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* Ato'rt
Subscription Twe butters per nnnuui.
A i> v rutisbm ruts iunorttol at the r? to? o!
one dollar pt( aqua re nt twelve Milium iinoi
(ibis sited typed or Ubm for tin irei lasertion
fifljrvcents e#ob f<?* the eeonud and (bird bwor
tWi'S, yp4 iaeuty.fiv* oenta fur subsequent
VeatVr eeutrarts wilt be made,
advertisements must bare the atliabei
M iddW^Oba wsgked tm then, er tbey wiH be
'tneeeUdd*^ urdurad vnt, eu.l ebavgbd ft.'-r.,
. jAWtm. otbeswlse,. 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
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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
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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
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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 .-?,'
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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."
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