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' " " * ^ 'l ' ' ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ % g.l-J y L.1.JUUL V-'IO-"r! ',?'"> J^'Vrt J-'.JJL'"^ .?.'1 .'? J..'.' Jl.U-^F. ...J... IW.-.'JL' ;a!l.'"T ' 111 " . " '? ?M. ' . .11 1 ~ "J-1-' .'l J','. J. ? ' . ' " ' " J! ?'f !! - f *.?''1 ' 'J- .1 ' 11 . " ' " "" ' ' ' -' "' '-" ' " '' " 4 v,, Vrr *- ? * * , V v , . < V*?^ - c f - ; \ i ' ?+ ' "t -*V , , f. .. i , < >v; _ ..** ,/ ? \ficA. * . ..., "To (liliio OM I1 H'lf Im? (iho, iiiMt it must follow , n.? Xh?< liijjlit <Ik* ilii v, CImhi rsiitfl itof then ?'<> fnlsfc to stuv IiY ROUT. A. THOMPSON. 1MCKKXS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, MA If 2, 1H57. VOL. VIII. NO. VZ. '' ".aa ' r . "" .. / ' V "T nj- ' ?EUSQTC? IPOEYKV, That Man Deserves your Praise. Know you ft ninnAvhose,early life I In J little promise hut vf cnro, Whose prospect^ in Uiia wide world of strife Woro niiytliiitg but fnir; Who yet hno.Mep by tdep, uprose Above the dreium of citflv dny*.. , .And smile* upofi his youthful woes f Tiint liinii <lcscrvc<< your piai^e; Know yoti'n rnon wlirxc soul outpours Wild m actio to fneW>d\ous spheres; "Who niftves mankind'* linlf hidden idoros *' 1 Of Jnyfulnbs'n juid h?arf>; *" Who sings of what is good and fair, AiUI wisIich ntriio ann wnrliKo irnyo Had censed to cause mankind drspair; That man des^vo? your praise. Knovr you n man of wealth tirfd fnmo Wh<> kindly lyndoth to tbo poor. ]JCot seeking to hlazte firth his namo, j ' At cx'^ry rich man's door/, \Ytto daily doeth good "by stealth In many different kindly wnysJ That man has lofty moral health?. That tnnn dosefvcs your praiso. Know von n m#n trl.r. TrUc" moral worth to follow men, B?v life nrnl action, Mine nml jpcecji, By pnymont nmjbv pea; \Vlio nliows unto the rising rnoo, A tlmus-ftnil tyunljtw rSys, Throughout tltis viw't cronted *r>acol Tliftt iiinn do?efvo8 ydur praise. '" " p?- ?l >i i*i?.? i 11 _ -'i j?l*g?__' M0&?8?LLA?W. > * From QrnKrim'* Mnghamc. Squire Longbow's Second Marriage. - rviuire ivongoow sincerely mourned tho loss of his wife?internally ai)d externally. Kxternally, ho was oue of tbo strongest mourners I ever saw. lie wore a weed, floating from his hill, nearly a.foot long.?It was jlio longest Wce{] that'had over been mounted at 1'uddleford ; but bur renders I'jj^W not forgot who 8<jtfiio" Longbow wns; n TOrttfMrntc; and leading man in oonlmuiiilWkA)hd while (he reader is about If.ti? tnny ffiao recollect that the .fJomro- is not the only <KhM, east or west, who hns ven-' tured upon'a little osleuintion over the gbive of the departed;?nor woman either. Who was to be the n<?:U Mrs. Longbow? That was the question. The public, indeed. HHKca H long DiMoro llio Squire. \YI>o was tohave the honor of prosidingat the Squire's table ! What woman wi\? to be plnr.pd at tho bead of society, in Puddlefo'rd ? The Rnipcscs nn<1 Beagle?, Aunt Sonora, Aunt Grave#, and Sister Abigail, and scores of others, all began to spocnlate upon thin jin? portant subject. Even Turtle and HaW in. dulged in u few general, remarks. Aunt Sonora gave . it as her mind, " tlje S.piire ought to be pretty sk;eery how ho married anybody, kaso if hp got otio of them Hippcr-torgibbet sorto' wjinmet), phe'd turu the whole house pnaido out, and he'd he one of the most miscrableat of all mon." She paid "if ho know'd what was good for liiin fnis:, uts'U jest J-jct'p c!e:>.r of ?!! the vonAirl gain that wore fitsain* j?nd lighting -round him, and go right iri tor fiomo old" stand-by of n woman, that know'd how to take lllje brunt of thinga?'but, lors-a-me," continued Ailnt Sonora, Mlh?*e'a no doing nothing with these old widowers?they're fill like my Uncle Jo, who mprricd in a liurry, and1 repented ?fterwnrda-?--and th? nnnr /l r ol<l soul nriTC luu! n minute** me awipeeea'and ISonglefc, who, it will bo recollected, belonged tp a cliqno that hnd fn time* n?stf warred Against Jiongbotr Co., "tho't it would be Knrtfuefid for (ho Siiuiro to mrfrry nt rilj?:il would bo nn {n? ??lt agin tho tniiwOry of poor old - Mrs. I' I/ongbow, who waR dead ?ud gone." (Sotjffc people, you know, reader, abuse the living. vifU)ut defend tho di'Rd.) " And if the Squire "jhould inarrv. then tdmuM tKiiiU fA? /,*.??"? : ' ***_? T' vvv part, llmt slio'd rise up out of her grave, and haunt him! She could never sleep easy, if she knowM that she ?><piirc had got some other woman, who was eating lVer firosarveA, and wearing out her clothes, and ofding it dver tho houno like nil poasoss'd." Other opinions were expressed by otlier persons?in fact, the Sqmro's widowhood was thogteat concern of Pnddloford. "He wan ?<? well grrtn (to/' ns Aunt Sqnora used to call it, that ho was considered a groat " catch." 't '7vV. After ft low weeks of sorrow, tlio Squiro himself really began to entertain notions of matrimony. It is trutf, lie had passed the ago of sixty, nnd it required a groat effort to got op a sufficient amount of romance to carry out such an enterprise Symptoms began, however, to wax string. T!Vo first farming indication <Vrts his attendance al <aiwrel?. The Souire. biul always b?cn n Jjind of heaven, in this respect, and had far many years set a poor examplo ; but poopU, who wont to marry, will go tyt nhttmh WlitttW ll>i? to Jnn* ***? A _-T ... .,vs??vr ?i?W IN.UVIIO %W JjJV* UJ/ W reputation, simidj to- take a ??ir?e^ of lb* unappropriated female Block yet retnnipjnf OSi Iwuid. 1 cannot ?av. The Srjuir# vra# '' fixed fip1' amazingly, the first t(m? I na^him #t ohtjroh. (lis hair had been cut, and thoroughly greased. His shiit.collar covered !?? ears; and bis boots shone like ft mirror. Aunt Sonorn said ho looUd enymopt a* good *P no*'" Ai.nt (Jraves was in the ohoi* that dawand WW *i>ng ft* *l?e ?ever d9?g before. She \i!ov*e^ heavy ?t rainft of mu?t**rrtrain* tmf'fitA her on ber toear-MeoUy fcquifo T^ngbow'a faco, Whether Aunt Graves b?tl any design in tbi?, in morn than I can say ; but I ?<*ti?o<L>oma Uptoffo* k about the SquU^M 1||mv <*n4 a *l'e*|?y vurfc of the aye, that looked a litttoliky uinflnCifc"Vim, If- W ihtfouhMjA* too, such on j 1 pW ca?Uo ahwM be ?5.prt?cU kgr n^e#?? But l.lje Squiro exhibited other symp- j loitis Of"uVnttiiTiAr.J*. Hi gfew VftntA nr>m- I pous in his decision*, disposed uncases more j summarily., and* Quoted law-latin more frequently. It was about this timo that hp , talked about tho " nux votriiea" instead of : ' vox Popiili." Ho used to "squash" pro ceedit^s beforo "the caae wrta "half preaentod; and, in the language of Turtle, "he , toro nroutfd at a great rate." Turtle aaid j "the old Squire was getting to be an ohl . fool, and-ho waa goin' to havuhiip married, i or dismissed from otfico?tlioro waru'l 110 livin' with him." There woro a great many anxious mothers about I'liddluford. who" were very desiroiis of forming an allinnco \viyi the Longl?ow family. It'iven Mr?. Swipes, as mfleh as she openly opposed the Squire's mar riaj;e in general, seerotlv hobed n Annrlr ! . ! ' l | might bo% BfrUcK up bctwfcon him nnd her | daughter, Mary Juno Arabella Swipwi; nnd j Mfs. Swipes was in the habit of sending Ivor ' daughter over to the SqnirO'h to inquire of hint " to knovV if she couldn t do suimhiu' for liiin in his melancholy condilio.it;" Am) SUtor Abigail wont several times to " put thirlgs to rights,'' and was as kit>?l and obliging, and tlio Squire's want#, as over Mrs. Longbow was in her i palmiest days. On these occasions. bister l Abigail used frequently to remind tlio Squiro of " his great bereavement, and what an angel of a wife ho had lost; and that things dido't.look as they used to'do, when she was around, and alio didn't wonder ho took on no, when the poor thing died." J?ut, reader, Ike Turtle had ordered things otherwise. lie was dotermined'tostrike up' a match between the Squiro and Aunt (trave*. 60 Ike inado a special visit to Aunt (Jraves one ovenincr. for the nnroose of"survoying find Bounding along'the coast to sofe how tlio waters laid, nnd how the old rod) would tnko it,"-to use his langungo. I-.hovc already gtvon no outline of Aunt Graves; but t will now frny further, tlmt she nevftr had an oflfor of matrimony in hor whole lift*. fsho was what is termed ft "touchy" old nTftid. Sho professed to hate men, ntVuctcd great distress of mind when thrown into their society. Aunt Graves was just ironing down tho.seams of a coat that .It* 11 II-J ?uv uiivj IIIUOUCU, 1KU CIIIICU. Ike opened ihe conversation by reminding Aiu.t Graves ?hnt " sho was iivin' along kinder lonely like." " Lonely 'nouuh, IVpose," she replied, snappishly. " Don't ytoi nevor hnvo the blifes, and get sorter obstrep'roup ?" Aunt Graven' didn't know as ihe did." " Why, in the name of old Babylon, don't you marry V\ " Marry ! Ufa marry?marry a man?a great, awful man !* and tlio iron, flew thio' (]|A OArtm'o l'l?n 1? wvn?i'n MAC 14 Yes," continued Ike, "many?fnn'vry a man?why, woman, you nre gating as old arid voIloW as autumn leaves. What have you been livin.for ??you've broken all the law# of Scrfyicr inter piopes-r-nnd Icecon breakuj' on 'em?:adding sin unto sin, jfnd transgression unto transgression, awl the thing's got-ter be sbopocjlj Now, Aont Graves what do you think?ther.e's Squire Longbow, as Uesolato as Sodom, and he's > ..VIIIMU, V, ll?V "ill (URIltt run as crazy as a loon a thinkin' 'bout bis household affairs; ami you know how to CiWit rtnil In mno!> ?" ' ? '? ? .-v ...?v? o ivi IIM^I.V ^ pickles nnd qoapj and llion, you're a projx.r ngc--wha{ say ?" f Aunt Graves ran lo tho fi'ro, plunged Iter goose intc/ tho aabef>, and gave con!? o smart stir. Sho tlioo dropped down iu her largo rocking-chair, leaned her cheek npon her elbow, fixed be.r eye6 upon the tlo6r,?nd came'near going off (uto hysteric*. , * Ike diished a little water into Atiht Graver/ faco, and *ho revived. After having gained she in-snhstanee to Ike's query in a rery langushing, die-away air: "She couldn't nav?she di<li>'?. L-nnw_ if it was a duty?if she could really believe it wa? a duly?if she was railed on to HM poor old de?d-and-gGne Mrs. tongboir*?' place?folk* were borh inter the "world to jlo good, and she had no for boon one of tfie most, unprolitablest of servants ; but sho couid never m. try ori Iter own account?" " In othor words/'exclaimed Ikej ou^trng her short, "yon'il go it." Aunt Graves .agreed to M reflect on't." It wa9 not long After this consultation that Mrs. Swipes began to "smell a rat," na >U o?;j -- J J " * .... amvi, mm wiiuiiKnuca Mary ? nno Arabella " oevof to darken the doolft of that old hog; Longbow, agin; and as for tlint female /jiitter, Graves, she'd got a ht.ftbafid ttying down.at the Eaftt'ard, and they'd ?at into prison for Hf? the first thing tbey now'd." ; H ' & Bitter Abigail declared " she'd have Aunt Graves i'.irned aht of fttihrnS If mn?ri?/l <i man who warn'fc. a member." This was ft great deni for Staler Abigail to 3?y, f6r fthie had been iho bosom mepd of Atint (irnve* ; - peo|?to out of church a::d people; in the church, 'shouldn't ortcr jine themselves together?it was ngin Borlpter, ftnd nlld everything inter a Wbt fke Turtle had dooreed thai the marriage should co on. 'iFo oven. went ?r? far MR To the ft rat latter of thfl SqvrireYte.l Aunt Orave*. T'ii* 'alter, whio.li U'o exhibited to W? friends, n* one of Aft l?o>,t literary ?pe(?imcn#, >va% mrJeo<M curio#Uv| I proauino tl/ere jsnothiog ol*?!iko ii On Ao- , tVica of tlio glolio. Jt opened byIrtforijirinjf AWl Qrnvca tfwtt ?h\co\<|e '< loss of Iris wo (>vm, i<? *u?3! very %nr\c\f?X*r, teakhrt fffc Ms m?n<I orilo ftnyllMg?thatfc .* | 9 m "J111. 1 I ."J. "PJ!-' *".! . J the w?orld didn't seem at nil hs it nueu lo do-.-ll>at ho and his woman lind li.v'd in peace for thirty yearn, nn/l tlio mnrrin?e state wart nat'rnl to liinl?that he hnd hilll.M A..?< ...... ??- - n?i mho nnu riunt vnuvcf) OIllUU UIU VUfV 1ITRI time ho see'd her, nnd so did his woman too nnd many more delegationsVlf similar import, nnd it >vn8 signed "J. Longhow, Jus'ioe of: >o Pepoe," and sealed too, like his legal processes, that Ins djgnity might command, even if his parson did not win, the nllVctions of thia-cldorlv damsel. v Aunt Graven surrendered?anil nil tin? within two months after tlie death of Mrs. Ldnghow, The Squire cast off lii$ weeds, and nindo viotunl preparations for matrimony ; and on a certain night?I shall never forget it?the affair cantc off. Thcro was a groat gathering at the SaUircLV?a Fort of general invitation had bocn extended far and near?tho Swipes niwl ltn.w,!o. A...VC V4, i/viiuivo. iiuiu uviiuih, mill (til. VJrre/11 preparation had been made in the way of eatables. Tbe Sqtiird wa?. ringed in Knew suit of" home-made," (niado by Mrs. Longbow, too, In her life-timo--* white vest, and he worn ?* ubitotV bandana n$ck handkarfimef, with heavy bows, that buried his ehin. ant] a "pair of pumps and clouded blue stockings. Annt Graves' dross cannot bo described. She was a mass of .fluttering ribbons, and she looked as though-' she would trtfce wings and fly away. Ditrelow Van Slvck and Iko Turtle run ducted the marriage cbremony?the one topk the ecclesiastical, the other the civil management. When the couple were ready, Surtle sat down in Trout of thein with the stillutes under his aim, with tyigelow at his tight hand. Turtle examined the statute^ Amid pjrofoupd silence for some time, turning down one leaf here and another there, until he found himself thoroughly prepared for thasolemn occasion. Finally, he arose, and with n gravity that np man ever put on before or Bince,< e.rclaimcd? ."Miss Graves, hold up.your right hand and swear." ' . - i Miss Graves said "she was a member of the churfth, and dar'sent swen**." tUe said it wfts "le?/al sweariiur lie wnrif.- I r> - r? ; ed, 'cording to thestnterts?^ot tl\e wicked sort?he wanted her to swear that she whs over fourteen years of ago?hadn't got no husband living, nowhcie-rwarn't goin' to practice no fraud nor nothing on Squire Longbow?and that she'd jest as good ? right to get mni'ried now as she ever hud." M'< s Graves looked blank. Squiro Longbow said "he'd run the risk of the fourteen years of age and ihe fraud, and finally he would of the whole ouH. The Htatcrls was well pnoughi bui it worn't to be presumed that fi Justice of the pea cc would run hgin 'em. Some folks didn't know 'em -bo did." J Ike aiiid "tliero was sonpetbhig anolhe* in the filHtoit about wimin'R doing. things, 'without ah J fear or compulsion of anybody,' and he guessed ho'd take Miss Graves htO another room, and examine her s^pu^ rnlfiv a??d apart iron hoi4 inlende.d bus bantf." Thiq was a joke of Turtle's. -The Squire snid " that . meant married wjmin?Arior the rcremonj- wa? over, thai cro would be very- li'gal and proper." MlH. otijrl " for '>?r part, ?hr thought the oath or-ter be put?H would be an awful thing to see a pour crofur forced into nyerriage.: Sister Abigail thought so too. 'Aunt Sonora hoped there wouldn't be .noJhin' did wrong, "so' the people could take-ihe law on 'em. eal/1. "iKu# * ~ u.uii lunb nicy iiTvuii i imy mi cm fret tiifir gizzards?lie wap responsible for. the In' on of the case." Bigtlow then ro>c, nnd told the parties to jihe hands', qnd while thoy were fined, lie wanted tfie whole company to sing a psalm. The psalm was 6ung. Bigelow then commenced the .wedding process. "Sqnire Longbow," exclaimed Bigelowr?"thi? , is your second wffe and some folks sny th? third, nnd I hope jou feel the aVrfuf position in which you find votfrte.f." 'five Sfprire&md "he 'oil easy nnd resigned?h'd gone inter it ?rom respect to hU woman who was no\r no more." " You do promUe to take tliis 'ere Womnn, to eat her, ?n J drink her, nnd keep her in things to wear, so long- ns you and her lives ?" ' " I do that ve.y thing," responded the Squire. *" An'! you, on yotir part," continued Bigelow, turning to Aunt Grave*. "promise to behave yourself and obey tho Squire In all things V Aunt G rnve# said "she wouldrP?ovidence permuting." . This marriage cercmohy, I belicre, to nearly word f6r word, "Then," w?id Turth*, ^wh'eel jour?elveg into line, rtnd let** Imtfe rt dance,^nnd draw-, in# out his fiddle, the whota crowd, in fiv? minutes were tearing down.at* rn^st furious rate; and, when I departed, nt about midnight, the storm was raging still higher, tho wjmkev and hot water circulated freely. Turtle looked qjiiia abstracted About Ju? AVAa An/1 tilfc IaaUIa^s ? " y"i ? ?*' ???o iwivfvuo wen- ^luwinv more nndtnoro uncertain. IJulliphnnt's face nhorie like h (IrUmmomMight, the vojees of the fwmnlcs, ft' little aUmulrtted, were as noisy find contused ?s those of Babel, nnd your humbly n?rvant---*hy, Ire walked home >f& ttrAlghtas ? tfuH?~-of ccturpA V? <J?l?und ?m able (o dUlingutah ? hnyninck fi6nt A meeting- house, Anywhere nlvwg tb? re?& Povcatt is the toother of nil nrtr. ?1 1 1 11 I '* " I " n - 1 ' PSLOTBOAL, The Democratic Party- Its Unity and Prospects. , Winners nr? not-unfreqiipnt ih tile history of Hny nnd M'ery pnrly when,' by some, violent nolilirnl rmiviiU'inni nn/?i?1?ivf ?-!?-. . ?; -i. cu instances In extensive" localities, or extraordinary emergencies in matterstemporarily affecting the interests of certain States or sections, moie immediately rnil perhaps more Anxiously than usual, they have been miidc to waver, and have been sometimes seiiously threatened with prostration, if not destruction, Ami ftn their principles are strong or weak, th'ev are <>n?hlpfl ini.iii.nnn. o # ' / ;? ter opposition mid ndversity, with hopes of success or defont, jnst rs tho forest tree withstands the Klbrrn, with limbs untopped nnd hody unshaken, if its roots nre deep nnd its branches 6tout; or re^ls nnd rocka bonentl) iho tempest's blnst, from its tppnwM bough to its bnse, if it bos a shallow hold | upon the eftrth of which it is the offspring. The Demoorntic. pnrty of this country h?s 1 _ I l/ ? unci us tests ?ncj ivjals us well as tlie old Whig party, and the ephemeral factions thai have hung upon the skirts of both, before and after battle, in quest of prizes apd spoils. There have been dark days in ih<- cftleiidm of Democracy, but :ls pole-star, the Consiitution,. hi never been hidden from view by the clouds-lhnj lmve lowered o'er our house and almost at times eclipsed the glories of the past, the aspirations of the present, and our hop<>s for the future. Patriotism may bt* encrificed lo sordid self-interest; expediency mny predominate over principle,; dlr.Irust nnd fenr mny drive the Dugnld Dnlge'.tys of Democracy into the ranks of nn opposition imposing in nppenrnnce, but it is impossible to destroy the vitality of a party tn??l is indispensable to the existence of the government, which hns grown with its growth, nnd sttcnglhened with tU strength, until, lik" the ivy vine on nn nntiquo wnll, it in so intertwined that itennnot be torn nway without tearing the wnll will) i(. The old Wing party withstood storm* iitid shocks with mi astonishing tenacity. But, like dilapidated buildings or infi- m old trei 8,'lj frll at last from its own feebleness, nn'ft >alm, still day, when those who ?At in its shadow wore wistfully regarding it with reviving hopes. In the interval between *62 nnd 56, like n giant superanuated and worn out with wars arid wounds, what was left of Whiggory fell; solitarily. and so softly rs barely to break the stillness of that silent llOlir. wliirli <5iini?f>'vt?>ft it l).?. to the Presidency. Since that day the Democratic party has proved its pntriolism, and llifl power of its principles, conclusively, to tens of thousand*) of those who were once its most prejudiced nn^l apparently implacahie enemy. Hauling' with abolitionism in the North and Know Nothinghm in the Soinh,its nutionalitV. consistency and urtVarvint* ndhfi. fence to principle have been manifested more cfearly than perhaps pvj?r b<?fpre. An*' therefor? those who have been edprated as opponent? of Democracy, whose "early esse* ciations taught thrm to denounce itnsrt poli ical Pandora's bo>?, have had an opportUv nlty tvf witnessing its working under chcumatances >,nlCqlatcd to lefet iu And consequently our i**nk? have been rcinforced with hosts of our old enemies, who have como lor (U?, not as captivej*, bnt na oonvrrts, whose prejudices have yielded iol>on*Ht convictions of judgment, and who arc now,?where they flfO they should everhxve been?standing by the Constitution^ shoulder to shoulder with the followers of the tiue failli of the Fathers of tl\o Republic. ine Uemocrntic partf is dfctirtjjful-died fot its unity, from the simphrSet, that it is h:?sed upon principles applicable. alike Jn one section of the Union and fn every othpr, to-Nipw Hampshire pud.'J vxas, to Ohio and Alabama. The prinriplefi of the Whig party"' were national enough, if"tV*?t had been all that was needed, in Atftfiiae it.", But mey were radically wrong in polfcy, an ihey were nfeo to** alrongf? leading to centralr/a* iron at the expense of State sovereignty and in contradiction to the construction of the government.' The rights of the several States, as di6tin<Ji'from the Federal Oovifnrr.ent wrre never safe in Its keeping ; while, wirh the Democratic party, the mosi prominent characteristic i?inee itsorcrania'ition has been 4)l? inflexible adherence to the rights of the aoffreign States, nnd always with n due regard for the prerogatives assigned tfrihfi fcroneral Governirt' ht. Lato events have bfcen such ns to leave no margin for evasion or equivocation on the p*rt of political pnrtie.s In this Country, Posiiivo principle* in all their native nakedt. L-i Li ;i ? ... jjvkj'j or loruvti, nnv? own oronj(i)l to J)OAr directly upon the politic* qf (he eonniry, Questions' not miscpptihlw oi" debate, except up.on the high ground of conslitiilionalily, have nlmosi pxclusiycly en:? tfn^ed public attention. And it ts' to tha Democratic party thrrt the nation hfls turned for n vindication of the Constitution and the protection of the Union. ' Nnrtlrnml South. East and. Want. tl'.p wnifrtro ik wAged now, n* *ver, upon the nroe pU'form and (ho Biirne principle#, on the pnri of (hp pemncmcy. Doyjjln* of Illinois 'Pnucy of Connecticut, Alexander of New Jersey, nod nil'that noM6 bnpd of Northern Nutionnl Democrat*, Ivwe }* eh, nnd nre still, lighting under .the itwie fhig t hnt Hon to over Wifonod Hunter of Virgini<V Cobb of G*flrgwt? .Jones of TennrMee, PkHeew of ftnuth Cnrolum,,and ihcrt' thofr j?an?h of eo lnhorew find eonfwres thronghout *.lie South. " 1 .> .in ..... y , i i Such n parly must always triumph nn Innpr ns prtUimUhi if> alive in tlx' heart# of Americans and principle# lire resorted to for the adjust men' of difllcullies and the dissipation of dangers. The South is of course considered safe for Democratic principles since the vote of November t. And in the North there nre mo?t encouraging indications that our cause i? strengthening. In Now England, in the North west, ami indeed almost cveiywhere, where the people have Bpoken at iIip polls since the election of Mr. Buchanan, the Democratic p;?rty lms been sbo'.rn to be gaining gromul. liui lev us not relax our efforts or iibnte our zeal, as long i(? ihe'ro is .in pholition fanatic in Congress or Black Republican parly in ihe countryRichmond Ktiqiiirer. Guanadian Oltkaokh.?A Havana letter of the 10)Jj instant, received in Now York, pays : i no news brought bv tho fiteamor Grenada from Aspinwall, ? flown that eomipunitV in want of instant protection fronl tho Government of llic United Slatos. The IT. S. Minibior hns boon grossly inputted bv the Government of New Granada?hootcl at in tlio streets by mobs ; the lives of passengers and citizens of the United Slates living on the Ishmus threatened. The danger of another outrage is imminent. They look for effective protection, and it cannot bo too raady. Wo have one British brig of war in port: the Mariner, Commander Pailiser. J'ottsviPj;,, A pi5! 20.?1? corfitn^n-! ced snowing hero yesterday evening, about seven o'clock, and continued all night.? This morr.'ng the enow is about eighteen im-hefe deep. Ukauino, Ta., April 20.?Tt bagan to hiiow hero last night about 9 o'clock, and still coniifiues. Tho snow, which is very wet and heavy, is eight or ten indices deep. The weight of it, this nloming, broke In part of the roof of tho Reading Railroad workshops, but fortunately, of the large number, of workmen engaged in it, none were much hurt. Dikd, on Tuesday evening, the 1 Gtli inst., | in IVatfvillej Mrs. Mary- S. Glenn, wife of J Win. (ilenn. The cause of the decease of Mrs. Ghmn, in the prime of early womanhood, was tho intemperate use of snuff, Wo hope thoso who are in the habit, of indulging themselves in the usaof this unhealthy article will take warning from the early death of this nufortunato lady.?Spulhcrn Statesman. Tub Prbss for tub Lonoon Timer.-? We find t)ie following in one of our English exchanges, in rutbrenoo to lhe' now press in process of construction fortbeLorv don Times: i ."Tho most remarkable feattfrn in th<\ present case is, tliat tl?o machine is buing mn'deMii'England. Mossra. lloo A Company ha\'A intcen a.portion of tfic works of . Mesara. Whiteworih Oo., ^InVicheater, for this purpose. and one of their Yoremen is now superintending tfie consti urtion of the I machine. Most likely this plan has been adopted toaave the import duty on machinery and the cast of carriage) When this machine h erected, two boors will sufliro to work,off the day'b publication. It has been calculated by a printer that thero aro 70,000 more letters in the Times and supplement than in the .New Testament. The <vear and (oar of type is so great that }t 1ms been usual for-the publishers of the paper Jo renew tbc founts every New Year's Day. 'l'hose types are calculated to weigh seven tons, and as ihev are worn out in ? year it will grye some idea of the cost of a daily newspaper. The type is made by Messrs. NHIlur ?v K'tyh*rdvof Edinburg, who have imroduoed a new -material* much hardor than any hitherto made, and which costs the printor a trifle moro than tb? ordinary type, ^hat thlfr is)>onefioijil to the propria Mors uf the Times, is evident by the tact that they are now, at the end of March; 185*7, using the founts supplied in January, 18o6, the hardness of the typo having so far provdnled "the necessity for renewal." IvVP^TfAk-fl AO !? *.. L .?r i nr. ItOS,? IV IMS boon considered that the Chrnese wore not I aft io"*c?{??c p?r>jp>!o; nnd vet t!??? wm?Io [ appear to bo a mistake. Tf?e art of print1 i i'ng was known in Ohina nino hundred I years before anv knowledge of it prevailed in England. Printing was first introduced into Kiirope early in tue fifteenth century. Tiio Chinese printers wore yenernlly itinerants. They next disco* ered the magnetic. neadlo: this took plnca in tha traditionrtry pcrforf, when the Vello'v I^mOeror. hav in#.-missed his way, a little carriagft was built, on iho top of which was a figure, which always point?) to the north, and tfittsCfi? route was discovered1. The effects of the loadstone were rilso' mentioned ir. their dictionary. We tfere also pt'ouaby indebted to lh? Chinese for th* mariner s compass ; far it hart been long known to rhem befofO; it was to ?*. O'tfnpowdef tfas Invented (here many centuries befovo ii was VnAum In I* J* * ?: ? ? * *??* ....w ?. .. u j n*^-inii\r| niiu it m n Miij(innr WRl tfiROthe component pnrt* were noni-ly the same iw? the European mixtilrev 'vv' ' Jfc?. ' *7 mwT man l)W in hi.^own Ufa follies onought ;Jn his own mind* trouble enough;, in his own fortunes, evil enough, without being curious aHor the atfuiits ot" others Tf vo\i have K frfeftd who I'oVcs yon,who frto att*fte<T to* r interest and Sappinesd, defended you when persecuted and troubled be Mird 'to him ih his adversity1. . . ) . From tho Liverpool Journal. Foreign Intelligence. The toh-grnphic HnnouncrmriU sent from MhIu lo the Admiralty respecting M>e ^ishP8 nf tho Emperor of China for pence H hardly hpmo out hy the full details which have ?cmne to liahd hy tho Overland Mail. On l.ltn rnnlfui'v il ia t*n?#l ?ho# l!i? -- has ex pressed the highest confhicncc in Yeh, j?nd had given hirp orders, in the event.of lenienk. measures failing, to "drive tlie barbarians into the. pea.' The Nortl) China Herald says : " We Ieain on the most re-' liable authority that in consequence of the rttliitllinn of tKo K.i*.U?*Sumo ? " ? . , v? vr? *?iv ivivikii u'liuniinuo III Villi* ion, the attention of llie government in PoUin hasnlrendy been directed tc the defences at Tientsin, the porl of I lie capital/'? The same journal, in ft later issue, says? 41 We hear upon unquestionable authority that an.Iiflperiuf edict has bpen transmitted to the Governor-G"iter?l and Governor of the provinces of Keang eu, Che Keang, and Ku Kit'n, giving orders as to the treatment qf ihi bni haii'inn in the present difficulty^ They are to rnalie defensive preparation, but quietly, so hs not to alarm the people. Yeh i? ordered not to push mutters In cslrfmKy, but to avail himself of opportunities to reestablish peace." miqtrriftft Tkacihuy on Board sutr.? Hono Kono, Feh. 15.?Another frightful Coolio tragedy is reported from Swntow,?* having occurred on bo>ird * he Frenfch ahif? Anais. of 032 tons, which left that place on the 20th .January, will) Coolies for Havana. The following day llic Coolies rose upon and overpowered the crew, killed the captain. supercargo and chief mate, (the supercargo's son*) and run the vessel on shore ?t 'i'ong lae, about ,fiv? miles above Breaker's Point. The rest of the crew, with the sur peon, are riuo on snore, and well treated by the -Chines, but held for a ran<otn of five hundred dollars', and the ringleaders amonjf the Coolies are in custody and will be given up to tho French author ities. Sanqt'inauv Co>ffuctfl amono tflk ZcLtr Tuinen.?A Natal correspondent of the Dnilv News, in n loiter of 11th December last, gives some shocking details of the in-* lernecino warfare recently waged between the Zulu tribes "The events anticipated in fiv nhuArvniint^o # ?*-* <! /? o*l ?*-1 . ........u u? n.? <u uuvi-lllHUf rp-* gliding the Zulu nation beyond (lie Tageli* have been realized. On Monday last ? dreadful struggle tool? place between lo,? 000 and 10,000 blacks on the banks or the 'fugcla, which you know isonr boundary ta the northeast. The carnage was horrible, M?n, women nnd children, from the oldest age attained by the race, to suckling infant^ lay dead and dying in hundreds. On Taes(fny, when Mr. Sheptone, secretary for nn-? (ivn hft .ira ** rAoofl/l ? '? * ? ? * iiio 11TCI IU ruiiKe nrm^ sell acqi^inifid V?i.h (he flnprct of the ivnr after the pursners had left the victims 6f tjiorr fiendish rnge,some of the women, with children on their bucks, had been killed by n stogie thrust of the assrgay, passing through Infant nnd mother. The river bore down to the sen the bodies of those who werfc killed !n the wnler, or drowned, Attempting to cscape into Natal. The' pursuing party turned away from the river,-and li rr> n.iro uto/khI!"" I ..u.. incuwuiycB over llio whole country." Tiik New Paumamk5JT.-*-T)tc total number of members returned un \n the 3d at noon, was &2;V Xl\e Globe sny's that of three 325 are Liberals nnd 210 Tories. The gain fn the counties is fl, ftffd in the boroughs 2o~-tol'rtl 34. The e^inties gained since Saturday nre South Deibyshiro, South Essex. Herefordshire, Huntingdonshire, ?nd A vreshire. oup mpmhm* oo?ii Y'i' EJECTION IDIOTS AT IvmoKHMISSTKR. There has boen ?j nio$t shocking and disgraceful rlot.nt Kidderminster. 'I'he candidates for tho representation of the town were the Right Honorable Robert Lowo and Mr. Boycott, a local solicitor and a conservative. Amongst the working classes there secflns to hove been a fory strong feeliiior'aSnifW fhn ~ e. ? o , in, ??iy?r 01 me Tutter ; and at thr?e o'cfiKk ott/Saturday afternoon (the carpet mills hnvin#?loscd at two.) n crowd of about 9,C Unpersons asscm* bWl in. front of the hustings, whcfo iho polling wns'yojng on, and began to pelt Mr. Iiowc and hts fvtcnda with Rtones. A nufnbor of persons were thns severely wounded, and the crowd called on Mr. Boycott and his nupporters to go away, bo turn irttrv Kin wr, f/wc. Mr, Boycott refused to interfere, Ami at h quarter tr* four, though requested io- atop, he nnd his? friends left the husimf?*. The-ki'lvn'Ml p*nfy Iffcrf then to fly, ho# Ihey were hotly pursued nnd atoned. Mr, Lowe, together wjljy the Mayor and n few of 'his piTricipM Piif/porter:*, attempted to? leave the spot in a cool and orderly Planner, but they were assayed with j?fclV ftirv hy the cowardly'mob, that they IVae? fo-HV iniO tllf? flint nla/.o "t ..?f ' l'- " * _ .... rM,v? ui ir.iu^c mm. presenter itself. Mr. Lowe had lite tfcuil fractured, ttioutjn il i? hoped not rfaftgrrously ; m-any ^Hn'ty^rnpft'wr'r? r(reaming with lMoo?f from gitohtss orl the ivnd faces, aevevhI were kooefced down nnd nearly trampled" orf, wbtfp shunned ,by the Uowa from miaarW; and others wore fwu fully bruised m the fesa exposed parts of ihe ho v. The pdice and ilte.fpeeial constable* t*er?? atoned i a vast number of windows wcro i * * nroKcn, nnd the (tr^na i>f violence nn(! ^rrtotion w?? onty atnyed ty' ih<r anifnl of n troop of HhsWb from Rirminghnwi. Hie L-wi. ?eeow>i* Mate ifwit }j*wt, thotstfh his injurhB Are oriou*, *\* progrcMing mi li* factory towards rocovcry.