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"The ti?Ieof l?fe, swift always in its course, M*y rim in ciiios with u brisker force, liui im where with a our rout so serene. Or half so clear, as ill the rural scene." The Cotton Louse. We take the f??!lowing article from the Patml 0/ficv Report on Agriculture: When the cotton plant is very voting ami tender, it is particularly Mihjcct to the attacks of ihe cot Ion louse, which, by means of its piercer, penetrates through the outer coaling, or parenchyma, of the leaf or tender shot>ls, ami sucks the sap from the woun.l. The utiiler part of the leaves or young shoo's are the places mostly selected, niul the constant punctures, and consequent \ drainage of tap, enfeebles the piniit, causing the leaf to curl up, turn yellow, and subsequently wither away and fall to the f ground. Tiic voting line are extremely minute ani of a greenish color; bill wln*n v the}' become older, they are about a tenth v of ?tn inch in length, ami often of a dark v greun, or, in some instances, almost Mack. c I famy tli<> col<<r somewhat depends upon a tlie health of list! plant, as well as that of 1 tlx? insect, ?>r, perhaps, upon the food, as I ' have t.fen ^ivcii and black lice promiscu- 11 onsiy fudl'ig ujikji the same plants. The ^ female produces her young alive during the c summer, when she may often be seen surrounded !?v her numerous progeny, sucking u the juice from the leaves and still produ- ' cing y<>u::g. Some naturalists state that ' flu* fi'iiifii.ic iii llu* nriiilti/ifi i"v.n ' ? ml,v v,,v ? i J for the future spring generation. If so, it is in order to preserve tlie species, as the in- c sects themselves are easily killed l>y eold 1 Y'. .find frost; and their increase would be in- * calculable were it not that kind Nature lias e provided many enemies amongst the insect tribe to prevent their too rapid mnltipliea- ' tion. Both males and females are said, at J, certain seasons, to possess wings, but the females and young in summer appear to be j wingless. TIj.? end of I lie abdomen of both . e sexes is pruvid.-d with two slender tubes, rising like horns from the back, from Which j A exudes llie "honey dew," or sweet gummy substnnee, seen stieking to tlie upper sides of the leaves beneath them, and which V forms the favorite food of myriads of ants. : Although young plants are mostly attacked, ' yet I have seen old "stands" in Georgia ~\with tlieir young shoots completely covered * ^ith tikis pt.-st as Safe as November. ^ The principal insects that destroy tlie cotton louse are the lady-bird, the lace-fly, ^ and the syrphus, all of which wage inces- . Rant war upon the.lice and devour all they ^ <?* can find. Another fly, the ichneumon, likewise lays an egg in the body of the louse, ' which, hatching into a grub, devours the ? inside of the still living insect until it eventually dies, clinging to the leaf even in i death, and the fly makes its appearance from the old skin of the louse. When old *3* cotton plants are suffering from the attacks '? the louse, many planters, recommend the 3ft 'tops of such to bo'dat off and burned,'1^1(1' ^ by so.d?\?? partially succeed in destroying , Itiein ; *f?ty when wo consider that by tliis * ^ mftth<jd ttjany young "hloom&" and "forms'* r rntist likewise be destto^cd,*nd prevented ^ jgjjA from.^aturing, it must be confessed that tbe remodjkw Almost as bad a9 the disease. #5* Jn a garden or greenhouso, a solution of 1 \t-hiilo, oil so-'ipt from a syringe, showefed i ?l$jr .upon lite upper and under parte of tbe foli? age, has been used with much advantages; I _&C " . .*>i- - - - I yet, tipon Hie extended scalo of h cotton J plantation, such n remedy is,itl together too I trifling irnd impracticable, ana unti! w%cnn f collect fnrther infonnationr from intelligent < B - Jtf?nter?np0ri; thifcsiibject^jwe must rest ? content With the instinct of our insect n|- i irt ,i , * , . cv iarfifj <r ! v I1**' -..?$ y 4 ffc * jfcP0L " ^'gfPngi wbftt era in the world'* \ Remarks of Col. Marshall, In the Senate, upon the Jtill to allow the Commixxioixrs the power of lei'/, in;/ a poll tax, to be applied to the free School fund. Mr. Marshall. As I understand the reading of the nmendment, I sliall be un willing 10 vote lor it. 1 cii?i noi nuenu 10 ? take part in this debate, but from the very fact that I am anxious to see this matter | under- charge perfected, and n scheme of j general education before the country, I had j devoted some time to the subject to enable me to come to a conclusion upon it, in oilier to lay the result before this body. But it seems to mo that to confer upon the commissioners of free schools the right to say whe'her they shall levy a. capitation tax or an assessment tax is a power never heretofore conferred upon that board?a |>o\ver that belongs to tlie Legislature, and j not to the commissioners of free schools. ' , I would be unwilling to confer that power in a few men, constituted by this body, to home and to say to the people " yon shall pay a capitation tax or au assessment ..v " i ..... ........... 1... ...... 1 means for tlie purpose of carrying educalion to the houses of the poor. I would not care by what legal means I obtained t, so that we acquired a sufficient amount iiul that the money should be properly : listribuled according to the free white , population. It is upou that plan that I I ?liouh? prefer to have the money distributed j ?according to the free while population of j lach district, and if you arc determined for j .he board to have the power conferred upon j .hem before the people have conferred j ipon us lite right to decide. I tliiiik you ivill do wrong. Von should submit the juotioii of capitation or assessment fir>t ,o them. Tlie honorable members from jicenville, Darlington and Anderson, who ire in favor of a capitation tax, may know vhat the views of their constituents are on lie .subject, but I must know whetln .* my J eople are iu favor of a capitation tax or j , lot, before I do whjit might subject t' em j 0 it. lint I am opposed to it. and I do 1 j lot know whether the people of my disriet would hu willing to pay it or not.? here ?re some difficulties, and how to de- ^ iilo between these two great extremes it is ^ ifiicult to suy. Extremes on either side j. ever seem to he best. What is wanted is . :>me scheme by which to harmonize these xtrenies, and secure the education of the oor. How is that scheme to be adopted ? ^ Yho is here prepared to submit plans that , kill raise a sufficient amount for education, :i without either of the extreme proposal* rhicli have been made. That is the diffi- j nlty that has been presented to my mind ^ II this time, and one reason why I defer- j ed saying anything is. I have an amend1 hich I shall propose that seems to me to neet the views of those who st.-md at the liferent extremes, or at least, which would arry the question of either assessment or apitation to where it belongs?the voice " >f the people, in each election precinct or ^ arish. Tlien all the power, when they . lavo decided tlie question, whicli tlie eoiii- . iiissiouers of free schools will have, will >e to lay :i tax either by assessment or by apitation, as the case may be.^ The amend 1 uent which I propose is in tlie following i ? voids: j 1 Section 1. That the several boards of ' omniissioners of free schools or their res- s leciive districts or parishes, shall have 1 lower to levy, by Jissessment not exceeding c ifty per cent, upon the general tax, or by 1 l capitation not exceeding one dollar per 4 icad, and that the proceeds thus raised in 1 inch district or paiisb shall be expended as < lie present appropriation made by the 1 jCgblattire for the support of free schoid^. i Section 2. That for the purpose of as- ' ertain ng the sense of each dislriet or I >arish upon the question, whether they are 1 n favor of the assessment or capitation j ( ax, the managers of election for their ros- I * lective districts or polishes, shall at the ' icxt general election opon a box at eaeli j ' lection precinct, 111 winch each person en- ( itled to a vote shall deposit? his ballot, on ' niieh shall he written " assessment" if he f i in favor of an assessment, 01 " epilation s ax" if he is in favor of taxing eflch white 1 terson over the ,?ige of tweuty-one years, ( nd the result of t'le said election shall he ' eported hy tli? said managorsto the coin- 1 nissioners of Tree schools fol' said district >r parish. ' ' V Section 3. That tlie said commissioners \ >f free schools, for their resjvectLve districts j >r parishes, shall direct tho tax collector to <. :ollect either by assessment or capitation ttjc^as the case may be, the 8utji thus fixed ( ly tfieiaid.^inniissioners, nnd pny thCBHine >ver tQ tije^eai'orcr of the hoard of com- j V>rifrea ^e/projLl?e irat Monday in July, fit eacb,y?a*>.r,o i . r? *? ??* ! ., :, A Musical Prodigy.?We -clip J owing from the. Columbus (Ga.)r .Senti-i < iei ; ^ . ... " Tliero is in this vicinity ? blind negro j >oy,only six years old, the properly of Jaincs i JT. Belhune, of.jHie Cofn?r Stone, who ex-; i tiibiw tlie most wouderfdl capacity f<Jr "Wu-l i dc, and is able to play' almost .any 'pifcce, 'i j von the most, difficult, on tbtf\pi8no-;A>rte | ifter hearing it once or twice. lie-has i icvor been instructed in rfpisic; the knowl- I idgo of tlleseioDce is, therefore, imstincjjve. i He has the tno#t intense p^ion'for music, j tnd exhibits the greatestVJmotion during i lis performances .We have;never seen so ( wonderful'* musical prodigy before," ] V " % * *" wi- . - * EI 3 Si S B ELLL MS g ??gu" Now York Banking. The following, from the New York Journal of Commerce, explains the cause of the frequent fluctuations in tlio Money Market of that city. Poor Hanks, and those who endeavor to do a large and hazardous bus- ' in ess on a small capital, are a cur&c to any community.: "Tho returns from our banks show conclusively that some of these institutions do their business upon the capital of others, and thai the prudent and conservative have to carry upon their shoulders tho reckless ' .... l : :.i ..i \\r .. n . c <i. i ...i. 1 Illiu mi])K>\ 1<I<<III,. \HMli illl Ul (1113 I'UIIKS lo follow the example of the latter, they would all go down together in some mo- j ment of panic or financial embarrassment. The conservative bnnks deem a specie basis ! t>f 20 per cent, of liabilities a limit below ' ... I which it is not judicious or safe to run, and Lhey therefore arrange their business accordingly. 'The reckless bnnks knowing that their piudent neighbors will not go below J this average, dash on without any regard to such a limit, relying for safety, not on 1 their own resources, but upon tlio re-erves of tlie others. They sue like those improvident idlers who earn only enough for ( today's provisions, regardless of future want, because they see the accumulated stores of (lie industrious on either side,and 1 know that before lltey starve, they can 1 draw on the granaries of the more provi- ' Jent. It is chiefly out of this recklessness ' 3u the part of some of the banks, that the 1 system of demand loans has grown to be ' such an intolerable nuisance. livery well ' established baidc finds by experience how 1 nueh of its depositee it can safely depend 1 ipoll as capital, and uses the funds thus , intrusted to it accordingly, in the discount ' ?f prime business paper at sliort dates, re- r erving a specie b;i?is for all its liabilities of !0 per cent. If the course of all the banks 1 vcre uniform in this direction, there could 1 ie (humanly speaking) 110 sudden and disislrous con tractions. Hut in the face of his conservative action, some reckless rinks?originated to find a place for a 'resident and Cashier, or to procure loans i>r a clique of greedy borrowers?use up n loans a!! tin; funds they can obtain, without much regard to the future. When the lay of stringency comes they are forced o bonow of those capitalists who have iinds in the prudent hanks, and the latter ire therefore com; died to give up h poriou of the deposit s tlioy might otherwise lave safely u>ud, or to draw down their pecie below a safe limit. Finding, after a * ittle experience, that they are liable to hese sudden calls on their deposites to ma ke I ip for the recklessness of lln.ir neighbors, j he sound banks lc.en lnr?r? . w.moc 7 t ml "on mil,'' templing speculators l<> engage in operations for which they would j itlierwisc have no means, and ruining them >y pressing for the money when they want t most, or else avoiding such ruin by pinehng their legitimate customers. "The whole foundation of the reaction n the money market, against which no sajacity or foresight of the prudent can guard, f s laid by the improper course of these reck css institutions, as above described. The f ound banks, and the mercantile eonmiuni- t y generally, all pay tribute to tliese finan:ial corsairs, and tlie evil lias now become , ntolorable. Some liave proposed a legal f mactmcnt obliging all banks to keep 011 land 20 per cent, of their liabilities in spe- f :ie, but we Imvo some doubts in regard to lie efliciency of this plan, and are disin- | lined toward any faith or legislative inter- ( erence with the banks, remrdy can be oiind elsewhere. We think that this rem ? sdy lies in the proper verdict of public ( jpinion. Lot the community understand . vlio the real disturbers of tho money mar ;ei are, and irown upon all bogus banking, ( vhether 111 city institutions under a flourish >f trumpets, or in wild cat cabins in the | 1'inu Log Districts. It might serve a use'ul purpose to publish every week "a table .hewing the per centage of liabilities held t( n specie, by each of tlie banks. Each of j >ur readers can. however, make the esti- , 11 ate from our.. regular weekly summary, ind we iuvite attention to it. ( Fine Times for t)oclors.?The following t s presumed to be the solildquy of a young diysician, who hopes, l>y the multiplication l >f diseases, to get into' practice: ' .' . ' '/*, / f "* , ? V . | "Considering the/{lamp, muddy state of 1 lin ctH.iita fit flits Minn, of flm vpnr T ntn ' jqually amazed aryl delighted to see the adies, almost universally,, going about in 1 jiin shoes. This efegant fashion beautifully 1 jyfntg}'* the conformation of the a'nkjo lofnl { ^uLto the 'surgeoujt lias another rejoin mgnditfpo.i 41^ the delicate foot, separated scarcely by trip thickness of . thin paper, from the -mire. I iea' tlio exquwjte * nstep, undefeo4?3- but by a mere / web. 1 meditate on the influence of cold And.i^t * upon the frame yl think of the catarrhs, ^ ijoliitfis,- pic ti rises. pneumonias, cdnstibop-" other interesting affections 'that 1 a^qes^yy1.raus^ result firp^p.,tl?<jix applj^- 1 lion to the feet; and then I reckon up tho Dumber of pills, boluses, powdors, draughts,: mixtures, leeches, and blisters/ which' VUI 4tM r.. ? *\ *>? ? :-"l? JM ir,'. . ijL. ,T f H consequently be sent in to the fiur spflforere, ( lAlcsulato what th'ey must cOme 16, and Wish [ had the amount in my pocket," Patent Alarm Beds. LADY AND OHKTLSHA!* IX A FRRPICAMCUT. Those who have visited the Fair at tha Crystal Palace, must lmve noticed the patent alarm bi.-d^a Down-East invention. The purpose of these beds is to prevent n person lroin oversleeping himself, or if ho j does not awake at the time thu alarm id . sounded, the machinery operates in such a I manner ;w f<i i-Iiiw-L- ?* ?? ?i?- ' mill VIIV (I | HJ II IIIU IIUWI, much to his astonishment. Fur instance, when n person wishes to retire to bed, he winds up an alarm clock attached to the bed, and sets it at the hour ho wishes to '*et up. At the appointed hour the alarm sounds, and, if the sleeper is awakened, he may arise; but, it* lie does not awake, the machinery of the clock, operating on a lever, upsets the bed frame, and the occupant is tilted out upon the tloor. The bed ie U'ni'l I?tf ll?rk ' 3 t* / ........ ui nenus oi families, who have the caro of sluggards and sleepy heads. We have a good story to toll in connec;ion with one of those beds, says the Uncle 5am, a "Hosting" paper. A friend of ours recently got married to a lovely, interesting young woman. In the house of the bride's "ather, where the wedding took place, one jf the " alarm beds" had just previously joen introduced. The wedding party was rery large and fashionable, and everything j massed.oft" with the utmost merriment, the : .mtertainment being of the most generous ; cind. At length, the feasting over and tlie I lour of mi<ltii<jr)it the guests began to ' etire, and (ho lights to grow dim in the j louse. The "old folks" hinted gently about j sleep, and (he bride and her lord grew j veary and impatient. It was easily seen ' lint they wished to be alone, and the lady : ,vas accordingly escorted to her chamber, o which blissful heaven the blushing bride- J jrooin soon followed after. It is sufficient for us to say that while j lie interesting pair were in the midst of j >ne of their most interesting tcte a teles, a slick-click was heard, and the astonished souplc the next instant found themselves annched upon the floor in the mi<ldle of he room, fast locked in each others' arms, lolding on like good fellows, in momentary ^xpectatiun of an earthquake. They sur ived the shock, however. The fact of it was, the "alarm bed" had joen assigned them for their nuptial couch, inil tim bride's youngest brother, the inis;liievous devil, Tom, had taken the liberty o set the alarm. lie got liis ears boxed he next morning, and our friend \V. D. SJ. ins been suspicious of alarm beds ever ince.?JVcrt? York JYnvs. A Tough Witness. Prosecuting Attorney.?"Mr. Parks, .state f yon please whether you have ever known he defendant to follow any profession." " lie's been a professor ever since I've ciiowii liiin." "Professor of what?" " Of religion." " You don't understand ino, Mr. Parks ; vliat does lie do ?" " Generally, what he pleases." "Tell the jury, Mr. Parks, what the deendant follows." "Gentlemen of the .jury, the defendant ollows the crowd when they tjo in to Irink." "Mr. Parks, this kind of prevarication ..*11 * -1 - 1 ... vim iioL uo nerc. ixow stale now tins deendatit supports himself." "I saw him last night support himself igaiii-st a lamp post." " May it please your honor, this witness ins sliown a disposition to trifle with the ;ourt." Judge.?"Mr. Parks, state if you know mything about it, what the defendant's oe:upation is." "Occupation, did you say ?" Counsel.?"Yes; what ia his occupa,ionf" "If I ain't mistaken, he occupies a gar et somewhere in town." "That's all, Mr. Parks." Cross-examined.-r-u Mr. Parks, I underitood you to say that the defendant is a professor of religion. Does his practice jorrespond with his profession ?" II"T 1- ^ 1 - x nevor ucaru 01 any correspondence >r leltett passing between them." " You said something about his propenlity for drinking. Doe*> he drink hard ?"' "No, I think ho drinks as easy as any Tjan I over saw." ; "One more question, Hr> Parks. You inve known the defendants long timer; ivhat'are his habits?loose -or otherwise?" " Hie one lip's got on now, I think, is -ather tight under the arms, and.too phort iVRibted fof the-faahfon." <4 . . M You can take yciar seat-,' Mr. Parks." jjatiy jjabor.?lioa never allowed any nan to do nothing/ How. miaeru^ieia jh'e ;ondition, those men who spend ; (their :ime as if it were given them, and hot leutf ' is if hours wore wiaste creature*, and . mleh Sljfcttjbuid never b? accounted Cartas if 9^thin fotr'n good 4$} 6f ; reckoning, itirt^spent upon iny^teffaf-'' ret-.forty* yei^iMT||fee ?inen shall once 1 Sndrthat no( blood> Ar privilege idloWena, ind that nothing is wMjhii^iouVlo God than that which they dttMUlacaat *WBfy ~^Um6.~f?BUhop;IfaU,'. ^ ?3f- Flowers that are alwayi'^^fe'o!? ?Bachelor's bnlkon*, ' ' "fi'. ' " * ... ,v"- . p?a78n?. _v_ Take it Easy. Take it ensy ! Life, nt longest, Hut n lengthenM shadow is; And the brave as well ns strongest, I)ur? not cull to-morrow his I Take it easy?for to-<lay All your plana* of wisdom lay. Take it ensy ! Done with fretting; Meet your neighbor with a smile; From the rising mm to Putting, Lire the present all the while. Take it er.sy ! Kvery vow Make in reference to "now." Take it ?*}*! What is hidden, Or is wrong?or jeemeth so? Leave it, ns a thing forbidden, Out of which a curse may grow I Take it easy I Nercr pry ' * Into what will cause a sigh. Tjlb#> it l>ncv I Tlililv J . -?.J b To the monitor within ; * On its altar, nlwuys burning, Keep the inceiiH* free from tfin I Take il ensy ! Xe*cr fear While you keep u conscience clear 1 Take it easy ! Ever leaning To the side of truth mid right; Happiness from virtue gleaning? Peace of mind from wisdom bright I Take it easy ! For at best, Life in but n sorry jest. What a Newspaper Does for Nothing. The following article should be read and pondered well by every man who lakes a newspaper without paying for it in advance : The result of my observation enables inc to state as a fact, that publishers of newspapers arc more poorly rewarded than any class of men in the United Stiites, who invest an equal amount of labor, capital and thought. They arc expected to do more e....... i ? aw. ku iwt h-m JI.1 > , u? niituu more sponging and "dead heading," to puff and defend more people without fee or hope of reward, than any other cla*s. They credit wider and longer ; get ofiener cheated ; suft'er more pecuniary loss ; and areollener the victims of tnisplaccd conlidence, than any other calling in the community. People pay a printer's bill more reluctantly than any other. It goes harder with them to expend a dollar on a valuable newspaper, than ten on a needless gewgaw, yet everybody avails himself of the use of the editor's ncn, n?*d printer's ink.? Tf ?e - - i iiuiy iiiauv jnuicssioiiai ami political reputations ami fortunes have been made and sustained by the friendly though unrequited pen of the editor? IIow many embryo towns an deities have been brought into notice, and pulled into prosperity by the press ? How many railroads, now in successful operation, would have foundered but for the assistance of the " lever that moves the world in short, what branch of American industry, or activity, has not been promoted, stimulated and defended by the press ? And who has tendered it more than a miserable pittance for its mighty services '? The bazaars of fashion, and tho haunts of appetite and dissipation, arc thronged with an eager crowd, hearing gold in their palms, and the commodities there vended are sold at enormous ...nuion.anj MUitlilCOa, illlll paid for with scrupulous punctuality ; while the counting room of the newspaper is the seat of jewing, cheapening, trade, orders and pennies. It is made a point of honor to liquidate a grog bill, but not of dishonor to repudiate a printer's bill. Interest.?Reverend II. W. Beecher, in his last letter to the New York Independent, thus gives his. opinion on farming upon borrowed capital:. " No blister draws sharper than interest docs. Of all industries none is comparable to interest. It i__ .1 i -?__i.A / ? * ?orKs uiiy ana nigui, in imr weniner nna in foul. It has no sound in its footsteps, but travels fast. It gnaws at man's substance with invisible teeth. It binds industry with its film, as a fly is bound upon a spider's web. Debt rolls a man over and over, binding him hand and foot, r.nd letting him hang upon .the fatal mesh until the long legged interest devours him.? There is no crop that can afford to pay interest money of a farm. There i3 but one thing raised oil a farm like it, and that is the Canadian thistle, which swarms new plants every time you break its roots, whose blossoms are prolffic, and every flower the father of a million need*. Every leaf is an awl, every branch u spear, and every single plant is like a platoon of bayonets, mid a field full of them is lfko nn armed host.? The whole plant is" a torment nnd a vegetable curse. And yet a fanner had better, make a bed of' Canada thistles, than attempt to Heat ease upon interest.". < Never - Seven years ago, My'fOrr'BL' Cljjrk' 'kept a. bue-horso hafdwrire lt<rfe; <iri f%K)n H/ Clark'fW a dephty Iff mo; Myroti tf; ClrtrkWas op4 <>f theTmarshaisI /or^rtkiftg-tlie census'^f a one-jri)rs6villager.18$3, ?xixk ?/ lUjriuM j^trv'wo> TTMO ^cu^U'i^TCiirtiuri ,'Uiy . rtfn. Hi ;fto^a'o^^?6?^Y6fk; trnp*. A gm n, pni r. ?? Clerical Want of Manners. Dr. Miller of l'rinceton, once wrote * ; book, entitled "Clerical manners." It is j thought by some to enter too much into ( small matters. Do this .is it innv, it is a : book that all ministers ought to read, and w* hare known a few preachers that we : thought ought te make it a text-book. Not ; long since we heard some stories of certain j travelling ministers that made us think of Dr. Miller's book. The minister, be lie ! old or young, who requires twice as much j attention a* anybody else receives; who when among strangers, must have his eggs j boiled just u ccitaiu number of minutes? j who must have his tea made aft??r a certain rule?who can say of any dish before him ! under such circumstances, that it is tit only j for pigs?who must have his bed set precisely east and west, etc., such a man would ; do well to read Dr. Miller. The demands that, some men claiming to | be minister* can make upon the hosnitulitv ! of even strangers, is well illustrated in this paragraph giving an account of what was asked by some who designed going up to a preachers meeting at Uliea, X. V. The writer says: "The world's people have a fund of j amusement arising from the various letters j received from some of the divines w ho c,n.- j templated visiting our tit} :it the time oft this meeting. One says that he is al.out | to lead to the altar a young lady, and de- . sires that he may he accommodat-d with | two rooms and a private parlor?appropri- ! ated exclusively to themselves. Another J expresses a hope thatjie 'may l>e provided ; j with a home during his stay, in a family j where there are marriageable young ladies j ?having the faculty of union for life j 1 strongly developed. Another writes to the ! j gentleman with whom he is to stay, that j lie is in the habit of bathing frequently ; i | and if he has not baths in his house already, j lift will nrnvidn tlmm 'I'" ' this 111 oilo.st proposition, his Ulic.i ho>t, j prospectively, returned for answer that he | had no baths in his house, nor would it he convenient to procure thein ; that he could ' give him enough to cat and drink?and if j he was in such a condition as to require such frequent ablution, an occasional walk to the Mohawk river might be safely recommended."?Due We.si Telescope. Bad Laws must be Repealed, not Violated. This has boon the doctrine of the Whig and conservative papers of the North ever since we can remember, and they have been the more earnest in impressing it upon the people, for the reason that they themselves, when in power, generally made bad laws. Now, however, all of a sudden their ,tune is changed. Had laws iiiu-t not be 'obeyed ; free state men of Kansas arc furnished with Sharp's rilles, purchased by citizens of New York and Massachusetts, packed in boxes and 'marked books,1 the better to smuggle them into the territory and send to them, for what 1 Why, to resist what they call bad laws. They say that the majority of the people of Kansas are opposed to the present laws of that territory. Their election comes off again very soon, and the usual remedy can then be applied. But they can't wait ?they must not wait?the old motto is reversed, and bad laws must be resisted, not repealed. And the party that says this?the party that furnishes Sharp's rifles, instoad of ballots, to its partizans?calls itself the 'republican party !' We suppose thotour readers see through this game very readily, and it is, therefore, hardly necessary to tell them that all this 'rebellion "in Kansas,* is got up to have an effect in Washington. If the anti-Nebraska bill inen can point to Kansas"-and say to their opponents, See how badly your 'popularsovereignty'doctrine works, they hope to be able to gain a point in the game for the next presidency. A Kansas war is wanted just now, and they have got it up for the occasion.?jl\. l . uay jjook. An American woman in Paris writes to the N. Y. Tribune as follows: , "On tlio Place du Trone wo passed a ; regiment of soldiers coming in from Viit , cennes. Many of tliwo were beardless, sofi 1 cheeked boys, learning their first steps to , Sebaatopol. It is sad to see those peasant ( youth, wearing still the ruddy brown brought from their quiet homes, fitted into soldier gear with almost a certain doom in < this war. The conscription is well <nllcd the peasant's nightmare. Tho rich may ( buy off their sons, hut,the poor havo no .hope but in the Virgin. But all this- mer- | its treatment from a more graphic pen (Jinn | i hold. e W& often meat now recruits in Paris eoming-from tho railway stations?so -green and awkwnrd in their uniform;, often .. walking tender foojtod in their soldier shoe*} some lookinrr un prand in their' IUiIa ilirrnl. 1 t cj f. o r " " "" ".'6".' ty of guti and knapajwk; w)iile'btlier? seem 1 -tii thidk of something !uft behind. One of 1 tiiMe'yoUnglirt'gr c?mp here a: little while 'Ago torbict h\& sisler, one? of tire der.vantr, ' w(?s,t>ff.foF the jrar, nil flushed j with pride. Ftow Vietorino fefin irtonV'hing for liim. ^I akaHrifever forget how she tore 1 off.Aer Cap ftnd field lior fac? in hor baild^ I wnen sno neiua ino Kau news/.' be |.A?^?^wi,.nic, ? m hi mini bcb?BM ihmii?i<i?f Tho Executions in China. The following extract of a letter, dat*d Canton, Sept. 13, was written by as American gentleman now resident there, <>f the highest character aud intelligence : ' ?2 44 We are in tho midst of one of those vindictive reprisals of a victorious government over its seditious subjects which make one think of the days of Sully and Marina, of the Reign of Terror, or anv other dread- ; ful massacre you can recall to mind. Daily i executions are taking place, and yesterday one of the leaders was put to a lingering death, and cut up piecemeal into on$ bun- ?: : died and eight pieces. Since*2flte middle * -J? of February last, over "<0,000 have been nut to death l?y the government, and the . slaughter is going on, over 700 having gone to their last account one day in last week. The prisoners are brought from all the surrounding prefectures and districts to ? Canton, fur execution, and the people hero seem rather to be pleased at the holocausts immolated, as it compensates them for tho fricdlt iiisnrrrf.iif a mil tl.o.n I ? ? cy - a" 1 ?" ,i,afc summer, when so many of them run oil". . There is no nobleness of clmrncler in tho ^ Chinese, and they are cowardly when attacked and cruel in their revenge. Ifenthenism, when rendered sordid and ffain. . seeking, as it is seen here, makes a worse compound than when combined wit'l the love of war and feudal retainersliip; but the former is perhaps better for the wellbeing of the body politic. I have faith in the power of the Gospel to elevate and purify every form of the human heart and human government, and make even a dirlv Chinese a pattern of everything that is pure and lovely and of good report. li These insurgents have caused an incalcu!?Me amount of misery, and their success <v?'iiiu iiuvo caused general nun to the province, for the mass of people was not on their side. It was a game for life on both sides, and tiiey are suffering what they would have inflicted." liV'tiskcrs.?The editress of the Lancaster/yf/mir'/ Gazette says sl:o "would an ,, soon nestle her nose, in a rat's nest of swingle tow, as allow a man with whiskers on . to kiss her." We don't believe a word of it. The objections which some ladies pretend to have to whiskers all arise from envy. They don't have any. They would if they could, %; hut the fact is, the continual motion of the ? lower jiw is fatal to their growth. The ladies?God bless them !?adopt our fashions as fast as they can. Look at the dep reflations the dear creatures have committed on our wardrobe during the last few years. They have appropriated our shirt- M bosoms, gold studs and all. They have en- -: circled their soft, bewitching necks in our standing collars and cravats?driving ua men to flatties and turn-down-. Their innocent little hearts have been palpitating in the inside of our waist-coats, instead of thumping against tbe out-side, as naturally intended. They have thrust their pretty feet and ankles through our unmentionables?un- ' " whisperables, unthinkahoutables, in short, as Mit-awhcr would say, breeches. And they are skipping along the streets in our high-heeled boots. Do you hear, gentlemen, we say boots. Great Feat of Hope Walking.?Signor and Signora Carom, this afternoon, performed the feat of walking a tight ropa "? fWmi fl?n frrAinul tn f.#.???* T?* ...V g.uiiuu III IIUIII Ul LUC Jlliorniltionnl Hotel, to the fourth .story window of the building. The distance being about 175 feet, and thfc rise near sixty. The ropes were >m inch and a quarter in thickness, and placed at a distance of three and i ii half feet from each other, and steadied by twelve " guys." At quarter past twelve the lady ascended on to the rope followed by the gentleman, when interlocking their arms they commenced the ascent, which being accom- piished and the applause subsided, the decent whs performed, the parties "stopping after half the distance was performed, and quietly seating themselves upon .the rope. ^ The feat was performed' with the greatestBiise, ami the lady evih<;cd the'most perfect composure, laughing and talking duriug tUfr * [inssHge.- ? .. ; ? V- * v"- .\y Sigrior and Signora Caroni are .native? ^ of- Italy*, and -are now sonioWhat advanced. in age. They are married, nrid^have ^njno i children. The .crowd in attendance liave been variously eatimated.'at-from ejght to twelve thousand people, the atree'fs,* vacant. lop*; house-wijrtdows, and house tops in tho,.. * > neighborhood ajl bein?packed,with flpecta-. tors.?Sati Francisco. CJtfoniclj.. t V ^ . *'i 'I Unmistakable SlffA6.~-Wh?ti ja "-^han , ' somes ho'ine and tries' to bolt the dtfbf ^t^ f V:" n 's^eet potato, pokes the .fire^iyWrithe -. 'ifjjgg spout of the obfFeepOt/ up the clock with Kia . |j<wt-faok; tnea -to'-J% |?;Sg8| cnCkindliog (or his mo>nu)^.p^ with^1m *J ivory pBnerknWe, Mkeajk, i&fcl L lirfit ^ him to