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The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-05-03

WuMseros, tDel,) May 2.-Dr. Haywood, MsneJaw
candidate Of this city, has been elected John A. Alder
dice the regular wing candidate, by l21 majority
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Mrppl srows May 1.-The Connecticut river Is 10
inches the great food in 1901 and % inches above
that Isas The steamboat Sorehouse has been carried
down the river.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-09-07
SKETCHES OF RICH MEN.
STEPHEN GIRiRD.

I cannot let this opportunity slip by with
out saying something of another mercantile
celebrity Of the United States, vix Stephen
Girprd. This man was born in village near
the banks of the Garonne. He was the son of
a peasant, and had left his own country as a
common sailor. Having gradually risen to the
post of second mate, he came as such to Phi
iadelphia, where he remained and opened a
tavern on the banks Of the Delaware for such
of his countrymen as were engaged IN the
West India trade, particularly that with st.
Domingo The revolution in st. Domingo
caused an emigration which continually
brought him fresh Gust mers and having built
some small vessels to bring his fugitive coun-
tryInen away in safety from the island, he bar
tered -four and meal for coffee, until his capital,
which had been scarcely worth mentioning at
first. gradually increased, and enabled him TO
build larger vessels, and extend his spirit OF
enterprise in all directions. His frugality bor-
dered on avarice Sailors fare was to him the
best. and the freighting of vessels his favorite
pursuit The success which atfendedh his exer-
tions at length became unexampled; for he ne
yer hid his ships insured, but always choist
skilful and experienced captains, thus saving
himself the heavy expense oftaking out insur-
rance policies, and continued acting on this
principle, gradually increasing his capital
more and more, until it had finally swelled to
an enormous amount. 1lliterate, as a French
common sailor must needs be, and scarcely
able to write his own name, he called all his
ships after the great authors of his native coun-
try. and thus enjoyed the sensation of behold
ing the American flag waving about Mon
tesauieu, Voltaire, Helvetius, and Jean
Jacques Rousseau His ships, which he wai
in the habit of sending successfully 10 the is
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-09-07
JOHN JACOB AsTOR.

The argument which Parish had ma e use
of with Mr.. Gallatin, for the purpose of pro-
cur n r perm issic n to send out ships in ballast
to biing back .uns of money from abroad that
were due in the United States, had found
favor III the eyes of a man who had distln-
guished himself from the mass of German
omigrants by his important successes, his spe-
culatiye spirit, and lis great wealth, and had
won certain celebrity. This man was John
Jacob Astor, the founder of the American
colony of Astoria, on the northern coast of the
Pacific Ocean, which has been so graphical
ly and pictures. u ly described by the pen of
Washington irving. Ast0r was born at
Heidelburg, where the original name of his
family is said TO have been Aschtor, and had
come to New York as a furricr's apprentice.
His first swings that is to say, the wages he
got in the peltry warehouse, for beating out
and preparing bear, doe and other skins, he
invested in the purchase of all kinds of pei
try, bear, mink and rabbit skins, which he
got from the Indians, who at that time wan
dered about the streets Of New York, and so
soon as he had collected a certain quantity,
he sent them to Europe particularly to the
Leipsic fair There he traded them off for
Nuremburg wares, cheap knives, glass beads,
and other articles adapted to traffic with the
Indians on the Salauldll- IfDnbI6IS, anu lODh
them himself to the latter points, where he
again exchanged them for furs of various
kinds As he has often told me, from his
own lips, he carried on this traffic untiringly
for twelve long years, going in person, alter
nately, to the Canadian frontiers, and then
to the Leipsic fair, and lived all the while, as
he had ever been accustomed to do, humbly
and sparingly.
At length he had managed to bring together
a considerable capital, and gradually became
a freighter of ships and fitted out out expedi-
tions to the the northwest coast, to trade with
the Indians of Nootka Sound for furs. An
other circumstance contributed to the increase
of his means. AT the peace concluded in
1873 between England and the revolted pro
vinces the thirteen United States, many acres
of land in the State of New York city, were
voted by Congress to the German soldiers
who had fought in the American army The
latter were chiefly Hesse Darmstadters. Most
of died in the course of the year, without
having them succeeded in converting this
property into money; but the relatives and
heirs they left behind them in Germany did
not forget these little inheritances. Upon the
occasion of a visit made by Astor to Heldel-
berg iii later years, most of the parties last
referred to, as inheriting the allotments OF
the deceased German soldiers, and residing
in Heidelberg, united, and made cur friend
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-09-07
VOL. 1. NO. so.
Washincton VS.. KNOWN Othingism.

In the Know-Nothing journals We find one
of the principles which they profess, set down
thus The. doctrines of the reyered Wash
in-ton and his compatriots." Perhaps it would
be vel enough to briefly test the sincerity Of
this assumed devotion by comparing the act
ions of the Know -Nothings with the conduct
of Gen. Washington Nothingism
declares that no foreigner or member of a ceT-
tain sect should be irlstcd with an official po-
sition, Washington, if our memory serves
us, appointed Lafayette, hosciusho, and Ha-
milton, all Of whom W ere OF foreign birth, ard
the former Of whom belonged 10 the prescribed
church, his most favored aid-de-camps. Ii he
had been blest with the wise counsels of
Judges Conrad and Pollock, of course he
would have known better than TO trust in such
important positions such dangerous men.
When he came to form his cabinet he Sc
lected Alexander Hamilton, who was born in
one of the West India Islands and who never
saw this country until be was about sixteen
years Of age, one of his prominent advisers.
He chose as another jefferson, one of whose
proudest boasts was that he was the author of
the Virginia Statute guaranteeing religious
liberty, in which Know-Nothingism is at
tackled in direct terms by such sentences as
''that our civil rights have no dependence on
our religious opinions more than our opinions
in physic or geometry" and by the provision
that all men shall be free TO profess and by
argument to N aintan their opinions in mat
ters of religion, and that the same shall in no
wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil
powers" He also appointed at a later day
Charles Lee, who had been born in England.
an Attorney General, so that it is evident he
did not approve of the Know-Nothing tests.
but chose for the highest stations when he
deemed them the fttest persons, not only
Foreigners" but members of the prescribed
sect, and those who like Jefferson, made at
tachment to the great principle of religious
liberty a corner stone of their political creed.
Anybody but Know-Nothing can therefore
plainly see that instead of their principles be-
ing in accordance with the doctrines of the
''revered Washington and his eompatriots,"
they are in direct contradiction to them.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-09-07

Bonaparte embarking at Toulon an expe-
dictionary force on board the most rnidable
feet that had navigated the Mediterranean
since the Clusades, left the English ministers
in doubt as to the object he hal il view. Did
he propose to pass the straits and attack Great
Britain in one of her European islands, or in
the Indies Was it his intention to seize
Copstantinople, and from thence to dictate 70
Russia and TO Austria and to command the
seas of Europe? Lord St Vincent. the ad-
miraI In chief command of the naval forces of
England on the coasts of France, Italy and
Spain dared not abandon the blockade Of Ca
sliz and the French ports; he therefore dis
Matched Nelson, as the bravest and mcst skill
fpI of his lieutenants, to watch, pursue, and, ,
;fpossible, destroy the French Armament
Nelson. successively reinforced by sixteen
sail of the line, hoisted his flag in the ICHt-
o,.ord. and hastened after the enemy without
any certain indication of their course. After
touching at Corsica, already left behind by
Bonaparte, and examining the Spanish seas,
he returned to Naples on the 10th Of Janua-
r., 1898, discouraged by fruitiess search,
and in want of stores and ammunition. While
there, the reports of the English consuls in ST.
cily apprised him of the conquest of Malta by
the French, with the subsequent departure
of the feet as soon as that island was reduced
and directed his thoughts toward Egypt
The intrigues of Lady Hamilton. animated
by her double attachment to the Queen and
to Nelson, obtained from the court Of Naples.
Notwithstanding their avowed neutrality, all
the supplies necessary for theEnglsh squadron
before they resumed their dangerous cruise.
In few days Nelson was ready to put to sea;
he touched at Sardinia, coasted the shores
of the Peloponnesus, searched the Levant in
its full extent dispatched small vessels to look
into the road of Alexandria, where the French
had not yet appeared, traversed the Egyptian
sea, sailed along one side of Gambia, while
the Republican fleet passed by on the other,
came close to Malta, vainly interrogated eve
ry ship or boat coming from the Archipelago,
learned that there was already an outcry
against him at home for his dilatoriness or
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-09-07
5rlrrt poetrg.
THE AMERICAN FLAG.
BY j. D. DRAKE.

When freedom from her mountain height,
Unfurled her standard in the air,
She tore the azure robes of night,
And set the stars of glory there.
She mingled with its gorgeous dies
The milky baldric of the skies,
And stripped its pure celestial white,
With streakings of the morning light;
Then, from his mansion in the sun,
She called her eagle bearer down,
And gave into his mighty hand,
The symbol of her chosen land.
Majestic monarch Of the cloud,
Who rears aloft thy regal form,
To hear the tempest trumping loud,
And see tie lightning lances driven.
When strive the warrior of the storm,
And rolls the thunder-drlm of Heaven
Child of the SUM- to thee 'tis given
To guard the banner of the free
To hover in the sulpher smoke,
TO ward away the battle-stroke;
And bid its blendings shine afilr,
Like rainbows on the cloud of war,
The harbingers of victory!
Flag of the bravei thy folds shall fly,
The sign Of hope and trium b high
When speaks the signal trumpet tone,
And the long line comes cleaning Oh
Ere yet the life blood, warm and wet,
Has dimmed the glisteIing Eayonct,
Each soldiers eye shall brightly turn
To where thy sky-born glories bum;
And as his springing steps advance,
Catch war and vengeance from the glance.
And. when the cannon mouthings loud
Eeave in wild wreaths the battle shroud
IN l'gurv sasres rise and ia |.
like shoItS 'f fame ON midnight'S pail
Theu shall tiiy meteor gianees glow.
Then covering foes shall fall beneath
Each galant arm that strikes below,
That lively messenger Of death.
Flag of the sea on oceans wave
Thy stars shall glitter DER the brave.
When death, careering on the gale,
Sweeps darkly round each bellied sail,
And frightened waves rush wildly back,
Before the broadside's rccling rack,
Zach dying wandcrer of tie sea
Shall look at once TO Heaven and thee;
And smile to see thy sp,endcrS fly,
In triumph Ger his closing eye.
Flag Of the free heart hapc and hcmc!
i;y angel hands to Nalor given
Thy stars lave lit tie weiLlin dome.
And all thy hUes We're r. in Heaven.
Forever float that standard sheet
Where br, atll's the foe that falls tei1rc u
With Freedoms soil beneath our I. ct.
An Frealom's banner streaming o'er US!
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-09-07
: Sleeping in tie Moonlight.

a young man, belonging to the I'd LII. In
fantry. stationed in Tampico, lay down IN
front of his tent, perfectly wen, with the moon
shining directly in his face, and having been
on guard the night before he slept soundly
until morning When he attempted to rise
he was nearly blind, his checks were pulled
ont TO twice their usual size, his eyes were
nearly closed and surrounded with circles OF
almost Jet black, presenting terrible sight
II was fall week before he entirely reco-
vered.
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CTA COOP ONE.-The Editors table Of
the Knickerbocker has the subjoined anecdote:

CTA COOP ONE.-The Editors table of
the Knickerbocker has the subjoincd anecdote:
A young gentleman, member of our col
lege, was expelled for the crime of drawing
young ladies up 70 his room at night and let
ting them dowa in tAemcrning, by rnears Of a
rope, and basket arranged from his window.
4 great deal of gossiPping conversation was
the consequence The following colloquy oc-
Cured between two young ladies':
Jane, DO you really believe that students
draw girls up to their rooms"
my dear : and more than that | know they
do" How - '.Well, | was going by the
college one morning; it was just before light;
twas very early in the morning and heard
a noise in the direction Of one of the college
buildings l looked that way; and as plain as
| see you now, saw girl in basket about
half way from a three-story wincow 20 tie
ground and just then the rope broke, ami
down / came - 'sOh Jane ?"
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-09-07
RAIN.

1t is refreshing TO read Of RAIN if VIC depriv-
ed of seeing and feeling it-ani here is one Of the
prettiest things in print:
s"Yet there's something very sweet
In the sight
When the crystal currents meet
In the dry and dusty street
And they wrestle with the heat
In their might
While they seem to hold talk
With the st IS all ng the w'lk,
And remind them of the rule,
To keep COOL
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UA young lass went to camp meeting,
and came back full of the revival which they
had, and did nothing the following week, but
sing:
s'Shout, shout, we're gaining ground ~
She had the tune so pat, that all she said
was but a continuation of that song, and not
unfrequently the rhyme was too long for the
tune. Old Jowel slipped in and took bone
off the table, and just as he was making for
the door, she sung out:
'.If you don't go out I'll knock you down,
/. Halle, hallelujah
You nasty, stinken, fop-eared hound,
O, glory, hallelujah :"
rFA bill has passed the English Parlla
ment closing beer-shops ON the Sabbath.
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3figrrllurllfollG.
The Battles of the Nile and Trafalgar.

BY ALpuoNsE DE LAMARTINE.
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est, 10 suspend the passage OF bill whose
merits cannot secure the approval OF two
thirds Of the Senate and House OF Repre-
sentalives until the Judgment Of the people
can be obtained thereon, and which has
saved the American people from the cor
rupt and tyrcnnical domination OF the
Bank of the United States, and from a
corrupting system of general internal i'm
provements.
VIII. Resolped, That the Democratic
party will faithfully abide by and uphold
the principles laid down in the Kentucky
and Virginia resolutions of 1898, and III
the report of Mr.. Madison to the Virginia
Legislature in 1899; that It adopts those
principles as constituting one Of the main
foundations Of its political creed, and is
resolved to carry them out in their obvious
meaning and import.
TX. Resolped, That the war with Mex
leo, upon all the principles Of patriotism
and the laws Of nations, was just and
necessary war on orr part, in which every
American citizen should have shown him
self on the side Of his country, and neither
morally nor physically, by word or deed,
have given "aid and comfort to the
enemy"
X. Resolred, That we rejoice at the res
toration Of friendly relations with our sister
Republic Of Mexico, and earnestly desire for
her all the blessings and prosperity which
we enjoy under republican institutions
and we congratulate the American people
upon the results of that war, which have
so manifestly Justified the policy and con-
duct Of the Democratic party, and insured
to the United States Indemnity for the
past and security for the future"
XII. Resolped, That, in view of the con
dition Of popular institutions in the Old
World, a high and sacred duty is devolyed,
with increased responsibility, upon the
Democratic party Of this country, as the
party Of the people, to uphold and maintain
the rights Of every State, and thereby the
Union of the States, and to sustain and
advance among us constitutional liberty,
by continuing to resist all monopolies and
exclusive legislation for the benefit Of the
few at the expense of the many, and by a
yigilant and constant adherence to those
principles and compromises of the Con-
stitution which are broad enough and
strong enough TO embrace and uphold the
Union as it was, the Union as il is, and
the Union as it shall be, in the full expan-
sion Of the energies and capacity Of this
great and progressive people.
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attorney. And to this end the officer
aforesaid is hereby authorized and requir-
ed to employ so many persons as he may
deem necessary TO overcome such force,
and 10 retain them in his service so long
as circumstances may require. The said
officer and his assistants, while so employ
ed, 10 receive the same compensation,
and TO be allowed the same expenses, as
are now allowed by law for transportation
of criminals, 10 be certified by the Judge
of the district within which the arrest is
made, aud paid out Of the treasury of the
United States.
SEC. 10. find be ii further enacfed, That
when any person held to service or labor
in any State or Territory, or in the District
Of Columbia, shall escape therefrom, the
party to whom such service or labor shall
be due, his, her, or their agent or attorney,
may apply TO any court Of record therein,
or Judge thereof in vacation, and make
satisfactory proof 10 snch court, or Judge
in vacation, Of the escape aforesaid, and
that the person escaping owed service or
labor to such party. Whereupon, the
court shall cause a record To be made Of
the matters so proved, and also a general
description Of the person so escaping,
with such convenient certainty as may be;
and transcript Of such record, authentic
Gated by the attestation Of the clerk and
of the seal Of the said court, being pro-
duced in any other State, Territory, or
District, in which the person so escaping
may be found, and being exhibited to any
Judge, commissioner, or other officer au-
thorized by the law of the United States
10 cause persons escaping from service or
labor to be delivered up, shall be held and
taken to be full and conclusive evidence
of the fact of escape, and that the service
or labor of the person escaping is due to
the party in such record mentioned. And
upon the production by the said party Of
other and further evidence, if necessary,
either oral or by affidavit, in addition to
what is contained in the said record, of
the identity of the person escaping, he or
she shall be delivered up to the claimant.
And the said court, commissioner, Judge,
or other person authorized by this act 10
grant certificates TO claimants of fugitiyes,
shall, upon the production Of the record
such claimant certificate OF his right to
take any such person identified and proved
to be owing service or labor as aforesaid,
which certificate shall authorize such
claimant to seize or arrest, and transport
such person to the State or Territory from
which he escaped; Provided, That moth
ing herein contained shall be construed
as requiring the production of a transcript
Of such record as evidence as aforesaid.
But in its absence, the claim shall be heard
and determined upon other satisfactory
proofs, competent in law.
HOWELL CoBB,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
WILLIAM r. KING,
President Of the Senate pro tempore.
Approved, Sept. Is, 1850.
WILLARD FILLMORE.
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INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
ADOPTED AT PITTSBURGH, AUGUST ~. Is

ADOPTED AT PITTSBURGH, AUGUST IL, 1852
Having assembled in National Conyen-
lion as the delegates Of the Free Democra-
cy of the United States, united by COM
mon resolve to maintain right against
wrongs, and freedom against slavery; con-
6ding in the intelligence, patriotism, and
the discriminating justice of the American
people; putting our trust in God for the
triumph of our cause, and invoking his
we now submit 10 the candid judgment of
all men the following declaration of prin-
ciples and measures:
|. That Governments, deriving their Just
powers from the consent Of the governed,
are instituted among men to secure 10 all,
those inalienable rights Of life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness, with which. they
were endowed by their Creator, and Of
which none can be deprived by valid legis-
laiion, except for crime.
III. That the true mission Of American
Democracy is TO maintain the Liberties Of
the people, the sovereignty Of the States,
and the perpetuity Of the Union, by the
impartial application to public affairs, with
out sectional determinations, of the fun
damental principles of equal rights, strict
Justice, and economical administration.
III. That the Federal Government is
one of limited powers, derived solely from
the Constitution; and the grants Of power
therein ought 10 be strictly construed BY
all the departments and agents Of the Gov
eminent, and il is inexpedient and dan
gerous to exercise doubtful constitutional
powers.
Nv. That the Constitution Of the United
States, ordained to form more perfect
union, 10 establish justice, and secure the
blessings Of liberty, expressly denies TO
the General Government all power to de-
prive any person of life, liberty, or prop
erty, without due process Of law; and,
therefore, the Government, having no more
power TO make slave than to make a
king, and no more power to establish sla-
very than to establish monarchy, should at
once proceed 10 relieve itself from all re-
sponsibility for the existence Of slavery
wherever ~ possesses COHstitutlOnal power
10 lcgislate for its extinction.
v. That, TO the persevering and impor-
tunate demands Of the Slave Power for
more slave States, new slave Territories,
and the naturalization Of Slavery, our dis
tinct and final answer is--no more slave
States, no slave Territory, no nationalized
Slavery, and no national legislation for the
extradition OF slaves.
vi. That Slavery is a sin against God
and crime against man, which no human
enactment nor usage can make right and
that Christianity, humanity, and patriotism,
alike demand its abolition.
VII. That the fugitive Slave Act Of 1850
is repugnant to the Constitution, TO the
principles Of the common law, to the
spirit Of Christianity, and 10 the senti-
ments Of the civilized world. We there
fore deny its binding force upon the
American People, and demand its imme-
date and total repeal.
VIII. That the doctrine that any human
law is fnality, and not subject to modi-
6cation or repeal, is not in accordance