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~ Jmnetedic 3wndrE, $Iiwe t fj ttl g1Te ?iEudjern 3ig)f5, 9d tt, Cat9 fem, Citerature, ftoraditi, ~etperatne, giu tite &c "We will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of ourLiberties, and if it must fall, we will Perish amidst the Ruins." SIMKINS, DURISOE & C0., Proprietors. EDGEFIELD9 S Co, MAY* 13, 18 TOM, IF YOU LOVE ME, SAY SO. BY JAMES KENNY. Dear Tom, my brave, free-hearted lad, Where'er you go, God bless you! You'd better speak than wish you had, If love for me distress you! To me they say your thoughts ineline, And possibly they may so; Then once for all, to quiet mine, Tom, if you love me, say so! On that sound heart and manly frame, Sits lightly sport or labor, Good-humored, frank, and still the same, To parent, friend or neighbor; Then, why postpone your love to own For me, from day to day so; And let we whisper, still alone, Tom, if you love me, say so! How oft when I was sick, or sad With some remembered folly, The sight of you has made ine glad And then most melancholy. Al ! why will thoughts of one so good Upon my spirits prey so? By you it should be understood Tom, if you love ine, say so! Mly friends, 'tis true are well to do, And yours are poor and friendless; Al, no, lor they are rich in you, Their happiness is endless. You never let them shed a tear, Save that on you they weigh so; There's sonie might give you hetter cheer; Tomn, if you love me, say so! My uncle's leaacy is all For you, Tom, when you choose it; In better hands it cannot fall, Or better trained to use it. I'll wait for years, but let me not Unwoo'd unplghated stay so; Since wealth and worth make even lot, Toni, if you love me, say so! THE WIFE. On earth, to man there is but one His heart can love-his soul can own; Though myriads flit before his view, There is but one to whom he's true That one can sway him to and fro; Can make him drain the cup of woe; Can give him joy, or blast his life And that one's name is siniply wife. But in that name a world is sphered, A world by all beloved, revered, Who have the sense to know its worth, And spurn the gaudy joys of earth; For that full heart in her dear breast If rightly prized-eternal rest Is not with blissful sweets more rife, Than that pure heart-a loving wife. A "CASE" IN COURT. The New York Tribune is reporting scenes in the Police Court. Here is one of them: The Judge called out the name of Carrolton Clappertongue. Hardly had the last syllable of the name been spoken before the " Here" was uttered with a spasmodic jerk, and in an instant a queer looking customer sprang some steps forward and brought himself up standing against the rail. Mr. Clappertongue possessed a marked indi viduality in feature, form and dress; he wvas a representative of himself and himself alone ; his features were sharp and thmn; his large grey eyes had a look deeply penetrative ; they were restive in their sockets, glancing for a moment at a given object and then changing the object in an instant ; he would stand for a mu ment in a given position, and then, with no seeming cause for a change, would jerk himself. into another attitude; his hair was of a bright. yellow, uneven in length and unecmnbed; on* some portions of his head it stood out at right angles; his dress was a remarkable " take up" for an eccentric comedy character. Thle vest was long-waisted, of a red ground-work, inter sperced with fancy yellowv diamonds. His coat was a dilapidated black shanghae full of small defects. Around his neck he wore a red ban danna handkerchief, over which laid a quantity of dirty linen gotten up in a~cordance with the, Byronie cut. Th'le paants were of a grotesque pattern, very greasy and threadbare. Judging: from Mr. Clappertongue's general appearance; we should set him down as a person of rapid thought and active temperament, who acted from impulse and lacked' stabdlity, lie was a steam-engine without a governor, a watch with out a balancee-wheel, a boiler without a safety valve, a hair-trigger pistol ready cocked, an in dividual built oan the steady-leg-jerk principle. "Mr. Clapapertonguec," said the -Judge, " you are chaarged with gross inatox(itiona ini the Streets." Mr. Clappertongue repliedl to the .Judge ina the foillowving words, with a rapidity frighstfual to shaort-had reporters. In everythinag -\Iar. C. preservedi thi~s uiniforma raptid utterancae. Said " .Jud..re, yo needna't feamr to take several oaths oaa se eral Bibles before seveal imagi trales thlat I lhe chlarget is truie in poinat of thet, for I was incontinently elevated, ineblriated, in toxicatedl, drunk, very drunak-I u-us. 1 pla guilty anal plad for maercy in the same ideti cal breath-I do." " Where did you puirchmase your liqur ?" "in divers, sundrlmy. varnous, andl dliferenat premises whereinm ard ent spir~its, dist illed~, fer imenited and malt liqpuors ate givena away in the city and country of New York, noat to sa .Jer sey City, because the jurisdicionm of this tribu nal doesn't happen to exteind saver thme Northa '- io you know the namtre of any one of the persons whor sohld you liqauor ?' "I do not, though [iamighat stale the parobai bilities and give the reasonis thecrefor. A hact is there are many Snmiths andl jBrownts ini the world, and it is not improbabale tat sonme of the Smiths may sell liqumor, and by no imas impossible that I nany have purchased froma them--i isn'I." " What is your business ?" " It has always been suited to the exigencmes ; in early youth nay time wats divided betweena kissing the girls, marbles. tyinug tin-ket tles to dogs' tails, blowing quill-squalkers atuder pious people's windows, stealing apples, setting traps for chipmunks, mumble-'t-peg, putting tar on the backs of individuals who would insist, in contrariety to a good custom, on carrying in vincible yet heavy b ecks in their hints, ham stringing rats, and va ous other innocent andl childish frivolties-is lAos." "I mean what is your business since you have become grown ?" "First I essayed out as a collector of bills, but having an inordinate passion for old rye, I one day got on a spree during which time I spent $100 or there-abouts, belonging to other people, and the pumps pretended to say I was not pecuniary liable, and as they failed to give me any more bills to collect, I gave the busi ness up in disgust-I did." " What have been your profession since then ?1" "Numerous, very numerous, as the maternal monkey remarked on one occasion when she was picking vermin from the hide of an infan tile monkey. My professions are divided, sub divided, redivided, resub-divided, and divided again-they are. I write acrostics, love-letters, valentines, epitaphs for tombstones, black boots, furnish skeletons of sermons to ministers, teach dancing and vocal music, sing in chorus at the English opera, sell a patent silver-plated stuff warranted to make brass look like silver for an hour and a half and after then like rusty cop per; my own invention, Judge; happy to sell you a box at the regular discount made the trade-and sell you, too, bad when you buy it --:cure corns. bunyans and warts, teach writing on a new principle, operate on the magnetic telegraph when any of the operators are sick or drunk or so stupid that they can't strike lots, impart a knowledge of short-hand to as piring young reporters, play pianov'aeciompani ients to first fiddler at dancing parties, distri bute tracts, engage all suits to eject tenants from premuises, and keeps tenants in epite of the efforts of land-lords who are so eccentric as to think that rent should be paid, give counsel to per.sons desiring to le divorced, keep an alpha betical list of nurses, translate Pennsylvania Dutch into decent American, exhort at camp meetings, engage by the job to furnish evidence to swear through any point necessary im trial, help my wosnman to pound clothes on Monday morning, cry charcoal when the charcoal nian has got the bronchiti;, shoot white cats and sell the hide for rabbit skins, clean kid gloves, play the organ in church, dye whiskers, e cetiera, et etera-I do." "That is qluite enough. Do you make a pretty good living?" " Should like to say yes, but have conscien tions scruples against lying-I hare." "I don't think you need let your scruples trouble you after the big stories you have tohl; I shall fine you ten dollars. Have you got it.?" "Prospective only ; I suppose I shall have to take the alternative, which I " Ten days." " Exactly ; Judgc you are a 1. 1. "What's that ?" "A perfect brick." TiE TOWN BULL AND TiE BASS VIOL. The following anecdote from the New Hlamp shire Telegraph is too good to lie lo-t fany s ago there was in the e:Ltern part Of Massachusetts a worthy old 1). D., and al though lie was an eminen: ly benevolent man and a good Christian, yet it must be confessed that he loved a good joke much better even than the most inveterate joker. It was before church orans were munch in use. It so happened that the choir of the church had recently puircha-ed a double bia: viol. Nut far fro'ml the church was a pasture, and in it a huge town bull. One hot Sabbat in tle sununer he got out of tihe pasture and came bellowing up the street. Ablout the church there was plenty off mntrod den gras, green and good. and Mr. lull stopped to try the quality, perchance to ascertain if its location had improved its flavor, at any rate the reverend Doctor was in the midst of his sermon, whenl " Boo-woo-woo," went the bull. The doctor paused, looked up at the sin.;ing seats, and with a grave face, said &[ would thank the musicians not to tune their instruiments during the service time-it annoys me very much." The people stared, and the minister went on. Bo]o-woo-woo," wvent the bull again, as he passed another green spot. The parson paused again and addressed thme choir: " I really wish thme singers would not t une their instruments while 1 am preaching, as I re marked before, for it annoys mec very much." T1hae people tittered, for they knew as wvell as any one wvhat the real state of the case was. The minister went on again with his discouse, but he had not proceeded far, before another " Boo-woo-woo" camne from Mr. Bull. The parson paused once more, and again ex claimed: " I have twice already requested the mnusi cians in the gallery not to tune their instru mets durinz sermon time. I now particularly request Mr.~Lefavor that he wyill not tune his double bass viol while I am preaching." This was too much. Lefavor got up agitated at the thought of speaking out in church, and stammered out : "It isn't me, parson B-, it's that d-~ town~f bull !" BAnnEs Ox Smu tarr un os D~Mtxn.-JTudge 0--, a well known, highly- re-:pected Knick erbocker, on the shadly side of fifty, a widower with five children--full of fun and frolic, ever ready for a joke--to give or take, was baantered the other evening by a Miss of live and twenty, for not takinag asnothaer wife ; she urged that he was hale and hearty and deserved a matrimonial niesmate. The Judm'ge ackn ,wledged the fact; adnit ted that lie was convincedl by the eloquence of his fair friend, that he had been thus far very remiss, ad expiressedl contrition ihr thle fault confess.ed ; ending with offering himnself to t lie lady, tellinig her she coauld not certainly reject haima after pintinmg out to him hi,. heinous of Th1 e lady replied that she would be most hap. 'y, but there was one, and to her a serious ob stacle. "Well says," says thme -Judge, " Name it." " Alh ! .Judge this is beyond ypaur puwers. I have vowed ift evcr inarry a idow er, lie imust have t chiblren." "~ Ten chil drein ! lh thma t's nothing says the ~Judge, 1-11 give yo lv now, and nay unles on demand in annual installunents for the bal~ace." Fact D msx rrT, ( a mavrry, &c.--Professor floyhe of ie J uoblin " -'rtechailder," says; "I have seena thme gravity of parwons in the puilpit ; lawyers in court.--jidges on the Bench -Quakers at. conventical demaagogues at paublic aeetings-thae chancellor iin the lords-the speaker in the conmons-soldiers at drill doctors near a patient--.lients at law sit auctioneers puffing a worthless dlaub----an tiqua ran over a brass farthinag--old genthemien at fuerals-younmg geitlemen at tailor's bills balil. at .a execution--and thme hangman at the gallows--I have scein the gravity of an author when his play~ wasM damned, and of a coxcomub taking his plaice at twelve paces-of an attorney- drawinig out bl,ls of costs, and of an Alderman adjusting his napkin at a city feast ; I have seen) Mr. Rogers and Belseni's mummy ; but thme gravity of each andI all taken together, (hoes not easpaal the gravity of a cow chewing her cud !" From the Baltimoro Sun. BEHIND TIME. A railroad train was rushing along at almost lightning speed. A curve was just ahead, be yond which was a station at which the cars usually passed each other. The conductor was late, so late that the period during which the down-t rain was to wait had nearly elapsed; but he hoped yet to pass the curve safely. Sid denly a locomotive dashed into sight right ahead. In an instant there was a collision. A shriek, a shock, and fifty souls were in eternity ; and all because an engineer had been behind time. A great battle was being fought. Column after column had been precipitated for eight mortal hours on the enemy posted along the ridge of a hill. The summer sun was sinking to the west; reinforcements for the obstinate defenders were already in sight; it was neces sary to carry the position with one final charge, or everything would be lost. A powerful corps had been sunnoned from across the country, and if it came up in season all would yet be right. The great conquerer, confident in its arrival, formed his reserve into an attacking column, and led them down the hill. The whole world knows the result. Grouchy failed to appear ; the imperial guard was beaten back ; Waterloo was lost. Napoleon died a prisoner at St. Helena because one of his marshals was beind lile. A leading firm in commercial circles had long striggled against bankruptcy. As it had enor* nous assets in Califbrnia, it expected remittances by a certain day, and, if the smuns promised ar rived, its credit, its honor, and its future pro-; perity would be preserved. But week after week elapsed without bringing the gold. At last camtle the fatal day on which the firm hail bills maturing to enormous amounts. The stea iner was telegraphed at day treak ; but it was found on inquiry that she brought no funds; and the house failed. The next arrival brought nearly half a million to the insolvents, but it was too hate; they were ruined because their agent, in remitting, had been -hind lime. A condemned man was being led out for exc cution. le had takein human life, but under circumst anee.; of the greatest provocation, and pibIlic svimp:athy was active in his behalf. Thou samds hail sigied petitions for a reprieve, a fa vorable answer had been expected the ni;t le fore, and, though it had not come, even the sheriff felt confident that it would yet arrive in season. Thus the morining passeid wit hout the appearantc of the messenger. Tie last moment was il. The prisoner took his place on the prop, the cap was drawn over his eyes, the bolt was drawn, and a lifeless body swiin revolving in the wind. Just at. that nonient a horseman caitme into sight. galloping down hill, his steed covered with foam. Ile carried a packet in his right hand, which lie waved partially to the crowd. Ile was the express rider with the re prieve. But lie had come too late. A compara tively innocent inan had died an ignominiiiiouis death becaise a watch hal been five mrinites I too slow, iaking its bearer arrive brhiwd timw. Tt is continually so in life. The best laid plans, the most important allirs, the fortnies of individuals, the weal of nations, honor, hap piness, life itself, arc daily sacrificed becaise somiebodv is "&,hitiu." There are men who always Flail in whatever they undertake, siinply because they are " behind time.'' There are others who' put off reformation year by year, till death seizes theni, and they perish unrepen tant, because forever " blhind time." The Al lies have lost nearlv a year at Sebastopol, be cause they dlayed a superfluious day after the battle of .\hii:1, and caine up too late fir' a coup1' de anitha just twenty-four hours " behind tiie." Five miumtes in a crisis is wUrth years. It is but a little period, yet it has often saved a for tune or redeemied a people. If there is on vir tile that shouli. be cultivated more than anoti her by him who would succeed in life, it is pulintci aity ; if there is one error that should be avoided, it is being bhind-lime. Ileaider !Christ ian read !Look at the ines tion at the head of this article and see il you cia apprehend its for~ce, for priesently we want you to answver it, aind to be ho nest abiout it. There is a day comning. wh-en all oaur cloaks for siin, anud excuses for neglectinig kinown duties will be burnecd up. Aye, that day will burn like an oven. Whiy don't yon / You see that t hought less, daring sinner~ presuming too miuch unlm the goodness of God, evidently goiing to ile* struction, aind you say somiebody ought to re claim hima and save him-somebody ought to pray for him, war him and teach him if posai ble-why don't you! You see a youn" mn addicted to the''use of bad language, 7gar, obscene, profane. lI[e does not reflect, perhaps does not know howv sinful it is. Some one, you say, ought kindily~ andI cautiously to approach him and admonish hinm, aigl if possible save him from so vile a hab it. W lay don't you ? Tfhere's a poor widow stiruggling aast thme tide of' circumstances to supporN~t and partially educate her chilidren, but she cannot, unaided, .uceed. She is becoming pore every dair, If sonme Christiatn lady would takec a shiept gi pa per around with a little caption, "~ T1o aid Mr. Humility -." and show it to her wealthier neighbors, no doubt many of~ them would gladly contribute somnetlhin, ail suriely it taught, to be dne. Laidy, whly ditn't youa! And that poo'ir aillicied ihrmily-hlow discion selate that watching miother andi wife miust be. Smibody ought to go~ and sit up and niurse for her. Why don't yout! lieader, when you see or know of any gooid thing which soimeboidy ought. to do, ask your self, Why dotn't I do it ? It. it is the duty of any one, Is it. no't mine! A:Id whmen you think others ought to reform, suppose you~ ask your conscience, Why doin't 1 do whmat. I see mny necighbor ouiht to do ?-Louisiana Baphtist. FE3ImI.r: 1Jur. --~v"Vean Swift proptospd to tax female beauty, anad to leave every hldy to rate her owni channis. He. said the tax woiuld be cheerlully paid. :anid very~ product ive." ".uaiteinelle thus3 daintuily comliinaents the sex, when lhe compilares wvomlen and clocks-the latter serve to po itit ouit I lie hiours, t.hle ftbunlair tot nmake us forget themu." 'lThe standards of btauity iln womtan var-y withi those of taste. Socrates calls beauty a shirt-livedl tyranny ; 1'hi to, a privilege ofnmature 'Thohihrastus, a silent clieat ;Theocritus, a de lightful prejudice ; (Carneadceas,.a solitary king dom ; andl Aristotlec aflirmied that it was bettel' thnit all the letters of recoiimndaton in the world," " With the modern Graeeks and other nations on tihe shmores of the Medit erranean corjmlen'cy is the pterfectiona of fotrm ini woman ; anti those very attributes which disgust the western Ena rpeani, forum the at tractions of an Oriental fair. It wvas froiii thle common andi adlumired shape of hs coulntry-womeni, that Rlubenis in his pietm-e's delights so imch in a vulgar aiid odiotis piiip ess :-w bcn his miaster was desirous to repre scut the t" beautiful," lie had nao idea of beauty under two hundried weight. His very graces are all fat. Bumt it should be remnemdered that all his models were Dutch women. The hair is a beautiful ornament of wonien, but it hias al ways benn a disnuted point which enloe most becomes it. We accoun red nair an abomina tion; but in the time of Elizabeth it found ad mirers, and was in fashion. Mary of Scotland, though she had exquisitlair of her own, wore red fronts. Cleopatra Aks red-haired; and the Venetian ladies to this day counterfeit yellow hair." * " After all that may be said or sang about it, beauty is an undeniable fact, and its endowment not to be disparaged. .Sydney Smith gives some good advice on theaiibject. " Never teach fulsome morality. How exquisitely absurd tc teach a girl that beauty is of no value, dress ol no use! Beauty is of value-her whole pros pects and happiness in life may often depend upon a new gown or a becoming bonnet; if shc has five grains of comniqi sense, she will find -this out. The great thieg is to teach her their just value, and there mtist be something better tunder the bonnet than ahpretty face, for real happiness. But never sacrifice truth."-Salad Jfr he Social. Bots TO GOOD Luc.4.-The St. Louis Leade tells the following story;. Not over a dozen yeaq ago, a merchant of this city, well known and highly respected, failed inl business, and after setqing up his affairs,-garc to.his principal creditor-:deed of trust on cer tain real estate to securejhe payment of $12, 000. At the time the property was barely val ed at that, so the creditir put the deed in hi: safe, and there, so far asAe was concerned, the matter ended. The mei'clhant broken down disappointed, poor but y1t enterprising, wen South, visited Californiaf, Mexico and Soutli America, speculated, made halfa dozen fortimie and lost them again. AAfew weeks since ie re turned to the city, sick, tiavel worn, needy and disheartened. By clhane he met his old law yer, a gentleman high in 's profession, and wh is deservedly respected. .,After the first greet ing. the lawyer remarkej "I am glad to sec you back, and as you sdm to be in want o funds, the sale will be just in time." The merebant looked;lapd at his friend alo finally said, " Sale! whati ale? PVe got nothing to sell." A "Nonsene, ny dear- low, you are richei than you imagine. Donj you remember I h deed of trust I drew ugor you sonic twelvc years ago ?" " 1 do, what of it?" Well, at that time thi property wobill not have realized that sum, so it was let lie, but it is now in the market. and I expect to clo'e a contract for its sale this ioek." "You amaze ne; whatzprice do you expect to get ?" I've a.ked $86,000! Cid shall get it too. Your old debt and inter will amount to $21, 000 or thereabouts, so y' will have 65,000 t go ulion." iThe sensations of the -arty may be " more easily imagined than desd'ibed," as tIhe penny' a-liners have it, but one Oning is certain, Mr. A went hime a happier ma#4barn he lad been for ten years at least. . Reader, what we have .re related i. siple fact, and more, the oce i"ee is not yet a week old. WoMNt AT 1Ioir.-Heaven did not intend women to lie the inmates of boarding houses. They are out of their elements in all such abi Idinfg places. There a:e erratic exceptions to the general rLile. but the true sphere of' a really wonanly woman, is her own home-her true mission to make her iuidrband and lier children liappy. Ier heart more than her heai, " muar slals her tihe wa sihe should go." ler aee tions, her wifel' aud oother love, instruct her intellect. sharpen her perception, and give flrce, ellergy, an(d }Irecisionr to lier plas arl jrpos1 res. .Stri a women prayeth not for her he"s rights -morieth iot Over its wrongs. Sie attenids ino, convent ions. covets not tile douIble-barrelled garment, demamln not a seat on the beich, a post. inl the State, or a vote tirough the ballit bux. Conteint Wiih tle posit ion assigned to all woien by the Alhnighr ty at tire creation, and1il wlicl the prophfrets, pat riarelis, apst leS, aid the Sviotr himseltf, have declaired to be the moist mee'it amrl seemnlv lihr t he wveaker messel. tire g.ood wife never a :ttenipts to overstep tire limits of hen' applr'opriate sphere, bot makes thazt sphere a charmed circle, within which' thre hunsbarnd and hther is disburrh ieied of' his business caires, arid enjoys a fuirmess of ph~iid hapipiniess which th~e outside wvor'al can neither give noi take aiway. Foiturnate is he whlo hiath such a womnii to wifib; for she shall riot only sinooth thne rourghi ness of' his ear'thly journey, but lead himi :.:eit y by the hiand. towvarda leauvenr. AsEnro: s .\Lcm seN.-."Wm aiere you talking to? Why, toamuch lar'ger andience tha' thre be.st conryersaitioniist ever could boast of ,and to more than ever listened to him dirurig a month. How few clergyrnen, how few hectu rers, how few public speakers of' any descrip tion, eve:-witneissed an audienr'c half so large as that to which the editor of the smallest coun ry paper preaches! thow many clergyinare there who are accustomed to audiences of a thousand, and how few papers are there which do riot strictly and litetrally tind more thn ai thousand readers ? So says tire Newv York D~ay look. It was in the mridst of thre coldest spell of hst intrer, when tire broatmian of Cincinnati had niothring to do but to try tor keelp warmr over te lire in tire gr'ogeries to wvrhi they did imost, reLsrtt, whleni a piarty were huggimg thre stove ii a store nrear tire Spencer House. In addition to bad liquor, tire storgmm i kept lamrp-oil, anid (ter truck of the sort, and was drawing it in to a half gallon rreasur'e, as " .Stutteriing Blen," who was toasting iris shins, and observing thart the oil-merchaiit did not more than half fill thre measure, called ount to him: "J Jim, I can t-t-elh you how t-t-to sell t-t-twice as mruchi oil as you do now." " Well, how?" growled -Jimp. " F-f-f ll yorrur m -nleasure !" Mv wife tells the truth three time a dlay, rearkedl a jocose old fellow, at thre sanne tume 'astinig a very mrischrievours glance at her. Be fore rising in tire moring she says-" O dear, itrust get up), bitt 1 don't want to." After breakfast, sire adds-" Well, I suppose I must go to wotrk, but 1 don't want to ;" and she goes to bed saying-" There, I have breeni fussing all day, and haven't done anythimg." Tiir Sexv.'.owvsR AcA)xs'r MrASMa.-A long comiiuicait ion fromr Licut. Maurry is pulished in the National lartelligencer', giving the details ofan expei'itnenlt which he minde last season in planting 'surnflowers between the observatory grounds, in Washington, and the Potomac, as a bulwark against the miasma, from which the dwellers at thre Observatory have hitherto suf fe ed severely. Th~e experiimernt was most suc cessful, tire residents of that station escapitng for the first timre tire regular fall visitation of fever and agule, whilst in unprotected situations the shking went on with its usual energy. Simi lar experiments with tire sunuflower culture in France hasq been attended with like results. Crnsis Love.-The more believers lov'e God, the miore they love one another; as thre lines of' a circle, the nearer they come to tire center, the irearer they come to each other. hrmck From the Memphis Appeals, May 2. THE GREAT RAILROAD JUBILEE. Imposing pressio of* Military, Firemen, Coun cl1en and Cilizen-s-Eloquent Speaking and Imnense Enthusiasm. Never have the banks of the Mississippi wit nessed such a gathering of multitudes from all the States of the South, from its shores to the seaboard, as was yesterday seen in Memphis on the occasion of the great jubilee at the com pletion of the last link in the chain of railroad connection from Memphis to Charleston. All our streets and thoroughfares were literally packed with living nasses of human beings from nearly every southern State, but especial ly from South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. At an early hour in the morning the salute of artillery from the battery on the bluff waked the echoes of the Mississippi shore, and summoned together the various companies and delegations which joined in the procession. Thousands upon thousands of spectators crowded the side-walks, filled up the streets, thronged the balconies and awnings, and displayed themselves at the windows of all the business houses and shops. Inspiring strains of music from a dozen bands wafted their inelo dies upon the air and aroused the enthusiasm of the concourse. Never has our city before received such an immense multitude. At least thirty thousand people were on our streets'yes terday to enjoy the jubilee. Greetings and congratulations were passing, from the various citizens of the vast territory represented, to each other. As one of the speakers forcibly remarked, all Sta-e lines were wiped out and all felt that we were citizens of a common country, having a common interest, common insi itutionis, common dangers and a common destiny. The leeling of joy and sympathy, on witnessing these agreeable results of the con smnmation of this great work, vas intense and overflowing. A common sympathy moved the whole imnense multitude. The processioii commenced forming early in tihe morning on Main street above Market. fa eing South, and moved at ten o'clock. The following is the route travelled over: Down Main street to Beal ; thence to Second; up Second to Union ; thence to Third ; up Third. to Jetf'rson street; thence to Main; down Main to Madison; thence to Second to Court Square. The order of procession Was as follows: Chief Marshal. Music. Washington Rifles. Music. Union Guards. Plionix Fire Company of Charleston. A wagon with two hogsheads of water from ' the Atlantic Ocean. Mechanic Fire Company of Augusta. Music. Oglethorpe Fire Company, No. 1, of Savannah. Washington Fire Company, No. 9, of Savannah. Germnania Fire Company, No. 10, of Savannah. Music. Nashville Fire Company, No. 1, of Nashville, iroad Street Fire Compan -, No. :, of Nashville, . J)euge..ire.-u4iway, *o.4,.of Nashville. Washington Fire Comn'pany, No. 5, of Nashville. Independent Fire Company, No. 1, IMusic, Liberty Fire Company, No 3. Music. Mechanics' Fire Company, No. 4. Invincible Fire Company, No. 5. Washington Fire Company, No. 6. Hook and Ladder Fire Company, No. 1. President of the day and Vice President in carriages. Orators of the day, in carriages. Presidents and Oficers of the dilferent Rail road Companies, in carriages. Visiting- Mayors and Aldernen of the dillerent cities. in cariages. Mayor and Allernim of Memphis, in carriages. helegates from ditfereint cities. in carriages. Ladies, inl carriages. Stiangers and Citizens, im carriages. The pr->cession ini all was about~ two umiles in length. and luring the entire route, the waving of hiandlkerchiefk by ladies testilied how much interest ther took in the parade. The feature ini the paradie was the firemeni, who tumrned out ini their strength, with music, banners and flags. The visiting tiremni are parmticiularily deserving of notice, comiing, as. they did, such a dlistaince. and compi~ortinig them selves so nobly throughout the day. They were comuplimented ini a marked nmnner, *by our. ladies, on dillerenmt parts of the 1:outc, whicha they reCvloded' to by cheers for tlig fair. As they passed bty the~ ni~ble aich, at the intersec tion of Main andl M1adisonm streets, they made the welkin ring with their huzzas. In all they numbered twyo hundred and seventy-seven. Th'le cavalende of hojrses, carriages anid onmni busses was at least a milih. Iglngthm. 3Many of the imp.st distinguishied citizen~s of th~e yljjacent States being provided withl ewuyeyamces, ai~i' a large nmbeiir or. our mWIn p11?1le, lu ios a&nd entlmcien, occupying the vehicles. The incessanut rain of Wednesday night and Thursday made th.e streets very miuddy), and lthough it did not prevent the military and iremen from turning out ini their strength. it eterredl many others from parading who had1 ntended marching on foot. A fter counternmarching in Court Square, and the playing of several lively tunes by the bands, he vas proc'ession, added to which wer thou ands who. hadl no~t participa~ted in~ thme parade, forimedi around thme platfoirni e.ected for the ~peakrs. 'f/ I~eetings in Court .91"are.-The immense rocession hiaving filed into Court Square, in he centre of which a standi had been'erected for speakers, aind the oflicer's of the t:iy, tlw fullowing genmtleenm were nuigiotme~ed as atticers f the meet ing, ymp .\. II. Dougass, IEsq., President. Samuel Tate Esq1., It. Topp, Esq., C~ol. F. M1. White, aind .John Robertson, Esq., Vice Presi ents. .Johin P. Pryor, John R. McClanahan, J. M1. Patridge, .1. II. MlcMabon, Tennessee ; John hecart, South Carolina; Win. Ihomes, Missouri ; .J. Withers Clay, W. B. Figures, Alabam a, ant L. Q. U. Lamar, Mississippi, Secretaries. Ilon. A. If, Douglass, President of the~ meet ing, on taking the chair, spoke felicitously but iniefly, and congluded b'y intro~ducing IIon. \fm. iorcher 3Iiles, Mlayor o' Charetonm, w-ho antrtained thme vast crowd with ono of the most beautiful, classical, touching and appropri te orautions, that it was over our pleasure to listen to. it was the speech of the day, and excited unmingled admiration and applause from every listener. We would that we could furnish the space this morning to sketch the strong points of the distiniguishied and eloquent rator. but our printers caught the general en thusiasm yesterday, and it is impossible to more than make allusion to the chief incidents of the proudl and stirring occasion. Mr. Miles wvas followed by Ion. Mr. Cohen, of Savannah, who represented the city of Sa aniah, and whose clear and forcible logic, flow - ing periods, rich and chaste fancy, and clarion like voice stirred the heart-chords of the inter ested ultitude.I ion. Mr. Boyce, of South Carolina, was next introduad, and madle a most stirring, eloquent anda fciei speech, depicting the great con-. mercial, social and political advantages of the railroad communication between the Atlantic ocean and the Mississippi river. Mr. Boyce's remarks were received with the highest enthu siasm. Mr. Boyce having concluded, Ion. Mark A. Cooper, of Georgia, was introduced and enter tained the assembly for an hour with his broad and pointed humor, strong common sense, and his earnest delivery. The last speaker was Mr. Cuyler, the Presi dent of the Georgia Central Railroad, who, af ter exhibiting cultivated. and original, intellect of a high order, interested the friends of rail roads with some sound and excellent advice, which should have a deep and lasting influence upon their judgments: and the 'assembly then formed in procession and took :up the line of march to the immense dinner table at the Navy Yard. The spirit of all the speakers was, in the highest degree, encouraging to the social, com mercial and political union of the great States through which the Memphis and Charleston railroad passes, and their remarks will sink deeinto the hearts of the great assembly of people. The speaking through with, the military and firemen formed again in procession, and follow ed by thousands on the side-walks, marched to the Navy Yard, and partook of the sumptuous dinner prepared by Mr. Specht. The rope-walk in which the dinner was serv. ed is estimated to be near a quarter of a mile in length, and three tables were provided, ex tending each the whole of this distance. There were three thousand plates, and when it is con sidered that these fell short of what was re quired fur the accommodation of the company, it is not extravagant to suppose that between eight and ten thousand persons were present, and partook of the dinner. We did not hear of the least disturbance, or of anything c-du lated to mar the harmony or pleasure of the occasion. It was throughout a most agreeable affair, reflecting credit alike upon the Commit tee of Arrangements and our friend Specht, who prepared it. Immediately after dinner, a ball was given in tho store-room of the Navy Yard, which was kept up until late in the evening. A grand display of fire-works was given last evening on the bluff opposite Madison street, which drew together thousands of people. - Tne ball last night, at Exchange Buildings. was the grandest affair of the season. A large number of the bells and gallants of this city, State and adjoining States were present, and par ticipated in the festivities of the night. At midnight, the streets were still thronged with people, and we doubt not many persons did not go to bed at all. This celebration, so grand in every particular, will be referred to by future generations, as an epoch in the history of Memphis. The many pleasant associations connected with the festivi ties of the day, will afford food for many a ref erence hereafter ; and we doubt not friendships havo been cemented that will prove lasting a; lifo is long. Although the accommodations for the vast crowd who have. honored.uri- itk r, presence havo not been such as we could have wished, wo still feel satisfied that the knowl edge which our visitors have that we have done our best for their comfort, will be a sufficient apology for any inconveniences which they may have experienced since their sojourn here. l\cONM Or -rHE GntEMsvL.L.F hALu.no.D.-We understandl that this road has yielded during the past vear, S:107.808 SO cents, which is n increase ofi s2,711 24 cents on the incoine of last year. The road is reported to he in a good coindition, and the Company will he able, during the present sumer, to play tihe whole interest on the assessimteit of stock. This is the dawn of light. In a few years we May Cxpect the aniessm6lenit to be pall ii full, and'dividends on the stock. The road has cost $2,66t,-145 ss cets. whilst tine capital paid in, together with the assessment of stock, is unlV 1,354,118,2 ents! The stockhlders have nlylv paid one half of tihe cost of the roadl. T1hne other half te roadl has~ paid itself! The debts anid lialtili ties of thte toadl are SI ,:; I2,T.; ::ui eetnts. The Ioad is said to bte worth a great deal mnore thant the cost. The Comnpany have paid thne interest Ot their debt. $75,000, have dlefi-ayed all the ex p-ntses of last yeanr, and now have $:;t;,838 :10 ctst of anniual profits to pay interest on assess mtents. If the debt of the Cantpany was extin 'mtised, it would be able to pay out of the nett rofits ct' the road, five per cent. on the whole ost of the Road, or ten per cent. on the caipi a.-Patriot. A Goon Oss.--The Wheeling Daily Times relates tihe followin; A gentlentan jmnforms us that for some time pa his conl pile has been growing "small by legrees and beautifully less. He suispected a ~eighbor of purluininig it, but his feelnig of del eev would niot pnerimit himn to accuse the party nt an opetinanner. But as he had made nto ~otract "~ to keep the city in coaFl" e felt that oeting must die done to pirevent thne astonish ng tilliing oli in his bin. Accordinigly Ine took large hnimpt ot thte article, dlrillled a hole in it. iled thte hoie with powder andI placed the chunk lhpon tihe top of the pile. About six hours after his hec heard agreat expnlositon next door, and .npon looking in that direction, lhe saw that .hi.* eiglnhrs hioutse was mnuus its windows aind lie enniire premnises blacked with soot, Hie tes it as rather remarkable that since this tic arrence hi coal hntlds out munch hotter thnn nrerlv. it.:,cK JIn:..--TheO appended nogro story, opied from a Southern correspondent of tine B.oston Journal, is not bnad: (lenOr-al C- gave his black man Sawvney hnds and permission to get a quarter's worth f Zoology at a menagerie, at the same time hinting to him thme striking aflinity between thne Sim anud negro races. Our sable friend soon ound himscif under thne canvass, andI hyonghit, too, in front of a sedate looking banbown, anad ee~ing tine bibo quadruped losely, soliloquized thus: " Foks-suie's yet born, feet, ha~nds, p-uper- bad-lonoking countenance, just like 1mg gr, gettin' old, I reckon."-Then, as if seizedi with a brighnt idea, he extended his hand with Sgenutine .Southnern " How dy'e do, Uncle' ' The ipe ehsped thme negro's handf and shook it lonng md conolially. Sawnev tlien piliedl his new acquaintance with interrgations as to his namne, age, nativity, and former occuplationts, b~ut eliciting no replies be yond a knowin" schake of the head, or a merry winklintg of t~ie eye, (the ape was probably neditatitig time best way of tweaking the darkey's nose,) hec concluded the ape was bound to keep mo-~committal, and lookintg cautiously around ehuckled out, " He, he, ye too sharp for them, old feller. Keep dark-.j yedjuist speak one trord of En.iIsxh, white man wcould here a hoe iu y had in less than twro minutes.~ Tutu Stucu L.tw OF VRGINIir.-The Senmate of \assachusetts, on thne petition of Capt. Leii Baker and others, has adopted the joint resolu tion, appropriatinig $2,500 to test the constitution tlity of the search law of Virginia. The vessel of eapt. Baker, it will be remembered, was seized at Norfolk last summer for having previso.d sailed from that port without hieig sacked, as required by the law of Virgii. PnoTEcriox To G.&ML.-The Legislure of Ohio has passed a law for the protection of the birds, &c., which makes it a findable offence for any one to kill a rabbit, deer, or any of the feathered tribe mentioned between the 1st of February and the 15th of September, or to kill a blue-bird, iocking-bird red-bird, or other sin gers named, at any time. The boys who go out "hunting," says the Cincinnati Commercial, du ring the spring and summer, and who sometimes manage to kill a meadow lark or "flicker," should notice that the amusement may. prove rather an expensive one. The law mcludes sparrows, robins, blue-bird, swallows, meadow larks, martins, thrush, mocking-bird, orioles, red birds, and cat-birds-so humanity has a.show as well as policy. It was a broad and generous consideration not to forget even the sparroivwand a worthy imitation of that. Divine care which is not indifferent even to the fill of one of 'them. Let the birds sing. Tue Poisosxro LT WAsnrixro\.-It is now believed that nbt less than seven..handreder sons have been seriously and dangerously $dect ed by the National Hotel poison, at Washington, and some twenty or thirty .deaths have occurred in consequence. There aie still several pisons very seriously ill in New York, whose recovery is doubtful. Among others; the Hon. Robert J. Walker is not yet entirely recovered from his severe attack. Senator, Hale, of New gamp shire, has become a thin, lean man, iunder its revages. It is now the opinion 'f many persons, that there was a deliberate purpose to poison Mr. Buchanan, and that the diabolical scoun drel hazarded the lives of thousands in the at. tempt. A VAL.VABLP Hrx.-In speaking of the fruit prospects in that particulir locality, the Colum. bus Tines, says: " We are very glad to announce that our market next summer, will be abundant ly supplie'd with peaches, from the orchard of oar enterprising feillow-citizeu, R. J. Moses, Esq., who counteracted the influence of cold and frost by building fires under his trees. It is supposed tiat the smoke from the fires counteracted the cold." DernA viaom Hyunorno .-A death from that horrible disease-hydrophobia-occurred in Philadelphia Wednesday, the victim being a child only seven years of age. The bite- was inflicted some two months since, and the insidi ous poison had remained latent until with a few days. The dog was shot. immediately after the occurrence. The wound, which was upon the back of the hand, scarcely puncturea the skiu, and not the slightest apprehensions were enter tained of any unfortunate result until within a day or two, when it was too late for medical skill to be of any avail. MuAucUr.ous Crn.-The Savannah Georqian and Jurnal gives the last wonderful cure effet ed in that city by the renowned Professor De. Grath's Electric Oil and Pain Extractor. ..A 25 cent. bottle of this wonderful oil was rubb6e4 on the sigi-board of James Pain, Tailor, and'in an instant the word pain was completely removed I We learn that the Professor, in full costhme, .cove all ovr .with-be ' - sons afilieted with rheumatism, ruises end ache, deafness, &c., &c. It is related that one gentleman in Columbus, who had been long af. ilicted with deafness, bought a bottle from the Professor, and " in no tine" he heard the ''noise less step of time !"-Carolina Times. - .. * - COxeCALLI Wrii'o\%..-There are two things which gentlenen never do: one is writing aiion ymauous letters; the other is carrying concealed weapons. Of course, there are occasions when a man, knowing that lie is to be attacked, may fairly carry weapons which lie does not display. But no gentleian liabitually seeretes knives and pistols about his person unless he lives' among savages or wild beasts. The reasons for this are obvious. It is -an ci tirely unfair advantage, not only physically! but imor'ally ; for a nian will not be likely to restrain his tongue or his tenmier when lie knows that lie haite means of ef'eetuually silencing his op ponent-andi knows also thaut fhis opponent can not possibly be awat~e of that fact...It was all fatir anid right enough. when every gentlemian openly wore his sword at hi4, side. Certainlhy it was bad eniough then, but there was nothing eumueealed. But to hide your knife anid pick a quarrel, or to emigage in a quarrel, knowing -that you have a knife hidden, is as bad as inviting your enemy to driink wine which you have-, poi soned. Decent society is niot possible upon such terms. We are all so purely unchristian and petulent that anything wvhich serves to unbridle our tonigues'and loose our wrath, as concealed weap ons iievitablyido, postpones and postpones any happier day. A Farsecn Grsrownmta P.or.--It is confident ly stated there was ground for the .rumior, that dangerous plots against the life of Louis Napo heani were discovered recently, only at thme last nmomient before the time appointed for theii- ex eeution: The Paris correspondent of the Manchester G;uardian says: A plan did exist, not only for putting an end to the Emperor's life, but for coimntting murder wholesale, after the fashion of the gunpowder plout. The details have been coniined, with comparatively wonderful secrecy, to the people athuat the Tuil'eries and prefectui-e of the polie,~ The affair would seemi to have been organized fur sonme tolerably long while, and the mioment of action was fixed for the first night whenu the court should visit the Theatre Francais theatre situated at the end of the Rue Richelien amid anniexed to the Palais Royal, is for the grea ter panrt, built over a groumnd. floor of shops. Most of these are occupied by tradesmen well knowni to the authorities; but in the narrow and somewhat dark passatge, whichl runis from one en trance door tif the theatre lito the Palais Royal, there is a collection of small shops, onie of whiich was unoccupied, and had escaped the notice of the police. This line of shops lie iimmediatehy under the iinperial box at the theatre Francais, and this shop was accontiugly hired by the individuals who meditates the attack I ami going to relate. L4ittle liv little, and as they hoped, uniperceived, they hail iintroduced combustibles of all sorts in to this clhsed shop, which was thus representing Guy F.auxs cellar. The day before the Empe ror's visit, however, to the theatre, to witniess the pierformancuie of " Flanimmina," the locality being minutely examiined, this shop excited attention, anid the very day of the state visit, it was opened, entered iinto, anid the whole of what it contained was discovered. The lan has lbeen to bilow up the imperial box, anid all that side of the theatre. A Pret-rnu or SUxokY Live ix Cnte.wo. Helre is a picture of Sunday life in Chicago, fur nished by the Times of that city: ." Here in Chicago on Sunday we have 59~ churches open during the forenoon and evening, but at the same time there are no less than 80 ball rooms, in each of which the ' band' plays from morning till midnight, and waltzing goes on without intermission. In addition to these 'festivities,' we have iwo theatres, eaeh- with its perfornmev in tighuts and very short garments,. iiouding ElIsler in their .graceful evolutioa&. Saloons have their front doors closed by proc lamation, but do a, thriving businessthug airlo entaan'? . trog