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" . - ' .; . _ - . *'. '-\j. . '4.. v - it^'rKiflrr Tifcir iiMf^iiiwjpfty'ioumi" HJ { -.iifji. . * ?-+ , . * "Stf * . i , 1 - '.- .rVM1' '" : " '. '7 O-" . Wimilll ,^r . . - I ' " ? A. KEFLEX OF POPULAR EVENTS. n tr ' 1 "T " j , 1 l J_ Minv 'Vi ,i' ' ,geootokd to Ingress, the Rights of th^ ?ontli, and the Uijfusiott of Useful linonlcdgc among all glasses of "Mlorjiing $ftetr. VOLUME VL GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 26, 1860. NUMBER 51~. -.-.A"Jll'ULl 1 1 1 - ' ' ""' THE SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE la loaned Bttrr Thnraday Moraine, by M'JUNKIN Sc BAILEY. PROPRIETORS. O. K. MoJunkln. .... John O. Bailor. 91% Year, in advance; $1.60, if delayed ^rlirbli ^attrq A Little While. Bayoad the nailing and the weeping, 1 (ball be, aoon ; Beyond the walking and tbo weeping lleyond the auwinir and lb. M.nlK. I shall be, noon. Loto, roil, and borne ! Sweet home I Lord, tarry not, but ootne. Beyond tbe blooming end the fading, I ebell be, eoon ; Beyond tho shining end tbe shading, * Beyond tbe hoping and the druadlug, I ehall be, soon. Lore, rest, and houte t Sweet home! Lord, tarry not, but come. Beyond the rising aud the setting ? J. shell be, s^tn ; Beyond tbe calming and the fretting, Tlavonr) 1" ? ? ? J * ' #?. ... i>i<iiiuimiii{ huu lurgeiung, 1 shall b?, eoon. T#ovc, rent, and home ! bwo?t boina! Lord, tarry not, but coma * B?voo J the parting and tho meeting, 1 shall be, eoon ; Beyond the farowull and the greeting, Beyond tbo pulse-fever beating, '1 ehall be, eoon. Love, re.at, and home! Swvet home 1 Lord, tarry not, bnt eon*. Be>ond the Croat-chain and the fever, I shall be, eoon i Beyond the rock wasto and the river, V?*H ?MV ?1?1 MUU UIO UUTOrI I hall be, soon. Love, rcrt, Imuie I ?weet Lome 1 . Lurd, tarry not, but cone. IUv. Da. Bowar. . Cnmnmnimtioit. roa tub aoirruRRN enterprise. Plain Words Upon a Plain 8nbjeot Xo contemplation of the notorioua John Brown tragedy, and tbe perpetual warfare of our treachernua Northern brethren upon the South and her cherished institutions, we think tbe time i? at hand when all true aouled men should lake l>old stand, and say to our anemic*: " Thus'far thou hast gone, and no farther shall thou go."?? Here the question arise*, shall we still truckle to the heal* of a higher law of despotism, or will we pro re ourselves worthy of the legacy transmitted liy our revolutionary fathers by declaring our independence and encourage home industry, patronising onr manufacturing establishments in our midst, and at the seme time cut off our in- | tcreonrse with the North and gat up direct trade with Europe. If we tih correct in the above ! sentiment*, in what direction should we look for the commencement of so important a feature ?? We answer: The merchants ehontd be the first to ahow their hands, by discontinu'ng the purchase of good* in the North, and buyingia Southern cities Our Word for-it, if the merchants would set thus, the people would bear them out in so noble a cause; and should the merchants fail to discharge their Inty, the people en ma**e can, and should -force them to the eonrse that ail true Southerners and patriots should feel in honor bouad to take. Our merchant* ahould, by ill meant /M?AA??<U?to 1 1'-1 ,? |?wiciimiu^ *ucn nnyiev II can b? readily manufactured at home, vie: Boots, shoes, clothing, cabinet furniture, plowstocks, axe handles, rakea Ac., all of whieh can be manufactured at home. We would further facial* that iho merchant ia the. first who should put the ball in motion, in eonaequence of their great facilities, m a body, to pool their patrons on the importance of non-intercourse as wall as the importance of encouraging home industry by patronising onr own maehanies and manufactories at home. If they fail to act thus, they certainly forfeit their claim to patronage, as well at maalfeeta want of that true and genuine Southern spirit, whieh should burn in the bosom of every ; true son of the South. Admit that such a course ! would be attended with pecuniary raerifiae, wo ! feel that he who fsils to be willing to make such aaarifioe.in so noble a oauae, would be found wiuiuig in umea mil " try men'a koula," and we j nay that Ihe time ia already at hand, and that no nan (taking t^e Uarper'e l*rry raid a* a data) ahould liave oroaeed Maeon and Diion'a lino tor purehaetng good a. Home merchanta would ?v? (a* wa bar# already beard,) " what la tha differenco in my going North to bay gooda and going to Charlaaton, for Charleeton merehanta bny their gooda of onr Northern enemiea, A??? ? * " ? " " ??w ?r? xoiiMoie. ? think there U quit* ft difference, a* we hold it to ho our duty, M true Southerner*, to apend our c?plUl In Bouthern eitiee, end thereby encourage onr Southern merehente end bnlld up onr long neglected Southern eitiee. Let ell our Southern luercbente go to Cheeleeton end buy their goode, end, et the mm< lime, ineure the Cherleeton merehente thet we will etend by them In the future, upon the eonditlone thet Cherleeton, from thb time forward, Importe her goode?ell of which we ere willing to Touch ehe would do. when warranted by auflfleient patronage?end not till then will Cherleeton Import, nor would ehe be warranted In en doing ae long a* Southern merchant* will paee through her border*. We i, are, ami may we not all be alarmed to aee mar- > chant* pay ao little regard to #0 alarming a tragedy, and take tliatooorac which ia equivalent toadying, goon with your cruaade,and though yon tiny our brethren at our flre-aidea, we will atill apend our money with you, and thereby contribute to rear up and feed your maniac thouaanda to the diaparagerueut of our laboring people who are anxiona to gat employment in their- variou* vocation*, a* above mentioned. We can testify to the fact, a* we a few day* ago aaw three Southern mechanic* going about in aeareh of em. ployment; and were it not for the fact that uur merchant* are (judging from acta, which apeak louder than word*) determined to deatroy every feature of Southern enterprise, by atill loading their shelve* down with the boots and shoe* of our enemies, they eould be readily employed, for ueh was their trade, boot and shoe making.? We take the (Position, and challenge refutation, that the present course of our merchants, with a few exceptions, in Greenville village?though we are free to eay they do not so intend?is in direot opposition to true Southern principle* and patriotism, as well as antagonistic to all branches of Southern industry and enterprise ; and if not abandoned, will ever he the means of crippling and keeping the Southern States in that depend ent condition from which every true Southern soul would rejoice to see them emerge to oeoupy a position so long desired, as well aa so essential to our independence. Is there any sane man but will admit that, so far aa the l>oot and shoe trade is concerned, the mean* are at hand to manufacture all that may be sold In Greenville, i/ook at the boot and shoewuking establishment* in your village, none of which but. have been crippled, more or lcra, by the suicidal policy of our merchants. We are sufieiently -eejuainted with the parties engaged in the boot, end shoe manufactory to be warranted in saving thevee Id and would carry on the business to the sup ply of the entire demand of thi* ?i??- ,n"? . . - ? - - ville,) but Bo long as they nee the ?h< lv> of our dry good* merchnntn'h'aded down with Northern . trash?chips and shingle*. itt shape of shoes?our enterpriaing mechanics in the boot nu<l shoe department will be discouraged, and cannot enlarge their business. ^ Wc feel that no reasonable minded man will, /oi a moment, question the fact, aa wc know that every pair of shoes that is pnrchaaed of our enemies brought South and sold, has a proportionate tendency to cripple their shoe-ni..king establishment*. We therefore appeal to the goo?l senna and patriotism of ouj merchants and ask candidly, ore you friends to the progrees of home industry and Southern independence! if so, no more of your declarations, we have hail enough of that, and all we ask of you is, to practice the doctrine you preach. Next in order is the clothing department? I Whir* arc our gotxl citizen* who hav* o.-t themselves up in your town for the purpose of clotbIng jour citizens l>j culling and making to order for such as may favor thrtu with their patron age I They ?tan<l read}' at shortest notice to fit up the ontor man, and would increase I heir forces to suit all emergencies, and no douhl they are altonx'ous to inerease their forces, and could do so to the benefit of our shonld be-cheri*hed town and country, but for the fact, that 'merchant* ayeni doteriniued to patronize Yankecdona, with all its fell spirit* combined for our destruction. rather than allow a regular clothing establishment iiavs existence in Greenville. St range, indeed, Is such a course in our merchant*?and wa are almost disposed to doubt whether there is such a thing as true Southern spirit and patriotism?when the almighty dollar is at .'take. We-I have a number of ladles who would l>e glad of ' employment in a clothing factory in Greenville, aa well aa all through the Southern State*. and l.> giving place to our enterprising tailor*, we would toon eeo the chops filled with machiuea and : hands to work them, and there can be no kind 1 of question, if such were thwease, that a clothing i factory in^Greenville could be able to sell very ) little in advance of the New York prices, which would he a considerable saving in expense, to My , nothing of advantages arising in giving employ . ment to our citisens, and foxtering industry at : home, which should be the desire of all thinking communities. We would next turn to the cabinet "mannfacturera. Have wc no cabinet shops in Grcetivi le f Oh, yet, we think there ere some three or four, j all of which would he glad to serve their friends I ?u ii.no i.jf up micii lurmturr mm they-1 may need. Yet we find them neglected end barely MiiMtained in their business. In fact, we were told, * few day* ago, by one in that line of j business, that he had work on hand he had made i two years ago, which he could not cell, and be- j lieved the oahinet-maker* would finally be compelled to abandon their trade. Shameful,Indeed, is such a state of things, and must and will reflect 1 to the discredit of our community, that we will buy cabinet ware, plow stocks,axe handles, rnk.-s Ac., when we can make tin in at home to answer : all our reasonable wants. Admitting tlwre he some deficiency, is it possible that we have be'come so insensible to our true course n? not to lie willing to forego some inconvenience, until we ! can place ourselves in a position in remove all little deficiencies, which ?r? lbs natural rr*nlt of \ home protection nn<l patronage. We must eter | remain in our present clogged condition, so long as we have a Massachusetts depot in our midst selling spinning slicks and wooden nutmegs made by the hands of starved Black Republicans. We ask why it is that merchants will take such a course, virtually robbing onr-native-bom cltixen# of the very bread of life to jrnss it to the pistes of our aworr. enemies t fines such a course have the least semblance of patriotism t Not in the least. Th? result is, to live thetuselvaa, to the destruction of onr Southern brethren and fostering of abolition ism. And notwithstanding all | this suicidal policy of our merchants, it Is painfull to see that they are sustained by the people at large, who, l?y the bye, are not so much to i blanw ns the merchant; yet they should wake Up db the subject, and eee what can be done. We will give our opinion ma to the only two alternative* left us, via : The people and our Legislature. The psople first can force the merchant* to a sense of their duly, and we trust they will take the matter in their own hands, a* we have lost all hopes of the merchants doing uoythtng that will encourage Southern industry. Let the people ask the merchants where they bought their goods?ill a Southern city, or have you dyed the soles of your feet in Southern hlocl by crowing the battle field of John Brown befbro your brothers' blood were cold, to get into the enemy's enmp to buy jfoods for Southern men t If bo, we have no further ubc for yon, should he Uie unanimous reply of every true ton of the South. And just here let us admonish you to beware of the course that will be taken by such as go North, to force upon you the correctness of their actions, an it is beyond dispute that the net of going North hns necessarily placed them in a position (as we have already heard of instances ot justification) to advocate a doctrine which must and will prove prejudicial to the South. Ask a merchant who has gone North to buy goods, why he did not huy goods in Charleston, mid if h<- utter* Jin opinion ut all, it will he pre judicial to the South. Can't be otherwise. It will he, that Charleston can't offer the inducements that the North does. We ask why? and will she ever he, so long ns she is drained ol her just dues?Southern patronage. We have heard of some merchants heingques. tinned in -reference to going North to huy goods ( ?ami can yon imagine the reply ? They all have the mime reply?" that Charleston nu-r cimuu uuj incir gooitt ?iorlh, nnd why not we go North r This nrguim-nt may do very well it8 a one-sided view, hut let ti? carry it a little further Ami inquire into the ohjeot we. n? true Southerner*, should have in view, nml which we should unite in trying to off- < ?: non-intercourse with the North, nml direct trn<le with Gnmpe, if this lie desirable. The question Arise*?how will we go uliout effecting so important a feature in our.Southern ooniruefclul cities. We think the solution plain, nml nil easy task to perform, if we but prove true to our best interest. 1 et our merchants go to Southern cities nml any to the merchants that we have "resolved henceforth .to buy our gpodt in Southern cities, and though we know your shelves to he filled with {foods manufactured hv our enemies, yet we are sensible of the fact that, yon could not supply us with imported goods since the liarner's Kerrv nlil J , JV we will buy your present stock of goods, with the understanding that we, ns Southern merchant*. be here next season to buy pf you, and we ask of you to have your shelves filled with iinpoited Roods, otherwise we will not patronlz^ you. At the same time, let each Southern city have a committee appointed to investigate the importing transactions, and their journals to publish the same, that country merchants wilt then be posted, and should there be any who would desire to dodge the truth, and keep up the i -- - ?.?in ihit iton.li, we would then be nble to know such house*, and avoid them as we should avoid purchasing directly in the North. Such a course, we arc inclined to think, is the only sure utid sufe remedy, and we feel that we may ifpply it with full confidence of success. Admitting we would have to pay a small per cent, more for goods in Southern market, we ask is that a sufficient reason that (especially when we consider the preftent features of our government) we should withhold our patronage'from our Southern citi'i s and brethren, and lend pur support to our eni-uiies, who are ever employed in divising means by a I ileli lo destroy out best interest* T We think uot. Where is the man, or community, that is not willing to pu} a email per cent, in favor nf fostering Southern trade? and thereby plnce ourselves in a more independent position of our enemies. Show us the man who will object, and we will show you one who should ho closely watehed. for we ft-el that such sentiments cannot exist in the bosom of n man in possession of true Southern principles In conclusion, w e would sppeal to the people to look well to I heir intercut*, and weigh their nc lions well, (an Actions speak louder thnn words,) ns the present is an important epoch in the hie 1nry of our country, consequently a weighty responsibility rests upon the notions of enc-h nnd every citixen. Should any of our Representatives either in Congress or our State L-gislnture, prove recreant to their trust, how 'sensitive wo would he. and take enre to leave them at hotnc> shouhl they present themselves for re election, all of which would b? our duty. We hold, therefore, ns tlie m?*ses of people have kindred power over the merchant, they hnve over their representatives, they should avail themselves of it, and force the note inter course system, as it is conclusive lite power is in our hni.ds, ami if we fail to exercise it directly to the merchant, let us instruct our Legislators to impose n tux on rdl goods Imughi north of Mason A IMxon's line, sufficient to insure mooum. i uient to direct impor. tat ion. as well as protection to home industry. Should we fail to txcreise these indisputahle rights, wc prove false to our position, nnd nre unworthy of lha privilege* handed down by our revolutionary fathers, who secured our freedom, nnd transmitted it to our keeping, sealed with their life's best blood. We, ns a votcT, take litis privilege of calling the attention of our Legislators to the subject, as we feel that the time is at hand when our legislators should devise some mode of protection to Southern industry, by tlio Imposition of a discriminating tax. And while wc are alarmed and almost sickened at the gloomy prospect* of encouragement to home industry, we are proud to see And strengthen our oourage at the aight. of some of our manufactories in our midst, wliieh have their sails up and gliding safely upon the bosom of the ocean of eiiccea* miotiid w? nut all, aa fit ixens of OramvilW, unite iu rejoicing at the auccwa and proa perity of our manufactories? yet wo ran occasionally see manifestation* of nntagonWtieal examples to our successful manufactories, In the shape of carriages nn<l buggies, corning up on the rail rontl. Why is this? There can he no reasonable excuse. Our word for It, there can he no better enrriages and buggies got up, North or anywhero else, than can be procured at our Greenville manufactory, either as regards style, neatness or durability. If any one is disposedto question the faet, let them call around and examine f?r themselves, and, if that is not sufficient, give ont your orders and have thetn made, (as the proof of the pudJing is in chewing the bag,) and, our word for it, you will find it an economic,1. Investment. jlfotrllnnmm 1! raiting. Events of Eminent Amerloans. I Under tl>?? hnd *c purpose jrlvlng, from tlm* to time, brief sketches of eminent. Artierieane, living and dead To the student tln-se sketches must prove valuable, as there can be no doubt as to their reliability, and It might be well to cut them out for future reference. WtnsTKn, Dssir.i.?Born of obscure paaenta in a poor but honest town in New Hampshire. ! Member of Congress several years, nndaufhor of Webster's Dictionary and Elementary Spelling Book. Waseonstilutionally opposed to treating, and died at Marsfield, on Androscoggin river, a few years sinee. lie was a man of ability.? Even the Old Line Whigs of Boston will ndinit that. 8corr, Wismt.D.?-Born in Ireland, in the interior of Oermnny, in 1776?which fact accounts for his passionate love for the sweet accents of the former country and the rich brogue of the latter. Wrote Ladv of iii? i ?i-. t.?i? and was in tlie Mexican War. Also participated in wvei'il prize tights, whlcli proenred for him the familiar appellation of "Scotty." In 181)2 he ran against Gen. F. Fierce, of New Hampshire, and was so seriously Injured hy the colli sion that he had to luy off for awhile in one of the military hospitals he established just before 1 the campaign commenced. He is at present in the army, and employs his leisure moments writing for the New York Clipper and 'Atlantic Monthly. Buchanan, J.?Boon in Pennsylvania. Has played many prominent parts .011 the political stage, and for the past two years has been play ing h?I in Washington city. Unmarried and |>artinl to rye. Parkkr, TiieoDorx.?Born in the State of Maine, and keeps a drinking house in Boston, which is known ns "Parkers'." Mr. P.'s cocktails are not. excelled. Tat?or, Zacuakt.?Born in Virginia, and was in the Mexican War. Founded Taylor's ieeerea'm saloon in New York, and also invented Taylor's Corn Shueker. BtiAcit, Mosss Y.?Established the New York Hun, for sonic time was called " the son of a Bench," and the phrase is no w one of the most popular and common in our language. stwa?r>, W. II.?Wholesale dealer in liquors, Auburn, New York. Author of the IrrcstMinsible conflict. Want* to lease the promises now occu pied by Jas Buchanan, at Washington. Has been inucli in public life, and always drew his salary promptly. Is a particular friend of Thurlow Weed, whence arose the expression " lie uses the Weed." Bursar, Wy, C.?Wrote Thnnatopsia nnd several other favorite ballads, the success of which induced him to establish an Ethiopian opera troupe in New York under the name of Bryant's Minstrels. Ills essence of Old Virginia had a great run.?Cleaveland Plalndcaltr. The Greatest Duel on Record. An old Mississippina furnishes the following to the Wood v Ule tMiss.) Republican.: ".The famous duel in which forty or more gentlemen were engaged, in 1828, is still remembered in Notches. Col. Jim Bowie, the famous flirhter ?n<t ' 0 - me KIIIIO which Hears In* name, used to spend a great deal of his time in Natchez, lie was challenged by n gentleman of Alexandria, La., whose friends, to the number of twenty or more, accompanied him to Natchez to ace fair play, knowing llowie was a deapcrate man, and had his own friends ahnut hiin. Ail parties went upon the Held. The combatants took their places in the centre, separated from their friend* in the rear, or enough not to endanI gcr them with their halls. Behold tho battle ar| ray thus: Twenty nrincd Lonislanians fifty yards : behind their champion and hi* seconds and stir; geon, and opposite thein, as far behind Bow la j and his seconds and surgeon, twenty armed Mis1 sippian*. Bt hold the heights of Natchez throngJ ed wiih spectators, and a steamer in the river I rounded to, its decks black with paccugers, [ watching with a deep interest the scene. Tho I plan of lii;ht was to exchange shots twice with j pistols, and to closo with knives, llowie being 1 armed with iiis own terrible weapon. At the first fire both parties escaped. At the second I |L. T ? ? - * a ^uiuaiitiunn wm too quick and took advantage of Bywie, who waited the word. At this Howie'* toooiul cried " foul play I" and shot the I/onisianlnn dead. The second of the latter instantly killed the slayer of his principal. Bowie drove his knife into this man. The surgeons now crossed blades, while, with loud battle cries, came on the two parties of friends, the light of battle in their eyes. In a moment the whole number were engaged in a fearless conflict.? Dirks, pistols and knives were used with fatal effect, until one party drove the other from the field. I do not know how many were killed and wounded in all, but it was a dreadful slaughter. Bowie fought like a lion, but fell covered with wounds. For months he lingered at the Mansion llouse before he fully recovered." extrwrokaneovn Spkmuxo.?I remcni\)?r once when I whs a yonng ninn, living tip in Now Hampshire, they dedicated a new bridge, nod invited a young lawyer to deliver an oration. The lawyer had never yet, after a fortnight'* practice, had the honor of being retained, aDd the opportunity of establishing a reputation wns admirable. The day came, and with it to the bridge came the multitude and the orator, lie had made no written preparation, that being, he lirtd been told, unlawyerlike?a lawyer being supposed to be capable of speaking without notes or notice, any number of hours, on any subject, in a style of thrilling eloquence. So our orator trusted to the occuaidn. lie stood out upon the platform, and amid the profound attention of his audience commenced: " Fellow-citizens?Five and forty yours ngn, this bridge, built by your enterprise, was part aud parcel of the howling wilderness!" lie paused a moment. "Yes, fellow -citizens, only I five and forty years ago this bridge, where wo | now stand, was pnrt and parcel of Iho howling wilderness 1" lie paused again. |Cries of " Good," "Go on."J Here was the rub. " I feel It hardly necessary to repeat that this bridge, fellow-citizens, five and forty years ago, was part and parcel of the howling wilderness, and I conclude by saying thut I wish it was part and parcel of it now." . . ? - <?*??? Grafting tub Gr*fk.?The editor of the American Cotton riantur says: " Having practiced gruftlng grnpea for the last ten years, I never found uny difficulty in this operation ; in fact, they graft as easy as any fruit. Instead of.p-opngating grape vines, os is usually done, by a single fcyc as a culling, 1 always found it a more sure way to graft them to a piece of root, and if it lie a rare kind, of a long jointed growth, as American grnpea generally are, one bud was sufficient. I hardly ever lost over five pfr cent. I novcr used any grnf'. ing wax, hut planted the grafts in the ground humediatcly, and covered, consequently, the united peace with earth. This is, undoubtedly, a much safer plan than relying on single buds ?o vuinngti. v? ncn graiting on stum})*, taking two or three buds on the graft, I have sometimes had grapes the first season, but always a lair crop the second summer." IIow to osrr Rermi in Old Aok.?T strongly recommend you to follow the analogy of the body in seeking the refreshment of the mind. Ever}' body knows that both a man and horse arc very much relieved ami rested, if, instead of lying down and falling asleep, or endeavoring to fall asleep, he changes the muscles ha (tuts in operation. If. instead of level ground, he goes up or down hill, it is a rest both to the man walking and to the horse which ho rides?a different set of muscles is eaMed into action. So, I say, call into action a different class of faculties, apply your minds to other objects of wholesome food to yourselves, as well as of good to others, and depend upon it, that is the true mode of getting repose in old age. I)o uot overwork yourselves ; do everything in moderation. [Lord Brougham, TnE Motiikb.?It has been truly said: "The f, ?, l.-!? ? --- ? i? ucuim w ho rusnes to uio recollection of a soldier or a sailor, in his heart's difficulty, is his mother. She clings to his memory nnd affection in the midst of all the forge!fulness nnd hardihood induced l>y a roving life. The last message he leaves is for her: his last whisper breathes her name. The mother, as she instils the lesson of piety nnd filial obligation into the heart of her inlant son, should always feel that her labor is not in vnin. She may drop into the grave? but she hns left behind her an influence that will work for her. The bow is broken, but the arrow Is good, and will perform its office." On Saturday, (*nve the Sehnn Sent inel,)n young lady entered one of our fashionable music stores, for the purpose of purchasing a piece of music, entitled " When 1 Sleep, I Dream of The'e," but by one of those ludicrous mistakes which will sometimes happen in the best of families, she as- J lonmiit-il liie young gentleman of (lie store by inquiring if lie had *,he mimic, entitled " When I Dream 1 Sleep with The?!" The mistake brought a modest blush to the cheek of the feir inquirer?ditto, to the gentleman. Tiik highest spire in the world is that of Strasbourg Minster, 474 feet. The next in St Stephens', Vienna, 4t>9. Then follow Notre Dame, ' Antwerp, 46?i; and Salisbury Cathedral, England, 404. These all are in Oolitic architecture. St rani's, London, (Classic,) is also 404 feet high. The highest spire in America is that of Trinity Church, (Cothio,) New York, 284 feet The twin spires of Cologne Cathedral will each be, when completed, 600 feet high. Tiik widow of a celebrated musician had in ~ J t ? " vnucii upon nia monument, "lie is gone where only his music e?n be excelled." The widow of a pyrotechnist, saw this and had inscribed on iier husband's tomb, " lie is gone w here only his fire ttorka can be excelled." WfiATKVER you do, do it willingly. A boy that is whipped at school never lenrns well. A man that is compelled to work cares not how badly it is performed, lie w ho pulls off his coat cheerfully. strips up his sleeves in earnest, and sings while he works, is the man for us, ? 4 4^^ ? --a?? Tint Nashville Advocate gives the following prayer offered in one of the colored churches in that city : ' O, Lord, make ns as wise as serpents and as harmless ns doves, with eyes like eagles, and $tu<ly aa a alter!* Why is a man climbing up Mount Vesuvius like an Irishman who wishes to kisa Ihia sweet heart ? Mccauso he wants to get at the mouth of the " cratitr." ISutnorrafs dMitt. Aktrmcr W ard and his W ax Works.? Tlie people of Utica, N. Y., are hard on Judas fscariot. Insidunt in Ulilcy ?In the Faul of 1866, I showed my show in Ulikv, a trooly grate nitty in tlie State of New York. The people gave ine a cordyal recepshum Tlie press was loud in her prases. 1 day as I was gircn a.desciinshuit of my Beests aud Snakes in my usual flowery stile, what was my skorn A disgust to aee a hig burly feller walk up to the cage containin* my wax Aggers of the l^ord'a Last Supper, aud cease Judas Iscariot by the f-fct and drag lain out on the ground. He then commoncod fur to pound him as hard as be cood. " What under the son arc you about f" r ^ 'V * VI icu l. Sez l;e, " What did you bring this pussyLuermus curs here flirt'" <fc he hit the *?x figge. anuiher tremenjia blow on the hed.. SfZ I, " Vou egrejus ass, that air's a wax fi/ger?a represeutashuu of the false Tostle." Sez he, " That's all very well fur you to say, but 1 tell you, old man, that Juilas L?carrot can't show himself in Utiky with imoutrertv by a darn rite 1" with which obserrashttn ho kaved in Judas?i6 bed. The young man belonged to 1 of the first fameriies in Utiky- 1 sood him, and thd Joory brawl in a verdick of Arson in the 3d degree. tfnskd Down.?Jndge Underwood, of Ga., lately deceased, although a great wit, was once " turned down," and that by a cow driver. The Locomotive, giving an account of the Into cold spell and high prices of wood in Atlanta, says : We are here reminded of a most ludicrous I reply made by a youthful cow driver to Judge Underwood, in his day, during a very cold spell. The little fellow came driving his little mule, or ptehaps a small call, dowu Marietta street, pulling a small load of wood when the Judge opened his door and hailB him : " Halloo, there, what do vou ask for vonr wood 1" 44 Two dollar pnd n half 1" 44 Where do you expect to go," says the Judge 44 when you die?" 44 I expect to go to h?1 for hauling such' a load of wood as this here such a cold day and asking no more for it than two dollars and a half." | The Judge drew his head in'and closed the door. 441 say, boy, whose horse is that you are riding f" 44 Why, it's daddy's" 44 Who is your daddy t" 44 Why, don't you kuow flic's Uncle Teter Jones." 44So you're the son of your uncle?" 41 Well, 1 don't 'zactly know how Itis," re plied the boy, 44 but you see, daddy got to he a widower, and married mother's sister, who is my Aunt Sally, aud 60 he's my uncle now." Mt o ' * i dat, oainuo, does you know what makes de corn grow so fast when you put de manure on it ?" " No, not 'r.aekly, 'cept it makes do ground stronger for de corn." Now, I'll jest tell ye. Whop de corn begins to smell de manure, it don't like de Turnery, so it hurries out de grouud and gita j up as high as possible, so as uot to breathe de bad air." Ttir. following notice is posted at a railway station: ''Travellers should be careful to deliver their baggage to proper persons, as a gentleman a few days since entrusted his wife to a stranger, and has not heard of her since." I A coRrrt.rsT clergyman rose at X public ! dinner to return thanks, which he did by laying his hands imploringly on hia stomI ach, and saying, " We thank Thee for thees li -* * " " i u:e?miigs bo oounlitullv spread, and our capacity to enjoy them." | " Mirtf.ss, does you know what dam light* nin* hugs carries dat fire 'bout wid dem for ?" "No, what do they carry it for, Mose !** " Whv, to keep dem front buropin' der heds up 'gainst de trees." A nousKiiot.nKti.in a western village in filling up his census schedule under the column headed " Where born," described one of his children as " born in the parlor," Mid the other " up staifs." Tjib following conclusion to a life of ftobapierro appeared in a newspaper : " Thia extinordinary man left no children behind him except hi* brother, who was killed at the same time." "Haws, what i? the matter I" " iDe aorrat vHfjon haa run away mil de green horaa, and broke do axle tree of de brick house vat standa by de corner lamp poet across de lei* egraph. A DUTCH MAX being called on for a toast astid, M Here's to iheTieroen who tit. pled and tied at tho battle of i'uuker Hill-? of who I is one"