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A WOMAN THAT WANTED JUST TO PEEE4fiUy>^HAT PRIVATE CLOSET. A L*»<lgo«>fI. O. O. F. at Woods- town’ determined to have their lodge room done up clean and n ee; it was resolved unanimously ■ that sMrat. K should be employed'to do llie job. W le After the meeting adjourned, roe guardian win) knew the inquisitive character of Mrs. K. procured * hilly goat, and placed him in a closet that was kept ns a reservoir for the secret things. He then informed the lady of tin* wishes of (lie lodge, and requesied her income early next morning, as lie would then he at leisure to show her what was and whr.t was not to to- done. Mornin ' came, and with it Madame K. with her broom, brushes pails, tubs, &.c. prepared and armed fur the job, and found the guardian waiting for her. .Now, Madame,* said he, ‘1 tell you what we want done, and how we came to employ you. The brothers said it was difficult tog- t anybody to do the job and not be meddling with the se crets in that little closet; we have lost •he key. and cannot find it to lock the door. I assured them that you could be depended on. ‘Depended on !’ said she, *1 guess I can. My poor dead and gone husband, who belonged to the Free Masons or Anti-Masons, I d»nt kuow which, us t:d to me all the secrets of the concern, nnd when he showed me nil the marks the gridiron made when he wa£ initiated, and told me how they fixed poor Mor gan, I never told a living soql to this day ; if nobody troubles your, closet to find out your secrets till I do, tliey”Jl lay the-e till they rot they will." ‘1- thought so, ‘said the guardian, and. and now 1 want you to commence in tiiat corner, and give the whole room a decent cleaning, and I have pledged iny word and honor for the fidelity to your promise, now don't go inio that closet !’ aud then left the lady to herself. No sooner had she heard the sound of his feet on the last step of the stairs than she exclaimed ; ‘Don’t go into that closet? Why, what on earth can there be in that closi t, I’ll warrant there is a pig, g-idiron, or some non- pensp, just like the Anti-Masons, for all the world. I’ll be bound. I will just take one peep, and nobody will beany wi$er, as 1 can keep it :o myself.’ Suiting the action to the word, dhe stepped lightly to the forbidden closet turned the button, which was no soonei done than bah! went the billy goat with a spring to regain his liberty, which came near ups. ttiug her ladysh'p.— Both started for the door, but it was filled with implements for house clean ing-all were swept clear ft om their po sition down to the bottom of the stairs. ^Tbe uoisc and confusion occasioned by such uncremonious coming down stairs drew half the town to witness Mrs. KV effort to get from uudfer the pile of pails, tuhs, brooms, and brushes in the streeit. .... Who should be first to the spot but the rascally door keeper, who after re leasing the goat which was a cripple for life, and uplifting thi ether rubbish that hound thp good woman to the earth, anxiously inquired if she had been ■ tak ing the degrees f ‘Taking the degrees ?' exclaimed the lady, ‘ifyou call tumbling from top to the bottom of the stairs, with the devil alter je, ‘taking . things by degrees, I have them, and if ye Irighten folks as bad as ye have me, and hurt them to boot, I’ll warrant they’ll make as much noise as I did.’ ‘1 hope you did not open the close!, madam," said the. door-keeper. ‘Open the closet ? Eve ate the ap ple she was forbidden ! Ifyou want a woman to do anything tell her not do it, and she’ll do it certain. I could not stand the temptation. The secret was there—1 wanted to know it. .1 opened the door and out popped the tarual critter right into my lace. . I thought the devil had me. and 1 broke for the stairs.with the devil butting me at every jump—i fell over the tub, and got down the* stairs ns yon found u*f all in a ■ heap 'But, Madam,' .said ; the noor-keefer., •you are in possesion of ihegient secret of the order and must go ep n;>d In- in itialed and. sworn, and then go in the re gular way.’ ‘Regular way !' exclaimed the lady, and .do you suppose I am going near the tarnul place again, and ride that crit ter without a bridle or lady’s saddle No never! I don't want nothing to do with the man that rides it. !’d lopk nice perched on a hilly goat* wouldn’t 1I- N«vno never ! I'll never go- nigj it again, or your hall umber—if I cun evfi prevent it no Lady olnlli ever join the Odd Fellows. Why J'd sooner be Free Mason, nnd be broiled on a grid iron as lon^ ns fire could be kept under it. 9»d pulled from garret tncelhr vt i a halter, in a pair of u!d breeches, and s!ip; ers. ju-t as my pimr. dear husband was? And he lived over it but I nev er could live over such another ridfe as look to-day.’ Vote for Governor. 1855. 1858. Aj.pliiifr, i l BuTtei-h, Baker, Cibb, . Butts. Baftoiil, Biiikc, Ctnub-n, *Cli.<rlt«»n, Chatham, Clinch, *On{T«?«\ •Calhoun. ♦(Tiattahonclice, ♦Clay, Crawford, Campbell, Cobb, Coweta, Carroll, •Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokje, Clarke. Columbia, Decatur, Dimly, •Dougherty, DeKalb, Dade, Kflinghnm, Emauuel, Early, Elbert, Fayette, •Fulton, •Fannin, Forsyth, Franklin, Vloycf; Glynn, GonfePi Gilmer, -Gwinnett, Greene, Haro*, ’Houston, Heard, Henry. Habersham, * Hall, •Hart. Hancock, Irwin, Jasper, Jones, Jefferson, Jackson. •Kinchafoonee, Laurens, Liberty, Lowndes, Lee, Lumpkin, Lincoln, McIntosh, Montgomery, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Mouroe, Meriwether, Murray, Madison, Morgon, Newton, Oglethorpe, Pulaski, Pike, Polk, Paulding, •Pickens, Putnam, Randolph, Rabun, Richmond, Stewart, Sumter, Spalding. Scriven TatnaU, Telfair, Thomas, Tavlor, Talbot, Troup Twiggs, Taliaferro, Upson, Union, Ware, Wayne, •Worth, Walker. 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In announcing a courseof “lectures on slavery” to be delivered in Boston this winter by Henry Ward Beecher, II. J. Raymond, atjd others, it was ex pected'that additional eclat and notorie ty would be secured by stating, that Hon. A. P. Butler of South Carolina bad been invited to deliver an address in the course. To their consternation no doubt,-Mr Butler intimates that be shall accept. He sayfi in his reply— As you request it, I will indicate the -neral topics upon which-I will speak, lould I deliver the lecture in Boston: First, That whilst the States were olouies, slavery was introduced and lowed without distinction of section, id that th'en by (lie comity of these ditical communities the rendition of iffitive slaves was more- certain than Second, That when Federal authority tder the old Federation assumed juris- ctionover the subject, and the intro- ip.tion of slaves was prohibited, it was Third, That when the slave trade was lened by the authority of the present Fourth,T\\nt this trade, from 1790 to 1700, was carried on in Northern vessels d by Northern slave merchants, and sy mainly derived the profits of it. Fifth, That there slaves were captur ed by Northern adventurers, mostly by violence or frudulent seduction, and were sold to the Southern planter for a fair consideration. Sixth, That these slaves came to the 1^2 •Southern planter as ignorant barbarians, and by his tutelage they have been con verted into useful and intelligent labor ers. Seventh, That by the gradual improve ment of their condition they are well fed and clothed. Eighth, That the three and a half mil lions of slaves introduced directly or in directly by the North, could not be set free without consequences detrimental .to both sections. Ninth, That in a fair account between the-sections, the North has been a gainer by the use of slave labor. These topics would take up a good deal of time, and of course I would re- Very respectfully. , Tour obedient servant, A. P. BUTLER James W. Stone. M. D. THE AMERICAN PRESIDEN TIAL CANDIDATE. The ‘‘American Organ" at Washing ton City, in referring to the.kind of a man the American Party should nomi ceive no countenance from Mr. Fillmore. 1 hen let us call him back to the post he once filled with so much honor to himself, and so great benefit to the country!— Gcen. Pat. soutljern ‘BJntrlinnni. . LAW, OIDI1, AHD TH* CO!WTITCtlO!t. THE ELECTION. We lay before our readers such re turns of the. late election as have come to hand. The resulr. is quite different from what wqdesired, or expected, some time back; but for the last few weeks we felt satisfied that the systematic ly ing and deception prtetised by i he most unscrupulous party tfc a*t!.ever had an ex istence in this country, were doing their work. The Foreign enemy boasts that an intelligent verdict has been made up against the American party by the vot- e-s of Georgia? This, in common with titeir loud pretensions ■ in general, is NEW tion. Bad counsels prevailed, however, and a temporary defeat on’ the occasion of its first sortie upon the enemy’s out works has been the consequence.— With “ Jacob Faithful"' we say, “ no use in crying over spilt milk," and hope wq will have *• better luck next tin\e.’’ With Matty Van we say ‘‘ the sober second thought of the people" is apt to be right, and we most conficently await their verdict in November, 1856, by ^which time, we trust, they will thorough* ly understand the issues presented. A WORT II LEADER. Since he “ went crazy”—for that he is crazed tve presume no sensible man will que>tion : indeed, if any other man had said as many foolish things as he has, he wnuid have been in the lunatic asylum long ago—.»* Little Aleck” has become a leader of the “ rag, tag and bobtail” party in Georgia—a part/ which proscribes patriot natives for the sin of loving America better than any other land and the descendants of our Revo- lutionary fathers better than those of the Hessians and other foreign mercenary troops who fought tbem for a shilling-a- day, and called them. “ traitors’’ and '• rebels” into the bargain. ( By the way, their prototypes, besides other striking affinities, resemble (he ancient Foreign pajty closely in this particular, for they, too, delight in calling their opponen's hard names !) Aleck is a fit leader for this party. Indeed, justice to him requires that he should have the leadership, inasmuch as he furnished the party with all the capital it possesses —its ‘entire* stock In trade, though meagre and thread-bare, was furnished by Aleck. None of their mighty men could muster up any thing in the shape of an argument, at the time he came to the rescue. All that he brought for ward \Vhs tRe most miserable clap-trap that fiver disgraced afiy man possessing intelligent, thinking masses of the Amer- one ^ a ^ ^is reputation. It satisfied his -new coadjutors. 000 000 ooO 000 1070 .720 000 000 702 446 246 000 ISO 4S2 32it 000 962 000 123 705 000 000 000 80 617 718 408 620 000 en 840 66'J 446 275 000 133 678 817 OOO 866 000 257 •295 000 000 000 239 790 698 745 588 000 728 286 ~ 773 — 20 67 938 — 875 07 647 67 474 88 179 — 840 — 199 9 333 3 140 — 616 60 1041 235. 289 723 329 696 163 535 230 *29 415 382 32 3 4 83 46 105 144 41 84 315 699 576 145 45 897 575 538 005 409 574 504 Aggregate vote, 91,766. ty, 510. Johnsons majori- • New Counties. THE SOUND DUES. ‘‘He must command the popular con fidence bv his integrity, experience and conservatism. He must be a friend of "the Union, but he must hold the balance 2S8 ■ of the Union with so just a hand as that 49 the most jealous eye that watches cannot detect it tremble from its true equipo«e with the least dust of venality or injus tice.—The American candidate must be in every respect an American, beyond reproach and incapable of fear. But. above all, we shall insist that he present g 95 a moral character at which the tooth of slander may gnaw, with no more chance 142 ofinjury than a mouse nibbling at a millstone.” Millard Fillmore comes as near fill ing that bill as any man in the nation. 532 We know of no other man that would so 531 fully unite the whole national conserva tive portion of the people of all parties, as this well-tried patriot and friend of the Constitution and the Union, as it was intended by the early patriots who estab lished it. What Mr. Fillmore has done, we believe hr could do again. He took the reigns of Government in a time of sheer humbug. Talk about an “jptelli- As we have not been slow in finding gent verdict,” when two-thirds of those fault with the manner in which Athens who voted the anti-American ticket h is generally been slighted by the Geor- were as ignorant as a horse of the issues gia Railroad Company, we wish to be involved ! It is a. verdict based upon equally prompt in returning thanks on deception, deceit and falsehood! We the part of our citizens—which we feel have no fear of the verdict of the people fully warranted in doing—for the very of Georgia—we do not say “intelligent” handsome and substantial new depot people, because an overwhelming major- now in process of erection at thetermi- ity of that class have already declared nus of thisbranch of the Georgia Rail- in favor of -the glorious doctrine that road. The want of such a building lias “ Americans shall rule America.’’ We been long felt, and we take pleasure in say we have no fear of the verdict of making speedy acknowledgment of this the people when they are properly in tardy act of justice to the growing trade formed in regard to the issues presertt- and importance of Athens. Our re- ed; but we’cannot so far disregafd spected fellow-citizen, Mr. James R. truth and honesty as to say (however Carlton, is- doing the brick work, and peasant it may be to the ear to hear it) Mr. Witherspoon superintending the *h at a N our P*°ple are Intelligent; ft* wood work. It promises to be a hand- c ’ nsus returns of 1850 disclose the some structure, «<editable to all parties lamentable faict that there were then concerned. j forty odd thousand adults within our borders who could neither .read nor THAT SAME OLD BRIDGE. f - wnte! This vast army of ignorance For the benefit of our friends whose f urn i 8 hesa pretty brolld base on which business or inclination may lead them to buikl a party. TheAnties have lard to desire to cross the river between , JO i dofit . The number of voters in this town and the depot, it may not be amiss ^ ormate crowd> augmented by those to state that that same old bridge-as of fort . ign birtht and guch nativea Mf dangerous as ever, “ only more so,”- desiring office>nd it convenient to attach is still standing, and still likely to stand themselves to a ‘ party of size, is quite there, until a rise in the river shall sufficient at present, to overpower jhe sweep it away, or decay of its timbers cause it to tumble down. We have not party . Bat SU(;h a mass of lgnor _ learned whether the contract for the ance cannot maintain its position long- erection cf a new one has been let out could not bold on to power for a single or not, bat hope that sometime between year, bat for the system of “reward this and the Presidential election we a nd punishments” adopted by the An- mny at least learn whether the idea of ties. We very much question whether building k has been abandoned or not. there are twenty reading Anties to the AGRICULTURAL LECTURE, i County ’ ,hrou § hout the eRlire State, We are informed, that the subject -of who are not expectants or who have Dr. Lee’s Lecture, on Tuesday next, the 001 ^ P romised 8ome kind <™ce, its mode of ^ rom t,,at Bailiff U P to President—or t,on show t " at ,n t " ,s 945 714 737 413 213 The Nixt Cononicss.—Senate — Tbvro are sixty members in the Senate. Thirty-nine are in favor of the Neraska and Knns.s Bill, eighteen opposed to it, with fim vacancies to fill. Alabama nnd Missouri will unquestionably elect Nebraska men. Pennsylvania and Indi ana will tied anti-Nebrn>ka Senators —leaving California doubtful. If Cull, the vote would be 45 for the bill, 20 against it—assuming that the Southern Senators who voted against the bill would yet not vote to disturb it. House of Representatives.—Of the members now elected, S5 are Nebras ka men; 186 acti Nebraska. Four Southern Stah-s are to elect, which will aJd 23 Nebraska numbers, making the aggregate 126 in favor of the repeal of the Nebraska Bill, and lOS against its A]K.al,— Cp 'ambus Enyuifcr. IS im Jo- ’if.. rtU * The controversy now pending be- t actional agitation and contention, tween the United States and Denmark and n fo the Un5on . By ,,; s wise relative to the bound Dues gives «h- fita , csraa ns h ip, his just and enlightened terestto the(following paragraphs, cut ■ cy , h is administration of the Gov- . columns of a contemporary c . rn nment upon purely national.qoustitu- ... * ... 1 tional principles—the‘‘troubled waters” ‘. The ‘..Sound ,s a narrow strait lying becainecaUn . i„ the language of Gen. between the Island of Zetland, belong- j ac l{ Soni “left the country prosperous tag to die Danes, and the Swedish coast, an( j happy.” And so it would have con- and give* entrance to- the Baltic sea. linued) had Mr . Fillmore’s wise poli- The fortress of Cronburg Castle com- cy been pursued. But unfortunately mand, the passage and extracts a pay- j f ^ r , he e of the country a different me nt from aH vessels entering the Baltic; ,; ne of policy was adopted ; the fires of the ships of Denmark herself bavin? to ^ sectionalism have been rekindled; and, pay as wcl. as toieign tonnage. The we f ea r, the Uuion is again brought to the very verge of dissolution—even in a more dangerous condition than Jit was when - Mr. Fillmore was called by Provi dence to the head of the Government. Something must be done, and that speedily, to stay the spirit of fanaticism and disunion that is spreading as a deso lating plague over the land, or war and carnage will soon be upon us. Again we find abolitionists and secessionists, as they were in 1850, “aiding and abetting” each other, in their efforts to destroy the peace and harmotiy between the different sections of the country. It will require the united efforts of all the Union-lcving, calm, conservative people of all parties to save the country. And who is so appropriate a leader for this work, as the great, the good, the experi enced Fillmore ? If Mr. Fillmore were again placed in the Presidential chair, that in itselfwould havea calming influ ence upon the turbulent elements of the country; confidence, to some extent at least, in tto? stability of the Government, would at once be restored; there would be pandering to 'foreignism; origin of thl-i exaction is that in ancient times Denmark undertook to build and sustain certain lighthouses along the coa«t, for which the Ilansetowrns agreed to pay loll. ‘•England, France, Holland, and Swe den pay a ditty of one per cent, on every •cargo entering the Baltic. Other coun tries, including the United States, pay om* and a quarter per cent.; even Dan ish ships are taxed to this rate. In the year 1826 a treaty recognising this duty, was concluded between the United States and Denmark. This treaty, however, Recording to one of its stipulations, may be dissolved by Cither of the'parties, pro vided it gives one j-ear’s notice of its in tention ; and, the requisite notice having been given by the United States Gov ernment in April last, the treaty will terminate next sping.” [.National Intelligencer. Tar Will Be Done.—The late Mr. Kilpin, of Exeter, writes,“Iknewacase in which the minister, praying over a child apparently dying, said; ‘If it be thy wilt spare ■ ^The mother's soul yearning for her beloved, exclaimed, ‘It must be his will! I cannot bear jfs,’ Tbe minister slopped the surprise of many the child recovered, and the mother, after almost suffering martyrdom by him while a stripling, lived to see him hanged before he was two and twenty ! O! it is good to say, ‘Not my will, but thiue be done.’" ed by any people^-we mean the news-' paper, press. It has been suggested that editor* should call these slanderers personally to acoobnt, and givfe them a sound cann ing. This is impracticable; for if an editor were to raako it his business to look after every snarling cur and whin* ing wh§lp that yelps on his track, her would be compelled to abandon hi* legitimate occupation ’ and turn dog-- whipper-general. That the liberty of the press has been- greatly abused and ks usefulness much impaired by unworthy men, is a lamenta ble truth ; but it does not follow, that' because some editors and some papers* devote a good deal of time and space to* lying, that all are criminal in this re- specL Whenever we here a man in discriminately abusing all newspapers as* unworthy of confidence, we know he »* both a liar and a fool, and attach just precisely the same importance to what he says that we would to the braying of no more , „ „ , — more corrupt bargaining with Popish - mere of Clarke, and the adjacent coun- 16th inst., will be Lime, application, quantity per acre, &c., <Szc. We hope to see. on that occasion, a general attendance of our farmers.— From the well-known ability of Dr. Lee, we may safely promise them a rich fund of information, as well as high degree of gratification. Although we pretend to no skill in farming, yet from what little wc have read and observed, we have come to the crnelusion that Lime is destined to be the chief element in the resuscitation of the worn out soil of this region. The imported fertilizers, as well as the chemical compounds, sell at too high prices to be used with profit,— even admitting (what we seriously ques tion) that their effects are such as their venders ascribe to them. Lime, on the other hand, exists in vast quantities in our own State, and is regarded by many of the most successful agriculturalists, as more potent than any other agent in the renovation of exhausted lands. It ought to be, and we trust will.be,. by the adoption x>f suitable measures,brought, within the reach of the poorest farmer amongst us. The time for the delivery of the lecture, too, we consider truljt fortunate and opportune—having re cently been apprised, that systematic and strenuous efforts would be made, throughout Middle Georgia, to induce the Legislature either to abolish, or greatly reduce the charges for transport ing lime oq the State Road, intended for Agricultural purposes. We will take this occasion, to correct an impression, which prevails in some quarters—that none other, than those persons connected in some way with the University, were expected to attend the Lectures on Agricultural Chemis try. The very opposite is the truth— Dr. Terrell, the generous founder of the Professorship, made it one of the prominent conditions of the donation, that the Lectures should be free to all. The Trustees, with a view to carry into effect, this enlarged and liberal design, have rented, for the accommodation of the public, the spacious Presbyterian Church, in this place, in which, lectures are delivered on Tuesday and Thurs day, of every week. If then, the far- Priest for place and power; no more seventy five million appropriation bills for one year’9 governmental expenses: no more strife-creating,uncalled-for Kan- sas-Nebmska laws enacted; no such ex traordinary inducements held out. as was by the last Congress, for the God for saken, worthless of the old,world,to over- run litis country and subvert its institu tions, No, po; speh measures would re ties, fail to avail themselves of the oppor tunity of deriving instruction, upon topics, vitally important to success in their calling, the fault will lie at their own doors. In a letter to the King of Prussia he says: I will accept no conditions of peace derogatory to Russia. are at least pressing the claims to office of some of their persona] friends. This bond of union gathers; up and holds together, the chaotic mass of ignorance which, haring no respectable name by which to distinguish itself, has stolen the name of Democracy -to serve the Pope and the Devil in. As an evidence of tbe gross ignor ance which pervades this party, we men tion the following fact communicated one day las* week by an intelligent and highly respectable citizen of a neighbor ing County. He informed us that a young woman came running to a neigh bor’s bouse, out of breath, and terror depicted in every lineament of her coun tenance, bearing the horrific announce ment that the Know Nothings had, the night before “ broke out” m a neigh borhood beyond where she lived, and “ killed twentv-odd .woman besides eat ing raw a score of innocent babes! 11" The story, of course, created great con sternation in the neighborhood. These stories, ridiculous and* absurd as^they may appear, find among the ig norant people of all communities num bers of persons who believe them most religiously! They, are concocted by quite a different class of persons from those Whose fears they’ alarm. Those who heliev» them are fools for want of informatioH—whilst those who manu facture and Ifetail them are knaves in search of office; * This is the difference. In viejr.qf this alarming state of facts, it behoves the American party to go to work in good earnest^ and to bend its energies towards the- enlightenment of this opaque mass, which, if suffered to increase and'remain uninformed, must, ere long, in connection with the foreign pauperism and crime ennqally imported from Europe, destroy the best Govern ment that ever existed—put # an end to •‘ law and * order,” and finally subvert the Constitution itself 1 The best in strumentality to enlighten this immense mass—and more particularly to ejjnvey political intelligence to them, is the Press. Let our friends subscribe for, and read to this large and unfortunate class of our fellow-citizens such papers as will lipnestly and fearlessly lay the truth before them, in order that they may be no longer deceived. As to the result of the late election, we are not at all cast down. All things considered,' the American party may be said to have done well, It is true it might have done much better.' At one time it might have controlled the elec tion of Governor in spite of all opposi- however. They raised the cry of “ proscription—feli- gious intolerance—secret oath-bound societies—French Jocobins,” &c. and adopted him tis their leader—knowing that, right or wrong, a large number of men in Georgia, who belonged to him '•soul, body and breeches,” would fol low his lead tc the dr-J, or any where else. The returns of the reccni elec they were not mistaken. The American party com mitted a great error in trying to concili ate him and his friends, instead of taking bold ground against him. As well might Washington have attempted to concili ate Benedict Arnold after the discovery of his treason. This; as well as many other cases we could cite, shows-the great evil of man- worship as practised here in Georgia. Every year or so, we hear of some wotild--f be great leader, who would “ rather rule in hell than serve in heaven,” and there fore abandons his-principles to go over -to the enemy, from whom he expects a suitable reward. The mass of his fol lowers, not accustomed to thinking for themselves, and in the habit of implicitly obeying his mandates, 'go along with him without stopping to inquire wheth er he is right or wrong, and fully satis fied with the new party so soon as they see their great leader rewarded. if this” Little Aleck” had been coji suited in time, he and all his followers would have been with the * American party; but the friends of that great move ment having, embarked in it .without ( w,aiting for his counsel apd advice, his overweening vanity was piqued, atid he at once discovered it was all wrong, and immediately afterwards joined in the support of State and National Adminis trations which he bad before bitterly denounced.! 1 We pity those who can follow such a leader. “N13FER SAY DIE!” The noise and confusion having' ceased, and the smoke of the recent con flict cleared away to some extent, a view of the battle field discloses the fact that the friends of American nationality and Protestant freedom, though repulsed, have not been defeated. The attack made upon the enemy’s outworks, al though unsuccessful, has served to show* the weakness of his position and to- develop |)is mode of warfare. These* are important points gained by thkjate* compaig'n. Let us not supinely lose these advantages by inactivity, but jet every friend of the great cause—the cause of civil and religious liberty—patriotically/ determine to re-double his energy in the good work ; and, simulated by the hopes- of that great victory which awaits us in 1856, let every member of the Ameri- ean party determine to convert at least one of his neighbers from the “ error of his ways.” The people are patriotic,, and if left to themselves would always try to do right. They need light—let them have-it—and we have no fear for the result. Our principles appeal directly to the; inborn patriotism of every son of Ameri ca. Let them be spread broadcast through the land—let them be thorough ly canvassed and fully understoood; amT in spite of foreign gold, Jesuit priests and native place-hunters, they must pre vail. ’ ‘ ’ ’ ’ > We can but repeat the advice we volunteered to our friends before the* election—viz: to fight on with redou-- bled energy, and never pause to inqutre- whetber victorious or defeated nntil the* Foreign hordes who now fatten on the body politic arc completely routed,, horse, foot and dragoon." papers is false. Now, the object of fhese“ small fry” politicians is so plain that every body must see it at once. They fear that if the people generally get in the habit of reading the papers, they will become more intelligent than they themselves are—when of course, all their great con sequence, their “ cock and bull stories,’ and their affected superiority to “ the common herd’’ must come to an end.— They Qannot bear the idea of common peopel knowing more than they do, and hence they endeavor to prejudice them against the best means of acquiring useful information that was ever possess- CARRYING OUT A PRINCIPLE Conversing with an old lady in South- Carolina the other day,we remarked that the Know Nothings, in spite of all the objection raised by their enemies, were certainly right in wishing to exclude foreigners from office. “ To be sore they are right," said she; “ I go farther than they do. I would not only exclude foreigners from the old country, but also those bom here!” The privilege of making, uttering an$ publishing “ bulls” is confined neither to- the Pope nor the Irish. “SIGNS.” There is a great deal said about “ signs- of the times” and other “ signs but one of the best “ signs” that “ the= schoolmaster,”’ though “ abroad,” has- left much work undone, is a “ sign’” stuck up on a fine oak in front of a large-, mansion in South Carolina, with the fol lowing characters conspicuously painted on it: “TARE FOR SAIL HEAR” A few miles from this remarkable-- * sign” there is another - sign” on the* Georgia side of the river, worthy of at tention. It is in the neighborhood of m tall-bridge, and reads. “ TOAL PAID HERE.” Notwithstanding the announcement: that the “ toal” was paid, we had to- “ shell out” ^before we could pass 1 It. most excellent bridge, but the- “ LYING NEWSPAPERS.” Small potato stump . speakers, pot house and cross-road politicians and Other demagogues “ of the baser sort, have repeated this abusive epithet so often, that they nof only have come to believe it just- and true themselves, but have so far imposed on ignorant and unthinking men as to make them believe that every thing contained in the news- WRS a proprietor ought to be indicted for his- “ sign! The leading London journalsjacknowl- edge that the army must winter again in the Crimea. The same journals re commend, it is presumed as the best means of sustaining the integrity of the Ottoman Empire, that the Danubian Principalities should in future be govern ed by a Protector, appointed by France- and England, in some measure subject to- the Sultan. Acting thus as a balance of military power, it is said that such rules; would neutralize the war in the East int some sort, after the fashion of Belgium* near home, It was feared, although this was looked on aa a happy political spe culation, that Austria would not relin quish her hold on the Provinces easily*