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Present Planting 1 Tarlcr Culture I Our Illustrated OntaloRUo c.f Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus, and Plants for House Culture, Small Fruits, Ac., together with fulU^tof Floral Hequisltes, now ready, n?d mailed free on application. teodimeni 30 Cortlandt Street, N. Y* FOUTZ4 J3 HORSE AND CATTLC Pnwnrnt? v^il ourp ot ui < ">''i i . * : >i - ,-i rrcraas BEroira coarnrririoi*. rallis' fat fTs'l T i mf. to tfc? knnrnril of f-fry ri^nloroMgpi Vu-y ?r tfjfti l <fjtnlinn|, A? ..lot . il Kir tt 1 I'ro.-t %t t>*rn rr.?i (fflrmt lt? ?< roi, r .'i, merit? m l KM ('t i?n^F |r.u1? hi n srk'l pMeai, < r?Fer? aM El Orrt+ra iv?:..etfury ivMtti.-l. Bfc] A. J. ULIL'.S ft CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. (Sgl T Al?0, ia'fr< A?H. fife*'* nti 1 Trot c of '!' ! IW Hi ilui. I i v i: <"u ri , . f. io?.rt> K Bp?| 'l^acuoa, !iov?|i/1 e* f iiCui'm, /:a. lilt - [??i! "eiri?tro4 l.r ?.,l\la' rroeua to tmi nil kto<uof ?!>. JrJ pBii' ,? Neuralgia, Piles, Headache, jj Diarrhoea, Boils, Soreness, ?i lameness, Burns, Sprains, H Toothache, Scalds, Wounds, g ' Soro Throat, Ulcers, Bruises, i ? Llhoumatisui, Hemorrhages,! ETC. 1* PD?xM?! HBKS&to?JSSB^Mf THE 1 1 1U111 i Y iN lij VV !S. T. W. UK A TV, Kditou. SAI UUDAV, .1 A\ I1877. Tin* l.itCHl IHMVM Mini Sl<Ki?'l'f? flOlll Washington look more 111>{ ?>IuI lor the peaceable solution ol tin; difficult v of i In- Presidential <*ount. Tito chances arc lliat the Senate and House com: niiuces will a iron on a satislactory ! pla.i lor counting the vote. Tildcn will either he declared elected by the clcclorial votes of the State or be elected by I be House. It bv the House then Wheeler will be elected I Vice President by t he Senate, or rather 1 bv the Keturumg Hoards. In Louisiana, Nicholls and Packard were each inaugurated Governor on last Monday by "their respective patties. Governor Nicholls and hi/ party now have entile and peaceable possession ol the eovei nincnt. In a single day Packard and bis government led beloro a public demonstration ol the I ... citizens. In Florida Urn Democrats have peaceable possession ol the Sta'e govj ermneut. In tliis. State Governor Ilamplon is J quietly. going on with llio organi/.i; lion ol the machinery <>l tho government. The oili::ens ol Charles!on ami other counties have promptly lespon1 ded to his call for ten per cent ol tho taxes, and, without waiting I tor tho appointment of a collector, have forwarded him sevcial thousand ' dollars, and he is now able t.o a Hon I I. reliel to the eluuitahle and penal instil lit ions ol t lie Stat e. In Charleston Judge Heed has deluded that the election for Clerk ol Court, held on the 7ih ot November last, was illegal and without authority id law; that tho election should have been hold on the third Wednesday in Oetohor. Ollendorff, the newly 1 " i clvuteu Cleik, appealed to the Supreme Coui t. "Mi 'vt.iI (lily hats given away?Only One l).?llar for each hot require*! to pay (ortitic Deeds Jr." Ii is n mistaken idea that an advertisement can find its way into ft newspaper and not bo read, no mailer how obscure the nook or corner in which it may bo stuck. Talk to some people about advertising and tho reply is "pooh! pooh! nobody reads advertisements; hut one beat in* the above, or I similar, heading found its way into a good mar.y papers lately and has been read by a lew too many lor t heir good, even in the un loading un-adveriising con nt v of I lorry. Tt. is a littlo strange that people ol common sense should conclude in this mercenary ago that any individual, ! much less a company ol num. should ; becoine conscience stricken because ol 1 their super-abundance ol riches, ami tearing they had too much to evet enter the Kingdom of Heaven, should advertise to give away their valtihbb property so as to narrow down theii souls lo a lit dimension to meet the I requirements ol the narrow gale. I Some of our citizens, grasping am' > yeat ning lor a little more pelt, seeing the Ohio, Kentucky ami Texas Lam Company's advertisements ol "Mineral city Lots to give away "concluded they would ant the p:\'t ol tlx "good Samaritan" and help smooll | the pathway ol their distressed <list.au neighbors by taking oil'a portion o I heir burdensome wealth. They slrucl lor the "Little JJ/nma bonanza bj taking in a lew of the "Mineral city' ' stock. Another of our citizens beins w illing to risk a portion ol the gooi j things ol this world, but being naturi ally slow of motion and havi 01 Un a maxim "bcwavo of the Greeks bearing gills" indellibly impressed on iiis \xiuij of caution from reading too story o the wooden horse, thought it best t< inquire into the quality of the gift lie wrote to a friend in Grayson county, Texas, and in reply received i slip cut from tho Denisou Jfews which tor tho information of Ihost owning stock in the "Mineral city" bonan/a we give below. Wo have no sympathy for those who lose their money in such schemes Their actions show that they are willing to receive something tor nothing and in this case they have received their money's worth in that they art admonished thai honesty is the best policy. The Denuson (Texas) ciiy Newi 1 89vs: A few weeks since, Postmastei Webster of this city called the alien tiou of the chiel ot police of Cinciiinu< ti to the Ohio, Kentucky, and Texas HORRY WEEKLY IV Land Company; doi.i^ i?11 r%invkh iii that city, which company claim to own a hirgc niimhcr ot lot--i in Mineral City, Grayson county, IVvis, ami inhumed s.iid officials t hai the Miner il City part was a hand, there being no such place, '1 he chief, it appeals had ' acted upon this inhumation, the result ol which was this land company tor nislicd him with a piinted copy ot a cert ilicatn tVom G. A. Dickcrinan, j clerk of this count y, Plating that ihc plat of Mineral City and the title del ds thereto aie filed in ill# !???? ?? - dor'a oflice for the county, which ceriilicuto ho forwarded to Mr. Webster. Capl. NY chiller l hereupon lor. warded llie same to Mr. Dickcrmun and asked if thai, wan the certificate ho made. Mr. Dioliennan rephc<l an follows: Siir.i:v a v, Tex., Dec. 14, 18V0. Don Id I Vrhater: 1)i:aii Sik?I can't sav as to the truth or falsil v of my ceniiicaiu to the <>., K. tY T. Land Co., as 1 <lid not 1 retain a copy, hui let it contain what it may, it was only intended by me as a receipt lor plat and deeds iiled; its publication was entirely unuulhor i i/.ed. i There is a plat of Mineral City filed in this nDioe, a I ho deeds, I i i k i from 1\. K. Ward to N. II. lledmao; 2nd, IVoin lledinun to N. llosiucr, pivs;.nent Ohio, Kentucky und Texas Land Co., tor a |?al"t o( the Sebastian Francis survey, upon .vhich Mineral City purports to ho located, yei their title is I) ul, an I lie re in no deed of record in this olliee divesting Francis or his heirs ol the title. It is well known l?v nil who have put themselves to the trouble loin; (ju;re that Miueial City has no exisitenon in fuel. Tiioio is not a house on the " round, and no matter what I may he said 10 the contrary, it has I never heen surveyed and slaked oil, and iheie are citizens living all about and even on the ground who were in utter ignorance ol evert iiin*^ coniiect? ?I with it. it is known (hat the land claimed as t.lie location is not on I ted river, nor is IC<-?i river navigable so hi'tii as that point by many miles. , Wo know there has never been a i railroad survey made neater than 8 to I 10 miles ol the so nailed oit v, yet the company represent that their title is jjjood, this is lie No. I; they repicocut thai the city has been suiveyed and staked oil. lie No. 2; that it is Inin^ built up, lie No. 8; that it is on lied i liver, lie No. -1; that the liver is naviI ft able to 1 tint It i ii 111 1 i?? m,, s. o ; - I ? "> l"'" y is on the western brunch of the iM. K. it T. railway, lie No. 0. The company lias even coiio .so I in* as to advertise llial an election would In; held lor city oiliecrs, without n house on the ground or a man living in the eity so called. The whole thing is a humbug Iroin beginning to end, and the company has pelsistently, by all manner ol misrepresentations misled many people, to their hurt. You are at liberty to make such use ol this as you see propel. Itcspeciiully, your friend, (i. A. I hen t.u\: a n, Cork. [ jpec'al t'oi iO^pouile.i c to Ilia 11 Y Nk\?s.J \Va?iiin(p'os, 1). C., January fct h, I "S i 7. Tlie Democrats of Washington w ill ? celebrate this day by a most enthusiastic meeting at the Opera House. All I the Democrats ol Washington are tie. lievers hi ilie inaugurati >ii ol Tilden, and the meeting will he limited only by the capacity of the house. It. will I Ml llll Ifl'li.ll III.'.. ".I 1 * V/I UUIIIHII'IIUU iWl.l CM con l avement to all parts ot the ooun try. Much importance is attached, by home, to a telegtam alleged t?< haw heen sent hy {Secretary Chandler ti ' Republican managers in Florida, [ South Carolina and Louisian.i, order 1 ing that those States bo "returned' lor llaycs and Wheeler. The dispatch is said to have beon sent the day a!t?*i the election. No doul?t Chandler wa? J capable ol sending such a dispatch, i lor did he not, on that day, telegraph j all over the country that Hayes Una . can fed JjOrisiava, though lie knew ihe Democrats had a m ?jorily oi H,OUO': i And wr.s not that dispatch all the j order that Wells, Andeison and tin ? rest of the rciurning hoard needs? "I don't believe m violence," said a radi< | cal to a starving mob in Paris; "by all means retrain from violence; but - yonder is a ware house lull ot bread ami you arc without :i loal." 1 don't believe ( '.ImnH ~i~J J: r ocin ii-jv puuner (lis ^ patch limn the claiming Louisiana, t'oi ilit? reason ih.it no plainer out) wat ' needed. > Attention is again called to tho Sa, prerno Court, ns an ultimate tribunal . for Bet.lling all questions as to t ho electoral vote, by a reported statement o! 1 Justice Field that he believed Lou ilia i na had gone Democratic. Chief .Jus 5 lice Wuite has denied tho use of tin . woids sonic time ago attributed tc htm on the same subject, that events indicated the proper inauguration cl 5 Tilden, but I is denial extended only to tho use of words. lie does not de - ny having expressed tho belief implied iu those words. | No improper nso of money in the Oregon case has been shown, though 5 Senator Morton expected to show i '* pretty closo financial connection be tween Gov, TiIdea's immediate friend* s in New York and Gov. (Jrover's in Oregon. It is evident that his at tempt to do so will result in a failure, r The leading Ann vican writer on inter" national law, William Beach Law. rt i ee, has j st sent to Senator Iv rnoti * his opinion that Gov, Crovtr acted n i ?VY ft; J A IS U Alil 1 i sltloi aecurtldtlot- \\ itil law in giving a certiiit'alu to ?Ipiinn iiH ait elector I'oiu Oregon. This opinion will bo brought out before the Senate in dobate. itcyoinl debate, little of important)'.1 took piano in (he Senate or House last w* ok. It in said that lite Senators still, h( an oh 11 y il:iy, take up ami pass tlio House bill giving a pension ol per inontli to ali soldiers ot Lbo Mexitan ami I''l aula wars. Tiio expense i wonbl not, it is foil ml, be very groat | ami tin* money would be much more I fern-rally distributed the ui;.;h ll.e count ty than 11ji* Pension money now : paid. No report yet comes from either the . linusr or Senate eommiltees on counting I lie I'lu. lol al Vole, ami con tilelH'O is telt Dial the delay is luvoiablc 10 j nit iuiniu hai moo v. * I In the new Police lioatd of the city, j just appointed, Fml Douglas has a, price. lie says he will accept it. The 1'resident has hcre'olore appointed I)oiio|us to a like nniuipoit.ini cilice, which, nls<>, he accepted. It has heen understood that noth'lio bill Doii'ihos' I re?ar?l lor 1 resident Giant, witieh is sirono, has kept him in the Uepnhli- j can party lor the last lew years, lie wanted to pro when Sunnier went. The silent man at tin; W hite House [ should reward sueh devotion as this with som.'tiling more than a petty local ollice. Fred Douglass is a much j better educated man than Secieiary ; (.'handler, and ol immeasurably supe I rior character, lie is also a bci.'er ! speaker :v11'I lias done molt' to keep hi race in the Republican parly limn any oilier man. lint I'resilient H rant's civil appointments are a mystery, a I ways. For some reason the friends ol (!ov ! Hayes are indusiiion^ly circulating a | report ih it, if i na ii u a i at I'd, he will rei t tin Secretaries Fish, 'Pali and .Mmriil. \\ llelllel tilis promise is made to SI'? cure the support of these gentlemen's or is sent out as aii imlireet noliee to liristow that he cannot lia made See. rotary ol me Treasury, is not known. 1?so, (_v\?"i ial l.'o.resjioiulii i.coinij llo i v New .| W ASM I SlJTOSj 1). C., .January 1st, 187 7. Since the days ol Jackson no woman has made and remade eabinels, 1 or apparently e;.erctsed eonirollino ! inlliiance on jji'vai public (pie.lion-; , but rumor lias it Unit tbe excellent 1 wife ot I'resident (Irani was not in j aecoid with him hi his earlier and I ?...i:...i : i I iii./iu i.i'iu in as ID lilt' tll'Mltls <)| I counting in anil iumigui uling Mays, | and ilinl hi*r opinions have had mi l j arc having weighed wiili the I'resi, sidcnl, The retusal of Mrs. Haves to visit .Mrs. (iriilit al Long IT.inch fist I si) in nit'r is olio cause assigned mm' the I f alleged coniso ol 1110 latter, lull, j wheiner jioiiy spilo <>r s<>un<I worn hi j ly sense ol justice controls Iter, il. is io | l>o Imped I tint. Iter influence will bo etlcciive. Who would dream ol tin* inauguration ol Hayes, but for the threatened support ol (limit, Chandl -r, I land Cameron? 'I'lic Innh is that, ! under our picsent cent rali/.ed desj polism, a 1'resident ol military h ibiis i ol thought and confessedly untitled I lor (lie exercise of civil ntillio: iiy, like I Grunt, may imagine that ho can per. pttuaio any theory ol Government or enforce any anti-republican dotormina lions of his own upon the country lint the civil war is over, the people , wish to reinrii to \ oonsiiuition.il Goveriiinent, and would soon show him his mistake il lie attempted so flagrant an outrage as forcing the iiiau 1 'juration, as l'csident, ol a man not | clearly elected. Still, if a gentler power than that ol an aroused and 1 . aimed people ai change the detel'iiii> nation ol our present Dictator, il. will | he well, and .Mis. Grant will deserve I and receive the thanks ol all. la a into letter, 1 referred to Senator i Ida.no as having held aloof from lie1 | publican caucuses since his arrival 1 here. The New York comment , I mg on the Htatwment, says it has i | amhmtly for staling tiiut Senator I j i>laino is among tho>e who will look ' I coinpbicenlly upon any arrangement ' } that will lead to Mr. Tilden's inuimu ? ration. That this orally politician, ' having lout all hope, himself, <>( the l Presidency, may thus lake his re veiige, i.? possibly, but unlikely. The ' (act that he, who lie vet tailed to have uit opinion and lo express it, is cu I rious. t he /Sou may he light, and ' Senator I Maine may have remained silent, tor tear of destroying his ehanr cesot frele oiion to the Senate (or six i years. That election takes place in a few days, llis present term expires March 4th, as ho is merely tilling a I vaeanoy by appointment. Secure of a i place tor six years, ho may speak I I reely. Congress commences business again on the Mil an l lively times aie expeoi led. The Banning?(Jhufichl debate > in the Hons? last week was the begin* > ning of what promises lo bring out an I expiration ol opinion from every ' member, except those tor whom the leaders think and speak. The committees to prepare a plan for counting the electoral vole will, it ' V is thoiiL'ht, report some plan. There i I is a daily increasing confidence in their i 1 suggesting an acceptable measure, and ' I used not aay that that confidence is i greater because of the substitution of i Mr: Conkling (or Gen. Logan on the Senate committee. Today is given up ontiroly to "calls." Everybody calls. Thegesit* o<t ( row I n a ways at. the Pi ?indent's. 1 There wdl t? lower houses open this 1 year than usual and less do play, , Lb r 7. owm#, probably, u> hard limes. I?y the way, those hard limes are lell here more severely than ever before. On Saturday one of the oldest, and largest Patent a_jereies in i lie ei y dismissed ... .. I.. ..It . . I 1 ncii'iy mi UH employees, h11 i manv otheis arc < 11?ii?*_r or must noon do lh?s same. Tin; sulV't ni'_j here i* yvat bet ^ceei al confidence ;s lelt th.it better tunes w ill come alter the inauguration ol I'le.udenl Tildcu ng M uch 4th. i) ,:m. i k' I >.i iii ii the Niij.ocme t on ft. ' These words of our "second Washington piouiise to become historical. ; They serve to mark an era in hisuity as well as the polities of the conntiv. A oivai puli'tcal party purposes to ' < 1<>|it as its own the Muniment, embodied in th ? homely veinaenla1 ol i'resident <lr.tnt: "Da tin the Sii|irerne j CiMin!'' Why not, it iis aniltoiiiy stan.Is in I he way ol i he eonsttinal ion ol the fr.iiiiIs by which the electoral votes ol a Sta'o are to he stolen ami counted lor the candidate of Chandler j and .lav (loitl'l? (l is true it was only the Sit|>reine Co'i?t ol a State which : tlrant thus suuimaiily consigned to; perdition when its decision was q 10t ed in opposition to his views; hut tIn-re is no it.^hii to doubt ih.?t. it it 11:i< 1 !? ii iho Supreme Court ol the I . i i t? 1 St.lies, or the constitution itM'il, tin' exprcssion of his fint*llt*in*y*r? opinion *iV<m111) have been jnst as emphatic. SVlial i "?ht has the Supreme Court. <>!' a Si it*' to set ep its interpret riioii or con sir in: i ion ol a Stale law in opposition to thu Ii it of Chandler? ~'ll ires h is 1 ") voles .ttul is elected?" ()i those U'; voles Smiih Carolina mini furnish S"Vi n, Louisiana ei:;!?t, ami Florida lour, otherwise Hayes is not o"' and Chandler is "made a liar." Sh.,II it. he permit led that a id'sera hie, pet t iJoooinT "Supreme Court," with its hide houiul notions ot law :;inl '.I the ine.ini.it; of a statute, and i.s narrow ami eontraeieil view i>I the powers of a Iieturnitej; Iloatd, shall tlois Itilsi'V history, wimu it lias already hern ret ordud, and reverse the derision ot the Chuirin in ol I ties National Repunl ran Coininilt ec? For? hid it?all ye powets ol falsehood and ?,aud! 1\? orevent stieli a eat, ist rophe in Soir.h Catolina .ludqe Komi was m i?t 1 to Columbia, and ll)1' contempt for i lie Supreme Coit'l which Craut only ' expressed in wolds Komi "eve exnreS | sion to in act.? ll'</ /ri'p'on IF.' d.i ; Kepiesen a ive Spencer of Louisiana 1 s ated the li nisiana cum- to Mr. Car j field in the llouse, the other dav, and not a Republican has heen able to > reply i<> that slatemetil. Said Spencer: 'The election was conducted.j by the Republican party. Kveiy ' ollicer, every constable, almost every coimnis^ioner of election was u R -pub bean. 'I he commissioiiet s decided all I challenge-;. They received the votes,' riiey kept custody of the ballot boxes. Democrats were lint allowed to loach i them, nor the returns. The result wib . j a ^reat majority for the Dein ?erals. | | Km th" lie.tuning K uird makes aj j Republican majority by throwing out I ten thousand DenlOt ia ic Vot s ! On 'what pretext.? 'Violence and intimi I d ition.* Tiiis is positively forbidden I by law, except when the election coin [ inissioneiM cert it y the violence ami intimidation. Tito cinnm.>?i(niuis did not so certify, And so tar was n I rout t ho ftoi," says Mr. Spencer, "on thai day, when lli.tl election closed, there had not been a riot, not a lutnult, not i even a lislionll* at. any election |?1 a?*i? j within the broad limns ot the Siate.'' | It is our Indie I that Hampton is the j lt"?al Coventor ol South Carolina, and ih it ii is fortunate tor lite Suite that he is so. Ih has shown himself to be ! a man ot j?teat sagacity and mnden I lion, ami he iiroinises iivnh I'tiim <> ^>11 1r ^ I I w " *"V' their lights, lie hits tin* support ol i tlv lax payers and ihe people ot cbarj acter and imoll'genee, ami will beyond doubt give then) a government far stronger, more economical and more j honest than they iiave we (Mi for many I a year. There wax a considerable nntul)er of Uepnblieans of high characior who were supporters of llatnplon and Hayes during the canvass, and by tar the larger share of intimidation and violence which preceded the (doclion was resorted to for the purpo-e ol preventing negroes from voting lor the Democratic candidates lor bt.ite Ollice.? Jio. to/i Globe (/'</> ) "Great Washington," exclaimed a Bui lifigltoii burglar, as a vigilcol policeman caught him by the legs and hauled him out ol the window, "armed ....I;. ?1> ? .... i |,wm?.unmii, in 11 u'<i minions oi tho law I display revolvers and flourish trucheons in (lie luce of American citizens 11 iitler tho very shadow ol the courthouse, within sound of tho church bells, and under the trembling scales ol justice and the outspread arms ol personal liberty! and this is free America! Oh, Grant, Grant, Grant, tyrant and usurper, what crimes hint;! heavy on your lawless head!" And they led the martyr rul0rtn6r away and cast him into the deepest du 11? goon beneath tho castle moat.?1/aicho.y. lion. Alexander 11. Stephens construes tho decision ol tho Supremo Court ol Florida in ordering a new count to mean that no legal Electoral College met in that Slate on tho day [ appointed by law, and hence no lit. c(oral vole was a? tually ca?t. He does not think thai Congress can count the vine ol either the I'lldon or j Hayes Electors iroin Florida. _J ,4I warn tlio Senau'," waiil Senator C.ii punter, (ii"|>.) in 18V *, "ih^i it it Hlioiihl dial a I'rositfoniial iioii hli?>ul?l in.n on iho voi? o! Louisiana, hiiitain I a< dial St:?u- is, and an atU'inpi wi'ii* made io iiso ihat cor nipt return, it would be lollowed by civil war, for mo 1 ? * ?* people would submit to the in sole mci; ol Mich an outrage." ^ Twi.ni l'". i * South Pass ? Captain Kids announces that the jetties h ive secured a channel depth of twenty teel and two hundred I wet in widlh, thronoh the South l\tss ol the Mississippi to ihe (inII. The contract calls for an opening across i he bar of t went v leel ill depth and two hundred pi width, In?lore the tiist. payment ot ?aOO,hOO, and a tinal depth i>| thirty ami width of three bunded and fifty feet. So should the government inspectors confirm Captain Had**' claim, he has earned his lit si pa vine tt. Wo claims that tlie worst of vh.; wort, has hoen done, and that the river will *teadilv and rapidly deepen the channel within the limits to wloch Jt has hem ununited, unlit %ho grand result sl? ;ll be completed^ A IHK'IIL A It HISTORY* n , rv v or lie I'm' o?1 Stall* " otn 'lie AHoii inal I iiiif <u lie IVo eni Pay. Hv J?.<tn 1 Cl.r I; Kiilpaill, A. M., ".of',so' ?(' IP ,(o y ami 1 Julio ?-hoi -s, bn'i uu Asbiny T'nivev?i y. I loyal Of uvo. 1II us, .uo.l \v i. h Maps, Cha si* oil.ii ?mi' Diagrams. .Sol I t i?ly ov miIi < jv iou. P; iii> s, 01). Jones IPoilie * oc Co., Cm.i.ii'i Mum ihij ami A* I.oil.i. In its clear ami racy stylo,, in its summary of all the facts in convenient space, in the neat anil at tractive biiulii?o mii<1 make tip nt llie volume anil the maps ami charts and i he expli cation ot i ho I ex i, in short in all respects which muke^fv j*?>o<J hook, this wok must take toWn^hest rank. What we parte olarlv admire is the able manner in which the wiiier closes the history of the several men and colonies with short and "meaty" paragraphs, in analysis of chur;i< ter and motives. As an inst.ince, how much more clearly and ton ihly, is the ? on? diiion ot the colonics at the booiniiiuw of the Revolution, set lorth in this hrief extract, than in the ordinary lengthy dissertations on t fie subject: Sueli wee die A im? i an colon'* ?rerli the p-'Ople we !?n Idui^ n . !oi i1l ;\im now t'> tie e.yrwi! ,o I n1 hi of W.i . These j eifi \ wmom* >.o. o.s li.vii l?eo i driven iu'o * exile hj ;hi? e .* Join i f eitrope ;n ,oveninie it iin ' t !is lii-^ii \ oi e vie i. t n.l powe., 1i it! :i" o'iie 'he I ,h Co' prof'ile.o.-s of the New Wot III; Tu-v h if I' h |y wo ? f oui r.iva.e mi n imI ?:0'?;e n.e o e. lull sabtluril r .\ml e. . ;i o wi hj.t j . hey owiiei' l)V a" ili'? ilait|i oi ae n.il p i < loo; by '.oiPiMii ii i by the o tie. 1 of .,e"ii i i .1/ pt > il. pi i,. ; ion, ntui Ii. ii iine L?\ the 1> p i-iu 01 >o o\\ Ami ae khi'iN:i.)Jj O'" hood. No . wonile. 1 hat die men who f eie mrto itai.i .. id s'.v am! ivo . f oul o eha il ml vp.l'sy .lit) fores, I oin die memo '"it of.he >. .,,,10 a p< .uioo nl'il," |, 1! fit. and ,h iin ?>, of lie .n lire, Mil ?l an. 01 he ' <1!' I.ibe.iy on il 1 hoi oOi'h we e pu. tf.a ui) \i i Ii tier ill), lime e mmi e?ive mow to.ulv w e ,lie i nil a* ??' o; pi ess'A'*: \i. s ft ep.i . liei ^e.bslied ",hl>, 10 ii aw .be v'nili, .iv- swo tl evil .1 ih'! veil.' .. I 111U1)..:e'av of lin^l.mil.'i The heroic exploiers, the bravo old founders ol American (Tmmoiiwealihs, tlic warriors and statesmen ol the 1 ! i> ui il 11 i<i'? # !*** . ? .1 -? . t'i? ii(i?|)i<oii oi onr eon. stitutiou and the growth of a mighty nation under it, surely these are theme* worthy ihe pen oi genius. While tho work shows aniplo research ami a liberality of sentiment wnieh sees the 4rr.1tin'ss ol the whole country, the hand and hrain of the philosophical hi tori.in arc manilest throughout and c,i ry page glows with uu anient pat* I riot ism. The progress we have made towards I hi none perlect union"' is linely shown in the authors closing comments, from which we extract the lollowing: The idea tb..t he ("ni.ed S..;'e? .;~e one N'.i.ion. a'lh so i<ii .ypi in n., ion?, is o.e .111J a 1 n.d ''o?t(i?i8 of a v>n id politic.,I i itii. N .ite .? ii'iu^.ui sp< O .? , a'lnnent a c in; ma1 pn 11 ',e msina ' b. \?st, ami a e .? ? up u a!;? .0 |> i io ism as to lie dUd.Kjieslr'd i'.o i? a only in the con t of hi ?lie ,c.i 01. Lint l!io. 1 U a nobler love of ..mint v?.i patnoiiiin tlia lies above all | ).l , i?s it.nl sc< io'i?,. b.,i l.-ovvs no C'oiiniy, 110 S i?, no Xo.itit fsoit ii. ui.o'ily o.V'ivo land; i iial eV.iina no uio.indi t!iat ^ lo iiD ivei' V?..nk; dial woisijips no r..n^ ' oi' bills, lint 'if.s tlia i. e\u to a .01 1 >'il . edee.nod f oin oa nation by comnv> 1 1 lu'os ul made sa> .oil bv ilie shadili.i;; ?l l.oul ed blooil, .Su b a pa. on ism is bo v .ib]a and jbeei-aoeboi" of out bona." Those ))s?88HjseM illustrate the spirit and finish ol the work butter than wo could by our Uriel' comments. The work is adorned with protraits of all the prmeipttl men in our history, topographioal^j^igramrt showim/ tin* vicinity ot all important battles, maps ^ illustrating llic condition ol the country iVoid time to time, and chronological chart a which show at a glance the connection ot cotemporaiy men and events. It is elegantly printed on line calendered paper and handsomely and substantially bound. The publishers have, in lite make-up ot the book, illustrated the pet lection to which '.he art ot book making has attained. Altogether an exceedingly able and valuable work, it should bo read and studied by every citizen who would be inlormed ol tiie history and greatness ot his country and ins duty towards it. I A milk vwilder in iiellaat, Me., being interrogated by a very inquisitive lady customer concerning his family relations, and being in a huiry, gave tier litis condensed and comprehensive summary ol his taniily history^ Said he: "I courted my wite in I lot) I| ton, married her in Ni v Hampshire, w< iit? to house keeping in l'rovidonce, an I expect to Starve Iter death in Ueltasi.'