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u ft ,' THE IREDELL EXPRESS, PUBLISHED WEEKLY,-- !.. "' :S3 ' TER5IS4OF ADVERTISIKff. , 0&i Dollar a square for he first week, and Twenty-five Cents for every week, -thereafter, Sixteen, llnea or less will make a Bquare. . Deductiont made in favor of standing mat, teraa follows ;V; .'". '." vvr-'.k-v 3 Mo Cf Vriia-' One square," . . $340- -i $530 7 6tff 1 Two wtuareiKri :7MSrlQJOO ItlLto TKrW 8quarefi...j0.tH) ..llOft'ValW".." ' When dTreCtiong 'are ot given oftea E. B. DRAKE. ' BY W. P. DRJkKK. EUGENE B. DRAKE SON, Editors and Proprietors A. family. Nevspager Devoted to Politics, Agrionlttire Maiiufacttires Commerce, .ahd-MisceUaneop.iCeading , TERMS OF THE PAPER, i $2 a Year, in Advance. Vol. III. Statesville, N. CL Friday, September 21, 1860. No. 4 to irtsfcrt an Advertieernent,' it.wiHLepublial ed until orderedout, . lr : Ijoxtrij. Tor tba "Iredell Express." Ambition.' ' Oft haT8 1 heard Ambit) od' tnlet, Sighed for life' mount, dixW nod it vales, On cloud-plomed crags I thought to stand ( Then, as the goda would worlds command ; . M'ith eagle wing she bade mo rise, , And scan the inysfrios or the skies, Vndazzled lac' th artlar beam, J - i And gating, quaff th' effulgent slrtmm : From battled rocks, hy tempests sliorn,- From clouds, Where lightning's l-am are born, Whilj rays of Hjil'pudor float along, "' Catch Inspiration for my sang. 5 ' Then Warble forth sweet Attic tones "' A softer strain tluiii Autumn mnans : Aad stand upon th' Aouiaa hill, Fill my' urn from the Muse's rill; M'ith wing of thought anil verso of Are, Wvn tuneA polio's magic lyre, ' . And all I'lirnaimus can.w to start, With wonder it my tuneful art: My mind aglow vaith grandeur's rays, ' Afitr should :iwt a lucent bluze, A.1 liglituing froii the cloud unfurled, A beacon to inform a World She bade me search fair W'indoni's mine That journals with my lore uliuuld ah I no, 1 And give a brilliance to tha pae, ' Such as, .when 80I1711 graced the a;e'; j Thro' jtuneful HliadeH, I too, might Htray, . rAmd cull tlm laurel und the bay, There rhaplots twine for bards of yore,' Fur those entombed on Ambition's shore, v- r Or moulder on the Grecian isled, . Or 'mid fair It'ly's beuuteouii wildn. My fancy formed thiit gpldi; dream, I.nred by Autbitiou's wild'ring gleum. f yren away, of treach'rouM mien ( Thy draughts, tho' all of lllppocreue, , Short lifud's thy talus as morning duwa, And vationx iw the rainbow's 1iiu;h: Thiawtwt thjt tones as ClraKan lays They lead to Discontent! dark -maze; Henceforth I'll roaui life's mruett val. n, rnliceding vain Ambition's talee, My life iJiall breathe of ti)bler aims, Aud dream no nnu e of Fume's domains. Ashevllle, tW'pt. 4, 1800. " MX.NETTrJ. - For the "Iredell Kxjirrs.'' , Alone. iiy p. 'r. CARr.TuS ' . .. I've nought amid the Imihv UauntK of men i For one kind look to cheer ie on my way, One word of love to bring me peace again, ' One beam of light, oue warm effulgent ray ; .. I've asked the guy, the glad, to yield a smile. ilave prayed for friendship's warm. a gentle tone; ltut dlstaut echoes unswered back th? while Cheerless and sad, thou art indeed alone! The day's gbid suusliine and the night's dark glnom Iju-h yield no.solace to my ar'hiug heart; Tfo beauties greet me in my exile home, . No Twliunov to my ou its life imparts r The ciieering tones of kindumta' kimiltng lay ' Falls not on me tu hush the pleading moan ; Hut bitter memories through the livelong day Whispers In accents deep, thou art alone ' Yea, I'm alone and wandering 1 in ant stray Till in the narrow house my soul finds peace, Mast quaff the bitter divj; of durk decay - Till 'neafli the coM, gray sod my sorrows cease; Then silent and alone I'll lay me down, - Then unregretted, thou unwi-pt, unknown, Fss-iirc from contact with the world's cold frown 1 IVn liance forgetting that i'ni all alone ! A Letter from New-York. New York, Aug. 1st, I860. Dear Express: I tate my porln hand, as we are going to fete hinf in magnificent re publican style, together, it has fceen a Summer of interest and event. - ; Next Sunday our cjiurches will "welcome their pastors home again. For among other customs, we New-Yorkers have that of send ing our clergy into woods and fields ia August away from theological hair-e'plittings to the grand solutions of nature. They justify us; for they return "like clouds full of rain," purveyors of Spiritual blessings, which come well and crowningly wit..' the "golden pomp" of harvest. r That this prosperous Summer, and Autumn of hope, may aptly epitomize and forecast the life of every reader, is our hearty wish. ' , ' ' ! . . pear general public, do you read the "Knickerbocker Magazine ?" If you do not and have. hitherto been so blind to your own interest as to let its golden grains pasa by un garnered let me, give you a few of the good 'things you miss, by not reading it. And, as KMace Sloper," w ho writes for old ' Knick,' says: "the Knickerbockcr-ites are not like oth er ites, nor their ways the common ways, trodden by the.butsiding vulgar. They hold on and they hold fast: they are of the faith ful and they don't forget." .' "I mean no harm to any other public or republic-ation in the world, hut I Jo say that to be one of the regular Knickerbocker readers is to have tho- tastes and tendencies of a scholar and a gentleman ; and thatth,ose who are penetrated by its racy spicy, delicate spirit of jollity, scholarship and kindlinesp, f(Jrnvto a very remarkable degree; a literary sort of freemasonrV which, like tine cement, binds together the bricks of this country." That so. Mace! Well, the September num ber of the 'aforesaid' Magazine has a funny article on rajts. i It is a good subject for some smart writing. I he rat 13 a sort of X 111 the science of physiology, it is a quantity that stands tor so niany 'values.' When a shin is1" sinking, it is said, the rat becomes wise ifi his own generation and quits her.' When an over cautious man lias dealings with a man- who, he !8uject8,- is likely ' 'to take him- in,' he '.-tmells a rat.' When a man changes his lKlitics, it is said by some indignant patriot to whom the defection is a source of proper indignation that the changling 'rats.'. So that the rat is an institution as necessary, not alone to this country, but to all countries, as the name of Whig, Tory, Black or Red Re publican, Democrat, or any of the thousand and one shibboleths in which pojjticans, statesmen, rulers, el'hoc genus otnne most de light. My old friend the Knickerbocker has some happy thoughts on the rat question. It says: "There ia a matter of philosophy connect ed with our subject, over which we cannot pass. There is a word 'Ratting' that has crept into our language ; and which the eru dite Webster defines to be a chanslino-of a politician. What he has to do with so com mon a- word, we are at a loss to know. What The Masked Ball or the Bridal Dress. BY MISS E. B. CHEESEBOEOUGH. desperately to teach, you, but theinore I stirovBthe faster j4floaied on until my "boajt, "drifting far out of sight, was seen b j you no more. I caught; the last glimpse 01 your paie, aespainng fact?, ad was lost to you forever.' She put her. hands on Ernest's arm and clas ping them fondly over it, asked what. will you do if I am lost to you forev er ?' j ; " ; - : V 'Moiirn forever,' he said, sadly, Jiis spirit Unconsciously reflecting the tone of hers! . . . . .'Would you love againT "she asked. 4I could not,' was the answer. 'Others have done it, Ernest.' Cora Carman's, wedding dress had just come home, and lay in all its dar ling beauty on the. parlor table. A group stood aroundexamining with exclamations of delight its jeweled beauty. The rich, heavy materiaj was of white silk brocaded wjth silver rosesin the centre of each rose gliti tered a small crystal i the sleieves were looped up with chains of richly j liQtr have they done it he. asked wrought silver heads and sparkling j wonuenngiy.. . . . - 'rsay 1 jenow not- 1 never yisn to know.' . . : .,;"-: . t t .,,,. 'Qi t' Cora -for me there-is one life ohe -lyve ; destroy my life, and there is n another" for me here ; destroy my lovle and it is gone forever. But, away with these gloomy thoughtsjwe samQ crystals, and a mi'dle of the adorned .the waist: The.. dress -was unique and beautiful,a gift from the groom and the richest loom in Europe had been taxed to, supply the elegant tabric. .' . . Cora Carman, beautiful, merrv and clasped her hands with delight , nave ai long are oioy oeiore us j see as she surveyed her glittering bridal tli0 pouw Irom the sKies, attire. , an( silvers JntQ radiant beauty the 'Trv it nn. Cora.' thev all .fi-jcnlaim- r scene4round what that moon is to --j ".-- -"-J - 1 , i , t i l'( ill n it ed. 'You will look lovely in it, I know" you will,' said the young groom, as he playfully kissed the, beautiful hand, that lay caressingly on the rich folds of the bridal dress. She left the loom and soon return ed attired with regal splendor. There was one exclamation of delisht : 'how beautiful!' Cora: stood blushing and i that alas : never came. , . delighted in her bridal attire. . i II wis tlie bl l,lal gbtt and the sPa" 'Walk.off,' said -the mother. . i C10us 1Toms thrown open and brilhant She walked otf; how radiantly glit-1 !y -it, iere filled with guests. Mirth tered the dress, and how flowing! y the and mMslc sweP' througii tae apart t f w ay rich tolas iell to the'tloor. tliexeatth, such is love to us, flQpding with beauty, tinting with glorious hues ourlitjle world. Is it not so,. Cora?' Yesiyes,' she said, 'may ho dark shadow ever shroud our moon, ourjit tle heaven .of love.' Tliej relapsed into silence ; joy, tpo deep for utterance filled their hearts, they pondered, on a blissful future, i. m Ernest Ilae ' wandered among the masqued crowd jreary. and dispir,iteL;i one pale figurey dressed irr a gorgeous bridal dress, seemed ever beXorefnim, there "was no peace orrest for-nis ach ing heart. Gayjestsjverehispered in his, ear, he 'smilled . pot, sallies tf wit greeted himbut he responded not; he had no spirits left for revelry,-uo heart to enjoy'mirh tand he blamed Navyi' AV the -siege of Tripeli, trader himself for coming into so gay-a scene Suddenly a masqued figure stood before him in the Very dress, then pre? .sent to his imagination. A loud scream rent the air, 'tis shejjtis she !' exclaim ed, wildlyj 'Cora, rhy wife, speak rto me, tell me that you have not left me forever, that you are sfiU bere to. bless me with your love,, that; I have peen living only In a dreadful , dream ; -nd he threw his arins wildlyl around the masqued figure, whdsfr earned with alarm. The crowd gathergjaroiind succeeded aa extricating Her from his .grasp. - " V-v r, j 'XornoI' he screamed with the iones and; gestures :f a- madman, itake her a. r Tii. v. " n l M01d Ironsides. ' Our readers are aare-tliat.'ihQlav mous'frigate Constitution is powrOT ed at the .United StateVNaval Afl emy,' Annpolir, : where she is hermter to bd employed as a stKoot-sliip fotte young gentlemen of that institution. 'Old Ironsides" is the favorite '!in. as well she amy b of" thetAmeiaB edmmand of Commodore Preblelehe Jed the way in every 'attatjk upoiithe town- and castle, and-waa tjie la to quit the fields But it was mthe ast War with Great Britain that the frigate won her brightest laurels, aftdtect;tnej the most distinguished ship ot .jer yieie which; that whole war, won ery battle with Only two exceptions. "Mer firsi action- wittt a" British frigate iras on the 19thAugustl812wheii)he Constitution fell in with and capped the "Tiritish ; frigate 'Guerriere aft )r a cdntest-of less than half an hour. A correspondent - says m justice to Uap- 41st Keep it Befbro the People.; 1 v ' fThathCTancey-BreckinndgS cessjonistslare inconsistent and: hypo? critical in their professions of -'friend- ship1 for Congressional protection to slavie property - in t h e . Territories ! J. Here is conclusive Jroof of tfie f cRargei4 While Mr. Davis resolriM Vere cu- der discussion in the United Sfates Senate,' MrrCHngman of North Caro- link,' offered the following amendment: Resolved, .Thattbe existing Tcpndi- tion of the "Territories of the United States does not require tte interyen-; tion bd: Congress forlKe ;protebtibhi'o'C? - property m slaves. tain Dacres, that s- there was non,e of the boasting on his part before thac- not from me. it is she mv Cora, mv j tioh which has been attributed to him, 'Stand there,' cried the father, 'un der the chandelier's light.' The ef- nients,iand none seemed more nappy than .the -young couple themselves. livery jeye loilowea Uora, as grace- feet was magical.. 'My child, youiook i fully slM S1 through the dance in like a fairy queen.!-, . ' - j her -gorgeous bridal .dress, her face lit Cora stood blushing under the flood i aif expression oi exuuuig aappi- of light that poured down upon her ; then, approaching the proud giver, she said, whilst grateful tears glittered in her eyes : 'Ernest, how shall I thank you for this spjendid gift.' : lie took her hand in his, and pres sing it warmly said: 'By giving me this precious gift,-1 ask no other return save the happiness of calling you mine.' That evening, Cora Carman paced the moonlight balcony with the-one she expected sioon to call her husband. Young and loving,: there'was not even a passing cloud to dim their felicity ; ness. j-fcirnesti gazed upon nis young bride With a joy too deep for words ; she was his, yes,; his forever ; "was there ever happiness so real, so complete ? But before the evening wore. far in to the night,.the young Bride sickened; in the midst" of the dance she sudden ly, put ;her hand on her head as if struck by pain, then fell ill on the seat beside her. The crowd gathered ag round, jand borne in the arms of , her husband she was carried from the room. Divestefd of her rich attire, she was placed on the bed, and in a few hours a fearful delirium ensued. Almost distracted her friends listened to her th wholfi world sppmed fraucrtt with i rawngs, and her youthtul husband ioy, the very stars beamed more bright-1 bowed his head in an agony of grief ly upon them, the liowers seemed lad- is' there in the character of the rat that looks the young ladies say as if the pen were usu- like changing sides? Has he ever been on ally carried letweeu the toes, which, in case our side? It is true he "kerps shady,' but he ot certain unlucky soldiera it sometimes is never is so much in the dark, as to turn un to tell you tltat i nave not mucn io wme a- on the side or tJat,' dosr, weasel, or human'. bout, which, between you and me, : gentle re ho'ld t he-use of the word to be deroorntorv reader, I very-rarely -have as you must have to the whole Genus mns. Let the chungling found out long ago thpugh I don't eupiose politician select some other'Vord to define his (you care-much about it anj it wouldn't make 1)ia'ny sides; every true rat hurls this one any dinerence that i Kn(w oi n you uia, uack ln tne teeth ot the unlettered, uncon- which may be a ratherr disrcj)ectful way of putting It and in'that case I take it all back and go right on Just as if I hadn't said Stand we were jut as g(xd friends as. ever, as I i "t 4 hope we are,1 not so much tor my sake as vours which tnakes all the difference imagine able. f' scionable libeller, whoever lie may be, that invented it." Knicktrjopker .13 not only eloquent upon this interestinff quadruped, Wit very witty. For instance, it savs : . j "Another meaning that the profonnll AVeb- ster ri ves the word 'Rattifig,' is the use made 1 suppose if I were .clever and witty like Qf ,t oy & writer, one T.'"P. Adams, 'unknown 'f'Mary L.,"' who will -weave the most delicate, to fame,r where he makes it mean working (and graceful web in the world out of nothing for e88"than the regular wages. Here, too. (like a, spider,) I could take the transpiring an(j wjlri greatly increased indignation we rknd 'fioinea of last week, and make;aetory srurn the Word." . . -. . . - . . j ' . uit of them that would entertain you as much Jas a leader in the,! Herald, or the last article "in the Boston lUcorder (which is really very Tunny,) on infant damnation. August, tnuiy-jirst. ! The Jast day of Sitm- mer of a Summer marked, even in our sal- uhiirtiia climate, bv unusual measures of . - j health-irfpassiag over our heads. The heat ed solstice lias been tempered by such heav enly days, as are known only to thi9 meridian. A wholesome business, and, if not a marked terrible and overwhelming. .-She had contracted a fatal fever, then prevail ing in the city, and in a few days yiel ded up her life amidst the heart-rending sobs and p issUmate grief of her friends., iv cannot depict the terri ble woe; of itlic young huband, as he vainly called upon the wife who' an swered him not again ; forever sealed were the pule lips from which "so re-' .1- -i . i i . . .:. c i: X centiy issuea tne worus oi uoiiiiuing love. Arrayedun her elegant bridal- times a bitter- bitterness a misery j.uress, toe onue or aeatn was piaeeu tl..,r n,.W ir lil-P dpansi r I) san. ni ucr co in n anu Dome uj ucr lasuesi? rnjinted hones, baffled aims, what know ,nS P'11"1-'0' we.oi them-. then : Have we sickened en with a richer, perfume. Youth, love, innocence, these three graces be longed to them, and joy palpitated and glowed in thfir young hearts with a sense of extatic existence. If ever. Far.-.die (.-. nSr,down -to -earth if ev er the glories oi" Eden sh'ne upon uv it is wh"n we are 'young, -loving and beloved,' before our eyes have learned the meaning. of -tears, before our hearts have felt, that even in love there is oft- over selfishness, wept over treachery, chafed under misrepresentation, and and.ithe young -husband turned away, with a breaking neart, from that" now made grave, feeling that fovk him all tho world s sunshine1 jtj; had departed. Oae terrible" memory But after all, or, rather after the little we may think of rats, there is a philosophy con nected with the animal, which every enlight ened man duly appreciates. He, has use. He is illustrative infa thousand ways. Cerlcs he has not been created without his useful purJ pose. " Again we quote our old friend on this in teresting question, because he groweth wise. "Reader," he says Reader, hast thou ever, attentively con- Kittled in nn arrnn-v of anirit. wi 1? ' i-aunted him : in vain his friends strove ni, ' Wn'' InnwlPiltffl Urpsnrvp.l fr-l to comfort, but there was no consola- -fr'o,.-,r thpo shadows fall nnnn us tion :Jorfnim, tie had drained tne..cup Ulbtl 1 V . . tUVUW. .. . . , .... . , oi sun trv iu tne outer megs, aua iucic was.no more happiness Tor him lit a increase ot tllucnce, wnat is oeuer, general s:ered the countenance of the rat ? Then contentment and concord,; have also distin- , wPrnpd a human svmnathvin his guished the eeasou. The bountiesof Heaven 'aPDect. And why not? He dwells' under upon pur wide spread fields redden into such the 8dme roof . anj his interests are indivisi- a harvest as.lias scarcely ever before ffowed hlP with our Own. Our nrosneritv is his Dros- - - - --- i . i . into the lap of any people. , It is true the annals of cruWpreserit a sad- dened page. But vicefliasbcenexposed.jus . tvee vindicated, and iniquity rebuked; with, unusual faithfulness. ' It cannot be said that the State of public morals is not encouraging. We have cause of hope irf the increased firm ness of our Courts, and in the strengthening of public opinion against corruption and im- morality. It is- rare that a city, numbering nearly a million of souls, and suffering under i O a public mismanagement so patent, has en joyed such a degree of quiet and content. ' The good sense and patriotism of our citizens are superior to their civic misfortunes. With elements, too, "of discord, from a foreigrf and ill-assimilated population,; which are ideed serious, we have had no outbreak, aifd the arm of the law, for all substantial purposes, reigns supreme, ' On the verge of a great national election, we pursue the eveu i tenor of our way. The different candidates and their organs buzz la bout our ears innocuous. We shall rote, s 4one way or the other, according to our sever al inclinations, without jealousy or quarrel. Whoever is elected, we shall probably adhere to the Union, have goods to sell, and money to lend (may be !) for South and West, after November as well as before: "We have had the J apan ese and. the Great Eastern, and been swindled handsomely in mouga the scamps who would bleed us n me Dret, have yee to settle Qm details.- Ye are also about to see a living Prince, a od when the sunshine has departed.; Oh! for-one brief moment of existence to steep the soul in dreams of youth, to thrill and pant with" a- sense ot new life, to hear the rapturous melody that cotijes 'gushing up frbm'thc great wide ocean of lovei. Avay ! away! the wish ; soul, thou 'hast had thy day, thou hast reveled in the - past ! look not back, regretfully, but accept the present gratefully., T.at gleam or sunshine had its perishable joys ; this shadowy realm has its; immortal uses ; that chained thee with golde-n .chains to earth ; this cuts the cable, and bids wife she did not'diesee you not that it is my beautiful brides this is her bridal dress, and look at her lovely face, death never touched this,' and he pulled off the masque from the face of the girl : He drew back with horror depicted qn his pal6 "cdunten-' ance, it was the face of the sexton's daughter that met him, and not' his beautiful and cherished, young bride ; throwing himself with a gro'an inso the arms of his friend, he fainted away arid was borne from the assembly. " -There was a general rush to the spot where the girl stood, trembling and " amazed, vainly protesting, that she knew nothing of the gentleman--" she -had never! seen him before. f -It is her1 dress ; - it is" her dress !' cried out a lady present, 'I $aw Cora . Carman attired in it as a bride, and I saw her dressed inthos.e glittering robes in her coffin The crowd were aghast, '"here did you obtain it V Was the universal cry. . ' .. ' 'It was a present from; my father,'. said the girl, with aspen lips, as the fatal truth burst upon her. . . ' retch I burst from the lips of the excited and indignant crowd; 'he Job bed the young bride of her crave clothes ' . . . . '"No ! no 'exclaimed the girl, burst ing into tears, 'he would mot, he could not, do such a thing.' . - But it was even so ; and the sexton being tried for the offence, was con demned to transportation for life, thus" Ditteny paying oi nis miseraoie uis- honesty. ' : -For weeks Ernest Raelay 1n all the delirium of a brain fever. He raved of his bridal night, of Tiis beautiful young wife, of. her untimely death., Now he would see her dancing On her wedding night, merry and happy, then he would call upon" her as she lay with pale, dead face Upturned to his pas sionate, despairing gaze, then he would see her at the ball, alive ! "alive ! but no, it is not, oh ! it is not Cora, only theeruel sexton's daughter ; and faint and exhausted by his ravings he would sink back on his pillow. But death put" an end to the sad conflict, and he joined his bride in the spirit land -that land separated from this -oirly by that dark river over whose turbid .waves each one of us must pass. ' " perity ; our poverty is his : and when he fore sees our doom, he warns us in the best way he can, by fleeing, like Lot, from the accurs ed place ; and if we do not follow in his pro phetic footsteps, we are overtaken by our un toward fate, and escape not the peril we have courted." : !" ; - '4 Reader,- forsomiich wit, funf"eloq'uencead wisdom on this.rat Question as we have thu presented thee, of course tou must feel grate- ful. lheri are more tilings in xieaven ana Earth than are dreamt ofln our philosophy and rats are not the least. Yours Ever, I - V. U. U. , . Bensible Talk ThA Nuahville" "Patriot'' haa the fol lowing i . ; ' ' "HJiat 13 iQc use, bo.ua u Democrat to one of our citizens Satur day, "for me to vote for either Brekm ridge or Dongras? Neither of thern can be elected, and in such a crisis as the present, I wish my vote, when 1 cast it, to have' some weight in the scale of the. Union. I have, therefore, determined to. support Bell and' Ever ett: If jaxy- party ,-, wrere united and harmonious theji might i effect some, things and-1 would . stand by them. BiitnowBDlit in two, sections, each bitter and unrelenting in its hatred of the other, nothing is left to encourage me-7-nothing; to give pie, a reasonable hope pf suecess and ! "mast, for the campaign allay myself with "thpse yv.ho may succeed." 1 . world filled', only with shadows, "the shadows of tne grave ' ' T - - !- - During. the season at which the car nival is at its height in, Berlin, a mas que ball was given in the building cal led the Colosseum. , ft was a year af ter the dreadful event. that h.ad'.desor laSed-thie life of Ernest Ilae ; and ta divert hs mind from its .all-absorbing grief, his friends had persuaded him to attend tlie1 bill. T ' : - " The scene was gorgeous ; the galle-1 nes were filled with richly dressed the mount to heaven. Be 'wise,; revere 1 spectat()rs and the masquers, in glit the past, but pine not to sail again on tering quaint costumes cr.owded the glittering waves that" go rolling j the building-. There were. seen ladies around the shores of youth and love. ! of Queejii Elizabeth's reigrt witfi their The affection ' of , Ernest ;ltaf and jeiveleti j stomachers, large,ruffsf per Cora Carman was one of those few ca- ! famei glores embroidered3 with gold ses of love, running smoothly along in aad ilv1e and f;lh3 0f Ostrich-feath- a pieasanc stream. o uppusiui friends had fretted their young hearts by cruel obstacles-no one hunted them: down with the cry of 'too poor, or too young, or not equal ; they loved in their own way and in their own way we're happy. " As they paced the bal cony the night previous to their " mar riage, their lips' overflowed with the. deep love that was gushing ln their hearts. - y - . - (. .. 'I- dare not think, said Cora, how much happiness there is in: store for u,s; too much iov makes us sometimes tremble with fear. , . Ernest looked down at the beautiful face raised to his and said r am too happy to have any fears ; I feel as' if. the whofe world belonged to me, and as 11 tnis r nappmess musi last forever J 1 ..'Eeel you thus V she asked, in trem ulous tones, . .'Last night I dreamed that I sp,t in & silver boat, on a rock ing tide you stood on the bank.,, and called to me,. I stretched out my arms with. seaweed .and shells ; sultans, sol- to vou: but awav. away 1 floated ..on 1 diers. fibwer-ffirls and fairies were all Thi3 incident ia said to have occurred in Berlin.- i ' . - - ' ' HofwThey Get Their Money. ' It' was proved in the late investiga tions by Congressional Committees, that the Administration was in the constant habit; of levying tax upon all its officeholders. :in order to raise means to ' operate in the elections in the various" States. The thing, is go in & on now. and as there never was a time when the party' supported by tlie Administration neededdielp asbadly as it does how; we - presume the tax this year will prove unusually" burden some;11 The subscription paper;beaded ! by Hon. Jacob Thompson for 5Q0 has been-'passed aTOund among the Clerks at Washington, all of whom are expected to contribute' votunta rilyy or-go out of oflice, and the Cen tral Committees in the States' are bleed ing the postmasters and other officials. as he did' not know the ship till Mid shipman Reed announced lier rrame and commander. On Sunday the Con stitution arrived in Boston harbor. The harbor, between the ship ami he wharyes, was covered with boats. '5fA Coristitutin has captured the Gruevri ere !" was the reply to the firsV inqui ry, and instantly , cheer - upon cteer rent the air. f The news spread fke wildfireever the city and. country! The whole nation was electrified,- sfor Pit was the first time a British friaate had been captured during the wart The spell of British invincibility ras broken. Ihe ease with whieh lie great tiiumph hadxbeen achieved Jas as wonderful as the triumph itselfIn less-than half ah hour the - Guerrerc wa5 conouered and so cut to pieces that she could not be brpnght into port; whilst the Constitution had 'scarcely a scratch But this was only the bin ning'bf a career of glory! ' -The tiXt cruise of Hhe Constitution was mjder Bainbridge", and off the coast of "Ira zil'she fell in with another Britishri gate, the Java, -and captured her after one of the most terrific poundings fjpm the splendidly worked batteries ofhe Constitiltion that ever one ship adtn istered to another. " In a third erjpse under Captain Stewart, the ConsiHu tion'captured t woi iships the;.Cy?.Be, of thirty-four guns, and the Leyiltit, twenty-two, after a' fight of only firty minutes. eNo wonder that this frite has been a great favorite with -theA: merican people, and that when, aljut thirty jrears ago, General Jacket's Secretary of the. Navy proposedto break her up, there arose such-a ti pest of opposition that that ill-cnijd- ered project was at once - abandoned. There are many who recollect the'px- citement atterwards caused by cutting on the hgure head ot Jackson, wiucn was placed on the Constitution, about the same time, by Commodore EjHdtt, of the Boston'Navy Yard. "The iser- f r .1 1 . . -. . ' A tormer ot tnia expioic was a young seaman" Samuel H. Dency, Of Boston, who considered it profanationv.to put the image of any man- even ota Jack son on such a ship l. ' ' And how, after many peaceful tmi ses,' "Old Ironsides,"- the ' "Victory' of the American NavyV-is moore'd.in our harbbf-ofAnnapolis, a nursen for tne luture navai;aeroes oi tne jveirjuu lic. What youth -can tread the leek of that floating: Marathon withodtfeel ing the inspiration of patriotism in ev ery vem zxfauimore- 'jamenen-n . Gov. Brown, of "Mississippi, moyed - to strike out, the word nott anclfthe a question being taken 6n"t"ne mdti6ri to strike out, but five . members jroteiin favor of striking out Messrs. Brown Clay, Iverson, .Johnson, of Arkansas, , arid Yulee all the rest; including all the ' Southern Democratic Senators."! votinggainsi it ; thus declaring that slavery aoes ur require proiecwwu ia 4 rh prnrnrip.n ! ! j This vote is significant ; for. if slave-. .i ry does pot renire'Congrelsonu.pr tectibn in the TeitonesWtVlMiea.. the Legislature, of " Kansas has actual ly passed a law. aoqlishing slavery, , wben is it ever likely to xequtrej such , protection ?jRehmbnd Whiff. ? ; , .x Gov. Ellis aadthe'Seceders. t It - will be remembered that rov Ellis here denounced the." seceders from the Charleston Cdnventioii "VYV" learfl that hcrepeated it ' at various plabes until the tneetihg of the Co-" vention at Baltimore. lie denounced them as disunion, andi hoped they would not return that" they werea "goodVtWaneg," to the party. The following taken down by ns and pub- lished at the time, is what he said of" them here i ; r v- - r - " Hoine deleqates cent to. the CKar- leston Convention to prevent 4 no7ni' nation! and tr dissolve the TJniont, ' 'JT' ami glad ihey'Xtft the Convention! 'It " was a happy , fidda'hcei :'V.hpn 'tfcjf left ice yot clear of the disumonxsts., . That fellow from Delate are 5tt the" riime of Bayard he is a Democrat A went off to the seceders. to work the , political wires for personal friends. X nope1 never to see tnese seceaers in the Democratic party again. " Breckinridge and Lane are the can- didates of the same seceders or dis-" unionists'" as he termed them. Kiril ston AdvocaUT " : ' We see a tabular statement g'oing- the , rounds of some of the Democratio ; papers, which ; would make- it appear ' thajp-an case-there is no election "of : President either by the people, of the '. House of Eepresentatives, and th e-; choicodf the Yice President should ;de . volve on the Senate that body- .would, havo; tho four, principle candidateii Tor that 'oflice before thern to select fOm, 1 and that.;ai there is a Democratic! nia- jority -in; that body, the choice would a iaU'Upon joeuane. ,ini8' uiiemen-- ls wrong in one important particulars lustead of having tour candidaties-Mv Everett Lane, Johnson and, Hamlin'-', to select from, the". Senate would be re- -stricted to, but two, and- that two who , shalrjiave received the. highesttoum her of votes'. from -the people.. It is plainly, seen who VilI f'get the highest. number of votes belore tne peopleJiiV erett arid Hamlin, and if the Senatcl the Democratic portion of itare true in their, professiona for the Union and : the South Everett will be.the one ther will select, andlar doing so they will T "reflect--''critjupon themselves, their . party, aad .tlie oountry.-VVadeaborc 4 Argus. -.- - ers in wnicn were mseriea smaii iook-infr-wlasfees. Gentlemen, of tlie same reign, rfitgured in large slashed. hose, doublet, ruff, Eat and feathers, shoes adorned jnrithroses. w Oavauers walked about in their picturesqueBress, their, satin doublets, point lace collars, long painted breecue3,nAmisH hat and , feather There might (be seen an Irish! chief of the l4th century, in his scarlet cloal v a Higtiiantf chief in full costume. tunicr , plaid,, plumed bonnet, tasseled purse; dirt a cl taT- get ; bards of ancient Uriton insky, blue'f oies f rD'rnidV iff their lonr tinr- icmarltles, aiid oak-leaf glands Here division in its ranks is even more was a dorinne. with her my rile wreath leal, and while the Union y ticket is and golden lyre the Shekh el Jslam or .Mahometan High Priest, in hi3 rich ly embloidered; green robe; glitfeting with gof d apd pearls, wmte tuman m - The True. State of the Case. We agyee with oxlt. contemporary of the Nashville Banner thaj there is no 'dodging the conclusion '.that tne Presidential contest is narrowed down to Bell and Lincoln. Politicians who don't want to acknowledge this will of course deny ik " But look at the signs of he times. The Democratic party was in a mmoritj in neany every x ux thern State when' united. Divided as it is irrevocably dividjed--it ianeces- sarilyTpowerless.j, Iri the South - the ' - ": 'i 1 s - ' EoJl on the BalL The New Yor Express "iayaliat- the opihion is daily strengthenm'fe e v ery where-and Ith everybody, is tree to speak his mind, that John p.oi wul be the next President, rfl is?an ticinatctl that the revolution whie&has already pomuienced at the outhvlll extend to the Nbrtji, and that we ftliall ha,vea rearrpneeof the scenejfc; of 1B40. . Many of -our citizens who lrave recently returned frqm-Ha8sachii$"etts report that there $jjn ;.enth4ini. there for Lincoln, and that tliousands L of tDemocrats- will, tote,, fer Bell and Everett, from .Pennsylvania; toj! we hear of niimerousi secessions from the rail splitters. Philadelphia is 'in .a blaze for the Union tidket, and in' many of the interior counties the'ex citement is 1 unprecedented. If the coriservativesof . alt. jparties"Mo their duty between this and November the county t wi)l " be . redeemed . from the thraldrom of angry arid seVfishac tiohs,. and.be placed, once more upder t"hcjgaardianship:of men who. arehon esfe, eapable and faithful- tp, :the CJon stitution.5.. . . -"? 1! , The Priceless Gift. which was twined a scarf of cloth of i gold;' "aid" white f beard flowing beldw hisvyaist, ' SeatNymphs sported land, dressed m pale green deco on in my silver boat upon the blue waves. You called to me to fturij, I stroVi represeated in this' "gay ahd splehdfd .spectacle. Bey. Dr. Wentworth, wnder dftteto April 30th, among othelf things senda 5 us the following intet'stiigf incident TKe Chinese are exceedingly ;-mrceV"' napy. They "will do almcst anything for-money. They hav no notiOnof any man taking a coarse which djed not ten d to. profit. Many 15 o f them' think we pay people to become chria-' tians; that we hire men and'womien rr to receive baptism and profess faith' in- the doctrine ot Jesus, une ot our.new ; converts, recently ... held .tlie : following, dialogue, with a neighbor who attemp.,4 ted to catechise him on the1snlject:r ' ' ilo w much did these foreigoers give you to join their cburclf ? txv-enty,;dol.! iars? : '-' Morethan that.' ' "' . A hundred dollars V More than that - "' 'How much, pray V ; 'Mdre than the value otthc 'weight I of this mountain in silver and gold.' 1 ; 'In the name of -Buddha! what?' cried the asfonished i,uterrogator. This precious book said the Uhruan, fol ding up his "Bible, 'which tehsnte. -of God. and Christ. Calvary" salfatibh, and everlasting life' in heaven ! 11 ' 111 COIiCU AUVUVilU.j . - 1 . ; i.- , - ' . j ' .-'5 ' ! ' . daily receiving accessions from the look upon politica with an eye to more conservative element 01 the coun-; ana emommeni to wrangie ana try, and thus growing in strength, the thia tinmnextyejar thrFederal eolilsm in tfiA rPrtrwratir riartv U of ! na?e mv5bein the "hands of th such a character as -'to leave no reason-! Iiri6msts,' without united action-m the able doubt that BelFanaEvefett yl , South. " And this'can otHf li donfl) get 'plurality in" every uthern iunit& State -except South Carolina ..where I ma.wWyerf jjiay 'b$t '7skl the people are not allowed t6 Tot for th'l.tfargest.-'Southern.'.. Vote .r in'to'the President except through their' Legis- Electoral College- If lam asked. who lature'. Every vote cast for B reck in- is the most probable man to do'tbjs,;! ridgb is a vote indirectly for Lincoln, .answer Bell.7. - ."r ; ; Tlorida. non. Geo; T.! Wardrof Flofjda,t who has 'been claimed ' as a Brtokin- Abolitionists Complaining 'of the . Dar i-idye convert, has written a letter to : '- " kies. the' Fiorl.enliiiel iefiobg hislJosL The recent pic nics of colored pednle,; tion. aiesays, . ;a -; ana wrae-woit persons, ' Tr. U no. a m for-rufm ev rW;rho . wood, near uiieswiui. sxui, ; cel the deepest lnuignatiou vi nw -jwirui , sand colored' people, some jOf Whonx . 'l.nmflftiT rtItfrTAf"?Tl?T'Prli--. criy. 'Fences were broke down, fruit . stoleuf gardens ravaged, and respecta. bio' people insulted. Some iimif should be ptaeed to this kind ot ithing, 01 the value of property in thatlocayty will depreciate-fChiladelphia Penns lrin ian 1 -It v i - -i i