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THE KNOW NOTHINGS AND THE KAN
SAS TROUBLES.
Under this caption we do not propose entering
into an argument upon the merits of the Kansas
question, but merely alluding to a fact in its con
nection, which has struck us as strongly indica
tive of the status of the Know Nothing party
upon the question. We allude to the silence
with which they give it the go-by. It is, upon
first glance, very singular that so large, and we
will say respectable, a body of Southern men,
should devote so little attention to a subject of so
much importance to Southern interests, more es
pecially when it promises such startling results ;
but the seifret of their inactivity is, perhaps, to be
found in the all absorbing one idea which they
are pursuing with a zeal that really amounts to
a mania. The columns of their organs are filled
with ingenius sophistry to prove the deleterious
influence of Foreign Catholics upon this govern
ment, but we search in vain for a word upon a
subject which threatens consequences far more
disastrous than the domination of Roman
Catholicism could possibly be to the Union. And
why is it! Why are they so oblivious of pass
ng events that they seldom refer ’o this impor
tant topic, even as a matter of news ! These
men certainly cannot be charged with favoring
the Northern side of the question, and yet they
are indirectly giving ‘'aid and comfort” to the en
emy, tacitly acknowledging it a mutter of secon
dary importance to the South !
The truthis they have surrendered themselves
so entirely to this proscription of Catholicism
which has been taught them by Northern men,
that, like all other religious enthusiasts, they are
literally blind to the side-scenes which their pro
genitors are playing in Kansas; and though if
aroused from the deadly stupor which they have
contracted in their midnight councils they would
not, perhaps, lack in loyalty to the South; yet
they do lack in that watchful, sensitive patriotism
which feels that “the price of liberty is eternal
vigilance.”
It remains for Democracy to awaken them.—
A few more oceans of cold water,such as the Vir
ginia Democracy have emptied upon them, will,
break the spell which binds them, and show them
that while they fought an imaginary Devil, they
were heiin* entangled in the ceils of a monster
doubly hideous 1 We have full confidence, in
creased as it is daily by the Virginia returns, in
the quickening power of Democracy; but it is
particularly unfortunate at this crisis ot Southern
affairs, that the attention of Democrats should
have to be divided between the contest in Kansas,
which claims their entire efforts, and subduing a
raving maniac at home. The effect of the or
ganization is, unquestionably, to distract attention
from the real issue before the country, and it is
painful to reflect that so many men of influence
should be carried away with the fictitious issue
the Know Nothing combination presents. What
more effective ally do the Abolitionists and Free
soilers want, than one which sows dissensions in
the South, and directs so large a share of her ef
forts to abate it ! They bitterly deny affiliation
with these Northern men; but we judge a tree
by its fruits, and we ask them in, all candor, if
their course does not embolden Northern revolu
tionizers to still grosser outrages, when they see
so many Southern men indifferent to their oper
ations!
The question now is, how long will these South
ern men continue wildly beating the bush after
the poor foreigner whose innocent jargon and
conscientious mode of worship affects them as
. does cold water a mad dog—when may we ex
pect convalescence from this hydrophobia! Will
they heed the warnings that are daily and hourly
given them, or must they be humiliated by such
Waterloo defeats as they got in Virginia!
Think of it, gentlemen. In Virginia the issue
was made direct, that your organization is dan
gerous to the South, and the intelligent people of
that State, after a dispassionate hearing of
both sides of the question, have decided that it is,
and have set the seal of their disapprobation upon
it by an unprecedented vote. Should this judg
ment, pronounced by a people renowned not less
for theii; intelligence than for their exalted pa
triotism, be set aside, and have no influence upon
you! Do you, who profess to know, nothing know
more than they ! We shall see wha.t influence
it will have in arousing you to a sense of the
danger your apathy is bringing upon the South.
a funnVmistake.
Wo learn that a gentleman named Noble
reached our city on Monday evening last and
complained to our city police that he had been
robbed of $2500 on the cars, and also pointed
ut two men whom he suspieioned of the robbery.
Our vigilant officers repaired immediately to the
hotel, and but for the opportune interference of
the Mayor, would have had them safely lodged
in the caliboose. He fortunately discovered that
one of the gentlemen was Col. Jeff. Davis, Sec
retary of War, just in time to save him
the mortification of an arrest. The affair excited
considerable merriment, and the Secretary laughed
as heartily as the rest at what liked to have proven
an awkward blunder.
VIRGINIA ELECTION.
The Richmond Despatch of Monday
contains returns, “partly official and part
ly reported,’’ from seventy-nine counties
and towns, which gave Pierce a majority
of 4,668. A like vote for Wise will make
his majority 10,956
CONGRESSMEN ELECTED.
Ist District-Thomas 11. Bayley,
2nd “ J. 8. Milson,
3rd - “ John S. Caskie,
4th “ Wm. O. Goode,
sth “ Thos. §. Bocock,
6th “ . Paulus Powell,
7th “ Wm. Smith,
Sth “ John Letcher,
9th “ Charles J. Faulkner,
10th “ Z. Kidwell,
11th “ C.S. Lewis,
12th “ H. A. Edmonson,
13th “ F. McMullen,
The Dispatch says:
“There is not a single new’ member
in the list, and they are all Democrats,”
The Panama Railroad.—The Aspin
wall Courier represents the travel upon the
Panama rail road as Very great. In its issue
of May 15, it says:
The passengers for the states were about
a thousand—those for California as many
more, by this run. About tan per cent, of
these were women and children. This large
number make the transit from steamer to
steamer with comfort,economy .land conve
ne- 'O6, within nine hours, with an cnor
■ts mail, and over 81,500,990 on freight
i hundred and sxty troops ate also
•• ‘“i ted without difficulty ,in excellent
■ and entirely separated from the other
passengers.
Telegraphic Anecdote.—The .North
Alabamian relates the following story:—
One of the men engaged in building the
telegraph line through the •infected re
gion," when it was first put up, eight
years ago, tells an anecdote of an old lady
who is now prominent among the believers
in the now tneory. When they were put
ting up the wire opposite tin dwelling of
the old lady referred to. she enmeout and
insisted that they should put it further
from the house, for, says, she. supposin'
thar should be a war, and they should be
sendin' cannons and bombs along the tele
graft and they should bust right here and
tear everything all to pieces. 1 should like
to know who’s a gwine to pay for it ? Take
if away off thar.'for I don't' like the presky
thing no howl”
THE CONVENTION.
On Tuesday next, the Convention to nominate
a candidate for Governor, will assemble in Mil
ledgeville. Judging from the meetings held in
the various counties of the State, the Convention
will be largely attended, and we doubt not its ac
tion will, in all respects, conform to the wishes of
the true democracy of Georgia, with regard both
to its nominee for Governor, and the course prop
er to be pursued with all, udiigs and democrats,
who are opposed to, and willing to do buttle
against, Know Nothingism in our State.
In the South there has never existed an organ
ization more dangerous to its rights, than the Or.
der which has arrayed itself against the Constitu
tion under the imposing title of the “American
Party.” In no particular is it worthy of that ap
pellation. There can be no American Party that
is not republican in principle and in action Thu 1
party which attempts to appropriate to itself tha
name is foreign both in sentiment and feeling.—
It hates the poor oppressed foreigner who has,
from a love of liberty and our government, sought
an asylum here, from the oppressions of the old
world, and would crush the spirit which made
him a rebel and an emigrant. In the opinion of
most of the leading Know Nothings of the North,
the British Government is the perfection of wis
dom. Like it they would have ours a grand,
consolidated, national government, such as the
old Hartford Conventionists, and Federalist in
the days of Madison and Jefferson would have
had it; and every principle of State Rights and
State Sovereignty they would blot out of that in
strument, which guarantees to the weak the right
to resist the encroachments of the strong. It has
no just claim to the title of “American," for its
leading and avowed policy is the contrary thereof,
in every respect, and in direct opposition to that
ofthe illustrious Washington, who-, in reference
to the immigration of foreigners, urged that we
should “welcome them to a participation in all
our rights and privileges.”
American policy too as established by the Con
stitution, is the equal right of every man to form
his own religious opinions, and not to be made a
subject of proscription therefor. A contrary pol
icy is Ant /-American, and such a one is advoca
ted by the Know Nothings.
It is American policy and an American privi
lege to openly and boldly resist oppression, and
on the house tops, as it were, to contend for both
personal and political rights. It is An/t-Amer.
jean to secretly assemble and plot against the
rights of any one citizen of this Republic, or
against the Constitution. In such every move
ment of the Know Nothings, is Anti-American
Anti-Republic, subversive of good government,
and in direct opposition to Southern Rights and
interests.
The Convention about to assemble, we believe,
will view the Mysterious Order in the same light
that we do, and we hope and trust will act ac
cordingly. Never before have the democracy of
Georgia been called upon to fight a foe in the
dark. Heretofore it was a contest been Whig
and Democrat. In the future they have to con
tend against a disbanded party, and against
treachery in their own ranks. How will the
Convention prepare for this contest! The way,
we think, is a plain and easy one. Let us briefly
refer to it!
On every side of us the evidence is presented
that a large number ot patriotic Whigs, disgust
ed at the murmuring of,and indignant at the as.
saults made by the Know Nothings upon princi
ples of our government nurtured cherished, and
dear to every true American heart, have deter
mined to wage war against them even “from the
rising to the sitting of the Sun.” At the same
time, it is also evident that a portion of the de
mocracy, some misled, and others, by design,
have abandoned their old principles, and have
gone over to the enemy. In Georgia, as in Vir
ginia, it is a new era in politics. A political rev
olution has taken place, and with new, the Con
vention must prepare to face old friends, and a
majority of its ancient foes. Apart, then, from
the nomination of a standard bearer in the com
ing contest, upon the Convention will devolve the
duty of inviting the co-operation of all the Anti.
Know Nothing Whigs in Georgia. We hope
that this duty will be discharged openly, gener
ously, freely. That it will result in a triumph
over the combined forces of the opposition, and
in the maintenance of Southern Righthand Re
publican Institutions, we have every confidence.
Its after effect, too, we believe, will be salutary
in the extreme. It will banish frdin the South
all secret, political, organizations, than which,
where slavery exists, nothing should be viewed
with more distrust. Disclaiming any attempt to
even insinuate that Southern Know Nothings
i are amenable to the charge of being inimical in
any manner to this peculiar Southern Institution,
we yet fear that the time is not distant, when se
cret organizations may exist, even in the South
having for their main object an abolition of sla
very. For this reason among others, the defeat
of this first Secret Order, should be paramount
with the democracy, and to effect it, the Con
vention should invite the co-operatton of all who
arc opposed to it. We trust it will do so!
ATERRIBLE WHIRLWIND.
Chicago, May 24.—Accounts reached
this last night of a most terrific I nr'cane
and whirlwind in the town of Jefferson,
Cook county, and other places north and
west of here. On Tuesday afternoon a
revolving, funnel-shaped cloud passed
swiftly along near the ground, about six
teen miles north of here, carrying up large
sticks of wood stones, &e. It described a
semicircle toward the ‘southeast, twisting
off large branches of trees and whisking
them out of sight rapidly. The whilwind
or cloud then separated and disappeared,
but almost immediately formed again, and
passed directly back north and west with
redoubled violence. It struck a heavy
frame house one mile from the Illinois and
Wisconsin railroad, tearing the roof off,
and almost immediately afterward taking
up the whole house with all its contents
N ine persons in the house were drawn up
and hurled down in different places.
Four of them were killed, and others mu
filiated beyond any propeet of recovery,
i The whirlwind then passed over a post and
[rail fence, leaving not the slightest vestige
of it. It next took up a barn and threw
it upon the horses and cattle it contained
! crushing them at once. The timbers of
the house and barn were hurled down to
I the ground with such violence as to bury
I them almost out of sight The house be
longed to Mr. Page, whose wife, son, and
two grandchildren were killed. A number
' ot eye witnesses have testifiied to the rava
ges ofthe tempest, and describe it as ter
rific.
The Camel Expedition.—The store
ship Supply is now being thoroughly over
hauled at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and
put in complete order for a voyage to the
Mediterranean to bring home the camels
which are to be experimented with on our
Great Western desert. Iler officers are
D. Porter, Lieutenant Commandant; S.
Allen Engles, Passed Assistant Surgeon :
Thomas Roney, Acting Master. and R. F.
R. Lewis, L. H. Newman and Joseph D. .
Blake, Passed Midshipmen.
THE CUBAN QUESTION IN FRANCt.
An article appears in a late number of
one of Louis Napoleon's organs in Paris
La Patrie, which may be interesting to
our readers, says the Washington Union,
as indicative of the views of the Emperor
in regard to the annexation of Cuba to the
United States, It will be seen that ade
lay of one year is all that is desired for the
ultimate defeat of annexation. Whether
the Emperor gives himself a year priser
Sebastopol, after which he would be at
leisure to protect Cuba, or whether he
calculates that the scheme of Africaniza
tion of the island will be so far consum
mated in a year that the United States will
cease to desire its annexation, we are not
distinctly advised It does appear, how
ever. that the abolitionists, aided by the
know nothings, are strongly relied on by the
Emperor to prevent the immediate con
summation of Cuban annexation. The
reader, however, will have no difficulty in
making his own comments. The follow
ing is a translation of the article:
“As to the Cuba question, although it
has reached an excessively critical point,
where a trifle may bring about an explo
sion, we believe that all could be saved if
only one year of respite and of statu quo
could be secured. In fact, the annexation
agitation has its location in the slave States,
and its promoters are the most ai dent men
of the foreign population. At present the
annexationists have their friends in power,
and they count on the administration
closing its eyes' upon their schemes and
their acts if they are not palpably illegal.
But the actual administration is crippled
by the abolitionists of the North and their
auxiliaries, the know-nothings; in other
words, its days of power are numbered.—
Whatever may be the name of Mr. Pierce’s
successor, the general policy of the Union
in regard to Cuba will be modified; and
if annexation is not consummated before
1856, we indulge the hope that it never
will be. In fact, the abolition party of
the North gains ground, and it will cer
tainly not allow the slave party to be
strengthened by the admission of a new
slave State into the Union.
“If we concede, however, that things
cannot go in this way, and that the Cuba
question must be pushed to a sudden so
lution by a local insurrection, combined
with a fillibustering invasion from the
American ports, then an adroit but terri
ble movement can be brought about. The
Spanish government using its incontesta
ble right, can proclaim the emancipation
of the slaves in Cuba In that case the
American annexationists and their Creole
accomplices in Cuba will have to struggle
at once against the royal troops faithful to
the old Spanish flag from gratitude for
their liberty, to defend that liberty against
the doubly odious aggression of masters
and strangers.
“This will be a terrible game, but
about which Spain will not hesitate, if we
can believe the recent declarations made
in full Cortes by the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, D. Luzuriaga.
“This event having occurred, the south
ern States in their turn would fear the
annexation and resist with ardor what
they had before sought to accomplish.—
Free, Cuba Africanized, would be to the
slave States a permanet menace, a germ
living and always active for dissolution.
“ It is seen from these considerations that
if the preservation of Cuba has for Spain
real difficulties, its acquisition involves for
the United States dangers of greater mag
nitude. Prudence and good policy, there
fore, unite with loyalty to counsel the
United States to respect the property of
another, and to confirm once more the
maxim that people and kings should nev
er lose sight of—honesty is the best poli
°y” ...
CONSTITUTION OF CONNECTICUT.
Hartford, May 23.—The following
amendments to the State Constitution were
passed in the Senate to-day, almost unan
imously, viz: To strike out the word
“white" in the qualification of electors to
be able to read ; that there be one repre
sentative to each town, and that there be
one capitol instead of two. All the pro
posed amendments required to be sub
mitted to the people.
The action of the Senate of Connecticut,
as above set forth, deserves passing no
tice, as indicating the apparently inevita
ble tendency of Know-nothing principles.
Hostility to the South, hostility to the De
mocratic party, hostility to the perma
nence of the Union, hostility to Republi
can government throughout the world, di&-
tinguishes the Know-nothing party.
The virtue and intelligence of the
people is the only safe basis fora republic.
The admission of negroes as suffragans in
Connecticut, must have the tendency to
debase the standard of virtue and intelli
gence in that State. Is not this the cause ?
Are the white voters of Connecticut, pre
dared for this ? The alterations of the
Constitutions of Connecticut, prepared
by the Know-nothings, is an open at
tempt to sap the foundation of republi
can principles.
I Besides this, the Congress which meets
j in Washington is a quasi Congress of Na
( tions, which, for the benefit ofthe parties
jto the Union, have parted with certain
j and specified of their sovereign rights,
- conferring them upon a general Congress
■ and Executive. In this view of the case,
; is it good faith, or rather, would it not be
[ a breach of compact for Connecticut to in
troduce negro suffrage, from which would
result eligibility, of negroes to office.
At the time the Constitution was framed,
whites alone were suffragans, and it never
entered into the mind of any one to con
ceive that negroes were then, or would
ever be, looked on as citizens.
A Naval Officer Dead.—We regret
| to learn that Commodore Ballard, died at
his residence in Broad Neck, Anne Arun
del county, Md., on Wednesday night last,
I of a relapse into a violent attack of pneu
monia, from which he was just recovering.
He was upwards of 70 years age.
I Com. Ballard was a native of Mjir-. l !.
and entered the'service on the 2d
I*Bo4, over 51 years ago He receivd to
I commission, which he held at the time of
his daeth, on the 3d of March, 1825, and
served 18 years and 8 months at sea, and
| 15 years and 8 months on shore duty. He
had not been at sea since 1838.—Anna
,polls Republican.
t&“‘ Jane’ what h< the albr.het do
you like best?" '• V.’--" ; .h.n’t l'':e to
say, Mr. M right. nous- use, tell
right out. Jane. Which do you like best?’’
“Well,’’-(blushing and dropping her eyes,)
‘I like U the best.”
“Sam, did you ev -r : able the Cape
of Good Hope?" “ I exp. el 1 have.’—
“ When?' “ Last night, when I put mv
arm around the cape that belongs to the
dress of a young lady that I have good
hopes of making Mrs. Dusenberry”
VIRGINIA ELECTION.
A dispatch from Washington, dated
Friday evening says:
“The general impression here prevails
that Wise is elected- The Democrats
freely offer bets."
After the above had been placed in type
we were*politely handed by a friend the
following letter from an intelligent and
well-informed gentleman, dated
Portsmouth, Va.,- May 25 1855.
Friend 1 promised to send you
the return of our State election.
We received a telegraphic dispatch this
evening, that Wise had 3000 majority in
the eastern part of the State. Caskie, the
Democratic candidate in tha Richmond
district, is elected over the Know Nothing
candidate by 500 majority. Millson,
Goode and Powell, all Democrats, have
elected four out of five, having lost one by
a small majority.
Wise’s majority will be 10,900 in the
State. The Know Nothings acknowlegde
their downfall.
I open my letter to state that we have
received a message that the three counties
that the Know-Nothings bet would give
Flournoy a majority, went for Wise by
6000 majority.
Halifax county, Flournoy’s native coun
ty, gave Wise 685 majority. A reliable
dispatch from Washington, says that Wise
will be elected by at least 18,000 majority
Rockingham county also. gave 2000
majority, and Fluanna county 2000.
Char. Cour. 28th inst.
ENGLISH LORDS ON VsPREE IN ALBANY.
A few days since two persons arrived in
this city and put up at Congress Hall
where they registered their names as Phil
lip S: Dobbins and George S. Rollson. —
They represented themselves as being for
eigners, and as being connected with fami
lies of nobility in England. Their conduct
at least shows that they are fond of sport
ing and riding. They patronized Mr.
Slauson, where they obtained horses and
carriages at a moment’s notice. On rid
ing out the other day, for the purpose of
seeing the country they passed through
Lancaster street, when they observed quite
a pretty young lady sitting at the window
of a private residence. They saluted her,
when she returned the compliment One
of the gentlemen subsequently sent her a
note, solicity her company to a place of
amusement, which she declined, but in
her note she insinuated that he would be
a welcome visitor to her house. The note
was pondered over, but no decided ac
tion was agreed upon until last evening.
They started off yesterday for a ride,
and after getting ashort distance from the
city their wagon broke down. They, how
ever, managed to get it home, but in do
ing this they were obliged to stop at all
the public houses on the way, the result
of which was they got somewhat inebria
ted. After they had returned the horse
and wagon they resolved to make a call
npon the lady in question in T.ancaster
street. This occurred rather late in the
evening and upon rapping at the door they
were met by the young lady’s father, who
denied them admittance. They loitered
around the house for some time and after
another unsuccessful attempt to see the
lady they became vexed, when one of the
gentlemen in anger threw a paving stone
against the door. This created some alarm
among the inmates, when the brother of
the young lady was dispatched to the 4th
district station-house to obtain the service
of a policeman. After throwing the stone
they loitered about the house for some
time, and were finally arrested and taken
to the station house by the police They
were obliged to take up their abode last
night at that place, and this morning they
were brought before Justice Cole, who af
ter a hearing of the case, committed them
to jail. With their pretensions to nobili
ty, they could only show about 828 this
morning, and upon being asked where
they resided refused to give any satisfac
tory answer. Who are they.and where do
they belong ? are questions that will doubt
less be asked by many of our readers
As soon as we are informed we will di
vulge that which is now a secret hid in
their own breasts.
THE SOLDIER IN BATTLE.
The correspondent •!' the New York
Sun, writing from the camp before Sebas
topol,- thus describes the feeling and con
duct of a soldier in battle :
Before the battle begins it is usual to
feel no little tremor, and many cheeks
which are known to be in communication
with stout hearts blanch visibly. As Bffie
conflict becomes imminent courage returns;
and with the first flow of blood an enthusa
ism is raised which constantly increases,
and very seldom flags in the least till the
last shot is fired. The effect of seeing a
comrade shot down is to excite an inap
peasable thirst for vengeance against the
foe, though in the end one “gets used to
it.” When wounded less than mortally,
it is not usual for the soldier to be imme
diately aware of the fact, unless some
bones are broken. A sabre may be run
through any fleshy part of the body, and
a bullet lodge in dangerous proximity to
the vitals, and he, for a long time, be to
tally unconscious ofeven a scratch. When
life is taken at a single blow, the effect
varies with the nature of the wound, as
as well as with the temperament of the
man. Sometimes the poor fellow will leap
high in the air, giving a pierceing scream
and again he will lie down quietly. Of
tener, however, he falls dead without a
struggle. In most cases the features of
the killed remain unchanged for long
time after death—eyes open and brilliant,
and, perchance, a smile illuminating the
face. To see such an one it is difficult,
indeed, to realize the presence of the grim
monster, Death.
Bishop Doane on Women’s Rights—
Bishop Doane, of New Jersey, has no fancy
for strong minded women and in bifurca
tions. In the course of his address the
other day, to the Female Graduating Class,
< t Mary,s Hall, Burlington, after allu
j.-igto the value of intellectual accom
plishments m women, the Bishop never
theless observed:
“The highest human graces that a wo
men ever won have but ensnared her soul
in vanity and sin, and wrought destruc
tion. through their attraeticns,|for the souls'
of others. And intellectual powers and
inteligent gifts, not subordinated to the
providential orderings of God, not chas-’
tened and controlled by His renewing
grace, are, at this time, unsexing women,
and thrusting on tne astonished world a
race of monsters, in that Amazonian crew
who clamor, now, for ‘woman’s Rights,’
such as no mythology has ever dreamed
of."
An autograph letter of Gen. Wash
ington recently sold in London for
at auction:
SINGULAR AFFAIR.
The New York correspondent of the
Charleston Courier writes :
One of the wealthiest and most respect
able merchants in this city, and his wife
have just separated by reason of the in
compatibility of their religious opinions.
They recently returned from six or seven
months tour in Europe, wjiich they seem
ingly enjoyed very much. A few days
after they had settled down at home, his
wife remarked that she would go down
and see her sister, and would not probably
return home until the next morning, he
thought nothing of this. After dinner
the next day he walked down to where
she had been staying, and after spending
the evening very pleasantly, he rose, took
his hat, and suggested to his wife that it
was time to go home. She concluded to
remain there another night. He was
somewhat surprised at this, but saying
nothing returned home. The next day he
received a letter from her, regretting that
it would be impossible for them to live
longer together She accused him of
nothing, and only gave as a reason that
she could live with no one whose religious
views did not correspond with her own.—
She is a Swedenborgian.
An irrevocable separation has taken
place. Mutual friends delicately labored
to reconcile her to her lot, but their ef
forts were fruitless. Both parties are
among the most respectable in the city,
and there is not a breath of suspicion up
on the tame or character of either. The
matter is discussed freely in society.—
She is the sister-in-law of a distinguished
literateur of this city, and the second wife
of the husband, to whom she had been
married only two years.
It is a matter of universal surprise to
the world’s people, that a lady over forty
years; should be willing to give upasplen
did establishment in Union .Square and
every luxury that wealth can purchase,
for the sake of religious principle. She
has passed the romantic age when such
things would be attributed to fancy or fol
ly, and can only have acted under the
strange fascination of some absorbing mo
nomania. Sincere regret is expressed by
all wjio know the parties, either personally
or by reputation. It is a most painful
case.
FILLMORE AND DAWSON.
The Tallehassec Sentinel expresses it
self warmly in favor of Messrs. Fillmore
and Dawson for the Presidency and vice
Presidency, as the candidates of the
“American," party at the next election.
It says :
“Millard Fillmore for the Presidency,
and ex-Senator W. C. Dawson of Georgia,
for the Vice Presidency ip ’s6— that's
the ticket! We know nothing of their
Know Nothing proclivities and care less.
Fillmore has been tried and proved true
—weighed in the balances and not found
wanting—tested in the crucible and came
out pure gold.
“Mr. Dawson is a man of talents and
Southern to the “manor born,” and be
longs to a class of politicians or statesmen
which is fast passing away and of which
there is unfortunately but too few, in these
degenerated times. Few men won for
themselves a more enviable reputation
at Washington, than did ex-Senator Daw
son, during his Senatorial career.
“That’s the card—the American party
with that ticket, will hold the right and
left bowers, and with tact in playing their
hand, may in a pro-slavery platform, lead
off with the ace and make a march.
Death of the Widow of Dr. R. Hi
Bishop.—Remarkable Coincidence.—
The venerable, widely known and well
loved Robert Hamilton Bishop, D. D.,our
readers will remember, died after a long
life of eminent usefulness, at his residence
on College Hill, some weeks since. His
wife, with whom he had lived happily for
near sixty years, was precisely two weeks
his junior, and after his death, tottered
about as if lost, and seemed, though sur
rounded by her affectionate children and
grand-children, to feel utterly alone, and
that this world was no longer the place for
her; and strange to say exactly two weeks
after his departure it was decreed that her
imprisonment here’ should not be length
ened out, and she was caHed to join him
in a better world. His death occurred on
Sabbath morning the 29th April, and she
received the, to her joyful summons, to go
to him at about the same hour on Sabbath
morning, the 13th inst.— Cin. Com.,
Thursday.
THE HURRICANE LAST NIGHT.
As we closed our columns, after 12
o’clock last night, a violent gale of wind
from the north-west commenced—unhing
ing shutters, blowing down trees, and do
ing other damage within hearing of our
office. So sudden and violent was the
wind, that it broke in one of the heavy
doors of A. Bonaud’s grocery establish
ment, at the corner of Bull and Bay streets
forcing it from its fastenings, and wrench
ing its shutters from one ofthe large win
dows of his store.
We have reason to fear that much inju
ry has been sustained by the shipping in
port, and cannot but be apprehensive of
serious results to vessels along the coast.
Fortunately, however, the wind was off
shore, and may have driven them put to sea.
At one o’clock this morning, the gale par
tially subsiding, a rain followed, and as we
close this paragraph, seems to have started
afresh.
The one o’clock train on the Central
Road arrived safely at its usual time.—
Sav. Georgian.
Well Spoken.—A foreign-born cor
respondent of the Pittsbuig Christian Ad
vocate makes the following point:
I have renounced on my oath citizen-[
ship in all the countries, and I am then
to bedenied in tiffs? The Arabs or the '
Tartars might refuse to admit me to their j
rights, but even their sense of honor would !
forbid them to thus ensnare me. I must |
be lost to every country, and every conn-'
try loat to me save the country where the I
arm f man cannot sway the scales of jus- j
tice.
I read my Bible in the language of j
Luther, and learned to be- a Protestant; I
and from my Bible and Wesley I learned i
to be a Methodist. No one asks, me to i
disbelieve the Bible because ft came from
India, Protestantism because Luther was !
a German, or Methodism because Wesley!
was an Englishman. No one refuses me |
a membership in the Church because 11
was born a foreigner. I can join them ’
in praising God for his fav s. and invok-,
ing his His blessing on on- I can I
commune with them at - ment
board, and yet refuse me y will I
cast ther ballot side by siUe with the 1
vilest scouudrel that ever disgraced the i
Boil on which he was born. 1
NEW S ITEMS
The Wounds of the Heart.—You
mav go into a ball-room, writes the author
of “ Human Nature," where there are
two hundred women. One hundred and
ninety-nine of them you will pass with us
much indifference as one hundred and
ninety-nine pullets; but the two hun
dredth irresistibly draws you to her.—
There are one hundred handsomer and
ninety-nine cleverer ones present; but she
alone has the magnet that attracts you.—
Now, what is that magnet? It is her man
tier that charms? It is her voice that
strikes on one of those thousand and one
chords ot your nervous system, and makes
it vibrate as sound does hollow glass ? Or
.do her eyes affect yon, so that you have no
time to reflect, and no opportunity for
your head to judge how you can digest
the notions they have put into it ? Or is
it animal maguetims, or what the plague
is it ?
Later from Buenos Ayres.—Advi
ces from Buenos Ayres to the 17th of
March State that the Brazillian squadron
had been permitted to pass throughout
the waters of the Platte and Parana, in
order to establish the blockade. Three
American ship captains had got into a se
rious difficulty with a sentry, while riding
past the guard-house of Buenos Ayres on
the 7th of March. It ended in the sol
dier stabbing Capt. J. Lincoln, of the
bark Masia, in the breast very severely.
The conduct of the sentry is severely de
nounced, as the captains were proceeding
long quietly when attacked by him.
Later From Venezuela.—A letter
i from Caracas, dated April 26th, states
that the Venezuela Congress had confer
red dictatorial powers upon President
Monagas in order to meet the anticipated
war with New Granada. The American
Minister entertained the President, Cabi
net Ministers, the Archbishop, and the
large party of distinguished personages, at
a dinner given on the 23d, at the United
States Legation. The country had been
visited by fine rains. Pedro Obregon,
worth his million of dollars, had been as
sassinated at Laguayra.
On Thursday, the 26th ult., a dis
patch from Sehastopol was posted at Odes-
I sa, stating that the French and English
I gues were silent, that not a single Rus-
I sian battery, was demolished, and that the
1 greater part of a re-in forcement of 59,000
■ Russians Had arrived in the neghborhood
I of Sebastopol.
' Church Troubles Settled.—Bishop
I Timon has given notice of the withdrawal
of the interdict against the St. Louis Ro
man Catholic church of Buffalo, N. Y,,
and the ban of excommunication from the
trustees. A pastor has been appointed
and services will be resumed. "
fe-b" A German in New York brought a
complaint before a magistiate against a
woman who had stolen 8200 from him but
when the prisoner was brought into Court
the complainant withdrew his plea on con
dition that the woman would marry him,
which she did instanter.
A Capital Idea.—A new clock has
been manufactured down east to be used
in those States iu which the Maine Law
has been passed. Upon the dial, the fig
ures indicating eleven and Jour o,clock are
omitted, and thus the hippy possessor of
the time piece, failing to be reminded of
the accustomed hours of refreshment, for
gets that he is dry.
Sale of Michigan State Lands.—
During the first four months of this year,
about 17,090 acre® of the State lands in
Michigan have been sold for the total sum
of 859,000.
An American Murdered..—A recent
number of the Brownsville Flag contains
a letter from Saltillo, Mexico, giving an
account of an Ammerican named Dr.
> Downs, who was robbed of a large amount
| of money by his murderers, and the Mex-
I iean officials appropriated what property
remained to themselves.
.... The Louisville Democrat of Tues
day says that Secretary Guthrie is confined
by indsposition in that city.
.... A National Sheep Show is to be
held at the village of Bath, Steuben coun
ty, N. Y., the three last days of May, by
| the “ Wool-growers Association of Wes
; tern New York;” and the premiums an
| nounced are from 810 to 875 for the best
pen of five to ten sheep The prizes are
all for fine wool varieties.
Flagstaff at Cristo Cay.—Captain
Leyburn, of the brig Emily W. Leyburn,
which arrived at New York, on Wedness
day, from Sagua La Grande, inform
strangers going to that port that the flag
staff on the Point of Cristo Cay, Cuba, has
been taken down for the purpose of de
ceiving any Filiibusters that may wish to
land there.
A Monster Train.—The Buffalo Com
mercial says that a freight train, consist
of one hundred and forty-four cars, sixty-one
1 of which were loaded with cattle, the bal
ance with miscellaneous freight, left the
city, over the Central railroad, on Saturday.
Seven locomotives were employed in the
drawing process.
.... Mr. Richard Hazard died at New
port, R. 1., on the 16th inst., aged 101
years
Trophy from Sebastopol.—A mus
ket, taken from a Russian soldier at the
battle of Inkermann, has been brought
home from the East by an American trav
eller, and exhibited to the editor of the
Troy (N.Y.) Whig.
“Tincturt of Barley.”—This is the
title of one of the numerous newly named
drinks which are liberally patronized in
Boston, Mass., since the passage of the
prohibitory law in that enlightened and
liberal State.
Heavy Robbery.—On the 17th,acat
tle dealer named S. Weods had 86,00 cut
from his vest pocket by some adroit thief,
in the cars between Utica and Rome,
N. Y.
A Census of Cincinnati, just com
pleted, shows.that city to contain a total
of 25,668 white male inhabitants of the
age of twenty-one and upwards.
Commissioner Manypenny publish
es a lengthy reply in the National Intelli
gencer to the attack recently made upon
him by Col. Benton in reference to the
Beale case and other.maters.
.... Fort Scott, in Kansas territory,
which was lately sold for 85,000, the Union
ventures to assert cost the government less
than that sum, instead of 8175,000 as sta
ted in some of the papers.
.... An English paper reports that the
lords of the treasury have granted to Dr
Dick, of Scotland, the Author of many well
known works, a pension of ten pounds.
BJar - The alabaster manufactures of
are said to be of the most purely beautiful
description possible. The material is
found in abundance in the mines of that
region, and there are numerous establish
lishments which produce, in portable sizes
the antiques and famous statutes of the
world.
The“ Address to the people,” writ
ten by Charlotte Corday, and found upon
her person when she was arrested,was sold
in Paris the other day for 770 fruncs
Shy "The inventor of the steam engine
was certainly a man of great engine-uity.
Watts his name?
SgU“Owen Meredith,’’ whose poems
have attracted so much favorable notice,
is the nom de plume of Mr. Ed. Lytton, son
of the celebrated novelist
Chicago, May 24.—A terrible tornado
passed over Jefferson and Oak counties,
Illinois, and other places north and west,
yesterday. A house situated about one
mile from the Illinois and Wisconsin rail
road, containing nine persons, was taken
up by the wind and scattered in different
directions. Four of the persons were in
stantly killed, and the others are not like
ly to recover.
SECOND DESPATCH.
Chicago, May 24th.—Later accounts
from the region of the tornado say the lo
cality has an incredible appearance. It is
impossible to learn the extent of the dam
age.
DALTON AND GADSDEN RAILROAD.
We are authorised to state says the Dalton
Times that the president and directors of
this road, owing to the tighnessof the times
and the push of the farmers, have conclu
ded to wait until the farmers get through
working their crops, before they do any
thing more towards the road; after which
they intend holding meetings along the
line, and opening books for the purpose of
taking stock, we hope that we may have
good crops, and that all will feel able to
subscribe something towards the building
of the road
A correspondent of the Scientific
American communicates the following,
which may be of value to sportsmen:
“Wash your gun barrels in. spirits of
turpentine by dipping a rag or sponge fas
tened on your gun rod into the liquid, and
swabbing them out three or four times,
when they will be cleared from all impu
rities, and can be used almost instantly,
as the turpentine will evaporate and leave
the barrels dry; even if they arc a little
moist it will not prevent thcirlgoing off,
like water. After being wasned thus,
there is no danger of rust, as when water
is used. lam an old experienced gun
ner, and have practised this for years and
found it useful.”
Speculations in Breadstuffs.—A
letter dated New York, Thursday evening
says:
Flour purchased early in the day was
resold at a profit bf one shilling per barrel
and although Jarge transactions are repor
ted yet a great deal more could have been
sold, ho)dcrs|felt inclined to meet demand
freely. A regular system of advance if
priecs was kept up during the afternoon.
A receiver would sell 309 and 400 barrels
and then advance his price sixpence. An
ter the sale of about the same quantity,
another sixpence would bo added, and so
on until one of the largest receivers closed
his transactions at an advance of 18J and
25 cents per barrel.
.... Steamboat racing on the Hudson
is said to be now of daily occurrence, so
that in a short time we look out for “ burst
up.”
.... Withip a month past upwards of
four hundred boys have been enlisted in
the naval service at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard.
A&fLouis Napoleon says he fears noth
ing so long as he has not fulfiled his mis
sion; but when the Italian shot at him,
“he ducked his head and spurred horse.”
BS£y*The report that a Methodist min
ister, meaning Rev. John Chase,had eloped
from Troy with another man,s wife, turns
out to be altogether a mistake.
It is said that the woodcock in New
Jersey is building its nest, this year, in
open and moist places; and old huntsmen
predict in consequence that the summer
will be a dry one.
BFSK- Gen. Shields visited Stillwater,
Minnesota, on the 12th inst., accompanied
by Gov. Gorman.
The paper, grist and saw mills, be
longing to John Perkins, at Exeter, N.
H., were burned on Friday evening last.
Loss 88000.
Bgu The new liquor law is death on any
more “hard cider" campaigns, and the
whigs may thank their stars that there are
no ex post facto laws.
A Salute. —There was much rejoicing
in Boston, among the abolitionists upon
the passage of the personal liberty bill
over the veto. Thirty-two guns were fired
upon the common on Tuesday afternoon
in honor of the triumph—thirty-one for
the States and one for Kansas.
BAKER IN THE TOMBS.
Bakers arrest was much talked of at
New York on the 18th. After being com
mitted to his cell, which is a double one
on the second corridor, in the Tombs, he
partook of a hearty supper, when he was
left alone for the night. He seemed very
much depressed in spirits, and refused to
see any one except his counsel, James R.
Whitting, Esq., and ex-Recorder Tal
madge. He was walking the floor in his
shirt sleeves when his breakfast was brought
in.
On Tuesday evening the friends of the
prisoner held a private meeting, when it
was resolved that they would do every
thing that lay in their power for his com
fort during his confinement and trial; and
to this end they intend to furnish his cell
in a comfortable style, and have his meals
brought to him from the restaurant.—
They entertain the hope that he will be
acquitted on the plea of Self-defence.
Morrissey, Hyler, Van Pelt and others,
who were arrested for being implicated in
the Poole affair, think that their chance to
get clear is now more favorable, as Baker
was the principal in the affair.
On the otherhand, the Poole Association
intend to hold a meeting to take meaures
for securing Baker's conviction and punish
ment.
Truth Will out. —“Mother sent me,”
said a little girl to a neighbor “to ask you
to come and take tea with her this eve
ning.” “Did she say at what tim., my
dear?” „No, ma’am she only sao .-lie
would ask you, and then the thing woujd
be off her mind; that wag all she said.’’
