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#?? 11.111 i ?? 3t%rfi!autan3 Uraimtg. ?, . vs Singular Couple 8 Along with my brother, who was collec- ?' ting milter for ;? work he was about to pub* ? lith, I visited tlw interesting town of Hex- b ' . . < hem?interesting at least to him, for it was a fine field for historian! research, nl- :s though for my own part I found little to admire besides its ancient church. The cir- e curostance which more than any thing else obtained the dingy town a lasting place in 11 my memory, was our taking a lodging with ? an extraordinary pair, an old man, and woman ?husband and wife, who lived by them- fl selves, without child or servant, subsisting on the letting of their parlor and two bed- c rooms. They wore tall, thin and erect, f though each seventy years cf age. When we knocked at the door for admittance, they answered it together; if we rang the bell, the hwsbaaJ and wife invariably appeared side by side ; alt our requests and demands were I received by both, and executed with the ut- i moet nicety and exactness. < The first night, arriving late by the coach I from New castlo, and merely requiring n < good fire and our tea, we were puzzled to < understand the reason of this double attendance; iind I remember my brother,rather irre- .1 verently wondering whether we were always to be waited upon by these Siamese twins. " On ringing tho bell, to retire for tho night, both apoenred as usual; tho wife carrying the be?l-room candlestick, the husband 1 standing at the door. I gave her some directions about breakfast tor the following morning, when the 'husband f;<?in tho door quickly answered for her. ''Depend upon it she's dumb," said my brother, in a wliispor. But this was uot tho case, though she rarely made use of tho faculty of speech. They both attended me into my bcd-rcom; 1 when tho old lady, seeing me look with some surprise towards her husband, said : There's no oft'encc meant, ma'nm, by my liusbaaid coming with me iuto the chamber ?he's stotie blind.' 'Boor, man!' 1 exclaimed. 'But why, then, does lie not sit still ! Why does ho accompany you everywhere?' "It's no use, uia'um, your speaking to my old woman,' said tho husband, 'she can't uear you?she (jmtc deaf.' ? was astonished. Here was compensation ! Could a pair bo better inatclied ? Man and wife, indeed, one flesh, for he raw with her eyes, and site heard with his ears! It was beautiful to me evor after to watch the old man and woman in their inseparableneas. Their sympathy with each ether was as swift as electricity, and made their depiivation as naught. 1 have often thought of thnt old man and woman, and cannot but hope, that as in life they were insparablo to each other, so in death they might not be divided, but either < be spared the terrible calamity of being alone I in the world.?Chamber's Journal. Autumn. 1 The Buflalo Express preaches a most beautiful and touching sermon on this Autumn time, ami we can but give it to our readers, who will readily trace its authorship 1 to the pen of Anson G. Chester: There are single words which contain more emphasis, more meaning, than can he found in many a. volume. Say simply "Heaven/'to the follower of the Cross, and j liis soul is suddenly mled with celestrial rap- i lure. Say "Home" to the exile, and you j r ffiave recited the tenJerest poem that could t the etmsiructod. Say "Mother" to the ob- ; t /durnted criminal and bis heart will utelt likej \ dead within a furnace. Say "Autumn" to | ' ?the poet, and his fancy is at once uncut bod j l ?.(he springs of his pathos arc unsealed?j ' rarid the harp of hi* passions i* swept by | t vfingcra, that never sweep those chords in I li ! Nature dies annually. Habit has render- 1 ed tu Indifferent to the circumstance, else ? would it move and profit us. We witness 1 the process aud progress of the disease that ? conquers her at last?see the burning Sum- I mer fever that follows the sweet and health- ? ful Spring of her existence; olwervo the An t tutnu hectic that flu-lied her check, and the t ?%. a... . ?. .i i ? i_ e niusr paiior mm* incrc, \>iuui iicruy- [ v ing throes, her death ; and finally no her c sweet clay clad in the lily shroud of Winter, ^ and her surpassing beauties 'committed to * the tomb; and all this without a pang, per- I Imps without a thought. Oh men are ? strangely hard-hearted. Few there are who v will leave their business, their pleasures, oven [ o /or an hour, to attend the mournful funeral j o of Nature?and to enrich themselves with v r .the grave suggestions of the hour. ! si Again the tiino of her death comes on.? I t< Strength has departed from her liml>s?Iter I it -sinew* are enfeebled?her veins are fast dry- i is jng up. Slower and yet slower pace the' )' .throbbing* of her great heart? feebler and : g yet more feeble are the tickings of her hid- I c idea cheek?dimmer and more dim waxes | the light of her eloqueut eye. Who watches [ *1 the invalid as she passes away ? Who loves h her so well that lie will not suffer her to die a alone ? The d#)'8 of the violets are gone ; the days j (4 iU* hotkl?when the earth approaches ; q neatest to the furnace of the suu, and warms i< herself ifeerost, until huge bends of' sweat j h glitter upou her forehead? have passed f away ; the harvest is gathered ; the boiiti- i I ties of the year are garnered up. fthe who ' n dies has bequeathed rich legacies to (he! H world, which it will eiyoy when she is not.! Stiange (hat, in the enjoyment of the legacy,; U we should basely forget tho source whence ' h it came. Hut wo do. Let the brown leave* fall. I.et tho her-j 01 1>age shrivel and wither. Let the shrill; wind whistle over the dead plain and through y, (tie naked brandies. Wo are filled with k Cood, and care not for the general desolation jt y which we are surrounded. W# live, thongh Nature dies. Ji And yet, there arc dyes which are Wind- d pd i?y acakiing tear* as liiey see ffie dosing L Jiouf draw nigh. For when she, wjiosje end * is at hand, sunk to r?wt before, she sank *?ot ak>ne, but took widi Iter those who were pre-^ di I ' , ??Jl ioua as lif? or Heaven. And their grief re irus to them now like an avenging foe, rfco having b""en oSce foil?-J and having , alkered new strength for contest, oomee to \ rush us with his power. Let the dry loaves ( ill. They shall be sprinkled and moistened | y the tears of unnumbered weepers. , The deal h of the year! It is a time for < olemn reflections, for subdued fancies, for ( oly res dutions. It is a time to be tre*3ur i d, not wasted. There is poetry iu the air | rlieu Nature breathos her last?there is ad- | nonition in the scene, When her bosom { eases froui its throbbing;--there is joy in j ler going, for we know that she will return j gain. j The hour offers thcojewels. See that tliou i lost place them in a setting that is seemly, , ind dost wear them proudly. Else wilt , lion loee a treasure such as angels covet. Prayer Profitable. What profit shall wc have if we pray unto Him ?' impiously exclaimed persona years igo, and say now ; thus implying that praysr is useless. They are reluctant to believe that prayer to the Most High is cither n duty or a service, and so 'restrain prayer before God.' What profit shall wc have if we pray unto II im t' What? Why, much every way, 1. Hereby comes divine illumination. 'If any man lack wisdom let him ask of God' for he giveth wisdom. 'I neglected,' say Mathew Henry, tlio commentator, at the close of * 'l-y, 'L to for liglit and i aid in niy studies this morning, and hence my chariot wheels have d rapped heavily.' 2. Hereby coines forgiveness of sins. No one obtains pardon of his Creator without asking for it. It is worth asking for, penitently and in faith, and is obtained on no other terms. On these terms however it is obtained. 'If we confess our sins, God, is faithful and just to forgivo our sins.' 'I said I will confess my trangressions unto the Lord, and thou forgavest me the inquity of my sin.' 3. Hereby comes deliverance from evil. Seo Israel rescued from the cruel thraldom ofl'haronh, because in their deplorable bondage 'they cried unto tlio Lord.' See a terrible calamity?no less than n general nnissacro, warded on from Esther, Mordccai, and the Jews, because 'they sought the God of their fathers.' 4. Hereby blessings descend upon others. There is an established connection between asking and receiving; aud that not only between the suppliant and God, but those for whom prayer is offered. ill 1 l*l-t ' l i nave ueara mee, saui uou 10 Moses, "llliU pardoned thy people according to thy word.' 'The prayer of faith saveth the sick.' And us manifest in the prayers of Abraham, Joshua. and Elijah, cause singular interpositions of Divine mercy in behalf of those prayed for. Behold the Apostle Peter mitaculously Jelivered from prison and from death 'because prayer unceasing was made by the Church unto God for him.' Let no one then pretend that prayer is useless, or neglect to pray ; for prayer is of the highest moment to ourselves and others, ind is a duty of imperative obligation. Common Sense. We find the foiio*ving common sense parigraph under the caption of uiIow to treat i wife," going the rounds: "Fi.'t, get a wife, ifccondly, be patient. You may h;ive great : rials and perplexities in your business ^'ith | he world ; but do uot therefore carry to | our home a clouded or contracted brow, i four wifo may have many trials, which, i hough of less magnitude, may have been as , lard f bear. A kind, conciliating word, a , euder look, will do wonders in chasing from | ier brow all clouds of gloom. You cncotin- ( er difficulties in the open air, fanned by f icaven's cool breezes : but your wife is often ', hut in from these healthful influences, and ' j ler health fails, and her spirits lose tlicir j | ilasticity. But oh ! boar with her ; she has i ( rials and sorrows to which you nro a stran- I, fer, but which tenderness can deprive of all !( heir anguish. Notice kindly her little at- ( entions and efforts to promote your coin- t art. Do not take thciu all hs a matter of ; s ourse and pass them by, at the same time ( eiijg very sure to observe any omis f ion of what you may consi<ler duty to you. t >o not treat her with indifference, if you t lOuld not sear and palsy her heart, which f watered by kindness, would, to the latest day , f your existence, throb with sincere and [ onstant affection. Soinetimet yield your , idies to hers. She has preferences ns! , Lrong as you, and it may be just as trying ! ( 3 yield her choice as to you. I)o you think i, ; hard to yield sometimes! Think you it i difficult for her to give up alutayt f If ou never yield to her wishes, there is dnner that she will think you are selfish and i are only for yourself; and with such feel- | igs she cannot love as she might. Again, t [low yourself manly so that your wife can i >ok up to you and feel that you will act nobly, * nd that she can confide in your judgement. A dows-kast paper gives the Maine lienor law a thrust, after the following fash>n. A friend of ours, it says, had arrived lie at n hotel, and asked for some spirits. "Stranger,*' said the land, lord "you forgot, guess, you're in the State of Maine. We've o spirits herd, but we have some tarnation no lemonade," The leHionda was acceded to, brought and ktUd. The lemonade was half whisky and alf water. "This is rather powerful lemonade," said # J i * nr menu. "Why, yea, it is," Mid the landlord; but ' tm sec, stranger, the weather is hot, and to . eep our lemonade, we arc obliged to make 1 cruol etrong. s It U stated that steps have been taken by ie authority, or under the sanction of the ^nited States Government, designed to 1 ring Walker's career in Nicaragua, to an a tot and which it is believed wSTfitHy effect c tat purpose. . I 4* * v. * ' V ' s "* w % How Ha Spent* His Evening*. There ? a very important portion of life, , fa the hours of evening and the lie first part of night, that ipay be made, to he young, the roostamluable of all. The 'awncr at this time arranges the rontine ibout his barns and house, and reduces to >rder his calculations for the future; the sue :essful mechanic embraces this time to store iis mind with useful knowledge; the apprentice uses these hours as his school?he raniliarUes himself with the different sciences, ind reads literary works of valuable authors; he physician and the lawyer embrace this mportant time to review the works of their profession and extend the compass of their | >rof**?.ir?n? ! L-nn?>loil nn.l ik? "-f?! ? r? ? .v..w . ...vtwi^v ) Miiva tire J/IVIVKIVII" ?l loafer, the drunkard and the gambler look , upon this important poriod as the inoet agree- t able and valuable portion of the day. Franklin informs ua that this was the time when he acquired hit most valuable information, by study and constant application, even while an apprentice, that caused him to stand before kings, and be recognized in history as 'the great American philosopher.' Cobbett improved these hours, eveu while a soldier, on the pay of six pence per day, to lay the foundation of his future greatness. Rodger Sherman informs us that these wero tho moments that laid the foundation o his feventfhl life. IIow few of the young men of our town and country properly appreciate this most valuable portion of the day to itnprore their i education aud to mature, their plans for success in life 1 How few of them look upon these hours as the ffolilen sanJa of iime, and who will be able, should future misfortunes and failure in business overtako them to give a satisfactory reckoning of the manner they have spent these hours ? How common it is during these hours to see young men con gregated at drinking saloons, at gambling houses in idleness and taking lessons in vice, and who will in a few years graduate with the highest honors in sin. If p-ou wish to employ a young man, and desire to know whether he will be capablo and worthy, iust make the inquiry in a private manner, horo he spends his evening*. Mr. Thackcry's Lecturo on the Life and Times of George 111., was delivered in New York to an immense house on Thuradny week. All the papers are enthusiastic in its praise. The Tribune savs it was a superb performance, and ends thus : "\Yc shall not attempt to detract in n vain effort at epitomo from Mr. Thackery'a touching picture of the closing days of the old king, when sans brains, sans sight, sans sound, sans everything, he ceased to reign. "In these beautiful words, which we shall long remember, ho closed." "O brothers; speaking the same dear mother tongue; O comrades, enemies no more, lot u? take a mournful hand together as wc stand by this royal corpse, and call a truce to battle. Low he lies, cast lower than the poorest dead, he whom millions Iirayed for in vain. Driven from his throne, uiffcteJ by a rude hand, tlio darling of his old age called away beforo him, our Lear hangs over his breathless lips and cries:? 'Cordelia, Cordelia, stay a little.' Sound then trumpets, make a mournful march ; do- j scend dark curtain on his pageant, his pride, ' his grief, his awful tragedy." At flrtfiA f*n nnnlmiiJA 1?1 ' ?- v.vwv .... Mjfi/Miuov, 11 iiivia unu irumiently interrupted the brilliant passages of the evening, rose into an enthusiasm which set on Mr. Thnckery'a George III.a crown of full success. < I ^ Til it E> 7ECT6 or FrAn.?'Hie extraorditary power oxcvted by fear over the human 1 nind was exhibited in Vienna, in a rcmarka- i >le manner, a few U ?vs ago. Dr. K , an < iminent physician of v jenija, obtained leave , Voin the local authorities to try his expert- ^ ncnts upon the person of a prisoner who 1 tad been condemned to death. Ai*.,r>rdiu|$y, an offer was made to the individva. tn ' question, holding out the promise of the remission of his punishment, if he would ;onsent to pass tho night in the bed of a paient who four hours previously had been 1 1 *ce l.M -t. -1 rn ? .in iicu uu uy viiuiern. me prisoner con- 1 tented, and was put to bed, and after the i expiration of some three hours, or less, he was eized with violent vomiting and all the at- j cn lant syintoms of cholera. lie wue atended immediately by several physicians, |' md ultimately, being a man of strong and ' dgorous constitution, was completely re-cs- < .ablished. His nslonisnineut was great, vhen D. F informed him that the bed ( vas perfectly clean and pure, and that no diolera patient had ever lain there.? Vien- , m (Jorrttjpondml of the Morning Pott. Percussion or Fulminating Powder, as ' t is called. such extraordinary ' >ower that it cannot t>e used as a project! I o, 4 here being no cannon capable of withstand- ' ng its force, if tired in any quantity at once. 4 Sufficient to project a ball of bomb shell ' rould completely shatter a cannon on the 1 nrtant of explosion. Tlie fulminate is com- 4 >oeed of nitric acid, extracted from sulphate, j ilcohol, orspirits of wine and mercury. The ' all of a feather upon pure fulminating pow- 4 ler will sometimes cause it to explode. One 4 >unce of it is more than enough for charg- * ng a thousand caps, the fulminate being 4 nixed wilh a quarter of its weight of water 4 md half its weight of gunpowder, and ground 4 villi a wooden muller on a marble slab.? 4 The terrific force of the article is owing to the oncentration into a solid form of the ele- 1 nontsof air in the immediate juxtaposition 4 >f combustible material*, which, when fired, 1 issuine, instantaneously, the air, shape and J mlk, which is by tlie (teat, developed at the nstant of explosion, fearfully increased in 1 ize. ? The head of Joaquin Murinto, a noted 1 >rigau3 of C'aljfyrm*, was recently sold at 4 luctibn by the Sheriff of San Francisco otir.lv for $36. The purchasers were Judge < .)<>n and Jr. V. Plume. 4 ti&l... 1 ? I ?" ,".< I I I.i; ?.?/..?.?. r-K, (?maai2firvsruiwibis, s? eg. ;' Friday Morning, Hov. 23, 1886. aokkts. E? W. CARR, X. W. cor. of Walnut and Third-st, i PhiltdtljihiA, (a our authorized Agent. N, W. WALKER, Columbia, a C. i. M. PEOEN, Fairview P. O., Greenville Diet WM. C. BAILEY, Pleasant Grove, Greenville. CAPT, R. Q. ANDERSON, Cedar Fall*. Greenville. Io Colrt-egpondente. Rev. W. G. Ala.?The P. O. of the person enquired of is Bounty Land, Pickens Distriot, S. C. A line addressed to the P. M. at tliat-piace would meet attention. J. G. Dunklin.?The article sent us will he published in our next. It arrived too Inte for this issue. U0ur Friend" Columbia, S. C.?We , cannot account for the non-reception of your t. .*:ii i: 1 'i - ? s- -? at mill n*w, ?nu mu wiwr ? 1*1 homo for the present The publisher informs us that your former enquiries were answered. Iu a few days all will be made right THE VIRGINIA HARMONIANS. These gentlemanly perfortneis gave one of their Concerts in our rillago last Friday evening. Their sougs were excellent? the music inimitable?and the amusement of a character quite chaste and highly agrceablo. Wo wish them success. Butler, Sweeney and Farrow erasure to win favors wherever they perform. AMERICAN DOCTRINE. The following will do without any comment: "The American party, while exercising the largest and w idest fellowship and charity towards the citizens of other countries, proclaims this grand fundamental doctrine: 'Americans must rule America.' Come as fist ns you please ; occupy our fertile lands ; enter into business; worship Cod iu your own way; send your children gratis to our common schools; enjoy every right, privilege and blessing of our free institutions ; but that these institutions may remain what they are?that our country may remain what ilia?we govern it ourselves. You, by centuries of humiliation, degradation, and slavery : you Irishmen, you Germans, and other escaped subjects of European monarch*, 1 have clearly shown that you do not undorstand how a free country should he governed. Nay, by your very flight from your 1 own oppressed soil, you havo admitted your incapability, and have appealed to us for 1 protection and an a?ylnm. We freely ren- ' tier both, llere you are safe?here you are freo?here you shall forever enjoy, undisturbed, the fruits of your industry and yonr i skill. Why then should you immediately 1 atv inpt mingling in the governing of the ( country to which you have flown, to escape , slavery and starvation ! Are you not afraid | that you might make as bad husiuese of it < here as you did at home, and reduce our ! country to the servitude of lungs, priests and j popes 1 I >*We are afraid of it; and wo tell you | that we w 'II not allow the experiment to be < mado. We i?J*o allowed it to go too far 1 rlready. We know th.?t we can govern j America wisely and well, for we have tried ( it. Wo mean, therefore, to continue to gov- ] srn it. Nothing else. Take eveiything which that government can import?L'ntyon muuuii u?? auu guvnriillieill I15C1I. Americanism and Religions Toleration. Extract from a speech of lion. Thomas 1 Stanhope Flournoy, lato candidate of tho . American party of Virginia for Governor: ' The American party is charged with religious tolerance, and with opposition to re- 1 ligiou* freedom This I utterly deny. One rf its lending ot.jecUis iiwyf?MiTStiuriofrO' ! ligious liberty, by holding in oheck the in* ' Hucnce in this country of the Roman Catho- , lie Church, whoee tenets and whose history . diow it to be the great enemy of freedom of ! opinion. We make no war upon it as a re- , igious denomination but we uncompromisingly oppose the tompornl power which it 8 slaiins, and its rights to control the eonsci- ,v snoot and actions of men aa citizens and as f lubjects. We insist that they shall bare secured to them in our country perfect freeiom of opinion, and the right to worship j Ciod according to the dictates of their own onscieiicos. ? It is difficult to conceive how any candid * mind shall so misconstrue tho principles of the American party touching these subjects m to make upon them the unjust and un- > founded charge of religious intolerance.? s riie eighth article of the platform ia so 1 plain that he who runs may read and under- J itand, declaring, in emphatic terms, opposi- t lion to those only who acknowledge an alle- i f'ance outside of our government, either civ- ? or spiritual. It is the political feetaro in i the Romish church we oppose; and while I t would aid in defending them iq their wor-1? hip of God according to their own judg-| > nserjU, even to (lit sacrifice of my life, yet 11 ytr A A \ jgU*"-, jA when We come lo prefcr- wen to office, 1 would unhesitatingly record ray votetajainsf tliero, believing that their principle* make them uneuited to republican intityWon*. To iUustruto? suppose Uaptibt, Pre?byteri*t? or Eptscopalton Churches were to declare, WpSrt of their creed, their belief iu the necessity of * union of Church and State, would it be religion* in tolerance, or opposition to religious freedom, to avow a determination to appose their election or appointment to office"? Would not una ojiposuion ue iu? support ana maintainance of religious freedom I History teaches us that Protestantism and Liberty go hnnd in hand. Wherever the Roman Catholic Church is in the ascendant despotism prevails. Preceding the Reformation, under its influence, scarcely a ray of liberty penetrated the gloom which had settled upon the world. But as Protestantism has advanced, Liberty has progressed, and wherever it has taken n foothold, Liberty has found a home. For illustration, look to Spain and Italy upon the one hand, to Soothed and England upon the other ; compare in Ireland the adjoining counties in which Protestantism and Romanian alternately prevail, and the difference is marked. It is equally as striking between the Protestants and Catholic States of Germany ; and upon our own con tinent it is more strikingly illustrated between the United States and Mexico. The struggle of the American party on this subject ? but a revival of the spirit of tho Reformation, in opposition to theUomibh Church, whose track has been mnikcd with persecution and blood; and I trust that the American party throughout the country will adhere firmly to the position they have taken in opposition to the temporal power of the Church of Rome. Civil aud religious freedom both require it. ' Nicaragua. The following description of Nicaragua, will, at ihe present time, be interesting : On the west it is washed by tho Pacific Ocean, and partly on the east by the waters of the Caribbean Sea, the Misquito Territory, foiming a large sharo of its eastern boundary. Honduras borders it on the north, and Costa Rica upon tlio south. Its area is about forty-nine thousand squares miles, and the population is estimated at two hundred and forty-seven thousand. The females are said to greatly exceed tho males in number. Not more than twenty thousand of the people are whites, the rest negroes, Indians and mixed races. Most of tho population live in towns, many of them going several miles daily to labor in the field*. The plantation* nre scattered pretty equally over tire country, and nre reached by paths so obscure as to almost escape tho notice of travellers, who are thus liable to fall into tho error of supposing thnt the country is almost uninhabited. The dwellings, of the peoplo are usually of canes, thatched with palm, although the betlei classes construct tneir residences of adobes, and by the help of fruit nnd shade trees, planted in the court-yard, render many of them exceedingly pleasant. A range of mountains extends along the west coast of tire State, at a distance of n few tniles from the sea, but attaining no great elevation until they approach the confines of Costa Kica, when they reach the height of five to eleven thousand feet. In tlrecentral Enrt of the State is an immense level tract, nown as the plains of Nicarngua, comprising in its area the lake of that name. Numerous volcanoes exist along the Pacific coast, There are a considerable number of rivers, but none of them, except the San J nan, aro navigable in a commercial sen?e Vein* of copper nnd silver ore of exceeding richneaa are found in many parts, but they remain aimoat all of them either unexplored or only snperficially worked. Gold, nlso, is laid to exist. The climate is licalthv, though various. In the interior and mouubtinons parts tho temperature is more dry nnd cool Lhan on the const, where it is hot and ap : pronching to humid. The greater portion of the State consists of plains and gentle dopes formed of a rich black loam, of which but a small portion is made available. The i productions are indigo, sugar, coffee, cotton ] of superior quality, corn, rice, wheat, Ac., , besides oranges, lemons, and fruits of various kinds. The great banc of tho country | lias been its civil wars, and it was ono of ihose which enabled Col. Walker to achieve bis almost bloodless conquest. Young Sam it his Heals. The New York Sunday Courier telU the following story: .Among the statuary at the Palace, there s a gi.^up of marble or plaster, by Jones, of jouuon, labelled "Ptolemy Lagos, nourished >y an eagle.71 The bird U represented as in j he act of shielding ?n infant from the cold 1 vith its wings, while a bit of something, > vbich might l>o a date o." some such edible, s being placed in the mouth of the little felow, by the bosk of" sir feathered narse. Yesterday, during the rain, a number of Western drovers, who had finished their bus* 1 ness at Dull'* llead, visited the Institute Ex- 1 libition, and were deeply engaged in a care- 1 ill inspection of all the sights. By accident, ome three or four of thera met around the ' vork of art we are speaking of, and one of hero slowly deciphered the tag for the bene- < it xrigthe party, < "It's a cursed Yankee lie!" exclaimed one >f the Hoosiers, "Putolcmene Lager.11 Don't know f 1 toil ye that1* the American Earl? feeding young Ham with gravel stones to ( five hitu grit.'1 Mas. Swissiiei.ii has been to a 'baby 1 how, and rather intimates, if we can under- i tand her, that she don't quite like them. 1 Here is what she says, at any inte: "The t >oor dunes of mothers are to be pitied rathtr than blamed. Some of thom are descent, nnocent women, who have no definite, idea A the light in which tliejr plnoe themsel ves, ind most are too nearly idiotic to be eccoun- . aKIa ltllt ll i. ?* 1 .. ,m II1A MJfllV llim UUIltmllJ I | thou Id be degraded thus in these person); . lobody expects nny respect for humanity 1 \ rrom Bamum. Toe parties really to blame', iw- ^immM lie :^ 'uKo "g!vw nto ?*e a lot of them deserves n pair of monkey'? ears. /1V? wtliiMUon U akiu to tU oUhmMmi tint sliows; and when Barnum and Wood visit a city touring shame on the mothers of it hy ino of theso allows, the sons of that city should sea them safely past the suburb* on a pair ofrails. \ Naturalized CitizensWk have repfatedly avowed the opifiojh, that many of onr naturalized citizens were ajuoug the very best Americans; tnen^rho have as sincere an attachment to our country and iu free institutions as natives of th*soil could possibly have; and if, at any time, in speaking of foreigners, wo have been fjpMb stood to include such naturalized citizens w? were certainly misconstrued. We have heretofore expressed the most entire confidence in the integrity nnd patriotism of a numerous class of naturalized citizens ;; whilst, for another clais we have the most contetnp^ou* opinion. It was against the latter claim, and their aiders and abettors, that we have con* tended ; and we gladly acknowledge the assistance which has been rendered by the former to the American cause i if the fate election. Good adopted as well as the native citizen* must feci the injury which our couutry has sustained bv the immense irniuietanon of t. : l.1i. r .i i.. . . .. uiiigu rciuu* miti paupers 10 ine United States, and must have an equal desire to debar such future immigration fromllie exercise of the right of suffrage for twenty-one years after their arrival; Unless this lie done, good citizens will, in a short time, be entirely excluded from all public office*,, and none but those of disreputable stamp will receive appointment*. Our judicial offices sill bo filled with corrupt and ignomut men, who, instead of ndmiui?teiiiig justiceaiid punishing criminals, will Ikj found hobnobbing with such persons in grog-shop*,, and protecting them from punishment whew arrested for the most serious crimes. Thank God we are now likely to escape such a disgraceful state of things.? Clipper. ~ ? Vermont Wit. Tiirkk w n good deal of humor oozing out from time to time up nmpng the Green Motimnin*. The last drop that ha* reached us, f.oni a small village not many utile* from Bennington. Old Stokce, after years of toil, got pos***sion of a granite ledge, lie was in the habit of buying his powder with which he quarried the ledge, of one .foqas Arch bald wins sold tape, groceries, and other varieties in the* village stoie. Archlrald was a good deal of a boast** about his wares, ami one evening, while r% crowd were sitting around the stove in thw tavern bar room be addressed Stoke* with r "Well, old Stokes that1* pretty good |*?wder of mine, I paid a high price for it down in Uoatou. 1 recommend that |x>wdMv? How do you like it, Stokes ?' % "Well/ responded Stokes, slowly. "It's pretty good powder hut I came near loosing that last keg I bought." "Alt," saul Arebbaid, "how; that's unfortunate." "Why," responded Stokes, "the confounded keg got a fire and I had to go nltont thirtjwwKdown to the brook before I could put if onf" ? - ComraiMt^hce Women. ^ ueavcn known how many simple letter*, from simple-minded" women, have been kissed, cherished, and wept over, bv men of far lotticr intelect.? So it will always be to the end c^rbjje. It is a lesson worth learning by these young creatures who seek to allufe by their accomplishments, or dazzle bv their genius, that though he may admire, no man ever loves a women for I hose thing*. He loves her for what is essentially distinct from, though not incompatible with them. This is why we so often see n man of high genius t>r intellectual power pass by the De Staels and tho Corrinnes, to take into his bosom some wayside flower, who has nothing. Two Georgia Preacher* in tux samus Contrauictino bach Otiisr.-? Two preachers were in lite same pulpit together. While one was preaching be happened to say, uWhen Abraham built the srk.f The one behind him strove to correct hie blunder by saying out loud, u Abraham ittrm'? thar" but the speaker postal on, heedless ot the interruption, and only took occasion shortly to repeat, still more decidedly, "I iay, when Abraham built the ark.n "And 1 mi," cried out the other, u Ahrm torn won't ihar:n The preacher was too hard to h# he ate* lown in this way, and addressing the p>opia? sxchmned, with great indignation, W1 say Abraham was thar, or that amowis I? Mr. J. W. Wright, one of the Mail Age ale >n the Oeorsria Hall irAo/t ?? * ... .?! r. no MIOTICU Ml \tlanta, on th? 16th irut, on the charge of imbezzling letters from the mail bags put m ils charge. lie confessed to Messrs. Frierion and Magulre, the Special Agents of Use Post Office Department, that be bad taken wo money letters. : Missouri United States Senatorahip. ^ Chicago, November 14.?The Legislature >f Missouri refused op Monday last to go Mas. in election for the United States Senator ifiL dace of Mr. Atcblaon. Two democraflfl^ mucuses have been held. * iu election art doubtful. " W 4P - ' y'Xl