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'Sketches of Senator Patterson. The extract below are intended to throw some light upon the "past career of John J. Patter 8Q0, Esq., the Senator elect from-South Caroli? na, whose exploits in Pennsylvania thoroughly trained "him in the art of manipulating Legis" latures and"gaining the confidence of impecu rnoasmembers.'' He is an old hand at the bus? iness, as our readers will readily perceive: From the Beliefonte (Pa.) Watchman. John J. Patterson, Eaq.A formerly of Juniata county, Penrfsylvani?, but for the last three or four.years one of a gang of. carpet-baggers who have been robbing the State of South Ca? rolina, has been elected United States Senator from" that State by the mongrel Legislature. While figuring in politics here, Patterson was one of the most unscrupulous rascals in the State, and, if the truth were known, it would be seen that he "left his country for his country's good." t^^.^t . Having been ? resident of this Senatorial district* btii'people1 can 'appreciate and under? stand the deep disgrace, that has fallen upon UaeiSt?ie:of-South Carolina in his election to Msg ate of the United States. In the bo ln which Patterson lived while In this , he'dould not have been elected to the mosr menial office, nor could he have succeeded in gecpring any position from the people either in his county, or his congressional, senatorial districts. In 1S62, by the most villainous frauds, in a conference meeting, he obtained a nomination for Congress .in a district that usu? ally gives'auouf?wo thousand radical majority, and.such was the disgust for. the man that his l?Blo^'?c'conipelfitoi',' Gen: Wm. H. Miller, Was elected by anioTenrbehning majority. His next-?effort, to secure a position, was a little more s^ccess/nl, and by some means or other i he had himself appointed Provost Marshal of | the 14th district. In -this "position he proved the-'1 estimate the'people- of 'his district had placed upon him when a .candidate for Con? gress, correct, beyond any question, for a more corrupt^ incompetent, bare-faced, villainous dnfeial riever disgraced any* position. How of tg?lfe^aud members of his board were locked up in a private room-in the State Capitol hotel, i ax Harrisburg, to keep from- being arrested fot j fraudulent transactions' in office, it would be ' hard to say. 'For weeks at a time we have known them to be hid away, while other mem - bers of their ring were in Washington fixing '^matters up.''. How much he swindled the 'government, how much he robbed, those un? lucky enough to fall into his'clutches, is known only tO' himself and his associates. This, how ever, is known, that Patterson was poor when he became Provost-Marshal, and when he was kicked ont of that office, after having squan? dered thousands upon thousands of dollars on lewd women, at gambling saloons, and in riot* ous living, be was comparatively wealthy. It was this same John J. Patterson, now U. S. Senator from South Carolina, who acknowl? edged to a prominent citizen of this State short? ly after the lnvestigatlohof thecharges agaiu.st Cjameron, by Mr. J?over, of Clearfieui, that he had attempted to bribe' members of the Legis-1 fature'to vote for him for United States Senator ---that had be (Patterson) sworn the truth, Cam? eron.would have gone to the penitentiary. It wassthis same Patterson who laid about Bfarris Burg d"urlrig the winter of 18G8, hiring witnesses to per^re themselves, when giving testimony in the contested election case of Sbugert vs. ?ftabinson. and who, whou. hc succeeded in this ?the most, infamous of ail.political tricks?in giving the seat to a man who had been rejected By the people, admitted openly that if the Dem derits^had paid him* ten-thousand dollars, he wottJdrbave E?binsou withdraw from the cou te^t^nd acknowledge he was fairly beaten at t& election. . ' "Ttfthia State we'have never heard him spo? ken of by any one, friend or foe, but as s. low, scrubby, villainous trickster, a common politi? cal thief, who never attempted anything but in a "manner honorable' xnen would despise. And we" suppose the same'disgraceful efforts he made hef?j he has followed in South Carolina. In Pennsylvania be never could have risen above bis natural level, because he was too well known; but down in the crushed and biceding Palmetto State among the niggers and scala? wags, he passpdyoflf his tinsel and. varnish for Eure gold, "flymeansof 'his money, of which e.had plenty,tye succeeded, in manipulating the qusKjf legislators fii'?ce?rdance with his deafres, and the result is seen in his election to ?[-??position' that was formerly considered as hoqo.rable as any under the American constitu? tion. We do Te'W hqt desire to say anything harsh or ittntfod'bf 'Mr; Patterson, but when he lived ever here in Juniata County, we have a distinct recollection that he was considered low-down and played out. Morally and. politically he w?s a'wreck, and like Morton or Indiana, the sins of his past life were' revenging themselves tfpW4rf?bddy. And this is the man whom the the^??f?grel Legislature of the proud old State hasjchosen to represent her in the United States Senate, A Pennsylvania outcast, who has been in the South scarcely four years I Is it any wonder that the country is going to the dteiU.i vu> '.jP.fWp^Harrizburg (Pa.) Patriot. '? Virtue has had a most signal triumph in the case of John J. Patterson, the Senator-elect of South Carolina. After a hearing of wit ness?"'Pattersoir was dismissed amid the ap? plause of a -great crowd of people. The tele? graph agent at Columbia anuounces that "the proof was overwhelming and conclusive that no attempt at bribery by Colonel Patterson or friends had been attempted." This remarkable negative proof of the virtue of Patterson con? sists of the testimony of the two negro mem? bers of the Legislature, who admit that they bad penured themselves in their affidavits against him. If the recantation of the wit? nesses is to be believed, they had merely brought the charge of bribery against Patter Ma in order to obtain what they considered to jbe the value of their votes for United States ?enator. The vindication of Patterson then consists in this denial of two negro legislators who admit that they had deliberately perjured (themselves^ On this rests the overwhelming and conclusive proofsof Patterson's innocence. 5Ir. Orton, of the Western Union Telegraph, should look to his Columbia agent, else a sus-1 picion may arise that the blandishments of Patterson have been successfully practiced on other parties besides the negro legislators of South Carolina. There is something more sat? isfactory in the account of the applause that greeted Patterson than in the "conclusive and overwhelming proofs." That he was in full possession of the sympathy of the negro rabble that followed him when dismissed by the jus? tice there is no doubt. This is only another proof that there is no universal standard of morality. What is bribery in some parts of Pennsylvania is only regarded as open-handed ' liberality by the intelligent freedtnen in aud around the Legislature at Columbia. In that mob who bore him off in triumph were doubt? less many recipients of his generosity, and they naturally felt indignant that a gentleman from the North and a Republican, besides, who had bought aud paid for a seat in the Senate of the United States, at the highest cash price, should ' be treated with insult and contumely.^ This was not in accordance with their notions of hospitality and fair play. It is not strange, then, that the tropical blood in their veins should bubble over with joy. at his.deliverance. The stories, too, of his Wonderful bravery and prowess in the war for their emancipation, had a strong effect on their dimple ana credulous minds. He was one of their champions who, out of regard for them, and in order to defend their interests, had honestly purchased a seat in the Senate of the United States. They could see nothing culpable or corrupt in this from their moral stand-point, and their applause at the acquittal of Patterson is creditable to their feelings of gratitude. The crime of bribery has not yet been introduced into their moral or political code. On a former occasion the vindication of Pat? terson on a charge of bribery was not over? whelming and conclusive. That was in Penn? sylvania in 1863. The witness, a member of the Legislature, swore positively and circum? stantially to the time, the place, the amount to be paid, and all the circumstances connected with Jonn J. Patterson's attempt to bribe him to vote for Simon Cameron for United States Senator. Patterson, when brought before a committee of. the Legislature, positively denied the statement of the witness. But the com? mittee and the house not merely distinguished Patterson by their emphatic disbelief of his story, but instructed the Attorney General of che State to bring a criminal prosecution against him for bribery. Patterson lias since admitted that the statement made by him before the committee was notjtrue. It is not ? libel in Pennsylvania to charge that he is thoroughly and irredeemably corrupt, and that he is ready at any moment to give or take a bribe to ac? complish his purpose, although it may not be bribery to purchase from the negro Legislature of South Carolina a seat in the Senate of the United States. Had the simple minded negro rabble comprehended the nature of the crime with which he was charged, they would not have been deceived by the testimony of the perjured witnesses, but their shouts of exulta? tion would have been changed into execra? tions., The State Finances. This is a very broad subject, and one which interests every true citizen of the State. It is jr hobby of xnrrs, for, in our judgment, the whole secret of our mis-government can be found in the"slip-shod way in which our finan? ces are managed. We know that shrewd Yankees would not come here aud undergo the j odium which everywhere attaches to a thief unless tbey are well paid for it. The fact that they have been well paid is also quite evident With scarcely an exception, the men who have been connected with the State Government in any influential way, have accumulated large possessions. Save one or two, they were, at the time of their advent into power, the most poverty-stricken set of men in the community. Those who did have a little money have quin? tupled their original capital upon a salary not half sufficient to defray their princely expen? ditures, and many who were known paupers or men of very indigent means, now flaunt their vulgar thousands in the faces of honest men, from whom they have stolen them. Steal fs a rough word to use, but we cannot see that a man who plunders the public treas? ury is any. less a thief than he who purloins the purse of an individual. The injury in? flicted, or the inconvenience caused, may not be so great, but the moral and legal guilt is the same. But it is uot only from the unaccountable evidences of wealth displayed by the State officials that we presume them dishonest; or, itf other aud plainer words, to have stolen the j public moneys. This is a strong point against them?it is almost incontrovertible?but it is not all the evidence that we have. There is another link in the chain, and quite an impor? tant one. The burden upon the people in the way of taxes has. been increased: more than six hundred fold. In 1867 it cost less than S^OGjOOO to support the State government. We have not the figures before us, but we have heard the statement made by Judge Orr, for one, who was the Governor, and it has never been'denied. Last year the estimated expen? ses of the Government, as made by the State Treasurer, aggregated within a fraction of $2,900,000. This is for the simple current ex? penses the same as in 1867. I It is a mere matter of time as to the utter bankruptcy of the State, if such loose, extrav? agant and i?iieriish financial management is continued. , It is the imperative duty of the substantial citizens of the State to look into the subject, and to administer a remedy, if it be possible. We do all in our power, as public journalists; to expose 'swindles and to guard the public interests. Our power, however, is limited. We can apprise the public of facts which come to our knowledge, and we can comment upon them and disseminate our views among our readers. "We can form and direct public opinion to some extent. There our mission ends. It is for the people to say what shall be done. There ought to be com? bination and consultation among them. The Tax Payers' Convention proved unsatis? factory, but there certainly should be an or? ganization of that kind in active and continu? ous operation. The mistake made before might be avoided now. At all events we should be doing something to relieve ourselves of the frightful burdens of debt and taxation which are being heaped upon us from year to year, and which will continue unless we remove them, as a legacy to our pos? terity. It is a shame that we should sit quietly down and allow a mere handful of reckless ad? venturers to oppress us and deaden all hopes of the future prosperity of our State. We can not perhaps take the rascals and hang or shoot them as they richly deserve. Violence towards them, though certainly merited, is not abso? lutely necessary. There is a force in virtue and intelligence ; a power in truth which can be exercised. Let us at least try to exercise it and save ourselves and our State.?South Car? olinian. A Grim Jokk.?A couple of medical stu? dents disinterred a subject on a cold winter's night, and having dressed it, placed it sitting upright on the scat of a covered wagon and started home. Coming to a tavern and seeing the bar-room lighted up, they left the wagon aud went in for a drink. The ostler observing a man sitting in the wagon, attempted some conversation, but receiving no answer, he dis? covered how the affair stood, and instantly re? solved to have a little fun of hi3 own on this occasion. So, taking the corpse into the stable, ho seated himself in the wagon. The students' soon returned, and took their seats by the side of the supposed dead man, when one of them remarked tremulously to his companion : "He is warm, by Heaven !" "So would you be warm," replied the corpse, "if you had been where I have been as long as I have." Both students bolted, and never returned to inquire for the horse and wagon. ? Anger your friend, and you will be sur {trised to lind what a villain you are, even in tis estimation. A Change in the flection of President and The lamentable death of Horace Greeley is likely to be followed by one good result;?that is, an amendment to the Constitution of the United States in regard to the election of Pres? ident. The dangers of the present electoral system are now seen by all. Here were the Electors of Kentucky, Tennessee, Maryland, and other States, elected to vote for a certain man, now briuging in a candidate of their own, who was not a candidate at the Cincinnati or Baltimore Conventions, or the people. The latter don't believe in delegating the right of making a President. If the Electors in ques? tion wanted to rob the dead of the honor which was his due?if they were seeking to rob Gratz Brown of his right to be Mr. Greeley's succes? sor?why did they not vote for either Judge Black, who was a candidate at Baltimore, or for Judge Trumbull, Mr. Adams, or Governor Pal? mer, whose names were before the Cincinnati Convention ? If we are to continue these intermediate Electors, we shall .find, by-and-by, that they will betray the people, even when there are both living candidates. The Constitution has j already been changed on this subject. As it originally stood, the Electors were to vote for President and Vice President, making no dis? tinction between the officers, the one receiving the highest number of votes to be President, and the candidate obtaining the next highest was to be Vice President There were four elections under this clause, viz: In 1788,1792, 1796, and in 1800. In the last named year the Federal nominees were John Adams, of Massa? chusetts, for President, and C. C. Pinckney, of South Carolina, for Vice President. The Re? publican candidates were Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia, for President, and Aaron Burr, of New York, for Vice President Of course as the electors at this election gave an equal num? ber of votes to Grant and Wilson, so, in this instance, the Republican Electors all voted for Jeffersoq and Burr. They apparently took it for granted that the former would be President and the latter Vice President Of the Federal candidates Adams received sixty-five votes and Pinckney sixty-four?one Federal Elector pur? posely refusing to vote for Pinckney, in order that he might have the second office. As soon as it was discovered that Jefferson and Bun were chosen, the Constitutional question arose who was to have the first place ? The House of Representatives had to decide the matter in a vote of States, and it took thirty-six ballots before Jefferson was chosen. If the House had voted per capita Burr would have been elected, as he had a majority of the members in it?the Federalists, with one or two exceptions, all voting for him. The framers of the Constitution, made wise by this crisis, immediately changed it to the form we have now, requiring the electors to designate on their ballots who shall be Presi? dent The death of Mr. Greeley should lead to another change. Suppose General Grant had been run away with and killed by one of his fast horses, on the 2nd or 3rd of December ?an event not at all unlikely?we should have had the danger of a man being chosen Presi? dent by the Electors for whom not a single man in the United States had voted, either for the first or second office. They might, in that event, have elected Ben Butler or Simon Cara If we are to preserve a pretendedly popular system, let us now get rid of the electors alto? gether. There are some who desire a direct popular vote of the people of the United States in one mass. We apprehend that it would be impossible to make such an amendment The larger States would oppose it Now, for in? stance, New York has thirty-five electoral votes, and Delaware but three. New York is usually very close. She might give 2,000 or 3,000 majority for a candidate, while Delaware might throw 6,000 or 7,000 majority against him. In that event. Delaware would have twice the influence in the election that the Empire State did, although she has not one in? habitant where New York has thirty. It is de? sirable too, we think, to preserve State autono? my, for this is a Federal and not a National Government, whatever people may say. Our plan to amend the Constitution would be one upon which all could agree. Let each State have the number of Electors as at' present fixed, in the same way. Let the candidates for President be voted for directly by the people of each State. If a. majority of the citizens of Ohio vote for Grant ana Wilson they should be entitled to have checked in their favor at Washington twenty-two votes for the respective offices for which they were given. This will dispense with the Electors, some of whom will be bought up some fine morning, and disap? point those who voted for them, confiding in their honor to carry out their pledges. Now is the accepted time to bring forward the amend* will be supported by both parties in Congress and in the State Legislature. In two years, the cumbrous, anti-democratic, anti-republican sys? tem ought to be struck out of the Constitution, just as the article that preceded it was by our fathers in 1801. In 1876, give the people a chance, if you please,?Cincinnati Enquirer. Sensible Ladles.?The lady members of the First Baptist Church, in Nashville, have agreed that they will dispense with all finery on Sunday?wearing no jewels but consistency, and hereafter appear at church iu plaiu calico dresses. This is certainly a very sensible move, and the ladies of the first Baptist Church are entitled to great credit for being the first to lead off in this much needed reform. This is a mat? ter which has attracted considerable attention of late, and in many cities prominent ladies are taking the same sensible view of the question of dress as that held by the Nashville ladies referred to, who, in carrying into effect this good resolution, will receive the hearty support and endorsement of all wh i good opinion is worth anything. With reference to a similar resolution on the Sart of the young ladies of a certain school, the ew York Tribune says: "Honor to the young ladies of the Portland (Me.) High School I. The first class girls (first class in every sense) have resolved to dress plainly and to dispense with dress parade on examination day. If they iudulgo in jewelry it will be to a very limited extent Lace they have entirely abandoned. But we have sonic thing to tell of them even better than this.? They have solemnly determined to refrain, upon all occasions and under the severest tempta? tions, from the use of slang phrases and ex? pressions. We shouldn't wonder if the mar? riageable youth of the United States kept a special eye on that remarkable school." ? Endeavor to do your work quietly... Anx j iety and over actiou are always the cause of illness and restlessness. We must use our judgment to control our excitement, or our bodily strength will break down. We must remember that our own battle is to be won by a strength not our own. It is a battle that docs not depend upon the swift nor upon the strong. ? The dearest object to a man should be his wife, but it is not unirequcutly her clothes. Vice President. eron. Cotton Manufacture in the South. A correspondent writes to the New York Journal of Commerce some highly interesting facts relative to cotton manufacturing in the South. Referring to the Langley Mills, near ; Aiken^S. C, the writer says: A manufacturer of cotton yarns from Man? chester, England, after looking at our books, told me that we manufacture cheaper than they did by about the difference in value of our cur? rency and gold?that is to say, 4| cents per pound. Among the advantages enjoyed by the South over the North in manufacturing cotton may be enumerated by the following: 1. Here the raw material is produced, and by working it here various expenses incidental to its transportation could be saved?such as profits made by those who invest capital, time and la? bor in moving it from place to place; insurance during transportation ; loss by samplings and stealages from the bales. 2. Experts claim that in our warm Southern clime cotton works to better advantage, some estimating this advantage as high as ten per cent. 3. Reclamation on false-packed and damaged cotton is direct and easy. 4. Freights on manufactured goods are less in proportion than on bulky and hazardous bales of cotton. Yarns can be delivered in New York from this vicinity for sixty to eighty cents per cwt. 5. Abundant supply of operative labor at low rates and consequent exemption from strikes. Northern superintendents of Southern mills ad? mit the superiority of our factory hands (whites) and the ease with which they are controlled. The average wages paid at the Saluda mills is $142.82 per annum. 6. The mildness of the climate enables the operatives to enjoy a larger proportion of comT forts on a given amount of wages. In cold climates a larger quantity of carbonaceous food is requisite, which costs more than farinaceous food, nor do the houses for operatives require to be so expensive as in colder regions. Lumber of the best kinds costs only twelve to fifteen dollars per M. The short winters require less fuel. ? Land is cheap, and each household can have its garden, cow and pigs. 7. There is a home demand for the goods? the larger country stores keep supplies of yarn for sale as rejrularly as they do sheetings. 8. By purchasing seed cotton from the plan? ters and ginning it at the mill the cotton is in a better condition for working than after it has been compressed into bales, and the expense of packing the cotton, bagging, ties and handling would be saved, as well as the expense of run? ning it through the picker. The wastage cot? ton undergoes in different ways has been esti? mated from one-tenth to one-eighth of the bales. j Could the entire crop of cotton be converted into yarns at the South and shipped abroad in that form it would add $150,000,000 annually to the wealth of this portion of the United States. Foreign mills would adapt the ma? chinery to working np the yarns instead of the raw cotton. If but one^quarter of the crop could be thus converted it would be a great blessing to this country, and enable numbers of women and children who are now dependent on others to support themselves. j Cotton' Manufacture.?At a meeting of the stockholders of the Graniteville Mills, (S. C.) in the spring of 1872, the President pro? posed to double the capacity of the mills in three years, and yet pay a dividend of ten per cent per annum. Can any Northern factory make a better ex? hibit? The cotton mills of Augusta and Co? lumbus, Gr.. are doing proportionately well. The Augusta mills, with a capital stock of $600,000, had in 1870, $400,000 as a surplus fund and commercial capital after paying quar? terly, dividends of 5 per cent, or 20 per cent, per annum. It has been practically demonstrated that cotton can be spun into yarns at the South for 5 cents per pound cheaper than it can be spun in Old or New England ; consequently, a prop? erly conducted mill could make five cents on each pound of yarn more than the Northern factories, which have been enriching their stockholders, and peopling with teeming thou? sands the rocky hills of the East. Could the entire crop of cotton be converted into yarns at the South, and shipped abroad in that form, it would add $150,000,000 annually to the wealth of this portion of the United States. Foreign mills would adapt their ma? chinery to working up the yarns instead of the raw cotton. If but one quarter of the crop could be thus converted it would be a great blessiug to this country, and enable numbers of women and children, who are now dependent on others, to support themselves. The Romance of Death.?A Frenchman, recently, who saw the corpse of a young and beautiful girl iu the Paris Morgue, conceivedji violent attachment for it. is it was impossi? ble that the late departed could return his pas? sion, and as he deemed it the height of absurd? ity that he should be alive when such a beau? tiful creature was dead, he went off and drowned himself, and soon had the satisfaction of lying on the slab next her, and of being a much worse looking object thau she. The preposter? ous fool attained his desire, and gratified his posthumous vanity. Ordinary people, however, would prefer the homeliest woman imaginable, provided she were alive, to the most beautiful of drowued Ophelias, especially, if to obtain the latter, it were necessary to drown them? selves also. Except for the cure of rheumatism and getting rid of tax-collectors, we fail to see any special advantage in the underground con? dition. Destructive Fires.?The close of the year is marked by disaster both on sea and land, not the least element of destrution being the flames. On the 22nd ultimo not less than eight destruc? tive fires occured iu different cities, involving a loss of near one million dollars. Theso losses are confined to Boston, Cincinnati, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Portland, Oregon, and Helena, Ark. On the 24th a second fire occurred in Philadelphia, destroying $50,000 worth of property, and on the same day Bar num's Museum in New York was entirely de? stroyed, the camel and elephant being the only animals saved. The loss by this fire is various estimated at from $150,000 to $1,000,000, sev? eral adjoining buildings being also injured. A block on Centre street was also burned on the evening of the same day. Six lives were lost and $500,000 worth of property destroyed. ? Bridgeport tells a curious story of an un? claimed trunk. Fourteen years ago, a regular? ly checked trunk arrived by one of the trains, and, no one calling for it, it was placed in the baggage-room. At the expiration of that time, a gentleman appeared with the duplicate check, and arranged to pay $2 for storage, promising to utll for his trunk the following day. Three yean have since passed, but the trunk still awaits his return. ? The wind was so strong in Iowa that it' lately blew a man's eye out. The optic was a j gla? one. The Canse of Newspaper Failnres. In bis recent excellent address before the Press Association of Tennessee, Gen. Ira P. Jones, of the Nashville Union and American, gave the following truthful account of newspa? per mortality: We do too much work without compensa? tion. We pay too much money without any return whatever. We establish an eleemosyna? ry institution at our own expense. We keep a charity school on our own hook. We conduct business as if we owe everything to the public, and the public are not indebted to us a far? thing. We are preyed upon by the sharpers and the innocents alike. We advertise gratu? itously every week, when we should have the money for it. The general public are entirely ignorant, probably we ourselves are not fully aware, of the extent to which newspapers are burdened by this insidious drain upon their re? sources. It insinuates itself in every conceiv? able form. It docs it through reporters, agents, correspondents, editors, business mana? gers and proprietors, and generally, too, with as much disadvantage to the public as to the press. There is not a business, from the dis? penser of ginger cakes and cider to the largest manufactory, which will not advertise with you gratis?which will, if you listen to it, en? deavor to convince you that it is your duty to the public to do so. There is not an aspirant for public station?and when I contemplate the number of these, I experience an over? whelming sense of commingled amazement and disgust?from constable to the Senate of the Union, who does not conscientiously believe it to be the imperative duty of the press?daily and weekly?to speak, with a pen of telescopic power, of his microscopic deservings. Even that army of strollers, which infest the coun? try and the people, as a sort of visitation of providence for our iniquities, from the street corner seller of prize candy or magic oil, to the operatic empressario, will expect you to write an indefinite number of editorials on a three square advertisement, inserted for five days, changable daily, without charge! We are re? quired to write tip, urge up, and put through every enterprise, great or small, that seems to have a possible connection with the public. But we never hear of a share of stock, or of a dividend. The Church, the State, commerce, industry, art, invention and humbug alike seem to regard the press as their servatore, and to be run and sustained for their advantage. There is a line of demarkation in all these things between public demand, public utility, newspaper duty and individual gain. That line should be defined, and held, as it in reali? ty is, the Dead Line. Not a letter, nor a space, nor a figure, not a comma, nor a period, noth? ing of all the innumerable particles that enter into the form and structure of a daily or weekly newspaper, is there that its picking up and putting down does not cost cash money. Not a revolution of the press, not a square inch of paper, that does not cost something in cash. This should be understood by the pub? lic. If it is not, its correlative should be prac? ticed by the press. I do not mean that the press should abandon its position of being the foremost charitable institution in the world.? It should hold to that, for its munificent liber? ality, after purging itself of nine-tenths of the daily swindles practiced upon it, will exceed that of any other business. To get rid of this stupendous fraud of gratu? itous advertising, this cancer, canker?call it anything, provided you select an epithet that wiil characterize it strongly enough?I can prescribe no other rule than this: Put volun? tarily and without charge any and everything into your paper which you deem advantageous to it in. being beneficial to the public. All else exclude, being of advantage to those who wish to make money upon your capital and enter? prise. Hold your own space at its value. Fix your rates at a fair price for your circulation, and adhere to them. Fair dealing will accom? plish more than foul, at all times and every? where. For be it known that the American press is not a vampyre, to be constantly sucking the life-blood of the people. It has a vastly higher mission?but it should also be known that it will not longer be made the victim of the thousands of vampyres that come daily to counters, in every conceivable garb, to have its life-blood iucontinently sucked away. Four Men to be Hanged on Circum? stantial Evidence.?Four men, all of them whites, are now lying in the county jail of Bur net county, Texas, under sentence of death, all to be executed at the same place on Janua? ry 15. Their names are Benjamin Shelby, Arthur Shelby, Ball Woods and William Smith. They were all sentenced for the mur? der of Benjamin McKeever. Their case, taken in all its details, is oue of the most interesting in the annals of criminal trials. The evidence against them, though conclusive, was entirely circumstantial. McKeever was shot from his horse at night near the residence of the Shel? by's, his throat then cut, and his body carried on horseback three miles and thrown into a cave. A large rock was placed on the bloody spot where his throat was cut, but this precau? tion, instead of concealing the crime, led to the arrest of the criminals. The keen eyes of a frontiersman saw the rock had been recently placed there; so it was removed and indica? tions of blood found. A closer search resulted in the further finding of a paper wadding that had been fired from a shot-gun. On examin? ing a gun of Benjamin Shelby papcr-waddiug was likewise found in it, and yet another wad? ding that had been evidently fired from a shot? gun like the first, was found under Shelby's door-step. In his house was found a copy of the Chimney Corner, and by comparisons it was ascertained that the three pieces of gun-wad? ding had been obtained from that paper. There were several other circumstances point? ing strongly to the accused men as the murder? ers; therefore the jury that tried them did not hesitate to find them guilty of murder in the first degree. The verdict is generally approved by the citizens of Burnct county, and the latest advices from there indicate that there will probably be no interferences by Superior Courts or the Governor to prevent the decreed quad? ruple execution. Railroad Casualties.?In consequence of the severe weather of the past two weeks, a large number of railroad accidents have occurred, involving much loss of life and property. On the 2Gth ultimo, a passenger train leaving Corry, Ohio, broke through a trestle work near Pleasant Station and was plunged down the bank. The cars caught fire while falling, and two were completely destroyed. No water could be procured, and but little effective as? sistance could be rendered to the passengeis, of whom twenty-one were killed and twenty five others injured. On the previous day a passenger, train containing fifty persons, was wrecked near Prospect, Pennsylvania. All the passengers crowded into one car, which caught on fire, and twenty-five of the number were killed and sixteen injured. Many other rail? road accidents and casualties are reported from other sections, indicating that disasters of this kind have been more frequent, and attended with more fatal results than during any pre? vious winter. Wanted?A Minister. We take the following relative to what hi wanted in a minister from one of our religious exchanges. It contains no little truth, and shows how difficult a place the modern minis? ter has to fill: Thrifty rille wants a minister. They are look ing far and near for one; but they want the "right man." He must be quick, ardent, dashing, nervous in temperament, so that he can kindle quick and burn bright; prompt, ready, and wide awake?and yet a man of the most consummate prudence, whose nerves shall never be unstrung or out of tune. He must be a man mature in intellect, and ripe in experience?and yet so young and beautiful that all the young people will rush after him. He must have the power to awaken and arouse the church?and yet let them be quiet and look on while he does all that is done for Christ. He must be strong and original in the pul? pit, and bring none tut beaten oil there?and yet be at leisure to receive any call, any inter? ruption, be prepared for every occasion, and, like the town pump, never sucking for water, nor giving when out dry. He must be a workman who shall go down deep into mines of truth and quarry out its pil? lars and set them up, and make men come and wrestle around them?and yet be the most ifted man in light conversation and all that oats in the everyday world around him. He must have health so that his body never wearies, his nerves never quiver?a real speci? men of muscular Christianity?and yet a hard, severe thinker, a close reasoner, and a moat diligent student, getting his books from any quarter. He must be poor in this world's goods, to show that money is not his object, so that he can sympathize with the poor, aud so that he can't help feeling humble and dependent; and. yet his family must be the most hospitable, and entertain more company than any other in town; his children must be second to none in education and training ; they uiustbe respecta? bly dressed; he must give away more,ana more cheerfully, than any man in the place, not even excepting Esquire Eich himself; and his fami? ly must be models, in all respects, for the com? munity. He must be a man who can remain three years, aud his congregation must hear the same voice, on the same subject, several times each week; and yet he must come every time as original, as fresh, as glowing, as if it were done once a year. He must be able to live in a glass house, al? ways acting in public, coming in contact with all sorts of men and prejudices, so original that all will respect and fear him?and yet never odd, eccentric, morose, repulsive or awing in manners. He should have the lofty attributes of an angel, with the sympathies, the gentle? ness, and softness of the little child. He must be always ready, keyed up to the best possible pitch, and yet so calm in spirit, in word, and look, that nothing can disturb his repose. He must never preach so that the people are not proud of him when they have a stranger in their pew, so that the echo of his sermon shall not come back when he goes abroad; and yet eveiy sermon must be so beautiful that all the youug people will admire it, and wonder over it, and the little child can carry it all home and repeat it to his grandmother. And the writer might have added?he must preach with the eloquence of a $6,000 minister, and yet willing to give his services for $600 a year. Hop at a Lunatic Asylum.?We find the following paragraph in an exchange, descrip? tive of a recent hop at the South Carolina Lu? natic Asylum: Thursday night the first of the hops for the season, yearly inaugurated by Dr. J. F. Enscr, Superintendent of the State Lunatic Asylum, was given. The inclemency of the weather kept away mauy invited guests, yet there were enough present to make an agreeable party. The enjoyment of the occasion was uninterrup? ted. The music was furnished by the institution. Seventy-five of the patients were present, and. entered into the festivities with much zest; not a word or action by them was out of place, and the accuracy of their movements, in going through the various figures of the dance, sur? prised all. Many of them waltzed well, and they all appeared to view the occasion with great relief and satisfaction. The promptness and delicacy which characterized their selec? tion of partners, and the politeness of them to i wards each other, as well as towards those with whom they came in contact, might be envied by circles claiming more reason, and was an endorsement of the patient care and hard toil of the officers in charge of the asylum, under every difficulty, for the benefit of their suffering fellow-beings. The dancing was kept up to a reasonable hour, the guests joining freely in the same, contributing much towards breaking the monotony of the lives of the patients. Other similar occasions arc to follow at convenient and stated times, when cards of invitation? which the experience of past seasons has sug? gested to be tor the best?will be issued. Those people who may receive them should not fail to add their presence, for the good of the pa? tients and the pleasure of themselves. A Little Composition on the Wheel? barrow.?The Danbury Newsman says: If you have occasion to use a wheelbarrow leave it, wheu you are through with it, in front of the house with the handles toward the door. A wheelbarrow is the most complicated thing to fall over on the face of the earth. A man would fall over one when he would never think of falling over anything else. He never knows when he has got through falling over it, either; for it will tangle his legs and his arms, turn over with him and rear up in front of him, and just as he pauses in his profanity to congratulate himself, it takes a new turn and scoops more skin off of him, and he commences to evolute anew and bump himself in fresh places. A man never ceases to fall over a wheelbarrow until it turns completely on its back, or brings up against something it cannot upset. It is the most inoffensive lookiug object there is, but it is more dangerous than a locomotive, and no man is secure with one unless he has a tight hold of its handles and is sitting down on some? thing. A wheelbarrow has its uses, without doubt, but in its leisure moments it is the greatest blighting curse on true dignity. ? A man, while drunk, put up at a hotel in Hamilton, Canada. The next morning he sta? ted that he missed his gold chronometer, which he insisted he placed under his pillow in the bed ; but nothing could be found there but a cigar stump. Subsequently the remains of the watch were found in the grate, much injured by fire. The oblivious gentleman had evident? ly put his cigar under the pillow and thrown his watch into the fire. ? A faithful brother in one of our churches prayed Sunday for the absent members "who were prostrated on beds of sickness aud chairs of Wellness."