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,y ^ ? HOY ;?^TAL TEE S v ??:^r:-:- : ' '? TE R M S: ? - . ?W0 DOLLARS AITD A "HALF PEB AKRTTM, > * \ ^S",-. ^T>NITr?"7STA;TES - C&K?'E.VCT. " ? '^#35 -{/RATESi;-OF -ADVERTISING. \ . Advertisements inserted at.tho rates o*f;OneDol ? ^?Kper-s^quaro'of twelve lines for fho first insertion ;^?id"Fiity"t!en?s'fqrl each subsequent insertion. .7i2bertiVd'eductions.madeio" those who advertise by *-H"1&iry6WK- ,Ti ? \-'-'-V ? J?or,ivnnouncing.a candidate, Five Dollars. v"inAdvance.; - ''?" . . An Independent Family Journal?Devoted to Politics, Literature ana General Intelligence. VOL. 3. ANDERSON, S. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1867. NO. 25. The Intelligencer Job Office. . Having recently made considerable additions to this department, we arc prepared to execute In the neatest style and on the most reasonable terras. Legal Blanks, Bill Heads, Posters, Cards, Handbills. Pamphlets, Labels, and in fact every style of work usually done in a country Printing Office. fl?** In r.ll cases, the money will- be required upou delivery of the work. Orders, accompanied with the cash, will receive prompt attention. r . Th<e Impeachment Question. .'^^fcJBPORT'-;.,OF;"_-TUB;' JTDICIARY COMMITTEE. -?** ^.^irc.e^'veml reports from the7udi?ia^ .j^^^^m^&^^i^^^ presented to the gjS&?ae&t?Representatives on the proposed r^Wpe^chmeht^ot the-Pi-csident. .'The'raa ^^jrily .reporjt, concluding-with a resolution ^-'l^0jtn"ffiending impeachment;, is signed by *^r^I^sra..Boutwell; of Massachusetts, Law ^>?mcer of Ohio, .Williams, -of-Pennsylva ^nm^Thorhas, of. Maryland,-'and- Churchill, ^^j^^^wTprk; . It '.iSv extremely lengthy, ^"s^eringseveral- hundred "pages of closely-] t^wmtWo- f?.olsjc?p. yTbe chairman of the ' % -?eto^m'ft$eb,*Mc. Wilson, of Tow?j present^ je^Vai"mTn?nty rep'or5, signed by . himself i ?'i?'ad^'Mr^v*^^^^ t, taking. - .*^fe"ground-that :ih. view of;all the r'evi-' ? y"d"ence..wnich has been presented, -there is x^j^tinng/?y: rejjurrc^tu'd interposition .of I .v^he.HousVauTi recommending that .the t?*?SSS*SS$& boV.tyidj.^pu the., table. The i only ^?^?mpcrats T?n the-.Committee, M?ssi-s. '-^Iffidndge,;of Wisconsin,>nd".'Marshall, of /S?m?ls'^aiso -"present xi' minority report pg:tn the -maih. witb t be.cone 1usions' ^^^^^f^^^^^f^^U??^ nn'd 'Wood ^\lmdge.;- \ ?i-o" ^. MA'JORITY ItEPORT. ? 0 . tVf^$her[;C?misiitt?e.on, the J udiciary, to ?pjfrlionQtiWts referred'-" the^-resolution of the " ^7*tVx>f March:lu^-.auth'orizing them to in '^fliiire into the.official conduct of Andrew j ;* ^rowispn^.'Vice-President of- the United J '-".^tates^discharging the present duties of ,'vthe office ,of President, of the United ! *Sfa'tes,..an^ rSftM&i;t4|eir.qpinjon;the said "Andrew John ?'iW^^^^^^.^^s^0^'^ keen sa^y >^i^^cXs'iv^(^iver&designed orca leu lated ~??t?-over^hrow qr.corrupt^the Governmcut ^v^>^h.q;United 'St?teVj>_r4i.ny . department '?^i&r officer '?iere?f,- and whether the. said ;'-?*?^drew^ounson- has -been guilty of any '*:^Actiror.lius conspired with,.others to. do !^>1^^i.cli,-in'.;;Uie: contemplation of the ^?^?j^it?ii?n, are.bigh. crimes an.d.misde-j iv-^eauorsrequiring theinterposition Of the V""^5>bn?titutior^al power of this Souse, ie ^^i^fnlly^ report: : v^^^'at io:. the pe r/ormancc oft ii e lmpor 1-"*\^?i^jtask r.i^igJiedUo " them., the}"* have ^r'- ?gared;ho.pains to make tbeir-i.nvestiga *' tio?~ asrconi^ by . ^.^^xptorati'oiVof. fhqpublic^rcbiycs, but i$:ffitowing:<ivQvy .indication that seemed '"?~?o-promise any additional light upon the <;-* "^i^t^ubjec'tlqf io<juiry^'aud they submit; >: UerawTth'-the -resujtlqf'{that portion of \V;t*&u?l^or&.tri ??iii-ryolbruiinous exhibit ? ."!flU't^^mpadTe?:ttrrs" report..' Iri order.. "^Iiowefcer^to-^reet:-''--t-he.-'attc'htion of the >-^QU^-to?uch'-.pbH the. somew hat aVtej'p^'eneous mass", cf :lestimony; which X ItheyMiave^been'cctnpell?d t?.preseut'with-' w ?iit tlve -offerier- si Tai i gem eh.t :'t h a t -m igh t ;V--J^ve;f^i^?t;ed' "5tit examination, as .are \ z- iti^r&$'Uj?ti\eu?$A. most raatcria 1 to the ."**'.feue, they-wilt now'procecd .to -suite,..as - -*". brkj?y'?s^p^i&sibic, thejeauing (acts which Q -they.aup^^se^'the itiqnjry to have dcvelop % ^e^beyoi^^ their own ?-^;eqnciu$iqn^ reasons by ^ whic^'they h'uv?;.b<ieii ifvflu'eheed.in rea'eh fng 'them, ."In^?.'dQ.ing they .must be'Jal ?'./i.w-j'a. :'i.^i.i:^l.;>.r;;^.u:.'i; _? mrji6tratJon i\ ^nfSiiBut'/ thr<mg"n^'ih' unex-amjdod .crisis of \\ ^'q^ta?ej ahd:i?yc^ying the veiy highest *" 'ui^ttete-t(uit\can.rer^gc the attention of ' aJ"flr^^B6piei- ^Vdui^.see'm-io necessitate, "r ^^l^^^'a^i?^'e^m- excuse, p ?".;^he.'charges nxad^.and to which' the in :"v.'T.eslig^Stoi?"pf "the cqujmittee have been . ^-?specially . directed, **are usurpations of -^;powerl'ai)d violation of htw in the corrupt >^?Wt{e of the appointing, pardoning and :7-^*fo.powers j in the corraipt interference ' Viii^clections, and-g'eneriUlj^iii the commis . won. "of acts amounting^ .toihigh crimes .'? and;^misdemeanors under thevconstitution; y^Ano!' upon this reoital it" w^is charged with ; k the "more' general duty ol inquiring into '" .-the official conduct "of the President of the **r. XJn.ited States, and of reporting ."whether >. ^be had been guilty of any acts which ": werVde?igned or calculated to overthrow, - subvert or ^corrupt"tlie government of the - '."United States'; .or. which, in contempla "?-.?'ti.on ?f-.thei'bustit?tiori, would constitute ji.higli crime or "hrisderneanor requiring *? tlie"- interposition of the constitutional ? power'of the House.5*. - . It"will "bo dbscrr.cdythat the great sa? lient point of accusation standing out in . ;.t4?e;foregrqund and challenging the aitcn -.tjorr of the country..-is usurjjutionof poioer, .' :; whfcK involves, of coirrse, a violation of . laW'ji'Apd hero it rriay be remarked :- that pEpiiapVevery great abtisc,.every flngrant ;. departure from tho.well-settlo&pri.neiples "of ;the government, -'which has"" boon brought home to its present.administra tion;.whothp.r discerning itself in special infractions of the statutes or in the profli - gate use of-the high powers conferred by / -the constitution on the President, or re? vealing itself more manifestly in the sys? tematic attempt to seize upon its sover? eignty and disparage and supcrcede the great,council,to -which that sovereignty has been entrusted.in reference totheouo ? gretit purpqso of reconstructing the shut " tered government!} of the rebel States in ?y! fleeordance with his own .wish, in the in . '?/'terest of the great criminals who carried ""'/tbem; into the rebellion, and in such a way < > as to deprive the people of the loyal States ofiall chanco of indemnity for the past or ' fte'eurity for the future by pardoning their ' offences, restoring their lands and bring ing'tl^m back, their heartB unrepontant I jW>d their-hands yet red with the blood of " ourpebple, .into a condition where they could once rhoro embarrass and defy, if ' not absolutely rule the government which they had vainly endeavored to destroy.; Jfc is around this point, and as auxiliary I ? .to that great central idea, that all tho spe-1 "?i?l-acts of maladministration we have J ^-teitnessed will bo fotind to gravitat? and' revolve; and it is to this point, therefore, \ as. the great master-key which unlocks "and interprets all of them, that the at? tention of the House will be first directed. .. It is a fact of history that the obstin iie and protracted struggle between the- exe? cutive and legislative departments, arising out of the claim of more than kingly power on the one hand, and as strongly maintained by the operation of the judt rights of sovereignty lodged with it by the people on the other, which has con? vulsed this nation for the last two years, and presented a spectacle that has no ex? ample here, and none in England since tho era of the Stuarts, "began with the advent of the present Chief Magistrate. Tho catastrophe that lighted him. to his place, while it smote the heart of tho nation with grief and horroiy was the last expiring armed effort of tho insurrection. The capitol of the rebel government had fall? en; its .chiefs were fugitives; its flag was in .the dust-; the strife of. arms had ceased. I :The hosts that had been gathered for the overthrow of this nation had either melt? ed away in defeat and disaster or passed under the conquering hand of the repub? lic. The extraordinaiy mission of the Executive was fulfilled. Although, as the ?Corhmandcr-in-Cliief, he might possibly treat with a'belligerent in arms, tho ces? sation of the war in the overthrow of the rebellion and the unconditional surrender of t he armies had determined that power. To hold the conquered territory within pur military grasp until the sovereign power of the nation vesting in the repre? sentatives, the same which hud'girt tho sword upon 'the thigh of the Executive and placed the resources of tho countiy, in men and money, at his. command, should be read}' to declare its will in re? lation to the rebels it had conquered was all that remained lor him to do. JBut the duties of this sovereign-were not yet at an end. An extent of territory of almost continental dimensions,desolated by war, but still swarming with millions of people, was at our feet awaiting the sentence which it had deserved. The_ local governments swept away, as they had been, in the opinion of the Presi? dent himself, by the whirlwind of the re? bellion, were in ruins, while communities were in anarch}', the courts outlawed, the eocial tic dissolved, a system of pretended Jaws existing in deadly conflict with the law of the eonqueror, a people subdued, but-sullen and full of hate; and hostile as ever to the power that had overthrown ?them; a loyal element asking tor protec? tion, a new and anomalous relation with? out a parallel in history, about which the wisest of statesmen might well hesitate and differ, super-induced fratricidal strifes that had ruptured the original lies and placed its objects in the condition of pub? lic, enemies ; a large army to be disbanded, and such indulgence extended, such pun? ishment inflicted and such security do-, m?ndet] lor the future as the interests of peace and. justice might require. Novel: in tiie history of this or any other State, have questions more numerous and vital, more delicate or difficult, requiring graver deliberation or involving the exercise of higher governmental power's presented themselves for the consideration of a peo? ple, and never was a Congress convoked in a more serious crisis of a State. The duties and responsibilities of the men who formed ami organized the Union of these States, and of those who assembled hero in 18(31, to consult upon and provide the means for suppressing this groat re? bellion, were as nothing in tho compari? son, and demanded certainly no higher sagacity and no broader wisdom than the task-of bringing back the dismembered States, and fusing these jarring and dis? cordant elements into one harmonious whole. For this great work tho supremo Ex? ecutive" of the nation, even though he had been endowed by nature with the very highest of organizing faculties, was obvi? ously unfitted by the very nature of his office. If Mr. Lincoln had survived, it is not to he doubted from his habitual defer? ence to the public will, that although a citizen of a loyal State and enjoying the public confidence in tho highest possible degree, he would have lelt it to be his duty to convoke tho representatives of tho peoplo to lay down his sword in their presence and to refer it to their enlight? ened and patriotic judgment to decide what was to be done with the territories and-people that had been brought under tho authority of the government by our arms. The bloody hand of treason unfortu? nately moved him away in the very hour of the nation's triumph. But if these were reasons which could have made this duty iah imperative one with him, how poworfully were they reinforced by the double effect of tho tragedy that not only deprived the nation of its trusted head, but cast the reins of government upon a successor. The new President was him? self in the doubtful and delicate position of a citizen of one of the revolting States which were to be summoned for judgment before the bar of the American peoplo. It was perhaps natural that he should sympathize with the communities from which he had mainly differed only on prudential reasons, or in other words, as to the wisdom of the revolt at that par? ticular juncture of affairs. If other arguments had not sufficed to convince him of the necessity of 'rei'orring all these great questions to the onl}' Irina- j nal on earth that had the power to decide j them, it ought to have been sufficient that j he owed alike his honor and his acciden- \ tal powers to the generous confideneo of the loyal States. IIo expected, of course, that they would insist?as they had a j right to do?upon such conditions as would secure to them, if hot indemnity for tho past, at least the amplest securi? ties for the future. Instead, therefore, of convoking the Congress of the United i States to deliberate upon tbc condition of the country, ho seems to have made up his mind to undertake that mighty task himself, to forestall the judgment and the wishes of the loyal people, and to neutral? ize the power to undo his work by bring? ing in the rebel States themselves to par? ticipate in the deliberations uponanj* and all questions which might be left for set? tlement. To effect this object he issues his impe? rial proclamations, beginning with that of the 29th of May, in virtue, as he says, of his double authority as President of the United States and commander-in-chief of the armies, declaring the governments of these States to have perished, creating, under the denomination of provisional governors, civil offices uuknown to the law, appointing to theso offices men who were notoriously disqualified, by reason of their participation in the rebellion, from holding any office under this gov? ernment, and yet allowed to hold the same and exercise the duties thereof at salaries fixed by himself and paid out of the contingent fund of one of the depart? ments in. clear violation of the acts of July 2d, 1.362. and 9th of February, 1S63. Declaring, moreover, at the same time, that the government of these States had j been destroyed, lie assumes it lo be his individual right, as being himself the State, rather the United States, to exe? cute the guaiant}' of the constitution by providing them with new ones, and ac" cordingly directed his pretended gover? nors to order conventions of such of the people as it was his pleasure to indicate, to make constitutions for them, on such terms and with such provisions as were agreeable to himself. Unprovided, how? ever, of course, in the absence of Con? gress, with the necessary resources to meet the expenses of these organizations,, he not only directs the payment of a por? tion of them out of the contingent fund of the War Department, but with a bold? ness unequalled even by Charles J., when he, too, undertook to reign without a par? liament, provides for a deficit by author? izing the seizure of property and the ap? propriation of moneys belonging to the government, and directing his governors to levy taxes for the same purpose from the subject people Stkoxo, Laxguagk.?The Londou Stan? dard closes a long article on the political situation of this country, with the follow? ing emphatic declarations: It conservatives can he as judicious in their policy as they arc just in their prin? ciples, as dignified and moderate in their language as they are statesmanlike and patriotic in their professed purposes, they may have a chance of success; for the ex? travagant views, the violent temper and the vindictive spirit of their adversaries light for them. Their responsibilities are great; the prize in the contest is as rich as ever was at stake in a political strug? gle, for the last.char.ee of true roconeilia li.ni and reunion lies in their triumph at the elections of next autumn. The victo? ry of the Republicans would not only con? demn the South to the condition of Poland, and the social and industrial condition of Jamaica, but would finally seal the doom of federal government and popular liber? ties in America, and drive the revolution on to its natural end, which, in such a case, must be that of all revolutions con? taminated by contempt for law, disregard of public faith, and vindictive severity to the conquered. A nation irretrievably di? vided-ill feeling by the recollection of intol? erable wrongs can he held together only by military force; and one section of a peo? ple cannot deprive another of its rights and liberties, except at the ultimate sacri? fice of their own. -?. Gex. Pope and that Indian!?It will he remembered that after General Pope finished up Lee and Stonewall Jackson, he was sent to finish up the Indians in Min? nesota. The terrible overthrow of the In? dians beneath his puissant arm will he about the overthrow of the people of this satrapy. Upon reaching the Indian scene of hostilities, General Pope is said to have enlisted a thousand men. lie obtained from the government of the United States a thousand horses. He obtained excellent and abundant arms. He loaded his ample train with commissary stores, which cost the government 8?,0U0,000. He went up? on his expedition; he returned; he made his report. He reported that he had lost all of his horses; that he had lost all his wagons; that had expended all his ammu? nition ; that he had eaten up all his provi? sions, and that he had killed one Indian.? There was a rider who was employed by the Overland Express Company, whose soul was also fired with martial ardor, and when he came into the settlements he re? ported that the general was mistaken?for he himself had killed that one Indian. The war between that express rider and the valient general waxed warm until some hunters in the neighborhood came to hear of it, and brought the contest to an un? timely end by declaring that they knew the Indian to be still alive. [Montgomery Mail. ? A modest individual in the Nutmeg State announces that his golden wedding will come off just thirty years from now, and offers a liberal discount on any pres? ents his friends then desire to make him. ? A fool can ask more questions than a wise man can answer, but a wise man can? not ask more questions than ho will find a fool ready to answer. _Of all earthly music, that which reaches the furtherest into heaven is the beating of a loving heart. ? Hope paves the golden Avay to bliss, and cheerfulness is the lamp that lights the beautious walk. ? "I'll take the responsibility," as Jen? kins said when he held out his arms for the baby. J Blue Ridge Railroad Company. The annual meeting of the Stockhold? ers of this Company has just been held in this city. The vital importance of this road to the City of Charleston and the people of the State, was never more man? ifest than now, and if the State, or the people, had the means, it would surely be speedily completed. But we must look for capital elsewhere, and hence the ne? cessity of urging the advantages and probable great business of the road. The line from Anderson to Knoxville, Tenn., a distance of 194 miles, was esti? mated to cost 87,500,000. Of this sum already 83,000,000 has been expended on construction, leaving about 84,500,000 to be provided. The following statement ?will show the per cent, of work done: South Carolina. Georgia. Tennessee. Grading, 80 cent. 45 %> cent. 30 el. Tunnels, 00 cout. 15 ^ cent. Bridge and Arch Musonry, 74 cent. 46 cent. 53 ct. Square Brains and Culverts, 84 Tfr cent. 75 "$ cent. 48 ct. Since this statement was made in 18G0, considerable progress has been made on the work in Tennessee, and very soon eighteen miles of that end of the road, viz: from Knoxville to Maryvillo, will bo in operation. Of the 83,000,000 expen? ded, the company has only borrowed about 8200,000, on the first mortgage bonds, and has on hand 82,225,000 of tho first mortgage bonds still to be made available for construction. These bonds will bo worth 75 or 80 cents, and can bo used in that way to con? tractors. Recently tho Stato of South Carolina and the City of Charleston, holding S2, 500,000 of tho stock of this company, have authorized the Board of Directors to propose for a preferred stock sufficient to complete tho road, which shall have pre? ference up to 7 per cent, of all dividends. This liberal ?fter, it seems to us, need but be brought to tho attention of capi? talists to secure its acceptance. The Board of Directors boliovo that with a now stock of 82,500,000 in .cash, and the uso of the 82,225,000 of first mort? gage bonds, that the entire work will be accomplished. Thus the new stockholders will have a road costing S7,500,000 for four-sevenths of the money, and'eonnecting, as it will, at Knoxville with direct lines from Cin? cinnati and Louisvilie, now nearly com? pleted, there can be no doubt of a heavy and remunerative income. Indeed, it will be the shortest lino from these cities to the Atlantic seaboard. Then it is propo? sed also to build a road from Clayton, Ga., via tho Duektown Coppor Mines to Cleveland, Tenn, thus connecting directly Chattanooga and Charleston by these roads. The immense incomo of the Georgia Stato Road from the commerce of the Great West is an indication of tho busi? ness which will be thrown over tho Blue Ridge Railroad. The amount perhaps cannot be accurately estimated, but it would not be unreasonable to predict that the incomo would soon reach one million dollars. For the great capitalists of the United States and Europe hero is an enterprise which would not only dovclopo the re? sources of the several Stales through which it passes, but must beyond question always pay large dividends. Thirty-four miles of the road, from An? derson to Walhalla, a thriving German villago, is in operation, and perhaps the best built road in the State?heavy rails, substantial road-bod, and splendid bridges, i This part of the line, now in operation, if sold, would pay tho whole debt of the Company. The present Board of Direction of this great enterprise represents the capital and intelligence of this city and State, and wo earnestly hopo that tho praiseworthy exertions they aro making in the further? ance of the objects of tho Company will 1)0 crowned with abundant success.? Charleston Courier. -* ? An old minister, while one day pur? suing his studies, was suddenly interrupted by his wife asking him the question?one which has puzzled the oldest divines: uDo you think we shall know each other in heaven ?" Without a moment's hesitation, he replied:?"To be sure we shall. Do you think wc shall he bigger fools there than we arc here ?*' ? An editor wrote a leading article on the fair sex, in the course of which he said: "Girls of seventeen or eighteen are fond of bcaus." When the paper was issued, he was rather shocked to discover that an unfortunate typographical error had made him say, "Girls of seventeen or eighteen arc fond of beans." ? A lady having accidently brokon a smelling bottle, her husband, who was very petulent, said to her, "I declare, my I dear, everything that belongs to you is more or less brokon." "True," replied the lady, "for oven you are a little crack? ed." ? A Bible class was asked to name the precious stones named in the Bible. After several scholars had given answers, one little fellow called out?"Well, Thomas, what precious stones have you found?''? "Brimstone," was thu reply. ? "I wonder where these clouds are go? ing?" sighed Flora, pensively, as she pointed with her delicate finger to the heavy masses that floated in the sky. "I think they are going to thunder," said her young brother. ?A servant girl, writing a lcttor asked her master if the noxt month had como in yet. lie laughed. -'Well," said she, "what I ?noan is, has tho last month gone out yet." ? An exchange paper says "the fall style of ladies1 bonnets is very teatablcish. It is round at the back like a tea-cup, and turns over at the front like a saucer." j General John S. Mosby in the New York Gold Room. The New York Herald, of Wednesday last, says: About noon yesterday a strange scene occurred in the Gold Room on Broad street. Sitting by the side of the Vice Prcsideut, Mr. Hoyt, was a person wearing a grey coat, who it was whispered round, was the ex-rebel chief, "Jack" Mosby.? The breasts of the loyal brokers burned with indignation, which burst forth iu the shape of a-note written by Mr. J. B. Col? gate and seut to Mr. Hoyt, askiug him if the rebel Mosby was sitting at his side, and if so, protesting agaiust his being there.? On receiving, the. note aud glancing over its contents, the Vice-President. read it aloud and then said, "Gentlemen, aSlow me to introduce to you Colonel Mosby." Mosby then arose and was received with mingled cheers andlusses. The brokers of the New York Gold Board were evidently never more divided than on this occasion. While some advanced to the Colonel to shake him by the baud, others protested against the proceeding by loyally shaking their heads and gesticulating their indignation. Amid the din and confusion, the following bro? ken sentences might have been heard: "No place for a traitor." "As much right there as anybody else." "Who have ren? dered themselves infamous by their rebel? lious acts ?" "Colonel Mosby was a brave soldier." "Good judge of horses." "A better man never lived." "A worse was never hung," &c. These delectable aud entertainiug expressions of the difference of opinion in whib Mr. Mosby was held by the brokers present were suddenly silenced by that worthy leaving the room and the Vice-President calling a special meeting of the Board, when he desired to know whether or not he was to be sustaiued in introducing his frieu'ds iuto the room.? Tableaux ! The Vice-President was sup? ported by the majority, who endorsed his action in introducing from his elevated po sion, one of his friends(Colonel Mosby the ex-guerilla chief,) to the loyal brokers of the New York Gold Board. The New York correspondent of the Charleston Mercury gives the following i version of this affair: Some of the papers having published i what seemed to me a one-sided version of the scene in the gold room yesterday af? ternoon, when the presence of Colonel i Mosby was discovered, I called on the fa? mous raider last night and obtained a full statcmeut of what occurred. Being in New York for the first time he thought he would go down among the bulls and hears, aud on reaching Wall street he met a friend who brought him to the gold room. The President of the Board, Mr. Hoyt, in? vited Mosby to a seat, near his own, and while the ex-Colonel was looking at the brokers, one of them, a Mr. Colgate, wrote on a slip of paper, "John S. Mosby is a traitor, and has no business in this room." He sent this up to Mr. Hoyt, who called the board to order, and read it aloud, and two-thirds of the brokers were on their feet in an "instant, shouting, hissing, cheer? ing and gesticulating like madmen. Mosby was taken by surprise, but when the up? roar had gone on about ten minutes, he got up and faced the crowd and said, "Gentlemen, no such clamour as this can i frighten me." The president did all he could to command order, but without much success. Finally, the cheer over? came the hisses and a majority of the bro? kers went up one after another, and shook Mosby by the hand. The clamour subsi? ded soon after, and Mosby walked quietly out of the room with his friend. Mr. Hoyt is the same gentlemen who invited General Bcauregard to the gold room last Summer. -? Hoxoa Your Business.?It is a good sign when a man is proud of his calling. | Yet nothing is more common than to hear men finding fault constantly with their particular business, and deeming them? selves unfortunate because fastened to it by tho necessity of gaining a livelihood. In this spirit men fret, and laboriously destroy all their comfort in tho work; or they change thoir business, and go on miserably, shifting from one thing to another, till the grave or'tho poor house gives them a fast grip. But while occa? sionally a man fails in life because he is not in tho place fitted for his pecular talont, it happens ten times oftener that failure results from neglect and even con? tempt of an honest business. A man should put his heart into every thing that ho docs. Thcro is not a profession that has not its peculiar cares and vexations. No man will escape annoyance by chang? ing business. No moc'.anical business is altogether agroeablo. Commerce, in its endless varieties, is affected liko all other j human pursuits, with trials, unwelcome : duties, and spirit-tiring necessities. It is the very wantonness of folly for a man to search out tho frets and burdens of hin calling, and give his mind every day to a consideration of them. They belong to human life. Thoy are inevitable. Brood? ing, then, only gives them strength. On the othor hand, a man has power givon to him to shed beauty and pleasure upon tho homeliest toil, if ho is wise, .Let a man adopt his business, and idontify it with his lifo, and cover it with pleasant association; for God has given us imag? ination not alone to make somo poots, but ounblo all men to beautify homoly. things. Heart-varnish will cover up in? numerable evils and defects. Look at the good things. Accept your lot as a man does a pieco of nigged ground, and begin to get out tho rocks and roots to deepen and mellow the soil, to enrich and plant it. There is something in the most forbidding avocation around which a man may twino pleasant fancies?out of which he "may dovelop an honest prido.? U. S. Economist. ; Sold.?Quite an amusing affair occurred a few days ago, in the village of Pier mont, which is too good to remain untold to the rest of the inhabitants of our coun? try. The particulars, as we learn them, are as follows: "A certain gentleman, residing on the Sparkill Road, not a thou? sand miles from Piermont, discovered upon his premises a tine looking flat stone, standing nearly, perpendicular/ and-half buried in the ground. Thinking it might answer some good purpose, he proceeded to dig around it, and when he had loosen? ed it sufficiently, pulled the stone from its bod. Upon looking down the hole left by the stone, he discovered what he supposed something made of wood. Diggingdown to it, what was his amazement to find a well-made bos! Visions of gold and sil? ver flitted before his eyes! Somebody, ho thought, must have buried his treasure there, and it had been -decreed thathe should find it! (Jailing one of his work men, he told him of his good luck, and the}' together proceeded to open the box. The lid was forced open, when lo! instead of the bright, shining gold pieces,' they found d Unit: body wrapped vp in swaddling clothes! Upon examining rather hastily the remains, it was pronounced to be the body of a negro infant. The box was again closed, and iuiormaticn forthwith sent to the coroner, for the purpose of holding an inquest. That officer, upon learning tho facts, ordered the remains to be deposited in the Old Church until the noxt morning, that he might, in the mean? time, summon a jury. This was on Sat? urday. During the evening, ar.d early on Sunday morning, a jury was procured, who proceeded to "set on the body." Af? ter the facts had been stated to them', ' an examination of the remains took place, in order to enable the jury to ronder.a just verdict in the case?whether the child had boon murdered, or, in the opinion of the jury, had died a natural death. Tho body was partly divested of its ;winding sheet,', all eyes gazed upon the little form, and then Coroner and Jury discovered that they were 'sold.' The body was that of a dog! That jury was dismissed without rendering a verdict, and each went home without the usual foe." TnvK Liuerausm.?The "Religions ITerald," in an instructive leader onLiber alism and Dogmatism says: On this subject the dictates of sound reason are in harmony with the teaching of revelation. There can bo no concord. Oetween.truth and error. Men who agree on fundamental questions may tolerate in each other differences on subordinate and immaterial point-'; but if some would pull down what others would build, how can they co-operate ? What agreement has Christ with Belial, or he that beieives with an infidel, or he that accepts the atone? ment of Christ with him that rejects it? Let us be liberal, but not more liberal than were Christ and his apostles. We should love the gospel?the gospel as it recorded in the Scripture?but we should eschew the Liberalism that confounds truth and error. We should love the church, as Chi ist and the apostles found? ed it, but we should avoid that so called . "Broad Church," erected by the father of lies for the encouragement of his children. Tkce Strength.?The secret of all dil? igence, energy, pleasure, success in duty, is a heart enlarged by the love of God. "For the love of Christ constraineth us." Oh! that golden chain of perfect freedom ?that binding yoke of most sweet and willing bondage! See St. Paul, the bonds? man of Christ, going out to his daily ser? vice of labor and perils, chanting his morn? ing ?ong, ami saying, "Most gladly will I glory in my ?i?riuitits, that the power of Christ may reet upon me." "Strong in the Lord and in the power of his might," was St. Paul?but his strength wefs the strength of faith.?Bishop Alclh-aine. ~-.?*-? ? A correspondent; writes to ask it the brow of a hill ever becomes wrinkled? ? The only information we can give him on that point is, that we have often seen it furrowed. ? The trials aud troubles of each day as life passes do not consist of what we are really called to endure, so much as in anticipations of the morrow. ? Joke by a gentleman recently from Nineveh: The greatest country in the world for ninnies is Africa. There you take your pick o' ninnies. ?'-She only wore a single rose," accor? ding to tho song. Bather a light cos? tume. ? Why is a loafer in a newspaper of? fice like a shade tree? Because we are glad when he leaves. ? An honest man is none the worst be? cause a dog barks at him. The Foundation of Livixg Water. _jt. js related of a benevolent man that he lived in a village poorly supplied with water. Dry seasons exhausted the wells, and reduced the citizens to great straits. About a mile distant was a never-failing spring. The water from this he conduct? ed by pipes to the heart ot the village, and so furnished a supply at all seasons to the inhabitants. This act ot generosity touched the peopie, and when he died they erected a monument to his memory by the fountain that he had opened for their benefit. Such a fountain has Jesus opened to as Buage the thirst and save the lives of per? ishing men. It rises as the river ot the water of life out of the throne of God and of the Lamb; and the Spirit and bride call to the thirsting multitudes lining its banks to approach and partake freely of its healing virtue. Shall we not erect in our hearts a monu? ment to the Author of this living foun? tain; a memorial of our gratitude and de? votion?a testimonial of his goodness and condescension?