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The Democratic Party.

The Hartford Times calls TO mind the fact
that the Democracy we're once abused By the
Wings because they opposed National Bank
We have Whig national administration now,
but we hear Of no advocates for bank
The Democratic party we're unrelentingly
abused for advocating the Independent Treasury
Bill Mr. FiIlmore's administration does not
propose substitute, nor do Wings oppose the
measure
The Democratic party have been abused for
opposing high tariff. Mr.. Fillmore now ad-
mits that high tariff would be fatal to the
manufacturing interests
The Democrats were abused for standing
firmly By their country in sustaining the Mezi-
can war. The Wings took up one of the leadin 2
men in the prosecution Of the war. and, with
the aid Of Democratic votes elected him Presi-
dent.
The Democrats have been abused for securing
important additions TO our territory. There is
not Wing in the land who now dares to pro-
pose the surrender Of this same territory
Here are few facts that prove the general
policy Of the Democrats to be right and just
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An Interesting Incident.

The Greenville Is. c. Patriot relates the
following
The other day, in conversation with Miss
Dix, the philanthropist, during her visit TO
Greenville, lady said to her, '.Are you not
afraid TO travel all over the country alone, and
have you not encountered dangers and been in
perilous situations" 81 am naturally timid .
said Miss Dix, land diRient ike ali nv sex:
but IN order to carry out my purposes, know
that 1t Is necessary to make sacrifices and en-
counter dangers 1t is true, have been, in
my travels through the different States, in per-
ilous situations L viii mention one which oc-
CURED IN the State of Michigan had hired
carriage and driver to convey me some dis
tanee through an inhabited portion of the coun-
try In starting, l discovered that the driver,
young lad, had pair of pistols with him.
Inquiring what he was doing with arms, he
said he carried them to protect us as he had
heard that robberies had been committed on
cur road I said to him, give me the pistols L
VIII take care of them He did so reluctantly
In pursuing our journey through a dismal
looking forest, man rushed into the road,
caught the horses by the brides, and demanded
5
possession as could command, care YOU not
ashamed to rob a woman? 1 have but little
money, and that want to defray nv expenses
IN visiting prisons and poor houses, and occa-
sionally in giving to objects of charity. If YOU
have been unfortunate, are in distress. and in
want Of money, viii give you some" Whilst
thus speaking TO him, observed his counte-
nance changing, and he became deathly pale
MY God, ne exclaimed, THAT voice. and
Immediately told me that he had been in the
Philadelphia penitentiary, and had heard me
leeturing some Of the prisoners in an adjoining
cell, and that he now recognized my voice. He
then desired me to pass on, and expressed deep
sorrow at the outrage he had committed. But
drew out my purse, and said 20 him, will
give you something TO support you until you
get into honest employment He declined. at
first, taking anything, until I insisted on his
his doing SO, for fear he might be tempted to
rob some one else before he could get into hon
est employment.
Had not Miss DIX taken possession Of the pis-
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fore the battle begun, on some point Of military
etiquette; they had always before been bosom
friends, and now that he heard Of his friend be-
ing wounded, he begged me, for Gods sake, to
ride to the hospital and bring him another case
of instruments, ect., s.for," said he, perhaps
can save him, and l viii show him by my best
endeavors TO do 50, how wrong he was in ma
king the remarks he did this morning" The
instruments were procured, and the Doctor
stuck to his post ike Trojan, during the en-
tire fight, notwithstanding the intensity Of the
excitement-performing wonders IN the way OF
cutting off legs and arms, and tying up arteries,
but he did not have an opportunity of showing
his kindness TO the gallant Colouel-for when
the battle was over, he was found at the head
Of his battalion, having only been slightly stun
ned, and not otherwise injured
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-05-29
A Lesson for Girls.

An intelligent gentleman Of fortune, ssys the
Bangor Wing, visited country village in Maine.
not far from Bangor, and was Hospitality enter
tanned and lodged BY gentleman having three
daughters-two Of whom, IN rich dresses, en-
tertained the distinguished stranger IN the par
Tor, while ore kept herself in the kitchen, as
sisting her mother in preparing the food and
setting the table for tea, and after supper IN
doing the work til it was finally completed,
when she also Joined her sisters IN the parior
for the remainder Of the evening The next
morning the same daughter vas again early in
the kitchen, while the other two we're in the
parlor- The gentleman, Ike Franklin, possessed
a discriminating mind-vas close observer OF
the habits Of young la6ies-watehed an oppor-
tunity and whispered something IN the ear OF
the industrious one, and then left for time,
but revisited the same family, and in about one
year the young lady Of the kitchen was con
veyed TO Boston, the wife of the same gentleman
visitor, where she now presides AZ al elegant
mansion The gentleman, whose fortune she
shares, she won BIZ judieious department and
well-directed industry. So much for an indus
Tious young lady.
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The American Contributions.

We give below an extract of letter from an
American gentleman in London to his friend in
this city respecting the portion of the Grand
Exhibition which has been contributed by our
countrymen, and the comparison which it bears
with the contributions of other countries The
view which he presents is not pleasant-indeed
it is rather mortifying to our national pride
but it is from an honest and intelligent source,
and, although unpalatable, the bitter may prove
wholesome.-SatioadI I4teliigeHoer-
The importance of this Exhibition has been
greatly underrated by The European dis
play VIII be costly and magnificent beyond des-
cription. Some single individuals have gone 70
an expense of e1O, 600 in the arrangement and
display of their goods If our Government had
granted as many dollars to the object, We might
have made a creditable appearance. As it is,
the American portion viii bear an appearance
of stintng and meanness not very hattering TO
our national vanity. The articles, ROW that they
are in the building, found 10 be insufficient
TO I'll the allotted space, and considerable
portion of it has been resigned 10 other eoun-
advise any one who intends coming here in the
expectation that tins Exhibition IS gong 70
raise our country in the eyes of the world TO
stay at home. was one of those who expected
it, but now that l see the splendid results of
the art and taste of the European nations.
feel that what we have to show is only credita-
bic considering our youth Some of our car
riages and machinery are, however, quite COM
parable with the best here. In dagguerreotypes,
also, we shall excel, and In India rubber fab
rics. But in all works of art and taste-in
sculpture, glass, silks, woollens, and even IN
agricultural implements, we shall be entirely
surpassed or quite equalled In designs we are
thrown entirely into the shade There will be
an advantage growing out of all this We have
been comparing ourselves among ourselves,
until We have become convinced that we are
ahead Of all mankind This direct comparison
viii open our eyes, and must, l think, result in
great good, by giving powerful impulse TO the
arts in our country; if SO. the temporary NOR
ti6cation viii be more than compensated, and
may be required to without regret"
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Last Words of the Presidents.

When Washington was 50 years old he laid
upon his death bed 81 find am dying" said
he, ''ny breath cannot Last long" And again !;
g Doctor, die hard, but am not afraid to 20 :
believed, from my first attack, should not
survive it my breath cannot last long" And
so he ceased to breathe
More than quarter Of 9 century eIarsed
before similar scene was witnessed Then,
On the same day, the jubTfe of the nation,
Adams, at go years of age IL jefferson at S.,
came down to their last h'C @fresis7 my
self to God, said JeFsrso5 Amy child to
my country" Soon aftes : sae1s exclaimed,
:. Independence forever IL was over
They, too, had ceased to breathe
Five years after this, at Il years of age,
Monroe ceased TO breathe
Madison ceased to breathe.
Nearly FIVE years after this, at 6s years of
age, Harrison remarked: Sir, 1 wish you to
understand the true principles of the Govern
ment; 1 wish them carried out; ask nothing
more And he ceased TO breathe.
-Four years after this, at 7s years Of age
Jackson observed, IN substance: q Ny suferings
though great, are nothing in comparison with
those Of my dying Saviour, through whose death
l look for everlasting happiness and be ceased
70 breathe.
In less than three years after this, at 81 years
Of age, the second Adams declared: q This is
the last Of earth; l am content" And he
ceased to breathe.
In little more than one year after this, at
81 years Of age, Polk bowed his head in baptism,
eonfessing his Saviour. And he ceased 70
breathe
The lamented Taylor, at 65 years Of age,
submitted to the solemn decree. Il an ready
for the summons said he, Il have endeavored
TO do my duty 1 am sorry to leave my friends, =
and he ceased 10 breathe.
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EBEIsBURe. MAY q. 1851.

object. Shall We send minister TO Europe 70
ask for help? Every foreign state would ignore
the Independent government Of South Carolina
Our condition would be at once helpless and ri
dieulous-we should suffer, and command no
sympathy; because the evil viii be our own
choosing both as to its beginning and continua-
ton
Have not the people a right to ask at once,
and Is it not prudent 10 ask in advance, that
they who are about to deliberate on the future
proceedings of the state should at once declare
what remedy they propose to apply to a eondi-
ton of things in South Carolina which viii be
the result of their own measures, and which is
at least possible, which many believe TO be
probable and not few think certain
The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-05-29
The Light Artillery.

The United Service Journal comments some
what severely upon the recent order of the
War Department, dismounting the light artillery
1t thus aIludes TO Gen Scott In connection with
the obnoxious movement
1--WE fear that the recent order dismounting
the light artillery, springs from other than the
avowed motive, economy. 1t Is fresh IN the
memory of all that during the Mexican war,
the gallant and lamented Duncan, under whose
command this arm had won golden opinions
from the whole army, and the world at large,
became implicated IN the Leonidas' controversy,
and thereby incurred the displeasure of the
over sensitive general-in-chief, who was then,
as now, an avowed candidate for the Presidency.
the old quarrel with Duncan has been trans
ferred since his death, to the arm in which he
served ; and in which he shed such undying
glory the country
General Scott's fame as soldier, is scarcely
more extended, than is his reputation for inor-
dinate self esteem. This vanity does not spring
from his success as soldier, but from his un-
fortunate and singular belief in his great ability
and growing popularity as a statesman. His
political aspirations are becoming too strong
for his military virtues, and he may now be
ranked more properly among the politicians and
demagogues, than among the soldiers He IS
now on tour through the country, and IN all
he says OF does, We see-that dear love of the
people, he Is so anxious to -serve-the determi-
nation To enforce in all things the most rigid
economy: in hort, practising all the tricks of
the politician - to dive into mems hearts" under
the hope that amid the confusion Of parties, he
may perchance arrive at the highest office in
the gift of the people,
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Highly Important from Cuba.
From the New York Sun.

IAVA- AA4c new SUl-
We are permitted 70 extract the following
news from Port Principe, received yesterday.
by letter to Cuban gentleman Of great res
pectabIity, who vouches for its truth and cor
rectness.
PoRT PRINCIPE, May 4th, 1851.-The signal
for our rising has been given Yesterday after
noon great outrage was perperated by Span
ish despotism in this city. Nine Of our most
eminent, talented and wealthy citizens were
simultaneously arrested and taken to prison.
and this morning, long before day, closely
( guarded they were sent of 70 Havana and the
/ dungeons CT the Moro.
/ The names Of the individuals are as follows
/ Don Serapio Recio, Lawyer.
Joseph R. Betaneourt Lawyer
( Ferdinand Betaacourt, Lawyer
! Manual Arrange, Lawyer
/ '' Joaquin Rivera Lawyer
Francisco Varano, Planter
&. Francisco Y. Batista, Planter
. Francis Quezada, Planter
e. Salvador Cisueros- Planter
I need not tel you that these are al gentle
men Of the highest respeetabiIity, connected b-
ties of blood with many Of the first families IN
&
are known far and wide fo- their TberaIitv,
strength Of mind uprightness, and nobility Of
character That they should be thus snatched
from our midst ard torn from their wives aaf
children without a moments notice. without
even the form OF an examination, or the wis
per Of an Indictment, Is an outrage too horrible
TO be borne by the people Of Cuba
The God Of Heaven viii surely revenge their
fate. Our tyrant foes may force them TO igno-
minious death BY the garrote, but their blood
" Il cry aloud fer vengeance, AMI hasten a car
mage, awful and irresistible. IN which despotisnl
and cruelty shall fall, and LTBERTY come out ~
last victorious
The excitement here is tremendous. Old men
and young, maidens and matrons-an are fIlei
with unutterable anguish and deep desire for
revenge How would your people feel If your
noblest men should suddenly be snasched from
all they hold most dear, by the minions Of your
government, 70 be cast into miserable dungeons
Yet this is the relative position of the noble
men just now arrested Nine more honored,
more respected, or greater men, than the above
named never trod the soil of Cuba,
The pretence under which they we're arrested
was that they were engaged in the revolutionary
movement
Senor Reeio IS one Of the abIest lawyers in
Cuba Senor Aranso is a lawyer of great eni-
neuce- He leaves behind a wife and twelve
children, some Of whom have been educated ia
the United States
The officers are now in pursuit OF several
more Of our people Among them they are
hunting for Senior Solitaire, Of Cunagllez. a man
of letters and great scientific distinction
They are also in pursuit of Senior Aueustin
de Miranda, notary public, Senor Joseph CastiI-
10, wealthy planter, and others
These arrests are made By order OF the Car
tain General TO Senor Leimerieh, our Governor
The day of reckoning with our oppressors i
at hand The next steamer viii bring you
stirring news VIGLANFE
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nA- few days ago, says the Pcnnsylvann, n,
We had the whig papers at Harrisburg clamor-
ing for propriety and decorum IN conducting the
canvass for Governor, and now the organ of
Johnston, is assauIting Col Bigler in the most
offensive manner
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ROBBERY AT THE WORLDS FArR--A London
letter announces that remarkably fine case OF
Colts revolving pistols was stolen from one OF
the counters whilst in charge of the police IL
had been stolen between the hours OF closing
the doors Of the building on the Seth ult. and
the hour of opening
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tolls, in all probability they would have been
used oy her driver, and perhaps both of them
murdered- THAT voice was more powerful
IN suoduing the heart of robber, than the
sight Of brace Of pistols.
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E@ A snake, evidently Of the HEss scheol.
has been caught near Louisville. Inc Democrat
says It Is of the chameleon order, as at times It
appears Of a clear white color. again yea ieOk
, and It Is of beautiful pink eeier-
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Marriage Customs of the Assamese

The marriage customs of Assamese, a people
OF middle Asia, have many curious points of
similarity TO the patriarchs described In the
Pentateueh- Jacob served Laban as a servant
or bondman many years to obtain in marriage
Leah and Rachael, who were sisters; and he
was not allowed TO marry the younger before
the elder So in Assam man may marry two
sisters, but he must not marry the elder before
the younger. 1t is not uncommon, when man is
poor, to engage TO live for several years as a
laborer with the father Of his intended wife
He is then called Chapuana, q kind Of bonds
man, and Is entitled to food and clothing but
no wages; and at the end Of his servitude, if the
girl likes him, the marriage takes place The
man is looked on in the family as son-in-law,
and is treated kindly II girls father be veal
thy, and without sons, he VIII sometimes select,
from some equally respectable family, hus-
band for his daughter, and bring him up in his
own house. The youth so selected is likewise
called Chapunea, and inherits the whole Of
his father-in-law's property. Ifawoman's hus-
band dies, though she may be only eighteen or
twenty years of age, she can never marry again.
->>
"a Perhaps the term Creole is not under
stood as II ought TO be- The Cubans, when
speaking of the nativity of a person. whether
white, mulatto or black, call them CrsolI1s,
pronounced in Spanish as if written CTeoyos)
if they are born natives Of the Island 1 sup
pose that the word Creole is derived from this
word, and made to mean mixed race, giving
the general impression that the Cubans are all
mulattOs, and are governed by European Span
ollos, mulattos On the Island, the generality are
descendants of Europeans, and fair as they
are, yet call themselves ereollos, If born on the
Island.
This term is also applied to animals raised on
the Island, as it means nothing more nor less
than created here. ."-Laguirer
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E-We like the remark OF "A patriotic citizen
Of Charleston, who said. when South Carolina
leaves the Union, I shah move into the United
States
The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1851-11-08

nation, and, knowing his voice, came
rushing up. and entered the room in
time to see Kirty's formidable weapon
come with force against his head Be.
fore the blow could be repeated-for
Kitty. calculating her murtherin thafe
Of villain" ," had lifted her pole again
Mrs. W threw her arms around her
neck, and cried d" Don't, don't Kitty, for
mercy's sake! Its Mr.. W. and
you've killed himn
MIR W indade y returned Kitty.
Indignantly, struggling to free herself
1" Is Mr. W a thafe of a nager.
ma'amq''
But even Kitty's eyes. as soon as
they took the trouble to look more
closely, saw that it was indeed all as
the mistress had said. W had
fallen over on his face, and his head
and his white neck were not to be mis-
taken.
The pole dropped from Kitty's hands.
and with the exclamation "Och muir
ther" she turned and shot from the
room with as good will as she had en-
tered it.
The blow which W received
was severe. breaking through the flesh
and brnlsing and lacerating his ear
badly. He recovered very soon how
ever, and as he arose up. caught sight
OF himself in looking glass that hung
opposite. We may be sure that it took
all parties. in this exciting and almost
tragical affair, some time to understand
what was the matter W-'s recol-
lection of the loud merriment that had
driven him from the Black Horse .
the previous night. when it revived. as
1t did pretty soon. explained all to him
and set him to talking in a most un-
christian manner.
Poor Kitty was so frightened at what
she had done that she gathered up her
8 dnds +" and fed instanter, and was
never again seen in that neighbor-
hood.
As for W, he was cured of his
visits TO the . Black Horse"
and his love of whiskey toddy. Some
months afterwards he espoused the lem-
perance cause, and I've heard him tell
the tale myself and laughed heartily at
the figure he must have cut, when
Kitty commenced beating him for
" thafe of nager.n
The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1851-11-08

children. Between myself and these
the law has laid its stern impossible
lnteFdictions. I have no longer a wife.
no longer children. though nv heart
goes towards these dearly beloved ones
with the tenderest yearnings Pictures
OF our early days of welded love are
ever lingering in nv Imagination.
dream OF the sweet fire-side circle:
see ever before me the placid face of
my Ailce. as her eyes looked into nv
own with intelligent conference.-the
music OF her voice is ever sounding in
my ears" -..- ....
Here the speakers emotion overcame
him his utterance became choked.
and s.e ,tooa silent, with bowed head
and trembling limbs. The dense mass
OF people was hushed into an oppres-
slve stiffness, that was broken here and
there by half stiled sobs.
At this moment there was a move
ment in the crowd. A single female
figure. before whom every one appear
ed lnstlnctlVely to give way. was seen
passing up the isle. This was not OBJ
served by the speaker until she had
come nearl y in front of the platform on
which he stood. Then the movement
caught his ear and his eyes that in
stant fell upon Alice, who, by the kind
ness of those near her. was conducted
to his side. The whole audience were
moved by the scene, and were upon
their feet and bending forward, when
the speaker extended his arms, and
Alice threw herself upon his bosom.
An aged minister then came forward
and gentl Y separated them.
mo, no. said the reformed congress
man, "you cannot take her away from
me-"
"Heaven forbid that should" said
the minister; "but@by your own con-
tesslon, she is not your wife"
d" No. she is not" replied the speaker
mournfulIy.
But is ready to take her vows |
again. modestIy said Alice, in low
tone, smiling through her tears.
Before that lar &c assembly, all stand
ing, and with few dry eyes, the mar
rage ceremony was again performed, |
that gave the speaker and Alice to
each other. As the minister, an aged |
man with thin white locks, completed |
the marriage rite, he laid his hands
upon the heads of the two he had loin-
ed in holy bonds, and lifting up his
streaming eyes, said in solemn voice,
." What God has joined together let no
RUM put aSundern
Amenm was cried by the whole as
sembly as with single voice.