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The Spartan tliu Speaks of the writer of this letter: MA. friend in Louisville, formerly living In this State, who was cognisant of the facts writes us a letter on the riots. From ou 'knowledge of his .sympathy, and his owi avowal of connection, with the Know No Hiring party, we presume ho furnishes an im partial statement. We know him to be i native, and one who served his country ii the Mexican war, and thcrfore not easily scared by gun powder, and this may ac count for his being in the midst of sucl scenes as have disgraced Louisville." The Know Nothing papers of the coun try have labored to place the responsibility of this disgraceful affair upon the foreigi population; but this writer, it will be seen tells quite a different tale; and from tin above remarks of the Spartan, as alsc from the corroborative testimony given bj a correspondent of the New York Post, \v< believe it is the true one. Indeed, whet men prepare themselves to rob their fellow citizens of political rights on the pitiful pre text that because of their religious notion; or place of birth they are unfit to exercis( them. Wfi are. ?iai stirm-ised if fnrrrnt nl , L ? J ?. law and ail humanity. Know Nothingisir has the elements of as relentless adcspolisij: as ever cursed tlie world. It lias only t( possess the power, (which God forbid it ev er may,) to prove it teyond question. W< ask every one to read the letter, and judgt what, would ItA tJiA r<?!?rn 5l' n)>o.liW/> /-> 0", -- v, such a Dictator:? Louisville, Ky., August 10,1855. Dear Friends: Thinking that the state ment of an eye witneess to our election riots of last Monday would interest you, I hasten to lay before you what I saw. You have often accused me of belonging to the American party. Well, until last Monday I did, and felt proud of the association, But now I' beg leave to differ in opinion with them as to the mode of "ruling America." At 8 o'clock a. m., I took mv station at the first Ward polls. I had only beer there somo fifteen minutes when a Crowd ol bullies, armed with bludgeons, took then station likewise. An Irishman came up tc vote. He was asked who ho intended tc vote for. lie answered "Clarke;" where upon ono of the "chivalrous Americans' gave him a dreadful blow with his club The poor fellow ran, the crowd after him They caught him aud beat him nearly tc death. I endeavored to stop them from kil ling him, but was told by a friend "to hold my tongue." Several foreigners had by this time been chased away from the polls am] dreadfully beaten. In company with sevt era! I wont down to see if no means coulc Ifcfl devised to stop such disgraceful proceed when I met a crowd of 400 or 500 having about h'alf their number armed witl . jjfc' gun# and dragging with them a cannon _fcMbing up. They said "tho Dutch had ta ken possession of the polls, and killed G( Americans" We told them we had jusi come-from there, and that the rumor wai false. But they did not heed us, so w< turned back with them. On arriving al the polls not a foreigner was to be seen Some bullies had went out to tho Dutcl part of the town and broke into a house ^whiei* *>pe of them was shot. The mob be came.uuunat-ea at, this, and went out there >, '. Then^oo'tnmenced the massacre. They shol down all they saw, and when the poor Dutch took refuge in their houses they set fire tc their buildings, shooting them as they attempted to escape from the flames, thus literally ROASTING THEM ALIVE. Just think of it! Helpless woman, innocent children, and even babes burned, to light the great American party on to their glorious destiny, There was a large brewery in which a great many of the fugitives took refuge. This became the centre of attack. The mob tushed in, dragged out the poor wretches, . shooting and maiming them. They gutted Jthe brewery as well as the house of the proprietor, just adjoining it, and then set fire to the whole block. About,, DfOon it was rumored that some Ainericans had been killed in the English Ward. I went downtown, and there ? witnessed a scene that' biriflee description. Two squares were on fire, and the Irish were being shot down in cold jbiood, and roasted in their houses. An I rishman was caught, badly beaten, and lefl for dead. J3is wife came out of a house (fied to raise him up, when one of the mis creants went back and struck her -r.*?th i .dab* 1880 heard from good autfiority? one who will testify on oath?that a womai came out <A one of the bouses with * , litth bebe ill her arnw. One of,the mob went up U her, placed the mmie of his gun to th< head of' the little' .innocent, and. scatterec its doptMoHMktY Hie mobakamsds ade m?Mtratk?n on the "Tiruee Offloe(Demo 1L -1 cratic,) but hearing that some Americans = were inside, well armed, they contented themselves with tearing down the sign 9 fend making a bonfire, of it. During i, tho whole day, in almost every street, 1 you could see foreigners pursued by bloodthirsty "Americans/' who beat, shot, hanged 3 and drowned them. The stores were shut, men were gathered in groups at the corners, 5 each talking and whispering, not knowing , but they were doomed men. For it was unr derstood that sympathisers sliould share the i fate of the foreigners. For thirty-six hours - our fyir city was at the mercy of a lawless - mob. who murdered innnrv>nf. piti*r?nq u,-n x men and children. For what? Because i they had the dreadful temerity to defend f their families from the insults of polluted - ruffians who broke into their houses. Shades i of our ancestors, could such a state of things be, in this "land of the free and home of . the brave!" 25 bodies have been found, r but I think the killed will not &I1 short of ' fifty. 1 You will ask "Were there no efforts made '? by the authorities to check these outrages ?" s I blush for the American name, as I answer , ?N~o / On Tuesday evening, after the . mob had dispersed, the Mayor called out a company of armed citizens, who made a few } arrests of foreigners. The matter is under1 goinS investigation now, and the city > is quiet. You know I have witnessed some . heart-rending scenes in my chequered ca. reer through life, but Jione?even among our own Indians?that wonlrl enmnAPo in 5 atrocity with the scenes enacted here. They I were hellish beyond description. Even tho i telegraph has been prostituted to give a false , coloring to the scenes of Monday lasf, (9th.) } Would you believe that a man could be found who would attempt to justify these things! There is such a man. Ilisnamc - is Prektice, of the Louisville Joural. He ? says, "The foreigners commenced it" He f lies, as hundreds of respectable men will testify of both parties. The ladies of Bards town nave presented mm witli a silver vase, as a reward for his services in the Know - Nothing cause. The Democrats think of making him a more suitable offering! All the foreigners are leaving the city, and property has decreased in value 20 per cent. Hundreds of deserted houses cannot be rented at any price. A pall seems to hang over our city, and all branches of trade have feb tho effects of tho riot. It is the opinion of our best men here that our city will not get over it in a long time. I have given you a fair statement If you f choose to promulgate it you can do so, and " make use of mv name if vou think nroner. * ^ I 1 I am an American, which you can testify to, and Lave but little or no sympathy with either foreigners or the Romish Church; ' but if what I saw on Monday last was a fair i specimen of the way in which wo are to bo j . "ruled," then farewell to the land of my I > birth, under whose glorious flag I fought1 my way to manhood in the Mexican war. I I will seek the land of the Caffre in preferi cnce to this for my future home. My stateI ment is no fancy sketch. I can give you the affidavits of fifty respectable men here I who will testify to its truth and impartialitv. * * * * ' , IiOtter From Hon. P. S. Brcoks. Leaside, '96, 9th August. ! Gentlemen:?I regret that the season of ) the year and my engagements will prevent t my attending tho proposed meeting at i?i. :???i. J VUilUUOkUll) Ull LUU iUUl HI9iaUU } In your letter of invitation you say that t "State Rights, and Southern Rights are endangered by the existence and progress [ of the Know Nothing Order." I think it demonstrable that both are endangered. The purposes of the Order can be legally attained but in two ways?by the action [ of Congress, or the States in their soverk eign character. If Congress have the requi( site power, then indeed, are all our rights in peril. Conscious of their inability fairly to alter the Constitution of the several States . and the Federal Constitution, the Know Nothings propose to over-ride the supremo ' laws of the land at the ballot box. It is evideut that such a precedent will be dan ! gerous for a minority section to adopt, | whose every interest is insepcrably connectr , ed with an institution wbicn the Constitution alone has protected (feebly though it be) against the assaults of a fanatical majorty. In | every Constitution provision is made for } amending itj yet, with a legal mode of procedure open to them, the Know Notbiogs I with profession of devotion to their section on their lips, are circuitously but deliber| ately undermining the foundations of the I temple of our liberty, which, in its (all, must bury them and all of us in its ruins. Many of the Order have, in time past, t been furiously loud in their complaints that the North was untrue to the Constitution. | Now they offer to outrHerod Herod, by indi' rection; to violate, not only the Federal Cooif ntinn )uif tkat. iJuif aliA! It twill j be difficult for the Order to show that j they will' bear either the test of odnateteaoy, . method, sincerity or patriotism. -v.-.v 3 In every repUblio there will be parties. [ In this we have bad two leading, intelligent t and respeeUbte p^ti#|, whioh have, her?toj fore, hooestfydilfeieduj^'tbej^ i yUSCaj. o? fee : the hwT*!* which stood respectively Mr. Madison and Gen. Hamilton. The leaders have passed away, but the principles which divded them will live forever. The parties which repre* sent their principles have under different names successively triumphed and controlled the Government. At the last Presidential election the Federal or Whig party sustained au irreparablo defeat?was almost annihilated. A feeble effort was made to rally, but old issues were unavailing, and a leader was wanting. The sagacity of the party, however, suggested that there was another element of cohesion, inherent in every Republican Government, to which an appeal is never made in vain?the opposition of those who are out to those who are in office. Legitimate warfare concluded, resource is Lad to the general skirmishing. The standard of opposition is raised, and old Whigs, disappointed Democrats, discharged office holders, and voracious office seekers, rally to it, and the Association naturally and appropriately akes the name of Know Nothing. At Philadelphia they affect to quarrel, Tn view of the success of their plans, it was necessary and convenient to quarrel; for the different wings of the party knew not that each would be asked questions, and theso troublesome questions could not be answered without a quarrel. That difficulty removed, the party could co-operate. North and South they agree to ignore the Constitution?to vilify the Democratic party and the present Adnministration. In this at least they are consistent; for the Democratic parly under this administration has been true to the Constitution. Flow long it will remain so neither you nor I can tell: but while it is true, wo of the South are constrained by policy and justice to sustain it cordially. So long as a Democratic Administration is true to tho Coiihtitution it will have troops of friends at the South, and should it become untrue, we should be ready to oppose it by holding ourselves united. Know Nothing principles may distract and divide us in prosperity, but they can never uuite us in adversity. Had the South been always united, wo could have controlled this Government. Were we united, we could do so now. At this juncture, particularly, there is no excuse or sense in our people takin? ud strange doctrines, or running after false prophets. We have but one question in American politics?the question of slavery. The gathering of the opposing host who are to encounter the shock of real battle on the question, is even now murmuring in the distance, nor will it be long before they meet each other "with a clangor, whilst the meadows resound." 'Would to God that some Nestor in wisdom and authority might arise amongst us, who would say to the people of the South, in the language of Nestor of *old, "Let us no longer waste time in words, nor put off the performance of that d?Arl tr? wliich r*nrinrf unitir inmino ? .... ~rr ......J But come, let the heralds of the mailed Greeks, ""by their proclamations, assemble the people at tho ships, and let us tlius in a body walk through tho wide anny, that we may sooner inspire them with tho keen desire of fight," And may some future Ilomer write, that every son of the South proved himself an Agamemnon in obedi ence and valor. It is impossible to do more than indicate my views npon so grave a mutter as that which brings you together, in the proper limits of a letter, but I have had occasion to send an address very recently to my constituents on the subject, and to that I respectfully call your attention. Your obedient servant, P. S. Brooks. Messe J. Seigliog jr., W. G. DeSauamirp. T. Y. Srmnnn ir Ci R Miloc? mittee of Correspondence. What Know Nothingiam has Sons. 1. Every Congressman elected by the K. Nothings is pledged to repeal the Nebraska Bill and to modify or repeal the Fugitive Slave law. 2. The nine United States Senators elected so far- by Know Nothing legislatures are avowedly uncompromising abolitionists. 3. Every governpr elected in the free States by the Know Nothings is an abolitionist. 6. The Know Nothing legislature of Massachusetts has. removed Judge Loring from office for baying returned the'fugitive slave Burns to his lawful' master jn accordance with the requisites or the laws of tne U. States. _ 6. The grand councils of the Know Nothings in the State of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire, have passed strong anti-slavery resolutions. 7. TheKnow Nothing legislature of Massachusetts has passed a law aamitting'negroes to the public schools. 8. The Know Nothing House- of RepJift^ sentatives of Congress is thoroughly abolitionist in tendencies and character. 0.rIt has instigaMi j^o^ broiU, aod bloodshed-~divided ministers and their flocks ?alienated ^roembera -of the same oommuailf, Shnrcb, and hoort|i^^W4Hdk9nad:a some of the worat pMawn?"of the human hewV ?d destroyed confidence beiiwen JftpgM? BflboH them! * . ^ . , sr-Wk. Cutting off Supplied. Senator Benjamin, of Louisiana, thinks that the next session of Congress Will te- * penl the Nebraska bill, or else stop the op- ? eratioba of the-Government. The plan, he a thinks, will be adopted by the attti-Nebraskeltea tj? tack a repealing clause to the ap- v proprintion bills, which vwill carry it through, 0 or else defeat the bill and thus cut off aup- ? plies. The New York Mirror, a conserve- c tive Whig journal, and originally opposed .t! to the passage of the Nebraska act, after s i??? ^nr. c r; D a ^uiuvu vi mi* a letter, and calling the attention of Northern r fanatics to it, remarks: |j No doubt the Kansas business will bo a v disturbing theme of discussion in tho next a Congress, and the Buncombes may as well t< blow off steam on this as on any other topic, n but that the representatives of the Free g States aro going to rush tho Union to the s wall, and pin it there for dissolution, would s argue that there nre more representatives 1 fools and madmen in the North, than we f< have ever credited our section with. Be- r sides, this tacking disunion upon the appro- s priation bills, and thus putting it through fc or cutting off the provender, will be a two- g edged sword operation, and Free-Soilers love t provender as well as any other donkeys. t We have no idea that the Nebraska bill b will bo repealed. It cannot be, without rob- t bing the entire settlers of the territory of s vested rights, which Congress has no power o to do. The bill was a deliberate act, and o [sucli involvements have followed A3 must a sustain the act, in spite of its badness. The p question will be got over a long way ehort a of revolutionizing the government, or dissolving the Union. Demagogues may blow, c and "galled jades" be made to wince, but h Congress will not dissolve the Union?be- b cause the people don't want, and wont have a it dissolved. Thev have cot aerea of SDlen- K J D O t did use for it yet, and long after our mortal- p ity and Senator Benjamin's is clothed in n immortality, the American people will con- I tinue to maintain and glorify the Union- c; There is great truth in the remark that "F??feoiicrs love provender as well as other donkeys." Indeed they are usually very fond E of their allowance. We have no doubt j? even old Giddinos?one of the most rabid in the whole herd?would take Kansas, t] slavery and all, before he would lose his ai per diem. But we look not to such poor expedients either to dissolvo or save the ?' TTninn. Tt. wnrfl rortjiinlu wrnncr tr> dissnlvA j n it by strategem; and if it is to be saved n alone by strategem, it is not worth saving at ali? j1 ? . ? if Life as it is. tl Let us make an excursion down the a street, and see what we can learn. Yon- h der is the wreck of a rich man's son. ITe e was perriiitted to grow up without employ- b ment; went and came as he pleased, and tl spent his time in gratification of spontaneous passions, desires, and inclinations, u with no one to check him, when his course r< wa3 evil, or encourage him in the ways of a <Visdom. His father was rich, and for cl that reason the son thought he had nothing tl to do?no part in honest labour to pcform. fi Well, the father died, and the son inherited a portion of his abundant wealth, and having ncv.er earned money by iNpnest toil, w he know not the value of it, and having 7' no knowledge of buisnesa, ho knew not how to use it, so he give loose rains to his pi pnssions and appetite, and ran at a tap- cl id pace down the broad road of dissipation.? 'tl Now behold bim?a broken down man, jo bowed with infirmity, a mere wreck of what >9 he was, both physically and mentally.?His 01 money is gone, and he lives on, the charity of those whose hearts are open with pity. Such i$ the fate of hundreds and thousands 'e that are born to fortune. or And there, on the opposite aide, in that ^ comfortable mansiou lives the son of a poor JT tobbler. t ltteen years ago ne lett toe hum-, ble roof of his parents, and went forth into the broad world alone to seek his fortune, j All bis treasures consisted of bis chest of f0 tool*, a good knowledge of his trade, hon- <j.j est principles, industrious habits, and twenfive coppers. Now ho is the owner of the elegant mansion, is doing a thriving bijAinesa, possesses an .unbroken constitution, .pi and bids fair to live to a good old age.? Such is the lot of hundreds and thousands, who never boasted of wealthy parentage. ^ Go into the city, and you will almost in- ^ variably find that the most enterprising men te are of poor parentage?men who have bad m to row against wind and tide?while on the f0 other hand a majority of the descendants of av the mediocrity in talents, live a short time w like drope^on the labor of others, and then b< rm Triton Ia nrra?<*a >" it "MI' " , H What a lesson this should be to ?bgg$ la who are by all meant, either fair ocJoK^ fc accumulating treasure* for their childrjw.'^ 5 r If ftiwrioh wonld train'up their ohildrtVi ft to wgnlar haWta <rflt$uatry, v^ piapy of bt tiiag ^ooM "' ' ^ " ; '2j^" How to Sttoc?ed. A correspondent out West thus relates" of : character he has met The lesson inculated by the history of the man if pne which om mends itself to every person who would ucceed in life. Read it : On a small Mississippi steamer I met a ery different character. He was a native f an Eastern Stats, aud had gone West to oake his fortune. While our boat was tied o the bank for an hour, he gave me an amount of the course he has followed, and he difficulties he has contended with. He tarted for the West with a small sum of aoney and the blacksmith trade. He went !own the Ohio as a steerago passenger, cached St. Louis, thonce up the Illinois till lis money had failed. He stopped' and worked to get his purse recruited to reach . friend's house. There he worked a month o pay a man for bringing a chest from Illiois river. Finally he reached Chicago, ;ot a contract on the Illinois and Wisconin Canal, was getting rich, when Illinois crip made him poorer than when he began, "hen the chills and fever laid him up ar a year. Let this suffice as a spcciaen. At last he returned to Chicago, ought enough boards on credit to make a lacksmith shop by sticking the ends in the ;round and bringing the tops together. In his he began to make plows, which his faher-in-law had rented.?From that time he ias gone steadily forward, until his car facaries cover the principal part of two quares in the city, which he purchased, ne for some fifteen hundred dollars and the ther for some six thousand. The city is lready far beyond him, and by the' rise of roperty alone he is rich, while his factories ro bringing him a fine revenue. lie had accomplished his objects, but oncluded his narrative by saying that had e life to begin again and ho "knew that y euduring all he had endured ho could ttain the same wealth, rather than under 0 the hardships, he would sacrifice the rospective wealth and be content with a lechanic's day wages." I believed him, as looked at a man of thirty-eight as much nrc-worn and broken as a man of fifty. To Saoape from Premises on Fire. The Sif^erintendent of the London Fire trigade has devised the following very juicious directions for aiding persons to escape om premises on fire: 1. Be careful to acquaint yourself with .10 best means of exit from the houso, both t the top and bottom. 2. On the first alarm reflect before you cL If in bed at the time, wrap yourself 1 a blanket or bed-side carpet; open no luit uuv/io vji ? luuvjvra tunu nic nuouiuici v ecessary, and shut every door after you. 3. There is always from eight to twelve iches of pure air close to the ground; and ' you cannot therefore walk upright through be smoke, drop on your hands and knees, nd thus make progress. A wetted silk andkerchief, a piece of flannel, or a woretd stocking drawn over the face, permits reathing, and to a great extent excludes iie smoke. 4. If you can neither make your way pwards or downwards, get into a front )om; if there is a family, Bee that they re all collected here, and keep the door losed as much as possible, for remember at smoke always follows a draught, and re always rushes after smoke. 5. On no account throw yourself, or al>w others to throw themselves, from the indow. If no assistance is at' hand, and on are in extremity, tie the sheets together, fid having fastened one end to some heavy iece of furniture, let down the women and lildren one by one, by tying the end of in linn nf shftfifs nrnunrl tlin nrwl wering them through the window that over the door, rather than through the ie that is over the area. You can easily t yourself down afler the helpless are saved. If a woman's clothos should catch on fire, t her instantly roll herself over and over 1 the ground, if a man be present, let him irow her down and do the like, and then rap her in a rug, coat or the first woolen ling that is at hand. Swearino.?The absurdity and utter folof swearing is admirably set forth in the Mowing anecdote of Belzebub and his imps, be latter went out in the morning, each to immand his men??tie the murderers, anoer the liars, and the swearers, <fec. At rening they stopped at tho mouth of a cave, be question arose among them who >mmanded the meanest set of men. The ibject was debated at length, but without >mingio a decision. Finally, bis Satanic ajesty "was called upon to decide the matt in dispute. - Whereupon, he said: "The urderer got something for killing, the thief r stealing, and tbe liar for lying, but the rearer was tbe meanest of all, be served ithout pay." They were bis majesty's *t subjects; for while they were costless, eir name wm legioD, andpresented the rg&diriaion in his (Sst&n's) employ. ' < . i .it1, i11 ^ i ? j ii .i "With regard to porg?tdTy,w says an old >pisb writer,^ will not ?ay a-great deal; It this much I thatthe Protestants ay go farther, and fare worse." '- V" "* "Tbe victory is n^'^fAyiMo lhe' &&&? ?,?^ . Three Thing*. . ^ Three things that neirer beoomo rwty i.. The money of the benevolent, tbe tbm*[ on a batcher's horse, and a fretful tongue. Three things not easy done: To all?f. thirst wUh fire, to dry the wet with water, v "& to plea?s"*iH in everything that is done. ^ Three things that is as good as the beet: Brown bread in a famine, well water is (feint* and a great coat in the winter. Three things as good as their better:-? Dirty wnter to extinguish fire, an agly ' V wife to a blind man, and a wooden vwora ? >v to a coward. Three things that seldom agree! Two pata Affnr nno nrn W?> vnv ?nw OUVIUIU^ Tf if QO lift one house, and two lo^ra of tt^p aam* '"*v- . maiden. Three things of short continuance' A boy's lore, a chip fire, and a brook'a flood. Three things that ought Deter to be * from home: The cat, the chimney* ?mJ the house-wife. Three essentials to a false story-teller i . J JS A good memory, a bold face, and fook for an audience. Three things seen in the peacock: The garb of an angel, the walk of a tbie^ and the voice of the devil. Three things that are unwise to boast of : The flavor of- thy ale, the beauty of thy wife, and the contents of thy pime. Threo miseries of a man's house: A Binoky chimney, a dripping roof, aad a scolding wife. Kkow Nothinoism in Texas.?A correspondent of the New Orleans Delta, in a letter dated Lagrange, Texas, 4th inty rays i Know Nothingism is on its last legs.? xue quasi removal ot secrecv nan OWWl it of the charm of mystery, without altering its designs. The garment has been raised until tho cloven foot appears distinctly f and scores on scores of Democrat*, duped by their curiosity into a connection with the Latter-day Jacobins, are fleeing like Joseph from Potiphar's house, and "getting them out." In Houston, a whole Couficif, numbering one hundred, dissolved, and burnt their record. One hundred member* have withdrawn from the Council at Washington ; ten members withdrew from tho Georgetown Lodge: and eighteen in the Belton Lodge, out of twenty-one in all, "vamosed the ranche." The Lodge in* T.nnVliQrf Hal/1 nrnll iiAiinfir 1 OH! members has all "gone in"?not a member left: ditto Halletsville, Goliad, Victoria, and De Witt. Blue Ridoe Railroad.?The friends of this great enterprise will bo glad to learn that the work is progressing in a very enoourag- 'c., ing manner. In this State, it is being vigorously pushed forward by the sub-contractors. In Georgia, all the road, with the exception of six miles, is under contract, and the wotk progressing finely. The remainder will bo taken in a short time. Wo understand the road in North Carolina and Tennessee will be delivered to the contractors soon, and the work along the whole line commenced immediately thereafter. With the ability and enerjry of the direc tion, the favorable improvement in the money market, a bountiful harvest and consequent cheapness of provision, and industrious and energetic contractor, we can see no good reason why tho work should not proceed satisfactorily, and we believer that it will continue to do so. Pickent Couriers Meat.?Tho Cincinatti (Ohio) Price Current makes an estimate of the amount of -is. cattle, sheep and lambs, consumed is the reunited States during a year, in all the* cities and towns containing over &,000 inhabitants, based on calculationsdedticed from the statistics of the New York marftei. Hi It gives these towns an aggregate population of about four millions of inhabitaata, " and set tbem down as consuming 809,000 bead of cattle, two and a half millions. of ... -v sheep and lambs, besides three oriRkma of hogs, the whole valued at seventy-one and a half millions of dollars. Two-thirds of this ontire product is said to coroe trom tin States in tue valley of the Obitv Stock in Heavek.?A few day* ago a poor emigrant fell from a steamboat on ? the Ohio river and was drowned. Imviner hia wife and on# or two children, who were on board, in destitute ciroumsUncfcM.. Cto . ^ comiogta.tp port the case wasapolifcn of * ?' ,.' mpng^a niimber of "river tueD," on tbf fV vv?^ wharf, when one of them with charteterlstib j ?J bluntness, observed, "come, bojs let's tako ' ; ifr;' ; a little stock in Heaven," at the satoe time taking from his pocket a couple of dollars >*' as his part of contnbu tion for the DoorwidQir* /- ^ % ' Hia example Was followed pothers, and m y KtttV/lfiama onm tvoa tli^ moiiU m'mJL 1 Louisvillk Bravxrt,?We contended, says the t^wn ^