The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-11-29
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Curious know Nothing Developments.

4 Curious Know Nothing Developments.
i The special reporter of the Macon Ca Tel
egraph has been present at know nothing coun-
Gil in that town, and furnishes the following re-
port of what he saw and heard, which is copi-
4 ed, expatiated on, and endorsed by the editor
i Of the Baton Rouge Advocate and private Sc
cretary to governor Hebert, who since his asso-
citation and boon companionship with the re-
nowned count Nesselrode, is Of course peculi-
arly competent to decdeas to the praciv of all
4 statements. The Telegraph says
K Upon entering the room, our reporter had
time before the organization of the meeting to
take a birds eye view of the furniture, &c.
The walls were beautifully ornamented by two
large paintings-one Of them represented a
/ Bowery shortboy defling the grave Of gen.
I Lafayette, the other Ned Buntline in cell at
i Backwell's island, drawing up the constitution
Of the order. Underthe first picture was writ
ten in large characters, "a son Of the sres of
TO-" and under the Other, s'our great found
er." Around the room several large wooden
i horses were placed, and our reporter was in
| formed that the business of riding hobbies was
/ very prevalent with the members. Upon the
| table was placed the skeleton head of lamen-,
ted donkey surmounted by a know nothing hat,
and upon this ghastly emblem, candidates for
admission were forced to place their hands
when they took the solemn oath that they knew
nothing at all In one corner was placed
large grndstone, which, as one Of the whig
members with savage grin informed Mr.. Mer
QUITO, was intended 10 grind the noses of re-
fractory democrats who wished to draw out
from the association. Upon it was inscribed
The sententious motto, Verbum Sat As our
reporter was looking around at these mysteri-
Gus instruments and mentally wondering at the
similarity between the head of the donkey and
the sculls Of most of the members, he was sud
denly started by three distinct brays in imita-
ton Of an ass, which he understood was the
signal for the meeting to come to order. Just
at this stage OF the evening, great tcommotion
ensued in one corner Of the room--a stfed
groan was heard, and three Of the members
were seen bearing out man, apparently in
great agony. After the noise had somewhat
subsidized the chairman, Mr.. Gripeall, lineal
descendant Of one of those money changers
whom our Saviour expelled from the temple,
solcmnly drew on a foolscap, and called the
meeting to order.
The chairman Before proceed, I wish to
know the cause Of the disturbance down there.
Mr.. Numscull rose to explain. He was very
sorry, but really could not helpit. He had only
tapped the head of one of the democrats pre-
sent with his fore-finger, and to his horror his
finger had penetrated the skull. He regretted
the misfortune as much as any man.
The chairman: Well Itake advantage Of this
incident to give the order a piece Of advice.
With the exception of our worthy treasurer,
whose head is as hard as adamant, we have ad-
mitted into this order no democrats whose
heads are not peculiarly soft. He would eau
ton the order not to be taking those liberties,
as the slightest pressure might prove fatal. 1t
was inconyenient he knew, but then these soft
headed democrats might be of service to the
order. Those with firm heads would only make
trouble. He hoped that hereafter members
would tap the heads of their democratic friends
with great caution, if at ALL [sensation
i Mr. Numscull rose to say that he had no in
tention to hurt the member He had only
stretched out his finger in playful way and the
catastrophe occurred as he had stated He
sincerely hoped that he had not penetrated the
brain.
The chairman: Brain! pooh, no danger of
that, what should bring democrats with brains
here? Who ever heard of a modern democrat
having brains? Cheers and laughter in which
one or two democrats family joined! .
| The treasurer Mr.. Hardhead, rose to make
few remarks. He said with some heat that
he had been democrat himself and that be
/ did not like this business at all. Cheers and
Kisses. He had no fears for his own head, but
he did not like the way of punching in the
heads Of his old friends because they happen
/ to be a little soft. He had no doubt Mr. Num-
scul was underthe influence liquor. T A voice
'that's true''-a great confusion. Liquor was
at the bottom of every trouble. Evident dis
satisfaction. He did not care for groans. He
moved that the Maine liquor law be ncorpora-
ted in the bylaws of the society Loud cries
of shame, shame! No liquor Law! No prohibi-
tion mingled with groans and Kisses from seve-
raj champions of the protestant faith X Il
| Mr.. Small-soul did not care SO much for the
religion Cheers. and in favor Of holding
Office. Continued cheering. He meant he
was in favor of Americans for office, and if it
were not for the democrats and their insane and
culpable love Of civil offices. Loud groans and
execrations of democrats generally, drowned
the remainder of hiseloquent sentence. They
need not talk to him about Washington and
Jefferson, Cheers and that set of men. He
had seen the effects Of the foreign inhuence-it
had always gone for the accursed democrats
! Cries OF yes, yes, that's it, that's it and loud
applause. Was it not plain therefore, that
they should be put down? He had seen that
day sight which had stirred his blood. [sen-
sation. He had seen that day an American
citizen. free American citizen, carried to the
grave yard by foreign influence. Great sensa-
ton. Yes, he had seen a foreigner sitting upon
the hearse alive when native citizen within
was dead. Indignation. He had seen for
eigner holding the reins Of office, and the reins
too. lie neversaw him without thinking of the
vision of death on the pale horse in the reve-
lation. A voice, from one of the champions
of the protestant faith-revelation? What coun-
try is that? Cries Of order, and he wanted to
know how long Americans would allow them
selves to be buried by foreign influence. He
called upon them to ''strike for their affairs and
their graves" Here the excitement was tre-
mendous. Loud cries Of no foreign influence,
dourn with hin, which continued fn, ca,,o,ol