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PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY' SEPTEMBER 9, 1858 E WHOLE NO. 14G.

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TUE MARSHALL DEMOCRAT, rCBLISHED EVERT THCÄ3DAT JäORM-XG, BT UXcDONALD & OKOTIIEK. TEHMS:

it p.iiJ In adrance, 1 0 At the end of six months,. , 1 50 If ielayed until the end of the year, 2 00 ADVERTISING: One square (ten lines or less,) three week EacU additional insertion, 4 Column three months, 1 00 25 .. 5 00 ..'.8 00 ...12 00 M Column six months, Column one year Column three months, Column six months Column one year, 1 Column three months,... 1 Column six months, 1 Hnlnmii one vpar. ... 8 00 ...15 00 ..25 00 ...14 00 ..54 00 . .45 00 I eany advertisers hare the privilege hange free of charge. of one BAHK OF fi STATE Of fflNM, BRAXCIi AT PLYMOUTH, IND. E. S. OUGAN, Pres. IL EARLY, Cashier. EASTERN EXCHANGE, Drafts on Cincinnati and Chicago, Gold and Silver, Uncurrent Money and land Warrants BOUGHT AND SOLD. ET Deports RoccTved and Money Loaned. Q'J' Attention given to Collections, and . General Banking Business Transacted. June 23, 1?58. 31 SHAVING) HA1RDRESS1NG AND Shampooing Saloon, One donr outh of the Edwards House, up stairs, where the subscriber is ready at all times, during busline hour?, to do up Shaving, Hair-cutting &c, in less time and better style than ever before known in this vicinity; and he hopes that hereafter, by a strict attention to buines?, to merit a liberal pattrouujrc from the citizen generally. ALFREÖ BILLOWS, auir. 5, 37 tf. ' EDWAEDS HOUSE, MICHIG. STEEZT, PLYMOUTH IND a. K. STJEIPTrlS; Proper. a large nnni'wr of airy nnd well ventilated noras thePioprietor is now prepared to accommwlate boanlers and the traveling public, on reasn.il!c tenn. oct22-43'.y. C. U. RKKVE rsve & zm Plvmoutli. il trshall C unty, Ind.. Traetice in Marshall and adjoining counties. REi'EIl TO Jl tlKuck k Co., Fliclps, P jdge & Co., N. Y. CVlev, Farwell & C:., G.ould k Uro. Chicago. IJ(i.id)ii &Gi . rh:iaJ..Gr.i.T.ilennett& Co., Pitt, lion. A. L. Oorut, Crc't. Judge, Lapjrte, Ind. J. L . ROCK, Valf)arai"o, Indiana. t"04Qce in Union Block, over the Post office. J, a. OSBORNE, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND OFFICE F;rrt djor north of Bovd's Furniture Store, PLYMOUTH, IND. June 17, 153 30Iy u. coasix. ........ .'v ... . 31. A. O. r GKAlD. COKI3IX & PACKAUO Attorneys and Counsellors at LaY If Vsf era Collection Igcnts PLYMOUTH, IND. Refer to ARa-L.vrjAS,!loxsETT,&co., N Y City; JOHX LlVI.XUSTO.H. ' Towx, Smith & Skildex, Detroit, Mich.; Secor, Bkrd h k co, Toledo, Ohio; M II Norton L co, Chicago, 111; Hon C A Stact, Tecumseh, Mich; Hon Thos S ijTAxritU), South Bend, Ind nov5-51tf J). II. Attorney and ('onnscllor at Law PLYMOUTH, IND. "Especial attention given to cases in Marshall and Stark counties. I am permitted to refer to Jon L. Westervelt, Plymouth. snir2G lUlv. A0 DR. A. 0. BORTON, SURGEON DENTIST, TTTT AS located in Ph mouth where he will be pre JLJ. pared at all times, (Mondays and Tuesdays excepted) to perform all operations pertaining to the Dental professicn. Special attention given to cleansing tke teeta. diseases oi ine mourn ireai H with success. Satisfaction will be given to all who may favor ?im witli a call. 0"Rooms in Pershing's building, tip stairs en trance first hall door. may -ltl. Dr. A. MATTINGLY, Physician & Surgeon, WILL devote especial attention to OB STF.TRIC PRACTICE, diseases of Women apd Children, and chronic diseases of the Ege, Langs, Lieer and Spleen. OFFICE Michigan street, west Bide, one door north of IL Pierce' Clothing Store. Plvmouth,Mayl3tb,l85S. 2ly.- " J. VINALL. HL D., HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Particular attention paid tr Oistetric Practice, and ' ' CHRONIC DISEASES OP WOMEN, Diaoaaeo of Children Office oer C. Palmer's Store, corner of Mich gan and LaPorte Streets, where he can be consulte at all hours. . 22tf. -q? DEALER IN ' feUATEnEl CLOCKS & JEWELRY. Plymotttli,Jrnd.y: TT'EEPS constant! r on hand Clocks, Watches, JV BREAST rLN'K, EAR RINGS, FINGER ULNOS, LOCKETS, tc, &c. 0"CIockv Vetches, c, repairea in tne ne?t minn'tr rotable- Jäfl oi -tI.

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HOME VOICES. IT JENXT A. STO-XE Once again my steps have wandered Round my dear and cherished home ; And the loved ones' gentle voices Softly on my ears have come. Tones of love and joy and gladness, All unmixed with pain or grief, O, how could we think of sadness, When our joy must be so brief. : ' Clouded were glorious heavens, . Yet a light was shining round, Brightening, gladdening every object On that loved and hallowed ground Words may never tell my feelings, . When my home first met my sight ' That dear spot which fancy ever Bathes in floods of golden light. . Then my, mother's arms were round me, And the tears were falling fast; ' .. . t Tears of joy for to her vision Was recalled the glorious past; "When bene ath o ir roof-tree gathered All our gladsome, happy band: When from out our joyous circle There was missed no cherished hand. , Then, like some far-distant music, Softly borne upon the breeze: Like the sweet and merry warbling Of the birds amid the trees:' - Like the low and stftened chiming Of a bell at evening's hour, ' Came the music of young voices O'er my hear with magic power. Once again I have departed From that scene of earthly bliss;' But no words can ever picture How its peaceful joys I miss How my heart U ever turning To that dearly cherished home; Or, Low fondly will its memory O'er my bosom ever come. Should I part with it forever, Deep blue seas between us roll: Still my heart would there be turning, Like the magnet to the pole; And home voices softly -whispering Words of never -dying love, On tins earth will e'er be with me, And be with me, too, above. When the twilight shades have gathered Round about the listening earth, Or, when thoughtfulness comes o'er mc Even in the hours of mirth Then home visions cluster round mc, And home voices whisper near, Peaceful words in tones of music, Words the wanderer loves to hear. O, if ever from my bosom Thanks for mercies shown arise O, if inceusc e'er is wafted From this heart to yonder skies 'Tis when thoughts of home surround me, r , And when those sweet voices come ; : 0,tis then I thank Thee, Father, Thank thee for my precious home. WHEAT OR TAKES. BY T. S. ARTHUR. Wheat or tares which are you sowing, Fanny, dear, in the inind ofrthis little fel low? said Uncle Lincoln to his niece, Mrs. Howard; aud he lilted a child, notjwjyond his forth summer, upon his knee, and laid ono of his hands amid the golden curls that fell about his necS, and clustered a bout his snowy temples. Wheat I trust. Uncle Lincoln replied Mrs. Howard, smiling, yet serious. It is the enemy who sows tares and I am his mother.' There was a glow of proud feeling in the countenance of Mrs. Howard, as she said, 'lam his mother.' It . was ..Mr. Lincoln's first visit to his niece since her marriage and removal to a city some hundred miles away from her old home. Even a mother's hand may sow tares,' said the old gentleman. I have seen it done many times. - Not of design, but in thoughtless inattention to the quality of seed in her hand. The enemy mixes tares with wheat quite as often as she scat tersevil seed. The husband man must not only watch his field by night and day but also the repositories of hi3 ground. least the enemy cause him to sow tares as well as wheat, upon his own fruitful ground.' 'Willie,' said Mrs. Howard, to her .little boy, about ten minutes afterward, 'don't upset my work basket; stop, I say, you lit tle rogue!' Seeing that tho wayward child did not mean to heed her words, the mother started forward, but not in time to prevent the spools of cotton, seissors, emery, cushion, dec. from being scattered about the floor ; Wiliit, laughed in great glee at this ex ploit, while Mrs. Howard gathered up the contents of the work basket, which she noTT placed upon tli3 shelf above the retch of her mischievous boy; Than she shook her fincrer at him in a mock resent ment Faying- . ', " . : - 'You HtU sinncr!, If you dare . that again, I will send you off with the milkman. 'Wheat or"ktarcs, Fanny J1 Uncle Lincoln inquired as he looked soberly at his niece.

,NUher,'t replied Mrs. Howard," smiling Tares,' said Uncle :Lincoln emphatically.'1 ' . .'Nonsense,' Uncle.' .. The tares of disobedience, Fanny. . You havo planted the seed, and it has already taken root Nothing will' choke . out' th wheat sooner." Thetares of falsehoo'd'you also 'throw in upon the newly broken soil! What are you1 thinking about, my child?' . 'The tares of falsehood, Uncle Lincoln! what are you thinking about?' said Mrs. Howard in real surprise.' I 'Did you not say you would send Tiiiii off with the milkman if he did that aain? I wonder if he believed you?' .. 'Of course ho did not.' 'Then,' said 'Uncle Lincoln, 'he has already discovered that his mother makes but light account of truth. .Will his mother be surprised if he should grow up to set small value on Iris word!' :' it t . 'You treat this matter too seriously, Uncle. He knows that I was only playing with him.' Ho knows that you are telling him what is not true,; replied Mr.! Lincoln. 'It was only in sport,' said Fanny persistently. But in sport with sharp-edged instru. ments playing with deadly poisons.' The old gentleman looked and spoke with the reriousness that oppressed his feelings. 'Fanny! Fanny! Truth and obedience are good seed. Falsehood and disobedience are tares from the Evil One. Whatever you plant in the garden of your child will grow, and the harvest will bo wheat or

tares just a3 you have sown.' Mrs. Howard did not reply, but her countenar-.ee took on a sober cast. Willie, said she a few moments after wards, 'go down to Jane and tell her to bring mo a glass of water. Willie who was amusing himself with some pictures, looked up, on hearing his name, but, as he did not feel like going off to the kitchen, he made no response, and et hi3 eyes return to the pictures in which te had become interested. Williel'r Mrs. Howard spoke with decis ion, 'did you hear me?' I don't want to go,' answered Willie. 'Go this minute!' I am afraid.' 'Afraid of what?' inquired the mother. Afraid of the cat.' - No, you are not. The cat never hurt v you or any Dooly else. I am afraid of the milkman. You said he would carry me off.' 'The milkman is not down stairs,' said Mrs. Howard, her face beginning to crim son; he only comes in the morning.' 'Yes he is. 1 heard his wagon a little while ago, and he is talking with Jans now. Don't yon hear him?' said the little fellow, with remarkable skill, having all tin semblance of truth in his tone and expression. Mrs. Howard did not look towards her Uncle; she was afraid to do that. Willie,' the mother spoke very serious ly, 'you know that the milkrian is not down stairs, and you know that you are not afraid of tho cat. What you havo said therefore is not true; and it is wicked to utter a falsehood,' 'Ho! ho!' laughed out the bright eyed little fellow, evidently amused at his own sharpness; 'then you are'wicked for;you say that which 13 not true evcy day.' ! Willie? " ' ' ' : 'The milkman has not carried me off yet.' There was a world of meaning in Willie's face and voice.- .- - You havaa't whipped me for throwing my cap out of the window.' Willie!', ejaculated the astonished moth er. '. ' .1 D'ye see that?' and the voun reble J m O drew from his pocket a fine mosaic breastpin, which ho had positively been forbiden to touch, and held it up with a look of tri: umph and defiance. ' ; .fYou little witch!' oxclaimed Mrs. How. ard,' Hhis is going too far;', and springing towards her boy, she grappled him in her arms, and fled with her struggling burden from the room. . It was quarter of an hour before she returned alone to the appartment where she had left her Uncle. Her face was sober and her eyes; betrayed recent tears. Wheat or tares, Fanny?' said the old gentleman, in earnest tones, as his niece came, back . . 'Tares,' was the half mournful response. " ' T ..-... 'Wheat were better. Fanny.' ! see it, Uncle. ; " 'And you will look io .future -to" Un seed n your hand, ere you. scatter it upon the heart of your child?'. ; 1 :; , ; 'God helping, I will, dear. U.clo.' ' ; . Rememberc Facny,' said Mr Lincoln,' that truth and obedience are. good sed. Plant ihenVantl the haivest will come in blessings?

Schuyler Colfax a Know ZVotliin?. . '. As rJIr.- Colfax seems . particularly desirous of catching the votes of ' all our adopted citizens',' and especially eager : to become a-mombor of Congress though their votes, we ehall t?deavor to tear the mask from. his brazen -facedness, and show them the envy and malicious hatred ranklir.-g'in his hosotn. against them, because of their foreign1 birth." In this, as in1 all. other charges' we may prefer against MrA:. Gdlfax,' we shall appeal to his owu record; , and the only chalice we shall 'present to his lips, shall contain the. venom" of his own words the" hissing; poison; of ; his own breast. It is well known that the Know Nothing party carried the election in this Stato in 1854, and succeeded in electing nine out of -eleven mc;nber3 of Congress; yet, whifst a hideous cry against the. citizens of forign birth was kept up by the opposition press, and the ' minions "and satellites of the leadirs, the .victory, was won under the disguise of a "People's j arty movement. Emboldsned by their success,' 'however, it $oon became apparent that deception of the foulest, rankest nature, had been practicsd upon the unsuspecting Foreginers, and that in voting for the candidates of that party they had assisted in electing to office men sworn to deprive them of the richest legacy of citizenship tho right to vote. Scarcely had tho ink-gotten dry upon their certificates before many ot the men elevated net power and phco by these honest, patiiotio people, headed mobs armed with bludgeons and brass knucks and the bloody .riots of Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis, New Alabany "and hundreds of other pbces told a tale of bloodshed and malice, a tale of foe and horror theso hoaest peojd can never forget. These ' Foreign-born citizens, ' unable longer to bear tyrannic oppression had left their homes and friends, kindred and families, severed, the tenderest ties of life, and

com3 t our shores in the pursuit of liberty. There was a charm in the ideaof a hme in America the asylum for tho oppressed of all nations and hither they cam, deeply imbued with a desire lo avail themselves of the benefits and privileges of tho freest government on earth, little dreaming that hordes of political, mendicants lay in ambush under the Tree of Liberty, ready for their saughter, and thirsting for their blood. But they were soon undeceived; and the lifeblood of thousands of -'these inoffensive people crbs to Heaven against tho atrocious, inhuman murderers. And the lives of men, even, failed to appease the wrath' of these infuriate ! mobs; women and children alike were butchered to satiate an infernal appetite for blood. Is it asked of us who is responsible fjr these acts of outrage ana brutality? We reply the lead ers of the party the men who either counseled tho acts, or framed excuses for those who committed them. "But," says one, "Schuyler Colfax never belong to tho order, tor he wrote home from .ho Phildelphia National Know Nothing Convention ihat ho was not a member, and if he was he didn't know where his pay was to come from." Very true, s.iy wo in answer, he wrote such a communication to his paper; but let us look to tho sequence of his being there, and from. that we may learn something as to the truth or falsity of his asseverations. In the first place, John W. Dawson, editor of the Fort Wavno 'Times, who acknow ledges that he, himself, was elected as one of the delegates from this state, in reply to an article in the Toledo Blade, says: "lho lade ought to know if it does not, that Mr, Colfax wa3 not a member of. the National Council by courtesy. Out by direct connection and membership, and that the State Council could tolerate no man to proteot her in that august body who was ; not willing to endorse her ritual." He futher says: , . , 'This we know because we were elected from this district; but subsequently resigned." So much for that, although Mr. Colfax wrote homo to his paper that he was not a delegate, it afterwards transpired that he teas a delegate, and that he was in constant action with other members. A majority of the delegates fiinally adopted the policy of abandohingthe saeresy thaV had hitherto screened tho order from public gaze, whereupon fifty-seven raemosrs. including Mr. UULrAX, bolted. the actioti-of the Convention, and- issued an address to their constituents. How is it posiblo that a man could "bolt" the action of a convention unless he was a member? But. that is not the spot the shoo pinches. The mask of secrecy being removed, he saw at once that he could not longer remain unexposed, and that his double-dealing must be made manifest. - The Ne w York Tribune, in an article e n -titled the "Bolter's Address," referring to the Philadelphia .Convention of, Know Nothing,s says: , The seceding members of the .Know Nothing Convention have takeu the occasion of the separation from : that j body to isue an address to the people of the United States, which may: be found in another part of thu paper. Y, : : Now, it must bo palpable to every one mat a man . could not 'secede' irom a Convention unless bo was a membor of its bodytherefore as no man could get " into a Know Nothing ? body" without all the grips and signs of the order, of course Mr. Colfax must have ' been a member.- But we havo yet more direct proof of Mr. ,,Col fix's identity with. the. Qrder, for(Qf the Holters" seven are from Indiana, Wd (hoy affixed their names to the "Bolter's Ad dress," 1 as follows: : "Wm: Cumback, SCHUYLER CQLFAX, Godlovo S. Ofth, J. S Harvey, D Allen.-Ja. H. M, Bry ant, Thomas C, Slaughter,'' and that ." Address', with tho names itlachetl, together with, the Tribune's comment, was' copied ititorMr. Colfix.s paper, as true. '!i Ad driven thus to the wall, coutry to ;Y(hat ho jha.d beforo written relative thereto,

Mr.-Colfax in an article defining his creed, in. the same paper that contains the' Tribune article' alluded to, utters the following rather startling sentiment: i ' u'.'Z J . Of . the recognition .of equal rights to Protestant Foreigners. Thoroughly Americanized, who Concur with us in hostility to political Romanism' of political fdreignism, and who'-acknowledge" that to this, 'heir adopted land, they, havo given an entire, unreserved, and unqualified allegienee." : . "The term "thoroughly Americanized,' as used by Mr. Colfax, of course means that Protestant Foreigners might be admitted to citizenship at the expiration of twenty; one years; but to ; Catholic Foreigners had noriyhls to extend. To the Protestant Foreigner' hö would extend the rWit to - , . vote only in tweuty-one years -no matter what amount of taxes he may have paid, or how much blood he may have spilt ia defense of his adopted oountry but never would allow him to "hold an office, (f.ee his Know Aothing oath,) and the Catno-

licr 'Foreigner he would forever deprive of every political privilege. ; . . . : But the single right he savs he would O O "... extend to tho Protestant Foreigner, is in direct conflict with the oath he sworo be fore his Maker to carry out. Here it is: OATHS OF TUE Fm. T DEGREE. "You and each of yoa, of your own free will and accord, in the presence of Almighty God and these witnesses, your right hand resting on this Bible and Cross, and your left hand raised toward Heaven, in token of your sincerity, do solemnly promiso and iwear that you will not make known to any person or parsons any of the signs, secrets, mysteries,-or -objects ot this Organization. That so long a3.you are connected vith this Organization, if not regularly dismissed from it, you will, in all things, POLITICAL or SOCIAL, so far as this order is concerned, comply with the will of the majority, when expressed in a lawful manner, though it may conflict with your personal preference, so long as it does not conflict with the Grand, State, or subordinate constitutions, the constitution of the United Slates of America, or that of the State in which you reside. You fartharmore promise and declare that you will not vote, or give your influence for any man for any office, in the gift of the people, unless hebe an AHfERICAX B ORS CIT1ZEX, in favor of American lorn rnlnj America, nor if he he a Bumin Catholic. To all the foregoing you bind yourselves under tho no less penalty than that of being expelled from the Order, and of having your name posted and circulated throughout all tho different conucils in the United States as a perjurer, and as a traitor to your God and your Country, as being unfit to be emyloyed and trusted, countenanced or supported in my business transaction, as a person to tally unworthy tho confidence of all good men, and as one at whom tho fingor cf scorn should ever be pointed. So help you (if od! The part of the Second .Degree Oath touching upou the rights they would ex tend to Foreigners of any and all kinds, is as follows: That you will under all circumstances, if in your power so to do, attend all regular signs and summonses that may be thrown or sent you by a Brother of this or any other degree of thi3 Order; that you will support in all political matters, for all political officers, second degree members of th"i3 Order, provided it be necessary for American interest; that, if it may be done legally, you will, when elected to any office, remove Foreigners, Aliens, ami. Catholics from office, and that you will in no case appoint such to office. All this you promiso and declare on your honor as Americans to sustain aud abido by, without any hesitation or mental reservation whatever." How does all this correspond with his assertion in his paper of August 24th, 1054, in which Mr. Colfax, in an article in reply to a charge of Know-Nothingism, says: . "To its falsehoods wo reply, first, that we are. not a member of the Know-Noth-ings or any such organ iz ition." That ho teas a member wo have not only proved, but as will bo noticed above, he was' afterwards forced, though very reluct antly, to acknowledge! '-What dependence can be placed in a man who' will thus stultify himself '? Let .tho pooplo answer 'at tho polls. Laporte Times. ii Major Wacc. While at Lafayette one day this week we were informed by a prominent Black Republican, (an . anti-Wilson man) that Major Mace had abandoned that party and taken his'old position with the Democracy. We are inclined to believe that this is true, from the fact that he has more than once stated that he left our party on tho Kansas question and nothing else; that, question having been settled, with tho certainty that Kansas will bo admitted a3 a free State, he sees no further occasion for retaining his connection with a pie-bald party. Crairfordsville Review. And the course of Major Maco will be followed by hundreds of others who under tho false cry of pro-slavery, have been induced to abandon the Democraoy. The honest yeomanry of Indiana annot long be deceived intothe support of the. Republican party, and thereby into the .doctrine of negro-equr.lity. " 1 ' Let it be borne irTmind that in every State and Territory in 1 this Union, in which the Republican party has had power, tho right to Yoto.has either bean confered on the' negro, or an effort made- to that effect." Let it - also . bo'.' remembered that the' Constitution framed by the Republicans of Kansas and which they now de clare they willpresent to Congress and ask admission under, gives' to ' negroes and mulatttoes the right to vo:o.V: Votfcfs of Indiana! if those are yorir principles, act with' the Republicans; :vjf:no cast your vole3 and exert, you? influence .with, the Democracy. LuPorie Timei.

The Bcsiiocratic Creed. The opposition j.ress are constantly1 in quiring what is the Democratic creed? Af ter contending for thirty; years against the; Democratic party, they are still ignorant, of the issues upon whic'i they have been so; often oyer, thrown and ' defeated; When the doctrines which they contested so long and fiercely, have become the- established i policy of tho Government, and when. our oppfments themselves have been compelled to pay unwilling homage to the justica of our views.by adopting and endorsing them, they pretend that they do not know what faith we profess, or what opinions wo advocate. , Like an old negro whose rr.a3ter has flogged him severely, and made him promise that he never would do so any more, they come to us while 6till sore from their recent castigation. and ask us what we have been whipping them about? They have fought us as long as resistente promised tho faintest hope of success, and when forced at last to yield to the justness and correctness of our principles, they begU3 with an apperance of sincerity that is quite refreshing, to tell them what those principles are. Th-3 fact 13, they wish to appropriate our creed, and claim tho credit of the wiso policy of government which the Democratic paty has esttblüheJ. They not only walk into our housc.but they wisn to turn the origtal proprietors out of doors. Now, they ?.re welcome to a place at our fireside and a seat at our b;ard There is nothing exclusively in true Democracy, and our gates are open to all who come to unite with us in a friendly and sincere SDiiit. But we cannot permit ourselve to

a m be driven from under the roof which ra3 sheltered us so long to give place to stangers and., intruders. We would inform all inquirers who are sincere in desiring to know what are the principles of the Democratic party, that our creed is tho same for which the Demcratio party contended in tho days of Jackson and Jefferson. It i3 tho same at all times and in every age. It fs unchanged and unchar.gcble, being based upon the Constitution, and incorporated into the foundations of our Government. The vicissitudes of fortune, the certainty of dofeat, or the prospect of victory, produce no change in our principles, no abatement in the zeal with which we advocate them They have survived all the mutations of I parties and political leaders; tl.ey have out lived the opposition of their enimies and the treachery of professed friend?; Our party is not linked with the fortunes of men, however great and distinguished Its principles live in the hearts of the peoplcf and its destinies are committed to their keeping. The men whom ;ro elect to office are the mero organs through whom the people assert their rights and announce their wishes, and when they desert the doctrines whieh they were chosen to carry out, they are discarded as useless and unworthy, and the party still mr.rches forward to accomplish its high destiny with out turning aside from its path to wu back the wanderer or avoid it3 hostility and opposition. We copy tho resolutions adopted at a Democratic meeting in N. Y. in 1836, which might bo adopted without alteration or modification as the Democratic creed of to-day. What other party in the country can turn to the principles it professed twenty years ago and point to them as an exponent of its present faith? We commend these resolutions to tiie attentive consideration of thoso who are constantly clamoring about tho changes of the Democratic doctrine: 1. 'We hold theso truths to be self-evi dent, that all men are created free and .neu u co dim equal; that they aw arc life, liberty, and the pursuit of happi ness. . 2. That the truo foundation of republican government is equal rights of every citizen, in his person and property, and their management. 2 That the idea is quite unfounded that on entering into society we iq up any natural right. The rightful power of all legislation is to declare and enforce only our natural rights and duties, and to take non of them from us. No man has a natural right lo commit aggressions on the equal rights of another; and this is all from which the law ought to restrain him. Everyman is under the natural duty of contributing to tho necessities of society; and this is all tho law should enforce on him. When lho laws have declared and enforced all this, they have fulfilled their functions. ; ,. . ; 4.. We; declare unqualified hostility to bank notes and paper money as a circulating medium, because gold and silver is the only constitutional currency. 5. Hostility to any and all monopolies Dy legislation; because they are violations of the equal rights of the people. . 6. Host'lity to the dangerous and unconstitutional creation 4 of- vested rights, or prerogatives by legislation, besause they are usurpations of the people's soverugn rights. ' I. . . . 7. That no legislative or other aulh jrity in the body politic can rightfully, by character or otherwise, exempt any' man or body of men in any case whatever from trial by jury and the jurisdiction or operation of tho laws that govern the community. ; : -r .. , ; :I; ! , iJSrTho Gloucester News tells the story of a boy in one of the schools in that town who is an inveterate ihymster, 'and who Iaughed'ono morning during prayers at the sight' of a rat. Being asked why he laughed, ho replied: ...... , . ..... . t . .. ,"1 asw a rat upon the stairs. '"Coming up to hear your prayers." : ' Being told that he -must immediatl make another rhyme or; j bo'.: flogged, he quickly answered: y r; Here I str.nd before Miss -BlodgetL : Sho'.s going to strike, and I shall dodge it." and took his seat, the whole school beiiig in a roar of laughter. ,

A CAXAL'. TllhoUGII THE ROCKT Mountains. During the recent debate in the British House of Commons on the subject of the renewal of the Hudson Bay Company's .privileges,'. Lord Bunr affirmed ih.-i. a communication might easily b: ctubii h d between Lake Superior and the Pacific Ocean, by the means of a ship canal connecting the head-waters of the Saskatchewan and Columbia Rivers. Both rivers take their rise in the Rx-ky Mountains, the Columbia flowing west to the Pacific, and the Saskatchewan running Citst to Lnko Winnipeg,' '.a. li'ttb.'. to tho north-west of Lak Superior.- With the exception f a single rapid, (which might bei avoided by canal,) his lordship stated that the navigation of the Saskatchewan offers no difficulty. With that one exception, a vesst-l of considerable size can be taken up to tha foot of the Rocky Mountains, and at this point there isagap in the mountains, which interposes no great obstacle to the junction of the Columbia and Saskatchewan, whoso sources are but a little distai.ee apart. Thus a direct water communication would be established with the Pacific. About a Cat. Two years and a half ago one of our citizens, to oblige a ft lend, the captain of a ship about to sail fr ih-j East Indies, gave him a cnt for the purpose of keeping the vermin on board in proper subjection Pussy, duringthe intervening time voyaged to Calcutta, thenco to Liverpool.back to Bombay, thenco to Charleston, S. C. and finally to Boston. A few days after the arrival of tha ship at this point lho former owucrs of tho cat were siliiug

at breakfast, when i; walked tabby, the same as if she had never baon away fior.i home, and after a general review of the premises she came and iiimped on th-; master of the household, as had been her wont in old times. The story is a curious evidence of atachrnent to locality in tho animal, and a singular proof of its retention of memory. Boston Ledger. tiTOld Noah telegraphed a few ral'es through the air by means of doves, and Moses walked through a narrow sea on dry land. These were great fcatp in their day, and Almighty Power had a hand in them. But trhat would Noah and Mosea have said, had they been toll that when the world got older. Queen Victoria n:id President Buckhanan walk together threo thousand miles asunder, through the channels ot tho ocean, twenty-fonr. hundred fathoms deep! Yet this has bjen done, or is said to have been done, and we do not question it. . Surely we live in fast ne what next? Seic 1'ork Journal of CuvmcrCi jEST'Aii editor in Iowa has been fined two hundred dollars for hugging a young girl in church. Daily Advertiser Cheap enough! We on;e hugged a girl ia church, some ten years ago, and tho scrape has Cost us a thousand a yer ever since Chicago Young America. jt5TA Frenchman buitt a four story brick house adjoining his Dutch neighbor's two story house. Being on tho iofs of their respective house ono day. the one of the low house cries o;Jt to the other: "What for you build so high tare?" To whioh the Frenchman replied: "Do ground bees very cheap up here?" TiTA. gentleman having built a largo house was at a loss what to do with the rubbish. His steward advised him to have a pit dug large enough to conta'a it. "And what," said the gentleman, smiling, "shall I do with the earth which I dig up from it?" To whic'i tho steward, w:!i ralf ,,.:. Mnlm,l .TToM ; Jo large Good, Whether True ou xot. Tho Philadelphia Evening Journal lolls the following story of tho indecorous and inkind way in which one of tha monstrous New York Ledger placards was treated by a Yankee boy: "Up in a little town of New England, a flaming placard was stuck about the streets, bearing in bright Vermillion characters, this device Have you read Coil's ncie dory? One of the 'lads' of the village paused bcforo the poster, and scrawled beneath it with red chalk Nary Red!" WD. It is a prevailing idea among some peoplo, tlr.t bccauc editors, in icfcrringto themselves use the word wc they consider t'.M?y amount to two or three ordinary men. This is mistake. E liter are naturally a very modest and unas?i2n:I;i- das.? indeed, remarkably so. The word 'we inert lv includes the editor and the Jcvit.' The customoriginated with Faust, the founder of the (Kstinguishc! profession. The fcuperstitiors pcrple of his day 6uppöscd him to be leagued with thfl devil. Faust, to encourage the idea, which rendered him a person of so much importance, aud commanded suchahih respect, was accustomed to indite himwhich included himself and highly distinguished assistant, the Frince of darkness. In nicJcrn times, his Infernal Highness has doubtless found the printing business a poor investment, and with the exception of the interest he still retains ia tho New York Herald, has cntirvly withdrawn hii patronage from the' craft! UTherfc is a grocer up town, ho is said to be so raeau that he was seen to catch a fly' off his counter, hold him up by his hind lcg3 an 1 look in the cracks of Ids feet . to seo if ho hadn't been stealing some of. his su-rar. 0"At i Virginia prayer meeting, tho dioirctter being absent, the presiding elder, whoso name was Jcctcr, called upon one of the deacon? and said, after reading a hymn": ' . ' , "BrouVr Moon? ;:; Will you raise a tune ?'' The deacon lifted up Lis. voice, but, instead of binging at once, he inquired: I "Brother Jeeter, What's the meter 1" This being satisfactorily answered, deacon-M-ou pitched the tune.

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