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MISCELLANEOUS. for tbe American Union. Fruitful Reflections. BY G. H. B. “ Ho has & noble awl n gallant h<*a rt, Who ill * It mi4\u lu u? without slavish fear— When trials come doth boldly act his part. Arid hoards the monster dauger in his 1 tir T~ — A trairor base —a worse than coward he.— Happiest he, whose heart content With what-his lot bestows, Can meet the ©hec<jiier’d Hoeues of life With calm ness and rejmse. To virtue wed his honor and days,— H*w peaceful in tho close. Slim cr. k • l w iys, let all deceit A stranger he to tUce— , An open and a manly heart l-Yoiu self-reproach is free. When honor calls, or justice leads. We frankly should obey : Who halts between th • right and wrong U sure to astray. Love should o’er human hearts j.os-ess Ail undisputed n ign : And charity should keep th* g..:e That opens the domain ; For majoe is the darker shade Os envy‘s p M son dvv : j And murder stains too att th” path Wo ere brooding passions li ! j Bow ire tV foll v and the v,.ieo Os Pride. and vain tlUpht-v The hand that wirhls the g tlden maee is bat a hand of clay, The prince, within his lordly palace, better man may be Tlun he who toils for daily bread, t dad in poor pa vim t v. What.we call evil in the world Is bat a Atreugtb’iMug pill, Ti rectify the *ad ulhim? >f oar ini mi *Mt w 11. W'HiMaf thou the tru • slt.-ne Tuaf leaves no 7\i T. hi:: 1. Tuy passions guard with stric:-.--r ■•ire, j A ad c-lusabe tli ■ mi oil Tne iii ui wa*. siii; it- a trifle .. >.v, Will m ik-* his little 1 S'. Bat care, with potie.it Lid i .y. Leads olway# to success 1 Tile uiereh *;rt at his oIH e <le>k, The cobbler in his stall. Tao soldier on the f* itial fi dl* Tne m ir.uor at so.t. Ad iii list, a da** o;>s*n vanee yield, Fair ordar unto thee ! Fruit ihe Knickerbocker for A • ri ’. LIFE OS THE OCEAN. Sentimentalists all have a notion, (Those who get their ideas second-hand.) Tnat a life ou the limit less ocean Is ‘inspiring’ ‘exciting” and ‘grand If they only had one Cape Hope view Os a-storm and a natical scene. They would wish |-hc dueti ocean-like blue were changed to invisible green. A life ou the fathomless deep If to oat, grow sea-sick and drink ; Like old Rip Van Winkle to sleep , Too indolent even tothink. When a dead ci!in prevail* on the ocean, 1 florin like a growling old grumbler, And with feet in perpetual motion. Practice all thestrange feats of a ‘tumbler. ” One night in a terrible roll. Like a pan-cake my corpus was found ; The feeling was certainly droll. The rolling had rolled mi: up rojtul! Os my friend in the berth over-head, The phyeiciun hail hardly a hope ; He woe taken out seemingly dead. Coiled up like a huge coikuf rope. When from horrible night mares I break, To escape the ‘blue devils’ of night, I gate on the vessel’s long wake. That is flashing with spirits of white ; I wnteh the wild sorpentine trail, Standing in the dark shrouds hours together, Or set oa the wet weather rail. And rail at the wind anil the weather. When I get insupport ably blue, A victim to dull melancholy, Hakiag nothing but nothing to do, from the long-boat’ I run to the ‘jolly !’ When insufferably crabbed and cross, i climb la tho main-top cross trees. And eroesing! my arms, take a dose Os grumbling as hard as 1 please. Os each coming monotonous day It fa Urrthle even to think ; _ Months into oblivion sink; Dnys seem to he weeks as they fly. Lengthened out by some magical power; But months, when the time has passed by, Are compressed into one listless hour. And house I am right In the main. In sailing 1 As mala n delusion, with much pain ful as m bqyiyOfhll Heroine* are.— the tho kighCwt uyivolar of Mrs. ‘jjfrMßL i. jiyjiijhfr |p \ • aq i jgiw§ ‘hS ili# : and her lawyer lover, upon wliieli cvt-iM. file j “happy pair” were t” stall lor “the Spring*.”, j Linda looked magnificently on horse-hack,.; and ou this April morning. indulging in this fa vorite exercise, she was sitting like the ijueen | of beauty, glowing with freshness and radiant j. with joy, upon the back of her matchless bay j —the most knowing and graceful piece of horse I flesh to be lighted on by a fond and indulgent 1 parent. Young Slocum was by her side and was des canting upon the beauty of the morning j and of the “morning’s ipieett,” when sud denly the latter sped from his sight like the - morning’s breeze. Linda’s “bay” had taken | fright and was flying with its mistress through the air scarce touching the paving stones, at aj fearful speed. “She will certainly Ik; thrown j and killed!” and Slocum’s heart, as he ex claimed thus —or the place where his heart ‘ should have been—beat with a feeling akin to despair. When, however, Slocum arrived some three ‘ or four miles farther, towards the edge <>t the ci- J’ ty, a scene met his view that called up other emu- i lions than those of pleasure at the safety of his j beloved. Linda whs seated iipon the turf rocl.uing : against the trunk of a tree. A tall, handsome,| stra tiger was bending.over her, laving her bnov , with water, and pouring tho magnetism of lii> j warm life into her fainting energies, j The look—the strange mysterious look—that of soul recognizing soul, which p.t'sed between ( ” them when Linda opcnftl her eyes full upon, ititil, haunted young S!o< urn like a disagreeable niglitmare for months after. Tint next day the tall hand soffit* stranger call <;d upon the lovely gill he had n-sctii-<l Iroiti cer tain death, to enquire titter In-r In-ahli. S unchow or other, it wtts full three imm-! before the “call” ivns Cbnciudi and. Time/had i passed so jileasalilly ill that easy I'-nv of tie ; glit and -t-utnm.-iit ii 1 mrc soul met U> kindled, lh.it both Were siiH'!':-’ i.! at its rapid li'ght. Again and again thev met. always talking as, though they had b-on tiici. ls ,|nr*-ver so tin cnUMi-nined and ca-v was the interchange of thought- bi-tvvi. •■!! till lit. It getll l.loy Il ll.Ji- ttcil ‘■l,.. 1> V Motile I -1. ge ell,a !ie lllllt Sloelllll Was j ...thcr out otiso’!;** li.-iiing excurston, or some thing of the . viTu-aM-r the tail, handsome ‘ ‘tfitiig'-r e lib'd -II 11. : brill-- elect. I'tie middle of May arifyi--!,/ The w;ed-l ; iig j • lav wa- tir,awing mole and’ more near. in a maze of hewil i •rment the voiu g. 1 troilia-d awaked as from a sudden dream. “Do I love him well enough to heroine his , wife J” asked she of her own heart. . Alas ! a ‘deeper depth had been sounded in ■ that voting heart. A deeper depth than the | shallow hue ol tiie groom-elect could hope Jp>’ sound. I;ijt the spirit that had taught her -her own | • h-art —that had taught her the meaning of the word lovk —the tali and handsome atiang'-r — in- ha-1 gone as sitdih-niv as he came, liiisiness had called him to a distant country and clinic. True, he had never spoken of love, hut when he was g,,ne, Linda found to her dismay- tli.-it In had taken her heart with him, and that Sh-cutn seemed to her now nothing more ghaii a sort of aniouiatou man, brainless and ii -fiith-ss,-. ■-.lull 1 will be true to honor and my promise,” -ai l ,th<- eotiragous Linda resoluiely. “I w ill mar is- Tiim and make Inin a tne- wti—. I will bury titv own heart ill its love, and perform my duty liiithfullv.” Alas 1 atlas ! “ there is many a slip betwixt the | < up and the lip.” A rich old uncle of the portionless Slocum, sud- j di-lily arrived from the “ golden Last,’ sought • his nephew, made his will, and Slocum, the ah most, penniless, tier almost briefless lawyer, awoke in the morning a rich man. His uncle scouted at the id-a of his wedding the fair Linda, with her very moderate fortune, telling him ‘lmt such a handsome, accomplish-: ed, and wealthy fellow *a he (Slocum,) coti.d pick a ntillionnre heircs oft from almost, every hush. llis kind uncle bid him travel, and choose from any of the aristocratic and wealthy beauties of Europe. Elated with iiis sudden fortune, puffed up with personal vanity, Slocum followed It is un cle's advice, setting sail with a high heart to cross the ocean for Europe and success. lie dropped a careless note to his beloved telling her of his determination to travel and —to leave her. Somehow or other, Slocum's remittances from his uncle did not arrive as he had reason,! o expect, and he had not much sooner crossed the Atlantic than he recross. .1 it. Wlnt was his dismay upon arriving home, when he found his quondam l ride elect had married his rich old uncle ! that the “will” had been re-m’ade, that he (Slocum) was cut off without even a shilling ; —the-will being-made - in favor of Linda and her successor*. This discovery was maddening, but worse than all, the rich old uncle had thrown away his ug ly wig, and the humpon his hack, and his wood en leg atld he stood upas Linda's youthful bride groom,—the tall, handsome stranger ! Ho who had once rescued her front death. It was a pleasant ruse—to those who enjoy ed the sport, but it threw poor Slocum into a billions fever which nearly terminated his life ; which also put me in possession of the above wisodu, I being the phvsician who carried bun J oyer the bridge of sickness to the tei ra-flrma of iHm may be jmhered, 1H cording to the Sckntjfic%4oerfca>i, in a very simple manner, and without apparatus. Gather “Prove all things; hold fast that whicli is good.” GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 12, 1855. A Leaf in the Life of a Child of Gdfeius. ; Holbein, the celebrated painter not unfrequenty. when liis purse was low, condescended to paint figures upon the bouses of the gentry of Basie, as was the custom in those times, and by this means aarned u few gilders, which enabled him to pay his score for a day or two at the tavern. On one occasion he had bargained with a merchant I > do some work of this kind upon the wall between the second and third stories of his house. The scaffold for Ho bein to sit upon was prepared, and he had already worked a whole day. when tin drinking fit seized him. and quite extinguished all relish for labor, lie thereupon begg-d the nit-r- 1 chant to advance him a small part of tho price of| his work, in order, as be said, to discharge a debt 1 which he owed. The- merchant, aware of bis unsteady habits, gave him tin; money, resolving at the same time, to keep a strict eye upon him, and that he should by no means escape. Ail next day,- accordingly, he-ki-pt coming, from time to time, j out of his shop, and looking up to see whether the 1 painter was there at his work.and always obsT-rved j him sitting there, his Tegs and feet hat%*ing r down from the scaffold. At length, however, he became somewhat alarmed to observe that tin- iin.n never, budged from the spot, but hour after hour conti:i- j ii<-1 in the selfsame position ; and. going up stairs. I lie looked out front the window of otic.-of the- upper rooms; but, far or near, no Ihdb- in was to be j seen, lie had. in fact, gone straight t -’het -.\ern. 1 to drink away bis money, and in order that hi-!, employer should never suspi et.that be \v I'-lahsent : from his work, he had paint ■! his legs uJi-.i the wall. <>f course the m- rohanf instantly 11 hold of the wayward artisl. and comp ’l-- 1 liittffq. the task tie had undertaken. Not long aft.-v. an Kngl-sh nobleman arrived at Basle, and ! ;-.it-g In-ard ed the celebrated Holbein on.-ng. ■! L:..i to go to London, an 1 execute s- me paintings „• hi house, during Ids absence on a journey he was about to make into <lrene.-. lie promise 1 to pay i im a large yearly salary, furnished plenty of mo ney for his traveling expenses and give him the nd dress at ware!i lie was tn.inquire in London. Ilolb in accepted tin- oif-r. and agreed to depart without delay. No sooner however.'had-Ih.- no bleman left the t.-wn. than h - re urn -d to (he tavi-rn. Wher- i. ■ u forgot all a 1 -i’ fi gland, and his engagement, atfd his art. \m- did he stop iii'ttH-le had squand-red the la t farthing - !’ i! c sum wlftcll should have paid the exp-n sos his journey. I!-- then re—dh-ote ! the promts? ii ■ had mad-- to go to England, and selling the 11::’ - fur- 1 liitiirc he possessed, realized enough money to t..ke him tu Holland. His funds were, however, sill spent by the time, lie reached Amsterdam. In t‘ 1- town the Great Dutch painter. Luca* Van Lcyd'r-n, ; was then living O.i him Holbein waited, ,mi in quired it he did not want a person t > grin-1 his colours. •• What is your n.iu-- ■” asked Lucas. ‘ Holbein gave a fictitious one.- Well. I shall try j your skill. “ 1 Ldbeiii accordingly took his place at the grindstone, and began grinding as if he ha 1 never and. ne anything e'se in his lifetime, lie soon won the confidence of his master, and during IdV absence on a journey which he was obliged to make was appointed to take the or r sight of the painting-room. Having just lie she 1 a large and beautiful portrait of one of the magis r ites, or at I least chief citizens, of Hotel-lam. Lucas covered it l with cloth, and said to His grinder, •• lake parti- I cukiT care of this picture. Let i.‘ receive no injury. II make you responsible for its safety.” Holbein | promised to pay the greatest attention to his or -1 dors; but on the second lay after Lucas'departure he took a brush, and painted a fly upon tho coun cillor's face, lit* then shut the painting-room, em barked in a vessel, and sailed for London. On Master Lucas’ return home, he was alarmed to Hear that his grinder had decamped. The first thing he thought of was his picture, which he hastened to inspect. On raising the cloth he dis covered the fly upon tho face. Taking out liD handkerchief, he attempted to drive it away, but the fly w ould not move. Ile repeated the attempt. 1 •siying. “ Begone, little imp !” The fly still quietly kept its place Master Lucas now examined the creature somewhat more narrowly, and discovered, to his surprise, that it was p tinted; upon which he dropped the cover and exclaimed, “Either the! Devil or Holbein has been here at work!” ‘He knew that he was the on!y one of all his contem poraries Capable qC painting a fly so inimitably as to deceive an able painter like himself. Holbein arrived safely at London : but lie had lost his lord ship’s address, and had quit- forgotten even his, name. In so great a town, how was he ever to discover it ! Entering a coffee-house, which lie lie inquired if any of those present knew the man sion of the lord who had sent him tn London ; and in order to give them some idea of his personal appearance, took a coal from the hearth and sketched his figure oh the wall. The instant it was done they all exclaimed, -‘Oh! it is Lord S He was now directed to his lordships bouse and there labored lfrng he was -, p!.i--Lc-J, that the cuttings should be in life af u-nioon. As fast, ns it is cut, which is done by a mi Ide, it is curried to a vat called the steeper. This vat is made of plunk, is water tight, and viui.-s in rile according to the extent of tne ope ritioi.s of tho planter. The steeper is filled with cuttings immersed in water. I’lanks, with weight* upon ihctn, are then placed on top to keep the . Ulings beneath the water. In this state the - ceping is continued for about ten bourn, or less, -e. nding to the temperature of the water. When !’ water assumes an olive color, it isdravin into ihe “beater,” another vat, placed alongside and beneath the steeper, and connected by a tube, | mid fastened with :i valve or spigot The liquid is now churned bv band or with machinery, nn-1 tii it beer lues lighter ill color, and a blue pecula gi os to make its nppi-nruuce. From time to, .'me lime water is thrown into the heater during j tie- --churning.” Aflqr the pecula spoken of djs-• tiin-r'v appears, tho water is mi tiered to remujn j .•i!v.r. four hours for the indigo to settle. It is, then drawn off, the sediment placed iit bags and hung up to drain. When drained sufficient-1 ly. it is pl aced in boxes to dry, ‘under gentle )>res- ! >ure; and when dried firm, it is cut up into ! sqe ii - cakes and placed in the shade, to licconie j coinpletclv dried bv cvapoiation. The shelter, the steeping and the less the beating, tlie lighter j vv ill be the c-dor of ih© indigo. The indigo plant ! will vield two or three cuttings :r season, and one hand will cultivate ab -ut three acres, the re- j Milt being from 17.5 to 200 lbs. ot tin* article.— I I ike. sugar cane or c.ofu, the indigo renin res no l xuejisivo machinery. Where it is made only ; for dmm-stic use. barrels aro used f->r steeping a-r l banting.— Florida News. i',, I. -;,..!i-l -lie,- of the Surxnnsli t leorgiuti. Letter from Florida. M ii-\Not-v,.FJa., 20 April, 185.5. K. i Ifni's < (eolgtall. - t.l nth-men : We have have seen but little in . jii-.r j-mrncy thus far. either ‘tft interest ourselves or to amuse yottr renders. \\ e made a short i visit to St. Augustine-, vv lien-we met some old! friends who took us out in the •noruingand ev- I enijigiu an-1 about the city, so that we wereena I bled to see all that was to be seen of that un'-j iijii - p!... 1 will not attempt a description of’ S . A-ig i.mim-. us voitr-elvcs and read.-is arc all fan -.villi its .ippcati.ncc, population, Ac., A.’ _ i Though tin- oldes: city in the I’nion,- to me it w i ;i!i nov. ltv —-it was riltogetln-r dist.-rent iVo.i’i ..ii ‘.’ other . itv I had seen in the t.’nited | We i.■ ft 1 1,.- boat ui ili.-i. k t'rcik and travel-| .-.i nimo't due S.-utli f-.r.tJO injh-s over the poor ,st black-jack si’.id pine s tri.l i tdges in till the S i-.itli, with :i e.'uai.i of ioiiely lakes and an occa , Mona! log cabin surrounded with a very small ili -Id Jtf corn. Around ibu head waters of Santa f.-ik -the prrnrkinds bocdmrr prodm-tive am! va!ii:i!>!e. and them-.- along tin- Black Clock road j to this idace, settlements are frequent with good anus, and intelligent and industrious population, mostly emigrants from South Carolina. We ; passed through several plantations amongst wliieli 1 will irn-ution tin; Messrs. Clieves,Lew !, the Ib-v. Mr. King, Col. Perry and Dr. Geiger, j o:.e ofUio.se gentlemen told me that lie had a iii ihe country 3 years that lie purchased ui i: ll :j.:’ovvsne-■ i! with,only 33 acres ot cleared | ’ 1.-it-'l. irn-I tliat the fi ,- st year lie cleared $330 lu j the li.ind. mill s -ciiud year from Sc.-i i ! I n l l cottn-i on pine land. Such lands sold lu-r<- | ai |||m public Arredondo land sale in Feh’v 1843 \ : at from .5 to 50 cents per acre, are now vvortb j tVoin y .‘! to -810 per acre. 810,000 invested then would have made us nabobs. This. |il;n-e i* iiettr the Southern lino -of Ala-! j chin count v and about the centra of tlie largest! ■ !racts of rich hammock an ! prairie land i.i E is! ! Florida, oil the Arredondo grant, 42 miles from j I’al ilk.-t and 2.5 from Foil Brook, on tlic Ufla” aha. Two wars ago there were not ten build- I i ngs lii-re worth %100 each, and now there arc ! three dry goods and variety stores, one ntiotheca- 1 rv. two v< i vs-mnfortablc hotels, and one sciti- . inarv of learning established and sustained by 1 the Florida conference of the Methodist church..; i This 100, is the finest. Sea Island cotton grow-! iug region in all the South. While the phin t. is of other portions of Florida and of Georgia, | ; have been realizing generally from 111 to 23c. | lor their crops; planters in this section have ro , alized from 20 to 30. Some arc disposed to j give the McCarthy gin credit for the difference j w hich is not the case, but is owing more to cli • mate and s.fil, vvliu-h give length and fineness of ; staple. Ido not dcsite to detract fioin the Mc -1 Cartltv gin however; it is no doubt the l>est gin for Florida, where planters make so much cot ton, that they cannot spare lime togivc the prop- I “f attention to its preparation. j l have attempted to gain some reliable tnfern* J ; at ion, relative to the .Various Raiffoadx in tou- | teinplation in this State, but witlii>ut success.— There are many reports afloat. One gentleman rtWmifie in the St. Johns that already thirty fam iles had established their head quarters at Fer nanda, with the view tii- comtaetic© ofiefatioils aboiit 50 Itqqfc: 118 i u {iijiatrtiitD' O <jnlufri(T r^ i from iuT ivxMi; utMhkU&f, wwcpw’ ■ tfuit ‘A repo may be applied to anv no©.’ replied tbe Kbojah, ‘when I dv> not wm)i to lend it.’ A man once came to the Kbojah saying : ‘Effendi, 1 hare great need of an are to-day ; have the kindness ts lend me yours.’ ‘1 have not an ass here,” said the Khojah. At this moment the animal began to bray in the stable. ‘TIo ! said the tn.in,‘do not I bear yotir as* braying!’ ‘ What !’ exclaimed the Khojah ; ‘would you take tlie word of an ass in preference to mine ?’ One dfiv Nasir-Krldin asccndml the pulpit of j the mosque, and thus addressed the Congrega tion : •Oil, true believers, do you know what I am going to say to you ?’ , ‘No,’ responded the congregation. . Well, theu,’ said he. ’there is no use in mv speaking to you,’ and he oamo down from the ! pulpit. lie went to preach a second time, and asked the congregation : •Oil, true believer*, do you know what I am ! going to say to yon ?’ ! ‘We do,’ replied tin-audience. ‘Ab. as vou know it.’ said lic.quitting tho pul pit,why should l take the Irotibl iof telling yonl’ ‘When next heroine to prcacli, tho congre gation resolved to try his powers ; and when he asked his usual question, replied : ‘Some yt* us know ami some ofn* do not.’ •Very well,’said he, ‘letthose who know tell, ; those who do not know.’ Thu Khojah one (lay saw a flock of duck* swimming in a hike ; he ran towards them, and I they lin mediately ft-w away. Taking aoitie In-end ho sat down and dipping it in the water, began to eat. j • What are you doing there, Khojah!’ said some one from tho opposite side. j ‘1 am trying the flavor of duck soup,’ was the i reply. f A robber having entered Nasir-Eddin’s house, I his wife hearing the noise, exclaimed— • Effendi! Effcudi ! there's a thief in the house.’ ‘Oh,’said the Khojah. never mind; I only hope he will find something, that wo may take it from him.’ Nasir-Eddin nad a board up on a part of hi* land, on which was written : T vv ill give this field to any one who is really conlun'cd.’ When an npplieant came he said ( ‘Arc you contented (’ The general reply was, T am.’ ‘Tlu n,’ rejoined he, ‘wliat do you want with i mv field !’ What is A Siege ? AS KNOLIBII OPINION A8 TO HEV A “TOPOL. i In a recent lecture before the Royal Institu tion, Mr. Jekyll describe-1 thu progress of. a siege : lii a regular fortified place there me four or live wall.-, mounted with cannon, and sunounded by ditches, to protect the town, all of which have to be breached find assaulted successively in cases of obstinate defense; and thu wall* ate so constructed that the men on the innermost may fire nn the assailant* in support of the works in front. Mr. Jekvll then described and explain ed by diagrams the mode of making iipproHrliie to the besieged fortress --by concent vie parallel j trench** —llie first being mad* at ft -listtmce of | six liuiidred yard*—and the method of advanc ing from parallel to parallel Tty zig Mg trenches, to prevent the tire of the fortress from enfilading them, lb- exhibited models of gabions ami fas cines, and showed the manner in which they are used hy filling them with sand and erecting with : tin- aid’ of sand bags, a temporary defense against j musketry, to protect the men till the treuches are solidly constructed. The ticlicbes are dug three feet deep and fif teen wide, and the earth being thrown towards the enemy, a bulwark i* formed sufficient to pro tect the men from the guns of the fortress.— The plan of countermining, with a view *.o de stroy the mines of the fortress, was particularly explained. Theeiicirty are always oil the alert i to stop such operations, and by means of a tight I!y stretched drum with a pen on top of it, they jean generally ascertain, owing to the vibration caused bv the digging ‘out of the earth, in what ilircelion the besiegers are working. When the works approach very close to each othr, along j iron rod t* sometime* forced t!trough into the enemy’s mine, to form an opening through ’ which a gun may b fired ; or more geudfolly a composition is forced to rough, which, on beiug I ignited, produces a stiff-seating stimkc,and drive* j the men out of the works. The sapper*, wlieu i they have iuade gaewwbleTaf-l<equeulf ly blow up, tftCscmities, and in thismantSPWiSffiw’ Wrtli.’fo aff-tril jdaecs of shelter to the men close to the outer walk —The direct fire on ilh walls to bsMer mbreach i* not usually made until batteries have been i constructed within one hundred yard* of the i wall; and then by firing together in nalvoii, first | making -perpendicular rents short distance* apart j and then a lioriaoutSjl omt, a breach is aaoa ef fected. If the garrison, cm lwing summoned to iiurrcUder, refuses, the assault is then made, and the *. ** * * .j# side, the English hMy|au guns on the In-ights tj shifis in tin- luo l>or. ‘’ “-"ri* Mr. J.-kyll •'lilt of the siege, !'• inch niortms which rifapN: “N moiuiteu in batter) than could well be trii.sk The shell* prnj#tio ,| oMw&rer toorfatn 1 would weigh two humfred hpJ. tbf * “..id I fall with a force whil- the force of the 10 inch used does not exceed one-tbira tbd -1 Tlie difficulties attendingtfc atoge of B*WlMu4 Mr. Jekyll npjM-Hrd to consular to RNflliTiuit scarcely anything short of tbe special iatefpMl liou of FrovidetiiH! could give innw Tiik Cutset or Stctm.—TW SMStpitM itient objection to the Know Nolking party k that it i* a secret political organisation. Answer every other objection that may ba bswaght to it, and the objector invariably reearm to tire charge of secrecy, and disconraea you indignant ly al-ont mivlniglit conspirators,dark Uateraban ditti, bats, owls an<l bycnaa. Now if tbe ends which this party propose ba attain were kept secret, there might be aonw plausibility in ibis objection. But H k well known that this is not the ease. Tba prineiplre of the party are before the world— ll the kwe bn i tween them and their opponents k#Mp aunts , up —and they are ready and willing to pot tMr cause into the hands of the popular jury tot decision. Tin- interior oryani ration is secret Ami why t Because they can the better accomplish their pur|to<ies by secret association. Does anybody object to Masonry and Ovid Fellowship because they accomplish deeds of charity and benevolence by secret means I Not at nil. On the contrary this very secrecy is essential to the integrity and preservation of live orders, and tbe only thing which prevents them from falling to pieoea. One would suppose from bearing theaa worthy gentlemen declaim, that thk was tbe find k> stance in the history of our country of • secret political society. Do they know thst #S Clare . rent ion which formed ihe Conttituiim ff tkf United Slate* sat with, closed daonfrom tks i2sth of May to the 1 1th of September tlf not, let them consult Jefferson’s biography and other contemporaneons history. ’ ’ - Wlmt was the midnight caucus, which v* held here, night after night in th* month of March, 1853. for the avowed purpose of Siskd ing every Whig in Virginia from the kilk es Congress—what was that but n secret pelitianl society ? Hut the Know Nothing* plot against the lib erties of ibe people! Howl The People have a i ight to vote as i hey choose—and if they ebooee to vote with the Know Nothings whooen gate say their right to do so? UwalMMhotaJfc of plotting against the libertiea of the people— for are not they who ate that supposed to pint, a portion o’ the people themaelvea, and a very largo portion at that I Andie H reasonable ta suppose that the people wifi plot Iffltilft thit •alvei i ... The trutlc i*. that in Virginia a State lias been ruled by secret political sooietiea. The plan of every campaign waa concocted hare in Richmond by n secret political soeieir, kaawa as the Richmond Junto. Bah partwo have had their see let caucuses and their private irnnfcl l anee*. ; : f-~ 5 ‘ ■'*-* The piinciplo cause, in oar opinion, of Alt hue and cry of the JuntoagsiaataaMwt potitioal societies, i*, that it Mocha their owe game. It break* thu foroa of Umr aaarat aoaisiy ay appnw j iiig to it one more republican in ifniMaiaalii ; and cogseouently more acceptable to tWpeoflfc Hint iftae luchrymm ! As for the <lmk lanterns, hMory talk n that Diogenes lit his lantern one nightml want abont the streets of Athens looking fur an honest matt. And so do the Know Nothings go ahthltlodTOg for honest men—and And them too !—JticAmomm Whin. Mm. Toombo.—The Athena Watchman(whig) contain*the following editorial paragraph A citizen of this [dace, ju conversing day with Mr. Tooinba — who we understand, aat only denies all affiliation with tbe Know Nath ings. but, like a certain gentleman lueatiouM in Holy Writ, who waa intimately coottgewp’ with the crowing of a cock, ‘curse* and MMMP at a great rate w lie never the subject 1e MMHMr ed in hi* presence — informs e that that gVrtfc* man's chief olyeclion n gainst the imhtdw h djfc alleged secrecy —which, by the way iaahllMtj! :tio?Hn r of any of cietie* of the dar. be we* at hseaf irj/BEmtM the U. S, Scnat*’ which lsdy speiitf time in secret session. *True* trU^Whr|[r.Trs^ w hen tin* proper time cornea, else are informetl of onr Infill > the votes are counted) tT|| f 5 ;- ‘ ;] *T"l jwyj.