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Advertisements trill tMvadaUy be "displayed." r> :\ ?vj 4 Obltuarv notisee. aod all natters (waring to to tbo tonoflt pf any vuo, arc rog>irdu4 u AUvtrtiataioata. wi * ?F*ob> 4b? IxmUvitle Deaocnt. ' F* DeU. STRlKtSO ILLUtJTR ATIOtf? ' ? TPi* eUCeaagnt cf the public debt, pubiiehed August 1st, 1868, confesses that the amqurV. of that greet " nation 41 blessing** Foots 0i\> l?o billion, five hundred end twenty three million, fivo bundled and tbirtv-four thousand, four hundred and eighty i5o1laisl These figures represent au amount of indebt cdneas that few oan roinpi'eKenr't It* immensity is barely within the bounds of buman calculation. Anil *ould pbive appalling to a nation of U6tbscbild? lining* and i*eal>odys. . > f? it stands upon the rniris of the Cons dilution, amidst the cnltbhling pillars of the American UenubluS, R irtonumeat of Radical miai ule, incompetency, villainy and dwpo'.i-ru. While it tvpr.sents the price of our national ruin and degrtdaffbri, U is eloquent of na t'otVal bankruptcy, intolerable and elur? nal taxation and of seid-h ml juration of tke poor to the rich. ? The tax galheiers, of whorti it is the foil Jib parent, are now busy in every hlruet, lane, highway and byway in the land; and are aa disastrous to tfib prospeiily of the eopntry as t.lie seyipn plagues, to which iMIanioh was com> pel led lo succumb. Tliey demand taxes lor? The bat on your bead, The boots on your feet, The clothes ouyyor person, Tho (bod you ent, i The tea and coffee you driuk, jne pot u is cookcu ir., The eiip yon drink it out of, ' The implement* on your farm^ The tool* you wnik with, The paper you wiiio on, The pen and Ink you u-e, Jlj# paper* ahfl bOcke -Voti rcaJ, Tiio I furniture in your house, The gas or oil you burn, The coal you consume. The stovo you bum it in, The match you light, it with, The medicine you inke, Toe tobacco you smoke. The pipe you smoke^t in, The duties on your tittle, a'hd All you cat oft ibem. 'J'hoer of oof reader* who deal ir money and who are in the d*i'y habi of inspecting Jiiles of greenbacks, maj be interested with the fallowing illus trations, which we find iu the Frankfor Yeoman: f fbe highest mountains in the worl. is a peak of the Hiimflaya Mountain in India, which reaches the altitude o 28,178 feet, or a very little less thai five and a half miles. !; The public debt of the United Stater according to the official statement o lb# Secretary of the Treasury, amount ed, ottlhe first of the present month to the sum of Iwo billion, five hundt?< find Jwcoljy thr^a tn'.IHon, five bundm and thlit vfour thousand, four Lunelle end c;ghty dollars. flow, let us, f. illustration, sujipose it to be one dolls Mils, and pilfea up, before us. Do yo Imagine it would teach 4 roountai height I* Let us see: Allow one hundred notes to the incl ahd we base its height To ........incites 2,l02,ai6 feci <! or 700,tljjlr ...jrsrJ* t! I KtftoH . r 8v6| MK..iuilis!!! I or, if the notes were of ibe deooutifi lion of one hundred dollars ench,?ii teed of One dollar, we should here pyramid of money reaching about foi miles high I whilst the highest roooi tain pea* in North America (Mount S Klias, in Ilusftian Ameiica,) is but ae enteen thousand nine hundred feet, < less than three, inilee and n half. Still further: let us snppose tbede to be in iHrer instead of notes, and ? timaiing tiiteen dollrira to the poun we hare a weight of debt ainonniii to just one hundred and fifty ?eveu 111 lion, seven hundred and twenty thou and, nine hundred and five pounds l nine thousand eight hundred and lift seven car loads (at 1600 pounds to t \ !.L 1.1 ll~ . U a, chw9) wilictl wuiiiu n irnui ui v? 66 afllet in length, allowing but thir feat to tba ear 11 * little (urtlx and, suppose it war a neocssarjr to ta tha silver dollars from the mint, ei ploying porlars for that purpose, reqn log each man to carry forty pound*, that oaaa, it would take four million* man, who, standing tbraa feat ape would make a line about three tuoi and tnftea long; and inarching at t iqte of Ihrea miles an hour, it wot require about forty days for this del burdened army to pass s given poit la ?vm? ,fcf?"?? ** '*1 ?,( * ( ?? ?! i-Hil H-' *>? ^UtttliSliBJ ? nil J jftr ? ? "' *i<? ?' **' *? m* A-. tl I LT-xuai;jri::r Hi ry*l< ,m?4? ^.li?.-l(? n?? )rrj<<t^na foe ?ie I>a?#l .u>'xt*i til m? Iwa ."?? ??t ?? W'g'rTgg-^? ? ? '"? ?,i?%e And ll.e task of conoiing^lm d?kf i ?i1v^r dulliira, would hf on# of UMIfUWU.. II fk HI a ( "Htmeiicii^ A ugust 1st,, IMS, ?Ur ivoikinf? tejr 4?o?r? ?c|i 4Aj',.W<a owul > ing sixty dollars each ruinate, wotih ? accompli?h the joh^A. D. 4208. [ From the National lutcIligtmccK Tiiey jmvej by the maimer in whicl i they conduc'ed the 'wji,-, *n'I by pro lunging it for the benefit of the. Iladi' cal parTlpt^aVk after ft might an u snoule have been closed, and l>v die most un fieceGhiy', reckless, and ruinous prodigality of the people# money, cieated t public debt whose ascertained official ^tnoUtVt is about two thousand fivfc huo dicil n^Mfon of dollars, and w filch, when lire asct>.'ta{i'*^d ts added to it, will, at estimated Oy Thaddeh's Stevvfi*, whe bad charge of tile ftr^ytct of finance, 01 ways and means appropriations, for several years in th* House of Uepreaen lalives, including all {he years of tlu war and ?inee, and whd; therefor*, had the very best means of information on this subject, amount to the astounding sain of fire thousand millions dollars This estimate of Mr. Stevens probably inchidri the ptlvate claims for the tfc strorerton of property North and South, debt! arhing om of breach of" Contract by the Government, and spoliation at home And nbrohd, growing out of tin, prosecutionof the war, and probably, in hi# Contemplation, also, tbo nsMimpt on by the General Government of the war dvfits of the several Smles, conn ties, loans, &c. Others, again, Imvo estimate! the dvbt, ail things included, as high lis tftr thousand million dollars They Vave not Only not lessened the sltinenddts debt! tidl liHre increased ii 1 during t|e litnt two months, over thirteen itiillons of dolhira, as shown by Mr, McQillbUi'ft oWcia! repoit. Kir#t, m to n ventto: They I ive from the 80lh Jnne, 1SC4, to Jnntiry 1st, 1808, collected from the peopfk h revenue amounting in all, hs net d< Mn in the official tocord, to seven billons, six hundred and eightyh ven mil ions, eight hundred and out thousand, and sixty four dollurs, in eluding t|e five billions six hum Hied nnd twentv ifttren million*, four- hundred hihI ?ijr(VtwO ihouMtnd, three hundred and vigil dollar* from Ioau* aiiJ Tita> ury note). A? gdrg to make up there sdven hi! lion*, Jq., are put down, undei the head ?*f." dii?t taxes,-tssrivf millions, out Tiundretland sixty one thousand, three hundrniand twerty seven dollars, having eolh'ied in 1867 alone, for direct taxev/otf miliums,'tuffi hundred thous and, twojiundrcd dud I flirty three dot hrs. ' - frndei the head of ** miseelUnenrt*." tioo hun red and 'lurt>J onk t'iillions. one huidred and fifty-one thousand, nine hutlred and fifty three dollars ; , having ( Elected in the one year of 18 t 00 ? uiic sr tfi'a ' tniaeelfin^ott*.' head, mark y?u?sixty-seven trillions, one [ hundnd and nineteen thousand, three , hur.drcl and sixty nine dollars. uh._J r.? .?- 1. i- .t.. I nci WIUII^ IfUIU UIU jH'UU.tJ III lilt j oii? ye/r of 18C5, IoImI revenue, the np , pallin/ Mini, of <oSe Tiiflfon. eip?f>t fainf dretf )*?<! five million*, nine hundred , end jiiriy-nino thou?nnd, three hundred Aid forty five UolUrr. , Tn much on the subject of money ,f collected. Now, a few figures n? tc moneyjpaid out?expenses of carryjn^ , ?>n ihejCioveruiueitt. Tlxj have expended, from June 30 ,j 1867,lo Jnntiniy 1. 1808, total, seves ,j bitliojs, five hundred and fifty irbtr ,r millws, seven hundred and forty nm ir thouind, two hundred and ninety fiv> u dollr" having ?pent in 1865 alone y One filfirm, tight hundred and ninety sevA millions fix hundred and seventy j foul thou tana, two hundred and tiHen * ty jivr dollar*. '"r to niake up this Mini the; ejrpnded^ fur the War Depaitmeni thee.billions, one hundred Uhd elyr.tj ? tnflions, three htindred and sixty-eign |( tHusand. four hundred and fix dol /<?/ having paid out. in the yenr 18 ir Cy one hi/iion, eipht hundred and thu I seven millions, six hundred and sixty ]> ?? 4i. /? ></ it% % /%/? / utii/e/v/ /i o, irwnow/m, imtv rtwnuru* urr #n/y dolhtrs. 5r For th> Navy Depftrfment.ywt/r Aw?i red and fourteen millions, etrjh ty thri bt hcusand, four hundred and elyhti It lee ; having spent fur lho year 180 <1, 'ne hundred and iw mty two million ng if# hundred and sixty seven thnusam iU rv#n hundred and seventy dollar/. is- I For "ordinary expenditure*," ihrt pr \/lions, nine hundred and forty Jit y. ill ions. two hundred and ninety or be ousand one hundred and fifty fit tra >llars; having spent under this ben ty ' ' ordinary expense*," for the year < )60, one billion, two hundred an E; tehee millions, nine hundred and elevt i ousand, two hundred and seventy do in wfs, ir Kor " rttfceellaneonx expenditure* In to jWe 80, 1867.) ons hundred On of ffly-eight millions. sixty one thousun rl, bur hundred and fifty-two. u* \ Somewhere ewallowed up ic the he nating lumt of money which ?t*gg lid fc mind in the effort to realise tb?n bt tk amount squandered on the Free it! ^n'e bureau Would reach prohah M? Msh) j|..> .J|? ^ * , ? v,.- ^,-.Jt. y. ,.^ ,,.?.T W- ^ i ?.....? I f liixay?<g mJt Vil (Mf .MMM Wiiri r J * ' - 'IT .IT - - ? IT? hj?Mw ?1mE | 11 i?4* ??#??!> wJsr^-uli. ?nrt' >J*i??V_ i ill* ?4 JNiUI Mil )i kjM ; hftotf 9E99iMHHaBmnnnE??l ktAf Jtll * -?. .?,? I # f ft jh ;:teffe3j^TiiacKJis0OTB < nmwrnrr i 111 *n ^nwmi u * ii Mfiy lwiriiiw?i? At l?M?;'-fnr-th #?<> ** r f >1 MtuHng Jnnhnry li I8$7. * I n hrOuner^ 'ltaw*^ *Otffentf<Mtin*ri>f | J t?i? b*ir?*?, tM'ly ( i- n^irtrett-.""/!! lfcfervrtt^for Hi* &~y?&* f J ill#- hnraift tnttTbeffi 1h tixUie'tice, 1:"hl/h | -vonsutvmr rnrnr ifyfr ffffRn*; liiitt we know'thnt A *$hi*!y greater nhimirif? 1 , nt least fifty WT;n??*is?hjteA t>een spent ' tipon 1t, all to"ktrA tfi'o ItlduA Vi'tlV , - <i' power. ' | TWc tafe At which wi Are goijitf fo 1 riilft?rt,e Mpmujuig' vf jppney . drawn by tho lax gatherer from the i Inbor of pwplp, and spent? | c&p he taler paiVsloui). # b*n. we ,**y 1 that dtwivg yi^ovanly three yearvpre.- ' i ceeditig the war (as estimated recently) 1 , the whole.**|M#ndU.ure of the Clavotu ' f ineut Htirounled to less limn fourteen 1 hundred million* of dtdlHiw,. while the ' UaJical parly in the oh* year of ffibS. ' spent nearly ninefe-sn hundred million 1 , dollars, a* above stated. > * ???? " f ' Such an exhibit as thh may well l strike the people with dismay, and ' csu*e them, as they do to erv tfhrtid for ? > retivf frohi 60 intolerable a burden.' 1 Want of Courage. * ' , ' Sydney; Smith, in hi* work on Mora' ' Philosophy, speaks in this wise of wha1 un'-n I use .for the waul of n little brass, ' ? it is tenned 5 >n . " A great deal of talent is lost to tho world for the want of a little csnrage. Kvery ilav send* to their graves a nntn- * ber of obrcuro men who havo only ro '' tnained in obscurity because their tim idlty has prevented them from making * a first effort, anrl who, if they oolihrf * 1 otdy hare t?oen induced to begin, wottid V in all probability have gone great i lengths in the career of fame. The fact s ts, that in order to do any thing in this c ivfirM wnrlli iva t?nol . t.. ?w1 ' shivering on the bank and ih lifting i'f! , the cold and danger, but jump in and \ scramble through as well as we can ? t i It will not do to he perpetually cairn ? > lating rUks and adjusting nice chances; t it did veiy well b.foie the .Flood, when -ti ' a man could consult hi* ftieiuU upon ; an intend-d publication f -r a hundred (] and fifty years, and then lite to see its j , success for six or seven, centuiies afier* , I wai?fs;hul at present a man waits and , doubts, and hesitates, and consults his , hi01 it,er, ami hi* ut)cle. and hi* first con , -in, and his paiticular fijcuils. til] one ( 1. day lie finds thai he is sixty-five year* ' of age, that he has lost so much time f in consulting first,cousins and paiticu ( lar nfctufs that Jie has no moio time eft to follow their advice. There is so little time for over rqueambbness at preset)', the opportunity slips away ; the ' very peiiod of life at which a man r ' chop?e* to venture, if ever, is so ci)iifin- r , ed that it i* np bad tule to pteach up ' the neccRsitv, in such invtances, it lit 1 lie violence done to the feeling, and of * efforts made in defiance of strict and , ft ber calculation. I ' Laying Rail Tracks ?y Machine ky?The railroad track-layer i- an indubitable and decided rucoe??. It i* ; now woiking along regit la r?y at th<> rale of a mile a day, and il wjll do ' better when Revetal small defects ft o ' remedied. Some of its woiks liave 1 ' been done, at the rate of two mi In* in ' twelve hours; Kui ohe mile is conside'* ? ' ed it* present woiking capacity. The * ' contractors rpsd directors of the Vallejo ' and SacrnnVerilo ffailroad, although . ' * moat of tliem were skeptical. nn?l $>inc ' 1 , quite dissatisfied with the delays in g^1-' ' 1 ting it into operation, give It the high i t est praise, nnd rrrt'fo., uidtfe theiV Ar' I r rangeraents in reliance upon it. The ' machine is a car sixty feet long and ten i feet wide. It has a small imjjffne ^rr , hoard for handling the ties and ntHa?-1-? * Thd ties are carried on a crttiwunr freight c*r behind, and conveyed by an f endleew eh'rttt o*Pr the top dt the fnav cfnhe, laid down in their plrt*err?n the If. track, and when enough are lahl, * rail is fitii down on each side tW/?'prop?r , * position, ami spiked down-. The track layer then advances, nnd keeps on Its ' work until the load of the lie* and ' rails is exhausted, when other car ^ loads are brought. The machine is driven ahead by n locomotive, ami the I- work is done wo rapidly that sixty tnert 'C are required to wail on it, but they (to t- more work than twice a? many oould 5 do by the old eystom, am) the work in (. dona quite as well. The chief con i. tractor of the road gives it as his opinion that wbeu the machine is improved ?c i>y making h tew changes in ihc inetli >? od of handling rails ami lie, the lie ** canity of which change* U now nppn* >c rent, il will be able to pul down five or >d t-ix miles per day, unquestionably ,-r- . >J This will renUqr.il possible to lay down d track twelve lima* as fasl as the usual '? ra'e by band, and il sill do the woik I- al lata ecprma >"?? (> * (A*. Y. Mercantile Journal. O ?- ' ??d" d Fakxy Fait* objpet* to mew shed id ding tears ; she ?*v? it is an inhingement on woman's ino*l vnlunb'e " wa* ler prmleges." or ??? ?? n. YVnr are good resolutions like faint * d ing ladies? UecHuie they want carry ly jing out; j J' ' -?* ?? T* *' ?' ^Pjll> iM i**^*"1 1 i irt ,'')*** nwl ?^' ? j ( l??&bj?M I IB ll ii ill I ) ii i' n i n ? , rj -.-)' * >'.-rn+?' ? ;*?*?rtT-- jerr-trf^CAIIQUNA. SW'TKMBKi; umii tear ii i . onicsAi.. ^ *?* *tht ?^r??p*Nt " eW ?rf <fv m >4*1 *1 .+**1 M >"*? *>?* <1 Adric# to Youutf Men on Beharlof .in Public, t h..'m, The one gr+*L principle you should oh. Kr?? In your pubiio bebw**^ U, to bt i>nt/>iru'ma. And iiowf /rot* to be eonepicnon*. Ac there i? one great principle fn public l*to?*tfc?r, ?o there l? one greet rule con tetrniHg to thrft prinripi.., it ia io offtti tin fdavittf Tf yon go hi to ft 'church where the people are tolerably qui -t during aerrkeea. apeak In a Tery loud and sharp *h!srerfiiHsWtg the drosses of the ladies, fills one's look*, the quantity of paint she ^Mta on, the alas of her chignon, site and ihape of her foot, efif. fttform ftikr MJfn uifrtiWi (of cw/tae you have one) when her ast englfgfemeiit Was brotten off, and give itry other Interesting remliii?c>ne-R of her ife, wlrtch may HUB tVftff. nbn?h for her to catch her htfnie aA?.T aee hat yonfr glances a?s directed to'wfirds her, >ut b? Very careful not to let he#1ienr any xpreamon which might bo construed laio Iti Inanity rftrt? tnfghl have a brother who fu'estiooed your right to Insult hie sister.?" fcnd hire let me make an exception to my ri?fe ; don't aff-et thesingularity of flghllng loeli!. U fa' n jWclico which ia deleisrlous o the human constitution. To proceed, ivery young man since Adam, la aware of ' he proveiblal cnriO'ity of the fair sex: so ' hat 'to let a Truing lady know you are ' pVnklng of Iter, whilst she ennnot out ' dint you arc saying, is a very happy Con* ' ummalinn. When y>'tir hrtolt becomes I rhnwn, it yon eperfk to n friend in church very young lady present will b'e on tenter ' look# to know whet Iter you nre speaking ' if her, nnd if ?<>, whether she meets your ipfirftvitl or not ; for yon kf/o.w the dear Traftires buly five for our good opinion.? 1 Oh! yea.) 5 1 * ' " ? If y? u are a stronger in (lie place, as yon ' rnlk I it to t'-e cTiurch pick out the most 1 unid looking frhin yoff see?be enre to lake irio whom you know from his looks to be no bashful to spent* nbove his breath?and akiffg yoti'r aeat l>caide him, ask questions n the nbove mentioned whisper, about la lies two or three yitrds distant, relative td 1, heir age, social standing, last engagement, t>. If he ttill persist in speaking in n low vtiisper, make him repeat again and ngiun, intil ho is made d-sperate ot the frown of ' lie neanst doncon. Tliert tell the last ishionat.W j"kc, lsnglilng quite henrilly, md looking as if Ton exprfcl liini to do the nine. In the meanwhile, laugh stilt metre icarlily nt tils ItidierotM attempt to appea1" mused, nnd pinching him in the rilm mnking him of course, aa tie is n nervous itnn jump and serenm.Tttl! hitn he is " sitcfl i droll dug." Having now succeeded in rinklng hint uneoiufottabla for the next nonth or two," you may turn your attention o other inijeetl When the eeimon is ilinut to login, you had better take a good ook around the room, catch the eye of the ^rcttlest {Jtrl preeint, and gare at Iter unli' [he xxl.ispeis to lic>* hfptfier, thcu lo<>k V?>fy nnocrntly an) earnestly at the preacher.? ts almost everybody goea to sleep during he sermon, you had better not do that, but iruwing the heavy foot-stool from tfif Other ml of the pew, place your left foot upon t, put your tight (dot upon your left knee Ira\v your note book, and begin to sketch or rite, ss euils your fancy. After yon have Irawn a ridiculous caricature of Hea'con irtnflint's puckered visage, show it to your timid friend, and indicating the DeaO^h, ivlth 5*our ' refioger, ark if it li a good teeners. Every one can tefl what yoa are thing, eViii if he is not near enough to see hg paper, wfiicli is oil! c?l 'atcd to at .o!...i/?? is. ix " - ? i VMVV l??U J'tnuyn, Alia male your liiuijl./Meud. if n little more miserable. 1nm spM,.?irs ?dj V ~ Do not tUe tho.eingiag of tU do*, ohvi'r bul;Js?mp.. up very suddenly as il.o UMflM j>ron^uu??9 the benediction. 1 tliiuit' hew?*er? tbot even during ike short period Ourupied ky I but yna had betle? Bet keep still 5 but immediately stoop down to pick np your list, end Ikon unbutton the bow door,- ^ropsrtt'fory 'o ti rnatWor (he main entrance. Having effected your exi, ry*1hont dnniagv '16 yourself, though perhaps sotrte t<? dtlief |'eoj\le through the'me. iliutn of their toes, you may wntcli outside to see the ladies come out. If there is sny tletcfni.jitend immediately in frout. of the tepe so that you can <eo ll>e ladies' ankles as they drsoeud, make comiu'-nli iu a loud a*idt to your friend Dob, (not your tiniid friend.) so l|iat> the, Udi?s esn se? tlw^t they or rather their ankles, form the sul jevt Of your conversation. L t litem say what they, p.e&se, but they like it, (Ol^I UeAr, yea.) having endeavored lo .give you some iik'a of uliuroli behavior, 1 will now umke I a fow additions M regtud to otl.cr public 0Um*iM fe?0 Fur instance, the Court llouxo. llere there ia always a low bum of ooiiversationao that you most exert yonrsolf a little mure to attract afltaiiva.. Come >11 with your bat on, auil retain it until tharo i? eutna likeliho ><J of its being removed by tlic Sheriff, iben it would be advisable to take it oil Talk a good deal louder titan any ono elee, and when your friend, (?) the aberitl, proclaim* ailanee, amiia at hiui in a contemptuous, provoking way, still talking, until you aea btm appioavhing. You now ||fea that ibis proclaiming aikuc*, ia ouly a \ u t )- ?; *i<l l-t% - f ' ' r I m It I hfft* , ? **t ' ?t<*M f*l? /- *? ' XT'"^7" TP 1ST'"T'C Jtlj V .tuIN JL C nl 01 *> ? i<?*> ( ?V* .11; - _ IIIIII II I II I II. I 1,1 _ ?ili 16? I SOS. ! !Lag?I. . . ' 1 .?. . , pretext to moult you. so ft Jo y?o> duty to nfintff the court as mneh as possible. Draw sfp your tret rromlly, prddnee li Very large newspaper, and whether yott read or not, he snre to op^ri $?d thru it eery often, so as to emit ft continuous crackling roundt Tike n eafttbiuke 6ft fire, But th?;C(mrt House Is riot ft favorable place for a display of Mngtilnrlty. fio many ffneer character* arto sfteii thefe, Hikt it requires a great deal of trouble to attract attention *nd when ohtaiaed, it is generally rather unpleasant, ffut tote a concert; given by tfi'e J"'.??fiig Indie* for some benevolent inatttution or purpose. They prefend that St ie merely r??r the pufposo nanieif, which is ^l?e ftinxiest veil thpy throw ovef tfieir real intentionWhich ts to show themselves off. Knowing this, yon must most certainly borrow, steal or buy an opera glass to carry with yon ? Choovfc a very ennspiennua rent and. level J"5lr glass at tile performers. Boou you Will have quite a kno\ of young men gathered about yoti to lake a " peep." Now yoti are in your ^lenient? descant loudly upon tho dress, features and voices of the different performer*, occasionally taking a glshce at the other ladles in the room, but be i?rry cnreTuI how yoti do tbls. If j^ny yonng lady roils Up a piece of music and looks nt you, through It, don't he at h!1 dls fotoferfod; merely point her out to your Mends and laugh. They pretend not to like your behavior, because rtsmina" iloe# not approve of St- But. pshaw 1 they iro proud of yotir notiee. When you nre [iteased with a piece, npplsu l not like the " conunon herd," but placing (wo fingers [your owi^ in your mouth, whis'le longloudly and shrilly, so thnt every one's ours *111 tingle for some moments after. ^ ( Hoping you will profit by an vice, I u...? !->) -- ..o -- o? ? " ??.j ?v v<rzt *i|? ns e ion iia cum neucr did liii valentine, though I fear I have not ihfc faculty he had, of making you " visli tliefe vo* nrore.I remain uot Cliegter field, )>tit ( t GUILT.AtTM* The Debt Question. Ex-Gov. 1'iokens, in h recent letter to citizens of Lauren* District, advances the following just and sensible views upon m <j ties lion of all absoibing interest to tli- people : I am satisfied if tfie people were to meet and Agree among themselves upon sotne plan of fair and reasonable set'.le rfient of .debts among each other it would save much ill teolftig. and really he bet'er for the creditor ns well as the debtor. It Was a common war, in which we all engaged with enthusiasm, and nil is lost ; and we ought now to try and settle with each other all old debts by ffhtrnT compromise. ff we are freed through the courts by leg.tl process, at least one haifuf all the property will be divided with the lawyers, clciks and general co?ts of suit. In uine cases out of ten tho land is the only thing left to pay with. The de pressed prices for it will not settle..mote than one fenflb of the debt Attempted to bo collected. Who, then, is benefitted by such n process i It is really no benefit to n than lp sep his neighbor ruined and no one get any profit except attorneys, sheriffs, clciks and consta hies. In any general,.compromise that may he made, there must he particular Qaces of hardship, and may he great wiong, but if all are fofeag |o settle merit by legal process, tften there must he universal rule. Now, too, when the : uuiif*n wm auuui iu 'iiwn^umiu Idlir court*, with negro Juries nnd nfgfo < fficers, and, what is worse, vile while xkunka, who have betrayed their race and aro merely .trying tq. pl'ityj^r ,the Slate?under these cocumstancea it is not only the duty but \1?q direct interest of eveiy one who feels for his State to cordially agree with his i yigbbor upon some piinciple of compromise, or leave everything to arbitration made by ihret or four men. I suppose you have seen the principle agreed upon by the mass meeting at Edgefield, xaledny in April last. 1 prepared the report and resoiu (ions, which were unanimously adopted, and the people are, for (Tie tno*i parr, making settlements upon these principles agreed upon by the people of tire District, If suits should be brought, 1 liink the juries would bring in verdicts npon this basis generaMy. The upper Districts will he the first to move, for the desolation of the war was not so great upon them, because they were . __ ?U 1 I I .1 mil fu vimiuit r??ngcu, wnu urcni^o uif) .more white population, and %% lierever there are more white* there will he moro labor ami more production*. We never can ho lich in our day and gene ration; but what wo need is abundance of provisions. We are too poor now to fveil Khy population, and cannot nip port acy great epterpr&e, because we have no piovUioua to spare. If we had an abundant provision crop, we would at least he independent, and would Invite immigration of white labor; but, as it is, we have no means to feed while labor on any large scale for we can hnidly feed ourselves. Wt could not .retain foreign white laboi if we had it, unless wo had mort cattle and tlietp; for while labor re quires milk, and cattle, and muUon, ant beef. And mutton and beef aie easiei w .?bo v.?wo*??n rMtxtM .-?,' ' Jli!;".W I !<?4/oll t| htfOIII * # '? / ^Wr NI . ' .1- . </* a ! ? . ?' i >? .' "? * " '? * /? |? ^ i, - t T * r *' ' '-'"-i- - ".U_J.,.. - . tff. L ?ri.._ ... . . ... _?. hiiiI vlnutfwr to <r?we now, with out; wH?ie UmU, lb*n hng?*re, nod f*r more bwUlby. The fir?t ihing to be done, it,o.. iv.. .1? mj ?nu upper uisirics, ?s to raise more provisions and !e-? land in cotton. Then we caii mi.ke provisit n for whilq immigration among ua and be able to support them. If we could have a just And pure government ( think we could advance. If we settle our debts and plant less cotton nud raise breadstuff^, cattle apd. sheep, nnd have-less ambition for wealth, we will bo a happier and inore comfortable people. . ..Tbq loss of our slaves is nothing corp pared with the loss of character, integrity and maidinesii. I at one time owned five hundred and sixty-seven, and, ns Oo$ is my judge, I would vol havf Mem back a* (hey were. I have been re? lieved of them by violence and brute for?e. The care, anxiety and rcxponsibility (hat ojtpreescd me in relation, to (hem I now ftU relieved of. True, the degradation and ruin of my 8late are constant sources of pain to mo, particulaiiy when 1 know, with high commanding statesmanship in 1803 at the. bead of affairs, the result would have been different to our country. We now have nothing left but to bear, with Christian resignation, our fate ; at least p.och is the case with those as old as I | am. There is some hope, I suppose, of a change in the gnvernnicut from the election in November next. I trust it miav be, and that God, in Ilis mercy, will preserve us inuch..pf the conservative piinciple of a constitutional govern1 mont. -OV - . ,v HU'CDIation?"Brick" Pomeroy'a new, [ paper, the New York. Pcmocrat, ts out j boMly h>r repudiation. In an editorial in its third number, on the publio debt it said We sweep aside the inter niqsble diseusj sions about Ilie terms of the bargain, sn<jL a<k sinjply, does justice to the people rc~ quire that lite bargain be recognized ? if we find that n corrupt Congress obtained, tlie consent ol an ignorant, thoughtless and excited people to the erection of that stupendous monument of national folly called the national debt; if we find thai the debt, was corruptly contracted; that ita terms t.au ua, ii wc iiccuiiic convincea iii?? a national debt is the mo?t powerful means of national corruption* that it causes an unequal anil unfair distribution of property: that it creates a mischievous, idle, non-producing, untaxed,' bonded aristocracy ; that it throws the burden of taxation^' entirely upon tl.i# laboring class; that it hampers production and increased cxtrava" gance that it make# miljionaires on one aide and paupers on the other; and that.i' breeds critpe as the hot sun l>reeds maggot# if we find, in a word, that a national debt is an unmitigated national curse, we shall wa?tc no time upon tlie written law to discover its le^t/tr or its epirit, but shall appeal at ouce to the higher law of national welfare, which demands that so potent an evt' bo at once uholwhed, Mexico.?A private letter from Mr. Rc. mero to a friend in Washington, dated Mex ' ieo, August 8, eays^ "J have the pleasure to infirm you that I arrived in this city on th# Gib' instant, and today I have again taken charge of {.lie Department of t^e Treasury of Mexico, t am bappy to. inform you that I lie political situation b#s improved very much during absence. , Tt is now more certain than it ever was beforethai pn'hTTo peace f* jWfnanently restored to tliis country, and that there is but little danger of any serious dbtuilmnce in the future There is only one insignificant rebellion ip the mountains of the State of Purl,la, which will soon be subdued, and . which gives no eanse for alarm. The fiitan- ^ cial situation is also satisfactory. President Jtiarcx is well, and has great confidence in k - s.i.?. <> Thk War iji Havti.t?Tlio troops now err-, gaged in the llnyticn wnrnro stated to amount to about twelve thousand loyal mulattocs, under President Salnnvo, on the one side, and on the o'.her about 25,000 negro insurrectionists, mostly from the southwestern part oi th<? island, under command of Ocncrnl Pction I cntocrt. The jewels arc generally well armed, hut poorly organized. ^alnajvc's troops aro also badly dcsciplincd, hut ha to a strong nd vantage in position. It is reported that n large number of rebels, or races as they aro colled, were constantly doscrtiug and joining the forces of the government. They are of little servico, however, as thero aro not sufficient urine to c<|uip lbs regular army, Many of Sulnnve's soldiers.bear no arms but a rudo pole having an old. bayonet set on the end of it. A large number of Springfield rifles, ordered from the .United States, are exported to arrive,*opn, which will bo sufficient to cqlii{t all tho troops. Accnnniso to the Now Orleans Picayune, Jeff. P?vi? Ilea (tore to England for the J>ur-, pope of entering into a business partnership with an eminent eoiuinercial firm, and he will aoon return to New Orleans as the representalive in that city of the business interests of tho house. On jwbich the New York Times remarks: ",It is doubtless tlie cotton business in which he intends to engage, and we have no don^t t b*t the Arm of Pra-<er, Davis A Co.,, will bo very popular iu the South, and mill I command a large enough business to furnish the ex-rehol chief a competence in a short time. Davis has been in pecuniary straits ' since the downfall of the Southern rebellion, though he has received some help trom his | frionda In the South, and also from his frici di in tho North, lie is sixty court of nge, tut* r may yet succeed in business." 4