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DOUGLAS TO THE HESCTJE."
- Old Scotia's war-cry peals again, -
Columbia hills and valleys o'er,
IU ringing slogan rouses men,
With echoing sound from shore to shore,
"Thai Douglas" to the rescue! stand!
"The Douglas" of 'our native land!
The mutterings of a coming storm
drawl in the distanoe, fierce and low,
The nation waits with palsied arm ,
A oontest fraught with gloom and woe,
Till "Douglas" leads a chosen band;
The Douglas" of our native landi
. From mountain top and meadowed glen,
Our gliltering flag is on the ware;
We'll rail round it. stalwart men, -
Oar, nation's bulwark strong and brave .
"The Douglas" is our banner man,
. " The Douglas" of our native land t '
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Then forward, freemen, to the fight t
. O'er hill and valley sound the alarm I
We strike for Libert and Right;
.v-b Oar country bids as bare the arm,
Then pledge "The Douglas" heart and
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. ' w.f?The. Douglas" of our native landi .
tlti--' .- :r'--' . . ' Haoab. :
Kbwbsbx, Greene County, Alabama.
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' 'From the Hartford Times.
fZunerj Ballad for, the Wide- '
.Cl 1 r.vi i Awakes, . . . . '.
- ;H B-flL THAT M ABB " SPLIT.
ThiV& the Brtl that Abe" split. : 1
This is the man
MAW
that
fetched the rail that
split,
These are the delegates, honest men, '
Who voted for States where they'd never been,
And ' hurrahed for the man who fetched the
d 'rail that "Abe" split.
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This is Greeley of Oregon,
Who fought the battle of Sleivenamon,
And primed the delegates, honest men, . .
Who -voted for States where they'd never been,
And hurrahed for the man who fetched the
.wtws fail tnaj Abe' Bplit. .
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This is Bill Seward all forlorn; '
Whd 'cusses" the -Greeley of Oregon,
Who fought the battle of Sleivenc mon,
And primed the delegates," honest mes,
Who voted for States where they'd never been
. Who hurrahed for the man who fetohed the
rail that "Abe" split.
This is Beepber. all shaven and shorn, :
Whose rifles were once to Virginia borne, - .
Whioh otnoified Seward all forlorn,
WbA usses' the Greeley of Oregon, .
Who fought the battle of Sleivenamon, -And.
primed tbe delegates, honest men, '
Who voted for States where they'd nevei been,
And hurrahed for the" man who fetched the
luWitHMr raiU that Abe" split. V- -i
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Thfi"itbe party that crows in the morn,
' Whose feather's will droop when the day is
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Who wbrship the Beecher all shaven and shorn
Whose rifles were once to Virginia borne,
Which, ervrffied Seward all forlorn, - , V
Who "cussea"; the member from Oregon,
,WhO fought the battle of Sleivenamon,
And - primod the d ljgates, honest men, .
JVho voted for States where they'd never been,
Am horrahed for the man who fetched the
sii .ii .:i rail .that Ab' split. .,;
, Habtfobd, -June,-1860.
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'"' f 'Alliterative Poetry.
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. This specimen of, alliterative verse is
clioSe&'frbflftbe Eogllsb JN6tes sod Que
pwtere iippears copied from one cf
thw fchesp publications current .thirty
-tu'i'Axthur asked Amy's affection, .
tiii H Bet belne Benjamia's bride.
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Coolly cut Charles' connection;"
' . Deborah Dickey denied,
-lElBanor'a eye, efficacious,
' Frederick's fatality feels;
es caiived Georaiana good eraciousl
flarr hXtesi Helen's high heel i ;.
Isaao is Isabel's idol,
Jenny 'Jeers Jonathan Janes; ' '
Kath'rine' knows knook-kneed' Kit Kricdal,
je's leering Eucys long bones, 11 !
Mal' iBTOt)finottattpnsi '', V,' ' 1
Kioholas ka'ncy!tegiects! v'
Oliver"! odd observations -
Troves reter poor.Ptty protects! ,, '
cfiuakefc4aintillian'a queer quibbles j :
$nt:jted Rachel's reasons resist; m u "V-. ..
orVfm6h,si sympathy- sorlbbles v
VJrsuUwnl4uking, undoing ., : t
Volatile Valentine's vest,
flttattVwfii lokeder 'wooing i 1 "-
j,reeed4 buthful Zelloa'a test. - ' . 'r ;
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ISTt Wherftj was Abe Lincoln born?
- tbat's the tiefltiod. ;" Verily, it seems to
" Me,VM'i'l.(?t T tti ' great many places.
TJ,e-', most B'e iFJns.,,,.)are assured he
was born in what is. now known as Lame
county;' "on s Knob; Creek, northeast -; of
HoiJgen ville, about five" miles In . fact,
w iwderstand ,a letter was received from
him by '--one- of the. citizens of Harden
county, denying be was born in Elizabeth
bVn.v;j ' Notwithstanding this, that enter
prising paper, Harper's Weekly, had an
agent here taking- the daguerreotype of a
log stable, near too oepot, , as a veritable
picture of the birth-place of Abe Lincoln.
N6t content with this, they have sawed a
los-atJeast eight feet .Jong, from oat the
tfsbin,' to make gavels for the faithful, to
call the faithful to order in their abolition
An Incident of Travel,
BY CLARA. AUGUSTA.
"All full; sir, sorry. But I guess you
will manage to stand the text fifty miles?'
- Mr. Smith, the spruce young conductor
on the Central Railroad cars, ushered in
a decrepid 6habbily attired old man, who
leaned wearily on his staff, and carried a
heavy valise in his hand.
The long, dimly lighted car was full,
every seat was occupied; band boxes and
carpet bags were held in the owners' laps,
and there was not a single chance for the
new comer to be accommodated.
. A couple of score of faces lifted them
selves to glance at the old man's face, as
he moved slowly and painfully down the
narrow isle. It was plainly evident that
he had as much as he could do to support
himself, and besides, he looked like one
who was just recovering from a Bevere
illness his cheek was thin and pale, and
eyes lacked be fire which ought to spar
kle beneath those large and strongly
marked brows. '
There were many well, active looking
healthy yonng men in the cars, bat none
of the number felt disposed to renounce
bis soft, comfortable seat to the shabby
old traveler, and after a stare of undis
guised contempt, each and all . dropped
their eyes, and thought no more of the
suffering old man before them.
In this enlightened country, it is a no
torious fact, that the aged meet with
slights and incivilities, to say nothing of
positive unkindness, which would have
put the barbarous nations of old to shame.
Fitz James Eustace, a young exquisite,
who was escorting his coasin Isabel Win
chester to Nahaut, drew down his mouth
until the ends of his copper colored
moustache rested upon his well starched
dickey, and remarked to the lady by his
side:
"Really, Mr. Smith is insulting us!
Why cannot he find a place for that
wretched specimen in the second class car?
A flush, perhaps of pride perhaps an
germounted to the white, forehead of
Miss Winchester. , She put up her hand
as though to check the speaker, and said
in a sudden voice:
Fitz James, will yon give that gentle
man your seat? Dou't you see how pule
and feeble he looks?"
My dear Isabeil " Why I would not
evacuate my place, by your aide for a
kingdom! Let the fellow stand it out!
It won't damage his appearance. I'll be
bound." - :
Then I'll trouble you to rise a mo
ment, I prefer the other side of the seat.
Allow me to pass if. you please?''
, . Fitz James never thought of disputing
the will of his imperious cousin, and he
stood np to let her go out. But instead
of taking the seat- which her escort had
occupied, .the lady : walked straight on,
uutil she reached the side of the neglected
old gentleman. The touch of her hand
on his arm drew his attention toward her.
"Sir, will you have the goodness to
take the seat which I have just vacated?
I have ridden since early this morning,
and am really wearied with sitting so
long. Pray oblige?''
The old man's face brightened, and he
cast a grateful look into the dark, hand
some eyes of the lady.
'But madam, you must be weary; I
cannot accept it."
She made an impatient gesture. Miss
Winchester was accustomed to have her
own way. ' -
-"No, sir; I am well, young and strong,
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una a suouia do asnamea to sit wane a
man of your aire and ' health remained
standing." '
So saying, the old gentleman sank into
the vacant seat, with a well satisfied ex
pression countenauce; but Fiiz James
expressed his uubonnded contempt for his
neighbor, drawing hia raglun closing
around him, and shrinking nearer to the
cars. The stranger looked at him with
quiet scoru. j ; ' ;
"You need not trouble yourself to slip
out of the window, young mao' said he
in a voice of irony. "I am not afraid of
the long eared 6pecies, though he . bray
ever so loudly."
: Fitz James was thoroughly disgusted.
He could not endure such vulgar propin
quity: So he arose qaickly, and striding
over his companion, made the best of his
way into the smoking car. '
'- Miss Winchester's sacrifice had been
witnessed by' all in the carriage, aud a
dozen seats were offered her by a dozen
polite 'aud officiating young gentlemen,
but declined them all by a motion of her
head, and remained leaning against the
side of the vehicle. . v . ,;i ,-;
The train flew onward the old gentle
man meanwhile disposing himself for a
comfortable nap, which he was shortlv en
joying,
.- Some time before midnight the lights
of Boston gleamed through the darkness;
anotner moment, ana the .tram went
thundering into the depot.
Our old geiitleman arose, shook him
self, grasped his valise, and came over to
the Bide of Miss Winchester.
"Madam," he Baid, ."you have made an
old man's journey tolerable; will yoa tell
him your name and place of abode?"
She smiled, waved all thanks, and gave
him a card. He bowed and left her just
as Fitz James appeared to escort her
from the cars, But getting through the
crowd was no easy matter, for the fuss and
bustle was unusual; and Isabel noticed
that several uniformed companies filled
the space in front of the depot.
Crie8 of "Hurrah for Gen. Sutherton,"
"Three'cheers for the hero of Mexico!"
rent the air. Banners trailed on the fresh
night breeze; flambeaux flashed, dreams
beat slowly up the street.
Fitz James inquired the occasion of
all this tumult and learned that it was a
public welcome extended by the citizens
of Boston to Oen. John Sutherton, a
gentleman and a veteran officer, who had
signally distinguished himself in the late
Mexican war.
"He came in this train," said a bystan
der.
Is it possible, sir, that you did not
discover him? A sickly looking old man,
dressed in threadbare gray, and carrying
a black valise. He had just recovered
from a severe attack of rheumatic fever,
which has troubled him since last cam
paign. Those vile Mexican night vapors,
and sleeping on the cold ground, under
mined his constitution; but he is a fine old
fellow vet.''
Miss Winchester thought he must be;
she bad heard much of his gallant dariDg;
but Fiiz James was the picture of eilent
mortification
Miss Winchester and her cousin stop
ped at the American House, and early
the next morning, before the lady had
finished dressing a servant brought up a
note, bearing her address.
Isabel tore it open, and there fell ont
two cards of invitation to a ball to be held
at the Revere, that evening, in honor of
Oen. Sutherton. One - card bore the
name of Fitz James, the other was di
rected to herself She had no acquaint
ance in Boston, consequently, the invitn
tion must have been sent at the instance
of the General himself.
Fitz Jame3 was surprised and humili
ated at this mark of distinction, for he
could not but realize that the invitation
had been extended to bitn solely to save
his cousin's feelings. But notwithstand
ing this, he wished to accept it, if only to
have an opportunity of excusing his yes
terday's impoliteness to the great man.
The journey to Nuhaat was deferred
for one day; and early that evening the
cousina were at the Revere, where a bril
liant coterie bad already assembled.
Gen Sutherton, reclining in an arm
chair at the head of the great drawing
room, recema nis lricnas as tney passed
by, one giving place to another; but, when
Isabel was prescuted, he detained her by
the hand to say:
"Please sit down on this ottoman at my
side; I have a relation' here to whom
wish to present you. '
It was not long before a singularly
handsome young man came np to the
General, 6miling a friendly welcome, the
veteran turning to Isabel, said
"Miss Winchester, allow me to present
to you my son Alfred Sutherton, who is
very grateful for the kindness which which
vou last evening , bestowed upon bis
father.'' -
The young man bowed,' and his father
continued:
"Whenever I see a young person vol
untarily render respect to the aged, I am
constrained to admire him or her as a
relic of good old politeness which reigned
over show and heartlessness when I was a
lad. . It is ail hollow ceremony now, my
dear; and, if the old man cannot Btand
without assistance, he is thrown down and
trodden upon. But there is a march, or
my ears gently-deceive rao. Alfred, do
you need a furlner nint, or must your
rheumatic old father set you an example
of courtesy? '
The young man started and colored,
for he had been gazing so intently on the
rare beauty of Miss Winchester that he
had forgotten all time and place.
. "If Miss Winchester will permit me,"
he said offering his arm; and a monent
more, -they were lost in the throng of
promenaders. ' ' J
Mr Sutherton seemed bent on showing
his gratitude to the lady for the kindness
she had rendered his father, for he scarcely
quitted her Bide during the evening; and
at the close of the week he followed her to
Nabant, where he .continued for two
months the bete 'noir of Fitz James, and
iho enemy of all young fops who aspired
to the baud and fortune of the beautiful
Miss Winchester. . i i
Fitz James Eustace had been long his
cousin's suitor, and it was with ill con
cealed chagrin that he now saw. himself
thrown into the shade by the eon of that
"wretched specimen, ' who ought to have
found a place out from decent people's
company.
Kariy in tne JNew x ear mere was a
marriage ceremony performed in the old
South Church, and Alfred Southerton
was the groom, and Miss Winchester was
the bride. An elegant house on Beacon
street received the yonng couple, for Al
fred is engaged iu business at Boston, and
every year the hale old General comes
down from his house . in N . to visit
his children.
So yoa see that politeness' gained a
husband for one woman; and it will bring
happiness to all if they but practice It;
for true politeness springs from the heart,
and is but the effervescence of a kindly,
christian spirit, anxious to promote the
well beiog of those with whom it comes
in contact.
Life on the Turning of a Card.
A friend narrated to us a day or two
since an anecdote of early times in. West
Tennessee, which we will attempt to re
peat even at the risk of losing the graphic
simplicity of his conversational narrative.
Some eighteen or twenty years since a
well known resident of Tipton County
was put on his trial, charged with the
murder of his wife. As usual, in such
cases, popular feeling was largely against
him, and ail the eloquence and iugenuity
of his counsel were required to make any
impression in his favor upon a jary, which,
how"ver impartial it might desire to be in
the consciousnesa of sworn duty, could
not see the waves of popular prejudice
surging in upon it.
The case was ably argued. The conn
sel for the defense made most vigorous
and impassioned appeals. The case was
submitted to the jury, and they retired to
make up their - verdict. Time passed,
and as the setting sun warned all of the
approaching night, the large throng in
attendance, the judge, counsel, &c, re
tired, all anxious, the counsel not the
least so, to learn the verdict of the jury,
and some wondering that the jury hesita
ted one moment to bring in a verdict of
guilty. In the mean time the jury had
come to a point beyond which they could
progress no furiher. lne appeals of the
counsel of the defense had sot been with
out their influence, and the jury stood un
changeable, six for conviction and six for
acquittal. Something had to be done. In
those days twelve go.d fellows could not
be together for a night, and sleep. Cards
appeared mysteriously from the depths of
6undry large pockets, and exercise in sev
en up and poker were zealously com
menced.
About midnight, one of their number.
Col. P., proposed they should play a game
of seven up, the result to decide the ver
dict. The proposition was heartily and
unanimously agreed to in all seriousness,
and the whole crowd collected around
Col. P. and his oppouent, who proceeded
to play the game on which was staked a
human life.
Col. P. played to save the accused.
His opponent played, and quite as zeal
ously, to secure the conviction. The
backers, five and five, stood behind them,
encouraging the champions, and watching
the game, dimly seen by the light of two
tallow caudles, with the most intense in
terest.
The game proceeded with very equal
fortune, till both parties 6tood at six and
six. It was Col. P. '8 deal; he dealt, and
turned Jack. The prisoner was acquit
ted, and every member in the jury joined
in the shout, which startled the whole vil
lage, even the revelers in 'the grocery.
iiexl morning the jury went mto court,
and gave, to the astonishment of many,
the verdict of 'not guilty.' he juryman
who played an unsuccessful game for hu
man life, still lives, a much, respected cit
izen of the district One of the counsels
is a very distinguished member of the
Memphis bar, and the accused hair, we be
lieve, gone to a higher court; but neither
of them, nor any of the assemblage, nor
the court, who marveled at the verdict,
eighteen years ago, have ever known that
a human life was saved by turning Jack.
There are some curious episodes in the
history of our early settlement; but who
would think of venturing life upon turn
ing Jack? :
Two Views of the Case.
Judge C , U. S. Senator from
Vermont, related to us a good anecdote
the other day, illustrative of abolitionism.
The morniug be was leaving home to en
ter upon his duties in this city, a straight
faced deacon, who looked' upon the whole
sonth as a great pandemouium, called
upon him and said:
"Now, Judge, I want yon to do all in
your power to abolish slavery."
"Well," said the . Judge, "how shall I
proceed?" :
'."Oh, I don't know; but you must abol
ish it. It's a great course, and must be
abolished. . Yoa know more about law
than I do. The church is my stronghold,
but -you understand national matters and
can devise tome plan, and I know it."
"The only way I see to abolish it,'' said
the Judge, "is to buy all the slaves and
set them free." ' -
" "Well, go in for that; have the law
passed that the north shall bay them, and
then this trouble will end."
- "Just as yoa say, deacon, I will agree
to it in a moment, and will stand my share
of the expense. Here is Woodstock
with three hundred inhabitants, and this
town would be called on for about six
hundred thousand dollars I will urge it
before the Senate "
The deacon opened his mouth, then his
eyes, allowed his tongue to escape from
one corner of his face, scratched his head,
and tapped impatiently on the floor with
his foot. As the Judge was leaving the
room, the deacon's power of speech re
turned to Mm, and called out:
' "Oh, say, judge, I guess you'd better
lei slavery alone. , The poor blacks are
better off in the south than up here iu
this cold climate."
There are several just such deacons in
this country. Washington Pajier.
A Few Sharp Political Shots.
The Last of a Dishonored 'Bill Seward.'
The Flower of Auburn
Left weeping alone,
All his hopes of the White House
Vanished and gone,
No Helper is near him,
No darkey is nigh,
To console with his anguish,
Or give sigh for sigh.
They leave thee, thou lone one,
To mourn by thyself;
To please Maasa Greeley,
Thou'rt laid on the shelf,
And coldly they bid thee
To Auburn return,
Though using thy platform
Its builder they spurn.
Mom era.
From the Seneoa Advertiser.
Old Abe Writes us a Letter and Sends
us a Stick.
We received, per TJ. S. Express Com
pany, on Saturday, one of the "sticks"
old Abe split and the fo'Iowing letter.
It appears "Abe" thought we were the
editor of a Republican paper, and gives
us some advice as to how we should pro
ceed, requesting us to "play the thing
mighty fiue."
Springfield, 111., June 9, '60.
W. W, Armstrong, Esq.,
Sir 1 6end you this day by TJ. S.
Express Kumpany one of them Rales
which have bin pofcin up sich a fewrore
threwout all of these grate States minus
sum 23 what don't vote our ticket. You
kin rely on this beiug the "rail article" as
it were split by my individual self sum 40
years since wheu I were flatfloting it down
the Wabash river for this ockashun, I
want u to go in and git up a treemendous
excitement over this ycr d d stick as it
am the only plank in our black Rip-up-
i'can platform that takes at all and we
must bile our eggs while the wattur am hot
or we are goners sure as preachin.
Horgouize yer wid a-vake & wigwam
clubs rite away &, Eend down to Kerlum-
bus to Folit Fostre & Ko for dockiments,.
i am in snooks with follit, Fostere Si Ko
and we dewide the spiles or profets on the
dockiments. '
Them err speachr s that's published as
mine were all writ by "old Joe Slocuia'
that was Bent to the pcnnytensiary sum
time since for hoss Bteelin but were par-
duned out by our republican Guvorner for
my benefit. How do they take down in
old Sincca Co. Scatter nm around among
the ignorant farmers and mechanics pro
fusely. Let me kno if I shall! send you
any mora rales as we are over run with or
ders for em from abroad. I am sorry to
say I have beenc somewhat horn Ewagledj
in this yer rale bizniz a d d poor cuss
down in oberiin sent on to me for 16 doz
zen which I forwarded to him and paid
the charges myself as he writ me he hadn't
a red. I bev bin since informed that the
old knss kut em all np for fire would and
wonte need any more would for a right
smart time to cum.
I thiuk i am uot mistaken in yore bein
editur of the tiffin tribune, am 1 saj? It
wont do to let this yer thing git out as the
devil would be to pay if it di1, and we
must play this yer thing mighty fine.
I want yoa to go in heavy on the idee
that first sillible of my last name and the
last Billible of my 5r6t name and the first
anoT last sillible of first name and last and
first sillibles of both my names, make
"Abe Linkum" its a mighty good joke
and there are a big lot of siperstitions
and ignorant laboring men iu the Kuntry
that will think it happened because 'we
were foreordained to be eUcted dou't
yer see; go in big on all these things
cause the Lord" knows there's nothing
else to go in on -send me a kopy of yer
wery walnable paper once & a while now
and then when i git elected i wont leave
you out in the kold. ' '-
I klose now, and in the words of the
immortal big dutch poet, I say "Bulley
for us." . ,
From your old friend
ABE LINCOLN, "
The Country .Splitter.
: Wanted an Outrage. . ..
We some two weeks ago sid that the
republican party wanted "an outrage"
an outrage anywhere, in 'Kansas, down
South, in the Halls-of Congress, or in the
lobbies of the two Houses. . As Dazzle,
iu the play, "regarded a kicking as a le
gal luxury," bo the republican leaders have
come to consider an putrage as so much
political capital!
It is not a fight they want. They are
not like the Irishman, "blue moulded for
the want of a batin," and ready to beg
any one to tread on the tail of his coat,
so as to afford a provocation. . They go
in for damages. Their motto is, "suffer
and be strong." ,
Nobody seems disposed to humor them;
but there is a law of political economy
which declares that supply is always equal
to demand; and if a high enough price is
offered for anything, from 'an outrage' to
a drove of elephants, it is .sure to cornel
And behold, we have an attempted assas
sination of Sumner! It is, to be sure,
not quite an assassination. It is some
thing half-way between a morning call and
a murder. t The miscreants were armed,
not with bludgeons or pistols, or revolv
ers but with an interrogation 'point ?
They asked their victim how he did, &c ?
and promised to call again. Was anything
so outrageous ever heard of before?
Some persons have calnmnionsly insin
uated that this terrible conspiracy is of
Mr. Sumner's own manufacturing, This
is a gross mistake. It is no more his own
than his speeches. Those who have traced
his flowers of rhetoric to the school books
from which he borrowed them, will have
no difficulty in following out this plagia
rism of a conspiracy. It is in part stolen
from poor old Bbam-Boorbon Williams,
who assassinated himself by firing a re
volver np the chimney, and crying murder,
and in part copied after a somewhat noted
inventor of illuminating Bteam. iu New
England, who, whenever his patents Were
called in doubt; fired a pistol through his
hat, and charged it to the envious gas
companies.
Mr. Sumner's speeches are failures; but
his outrages generally thow genius, and a
certain histrionic talent. Will he not ac
cept an engagement under Barnum? We
do not mean now; bnt when he gets
through his little engagement at Wash
ington, where, rivaling the Japanese Em
bassy, he is to amuse the little boys, white
and black, by a procession through the
streets to the Senate house, accompanied
by his faithful escort. -
It is easy to see, however, that Mr,
bumner outrages himself iu his public
rather than his private character, and that
political capital is his immed ate aim.
There is one suggestion, however, to make.
If this ASSASSINATION is to go into
the Republican platform; is there not
danger that some one will, as in the Chi
cago Convention, move to strike out the
word NATION, and so leave this now
"greut principle of the party," coupled
with its embodied representative and in
ventor, to read, simply, "ASS-ASS I
Charles Sumner. Albany Atlas Sf Ar-
gus.
' Did Lincoln Tend BaiP
The Menard County jSxit, a Democratic pa
per published at the place where Lincoln was
said to have Hended bar," says:
Mr. Lincoln came to this county with a Afr.
Offut and was engaged with him as a clerk in
a store, and afterwards became the purchaser
of the establishment, in company with a man
named WiHiam Berry, who is now dead. W.
(i. Qreen, Esq., at present a citizen of this
county, was their endorser for the purchase of
the goods. Berry was a man of dissolute hab
its, and caused an eaily failure of the village
concern.
The storv-of Mr. Linooln's "clerking in
common dram shop" is not altegether correct,
as we are informed by old inhabitants, now
residing in thia pl&ce, and acquainted with the
facts. As was customary in those days, how
ever, the "merchants," besides the usual sup
ply of notions, calico, groceries, tobacco, &c,
"always on hand" a barrel or two of Mononga-
hela or Old Kye, "to be sold m quantities to
suit the parchaser." 4 "
That will dot The Republican candidate for
President, was a tender "in a small country
store,' and retailed "notions calico, groceries,
tobacco, and,Monongahela and Old Rye.' We
presume Red-Eye is meant for old rye! ,Well,
dodgery keepers may tako courage, as well as
rail splitters. W e have a hundred such gro
cery keepers in this county as was Abe Lin
coln, and nobody ever yet nominated them for
President, though we have no doubt they
would, any one of them? make a better Presi
dent than Lincoln! Statesman.
Didn'c Split Bails at AIL 1
An old citizen of Illinois, a man famil
iar with all parts of the State, and par
ticularly with that portion of it where
Abe Lincoln is said to have mauled rails,
says that the whole .thing is gammon;
that he never split a rail in his life;-that
in those days the people never thought of
such a thing; that they went into the
swamps and cut hoop-poles and saplings
for fencings, and used them round as na
ture made them. The old chap that made
the Republicans believe that the rails on
his farm were split by Lincoln more than
twenty years ago, made a good thing out
of the operation. - Ten dollars a pair for
o'd decayed rails is not to be winked at.
The owner of that farm sharp. 1 -
Shortly after the nomination of
Lincoln, a newsboy appeared in front of
the office of the Seward : organ, offering
for sale to the crowd a . woodcut likeness
of the Illinois lecturer. The picture,
though a very good likeness, is a fright
fol spectacle, and the boy was, right in
apologizing for it thus. ; ;
'Ere'a yer likeness of Abe Lincoln
look better wen it gets its'ead champooed
and 'air cut!" Chicago Times. . ,
Harper's Weekly, in a personal
description of Mr. Lincoln, the Republi
can candidate for the Presidency, says that
he has a long,, penetrating nose. . These
Black Republicans, however, must be a
little careful how they 6tick their ' long,
penetrating noses into the affairs of the
South. Louisville Journal. ... " V
2jP We have . heard of candidates
reaching the presidential chair by "riding
a hobby," but this thing of undertaking
to ride a man in "on a rail" is decidedly
funny to the republicans, but to their can
didate it must be excruciatingly so, ' espe
cially if the splinters are not off . the rails.
The Evangelist . says of , Mr.
Henry Ward Beecher 8 Independent, that
it is a sublime endeavor to .'Combine in
one tremendous sheet the three-fold at
tractions . or a ounaay. scnooi paper, a
comic almanac, .and a - campaign doc.u
mot," '
1st Colored Person. Abe, is yes
gwine to guv up de wite washin'prbffs
sion, en I
2d Colored Person'. Yes, 'deed I
is gwine to split" rails now-i-Bobboli-tionists
make urn President- p'raps j J .
tSjT" "O, Wille, we have missed you," "
is the song the disconsolate Sewarditef
sing when ; they - take their 2 harps" 'doro;
from the willows, and attempt to keep3
step to the music of Old Abe Lincoln, ,,.
Timely Warning. -The Aboiit'on flag3
staff in Huntington, Connecticut, . waa
struck by lightning on Friday;,' and split -into
a large lot of Old Abe's rails. Jl o
.... r ; : boa 9j
- National Nicknames. i
. s-. -v r : .S i ".uv.: ;!;.a .
The following list of nicknames whicaT
we clip from an exchange -paper, .sidwsi
how little we need apprehend adrearth'ofr
distinctive titles by which r we ! mir ibii
known. The inhabitants of Maine are"
called Foxes; New -Hampshire, Granite'
Boys; Massachusetts, Bay Staters; Yer
mont, Green Mountain j Boys, x .Rhode
Island, Gun Flints; Connecticut, Woodenj .
Nutmegs; New-. York, Knickerbockers;
New Jersey, Clam Catchers; Pennsylva
nia, Leather Heads; Delaware MuskratsJ"1
Maryland, - Claw-.Thumpers; 3 Virginia-'
Beagles; North Carolina, LTr!3BoileriT
South. Carolina, Weasels; Georgia, BuZtb.
zards; Louisiana, Creowls; Alabama, Liz;Q
zards; "Kentucky, Corn Crackersf. Ohio,'
Buckeyes; Michigan 'Wolverines; fIndl
ana, Hoosiers; Illinois, Sackers; Missouri,'
Pnke6; Mississippi, Tad-Poles; i Florida
Fly-op the Creeks; Wisconsin, Badger&Ja
Iowa, Hawkeyes; Oregon, Hard.CaBeSyr .
How to Test the Quality of Wool.
'A.Texas paper says: ; Take 'a I6cklf
wool from the sheep's back and . place it j
upon an inch rule, if you can count from.
.i . . . i i t . i ii ; i uj:
imny id iniriy-iuree oi me spirals or ioiai .
in the space of an inch, It equals in "qual
ity the finest Electoral of Saxony . wool1
grown.
Of course when the number of spirals
to the inch diminishes, the quality of the'
wool becomes relatively inferiorw-jfi jadlT
Many tests have been tried,, but .this is.
considered the simplest and' the best.", a'
Costwold wool, and some other inferior
wools' &6 not measure nine spirals to tttd
inch.: .: .- . v '. iaiL i! ,i ''n''tt
; With this test every farmer, has! in im,
possession a knowledge which, will, enable
him to form a correct" judgment of, the
quality of all kinds of wool. ! There' 'are1
some course wools ' ' which experienced
wool-growers do cot rack as wool, but a5
hair, on account of the " hardness and
straightness of . the fiber,':.U?xjl ?T
. -J : ;. j iT:nfcmil
Cross'Examinino. The veteran coun-,
sellor Caldbeck, one day cross-examining'
a country fellow as a witnessasked Mm la
several ways what he thought a particular1
person to be, from his own knowledge,"1
hearsay, or belief, but .could get. no-othefj
answer, than 'that, 'he did not know, and;
couln not tell.'
Come fellow,' 6aid the counsellor, an-
swer me on yonr oath; what' would yoa1
take me to be, if you did not actually?
know my person, and should meet: ma jon
the street?' , r..,; '.j vvk:3'U
. 'Why then,' says the fellow, t 'since yoa,
ask me, I will tell yon, Bir ''By virtue of
my oath, jif you had 1 not that rwig' and?
gown upon you, I should take .you for i
little ovld pedlar,1 ,Tbe learned couniellafi
was silenced. - ,tn -a.jWI
l3ir.The late Judge Pease of Jhe So
preme Court of Ohio was a noted wag
A young lawyer was once making his first
effort before him, and had thrown ;huBtelf
on the wir.g? of imagination into the sev
enth heaven, and was preparing for a
higher ascent, when the judge struck' Me"
ruler on the desk two or three times, and
exclaimed to the astonished orator 5 -hb!d
on, hold on, my dear sir! .Dpn'J ydn ;goi -any
higher, for you are already outofythe
jurisdiction of this court.
gjS" M. De Lave challenges Jl. . Blond in to a
test and trial of skill' at tope Walking,' the
stakes to be from $1,000 to $1,600, to be pal
to him who is decided to be most expert on. ait
"ascension rope" over rivers, valleys, rapids.
whirlpools, or waterfalls, any .distance c .any
height. He will agree. to leave the question
with a committee, two to be chosen on each, 'V
side,' and the fifth to be selected by the foaf
already chosen. He to go to Niagara and walk
on Blondin's rope, and Blondin to go to Pat
terson and walk over the valley of the refki
and Passaio river, from the heights of the cliff
to the top of Garnet Jtfoantain,6r'elsewhensi '
proposed. : v- -. m i r.-ii cs atiu fC.sal
.Worth Knowq.-tAs fly time.is apoft
us, we may remind our readers that , it i
said, that if three or , four. " onions are:
boiled in a pint of water, -and the liquid)
is brosbed - over, glasses or frames,' ! the
flies will not light oq . the article washed
This maybe used, without apprehepsjooj
as it will not do the least
frames. ' . '
i'Uary . to the
It is stated that the Ty fcooti of
Japan has been disposed of : id" a -very
short time by the Japanese; t Another
old coon will be similarly, dealt with, hera -in,
November next. y All jthe coons jW ill
rest together iu peace a(ter tae"JF1l
eieuuwu. - Ara
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