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POETRY.
We most cheerfully accept for our paper the
following graceful tribute to Southern kindness
and hospitality, 6ent us by a lady, through the
Post Office—a stranger to us, and to our clime.
May the pleasing impressions she has received
Induce a repetition of her visit. Wheresoever
•be may be, may the skiee he bright above her,
and happiness surround her.
For the Constitutionally (f Republic.
My Southern Home.
Thou bright, and glorious South—what land
So favored os thine own 7
Thou strctchest forth a welcome hand,
And all who will may ooao.
Tee, come and find kind hearts, and true,
That groet with hearty cheer;
And constant friends, however few,
Might well be sought out here.
Thou art, indeed, the Strangrr’s Friend,
And offereet him a home,
Where rich, and poor, in peaoe may blend,
And none need farther roam.
Bright, sunny South! I love thy skies,—
So beautiful—so mild;
Thy forest trec3—thy Oaks and Pines,
That'grow so strangely wild.
I love thy flowers of tints so rare,
Os every shade and hue;
Bone other can with thine oompare
In kinds, and numbers too.
I love thy dancing brooks and rills
That steal through forost tracks,
I love not less thy sunny hills
Whioh send the echoes back.
I love thine air so warm and stiH,
That beckons on tho Spring,
And flowers come laughing up, and fill
With gladness—everything.
But, most of all, I lovo those hearts
Which feel for other’s woes;
That generous sympathy imparts
A joy— he little knows.
Who speaks that word— performs that act
Os kindness and of love 7
Tor some poor soul, whose greatest neep
Is sympathy and love.
Thou Noble South—lleaven bloss thy sons,
And health, and bounty send ;
And may’st thou e'er remain as now.
The Stranger's welcoming Friend,
“A Northerner.’’
The Cricket.
BY HADASSAH.
Tbe cricket he dwells in the cold, cold ground,
At tho foot us the old oak tree,
And all through the lengthened autumn night
A merry song rings ho
110 whistles a clear and merry tune
By tbe sober light of the silver moon.
Tho winds may moan
With u hollow tono
All through the leaves of the rustling tree,
The clouds may fly
Through tho deep blue sky,
The flowors may droop and the brooklet sigh,
But never a fig cares he.
He whistles a dear and merry tuae
By the sober light of the silver moon,
All through the lengthened autumn night,
And never a fig care 3 he.
There’s a tiny cricket within thy heart,
And a pleasant song sings he;
Be sings of'the mercies and goodnoss of God
That hourly fall upon thee. ~
Let him whistlo loud and cloar, - ffl***
Novor drown h'm in a toarj
There’s darkness enough on eartfab^T^Mr,
Without the gloom of a gloomy SIHPi-j
Darkness enough in tho home of
That novor comes to thy lofty dotti' i '
Forth with a smile, * Wk
Their woo to beguile;
Forth to lighton the heavy gloom,
r thd cloudod home ;
v " 1 (JleSrup tie soul that is shrouded in night.
Tell it in tones of love,
Os hope on earth, and a land all bright—
The land of Life and Love.
And never fret,
That you cannot get
Just what you want while yon travel hore.
This is not your lasting sphere;
Trials, vexations,
Are but temptation ;
Use them aright, and they’ll help yon along
In the narrow road
That leads to God.
Oeo them aright, and they’ll help you along.
N over frot,
You’ll conquer yot.
Then let him whistle loud and clear,
Novor drown him in a tear,
But all through tho leng of trouble’s night,
Let him sing his merry song.
From the Chronicle <§r Sentinel.
Know-Nothingiam.
The following letter on Know-Nothingism, its
origin, rise and progress, which we publi-.h as a
part ot the eventlul history of the times, appear
ed originally in the New York Courier & En
quirer, and is said, by that journal, to have been
written “by authority” for a London newspa
per:
It is not strange that Europeans should be per
plexed by the sudden appearance ot a new and
over whelming party in the United States, which
promises to revolutionize our domestic and
foreign policy—for it is more than many Ameri
cans can do, to explain the curious phenomenon
themselves. I have seen, in English journals,
many partial and unsatisfactory accounts of the
origin, progress, principles, and prospects of the
Know-Nothings; and as their policy and meas
ures will be likely to affect European nations
quite as seriously as our own, it may be well lor
your statesmen to understand this matter before
things go any further.
The Know-Nothing party came up in its pre
sent form only about two years ago—it origi
nated in causes which, although often mistaken,
. lie upon the very surface of society.
First. The increasing immigration from Eu
rope, principally of the lower classes, had thrown
upon our shores within a period of twenty years
over two millions of foreigners. Few of them
brought the means of subsistence—fewer still
had ever been considered qualified to participate
in the administration of civil government, and
not one in a hundred had any adequate compre
hension of our social, religious, or political life.
The evils which grew out of their presence in
creased from year to year, until at last they be
came intolerable. Those new comers who went
•traight through[our seaports to the broad and fer
tile landsot the West, became agriculturists, and
at once began to contribute to the growth and
prosperity of the communities where they set
tled. Against this class, embracing nearly, and
perhap ; quite one-half of the entire number of
immigrants, no objection was, or could be raised.
They were peaceable citizens ; and although
European peasants can coritirbute little to the
embellishment of social life in America, yet
they can, and do, contribute to the development
of the material resources of a new country ; and
their children grow up under higher influences,
and aspire to a higher life than their fathers.
Wrth the second generation of European peas
antry in the United states we have no trouble.
But the hundreds of thousands, chiefly of Irish
and Dutch, who linger around our seaports and
great inland towns, and who move about like
hordes of Gipsies, from canal to canal, and from
railroad to railroad, have constituted a floating
mass of corruption, and proved a fruitful source
of disturbance and trouble. They have been the
Helots of the North, as the Africans have been
of the South ; and, bad as African slavery may
be, even in the United States, it migh< admit ol
a question, which of these two Helot classes bad
made the most rapid progress in the social scale.
By a close estimate, it has been discovered that
where tbs almshouses, and charitable foundation*
of American cities have expended one dollar upon
native Americans, they have expended one hun
dred dollars upon European paupers. The pro
portion is nearly as great between natives and
foreigners w ho are arraigned for crime, drunken
ness, outbreaks,and disturbances, and all sorts ol
infractions of statute and municipal law.
But the evil did not stop with the trouble
which these pauper classes brought directly upon
the country. Two other elements of danger must
be taken into the calculation. Such is the loose
ness of our Naturalization Laws, that foreigners
by the hundred thousand, of the lowest condi
tion, are enabled to vote in our elections, almost
as soon as they land upon our shores. Two in
auspicious agencies here come into play. First,
unprincipled political demagogues, who want
nothing but votes, to secure power; and second,
intriguing Catholic priests and Jesuits, who stand
ready to offer those votes, which they can con
trol, to those demagogues, who, on being elevat
ed to power by such influences, are ready, in re
turn, to enact such laws, and push through such
measures, as best suit the purposes of the Roman
Catholic hierarchy. Through these agencies,
several Presidential elections have been deemed;
while local elections have thus been swayed in
every State in the Union. Things had gone so
far, two or three years ago, that large portions of
our very best citizens abstained from voting at
all. They allowed every election to go by de
fault; they were brow-beaten and struck down
by the shillelah, when they appeared at the bal
lot-box. The district, the village, the county,
the State Caucuses, were scenes ol debauch and
riot—of intimidation and bloodshed; and on elec
tion days, the whole country was reeking in the
fumes of rum. The fruit 6of this alarming state
ol things became apparent to the whole country,
and when these evil causes had reached the
height of their influence, and brought the pre
sent Administration into power, the whole Na
tion began to inquire how this state of things
had been brought about, and what should be the
remedy. In addition to all the evils which this
system of political corruption had formerly en
tailed upon the country, we found that under
Gen. Pierce it had pervaded every department of
the national administration; and with but lew
exceptions, we learned with amazement, that
foreigners and demagogues of the lowest charac
ter. were filling posts of honor and influence
abroad to the exclusion of all those great men
whose education, social standing, and great pub
lic services had specially fitted them to represent
the Republic at the Courts ol civilized Nations.
Pledges the most 6acred—because they were
voluntarily given—were brokdn; and men of
the very highest repulation, who had been re
quested to go abroad, in the public service—men
who had consented to do so at great personal sa
crifices, were left in suspense, week after week,
and month after month, until they found them
selves superceded by German Jews, Red Repub
licans, Scotch Infidels, and French Fourierites.
On close scrutiny, it turned out that the entire
policy of the Administration, at home and
abroad, had been made to bend to the views, the
feelings, and the selfish interests of these foreign
adventurers.
Here you have asolution of what would other
wise be an incomprehensible mystery—the sud
den uprising of the nationality of the country,
and these vehement and overwhelming assaults
that have been everywhere made upon the Na
tional Administration. When the arm was lifted
to smite it, it was not to fall until it had smitten
its agents and accomplices. Then for the first
time, the nation began to look around to see
where it stood —what it had been doing—who
weie its friends, and who were its foes—and it
learned, alter a briel investigation, that the causes
of political corruption and degeneracy had been
in operation long enough to threaten the pros
perity of a great and vigorous Republic.
Such was the origin of the Know Nothing
party. The first associations that met upon the
new platform, assembled in secret, and they did
all their work quietly. They admitted none
within their enclosures except native born citi
zens of the Protestant faith, and men who stood
pledged to cast aside all former political ties, and
give their support only to such American men,
and such measures as were calculated to develop
rthe expiring spirit of nationality, and annihilate
the political and religious influence of foreigner
in the United States. These associations spread
from district to district, and from State to State,
and before the Society had been two years in
existence, its organizations had been formed in
every State and Territory of the Union, until
now they number, without a doubt upwards of
two millions of able-bodied men.
Will you now ask if these men have the ele
ment of cohesion; if they are likely to remain a
compact and irresistible body? Why should they
not, at least, until they have accomplished the
objects of their organization’ They have com
mon principles, and they are all inspired, more
or less, by a common feeling. The enthusiasm
which brings them together, and now keeps so
vast an army in discipline, cannot last forever;
but it will last until they have achieved their
purposes; and that is nothing less than stripping
foreigners, Catholics, Jesuits, and demagogues of
all parties of political power. They will either
enact a national statute, greatly prolonging the
time of residence, to entitle the foreigner to full
citizenship, or thev will abolish the Natural'za
tion Laws altogether They will not be satis
fied while any rran but a native born citizen, of
Protestant faith, who is friendly to this object,
holds an office in the country. This revolution,
which they propose to accomplish. Will not be
achieved until more than hall a million of men
now administering offices of- trust and power,
are driven into private life, to give place to the
Know Nothings.
The first intellects of the country, in every
community are giving all their might and powers
to the accomplishment of this object. The Pro
testant clergy of all denominations are with the
movemeut,because it has pointed its lance against
the Pope ot Rome. The upright, the honest,
the unsophisticated—and above all the intelli
gent mass of the people, join the crusade, because
it has been proclaimed against demagogues. The
virtuous, the temperate, and the sober, applaud
the movement, because most of the evils of in
temperance, which degrade and disgust us, have
grown up under the “Caucus System,” where, in
a thousand different places in every' Territory
and |State, designing demagogues have railied
around them in every rum-hold and gin-shop
the unprincipled portion of the community, and
in their night revels of drunkenness, organized
their political machinery for the accomplishment
of their objects. National men of all former
parties—men who have lamented over the fac
tions that have torn the country—the isms which
have disturbed the National Councils, and scat
tered the virus oi jealousy, animosity, and hatred
through all the of society—such' men bid
the Know-Nothings “God speed,” for
see a remedy for those ill omened agitations
which have been nothing but agitations,although
they have premised vast but impossible reforms.
And those hundreds of thousands of men who
sympathize with Henry Clay in his American
policy, with General Jackson in the spirit ot
patiiotism which always inspired him, and with
Daniel Webster, who was the be*t exponent o!
the spirit of the Federal Union—all combine
together, either to give countenance or personal
aid to this vast organization.
A greater mistake could not be made, than to
suppose that the Know-Nothings, are waging a
war against Foreigners, as such. Their chiefest
hostility is, in fact, levelled against American
native born demagogues, who are known to have
intrigues with Jesuit leaders and Catholic
Bishops,to buy in foreign votes, and sell Ameri
can institutions in payment therefor. At the
present moment, when the Legislature of the
State of New York is in session, and must.with
in a few days elect a Senator of the United
States, the w hole country.is agitatedjby the ques
tion. Mr. Seward, whose term expires on the
4th of next March, is a man of great political
sagacity and large public experience ; but the
conviction is all but universal, that he is a dern
agogue, rather than a statesman ; while he is
known to have built up the reputation he has
achieved, chiefly by agitating those questions
that threaten the permanent union of these
States ; and his chieiest coadjutors are known
to be loaod within the pale ot the Conpany of
Jc-sus.
In confirmation of all this, I may state, with
entire safety, that I have not yet seen an intelli
gent European who was travelling in this coun
try or living in the United States, who did not
give his sympathies, and openly express them,
in favor of the Know-Nothing movement. In
all the elections through the various Sta f e», we
have but one report on this subject; and that is
that intelligent foreigners universally tike sides
with the Know-Nothings. They give good
reasons for what they say and do. They see
clearer even, perhaps, than we do ourselves, that
the whole body politic of America hats been in
fected by the most corrupt social influences that
the Old World had festering in its bosom. They
know well, what we know but imperfectly—
that there is not a State in Europe, nor a Princi
pality, with the single exception of Russia, that
has not, during the last few years, sent to our
shores its paupers and convicts. I know that
this is a high accusation to bring against Euro
pean States ; but I know myself from personal
knowledge of many years on the Continent of
Europe, that it is true.
A strange and very impolite article has recent
ly appeared in the Edinburgh Review for Octo
ber, which adds an unnecessarily strong con
firmation of this fact, so far as Great Britain is
concerned. The article is entitled ‘’The manage
ment and disposal ol our Criminal population.”
I trust that I have thus given you a lew clear
indices of the causes which gave origin to the
i Know Nothing party—the spirit which guides it
—the objects it has to accomplish, and the rea
sons for believing that it has cohesive power
enough to hold together in compact strength,
until it has achieved its purposes. Os course, in
this correspondence, my own feelings are not
allowed to enter. My business is limited to
giving your readers a transcript, by every steam
er of the events which happen, ot the causes of
events which may be early discerned, and-auch
expositions of them as will convey to Eurojieans,
as nearly as I am able to,those impressions they
would receive if they were themselves upon the
spot. The moral ot it all, lor Europe, and its
governments, I need not indicate.
The Charaoter of Paul.
BY J. X. HEADLEY.
Paul in his natural character, before hia con
version resembles Bonaparte more than any
other man—l mean both in his intellect and de
velopments and energy of will. He had the
same indifference, when he had once determin
ed on his course, the same tireless unconquering
resolution—the same fearlessness both ot man’s
power and opinion, and calm self-reliance and
mysterious control over others. But the point
of greatest resemblance is the union ot strong
correct judgement, with rapidity of thought and
sudden impulse. They thought quicker yet bet
ter than other men. The power, which both
possessed, was all practical power. There are
many men of strong minds, whose torces never
theless, are in reflection or in theories to act
upon.' Though men work out into language, but
not into action. They will plan better than
they can perform. But these men not only
thought better, but they could work better than
all other men.
The same self control and perfect subjection
of his emotions—even terror itself —to the man
dates of his will, are exhibited in his coniluct
when smitten to the earth,and blinded by the
light and voice from heaven. John, when ar
rested by the same voice, on the Isle of Patinos
ft II on his face as a dead man, and dared not
speak or stir, well encouraged by the language
—“Fear not.” Put Paul (or Saul) although a
persecutor a id a violent man showed no symp
toms of alarm or terror. The voice, the blow,
the light, the glory, the darkness that followed,
were sufficient to upset the strongest mind, but
master of himself and his emotions, instead ol
giving way to exclamations of terror, he simply
said—“ Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?”
With his reason and judgment as steady and
strong'as ever, he knew at once that something
was wanted of him, and ever ready to act, he
asked what it was.
From this time his track can be distinguished
from the commotions about it, and the light
above it. Straight back to Jerusalem, from
whence he has so recently come, with letteis to
legalize his persecutions, he went to east lot
with these he had followed with violence and
slaujdster. His strong heart never beat, .on*;
qlirrtier pulsation through fear, as sbeJoffJr lur
rets of the proud city flashed upon his vision
Neither did he steal away to the dark alleys and
streets, where the disciples were concealed, and
tell them secretly his faith in the Son ol God
He strode into the synagogue arid before the
astonished priests preached Christ and him cruci
fied. He thundered at the door of the Sanhedrim
tself, and shaking Jerusalem like an earthquake,
awoke a tempest of rage and fury on himself
Wi'h assassins dogging his footsteps he at length
ieft the city. But, instead ot going to places
where he was unknown, and where his feelings
would be less tried, he started for hi 3 native city,
bis father's house, the home of his boyhood, for
his kindred friends. To entreaties, tears, scorn,
and violence, he was alike impervious. .Jo
Antioch and Cyprus along the coast of Syria and
Rome, over the known world he went like a
blazing comet, waking up the nations ot the
earth. From the top of .Mars Hill, with the
gorgeous city at hi leet, and the Acropolis and
Pantheon bebiud him, on t! e deck of his shat
tered vessel, in the interval of the crash of bil
lows; in the gloomy walls of a prison, on the
borders of the eternal kingdom, he speaks in the
same calm and determined tone. Deterred by
no danger, awed by no danger, awed by no pres
ence, and shrinking from no responsibilty, lie
moves before us like some grand embodiment o!
power. The nations heave around him. and
kings turn pale in his presence. Bands of con
spirators swear never to drink till they have
slain him; and people stone him, yet over the
din of the conflict and the storm of violence, his
voice of eloquence rises as clear and distinct as a
trumpet calls as he still preached Christ and him
crucified. The whip is laid on his back until
blood starts with every blow, and then his man
gled body is thrown into a dungeon; but at mid
night you hear the same calm, strong voice which
has shaken the world, poured forth in a hymn of
praise to God! and Io! an earthquake shakes the
prison to its foundation, the manacles tall from
the hanus of the captives, the bolts withdraw ol
themselves, and the massive doors swing back
on their hinges.
One cnanot point a single spot in his career
where he faltered a moment, or ga"e way to
discouragement or fear. Through all his petr
ous life he exhibited the same intrepidity < t
character and lofty spirit. With his eye qy~»
on regions beyond the ken of ordinary mortals
and kindling on glories it was not permitted to
reveal, he pressed forward to an incorruptible
crown, a fadeless kingdom. And then hisdeatb,
indescribably sublime ? Napoleon dying in the
midst of a midnight storm, with the last words
that fell from his lips a battle cry, and his pass
ing spirit watching, in its delirium, tb-j-torn
head of his mighty columns, as they disappear
ed in the smoke ol the conflict, is a sight that
awes and startles us. But, behold Paul, also
a war worn veteran battered with many a scar
though in a spiritual warfare, looking back not
with alarm, but with transport gazing not on
earth, but on heaven. Hear his calm serene
voice ringing over the storms and commotion of
life:’ lam now ready to be offered and the
time of my departure is at hand. I have fought
the good fight, I have finished my course—there
is laid up lor me a crown of righteousness.” No
shouts ot foemen, nor smoke of carnage of bat
tle surrounded his spirit struggling to be free;
but troops of shining angels, the smile ol God
and the songs of the redeemed—these guarded
and welcomed him home.
Rain and a River, at Last.—We are hap
py to announce that the recent rains have had
the effect to raise our river some five feet, so that
at present we have abundant water for naviga
tion. with a prospect of its continuing for an in
dehnite period. This long looked-lor blessing
will be hailed with general delight by town arid
country, by merchant and planter, in fact by all
classes of our cit.zens, for all are more or lets af
fected by the interruption of communication on
this important highway.— Cdutnbu* Enquirer.
The Adams Express Company.
We publish this morning lull accounts of the
failures in California, tmtare gratified to perceive
from the card in another column of Mr Wood
ward, the obliging agent in this city, that Adams’
Express Company are in no way involved in
the suspension of Adams & Co- of California.—
There was formerly a connection between the
two, which was dissolved last May, by the sale,
on the part ot the New York Company, of tbei#
entire California interests to Messrs. Ogden
Adams, D. H. Haskell & J. C. Wood, who are
now the proprietors there—Alvin Adams &c Co
of New York, becoming, by ag>eement, the
agents of Adams & Co., of California, while the
latter supervised the Express traffic lo San Fran
cisco for the former. There was, however, no
co-partnership connection between them.and
the liabilities ot the former cm have no claim
upon the latter.
The Adams Express Company, moreover, was
organised on the first of July, 18.'i4; under the
laws ot the State ot New York, with a capital ot
$3,000 000, in 12.000 shares; is controlled by a
board of nine managers, and. as Mr. Woodward
announces in his card, is indebted to no one. The
Company is. not organised for speculative pur
poses, but tor doing what is known in this coun
try as au Express business—such as the forward
log, by passenger trains of railroads and other
rapid modes of conveyance, merchandise gen
erally, light freight, small parcels, valuable pack
ages, jewelry, bank notes, gold, silver. &c.—
making collections with or without goods, and
returning goods by Express. &c. The operations
of the Company are confined, also, to the terri
tory of the United States, cammencing at Bos
ton and running South by the seaboaid to New
Orleans; all that portion South of a line lrom
Philadelphia, West through Pittsburg and India
nopolis to St. Louis, and the portion ot the State ol
Pennsylvania North of this line. Through other
companies they forward to all important acces
sible points, North of their lines, including the
Canadas—to California, Oregon, Sandwich Is
lands and Austia, through Ogden Adams & Co,
and to Australia, England and Continental Eu
rope, through Edwauls, Santord & Co.
We trust, therefore, that this highly respon
sible and wealthy Company, whose wide-spread
enterprise has been so beneficial to the country
at large, will not even, by suspicion, be permit
ted to suffer on account of the suspension of a
firm with which they have no partnership con
nection whatever. As Mr. Woodward well re
marks, “their responsibilities to the public as
forwarders are in no wise diminished, and their
ability to comply with all their engagements as
unquestionable as ever.”— Char. Cour., 23 d inst.
Rumored Insanity of the Queen of En
gland.—The Washington Star of Friday says:
—“lt was said in diplomatic circles ol Washing
ton. last night, that a private dispatch has reach
ed this city, saying that Victoria was fast going
the way ot her ancestors —that is, becoming de
ranged, the symptoms having shown themselves
in her recent illness We have not been able to
trace this to an authentic source.”
A Washington letter in the Baltimore Patriot
has the following allusion to the subject: ’Af
fairs in England seem to be in a worse condition
than they have been in lor centuries past, and
to add to her troubles, i see it stated that fears
are entertained that the Queen is laboring under
the hereditary disease of insanity. ‘1 sincerely
hope and trust that this may be a slander of the
opposition. She is anxious to do right if her
Ministry would let her, and I entertain a high
opiuion of theconseivative principles of her con
sort. Il his advice could prevail, there would be
a speedy peace, and it might be accomplished
now, if Nicholas be dead, without loss of honor;
■for England might say, we warred against him
believing him to be ambitious of extending his
territorial limits; we are willing to be on terms
of amity with his successor, until we see some
evidence of bis being actuated by the eamespiiit
ot aggrandizement. At all events, whether suc
cessful or not, England might consistently and
honorably make the proposition. But would
Alexander II entertain it. He knows better
than his father did, the strength of his armies in
the Crimea, and the weakness of his adversaries.
Will he forego the glory he might win by dri
ving them from his territory! Who can say?
There is another consideration should Eng'and
be willing to entertain this proposition, would
.France consent to it? I fear net. — Baltimore
Patriot.
An Astonished Pio.—One of our Western
farmers being very much annoyed last summer
Ly bis best sow breaking into the corn field,
search was instituted in vain for a hole in the
rail fence. Failing to find any, an attempt was
next to drive out the animal by the same way
of her entrance; but of course without success.
The owner then resolved to watch her proceed
ings; and posting himself at night in a fence
corner, he saw her enter at one end of a hollow
log, outside the field, and emerge at the other
end within the enclosure. ‘ Eureka !” cried he,
“ I have you now. o!d lady !’’ Accordingly, he
proceeded, after turning her out once more, to so
arrange the log (it being very crooked) that both
ends opened on the outside of the field, ihe
next day the animal was observed to enter at
her accustomed place, and shortly emerge again.
“Her astonishment” says our informant, "<-t
finding herself in the same field whence she had
starter! is too ludicrous to be described. She
looked this way and then that, grunted her dis
satisfaction, and finally returned to her original
starting place; and alder a deliberate survey of
matters, to satisfy herself that it was all right,
she again entered the log. On emerging yet
once more on the wrong side, she evinced even
more surprise than before, and turning about re
traced the log in an opposite direction Find
ing this effort likewise in vain, after looking
long and attentively at the position of things,
with a short, angry grunt ot disappointment,
and perhaps fear, she turned short tound, and
started off' on a brisk run, nor could either coax
ing or driving ever after induce her to visit that
part of the field ! She seemed to have a super
stition concerning the spot.”— Knickerbocker.
Appointment ofJudge Lumpkin —The cen
sure cast upon the administration by several De
mocratic papers of this State, on account of the
appointment of Judge Lumpkin, has occasioned
much surprise. The Augusta Constitutionalist
sets this matter in the proper light. Ju Ige Lump
kin has r.ot been a violent nartizan. The busi
ness before the Court of Claims, of which he is
one of the Commissioners, vs ill concern all par
ties, and Judge Lumpkin is well qualified lorthe
.'uties he will have to perform. While Presi
dent Pierce guards the Constitution from viola
•k.uS and the treasury against the rchemes of
robbery attempted u> be cariied through Con
gress. by corruption and bribery, we should not
quarrel with him about a petty appointment. In
filling the vacancy in the Supreme Court creat
ed by the appointment, the duty of Governor
Johnson is plain. The understanding, all along
acquiesced in, has been, that the party in the
minority should have one Judge outof the three.
Governor Johnson should appoint Judge
Lumpkins’ successor from the minority. Should
Judge Starnes or Judge Benning resign, Demo
crats ought to fill their places. But r.o party can
ever gain any permanent advantage by a viola
tion of good faith. Every departure from upright
and honorable dealing will weaken it. —Marietta
Advocate.
Important to Postmasters and the Pub
lic, The law requires that all letters between
places in the United States shall be prepaid,
from and after the Ist of April. 1855, by stamps
or otherwise ; and that from and after the Ist of
January next, postmasters must place postage
stamps upon all prepaid letters upon which
such stamps may not have been placed by the
writers, or which may not be enclosed in stamp
ed envelopes.
That from and after the Ist of April, 1855,
the postage to be charged on each single lette:
for any distance in the United States not ex
ceeding three thousand miles is three cents, and
over three thousand miles ten cents.
The law does not change the existing rates or
regulations in regard to letters to or from Cana
dßor other foreign countries, nor does it affect
the franking privilege.
The provisions iu regard to the registratiou cl
valuable letter* will be carried into etfucMPy l '
special instructions issued to postmasters ■p*‘’ e
subject as soon ns the necessary blanks^P 11 “ e
prepared and distributed. «■
We bag leave to suggest that Editors Sieral-
Iy throughout the United States woulJpe n de r
an essential service to their readers by»‘aliing
attention to this subject. Jf
From the Detroit Daily Advertisr-
Does ticks in Love. \
Ntw York. Jan. 29, 1855. to last
Wednesday night, I had never been in/ love.—
Save an occasionl fit of cholera morbfi*. I had
never experienced any thing even remotely ap
proaching the tender passion. But on eve
ning of the eventlul Wednesday, Sandie Goatie
invited me go with him to site bis sister. Now
my friend Sandie is not a s'diolary person, and
has never received that questionable blessing, a
college education. He always says'codfish’ in
stead of ‘bona fide,’ and calls 'tempus fugit’
pork and beans;’ the only 'Jupiter’ he knows is
a sable gentlemen ; and his only idea of 'Venus’
is a colored washerwoman, who in early life got
up his hebdomadal linen. But his sister is em:-
inently classic; 6he stoops fashionably, with the
'Grecian’ bend—has a Roman Nose and her
name is Calanthe Maria. I went to see that
sister—l saw that sister— I ‘caved? That sera
phic sister—to attempt a description of her beau
ty would be insanity itself. I will only mention
her hair, and when I have said that this was
sublime and divine, 1 wish it distinctly under
stood that I use these feeble terms, because the
poverty of our language does not afford adjectives
of adequate force.
The instant i saw her my presence of mind
deser ed me I felt bashful—l was conscious
that I looked like a fool in the face, and my ap
parel, (on which I had prided myself,) seemed
as unworthy to be seen in her presence, as if it
bad been bought second hand in Chatham street.
Beneath the glance of her brilliant eyes, my feet
seemed to grow too short, and !my lpgs too long
—my coat too big, and my collar limpsy. I dis
covered a grease spot on my vest, and seemed to
become mysteriously conscious of a hole in my
pantaloons. Never had I been so shamefaced
in the feminine presence before, and my bash
fulness only temporarily deserted me, when, af
ter much tribulation,! achieved a seat on a clum
sy looking loot-stool, which I understood was
called an ‘Ottoman.’ Whether it had any con
nection with Turk, turkies and Thanksgiving, I
failed to discover.
Left alone a short time, I had leisure to reco
ver myself, and to note the individual charms
of roy lair enslaver. A partial inventory of her
visible apparel, is ineffaceably stamped upon my
mind. A silk dress, of a pattern which seemed
to have been designed for a gigantic checker board
made with a train to do scavenger duty, and
short sleeves with lace curtains underneath—her
neck and shoulders hidden from view by a thin
veil of transparent lace, of a pattern designedly
made to attract attention—beneath which could
be seen but particulars are omitted. Suffice
it to say that she was dressed as the prevailing
fashion seems to demand. I essayed to speak
to her, hut my timidity returned upon me with
double l er toes while turning over her music—
praised everything in the wrong place, and when
she sung a false note I exclaimed ‘felicious.’ She
made a two handed discord which I pronounced
enchanting and when at last from excess of agita
tion she broke flat down,l enthusiastically declar
ed that I was never more delighted in the whole
course of my life.’ Asked her to play a waltz,and
handed her a choir-book- opened at ‘Corinth’‘and
•‘Silver Street”—found I was wrong and turned
over the leaf to‘Sinners turn, why will ye die?
—discovered that all was not right yet, and then
requested her to play some sacred music, and in
mv anxiety to get the right notes this time,
placed before her the ‘Jenny Lind Polka,’ which
she at once began to play—l attempting to sing
the words of Old Hundred’ which didn’t seem
to jibe.
We tried to dance, but my confusion still con
tinued—l ‘chassey’d’ myself across the table, and
into a music rack—‘promenaded’ my partner
over the stove —‘balanced’her into a sideboard,
and eventually attempted to seat her in a mirror
where I saw a sofa.
Then I essayed conversation, and I am confi
dant I talked the most absurd nonsense for the
rest of my call—distinctly remember speaking
of Noah Webster's beautiful play of ‘Evange
line’—eulogizing Shakespeare’s ’Robinson Cru
soe—Trackeray’s generalship at Waterloo—at
tempting to explain the difficulties which atten
ded Henry Ward Beecher’s attempts to get his
Opera of ‘Bohemian Girl,’ before the public—
telling who had the blackest eye when President
Pierce and Joan of Arc fought their celebrated
prize fight in the Crystal Palace in New York
in 1793—and at last, breaking down in trying to
explain why Admiral Elihu Burritt, and his
right hand man Xerxes the Great, did not suc
ceed in taking Sevastopol in a month, according
to contract.
When I bid her ‘good night,’ she took my
hand and set me crazy by the touch of her fairy
taper fingers—dreamed all night about Calanthe
—got up in the morning, called the waiter ‘Cal
anthe’ and said ‘my darling,’ to him as he hand
ed me tny coffee—gave my tailor an order for a
new coat and two pairs of pantaloons, and told
him to charge them to ‘Calanthe’—got a box of
spgais and a demijohn of Spanish whiskey, and
signed the drayman’s receipt‘Calanthe’—all the
signs read ‘Calanthe’—every street was ‘Calan
the’ street—all the stages belonged to the ‘Cal
anthe’ line, and were going to ‘ Calanthe’ ferry
—the ship ‘Calanthe’ had arrived, Ihe steamboat
‘Calanthe* had burst her boiler, and the brig
•Calanthe’ been seen bottom upwards with
her rudder gone. Isaw, heard, read, dreamed,
thought, and talked nothing but ‘Calanthe,’ and
cannibal that I am, I verily believe I ate noth
ing but‘Calanthe fora month.
The day alter I saw her first I felt so exceed
ingly amiable, that I bought something of every
peddler who came into the store —laid in a stock
of matches, pencils, shoe brushes, suspenders,
boot jacks and blacking, which will last me a
short lile-time—bought so much candy that the
office boy bad the colic every afternoon for a
week—and called the apple woman ‘my own
sweet love’ and said 'thank you darling,’ when
she gave me pewter dimes in change.
Wrote spasmodic poetry about ‘Calanthe’ hair
—a sonnet to her glossy hair—lines to her ra
ven tresses —stanzas to her locks of jet—odes to
her ebon ringlets—versr-s to h r sable curls —
rhymes to her black hair, and commenced a po
em in seventeen cantos, to her ebonny topped
head, but on reflection I was lead to doubt the
propriety of the comparison. 1 called to see her
every evening—substantial victuals did’rit agree
with me—a kind word Irom her was a good
breakfast—a tender glance lias served me for a
dinner many a time, and when she pressed my
hand 1 couldn’t eat any thing for a fortnight but
oranges, cream, candy arid vanilla beans. We
went to the theatre, endured the negio minstrels
and braved the horrors of a second rate Italian
Opt ra Company—in fact, every where, where
there was anything to be seen, or heard, there
were Calanthe Maria, and her devoted Philan-
der.
For a month I forgot my debts, neglected bu
sines, ignored entirely this mundane sphere, and
lived in a rainbow colored terial castle, of the
most elegant finish—surrounded by roses, atten
ded by Cupids, anil just big enough (or Calanthe
Maria, and the subscriber. In that happy place
there was no duns, no tailor’s bills, no trouble,
no debts, no getting up early cold mornings, no
tight boots, no bad segars; nothing but love, lux
ury, Calanthe Maria. I came down occasional
ly out of my air mansion, to speak
a few words of compassion to my com
panions in the cilice, who hadn’t got any Calan
the, but went right back again as quick as I could
to that rose colored dreamland where love and
Calanthe were ‘boss and all hands.”
At last, one fatal evening I was undeceived.
We were waltzing, and through some clumsiness
on my part, her hair caught in the gas fixture,
s .me mysterious string broke, and those glossv
ringlets, the object ol my adoration, came ojf,
leaking her head as bald as brickbat.
Relating this scrape of the locks to a friend,
be infortried me that the rest of her charms would
not hear mluu.e inspection, for she wore lal -c
teeth, and bought her counplexiou at Phaion's;
ami that her graceful form was the result of n
skiffM combination of cotton and whaleb ri .
This was too much. While thought Cal. ti
the a woman, I loved her, but the discovery o
the fishy element excited a prejudice—as a fe
male, she had my affections, and I contemplated
matrimony—as a land mermaid, I had no desire
to swindle Barnura and become her proprie
as I did from a section of country
where they have human women, and where
they don’t attempt to deceive masculine man
kind with French milliner’s strategy, I was un
prepared for counterfeits,andihad been easily delu
ded by a spurious aitide. But find that in New
York, perambulating bundles not of dry'goodsi in
frequently pass current as women-and the millin
ers now put their eccentric inventions upon these
locomotive shams, tothegrea* neglect of those N|-
volving waxen ladies who used to perform their
perpetual gyrations in the show windows. As
an advertising medium they possess facilities o
publicity, beyond any of the newspapers having
a city circulation, which is unattainable by any
thing dumb and unpetticoated. The great sta
ple of the south has not only ‘made’ some of
our first men, but has been discovered to entei
largely into the composition of many of our
ladies.
My madness was now over—the spell was
broken—the blind lined was exercised —reason
got back to her old bunk, and ‘Richard was him
self again’.
Yours, convalescent and thankful,
Q. K. Philander Doesticks, P. B.
The River and the Rain.—The rain of last
week raised the river 3i leet at this place, ant
very stiong hopes weie entertained that it would
be navigable, but on Monday morning the clouds
disappeared, the rain ceased, and the river com
menced falling. — Cotuv bus Tinus 21st inst.
MARRIED,
On tho 22d inst.. by Lewis Levy, Esq., Mr. llkn-
KV'fl. Wolfe, aBdMissMARY Sch.wkr, all of this
On the 21st inst.. by Lewis Levy, Esq., Mr. Aljo-JH
le.n B. Smith, and Mrs. Elizabeth Wray, all of'''*' . *
this city.
On the 22d February last, at tho residonco of
Mrs. Jane Hobbs, by William Q. Scruggs, Esq.,
Mr John L. Usry, to Miss UachelE. Hobbs, alf
of Warren county. Ga.
COMMERCIAL*
CHARLESTON, March 23.— Cotton. —There
was a good enquiry for most qualities of this arti
cle for several day 3 preceding tho dato of onr Inst
publication, and under the influence of a compara
tively activo demand, the week closed upon a om
range of figures about ) a „‘c. bettor than tho rates -g™
curront at its opening. The demand fell off on 1
Friday last—tho first day of the week under re-
view—but was renewed on Saturday, and transae- ”
ti»nsduring these two days fully sustained our
quotations of tho 10th inst. Thus stood the posi
tion of affairs when the trade were prt. in posses
sion of the advices brought over by the steamer
Airica. which gave afresh impetus to piicos, and
tho transactions of Alonday weio made at an im
provement of about fe. over the prices prevailing
prior to her arrival. There was a decide 1 improve
ment in the demand on Tuesday, which was fol
lowed up on Wednesday, and holders wore success
ful in establishing a further advance in prices—
The markot fully sustained its position throughout
tho whole of yesterday, although tho sales, as will
be seen, were limited, and closed at an advance of
a full jc. on tho prices current a week since. We
have advanced our quotations to correspond with
this . tatc of things, and those we offer below will
show the present valuo of this staple. The sales
of the week may bo classed as follows, vis:—Fri
day 727 halos; Saturday 3032; Monday 1087; Tues
day 3243; Wednesday 2671; and Thursday 618-
making an aggregate of 12,000 bales, against tho
receipt in tho sarno time of 3 4,237 bales, Tbc
transactions oompriso 3 bales at 6; 5 at Os; 60 at
6j; 55 at 6f; 4at6|; 21 at 6J; 108 at 7, 227 at 7J;
222 at 7f; 84 at 7 5 16; 390 at 7|; 44 at 7 7-16; 350
at 74; 300 at 7|; 865 at 73; 466 at 7|; 17 at 7 15 1C;
1333 at 8; 653 atBJ; 1820 at 8f; 137 at 8J; 1300 at
84; 17 at 8 9-16: 108 at S 3; 647 at 83; 123 at 8£;
770 at 9; 333 at 9J; 683 at 9,}; 356 at 9J; 327 at 9j;
56 at 9j; and 58 ba’es at 10c. We quote Inferior
—: Ordinary to Good Ordinary 7j a 8; Low to
Strict Middling 8j a 83; Good Middling 9 a 94;
and Middling Fair and Fair 9) a. 9Jc. A fair bu
siness has boen dono in tho descriptions classed un
dor tho head of Long Cotton, which, however, hap
boen crwOaed to the Middlin'; and lower descrip
tions at former prices.
Corn —Some 1900 bushels, received yesterday
from North Carolina, were sold at 98 conts per
bushel. The supply is very light, and the first ar
rivals must bring good prices.
Salt— Some 5500 sacks havo boen received since
our last, tho bulk of which, together with store lots,
havo boen soiling at prices ranging from 98c. to
$ i .05 per sack, according to quantity.
The supply, which consists almost en
tirely of Rio, is in tho hands of our jobbers, and is
being retailed at prices ranging from 11 to 12Je-
Molasses— The receipts of tho woek comprise
about 450 bbls Now Orleans, about tho half of
which was sold from the wharf at 28c. per gallon.
Cuba in quantity is worth 22Ja23c.
Freights —We quote to Liverpool 13 32d. for
Cotton in square bags and to Havro 3°- ToNew
York. Cotton and Rice at Jc. for the former, and
$1 per tierco for tho latter. Boston rates arc Je.
for Cotton, and & 1.50 per tierco for Rico.
npr- —IH'tone’* Vermifuge.—No remedy
ever invented has boon so successful as
the great worm medicine of l)r. MoLane. Ail who
have used it have been equally astonished and de
lighted at ; ts wonderful energy and efficacy. To
publish all tho testimonials in its favor would fill
volutnos ; wo must, therefore, content ourselves
with a brief abstract of a ew of them.
* Japhet C. Allen, of Amboy, gavo a dose to a
child 0 years old, and it brought nway 83 worn 8.
lie soon after gavo another dose to tho same child,
which brought aw ay 50 more, making 133 worms
in about 12 hours.
Andrew Downing, of Cranbury township, Venan
go county, gave his child one tea-spoonful, and she
passed 177 worms. Next morning,;on repetition of
tlio dose, she paseod 113 more.
Jonathan Houghman, of West Union, Park co.,
la., writes that ho is unable to supply the demand,
as the people in his neighborhood say- aftor a trial
of the othe;S, that none is equal to I«. M’Lano’s
Vermifuge.
Messrs. D. AJ. W. Colton, of Winchester, Ind.,
happened last spring to get some of JhjWkerraifuge.
After selling a few bottles, the fiomindbapume so
great for it that their stock was fO<ap««)rtU3tcd.—
They state that it has produced th# best effect
whosoever used, and is very popular among the
people. , jt
will be careful to asi£ for Dr.
M'Lanc's Celebrated Vermifuge, and take none else.
All other Vermifuges, in comparison, are worthless.
D . M’Lanc's Vermifuge, also bis celebrated Liver
Pills, can now be had at all respectable Drug Stores
in the United States and Canada.
Sold by Ha.vila.nd, Kislcy & Co., Win-11. iutt,
1). B Plumb A Co.,and W. 11. A J. Turpin, Augus
ta, (da.; P. M. Cohen A Co., Charleston, S. C.;
Hill A Smith, Athens, On.; E. C. Jones, Madison;
A. A. Solomons; Savannah; and by all Drug
gists and Dealers in Medicine throughout the
South. 12 mhlfi
invalids recovering from the efi’eots
ia. of Fever, Bilious D senses, orlongcon
tiutted illness of any kimi.will find Carter’s Spanish
Mixture the only remedy which will revive their
drooping constitutions, expel all bad humors from
the blood, excite tho liver to a prompt and healthy
action, and by its tonic properties, restore the pa
tient to life and vigor.
We can only say try it. A single bottle is worth
all the so-called Sarsaparillas in existence. In con
tains no Mercury, Opium, or any other noxious or
poisonous drug, and can be given to tho youngest
infant without hesitation.
Soo the certificates of wonderful euros around
the bottle. Moro than five hundred persons in the
city of Kichmond, Va , can testify to its good ef
fects. See advertisement. lm fot>23
you are sick, the probability is that
fer* tho root of your suffering is in tho
stomach. Frooi a weak stomach proceed dyspep
sia, languor, oppression in tho diaphragm, jaun
dice, headache, nausea, bodily weakness, dimness
of sight heartburn, costiveness, dysentery, and a
legion of other tormenting disoases. Indigestion
produces thin blood, and therefore destroys tho
strength and vigor of the systorn. To restore the
tone of the stomach and enable it to tt r. w off
and dismiss forever all theso tormenting and dan
gerous complaints, noticing is noccs.-ary but a per
severing use of Iloofland’s German Bitters, pro
paved by Dr. C. M. Jackson, Philadelphia. Thor#
is no mistake, no failure in their sanative effect
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