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A. G. MURRAY, VOLUME X. THE AMERICAN UNION, Published every Saturday Morning, fey . . . A. Or. MURRAY. omCE ON BROAD STREET, WEST END THE NEW BRICK range—kp stairs. TERMS: ■tv,,, Dollars in advance,nr Three Dollars lifter six month*. No subscriptions token for less than one year, unless uaia in advance; an.l no paper discontinued (unless m the option of the Publisher) until all arrearages are paid. \ LIVKItTISKMRNTS conspicuously inserted at One Dollar per square nt twelve lines, for the first insertion, and Kitty Gents tor each subsequent continuance. Ail A Ivcrtiscmcoit not accompanied bu a specific notice r.f the number of insertions desired, will hr nmtinned unlit ordered oat, and charged for accordingly. HieritTs Sates under regular executions, and mortgage n fa*, on real estate, must be published 30 days... 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A a ilews he loro the morning >*un, < itfiias JiTier gems ilcjmut, 11 ipe'n blossoms wirtiiM*. *nc l*v one, Aud fa io ujmii tli’.’ heart. Tli- voices ,**vvnet of ut!i**r year.*. Their tones so silt mi l low. Til.il wniiiperM iiiush* in our ears. Are stient, long ago. T.ic hearts that a't ar r <1 our own TiwMiuLgin o ilitii i.i. Too eyes lh.it i.0.'l y. w.it.inr .dionc Are tfv 1 Witu otii.- • days. The pleasant things of other days, They turn them sadly hark. To trace, mind tin; in ii.i/.**. Their blight aud early track. They see the 1 gilt of >n..ny .-kies, Tiie;.’ Mr.iteh to *oo ii.-g ii w*i!*, A i*t so *k aiilid i uei r crimson dyes, The bio util of banished hours.* They steal with sos atnl silent tread, Toro’ tnetiiory’s dim domain, Like shiidowy spirits of the dead, Mourning for Lie again. The past hath *]‘d it* mighty tomb, A:i 1 o'er the p.v-ent •‘trays Those spectral tonus, but ah! their bio iu li.is ded with other days. The pleasant things of other days. They never may return. Illumin'd with those suany rays, That o’er youth brightly bum. Thu* all the nioruitufglow i- oVr, Mill thro’ the tweight piny.** A btessv’d gle.ua, liko t i.it oi yore, W hich lighted other days. thadulated to an indivitt'joal in the Pci'iifr of I.ikcr un der difficult re* of <t suniJn Morning. BY TUK OKXUEE. OF THE ‘MWKo TO IHE SfKtvM UUK K\- GINK.’ K.mnont destniksaionist of Likcr, Probablee your dri. At ay bee there's a vakiium in your bowel ; ► You feel sditcly kunous in the abdominal regens 1 Waul a stimulator, eh f It can't be did, imminent destrukshionist ! lmbibater of alkaholik likwid. The Jcrisis wat was to have arrii eii has arroven ! The new sitty ordemm/. are a licksed phact. That solelarie dime, rezurreekted from the depth of thi trowsers. kant a waken A siuipat hetik rMponz, or a tod, from Your kurlee-heddcd trend, the barkeeper, Alkaholik iuibibaier! VCiveckt ur net j y ra ten na v vega ter, Last nite you were 12-1 iths drunk, and Wcuyou went home you had a— Missellaneius mixture ol the legs ; left tired, perhaps. KonsekwenileO You feel heeled about the inn ids. “la not tiie phlatterhig unksliun to your solo” That your moan this morning— There* nuuienis people of the saim Stripe with ciiuilar fee)inks. Kuockturuel navvegatcr ! Demenatrater of the power of suckshen! This is an epccode in your kureur, A full stop to your'ambishus aspciacliuns after spirits ; You han't get you morning rushens— The bar is klosed—naree bottle is visibul To the uaked i. as you stand fume nst the kounter, You anxishly ink wire for a diiiJt, it it don’t kutn, Hemensu ater of sucksken! Kocktale annyhylater! Tour a ingured person, a wictiin of legislutiv stupiditce ; You car do without werking all tlic week, and rest on sundee ; liut tou han’t drink liker 6 days and dry up on the 7th. Y'our tiiikul cistern ii not kapablo of uppresheatin^ The ordenaiu. Your natchur revolts at water, Kocktalo annyhy later! Cnaraee to water! You bcleave water useful for ablushun % and knavagible purposes only ; uct refreshin, benifishaL or inviggoraten as a bevurage. Strange idee—-but not unkommoa. llOWever, you’re ddn for. The ordennnz is imperativ ; a certanetee— . *. passed by a midorite vote. i . Mot a drop of ltker, wholesale or , retale kiui you get on —- Cuauiee to water ! ‘ Objek of I r I lljM i Your U a hard luua, ft - -WiP \ r.kwidjKjaraod aod MHMFlnin x, .. i■■ .k*i ktvßteaMpWfunkt.'’ WhjrWSn’t on • *® Saturdec uite 1 I’me gorre for you—reform ; stop : ahut down ; reflekt; hesitate bciofe you get korned on nite, unless you prepare for cmergenoees, Otyok nf koniniissiirashnn I PETEK FRANCISCO. THE SAMPSON OF THE WESTERN HEIMSPIIERE. As late as the year 1836, there lived in West ®nt Virginia, a man whose strength was so re markable, as to win biin the title of the ’Virgiii 14Samson.’ He knew nothing of his birth or P* renl *g‘N but supposed he was born in Porta gal, from whence he was stolen when a child, •ud carried to Ireland. His earliest recolleclious those of boyhood in the latter country. — While yet a lad, he apprenticed himself to a sea **pan, for seven years, in pay for a passage to WMseounfy. On his arrival, his time and ser ’’*** were sold to a Mr. Winston, of Virginia, , ...... . , . in whoso service lie remained until the breaking out ol the Revolution, lieingof an adventurous turn of mind, he sought and obtained permission ‘of his master to join the army, and was engaged I in active service during the whole contest. Such j was his strength and persona! braverv, that no I enemy could resist him. He wielded a sword the lade of which was .five feet in length, as though it had been a feather, and every one who came in contact with him paid the forfeit of his life. At Stonev Point, lie was one of the “for- I lorn hope” which was advanced to cut away the I abatis, and next to Major Gibbon, was the first man to enter the works. At Hrahdvwine, and j Monmouth, he exhibited the most fearless bra -1 very, and nothing hut bis inability to write, pre vented bis promotion to a commission. Trans ferred to the South he took part in most of tile engagements iu that section, and towards tlic dose of the war, be was engaged in a “contest w hie.li exhibited in a striking iiiajnier, his re markable sell-confidence and courage. One day. while. reeonnoi.ter:ng. he stopped at the house of a man hv the name of \V , to refresh himself. While at the table, lie was sur prised by nine l.ritisli troopers, who rode up to the house, and told him lie was-tbeir prisoner.— Seeing that he was so greatly outimtubeted, he pretended to.surrender, and the dragoons seeing lie was apparently very peacefully inclined, .after disarming him, allowed him considerable free dom, wliib-’th* v sat down to partake of the food which lie bad left when disturbed. Wandering smt into tlie door-yard ire was ‘accosted bv the Paymaster. whiMleinanded from him everything of value about him at the risk of Ii is life, in case of refusal. “1 have nothing to give,” said Fran cisco, “so use your pleasure.” “Give up those silver buckles in vottr shoes,” said the dragoon. “They were the gift, of a friend,” replied I ‘l.in '•'sco, “and give them I never shall : take them ‘if yi.u will, von have the power, but I never will , ;nre tie an to anv nue.” I’ut'ting bis sabre un der bis arm. the sofHw stiKitied down to take tbelt), i ranciseo seeing. t!ie opportuTiit V, wbicb was too good to be lost, seized the. sword, and ’ drawing it with fbosc from under (lie.arm of tin s .!dier,*i.h-a!: him a severe blow across the sktt'i. ; Although 4 .everely wounded, vet being a lu.ue man, the dragoon drew a pistol and aimed it at i bis antagonist, who was ton ijitiek for him. how ever, and as lie palled the trigger, a blow from I the sword nearly severed bis wrist, and placed bin) hors de eorJoi/. The report of the pistol Irew tiie other dir,goons into the yard, as well as W , win> very nngeiieroit.-lv hr.arglit out a musket, wliii.-li he handed to one of’tin-sofdiem ■ and told him to make use of it. Mounting tin only horse fl l ev could get. at, he presenfeil the muzzle a? the brqast of Francisco, and pulled the ’'Trigger- - Fortunratcly it .-missed tiie, and Fiati , eiseo (dosed iu upon him. A short struggle en sin and, which ended iu his di-arming and womtj i> g the soldier. Tarlef.on’s troop of four hundred I men were now in sight and the other dragoons , were about to attack him. Seeing his case was 1 desperate, he turned towards an adjoining thick et, and as if die,-ring oil a party of men, he (tried ! out. “I kune on, m.v brave bn vs ; now’s Vour time; we will m dispatch these few and then attack the main body i” at the same time rush i kio at the with the fury of an enraged i t'gor. They did not wait to him, but j tied precipitately to the troop, panic-struck and ■iismayed. S.-i/ing upon tiie traitorous viliian, W —, I ranciseo was about to dispatch him, lull lie In-go, and and plead so bard for liis life, that he forgave him, and told him to secrete fol ium tiie eight horses which tile soldiers had deft behind them. Hrece) ving that Tarlcton had dis patched two other dragiions iu search of Iff in, he made off’into tiie adjoining wood, and while tln-y stopped at llie house, he. like an old fox, doubled upoti their rear, and successfully evaded their vigiienee. The next day he went to \V for liis h..rs.-s; lie demanded two of them for hi serviees, and generous intentions. Finding his situation dangerous, and surrounded by enemies where he ought to have found friends, Francisco was compelled to make the best of it, and left with liis six horses, intending to revenge himself upon YV :it a future time, “but,” as he said, “L’rovidenee ordained that I should not lie liis executioner, for lie broke liis neck by a fall from one of the very horses.” Many.other anecdotes are told of Francisco, illustrative of liis immense strength and personal powers. At Camden, where-Gates was defeat el l lie retreated, and after running along a road some distance, he sat down to,rest himself. He was suddenly accosted by a British dragoon, who presented a pistol arid demanded his immediate surrender. His gun being empty lie feigned submission, and said he would surrender, at the same time remarking that his gun was no fur ther use to him, he presented it sideways to the trooper, who in reaching for it threw himself off Ids guard, when Francisco, quick as thought ran him throng!? rvith the bayonet, arid ns lie fell from his horse, he mounted him and continued his retreat. Overtaking his commanding officer. Colonel Mayo, of How batten, fie gave him up the animal, for which act of gencroaity the col onel afterwards presented him with a thousand acres of land in Kentucky. The following anecdote exemplifying his peace ful nature and his strength, is also told of Fran cisco. How true it is, we cannot say, but we tell it as it was told to us many years ago, while he still ltv and in Buckingham county, Virginia. One dM. while working in the garden, be was Aftranger .jAfi lode up to raiifTinqnircd onUpm he\6ew “where man hy tile name of Francisco wHMej-. .’Sr Raising himself from liis work, and eyeing his interiigator, who appeared to be one the “haif-li.ir.se-lia'lf alligator” breed of Kentuckians, lie replied, “Well, stranger, I don’t know of any oilier person bv tliat name iu these parts hut myself.” “Well, I reckon you ain’t the man I want. I want to find the great fighting man I’ve heard tell so much about. The fellow they say can whip all creation and Kentucky to boot.” “I can’t tell you, stranger, where you’ll find that iiian, I don’t, know such a man,” vai’d Fran cisco, resuming his work as a hint to the other that the conference was ended. But the Ken tuckian was not to be bluffed off as be would term it. “Look ’ere, stranger,” said lie, relum ing to the charge, “what might your given name be ?” “My mrme is Peter Francisco, at your service.” “Ah !’’ returned the other, “you’re just the “ Prove all things; hold fast that which Is good.” GUIFFIN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1855. 1 man I want to find.” at the same time riding in- I side the fence, lie dismounted and tied his ani mal—a rough ungainly Indian pony—to one of the posts. “Mv name is ]iig Bill Stokes, all the way from Old Kentnek. lam the Kentucky game chick en, I tun. 1 can out-run, out-hop, -otrt-jtmrj), knock down, drag out, and whip any man in all i them digging*. So, as I iiearn tell of a fellow ! down hereabout who could whip all creation, I j thought I'd saddle old Blossom, and just ride j over to see w hat stuff’ lie’s made of, and here I j am. And now,stranger, I’m hound tosee who’s I the best limn, before Igo home. It’s all in good feeling von know, and if you lick me, why I'm j sat idled, hut ” “Stop a minute stranger,” said Francisco, j “voti'vc mistaken the man entirely, I’m no figlit ; ing manat all, and if I was. I've nothing against ! von to fight about.” 1 “Will I don't k:u>w; is there any other IV- I ter Fi aneiseo in lie—*- puts !” “No. imt that I know of” “Well, then, Miu're the man, and von musl tight, l'v me all the Wav from < >l*l Kentnek aid I aint a going a-back without knowing 1 which is the best man.” “Hut ! won't fight. I've got nothing to fight | ll! otlt, aud I tell V'lll I won't ft;/III.” | ■ *1 if von shan't fight stranger, I'm ■ hound to lick vou if 1 can, it 1 don't ‘you must ; lick me.” By this time Fram-i-eo had become angry at the ; imp’ irt unity.of hi- visitor, and determined to put an j end to the scene, Seizing his antagonist tlierc ! fore by tlic seat of his buckskin breeches, and I the his shirt, he threw him over the ! fence into tin* road ; then walking leisurely to ! where his ponv was tied, he unfastened him and f laking him up bv main strength, threw hint af t ten his discomfited rider. The Kentuckian raised himself from the j ground perfectly dumb-foimded by such an r* 1 hibitinii •*('strength, and after nibbing his eyes fas though tie ilmugub he might no) have seen clearly, he mounted his pony r**iiiatking. “Well, s rung-r. I reckon vou’llplo. I reckon it's about ■time for me to make tracks. If anybody asks 1 you about that great fig';!, v nt can tell ‘em vou ITrck.-.l Hill Stokes mdst -!y.” Francisco was a powerful built man. standing ; six feet one inch in height, and weighing ‘2<nt ■ pounds, llis muscular system was extraordi narily developed, and lie had been known to shouider with ease a cannon weighing eleven ‘hundred pounds; and a g ntlemiiiof undiaiTi;- ‘ * -■ I veracity (still living in Virginia.) who knew j him well, says, “lie could take mein his righ’ j hand and pass over the room with m*v playing ! mv head against the ceiling, as though I had ‘b. eii a dottdiabv Mv weight was 105 pound*.” [ His wife, who was a woman of good size, and ! proportions, he would take in his right hand, and holding her out at arms’ length, would pass around the room with her, mid carry her up and down stairs in that, position. He would taken j barrel of cider by tiie chimes, and holding it to f his mouth, would drir.lt from the hung, a long and hearty draught w ithoul any apparent oxer ! ti**!U j Yet, with all his strength, lie was a very peace-j I fully disposed ‘man, and never made use of bis j power, except in cases of necessity about liistisn-! al vocations, or in defence of the right. <hi oc casions of out-breaks at public gatherings, lie was better at rushing in and preserving the pub lic peace than all the conservative authoritieson the ground. Although uneducated, he was a man of strong natural sense, and of a kind, amia ble disposition. He was ivithal a companion:j hle man, and his anecdotes and stories of the war, of which he possessed a rich fund, rendered , him a welcome guest in the first families of the ; State. Hi* industrious and temperate habits,’ together with his kind disposition, made him many friends, atid through their infl ence he! was appointed Sergeant at-arms of the Virginia J house of Delegates, in which service he died in 1836, and was buried with military honors in. the public burying ground at Richmond. Great Medical Discovery. MeRCVRY TAKEN FROM THE SYSTEM UY El.EC tuicity.— The following will be received with in tense interest in every community where suffer ing of any kind is produced by metallic substan ces being introduced into the system in the way! !of mercurv, gold, silver or lead. If it is practi cally true, as scarcely anv one can doubt under, the circumstances, it is destined to tank among the greatest discoveries that science lias yd brought to light. Tiie article which follows, published iu the j Scientific Bulletin, of Haris, is entitled “The Ap- j plication of Chemical Electricity to Tlierapeau- j tics.” and lias been translated for this paper.— j Though not literal, the substance of the article is intact* The Bulletin says: Chemistry about to drag from an anticipa ted death, thousands of men who in the exercise of their of their cruel professions, gilding looking glass plating, white lead manufacturing, etc., iimi also those whoseystems havis been mined by mercury in its variousforuis—for these science lias raised her right arty and arrest* their misery and destruction. This disoorery extract* from their bodies, atom by atom, erery particle of mo tal lie sabstmjpty from tyWJF frt eg the human system. VftmoßoAimmfi this la a memt^rtyfetylU|djp the French of SoiejMpnn- NlJtygpnas, which has forHEpff thorspen, whose names will strike theHr of trlFqntblic for the first, time to day. Hut prove what they promise to, they will soon taklS rank among the greatest benefactors of human-; ity. These authors are Andre Poly of Havana, | and Maurice Vergnes. The invention consists: ■if application of cliemidil electricity to accoirt-! plisli the above purpose, and of all the marvel- 1 lons tilings that electricity has achieved, this is | the bolJcstand most triumphant. The modus operandi is as follows : A metal lic bath is insulated from everything, and partial ly filled with acidulated water, to convey more readily tliU)’elcctrical currents. The patient lies np.in a seat in the lub insnlated cntirely from me hath. When gold silver or mercury is iu the system, nitric or hydrochloric acids are em ployed. When lead is suspected tbe acid used is sulphuric. -Thisdone, tbe negative pole of a battery is pul in connection with the bath, whije_ the positive poteTs in the hands of the patient. — Now the work of purification commences. The electricity precipitates itself, bnnts, digs, searches and discovers every particle of metallic substance concealed in the most profound tissues, bones joints, and nerves of the patient, resolves them into their primitive forms, and extracting them entire from the human organism,deposits them upon tiie sides of the hath, where they can he seen with the naked cyeT After the end of one of these operations, a chemist of Havana, M. Mossand, having anialvz-’ ed 912 drachms of the liquid in the hath, he saw forming a metallic globule of the diameter ofj nine-tenths of a millimetre, and this w as mcrcu- j ry. At another time the same chemist saw a very light white precipitated substance, which ■ gave two globules of metallic lead, perfectly vis- , iblo to the naked eye, and M. Holy announced j that lie had taken from the tibia and thigh bolie of a patient a quantity <-f mercurv that had 1 been there, creating intense suffering,for fifteen ‘ years. . Hrovid.-tiee ha* had it* usual hand in this di*- ! i Tiverv. One of the iiHelilors, M. Maurice V.-rg ; ii**s, w li** was engaged at times in electric gilding silvering, etc, w here h;s bauds came in eoiitiiuial ■ contact with nitrate and cvanurct of gold and sil- ! ver, had them covered with ulcers, caused hv particles being introduced into his blood, aud no medical skill could eradicate them, f >:ie day lie dipped bis bauds into the hath, taking li.ild of, the positive pole of the battery, and at the end of fifteen minutes, to the surprise of all the- hy 'i.in ers, a metallic plate of 103 millimetres in ! length by IGO in width, placed in*, eonrieetion with tin iiegalive pole of the battery, was instant iy eovercl with a thick coat of gold and silver extracted from his hands. The discovery was made. This event took place April 16, LHvci. i Hie inventors use 30 couples of batteries of Him son’s and Grove’s combined, it being found that. i a more energetic current will be evolved bv ibis Combination than bv the use of either sin gly. lvicli couple is 40 millimetres in diameter by 217 in height. The number iif these couples or hattelies used at tin- e*imiiietici-meiit of an ap plieaiiorr, so as not (treatise too much sull'ei ing for the patient, depends altogether up *u the tempeiameat of lhe patient an I tiie natmv of rlisease. For example, a very neiymt* and < !*-1 i cafe person would ho submitted In the action of ten or twelve couples at first, the number increas ed at the rate r.f five couples every five minutes. ! A person of sanguine or lymphatic temperament can endure more. The same ratio applies to the ; quality of acid in forming the bath. For’ in stance, it takes !*■*> fn- nervous pet-son than f**T a person with lymphatic or sanguine tempera ment. Tiie in*-1. 1 1!tc particles extracted from 1 1<<- bo.ly of the patient are disposed on the whole i sin face of the bathing tu', aUhongh the metal is formed in larger quantities opposite those parts of the body in which the metal lay conceal* ed. As to the size of the metallic spots which are thus formed by the application of this dis eovery, they vary iu size from that of the head of a pin tothe size of a pea, and some are micro- : scopie. “I have seen,” says M. Holy, “after the j first hath of a person who had been complaining i of terrible pains in his arm, caused by mercury, ; the exact shape of the arm imprinted on the tie- ; gativc plate of flic battery, the deposit lieiug i formed entirely of mercury drawn from the arm.” j Here ends thi* important article, which, if true, i is destined to become a* much a part of the med ical practice as vaccination. Americans, Read! The Duke of Richmond, formerly the celebra ted Col. Lenox, was Governor’ of Canada iti 1815-10. The late Horatio Gates, a native of M issachusetts, was at that time an eminent merchant in Montreal, and “was known and re spected by thousands in Canada, and liis native ! country. Mr. Gates reports the following re-j marks as having been made in bis presence by ! the Duke of Richmond : h ‘The Duke, a short time before bis death, jin speaking of the government of the United I States, said: ‘lt was weak, inconsistent, and; [bad, and could not long exist.’ ‘lt will be de-! stiWed : it otigrlit not, and will not be permit- I ted to exist, for many and great are the evils ; that have originated front the existence of that government. The cause of the French revolu- j tion, and subsequent wars and commotions in] Europe, are to lie attributed to its example ; 1 ands i long as it exists, no prince will be safe ! I upon bis throne; and the sovereigns of Europe ‘ are aware of it, and they have determined upon , it. destruction, and come to understanding upon | j tliis subject, and have decided on the meanslo'ac e.niipfish it ; arid they will eventually succeed Hy 1 ] subversion rather than conquest.’ ‘As the low and 1 surplus population of the different nation*of Eu i rope will be carried into that ‘country ; it is ami ! will be a receptacle for the bad and disaffected population of Europe when they are n6t wanted for soldiers, or to supply tbo navies, and the Eu ropean Government --.Anil favor well a earn**.’ This will create A surplus and majority of low population, who are so very easily excited ; and they wili bring with them their principle*, and in nine cases out of ten, adhere to, their ancient and former goVurnmentt, laws, manuers,and retigtoa* j and will transmit them to their in many case* propagate them among the na tives.’ . i : “These men will booome citizens, and.•"lfW 1 constitution* and Ull with right grades of socie ty will the elevation of a few and by dtyri||nS|Hy. U'ld thus the heteroge ’! neous poptyjpHlHP then be formed, speaking different languages, of dill* rent religions and them net, think, and tee! ; alike., in political affairs, will ins like mixing oil | and water; lienee discord, dissensions, auaichy ! arid civil war will ensue, and some popular indi ! vidual will assume the government and restore ] order, and. the sovereigns of Europe, the emi grants, and many of the natives will sustain him. —- “The Church of Rome has a design upon that country, and it will, in time, be tbe estab lished religion, and will aid in the destruction of that republic. I have conversed with many of the sovereigns and |rriuces of Europe, and tliey have unanimously expressed those opinions rela tive to the Government of the United States, and their determination to si divert it.” These remarks were made by the duke of !_ Richmond, nearly forty yeanjuetfefor he (lied. in 1616 —and the correctness of liis assertions i has, since that lime, been remarkably verified, i The low and surplus population of Eurof* “An* been brought to this country, as he predicted. It has become “a receptacle for the bud and dis affected population of Eurojas” These men have become citizen* of this country, a;.d have been invested with the right of suffrage. The question now arises—shall thi* state of things continue f Shall the United Stales re main forever a receptacle for the ignorant, vicious, and disaffected population of Europe? Shall Russia be permitted for the future to vom it forth upon our shores annually five hundred thousand , paii'pers, criminals, ntnl vagabond* of every grade arid hue, to become, after the lapse of five years, American citizens, American law makers, and American office bolder* ? This is the question which the American people are now required to answcl. We say now. Be cause, if tiie sett lenient of this great question he postponed f"* live or ten years longer, il will or 100 lute to answer it, ft* Tt sb*ciM be answered. If postponed tin- a few year*, the foreign party i w ill become so sfr.ing tliat il will be impossible to effect the reformation in our ininralizaiion | laws, so imperatively .required for the couserva- | tion and well-being of our rcpublie.-iti institutions, j No ! Ilelavs are n*4 only dangerous, tI.;T are fatal ! Now or never is the time for action. -••• An Important Letter. The Rielim nid I’enn v I'iist publislies the follow ing letter, with this introduction : “■lt is a letter from ‘ An <*!d Lino Democrat,'” who. though forty four years of age, never g.ivtnri Whig v-.te in liis li!*-. Tiie author is Daniel .1 liose, of Montgomery county, a member of an old, ■ respectable Democratic Virginia family, who has heretofore been in good and regular standing with the Democratic party, and thought worthy of r - eeiving their highest lionors. .Mr Hoge was a Democratic member of tlic Reform Convention ; lias tioen in the Legislature, we believe.’ and .was spoken of a* tlie Demoerutic eandidaie for Lieu tenant Governor ot tnc Mate m the present ran vass.” Fi*.in tlic S-iil. i.i IN ;_’ t. r. Know Nothing Expose. Gen ri.r'.MKN : In your jiap -r of the Sth March, is a [.il 1 oil-Ut;■ ir 1 e hiele pu ports tu beiin expose of tlic secrets of know Nothingism.’’ 1 Imd seen it in the Enquirer, hilt did not tli nk worth while to read it; tor I regard it.’ a* I do Morgan's pro fessed exposure of Free Masonry, a vile and yon fonipfible lorgery : or. if true. 1 regarded it as the betrayal of trust by some infamous scoundrel, that reudcrcil it unworthy tiie countenance of gentle men. 1 was therefore, surpri--d to sec sueli a thing in ti.e .lignite and e.'biiiins .4 tbu ‘4li,-hiii'*nd Enquirer And this surprise at seeing.U in that paper, and then in yours, is greatly (fienased by i examining It, to find how easily you both have been ; entrapped by this ill cone alcd stratagem. You mu-t have suffered yourselves entrapped hy pub | fishing the thing without examining it by the key ! given in the commencement of it. And tlnso who | set the trap, no doubt, expected its publication without a critical examination of it; and then some editor was to fly the trigger after all the Democratic editors had been carelessly drawn un der the trap. They reasoned correctly when they supposed the Democrats in their eagerness to ex pose the scerets would overlook the “weightier matters of the law,” or the principles as laid down . They were correct when they expected our editors, in their search in the chutf and tiuimncry of signs, grips, passwords, and initiatory ordinances for something to otyeef to, would overlook the great principles therein enunciated, anil which are alone worthy of attention. Let us examine it a little by the aid of the key given in the commencement of it. The principle of the obligation, in the first de gree, is as follows : “You furthermore promise and declare that you : will not vote, nor trive your influence for, any 1 man tor any office in the gift of the people, unless lie be an American-born citizen, in favor of Amer | jeans ruling America, nor if he is a Roman Cutho j lie.” Are the Democracy opposed to these things, and will they sutler the Richmond Enquirer to j lead them into a blind opposition to those great - principles, without even enquiring their import or whence tiioy came? For. mark, there is no proscription of foreigners here; but a simple re , solve as to how they will vote between native and I foreign born, just a* they resolve how they will vote between Whig and Democrat. Andifthis resolve is a proscription ‘xffffwelgoew; thenrfhtyg, Democrat proaefttmevery Whig in the land, when foie for none but Democrats. And are toe Democracy opposed to our people voting f“t r hers shitens hv prefereriOT to foreign Catholics, Hindoo*, Hottentots, and Hntnins ! Is tbs Democratic party opposed to Americans born ruling the “lund of the free and this home of the hr***.” tyjd du they waul uui own native land brought under tbe dominion of the Pope ;>f RomeJ *4d, amlautopr* * Whig rote in my Wo, JMffj if-the goo4b,| ] j, irr v Hhavu loved aity .mtoriUjl j r.'iiswa oils fri'.-.l'.iii )I! -: ill a father’s : teachings and a mother's to be laid at the feet of the Roman i’oi tiff, and its members mate to bow down and kiss the Pope's big toe. I must cease to lea Democrat I Imveulw .ys I eei a Democr..’ but I cannot and will not go wiili tiie Democratie par'y. or any other party, against j American Isirn citizens ruling their own country. It, is their n.iturd birth-right, mid I will not con sent to take it from them and give it into the ■ hands of foreign Roman Catholics. And if the is sue between the Democrats and Know Nothings is. whether foreign Catholics or American born citizens shall rule America. I am bound to take sidtuL-irith tke K.uow \oUungi dWvor-ef Anieri can born citizens, nnd against the present Demo cratic party in their support of foreign Roman Catholic* Thus much for the obligation in the first degree. Then, after some more flummery, they came to tbe final charge to the initiate, which by the aid of the key given. I read as follow*:’ “ft ha*, no doubt, been long apparent to yod. brother*, that Editor foreign influence and Roman CattieMtiw* ItontMKi : ranking steady and alarmingpnyiMfemldwea* try You cannot have failed t* obeerwi tktd|> nificant transition of tbe (bieigpobiAf(Mfßomb* ists from a character quiet, retiring. *ig nk ject, to one bold, tbreatenfffg, despotic in its appearance and MadiqpflaM. Til must have become alarmed at the eyetiamtiaaM rapidly augmenting power ot tbeee dangerowe ms” unnatural elements of our national ooudltiew. 99 it is, brothers, with other* beside* yoaraelre*, every State of the Union. A sene* of danger had struck the great heart of the natio*. 1* erwj city, town rind handet, the danger has been eeea and the alarm sounded. Ani hen fee (ttk Mfln'MM’ detised tliis order as a means of disseminating po triotic principles, of keeping alive the fire of ■*- tional virtue, of fostering the national intelligence, and of advancing America and tbe American in i terftst on the one side ; and on the other of abtelt- I ing the stride of the foreigner or alien; of i ing ihe macliiiiations and subverting the deadly plans of the Jesuit and Uiipist.” And is the Dees* ocrotic party opposed to these principles 1 An they opposed to -keeping alive the fire ofnutfataf virtue.” of “fostering the national intelligeDOa,” and of “advancing America and American inter* est ?” Arc they opposed 1 to “cheeking tbe etrkUe of aliens,” and of “thwarting the machinations aaff deadly plans of the Jesuit* and Pap’eta!” No, gentleman, such a charge is * •lands* dtytaonr good old party. vMmtever designingdef gognee, political aspirants, new converts, partisan Wtf*- workera may think and do, the masses, tbe hlfiM people of the party, never will ooneent to bring down this great and mighty nation beneath a for eign bondage, to wear the yoke of a Roman Pontiff; ! and they will spew out of their mouths those an* * ni tiiml i z<*(l and unworthy members of the party; ! who ii-.. trying to bring us in subject onto (brtigff Catholic > fluen e. by courting their support.—> Hie true position for the Democratic party at tbif time would JuiVo been to stand firmly on bar**’ cient plutforin. Hat no, that was too old-fithhhn* ed for our new light Democrat* of tbe present day, and the good old ship was torn from ber qnsisit moorings, and thrown upon tbo wild billows of foreign’Catholicism, to be tempest- toeeed and Imlp ed in pieces in nn unknown sea’. Hut to proceed with the ‘ expose.'* The nlilipi.’ tion in the second and. gree is the same in principle with that in the Yirst. So i paw that and the sub sequent flummery, and come to the final obarge fal this d< gi re. Hy the aid of the key it mdisi M* lows: “Druthers. you are duly initiated into fhi*, the second degree of the order. Renewing the congratulations which we extended Is yon, span your admission to the first degree, we admnmiA you by every tic that may more patriot* to eldtfir ’ in our efforts to restore the political institution* of our country to their original purity. Begin with the youth of our land—refresh their minds with the history of our country, the glorious liaiiiiexwd the brilliant acts of patriotism, whiob is oar eons* moil inheritance : point them to the wist sages’ and profound statesman who founded our geisnt* incnt; instij into their bosoms an ardent htt fltaf the Union; above all else, keep alive ht tifaif hearts the memory, the maxims and the death Sms example of our illustrious Washington.” And arc the Democracy to tako a Stand against A*S sentiments of whole souied patriotism 4 Htkt Democratic party opposed to any “efforts tOVset and the political institutions of our eoontry to thsto original purity ? ’ Are they unwilling to “rsJkmdf the minds of our youth with the history of Nt country,” its “glorious battles and brilliant aeU of patriotism!” Are they unwilling to “poind them to the sages and profound Stofitomhi s fit founded our government,” and to “hhjtiliato thohr bosoms an ardent love for the Union f” Are tho Democracy unwilling to “keep alive in the hSMrtV of our youth the me: tory, the maxims, sad tW dcathle-s example of our illdstriouf Wohihgto*V* Such is our position, if this so-called exposition of Know Nothingfsm is a true one, and we pis n tear selves against it. If this is a true exposition of Know Nothingism, can we— dare we go with ear present leaders of the Democratic party again* •.? I have always been considered an orthtdttf, VH an iron sided Democrat, hnto dtotir held tin; principles laid science, the right to worship God sceordmg tttof dictates or conscience, without the islopnlfint of a Priest between mV conscience and my Ged, and without responsibility to a FithsrwntoHtp the Pope s appointment. A desire topsejMljiwjritjf intelligence of the people, an afdWgifijflKglgfcij Union, a reverence for the maxims jfe..; ‘ J ous Washington, and an nTdenMMjjj^H^j^B 1 approve ito principles: and let who daresqeeMton my Democracy, present a better record than I to who, at forty-lour, never gnve a Whig vote. -If it is not a true expose but a trap, then ywa and UMf Knquirer. in year new-fangled war—s wsrsgatoet Know Nothings - have been entrapped into ae Ouse of sentiments of tbe purest Democrat wad the lo tiest patriotism. And yoe cypmot gM thf old-fashioned Democracy to join yo# ie thin tion to tbeir old cherished prinnipjtS They aHf not carried by a mere cry of party, had eee aehMK ted by a deep-rooted love of principle, and they will cherish ahd maintain thaw priissiptor whip* thing about the secret signs and p->as initiatory ortftouneee, Ac. These are mart lane mery, such as pertain to ail scent aonctfak “M the principles are correct, we must und wHI prnrn thrm Trhnrhir it it ■ grnninn mftmat .Know Nothingism, or a trap in which toeatohep** wary Democratic editors. M As f*T4> last Dntoewetox - ■ - * rye fc, .jn — NYTMRRR