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Iateresting Letter from Wm, B-f Reed, Esq.
i'HiuADJSLPuiA, July 26,: 1855. ; ;
To the Hon. A O. CxrttH, Chairman, 'of the
Whip State Committee,' flarritburg. ; ! ;
? IVaR Sin :q ;I beg to" resign my position as
a member of the State Couimittee, and desire
to state the reasons which have led me to this
conclusion. ' I am quite aware that these mo-.
tivc.s' may . have no interest cither to my late
colleagues or to the public, but I am not less
satisfied that there is something in existing
political relations calculated to effect personal
character,", and which admonishes every hon
orable man to be perfectly ingenuous and un
reserved asr to wnat he does." In this commu
nication I mean to be so, and I 6hall be very
glad, if I am in error on any matter of. fact,
that you will coK-cet me. " " '!
.1 was ' appointed a member of the State
Committee by the Whig Convention of 1854,
which nominated Mr. Pollock and Mr. Darsie.
To us was confided the duty of promoting the
success of ; that ticket in its integrity Mr.
Darsie's success as much aa Mr. Pollock's.
We were bound in honor to do all we could
for both these gentlemen,' and I can confident
ly' assume that if any human being, in or out
of the Convention or the Committee, had hin
ted the idea that one of N these candidates was
to bo sacrificed,' it would have been met by a
most iudignant rebuke. There was, not even
an undercurrent of intolerance then. " These
were Whij nominations, entrusted to the hon
or of a Whig Committee. '"' :' . "'' 1 :"
On receiving the intelligence of my ap-'
pointiuent, I immediately wrote to the Presi
dent of the Convention, begging, for personal
and .official reasons, to be excused from ser-
vnic. Had I dreanied or wnat nas since oc
curred, my withdrawal would have been per-!
cmptory, -;inl 1 should have been spared the
itibrtifieation'of seeing the.party, with "which
I have acted for thirty years, endangered if
not destroyed, by sinister and secret influences
ivhieh: I could' not control and with- which I
eem ' to be implicated.- ' Yielding, howerer:
to the ' urgency of old and kind - ii iends. who
seemed to think I might render; some service,
I consented to act. " In one respect,' and but
one, (aside from the pleasant personal associ
ation we have had,) 1 am I glad I served. It
enabled me, and in this my colleagues of the
Committee and our candidates cordially co
operated,' to aid in assuaging the asperities of
political conflict, and so to direct the canvass
that little or no personal feeling mingled in it.
Sure I am that no word of porsonal reproach
or unkindness to Gov. Bigler, or any individ
ual member of the Democratic party, emana
ted from the State Committee. ; It was in this
particular a most decorous contest.
, ; Having agreed to act, I took, as you are
aware, my . full share of duty, and attended
every meeting of the Committee, one of which
was held three hundred miles from my home.
; - You will excuse this recapitulation. It is
necessary to the illustration of the painful,
and in my judgment, most discreditable se-.-
quel to what was so propitiously . begun. , In
the winter and spring of 1854, two incidents
of public interest occurred, which in my opin
ion were attended with the worst consequen
ces the passage of the Consolidation JUU1,
and the first election under it. To consolida
tion, in every form in which it was presented,
I am proud to say I always was, and yet am,
resolutely opposed. . The principle was wrong
and delusive the details of the measure, as
has been abundaatly proved, were incongru
ous and imperfect the machinery rickety
and the manner in which it was forced on the
public, no one venturing to resist the spurious
sentiment that was stimulated, was most un
fortunate. Iu sad results no one now questions."-
The most sanguine enthusiast of . this
great epeculation can do no more than hope
tor the very distant future. - In the long run,
(to use a favorite phrase,) it may succeed, but
it will be a very long run indeed, of suffering
iihd dishonor, and social disorganization and
iriimiuent bankruptcy. ' Every one of these
results has in point of fact already ensued. A
Jarge -municipality: has been created which
thus far cannot manage itself. Its Legisla
ture is a miniature Ilarrisburg, translated to
Philadelphia.' The treasury is bankrupt.
The credit of the community has been narrow
ly eared, so far as the' payment of mere fun
ied interest is concerned, but is prostrate in
everything else. New loans are, familim-lv
talked of. New taxes Are inevitable, and yet
- w" "mwires to propose mem. Tnese 1
affirm to be the consequences the bitter and
the natural fruit of thia consolidation scheme.
. In Mayof last year occurred the first eiec-
r. nun uuuer vne new system; ; - s"
r It was at this election 'that, for the first
tune, was developed a new and most danger
ous element of political acUon, which has been
running short race of triumph ever since,
but which now, I am happy to believe, is near
its appropriate end., - I . of course 'refer to
Know-Nothingiam or secret Americanism.
IIow, or where, or exactly when it originated,
no one knows at least, no one out of its
Councils, and, I suspect, not very many in
them : It is believed to have tad a very im
pure origiu out of this State, and to hare been
transplanted hither by hands already stained
iih a good many black political spots, bank
pta iu fortune and character, spirits conge-
a d y device of fraad that mign'r under
smkui of secrcsy, he perpetrated with safety.
Snch I believe to have been its origin, though
I am equally well satisfiod that much person
al rtspecta"bility and holiest,' though misdirec
ted, . sentiment has been infused in it since.
No. matter, however, how" or wliere it began.
the disease broke out with great virulence' in
this? city in the spring of; 1854. Hundreds
and thousands of sturdy Whigs, who had been
fighting open Americanism all their lives, and
as many tierce Democrats, rushed " into these
lodges were initiated by "some mock ceremo
ny, and swore that they would never, vote or
assist or aid members of one Christian denom
inationthat they would proscribe every nat-'
uralizcd citizen; swore, too, though noniical
Whigs or Democrats, that they would break
faith with ancient friends and abide by toe
decisions of secret lodges swore further to a
code of disingenuousness which requireu them
to deny their membership. TtsTOystery made
it attractive and seemed to make it sate. Many
a man who was ashamed publicly to preach
intolerance and proscription, could do it safely
in a secret council room.: A his svstem of aen
nial and equivocation -a cardinal principle of
Know-Nothingism led to some instances of
personal degradation in this city which I do
not like to think of. v .
It was not long after this election when the
glory of triumph was brightest, that the Whig
State Committee met for the first time in this
city. I am confident in the belief that at that
time this secret party had no considerable
foothold in our Committee. I have no idea
of recapitulating the acts or counsels of the
Committee then or thereafter. You will do
me the justice Co say, that from., first to last,
in every form and guise, I opposed all affinity
to this new party, and I am glad to do you
the justice, that you were equally decided and
resolute on the same side. We worked to
gether niost harmoniously. Then, too, it was,
that the question of our duty to George Darsie
was
considered and discussed, ' and tnen we
were, or seemca to dc, unanimous, tnai it was
a matter of duty and honor to support him.
The fact is now confessed, I; regret to say,"
that some' of bur Committee,' thus pledged in
fairness and honor,, recognizing the: superior
obligation of a Know Nothing oath,' voted for
Mr.'Mott, 'the Democratic candidate, belicv-i
ing him to belong to the order. - The same
subject of discussion arose at our meeting at
Pittsburg, with the same - apparent result,'
though 1 have no doubt the scheme of sacrifi
cing Mr.' Darsio was in the meantime matured.
It certainly was most systematically perfected
and thus one of the ablest and most xipright
public men In the Commonwealth,' who, - in
spite of his nativity and a few years of infancy
in Protestant Scotland, had been a Pennsyl
vania legislator for nearly fifteen years, was
sacrificed at the bidding of a secret oath-bound
association, composed, to a largo cxtcntjOf
individuals who openly 'claimed communion
with the party they betrayed ' : ; ';,'
IIow little the State Committee could do to
avert this discredit, you very well know.'' The
secret influence was around them,' and upon
them, and within them, and those who, like
myself and others, were' open and 'candid in
their condemnation of this secret action and
organization, were not fairly wet or answered.
The secret order was satisfied with rapid re
cruiting. rTheir oaths prevented 'discussion
or fair play. It was confidently alleged and
assumed that Mr. Pollock himself joined the
order. , From his own lips I have it that at
the time of his election, he was not a member
of any party whose organization required him
to proscribe any portion of his fellow-citizens,
and relying on that assurance, I continued
my exertions, and voted ' for himl" ' I voted
for the Whig ticket at the fall election. I vo
ted for Mr; Tyson for Congress, after he ob
tained the Whig nomination, though I confess
I was perplexed by many rumors that he, too,
had joined the order, and taken the requisite
oatli. . I could . not persuade myself that a
man at his time of life, who had pronounced
so. many elaborate discourses in favor of reli
gious toleration, and who venerated with a
faith so sincere and professing, the name of
Wm. Penn the friend and favorite of Eng
land's " Roman Catholic King I could not
persuade myself that he had abjured the prin
ciples of his education; and sworn to this new
allegiance. Had I lived in the first Congres
sional District, I should no doubt have voted
for Mr. Morris, for there would have needed
much more than rumor to convince f me that
he, the ancient antagonist of. Native Ameri
canism, (which was at least a manly v party,)
had retracted, and joined the secret order If
these were errors on my part; they , were er
rors on the side of fidelity to my friends and
party. , ..''' ;; - ; ' '; ';
: After the month of September, 1854, the
State Committee 'never met. . Gov. Pollock
and Mr. Mott were elected, and those of us
who felt we were excluded from the new com'
munion,. had scarcely the heart to rejoice'
the means-of triumph in our opinion being so
unworthy and nothing to console us but the
dim hope that things might turn out better
than we feared..
la January, of this year, the new adminis
tration was inaugurated and the new Legisla
ture met. ut the doings of that Legislature
a need not epcaic, and especially of that scene
of impotent intrigue, the canvass for United
States Senator.. .. Thoujftt. there was a nominal
"Whiff majority, the very name of Whia was
ignored . 1 he caucus . was one of " Secret
Americans" from which Whig Senators and
Representatives were, excluded and within
and upon that caucus, everything being veiled
by what was thought to be safe secrecy, the
mnuence ot corruption, personal, pecuniary
and political, were thought to bo brought . to
war. y mn newer illustration, (1 now - ap
peal to your owi observation,) could there, be
of. the mischievous capabilities of, thia secret
wrgwnsauon than yen. Cameron's success in
u American caucus T7 1 do not unite in
tne denunciation heaped on that gentleman
a uunK aside; of course, from all question
of right and wrong that . his. RnnsummatA
skill and capacity of accommodating himself to
u cuiurtucy, unserved Dctter euccess than
be attained ! He fought ' his enemies with
their own weapons and beat them. If they
mined, .he countermined. If they plotted
and organized in secret lodges, he constituted
lodges of his own, or went into theirs, , and
beat them even at mystery. If they renoun-,
ced past political fidelity, .Whig or Democrat
ic, he, without any effort, renounced too. If
they, swore eternal enmity to Catholics and
naturalized citizens, he swore as hard as they.
It was with them all Death,' to the Roman ."
Punic antipathy and Punic faith. I confess
I do not see how any ' Know-Nothing" can
find fault with Mr." Cameron. And this ac-
counts, in my poor judgement, for the feeble
result of the secession which took place from
the Senatorial caucus. The deserters carried
with them; as marks of shame in Know-Nothing
eyes, th fragments of their broken oaths,: :
oaths of fidelity to secrecy" and obedience.'
They had on their breasts the Scarlet Let
ter" and they could not get rid of it, or hide
it, or disguse it And thus it ended, I am
sorry-to refer to all . these, matters, filled as
they are with painful memories, but they are
too illustrative of the domination of this secret
and dangerous party to be passed in ' silence.
" During all this time, the State Committee
was not called together, and if it had been
could have done little good. " The melancholy
fact had by this time developed itself, that
out of the thirteen, of which . number the
Committee consisted, seven it ; was believed,
had joined the secret order, some cheerfully
and readily, and from congeniality of feeling
and opinion ; others, I venture to slay, reluct
antly, blush ingly, and under what seemed an
overbearing necessity. Whether hereafter,
when the account for these misdoings comes
to be settled, any distinction will be made be
tween those who readily and those who un
willingly bartered away ancient political opin
ions; it is not for me to Bay. : ;
, I confess that, during this spring, I was
anxious that our Committee should meet, if
only to enable some of us to speak out, and
to let an organized body in Pennsylvania
have the honor of striking the first blow ; at
the secret party. ' The elections in New York
and Virginia, and the local spring elections
in this city occurred first, and gave the wound
from, which the life blood of the organization
is flowing away. ': Nothing could be more
creditable to the nation more ' fatal to 'i this
new "'-party,1' than the almost contemporaneous
election' of Senator ' Seward - and Governor
Wise, the one a northorn Whig, the other a
southern Democrat ; men of widely ..different
opinions; but on this great question standing
shoulder to shoulder in defence of the Consti
tution, religious liberty, and equality of po
litical rights. ,It was proved to be beyond
the power of any secret conclave or its mis-
Fionaries ot miscuict, - eneciuaw y to rauy
through- the length and breadth of the land
the secret rebels to the Constitution..' 1 5
' On the 23d of July, ten months ' after we
separated at Pittsburg; the Committee met in
tnia city, ana men a aeiercniueu, uu you weu
know, ' made no secret of my resolutions to
bring this matter of Know-Nothingism before
the Committee, and ask its action in, the way
of distinct and emphatic repudiation. .. I felt
it my duty as a matter of self-respect I be
lieved that my Philadelphia fellow-citizens,
whom J immediately represented, expected of
me, and I think, having tried long to deserve
their confidence, and having earned it, and
beinr verv nroud of it. I nroncrlv estimate
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public opinion on this point.1 Here, in Phil
adelphia, this secret party drew its first breath
and gained its first victory; and here; in Phil
adclphia it has met its first reverse and will
breatho its last., -No otie can mistake its
coming doom. ; ; .-
ft What occurred in the Committee you know.
To the proposition to call a Whig Convention
I cheerfully assented, meaning, so soon as tho
call was determined on, to ask the Committee,
by a manly declaration of principle, to " free
that Convention on its inception from the
suspicion which since this secret party has
existed, has hung round every political body
that has met. I therefore offered and r asked
the Committee" to adopt the following brief
but comprehensive resolutions, every word of
which L am willing to be responsible: "
Resolved, By the Whig Executive Com
mittee of the State of Pennsylvania, that an
address be issued by this Committee calling
tho Convention to meet at Jlarrisburg on ,
and assert the following principles of action:
' 1; Disapproval in the clearest and strong
est form of all secret political associations as
immoral and unconstitutional, opposed to .the
Drincinles of our republican form of govern
ment, and utterlly subversive' of the confi
dence which ought to subsist among political
friends " . 1
2. Condemnation especially of that form of
secret political association, wnicn proscrines
American citizens on account of their religious
opinions or their place of birth, this Commit
tee and the ; Whig party recognizing in its
broadest sense, the ; constitutional principle
that every man has a right to worshipN God
according to the dictates of his own consci
ence, and that organized political proscription
on account of religious belief would be an in
terference with that right. ,. r : - .
; 3. Disavowal by this Committee collectively
and individually of any connexion with: or
sympathy wito. any sucn secret pouucai or
conization. " ' , '.'''' '.."" V
4. The assertion of the feeling , common to
every Whig of Pennsylvania, ; and to very
many of other organizations, that the Nebras
ka and Kansas measures oi tne last vongress,
"the abrogation of the Missouri - compromise
line, and, as a part of the same Bystcm. the
lawless and violent" conduct of individuals
since in' Kansas, especially are abhorrent to
to the . people of the North, and ought to be
redressed. - .' -..; . . "
r 5. That these measures were a wanton re
newal of sectional agitation; for which in no
sense are the Whigs of the JXortn.ana espcci
allv the Whiffs of Pennsylvania, responsible
6. That tho restoration of the Missouri com
promise line ought to be demanded and insis
ted on as a matter of right. ., t, .,
7 Thereassertion of the Whig principles
the value of which every hour is confirming
of protection in tome form to American indus
try and especially . to the staple interests of
Pennsylvania yet stmgglinginto existence
the policy of peace and neutrality on the part
of the general government, ahd resolute ab
stinence from all schemes of foreign aggran
disement and sympathy or affinity to foreign
polities.--.-; y,- ,,j -.
These resolutions, after a free discussion,
were laid on the table, ny own vote being the
only one , recorded in their favor ; and yet I
hope may be permitted to say there Were few
of the Committee who did not, in their hearts
and consciences, agree to every word in them '
It Is dc to mj coileagBca Uiidd that so mo of
them put their votes on the resolutions strictly
on the ground of inexpediency and a doubt
as to the powers i- of the Committee,.- - With
them, however, readily united those others of
our colleagues who aie not ashamed to avow
that they are Know-Nothings, and, as Buch,
under a paramount if not exclusive allegiance.
During that discussion one of these gentle
men, as you will recollect, said with emphasis;
and without a word leading to it, that if these
resolutions passed he would resign Till then
no word which, by any pbssibLity could be con
strued into a threat, bad been whispered cer
tainly not by me.' Uut the feeling and reso
lution were all along cherished that, if, after
all that had occurred, the sacrifice of Mr. Dar
sie, the discredit of last winter at Harrisburg,-
the insolent abandonment of the very name of
the Whig party, and, above all, the prevalent
suspicion that anccted every one, these reso
lutions, or something like them, were not pass
ed, my duty as - a gentleman was very clear,
to vacate, as I now , do, my position. It is a
resolution, I assure you, not lightly formed or
which can be reconsidered.;. . .,
The resolution affirmed tais secret organiza
tion, with its prescriptive and evasive oaths,
to be not only unconstitutional, but immoral I
deliberately, reitirate that opinion, be its
value what it may, without agitating another
grave question, whether these combinations
and these extra judicial oaths are not strictly
unlawful, - It is a very safe kind of swearing
for easy consciences when no penalties of pcr-
jury . are risked. . I am, Dy education and
principle, opposed to all extrajudicial oaths
having been taught long ago by one ol the
greatest lawyers Pennsylvania ever produced
one, too, whose memory I most affectionate
ly nourish, that the administering or the pro
nouncing of any oath, except by authority of
law, is an offence against the law. ..- The exam
ple of this secret party is making them fear-,
fully common this taking m vain the Almigh
ty s name-T this ; rasJu sweanug.not requi
red by the magistrate" which the wisdom of
morp than one i'rotcstant church condemns. ' I
am free to say that oaths 'of exculpation are
nearly as repugnant as oaths of initiation and
proscription. Aside; I repeat, from ell ques
tion of law, the whole secret organization is
immoral, and degradingly so in this, that it
exacts evasion and sometimes the denial of
truth. . If it does not now, it certainly did so
once, iu its prime of youth and pride of vic
tory. , The obligation once was, and I fear is
yet, to evade the confession of membership if
possible, and if not, expressly to deuy it; aud
I have myself seen instances of this degra
ding prevarication which make the use of the
word immoral" almost too-gentle. ' '" ; ' '
One other word, and I have done. ! shall
look with deep interest to the constitution and
action of the Convention fliich is summoned
to meet at Ilarrisburg in September. I trust
its action may be unreserved in the enunciation
of principles conciliatory, to those who agree
in principle and republican in every sense
and most so in this, that no whisper shall be
uttered, no intimation given, that can be con
strued into an interference with religious lib
erty, which the Constitution guards, or with
social or political rights, which the Constitu
tion recognizes, ,1 am, very rcspecttully,
VOUrS, i. '
,r. .-:..' .WM. B. REED.
Hr. Sawson'a Letter of Declination.
' Browxsvills, Thursday, Aug. 9, 1855.
Mr De'.b. Sib : . On my . return home this
evening, after an absence of several weeks,
find your letter of the 28th ult., tendering to
me the appointment ot Uovernor ot too lern
tore nf Kansas. ..., . .' ;.
This distinguished mark of your favor and
esteem, and the very flattering terms in which
it is conveyed to me, elicit my grateful ac
knowledgments. -'
' My private affairs prevent the acceptance
of the honorablo ' and responsible trust which
your confidence and good opinion would com
mittome. -'::-:; :.--; -5
With but little taste for public life, and with
deep attachment to my borne and native otatc,
1 could not consent to change mv residence
but am constrained by every cherished con
sideration to remain in a community whose
confidence I have enjoyed, and of whose good
will I have had the most positive and repeated
testimonials.
". I shall ever hold in grateful recollection
this evidence of your appreciation, and the
more because it was unsolicited and unexpec
ted. . ;. '..; v.""-"" '-'
" Accept assurances of my high "regards and
best wishes for the success of your Adminis
tration, and believe me truly your friend
; '-A ?' Jno, L. Dawso.v.
FrahklutPikrcb, President of theU.r States
T' jCSCreorge Washington, in one of his mcs
sases to Uonsrress. mves the louowmg lau
guage s t . . . , . ,
. ' To every description of citizens, indeed
let praise be given. But' let them persevere
in their affectionate vigilance over that precious
depository of American happiness, the consti
tution of the United States. Let them ehcr
ish it, too. bi" the sake of those who erom evb
rt.climk are daily seeking a dicdliuy in our
land. " ,
Extraordinary Case- Attempt to Starve a
' . Little Boy. . '
John Blattner ..nd Ixuisa Koch were
brought down to the day police office last
evening, from their residence at the corner of
Ninth street and Lafayette avenue, having
been arrested for the ill-treatment, and at
tempt to starve a little son of Blattner, aged
or 9 years, calling himself t ranz Blattner.
It appears that the mother of the boy died
a short time since, , leaving ; bywill all her
property, consisting of. a small share of real
estate, to little Franz ; shortly after her death
le woman, Louisa Koch, was brought to the
house and took up her residence with Blatt
ner. , It was then determined by the man and
woman to get Franz Aut of the way, anaV se
cure" tho real estate for themselves. The way
toeeomplisk this villainous purpose; was to
starve him to death. Accordingly he was fas
tened up in a room with his hands tied behind
his back, where at the time of his diecovery, he
had been confined for the pace of two days,
without having had a morsel to eat or drink.
Ie would probably have suffered a horrible
death, had it not been for the watchfulness of
the persons living in the neighborhood, who
suspecting the case, informed the police, and
had the house entered and searched. Little i
ranz was overjoyed at his release. :
Blattner and his paramour- were lodged in
the calaboose, and will bo dealt with as. they
deserve. It is dim cult to imagine a more
unnatural or inhuman case. St. Louis Dem
ocrat, 'Ag. 1st, . ,
Popular Disturbances at Elections.
One of the most deplorable evidences of pop
ular ignorance and prejudice, is the recent,
election , riots m the Western cities. It is
something new connected with popular gov
ernment, to find electors, after depositing their
votes, rushing out with arms, in their hands
and trailing canon through the streets, to be
used in deadly conflict arainst each other.
t was formerly our boast, under republican
institutions, that all our revolutions were
peaceful ones, fought through the ballot-box,'
and decided by . the popular majority. . But
such scenes are witnessed in Louisville, as
were recently enacted at Cincinnati, are to be
the accompaniments of a popular election,, it
will not be long before bayonets will take the
place of ballots, and every election be a bloody
revolution, " and it is in- Mexico and Central
America We are not yet prepared to Bee
the experiment of popular government defeat
ed by popular ignorance ; therefore, we hope
that some effort will be made by the intelli
gence of the country to enlighten the popular
mind 0 far that sectarian and political fanat
icism will lose its power to do mischief, and
be made ujiablc to destroy, by civil commo
tion, a country which heaven . seems to have
rained its choicest blessings upon, if they
were only used properly. Ir'kiladilhia Led
ger. -'".'-
For this new manufacture of popular sov
ereignty we are indebted to the advent and
prevalence of Know-JNothmgism. ;VVhere-
evcr that proscriptive ism reared its pestilent
head the worst passions of the multitude have
been aroused and influenced ; - race has been
set against race, aud religion against religion;
the native have been taught to hate, despise
and condemn men of foreign birth, and for
eigners have been exasperated to the highest
pitch of endurance with taunts and insults
which human nature end it hard to bear. , . It
is no wonder then, that when the two classes,
thus pitted against each other, come to meas
ure their strength, there should be a fierce
and furious outbreak. It matters but little
who commits the first over-act of collision;
the grand cause which lies back of all is the
spirit and essence of Know-Nothingism, which
leads necessarily and inevitably to a conflict
between tne races marsuaiea against cacn
other. Bv their fruits shall ye know , them
do men gather grapes of thorps, or
thistles 1 Pitts. Gazette
fig3 of
.537" We heard a friend the other day tell
the following incident, which occured in B
some three or four years ago. A Methodist
minister had just moved his family into the
place. ; As he was passing along the street,
very early one morning he saw a man appa
rently in great distress by the side of the way
The minister went to him, not dreaming the
man was intoxicated at that hour, and asked
him what was' the matter. The man begged
the minister to help him up, " which he did ;
when he perceived the strong smell of liquor
on him, it was too late to retreat. ' The man
clasped him fast, and the minister piloted him
some distance along the street, speaking kind
ly to him. After some words of expostulation
more earnest than usual, the man stopped,
looked the minister in the face, and said,
"Aint you a minister?"-,
"Yes, sir."
. What p-persuasion ?" .
Methodist." ' ' ; . ' '
'" Met.dist? Ah ! them's my sentiments,"
said he, grasping the preacher s hand : "I'm
a met'dist." - - ; '
You a meCdistr exclaimod the minister,
with astonishment and irony ; why you are
drunk."
' Ye-es, but you must cuse such things in
California." AUa Caliorman. r .
'Hk.vrt Ctar ox Fcsiom. Tho following is
an extract from a speech delivered by Henry
Clay, in the House of Representatives of Ken
tucky, November 19, 1850, and now applica
ble to Know-Nothingism : .
But if it tho Whig party is to be merged
into a contemjitille abolition party, andif ub
olitionism is to be engrafted vpim the Whig
creed, from tliat moment J renounce the party
and ceae to be a Wliig. I go yet a step fur
ther i ,If I am alive, I will give my humble
support to that man for tho Presidency, who,
to whatever party he may belong, is ut con
taminated by fanaticism, rather than to one
who, crying out all the time that he is a
Whig, maintain.! doctrines utterly subversive
of the constitution aud the Union .'V . ,
A Husband Lost.
The following advertisement appears in tha
Mount Holly (X. J.) "Mirror: ' J !
My I1lbam Gosk' Two Dollar? He
war A, fuel itio be my duty, to iuorui Jbi
public that my husband,'- eorgc Smith, La
left me, without any just cause and as it L
believcd that he has gone off with another
man's wife, I desire to warn all women from
having' anything to do with him for if he
will desert one he will another and no confi
dence can be placed in him. - ' ' '
lie is of short stature, rattier stout, dark
complexion, jet black hair and pretty good
looking. . ... ,
if he has taken : another woman1 with him.
as I suppose he has, I shall consider him rath
er " small potatoes, and ncvr will live with
him again, but. I should like to see him for
half an hour, just to let him have the length
of. ay tongue,- and ohl-- woulda't I give it ta
him. . Anybody who will bring him back, so
that he can have my opinion of him, fchall re
ceive two dollars of hard-earned money. . .
Henrietta baiim. .;
Mt. Holly, July 3& 1855. -
New York and SebastopoL -The
following table is paid to be a
truo
sca-
statement of tho defences of these two
ports; , ,
NEW TOBK. OCXS
PEBASTOPOL." OCXS.
Quarantine Fort. ' CO'
Fort Alexander. 90
Bat. of Scbastopol 40
Fort Nicholas - 200
Fort Paul .. .. 84
Fort Scbastopol - . 50
Fort Catharine I20t
Fort Constantine 110"
Battery ; 77 30
Several small bat- t
terics estimated 100-
Fort Columbus. 105
Castle William. 78
Socth Battery. : 14
lort Gibson .. " 1ft
Fort Wood 77
Fort Richmond 140
FortTomkins G4
Battery Hudson 50
Battery Morton 9
Fort Lafayette 7b
Fort Hamilton . 118
Fort Schuyler 318
Total
891
Total
1.0G4
Remarkable Occurrence. A circum
stance of a somewhat extraordinary characters
occurred .a short time since , in one of , tho
flourishing towns of the midland counties. , A
clergyman died, and his wife and daughters ,s
on the third day after his decease, recollecting
that no likeness remained, it. was agreed, ere
the grave closed over ! him, that tho body
should - be unshrouded -and a portrait taken.
A young lady of some professional celebrity
was engaged for the "tiak. She, with the as
sistance of an attendant, took' off the shroud
and placed the body in the requisite posture ;.
but, other duties requiring the artist's atten
tion the sketch was deferred till noon: About
12 o clock, ' at the foot of tbe bed, the lady
commenced and went through an hour's work,
on this image of death. At this stage of the
procecdings, by some unaccountable motion,
tho head of the death-like figure fell on tho
side. Nothing daunted, the artist carefully,
took the head to replace it, when, lo! the eyes
opened, and staring her full in the face " tho
dead" inquired " Who are you?,', The young
"professional," without trepidation,' took tha
bandage from the head and rubbed bis neck
He immediately saw the shroud, and laughed
immoderately. The artist quietly called the
family ; their joy may be imagined, but can
not be described. That evening, he who had
laid three days in bis ehroud, bemoaned by
mother and sisters with agonized tears, glad
dened their heart3 by taking his accustomed
place at the tea table; and at this moment i
making an excursion in Noth Wales. Ikd-
ford (England) Times. . i t
SCIT AOAIX3T A RAILROAD CoMPANT FOR
Cacsjso Sterility in a Lady. The Jeffer
sonville Railroad Company have received no
tification from a lawyer residing in one of th
interior counties of Indiana, that suit will bo
brought by a lady client to recover damages
for the result of an accident that occurred on
that road last fall.. ; The cars being thrown
down an embankment this lady received a
wound pronounced then by pbysicbns a mcro
slight abrasine of the skin. She returned
home, having passed a night in New Albany,
where she suffered for lack of hotel accommo
dations, and now, after a long interval, it ap
pears sueing the Company. The ground for
the puit is that the injuries received by th
accident were of such a naturo as to unfit he
for maternal duties, or rather that she cannc.
be a mother. The matter of course, will b;
properly investigated. It is certainly a vcr,
novel affair. The lady, interested .is onl,
twenty-four years of age, and is said to L
quite handsome.
"A Moxomakiac. An old gentleman - i
New York has lately felt a severe sickness
during which he exhibited a strange sort c,
monomania. . One day he pretended that h
was dead, and requested that they should lat
him out with due propriety, which not boirw
done, he btornied away at his attendcuts, ai .
threatened to haunt them nightly. He tha
continued to act for several days, telling ther
it was abominable to keep him above groun
for such a length of time, and ' that ho wa
fast mortifying. A few nights ago, while
one was in the room, he arose from lcd, an
jumped from the second story, window, an,'
happened to ttnkc in such a manner that he
was not much hurt. He was determined . to
go and bury himself. Strangely enough, tho
fall perfectly cured him of the belief that ho
was dead, and he is nearly recovered. . ';
Grattak's Vexerattox; fm Om Turrs.-L
lie loved old trees, in j nsed to say ': " Nev
er cut down, a tree for fashinn.'s sa,ke ; Tho
tree has its roots in the rurth, which fashion
has not." - A favorite old tree stood near his
house at Tinnebinoh. ; A friend of G rattan's,
thinking it; obstructed the view, recommen
ded him to eut it down. " Why so !" said
G rattan. ' Because it stands in tho way of
the house. 4 You mistake,'" said G rattan.
" it is the house that stands in the way of it,
and 'if either comcj flown, ht, it, be tho
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