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' ' ?? ? * I. .1 I I . ,1 1, I - ... o. t VOLUME XVI. LANCASTER C. IT, S. C., MARCH <5, 18(57. MMI5ER i J| The Dead Alive. A ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE. The subjoined narrative, from Cham ; hers Jottfnal, is stated to be translated from a foreign newspaper. It is necossa ty to remind tlie reader, that the island (if Mauritius, appertaining at this day to the English, was originally colonized by the French aid that tlio population yet fconsists in h preat measure, of persons of that rat ion, (o whom, by a formal treaty | bet^e'-ii lire powers concerned, tbeir an-j cient laws and ysip>a were preserved fritliout any* material alterations. Some tii\ie h^o, lire lj>icftr Clndonair Frenois, a rich merchant of the island, was found dead and friplrtfully disfigured in his own habitation. His bodv was | discovered Ivmp on lb? floor, with his iiead and face mutilated hv means of a , pistol, and all riouht as t<> tlio oau?e of i the catastrophe was dispelled hv tlio (lis corerv o! the fatal weapon by Ibe ?i<11> of tbe Corpse, and also of a paper in the handwriting of the deceased. This pa jter Onntaincd.the following wonia : "I ant milled! A villain baa robbed ! ir?e of v e>,t \ five tbutt* i ml bv re* sterling; dishonor mint bn inv portion, and I can r.ot wait In furtive it I leave to tnv wife 1 Ibe ta-k of dis'rilnitit'C ainonp tnv ere<ii i p'r* tbe means which tmnain to in ; and 1 i pray tbal <iod, inv frietnls, anil tnv eio emiis, tnav pardon tnv self destruction ! j Yet itl aito'.lier tllitiu'e I sl a'l be in etar i bitv ! Ci.ointMlit FitKNois (Ire it nm the consternation caused bv lbi? tragic evetit, wdiich watt the ntnfi* unexpected, a* tbe lo?a al'mjed to in tbe ' note bad never he?n made public. Tbe t dece'sed bad been held in great esteem ove* tbe e.ilonv as a man of strict honor ' and probitv, and wa? universa'Iv latnent Aii lli? at t ached widow, after endeavor inp Uitl.fuMv to t'i li1 11i ? lust winhe?,fotind her t'' ' to overpoweringr to permit ln?r to mim/h* longer with th wnrl i.nnd took tti<? roso'itt on of rot serruting Iter r? main lug <1 t\s t > the service c.f religion. Two month* afcr the sad end of her husband h* entered II I'lilllcllt, leaving to Hfph e>r of In-r late merchant, H physician, the ; charge of coot[>Vtiiip fir' -distribution of the elfecl* of Kft-no'* among hi* creditors- j A tnintrtp examination of the papers of llie ili'ftiticl l*il to tin* discovery of the pariod at which the unfortunate merchant hail been rubbed ; and this period was found In correspond with the date of the disappearance of a man named John \ f i .. - -1 - ' - * ?* 1 HimUl, iiiiiij ill II l* fill pinymeill OI r rc noh. ' >f l!i:? man, imi whom suspicion naturally l?*ll, nothing "!nii'd he -learned on iin|irr\ ; but shortltr after tli ? div'siun ili? la'e tii'-r di>tiit'? property, Moon t** . Appeared in tin* colony. WIumi tak.n tip and examine 1 n- pi cling the cause of In* tVeht, In' stat"d ili In) liHi! bsen . . ?e?tt 1 v ln> master to r runco. to recover certain mint due to the merchant there, In which nr.Ht.in he had bean iiiNuccesl fill; and loi fu 11 !n*r averred, that if Clod^Vnnif FrPnoia, in hi* em-ting cnrre.-poii i f.etice, li.nl thrown any injurious suspicion Upon him (Moon) the whole was hilt a pretext to account lot deficiencies of which toe merchant himself was tho sole cause and author. The declaration, made hy a man who seeme.l to fear no inquiry, nr>il whose worldly circumstances remain ed to appearance the Hume as they hud ever been, had the < of silencing. if they did not satisfy, the examiiiators; and the allair soon fell, in a great tneasuro oat of tlio public rernl'ection. Things remained f. r a short time in this Condition, when, one morning, Mr. Win. '/iur.o tt, principal creditor of the late Codoniir Fronoi*, beard * knocking at his gate ?t a very early hour. lie called up one of hi* servant!, who went down and opened the door, and itninedi* afelv returned wirii fho intelligence that '? .... _i. . i .1.. / i n niinugrr, XIII) frrillfll IH'MTOUS OI Keeping Ins person concealed, wished to speak with Xfr, I*rn?tt in private. Mr. Itnr red rose, threw on his dressing gown, and descended to the parlor. He saw there a stranger, of a tali pprson, seated in an ea?y and familiar attitude upon a sofa, with a cops of the "Morning I'ost," in his hand. The hack of the visitor was turned to Mr. Burne'.t as he entered.? llall cr surprised to see a si rer per conduct himself so like an old friend of the house, Mr. Burnett said aloud, "Sir, may 1 beg to know yottr business with me f* The stranger turned round and advam ced to salute his ho*t warmly and eourtaousjy. Mr. Burnett started hack an-1 uttered a loud exclamation of surprTse and 'arm. Well he m-glit, for before him stood his o'd friend an?| debtor, Clodornir whom he himself haJ followed tc the ' grave! What passed at that interview between Mr. Burnott and bis strange visitor reI mained for the time a secret. Mr. Unrt . nelt whs observed to issue several times, pale and agitated, from his dwelling, and to visit the magistrate champed with the criminal processes of the cofony. In the course of that day, while John Moon was regaling himself with tea tin der the palm trees in his garden, in com pauy with rt Circassian female whom lie i had bought some time previously, he | was arrested nnd taken to prison bv the officers of justice. On the following day i I lie was brought before the criminal court, neenned of robbing the late Clodomir ' i Frenois, the crime being conjoined with hreatdi of trusc and violence. M?>on ?mih ed at the charge with all the confidence of a man who hail fl."thing to fear. The judge having demanded of him if he i confessed the ^rime, the accused replied, | (lint the charge v?ss altogether afsurd, 1 1 that c'pnr testimony was necetsarv to fix ' such a crime upon him ; and that so far ' from th?re hemo anv such evidence pro < d:*ih'J?, iicilipr the willow c.f ihp deceas i p<1, I'nr nnv.one person in his service, hail , ever hi-aril the pretended rohherv etca I on?" mentioned i<y Krenois during his | i hfe. i < "I'o von then vflirm vouf innoccncp < repeated the judge, gravelv, after hearing i all that i!ie other hail to aav. . I will avouch mv innocence," replied Moon, "even before the hodtr of"mv late ^ i master, if that l?e necessary." [Such a 1 tiling often look place under tho o'hl to! [ ' on;a I l?w.| | ' John M >on," said the judge, in a voice ' 1 hrok-n hy some peculiar emotion ; "it \ ih la-fore \oiir late master that von will : have now to assert your innocence ; snd | rn iv (tod make tite trtith ar?p?ar !" A 5'i?i a .mm the judge accoinpmie ! ( thf?e words, and iittmediately a door 1 opened and (llodoin'r Freiinia, the sup l> > .?? : Miir ?|erttorf*<I '.lie court. lie ad. vnneeillo the har with a siow anil delih oni? 'tep. having hia eve calrnlv hut aternlv lived on the prisoner, I. * servant. A ureal sensation w as caused in tha court hv his appaarHncn. '"ttering shrieks of , aUrin anil horror, the females peasant licit I from the spot. The accuse'! Ml on his j knees in abject terror, arj/1 shhdderingl v "I confessed his gililt. For a time no voice was heart! hut Ins. However, ap it he ! came apparent that a living man stood before the court, the advocate for the pris otter gained courage to speak* IJerde mantled that the identity of the merchant he rstaU'.itlierl, and tlie mvtery of his existence ho explained. lie sail! that the court should not he hiasethby what might prove to he u more .accidental likeness ^ between a matt living ami one tleceasptl, a id that such an avowal aft that of the prisoner extracted in a moment of extra * orl'iiarv terror, was not to he held of much weight. "Ilefore hehtg admi'ted < here as an accuser or witness," continued t! < advocate, ndilrarsing the resuscitated merchant, "prove who and what you arc ami disclose hv what chance die tomb wiiich so lately received your body, mangled bv hulleta, ha* given up ita tenant, and motored you to the jrorld in life ami health This (inn appeal of the advocate, who Coiiti'iued steadfast to hit duty under cir cnmst tncen that would have closed the lips of most men, ceiled forth the follow inn narrative from Clodomir Krenois : "?1f story may he soou lolJ, end will suffice to establish my identity. When I discovered the robberv committed bv the accused, be bad lied from the island, and 1 speedily saw that all attempts to retake him would prove fruitless. I saw ruin I and disgrace before me, nod came to the j res iution of terminating my pf* before the evil day camf. On the night on which this determination >as formed, 1 was seated alone in my private chamber* 1 had written a letter which whs found on my (able, and bad loaded my pistol. ' Tliis done, I praved foV forgiveness from my Xlaker for ihp acl of despair I was al>oul to commit. Tbe end of the pistol was at iny heHd and my finder on tbe ' loo*, when a knock at the outer door of tbo bouse started me. 1 concealed the i weapon, and w?..nl to tbe door. A malt entered whom I recognized to he tbe sex- ' i ton of the parish in Which I lived. He bore a sack on bis shou'ders, and in it 'be body of a man newly buried, which was destined for my nephew, the phrsician then laying with (do. The scarcity of bodies for desertion, as the court is aware compels those who are anxious to acquire skill in the medical profession to procure them by any possible aecifli means. The *?xton was at first alarmed at aee-ng me. Did my nephew reqoeat you to brio# this body?' said I. 'No,'replied the man, hut I know his anxiety to obtain one fer dissection, and look it upon mo to come and Offer him ibis body. 'For mercy'a I t sake,' continued the sexton, 'do not betray me, s'r,or 1 shall lo?e mv situation, and my family's bread. "While the man was speaking, a strange idea entered my mind, and brought to my < despairing bosom hopes of continued life ( and recovered honor. I stood for a few ( moments absorbed in thought, and then recollecting myself, 1 gave two pieces of gold to the resurrectionist, the sum which , lie h"d expected. 'IVlling him to keep , his own away, and tliat all wouid be well. ] I sent >iim away, nnd carried the body to my cabinet. The wb >'fi of the house' j hold had previously been sent out of the ( way on purpose, am' I'had rime to carrv ( into fc*eeulion tlo\?p!an which had at ruck J me. The body was luckily of the jaine ' i Mature ns myself, and like mo in eomi |)!exion. I knew tho man ; ho had boon j a poor nll'ender, abandoned by his family. ( I'oor relic of mortality Y said I with tears , in mvete?, "nothing which man can do . ran Ttow injure theo; yet pardon me if I \ rudely di-li^uro thy lifeless substance.? ( It is to pfevent the ruin of not one, but j t twenty families And should success at ^ tend my atteiflp', 1 swear that thy chib Iron shall be my children ; and when my j own iiaur comes, we shall rest together ! i in the tomh to which thou shall he borne | heforfc M"\" | ( A^h' Is portiorT of the merchant's nar !j ra' ve, the most lively interest was ereit ( pil in the, court, and ti*atilied even hv t?ats i from many of the an li-nce. Kre'nois thus ' | proceeded: "I then' stripped oft my I. clothes and dressed the body in them ? ( This accomplished, I took up the pistol, | r,.,.. mm a unmi more reluctant than when ! had applied it in my own parson, ( I fired it close to the head of the deceas | , in!, anil at once caused such a ili.?i(l jure ' i merit as rendered it impossible for the , keenest eye to detect the substitution ] which had 1>. i-n ma le. j ( Choosing ih.? jdninest habit ! could get, 1 then ?lies?eil mvself anew, shaved <?tr h the whiskers whicli I was accustomed to | wear, anil took O'.her means.to alter ami ( disguise my appearance, in case of Heing stil jolted hy any acci lent to the risk of j being betrayed. Next morning sa^r me on hoard a French vessel oa my way to a distant land ? tho native country of my 1 ancestors. Tho expectations whicli led me to the execution of this scheme were ' not disappointed. 1 know that John ! Moon, the man w ho rohbed mo, and who j now stands at the hat of this court, had | funnel connections in this island, which wftnl<| in all probability bring iiim hue!; to it as soon as the int*?U 14;en^?> "( my J death gave him the promise of security.? In this I have not been (linappnintei]. I have been equally fortunate in other re- | spect*. Wlple my unworthy servant re. 1 mained horn in imaginary safety, I have J.e.-n successful in discovering the quarter, in which, not daring at lirst to hetrav here , the appearance of wealth, lie had lodged the whole of the stolen money, f have j brought it with me, and also snflyfient ! proofs,- supposing his confessions of thiH ' lay to he set as'He nlto'gefher, to cor.vict of the crime with which he stands charg- i e.l. * ' "Bv the same means," continued Clod omir Frenois, with a degree^if honorable pride in which all who heard him svmpa thixed, "will 1 he* enabled to restore my family to their p'ace in society, and to re deem the cfedit of a name on which no ' blot was left by those who hore it before me, and which, please Ood, I shall trans- j mil unstained to my children, and my I children's children." John Moon, whose guilt was thus sud denly and strangely laid bare to the J world, did not retract the confession which he had made in the e*trnmii? l.S- ? -- / " "* lrl ror ; and, without separating, the court sentenced him to conrineiuent for life *n the prison of the colony. The new# of Clodomir Frenois's re ap pparsnce spread rapidly, and the high ' CnUvja :n which his character whs held 1 led to an universal rejoicing on the occa. : (lion. He was accompanied fro:n the court to his home hy a dense multitude, who welcomed hiqi with prolonged shouts, 1 It would he va>n to attempt any detcrip tion of the feelings of the wife, who thus saw restored to her the beloved being for whose sake she had quitted the worfcl.? She was released from her ecclesiastical vows, and rejoined her husband, no mote to part till the grave really claimed one , or (he other of them as its due. . To him that gneth to law nine things 1 era requtaite: "Firat, a good deal of money ; accon I, a good (leal of patience ; third, a good cau*e ; fourth, a good Attorney ; fifth, a good counaei ; aig^h, a good ovidence ; aeaenlh, a good jury ; eighth, a good judge; ninth, good luck. Kren with all theae, a wiaa man woohj hesitate before going to iav." [From the Sow York Kvening Post.] The South Carolina Famine. The reports received by the Southern Relief Commission of the destitution in South Carolina, aro appalling. The din tress reacliqs over the State, and not few. >r than one hundred thousand persons, shout one quarter of the population, are now without food to last them a week. On Wednesday the Com mission ordered Wo thousand bushels ?f corn to Sumter District of that State, and nearly everv jthtft- District is in Iiitlo hotter than a amine, f>r. C. Henry Lai mid writes to hn fr. m I?1 a ?.1 Mloi-I-rO jnder (Into tyTfnary as follows: ' Tlkore are in my immediate neighborhood twontvfive - or thirty families who will soon 1?m in the greatest dis'resa for the want of the common necessaries of life, reused hv the failure of the crops last pear, and the vicissitudes of war, and if hey do not get relief froin some quarter ! do not see what will keep tliern from absolute starvation. I have received manv ipplieations already, and can do hut lit:le, as I am almost in the same category nyself. I know positively of a great rnanv a/niliea who liHvn not morn than enough Sread to la?t them three or four weeLtr, ind have uo prospect of getting any more )titil the next crop is harvested. There a hut little in the country, and wa; have no credit abroad." Another correspondent writes from fjancaa erville, S. (,\: "Let mo beseech v?> i to have sent to this section of our toinmon country immediately almut 2,000 bushels of coin. It will enable the poor 0 keep up their Btor.lt during tho very :old season, rnaice small crops during the 1 ear, anil provide against a future famim?. * * * Unless something is done iin mndiatelv for our re ief, many human being* must perish." We rail again most unrneslly upon our readers to help in t!io diaritable work which tliv lieiief Associa lion have undertaken. \\ o hoar the ob jec'ioii suggested (b ,t this i? a movement of "Southern sympathizers." It is nothing of theliitid, except so far as this; it 14 a movement of sympathizers with the starving, and when famine stares one in the face it is no time to enquire into the sufl'erer's lovtll'v. or rake un b.ia nnst oflences. iKiotn tho Now Vork Warltl.l TTi? ltdics of the Southern Relief Fund, in 11? * enerpeiic prosecution of the:r n??l>!?j work, have made Arrangements for giving i concert at Irving II.il orr S tttirjav eve. ning next. Miss lv %I!ovr?_f. Miss Adelaide Phillips, Miss McPulloch, Signor Prignoli, Signor PerrariVt, Theodore Thomas, ami other veil known artists, \iave volunteered their services in aid of the o! j?et which these ladies have at heart ; and thero can ho no <lpubt that the concert, simply corn si.Ured as a concyf, will he or?e of the most brilliant muveal ri/c.t of the currant season. Another Charitable Association in Baltimore. * The ladies of Paftimore never tire ol doing pood for our- ?utlVring people, and each day brine* forth fresh deeds in the cause of charitv. We give below the prospectus of an association just formed in that city to relieve some of the sutler inp in tjie South : In view ot the continued and increas ine destitution hI the South, and in compliance with requests both at home an 1 abroad, a number*of ladies in Italtimorr have formed them*e1ves into an associa tion, Id be called '"The Ladies' Deposito ry." It* object is Jo receive nee He and othei work, and to dispose of it solely for tlx benefit of its owners. Order* will also hi received at the depository for any kttvl o work, so as to provide employment foi "those wbo have not the necessary materi ala. As considerable expanse will be ineurr ed in providing a place of business am! the requisite assistants there, and as tin enterprise Cannot, of course, be self sup porting, the Association must depend upoi the contributions of its frienda. The an nnal subscription has been fixed, at $5 and all who are favorably disposed *r< earnestly requested to give their promp and libera! aid, by helping those wbo an doing their utmost to help themselves. The Association have taken the stort No. 97 1 2 Lexington street, and expec lo ne in operation the llth of Kebruarv President, Mr*. Peyton Harrison ; Vice President, Mrs. John 11. II. Letrobe Treasurer, Mrs. W. VV. 8pet\^e ; Ilerord inflf Secretary, Mrs. Thomas Murdoch ; Secretary, Mrs. James A. Stenart. Mrs. Jefferson I)?yis was in Norfo'V on Friday, visiting a friend. Vendees not. Liable on Notes Given for .1 Purchase of Slaves. Judge Gates, of Louisiana, has decided ( that.in contracts of s lie there are mutual obligations?that of the seller to deliver and warrant tha things sold audits peaceable possession ; that of the buyer to ac copt the delivery and pay the price?ami 1 that the logical sequence of the action of the Statu in emancipating slaves must bo, tb it when tbo right of property in that J which had heretofore been treated as su* h bv tha laws is destroyed, the laws' to re" gulate the right of parses to that proper | tv, and to enforce payment of obligations given for it, must follow tlie fate of the properly itself, an?l all contracts based upon those laws bo annulled. .fudge (rates holds tliat the tenure bv , which this species of property was he'd was different from that by which V:l oti.er property is hold. It was not based, ho says, on nattfral law; and the right of liberty was a pre existing rght which be% looked to tliu person heel as a slave, ( i however muj: public policy and the snp posed interest of the country may have prevented the enforcement of that, right by the person claiming it. Hut when the sovereign power of the 5tuto intervene 1 to rec ^ni/.J ami enforce that right, it cannot bo said that the property was tie atroyed by ?nv fortuitous exent. j (iovermnent cannot say that a tract of | land, svhich is property by tho laws of na! tore, shall no longer be property. It can j appropriate it for public use by cotnpem sating tbo owner, but it still possesses the j <pia!itv of property. I'nt a h'hvo, ot.ee emancipated, can, bv no subsequent not of the (ioverntiient, bo legallv lie! I ns a slave. If.; loses a ! tli * essential* charac Wi-' * of property, and Ic . i.ius freo l>v ^virtue ? l" tin- enforcement of his natural and pre rii?l11. of lihertv. The 1' r*neh (fovernmeiit rerogn:7.<?d , th j ru.icpie, wln n in it ab'V.ish'd i!ih I.- i?! ! lights w. lioat in l-nuittv, and ennc'.e 1 a law to the ctlWt that a'.! suits msti'uted and not, decided bv final j'ldg inent, relative to fruual 'ights, shoti'd I p extinguished, (clients.) and consnpiently 4hat all arrearages <!ue by the vassalscoul i not be collected by process of l,n*. i Moith/ornrrtf Mail. Terrible Scene in a French Penitentiary. An account ofAlie revolt in the French Juvenile Penitentiary ol'Sr, Anno basalready. been given, but all t li ? horrors of the scene were not told. The prison contained on the 28th of September last, two hundred and eighty eight prisoners, who plotted a revolt, and accomplishe 1 it <>n the 2 1 of 1 >ctohor. They drovo out tho turnkeys, released those who were in < 1 a. ranee fof ba 1 bfchav.or. iace I. and drank, and indulged in the usual s ilurna, lia. Then they waniad aomeihiug else to d<\ and the ringleader, Conduri; r proposed ^tnat they should shut tip in the store house those who would he hkvlr to he* i tray them, and then set the building on ' fire ; and further to make things secure that one of the worst of the revolters, who i happened to ho Hrunk, should stand i guard opposite the door of the storehouse I while it was burning, with knife in hand, i to stab any who attempted to escape. !. This was immediately agreed to; and the victims, fourteen in number, having been induced to enter, a pile of papers was 1 heaped up, saturated with petroleum, and i n?t on fire.* The room was soon in a ' h!a/->, hut all the dion an 1 wind >ws Let il)L? stroll 'lv barT,*l. l!iar.< r.'ae rtn , bility of egress except by the one door, at r which the boy Allard stood with his ktiif??. i f"*ne pocu little fellow, name 1 tiaribal li, ? made a Josperate attempt to pass tho f flaming portal, but was stabbed three r times and hurled hack bleedhig into tho tire. A watchman, who hoard the screams W tho victims and ran to their assistance, , was sat upon by tho young demons who I presided over the auto da.lo, and flung ? into a trench. Of coursS the huilding was burned to the ground, and when as i sistance can)*, two days afterwards, the bodies of the twelve or fourteen victim* , lisd been reduced to ashes. For this s horrible cruim four of tho accn*e,l !.?? ? t beer. condemned to tbe g>?l!o\s for life. Prentice of the Louisville Journal, ? criticising Parlon'a elaborate attempt lo t belitdo i)?n:el Webster, in the North , American Review, says: 'Massachusetts has long Icon a very ; degenerate Slate, and she has at last become as irreverent as alio is degenerate. > Sim lias mofti deaJ lions and more live jack asses than any cthev member of the ( Union ; and nvorv one of the letter is limping hie heels at ?:in? ono of '.be former." The followingjoint resolutions are pub* lished for tho benefit of all concerned.? They have tho effect of law : Jti'solt'ctlf By tho Senate and House of Representatives, that hereafter it aha!! ho tho duly of tho Hoards of Commissioners of U rids, for each Judicial District, to report annually to tho General Assembly the aggregate number of miles of public roads in their respective Districts, and tho number of inhabitants liable to work thore. on ; also the number of chartered ferries and their rates of toll. ftrsnli'C'l, That it shall also be incumr bent upon the various Hoards ot Com* missioner.s of tho l'oor, within twenty days from the adjournment of the Court of Common I'ieas, at its Fall Term, to forward to the Comptroller trjncral a certified copy of their annual report to said Court, setting forth the 1)111103 and mini* t?er? ct patip?rs in their respective Districts, and the amount expended for their support. Jir.iolroit, That the Commissioners of h'reo Schools, for thu several l ' iri-lies and Districts of the State l>e, and thc-y are hereby authorized and empowered, to ro( ceive any sum, or sums of money, that may bo appropr.itu l by Congress, or donated by persons, lor tho education of the colored children of said IVirishet, and to apply the same to tho afmesai l purpose, by hiring or building school houseprocuring teachers and bo 'k-j, arranging the modes of instruction, and tho said Com, missioncrs shall h ive power to superintend and manage the sai ! schools. , Give Her the Pants. An Ohio paper is responsible for tho foliowilie : Ouca on a time, not Ion* ago, so far from Millersburg as it might be, a good .1 i ? ? ii i ueiuieu 111.m :nii| itm long LOnguCU, 8 t fl* talking w !e, attended asocial party.? Aim ist every three minutes his wife would check li'-r liu.-liau'l thus : "N ow, William, d ?u't talk so loud." ''L'cine, William don't loan back in your tlmir that way." # "Now, William, don't get noi?y over . there." I "^ay, William, let the girls alcne and 1 sit t>y me;" At last forbearance ceased to be a Virtue, and the husband who tfhs really pitiJ ed in all in tIs ? room, ro*? aod said : "I beg pardon of tbo company, but liv wife insists on being boss all tbo time, it is right that she should* baro I ?t * ' ' these.' And he deliberately took otT bis pants, handed them to her, and fat down in his boots and drawers. . The company astonished ; the wot man burnt into tears , the unhappy couple som went home; but neither of them wore pants. How the all t r was rettled we cannot tell, hut the ia?.t tune wo saw William he had the pants on. Wo are inclined to think she wiil nut attain boss in coir.nany in a Larry. Kai.sk 1'hovisioxh.?The New Orleans Picayune, in remarking upon the policy t of devoting less attention to the cul'ivn1 lion ot' cotton, and more ttf the raising of provisions, says : | In the r.ama ot' common sense, le'. our l>lanling*peoplo grow tl.f;n*>\Vn corn, and make thoV own bread and meat. Do this first, and gi\o up the exploded idea that "cotton is king." And when lionio wants are supplied, than grow cotton, ai d th? country will grow richer. If the whole South could bo induced to adopt a self sustaining policy bv making their own food and raiment, and give the balance of their time to lao cu.. ture ??f cotton, no people on carta would bo as rich an we would soon be. H it leu Eatinu O versus.? A fow days | sincu h gentleman went into an oyster saloon in Boston, and upon calling for a saddle rock etnw, observed a man near biin eating a very warn) stew w ith his linger*. 4 Oon't you furnish y oar customers with spoons i" said the astonished stranger to the proprietor. "Oh, ye*," said be ; "but that is tieneral Butler at that tublo." ? I.a Croase Democrat. . Nloko Ci.kuk.? The 1 'biladelphia LeJyer says : ' A colored man has j been mado a clerk in the Treasury Be. pnrtimni ni Washington. llu w as formerly J'reaideot Lincoln's barber, and hio appointment is believed to l>o tl.o firet instance on iccoid of a cob-rid town's obtaining a clerkship under the Govern^ roent. ; tho con it understand you to sty, Mr. Jones, that v ju saw the editor of the Argus of Freedom intoxicated I" "Not at all, s r ; 1 merely sa d that I had *?en him frequently so flnrru-d in It ? mind tlr?t ho would undertake to cut uu'. copy | with the inuir.rs, that's all."