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TsVf*0 UO^AjlS I'EPv ANNUM. } ? I'?V 1 v. A VOLUME 3. GOD -A^sTD OTJJ* f)OTJNTRY. ?{ ALWAYS IN AiWASCk^ ???< ? --?- , . .... ;.? ?..???> ??a?a , -i . SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 29. 1869. NUMBER 15, Little Amy's Story. Look here, little one; where are you going '? You should not be on the street ? alone." Little Amy looked iuto tbo motherly f ice of tho questioner, but sho did not answer. She was a bashful little thing, only four years old. Sho scarcely luok ? ed three, she was so little. "It is growiug dark," coutinucd the kind ueighbor. * lt will be night, soon, .and then you will get lost. Hun home, that's a good girl." "I is going after my papa," said the "child. "Oh 1 no ; you can't find him. Sec Miow full the streets arc. Tho horses ?will ruu over you. Let me lead you 'home to your mother. Vour papa, will wjome pretty soon." .'She took the little cold hand iu hers, 3nl,'tho child pulled it away, aud push ing past her, ran rapidly down tffc street. "Ah! well," said the woman, taking up a heavy basket of clothes that she hud set down on the sidewalk while speaking to little Amy, "I have no time to run after her. She must take bur chance. I hope she'll come to no harm, for?There! she's gone into Meg Quil lan's ruin hole. She's after her father ?tho drinking wretch!?letting bis family starve, und he earning more than any man on tho street!" The woman was right?little Amy was looking for her father. and. youug as she was, a mere baby, she kuew where to look for him. lie was sitting before the fire iu the low drinking house, Half stupefied with the liquor he had taken since finishing his day's work. He was a large, strong ly-built man. with au easy, careless man ner, and a disposition almost hopelessly, obliging. We say hopelessly, because it was this same amiable trait of character made him aji easy pr y t i the ?kiler ooH- ea^,,../ , mg/ Irish wuuiau, with a very red face very dirty cap. She had a loud, harsh voice, which watt not at all mel lowed by her own frequent visits to the demij <l.n. There wore a number of men and women iu the room, going through the various stages of tut xjcatlon ; sumo t-}lj- ~.y.:'.c .ul1.;.!, souio quarrelsome^ tut the innu b?'?tre tun fuv. lit .u A::.)': father, sit apart from the rest, and did uyt seem to sc.' or hoar anything ubyut him. "Don't go to slapc there my man,' said the landlady, giving him u rough push. "Ye'll be pitchiu' on the stove next. Move, an' ye're alive till I act off the kittle." Little Amy stole noiselessly iuto the room and crept up between her lather's knees just as the huge dinner-pot was set ou the earth. The cover wan half off, and the child, who had eaten nothing nil day, gazed hungrily into it, with un intense longing for .some of the contents. A large head of cabbage was si m inoriug ou tho top, sending its appetizing odor out iuto the room, aud giving * pleasant reminder to the fortunate idler.s who happened to have any suppers of their own to partako of. Thoy began to leave for their various homes, but littlo Amy's father did not stir. He knew that all his earnings?and they were not small? were spent in that vilo room, and that iths cupboard at homo was empty. So jhejsft stiiJ. iLittlc Amy leaned over his knee to .get a little nearer to the dinner-pot, and - then?can you blatno the baby-thief t? she reached out her poor little band, and with her tiny linger* picked a bit of the cabbage. A heavy blow from tn* woman's fstrong ham) would have flout he* llC:*d long on to the heart)}, if her father hau not caught her. "I'll fache ye to stub*, ye beggar's brat," screamed the woman, patflbiug hold of little Amy's arm, and shaking her iu spite of her father's bold en her. He started up from bis seat with a deli nut look, on his faco that she bad never soon there before. The man's soul was nroused. ''Lot thoohild alone," hex-aid. "Touch her again if ye dare, Can ye not we that tbo lassie in starving tjje day '{" "An' who is to be blamed h>r that fluni*, Terence Malony J Who but yer flolf, ye bor? fuuj f" "You say true, Meg Qnillan," said tlje jnan, reaching for his hat, and buttoning his coat as lie spoke. "Att' It's the fool's wages as ha3 paid for your cabbage this unify a day, J'Jl d/> it uo more- Cocm which Amy, wiaha; there'll bo cabbage for yees at home after this ; and mate, too, I'm thinking." A derisive laugh followed him as he took the child in hia arms and strode out of tho bouse. ''He'll be back for his dram directly," said the woman, laughing. ''It'll be a long day before he'll go to bed without that." But he did not come back. Day after day passed by aud Tereuce Maluuoy did not once cross tho vilo threshold. Not a word did he say to his wile of bis good resolutions. He watched her going and comiug to her work with a worn and die couraged look on her face which was so bright and happy but six years ago; but he said nothing to cheer it until Satur day evening, when his wages for the week were paid. Then, alter sending home food and fuel, he entered bis door with a feeling that be had recovered in part his lost mariho ?d, aud bad a right to speak.? Little Amy met him first. "O, papa!" she exclaimed, "there's- such a heap of good things come. But mammy says they can't belong to us." "Arr.ih, but they do belong to us, alunmth. They're all yer own, Norah dear," he said to his wife, who was drea rily looking at the different packages? "ivory oho o' tham. The paper youdcr has the big cabbage for the dinner to morrow. Ye'll uot need to stale, avick " Amy clapped her hands, such little, pale hands, aud laughed gleefully. "Ye need not. spare, Norah," he went on. "There's work iu me arm and the will iu me heart. I'll kupe yc both ille gantly. never fear." ??Oh! thiu. Terence, man," said No rah, bursting into a mingled tit of laugh ter aud crying, "lUljist die wi'joy." "No, yo won't, nor of want aither; you'll see. It's the bit lassie's doing.*' And then he told the mother the piti ful story of littlo Amy's theft and pun iiSmi * * I ilVftMfcli * Ii I fur Meg Qutllan, the-mane old critter!" he Kaid io'eont'lusbm. There w s not a happier home in A met lea than was Torenco Malouoy's on that S.iturd ty ui^ht. Aud it is pleasant ! to t-ue ird that it was no transient reform ! which ho e.vperiencod. I It ? two vcar? ? V.o:e he entered a .d.iuki.ig Iijusj, n twtthstandiog m;ny a j tempting ufiui <?f whiskey for nothing, if j lie wou'd r-.turo to his old corner at Meg Qu?lan's. There is uot a neater home in the towu than tho one-story cottage which he rents now, but intends to own. Norah lives at home like a lady, ns she declares. There is no more goiug out in the cold mornings to wash for other people. She finds plenty of pleasant work at borne; for little Amy has a baby brother now, who is the delight of her heart. He is a big fellow for a baby, after the pattern of Tcrcuce, his father ?too heavy for her to lift, but a pcrnct ual fountain of joy. notwithstanding. Best of all, her parents lead her quiet ly into the house of God on the holy Sabbath, and listen themselves, with un questioning faith, to the saving truths of the Gospel of Christ. This is the sweet promise of their future. I tell little Amy's story as I heard it myself, not a week ago, from a warm hearted Irish woman, who is my friend. She is unlearned, and I have been obliged to translate her brogue into plainer English, but I have given you the faets of the story without alteration. ?Mrs. Qardncr, iu thr New York Me thod isf. Sk> sihi.e.?A handsome young widow applictl to a physician to relieve her of tbrce distressing complaints with which she was affected. "In t',n ?p8' "unco," said she, "1 have littlo or no irj??''tit?. "What shall 1 take for that T "For that madam, yoil Bupuld tdi'fl sir ' and c*erci>Q." ' "And doctor". 1 am quite fbigcly night-time, and afraid to bo alono.? What Khali I take for thu< :" "For that I can only recommend tjiat you tako a husband." "Fie? doctor. But 1 have the blues terribly. What shall I lako for that?'' '?For that, madam, you have, bfisjiles taking the air und a husband to take a newspaper. * . ..^ivtqM^. * * 11.?? A ohild tivo years old, died in Now York oil Wednesday, from drinking whiskey, left inadvertently iu his reach by bis father, Letter from Senator Robertson. The following letter, addressed by Senator T. J. Robertson to the Agricul tural Convention lately in session in this city, was inadvertently passed over:? Columbia Phoenix. United Status Senate Chamber, Washington, April 20, 18?9. !Fo the Delegate* of the Slate Agricultu ral Convention to be held at Columbia, S. C., on the 2Hth inst. GENTLEMEN : Observing a notice or call lor a convention ot our State, the object "! which is announced to be the promotion of its agricultural interests, 1 hasten to tender to the Convention my hearty approval of the movement. I deem it of more significant importance than any other assemblage that could be made. The material interests of our State-? in other words, the increase of our means whereby the people of the commonwealth may bo able to add to their substance? is now, and is to be, the best plan for a healthy rcconsiruet'ou ot the Southern States that can possibly be desired. Ilud I the power to shape the political uiiud of South Carolina, the platform would be a material or industrial policy. 1 should consult the ways and means whereby the largest result mi^ht be ob tained in housiug, lei ding nud clothing the population, educating the children, and acquiring the wherewithal to set them up in life when grown to manhood and womanhood. This, if carried out, would be most certain to result in the largest degree of social and political content. It would be a platform upon which every sensible citizen, oi what ever race, Col ,r or previous condition, could sympathize with every other citi zen. 1 have often thought that, in case our population, instead of indulging in past theories, or uwiping over the changes of our industrial nrrnugemco's, ?pole .. . , . lion and the more vigorous develop ments t f our resources the absorbing p ? litical idoa,~WC would not only increase the wealth of the State in a manifold de gree, but supersede almost immediately the acerbity of temper that springs out 'if that SDceiw? nf '.jvlyi?m tint alms a. I m:rc pr$fer:ncut *Q "fhve. fhv'ro i . nothing I so much desire .is a common platform on which the population in the State can stand together, with full and certain knowledge that all are laboring for the mutual and common benefit. Two or three year*since, it w;:s asserted, in one of the most influential journals of New England, that "the leading states men of America would hereafter come from the South." l'ardou in me the am bition that this prophecy should be ful filled. That it will be, 1 have little doubt. Our condition is such that it will com pel us to a course of public and private economy, which is the starting point of healthy thrift. At the North, there has been a seeming plethora of wealth, but attended with such co;.t??vauces for dis parity in its distribution, as to create wide spread discontent among the pro ducing classes. In the South, we are less subject to the processes that in the North are bleeding the producing indus tries for the benefit of non-producing capital. In the South, after the war, we started poor, but have been growing I rieher. In the North, the people started steint ugly rich, hut, with the exception of a favored class, the common people are having their sub.itanee eaten out un der a system of false publie economy, and are growing poorer. It will be hoove the South to avoid imitation of the vicious arrangements in the business relations that are now depleting the in dustries of the North. On one subject. I deem it my duty to speak frankly ; it should be made the settled practical poli cy of every Southern State to invite, by the must significant liberality, the pro ducers of the North. hot it be kuowo and demonstrated that this class wj.'J be welcomed, fellowsbippcd and re spected, ?."'I wc shall ha\c the industrial classes from the North and from Europe by tbu millions, ?opth Carolina, like the oi her States of the South, must be the artificer of its own fortunes. I* baa jt in it?? powyr to attract population of the most useful character. U w need less to say that the Southern State, which is most liberal ji) its generous cour tesy to suph as may come among us, will bo soonest on the road of great aud per. mauent prosperity. I hope it will not le decinot} out of place for mc to urge the necessity fur incuk'ating a popular j disposition to forego iinitatiou in tho habits of extravagante^expenditures in living. Our producta of the South have a wide ami certain market, ami the de mand is increasing, bat wo need all the surpluses that arc penible to be saved beyond the expenses of production aud the subsistence of our.*population. Ono year of extreme frugality in the habits of our pcoplo will do pore to inaugurate a basis of permanent prosperity thau five accompanied with prodigal expenditure. It is u wise pcoplo wha* know to stop ex penditure where comfiJt stops aud prodi gality begins. It behsoves tho couth to commence the example of private econo my, and it will be weft if all classes can be influenced to join hi making it. f* sh im able. The result would be a feeling of congratulatory pride in the conscious ness of increased thrift, instead of the poor vanity that seeks a delusive gratifi cation in ('St en tat iota show. It would require but a few yefn of well under stood und sensible poliey in the South to make the Southern States the favored seats of capital, enterprise and pet ma nent wealth. While I would abstain from any expression^ of clannish senti ment, I would urge *fbat South Carolina must act with reference to her owu inte rests, and the incidents by which they may be promoted. Whilst I desire that the people of tho State may nut be out done in their future pride of belonging to the greatest nationality on the globe, I ns much desire that they may be among the foremost* in advaucing the sentiments, policy nod measures that will contribute most to the common welfare of the whole country. Wishing for the best success of the Convention, and hoping that its influ ence may be truly great and beneficent, I am, with great respect, most cordially aud truly yours, ROBERTSON. To Sena for T. ./. Robert sun ; Silt?I have read your letter contain ed i:i the l*fiantx of 23d inst., addressed to the members of the late Agricultural Convention of this State 1 was a mem ber of that Couvcutioit. aud uiu, there ? ore. tlte recipient of your advice. On this account, I am fairly entitled to mak.3 you a response In the first place, allow in? to correct the editorial state ment prefixed to your letter. The let fur was not "inadvertently pas ??</ > n r." It was tu-ver presented to tho Convention. The paper was not introduced, because it was ascertained that it would meet with a very doubtful reception. As regards, now, the advice given in your communication, 1 admit that it is not bad. Hut yon will certainly ttc k now ledge that it is not reasonable for you to expect tho members of such n body as that comprising the late Agri cultural Convention, to desire counsel iron) you. Von have united with the presumptuous carpet-bagger and the ig norant freed man, to trampl? upon the rights and outrage the sympathies of theso Southern comniuirir?es. Von have become the willing ally of that portion of the people of the country, who, in peace, continue to War upon us and to deny us thai repose which we desire, and that showing to which we are entitled Your whole pof. lieu I course is an insult to a large and influential class of your fellow-citizens. This class you evidently regard traitors in the past and disloyal in the present. It was not, therefore, proper for you to indicate to US what our policy should be ami what our duties are. We can not take lessous of political wisdom from you without some distrust. Excuse us for ''fearing thuGtCcks even whilst bringing pv? scuta." Hut there is another point wc desire to SUggo.it to you. Tho idea ol sending a letter to the 1 .te Convention, must have been the offspring in jour mind of a de sire to place yourself in accord with that poit on of your fellow-citizens, whom up to (his time, you have deemed it your duty to ostracise. This may be n very proper Ice Iii ig. It may bo au indication that the high place you fill is beginning to beget in you a feeling of muguaniuii I ty. This is very well. Hut let me ask if this friendly tender, this sympathetic feeling, is not inconsistent with your Senotorial record t Cau I forget?can the South ever forgot?that on the 6th of April, Anno Domini 180'd, the following Bill wa$ introduced in the f 'nitcd States Senate, by Thomas J. Robertson, a Sen ator from South Carolina, anal a natic bom citizen} thereof: [From the Charleston Courier.'] Political Disabilities?The fol lowing bill was introduced in the United Slates Qongress, on the 6tb instant, by Senator T. J. Kob< rtson, of this State. It was rend twice, referred to the Select Committee on Disabilities, ami ordered to be printed : a bill to provide fob the removal of political disabilities. Be it enacted by the Senate and Ifouse of liejo-cscntutiees' of the United States of Atnerica, in Congress assembled, That any person laboring under political disa bilities as provided in the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, or from inability to talce the oath of July 2d, 1862, is hereby re leased from the same on complying with the following conditions, thut is to say, provided such person shall make the fol* lowing declaration un ler oath before the clerk of any court of record established at the pl.ee of domici! of such party : ??i, - -, of -, do declare that I recognise the supremacy of the Constitution of the United States, and all laws made in pursuance thereof j that 1 will support and maintain the Union of the States against all enemies, domes tic and foreign ; that 1 will not yield support to any pretended government, authority or power hostile thereto ; that I will demean myself as a good citizen, supporting good order, tolerance of politi cal opinions, and freedom of the elective franchise :" Prooidetl. That a copy of said declaration, officially certified by the clerk of the court before whom it is made." shall first be filed for record in the office of tlve Secretary of State of the United States: And prorii.cd, further. I That no pe-rtoo shall be entitled to the bcuefit of the provisions of this law who was educated at the military or naval academics of the Unitod Stuten, or who was twenty-one years of age or upwards on the first day of January, 1861. I repeat it: And provided, furlh'-r, " That :to person shall b< entitled '?> i/o benefit of the provisions of this lam who ua< nlm ated at the military or naval academics of the L'nitcJ States, or who was twenty-one years of ahe ok i towards on run first pay or Janu ary, 1861." Vou thus, sir, in this bill out-herod 11 erod. and propose to go even farther than Congress. If I am not mistaken, neither Thaddens Stevens nor Charles Sumner, nor 11. F. Butler, ever proposed a disfrauchisementJ so cru?;l, so merciless, so sweeping, f.iv your ever to-be-rcinem bered bill in the- Setmle of the United Suites, you propose to attach political disabilities to every one (mark the pro J vision) "f/to teas twenty-one years of age or upwards OH the first day of January, 1861." IIo\v great, in your estimation, must have be. n the crime of those who fought for country in the late great struggle! W hy. sir, you sjmre neither the living nor the dead. If you possess not the wi-dum of Solon, you must surely aspire to more than Draconian severity. With that bill before me, standing put in bold relief*, like some dark and rugged cliff, you will excuse ine from your roft of statesmanship. '-The lead ing statesmen of America" may ''here after come from the South," mid 1. too hope that '?this prophecy should bo ful filled." l>nt of this I am certain?that they will never come from the ranks of radicalism. Hence my conclusion, that you keep your counsel for those who believe iu your politics. Hence, too my suggestion, that if you desire tore-enter the political ranks of the intelligent people of the South, that you i.:<tst enter not as an adviser, but as an bumble recruit, and that you must first bring forth "frulti meet for rep. ntancc." You may repre sent South Carolina in the United Stat? s Senate, you may prop ?se umendmeuts to the Federal Constitution ; you may se cure the appointment of a colored man over the head of a gallant officer of tho Union army; but you will please write to the class you have proscribed no letter of unsolicited advice. Kcspeetfully youis. ON R OF TH K CON V KNTION. G o o d S p elm N 0.? "Caleb, spe i Aaron." ' Great A, little a-r-o-n?ron." ''Very well, Ichabod, soo if you can spell Uuitcd States." ' Yes, sir. Great country, little coun try, Tax?us." "Go up head ' "Jo"i >ii i A very amusing little incident recently occurring in our city is being whispered ?round by parties seemingly well advised in the premises. It appears that at one of 4v> fashionable phteea of ariaacaaent last winter. a very fascinating and pretty sonbrette had a short engagement. It was sufficiently long, however, to com pletely enlist the admiration of a gentle man engaged in commercial pursuits, and not a great while from a northern latitude. By some mean* the parties became acquainted, and as the days flee" along, mutual sympathy mellowed into love. The lady, a little coy at first, finally lent a listening ear to the en treaties of her adorer, and after a brief engagement tbey were married. Of course, it is nut the intention of the re porter to recite the rosy dreams of the honeymoon ; how each adored the other, and happiness, radiant as poesy itself, bewitched tho honrs into visions of de light. Weeks sped along, and months had measured their length on time's dial. But at last a circumstance occurred which put an end to billing and cooing, and revealed a domestic hnbioglro, not at all in harmony with the felicity that preceded it. One day the husband entered his wile's apartment, with the declaration that, deeply as he regretted such an event, they must part. ??Part?you don't meau to leave me?" exclaimed the lady '?Deeply as I regret the circumstance, such is the case1." was the reply. "Rut ,hy? What have I done?what wrong have I committed?" "Nothing!" "And yet you leave me?" I "My dear, in the haste ef our mw ! riagfel forgot to mention a little factr whicn in the mind of casuists might have formed an objection to it; I have another wife living!" "Impossible V* "It is true, my dear !" The lady was sileot fur a moment, and then assuming her most bewitching snji'.C, replied : '?My dear, I must confess that I sus pected something of the sort, and tu guard against any future trouble, 1 had a little paper prepared by my attorney, which you will remember to have signed in the justice's office the day we were married. You supposed it to be merely a certificate of marriage ; but it was merely an article of agreement, in which you promise to allow nicr in cane* separation, an anuoisy of twenty-five hundred dollars. Under the peculiar circumstances of the case, I shall have to exact the fulfillment of this agreement, or have you arrested lor bigamy !"' "The devil !" '?True, my dear; here is a copy?the justice has the original." "This is a swindle !" "Ob, no, my dear; only a business transaction," There was sonic further protest?a little angry recrimination ; but it is need less to say the conditions of the bond were finally complied with, and on this comfortable allowance the lady entertains seriouf. thought* of forsaking the buskin. ?Xew Orleans Picayune. The Caro of Babies. The only valuable work we ever saw ou infancy was written by a man, An drew Combe, of Scotland, a close ob server, a sound thinker, aud a learned physiologist. We shall never forget hew tempest-tossed wo we o when we first found ourselves tho happy po sessor of a malo ibild without the slightest knowledge of what to do for his comfort and protection. An ig uorant nurse fidgeted uround the room day and night, sang melancholy ditties, and rocked vehemently, while the child cried continually with a loud voice, and wept, prayed and philosophized by turns. Reasoning on general principles, we at last came to the conclusion, that inas much as the child was strong and vigor ous, there must be some mistake on the part of the nurse that ho wast not quiot and comfortahlo, and fortified ourselves in that opinion by a faithful reading of what Mr. Combo had to say on babies in gcnoral, Tho result of this considera tion of his opinions was a prompt revo lution of the whole nursery department, and a transfer of pain from tho baby to tho nurse, who stood humbled and cha grined as sho saw her time-honored sys tem summarily set askic?the pins, pira pure air, sunlight and eonicaoft sewsfe ' walked in.. Oh what sighs, whatgroaWs, what double ahaking of tb* nea?, > suppressed lavgtrter aril wJfepsria^ , the hall, we Beard during: tk* degrs after the ianogs*a>ro? of that dy oaety of health, Lsppinesa and rent to* ...??!? that new-born babe. When the three hours* cry began that day, which ancient dames ?ssured oa was ?. custom tfest had nenn faithfully kept by all the sons of Adam from, time im memorial, we ordered the little sufferer to be promptly stripped to the skin and put in a warm bath. That brought in stant relief, after which he Was dree**' in ? few light garments hung on the shoulders, with no twaddling hands, no pressure on the lungs or bowels, and laid. down to fdeep., lie was fed (according to Combe) every two hours by day, and but once during the night. After that we had peace, though eternal vigilance on our part was its price. The custom of pinning babies up as tight as a drum is both cruel and absurd. We asked the antiquarian who tortured our first-bortf' in that way?why she did it ? "The bones of young babes are so soft, and their ?esh so tender," said she, "that they are in constant danger of dissolution uuless tightly pinioned together." We soothed her fearu by pointing to uie fact that colts and calves, puppies and kit tens, all lived and flourished without bandages, and for this reason we said We would make the experiment on one of the human family. If babies arc regu larly fed. bathed and comfortaby dressed, and in a pure atmosphere, they will be quiet aud healthy. _^ m mmm The Flaw IIonters.?There are people who have a preternatural faculty for detecting evil, or the appearance of evil in every man's ch:?racter. 1'hey h ive a fatal s.cnt for carrion. Their memory is like a museum I cnee saw at a medical col'ege, and illustrates all the hidewi^dwtorti.io.i and uionstn and revolting diseases by which hSSQtf ty can be troubled or afflicted- They think they have a wonderful knowledge of human nature. Hut it is a blunder i to mistake the "Newgate Calendar" for a biographical dictionary. , A less offensive type of the same ten dency lends some people to find apparent satisfaction in the discovery aud procla mation of the slightest defects in tho habits of good men aud the conduct of public institutions. They cannot talk about the benefits csn&rred by a great hosuitnl without lamenting some insig nificant blot iu its laws, and some trifling want of prudence iu its management. Speak to them of a man whose good works everybody is admiring, and they cool your ardor by regretting that he is so rough in his inanucr, or so smooth? that bis temper is so hasty, or that he is so fotid of applause. They seem to hoUl a briefr requiring them to prove the impossibility ot hu? man perfection. They detect the slight est alloy in the pure gold uf human gooduess. That there are spots in the sun is, with them, something more than an observed fact?it takes rank with a priori until necessary truths. There are people who. if they he ir at* organ, find out at rnco which are the poorest stops. If they listen to a great speaker, they remember nothing but some slip in the construction of a sen tence, the consistency of a metaphor, or the evolutions of au argument. While their friends are admiring tho wealth and beauty of a tree whose branches are w< i h id down with fruit, they have dis covered a solitary bough, lost in the golden affluence on which nothing is j hanging. Poor Hazlitt was-.-cvely troubled witli them in his time. "Littleness," he said, "is their clement, and they give a cha. racter of meanness to whatever they. touch."? Good% Words. ????????????~?^. Many men who pretend to have grains of good sense seem to have scruples about using them. Ladies nro like watches?protty enough to look at?swoot faces cud delicate hands but somewhat difficult to 'regulate' after they are a-going. The thieves who hid somo pieces of oloth in a spirit distillery should bor charged with an attempt to promote the whisky wriug. Chief .lustice Moses recently delivered the opinion of the Supreiro- Court that H) much of the act of 1801, continued to December, I860, as allowed interest on* open accounts, in actions suspended hy the stay law, is unconstitutional.