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We^Kection of ?^ AefflTRniiTice-Fi^siaeiit How it is Conducted. There is nothing-more complicated than the election of President and Vice-President under our present political system. How it could ever ^pave been devised is a mystery. -There-are fejy.even amoug our most intelligent men who "tan*explain from the commencement the man? ner in which a President and Vice-President are elected, .and the great mass of the people are profoundly igrierant,- We* propose here to trace the election up from its germs. First, there is the primary town, or local.caucus for 'the-different' parries; then comes the county, tiistrict and State conventions; through that machinery delegates are appointed to a nation? al convention. These national conventions ..nominate, candidates. "Thesj nominations, n?wever, legally amount to nothing. . Each State elects a number of Electors correspond? ing to its Senators and Representatives in Con? gress, and they vote for whom they ch??se ab-1 solhtely for President and Vice-President? ?There is nothing requiring them' to' vote for any ?*nan who has been nominated, except so far as they, may consider it binding in honor. The Constitution intended. that they should have the first and final choice. Its framers suppose that the Electors would be among the first men of the country, and would be better judges of who would be fit for President and Vice-Presi? dent than their constituents, the people; hence they were made an intermediate body. In or? der to give these Electoral Colleges full au? thority, the Electors Are obliged to vote by se? cret ballot Suppose, for instance, that Ohio should pop? ularly cast its twenty-two electoral votes for the candidates who were in the.field, and supposed to be against Grant and his colleague,.and up* on. counting the electoral votes there might be ? number for. Grant These votes would stand, and it would be next to or quite impossible to find out the persons who had. cast them .against the will of the people. The United States Senator in this State is voted for by the mem? bers of the Legislature viva voice, and if there is any betrayal of pledges the responsibility cannot be dodged. But there is no such secu? rity in 6ur votes for President and Vi.ee-Presi dent *It "is" to the credit of the country that thns far in seventy years no elector, under the shield of the secret ballot, has ever cast a vote different from that which it was intended by the people he should give. But it may happen in the future. Our politics are becomifig more corrupt, and rif there was a-close .vcterin the Electoral College bet'ween'ri val candidates there is no knowing what might happen. The elec .;. toral or intermediate system ought to be abol? ished. After the Electoral College has met in each State op the first Wednesday of) Decem? ber, and cast'its vote,* it Bends a messenger with it to Washington. . Early in February the votes of the States are'obened at 'a joins session of the two Houses, thfe President of the Senate presiding. In case: one candidate has a majority over all the others, he is declared elected. If not, the Sen? ate retires to its chamber, and the House pro? ceeds to vote for the thrice highest candidates who had been voted for by the Electors. The vote is not, however, according to .the usual form,'but' Is given by States. Thus,' New York ?cft?ed with her thirty-one members. They flag leave :to retire, and do retire. Sixteen of them direct that the vote of the State?and it is only one?be recorded for the candidate run? ning against Grant Delaware is called, which has but a single member, and he casts one vote, the same as.has beeu given by the thirty-three gentlemen of the Empire State. Each State Has simply one vote, and a majority of the delegation determines it. A majority of all the States, which are now thirty-seven in num? ber, would be nineteen, and that is absolutely required. If the vote should stand eighteen foj&KSlGrant eighteen for Judge Davis, and one State equally divided and casting no vote, there wou'd t>e .no choice. On the 4th of March ; the-'session of Congress not only terminates, but the terms of its members expire. In the tr?ft or three weeks they have to vote they may not'haVe chosen any man for President. The House has been, on one occasion, nine weeks in choosing a Speaker, audit is reasonable to assume" that it might be three weeks and not elect'a President Then, we hear the reader incmtirei who, on the 4th of March, would be President? We-will further explain. When there is no choice for President and no choice for-Vice-President, the United States Senate chooses the latter officer. By a wise provision in'the Constitution, the Senate selects between the hep highest candidates voted for by the Electors. As the Senators vote individually, a choice is almost certain to be made. The Vice-President being elected, and the 4th of March'arriving without a Presideut, he assumes that office for four years, the same as if the President had died, or as if he himself had been elected.. In case there is no Vice-President on the 4th of March, the office devolves upon the" President pro tern, of the Senate; and in case of 'fife disability, upon the Speaker of the Blouse; then upon the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and, finally, upon the oldest, in length of service, of the Associate Justices. But in case of a disability of both President and Vice-President, the person discharging the duties of President does not hold the full term, but only till the next annual November elec? tion, when a new Piesident and Vice-President will be elected for four years. This Electoral system ought to be abolished; it affords too great an opportunity for fraud to reflect the wishes and intentions of the people. It is too complicated. The Presidential vote, of the di fie rent States .could be indicated, aud the State aiitomony preserved, by voting directly' for president and Vice-President, and then checking at Washington a number of votes equal to our Senatorial and delegate represen? tation. If this is not done, we shall upon some fine morning wake up and find ourselves shame? fully betrayed by the men in whom we have reposed confidence as Electors. The law ougb . Alto to be; so changed that Congress could com? mence to vote early in the session, in December, for putting it off till the middle of February renders the risk too great that no choice at all will be made. Bot more than all there ought to be some provisions made for a contested election. Each House.is the judge of the qualification and election of its own members in Congress, and in all ibe States there is a provision by which a contest for Governor and other State officers is toTjeiudicially decided. But for President,, the highest office of the Republic^ with all its vast responsibilities,. there is a silence in the Constitution and iif the laws Of Congress that opena?th? door for the most tremendous -trou? ble, it hotr anarchy. Congress seems to be su? preme- in the counting of the votes. It seems to have the power to reject the vote of any State at its pleasure.' There iB no revising of its errors in the Supreme Court, or any other tribunal, Here an opportunity is given to a corruSf majority in tho. House to throw out votes enough to defeat the will of the people without any remedy, At the last Presidential election the vote of" Georgia was not counted, and it was threatened also to throw out New York upon some vague charge of fraud if its vote had', been decisive of the contest This ought not to be permitted. Above all other officers, there ought to be a method by which a man, conceiving himself chosen President, could legally contest the choice of his compe? titor, and in case of. success be put in posses? sion of the office. The sooner this is done the better.?Cincinnati Enquirer. Mr. Snnincr und tho Cincinnati Convention. The Washington correspondent of the Chi? cago Tribune has had a talk with the Massa? chusetts Senator, and- reports the result of his interview as follows: Last Friday night I called upon the Senator from Massachusetts. He has been suffering from the old stripes received in the Senate in the days when slavery was aggressive, and his back and spine give him such pain at times that he recjines an his commodious library busied with some favorite book. I found him opening his evening mail, entirely alone, and, j inquiring about his health, was assured that ] nothing of public Or political movement added -to his trouble;- -Tor," said he, "I have not had much repose since I entered the Senate, and cannot see that mental action, agitation, or op? position does me harm." People who think that Mr. Sumner is less of a character than he used to be because the Executive has dispos? sessed him of his old committees where he did such great service, should see his mail from all parts of the country, and the hearty expres? sions, of .respect and support which he is re? ceiving. Mr. Boutwell told me himself, on the same day on which I made this call, that ifj there were an election of Senator from Massa? chusetts to-day/.GhaHes' Sumner would be re? turned triumphantly just as thrice before. Mr. Sumner is concerned about the Cincin? nati Convention; He believes it ought to be a Republican convention?Republican in the larger, broader sense of a common country, legible legislation, and exemplary Executive, whose mind will permeate and illuminate his party, and make all feel that we are not sailing sidewise or poop-foremost, but straight on. He believes that President Grant is not a Republi? can President?and, by the way, Mr. Sumner ought to know what Republicanism is, for he gave the name to the party, if any one man did. Even as early as 1854, when John A. Andrew wrote him a letter, imploring him to appear at Worcester and address the new con- j vention there, Mr. Sumner said in the course of j his speech?and the applause which followed it accepted the name he gave it?"We meet as Republicans to declare moral w:.r on the oli? garchy of slavery'." The Senator gave me the names of several gentlemen whom he under? stood were to appear in Cincinnati as volunteer delegates. I think I violate no confidence in naming among others President Woolsey, long at the head of Yale .College, a. gentleman now in his. seventy-first year, who took the profes? sorship of Greek there in 1837, and became prt?dent in 1846. He is the translator and editor of some of the finest works of Euripides, Sophocles, iEschylus and Plato. Ex-Senator Foster, of Connecticut, has also indicated his hope in that convention; Be is a direct descen? dant of Miles Standish, a graduate of Brown University, and a doctor of Jaws, and he was made a Senator in Congress in 1855, and pre? sided over the Senate after the death of Mr. Lincoln. I was also told that Mr. James K. Moorhead, of Pittsburg, one of the wealthiest and most respectable men in the Keystone State, looks to Cincinnati as the real Republi? can Convention of the crisis, and will give it his support. Mr. Moorhead was ten years in Congress. Mr. Samuel Bowles, of Springfield, an editor whose life is as bold as his journal, will also go to Cincinnati. 1 Mr. Sumner thinks that the present adminis? tration has exceeded that of Andrew Jackson in violence of personal purpose and attack up? on other departments of the government, and it is not improbable that, before long, we shall hear from him, reviewing the personality of the administra Jon and its debasing influence upon the public morals and the people. Whatever position Mr. Sumner may take toward this convention, I feel assured that he is in sympa? thy with it, as an old Republican, and yet a man who, in the wear and tear of public life, has of late become intoned with a more mellow charity and sympathy for all people, North and South. The Southern people who look to the interests of their children will not be blind to these'healing opportunities, when the* most ardent men in the extreme North are at last impressed with the needs of all, and wish to see a more perfect union, with justice, tran quility, harmony, and good understanding re establfshcd. The Game Laws.?By recent enactments of ] the General Assembly of South Carolina, the old and long-obsolete game laws of the State are revived and declared a part of the statute law.' As a matter of interest to those of our ?readers who are foud of the chase, we give a summary of the provisions of these laws. It is declared unlawful for any one to kill a doe or fawn from the first day of January to the last day of July in anyye?r, or to'kill a buck from the first of September to the last Friday in October, or from the first of March to the last day if April in any year. And the period when it shall be unlawful to kill a doe is ex? tended to the first of September. The penalty for a violation of cither of these provisions is a fine of ten c ollars, while the same penalty is attached to fire hunting at any'tune, with an additional penalty of tweuty-nve dollars for every deer and fifty dollars for every horse or head of neat cattle killed while so doing. .-An? other equally important provision attaches a fine of ten dollars to any One who shall hunt on any lands whatsoever at a greater distance from his or her place of residence than seven miles, without the consent of the proprietor; and also declaring every entry upon the en? closed or unenclosed lands of another, after notice from the owner or tenant prohibiting it, a misdemeanor punishable with fine or impris? onment, or both. In case of a failure, on con victioUj to pay the fines, one-half of which goes to the informer, the trial justice before whom the case is tried is required to commit the con? victed party to jail for periods not exceeding two or three months, according to the of? fence. ? In a certain town there had been a very exciting election for the office of sheriff. The successful candidate, of course, was very much elated, and at night was for a long time talking it over with his wife as they sat around the fire before retiring. Meanwhile the youngsters in the trundle-bed were "all ears;" at length one tow-head popped up under the inspiration of | the query: "Ma, are vie all sheriffs, or only you and pa?" -'Lay down,- you little fool," snapped the mother; "only your pa and I." '? A preacher out west'was lately referring to instances of special providence of God, and mentioned the cases of two widows noticed in the scriptures. "In the one case," said he, ."the widow's husband was dead!" At this point he saw a smile upon some countenances, and his lapsus lihgui striking him, he corrected himself by saying: "In fact, both the husbands were dead!" ? What is the difference between a spend? thrift and ? feather bed ? One is hard up and the other soft down. A Scathing Denunciation of the Republican Party. The special correspondent of the Baltimore Gazette makes the following report- of a speech delivered by Hon. Daniel W. Voorhees, of In? diana: Washington, March 24,1872. Very unexpectedly, yesterday, Mr. Voorhees got the floor in the House, and made one of the most thorough speeches, arraigning the Repub? lican party ana the present Administration, that has yet been made in Congress. Mr. Voorhees, in opening, referred to the condition of many of the States in the Union, which, he says, excites the unmingled pity and indignation of the civilized world. They are the theme of sorrowful and of bitter comment wherever the channels of human intelligence penetrate. They engage the attention of all the departments of the Government. Execu? tive proclamations spread evil tidings about tbem, and hurl every principle of their liber? ties, every muniment of their safety to the ground. Congress enacts laws against them which ut? terly destroy every vestige of freedom, and forge and rivet on their helpless limbs the fet? ten? of despotism. It also sends forth its pow? erful missionaries of mischief in the form of committees, backed by the money and the pow? er of the Government, whose labors are to blacken the character and the fame of their people under the guise of official investigations and official reports. The bead of the Depart? ment of Justice, the late Attorney General, he who led his people, into the war, and then re? turned to plague and lay waist the hearthstones of his followers, superintended in person the inquisition and the torture inflicted upon the descendants of those who fought in the battles of the Revolution. The army of the United States, in a time of profound peace, has been launched like a bolt of destruction into their midst. It is engaged in sensing,- without sworn charge or warrant of law, the youthj the middle-aged and the.gray haired grand-sires in the sanctuary of Ameri? can homes, and driving them like herded beasts into crowded prisons. And the President him? self, in his recent message, prepared, as he says, in haste, as if he had affairs or greater impor? tance to engage his attention, yet found time to give his sanction to all this, and to add his malignant mite to the general accusa? tion. 7 ' And so Mr. Voorhees proceeded to arraign, the Republicans, charging that since peace came, seven years ago, that party has ]>oured upon the unresisting and helpless South the floods of disorder, corruption, bankruptcy, crime, oppression and ruin j that by its conduct and policies every blessing of free government has, been scourged from the face of a country containing over twelve millions of people, and larger in extent than many of the foremost powers of Europe; by this party the Constitu? tion has beeu trampled under foot, dwarfed into a dead-letter, or widened and extended by frau? dulent amendments, according as the unscru? pulous purposes of a powerful party would be best promoted; from turret to foundation the Republican party have torn down the govern? ments of eleven States; have rent all their local laws and machinery into fragments, and trampled upon their ruins. Mr. Voorhees de? scribed the ostracism and political punishments visited upon the old citizens of the South.? Every man who, during the conflict between j the sections, was clothed with the slightest re- j sponsibility, has been marked by the blight of ineligibility, and, like the leper of old, it was made a crime for the people to again reach forth to him the hand of friendship. Even the sacred instincts of human nature became dis? qualifications for office. The ties of kindred were made criminal, and he who gave a cup of cold water and a crust of bread to. the thirsty and famished son, underarms for a cause which he believed to be right, and for which he was willing to die, was branded with dishonor and driven out from the councils of his countrymen. The loving mother who sheltered her weary and wounded boy, laid him in his own familiar bed at home once more, kissed his feverish lips, wiped away the gathering dews of death, anu with a broken heart closed his dear eyes forev? er, was condemned for these acts of angelic ministering, and incurred the penalties of con- j flscation. lie who dismounted and gave his horse to a brother in the moment of danger and close pursuit; the sister who wrought and sent clothing to him on the toilsome march; the maiden who prayed for her lover as. he lay dy? ing in the Wilderness or at Stone River, all fell under a common curse. Even the white haired grandmother of four-score years, whose youthful husband, perhaps, was at the Cow pens, Eutaw Springs and Yorktown, or, may be, fought under Jackson at New Orleans, in the war of 1812, wa3 deprived of her pension, that small morsel of bounty from an ungener? ous Government, if her heart yearned or her aged hand was extended in sympathy to her children and her children's children on the plains of the South. A more sweeping and universal exclusion from all the benefits, rights, trusts, honors, enjoyments, liberties and control of a government was never enacted against a whole people, without respect to age or sex, in the annals of the human race. The disgrace? ful disabilities imposed upon the Jews for near? ly eighteen hundred years by the blind and bigoted nations of the earth were never more complete or appalling. The peroration of Mr. Voorhees was excel? lent, and to be thoroughly appreciated must be read in full. The Cincinnati Republican Convention. 1 ? The New York Tribune, commenting upou the scope, character and aims of the Liberal Republican Convention to be held in Cincin? nati in May next says: "The Convention to be held at Cincinnati on the first day of May is to be a Republican Con? vention. Neither the Grant nor the Demo? cratic party can participate in its deliberations. The nominees will be Republican, and it will then be in the province of the people to deter? mine whether or not to elect them. No man's vote, who may choose to give it, will or can be rejected. The inquiry as to what may have been his views in the past will not bo made. Although all Republicans favorable to the movement are invited to attend, it is expected, of course, that the representatives of the differ? ent States will meet separately, and determine for whom the vote of their respective States shall be given, as is the case in all National Conventions. This will put it out of the power of those who might contemplate mischief if it were timply a mass meeting." A Washingtou dispatch says: "Those who are best informed with regard to the Cincinnati Convention, say that it is the intention of the managers to exclude all who have not been identified with the Republican party from its deliberations, thereby making it strictly a Re Sublican meeting. Judge Davis expresses a csire that the Cincinnati platform shall be silent on the subject of free trade or protection, so that it may be acceptable to the friends of either principle." ? To talk heavy science, say "protoxyd of hydrogen," instead of "ice." It sounds larger, and but few will know what you mean. From the Southern Farm and Home. Household Economy. t "Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost." These words were spoken by the Great Master, at whose wish bread and meat were furnished to the hungry multitudes, without money and without price. They con? tain the sum and substance of all household economy. The correct mode of management, to avoid waste in every department, is the de? sideratum so much to be desired in household affairs. The dream of life is to make home a regained Eden, to wreathe it with joy and glad? ness, and to spread around it the radiance of peace and happiuess. Yet how often, from mismanagement, does the reality become but a torturing and tormenting nightmare. A few plain rules, drawn from long expe? rience, without entering much into detail, will form the subject of this paper. The first rule we shall give is this: Take good care of all we have; see that nothing is lost from want of proper care and attention. How often are our garments moth-eaten, and our provisions moldy, for want of a few hours' sunshine. How many of our garden supplies are yearly wasted from not being gathered and dried at the proper time. Often we are forced to sup thin, watery broth for soup, in winter, when okra, tomatoes, beans, etc, are withered and dried on their luxuriant summer stems. A Northern lady once said that a Southern family threw away more, in the course of a year, than a Yankee one would subsist upon for that length of time. If we would examine into this matter, we would see the correctness of the assertion. Why are we forced, year by year, to buy Northern garden seeds ? We live in a far more fertile latitude, we are blessed with longer seasons and a more genial climate, yet we must have northern supplies, when our own vegetables are falling to the ground, from whence they sprung, unnoticed and uncared for. Carrying this same survey into our fields and farms, how much greater and more serious becomes the waste. Tons of hay suffered to bleach .and wither away, our cattle perishing for want of winter supplies, and we grumbling over tough and unpalatable steaks. Shame upon us! How we neglect our Master's com? mand, "Gather up the fragments, that nothing be lost." Our second rule is: Buy only what we need, and at the time we need it. We live in a world where "moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal." How often do we realize our short? sightedness in this matter, when our supplies become musty from standing, and our hoarded goods grow small by degrees, and, if not beau? tifully, at least wonderfully less. No specific rule con be given on this matter, as convenience to market, and other things, will differently af? fect different households. Our third rule is: Buy always the best arti? cles that we can afford. It is the poorest econ? omy to buy cheap and indifferent goods, either for food or clothing. The physician's bill, and the repeated demand for new supplies, will make the chaap bargains by far the most costly in the end. Our fourth rulels: A place for everything, and everything in its place. What a beautiful lesson we may learn here from the Master. The disciples, on coming to His tomb, found the grave clothes folded and laid away, and the napkin that was about His head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. How touching is the lesson of order euforced by this high example; how important that we en? deavor to profit by it. Who can calculate the amount of time and labor lost by misplaced articles? Suppose a mathematical calculation was made of the number of hours lost to a housekeeper by mislaid keys, the reckoning would be incredible. We have often known half of the day consumed in looking for tools, utensils, clothing, etc. When our first parents lost their' pure and sinless state, this blight seemed to have fallen upon all earthly posses? sions, and now half of every careless lifetime is consumed in looking for what is lost or mis? laid. The only way to avoid this dreadful waste of time and labor, is to have a place for everything, and be sure to keep everything in its place. Our fifty and last rule is: A time for every? thing, and everything in its time. The saying of the wisest of men, that there was a time for everything, is particularly true in household affairs, and if things are not done at the proper time all the management in the world will never set them right again. A systematical division of the labor of the household is abso? lutely important. The continual clashing of employments is the surest way to produce dis? order and confusion. Regular hours for meals should be closely observed. How much grum? bling and complaining will this annually save! A word here to the female heads of families. Never put your cook to other work, to the neg? lect of breakfast dinner and supper. If you do, take my word for it, you will have a frown? ing husband and a complaining household. Let it be our constant endeavor to keep all around us in good humor, and happy faces and pleasant smiles will be our daily reward. Al? though our homes may never again be the abodes of luxury and case that once they were, yet it is still in our power, by correct manage? ment and economy, to make them delightful and happy homesteads, where, from the morn? ing and evening altars, will arise a sacrifice to God, acceptable and well pleasing in His sight. L. RUTHERFORD. The Atlanta and Richmond Air Line Raii.PwOad.?The Board of Directors of this Company held a meeting in Richmond, Va., last week, of three days duration, at which much important business was transacted. Messrs. Harrison and Reed, members of the Board from Anderson, S. C, were not present, but sent in their resignations, which were ac? cepted. The building of the Road was represented as rirogressing as rapidly as possible. Much de ay has been caused by the bad weather of the Winter months. The balance of the iron to complete the whole track from Charlotte to Atlanta has been purchased, and 16,000 tons will be landed in Wilmington, N. C, in July. It is thought the Road will be finished in twelve months. The length of this Road, from Charlotte to Atlanta, is 262 miles, and will cost about &,000,000. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders will be held at Spartauburg, S. G, on the first Wednesday in June. The President and officers of the Company have labored hard to make the enterprise a success, and indeed they have accomplished wonders, starting as they did without money but a great deal of faith. Col. Buford is one of the best railroad men in this country. It may be truly said that he has worked himself almost to death?having been confined to bed bv general debility for some time past. He is now up and hard at work again.?Charlotte Democrat. ? Is "borrowed trouble" similar in its nature to sigh-lent grief? How to Carre a "Corker. . If your wife or cook insists that the turkey shall be placed upon the table whole, you must sharpen your knife, procure two or three 1 extra handkerchiefs to re more the perspiration that will accumulate on your brow, place your trust in Providence or Newport, and buckle in. No matter if you have a razor edge on your carver, always toueh it up on the steel before commencing, and while so doing get off some joke to the lady nearest your right hand; this will make the guests think you are an old tur? key-slasher, and are perfectly at home in such work. Make a graceful stab with the fork (which should be in the left hand, unless you are right-handed,) and pin the fowl to the plate; at the same time give a muffled war whoop to call attention to yourself, while with your right hand you cut off the outer joints of the wing. After cutting off the wings look and see if the head and feet are off; if not, . they should be amputated at once. To show your dexterity, change hands aud balance yourself on your stomach across the back of your chair, while you shave ths white meat from the breast. If .you wish to make a sure thing of the fowl, it would be well to have a handsaw, hatchet, draw knife and cleaver lying near your chair, where you can use them to chop away the tougher portions of the bird. If you can? not obtain a sufficient purchase on the fowl with your fork to keep it steady, you can put one foot on the same while you can cut the drumstick, the second joint, and haggle off sufficient dark meat to go around. After you have pretty well cleaned out one side of the fowl, change ends by dexterously throwing it in the air with the fork and catch? ing it as it falls. This will make a sensation among your guests, especially those who, not knowing your skill, failed to provide them? selves with oil cloth suits. It also allays their hunger, for a few moments and giyes you a chance to recover your wind. Take off the other wing and leg in the same manner as you did the first, only swinging your knife and fork more carelessly, as you gain confidence in yourself. After taking off the dressing and standing it on the floor, where you can reach it without trouble, employ yourself in picking out all the little-"tit-bits" and ex? tra pieces of white meat that everybody likes, and concealing tbem ou the lee side of a soup tureen, where you can eat them yourself after you get through carving. When the fowl has been decimated sufficiently, begin attending to the guests, always giving the toughest portion to those with poor teeth, or none at all. Ask ev? erybody which they prefer, dark or white meat, and give them the opposite color from that (ailed for. A littleHtudy of these simple rules will render any man capable of carving any? thing. An Embarrassing Situation.?An ex? change informs us that the old philopena trick has been revived again in Alabama, where "the young lady takes a double almond in her teeth and the young man bites it off " That sort of thing used to be popular in Doylestown, Pa., but it is hardly ever tried any more since the painful accident which occurred at a philopena party last Winter. The lady who held the al? mond between her teeth was somewhat ad? vanced in years and not a little dilapidated. The almond was uncommonly tough, and the man who nibbled was in deadly earnest. He closed his teeth on it and pulled. It would not give. He pulled harder, but made no impres? sion. He clinched bis jaws upon it and gave a desperate wrench. It is unpleasant to relate what followed; but, as truth crushed to earth will certainly rise again aoy how, whether we try to keep her down or not, we may be par doued for saying that as consequence of the violent efforts of the young roan, he found him? self standing up in that room holding in his mouth a nut in which were fixed a double set of porcelain teeth- belonging to the aforesaid maiden. It was embarrassing in a certain sense for all parties; the young man thought it would be soothing to the feelings of the company if he went home. Other and less perilous games are in vogue at Doylestown this year.?Max Adder. Sloshin* About.?During a certain "court time," in Pike county, Alabama, there was a trial for a general row, and a witness testified that one Slar, tons tall, "jest kept sloshin' about." As this remark about the chivalrous Slanton stall was frequently repeated, said the lawyer for the defense: "Come, witness, say over again what it was that Mr. Slantonstall had to do with the affair." "Slantonstall ? Why, I've told you several times; the rest of 'em clinched and paired off, but Slantonstall, he jest kept sloshin* about." "Ah, my good fel? low," exclaimed Nat, quite testily, "we want to know what that is. It isn't exactly legal evidence in the shape you put it. Tell us what you mean by sloshing about." "Well," au Bwered the witness, very deliberately, "you see John Brewer and Sykes, they clinched and fout That's in a legal form, ain't it?" "Oh, yes," said Nat, "go on." "Abney and Black man then pitched into one another, and Black man bit off a piece of Abney's lip?that's legal, too, ain't it? Simpson and Bill Stokes and Murray was altogether on the ground, a bitin' and kickin' one another?that's legal, too, ain't it?" "Yes, but what about Slantonstall?" "And Slantonstall made it his business to walk backward and forward through the crowd with a big stick in his hand, and knocked down every loose man in the crowd as fast as he come to 'em. That's what I call sloshin' about." A Court Held by Mistake.?The Cir? cuit Court for York County commenced its sit? tings last Tuesday, Judge Thomas presiding. The gmnd jury reported only two true bills, one against John Shaw and Robert McCorkle, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill; and the other against Lawrence Withers and Andrew Bridges, charged with larceny. The grand jury was discharged on Tuesday evening. The only case taken up was that of the State against Thomas Spencer and W. P. Roddy, charged with the felonious taking and carrying away nine bales of cotton, the prop? erty of W. B. Daniels, in Januarv, 1871. The bill of indictment laid the offence in two counts, one for grand larceny the other for breach of trust. S. P. Hamilton, Esq., appear? ed for the prosecution, Colonel W. B. Wilson for the defence. The jury rendered a verdict of not guilty, and the prisoners were discharg? ed from custody. After, the trial of this case, the court adjourned until the first Monday in July next This sudden and most unexpected termination of the session was occasioned by the discovery of a very recent act of Assembly, changing the time for holding court Here? after the Circuit Court of York County will be held on the first Monday in March, July and November. The term just ended was illegal, and its proceedings are null and void. ? A good sort of man was recently asked to subscribe for a chandelier for the church.? "Now," said he, "what's the use of a chande | lier? When you get it you can't get any one to play on it." All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? A Wisconsin man has some trees which produce apples without seeds or core. ? I caught her gently by the arm, my gentle, blue eyed Kate. She cried, "Let go, you fool, you hurt my vaccinate." ? Milch cows should always be supplied with an abundance of pure water. They should never be allowed to drink foul wa? ter. ? The girls in old times didn't behave any better than they do now-a-days. Even the Old Testament tells how Euth followed the Boas around. , ?"Two intimate friends in this.city," says a Baltimore paper, "had an animated dialogue with red-hot pokers, and one of them has since had only one eye on things in general." ? As a lawyer and a doctor were walking arm in arm, a wag said to a friend: "Those two are equal to one highwayman." "Why T" "Because they are a lawyer and a doctor?your money or your life." ? Thompson is not going to do anything more in conundrums. He recently asked his wife the difference between his head and a hogshead, and she said there was none. He Bays that is not the right answer. ? "Hunting the tiger, gentlemen," observed an English officer, relating his East India ex? perience to a friendly circle at a London club, is capital sport?nothing better?except whea the tiger takes it into his head to hunt you; then it is apt to become too exciting." ? The greatest run of luck on record is that of a Baltimore cigar dealer, who within the last three months has inherited a fortune, drawn a big lottery prize, found $7,000 in the cellar fit his house, and lost his mother-in law. ? There is at present so much said in regard to the definitions of words given by Dr. Web? ster in his dictionary, that it may be apropos to call attention to his masterly explanation of the word "boil" in earlier editions, according to which the word signified "a circumscribed subcutaneous inflammation, characterized by a pointed pustular tumor, -and suppurating with, a central core?a peruncutis." ? A woman was arrested the other day for whipping her husband in the streets. And served her right, too. When a woman wants to whip her husband, she should take'him by the ear, lead him up at least two pair of stairs,, thrust him into a chamber, ana then wollop' him in a pleasant and civilized manner, ana not make a public exhibition of the affair. ? A San Francisco tobacconist who is evi? dently up to snuff, advertises as follows: "Fully realizing the benefits which a free and enligh? tened press bestows upon the masses, and hav? ing always regarded the newspaper as the poor man's college and instructor, I feel sure that I could in no way subserve the interest of my fellow citizens in a more substantial manner than by the dissemination among them of the leading journals of the day. I have, therefore, with this idea in view, made arrangements for a liberal supply of morning and evening pa? pers, and in future will keep them on my coun? ter for free distribution to all who shall pur? chase cigars or tobacco to the amount of ten cents." Ku Klux Trials in Spabtanbubg.?At the Court of Sessions for Snartanburg county, John W. Vandever, Z. W. Vandever and Jaa, H. Vaudever, a father and two sons, were con* victed of conspiring and combining against the rights of General Bates, a citizen of that county, and were sentenced by Judge Moses, the two former to two years imprisonment, ana the last, on account of his youth, to six months, in the common jail of the county. It is worthy of note that the indictment was un? der the late act of the Legislature, (1870,) and that it was prosecuted by the Solicitor of the Circuit, Homer L. McGowan, Esq., to convic? tion by a jury composed of eleven white men, before a native Judge of South Carolina, in the very heart of what the Radicals are pleased to designate as the "Ku Klux" district The Spartan says: The case was ably argued on both sides and clearly and forcibly present? ed by the Judge to the jury. After considering the case for about half an hour, a verdict of guilty was rendered. The juiy consisted of eleven white and one colored. The eleven white men, we believe, were all Democrats, and at least two of them had been previously charged and arrested as members of the Ku Klux Klan. This verdict not only gives the lie to the oft repeated slanders of the radical press, that no Ku Klux could be convicted in our State Courts, and that the members' of the Kian were bound by an oath to perjure them? selves in case they were selected as jurymen to try any of their brethren. We have never doubted that an intelligent jury of our citizens would convict any member of the Ku Klux upon proper evidence of guilt, as readily as they would write a verdict of guilty for any other offence. It was necessary, however, for party purposes, to make a great parade of par? ties charged before the Unitea States Court where the machinery was all in the hands of Grant's appointees, and where the guilty and the'innocent would alike be victimized to Rad? ical prejudice and hate. The vile slanders of the Radical press were to be made good, that leading and influential Democrats were leaders of these Klans, and it was necessary to haveaa unscrupulous Judge and a packed jury to con* vict them. Ratheb Slendeb.?A Detroit man, who had contributed a bundle of his cast-off cloth? ing for the relief of the victims of the Minne? sota fire, received from one of the sufferers the following note : "The committy man giv me amonst Other things wat he called a pare ov pants, and 'twood make me pant sum to ware 'em. I found your name an' where you live on one ov the pokits. My wife laffecl so when I shode 'em to her that I thot she would have a conip shun fit. She wants to kno if there lives and brecthes a man who has legs no bigger than that. She scd if there was he orter bo taken up fur vagrinsy fur havin' no visible means of support I couldn't get 'em on my oldest boy, so I used 'em for gun cases. If you hav another pare to spare my wife wood like to get 'em to hang up by the side uv the fire plasc to keep the tongs in." Interesting to Millers.?A new mill or machine for manufacturing flour from grain without mill-stones has lately been put into operation in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is con? sidered by competent authorities as one of the most important inventions of the present day. This mill reduces the grain to flour by percus? sion, while it is unsupported, and falling freely or being projected through the air. The wheat, in passing through the machine, is struck by a scries of bars moving at an immense speed in opposite directions. It is thus instantaneously reduced to a state ready for bolting, no injuri? ous heat being caused, and the flour produced is of much superior quality to that obtained by ordinary grinding, while the cost of its produc? tion is considerably less. The machine in op? eration in Edinburgh realizes, it is said, a] IT the advantages claimed for it?Rural Carolinian.