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The mountain Democrat., 1863-03-21

PARTY LINEs.-At this time, more than
ever, should rigid party lines be drawn
by the Democratic party Of this State and
all Of the States, thus letting the Abo!i-
tionized Republican party know that it
must rely on its own principles for its
success before the people. The Demo
cratic principles are of the people, and to
their judgment we are willing to submit.
They want no "negro testimony" bills,
and they will defeat the pa ty who advo-
Gated and the men who supported them.
The self styled Union party" is another
Abolition party, as its acts clearly prove.
Instead Of combining patriots in one or
ganization superior to party, ithas served
as rendezvous for all the bankrupt, bro
kendown and discarded politicians Of the
past, who gather to it for purposes of
spoliation and revenge. II is composed
exclusively of fanatics and apostates. -
No sensible man who has respect for the
Constitution or love for the Union, is a
member Of it.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-03-21
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IHB bEeEEe or.AsSnESs
ly Springs. Miss, 4. .place nor 6aginRinE
to figure somewhat IN Che y laisRu q lts-
bellion. derives its' name from AJegeBd
that existed among the -C6jckasaW H.
Chans, who" once inhabited thSeA tea.e
gathered The lsssAd. -sRhila -
short sojourn in that part Of Ai@imppf
some years ago.
Many years ago mighty IuliAA eSisr
by the name of Sheka, dwelt On. thGs
grounds. where now, stands the .ahoEa,
named city. He bad a daughter whoaS
name was Coila-she was. nimbIs, al q
fawln, graceful as fairy, and beautiful "A
t1c &odra;2S. = = s,..... 60 :,
Cola Was the pride Of her nation Idol
lied by her father, the chieitain- more
than iddfizeG Ey the young braves, and
loved by all who knew her. To accom-
plish something that would give her
pleasure seemed to be the careful atAdy
of every one; and many were the deeds
of daring marked upon the lodge skins, )
that, bot for her sake, would ncverhGvoi
found alegitimate record thcFe.1s za~q4
Like all herOines in Indian EtoEieasC6s
ila had a passionate suitor, and that same
suitor bad very bitter rival Siksla.
the eagle, wooed her, because hs,love6
her dearly, and won her because he wa
worthy of her hand. Cohoma, the red
fox, also loved her and pressed his suit :,
but, as is often the case with men who
arc not Indians, he was unsuccessful. ST.
cola welded the fair daughter Of the for
est, and Cohoma swore vengeance.
Ere new moon had looked down and
blessed the happy couple, Cohoma, in
company with few fiendish associates.
entered the wigwam Of Sicola at the Stiii
hour of midnight, and found him calmly
repOsing in the arms Of his lovely bride.
The sight of so much happiness in the
possession of bis hatred. rjvah was .mONe
than the disappointed lover could .bear:
and so, without further ceremony. ~
sent his knife to find resting:pIan h
heart Of the unsuspecting Sleeper. IidSS..o
mediately following the act weapon h
the hands Of companion sent death b.
the startling Cola. 't'
The morrow was.!a sad day to the Chick
asaws. Heaven put on her most angry
frown and sent bolts of flse kissing
through the distant forests on trail Of the
murderers. Earth wept q fountain II
tears over the loss Of her cherished aneSk
From each side Of the Sheka's wigwasm
these tears gushed forth in crystal purity;'
and thence will continue to flow for all
time to come. So great was the less thats
earth could not, and cannot be comfoFted.-
The blooming holly saw her grief. and .
with a view to conccaling it, twined itself
in clusters over the fountains; from.
which cause, in latter days, they were
called Holly Springs-a name which was
afterwards applied to the little city that
sprang up around them.
Strange and unreasonable as this ie-
gend may appear, it is said that the In
dians believe it as fully rs does the Mss-
sulman believe Mahomet to be the true
prophet. e" .i E. ... .-'r- --.7 oa. ID,
The mountain Democrat., 1863-03-21

RIcH JoKE.-Mr. Collins, Abolition
member Of the Assembly from Neyaia
county, got of the following rich joke
recently in the House:
The Republicans party had given un-
mistakablc evidence that whenever crime
crept into it they would ferret it out and
punish it."
C1llins was innoccntly pokinS fun at
his own party. The Republican party
has given unmistakable evidence" that it
protects, defends and rewards swindlcrs
and thieves. Cameron, the greatest
swindlcr that ever disgraced country,
the Republican party rewarded after his
villainy had been detected and exposed.
Republican members of the Pennsylvania
Legislature, knowing his guilt, nominated
him for the United States Senate. We
cannot believe that Collins is ignorant of
these notorious facts; if he is he is dolt,
if he is not, he deliberately uttered a
falsehood.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-03-21

"DoTNG" RoGUE-A notorious
scamp was brought, not long ago, before
an Onondaga Justice Of the Peace. He
was accused of having come the strap
game" over native. The pOrtlY JUS
ticc, wishing to decide understandiDgly.
requested the culprit to give him a sam.
pie of his skill. The party instantly pro-
duced a leather strap, gave it scientific
whist across the bench, and remarked
" You see, Judge, the quarter under tho
strapg" ......a .....
"What?" interrupted the digniRed
functionary; "do you mean to say there
is quarter there ?"
"Sattin," was the reply.
"No such thing" said the Justice.
"l'll 20 you dollar on it, exclaimed
the prisoner.
agreed" said the Justice.
With accustomed odrOitness the strap
was withdrawn, when lo1 there Was Q
quarter. an
"Well," said the astOnished Shallow,
" / would not have believed II II hadn't
seen it with my own eyes. There is
your dollar; and yoa are Rned 6ye dol.
lars for gambling, contrary to the statute
in such case made and providedt'
The elongated countenance of the dis
comfitted gambler required no additional
evidence to testify his appreciation Of the
"sell." q =
The mountain Democrat., 1863-03-21

STRANGE SoMNANBuLISM.-A matter Of
fact, unconscious Scotchman opens his
autobiography in an English periodical in
the following words:
! am not in the slightest degree of an
imaginative turn of mind farm my
own land | am church-warden Of our
parish; fifty years of age, and weigh one
hundred and cighty,fve pounds. My
memory is far from good. There has
been no instance of somnambulism in our
family, except during the last Oxford va
cation, when my eldest boy was observed
by his mother walking sound asleep, hut
with his eyes open towards the maid-ser-
wants room. He had apparently not
gone to bed, but must have fallen asleep
with his clothes on. On my wife's get.
ting new maid, there was no recurrence
Of Frederick S complaint SO it would moi
be fair to consider that solitary instance
a proof that such tendency is in the fam
ily." s-
The mountain Democrat., 1863-03-21

-'TfE AfxufcAL "TntfE." ."--In alf ages
the number three has had much mystic.
rious significance, and it is -said-that the
Arabic character, 3, signifies. ip that Ian
-guage, the TriDity, IN Unity. However
this may be, the character holds n high
position in many of the secret orders Of
the prest mt day, and one OF their peniDeR
has given the following deductions, prin-,
cipally from the ancient scriptures /:
=" When the world was created, We end
land, water and sky; sun moon and stars.
Noah had but three sons; Jonah was
three days in the whales belly; our So.
vior passed three days in the tomb. Pc.
ter denied ltis Savior thrice. There were
three Paty+S=Tas 80 Abraham, Isaac and
jacob. Abraham entertained three an
gels. Samuel was called three times :.
Simon, lowest thou me?' was repeated
three times. Daniel was thrown into
den with three lions for praying three
times day. Shadrach, Meshec, and
Abednego, were rescued from the flames
of the oven. The Ten Commandments
were delivered on the third dav. Job
had three friends st. Paul speaks Of
ldihh1 hOPS IuICC
Those famous dreams of the baker and
the butler were to come to pass in three
days; and Elijah prostrated himsclfthree
times on the body Of the dead child.
Sampson deceived Deliah three times
before sue discovered the secret of his
strength. The sacred letters on the cross
arc I. ii. S., so also the Roman motto
was composed of three words, In hoe
signo.' There are three conditions for
man-thc earth, heaven and hell. There
is also Holy Trinity. In Mythology,
three Graces CcrberuS, with his three
heads; Neptune, holding his three toed
staff; the oracle Of Delphi cherished with
veneration the tripod and the nine Nh
scs sprang from three, In nature we
have morning, noon and night. Trees
group their leaves in three; there is the
threO.leaved clover. Every ninth wave
is ground swcll We have fish, flesh
and foul. The majority of mankind die
at the age of thirty. What could be
done in mathematics without the aid Of
the triangle?
The mountain Democrat., 1863-03-21

CoMIcAL SPoET.-Many years ago, in
England, when travellers were wont to
journey on horseback, and sleep two in
bed at tavcrns, the following droll Incl.
dent occurred at Chester: Two young
bloodS stopped at the Red Fox tavern,
and while going up to bed at night (it be-
i"g hot wCather) they discovered the door
of one OF the bedrooms open. II so hap
pcned that Scotchman and an Irish.
man were both asleep in the bed and
the lrishman had clicked the kivcr off, :"
and one Of his legs lay naked and nearly
out of bed. "l'lt have some sport now, J"
said one Of the bloods to his mate, "if
you'll hold the light minute" The can
die was held while the young chap went
in, and, taking up one of the Irshman's s
spurs (travcIcrs on horseback wore spurs
in those days. bucked it on the heel of
Paddy's naked foot. He then gave Pad
dy's leg a pinch, and hid himself behind
the door. Paddy (though not awakened)
drew his leg suddenly back, and in this
way sadly damaged the Scotchman's ma
ked leg with the spur. The de'el d-n
you" exclaimed Donald, rubbing hisleg,
"an ei We dinna gang oot O. bed and cut
yer toe nails, I'll soon be gettin' up and
throw yer DOT tn window, yer loot !"
The Trishman still slept soundly, and soon
put lis leg back in its old position, when
the young joker who had put on the spur
stole up to the bed and pinched his leg
the SECOND time. In went the leg again,
the spur striking the Scotchman's leg,
who now got in a terrible passion, and
began to pumme! Paddy, cxclaimng, as
usual, Get DOT O. bed and cut yer toe
nails, We loot do you fash Christian
mon to stan such rough diggin'!"
This walked up the IliShman, who at that
moment bringing the spur to bear to his
OwnNothcr leg, vaulted out of bed Hav-
ing procured a light, he looked down at
the spur with the greatest aStonishment-
" BY me sowl," said he, "what stupid
fool is the hostler at this inn sure an
he TUX off me boots whin I wint to bed,
and has left one ov me spurs. Strange il
is didn't notice it." This explanation
being satisfactory to Donald, harmony
was restored, while the author of the mis-
chief sneaked out of the room to his own
nest .....
The mountain Democrat., 1863-03-21

'' WoRDs IN TIE ENGLIsH LANGuAGE.--The
Edinburg Review enumcrates the number
Of words in the English languagcacquired
in childhood at one hundred, and this by
an initiative process which wakes active
as the child becomes an adult. If he
does not belong to the educated classes of
society, he will at no time acquire more
than three hundred or three hundred and
fifty. Upon a stock of twice that amount
he may mix with learned men, and even
write a book, and this when our entire
vocabulary contains thirty-dyc thousand
words.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-03-21

SHORT BIT SwEET.--Defnition of gen.
tlcman-" One who pays for his paper"
What beauty and what simplicity-how
brief and how comprehensive!
WHEN the Duke de Choiseul, a re-
markably meaSre man, came to London
to negotiate peace, Charles Townsend,
being asked whether the French Govern
mcnt had sent the preliminaries of a
treaty, answered: Gle did not know,
but they had sent the outline of an am
bassador! !"
y LADY being asked why she did not
use the mcdicatcd soap, replied that she
got plenty of soft soap from her beau, and
that always put plenty of color in her
checks.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-03-21

EVERY CITIZEN in favor of trial by jury,
of freedom of religion, Of speech and of
the press, every one who loves his coun-
try better than he does the negro, and
who believes that this Government was
founded for the benefit of white men and
their postcrity, should uni;c with the
Democratic party to put down party
that is attempting to elevate the negro
and degrade the white man.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-03-21


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ADvERTTsINGone Square Of l0liues nrst insertion -;
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Sxesed one Sqaare'
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tended TO.
for Subscrtption. . .-
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The mountain Democrat., 1863-03-21

JOSEPH HtRRfs writes to the SA .CIais--
vile (Ohio) Chronicle, that the lecvsts
will be on hand this year, it being their
18th year since their last appearance
He says the Pharaoh locusts made their
first appearance on the wing May 10th,
1S40; on the 23d commenced singing :
on the 31st commenced boring the trees
and laying eggs. June 9th commenced
dying--the males f1rst; on 23th, ait
dead. (Faken from notes made ct the
above dates.) This year there will b.
locusts in abundance. Prepare your
small trees by tying them up with straw
for 25 days, and you are safe if you do It
right.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-03-21

ment than is the Supreme Court OF the
United States. The President is the crea-
ture of the Constitution he can exercise
no power but what is delegated in that
instrument; and the very moment he goes
beyond those delegated powers, he is a
usurper. Talk about the President being
the Government He is the agent, the
instrument of the people for the purpose
OF executing the powers conferred upon
the Chief Magistrate by the Constitution,
just as we and the other House are the
agents Of the people for conducting the
legislative department; just as the Su-
pTeme Court of the United States is the
agent for administering tire laws. The
President is no more the Government tbnD
the judicial or the legislative department.
He has no power except what he derives
from the Constitution. Hc is the creature
oi 1t. owe the President no more ale
glance than he owes pc. lie should be
as loyal to the legislative or the judicial
department, as either Of those depart
ments, or any member Of them, should
be to him. In this evil day, hear con-
s:sotay the President spoken of as being
the Government. Those who entertain
these doctrines seem to me to be willing
to lay down freedom, and to accept despo-
tism. have not been brought up in that
school of politicians never, never will
yield to any such dogma. When the
President administers the functions of his
office according to the Constitution Of his
country, and in a manner that think is
right. l will applaud him. When he goes
beyond that, and violates the fundamental
law, I will condemn him. Away, then,
with the doctrine that the President is the
Government. | am astonished that the
Senator should use such language.
---- . = -
ITs PRESENT PCRPOsE.-W hatever may
be said Of the purposes and objects with
which the war was begun, or was at first
carried on by the Administration, no one
can deny that it is now, on the part of the
party in power, war not to restore the
Union to what it was, but to destroy it {;
and make a negro government with no
slavery in the States. The Admnistra-
tion has declared an abolition crusade,
and its warmestsupporters say that Dem
ocratic officers must be dismissed from
the army. From the day that Mr.. Lin
coin declared that "this Union could not
endure part slave and part free; that it
must become all slave or all Free" the
Aholitioni>ts selected him as their cham
pion and got him TO favor their pro-
gramrne. BY accident, against the wish
es of vast majority of the people of the
| nited States, he succeeded to the Prcsi
dcncy, and he has been made to believe,
by the cunning and unscrupu'ouS leaders
of his party, that the people, when they
elected him, inIorsel the Abolition pro-
gramne. Believing so. he is rccklessly
and wickcdly trying to carry it out, and
has diverted the war from its legitimate
object TO an Abolition crusade.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-03-21

BEETLES The Moscow beetle Il . aNsx
lively and healthy,a beetle as aAyDof-hi1r
race in Europe. From the momoak you,
set foot in "HOly Moscow" gen 6n1 n
him an indissoluble friend. He Is pulDeAy
out with your watch, he drops from your
hat in bowling, he anticipates you in your
morning coffee, he takes his bath in yonr
wash,hand basin. He moreover eyfneee
the liveliest interest in all your proceed
ings. You may be writing, reading,
thinking or talking, but a beetle is sure
to have his eye on you. You may de-
tect him looking at you out of. the key
hole, chink in the 'f3eoT, ashole IN to
ceiling, or any other unaccOuntable No
treat. But you are forced to put up with
his company, and it is only in time, when
habit has given you second nature, that
you become careless of his unwearied e.
pionage. e.-[The Northern Circuit.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-03-21
WOnI sleep Win me

A Boil Nor MUcn AFTER ALL.-When
people are troubled with the affliction
commonly known as bOils, they general
ly complain of the painful character
thereof Yet bile" according to the
Unabridged, is only "a circumscribed
subcutancouS inflammation, characterized
by, appointed pustular tumor, and suppu-
rating with central core; perunculus."
a little thing like that ought not to be
painful! 80.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-03-21

HEARING a physician remark that =
small blow would break thenosA, . rustic
standing by exclaimed" We'll, il dune
bout that. I've blowed my p0se pretty
hard good many times, and neSeg hr6k1
il" le.F-,sf :..E.ll.l.dSi -.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-03-21

Ir we grasp .squicksilssg y & +sdllpe
Through the fingers; and this1is sptn1A
'e wy TASp Mi'n mos most . 15flsysss;a.ai ys;a.ai ssssW
WHY'S A,pRteh Of corn. Ma Apnaee
Because It's always, Hahls tAihaEA - -
pulled. asqx n,
A %0xAN's csOwning glaEv=xheGs baa.
net. .- - - .f-.s, !.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-03-21

CASE BEFORE TIE GRAND JCW.-A dis
consulate woman went before Grand
Jury, and the following proceedings were
had:
Madam" said the foreman, what
complaint have you to make?"
81 come to enter complaint agin' my
companion"
"Your husband, I suppose? Well,
what is his name, and what has he
done?"
"His name is Mr.. -, and he
struck me, and beat me, and threw me
out doors, and threatened to kill me if I
come in the house again!"
"What provocatiOn did you give him,
madam, for such treatment?"
I don't like to tell, sir"
But, madam, you must! The Grand
Jury must know all the circumstances.
"Well, if l must, | must. lie done it
just cause l wouldn't sleep with him."
All! that's the nature of the case, is
it? Very well, why did you refuse to
sleep with him ?"
"Cause he was drunk, and didn't
want to-"
Well, how is it when he's sober ?
Do you refuse to sleep with him then ~
"No, sir; but when he's sober he
won't Slpen with me- ~
The mountain Democrat., 1863-03-21

Az EDIToR's OPINION on BILLIARDS.
Somebody wrote to the Bucyrus Journal
lette' of inquiry as to billiards, to whom
the editor replied as follows -" Yes, sir,
we can tell you all about billiards. 1t is
game consisting of two men in their
shirt sleeves, punching balls about on
table, and presenting the keeper of the
table with fifteen cents, or as is common
ly the case in this country, telling him
to mark it down. This last mentioned
CUSTOM has given them the title of bill
lia& markers. If you have a decided
genius for the game, you viii make a So
pcrior player at the expeHssa of 500
BIacksmiths, carpenters, etc., play it for
exercise. 1t was invented by a shrewd
saloon keeper, who was not satisfied by
the profit Of whisky, and was too much
opposed to temperance to water it.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-03-21

az AN an unluckly man, gentlemen" e"
exclaimed poor fellow. Is i'll were TO
seize time by the forolOcl1, I do believe it
would come right out, and leave him as
bare as barber'S block"
A COUNTRY girl writing to her friends,
says Of the polka, that i" the dancing does
no! not amount to much, but the bugging is
heavenly" - A''' 'S''''' -E--'TS ? =
The mountain Democrat., 1863-03-21
Tuy 1ySFM DEMOCRAT.

puRt1suEp EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY
auL%7r6 HsF 81 JArTU AIRY
=. o.,w,rum 80 ... y. A. JASUART.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-03-21

once, on COlOma street.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-03-07
FOREIGN NEWS.


Halifax, March 8.
The Arabia from Liverpool 2lst aud
Qoeenst0wu "a 1rfived here this morn
ing. She bsiDEp tvo days later news.
The Polish question is the leading top
10 in Europe. sa2@ e
Fsnes ssnt dispaAsAes 70 Berlin sx-
pressing great 6sslaisfxetion u the inter
vention Of Prussia in the s&airs of Po-
land. Ef
In ths British Hoass-of Lords Russell
denounced thxrourt II Russia. s /.
Liverpool, Jan. 80 Bresdstuffs duh !;
wheat and -four unchanged and steady
Corn s. Cd lower. 4.
Pfoviiona dali md tsnding down.
ward.
London, Jan. 1l-0ousoh 92A; nl
Csetxal 4li04ai; Erie %A&; c. A4S@
ASA sa 44sN44 % sea %5gk f&aA.f ssE M@ ~ "a s3s
s4AA& E-AMME1J asAs-xgsSs