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VE IU VOLUME III. SIJMTEIIVsLALE, S.CG. AUGUST 8, 1849. NME 1 The Sumter Banner: UBLISHED MBRY', ' SDAY MORNING, BY WILL IAM JRANCIS. T E R MS: T'wo Dollars in advance, Two Dollars and Fifty-cents at the expiration of six months, or Three Dollars at the end of the year. No paper discontinued until all arroarages are paid, unless at the option of the Proprietor OlAdvertisements inserted at 75 cts. per square, (14 lines or less,) for the first and half that sum for each subsequent insertion UTThe number of insertions to be marked on all Advertisements or they will be publish ed until ordered to be discontinued, and charged accordingly. ITrOne Dollar per square for a single in sertion. Quarterly and Monthly Advertise. ments will be charged the same as a single niertion, and semi-monthly the same as new ones. All Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, and Communications recommendi ng Cand. dates for public offices or trust-or pulling Exhibitions, will be charged as Advertise. ments. IITAll letters by mail must be paid to in sure punctual attendance. Mr. Dallas's Eulogy on Mr. Polk On Monday, the 16th instant, Georgo M. DALLAS delivered a Eulogium upon the late President POLK. In a literary view, every thing from the polished pen -of that eminent man is worthy of careful reading, while connected with such a man as Mr. POLK it doubly commends itself to public perusal. H14 ving recently tried the patience of our readers, in spreading before them ela . orate and indispensable documents, we cannot further try forbearance by pub. lish ing the entire production, though de. :ser Ping, in our estimation, of national cir. cul ation; but shall condense it sufficiently for a correct understanding of the charac.. ter of him it honors: James K. Polk is introduced as wel coming to the Presidential office his suc cessor, on the 4th of March, 1849, at the capitol, and then "he seemed to glide through extended avenues of approving .and applauding countrymen just fast enough to secure at his home an unosten. tatious and tranquil grave. It is around itha t grave, fellow-citizens, that I wish you to stand with me for a while-suff.r. Ing me to recall him whom it conceals, and to develop, . u-nmarily but truthfully, the causes which link that sod of earth with the freedom, prosperity, glory and gratitude of America. The permanent fame of eminent men rests undoubtedly in charge of the umnim. passioned tribunal of posterity. In a government like ours especially-where opposite opinions and antagonistic meas. aires are ever in ardent conflict-cotem porary impartiality, though not wholly impossible, cannot reasonably be expect *pW. The tomb itself is no certain sanctu ary against the rage of prejudice which has not been soothed, averted, or extin. guished by lapse of time. I feel admon. ished then to beware of incautiously excit. ing the hot-breath of vituperation to see the over the very turf you would conse. crate and cherish. And yet so short, so rapid, so signalized by extraordinary civ. il achievements, so devoted to the attain ment of vast and salutary purposes by no. ble meant, so conspicuously charucteriz. ed by intellectual and moral energv. so eventful in national blessings and reiown, and so blameless and unspotted in all the relations and intercourse of private life, was the career of this patriot, that not to portray it faithfilly,, even with the warm coloring of personal or political friendship, would be unjust to the occasion, unjijst to the living whro are here, and unjust to the now forever gone. Five years ago it may ha~ver beeni es teemed almost niaturail and fthir to inqurre "Who is James Knox Polk?" but now wvhere is thet corner of thre earth so oh scure as to need tire question answered? Where is the imperial sneer that did not ~' yield to amazement, as ire free-ly hanridied the immense executive power of inis free country? WVhere are thre suzfferinig mass es, insensible to tire rescue of a distant people from starvation? Where are the sages of Political Economy to whlomn, in adjustinig tire eqjuilibriumr of industrial pursuits, lhe has taught no lesson? Where are the enthusiasts of human libi. erty, to whlom~ Iris voice hras niot becomre famniliair? Where are tire veterans of rmil itatry science, who still doubt the ellicacy of American cannon, whose thunders ire opened? And last and least, though still riot little, wvhere are tire Rothischrilds, or tire Ba rings, or tihe Steighrtz, or tire Hopes, or the Hottinguers, tire golden necroman. cers of finance, who do not appreciate the master of that wand of anrnexation or extension which secured the boundless andi exhanustless treasures of Californiar?---. I allude now thus briefly to tire traits of a national policy which ihe controlled arid guirded, only to venture tire tasertion, that tire man you muourni, may, as thre repro. sentativeO chief of your republic, conronrt future ages, unabashed by tire imrposing presence of airy predeccessor. If unimrportant to tire character or mier. its of tire deceased, they may nreverthieless hue accepted ns somewhat interesting farcis, that Ihe w'as descended from arn Irish stnock of sturdly and determined republicans, whose settlement on the Eastern Shore of Maryland preceded the year 1700, and a branch of whom came first in Pennsylva nia in 1772, and thence went into the Western Districts of North Carolina; that he was boin on the 2d of November, 1798, the son of an upright, intelligent, and enterprising farmer; and that he was the grandson of Ezekiel, and the grand nephew of Thomas Polk, two brothers, who were among the first signers of that Declaration of American Independence, whose bold and impressive avowal on the 20th May, 1775, has recently received such interesting and irresistible authenti cation by the researchesof Mr. Bancroft. There would, indeed, seem to have clustered in Mecklenburg county, imme. diately prior to the revolutionary war, a family group of these liberty-loving Polks and their near connexions. Under the inspiring auspices and orders of one of them, the Convention assembled at the town of Charlotte-it was presided over by another, (named Alexander)-and an. other as recording Secretary, (also of that name)-a fourth penned the celebrated manifesto I have mentioned, (called lire. varo)--and afifth recruited a company of rehols, of whom he retained the active command duing the whole struggle. When but eleven years of age, in 1806, his homestead was transferred to the banks of the Cumberland river, in TennessIee , a newly opened and thinly settled field for agricultural industry, his youthful education was, in consequence, necessarily simple and contracted. Un. der a parental fear that his constitution had been too seriously impaired by dis. case for the sedentary studies towards which his inclination led him, he was at first dedicated to mercantile pursuits; but, yearning for mental exercise and acquire ment, the counting-room, in leas than a month, became distasteful, and he ulti mately succeeded in persuading his par. ents to place him, after a preparatory schooling in Murfreesburg, and at the age of twenty, in the University of North Carolina. he left that seat of science and learning in 188, with physical strength much diminished by the assidui ty and intensity of his collegiate course ; I but with intellectual strength and repute augmented to a degree, implied by his F having at every periodical trial of his class, received its highest distinctions. In his twenty-fourth year he entered t the office of Felix Grundy, for many t years a United States Senator from Ten nessee, but then a lawyer of extensive r practice, and, afier the customary proba tion, procured his admission to the bar. < Mr. P's legal career was one of unsullied I, honor, of admitted ability, and of decided I success-bearing him rapidly to reputa i tion and independence ; and also gave r him that extensive acquaintance which demanded his services subsequently in a t political sphere. l'ersuaded by his neigh- " horhood, he entered the General Asscn. i bly, in which he remained for two sessions, when his transfer to the Hall ot Itepre senitatives at \Vashington was accomplish. I ed by general desire, on the 5th of D - t cember, 1825. A Ithough, perhaps, the youngest of 218 s Representatives, there was not upon the C floor of that great chamber one whose s politics were more determinate and avow t el. He had inhaled at every hour of his r life opinions and sentiments respecting 1 the rights of humanity, and the only Ic gititate foundations of civil power which i his judgment had approved, and which now constituted as essential a portion of his moral as his arteries did of his phIysi.. cal structure. Hie was imrpulsively,< iinstinictively, and irreversably a Demo. erat-a Demiocrat in fundamental theorv,t in unicompromiisinig piractice, in look, word, thought, and motion. It wasj impossible for him to be anything else.1 It was his nature. Whtcn he reached the Capitol, both houses were illustrated by the presenice of: citizens who htad achieved (list inguished reputations. lHe was in thme miidst of such associates as Enward Livingston, Jmio. Forsyth, Daniel Webster, Louis McLane, JIames lBuchanan, George Medutfie, Sam neI D. Inghanm, Wmn. C. Itives, Edward Everett and Jas. I Iamilton--while lie had but to pass through thie Itotundo, into the Senate Chamber, in order to mingleI with those equally conspicuous, as Van iluren, WVoodbury, Tiazewell, Mlacon, Whilte, Benton, l larrison, Itandolphii, lerrien, andm llamyne. Young as he was, however, and unobtrusive as a debater , Mr. P'olk promply participated in the lending discussion. Ilis very first speech related to the relhnquishment of the titles of' public lands in Tennessee-a topuic wholly devoid of attraction, amid yet it manifested so happy a faceul ty in Ih'icidly) arraunginig and explainig dIry amnd compli catedl facts, that his character as aii exact and laborious man of' business, was at once recognmised anid established. F"or fourteen years he miaitainedl a leadhing position in the Ilionse ; amid, af ter discha rging withI signal abiility' the arduous dumties ofchai rman of the Coin-. imittee of' \Vays and Meants during the United States Halank controversv, associ ate in committee with such ~men as Hlorace hlinany, It. H. WVilde, and C. C. Camibreleng, and the yet more imaportanit ones of Speaker for four years, ho ,-e~tie from Congress permanently in 1839, when he was elected Governor of Ten nessee. But at the recurrence of the election in 1841 and 1843, although still clung to as the champion of his party, his competitor, Mhr. James C. Jones, on both occasions prevailed. It is enough, fellow-citizens, to have glanced thus briefly at tho incidents of this comparative seclusion. I must has ten to follow the quick flight of time, in order to bring the lamented patriot once more from the recesses of his happy home into the blaze of his fame. The nomination of Mr. Polk for the Chief Magistracy, in May, 1844, was, at the moment, unforeseen, but far from un acceptable. There had suddenly arisen a question or point of policy which quick. ened the pulses and divided the senti. ments of Democratic citizeis. That question, whose magnitude and urgency were conceded, seemed for the time to domineer over all other considerations. The republican convention which assem bled at Baltimore, swayed by a resistless and patriotic desire for the annexation of Texas, withheld their choice from one. on whom it would otherwise have fallen, and conferred it on one to whom it was whol ly unexpected. The sterling merit and substantial services ofthe candidate were however speedily called to mind-the hesitation inspired for an instant by an abrupt proceeding was dispelled-the ranks of his party became serried and Mr. Polk, after an unusually animated canvass between himself and Mr. Clay, wr.s elected. The powers confided by the constitution >f the United States to the incumbent of he Presidential office are large and influ !ntial. The manner in which they are axercised never has failed, and never can rail, greatly to affect, for good or for evil, he contentment and interests of the peo )le, or the reputation and resources of rho intion. Hence the immensity of the trust; md hence the vast reward of gratitude md renown bestowed on him who, at the md of his term of service, is discovered o have so used his public functions as to cave his country tranquil, prosperous, ionored, and strong. This is, in fiet, he only standard which the ardor of our olitical controversies suflhes to remain inquestionable. Governed by this stand. Ord, fellow-citizens, and casting a rapid bought upon the condition of America, ell me whether the sepulchre efthe late 'resident should not be hallowed by your everence and aflhctioii. The glory of every administration con entrates upon its chief. lie it is, antid e only, that the elective franchise has fted from the comnoion level to the Ex ctive-to carry with him into govern nent the authority he has derived by that rocess, accompanied by the instructions, rishes, and principles of his constituents; u vivify, supervise, check, control; to be lisgraced by failures, and to wear the aurels of success. Aided as lie neces a rily must be by associates and agents of is own selection, the lustre of tiir limi ed spheres combines for the effulgence of is bonndless one; and brilliant as the ut.orlinate executions of duty may be verything is so constitutionally ani es entially dependent upon the oilspring of he popular suffrage, and his truth to his nission, that he rightfully bears the palm chieved by united excellence. 'The merican people will hereafter rank mong the most effective achievements if lie late President, the discrimination with v hicli he chose, and the wisdom with vhiich he iimipel led, the variously gifted ounisellers of the Cabinet. * ** * * The admtissiont of Texats ais a State of lie Uin, u pon her acceptance of ce r uin ternms, hiad been provided foir by a Linut resolutions of Congress, paissedl but biree days be-fore lie took~ the oath of of. ice; and niothiung was Left to be donie buit U expedhite the proeedhing, so us to fore tall the perplex it ies which miight spriig 'romt foreign initermedduling; anti to matke uch nuii ary a rranements as wouhIl >rotect our new frontier fromii ntr oad. l'huese dlutics were promiptly adskilltidly I liarged . Thle people of T[exas lucid Sconiveti on, remodleled theui r conast itu in, submuitted it to lie inispectionu of Con.u ; ress, and became, by law, an inutegra .l iart of our confederacy before the year duapsed. I should deemi it ill -tinmed a1(1nd mispla ed to trace the causes, or to vinudicate lie right anid thle expediency of tis exten. ion1 of'our ipublic. Peuha ps a delbaut >f the D~emocratic party at the election ini lie of 18441 would have discouraged antd hiwarted that movemient. Th'leir sueccess >n the conitrary, proved how fixed a bold t had uiponi the poptula r jiudgemuent; anid reconnnitedied it to mtore liegisl ativye fhvor hian it lie fore entjoyedl. Certuini it is, t hat he incorporantioni tooik lalce only aufter the will of the Amiericani people, andl the senise of' the A mincn Congrcss, had beicn estedl awl recorded aigreeab lly to theu form s if' tihe Amtuericani Conistitution; and that nvery niational functionaury, especiallhy the c~are, thatl the laws be familhliu//1 cxrecual," was bound to apply his legitimate resour e'es anmd pow~ers to its defence. Precdel icta ry steps to the extent a uthuorized by existing acts of Congress were taken, anid it was hopied would overawe the asoma. ding fever of our discontented neighbors. They crossed, however, the Rio Grande, on the 15th of April, 1846, and reckless ly commenced a series of hostilities that only terminated with the ratification of the Treaty of Peace on the 30th May, 1848. The contest had a duration of two years, being six months shorter than the last with Great Britain. A fter minute and graphic specification of the distinctive neasures and results which marked his aIthuinistration--show ing they were founded in patriotism and wisdom, he groups them in view by re. capitulation. so as to leave upon the mind a full impression ''of the prominent Iea tures by which the late President stamp. ed forever illustrious the single term of his admainistration.'' In the measures of his policy, seper. ately or collectivel.-in his extension movemnents, his conduct of the war, his free trade, his financial systein, his for eign intercourse-whatever differences of senti:nent may and must exist as to the pruduce or expedicicy oflihir details you cannot avoid feeling and confessing, amid their broad bearings and progressive aims, the prevading presence of a gener. ous and genuine patriotism. I know no thing so worthy of encomium and ac knowledgenent as this sort of patriotism. It is the only clement on whose buoyancy can be safely confided the majestic argosy of'the Republic, full-freighted with your liberties, union, rights and flime.. It should never fail to receive the encour agenent of our applause in the living and the homage of our gratitude in the dead. It it worthy of remark that, on qiuitting the I'resident ial oilice, he left nothing unlinished. What he attemipted, lie didl. Illi measures of policy were, one andi all urged, discussed, adopted, carried out. practically, tested by tuhe, and trimnplant in results, before he reliniuished the helm to another hand. Who needs evidence, will lind it. in his pulse, that since the spring of 18.15, the peo ple of the United States, their constitution, sion me, resources, courage, and character, have ass urned, to the wIhole world, a position inre elevated and influential than was ever before accorded or enjoyed. Wh'lodoulbts that, from the same period, their inancial credit has been constantly ris ing, ntil their contracts and secunities, in despite of the venouous defamnation with which they were previously overwhelmed, are now highest in the confidence of all C'hristendomr. Who <pedtions, with sincerity, the einan cipation of their currency, comnerce, busi ness, strength, and elasticity, from a palpita liog and i reinbling dependence upon the flue tuting sceines of bank parlors and stock boards atroad! Who isputes that. New Mexico and Cali fornia are inexhiustable sources of bullion capital, destined to augm went the wages, and secure the independence of their labor, and to swell the aggregate of their wealth beyond all precedent! Who, in tine, does not firilv believe, that the condition and attit ude in which .lr. Polk, after toils that were tatal to himself, has left his count ry, are ihe i o:,t etliet ive guarantees for her proon~nged peace :iid happiiess! In his personl deportient, ie was plair, iairected, a l!hble, and kind. In no one res pect, that I ati aware of, did be depart troni a consistent siiiplicity if life and purity of manners. Al I his h:,hits were exemplary and regulated. lie was t em lerate, but inot unso rial, iilustrinus but aiccessible, punctual but patient, ioral without austerity. and de votional thoughi not higoted. Accustoned. throiugI a long service, to observe the diver sities exhibited lby opinion on every subject, ie was never surprised Jr provoked by any I of its Ihases, into individiul intoeranie. IIis ordinary intercourse ani associations were eqiually respectul and cordial with the frietils aid te tie loes of his polities. And I iust he p3:ardonel for alding that in this gen eralI aieuity t owardls his fellow-citizenus, wvithouit dhst iictiont of party, or coiiditiion, or piretenisioni, lie was aiided by a weidded part ner, toi whiomi all who hi:nt t ho hapipiness to knw hiir havi' united as with a single voice m3 awaring that high andi atiectionate tributie, won only birrepiroac hable conduct, intelli gencie, gent'eess, miail virtue! F"ello w- Cutziens! ! I whose carees, in obiedieiie toyouiir eallt I have thus imperfect ly traci'i, sanik, withI umurimiur.ng resigna tionii, to his last rest at Nashiville ion the 7th .i it. Juiie, siirrioundied hiv his dlearest friends, andu amid~ the soul-iIasiing hopes and sane-' tins ofi rhgiius tfaithI. To himi are now alhke imhitferent thle prns andt the cenisure ofi mien. II is ear, thai~t wont toi be so quiick, is inimb aind heedlless-hi~s eve, that iashedl with reciimoition~ iiver mmultitumdes, knows no iine-iiit even tier n, ho gave himi birith, nor hier whoii ch:iriiedl his lite; but though he be as insensibile to your suit hing,. as thei co~ld sid whliebi iovers his rielies, the voice of a just aiii geneiirouis hiuianiity biids vout to depldore a hiss ssigii:i, siisuieni, aind so pirmniatutre, T'he te'ars -lied byv a iiat aoi in a piatriot's gerave cannioit riahnima~iii th. idust wvitin; hut they do grit ituide, andl thley' do fre'shien lie pursuiit of a noible laiie' (aroliniani. A N iW lheAt:.--- A hi thle rto uiiknowni race of people hasi beeni dhiseci'erd, it is said, ini the initerioir of' A frien. ITie meni tituite iif the uisual chariacter oh negroes inl tioni tup the, Whtite' Nile ini search of' igoll ando thin'etilundlthis race' of' pueoplec-li'. teenl hiudi il ut ofiwhom, a rmiedl to the tei'thi, cameir downt tii the shoreii of'thei rivei' wheree the vessil lay. Thle tinine of' the kiing its ecapilt l'atenj~a. TIhey raise wheat, tobacco etc., and mnumfact urIe thiei r own JESS BRYAN'S TALE OF CASH'S BEAR FIGHT. Every man woman and child in Pick ens county knows Jess Bryan. And to those whose circumstances unfortu nately compel them to live elsewhere, we would say, that Jesse is the present sheriff of the county aforesaid. And furthermore, we have the authority of the Secretary of State for saying, that lie was the finest looking sherifl who carried the returns of the last Presiden tial election to Montgomery. On reaching Montgomery, Jess went to the capitol, and was introduced to the Secretary: "I am happy to know you Mr. Bryaa," said the affable Col. Gar rett. "I am happy to find you do," replied the sher iff, "for since I put on those blacks I hardly know myself." Jess is our crack tale-teller, and many side aches have the boys had from laughing at his Nubbin Ridge and Sourwood stoiies. One of his we will now give, promising that the gist of the tale consists in his rich mode of telling it, and that it must lose much by being read. "Some years ago," said Jess, "be fore I got to be sheriff of this county, I was in Mobile, and one day I saw a crowd moving out towards the Orange Grove: I joined it, and learned that a match fight was about to come off be tween Jim Burguss's bull dog and a tame bear, for five hundred dollars a side, one hundred forfeit. As soon as the ring was formed, the dog was turned loose at the bear, and after one round he stayed loose-no sort of talk could make him clinch again, and B1urgruss paid the forfeit and drew off the dog. Just as the crowd was about to dis perse, a tall, raw-boned native from Chickassahay who rejoiced in the own ership of a big, bony, stump tailed cur dog, sang out, 'I'll be darned if Cash can't take that bar-" "What will you bet of that," said the owner of the bear. "I'll go my pile," said raw-bones, and drawing out the foot of an old stock ing. lie shelled out twenty dollars. The bear man covered the twenty and the ring was again formed. 'Now, gentlemen said Chickasahay, 'I wishes it to be understood as how, nobody goes inter this ring but inc an Cash, an the bar, and nobody aint got to speak or tetch but me.' This was agreed to, and the bear be ing unmuzzled, the word was given. 'Look out Cash ; mind your eyes ! Watch him, Cash !' cried raw-bones, as Cash with a prudent regard for his own interests, kept at a respectful dist ance, his bristles standing up like the teeth of a harrow. As soon as Cash had taken a position a little in the rear of his foe, and out of the range of his paws, his master shouted-'Take him Cash !' With one bound, Cash sized the poor brute by the root of his car, keeping his body side by side with his enemy, so that the latter could not possibly strike him. 'Keep outen this ring, gentlemen,' criod the owner of Ciash. 'Bring him her-e, Cash !' Cash, by main for-ce dragged the bear half around the ring, without once exposing hlimself to the furious blows of the animnial. 'Shiake him, Cash !' A gain, the brave dog shook his foe, unitil the bear's teeth fairly chattered with pain and r-age. Still, Cash, by keeping yar-d arm and yard arm with the bear, was as safe as if he had been in his master's cabin. The owner of the bear seeing that his bear c'ould not bring his arms to bear-, could not bear to see Cash bear the bear- in such a barefaced manner, and gave up the day. 'You give it uip,' said our man, 'Well then, gentlemen, clar the ring-Cash leaves when he (10 leave 'em. IHold him, Cash! You say its my money, no discounts, nor nothing ? Watch your- time, Cash. Let go Cash !' With a single spring, Cash was ten feet beyond the reach of the bear's 'That's a right pert har',' said rawv bones, 'but he ain't nigh such a one as me and Cash has tuik. We got one this fall as measured nine feet from snout to tail tip.' 'That's a lie,' said the discomnfited owner of the bear, 'you niever saw' a bear that large in your life.' 'I hait ? Well, I'll go you these here two twenty dollars on that branch of the subject.' 'It's a bet,' said the bear mani. 'Well, conme down to George Davis's, and we'll tr thne ae' 'George, let me see that biggest bar skin I let you have a spell back, said our man, Davis handed out the skin, and it measured nine feet one inch and a half! 'Twenty to start on, and twenty are forty, and forty are eighty ! Sweet J--s! Whoop !-Come, here Cash. Good evening to you all, gentlemen, sang the over-joyed native ; and the last I saw of him, he and Cash were eating ginger cakes at the market house.- Vst Alabamian. INCIDENTS OF THE WRECK OF THE CIAILES BARTLETT.-A lady passen ger in the steamer Europe in a letter to the National Intelligencer, relates the following incidents in that terrible catastrophe: "The wild despair of one poor man I shall never forget; lie literally lost his all-his wife and four children, and his whole fortune. The poor creature wrung his hand and tore his hair-it was heartrending to see him. There were thirty-five children under sixteen, and seven under eleven months on board. * * * Captain Forbes, of Boston, as soon as the accident took place, pulled off his coat and shoes and (lunged overboard, rope in hand, to do all he could; he saved one poor man, who died before he got him alongside the ship. A more heroic deed I never saw, and sturdy men shed tears when he came back to the cabin safe among us. The captain of the wrecked bark is a sunburnt old sailor, with thirty years of his service to look back to, and, as he told us, the is sea first accident; he had never buried a soul from any ship he had commanded. The tears rolled down his rough and sunburnt face as he told us the scene before the vessel went down." A Jack Tar, growing sick of his bus iness, deserted his ship, went into the the country, and hired himself to a farmer. lie was immediathly set to ploughing with a yoke of oxen and an old mare called Jia. The sailor being wholly unacquainted with the manage ment of the tacks, sheets, and bowlines of his old mare and oxen, in his first attempt to put about missed stays, and, by turning the yoke, threw Jin and the oxen all down in a heap together. Jack, frightened with the confusion, bawled out for help. The farmer ask ed, "what is the matter ?' 'Matter! matter enough, by conscience,' replied Jack, 'the larboard ox has got on the starboard side-old Jin has got foul in the rigging, and they are all going to the devil stern foremost. UNGonis BooT.-We once heard f.om the lips of an old man of the Pu ritanic school that, when brown top boots were first introduced, he took.a fancy to a pair, which he wore for a Sunday or two, when, to his great sur prise and annoyance, he was summoned to a church meeting to answer for the ungodly manner in which lie appeared. on the Sabbath. The good man, with the brown-tops, looked as if lie had been charged wvith visiting Bartholomew Fair. The elder gravely arose, and stated tho judgment of' the church, which i-an thus: "Should brother' George Slater., again appear on the L~ordl's day in ungodly brown-top boots, he will be expelled from this chiurch,~" Fitz Greene IIalleck gives the fol iowing sumumar-y of late news from Eu rop~e: King~doms, to--day are upaide down, ' lhe casilt kn~iee~l before thne town, A mnona~rch fears aprinter's frown, A brickbat's rangce! Five e, in prn'erennce to aeos Five shilu ings channnge. TIwo old gentlemen of our acq~uain tance were complimenting each other' on their habits of temnperance. "Did you ev'er, neighbor," said one, "see mue with more than I could carry?" "No, indeed," was the reply, "not' I. But I have seen you when I thought you hiad better have gone after after."' W "WHAT SiIaa, WE EAT" is the heading to an editorial article in a coun try exchange. Manm ahive, wHY EAT wArTs "soT" before you.-(?itaysvillo (K) Iherald "A SmosinmuE MAN.-'Well, Rob ei't, is there any answer? Buttons: 'Yesr 'in. Mr. Jolliboy's compliments, ancd he'll be blest if you catch him at a party I this weather-unless you let him dance Sin his shirt sleeves.'" -IRoswell asked his oracle, Dr. Johns son, "Is not love and delusion that is alwavs beginning again."