Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-03-04
MISCELLANEOUS

Luosgned, the crd9nlnp lCe eaaii n"nS ~"
Like the far roar of rivers; and the eve
Shall close DER the brown woods as 1t was wont.
mIscELLANEOUs.
Observation-Disclosures A HAND-MAlDEN OF
BLACK REPUBLICANlSM.
We aud In the Pitt,burg Chronicle the following re
Dor. of a speech made in the Black Repubhcal
convention. 1t will be seen that he gives to Know
NOTTINGHAM the credit of having originated the Blael
Republican Convention:
THE "SAW LOG MANS SPEECH.
George w. Julian, of Indiana, in the course OF nj
rsnarks. on Friday night reflected quite severed.
upon "SAx." He rated that ''defunct ordying' lndl
yidusl for numerous shortcomings, and was proba
bly, injudicious in devotins SO much time to that dell
cato subject.
well dressed gentleman with a long nose, and a genu
inc Yankee countenance, mounted the stand, and AT
episode followed unparalleled i'll fun. Our Yankee
friend was evidently boiling over with a speech. lit
was excited. He was bound TO make a speech. Blu
his appearance hs gesticulation-was so ludicrous
and original that the audience was convulsed Will
laughter. The gentleman was announced as Hon
David Ripley, Of New jersey with the son6r'qu'e
uf"Ihe Saw Log Man"
When order had been somewhat restored, Mr.. Rip
ley said he did not intend to speak to this ERE conven'
ton. He had been called out two or three times, bul
he wasn't a goin' to speechify, because he hadn't eli,
ksIIUU tIOukhs oak "AhCh 10 A~"h~ SSJ~> ~
Know-Nothings he was bound to speak eont, and he
would speak eout. Laughter, long and loud.
1 tell you, Mr.. President, if it hadn't a ben for
Know Nothingism, you wouldn't a had this ere Con
yertion, lCries Of "louder." As Ripley was speak
ing at the top Of his voice at the time, this call caused
a big burst Of l%aughter.]
Ididn't come here to make a speech, but | profess
TO have a little gumption !Ha! ha. la: Now-
lRipley paused to collect his thoughts-the audience
splitting their sides all the whilel-now, III tell you
what We want to do. It's all in a nut shell. So that
we can get our Republican President elected, every.
body, even that gray headed colored man there, WAL
be willing to take by the hand Know-Sothings, Know
Something's or Know-Anythings. tLaughter.)
As l said TO Horace Greeley once, when he was a
talking about these Know-Nothings, and he abused
am pretty awful; too; say, 1 av dons ,Dv ,ooa,n
"Why, yss,' says Horace.
"WeiI, then" says /, ..touch 'em light" More
eonvulsions.)
But" says I, "Horace, if they do any thing
voice-Stick it to EN-! -,
Ripley-Yes, that's it! Gentlemen, l had the good
fortune to be born in old Connecticut. tLaughter.)
Amt she State7 But I want to say something about
the Dutchman (Reemelin) that talked down ON the
Know othinss so hard this afternoon. was a GOOD
des. in his position once.
Now-uauchter at the deliberate and emphatic
"now"l-here's brother Hall, "a. Oakley Hall, Of
n. Y. he saws give u, the platform. Now-tthat
"now" again )-lil give you my. platform. IL was
made thirty years ago. Ny platform l would fight
for til 1 had ut anything TO fight with. My platform
thirty years old, mind You. Is hatred 10 KUN; >iaVery
sai the Devil. prolonged ;nerriment.) l have al
~ays stuck to that platform. It's Il good platform to
swear by. When l made it / was working for fifty
cents & day, and I gave something to them causes,
aud when l couldn't give cash gave WORK. Tap
plause)
1 am a worker, l tell you. come here as a work
er. I amt edicatsd, nor got much larnin'' but ge'
Morally know what's what. | wouldn't have said any
thing ii my friend from Indiana hadn't pitched into
A. L. o., A., chan II amt tlyhf IN talk ahOut |
folks that mint here. They are OF in Philadelphia
aud a splittiu' up there, they say. l stand up to de-
fend Know othingism. Il
Gentlemen. I moved once TO New York and then l
got down to the Jarsies. i don't like 10 tell that Ell
tier, for 4 man once advertised for a hosller and said
he didn't want a man that had been to States Pri.
son. or the New Jarsey Legislature! Tremendous
laush;sr.) Now, through accident, | got into the
New Jarsey Legislature. IRenewed iaughter.l Not
because l wanted, or because anybody thought
could get there! But | said TO the people, says l, if
ever you want a man to run on a ticket when he is
certain to be beaten, | wsntto be that man. Laugh
teri /
.'Saw Log then went on 10 tell how such q state of
things came about. aud the folks asked him:
We'll Ripley, will you live up to your word
AYES, gentlemen, l will that" says l.
Friends, l jest went at EN-, aud | beat Wings, De-
mocrsts, Rum. Slavery and the Devil! Immense
~iaush:er.) But l tried to get clear. l offered EN- a
$3.50 bill to let me off, but it was no 60. You nave
heerd Of the Camden and Amboy, l spose. WE'LL
wien | 90, down to Trenton, their bill was up before
the House. They had three rooms with brandy ana
oysters. &C.. and every member of the Legislator
was invited but David Ripley, the Saw Log man:
Mr.. Ripley went OH to relate the story OF Camden
end Amboy legislation. They abused MN pretty
baby. One of them charged that ne eva was " h oGa
ticu, Yankee, and no Jarsey man. wen genSaoa
jast hushed him up on that. Says 1, trleno, cenese
the Doctors say that a mans entire constitution
changes every seven years. At me emu :, .n1ni
yesfs no amt his original, genuine sen any hare in
Jarsey off and on for eight years, and Eaess l am
and buistcrous laughter.l. .o.,;o,
Now, (iaughter,l l said l was ,a ne s"Me PT1" w.,
40 INV fri.nd from Cincinnati, (!hr. heemct'h,l l amt
.uc;, a bitter Know Nothing that l don't CONSIDER nun
"a GOOD An American as l am, for he has been in this
country more than seven years, ana ne ann, 5neie'
fore, the same ReemeNn he was wheh 10 ianuou.
MIR. Riuley closed amidst the most bo;s'erous Her-
riment, put on his coat and LETT the stand
A VOTE OF THANKS hos been adopted by the peo'
nile of Por,smouth in public meeting, to all who AID
cd tham during the epidemic. Included in 1t are The
States of Maine, New Hampshire Massachuse.s'
Rhode Island, Connecticut. New iork, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia. North
Csrolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Missis'
sippi, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Kentucky. Indiana
and Wisconsin and the District of Columbia: Also;
to Thomas Webster, Jr., of Philadelpn.s; ~. N; rnh
and j.. A. Lowering, of Baltimore; Thomas pooa'
mead, of Richmond; and Darcy Paul, OF Petersburg.
ALSO, the Sisters Of Charity aud of Mercy, to tho ma
val officers at Gosport, the President, and the physi-
nians at the Naval Hospital. Also, to New lotk'
Baltimore, Philadelphia and TOR inc IN
terest taken 10 the orphans. Also, 10 Rev. DR.. Snack
man, of The resolutions expressed the Intention
of the citizens Of Portsmouth to erect a monument
over the nurses and physicians who fell duilng Tie
epidemic.
BANKING CAPITAL IN NIRGiNiA.-The Bank bill
which passed the Virginia House OF Delegates, a
few DAYS ago, increases the capital OF the Bank oil
Virginia, at Richmond, S7O0,O O0, and divides an in
crssse Of $500, 900 between the branches at Freder'
ick.burg, Alexandria and Petersburg. The capital o
the Exchange Bank at Norfolk IS also increased
S25O,0N-the branch at Richmond Sa3o,ooo, the
branch at Alexandria $500 ,OUu and the branch al fe
tersburg SJJ0, 900. At Wheeling there is an increase
Of syWO,OW to each of the capitals of the Merchants
and Mechanios' Bank and the Northwestern Bank.
Surc1pE.-Natbau Leech, a native of Rockbridgt
county, and an estimacle man, committed suicide II
Allegheny county on the 18th February, by hanging
himself. No cause Is assigned for this dead. Eliza
beth Drury an unmarried lady, committed suicide
lately in Bedford county, by hanging herself to TIT
limb Of a tree. 1t was supposed that she was lnsan'
at the tune.
u. s. SENATOR ELECTED.
CISc1sSAr1, Feb. 2S.-Hon. b.. f. Wadelwas elect
ed U. S. Senator to-day, on joint ballot, by the Leg
la,rye Of this State. The vote stood: Wade lo'
Todd, Sc; scattering2.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP ARAGO.
NEW York, March 1.-The steamship Ara!yo' troll
Hsyre, with dates IT, the 18th, arrived here hero 10
day. She had great difficulty with the ice on tn
Banks of New FoundIand. The Captain asserts thu
It was worse than he had ever known it. The Ara2
Srincs dispatches from Mr.. Buchanan, Mr.. Maso
and the English government.
SUPPOSED SAFETY OF THE PACIFIC.
EHILIrAx, Feb. 29.-Thep passengers by the Amor
ca report having seen, on Tuesday, the 18th Fsbru'
nv, a Collins steamer heading towards the Englis
chennsl, with a signal of distress hying-probably n
-o that the Pacific is the only Collins steamer whic
could have been in that locality at the time specifies