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MISCELLANY. !
[From the Spartauburg Express. J ]
To the Democrats of tlio Fifth Coiigres- f
sional District. I
Fclloio Citizens : In obedience to (lie |
appointment made by the State Democrat- |
ic Convention, held at Columbi;!, on the! (
5th and 6th of May last, in company willi ! |
ine oiuor uoJogates then :m?J there appoint->
ed, T attended llie National 1 >emocratic ]^
Convention, and participated in its proceed- j x
ings. The result of that Convention is al- ^
ready well known to yon. And though (
the nominee for the Presidency is not the f
one whom you or the Dentocraev of South ]
Carolina would have chosen, L will not al- t
Jow myself to believe thoro can be any |
doubt as to the support lm will receive from {
<he Democracy of ihe J-'iftli Congressional \ .x
District. 11
To carry out what I believed to be your ; c
wish and judgment, approved by my own,!.
T voted with the cnJre J)ek?gation from ! |
tSoutli Carolina, first for .President I 'ierw,j ?
and then for Senator Douglas, until t ho j j;
names of these gentlemen were Ouch with- j ,|
Mi.nwi i/j iiiu (icic^.-iiiMiis iroiu iiloir ic-ji^t" j [
live States. Mr. Buchanan thus left |;?
tlie only .one of tlie three original candid- j|
jiLc.% I did not hesitate to e.ist my vote ^
promptly and cordially for him.
Tlint Mr. Buchanan's nomination was not t(
a repudiation-of President l'ierce'si or Mr. Je
QDougl jis' principles, as some of his oppo- I r
nenLs allege, I thuik is obvious from several |
facta. > j t
As between Mr. Buchanan and President : ,,
'Pierce, Mr. (Buchanan was a citizen of v
IPennsylvania, Mr. Pierce a citizen of New |)(
illampsliire. The numerical strength of if.
New Hampshire in the Convention was ()
.five-votes^ that of Pennsylvania was twen-! jj
ty-h6veri -votes. Tlie ".surroundings" of j ^
New illanjpshjrc were Main?, Vermont and , j,
Massachusetts, all, including New IIamp-!,,
ihiitj, itaavinaj a vote of twenty-six ; the t.
^.'surroundings" of Pennsylvania were New j |
Yorlc, Ohio, Virginia ami Maryland, having j t]
lOgethor'a vote of one hundred and cii/ht. j t,
Agotn,*New Hampshire was urging the re-! j
-cleotion of herson, and in that encountcre?L ?
^ll tho opposition of the "one-term" idea, ^
nVhich not many year$ back almost became (1
-aljiaft of the Democratic creed?many.be- a
lioving that the policy of rc-elccting was ?
cdledlrtted to make Presidents more solicit- i
ous.tGaJfecure a second term than to admin- c
iatdr tlie first term faithfully. On the oth- fl
offcatiflj-P-ennsylvania was urging tlie claims (|
?of a son who-uotouiy was never President, 11
i>ut wlio was sl -ditizon of a State from,
whom a President (had never been chosen,!]
notwithstanding she was one of the "Old ' j
Thirteen,1' and the largest State, save only ! j
ono in the Union. The contest, therefore,!,.
wns not between Mr. Buchanan and Presi- j
' 9"ent Piercc, ns'-reprcseiUativcs of different f
opinions, so mucit'as it was between New ,
JTaibpsliiro anif Pennsylvania. The result x
iwai .iflost natural under the eiicum- .
:Btano?B. ^specially ha we might have ex- J
:p6cte<T this result,-when we remember |
itliptj.u addition to' LUp attendant cirenm- i
ston0C8*1-"tl]C Burroundinga"?just mention- t
od, Mr. Buehapan "stood before; that Con- ,
verffion thovsenior, by many years, of either j
-of .Jds competitors, and though h6 did not, j
"bear on his person tHe scars of battlo" re- '
uiantfy fought,*" Vet covered with the [
?i M ? ....Til l.ntll.i in
-.'scare $?. wwriuu-ui. >??
pjyif, ^(3;;?oyt'j?d with fre#h"Jaurew for ,
j)cac' Tu!'cbnqij?l? made in (jgrcigii fields by J
conciliatory diplomacy. But ,
prominent fiiftt, which snaps that Mr. ,
noimii.ilion <?ns noTthc triumph '
of au eaii-sfaVcry .win<j of llio Deinocracv, j
- *?*? ?- - it-- i .1 i._i i;
Wy UMfr- v irgHUM, uio -Hirpjesir tiMirciiuiuiuy ,
8lat? l>is name to?4lio
CofiVfcn^on^)u^ with ^^isiana, Tiennesso ,
and Miitflnfi&i' wififr among tHo warmest
and most activq fcuppfl^tera. True, Tennesr>o
gave, a few vote? first" for Fr&ldentt I
l'iercc,fina then furSeiiator Poiiglah ; but it
was $i<t before flic Convention ns-jemWed
* ?
lliat tho delegation from that Slate, after
complimenting Messrs. Pierce and Douglas,
would go over to Mr. Huchanan, who was
tlioir real choice. Virginia, Louisiana an?l
Maryland voted for Mr. liiu-hannn, from the
first. Mr. Duchanan,' moreover, may almost
he considered as the first choico of
llic Democracy, not only of V ?i jinia, Lou
lsiana, lennessee and iMarylaml, but
also of North Carolina, Alabama and
Mississippi, making seven out of the
fourteen slave States. For tlio three
States last named in the Convention of
1852, which nominated Mr. 1'ierce/ declared
Mr. Ihichanau to be their first , choice,
and one or more of them voted for him to
tlic 2Gth ballot.?Where is the evidence of
his being less sound now than then? Kven
those who have assailed democracy at all
limes, and who now object most strenuously
lo Mr. ]>uchannn, have to go far back into
.lie past, atul exhume musty records (o find
iny thing like semblance of unsoundness
mi the slavery question. In the nominaion
of Mr. Buchanan over 1 'resident- 1'icrce
here is certainly some frneourngenicnt given
o a portion of the Democratic, party, in
ihnl it shows we need not dread so much,
is some of us have heretofore dreaded, the
ihsorbing and centralizing inthience of the
Executive power wielded through ils palonng<\
In this respect the noininatiou of
dr. lhiehanau speaks volumes in behalf of
he permanency of the JJepublieon its conederate
and Stale rights basis.
As between Mr. lhichanan and .Mr.Dongas
there existed all the adventitious eircumi.,?
.... i i. 1-- <1 -
??ihi i\j 11<_*?111\ iiic ^iinc ucjjrcc, as
etwecn Mr. Jhiehanan ami I'resident
'iorco. In addition, it ua-< urged by (lie:
rietuls of Mr. Ihtehanau (and with sonic
rutli, it must bo confessed) thai Mr. Dongas
was young enough lo wait milil another
:leetion ; wliilc some of Mr. Dongla.V
vannest admirers thought that lour years
vonld give an increased experience that,
v oil Id not be without its advantages even
o one so distinguished as Senator Douglas
or his '"giant intellect."' Again: had Mr.
)ougla.* received the nomination, the party,
lie Mimii, ilie country, would have lost tlie
ubors of hi> brilliant talents in tlie vimlu-ainiiof
the principles cif i!??? party. Ami,
tier all there are many ni'-n m?>r?? parti<-n
uras to names tlian things?men than priniples?and
who when otiee convinced, are
Miileetly willing to march under a new
tanner, provided it b<-i?>t borne bv the one!
mder whose lender.-hip thev have beenI
jrced to surrender. There are no doubt;
liotssatids of Northern people who, from (be !
Iiorongh discussion of constitutional prin-l
iples by Senator Douglas and others, in
lie Senate and elsewhere, would willingly
(vc i" their adhesion to those principles,
roviacd Ibey be not required to surrender
i one against whom they were so recently
mbittcred. Th.'^ci who expect lo find in ;
ealily the fabled Utopia may sneer at such !
consideration as ft sacrifice of principle to J
availability" but let it be railed what it;
nav. the fact eannot.be. r<.:if inverted. Those I
rho would govern human nature must look '
o tlm characteristics of tli.it nature, and, as :
ir ris possible, control them to tlie purposes !
f good. It ought to be remembered, too, J
liat the union of I'resident Pierce's ;uid '
ir. Jpouglas' friends upon Mr. Uuchaunu, I
nstead of endeavoring to start some "new j
nan," was bringing back tlie parly to its!
arlicr usages, when the honors of lite coun- .
ry were awarded to those who had earned <
Itoin by long and laborious services. I low-. .
ver much wo may admire the adminislrn-j
ions of President 1'oik and I'ierec, it can-!'
ot be denied that the taking up "new men" i
i) order to unite the pfl.'ty, thereby distrib- ,
iting LliC highest honors of tlio country by
. plan savoring more of chance than merit, <
lot only contributed to lessen the respectability
of our Government in the eyes of forign
powers, but was calculated to exercise
i most deleterious influence upon our pubic
servants, and might have proved a source
>f national decline.
l>ut all doubt as to the soundness of the
)emocrattc party and their nominee vansites
the moment we turn to the proceed-!
tigs of the Convention. There we find
esolution*, unanimously adopted, enclorsng
the administration of President Pierce,
md pledging the Democratic party to the
naintainaucc of the rights of the South,
vhich latter resolutions have been formidlv I
ind unqualifiedly endorsed by Mr. Buchauui.
And iir relation to the unanimity with
vhitjji these resolutions were adopted, it is
nit,right I should say, that though I wont
hercj-convinced, in thoimuin, of tfiegoundicss
of- tlio party, in reference to our pecuiat
institutions, I was nevertheless ngreea?ly
surprised to find that anting the delegates,
frt>ni nll^quarters of the.^Ntfrth, one
>f the prominent ideas was .that Jilock Hemblicanityi*b*u*t
be ]>ut dowfi, mid poace
Tiveh to the cotintry, 1^ the protection and
anforceineut oflHTio Constitutional rights of
overy section. 1 took particular pains to
^sceriain uie jntorinal opinions of tlitt
Northern Democracy.^ I went, from a
Msnsc of dnty, every night during the silting
of the Convention, to tho m:iss meetings of
LhelSemocracy of Cincinnati. 1 wanted to
see wJiat kind of speeches were matte l>cfore
t? "rank and file" of the Northern Deiuocracy.
I \tantcd to see whether Pcmocratic
leaders spoke the sentiment of Bemodratic
masses. At.theso meetings T heard speakers
of Connectivity Now York, Penhsylr'n
ni:i, Delaware, Indiana and California denounce
Freesoilism an?l Abolitionism in as ^
fierce and unmeasured terms as L ever heard
in South Carolina. There, too, I heard 1
speakers of Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee,
(.ieorgia and Missouri, draw forth thunders -j
of deafening applause as they painted the
wrong which Kreesoilism seeks to inflict on
the South, and tho determination of the
Southern people to stand fast by their rights
to their slave property. No man. in inv .\
- ' J
opinion, could liavc attended those meetings,
whatever might have been his opposition to I
Democracy, without being convinced that
whatever Democracy might be, it is Ihe (
same in Pennsylvania as in Virginia, in Indiana
as in Ceorgin, and in Connecticut as
in Missouri. 1 may say also, that being
necessarily thrown much in (he way of
Democrats of the North, in railroad cars, A
in reading rooms and in hotels, and under
circumstances to be obliged to hear much I
of their conversation among themselves, I
testify with pleasure, to the invariable na- ?j
tionality that characterized their conversation
and the uncompromising hostility they ^
evinced towards ]>laek Republicanism in all
its phases. I do not hesitate, to say that
wherever the Democratic Mag shall be nil- S
furled in the coining canvass, whether in
Maine or Texas, in Virginia or Oregon, j
there will be found those who would give
security to our rights, and in the language of
Mr. liuchanan. "alhiv
, J ??V '1.1.1^1 VMI.1 vauiu:*
ment wliicli lias for some years prevailed on
the subject of domestic slavery, and again
unite all sections of our common country
in llieancient bonds of hrotheily affection i
under llie (lag of (lie Constitution and the
rnion." \\
1 Jut 1 need not il well longeron this point:
llio relation, in virtue of which I address j
you, is proof that you are acquainted with
the condition of things?that you appreei- ^
ate the magnitude of the interests at stake
? that you sympathize with those who are
fighting your battles and that you will cheer W
them in the hour of their trial by the evidence
of your interest and sympathy. 1 I!
have good reason for saying that the ap-j
pcaranccof a delegation from South Carolina
in the National Convention was hailed with |F
pleasure by both Norlln-rn and Southern |
I )eniiicrats. To say that we shall not lake j,,
any interest, in the mighty conllict now be-i]|.
ing waged, with slrontr Imnr-s of supi'cm I <
J ui
lor the preservation of Constitutional priii- ,);
eiples, is al war willi our interest no loss (]
tliau it is in con Ira vent ion of our duty. The ni
feur indulged l?y some that we cannot al- w
low our synipathies to go out towards those |?
who arc perilling little less than their "lives, j?
their fortunes and their sacred honors" in ni
behalf of the Constitution, without heiug st
enticed from our devotion to the reserved st
rights of the State and the discharge of the (j
duties that might ultimately arise therefrom, i(]
is not only groundless in fact, hut hasely in
slanderous of the character of our people. t|
Having then a party purified of all alloy, t<.
and made worthy of its fame in the days fj|
when our Calhouns, our Loundeses and our t|
Chcveses were among its most active mem- w
hers, with a nohle standard hearer worthy is
to rank with the Fathers of the liepuhlic, c;
1..I ,la I- ? - ---? " *
.... .Mum i" mi; nomination 01 me fVa-Ibi
lional Convention that support which we'jj
arc not onlv in duty doubly hound U> render,
but which will show'our friends abroad : C!
that coujuh'ncc is met with coujiilcmc. Let; | j
every shout of victory from whatever point' j,
of the compass it may conic, meet the re- :u
spouse of sympathising hearts. Let every s|
Democratic King that shall lift waved inlst
Triumph, whether over the Hills of the sc
K;ist or the Prairies of the "West, the heights J,
of the Apalachian or the clitfsof theKockv
Mountains?let them all he reconrnixml
symbols of the success of our cause. Their (j
principles arc our principles?their defeat ij
would be our defeat?their victories will be
our victories. 0,
May success?full, brilliant and over- sc
whelming?crown the efforts of our Dom- 01
ocratic friends ; and may the time soon j:i
come when the fruits of such success? IV
peace security and happiness?shall he again is
enjoined bv all sections of the. mnnirv . ?
JAMKS FAUUOW. U
Spartanburg C. If., C'., June 30, '56. "
Fkom Kansas.?Sf. Louis, July 0.? M
Advices from Topeka, Kansas, to the 4lb, jr
state that tlie Free State Convention met tl
on the 2d, and passed resolutions in favor ,r
of the Republican party, and appealing to
their friends in Congress to refuse all ap- w
propriations until Kansas should bo admitted
as a Free Stntc. The President's and p
Gov. -Shannon's proclamations wcro read, u
and also a letter from Col. Sumner, stating a
that ho would disperse tho legislature.
About 800 were present, all armed. On
the r4th?fiuiiiper, vrftli ,'200 dragoons atuj
iwo cJinbon, arrived'find ordered the
Irtruro t? disperse, and (.hoy'tiQpipliod. ThoT
Convention was prtff>aring resolutions ?
dorsing the Stale Governmcfit and tbfiTo- c
peka Constitution. Fear* of an invasion
kept large nnmbcrs from attending. y
Charles P. M. Garnctt, Richmond, b
Virginia, now-chief cngineeff^f the Yfr- I
ginia and Tennessee Railroad,-hstesreccived n
the apfSointment of iqbief engineer of the lj
J)on Pedro Railroad; Rio do .famine, Bra- o
zil, with a salary of $=15,000. 4
Suliey Smith.
lis* Sukey Smitli litul iI.txoii 11:iir,
llcr dnd?ly had the pewter, ki
lor eyes were gray, ami looked so re no su
L'pon Iinr fiivoreil suitor. <-'<
'hat suitor was a jolly voutli.
Ro nimble, l'llie and hrawny,
'lie yellow fevgr took him oir yf
A way <? California. ,,,
>n?l when I heard thai ho was gone, "
"It's now," naid I "or never 1 "
shawl myself and greased my shoe*, 1J1
Ami tried to look riglil el ever.
ar
rigged myself from top to toe pr
Ami eanglit ami mounted l)ol>l>in, \
lilt all llie way 1 rode along |,j
My heart it kept a llirohbin'. sn
,nd when 1 reaehed her daddy's house, ^1
.. ?'<
lilt when I saw tin- lovely mni<l
It kimk-r stopped a jnnipin'.
lo!
"was Iialf--past ten, wlion at. Iter feet
I knelt, ami yet, or? ilinner, I(1
ril.li lir?neye<l specch ami winning ways, H,j
I li:i<] contrived to win lier. ;ui
mm: 111i>ntli.< elapsed?to set tin" day
1 now l'fixan lo press lier:
urged, entreated, plead in vain? a"
In vain iliil I carets lier.
I <
liilo matters were llms cross ami pile, t|j,
My clothes nil growing seedy, wi
y rival from llin mines returned, (J1(
Still fop ,M issfcjuk-y greedy. it
en w lii iii 1. iiiilf.l* ui.ll#. n??
- - I"
And slip liis arm around her
'lien, heaven and -artli! sin; let Itim kiss
Tiiom prcci?iislip?! ('unfoiind lior!
Lohl her tliat I was surprised?
My eyes liad sure deceived tun- ud
asked her I" renew her vows, w;i
And from suspense relieve mo. ,lii
'lion, don't you I Itink, the tarnul gal,
llrr thumb up loher eiueller,
or lingers wriggled, as she said?
"(' an'l. come i 1-, little feller." 0,1
resli Fruit in Hermetically 8eftlcd Cans. s^'
i'uMic attention was very generally called
' this subject last year by Arthur, Burnnil
?fc Co., of lliilailelpliia, manufacturers
"Arthur's latent Self-Senling Cans and
us," and l:ir?re numbers of families all over '
* O # . ]||]
le, country wore induced to try cxperi- y|(
ieiit>, not only with Arthur's Cans, hut "
ith a variety of other cans otl'ered to their j
jtice. Arthur's Can, which is the simplest
i construction ami the easiest to use, is
loreover the only one that wo have ever
icn, with a single exception, that is con- j '
ructed on right scientific principles. In j.
ic exception referred to, the can itself is in
I respects less desirable, and few would
iivo any hesitation in choosing between
lem. Arthur's can is entirely open at the
>p, with :i channel around (lie mouth, I ^
lcil witli cemcnt. It is scaled by heAting j
le lid a:ul pressing it into this cemcnt,
hich is done in a moment. The ccmeiUiu
the channel when the can is sold. The
isc sustains no injury in opening, and inayj ^
3 used year after year. They arc made of;
i); ami also of lire-proof earl hern ware.j '.u
Wo have llius particularly referred to thisj '*
m, that our readers may know how (o dis-|<0'
aguish it from all others. It is, without ['1K
>ubt, tin: best yet o(lored to the public, I
id in an article of this kind only the best, "
lould bo taken. Wo have used them our-1'"*
Ives, and know their quality. SoliavejslK
ores-of our friends. Mr. Godey, of the .
.. 1.) 1) '
i?u v r> dook, gooi: authority, as every onu
hows, thus speaks on tlio subject: . . y(
"There wore 11 variety of Self-Scaling
aus ottered lo the public lust year, niul (j; (
leie will, in all probability, bo a greater
limber during the cotniiif? season. NuL .
:ic that wo liave seen hears any compari)?,
in our estimation, with Arthur's; and jec
ir advice to alT is, to-try no oilier am or ?j|j
r nest year. This one will certainly kefep jnl
nit precisely in the condition in which it (()
sealed up, is simple in construction, and
isy of use, and cannot, wo believe, he
pialled, far less excelled, hy any vessel got
p for the purpose of keeping fruit i?? ?'i
csh condition by hermelical sealing." ;|l(
Fruit put up in hermetically sealed vos- ^(J
. Is are, as all who havo used them know, j(
i every respect superior to those put up in '
10 old-fashioned way. . The proems is,
loreover, easier and cheaper. No house- ajc
eeper wiio has onco tried the new method,
ill ever go hack totho old.
We havo presented this matter a little -JJ(
ronVinently, Injcauso it is one' in which ?1- no
lost every body has an interest. -.Iiftalling gl|(
ttention to so admirable an..ibvcntionjj we or
ut bervo llie ooiumon good; SU|
Philaactpriia Merchant.
SECftET OF ^UCCKSa AT TlIE BAU.?1
eked Sir James Scarlett wbat was the seret
of bis pre-eminent success' as an advo- re<
Ate. Ho replied that bettfok care to press rei
nnifl tlirt Aim nvirinlnal hnihl i\C tlin ??t* Kii
r ^ W..V |'? |TVfUV V* vuo VMVJVf VI?
ritbout paying oiucfr regard to tlie others, wl
lo also wud tlia( ho knew the secret of
einjjPiort. fiud," safd fyftA'that wlien y
execed-balf au hour I am ittwaye doing re
fiischicLto my e^nt. If I drive into tfS ni
?ads oFnhe jury important matter, I drive
ut nAtJtr more important that I had preiotfaly
lodged tlicr^.*7; in
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.S'rt
Queer Tom.
Tom Flossier was the qucerc-sl boy I evei
lew. 1 can't think lie ever cried?I nevci
w him. If Klcda foil ml her tulips all root
I up by her pet puppy, and cried, as little
rls will, Tom was sure to come round tin
irner, whistling and say :
"What makes you cry, my infant! can
hi cry tulips ? ?lo you think every sol
akos a root oKblossom? ilerc let's try
id right them!"
So he would pluck up the poor flowers,
it their roots into lln? arr<nm?l
"4? ""i'11'
lg nil tint time, make the bed look smooth
id fresh, and lake 1'leda oil' to look at n
elly snake, or hunt a hen's nest in the barn,
either did lie do anything differently in
s own troubles. < >ne day liis great kite
apped the string, and llew away far out
sight, 'l'oni stood slill one moment, and
cn lured around to eome home whistling
the time.
"Why, Tom," said 1, "ain't you sorry to
ic that kite ?"
"Yes ! but what's the use? 1 can't lake
ore than a minute to feel bad ; 'sorry' will
>L bring the kite back, and 1 want to make
other."
Just so wlicn ho Woke his leg.
'1'oor Tom," cried Fleda, "you can't play
y mo-o-o-re!"
"I'm not poor either. Voii cry for nic;
lon't cry for myself, and I have a splen1
time to whillle. Besides, when I get
ill, I shall beat every boy in school 011
3 multiplication table, for 1 say iL over till
makes me sleepy every time my leg
1.?"?'>
IV.t
Tom Mossier was ?jiiccr, certainly, but I
sh a great many more people were <pieer
it way.??School-Ftilow.
Arrested.
A man calling himself Samuel Long,
is arrested and brought to tlie jail of this
ilriot, on suspicion, some week or two
ice. lie is still lodged in jail awaiting
tlier developments; although as yet
2re seems to be no very clear case made
?inr<i!nct
llu was first suspected fruiu .uflering to
1 a very fine horse, in several pails of the
;frict, at quite a reduced price. Alterirds,
we arc informed, he attempted l?> in<;e
a negro woman to go off with him to
Ssissippi. This it was that determined a
rty of gentlemen on the llidgo to arrest
n. in doing so, they acted, luckily, with
i'at care and promptness, one of them
.'senting a pistol at him In-fore he became
are of tlieir intentions, while llie click of
cral double barrel guns told him at (he
no time that resistance was uselolss.
>oij examining the prisoner's person, afler
bad been given over to the jailor, it was
ind that lies was armed wilh a very large
J superior Colt's Repeater, and had :w
my as 112 halls quilted np and tied aind
his ankle, lie hat.! also, in a h;ig
Kind his waist, about $:JG0, mostly gold,
c horse be rode is a large, lino looking
} , and is valued by good judges at $200.
In stature this man is rather short, not
insuring morv.- than five feet eight inches
height. He is stout and well set, with
rk complexion, dark hair and dark eyes.
; has also a black beard, ami bis face has
.? ...i. - i-i- -
?l iiiuoii ii|'|iciir<iut:c uiiicii ?i litcu rcilly
shorn of whiskers usually has. Wc
ntion this, because we see u proelama11
for a tnfirderer hv (ho (iovcrnor of
orgia, whii'h describes just such a man
this, and with the last tinnier] peculiarity
:?ili?;'l.? Kd<jcfield Advertiser.
The Way to. Talk.
Wo fiiul the following card in the last
rkVille Enquirer, signed hy Hon. 1. 1>.
ilherspoon, and Ool. 11. McCaw, candiIcs
for the Senatejin that District.
The example is well worthy of imitan
and we should .hail with great joy the
vent of the day when the glorious privije
of the ballot bo.v?hall ho free from the
honoring and corrupting- influence of
oxicnting drink. It is' a disgrace, and insult
any man, wlifu a candidate employs such
finis to gel his vote. 'I'lic people arc benmig
to regard it in that light.?1'^Cam>i
Journal. &
"We the undersigned candidates for Sen?r
of Yorfc*District in the Legislature of
nth Carolina, each for himself, hereby
;d<ro our honor to each other and to the
[>plo whom we seek to represent not to
iplov, hereafter, directly or indirectly, any
oholic or intoxicating drink for tliQ purse
of influencing or procuring Votes.;du-..
g the present canvass; no? difcctly'or
Jiroctly to sanction such uw^b^ any friend,
r to pay for the s,nnj<^?oteaO?r, if nny
uh use bo made; and ?1I"deposit^, orders
funds contravening this agreement, "if
3I1 there beware recalled and di-scdfiliouQsl."
?HrtfSr,OK;
*K. b^Mc^W.
If yoy can butr tune your passions, and
luce them toliaimony hy renm^ you will
id^r yourself as ple/isr?nt and jLWy,fi8 the
ds andH>eaatfl were in Orph^w^^fnteHtre,
icn they listened to hit harp.. ^ *
%. 'f *'
1 foar uuruly;paasiotli more than tlie arws
of an enemy, anU the slavery of thcin
oro than tho fetters of a coDdtoerer/. '.
, ! m r ?
Think ndt to reap in seed timlj or bo?
harvest.
A Great Country for a Lazy Man.
r Dr. McHean, in his lecture on Nicaragua,
r on Monday night, drew :i picture of what
- could ho done in that country by a man
> who was not disposed to waste time in la.
bur, and yet wished to live independent.
The government gave liini 280 acres of land,
i and tlio first necessity was for a house,
i This want was quickly supplied by ttie
placing of four posts uprightly in theground,
the spaces between which were filled with
the coiiiiiioti;cane which grew in abundance
arouml, ami then plastering with mud. The
roof was then I hatched with grass, and the
t house was thus completed. Little or no
, furniture was needed, a hammock answer*
i ing all purposes of a bed and seat, and almost
, any kind of earthen vessel would answer
, to cook in.
The next euro was to plant about a dozen
banana or plantain trees, which needed no
future care ; planted with yarns, which, if
, properly placed, would yield enormously.
The common frijolc and Lima beans would
grow with the yams, as well as other veg
i-muiva, anu iih; native u nits ol the country
were almost indigenous.
The plantains and yams would yield more
than enough for tin: subsistence of an entire
family, and game of every variety could
be shot almost from the door of the house.
The climate was such as to render little or
no clothing absolutely necessary, and thus,
with one moiiIll's labor,a man can fix'himself
comfortably for a year. Isn't that the
country for a lazy man??j\. 0. Picayune.
some JNose.
The following incident we had from a
friend who knows the parties:?Deacon
Oomstock, of Hartford, Connecticut, is well
known as being provided with an enormous
handle to his countenance, in the shape of
.1 huge nose, in fact it is remarkable for its
great length. On a late occasion, when
taking up a collection in the church to
which the deacon belongs, as lie passed
through the congregation every person to
whom he presented the bag seemed to bo
possessed with an uncontrollable desire to
l 1 ri'l i ' *
i.-mgii. j nc cieauon aid not know wliat to
make of iJ. lie had often passed round
before, but no such effects as lliose bad bo
ever witnessed. Tbe deacon was fairly puzzb'd.
The secret however leaked out.?
He bad been a libeled for a day or two with
a slight solo on bis nasal appendage,
and bad placed a small piece of stiekjng
plaster on it. During tbe day referred to,
tbe plaster bad dropped oil", and tbo dcacon
seeinir it. as he sunnosed. 011 the. floor, nii-ltp/l
it up :iinl stuck it on again. But alas ho
picked up instead, one of those little pieces
of paper which are pasted on tins etui of
every spool of cotton, and wliich reads as
follows: "Warranted to hold out 200
yards.*' Such a sign ou such a nose, wa?
enough to upset the gravity of even a puritan
congregation, and we think the laughing
justifiable.
Print it in Ijettors of Gold.
A father whose son was addicted to some
vicious propensities, bade the boy to drive a
nail itilo a certain post whenever lie
committed a fault, and agreed that a
a nail should be drawn out whenever he
I i.i - -
| turrtwn an error. in ilie course Ot timo
tli? post was completely tilled with-nails.
The youth been inn alarmed at the extent
of his indiscriminations and set about f6*
forming himself. One by one tho nails are
drawn out, the delighted father commended
bin: for his ?noblc, self-denying heroism, in
freeing himself from his faults.
"Tin y are all drawn out," sud the parent.
The bof- looked wul, nnd 'ihere was tt
whole volume of practical .wisdom {n,Ms
sadness. Willi a heavy heart he replied:
"True father; but the soars arc still there."
Parents who would have their children
grow sound and healthy characters must
sow the seed at the fireside. Charitable associations
can reform th* man, and perhaps.
inakc a useful member of society; but alas!
the scare are there! The reformed drunkard,
gambler and thief is only the wreck of
the mini he once wan, he is covered with
scare?'dishonorable scare?which will disfigure
his character ns long as he sh*H lire:
CONDEMNED llf HIS CONOREOATIOK.
The Hev. Mr. Tyng, of the Church of lbs
Epiphany at IJiiladelpfiiA, iu a sermon on
rjjie present troubles of the country, introduced
Kansas myl the Sumner and Brooks
: ?:<i. ?c-l. ?Li.
lliUiUIIK'V* ilU lllfL-l^liCU Willi luuuu ov^or*
ity against "llio cinstitiUion," and-used tirj
-unbcoflniihg language for the pulpits Dr.
Cflsp.ir Wi8t,rir rose . K'pfbvcd him for
desecrating tbe Sabbath and the chwrcb,
and many withdrew.','On lb8" next morriipg
the Veal ry and Wardens passed unanimous
resolutions disapproving of tihe introduction
of politics and sectional opposition
into hi8 pulpit. 'Jbe sermon biiBoeen.pub.
)^|hed and is extremely offensive. V^i ?w
pleased to record tbo very proper action of
the Vtstry on the -oocaaloiK?1^Carolinian.
To ?nEVK*T ?nq* Gkow
sittoii to gfew'io what ?i"ec6^amonly|M6H9i
aa "long Hb'flnka," take n ptenjttiifr And stab
1 it through theitfnflk
sert A smoll piece of wood to keep ibe in- ;
cisioo open, wlricb will check 'the growth.
Tiy doing thi& good bends of cabbage mny
be secured on every stalk.