BY DAVID OVER.
fyntlty.
.4IV ETEKLVG PRAYER.
%T SIR THOMAS BRaWNE.
The night is come, like to the day.
Depart not thou, great God, awiy.
Let not my sins, black as the night.
JteKpso the lustre of thy light-
Keep still in my horizon, for to me
The hqs makes not the day, hut Theo.
Thou, whose nature cannot sleep,
On nay tetnples sentry keep;
Guai d toe 'gainst those watchful foes
Whose eyes are open while mine close.
Let no dreams my heart infest.
But such as Jacob's temple's blest:
While I do rest, my soul advance.
Make my sleep a liolv trance,
'Chat 1 may, my rest being wrought,
Awake into some holy thought,
An 1 with as retire vigor ran
My course, as doth the nimble sua.
Sleep is a death ! f), make me try,
By sleeping, what it dre;
And a,* seuMy l*y sayl'md * * '
On my grave, as now my bed.
Howe ep I rest, neat God let ma
Awake again, at last with Tiiee;
And, thus assured, behold I lie
Securely, or to wuks or die.
These are my drowsy days—>n vain
I do now wake, to sleep again.
Oh! come that hour, when I shall never
Sleep again, but wake forever.
LINES.
Dear Tom, do you remember,
That calm and lovely eve,
When you and May sat side by side.
And Nelly tot ic ber leave
She had not long goim,
When Harry ha came down.
And gave you apples, May,
And Tom did on him frown.
Oh, Tom don't be afraid,
F>o not on Harry lrown,
For while at Normal School,
A Ltdjr fair ! " found.
. a ' i#irfiiifr • -"v"'"- 'i
Oh, I shall mi*? tiiee, dear oat,
Sadly, miss fbee, Rosa, dear.
With thy sweet face of auushlna.
And" kindly words of cheer.
I will often ihiak,dear Rosa.
Of .all there happy hourfl",
Where im. tarry hives to linger.
her peaceful Vowtws-
And I'll thina of thee at twilight.
That cairn and peaceful boor;
Wy heart afifil! />IWI "WinrteF MM*
To that sweet pensive hour.
1 was thinking, dearest Rosa,
Of the little walks wo took,
To Hawthorn's hopeful bower,
Within that shady nook.
! 'll remember what you told me.
For it cheered my Imely heart,
It feil like rays ot sunshine,
Why then, Ross, do w-.- parti
Yes, 1 shall miss thee, dear one.
Sadly miss thee, Rosa dear,
I cannot tusar the thought,
'Chat our separation's near.
ZILEMA.
Mr. Fosler and the Uenioerae} in I8;37.
In 1807 there w.is a spirited contest for U. S.
Senator at llarisburg which resulted in the election
of Gen. (JAMFROV, several democrats preferring tiie
larter to either Forrey or Foster. The democratic
papeis were quite severe on ti.e "traitors," and ae
nouneed them by wholesale. Among others, the
Lock Haven Watchman has resnsciated some arti
cles from the Ciinton Democrat, edited by 11. L.
Diffenluch, now Deputy Secretary of State, the first
of which is as follows .•
"He {Fester; is a lawyer, has served two or three
terms in Congress, and is now a member of the Leg.
islature. II did not distinguish himself in either
of these positions, and he may not be as able as
bis friends tepresent him to be, for they have a
fashion of making great men of rather scanty mate
rial in the western part of the State."
From the same paper of the 19th of January,
1 Soi, we find the news of the election of a United
States Senator recorded as follows :
"ELECTION OF A U. S. SENATOR. —Both Houses
of the Legislature met in convention on Tuesday
last, for the purpose of electing a U. S. Senator.—
On the first ballot the vote stood:
For John W. Forney, Dem., 51
" Simon Cameron, B!. Rep., til
" Henry D. Foster, Traitor, 5
In the issue of the Ciinton Democrat of the 21rd
of January 1857, we find the following:
"This result is most humiliating. That the Dem
ocratic party should labor for months to convince
the people of the justness of their cause, and then
to be deprived of the fruits of their victory, by the
grossly indecent treachery of a few vile miscreants
is as mortifying to every honest mn as it is base,
sordid and villainous in the scoundrel perpetrators
of the wrong.' He then adds: '-But one motive
can be assigned. Ihe biso Judaseg, Foster among
thorn, have been purchased like sheep."
In the same paper of the satue date in another
eolnnm we find the following:
THE SENATORIAL ELECTION.— When we spoke of
.this stmmeiul event in our last issue, our infortna
•lon was derived from telegraphic dispatches, we
have the full history of the occurrence now. For
ney, Democrat, had 58 voter; Cameron, Republican
91; Foster T aitor. 7; and Mr. Foster himself voted
fbr.Mr. Wiikius. What excuse these rascals make
for tbeir treachery, or whether any, wo are nof in
formed. To style them Judases is to slander old
Iscariot, for though ho betrayed his Lord, be was
dec-nt enough to hang himself immertiately after
wards, which those traitors, we regret to say, have
not as yet done. It is mockery of language to at
tempt to characterize their conduct. There is noth
ing meaner than an ingrate—nothing so villaiuous
as a traitor, and Foster is guilty of both. The mo
tive of the act is clear—no otber thin pecuniary
profit."
THE BOLTERS—H. D. Foster, John Faosald, S.
Ilill,of Westinoreland; J. K. Galnoun.of Aruist ong;
U. J. Xickolsor, of Jefferson, S. A. Backers, of
-MrKcan; G. S. Smith, of Cambria; and John Cress
well, jr. ot Blair, were the Democrats who refueed
to attend the Democratic caucus and suppott its
nominee. We look upon these men as traitors.
••Among tbc incidents of the victory of the Dem
ocratic paity last tail, was the right to be represent
ed ju the U: S. Striate, for the term commencing
A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, &e., &c—Terms: Que Dollar and Fifty Cents in Advance.
on the 4th of March next. The victorious party
had won the righj to choose the Senator. And
none but a majority could make a proper selection
for the party of the legitimate fniits of its victory
and cheated it out of its right. In this light the
conduct of the bolters is wholly indefensible.
"As to Fester himself, we know but little üboul
him. We spoke of him before the Senatorial elec
tion as one who bad srrved in making known to the
people of the State that such a man lived. We
said that he had friends in the western part of the
State, who spoke of him in high turms, hut as they
had a fashion of making great xnen out of small ma
terial in that quarter, we did not know whether he
was all he was repsented to lie. But he has now
succeeded in making himself known, and no one
will now tiavo much difficulty in measuring the cali
bre, Bis patriotism, or his lore for the Democratic
Party. His selfishness, his factiousness, his weak
ness, puerility stand out conspicuously to the gaze
ol the public. He lias voluntarily placed himself
Ifcyoml the pale o! the Democratic fold, and there
let him stand, or fall, or willow, as best suits his
tastes. We admire an independent man, but des
pise a puerile fsctiouist. The littleness of soul that
; mistakes unreasonable factiousness ami stubbornness
I for independence, characterizes selfLh ieas under
all circumstances, arid we have never seen a more
, thorough exhibition of these traits than has been
i exhibited by Henry D. Foster, throughout the re
cent Senatorial struggle."
! There, reader, you have good Democratic testi
mony in regard to the political and private Chirac
j ter of Henry D. Foster, the present Democratic
! nominee for Governor; you can believe it or not.—
j We give it to yon as we find it, without further com
■ isent.
mi KEviuTioss:
, Something for Union Stnte
Convention,'" ichich m'efs in L incastet fo
<!ay !
j The disclosures now miking a! Washington,
of corruption to influence elections, aro not
j confined to the Co rode Committee. Tue printing
' investigation of tire Senate have recently made
;is report of tiia evidence taken before it. We
j cannot find room for oven a tuoiety of these
revelations, and a; this time we will content
[ ourselves with a smalt item, which wih show
| how seme things were dooe u 1856 aud 1857
in this State, and also shows up the attempt
'hat is now making to repeat the do sr.
We ail remember a certain "Straight Ameri
can Party," which had a fungus existence and
origin, when the People's Party was rising in
this State nod New Jersey. Mr. Wendell, the
printer of ** *% last "Geagreeaeey-wr*-
ter J. Megargec, a leading Looofoco politician
of Philadelphia, illuminate us as to the nature
of this excrescence. The latter testifies that
he received moneys at various times from the
former for "political purposes" —amoDg which,
he avers the following. We quote bis own
vor us :
••SOIDO of the money was used for a third
party which was organized to divert voters
from what was known as "the People's Party"
with vs; the "People's Pari}" wis iu opposi
tion to the Democratio party; vre did not kaow
there the par'y organized as "liic Republican
pari}:" the opposition to the Democratic party
was called 'the People's Partyanl to divert
votes frem that party the third party was or
ganized; the object was to divide the "People's
party.
j Q. —Was sucli a third party organized? A.
Yes, Sir.
Q. —Did you believo that was necessary to
the success of the Democratic partj* A. Wo
certainly did, or wo should not have given them
the money.
l^. —What was that third parly called? A.
The Straight American Party—the straight
outs.
Q. You speak both of Pennsylvania and
. New Jersey* A. Yes, sir.
Q. —And of those States ouly? A. Yes, sir;
j of tLose only.
This, we think, is enough for one dose.
WIOFALLIANA. —Senator Wigfail has killed
his man or two, and is therefore entitled to
more than ordinary consideration. Wigfail
never opens his tnculh but to say something, or
to drink something. Having killed his man or
two, Wigfail is privileged to say just what he
pleases. But ho should not get too much ine
briated before he essays a speech. Under suoli
circumstances Wigfail is given to much plain
speaking, and he not seldom reveals family
secrets, For instance, iu his speech ou the
Homestead bill, Wednesday, ho objected to
giving the poor man land, heciusc "poverty
is a crime." Thus speaks the orthodox demo
crat, Wigfail. He declares that poverty is no
man's misfortune, and that to pass the Home
stead bill will bo to offer a premium for a
crime. Well, will the working men of the
country go up next fall and vote for the can
didates of Wigfall's party ? Very probably.
Will they ccntiue to fret about hard times ?
Of course. Will they learn wisdom from ex
perience ? Possibly, after the negro-brc-eders
have tied them hind and foot. Hear Wigfail
again :
Mr. WIGF ALL replied that Texas could
please her own faocy. She had a right to do
what she pleased with her own property —givo
it to a missionary society, publish Bibles, or
gamble it off in hell. [Laughter.] Texas was
a free and sovereign State, and was able to ex
ercise her rights, which were not delegated to
the miserable, oue horse concern in Washing
ton. [Renewed laughter.]
I a borrowing money be precious of your word;
for be that hath care of keeping day's of pay
ment, is the lord pf another man's purse.
BEDFORD. PA., FRIDAY. MAY 1860.
The New York papers of Monday week pub
lish the correspondence that passed between
Hon. Roger A. Pryor, of Va., and Hon. John
F. Potter, of Wisconsin, but the telegraph
has given the substance of tt, and we need not
encumber onr columns with the details. Tbo
facts simply are these:
When Mr. Lovejoy was making bis fierce
philippic, Mr. Pryor told him he should not
shake his fLt* in a ruffianly manner a! tbo De
mocratic side of the House Potter told Pry
or he was doing the same thing, and for this
Pryor seot u peremptory challenge, which was
promptly accepted, and ten inch Howie knives
named as the weapons—the duel to be fougbt
within 12 hours, in a private room or in the
open air, within the District, the principals to
stand four feet apatt, and to commence at the
word three, Pryor, who prides himself as ao
accomplished duelist and a sure shot, rejected
tho tortus as barbarous, whereupon Col. Lan
der, of Mass., Mr. Potter's second, offered to
fight Pryor on any term", which was declined,
Pryor alleging that he had no quarrel with
Lauder, who is as good a shot as himself.—
This is the whole substance of the matter.
Tho eastern papers, without distinction of
party, justly regard Pryor as having shown
tho white feather, and the Herald says it is
the largest one seeu in any ornithological col
lection since the flood. Ho would doubtless
hive been careful how he sent a peremptory
challenge, without first asking an czplana'ion,
had he supposed Potter would have so prompt
ly end crisply accepted. It :* decided ou all
sides that there was no adequate occasion for
a challenge, and that it was an attempt to
bully the Wireunsin member, by confronting
him with one who has Leon made during the
session the leader of the bullies in tbo Ilouse,
autl who has something of a reputation as a
dor-lint.
Potter kutw coining about pistols, and a
peremptory challenge left bim, according to
the code, perfectly free to choose his weapons,
which selection his antagonist was bound to
accpt. He chose Bowie knives, a very com
mon ducliiog weapon in the Southland West
and" this choice placed him on equal terms with
Sir Soger <!e Pryor. >
The Bowie knife is a chafauttg weapon to
carve with, atd in tho hands of such a man as
Potter, would be .. weapon to en
counter. This Mr. Pgbm i:;v, I ho
; • I*wftftty:' flßr "fttfiiit'Off titsib jyh
barbarous. Barbarous, indeed! Is net the
whole system of dueling barbarou-? A tnan
who prides himself on such an accomplish
ment should not be particular as to weapons.
If ho consents to be a barbarian with pistols,
is he uy better than the barbarian who uses
knives? The general opinion of the country
will not allow Mr. Pryor fe escape through
this loophole. Ho wi'.i bo strictly held to his
poMtion, voluntarily assumed, and will, 'o
use a term of the code, be posted as a "cow
ard and poltroon" from Maine to California.
Tho Covode Investigation Committee, at
Washington, is opening up a mine of political
rascality in high places, heretofore carefully
couc*alcd from the public. The following are
the prominent "ite.ua" elicited during the past
week :
"George Plitt testified that §7O 000 had
passed through his hands, as treasurer of the
democratic committee in 1856, for the purpose
of carrying Pennsylvania. He said the books,
vouchers and papers were all burnt, so that no
evidence exists in his possession to prove how
this large sum was sptut, or to show who hap
pened to bo the fortunate beneficiaries. It is
said (hat President Buchanan (the hypooritical
author of the Du Quesne letter,) contributed
five hundred dollars to tue party funds. The
check wa drawn on the Lancaster Bank, Geo.
Piitt, who was the Treasurer of the Pennsylva
nia State Central Committee at that time, act
ing under the instructions of the Committee,
returned the check, in consequence of being
disappointed in the enionnt. It is further
stated that the President, after the check was
returned, kept it in bis pocket until after the
Bank failed.
"A Mr. Webb testified that two men, to his
knowledge, had been engaged in circulating
fradulent naturalization papers, one of whom
was employed on tbe Columbia road, who has
since found his way into the Custom House at
Philadelphia, and another, who was rewarded
with a place, but is not now an office-bolder.
Some of their confederates hud been sent to
i tho peniteutiary.
I "Isaac Yost was closely questioned in re
: gard to these fraudulent naturalization papers.
His testimony was of a character to implicate
I several leading members of the Democratic
party in Pennsylvania with this villainous bu
-1 siucss, including Mr. Collector Baker and a
! Mr. Darlington, who with Baker, held respon
i sible positions on the Philadelphia and Coluui
' bia Raiiroad at the time."
THE TALENT OF SUCCESS.— Every UMI MUST
patiently abide hi" time. He mast wait. Not
in listless idleness, net in useless pastime, not
in querulous dejection, but in constant, steady,
cheerful endeavor, always willing, fulfilling
and accomplishing bis task, "that when the
occasion comes he may bo equal to the oou
sion." The talent of succoss is nothing more
than doing what you can do well, without a
thought of fame. If it comes at all, it will
come because it is deserved, not because it is
sought after. It is a very indiscreet and
troublesome ambition which cares so much
about fame, about what the world sya of us,
to be always looking in tha face of others for
approval, to be always anxious abotft the effect
of what wo do or say, to be always shouting to
hear the echoes of our own voices.,—Lojurfel
low.
THE WALKEK KANSAS LETTER.
The famou3 letter addressed by President
Buchanan to Hon. R. J. Walker whilat the
latter was Governor of Kausas, which Jras
beeu the sobject of so much speculation and
of sncli contrary assertion, has at last been
brought to light through the Oovode investi
gation, and appears in tho columns of the
American this morning. The letter fully sus
tains all that has been said ot it, and shows
that tbo President at the time entirely com
mitted himself to the doctrine of popular sove
reignty in the Territories, though he subse
quently retreated from that position and con
demned Governor Walker for pursuing the
very course which ho had urged upon bim.
Mr/Buchanan writes to Governor Walker
that his success depends upon the submission
of lac Constitution to the people of Kansas."
On the question of submitting the Constitu
tion to the bona fide residents of Kansas, he
say*: •/aoa willing to s<and or fall. It is the
pti iciple of the Kansas Nebraska bill—the
principle of popular sovereignty, and the prin
ciple at tho foundation of all popular govern
ment. The more it is discussed the stronger
it will become." And still continuing to
press the subject, Governor Walker is urged
"to make the great principle of the submis
sion of the Constitution to the bona fide resi
dents of Kansas conspicuously promiucnt. —
On this you will bo irresistible."
A more damaging instauoe of political in
consiateucy than is exhibited by this letter, in
cDueectson with the President's subsequent
course, it would be impossible to conoieve.—
The manner in which the exposure has been
brought about also adds to the pungency of
the humiliation that mast attend it. Mr.
Wajker, who has so iong held the letter in re
serve, hns only at last made it public to de
fend himself from tire attack of the Attorney
General, who had recently declared that no
such letter existed, and challenged, on behalf
ot Mr. Buchanan, its production. The effer
vescence of even Amoriean politics has rarely,
perhaps never, brought to the surface a more
pais lu! exposition of duplicity and treachery.
Baltimore American.
FLATTERING NOTICE OF NORTHERN DEMO
CRATS. — -The Charleston -N>K has a flattering
dutfce of the unwashed democracy—innocent
wlegates from the land of mud sills and dirt,
who have dared to complain of the prospective
Arjtfkm during the Uharleoroa Convention, as
inconsistent with the proverbial hospitality of
the sunny south. The JVews says
"What has her piivate hospitality to do with
such a case, an erruption upoo her of an im
mense horde of men intent on their own selfish
ends, and indifferent alike (o her people, their
sentiments and interests ? Aud thousands ot
them, too, of such character and manners, that
it they were to coure here, individually, again
and again it would never be thought by
a respectable UIHU of our city, to admit any
of them wuhin his doors. During the presence
of that promiscuous crowd, the private doors
of Chariestown will never have been so tightly
shut and carefully guarded as theu. She will
confer more watching than hosp> f a/iiy upon the
"camp followers," who will come to swarui at
the assembling of the National Convention,"
MORMON CONCUBINAGE. —On Thursday, the
sth of April, the House of Representatives by
a vote ef 149 yeas to 60 nays, passed a till
prohibiting and Punishing Polygamy in the
Territories. Squatter Sovereigns have found
themselves in a bad row of stumps when called
upon to vote away the right of tho people in
the Territories to regulate their domestic in
stitutions. In annouueiug the vote of the
House upon the bill, the N. Y. Tribune re*
marks, that had it not been for the evident re
luctance felt by the Pro Slavery men to estab
lish a precedent so fraught with peril to the
"peculiar institution," (bo vote wouid have
been practically unanimous. Rut the *twin
relic of barbarism" held bank sixty of its trusty
henchmen, though wo must say it did not rally
its forces so fully as Gdelity and good policy
clearly demanded. Is uot Polygamy a "pat
riarchal institution f" Was it nut practiced
by the wisest and greatest of the Hebrew rulers
and sages? Why should slavery turn its back
on its Siamese brother ? It is the cowardice
of despair that counsels recreancy iu such a
oase.
The Herald thus describes the mode by which
Mr. Douglas is to be nominated :
"Mr. Douglas, then, against the field, is the
candidate of his party for the CbarleiJiou nom
ination, They tell us ho must aDd will be nom
inated—that the Northern fire-eaters, when
they smell the fat things of tha kitchen, are
ready to surrender, back down, eat dirt, roll iu
tho mud and shout and sing all day for Doug,
las—that this Southern fire-eating hostility to
Douglas is all bosh, when you bring their Sala
manders within smelling distan JO ot the spoils;
and that he who believes there is any sincerity,
or aoy danger, or any truth, in ail tuis South
ern anti-Douglas thunder aud lightening, is a
fool. The fire-eaters will flob, and bluster
aud cave. The Uincinnati platform, no more
and no less, will be adopted ; and Douglas will
be pot on it. Tuat platform can still bo in
terpreted both ways.
A roving young gentleman, without employ
ment and money, concluded tq take to sotiool
teaebiug as • means of livelihood, lie ac
cordingly applied to the trustees of country
school, when the following couveisation tuok
place:
Trustte. —"What studies do you teach V'
The applicant indicated bis qualifications by
the following reply j—
"1 will teach tbeua any thing you waut—
fforn A, B, 0, to a good game of draw-poker."
He was immediately and indnotod.
Hon. Thomas Oorwin did yeoman servive in
the cause daring the late campaign iD Connec
ticut. In a speech at Waterbnry he offered
the following "argument to the ruan:"
No, we were asked now to throw aside the
teachings of the Constitution, to trample on its
precepts, and bow down to the dictates of the
demagogues. [Applause.] What did they
hear from Caleb Cashing? Why, that Moses
favored slavery. Moses was an abolitionist,
because he killed an Egyptian white man, be
cause be found bioi killing a Hebrew nigger.
[Laughter.] Well what about Noah? There
ws no Maine liquor law in force, so lie laid
down after drinking too mucb, and had a very
remarkable nautical adventure—aod so,Htm
became a slave. [Roars of laughter.] What
did tbe Bible say? ile would rely oo it until
he got some better revelation from Caleb Gush
ing or the Lord Mayor of New York. [Laugh
ter.] He wouid suggest to Caleb that al
though it was better fo" the negro to be a
slave, it was not better for tho white tain.--
Hu would ask Caleb and tbe Lord Mayor of
New York, Giro you the sons of Japbel?'—
'Yes.' 'Was Japbet a brother of Ham?'—
'Yes.' 'ls the negro a son of llim?' 'Yes.'
'Then tbe negio is your cousin.! [Laughter
long prolonged.]
And he would ask Caleb and the Lord May
or, 'do you think it is"treafiog your oousin like
a gentleman by sending his wife to Alabama,
and bis children to New Orleans?' [Laugh
ghtor.] He would remind tbeui that tbe ar
my of tho Uoired States Marshals that pur
sued the fugitives to the promised land were
swallowed up in the red Sea, and that tho Fu
gitive Slavo bill was repealed. [Treuic-ndous
applause.] There were arguments to be found
in tbe Bible for both aides. As the bubbling
groan of the doomed pursuers rose up, the
soDg of Miriam—the "Hail Columbia" of that
day—was borne away on the wind. He should
have been glad if the Lord Mayor and Caleb
Cashing could have been at that soene.—
[Laughter aud applause ] He would enforce
all law, even the Fugitive Slave law, as tbe
majority ought to rule. It was letter to obey
a bad law than to have every iiiad set up for
himself.
WUAT IS IIK? What M Geo. Foster? Is be
Leoomnton or One portion
of the Democracy claim him to be the former,
while the other poriion say ho is the latter.—
But Gen. Foster dare not come out and say
which faction he belongs to. Ho dare not open
ly express his opinion on lu'iV critical question.
He u not in possession of sufficient moral cour
age enough to do so. It is true tiiat be is either,
as it suits his interest, but to coma out openly
and take au independent position, he dare not.
—.Mineds Journal.
41ow can we better auswer onr Pottsville con*
temporary's question than bv giving Deputy
Secretary Dieffenbach's opinion of Gen. Foster
iu bis paper of Jan. 9, 1857. Mr. Diffenbsch
then said ;
"He (Foster) is a lawyer, has served two or
three terms in CoDgrcss, and is now a member
of tha Legislature. He did not distinguish
himself in either of these positions, and he may
not be as able as his friends represent hiin to
be, for they have a fashion of making great
tnen of rather scanty material in tho western
pait of the State.
This wis said when Henry D. Foster was a
candidate against Forney, for (J. S. Senator.
A QUEER NOTION. —The Southern Confed
eracy has the following unkiud cut at the new
party, known as the "Constitutional Union
party." Who will be the auctioneer selected
at Baltimore ? The Confederacy says
"There has another party sprung up with us>
composed of fossil Whigs ami Know JYoihingSy
who have assumed the title of the "Union
Party." Ttiey will accomplish much good or
harm, their principal object being to obtain
possession of ho balance of power iu one or
more States, and then sell out to the highest
bidder—and as tho Democratic paity is the
most liberal in its views, it cm count on thcao
oession of their votes in November.
AFFECTING INCIDENT. —Tho Albauy Ex*
press says: "On Sunday inoroing several yoang
folks were baptized at Rev. Dr.Magoon's church
Tbe first person baptized was a young girl, per
haps sixteen years old, in tbe last stage of con
sumption. She was literally arrayed in her
grave clothes, it being understood that tbe
white robe iu which she was baptized was to ba
worn by her when abo was placed in her cof
fin.
She obtained her mother's permission to be
baptized, and then acquainted tho pastor with
her desire. She was brought to the pool in the
arms of her uncle, attended by her mother, and
lifted into the arms of the pastor, who gently
immersed her head, repeating the words
Tho scene was very affecting, causing some of
the spectators to sob with emotion.
She was so far gone that it was feaied she
might expire during tbe oeremcny, yet after it
was performed she expressed a wish to be brought
to the church in the afternoon, to partrke of
the Lord's supper, which was granted. After
the supper, when in auother room, she sang tbe
doxolog; 'Praise God,' and when in her carriage
Dr. Magoon asked her how she felt, she whis
pered, 'I have fought a good fight.'"
Spriogfiold, Illinois, the home of Abe Lin
coln, has, for the first time in mauy years, gone
Republican by an average majority of 150.
The cities of the North, with very rare ex
ceptions, have this year been carried at the
charter elections, by the opponents of the ad
ministration. So general and sweeping a suc
cess bus not occurred before since 1840, and it
prefigures, now, as it did then, the graud suc
cess of Novetnbet.
VOL. 33. NO. 18.
TUERF.'S A WOMAN IS THE CASK!—' Tb
Democracy are all desperately opposed to
"Kuow Notbiogisui"—when it suits them,—
but when it will serve their end, some of ttieiu
at leas', seem as ready to use it, as the veriest
disciples of "Sam" in the land would be ; —and
a'case is now in point, in which Mrs. Douglass
is made to figure. "Oliver Oldschool," the
racy Washington correrpoudent of Philadelphia
Daily .Vetcs, in his letter of March 27, remarks
of it thus :
The frieuusof Hun cr are gaining confidence
irj his chances of getting the Charleston nomi
nation, and others also think that they are im
proving. It is, perhaps, not exactly fair for
the former to uiemicn so freqacutly the fact
that Mrs. Douglass is a Koman Catholic, and of
course a regular attendant of one of the Roman
Catholic Churches iu this city, where sba has
a paw. This is to influence the Protestant Irish,
hut they belong mostly to the Opposition.—
Sorely it would not induce a single Dative born
Democrat to prefer another whose first choice
now is Mr. Douglass. "Fairpiay is a jewel."
The following is an cx'ract from a letter to
the Philadelphia Baitetin, written from Prov
idence:
"Mr. Sprague, the ucwly elected Governor,
never has beeu identified with the Democrats,
and was successful simply because of this faot.
He was nominated by a large number of Re
publicans. because of personal animosity to
Seth Puddleford, and throughout the whole
contest was supported as a conservative Re
publican candidate. lodced, notwithstanding
Mr. Sprague's great wealth and the business
aud personal influence of his family through
out the entire State, had he been supported by
the Democratio party alone, he would not have
come within three or four thousand votes of an
election. Rhode Island, to day, on a square
party issue, is good for an overwhelming ma
jority for the Republicans, and will cast her
electoral #ote, without doubt, for the nominee
of the Chicago Convention, whoever he may
be."
EXCOMMUNICATION OF VICTOR EMAXCEL.
The Turin correspondent of the Pressr, of
Paris, says that on Friday evening, March, 17,
the episcopal court of Turin, as likewise mil
the episcopal courts of the kingdom, received
the text of the excommunication pronounced
by Rome, ou account of the annexation of the
Romagoas. On Friday evening this document
was takeu by the grand-vioars of Monsignore
Fransoni (stiil absent at Lyon.*) to the Minister
of Justice. On Saturday the Council of State,
duly informed of it, declared the bull null and
void, and prohibited the publication of it, on
account of its not having received tbe royal
exequatur. It is said that a decree i about
to appear to this effeot.
BONN IT—2 A KORN.— Oa the littel tow uv
mi rite foot, wieh hez obsticctly resisted tucdi
cle treetrr.eot:
Distroyor uv mi pras! oie folly is your dad,
Tite Lutes yur muther! Ageruy and pine,
(Delitefut ophspring) is yure children twala
And liangen on the skirts a 1000 ills as bad,
On Snnda nite, drest up, to Hanner An's i go.
Two opposin centiments mi sole divides,
I sink in agerny—on joy's hi boss i rides,
lleven in mi hart, death in that littel tow,
0 korn! wot woes wo bring upon ourselves,
Bi folly. Whi wuz i not kontent 2 hav
Fete uv the saini sise that nacher, oil-wise, gave?
Whi did i tri ou 8s instcd uv 12s?
Thowst totest me a lessen. What natur's dun
Man can't impruve and better let aloan.
Senator Wigfall of Texas used the follow
ing language, a few days siuce, in Congress :
"These northern people, of all patties, are a
mean, despicable set of 6tarvcliugs, unable to
seo beyond a dollar, and caring for no consid
eration except money. Threaten them, and
they will crouch to your feet like so many
hounds. Oaly swear that you-are goiDg to dis
solve the Union, and the timid creatures will
get dowu on all fours, bite the dust, and kiss
the rod raised to chastise them."
SUGGESTIVE.—A youth in Troy,N. Y., re
cently regaled the ears of his "bright particu
lar" with a protracted serenade, at the close of
which the chamber window opened and a small
white package descended therefrom. The ena
mored youth inbtantly secured the precious
missive aud retired to a place of safety, and
with a trembling hand proceeded to untold—a
night cap and spoon.
"Io shoTt, ladies and gentlemen, said an
overpowered orator, "1 caa only say—l beg
leave to add—l desire to assure—that I wish
1 had a window in my boson:, that you might
see the emotion of my heart."
Vulgar boy from the gallery:— "Won't a
pain in your stomach do this time?'*
A widow said one day to her daughter:—
"When you are of my age you wiil be dteatu
ing of a husband."
"Yes, mamma," replied the thoughtless lit
tle buzzy, "for tue seooud time."
Jones met his friend Brown in the street Iha
other day, and said to him, "I bear Robinson's
married—who is she!" " Well," says Brown,
"let's see—she's a hundred thousand dollars;}
forget her other name.
A man was mobbed the other day through a
wag's saying that his wife was d 4 ily imprisoned
iu an iron cage. 1? turned out tint the cage
was a atee! hooped akirt.
A soldier being asked if he u>ft with much
hospitality in Ireland, replied, "thai bo was
tbo hospital nearly all the time he was there,"