Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1860-08-14

              l VOLUME xxiy. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO: AUGUST 14,' -lgGQ.: NUMBER 17. i - . ".-i-i w t i e .i - t . . BW : ' ; Bl JL. HARPER. Oflea la 7ooiTrd' BlockTMrd Story TIEMS Tw iXoIUripr uitm, payable In d vaae; $2,St wUnU lx noataff , after th x ntioa f U yar. Claki f twenty, $1,0 each. , , . Lfly Byron't Act-arer to Lord Syron'i , ytroweU. . . I tli wtoU ranre of Eaf Iiib Uteralare there h not, in or opiaios, s prodaoiioo, cither in ' frote or ia Terse, that combioes within iualf , more expretiioa ' of feeliof, more real, oat-tpo- kn, eafoeat aeatiment, than Lady Byroo'a reply . to her faithleu hobnd. Bjroo'a 'Farewell' vaa aa ironical bidding 4m to heart he bad woatoaly eraahed. Her reply U ecaihia and ai AT,eat" Bjro to the aakk." We 1 call etpeeial MtenUoo fo the proud and aoble defiance expreaaed la tlielaat eree. The ' poena . baa doebtlksa been read by all oer readera; bat . it wiU repay aaotaer perBeai. JktmpAu Enquir - or.,,-.- ; Tea, fanwn-farewelltreYt! Ibee tbyaalf baa Ixed oer avem,-Ba4e bopet laireat Meaaom wither, - Sever agala for ate to bloenu-Uafergtrteg them baM ealle4 Dtdat tbuW erer aay reaeira? ;-Tot the wveteb waoea witoe befmiled tbee, Tboa alone eU4 eeeaa to live. bert the epeee wkieb Uaee bae fires ' Te eeaplete thy love'a decay; 'By mnhallewed paaeiea driren, 8on thy heart waa Uuj at te etray. . lived for a that feelVQ tender Why thy rerae ee welieaa show, Yrom my arms why didat thou waaderf lfy adeaxmenu why furef uf Oh, too late thy breast waa bared. Oh, toe toon to me 'twaa shown. That thy lave X onee bat shared, . -And already U ia flown. Wrapt ia dreams of j oy abidiaf, On thy brcaat uy bead bath lain, In thy love and truth confiding. Bliss I ne'er can know again. . That dark bonr did first diseorer Ia thy aonl the bidaone stain . Would these eyes had elosed forever, ' Never to wop thy crimes again. Bat the impious wish, O, lloavoa, from the record blotted be; ' : Tee, 1 yet would live, O, Byron,-' For the babe I've born lor thee. In whose lovely features (let me All my weak boss bore eonfess, Whilst the strufglin; tears permit me j All the father's I ean trace-lie wbdso image never leavoa me, lie whose image still I prise; Who this bitterest feeling gives me,-. , bull to love where 1 depte. .Wiib regret and aorrow rather, whn ear child's amtcocents llow v I will teach her Q aay 1'ATaaa, . . , But this guilt she ne'er shall know. Whilst to my rrow and to-morrow Wakes me from a widow's bed; On another's arms, no sorrow Wilt thwa foel,no tears wilt shed. I the world's approval sought net, When I tore myself frem thee; Of iu praise mt blame I thought not What's its praise or blame to me? He so prised so loved adored, . From bia heart my imago drove. On my head eontompt baa poured, """ .Ane prefered a wanton's love. Tho ait proud; but mark me, Byren, - I've a heart proud aa thy owa; . Soft te lore, but hard as Iron : r- ; When contempt is o'er it thrown; But fnre well I'll not upbraid thee, Never, never wish thee iil; Wretched the' thy crimes bare made me. If thou eanit, he happy ttllL DIES IRiB. Here ! a new translation of the well-known sto4 deeply solemn lyric, written by Thomas de Celane, It haa great force and grandeur of e pression, and the meaning the meaning! let us ' . ponder that, while we are borne along on iu : thunder tones to the Judgment Day. wlf the righteoae ecarcely be eared, where shall the an-godly aad the siaaer appeax?'' Day af wrath! O day ef mourning! . See cmce more the cross returning, lleavea and earth la ashes burning! :u: Ob, what fear man's bosom readeth Whea from bearen the Judge deeeeadetb, r- Oa whose sea teaee all dspeadetht - Veairewe eeund the tresape flingetb " Threegb earth's sepeJeree it riagetk, All before the throne it bringetb. e '' ' Death Is sareek, aac nature qaaklng, V Alieresilea is awnkiagv Te IU Jadge answer making! la, the Book, ezaetly wordadl - - :. Wherein ell bath bea recorded; ' ' '' Tkeaoe tkali judgment be awarded. What shall I, frail man, be pleadingf" Wbe forme be interceding. When -the je st are mercy needing? T ... Blgh toons Judge of Eetribution, Grant thy gilt of absolution. "Kre that reektiing day's eonclnsion. ' OnDty, now I ponr my moaning; . ' All my shame with anguish owning;- Spare, O Qod, thy Suppliant groaning! -r -- "' ' " . - " - "' " " Worthless are mr prayers and sighing, A - Tot, good Lord, ia grace complying, Besene me from fires andyiagl Xlymii or tlie Ilarreaters. "We gather them In the bright greealeares .(, With ear scythes and rakes to-day, ! ; i'Bjith.?MW TW, blr"r s the pitcher heaves His lift in the swelt'ring bay. 0, bo! a field! for the mower's scythe JIath a ring of destiny, 'Bweeplng the earth ef its burthen lithe. As It's swung ia wrathful giee. We gather them Inthe nodding plumes t. : n Of the yellow and bearded grain,-L 'Andths Luh ef onr sisklet light filnmes r-vt , Oar march e'er the vanquished plain. J Anon, we some with the steed draws ear , r,, The canning ef modern laws, . ; And Acres stoop to its clanking jar " ' ' Asit recks lubaagry jaes. - Wt themin-the meUow froits, rom we sDuo,tne rlti and tree,' - i ' T7ita their russet, and goldsa, and purple sulU - f f each has a jniey treasure stored; ' ' . All anea'.h iu tinted riad, "- - 5 otter car gussts at the social board, ' , ; Whea we Uare esr cares behlad. - ' T?e ri'-iertle-jinL-iils t;eJ?y tUre Set aot wi;i tbe raiser's rait. v . ... . . --.---' 1 etr-t'i. 0 va ae aoa Aiarveaa 1 i ft : w"6r--i-i;ier weaaore, ; I' 1 xla firea it lut ia trast; ' " - rX " ef -h is bet ut z:$; - '...'.t I .z x apon therasr'a strips. - From the Chicago Herald. BATTLE SUMII053 FOB. I860 ! The war note has sounded I The bugleblast, that has for three-quartera of a century sum moo ed the faithful to do battle for national faith and the rights of freedom, once more rings out its clarion peal o'er all this broad landl Over the land, the sea, the lakes, the mountains, the prai rieSfthe bioad rivers and broader plains, it swells onward, from the old shores of the Atlantic, to the St. Lawrence, to the Golf, and to the golden shores of the Pacific! While from the rice fields of Georgia to Mooeehead Lake, from the SL Johns to the Williametta, the veterans of an hundred battles give back the answering ehoatl The eons of the Paritaa and Caraler, the old 8utes and the' new, the North and the South, the freemea of all cooatriet and 11 religion! join their voices to swell tbe thunder toned response! Democrats! Hark to the million-voiced greet. ing by jour compatriots, as it swells Into an anthem of freedom! v Listen to it Old veterans! It is the war cry that has so often summoned j6u to victory, it is the old battle slogan of Democracy! Listen to it Old soldiers of the war of 1812! It is tbe voice that nerved jour, hearts on tbe bloody fields of Lead j's Lane, Tippecanoe, and New Oi leans when yonr enemiee plotted ' treason at the Hartford Convention, and bnrned "blue ligkU 00 the shores of New England! LitUn to it Soldiers of the Mexican war! It ia the same voice that cheered you on to victory, on the plains of Boena Vista, in the gorges of Cerro Gordo, and before' the bristling ramparts of Churujtasco while jjour eaemies at home ' would have refused jour supplies, and encourag ed country's foes to "welcome you with bloody hands to hospitable graves! ! Listen to it Friends of the "common peoplel" It is the cry that struck terror into tbe heart of the aristocrat, and wrung the rights of masses and the sovereignty of tbe Siatea from the iron grapp of Federalism! Listen to it Sons of Is bar and of bonest toil! Through forty years of conflict this same battle, cry nerved the hearts of the Democracy, through victory and defeat, to do battle for your rights agaiuat the concentrated power of wealth and capital and brought jour battle-grimed andpowder-stained banner untorn from the conflict! Listen to it Men of Capital! When the tide shall turn, and the masses whom jou would hurl against the ranks of the Democracj shall have been pampered bejohd your control when Fourierism, Communism," Red Republicanism arid mad fanaticism shall stare you in the face, upon American soil and at the American ballot bjz; when more than mortal "fear and tremb-1 ling" shall come upon you then, and perhaps not till then, will that battle-cry of "the rights of all- sound tike music ia your ears, and breathe hops into your pocket! . Listen to it Men of the Old World! It was the cry, by which tbe "Old Dominion" summoned the Democracy of the land to trample down the "alien and sedition laws," and give vou homes and equality in the New World! Listen to it Children of the Faderland! It is the same war note, that rallied the invincible Democracy of the South to. breast the storm of "Know Nothingism," that had swept over every State ia the North had trodden the' rights of the Germaa in the dust, and stamped him as a erf. in the land of his adoption! Listen Children of the Rhine! And let yonr arms be palsied and yonr toague blistered, ere jou raise your band or voice to strike the gallant Sooth now, when the same blow from which she shte'ded yon is being at her heart: Listen to it Revolutionists of 1848! To that very battle-cry of Democracy, yon owe the very-right you now enjoy to oppose it. To that voice jou owe a liberty, which jou could not win at home, and which jour misguided xeal and closet theories would tumb'.e into rains here! Listen! and dare nob, upon joar honor aa men, pervert the Freedom won bj the blood of our sires, and bared by ne with jou to the overthrow of the constitutional faith pledged bj our generous, fa tbers! Listen to it Exiles of Erin! It is the voice that inspirited jou, when jou have so often rush ed through the tide of battle to reps j, with jonr gallant blood, the debt of gratitude job owed the land of Washington! It is the summons to that same noble conflict, which yon have maintained for three-quartera of a century, with undying fi delity, upon the battle 6eld and at the polls. Listen to it Sons of the Gsell It is the Pi broch that summons Highland and Lowland to the path, of patriotism and duty. It is tbe ap. peal for justice, to a race too proud to do a wrong and too sternly brave to suffer one. It is the same battle call of the weak against the strong that baa for a thousand jeers summoned your loyal clansmen to tbe "harvest of death." Listen to it "Children of the Promisef It is the proclamation of the inviolability of tbe National "Covenant' V. r . , Listen to it Men of all Religions! if is the voice thai disenthralled you dragged y cm from an nnbolj alliance with ; the powers of earthi planted jhu on ftthe faiit of mankind," where none dare "molest or make yea afraidr ', 1 ''' ' Listen to it Hamanitjt It la the "tifemareb of your vangard, a they move forward,; with high hearts, upon the baule field of liberti nod progress! r ; . ; - :;;.: Listen to it "Son. of the 8itnU i It is the reverberaUon of that ever deepening music, which for thousand yeara, haa jberalded the ad-ranee of Saxon liberty and Constitutional rights even to its culmination ia the. Wood staiPe4 sri; n m phi of onr re volntlonary fathers! It is the yeica of $ peopte-tiin lpaA u&ent cf jour LisUa to lb Cplrit cf tie mi-Itj 'deadTr- It la tlie-exu:u.zr siost r jour ciicrensrate clT.irc tt ti'f'sj C3 t-'fc':txreftt litUe-f eli cf tie Constitu'Joa, rjuitj s.sd tie yniosl Is U tie proIoBjedrjnalitj aai tie tlree geatr. ations of yoBfchildren to mnintain inviolate the nationality acdbrotberbood,won by your toil and blood, and to transmit the banner, under which you conquered to their own children, without a stripe torn or n star lost It is the voice of the present re-echoing the heroism of tbe past! Listen to it Ghoste of departed isms! And answer that stoat with the "wail of the lost," as yon sink deeper into that - oblivion, to which the patriotism and xood sense of the American peo ple have consigned yotil i , "Listen to it Thoa last and most hideous of isms! It is the wail of the 4Banshee," that al ready moans through the rafters of thy doomed wigwam! - ' - . : . Listen to it Once again, Democrats! It is the remembrance of past triumphs and past glories! The summons to new struggles, and har binger of new hopea! It calls to arms, in an "hour that tries men's souls" an hour when the very safety of the Republic quivers at every blow that is struck! Woe! to the recteant, who answers aot at the roll-call of the "Grand Army" of Saxoa liberty! Cbilobkv or tbx IvnirciBLK Dkjcocxact, to Aftais! EARLY LIFE OF ABE LIBCOLS. What One of his Conains hn to say of Him, How Abe went a Coartiag, who Split the Bails, and nil aboat iu Eorron or tbx Maqnxt:-Dear Sir: In the est week's issue of the Chronicle I noticed a letter signed "John Hanks," which is so extra ordinary in many of its features that I feel called upon to give it a brief notice. John Hanks is my younger brother, and Abe Lincoln ia my cousin. I have known both John and Abe from their earliest childhood. Since brother John has committed himself to theDeca ur politician, who is using bim as a tool to peculate in certain old rails that I know cous n Abe never made I have great fears that bro ther John, like, cousin Abe, has fallen into bad hands, and that a man by nature made a good man, but who always needed projecting counsel ors, maj be bv his : bad associates entirely ruiL-ed. 1 have known the entire history of both brother John and cousin Abe, and all that stuff in the letter paplished in the Chronicle is stuff, miserable stuff, and although poor brother John's name ia sigued to it, I know that be eveu jet does not know what it it; much less did he ever write it. It ia the work of men unscrupulous in the means that they may use in gulling honest people. .-"I -C "- " la John's letter-I find long and pathetic allusion to cousin Abe V early and bard life. That maj be poetical, but there is but little of it true. In Abo's young days be was simply a wild Jiarum tcaruvx boy, and jumping and wrestling were his only accomplishments. His laziness was the cause of many mortifications to me; for as I was an elder boy than either Abe or John, 1 often had to do Abe's work at uncle's when the family were airsick witb the ague from eating watermelons, and Abe would be rollicking around the country neglecting them. J In those early days we all saw bard times; yet a young man who was energetic and industrious could dress himself comfortablj, and have plenty of plain, good food lowest. I hare often felt ashamed of cousin Abe in seeing bim a full grown man, gadding around tbe couutrj barefoot, with' his toes outrageously spraddled out by tbe mad; and instead, of his reading his books, as brother John, through' the Decatur politician so poetically tells us, be would be rowdying aroand with a pack of wild young men. I well recollect when he went courting one of Major Warnick's daughters, in this cooto. ty, his boots were so miserably bad that his' feet were frosted, and he had j to lay op at Major Warnick'a two weeks and have the old lady nnrse and doctor his feet, j l am fully persuaded that brother John is taking tbe strange courre that be is now persuing for the purpose of a little money out of a rail speculation, and if I could for one moment think that the Decatur sharpers, in whose hands he has placed himself, wonld not cheat him out of every cent of tbe money, I would not spoil the speculation bj telling tbe facts, -j ' The facts in regard to those rails are these: The little farm that John' and Abe made the rails to fence contained ten acres. About five years after this tittle faros jwas fenced, the entire fence was burned op, to my certain knowledge for' I hauled the rails to fence if the second time, Lewis H. Ward, who now resides in this countj. witnessed the fire that burned the rails.and he is willing to make affidavit of this fact. ' . I lived within two miles and a half of this Lin coln farm from the time it was first settled op to 1837, and daring these early times our farmers were subject to being visited by 'devesting' fires, and I Aaoto that the fence around the Lincoln farm was consumed at least three times. : And I know that after the .Lincoln family had left the farm, that the fence was again burned, that Shelf -Whitfelv end Daniel McDaniels made the rails and refeeced it.' : ' '. r I think, and I am almost certain, that the rails that are now" being worshipped alt over the North as Lincoln rails, were made by poor BUI Strickland, who is now poor, blind, helpless, and u hw uwu vuuuiy puor auuis. Asa, 11 taeif philanthropic Republicans!, would allow, me to make them one suggestion, it would be . to , help poor Bill Strickland, who really, did. make tbe rails, and, who is aa honest as Abe or, anybody lee that ever mauled a raily instead of spending their money over hht rail. : - 9 fit -t : As'td cousin Abe being the'MIJonest Abe-poL itician," that is a new title for him. When be first came tolWnoisTl know'that he was a strong Democrat. I always thongH thai ne Urned Whig afterwards because her bad fSettled ;iq . a .itn'tfaiiti in the cwart house at: Dscatur, cL.k a speech, in which be asserted that 1 3 wo clJ conUflnetoag-itata-tho.saljec, of aexro V'kyeTjtoffrz'aMp heard the crack ef the tasSvpoa tbwjeilotr girls txk, r tl not f XtwiTUTjta. W CT verj.xalriets"f;F Jcfi tijti'ria said CU for He purpose of catdicj Abolition 'vote. I know that cousin Abe .cared nothing about totting the throat of tbe old Whig party the very moment that "he' supposed be " could make any thing by building np a new psilj. Aqd I never supposed that be cared one cent As to. what the principles of the new party khould be, only so it was fixed that be could get ofSce. r: Now as to eoosja Abe's vanning fiatboate, that amoupts to just, this: Some young fellows bad cat a raft to run down from Jimtown, and Abe, for the Two of tae thing, went along instead of staying at heme and attending to his own work, that was needing him very much. That is the extent eef his flatboating, ; If oousin Abe can bonestfy get a good effice'; I want to see him do soj bat these abominable lies that axe being told on him by polticians , who pretend to be his friends, I repel as a family, in nit. : : In ray own homely way, I have told the above as it oconrred, for the benefit of honest neighbors and acqoaintaces, and I wish yon to publish it jest as it is. ' I ma; trouble you again. - . v. ChAJues ITAKrs. Perils of Adventurous Tonnsr Ladies. The Philadelphia Press states that two yonng ladies who were a week or two ago' visiting the tamily of the Superintendent of the Forrest Inu provemeat Company's coal mines, la the Schuyl kill coat region, expressed a desire to go down into a coal mine. As the most' suitable for this purpose, the guides selected a drift or passage into the side of a mountain, extending a distance of a mile and a half into: the' mountain, and known as the Otto nine. They entered and passed through successfully, examining the coal for (nations and the subterranean passages with much curiosity, until a miner who had been sta tioned at tbe outlet came hastily and informed the guides that the earth over tbe passage way bad commenced to crumble. This, to miners, is an almost certain indication that a fall will take place the dropping pebbles being but the forerunner of the crushing rocks and earth. The car was immediately put in motion,, with the bope that the exit might be gained before the danger arrived, but their efforts were vain. .They had gone but a few hundred yards whea a rumbling like distant thunder wat beard a rush of cold ajr blew over them, and then all was still as tbe gravel . .-. . . - It was soon found that a wiass bad fallen in and completely blocked the outlet, which it would require several days to remove. . " Tbe guides proceeded immediately, as the only chance of the party, to an air abaft opened at tbe end of the mine to the surface of the mountain: ' 1 "The air-6hsft was less than two feet in diameter, and rose to tbehe'gbt of near six hundred feet. In sooie places it was perpendicular, and in others it was carried op at. an angle. The dampness of years had covered the timbers with slime, and where they bad rotted awaya soft mudoozed out of the earth. - But notwithstanding all these diffi cullies, added to the danger that a falling rock miht wedge them in beyond the power of escape, and leave them to die the lingering death of being buried alive, they deter-. mined to attempt the ascent. "The party coreiated of the two ladies, the two sentlimpn who artid as lKmr nonrt. th Rontrh. iitcrfstiiiig ifarietji. 7 -. - "Jt- ' man, who was their guide, and two miners. TbeT"00 er that the snake bad been more bold ladies prepared themselves bj removing all their superfluous clothing, and tbe ascent was com mehced. The guide with one miner went first the two gentlemen followed, then came tbe ladies, and lastlj the remaining .miner. ' Paiafullj they toiled' upward, now dragging themselves over decaying timbers and projecting rocks, now forcing themselves through spaces where it seem edalmost impossible for them to pass, and drawing -each other by the hand, from step to step, where the ascent , was perpendicular. Through all this the fortitude of the ladies never for a mo ment deserted them. They were cheerful and hopeful when the men who accompanied them were ready to despond. After , two boars of al most superhuman exertion, the blue sky appeared above them, and the fragrant air filled them with delight. Thank God! they were saved. But what an appearance did they present! From bead to foot they were, covered with mad and filth. Their clothes were in tatters, and their hands were lacerated and bleeding,- Night had descended, and they were .three miles from home in the midst of a wilderness. But the greatest danger was passed, and with cheerfulness which almost banished their fatigue, they commenced their homeward journey."' , - At length tbey reached the .circle of their friends, who bad suffered an anxiety almost aa painful as their own terrible experience. It was not until the haven of rest was reached, where tearful faces welcomed them, that the pril being' all over, and. the occasion for heroism past, feminine delicacy resumed its sway and those who badl)0rne so much, and so nobly, sank into a woon. . : . .. .. ... . .... A Delightful LegenrL '' There is a charming tradition connected with the site on which the . temple of Solomon was erected. It is said to have been 'occupied in- common by two brothers, one of whom bad ai family ; the other had none. On this spot was sowed a field of wheat.' ' On the ' evening; sue Ceedipg the. harvest, the wheat having been gathered in separata, shock s, the elder brother j aaid unto bis' wife 1 Mj' yonnger brother is nnable to bear Jhe burthen vand heat of the day ; I trill arise, take ef oy shocks and place with his, without his, Vcowledge. Tft ypaoger brother being actuals by the sa.nie benevolent moiivea. aid, within hjmelf.My ' elder brother has a family; and 1 1 have none j 1 ' will contribute to their support) I rill arise take f my-abocks and place them with his. without .his.kDOwledgerf-." Jnf ? of. their jsutnal asionlshment .when, on the following morning, they fouud thetr respeo tlrsiuocis Uwdimicic.be J.' TL charge cf events -tra&spired fr several Vihte, stten rack resolved la. laabwn! 3ir4 ioisti34j:1 folr? rbs) mystery. They did so, when, on the fdllowin night they met each other half way between tlaslr respective shocks, with their arms fulL' ' Upon groaod hallowed with sucb associations as this .was the: temple of Solomon erected so spacious and magdiucent, the wonder and ad mi cation of the world. Alas ! in these, days, how many would rather steal their ' brother's whole shock than add to it a single sheaf. .v'.i ;, tt-i : .. Scarcity of Water. . The Providence Journal says that in conse quence of the scarcity of rain in that State, mauj of, the mills are stopped entirely, and a still lar ger number are running only a portion of the time. ' la the present condition of the domestic dry goods market, the drought is a serious mis fortune. ; It occasions not onlv a great loss of profits to the manufacturers, but deprives many dependent persons of their means of support, and gives to some of the villages an aspect a lit tle less dull than, daring the great revulsion of 1857. --W7 .:," y -:- - - : . . , A CHILD CHARMED BY L SHAKE. The Rochester. Un ionT of the 31st, gives the particulars of an extraordioarj case of "snake charming," which recently came to light in that city. The Union says its informants are men who are reliable and who have conversed with the family and have seen the child referred to. Tbey represent the parents to be worthy people and the child to be a pretty one, bright and intelligent, but evidently in declining health. The storj is as follows : There is residing on . Monroe street, near the eastern line of the city, a worthy family by the name of Davis, the head of the family being employed in a nursery. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have a daughter two years of age, who has become attached to a snake, which came into the yard from an adjoining field a few dars since, and has become so much under the influence of the reptile that it appears to think of but littla else. The snake and the child first met, no doubt, while the latter was at play in the yard near the house, but just how long since the parents do not know. One day Mr. Davis found the snake in the arms of the child, the little girl was fond ling it as she would a kitten. The mother was naturally much alarmed by the apparent peril in which she saw her child, and seized a stick to destroy the reptile. The snake slowly retreated, showed its tongue, and hissed at the mother. The child cried, and begged so bard of its pa rent to desist, that she allowed the snake to re- jlfeat (oils hidiD? place. - It soon became apparent that the little j?irl tho't of little else but ber companion, tbe snake, and would return to the yard in. search of it, as often as she was allowed to do so. Under; the fascination of this reptile, the child a very pretty little girl has began to decline, and now weighs but Id pounds. Respectable physicians were consulted, it is said, and advised that no violence be used toward the snake, as it might prove Fatal to the chill. liow many meetings tbe snake and the child nave had, we are not positively informed, but we infer that thej have been frequent. When thej meet rush to each other with all the apparent emotions of friend ship and attach meat that can exist between two living beings. Only yesterday Mrs. Davis came to the city with the little.girl, and when she re I turned the partv left in charge of the house in than usual, and had actuallj been upon the steps leading to the door, awaiting the appearance of tbe child. : . . As to the size and variety of this reptile we are not advised. We suppose, however, it is one of the common brown wood snakes which are regarded as harmeless and which seldom attain a length of more than three feet. . - Some "Snaix." A mammoth snake has terrified the good people of Wendell, Massachusetts, to an indefinite extent. ; The person who first saw it says when his vision fell apon it, it was standing with its bead raised, from the ground at Ieatt six feet ; til at bis snakeehip was at least eighteen feet long, and nearly a large round as a man's body.' Its appearance was so formidable that be was afraid to attack it, and when it crawled away its bead raised at least three feet from the ground. Others have seen the ogly thing, and given chase with guns and dogs, but without effect. . This U nothing. In M'Eeesport, in this conn ty, there is a varmint twice as big as the Massachusetts snake. Bold, brave' men' have seen him, and run away. Be has been shot at two or three times, but be pays no attention whatever to such trifles. Parlies of fifty or sixty men have been out on hunt of ,him, but he is as cunning as his great progenitor, who deceived our mQther Eve nd keeps out of. the way of large pirtiea. iWsftrA b. j The Quantity of Kepliles in Siam. " A recent traveler says: ' .': ' ' . If the reader wishes to"" study the natural his tory of the reptiles to perfection, I recommend him to live for a month or two at Bang kok; in Siaml lie will have the Satisfaction, when he wakes' of a morning1, to see a snake' peeping oat of ia hole in each corner of the 'room, and two or three tittle ones amusing themselvea at bide arid 'seek on the 'floor. If ha looks up at the ceiling he will perceive a specimen ' "of the lizard tnbe7alTe&To Its peqolia cry, a ltard thaookVa if it was affected with the (eprOsy,1 awhich'haV ffisj astodishmg facot tjbPtbrbwingitseif teri'yards; across from one apHgh't wall W another. .l he -carry' bis inclination! for.study still farther, he can investirate lh,e mysteries of a Siamese stew, and fiod alligator t this " chief Jngrediebt.' s-' He win find aa opportunity or collecting out1 of hu aonp-plate, tea-cap, wine glass, or the '.hair, of bis Lead, or from rff the bacVof his hand, specimens of the mosquito fiy, act, green bug.jrTass-brTpert bag, tulua, earwfj, fea, in. all the diversiSed branches of, each genus. r Nor when tiw fatigues cf the day are all over, and he dons his "slippers for ease and taciifirti need Le be surpridXto Cad a seori tioa. lon,Bdji caciipe-3 in Ihsr olher.-wij:es colony of white ants ar iav '-rjj tie perti of Uteratort is lis boct csia ' ' i '""" fmooratrc 3amur THE UPMSING OF THE COUNTEY FOR DOUGLAS!' Cavingr in of Itcpublicanism! EZTOLTJTIOirS GO 2ACEWAE0 " RECRUIT ARRIVING. MAKE WAY FOR THE VOLUNTEERS ! " There is a waking up of nations, V A stirring np of makes, " ' Tbe people shout for Douxlaa, Abe Lineoln's got the shakes.' . We gather the following list of recruits to the cause of Democracy, during the present campaign, from our exchanges of the past week. It is bat an index of what may be expected. Make room for the volunteers, say we. Onward, Democrats, on ward 1 -r In one townsnip in Huron county 42 Re-pabTisans have joined the Douglas club. Hon. W. Crump, of Virginia, minister to Chili, under President Tyler,' supports Mr. Doug, las. ... ; , . Forty Republicans of Camden, Maine, have signed a call for a Democratic Mass Meeting at that place. They are nearly all young men. At the 1 art meeting of the Democratic Clob ia Lewistown, Maine, were several yonng men who have heretofore acted with the Republicans. Mr. T. L. Jones, formerly candidate of the American party for State Treasurer in Kentucky, has come out for Douglas. Forty Republicans of Camden, Maine, have signed a call for a Democratic Mass Meeting at that place. They are nearly all young men. K Democtatic club was recently formed in Sandusky county of 119 men who have heretofore acted against the Democratic party. At a recent meeting at Crestline the president of the Black Republican club at Mansfield come out publicly for Douglas and Johnson. Fifteen voters of Jackson township, Crawford county, who have never voted the Demo cratic ticket have joined the Douglas club. . At the last meeting of the Democratic Club in Lewistown, Maine, were several young men who have heretofore acted with the Republicans. The Holmes county Parmer says: We have heard from reliable men in the several townships of 27 Republicans In this county who say they will vote for Douglas. - - - The' Washington (Iowa) Frtss says that J 8. Beauty, Esq., of Washington countj, who for two or three jears has been acting with the Re publicans, has come out for Dongla. The Chillicothe ( O.) Advertiser, of the 27thr sajs tbat "two Council mm, who were elected in this city last spring, and who, immediately after the election were endorsed as good Republicans by the Gazette, are out for Donglaa." 'We have received the Home Journal, fat' lished at Kokomo, Howard county, Indiana, by Howard Coe, Esq., formerly of Wooster, Ohio, with the Douglas and Jebnson flag flying at its mast head. 'The editor was for Fremont m 185G The Louisville Journal says that "the Horn Archie Dixon has taken the stamp for Douglas The little giant of Illinois couldn't ask for a more gallant and effective champion than the tall giant of Kentuckj." . Maj. Dan. Mace, of Indiana, who leA the Democratic partj some years ago because it re pealed the Missouri Compromise, has recently returned to its ranks, and declares his intention to support Douglas and Johnson. Hon. J. 8. Carlisle, I&te American member of Congress from the Parkersborg Va. district (the one opposite Oallipolis, and now represen! ted by Hon. A. G. Je wkins,) is out for Douglas, So says the Parkersburg New, a Breckenridge psper.-': Dr. Steele, of Warren .con nt j, Iowa, b as left the ranks of the sectlonalista, and taken the field for Doaglas and Johnson. Mr. Steele will be remembered aa the gentleman who ran against Judge Townsend several jears ago in the 9th Judicial District ' " Such occurrences as the above are becoming very common, ' The yoong men especially seem determined to take their stand in favor of Mr Douglas, ti e tnan'of luck, pluck, perseverance and principled-elements very attractive to Young j America. ' ' . -': ' " . ' , ..." . The Appleton (Wis.) Cretcait states that at a late Doaglas ratification meeting in that ci ty over 100 men were seen marching in the toreb light procession who voted for Fremont in 1856, and who are now enthusiastic for the Little 01 ant...- ' ' The Atlanta JGeorgi a Confederation says' Of nineteen hundred votes in Fulton county, at least twelve hundred, in our opinion, will sup port Stephen A. Dooglas and Hershel Y. John son, - -'" " " '' " ""' ! A dispatch from New Orleans, Thurs lay. says: "A large and enthusiastic Doaglas and Johnson meeting is progressing this evening- Guns are being discharged and rockets ' fired. The Hod . Tierre Boule,'r the Hon.' Miles Taylor and others bre speaking." ; ' '! -; -- - JTe test oCmea, says the Richmond (Ind.) Demoerailia nearly every township fn the conn-ty who voted for Fremont in lB53t coming out for Douglas and popular sovereignlj. The Dewi-ocratie puepla every here are in favor of! aelf government. -!'.t'-..4i j .V' ; The" New Yor THJane'sVashington cor. respondent sys that ex Governor Wkktifie, the ex Postmaster General ia very determined in his support of Judge Dooglas, and intends making several speeches in his behalf on kla return to Kentucky. - - ; ;"Hon. Yfm, Dusr, ormetif a distinguished Wiro'ember of Congress frora New Yorkj who has UUly supports J the American ticiet, has come bat ia a letter 'I i Doo'laa He li one of ib taoti e-3?s6t lawrers'ln the Cute, and is oaaxf tie bait popnlsorirsia'd Ut'.ca. j SS-9 The same; paper also announces that llr Alex. McBride, of Cass township in that county, and one of the most iotelligent men in Richland county, has left - the Republican party, and ia now an out and-out Douglas Popular Sovereignty man. : - The Alliance times, an able and spirited paper has raised the flag of Douglas and Johnson, and Is doing gallant service for tie People's favorites. The psper is edited by. Stewart O. McKee, Esq " -' - : ' -'".:.. - , The Trumbull Democrat has changed hands Mr. Ritezell retires, and Mr. D. B. Woods assumes control of the paperv TAs BredtinrtdffS flag has been taken down, and the Donglaa jlag has been run vp to the bead of iu columns f Huzzah I ' " J. O; Marshall, Esq., a protnlftenl lawye of Georgetown, ia this State, heretofore a mem ber of the Republican party; in a speech at the Democratic Ratification meeting at Georgetown on Saturday, 2lst of July, came oat strongly for Dooglas'and Johnson. ' ' ' A Douglas and Johnson club baa been form at Norfolk, Yifginia, with the following oScer President, Aaron Jeffrey Vice Presidents, Messrs. Simon Stone, A. S. Dozier, Rylani Clapp and Peter . TJlulehurst; and a vigilance committee of one hundred good and tree men. At a large and enthusiastic meeting of the Democracy of Camden, Maine, on Saturday, Ja Ij 14, no less than nineteen influential gentlemen who have heretofore acted with the Black Republicans came oat and declared for Dooglas and Johnson, and the Union. The Detroit Free Press chronicles the fact that at Port Huron, in that State, sixteen persons joined the Doaglas Clab who voted for Fremont in 1856. Ia the town of Newport, in the same county, there are twelve farmers who never voted a Democratic ticket in their lives before ail going for Douglas, - ' We give the foflowzeg extract of a letter from a prominent gentleman residing in Lexiagv ton, Virginia 1 M From Information obtained front leading men from all quarters, at our court I am-fully assured that the Democrats here are In favor of J adge Douglas in the proportion of from five to ten to one probably ten to one." ' Hon. Amos Coggswell, Republican Speaker of tbe Minnesota House of Representatives last year, has given notice to the State Committee that he can no longer act with the Republicans, but will support Mr. Douglas. Lynns Lowell, ex-Speaker of the Republican Legislature, baa also given in bis adhesion to Douglas. The Detroit Free Press says that "among tbe accessions to the Democracy from the Black Republican ranks in Calhoun coanty isex-Sheriff U.M. Dixon, of Marshal!, who has been on of the main tja of the Opposition, and has done as much to build np and maintain the par, ty as any man in the county" We te'ara through the Clermont f,07 Sun that at the Doaglas ratification meeting which is to come off at Felicity on Thursday, August 9, John C. Marshall, Esq.; a' leading Republican heretofore, but who has espoused the cause of Douglas and popular sovereignty, will be present and speak. ... , John Hamilton, Esq., of. Fort Wajne, baa come out for Douglas and Johnson, Mr. Ham4 ilton has at all times been , considered the strongest man of tbe opposition ranks in Allen county was a candidate for Sheriff In that countj in 1856, and ran ahead of his partj largslj. W welcome all such men as Esq. Hamiltaa to the Democratic ranks. The people are for Douglas, that's enough. The Mansfield (0.) Skield and Banner, says that a few weeks since the Mansfield Herald a Republican paper exultaotlj announced the formation of a German Lincoln club in thai city) but it don't seem to work right, for one of their Executive Committee, T. Yunker, who has worked faithfully in their ranks for some eleven years, has broken the Abolition shackles and come oat for Doaglas and Johnson. , '' S. D. Carpenter, editor of the Madison-Wis. Patriot, and one of tbe delegates to Charleston and Baltimore, recently addresssed two rousing meetings of tbe National Democracj for Douglas one in Richland ' county, and the other in .Walworth county, in .that State. At the former a band of fifteen vinen appeared, and at tbe. latter twenty-five, witb banners inscribed s "Fob FaxxosT is 1856' tx 1850, roa Doto LAS." " ' '- ' Also, that on Monday, the 23d iest a Doug las Popular Sovereignty Club was formed at Amelia, in that county, when thirtyeeven mem bers signed their names. Among them was Dr. A. V. Hopkins, one of the oldest and best citi zens ol the place, a man of iofluei ce, and wha has been voting the Opposition ticket for years, but who now feels that' Douglas and popular sovereignty , are , right." - ( Three' or ' four other straight-out Republicans signed their names to the Douglas clob. The ball is rolling. Thw popular heart is beating right. t '' The last Marion (O.) Mirror says : A mong the numerous accessions constantly being made to our ranks we have the pleasure of informing the public that Mr. Jai. S. Read and Mr. Bradford B. Dorfee, Att'y at Law, two of tho oldest, and most influential citizens of our .county, and who formerly co-operated with the Republicans, bare declared themselves for Douglas and Johnson. .Thus swells the tide of popular feeling in faror of tbe Little Giant, which is des-tined to sweep over this entire Union and carry him triampbaotfy into the White House." The last somber of the Ditpaich, polished at GaJlipoIis, in this State, saysi "Stephen V " Drake,: for man, jears connected with Whi , journals in Portsmouth, and with whom we were) an associate in toe lirpuUican al (net city wtea it was an independent paper, he got.tJ bs a Democrat withont a prefix," ha says, ia a communication to'' the IupuUican t spei it Pcrts-raooth. -.When we took charge of tv.is paper I 185?. Mr. Drake waa edius-a E'.ac'i RerlU- - can paper et Jackson, stnd in xcuiir czt cz section wiih lhr?rr'cA, laroentei very r -'i . that wa Should be a kcoco.? -it via t of oar expsttaUonS till Lai w:;'J..-t-;r L . Democrat. -Thefe are thecfeajje-t r?c'j (' -s- gps from tb rack a, cf tta -r.eptt,:!;-,-. ii 1' taocracy: " iiorr tor "