let them call a State Convention at once' and nomi nate a full electoral ticket pledged to the exclusive support of Douglas and Johnson. They can agree to nothing else, because to acknowledge the right ; of a factious minority to dictate , their own terms of co-operation, and thus.! suffer them to violate the solemn pro essions of the Democratic party and! trample under foot Democratic usages would be to disband' the. national off ganizatiop. ' ' ;I However much men may differ about other questions and things, thererisj one upon winch there is an extraordK nary unanimity of sentiment; and that is the fact that the Cincinnati platform wat a cheat J Those whet engaged in its manufacture, and whos workmanship was, at the time, so high, ly complimented, now concede it ti have been so, and are the loudest anq fiercest in its denunciation. Now; what is the moral f Jit simply teacher that those who perpetrated the fraud; are not fit counsellors and .guides for the future. And yet these very men as, if utterly unconscious of their posil tion before the country, are ,now quari . . i. . i . i s renng amongst tnemseiveT as to wne ther this, old ch&at shall be continued or a new one invented ! Will not the couniry taite waruiug upr .u pa- i.i.- : M. .1. - itr. v . - o o t , 7 T Will it forever endure this party tam- penng witnits Dest interests wis continual placing at hazard its happi l... . ..! ness and peace ? ' ' - s Stumping Candidates. . The Richmond Whig savs: Strange and melancholy the spectacle indeed now presented ttbe American peopiei! For. rit is a noticeable fact that all the: candidates for the Presidency and Vice II Presidency, except Bell aid Everettf who are quietly, dignifiedly and hon estly attending their business at borne,' are at this moment traveling over the, eoutry, and baranging the people id their behalf! Breckinridge is making speeches on his way to Jientucky Douglass speechified himself on to JNeW York,where he stiUisJohnsohis.ora ting to the people of Georgia-" and old Lane is sputtering tobacco juice and de- testable grammar in -the faces of the sovereign of North Carolina. " An Anecdote About jPrayext. We have .heard some pravera -whlfh were'cTeelgned to affect the heart rath er than to reach Heaven. - The follow ing. characteristic. Anecdote of John .Randolph, is a keen: rebuke of i ih practice ' -VI- ?-y . T T, ' An A svf "Vita aT1j. ttAMiA.Aiii and sickne8si be was visited by a inin- " ister, who, at his reqnes prayed ibr him. The minister began on this wise; -"Lord onf friend is tick. Thou know- iv.,uvn KVMvuo-uv nao ku lash. f and what eminent service he has ren- est hovr generous he was to tbe poor, earth" "Stop, stop eaid the lpa tlent Bandolph, "no more such staff, ese tne xora will damn us both." t The Eight Talk. - - I would not have the South" truckle or surrender any. of their -rights. J. would not have them yield one. iot or tittle, of their rights; - but I would ' nave tnem masre no questionable issues in advance, stir up no strife upon un necessary abstract questions, .haying no Practical T-alrio. hut tei dek.khardvm that ia just and right upon all ones l. m , . - . .. ... W Jor aamission mio the Union nn der a. Constitution fairly' formed: with the'assent of the people excluding sla very, I would admit it promptlyj and when an annlication comes, on th a other hand, troni the peopleof aterri Ury who have fairly formed a Constk uiuoa recognising slavery, x wouia in sist upon admission as a slave State. If the North should not agree to" this? it would bo time enough to 'consider the remedy. jonn.jjeu, 18th jUarch,.18oR Artificial Fish Breedinr. . ;, . Mr. E. C. Kellog, of Hartford, trees out in the Adriatic on. Saturday i for France, says the TimesL to troenrl all scientific -and practical information Ifl regard to artificial 'fishreeding 4$f8 p'ossible to obtain, by ' visiting estab lishments for 'that purpose in Francel, and also probably, in Switzerland and Bavaria If successful si obtaining valuable information on this subject,31ri Kellogg will, on his return, be joined www iivi, v tiuwauuig f a regular establishment here or in East iiv i ii ii i : f 1 1 1 in i nil wnr ir rr tnnniahttii. Hartford, for the propagation, pf fish beginning with, jtrout. llrC Khaa'al- cial means, about one thousand tront - It V ! "ill ! n .rt nvt. v.M a! T A ",M.U - for this purpose. Messrs: Ives and Kel logg are building in another quarter 6 East Hartford, some dams for ponds, which will probably be devoted to this purpose, if the enterprise once fairly starts, jvix. Kellogg means toreturnim tan. Women in Adversity. ' Women should be more trusted and confided in, as wives, mothers and sis? ters. " They have a quiekf precention Of right and wrong, and, without al- wavs Knowing wny, reaa toe present 'and futures-read characte'rs and acts, design and 'probabilities; where man sees no letter or sign What else do we mean by the adage, "Mothei WiV save that woman has -a quicker percep tion and readier invention than man? How often, and when man abandons the helm in despair, Woman I seizes it, and carries the ship through the storm? viou vibcu. xuce iruui uuuio iiau uuauj, tn Avoid thA lmriAnrlincr nnvArtviwniifii woman seldom, if ever, forsook, home thus. Woman never evaded mere tem poral calamity by suicide or desertion. The proud banker, rathe? than live to see hispoverty gazetted, may blowout his brains and leave wife and children; to' wantprotectorless: loving woman would have counselled bim to accept poverty, and live to cheriahdiia fami- rjy, retrieve his fortune. Woman should te counselled and confided in. it Is tbe eauty and glory of her nature that in stinctively grasp and cling to the truth -and right. Reason man's greatest fac- .ulty takes time to hesitate before it jde- cides; but woman s instinct never hes itates in its decisions, and is scarcely ever wrong where it has even chances, with reason. Woman. ftejs where mafe thinks, acts where he deliberates, hopes where he. despairs, triumphs where he .fails, r. . - -w; .- ,-' The . Corn Crop5. ; There has not been rain enough ai this place to do the crops any benefit since our last issue; Several little showers have fallen but not saffirjlent to settle the dust in the streets. W have heard of a few favored spots' in the .'District, where there has "been good seasons. It is evident thai the corn crop will not be an average one, therefore if behooves the farmer to be stir. himself to supply & substitute.- II C &.UUIT VI UVfcUlUg lU.b-.iTUl BfiBnvr a better purpose than the turnip Pre- tiare-vour land.-rnrinfr it & e'aittt of gaaT10 &ud a dgCp and thorough plOWi Ing, then in the latter part of this ' month or. the first of next, sow jour seed and cover with a brush or harrow. 0 reat care should be taken that 'the seed are thrown even over the ground , and noi too thick. The turnip" not on ly" makes an excellent fooa for the farm stock, but serves as an eseulent for man that is rarely surpassed. The best mode of prepanngthemfor stock, i - . ii i . i . r. - a. hogS especially, is by boiling top and all tQgether. A few acres of turnipi, in the winter season, will fill the place of many "absent bushels of corn. Try it Lex. (S. C.) Flag. ; Thfl fldeeful Li.nh of hanntr rhi1in ? thebest home music, and the orac- ful figure3 0f .childhood are the best statuary. f "Jtleenaa butter" is the latest novr iRy ' Of course, it is very strong.