Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-01-11
The Know-Nothing Party.

@ Inc AnOWsNOtnlng Fdrty.
The feeling which has given birth to this new
order OF politics, says the Village Record, has
spread with such rapidty over the country as has
| no parallel. Tho key touched a chord which re-
sponded over the whole country. Other parties
have planted their standard and risen up in COM
| paratvcly short period, and carried township,
borough, and in course of time even county and
State elections. Such were the Anti Masonic,
Abolition, Ambient, and some other parties but
they were local or sectional in their operations
they lacked breadth and scope-thcy were restrict
ed by sectional lines. They caused great agitation
without accomplishing any grand result Where
shall we find another party that-li been born and
attained the full stature Of manhood In day as II
were--in single campaign---a party confined to
no party no locality; which is bounded by no sec
tional lines; which knows mo North, no South,
no East, no West y which has swept over States,
and tumbled down all the old and established dy-
nasties which has taken possession Of whole
States, big and little-of the mighty "Keystone"
and Of the " little sister, Delaware which yes
terday conquered In the Old Bay State, to-mor-
row will triumph in the Old Dominion, and next
day will plant its standard upon the Capitol at
Washington? Where, before, has been established
party not less popular at the east than In the
west, and that seems destined to be MS strong
among the shareholders of the South as among
the freesoilers of the North--which assimiates
ing In of all political parties and persuasions?
What is this new star that has risen upon us--as
cending so suddenly from the horizon to the re
nith--that commands this alteration of our coun-
uymen which unites all hearts and hands, which
brings together political antipodes, which tames
the fiery democrat and the chivalrous wing, and
which unites in fond embrace the sons of the
ffigid North and the sunny South? Who can tell
whence II cometh and whittier Il goeth? May its
ehad N nfh hol. 1ts,ht nd
social system, rendering immortal republican insti-
tutons and terminating American feeling in eter-
nal hostility to all that is alien to religious liberty
or national independence.-Dei State Journal
THE OLDEST PERSON IN yIRGIsA.--A Powhatan
correspondent Of the Richmond Enquirer states
that there Is a negro woman in Powhatan, now
living in his immediate neighborhood, who was
born the year aner George ii assembled tho throne
Of England, and four years before the birth Of
George Washington She was very nearly half
century old at the time Of the Declaration Of Inde
pendence Her age Ii one hundred and twenty.
six yearsl Her memory says the correspond
ent, "seems TO furnish her an indelible record Of
all the events, great and small, of her long life,
when aroused from the state Of drowsy forgetfu
ness that frequently betides her. When / Isaw her,
she was wide awake and full of chat. She had re-
markably fine eyes, and, was told, could thread
needle and sew nearly as well as she ever could.
She said she bad been the mother of sixteen chill
dren, all of whom bad died of old age, and that
there was precisely one year and ono day between
their births respectively that she had never been
sick-neyer had physician TO see her, and never
took single dose Of physic in her life. She talked
cbeerfully and iuently, and quoted many passages
Of Scripture, readily and appropriately; said she
had been TO heaven twice, and wanted to go again.
Whenever she touched upon religion, her mind
seemed 10 become absorbed at once, and tho Ito
mel unexpected luency and beauty of her Ian
guage, indicated the gift that VIC sometimes
hear Of Though no doctor, / was prompted by
curiosity to feel her pulse, to IL IL beat like
other peoples. found IL quite regular and strong.
inquired If she had never lost her eye-sight She
said no, never, nor her appetite either
[Richmond( Va.) Dispatch.
CowARDIcr OF LoRD FoRrH.-Thc London cor
respondent Of the New York Tribune gives the
following account and disgrace Of scion Of the
nobility in the Crimca;
"The case of Lord Forth had excited general
indignation. II is as follows: He is very young
officer, minor, and, as IL seems, not much of
hero. In the Alma he threw himself on the ground
and screamed-'I am frightened, can't fight I
Lord Raglan sent him word that in the next battle
he was expected to distinguish himself by his gal
lantry, that his cowardice might be forgotten.
But at Inkermann he again behaved as cowardly;
Two OIncefs tneretOfet were sent Dy tue ptncIb-
in-Chef to cast away his epaulettes, break his
sword, and kick him out of camp. He returned
to England disgrsced man; his family disown
him, and the clubs are closed against HIM"
Cur THIS 0rT--A correspondent Of the London
Literary Gazette, alludng TO the numerous cases Of
death from accidental poisoning, adds
81 venture TO affirm there Is scarcely even
cottage in this country that does not contain an
invaluable, certain, immediate remedy for such
events nothing moro than dessert spoonful Of
made mustard, mixed in a tumbler Of warm water
and drank Immediately. II acts as an emetic, Is
always ready, and may be used with perfect safety
in any case whore one Is required. BY making
this simple antidote known, you may be the means
Of saving many fellow creature from an untimely
end
A Yankee, describing an opponent, says: 81
tell You what, sir, that man don't amount to sum
in arithmetic; add him NJ, and there Is nothing TO