Southern shield., 1856-12-20

him any station within his Cabinet, but the Governor has declined the tender thus made.
 DISTINGUISHED ARRIvAL.-Mai. 4. J. DoNELsoN, the late candidate of the American party for Vice President of the United States, has been soiourning in our town and county for several days past. We learn that the gallant Major is likely to become citizen of our State; or at least is hunting a farm to purchase We welcome him to our county with a hearty good will, and hope he may find a suitable farm and effect a purchase, as it would be an accession to our already wealthy coun- y and intelligent citizens, greatly to be desired.-Pine Biuf .4naerjcan.
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 ENGLISH IGN0RANCE.-A correspon dent of the National IuteIligencer, at London, says 1t is very amusing to witness the excitement respecting the result of our Presidential election which has just taken place, and the ignorance which abounds respecting the mode of con&acti a u. We met with a clergyman of the Established Church the other day-a young man full of academic honors from Oxford who did not seem to be previously aware that such things as .Stute Gov ernment existed, and could not be made to understand the difference between their functions and those of the Fed eral Government; and we were lately asked by public official, a gentleman of education, who and what were the Senators of the United States, what were their duties, and whether they were not elected for life, ~~N.O0O~0-NONDN~OoOoOoO~~
 NORTH CAPOLINA.-Tle celebrated Free Suffrage bill has passed the Sen ate of this State by a constitutional majority, and will no doubt pass the ! House. At the next State election 1t will be presented to the people, and should 1t be adopted, it will thereupon become a law. This is the measure upon which the Democracy have tri- umphed in that State for the past eight years. It is a remarkable fact, how 1 ever, that the Hon. Mir. Eaton, the Democratic Senator from Warren county, and a grandson of the distin- guished Nathaniel Macon, has always been opposed to the measure.
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 l lMPoRTANT.-Thus talks some per son in the Knoxville Standard: | The Editor of this paper has gone to parts unknown. He had on when he Jeff one pair ofcopperas pants, a vh{te hat, ya2ler vest, and broad clo}h oyercoat( (b0yroaced. )Any person knowing of his whereabouts, if found n the State, is requested to give him drmk, lend him dime, and chalk his nat over the nearest railroad leading towards Kansas; and all readers of this paper are notified that he is not respon- sbIe for the unusual dullness of this humber. Ifhe does not return before Jour next we intend to put our aheep's Jootm pawn, and offer areward of five cents for his arrest. \ 0ON-N4N~NDNON~~0o-N~o~~o
 | The Montgomery Mail, of 20th of November last, has the following:
 4 gentleman, who is a heavy plan 'eFin the canebrake lands of this State, sajd to us yesterday, that he should aold his cotton for fifteen cents. In ms opinion, and no planter in this. State brings superior intelligence or experience to bear on the subject, the 1op will be short at least 800,000 oales. With this for his predicate he reasons most lucidly that the staple samot be kept below fifteen cents,
 Aough he does not look for that fig Ge before next April. We agree With him thus far-that if there is no 5reat financial revulsion before the Close of the season, cotton must go Ilp greatly beyond present prices.
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 6 Editing a newspaper is good teal like making a fire. Everybody Exposes he can do it Ca little better
 han any body else.'' We have seen people doubt their fitness fer apple Fielding, driving oxen, and counting a'hs, but, in all our experience, we 5eyer yet met with that individual who
 !a not think he could "Gouble the rCu,ation" of any paper in two