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WINCHESTER, TENN., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 185C.
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We clip from the Nashville Patriot the
following:
John G. Ferguson Esq., in his remarks
on Saturday night last at tlie( American
rally in South Nashville, gave a conver
sation which occurred at a public table
in that city just after the Cicinnatfi nom
inations were made between himself an 1
Gov. Johnson, in which tho latter sta'ed
that Mr. Buchanan's antecedents could
not be decided, and that the success of
the Democratic party depended on run
ning the platform and not the man!
Fatal Duel. The Charleston Mercury,
of Tuesday, contains the following mel
ancholy notice of the death of one of its
editors in a duel:
"Itis our duty to announce the death of
William R. Taber, Jr., one of the editors
of this paper who fell yesterdcy afternoon.
.at the third fire, in a duel with Edward
JMagrath, Esq.', in consequence of the
peremptory challenge of the latter for the
publication of alleged offensive matter in
this paper, the author of which was not
called for. The communications com
plainod of, had reference to tho Candida
y for Congress of Hon. A. G. Magrath.
"Itis not now that wo are called upon
lo pursue the merits of the question in
volved. In the presence of death the
death of one who has been intimately as
sociated with us for years, and who breath
ed as true a heart as ever beat on the soil
of Carolina, we bow our heads in sor
tow and in suffering, and pass by all con
siderations of party conflict; in the sense
that we have lost a friend, tried and true,
and a brother in the duties that make up
the connection with public life. It will
not be easy to find a braver and more self
sacrificing spirit it will not be often that
the community will be called on to mourn
over the extinction of a more brilliant and
generous intellect."
A New Phzse of the Mania. Wc
were somewhat surprised to read the fol
lowing paragraph, in a late number of the
New York Times, and we presume the
Odd Fellows of New Orleans will share
our amazement at the cool candor of our
"colored brethren," js the Times so ca
ressingly colls them:
The colored population was out in
force yesterday. At early dinner time
dusky faces to the number of many thou
sands lined both sides of Broadway.
The Broadway Tabernacle was headquar
ters during the day, and the Crystal Pal
ace in the evening. It was a gala day,
and our colored brethren enjoyed it to
the full. The occasion was negro Odd
Fellow, celebration, the first that has hap
pened for a score or so of years. It may
not be generally understood that the col
ored people have a regular organization
on the footing of Friendship, Lpve and
Truth; not i it generally known that as
Odd Fellows they are not admitted to
fellowship with members of the order in
the United States, and so hat e been start
ed ialo life and. warmed into a generous
BctivUy under the wing of British patron
age. As one of their orators yesterday
phrased it, not inaptly, they have procur
ed from beneath the paw of the British
Lion that which was denied them, under
ht pinions oftha American Eagle. k
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The Buchanan officials of Washing
ton city, got up a meeting near Silver
Spring, the residence of Francis P.
Blair, on which occasion a transparen-1
cv having a very offensive inscription
was disDlavcd near his hoiisn. and
a hickory pole raised, from the top of,in fuI1 Pi(m of Il!s enf,(! al
which an American flag floated, sur
mounted by a Buck's skull and horns.
Upon the appropriateness of this em
blem Mr. Blair, in letter to his neigh-
bor. makes the following comments:!
wnat nn emoiem to De exalted above . R0-callcd Democratic papers cannot, and
the flag of the country and on the hick-!(nre not, discuss.
ory tree which has given its name to one j,et U3 be ,lnjorslooj Bt t10 outset.
ol its greatest heroes! Of all nnimab : We do not deny, that there are many en
the deer is the most timid, an 1 although foreigners among us, . men who
the head of the buck is at one season of j nre triy part of ,ho peope of lho Soat(,.
the yearormol with a multitude of points , IIlcn who have married among us and are
as sharp tin spears, it never confronts an rea?ing fan)iie3 .. men who or9 inter
enemy when it cm escape with flying ef,leri io BIaverv; -who are strong, trite, rc
feel. The grand antlers are the meie em-1 iiab0 friendB of the South and of her in
blem of warlike prowess, and evidence s.lilutjon,. We do not ,,env th;s . n WP
only ofthat specirs of gallantry that dis- L ,y t ., .,.. forei,rner, who nnw
tinguishes the stp.g, ami gives to a elfin'! of
gentry of our species, the name of buck,
whether younjr or old.
The old buck is a sort of eld bachelor,
like his fellow of the woods, addicted to
no mate, and whose ensijznia of horns,
have, time out of mind, been held to
characterise hiskjur:nits. I this an en
sign to bo exalted abovu that of the coun
try and ciioson to exemplify the virtues of
one who aspires to the Chief Magistracy?
If the crowning virtue bo attributed to tho
coronet vhich t'istiuguishes the old buck's
head and v.Iiich now takes the place of
the liberty cap on the democrr.tic banners,
it should be remembered that it is a virtue
th a t conies and goes with tho season
An old buck's horns begin to b id and
?row in iho balmy spring '.k'le they are
in the velvet in June, an I throughout the
summer. This smooth covering is slip
ped oft" in October. In November their
vitality is blighted, and in March the
crown of weather beaten antlers drop
from the oi l buck's brow, ai. 1 he hider,
dnopg in solitude, abandoned by n!! his
fellows. The hunters of the Alleghanies
and of our frontiers vviil apply this piece
of natural history, and interpret its au
gury. Fillmore in Pennsylvania. The Phil
adelphia Inquirer of the Oih inst, says:
A Great Mass Meeting of the friends of
Millard Fillmore will be held at Tenn
Square, this evening. This will bo the
last demonstration of the kind connected
with the preliminary campaign to termin
ate at the ballot boxes on Tuesday next,
and we therefore infer that thousands
will be in attendance. Some of the most
distinguished men of the country have
been invited, and eloquent addresses may
be anticipated. '1 he Fillmoro cause
the cause of the Union and the Constitu- j V a:'" PP61"1'11)' ogamst the bouih.'
tion has many ardent and enthusiastic Gct their Ci,lrin"ati platform and read
supporters in Philadelphia. They may am' 'earn l'iat l'ie Democracy of the
be found in all classes and conditions of Umon have made a PERPETUAL COV
life anion-the rich and the noor anion' ENANT with FOREIGNERS, by which
the Bankers, the Merchants and Mann, t
facturcrs.as well as tho Storekeepers, ,l10 : th" present Naturalization Laws, or olh
Mechanics, the Operatives and the Day ' envise' is t0 be P,8ceJ in lho WB7 oflM
Laborers. If Philadelphia could elect a ' M,(iRAT,0'v- Tll Tledgu is perpetual,
President, there wr uld bo little doubt ' that Foreigners shall continue to come;
to the result. But the prospect-all the,'1 undcr t!,e Perillio11 of the principle
circumstances considerod-is full or en- j of the Kansas act' lhe wiI1 continue to
couracement. It has trrcatlv imnroved ! flock herc 0PPrpr""'S our fresh lands
within a few months, and it must continue
to improve until tho day of the election.
Much will depend upon the result of the
struggle on Tuesday next. If on that oc
casion, Mr. Buchanan should bo defeat
ed in his own State and by a heavy major, j in that direction? Do you feel right when
ity, he will in effect bo withdrawn as a!you,,ear that a servile insurrection, in
candidate, for tho Presidency, and the volving every Anglo-Saxon life in a
ereat body of his friends will ofnecessity, whole county of Texas, was discovered
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be compelled to support Mr. Fillmore.-
This js admitted even by some Democrat
ic loaders themselves. Eut whatever may
happen, it is tho duty of every Whig and
Conseivative tostand by the cause and
the candidate to tho last. And in this
spirit we urge an imposing demonstra
tion this evening. Let our friends gather
together all their strength, determined at
loast to deserve a signal victory.
To Prevent the Smoking of a Lamp..
Soak the wick in strong tinegar and
dry it well before you use it; it will then
burn both sweet and pleasant,' and give
much satisfaction for the trifling rouble
in preparing it.
From the Montgomery (Ala.) Mail,
A Perpetuus1 Plcdgr nnd Covenant.
The institution of African Slavery
cannot, continue lo exist in the Southern
Sl"tc' vndcr a continuance of the pres.
, eM Naturalization haws.
Tll0re is a Proposition which no man,
tempt to controvert ;" African Slavery
cannot continue under the present Natu
ralization Laws. Let tho planter, t lie
mechanic, tho lawyer, tho merchant and
i the doctor look at it. It is an undenia
proportion; and it is one which th
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come, arrive in immense masses that
they organ i.o distinct communities that
they bring with them their national feel
ings and prejudices and thofnniong
these is an ultra feeling of abolitionism
and freesoilism. This cannot be denied.
In Kentucky a Fremont, Frees il Tick
et has been nominated, chiefly expecting
its support from Foreigners!
In Maryland a Fremont Ticket has
bee;i nominated, and it, too, calculates
on its largest support from Germans!
In Missouri, the foreign vole has elect
ed a Ilack Republican Democrat (Blair,)
to Congress; and the Fremont ticket in
that State will draw its main support
from Foreigners!
In New Orleans, a German paper luu
dr-red to advocate the election of Fre
mont, while no native would dare such
an act.
In Colorado conntv, Texas, a nero
insurrection was recently discovered, and
which was incited by Foreigners!
In Alabama, recently, two foreigners
have been expelled by the citizens, for
tampering with slaves.
In South Carolina, a few weeks since,
two foreigners were expelled by the citi
zens, for incendiary acts among slaves.
The man who shuts his eyes to this
stfite of facts, could not see a househunt
ing down, if it were within fifty yards of
him. J'hc evidence is overwhelming and
no honest man can controvert it.
Now what guaranty dons the Demo
cratic party offer tho South against the
inroads of this foreign abolitionism?
Does it acknowledgi the evil and provide
a way for its removal or mitigation? By
no means!
By no means! The Democratic party
in this particular, is pledged eriiphatical-
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n0 obstruction, by any modification of
and excluding the South!
Men of the South ! do you hear the
muttcrings of German thunder, on the
Western border of Texas? Do you ap
preciate the deadline3s of a freesoil blow
only ia timo to ward of a blow directed
by foreigners? In view of these tui.vos
how do yov feel when you turn to the
platform of one of the great parties of
the country, ami find that it is pledged
against all redemption pledged now and
foreved to encourage the migration hith-'
cr of the countless hosts of Europe's ig
norant, fanatical, red republican popula
tion !
The Democratic plodge to the Foreign
element is irreparable. It may have seal
ed the dooni of the South.
Men of the South ! Will you wait till
your houses are fired ? 'till it is too late
lo 'arrest evil which you see and feel and
only need the nerve to meet and repeal?
From tho Homo Circle.
I'M HKSOLVIU).
BY NKM.IE.
He ciiid he'il enll this evening,
'Twixt the hours of bovcii ond eight,
And now 'tin liall'pnst xevon, quite
I think ,e must bo lute.
But why should I bo wiitching thue
My heart lie heating so?
Shr.iiM lm bs!; mo if I lov? him,
Pm resolved to till him No!
I love him? pooh! heV foolish! ,,
Ami tie has Urn (lulle. t eye?,
And the JiOMiflj.-si form, I reckon.
Thiit e'er moved beneath the skies:
Yet, lie etys ho Imh n million,
Which on nie he will bestow;
I3nt, dour me! he is so ugly!
I'm resolved to linger No!
Love him? No! I never enn!
My heurt he's never won!
I could not lovohirn if he wns
The lust nnn 'n.mth tho sun!
So, to-night I'll frown upon him,
All his schemes to overthrow;
And I'll smile to teu him writhing
'Neath my meditated blow.
What a thunderbolt ho'll deein it!
W hut a w reck of hopes and love!
In despair I'll hour him calling
On tho very yoils above!
And althoiiirb it be a pity;
Yet it must am! uhull ho so:
As I'm firm as heaven's fooiMonl,
And resolved to answer No!
Ile'c coining now 'tis lie, I guess
Some one is at the gite!
Ah! the door-bell he is ringing,
And the clock is striking1 eight!
Eut he must not see me blushing
but makes dim come so slow!
lie's never dreamed, poor fellow! I'm
Kesolvcd to miHWcr Mo!
'Tis one o'clock, time iicv-nr did
Runhnlf'ho faHt I'm sure!
Upon my -vord, I never saw
Him loo!; so well befcrc;
And liione lips I thoi.glitpo ugly
Seemed so benutiful to-night !
1 let him kiss me, when he asked :
I wonder if 'twas right !
How could I mistake him !
Ilia eyes appeared to me
As bright and beautiful to-night
Ae fti'.rs upon the sen !
And yet, why did be kiss me ?
Most r.:rtaiii!y I know :
"Yes!" I nr.swer.'d, when he nsked me,
And I mount to toil him No !
I really think him hnidnome ;
And r'.ill he is tlto sr.me
I thought ko awful homely
Just nn hour before he enme.
And did j;ot try to hato him,
Anil I couli! not treat him to:
Oh ! I knew not that I loved him
Til. 1 tried to tell him No !
fcouilacm Views.
The Carolina Times published at Co
lunibia, Sou'.h Carolina, thus speaks of
the Presidential c andidates in its issue of
last Friday:
"If we were compelled to choose be
tween Buchanan, Fillmore and Fremont
we would prefer casting our vote for Mil
lard Fillmore, as the choicj of evils, re
garding him at the same timo ns only a
shade betterthan the two other candidates
for the Presidential chair.
Mr. Fillmore's administration was well
received by the people of Carolina.
His visit to Charleston and Columbia rat
lied a large proportion of the people to
do him homage, nnd although we do not
wish to be set down as one of his admir
ers, for we aro not, we do believe that
the Government, under his administra
tion, would prove to be more conserva
tive, just and impartial, than under eith
er the other candidates.
As a strictly Southern man, believing
that tho North and South cannot contin
ue in partnership and enjoy the benelits
resulting from their peculiar institution,
we are, and always havo been, since
1832, in favor of a dissolution; but if, as
the signs of the times indicate, we aro to
continue under one administration, we
conseientieusly believe thut Mr. Fillmore
will, if elected, prove to bo a better friend
of constitutional right than Mr. Buchan
an. We do not intend to advocate the
claims of Mr. Fillmore or an other man;
but we will express our views freely and
candidly.
Fremont Elvrtoiul Ticket iu Vii
Kiiiia.
The following is th Fremont Elec
toral ticket put in nomination by tb.e
iean State Convention which
met at Wheeling on the 18th ult.
Senatorial Electors.
J. C. Underwood, of Clark Co.,
.' Thos. J. Hewitt, of Hanoock Co.
District Electors.
1st. Joseph Applcgate,
2 I. Joseph Lud wig,
3.1. John Atkinson,
4t!i. George Whittum,
5th. 1). II. Frovil,
Oih. J. I!. Crown,
Vth. C D. Gillmghom,
St'.i. Ciiioric Rye,
('th. Dr. Levi Pitman,
10th. Richard Ureni.nan,
11 tii. O. W. Roberts,
12th. Joseph Hnrr,
. 13th. Asa Banning.
The Ilichmonil H7'of the 2(1 inst.,
republishes the proceedings of the
Con vclil ion, and says:
. There is no mistake this time. A Fre
mont electoral ticket exists in Virginia
at last. El.'ovvhcre, as a matter of news,
wo publish the proceedings of the Vir
ginia Jtopubiican Convention, which met
at Wheeling on the 18th of September.
We take them from the Wellsburg Her
ald, which accompanies its publication of
them with the following editorial rc
marks :
"It will bj seen hv reference to the
proceedings of ilia Republican Conven
tion recently held in Wheeling, that our
esteemed fellow tovvnsivan, Joseph Ap
pli.'gate, Esq., has been appointed one of
tne hector. He rc-present tho 1st tits
trict. As Gov. Wise at one time 'thank
ed God there was no paper published in
thiH District,' the Ju.lgo need not be
afraid of his speeches being severely crit
icised by the press. If ho onlv avoids
using 'incendiary' language, ho will get
along l;uely.
"It will also be socn that Thos. J
Hewitt, and Richard Brennemau, Esq's,
of Hancock county, aro also on the
Electoral ticket. AH the above narnei
have been heretofore prominent and in
iluential members of the Democratic par
ty. Two rears since, .Mr. Hewitt repre
sented Hancock iu the Legislature of
Virginia."
There, it is! Just ns we expected.-
''All the (love named have been hereto
fore promimnt nnd influential mailers
of the Democratic party!" And one
i tit i
ol t.iem was a late imuocrru'.c memoer
of tho Virginia Lc-iolature ! Angels
and ministers of grace ! what con the
matter be? Oh ! "Gizzard Foot, " be-
lo ed and devoted "Gizzard Foot," do
as you promised, and call forth your Ac
comae militia, and make for tho Pan
Handle. Tho enemy is at your door in
the persons of "prominent and influen
tial members of the Democratic party!"
Brave Protector of the State, why sleep
ye ?
The Eleventh Commandment. The
vencrr.blo Jcsiah Randall, of Pennsylva
nia, who knew nil the presidents, begin-
ninj with Wellington, made a glorious
speech at Tammany on the 4th. lie
said:
"I come, fellow-citizens, from a Free
State like your own; I never owned or
expect to ov:n a slave. But other men
better than I am, and as good as any who
are around me, have conscientiously held
slaves. It is vain to attack the motive
of a whole community, when that com
munity is one of the most civilized and
refine ! portions of t!ie inhabited world.
Cries oi "Good, good." What do tho
South ask? To bo let alone. They
don't interfere with us. All they r.sk is
to beletaloue. But we have certain as
pirants for public power and place who
will not learn tiie eleventh command
merit "Mind your own business.."
Laughter.
That's the whole of it. . These Abo
litionists wou't learn the. eleventh com
mandment, mind your own business!
Pass 'cm round Bost.m Post.
Ex-Gov. McCall says that Fillmore's
prospects are good in Florida, and thnt
the American ticket will be elected by a
handsome majority. ,
All intelligent politicians in Maryland
consider that the state is certain for Fill
more A new Fillmore paper called the Amer
ican Sentinel, is about to be started at
LancaPter, Kr.
Punch on Hoops. The London
Punch, , as everybody knows, srys
many funny things, but the very best
thing we have seen from it, in a long
time, is the following satire on tho
'hooj) question:
"Great Pedestrian Feat. From our
sporting cotrespondent. Paddy Hoofs,
tho celebrated pedestrian, but better
known at Lords, and the various com
mons in tho neighborhood of London, as
the "Aramersmith Antelope,' is still car
rying on his herculean feat of walking
round a lady in full dres3 100 times in
100 consecutive days. Ho is now in his
second weak nnd looks as fresh as when
he first stnrted, There ore bets to a con
siderable amount that Paddy will never
bo ablo to complete his arduous undertak
ing. What makes it still more difficult
is the fact that a fresh lady is substituted
every day. It has been observed that the
dress; os of those various ladies, instead of
decreasing, aro actually getting bigger
nnd bigger almost every week. What
the size, therefore, will be before tho 00th,
much less tho 100th, dny is cornp'eted,
the most elastic imagination snaps, like
an overstretched piece of india-rubber, in
its vain efforts to comprehend. Itis al
so feared that there will be no open
space largo enough in the vicinity of the
metropolis to admit of the experiment, as
soon as it has expauded to its fullest di
mensions, being fairly tried. In the mean
time, however, Paddy displays uncom
mon pluck, His unfailing good humor
and c'heerfulnoss under his trying labors,
such as would exhaust the oldest and
worst paid postman of St. Martin's le
Grand, win smiles of r.pproval even from
his fairest rampants. We wish the
brave fellow every success,, and shall
from week to week make a point, or sev
eral points rather, of recording tho on
ward march of iron tipped bluchers and
undaunted perseverance."
A G land n g Shot. At Harrison Lake,
Wisconsin, lately a sportsman on shoot
ing at a duck m the lake, was horrified to
sac a man spring forward and fall on the
beach near by. It appears that the bell
struck a wave and bounded back in a
line varying only about fifteen degrees
from whence it started, and passing
through the heart of the man who fell,
instantly killing him.
Fillmore in Maryland. The Balti
more American 3ays: "Tho majority for
Mr. Fillmore in the State will undoubted
ly bo as lar?o as that given for Mr. Clay.
Tho Hartford Madisonion says that his
majority in that county will not fall short
of 1000, and the Cumberland Civilian
promises not less than 200 majority in
old Democratic Alleghany."
Bus to kiss. Re-bus to kiss again.
Blunder-bus two girls kissing each oth
er. Omni-bus to kiss all tho girls in
the room. Bus-ter a general kisser.
E-plu-ri-bus-unum a thousand kisses in
one.
An Irishman lately bought a family
bible, and taking it home, made his first
entry in it thus: "Patrick O'Donohue
born Sept. 20th, aged three years.
Education in Texas. Wo are glad
to observe that as Texas advances in ail
other elements of progress, she is not
disposed to be behind the older States with
regard to education. As en evidence of
this fact we have received two annua!
catalogues, one of Andrew Female Col
lege, and the other of Austin College, at
Iluntsville, Walker county Texas.
They both exhibit the respective institu
tions to bo in prosperous and promising
condition, well suppliel with students
and undcr energetic directions and abla
faculties.
'. Gen. Cass at Tippecanoe. Gen.
C.iss, in making a speech nt the grt-a:
Democratic barbecue and Mass Meet
ing on the Tippecanoe battleground,
recently said in speaking of Henry
Clay:
"Itis to me a source of great consola
tion, that though wo differed on almost
every political question, I never in my
life srioRe "a disrespectful word of him.
He was my friendat hisdeath. 1 attend
ed his dying couch, and caught almost
the last accents that fell trow his lips.
He said that Mr. Fillmore . war his Gr1
thoirt for th Pridny.
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