BY HENRY ‘J, STABLE
37 TH YEAR.
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4Elpice oetq!.
Let's Sit Down and Talk Together.
Let's sit-down and talk together;
Of the things of olden day,
When we, like lambkins loosed from tether,
Gaily tripped along . the way.
Time has touched us both with lightness,
Leaving furrows here and there,
And tinging _with peculiar brightness,
Silvery threads among Our hair.
Let's sit-down and talk together :
Many years away have passed,
And fair and foul has been the weather
Since we saw each other last.
Rsny-whom - we
loved arm li4ing—
.ln a better world than this ;
And some among,us still are giving
Toil and thought for present bliss.
Let's sit down and talk together ;
Though the flowers of youth are dead,
The - ferns still grow aiming the heather,
And for us their fragrance shed. •
Life has a thousand blessings in it
Even for the aged man;
And God has bid in every minute
Something we may wisely scan. •
Let's sit dawn and talk together; •
Boys we were—we' now are men :
We meet awhile, but know not whether
We shall meet to talk again,
Parting time has come : how fleetly-
Speed, , the I'i:foments when their wings
Are fann'd by breathings issuing- sweetly
From a tongue that never stings !
Zelect 0115clicann.
From the True Flag.
THE ELITE OF ELI—TOWN ;
OR, FASIIIO.NABLES vs. FACTORY GIRLS
BY CARL CANTAB
"In every country village, where
Ten - chimney smokes per fume the air,
. Contiguous Wit steeple, -
Great gentlefolks are found, a score,
Who can't associate any more
- With common country people.
"Miss Faddlc. lately from the wheel,
Begins quite lady-like to feel,
And talks affectedly guiteel,
And sings sonic tasty songs, too;
But my veracity impeach,.
If she can tell what part of speech
Gentility belongs to."
Elitown was a simple country village until
an enterprising visi ter to the place discovered
the value of its water privileges, "and immedi
ate]y set up a large cotton manufactory. All
at once, the place, which for ten years had
been stationary, began to grow. Around the
great brick factory, with its continual v
rose up. in what Seemed to the staid inhabi
tants, an incredibly short space of time. a doz
en boarding houlles, which in a small country
- town; are su flicient to con; ti tute quite a village.
Of course the female portion of the population
received consider able increase. This new class
vas looked upon dislike by that portion
of the young ladies who were not interested in
the Manufacturirg interests of the country,
and were on all
- occasions slightingly and dis
dainfully spoken of by them. This disposition
on their part may, perhaps, be attributed to
the fact that they found it a matter of much
greater difficulty to retain their lovers, now
that they hail so many to vie with them.
The mothers, of course, entered into - the feel
ings of their daughters, and hence it was that
in the little town there sprang up a little clique
whose principal distinction was that they kept
themselves aloof flow the-contaminating socie
ty ot, those factory girl;.';
Prominent among the elite (as they consid
ered themselves) of the Ace,
.was Mrs. Blenk
insop and her three daughters— r livelina, An
tionetta and Augusta AtiVoris. Blenki n sop
.„ , -
was constantly expat n„ n tne?great advan
tages of coming of a o gagfrteel4t3m4, and how
impossible it was for erhartiTho were not na
turally well-born, to disguise their native
vuldtri ty.
"Like_a sow in a sack," as_she elegantly re
marked, —the bristles arc always a stickin'
out."
The remark which she made was true in a
certain measure, and to the whole extent of
that measure was applicable to herself.
It would be rather difficult to stmtain Mrs.
Blenkinsop's claim to gentility, judging by her
own standard, since she had been the daughter
of a soap boiler, and was now the widow of a
butcher. The association connected with the
latter employment pi obably suggested the
forcible simile above quoted.
Un thp„dewh of her husband, who botneatb
.ed her a - tou•iflerablc fortune
least for a coiry um n - she had moved into
the village ofllltown wi,ll iu r thine daughters,
and purchasing a pretty 'Fia:te._st*
fro 1% hi—Hie villa
"adopt political phrase, what her -antece-•
dents'' were. this being a point on which she
thought it best not to speak.
- From some alir flints which she de
signedly threw out, it ua.4 generally supposed
that her - husband was a jin: c y• pi o lmte.
a militia c.iptain. or a justice of the ptacc at
the very least. • Tile idea. was StrOlgtheneli by
the frequent disquisitions already mentioned
on the subject of•gentility.
Hence it was that Mrs.l3,lenkinsop came to
be add in a high degree of estimation, and ,
_ _ _ _ _
3 kruhl Thopprr----Fruutdi 3grirnthar, litmiturr, 2115 Eat grirurrs, 311nrkrts, Omura Fomrstir Pulp gutrilignar, 51turrtunig, 3411115tilipilt, 4kr.
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might be considered ''l. l th her daughters at the
head of the aristocracy •of Eli town.
m a'am,," - said Mrs. Blenkinsop. in re-_
ply to an inquity from a visitor, always
buy my things (.the city. It's more fashion
able. Besides, )f you buy anything up here,
ten to one you'll,lhnd - them horrid factory girls
flaunt - out in the self-same things before you've
gOt 'em fairly made up. 'They're an extrava
ant,set of creatures =spend all they can .get
ess."
Ast. the way they do," said Evelina.
nt do any good,"fehimed in
Antionetta, "for 'they look just as horrid -as
•ever When they 'are dressed."
' flEkthackly," saidAtlgiista - Maria, who lisp
ed,7 not front any natural propensity, but be
cause she happened to reairice; novel that a
young-lady-is never so eharminetts when she
lisps.--Ekthactly. I think ith very tidily in
them." _ .
“That's the 'reason, as I was saying.” pur
sued Mrs. Blenkinsop, ~w hy I invariably buy
my things in the city. I believe I shall go
there to-morrow, as we are all needing summer
bonnets."
According to the resolution expressed in the
last sentence, Mrs. Blen-kinsop, accompanied
by hcr three daughters. took'a trip to the city
the next day.
There were bonnets which the milliner as
cured them were altogether in a• new, style,
just imported from NHS.-
,'The very thing we want."•said Antionetta.
"We shall be sure, in that case, that none of
those v ulgar, factory ! - riris have them. For my
part. riCterMil)( 7' d to take one-of these."
The Smite course of reasing, -by the
fact that they were pretty bonnets, led her
mother and sisters to come to a similar decision.
After leaving orders with the milliner to
trim them alike, and in the most fashionable
style, the three Miss Blenkinsops - and their
mother departed, very well satisfied with their
day's purchases.
Tt so chanced that the three Miss Smiths,
who belonged to the class of —horrid factory
girls" so anathematized by their aristocratic
neighbors, were in town the same day.
By an equally remarkable chance, they were
in pursuit of the same article, viz., summer
bonnets, and were led to . visit the same estab
lishment
"El!town !" snid the milliner. "f have just
sold bonnets to four ladies living in your vil
lage:"
~ A h ! who ?"
"Mrs. Menxingop and her three (kright.,r,-,."
The Miss Smiths were well aware of the de
gree of friendly ciinsidera lion entertained for
them by these ladies, and they thought this
afforded a good opportunity for retaliation,
which ought by no means to be suffered to
pass unimproved.
, •Will,you show us the bonnets which you
sold to the ladies you mention r they inquired.
"Certainly," said the obsequious milliner.
"It. is a new styli:, as I told them, just import
ed. -There are but very few in the city. I was
fortunate enough to secur• dozen, but have
no doubt they will all he gone by to-morrow."
"They are very pretty indeed. I think we
could• 'ho no better than order three, if you
have as luau"."
- "I have precisely three left.','
c'Are you to trim those for Mrs. Blenkinsop
and hiqdalig,hters?"
"Yes. She told me to. do so in the most
fashionable style."
.' , Then we would like to have you trim ours
in precisely the same manner--as like as two
Tteas, you understand—so that it would he
impo..:silde to tell them apart."
"I will do so."
''And please don't let them know it, as we
would like to surprise them."
"Exactly. I understand. You may rely upon
my doing so."
"When are you m to let the other ladies have
their bonnet; ?"
"By Friday night."
"Then let ours I.e ready at the same time."
• To this the milliner agreed, and the three
Miss Smiths also departed, congratulating
themselves'not merely on having secured pret
ty helmets; but also upon the anticipated mor
tification of their aristocratic neighbors.
....When the bonnets for Mrs. Blenkinsop and
the three lliss 13Ienkinsops arrived, they could
scarcely repress their delight.
They were so tasteful, so recherche. Noth
ing like thetn•.had been seen in tile. village be
fore.— And this our lady readers, at least, need
not be informed, is a very strung recommenda
tion of
"Won't those factory girls stare at ns and
envy our new bonne'ts ?" said Evelina, in a
congratulatory tone.
"They'll wonder where we got them, and
betfeady—to tear their eyes Out with vexation,
to think we've got the start of them," said
Antionelta.
"Oh, it will be dm nithe," lisperi Angnsta
Maria, dapping . ; her hands with would-be .
childislmaivette. --
"Yes," said Mrs. 131enkinsop. "I rather
think they'll find out, with all their airs. that'
it is quite useless for them to ape the aristo
cracy —leastways to make people" think they
belong to it."
•.(fli. how I wish Sunday Was come," said
Evelina. ••I do so want to see how they'll he
mortilLd—especially those three Miss South,
that. sit opposite 10 us in the .hunch. 1 don't
believe they'll hear much of the s e rmon. I
should like to hear what they'll say after
wards."
"So should T." chimed in her sisters
Sunday- inorn:ng arrived. It was a fair,
bright morning. with not a cloud in the sky.
capital to - wiling, to try our new bonnets,"
said Mrs. Bl*•nkinsop. "No fear of their being
soiled IA getting wet."
-1 think we had better contrive to be a lit
72t1e late this " su ,,,, e<ed Evelina.
"You. know we ,hall attract wore attention
that way, ai people will naturally lo ,k up to
see who is coining, and i.o will be woe likely
to :-.00 new bonnet;.',
—Very true. Thal ;zoo& Nem. I think
we rut rdios, it. Perli ha , l- better
r.,.nirive to !(t In COWu they are -, smging, th
the 1"; , .)T.e NI . I 1 Ide staudiur
It was agreed that tins arrar.reinent should
he followe'L ID
The chtii eh bell had run— its last peal cum
11,011111g the wttrsioppers to the vilkgecl; Heir.
wine Bleol,to,op and the tierce
rrts-efl Out of the front glite of
their yard. nod walk. d with ili-conceattni_tri
uniph towatds the church.
They arrivel a little too coon, but wated
outside the door - till they were satisfied from
the evidence of their ears, that the congrega
tion had arisen. s.
GETTYSBITRG i PA.: MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1854.
This was the time to enter.
Opening the door, they glided in, one after
the other, and sailing majestically tip the aisle,
looking neither to:the--right-nor.to the left, but
striving to look quiteAmconsciOus all the while,
but. as generally happens in such eases, look
ing quite the reverse. They were so much
preoccupied with-themselves that they noticed
nothing until the congregation sat down.
They then - observed that several persons
were looking towards them, and then signifi
cantly towards the opposite pew.
Turning Their eyes. thither they dtscovered.
to their immeasurable chagrin, that the, three
Miss Smiths had bonnets precisely like their
own
"0, mother," said Evelina, convulsively,
clutchinz her pirent by the arm. —just look at
those horrid Miss Smiths !, I shall .die with
mortification—l know I shall After the
pains we've taken;!"
Mrs. Eilenkinsop and her three daughters
were very restless during the remainder of the
service. They were afraid it would never get
through. To add to their mortification, the
e eat Miss Smith, with whom they were on
speaking acquaintance, came - up to Evelina
after service and said :
'•lrow odd it is that we should ga bonnets
precisely alike, and . just at the same tone, too :
IVltat a similarity oftaste !"
l3leukinsop and the three Miss Illenkin
_sops. sta veil away limo church in the afternoon.
They had suffered too decra mortification for
• them to bear it with equanimity.
D G FIGHT IN •FROGTOtVN.
. .
In excellent moral in .the following
is; Lola with great skill. L sin4s
`1 le \
villag,e. or a' whale C h urch, I;
) , to pieces .by a tight bet Ween
There is)
story, whic
us tiow a wll'.
sometimes to
two dogs
-.The most remarkable• dot fight on record
came oil at Frogtown, on the frontier of Maine,
sonic - cars ago• It •engros,ed the entire clan
notnity in one general melte, intertnimitle law
suits or suits 0r lawsuits. distractithr — of the
town. irs tlownfall and ruin!
A fanciful genius named Joe Tucker—a man,
about town, a lounger without visible means
of support; loafing,
ing, good-natured Pillow—owned a dog, a slick,
intelligent, and rather pretty beast, always at
Joe's heels, and known as well as his master,
and liked Far more by the Frogtowners. One
day Joe and his dog were passing Bunion's
grocery store, when a. great piebald, ugly look
ing dog, standing along.aile of a wood wagon,
bounded on to .loc 'flicker's dog. knocked him
heels over head, and so frightened liob Carter's
wife, who was then passing towards her brig
band's' blacksmith shop with his dinner, that
she stumbled haciwards, and her old sunbon
net floping off, seared the horse-attached to the
wagon. Ale started, hit Lathcrem's barber
pole, upset the load of wood, half of which'
downGumbO's refrestinienftellar.struck
one of Gumbo's. chddi en oil-the head, killing
it for a time stone dead, and so alarmed Mrs.
Gumbo that site dropped a stciv - r•pan of boiling
hot oysters into the lap of a customer, who sat
waiting for the savory concoction by a table in
the corner. Mrs. Gonda) rni,hed fbr the Child .
—the customer for the door ; Mrs. Gumbo
screamed —the child screamed—and the cus
tomer yelled!
I=
"Oh, oh, oh, my poor child I" cried ,Mrs
Gumbo.
Eh, eh, e-e-e-e !" scvearned the child.
"oh, innrder-r-r! 0, Inv everlasting sin.
scalded to all eternity ! Murder-r-r !"
roared the ensoimer.
The horse, and part of the wagon„ anfr . soine
of the wood, were on their wad career. The
fe
owner or the strange ring ea out of the Fiore
just in time to see Joe Tue' er •seize a rock to
-dennilish the savage clog: nd •not waiting to
see Joe let drive, gave him -licit a pop on the
Lack, that, poor Joe WI flirty- rods up the
street, and .trikin r ,' , the foot of a long ladder.
upon which Jim Ehlerberrywa.s perelred, paint
pot, in hand, some thirty feet from terra firma,
biought ladder, Jim and paint pot, ;Trim ling
On the earth, crippling- poor Jim for life, and
sprinkling blue paint copiously over the br.oad
cloths, satinets, and calicoes or Abraham Ilil-,_
ler, a formal and even-tempered Quaker, who
ran out to the door, just as the two dogs had
,one fairly at it, hip and iblgh, nip and catch.
1 glance at matters =relived to convince A bill
h-am of the ti tie state of the ease ; and in,an
unusually elevated voice be called out to Joe
'fucker, who had righted 'up— .
Joseph Tucker, thydog's fighting."
-Let 'eta fight it out." yelled the pugnacious
owner of the strang e dog. ••Let 'etn fight it
'out—l'll bet a load of wood my dog can eat
any dog in town, and r can eat the owner."
- We have said Abraham Miller was a mild
man ; Quakers are proverbially so.,_l3nt,- the
gauntlet thrown down by the stranger flowthe
country, stirred--the gall of Abraham. and he
rushed into the store ; from the back yard,.
having "slipped his collar, Abritham brought
forth a brindle cur. strong. long. and powerful.
"Fr lend," said the excited Quaker, "thy dog
shag he well beaten, I promise thee. —llike
seize upon hun ! Tuck, here, boyr and the
dog weneat
Bob Carter, the smith. coming rrp in time to
hear the stranger's defiance to the town, and
hem. on a fight with surnehorly, for the insult
and damage to his wife, clamped the collar of
the stranger, and by a series of ten ponds ten
upon the face, back and sides of his burly an
tagonist, with lii.->iiatural sledge hammers. hurl
stirred up the strength and ire of the bully
stranger to the top of his compass, and they
made the sparks fly, dreadfully.
.Joe Tucker's dog, reinforced by that of Abra
ham Miller, took a fresh start, and between
the two, the strange dog was being cruelly pot
to his trumps. Deacon Pugh, one of tire most
pions and substantial men in Brogtowil, came
up, and mdced the whole town was assemblint ,
_ an d lf.apon Pugh, arnied with his heavy
s.ick, and shocked at the spectacle he
fore him, marched up to the dogs, exclaiming
as he did so—
•• i e , fie, li for i•liamc disgraceful ! vou
men, citizens of 1:• - og:own, will yuu stand ,
In i
(1 , 5 - n thitt striLe my dv, DC:a
corn Pugh, - .1-I,raharn fuivikheing
t „ t h e I) c a, ! (,a, who Was about Lb c-ut_right
I ct the 114).,S
Your !" slioutell the Deacon, with es i
dcn: fervor. -
Nut u y dogs, Dcacon Pugh," echoed the
(,21Jaiser.
-NV hat gli•I you say so for, then?" shouted
the Duacon.
••I never 'ingq, Deacon rugh !"
•-I:2u did !" responded the Deacon, with es.-
I citem'ent. - • -
"TIMM IS 3IIGTITY, AND WILL PILE} AIL."
which nothing disturbs for.this, too, is a mark
of laziness. Sullenness, if you be not hold to
perceive it, is 1 t raper to" he avoi;led by all
un , ans. A sullen mail is had 'enough ; what
mt. wife —a constant inmate. a companion day
and )light! Only think of the delights of sit
ting at the -same table. and occupying the
same chamber for a week without exchanging
a word all the while.. Very bad to be sco!ding
for such a tength-of titmt, but this is ftl• better
than "the sulks."—Pr. ./Irnol 1.
MENTAL AND COJCPORA L SUPPE RiNci r . —There
'sit very pretty Persian apologuc on the differ
ence between mental and corporal suffering.—
A hing and his minister were discussing the
subject. and differed in opinion. The minister
maintained the first to be more severe, and to
eonvineelhis sovereign of it, he took a lamb.
broke its leg, shut it up, - and put fond before
it. Ile took another, shutit up with a tiger,
which was bound with a *rung chain, so that ,
the beast could spring near, but not seize the
lamb, and also put food before it. In the mop
ring he carried the king to see the effect of the
experiment. The lamb with the broken leg . ,
had eaten all the-food Placed- before it—the
other was found dead from fright.,
DELICATE SEARcii.—The St.. Louis Herald
states a case oz a young lady of the most un
doubted “respectahility," who entered a shoe
store in that city, and aslced to he shown some,
gaiter boots;_ a_number Were shown to her,
which she examined and tried on. %%Mile the
storekeeper was occupied with another cus
tomer, several parrs of gaiters disajrpe•ared.
The lady concluding - not to purclot-e. lie was
compelled to accuse her of s , :crcting his shoes :
she denied it, he insisted, and primet .,l,d to
search, and found several pair suspended by
hooks which were attached to the lady's gar
ters. lie took from their hooks - those b c i ung .
tag to hint, and left there -;ever3l'others, which
had.no don ht been taken from other slor,e-s-.
She was allowed to depart.
Sharp," said P o p, ibeeting him
the other day, in the street, —you h o ppie, my
boy: what's the matter with you ?"
..011, I had my feet crushed, through the
carele.sness of a conductor, the other day, be
tween rail-road cars—that's all."
—And don't you mean to sue for damages ?"
, 'Dama , ves */ no no have had damw• es e
nough from them already ; hadn't I better sue
fur repairs I"
"Deacon-Pugh, thee speaks groundlessly !"
"You t e ll a falsehood, Abraham Miller'."
"Thee utters a mendacious assertion !" re
iterated Abraham.
"You —yon lie !" bawled the Deacon.
"Thee halt provoked my evil passions, Dea
con 'Pugh !" shouted the stalwart Quaker, "I
will chastise thee !" •
And into the Deacon's wool went the Qua
ker. The Deacon, nothing loth: entered into
the spirit of the thing, and ye leave them thus
"nip and tuck," to look after the stranger and
Bob Carter. who fit arid fought, fought and fit,
until 'Squire, Catchern and the town constable
came up. and in their attempt to preserve the
peace and arrest the offenders, the 'Squire was
thrust through the window of a neighboring
watch-maker, doing a heap of - damage, while
lawyer honker, iat attemp ling to aid, the con
stable, grits hit in a mistake. by the. ftirious
blacksmith, in the short ribs, and went reel
•iug down Gumbo's cellar, with a frightful ve
locity. The friends and fellow churchmen of
Deacon' Pugh took sides against the Quaker an
tagonist, and the shop boys of Abraham„ see
ing their employer thus beset; came tolhe res
cue—while two Irishmen, full of fan and frolic,
believin;.• it to be a "free fight," !tried their
hands and sticks upon the combatants indis
criminately ;• so that in less than an hour, tire
quiet and happy town Of Frog:town was shak
en from its propriety by-one -grand, sublimely
idicalons and terrific battle. [leads and win
dows were smashed—children, and women
screamed --dogs- barked =-dust flew---labor
ceased --a nil, so, furious, mad and -excited be
catee-the-whole-com uni ty„-that a-quiet-looker-.
on, if there had been any, would have sworn
the evil Ones were all in Frogtown.
A heavy' thunder storm finally pit an end to
the row : the dogs•were all wore or lcs killed,
a, schild severely wounded, nan scalded, a wa
gon broken the
~horse ran himself to death ;
his owner was beaten awfully by Bob Carter,
whose wife and the wives of many others were
dangerously , cared ; the painter was crippled,
dry goods minted ; a Qoaker and a Deacon,two
Irishmen, Joe Tooker. town constable. lawyer
Hooker, 'S t uire Ca when), and sonic fifty oth
ers, shamefully whipped. Lawsuits ensued,
is foll4wed, and the entire peace and good
repute of Froglown annihilated—all by a re
markable dog tight. -
Charcoal for Fattrpring Turkies
A correspondent of the Ger•rrrantown Tele
graph, who had frequently seen charcoal' r•e
c.>mmended for fattening animals, but who was
slceptieal as to its value, satisfied. himself with
the following experiment :
“Four Cur Lies• were confined in a pen and
fed on meal, - boiled potatoes and oak. Four
othersof - the same brood, were also at the same'
time co; fined in another pen, and fed daily on
the same as trcles, but with one pan"of very
finely pulverized charcoal with their .mixed
meal and potatoes. They had also a plentiful
supply of charcoal in their. pen. The eight
were killed on the saide day, and there was a
diGrence of one ant\ a• halt pounds each in fa
vor of the fowls which had been sopplied with'
the charcoal, they being much the latest, and
tne meat greatly superior -in point of tender
ness ~and
A Goon TEMPER- --In Marry my; a wire,,thi,
s a very difficult thing to ascertain before
iand. Smiles are cheap': and, besides, the
row ns are, according to the lover's whim,
erprefed into the contrary. By "good temper"
do not ►►scan an_ easy temper —a sererdt)
Must be a sullen woman. and that woman
Political.
From the Pennstylvaniut'-' --
COL. HENRY S,. MOTT.,
A NOBLE VINDICATION.
We invite the carful attention of our readers
to the following correspondence.. During the
late canvass-we on several occasions .s
4 oke of
i
Mr. Mott, and denied in ; the most phatie
terms the imputations of his connection with
the Know Nothingti which were published in
the opposition presses. In doing so we relied
not only upon his manlyletter, but upon our
knowledge of the man, upon Om assurance of
the sterling Dernocracy'of the region in which
he - resides, and upon the fact that ho was mak
ing strenuous exertions for the success of.
,his
colleagues upon the Democratic Stati Ticket.
The action of 'the Know Nothing 4 in making
him their nominee, however, and the fact` that
they have voted for, him, (although they were
evidently induced to pursue that course for the
reason that, Mr. Darsie l his opponent, was an
adopted citizen, 'MA. because they wished to
blind Democrats as to the real,objeet of their
organization by having one Demot rat upon their
tit';et,)lhas thrown over his position it - i§hadoa
-wltieh—we rejoice to- i; ay -ii-now -- completely - dis- -
pelled. The letter addressed to Mr. Mott was
written by gentlemen residing in his own Dis
trict, several of whom are well known to the
-Democracy of the Stiitc. They are familiar
with his course during the canvass, and with
his character. His manly answer, will, we
trust, set at rest all doubts which May have
existed upon the subject, and will, we are
sure, rejoice the Democracy of the State, and
-thoroughly satisfy their that the confidence
they have bestowed upon Mr.. Mott las not
been misplaced : •
'MmicrrAvrsitllont.
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Philadelphia, Oct. It, 1854. 1 •
Cot. INNtty S. Morr,
Dttir Sir :—llaving been your intimate
friends, and having witnessed your course in
politics fur aunty years, 'we have never known
an nceasion N% hen our confluence in your per
sonal integrity and political. orthodoxy has
wavered for a moment. You 0411 readily re
alize our survise and indignation, Aherefore,
when we heard your name associated with a
kecret and proscriptive 'organization, afier you
'hall formally accepted a nomination for Canal
Commissiduer of Peansylvdnilfrom the Dem
ocratic party, Whose aditocaee you have always
been, and whose principles you have ever de
fended. Your letter peremptorily and posi
tively denying all connection with the ()Ma(
published in August last, was regarded as
abundantly satisfactory at the lime it appear
ed; but notwithstanding this broad and em
phatic denial, and in the face of your offer at
till - times, to make any further statement that
your friend:3 might require, we are pained to
see that many Diturocrats continuo to regard
you as identified with this clandestine and
proscriptive Order. 'rho fact that you have
heett largely voted .for by the members of this
Order is still evidently the real cause of thin
suspicion.. We It 110 W tiOW 10.11816 +rely your
fool any imputation upon your personal and
political character—we know how unjust any
such susptcion Itn6w how ardently you
cherish the Democratic party—we know that
you wctild score to belong:to any other
organization. and above all, how art lemon
arts opposed to all secret combinations for po-
Utical purposes---we know, too, that in your
own county like, you were the bold , active,.
and public opponent, of K now.Nothingisin, as
the- result of the late olect'on in that county
will show. We
_know that night and day be
fore that election, you Were engaged in con
tradicting the deelartion that you belonged to,
this Order, and in rallying year friends ur op
position to it, and in support of your collo goes
on the Dv usocrinic tickoi. We know. finally.
how pi ond y you ean repftl any and all as
saults. in- the'sligloest degree affecting yob!.
standing as a Democrat and a (citizen. While
we cheerfully pledge• ourselves to the Demo.:
critic party of Pettosslvania, that you are as
Thu.1(11110 Democratic faith as any than living,
and as liorttile to the Order of Know-Nothings,
(IS its roost cQnscletttiqus And tyinSt uncont pro.
ini s irirj; opponent, we address you this letter
to give you an f,pportimity over your own
name, ro illitytq r these It ttfoll titled assaults of
your foes. and the no-taken suspicions of your
friends. Respeen ally, yours,
PIITLADELPIITA. Oct. I.G, 1854
GENTLEmt.:N: 1 am grateful to you as old and
valued friends, for the generous awl eloquent
let ter you have addressed to me. You do me'
no rnore than justice iii expressing `he belief'
. that I have not had. and have not the
slightest connection with an %secret political
organition, however calk( , And I feel that
I deserve your' confidence . a Democrat and a
man, as fully and entirely at the present day.
as at any former period' -- To the same CATiiiff
do I feel entitled -to the confidence of the Dem
ocratic party of Pennsylvania. Wben the im
putation that I was a member of the secret or
der to which you refer was made, I took the
'first. proper occasion to repel it; in strong, un
measured and emphatic language. I proposed
to add to this denial any other that might be
required at my hands. it is alleged in some of
the IVl3ipapers that I did not again and again
repeat Zis contradiction. But I prize my own
chin:acter too highly value my principles
'too dearly —I have labored too long and too
,zealously in the Democratic ranks to deem
it necessary that I should volunteer a reply
'to every imputation upon my standing as
a Democrat.
All that you say of my opinions in regard to
this assoclottion, I cheerfully , endorse; and I
am glad that,l, have had furnished me an op
portunity that iinables me at the...same
point to you. gentlemen, as my hostages, and
once more to declare that I am not now and
never have been a member of any other politi
cal organization but the Democratic party.--:
When I became the candidate of the Detuocra-
AMA I'A(KKH.,
J.% ILES M. PORTER, -
'IV I !AAA Ni
DAvlt) . 11AR.Nnrr.
JoliN N. HuTeuissos,
L. F. BARNF:s.
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tic party for Canal Commissioner, I depended
Upon that alone for my
_election. While I shill
carefully study the interests (Atha whole ped
ple, I can , represent the_interests of no other
party in the official positien I ant about to,as
sume. lam for the largest degree of civil and
religious - -liberty. and cannot subscribe, 'and
never'have subscribed to the doctrine that any
citizen known •to the Constitution as such,
shall be - proscribed. frotii civil .office, or in any
degree 'debarred of -his rights because , A
religious belief or the place of his birth. .
In the !ate canvass,l diligently exerted Tr. - - . ?humble- abilities to secure the triumph of 1 .1:f..
Democratic party, and
,its principles, and to ad
vance the success of my able and well tried
colleagues on the ticket, and it is with pride
and pleasure that - I refer to the- result in my
own section of the State, and -particularly in
my own representative district, as an evidenoo
of the, truth of .what I say. Lam, aware that
the confidence of a few 'of my Delitocrati,
friends has , been somewhat disturbed' by the
peculiar eireAmstances.which snrrounded my
position. but I trust this of my views
and actions may satisfy all.
Truly, your friend., '
HENRY S. MOTT..
. To Hon. Asa Packer, Hon. JainegM.:Porter,
and others. _
• From N n lo , iton Tpavelier.
Remarkable Freaks of *ghtrkiw:
° NEWIILI . RYPORT, Prkday, Sept. Br.
ne of the most. remarkable feats of light=
-ping - seer known in thin. vrcinity,.and-the most
we ever read of„happenedin Pyfield,
on Wednesday evening last, daring the,-thun
der storm.- The house of Mr: tienry'Rogers.
located upon a slight eminence, entirely free
from trees and slirubbery,Wes struck: by light
ning andal4lost totallydestroyed,without the
slightest , injery to the: inmates. As near.as
we could judge, the lightning entered the-roof,
-near theeentre. and tore therefrom on each side
about one-third part of the Whole surface. The
house was one story, and directly. beneath this
place wass-a bed on which were sleeping three
children., §o near were they to the roof that
the bed posts of . the. bedstead came within a
foot of-the boards, which were'thrown'to the
ground; north and south. • The charge "then
passed to the east part of the house, tearing off
the entire end, and throwing fragments over
forty-eight yards into a neighboring field .;:it
then entered a bed-room, split, the head . and ,
foot-board& - from . a bedstead occupied; b y two
young men, shattered the posts, tearing the
paper free!' the. walls, thence . Pas Sing into
another roam . , takingfroni under a feather hi&
on which was lying : Mr. *RogerS 'and wife; a
straw bed, and scattering the - straw in every
direction. Every pane of • glass in . the house
was broken, and some of the fragments thrown
thirty-six. feet in a Southerly direction. The
lightning then separated,, taking & seutheily
course, throwing a•Privy upon a stone wall,
passing through a barn in which were animals
and a quantity of hay, then, alorlg-the road,
splitting from .a reek upon a stone wall a piece
weighing twentrpounda, throwing it some
feet sine the road, and passing intotherth.
Mrs. Rogers was the only-person-awake : --She
heard, the report,, which she says. was - very
loud, and . saw the.destruction going on,"which
.she represents as bewildering and, incompre. 7
hcnsible. The lightning must , have pairsed'
within a foie inches of the heads' of the
,young,
men, as the and feet boards, Which'Were
scattered, could not have
t he e _More . then that
fromn'their heads. Everything In" the
house' Wks in "the Most . singular
Articles iverepaiisedfroniorie room to 'another,
cards frOm a rack were found behind's 'mirror
which hung opposite . , ti piece of meat whiCh
hung in the cellar -way was foiled on the second
floor, apd a pouch of powder was found perfect
in the road. 9.The stove was shattered and
broken crockery was thrown m all directions,
fragments of furniture pierced the partitions,
and everything mysterious in its disposition.
The clock was stopped at three, minutes to
Oren—the pendulum was displaced and has
not been found. Had a keg of powder exploded
in the cellar, it. would not have been a more
. perfect wreck. UM yet, strange as it was. not
- one - of - the seven inmates - was injured. A
scientific frivid, whom we induced toy:
spot with us, enjoins upon us to present ;
one of the most remarkable illustrations of
protection afforded by a feather bed fr.( m
effects of lightfiing, as it is his opinion that 411,s
atone saved them from instant death.
Crowds of people have visited the spot. and
are still going, and the house is looked npiat
here as one worthy the attention of 11
1:3 - The German cure for jaundice is said to
be the sitddett stir of the bile by an arousal of
indignation. Willis, in one of his letters from
Idlewild, mentions the case of his brother,who
called in a physician when prostrated with the
jaundice in Leipsic, Germany. "The doctar
left. promising to send in his prescription.—
Meantime an old woman entered, who accused
my brother OVAtcaling, spat - in his face, and
ran out of the room ! This was the medicine
imutcdiately etrtctual—for with the vigorous
start of the bile cotritnenced a rapid recovery."
n -
"A chap out West was invited-to take S
hand at a_garneof poker—a fashionable game
with the gambleri on the Mississippi—but he
refused, saying :
No,. thanl. ye._ I played poker all one sum
mer, and had to wear nankeen breeches all the
next winter. I have had no taste tor the
amusement since."
13In virtue's eye the good are al ways great,
110, a ',Y
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