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Their Pledgee?How They Have Kept
Them.
From the South Carolinian.
The present administration went into power,
or rather went before the people asking
their suffragos in the lost State election, under
certain solemn and epecifio pledges to
inangurate measures of economy and reform
in the hitherto acknowledged rotten and extravagant
State government. One term of
the Legislature has passed, and it may be
well to review the field and see how they
have fulfilled their mission.
The Union, of Wednesday claims that the
party has made good its promises. We invite
the attention of that journal to the points
we make, and would be glad to have a reply,
if the ingenuity of the Union man can devise
oift?wbich will justify its congratulatory
criticism.
The first two paragraphs of the platform
of promises and principles, laid down by the
Republican party at its nominating convention
last summer, when its banner was
thrown to the breeze, nnder its chosen leaders,
for the approaching campaign, relate to
Federal polities afid are of no moment now.
The third paragraph reads as follows:
"We pledge ourselves to effect instantly a
financial reform in the State government, by
auspnding the payment of the interest on
every bond of the State, to whieh there can
119 be attached the ihadow of suspicion, and
providing for the punctual payment of the
principal and interest of the unquestionably'
valid debt; and that the members of the Legislature
elected by the Republican party
0 shall be pledged to earry into effect the
meaning and intent of tbis section."
Wo would ask of the Union, who has as
- * * ? i
named the ohampionsnip ot me lamimiwstion
in this regard, and we would ask of tbe
party, how has this pledge been kept? 1
There has been nothing whatever done in
the premises. Good and valid bonds, and
fraudulent bonds, have all been treated !
alike, and put upon the same footing. No
definite action upon tbe subject has been ta- 1
ken. The party has plainly ah irked its da- '
ty and falsified its pleage as to this point.? '
The Legislature has done nothing, and even '
His Certificate>cy F. Judas Hoses, in that 1
omnium gatherum, message of his, which 1
seemed to treat of everything else, and went 1
into very "valuable statistics in- relation to 1
the debt of the General Government, pass- ]
ed by the State finances at the close with 1
some pointless sentences. He did not even (
call the attention of the General Assembly 1
to its pledge and recommend performance. 1
0l-4* ? ? t'i-rlnv in an iriPX. '
IDC CWllC UUBUVO ivuimu ?v ... ?
tricablc confusion and as unsatisfactory a
condition as they wcro a year ago. So much
for that first pledge. What have you to aay
as to its performance, Mr. Union f
The fourth paragrph of the platform reads
as follows:
"In the interest of financial reform and
good government, we pledge ourselves to
throw around the State Treasury every safeguard
necessary to ensure the faithful application
of the public service, pursuant to just
laws, enacted in the interest of the whole
people of South Carolina."
What, if anything, has beon done to carry
out the purpose of this pledge we do not
know. We think there has been not a particle
of legislation upon the* subject. Were
Parker now Treasurer, he could do, for
aught the safeguards thrown around the
Stato Treasury might avail, jus?as he did
before. The only improvement to be hoped
for in this direction is, that Cardoza may
have a clearer knowledge ?nd higher appreciation
of the laws of mtwn ct tuum than his
predecessor Parker had. '
The fifth promising paragraph of the plat- <
form aforesaid reads in these words:
"As essential to the reform herein guaranteed
and imperatively demanded by the
nle as the vital necessity of the State, we
require that the public expenses shall
be redaeed within the pablic revenues to be
derived from a moderate system of taxation,
based upon a fair and equitable assessment
of all property liable to taxation under the
Constitution. To effect this needed reduction
in expenditures, we insist that there
shall be an immediate reduction in the salaries
of all puhlie officers, from the highest to
the lowest in the State and counties, and
that there shall be a judicious reduction of
the number of the publie offices themselves;
and the number of attaches of the General
Assembly shall be limited by law."
This is all very nice, and precisely what
the people demand; but, they have been
words of promise to the ear and broken to
the hone. The public expenses have not
been reduced, nor are they within the revenue
to be derived even from a very heavy
?vstem of taxation. We venture the prophecy
thtTf- there will be a large deficiency next
winter to be provided for There has been
no reduction of the salaries of either the
highest or the lowest officers and no reduction
of the offices themselves. The number
of attaches was fixed by law, but outside of
this there is not a pledge in the paragraph
fulfilled, or any part thereof. A more shameful
and wholesale failure, was never made
by any party in the world. We shall treat
of the other pledges hereafter.
Jt is stated that on each Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, the New York Post
Ifice receives rynlarly From thirty to sixty
five . of newspapers and other printed
matter, a.!' anP*'^. The receipts from paper
mails for the 7*8r wero $^85,940, and for
letters. $19,254,0w The former w?'Khs
twenty times as much .** *^e latter The
combined circulation of ncw.,?aPcr' an<^ Pe*
riodi raisin the mails is as folio?*8 : Dalies,
800.000.000 per annum; weeklies,6{?9.000,000,
and monthlies, 100,000,000.
A native of Kentucky whoso name is
Grant, wishes to change it to Jeff. Davis.
The Jefferson Mica Mine.
We call the attention of our readers to the
following communication to the Richmond c
State Journal: <
Among tho varied minerals with which J
Virginia lands are uoderlaid, perhaps none \
is more valuable or less known and apprccia- 1
ted than mica. Chemically almost if not r
quite iBdentical with the kaolin, always ^
found with it, its geological formation is but t
poorly accounted for. Much of our red clay a
land is mingled with comminuted particles 1
of mica which, Washing out from the clay, "
are often annoyances in our spring and well 0
water. Its value increases in proportion or f
rather out of all proportion as the sizo of the
clear cuts grow larger. Two by three inches *
is the smallest available size and would '
scarcely pay for working, while from F
eight up, it will pay vastly more than any F
ordinary gold mine, provided the deposits ^
yield in any reasonable quantities. Surface ^
indications are valuable aids in hnding tho ^
deposit, but frequently mislead the inexpe- \
rienoed from the fact that the comminuted
? i
mica so abundant in tbe masses ot pure tcao- lin
naturally induces a miner to follow that ?
while the streaked masses of mixed red clay *
and kaolin arc the real ground in which to
find valuable mica. Large masses of quartz e
in juxtaposition with this mixed clay aod "
kaolin arc almost a certain indication. The f
Jefferson mine was first opened two years 11
ago on the land of John G. Jefferson, near v
Amelia Courthouse, and have paid hand- *
somely. Mr. Jefferson contracted with a
company to work the mine, paying him a roy- a
alty, but confining them to the east side of *
a road. The vein in which the mica was ?'
found led*directly across tho road, and after ?
a few months they were compelled to buspend
operations, not, however, at a loss to .
themselves. Mr. Jefferson's health failing * '
icon afterwards, he determined to sell out "
his valuable estate and to make the prospect
for mica and plumbago, which latter had j*
been known to exist for many years, an in- "
iucement to purchase. In November last, J1
i gentleman belonging to the silvfered Mica "
manufacturing company, 64 North length
street, Philadelphia, finding the market ,
poorly supplied with mica, purchased the P
vhole estate, and commenced working the ^
nica. The quality and and quantity both PI
mproving as the work progressed, he in- "
ireased the scale of his operations and is ^
low turning out large quantities of silver tl
nica reflectors, deflecting shades, locomotive "
lead lights, parabola lights, etc., which be- "
ng far stronger reflectors, and at the same P(
ime non-tarnishablc and non breakable, to !*
lay nothing of their* being cheaper, are ra- ''
pidly gaining favor with railroads, mines,
:ounting-rooms and private families. By ?*
placing the light, cither a gas jet or kerolene,
near a silver, mica reflector gives a ^
brilliant and at the same time mellow light
ill over the room. Engineers who have P
ince used them will have no other.' Mica
is used for a variety of other purposes, all I
believe protected by patents. The smaller
jites are used for stove light and for putting
between the soles of shoes to keep the feet
3 3 rn.. I ... fnr W
vr&rm ana ary. xnc tuigui ? **> uio uow. .v?
photographic purposes and for covering pic- "
iures, giving them a life-liffe appearance.?
This mica interest and its various adaptabilities
being yet in their infancy, it bids
fair to prove one of Virginia's greatest
resources, provided .it can be found in suffi- ^
rient quantities. ((
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A Bkautipul Incident.?The intelligent j.
horse, says the Turf, Firld and Farm, very
)ften sympathises with animal distress.? jj
A boot a year ago, a dog was set upon by a g,
;rowd of cruel boys, and pelted with stieks ^
ind stones. The poor dog had given no o)
iffence, but this mattered not. He tried to 0,
escape from his tormeators, and had nearly w
mcccedcd in doing so, when a stono hurled
with great violence struck him on the fore
eg, bruising the flesh and fracturing the U]
aone. The animal howled piteously, but
one of his persecutors went to his relief.? sa
[laving injured him, they turned coldly
iway and left him to his fate. The dog
limped into the stable of Mr. Edward Kil- jc
patrick, moaning piteously. In one of the
stalls of the stables was a well-bred young j
horse of more than ordinary intelligence. g1
The distross of the dog seemed to move the |
heart of the horse to pity. !Ie bent his head, ?
caressed the canine, and inspected the broken
leg. Then with his fore foet he pushed
some clean straw into ono corner of his stall j
and made a soft bed on which the dog was (|
induced to himself lay down.
A close and affectionate intimacy was at t,
once established between the horse and the ]
dog. The horse was being largely fed on c
bran mash, and, one day, when receiving his a
feed, thinking the dog might be hungry, the v
equine bowed his head, caught the canine 0
gently, by the skin of the neck, and, with n
his teeth, lifted him into the trough or box. 8
The dog fell to with a hearty will, which ],
showed that his hunger was great and that j,
his gratitude was equal to his appetite.? a
Pays and weeks passed, and the dog and
horse continued to be firm friends The bran a
mash feed fed them both, and the invalid (
* * ? .v . v .i ,
grew strong ana rai on ine wuojcsumu uu>?.. n
At night, the two animals, thus strangely
brought together, slept iu the uiost loving
manner. The horse would arrange a soft t
bed for the dog, and then lay down and ten- t
dorly encircle the canine form with ouo of s
hie forelegs. It is seldom that such a beau- c
tiful and authentic incident is brought to t
our notice. The horse showed for tho un- r
fortunate more of that feeling which wc term i
humanity thad did the lusty youths who ?
were presumed to walk iu the image of their t
God. Nay. it took the poor victim of man's t
persecution to its heart and home, and nursed t
tho same back to health aud strength. t
Chaldean Account of the Deluge.
At a meeting of the Biblical Archcrnlogicil
Society, December 3d, Sir Henry Ralinon
presiding, a paper was read by Mf. Geo.
Jtnitli on "A Cuneiform Inscription containng
a Chaldean Account of the Deluge." It
rns stated by the president, in introducing
dr. Smith, that when the excavations were
nadc. some fifteen years ago, on tho site of
ho ancient plncc of Ninovah. n largo num>et,
some twenty thousand", of inscribed olay
ablets were found, in a perfect state of preervatiori.
These were removed to the finish
Museum, where they now are, and serve
is a mine of research to Assyrian scholars,
f whom Mr. Smith was undoubtedly the
irst .
Mr. Smith, after giving an account of his
rrangeuient of the tablets, said that of the
nscription concerning the flood there are Cones
in a fragmentary condition containingdu licate
texts, belonging to a period about
10ft years b. c. The original text belonged
o the city of Gach, and was transported to
ftnevah, copied, and placed in the Royal*
iibrary there. The narrative is from the
ips of Sisit, the Noah of the Chaldeans.?
he earlier part is very defective, many lines
eing entirely lost. After the ark was built,
he account goes on :
"All I possessed I collected it, all I posscsad
I collected of silver, all I possessed I colic
ted of gold, all I possessed I collected of
he seed of life, the whole I caused to go up
ato the ship, all my male and female ser?
ants, the beasts of the field, the animals of
ho field, and the sons of the srrny all of
hem, I caused to go up. A flood Sham ad
lade, and he spake, saying in the night, 1
rill cause it to rain from heaven heavily f
nter to the midst of the ship, and shut thy
oor.' A flood be raised, and he spake saying in
he night, 'I will cause it to rain from heaven
onrilw ' Tn the dnv that T celebrate his fca
val tfte day which he had appointed; fear I,
ad; I entered to the midst of the ship, and
iut my door; tognide the ship, to'Bosura*,
irabi the pilot, the place I gave to his'
and. The raging of a storm in the mornig
arose, from the horizon of heaven extendig
and wide. Vul in tho midst of it thanered,
and Neboand Sara went in front; the
irone bearers went over the mountains and
lains; the destroyer Nergel overturned;
inip went in front and cast down; the, 1
)irits carried deftraotion; in their glory 1
ley swept the earth; of Vulthe flood, reached
> heaven; tho bright earth to a waste was 1
irned; the surface of tho earth like *** it
vept; it destroyed all lifo from the face of <
le earth *** the strong tempest over the
aople,' reach to heaven. Brother is
brother, it did not sparo tho people. In
eaven the gods feared the tempest, and
>ught rcfugo; they ascended to the heaven '
f Anu. The god.4 like dogs with tails hiden
crouched down. Spake Ishtar a disburse,
uttered the great goddess her speech.
The world to sin has turned," and I in the
resence of the gods prophesied evil; when
prophesied in the presence of tho gods
Ml, to evil were devoted all my people, and
prophesied thus: 'I have begotten man
id let him not like the sons of tho fishes \
II the sea.' The gods concerning the spirits,
ero weeping with liar; the goods in scats
latod in lamentation; covered their lips for
ie coming evil. Six days and nights pass- I
1, tho wind tempest and storm, ovcrwhelm1,
on the seventh day in its course, was
ilincd the storm, and all the tempest which
ad destroyed like an earthquake, quieted,
he sea lie caused to dry, and the wind and
impest ended. I was carried through the
;a. The doer of evil, and the whole of rnanind
who turned to sin, liko reeds their
brpscs floated. I open tho window and the 1
ti- ? u T
gni orone in, over uiy rciugc iu x
it still and over my refnge camo peace. I
as carried over the shore, at the boundary
f the sea. for twelve measures it ascended 1
rer the land. To the country of Nizir,
ent the ship; the mountain of Nizir stopcd
the ship, and to pass over it, it was not
t>le. The first day and the second day, the
tountuin of Nizir the same. The third and
ic fourth day, the mountain of Nizir the
imc. The fifth and sixth day the moun- i
dn of Nizir the same. On the seventh day
i the oourse of it 1 sent forth a dove and it
ft. The dove went and searched and a
jsting placo it did not find, and it returned.
sent forth a swallow, and it left. Tho I
wallow went and searched and n resting
lace it did not find, and it returned. I sent
>rth a raven, and it left. The raven went,
ud tho corpses on the waters it saw, and
did ent, it swam, and wandered away, and
id not return. 1 sent the animals forth to
lie four winds, I poured out a libation. I
uilt an altar on the peak of the mountain;
y sevon herbs I cut at the bottom of them
placed reeds, pines, and simgar. Tho gods
ollceted at its burning, llio gods collected
t its good burning. When his judgment
ras accomplished, Bel went up to the midst
f the ship, he took my hand, and brought
10 out, he caused to bring my wife to my
idc, he purified the country, he established
n a covenant and took the people iu the
irescnce of Sisit and the people; when Sisit
nd his wife and the people to be like the
;ods were carried away, then dwelt Sisit in
, remote place at the mouth of the riven;
hey took me nnd in a rcuioto place at the
nouth of the rivers they seated inc."
How to Save Your Kyes.?When will
hove working by lamp light understand
he use of shades to protect the eves f Wc
ee persons sitting holding their sewing or
ither work before or near to a lamp, while
he light in blazing full in their eyes. It ia
>laiu that the object they work upon cannot
>e seen with so great distinctness whilo the
ield of their retina is nlroa iy occupied by n
>lazc. But they work on for hours, and
hough next morning their visual onfHis
ell of tho nbuso by redness nnd inflanimniou,
the worker will not learn tho lesson of
experience offered by them. Circular paprn
shades can be obtained for a few cents, and
these not only protect the eyes from excess
of light, but servo as a reflector behind the
blaze, increasing the illumination one-half
Besides the above-named evil, there is that
varying quantity of light thrown into the
eye by its being Suddenly and alternately
directed towards the blaze or obliquely away
from it, which the pupil has not time to adapt
itself to the increase of glare, whereas, with
the use of the shade, the illumination would
be uniform. The number of persons in the
community having spots, light or dark, ic
the field of vision, arising from injury to the
retina by the ill-usage we are mentioning, is
greater than is commonly imagined. It must
be borne in mind that these spots are a so
rious step towards amaurosis and gutta-serena,
such as plunged in darkness the latci
years of the great Milton, and many others
more eminent for their talents than thcii
caution.
Gen. Edward Johnston.?The telegraph
has already announced the death at
Richmond, Va., of Major-General Edward
Johnston. The Richmond Whig contains
the following sketch of his life and sorviccs:
Gen. Johnston was a son of Dr. Edward
Johnston, of Chesterfield County, and was
born in that County, near Midlothian, April
16, 1816. While at school in Kentucky, he
was appointed a cadet from that State to
West Point, in 1833, and graduated in 1838,
when he was appointed (July 1) Second
Lieutenant of the Sixth Infantry, then commanded
by Brevet Brigadier-General Zachary
Taylor. In October, 1839, he was promoted
to a first lieutenancy.
Sorving with distinguished vigor in the
Florida war and the Indian campaigns of the
Western frontier. he was Drcvetca captain
September 8, 1847, for gallant and meritosious
conduct in the battle of El Melino del
Rey, during the Mexican war, and received
the brevet of uinjor in July, 1848, for gallant
conduct at the battle of Chapultepec. He
was also distinguished in the capture of the
city of Mexico. In March, 1851, he was in
command of his regiment. He was made
full captain in 1851. For his conduct in
the Mexican war, the Legislature of Virginia
voted him a sword, and his fellow-citizens of
Chesterfield County also presented him with
a fine sword, gold-hilted, and with a gold
scabbard, appropriately inscribed.
At the begining of the late war for Southern
independence, Major Johnston promptly
resigned his commission in the United
States army, and offered his sword and services
to his native State and her associates.
lift wa^ppfuntail of tha -TwalfthGeorgia
Infantry, and served in that capacity
till 1862, when he was wounded at the battle
of Alleghany, and promoted to BrigadierGeneral.
His brigade consisted of Twelfth
Georgia, Forty-fourth, Twenty-fifth and
Thirty-first Virginia, and two other regiments.
With these he made a record honorablo
ulike to himself and them. Being MajorGeneral,
he was assigned to the command of
the S/onewall Division. He was with Jackson
in all his valley campaigns, and after the
battle of Port Republic and Cross Keys, was
left in the valley with his command as a protection
to the people. The Stonewall Division
consisted of tho brigade of that name,
Taliaferro's Brigade, Jones' Brigade and
Stafford's Louisana Brigade. Under his
command it acted a conspicuous part at
Chanccllorsville. He commanded the Stonewall
Division under Lee at Gettysburg, July
13, 18G3. He was taken prisoner May 12,
1864, at Spottsylvania Court House.
Since the war Gcneial Johnston has resided
chiefly upon his farm in Chesterfild Co.
He was never married, and leaves one brother
who survives hitu. His death was announced
in several of the Churches on Sunday.
Sensible Sentiments.?M. J. Wicksj
of tho exploded Savings Bank of Memphis,
challenged William Rule, of tho Knoxville
ChranirJe, for writing and publishing a letter
about his financial management. Rule
immediately exposed the fellow, saying in
his reply:
" I do uot seek a reputation for courage
gained in that way. If you are more anxious
to investigate the matter of cowardice
than 1 aui, you are at liberty to make the investigation
in your own way and nntil you
are satisfied. I do not propose to leave the
country, but will continue to pursue my legitimate
business, going wherever and whenever
that business culls me. While 1 do
not recognize the so-called 'code of honor,'
T ' 1- 1- J 1 J il L T
I wi8ii you 10 aisuncuy uuuemunu mat i
fully recognize the right of self-defence. I
do not court, but ou the contrary, avoid personal
difficulties with iny fellows, but when
attacked, I shall not hesitate to defend myself
as promptly and effectually as necessity
may require.
"You ask rac to fight you a duel. And
for what ? Because I havo made statements
concerning you, the truth*of which I can
prove, and the falsity of which you do not
offer to show. I do not propose to pander to
tho barbarous prejudices of depraved minds
by setting myself up as a target, to give you
the opportunity of the so-called vindication
of your honor. 1 have no respect for any
such foolish notions. They may be in accordance
with your ideas of courage and
honor, but they arc not with mine. Words
cannot express my contempt for such folly.
It is no proof of courage, hut of cowardice.
It is not evidence of manliness, but of a
weak concession to a hcatheuish and brutal
custom. It is not the way to defend a gen''
l.nnm. Kni n tirncliraI pr>nfVs*inn nt
i IV 111(111 n IIV/1IVS1 J UUl M |/l UV?VM. VW... ?.... ..
his inability to defend it in tho manner prescribed
by an enlightened Christian public
sentiment and tho laws of a civilised people."
Who Brought the News?
, That is a question that has never beeri
! settled, and probably novcr will be. Itr is a
fact, howevct, that can be substantiated by
thousands of living witnesses that the details
i of the battle of Mill Spring3 reached Paris,
- Kentucky, on the 12th of January, 18G2.
r The rumor was that the battle had occurred
, two days before?that Gon. Zollicoffer had
i been attacked at Fishing Creek or Mill
| Springs, that lie had been killed and his
j body stripped, mutilated and thrown into
i a swamp, and his army completely routed.
. Also, that Maj. Bailie Peyton had fallen,
i that a Mississippi regiment, supported by a
; regiment from Tennessee, had behaved hand.
somely, while the remainder of the army
. had for some cause become panic-stricken
early in the fight, and fled from the field
( completely demoralized. The whole Blue
Grass region of Kentucky became excited
over this news?the particulars as related
above were on every tongue, and so they
spread all over Eastern Kentucky and
Tf>nni>sspn nnii inf/i Vi ini# l.nt if to
. remembered that, this rumor started io Paris,
i Ky., on the 12th of January, 18G2. Citizens
of Paris wrote to their friends in other
States, giving these details, and these letters
arc still in existence to speak for themselves,
bearing the-above date and two or three days
thereafter.
In those days we used to hoar of messages
by the grape-vino telegraph, and passengers
by the underground railroad. Ifthisreport
of the battle of Mill Springs and the death
of Zollicoffcr came by either of these lines
it is more extraodinary than any feat ever
performed by lightning or steam. The wonders
of this performance are yet discussed
by many who were cognizant of the
occurrence, and the fact that the particulars
of this battle, so received, got into the newspapers
and were treated as curront news.
Captain C. E. Merrill, of the Confederate
army, has lately given his recollection of it
as a singular incident of the late war. Captain
Mcrril is the son of a Mississippi planter,
and commanded a Missippi regiment in
the war. ne passed tnrougn .Lexington,
Kentucky, on the nightof January 12, 1862,
hastening to rejoin his command in Virginia,
by way of Cumberland Gap. Beforo daylight
the next morning ho took shelter in
the house of a Southern sympathizer until
the following night, preferring to prosecutehis
disloyal journey? between suns. He
states that he spent the 13th of January in
company with several gentlemen from Clarke,
Fayette and Bourbon counties, and they
were full of the news of the battle above alluded.
to. TLey did not know oxootly how
the news came, but they had its history to
the minutest details.
We give a paragraph or two of Capt
Merrill's account:
. "Thus rumor heralded, on the 13th of
January, and I continued to meet it all
along my route through tho mountains of
East Kentucky until I reached Abingdon,
Va., which point I made late on the night
of the 19th. On that night I solicited sleep
rather than companionship, and retired to
uiy bed room at the hotel, well content to
have at least reached the civilization of
Dixie in safety.
"What was my surprise, however, on
awakening next morning, to hear that on
the day before (the 19th) Gon Zcllicoffer's
army had b^cn beaten, himself Jcilled, &c ,
with all the incidents just as I heard a tceek
before in Central Kentucky. "What!" I
exclaimed, 'has there been another battlo?
And has Gen Z. been killed a aecond
time V"
The battle in which Zollicoffer was killed
really occurred on the 19th of January, 18G2,
seven days after the rumor above related was
current in Paris, Ky. The people who had
been discussing it for a week were startled
at the remarkable coincidence, the details
given by the rumor and the actual events of
tho battle corresponded so exactly to the
minutest particulars. It has not ceased to
be a wonder to this day. The realisation
of tho intelligence was so astounding that
efforts were made to trace the rumor back to
its source. It was only ascrtained that some
stranger accosted a citizen of Paris, called
him by name, and related the story of the
battle of Mill Springson the 12th of January,
which battle did not take place till the 19th
of January following.*
Tho celebrated actor, John Palmer, whose
father was a bill sticker, and who occasionally
followed the same humble occupation
himself, while strutting ono evening in tho
green room in a pair of glittering buckles, a
bystander remarked that they resembled diamonds.
"Sir," said Palmer with some warmth,
"I would have you to know I never wear
anything but diamonds." "I ask your pardon,1" 'replied
tho ether; "I remember the
time when you woro nuthiug but paste!"
The laugh was much heightened by Uauuister
exclaiming, "Jack, why don't you stick
him agaiust tho wall ?"
Tho Ilawaiians arc in dead earnest in tbeir
efforts to secure a reciprocity trado with tho
United States. The new King has been
petitioned by his subjects to visit this coun?ru
find nun Iuh infliinnpA tr> nrmif into a treatV
?rather an unkingly errand, one would say.
Now it is proposed to cede us a valuable harbor
near Honolulu as un equivalent for
agreeing to such a trade convention ; and a
dispatch from a trustworthy correspondent
there ?ives us somo particulars. According
to all accounts, the harbor is a good one; wc
need such a station for naval and marine
purposes; but the expediency of a reciprocity
treaty and of making acquisition of an outpost
in foreign dominions will be much discussed
before determined.
The more we help others to bear their
bui dens tho lighter ours will be.
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A tight fit?delirium tremens.
Ann Odd Fellow?A Bachelor.
Beecher calls doubt "God's morning
star." / .
In what suit does a man nevor feel com- #
fortable ??In a law-suit.
The home circuit?Walking about with
baby in the night.
Why is the letter 0 like the love of mischief??Because
it makes harm charm.
A man that don't know anything will tell
it the first time he gets a chance.
If the whole world were to agree to speak
nothing but the truth, what an abridgment
of Bpccch thore would be.
Kansas is blessed with a representative
named Touch, and a senalcr named Moonlight.
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Flipkins says that there are three sexes?
the male sex, the female sex, and' the insects.
An old bachelor compares life to a shirt
button, because it so often hangs by a
thread.
A man who takes a drink because he is
crossed in love, always has the sympathy of.
the women.
It is now claimed that the architect of the
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woman wouldn't do any thing to keep men
oat in that way.
A young woman fondling her new-born
babe, and a young man bis new-maatache,
are two of the most beautiful sights in the
world.
What is the difference between a cloud and
a beaten child ? One pours with rain, and
the other roars with pain.
Model wives formerly took a stitch in time;
now, with the aid of sewing machines, they
tako one in no time. q
"We find that he came to his death from
calling Bill Jackson a liar," was the verdict
of a coroner's jury in Missouri.
Man and" wife are generally called one.
Some people, though, reckon them aa two.
But ten is the proper calculation of some
couples?the wife one, g&,d the husband a
cypher.
A Germantown woman, who has been
reading in the papors that Sunday marriages
are illegal, writes to know how it is with a
babv born on Sundav. If so. which shall be
punished?the father, the mother, or the
baby?
A cool specimen of humanity in the west
stepped into a printing office to beg a newspaper,
saying, "We like to read the news
very much, but our neighbors are too stingy
to take one."
" It is very difficult to live," said a widow
.with seven girls, all in genteel poverty.? ?
"You must husband your time," said a sage
friend. " I'd rather husband some of my
daughters," answered the poor lady.
" Mrs. Jcnks," said a little red-headed
girl, with a pug nose and bare feet, "mother
says will you oblcege her by lendin' her a
stick of fire-wood, filling this'cruet With vinegar,
puttin' a little soft soap in this pan,
and please not let your turkey gollcr roost
on our fence."
They have just had an earthquake in
Oregon which shook up the people a good
deal. One loving husband, who had "just
stepped out to see a man on business," rushed
home with a billiard cue, that he had
forgotten to replace, iu his hand.
A little boy asked Dr. Burgess, the preacher,
if he would have a light. ' No, my
child," said tho doctor; " I am one of the
lights of the world." "I wish, then," replied
the boy, "yon were hung at the end of
alley, for it is a very dark one."
An Irishman, fresh from the ould counthry,
found a tree full of green pereimons,
climbing to the top helped himself to tho
fruit. A passer by heard him say: " Be the
powers, and I'm the lad that can knook the
socks off the man that poured vinegar on
these plums."
i When Dr. Johnson asked the widow Porter
to be his wife, he told her candidly that
he was of mean extraction; that he had an
uncle hanged. The widow replied that alio
had no money herself, and though she had
not a relative hanged, she had fifty who deserved
hanging. So they made a match
of it.
A lady was met by a young gentleman
whose coat button caught the fringe of her
shawl. Some moments elapsed before the
parties were separated. " I am attached to
you, mndauie," said the young gentleman,
good humoredly, while he was trying to get
looso. "The attachment is mutual, sir,"
was the equally good humored reply.
A Celebrated M. P. coming out of a
eoffoe-housc. an impudent broken apothecary
met him at the door, and accosted him with
a request to lend liirn five guineas. "Sir "
said the doctor, "I am surprised that you
should apply to me for such a favor, who do
not know you I" "Oh, my dear sir," replied
the apothecary, "it is for that very reason
for those who do, won't lend mc a farthing.
The following episode occurred recently :
Two ladies were chatting gaily, when tho
titrnoal HKA1. ]?/* ei.kijuit
CUIIVvlOUVIVII VUIIIVVI Uj/vil Villi DUMJI.VV Ul
draw. Lndv No. 1, in reply to a facetious
remark of No. 2, said: ''1 am in no mood
for trifling to day, and I'm backed up in my
good intentions by the presense of Zion's
Herald in my pannier." No. 2 remarked,
"There's no use in your feeling so particularly
good about that, I have the Christian at
I Work iu mine !"