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An Independent Family Journal--Devoted to Politics, Literature and General Intelligence. HOTT & CO., Proprietors. ANDERSON, S. 0. THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1869. VOLUME 5.-NO. | f]f teccUatuflttis jMicIes. What Will They Cost A correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce, who lived six years in California, and was able to familiarize himself with the character and enterprise of the Chinese, speaks in high terras ot their industry und adaptability as labor? ers. The immigration of Chinese to California whs large in 1849, and has been ' steadily increasing erer since. Since the commencement of railroads and other enterprises in the Pacific States, immigration has been wisely encouraged, | and Chines.? merchants have been found ever ready to supply any number of their VSuntrymen to perform the labor required onx those works. As early as 1866, a Chinese merchant named Ayuk, then do? ing business in San Francisco, went to Louisiana and other Southern States with j a view to make contractu with the South-j ern planters to furnish them laborers j from his native country. On bis return to New York ho expressed his opinion that his countrymen would be more con? tented and better satisfied to live in the Southern States than in any others he had visited. Tho correspondent of the journal of Commerce also says that he is induced to believe that Mr. F. K. Fore? man, now beginning a lecturing tour in tho South, is employed by the Chineso r merchants of California, with the view ? of promoting an extensive introduction of intelligent, temperate, industrious, peaceable Chinese laborers, (not coolie serfs,) who being natives of a climate al- j most exactly the same as that of Louis- j iana and Mississippi, will be perfectly j competent to perform the same task in the sugar cane and cotton fields as was heretofore performed by tho slaves. No considerable quantity of cane sugar nor of cotton has been produced by tho labor of white men. In the South our dependence is on negro labor, and the rvegroes? never sufficient for all our ag? ricultural purpose*?become less numer? ous every day. We have nut now more than one half of the working force that we*had in 1860, and coolie labor is all that we have to look to as the means ot intjreasing the yield of cotton and rice in tjie bottom lands and on the coast, where white men rail nut work. Half a million Chineso introduced into- the rich sugar, cotton and rice fields of the South would soon bring them back to the productive condition of times past, when thev yield? ed 5,387,052 bales of cotton, 45U.000 hogsheads of cane sugar, 700,000 barrels of molasses, 200,000 casks of rice, and 180,000 hogsheads of tobacco in a single year. The main question is, however, what will the coolies rost? At this moment we are not able to give any trustworthy information as to rates of wages; but something is known of the cost of trans portation. The New York Journal of Commerce says that an enterprising New York mer? chant in the China trade offers to bring Chinese laborers in his ships and deliver them at lliat port for S75 apiece. We understand that his terms will be accept? ed it he will change the point ot'delivory to the mouth of the Atchuf'alaja River, one hundred miles below New Orleans, and within twenty miles of a railroad connection with that city. Putting in at the Atchafalaya would lengthen ihe home voyage a number of thys, and Would, on that account, bo a disadvan? tage to the shipper. As the Louisiana planters are very desirous to import Chinese there is every prospect that a satisfactory arrangement will be made, if not in regular New York packets, then in vessels chartered for the purpose. A St. Louis paper recently stated that Chi? namen could bo brought from California to St. Louis for 550. The cost of taking them to Now Orleans would be about 810. It would pa}' handsomely to obtain them by that route; but they could not be contracted for on such favorable terms round by sea. In response to the de mand for this labor, it is probable that competition will brim; down tho rates for Cl ? iname between Shangahae and San Trancisco, and that they can bo delivered cheap enough across the Pacific Railroad to make it pay to import them by that route. But the voyage round the Horn meets every present wish as to price. It is evident, then, that tho troublo Bome labor problem is in a fair way of be? ing solved. The future prosperity of the richest portions of the South depends on the number of Chinese immigrants that can be obtained and put into the rich fields now overgrown with weeds and briers. The whole seacoast and low country of South Carolina can be made as fair and productive a region as there is in Christendom if wo have a legion of Chinese laborers to supplement our negro population. There is room for Cuffee as well as John Chinaman; and there is room, and fortune besides, for all tho Eu? ropean immigrants whom wo can induce to settle in the midst of us. Negroes we have; Europeans wo have, though unfortunately in ?mall numbers; Chinese we have not. Who will be the first to set the ball rolling by making arrange? ments for introducing coolie6 into our Slate??Charleston flews. -? Sweet on Grant.?Charles A. Dana, of the New York Sun, is (retting sweet on Grant. Ho says: "Grant is to bo pit? ied. Poor fellow, bo's like tho yellow dog in tho menagerie??hes too small for a lion?he don't look like a tiger, and no? body wants to see a dog. His Cabinet don't suit the people, his nppointments don't please the Senate, and politicians impose on him." ? Tho North Carolina University has Jen trustees and seven ?tudents, Breach of Promise?What Charles lever Thinks About It. Now I am fullj' persuaded that the horsewhip and the hair-trigger were far more effectual in suppressing these offen? ces than trial at bar.- The redress which can only be approached by a humiliation and a terror is no redress at all; and if we sounded the depth of public feeling, we should find there is a more contemptuous sentiment for her who has gained the damages than for him who has paid them. As 1 have said before, the real hero is the defendant; he has had his "lark," and he has paid for it. Two thousand or three, perhaps, seem a good deal to give lor a flirtation and a confidential correspon? dence ; but he has shown the public ivhat a dangerous dog he is, what a terror he might be in a neighborhood?not to say that he has cast a shadow over a whole lifo, and left an undying memory of treach? ery where he had promised fidelity and loyalty. Why will not public opinion, so unfor? giving to the duelist, extend some of its severity to the cases that dueling knew bow to deal with ? or, if it will not per? mit the pistol, why Dot measure out to the betrayer some of that indignation it now bestows on him who fights ? Declare these men infamous. It is no case for a money reparation. We have in part dis? carded that base amende in some other cases; let us have done with it here. De? grade the man who breaks his pledge when solemnly given to make a girl his wife, from whatever station of honor or profit he possesses, and pronounce him< disqualified to serve the Crown. If wo? men depend on men for their protection, here is the case of all others that calls for that protection. To accept these men in socie'y, to receive them in our clubs, to make them associates and companions, is a shame and a disgrace on us. To shun the sharper and the blackleg, and to k now one of these, is an outrage on sense as well as on decency. In the laxity with which we treat thi3 guilt we contribute to its frequency. ?Make breach-of-promiseot-marriage as disgraceful as cheating at play, and you will suppress it more effectually than if you quadrupled tho damages; or, if you will not do this?if j-ou will maintain the pleasant theory that courtship is a game where the players stund on equal tei ms, and that it is a national gain to us if the ladies of our families learn to temper the flow of their affection with some knowl? edge of the law of contracts?that girls are better fitted to become wives and matrons, from having their minds plenti? ful 13' armed with distrust, and prepared to regard every man as a possible black? guard?if, we sa}\ you desire to maintain all this, the result will be a very ae?le class of young ladies, which will lead to fewer cases of brcach-of promise, but in return give you a larger crop of suits for divorce and separation. It is not merely because I am an Irishman that 1 like a little Lynch law, but I really believe '?lynching" enlists a larger share of pub? lic sympathy in its exercise than all other forms ol justice; and it has two other merits?it is both speody and inexpen? sive. A friend of mino. for whose opinion and judgment I havo great deference, tells me that in my zeal to punish these traitors of false faith I am likely to put down that pleasant pastime called flirta? tion. But 1 demur to this dictum ; I'm sure 1 never heard it alleged that the "Universal Peace Association" decried fireworks, and actually abjured rockets. As for flirtation, I maintain it to be not only an innocent, but an improving pastime. Just as certain games with wooden segments of countries instil no? tions of geograpy, flirtation is "reading made easy" of love-making; and as there ire vast numbers of people who require that all this instruction should be given in some, easy and agreeable mode, this prac? tice is by no means to be condemned. If it were not that I intend to preach on this text some day at more length, I would go more freely into the matter, now, and say what esteem and value I feel for flirtation. I cannot imagine, be? sides that I have, in what I have said here, discouraged tho pructice, any more than any man who denounces cheating at cards should be supposed to be averse to whist playing. What 1 uphold is, that the game should bo played loyally. There is a great deal of sparring with the gloves on, and very pretty sparring too; but it is well to remember that when people mean to be in earnest thoy show it openly and palpably. Now in "flirtation proper" the gloves uro always on, and, even if some smart taps are delivered, they seldom leave a mark. And all I have said here is directed to those who, after throwing tho gloves aside, inflict heavy wounds, but aro always ready to Bay : "I'm s ire I never mean, it; I fancied it was only play. As for my part, I never intended to be serious." ? Deacon B?, of Ohio, a very pious man, was noted for his long prayers especially in his family. One Monday morning tho Deacon and his wife were alone, and', as was his custom, after break? fast a prayer was offered, i here being an unusal amount of work that day, the Deacon's prayer was short, and seizing his hat and milk pail, he started for the barn. His wife, being deaf, did not notice his absence, but supposed him to be still engaged in prayer. Oh hia return from milking he was surprised to find her still kneeling. Ho stopped up to her and shouted 'Amen,' when she immediately arose and wont about her work as if nothing had happened. ? In Wisconsin, lately, two children were bitten by mad dogs, to ease them of their sufferings, one was smothered in a foathor bed and the other bled to death. Arrest of State Constable Hubbard in Au .gusta. At a late hour on Saturday night, saj-s the Augusta Constitutionalist, the State Constable Hubbard, of South Carolina, who has plcyed such a prominent part in the arrest and imprisonment of citizens of South Carolina upon the most unwar? rantable pretexts in many cases, was him? self shorn of that liberty of which he has taken such special pleasure in depriving others. He was arrested upon a warrant issued by Justice Ells, on (he 12th inst, at the instance ef Wm. E. Flint, of Ham? burg, charging Hubbard with tho offence of false imprisonment. The prosecution is based upon tho al? leged illegality of Hubbard's action, in March last, in confining the defendant in a room at the Globe Hotel in this city, af? ter effecting his arrest at Hamburg, with? out the necessary legal warrant and au? thority to hold him as a prisoner in Geor? gia. The plaintiff was arrested by Hub? bard, in march last, at Hamburg, togeth? er with the Messrs. Key, Cunningham, and Pleasant Sharpton, in connection with the shooting of District Constable Kennedy. These gentlemen, it will be re? membered, were taken to Columbia and imprisoned, and thence to Edgefield Court House, where they were required to give additional bail for their appearance at trial, notwithstanding they, or at least tho principals in the shooting affair, had previously executed bond for their appear? ance at Edgefield Court. Yesterday morning, Pleasant Sharp ton, also brought to this city, and held in du? rance at the Globe Hotel by Hubbard, to? gether with Flint, also sued out a war? rant before Justice Ells, embodying the same charge as that contained in the first warrant. As a ''fellow feeling makes us wonder ous kind," the '-Senator" of Edgefield, Ar niin, and other sympathizers, have been applying themselves with peculiar zeal in behalt of the release of Hubbard. The wires have trembled with communications to Governor Scott, concerning the compli? cations which threatened his Chief Con? stable, and it is said that his Excellency gave his protecting assurance, authorizing an endorsement of Hubbard's bond for ?2,0(JU, if necessary, and ho wculd be re? sponsible. Hubbard was betoro Justico Ells, yes? terday morning, represented by J. P. Carr, Esq. Tho prosecution was repre? sented by J. C. C. Black, Esq. The defen? dant was held to bail in tho sum of one thousand dollars in each case, for his ap? pearance here on Monday next, for a pre? liminary examination. The bonds were properly executed, and Hubbard released iroin arrest yesterday alternoon. The Chronicle and Sentinel ot the same day, in noticing the arrest, says : It may not be known that Hubbard was once ati actor in the most cruel and wicked tragedy which has ever disgraced the annals of a civilized country?the ju? dicial murder of Mrs. Surra It for a crime of which she has been proved to have been totally innocent, yet we are informed that Hubbard has boasted to one of his prisoners the part he played in that event. He is reported to have said that he was employed by the United St.ates Govern-^ ment as a detective at the timo of the trial, and visiting in disguise the cell of the unfortunate woman, he was enabled to worm enough out of her to appear be? fore the tribunal as a witness. He is al? so said to have declared that after the ex? ecution took place ho cut the rope from which the body was suspended, and still has the knife with which he did it in his possession. If this tale be true, he must be a most abandoned monster, aud one is ready to believe any charge which may bo made against the man, who could act this base part in tho murder of au inno? cent woman. Sleep.?Though we are well acquaint? ed with the phenomenon of sleep, it is a aingularlj' strange ono. Supposo we had never seen a sleeping creature wo should scarcely have believed that such a thing as sleep was possible. We should have deemed it absurd to think of life being re duced to a condition of apparent lifeless ness; of consciousness itself being render? ed unconscious, and yet havo the power to return to perception after the short 6paco of six or seven hours, not knowing, ex? cept by the clock, that it had actually been both unperceiving and unconscious for such a length ot time. That man, full as he is of spirit, life and energy, should lio down motionless like a stone, and become for a time blind, deaf, and dumb?that he should bo shut out whol? ly from the impressions of tho outer world lor half a dozen hours, as if away on an errand to somo other quarter of tho universe, and yet be capable of being call? ed back in a second of timo by a touch of the arm or a shout into the ear?is a mys? tery, yet is none tho less a lact. It has perplexed the minds of the greatest think? ers ; and Pyrrho, the ancient skeptic, af? ter having exhausted his brain in trying to understand it, at length declared ho did not know which was the real human life?the sleeping or the waking. "Do we," he asked "dream during the night what we have experienced during the day? Or do we during the day dream about what wo have experienced during tho night?"?Sunday Magazine. ? An Irishman, who saw a train ap? proaching, said : "Faith and bo jabbers, that same is the stame boat on dhry land, huntin' for wator." ? There uro one hundred and twenty five persons in the Mississippi penitentia rv serving out sentences imposed by courts marshal. ? A Catholic priest has married in Circleville, Ohio. He was promptly ex? communicated "Whom Do Great Men Marry. Women of course. But they show the same diversity of taste that is shown in the lower ranks, and, on the whole, m: ke worse mistakes. They, however, gener? ally show the same sense in choosing wives that they show in managing other peoples affairs, whether it be good or it be bad. Eobcrt Burns married a farm girl with whom he fell in love while they worked together in the plow field. He, loo, was irregular in his life, and committed the most serious mistakes in conducting his domestic ;,ffairs. i Milton married tho daughter of a coun? try squire, but lived together but a short time. He was an austere, exacting lite? rary recluse, while sho was a rosy, romp? ing country lass that could not endure tho restraint imposed upon her, so they seporated. Subsequently, however, she returned, and they lived tolerably happy. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were cousins, and about tho only example in a long line of English monarchs wherein the marital vows were sacredly observed and sincere affection existed. Shakspeare loved and wedded a fa rmer's daughter. She was faithful to her vows, but we could hardly say the same for the great bard himself. Like most of the great poets, he showed too little discrimi? nation in bestowing his affection on the other sex. Byron married Miss Milbank to gel money to pay his debts. It turned out a bad shift. Benjamin Franklin married the girl who stood in her father's door and augh ed at him as he wandered through the streets of Philadelphia with rolls of dir? ty cloths under his arms and his pockets filled with bread, the had occasion to bo happy when she found herself the wife of such u great and good man. Washington married a widow with two children. It is enough to say of her that sho was worthy of him, and that they lived as married folks should, in per? fect harmony. John Adams married the daughter of a Presbyterian clergyman. Her father objected on account of John being a law? yer; he had a bad opinion of the inorais of the profession. Thomas Jefferson married Mrs. Martha Shelton, a childless widow, but she brought him a large fortune in rcul es? tate. After the ceremony sho mounted the horse behind him, and they rode homo together. It was late in the even? ing, and they found tho tire out. But the great statesman bustled around, re? built it, while she seized the broom and soon put things in order. It is needless to say that they were happy, though Jefferson died a pool* man, on account of his extreme liberality and hospitality. John Howard, the great philanthropist, married his nurse. She was altogether beneath him in social life and intellectual capacity, and, besides this, was fifty-two years old while ho was but twenty-five. He would not take "No," for an answer, und the}r were married, and they lived happily together until her death, which occurred two years alter ward. Peter.the Great, of .Russia, married a peasant girl. She made an excellent wife and a sagacious empress. Humboldt married a poor girl because he loved her. Of course they felt good and happy. It is not generally known that Andrew Jackson married a lady whose husband was still living. She was an uneducated but amiable woman, and was most devo? tedly attached to the old warrior and statesman, John C. Calhoun married his cousin and their children fortunately were neith? er diseased noi idiotic, but they do not evince the talent of tho great "Stale Rights'' advocate. Edward Lytton Buhver, tho English statesman and novelist, married a girl much his inferior in position, and got a shrew for a wife. She is now insane. Rumored Coalition.?The Washing? ton correspondent of tho Chicago Tribune has filled the radical camp with conster? nation by announcing, on the authority of Senator Ross, of Kansas, that a coali? tion has been entered into between ex President Johnsou and Parson Brown low, by which Johnson is to aid Brown low in electing Sentcr Governor of Ten? nessee, and Brownlow, Senter. and their friends are in turn to secure Johnson's election to the Senate of the United States. Wo have no idea that there is a word of truth in the story. Johnson undoubted? ly prefers the election of Senter to that of Stokes, bat ho is incapable of making a corrupt political bargain with any one, and incapable of making any bargain whatever with Brownlow, whom he hear? tily despises. The Radicals exhibit great alarm at the idea of ex-President Johnson's going to the Senate. A seat in that body is the exact situation that ho should occupy, and we fully believe that ho will be elect? ed at the first opportunity, though not in pursuance of any political bargain. As a member of the Senate, he would be a terror to the Radical party. Among the Radical Senators he would not encounter his peer, and his political friends would rejoice to see him squaring accounts that have long boen in arrears.?Louisville Courier-Journal. ? At a country town in Iv'ew Jersy, a little boy, who was jumping about and bawling loudly, was asked why ho wept. Tho following reply touched all hearts: "1 want my mammy; that's what's tho matter. I told the darn thing she'd lose me." ? The Southern Methodist Church has 503,506 white and 02,085 colored mem berp. A Conversation with Herr Lengel, the Lion Tamer. HIS WOUND AND WOUNDS AND HIS EXPEKI EIENCE WITH LIONESSES. We very much doubt if there is a man, woman or child in the United Stales, where a circus lias been, that has not heard of Herr Lengel, the lion tamer?all of whom will read with interest the state? ments below, gleaned from a conversation held with him yesterday afternoon at the Pavilion Hotel, where he lays nursing a leg badly bitten by a lioness in April last. HIS CIRCUS EXPERIENCE. We found Mr. Lengel lying down read? ing, not suffering much, but very restless. He is apparently about thirty-two or thirty-three years of age, but is really ten years older. He told us that he is a na? tive of Philadelphia, and has been engag? ed in the lion taming basinessfor eighteen years, during which time he has served in the circussesof J. M. June,S. B. Howe, Phineas T. Barnum, Haight & Chambers, Van Amburgh, Raymond & Co., Castello and Ames, the latter of which he is with at present. Juno is dead. Howe and Barnum have quit the business, Haight & Chambers failed in Texas, two years ago. Haight and Castello are now ''showing" in Cali? fornia. HIS EXPERIENCE WITH LIONS. In answer to a question as to his man? ner of taming lions, he replied at length, saj'iug that "it was a gift of nature" with him. I have no fear of them. People tell me every time I get a wound that it ought to be a warning to me, and should make me fear to go in the cage again. But it does not. When I am away from the lions I get homesick, and when I can go where they are and my wounds pre? vent me from going into the cage, I get more homesick still. 1 never met any lions I could not tame. Three years ago, I tamed five in New York, which, while in Europe had killed one man and badly mangled another, who attempted to tamo them. In three weeks after they were put in my charge, they were as tame as I wished though before they were consid? ered untamable. I very seldom use force in taming them, but sometimes it becomes necessary?kindness is my usual plan ; I am always careful to keep ray eye upon them. Every ono who has eeen ' The lion tamer" leaving the cage after bis feat of laying down among tho lions, putting his feet on their heads, feeding them, and fir? ing off pistols, has doubtless noticed how careful he was?slopping out backwards very deliberately, and watching closely tho beasts which always advanced upon him. In speaking of this, he said : "If I did not keep my eye upon them they would jump at me. They have sense enough to know that I am retreating from them, and they gain courage; there is more danger to me at this timo than at any other. It the lions were at liberty. 1 would fear to go near them. Some peo? ple think that a lion born in America is more docile, partaking less of the savage nature of the brute, than one born in Africa or Asia. Not so. I would rather have to tame a litter born in either of the last two mentioned places than a litter bron in this country?the latter are more dangerous and hss easily tamed. HIS WOUNDS. Mr. Lengel has been bitten a number of times by lions, lionesses wo should have said, as the males have never done so; the lionesses, said he, "are more treacherous and deceitful than the lions." Ho has been slightly scratched an almost innumerable number of times. He has never had to lay up but twice from his wounds. The description of the wounds and the places where he received them are mentioned below. The first wound was a bite in the left leg, in Western Pennsylvania, while with Barnum's Circus. The second was received while with S. B Howe & Co. in Augusta, Ga., being severly bitten in the lefthand. This wound caus? ed him to lose the use ot his middle fin? ger. The third was inflicted at Little Rock, Ark., by a lioness in Howe & Castello's Circus. This time two fingers of the right hand were mangled. He has full use of them now. The fourth was rccoived while in Madi? son Indiana, last summer. The lioness seized him by the right leg, driving her teeth into the calf of his leg until they nearly met. The fifth was received last April in New Orleans. The animal seized him by the left leg, ii.serting one tooth of the lower jaw an inch and a half into tho calf, and a tooth of the upper jaw the same depth into tho upper side of the knee joint. Mr. Lengel was confined to his bed a while, but when the circus moved he came along, and gave two exhibitions, one in Augusta and one in Savannah, the latter of which he says is a paradiso for a circus. On coming here he made arrangements to perform last Wednesdaj', but his leg pain? ing him, he consulted Dr. F.M. Robertson, who ordered him to bed at once, telling him that the bono of the leg was injurod. This order was obeyed, and Mr. L. still remains in bed. He is able, however, to travel about the room occasionally. It is somewhat of a coincidence that Dr. Robertson has attendod his patient on two other occasions at the Pavilion Ho? tel for wounds received from lionesses? all of the wounds being upon the left side of the bod}'. Herr Lengel does not think he was bit ton but once intentionally. He says the lionesses when together never meet, but thoy snarl and snap at each other?two of them never live peacefully in the same cage?and states that it is bis opinion that with the exception mentioned, when r- ? ? he aggravated one beyond endurance, heT was in the way, and was bitten for one of the lionesses. He has the teeth and claws of the lioness which he thinks bit him purposely. The teeth are an inch and a half long, with a root about two and a half inches in length. If the teeth were driven in flesh up to the gums a> large sized peach stone could be planted in the hole. The claws, which the ani? mal like the cat, keeps unexposed till wanted, are formidable looking objects. We do not now doubt, as we onco did the assertions of travellers, that one blow from a lion's paw would kill a man or tear oat great masses of flesh. Herr Lengel says he fears their claws more than their teeth ?that thev generally strike before they bite. Herr Lengel will have to remain here about ten days longer, after which it is probable he will be able to rejoin his company.?Charleston News. Payne, the Attempted Assasik op Ma. Sew ard.?The Washington correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, writes to that pa per as follows: Some time ago a friend introduced me to Frederick Stone, of Port Tobacco, (Indian, Potopaca.) on the Lower Poto? mac, who was counsel to Dr. Mudd, lhe> surgeon of John Wilkes Booth. Stone is now a member of Congress from the Fifth District of Maryland, and is a modest,, semi-literary lawyer. He went in his professional capacity to see Payne, or Powell, the attempted assassin of William H. Seward, and returned to my introdu? cer with this statement: '?That fellow is the most extraordinary and irredeemable ruffian in Christendom. He is built like a gigantic savage, has no idea of fear, possesses no sensibilities, and wants to die with promptitude. "He said to me: '?! don't want a trial I deserve to be hanged, and I expected it. 1 don't want to be led out into court ev? ery day, with chains on my legs, and a daily hurrah. I meant to kill that old Seward, and how I failed I can't imagine. I believe I was right in trying to kill him, and all I regret is that I didn't kill bim. First I went at him with my knife and then with my pistol butt. If I had pos? sessed anything elte, I should have fin? ished him. Stone asked him the extent and naturo of the conspiracy. "It was a plan to carry off Lincoln and" five him up to the Confederates," said ayne; "but when that failed, Booth, who was the only one in earnest, proposed to kill Lincoln and all the Cabinet. All the rest backed out and scattered like a lot of beggars. We never heard of Surratt or1 Arnold, or any of them again. I told' Booth that I would go in with bim, and1 he preferred to kill Lincoln, while I was j set upon Soward. If Atzerodt or Harold were in the matter, they ivere mero hangers-on. I deserve to be killed, andt so does Booth. The rest wore womom and babies." The Trials of Editors and Publish? ers.?At a meeting of the Iowa "State Press Association," an address was de* livered?and a very sensible one. too?by one of its members, from which vre make the following extract: "In speaking of the revenue of the press, I cannot refrain from expressing my views on tho subject of freo advertise? ments. There is always to be found in every considerable community a set of men who imagine by some dispensation,, they ought not, like other mortals, to*pay tor what they receive. Editors have ex? traordinary facilities for making their ac? quaintance, and are very kindly per? mitted to contribute gifts to their support. In what other branch of business would this be tolerated ? Allow that one has put the press under some obligation, does he not generally expect to get back more.' than the worth of his services-?. "It ? man does an.editor a favor of ?. remarkable value, let him have his remu? neration, cash. , "On the other hand require him to pay for what the pj.per has done for him. It is as reasonable to expect a carpenter to* shingle your house a*id the tailor to make your clothes without charge, as to pie pare and publish matter for another'* benefit withouteompei.sation. Longobit uaries, marriages ornamented by extracts from all the poets, and lengthy puffs of* some one's corner lots or improvements, come ander this class of advertisements. This custom of gratuitous notices andl advertisements from any quarter ought to cease, lor the reason that it. would be a benefit to tho editors' pockets* and would in tsome degree abate an al? most intolerable nuisance. The editor's path has more thorns than roses, and there Is no law, human or divine that shoo Id oblige him to shoulder the burdens, of those who are too lazy or stingy to take care of themselves. People will come to terms where they find their in? terests are involved in a reasonable com? pliance." ? A good anecdote is told of a house painter's son, who used the brush very dexterously, but had acquired tho habit of putting it on too thick. One day his father after having frequently scolded him for his lavish daubing, and all to no purpose, gave him a severo flagellation. "There, yon young rascal," after perform? ing the painful duty, "how do you like that?" '-Well, I don't know, dad," whined the boy, "but it seems to me that von pot it on a great deal thicker than 1^ did." V J ? On some railroads it is oustoraary to have a look on tho stove to prevent the passengers from meddling with the fire. A conductor being asked why thoy look? ed the stove, replied that "it waj to pre? vent the fire from going oat."