Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-05-11

ure YOU in favor of their holding office according 10
the Louisiana platnrni And, lastly, as y"u endorse
to the Omega, viii YOU ondnrsn tins Massachusetts
plntorm about to be promulgcdi Please answer
these questions through some one OF the Richmond
pnpcrs Most respectfully, yours. &c.
a NiRGiSIAS ASp TRUE NATIVE AMERICAN
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| To TIE Editors ot re Ehfa~er:
! BrRroSvILLE Russell CouSrY. Va,
April :iDh 1855.
! Mister Edeturs:-T}ein NJ am ole conservative
that's been lulad by thut Internal pa!t;r"f Know
Nothin- I've cuncoodcd Jest tU bust up MI rnng I'M
mcshuns, by givin sum ov my experience an lGitn
! pro,le know ez.akly what they il. Now you know
il nint no use to taik sum folks but them that's g"l
wits nm natural rccrln are b0un Ia pr"n by wbnt We
rot To sav. In the i,Ist place, wish II tn be under
stood that I've heretofore bin Il Wing III my polly
tcks nj this bcln the kace, when the Know Noth
question begun too be talked about over here III .u=-
SOL us the Wing partc in new hyde nm lodge vas
sot up the county, very naturally begun IL" nav
litti. sortcr iclercrlin for EN- myself. The folks
over in Bcrtonvc the iust 10 gt tho mania las
they ny always ndon about everything and they
zoos nn organscs lodge rite "ph last February be-
! fore had half al deer ~ what they was about.
sradlod Judy road int" town. on the 70, M thar
wn- goin too be big dinner at Mlrsrs tavern III u-
nor OF Washm9t0n's birthday an stitch another gn'
! tharin I've never seed in ltcrt0myille before.
lad Mt been in the crowd more twenty mlnI!s, talk
in about the craps with the farmers III the nuborli"i,
, when up Gums Rev Parker lyon know Bcv.l h"kin
| smart az if ne was ole Saint Peter hinacif.
guessed he gwinc smmhn tool mt' so no took
| me by tn" arm nmd led mo 0ph sum distance from
the crowd .rz he, Captin do you know how popu-
lar the Know Nothins ar sittin III ole Nr3inny No,
sez l. l}ev don't. but from what I've hcaru ov en-,
likes their principles very well. and /! lis the ole Wing
party in new hyde should like too belong 10 it;
but don't fancy their seccrissy. Have YOU jmcd!
well, pez he, yes hav lined, that AIM NIL. we
Iav got up lodi re i'll town, with twO hundred mem
bcrs, thar ~ no tcliin how wo arc gwIne 10 split
~. ,I ttsp Il
Know Su,hin. in the State, Mr. Flournoy will beat
y ut least forty thun-aud. An the clssed fool kept
palarvcrin nrgin an iaern me about my pa
iriotisu, &C. that nj last promised 10 LET him nsh
nc me TINT night. 1h;- brim settled we walked
back lis in time git in to dinner with the ba"uce
nf the crowd m tell you II was one "v tho dinners.
Suribulv ninid n rpccrh, dnnt know who, an s"d
-umihn about the western extension an Turin inter
turc,Cr, hole parscl G things; hit | WA two
liZZv chtn 0.c Mrs"s sua; Ia listen 10 cyqu"ucc.-
You can form some iirer oy what orrt dinner il
was when tell YOU thnt II thar and kept eatIm
and can, plump I'll dnrk; when every thing br"k" up
and went nph, except the knowN"ihins. aud icw
others. }ev. hung on Ia me like back gnnt I" n
.lumhcrlin nggtr, all the time, and when every thing
was pretty well cleared, he bcrkonCd 10 Jack Turner,
nud WE ali three walked oph i'll private corner ov
the room to ourselves. bv course the conversation
WIS about kmow Nothihi-a. an they insisted On Ia
kin mo down To the lodge nj hs II "ns time Tor
the mcrtin, but told that NJ was rnth"r BASH
full ought collect my fccns little fast; an Brr.
then propose thn should MI 90 10 the bur and take
| on horn 10 keep from BEN agSyiacd. That WINS
lust the thing Yon know never rilusc 10 drink
with friends. 81 all walked down and took hnlt Il
tnmbler ole rye apiece. Jack Turner went I" ic
lodge to propose my naInc an boinie he got back,
Bcv. an mysr! Ind swallowed another "Hln hpCc": IN
when we started - the nGcn, begun 10 ic"l quite
Vigorous tel you. They carried 10 gar "huv
Mr.. Punkcts grocery store, in lhr lower pat 81 i'wn
tolr en- before Gltiln III, that II looked Ike re-
| thor queer place; but they Sed there was tcarin
] tli1tt in ,.l.h
| marched me up IL III" chccrmln. SumbuJy hOUcrcd
three cheers for Cnptn SmIgsns, an they I'LL kicked
up stitch All nturual racket, cappin m StUmp, TINT
it aIncs SHARED me smack out my brtclcs. Things
| soon cooled down tho, and the Chrrrlnan made me
swarc one the longest OHihS TINT go0sc-Gul ever
| writ. Ii sum.hin about ctcrna! lcga;ce To the
! order vntn nsin Cntholicks tnrrnnrrs, MI hole
chansc other stuff, which cant remember, for II
kept me stnnnln thar Tor m our, but swnrrd lhro
| all on il aud sut down.
WHat sort ov Il crowd do YOU rncken saw, when ]
looked roun in the ronm! Thar only fifty mem
bcrs insti OF two hundred, MS Bcv. had told me
| Not one EN- had niger To save his sole, m Two
had been tried Tor stcclinr Jenuwary court. Well
thinks o myself el this mint retcln Tartar don't
know what ccchln one Is; mn jest then saw Bcr M
Jack Turner over tOthcr I'D" Uv the room ullln M
To Kill themselves nj me, an got so blamed maj thht
could hnv iulikri their very gizzards ont Ov EN-
| But cuncoOdcd to hole in any how, nm see hat the
members ware swInc TO do ust Mayor Bcn!!, from
Crimmcrs Creek that took the solvents oath lust tal)
ust rot up an bcilrrcd 10 the meeting. lie e1orci
GIN To up for the great national principles I'm iur
freedom till deth ITSELF an that the orrnurs m CGihn-
cs ware aggyatin the whole Union with riot:n &c,;
TINT we ought to unite with Northern orclhrrn I"
put EN- down. an also to try 10 gt the niggcra out oV
The country; that slavery was cuss TO AIncrrIky.-
lie kept spenkin this way Tor an uur IN hail. al
! | wns so hot that ] hrcly billed all the time. |
wanted to reply to him soon az he finished; but
l3ev. Parker jumped up Ot the floor before NE
Ind sum hopes for lScv., an though course he
was coin TO rrtort ON the Muir, but was dsappint.
| ed. He moved Ian JacE Turner seconded the mo-
! ,iun that the toering resolutions be adopted: fus
Tint deem II oy grcat importance, au shall cSrit
our best efforts maintain, unity in the order Hnrtii
IN South. Second: That we IrG opposed To the Ia
kin of Cubu aud, Third: That in addition to fh-
principles in the published platform ov the iartic we
will agree to oar individual cXerOns iaZ all other
lodges have donej to excite an!i-smvery tcclh III
Virginia. / was passed NIL hodm in utter thnt; mn
Jumped up jest the ChrrriBau about Ia put
the motion Ia the house, cnsscd the hole crowd.
told that they ware III, II set unnaticral trhifers,
pcrsecutin the country braking down the Consiitt-
tigu that had bin deceived by iatfcrin hyp"rrit
Diving to Bcv. all the tmel into jlnn the palt!c'
w'Ec granddaddy, that fit i'll the R"T"!uII"u II nc
could riZe irum his grave him III s;ch plZch'
Gus business, would fling him opb like II rnttesnnkr
from his hoznm. | kept on pour 1t into en-, Tor
don't know how long, an the those gllit" i'I'"r-
did SWEET turn pnie aint nnthin To nnbndy They al
got rom IN begged me, for God sake, moi To
make much fuss, THAT il would cit all over Gown
but told en- 10 Sfil' nln nnI take me
ccs TN went on louder than ever. told EN- tlhi
was gwinc To leave the lodge in disgust and expos
their vilany 10 the hole country. The boys promised
tn fetch out for the Legislator II would stay; bu
thar only made wrathirr ihun ever. and told en-
to scratch my name rite oph; IN left the dlE=ins ~
fast az my hu.ls could carry me- an struck bee h!'
Tor home. kicked up stitch commotion that nigh
md skccred the frllera hat about halt hav lei
since hnt time, that IL the kacc all over the Stare
They ar lGavin every day, an what's lctt ~ EN- a.
playing brag game; an besides that they are III
emancipatonisls mn cant stand IA Virginia.
Mr.. FIournoy won't git half oy the ole Wig r"t'
over here in Russell: nltho' should like To vot'
for him if he was an ole line Wing candidate, still
hav determined - vote for Mr.. Wise, in preference
10 supportin my stitch rtterDy of cannibai p"lyti
clans as the knownothins.
Yours mozc respectfully, BILL SNlGGlNS.
T. 81 gave Bev. good lckiu al March Cour
. for his hypocrhcy.
= LATER FROM EUROPE.
HALIFAX, April The steamer Asia arrived her
this evening, al 10 o'clock, with Liverpool dates
April 2Slh five days later than last a,ivicc..
a LONG WAR IN THE PROSPECTING Wei
M conference having totally fnilcd in lending To any
!, thing which might be based prospects Of peace
appearances -: present Indicate only pro'ract"d Wa
in the prospect Hence some decisive success III III
Crmca WAS anxously hoped for. hat up to tue lnte+
date. from that quarter nothing decisive had occurre'
The bOmbardment. however, was still continued D
the allies.
. LIVERPOOL, April, a7.-Evening.- Brow
81 Shiploys Circulur.-Cotton-Ihe sales OF the wee
foot up 10000 bales including $1,000 bales to speor
lators, and 10000 bales for export The market ha
been very ac,ive and prices have slightly advanced
say l-I6at. Fair and mddling qualities have in
proved most. Orleans fnir o; mddling sic; W
land fair 81 miidlng 3- Is.