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An Independent Family Journal?-Devoted to Politics, Literature and General Intelligence. HOTT & CO,, Proprietors. ANDERSON, S. GL THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1870. VOLUME 5.-NO. 31. Congressional Proceedings. Washington, January 19. Tbe Chronicle has a special dated Jack? son Miss., January 18, which says Gover? nor Alcorn is elected United States Sena? tor for the term commencing one year from next March. General Ames is elec? ted for tho unoxjfired term of five years. In the House, a General of the army asked by what authority, or under what law, officers of the United States army occupy seats in the Georgia Legislature. In tho Senate, the Judiciary Commit teereported adversely to a bill making rales of evidence in State courts prevail in Federal courts. The Elections Committee reported in favor of Yan TVyck. The friends of Virginia seem much dis? couraged by the course of events to day. The"grand object has been to get tho bill back into the House. Additional amend? ments and much delay aro apprehended. Tho pension appropriation bill of 85, 000,000 passed. Whittemore offered a resolution, authorizing the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs to send for persons and papers in ,reference to the employ? ment by the bureau of persons who com? mitted perjury in taking tho test oath. Passed. In the Senate, a communication was received from Mr. Fillmore, enclosing resolutions of the Louisville Commercial Convention, rolative to the Southern Pa? cific Railroad. After discussing the frank? ing" privilege, Virginia was resumed. Mr. W ilson moved the recommitment of the bill. This was voted down. A motion to^pstpone the whole question to Febru? ary^ and an amendment admitting the Congressional delegation on the fourth of March, wore withdrawn, when Edwards' amendment was adopted?45 to 16?and the Senate adjourned, without finaf action. In tho Honse, a bill was introduced amending the bankrupt act, exempting from its'operations certain life insurance jwllicios. A bill continuing the income tax passed. The following is the text : : Resolved d-c, That whereas doubts havo arisen and conflicting decisions been made, in the different departments of the Government, in regard to the construc? tion of the laws relating to the tax on in? comes, it is hereby declared to be tho true intent and meaning of the Act relating to that subject, that all persons are liable to tho payment of their proper income tax, accruing and to accrue for and during and up to the end of the year 1870 ; and that the assessment and collection ot an}'such tax accruing in tho year 1870, and re? maining unpaid on tiio first day of Janu? ary, 1871, may, under tho existing pro? visions of tho law, bo made in the said last mentioned year. Washington, January 20. The Senate of Rhode Island has pre? sented to Congress the statue ol General Greene, which will be unveiled to day. Anthony is delivering the eulogy. In the House, 2,000 citizens of Utah petitioned tor a State government. In the House, Bingham introduced a bill making it an offence,punishable with fine and'imprisonment, for any person to .propose tho repeal of the ratification of any proposed amendment to the Consti? tution. A preamble and resolution was intro? duced, declaring the absence of constitu? tional authority to acquire territory with? out tho consent of the House. Dawes and Schofield had a sharp con? troversy, involving political mutual ver? acity and honest}'. Butler in conversation with Zeph. Turner, Speaker of the Virginia Ilouso of Delegates, said the Senate bill did not suit him; ho would havo the bill recom? mitted, when it camo to the House. But? ler is indignant about tho passage of Bingham's bill by (as ho terms it) cross judgment, during his absence and a thin house. The following Republicans voted "nay" pn Edmunds' amendment, yesterday: Ferry, Fowler, Kellogg. Norton, Eoss, Stewart, Trnmbnll and v ickcrs. Washington, Jan. 21. ?evell, the negro elected to the United States Senato, from Mississippi, is a native, .but was educated iu Ohio. He was for? merly elccted'to the Stato Senate, from Natchez. Ho is elected to fill tho term of Governor Sharkcy, which expires in .1871. The Mississippi Legislature adop? ted a resolution memorializing Congress to remove political disabilities from all iiississippians, to be presented to tho Sen? ate by Revell, with his credentials. Ohio and Iowa have fully ratified tho fifteenth amendment. In the Senate, 1,400 army officers peti? tion for an incroaso of pay. Several pe? titions wore presented in favor of female snffrago. The franking privilege and its abuses oocupied much time. A memorial for certain privilogos for a cablo henoe to Belgium, was referred to the Foreign Re? lations Committee. The House resolu? tion, regarding tho income tax, provoked a long dobato. A bill was introduced prohibiting the sales of public lands ex? cept to actual sottlers. Pomoroy intro? duced a resolution proposing tho sixteonth pmondmcnt; and providing for femalo auf-1 :frage. The Virginia bill was rosumod.? Trnmbnll spoke two hours; Sum tierre? plied ono hour and a half. Tho speeches were very bitter. Both Senators were palled to order for unparliamentary lan? guage. Finally, at half-past 5, the Sen? ate voted. Drake's amendment wub adopted. Another, that tho Constitution should not be changed to excludo citizens from the right to hold office, and another that there should bo no change which "would deprive any citizen from equal Tights in schools wore adopted. Adjourned to Monday. ' Sumnor, after voting for ail the amend? ments, refused to vote on tho final pas? sage of the Virginia bill. Butler said that the present admission of Virginia would bo the downfall of the Republican part}'. Boutwell has ordered the withholding of tbe revenue tax from salaries from Government employees, as heretofore. The Star says the House Committee on Ways and Means, this morning, decided to report in favor of reducing the duty on molasses from eight to five cents. They will also reduce the duty on sugars, tea . and coffee, leaving the bulk of the duties on manufactures generally. The District Committees of both Houses will hear delegates, of Woman's Rights Con? vention, in session here, in favor of uni? versal suffrage in the District. Delano decides that farmors, selling their own products, should havo tho ben c6t of doubts against a special tax as pro? duce brokers only. When they make a regular and constant business of such sell? ing, they should be taxed as brokers. Wariuxgton, Jan. 22 In the House, speeches in favor of mov? ing the Capitol, were the order of the day. The Joint Committee oa the District of Columbia heard delegates to the Woman's Rights Convention, this morning. Half a dozen females addressed the committee. The Elect ion Committee has decided that Covode is entitled to his seat. In the House, Stokes commenced ven? tilating affairs in Tennessee, but having permission to print his statement gave way to the capital movers. Moore and Logan made long speeches favoring the removal of the seat of government, after which the House adjourned. - How to Assist the Local Newspaper. ?Tbe following sensible article is taken from the Greenville Enterprise, and is equally applicable to the readers of this paper: . Whenever a citizen in our community knows anything, that has not been made public, which he thinks would interest the people, ho should go the Editor and tell him all about it; if ho chances to meet him on the street, tell him there, for an Editor always has a tnorbid desire to know what is going on, being a good deal like thecitizens of old Athons, who were continually inquiring and telling tho news. Do not let the nowspaper bo tho lust to tell what's on tapis, for then it is no longer news. It makes no difference how busy or in what hurry newspaper men are, they will always stop when you can gratify this desire, and will listen pa? tiently. The best way ia to write down j-our reliable facts and send them to the office, but cveiy ono has not the time to do this. Just the other day, one of our public men, coming in possession of facts which he know would be read with inter? est, sat down, took his pen and placed the whole on paper, and if we had been pres? ent at tho writing, he could not have an? swered inquiries we would have made more completely and satisfactory: in? deed, everything in connection with the matter was concisely told. It reached the printing office about the time the pa? per wns making up, but we delayed and set up a column additional, and sent it out with its interest largely increased. Tho same article was copied in full by the Columbia and Charleston papers, as it was fresh. Of course, tho very first opportunity wo had of seeing this gen? tleman, we heartily thanked him for his kindness, and thought how mnch more redable could wo mako tho Enterprise were all of our intelligent mon to follow this example. In a lecture delivered in tho Court House several months since, by General Hill, ho very aptly remarked? wo will give his own words if we can re? call them?"Watch that man that loves his neighbor's wife better than his own; or his neighbor's children better than his own ; or his neighbors home better than his own, or who lovos other institutions belter than his own." The latter is tho applicable point. Sustain and build up your own institutions in preference to all others. Every one can help materially in building up our journal, by .furnishing im? portant, reliable and fresh news mattor, and hope all will bear it in mind. -o History of the Stove.?Stoves aro of comparatively recent general use, though thoy wore in this country as early as 1790. In that year a Mr. Pcttibonc, of Philadel? phia, was granted a patent for a stove, which was claimed to be capable of warm? ing houses by pure heated air. Pctti bonc's stovo was soon after put into the alms-house at Philadelphia, and Drs. James and Chapman, and several mem? bers of Congress, gave testimonials of its utility for warmig and ventilating courts of justice, churches, hospitals, manufacto? ries, etc. This was probably tho first at? tempt to use stoves, at least in this coun try. From this time forward for many years, tho stove was confined to public places, its use for warming private houses, or for cooking purposes, not having been thought of. The long box stove, capablo of taking three feet wood, was tho only stove our ancestors knew anything about. Tho first advance toward a cooking stove was making the Franklin stove with an oven : and tho first that deserves tho name of cooking stovo was an oblong affair, having an oven running tho whole length, the door of which was in front and directly over the door for supplying fuel, and having also a boilor on tho back part of tho top near tho pipo. -.? ? An exchango says a Detroit girl has boon fined 825 for screaming "murder" when a follow huggod hor. Tho lover paid tho fine. Our devil says tho girls in this section don't scream on such occa? sions. ? Tho saying that <ctherc is moro pleas? ure in giving than receiving," is supposed to apply chiefly to "kicks, medicine and advice," Proscription Should End. We trust that the declaration of sever? al Radical members of Congress who vo? ted against relieving tho last batch of po? litical converts in the South from the dis? abilities imposed upon thorn for their participation in tho rebellion, that they would vote for no more Selections of this kind, but would soon introduce measures for a wholesale removal of all political disabilities from the Southern people, will bo promptly carried out. A large portion of tho American peoplo would cordially Indorse such action against continual proscription for participation in the re? bellion. Tho work of reconstruction would long ago have been thorough and complete if the leaders of tho Radical part}' in Congress would have permitted it. The negroes have been converted in? to citizens of all tho States which formal? ly seceded, and of the United States, and they will acquire the right of suffrage if the fifteenth amendment to the Constitu? tion is legally ratified. No organized opposition to tho national authority is manifested in any quarter in the formerly rebellious States. Swords have been turned into plowshares, and rebel spears into pruning hooks. In spite of all of the impediments thrown into, their way by tho meanest and most adverso Federal legislation, the quiet and practical ability and industry of the Southern people have already made their section beyond com? parison the richest and most highly pros porous of tho country. Throo hundred millions of dollars' worth of cotton for export, besides breadstuffs and meat enough for homo consumption represents their last year's labors, and there remains not the slightest valid excuse for not re restoring tho political rights of tho late enemies of the Union at the earliest pos? sible moment. If tlfe policy pursued by tho Radical authorities sinco tho surren? der at Appomatto.s is not, as we believe, a grovious wrong, it is certainly unwise any longer to withhold this display of magnanimity. No good can arise from a further perpetuation of tho bitter memo? ries of the war. Tho ono thing essential, a fortification of tlic Union against new assaults of treason, is practically acconr pliahcd, and certainly if this great end has been gained it is impolitic to continue so considerable a portion of our county under a ban for past actions. The doc? trine of universal amnesty and magnani? mity has always been that of the Demo? crats, constituting as they do within a fraction of half of our Northern popula? tion. Coupled with that of universal suffrage it has also been that of some of tho most distinguished of Radical lead? ers and journalists; and if, as is generally believed, tho negroes are about to secure political privileges, it is a proper time that their old masters shoulJ also have a legal voice in the decision of the political and national questions of the day. In Ten? nessee, where the prescriptive system has been thoroughly tried, it has accomplish? ed no good, not even in a partisan point of view. Tho worst of rebels would not have made less reliable Radicals than their negroes have. In the future as in tho past the men who participated most actively on tho Southern sido of tho re? bellion, will exercise an overwhelming in? fluence over tho communities in which they reside. If tho Republican party as a party continues to persecute them, it will only more thoroughly alienate them and their friends. Each year introduces to the rights of tho citizens a body of vo? ters, tho children and relatives of these very men, who as they become of ago cannot bo ostracized, and whose political prejudices will only be increased by tho continued persecution of those they ven? erate. But asido from theso considera? tion?, the deep interest those iorraor reb? els have in tho future wolfare of tho South, arising from their ownership of a largo portion of the soil, renders their personal and active co-operation in matters rela? ting to local and general government es? sential to the country. Whatever may have been their errors or their crimes, they certainly, in general acted under the impulse of what thoy believed to be pa? triotic motives; and being beaten they would certainly now vote and legislato for the best interests of tho country ac? cording to their light. They can have no highor intorcsts now than the welfare of their section, and it cannot be doubted that all of the best talent is needed to promote in tho highest degree its futuro welfare, which must react in tho financial situation of the country on the prosperity and welfare of the North also.?Detroit [Michigan) Free Press. -o ? Ono of tho newspapors tells a story of a North Carolinian who, like tho most of his countrymen, was not willing that anything portaining to his property, his country or his estate should lose in tho estimation of strangors for the want of an important narao. Ho was hailed by a Virginian from the shore of tho Roa noko while ho was floating with tho cur ront in a small flat-boat: '"What have you got in your scow, and where are you go? ing?" He jumped up, and, assuming a proud bearing, answered, "Stranger, this vossel is the Rebecca, and I'm her captain. Our cargo is fruit and furniture, and wo arc bound for Plymouth and a market." "What kind of fruit?" "Persimmons."? "What sort of furnituro?" "Hoop poles." The North Carolinian does not stand alono in his vanity. ALivorpool match vender calls himsolf usually a "timber merchant on a Small scale," and almost every dram? shop keeper in Now York protends to bo an importer of liquors. -.-<? ? What perils ladies will encounter to bo in fashion. They aro generally sup? posed to show timidity in tho prcsonco of wild cattle, but they would ralher face a mad bull than not have their dresses gored, ' The Greenville and Colombia Railroad. The Columbia correspondent of the Charleston Courier gives tho following in formation concerning the recent move? ments of capitalists to obtain control of this Road: There is ovory reason to believe that important changes aro soon to take place in the railroad system of the State. Tho presence in Columbia of a number of capitalists, and the purchase by them and by their agents of the stock of the Green? ville Railroad, the secrecy with Which their operations have been planned and conducted, and the fact that they have absorbed say twenty thousand shares of the stock of that corporation, at little less than three dollars per share, are eviden? ces of a determination to use this impor? tant line for some signal^ purpose. What that purposo is has not }*et been fully de? veloped, but wo believe enough has tran? spired to show that these parties intend to control tho most important link of the Blue Ridge Railroad. This stock must, therefore, inevitably appreciate in value whenever tho Western connections are complete. In that Greenville Railroad Com pan jt the Stato is interested to tho extent of about one-third of its stock, say twenty fivo thousand shares; and the city of Charleston is interested to the amount of one-sixth of the stock. Tho two, there? fore, may exert a controlling influence in moulding the destinies of the road, and directing its benefits in the proper chan? nel. Is this likely to bo done ? So far as the city of Charleston is concerned, President Magrath, of the South Carolina Railroad, has, we believe, placed himself in such relations to the capitalists as will protect the interests of this community. In other words, if it is contemplated by the purchasers of the Greenville Railroad to continue the line to Asheville and on through the Blue Ridge, or to carry for? ward the Blue Ridgo Railroad already begun, Charleston will be to this end of tho line what Cincinnati or St. Louis may become at tho other end. It has been foared that tho owners of the Wilmington and Manchester and tho Wilmington and Weldon Railroads, were at the bottom of a conspiracy to purchase tho Greenville Railroad and its branches to Spartanburg and Laurcns, for the pur? pose of divorcing all the trade of that re? gion, over their own roads, thus coming in competition with tho Chnrlotto and Columbia, and tho South Carolina Rail? roads. This suspicion was strengthened by the fact that Engineers are at once to commence tho work of survey, between Sumter and Columbia, preparatory to building a line that shall connect the up? per portion of the Stato with rival corpo? rations and rival cities. But tho assurance ha3 been given that the solo and only purpose of tho capita? lists referred to is to purchase tho Green? ville Road as the beginning of a trunk line through to the West. It is stated furthormoro that they arc backed by im? mense capital, a portion of which will bo expended in putting the Greenvillo Road in thorough repair, building new engines and cars, and making it a first class insti? tution. Meanwhile, they propose to push energetically forward towards the moun? tains, and they express the belief that in less than three years thero will bo a rail? way to the great West that will open and expand into now channels tho riches of two sections oi tho Union. A Wise Suggestion?Good Advice.? Wo wish every young man and woman would read this short articlo, heed its ad? vice, and profit by its suggestions. We copy it from the Richmond Whig : '?Many of our people arc not in circum? stances to justify indulgence, and we can conceive ot no greater folly than that of allowing false prido to lead tho many into an imitation of tho few. llow much moro respectable and useful is the farm ers's eon who puts his hand to the plow, who feeds and attends to his father's hor? ses and othor stock, and helps to augment the resources of the family, than tho proud, lazy, self-indulgent }'Outh who avoids all work, consumes that substance to. which ho docs not contribute, and spends his hours in idleness and dissipa? tion. How much moro admirablo is that matron who cheerfully takes upon her? self those household offices, which in bet? ter times she could afford to devolvoupon menials, than sho who keeps her hus? band's noso to tho grindstono, by the con? tinuing habit of solf-indulgence that cir? cumstances no longer justify ? Again? how infinitely.superior is that young lady who, appreciating tho disastrous change that has occurred, addresses herself like a good hearted, sensible, considerate girl, and with her own pretty hands, too, to tho work of assisting her mother in do? mestic avocations, to that young lady who insists upon dressing as she has been accustomed to do, and leading a life of unbroken leisure and pleasure! If the young of both sexes in town and country would reflect seriously for a few moments to-day on these subjects, they would form and keep such good resolution as would mako them happier and better than cvor thoy wero before Thoso aro hard times upon tho heads of familios, and thoy need all the sympathy and assistance that their sons and daughters can give them. Wo tako great pleasuro in the knowlodge that many of our young peoplo are fully alive to the duties to which wo havo referred, and that they havo in the most admirable manner adapted themselves to the situa? tion. Othors havo not. Somo will not. We do no moro than advise them." ? "Tom," said a girl to her swoethoart, "you have boon paying your distresses to me long enough. It is time you make known your contentions, so as not to keep me in expense any longer," The First Thonsand Dollars. The first thousand dollars that a young man, after going Into the world to act for himself, earns and saves, will generally settle the question of business life with him. There may be exceptions to that statement; yet, for a rule, we think that it will hold true. Th? first condition is that the young man actually earns the thousand dollars in question. He does not inherit this sum. It does not come by a streak of good luck, as the result of a fortunate venture in the purchase and sale ot a hundred shares of stock. It is the fruit of personal industry. He gives his time and his labor for it.? While he is earning and saving it, he must earn two or three, perhaps four times as much, to pay his current expenses. lie is consequently held to the task of indus? try for a considerable period. The direct consequence to him is a steady, continuous and solid discipline in the habit of indus? try, in patient, persistent forecast and self-denying effort, breaking up all the tendencies to indolence and frivolity, and making him an earnest and watchful econ? omist of time. He not only learns how to work, but he also acquires the love of work ; and moreover, he learns the value of the sum which he has thns saved out of his earnings. Ho has toiled for it; he has observed its slow increase from time to time; and, in his estimate, it represents so many months or years of practical la? bor. His ideas of life are shaped by his own experience. The natural effects of earning the first thousand dollars we hold to be very large benefits. They are just the qualities of ! mind and body which are most likely to secure business success in after years.? They constitute the best practical educa? tion which man can have as a worker in j this working world. They are gained in season for life's purposes, at the opening period, just when they are wanted, when foolish notions are most likely to mislead an inexperienced brain, and when, too, there is a full opportunity for their expan? sion and development in later years. Men have but one life to live ; and hence they start from opening manhood but once. And the manner in which they start, the purposes they have in view, and the hab? its they form will ordinarily determine che entire sequel of their career on earth. ?o succeed, men must have the elements of success in themselves. One great reason why there are so many useless, inefficient, and poverty-stricken men?or rather boys seeming to be men?consists in the simple fact that they did not start right. A prominent reason why the children ot the rich so frequently amount to nothing may be found in the luxury, ease and indolence which marred the commencement of their lives. It is the law of God that we should be workers on earth; and no one so well consults the best development of his being as when he conforms his practice to this law. The workers in some suitable sphere are the only strong people.?Exchange. -o Teach Your Boy a Trade.?An ar ticlo which wc cut from one of our ex-, changes, referring to this subject, says : "Of 13,493 prisoners in the?penitentia? ries of thirty States in 1867, according to the report ot the prison association just issued, 77 per cent., more than three quar? ters, had not learned a trade. Hero is a text from which l)r. Franklin should have p*reached a forcible sermon on the duty of parents. "Tho time was when it was not thought reputable for parents to leave their chil-. dren without trades?unloss they belong? ed to the class of gentry! In France, beloro the revolution, tho ono of 1789, this perverted sentiment 6r instinct was so strong that even the childrcu of the nobles wero in eomo cases taught a ligh,t handicraft, and when the storm of the: Reign of Terror came, and they were ex? pelled from thoir homes and deprived of their fortunes, many of them subsisted by tho trades they had amused themselves: with in more prosperous days. "A man who has a good trade has an independence. He has need only to be honest and diligent to secure a compe? tence. Bread and butter is sure for him wherever he is. He is sure always of higher wages than ho who hns no trade, and if his genius and enterprise lead him into somo other calling, it is always a satisfaction to know that in casp of mis? fortune ho can return to his trade. Ho has that at any rate; his speculations may break down, but he has an anchor to leeward, as the sailors say ; his subsis? tence and that of his family is sure. '?In this country, where fortunes quick? ly gained arc also quickly lost, it is still moro necessary and prudent that every young man should learn a trade thor? oughly. No man's futuro is so secure hero but that ho would do wisely to have his boys learn a trade." .--o-_? _A contemporary commenting upon tho late hoav)' and steady emigration of negroes to the moro Southern States, re? marks : "The finger of a loftier hand than that of our mailed conqnerer of the North is seen in theso movements. Those who have aimed to deliver us over to that in? nocent race, but which was nevertheless ignorant and dangerous, may now read their own Ruro defeat. In the Gulf States tho negro will soon seek that lovel to which tho past has in all ages assigned him?that of bower of wood and drawer of water. Cotton will at last become his king." When yon see a man trying to con vinco lamp posts that it is impolite to try to got in tho way of a gentleman, it is a sign that he has been drinking?lemonade perhaps. _"Silence in tho court-room, there," thnndorod a Magistrate the other morn? ing; "the Court has already committed four prisoners without being able to hear a word of the testimony." The Confederate Dead. "This deeply interesting and Important matter'has been too long neglected. We have suffered our noble dead to lie neg? lected, as though their deeds of iroperisn able heroism, had been tinged with shnmo by the failure of our cause, or had become less worthy of onr veneration and grati? tude, by the weight of oor afflictions? the depths of our humilitiori, or the oppres sions of a tyrannical government. Let us awake to our duty, and ! erect a suitable monument to tho memory of our hera dead." The above pithy sentences we extract from the Sumter Watchman. And thoy are too true. Neglected ? Yes, neglec? ted. But let us m no longer so. And though in the language of Father Ryan, we "Furl that banner sdftly, slowly?* * Furl it gently for 'tis Holy? For it droops above the dead," Let as arise in the proud conciousness that those bright battalllons of noble tuen that went down beneath the turbid waves of battle, were honorable, unselfish pa? triots?whose proud, untarnished record has lent a lustre to tbe world's page of chivalry, and whose names are engraven upon the escutcheon of the bravo in aJL lands. Standing front to the foe, with proud crest and bared breast, as a wall of adamant against impending woe, they gave all that they had and were, and went down to death, in the bloody trench, with bright and glad young faces. Bright and glad from their innate consciousness of right and power to defend, and young in courage and in strength. "For they fonght for land and life, For child and Fife With naked steel in hand." The Confederate dead should not be neglected. No. ?The brave everywhere honor their dead. And now that the war ?the shockr of battle?is over,. and wo are willing to smoke the calumet of peace and good will with men,.and work to the end that all may become prosperous and happy, we do not wisli to see tfi?s? for? gotten who were so recently the pride of tho land, and to this end every County in the State should* erect a suitable' monu? ment at its Court House, to perpctuato ti;e memory of its heroic sons.?Newberry Herald. ": n i Beaittful Thoughts.?Tho: brain is the great centre of the -nervous; system^ From it/ passes a double set of nerve lines which divide and subdivide until they per? vade tho whole fabric Ono set:goes.to the surface of the body,and thorc collects impressions of the surrounding universe * its gradations of heat and cold, of light and color, and of melody, and all its mul? tiform contracts; these, in the shapq,of sensations, pour along the 6e.nsory fila? ments to the *great nervous centre and sent of consciousness. The other set ot nerve lines goes to the muscles, ?nd iL,is along these that the will transmits.! ts or? ders to the instruments of motion, and thus commands tbe movement of the body. Tho brain is thus a locus ijito which, for each living man, a universe is gathered and reproduced; it is also ttte source and spring of every form of hu? man power. In this narrow chamber,"Hvhich is so small that a' man's hand may cover it, what grand events transpire. VVithin its walls O'jcur the sublimcst order of phe? nomena. "The thoughts tliftt have revolu? tionized the world originated 'hcrbl1 Etf ery achievement which sheds glory upon our race, projects which involve all na? tions in their operations, wlnVb: radiate impulses to the end of the earth, and scud undulations of power down the.current of time for thousands of yeara,-..originate h?re I ' ? . Acts that bless mankind in their benefi? cence, as well as thoso that darken it in tho shadow of their malignity,alike havo originated-here! Nay did not all. inven? tions and discoveries, all arts and litera? ture, and civilization itself come into ex? istence in the human brain ? It ip customary to point to tho hoavens as tbe sublimest object that can engage human attention ; and certainly, the con? templation of its magnificent scenery, must over awaken the profoundest wonder. Thoso ponderous rev?lvent orbs, sweep? ing through the shoreless amplitudes, asif hurrying down to the vortex of 'chaos, and yet returning through theibgrand celestial.circuits, with the punctuality of the All Controlling; those gorgeous gal axios of stars thick strewn. through the skies, and sunk so deep in the, abysses of space as to be brought down to our gazo only through telescopic enchant? ment?what are thoy all but, symbols of the Infinite, and awful emblems,.of eter? nity 1 And yet these heavens aro dupli? cated in tho brain of the astronomer. j A Blush.?Goethe was in company with a mother and daughter, when tho latter, being reproved for something, blusTi?d and "burst into tears. Ho said :totfio mother: "How beautiful 3*our reproof fifes made your daughter! That crimson hue and those silvery tcarS become her much better than any ornament of gold or pearls; those may be hung on the neck of any woman ; those are nevorseen con? nected with moral purity. A full-blown flower sprinkled with the .purest hue is not. so beautiful as this child blushing be? neath her parent's displeasure, and shed? ding tears of sorrow for her fault.' A blush is the sign whioh nature hangs out to show where chastity and honor dwell." -o?;-?? . . ? A regular physician being sent for by a quack, expressed bis surprise on be? ing called in on an occasion apparently trifling. "Not so trifling, either,*replied the quack, ' for, to tell you the truth; I have, by mistake, taken some of my wm