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Saturday Mormng? Jone 12. 18$9, "We publish to-day tho communication of "Fair Flay,", concerning tho Colum bia post obice. The circumstances opon vhich he commenta,'and the position of the editor in relation to them, are BO generally familiar, that wo feel assured to let the public determine between "Fair Play" and the PiipzKix. Upon one point alone wo will make special refer? ence to, and will mention, in au article dated June -4 on the postal affairs of this city, characterizing the clerks aa incom? petent, a specific exception of "the one clerk competent by education and clerk? ly training" was made. Thia exception waa intended to be final, and any censure made then or afterwards waa not meant to embrace him. We presume the de? scription of "Fair Play" and our excep? tion point to the same person, and we I" 3g to assure him that we still adhere to the opinion expressed in oar article of Jane 4 concerning this gentleman. WHAT DOES FKEE MASONRY TEACH? Go ask that' brother who has fallen in the path of life, whose plans have mis? carried, and who finda himself held down by the burdens of care and distress. He will tell yon that it teaches him that hie brothers will lift him np, remove the ob? structions from his path and assist in 'bearing the burdens under which he hau ??cottmmed. It teaches him that there is something in it beside forms and cere? monies, that there is an invisible'tie which liuka us all togother in one great iamily ol friends and brothers, and that tho heart of each'beats responsive tb the wants and needs of his brother. Ask the Mason's widow what it teaches. She will tell you that it teaohes her of unobtrusive benevolence, of sym? pathy and kindness, brotherly affection and esteem. . It teaches ber that life is not all sorrowful, that the clouds that lower about her will soon break away, dispelled by the light and love of the Mason's presence. , Ask the orphan what it teaches, and he will tell yon that it teaohes him that brotherly affection and regard which knit the father's heart into the fraternity, has descended to the son a priceless legacy, which will be to him better than silver or gold; for it will teach hie -feet in what paths to roam, will open to him the ave? nues which lead him to knowledge and usefulness, and lead him to learn that cha? racter which is alike the teat of admission to the Lodge, and which is moro to be prized than wealth or honors. Ask the wanderer in a strange land what it teaches, and he wiri tell you that it teaohes tho uni vorsah'ty of that lan? guage which is intelligible in all climes, and which, when used, never fails of eliciting a response. It teaohes him of brothers there ready to assist and serve him, Of difficulties removed, of courteous treatment and of the usefulness of that institution which has grown and spread where civilized man has gone. Ask the brothor who, perchance, in some unguarded moment, has erred and fallen, what it teaches. Ho will tell you that it teaches of that charity which deals gently with the erring, that keeps the silent tongue, that unbraideth not, that takos him gently by the hand and leads him back to rectitude, and helps him once more to stand erect like u man and a brother. It points out the follies of his ways, nod urges him to avoid them in the futura. Ask tho wealthy brother what it teaches, and he will tell you that it teaohes him to remember the poor and fatherless, the widow and tn i orphan, to be benevolent with his (fiches, and by his example teach the world that Mason? ry has made bim worthier and better. Brother, what does it teach you and me? It teaohes us to be temperate, to deal justly, be charitable to all men, and so walk and act that the world may never, through us, have an opportunity of cast? ing reproach OD our ancient order. -? ? ? ' JOHN O. BRECKINHIBOE.-The visits of the Hou. John C. Breckiuridge to Wis? consin ia to look ofter land which ho owns in- the Northern Counties of the State, and in ' considerable ' quantities. Mr. Brcckinridge appears to be au anV ble gentleman, and wa? the centre of at? traction at the Newhall yesterday.; Seve *'i of the old Demoorntio wheel-horses visited him at his room, and had a talk with. him. One gentleman asked him what ho thought of Grant' and his admi? nistration, and the reply Was that the President was smart enough to take care of hii-self. His Cabinet, while none of the best, was just suoh a ono as Grant needed, and was better for his purposes than one of more talent would be. It was not designed to make the adminis? tration a brilliant one, and Grant's am? bition was to make it nn every-day sort of useful affair. He was studying the best way to do this, and Mr. Breckiu? ridge believed he would succeed in a degree sufficient to make the people feel easy, although they would be by no means Satisfied. -Milwaukee Wisconsin. The grand city reception oud compli? mentary dinner will be given to Reverdy Jonnson in Baltimore as soon as the ar? rangements car. bo made. It is under? stood he is preparing aa elaborate vindi? cation of his ministerial course, which will be published soon. He designs showing that ht strictly obeyed his in? structions, and that Senator Sumner knew of and approved them before he left for England. If he makes a speech at the contemplated recoption proffered by the City Council he may probably give a sketch of the intended defence. Friendship is a vase which, if once flawed, it may as well be broken;, ii can never be trusted afterwards. ?I" rc'? .>',llf?.Ml ny ll I I ll 1 Tho Postmaster ?nd HU Assistant*. MESSES. EDITORS : It is not without ?nter??! Inst I^hato read yourremark? in relation to-the present management of toA post office in this city^^sd, per? mit me to say,-that your sweeping assault upon the postmaster and his otafF, io your issue of the 9lh instant, is unac? ceptable, if not quite offensive, to some of your fellow-citizens and patrons. None of us can deny tho right of the President to nominate, or of the Senate to confirm, os'postmaster, here or else? where, any one acceptable to him and to them. Nor can fault be found with him for selecting a oitizeu of his own party and politios to fill any office in the gift of the Government. It was the motto of the Democratic party at One time, and I suppose still is, that "to the victo ra belong the spoils. " Now, if such a motto, blazoned in gorgeous colors, on the ban? ner of the Democrats in the pride of their triumph, was fit and trae for them, it cannot be objeoted to os unfit and false when adopted and acted on by the Republicans. While, however, all this may bo admitted, yet it is urged os an unpardonable insult and injustice to have a colored man, in the wantonness of power, thrust upon us in the capacity of oar postmaster. Hence arises the great grief of the PHOENIX and of Messrs. E. & G. D. Hope, Now, permit me to say, that I was an earnest secessionist, am now a Democrat, and a white man, and no one is more invincibly favorable to the ascendancy, in all respects, of my own rac?, patty aside, than. lam; and, also, that I regard the course, os to ap? pointments, of tbe President as utterly inexcusable and pernicious. The amount of injury that must inevitably follow from it, in my opinion, will be absolute? ly fearful. Bat then we are in the mi? nority and powerless; we caa neither benefit ourselves or our country by using harsh epithets, or by resorting to the language of detraction, as applicable to the appointees .of a Republican ad? ministration. On the contrary, it is our duty to hold up the hands of such ap? pointees, and to give ali proper encou? ragement to them, whether of the one color or the other, when we know (as we do in the case of the postmaster at Co? lumbia) that they are respectful, modest, honest and capable. You seem to have forgotten, too, Messrs. Editors, that you are driving your shafts (or, at least, at? tempting to do so) into the feelings and sensibilities of one of the postmaster's employees, who is a gentleman of in? tegrity, a white man, and of capacity fully equal to the requirements of the situation he fills, besides having the en? tire confidence of all classes and colors, unless the Hopes be exceptions. As to the complaints of bad manage? ment in the post office, made in the par? tisan tone and temper which mark your editorials on the subject, if they are worthy of consideration at all, they are no because they are fouuded on the fact of the going out of one set of agents and the installation of a new and in a great degree necessarily an inexperienced corps-a difficulty ever to be encountered in like circumstances. So much is due to the successor of our friend, Mr. Jan ney, and all fair minds will yield it to him. Let us bo just, even generous, to the incumbent and his assistants, and directly all things will work smoothly. The time, no doubt, will come when De? mocracy may again run up a triumphant banner, encircled with the motto, "To the victors belong tho spoils;" a time which you seem, sirs, devoutly to wish for. 1 UR PLAY. TOASTS AT THE BOSTO?? JUBILEE.-We learn that a banquet will be gotten up in Boston during the coming great Peace Jubilee, at which the following toasts will be read and responded to. General Grant will presido on the occasion: - Regular Toasts-Cigars, Whiskey, Triok Mnles, Monkeys. Long may they wave! To be responded to by tho Presi? dent. 2d. The Memory of Mrs. Surrntt and Wirz. Respondent, the Hon. Edward M. Stanton. Sd. The Declaration of Independence ? "Tear down the flaunting lie.". Re? spondent, the Hon. Horace Greeiy. 4th. Canes and their Uses. . Respond? ent, the Hon. Charles Sumner. 5th. Washington, Jefferson, Monroe and Adams,.ola fogies bf 177?, all fuss and feathers.' "Respondent, the Hon. Wendell Phillips. Otb. Womau-Superior to white" men. and almost equal to niggers. Respond? ent, Miss Anna Dickinson. The ivuole to conclude with au address on the "Ingratitude of Republics, " by the Hon. Wm. H. Seward. The above I proceedings will bc followed by a gene? ral danoo, with Fred. Douglass as Master ! of Ceremonies. VELOCIPEDES, DHAYMEX, TAXES.-The Wilmington, N. C., Journal, says: "A poor drayman, we know not who he is, sends ns the following, which we publish for 'Drayman's' benefit, if there be any benefit in it: "Jlfr. Editors-Sirs s I runs a dray aud Lays one dollar a month tax whether I makes a dollar or not: Now I undustand there is a Mr. Rink iu toun who has 8 or 10 Lossipee?s which he makes tho poor boys about toun run for him; and ho is makeing forty or fifty dollars a day outs of the poor boys: clean money. Now I wants to know how much tax Mr. Rinks pays, on his Lossipeedes-If a drayman makes one dollar a day clean monoy, and pays one dollar a month tax How much ought Mr. Rinks pay on the fifty or sixty dollars a day whioh he makes on his Los sipetds the poor boys runs for him. DBAXMAN." tlc? tn a fteconatructca SUWi?T>? W| aro Cat by Negroes *? */X*if''l??Mmt ?Umnhablt Speech o? ? Wi ?pro on Vol retnmed hero from A visit f<^8t?j$te?r, a thriving and; healthy vi>Mfc"fy> mile? by rail from thia plac my visit was made at a?tjtae spec^l?v?yiavor able for observation ?nd note taking, it may not be amies to chronicle snob inci? dents and developments a? came be? fore me. Tho Circuit Court was in session, pre? sided over bj a very old,, sojuewhat pro? sy, but seemingly impartial judge, of the scalawag school-Ii. Boozer', by name, of and -from Loxing ten County, and the whilom Lieu te J nut-Go vcr nor, and'Pres? ident of the Senate nt thc inception of the negro government. ? Tbo court house is a verv handsome brick structure, to which 32,000 has recently been ap? plied in repairs aud furniture, at the expense of the County, und for tire benefit of a Massachusetts contractor, whom the Massachusetts County Com? missioners selected to manage the busi? ness. The grand jury contained some two or three white men, all tho rest be? ing negroes, and the petit juries wero composed almost entirely of blaoks. Some of these were mere boys in appear? ance, in a condition of absolute ignor? ance not only of law, but of letters; and the substitution of so many monkeys could not have made the scene more pal Sably farcical. There seemed to bo some ifficulty in getting the negro jurors to recognize, own, and answer to, the names by. which ? they were entered on the venire; and in some oases, members of the petit juries were missed, and after being vainly called by the crier, they were bunted high and low, and finally fonnd snugly ensconsed with the grand jury, and sitting as members of that high inquest in its private deliberations. When brought into court by the negro constable, and restored to their proper seats, these erratic whoolly-heads seemed in no way abashed, bat joined in the laugh, which such mistakes occasioned among the lookers on. The placo as? signed for the bar is handsomely car? peted, and the lawyers were' all white, and said to be natives; and of marked ability. I was struck by the zeal, in? genuity and eloquence with which these Carolina gentlemen defended the pris? oners tried, nearly all of whom were negroes, some of them notorious scamps, and none of them able to pay for such professional services. Many of them were acquitted on more technicalities of law, ably argued, and insisted bc, or by some flaw in the indictment. The worst and the poorest of them had the gratuit? ous services of the bar, incases in which, where the party waa able to pay, a fee ol several hundred dollars would not have been excessive or unreasonable. . And these prisoners were known to be mem? bers of the league, voting all the time against the native white interest, and obedient tools of the radical adventurers, who abandon them when in trouble. Sumter seemed to be infested with radical vermin. Whittemore, Massachu? setts Congressmen, old and young Moses, father and sou, Chief Justice, and Speaker of the House, by thc favor ol the negro Legislature, and a small arm j of other loyal leeches, were pointed oui to me. Their company is avoided b\ , the white population,' but they seem tc have all the brazen effrontery which ii usually associated with prostitution oJ any kind. I witnessed quite a soene iu front oi the Court House. A group of thirty ot forty negroes, and a few whites, huddlec together coar the steps, were addressee I by a likely mulatto, well dressed, power I ful in voice, and of decidedly declama i tory turn. His name was Johnson, < member of the Legislature from Sumter j The group, I learned, was the Radica County Convention to nominate candi dates for the State Senate, and Probat? Judge and Coroner of the County. Fo: the Senate two candidates bad entere< ! the field, a scalawag (Heriot) and a car pet-bagger, (Gardner, from Boston. Johnson declaimed eloquently agains any white man for that office; he said "I told B. F. Whittemore thatwehai raised him from a dung-hill to a seat ii Congress, but if he did not behave him self there, we would pull him down agaii lower than he over was before. I insist,' bo cried, "chat a negro shall go to th Senate." HA succeeded, whipped ou his carpet-bag and scalawag competitors and obtained tho nomination himseli which fe th? esme as an election.- Fo the choice of this Convention (?) carrie (by a sworn obligation) the whole part (negro) vote. White citizens were sUnd lng off abont 100 yards from thospeakoi I looking on with evident : amusement while thia little handful oi 'field hand Were selecting officers for the Count} Ono of them, who appeared to be some what, facetious, remarked, as ho turno away, "O, t?mpora I O, Moan /" the lat word being a decidedly savage parody or pun. Moses, Jr., took part in thi little gullah convention as a member an voter; and ^efc h? claims tc roDreaei Charleston in the lower house-(can an house be loweri)-ot whioh he Speaker. During this contest, tho rivi candidates charged each other with f raui bribery, and all manner of -rascality Johnson was charged with selling h vote on all occasions in the Legislatur? and that ton dollars wonld buy him', an that tho railroad lobbyist? all knew i Whittemore favored his Massachnset protege, (Gardner,) but the result coi firms the opinion of Massachusetts S nator Sawyer, (a carpet-bagger himself that the blacks will repudiate the carpe bag rule and throw overboard all- sue Northern adventurers. Whiskey an money were used in vain, and Johnsc secures a seat in the Senate for his c lored carcass. There is now living in thin capital Mr. Yooum, formerly of the Thiftiel Massachusetts Veteran Volunteers, i the close of'th? w?^? he opened a sto: in Sumter, and dealV largely in fc?ner merchandize. His largest customers c ..?i ri ?1 the booka were toma of the Moses came, ajidj^ybroke bins. He says that they | >ut would not pav, and to this toses, Jr.,-(th?.Speaker,)'owes him ?OOO for necessaries furnished to jafly, and on which he fed his com . . and has not paid a cent, and he tot force payment, as the debtor is notoriously nulla Nbona. He also says \ a Northeru gentleman, who was a during tho session, was invited by the Speaker to his: house, and while a guest, Moses borrowed from him $500, for a few days, and the unfortunate man waited for weeks in vain for his money, and finally gave it up and left. All this, and muon more, is circulating ia this capital. Yocum is a Canadian by birth, and a gentleman in manners, and seems well posted about the Chiof Justice and his son, the Speaker and Adjutant-Gene rnl. And the other dignitaries of this highly-spotted political monstrosity have n like record-birds of a feather. Well might the funny man in Sumter say, "0, temporal 0, Moses/ [Cor. New York World. The Alabama-Important Statement of I Laird Brother?-Who Dall? th? Rebel ' Privateer. To Hie Editor of the London limes: We have hitherto refrained from an? swering any of the attacks made upon ns as builders of the Alabama, not wish? ing to prejudice in any way the negotia? tions entered into between the Govern? ment of this country and tho United States, which, if they had been conclud? ed in a satisfactory manner, wouli prob? ably bare led to an inquiry into all the circumstances connected with the build? ing of ships, and supply of war materials by various parties to Northern and South? ern belligerents during the American war, and thereby bave given us au opportu? nity of explaining the part we took in, building and delivering the Alabama at this port. The Johnson-Clarendon Convention having been rejected by the United States, we think the time has como to re? move tho erroneous impressions that have prevailed on this subject, as it can? not be to the advantage of tho country that unfounded statements as to this one transaction should remain nncoutra dieted, and be used adversely to this country, vfhile tho larger question of the assistance in naval, military and other [ supplies rendered to the North os well as I the South during the war should be i hushed np. The allegations made, and no oftcu re? peated that many people believe them, arc-that wo not only built, but armed, manned, and equipped the Alabama, to cruise against the Northern States, and, thereforo, committed an illegal act; and thot to induce us to enter into such ar? rangements, we were paid au extravagant price for the ship and machiuerj*. Wo Shall, therefore, proceed to show that these statements are unfouuded, and that thc contract to build tho Ala? bama was entered into by us iu the usual course of our business as a mere com? mercial transaction, and nt a price mod? erate for vessels of her class, the firm which we now represent having for up? wards of thirty years been iu the habit of building vessels of war for our own Government, for foreign governments di? rect, and for the agents of foreign gov? ernments. The Alabama was built iu our works, where about 2,500 men were at that time employed, without any security, and dur? ing her building, wus constantly inspect? ed by visitors from various parts of the world, and by the officers of Her Majes? ty's Customs, as proved by the following .report from Mr. Morgan, Surveyor of Her Majesty's Customs, Liverpool, dated the 28th of June, 1862: "Tho officers have at all times free ac? cess to the building yards of the Messrs. Laird, at Birkenhead, where the said ves? sel is now lying, and there bas been no attempt on the part of her builders to disguise, what is most apparent to all, that she. is intended for a ship of war." Alabama Papers, March 24, 1863. When ready, she was launched and taken into our graving dock, to have her machinery put on board, and to be masted and rigged. On the 12th of June, this work was so far advanced that the vessel was taken for a trial trip outside the port, and all being found satisfactory, was brought bock to our graving dock to bo com? pleted. 1 On the 12th of July, more than a fort? night before she left the Mersey, she was moved from our works, and placed in the Great Float public dock, at Birkenhead, to whioh all parties have access, 'and was there supplied by the purchaser 'with qonls and-provisions for her voyage.' Thete<wt?nohaetaors^eny"o?erved in any of these operations, and had there been anything illegal in the build or the fitting of. the-shiD, there, was ample time and opportunity for Atnie Government then to have seised her.. They did not do so, although they were informed on the 21sb of .July, by their officers, Ihnt the ship appeared to 'be ready for 'sea, and migh i leave , at any . hour she pleased. A CCTTING RETORT -A gentleman*who was walking near Oxford was met by some students of the University, one of j whom addressed him with: "Good morning, Father Abraham. ' "I am not Father Abraham." "Good morning, Father Isaac," said a second. "I am not Father Isaac," was the re? ply. "Good morning, Father Jacob," said a third. "I am nuither Abraham, Isaac nor Ja? cob, but Saul, son of Kish, who went out to seek his father's asses, and, lo ! I have found thom." THE UNITED STATES NAVY IV.EPAEINO |*OR A WAB WITH ENOIJAI?D.-Over this j I title, the last Punch has a representation of Lieut. Shirley stamping upon tho] bunoh of flowers thrown upon a Confe? derate grave at Arlington. Booal Items. We would announce to .the little folks -for utfder the present order of things they are the only ones that can attend [ thai th? Post Band will giro some fine mudo in the Park this afternoon. Jon OFFICE.- The Phoenix Job Office is prepared to execute every stylo of printing, from visiting and business cards to pamphlets and books. With ample material and first-class workmen, satis? faction is guaranteed to all. If our work does not come np to contract, we make no charge. With this understanding our business men have no excuse for Bending work North. ARRIVALS AT THE NICKEBSON HOUSE. Hon. J. P. Reed, Hon. James L. Orr, Daniel Brown, Anderson; John West? field, A. McBee, Col. H. D. Hammett, Greenville; A. Tollersou, Spartanburg; R. R. Hemphill, Texas; E. E. Dickson, Manning; W. L King, Charleston; O. D. Nathans, R. C. Freeman, Philadel? phia; Dr. A. N. McLaren, U. S. A. ; B. M. Quarley, H. N. Broaddus, Richmond, Va. ; Philip L Coben, Augusta, Ga. ; C. P. Hyde, C. & A. R. R. ; J. M. Mathews, Baltimore, Md. ; A. A. Chilos, Mrs. King and two children, Florida. THE CONCEBT BY THE POST BAND.-A large orowd of ladies and gentlemen were in attendance at Jauney's Hall, last evening, to wituess the highly entertain? ing performance given by the Post Bond. We do not go beyond bounds when we assert that the entertainment in question excelled anything in that line which the citizens of Columbia have had an oppor? tunity of witnessing in the last twelve years. We hope that the management received encouragement enough from our citizens to warrant numerous repe? tition of these oxcollont and rational concerts. BED-BCG ANTIDOTE.-A lady, who baa tried this simple method of extirpating * repulsive bed-bug, is kind enough to a a public profession of faith in its e '.cy through the columns of a news? paper: "If any of your readers need a sure remedy for bed-bugs, they can have miue, and cleanse the house of this trou? blesome vermin without expense. They have only to wash with salt water, filling the cracks where they frequent with salt, and you may look in vain for them. Salt seems inimical to bed-bugs, and they will not trail through it. I think it preferable to all ointmeuts, and the buyer requires no certificates as to its genuineness." It is our sad duty to report the demise of Wm. R. Hunt, who died yesterday, June 11th. Mr. Hunt was for many years employed as clerk in the office of the Secretary of State, and by his ad? mirable business qualities so recommend? ed himself to the Legislature of South Carolina that he was elected firtt to the office of Survoyor-General, oi.d after wurde to that of Secretary of State. During the period of fifteen years in which he was engaged in the State De? partment, ho also filled the post of De? puty Comptroller-General. Mr. Hunt had acquired in his term of service a large and varied experience. He died a victim to consumption, at the age of thirty-five. We have sustained in his death the .loss of a good and valuable citizen. COUBT OF COMMON PLEAS AND GENERAL SESSIONS, June ll, 1869.-The Grand Jury made the following returns: I The State vs. Spencer Hagood. Bur? glary and larceny. ' True bill. Same vs. George Robertson. Larceny. True bill. Same vs. James Williams, John Thomas, Spencer Haigood, Giles Pride and Robert Perrin. Grand larcony. Trao bill. Same vs. Henry Scott, (colored.) Bur? glary and larceny. True bill. Samo vs. Edward Legare. Malicious trespass. " True bill. Same vs. William Steiglitz. Assault and battery. True bill. Same vs. Maiinda Webb and ?{anoy Kennedy,. Alias Cannady. Grand lar-, cony. True bill. I Same vs. Jesse Lee and Charles Par ! ker. Assault and battery. True bill. ! . Sam? vs. Peter McGregor. Assault I and battery. No bill. Same vs. Richard Jackson. Larceny. ?No bill. I Same vs. Philip, Epstein. Assault and battery. No bill. The case of the State vs. Charles R. ' Parker and John Neily, indicted for as ? sanlt and battery and highway robbery, occupied the attention of the Court up I to the hour of adjournment. Messrs. Rice and Sloan, Jr., represent the prison? ers; Solioitor Talley and W. S. Monteith for tho SUte. A few copies of the 'Sack and Destruc? tion of Columbia' can bo obtained at the Pheenix office. Price twenty-five cents. "NBV APVElfttSgMffK^ called (to the following advertisement*, published the .first time this morning: Lost-A Pocket Bible. John Stork & Sou-Selling Off at Cost. Fisher, Lowrance & Fisher-Eettlep. Holmes & Macbeth-Auction Salo. S i ? n t m .'1 r ? I Speaking of youngster?, Cory O'Launr, gives ns a few interesting fragments re? specting that interesting parcel of hu? manity: Bors.-Some things may be said in favor of boys; some traders would hardly lire without them. "The glass put-in men wouldn't buvn much to do, and putty would decline, if there were no boys to break windows. There would bo no customers for cast iron peaches and green apples, which oame on early in the season, out for tho boys, and the doctors wouldn't haro BO much to do curing cases of cholera mor? bus arising therefrom. Boys cnn be mode useful when they have a mind to, and can eel! nowapa ?pers, black boots, hold horses, and do chores. In printing offices, boys are known DB devils; printers have a plain way of speak? ing. Boys individually are better than boys collectively. If there waa only one boy in the world I think he wonld bo a good boy. It gen? erally takes at least two boys to get np any mischief. Have one boy in a store, and you can make him useful. Hire a second boy, and their time will be chiefly devoted to choseing one another over tho couuter, and firing brush and directory at each other's heads. A boy begins to be a nuisance about the time he is eight years old. How soon he grows out of it dopeuds on circum? stances. Some never do It is.a question wheth^ aoja lead an enjoyable existence. TL y have a gre.it deal of fun nt other people s expeuso, but they have most always got grievauces. They would like to havo their way a little more, nud a pref y way it would be, too. Oivo a boy his choice of an occupai ion in lifo, and the ohances are that he would prefer to bo a Robinson Crusoe on u des? ert island, or captain of a band of rob? bers, such as he has read about, and se? riously thinks of goiug into ono or thc other of these desirable occupations when he gets to be a man. He hos a great respect for tho stago driver, and the captain of a canal boat there is an air of command in these posi? tions that quite takes his ideas. His idea of being a mau is having plenty of money to spend, doing what you please, and being able to smoko or chew tobaccoo without getting sick over it. Our wealth is often a snare to our selves, and always a temptation to others. -u--i-f ELEOANCE AND COMFORT exist through? out the A II ER ic AN HOUSE, BOSTON. Tho Hotel is kept by tho veteran host Lewis Rice, whose supervision for a quarter of a century has rendered this houso so popular. J12 DR. TTJTT'S CELESRATED EXPECTORANT. No MYSTERY-How rr ACTS.-Firvt, it detaches from the bronchial or wind tubes the mucus of matter whieh some? times adheres to thom with the tenacity of glue. Seoondly, it mitigates the pain sud removes the constriction of the bronchial tubes and muscles of the ohest. Thirdly, it resists the progress of inflammation and assists the luugsfto throw off the irritating matter which ac? cumulates. J12 (3 A highly intelligent lady, a resident of Syracuse, N. Y., says that she was af? flicted nearly a year, periodically, with derangement of the circulation, tho blood rushing to the lungs with such force as to threaten congestion and death. This was attended with the most intense pain in nil parts of the body. Foiling to ob? tain relief from any of the phyatcinus whom she employed from time to time, she was induced, to try the PLANTATION BITTERS, and to ber surprise and joy they have relieved her, ana she is now iu good health and flesh. - . MAGNOLIA WATER.-Superior to tho best imported German Cologne, and sold at half the price. J12Jlf3 The blood io, the great nutritive fluid. Ita office is two-fold. It provides .mate? rial for the regenorat-'on of .all parts, and receiving the products of their waste, il conveys them to proper organs for re? moval from the system. Thus it carries life to the body1, and:removing therefrom 0 flete matters,, it carries off the seed.) of disease and death. Puro blood is, in fine, the great nutritive element of tho body, tho great nourisher Of the tissues, tho very , lifo of the flesh, tho very es? sence of health.1 HKnrrrsifs QUEEN UK LiOHT is the great'medicine for the blood, and everybody should try it ' 'Countless aro the testimonials in its favor. It is 1 truly the only medioine now needed as a summer tonio and liver invigorator. .Jil H AOAN'B MAGNOLIA BALM.-This sr tide is the true secret of beauty. It is what fashionable ladies, actresses and opera singers use to produce that cultivated, distingue appearance so much admired in tho oiroles of fashion. It removes all unsightly blotches, red? ness, freckles, tatt, sunburn and effects of spring winds and gives to tho complexion a blooming purity of transparent delicacy and power. No lady wh^ values a line complexion can do withou. Ihe Magnolia Balm. 75 cents will buy it of any of our respectable dealers. Lyon's Kathairon is a very delightful hairdressing. M22 J13