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The Old, Old Home.
HT EDWARD C. J0:411.3
'hen 1 Intv, for intinte : t tdomo!ikes,
Like. an g el troops thof cute,
It I fold iuy arnm toyouler
On the old, old home ;
The ht•art hay many passage%
Tbrough whirl' pare feelings roam,
But its middle sti'h Is sacred,
To thought 3 of old, old home.
'Where infancy vas hhultered,
Like ioNe-litiris from the blast,
Where boyhood's brief
In joyou:itiess was past;
To that sweet spot forever,
An to none hallowed dome,
Lire's pilgrim bonds his vision ;
iiisruld, oil horno.
A Father sat how proudly
by that dear hearth-stone's rapt,
Am! told his children stories
1)( his early manhood's day,
And One gen eye Watt beaming,
Prom child to child twould roam;
Thus a Mother counts her treasurer
In the old, old home.
Tile birthday ON and fotivals,
The blended vesper hymn, .
Eonie dear ones who were swelling 1$
Ate with the lieraphim
the ford 'Teed nights" at bed time,
now quiet sleep would come,
ind fold us altogether,
In the old, old home.
Li ice-a-w-reatli-ocented-flowret
intenvined each Heart,
But time and change in concert
Have blowa the wreath apart;
But sainted, sainted memories,
Like angels ever come,
If I fold my ante; and ponder
'On the old, old Liozne.
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What Pride Costs,
An Illinois farmer, writing to a Chicago pa
per about the expenses of a settler, says "his
liv;ng v7;11 v ar y • fr • #
f4mlly, and their prop'nsit/j to, gratify pride,
always• an expeithive article in a new
country." The good limner might have added
that pi itle was an expensive artiele anywhere.
ertaaa y, 1 is none le es.s co yin our
great A.lantic cities, which are full of ruin
eansed by pride. Thousands are annually
beggared - , and tens of thousands straightened
in circumstances by this sa..lie pride.
It is pride that makes the father dress his
daaghte b iTonlliisJamns.____lt is pride th
induces the mother to do the kitchen work, that
Mary Ann may sit in the parlor and practice
music. it i 3 pride that leads families to live
in houses finer than they can afford, to give
showy parties, to waste the surplus of their
income in, a summer excursion. It is pride
that has Ftench mirrors, French laces French
China, French knicknackeries of every sort.
It is prick, in short, that is at half the estrav
n,:ances of the ate. Truly did the wise man
P._ ay, "pride goeth before destruction." Ern
irarrassinent and ruin are what pride costs.
She Never Leaves Him.
Look at the earner of man as he passes
thr',ugh the world—of man, visited by inisfer
to How often is he left_by his fellow__then
to sii k ul2 , l^r the weight of his afflictions, un
heed,A and alone! (inc friend of his own sex
fur ; ' - 2r-s him, another abandons - him, a third
resnaps betrays him ; but woman follows him
in his aiiiic,tion with un , haken affection ; braves
the eilln2xt, of his feelings:, of his temper, ein
bi:,,tzed by the ditappointments of the world,
tl:e h:_gliest of all virtue ; in resigned pa
ti.fnee mini,ters to his wants, even when her
own are barn and pressing; she weeps with
him, tear for tear, in h:s diszress, and is the
fust to catch and reflect a ray of joy, should
but one light up his countenance in the midst
of his sufferings ; and she never leaves Lim in
hirS misery while there remains one act_of love,
duty or compassion to be performed. And
at last, when life and sorrow come together,
s!le follows him to the tomb, with the ardor
of affection which death itsel: cannot destroy.
Importance of Fresh Air.
Dr. Griscom, lecturing in New York upon
the importanee of air, a fact of which builders
donut seem to be sufficiently aware in the
conqtrm•tion of houses, says, the lungs can
contain abont twelve pints of air, though nine
and .i half pints is as =oh as is inhaled at a
Fingle inspiration. In ordinary and placid
'breath inc.; ice inhale abcut one pint at an inspi
publy singers,when they"take breath,"
as it is cal led, inhale from five to seven pints.
re , pi rations talte phte in a minute:
- it t.o.:cs, eirh teen pints of air every
minute, and fifty-seven hog,heads every twen
ty-four hours to supply the lungs. Seventy
two pulsations oceur iu one minute, and one
hundred and three thousand six hundred and
eighty, in twenty-f , oirs. The (lark venous
blood passed and repa,sed from the veins
through the heart, to 10 , purified into Termil
ion-colored arterial blori, }iv contact with
fresh air in the lungs, amount:i to twentv-four
hogsheads in twenty-four hours. It is then
sent through the arteries to nourish the whole
system, distributing its vitality, to he recov
ered again from fresh air iu the lungs. From
the construction of some of our public build
ings. it would seem that the builders th,,ught
--th ifta . in—pface-of.
hogsheads.-- TA , Cin.fq
1~, 'The bravest lic.art oft contains tae most
humility,
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The Sailor and the Widow;•or Nothing Lost by
kindness.
/ ear y a a cen ury ago, wen a coae
ran daily between Glasgow and Greenock;hy
Paisley, one forenoon, when a little past Bish
opton, a lady in the coach noticed a boy walk
ing barefooted, seemingly tired, and struggling
with tender feet. She desired the coachman
to take him up and give him a seat, and she
would pay for it
When,thev arrived at the inn in. Greenock,
she inquired of the boy, what was his object
in commg,up there. Ite said he wished to be
a sailer and - hoped some of the captains would
engage him. She gave him a half crown,
wished hint success, and charged him to be
have well.
Twent
ears after that, - the coach ran to
Glasgow - in the afternoon; on the same roa .
When near Bishopton, a Fea captain observed
an old widow lady on the road, walking very
slowly, fatigued and weary. Ile ordered the
coachman to put her In the coach, as there
wig an empty seat, and he would pay for
her.
Immediately after, when changing horses
at Bishopton, the passengers were sauntering
alout except the captain and the-old lady, who
remained )n the coach. The lady• thanked
him for his kindly feeling toward her, as she
was now unable, .to pay fur a seat.• He said,
-"lie always had sympathy for weary pedes
trians, since he himself was in that state when
a boy, twenty years ago, near this very place,
when a tender - hearted lady ordered the coach
man to take him up, and paid for his seat."
'lire)! do I remember that incident!' said
she. '"I am that lady, but my -lot in life is
changed. I was then independent. Now
am reduced to pove - ity, by the doings .of a
prodi old son."
"flow happy am I," said the captain, "that
I have been successful in my enterprise, and
am returning home to live on my fortune; and
from this day I shall bind myself and heirs to
supply you with twenty-f tve_pounds per annum
tat your death."—Britisk Workman.
Dienming on Wedding bike.
A bachelor editor out West, who had re
ceived from the fair haud of a bride a piece of
elegant wedding cake to dream on; thus gives
the result of his experience :
We put it under the head of our pillow,
shut our eyes_s_w_eetly_as_an_infa_nt_bles_s_est
with an easy conscience, and soon snored pro
digiously. The god of dreams gently touched
us, and to l.in fancy we Were married ! Never
was a little editor so happy. It was "my
love," "dearest," "sweetest," ringing in our
ears every moment. Oh, that the dream had
broken off here ! But no; some evil genius
put it into the head of our ducky to have a
pudding for dinner_just to please her lord.
In a hungry dream we ,sat down to dinner.
Well, the pudding moment arrived, and a
huge slice almost obscured from sight the
plate before us.
"My dear," said we, fondly, "did you make
this?"
"Yes, love, ain't it nice ?"
"Glorious ; the
tasted in my life."
"Plum pudding, ducky," sugzeSted my wife
"Oh, no, dearest, bread pudding; I always
. ,•.4r CS," "
"Call that bread pudding?" exclaimed my
wife, while her lips curled slightly with con
tempt..
"Certainly, my dear; reckon I've hail
enough at the Sberwoodllouse to know bread
pudding, my love,- U all means."
• us am , this is rca y too a( ; p utn
pudding is twine as hard to make as bread pud
ding, and is more expensive,, and a great deaf
hotter. I say this is plum pudding, sir ;" and
my pretty wife's brow flushed with excite
ment.
"My love, my sweet, ritv dear love," ex-
aimed we, soothingly, "kin , out get
I'm sure it's very good, if it is bread pudding.''
"You mean, low wretch," fiercely rejoined
my wife, in a higher tone, "you know it's a
plum pudding."
"Then, ma'am, it's so meanly put together,
aNI. so badly burned, that the devil himself
would not know it. I tell you, madam, most
distinctly 'and emphatically, and I will not-be
contradicted, that is bread pudding, and the
meanest kind - at that."
"It is plum pudding !" shrieked my Nrife;'
and she hurled a glass of claret in my fitoe;
the glass itself tapping the claret from my
nose.
"Bread puddings" gasped we, pluck to the
last, and grasping a roasted chicken by the
left leg.
"Plum pudding!" rose/above the din, and I
had a distinct perception of feeling two plates
smash across my bead.
"Bread pudding!" we groaned in a rage, as
the chicken left our hand, and, flying with a
swift wing across the table, landed in madam's
bosom.
"Plum pudding!" resounded the war cry
from the eucluv, as the gravy dish took us
,where we had been depositing the first part
of our dinner, and a plate of beets landed up
on our white vest.
"Bread pudding forever!" shouted we in
defiance, dodging the soup tureen, and falling
under its contents.
"Plum pudding'." ve led,our amiable s . pouse.
as, noticing our misfortune, she determined to
keep us down by piling upon us dishes with
Ti', gentle hand. Then in rapid succession
followed the war cry, "Plum pudding!" she
shrieking with every dish.
"Bread puddin , r! r i in smothered tones came
up in reply. Then it was "plum pudding"
in rapid succession, the la , t cry growing
feebler, till just, as II can distinctly recollect,
it had grown to a whisper, ' , plum pudding"
resounded like thunder, followed by a tremend
ous crash, as my wife leaped upon the pile
with her delicate feet, and commenced jump
ing up and
_down, when,_thank _lleaven,,y;:e
awoke, and thus saved our life. We shall
never dream on wedding cake again; that's
the moral.
Singular Fart.—Did you ever buy a horse?
If so. coo have doul,tle ,, lleen struck with cur
prise at the great number of horses just ,even
years oil. A shrewd Scotch jockey, whom I
once employed to aid in the selection of a
horse, as he examined the animal's mouth, in-
coifed of the seller, "Ifow old is he?" "Sec
, - yea-rs - ?- 2 - - -".-A-h7u-Faiti=7HTnirr--"th-ai-7 , evef
Sears ago was a tremewlo'us year for colts."
043—Punctuality 15, no doubt, a quality of
high importance.
GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA : MONDAY, JUNE
ever
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Gttting an Invitation,
There was a rich farmer in county,
- who had four or five fine orchards of apples,
pears, peaches, and other fruit. 114
.I:fad
taken up amateur' farming after havinebeen
a "lamed" mau, and a successful money
making lawyer in the city.- Now he was of a
close nature, and did impart but little of his
fruits or his Substance to his friends and
neighbors in the region round about him.—
Ile would walk about with his men in the mel
low autumn-time, picking his luscious fruits,
but seldom would be offer any to the hungry
passer-by who might look longingly upon his
luscious treasures. lio would even with his
jack-knife, cut from a half decaTed peach, or
apple, or .pear, or apricot, the diseased part,
and put them in a basket by themselves, that
'dor - :Übe
notfting int*_ (iTsi.
Now - there was a plan formed by five or six
of his neighbors' sons,-whereby to make him
more generous to others of the fruitful boun
ties tsf Nature wherewith he had been blessed,
This waS an appeal to his vanity of vast
Yarning. One afternoon, while he was in his
orchard, picking ,apples and plears, near the
roadside, he saw live or six of his neighbors'
boys approaching in the main road. They
were apparently wrangling concerning some
question then at issue between them.
"Well, let us leave it to Mr. B—," said
one; `•he knows, because he has been a law
yer ; he is a learned man, and a man who un
derstands grammar."
"Agreed !?' said they all ; '."we will leave it
to Mr.
"What is the question in dispute ?" asked
Mr. B—as he approached the corner of
the fence which led along the road.
"It is this," said the head wag of the par
ty "Is it proper to say- 7 1.could it be proper
to say, to us, for example—we six—would it
be proper for you, supposing a case, to say to
all of us, 'Will you take to few apples and
pears ?' Shouldn't the question, to he gram
matical, rather be, 'Will ye take some pears,
apples, or apricots?' As a grammatical
question, how should you put it, Mr. B—?"
"The case," said Mr. IS—, "is perfectly
shnple. You is individual, ye includos many;
as, for example,,Saint Paul: "Ye men and
brethren," etc. Oh, yes, it's a plain case. I
,should, of course, ask your. question in this
way: 'Will ye take some pears, apples, and
apricots, gentlemen ?"Phat would be—"
--- But - hefore - fre-could get r-word-outi
they all replied
"Certainly, - Mr. certainly, and much
obliged to you besides:" "I, am very fond of
apples ;" "I affect no fruit so much as a good
pear :" "I go in for apricots—the most delici
ous of all fruit that growl on a tree!" And
each man jumped over the fence and helped
himself, having been invited to do so in a
courteous and entirely grammatical way I
George the Third.
• It is said tile King, after the close of the
American Revolutionary war, ordered a
thanksgiving to be kept throughout the United
Kingdom. A:noble Scotch divine, in the pres
ence-othi-s-raaks-ty,--irrc • 1 .
"For what are we to give thanks, that your
majesty has- lost thirteen of his best provin
ces ?"
" a 1.
"Is it, then," the divine added, "that your
majesty has lost one million lives of your sub
jects in the contest'?"
"tio, no!" said the King. • . .
"Is it, then, teat we have expended and lost
a hundred millions of money, and for thedefeat
l tarno - ThTio ,- -of - v ,- - -- - 'ty—
sia4oll yourma" . ,, s arms
"No such thing," said the King pleasantly.
"What then is the object of the thanksgiv
ing ?" '
"To, give thanks that it is no worse l"
Durability of Timber.
The following instances show how extreme
ly thimble wo od becomes, when kept immersed
in water. The piles under London bridge
have been driven six hundred and fifty years.
On examinat;on, in 1754, they were found to
be but little decayed: they were principally
of aim. Old savory place, in London, was
built about the same time ; i, e., about six
hundred and fifty years ago, and upon recent
examination, the Broaden piles, consisting. of
oak, elm, beech, and chesnut, were fOund to be
perfectly sound.
But, the most striking example of the du
rability of timber in a wet state, is afforded
in the riles of the bridge built by the Em
peror Trojan, ever the Danube. Ono of the
piles was niken op. and flnind to be petrified
on the surface to the depth of about three
fourths of an inch ; beneath this the rest of
the wood was not different from its original
state, though s x(ri%nthttNl red year:lllnd elapsed
since it was driven !—The CiacinitatuB.
VW-The finest idea of a thunder storm.ex
taut VMS when Wiggins came home tight.—
Now, Wiggins was a teacher, and had been to
a temperance meeting, and drank too much
lemonade or something. lle came into the
room among his wife and daughters ; and just
then he tumbled over the cradle and fell whop
on the floor. After a while he rose and said :
"Wfe, are you hurt?" "Nu." "Girls, are
you hurt ?" "No."
"Terrible clap, wasn't it ?"
101'"A man may think well, and yet not act
wisely. The power to see what is right is very
(Efferent from the power of doing it. A man
of moral enPrgy will accomplish more with a
little knowledge, than a nian of inferior will
with much. And strength of will is generally
acquired by strugzling with difficulties in ear
ly life.
115"'Revenge is a common pas' sion; it is the
sin of the uninstructed. The ravage deems it
noble, ; but Christ's religion, which is the sub
lime—civilizer,--emphatically- condemns - it.
Why ? Because religion ever seeks to en
noble man ; and he is debased by revenge.
I,• i r It is now sati:4fartnrily demonstrated
that every time a wife 5(.01.15 her 11110/and,
she adds a wrinkle to her face. It i 4 thought
that the announcement of thiq fact will have
a most salutary effect, especially as it is un
derstood that every time a wife smiles on her
husband, it will remove one of the old wrinkles.
N t M"er jriiM - With — tadiem (311 Ma'
or hread-rnakitig. It One re
fers to the affections of the heart, a.nd the oth
er to those of the k.tomach. Young men will
please chalk it dawn in their hate.
"TRUTLI 13 NIGLITT, AND 'WILL PREVAIL."
The authorities of New ork have ordered
r some 5,000 feet.
SEirAn incorrigible wag, who_ lent a minis
ter a horse,-whieh ran away and threw his
elerieal rider, thought he should bare some
credit fur his aid in :Treading the gospel I"
Why did Joseph's brethren cast him in
to the pit ? a4zed a sabhath school teacher of
his class. Because, replied one slay, they
thought it a good opening for the young man.
--- Kar-Whrilife of an editor IsliT — tre
Book of Revelation ? Beeau , e it full of
"types and shadows, and a mighty voice, like
the sound of many waters, ever saying to him
—write."
A Brave Boy.
The Placerville Democrat (elates the fo.llow
ing incillent of the recent fire in that place:
~'When the alarm of fire was given, the in
mates of the lowa, house rushed out of, it in
the utmost haste and eonfusion. The Chief
Engineer, Alexander Itunter, Esq., accompa
nied by Master Jackson L. Ober, an attadge of
the Neptune, a youth only fourteen years old,
son of 1)r. Ober,. promptly repaired to the
burning'building, when they were appalled at
hearing Mrs. Rockwell, in the extreme of ag
ony, crying that her youngest child had been
left lying asleep in one of the roans of the
burning building. The danger was imminent
—the risk fearful ; but our little hero, noth
ing daunted, boldly pushed his way, through
flame and smoke, to the room where the - child
ay, sleepft.iThieonTs - diousits danger.. — Ali;
took up the child in his arms, and cautiously
wending his way back, esiikped, and placed it
in its mother's arms, uninjured, just as the
burning building fell in. Ills clothes were
scorched and his arm slightly burnt. Such
heroism in a youth deserves something more
substantial thanes mere notice in a newspaper,
and We hope:our citizens will present him a
suitable testimonial fur his intrepid conduct.
lie is an intelligent;modest, gallant, little fel
low, and should be sent to West Point or the
Naval School at Annapolis.
Curious Legal Decision,
There has lately occurred in Germany, be
fore a Rhenish court, a trial - in which the
judgment; finally delivered on appeal would
seem to conflict literally, if not essentially,
with the old common law maxim, that a land ! .
holder owns from the soil upwards, even to
heaven. The case and proceedings are thus
reported •
"A man possessed some nut trees, of which
the branches hung over the ground of a neigh
bor, who picked up the ripe nuts that fell
from the tree, and also broke some branches.
For this :the latter was prosecuted for theft
and trespass, but acquitted, on the ground
that he was entitled, to profit by fruit grow
ing over his o*n property. Appeal was made
from this decision, aril the judgment reversed
by the. superior tribunal, because the princi
ples of civil law ordain that all fruit' and
branches belong to the stem, and the stem to
him upon whose ground it is planted ; and
-that the right of property of the latter does
not cease with the extension over the neigh
bors' ground, no matter how far this exten
sion. The- accused was consequently con
demned on both counts."
'Eet-An Albany paper states that a speci
men of the Grenoble Hose IMs been sent to the
foreman of , one of the fire companies in that
city.--This hose is manufactured in Grenoble,
France, is 'made -of hemp, and is seamless. It
is said to be impossible to burst it, so very
strong is -it woven. Its cost is 40 cents per
foot, whereas leathern hose costs, we under
stand, 80 cents per foot, or twice as much.
Some of our firemen consider it an iinpruve
ment on leathern hose, and if this is so, it
wou diTe — v7ell - fur ourcitv - autlieritivsio order
a fluantity. If it is betier, and the cost one
half, there is no reaSon why they should not
do so, -It is said to be cleansed much easier,
• ir" • r • t • • •
Hoof Expander Jr Iforses,—Uorses that
are hoof-hound may be easily cured in a short
time, First, let the smith pare down the heel
o teliTiCrf till it — irts fbitan . t
colt's: then take equal parts of pine-pitch and
butter, simmered together, and annoint the
heel only. The hoof of any horse may he
grqwn out in three mouths, by applying
faithfully this simple remedy.—Soil of the
South.
Arncr•ican Oaks.—hist year one hundred
and twenty-seven American oaks, each thirty
five years old, were planted on the Quli des
Taileries, in Paris. Of these, eighty-seven
took root, and are now green and flourishing.
The rest, 33, are dead.
Roilronils.—The "United States Railroad
Directory" states that the railrinols in the
lit lion are over 500 in number, bcmides some
80 branches, and the amount of capital illVeSt
ed in them exceeds seven hundred million dol
lars!
Lucky Steil.—During the siege of Sebasto
pol, a Russian shell buried itself in the side of
a hill, Nvithout the citv, and opened a spring.
A little fountain bubbled forth where the can
non idiot had fallen, and during; the remainder
of the sio,;p atliirded to the thirsty troops who
were stationed in that vicinity an abundant
supply of pure cold water.
&'A Western "poet" gets off the following
explosion :
"The engine groaned,
' The wheels did creak,
The steam did whistle,
And the boiler did leak;
The boiler was examined,
found it was rusted,
When all nn a sudden,
The old thing busted."
VEI7•Dr. South save--" The tale bearer and
the tale bearer Fl bould be banged up both for
;ether, the former by the tongue, the luttel by
the ears."
,Why are the ladies of the present day
like the lilies of the Scripture? Because "they
toil not, neither do they spin ; yet Solomon
in all his glory was not arrayed like one of
them."
116`"'din man can do anything against his
will," said a metaphysician. "Faith," said
Pat, "I had a brother who went to Botany Bay
against hi.Y will."
3, 1856.
We compile the annexed - succinct sketches
of the life and career of the nominees of the
Democratic party for the ?residency and Vice
Presidency from the most authentic sotuccs
of information accessible to us :
Mr. Buchanan is in the sixty-fifth year of
his ago, and exhibits a hale, substantial, phy
sical condition ; that his intellectual' vigor
corresponds with it, his country has the best
evidence in his public services. lie was born
in Franklin
.country, Pa.; ofcomparatively
humble, and industrious parents.—He receiv
ed a good education, academical and classical,
and then became the chief architect of his Own
fortunes. lie studied law in Lancaster and
there established his home. In 1814 he was
elected to the State Legislature, and in 1820
was elected to Congress, where he served as
a member of the Rouse of Representatives 10
years. lie returned to_Congress in 1829, and
as chairman of the judiciary committee dis
tinguished himself by his professional ability.
lie was the steady and trusted friend of Gen.
Jackson, who in 1831 tendered him the
mis
sion to Russia, which ho accepted, and signal.
izod his efficiency by negotiating the first
commerciaLtreaty between the United States
and Russia, which secured to our commerce
the Russian ports in, the Baltic and Black
Seas.
Shortly after his return from 'Russia, the
Democrats in the Pennsylvania Legislature
made him their candidate fbr United , States -
Senator..and elected. hirr. lie remained in
that body until his resignation in March, 1845,
when he accepted from President Polk the
first seat in Ms Cabinet as Secretary of State.
Of the ability with which he discharged the du
ties Of this responsible office the public can
determine. At the dose of the Polk admin
istration he retired again to his home in
Pennsylvania, but continued to take an active
interest in the political events and questions
of the times.
On the aceesgion of Mr. Pierce to the Prosi
-4.1 .v, Mr. Buchanan was selected to fill the
leadin_ ford rut mission.,--that, to the Court Of
St. James. Hew he as aqui e$ intse~ as
the representative of the republic in England
—with what plain respublican dignity, and
attention to. his country's interests and Honor,
and with what prudent and - consummate
diplomatic skill he monad - mastereittlieThitS
and 'cunning of Palmerston and. Clarendon,
are matters of too recent occurrence and of
too notorious a character to require detailed
statement. The distingnimhed manner- In
which he conducted the:difficult and delicate
questions committed to his care raised him
even higher than be had been in the estima
tion of - his countrymen; and pointed hiin out
to the party with which he is identified as the
man qualified to hold the helm and guide the
ship of State.
The Convention completed its labors by
unanimously nominating John C. Brockin
ridge, of Kentucky, as the candidate of the
Democracy of the Union - for the Vice Presk
deneyi—rth e-seleeti it-every-respect-an
admirable one, and will unite in the firmest
bonds of confidence and fraternal regard the
Democracy of the whole country in the most
enthusiastic su ort of the nominations. Mr. '
Breckinridge is yet a young man, being
scarcely more than thirty-eight, but has won
an enviable name as a gentleman of cultivated
intellect, possessing rare qualities of states
manship, gallant, generous, and whole-soul
ed, the idol of the noble Denim:racy of Ken
tackyouni-the-bold and daring champion of
Jeffersonian principles on the hustings and in
the hulls of Congress. lie conies . of a good
old stock, and inherits'all the lofty and patri
otic impulses of a• family remarkable for its
great talents and close identification with the
history of the country. His grandfather was
a P_ S.-acieuutor-from-Kontucky--afteewards-
Attorney-General of the United States under
Mr. Jefferson, and the author of the mewl--
able 'resolutions of ; and his relatives have
always borne a conspicuous part in public of-
fairs, in the councils of the. Nation; in the
pulpit and at the bar. John Cubell Breekin- '
ridge, the Democratic nominee, was educated
at Centre College, Kentucky, and entered up-_
on a brilliant career at the bar at, Lexington.
In MIT, influenced by a call - which ever found
a hearty response in the heart of every
13reekinridg6, he abandoned his profession,
then largely lucrative, and accompanied the
Kentucky Regiment's- to Mexico, serving
throughout the war as a Major of Infantry,.
enjoying immense personal popularity, and
winning the most undivided regard of officers
end men for his coolness and intrepid hravery.
In 1851 he was elected to Congress by a ma
jority of over MO over the hereto fOre invincible
Gen. Leslie Coombs,. in the Ashland district,
which had never before elected a- Democrat,
and in 1853 was re-elected by a majority near : - .
ly equal over ex-Gov. Letcher, who was
brought out as the Gauh of the then Whig
party of 'Kentucky, for the sole purpose of de
feating Mr. Breckinridge.
lie served with rare distinction in Congress,
beloved and honored by every one coming in
contact with hiin, and proving himself a gal
'alit champion of Democratic principles.—
Previous to the expiration of his term, the
mission to Spain becoming vacant by the re
turn of the lion. Pierre Soule, that impor
tant position was offered him by President
Pierce, butdeclined, said on the expiration of
the 33d Congress, Mr. Breckinridge retired
again to private life, and resumed -his profes
sion. Manly in every sense, intrepid, fear
less; the soul of honor, proud of the eternal
principles of his party, zealous in defence of
the honor of his country, ambitious to add to
her greatness and grandeur, in his profession
talented and able, - and in private life the
charm of every social circle, and yet wholly
unspotted ; educated, patriotic, sagacious, he
deserves the unanimous and highly honorable
can to the second highest office in the gift of
the nation which the National Democracy
Bare extended to him, and will reflect honor
up - on the position and the country.
The Closing Scenes in the Democratic National
The Cincinnati Enquirer has the following
interesting article, descriptive of the closing
Scenes in the Democratic National Conven
tion :
the Convention, to be found in to-day's En
quirer, will give our readers a faint idea of
the unanimity and enthusiasm with which
Jame* Buchanan, received the Presidential
The Democratic Nominees.
THE MEN FOR THE TIDIES
Convention.
nomination. We say faint, for the scenes
that transpired during the call of the roll on
the last ballot, the brief and eloquent responses
of the chairmen of the different delegations ad
they gave in their' votes, must have been•seen
and heard to be suitably appreciated. The
spacious hall 'was filled to its utmost capacity
with representatives from every State m the
Union, and the singleness of purpose with
which they wore all actuated, and thee/asthma
/tam by which they were animated, was glor
ious indeed to every lover of his country.
"Hand grasped hand in cordial embrace: •
California responded to Maine, and Georgia to
Wisconsin, and from the great likes to the
Gulf of Mexico went up a shout for Jamey --
Buchanan. All the divisions in 'sentiment
which bad previously existed, and personal
preference for other- men, were forgotten or
thrown aside in a unanimous determination to
stand by the nominee and thus uphold the
great principles of our organization.
"In a spirit of magnanimity and devotion to
the Democratic cause worthy of them, Messrs.
Pierce and .Douglas withdrew their names
from the contest after it had been demonstra
ted that Mr: Buchanan was the ehoina cif the
majority, and most heartily confirmed it.
Neither they nor their-friends were willing to
beplaced in *position of factions opposition
to the will of the majority..
"The unanimous nomination of James Bu
chanan by 'the Cincinnati Convention' 'math*
the Presidentistomtest in our favor. ,Be will,
in all human probability,.receive the elector/0
vote of nearly every State in the Union. * The
North andlhe South, the East and the
will vie with each other in the cordiality of
their support. All opposition to his election
will be as idle as it would be to stem the for ! ,
rent of Niagara. 1-Ie will be borne into the Pres
idential Chair upon a wave of priptilittfiirere
that will sweep everything before it. Black
Republicanism and Itno* Nothingisralvillbe
literally 'crushed out,' and leave hohind them
not a vestige of their ancient vigor."
Mr. Sumner Calmly Reviewed;
The Si. Louis Morning emerald, editeti, we
believe, b entleman from New England,
las to o ovilns vory)us remar sin re a on
to Mr. Sumner, to whioitwe ilk the attention
of our readers •
"Still, speech in deliberative bodies should'
be well-weighed and, well-guerded, , ,_ 'WOWS
er e swords. - EpitheES, anemia - a - alid - ridiec - - -
tions needlessly, unjustly and injuriously ap•
plied to antagonists in debate, provoke pas
sions, which may explode in ealies of violence
to limb or life. Mr. Sumner's cue. is net that
'of a calm, sound judging statesman, assailed
while keeping within the bounds of legitiinste
controversy. It is the case of a rhetorician,
ambitious of causips a sensation by !he -polish
and pungency of his periods. He, islike the
dramatist, who works up his theme so as ,to
produce the most startling effects. He may—
he doubtleim does—think that he is . rightin
the free use of the hish, coloring, which gives
such a glare to his pictures. And just there
is the mistake he makes. Just at that - point
-is- betrayed his -want of,judgment.-. Just there
is exposed his lack of the highest attributei
of that statesmanship to the fame of which he
aspires.
"Ile" i
a rhetorician—
---- -
tor—but he is nothing better and nothing
more. If he had the cool,, calm,Moderate
tember-4ho sober judgment—an freedom
from vanity and love of displaywhieh ohm
actor's° the highest statesmanship, Mr. -Sem
ner would scarcely, if ever, meet the rebukei
which hay . ° been so- often-dealt put-to-him by
his fellow-Senators, and much less provoke
shameful indignities to person., In
latest ebulition, he is - Said to have been .abso-',
lutely alandorous of his peers in the Senate,
Littering. taunts and indulging in personalitiei
which, however, set off and garnished by tricks
-of-rhetorie r -should-be-kft-to snoh-Men-Whe----
professes to despise.
"liow is it that a groat cause—admitting the
anti-Nebraska side of the question to beim&
—bow is it that a great cause cannotnow be
advocated or defended by.Massachusette men ,
in the Senate without provoking personal bed
ly assaults? It was' not so 'once. Such pre,
decessors of Sumner, as - Harrison Gray Otis,
Isaac, Bates, James Lloyd, Daniel' Webster,
John Davis and 'Robert Rantoul engagedin. the
discussion of questions, which agitated the
nation and divided public opinion. They-ad
dressed themselves to those questions manful
ly and often against the prejudices and gin- .
ions of the South. But they did it, like grave
statesmen, and not like mere orators. They
did it, not so much thinking how they might
display themselves as how they might advance
their cause. And this cause they approached, -
holding views, which did not revolt by their
extravagance ; and speakin . g, a language.
which did not offend by its . injustice. How
different is the case of Mr. Sumner, and how
easy under this view to explain the differences
between the treatment which Mr. Sumner's
predecessors received and that which he is
himself receiving.
Shameless Inconsistency and Hypocrisy.
The New York Day Book says it is well
known that the Abolitionists have the press
on their side. If any one doilbts it, let hies
mark what thunders of indignation roll over
the land when anything like an outrage is
committed which they can turn to political
ivivantage. , Last summer the editors of these
papers worked themselves into a perfect rage
over the imprisonment of Passmore William
son, and were going to tear the country to
pieces on account of "this outrage of the slave
power." Now, the thunders roll again be
cause Mr. Senator Sumner has been attacked,
and "indignation meetings," &e., are held all
over the country where their influence extends.
Yet the shooting of a sheriff, in the perform
ance of his sworn duty, is even defended. by
sonic of these papers as justifiable,-while not
one of them visits it with anything like repro.
bation To come nearer home, an editor on
Staten Island was brutally assailed by a. Black
Republican leader the other day, and struck
over the head with a heavy cane, and, (willft
be believed?) the- Tribune and Times have not
mentioned the outrage! Here is a case of an
attack on the freedom of the press, right by
our own doors, yet these immaculate journals.
suppress it entirely from their readers 1 -Their
solo desire seems to be to lash their readers,
t if • e, - 'tate tit emcitehient
posses e, in opts ;mei a sx , 03 4) 1
as they have produced in Kansas.
Aq sure as runs the river Shannon,
We'll beatthe isms with Jim Buchanan.
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