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IiY ROUT. A. THOMPSON. 1MCKKXS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, MA If 2, 1H57. VOL. VIII. NO. VZ.
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?EUSQTC? IPOEYKV,
That Man Deserves your Praise.
Know you ft ninnAvhose,early life
I In J little promise hut vf cnro,
Whose prospect^ in Uiia wide world of strife
Woro niiytliiitg but fnir;
Who yet hno.Mep by tdep, uprose
Above the dreium of citflv dny*.. ,
.And smile* upofi his youthful woes f
Tiint liinii <lcscrvc<< your piai^e;
Know yoti'n rnon wlirxc soul outpours
Wild m actio to fneW>d\ous spheres;
"Who niftves mankind'* linlf hidden idoros *'
1 Of Jnyfulnbs'n juid h?arf>;
*" Who sings of what is good and fair,
AiUI wisIich ntriio ann wnrliKo irnyo
Had censed to cause mankind drspair;
That man des^vo? your praise.
Knovr you n man of wealth tirfd fnmo
Wh<> kindly lyndoth to tbo poor.
]JCot seeking to hlazte firth his namo, j '
At cx'^ry rich man's door/,
\Ytto daily doeth good "by stealth
In many different kindly wnysJ
That man has lofty moral health?.
That tnnn dosefvcs your praiso.
Know von n m#n trl.r.
TrUc" moral worth to follow men,
B?v life nrnl action, Mine nml jpcecji,
By pnymont nmjbv pea;
\Vlio nliows unto the rising rnoo,
A tlmus-ftnil tyunljtw rSys,
Throughout tltis viw't cronted *r>acol
Tliftt iiinn do?efvo8 ydur praise. '" "
p?- ?l >i i*i?.? i 11 _ -'i j?l*g?__'
M0&?8?LLA?W.
> * From QrnKrim'* Mnghamc.
Squire Longbow's Second Marriage.
- rviuire ivongoow sincerely mourned tho
loss of his wife?internally ai)d externally.
Kxternally, ho was oue of tbo strongest
mourners I ever saw. lie wore a weed,
floating from his hill, nearly a.foot long.?It
was jlio longest Wce{] that'had over been
mounted at 1'uddleford ; but bur renders
I'jj^W not forgot who 8<jtfiio" Longbow wns;
n TOrttfMrntc; and leading man in oonlmuiiilWkA)hd
while (he reader is about If.ti?
tnny ffiao recollect that the .fJomro- is not
the only <KhM, east or west, who hns ven-'
tured upon'a little osleuintion over the
gbive of the departed;?nor woman either.
Who was to be the n<?:U Mrs. Longbow?
That was the question. The public, indeed.
HHKca H long DiMoro llio Squire. \YI>o was
tohave the honor of prosidingat the Squire's
table ! What woman wi\? to be plnr.pd at
tho bead of society, in Puddlefo'rd ? The
Rnipcscs nn<1 Beagle?, Aunt Sonora, Aunt
Grave#, and Sister Abigail, and scores of
others, all began to spocnlate upon thin jin?
portant subject. Even Turtle and HaW in.
dulged in u few general, remarks.
Aunt Sonora gave . it as her mind, " tlje
S.piire ought to be pretty sk;eery how ho
married anybody, kaso if hp got otio of them
Hippcr-torgibbet sorto' wjinmet), phe'd turu
the whole house pnaido out, and he'd he one
of the most miscrableat of all mon." She
paid "if ho know'd what was good for liiin
fnis:, uts'U jest J-jct'p c!e:>.r of ?!! the vonAirl
gain that wore fitsain* j?nd lighting -round
him, and go right iri tor fiomo old" stand-by
of n woman, that know'd how to take lllje
brunt of thinga?'but, lors-a-me," continued
Ailnt Sonora, Mlh?*e'a no doing nothing
with these old widowers?they're fill like
my Uncle Jo, who mprricd in a liurry, and1
repented ?fterwnrda-?--and th? nnnr /l r
ol<l soul nriTC luu! n minute**
me awipeeea'and ISonglefc, who, it will
bo recollected, belonged tp a cliqno that
hnd fn time* n?stf warred Against Jiongbotr
Co., "tho't it would be Knrtfuefid for (ho
Siiuiro to mrfrry nt rilj?:il would bo nn {n?
??lt agin tho tniiwOry of poor old - Mrs.
I' I/ongbow, who waR dead ?ud gone." (Sotjffc
people, you know, reader, abuse the living.
vifU)ut defend tho di'Rd.) " And if the Squire
"jhould inarrv. then tdmuM tKiiiU fA? /,*.??"?
: ' ***_? T' vvv
part, llmt slio'd rise up out of her grave,
and haunt him! She could never sleep
easy, if she knowM that she ?><piirc had got
some other woman, who was eating lVer
firosarveA, and wearing out her clothes, and
ofding it dver tho houno like nil poasoss'd."
Other opinions were expressed by otlier
persons?in fact, the Sqmro's widowhood
was thogteat concern of Pnddloford. "He
wan ?<? well grrtn (to/' ns Aunt Sqnora used
to call it, that ho was considered a groat
" catch." 't '7vV.
After ft low weeks of sorrow, tlio Squiro
himself really began to entertain notions of
matrimony. It is trutf, lie had passed the
ago of sixty, nnd it required a groat effort
to got op a sufficient amount of romance to
carry out such an enterprise Symptoms
began, however, to wax string. T!Vo first
farming indication <Vrts his attendance al
<aiwrel?. The Souire. biul always b?cn n
Jjind of heaven, in this respect, and had
far many years set a poor examplo ; but
poopU, who wont to marry, will go tyt
nhttmh WlitttW ll>i? to Jnn* ***? A
_-T ... .,vs??vr ?i?W IN.UVIIO %W JjJV* UJ/ W
reputation, simidj to- take a ??ir?e^ of
lb* unappropriated female Block yet retnnipjnf
OSi Iwuid. 1 cannot ?av.
The Srjuir# vra# '' fixed fip1' amazingly,
the first t(m? I na^him #t ohtjroh. (lis
hair had been cut, and thoroughly greased.
His shiit.collar covered !?? ears; and bis
boots shone like ft mirror. Aunt Sonorn
said ho looUd enymopt a* good *P no*'"
Ai.nt (Jraves was in the ohoi* that dawand
WW *i>ng ft* *l?e ?ever d9?g before. She
\i!ov*e^ heavy ?t rainft of mu?t**rrtrain*
tmf'fitA her on ber toear-MeoUy
fcquifo T^ngbow'a faco, Whether
Aunt Graves b?tl any design in tbi?, in morn
than I can say ; but I ?<*ti?o<L>oma Uptoffo*
k about the SquU^M 1||mv <*n4 a *l'e*|?y vurfc
of the aye, that looked a litttoliky uinflnCifc"Vim,
If- W ihtfouhMjA* too, such on j 1
pW ca?Uo ahwM be ?5.prt?cU kgr n^e#??
But l.lje Squiro exhibited other symp- j
loitis Of"uVnttiiTiAr.J*. Hi gfew VftntA nr>m- I
pous in his decision*, disposed uncases more j
summarily., and* Quoted law-latin more frequently.
It was about this timo that hp ,
talked about tho " nux votriiea" instead of :
' vox Popiili." Ho used to "squash" pro
ceedit^s beforo "the caae wrta "half preaentod;
and, in the language of Turtle, "he ,
toro nroutfd at a great rate." Turtle aaid j
"the old Squire was getting to be an ohl .
fool, and-ho waa goin' to havuhiip married, i
or dismissed from otfico?tlioro waru'l 110
livin' with him."
There woro a great many anxious mothers
about I'liddluford. who" were very desiroiis
of forming an allinnco \viyi the Longl?ow
family. It'iven Mr?. Swipes, as mfleh
as she openly opposed the Squire's mar
riaj;e in general, seerotlv hobed n Annrlr !
. ! ' l |
might bo% BfrUcK up bctwfcon him nnd her |
daughter, Mary Juno Arabella Swipwi; nnd j
Mfs. Swipes was in the habit of sending Ivor '
daughter over to the SqnirO'h to inquire
of hint " to knovV if she couldn t do
suimhiu' for liiin in his melancholy condilio.it;"
Am) SUtor Abigail wont several times
to " put thirlgs to rights,'' and was as kit>?l
and obliging, and tlio Squire's
want#, as over Mrs. Longbow was in her i
palmiest days. On these occasions. bister l
Abigail used frequently to remind tlio
Squiro of " his great bereavement, and
what an angel of a wife ho had lost; and
that things dido't.look as they used to'do,
when she was around, and alio didn't wonder
ho took on no, when the poor thing
died."
J?ut, reader, Ike Turtle had ordered things
otherwise. lie was dotermined'tostrike up'
a match between the Squiro and Aunt
(trave*. 60 Ike inado a special visit to
Aunt (Jraves one ovenincr. for the nnroose
of"survoying find Bounding along'the coast
to sofe how tlio waters laid, nnd how the old
rod) would tnko it,"-to use his langungo.
I-.hovc already gtvon no outline of Aunt
Graves; but t will now frny further, tlmt she
nevftr had an oflfor of matrimony in hor
whole lift*. fsho was what is termed ft
"touchy" old nTftid. Sho professed to hate
men, ntVuctcd great distress of mind when
thrown into their society. Aunt Graves was
just ironing down tho.seams of a coat that
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?uv uiivj IIIUOUCU, 1KU CIIIICU.
Ike opened ihe conversation by reminding
Aiu.t Graves ?hnt " sho was iivin' along
kinder lonely like."
" Lonely 'nouuh, IVpose," she replied,
snappishly.
" Don't ytoi nevor hnvo the blifes, and
get sorter obstrep'roup ?"
Aunt Graven' didn't know as ihe did."
" Why, in the name of old Babylon, don't
you marry V\
" Marry ! Ufa marry?marry a man?a
great, awful man !* and tlio iron, flew thio'
(]|A OArtm'o l'l?n 1?
wvn?i'n MAC
14 Yes," continued Ike, "many?fnn'vry a
man?why, woman, you nre gating as old
arid voIloW as autumn leaves. What have
you been livin.for ??you've broken all the
law# of Scrfyicr inter piopes-r-nnd Icecon
breakuj' on 'em?:adding sin unto sin, jfnd
transgression unto transgression, awl the
thing's got-ter be sbopocjlj Now, Aont
Graves what do you think?ther.e's Squire
Longbow, as Uesolato as Sodom, and he's
> ..VIIIMU, V, ll?V "ill (URIltt
run as crazy as a loon a thinkin' 'bout bis
household affairs; ami you know how to
CiWit rtnil In mno!> ?" ' ? '? ?
.-v ...?v? o ivi IIM^I.V ^
pickles nnd qoapj and llion, you're a projx.r
ngc--wha{ say ?" f
Aunt Graves ran lo tho fi'ro, plunged Iter
goose intc/ tho aabef>, and gave con!? o
smart stir. Sho tlioo dropped down iu her
largo rocking-chair, leaned her cheek npon
her elbow, fixed be.r eye6 upon the tlo6r,?nd
came'near going off (uto hysteric*. ,
* Ike diished a little water into Atiht Graver/
faco, and *ho revived. After having gained
she in-snhstanee to
Ike's query in a rery langushing, die-away
air: "She couldn't nav?she di<li>'?. L-nnw_
if it was a duty?if she could really believe
it wa? a duly?if she was railed on to HM
poor old de?d-and-gGne Mrs. tongboir*?'
place?folk* were borh inter the "world to
jlo good, and she had no for boon one of tfie
most, unprolitablest of servants ; but sho
couid never m. try ori Iter own account?"
" In othor words/'exclaimed Ikej ou^trng
her short, "yon'il go it."
Aunt Graves .agreed to M reflect on't."
It wa9 not long After this consultation
that Mrs. Swipes began to "smell a rat,"
na >U o?;j -- J J " *
.... amvi, mm wiiuiiKnuca Mary ? nno
Arabella " oevof to darken the doolft of that
old hog; Longbow, agin; and as for tlint female
/jiitter, Graves, she'd got a ht.ftbafid
ttying down.at the Eaftt'ard, and they'd
?at into prison for Hf? the first thing tbey
now'd." ; H ' &
Bitter Abigail declared " she'd have Aunt
Graves i'.irned aht of fttihrnS If mn?ri?/l
<i man who warn'fc. a member." This was
ft great deni for Staler Abigail to 3?y, f6r
fthie had been iho bosom mepd of Atint
(irnve* ; - peo|?to out of church a::d people;
in the church, 'shouldn't ortcr jine themselves
together?it was ngin Borlpter, ftnd
nlld everything inter a
Wbt fke Turtle had dooreed thai the marriage
should co on. 'iFo oven. went ?r? far
MR To the ft rat latter of thfl SqvrireYte.l
Aunt Orave*. T'ii* 'alter, whio.li U'o exhibited
to W? friends, n* one of Aft l?o>,t literary
?pe(?imcn#, >va% mrJeo<M curio#Uv| I
proauino tl/ere jsnothiog ol*?!iko ii On Ao- ,
tVica of tlio glolio. Jt opened byIrtforijirinjf
AWl Qrnvca tfwtt ?h\co\<|e '< loss of Iris wo
(>vm, i<? *u?3! very %nr\c\f?X*r,
teakhrt fffc Ms m?n<I orilo ftnyllMg?thatfc
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the w?orld didn't seem at nil hs it nueu lo
do-.-ll>at ho and his woman lind li.v'd in
peace for thirty yearn, nn/l tlio mnrrin?e
state wart nat'rnl to liinl?that he hnd hilll.M
A..?< ...... ??- - n?i
mho nnu riunt vnuvcf) OIllUU UIU VUfV 1ITRI
time ho see'd her, nnd so did his woman
too nnd many more delegationsVlf similar
import, nnd it >vn8 signed "J. Longhow,
Jus'ioe of: >o Pepoe," and sealed too, like
his legal processes, that Ins djgnity might
command, even if his parson did not win,
the nllVctions of thia-cldorlv damsel.
v Aunt Graven surrendered?anil nil tin?
within two months after tlie death of Mrs.
Ldnghow, The Squire cast off lii$ weeds,
and nindo viotunl preparations for matrimony
; and on a certain night?I shall never
forget it?the affair cantc off.
Thcro was a groat gathering at the
SaUircLV?a Fort of general invitation had
bocn extended far and near?tho Swipes
niwl ltn.w,!o. A...VC
V4, i/viiuivo. iiuiu uviiuih, mill (til. VJrre/11
preparation had been made in the way of
eatables. Tbe Sqtiird wa?. ringed in Knew
suit of" home-made," (niado by Mrs. Longbow,
too, In her life-timo--* white vest,
and he worn ?* ubitotV bandana n$ck handkarfimef,
with heavy bows, that buried his
ehin. ant] a "pair of pumps and clouded blue
stockings. Annt Graves' dross cannot
bo described. She was a mass of .fluttering
ribbons, and she looked as though-'
she would trtfce wings and fly away.
Ditrelow Van Slvck and Iko Turtle run
ducted the marriage cbremony?the one
topk the ecclesiastical, the other the civil
management. When the couple were ready,
Surtle sat down in Trout of thein with the
stillutes under his aim, with tyigelow at his
tight hand.
Turtle examined the statute^ Amid pjrofoupd
silence for some time, turning down one leaf
here and another there, until he found himself
thoroughly prepared for thasolemn occasion.
Finally, he arose, and with n gravity
that np man ever put on before or Bince,<
e.rclaimcd?
."Miss Graves, hold up.your right hand
and swear." ' . - i
Miss Graves said "she was a member of
the churfth, and dar'sent swen**."
tUe said it wfts "le?/al sweariiur lie wnrif.- I
r> - r? ;
ed, 'cording to thestnterts?^ot tl\e wicked
sort?he wanted her to swear that she whs
over fourteen years of ago?hadn't got no
husband living, nowhcie-rwarn't goin' to
practice no fraud nor nothing on Squire
Longbow?and that she'd jest as good ?
right to get mni'ried now as she ever hud."
M'< s Graves looked blank.
Squiro Longbow said "he'd run the risk
of the fourteen years of age and ihe fraud,
and finally he would of the whole ouH. The
Htatcrls was well pnoughi bui it worn't to
be presumed that fi Justice of the pea cc would
run hgin 'em. Some folks didn't know 'em
-bo did." J
Ike aiiid "tliero was sonpetbhig anolhe* in
the filHtoit about wimin'R doing. things,
'without ah J fear or compulsion of anybody,'
and he guessed ho'd take Miss Graves
htO another room, and examine her s^pu^
rnlfiv a??d apart iron hoi4 inlende.d bus
bantf." Thiq was a joke of Turtle's.
-The Squire snid " that . meant married
wjmin?Arior the rcremonj- wa? over, thai
cro would be very- li'gal and proper."
MlH. otijrl " for '>?r part, ?hr
thought the oath or-ter be put?H would
be an awful thing to see a pour crofur forced
into nyerriage.:
Sister Abigail thought so too.
'Aunt Sonora hoped there wouldn't be
.noJhin' did wrong, "so' the people could
take-ihe law on 'em.
eal/1. "iKu# *
~ u.uii lunb nicy iiTvuii i imy mi cm
fret tiifir gizzards?lie wap responsible for.
the In' on of the case."
Bigtlow then ro>c, nnd told the parties
to jihe hands', qnd while thoy were fined, lie
wanted tfie whole company to sing a psalm.
The psalm was 6ung.
Bigelow then commenced the .wedding
process. "Sqnire Longbow," exclaimed
Bigelowr?"thi? , is your second wffe and
some folks sny th? third, nnd I hope jou
feel the aVrfuf position in which you find
votfrte.f."
'five Sfprire&md "he 'oil easy nnd resigned?h'd
gone inter it ?rom respect to hU
woman who was no\r no more."
" You do promUe to take tliis 'ere Womnn,
to eat her, ?n J drink her, nnd keep her
in things to wear, so long- ns you and her
lives ?" '
" I do that ve.y thing," responded the
Squire.
*" An'! you, on yotir part," continued
Bigelow, turning to Aunt Grave*. "promise
to behave yourself and obey tho Squire In
all things V
Aunt G rnve# said "she wouldrP?ovidence
permuting." .
This marriage cercmohy, I belicre, to
nearly word f6r word,
"Then," w?id Turth*, ^wh'eel jour?elveg
into line, rtnd let** Imtfe rt dance,^nnd draw-,
in# out his fiddle, the whota crowd, in fiv?
minutes were tearing down.at* rn^st furious
rate; and, when I departed, nt about
midnight, the storm was raging still higher,
tho wjmkev and hot water circulated freely.
Turtle looked qjiiia abstracted About Ju?
AVAa An/1 tilfc IaaUIa^s ? "
y"i ? ?*' ???o iwivfvuo wen- ^luwinv more
nndtnoro uncertain. IJulliphnnt's face nhorie
like h (IrUmmomMight, the vojees of the fwmnlcs,
ft' little aUmulrtted, were as noisy find
contused ?s those of Babel, nnd your humbly
n?rvant---*hy, Ire walked home >f&
ttrAlghtas ? tfuH?~-of ccturpA V? <J?l?und
?m able (o dUlingutah ? hnyninck fi6nt A
meeting- house, Anywhere nlvwg tb? re?&
Povcatt is the toother of nil nrtr. ?1
1 1 11 I '* " I " n - 1 '
PSLOTBOAL,
The Democratic Party- Its Unity and
Prospects. ,
Winners nr? not-unfreqiipnt ih tile history
of Hny nnd M'ery pnrly when,' by some,
violent nolilirnl rmiviiU'inni nn/?i?1?ivf ?-!?-.
. ?; -i.
cu instances In extensive" localities, or extraordinary
emergencies in matterstemporarily
affecting the interests of certain States or
sections, moie immediately rnil perhaps
more Anxiously than usual, they have been
miidc to waver, and have been sometimes
seiiously threatened with prostration, if not
destruction, Ami ftn their principles are
strong or weak, th'ev are <>n?hlpfl ini.iii.nnn.
o # ' / ;? ter
opposition mid ndversity, with hopes of
success or defont, jnst rs tho forest tree
withstands the Klbrrn, with limbs untopped
nnd hody unshaken, if its roots nre deep nnd
its branches 6tout; or re^ls nnd rocka bonentl)
iho tempest's blnst, from its tppnwM
bough to its bnse, if it bos a shallow hold |
upon the eftrth of which it is the offspring.
The Demoorntic. pnrty of this country h?s
1 _ I l/ ?
unci us tests ?ncj ivjals us well as tlie old
Whig party, and the ephemeral factions thai
have hung upon the skirts of both, before
and after battle, in quest of prizes apd spoils.
There have been dark days in ih<- cftleiidm
of Democracy, but :ls pole-star, the Consiitution,.
hi never been hidden from view by
the clouds-lhnj lmve lowered o'er our house
and almost at times eclipsed the glories of
the past, the aspirations of the present, and
our hop<>s for the future. Patriotism may
bt* encrificed lo sordid self-interest; expediency
mny predominate over principle,; dlr.Irust
nnd fenr mny drive the Dugnld Dnlge'.tys
of Democracy into the ranks of nn
opposition imposing in nppenrnnce, but it is
impossible to destroy the vitality of a party
tn??l is indispensable to the existence of the
government, which hns grown with its
growth, nnd sttcnglhened with tU strength,
until, lik" the ivy vine on nn nntiquo wnll, it
in so intertwined that itennnot be torn nway
without tearing the wnll will) i(. The old
Wing party withstood storm* iitid shocks
with mi astonishing tenacity. But, like dilapidated
buildings or infi- m old trei 8,'lj frll
at last from its own feebleness, nn'ft >alm,
still day, when those who ?At in its shadow
wore wistfully regarding it with reviving
hopes. In the interval between *62 nnd
56, like n giant superanuated and worn out
with wars arid wounds, what was left of
Whiggory fell; solitarily. and so softly rs
barely to break the stillness of that silent
llOlir. wliirli <5iini?f>'vt?>ft it l).?.
to the Presidency. Since that day the
Democratic party has proved its pntriolism,
and llifl power of its principles, conclusively,
to tens of thousand*) of those who were once
its most prejudiced nn^l apparently implacahie
enemy.
Hauling' with abolitionism in the North
and Know Nothinghm in the Soinh,its nutionalitV.
consistency and urtVarvint* ndhfi.
fence to principle have been manifested
more cfearly than perhaps pvj?r b<?fpre. An*'
therefor? those who have been edprated as
opponent? of Democracy, whose "early esse*
ciations taught thrm to denounce itnsrt poli
ical Pandora's bo>?, have had an opportUv
nlty tvf witnessing its working under chcumatances
>,nlCqlatcd to lefet iu And consequently
our i**nk? have been rcinforced with
hosts of our old enemies, who have como lor
(U?, not as captivej*, bnt na oonvrrts, whose
prejudices have yielded iol>on*Ht convictions
of judgment, and who arc now,?where they
flfO they should everhxve been?standing
by the Constitution^ shoulder to shoulder
with the followers of the tiue failli of the
Fathers of tl\o Republic.
ine Uemocrntic partf is dfctirtjjful-died
fot its unity, from the simphrSet, that it is
h:?sed upon principles applicable. alike Jn
one section of the Union and fn every othpr,
to-Nipw Hampshire pud.'J vxas, to Ohio
and Alabama. The prinriplefi of the Whig
party"' were national enough, if"tV*?t had been
all that was needed, in Atftfiiae it.", But
mey were radically wrong in polfcy, an ihey
were nfeo to** alrongf? leading to centralr/a*
iron at the expense of State sovereignty and
in contradiction to the construction of the
government.' The rights of the several
States, as di6tin<Ji'from the Federal Oovifnrr.ent
wrre never safe in Its keeping ; while,
wirh the Democratic party, the mosi prominent
characteristic i?inee itsorcrania'ition has
been 4)l? inflexible adherence to the rights
of the aoffreign States, nnd always with n
due regard for the prerogatives assigned tfrihfi
fcroneral Governirt' ht.
Lato events have bfcen such ns to leave
no margin for evasion or equivocation on
the p*rt of political pnrtie.s In this Country,
Posiiivo principle* in all their native nakedt.
L-i Li ;i ? ...
jjvkj'j or loruvti, nnv? own oronj(i)l
to J)OAr directly upon the politic* qf (he
eonniry, Questions' not miscpptihlw oi" debate,
except up.on the high ground of conslitiilionalily,
have nlmosi pxclusiycly en:?
tfn^ed public attention. And it ts' to tha
Democratic party thrrt the nation hfls turned
for n vindication of the Constitution and the
protection of the Union. '
Nnrtlrnml South. East and. Want. tl'.p
wnifrtro ik wAged now, n* *ver, upon the
nroe pU'form and (ho Biirne principle#, on
the pnri of (hp pemncmcy. Doyjjln* of
Illinois 'Pnucy of Connecticut, Alexander
of New Jersey, nod nil'that noM6 bnpd of
Northern Nutionnl Democrat*, Ivwe }* eh,
nnd nre still, lighting under .the itwie fhig
t hnt Hon to over Wifonod Hunter of Virgini<V
Cobb of G*flrgwt? .Jones of TennrMee,
PkHeew of ftnuth Cnrolum,,and ihcrt' thofr
j?an?h of eo lnhorew find eonfwres thronghout
*.lie South.
" 1 .> .in ..... y , i i
Such n parly must always triumph nn
Innpr ns prtUimUhi if> alive in tlx' heart# of
Americans and principle# lire resorted to for
the adjust men' of difllcullies and the dissipation
of dangers.
The South is of course considered safe
for Democratic principles since the vote of
November t. And in the North there
nre mo?t encouraging indications that our
cause i? strengthening. In Now England,
in the North west, ami indeed almost cveiywhere,
where the people have Bpoken at iIip
polls since the election of Mr. Buchanan, the
Democratic p;?rty lms been sbo'.rn to be
gaining gromul.
liui lev us not relax our efforts or iibnte
our zeal, as long i(? ihe'ro is .in pholition fanatic
in Congress or Black Republican parly
in ihe countryRichmond Ktiqiiirer.
Guanadian Oltkaokh.?A Havana letter
of the 10)Jj instant, received in Now
York, pays :
i no news brought bv tho fiteamor Grenada
from Aspinwall, ? flown that eomipunitV
in want of instant protection fronl tho
Government of llic United Slatos. The IT.
S. Minibior hns boon grossly inputted bv
the Government of New Granada?hootcl
at in tlio streets by mobs ; the lives of passengers
and citizens of the United Slates
living on the Ishmus threatened. The danger
of another outrage is imminent. They
look for effective protection, and it cannot
bo too raady.
Wo have one British brig of war in port:
the Mariner, Commander Pailiser.
J'ottsviPj;,, A pi5! 20.?1? corfitn^n-!
ced snowing hero yesterday evening, about
seven o'clock, and continued all night.?
This morr.'ng the enow is about eighteen
im-hefe deep.
Ukauino, Ta., April 20.?Tt bagan to
hiiow hero last night about 9 o'clock, and
still coniifiues. Tho snow, which is very
wet and heavy, is eight or ten indices deep.
The weight of it, this nloming, broke In
part of the roof of tho Reading Railroad
workshops, but fortunately, of the large
number, of workmen engaged in it, none
were much hurt.
Dikd, on Tuesday evening, the 1 Gtli inst.,
| in IVatfvillej Mrs. Mary- S. Glenn, wife of J
Win. (ilenn.
The cause of the decease of Mrs. Ghmn,
in the prime of early womanhood, was tho
intemperate use of snuff, Wo hope thoso
who are in the habit, of indulging themselves
in the usaof this unhealthy article will take
warning from the early death of this nufortunato
lady.?Spulhcrn Statesman.
Tub Prbss for tub Lonoon Timer.-?
We find t)ie following in one of our English
exchanges, in rutbrenoo to lhe' now
press in process of construction fortbeLorv
don Times:
i ."Tho most remarkable feattfrn in th<\
present case is, tliat tl?o machine is buing
mn'deMii'England. Mossra. lloo A Company
ha\'A intcen a.portion of tfic works of
. Mesara. Whiteworih Oo., ^InVicheater, for
this purpose. and one of their Yoremen is
now superintending tfie consti urtion of the
I machine. Most likely this plan has been
adopted toaave the import duty on machinery
and the cast of carriage) When this
machine h erected, two boors will sufliro
to work,off the day'b publication. It has
been calculated by a printer that thero aro
70,000 more letters in the Times and supplement
than in the .New Testament. The
<vear and (oar of type is so great that }t 1ms
been usual for-the publishers of the paper
Jo renew tbc founts every New Year's Day.
'l'hose types are calculated to weigh seven
tons, and as ihev are worn out in ? year it
will grye some idea of the cost of a daily
newspaper. The type is made by Messrs.
NHIlur ?v K'tyh*rdvof Edinburg, who have
imroduoed a new -material* much hardor
than any hitherto made, and which costs
the printor a trifle moro than tb? ordinary
type, ^hat thlfr is)>onefioijil to the propria
Mors uf the Times, is evident by the tact
that they are now, at the end of March;
185*7, using the founts supplied in January,
18o6, the hardness of the typo having so
far provdnled "the necessity for renewal."
IvVP^TfAk-fl AO !? *.. L
.?r i nr. ItOS,? IV IMS
boon considered that the Chrnese wore not
I aft io"*c?{??c p?r>jp>!o; nnd vet t!??? wm?Io
[ appear to bo a mistake. Tf?e art of print1
i i'ng was known in Ohina nino hundred
I years before anv knowledge of it prevailed
in England. Printing was first introduced
into Kiirope early in tue fifteenth century.
Tiio Chinese printers wore yenernlly itinerants.
They next disco* ered the magnetic.
neadlo: this took plnca in tha traditionrtry
pcrforf, when the Vello'v I^mOeror. hav
in#.-missed his way, a little carriagft was
built, on iho top of which was a figure,
which always point?) to the north, and
tfittsCfi? route was discovered1. The effects
of the loadstone were rilso' mentioned ir.
their dictionary. We tfere also pt'ouaby
indebted to lh? Chinese for th* mariner s
compass ; far it hart been long known to
rhem befofO; it was to ?*. O'tfnpowdef tfas
Invented (here many centuries befovo ii was
VnAum In I* J* * ?: ? ? * *??*
....w ?. .. u j n*^-inii\r| niiu it m n Miij(innr WRl
tfiROthe component pnrt* were noni-ly the
same iw? the European mixtilrev
'vv' ' Jfc?. ' *7
mwT man l)W in hi.^own Ufa follies
onought ;Jn his own mind* trouble enough;,
in his own fortunes, evil enough, without
being curious aHor the atfuiits ot" others
Tf vo\i have K frfeftd who I'oVcs yon,who
frto att*fte<T to* r interest and Sappinesd,
defended you when persecuted and troubled
be Mird 'to him ih his adversity1.
. . )
. From tho Liverpool Journal.
Foreign Intelligence.
The toh-grnphic HnnouncrmriU sent from
MhIu lo the Admiralty respecting M>e ^ishP8
nf tho Emperor of China for pence H
hardly hpmo out hy the full details which
have ?cmne to liahd hy tho Overland Mail.
On l.ltn rnnlfui'v il ia t*n?#l ?ho# l!i? --
has ex pressed the highest confhicncc in Yeh,
j?nd had given hirp orders, in the event.of
lenienk. measures failing, to "drive tlie barbarians
into the. pea.' The Nortl) China
Herald says : " We Ieain on the most re-'
liable authority that in consequence of the
rttliitllinn of tKo K.i*.U?*Sumo ? " ?
. , v? vr? *?iv ivivikii u'liuniinuo III Villi*
ion, the attention of llie government in PoUin
hasnlrendy been directed tc the defences
at Tientsin, the porl of I lie capital/'?
The same journal, in ft later issue, says?
41 We hear upon unquestionable authority
that an.Iiflperiuf edict has bpen transmitted
to the Governor-G"iter?l and Governor of
the provinces of Keang eu, Che Keang, and
Ku Kit'n, giving orders as to the treatment
qf ihi bni haii'inn in the present difficulty^
They are to rnalie defensive preparation, but
quietly, so hs not to alarm the people. Yeh
i? ordered not to push mutters In cslrfmKy,
but to avail himself of opportunities to reestablish
peace."
miqtrriftft Tkacihuy on Board sutr.?
Hono Kono, Feh. 15.?Another frightful
Coolio tragedy is reported from Swntow,?*
having occurred on bo>ird * he Frenfch ahif?
Anais. of 032 tons, which left that place on
the 20th .January, will) Coolies for Havana.
The following day llic Coolies rose upon
and overpowered the crew, killed the captain.
supercargo and chief mate, (the supercargo's
son*) and run the vessel on shore ?t
'i'ong lae, about ,fiv? miles above Breaker's
Point. The rest of the crew, with the sur
peon, are riuo on snore, and well treated by
the -Chines, but held for a ran<otn of five
hundred dollars', and the ringleaders amonjf
the Coolies are in custody and will be given
up to tho French author ities.
Sanqt'inauv Co>ffuctfl amono tflk ZcLtr
Tuinen.?A Natal correspondent of the
Dnilv News, in n loiter of 11th December
last, gives some shocking details of the in-*
lernecino warfare recently waged between
the Zulu tribes "The events anticipated
in fiv nhuArvniint^o # ?*-* <! /? o*l ?*-1
. ........u u? n.? <u uuvi-lllHUf rp-*
gliding the Zulu nation beyond (lie Tageli*
have been realized. On Monday last ?
dreadful struggle tool? place between lo,?
000 and 10,000 blacks on the banks or the
'fugcla, which you know isonr boundary ta
the northeast. The carnage was horrible,
M?n, women nnd children, from the oldest
age attained by the race, to suckling infant^
lay dead and dying in hundreds. On Taes(fny,
when Mr. Sheptone, secretary for nn-?
(ivn hft .ira ** rAoofl/l ? '? * ? ? *
iiio 11TCI IU ruiiKe nrm^
sell acqi^inifid V?i.h (he flnprct of the ivnr
after the pursners had left the victims 6f
tjiorr fiendish rnge,some of the women, with
children on their bucks, had been killed by
n stogie thrust of the assrgay, passing
through Infant nnd mother. The river bore
down to the sen the bodies of those who
werfc killed !n the wnler, or drowned, Attempting
to cscape into Natal. The' pursuing
party turned away from the river,-and
li rr> n.iro uto/khI!"" I
..u.. incuwuiycB over llio
whole country."
Tiik New Paumamk5JT.-*-T)tc total number
of members returned un \n the 3d at
noon, was &2;V Xl\e Globe sny's that of
three 325 are Liberals nnd 210 Tories. The
gain fn the counties is fl, ftffd in the boroughs
2o~-tol'rtl 34. The e^inties gained
since Saturday nre South Deibyshiro, South
Essex. Herefordshire, Huntingdonshire, ?nd
A vreshire. oup mpmhm* oo?ii
Y'i'
EJECTION IDIOTS AT IvmoKHMISSTKR.
There has boen ?j nio$t shocking and disgraceful
rlot.nt Kidderminster. 'I'he candidates
for tho representation of the town
were the Right Honorable Robert Lowo
and Mr. Boycott, a local solicitor and a conservative.
Amongst the working classes
there secflns to hove been a fory strong feeliiior'aSnifW
fhn ~ e. ?
o , in, ??iy?r 01 me
Tutter ; and at thr?e o'cfiKk ott/Saturday
afternoon (the carpet mills hnvin#?loscd at
two.) n crowd of about 9,C Unpersons asscm*
bWl in. front of the hustings, whcfo iho
polling wns'yojng on, and began to pelt
Mr. Iiowc and hts fvtcnda with Rtones. A
nufnbor of persons were thns severely
wounded, and the crowd called on Mr.
Boycott and his nupporters to go away, bo
turn irttrv Kin wr, f/wc. Mr, Boycott
refused to interfere, Ami at h quarter tr*
four, though requested io- atop, he nnd his?
friends left the husimf?*.
The-ki'lvn'Ml p*nfy Iffcrf then to fly, ho#
Ihey were hotly pursued nnd atoned. Mr,
Lowe, together wjljy the Mayor and n few
of 'his piTricipM Piif/porter:*, attempted to?
leave the spot in a cool and orderly Planner,
but they were assayed with j?fclV ftirv
hy the cowardly'mob, that they IVae? fo-HV
iniO tllf? flint nla/.o "t ..?f ' l'- " *
_ .... rM,v? ui ir.iu^c mm. presenter
itself. Mr. Lowe had lite tfcuil fractured,
ttioutjn il i? hoped not rfaftgrrously ; m-any
^Hn'ty^rnpft'wr'r? r(reaming with lMoo?f from
gitohtss orl the ivnd faces, aevevhI
were kooefced down nnd nearly trampled"
orf, wbtfp shunned ,by the Uowa from
miaarW; and others wore fwu fully bruised
m the fesa exposed parts of ihe ho v. The
pdice and ilte.fpeeial constable* t*er??
atoned i a vast number of windows wcro
i * *
nroKcn, nnd the (tr^na i>f violence nn(!
^rrtotion w?? onty atnyed ty' ih<r anifnl of
n troop of HhsWb from Rirminghnwi. Hie
L-wi. ?eeow>i* Mate ifwit }j*wt, thotstfh his
injurhB Are oriou*, *\* progrcMing mi li* factory
towards rocovcry.