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* foreign Influence, no- * „
In previous'numbers of Che American,
we have alluded to the influence exer-
cised by foreigners in the United States,
in political matters. Heretofore, we also
referred át length .to the magnificent de-
but .of-Kossuth, and had occasioq to ad-
minister a* little gentle cas'tigation, to
Senators Cass and Douglass, for the me-
nial servitude'and fulsom court, paid
that distinguished gentleman during his
stay on this continent. Another edition
ot M.-Kossuth, only on a more miniite
scale, was that veriest of all humbugs,
save Kossuth and Barnum, father Math-
ew, the Irish temperance lecturer.
We place him second to Kossuth, be-
cause he did not bring with him the pres-
tige of Kossuth. He had neither the
military fame, nor the capacity of the
latter, an J if he had, that honorable body
•the United States Senate placed him
in a more honorable positión, and we are
disposed to-take him as we find him.
Who was father Mathew 1 A Jesuit,
commissioned by the Pope of Rome, to vi¡
ittheUnitedStates on matters connected
with that church; and under the plea of
lecturing on tempe ranoe, he did visit ev-
ery Roman Catholic diocese in the Uni-
ted States. What that business was, we
are not permitted to know, but wore we
to guess, our answer would be found in
the letter of instruction, from Pius, to
Arch Bishop Hughs. It is not, howev-
er with the Catholicism of father Math-
ew, that we have to deal, nor in fact,
with him at all, but with those honorable
Senators, who compromised their own
dignity and that of the United States,
by descending to court the Catholic
influence by paying adulation to him
What-Ireland had ever done for the LV-
ted State, or what father Mathew had
ever done for Ireland? except to confirm
them in priestly fauaticism and ignorance
and superstition, to entitle him to extra-
ordinary distinction, we are at a loss to
know. History furnishes us no clue.
It is said, as some contend, that it is
because he was a philanthropist, then
we answer, that charity begins at home,
and modesty would at least or ought to.
have suggested, that demonstrations of
respect, should first have commenced in
Ireland; but we find nothing of the kind
there. If he lectured on temperance,
he must have been very unsuccessful, or
else they are very lucky in sending us
the irreclaimable, for we -find few of
them here who appear to have profited
by his teaching. The fact is, father
Mathew, was a very common man at
home, although the United States Sen-
ate made him so vastly genteel in Amer-
ica ; but prophets are never honored in
their own country, and so thought the
honorable Senate.
It is true that father Mathew, made a
considerable stir in this country, he lec-
tured well, and was paid well. Who
would not, be a philanthrophist under
such circumstances ? Catholics and
Demagogues, gave him a reputation, and
the United States Senate clinched it by
conferring on him a distinction never
accorded to a native born American citi-
zen. By a solemn resolution he was in-
vited to a seat within the bar of the
Senate. Here then for the second time,
in as maúy months, we find honors con-
ferred on foreigners, honors which have
never been conferred but three times
since the foundation of the Government,
and every time on aliens mere visitor*
to our country. Havé native born citi-
zens, never done anything to intitle them
to respect, or, are not honorable deeds
in them intitled to as much considera-
tion, as if done by foreigners ? Fifteen
millions of American citizens have done
more for America, than ever Kossuth
or father Mathew did, and yet fourteen
million nine hundred thousand of those
names have never been heard inside of
the Senate Chamber. We could mention
the names of an hundred men in Texas,
who fought and many of them bled, in
defence of free Institutions, and against
the usurpations of the very religion
which the American Senate fosters by
honoring father Mathew, and not one of
them, was ever at any time suspicioned
of cowardice. Would one of those have
met with any such demonstration of re
upect, had they, or were they, now to visit
Washington city 1 Not so, and yet this
honor was shown to Kossnth, who was
not only charged with cowardice, but
treachery. Father Mathew was intitled
to no such honors. He had done noth
ing for Ireland, for America, nor man-
kind, to justify the Senate of the United
States, n conferring it on him. He was
a Catholic* Priest, on a visit to the Uni-
ted átatee, on. matters connected frith
his church, and* if bis eervices were
worth anything to the" cause of temper-
ance, he was amply repaid, not only by
the consciousness of doing his # fellow
man good, but by large pecuniary con-
siderations. We might refer also to
Bedini,'the Italian butcher in this con-
nection, but we forbear,.it is sickning.
Will any pretend to say,' or for a m<j-
ment believe, that these honors were be-
stowed on those individuals for any re0
spect entertained for them by the Amer-
ican Senate not one. • The object was
popularity—popularity with the Catho-
lic and foreign vote, now so numerous in
the United States; and to sectire that
American statesmen, who boast of the
blood of. the heroes of the Revolution,
tant one to the Ndrth, and on it the Re-'
publican party were opposed to the De-
mocracy. [Laughter ] But I was met
with the answer that it was not an im-
who profess to be imbued with the same
spirit of patriotism, which animated
those glorious old soldiers, will prosti-
tute themselves and the (dignity of the
American character. '
American citizens think of it, and if
you can do so without a flush of indig-
nation mantling your cheek, you are un-
worthy of the name or character of an
American citizen, you are a fit subject
for a Bombshell and we freely part with
you. *
spicy debate in congress-
On the 18th inst.,the House of Rep-
resentatives held no ballot for Speaker,
but the day was occupied and enlivened
by a running debate, in whioh a number
of leading men of the several parties
undertook to define positions for them-
selves and for others. It is so curious
that we copy the appended report in
full:
House of Representatives,
December 18.
Mr. Walker asked and obtained leave
to make a personal explanation. He
said that in taking his scat upon the
floor he had determined, as a general
rule of action, not to notice newspaper
comments upon his course, but at this
particular juncture in the condition of
parties in the House, and in view of the
great popular anxiety on the subject,
made every member, however
which made every
humble or unknown he might be, an ob-j he\submitted that the
jeet of scrutiny and examination, he felt Alabama in his remarks had proved that
it due to himself at least to attempt a1 the party to which he belonged was as
vindication of his conduct He pro-
ceeded to read an article from the Mobile
Register reflecting upon the course of j he was acting had been rallied to carry
Southern Know-Nothing members for
preparing to waste their suffrages on im-
possible candidates to planting them
where they would tell against the ene-
mies of the South, and absobing their
consciences by the solemn mockery of
accusing Democrats of delaying the or-
ganization by not coming to the support
of their candidate, Humphrey Marshall.
Mr. W. proceeded to say that the same
paper, in another issue, charged him per-
sonally with trifling iu the discharge of
his duty here by throwing his vote away
on Mr. Davis, of Maryland, and he
thought that it was his duty to define
clearly where he stood, and where he in-
tends to stand. That the small body
of thirty with whom he had the honor
to act had not only been the target for
the press of the country, but had been
used in this House to the game of bat-
tledore and shuttlecock by the Republi-
cans on one side, and the Democrats on
the other. He had heard that the Dem-
ocratic party was the only one in the
House acting upon principle. It was so,
but what was the principle upon which
they were acting ? It was the principle
of party arrogance and exclusiveness.
They had met on this floor before Con-
gress had yet assembled, and in a pre-
liminary caucus had adopted a resolu-
tion which many of their number in
their calmcr moments painfully admit-
ted was a stigma and an insult upon the
principles of that party, whose princi-
ples were nearly the same, and they only
differed on questions of legislative expe-
diency. He went on to say that if the
Southern Know Nothings had rallied
to the support of the Democratic candi-
date, the result would have been the Free
Soil organization of the House, and
therefore, the effect, so far as the organ-
ization was concerned, had been to stave
it off and prevent the Free Soilers from
obtaining an ascendency, but that the
party with whom he acted could never
cooperate with the Democrats so long as
the insulting allusion contained in their
resolution passed in caucus stared them
in the face unretracted; for it would
place them first, in a humiliating posi-
tion, and next, would in all likelihood
secure the Free Soil organization of the
House.
Mr. J. Glancy Jones, said that be
had the honor to submit the resolution
in caucus to which the gentleman re-
ferred, and, in doing so, had no intention
to insult any individual, or any class of
individuals ; and he would further say
to the gentlemen, that Pennsylvania
would have cast seventeen votes for the
candidate of the national Democratic
party, [Mr. Richardson] instead of six,
had it not bccu for Know Nothingism,
as professed, but Free Soihsui iri disguise
and in reality, in his State; that' the
gentlemen would search that resolution
in vain to find a word said about the
American party; that the Know Noth- portant election, that no members, of
ing party was mentioned, but in his State Congress were to be elected, and • that
the local questions, the Maine liquor law
and others, were of greater importance.
Mr. Orr. I would like to kn.ow of
the gentleman if he heard the gentleman
from Massachusetts, [Mr. Banks.] in
any of his speeches delivered in Maine,
make use of the - celebrated expression
that he was willing to let the Union
slide?" . *
Mr. Washburn. In answer to that
question I would state that I heard the
speeches of the gentleman, but never
heard him make use of that expression.
Mr. Campbell, of Pennsylvania, said
that he desired to address the great
American party in relation to the charge
which had been made against that party
in the State of Pennsylvania of Free
Soilism; that he had understood his
colleauge, [Mr. J. G. Jones] to say that
the American party in their State had
goue over, body and soul, to Free Soil-
ism.
Mr. J. Glancy ¡Jones, remarked that
he had most distinctly said that Know
Nothingism and Free Soilism were syn'
onymous terms.
Mr. Campbell desired to show to the
members of the House and the country
that the American party of Pennsylva-
nia was entirely a distinct party from the
Free Soil party. He then proceeded to
give a history of the late canvass in
Pennsylvania, and to explain the fusion
which had taken place between the.dis-
cordant elements of Know Nothingism,
Whiggery, and Abolitionism, which, he
said, was deemed essentially necessary
in order to defeat the Democratic party.
Mr. Jones said that he would be the
last man to attempt to place his col-
league in a false position, but that what
he had said on the subjcct had been con-
firmed by one of his colleagues, [Mr. Al
lison.] who professed Free Soil princi-
ples. He further asked if the Know
Nothing party of Pennsylvania was not
the Free Soil party, Upon what principle
all his colleagues, who had been sent to
Congress as Know Nothings, had, with
the exception of three, supported the
geutlemau from Massachusetts for Speak-
er, who was publicly held up as being the
very bone and sinew of Abolitionism?
Mr. Campbell replied that he and his
colleagues were supporting Mr. Banks as
Americans, and that gentleman was at
liberty to entertain any views on the sub-
ject of slavery that he thought fit, they
considering that an open question.
Mr Washburn, of Illinois, wished to
inquire of the gentleman of Pennsylva-
nia, (Mr Jones) whether he meant to say
that when, in the resolution adopted in
the Democratic caucas, the term Know
Nothingism was used, it was not meant
to apply to the Southern Americans ?
Mr. Jones certainly meant to say no
such thing. The objection had been
raised by the gentleman from Alabama
that the American party had been treat-
ed with contempt in the caucus resolu-
tion which had been submited by him.
and that he had replied to that gentle-
man by saying that there was not one
word in it intended to be disrespectful
to any man or any class of meu, however
humble they might be. That he had
said that Know Nothingism in his own
State was belived to be Free Soilism in
disguise, and that, whatever it might
publicly pretend, it was always found
acting and voting with the Erce Soil
party.
Mr. Washburn saked if t^e gentleman
understood Know Nothingism to be Free
Soilism in disguise as contradistinguish-
ed from Americanism ? He wished to
know if Know Nothingism and Ameri-
canism were one and the same thing,
; Mr Jones replied that he was aü
American himself, but would never be a
Know Nothingism and Freesoilism wore
synonymous terms, and ' therefore the
gentleman could find nothing objection-
able in that terra.
Mr. Allison desired to ask his col-
league a question. He wished to know
whether he understood him «iright when
he said that the principles" of the Know
Nothing party and the Free Soil or anti-
Nebraska party were identical, and that
the union of these two partiesen Penn-
sylvania had prevented the national De-
mocracy from having a majority of the
State delegation on the floor. If so, he
endorsed that idea. He believed that,
had,it not been that the people of Penn-
sylvania condemned the actioti of the
last Congress on the Nebraska Bill, sev-
enteen national Democrats might have
again represented his State in the pres-
ent Congress; but as thd people con-
demned it, the Know Nothings and Free
Soil party united; and Pennsylvania is
now represented by a majoiity who are
opposed to that act.
Mr. Walker, resuming, spoke at
length on the principles of the South-
ern portion of the American party, and
concluded by saying that there had been
an attempt made to organize the House
upon a merely sectional basis, and that
the. candidate of that sectional party
[Mr. Banks] had said yesterday that he
rested his claims for the support of his
constituents, as well as for his party in
the House, upon the staunchness of his
anti-slavery principles. He, therefore,
called upon all conservative men, irre-
spective of parties, who were anxious,
as he was, to effect an organization and
to preserve the great interests of the
country, to meet in the hall at half-past
7 o'clock, for the purpose of having a
conference, in order to devise some plan
by whic'i a conservative organization of
the House might be had.
Mr. Washburn, of Maine, desired to
submit a few remarks. He said that
there was but one truly national party
on the floor of the House, and that party
had been giving its vote to the honorable
geutleman from Massachusetts for Speak-
er ; that the Democratic party last year
was dominant, but the large majority
which it then had of 150 members had
melted down to 75; that it did not rep-
resent the national feeling of the country,
but a faction, aud nothing better ; and
gentlemen from
sectional upon the subject of slavery as
the Democratic. The party with which
out the ideas contained in the Declara-
tion of Independence and the constitu-
tion of the country, and would sustain
the honorable gcutleuien from Massachu-
setts. and keep its ground until its posi-
tion is vindicated and acknowledged by
the North and South, and it is admitted
to be the only truly national party in the
country. [Laughter.]
Mr. Orr. I would like to inquire of
the gentleman when he was elected to a
seat on this floor ?
Mr. Wasaburn. Last September a
year.
Mr. Orr. I would (hen ask the gen-
tleman whether his party has not since
been defeated, and whether there has not
lately been a Democratic Legislature
elected in his State ?
[Cries of "Answer that!" and great
laughter.]
Mr. Washburn. I will answer the
gentleman by saying, id the first place
that a leading issue in the S^te of Maite
at the last election was the Maine liquor
law. [Laughter.] I will átate further,
that it requires a majority t . elect- the
Governor; that the Republican party K vnthii r
had a plurality of some 3,000 votes over ,T_ ^
the Democracy ; and that another party
known a3 the straight-out Whig party
had about 6,000 votes, and that party
occupied the same position on the Ne-
braska Bill as did the Republican. Be
sides this, the Democratic party, in its
convention, had refused to express any
opinion either on one side or the other
in regard to the Nebraska Bill.
Mr. Orr. The gentleman says, as
understand him, that the Maine liquor
law was the principal issue, and the one
which determined the result. Are we,
then, to understand from this that the
people of Maine liked whiskey better
than freedom ? [Great laughter.] There
is another question which I wish to ask
him. I desire to know whether he was
not elected to his seat on this floor by
the Know Nothings in his district.
Mr. Washburn. I shall be very hap
py to answer that question. I am not
aware that I was—at any rate. I am not
a member of the order. I believe there
were very few Know Nothings in my
district at the time.
Mr. Orr. There is still another
question I wish to ask. Was not the is-
sue made in the State of Maine at the
last election by the gentleman himself
Senator Wade, the Hon. Mr. Banks, and
other gentlemen, that the question which
the people of Maine had to decide was
whether they should support the Kansas
and Nebraska act passed at the last Con-
gress 1
Mr. Washburn. I said that I thought
this question was au exceedingly imppr-
Mr. Washburn wished to hear the dif-
ference between Know Nothingism and
Americanism explained.
Mr. Jones said that he could not do
more than state that there is a party in
this country that goes by a great many
names: the American partj, alias the
Know Nothing party,- alias the Anti-
Foreign party ; that it at times pretends
to be a national organization, aud at
others a sectional one; and, if the
gentleman alluded to that party, he would
say that, by whatever term designated,
it was identical with Free Soilism, and
promised no good to the Democratic par-
ty. (Applause.)
Mr. Washburn said that he had un-
derstood Mr. Jones as holding out an
invitation to the Southern Kuow Noth-
ings to come in and vote for the candi-
date of the Democratic party by saying
that the platform adopted by that party
in caucus was not a barrier to their do-
ing so.
Several voices. He did no such thing.
Mr. Washburn, I merely state it as
I understood it.
Voices. " You know better."
Mr. Jones. It is known by all here
that the resolution adopted in caucus by
the Democratic party publicly proclaims
the principles and the organization of that
party, and says to the country and the
world that it never will take ground
with the Know Nothing party; how,
then, that geutleman could, by any posi
bility, have understood me to say that I
was willing to compromiso and makclcau.
conditions with that party, I am at a loss
to determine. , Sir, l'am only Willing to
compromise with and embrace those who
repudiate their heresies and come back
into the Dcmocrotic fold:
31 r. Washbuen disclaimed any inten-
tion of misrepresenting the gentleman,
but was Exceedingly ánxiotís to bring
before the country what had occurred
between that gentleman and the gentle-
man from Alabama, iii the course of the
debate- The gentleman from Alabama,
in his eloquept speech, says? as did the
geqtleman from North Carolina (M.
Paine.) yesterday,- that the platform
which "the Democratic party has made
here interposes between that party and
the Southern Americam partya wall of
fire which the latter cannot pass. The
gentleman from Pennsylvania made an
explanation in regard to that platform,
and then the gentleman from Alabama
comes forward and says that if the Demo-
cratic party will ignore that platform,
and ignore their candidate for Speaker
then the Know Nothing party of the
South will join bauds with them and
elect a Speaker. He desired to know
of the gentleman from Alabama who
formed that conservative portion of the
Democratic party of the House, which
he had referred to in his speech, who
were in favor of abandoning their organ-
ization and their platform, and joining
hands with the Southern Know Noth-
ings. He wanted to know who they
were, and wanted to let the country
know..
Mr. Walker. Let me tell the gen-
tleman from Illiaois that I said no such
thing
Mr. Houston. He knows it, too, Very
well,
Mr. Washburn. The gentleman from
Alabama disclaims making any such re-
mark. I certainly, understood him so.
I would like to kqow the men who are
willing to abandon'their platform and
abandon my friend and colleague, (Mr.
Richardson,) who has received the nom-
ination in caucus.
Mr. Jones. I understood the gentle-
man from Alabama to say this: That
it might so happen that if the Southern
Know Nothing party were called upon to
decide between the candidate of the Dem-
ocratic party and that of the opposition,
they would, in that contingency, choose
the lesser of the two evils, and, with-
out asking any compromise, support Mr.
Richardson in preference to Mr. Banks.
Mr. Walker. The gentleman from
Pennsylvania has also misunderstood me.
[Laughter.] I Said no such thing. What
I did say was this—and, in repeating it,
I beg the attention of the House to my
words, and fc ope that they will be weigh-
ed properly : That, so far as I was coú-
cerned, desiring, as I did, a proper and
conservative organization of this House,
and believing, as I did, that it was ex-
pressing the wishes of most of those who
have thus far co-operated with me; I was
willing, in the event of the House not
orgarizing to-day, to meet in this hall
this evening all the members of the House
who are willing to abide by the existing
laws upon the question of slavery, and
are opposed to the further agit ition of
that question, here or elsewhere, and who
are prepared to vote for the admission of
any State in this Union, whether that
Stase permits slavery into its constitu-
tion or not. These, I think, were my
words.
Mr. Washburn desired to know if the
gentleman from Pennsylvania aud his
friends would accept the invitation they
had just received and go into the cau-
cus.
Mr. Jones replied that the Democrat-
ic party would meet in no caucus except
a caucus of their own party upon their
own principles.
A long discussion here arose between
Messrs. Allison, Campbell and Jones
of Pennsylvania as to the position of the
Know Nothing and Free Soil parties in
that State—Messrs. Jones and Allison
maintaining that they were united in
their opposition to the Nebraske bill, and
Mr. Campbell contending that the
Know Nothing party had not made the
Nebraska bill an issue at all; but the ma-
jority sent by that party to Congress
were opposed to it because their constit-
uents were so.
Mr- 8m.th of Virginia asked Mr.
Campbell whether he had not some time
before stated that ho and his colleagues
were supporting Mr. Banks as an Amer-
ican, without regard to his views on the
slavery question ?
Mr. Campbell replied that he had.
Mr. Smith then desired to know
whether the gentleman was not aware
that Mr. Banks had left the American
party last fall ?
Mr. Campbell was not.
Mr. Smith asked him if he did not
know that Mr. Banks had voted for Mr.
Rockwell and against Mr. Gardner in
the late election in Massachusetts ?
Mr. Campbell replied that he was not
present when the vote was Cast, and there-
fore knew nothing about it. (Laughter.)
Mr. Smith said that if he was not pres-
ent when the vote was cast, he was no
doubt perfectly satisfied that Mr. Banks
had left the American party last fall, and
presumed that he was also well satisfied
that that gentleman voted for Mr. Rock-
well in preference to Mr. Gardner, and
yet tcllsthe House that he is support-
ing Mr. Banks becausc he is an Auieri-
Mt.'Cahpbell here asked Mr. Smith
if he had not been elected to Congress
as an American, and whether be was an
Achcrican now?
Mr. Ethridge moved to adjourn ; but
withdrew his nfotion iri order to epable
M"r Smith to make a personal explana
tiofir that gentlemen promising t: re-
new it.
Mr. Smith then entered into a person-
al explanation. He said that he had
been elected to Congress as a Damocrat.
and though he did not belong to the
Know Nothing order, bad always refused
to denounce that order. He had not
voted for Mr. Wise for Governor on per,
sonal grounds, but. he Ijad not supported
his opponent. 0n"concludirig, he re-
newed the motion of Mr. JSthridge that
the House adjourn.
Tho question wds taken, and' the mo-,
tion was lost. •
Mr. Giddings made one of his uku%1
ánti-slavery spfeechis.
Mr. H. Marshall followed. He said
that be did nbt,'like the gentleman from
Alabama, who had- opened the debate,
feel any uneasiness'at his position.- He,
like the Democratic party, had uo terms
of compromise to accept. His party
asked from them .no quarter. He did
not complain of their platform, their
want of courtesy, or the únusual time
and place in which it Vas uttered. On
the contrary, he thought it a fit and prop-
er sequent to the executive administra-
tion to which'they were attachd, ¡nd
which they supported, aud whieh dares
in this coilntry prescribe men of his
opinion frooi places- of profit and emolu-
ment, and even dares to fóllow the com-
mon laborer with the same arm of power
for the utterance of American sentiments.
He went ón tp define the principles of
his party) ánd the stand they iuteuded
to take in 1859.
Mr. Campbell, of Óhio. obtained the
floor, and gave notice of his intention to
address the House ou the plurality reso-
lution offered by Mr. Thoruington.
That resolution not being before the
House.
Mr. Thorningtón again offered it.
Mr. Campbell then móved to adjourn
The motion was agreed to, and at 4
o'clóck the HoUse adjourned.
scene in a police court-
The prisoner iu this case, whose ñamé
was Dicky Swivél, alias " Stove Pipe
Peter," was plaoed at the bar, questioned,
by the judge# ¡¡o the following effect:
"Bring the prisoner into court," said
the judgq.
"Here I is, bound to blaie, as the
spirits-turpentine said whén it was all
afire." answered-Peter.
"We will'take a little of the fire out
of you. How do you live ?"
'•I aint particular, as the oyster said
when they axud him if he'd be fried or
roasted'."
'We don't want to hoar what the oys-
ter said, or the spirits of turpentine
either. What do you follow V
"Anything that comes iu my way, as
the locomotive said when he run over the
little nigger."
"We don't care anything about the lo-
comotive. What is your business ?"
"That's various, as the cat said when
she stole the chicken off the plate."
"That comes nearer the line, I sup-
pose."
"Altogether in my line, as the rope
said when it was choking the pirate/'
"If I hear any more absurd compari-
sons I will give you twelve months."
"I am doue, as the beefstake said tó
the cook."
"Now, sir, your punishment shall de-
peud On the shortness and correctness of
your answer. I suppose you live by go-
ing round the docks ?"
• No, sir, L can't go round the docks
without a boat, and I haiut got none,"
"Answer me: how do yod get yOur
bread ?"
"Sometimes at the baker's and Some-
times I eat tater "
-No more of your stupid insolence.—
How do you support yourself I"
"Sometimes on my legs, aud Sometimes
on my cheer (chair)."
"I order you to answer this question
correctly. How do you do ?"
"Pretty well, thank you, judge; how
do you do 1"
"I shall have to commit you." .
■'Vel, you've commit yourself, fust,
that's some consolation."
A WOMAN SWIMMING THE MISSISSIPPI-
When the steamer Ben Sherrod was in
flames in the Mississippi river, and the lady
passengers who liad thrown themselves in
the water were drowning around the boat,
the wile of Captain Castleman jumped into
the river, with her infant in her arms, an 1
swam ashore, a distance of half á mile, being
the only woman saved out of sixteen. She
had learned to swim when a girl.—Reveille
" Barney, where have you been?"
" To widow Malony's ball; and an il-
ligant time we had of it. Four fights
in fifteen minutes, aad knocked downs
with the watchman, that left but one
wholh nose in the house, and that be-
longed to the tay-kettle. Bedad, the
likes were never to be seen siuco we
waked ould Donally."
Men should, in every instant, be care-
ful to bear in miad Crockett's motto
"Be sure you are right and then go a
head." N ever offend a person without
knowing first that you are right:
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