Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-10-09
A Southern keUubljc.

A Southern Republic.
We have no doubt that the correctness of Col
Ben'on's opinion, often and so .orcby ex-
pressed, that there is deep laid scheme foot
to form ''Sou:hern Republic" The conSpira
tors at the bottom Of this scheme have been at
work for years, driving awedgc here and another
there, whenever and wherever any hope existed
that mischief could he fermented and their ulti-
mate object attained. The repeal of the Mssou-
r. Compromise, with Il consequent civil war, was
intended to bring the matter to crisis. We
havca faith, notwithstanding the apparent pro-
gress that the conspirators appear to have made
in the execution of their plan, that it will end in
discom future, worthy Of the treason which lies
at the bottom Of the VIII lie. In this connection,
we beg the.atentiOn of our readers to the fo.-
lowing article, from the Missouri Democrat
SIT is pretty we'll understood in this State how
ever obscure it may be elsewhere, that the South
ern Disun:On branch of the Know Nothing secret
society, which was first inaugurated in Parkville,
Missouri, by Atchison and Stringfellow in pro-
pria persona and which has since spread into sew
eral Of the adjoining counties. had as one of its
fun iamcntal points, the d solution of the Union.
Such was the end Infinitely looked forward to
| the means were mere subordinate affairs. 1t is
also well known that it is to this one OF the gref
ends of the order that all its members arc sworn,
and that any v.olat on of secrecy their pirt, is
if known, to he punished by death. But the or
der is not confined to Missouri. After having in
iatcd it in this State, missionaries were also sent
| to Arkansas and other Sou nern States, to propa-
gate there the infamous principles. Thls last
winter, after twenty-five members OF the Missouri
Legislature had been inluguIated into the secret
conclavc, II messenger WAS dispatched by them,
with FULL approval under their signatures, to 90
into Texas anI there establish branches and col
lect funds for the same purpose The messen-
gers name WAS larry, and it is proud refec-
ton for u, to record, thnt in all his perambula-
tons he Oh y got nine persons to JOIN in his in
famous project. aH
l. is fact very we'll understood here, likewise
that N all this disunon NOV ements in Missouri
and Kansas, Mr.. Atchson is bv no means as dis
interested in this Southern patriotism as Northern
prints would wish to make him out. His pro-
gramme is to excite by all possible means civil
war in Kansas, VIII CHI is to be the knell Of disun-
ion. His pay to be the first President of the
Southern Republic. Ii he can bring a coils
ion between the Free and Slave States in the
Territories, the first battle is to be accepted bv
the South as Bunker Hill or IL Lexington affair,
and the tocsin is to be sounded from Carolina to
Texas. Then follows gathering of Southern
fanatics, and after that formal proclamation of
d.sunion. 1t is for this that Atchison is now la
boring, and not. as many suppose for the poor
Senatorial honors of Missouri. They arc used
merely as cover to his designs. And this also
explains the enigma of the bazonrv upon the
shield of the Squltter Sovereign. 1t is for Atch-
ison as the next President of the Southern Re-
public and hence it is that it hopes that the next
Congress will be the last onc.'' f.f. .4
she THouGur SHE HAD IT.-That sprightlv lit
tie sheet, the Petersburg Express, tells the fol-
lowing good one:
a few nights ago, lady in South Ward woke
up in alright, called to her servants to make all
haste and fetch DR.. - Zone of our very talented
physicians, much patronizcd by the lades,) as she
thought she hid it!
Away went the negroes with full steam up, and
alarmed the doctor, excaiming. $50, make hur-
ry, doctor, m;ssus thinks she's get it!'
On arriving at the adv's residence the doctor
enquircd of the first maid how her mistress was
then? go, Sir, she thought she had it," was the
reply. The doctor hurried mp stairs, Eliminating
in his mind on every kind of ailment the faculty
luxuriates in, and pathology mystifes mankind
about, and found the lady en- robe de mutt, some
what calm and collected.
'.Well, DOCTOR" exclaimed she gracefully,
really thought had it.
clad what, madam, in the name of good
ness! 80
s'Why. the yellow fever, doctor.''
1t seems that the cause of this very lujicrous
mistake took its rise as follows:
The lady in question had been recommended
wash made from yellow ochre as a preventive
against mosquito bites, and to soften the skin at
this season. She had rubbed the wash over her
face, neck and arms, and had retired to bed: but
as the liquid dried up, it left quite yellow coat
ing on the skin, and gave the lady the appearance
of a magnificent bright yellow bell. Happening
to rise IN the night to get glass of water, she
peeped in her glass las ladies will ever do,) and
by the power of her night lamp, saw herself
strangely colored, and thinking the worst thing
at 6rst-s'she thought she had itv' The doctor
left.
THREE DEER.-A man brought three deer in
to our city yesterday from Wisconsin; one of
them was the largest we have ever seen. s
BS Virtue makes a man on earth famous,
in his grave illustrious, and in Heaven immor-