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VOLUME 3?NO. 18. ABBEVILLE C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1855. WHOLE NUMBER 122.
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MISOELLAmr.
The Ijoulavillo Riots.
Below we give a letter, written to tin
editors of tho Spartanburg (S. C.) Spartan
detailing the particulars of the late riots it
^Louisville, Kentucky. 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
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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.
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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
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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! * .
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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
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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
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