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A REFLEX OF POPULAR EVENTS. Deooleir to progress, llje flights of t\)t Sonllj, auiJ tlje Diffusion of Useful ftnoiolrlrge among oil Classes of Working ftlm. VOLUME IV. GREENVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 12. 1857. NUMBER 27. HS l)t (Sithrjimt is itannu) bvbry thithsday morwiwo, BT PBICE & McJUNF.IN. WILEIAM P. PRICE, KbITUR AND niOPiUETOR. _Jp . M . M'JUNKIN , printer. m TEB!II8. t}xr. 1>otl.\* and Fifrv Chxts In advance; Two ftotiAm if delayed. CLUBS of FIVE and upward*, Ox* TVnxaa, the money in every instance to oecompany the order. ADVERTISEMENTS inserted conspicuously at the rates of 76 cents v>er square of 13 lines for the first insertion, and 37^ cents for each subsequent iusertion. Goo tracts for yearly advertising made reason nm AOB1TTS. W. W. WiLKKn, Jr., Columbia, S. C. rrrra 8t?adusy, Esq., Flat Rock, N. C. A. M. Fsdkm, Fairview I*. O., Greenville Diet VtiUiK OL Uaiuct, Pleasant Grove, Greenville. Oarr. R. Q. Andimom, Enoroe, Spartanburg. Itltrtrb ^nctrtj. How Sweet 'tie to Return..How sweet 'lis to return Where once we've happy been, ' Though peter now life's lamp may burn, And years have rolled between. And if those eves beam welcome yet That wept our parting then, O, in the smiles of friends thus met We live whole years again I They tell u* of a fount that flow'd In happier days of yore, Whose waters bright fresh youth bestowed ; Ala*, the fouut's uo moreJ r But smiling memory still appear*, Vreaents her cup, and when We sip the sweet of vanished years, We live those years again. JRisttllantniK 1R railing. The Ghost Raiser. My uncle Ueaglv, who commenced hit* commercial career very early in the present ceutury a* a pedlar, will tell stories.? ^ Among them, he tells the following ghost story so often, that I am heartily tired of it. In self defence, therefore, as 1 remember every word of it, I publish it, in order that when the good, kind old gentleman next offers to bore us with it, all may say they know H. One fine autumn evening, about forty years ago, I was traveling on horseback from Shrewsbury to Chester. I felt !olorably tired, and was beginning to look out for some snug way side inn, where I might pass the night, when a sudden and violent thunderstorm came on. My bone, terrified by the lightning, fairly took the bridle between his teeth, and started off with me full gallop through the lanes and cross-roads, until at length I managed (o pull him up iust near the door of a neat looking country jqn. M Well," thought I, M theie was wit In your madness, old boy, since it brought us to this comfortable refuge." And alighting, I gave him id charge to the stout farmer's boy, who asted as oatler. The inn kitchen, which was also the guest wvun was larcre. clean, nest, and comforts ble, very like the pleasant holatery describe ed by Isaak Walton. Tliere were several tiswors already in the room, probably, like myself, driven there for shelter?and they were all warming themselves by the blazing , fire while waiting for supper. X joined the party. Presently, being summoned by the host**, we all sat down, twelve in number, to a smoking repast of bacon and egg*. The conversation naturally turned on the occasioned by the storm, of which esevy one soemed to have had his full share. Ow? had been thrown off his horse, another, dljft jng in a gig, had been upset into a muddy like; all bad got a thorough wetting, am agreed unanimously that it was dread foi1 feather?* regular witches' sabbath. m Witches and gnosis ptefe." tor their sstfcail a ins moonlight to such weather as tiKaP Jhesa words were uttered in a solfjm torts, and with strange emphasis, by asm of the oompanv. He was a tail-look liMMttarf, and 1' b?d set him down in my ^jjfc-hX ** ? commercial traveler. My next Abet tu li gay, well looking, fashionaffibstsod young man, who, bunting into - -/eelif laughter, said, 44 You mu?t know A mftnners and custom* of gliosis very I well^b be able to tell that tbey disliks get tijg srst or muddy,** *The first speaker, giving him a dark, fierce look, said, M Young man, speak not so lighllf of things above your comprehension* \ 1 \ ^ . 4|. . M Do vou mesn to iinrly that there are sock things ss ghosts f* said the young <t " Perhaps thsro are,** replied the other, M if you had courage to look at thsm.** ifljBmit ? ?? stood up, flushed with anflj^^HpPMUlfy resuming his seat, be u Hint taunt should coat you dear, if it 11 ' were not aucli a foolish one." | " A foolish one !" exclaimed (lie other, j > throwing on the table a heavy leathern \; purae. " There aro fifty guineas. I nni content to lose them if, before tho hour is i ended, I do not succeed in showing you, j! who are so obstinately prejudiced, the fortn i of any ono of your deceased friends ; and if,! < after you have recognized him, you will al- j t low him to kiss your lips." 44 We all looked at each other, but my!1 young neighbor, still in the Mime mocking manner, replied, "You will do that, will j you!" i " Yes," said the other, M I will stake these 1 fifty guineas, on condition that you will pay a similar sum if j-ou lose." After a short silence the young man said, gayly, " Fifty guineas, my worthy sorcerer, aro more than a poor college student ever possessed ; but thero are five which, if you are satisfied, I shall be most willing to wager." The other took up his purse, saying, in a contemptuous tone. " Younir <r*ntlpm?n ? ? O O ? ' ? / you wish to draw back !n 441 draw back !" exclaimed the student. 44 Well, if I had fifty guineas, you should see whether 1 wish to draw back f" 44 Here," said I, 44 are four guineas which I will stake on your wager." No sooner had I made this proposition than the rest of the company, attracted by the singularity of the anair, came forward to lay down their money; and, in a minute or two, the fifty guineas were subscribed, llie gentleman amteared so sure of winning that he placed all the money in the student's hands, and prepared for the experiment.? Wo selected for the purpose a small summer house iu the garden, perfectly isolated, and having no means of exit but n window and a door, which we carefully fastened after i placing the young innn within. We now 1 put writing materials on a sinail tabic, and took away the caudles. We remained out- i side willi the gentleman muong us. In a low solemn voice he begau to clumt the following lines: What riaeth slow from the ocesn eaves end the stormy aurff The plinnton pale sets his blackened foot on the fresh green turf. Then raising his voice solemn'y, lie said, 44 You asked to see your freed Francis Viltiers, who was drowned tbrco years ago off the coas*. of South America; what do you see!" 44 I see," replied the student, * a white light nming near the window ; but it has no form?it is like nn uncertain cloud." We?the spectators?remained profoundly silent. 44 Are you afraid !*' asked tlio gentleman, in a loud voice. 441 am not," replied the student, firmly. Then, after a moment's silence, the gentleman stamped three times on the ground, and sang: " And tbo phantom white, whoso clay cold face wsa once so fair. Dries with Ilia ahrond his clinging vo?t and his sea-tossed hair." Once more tbe solemn question, 44 Yoii, who would see revealed the mysteries of the torab?-what do you see now f44 The student anaweted in a calm voice, but like that of a man describing things as they passed beforo hiru, 441 see the cloud take the form of a phnntom ; its head iscov* ered with a long veil?it stands still!" u Are you afraid I" " I am not 1" We looked at eacli other in horror-stricken silence, while the gentleman, raising his arms above his head, chanted in a sepulchral voice : "And the phantom said, as he arose front the wave, he shall know nto in sooth! I will go to my friend, gay. smiling, and fond, as in our first youth !" " What do you see !" said be. M I see the phantom advance,'" said the student?M ho lifts his veil?'tis Francis Villiers !?he approaches tbo table !?he writes ?'tis his signature !" " Are you afraid!" asked the other. A fearful moment of silence ensued ; then the student replied, but in an altered voice, M 1 ain not!" With strange and frantic gestures, the other theu s&ug i " And the phantom said to the mocking seer, I some from the South ; Put thy band on my hand?thy heart on my heart?thy mouth on my mouth." " Wbat do you see !" he asked. " He cornea?he approaches me?he pnr sum me?be is stretching out bis arms?he will have me 1 Help?help I Save me !" M Are vou afraid now 1" naked the other, in a mocking voice. A piercing cry, and then a stifled groan, were the only reply to this terrible question. " Help that rash youth !" said the gentleman bitterly* " I have, I think, won the wager; but it is sufficient for roe to have given bim a lesson. Let him keep his money and be wiser for the future." He walked rapidly away. We opened the door of the summer house, and found the student In convulsions. A paper signed with tbe name M Francis Villisrs " was on the table. As soon as the student's senate were restored, be asked vehemently where was the vita sorcerer who had snbmentally subjected liim to such a liorriblo ordeal?he ( would kill him. lie sought hitn through- l out the inn in vain ; then, with the speed of i a madman he dnshed off acroaa the fields in 1 pursuit of him?and we never raw either of them ngnin. That, children, is my Ghost f Story ! i " And how is it, uncle, that after that you ? don't believe in ghosts !*' said I, the first time I heard it. < 44 Because, my boy," replied my uncle, \ 14 neither the student nor the gentleman ever < relumed ; and the forty-five guineas, belong- ( ing to me and other travelers, continued 1 equally invisible. Those two swindlers enr- ? tied them off, after having acted a farce, t which we, liko ninnies, believed to be real. < [From Cozr.ens' Wino Press.] t Anecdote of General Coombs. ' Although a veteran of the war of 1812, nnrl nnn rf fl?o Kmnaat ? ?*"11 * V?? M Ills vimvrijUiruviiii V.UWIIIDS Mill ( retains the spiiglitliness of youth : his bend ( in erect, his back straight as a pine tree, his ' eye as bright as a gamo cock's, and his 1 laugh as cheerful as the carrol of a bird in 1 nesting time. All these qualities are, doubt- ' less, owing to an internal well-spiing of wit 1 and humor, as ccrlain to keep the outer 1 man fresh and verdurous as the spray of a fountain will keep its borders in perpetual 1 bloom. One day the General was traveling ' in a stage-conch with one of those unhappy ' philosophers who bestow more attention up- 1 on the lumps on their skulls than on the ' linings thereof, ycl< pcd phrenologists. Of 1 course, everybody in the stage was thor- 1 oughiy bored by this professor until the General drew him into an unlucky ambuscade. " Sir," said Leslie, " I used to be of ' opinion that this science was neilliet correct j nor founded upon proper grounds, although I had never given tiie subject tiie attention 1 now find it metits, but I am convinced, from the very able discourse you have giv- 1 en us, that your theory is a just one, and | , of no little consequence when we need to \ make an estimate of the characters and dis- j positions of men. lhil although I had no ,1 great fuith in it, yet 1 was sometimes struck i1 with a resemblance in its leading features to I a science with which I am familiar, nnd by 1 which I am, in n great nteasute, guided in my intercourse with strangers " 1 44 I presume," interrupted the professor, with a Btnile of self-satisfaction, " you al- 1 ludo to physiognomy I" 44 No, sir," replied the General, 44 my science is dogology." I " Dogology !" echoed ilie professor, aghast. a Dogology," said ilio General, with n winning smile, " I can always tell, sir, by the appearance of n dog, what sort of a man his master is." " Sir," replied the phrenologist, drnwing himself up stiffly, " I see your intention is to cast ridicule upon my science." w Pardon me," 6i?id the General, with a most amiable expression of countenance, " I will convince you to the contrary. At the next town where we stop for dinner, and which I have never visited bcfoie, I will tell you from the dogs in the streets what sort of men their owners are. And if I fail to do so, I will forfeit the drinks for tho wkolo stage lond of passengers." M Oh, yea. that you could readily make up a fanciful theory, I am convinced, and draw an imaginary character for that of the' master of every dog, I have tolerably good | reasons for believing; but how am I to tell, whether vou are correct or not ? T nm ? I stranger lure as well as yourself," said the wary professor. " We will leave the decision to the landlord of the tavern where we stop. lie must know every person in the place," replied the General. " Agreed," said tho phrenologist, winking at the other passengers, and regaining his I self-satisfied air, "1 agree to that, and will forfeit tho drinks if tne landlord's account tallies with your descriptions." On arriving at tho tavern, dinner was speedily discussed, the passengers being anx-1 ions to enjoy the exhibition of this novel science. The General beckoned the landlord out of tho bar-room. This drew all the idlers with him, so that with them and the passengers there was a tolerably large group in front of the tavern, and, of course, this attracted other persons to see what was go tug uu , ?j mm, ujr >iia lltJu ;iiO latlUiOnl had been mAde acquainted willi liix duties a* arbiter, quite a respectable audience was collected?in numbers at least. " The owner of tbat dog," said (lie General, as a fine pointer, with a steel chain collar round bis neck, pessed, M is a gentleman of education and property. He lives well, dresses well, has a fine hoirse, (the best house in town, quoth the landlord,) enjoys himself rationally, isfond of society, a sportsman, (that he is,) is generally popular and on good terms with his neighbors. How is tbat, landlord I" 44 True aa a die," said the landlord, M the i very man." t Just then a little wiry Scotch terrier dart ed from under a garden gate opposite, and i rushed up the street after a Hook of chick- ' ens. "Ibe owner of that dog," said the ' speaker, 44 is a boy aboot fourteen or fifteen years of age. A sly little rogue, always I about some mischief; be is a spoiled ohild, I perhaps the only one ; be and the dog are I constant companions, mid neither are happy li inlcM engaged in some scrape; and the c leighborhood is, no doubt, troubled nil the v ime with their pranks." c " Jly jolly 1" said the landlord, " there's something in this lieie dogologv. Thai boy s just such a boy as you sav lie is, Strang sr. J " The owner of that dog," continued the a jieneral, as a pug nosed bull-dog, with groat y wrinkles on his checks, short belligerent I \nn% heavy thick eves, broad chest, bnndy oro-legs, and tail that looked as if it had n jeeJt gnawed off, made its appealance, "is g in uneducated man. In disposition, lie i> u suspicions and obstinate; very wrong head a :d ; not likely to have many friends?if any, c ncn like himself; not apt to take much in- n crest in public affairs, close in bis dealings, I ind not given to talk much." li 44 Hy thunder," said tho landlord. " you've t jot hiin again. The owner of that hull- t log is a Hutch butcher. lie don't talk, for p 10 can't speak English good ; he don't tako ti 10 interest in public afi'uirs, because he can't b rote; and he's obstinate as a mule, as I fi inotv, for he always gets more pounds of ti neat on his bill than there is in his weight, v ind he won't take oft" a cent, neither." p " That dog," slid General Leslie, elerat- ? ng his voice, for he was very much elated b villi his success so far, as he saw a capital p ipecimen of the bull-terrier coining up the I i road?a union of ferocity and cunning? f heavy headed, lank-bodied, broad-breasted, < eyes like coals of fire, ears and tail cropped for rough and tumble fighting?"that dog. | is owned by a man who is, probably, the < worst man in this town, if not in the State of Kentucky, lie is destitute of honor and t principle, and would not hesitate to take the 8 ife of any man for the 6ake of a few dob \ ?r*V i llere he was inteiruptcd by a voice in the 1 rrowd: i " Look here, *0 anger. you'ie making a i ittle too free with my character, by Gard ! t I'liat dog does belong to me I" and the i peaker pushed his way through the crowd, i and confronted the dogologist. " My friend," said the General, calmly, i pushing back the hair from his high fore- | head, " I want to ask you a question?tehere < iid you gel that dog ?" ' " By Gard I" answered the man, " I rait- < td kim myself." < ** Then," said the General, u I have lost i the drinks- 1 ivu? r>nI? lu>nin? .l~~.l? _ ... j V... ?w fco.ogy, and, my friend, you have swept me. Come in," said lie to tliu phrenologist, '* I i want you to feel the humps of this gentle- , man. And I hope tho rest of the crowd I will join ine in a drink to old Kentucky." Any person who has seen the C?reat ( West, will know how cheerfully this last i sentiment was approved by tho crowd generally. Customs of the Chinese. Says the l!cv. \V. C. Millne, author of Life in China, on this subject: " In paying calls, you take off your hat. lie keep* ltis ?Ap on -, you siltnuce nod oiler a hearty shake of the hand to your friend, but he, as he advances towards the host, closes his two fists, and shakes his own hands. u At dinner, (when you can afford it.) you cominenco with fish and soup, etc., and end with a dessert of wines and fruits ; but be just turns tho tables, beginning with fruits, wines and biscuits, and winding up with fish and soup. " At weddina* Knn'iJi lo/lio? ??_?? . - --?-?a ??.?? >?mic , Chinese ladies cannot wear white, but oilier colors. Instead of young, blooming bride maids, trimmed in white, you may see old matrons rigged in black, attending on the anxious bride; and, for a honeymoon, the biide dispenses with a flight about the country to this and that spa, and satisfies hprself with being caged up for the first month in her husband'* house ; and there is no need of any announcement when she may be * at home." " At funerals, black is not worn, but white; and the dead are shrouded, not in white, but the gayest dresses. M In amusements, it is not uncommon to see adults flying kites, and little urchins squatted on the ground, looking on ; and shuttle-cocks are battledored generally, not by the hand, but the heel. " In Itoviia, ilie trauit, when w.iticn on outside, is inscribed on the bottom edge.? The beginning of tlio book is what you would count the end. The running title is on the edge of each leaf. The paging is near the bottom, not at the ton corner.? Marginal notes are written at the top, not at the foot of the pages, and in reading, you proceed from right to left, reading each column from top to bottom. 44 M i set I la neon t.?The surname announced does not follow the Christian name, but i proceeds it. In kissing, the fond mother , holds up ber lovely babe to her nose to smell it, as she wonid a rose. In moonlight, ; no matter how bright, you bear your light- i ed lantern about with you. The^unan, I in naming the points of the comjflunays ; 1 east, wset, south, north." In InSUig a < ressel, she is sent into the water WE^ty*. The horseman should mount his Ih?so on iiis right side. The scholar, it^acitiog his i essons, does not face his innjrf^Aut turns ( nis back upon him. In partfl[^HBot wear ( iglit pumps, but an thick soled shoes as you an get ; and, for blacking, they must be c rhiteued with white lend, and only the ? dgea of the sole." a The Beginning of the World. ^ The following extract from a sermon of 8 Ir. Spurgeon, the pious English preacher, is K i specimen of the eloquence which, within a c ear or two, has made his name familiar in e >olh hemispheres : j "Can any man tell me when the begin i ling was ? Years ago, we thought the be- " [inning of ibis world was w hen Adam came a ipon it; but we have discovered that, thousnds of years before that, God was forming haotic matter to make it a fit abode for j, nan, and putting races of creatures upon it. ? l.nt iI.aw .r.;?t.? ?1 i * ?-? ..... ...-.J um iinu I row inicw OI HIS isndiwork nnd marvelous skill, before lie lied Ilia band on mnn. Hut this wns not j, lie beginning; for revelation points us to n 0 eriod long ero tbis world wiui fashioned? A 9 the days wben tbe morning stars were j, ^gotten ; wben, like drops of dew from tbe ngers of tbe morning, stars nnd constelln- p ions fell trickling from tbe band of God; ,, rben, by His own lips, be launched forth / tondcrous orbs ; when, with His own hand, le sent comets, like thunderbolts, wanderng through the sky, to find one day their j iroper sphere. We go back to those days, vhen worlds were made and systems were j ashioncd, and we have not even approach- j id (lie In-ginning yet, "Until we go back to the time when nil ? lie universe slept in the mind of God, as f ret unborn, until we enter tbe eternity t where God, the Creator, dwells alone, every ( hiug sleeping within llitn, all Creation < sleeping in His mighty, gigantic thought, c \o have not guessed the beginning. We nav go back, back, back, ages upon ages. We may go back, if wo may use such , .vords, whole eternities, and yet never ar- ( rive at the beginning. Our wing might be lired, our imagination might die away.? , Could it outstrip tbe lightning's flashes in j majesty, power and rapidity, it would soon ! weary itself ere it could get to the boffin ling. But God, from the beginning chose ( liis people, when the unnnrigated ether was ( ret unfanned by the wing of a single angel, . when spAce wns shoreless, or else unborn ; when universal silence leigned, and not a voice or whisper shocked the solemuity of ] silence, when there was no being, no molioD, and naught but God, Uimself, alone in I lis eternity ; when, without the song of an angel, without the attendance of even a cherubim, long ere the living creatures were born, or the w heels of the chariot of Jehovah were fashioned ; even then, ' in the beginning was the Word,' and in the begin riing God's people were one in the Word, and * in the beginning he chose them nil unto eternal life.'" Tiik Nkw Fashion.? If we may judge from the New York journals, a sudden rage of retrenchment, an epidemic of economy, has seized upon the ultra fashiouables of New York. ' They aro going to wear old lints, old bonnets, and old clothes in general, this winter, and li't the poor batters, milliners and mnntua-makers starve. Thus lbey rusk from ono extremo to the other. Their reformation would command more confidence if it were more gradual, and d'ACA ?\rAm rv* -vrl - * * 1 m * ov.u (..vmiiuvu i?y |Miui-ipiu manna oi impulse. In truth, it in becoming the fashion in New York, Philadelphia, ?fcc., to be economical, and, like every other fashion, this will have its day, and run out as soon as the hard times have ceased. In the meantime, the needle-women, and tho laboring-classes, thus suddenly unhorsed by a fresh cap)ice of the upper ten, will be the chief sufferers from this transient (it of frugality. Tim Chess Congress terminated its labors in New Yoik last week, and a movement is on foot, for a National 44 Draw Poker Player's Convention " to correct some of the abuses that liavo crept into the 44 four kinga.*' [//?ton HoH'/c Comet. We suggest that a convention of players of the aristocratic game of " Old Sledge " be held to correct an abuso which has crept in by which a player may get out the Hrst hand?44 High," 44 Low," 44 Peg," 44 Gift," 44 Jack," and the 44 Game," (0) and then to count the one your muddled antagonist gave you besides, (7) and taking down tiio half dollar, is prospering too fast for these hard times.?Mobile Mercury. A New Animai..?A Kenlnckian stood gating at the largo bill outside a wild beast show, or travelling menagerie, beginning with the lino, " Fht Orantl Caravan," alluding, of courso, to tho van or vehicle which contained tho animals. lie paid hit* shilling, and went in. After some little so journ, ho returned to tho door keeper, saying,14 Mister, I've aeon your noxzycross, ami your elifint, and your babboons, and your rarpinta?but I'm not to be swindled, no how yon can fix it. I mean to keep you in your tracks?where the hell is the beast you call the grand ra ra van The love of the beautiful and true, like he dew-drop in the heart of the crystal, ronaina forever clear and liquid in the inmost Jirino of tho soul. 1 . 1 A Literary Yodno Lady.?W? were * onversing with r voung lady some few ? vening* ngo, nl n literary reunion, snd as he had been introduced as a poetess, we of ourse touched on poetry. It was not many ninutes before she had ran through the tereotvped list of favorite authors, when he concluded with Byron, assorting her onviction that he was the greatest poet that ver wrote. We modestly hinted that we treferred Shsksjx'are, upon which, with an 4 in affected laugh at our simplicity, she cried, Why. 8linknj)care wasn't a poet; Ju?plays 'ont rhyme.'"? Toledo Blade. Modrst Matrimonial Candidate.-?a "rench journal has the following curious natrimoiiial advertisement: " A young man. twenty-one years old, of y>od family, and skilled in Latin, Greek, listory, belles-lettres, mathematics, the art f designs, vocal and instrumental music. na a goou dancer, wishes to dispose of all lis talents and his person, which is very fine, esides, in a legitimate marriage with a Jain woman no longer young. All he asks i? return is money lor his future expenses, address, postpaid. Ac." A man once died greatly in debt; when lis death was reported in a company where everal of his creditors happened to be, one >egan to say. " Well, if he is gone, then he ins carried Ave hundred ducats of mine in.0 the other worldand another said, 'And two hundred of mine;" and a third ipoke of large sums of his. Whereupon me that was among them said, M I perceive iow, that though a tnnn cannot carry his nvn with him into the next world, he may :arry away that which is another mftn's." ? ? EniTons of papers are earnestly requested to copy the following notice for the benofiL of an afflicted fumlv : Pltane copy.?\Vm. P. Fowler, conchmaker, formerly of Warrenton, N. O., and latterly aupposed to be a resideut of Chicago, is iuformed that both his parents are seriously ill, one of them with but small hopes of recovery. IIis relations and friends earnestly request that he will write as soon as possible. A Wronokd Woman's Kkplt.?Recently a man died at a tavern in this county, that he had long frequented, neglecting his family. The tavern keeper sent his wife word that he was dead, and inquired her will. She replied : 44 In life he was with you?he gave you his money, and drauk your uquor, wincii undoubtedly caused his death ; 1 now leave him with you to bury." [jYInrburyport Herald. Kkuovino tiik Sion.?It is a custom ia lioHon for a man of business who fails, to remove his sign from his door. Many years ago, one Moses Poor failed in Ikiston, and did not comply with the usual custom of removing his name. During the night some boys took down his sign, sawed it in two, and replaced it; but with the names reversed, so that it read, Poor Moses. Cakdiu.?John Randolph was one of the most sarcastic men that ever lived. One time a young man attempted to make his acquaintance, lie obtained an introduction, and among the first remarks, said: u I passed by your house lately, Mr. Randolph." " I hope you always will !" was the sharp reply. * Down East Eloquence.?Mr President, I rise to get up, and am not backward to come forward in the cause of education ; for, had it not been for education, 1 would be as ignorant as you are, Mr. President. In Seine.?We often hear of the loaves and fishes of office, but few are aware of the net by which they are caught. The implement by which this is effected is known by the namo of cabinef. New Yokk, October 24.?From Utah. Advices received in this city state that Brigham Young declares that lie will burn Rait Lake City before he will submit to the demands of the Government. Many a professing Chiistian spends enough every year, on a single pleasure jaunt or a fashionable party, or on new and elegant furniture, to more than pay the whole salary of his minister. Our tempers are like an opera glass, which makes the object small or great, according to tho end you look through. We hope to grow old, and yet we fear .11 -i . ? * ouj jtgc-, mai we are wining io live ana afraid to die. Tiik faults of genius might Iks passed over if the world would promise not to imiuto tliem. Womsm do act their part when they do make their ordered houses know thetn. [ h'now ft*. Tnv It.?To ascertain the weight of a horse?put your toe under tko animal's foot.