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The American Question.
Danville, Ky., April 28, 1855.
Col. A. G. Hodges, Frankfort My
Dear Sir : You are aware tliat I have received
two communications, both of them
signed by a number of tho most respectable
citizens of your town, amongst whom I
recognize many old persoual friends, urging
mo to address tho people at the Capital of
the State upon that great American question
which so deeply engages tho attention
of the whole community. I may add, that
mnnj' similar invitations have been sent to
uie, and still continue to be sent from various
and widely separated portions of the
Commonwealth, signed in the aggregate by
a very large number of persons. And it is
110 doubt known to you that within this '
month I was prevailed on, under peculiar
circumstnnf\As. in Kntli '
_ - ~7 .w vwb*? . IIOLCUIVCO, I.V '
on this subject in Cynthiana, and in Lexington.
The object of this communication <
is, in the first place, to say in this public '
manner, that it does not appear to be my i
duty to accept these invitations; and in the j
second, to perform the duty which they and 1
many other considerations do seem to re- <
quire, in the distinct expression of my priu- <
ciples on the subject itself. In doing this, i
it may save the necessity of future explanation
to say that I avail myself of the proof- ?
sheets of an article written by me for a pe- 1
riodical published in another State, which >
luie nr*t. unf Konn iooha^I *I -A *
...? ..wV J trvv.il IO-1UV.U , aiiu LU iiun liJUL II
I supposed ther<! was the smallest doubt of '<
tlie issue of this contest in Kentucky, or that <
my services were comparable in value to the (t
estimate put on them by impartial friends, t
I should pursue a very different course from t
the one I have now adopted. c
Politics have assumed a new, and to the s
old managers of parties and elections^ a *
most unexpected phase. Many things have 1
conspired to produce this result; and men I
^vill, no doubt, give this or that explanation
of the movement we are witnessing, accord- t
ing to the point of view from which they *
consider it. Many effects may be produced e
by the movement itself; and men will ap- ?
preciato those effects, and endeavor to pro- ^
mote or prevent them,, according to their I
, vfew^f ^erteral politics, of theinteresS of f
society, and of the proper destiny of our F
great country. ,, * , ; > \
The iutense and pervading power of the t
. movement Itself can no longer be a matter c
of doubt. And to the calm observer various ^
elements are manifest which render its future f
progress altogether inevitable. Amongst ?
uiese uecisive elements may ue staiea uie i
augmented force of the movement itself, I
acquired by its own previous triumphs; and <
the great homogeneousness of the spirit of 1
it, to the portions already conquered. It s
will encounter no difficulty equal to the in- <
tense Democracy of New Hampshire, Illi- i
nois, Pennsylvania and Michigan ; the wide- 1
spread political immorality of New York, <
the Democracy of Virginia, and the settled s
anti-slavery sentiment of Massachusetts; i
the hereditary Whigisin of Kentucky. Yet
all of these are mastered by the grander 1
snirit of the new movement. What barn- <
er remains to arrest its irresistible career ? <
It is infinitely absurd for the opponents <
of this vast movement of the human mind 1
to attribute it to unworthy or insignificant ]
causes. It is utterly ridiculous for its friends '
to imagine that it can exhaust itself upon :
subjects that are feeble and indistinct It '
may aim at what is wrong, or what is un- i
attainable; but it cannot avoid aiming at I
what is great and permanent any more than 1
it could have been produced by anything 1
that was feeble, indirect, or base. A great
people does not receive such shocks from '
such causes; nor when received do they ter- 1
-*te W'thout immense results.
mivvi ' we is a vast and apparently '
YVliat ..-/'innr nf fliA nnirit nf A mor. i
isrssEisrwas
the restoration of l"BP)r,t ^
Protestant civilization, lu .' c'x 9?u"*
try itse.'f was originally creau. V r *i
beneath that we Behold the renevv l la';
_ profound sense of tlie overwhelming ne^?sity
of our National Union?which was J 10
grandest outbirth of our National Revolution.
These are the life and heart and soul d
of this gigantic movement. American Na- d
tTMiality, Protestant Civilization, Natio'nal f
Union. The eOUntry believes all three of v
these ar^ th danger. Men may say .the t
country to deluded* Brit that does not val- c
tor the <$>6 so long a* the country thinks t
otherwise. The country is resolved that all i
Bangor to a!! of them shall be thoroughly t
Removed. " Mott may say the country is 1
misled; but what of that,, so long as the 1
'country- ia /esolved to be.National, Protest- 1
*nt and United i /<: .. i
The conotry is]thoroughly convinced that
cannot, tirflst the perpetuation of its Na- <
tionality^ its Prt>test4nt civilisation, and its
Diop, * ppf &9m> tWII|W ?o IUB r
keeping of ontfeog ?artiea,in their ordina/
*7 action ; and so the countjy has, for the
. HUe at least; set aside all parties. Men may
?y this js mere forrnticiem; but what
the country eup for the -sayings of men
.-J , -A tW&?,
* - ' , - ?r'V - .-v.- - ?%*?
L . v-^
nalely crushed. Tiio country determines
that its Protestant civilization is its original,
its mast precious, and its most vital inheritance;
and, believing it to have been betrayed,
it purposes to surround it with adequate
sfaeguards. They who participate
in these opinions will applaud this profound
purpose; they who conspire to destroy that
Protestant civilization, or who abet, or sell
themselves to those who do, must abide the
political overthrow which so justly and permanently
awaits them. The country cherishes
its glorious nnrionality; and believing
it to be endangered, it has risen up in its
majesty?to assert, to vindicate, and to develope
still more powerfully the nationality
without which the country itself has no
destiny?no mission on the face of the earth.
They who are so lost to every exalted instinct,
as to be insensible to the grandeur of
.. 1. 1 i ?
siiuu nopes as *jrou lias set be to re us, may
ulso despise all the efforts by which those
hopes are to be realized. Nevertheless, the
country will guard and assure its natioality
in spite; of its recreant children as well as
ts open Iocs. This is my version of this
rand movement; one point of view from
which its rise, its progress, and its aims arc
listinctly manifest. Let the country execute
such _a work in such a spirit, and she
vill be launched anew upon her high career.
It may he of less importance to deter-'
nine by what means this great spirit has
jecn aroused and concentrated. Vet this
s not difficult. Manifestly whatever these
ncans were, they must have worked l.*>ng
md worked deeply. Was it nothing that
n all parts of the country,and for v?\ars together,
and upon the most opposite pretexts,
he dissolution of the Union was constantly
hreatenwl ? Was it nothing that political
:orruption grown gigantic in the land had
hocked all honest men. Was it nothing
hat a stream of foreign paupers and felons
lowed ceaselessly into (lie bosom of the re- <
?ublic? Was it nothing (hat millions of
breign Papists and foreign Infidels, iuunda- i
ing the country like a flood of locusts, |
vere openly organized into political pow- ,
ts, directed against the Liberty, the lleli- ,
fion, and the Nationality of the people ?
>Vas it nothing that political parties openly i
ought and sold the support of the???
ul powers?contracting always for 6uch
ayments in return, as were the most hu- '
niliating and the most fatal ! Was it nohing,
that the voice of patriots, the power i
>f the press, the importunities of the pulniti
vere directed, each in his own sphere and ,
or years together against this frightful nnd
snormous wickedness? Was it nothing
hat at length, men could neither vote nor <
>reach, nor speak, nor pray, nor teach, with>ut
being liable to insult and violence?uness
they wpuld do all in such a manner as ,
uited the tastes of foreign mobs, composed ,
>f foreign Infidels and Papists? Yea, verly,
they were deep causes, and they worked J
ong, which wrought the American people |
:o that earnest and fervid, but yet calm and I
iettled enthusiasm, which pervades the j
lation.
No doubt Religion is an element of this.vide-spread
excitement. But it is not the!
>nly element, nor with all men the chief j
me. Either of the other elements, by itself, j
tlite Attn Ktr /\n/?I?f ? * !?? ??? i
j* king wuv kjj iov,n uu^ll U u; uavu UCC1I 3UI*
icient to have saved the country from the
peril which now demands the power of all
:hrce to avert it. Because it is an element
it all, they over whom long delayed retribution
is impending scream at the bare
mention of it, as the demoniacs did wlieu
Lhey saw Christ approach them. It is a
persecution for conscience sake in their
view, that we hesitate to surrender our
Country, our Liberty, and our Religion to
Lhe guidance of corl-upt men bauded with
foreigners; aqd what makes it a persecution
is, that these foreigners happen to' be
Papists and Tnfidels. If they had happen-!
ed to be Chinese or Mahomedans tho na-1
ItAtl tlinnl/1 kottA ? rt/1 I
k,V" "VM1U ICYUJIUU lUUVyll &UUUUI* I
And ypt without reason. For we and our
fatbeis have an unsettled account with
Popery, many centuries old. At first it
was the Emperor and the Pope who trod us
into the dust. Then it was Kinro and1
Bishops who burned some at the stake, and !
drove the rest oui of all lands into thiswili
-ness. Now it is priests and mobs, and
j ' -ogues, who have followed us into our
dace of ,"efuSe~1na7? our last place of ref,rre?to
ren??.w here the com,bat ?f. ccnt"fe,
in a form av <*more degrading and
letestable, and mero l,kelX f*M?l to utf
ban in either of its prOc^'PJf lorr2t' ?'la"
ve be driven into the Pflc - c' Shall we
luccmnb? Or shall we turn' i-',no,n ou^ ,e*
entless pursuers? They have folli^p" "lG
ion to his last den, and brought bin.1 <0
bay 1 Did they expect him to die like a
stag in his lair f :. j i
TW revolt of the coflntry was wholly.nn-j
expected by those who supposed U;ey bad
already secured jta final subjugation; and
like every other greater retribution, it takea
those it falls on by surprise. It is not,
therefore, to be wondered *t that they execrate
with peculiar horror the special means
of success against tbem which their*-own
perfldity and ferocity bad rendered abso
m't^iy indispensable, "The eodntry prgatv
iies iteelf fot. the groat, conflict, xvhich, to
thow whtii first; emb*rk$4in it, seemed.well
ffe'K :?yg
Hf'f.'.- " -*"T- ? . ' ,Z*t ? . .
! Hut the demagogues, the priests, the mobs, 11
the foreign papists and infidel?, are slioeked t
beyond endurance, because the liandfuil of j
devoted men who first combined to save t
the country, if that were any longer possi- t
ble, did not call the whole of them into u
council!?For what? 1 ti order to be mur- li
dered, traduced, and the very end tor which
they were willing to be traduced, and if
necessary, murdered utterly defeated ??
Were they called into council when their
enemies bought and sold them 1 Were tliey
notified, when corrupt bargains were struck ^
in which the liberties of the people were put b
at an infamous price? Were they consult- p
id when the atrocious schemes to break up ?
the Union of the" States wero concocted?
Were tliev advertised when the overthrow | b
of our nationality, of our institutions, ami c
of our religion together, was deliberately a
undertaken by the I'opish despots and pre- n
lates of Europe ? Was counsel asked of k
them by foreign papists and infidels, when, it
throughout the whole land, they conspired <1
with the full assent of demagogues to over- w
throw the Protestant civilization of the h
country Were the secrets of the confes- a
sional made known to them ? Were the h
secret oaths binding every papist ecelesias- ?'
tic with unlimited allegiance to a foreign a
temporal Prince submitted to their scrutiny ? ?
The suj'cti>/ of the State is the supreme ti
law. Ami surely it is the fii-st necessity of d
a State that, is endangered, and they who ei
would have it, must consult, must combine. sc
If the perlidity and ferocity of their onemies
compel them to observe unusual can- t*
tion, it only proves the greatness of their ?
danger. In point of morality, it stands ei
precisely on the same tooting as vote uv pi
ballot. The object of it determines its law- er
I'd I ri ess; and it is its success, not its nature, Ir
whicli makes it so hateful. si
If the Nationality of America is to he. is<
sustained ; if her Protestant civilization is tc
to be perpetuated ; if the Federal Union is cl
to be preserved ; there is but one possible tli
method of dealing with the subject. The a
organized power of society must be taken lit
nut of the hands of jhosc who have betrayed II
those vast interests, and must be put into nc
the hands of those who will cherish them, vc
v-? inMj-iyivnt . hy_ tei
which this great change can be cISectedT
That enliiditcned. tin* first, si en of the. mvn- of
o ; ' "I" "
lution is political, the second is legal. The rc
first step involves the organization, and the he
triumph of a party commensurate with the g'
country, (he American Parti/: and that h*
involves the overthrow of every party that sc
resists iLs ultimate objects,or resists the nee- 'u
pssnry means of obtaining those objects, er
Indeed, if this step was fully achieved it w
would be of less consequence to take a sec n
ond one; since the laws, though bad, are di
endurable; and society is safe; as soon as se
it has finally put out of power all men and c?*i
parties, hostile to our Nationality, to our of
Protestant civilization, mid to nnr F<wl.>rnl Wi
Union; out of power, with an overthrow in
incapable of being repaired. H
And this is the reason why this gscat cl
movement excites such excruciating bitter- of
ncss of hate, in its political aspect, on the tii
part of ?11 against whom it is directed. Its th
success is seen to bo a fatality to them, m
For nations do not immediately incur the
same peril twice, nor do profound national
movements speedily exhaust their
force. The Democratic party has survived 'J1
the storms of an hundred venrs. The American
party, strong enough to swallow
up not only Democracy itself, but every ?
other feebler excitement, will live forever.
The legal revolution, therefore, which will
consummate political, will bo only hut nec- st
essarily the outbirth of the spirit. Assaults ita
upon the Union of these States, whether ni
from the North or the South, must cease.? al
Conspiracies against the Protestant civiliza- 111
tion ot tiio country, between demagogues **
on'tVne side and papal and infidel foreigners OI
on the other, must terminate. Attacks up- rf
on our nationality, by treaties made between 0{
foreign Despots and Prelates, under the ki
sanction of the court of Home, and execu- ai
ted by million.^ of foreign papists and infidels
cast into our bosom, must bo brought Sl
to an end. Foreigners must be content to rc
enjoy here the blessings of freedom?do- Ir
nied to them everywhere else; the benefits ai
of a civilization more exalted than any they ai
can enjoy elsewhere; the same civil nnd rc- t?
ligious rights which we ourselves enjoy. w
They mutt cease io rule us. Americans n
must rule us. , . w
I cannot be insensible that many virtu- ^
ous, enlightened and patriotic men View this n
subject in a light widely different from that "]
in which it strikes me. I have no allusion ^
to them, in anything I have uttered. I do
not forget the blinding influence of party o
spirit and party tie?. I admit also that not
a few of those who are personally dear to e<
me, are found arrayed against what I be- w
Heve'to be tfre very highest interests of the ^
country Way make my duty painful,
hut not uncertain. .Nor could I help being' ?
fujly aware of tjie atrocity y?ith which the "
public prees sometimes a&sail. those from ^
whom, it ia supposed, tio person*! peril is to n
be apprehended. Bnt I npyd felt long:ago
t)io wholn forte of Papal,and Infidel bitter- n
pea*, andjiave.-survived all ttii&Hheir co- jK
laborers could^personaUy attempt' For any f
thing mor^ ^^uld oe strange Indeed; if I J
I
; v f->
. . ' ?i> / is ? .' * -r
r?
?> + .-j*L > -
i?ngrr i iul more eagerly, and vindicated
he most detested principles on which it
iroeeed- more tenaciously than one in ten
housin.] of my countrymen. All I ask is,
hat \vh"ii that triumph comes, it may he
ised as wisely and as generously as it was
leroical'v won.
Your friond and servant,
Flour. J. BitF.CKExniDOE.
? A Iiearnod Oddity.
The ffcaltiinore correspondent of the
Vew Orleans Picayune gives the following
rief sketch of a very singular and eccentric
ersona^e whom he met a few evenings
inco :
"His name is Henry Ottmer. He was
orn some fifty-two years ago, in Somerset
ounty, Pennsylvania, of German parentge.
lie came to Baltimore when a boy,
nd served an apprenticeship to a watchmaer.
Working in this city until his raajory,
he git sick of city life, and retired to!
ic com.try. Having a tase for study, and !
ith Oiiiy a rude education, he applied I
imself ;o hooks. The taste for literature
nd sciiiice grew upon him, and ever since
o has 1 veil a laborious student. Solitary
nd alone, he toiled day and night until he
L'coinpli-lied a thorough knowledge of Lnti,
Greek, French, Spanish, Hebrew, Gormn,
and several other languages. This
one, lie betook himself to historv, the sei-j
s. 1 ? ? - 1
noc.^, mm now laiiKs among uie ocsu
sholars of tho ago. II is present favorite |
inly is mathematics, and admits of but |
vo problems which have given him pausej
-squarl .g the circle, and the solution of
ibic equations. lie is ?" astronomer,
liilosophcr, chemist, pqgf. mechanic, mathnatieian,
and somewhat of a theologian,
i my tv?iole life, I have never seen such n
ngnlar .personage. lie lives in a small
ulated /Cottage, apart from society. Per
the Hermit was not so thorough a reuse,
nor Diogenes more learned. lie raicr
eselifiws women, lives a bachelor, has
fine liljfary of the classics and modern
XTatuiv^ and is happy beyond measure.
!is cxp:tssion to me was,, that lie would
) exoiTgnge positions with the most fa>red
crgwned heads of Europe. "He pro1
~ mviiu m-j *u>7 ^umu rtuu aiuiiuiirti
morality. His personal appearance is
markubly singular. Scarcely a hair can
s seen on his head, which shines like a
cased pumpkin. Beneath a high, intelutu:il
forehead and a. projecting brow, is
en a small, quick penetrating''black eye,
II of character and intelligence. He lievshaves,
has a fine moustache and ample
liiskors, with a faee vivid in expressison.? 1
is entire costume would not sell for ten
nies, if put up at public auction. A pasr-hy
would suppose himH a poor mciulint,
and be inclined to extend the hand
' charity ; and yet he is comfortable in the
orld's goods?owes no man a? farthing, is
dependent as a king, happy asaWd.?
is food is literature, and his delight, tlir.
o ",v
assita ; is, by profession, .1 skilful repairer
clocks; and after finding his funds gctng
low, st-t-s out on an oxpedilion through
c country, on a professional tour of clockending."
A Singular Couple.
Along with my brother, who was colleotg
matter for a work he was about to pubih,
I visited the interesting town of Hex*m?intcvestin^
at least to him, for it was
fine field for historical research, although,
r my. own part, I found little, to admire
sides its ancient. church. The cireumance
which, more than anything else, obined
the dingy town a lasting place in
iy memory, was our takinga lodging with
1 extraordinary pair, an old man and wolan,
husband and wife, who lived by tliemilves,
without child or servant, subsisting
i the letting of their parlor and two b'cd>oms.
They were tall and erect, though
ich seventy years of age. When we
nocked-at the door for admittance, tliey
iswered it together; if we rang the bell,
ie husband and wife invariably appeared
de by side; all requests and demands were
iceived by both and oxecuted with the utlost
nicety and exactness. The first night,'
rriving late by the coach from Newcastle, (
id merely requiring a good firo and our
sa, we were puzzled to understand the roa>n
of this double attendance; and I relember
my brother rather irreverently
ondering whether wo "were always to be
aited upon by these Siamese twins." On'
nging the bell to retire for the night, both
ppeared as usual; the wife tcarrying the
ftn n/l!ao4wiTr i liiloKnn/)
b\t?vum uuiivii^oviva) mv> nuuumiu nvniiuui^
t the door. T gave her directions about
reakfast for t)ie following morning, when
16 husband from the dqor quickly, anBwe'r1
for her. "Depend upon it, she is dumb,"
hippesred my brother. But this was not
le case, though she rarely made we of tho
iculty of speech. They both Attended me
>to.my bedroom, when^the old lady, seo>g
me look with some surprise towards her
ysband, said?"There's jjo offence meant,
ia'aro,-by my husband coming with me into
#j0$ chamber?he^s qtono blind." ''Poor
lart V' I exclaimed. ' "But why, - then^ ddes
e not sit still I W,by/<Joea hie accompany
ou. ?veiy where F "It's no use, nrn'aoi,
our speaking to my' old woh)w,'' the
usb^nd; "she can't hear yon;-'~?h ft <jtntG
J
Man and wife were indeed one flesh; for
he saw with her eves, and she heard with
his ears ! it was beautiful to ins afterwards
to watch the old man and woman ii: their
I inseparableness. Their sympathy with each
other was as swift as electricity, and made
their deprivation as naught.
Pretty Womea and Politenesa.
A talented lady who writes for the papers
speaks thus of the city railway cats.
The seats of tho car were all occupied ?
crowded: yet the conductor stopped for
me. Not wishing to disturb, 1 was intending
to stand, but a gentleman up at the far
....,1 nr,w,. ..rwl ..." 1-:
nioioivu U|WII IIIY Ullvlllir II
seat. Being very tired, 1 thanked him and
obeyed. Presently a lady much younger,
much prettier, and much better, dressed
than myself entered the car.
IS'o less than four gontlemen rose instantly,
offering her a seat. She smiled sweetjy and
unaffectedly, and thanking the ^onfieman
who urged the nearest seat to h$r she seated
herself with a peculiar gra^S of manner.
She "had one of those faers Raphael was
always painting?toupWngly sweet and expressive.
A little after this young beauty
liad taken her teat a poor woman, looking
very thin and pale, with that care worn haggard
look that poverty and sorrow and hard
labor phvays give, came in. She might have
been one of those poor seamstresses who
.irfirk like slaves and starve for their labor. I
She was thinly and meanly clad and seemed
weak and exhausted. She had evidently
no sixpences to throw away and came in !
the car not to stand, l?ut to rest while she
wjis helped on in her journey-. While she
was meekly standing for the moment none
of the gentlemen (?) offering to rise, Raphael's
angel, with sweet, reproving eyes
looked on those who had so officiously offered
her a seat and seeing none of them
attempt to movo, and just as I myself was
rising to give the poor old lady a seat, she j
arose and insisted upon the woman taking
her seat It w.is all the work of but a n.sjtnent;
and the look of grateful surprif^jrae
old womrfh gave her and the glance ijffivect
piety the beautiful girl- bestowcj^Jon the
woman as she yielded her seat,4i8ir {be evident
consternation of the bijdncloth iudijfrct
to-r*ame'
?all \Vott to mo irresistibly interesting and
instructive. One of these same broadcloth
\vehrers apparently overpowered with confusion,
got up and left the car and Raphael
i.:~ - - - - *
luuu ma vacant, neat.
"Coras thiB Way, Father."
During a short visit to the sca-slioro of
our. State a few years since, with a party of
friends, It was proposed one bright afternoon
that we should make up a fishing party and
go down to the harbor on a fishing excursion.
Wo accordingly started, and after
sailing about three miles, a young lady of
the company declined goiug farther, and
requested us to land her on one of tho small
islands in the harbor, where sho proposed
to remain until our return. My little boy,
then about four yearn old, preferred remaining
with her. Accordingly, we left them,
and proceeded six miles further. We continued
out much longer than 'we intended,
and as night appcpaclied, a thick fog set in
C .. ? ? .... -
iroia mc sen, cuurwiy enshrouding lis. Without
a compass, and hot knowrng the right
direction to steer, we groped our way along
tor several hours; until iinally yre distinguished
the breaking of the spi t Ott*he rocks of
one of the islands, but were at p Jyss to
know which oue of them. I stood 'dip in
the stern of tho boat,' which I had beep
steering, and shouted' With all my strength.
?I listened a moment, and heard through
the thick fog, and above tho breaking of the
surf, the sweet voice of my boy, calling?
"Come this way father!:?stiier for me?
Fm here waiting for you 1"
We steered by that sound* and soon my
littlo boy leaped into my arms with joy,
saying :
"I Knew you would bear me futher!"
and nestled to sleep on my bosom.
Tbe child and maiden are botb sleeping
now. They died two short weeks after the
period I now refer to, with hardly an interval
of time between their deaths. Now
tossed on the rough sea of life, without a
compass or guide, enveloped in fog and surrounded
by rocks, I seem to hear tho sound
of the cherub voicf, calling from the bright
sliQre?"come this way, father?steer
straight for me !M
When oppressed with sadness^I take my
way to our quiet cemetery; still as I stand
by one little mound, the same, musical voioe,
echoes from thence, "come this way, father,
?I'm waiting for you!n '
Bain.?On Wednesday evening last
W0 were blessed, with, copious' and .refreshing
showers. We think tbe rain has been
general throughout bur'fcibtfict; 'This was
the first thorough season we nave naa in our
immediate vicinity since the crops were
planted. < .
Since writing $^, ahore.Wf> have-bad;
another Wiower,. here, and learn that the
rain. ori'Wednesday e?ehin? was. accompanied
by a s^ore baH storm ip many pot-i
tions' of OHTv -X>i?Uiot., (Th^fWttn of. James
B|>fln,. Esq., oo)y S npiles north <jf4Uis plj?ce?
has been damaged;. We are..t<&L to-tt?e <sxtcntoftf
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Extraordinary Occurrence. ?*<? * 4 .
Considerable sensation bra been catraetf
in tho towns of Topsham, Lympstone^/Exmouth,
Teigmouth, and Dawlish, id{ that
south of Devon, in consequence of theydiscovt-ry
of a vast number of foot-tracks o^rJk
most strange and mysterious descriptiOifc^
The superstitious go so far as to belierw V.
that, they are the marks of Satan himself;
and that great excitement bss been produced
among all classes, may be judged of<
from tho fact that the ^object has been
fcanl?;d on l'rom tbe.pnlpit. If appears tttat,
on Thursday night last, there waa a #ery
heavy full o? snow in the neighborhood of
Exeter and the south of Devon. OnTthe
following" morning the inhabitants of the
above towns were surprised at discovering
the f.)ot-rnnrks of some strange oud nijrpturious
animal endowed with tiro p^wer-jof
ubiquity, as the footprints were to be seen
in all kinds of unaccountable places?oa
tho tops of houses and narrow walls, in garv
dens and courtparks, enclosed bv high wall^
and pailings, as well as in open fields. There "%
was hardly a garden in Lympstone whero
these footprints were not observable. The
track appeared more like that of a biped
than a quadruped, aiK.1 tho steps were generally
eight inches in advance of each other.
The impression of the foot closely resembles
that of a donkey's shoe, and measured
from an inch and a-lmlf, in some instance?
to two and a-half inches across. Here and
there it appeared as if cloven, but in " the
generality of the steps the shoe was coilmuous,
and from the shoo in the centre remaining
entire, merely showing the.'.outer
crest of the foot, it must have been convex.
The creature seems to have approached the
doors of several houses, and thon. to have
1 retreated, but no one has been abte to discover
the standing or resliug point of th&
I mysterioin visitor. At present it remains a
| mystery nod many superstitious people ia 't|
the above towns are actually afraid to ga
outride tbeir doors at night.
jEnglish Paper*
'Kansas Territory?Its Progpeots.
We had the pleasure of mooting witb
Col. Crosson during the present week, and"
frum unearned many particulars concernC.
was lately of Newberry Di*trict?.
and Editor of the Sentinel, and is a man
of high character and intelligence. He ia
just from Kansas, and says that the proapects
for maintaining the vantage ground
now held by the Southern States is dqcided~
Kansas will be a Slaveholding State, or no
ci?i? .1.;. it-! " mi -j- > - "
oimu ui mis union, iiiey are determined
on it. He says that the Northern abolition
papers have grossly slandered the Missourians.
That notwithstanding the great excitement
existing in Missouri, they nre determined
to carry their point orderly, though
with unflinching tenacity.
The lands are represented as very fine,,
and the country is well adapted for a slaveholding
State. Col. C. remarked that one
of the most efficient men in turning thetido
of opinion in favor of slavery in 'Kansas,
was an emigrant from Massachusetts
sent out by the free-soilers. He and many
others discovered, on reaching Missouri, the
rrrr\<aa 1i/>c oK/vlIfiAn Nn/1
ft'""" ?' "IVU I?UVJ>II1IVU MftU uiu^ilt tuoiil
in regard to the condition of the negro, and
the institution of slavery in general, and
they hate wisely determined to go for a
slaveholding State ruther than a freo-negro
State.? Greenville Mountaineer.
Shocking Murder.?Our district, oa
Monday last, was the Rceno of an awful
-tragedy, the facts of which are these: Hoiman
Smith, residing near tho Rolling Mill,
was correcting a negrc? girl'for misconduct,
when the. mother interfered for her protection.
A summons from Mr. Smith for .assistance
brought up several of the boys ?fid
the woman's son among the number. She
then struck Juer master with a hoe handle,
and the son followed it up with five blows
upon the head of Mr. Smith wit^ythepott *
of no axe, crushing in thehead at each blowv
reducing it to a shapeless mass; In theConsternation
and alarm the boy escaped*
but was speedily arrested, and both secured
to await investigation. * -
Magistrate Pavis Moon, acting as coroner*
summoned an iricjuest, and the finding was
in accordance with the facts. A' colirt of
freeholders, was convened on Tuesday,^ and
the slaves were found guilty; TheyVere
brought to the village and lodged iri tho ,
jail in the evening, to-' await execUtipri on
Friday, 6th of Xu\y.--Carolina Spartan. .:
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pot a small table-spoonful of sbdrfandlfc >
tea-spoonful of Biigafr ?d a little1 ^ - *
stir it:iD, .tljo' quantity qf milk on
bow voti wflnt to bag# it, i?Jgkf6jp^8vy
little, ft may bo thick enQngjjffito drop fa
spoonfuls into an oven andj^??ytfti'a Jid;
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