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Selected Poetry. CTOM[NG PLEASURES. Shilo w -keaves of rugged elin, 'Tlrown tIn cool, green inemI'low pjans : fliht, bOyoIl, and Ilowerel reams, l'assing Iees' deepi orgn'clhanit I. . ' :ir t I ouch ihe check 3 1,iko a roso, Is "of' a nl brief: Hlappy Ihoiughts that neted not speak, Lapped in ist null 1-)ve's belie'. 1"ippling stream1 b1Y stul and sha-le, ; olel en1,4.41eaheil orldil lab dep Wher thlie ditant con they reap. 4.11l all hlour. 13eni n swveel, Hliishing" the .inio.;< frown 1 anniiig ache and t1inbles IleaMt hiing tLeaveliy ii;geds down, S"eC00ol of tho Hon. W. Munigeul, of Ohio, The spcloi of thI lion. NV. Mtlgell, edf 0hio, dehivera li mLthe I louse (of' Itop. .ntative,: at Lth Iito sittihig of Coni 111. h 1 1 ,htely Sent to itv, says4 , onX / r'A, by il.3 author. I eve i,, d]"Voted to n t litnilla races, to " Which illust bo jiro n I O .9t Soth1,i, but of tie United States ) ey', of f reling an tC rac03, inhabiting Igliues vith great 1;11%u into of.ur govern-i CUT:", ais eletnlonts ofI un have a gove-11 icaim.k.ities-:md that vennt. A froee r. th& infliuee of the III an impos.ihility. WI 4! 1 h over, hl is nusinken in Suir-:I 1,:-1n.1t there is any ign~loranlce onl thi4 point, by thle I 1!helal ;. They hulow%, poedeutly weull, Ohe incapllacit'y of the ne. 1'ro race, to appreciaktt or to carry on a fre governlniliilt ; a1d a now llini3' im for the express purpsi of deIty ing frwe gJviit utn in tl(o WWnited States, and of erecting a cen-ralized) d.es'polism in it:11. T0h re con plirator, not. only agaislt Inaitliaiiey but libtrty. M r. M1nen say4 : "If thle wh ile h ne'groes, Inin, ('linei, anld Est.'iiniaux, are all alike, iien the races or tyh( ls l nhk, i all lao.:s to ma11ike pll and conIsl itte tlir Innianity, fi le Ii unnnity of each rOw lkm their 'I ille tah Capacities, their anatom.ical .Irnet'ulres, their phiysi ltcical deve'loponent, and their lon IyVity, then our aiulical friend., inny w i S)IIt degree of propriety 111 ai rn e n the "el a11nd1C. brotheii." J Iadmit th-Air hum11anlity, that they are alli mann i notqmonkey ; but. I. den y L~ho 'brothe. -htood;' I (Ieny the fraterni t v. "Iln suipport of this proposition I would say : "I. Tiey do not look aliko ; no two of' te typos or races look alike ; they are Unlike in lorim, in color, inl sizo an'd we'ighmt. "2. They aro unliko in each amd overy poi011tolm pai-60ointar Ivhi ech oh Itil. gnishies men01 A-om beasts, as. abovo sta led-in shap, inl weigh, in height, ind also in thie duration of lile." I [I., nipwal to Cranioscopy is very for. cibile. lie says: "But qulite (lhe mo10t enrlious, :I; per. 11111s the m1ost iiportankt i.o ver which cranioscopy has mado r'elates; to the position whi'ich each I lypo hldS in the O alo of civiliation. It is found iti mt racet's of' mon0 wvhose brain meas1111 lii ." tl~y-four enbic ineLs or' 1ess arc aays.V barlbairons and lwtath len pop~le?, thmt they haive not, intllee~tt.nlal power jiullicitent to frameni a goavernmien t no'r to1 elnnt tys; ini othier wior'ds, to mlake for ter'than hlthle'inuiik ma i. TheIu races of' menh i whiose braein mieasulres. from1 sevenity. four1 c to i h--iour enbie inthes aro$flt the civillized or hal Ibarbar~toni ; thoc govern.'1 mett s they ftound alre ahvays)i despitc; the laiws tey e'niet, are ailways: pe ltenliar, byany ou ln-r type of' p.eple. '"T'he peop~hle of C'hinia, ~Japanl, lndia *--in sihioir, the grea'tor porltioni oif thet ltpen of mu -are'ni embr~uaLced an I ineha tded bet we en :1 ixty-e'ighi :m id eigh'ty fourI enhw mehe eit l of rami. nrecs iinity-four enie inch~les or up. waurd arec the en'.y na'tionaluiti'who are iera'I caable of eu~ dvattinig the~ hysical * jt.Ar /th cknyui1,/ of *''deetlar's thant thle differi. .'eh a diee n't or'gan.uI. oriids a dill'(''n I Creationl tdclres that thioio ate it k'inds of' men3 13Vi havn ci'f humnanities ina the A are Lifforont kinds of Shore and1 tho ox areO * ~ ainily ditterent creationis 1.n1 an d t~he indian, the n. * :\ frician, the A frteaui and .iosco~py maps ont the types andh sho(ws to) wVhat countries they belong; whla t realms prodncea ch ty po ; tat they arc novel' produced eXcept in those> realmsul; thatt raco antd climlato are inseaparatbly connlected with typo and form), andI that11 se8ce01' and ci'vizationl na aiso inlsep1arablo, "Physiology testies thant thle ty'pes of man are diftorent creations, beceanse <hsease aieets them diflorently. TJhe ne'gro will live arnd enjoy good health wheuro tho~ whlite man11 wvill die suddenly ol y'ellcw fevecr, for inlstanclo ; and lhe wilt not only live and~ enljoy good health, hnlt wdel mnultiply typo or race rapitdly wheore the atlf is 141 degr'ees F~ahrcheijt whore tho air is literally lied1 with man whieto man11 coudt hIvo three dhaysl })erhafps not live tlhree hours. 'People a easily known, races are as easdjy distlingniabod from each other ))Yihoqutomsu aind usages to which they conlform, by thie hai~its of thir' societies, by tho lawvs they enno0, t and L'o (ne'mse ornmm.t ,,,d.. ...c hey live, as by any antomical or ihysiologicaul difl'orences, or by the col. iri of the skin. "The North American Indian nevor nlade a law or govorimiieit--the whito tan never lived witlhout law and gov ruenint. Sixty-thre cubic iices are niustiicient. Tho Indian was created or a savage n 1 Ibarbroul I, Ha is ven now, in following the instincts of is barbarity on the plains, liastening lie extilicion of his race-which ricO i being rapidly brokel uip to give place o a higher ami better type of inc hil.iint ph-ysically, an.atoically, in ellecitially, Morally, socially-diIferent it all that, constitutes ium anity. "There is a natunral antigonim be ween the ras, called prejudibc ; but, tis not prejdice ; it is not a creature f class or caste ; it is not confined to he low anu ig..noraIt. but it is flound 1ion01g the highly educated, cultivated ithlivaled and 1inl1ightenied. It is the .i(dle wall of partition between the aci's, sett and built up thire by the Al. i gity. This feeling or prinlet', call 'd prjinhee, is a pail of type; a part, of fe ;an evileInce of dilfireti, hiimanities id1 diff.it Creatiho, and of different udk di.stinet, races;." The Iron-CladI Oath. 1, - nd of' - and 3late of --,do 2,olnnily swear (or flirm ) that I live never voluntiariy 11reiit aims :.gaiinst, the United States ine I have been a cit izU thireof ; that have voluniitarily .iven no lid, cotIi (1t:i ance, counsel, or eicourageuent, to erisoI en gaged in ariel hostility hereto ; that I 1. have neither sought nor iceepted, nor attempted to exercise the umctions of any offieo wiatever und.r my authority or pretended aithority in lo:,tdiity to t he Unlit-d S-llates ; that I mve not yieled a vollitary support to Iny p-'ended goverimntelt, aillority, )owNer, or conIsitution within the Unitt-d Sitte, htosl '.e or miinneal I hereto. A i'l I do further swear (or allinin) "tha, to the" bestI of mly knweg ua. blily, I will s !'port, ;111, def-Inl( the Constitinion m ie, ori l r omesiie; Haint I will hItr truefaith and i to ie maiteo ; Iht I ta;lmI Ihlis obligat ion freely, wahloult iloy Inen'ltal reservation oil pur InVe (if evasionl ; and that I wvill wvell und falithfully iharg thle dutivs of, the' Alito oil wh ichl I amil about to enter. As help m God." TIn: NIm. OF R.roArrION.-Tin, New I ampshire Dady U(n, published it Manlchster, in that State, says tha, IeverI dring the last thirty years, ex rept a shoit,L time during the carly d Iv; of the war, has the cotton ain11 woolen mai:innluaclihig bitsiness been in snch a Lleprssed lcolldition. The imlills are riuning" at a loss in LJowell, L1.a1wrence, luia most of tho other manuifactmti1in g towIls m Massachustts, and through Lint NOw M11nglanid. The Un alsl that, to M anlhester mills and print works havo gootds on hanil imsold to bo atmount of $2,000.000. Te sanme date of things exists in otherestablishi nonts-onle m111tanufactory havin g sit ik 10,000 w-itluin a few months. In :ildition to tie statenlwnt of ilw hetories, it, is said that th sloo busi. Iess, at Lynn, and other largo shoe nanufacturing tow ns in Now England, s im a very deprossed coidition,as coi. Mared with wlia it. has been in former 'ears, when orders for shoes came ill hiick and fast, freim the South atnd West. TJhe paper no~ticinig this imi otuteii~lC o'alition of aUlhira,~ attIributles it to thle bootice state of' the pol itical aflits of het coimtry. North atnd Somb I, H-:at md11 \Vesat are all begining to 'sorely feel the need of' restora tion antd peace. RA umtei.u~ \W r: .:xtN.--A conl. h'entioni of the I"Uniion party" of Oi rr mntyv, Iniitana, w~as held Ite och r lay, by which some very sigiinian resoluitions were LAdolpted. TLwo of them 1r0 as8 folows : - "Re1tsole. '.That while we rnjoice at ho downfh Il of slavr awl', the111( estabt ithmont of un iversal t berly thrtoughout I he IRepubllic, we do tnot bl~oievo it pos. il''e or' desirable to establish social or oliticail equ ality between the w'hites mid lalck races. As citizens of a loyal ktato in the Union, we claim thle right, 0 establish such laws itn regard to suf rage as to us shall scom1 best clculated 0 securei tho hanrnony a il pros;pori ty of mir people. ".Iesotlted, That all attenpfs to es ahsh~ either social or political equality >y legislation tends to disturb tdho pec >f societiy and colrrpt, thme ballot.box. lheref ore we are fort the separati mf of ho two races by colonizing the6 negroes d' the liTnited 'States in some1 localit~y eng~eni:dl to thleir wecll being, as thle neans (If a fmtal settlement of this vexed pilesiitin ill American puolitics."' The0 l'all Mall GatUe describ~es the iow inlvention of making furnaces con. am their own smoke as follows: "'Iho uoths of tho short chimneys or cupolas >f the b~last, furnaces are closed and thp uioke and gas are carried dowvn and >rouight round hv means of ironi pipes to Ito tireplace of th'e engineo w'lch keeps ip the blast. TJhese pipes dischairge list il froiit of. a snudll briight co'co fire, ni passing over which their conitents gel dnd'ed, and so feed the engine. Thtus ho saving mn fuel is immenso, t ho fire ini lie smiehting futriace being made to do linu)st, double duity, and the~ consumap. ioa of smoke is a gain to all concornied. [Probably the plan admtlits of oxtenisioni, ii that by-anid-by acts for forcingr main ifacturers to consume their own smoke nay niot be quite such a dead letter as hey have htitherto been." To PRES v lIEN's IEoos.--A lot )I lien's eggs bur'ied on theo ranch of Ir 8. WV. Johnson, near Sacramento, luring the flood of 1862, woero recent ly disinaterrod1,andl found to be por hoetly prorserved. They 'ero un.. doubtedly envelop~ed in a lino clay lilporviouls to air. Any other impe~trvious coatinig will an1swer tile 'amillllCnnrone The Now Baukrupt Law. The followmg- hints to practitioners are understood to have been prepared by the Now York board of Registry: Frst.-Make i) your petitionr with the eloven forms-ol' chedutles A and 11 mi dupliento ;. swear to both ; file ono With tie clerk of tho court, a1nd ask to bave the case'referred to a reistrar. econd.-At the hour specified in the order referring the case to a registrar, appear before the registrar to whom thro case is assigned, and make oath before him that the duplicato petition and schedulos which you.thon present to him is a tru d uplicate origil I of t ie pet iLion Rud schiedules onr filo with the Clerk, and movo tiat it be certified correct ill form. Tihis being done, move that the petitioner be declanred a bank rrupt. This il done by anl order Irade byI the regis. trar, of which lie will givo you a certi fled co)y, you will thIn move for tIe warrant. Sono time will be rniinred to make this out. At the timre appoinilt. ed call upon the registrar for the war anit and tako it to tle marshal. TlIe mn:a1*rhal will reii re sati.ifactory securiiy hIr his fees and1j isjbtjirse.. enws foil tie iiws'paper publications, &e., wliich yot will arranige wjith hjim. Yotu havo noth. imy more to do till the rott-ni day of the warrallt. Thirdl.--e very enreful that your einon arnd seledliehts are written out plhiily, frec fromi all erasires, inter}im. eationls or abreviationl. As tihe whole proceed ilg is stritly statutory, th, eistat 'nd rule' made mder It must be imlo.st strielly" compli]ed with. P,)r/h.-Ii case the registrar refuse to ceitify yotr petition to be correct in point of form, vou will take a certified copy of tie points wherein your paperzs are certified to be defect i ve, and pro CT'td to pre-pare amendbnentl, or an alnenlded pet it ion', as mav le inost conl venlieni , inl diiuphicato. W hen this i is done, have sineI aineniown'its or nmrenid ed petitioni, &c., swoni to in dtplicate ; thelr apply to the re.istrar, upon an ai (bivit exculsinr.g ihe einr4, for ain oiier to amenil. SIch or'l- beingc allowed, otain fromi the rei Irar .a! a certified copy, anid file this w idh one of th Ie driuplicates with the clerk. Calrry the other to the registrari, who W:ill exarinr it, and if correct, certify it; and you then proceed as above. What Will bo the ETcot. Tho New York 1/'rr , of* Friilay, bieves that, iegi Conrgressiteln wiL be elected from ie South. anrid sa - We are called thn to ininirii o' w1hant will Ie tho iioral ell'et inl ate political world of this staring inovalion Ipoin tire old order of things ? We mav be mri'e that r-g. o rcpiality, proclaiming itself thrroigh nregro voic'es from boti houses of Corngre. will make a pro foud imupressionr u1pon the ipiblic minI throurghout the North. We appreienl that tle re'suli t will be a general re action arg: inst thep ~o-'nbicaie~rn part ini (hle is a stronger wall oi' whit e projit. ilie agaist the negro in tio Noith thaln exists in tire Suil. This preijl ice elected Buchaman, in 1856, a nd woch. hIave clel('d Dou ;as or Brock. irilge, in I8Gi, had 'the Clharleston Conventiron coniselted to unite upon eitlher. We may execCt, tI-n, when the blacks assume, the poli.ical halance ci power of ten reconstructed Southern States, and send rip thirr bhck repre sentaiv es to Congro'e~s, thrat there will he a irevolt.ionrary re-action aiga inst, them amngrci lire whies of thce North, wich will rup~set tire Repuberhrn pa~rrty. Tis may be the real obicet of thr'se leading Souithetrn whitec p'oliticians who are urgm their peoplo to thre ex peri ment. of allowing IhIo radicals and iho lilaceks all tihe rope thmey miayv desi re in ti buI~rsintess of Sorth~etrn I leeconrstirue tai. 1200 us~ push thiis ting of nergro0 eqiahty , say these So-rn l'r eaders, ito Congress, a rdlirhe laboring wiru. mia~sses of' tire North against th ais South errn negro po1lical balanrce 01 poweir wil take tire alarm, and a NotrIhiern re-action ofC tire whritesn against tire blIac(ks will be tire inoevitahlo resu~lt ; andl thusr tire Re pumblcarn negro p) ay will be destroyed b~y its own weaponis. Tire following anecdote oif Gonver neur Morris, which we ext ract fromr a book, recently pubihlished( by Illichmard son & Co.:a "Plensantr'ies about Courts and Liawycrs ot' theo State of New York,'" will servo ast illusratration or ,porhap." tire v'ery ne plus u//ru of self-possession,ntrt to ealil it imrpur dene. Years ago toasts were givon al'ter d inner arid du mring tire doessort. At the table of tire older President Adamrs, G~ouivernedur Morris, thlen a Senator ini Conrgress froum tihe State of Newv York, was one of thoe inrvitedl. It was at tire timro of tire feud exi.stirnf bnetwoon tire President and Ghener'al llanntilton, arising fromn thre animnad v'er'mons of thre latter upon tho'studden Somnpromniso of otur (dif'onces with tire French Republic. Mr. Morris was carlled on by Mr. Adams for a toast. "Maidamn,' said Ihe, "I will pr you thoe health of mny frienrd Ifam alt on." Tho ladly irndignanrtly replied: d8,ir, thnat isr a toast nover drunk at thIn table.'?. ."Suppoao, then, mad Ann,". was -the cool rojoindo', "we tlriek it now for thre first time ?" "Mr. Morr'is," exola imed tire exoited hiostcss,, "if you persist, I shall in vite lire lad ios to withdraw I" "Perhaps," retorted tire imnportturablo Senator, "it is time for themn to retiro.'' Thre sig ril wans givern, andh, as. tire ladies rose mn obedience to it, thoe Senator spr'ang Croim hris sent and stumpel~d on ihis woodoin log to tine dloor, thnrow it wide pon, an~d, with his constitutional boldness, fairly bowed Mrs. Adams nid her lady gatests out of thne room. Who was wrong in thnis case? . REMED~rY FOR 'hiooTl~cllE.-Pulver-. izo anrd mix equal quantities of alum and salt. Wet a small piece of cot ton so theo powder will adhere to it, md fill it into tihe tooth., It is said to be infallil. Lottor from Colonol Ould. Tle following letter 1ha1s been pnb. ished from Colonel RIobert Ouil, lato Confederate comminiissionier Uf exchango > prisoneirs of war, to lion. Charles A. i ridge, sistaingli tho stateliietit of he lattor, lately Imaldo in the 11011ous of Representat ives, controverted by Gen. Ibitler, relative to tile oflfr of the 'on rederates to return sick and vounded Wederal soldiers without equivalent. I'The letter says : I have sCen yoiur remirks as publish . - They are sibstantially correct. livery word that I said to you in Rich Mond is not only Irie. ut can be prov (! by Fedoral ollicers. I did olliur in A ugust to deliver the Federal sick and wouniided, without rerlliring eruivalenti. and urged the lecessity of haste in send Iog lor then, as tie mortahaty was ter. ribl. I did offer 1o deliver from ten to lifteen thomnand at Savannah without I3ley. Although this oler was inaad in A ugust, t ranspoit ation was not sit Fer thei liau il De!cem)ber, and diriii the niterval th Illortali ty wa'i periaps at ts greatest 1 eight.. If I had not imiade the oll'r, 61why did tile 1dedal athilori ties rld transportat o 11av111ana fi' teni or lifteen tLhoaand i-n ? -1 1 n.le the VAir, Wa.sed only on eqprivalenits, wvhiy did the samle trasiport~auion0 Carry dlown for deivery only thriilee t'ioulaInd men ? I llerays the offei' was made in thw fail, acco'rd I to the newspaper re.. port, %nd that 7,000 were. lelivered. Tie offor w:as Imodl ill n31q3st. an)d they were sent ;ih in I).-cembeur. I then dliveredIe than 13,000 aUnd woUil havo gone 10 H5,000 if th Federal transiportation had been suflicient. ly instruel.ions !o lily agent.- were to de liver 15,000 sick and wouided, and if that mulber of tIhat classi were not on I.and, to make upl the mnbir by well mn. The0 olier .ws mdeWI by m11 in pursua nce of int4ruictiuAms flomn. tile Con. lederate Setcreary of War. I was reatdy 1" loo-(p 111 the(, arranlgemenit until every sick and woll-'led i:ml had beil Iretuiiiriled. The ,h)I 111n !eIt to Sai vaiiahi by the l'e-arls wer ill n. wr11chedI condition asi ly delacheni t of prisoners ever .-sent fromt a Conlfeder ate prison. All thou things are sus. ct'1uible 1of proof, 1 I 111 iuch Ili.i' tal~on3 if I caliot prove thmil1 by Fede. ral auitholity. .1 .11m1 Iuite sre that M~ulf'ordwill :mtstain ever-y allegat~ion li're made. (Genoral Bultler's coirres. poildece is all (',I one side, as I was ilnitructed ati tile date of his letter to hl'-ld 10 cor-espondenee with him. I corN'SpolIed with Ilorl oi G eieral I itche-ek. Yours truly, Rt. OULD. Th New York Swl a a:1 eiditorial llad(eid "Turnmig v(er a.1 now Loaf." saying IO'it aldltigh two years haye ps.id since then war ensed. no per3Cepil. ib l C 8 prgr S W 1 e n de in thw re 01-ganIi iaLionl of tlie Suithern S--takts. It says' this 3 owin to the fAct tIhai tie North aind the Stnih have 1rsistentily refusewd to 111ll together. It ass \Vill the aspect of th caso be any imore ani encouragim one, two or ten years benee 1muiter suchl circinst' alnees ?, adhng, "Pimlo eo' lum 11;1.1 been1 wastedl, 1n1d Litis foolish quarrel shou1j be continue:1 110 longr.." The IIZ 6 cotiue : Ub1li.. mately thei North and l.he South mnuit join imi:1di, and marel forward Logothio, keepmig step Lto the noiuet of 31he Uiion. ais they1 31ow are. T'hel diameso5t Lwins1 aro t so ci)los'ely bound31t togtheiir ini lie llesh as~ the N or:th antd Sou11 th re in ma-11 teialn inltereOsts. T'henl why not ceaseo thniii hurtfu wragl nlll: o Iide1ts, and1 com~o togetheor at on3ce, 3as gO )d judgmi1ent an~d c~liono sense dlemantld. 1 etIh sides are to blame~l for thle pr'0eent political31 en1 I :anglemen031t. Th! e SouthL is thle miori lblameible, bet' hcaoi 3 it. wa~s the1 rash act, of tl~at sectio 33w hich broughit nal the presenlt traouable upon t he (com33 ry ; but th1e North is h blaeblte, also, for theii inl-. ttemperalte anld exaspelratinig manner1Ct in wihicthe Ii extreisCtsI act 331on1 the (<ptes.. tioni ofi reonistruict iin. \V'ha tever tho diegroo of' elailit y malhy be, ho~wiever it musi3t ho aditdlted1 that it~ woul ho bectter four both sides, andt the counltry gsnerally, if' animonsity were nowv trop.. pedt, and its placec.3supplietd by that, elo-is ieo toward 3none. We hiavie hiad enIoneh of tihe past, hiet it nowv bo forgotten. 'It canI dot no0 goodl to gazt) upon) or' br'ood over* it., and the blest policy is to turnu away, and l1heeorthi look only to the bright and hlappy future'." Thell Empe iror of' China has issuedl a decree for thle os'tablishmentll of a Eu ropeani college at Pekin. Tile Minis ter Ouojoni, it seems,34 opposed thie found ing of t lhis tcollego, and theo de creo0 targues with himii anid disposes of' his~ hostility. Tlhi mleimorial of' Oto jon sa0ys thait "'in a. conn1try so vast as Chlinla every tlent cn bc fountd. if astrlolnoy and( tile other sciies are' necessa93ry, Chincuo letter's will bo foulnd. If aistronomly and( thia other sconeos10 are nlOCessary,' Cihiinoso letter's wiill be found by m1Cmi:. of' which they can bo tauight."' Th'loroupon the de ecro rejoins :"Lot Ouojohi, thenl, soek for the letter's of which lho speaks. We hoereby enltrulst himi porsonally to open1 ai schlool, over which 1h0 wili preside and teach tile things taught in th10 Euroanl school. Tile examfina tionls will show at a later tme tile rolative merCIits of thie two .schools." Dunring a sovero thunllder storm~ whiich passed over Memphis last Fri3 (lay, a-Ieak from a gas pipe wa~s set 0on iir'o by at flash of lighitinrg, and somo1 wvorkmon ongaged ropa irin~g the street~s woero badly burnod. Theo gas conltinl uod( to burn aftor thle explosin, until nearly a cart load of earth was thirono on theo flame. Colonel Charlos S. Von~abie, wh~o was8 oni General fLoo's stafl, hafs nocopt~ ed a Professorship in the Unaiversity of Viargn - Tho Lato Convention. A correspoudent of the Now' York Time, writing to tIhat paper concrning the lato Union Republican Convention, says: After a three days sitting, tho Union Republican Convention 6ms to-nighil compio ted its work. It has embodied its'principles in a platform; it has or ganized its comnuttees, and the party may now be said to be on its legs bofor the State and the country. The mem bers are almost unanimously well satis. fied with their work, and they express the utmost confidenco i their ability, or the basis hero ]aid down, to carry tih< State (f Soith Carolina. But whethm they have planted things liko to last I knew not; whether what they have raised is destined to prove really r platform, or only a scafllldng for a plat. form, or mero wasto lumber, remains t: be seen. it is clean and clear and out and out radical. But it is quito cortait that outside of those who havo taker part in this movement is a large body of Republicans, including many of the most respectablo and intelligent and inifluential men of the party, who havt not united with thoso who have coni to Columbia, but have stood aloof tt await the upshot of the thing. It may be that they will now take the oppor. tuity to form a distinct organization in which case the Columbia Convention will havo played into their hands by the adoption of a platform that is een sorious in its character, that contemplates indirect confiscaiion, and that is likely to divide thOe State sharply on the line of race. It may bo on tihe other hand -and is so claimed by tho radical lead ors here - that the Columbia organiza. will show much strength as to draw all these moderate Republicans to it. Quicn sahe. Things are altogether too chaotic yet to tell. Ilonnmnri.i MoriICATION O Til E Fix-su ny (iumin. FANATics.- inht the Chinese are eapable of enduring nmuch for religion is to be sceen by tho long and toilsome pilgrimnages under itako by mainy, as also in the works of mortification of the flesh in whib their zeal finds venit instead of pros elytisin. Oin on occasion, a few weeks ago, I. was witniess to these Imortifications of the Ileshi. The place was New Wang, a tomple close to Ningpo, which has recently gained a high reputation for the piety of its in mates. At th time I entered, two priests were undergoing the operation of having the linger burned off. The way it was done is as follows : A string was tied arouni to ' finger under the second knuckle ; the hand was then surrounded by a bail of clay, and the fist doubled up,- leaving one linger sticking out. Round this fin ger was tied sandal wood, which was lighted, and boiling and blazing rosin and oil poured upon it. Tho person operated upon sat in a chair untied, with tie bur-ning hand on the altar. Nothing prevonted him ioving his hand at any momnit. At any time lio could have asked, and the torturo would have been discontinued. I stayed for an hour and a half witness ing this strango sight, all of which tine gongs were boating and prayers being said. Bohind onoof the sniler ora stood an aged priest, his hands on tho shoulders of a sufferer, a young, healthy looking man. From the hands of the old Blonzc five fingers were missing, they having been burn ed off'. I must confess that though I am used t~o see operations, etc., with-i out a shudder, I sickened at thue sight of this neodless pain and deformation of G od's image. 'rho number of Colored people in New York city, which seventeen years ago was 16,000, is now only 10,. 000. Among themi are twent-y clergy men, and an egnal number of doctors and drnggists, two notaries public, two rich merechants, one lawyer, fifty ,rhool teachers, two professors, twen Sy-fivo musicians, twenty shoemakers, thirty tailors, five hundred coachman, ninety-five barkeepers, two thousand waiters, four hundred house painters, five hundred washiorwomen, 0one hun dred nurses and twenty fortune-tell ers. Two papers arc published by col ored persons. Omic claimns to be a pro0 fessional poet, and thirteen p'ossess a fortune above $40,000. There arc seven colored schnoo's, arid thirty-two mnixedi marriages, niamely, of a white person with a colored one. The _Lond on Sippngn List, on thme authority of a letter from Rio Janeiro, states that, in consequenoo of the opening of the Amazon to navigation, thme State of Bolivia has concluded with Brazil a treaty relative to the navigation of the Madeira, one of the tribuitaries .f the great river. In v ir tue of it Bu'livia will 1)0 able to send to andl receive from Europe different sorts of goods under Eur'opoan flags. 'rho Madeoira, including thme Mamnoroe or Rio GJrando, its principal branch, has a length of from one thousand to two thousand miles, for nearly one thousand of which it is navigable. A company has just boon formed ini France, wvith a capital of three million francs, t~o search for three Spanish gal.. loons wrhieh were sunk by thme English fleet at the commnencenment of the last century. The galleons in questioni wore returning from Mexico, and had on board about five hunudrod million plastres. They are still at the bottom of tho sea, and several attempts to coitio-at the treasure have failodl. Powerful nachinery is being construe ted rth Bor'deaux. *Ini New York the nowvest expedient of the illicit whiskey distillers to clieat tho'Governmont is to construct and wvork theirs "stIlls" on boaird yessels in thoe harbor. One of those wvas seized the other day, and the detec tives are en thme track ofoethers. WVhat ne.t ? The Printer's Ton Commandmnelints. 1. Thou shalt love the Printer (e poeially the Ladies) for be loveth you nIuchly. 2. Thou shalt subscribo for his pa por-for he keepoth much to obtain to obtain the news of which you remain ignorant. 3. Thou shalt pay him for his pa pr-for lie laboroth hard to give you the news in due season. d. Ift a business man, thou shalt ad vertise that thus thy profits may cna ble thee not only to pay for the paper but ut the mnonley in thy puirse. 5. Thou shalt not visit him regard loss of his olico rules--in doraiginig tihe papers. 6. Thou shalt not touch anytlit. that, would give him trouble-that no may not htold thee guilty. 7. Thou shalt not read the manu script in the imnds of the compositor -fur he will not, hold thee blameless. 8. Thou shalt not, read the iews be fore it is printed-for he will give it to you in due tuic. 9. Thou shalt ask him but few questions of thilnpigs in the office--froi it , oitlu shalt tell nothing. 10. Thou shalt not at any time seld abusivo and threateningu lettors to tie editor, nor cowhide him more thati live times I yeur--nor bring tile printer old rotten wood--nor bring produco that defies the d-l to cat. Josh Billings on Linohi-Pins. I want to bet thro dollars no man ever matched himself agin the devil but lie got beat. A im hi, if you strike low. The man who uidertakes Low jump three hun. dred and seveityfivo foot abed will certainly itmake a good try. .1. never kuIu a anwh- it wa s anxions tew repeit of lis sinls eforo he0o had conmitted them lWho did '1t want the sharpest kind of watclii.r. . Inever bet, enny stamps on the man.111 who always telling what he woult have d i'l it lie had been lthar. r have nmotised that thiskilnd never got thare. Faith don't appeari to tme tew be en iNythinl iig Illore tIlall tip-top good soence; and tile faith thero is inl this world n0w won't keep a man from falling to tile bottomt of a well if le lots go ny the curb to spit on the hands. When I got to not having any good luck, it (OZ seem1 to iie that I kan have iiore of it thaln eniiy mn Iii 1 ever knewnisstld not haltf try ;I [ supposo it .eeomsjis so to you, my friend, don't it I? I kant. think ov enny talent now that iz so apt to doecod from Cather to son uitarnishied as time gift of exagge-. ration. A man may have a perfect right to be born single, but I doubt whether he has a right to continuo ol so. Curious Epitaphs. "Iforo lies the body of John Grier, Who had a month from Car to ear Ye friends, tread lightly o'er his ash es, For if he gapes you're gone, by gra 010115.11 ANOTI ER11. Heire lies the body of John Mound Lost at son, and never found. There once lived in Georgetown, Disti'ict of Columbia, a tanner named Anthony Ilydo. Ihis sign was as fol lows: "IIyde's miy name And hydes I1 buy ; Four' cents foi' gr'eon, Eight cents f'or dry." FoR lIsnURK RPERs.--Tle folIwing ai'e a few valuable household hints, which arc woi'thi prCeerving: Save your suds1 for gar'den plants; or for garden yard'(s, when sandy. Wash your teatrays with oold1 suds, polish with a little flour and rub with a dry cloth. Frozen potatoes make more starch than fresh ones ; they also make nio00 eake. A hot shovel hold ever varnished furniture will take out the whiite spots. A bit of glue dissolved in skim milk and water will restore old1 eraplo. Ribbons of any kind shouldd be wash ed in eold soap suds, anid not rinsed. If your flat-irons are rough, rub them with fine salt, and~ it will make them ismoo11th. Oat straw is the best for filling beds ; it should bo donoc once a year. If you are buying a carpet for dura bility, chooso small figures. A bit of soap rubbed on hinigos of' doors will pro'venlt their creaking. Scotch snuft' put in holes where eriekets~ conmo out will destroy them. A gallon of strong lay put iln a bar.. rel of herd water will make it as soft as rain water. Two young ladies, says the Miusical Review, wecre onco singing a duet In a concert 'oom. A -straniger, whoi had heard bettor perf'ormnanocs, turned to his neighbor, saying: "Does not the young lady ini white smng wretchedly ?" "Jxeuso me, sir, replied he - "I laardly feel at liberty to express myl sentlhoelits, not b~eing impartial in the' ease ' it ISalily sister." "It >og your pardon, sir," answered the stranger, in much confusIon, ".1 1 molant thle lady in blue." "You're perf'ootly right, thr, re.. p~lied the neighboir ; "I have often told her1 5o myself ; it is my wvifo I" SwEETERI TH AN IIoNEY.-For the honefit of our lady readers, we note a statement that two pounds of >ure whilto sugar, d issolved in as much hot water as 1s nocessary to reduco~.it to syrup, and mixed with a >Ound of strained clean honey, and added wvarmt to the melted sugrar, will make honey nore palatable t aan the genuino arti Agricultural ArriE Tus,*s vnost SEEDS. -A wri ter in the Englieh Hlorlicultural Rickw says that in 1802, ho collected some applo pips of the boat varieties of eatm apples, and sowed them in his garden. Dl)ring -;he first few yoars thoso which cameo up were greatly reduced in num. ber by several accidents, and afterwards by being removed to another garden at an unlavourablo period of the year, all but three wero killed, and these much retarded in their growth. Of these three plants, ono produced fruit in thor tweity third year of its ago, and proved to be a pirthidar juicy and well flavor ed fruit, which keeps to the end of November. Pho second treo fruited the twenty-fourth year. It is a sweet fruit, but not. remarkably good. The third tree produced fruit in its twenty six It year, and proved to be an excel lent fruit ; the tree is very productive, and the fruit keeps remarkably well. Ie seems well satisfied with his result in raising seedlings, and says that, although the process is slow, it is the only truo way of originating iew varieties. The writer abovo mtenltioned, says tilat a few year ago lie raised a nectarine by seed, which fruited inl its seventh year, and tuiried out t.o be of most excellent quali ty. Ile advised every owner of a gar den to sow scds of the most approved fruits, and to norturo toe plants tender. ly, recollecting that The huitsbandinan, the seel who sows, MuIist. wait with patiieioe while it grows; Amd ho who woult the oak uprear, Must cherish hope from year to year. CnAPsoN E;s.--A t the Winter neetig of he Illinois State of Hlorti. cultural Society, the lHon. John B. Turner, a successful grape grower, du ring a discussion oil the grape, advo (atLIed the growing of grapes Oin elms. l te saH : W hen, years ago, I taught [Latin to hoys we ised to read of tihe ancients lettinig their grape vines clamber on els, bit I thought little of the state mnCi, as a pralcicill suggestion. But I find I lint I Cannot. keep in v Vines out of Whe ehnils. If I plant near my clm the vine goes tip into it. 1 havo one vil that, despito inmy remonstrances, insists on going miito lie top of one of my elms. Wiromi it I sold during the past year, $100 worth of grapes. I am therefore tolerably wyell antistied widi its wilful. ness ; for these grapes did not cost me a cent for culture or care. I am now planting live stakes in my orchard ; and 0lim1 stakes they are. Such stakes will save tbe annual cost. of training and pruning, and. j idgin g from my oxperi enee, they will insmne fruitfulness. A mixi Nr M .a x U .--A writer in the Rurad ,|vrican savs : Within the last seventeen years I have purchused and put into g'od cul livatin three different farms. The land of each was said to be worn out. when I made the purchases. Untit receitly, when mat.uring land, my practice has beein invariably to cover the manure witl the .plough, iever allowing it to remmNi long on the ground before plou:hin it. If the land is to be 141 noml in corin, or other hood crops that root deep, I continue the practice of phughing in the manure. It is put in heaps and spread as ploughed in. Wheat, and all small grain, roots near the surface, reqpuires the man ure nearer the top than when covered with the plough. I manure my w~heat after ploughiing, spreading it after the wheat is sown and harrowing in togeth er. I thiink the whleat stands the Win tor better anid growv stronger, than when lie manure is covered with the plough. ft, should be well rotted so that it mix freely wihm the soil. If the land is faml low, it should be broke up deep, the nianuro ploughed' in very shallow, and the wheat, put in w'ith a drill. I never spread manure to remain on the surface, unless it be land laid dowvn to grass, or under~ fruit trees. When it is thus a pplied to the surfaice, it should be dlono in the WVinter or very early in the Spring, so that the rains may soak its virtues into the ground before the sun has much influence. In hiauling manure cii land after it has been plough e'd, care should be taken to cross the field as much as possiblo in roads, so that they may be ploughed again before I IORTES' Ewr u intE Moistuutj.. --Nine-tenths of the diseases which happen to the hoofs and ankles of the horse are occasioned by sianding on thoe dry plank floors of the stable. Many persons soe to think, from the wa'y they keep their horses,"that the foot of a horse was never made for moisture, and that, ii possible, it wvould be bene.. ficial if they had cow-hiido boots to put on every time they wvent out. Nataro de(signed the foot for moist ground-the earth of' the woods and the valleys ; at the same time that a covering was given to protect them from stones and stumps. A D,.crIDED PunsrJxu cE. -The Mo. bile Register says: "We advise the negroes in the present condjtion of tinngs to prefer their own color as Scii. istors and Representatives in Congress to inported scalawags orapale faced ro gades. We prefer thenm an hundred to one, and we do not see -why the negroes should not do it. ,We profer them, be cause in the first place, we cani truist a Southern black man wvhen we cannot trust a white traitor or a Yankee specu lator in negro votes. If "reconstruction" --so-called-is to be carried out an the plan of the last anpp~llement, the choice is bet ween the two classes wo have named, and it is no "Hlobsoni's choice," either. Give its the Southern negro, every time before either a .dornostic ot' an imported Radical." *UNDER I3AN.-All the poWers o Eur'ope have recalled thieir representa.. Lives from Moxico, not being willing to roeogais'o the existonoo of a Be-call ed reg ide Governmiott. Mexico is thereofore, under the han of civilizec1 nations.'....